{"id":1285,"date":"2025-03-30T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/341-shawn-moynihan-marys-trials\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T00:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:22:28","slug":"341-shawn-moynihan-marys-trials","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/341-shawn-moynihan-marys-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"341: Shawn Moynihan – Mary\u2019s Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to the a class by Bro. Shawn Moynihan from his series on “Mary of Nazareth” that he gave at the Pal Springs Bible School in 2025. This is the fifth class from that series titled “Mary’s Trials” . <\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\njoining us this week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHey everyone, it’s Jason
\nHensley. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week we are going to be
\nlistening to a talk just given <\/p>\n

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\nrecently at the Palm Springs
\nBible School in 2025. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s by brother Sean Moynihan
\nfrom Ontario, Canada. <\/p>\n

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\nHis series is about Mary, and I
\nthought that this was pretty <\/p>\n

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\nneat because we often don’t talk
\nabout Mary. <\/p>\n

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\nI think because the Catholic
\nChurch has kind of over <\/p>\n

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\nemphasized Mary and so maybe
\nsometimes we just stay away a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle bit from talking about
\nher. <\/p>\n

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\nSo number one, I thought it was
\nneat to see a whole series on <\/p>\n

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\nMary and then this last class
\nthat we’re listening to, this is<\/p>\n

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\nthe last in the series of five.
\nThis last class is about Mary’s <\/p>\n

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\ntrials.
\nAnd I felt like Brother Sean <\/p>\n

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\nreally brought out powerfully
\nwhat Mary would have experienced<\/p>\n

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\nand what it would have been like
\nfor her as the mother of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus in seeing her son go
\nthrough these things. <\/p>\n

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\nSo for me, this was a, a talk
\nthat really brought things to <\/p>\n

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\nlife, really opened things up a
\nlittle more historically, and in<\/p>\n

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\ndoing so, really made the
\ncharacter and the story of Mary <\/p>\n

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\na lot more powerful.
\nNot only that, but a few times <\/p>\n

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\nin this class and throughout the
\nseries, brother Sean references <\/p>\n

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\nAishet Kyle.
\nI don’t know if you’ve ever <\/p>\n

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\nheard of that before, but it’s a
\nHebrew phrase. <\/p>\n

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\nIt comes largely from Proverbs
\n31. <\/p>\n

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\nWe often talk about a virtuous
\nwoman, and in Hebrew that’s <\/p>\n

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\nAishet Kyle.
\nIt means a woman of strength, <\/p>\n

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\nand I just love that phrase.
\nI think it is such a beautiful <\/p>\n

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\nconcept that God is looking for
\nthese women of strong spiritual <\/p>\n

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\nstrength, and that’s what Mary
\nwas. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I think Brother Sean helps to
\nremind us of that. <\/p>\n

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\nNow then, on to the class.
\nThis is Brother Sean Moynihan, <\/p>\n

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\nclass #5 Mary’s Trials in the
\nseries Mary of Nazareth. <\/p>\n

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\nToday we’re going to speak about
\nMary’s four sword wounds. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we’ve discussed other wounds
\nthis week, haven’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nLike the wound when Jesus
\nfriends and neighbors tried to <\/p>\n

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\nkill him in Nazareth.
\nBut this morning we’re going to <\/p>\n

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\nfocus on four.
\nAnd the first is the murder of <\/p>\n

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\nBethlehem and the surrounding
\nregions children. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we’re going to take a
\nlook at when Jesus was quote UN <\/p>\n

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\nquote lost in the temple.
\nThen we’ll take a look at when <\/p>\n

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\nJesus was estranged from his
\nhalf brothers in the family <\/p>\n

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\nconflict that that caused the
\nanguish that it caused for Mary.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd lastly, we’ll look at Mary
\nat the foot of the cross. <\/p>\n

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\nNow where do we take this sword
\nwound idea? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, of course we know whether
\nit is right from Simeon when <\/p>\n

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\nJesus is presented at the
\ntemple. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Luke 2 And behold, there was
\na man in Jerusalem whose name <\/p>\n

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\nwas Simeon, and this man was
\njust and devout, waiting for the<\/p>\n

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\nconsolation of Israel, and the
\nHoly Spirit was upon him. <\/p>\n

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\nIt had been revealed to him by
\nthe Holy Spirit that he would <\/p>\n

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\nnot see death before he had seen
\nthe Lord’s Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he came by the Spirit into
\nthe temple. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when his parents brought in
\nthe child Jesus to do for him <\/p>\n

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\naccording to the custom of the
\nlaw, he took him up in his arms <\/p>\n

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\nand blessed God and said, Lord,
\nnow you are letting your servant<\/p>\n

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\ndepart in peace.
\nAccording to a word from my <\/p>\n

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\neyes, I’ve seen your salvation,
\nwhich you have prepared before <\/p>\n

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\nthe face of all peoples, a light
\nto bring revelation to the <\/p>\n

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\nGentiles and glory of your
\npeople Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Joseph and his mother
\nmarveled at those things which <\/p>\n

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\nwere spoken of him.
\nThen Simeon blessed them and <\/p>\n

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\nsaid to Mary.
\nHe stopped and he said to Mary, <\/p>\n

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\nBehold, this child is destined
\nfor the fall and rising of many <\/p>\n

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\nin Israel, and for a sign which
\nshall be spoken against. <\/p>\n

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\nYes, a sword will Pierce through
\nyour own soul also that the <\/p>\n

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\nthoughts of many hearts may be
\nrevealed. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat a powerful paradox.
\nIn the midst of celebrating <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s blessing, God’s greatest
\nblessing, he turns to Mary and <\/p>\n

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\nhe says You will be wounded.
\nYou’ll be wounded by a sword of <\/p>\n

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\nwar.
\nIt’s a paradox, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nBut we understand this paradox.
\nBerkeley, not to be confused <\/p>\n

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\nwith Eidersheim, totally
\ndifferent guy. <\/p>\n

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\nBerkeley writes in the Gospel of
\nLuke about the paradox of <\/p>\n

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\nblessedness.
\nHe writes to Mary was granted <\/p>\n

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\nthe blessedness of being the
\nmother of the Son of God, and <\/p>\n

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\nyet that very blessedness was to
\nbe a sword that pierced her <\/p>\n

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\nheart.
\nThat very glory was to break her<\/p>\n

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\nheart.
\nShe was blessed and that very <\/p>\n

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\nblessedness meant that someday
\nshe would see that son of hers <\/p>\n

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\nhanging on a cross.
\nTo be chosen by God so often <\/p>\n

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\nmeans at one and the same time a
\ncrown of joy and a cross of <\/p>\n

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\nsorrow.
\nAnd we know that, don’t we, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters in our own
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we, we take comfort in the
\nfact that these trials, these <\/p>\n

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\nsorrows, are always purposeful.
\nWe read in Peter, In this you <\/p>\n

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\ngreatly rejoice, though now for
\na little while if need be, you <\/p>\n

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\nhave been grieved by various
\ntrials, that the genuineness of <\/p>\n

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\nyour faith, being much more
\nprecious than gold that <\/p>\n

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\nperishes, though it is tested by
\nfire, may be found to praise, <\/p>\n

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\nhonor and glory.
\nAt the revelation of Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist, whom having not yet seen
\nyou love, though now you do not <\/p>\n

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\nsee him, yet believing, you
\nrejoice with joy, inexpressible <\/p>\n

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\nand full of glory, receiving the
\nend of your faith, the salvation<\/p>\n

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\nof your souls.
\nSo Mary had a unique paradox, <\/p>\n

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\ndidn’t she?
\nAs we discussed yesterday, Jesus<\/p>\n

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\nwas the Son of her womb, but He
\nwas also her Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that was a challenge for her
\nto separate those things. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus was helpful to her in
\nreminding her about those <\/p>\n

