Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 364.<\/p>\n
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\nthird session, which he entitles
\nthe Singers and the Sons of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph Brother Brian.
\nThanks, Ron. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, brother Scaramaster made
\neasy deal of that difficult <\/p>\n
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\nchapter, didn’t he?
\nIt’s one of those that we used <\/p>\n
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\nto remember when we were going
\nthrough with the children that <\/p>\n
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\nwas very difficult to, when you
\nget to that section, for them to<\/p>\n
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\nclimb their way through all of
\nthose names, especially he man’s<\/p>\n
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\nfourteen sons.
\nDid you notice the, the variety <\/p>\n
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\nhe had there?
\nIt must have been quite an <\/p>\n
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\nexercise for his wife to think
\nof a new name, eh, when you’ve <\/p>\n
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\ngot fourteen sons.
\nBut when you look at those <\/p>\n
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\nnames, you rather think that he
\nhad a fair vocab. <\/p>\n
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\nIt didn’t seem to run out, did
\nhe? <\/p>\n
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\nI actually want to turn back a
\nchapter or two back to chapter <\/p>\n
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\n23 and give you just the at
\nleast the bones of this chapter <\/p>\n
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\nand then chapter 24, which is of
\ncourse in between we will deal <\/p>\n
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\nwith when we deal with the
\nspecial offices of David later. <\/p>\n
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\nBut here’s David with an
\ninsurrection in the environment <\/p>\n
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\nin which he’s living.
\nHe’s just come through the time <\/p>\n
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\nof Adonis attempt to take the
\nthrone. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet look what this man gets
\nup to in verse 2 of chapter 23. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says he gathered together all
\nthe Princess of Israel with the <\/p>\n
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\npriests and the Levites.
\nAnd you might think, well, if <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s reorganizing the Levites,
\nthe priests and the Levites, why<\/p>\n
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\nthen has he bothered about
\ngetting all the Princess <\/p>\n
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\ntogether as well?
\nWell, David, David really had a <\/p>\n
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\na sense.
\nHe really had an excellent sense<\/p>\n
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\nof the greater occasion.
\nHe, he knew how to put things <\/p>\n
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\ntogether to have its maximum
\neffect upon people. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd sometimes in ecclesial life
\nyou’ll find that a person, he <\/p>\n
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\nknows how to organize an event
\nso that it really comes home <\/p>\n
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\nwith impression.
\nDavid had that undoubted <\/p>\n
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\nability.
\nHe could sense the value of a <\/p>\n
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\nmatter.
\nHe could sense how to bring it <\/p>\n
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\nhome to people.
\nFor example, in a similar kind, <\/p>\n
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\nlook at chapter 24 and verse 6.
\nIt says there and Shemaya the <\/p>\n
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\nson of Nathaniel the scribe, one
\nof the Levites, wrote them <\/p>\n
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\nbefore the king and the
\nPrincess, and Zadok the priest, <\/p>\n
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\nand Hemelech the son of Abartha,
\nand before the chief of the <\/p>\n
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\nfathers of the priests and
\nLevites. <\/p>\n
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\nNow what they’re doing is
\nsetting out the names of the <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent sons.
\nOf. <\/p>\n
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\nElie Iza and Ithema, who would
\nbe in the 24 courses of the <\/p>\n
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\npriests.
\nBut he didn’t do it just sort of<\/p>\n
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\nin the backroom, did he, where
\nno one was aware these men were <\/p>\n
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\nbeing inducted into their office
\nand it was done with due <\/p>\n
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\nprocedure.
\nHe’s a very clever man, very <\/p>\n
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\nastute, a king.
\nAnd so in verse 6, it describes <\/p>\n
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\na little scene.
\nYou can see all these very <\/p>\n
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\nimportant people all there.
\nAnd each one of these then is is<\/p>\n
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\ncalled by name, and their name
\nis written down before the king <\/p>\n
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\nand the Princess, and Zadok the
\npriest, and Ahimelech the son of<\/p>\n
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\nAbiathan, and before the chief
\nof the fathers of the priests <\/p>\n
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\nand Levites.
