{"id":1189,"date":"2024-09-16T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-6-two-faces-two-paths-the-story-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:40:57","slug":"stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-6-two-faces-two-paths-the-story-continues","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-6-two-faces-two-paths-the-story-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Whitehouse – From Jacob to Israel – Class 6 – Two Faces Two Paths The Story Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 313.<\/p>\n

Slides for this class can be found \u2060\u2060HERE\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n

1
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\nWell, good morning brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

2
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\nGood morning.
\nWell, this has been a great <\/p>\n

3
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\nBible school.
\nI have thoroughly, thoroughly <\/p>\n

4
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\nenjoyed it.
\nI’ve loved being here. <\/p>\n

5
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\nSo first of all, then just three
\nlittle remarks before we start, <\/p>\n

6
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\nwe start our final study.
\nI, I would like to thank Brother<\/p>\n

7
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\nPaul and, and the committee for
\ntheir amazing support and making<\/p>\n

8
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\nsure that I feel very
\ncomfortable and happy this week.<\/p>\n

9
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\nMission accomplished.
\nAnd it’s been absolutely <\/p>\n

10
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\nwonderful.
\nI’d like to thank all of you and<\/p>\n

11
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\nfor all the lovely conversations
\nthat I’ve enjoyed on the <\/p>\n

12
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\nscriptures that the spiritual
\natmosphere of this Bible school,<\/p>\n

13
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\nI can say is palpable.
\nAnd it is a really lovely, <\/p>\n

14
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\nlovely school, a very, very
\nspecial school. <\/p>\n

15
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\nAnd it’s so encouraging for me
\npersonally to see everyone so <\/p>\n

16
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\nexcited about the scriptures.
\nAnd then the third thank you is <\/p>\n

17
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\nfor raising such a great group
\nof young people. <\/p>\n

18
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\nIt’s been wonderful sharing a
\nweek with them and they have so <\/p>\n

19
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\nmany questions.
\nAnd I have to say, for me <\/p>\n

20
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\npersonally, the highlight was
\nspending a night with them <\/p>\n

21
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\nduring their devotion and then
\nsinging late into the night and <\/p>\n

22
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\na lovely concluding prayer.
\nI do feel that was the highlight<\/p>\n

23
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\nof the week for me before I tuck
\nmyself up into bed. <\/p>\n

24
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\nSo thank you all.
\nI’ve loved the week and thank <\/p>\n

25
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\nyou for having me.
\nSo then we have explored Jacob’s<\/p>\n

26
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\njourney from wrestling an Angel
\nto an encounter with God at <\/p>\n

27
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\nBethel.
\nWe saw a personal crisis and how<\/p>\n

28
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\nGod commanded Jacob to put away
\nthe strange gods and get back to<\/p>\n

29
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\nBethel.
\nAnd when he got back to Bethel, <\/p>\n

30
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\nhe renamed it ETH Bethel Ale of
\nHouse of God, and he recognized <\/p>\n

31
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\nthat it was in that place.
\nThere was real strength. <\/p>\n

32
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\nThe moment was life changing for
\nhim and God there officially <\/p>\n

33
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\ncalled him Israel and revealed
\nthe Angel that had been working <\/p>\n

34
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\nwith him all his life.
\nGod Almighty El Shaddai and El <\/p>\n

35
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\nShaddai had been wrestling with
\nhim in order for him to receive <\/p>\n

36
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\nthe promises.
\nBut what we want to do this <\/p>\n

37
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\nmorning is to jump ahead and we
\nwant to imagine Jacob after <\/p>\n

38
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\nyears, decades in fact, of
\nsorrow when he finds out that <\/p>\n

39
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\nhis beloved son isn’t lost
\nforever, but he’s actually the <\/p>\n

40
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\nPrince of Egypt.
\nIt’s a twist that no one saw <\/p>\n

41
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\ncoming.
\nHave a look then in Genesis <\/p>\n

42
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\nchapter 45.
\nAnd brothers and sisters, this <\/p>\n

43
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\nstory now of Jacob and Joseph is
\nthe climax of the whole story. <\/p>\n

44
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\nThe whole story of Jacob,
\nGenesis chapter 45, verse 25. <\/p>\n

45
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\nWell, first one, this moving
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

46
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\nThen Jacob could not refrain
\nhimself before all them that <\/p>\n

47
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\nstood by him.
\nAnd he cried, ’cause every man <\/p>\n

48
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\nto go out from me.
\nYou can, you can hear the <\/p>\n

49
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\nemotion in those words, can’t
\nyou? <\/p>\n

50
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\nAnd there stood no man with him,
\nwhile Joseph made himself known <\/p>\n

51
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\nunto his brethren.
\nAnd that that that poignant <\/p>\n

52
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\nmoment his whole life had been
\nbuilding to this moment when he <\/p>\n

53
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\nfinally reveals himself to his
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n

54
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\nThen verse 25 S his brothers
\nthen went up out of Egypt and <\/p>\n

55
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\ncame into the land of Canaan,
\nand to Jacob their father, and <\/p>\n

56
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\ntold him, saying, Joseph is yet
\nalive. <\/p>\n

57
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\nImagine those words.
\nAnd he is governor over all the <\/p>\n

58
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\nland of Egypt.
\nAnd Jacob’s heart fainted, for <\/p>\n

59
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\nhe believed them not.
\nAnd they told him all the words <\/p>\n

60
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\nof Joseph which he had said unto
\nthem. <\/p>\n

61
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\nAnd when he saw the wagons which
\nJoseph had sent to carry him, <\/p>\n

62
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\nthe spirit of Jacob their father
\nrevived. <\/p>\n

63
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\nAnd Israel said, It is enough.
\nJoseph, my son is yet alive. <\/p>\n

64
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\nI will go and see him before I
\ndie. <\/p>\n

65
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\nNow I want you to notice some
\nlittle terms here. <\/p>\n

66
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\nNotice here that they refer to
\nJoseph in Egypt as notice the <\/p>\n

67
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\ngovernor.
\nSee that? <\/p>\n

68
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\nIf you look in the Revised
\nVersion, you’ll have ruler the <\/p>\n

69
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\ngovernor or the ruler over all
\nthe land of Egypt. <\/p>\n

70
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\nNow that’s very interesting.
\nWe need to see that because <\/p>\n

71
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\nnotice what Joseph says to his
\nbrothers in verse 8. <\/p>\n

72
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\nHe says there at the end that he
\nis a ruler. <\/p>\n

73
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\nNotice throughout all the land
\nof Egypt. <\/p>\n

74
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\nSo I want you just to notice
\nthat connection. <\/p>\n

75
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\nThey repeat word for word of
\nwhat Joseph had said to them in <\/p>\n

76
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\nEgypt.
\nThey pass on as messengers. <\/p>\n

77
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\nNow that is significant because
\nif you just flick back to <\/p>\n

78
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\nchapter 37 here, when remember
\nJoseph had this dream of the <\/p>\n

79
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\nsheaves of his brothers bowing
\ndown, showing abeyance to his <\/p>\n

80
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\nsheaf, remember that?
\nAnd what was said of the <\/p>\n

81
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\nbrothers here?
\nWhat did they say to Joseph? <\/p>\n

82
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\n37, verse 8 And his brethren
\nsaid unto him, Shalt thou indeed<\/p>\n

83
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\nreign over us?
\nNow that word reign, there is <\/p>\n

84
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\nthe word Malak to be king now.
\nNow Joseph didn’t dream that he <\/p>\n

85
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\nwas being king.
\nThey were mocking him. <\/p>\n

86
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\nThey were making fun of him.
\nThey altered his word. <\/p>\n

87
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\nThey took the word from his,
\nfrom his dream and they changed <\/p>\n

88
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\nit.
\nBut notice now when you come <\/p>\n

89
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\nback to Genesis chapter 45, they
\ndon’t do that. <\/p>\n

90
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\nNow they recognise that He is
\nruling. <\/p>\n

91
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\nYou see the point?
\nThey’re picking up the language <\/p>\n

92
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\nof Genesis chapter 37 and
\nthey’re acknowledging that the <\/p>\n

93
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\ndream has come true.
\nThe dream has come true. <\/p>\n

94
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\nJoseph now is this man of
\ndestiny. <\/p>\n

95
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\nThey are fully accepting of that
\ndream so many years ago. <\/p>\n

96
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\nWell, as we come back to chapter
\n45, notice that when this is <\/p>\n

97
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\nrevealed to Jacob here, it says
\nand Jacob’s heart fainted for he<\/p>\n

98
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\nbelieved them.
\nNot that the word or the phrase <\/p>\n

99
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\nthere, his heart fainted
\nliterally means he turned cold, <\/p>\n

100
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\nhe became none.
\nAnd just imagine the dreadful <\/p>\n