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\nseparation.
\nRemember. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Luke 11 we read and it
\nhappened as he spoke these <\/p>\n

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\nthings, that a certain woman
\nfrom the crowd raised her voice <\/p>\n

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\nand said to him, Blessed is the
\nwomb that bore you and the <\/p>\n

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\nbreast which nursed you.
\nBut he said more than that, <\/p>\n

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\nblessed are those who hear the
\nword of God and keep it. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what did Simeon say to Mary?
\nWell, in the disciples little <\/p>\n

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\nNew Testament, it really comes
\nacross. <\/p>\n

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\nIndeed, a sword from Thea will
\nPierce the soul of you yourself.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Greek uses a tautology
\nthere, right? <\/p>\n

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\nA repetition for emphasis.
\nAnd this is not the usual word <\/p>\n

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\nfor sword, makaira from Thea.
\nIt’s a sword of war, and this is<\/p>\n

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\nan example of what it looked
\nlike. <\/p>\n

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\nNow.
\nIt’s a weapon of war that <\/p>\n

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\ncreated a warrior’s wound
\nbecause Mary was a spiritual <\/p>\n

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\nwarrior.
\nAnd I wonder if Mary’s biblical <\/p>\n

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\nmind, because we know it was her
\nhabit of mine to turn things <\/p>\n

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\nover in her mind if she thought
\nof how that word was used in <\/p>\n

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\nZechariah 13 Awake, O sword
\nagainst my shepherd, against the<\/p>\n

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\nman who is my companion, says
\nthe Lord of hosts. <\/p>\n

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\nStrike the shepherd and the
\nsheep will be scattered. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we know, of course, brothers
\nand sisters, that that pertains <\/p>\n

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\nto Jesus because he quotes it in
\nMark 14. <\/p>\n

132
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\nSo being a mother is like being
\na warrior. <\/p>\n

133
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\nAnd we have an example of that
\nin in Judges. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Judges 5 from the New century
\nversion, there were no warriors <\/p>\n

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\nin Israel until I, Deborah
\narose, until I arose to be a <\/p>\n

136
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\nmother in Israel.
\nAnd the new English translation <\/p>\n

137
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\nrenders that warriors were
\nscarce. <\/p>\n

138
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\nThey were scarce in Israel until
\nyou arose, Deborah, until you <\/p>\n

139
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\narose as a motherly protector in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Mary was a warrior mom.
\nAnd the most important of all <\/p>\n

141
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\nbattles, the spiritual battle
\nthat God had instituted, Brother<\/p>\n

142
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\nThomas and Elpas Israel writes,
\nGod instituted war when he put <\/p>\n

143
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\nenmity between the serpent and
\nthe woman. <\/p>\n

144
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\nAnd you know, throughout our
\nclasses, we’ve seen how <\/p>\n

145
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\nconnected Mary is to the
\npromises in Genesis. <\/p>\n

146
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\nNow, is brother Jason here?
\nBrother Jason? <\/p>\n

147
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\nI’m a little bit nervous.
\nI teach a class for brother <\/p>\n

148
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\nJason.
\nHe’s a principal. <\/p>\n

149
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\nI don’t know if this is a
\nperformance evaluation. <\/p>\n

150
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\nI’m not sure.
\nTry to pay attention or at least<\/p>\n

151
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\nseem like it.
\nOK, in case he’s lucky. <\/p>\n

152
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\nSo if I were to say that to
\nJason, what is the essential <\/p>\n

153
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\nwarrior attribute in Hebrew?
\nHe would say Chael valor. <\/p>\n

154
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\nHow’d they do on the
\npronunciation? <\/p>\n

155
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\nVery good, Chael.
\nSarah Fisher writes that over <\/p>\n

156
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\nand over.
\nHell is represented as someone <\/p>\n

157
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\nin God’s army.
\nIt is translated as violent <\/p>\n

158
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\nwarriors, capable men, strong
\nand powerful, great army, mighty<\/p>\n

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\nsoldiers.
\nIt’s a force. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:38,480 –> 00:10:40,720
\nAnd that’s the word that’s used
\nin Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:40,760 –> 00:10:45,720
\nThe virtuous woman is a woman of
\nChaal, and Mary was a woman of <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:45,920 –> 00:10:50,120
\nChaal.
\nAnd we see that this word is <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:50,120 –> 00:10:53,280
\nconnected to all these Old
\nTestament people and places and <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:53,280 –> 00:10:57,320
\nprophecies that are so closely,
\nclosely connected to Mary. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:57,680 –> 00:11:00,640
\nWe see it in Ruth.
\nWe see it especially related to <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:00,640 –> 00:11:06,600
\nRuth slash Rachel in Efratha and
\nof course in Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:08,440 –> 00:11:14,400
\nNow we want to take a look too,
\nbecause there was another person<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:14,520 –> 00:11:16,880
\nat the temple and her name was
\nAnna. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:17,960 –> 00:11:20,680
\nShe was a continuing presence at
\nthe temple. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:22,960 –> 00:11:24,560
\nShe did not depart from the
\ntemple. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:24,560 –> 00:11:28,280
\nWe read and when can speculate
\ndid Mary have an existing <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:28,280 –> 00:11:30,160
\nrelationship with Anna through
\nElizabeth? <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:30,160 –> 00:11:35,520
\nYou know, I, I think we can
\ninfer that yes, that would make <\/p>\n

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\nsense.
\nAnd it’s very interesting what <\/p>\n

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\nAnna does.
\nShe spoke when she when the <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:44,120 –> 00:11:47,200
\nMessiah became apparent.
\nShe spoke of him to all those <\/p>\n

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\nwho looked for redemption in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nSo people knew who Anna was.
\nShe was a fixture at the temple.<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:53,720 –> 00:11:57,360
\nShe was there all the time, and
\nshe was spreading the good news <\/p>\n

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\nabout what had happened.
\nSo she was doing that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:02,400 –> 00:12:05,320
\nThe shepherds were doing that
\nbecause we read in Luke 217. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:05,320 –> 00:12:07,320
\nNow, when they had seen them,
\nthey made widely known the <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:07,320 –> 00:12:09,320
\nsaying which was told to them
\nconcerning this child. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:09,720 –> 00:12:12,840
\nAnd as I said, these are the
\nspecial shepherds, the shepherds<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:12,840 –> 00:12:16,560
\nthat were going every day with
\nthe temple, sheep to the temple.<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:18,520 –> 00:12:27,320
\nSo why didn’t Herod know about
\nJesus and Herod? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:27,320 –> 00:12:31,920
\nAs we know, Herod the Great was
\nthe most paranoid ruler in <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:31,920 –> 00:12:40,880
\nhistory, which is a high bar.
\nHerod’s paranoia, Norman Gelb <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:40,880 –> 00:12:44,280
\nwrites, was deeply embedded.
\nAs he graduated to greater <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:44,280 –> 00:12:46,400
\npositions of power, his
\ninsecurity expanded and <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:46,400 –> 00:12:49,040
\ndeepened.
\nWhen, as king, he was persuaded <\/p>\n

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\nby backbiting siblings to doubt
\nthe faithfulness of his adored <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:51,880 –> 00:12:57,240
\nwife, he had her killed.
\nThe sons executed may or may not<\/p>\n

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\nhave been conspiring against
\ntheir father, but the mere <\/p>\n

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\nsuspicion that they were assured
\ntheir elimination. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:05,880 –> 00:13:12,560
\nSo this paranoid Herod whose
\npalace was over on the left side<\/p>\n

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\nof the screen, The temple on the
\nright side of the screen, he was<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:16,600 –> 00:13:20,120
\nunaware for the 1st at least the
\nfirst two years of Jesus life <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:21,040 –> 00:13:23,920
\nthat there had been one born
\nking of the Jews. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:25,520 –> 00:13:31,760
\nThe only explanation for this I
\nthink is found in Psalm 34 where<\/p>\n

