Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 364.<\/p>\n
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\nthe 4th session of the day which
\nhe entitles. <\/p>\n
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\nI had rather be a doorkeeper in
\nthe House of my God brother <\/p>\n
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\nBrian.
\nThanks, brother Ron, I’d like us<\/p>\n
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\nto come back to an earlier
\nchapter in Chronicles, the first<\/p>\n
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\nof Chronicles Chapter 6.
\nNow as you know, there were <\/p>\n
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\nthree main branches of the
\nLevites and verse one tells us <\/p>\n
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\ntheir names, the sons of Levi,
\nthe Gershon, Kohath and Murari. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this chapter is about the
\nthe sons of Levi and their <\/p>\n
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\ndivisions and the line of the
\npriests and the line of the <\/p>\n
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\nsingers.
\nIt’s an interesting chapter in <\/p>\n
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\nthat regard.
\nSo we have the three branches of<\/p>\n
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\nthem in verse one, and then it
\ngives to us of the sons of <\/p>\n
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\nKohath, and in verse 4 it gives
\nus the lineage of the <\/p>\n
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\npriesthood.
\nEliezer was a son of Aaron and <\/p>\n
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\nhis son was Phineas.
\nAnd so down the line it goes <\/p>\n
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\nright through to verse 14 and
\nverse 15, Azariah begat Seraiah <\/p>\n
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\nand Seraiagat Jehozadak, and so
\non, under the time of <\/p>\n
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\nNebuchadnezzar and his invasion.
\nSo that’s the line of the <\/p>\n
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\npriesthood.
\nThen in verses 16 to 30, because<\/p>\n
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\nthe priests were of the greatest
\nand most important office, it <\/p>\n
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\nthen gives to us the line of the
\nprincipal person in each of the <\/p>\n
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\nthree divisions of Levi.
\nSo it repeats in verse 16, the <\/p>\n
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\nsons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath,
\nand Murari. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the lineage of Gershon is
\ngiven in verses 20 to 21, And <\/p>\n
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\nthe lineage of Kohath is given
\nin verses 22 through to verse <\/p>\n
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\n28.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then still following the
\nprincipal person in each of <\/p>\n
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\nthose 3 divisions, we have the
\nsons of Murari in verse 29, and <\/p>\n
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\nthat goes through to the end of
\nverse 30. <\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s the three main
\nbranches of the Levites, the <\/p>\n
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\npriest to take it to one side,
\nand then we’re given the line of<\/p>\n
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\nthe principles of those three
\nmain divisions of the Levites. <\/p>\n
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\nThen it says in verse 31, these
\nare they whom David said over <\/p>\n
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\nthe service of song in the House
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAfter that the ark had rest.
\nSo from verses 31 to 48 we have <\/p>\n
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\nthe genealogy of the three
\nprincipal singers. <\/p>\n
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\nI wonder if in our ecclesial
\nlife we would attribute that <\/p>\n
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\nkind of importance to singing
\nand praise and song. <\/p>\n
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\nI wonder.
\nI just suggest that the <\/p>\n
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\nloveliest thing that you can do
\nin ecclesial life is to combine <\/p>\n
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\nyour study of the word, which
\ninspires the heart, with <\/p>\n
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\nexpressions of song and praise,
\nwhich involve the heart and the <\/p>\n
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\nfeelings of our community.
\nI think they’ve been some of the<\/p>\n
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\nmost happy times in our
\necclesial life where there’s <\/p>\n
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\nbeen a nice connection of those
\ntwo things. <\/p>\n
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\nSo often it’s easy to have a
\nbrother get the first one, but <\/p>\n
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\nthe second one involves us all,
\nand perhaps we we don’t find it <\/p>\n
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\nso easy time being like it is
\nsometimes to get the practices <\/p>\n
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\nin place and to be able to enjoy
\na multitude of people expressing<\/p>\n
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\nthemselves and joy to God.
\nI mean, it’s like in Bible <\/p>\n
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\nschool when somebody turns up
\nwith a piece of music and within<\/p>\n
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\nabout four days we get it all
\ntogether, don’t we? <\/p>\n
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\nYou never know how it was done,
\neven to the second last <\/p>\n
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\npractice.
\nSure it will never work, but you<\/p>\n
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\nknow, there it is.
\nThe nights put on it works and <\/p>\n
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\nit’s always a very, very
\nwonderful and happy night. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s done really in Bible
\nschools around the world. <\/p>\n
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\nSame things done at Rathmines.
\nEverybody rise and nobody has <\/p>\n
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\nany idea what music we’re going
\nto be singing. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet by I think it’s Thursday
\nnight also that there’s an <\/p>\n
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\nevening put on and you’d think,
\nyou know, they’ve been working <\/p>\n
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\non it for weeks.
\nSo that’s something to remember <\/p>\n
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\nin ecclesial life.
\nIf you’re going to have an <\/p>\n
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\neffort and bring joy into
\nmeeting and the understanding of<\/p>\n
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\nthe word of God.
\nSee if we can combine that with <\/p>\n
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\nsomething that involves more
\npeople, more hearts open, more <\/p>\n
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\ngiving expression to God,
\nsinging and making melody in <\/p>\n
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\ntheir hearts so that the
\necclesial whole is filled with, <\/p>\n
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\nwith people with exultant
\nthoughts and, and expressions in<\/p>\n
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\ntheir mind.
\nAnd you know, David was great <\/p>\n
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\nenough to always see that.
\nOne of the things that comes <\/p>\n
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\ndown through history about David
\nis that isn’t he, wasn’t he an <\/p>\n
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\namazing man, a man of so many
\nparts. <\/p>\n
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\nHe could write, he could fight,
\nhe could bring together, he <\/p>\n
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\ncould revive, he could inspire,
\nhe could write Psalms, he could <\/p>\n
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\nfind the music, made instruments
\norganized. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat an incredible man he was.
\nMan of all parts, an absolutely <\/p>\n
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\namazing man of God.
\nWell after the and and these are<\/p>\n
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\nthey whom David said oh you see
\nin verse 31 when the ark had <\/p>\n
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\nrest they ministered before the
\ndwelling place the Tabernacle. <\/p>\n
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\nThe congregation with singing
\ndidn’t wait until the temple <\/p>\n
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\nnote this got underway before
\nthe temple when there’s just a <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle there Tabernacle of
\nDavid that he had set up. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was just a tense structure
\ndidn’t have any mercy seat and <\/p>\n
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\nCaribbean they they had yet to
\ncome with with the art. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen the art was brought in, he
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\nTabernacle for them and never
\neither had the other furniture <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle of David. <\/p>\n
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\nThe art came in and then these
\nthings began to happen. <\/p>\n
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\nHe didn’t wait until the
\nbuilding of the temple he got <\/p>\n
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\nunderway when as soon as that
\nark had arrived, he then <\/p>\n
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\ninstituted these things.
\nThey ministered before the <\/p>\n
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\ndwelling place of the Tabernacle
\nof the congregation with singing<\/p>\n
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\nuntil Solomon had built the
\nHouse of Yahweh in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then they waited on their
\noffice according to their order.<\/p>\n
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\nNow we’re beginning to already
\nunderstand that, aren’t they? <\/p>\n
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\nWe we saw that in those other <\/p>\n
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\nIt was an order established <\/p>\n
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\nunder David by the writing of
\nthe spirit upon his hand. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then that went down for
\nhundreds of years. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right.
\nDid you notice this is all about<\/p>\n
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\nthe Levites?
\nPretty important people, these <\/p>\n
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\nsingers, weren’t they?
\nWe’ve only just been told who <\/p>\n
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\nwere the principal people down
\nthe line of the three main <\/p>\n
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\nbranches.
\nThe next people we’re told about<\/p>\n
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\nare the principal singers.
\nI don’t know that we attribute <\/p>\n
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\nthat office in our ecclesial <\/p>\n
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\nlife.
\nSo there’s something to take <\/p>\n
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\nback home, isn’t it?
\nAnd here we go, verse 33, three <\/p>\n
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\nbranches of the Levites.
\nWell, there was a principle from<\/p>\n
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\neach.
\nAnd these are they that waited <\/p>\n
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\nwith their children.
\nThat’s an interesting thing. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to see how that
\ndevelops with their children of <\/p>\n
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\nthe sons of the Koothites.
\nHe man a singer now he we he’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe one that had fourteen sons
\nthat we read about in the first <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 25.
