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
\nidentity. <\/p>\n
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\nMy name is Brother Sean Moynihan
\nand I’ve been trying to follow <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Jeff’s act since 1980,
\nso here we are. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s such a blessing to be
\nhere surrounded by beloved <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters gathered
\naround God’s word. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I pray this week we’ll open
\nour hearts and our minds and our<\/p>\n
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\nBibles to learn together about
\nthat great exemplar of <\/p>\n
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\ndiscipleship, Mary of Nazareth.
\nSo we’re going to start with a <\/p>\n
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\nquestion, Brothers and sisters,
\nwho do you think you are? <\/p>\n
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\nWho do you think you are?
\nIt’s a question about identity, <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\nIt’s a question that we answer <\/p>\n
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\nevery day.
\nIt’s about our upbringing and <\/p>\n
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\nabout our current environment.
\nIt’s about our hopes and our <\/p>\n
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\ndreams and our fears.
\nIt’s about our triumphs and our <\/p>\n
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\ntragedies.
\nAnd most importantly, it’s about<\/p>\n
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\nour relationship with the God of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nThis morning we’re going to
\nexplore who Mary thought she <\/p>\n
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\nwas, and we’re going to see how
\nshe expresses her identity in <\/p>\n
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\nher interaction with the Angel
\nGabriel. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, we’ve got lots of lots of
\nstuff to cover here before we <\/p>\n
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\nreach the deadline Closing of
\nour class at 11:15. <\/p>\n
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\nSo see, you’re not the only one,
\nJeff. <\/p>\n
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\nI can do that too.
\nSo let’s take a look. <\/p>\n
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\nWho does Mary think she is?
\nWell, we’re kind of given the <\/p>\n
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\nshort bio, aren’t we?
\nBy Luke? <\/p>\n
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\nWe read in Luke 126.
\nNow in the sixth month, the <\/p>\n
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\nAngel Gabriel was sent by God to
\na city of Galilee named Nazareth<\/p>\n
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\nto a virgin betrothed to a man
\nwhose name was Joseph of the <\/p>\n
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\nHouse of David.
\nThe virgin’s name was Mary. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Luke provides us with all the
\nbuilding blocks that we need to <\/p>\n
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\nconstruct a sense of who Mary
\nthought she was. <\/p>\n
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\nShe is named Mary.
\nWe know how important names are.<\/p>\n
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\nShe’s from Nazareth in Galilee,
\nshe’s a betrothed virgin, and <\/p>\n
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\nshe’s of David’s house.
\nNow Mary’s name is emphasized. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, in the span of a few
\nverses, Luke mentions her name 8<\/p>\n
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\ntimes.
\nWe’re hit over the head by <\/p>\n
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\nMary’s name, and this isn’t a
\ndocument. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Bible, the New Testament
\nthat frequently doesn’t mention <\/p>\n
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\nwomen’s names at all.
\nAnd yet over and over again, <\/p>\n
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\nMary, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary,
\nMary. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we know all names are
\nimportant in the Bible, <\/p>\n
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\nespecially we think because of
\nthis emphasis is Mary’s. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Mary is Miriam in Hebrew, and
\nit comes from the word Mara, <\/p>\n
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\nbitter.
\nAnd historians estimate that 25%<\/p>\n
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\nof the women in Herod the
\nGreat’s Kingdom were named Mary.<\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a really interesting
\narticle written by historian <\/p>\n
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\nBachman in 2009, and he
\nspeculates in all the reasons <\/p>\n
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\nwhy that is.
\nAnd one of the reasons was that <\/p>\n
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\nHerod the Great’s wife was named
\nMiriam. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd she was a very popular
\nfigure, kind of a popular and <\/p>\n
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\ntragic figure because Herod and
\nSalva killing her and, and he <\/p>\n
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\nsays she was kind of like the
\nPrincess Di of that era and <\/p>\n
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\nvery, very popular.
\nSo whatever, whatever the <\/p>\n
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\nreason, Mary was a very popular
\nname. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know that because there’s 7
\nMarys mentioned in the New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament.
\nSo what are some other <\/p>\n
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\nconnections that we could make
\nto Mary’s name? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, of course we think of
\nMiriam right away. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd three days after Miriam’s
\ntriumphant song, we know that <\/p>\n
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\nMary’s song was also triumphant.
\nBitter Mara waters were made <\/p>\n
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\nsweet.
\nWe think of the fact that Naomi <\/p>\n
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\nrenames herself Mara.
\nDon’t call me pleasant, call me <\/p>\n
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\nbitter.
\nAnd she does this in front of <\/p>\n
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\nthe women in Bethlehem.
\nWe know that Hannah was in Mara <\/p>\n
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\nof soul when she prayed for a
\nson to save God’s people. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we know that this kind of
\nodd test for women suspected of <\/p>\n
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\ninfidelity was called drinking
\nthe waters of Mara. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we can see those
\nconnections that begin to form, <\/p>\n
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\nright?
\nConnections that we made and <\/p>\n
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\nMary would have made connections
\nto Ruth, to Bethlehem, to <\/p>\n
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\nHannah, to Miriam and
\nconnections to this strange task<\/p>\n
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\nfor suspected infidelity.
\nSo how did Mary’s name shape her<\/p>\n
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\nidentity?
\nWell, clearly she would have <\/p>\n
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\nconnected to Miriam.
\nAnd you know, one of the things <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going to do in this class
\nis start to weave some threads <\/p>\n
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\nthat we’re going to take, God
\nwilling, all the way through the<\/p>\n
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\nweek.