101
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\nunidentified despot in Egypt,
\nthey’re saying turned out to be <\/p>\n

102
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\nhis son.
\nAnd Jacob didn’t believe them. <\/p>\n

103
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\nAnd he had mistrusted his sons
\nfor such a long time, for 20 <\/p>\n

104
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\nyears.
\nNow again, just go back to <\/p>\n

105
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\nchapter 37.
\nIt’s a little phrase here, but <\/p>\n

106
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\nit’s a very telling phrase and
\nI’d like you to underline it <\/p>\n

107
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\nbecause it says everything about
\nJacob and everything about his <\/p>\n

108
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\nsons.
\nSo after they they tell Jacob <\/p>\n

109
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\nhere that Joseph had been killed
\nby a wild animal. <\/p>\n

110
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\nYou notice these words in verse
\n35. <\/p>\n

111
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\nAnd all his sons and all his
\ndaughters rose up to comfort <\/p>\n

112
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\nhim.
\nWhat’s hypocrisy, knowing what <\/p>\n

113
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\nthey had done?
\nBut this is the phrase I want <\/p>\n

114
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\nyou to notice.
\nBut he refused to be comforted. <\/p>\n

115
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\nAnd he said, for I will go down
\ninto the grave and to my son <\/p>\n

116
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\nmourning.
\nSo he refused to be comforted. <\/p>\n

117
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\nHe refused.
\nHe mistrusted his sons. <\/p>\n

118
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\nAnd now it’s 20 years later.
\nAnd Jacob was going to the grave<\/p>\n

119
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\nwith his sorrow.
\nAnd now suddenly he hears that <\/p>\n

120
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\nhis son is alive and ruler in
\nEgypt. <\/p>\n

121
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\nNow what is it in Chapter 45
\nthat changes Jacob’s opinion of <\/p>\n

122
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\nthe news?
\nFirst of all, he doesn’t <\/p>\n

123
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\nbelieve.
\nBut we do read here that things <\/p>\n

124
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\nchange.
\nVerse 27. <\/p>\n

125
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\nAnd they told him all the words
\nof Joseph which he’d said unto <\/p>\n

126
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\nthem.
\nAnd when he saw the wagons, <\/p>\n

127
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\nthat’s the phrase there.
\nWhen he saw the wagons which <\/p>\n

128
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\nJoseph had sent to carry him,
\nthe spirit of Jacob their father<\/p>\n

129
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\nrevived.
\nSo what they said, he didn’t <\/p>\n

130
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\nbelieve.
\nBut when he saw something and he<\/p>\n

131
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\nsaw the physical evidence of
\nsomething, his heart was <\/p>\n

132
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\nchanged.
\nWhat was he looking at? <\/p>\n

133
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\nHe was looking at ornate and and
\nbeautiful carriages. <\/p>\n

134
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\nThose carriages that have been
\nmade in Egypt. <\/p>\n

135
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\nHe could see right away that
\nthey came from a royal palace. <\/p>\n

136
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\nThis was the physical evidence.
\nHis sons could not do this. <\/p>\n

137
\n00:09:26,280 –> 00:09:29,640
\nThis is something that the sons
\ncould not manipulate or contrive<\/p>\n

138
\n00:09:30,640 –> 00:09:34,480
\nand the cart notice was heavily
\nladen. <\/p>\n

139
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\nIt was full of gifts and there
\nwas only one man that would do <\/p>\n

140
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\nthis for him.
\nThere was only one man who loved<\/p>\n

141
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\nhis father like this man, and it
\nwas Joseph. <\/p>\n

142
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\nAnd everything that he saw on
\nthat cart, he knew it was for <\/p>\n

143
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\nhim to prepare him and to get
\nhim ready for the long distance,<\/p>\n

144
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\nthe long trip down into Egypt.
\nThis was a gift of love and he <\/p>\n

145
\n00:10:01,600 –> 00:10:05,520
\nknew that this came from the
\nhand of Joseph. <\/p>\n

146
\n00:10:05,560 –> 00:10:13,640
\nAnd suddenly a man, a man now
\nwho had no comfort, He has the <\/p>\n

147
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\nhappiest day, I would believe,
\nof his life and notice that <\/p>\n

148
\n00:10:17,360 –> 00:10:20,160
\nword.
\nThere He was revived. <\/p>\n

149
\n00:10:20,880 –> 00:10:23,240
\nI want you to notice that word
\nat the end of verse 27. <\/p>\n

150
\n00:10:23,240 –> 00:10:26,080
\nHe was revived.
\nIt literally means to live for <\/p>\n

151
\n00:10:26,080 –> 00:10:28,800
\n20 years.
\nJacob was dead. <\/p>\n

152
\n00:10:29,720 –> 00:10:34,520
\nI want you to see this.
\nWhen Joseph died, Jacob died <\/p>\n

153
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\nwith him.
\nBut when Joseph is alive, Jacob <\/p>\n

154
\n00:10:40,240 –> 00:10:43,680
\nsprints to life.
\nI I just want you to imagine the<\/p>\n

155
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\npicture here of this old and and
\ngrey haired and and bearded man <\/p>\n

156
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\nwho sat in his chair and he’s
\nwrapped up with his own thoughts<\/p>\n

157
\n00:10:51,440 –> 00:10:54,720
\nand his own reflections and he
\nhardly says a word in the <\/p>\n

158
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\nintervening period.
\nAnd then suddenly he’s up on his<\/p>\n

159
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\nfeet.
\nHe springs to life and he’s a <\/p>\n

160
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\npicture of vitality.
\nHe has a resurrection. <\/p>\n

161
\n00:11:03,640 –> 00:11:08,000
\nJoseph is alive and Jacob is
\nalive too. <\/p>\n

162
\n00:11:08,000 –> 00:11:09,320
\nCan you see that, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

163
\n00:11:09,320 –> 00:11:12,480
\nIt’s so beautiful, isn’t it?
\nSo moving. <\/p>\n

164
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\nBut there’s something missing in
\nall of this. <\/p>\n

