The opening exhortation by Bro. Matthew Blewett from the same Idyllwild Bible School was used in GCT Episode 308.<\/p>\n
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\nOur third period teacher is
\nBrother Matthew Blewett. <\/p>\n
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\nHis general topic is Heaven and
\nEarth. <\/p>\n
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\nToday’s topic is Patterns of
\nPurpose. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Matthew.
\nDecember last year, my wife and <\/p>\n
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\nI had the pleasure of
\ncelebrating the wedding of my <\/p>\n
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\ndaughter and of course our new
\nson-in-law, Kayla and Jeremy. <\/p>\n
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\nAn absolutely incredible
\noccasion for those of you who’ve<\/p>\n
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\nhad the opportunity and the
\nblessing of attending a wedding <\/p>\n
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\nof your one of your children.
\nIt’s something that you plan <\/p>\n
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\nhard for and that is a time of
\nincredible joy and beauty. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd for me, especially as the
\nfather only have one daughter, I<\/p>\n
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\nknew this was going to be the
\nopportunity to walk down the <\/p>\n
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\naisle and hand my daughter over.
\nThe wedding took place in a farm<\/p>\n
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\nnear to where we live, which is
\nin a beautiful mountainous area.<\/p>\n
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\nIt was a spectacular day.
\nYou always pray for that kind of<\/p>\n
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\nday.
\nBlue skies, not too hot little <\/p>\n
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\ngentle breeze and everybody was
\nlooking incredibly beautiful. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course, the most beautiful
\nbesides my wife was my daughter <\/p>\n
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\nKayla in her beautiful bridal
\ngown. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it was just such an amazing
\noccasion for me as we walk down <\/p>\n
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\nthe aisle surrounded by those
\nmountains and all of that <\/p>\n
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\nbeauty.
\nAnd then the next thing that <\/p>\n
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\ncomes into visual are all the
\npeople that have been a part of <\/p>\n
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\nyour life.
\nPeople that are friends, family <\/p>\n
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\nstaring at you and you walking
\ndown the aisle holding your your<\/p>\n
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\ndaughter’s arm, slowly absorbing
\nall of this occasion. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there at the end is the
\nbridegroom smiling an incredible<\/p>\n
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\nyoung man that you are so
\nblessed to be handing your <\/p>\n
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\ndaughter over to.
\nAnd going through my mind was of<\/p>\n
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\ncourse, a million things as I
\ntried to do everything so <\/p>\n
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\nslowly.
\nAlthough Kayla said we’ve got to<\/p>\n
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\nget there before the song ends.
\nAnd I normally do everything <\/p>\n
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\npretty fast as you hear the way
\nI speak, but I was just trying <\/p>\n
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\nto slow this moment down.
\nAs for me, everything that was <\/p>\n
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\ngoing on was playing itself out,
\nnot just the love and the beauty<\/p>\n
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\nof the occasion and the family
\nand the friends and my daughter,<\/p>\n
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\nbut all that it represented for
\nwhat we were doing. <\/p>\n
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\nThe symbol of marriage, the
\ncoming together, ultimately of <\/p>\n
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\nheaven and earth.
\nIn this moment. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as I try to put all of it
\ntogether, I cannot use words to <\/p>\n
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\neven begin to describe the
\nfeelings that went through me. <\/p>\n
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\nIn that moment and through the
\nrest of that evening, I hope <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll remember that story
\nbecause it has some significance<\/p>\n
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\nas we move on in our
\nconsiderations in Part 2. <\/p>\n
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\nSo part one actually was
\npatterns of purpose, Jeff. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I know it’s confusing
\nbecause Part 2 is Heaven and <\/p>\n
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\nEarth and the series is called
\nHeaven and Earth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo just to keep you on your
\ntoes, the second part is <\/p>\n
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\nentitled Heaven and Earth and I
\nmust make a confession here. 2 <\/p>\n
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\nconfessions.
\nFirst of all, I’ve been thinking<\/p>\n
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\nabout this topic for a long
\ntime, giving talks here and <\/p>\n
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\nthere.
\nSingle talks, two talks that are<\/p>\n
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\nfraternal.
\nAnd I can tell you that the <\/p>\n
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\ncontent just went like this.
\nAnd the first time I’ve been <\/p>\n
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\nasked to do it in a series is
\nactually here. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you are the Guinea pigs.
\nAnd it’s really difficult to <\/p>\n
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\nthen come up with section
\ntitles. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ve already worked out
\nbecause every time I come and do<\/p>\n
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\nthe session here, I’ve just had
\na practice with the youth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you’re not quite the Guinea
\npigs. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ve already worked out that
\nthis section is now 2A and two <\/p>\n
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\nBI don’t know what we’re going
\nto do with the last session. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re going to be having
\nheaven and earth today and then <\/p>\n
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\nGod willing, heaven and earth
\ntomorrow. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd and the reason this is
\ncalled heaven and earth is <\/p>\n
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\nbecause this session is where I
\nreally want to try my hardest <\/p>\n
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\nto, to demonstrate to you why I
\nbelieve Genesis one verse one is<\/p>\n
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\ndescribing the purpose of all
\ncreation and the pattern of all <\/p>\n
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\ncreation, the structural pattern
\nof all creation. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s why we spent a lot of
\ntime yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nFor those of you who were
\nconfused or who had your minds <\/p>\n
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\nblown but talking about
\npatterns, I really wanted you to<\/p>\n
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\nunderstand a couple of key
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\nJust to remind you.
\nFirst of all, there’s a <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship between purpose and
\npatterns. <\/p>\n
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\nIf we have a purpose, we design
\nA pattern to achieve that <\/p>\n
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\npurpose.
\nIf we see a pattern, we know <\/p>\n
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\nthat patterns is pointing
\npattern, pattern is pointing <\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s a relationship that’s<\/p>\n
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\nAnd then secondly, I was trying <\/p>\n
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\nfractals, when we identify a <\/p>\n
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\npattern, we’re probably going to
\nsee it appearing over and over <\/p>\n
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\nagain at different scales all
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\nnature.
\nSo we will see in Scripture. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the proposal I want to make
\nto you this morning is that the <\/p>\n
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\npattern of heaven and earth is
\nthe fundamental structural <\/p>\n
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\npattern of all reality, that
\nonce we understand it as best we<\/p>\n
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\ncan, we will see it playing out
\nover and over again, Small, big,<\/p>\n
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\nbig, big in the Bible and in all
\nthe world around us. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that is what we want to try
\nand talk a bit about today. <\/p>\n
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\nThe pattern is heaven and earth.
\nSo I’m going to emphasize that <\/p>\n
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\nwhen we read Genesis one verse
\none, it’s an interesting <\/p>\n
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\nimmediately establishes <\/p>\n
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\nsomething very important which
\nruns throughout the rest of the <\/p>\n
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\nBible, And I’m sure you’ve
\nnoticed this. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Bible is really a book about
\none and two, one and two. <\/p>\n
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\nEssentially, we start with one.
\nWe are then presented with two <\/p>\n
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\nthat must become one again.
\nSo that’s why we read in the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning God Elohim.
\nWe know that what the Old <\/p>\n
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\ncertainly the Torah is to say
\nthat that God is one God here, O<\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, the Lord your God is 1
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it all begins with a unity
\nand that’s why we sure that <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a unity of purpose.
\nThere is God one. <\/p>\n
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\nBut then Genesis one verse 1
\nimmediately tells us that <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a duality that we will
\nexperience from this one, a <\/p>\n
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\nreality that has two parts.
\nYou might not have thought of it<\/p>\n
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\nlike that.
\nThat’s that’s what should be <\/p>\n
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\ncatching our attention.
\nAnd those two parts are heaven <\/p>\n
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\nand earth.
\nI use the word duality. <\/p>\n
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\nMy wife says don’t use words you
\ndon’t need to use. <\/p>\n
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\nSo why don’t I say opposites?
\nI could maybe say pears. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s very important because
\nwe’re going to see throughout <\/p>\n
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\nthe rest of the Bible and you
\nknow, this is true. <\/p>\n
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\nMany dualities.
\nIf you have a better word, <\/p>\n
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\nplease share it with me.
\nThey’re not necessarily two <\/p>\n
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\nconcepts that are opposite.
\nSometimes they are. <\/p>\n
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\nMostly they are two concepts
\nthat are complementary. <\/p>\n
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\nThey appear to be opposite, but
\nthey are able to be reconciled. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you just think about
\nScripture right now, you should <\/p>\n
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\nhave hundreds of dualities going
\nthrough your mind. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat about mercy and truth as an
\nexample? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we have here in Genesis
\none verse one, the first <\/p>\n
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\nduality.
\nWe are told that we are to see <\/p>\n
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\ncreation, the reality of our
\nworld, our experience. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to use the word
\ncreation and reality <\/p>\n
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\ninterchangeably if you will.
\nWe are to see creation as <\/p>\n
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\nconsisting of a part called
\nheaven and a part called earth. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, that in itself is quite a
\nstatement to make because people<\/p>\n
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\nwho don’t have this book, the
\nBible, and they’re trying to <\/p>\n
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\nmake sense of the world, will
\ntypically see the world through <\/p>\n
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\ntalk about when it talks about <\/p>\n
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\nearth.
\nThey will see the world through <\/p>\n
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\nthe lens of atoms and all of the
\nmolecular structure that makes <\/p>\n
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\nup the material world that we
\nlive in. <\/p>\n
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\nBoth the things that we can see
\nin that material world because <\/p>\n
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\nour eyes can’t see all of the
\nthings in the material world, <\/p>\n
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\nand the things that we can’t see
\nbut are still a part of the <\/p>\n
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\nmaterial world.