\nSo she would have connected to <\/p>\n
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\nMiriam that the fact that Miriam
\nwas a a very influential, <\/p>\n
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\nimpactful person and her song,
\nshe would have connected to <\/p>\n
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\nHannah, who I self identifies as
\na handmaid just as as Mary does <\/p>\n
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\nthe great song and the son
\ndedicated to God. <\/p>\n
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\nShe would have connected to
\nRuth, who also identifies as a <\/p>\n
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\nhandmaid and the the connection
\nto Bethlehem and the connection <\/p>\n
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\nto and this is something that
\nthat the women say to Ruth at <\/p>\n
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\nthe end.
\nWe know that you are a woman of <\/p>\n
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\nKyle, a woman of valor, a woman
\nof virtue. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think we can say too, from
\nthe ubiquity of Mary’s name, <\/p>\n
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\nthat she would begin to
\nunderstand, understand herself <\/p>\n
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\nas the representative woman, the
\nwoman mentioned in Genesis 315. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I will put enmity between
\nyou and the woman, and between <\/p>\n
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\nyour seed and her seed.
\nHe shall bruise your head, and <\/p>\n
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\nyou shall bruise his heel.
\nThis representative woman that <\/p>\n
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\nPaul talks about in Galatians 4.
\nWhen the fullness of time had <\/p>\n
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\ncome, God sent forth his Son,
\nborn of a woman. <\/p>\n
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\nNow why does Paul say that?
\nWas there some confusion about <\/p>\n
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\nthat fact?
\nNo, it’s to say the <\/p>\n
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\nrepresentative woman.
\nAnd it also comes up in Paul’s <\/p>\n
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\nwriting in First Timothy 2.
\nAnd I love the disciples, <\/p>\n
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\nliteral New Testament.
\nAnd Adam was not deceived, but <\/p>\n
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\nthe woman having been completely
\ndeceived, has come to be in <\/p>\n
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\ntransgression.
\nBut she shall be saved by the <\/p>\n
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\nchildbearing if they continue in
\nfaith and love and holiness with<\/p>\n
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\nsound mindedness.
\nNow let’s move from Mary’s name <\/p>\n
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\nto the fact that she was a
\nPrincess. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I feel well qualified to
\ntalk about the topic of <\/p>\n
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\nprincesses because I have a four
\nyear old granddaughter. <\/p>\n
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\nNow do we think of Mary as a
\nPrincess of David’s house? <\/p>\n
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\nWell Gabriel did because he
\ntalks to her and says the throne<\/p>\n
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\nof his father David, the
\ndivinely guided wise men dead <\/p>\n
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\nbecause they were searching for
\nthe one born king of the Jews. <\/p>\n
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\nPaul did, he says concerning his
\nSon Jesus Christ our Lord, who <\/p>\n
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\nwas born of the seed of David
\naccording to the flesh, brother <\/p>\n
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\nRobert Roberts dead.
\nMary was of the House of David. <\/p>\n
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\nThe promise requires it.
\nFor if Mary were not a <\/p>\n
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\ndescendant of David, then was
\nJesus not of the seed of David <\/p>\n
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\naccording to the flesh, for he
\nhad no actual human father. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course we see that the
\nthe genealogy in Luke 3 is of <\/p>\n
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\ncourse Mary’s and brother Ron
\nAbel writes. <\/p>\n
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\nMary is presented to us as a
\nmember of the tribe of Judah, <\/p>\n
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\nbeing a descendant of David
\nthrough her father Hallow and <\/p>\n
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\nbrother.
\nThomas comes right out and says <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nHe talks about the right of the <\/p>\n
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\nPrincess Mary derived from her
\nfather. <\/p>\n
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\nHell, I Mary was a Princess.
\nWell did she know she was a <\/p>\n
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\nPrincess?
\nAnswers yes, because we know <\/p>\n
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\nthat there were scrupulous
\ngenealogical records kept at <\/p>\n
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\nthat time.
\nThere’s a really interesting <\/p>\n
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\nbook by James Tabor called The
\nJesus Dynasty, and one of the <\/p>\n
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\nthings that he says is Jewish
\nfamilies were quite zealous <\/p>\n
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\nabout genealogical records, all
\nthe more so if one was descended<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the line of David Josephus.
\nThe Jewish Astorian of that <\/p>\n
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\nperiod traces his own priestly
\ngenealogy with obvious pride and<\/p>\n
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\nmentions archival records that
\nhe had consulted. <\/p>\n
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\nNow she’s a Princess.
\nWhat’s a Princess doing in <\/p>\n
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\nNazareth?
\nWell, Nazareth doesn’t appear in<\/p>\n
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\nthe Old Testament.
\nSo how did David’s house end up <\/p>\n
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\nin Nazareth?
\nWell, there’s tremendously <\/p>\n
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\nexciting archaeology that’s
\nbeing done by an Israeli <\/p>\n
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\narchaeologist named Zvaigal.
\nAnd professor at the University <\/p>\n
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\nof Wyoming Paul Fletcher neatly
\nsummarizes it and basically says<\/p>\n
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\narchaeology shows that Galilee
\nwas emptied of population <\/p>\n
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\nbetween the Assyrian conquest
\nand 100 BC. <\/p>\n
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\nSo then it gets interesting.
\nJosephus records that <\/p>\n
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\nArrestabolas conquered Galilee
\nand one O 4, one O 3, and then <\/p>\n
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\nhis successor Alexander Geneus
\nsent thousands of Judeans N to <\/p>\n
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\nsettle Galilee and farm its rich
\nagricultural land. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd archaeological evidence
\nmakes it clear that these new <\/p>\n
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\ninhabitants were from Judea.
