Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 341.<\/p>\n
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\nOur first period teacher is
\nBrother Sean Moynihan. <\/p>\n
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\nHis general subject is Mary of
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nToday’s topic is Mary’s mission
\nBrother Sean. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
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\nToday, Godwin, we’re going to
\ntake a look at Mary’s mission. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, as a parent, she had a
\ngeneral mission, mission to <\/p>\n
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\nbring up a child and the nurture
\nand admonition of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nBut she had a special mission,
\ndidn’t she? <\/p>\n
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\nShe was told that the Lord God
\nwill give him the throne of his <\/p>\n
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\nfather David, and he will reign
\nover the House of Jacob Forever.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd of his Kingdom there will be
\nno end. <\/p>\n
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\nSo God had clearly shared
\nthrough Gabriel what Mary’s <\/p>\n
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\nmission was.
\nIt wasn’t just to give birth to <\/p>\n
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\na baby, it was to raise a man to
\nsit on David’s throne, but Jesus<\/p>\n
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\nwas also to save people from
\ntheir sins. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think that Mary had a
\nhandle on number one from the <\/p>\n
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\nstart.
\nYou know, in this task, she <\/p>\n
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\ncould look at several things.
\nShe understood that the Queen <\/p>\n
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\nMother had an important role in
\nthe Davidic dynasty, something <\/p>\n
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\nthat Solomon started when, as we
\ncan see in this picture, he had <\/p>\n
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\nBathsheba sit at his right hand.
\nShe had the parts of the Mosaic <\/p>\n
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\nlaw that dealt with kings.
\nShe had the example of <\/p>\n
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\nHezekiah’s mom, her spiritual
\nsister in the Isaiah 7 prophecy.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd finally, she had the example
\nof Proverbs, especially the the <\/p>\n
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\nteachings that were directed to
\nthe king. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’d really like to
\ncontextualize our discussion <\/p>\n
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\nthis morning around this quote
\nfrom Psalm 31. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat my son and what son of my
\nwomb and what son of my vows? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we know that that’s a very
\nhubristic structure, right? <\/p>\n
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\nOf repetition of important
\npoints, but adding something <\/p>\n
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\nslightly different each time.
\nIn this context, Eidersheim <\/p>\n
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\nwrites in sketches of Jewish
\nsocial life. <\/p>\n
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\nThe book of Proverbs introduces
\nthe Queen Mother as training the<\/p>\n
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\nheir to the throne and the
\nknowledge and fear of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we see this through the
\nDavidic dynasty. <\/p>\n
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\nSolomon began this practice in
\nFirst Kings 2 and all the way <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the Davidic dynasty.
\nThe queen was the mother of the <\/p>\n
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\nking, not the wife of the king.
\nWe see in Jeremiah 13 say to the<\/p>\n
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\nking and to the Queen Mother,
\nhumble yourselves. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in First Kings 15 and he
\nremoved Makaya his grandmother <\/p>\n
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\nfrom being Queen Mother.
\nAnd there’s other examples in <\/p>\n
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\nSecond Kings 10.
\nAnd in Jeremiah 29. <\/p>\n
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\nEdward 3 comments on this.
\nHe says when Elizabeth addresses<\/p>\n
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\nMary as the mother of my Lord,
\nyou recall she said that who am <\/p>\n
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\nI that the mother of my Lord
\nshould come unto me. <\/p>\n
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\nIn doing so, he writes,
\nElizabeth hails Mary as the <\/p>\n
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\nmother of the king.
\nFor Mary, Elizabeth’s words are <\/p>\n
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\na confirmation of what the Angel
\ntold her. <\/p>\n
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\nShe is the mother of a Davidic
\nking. <\/p>\n
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\nIn ancient Israel, the queen
\nship and the Davidic Kingdom was<\/p>\n
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\nbestowed not on the King’s wife,
\nbut on the King’s mother. <\/p>\n
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\nTherefore, when Elizabeth calls
\nMary the mother of my Lord, she <\/p>\n
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\nis honoring Mary as the mother
\nof the King, the Queen Mother. <\/p>\n
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\nBut then, brothers and sisters,
\nwhen and how did Mary understand<\/p>\n
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\nthe second part of the mission?
\nBecause Joseph clearly would <\/p>\n
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\nhave told her, and they would
\nhave had long discussions over <\/p>\n
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\nmany years about what it meant
\nthat they would have a son named<\/p>\n
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\nJesus who will save people from
\ntheir sins. <\/p>\n
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\nOver the next two days, we’re
\ngoing to see the evolution of <\/p>\n
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\nMary’s understanding of this
\nsecond part of the mission. <\/p>\n
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\nTomorrow we’re going to see how
\nrecognition and understanding <\/p>\n
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\ncreated some sword wounds.
\nBut it didn’t dim her faith. <\/p>\n
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\nIt didn’t dim her trust, because
\neven before she really <\/p>\n
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\nunderstood what it meant.
\nShe understood that salvation <\/p>\n
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\nwould come through the covenant
\nlove found in God’s promises. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd she tried to make sense of
\nhow Jesus would save his people <\/p>\n
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\nfrom their sins.
\nShe founded that understanding <\/p>\n
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\nand that thoughtfulness on the
\nfirm belief in the exceeding <\/p>\n
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\ngreat and precious promises that
\nwe have. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s why she sings.
\nAnd his mercy, His covenant <\/p>\n
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\nlove, is on those who fear Him
\nfrom generation to generation. <\/p>\n
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\nHe has helped His servant Israel
\nin remembrance of His covenant <\/p>\n
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\nlove.
\nAs he spoke to our fathers, to <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham, and to His seed
\nforever. <\/p>\n
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\nMary had the foundation for
\nunderstanding how this saving <\/p>\n
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\nwould take place.
\nNow before we continue, there’s <\/p>\n
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\nthree important contextual
\nthings we need to establish. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, to accomplish his
\ngoal, Jesus had to learn and, <\/p>\n
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\nand Mary had an important role
\nin that, but God was Jesus most <\/p>\n
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\nimportant teacher.
\nSo in our discussions of Mary, <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re, we’re not minimizing at
\nall the absolutely essential <\/p>\n
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\nintegral role that God had.
\nAnd #3 the Bible teaches that <\/p>\n
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\nmoms, and I put moms in quotes
\nbecause there’s lots of moms in <\/p>\n
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\nour ecclesia that never had
\nphysical children, right? <\/p>\n
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\nTalking moms.
\nThe Bible teaches that moms are <\/p>\n
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\nvitally important.
\nSo let’s take a look at the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst context.
\nIn Hebrews 5, we read though he <\/p>\n
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\nwas a son, yet he learned
\nobedience by the things which he<\/p>\n
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\nsuffered.
\nAnd Mary’s mind would have been <\/p>\n
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\nforegrounded because the Isaiah
\nprophecy that she fulfilled The <\/p>\n
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\nnext sentence is the next verse.
\nCurds and honey he shall eat <\/p>\n
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\nthat he may know.
\nSome translations have learn to <\/p>\n
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\nrefuse the evil and choose the
\ngood. <\/p>\n
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\nLuke mentions in a couple times
\nhow Jesus grew and learned and <\/p>\n
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\nMary of course was not only
\nimportant witness to that, but <\/p>\n
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\nwas an important catalyst to it.