\nThey won’t necessarily see or <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve that there’s a whole
\nnother part or dimension to <\/p>\n
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\nreality which the Bible calls
\nheaven and Genesis One is <\/p>\n
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\nputting that thought through.
\nFor us as well. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, the other interesting thing
\nis that the pattern that we are <\/p>\n
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\nemphasizing is heaven and earth.
\nAnd when we deep dive, because <\/p>\n
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\nwe haven’t started that Genesis
\none verse one in a few moments, <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going to be really
\ninterested in all three of those<\/p>\n
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\nwords.
\nYou see, The thing is this. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Genesis one verse one, we
\nhave the idea that heaven and <\/p>\n
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\nearth are created at the same
\ntime together for each other, at<\/p>\n
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\nthe same time together for each
\nother. <\/p>\n
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\nSomething went off the I
\nnoticed. <\/p>\n
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\nThey come back.
\nI came back. <\/p>\n
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\nWow.
\nOK, so they are together at the <\/p>\n
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\nsame time for each other.
\nAnd so we have this idea that <\/p>\n
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\nthere is a pattern that is
\nintended in creation, that <\/p>\n
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\nheaven should be joined with
\nearth, heaven and earth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s think about it from a
\npurpose point of view. <\/p>\n
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\nIf this is the pattern of
\nreality, obviously it is <\/p>\n
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\npointing towards the purpose of
\nall creation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I’m going to put it to
\nyou that as I said, every one of<\/p>\n
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\nthese talks is simple and
\ncomplicated, like fractals. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here’s the simple part.
\nIf you ever want to ask or <\/p>\n
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\nanybody ever asks you what is
\nthe purpose of reality, why I’m <\/p>\n
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\nnot here?
\nWhat is the purpose of all <\/p>\n
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\ncreation?
\nYou can say to them, for heaven <\/p>\n
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\nto be joined with earth.
\nThere it is. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a very, very simple answer.
\nAnd we would expect, would we <\/p>\n
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\nnot?
\nThat if God was going to nail <\/p>\n
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\ndown his purpose, he would nail
\nit down in the first sentence of<\/p>\n
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\nAnd I believe it’s there.
\nIn fact, not only has he nailed <\/p>\n
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\nthe purpose down, he’s nailed
\nthe whole gospel message down. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we will see that reveal
\nitself hopefully shortly. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s something for us to
\nthink about certainly as a <\/p>\n
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\nhad to ask most of you what is
\nthe purpose of creation or what <\/p>\n
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\nis the purpose of reality, we
\nwould definitely say something <\/p>\n
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\nlike this, that the earth should
\nbe filled with the glory of the <\/p>\n
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\nsea. <\/p>\n
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\nI was taught that Numbers 1421,
\nHabakkuk 2, verse 14. <\/p>\n
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\nRight on, Sir. <\/p>\n
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\nWe would also say something like
\nDaniel two, that the Kingdom of <\/p>\n
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\nearth and full the whole earth. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the purpose of creation,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nAbsolutely, but not necessarily
\nthe macrocosm pattern of it all.<\/p>\n
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\nBecause here we have the highest
\nmacrocosm that in fact it is the<\/p>\n
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\njoining of heaven and earth that
\nis the purpose of creation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, you know, I guess the
\nemphasis as we as a community <\/p>\n
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\nhave made is quite correct
\nbecause we find mainstream <\/p>\n
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\nactually, there’s no purpose <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s all going to be about <\/p>\n
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\nheaven.
\nAnd we’re all going to go off in<\/p>\n
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\nan abstract, ethereal way and be
\nin heaven wherever that may be. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that is where all of the
\npurpose of creation and reality <\/p>\n
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\nis.
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\non the earth is, is a reaction,
\nI guess to say, well, that’s <\/p>\n
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\nBut I think in some ways getting<\/p>\n
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\njust the balance right by
\nsaying, yes, Isaiah 45, God did <\/p>\n
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\nnot create the earth in vain.
\nThere will be a Kingdom <\/p>\n
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\nestablished in Israel.
\nThe promises will be fulfilled <\/p>\n
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\nout of Jerusalem.
\nBut what’s going to happen here <\/p>\n
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\nis that heaven is going to be
\njoined with earth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course, when we break out
\nof linear thinking and we start <\/p>\n
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\nhaving connected thinking,
\npattern based, fractal based <\/p>\n
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\nthinking, now it starts to make
\nsense. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now we know why the primary
\nwords that go with Kingdom are <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom of God mentioned 70
\ntimes, Kingdom of heaven <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned 32 times.
\nAnd in fact, Kingdom associated <\/p>\n
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\nwith earth is only mentioned 8
\ntimes right now. <\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t need to grapple over
\nthat once we get our overall <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding correct.
\nAnd this is the ultimate <\/p>\n
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\nand earth and Genesis one verse <\/p>\n
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\none is saying when you
\nunderstand fully what heaven and<\/p>\n
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\nearth is like, this is the.
\nReality of everything that God <\/p>\n
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\nhas planned, that all dualities,
\nall pairs, all. <\/p>\n
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\nOpposites, when they are
\nopposites, are going to be <\/p>\n
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\nreconciled into one and just
\nthat expression of the pattern <\/p>\n
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\nwhen you’re doing your Bible
\nreadings, you will see this idea<\/p>\n
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\ncoming up over and over again.
\nSo if what I’m saying doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nsort of resonate.
\nWith you, which is good because <\/p>\n
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\nthat mean means we can sort of
\nbe learning together. <\/p>\n
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\nLet me show you what I call the
\nthreefold chord. <\/p>\n
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\nAs the writer to the
\nEcclesiastes said, a threefold <\/p>\n
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\nchord is not easily broken.
\nSo here are three passages that <\/p>\n
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\nI think really hold together
\nthis as the purpose of creation.<\/p>\n
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\nGenesis, one verse, one first
\nverse. <\/p>\n
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\nHere it is the beginning, the
\nstatement of purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nWe go all the way then to the <\/p>\n
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\nend of the book and we say what
\nhappens at the end of the book? <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the macrocosm of
\nmacrocosms. <\/p>\n
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\nhighest zoom level you can <\/p>\n
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\nimagine.
\nRevelation 21 Now I saw a new <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s just lifting that purpose <\/p>\n
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\nout of Genesis One.
\nIt is a new heaven and a new <\/p>\n
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\nearth for the 1st heaven and the
\nfirst earth has passed away. <\/p>\n
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\nAlso, there was no more sea then
\nI, John saw the holy city, New <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem, coming down of heaven
\nfrom God, prepared as a bride, <\/p>\n
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\nadorned for her husband.
\nOh wow, now we sing Genesis 1 <\/p>\n
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\nfulfilled in a macrocosm, the
\nKingdom of God falling the <\/p>\n
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\nearth, and it’s a marriage.
\nIt’s it’s, it’s God walking down<\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem down the aisle with <\/p>\n
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\nheaven and earth are touching <\/p>\n
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\neach other.
\nThey are being met and unified <\/p>\n
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\ntogether.
\nAnd I always find that this <\/p>\n
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\nthird passage that, and there
\nare many others like this, when <\/p>\n
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\nyou open your eyes to them is
\njust so beautiful and pulling <\/p>\n
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\nthis idea of the purpose of all.
\nCreation together Ephesians 110 <\/p>\n
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\nby the way, it’s very easy to
\nremember Genesis 21 one <\/p>\n
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\nRevelation 21 one Ephesians 10\/1
\nis kind of like a pattern there.<\/p>\n
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\nSo here it is, Ephesians one
\nverse nine. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, having made known
\nto us the mystery of his. <\/p>\n
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\nWill I just love passages like
\nthat? <\/p>\n
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\nI always say to the young
\npeople, you know when God says <\/p>\n
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\nfor as truly as I live, when you
\nhear God start start a verse <\/p>\n
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\nlike that, you’ve got to sit up
\nwhat you’re about to say. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is another one of those.
\nHaving made known to us the <\/p>\n
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\nmystery of His will, so now
\nwe’re going to understand what’s<\/p>\n
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\naccording to His good pleasure <\/p>\n
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\nwhich He purposed in himself.
\nWe’re going to understand what <\/p>\n
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\ndispensation of the fullness of <\/p>\n
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\ntechnology or terminology, the <\/p>\n
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\npattern, He might gather <\/p>\n
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\ntogether in one all things in
\nChrist, both which are in heaven<\/p>\n
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\nand which are on earth in him.
\nThere it is. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what Ephesians one verse 10
\nis telling us is that beautiful <\/p>\n
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\npiece of information that the
\nduality is ultimately reconciled<\/p>\n
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\nby the joining that God provides
\ncalled Jesus Christ, the gospel <\/p>\n
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\nNow I keep telling you that this<\/p>\n
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\nImportant verse with a pretty <\/p>\n
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\nLet me give you some facts, <\/p>\n
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\nmaybe to try and further
\nconvince you. <\/p>\n
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\nThe words heaven and earth
\nappear together in the same <\/p>\n
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\nverse over 400 times in the
\nBible. <\/p>\n
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\nI certainly didn’t know that a
\nfew years ago. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is the third highest pair
\nof content words together in <\/p>\n
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\nverses in the Bible.
\nSo if you’re sitting there, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat’s the first, Matt?
\nThe 1st is Lord and God <\/p>\n
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\nappearing together.