\nSo we can infer that Joseph and <\/p>\n
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\nMary’s grandparents were
\nresettled from Judea into <\/p>\n
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\nGalilee, and that’s why they had
\nto go back for the census, back <\/p>\n
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\nto Judea.
\nNow, when settlers go to a new <\/p>\n
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\ncountry and they decide to name
\nplaces, what do they do? <\/p>\n
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\nThey use the old names or they
\nuse a name that has special <\/p>\n
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\nresonance for them.
\nSo Princess Mary lived in a <\/p>\n
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\nplace called Branch Town, a city
\nof Galilee named Nazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nThe descendants of David moved
\nfrom Judea to Galilee and named <\/p>\n
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\ntheir new towns with names that
\ncommemorated their Davidic <\/p>\n
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\nheritage.
\nBranch Town comes from the the <\/p>\n
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\nHebrew word netzer and we know
\nthat this is in fulfillment of <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy right in Matthew 2 that
\nit might be fulfilled which was <\/p>\n
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\nspoken by the prophets.
\nHe shall be called a Nazarene. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd brothers and sisters, the
\nonly way that prophecy makes <\/p>\n
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\nsense is if you connect it to
\nthe plethora of Old Testament <\/p>\n
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\nprophecies about the branch
\nprophecies like the one that <\/p>\n
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\nuses the word netzer and Isaiah
\n11. <\/p>\n
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\nOne, there shall come forth a
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\nbuild the temple of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how did her lineage shape
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\nmade me stop and reflect.
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\nFather.
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\nAnd we stop and we think of the
\npower of role models, both <\/p>\n
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\nYou think of the impact of the
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\nlook back and say, well, such
\ntremendous faith. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Mary also would have been
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\nwilling, in a couple of days.
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\nwas so profoundly negative is <\/p>\n
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\nWho does this person think he <\/p>\n
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\nis, the son of the Carpenter?
\nSo Nazareth, and we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\ntalk about this more when we
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\nBut Nazareth was near Gentiles,
\nyet it was separate. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jews who lived in Nazareth
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\nThere’s all this exciting new <\/p>\n
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\nexcavation that’s happening in
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\nDark, and he’s published in in
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\nAnd this is what he found.
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\ndenoting a more conservative <\/p>\n
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\nThis suggests that the Nazareth
\nera was unusual for the strength<\/p>\n
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\nof its anti Roman and or the
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\nMary’s Nazareth had a strong
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\nAnd this is kind of foretold,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nknow, that fulfillment of the <\/p>\n
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\nIsaiah prophecy that we read
\nabout in Matthew 4. <\/p>\n
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\nNazareth was uniquely
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\nkilometers away, which Josephus
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\nat that time, the we Emeris.
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\nrecords about Galileans not <\/p>\n
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\nknowing very much, but that’s
\nall it was. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was anti Galilean Judean
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\nYou know, go and look or there
\nare no prophets from Galilee. <\/p>\n
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\nLike how many do you want me to
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\nRight?
\nSo Galileans were focused on <\/p>\n
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\nKaren Jobs, right, writes. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know that Galilee contained a
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\nThey read it, debated it, and
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\nsurpassed that of Judea. <\/p>\n
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\nIn addition to their high level
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\nfor Scripture, the Galileans
\ncould be seen as the religious <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Alfred Ettersheim writes, <\/p>\n
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\npractical piety and strictness <\/p>\n
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\nthose fair sake old distinctions<\/p>\n
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\nwhich so often made void.
\nThe law focused on Scripture, <\/p>\n
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\nMary’s Navis was also known for <\/p>\n
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\nits Jewish nationalism.
\nBiven writes that Jewish <\/p>\n
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\nmessianic nationalism flourished
\nin Galilee. <\/p>\n
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\nMichael Grant writes, Galileans
\ntended to support quixotic <\/p>\n
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\nseditious causes, and they
\ncarried their bravery and such <\/p>\n
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\ncauses to violent and fanatical
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\nAnd Beatty writes, following the
\ndeath of Herod the Great, riots <\/p>\n
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\nseveral places throughout the <\/p>\n
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\nwas an environment that cried <\/p>\n
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\nout for a deliverer.
\nIt was an environment just like <\/p>\n
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\nBut Roger Lewis writes, Hannah <\/p>\n
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\nwanted a strong deliverer to
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\nHannah had thought deeply about <\/p>\n
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\nits spiritual condition, and so <\/p>\n
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\ndid Mary.
\nHannah knew that the history of <\/p>\n
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\noften the Lord had intervened to<\/p>\n
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\nsend such a deliverer to his
\npeople. <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to see how closely Mary <\/p>\n
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\nWell, it was a tremendously
\nstrong sense of what it meant to<\/p>\n
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\nAnd you recognize that from <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham and to his seed forever.
\nShe was amongst Gentiles, but <\/p>\n
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\nShe was in an area that was <\/p>\n
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\nmarked by a rich Bible study.
\nAnd that’s the only thing that <\/p>\n
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\nexplains what goes on in her
\nsong. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen, you know, Bible scholars
\nhave said that there’s a minimum<\/p>\n
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\nof 35 direct allusions to the
\nOld Testament. <\/p>\n
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\nmany as 50. <\/p>\n
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\nfervent expectation of a Messiah<\/p>\n
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\nSo interesting. <\/p>\n
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\nRoots of Mary.