\nIn other words, he was given <\/p>\n
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\ngreat occasion to their
\nappointment. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were not to see their
\noffice. <\/p>\n
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\nJust as another thing, know
\nsomething about that in <\/p>\n
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\neclusional life.
\nJust another example before we. <\/p>\n
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\nBroaden that out.
\nLook. <\/p>\n
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\nAt Chapter 20.
\nFive and verse one. <\/p>\n
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\nMoreover, David and the captains
\nof the host separated to the <\/p>\n
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\nservice of the sons of ASAP and
\nof Heman and Jaduthan. <\/p>\n
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\nDid you notice anything when we
\nwere going? <\/p>\n
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\nPast that reading, I mean
\nbrethren says what what have the<\/p>\n
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\nthe generals of the army when it
\nsays the captains of the host <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re talking about Joab Abishai
\nwith his bulging boseps biceps <\/p>\n
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\nmighty men Ben AI, you wouldn’t
\nhesitate to take on a lion. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s a out there with a what
\nwe might call the, you know, the<\/p>\n
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\nsecretary of the of the singing
\nclass ASAP and he man and <\/p>\n
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\nJaduthan, they are singers.
\nWhatever has it got to do with <\/p>\n
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\nit that he should bring their
\ninduction of office into the <\/p>\n
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\ncompany of the captains of the
\nhost? <\/p>\n
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\nHe knew a few things, didn’t he?
\nHe was a very astute person and <\/p>\n
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\nhe could see that the people
\nmight discredit perhaps the <\/p>\n
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\noffice of those who were singing
\nand making music. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so he brought out the great
\nstrength of the empire and he <\/p>\n
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\nput them there in front of them.
\nAnd these young boys that came <\/p>\n
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\nup 28, the 24 that we’ve read
\nout today and were put into <\/p>\n
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\ntheir.
\nOffices And they were received <\/p>\n
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\ntheir, their office in the
\npresence of these great and well<\/p>\n
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\nknown renowned soldiers of the
\nrealm. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they had to do respect unto
\nthem because in fact, there was <\/p>\n
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\ngreater power in their office
\nthan there was in the office of <\/p>\n
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\nthe of the generals of the army.
\nHe’s a very, very wise person, <\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t he?
\nYou know, sometimes in a cliche <\/p>\n
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\nof life, we, we missed that
\npoint. <\/p>\n
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\nSomebody’s going to be appointed
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\nyou’re busy at an AV meeting
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\nPull out of things on the
\nagenda. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so.
\nOh, yes, somebody else for that <\/p>\n
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\ncommittee.
\nOK, Yeah, he’ll fit in. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah.
\nGo and ask him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo recorder’s busy that Sunday
\nmorning. <\/p>\n
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\nHe rushes.
\nI said, look, would you mind <\/p>\n
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\nhelping out with the Gospel
\nAdvancement Committee? <\/p>\n
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\nOr would you like to go into
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\nperson’s caught on the spot and
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\nisn’t there?
\nThat’s not the way to do it. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you want that person to feel
\nthe value of what you’re <\/p>\n
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\nspeaking about, it really needs
\nmore than one of the arranging <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren to be interested in
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so you know, did Brother
\nRecorder see you out to? <\/p>\n
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\nSo and so it doesn’t matter if
\nhe has or he hasn’t really, it’s<\/p>\n
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\nalways best perhaps if he has.
\nBut if he hasn’t, it’s still <\/p>\n
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\nsaying that person to that
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\nbrother very interested in in
\nthat matter and the the <\/p>\n
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\nappointment of of the right
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\nAnd we really think you are the
\nright person for that job. <\/p>\n
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\nIt puts therefore value upon the
\noffice. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just a very wise way to do
\nit rather than just in the <\/p>\n
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\nhelter skelter of events.
\nJust shoot out invitations here,<\/p>\n
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\nthere and every, and wonder
\nsometimes why people are not all<\/p>\n
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\nthat keen to take the office on.
\nBut if the picture is built and <\/p>\n
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\nseen to be a part, an integral
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\nvaluable part, then the person
\nthat’s asked to do that will <\/p>\n
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\nsay, yes, I, I see the point.
\nThis is, this is good. <\/p>\n
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\nI’d like to help out in that
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\nSo, you know, just little things
\nlike that. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid was very clever, wasn’t
\nhe? <\/p>\n
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\nVery clever?