\nThe 2nd is God and Israel <\/p>\n
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\nappearing together.
\nThe third is heaven and earth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here we have two words that
\nappear together many, many times<\/p>\n
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\nThat in itself should, should <\/p>\n
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\nThey are the 2nd and 3rd nouns <\/p>\n
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\nHeaven, earth, God is the first <\/p>\n
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\nnoun of the Bible.
\nHeaven is the second, Earth is <\/p>\n
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\nThe order is really interesting.<\/p>\n
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\nThe order of the pattern is
\nalmost always heaven and earth <\/p>\n
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\nin the almost 400 times that
\nthey appear together in the same<\/p>\n
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\nverse.
\nAbout 95% of the times heaven <\/p>\n
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\nappears before earth.
\nOf course, it’s a pattern. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s some on the edge that
\nare different. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll leave you if you’re
\ninterested to see what exciting <\/p>\n
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\nsurprises lie because of that.
\nBut the pattern is clear. <\/p>\n
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\nIt starts from heaven and it
\nmoves to earth. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Third Point we’ve already
\nemphasized is the pattern is 3 <\/p>\n
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\nSo what we’re now going to do, <\/p>\n
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\nIf that wasn’t simple, sorry, <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re now going to go and do a
\nlittle bit more complexity. <\/p>\n
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\nto really open up your mind now <\/p>\n
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\nword of God be trying to get us <\/p>\n
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\nto think about when we think
\nabout heaven? <\/p>\n
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\nwhen we think about the and and <\/p>\n
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\nbit more like deep dive stuff. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I’m by no means a Hebrew
\nscholar, so I’m going to say <\/p>\n
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\nstraight away every time I
\npronounce a Hebrew word it is <\/p>\n
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\nusing the Hebraic South African
\npronunciation dialect. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve approved, it’s an approved
\ndialect. <\/p>\n
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\nancient Hebrew, and you intend <\/p>\n
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\ncorrect me, you must check with <\/p>\n
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\nI do the same when I’m in France<\/p>\n
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\npronounce French words like <\/p>\n
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\ncorrect me. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I just go back to the
\nstraight, the way it looks, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich upsets them.
\nSo when we look at this phrase <\/p>\n
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\nheavens and earth in the Hebrew.
\nWe’re going to try and unpack it<\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to do a bit of a <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, it’s, it’s quite <\/p>\n
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\ninteresting because Hebrew and
\nwe kind of, I don’t know if we <\/p>\n
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\ngot on to this, but but Hebrew
\nitself is just such a beautiful <\/p>\n
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\nWhen you think about multiple <\/p>\n
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\nbecause the language itself is a<\/p>\n
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\nlanguage. <\/p>\n
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\nmight hear a speaker or <\/p>\n
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\npresenter and he and he and he
\nfinds a Hebrew word and he says,<\/p>\n
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\noh, well, that word, it means
\nthat and that and that. <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re stretching in a mid, but<\/p>\n
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\nwe need to understand that, that
\nHebrew is actually quite an <\/p>\n
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\nabstract language.
\nThe words are dense. <\/p>\n
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\ncan have lots of meanings <\/p>\n
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\ndepending on the context.
\nIt’s the idea that they can. <\/p>\n
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\nThe word itself can actually
\nhave a number of meanings <\/p>\n
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\ndepending on context, and they
\nall get joined together in one <\/p>\n
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\noverall meaning.
\nEnglish is a much more precise <\/p>\n
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\nbecome more involved with the <\/p>\n
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\nwe, we need to express ourselves<\/p>\n
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\nmore, more sort of precisely, we
\ninvent a new word just to be a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle bit more accurate.
\nHebrew doesn’t work like that. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s quite important when you
\nlook at Hebrew to try and keep <\/p>\n
339
\n00:20:37,520 –> 00:20:41,800
\nthat kind of holistic, abstract
\nview so that you can be looking <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:41,800 –> 00:20:45,280
\nout for the concept.
\nThe other thing is, and I was <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:45,280 –> 00:20:48,080
\ntrying to emphasise this to the
\nyoung people the other day. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:48,720 –> 00:20:51,320
\nI mean, words are really
\nimportant, but it’s what words <\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:51,320 –> 00:20:53,280
\nconvey that we’re really
\ninterested in. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:53,520 –> 00:20:56,640
\nWe’re interested in the concept,
\nwe’re interested in the idea. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:56,880 –> 00:21:00,360
\nThe word is the symbol that’s
\ncapturing the idea or the <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:00,360 –> 00:21:01,560
\nconcept.
\nSo we want to try and <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:01,560 –> 00:21:02,920
\nunderstand.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:02,920 –> 00:21:05,800
\nIs the the concept and the idea
\nof heaven? <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:06,120 –> 00:21:08,320
\nWhat is the concept and the idea
\nof earth? <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:08,320 –> 00:21:12,000
\nAnd in order to do that, there’s
\nat least 4 mechanisms that I <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:12,000 –> 00:21:15,000
\nthink are valid to do that.
\nThere may be others and I’d love<\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:15,000 –> 00:21:17,840
\nto hear from you, but four that
\nI think are really useful, and <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:17,840 –> 00:21:19,320
\nI’m sure you’re very familiar
\nwith some. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:19,640 –> 00:21:23,080
\nSo the first is yes, it’s very
\nuseful to go and have a look <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:23,080 –> 00:21:25,680
\nbecause we don’t speak Hebrew.
\nWhen we we’ve got an English <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:25,680 –> 00:21:27,160
\nword, we go look at the original
\nword. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:27,160 –> 00:21:29,920
\nVery useful to go and say, well,
\nyou know, what does that word <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:29,920 –> 00:21:31,240
\nmean?
\nAs I’ve said, what other <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:31,240 –> 00:21:33,800
\nmeanings might it have?
\nHow might those other meanings <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:33,800 –> 00:21:37,440
\nhelp me to have a fuller
\nunderstanding of that word over <\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:37,440 –> 00:21:40,760
\nand above what the English might
\nportray to me? <\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:41,240 –> 00:21:45,280
\nIn addition, because we’re
\ntrying to understand the concept<\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:45,280 –> 00:21:50,000
\nbetter, it’s often very useful
\nto to look at the etymology of a<\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:50,000 –> 00:21:52,760
\nword.
\nAgain, this I might get sort of <\/p>\n
365
\n00:21:52,760 –> 00:21:55,000
\nfeedback from my wife.
\nWhy are you using the word <\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:55,000 –> 00:21:56,640
\netymology?
\nBut you guys are all clever. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:21:56,840 –> 00:21:59,360
\nAnybody not know what etymology
\nis, raise your hand. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:21:59,760 –> 00:22:02,600
\nYou see, nobody.
\nOh, there’s always. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:02,600 –> 00:22:04,280
\nOne in the audience.
\nOf course. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:04,280 –> 00:22:08,280
\nYou all know that etymology is
\nlooking at the origin of words, <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:08,680 –> 00:22:11,640
\nhow the word came to be, because
\nwhen we look at the origin of a <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:11,640 –> 00:22:14,440
\nword, we can understand it sort
\nof a bit more. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:14,440 –> 00:22:17,600
\nThe idea behind the word.
\nThere’s some beautiful examples <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:17,600 –> 00:22:20,240
\nof that in English.
\nSo for example, the word <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:20,320 –> 00:22:24,520
\nsympathy, we use that word often
\nwhen somebody has a tragedy, we <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:24,520 –> 00:22:26,600
\nsend them a sympathy card,
\nright? <\/p>\n
377
\n00:22:26,960 –> 00:22:30,040
\nAnd that word, the origin of
\nthat word, when you go back and <\/p>\n
378
\n00:22:30,040 –> 00:22:34,080
\nlook at the old English words,
\n22 English words, the one word <\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:34,080 –> 00:22:38,000
\nmeaning sym, sym, from where we
\nget like words like symbiotic, <\/p>\n
380
\n00:22:38,240 –> 00:22:42,640
\nto, to, to, to, to, to, to be
\nwith, Symphony, to be with. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:22:43,080 –> 00:22:48,920
\nAnd then the second part, PATHY.
\nPathy, which actually comes from<\/p>\n
382
\n00:22:49,080 –> 00:22:53,600
\nthe original English word
\npassion, from where we get the <\/p>\n
383
\n00:22:53,600 –> 00:22:57,440
\npassion of Christ, from where we
\nget the idea of suffering. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:22:58,200 –> 00:23:02,320
\nSo now we know that the English
\nword has to do with the idea of <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:02,600 –> 00:23:04,880
\nbeing with somebody in their
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:05,120 –> 00:23:09,120
\nSo we send them a sympathy card
\nto say that we are with you in <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:09,120 –> 00:23:11,560
\nyour suffering.
\nThat’s where the word compassion<\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:11,560 –> 00:23:14,000
\ncomes from.
\nAnd that’s originally why people<\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:14,000 –> 00:23:16,840
\nsaid that person is pathetic.
\nYou see how we destroy our <\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:16,840 –> 00:23:18,840
\nwords?
\nWe say someone’s pathetic today.<\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:18,840 –> 00:23:21,280
\nThat’s not a very nice thing.
\nBut normally it would mean that <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:21,280 –> 00:23:23,120
\nthat person’s going through some
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:23,720 –> 00:23:26,440
\nThere’s an etymology lesson.
\nSo when we look at Hebrew words,<\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:26,440 –> 00:23:28,800
\nit’s really helpful to look at
\nthe etymology to understand <\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:28,800 –> 00:23:31,800
\nwhere the concept better.