\nBut Peter here really summarizes<\/p>\n
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\nbetrothed, we know that there <\/p>\n
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\nemerge. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Mary’s age was between 13 and
\n18, and you find that a little <\/p>\n
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\nbit disquieting, the fact that
\nshe would be married as an early<\/p>\n
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\nBut of course, that was the <\/p>\n
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\nWe also recognize that <\/p>\n
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\nadolescence is a invention of
\nmodernity. <\/p>\n
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\nadolescents were viewed not as <\/p>\n
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\njust as really as incompetent <\/p>\n
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\nSo she was of that age. <\/p>\n
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\nto Joseph, had the first cup, <\/p>\n
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\nof marriage. <\/p>\n
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\naffirming, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nwould have been a virgin <\/p>\n
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\nattention last night. <\/p>\n
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\nPaul writes in Second <\/p>\n
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\nhusband, that I may present you
\nas a chaste virgin to Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nwhen our Lord will return and <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s learn from Mary.
\nMary appreciated the bride <\/p>\n
339
\n00:22:54,280 –> 00:22:58,440
\nprice, and we know from First
\nCorinthians 6 for you were <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:58,440 –> 00:23:02,000
\nbought at a price.
\nTherefore, glorify God in your <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:02,000 –> 00:23:04,120
\nbody and in your spirit, which
\nare gods. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:05,280 –> 00:23:07,640
\nWe know that Mary would have
\nfocused on how her life will <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:07,640 –> 00:23:11,320
\nchange when the bridegroom comes
\nfor her and we’re exhorted in <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:11,320 –> 00:23:13,400
\nHebrews 12.
\nTherefore, since we are <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:13,400 –> 00:23:17,120
\nreceiving a Kingdom which cannot
\nbe shaken, let us have grace by <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:17,120 –> 00:23:20,840
\nwhich we may serve God
\nacceptably with reverence and <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:20,840 –> 00:23:25,880
\ngodly fear.
\nMary is preparing for her new <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:25,880 –> 00:23:30,720
\nlife.
\nCan you think of a parable that <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:30,720 –> 00:23:34,920
\ntalks about people who were in
\nthe in between the betrothal cup<\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:35,160 –> 00:23:37,960
\nand the wedding cup?
\nThat has to do with preparation,<\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:40,920 –> 00:23:45,360
\nkind of a famous one.
\nRight at midnight a cry was <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:45,360 –> 00:23:46,720
\nheard.
\nBehold, the bridegroom is <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:46,720 –> 00:23:48,040
\ncoming.
\nGo out and meet him. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:48,320 –> 00:23:52,920
\nAnd then of course, the wise
\nones were prepared, and through <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:52,920 –> 00:23:58,520
\nGod’s grace may we be prepared.
\nAnd Mary kept herself chaste. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:58,520 –> 00:24:02,240
\nAnd we know that James tells us
\npure and undefiled religion <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:02,240 –> 00:24:05,960
\nbefore God and the Father is
\nthis to visit orphans and widows<\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:05,960 –> 00:24:10,120
\nin their trouble and to keep
\noneself unspotted in the world. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:11,600 –> 00:24:14,520
\nSo let’s take a look at how
\nMary’s identity manifested <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:14,520 –> 00:24:18,360
\nitself in action.
\nSo we’re going to see an <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:18,360 –> 00:24:22,240
\ninteraction with Gabriel.
\nHer identity is revealed in her <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:22,240 –> 00:24:27,440
\nwords and her actions.
\nSo first of all, Mary was <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:27,440 –> 00:24:29,600
\npraying when Gabriel appeared to
\nher. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:30,720 –> 00:24:34,040
\nHow do we know that?
\nWell, the Angel of Gabriel is in<\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:34,040 –> 00:24:36,440
\nthis unnerving habit of
\nappearing to people that are <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:36,440 –> 00:24:43,240
\npraying Daniel Zacharias.
\nAnd in fact, the appearance of <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:43,240 –> 00:24:45,320
\nZacharias is all about prayer,
\nright? <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:45,320 –> 00:24:47,480
\nIt was the incense offering.
\nAll the people outside were <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:47,480 –> 00:24:51,560
\npraying at the same time.
\nSo clue number one. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:52,240 –> 00:24:57,600
\nClue #2 Mary’s response, She is
\nnot surprised by the appearance <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:57,600 –> 00:25:01,880
\nof the Angel.
\nNow, I parented 2 teenage <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:02,000 –> 00:25:06,200
\ndaughters.
\nIf one of my teenage daughters <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:07,520 –> 00:25:11,720
\nhad a man show up in the house,
\nshe wouldn’t been engaging with <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:11,720 –> 00:25:14,480
\nhim in dialogue.
\nShe would have been looking for <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:14,480 –> 00:25:17,560
\nsomething heavy to hit him with.
\nNow, maybe that’s just my <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:17,560 –> 00:25:18,880
\ndaughter’s.
\nI’m not sure. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:20,120 –> 00:25:24,560
\nBut Mary is not surprised.
\nMary is not surprised. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:24,560 –> 00:25:26,840
\nMary responds like it’s an
\nanswer to prayer. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:28,400 –> 00:25:32,040
\nAnd the third reason is just the
\ntremendous parallels between <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:32,040 –> 00:25:35,080
\nHannah’s prayer and what Mary
\nwould have been doing. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:36,840 –> 00:25:39,720
\nI think we can say that we might
\neven know what Mary was praying.<\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:41,400 –> 00:25:46,920
\nThere was an Amidah prayer that
\nwas prayed at the time it was <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:46,920 –> 00:25:49,760
\nstarted when they returned from
\ncaptivity. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:50,640 –> 00:25:55,080
\nIt had 16 sections in Mary’s
\ntime, and one of them dealt <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:55,080 –> 00:26:01,600
\nspecifically with David.