\nAnd you’ll see there’s a little <\/p>\n
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\nreference there across in the
\nmargin. <\/p>\n
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\nHe meant a singer.
\nNow he was in the Kohathites, <\/p>\n
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\nGershon Kohath and Murari.
\nSo he comes down that line and <\/p>\n
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\nif you look back just a couple
\nof names, you’ll see it says the<\/p>\n
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\nson of Joel who had a boy called
\nJoel Samuel, somebody said, and <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s where it says in the next
\nlittle statement, the son of <\/p>\n
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\nShemuel.
\nAnd that should be Samuel and he<\/p>\n
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\nwas the son of Elkanah.
\nAnd that’s what it says in verse<\/p>\n
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\n34.
\nSo that’s our Samuel. <\/p>\n
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\nIsn’t that interesting?
\nSo He Man was the grandson of <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel.
\nThis is a lot more interesting, <\/p>\n
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\nthis record than what we
\nsuspected, isn’t it Samuel El <\/p>\n
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\nKarna and then back the other
\nway to He man. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, where does the lineage go
\nback to verse 37? <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re still going back to cohab
\nand it says the son of Tahath, <\/p>\n
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\nthe son of ASA, the son of Evie
\nAsaph, the son of Korra, the son<\/p>\n
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\nof Isphah, the son of Coat, the
\nson of Levi, the son of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, that’s a very interesting
\ngenealogy, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nIt starts from Kohath to Isha to
\nKorra, and we all know who Korra<\/p>\n
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\nwas, don’t we?
\nKorra, Dathan and a Byron in <\/p>\n
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\nNumbers chapter the 16.
\nThey arose, didn’t they? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd rebelled against the
\nauthority of Moses and an Aaron <\/p>\n
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\nand Cora lost his life.
\nAnd yet he’s a genealogy that <\/p>\n
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\ncontinues on after him and runs
\nright down to Samuel and to his <\/p>\n
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\ngrandson.
\nWho was he man? <\/p>\n
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\nNow that’s an interesting thing
\nbecause Joel didn’t go too well,<\/p>\n
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\ndid he?
\nHe didn’t. <\/p>\n
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\nHe didn’t go too good.
\nThere was two sons of Samuel and<\/p>\n
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\nthey were not as their father.
\nBut nevertheless, Joel had a son<\/p>\n
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\nwhose name was he man, and he
\nbecame a remarkably wonderful <\/p>\n
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\nperson.
\nSo there’s some inspiration too,<\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\nAnd sometimes you see that in <\/p>\n
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\nthe truth, somebody can come
\nback the next generation. <\/p>\n
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\nThey can be quite inspirational
\nin eclosure life, whereas in <\/p>\n
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\nfact their their parent was, you
\nknow, a bit hazy about things <\/p>\n
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\nsometimes.
\nVerse 39 and says and his <\/p>\n
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\nbrother Asaph, who stood on his
\nright hand, even Asaph the son <\/p>\n
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\nof Vera Kai.
\nAnd then the genealogy runs down<\/p>\n
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\nuntil we get to Gershon verse
\n43, who was the son of Levi, <\/p>\n
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\nGershon, Kohath and Murari.
\nSo Asaph is from Gershon and he <\/p>\n
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\nman is from Cohab.
\nWhat about Murari verse 44 And <\/p>\n
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\ntheir brethren the sons of
\nMurari stood on the left hand <\/p>\n
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\nEthan the son of Kishi.
\nAnd he goes right back that says<\/p>\n
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\nto Murari verse 47 the son of
\nLevi. 3 branches of the Levites.<\/p>\n
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\nFrom each branch there were
\nsingers taken and their names <\/p>\n
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\nwere He Man from Kohath verse
\n33, Asaph from Gershon verse 39,<\/p>\n
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\nand Ethan verse 44 from the sons
\nof Marara. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we can see that the singers
\nwere taken from the three main <\/p>\n
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\nbranches of the Levites.
\nThere was a component of each <\/p>\n
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\nand that’s what our chapter has
\noutlined for us. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 31 and 32 illustrate that
\nthey were brought into their <\/p>\n
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\noffice when the ark came in to
\nthe Tabernacle of David. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen the Ark came to rest, then
\nthe singers voiced their their <\/p>\n
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\npraise in continuous rounds of
\nservice in song. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd obviously they were very,
\nvery important as far as Sir <\/p>\n
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\nDavid was concerned.
\nAnd that’s why their names are <\/p>\n
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\ngiven after such a auspicious
\npeople. <\/p>\n
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\nBefore that, if we come back to
\nour chapter in Chronicles, the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst of Chronicles chapter 25,
\nwe note firstly in verse one, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat we noted in the previous
\nstudy, that David was going to <\/p>\n
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\ninduct them into office in the
\ncompany of very auspicious <\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nThere was the King and the <\/p>\n
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\ncaptains of the Host, and it
\nsays that they separated to the <\/p>\n
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\nservice of the sons of Asaph,
\nand of he Man, and of Jedduthan.<\/p>\n
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\nNow we understand that now,
\ndon’t we? <\/p>\n
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\nThe three branches of the
\nLevites all represented, except <\/p>\n
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\nthat where, as he was called
\nEthan in First Chronicles 6, <\/p>\n
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\nhere he is called Jedduthan.
\nWhy then did David bring in <\/p>\n
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\nthese captains of the Host?
\nWhy couldn’t if you bought him <\/p>\n
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\nPrincess or priests or other
\nthings? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, I think there’s a reason
\nfor that, and the reason is seen<\/p>\n
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\nvery beautifully in Second
\nChronicles chapter 20. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat David was saying was that
\nthese men with their instruments<\/p>\n
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\nand their praise to God are
\ngreater than military generals. <\/p>\n
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\n100 years later there is a
\nthreat from Edom and Moab and <\/p>\n
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\nthe children of Ammon against
\nthe Judah in the days of King <\/p>\n
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\nJehoshaphat.
\nThen upon Jahaziel, verse 14, <\/p>\n
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\nthe son of Zechariah, the son of
\nBenaiah. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the Second Chronicles
\n20, verse 14, Upon Jahaziel the <\/p>\n
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\nson of Zechariah, the son of
\nBenaiah, the son of Jehiel the <\/p>\n
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\nson of Mataniah, a Levite of the
\nsons of ASA, came the Spirit of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord in the midst of the
\ncongregation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he said, Hearken ye all
\nJudah, and the inhabitants of <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem, and thou King
\nJehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord<\/p>\n
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\nunto you, Be not afraid nor
\ndismayed by reason of this great<\/p>\n
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\nbattle, for the battle is not
\nyours, but God’s tomorrow. <\/p>\n
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\nGo ye down against them.
\nBehold, they come up by the clip<\/p>\n
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\nof Ziz, and you shall find them
\nat the end of the brook before <\/p>\n
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\nthe wilderness of Jerome.
\nYe shall not need to fight in <\/p>\n
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\nthis battle.
\nSet yourselves, Stand he still, <\/p>\n
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\nand see the salvation of the
\nLord with you, O Judah and <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem.
\nFear not nor be dismayed. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd tomorrow go out against
\nthem, for the Lord will be with <\/p>\n
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\nyou.
\nAnd Jehoshaphat accepted that. <\/p>\n
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\nHe bowed his head with his face
\nto the ground and all due in the<\/p>\n
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\ninhabitants of Jerusalem fell
\nbefore Yahweh worshipping him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Levites of the children
\nof the Koathites and of the <\/p>\n
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\nchildren of the Qorite stood up
\nto praise Yahweh, God of Israel <\/p>\n
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\nwith a loud voice on high.
\nAnd you can understand what’s <\/p>\n
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\nsaying that in verse 19, because
\nthe three branches of the <\/p>\n
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\nLevites were involved in the
\nsinging. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they haven’t lost their ID,
\ntheir, their, their customs and <\/p>\n
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\ntheir, their abilities and their
\nknowledge of the music and of <\/p>\n
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\nthe words and, and how to do it.
\nBecause here, just in this <\/p>\n
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\nsudden instant, when they’re,
\nthey’re brought to this crisis <\/p>\n
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\nin Israel, they know what to do.
\nAnd they’re not, they’re not <\/p>\n
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\nconcerned about the about the
\nenemy. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s one of their number in
\nverse 14 that stood up and said <\/p>\n
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\nto the king, don’t fear, O king,
\nthis matter is of God and God <\/p>\n
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\nwill deliver us.