\nNow God was Jesus most important<\/p>\n
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\nteacher by far.
\nNow we could do four years worth<\/p>\n
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\nof Bible classes on this.
\nSo I’m just going to pick this <\/p>\n
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\nverse in John 8.
\nSo Jesus said to them, when you <\/p>\n
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\nlift up the Son of Man, then you
\nwill know that I am he. <\/p>\n
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\nI do nothing on my own but speak
\nonly those things the Father has<\/p>\n
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\ntaught me.
\nSo again, in our discussion this<\/p>\n
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\nmorning, we’re not minimizing
\nthe role that that God would <\/p>\n
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\nhave played.
\nNow, moms are vitally important.<\/p>\n
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\nLet’s look at Proverbs 18.
\nMy son, hear the instruction <\/p>\n
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\nMusar of your father, and do not
\nforsake the law Torah of your <\/p>\n
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\nmother.
\nProverbs 620 My son, keep your <\/p>\n
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\nfather’s command mitzvah, and do
\nnot forsake the law Torah of <\/p>\n
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\nyour mother.
\nSo teaching the way of God is a <\/p>\n
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\npartnership between the father
\nand the mother. <\/p>\n
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\nBut did you notice that in
\nProverbs the Father’s <\/p>\n
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\ninstruction is two different
\nwords, but the mother is always <\/p>\n
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\nTorah.
\nNow rabbinical thought suggests <\/p>\n
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\nthat this is because the mother
\nprovides the foundational <\/p>\n
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\nteaching.
\nShe literally does the the <\/p>\n
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\nliteral and the spiritual ABC’s
\nwhich you rely on for your whole<\/p>\n
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\nlife.
\nAnd Second Timothy Paul talks to<\/p>\n
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\nthe profound maternal and and
\ngrandmotherly love that was so <\/p>\n
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\nevident in Timothy as a result
\nof Lois and his mother Eunice. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you know, I was raised by my
\ngrandmother, so I can speak to <\/p>\n
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\nthe example of a grandmother.
\nAnd then we have Roman 16 where <\/p>\n
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\nPaul says, greet Rufus chosen in
\nthe Lord, and his mother and <\/p>\n
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\nNow Paul, Christ appeared to <\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nChrist said, my grace is <\/p>\n
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\nMy strength is made perfect in <\/p>\n
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\nweakness.
\nPaul needed a mom in the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia, and we can speculate
\nthat perhaps his parents <\/p>\n
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\ndisowned him and he’s had a mom
\nin the ecclesia. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if Paul needs a mom, we all
\nneed a mom in Ecclesia, don’t <\/p>\n
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\nwe?
\nPaul in Galatians 4 talks about <\/p>\n
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\nthe mother’s vital role.
\nSo he establishes in Galatians 4<\/p>\n
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\nthe importance of the mother by
\nreferencing Mary. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s how he starts out in
\nverse four and five. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says when the fullness of
\ntime had come, God sent forth <\/p>\n
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\nhis Son, born of a woman, born
\nunder the law, to redeem those <\/p>\n
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\nwho are under the law, that we
\nmight receive the adoption as <\/p>\n
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\nsons.
\nAnd then later on in that <\/p>\n
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\nchapter, Paul assumes a maternal
\nrole. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, other places he talks
\nabout being a father in Christ, <\/p>\n
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\nbut here he says, no, I’m being
\na mom. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, my dear children, I am
\nsuffering the pains of giving <\/p>\n
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\nbirth to you all over again.
\nAnd this will go on until the <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah takes shape in you.
\nAnd then he finishes by quoting <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah 54.
\nHe says that everything depends <\/p>\n
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\non the mom.
\nSo then, brethren, we are not <\/p>\n
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\nchildren of the bondwoman, but
\nof the free. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s saying that the mom
\nmakes the difference, right? <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s the Hagar covenant
\nthat’s about slavery and about <\/p>\n
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\nthe flesh and about Sinai.
\nAnd there’s the Sarah covenant. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember it says in Isaiah, look
\nto Abraham your father, and <\/p>\n
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\nSarah who bore you.
\nAnd the covenant through Sarah <\/p>\n
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\nis about freedom and about God
\nkeeping his promises, and about <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem, and the Jerusalem
\nabove is free, which is the <\/p>\n
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\nmother of us all.
\nSo Mary prepares to give birth <\/p>\n
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\nto Jesus.
\nWe know that throughout the <\/p>\n
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\naccounts, Mary is a thoughtful,
\ndeep thinker about biblical <\/p>\n
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\nthings, and I’m sure her mind
\nwould have gone to Psalm 22. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you are he who took me out.
\nAnd there’s an interesting <\/p>\n
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\nHebrew word there that’s not
\nused very often. <\/p>\n
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\nTook me out of the womb.
\nYou made me trust while on my <\/p>\n
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\nmother’s breast.
\nI was cast upon you from birth. <\/p>\n
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\nFrom my mother’s womb You have
\nbeen my God. <\/p>\n
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\nNow it’s interesting as she was
\nthinking about that, that word <\/p>\n
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\nget only occurs a few times and
\nit’s translated in weird ways, <\/p>\n
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\nlike it’s translated in judges
\nas ambush. <\/p>\n
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\nNo, I’m, I’m smart enough as a
\nman never to comment on that the<\/p>\n
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\nthe rigors of childbirth.
\nSo I’m just going to leave that <\/p>\n
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\nalone.
\nBut we don’t tend to think of it<\/p>\n
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\nas an ambush, right?
\nBut the other time that it’s <\/p>\n
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\nused in relation to giving birth
\nis in Mica. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think that Mary would have
\nbeen thinking about Micah as she<\/p>\n
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\nwas waiting to give birth
\nbecause she knew from Micah 5 <\/p>\n
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\ntwo that she had to be in
\nBethlehem. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here’s the reference.
\nAnd you, O tower of the flock, <\/p>\n
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\nthe stronghold of the daughter
\nof Zion, to you it shall come. <\/p>\n
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\nFor pangs have seized you like a
\nwoman in labor, be in pain and <\/p>\n
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\nlabor to bring forth.
\nThere’s that word, O daughter of<\/p>\n
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\nZion, like a woman in birth
\npangs. <\/p>\n
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\nSo she made the connection
\ninevitably to this and being the<\/p>\n
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\ndaughter of Zion.
\nAnd, and I would suggest to you <\/p>\n
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\nthat she had begun to make that
\nconnection to the daughter of <\/p>\n
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\nZion even earlier.
\nGreek scholars look at Gabriel’s<\/p>\n
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\ninitial word to marry Kyrie, and
\nthat’s a special word, and <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s a word that’s connected
\nto the daughter of Zion, <\/p>\n
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\nEdwards, 3, writes.
\nGabriel’s initial word to Mary, <\/p>\n
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\nhail, or Kyrie in Greek, means
\nmuch more than a simple hello. <\/p>\n
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\nLuke’s Gospel never uses Kyrie
\nin a Jewish milieu to express an<\/p>\n
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\nordinary salutation, and it’s
\nthe word that’s used in <\/p>\n
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\nconnection with the daughter of
\nZion and Zechariah. 2 Sing and <\/p>\n
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\nrejoice, O daughter of Zion, for
\nbehold, I am coming, and I will <\/p>\n
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\ndwell in your midst, says the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat did Mary’s deep spiritual,
\nbiblical mind do with those <\/p>\n
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\nconnections?