165
\n00:11:16,920 –> 00:11:21,040
\nDid you see the confession of
\nthe brothers? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:23,040 –> 00:11:27,480
\nDid they confess?
\nWell, we need to read carefully <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:27,480 –> 00:11:31,120
\nhere.
\nNotice what we read in verse 27.<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:31,360 –> 00:11:35,200
\nAnd they told him all the words
\nof Joseph. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:35,200 –> 00:11:37,280
\nI want you to notice that.
\nUnderline that phrase. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:37,800 –> 00:11:40,520
\nAnd they told him all the words
\nof Joseph. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:40,840 –> 00:11:44,280
\nNow look back at chapter 45
\nthere and verses four to five <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:44,280 –> 00:11:47,200
\nand see what Joseph said.
\nIf it was all the words of <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:47,200 –> 00:11:48,920
\nJoseph.
\nWell, what did Joseph say? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:49,160 –> 00:11:51,280
\nAnd, and Joseph said these words
\nto his brothers. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:51,280 –> 00:11:55,800
\nVerse four, I am your Joseph,
\nyour brother, whom ye sold into <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:55,880 –> 00:11:58,160
\nEgypt.
\nThat’s worth underlining, whom <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:58,160 –> 00:12:01,680
\nye sold into Egypt.
\nSo therefore then the brothers <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:01,880 –> 00:12:06,600
\ntold their father that they sold
\nhim into Egypt. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:06,600 –> 00:12:10,360
\nThey did indeed confess.
\nNow therefore be not grieved nor<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:10,360 –> 00:12:13,920
\nangry with yourselves that you
\nsold me hit her for God did send<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:13,920 –> 00:12:17,280
\nme before you to preserve life.
\nAnd then again in verse 8. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:17,520 –> 00:12:20,880
\nSo it was not you that sent me
\nhit her, but God and and you can<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:20,880 –> 00:12:24,800
\nnow imagine the feelings and the
\nemotion here as as as these <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:24,800 –> 00:12:30,200
\nwords are repeated word for word
\nfrom Joseph now to this old man <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:30,200 –> 00:12:33,760
\nJacob.
\nAnd look what Jacob says here in<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:33,760 –> 00:12:37,680
\nverse 28, a very telling phrase
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:37,680 –> 00:12:39,520
\nHe listens, he’s got the
\nevidence. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:39,520 –> 00:12:43,160
\nHe sees the cart, it’s heavily
\nladen, this gift from Joseph. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:43,160 –> 00:12:46,800
\nAnd he listens to these words
\nand he’s looking at his sons, a <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:46,800 –> 00:12:50,680
\ngroup, a band of brothers that
\nhe’s not believed for 20 years. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:52,680 –> 00:12:55,000
\nAnd the evidence now, what does
\nhe say? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:55,720 –> 00:13:01,480
\nIt is enough.
\nIt is enough. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:02,040 –> 00:13:06,520
\nJoseph, my son is yet alive, and
\nI will go and see him before I <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:06,520 –> 00:13:08,720
\ndie.
\nIt is enough. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:09,200 –> 00:13:12,680
\nThe word literally means
\nabundant. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:14,520 –> 00:13:20,160
\nThere was overwhelming evidence
\nnow that Joseph was alive. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:21,240 –> 00:13:24,040
\nBut it’s interesting, brothers
\nand sisters, because that phrase<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:24,040 –> 00:13:29,040
\nthere it is enough would have
\njogged the memory of Jacob <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:29,840 –> 00:13:34,080
\nbecause they are exactly the
\nwords in the Hebrew that Esau <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:34,640 –> 00:13:38,760
\nsaid to Joseph.
\nRemember that it is enough. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:38,760 –> 00:13:42,040
\nThe 580 animals, the present,
\nthe gift, the blessing, you have<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:42,040 –> 00:13:43,240
\nit.
\nIt is enough. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:43,400 –> 00:13:47,080
\nYou can put in your margin 33
\nverse 9. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:48,960 –> 00:13:52,960
\nIt’s the same phrase.
\nGenesis 33 verse 9 is a very <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:53,560 –> 00:13:58,920
\nit’s it’s used purposely here.
\nNow, why is it that that, oh, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:58,920 –> 00:14:03,000
\nJacob says it is enough, but he
\ndoesn’t say I have all things. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:03,000 –> 00:14:06,160
\nRemember what, what Jacob said.
\nJacob doesn’t say that again, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:07,560 –> 00:14:09,240
\nbecause he still wants to see
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:10,640 –> 00:14:14,160
\nHe still wants to see him.
\nHe doesn’t have all things quite<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:14,160 –> 00:14:15,960
\nyet.
\nIt is enough. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:16,240 –> 00:14:20,760
\nThe evidence is overwhelming,
\nbut he wants to see his son. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:21,880 –> 00:14:24,000
\nNow, brothers and sisters, if
\nyou reflect upon this, it’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:24,000 –> 00:14:27,160
\nincredibly moving because what
\nwe’re seeing here, just think <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:27,160 –> 00:14:29,080
\nfor a moment, just pause and
\njust think. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:30,600 –> 00:14:32,080
\nJust think of what we’ve just
\nseen. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:33,840 –> 00:14:40,600
\nThe love between the father and
\nson, between Jacob and Joseph <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:41,720 –> 00:14:47,600
\ncovered the sins of many.
\nThink about that, how Joseph had<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,600 –> 00:14:53,120
\nforgiven his brothers, how Jacob
\nnow forgives his sons, and it <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:53,120 –> 00:14:59,120
\nwas all driven by the love of a
\nfather and son for one another. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:01,520 –> 00:15:02,920
\nDoesn’t that remind you of
\nsomething? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:04,320 –> 00:15:09,120
\nHow moving that is?
\nIt covered the sins of many. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:10,320 –> 00:15:15,400
\nThey were forgiven through this
\nlove of a father and a son. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:16,360 –> 00:15:20,480
\nAnd so as Joseph forgives his
\nbrothers in the Royal Court in <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:20,480 –> 00:15:29,600
\nEgypt, and now Jacob forgives
\nhis sons in Israel, we can think<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:30,160 –> 00:15:34,920
\nlike father, like son.
\nHow wonderful. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:38,760 –> 00:15:43,200
\nSo the final meeting now between
\nJoseph and Jacob, this wonderful<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:43,200 –> 00:15:46,240
\nclimax of Jake Jacob’s life is,
\nis building. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:47,000 –> 00:15:52,120
\nAnd you can hear the emotion.
\nYou can also hear the heart of <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:52,120 –> 00:15:59,000
\nboth of these men racing as they
\napproach this final face to <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:59,000 –> 00:16:01,160
\nface.
\nAnd it’s interesting if we just <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:01,160 –> 00:16:05,600
\nthink very quickly of how long
\nthe intervening period was <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:05,600 –> 00:16:10,680
\nbetween this meeting and when
\nthey finally said goodbye all <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:10,680 –> 00:16:11,800
\nthose years ago.
\nSo. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:11,800 –> 00:16:14,440
\nSo Joseph was 17 when he sold
\ninto slavery. <\/p>\n

235
\n00:16:15,280 –> 00:16:19,360
\nHe became governor of 30.
\nThere were seven years of plenty<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:19,840 –> 00:16:21,320
\nand then two years of the
\nfamine. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:21,320 –> 00:16:24,320
\nIt was in the two years of the
\nfamily famine there that he <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:24,320 –> 00:16:29,120
\nmeets his father again.
\nSo it’s 22 years. 22 long years <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:29,120 –> 00:16:34,440
\nhad passed since he saw his
\nfather and he would be feeling <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:34,440 –> 00:16:39,120
\nit.
\nSo with that, then come over a <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:39,120 –> 00:16:41,320
\nchapter now, please.
\nAnd let’s have a look at chapter<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:41,320 –> 00:16:48,600
\n2046, chapter 46.
\nNow verse 29 so this is the <\/p>\n

243
\n00:16:48,600 –> 00:16:53,720
\nfinal meeting, 22 long years had
\npassed and now this emotional <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:53,720 –> 00:16:56,040
\nscene.
\nJust just imagine it, brothers <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:56,040 –> 00:16:57,920
\nand sisters, it’s hard to, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

246
\n00:16:59,080 –> 00:17:02,320
\nVerse 29 And Joseph made ready
\nas Chariots and went up to meet <\/p>\n

247
\n00:17:02,320 –> 00:17:09,280
\nIsrael, his father to Goshen,
\nand presented himself unto him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:09,280 –> 00:17:13,359
\nNow notice Jacob now is referred
\nto as Israel, and he fell on his<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:13,359 –> 00:17:15,480
\nneck, and wept on his neck a
\ngood while. <\/p>\n

250
\n00:17:15,680 –> 00:17:20,280
\nAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Now
\nlet me die, since I’ve seen thy <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:20,599 –> 00:17:23,040
\nface.
\nI’d like you to note, because <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:23,040 –> 00:17:34,040
\nthou art yet alive.
\nSo Jacob, Israel here says, I <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:34,040 –> 00:17:39,960
\nhave seen thy face.
\nI want you just to think about <\/p>\n

254
\n00:17:39,960 –> 00:17:43,600
\nthat for a moment because that’s
\nthe theme of this week. <\/p>\n

255
\n00:17:44,200 –> 00:17:48,080
\nBut just notice a few little
\nthings, important things that <\/p>\n

256
\n00:17:48,080 –> 00:17:51,800
\nhappened before that because I
\nthink they’re very important. <\/p>\n

257
\n00:17:53,680 –> 00:18:01,360
\nVerse 29 tells us that Joseph
\npresented himself to Jacob and <\/p>\n

258
\n00:18:01,360 –> 00:18:04,560
\nthat the idea you would, you
\nwould imagine, is that there was<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:04,560 –> 00:18:09,960
\nthe overwhelming evidence.
\nBut here Jacob had to see the <\/p>\n

260
\n00:18:09,960 –> 00:18:12,000
\nevidence.
\nHe had to handle the evidence. <\/p>\n

261
\n00:18:12,160 –> 00:18:15,240
\nAnd so you’d imagine, wouldn’t
\nyou, that here is Joseph as he <\/p>\n

262
\n00:18:15,240 –> 00:18:18,080
\npresents himself to his father,
\nthat he’s alive. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,160 –> 00:18:22,360
\nBut that’s not the meaning of
\nthe name, although that <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:22,360 –> 00:18:26,880
\nobviously happened.
\nAlthough Jacob handled his son <\/p>\n

265
\n00:18:26,880 –> 00:18:32,800
\nand loved his son, and Joseph
\nwept on his neck, That’s not the<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:32,800 –> 00:18:35,800
\npoint of the word.
\nThe word presented there is an <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:35,800 –> 00:18:41,200
\ninteresting word, although it
\nmeans let oneself to be seen. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:42,040 –> 00:18:46,520
\nWhen you look at the Genesis
\naccount, you see that it relates<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:46,520 –> 00:18:55,640
\nto theophany, how God manifests
\nhis glory all the way through <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:55,640 –> 00:19:01,840
\nthe book of Genesis.
\nIt’s the manifestation of God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:02,560 –> 00:19:05,200
\nAnd so I just want to plant this
\nword in your mind. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:05,200 –> 00:19:07,440
\nI want you just to start now
\nimagining and we’re going to <\/p>\n

273
\n00:19:07,440 –> 00:19:10,040
\ncome back to this scene.
\nBut there was something in this <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:10,040 –> 00:19:13,480
\nmeeting, although Jacob was
\ngoing to handle Joseph and he’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:13,480 –> 00:19:17,080
\ngoing to love Joseph and, and,
\nand finally he sees that his son<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:17,080 –> 00:19:20,280
\nis indeed living and breathing
\nand ruling in Egypt. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:20,280 –> 00:19:22,160
\nAnd what a wonderful moment that
\nwas. <\/p>\n