\nSo when they should be preparing<\/p>\n
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\nfor war and sharpening their
\nknives and getting their Spears <\/p>\n
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\nready, this group is standing up
\nto praise Yahweh, God of Israel,<\/p>\n
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\nwith a loud voice on high.
\nAnd they rose early in the <\/p>\n
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\nmorning and went forth into the
\nwilderness of Tekoa. <\/p>\n
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\nAs they went forth, Jehoshaphat
\nstood and said, Hear me, O <\/p>\n
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\nJudah, and the inhabitants of
\nJerusalem, believe in Yahweh <\/p>\n
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\nyour God.
\nSo shall you be established. <\/p>\n
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\nBelieve his prophet, so shall
\nyou prosper. <\/p>\n
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\nImagine that the armies marching
\nout, the king saying to them <\/p>\n
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\nthese things, who inspired him?
\nThose singers, they were not <\/p>\n
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\nordinary men, were they?
\nThey were leaders in faith that <\/p>\n
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\nhad kept up a practicing culture
\nthrough persistence. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was ingrained into their
\nminds from very young ages in <\/p>\n
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\nsuch a way that they would never
\nlet it go. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that hundreds of years later,
\nthis is 100 years in the days of<\/p>\n
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\nDavid, 100 years down the track,
\nthey knew exactly what to do at <\/p>\n
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\nthe right moment.
\nAnd you think of your own <\/p>\n
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\nchildren or your own
\ngrandchildren or great <\/p>\n
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\ngrandchildren, great
\ngrandchildren and what <\/p>\n
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\nconfidence would you have, my
\ndear Ben sisters, that they <\/p>\n
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\nwould have in their heart the
\nsame strength of belief that you<\/p>\n
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\nhave or that your parents have.
\nSo you’re looking at something <\/p>\n
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\nvery great, very wonderful that
\nthat same strength of feeling is<\/p>\n
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\nin those were at a moment’s
\ncrisis. <\/p>\n
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\nThey went out into the street.
\nSo so to speak, and they led the<\/p>\n
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\narmy.
\nThey did when he had consulted <\/p>\n
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\nwith the people Verse 21, he
\nappointed singers unto Yahweh <\/p>\n
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\nand that should praise the
\nbeauty of holiness as they went <\/p>\n
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\nout before the army and to say
\npraise the Lord for his mercy <\/p>\n
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\nendureth forever.
\nAnd when they began to sing and <\/p>\n
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\nto praise Yahweh said
\nambushments against the children<\/p>\n
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\nof Ammon and when they got
\nthere, there wasn’t a living man<\/p>\n
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\nto contend with them.
\nWhat did it the song Who’s <\/p>\n
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\nGreater, Benaiah or Joab or ASAP
\nJedotham? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he man, it was the note of
\npraise to God that brought God <\/p>\n
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\nonto their side.
\nAnd so those great generals were<\/p>\n
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\nlearning as much as what the the
\nsingers ever learnt and they had<\/p>\n
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\nto come and see the importance
\nof the induction of that office.<\/p>\n
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\nI can imagine them standing
\nthere with all their generals <\/p>\n
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\nuniforms and thinking, you know,
\nthis is kid stuff. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat am I being brought into
\nthis for? <\/p>\n
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\nBut David was teaching them and
\nall the nation that there’s more<\/p>\n
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\nstrength in the voice of Solomon
\nprize than there is in the <\/p>\n
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\ntraining of military might.
\nWhat amazing man David was. <\/p>\n
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\nYou look at all in verse one.
\nWhat a unexpected bringing <\/p>\n
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\ntogether of facts David and the
\ncaptains of the hosts separated <\/p>\n
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\nto the service of the sons of
\nAsaph. <\/p>\n
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\nHe managed to do then who should
\nprophecy with harps. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s different, what’s the
\nmore contrasting than a man of <\/p>\n
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\nmilitary might and a harp.
\nBut that’s what David had come <\/p>\n
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\nto learn that the songs of God
\nand the praise of God brought <\/p>\n
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\nthe great God of heaven on your
\nside, and it was stronger than <\/p>\n
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\nsteel.
\nAnd so these men are are <\/p>\n
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\nenumerated for us that said that
\nthey prophesied with harps, with<\/p>\n
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\nsultries and with symbols and
\nthe number of the workmen <\/p>\n
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\naccording to their service was
\nit tells us in fact, of the sons<\/p>\n
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\nthat each one had Asaph is
\nmentioned first in verse 2. <\/p>\n
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\nHe becomes the principal of
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nThen it mentions Judithan in
\nverse 6, in verse 3 and he had <\/p>\n
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\nsix sons.
\nAnd then it mentions he man in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 4 and he had fourteen
\nsons. <\/p>\n
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\nAdd that up 64 and 14.
\nYes, it makes 24 again, doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nit?
\nSo from each one of these <\/p>\n
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\nprincipal families of the
\nsingers, there are key boys that<\/p>\n
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\nare chosen 4IN Asaphs, 6
\nintroduces and 14 in he man’s. <\/p>\n
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\nThey are chosen to be these
\nthese leaders of song. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, it really is an
\nincredibly interesting record, <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\nIt says that they were under the<\/p>\n
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\nhands, verse 2 of Asaph.
\nAnd then it says who prophesied <\/p>\n
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\naccording to the order of the
\nKing. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the AV is just hiding
\nsomething there a little, <\/p>\n
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\nbecause under the hands is the
\nsame expression as according to <\/p>\n
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\nthe order.
\nSo what that’s really saying is <\/p>\n
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\nthat there was their Father’s
\nhands upon them. <\/p>\n
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\nMy son, this is how you’re going
\nto do it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd upon his hands, with the
\nhands of the king, so to speak. <\/p>\n
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\nSo who was the the prime
\ninitiator and conceiver of the <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:49,280 –> 00:21:51,320
\nconcept?
\nIt was David, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd ASA, he man and Jedduth were
\ngoing to do exactly as the king <\/p>\n
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\nsaid, and their boys were going
\nto do exactly what Dad said. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a miracle, isn’t it?
\nNow, isn’t that an amazing <\/p>\n
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\nthing, my dear?
\nBut I, I do find this, this <\/p>\n
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\nwhole study just just absolutely
\namazing. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there were 24 boys.
\nAnd in verses 9 to 31, there <\/p>\n
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\nwere 24 courses.
\nAnd this, let’s pick up the idea<\/p>\n
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\nand we’ll come back to some of
\nthose words and pull out some of<\/p>\n
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\nthe beautiful things.
\nBut to see in verse 8, it says <\/p>\n
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\nthey cast lots ward against
\nward, course against course, as <\/p>\n
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\nwell as small as the great, the
\nteacher as the scholar. <\/p>\n
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\nThey weren’t all as skilful as
\neach other. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the first lot came forth for
\nAsaph to Joseph. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you swing across to
\nAsaph’s names in verse 2, you’ll<\/p>\n
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\nsee that his second boy was
\ncalled Joseph. <\/p>\n
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\nC Got that Joseph mentioned in
\nverse nine. <\/p>\n
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\nThe first lot came for him and
\nhe was the second son of Asaph. <\/p>\n
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\nNow the second lot came to get a
\nline. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you look across the game
\nto verse 3, you’ll see that get <\/p>\n
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\na lie is the first mention of
\nJaduthan’s sons. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, So it follows that
\npattern right through. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we have from verse 9 to 31,
\nwe have 24 of these boys, and <\/p>\n
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\nwith each of them there were 12.
\nSo they’ve got 3 principals. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve got their 24 sons, and
\neach one of those 24 has got 12 <\/p>\n
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\nassociated with him. 12 * 24 is
\n288. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:56,480 –> 00:24:03,800
\nSo we have a male choir of 288
\nboys, skilful with instruments <\/p>\n
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\nunder the hands of their fathers
\nand the King’s hands is <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:10,000 –> 00:24:14,200
\nauthority upon them.
\nNow doesn’t that tell you <\/p>\n
334
\n00:24:14,200 –> 00:24:18,960
\nsomething about David?