\nWell, I think she took a look at<\/p>\n
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\nZechariah. 2 Sing and rejoice, O
\ndaughter of Zion, for behold, I <\/p>\n
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\nam coming, and I will dwell in
\nyour midst, says the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nShe connected that to behold,
\nthe virgin shall be with child, <\/p>\n
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\nand shall bear a son, and they
\nshall call his name Emmanuel, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich means God with us.
\nI will dwell in your midst, God <\/p>\n
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\nwith us.
\nAnd I think she’s a thought of <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah 62.
\nIndeed, the Lord has proclaimed <\/p>\n
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\nto the end of the world, say to
\nthe daughter of Zion, surely <\/p>\n
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\nyour salvation is coming.
\nAnd in her great song, she <\/p>\n
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\nrejoiced.
\nAnd my Spirit has rejoiced, and <\/p>\n
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\nGod my Savior.
\nSo Mary had to ensure that <\/p>\n
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\nBethlehem was the birth place.
\nMary knew that Jesus would be <\/p>\n
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\nborn in Bethlehem, because even
\nHerod’s advisors understood that<\/p>\n
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\nthat’s where it was going to
\nhappen. <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in Matthew 2.
\nAnd when he had gathered all the<\/p>\n
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\nchief priests and scribes of the
\npeople together, he inquired of <\/p>\n
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\nthem where the Christ was to be
\nborn. <\/p>\n
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\nSo they said to him in
\nBethlehem, Judea. <\/p>\n
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\nFor thus it is written by the
\nprophet. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you, Bethlehem, in the land
\nof Judah, are not the least <\/p>\n
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\namong the rulers of Judah.
\nFor out of you shall come a <\/p>\n
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\nruler who will shepherd my
\npeople Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you Bethlehem and fought
\nthat, though you are little <\/p>\n
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\namong the thousands of Judah,
\nyet one shall come forth to me <\/p>\n
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\nthe one to be a ruler in Israel
\nwhose goings forth are from a <\/p>\n
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\nbold from everlasting.
\nSo just like the the different <\/p>\n
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\ntranslations there.
\nSo the broader context, we’ve <\/p>\n
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\nalready seen the connections
\nthat Mary would have made. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you have to think that
\nJoseph and Mary were in Nazareth<\/p>\n
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\nand they were thinking, how do
\nwe get to Bethlehem? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat should we do?
\nWhat should we do? <\/p>\n
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\nThey prayed about it.
\nI’m sure they prayed about it. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat should we do?
\nShould we move? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then the census comes as an
\nanswer to prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nGod answers our prayers in
\nunusual and unexpected ways, <\/p>\n
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\nright?
\nI don’t think that, you know, <\/p>\n
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\nbeing taxed was on their list of
\noh, OK, that’s how it’s going to<\/p>\n
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\nhappen.
\nBut God works and, and brother <\/p>\n
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\nDoug did an amazing job last
\nnight talking about the visible <\/p>\n
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\nand invisible hand of God.
\nGod answers our prayers in <\/p>\n
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\nunexpected ways and the prayer
\nwas answered and it resulted in <\/p>\n
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\na 90 mile journey late in Mary’s
\npregnancy. <\/p>\n
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\nNow let’s talk about the inn.
\nThere was no room for them in <\/p>\n
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\nthe inn.
\nNow what kind of inn are we <\/p>\n
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\ntalking about?
\nAre we talking about Holiday <\/p>\n
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\nInn?
\nWhat kind of an inn? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, let’s take a look at
\nwhat’s actually said. <\/p>\n
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\nThe inn is not an inn like we
\nthink of it. <\/p>\n
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\nThe inn was the Cataluma.
\nIt was the guest chamber. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was the room in in someone’s
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was talking about being in a
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know that because Luke uses a
\ndifferent word for that. <\/p>\n
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\nMary and Joseph were staying
\nwith family. <\/p>\n
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\nThey weren’t staying in an inn
\nlike Holiday Inn because Luke <\/p>\n
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\nuses a different word for that.
\nAnd the parable of the Good <\/p>\n
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\nSamaritan in Luke 1034, we read
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he went to him and bandaged
\nhis wounds, pouring on oil and <\/p>\n
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\nwine, and he set him on his own
\nanimal and brought him to an inn<\/p>\n
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\nand took care of him.
\nThat’s an inn. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is not an inn, this is a
\nhouse, and probably a family <\/p>\n
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\nhouse because they were going
\nback to stay with family. <\/p>\n
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\nBarry Beitzel writes that it is
\nmost reasonable to assume that <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph would have sought refuge
\nfor marrying himself in the <\/p>\n
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\nHouse of a family member in
\nBethlehem. <\/p>\n
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\nHowever, because the guest room
\nwas apparently already taken, <\/p>\n
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\nperhaps by another extended
\nfamily member also there as a <\/p>\n
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\nresult of the census, it was
\nnecessary for Joseph and Mary to<\/p>\n
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\nstay in the lower part of the
\nfamily house where there would <\/p>\n
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\nhave also been an animals
\nfeeding through. <\/p>\n
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\nThink of the humility of Mary
\nand Joseph. <\/p>\n
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\nThey get there and the room that
\nthey were going to stay in is <\/p>\n
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\ntaken.
\nShe’s about to give birth to the<\/p>\n
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\nSon of God.
\nYou’d be tempted to say, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, I know that you like the
\nroom, but we really have an <\/p>\n
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\nemergency, so could we just.
\nHer humility is immense. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so it was unusual for a
\nnewborn to be in a Manger <\/p>\n
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\nbecause that was a sign that was
\ngiven to the shepherds. <\/p>\n
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\nSo for the sign to be
\nmeaningful, it had to be <\/p>\n
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\nunusual.
\nSo let’s take a look at what <\/p>\n
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\nthat would have looked like.
\nSo grab my pen here. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here’s the Cataluma in a
\nhouse, here’s the main family <\/p>\n
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\nliving space, here’s the Manger.
\nNow the stable is out here, and <\/p>\n
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\nsometimes the stable was in a
\ncave or grotto. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I understand that when you
\ngo to Israel and they show you <\/p>\n
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\nwhere Mary gave birth, it’s a
\ncave, right? <\/p>\n
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\nSo that comes from the proto
\nEvangelum of James that says it <\/p>\n
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\nwas in a cave.
\nI don’t think it was in a cave. <\/p>\n
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\nI think it says pretty clearly
\nthat it was in the house, in the<\/p>\n
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\nhouse.
\nThe Manger was there in the <\/p>\n
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\nhouse.
\nSo why a Manger? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy a Manger?
\nBecause we’ve already <\/p>\n
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\nestablished it’s in the house.
\nYou know, sadly, all those <\/p>\n
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\nnativity plays and the Charlie
\nBrown Christmas, not how it <\/p>\n
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\nhappened.
\nSo why a Manger? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, some have suggested that
\nthis is a connection to Habakkuk<\/p>\n
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\n3, and it speaks to Mary’s frame
\nof mind. <\/p>\n
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\nThough the fig tree may not
\nblossom, nor fruit beyond the <\/p>\n
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\nvines, though the labour of the
\nolive may fail in the fields, <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll know food.