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\nwe read the Angel of the Lord in
\ncamps all around those who fear <\/p>\n

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\nhim and delivers them.
\nAnd there’s a special context <\/p>\n

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\nfor that, for that Psalm.
\nRemember, it was David in the <\/p>\n

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\ncourt of a king who was jealous.
\nIt wasn’t it wasn’t Saul, it <\/p>\n

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\nwas, it was Achish right, But
\nSaul was jealous too. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:55,320 –> 00:13:59,760
\nBut Psalm 34 is, is, is that the
\nAngel of the Lord encamps around<\/p>\n

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\nthose who fear him.
\nAnd so that’s what happened for <\/p>\n

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\nthe first two years that that I
\nbelieve God had provided a <\/p>\n

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\nsanctuary for Mary and Joseph
\nand Jesus to get started. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that was to end.
\nWe read in Matthew 2. <\/p>\n

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\nThen Herod, when he saw that he
\nhad been tricked by the wise <\/p>\n

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\nmen, became furious, and he sent
\nand killed all the male children<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:24,840 –> 00:14:29,120
\nin Bethlehem and in all her
\nregions who were two years old <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:29,120 –> 00:14:32,320
\nand under, according to the time
\nhe had determined from the wise <\/p>\n

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\nmen.
\nI’m going to let that murderous <\/p>\n

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\nfact sink in and we’ll come back
\nto it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:40,560 –> 00:14:43,920
\nSo to be safe, the Angel
\ndirected Joseph to seek refuge <\/p>\n

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\nin Egypt.
\nAnd of course, this was to <\/p>\n

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\nfulfill prophecy.
\nSo I believe that Joseph and <\/p>\n

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\nMary and Jesus went to
\nAlexandria. <\/p>\n

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\nAccording to tradition, they
\nwent down into the delta. <\/p>\n

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\nFurther down, I believe they
\nwent to Alexandria. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:04,160 –> 00:15:06,400
\nThere was a huge Jewish
\npopulation in Alexandria. <\/p>\n

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\nWould make sense that they would
\nbe able to blend in there. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:10,520 –> 00:15:12,760
\nSo they go there to fulfill
\nprophecy. <\/p>\n

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\nBut one of the things that we
\nknow is that there was a <\/p>\n

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\ncommunications pipeline between
\nAlexandra, Alexandria and <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nSo Mary in safety would have <\/p>\n

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\nheard about the murder of the
\nchildren. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:35,760 –> 00:15:42,240
\nAnd we know how Mary felt about
\nthat Brother Roberts, and as she<\/p>\n

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\nvisited, does an amazing job of
\nof kind of extrapolating on how <\/p>\n

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\nshe would have felt Rachel
\nweeping for her children, he <\/p>\n

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\nwrites.
\nThereupon a rose, a whale rarely<\/p>\n

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\nheard upon earth, the whale of a
\nmultitude of bereaved mothers. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:58,920 –> 00:16:03,360
\nIt is impossible to conceive a
\ncuter natural agony than <\/p>\n

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\ninflicted on the mothers of
\nBethlehem. <\/p>\n

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\nAs no human affection is
\nstronger than that of a mother <\/p>\n

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\nfor her child, so no suffering
\ncould be greater than that <\/p>\n

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\ncaused by this cruel slaughter.
\nMany have been the efforts of <\/p>\n

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\nthe pencil to depict the scene,
\nvarious, the success tragic <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:21,440 –> 00:16:25,880
\nenough, all but doubtless none
\nof them coming up to the <\/p>\n

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\nreality.
\nIt is one of the most harrowing <\/p>\n

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\nepisodes in the story of human
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:31,720 –> 00:16:44,920
\nA long, dark, dreadful story.
\nRemember, Simeon said for a sign<\/p>\n

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\nwhich will be spoken against.
\nHow can we understand the impact<\/p>\n

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\non Bethlehem and the regions
\naround? <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:53,600 –> 00:16:58,960
\nHow can we understand the impact
\non Mary who knew these families <\/p>\n

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\nwho for two years went to
\nsynagogue, went to the well? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:05,800 –> 00:17:08,319
\nWe know how important community
\nwas to Mary. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:10,920 –> 00:17:15,720
\nMary knew these families.
\nMary knew these children. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, because of David’s
\nhouse living there, she was <\/p>\n

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\nprobably distantly related to
\nmany of them. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we asked God why in
\nsituations like this, and we <\/p>\n

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\nwon’t know until by grace we’re
\nin his Kingdom. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we know this, like Abraham
\nsaid, shall not the judge of all<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:39,000 –> 00:17:42,080
\nthe earth do right?
\nAnd we take comfort in that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:42,760 –> 00:17:46,320
\nAnd brothers and sisters, Kyle
\ngave Mary the courage to act in <\/p>\n

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\nfaith even when she was hurting
\nat the most profound level. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:51,880 –> 00:17:55,960
\nAnd out of this tragedy comes
\nhope, the understanding of Mary <\/p>\n

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\nas a new spiritual Rachel for a
\nnew spiritual Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we see in Route 4 from the
\nWickliffe translation that the <\/p>\n

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\npeople around Bethlehem said to
\nRuth, may the Lord make this <\/p>\n

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\nwoman who enter thy house like
\nRachel who built the House of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
\nAnd may she be an example of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat of Kyle in Efrata.
\nAnd of course that word is very <\/p>\n

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\nkey because it’s connected to
\nthe birth. <\/p>\n

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\nSo David Fletcher writes that in
\nMatthew, Rachel is a symbolic <\/p>\n

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\nfigure for the suffering mother,
\nin this case the suffering <\/p>\n

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\nJewish mother.
\nAnd Rachel’s pain for the dead <\/p>\n

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\nchildren is also symbolic for
\nthe suffering of Mary in <\/p>\n

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\nrelation to her illustrious son.
\nSo Mary becomes the new Rachel. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s something that we had
\nkind of previewed at the cross, <\/p>\n

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\nright when we talked about that
\nin Matthew 2. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read then was fulfilled what
\nwas spoken by Jeremiah the <\/p>\n

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\nprophet saying a voice was heard
\nin Rama, lamentation, weeping <\/p>\n

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\nand great mourning.
\nRachel weeping for her children,<\/p>\n

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\nrefusing to be comforted because
\nthey are no more. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the connection of Rama is, is
\nalso connected to all those Old <\/p>\n

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\nTestament things that are so
\nkind of interwoven into our <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding of Mary, the idea
\nof Deborah and of course Hannah.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s close to Bethlehem that
\nRachel dies in childbirth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so here we see the thoughts
\nof Mary and her feelings about <\/p>\n

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\nthe murder of so many children
\nthat that she would have known <\/p>\n

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\nso well, weeping for her
\nchildren, refusing to be <\/p>\n

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\ncomforted.
\nAnd so we see her as the new <\/p>\n

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\nRachel who we have the literal
\nand the figurative. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we talked about this at the
\nat the cross woman, behold thy <\/p>\n

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\nson and John taking Mary into
\nhis home. <\/p>\n

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\nSo literally, it’s interesting.
\nJohn already has a mother who’s <\/p>\n

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\nMary’s sister Salome.
\nMary has other children to take <\/p>\n

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\ncare of her.
\nAt that time, they were <\/p>\n

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\ndoubting, but they soon became
\nbelievers like James. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Jesus explicitly creates
\nthis new relationship. <\/p>\n

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\nEstablishing Mary truly as a
\nfigurative new Rachel. <\/p>\n

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\nSo figuratively, Jesus creates
\nthis new spiritual family <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship.
\nMary is a mother to a new Israel<\/p>\n