\nAgain, it really shows some <\/p>\n
335
\n00:24:19,080 –> 00:24:20,520
\ngreat things in these things,
\nright? <\/p>\n
336
\n00:24:20,520 –> 00:24:23,600
\nEven says, you know, when you’ve
\ngot something coming up in <\/p>\n
337
\n00:24:23,600 –> 00:24:27,160
\necclesial life and you’re and
\nyou’re busy, the event can come <\/p>\n
338
\n00:24:27,160 –> 00:24:29,880
\nand go and think, oh, I really
\nnever got into that. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:24:30,200 –> 00:24:32,560
\nI know there must be many people
\nthat feel that way. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:24:32,880 –> 00:24:35,160
\nI never never really got
\ninvolved in that. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:35,400 –> 00:24:37,840
\nAnd you know, we could have done
\nso much more. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:38,480 –> 00:24:40,880
\nWe could have turned that
\noccasion into a really wonderful<\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:40,880 –> 00:24:42,400
\nthings.
\nWe had to learn this and you <\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:42,400 –> 00:24:44,160
\nknow, they’d have worked in with
\nthat. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:45,000 –> 00:24:46,880
\nAnd if we had have gone on to do
\nit this way. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:46,920 –> 00:24:49,280
\nOh, wouldn’t that have been
\nmarvellous if we if we’d seen <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:49,280 –> 00:24:53,040
\nthe whole picture and developed
\nit all had those feelings many <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:53,040 –> 00:24:55,680
\ntimes.
\nAll the event came and it went <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:55,680 –> 00:24:57,600
\nwas OK, but it could have been
\nspecial. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:58,200 –> 00:25:00,960
\nYou know, David was the type of
\nperson who wouldn’t let it just <\/p>\n
351
\n00:25:00,960 –> 00:25:04,840
\nbe ordinary.
\nIt would be special because he <\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:04,840 –> 00:25:07,560
\ncame right down from his throne
\nand all the things he had to <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:07,600 –> 00:25:12,440
\nworry about and his ill health
\nand and 38,000 Levites and and a<\/p>\n
354
\n00:25:12,440 –> 00:25:14,200
\nKingdom that didn’t want him or
\nhalf of them didn’t. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:25:14,200 –> 00:25:19,680
\nAnd so on training his son David
\nJonathan Solomon to take over <\/p>\n
356
\n00:25:19,880 –> 00:25:24,120
\nall of those issues that he had.
\nHe came down from all of that <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:24,680 –> 00:25:27,320
\nand he saw that they were making
\nthe instruments the exact way <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:27,320 –> 00:25:30,920
\nthat he had said they should.
\nIn fact, the designer, what does<\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:30,920 –> 00:25:32,320
\nhe know about designing of
\ninstruments? <\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:32,320 –> 00:25:34,800
\nCould you make a an instrument?
\nWell, David did. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:35,600 –> 00:25:40,480
\nThe king, the shepherd boy, the
\nwarrior, the psalmist, the <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:40,480 –> 00:25:44,040
\nwriter, the inspiring
\nadministrator. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:44,160 –> 00:25:48,000
\nHe could also design instruments
\nand make sure that they were <\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:48,000 –> 00:25:52,280
\nmade according to that patent.
\nOh, what an amazing man, truly a<\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:52,280 –> 00:25:55,520
\ngreat man.
\nAnd these boys then had to learn<\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:55,520 –> 00:25:58,520
\nfrom their father exactly how
\nthey should play those parts, <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:59,160 –> 00:26:01,800
\nwhat things should be said on
\nthis particular day, and what <\/p>\n
368
\n00:26:01,800 –> 00:26:04,520
\nPsalm should be said on that
\nparticular day, and how they <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:04,520 –> 00:26:06,800
\nshould sing it.
\nAnd the parts, no doubt that <\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:06,800 –> 00:26:10,720
\nthey would hang.
\nWhat an inspiration. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:26:10,880 –> 00:26:13,840
\nArranging brethren, others that
\nare associated with ecclesial <\/p>\n
372
\n00:26:13,840 –> 00:26:17,400
\nadministration.
\nDo not say I’m too busy, I’ll <\/p>\n
373
\n00:26:17,400 –> 00:26:20,720
\njust let the thing pass, but say
\nI’ve got to make my, my <\/p>\n
374
\n00:26:20,720 –> 00:26:24,600
\ncontribution if I possibly can
\nto this, this occasion that’s <\/p>\n
375
\n00:26:24,600 –> 00:26:26,200
\ncoming up.
\nBecause when it comes up, it <\/p>\n
376
\n00:26:26,200 –> 00:26:30,720
\nmust be special because it’s to
\nGod, not just another thing <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:30,720 –> 00:26:34,040
\nticked off the eclosure program,
\nbut something special that’s <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:34,040 –> 00:26:37,880
\ngoing to involve everybody and
\nlift up the hearts unto Yahweh. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:38,840 –> 00:26:42,280
\nWell, that’s what he was like.
\nAnd because you see, God had <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:42,280 –> 00:26:45,240
\nseen in the, in the, in this,
\nthat there’s going to be 24 <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:45,400 –> 00:26:48,280
\nelders in the future, which are
\ngoing to be typical of Jew and <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:48,280 –> 00:26:51,880
\nGentile of the Saints.
\nThere’ll be king, priests and <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:51,880 –> 00:26:54,000
\nsingers.
\nRevelation 5. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:54,040 –> 00:26:56,840
\nThey lifted up their voice.
\nThey just made us kings and <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:56,840 –> 00:26:58,880
\npriests.
\nThey’re singers too, aren’t <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:58,880 –> 00:27:01,720
\nthey?
\nAnd there’s Jew and Gentiles, so<\/p>\n
387
\n00:27:01,720 –> 00:27:03,640
\nthere’s 12 of each for both
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:27:04,280 –> 00:27:07,400
\nAnd there’s thousands of them.
\nNot 288, but there’s thousands <\/p>\n
389
\n00:27:07,400 –> 00:27:10,080
\nupon thousands.
\nBut because that’s the pattern <\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:10,080 –> 00:27:14,160
\nof the future, therefore there
\nwas 2 * 12 back here. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:15,480 –> 00:27:17,680
\nAnd they were gathered out of
\nall of these families because <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:17,680 –> 00:27:20,000
\nGod had that pattern in mind.
\nAnd a beautiful thing. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:20,560 –> 00:27:23,600
\nThe Bible is a wonderful book.
\nNothing else like it is <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:24,160 –> 00:27:28,520
\nabsolutely nothing else like it.
\nSo these boys are going to give <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:28,880 –> 00:27:32,720
\nin the lowly circumstances of
\nIsrael 3000 years ago. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:33,000 –> 00:27:34,960
\nThey’re going to give a pattern
\nof things that are going to <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:34,960 –> 00:27:37,880
\nexpand out until they’ll be seen
\nin all their beauty in the <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:37,880 –> 00:27:41,000
\nKingdom of God.
\nLet’s come back to ASAP. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:41,000 –> 00:27:47,240
\nThen it says that he prophesied.
\nThis one had said if they <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:47,240 –> 00:27:52,200
\nprophecy with harps, he was
\ndefinitely the leading <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:52,200 –> 00:27:57,920
\nindividual. 12 psalms were
\nwritten by this this Asaph a <\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:57,920 –> 00:28:01,040
\nwonderful man indeed, and
\nprobably he was the chief <\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:01,040 –> 00:28:04,880
\nmusician almost certainly that
\nyou have referred to in the <\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:04,880 –> 00:28:09,040
\nPsalms.
\nIt says Jaduthan prophesied with<\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:09,080 –> 00:28:11,160
\nharps.
\nSee verse three. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:11,760 –> 00:28:16,280
\nWho prophesied with a harp to
\ngive thanks and to praise <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:16,320 –> 00:28:19,360
\nYahweh?
\nHe man is spoken of as the <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:19,360 –> 00:28:22,240
\nKing’s seer.
\nVerse 5. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:23,240 –> 00:28:27,520
\nThese were the sons of him and
\nthe King’s seer in the words of <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:27,520 –> 00:28:31,600
\nGod to lift up the horn.
\nHe was one of the the prophets <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:31,600 –> 00:28:34,160
\naround David.
\nRemember Gad that we had in <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:34,160 –> 00:28:36,480
\nsecond Samuel 24?
\nWell, there was other prophets. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:36,480 –> 00:28:39,200
\nNathan was another one.
\nHe man was another one. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:39,800 –> 00:28:42,400
\nDavid had a group of different
\nprophets around him because he <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:42,400 –> 00:28:44,160
\nwas a man of God.