\nThough the flock may be cut off <\/p>\n
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\nfrom the fold, and there’ll be
\nno hurt in the stalls. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there’s that unusual word
\nreally for Manger fatne. <\/p>\n
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\nYet I will rejoice in the Lord.
\nI will joy in the God of my <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation.
\nNow that makes perfect sense to <\/p>\n
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\nme.
\nThat’s pretty plausible. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s another thing, though,
\nthat I think is going on, and it<\/p>\n
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\nhas to do with Mary
\nunderstanding her mission. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen, under the Mosaic Law, did
\nyou bring an animal into the <\/p>\n
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\nhouse Passover from the 10th day
\nto the 14th day of the month? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd did you know, brothers and
\nsisters, that it was common <\/p>\n
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\npractice to take that lamb and
\nput it in the mangers to keep it<\/p>\n
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\nsafe and clean?
\nSo I would suggest to you that <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s something else going on
\nhere, something that’s helping <\/p>\n
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\nMary understand this mission
\nabout saving people from their <\/p>\n
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\nsins.
\nSo we’ll come back to that. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Birth, there are volumes of
\nbooks written about how Mary <\/p>\n
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\njust had a completely painless
\ngreat delivery. <\/p>\n
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\nNo issues there.
\nThat’s just wrong. <\/p>\n
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\nI mean, certainly Mary would
\nhave had the normal arduous <\/p>\n
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\nordeal of delivery.
\nGenesis 316. <\/p>\n
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\nI will greatly multiply your
\nsorrow and your conception pain.<\/p>\n
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\nYou should bring forth children
\nnow. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Proto Evangelum of James
\nidentifies a midwife called <\/p>\n
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\nSalome.
\nSo like I said, the Proto <\/p>\n
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\nEvangelum of James has a kernel
\nof fact buried in a ton of <\/p>\n
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\nfiction.
\nSo one of the things you might <\/p>\n
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\nwe might consider is that
\nSalome, Mary’s sister, would <\/p>\n
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\nhave travelled with them.
\nAnd maybe that’s why this is <\/p>\n
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\npreserved, that it wasn’t a
\nmidwife. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was it was Salome and Mary’s
\nsister helping with the <\/p>\n
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\ndelivery.
\nIt’s interesting that Mary is <\/p>\n
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\nseeing seems to be alone here.
\nBut Mary, I think would have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen surrounded by family.
\nYou know, you got to think was <\/p>\n
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\nElizabeth there?
\nAnd because Elizabeth was close <\/p>\n
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\nby, a few miles away, but
\nalthough she would have been <\/p>\n
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\nsurrounded by family, you know,
\nnone are mentioned. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s take a look at the
\nshepherds we read in Luke 2. <\/p>\n
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\nNow there were in the same
\ncountry shepherds living out in <\/p>\n
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\nthe fields, keeping watch over
\ntheir flock by night. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd brothers and sisters, this
\nwas a special flock. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd behold, an Angel of the Lord
\nstood before them, and the glory<\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord shone round about
\nthem, and they were greatly <\/p>\n
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\nafraid.
\nWho’s the Angel here, Gabriel, <\/p>\n
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\nin charge of all things Messiah,
\nRight Then the Angel said to <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:25,720 –> 00:22:28,280
\nthem, Do not be afraid, for
\nbehold, I bring you good tidings<\/p>\n
339
\n00:22:28,280 –> 00:22:30,480
\nof great joy, which will be to
\nall people. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:30,680 –> 00:22:34,560
\nFor there is born to you this
\nday in the city of David a <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:34,560 –> 00:22:38,440
\nSaviour who is Christ the Lord.
\nAnd this will be the sign to <\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:38,440 –> 00:22:40,000
\nyou.
\nYou will find a babe wrapped in <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:40,000 –> 00:22:42,360
\nswaddling claws, lying in a
\nManger. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:43,120 –> 00:22:46,280
\nAnd suddenly there was with the
\nAngel a multitude of heavenly <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:46,280 –> 00:22:49,800
\nhosts, praising God, and saying
\nGlory to God in the highest and <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:49,800 –> 00:22:51,800
\non earth, peace, goodwill
\ntowards men. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:52,480 –> 00:22:56,080
\nAnd so it was when the angels
\nhad gone away from them into <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:56,080 –> 00:22:58,640
\nheaven, that the shepherds said
\nto one another, Let us go now to<\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:58,640 –> 00:23:02,280
\nBethlehem, and see this thing
\nthat has come to pass which the <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:02,280 –> 00:23:06,600
\nLord has made known to us.
\nAnd they came with haste, and <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:06,600 –> 00:23:09,120
\nfound Mary and Joseph and the
\nBabe lying in the Manger. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:09,880 –> 00:23:12,480
\nAnd when they had seen him, they
\nmade widely known the saying <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:12,480 –> 00:23:15,040
\nwhich was told to them
\nconcerning this child. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:16,560 –> 00:23:22,160
\nBut Mary kept all these things
\nand pondered them in her heart. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:25,040 –> 00:23:29,840
\nSo heavenly rejoicing they left
\nin haste. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:30,640 –> 00:23:33,600
\nSo if you’re a shepherd and
\nyou’re out in the field, what’s <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:33,600 –> 00:23:34,280
\njob?
\nOne? <\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:35,800 –> 00:23:42,600
\nDon’t leave the sheep.
\nSo we can infer that they took <\/p>\n
359
\n00:23:42,600 –> 00:23:49,560
\nthe sheep with them.
\nUnto you a child is born. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:49,560 –> 00:23:53,040
\nChrist the Lord.
\nAnd these shepherds were <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:53,040 –> 00:23:56,320
\nspecial.
\nThey are watching the flocks <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:56,320 –> 00:23:59,920
\nexclusively destined for the
\ntemple sacrifice. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:01,080 –> 00:24:06,320
\nThey are the tower of the flock.
\nThe Migdel Idar mentioned in <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:06,320 –> 00:24:10,880
\nMicah 48 Eidersheim goes into
\ngreat detail about why that’s <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:10,880 –> 00:24:13,280
\ntrue.
\nHis his arguments make a lot of <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:13,280 –> 00:24:19,000
\nsense to me.
\nSo Mary is confronted by the <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:19,000 –> 00:24:25,040
\nshepherds in charge of the flock
\nfor the spotless animals used in<\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:25,040 –> 00:24:29,480
\ntemple sacrifice, and the flock
\nis outside for her to see. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:37,680 –> 00:24:43,840
\nNow I found this passage, and I
\ninvite you to help me make sense<\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:43,840 –> 00:24:45,320
\nof it.
\nNot right now, but think about <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:45,320 –> 00:24:48,520
\nit.
\nSo as I was doing my study, I <\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:48,520 –> 00:24:50,280
\ncame across this passage in
\nJeremiah. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:50,760 –> 00:24:53,760
\nI have likened the daughter of
\nZion to a lovely and delicate <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:53,760 –> 00:24:56,040
\nwoman.
\nThe shepherds with their flocks <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:56,040 –> 00:25:00,560
\nwill come to her.