\nThe prayer was speedily caused <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:01,600 –> 00:26:04,200
\nthe offspring of your servant
\nDavid to flourish. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:04,480 –> 00:26:08,040
\nLet him be exalted by your
\nsaving power, for we wait all <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:08,040 –> 00:26:13,360
\nday long for your salvation.
\nSo I’d suggest to you that she <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:13,360 –> 00:26:18,320
\nwas in the midst of that prayer,
\nand that she would have been <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:18,320 –> 00:26:23,560
\nthinking about Hannah.
\nShe would have been making those<\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:23,560 –> 00:26:28,880
\nconnections we read in First
\nSamuel 1, and she was in Mara of<\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:28,880 –> 00:26:32,040
\nsoul and prayed to the Lord.
\nO Lord of hosts, if you’ll <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:32,040 –> 00:26:34,720
\nindeed look upon the inflection
\nof your maidservant and Remember<\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:34,720 –> 00:26:37,400
\nMe and not forget your
\nmaidservant, but will give your <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:37,400 –> 00:26:41,040
\nmaidservant a male child, then I
\nwill give him to the Lord all <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:41,040 –> 00:26:45,960
\nthe days of his life.
\nAnd I think Mary’s final <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:45,960 –> 00:26:51,560
\nassertion that ties up her
\ninteraction with Gabriel is just<\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:51,840 –> 00:26:57,840
\nundeniably resonant of Hannah.
\nBehold the maidservant of the <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:57,840 –> 00:27:02,840
\nLord that it happened to me
\naccording to your word. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:06,640 –> 00:27:11,360
\nGabriel says to her something
\nit’s that was unusual. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:11,520 –> 00:27:14,320
\nHe says greetings favoured 1
\nKeratu. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:14,880 –> 00:27:17,360
\nWe recognize the root of the
\nword cares of grace. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:17,760 –> 00:27:20,600
\nYou know, that only happens
\ntwice in the New Testament where<\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:20,600 –> 00:27:24,400
\nit’s only used twice, and the
\nother time it’s used is in <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:24,400 –> 00:27:28,880
\nEphesians 1.
\nAnd I, you know, I defy anyone <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:28,880 –> 00:27:31,200
\nto read this passage and not get
\nexcited. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:32,040 –> 00:27:35,560
\nBlessed be the God and Father of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ who has <\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:35,560 –> 00:27:38,880
\nblessed us with every spiritual
\nblessing in the heavenly places <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:38,880 –> 00:27:43,200
\nin Christ, just as He chose us
\nin Him before the foundation of <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:43,200 –> 00:27:47,440
\nthe world, to the praise of the
\nglory of His grace by which He <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:47,440 –> 00:27:50,360
\nhas made us accepted.
\nThat’s the only other time that <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:50,360 –> 00:27:56,480
\nword is used in the Beloved.
\nAnd like Mary, we are chosen and<\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:56,480 –> 00:27:59,400
\nfavored above measure.
\nPeter talks about this in <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:59,400 –> 00:28:02,800
\nchapter 2 of the first epistle.
\nBut you are a chosen generation,<\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:02,800 –> 00:28:06,480
\na royal priesthood, a holy
\nnation, His own special people, <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:06,480 –> 00:28:09,400
\nthat you may proclaim the
\npraises of him who called you <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:09,400 –> 00:28:12,800
\nout of darkness into his
\nmarvellous light, who once were <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:12,800 –> 00:28:16,880
\nnot a people, but now we’re the
\npeople of God who had not <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:16,880 –> 00:28:20,520
\nobtained mercy, but now have
\nobtained mercy. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:23,600 –> 00:28:32,600
\nSo Gabriel says to Mary, the
\nLord is with you, brothers and <\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:32,600 –> 00:28:34,080
\nsisters.
\nWhere’s the only other time in <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:34,080 –> 00:28:38,320
\nscripture where an Angel appears
\nand says the Lord is with you? <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:45,680 –> 00:28:52,880
\nThere are no wrong answers.
\nOK, well, that’s an interesting <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:52,880 –> 00:28:54,680
\none.
\nI I thought of this example. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:56,640 –> 00:29:02,280
\nGideon the Angel, O Lord,
\nappeared to him and said, the <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:02,280 –> 00:29:06,840
\nLord is with you, you mighty man
\nof kale of valor. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:08,280 –> 00:29:10,920
\nAnd of course, Gideon acted like
\na mighty man of valor, right? <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:10,920 –> 00:29:14,320
\nHe said, let’s go.
\nNo, he didn’t, did he? <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:14,880 –> 00:29:17,240
\nWe’re going to talk about the
\ncomparison between his response <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:17,240 –> 00:29:19,480
\nand Mary’s response later on in
\nthe week. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:22,760 –> 00:29:24,400
\nBut Mary would have thought of
\nthat. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:25,720 –> 00:29:29,120
\nShe would have thought of when’s
\nthe other time this happened, <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:29,120 –> 00:29:31,480
\nthat an Angel appeared and said,
\nthe Lord is with you. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:31,720 –> 00:29:33,600
\nAnd she would have thought, this
\nis big. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:34,040 –> 00:29:36,480
\nThere’s a mission for me.
\nGod wants me to accomplish <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:36,480 –> 00:29:41,520
\nsomething.
\nIt says that Mary was deeply <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:41,520 –> 00:29:46,600
\ntroubled, and that’s a unique
\nword to dieterosso di is an <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:46,600 –> 00:29:48,560
\nintensive.