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\nunder a new covenant and she
\nbecomes Israel’s mother. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s kind of interesting.
\nBrother Thomas recognized this <\/p>\n

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\nin in 1853, he writes.
\nRachel, being the constitutional<\/p>\n

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\nmatriarch of Israel, is the
\nmother of the tribes according <\/p>\n

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\nto the adoption pertaining to
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we see the types here.
\nAnd of course, Joseph is such a <\/p>\n

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\npowerful type of Christ.
\nJoseph, Christ the first born, <\/p>\n

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\nand Benjamin and John the second
\nborn. <\/p>\n

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\nShe’ll call his name.
\nJoseph and the Lord add to me <\/p>\n

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\nanother son.
\nOf course another son is added. <\/p>\n

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\nBenjamin and John are the second
\nborn. <\/p>\n

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\nBoth are beloved.
\nBoth are born out of sorrow. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course, the initial name was
\nBen Onai, the son of sorrow. <\/p>\n

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\nMary had her new son added in
\nher sorrow at the foot of the <\/p>\n

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\ncross.
\nSo even out of unspeakable <\/p>\n

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\ntragedy, there’s hope as Rachel
\nhas a new role and a new <\/p>\n

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\ncommunity.
\nSo let’s go to the other example<\/p>\n

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\nof in his father’s house at age
\n12. <\/p>\n

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\nSo brother Lane Rittmeyer talks
\nabout this, right? <\/p>\n

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\nThat that would have been going
\ndown to become the son of the <\/p>\n

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\ncommandment, to become an adult,
\npractically speaking, in that <\/p>\n

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\nculture.
\nSo this happens and of course it<\/p>\n

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\ncame about that after three days
\nthey found him in the temple. <\/p>\n

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\nIt you know, they looked they
\ncouldn’t find Jesus when they <\/p>\n

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\nreturned home and his mother
\nsaid to him, child, why did you?<\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is from the disciples
\nlittle new translation. <\/p>\n

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\nChild, why did you do us like
\nthis? <\/p>\n

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\nBehold, your father and I were
\nlooking for you while suffering <\/p>\n

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\npain and he said to them, why is
\nit that you were looking for me?<\/p>\n

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\nDid you not know that I must be
\nin the things of my father and <\/p>\n

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\nthey did not understand the
\nthing which he spoke to them. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:22:38,960 –> 00:22:42,080
\nMounts translate said child, why
\ndid you treat us like this? <\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:42,480 –> 00:22:44,920
\nLook, your father and I have
\nbeen terribly worried trying to <\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:44,920 –> 00:22:47,960
\nfind you.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:48,440 –> 00:22:52,600
\nNow sister Kathy and I were
\nblessed with four kids. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:53,800 –> 00:22:56,040
\nHave you have you ever misplaced
\none of your kids? <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:59,440 –> 00:23:01,680
\nYou know, it’s kind of like what
\nthey what they said to Daniel <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:01,680 –> 00:23:02,760
\nBoone.
\nThey asked Daniel Boone if he <\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:02,760 –> 00:23:04,560
\nhad ever been lost and he said
\nno. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:04,560 –> 00:23:06,760
\nBut I was a Mike bewildered for
\nthree days once. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:07,240 –> 00:23:12,320
\nSo I can remember 1 occasion
\ncoming back from a Bible school.<\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:13,160 –> 00:23:20,160
\nOur oldest was 12 and we stopped
\nat one of those big malls on the<\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:20,160 –> 00:23:26,000
\nway back.
\nAnd so we said to Brayden, I <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:26,000 –> 00:23:29,000
\nwant you back by this time.
\nYou can go offering him, but I <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:29,000 –> 00:23:31,640
\nwant you back by this time.
\nAnd because we’re teachers, we <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:31,640 –> 00:23:33,600
\nsaid, and what time do you, are
\nyou going to be back? <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:33,600 –> 00:23:35,040
\nI’m going to be back at this
\ntime, dad. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:36,040 –> 00:23:41,520
\nSo he’s not back.
\nHe’s not back in 10 minutes. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:41,960 –> 00:23:45,400
\nHe’s not back in 20 minutes.
\nHe’s not back in an hour. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:45,960 –> 00:23:47,760
\nHe’s not back in an hour and 15
\nminutes. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:50,520 –> 00:23:55,280
\nSo we start looking for him and
\npeople start helping us look for<\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:55,280 –> 00:23:59,200
\nhim.
\nAnd finally I see him and I have<\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:59,200 –> 00:24:03,560
\nthis picture of him in my mind
\nthat I’ll never lose. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:04,320 –> 00:24:06,960
\nHe’s ambling along.
\nHe’s got his baseball hat on, <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:07,040 –> 00:24:11,120
\nHe’s got a red checked shirt
\nthat’s open and Michigan State <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:11,120 –> 00:24:15,120
\nSpartans basketball shirt there.
\nAnd I didn’t know whether to <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:15,120 –> 00:24:25,360
\nkiss him or kill him.
\nThink of Mary’s anguish, think <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:25,360 –> 00:24:31,480
\nof Mary’s anguish, think of the
\ngreat mission that she had with <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:31,480 –> 00:24:37,440
\nthe Son of God.
\nIndeed, the sword pierced her. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:37,440 –> 00:24:41,320
\nAnd again, three days, three
\ndays. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:41,520 –> 00:24:44,560
\nSee, all these clues are helping
\nMary along the way. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:45,120 –> 00:24:47,760
\nUnderstand that she needs to
\nseparate herself from the Mother<\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:47,760 –> 00:24:51,160
\nrole and become a disciple. 3
\ndays. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:51,160 –> 00:24:55,080
\nThe wedding at Cana.
\nThree days here, three days in <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:55,080 –> 00:25:00,200
\nthe tomb, and you see the force
\nof Mary’s personality just jump <\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:00,200 –> 00:25:03,640
\noff the page, don’t you?
\nBecause Joseph doesn’t speak, <\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:03,920 –> 00:25:07,920
\nMary does.
\nAnd Mary blames Jesus for <\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:07,920 –> 00:25:12,720
\nhurting her and Joseph and Jesus
\nrebukes her. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:14,440 –> 00:25:17,160
\nWhy is it that you were looking
\nfor me? <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:18,440 –> 00:25:22,200
\nDid you not know that I would
\nhave to be in my father’s house?<\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:23,400 –> 00:25:26,800
\nNotice that he doesn’t address
\nMary’s hurt feelings, and he <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:26,800 –> 00:25:29,760
\nestablishes the Father as a
\npriority. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:31,000 –> 00:25:33,720
\nIt’s quite intentional.
\nYour father and I sought the <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:33,720 –> 00:25:38,680
\nsorrowing.
\nJesus said I was in my father’s <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:38,680 –> 00:25:47,720
\nhouse, in my father’s things.
\nSo we know that Mary thought <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:47,720 –> 00:25:51,520
\nabout this, and we know that
\nMary thought about her unique <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:51,520 –> 00:25:54,440
\ndiscipleship challenge, Brother
\nKhan Mitsos writes. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:54,680 –> 00:25:57,320
\nMary had a natural relationship
\nwith Jesus by virtue of being <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:57,320 –> 00:25:59,360
\nhis mother.
\nMary had a religious <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:59,360 –> 00:26:01,720
\nrelationship with Jesus by
\nvirtue of them both being <\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:01,720 –> 00:26:03,240
\nIsraelites under the Law of
\nMoses. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:03,720 –> 00:26:06,960
\nHowever, like the nation, Mary
\nneeded to transcend the natural <\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:06,960 –> 00:26:10,200
\nand the social and develop a
\ntrue and spiritual relationship <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:10,200 –> 00:26:12,480
\nwith Jesus based on the New
\nCovenant. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:14,160 –> 00:26:16,280
\nAnd there’s some interesting
\nparallels that we’re going to <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:16,280 –> 00:26:18,840
\ntake a look at now.
\nWe know Mary was a thinker. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:19,000 –> 00:26:22,000
\nShe thought about things deeply,
\nand this is one of the things <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:22,000 –> 00:26:26,000
\nshe thought about.
\nThen he went down with them and <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:26,000 –> 00:26:28,160
\ncame to Nazareth and was
\nobedient to them. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:29,040 –> 00:26:34,640
\nAnd his mother treasured all
\nthat was said in her heart. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:35,320 –> 00:26:40,600
\nShe thought about these things.
\nYou know where else that word <\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:40,600 –> 00:26:49,640
\nappears in the Septuagint?
\nIt appears here when they’re <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:49,640 –> 00:26:51,480
\ntrying to make sense of Joseph’s
\ndream. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:53,760 –> 00:26:56,720
\nWhen he told his father and his
\nbrothers, his father criticized <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:57,000 –> 00:26:59,280
\nhim by asking, what’s this dream
\nthat you had? <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:59,360 –> 00:27:02,080
\nWill your mother and I and your
\nbrothers come and bow down in <\/p>\n