\nSaul. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:44,160 –> 00:28:45,520
\nHe didn’t know the prophets, was
\nhe? <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:46,160 –> 00:28:48,360
\nHe came to Samuel and he said,
\nyou know where Samuel lives. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:48,360 –> 00:28:53,280
\nAnd Samuel said I’m him.
\nSo I didn’t know who he was, but<\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:53,280 –> 00:28:56,520
\nDavid did.
\nHe had all these prophets around<\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:56,520 –> 00:29:00,960
\nhim and he now was instituting
\nthis. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:02,560 –> 00:29:05,400
\nSo all these singers were
\nprophets. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:07,320 –> 00:29:09,720
\nAnd that too is instructive.
\nMy dear brother sisters, isn’t <\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:09,720 –> 00:29:15,240
\nin our ecclesial life because
\nwhen we do make song to God, <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:15,240 –> 00:29:16,880
\nthere’s got to be a content to
\nit. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:18,080 –> 00:29:20,960
\nWe don’t just want tunes that
\nare happy and nice and light and<\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:20,960 –> 00:29:22,640
\neasy.
\nThat’s not really the point of <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:22,640 –> 00:29:25,480
\nit, is it?
\nIt is a praise unto God and it’s<\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:25,480 –> 00:29:28,520
\na very good thing.
\nSo beautifully illustrated in a <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:28,520 –> 00:29:33,200
\nlot of our hymns where the the
\ncontent evidences that there’s a<\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:33,200 –> 00:29:36,920
\nrich mind in the things of God.
\nThey are our best hymns. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:37,480 –> 00:29:39,080
\nYou know, we think about a hymn
\nbook now, aren’t we? <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:39,120 –> 00:29:41,280
\nA new hymn book, a new new hymn
\nbook. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:42,400 –> 00:29:45,000
\nWell, then the best thing you
\ncan do for that hymn book is to <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:45,000 –> 00:29:48,400
\nwrite a good solid hymn.
\nIf you’ve got the ability, you <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:48,400 –> 00:29:51,320
\nknow someone has that and do it.
\nDo it now because the diamond do<\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:51,320 –> 00:29:54,720
\nit is now.
\nBut our most beautiful hymns are<\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:54,720 –> 00:29:56,800
\nthose in which there’s a real
\ncontent. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:58,000 –> 00:30:01,760
\nThese men were not found, you
\nknow, reading comics in their <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:01,760 –> 00:30:04,720
\nspare time.
\nYou wouldn’t find them caught on<\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:04,720 –> 00:30:07,640
\nthe Internet.
\nYou wouldn’t find them dribbling<\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:07,640 –> 00:30:11,000
\ntheir nice way with novels.
\nThey were men of God, men of the<\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:11,000 –> 00:30:14,200
\nWord of God.
\nSo therefore they had a mind <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:14,200 –> 00:30:17,960
\nthat made sure that the praise
\nto God had content in it. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:18,800 –> 00:30:20,400
\nThere was power in what they
\nwere doing. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:20,680 –> 00:30:22,240
\nAnd that’s what we need in our
\nofficial life. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:22,240 –> 00:30:26,800
\nNot just sweet songs, but
\nsometimes seem to almost echo <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:26,800 –> 00:30:30,160
\nwhat you hear about sign.
\nBut something’s got content. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:31,120 –> 00:30:33,120
\nSo the mind is touched as the
\nheart is touched. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:33,120 –> 00:30:35,120
\nThat’s important thing, very
\nimportant thing. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:35,960 –> 00:30:38,560
\nAnd I’m sure that that is
\nbecoming to our God. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:39,960 –> 00:30:42,320
\nThey prophesied with harps.
\nHow do you do that? <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:42,320 –> 00:30:46,800
\nThey’re playing an instrument.
\nHow do you prophecy with a harp?<\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:48,520 –> 00:30:54,480
\nWhere did that idea come from?
\nIt’s Samuel, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:55,320 –> 00:31:05,960
\nFirst Samuel, chapter 10.
\nIn First Samuel chapter 10, Saul<\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:05,960 –> 00:31:15,640
\nis trying to find his asses.
\nAnd he has stumbled across the <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:15,640 –> 00:31:21,760
\nprophet, and the prophet anoints
\nhim with oil, and he is given <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:21,760 –> 00:31:24,280
\ndirection.
\nThis is what it says in verse <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:24,280 –> 00:31:30,080
\nfive, First Samuel 10, verse 5.
\nAfter that thou shalt come to <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:30,080 –> 00:31:33,600
\nthe hill of God, where is the
\nGarrison of the Philistines, And<\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:33,600 –> 00:31:37,040
\nit shall come to pass, when thou
\nart come thither to the city, <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:37,360 –> 00:31:42,600
\nthat thou shalt be a company of
\nprophets coming down from the <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:42,600 –> 00:31:48,240
\nhigh place, with a sultry and a
\ntabore, and a pipe, and a heart <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:48,840 –> 00:31:52,760
\nbefore them, and they shall
\nprophecy. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:52,760 –> 00:31:58,480
\nThat’s where it comes from.
\nIt’s a Samuel piece of culture. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:59,240 –> 00:32:03,480
\nHe has linked together the
\npraise of God with the knowledge<\/p>\n
466
\n00:32:03,480 –> 00:32:07,120
\nof God, the study of the Word,
\nto put it in our terms with <\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:07,640 –> 00:32:12,720
\nsinging and praise unto God.
\nSamuel’s brought back and it <\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:12,720 –> 00:32:16,080
\nsays in verse 6, And the Spirit
\nof the Lord will come upon thee <\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:16,080 –> 00:32:20,000
\nsoul, and thou shalt prophecy
\nwith them, and shall be turned <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:20,000 –> 00:32:25,640
\ninto another man.
\nSaul stumbled up to the House of<\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:25,640 –> 00:32:29,240
\nSamuel and didn’t even know
\nwhere he was, and he lived just <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:29,240 –> 00:32:32,560
\nround the corner, so to speak.
\nIf you look at the map and have <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:32,560 –> 00:32:35,960
\na look where Giba was and where
\nNaoth was, you’ll find look, it <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:35,960 –> 00:32:39,840
\nwas just down the road and he
\ndidn’t have a blue clue who the <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:39,840 –> 00:32:45,720
\nprophet was and he lived
\nalongside him and he thought <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:45,720 –> 00:32:47,760
\nyou’d go to the prophet to find
\nout where your answers were. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:49,480 –> 00:32:52,800
\nThat’s how much he knew.
\nIn fact, his servant knew more <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:52,800 –> 00:32:55,120
\nabout the prophet than he did.
\nHe said at least take a gift. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:55,720 –> 00:32:59,480
\nPaul Saul was very happy to take
\na gift, but really he knew <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:59,480 –> 00:33:01,040
\nnothing of the prophet that
\nlived down the road. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:01,040 –> 00:33:05,680
\nNow that says oceans about Saul.
\nDavid was an entirely different <\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:05,680 –> 00:33:09,480
\nperson, but in the mercy of God
\nand isn’t it great He brought <\/p>\n
483
\n00:33:09,480 –> 00:33:11,640
\nSaul into that company.
\nHe said Saul, I want you to <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:11,640 –> 00:33:13,440
\nexperience something you’ve
\nnever known. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:14,280 –> 00:33:16,720
\nWhen you get involved in that
\ncompany that are coming down the<\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:16,720 –> 00:33:20,040
\nhill singing praise to God with
\ntheir instruments, this company <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:20,040 –> 00:33:22,440
\nof province, you’ll be turned
\ninto another man. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:24,120 –> 00:33:26,600
\nIt’s like coming away for study
\nweekend, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:26,960 –> 00:33:29,120
\nAll the other things that were
\nworrying us back home, they sort<\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:29,120 –> 00:33:32,720
\nof drop off after a while and we
\nbegin to see what’s really <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:32,720 –> 00:33:35,360
\nimportant.
\nAnd let it be when these signs <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:35,360 –> 00:33:38,440
\nhave come unto thee, that thou
\ndo as occasions serve thee, for <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:38,440 –> 00:33:42,280
\nGod is with thee.