\nSo that’s a second or a part of <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:31,800 –> 00:23:34,520
\nthe first tool.
\nAnd then of course, something we<\/p>\n
397
\n00:23:34,520 –> 00:23:37,280
\nwe know that we all do, we look
\nto see how that word is used in <\/p>\n
398
\n00:23:37,280 –> 00:23:39,440
\nthe Bible.
\nLook at the cross references. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:23:39,600 –> 00:23:43,680
\nLet’s have a look to see what.
\nWhat ideas we get from that <\/p>\n
400
\n00:23:43,680 –> 00:23:46,600
\nconcept as it’s used throughout
\nthe word of God, which is a <\/p>\n
401
\n00:23:46,600 –> 00:23:49,040
\nvery, very powerful tool and
\nvery important. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:23:49,600 –> 00:23:53,000
\nThe third tool is something that
\nthat’s an extension of the <\/p>\n
403
\n00:23:53,000 –> 00:23:55,680
\nsecond tool.
\nBut it’s harder for us to do <\/p>\n
404
\n00:23:55,680 –> 00:24:01,280
\nthis because in reality, the way
\nlanguage works is that words are<\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:01,280 –> 00:24:03,040
\nactually, they don’t stand
\nalone. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:03,320 –> 00:24:05,440
\nThey’re like like planetary
\nsystems. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:05,680 –> 00:24:08,760
\nAnd they have word associations
\nwith the words that are very, <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:08,760 –> 00:24:11,880
\nvery closely connected to them.
\nAnd to understand a concept as <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:11,880 –> 00:24:14,920
\nbroadly as you, as you as you
\ncould possibly, it’s important <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:14,920 –> 00:24:18,320
\nto understand all the words, if
\nyou can, that are associated <\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:18,320 –> 00:24:21,840
\nwith that word or that concept.
\nWe call that word associations. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:24:22,040 –> 00:24:24,400
\nYou know, there’s good news now.
\nI mean, many of you have used <\/p>\n
413
\n00:24:24,400 –> 00:24:25,640
\nthat tool.
\nYou may not know that you’ve <\/p>\n
414
\n00:24:25,640 –> 00:24:28,360
\ndone it in the Boss, but there’s
\nreally good tools available for <\/p>\n
415
\n00:24:28,360 –> 00:24:31,880
\nthose who enjoy studying the
\nBible to to actually fast track.<\/p>\n
416
\n00:24:32,280 –> 00:24:35,640
\nLooking at concepts in the Bible
\nthrough word association and we <\/p>\n
417
\n00:24:35,640 –> 00:24:38,040
\ncan talk more about that maybe
\nif I remember a bit later on. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:24:38,360 –> 00:24:41,600
\nAnd then I also believe
\nsomething that we often miss <\/p>\n
419
\n00:24:41,720 –> 00:24:45,360
\ndoing is that if we’re trying to
\nunderstand a concept that we’ve <\/p>\n
420
\n00:24:45,360 –> 00:24:50,120
\nfound in the Word of God, we
\nalso do well to actually just <\/p>\n
421
\n00:24:50,120 –> 00:24:53,360
\nthink about that concept on
\nearth in terms of. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:24:53,360 –> 00:24:58,000
\nWhat we see, especially if it’s
\na concept that is like a table <\/p>\n
423
\n00:24:58,160 –> 00:25:01,080
\nor some object that we can
\nactually physically interact <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:01,080 –> 00:25:05,800
\nwith and see that we can learn
\nabout that idea from natural <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:05,800 –> 00:25:08,360
\nobservation.
\nSo there we have it, four ways <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:08,360 –> 00:25:09,800
\nto understand a concept more
\nbroadly. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:09,800 –> 00:25:11,960
\nSo let’s take that and let’s put
\nit into practice. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:13,360 –> 00:25:16,320
\nThe heavens and the earth.
\nSo here it is. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:16,600 –> 00:25:22,280
\nThe first verse of the Bible
\ngoes Bereshit Bara Elohim ET <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:23,520 –> 00:25:27,160
\nHamashaim Shah mayim vayat ha
\narets. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:27,160 –> 00:25:29,320
\nThat’s the South African Hebrew
\ndialect. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:29,920 –> 00:25:31,960
\nIf you want to learn one verse
\nin Hebrew, which is always <\/p>\n
433
\n00:25:31,960 –> 00:25:34,280
\nimpressive to at least know one
\nverse in Hebrew, easiest verse <\/p>\n
434
\n00:25:34,280 –> 00:25:36,720
\nto learn could be easier ones
\nthat are shorter, but that’s 7 <\/p>\n
435
\n00:25:36,720 –> 00:25:39,920
\nwords in Hebrew.
\nSo we’re going to concentrate on<\/p>\n
436
\n00:25:39,920 –> 00:25:42,160
\nthe three words that I’ve got up
\nhere. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:25:42,360 –> 00:25:45,600
\nI’ve got more than three, but
\ndon’t worry about the ET ha Shah<\/p>\n
438
\n00:25:45,600 –> 00:25:50,360
\nmayim vayat ha arets, which is
\ntranslated in our English <\/p>\n
439
\n00:25:50,360 –> 00:25:52,480
\nBibles.
\nThe heavens and the earth. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:25:52,840 –> 00:25:57,000
\nSo let’s start with heaven, and
\nthere we have the word ha. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:25:57,200 –> 00:26:03,200
\nShamayim, which appears 420
\ntimes in the Old Testament. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:03,480 –> 00:26:07,960
\nSo it is a word that appears
\nmany times in the Old Testament.<\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:08,960 –> 00:26:11,720
\nThe ha.
\nFor those of you who, who, who, <\/p>\n
444
\n00:26:11,760 –> 00:26:15,800
\nwho are aware of Hebrew, the ha
\nis essentially in Hebrew the the<\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:15,800 –> 00:26:18,000
\nequivalent of the definite
\narticle in English. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:18,040 –> 00:26:22,160
\nThe So actually the word for
\nheaven is shamayim. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:22,400 –> 00:26:26,240
\nAnd the word for earth is arets,
\nbecause the heart is just a <\/p>\n
448
\n00:26:26,240 –> 00:26:28,080
\ndefinite article.
\nSo those are the two words we’re<\/p>\n
449
\n00:26:28,080 –> 00:26:32,280
\nfocusing on now.
\nIt’s pretty obvious, but you may<\/p>\n
450
\n00:26:32,280 –> 00:26:34,680
\nnot have thought it’s obvious
\nthere because these are like the<\/p>\n
451
\n00:26:34,680 –> 00:26:36,680
\nsecond and third noun in the
\nBible. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:26:36,840 –> 00:26:40,560
\nThey are both root words, so we
\nlike dealing with root words. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:26:40,560 –> 00:26:43,200
\nWe don’t have other Hebrew words
\nthat they’ve come out of. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:26:43,360 –> 00:26:45,920
\nThey are root.
\nWords and as a result, actually <\/p>\n
455
\n00:26:46,080 –> 00:26:49,240
\nwhen you go to Strong’s
\nConcordance and Thaeus Lexicon <\/p>\n
456
\n00:26:49,240 –> 00:26:53,240
\nand other places, you’re going
\nto find that the, the definition<\/p>\n
457
\n00:26:53,240 –> 00:26:55,720
\nof the words are quite broadly
\nspoken. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:26:55,720 –> 00:26:59,440
\nAnd, and it’s quite difficult to
\nsort of get, especially when it <\/p>\n
459
\n00:26:59,440 –> 00:27:03,080
\ncomes to the word shamayim.
\nBut generally speaking, the <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:03,080 –> 00:27:07,360
\nHebrew scholars will tell you
\nthat the word shamayim means <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:07,360 –> 00:27:13,400
\nlofty, high or over there.
\nThat’s an interesting starting <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:13,400 –> 00:27:15,360
\npoint.
\nSo we’ve got this first part of <\/p>\n
463
\n00:27:15,360 –> 00:27:20,600
\nthe duality that is described as
\nsomething that’s lofty and <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:20,600 –> 00:27:25,160
\nsomething that’s over there,
\nlike not here, but over there. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:27:26,000 –> 00:27:29,160
\nSo that’s a, a starting point
\nfrom which we can build out this<\/p>\n
466
\n00:27:29,360 –> 00:27:32,200
\nconcept.
\nInterestingly, you may, if <\/p>\n
467
\n00:27:32,200 –> 00:27:36,400
\nyou’re really astute, you may
\nremember that at the end of <\/p>\n
468
\n00:27:36,400 –> 00:27:40,840
\nEzekiel, like when you have the
\nvision of Revelation 21, and of <\/p>\n
469
\n00:27:40,840 –> 00:27:46,280
\ncourse it is Revelation 21 and
\n22 is Ezekiel 464748 like the <\/p>\n
470
\n00:27:46,440 –> 00:27:50,320
\nthe final coming together, the
\nmarriage supper of the Lamb, all<\/p>\n
471
\n00:27:50,320 –> 00:27:54,080
\nof it’s happening and you get to
\nthe last verse of Ezekiel and <\/p>\n
472
\n00:27:54,080 –> 00:27:57,520
\nhe’s showing you the whole land
\nthat’s been filled with heaven, <\/p>\n
473
\n00:27:57,680 –> 00:28:00,640
\nbeen filled with God.
\nYou eventually come to the city <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:01,200 –> 00:28:04,200
\nand it says this is Yahweh
\nShama. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:05,520 –> 00:28:07,600
\nThe Lord is.