\nSo the passage in Jeremiah <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:00,560 –> 00:25:02,920
\ndoesn’t really fit in this
\ncontext. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:02,920 –> 00:25:05,440
\nBut you know how sometimes,
\nespecially from the writings of <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:05,440 –> 00:25:08,360
\nPaul, we understand that that
\nprophecies aren’t always easily <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:08,360 –> 00:25:12,120
\nunderstood in the first round.
\nSo anyway, think about that and,<\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:12,400 –> 00:25:14,480
\nand, and enjoy talking about
\nthat. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:14,480 –> 00:25:17,600
\nIf you see that there are any
\nconnections or you can say no <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:17,600 –> 00:25:19,360
\nSean, that makes no sense
\nwhatsoever. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:19,680 –> 00:25:25,360
\nThat’s helpful too.
\nSo Mary’s experience in <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:25,360 –> 00:25:30,320
\ndelivering Jesus caused deep and
\ncontinuing thought and <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:30,320 –> 00:25:34,520
\nreflection.
\nMary was preserving all these <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:34,520 –> 00:25:36,400
\nthings, pondering them in her
\nheart. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:36,680 –> 00:25:40,320
\nThe disciples little New
\nTestament captures the kind of <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:40,320 –> 00:25:43,680
\ncontinuous action that it’s
\nongoing. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:45,960 –> 00:25:50,040
\nShe’s thinking of these things,
\nand I would say to you, brothers<\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:50,040 –> 00:25:52,840
\nand sisters, that one of the
\nthings that she’s starting to <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:52,840 –> 00:25:57,000
\nunderstand is how Jesus will
\nsave people from their sins. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:59,720 –> 00:26:04,120
\nIt would have been jarring, I
\nthink, for Mary to see her son <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:04,440 –> 00:26:09,800
\nin the same place, in the
\nManger, where normally she would<\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:09,800 –> 00:26:17,320
\nhave seen the Passover lamb, the
\nshepherds in charge of the <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:17,320 –> 00:26:21,000
\nspotless lambs destined for the
\ntemple sacrifice, telling her <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:21,160 –> 00:26:23,880
\nthat the Angel shared a message
\nof salvation. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:25,760 –> 00:26:32,880
\nCan imagine Mary’s thought about
\nthat and with her mind steeped <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:32,880 –> 00:26:38,160
\nin the promises to Abraham
\nremember that great song that <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:38,160 –> 00:26:43,800
\ntriumphant final note to Abraham
\nand to his seed forever did she <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:43,800 –> 00:26:48,400
\nbegin to think about that God
\nwill provide for himself a lamb.<\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:52,000 –> 00:26:59,840
\nSo we see the days of
\npurification we read about in in<\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:59,840 –> 00:27:02,240
\nLeviticus 12 and and Mary does
\nthat. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:03,600 –> 00:27:07,040
\nAnd you know, Bible students
\nhave taken one verse and <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:07,040 –> 00:27:09,640
\nextrapolated that the reason
\nMary and Joseph didn’t offer a <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:09,640 –> 00:27:11,520
\nlamb is because they were
\ndesperately poor. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:13,600 –> 00:27:20,280
\nThat could be, I’m not being
\ndogmatic about this, but even if<\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:20,280 –> 00:27:23,960
\nthey were poor, couldn’t Mary
\nhave gone to any of those <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:23,960 –> 00:27:27,880
\nshepherds that had the temple
\nflock and say, can we have a can<\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:27,880 –> 00:27:30,360
\nwe have a sacrifice?
\nWe want to use the best? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:30,560 –> 00:27:32,800
\nCan we have one?
\nDo you think they would have <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:32,800 –> 00:27:37,240
\nsaid no?
\nThey would have said, please. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:39,240 –> 00:27:41,760
\nI mean, Joseph and Mary
\nliterally had a whole flock of <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:41,760 –> 00:27:43,480
\ntemple approved lambs to choose
\nfrom. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:46,160 –> 00:27:49,280
\nSo I think that they chose not
\nto. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:49,480 –> 00:27:53,400
\nI think Mary chose not to offer
\nthe lamb because she she was <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:53,400 –> 00:27:57,880
\nbeginning to understand Jesus
\nsaving role, the saving role <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:57,880 –> 00:28:00,840
\nthat John the Baptist talks
\nabout so early at the start of <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:00,840 –> 00:28:03,760
\nJesus ministry.
\nBehold the Lamb of God who takes<\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:03,760 –> 00:28:07,240
\naway the sin of the world.
\nSo brothers and sisters, I’m not<\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:07,240 –> 00:28:09,080
\ndogmatic about that.
\nJust something to think about, <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:11,480 –> 00:28:16,400
\nOK?
\nDo not forsake the Torah of your<\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:16,400 –> 00:28:19,240
\nmother and brother.
\nKhan Mitsos points out that the <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:19,240 –> 00:28:23,000
\nGospel records emphasize that
\nall that Mary and Joseph did, <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:23,000 –> 00:28:25,040
\nthey did according to the law of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:25,240 –> 00:28:28,000
\nThat’s repeated over and over
\nand over again in Luke’s <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:28,000 –> 00:28:33,400
\naccount, over five times.
\nIt’s all about according to the <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:33,400 –> 00:28:36,400
\nlaw of God, according to the law
\nof God, according to the law of <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:36,400 –> 00:28:40,600
\nGod.
\nSo right from the beginning, <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:41,680 –> 00:28:45,480
\nJoseph and Mary were scrupulous
\nin their observance of the law, <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:47,320 –> 00:28:50,040
\nhelping Jesus understand the law
\nand helping understand <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:50,480 –> 00:28:51,960
\nunderstand how He would fulfill
\nit. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:53,720 –> 00:29:03,560
\nOK, so teaching the Son of my
\nwomb right from birth, this <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:03,560 –> 00:29:08,200
\nhappens right from birthright.
\nPsalm 22 says it, Eidersheim <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:08,200 –> 00:29:11,360
\nwrites.
\nThe influence exerted upon his <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:11,360 –> 00:29:14,120
\nearly education, especially by
\nhis mother, seems implied <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:14,120 –> 00:29:18,280
\nthroughout the Gospel history.
\nNow we know that’s important, <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:18,280 –> 00:29:24,120
\nright?
\nAt birth, 25% of the brain <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:24,120 –> 00:29:28,440
\ndevelopment is there by age,
\n275%. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:31,040 –> 00:29:37,760
\nBy age, 590%.
\nNow, I’ve taught middle school <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:37,760 –> 00:29:39,960
\nstudents for a long time.
\nSo the ground kind of dips after<\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:39,960 –> 00:29:48,000
\nthat.
\nBut but all kidding aside, this <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:48,000 –> 00:29:53,200
\nis incredible, right?
\nAnd it speaks to how important <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:53,480 –> 00:29:57,320
\nthe role of the early learning
\nis and the mother’s role. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:58,000 –> 00:29:59,960
\nDo not forget your mother’s
\nTorah. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:02,040 –> 00:30:06,400
\nYou know, we’re blessed to have
\nhave young folks with us and you<\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:06,400 –> 00:30:09,040
\njust look at them and you know,
\nthey’re learning machines. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:10,760 –> 00:30:13,120
\nAnd you know, one of the great
\nblessings of being a grandparent<\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:16,480 –> 00:30:21,200
\nis there’s no stress.
\nSo you can sit back and watch <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:21,200 –> 00:30:23,960
\nthe learning happen.