\nAnd God gave him another heart. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:42,280 –> 00:33:45,360
\nIt says in verse 10 when he
\ncame, Isn’t that beautiful? <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:46,600 –> 00:33:51,960
\nSaul saw that and forgot it, but
\nDavid didn’t. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:52,920 –> 00:33:57,120
\nIn First Samuel 19, it’s David’s
\nturn now. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:58,280 –> 00:34:02,800
\nHe’s going to go to Samuel’s
\nhouse and he’s an extremity. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:03,200 –> 00:34:06,840
\nHe didn’t live close to Samuel,
\nbut he knew absolutely all about<\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:06,840 –> 00:34:09,920
\nhim.
\nThere was a kindred spirit in <\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:09,920 –> 00:34:13,040
\nthis man.
\nAnd the first of Samuel 19, <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:13,040 –> 00:34:18,080
\nverse 18, it says when Saul was
\nseeking to destroy David, what a<\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:18,080 –> 00:34:21,440
\ncrazy man.
\nAnd there was David playing with<\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:21,440 –> 00:34:23,920
\nthe heart.
\nYou know it was though he was in<\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:23,920 –> 00:34:26,960
\nthe company of the prophets
\nagain, there was a young man in <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:26,960 –> 00:34:30,199
\nfront of him playing with all
\nthe skill that he could, and <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:30,199 –> 00:34:33,159
\nendeavouring to turn that
\nmelancholy spirit away from the <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:33,159 –> 00:34:34,960
\nKing.
\nAnd you can imagine, my dear <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:34,960 –> 00:34:38,239
\nbrother says, with what feeling
\nhe would have done that, with <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:38,239 –> 00:34:41,520
\nwhat sincerity he would have
\ndone that, to try and turn his <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:41,520 –> 00:34:44,760
\nfather-in-law into another man
\nand to take away that melancholy<\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:44,960 –> 00:34:47,560
\nfeeling that he had and
\ndisposition that everything was <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:47,560 –> 00:34:51,800
\nagainst him, and to convey to
\nhim a sense of positive <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:52,719 –> 00:34:55,440
\nwell-being as he, as he was
\nruler of Israel. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:55,679 –> 00:34:58,640
\nDavid would have done that with
\nall the skill of his heart and <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:58,640 –> 00:35:03,360
\nof his fingers, and Saul through
\na stort sword at him in the <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:03,360 –> 00:35:05,520
\nmiddle of it.
\nHe’d forgotten entirely what he <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:05,520 –> 00:35:07,440
\nhad learnt in the company of the
\nprophets, hadn’t he? <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:08,920 –> 00:35:13,360
\nBut David escaped, escaped from
\nhis own house, Michael, Michael <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:13,360 –> 00:35:16,400
\nletting him over the wall.
\nAnd he fled, verse 18, and <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:16,400 –> 00:35:19,360
\nescaped and came to Samuel, to
\nRaymar, and told him all that <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:19,360 –> 00:35:22,160
\nSaul had done to him.
\nHe knew where to go, didn’t he? <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:23,280 –> 00:35:27,320
\nAnd he, he and Samuel went and
\ndwelt in Naoth, which must have <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:27,320 –> 00:35:31,360
\nbeen just outside of Ramo, eh,
\nRamo was the village and Naoth. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:32,200 –> 00:35:36,400
\nNaoth means a dwelling.
\nAnd I, I think it’s a lovely <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:36,400 –> 00:35:37,880
\nword, isn’t it?
\nIn the context? <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:37,880 –> 00:35:42,640
\nBecause it was the dwelling was
\nwhere the God of Israel was <\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:42,640 –> 00:35:45,600
\ndwelling, Wasn’t he really in
\nSamuel? <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:46,400 –> 00:35:48,760
\nIn that house was the Spirit of
\nGod dwelling. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:49,480 –> 00:35:51,440
\nSo there was Raima, but he was
\nthe dwelling. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:51,520 –> 00:35:54,840
\nPeople called him.
\nThen he went straight to him. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:55,120 –> 00:35:56,600
\nHe didn’t need to tell him where
\nit was. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:58,960 –> 00:36:02,960
\nAnd all his troubles vanished.
\nHe was told Saul saying, Behold,<\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:02,960 –> 00:36:07,680
\nDavid, is it Naoth and Raima and
\nSaul sent messengers to take <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:07,680 –> 00:36:08,400
\nthat.
\nWhere didn’t he go? <\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:08,400 –> 00:36:14,080
\nHimself?
\nAnd when they saw the company of<\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:14,080 –> 00:36:17,240
\nthe prophets prophesying and
\nSamuel’s standing as appointed <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:17,240 –> 00:36:20,760
\nover them, the Spirit of God was
\nupon the messages of Saul, and <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:20,760 –> 00:36:22,720
\nthey also prophesied.
\nAnd they never went home. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:25,520 –> 00:36:28,920
\nAnd Saul got to know, so he said
\nother messages, verse 2, How <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:28,920 –> 00:36:32,520
\nsilly can you be?
\nAnd they also didn’t come home. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:32,520 –> 00:36:36,680
\nThey prophesied likewise and
\nSaul sent messages again the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:36,680 –> 00:36:40,040
\nthird time and they prophesied
\nauthor hadn’t even hadn’t any <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:40,040 –> 00:36:43,000
\nvestige of memory about what
\nhappened when he first met them <\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:43,000 –> 00:36:45,720
\nin Rainmar and he was turned
\ninto another man. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:45,960 –> 00:36:48,800
\nDid he think that he could
\nresist the power of God, the <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:48,800 –> 00:36:52,360
\ncompany of the prophets and
\nmingling that with the the <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:52,360 –> 00:36:54,480
\npraise of God and the hearts up
\nto God. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:54,640 –> 00:36:57,360
\nThere was no power in Israel
\nthat could be controlled by that<\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:58,240 –> 00:36:59,600
\nthat couldn’t be controlled by
\nthat. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:00,800 –> 00:37:03,440
\nAnd so the great man comes up
\nand all of his towering <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:03,440 –> 00:37:06,920
\nstrength.
\nIt went also to Raymond, came to<\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:06,920 –> 00:37:12,080
\na great well that is in session
\nand asked and said, where are <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:12,080 –> 00:37:17,160
\nSamuel and David?
\nOh, foolish man, It’s a terrible<\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:17,160 –> 00:37:18,600
\nthing to read that, my dear
\nfriends. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:18,600 –> 00:37:22,320
\nHe knew where they were.
\nWhat was he asking for? <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:23,240 –> 00:37:24,960
\nBecause he knew what he was
\ndoing was wrong. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:24,960 –> 00:37:30,920
\nAnd once said, behold, where
\nyou’d expect, they’re perfectly <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:31,000 –> 00:37:33,080
\nfine.
\nThey’re not fleeing, they’re <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:33,080 –> 00:37:37,280
\njust staying still.
\nThey’re in the dwelling in <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:37,280 –> 00:37:41,480
\nNaoth.
\nAnd he went thither to Naoth and<\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:41,480 –> 00:37:45,920
\nRhema, and the Spirit of God was
\nupon him also. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:47,480 –> 00:37:49,200
\nLook at the mercy of God in
\nthat, my dear. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:49,200 –> 00:37:54,280
\nAnd sisters, Wouldn’t Saul begin
\nto feel that he was tracking <\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:54,280 –> 00:37:59,200
\nalong an old path?
\nThe Spirit of God was upon him <\/p>\n
565
\n00:37:59,200 –> 00:38:05,080
\nalso, and he went on and
\nprophesied as it happened to him<\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:05,080 –> 00:38:07,920
\nin the very beginning.
\nGod was giving him another <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:07,920 –> 00:38:12,000
\nchance, until he came to the
\ndwelling in Raima, and he <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:12,000 –> 00:38:15,400
\nstripped off his clothes also,
\nand prophesied before Samuel in <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:15,400 –> 00:38:18,680
\nlike manner, and lay down naked
\nall that down all that night. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:18,800 –> 00:38:21,560
\nWherefore they say, his souls
\namong the prophets. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:22,280 –> 00:38:26,240
\nHe was never seen them.
\nDavid never forgot that <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:26,240 –> 00:38:28,120
\noccasion.
\nYou couldn’t forget it, could <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:28,120 –> 00:38:29,200
\nyou?
\nWell, you could. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:29,280 –> 00:38:35,160
\nSaul forgot it, but there was
\nDavid’s enemy, so to speak. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:35,800 –> 00:38:39,200
\nThere were souls enemy, and they
\nwere brought together in <\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:39,200 –> 00:38:43,400
\nfellowship together in the
\ncompany of the prophet who <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:43,400 –> 00:38:46,760
\nprophesied with heart.