278
\n00:19:22,560 –> 00:19:24,600
\nThat’s not the point of
\nScripture here. <\/p>\n

279
\n00:19:26,080 –> 00:19:29,080
\nThere was something in that
\nmeeting when he finally comes <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:29,080 –> 00:19:35,800
\nface to face with Joseph that
\nGod also was present, that God <\/p>\n

281
\n00:19:35,800 –> 00:19:38,840
\nalso was present.
\nBut just just think about that <\/p>\n

282
\n00:19:38,840 –> 00:19:40,480
\nfor a moment.
\nI want you to to imagine the <\/p>\n

283
\n00:19:40,480 –> 00:19:42,120
\nscene here.
\nYou could you could cut the <\/p>\n

284
\n00:19:42,120 –> 00:19:45,400
\natmosphere, couldn’t you?
\nBefore the reunion, Jacob <\/p>\n

285
\n00:19:45,400 –> 00:19:47,960
\nprobably was, was overjoyed and
\nstunned, wasn’t he? <\/p>\n

286
\n00:19:48,000 –> 00:19:51,720
\nHe was stunned, barely believing
\nJoseph still to be alive. <\/p>\n

287
\n00:19:52,000 –> 00:19:55,720
\nAnd for Joseph, he would be
\nexcited, but he would be <\/p>\n

288
\n00:19:55,720 –> 00:19:58,160
\nnervous, wouldn’t he?
\nHe would be eager to share <\/p>\n

289
\n00:19:58,160 –> 00:20:01,320
\neverything from his his
\nharrowing journey to this. <\/p>\n

290
\n00:20:01,720 –> 00:20:06,440
\nTo this rise to power, just
\nimagine all the things that <\/p>\n

291
\n00:20:06,440 –> 00:20:10,200
\nJoseph wanted to share with his
\nfather of what had happened. <\/p>\n

292
\n00:20:13,000 –> 00:20:19,040
\nSo with that, then look at what
\nwe read there as we saw in verse<\/p>\n

293
\n00:20:19,040 –> 00:20:25,840
\n30, that when they do meet,
\nJacob says there as Israel. <\/p>\n

294
\n00:20:25,840 –> 00:20:30,360
\nNow let me die, since I’ve seen
\nthy face, because thou art yet <\/p>\n

295
\n00:20:30,840 –> 00:20:35,520
\nalive.
\nSo we’re going to now think <\/p>\n

296
\n00:20:35,920 –> 00:20:44,080
\nabout the presence of God.
\nI have seen thy face, says <\/p>\n

297
\n00:20:44,080 –> 00:20:49,400
\nIsrael to Joseph.
\nNow, of course, when Jacob met <\/p>\n

298
\n00:20:49,600 –> 00:20:53,480
\nEsau, you can go back to chapter
\n33 and verse 10. <\/p>\n

299
\n00:20:53,640 –> 00:20:58,400
\nHe says these words, isn’t he?
\nI have seen thy face as though I<\/p>\n

300
\n00:20:58,400 –> 00:21:02,040
\nhad seen the face of God, and
\nthou wast pleased with me. <\/p>\n

301
\n00:21:03,680 –> 00:21:07,000
\nWe’ve seen that, haven’t we?
\nThat was chapter 33 and verse 10<\/p>\n

302
\n00:21:08,000 –> 00:21:12,520
\nand the night before he wrestled
\nwith an Angel and in the morning<\/p>\n

303
\n00:21:12,720 –> 00:21:16,760
\nhe called the place Peniel.
\nBecause we read in chapter 32 <\/p>\n

304
\n00:21:16,760 –> 00:21:22,520
\nand verse 30 for I have seen God
\nface to face and my life is <\/p>\n

305
\n00:21:22,520 –> 00:21:24,720
\npreserved.
\nNow we need to make those <\/p>\n

306
\n00:21:24,720 –> 00:21:26,960
\nconnections and This is why the
\ntheme is about the face of <\/p>\n

307
\n00:21:26,960 –> 00:21:30,320
\nJacob.
\nHe says there when he sees <\/p>\n

308
\n00:21:30,320 –> 00:21:35,280
\nJoseph, I have seen thy face.
\nAnd we’ve already noted that <\/p>\n

309
\n00:21:35,280 –> 00:21:39,880
\nthis idea of presenting Joseph,
\npresenting himself is a a <\/p>\n

310
\n00:21:39,880 –> 00:21:43,360
\nglorious theophany.
\nIt is the IT is the power of <\/p>\n

311
\n00:21:43,360 –> 00:21:46,520
\nGod, the glory of God being
\nrevealed in that individual. <\/p>\n

312
\n00:21:47,360 –> 00:21:52,080
\nSo having said that, we’ve also
\nseen how we’ve got these little <\/p>\n

313
\n00:21:52,120 –> 00:21:58,160
\nechoes in the past, how when
\nJacob finally met Esau and he <\/p>\n

314
\n00:21:58,160 –> 00:22:01,240
\nwas thinking about the face of
\nEsau, when he looks in the eyes <\/p>\n

315
\n00:22:01,240 –> 00:22:03,280
\nof Esau, he says, you know what,
\nEsau, when I look at you, I see <\/p>\n

316
\n00:22:03,280 –> 00:22:05,360
\nthe face of God.
\nAnd the night before he wrestled<\/p>\n

317
\n00:22:05,360 –> 00:22:07,520
\nwith an Angel, been looking into
\nthe eyes of the Angel all night <\/p>\n

318
\n00:22:07,640 –> 00:22:09,400
\nand he calls the place penny up
\nthe face of God. <\/p>\n

319
\n00:22:09,480 –> 00:22:11,480
\nSo we’ve got all these lovely
\nconnections. <\/p>\n

320
\n00:22:12,360 –> 00:22:14,000
\nWhat’s going on, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

321
\n00:22:15,480 –> 00:22:22,080
\nIt’s something amazing when
\nJoseph finally reveals himself, <\/p>\n

322
\n00:22:22,360 –> 00:22:27,680
\nand when Joseph is seen by his
\nfather and his father comes up <\/p>\n

323
\n00:22:27,680 –> 00:22:35,040
\nclose and looks at him, he sees
\nGod. <\/p>\n

324
\n00:22:37,080 –> 00:22:47,100
\nHe sees the face of God, the
\nJoseph that he remembers all <\/p>\n

325
\n00:22:47,100 –> 00:22:51,580
\nthose years past.
\nThat face has been transformed. <\/p>\n

326
\n00:22:53,300 –> 00:23:01,000
\nIt’s been changed.
\nGod was in this man, It was <\/p>\n

327
\n00:23:01,000 –> 00:23:06,160
\nplain, it was unmistakable.
\nThink about that. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:23:07,360 –> 00:23:11,680
\nGod was in this man and just
\nthink now. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:23:11,680 –> 00:23:14,280
\nNow we can make the connections.
\nWhy, why? <\/p>\n

330
\n00:23:14,280 –> 00:23:18,240
\nWhy is the connection important?
\nWhen he looked before at Esau, <\/p>\n

331
\n00:23:18,720 –> 00:23:21,640
\nhe swore an enemy and he sees
\nthe face of God. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:21,720 –> 00:23:24,840
\nWhat did he conclude?
\nHe concluded that God was at <\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:24,840 –> 00:23:32,600
\nwork in his life through Esau.
\nThis difficult man and all the <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:32,600 –> 00:23:34,800
\nchallenges that Esau brought to
\nhim. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:35,200 –> 00:23:38,720
\nHe saw God working in his life
\nthrough Esau. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:38,920 –> 00:23:43,600
\nNow all the travail of Joseph
\nthat have broken his heart for <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:43,600 –> 00:23:47,280
\nall these years, 22 young long
\nyears, and he looks in the face <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:47,280 –> 00:23:52,080
\nof Joseph and he recognizes
\nGod’s divine Providence. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:52,280 –> 00:24:00,360
\nGod was at work in Joseph to
\nbring about what salvation to <\/p>\n