\nIt’s amazing. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:25,720 –> 00:30:28,800
\nSo Mary had a mission that began
\nright from the start. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:30,720 –> 00:30:33,760
\nSo we know how important zero to
\nfive are, right? <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:34,320 –> 00:30:36,280
\nLearning the alphabet, learning
\nto read. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:36,280 –> 00:30:40,800
\nThink about what Mary would have
\nbeen doing, learning the stories<\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:40,800 –> 00:30:46,640
\nof Israel, learning to pray,
\nlearning to pray, all these <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:46,640 –> 00:30:50,160
\nthings, learning the spiritual
\nand literal AB CS that Mary <\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:50,160 –> 00:30:51,560
\nwould have been sharing with
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:52,880 –> 00:30:57,440
\nWe have to honour our moms and
\nour Sunday school teachers and <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:57,440 –> 00:30:59,600
\nour spiritual moms impact in
\nthis way. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:00,080 –> 00:31:02,480
\nWe have to honour their work
\nbecause it’s crucial. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:05,520 –> 00:31:12,000
\nKathy’s aunt Betty Moore Sister
\nBetty never had children, never <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:12,000 –> 00:31:14,680
\nmarried.
\nShe taught Sunday school for <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:14,680 –> 00:31:19,680
\ndecades, decades.
\nAnd when she passed away, sadly <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:19,680 –> 00:31:24,680
\ntoo young as a result of
\npancreatic cancer, we got all <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:24,680 –> 00:31:31,680
\nthese emails and cards from
\npeople that said Sister Betty <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:31,680 –> 00:31:37,600
\nchanged my life.
\nLet’s be honest, brothers and <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:37,600 –> 00:31:41,120
\nsisters, we remember the lessons
\nof our Sunday, Sunday School <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:41,120 –> 00:31:44,200
\nteachers long after we’ve
\nforgotten what the adult teacher<\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:44,200 –> 00:31:52,880
\nhad to say.
\nSo Mary would have begun those <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:52,880 –> 00:31:55,680
\nfundamental things with Jesus,
\nlike learning to pray Mary <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:55,680 –> 00:31:57,840
\nAthens in search of the Jewish
\nMary rites. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:58,280 –> 00:32:01,400
\nSince the Jewish children often
\nlearned their first prayers and <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:01,400 –> 00:32:04,760
\nhome rituals from their mothers,
\nMary would have taught Jesus to <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:04,760 –> 00:32:08,040
\nhis earliest prayers and
\ninstructed him in simple Jewish <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:08,040 –> 00:32:11,080
\nrituals.
\nAnd you have to think when his <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:11,080 –> 00:32:14,760
\ndisciples said, Lord teach us to
\npray as John the Baptist did <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:16,240 –> 00:32:20,360
\ntaught his disciples, you have
\nto think that his mind would <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:20,360 –> 00:32:23,080
\nhave flashed back to being
\ntaught to pray. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:25,280 –> 00:32:30,320
\nSo we see the wise men visit the
\nking of the Jews. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:30,320 –> 00:32:32,360
\nThat’s the next scene we’re
\ngoing to take a look at. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:34,560 –> 00:32:39,600
\nSo we read in Matthew 2, where
\nis he who has been born king of <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:39,600 –> 00:32:41,960
\nthe Jews?
\nFor we have seen his star in the<\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:41,960 –> 00:32:43,440
\nEast and have come to worship
\nhim. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:43,800 –> 00:32:46,160
\nAnd of course, folks have
\nmentioned in passing, of course,<\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:46,160 –> 00:32:50,920
\nthis is their understanding of
\nthe great 70 weeks prophecy and <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:51,120 –> 00:32:54,640
\nacting on it.
\nNow when the wise men come to <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:54,640 –> 00:32:59,680
\nvisit, Jesus is not a child,
\nhe’s a baby. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:59,680 –> 00:33:02,000
\nThere’s a different word there.
\nAnd the family is living in a <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:02,000 –> 00:33:05,640
\nhouse.
\nSo this seems to be when Jesus <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:05,640 –> 00:33:09,120
\nwould have been much older,
\nperhaps as old as 2. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:11,760 –> 00:33:14,640
\nThe Magi seek to visit the court
\nof the King of the Jews. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:16,880 –> 00:33:21,520
\nOnly Jesus the king, and Mary
\nthe Queen Mother, are mentioned.<\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:21,640 –> 00:33:23,720
\nDid you notice that Joseph was
\nsent in the account? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:25,160 –> 00:33:26,760
\nIt’s the king and the Queen
\nMother. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:30,360 –> 00:33:35,840
\nSo I think the writer Matthew
\ninvites us to see this as a <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:35,840 –> 00:33:40,280
\ndelegation to the court of a
\nDavidic king. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:42,400 –> 00:33:44,760
\nAnd there’s a passage in Psalms
\nthat really resonates. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:45,600 –> 00:33:50,400
\nSo in Matthew we read they saw
\nthe young child with marry his <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:50,400 –> 00:33:52,400
\nmother and fell down and
\nworshipped him. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:52,760 –> 00:33:57,360
\nAnd there’s that word
\nproschinio, and that’s used in <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:57,360 –> 00:34:01,080
\nPsalm 72 in the Septuagint.
\nThe kings of Tarshish and of the<\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:01,080 –> 00:34:04,080
\nIsles will bring presents.
\nThe kings of Sheba and Siebel <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:04,080 –> 00:34:07,160
\noffer gifts.
\nYes, all kings shall fall down. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:07,360 –> 00:34:12,080
\nThere’s that word before him.
\nSo a powerful and beautiful <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:12,080 –> 00:34:15,360
\nforeshadowing of the Kingdom
\nthat we all long for. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:18,560 –> 00:34:25,040
\nI think Mary also would have
\nlooked at Abijah, Hezekiah’s mom<\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:26,600 –> 00:34:29,120
\nwe read in Isaiah 7.
\nTherefore, the Lord will give <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:29,120 –> 00:34:32,719
\nyou a sign the young woman is
\npregnant and about to give birth<\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:32,719 –> 00:34:34,679
\nto a son, and she will name
\nEmmanuel. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:34,679 –> 00:34:37,800
\nHe will eat butter and honey and
\nlearn to reject evil and choose <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:37,800 –> 00:34:40,320
\ngood.
\nYou know, Brother Hay Whitaker, <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:40,320 –> 00:34:44,239
\nbrother George Booker do a great
\njob of connecting Hezekiah to <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:44,239 –> 00:34:48,480
\nthis prophecy we read in in the
\nSecond Chronicles 29. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:48,679 –> 00:34:53,239
\nHezekiah became king when he was
\n25 years old, and he reigned 29 <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:53,239 –> 00:34:56,440
\nyears in Jerusalem.