\nThere. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:08,760 –> 00:28:12,000
\nYeah, right here in the middle
\nof it all. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:12,400 –> 00:28:17,880
\nSo there is the idea of where
\nthe word shamayim comes from. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:18,560 –> 00:28:20,600
\nSo from an etymology point of
\nview, it’s quite interesting. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:28:20,760 –> 00:28:23,240
\nThere’s a bit of debate here
\nbecause as I say, it is a root <\/p>\n
480
\n00:28:23,240 –> 00:28:25,440
\nword on its own.
\nSo it’s really people saying, <\/p>\n
481
\n00:28:25,440 –> 00:28:29,160
\nwell, sounds like could be.
\nAnd there’s really two sort of, <\/p>\n
482
\n00:28:29,440 –> 00:28:32,120
\nI think, complimentary answers
\nthat come from the Hebrew <\/p>\n
483
\n00:28:32,120 –> 00:28:34,080
\nscholars, and they’re both quite
\ninteresting to think about. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:28:34,320 –> 00:28:38,000
\nThe 1st is that the essence of
\nthe word originates from the <\/p>\n
485
\n00:28:38,000 –> 00:28:40,520
\nidea of water.
\nA bit later on in Genesis, we’re<\/p>\n
486
\n00:28:40,520 –> 00:28:43,320
\ngoing to read about the water,
\nand the word for water is mayim.<\/p>\n
487
\n00:28:43,680 –> 00:28:48,600
\nSo some Hebrew scholars say Shah
\nmayim is really referring to <\/p>\n
488
\n00:28:48,600 –> 00:28:52,200
\nlike a plural of water, and
\nthat’s why in fact, it’s <\/p>\n
489
\n00:28:52,200 –> 00:28:56,600
\ntranslated to heavens.
\nAnd so there’s this idea that <\/p>\n
490
\n00:28:56,840 –> 00:29:01,400
\nheaven is in a sense like
\nunderstood as the waters. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:01,840 –> 00:29:03,560
\nNow you might say, well, how
\ndoes that work with this <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:03,560 –> 00:29:04,040
\nconcept?
\nWell. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:04,360 –> 00:29:07,160
\nLet me work it through with you.
\nSo it’s this idea that heaven is<\/p>\n
494
\n00:29:07,160 –> 00:29:09,800
\nnot, not the place that we are
\ncomfortable. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:29:10,360 –> 00:29:12,680
\nIt’s it’s not the place that we
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:29:13,120 –> 00:29:15,160
\nIt’s, it’s, it’s a place over
\nthere. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:29:15,800 –> 00:29:20,040
\nIt’s lofty and it’s not our
\nplace as such. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:29:20,800 –> 00:29:22,640
\nAll right.
\nAnd we know that because we <\/p>\n
499
\n00:29:22,640 –> 00:29:26,040
\nprefer like Terra Firma, all
\nright, Some of us can go and <\/p>\n
500
\n00:29:26,040 –> 00:29:28,120
\nswim for a while, but we need to
\nget out after a while because <\/p>\n
501
\n00:29:28,120 –> 00:29:30,160
\nit’s not the place we can
\nbreathe and survive it. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:29:30,440 –> 00:29:36,680
\nSo there’s one idea, the the
\nrabbinical sort of tradition is <\/p>\n
503
\n00:29:36,680 –> 00:29:41,120
\nin fact that shamayim comes from
\n2 words, mayim and ETS. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:29:41,400 –> 00:29:43,280
\nMayim is the word for water, as
\nI’ve just said. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:29:43,520 –> 00:29:47,440
\nAnd ETS is the word for fire.
\nAnd so they have this lovely <\/p>\n
506
\n00:29:47,440 –> 00:29:52,720
\nidea that that heaven, heaven
\nhas this, this, this is named <\/p>\n
507
\n00:29:52,720 –> 00:29:56,280
\nafter the fact that that heaven
\nis the place from which the <\/p>\n
508
\n00:29:56,280 –> 00:30:00,080
\nwater comes and from which the
\nfire comes. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:00,560 –> 00:30:04,040
\nSo of course that’s true.
\nThat’s where the rain comes and <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:04,160 –> 00:30:07,480
\nthat’s where the sun comes and
\nthe lightning comes from. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:30:07,800 –> 00:30:11,400
\nAnd the rabbinical tradition
\nsays this is teaching, and this <\/p>\n
512
\n00:30:11,400 –> 00:30:15,400
\nis a very important underlying
\nconcept, that heaven is both a <\/p>\n
513
\n00:30:15,520 –> 00:30:20,200
\nprovider and a refiner.
\nBecause the thing that water and<\/p>\n
514
\n00:30:20,200 –> 00:30:24,560
\nfire both have in common is we
\nneed them to provide for us so <\/p>\n
515
\n00:30:24,560 –> 00:30:27,960
\nthat we can live without water.
\nAs we’re learning very quickly <\/p>\n
516
\n00:30:27,960 –> 00:30:30,440
\nhere at Outer World, we’re just
\ngoing to crawl up in a heap and <\/p>\n
517
\n00:30:30,440 –> 00:30:33,960
\ndie.
\nAnd without fire we can’t warm <\/p>\n
518
\n00:30:33,960 –> 00:30:36,920
\nourselves in the winter and we
\ncan’t cook any food, etcetera, <\/p>\n
519
\n00:30:36,920 –> 00:30:40,560
\netcetera.
\nBut at the same time, water can <\/p>\n
520
\n00:30:40,560 –> 00:30:45,600
\ncome as a flood and completely
\nflush us and clean us and refine<\/p>\n
521
\n00:30:45,600 –> 00:30:48,120
\nus and we use it to wash
\nourselves and to clean <\/p>\n
522
\n00:30:48,120 –> 00:30:51,960
\nourselves.
\nAnd fire is also used to destroy<\/p>\n
523
\n00:30:51,960 –> 00:30:54,520
\nand to refine.
\nSo really interesting idea <\/p>\n
524
\n00:30:54,520 –> 00:30:57,240
\nthere.
\nThis is the place that both <\/p>\n
525
\n00:30:57,280 –> 00:31:03,040
\nprovides and refines.
\nWhat is the direct usage? <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:03,280 –> 00:31:06,560
\nHow is heaven used in direct
\nusage throughout the Bible? <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:06,560 –> 00:31:10,000
\nWell, again, because of time,
\nI’m going to ask you just to, to<\/p>\n
528
\n00:31:11,120 –> 00:31:13,200
\nstick with me and, and, and, and
\nbelieve in me. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:31:13,200 –> 00:31:15,240
\nBut there’s a whole bunch of
\ninformation I can share with <\/p>\n
530
\n00:31:15,240 –> 00:31:17,880
\nthose who are interested.
\nPerhaps the one verse that we <\/p>\n
531
\n00:31:17,880 –> 00:31:21,600
\ncould turn up is, if you’ve got
\nyour Bibles open, Psalm 115, <\/p>\n
532
\n00:31:21,920 –> 00:31:25,160
\nbecause this is a verse that
\njust establishes something I <\/p>\n
533
\n00:31:25,160 –> 00:31:27,240
\nthink you know.
\nBut let’s go and see it in the <\/p>\n
534
\n00:31:27,240 –> 00:31:30,240
\nBible.
\nA very, very clear distinction <\/p>\n
535
\n00:31:30,520 –> 00:31:32,800
\nin terms of Bible usage between
\nheaven and earth. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:31:33,000 –> 00:31:35,280
\nAnd we cover both here.
\nSo we get 2 for the price of 1. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:31:35,680 –> 00:31:51,080
\nPsalm 115 and verse 16.
\nSo it says the highest heavens <\/p>\n
538
\n00:31:51,600 –> 00:31:56,120
\nbelong to the Lord, but the
\nearth he has given to mankind. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:31:56,840 –> 00:32:01,320
\nSo there is probably the
\nsimplest example in terms of <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:01,320 –> 00:32:07,280
\nBible usage of heaven being the
\nrealm or the place which belongs<\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:07,280 –> 00:32:11,600
\nto God, and earth being the
\nrealm or the place which belongs<\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:11,600 –> 00:32:13,760
\nto man.
\nAll right, so there we have it. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:14,280 –> 00:32:18,360
\nIn, in, in Psalm 115, there are
\nmany, many other passages that <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:18,360 –> 00:32:23,720
\nsupport that Psalm two, he who
\nsits in the heavens shall laugh.<\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:23,880 –> 00:32:29,400
\nGenesis 28, the letter that goes
\nup to God at the gate of heaven,<\/p>\n
546
\n00:32:29,600 –> 00:32:31,280
\nwhich is then called God’s
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:32:31,400 –> 00:32:38,560
\nSo plenty of examples showing
\nthat word associations. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:32:39,440 –> 00:32:42,240
\nWell, this is where it gets
\nreally interesting if we take <\/p>\n
549
\n00:32:42,240 –> 00:32:45,280
\nthe word heaven.
\nWhat are always the associated <\/p>\n
550
\n00:32:45,280 –> 00:32:49,400
\nconcepts that that are linked to
\nthe concept of heaven? <\/p>\n
551
\n00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:51,680
\nWell, we already established the
\none very clearly from direct <\/p>\n
552
\n00:32:51,680 –> 00:32:54,000
\nBible usage.
\nAnd some of these we can also <\/p>\n
553
\n00:32:54,000 –> 00:32:57,800
\nshow you in direct Bible verses.
\nBut for now, I’ll just ask you <\/p>\n
554
\n00:32:57,800 –> 00:33:01,400
\nto just think about all of these
\nas being concepts that are <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:01,400 –> 00:33:04,080
\ndirectly associated with heaven.