\nWhat a beautiful thing, my dear <\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:46,760 –> 00:38:51,320
\nbrother and sisters, when David
\nleft that house. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:52,200 –> 00:38:55,160
\nIt says verse one that David
\nfled from Naoth in Raymart and <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:55,160 –> 00:38:58,440
\ncame to Jonathan.
\nWhen he fled that house, he <\/p>\n
581
\n00:38:58,440 –> 00:39:00,280
\nremembered the power of that
\nroom. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:01,120 –> 00:39:03,560
\nThere was big soul.
\nThere was his three groups of <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:03,560 –> 00:39:05,480
\nmessengers.
\nHow many were there in total? <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:05,480 –> 00:39:07,720
\nWe don’t know.
\nThere’s a lot of men in that <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:07,720 –> 00:39:13,520
\nroom and they were completely
\ndispowered by the presence of <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:13,520 –> 00:39:15,560
\nSamuel and the prophets in that
\nroom. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:15,560 –> 00:39:18,280
\nAnd one young man remembered
\nthat. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:18,280 –> 00:39:21,600
\nAnd that was David.
\nAnd I can imagine because you <\/p>\n
589
\n00:39:21,600 –> 00:39:24,080
\nknow, he he didn’t know a lot
\nabout Samuel before that. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:39:24,080 –> 00:39:26,680
\nBecause it’s not that many pages
\nback, is it, that he was <\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:26,680 –> 00:39:31,920
\nanointed, right?
\nIt’s not that many pages back. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:33,200 –> 00:39:37,240
\nSo he didn’t know Samuel in his
\nearly youth, before Samuel came <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:37,240 –> 00:39:40,440
\nto Bethlehem, it’s clear he had
\nhad no association with Samuel. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:42,360 –> 00:39:46,360
\nYet in that brief time, there
\nhas been some associations which<\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:46,360 –> 00:39:49,640
\nare very beautiful and important
\nto this whole record. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:50,840 –> 00:39:54,320
\nAnd David has had experiences
\nthere that he will never forget.<\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:55,040 –> 00:39:57,760
\nAnd what he’s going to do is
\ntake what he learned in that <\/p>\n
598
\n00:39:57,760 –> 00:40:01,040
\nlittle room and he’s going to
\ntake that out of Naoth and <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:01,040 –> 00:40:02,800
\nRaima.
\nAnd he’s going to take that up <\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:02,800 –> 00:40:07,120
\nto Jerusalem.
\nAnd he’s going to concrete that <\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:07,120 –> 00:40:12,560
\nwhole concern and that power in
\nan institution that will last in<\/p>\n
602
\n00:40:12,560 –> 00:40:18,640
\nIsrael for 400 plus years.
\nWhat an amazing boy he was. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:40:19,200 –> 00:40:21,920
\nOne man saw it and forgot it
\nwithin years. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:40:23,040 –> 00:40:25,480
\nAnd the other man saw and he’d
\nnever let it go. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:40:25,640 –> 00:40:28,200
\nAnd he put that in a high
\nposition in Israel. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:40:29,000 –> 00:40:32,280
\nHe had seen that the singers
\nthat prophesied without were <\/p>\n
607
\n00:40:32,280 –> 00:40:34,440
\nstronger than the greatest of
\nthe men. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:35,320 –> 00:40:38,040
\nAnd he said, you generals, you
\ncome out and you see these men <\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:38,040 –> 00:40:41,040
\ninducted into office.
\nBelieve that, my dear friend. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:41,040 –> 00:40:47,560
\nSisters not theory isn’t when
\nthe greatest precious are upon <\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:47,560 –> 00:40:53,240
\nus the release of our feelings
\nin praise to God, finding him in<\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:53,240 –> 00:40:56,760
\nthe Word of God is the way
\nthrough whatever the problem <\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:56,760 –> 00:41:01,200
\nmight be.
\nThat is the way David saw that <\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:01,640 –> 00:41:04,240
\nwhat he must have felt like with
\nSaul, what inches away. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:05,600 –> 00:41:08,400
\nSaul could have just pulled out
\nhis sword and killed him <\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:08,400 –> 00:41:12,920
\nperhaps, but he was involved in
\nthe things of God as David was <\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:13,240 –> 00:41:15,480
\nSaul that wanted to throw a
\njavelin and try three times <\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:15,480 –> 00:41:18,800
\nalready to do it, and then they
\nwere together in Samuel’s house.<\/p>\n
619
\n00:41:19,160 –> 00:41:22,280
\nDavid never forgot that and he
\ntook that little thing that <\/p>\n
620
\n00:41:22,280 –> 00:41:25,280
\nhappened in life.
\nHe took that to great things in <\/p>\n
621
\n00:41:25,280 –> 00:41:28,880
\nthe Kingdom.
\nVery, very beautiful person he <\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:28,880 –> 00:41:32,240
\nwas.
\nSamuel had been involved in <\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:32,240 –> 00:41:35,000
\nteaching him great things.
\nHe never forgot that. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:35,000 –> 00:41:37,640
\nNow let’s come back to our
\nChronicles, chapter first <\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:37,640 –> 00:41:46,640
\nChronicles 25.
\nThese young men that were so <\/p>\n
626
\n00:41:46,640 –> 00:41:49,960
\ncarefully instructed, we’re
\ngoing to be involved in some of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:41:49,960 –> 00:41:54,120
\nthe greatest events in Israel’s
\nhistory when the Temple was <\/p>\n
628
\n00:41:54,120 –> 00:42:01,160
\nopened, these 288, the sons of
\nAsaph, He Man and Judithan, they<\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:01,160 –> 00:42:04,160
\nwere brought together for this
\nauspicious occasion. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:05,680 –> 00:42:08,160
\nJust think, my dear, and this is
\nof the power of what we’re <\/p>\n
631
\n00:42:08,160 –> 00:42:10,720
\nactually reading.
\nYou’ve got fourteen sons. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:13,560 –> 00:42:18,320
\nJust imagine fourteen sons.
\nI’ve got a daughter that’s got <\/p>\n
633
\n00:42:18,320 –> 00:42:22,280
\nfour sons, just four sons, and
\nyou know, she’s finding a <\/p>\n
634
\n00:42:22,440 –> 00:42:27,680
\nhandful.
\nI had four sons and you know, <\/p>\n
635
\n00:42:28,920 –> 00:42:33,800
\nthey were a fair bit to do with
\n14 sons. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:42:35,560 –> 00:42:36,800
\nImagine the table.
\nHere we are. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:42:36,800 –> 00:42:38,240
\nWe need a table that size,
\nwouldn’t we? <\/p>\n
638
\n00:42:38,240 –> 00:42:43,080
\nFourteen sons.
\nIt’s not that many years ago <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:43,080 –> 00:42:44,920
\nthat people did have that.
\nI remember being down at <\/p>\n
640
\n00:42:44,920 –> 00:42:49,640
\nRiverton in New in Bicargo,
\nrather in, in New Zealand. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:42:50,360 –> 00:42:52,520
\nAnd I was asked how many
\nchildren I had. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:42:52,520 –> 00:42:55,760
\nAnd I said I have seven children
\nand I’m used to people sort of <\/p>\n
643
\n00:42:55,760 –> 00:42:57,680
\ngoing on a bit.
\nSo I thought, oh, here they go. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:42:57,680 –> 00:43:02,040
\nBut it was an old couple and
\nthey’ve never said a word. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:43:02,040 –> 00:43:09,400
\nAnd I said, oh, how refreshing.
\nAnd then I knew why because this<\/p>\n
646
\n00:43:09,800 –> 00:43:14,320
\nold brother, he quietly said to
\nBrian, he said I was one of 12. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:43:16,080 –> 00:43:18,800
\nAnd then a little bit later, not
\nto be outdone, she quietly said <\/p>\n
648
\n00:43:18,800 –> 00:43:22,320
\nfrom the other corner of the
\nroom, Brian, I was one of 14. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:43:23,880 –> 00:43:27,520
\nSo there we were.