\nTerosso is troubled. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:48,800 –> 00:29:53,680
\nIt’s literally all shaken up.
\nMary was deeply troubled by the <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:53,680 –> 00:29:58,080
\nangels message and she wondered
\nwhat his words meant. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:59,320 –> 00:30:01,880
\nMary is a thinker.
\nShe’s a wanderer. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:02,560 –> 00:30:06,120
\nShe’s all about making sense
\nthrough God’s word. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:06,200 –> 00:30:08,640
\nWhat is happening to me?
\nWhy is it happening? <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:08,640 –> 00:30:12,080
\nHow can I glorify God and what I
\nthink and what I say and what I <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:12,080 –> 00:30:16,760
\ndo?
\nAnd this word dialogue Googles <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:16,800 –> 00:30:19,320
\nmy it literally means to throw
\nthings together. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:19,320 –> 00:30:21,080
\nIt’s where we get our word
\ndialogue from. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:22,200 –> 00:30:25,120
\nAnd it’s in the imperfect tense,
\nwhich means that it’s being <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:25,120 –> 00:30:27,840
\nrepeated over and over again.
\nIt’s talking about a habit of <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:27,840 –> 00:30:31,960
\nmind that Mary had.
\nShe wondered. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:32,240 –> 00:30:34,960
\nShe wondered how God’s word
\nconnected to her. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:37,280 –> 00:30:41,440
\nAnd what an example for us
\nbrothers and sisters, that when <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:41,440 –> 00:30:51,360
\nwe’re all shaken up, when we’re
\nafraid, we wonder, we connect. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:51,680 –> 00:30:54,320
\nWe have a habit of mind of
\nconnecting to Scripture what <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:54,320 –> 00:30:58,880
\nwe’re experiencing.
\nYou know, Mary’s example exhorts<\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:58,880 –> 00:31:02,200
\nus to connect our experiences to
\nour beliefs. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:03,560 –> 00:31:05,920
\nAnd remember, that’s one of the
\nthings that Elizabeth says to <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:05,920 –> 00:31:09,000
\nher right away.
\nShe says God blessed you because<\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:09,000 –> 00:31:12,560
\nyou believed.
\nYou believed what was promised. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:15,120 –> 00:31:19,960
\nMary’s belief was unshakable.
\nAnd I’m going to suggest that <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:19,960 –> 00:31:24,480
\nthat Mary found one passage in
\nparticular a source of refuge. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:25,760 –> 00:31:29,080
\nI think that the Lord is with
\nyou, made her think not just of <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:29,080 –> 00:31:36,800
\nGideon, but of the passage in
\nIsaiah starting in chapter 41. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:37,960 –> 00:31:42,880
\nBut you, Israel, are my servant
\nJacob, whom I have chosen, the <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:42,880 –> 00:31:45,040
\ndescendants of Abraham, my
\nfriend. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:46,040 –> 00:31:50,040
\nYou are my servant.
\nI have chosen you, and I have <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:50,040 –> 00:31:51,920
\nnot cast you away.
\nFear not. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:53,160 –> 00:31:55,120
\nSo that’s what the Angel says,
\nright? <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:55,120 –> 00:31:58,800
\nDon’t be afraid, Mary.
\nFear not, for I am with you. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:00,000 –> 00:32:01,920
\nBe not dismayed, for I am your
\nGod. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:01,920 –> 00:32:04,040
\nI will strengthen you.
\nYes, I will help you. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:04,320 –> 00:32:10,760
\nI will uphold you with my
\nrighteous right hand, Brothers <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:10,760 –> 00:32:16,160
\nand sisters and friends, when
\nwe, like Mary, have the habit of<\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:16,160 –> 00:32:20,240
\nmind, where we integrate
\nscripture into our minds and our<\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:20,240 –> 00:32:24,880
\nbeing.
\nWhen we have hidden God’s Word <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:24,880 –> 00:32:30,120
\nin our heart that we might not
\nsin against Him, it allows us to<\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:30,120 –> 00:32:32,520
\nwork through trials in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:32,560 –> 00:32:36,600
\nIt reminds us that God is much
\nabove our trials. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:38,840 –> 00:32:41,440
\nBrothers and sisters, the last
\nyear or so has been kind of a <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:41,440 –> 00:32:44,960
\nchallenge for me.
\nHad a couple significant things <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:44,960 –> 00:32:47,840
\ncome up that I found quite
\nchallenging. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:47,840 –> 00:32:52,600
\nAnd I don’t know if you do this,
\nbut, but in times like this, I, <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:52,600 –> 00:32:56,600
\nI, I latch onto a Bible verse
\nlatch on. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:00,480 –> 00:33:02,640
\nAnd the one that I latched onto
\nwas this. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:03,400 –> 00:33:05,520
\nAnd I love the the mounts
\ntranslation. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:08,040 –> 00:33:14,400
\nAnd remember, I am with you all
\nof the days until the end of the<\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:14,400 –> 00:33:21,160
\nage.
\nIn the last year, I probably <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:21,160 –> 00:33:25,760
\nsaid that 30 times a day.
\nAnd maybe you’ve had this <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:25,760 –> 00:33:28,960
\nexperience, brothers and
\nsisters, where these Bible <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:28,960 –> 00:33:37,720
\nverses that you have, they start
\nas Shields that protect you from<\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:37,720 –> 00:33:45,440
\nyour trials, and then they
\nbecome a sword to help you fight<\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:46,280 –> 00:33:50,440
\nand recognize that all things
\nwork together for good to them, <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:50,440 –> 00:33:53,480
\nthat love God and are called
\naccording to his purpose. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:56,720 –> 00:34:00,440
\nMary had that same kind of
\nbiblical habit and she latched <\/p>\n
495
\n00:34:00,440 –> 00:34:05,640
\non to Scripture.