\nSo when you think about heaven <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:04,360 –> 00:33:08,040
\nas abstractly as you can, you
\ncould see it in represented in <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:08,040 –> 00:33:11,240
\neach of these individual
\nconcepts or ideas. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:11,600 –> 00:33:21,200
\nGod, spirit, lot, word, purpose,
\nmeaning, seed, authority, <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:21,560 –> 00:33:24,200
\nidentity, name, and we could go
\non. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:24,200 –> 00:33:26,920
\nAnd once you get the hang of it,
\nyou’ll probably be able to add <\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:26,920 –> 00:33:30,480
\nother words, but those are some
\nof the words that appear. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:33:30,560 –> 00:33:33,080
\nWhen we do word association, so
\nyou might ask what do I mean by <\/p>\n
563
\n00:33:33,080 –> 00:33:35,080
\nword association?
\nWell, one of the tools that we <\/p>\n
564
\n00:33:35,080 –> 00:33:37,480
\nhave today, which is really
\namazing is large language <\/p>\n
565
\n00:33:37,480 –> 00:33:40,040
\nmodels.
\nAnd what we can do is we can say<\/p>\n
566
\n00:33:40,560 –> 00:33:43,600
\nI want to know.
\nIn the Bible, I want to know for<\/p>\n
567
\n00:33:43,600 –> 00:33:48,520
\nthis word what other keywords
\nappear with an X number. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:33:48,520 –> 00:33:51,920
\nOf words of that word.
\nAll right, And we can build word<\/p>\n
569
\n00:33:51,920 –> 00:33:53,360
\nclouds.
\nI’m sure you’ve all come across <\/p>\n
570
\n00:33:53,360 –> 00:33:56,920
\nword clouds and we can begin to
\nidentify words that are <\/p>\n
571
\n00:33:56,920 –> 00:33:59,040
\nassociated with the word that we
\ninterested in. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:33:59,640 –> 00:34:02,120
\nNow, as I said, you’ve been
\ndoing it before, but it’s pretty<\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:02,120 –> 00:34:04,000
\nmuch the hard way because what
\nhappens, we’re doing our reading<\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:04,000 –> 00:34:05,360
\nand we keep seeing.
\nHey, I keep. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:05,360 –> 00:34:07,120
\nSeeing the word light linked to
\nthe word heaven. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:34:07,360 –> 00:34:09,679
\nAnd then we do a concordance
\nsearch and we find all the times<\/p>\n
577
\n00:34:09,679 –> 00:34:12,520
\nthat light appears with heaven.
\nWell this is a shortcut to find <\/p>\n
578
\n00:34:12,520 –> 00:34:13,880
\nthe other ones you didn’t
\nnotice. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:34:14,480 –> 00:34:17,400
\nSo there we have a whole list of
\nword associations with heaven. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:34:17,679 –> 00:34:19,560
\nAnd then of course, if we’re
\nlooking to understand heaven <\/p>\n
581
\n00:34:19,560 –> 00:34:21,679
\nfrom a natural point of view,
\nwhat are the things that we <\/p>\n
582
\n00:34:21,679 –> 00:34:23,639
\nmight think of?
\nWe might go outside, we look up,<\/p>\n
583
\n00:34:23,639 –> 00:34:25,800
\nthat’s where we think.
\nThat’s where we perceive heaven <\/p>\n
584
\n00:34:25,800 –> 00:34:30,320
\nto be in the natural context.
\nIt’s above, it’s infinite, it <\/p>\n
585
\n00:34:30,320 –> 00:34:32,400
\nspeaks of Infinity because we
\njust look. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:34:32,560 –> 00:34:35,040
\nWhen you look out at the stars
\nat night, you just feel this, <\/p>\n
587
\n00:34:35,239 –> 00:34:38,320
\nthis timelessness, this idea of
\ntime. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:34:38,560 –> 00:34:40,760
\nAnd of course, we often
\nassociate the colour blue. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:34:40,960 –> 00:34:46,360
\nSo that, I hope, has broadened
\nout your perspective of heaven. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:34:47,280 –> 00:34:50,800
\nNow let’s move over to Earth.
\nYou’ll be happy to know a lot <\/p>\n
591
\n00:34:50,800 –> 00:34:54,000
\nquicker because we can establish
\nthese concepts pretty quickly. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:34:54,320 –> 00:34:57,560
\nThe Earth, the word arets or
\narets. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:34:57,560 –> 00:35:01,160
\nAppears 2500 times in the Old
\nTestament, so lots of references<\/p>\n
594
\n00:35:01,400 –> 00:35:04,920
\nand essentially it means like
\nwhat you think it means. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:35:04,920 –> 00:35:08,800
\nBut I want to emphasise more
\nthat when you think about it. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:35:08,800 –> 00:35:14,600
\nSo of course it means earth and
\nit means land and it means soil.<\/p>\n
597
\n00:35:15,400 –> 00:35:17,640
\nAnd when we get to the etymology
\nof the word, until we try and <\/p>\n
598
\n00:35:17,640 –> 00:35:20,920
\nunderstand what’s lying behind
\nthe word, we start to see <\/p>\n
599
\n00:35:20,920 –> 00:35:26,440
\nconcepts like concrete,
\nmaterial, substantial. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:35:27,280 –> 00:35:29,160
\nAll right.
\nSo now we’re beginning to see <\/p>\n
601
\n00:35:29,400 –> 00:35:33,360
\nthat this is the term that is
\nused to describe the material <\/p>\n
602
\n00:35:33,360 –> 00:35:36,560
\nworld, the world of the atoms
\nand the molecules. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:35:37,000 –> 00:35:40,760
\nAnd heaven is over there.
\nIt’s not a part. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:35:40,760 –> 00:35:43,760
\nOf that world.
\nWe we often get confused because<\/p>\n
605
\n00:35:43,920 –> 00:35:47,800
\nin some sense we think that
\nheaven is just some other part <\/p>\n
606
\n00:35:47,800 –> 00:35:49,960
\nof the material realm that we
\nhaven’t yet got to. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:35:50,400 –> 00:35:53,000
\nBut if we get an Elon Musk
\nspaceship to fly fast enough, <\/p>\n
608
\n00:35:53,160 –> 00:35:53,960
\nwe’ll get.
\nThere. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:35:54,480 –> 00:35:57,760
\nThat’s an incorrect view from
\nthe biblical understanding. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:35:58,880 –> 00:36:01,720
\nHow is it used in direct usage?
\nWell, we’ve already seen it’s <\/p>\n
611
\n00:36:01,720 –> 00:36:03,880
\nman’s dwelling.
\nIt’s often used to refer <\/p>\n
612
\n00:36:03,880 –> 00:36:08,080
\nspecifically to dry land as
\nopposed to the sea dry land. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:36:08,320 –> 00:36:12,640
\nAnd often it’s used to refer to
\nIsrael, to the promised land <\/p>\n
614
\n00:36:12,840 –> 00:36:15,480
\nArets.
\nIn fact, a number of the Jewish <\/p>\n
615
\n00:36:15,680 –> 00:36:18,280
\nsort of traditional songs, if
\nyou know your Jewish songs, <\/p>\n
616
\n00:36:18,280 –> 00:36:21,240
\nactually use the word arets or
\nhowever they would pronounce it <\/p>\n
617
\n00:36:21,240 –> 00:36:25,200
\nin their dialect in in their
\nsongs. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:36:25,840 –> 00:36:29,600
\nWhat are the word associations?
\nWhat do we then link to the idea<\/p>\n
619
\n00:36:29,600 –> 00:36:29,960
\nof?
\nEarth. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:36:30,040 –> 00:36:36,360
\nWell, man, of course.
\nFlesh, dark fruit, body, <\/p>\n
621
\n00:36:37,040 –> 00:36:42,320
\nexpression, family.
\nSo we’re starting to see that <\/p>\n
622
\n00:36:42,480 –> 00:36:45,520
\nit’s not quite as simple as
\nsaying the one is good and the <\/p>\n
623
\n00:36:45,520 –> 00:36:48,640
\nother is evil.
\nNo, no, no, no, it’s not quite <\/p>\n
624
\n00:36:48,760 –> 00:36:51,240
\nthat the one is the opposite of
\nthe other. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:36:51,560 –> 00:36:54,640
\nWe can see that in some respects
\nthe associations are opposite, <\/p>\n
626
\n00:36:54,800 –> 00:36:57,480
\nbut in some we can immediately
\nsee there’s something else going<\/p>\n
627
\n00:36:57,480 –> 00:36:59,240
\non here.
\nAnd we have this idea that we’re<\/p>\n
628
\n00:36:59,240 –> 00:37:02,320
\ngoing to be emphasizing over and
\nover again of this vitally <\/p>\n
629
\n00:37:02,320 –> 00:37:07,320
\nimportant relationship between
\nheaven and earth, where heaven <\/p>\n
630
\n00:37:07,840 –> 00:37:12,680
\nis providing purpose and
\nmeaning, an identity to the <\/p>\n
631
\n00:37:12,680 –> 00:37:16,120
\npotential of earth.
\nThink of it from the creation <\/p>\n
632
\n00:37:16,120 –> 00:37:18,480
\nrecord.
\nYou’ve got an earth that’s dark <\/p>\n
633
\n00:37:18,720 –> 00:37:22,680
\nand covered in water.
\nIt’s chaotic, there’s no order, <\/p>\n
634
\n00:37:23,040 –> 00:37:28,040
\nit looks like it’s useless.