340
\n00:24:00,360 –> 00:24:04,760
\nhim, his family, and to all
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:24:04,760 –> 00:24:08,960
\nCan you see both these faces are
\nfaces of divine Providence. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:24:09,720 –> 00:24:13,520
\nGod was in the face of Esal and
\nGod was in the face of Joseph <\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:14,120 –> 00:24:18,520
\nand both these men were working
\nin Jacob’s life to bring him to <\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:18,520 –> 00:24:22,240
\nthis point.
\nHow amazing is that? <\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:22,240 –> 00:24:25,360
\nBrothers and sisters, He is
\nrecognizing El Shaddai. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:25,560 –> 00:24:29,480
\nGod Almighty was orchestrating
\nall these things to bring him <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:29,720 –> 00:24:33,400
\nand his people, his family to
\nthis point in time. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:39,100 –> 00:24:48,180
\nAnd seeing all this, he says
\nthere in verse 30, Now let me <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:49,580 –> 00:24:54,280
\ndie.
\nJacob now knows when he looks <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:54,280 –> 00:24:58,280
\ninto the face of Joseph and he
\nsees the face of God, this <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:58,280 –> 00:25:02,280
\nglorious theophany, just as
\nMoses and Elijah upon the mount <\/p>\n

352
\n00:25:02,280 –> 00:25:09,840
\nsaw the glory of God, I believe
\nhere Jacob sees this face as the<\/p>\n

353
\n00:25:09,840 –> 00:25:15,360
\nglorious manifestation of God
\nHimself, shining brightly. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:25:17,040 –> 00:25:24,760
\nThat’s what he saw.
\nIt was over, his journey was <\/p>\n

355
\n00:25:24,760 –> 00:25:33,400
\ncompleted, his heart was mended,
\nhe was at peace, he had his son,<\/p>\n

356
\n00:25:34,760 –> 00:25:42,320
\nand he sees that his entire life
\nGod was at work. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:25:43,040 –> 00:25:45,880
\nLet’s reflect upon our own
\nlives, brothers and sisters, as <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:45,880 –> 00:25:52,520
\nwe think about this.
\nBut he says something <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:52,520 –> 00:26:00,440
\ninteresting here, verse 31.
\nSo seeing the face of God, he’s <\/p>\n

360
\n00:26:00,440 –> 00:26:03,560
\nnow at peace.
\nHis heart now has been stitched,<\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:03,560 –> 00:26:07,320
\nit’s mended.
\nAnd Joseph now said unto his <\/p>\n

362
\n00:26:07,320 –> 00:26:14,240
\nbrethren, I will go up and show
\nPharaoh. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:15,000 –> 00:26:17,720
\nBut if you come back to if you
\ngo over to a chapter 2, chapter <\/p>\n

364
\n00:26:17,720 –> 00:26:28,360
\n47 now and now you look at verse
\n31 in all this Jacob says here <\/p>\n

365
\n00:26:28,960 –> 00:26:34,920
\nswear unto me and he swear unto
\nhim and Israel bowed himself <\/p>\n

366
\n00:26:35,360 –> 00:26:44,400
\nupon the beds head.
\nSo just want to just go forward <\/p>\n

367
\n00:26:44,400 –> 00:26:48,040
\na little bit of time now.
\nSo you’ve got this great moment <\/p>\n

368
\n00:26:48,040 –> 00:26:55,000
\nwhere Jacob sees the face of God
\nin Joseph, and Joseph now goes <\/p>\n

369
\n00:26:55,000 –> 00:26:57,280
\nto Pharaoh and makes
\narrangements for Jacob and the <\/p>\n

370
\n00:26:57,280 –> 00:27:01,280
\nfamily to be there in Goshen in
\nEgypt for 17 years. 17 years? <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:01,440 –> 00:27:03,360
\nThat’s interesting, isn’t it?
\nIt’s like 2 bookends. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:27:03,640 –> 00:27:07,840
\nJoseph is here with his father
\nfor 17 years in Egypt, and he <\/p>\n

373
\n00:27:07,840 –> 00:27:13,360
\nwas at home in the land with his
\nfather for 17 years before he <\/p>\n

374
\n00:27:13,360 –> 00:27:19,960
\nleft divine Providence. 2
\nbookends there, but as he gets <\/p>\n

375
\n00:27:19,960 –> 00:27:25,200
\nold now he makes a wish, a
\nrequest. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:27:25,960 –> 00:27:35,440
\nHe wants Joseph to make an oath.
\nYou see there verse 29 And the <\/p>\n

377
\n00:27:35,440 –> 00:27:38,400
\nAnd the time drew nigh that
\nIsrael must die. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:27:38,400 –> 00:27:42,680
\nAnd he called his son Joseph,
\nand says, here, if I found <\/p>\n

379
\n00:27:42,680 –> 00:27:46,720
\nfavour grace in thy sight, put I
\npray thee thy hand upon my my <\/p>\n

380
\n00:27:46,720 –> 00:27:49,240
\nthigh, and deal kindly and truly
\nwith me. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:27:49,240 –> 00:27:52,280
\nBury me not, I pray thee in
\nEgypt, but I will lie with my <\/p>\n

382
\n00:27:52,320 –> 00:27:55,600
\nfather’s, and thou shalt carry
\nme out of Egypt, and bury me in <\/p>\n

383
\n00:27:55,600 –> 00:27:58,480
\ntheir burying place.
\nAnd he said, I will do as thou <\/p>\n

384
\n00:27:58,480 –> 00:28:01,600
\nhast said.
\nAnd then he says, Swear unto me,<\/p>\n

385
\n00:28:02,000 –> 00:28:05,800
\nand he swear unto him.
\nAnd Israel bowed himself upon <\/p>\n

386
\n00:28:06,040 –> 00:28:09,520
\nthe beds head.
\nWhy don’t you just to notice <\/p>\n

387
\n00:28:09,520 –> 00:28:10,840
\nthat phrase there.
\nSo there he is. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:28:10,840 –> 00:28:13,640
\nHe’s about to die 17 years now.
\nWe’re right now in the final <\/p>\n

389
\n00:28:13,640 –> 00:28:16,480
\ndays of of Jacob.
\nAnd he says there to his <\/p>\n

390
\n00:28:16,480 –> 00:28:24,800
\nfavoured son, swear unto me.
\nNow the last time Jacob said <\/p>\n

391
\n00:28:24,800 –> 00:28:29,600
\nthese words, swear unto me.
\nYou can put in your margin <\/p>\n

392
\n00:28:29,600 –> 00:28:33,560
\nthere.
\nIt’s Genesis 25, verse 33. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:28:34,560 –> 00:28:37,440
\nThey are exactly the same words.
\nCan you remember? <\/p>\n

394
\n00:28:37,520 –> 00:28:40,960
\nIt’s where it all began.
\nSwear unto me. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:28:42,440 –> 00:28:48,000
\nAnd that was the moment when he
\nwanted Esau’s birthright. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:28:48,000 –> 00:28:51,520
\nRemember there was that
\nexchange, the pottage for the <\/p>\n

397
\n00:28:51,520 –> 00:28:55,000
\nbirthright.
\nAnd Jacob says to his older <\/p>\n

398
\n00:28:55,000 –> 00:29:00,480
\nbrother, Esau, swear unto me.
\nSwear unto me that you’ll give <\/p>\n

399
\n00:29:00,480 –> 00:29:05,480
\nme the birthright.
\nAnd he takes the birthright now,<\/p>\n

400
\n00:29:05,560 –> 00:29:08,840
\nright now, at the end of his
\nlife, he picks up the very same <\/p>\n

401
\n00:29:08,840 –> 00:29:14,000
\nlanguage, swear unto me, but
\nhe’s directing now these words <\/p>\n

402
\n00:29:14,000 –> 00:29:19,760
\nto his favoured son, Joseph.
\nAnd it’s about a birthright. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:29:21,240 –> 00:29:24,040
\nBut we have now a very different
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:29:26,520 –> 00:29:33,840
\nThe birthright was about an
\nindividual within a family <\/p>\n

405
\n00:29:33,840 –> 00:29:36,840
\ntaking that threefold
\nresponsibility. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:29:36,840 –> 00:29:43,240
\nRemember that the head of the
\nhome, the priest, and the double<\/p>\n

407
\n00:29:43,240 –> 00:29:47,640
\nportion.
\nAnd if you think about it, that <\/p>\n

408
\n00:29:47,640 –> 00:29:51,640
\nresponsibility is all about
\npeople, individuals within <\/p>\n

409
\n00:29:51,640 –> 00:29:59,920
\nfamilies.
\nBut that birthright now was in <\/p>\n

410
\n00:30:00,000 –> 00:30:05,840
\nEgypt.
\nThe people were in Egypt, and <\/p>\n

411
\n00:30:05,840 –> 00:30:12,120
\nwhat Jacob wants now is to unite
\nthe birthright back with the <\/p>\n

412
\n00:30:12,120 –> 00:30:13,960
\nblessing.
\nWhat was the blessing? <\/p>\n

413
\n00:30:15,440 –> 00:30:24,720
\nThe blessing was a seed, a name,
\na people, and a nation. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:30:26,600 –> 00:30:28,440
\nIt was in the land.
\nYou see that? <\/p>\n

415
\n00:30:29,680 –> 00:30:34,720
\nAnd so now Jacob picks up this
\nphrase of birthright, and he <\/p>\n