\nSo the content of Gabriel’s <\/p>\n
496
\n00:34:05,640 –> 00:34:08,440
\nmessage doesn’t surprise Mary,
\nbut the timing does. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:34:09,120 –> 00:34:12,800
\nSo Mary doesn’t ask why me.
\nShe doesn’t ask who are you? <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:12,800 –> 00:34:14,719
\nShe doesn’t say get out of my
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:18,800 –> 00:34:22,080
\nShe doesn’t doubt God’s power to
\naccomplish His purpose, unlike <\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:22,080 –> 00:34:26,080
\nGideon and Zacharias.
\nAnd of course Luke 1 is all <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:26,080 –> 00:34:30,040
\nabout comparing and contrasting
\nZacharias response to Mary’s <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:30,040 –> 00:34:34,520
\nright.
\nMary has only one question. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:35,000 –> 00:34:38,800
\nHow will this be since I have no
\nsexual relationship with a man? <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:40,239 –> 00:34:44,679
\nSo why doesn’t Mary make the
\nlogical conclusion that this <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:44,679 –> 00:34:50,560
\nwill happen when she is married
\nto Joseph, also of the House of <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:50,560 –> 00:34:53,239
\nDavid?
\nSo Mary doesn’t seem to think <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:53,239 –> 00:34:55,880
\nthat Gabriel is telling her that
\nthe conception will naturally <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:55,880 –> 00:35:00,400
\nhappen after she consummated her
\nmarriage to Joseph, who was <\/p>\n
509
\n00:35:00,480 –> 00:35:03,120
\nrepeatedly called the son of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:35:04,240 –> 00:35:08,720
\nSo I think that Mary was
\nprocessing all this and I think <\/p>\n
511
\n00:35:08,720 –> 00:35:12,360
\nshe connected Isaiah 7 to her
\ncircumstances. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:13,840 –> 00:35:16,960
\nWhen Gabriel said behold, you
\nwill conceive in your womb and <\/p>\n
513
\n00:35:16,960 –> 00:35:20,560
\nbring forth a son and should
\ncall his name Jesus, I think her<\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:20,560 –> 00:35:25,840
\nmind went to behold in Isaiah 7
\nthe virgin shall conceive and <\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:25,840 –> 00:35:29,000
\nbear a son.
\nAnd I think yet another <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:29,000 –> 00:35:32,160
\nconnection she would have made
\nwith the Lord is with you is to <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:32,160 –> 00:35:35,640
\nIsaiah 714 and you should call
\nhis name Emmanuel. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:36,360 –> 00:35:39,720
\nI think that that’s the only
\nexplanation that makes sense, <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:39,720 –> 00:35:42,560
\nthat Mary just didn’t logically
\nassume that would happen <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:42,560 –> 00:35:50,040
\nnaturally through Joseph.
\nSo Gabriel confirms Mary’s <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:50,040 –> 00:35:53,840
\ninsightful inference.
\nHe says the Holy Spirit will <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:53,840 –> 00:35:57,200
\ncome upon you and the power of
\nthe highest will over shadow <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:57,200 –> 00:36:00,240
\nyou.
\nTherefore, also that Holy One <\/p>\n
524
\n00:36:00,560 –> 00:36:03,280
\nwho is to be born will be called
\nthe Son of God. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:36:04,840 –> 00:36:08,040
\nSo basically he’s saying, yes,
\nyou will conceive before the <\/p>\n
526
\n00:36:08,040 –> 00:36:11,880
\nsecond cup of the wedding
\nceremony and that fact will <\/p>\n
527
\n00:36:11,880 –> 00:36:18,440
\nchange your life’s path.
\nThe ceremony that you thought <\/p>\n
528
\n00:36:18,440 –> 00:36:21,400
\nyou were going to have is going
\nto be different. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:23,600 –> 00:36:27,600
\nMary understands that her prayer
\nis answered, her most fervent <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:27,600 –> 00:36:31,560
\nprayer is answered, and her life
\nwill be different. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:34,320 –> 00:36:38,440
\nThere’s no record of a wedding
\nceremony for Joseph and Mary. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:40,320 –> 00:36:44,360
\nShe was anticipating a joyous 1,
\nand I think that’s one of the <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:44,360 –> 00:36:46,840
\nreasons why she stepped up in
\nJohn 2 and we’ll talk about that<\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:46,840 –> 00:36:51,840
\nlater, God willing, this week.
\nShe appreciated how important <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:51,840 –> 00:36:56,440
\nthese ceremonies were.
\nShe was looking forward so much <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:56,440 –> 00:37:00,120
\nto being married to this just
\nand kind man, Joseph. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:37:01,640 –> 00:37:05,720
\nAnd instead she realized that
\nshe ran the risk of being stoned<\/p>\n
538
\n00:37:05,720 –> 00:37:11,360
\nto death and almost divorced.
\nThat was a possibility that she <\/p>\n
539
\n00:37:11,360 –> 00:37:15,440
\nwould have thought of clearly
\nbecause she’s human. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:37:15,440 –> 00:37:17,960
\nShe would have been wanted to be
\nrespected as a virtuous woman <\/p>\n
541
\n00:37:18,680 –> 00:37:24,680
\nand instead she had a reputation
\nmaliciously spread gossip of her<\/p>\n
542
\n00:37:24,680 –> 00:37:26,560
\nas a sinful woman.