\nHis mother’s name was Abijah, <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:56,719 –> 00:34:59,880
\nthe daughter of Zechariah, and
\nhe did what was right in the <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:59,880 –> 00:35:03,040
\nsight of the Lord according to
\nall that his father had done. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:04,160 –> 00:35:10,120
\nAbijah is the exemplar of a
\ngodly mother’s impact because <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:10,120 –> 00:35:17,720
\nthe father was a train wreck,
\ncompletely completely ungodly, <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:19,480 –> 00:35:23,360
\nbut Abijah a budget was the
\ndifference. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:25,600 –> 00:35:29,480
\nSo I think that Mary would have
\ninevitably thought about Abijah <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:29,920 –> 00:35:32,800
\nand they were the two mothers in
\nthe Isaiah 7 prophecy, albeit it<\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:32,800 –> 00:35:36,120
\nwas Mary who fulfilled it in a
\nunique and miraculous way. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:38,880 –> 00:35:44,560
\nOK, Now one of the things that
\nthe Queen Mother would have done<\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:45,480 –> 00:35:49,160
\nis she would have ensured that
\nthe fulfillment of Deuteronomy <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:49,160 –> 00:35:53,400
\n17 happened.
\nHe shall write for himself a <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:53,400 –> 00:35:58,760
\ncopy of this law in a book we
\nread in Deuteronomy 17. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:58,760 –> 00:36:01,040
\nAnd it shall be when he sits on
\nthe throne of his Kingdom, that <\/p>\n
528
\n00:36:01,040 –> 00:36:04,040
\nhe shall write for himself a
\ncopy of this law in a book from <\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:04,040 –> 00:36:06,000
\nthe one before the priests, the
\nLevites. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:06,360 –> 00:36:08,880
\nAnd it shall be with him, and he
\nshall read it all the days of <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:08,880 –> 00:36:12,520
\nhis life, that he may learn to
\nfear the Lord his God, and be <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:12,520 –> 00:36:16,240
\ncareful to observe all the words
\nof this law and these statutes. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:16,400 –> 00:36:20,640
\nThat his heart may not be lifted
\nabove his brethren, that he may <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:20,640 –> 00:36:23,520
\nnot turn aside from the command
\nto the right hand or to the <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:23,520 –> 00:36:27,760
\nleft, and that he may prolong
\nhis days in his Kingdom, he and <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:27,760 –> 00:36:30,040
\nhis children in the midst of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:32,800 –> 00:36:35,080
\nSo Jesus would have written this
\nout. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:36,040 –> 00:36:37,520
\nMary would have ensured that he
\ndid. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:38,480 –> 00:36:42,240
\nYou know how we know that?
\nWe know that? <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:42,240 –> 00:36:45,800
\nBecause Jesus quotes from
\nDeuteronomy more than any other <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:45,800 –> 00:36:49,920
\nOld Testament book.
\nHere’s just an example of what <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:49,920 –> 00:36:53,920
\nhappens in Matthew.
\nWe’re not going to go through it<\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:55,080 –> 00:36:57,560
\nfor the sake of time, but there
\nit is. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:59,080 –> 00:37:01,280
\nAnd we’re blessed to be in the
\ncompany of amazing Bible <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:01,280 –> 00:37:04,040
\nstudents.
\nSo some of those amazing Bible <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:04,040 –> 00:37:07,800
\nstudents are saying, wait a
\nsecond, you left out Matthew 4. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:09,480 –> 00:37:13,480
\nWhat happened in Matthew 4?
\nThe temptations in the <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:13,480 –> 00:37:20,880
\nwilderness.
\nYou know, there’s a saying, you <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:20,880 –> 00:37:23,120
\nknow, people think the Navy
\nSeal’s invented it. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:23,280 –> 00:37:28,440
\nBut it was actually a Greek poet
\nnamed Archelaicus who in 650 BC,<\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:28,920 –> 00:37:34,880
\nhe said in war we do not rise to
\nthe level of our expectations. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:35,360 –> 00:37:37,200
\nWe fall to the level of our
\ntraining. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:37,200 –> 00:37:41,520
\nAnd in spiritual training,
\nthat’s true, too. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:43,000 –> 00:37:48,720
\nSo in the wilderness and a time
\nof intense stress, what book did<\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:48,720 –> 00:37:52,400
\nJesus quote to refute the
\ntemptations? <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:54,160 –> 00:37:55,280
\nYeah.
\nDeuteronomy. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:56,320 –> 00:37:59,440
\nDeuteronomy 83.
\nDeuteronomy 616. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:59,720 –> 00:38:05,320
\nDeuteronomy 6\/13 Another thing
\nthat Mary would have done is the<\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:05,320 –> 00:38:10,000
\nQueen Mother as she would have
\nensured that Jesus took care of <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:10,000 –> 00:38:15,040
\nthe poor and marginalized.
\nIn Proverbs 31, the commandment <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:15,040 –> 00:38:17,920
\nfrom the Queen Mother is open
\nyour mouth, judge righteously <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:17,920 –> 00:38:19,840
\nand plead the cause of the poor
\nand needy. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:20,840 –> 00:38:24,360
\nAnd Mary understands this and
\nthat’s why she celebrates it in <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:24,360 –> 00:38:26,800
\nher song.
\nHe has filled the hungry with <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:26,800 –> 00:38:28,800
\ngood things and the rich he has
\nsent away empty. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:31,040 –> 00:38:34,160
\nAnd this is just one quote
\nbecause Jesus whole ministry was<\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:34,160 –> 00:38:41,560
\na litany of caring for the poor
\nand the marginalized, loving the<\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:41,560 –> 00:38:47,400
\nunlovable, accepting the
\nmarginalized, caring for those <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:47,400 –> 00:38:57,960
\nwho were not cared for.
\nSo we read in Psalm 116, I am <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:57,960 –> 00:39:02,360
\nyour servant, Lord, I serve you
\njust as my mother did. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:39:04,040 –> 00:39:07,040
\nKenneth Bailey writes that the
\nreader is led to understand that<\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:07,040 –> 00:39:10,560
\nJesus was raised by an
\nextraordinary mother who must <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:10,560 –> 00:39:18,280
\nhave had enormous influence.
\nAnd I love this quote because it<\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:18,280 –> 00:39:20,760
\ncomes from a guy who doesn’t
\nthink the Bible is true. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:24,920 –> 00:39:28,760
\nHe says Mary provides Jesus with
\na multifaceted parental example <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:28,760 –> 00:39:31,680
\nof a woman who interacts
\ndirectly with the divine and <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:31,680 –> 00:39:34,400
\nwith Scripture and who takes
\nresponsibility for her own <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:34,400 –> 00:39:37,600
\nobedience.
\nThe emphasis and early Christian<\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:37,600 –> 00:39:43,680
\nliterature.
\nHe means the Bible on Jesus as <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:43,680 –> 00:39:47,000
\none who obeys and submits to God
\nshould not be separated from his<\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:47,000 –> 00:39:50,560
\nmother’s paradigmatic example as
\none who did the same. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:52,160 –> 00:39:55,880
\nSee, even for an unbeliever,
\nMary’s example cries out. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:59,120 –> 00:40:07,160
\nSo did you ever think, as a
\nparent, how did my kids become <\/p>\n
584
\n00:40:07,160 –> 00:40:08,720
\ngood at the things they’re good
\nat? <\/p>\n
585
\n00:40:11,480 –> 00:40:13,000
\nAnd what role did I play in
\nthat? <\/p>\n
586
\n00:40:13,000 –> 00:40:24,080
\nDo you ever think that you know?