416
\n00:30:34,720 –> 00:30:38,920
\nsays to Joseph, I want you to
\nswear that you take my bones now<\/p>\n

417
\n00:30:39,040 –> 00:30:43,960
\nout of this place, and you take
\nit now back to the land, to the <\/p>\n

418
\n00:30:43,960 –> 00:30:52,040
\nland of my forefathers, the land
\nthat I bear as a name. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:30:53,520 –> 00:30:57,640
\nSo he’s connecting now the
\nbirthright and the blessing and <\/p>\n

420
\n00:30:57,640 –> 00:30:59,880
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nThis is incredibly powerful <\/p>\n

421
\n00:30:59,880 –> 00:31:03,000
\nbecause at the end of 17 years,
\nwhen he looks at Joseph and all <\/p>\n

422
\n00:31:03,000 –> 00:31:05,840
\nthe wonderful things that Joseph
\nhas done for him and his family,<\/p>\n

423
\n00:31:06,280 –> 00:31:08,840
\nJacob is saying here, it’s like
\nan appeal. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:31:09,360 –> 00:31:16,480
\nJoseph, listen to me.
\nI, I, I appreciate all the <\/p>\n

425
\n00:31:16,480 –> 00:31:20,400
\nwonderful things that you’ve
\ndone that you’ve saved us. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:31:22,160 –> 00:31:27,640
\nBut Joseph, my heart is not
\nhere. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:31:29,800 –> 00:31:37,440
\nMy heart belongs elsewhere.
\nSwear to me, son, I want you to <\/p>\n

428
\n00:31:37,440 –> 00:31:38,920
\nget into the emotion and feeling
\nit. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:31:39,200 –> 00:31:46,120
\nSwear to me, son, that when I
\ndie, you take my bones and you <\/p>\n

430
\n00:31:46,120 –> 00:31:48,680
\ntake them back to the land of my
\nforefathers. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:31:49,160 –> 00:31:56,280
\nAnd Joseph, he swore.
\nHe swore, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

432
\n00:31:57,320 –> 00:31:59,560
\nso it’s all about the
\nbirthright. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:31:59,960 –> 00:32:04,120
\nNow when this little exchange
\ntook place between Jacob and <\/p>\n

434
\n00:32:04,120 –> 00:32:08,640
\nJoseph, notice how the the the
\nchapter concludes chapter 47. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:32:09,000 –> 00:32:13,320
\nAnd at this moment here, when
\nJoseph swore. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:32:13,320 –> 00:32:20,160
\nI’ll take your bones, Father.
\nI’ll make sure that those bones <\/p>\n

437
\n00:32:20,160 –> 00:32:26,120
\nare taken.
\nIsrael bowed himself upon the <\/p>\n

438
\n00:32:26,120 –> 00:32:32,200
\nbed’s head.
\nSo soon as Joseph guaranteed <\/p>\n

439
\n00:32:32,840 –> 00:32:37,000
\nthat those bones of Joseph of
\nJacob would be carried into the <\/p>\n

440
\n00:32:37,000 –> 00:32:44,400
\nland of Israel.
\nSoon as that was made, Israel <\/p>\n

441
\n00:32:45,000 –> 00:32:47,920
\nbowed himself upon the bed’s
\nhead. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:32:49,200 –> 00:32:55,360
\nThat phrase there bowed himself,
\nmeans to bow down, to worship, <\/p>\n

443
\n00:32:56,160 –> 00:33:03,040
\nto prostate oneself, to fall
\ndown flat. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:33:06,000 –> 00:33:08,280
\nAnd isn’t it interesting,
\nbrothers and sisters, that it’s <\/p>\n

445
\n00:33:08,280 –> 00:33:12,200
\nhere, right at the end of
\nJacob’s life, when we think <\/p>\n

446
\n00:33:12,200 –> 00:33:15,680
\nabout a man and all those
\nfaithful moments, including <\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:16,120 –> 00:33:18,800
\nwrestling with the Angel in the
\npower of God? <\/p>\n

448
\n00:33:18,800 –> 00:33:25,000
\nIt is here at the end of chapter
\n47 that gets Jacob into Hebrews <\/p>\n

449
\n00:33:25,000 –> 00:33:26,760
\n11.
\nWhy is that? <\/p>\n

450
\n00:33:27,400 –> 00:33:31,640
\nWhy is it that we read these
\nwords in Hebrews 11 verse 21 by <\/p>\n

451
\n00:33:31,640 –> 00:33:34,320
\nfaith?
\nJacob, when he was dying, <\/p>\n

452
\n00:33:35,560 –> 00:33:40,520
\nworshipped, leaning upon the top
\nof his staff. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:33:40,760 –> 00:33:43,760
\nWhy is that?
\nJust think for a moment. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:33:49,300 –> 00:33:51,540
\nThere’s been a number of things
\nhave been building to this <\/p>\n

455
\n00:33:51,540 –> 00:33:54,020
\nmoment.
\nRemember the dream? <\/p>\n

456
\n00:33:55,340 –> 00:33:56,900
\nI think it’s all based upon the
\ndream. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:33:57,640 –> 00:34:02,560
\nRemember the dream that Joseph
\nhad and how he shared it to his <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:02,560 –> 00:34:05,360
\nbrothers.
\nAnd what did Jacob say? <\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:06,760 –> 00:34:08,960
\nJust listen carefully to these
\nwords. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:34:08,960 –> 00:34:14,840
\nIt’s Genesis 37, verse 10.
\nJacob said, Shall I and thy <\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:14,840 –> 00:34:19,840
\nmother and thy brethren indeed
\ncome down ourselves, bow down <\/p>\n

462
\n00:34:19,840 –> 00:34:34,560
\nourselves to thee, to the earth?
\nJacob had said that to this <\/p>\n

463
\n00:34:34,560 –> 00:34:39,159
\nJoseph.
\nAre you saying, Joseph, that <\/p>\n

464
\n00:34:39,159 –> 00:34:40,880
\nwe’re all going to bow down to
\nyou? <\/p>\n

465
\n00:34:43,719 –> 00:34:48,000
\nThe mothers weren’t there, and
\nthe brothers had already bowed <\/p>\n

466
\n00:34:48,000 –> 00:34:54,000
\ndown 17 years earlier.
\nThey’d been in Egypt for 17 <\/p>\n

467
\n00:34:54,000 –> 00:34:57,320
\nyears.
\nAnd now the moment had come. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:34:58,480 –> 00:35:02,680
\nThe Jacob, this old man about to
\ndie. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:03,320 –> 00:35:05,480
\nCan you imagine?
\nHe’s leaning on his staff. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:35:08,000 –> 00:35:11,640
\nHe’s leaning on his staff and
\nhis creaking frame. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:35:12,760 –> 00:35:18,000
\nHe gets lower and lower and he’s
\nlooking at his son. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:35:18,960 –> 00:35:25,080
\nLower and lower until his head
\ntouches the head of the staff <\/p>\n

473
\n00:35:27,040 –> 00:35:38,040
\nand he’s prostate and he
\nworships his son and brothers <\/p>\n

474
\n00:35:38,040 –> 00:35:41,160
\nand sisters.
\nIt is because of this moment he <\/p>\n

475
\n00:35:41,160 –> 00:35:46,080
\ngets into Hebrews Chapter 11 and
\nI believe it is an act of <\/p>\n

476
\n00:35:46,080 –> 00:35:50,880
\nworship.
\nI believe it is an act of <\/p>\n

477
\n00:35:50,880 –> 00:35:56,440
\nworship.
\nAt the end of Jacob’s life, <\/p>\n

478
\n00:35:57,560 –> 00:36:03,080
\nbearing now the name of Israel,
\nI believe he bowed down. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:36:03,080 –> 00:36:08,400
\nHe bows down to his son in the
\nfull realization and recognition<\/p>\n

480
\n00:36:10,400 –> 00:36:17,000
\nthat his entire family has been
\nsaved through this man. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:36:19,160 –> 00:36:23,280
\nThe dream was true.
\nHe was a man of destiny, this <\/p>\n

482
\n00:36:23,360 –> 00:36:32,920
\nwas Joseph.
\nAnd think about it. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:36:33,880 –> 00:36:43,360
\nBy doing that he is relating in
\nhis mind, Jacob, the stone of <\/p>\n

484
\n00:36:43,360 –> 00:36:46,040
\nBethel.
\nRemember that The stone that he <\/p>\n

485
\n00:36:46,040 –> 00:36:49,760
\nanointed and raised, and then
\nthe stone that have fallen down <\/p>\n

486
\n00:36:49,760 –> 00:36:54,000
\nat Bethel, and he raises again,
\nand he anoints it with wine, the<\/p>\n