\nAnd we know that that comes up <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:26,560 –> 00:37:29,960
\nin John 8, right?
\nWe are not born of fornication <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:32,000 –> 00:37:33,880
\nand brothers and sisters.
\nIt’s so sad that that’s <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:33,880 –> 00:37:36,960
\nmalicious slander that’s that’s
\npreserved to this day and some <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:36,960 –> 00:37:42,960
\nwritings.
\nMary knew that her life would be<\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:42,960 –> 00:37:45,800
\ndifferent.
\nHer life would be challenging in<\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:45,800 –> 00:37:47,400
\nways that she hadn’t
\nanticipated. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:48,880 –> 00:37:53,320
\nAnd her prayer was answered and
\nshe recognized that the answer, <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:53,320 –> 00:37:56,600
\nthat prayer meant trials that
\nshe hadn’t anticipated. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:57,760 –> 00:37:59,440
\nAnd how does she respond to
\nthat? <\/p>\n
552
\n00:38:01,800 –> 00:38:05,760
\nShe says, behold, the
\nmaidservant of the Lord, let it <\/p>\n
553
\n00:38:05,760 –> 00:38:07,720
\nhappen to me according to your
\nword. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:38:09,440 –> 00:38:12,760
\nEdwards 3 writes that Mary
\ndescribes herself as someone who<\/p>\n
555
\n00:38:12,760 –> 00:38:14,920
\nhas completely surrendered her
\nfreedom. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:38:15,600 –> 00:38:19,360
\nThe Greek word, here translated
\nas handmade doula, actually <\/p>\n
557
\n00:38:19,360 –> 00:38:23,280
\nrefers to a servant or slave,
\nsomeone who is completely at the<\/p>\n
558
\n00:38:23,280 –> 00:38:26,720
\ndisposal of another.
\nIn fact, Philips translates this<\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:26,720 –> 00:38:31,000
\nas I belong to the Lord, body
\nand soul. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:33,760 –> 00:38:40,520
\nSee, Mary’s identity is founded
\non those who went before her, <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:41,160 –> 00:38:44,440
\nthose who call themselves
\nhandmade in the same <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:44,440 –> 00:38:56,520
\ncircumstance, like Ruth and like
\nHannah and like Bathsheba. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:59,160 –> 00:39:04,880
\nSo Mary’s example is powerful
\nand it’s something that was kind<\/p>\n
564
\n00:39:04,880 –> 00:39:08,480
\nof a foreshadowing of something
\nthat Jesus would fulfil in a <\/p>\n
565
\n00:39:08,480 –> 00:39:15,280
\nmuch more comprehensive and
\nperfect way in the garden. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:39:17,280 –> 00:39:21,120
\nLuke 22 we read and he was
\nwithdrawn from them about a <\/p>\n
567
\n00:39:21,120 –> 00:39:23,400
\nstone’s throw.
\nAnd he knelt down and prayed, <\/p>\n
568
\n00:39:23,400 –> 00:39:27,040
\nsaying, Father, if it is your
\nwill, take this cup from me. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:39:27,360 –> 00:39:30,640
\nNevertheless, not my will, but
\nyours be done. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:39:34,040 –> 00:39:36,720
\nWhen Mary says, behold the
\nhandmaid of the Lord, she’s <\/p>\n
571
\n00:39:36,720 –> 00:39:38,560
\nsaying, I give my will over to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:38,560 –> 00:39:42,040
\nGod, make it happen as you
\nchoose. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:46,040 –> 00:39:49,120
\nAnd the Psalms preserved for us.
\nThat connection that Mary’s <\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:49,120 –> 00:39:51,880
\nidentity is reflected in her
\nson. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:51,880 –> 00:39:56,880
\nHer son did it perfectly.
\nWe read in Psalm 86, Oh, turn to<\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:56,880 –> 00:40:00,080
\nme and have mercy on me.
\nGive your strength to your <\/p>\n
577
\n00:40:00,080 –> 00:40:04,240
\nservant and save the son of your
\nmaidservant. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:40:06,840 –> 00:40:10,200
\nAnd then in Psalm 116, one of
\nthe Hellel songs, one of the <\/p>\n
579
\n00:40:10,200 –> 00:40:14,560
\nthings that Jesus would have
\nsung before he went out into the<\/p>\n
580
\n00:40:14,560 –> 00:40:19,520
\ngarden on the night when it was
\nbetrayed, we read, O Lord, <\/p>\n
581
\n00:40:19,520 –> 00:40:23,640
\ntruly, I am your servant.
\nI am your servant, the son of <\/p>\n
582
\n00:40:23,640 –> 00:40:34,100
\nyour maidservant.
\nYou have loosed my bonds, so <\/p>\n
583
\n00:40:34,340 –> 00:40:38,700
\nlet’s end where we began.
\nWho does Mary think she is? <\/p>\n
584
\n00:40:40,180 –> 00:40:44,340
\nMary knows who she is.
\nBehold, the slave of the Lord <\/p>\n
585
\n00:40:44,340 –> 00:40:46,300
\nmay be done to me according to
\nyour word. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:40:47,780 –> 00:40:50,860
\nSo let’s follow Mary’s example,
\nbrothers and sisters, and with <\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:50,860 –> 00:40:55,180
\nour thoughts and our words and
\nour actions, declare that we <\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:55,180 –> 00:40:59,680
\nbelong, body and soul, to the
\nGod of Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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