393
\n00:27:02,080 –> 00:27:04,720
\nfront of you?
\nSo his brothers were jealous of <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:04,720 –> 00:27:08,800
\nhim, but his father kept
\nthinking about these things. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:11,120 –> 00:27:16,400
\nSo I’m sure, I’m sure that this
\ntype and anti type are coming <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:16,400 –> 00:27:20,880
\ntogether in Mary’s mind as she’s
\ntrying to make sense of what God<\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:20,880 –> 00:27:26,240
\nrequires of her.
\nThe next sword wound that I’d <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:26,240 –> 00:27:31,440
\nlike to take a look at is I have
\nbecome a stranger to my brothers<\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:31,440 –> 00:27:36,080
\nand an alien to my mother’s
\nchildren because zeal for your <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:36,080 –> 00:27:41,520
\nhouse has eaten me up.
\nIt seems like from the record in<\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:41,520 –> 00:27:46,840
\nJohn that the first sign done at
\nthe wedding and then Jesus and <\/p>\n

402
\n00:27:46,840 –> 00:27:49,080
\nhis family and his disciples
\nwent to Capernaum and things <\/p>\n

403
\n00:27:49,080 –> 00:27:51,480
\nwere great.
\nEveryone was on board. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:52,240 –> 00:27:55,080
\nAnd then he goes S for the first
\ncleansing of the temple. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:56,760 –> 00:27:58,560
\nAnd I would suggest to you,
\nbrothers and sisters, that <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:58,560 –> 00:28:01,280
\nthat’s when his brothers start
\nto peel away. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:02,840 –> 00:28:05,480
\nWe know this, right?
\nI’ve become a stranger to my <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:05,480 –> 00:28:09,080
\nbrothers and an alien to my
\nmother’s children, because zeal <\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:09,080 –> 00:28:12,760
\nfor your house has eaten me up.
\nAnd of course, that last part of<\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:12,760 –> 00:28:15,680
\nthat verse is quoted at the
\ncleansing of the temple. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:17,160 –> 00:28:20,360
\nJohn 217 Then his disciples
\nremembered that it was written, <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:20,600 –> 00:28:22,760
\nZeal for your house has eaten me
\nup. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:23,600 –> 00:28:25,680
\nBut you notice it doesn’t say
\nI’ve become a stranger to my <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:25,680 –> 00:28:30,960
\nmother.
\nNo, because Mary always <\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:30,960 –> 00:28:36,800
\nbelieved.
\nNow we have the great examples <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:37,160 –> 00:28:41,240
\nof this strife between the
\nbrothers and Jesus. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:41,240 –> 00:28:44,360
\nThis recorded for us in Matthew
\n12 and in Mark 3 and in Luke 8. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:45,880 –> 00:28:51,160
\nSo we see that the purpose of
\nthe visit is in Mark 321. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:52,000 –> 00:28:54,720
\nBut when his own people, that
\nliterally means the people from <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:54,720 –> 00:28:58,200
\nbeside Jesus heard about this.
\nThey went out to lay hold on <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:58,200 –> 00:29:00,400
\nhim, for they said he is out of
\nhis mind. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:00,760 –> 00:29:05,640
\nThat’s a horrible translation.
\nThat word’s used 21 times. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:05,640 –> 00:29:07,520
\nIt’s only twice translated this
\nway. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:07,760 –> 00:29:09,760
\nIt literally means knock from
\nstanding. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:10,760 –> 00:29:13,240
\nIt doesn’t mean that he’s unwell
\nor unstable. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:13,840 –> 00:29:17,200
\nBasically, they thought that he
\nwas working himself to death and<\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:17,200 –> 00:29:20,600
\nthey needed to kind of
\nintervene, not because he was <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:20,600 –> 00:29:24,120
\nout of his mind, but because he
\nwas just working himself past <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:24,120 –> 00:29:27,280
\nexhaustion.
\nSo as you know, they go and they<\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:27,280 –> 00:29:30,280
\nthey try and see him.
\nMary goes with the brothers. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:30,560 –> 00:29:32,320
\nMary’s there for a different
\nreason. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:34,120 –> 00:29:38,040
\nMary is there because she still
\nfeels like she needs to keep her<\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:38,040 –> 00:29:44,440
\nSon safe.
\nMary was trying to do God’s will<\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:44,440 –> 00:29:47,680
\nby keeping Jesus safe.
\nBecause we know the record tells<\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:47,680 –> 00:29:51,480
\nus that the Pharisees and
\nHerodians were plotting to <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:51,480 –> 00:29:54,600
\ndestroy Jesus already.
\nThey were plotting to kill him. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:56,200 –> 00:29:59,960
\nWe know that the crowds were so
\nout of control that Jesus was <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:59,960 –> 00:30:05,000
\nalmost trampled.
\nWe read in verse 9 and we know <\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:05,000 –> 00:30:08,040
\nthat Jesus literally didn’t have
\ntime to eat. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:08,720 –> 00:30:12,080
\nHe was so busy.
\nI think that’s the one that <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:12,080 –> 00:30:14,840
\nreally got Mary as a mom.
\nYou’re not eating, she need to <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:14,840 –> 00:30:20,920
\ngo there.
\nBut when Jesus refuses to see <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:20,920 –> 00:30:26,480
\nMary, he’s telling her that you
\nwant to do God’s will. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:27,720 –> 00:30:33,120
\nDo God’s will by letting go.
\nIsn’t that a hard lesson for us <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:33,120 –> 00:30:36,560
\nto learn?
\nThat sometimes doing God’s will <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:37,000 –> 00:30:40,560
\nis letting go?
\nHe’s being silent and trusting. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:42,600 –> 00:30:45,600
\nThat’s hard, isn’t it?
\nThat’s a hard lesson. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:47,440 –> 00:30:51,440
\nAnd so we see the rich type and
\nauntie type of Joseph and his <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:51,440 –> 00:30:54,360
\nbrothers and Jesus and his
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:55,240 –> 00:31:00,840
\nHe is beloved of his Father just
\nas Joseph the mother Rachel. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:31:00,840 –> 00:31:04,320
\nAnd we have the new Rachel.
\nOf course they’re half brothers.<\/p>\n

452
\n00:31:04,320 –> 00:31:08,120
\nAnd then we see jealousy and a
\nlack of action puts their <\/p>\n

453
\n00:31:08,120 –> 00:31:10,280
\nbrother in life threatening
\ndanger. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:31:11,080 –> 00:31:16,240
\nAnd we read in John 7 in such a
\nsad passage, starting in, in <\/p>\n