487
\n00:36:54,000 –> 00:36:56,880
\ndrink offering, and with oil
\nagain. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:36:57,600 –> 00:37:04,920
\nThe anointed stone of Israel is
\na symbol of the coming Messiah. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:37:06,720 –> 00:37:10,360
\nIt finds its living embodiment
\nin the life and character of <\/p>\n

490
\n00:37:10,360 –> 00:37:13,120
\nJoseph.
\nAnd when Jacob looked into the <\/p>\n

491
\n00:37:13,120 –> 00:37:22,240
\neyes of his son, he saw the eyes
\nof deity, the face of God, and <\/p>\n

492
\n00:37:22,240 –> 00:37:26,040
\nhis heart was filled, I believe,
\nwith with awe and reverence. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:37:26,680 –> 00:37:28,880
\nAnd he now acknowledges what he
\nsaw. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:37:30,520 –> 00:37:39,200
\nThis is the stone, brothers and
\nsisters, This is the man that <\/p>\n

495
\n00:37:39,200 –> 00:37:41,840
\nthe stone in his life was just a
\nshadow of things to come. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:37:41,840 –> 00:37:46,480
\nAnd now he recognizes that the
\nstone pointed forward to a man <\/p>\n

497
\n00:37:46,640 –> 00:37:49,400
\njust like this.
\nCan you see? <\/p>\n

498
\n00:37:50,280 –> 00:37:56,440
\nThis is why he bows down.
\nBethel was the place where where<\/p>\n

499
\n00:37:56,760 –> 00:37:59,600
\nJacob had invoked Yahweh in the
\nname of Yahweh. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:37:59,600 –> 00:38:01,560
\nIt was all pointing forward to
\nMessiah. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:38:01,760 –> 00:38:05,520
\nBut Jacob hadn’t seen the
\nreality of what this man would <\/p>\n

502
\n00:38:05,520 –> 00:38:08,680
\nbe like.
\nAnd this man was like Joseph, <\/p>\n

503
\n00:38:09,120 –> 00:38:15,200
\nyou see, And so he worships him.
\nThere’d been so many pointers in<\/p>\n

504
\n00:38:15,200 –> 00:38:17,480
\nhis life what this one would be
\nlike. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:38:17,480 –> 00:38:22,280
\nAnd it’s just like Joseph, and
\nhere I believe This is why he <\/p>\n

506
\n00:38:22,280 –> 00:38:25,480
\ngets in Hebrews 11, because he
\nhas a moment now of perfect <\/p>\n

507
\n00:38:25,480 –> 00:38:29,800
\nclarity.
\nJacob sees what the Messiah, the<\/p>\n

508
\n00:38:29,800 –> 00:38:36,440
\npromised Messiah, would be like.
\nThis was the one who would bring<\/p>\n

509
\n00:38:36,440 –> 00:38:41,400
\nabout new Israel, faithful
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:38:41,640 –> 00:38:45,120
\nAnd how would it be done?
\nHow would it be achieved? <\/p>\n

511
\n00:38:45,400 –> 00:38:48,880
\nHow would Jacob truly be
\ntransformed to Israel? <\/p>\n

512
\n00:38:49,840 –> 00:38:51,760
\nThrough someone just like
\nJoseph? <\/p>\n

513
\n00:38:53,400 –> 00:38:57,440
\nThrough one who brings about
\ndeliverance when he’s been sent <\/p>\n

514
\n00:38:57,440 –> 00:39:01,400
\nbefore?
\nOne who goes from death to life,<\/p>\n

515
\n00:39:01,880 –> 00:39:04,920
\nOne who goes from humility to
\nsplendour? <\/p>\n

516
\n00:39:05,120 –> 00:39:10,440
\nOne who was once hidden but is
\nnow visible. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:39:10,440 –> 00:39:11,680
\nCan you see that, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

518
\n00:39:11,680 –> 00:39:13,320
\nIt’s amazing, isn’t it, when you
\nsee it. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:39:18,320 –> 00:39:21,160
\nAnd so now there is full
\nrecognition and acknowledgement <\/p>\n

520
\n00:39:23,400 –> 00:39:31,800
\nin Jacob the Joseph.
\nThe Joseph is greater than him. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:39:33,720 –> 00:39:39,520
\nAnd this patriarch, this
\nfaithful man, he bowed down in <\/p>\n

522
\n00:39:39,520 –> 00:39:47,200
\nrecognition of how God has
\nworked through Joseph in his <\/p>\n

523
\n00:39:47,200 –> 00:39:53,280
\nlife.
\nAnd so again we see the elder <\/p>\n

524
\n00:39:54,200 –> 00:40:00,000
\nshall serve the younger.
\nThe elder shall serve the <\/p>\n

525
\n00:40:00,000 –> 00:40:04,760
\nyounger.
\nI want to finish our week <\/p>\n

526
\n00:40:04,760 –> 00:40:07,200
\ntogether now in Hebrews Chapter
\n11. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:40:12,320 –> 00:40:16,680
\nHebrews, Chapter 11.
\nAnd we read these words in verse<\/p>\n

528
\n00:40:16,680 –> 00:40:23,280
\n22 concerning Joseph.
\nWe’ve already read concerning <\/p>\n

529
\n00:40:23,280 –> 00:40:26,680
\nJacob leaning upon the top of
\nhis staff. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:40:27,240 –> 00:40:30,360
\nThat’s how he gets into Hebrews
\n11, the acknowledgement of <\/p>\n

531
\n00:40:30,360 –> 00:40:36,160
\nJoseph the deliverer at the end
\nof his life after all the <\/p>\n

532
\n00:40:36,160 –> 00:40:40,960
\ntravail.
\nBut verse 22 by faith, Joseph <\/p>\n

533
\n00:40:40,960 –> 00:40:44,520
\nwhen he died, made mention of
\nthe departing of the children of<\/p>\n

534
\n00:40:44,520 –> 00:40:50,120
\nIsrael and gave commandment
\nconcerning his bones. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:40:53,360 –> 00:40:57,680
\nI believe verses 21 and 22 are
\nrelated. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:40:58,080 –> 00:41:02,840
\nThey are interlinked.
\nHow does Jacob get into Hebrews <\/p>\n

537
\n00:41:02,840 –> 00:41:08,400
\n11?
\nWell, he says to his his son <\/p>\n

538
\n00:41:08,400 –> 00:41:14,760
\nJoseph, swear to me, swear to
\nme, that you will take my bones <\/p>\n

539
\n00:41:15,080 –> 00:41:22,520
\nback to the land.
\nAnd when Joseph says he would, <\/p>\n

540
\n00:41:23,840 –> 00:41:27,320
\nthen Jacob gets into Hebrews 11
\nby bowing down to him. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:41:28,080 –> 00:41:33,640
\nAnd what is the reason for
\nJoseph getting into Hebrews 11? <\/p>\n

542
\n00:41:35,760 –> 00:41:41,280
\nBecause we read there he made
\nmention of the departing of the <\/p>\n

543
\n00:41:41,280 –> 00:41:44,040
\nchildren Israel, and gave
\ncommandment concerning his <\/p>\n

544
\n00:41:44,040 –> 00:41:45,320
\nbones.
\nCan you see what he does? <\/p>\n

545
\n00:41:46,000 –> 00:41:49,720
\nJoseph gets into Hebrews 11
\nbecause he follows the example <\/p>\n

546
\n00:41:49,720 –> 00:41:55,280
\nof his father.
\nJacob gets into Hebrews 11 <\/p>\n

547
\n00:41:55,280 –> 00:42:00,000
\nbecause he says swear to me
\nconcerning his bones and then <\/p>\n

548
\n00:42:00,000 –> 00:42:02,120
\nbows down and he gets into
\nHebrews 11. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:42:02,640 –> 00:42:06,920
\nCan you see and now Joseph gets
\ninto Hebrews 11 because he <\/p>\n

550
\n00:42:06,920 –> 00:42:11,240
\nremembers that little exchange
\nbetween swear to me and Joseph <\/p>\n

551
\n00:42:11,360 –> 00:42:14,440
\nmaking the oath and his father
\nbows down to him and he <\/p>\n

552
\n00:42:14,440 –> 00:42:17,600
\nremembers that.
\nAnd then in his final days, he <\/p>\n

553
\n00:42:17,600 –> 00:42:20,640
\nsays, I remember what my father
\nsaid and I’m going to do the <\/p>\n

554
\n00:42:20,640 –> 00:42:24,680
\nsame.
\nYou take my bones back to the <\/p>\n

555
\n00:42:24,680 –> 00:42:25,960
\nland.
\nYou see that. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:42:26,800 –> 00:42:31,600
\nAnd so then in other, in other
\nwords, 21 and 22 is the, is the <\/p>\n

557
\n00:42:31,600 –> 00:42:35,760
\nfaith of Jacob and Joseph.
\nAnd they’re both there in <\/p>\n