\nIt’s a it’s baffling to me, like<\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:24,320 –> 00:40:28,320
\nall four of my kids are really
\ndifferent from each other, but <\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:28,360 –> 00:40:34,720
\nall four of them have a
\ntremendous work ethic and I’ve <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:34,720 –> 00:40:36,840
\nliterally never talked to them
\nabout working hard. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:39,200 –> 00:40:43,120
\nSo again, as an example of Mary,
\nit must be sister Kathy that’s <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:43,120 –> 00:40:46,920
\ncoming through there.
\nBut isn’t it interesting, right?<\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:48,400 –> 00:40:51,080
\nAnd you know what I think it is?
\nIt’s the power of example <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:52,680 –> 00:40:57,400
\nbecause I like to work hard.
\nSister Kathy likes to work hard.<\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:58,720 –> 00:41:02,880
\nIt’s the power of example.
\nAnd especially for our young <\/p>\n
595
\n00:41:02,880 –> 00:41:06,760
\npeople, they are observing
\neverybody. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:41:08,800 –> 00:41:12,600
\nThey’re observing their parents,
\nbut between like 15 and 22, they<\/p>\n
597
\n00:41:12,600 –> 00:41:16,240
\ndon’t have any credibility.
\nSo they’re observing everyone <\/p>\n
598
\n00:41:16,240 –> 00:41:21,120
\nelse in the ecclesia and they’re
\nlooking for your example. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:41:23,720 –> 00:41:25,920
\nThat’s a good example.
\nLet’s be like Mary. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:41:26,600 –> 00:41:30,360
\nLet’s create eccleses where
\npeople can say I serve you just <\/p>\n
601
\n00:41:30,360 –> 00:41:33,160
\nlike my parents did.
\nI serve you just like my auntie <\/p>\n
602
\n00:41:33,160 –> 00:41:35,480
\nand uncle did.
\nI serve you just like my Sunday <\/p>\n
603
\n00:41:35,480 –> 00:41:42,640
\nSchool teacher did.
\nMary’s mission, The Lord God <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:42,640 –> 00:41:45,280
\nwill give him the throne of his
\nFather David, and he will reign <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:45,280 –> 00:41:48,360
\nover the House of Jacob Forever,
\nand of his Kingdom there will be<\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:48,360 –> 00:41:52,080
\nno end.
\nMary understood that. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:52,360 –> 00:41:57,160
\nShe had some had kind of an
\ninstruction manual on how you <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:57,160 –> 00:42:00,760
\nraise a king.
\nIt would be great if our kids <\/p>\n
609
\n00:42:00,760 –> 00:42:05,440
\ncame with instruction manuals.
\nI often thought that, you know, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:42:05,680 –> 00:42:07,480
\nyou get them home.
\nI remember when we took Braden <\/p>\n
611
\n00:42:07,480 –> 00:42:11,080
\nhome from the hospital in 1987.
\nWe plunk him in the in the <\/p>\n
612
\n00:42:11,080 –> 00:42:12,480
\nliving room.
\nHe’s in his car seat. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:42:12,480 –> 00:42:14,960
\nAnd we’re like, oh, what do we
\ndo now? <\/p>\n
614
\n00:42:15,240 –> 00:42:17,600
\nYou know, an instruction manual
\nwould have been good. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:42:18,000 –> 00:42:22,600
\nYou know, especially to see
\nthings like, how do you put <\/p>\n
616
\n00:42:22,600 –> 00:42:24,400
\nthings back together when they
\nfall apart? <\/p>\n
617
\n00:42:25,480 –> 00:42:27,960
\nYou know how we cannot avoid the
\nwarranty, things like that. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:42:29,120 –> 00:42:33,720
\nBut Mary had an instruction
\nmanual to raise a godly child <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:33,960 –> 00:42:37,480
\nand to raise a king in the line
\nof David, and that was the <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:37,480 –> 00:42:42,120
\nTorah.
\nSo he will save his people from <\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:42,120 –> 00:42:44,680
\nhis sins.
\nMerit began to understand that. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:45,600 –> 00:42:51,000
\nAnd over the next, the next day,
\nGod willing, we’re going to take<\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:51,000 –> 00:42:55,880
\na look at what she did to keep
\nher son safe and the sword <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:55,880 –> 00:43:03,760
\nwounds that she suffered.
\nNK Jemison writes there is no <\/p>\n
625
\n00:43:03,760 –> 00:43:06,760
\ngreater warrior than a mother
\nprotecting her child. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:43:10,760 –> 00:43:13,480
\nQueen mothers acted to keep
\ntheir sons safe. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:43:14,440 –> 00:43:17,800
\nWhen Adonijah sought the throne,
\nBathsheba ensured that David was<\/p>\n
628
\n00:43:18,080 –> 00:43:21,360
\nwould keep his vow that Solomon
\nwould succeed him. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:43:22,240 –> 00:43:25,160
\nAccording to rabbinical
\nliterature, Abijah saved the <\/p>\n
630
\n00:43:25,160 –> 00:43:28,640
\nlife of Hezekiah when his father
\nAhaz tried to sacrifice him to <\/p>\n
631
\n00:43:28,640 –> 00:43:33,600
\nMolech.
\nAnd you have to wonder, Mary’s <\/p>\n
632
\n00:43:33,600 –> 00:43:37,000
\nbiblical mind, how did she start
\nto understand Daniel’s prophecy?<\/p>\n
633
\n00:43:37,880 –> 00:43:41,720
\nHow did she start to understand
\nwhat Messiah the Prince will be <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:41,720 –> 00:43:43,360
\ncut off?
\nWhat did that mean? <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:48,040 –> 00:43:54,000
\nSo tomorrow, God willing, we’re
\ngoing to take a look at Mary’s <\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:54,000 –> 00:44:01,800
\nsword wounds because there’s
\nthis incredibly powerful scene <\/p>\n
637
\n00:44:02,960 –> 00:44:06,920
\nwhere Simeon is there and it’s a
\ntime of great rejoicing. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:44:08,760 –> 00:44:16,160
\nAnd then it says that he turned
\nto Mary and said, indeed, a <\/p>\n
639
\n00:44:16,160 –> 00:44:21,360
\nsword will Pierce the soul of
\nyou yourself, the disciples. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:44:21,360 –> 00:44:24,400
\nLittle New Testament emphasizes
\nthat in the Greek that doesn’t <\/p>\n
641
\n00:44:24,400 –> 00:44:27,960
\nalways come across the soul of
\nyou yourself. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:44:29,600 –> 00:44:33,600
\nThis is a warrior’s wound
\nbecause the the word used for <\/p>\n
643
\n00:44:33,600 –> 00:44:36,320
\nsword here is that sword.
\nThey are on Thea. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:44:38,160 –> 00:44:43,600
\nIt’s a, it’s a weapon of war.
\nAnd so tomorrow we’re going to <\/p>\n
645
\n00:44:43,600 –> 00:44:48,680
\nsee Mary’s trials, her sword
\nwounds as she engages in <\/p>\n
646
\n00:44:48,680 –> 00:44:53,600
\nspiritual warfare.
\nWe’ll take a look at Mary <\/p>\n
647
\n00:44:54,920 –> 00:44:59,080
\nleading up to the cross as she
\nbegins to understand more and <\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:59,080 –> 00:45:03,720
\nmore the truth of the fact that
\nthe Lord will provide himself a <\/p>\n
649
\n00:45:03,720 –> 00:45:04,160
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