455
\n00:31:16,440 –> 00:31:18,720
\nverse one, the Jews sought to
\nkill him. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:19,800 –> 00:31:21,840
\nThat’s why he wasn’t going to
\nJudea. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:22,120 –> 00:31:25,960
\nHis brothers said to him, depart
\nfrom here and going to Judea, <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:26,120 –> 00:31:28,520
\nthat your disciples may see the
\nworks that you were doing. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:28,760 –> 00:31:31,720
\nFor no one does anything in
\nsecret, while he he himself <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:31,720 –> 00:31:34,680
\nseeks to be known openly.
\nIf you do these things, show <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:34,680 –> 00:31:38,240
\nyourself to the world.
\nFor even his brothers did not <\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:38,240 –> 00:31:43,400
\nbelieve in him.
\nTheir jealousy was putting his <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:43,400 –> 00:31:48,920
\nlife in danger, just as the
\njealousy of Joseph’s brothers <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:49,200 –> 00:31:54,960
\nput his life in danger.
\nNow Mary has to make a <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:54,960 –> 00:31:58,440
\nsacrifice.
\nWe know how much Mary loved <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:58,440 –> 00:32:03,600
\nGod’s Word.
\nHow much do you think that she <\/p>\n

467
\n00:32:03,600 –> 00:32:07,040
\nwanted to go with Jesus during
\nhis ministry? <\/p>\n

468
\n00:32:09,600 –> 00:32:16,320
\nMore than anything, But Mary’s
\nsacrifice was to stay at home. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:32:18,440 –> 00:32:21,320
\nWe know that women travelled
\nwith Jesus as his disciples. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:22,920 –> 00:32:26,560
\nWe know that that’s recorded
\nthroughout his ministry, even at<\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:26,560 –> 00:32:29,640
\nthe end.
\nWe know that Mary’s sister was <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:29,640 –> 00:32:30,960
\none of those people who could do
\nthat. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:32,600 –> 00:32:37,160
\nAnd Mary’s sacrifice was to stay
\nat home at a time when she would<\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:37,160 –> 00:32:40,360
\nhave loved to be with Jesus, to
\nhear his teaching. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:41,600 –> 00:32:44,960
\nOh how I love thy law.
\nIt is my meditation all the day.<\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:46,720 –> 00:32:50,120
\nAnd she would have loved to hear
\nJesus speak about and embodied <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:50,120 –> 00:32:54,080
\nGod’s Word, but she had to stay
\nat home to keep the family <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:54,080 –> 00:33:01,760
\ntogether.
\nSo after the accounts that we <\/p>\n

479
\n00:33:01,760 –> 00:33:05,160
\njust talked about, Mary is
\nabsent from the gospel record <\/p>\n

480
\n00:33:06,120 –> 00:33:13,240
\nuntil the cross.
\nBlessed is she who believed, <\/p>\n

481
\n00:33:13,320 –> 00:33:15,400
\nright?
\nElizabeth said that, and it’s a <\/p>\n

482
\n00:33:15,400 –> 00:33:17,240
\ncharacteristic of Mary
\nthroughout her life. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:33:18,680 –> 00:33:24,400
\nAnd so as we talked about last
\nday, she started to understand <\/p>\n

484
\n00:33:24,400 –> 00:33:29,160
\nvery early that Jesus was the
\nLamb of God, right? <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:29,160 –> 00:33:33,280
\nWe talked about yesterday how it
\nwas common practice to keep the <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:33,280 –> 00:33:37,840
\nPassover lamb in the Manger, and
\nthat’s where Jesus was. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:37,840 –> 00:33:40,520
\nWe talked about the role of the
\nshepherds and things like that <\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:41,480 –> 00:33:45,000
\nvery early John the Baptist
\nidentifies Jesus as the Lamb of <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:45,000 –> 00:33:48,800
\nGod.
\nAnd Mary’s deep biblical mind <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:48,800 –> 00:33:53,440
\nwould have gone to all those
\npassengers in Isaiah passages <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:53,440 –> 00:33:56,480
\nlike he was led as a lamb to the
\nslaughter. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:58,200 –> 00:34:00,400
\nAnd there was a progression that
\nMary understood. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:34:01,080 –> 00:34:04,880
\nRejected by his closest friends
\nand family at Nazareth where <\/p>\n

494
\n00:34:04,880 –> 00:34:10,159
\nthey sought to kill him.
\nRejected by the larger community<\/p>\n

495
\n00:34:11,040 –> 00:34:16,000
\nand finally to the cross.
\nAnd she would have understood <\/p>\n

496
\n00:34:16,000 –> 00:34:22,760
\nthe cross.
\nMary knew what lifted up meant. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:34:22,760 –> 00:34:26,480
\nAnd again, I think she would
\nhave made some connections to <\/p>\n

498
\n00:34:26,800 –> 00:34:31,000
\nIsaiah.
\nThe verse right after this talks<\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:31,000 –> 00:34:33,520
\nabout how Jesus was so beat up
\non the cross. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:34:34,159 –> 00:34:37,600
\nAnd here we see in 13.
\nSee, my servant will act wisely.<\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:37,960 –> 00:34:42,520
\nHe will be raised and lifted up
\nand highly exalted. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:44,000 –> 00:34:47,360
\nWhen Jesus talked about lifted
\nup, I think Mary went here <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:48,639 –> 00:34:52,400
\nbecause Jesus and Mary were very
\nfamiliar with crucifixion, <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:53,400 –> 00:34:59,160
\nbecause Romans had a habit of
\nlining highways with crucified <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:59,160 –> 00:35:05,320
\npeople.
\nIn fact, it’s it’s likely that <\/p>\n

506
\n00:35:05,320 –> 00:35:10,400
\nwhen Jesus and Joseph and Mary
\nreturned from Egypt and went up <\/p>\n

507
\n00:35:10,400 –> 00:35:14,200
\nto Nazareth, there was a great
\nrebellion that happened and and <\/p>\n

508
\n00:35:14,200 –> 00:35:16,840
\nSephorus what has in the process
\nof being destroyed and then <\/p>\n

509
\n00:35:16,840 –> 00:35:18,640
\nrebuilt.
\nBut they would have probably <\/p>\n

510
\n00:35:18,640 –> 00:35:25,440
\nbeen arriving back in Galilee at
\nthe very time that Veras who put<\/p>\n

511
\n00:35:25,440 –> 00:35:30,040
\ndown the rebellion in a cruel
\nway, put a line of crosses, <\/p>\n

512
\n00:35:30,720 –> 00:35:34,520
\nhundreds of crosses on the the
\nWiameras, the road that they <\/p>\n

513
\n00:35:34,520 –> 00:35:37,440
\nwould have taken to go back to
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:41,480 –> 00:35:46,800
\nBlessed is she who believed, you
\nknow, Jesus. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:46,800 –> 00:35:50,400
\nIt wasn’t a mystery to the 12
\nwhat was going to happen, right?<\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:50,400 –> 00:35:54,720
\nHe says about least three times
\nafter Peter’s great confession <\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:55,320 –> 00:35:57,440
\nthat thou art the Christ, the
\nSon of the living God. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:36:00,440 –> 00:36:02,440
\nJesus is clear what’s going to
\nhappen to him. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:36:03,640 –> 00:36:07,040
\nSimilar after the transgression.
\nSorry, after the transfiguration<\/p>\n

520
\n00:36:07,280 –> 00:36:11,920
\nclear about that.
\nAnd as he set his face towards <\/p>\n

521
\n00:36:11,920 –> 00:36:15,880
\nJerusalem, he’s equally clear
\nabout what will happen to him. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:36:18,000 –> 00:36:22,720
\nAnd isn’t it interesting that
\nthe 12 were afraid even to talk <\/p>\n

523
\n00:36:22,720 –> 00:36:28,760
\nabout it?
\nBut Mary had the kale, like Mary<\/p>\n