\nAnd then there is the word from <\/p>\n
635
\n00:37:28,040 –> 00:37:30,720
\nheaven.
\nThere is the idea, there is the <\/p>\n
636
\n00:37:30,720 –> 00:37:33,360
\nmeaning, and it is first
\nexpressed and let there be <\/p>\n
637
\n00:37:33,360 –> 00:37:35,520
\nlight.
\nAnd then it’s expressed and let <\/p>\n
638
\n00:37:35,520 –> 00:37:40,640
\nthe waters be divided and the
\nearth comes out and now it has <\/p>\n
639
\n00:37:40,640 –> 00:37:43,240
\npotential.
\nAnd now we can, we can <\/p>\n
640
\n00:37:43,240 –> 00:37:47,040
\nunderstand because the earth is
\nnow moving towards purpose. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:37:47,760 –> 00:37:53,440
\nBut at the same time, what is
\nhappening is that the earth is <\/p>\n
642
\n00:37:53,440 –> 00:37:57,720
\nexpressing the idea of the
\nheaven. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:37:58,600 –> 00:38:02,080
\nAnd this is a really important
\nconcept because many spiritual <\/p>\n
644
\n00:38:02,080 –> 00:38:06,640
\nideas are incredibly dense.
\nThey, they are, are, are are <\/p>\n
645
\n00:38:06,720 –> 00:38:12,680
\ncompact ideas that we can only
\ntruly understand or even more <\/p>\n
646
\n00:38:12,680 –> 00:38:17,160
\nimportantly, experience.
\nWhen they are materialised, when<\/p>\n
647
\n00:38:17,280 –> 00:38:20,760
\nto use our community’s language,
\nthey are manifested. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:38:21,520 –> 00:38:25,920
\nThat’s when we begin to truly
\nexperience heaven. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:38:26,760 –> 00:38:29,880
\nAnd maybe an easy way of me
\nexplaining this is think of a <\/p>\n
650
\n00:38:29,880 –> 00:38:33,920
\nseed and a tree or a flower or a
\nplant. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:38:34,240 –> 00:38:37,760
\nThink of the seed as
\nrepresenting the potential, the <\/p>\n
652
\n00:38:37,760 –> 00:38:40,720
\nword, the idea.
\nAnd you can look at a seed and <\/p>\n
653
\n00:38:40,720 –> 00:38:44,560
\nas much as you stare at that
\nseed, inside it is this compact <\/p>\n
654
\n00:38:44,560 –> 00:38:47,160
\ninformation.
\nThe scientists have now told us <\/p>\n
655
\n00:38:47,480 –> 00:38:50,000
\nthere’s Adna programme inside
\nthat. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:38:50,000 –> 00:38:54,240
\nSeed there’s there’s a.
\nProgramme of words and that’s <\/p>\n
657
\n00:38:54,240 –> 00:38:57,720
\ninside that seed and as much as
\nwe know all of that’s there, we <\/p>\n
658
\n00:38:57,720 –> 00:39:01,160
\ncan’t truly appreciate it until,
\nas Jesus said, we planted into <\/p>\n
659
\n00:39:01,160 –> 00:39:03,120
\nthe ground, into the potential
\nof the. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:39:03,120 –> 00:39:05,800
\nEarth.
\nAnd it becomes a mustard tree, <\/p>\n
661
\n00:39:06,880 –> 00:39:10,920
\nand we see the mustard tree and
\nsuddenly we gain an <\/p>\n
662
\n00:39:10,920 –> 00:39:14,080
\nunderstanding and an experience
\nof that. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:39:14,080 –> 00:39:17,080
\nSeed.
\nGod is love. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:39:17,480 –> 00:39:22,160
\nOne of the greatest spiritual
\nprinciples and heavenly ideas. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:39:22,760 –> 00:39:27,480
\nAnd when love is experienced
\nbetween each other in, in in a <\/p>\n
666
\n00:39:27,480 –> 00:39:30,320
\nhusband and wife relationship,
\nin a brother and sister <\/p>\n
667
\n00:39:30,320 –> 00:39:36,200
\nrelationship, then we can truly
\nbegin to understand what and <\/p>\n
668
\n00:39:36,200 –> 00:39:39,760
\nexperience what love is.
\nSo that’s really this important <\/p>\n
669
\n00:39:39,760 –> 00:39:43,360
\nassociation between heaven and
\nearth that is being taught for <\/p>\n
670
\n00:39:43,360 –> 00:39:47,280
\nus right in the beginning.
\nWe have one word. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:39:47,280 –> 00:39:50,360
\nWell, let me just show you now
\nthis is really important because<\/p>\n
672
\n00:39:50,360 –> 00:39:52,400
\nwe’re going to draw on this in
\nin 2B. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:39:53,600 –> 00:39:57,360
\nWe can see here how now these
\nassociations, we’ve really now <\/p>\n
674
\n00:39:57,360 –> 00:39:59,320
\nexpanded our understanding of
\nheaven, earth. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:39:59,800 –> 00:40:04,280
\nSo we’ve got.
\nGod and man above, below, light,<\/p>\n
676
\n00:40:04,480 –> 00:40:10,880
\ndark, word, body, spiritual,
\nnatural, inform, express, <\/p>\n
677
\n00:40:11,400 –> 00:40:19,120
\nmeaning, matter, seed, fruit,
\nauthority, power, name, family <\/p>\n
678
\n00:40:19,400 –> 00:40:23,640
\nand I could go on and it takes a
\nwhile, but I’d ask you to come <\/p>\n
679
\n00:40:23,640 –> 00:40:25,520
\non the journey.
\nKeep keep practicing it and you <\/p>\n
680
\n00:40:25,520 –> 00:40:28,520
\nwill start seeing the
\namplification of the pattern of <\/p>\n
681
\n00:40:28,520 –> 00:40:31,840
\nheaven and earth playing out
\nover and over again. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:40:32,040 –> 00:40:35,560
\nIt’s it’s it’s.
\nDescribing every duality, every <\/p>\n
683
\n00:40:35,560 –> 00:40:38,960
\nsingle duality that you’re going
\nto encounter both in the Word of<\/p>\n
684
\n00:40:38,960 –> 00:40:44,360
\nGod and in your life.
\nAnd the pattern is this, when <\/p>\n
685
\n00:40:44,360 –> 00:40:49,960
\nthey are joined correctly, when
\nheaven is joined with earth by <\/p>\n
686
\n00:40:49,960 –> 00:40:55,080
\nHeaven’s provision, there is
\nfruitfulness, there is blessing,<\/p>\n
687
\n00:40:55,400 –> 00:40:59,560
\nand there is abundance.
\nAnd when they are disconnected, <\/p>\n
688
\n00:41:00,360 –> 00:41:05,360
\nwhen they are attempted to be
\njoined by man’s provision, there<\/p>\n
689
\n00:41:05,360 –> 00:41:09,160
\nis destruction, there is
\ncursing, there is sin. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:41:09,800 –> 00:41:11,320
\nThat is the message of the
\nBible. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:41:11,760 –> 00:41:16,520
\nSo it’s very important that we
\nfinish with one last word. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:22,760
\nThe word in our English Bible is
\nthe word, and in the Hebrew you <\/p>\n
693
\n00:41:22,760 –> 00:41:25,520
\nwould have noticed.
\nI don’t think my pointer works <\/p>\n
694
\n00:41:25,560 –> 00:41:26,400
\nout.
\nMaybe it does. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:41:26,600 –> 00:41:35,400
\nIt is there via ET VA ET.
\nThe word and throughout the <\/p>\n
696
\n00:41:35,400 –> 00:41:39,480
\nHebrew Bible is actually a
\nletter, kind of like we have a <\/p>\n
697
\n00:41:39,480 –> 00:41:41,400
\nword that’s a letter, like the
\nword I. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:41:41,680 –> 00:41:44,560
\nIt’s both a letter in the
\nEnglish alphabet, but it’s also <\/p>\n
699
\n00:41:44,560 –> 00:41:46,720
\na word.
\nThe same is true in the Hebrew. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:41:47,040 –> 00:41:51,080
\nIt is the letter vav, which by
\nthe way, is the 6th letter of <\/p>\n
701
\n00:41:51,080 –> 00:41:53,520
\nthe Hebrew alphabet.
\nThat’s one worth chewing on for <\/p>\n
702
\n00:41:53,520 –> 00:41:56,120
\na long time.
\nYou could go down a couple of <\/p>\n
703
\n00:41:56,120 –> 00:41:57,960
\nrabbit holes with that one.
\nIt’s a 6th. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:41:57,960 –> 00:42:01,480
\nLetter of the Hebrew alphabet,
\nand typically in Hebrew. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:42:02,000 –> 00:42:08,000
\nAlmost always, not always, it
\nappears attached to a word that <\/p>\n
706
\n00:42:08,000 –> 00:42:10,840
\nit is using, that it is intended
\nto join to another word. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:42:11,160 –> 00:42:16,000
\nSo it, it doesn’t often appear
\non its own all right, but it is <\/p>\n
708
\n00:42:16,080 –> 00:42:19,560
\nthe joining word of the Hebrew
\nBible, Vav. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:42:19,720 –> 00:42:22,280
\nSo if anybody had to say to you,
\nwhat is the joining word of the <\/p>\n
710
\n00:42:22,280 –> 00:42:24,680
\nHebrew Bible, it is the letter
\nvav. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:42:24,960 –> 00:42:29,960
\nAnd here’s the thing, it appears
\nover 50,000 times. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:42:29,960 –> 00:42:32,760
\nYou know, I was reading some
\nrabbinical writings and they <\/p>\n
713
\n00:42:32,760 –> 00:42:36,280
\nsaid, you know, this is the most
\nmysterious letter and word of <\/p>\n
714
\n00:42:36,280 –> 00:42:40,080
\nthe Bible because it is
\neverywhere, this tiny little <\/p>\n
715
\n00:42:40,080 –> 00:42:43,200
\nletter.