558
\n00:42:35,760 –> 00:42:38,760
\nHebrews 11.
\nBut they’re both there in a way <\/p>\n

559
\n00:42:38,760 –> 00:42:44,800
\nbecause of Jacob.
\nYou see, Jacob’s there because <\/p>\n

560
\n00:42:45,240 –> 00:42:48,280
\nof the recognition of how God
\nhad been working in his life, <\/p>\n

561
\n00:42:48,960 –> 00:42:54,200
\nand he recognizes now the work
\nof Joseph and the heartbreak of <\/p>\n

562
\n00:42:54,200 –> 00:42:57,240
\nall those intervening years.
\nAnd Joseph’s there in Hebrews 11<\/p>\n

563
\n00:42:57,440 –> 00:42:59,360
\nbecause of the example of his
\nfather. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:43:01,440 –> 00:43:06,320
\nHow wonderful.
\nAnd so then Joseph, who could <\/p>\n

565
\n00:43:06,320 –> 00:43:11,040
\nhave had his body preserved in
\nsome Egyptian pyramid, he looked<\/p>\n

566
\n00:43:11,040 –> 00:43:17,120
\nahead with the eyes of faith.
\nThis mighty man of Egypt bound <\/p>\n

567
\n00:43:17,120 –> 00:43:22,640
\nhis family by an oath to bury
\nhim in Canaan, a place in a land<\/p>\n

568
\n00:43:22,640 –> 00:43:24,960
\nthat he’d only spent 17 years of
\nhis life. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:43:25,240 –> 00:43:31,040
\nBut now Joseph wants to be
\nreconnected with the blessing, <\/p>\n

570
\n00:43:32,960 –> 00:43:40,480
\nwith the land and the people.
\nSo I believe, brothers and <\/p>\n

571
\n00:43:40,480 –> 00:43:47,400
\nsisters, Jacob’s words to Joseph
\nwere truly life saving. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:43:48,360 –> 00:43:54,760
\nJacob reaches a zenith, a
\npinnacle in faith, when he <\/p>\n

573
\n00:43:54,760 –> 00:43:58,080
\narrives in Egypt, and he’s a
\nconstant reminder. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:43:58,080 –> 00:44:02,520
\nHe serves as a constant reminder
\nof where the devotion of God’s <\/p>\n

575
\n00:44:02,520 –> 00:44:06,680
\npeople should be.
\nWhen Jacob is in Egypt, he <\/p>\n

576
\n00:44:06,680 –> 00:44:10,680
\nbecomes the full embodiment of
\nthe hope of Israel. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:44:11,360 –> 00:44:13,640
\nThere was Joseph, and he
\nbelieved in his God and he <\/p>\n

578
\n00:44:13,640 –> 00:44:17,520
\nbelieved in Yahweh, but he was
\nforsaking the land. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:44:18,600 –> 00:44:24,080
\nAnd it was Jacob who rekindled
\nand reconnected Joseph with his <\/p>\n

580
\n00:44:24,080 –> 00:44:26,880
\nland and his people there.
\nCan you see that, brothers and <\/p>\n

581
\n00:44:26,880 –> 00:44:32,840
\nsisters?
\nAnd so then Joseph had gone to <\/p>\n

582
\n00:44:32,880 –> 00:44:40,480
\nEgypt to save God’s people from
\ndeath, and Jacob had gone to <\/p>\n

583
\n00:44:40,600 –> 00:44:51,200
\nEgypt to save God’s people from
\nspiritual death and to show them<\/p>\n

584
\n00:44:51,880 –> 00:45:01,890
\nthe way out.
\nBrothers and sisters, Jacob had <\/p>\n

585
\n00:45:03,050 –> 00:45:05,930
\nhis ups and downs.
\nWe’ve seen that this week. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:45:08,290 –> 00:45:13,930
\nBut as he approached the end of
\nhis life, he broke the tape and <\/p>\n

587
\n00:45:13,930 –> 00:45:19,760
\nsearched past the line.
\nHe was a man of faith, a <\/p>\n

588
\n00:45:19,760 –> 00:45:26,760
\nwonderful example to Joseph and
\nhis sons, the embodiment of the <\/p>\n

589
\n00:45:26,760 –> 00:45:31,920
\nhope of Israel.
\nAnd when Jacob finds himself in <\/p>\n

590
\n00:45:31,920 –> 00:45:37,040
\nEgypt, there is no stopping him.
\nHe is roaring to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:45:40,240 –> 00:45:43,680
\nSo what are the big lessons for
\nus at the end of this week in <\/p>\n

592
\n00:45:43,680 –> 00:45:50,080
\nthe life of Jacob?
\nNumber one, we are to set our <\/p>\n

593
\n00:45:50,080 –> 00:45:54,640
\nhearts on Israel.
\nRegardless where we are, <\/p>\n

594
\n00:45:55,080 –> 00:45:59,000
\nregardless of what circumstances
\nare taking place in our life, <\/p>\n

595
\n00:45:59,200 –> 00:46:03,880
\nour heart should always be on
\nGod’s land and people. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:46:06,520 –> 00:46:15,520
\nWe need to all hold fast to the
\nhope of Israel #2 we struggle to<\/p>\n

597
\n00:46:15,520 –> 00:46:21,040
\ntransform.
\nThe transformation of Jacob to <\/p>\n

598
\n00:46:21,120 –> 00:46:26,200
\nIsrael was all about hanging on
\nto God. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:46:27,000 –> 00:46:29,280
\nAnd brothers and sisters,
\nwhatever is happening in your <\/p>\n

600
\n00:46:29,280 –> 00:46:32,920
\nlife and will, whatever will
\nhappen in your life and my life <\/p>\n

601
\n00:46:32,920 –> 00:46:36,560
\nbetween now and God’s coming
\nKingdom, we’ve got to learn to <\/p>\n

602
\n00:46:36,560 –> 00:46:43,800
\nhold on.
\nHold on for dear life until our <\/p>\n

603
\n00:46:43,800 –> 00:46:55,400
\nLord grants us the blessing and
\nlesson #3 it’s all about. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:46:57,360 –> 00:47:01,400
\nIt’s all about the destination
\nand not the journey. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:47:02,760 –> 00:47:06,840
\nOf course we’re going to have
\nups and downs, bumps and moments<\/p>\n

606
\n00:47:06,840 –> 00:47:09,480
\nof discomfort as we make our way
\nto God’s Kingdom. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:47:10,840 –> 00:47:15,200
\nBut it’s not about the journey,
\nit’s about how we end it. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:47:16,840 –> 00:47:21,680
\nAnd there was Jacob in Egypt
\nroaring to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:47:22,800 –> 00:47:26,720
\nThat’s the example.
\nIt’s how we end it, brothers and<\/p>\n

610
\n00:47:26,720 –> 00:47:30,520
\nsisters.
\nAnd how comforting it is to know<\/p>\n

611
\n00:47:31,880 –> 00:47:35,200
\nthat just as Jacob now has
\nclarity as he sees the face of <\/p>\n

612
\n00:47:35,200 –> 00:47:41,120
\nGod, we too will have a moment
\nof perfect clarity in God’s <\/p>\n

613
\n00:47:41,120 –> 00:47:46,680
\nKingdom by God’s good grace, as
\nwe look back upon our lives and <\/p>\n

614
\n00:47:46,680 –> 00:47:53,000
\nwe see those moments when we are
\nbroken, when we have been <\/p>\n

615
\n00:47:53,240 –> 00:47:59,160
\nreduced to nothing, when we feel
\nthat we can’t hold on anymore, <\/p>\n

616
\n00:48:01,200 –> 00:48:04,160
\nthat’s when God’s at work with
\nus. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:48:04,600 –> 00:48:06,680
\nThat’s when we’re wrestling with
\nGod. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:48:07,040 –> 00:48:11,440
\nAnd that’s when true
\ntransformation takes place. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:48:11,880 –> 00:48:16,280
\nBrothers and sisters, in all the
\nchallenges and obstacles and <\/p>\n

620
\n00:48:16,280 –> 00:48:24,080
\ndifficulties that you and I have
\nin this life, as we face our <\/p>\n

621
\n00:48:24,080 –> 00:48:33,720
\nproblems head on, let us in
\nfaith see the face of God and <\/p>\n

622
\n00:48:33,720 –> 00:48:41,400
\nknow this, that the journey we
\ntake and the course that we make<\/p>\n

623
\n00:48:41,400 –> 00:48:48,760
\nin life has been designed for us
\nindividually so that we, like <\/p>\n

624
\n00:48:48,840 –> 00:48:53,040
\nIsrael, can enter into God’s
\ncoming Kingdom. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:48:54,480 –> 00:49:04,320
\nLet us trust with all our hearts
\nGod’s perfect plan for you and <\/p>\n

626
\n00:49:04,320 –> 00:49:04,680
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