524
\n00:36:28,760 –> 00:36:33,600
\nof Bethany, to believe in Jesus
\nClear teaching about his death. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:36:35,120 –> 00:36:38,640
\nBecause as our brother has
\nalluded to in earlier classes, <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:39,520 –> 00:36:44,040
\nMary was Abraham’s daughter.
\nWe know that that triumphant <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:44,040 –> 00:36:47,360
\nnote in her song to Abraham and
\nto his seed forever. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:47,600 –> 00:36:53,240
\nAnd she was his daughter.
\nAnd just like Abraham did when <\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:53,240 –> 00:36:57,280
\nshe’s tested, when those sword
\nwounds were piercing her, she <\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:57,280 –> 00:37:01,360
\nconcluded that God was able to
\nraise him up even from the dead.<\/p>\n

531
\n00:37:03,840 –> 00:37:05,600
\nSo let’s take a look at Mary at
\nthe cross. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:37:08,840 –> 00:37:11,720
\nEvery week Jesus parents went to
\nJerusalem for Passover. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:37:12,040 –> 00:37:14,600
\nSo what did Passover week in
\nJerusalem look like? <\/p>\n

534
\n00:37:15,400 –> 00:37:17,240
\nWell, this was the crown of joy,
\nright? <\/p>\n

535
\n00:37:17,560 –> 00:37:19,760
\nGreat celebration.
\nAnd it would have been <\/p>\n

536
\n00:37:19,760 –> 00:37:21,280
\ntriumphant.
\nMary would have been in the <\/p>\n

537
\n00:37:21,320 –> 00:37:28,880
\naudience as she saw people
\nacclaim her son as the son of <\/p>\n

538
\n00:37:28,880 –> 00:37:32,720
\nDavid.
\nWe will give to him the throne <\/p>\n

539
\n00:37:32,720 –> 00:37:38,000
\nof his father.
\nDavid cleanses the temple and <\/p>\n

540
\n00:37:38,000 –> 00:37:40,960
\nand children are claiming again
\nthe Son of David. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:44,240 –> 00:37:48,040
\nHe teaches in the temple and
\nJesus silences the rulers with a<\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:48,040 –> 00:37:54,200
\nquestion about the Son of David.
\nAnd then we see the cross of <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:54,200 –> 00:37:59,000
\nsorrow.
\nJesus last Passover isn’t with <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:59,000 –> 00:38:02,880
\nhis natural family, is it?
\nIt’s with his spiritual family. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:38:06,200 –> 00:38:08,480
\nHis natural family was full of
\nstrife at that time. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:38:10,240 –> 00:38:14,760
\nAnd Mary’s early Mary’s earliest
\nfears that the rulers like Herod<\/p>\n

547
\n00:38:15,040 –> 00:38:17,720
\nwould plot to seize and kill
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:38:18,120 –> 00:38:23,640
\nShe’s seen that play out in
\nfront of her and all betray her <\/p>\n

549
\n00:38:23,640 –> 00:38:30,480
\nson.
\nSee, Mary’s life like ours, we <\/p>\n

550
\n00:38:30,480 –> 00:38:35,600
\nhave things that prepare us for
\nother things, and the betrayal <\/p>\n

551
\n00:38:35,600 –> 00:38:38,960
\nat the synagogue in Nazareth
\nprepared her for being in the <\/p>\n

552
\n00:38:38,960 –> 00:38:43,920
\naudience and hearing his blood
\nbe on us and on our children. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:38:52,050 –> 00:38:57,650
\nShe would have seen him bear his
\ncross, the petabulum from the <\/p>\n

554
\n00:38:57,650 –> 00:39:04,800
\nAntonio Fortress to Gogotha.
\nBrother Andrew Walker notes that<\/p>\n

555
\n00:39:05,040 –> 00:39:09,240
\nit was a tremendous act of
\ncourage even to attend a <\/p>\n

556
\n00:39:09,240 –> 00:39:11,920
\ncrucifixion.
\nIf you are in any way empathetic<\/p>\n

557
\n00:39:11,920 –> 00:39:14,720
\ntowards the person being
\ncrucified, he writes, it was a <\/p>\n

558
\n00:39:14,720 –> 00:39:18,480
\ndangerous thing to approach the
\ncross of a dying criminal to <\/p>\n

559
\n00:39:18,480 –> 00:39:22,040
\nshow any support for him.
\nSuch behavior was likely to end <\/p>\n

560
\n00:39:22,040 –> 00:39:24,440
\nan arrest and death for opposing
\nRome’s sentence. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:39:24,840 –> 00:39:27,400
\nHence there was a little group
\nstanding afar off, well away <\/p>\n

562
\n00:39:27,400 –> 00:39:29,400
\nfrom the cross, watching the
\ndying Jesus. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:39:29,680 –> 00:39:32,800
\nIt consisted of some of his
\nacquaintances from Galilee and a<\/p>\n

564
\n00:39:32,800 –> 00:39:36,200
\ngroup of women supporting Jesus
\nmother who had insisted on being<\/p>\n

565
\n00:39:36,200 –> 00:39:41,040
\nthere.
\nHow sad it was that apostles who<\/p>\n

566
\n00:39:41,040 –> 00:39:44,240
\nhad spent three years following
\nJesus did not have the strength,<\/p>\n

567
\n00:39:44,480 –> 00:39:47,520
\nthe Khayal, to witness the
\ncross. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:39:48,240 –> 00:39:58,440
\nYet their mother’s dead, and she
\nwould have seen her son prophecy<\/p>\n

569
\n00:39:58,440 –> 00:40:01,120
\nin Isaiah 52 from the
\ncontemporary Jewish Bible. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:40:01,600 –> 00:40:05,880
\nJust as many were appalled at
\nhim because he was so disfigured<\/p>\n

571
\n00:40:05,880 –> 00:40:11,360
\nthat he didn’t even seem human
\nand simply no longer looked like<\/p>\n

572
\n00:40:11,360 –> 00:40:14,920
\na man.
\nBrothers and sisters, the <\/p>\n

573
\n00:40:14,920 –> 00:40:22,400
\nbeatings and the scourgings left
\nhim unrecognizable except to his<\/p>\n

574
\n00:40:22,400 –> 00:40:26,880
\nmother, who remembered what he
\nlooked like when he was 3. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:40:27,680 –> 00:40:33,880
\nAnd when it was 13 and when it
\nwas 23 and she sees him now at <\/p>\n

576
\n00:40:33,880 –> 00:40:43,120
\n33, she would have looked up and
\nsaid and seen the sign that said<\/p>\n

577
\n00:40:43,960 –> 00:40:46,040
\nJesus of Nazareth, the King of
\nthe Jews. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:40:49,920 –> 00:40:55,720
\nAnd she would have thought of
\nGabriel’s message and she would <\/p>\n

579
\n00:40:55,720 –> 00:40:58,040
\nhave reflected, this isn’t how I
\nthought it was going to turn out<\/p>\n

580
\n00:40:58,040 –> 00:40:59,320
\nthen.
\nBut now I understand. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:40:59,480 –> 00:41:01,680
\nI understand God’s plan.
\nHe has a greater plan. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:41:06,840 –> 00:41:09,120
\nAnd all the way along, brothers
\nand sisters, we kept referring <\/p>\n

583
\n00:41:09,120 –> 00:41:11,600
\nto that great promise in Genesis
\n3. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:41:13,480 –> 00:41:17,600
\nAnd when Mary looked at Jesus
\nfeet, she would have seen the <\/p>\n

585
\n00:41:17,600 –> 00:41:20,120
\nnail driven through the heel
\nbecause that was the Roman <\/p>\n

586
\n00:41:20,120 –> 00:41:23,640
\npractice, driving the nail
\nthrough the heel to that strong <\/p>\n