\nAnd, you know, almost every <\/p>\n
716
\n00:42:43,200 –> 00:42:46,240
\nversion, in fact, every English
\nversion of the Bible, the the <\/p>\n
717
\n00:42:46,240 –> 00:42:51,000
\ntranslators actually cannot
\nbegin to translate every <\/p>\n
718
\n00:42:51,000 –> 00:42:54,840
\noccurrence that they see of the
\nvav as a conjunction because <\/p>\n
719
\n00:42:54,840 –> 00:42:58,240
\nEnglish just doesn’t work with
\nthat many conjunctions. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:42:58,760 –> 00:43:01,760
\nEnglish actually is a language
\nthat likes to use pretty concise<\/p>\n
721
\n00:43:01,760 –> 00:43:03,960
\nsentences.
\nOne thought, one thought, one <\/p>\n
722
\n00:43:03,960 –> 00:43:05,480
\nthought.
\nAnd you know, if you talk to <\/p>\n
723
\n00:43:05,480 –> 00:43:08,440
\nwrite academic articles, stop
\nusing the ands. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:43:08,960 –> 00:43:10,400
\nAny of you heard that?
\nOr if you’re writing a history <\/p>\n
725
\n00:43:10,400 –> 00:43:14,640
\nessay, Hebrew doesn’t work like
\nthat in the base of the Hebrew <\/p>\n
726
\n00:43:14,640 –> 00:43:18,480
\nlanguage is these conjunctions.
\nIt’s like it’s like God’s built <\/p>\n
727
\n00:43:18,480 –> 00:43:22,280
\ninto his book.
\nThe and the join, the join the <\/p>\n
728
\n00:43:22,280 –> 00:43:24,560
\njoin and we don’t even know how
\nto begin to translate it. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:43:24,560 –> 00:43:27,160
\nSo there it is.
\nIt’s in this little letter <\/p>\n
730
\n00:43:27,400 –> 00:43:30,920
\nvalve, the 6th Hebrew letter.
\nThe meaning of the of the letter<\/p>\n
731
\n00:43:30,920 –> 00:43:33,000
\nor the word it does appear as a
\nword we’ll talk about in a <\/p>\n
732
\n00:43:33,000 –> 00:43:40,280
\nmoment is and join then.
\nEtymology, Well, it’s one <\/p>\n
733
\n00:43:40,280 –> 00:43:42,560
\nletter.
\nWe really can’t go any further <\/p>\n
734
\n00:43:42,560 –> 00:43:45,440
\nback in terms of that letter.
\nBut what we can do, because when<\/p>\n
735
\n00:43:45,440 –> 00:43:47,960
\nyou eventually get to Hebrew
\nletters, all you’ve got left, if<\/p>\n
736
\n00:43:47,960 –> 00:43:50,400
\nyou want to try and understand a
\nbit about the letter is to look <\/p>\n
737
\n00:43:50,400 –> 00:43:53,080
\nat how the letter eventually got
\nin terms of its shape. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:43:53,080 –> 00:43:55,560
\nAll right, the shapes, I’m sure
\nsome of you have looked at that.<\/p>\n
739
\n00:43:55,840 –> 00:44:00,080
\nSo when we look at the shape of
\nthe letter vav and we look at <\/p>\n
740
\n00:44:00,080 –> 00:44:06,120
\nthat and of course you can all
\nsee we see a nail, we see a <\/p>\n
741
\n00:44:06,400 –> 00:44:10,520
\nhook, we see something that is
\nused for joining. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:44:10,920 –> 00:44:15,360
\nAnd so that is why it became the
\nword in Hebrew for and the word <\/p>\n
743
\n00:44:15,360 –> 00:44:19,120
\nfor joining, the word for
\nbringing things together. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:44:19,960 –> 00:44:25,320
\nAnd interestingly enough, it
\nappears three or four times as a<\/p>\n
745
\n00:44:25,440 –> 00:44:28,920
\nword on its own, not attached to
\nanother like we have over here <\/p>\n
746
\n00:44:28,920 –> 00:44:32,280
\nwhere it’s attached to the word
\nET in the in Genesis one, verse <\/p>\n
747
\n00:44:32,280 –> 00:44:36,600
\none and in that occasion.
\nI’ve got the reference for those<\/p>\n
748
\n00:44:36,600 –> 00:44:43,040
\nwho are interested.
\nIt’s in Exodus 26 and it is the <\/p>\n
749
\n00:44:43,040 –> 00:44:47,840
\nrecord of the Tabernacle for the
\njoining of the curtains. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:44:48,120 –> 00:44:52,920
\nAnd the curtains are all joined
\nwith clasps and they’re all <\/p>\n
751
\n00:44:52,920 –> 00:44:56,360
\njoined with these hooks.
\nAnd that is the, the one time <\/p>\n
752
\n00:44:56,520 –> 00:45:00,120
\nthat the word vav just stands on
\nits own as a word. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:45:00,360 –> 00:45:03,400
\nAnd it’s pretty interesting
\nbecause when the, the Hebrew <\/p>\n
754
\n00:45:03,760 –> 00:45:07,840
\nscholars used to write out the,
\nthe, the Torah, the Old <\/p>\n
755
\n00:45:07,840 –> 00:45:10,360
\nTestament, first five books of
\nthe Old Testament, the Torah, <\/p>\n
756
\n00:45:10,640 –> 00:45:12,920
\nand they would be right and they
\nget to the end of every line. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:45:13,280 –> 00:45:17,720
\nThey would put a vav at the end
\nof the line to say this line is <\/p>\n
758
\n00:45:17,720 –> 00:45:22,000
\njoining with this line.
\nAnd the, the tradition was that <\/p>\n
759
\n00:45:22,040 –> 00:45:25,960
\nall of the lines are the
\ncurtains of the word of God that<\/p>\n
760
\n00:45:25,960 –> 00:45:27,960
\nare joined together with the
\nvow. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:45:28,760 –> 00:45:30,680
\nVery interesting idea.
\nAnother little interesting thing<\/p>\n
762
\n00:45:30,680 –> 00:45:34,120
\nabout vow before we bring it to
\nconclusion is of course it has <\/p>\n
763
\n00:45:34,120 –> 00:45:34,680
\nthis.
\nWell, not. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:45:34,680 –> 00:45:36,600
\nOf course.
\nIt has this very interesting <\/p>\n
765
\n00:45:36,600 –> 00:45:41,680
\nability, when used again as a
\nprefix to other words to a verb,<\/p>\n
766
\n00:45:41,880 –> 00:45:46,400
\nto change the verb from the past
\ntense to the future, or from the<\/p>\n
767
\n00:45:46,400 –> 00:45:52,720
\nfuture to the past.
\nWord associations. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:45:52,760 –> 00:45:55,600
\nWell, one of the words that
\njumps out at us when we look at <\/p>\n
769
\n00:45:55,600 –> 00:45:58,800
\nthe word or the letter vav is in
\nfact the name of God. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:45:59,200 –> 00:46:02,840
\nIt’s often referred to as the
\njoining letter in the name of <\/p>\n
771
\n00:46:02,840 –> 00:46:10,120
\nGod, Yahweh yud hai vav hai.
\nWe talk about the two hais in <\/p>\n
772
\n00:46:10,120 –> 00:46:14,080
\nthe name of God, the two breaths
\nin the name of God, the breathe <\/p>\n
773
\n00:46:14,080 –> 00:46:20,800
\nin and the breathe out Hai Vav.
\nHey, well, you don’t need me to <\/p>\n
774
\n00:46:20,800 –> 00:46:24,400
\nbring this home for you, because
\nI’m sure you can see that he who<\/p>\n
775
\n00:46:24,400 –> 00:46:30,080
\nis the nail, he who is the one
\nwho joins all things is indeed <\/p>\n
776
\n00:46:30,080 –> 00:46:34,400
\nour Lord Jesus Christ.
\nIn Colossians it says for in <\/p>\n
777
\n00:46:34,400 –> 00:46:38,240
\nhim, in Jesus, all things were
\ncreated. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:46:38,560 –> 00:46:44,640
\nGenesis one verse one things in
\nheaven and on earth, visible and<\/p>\n
779
\n00:46:44,640 –> 00:46:48,200
\ninvisible, whether Thrones or
\npowers or rulers or authorities,<\/p>\n
780
\n00:46:48,320 –> 00:46:51,320
\nAll things have been created
\nthrough Him and for Him. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:46:51,520 –> 00:46:54,560
\nHe is before all things, and in
\nHim. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:46:54,920 –> 00:47:03,040
\nAll things hold together, the
\ngreat joining word of all, the <\/p>\n
783
\n00:47:03,040 –> 00:47:08,480
\nBible, the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nI submit to you that Genesis <\/p>\n
784
\n00:47:08,480 –> 00:47:11,760
\nchapter one verse one is the
\npurpose of all creation. <\/p>\n
785
\n00:47:12,200 –> 00:47:15,800
\nIt is the pattern of all
\ncreation, and it is the Gospel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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