\nHe man might have been early in <\/p>\n
650
\n00:43:27,520 –> 00:43:32,560
\ntime, but it wasn’t the last 14
\nsons. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:43:33,040 –> 00:43:36,560
\nHow are you going to get those
\nsons to learn to play together <\/p>\n
652
\n00:43:38,280 –> 00:43:44,680
\nand to want to play and to learn
\ntheir part and to work together <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:45,360 –> 00:43:49,720
\nand to listen to what Dad says
\nbecause they’ve got to do it <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:49,720 –> 00:43:52,200
\nproperly.
\nThese boys are going to be there<\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:52,200 –> 00:43:55,960
\nwhen the temple is going to be
\nopen and the glory of God will <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:55,960 –> 00:43:58,640
\nfill the temple.
\nThese boys are going to be <\/p>\n
657
\n00:43:58,640 –> 00:44:00,560
\nthere.
\nThey’re only young lads, many of<\/p>\n
658
\n00:44:00,560 –> 00:44:03,880
\nthem, and they’ve got to learn
\nto do it properly. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:44:05,200 –> 00:44:07,960
\nThat’s the most inspirational
\npicture for family life. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:44:09,080 –> 00:44:12,600
\nYou know, one of the saddest
\nthings in our eclesial life is <\/p>\n
661
\n00:44:12,600 –> 00:44:16,280
\nthe loss of our children.
\nYou know, it’s a pretty <\/p>\n
662
\n00:44:16,280 –> 00:44:19,160
\nuniversal thing.
\nIt’s something we as a body need<\/p>\n
663
\n00:44:19,160 –> 00:44:21,440
\nto really think about, really
\nthink about. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:44:22,000 –> 00:44:26,560
\nWe are losing our children.
\nOur children are being <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:26,560 –> 00:44:31,040
\ninfluenced more and more by the
\nworld that we’re living in. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:32,040 –> 00:44:37,600
\nSometimes we are to blame.
\nI mean that we bring into our <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:37,600 –> 00:44:41,080
\nhomes things that destroy our
\nchildren’s minds. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:41,160 –> 00:44:47,160
\nWe do and we know we are and we
\nwon’t do something about, and <\/p>\n
669
\n00:44:47,160 –> 00:44:50,320
\nwe’re losing our children.
\nYou can go through a large areas<\/p>\n
670
\n00:44:50,320 –> 00:44:52,920
\nof ecclesial life, my dear
\nbrother and sister, and see an <\/p>\n
671
\n00:44:52,920 –> 00:44:57,640
\nincreasingly less number of
\nchildren, sometimes where <\/p>\n
672
\n00:44:57,640 –> 00:45:00,600
\necclesial holes are going to be
\nclosed soon because they’ve got <\/p>\n
673
\n00:45:00,600 –> 00:45:04,960
\nno future generation.
\nI believe that our Heavenly <\/p>\n
674
\n00:45:04,960 –> 00:45:10,080
\nFather will hold us responsible
\nfor that because we are not <\/p>\n
675
\n00:45:10,080 –> 00:45:14,520
\nprepared to make the commitment
\nwe should to save our children’s<\/p>\n
676
\n00:45:14,520 –> 00:45:17,720
\nlives.
\nWe have said their course that <\/p>\n
677
\n00:45:17,720 –> 00:45:22,240
\nthey have to do to be a whatever
\ndentist, if you like, whatever <\/p>\n
678
\n00:45:22,240 –> 00:45:25,840
\nit might be, is more important
\nthan them being in my home and <\/p>\n
679
\n00:45:25,840 –> 00:45:31,520
\nit’s not.
\nHe will hold us responsible if <\/p>\n
680
\n00:45:31,520 –> 00:45:35,040
\nwe are prepared to allow the
\nworld to influence our children <\/p>\n
681
\n00:45:35,240 –> 00:45:38,920
\nagainst the things of God.
\nI can’t put it any other way. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:45:38,920 –> 00:45:42,520
\nI can’t see it any other way.
\nI don’t want to be judgmental <\/p>\n
683
\n00:45:42,520 –> 00:45:44,640
\nupon anyone.
\nWe’ve all got our sadness. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:45:44,640 –> 00:45:50,760
\nWe’ve all got our failures, but
\nwe are losing our children and <\/p>\n
685
\n00:45:50,760 –> 00:45:52,200
\nthat means we’ve got to get
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:45:52,280 –> 00:45:54,640
\nLove the truth.
\nWe’ve got to get together and <\/p>\n
687
\n00:45:54,640 –> 00:45:58,400
\nsay how we’re going to stop that
\nhappening because it’s got to <\/p>\n
688
\n00:45:58,400 –> 00:46:02,960
\nstop or we’re going to
\nincreasingly dilute our ecleses.<\/p>\n
689
\n00:46:03,960 –> 00:46:09,120
\nHere were children that only
\nknew one thing, 14 boys, and a <\/p>\n
690
\n00:46:09,120 –> 00:46:11,040
\nwhole lot of them learnt to do
\nthat properly. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:46:11,680 –> 00:46:16,520
\nThis institution went right
\nthrough Israel and 300 and 5400 <\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:16,520 –> 00:46:19,560
\nyears later, after the exile,
\nthese boys came out of the <\/p>\n
693
\n00:46:19,560 –> 00:46:23,840
\nwoodwork and they were able to
\nproduce exactly the songs the <\/p>\n
694
\n00:46:23,840 –> 00:46:25,720
\nway that David first ordained
\nfor them. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:46:26,800 –> 00:46:28,480
\nThink about that.
\nHow was that done? <\/p>\n
696
\n00:46:30,000 –> 00:46:32,320
\nWell, anything I can think of,
\nmy dear friend sisters, is that <\/p>\n
697
\n00:46:32,320 –> 00:46:35,320
\nin the training of those
\nchildren there was such an <\/p>\n
698
\n00:46:35,320 –> 00:46:40,280
\ningrained consistency that those
\nchildren were taught that when <\/p>\n
699
\n00:46:40,280 –> 00:46:44,240
\nthey had children they had to
\nmaintain that exactly as it had <\/p>\n
700
\n00:46:44,240 –> 00:46:46,640
\nbeen, that there’d be no
\ndeterioration. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:46:47,000 –> 00:46:49,520
\nOtherwise, gradually, gradually,
\nit would be lost, wouldn’t it? <\/p>\n
702
\n00:46:50,400 –> 00:46:53,840
\nHow was it that they were able
\nto come out of Babylon and still<\/p>\n
703
\n00:46:53,840 –> 00:46:57,280
\nhave the same costumes, the same
\ninterests, the same music, the <\/p>\n
704
\n00:46:57,280 –> 00:47:01,760
\nsame harmony on the same day?
\nAnd working with the priests? <\/p>\n
705
\n00:47:02,640 –> 00:47:04,360
\nWhat an incredible wonder that
\nis. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:47:05,160 –> 00:47:06,880
\nAnd it goes down to good
\nparenthood. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:08,160 –> 00:47:10,120
\nAnd I think we’ve got to help
\neach other in that regard. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:10,120 –> 00:47:11,600
\nMy difference.
\nWe’ve got to be serious about <\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:11,600 –> 00:47:13,280
\nit, though.
\nWe love our children. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:47:13,440 –> 00:47:15,880
\nI love my children.
\nI love my grandchildren. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:47:16,800 –> 00:47:19,520
\nRemember my mother saying to me
\nonce, you know, I never thought <\/p>\n
712
\n00:47:19,520 –> 00:47:21,800
\nI could love anything like my
\nown children. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:47:21,800 –> 00:47:24,320
\nAnd we were just sort of leaving
\nthe place. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:47:24,320 –> 00:47:27,000
\nBut she said when your children
\ncome round, she said, I don’t <\/p>\n
715
\n00:47:27,000 –> 00:47:28,720
\nknow.
\nThat was the grandchildren. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:47:28,800 –> 00:47:31,480
\nWe do love our grandchildren and
\nwe love our children. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:47:31,480 –> 00:47:33,480
\nWe love all our children in our
\nmeetings. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:47:34,680 –> 00:47:37,720
\nWere there ours or not ours?
\nWe love every one of them and we<\/p>\n
719
\n00:47:37,720 –> 00:47:41,600
\ndo not want to lose any of them.
\nAnd we’ve got to do something <\/p>\n
720
\n00:47:41,600 –> 00:47:46,240
\nabout that because we are, as a
\nbody losing our children. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:47:47,480 –> 00:47:49,600
\nWe must have to look at that
\nproblem more and more. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:47:49,760 –> 00:47:50,120
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