587
\n00:41:23,640 –> 00:41:26,520
\nAchilles tendon to make sure
\nthat they would not get out of <\/p>\n

588
\n00:41:26,520 –> 00:41:30,280
\nthe cross.
\nIt’s inevitable that she would <\/p>\n

589
\n00:41:30,280 –> 00:41:36,480
\nhave thought of that.
\nIt seems like Jesus was <\/p>\n

590
\n00:41:36,480 –> 00:41:43,240
\nrepeatedly reciting Psalm 22
\nwhen he was on the cross and it <\/p>\n

591
\n00:41:43,240 –> 00:41:46,440
\nwas hard to hear.
\nI bet we know that he had was <\/p>\n

592
\n00:41:46,440 –> 00:41:49,800
\nable to get some clarity of a
\nspeech out because John <\/p>\n

593
\n00:41:49,800 –> 00:41:52,320
\nunderstood and the other people
\non the that were being crucified<\/p>\n

594
\n00:41:52,320 –> 00:41:53,600
\nand understood him when he
\nspoke. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:41:54,560 –> 00:41:57,680
\nBut Can you imagine when Jesus
\ngot to Psalm the part of Psalm <\/p>\n

596
\n00:41:57,680 –> 00:42:03,800
\n22 when he said but you are he
\nwho took me out of the womb. <\/p>\n

597
\n00:42:05,040 –> 00:42:07,320
\nYou made me trust while on my
\nmother’s breast. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:42:07,320 –> 00:42:11,720
\nI was cast upon you from birth
\nfrom my mother’s womb You have <\/p>\n

599
\n00:42:11,720 –> 00:42:17,320
\nbeen my God.
\nCan you imagine Mary hearing <\/p>\n

600
\n00:42:17,320 –> 00:42:22,680
\nthat?
\nAnd there’s a part in Psalm 22 <\/p>\n

601
\n00:42:24,840 –> 00:42:27,720
\nthat cries out, deliver my soul
\nfrom the sword. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:42:29,520 –> 00:42:32,320
\nAnd when Jesus gets to that
\npart, did Mary not think, Oh <\/p>\n

603
\n00:42:32,320 –> 00:42:36,200
\nyes, please, Lord, deliver my
\nsoul from these sword wounds? <\/p>\n

604
\n00:42:44,000 –> 00:42:49,880
\nNow there’s no record of Jesus
\nappearing to Mary, but it is to <\/p>\n

605
\n00:42:49,960 –> 00:42:57,360
\nall these other people.
\nAnd honestly, for folks that are<\/p>\n

606
\n00:42:57,360 –> 00:43:00,360
\ninto Mariola tree, the worship
\nof Mary, this drives them crazy <\/p>\n

607
\n00:43:02,080 –> 00:43:03,880
\nand they make stuff up about to
\nexplain it. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:43:04,120 –> 00:43:06,600
\nBut if there’s a simple
\nexplanation, it didn’t need to <\/p>\n

609
\n00:43:06,600 –> 00:43:10,680
\nbe recorded, the risen Christ
\nappearing to her because she <\/p>\n

610
\n00:43:10,680 –> 00:43:12,120
\ndidn’t need that to support her
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:43:12,120 –> 00:43:15,120
\nShe knew that Jesus would be
\nresurrected. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:43:15,120 –> 00:43:21,080
\nShe had the faith of Abraham.
\nJust like Abraham, she concluded<\/p>\n

613
\n00:43:21,080 –> 00:43:23,520
\nthat God was able to raise him
\nup even from the dead. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:43:24,400 –> 00:43:29,040
\nUnlike the 11, Mary believes
\nthat he has arisen without <\/p>\n

615
\n00:43:29,040 –> 00:43:34,640
\nseeing the resurrected Jesus.
\nMary believed right from the <\/p>\n

616
\n00:43:34,640 –> 00:43:40,120
\nstart because as her song cries
\nout, she believed in the <\/p>\n

617
\n00:43:40,120 –> 00:43:42,200
\ncovenant love, in the covenant
\npromises. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:43:42,200 –> 00:43:47,200
\nShe believed the God of Israel
\nwho promised to Abraham and to <\/p>\n

619
\n00:43:47,200 –> 00:43:54,080
\nhis seed forever.
\nSo the fruit of Mary’s sword <\/p>\n

620
\n00:43:54,080 –> 00:43:56,640
\nwounds is.
\nHer incredible faithfulness was <\/p>\n

621
\n00:43:56,640 –> 00:43:59,320
\nrecognized.
\nWe read in Acts 1. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:43:59,560 –> 00:44:02,400
\nThen they return to Jerusalem
\nfrom the mount called Olivet. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:44:02,720 –> 00:44:06,000
\nPeter, James, John and Andrew,
\nPhilip and Thomas, Bartholomew <\/p>\n

624
\n00:44:06,000 –> 00:44:08,680
\nand Matthew, James the son of
\nAlphaeus and Simon the Zealot, <\/p>\n

625
\n00:44:08,920 –> 00:44:12,480
\nand Judas, Judas the son of
\nJames, They all continued with <\/p>\n

626
\n00:44:12,480 –> 00:44:15,600
\none accord in prayer and
\nsupplication and with the women <\/p>\n

627
\n00:44:15,600 –> 00:44:21,880
\nand Mary the mother of Jesus.
\nMary’s faithful example enables <\/p>\n

628
\n00:44:21,880 –> 00:44:25,920
\nher to have the credibility to
\nbecome an integral part of this <\/p>\n

629
\n00:44:25,920 –> 00:44:33,000
\necclesia, this new ecclesia.
\nSo let’s sum up, brothers and <\/p>\n

630
\n00:44:33,000 –> 00:44:37,200
\nsisters.
\nMary says henceforth all <\/p>\n

631
\n00:44:37,200 –> 00:44:38,880
\ngenerations will call me
\nblessed. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:44:41,040 –> 00:44:47,880
\nWe call her blessed.
\nHer identity as Phillips <\/p>\n

633
\n00:44:47,880 –> 00:44:51,680
\ntranslated that I belong to the
\nLord, body and soul. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:44:51,680 –> 00:44:54,520
\nBehold the handmaid of the Lord,
\nlet it be unto me according to <\/p>\n

635
\n00:44:54,520 –> 00:44:58,960
\nthy word.
\nWe’re blessed by the example of <\/p>\n

636
\n00:44:58,960 –> 00:45:03,520
\nher voice.
\nOn her lips is Kassad the <\/p>\n

637
\n00:45:03,520 –> 00:45:06,200
\ncovenant love, the sure belief
\nin the promises made. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:45:09,920 –> 00:45:13,520
\nWe count her blast that she
\nshows us how to act in <\/p>\n

639
\n00:45:13,520 –> 00:45:17,480
\ncommunity.
\nAnd the way to do that is <\/p>\n

640
\n00:45:17,520 –> 00:45:21,400
\nsimple.
\nWhatever Jesus says to us, do <\/p>\n

641
\n00:45:21,400 –> 00:45:24,680
\nit.
\nWe’re blessed to have the <\/p>\n

642
\n00:45:24,680 –> 00:45:29,280
\nexample of her mission, the
\nexample of the Torah. <\/p>\n

643
\n00:45:30,640 –> 00:45:32,800
\nDo not forsake the Torah of your
\nmother. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:45:34,920 –> 00:45:38,920
\nAnd lastly, we’re blessed to
\nhave the great example of her <\/p>\n

645
\n00:45:38,920 –> 00:45:42,240
\nfaithfulness of her Kyle through
\ntrials. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:45:42,640 –> 00:45:49,840
\nBlessed is she who believed we
\ncall our blast, and we’re so <\/p>\n

647
\n00:45:49,840 –> 00:46:06,570
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\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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