\nWho would have thought to bring <\/p>\n
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\nout the, you know, the
\nsecretaries of the, of, of the <\/p>\n
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\nsinging class and, and set up
\ntheir sons in front of the <\/p>\n
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\ngenerals of the army.
\nThey must have thought what’s he<\/p>\n
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\nknow about playing a, playing a
\nharp or a violin or something <\/p>\n
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\nor, or symbols.
\nBut you see, he had a greater <\/p>\n
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\nconcept in mind.
\nVery clever person, very clever.<\/p>\n
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\nAll right, so chapter 23 and
\nverse 2, he gathered together <\/p>\n
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\nall the Princess of Israel and
\nhe’s going to reorganize. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Levites, and among them the
\npriests. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so he does it in an
\nauspicious manner. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I think this is just a
\nwonderful thing, my dear, <\/p>\n
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\nBritain said.
\nI know this is all names and I <\/p>\n
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\ndon’t want to make the the study
\ntoo bitty, but I really want us <\/p>\n
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\nto feel the power of what
\nDavid’s doing. <\/p>\n
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\nWould you would you be concerned
\nin the last years of your life <\/p>\n
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\nand you’ve had years in your bed
\nabsolutely worn out to a subtle <\/p>\n
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\nand would you want to be
\nbothered with 38,000 people that<\/p>\n
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\nneeded reorganization because
\nthat’s how many Levites there <\/p>\n
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\nwere 38,000.
\nI mean, that’s like being the <\/p>\n
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\nchief administrative officer in
\na, in a multinational company, <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\n38,000 men? <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s going to get hold of them.
\nHe’s going to reorganize their <\/p>\n
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\nlives.
\nHe’s going to spruce up their <\/p>\n
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\nofficers.
\nAnd they’re going to have to <\/p>\n
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\nknow exactly what positions
\nthey’ve got. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd those officers are going to
\nhave to be attended with a new <\/p>\n
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\nshine and a new interest.
\nAnd he’s going to have to convey<\/p>\n
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\nas king.
\nHe’s going to have to convey. <\/p>\n
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\nTo them his interest in what is
\nbeing done. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t tell me you, you know,
\nranging brethren, once they’re <\/p>\n
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\npast 70, you’re out out on the
\npaddock. <\/p>\n
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\nI really get a little vexed by
\nwhat are you laughing for, Bob? <\/p>\n
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\nI thought he’d be crying.
\nYou know, we ought to think <\/p>\n
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\nabout that because there is a
\ntendency in our society. <\/p>\n
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\nJust as put people, you know,
\nwhen they get into their might <\/p>\n
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\nbe 50s or 60s, it couldn’t be
\n50s. <\/p>\n
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\nI know that.
\nBut but to just sort of put them<\/p>\n
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\nout in the paddock and I think
\nthat is just so wrong. <\/p>\n
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\nI couldn’t think of anything I’d
\nvalue more in our Ecclesia than <\/p>\n
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\nif we had 370 year olds sitting
\non our AB. <\/p>\n
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\nI’d love that, I really would.
\nBecause they have gone through <\/p>\n
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\nthe heat and burden of the day
\nand I think in in terms of of <\/p>\n
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\nyoung folks.
\nPositions and so on. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve got an older brother
\nwho’s involved with the young <\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nAnd he’s brought his children <\/p>\n
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\nthrough.
\nHe’s got an immense amount to <\/p>\n
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\noffer in that place and let
\nalone on the arranging board. <\/p>\n
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\nI grew up in a meeting with many
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\nThe arranging brethren were
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\nWas a very.
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\nold man, a 70 year old man today
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\nAnd in many cases, look, there’s
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\nearlier.
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\noffer our meeting and this
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\nvery different, offers a lot to
\nour younger meetings and to the <\/p>\n
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\nyounger people in our meetings.
\nSo I just mentioned that David <\/p>\n
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\nzeal.
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\nAnd what an inspiration he was
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\nBear that in mind.
\nNow it says in verse three that <\/p>\n
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\nthe Levites were numbered from
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\nActually David increased that
\nand if you look across the verse<\/p>\n
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\n27, you’ll see by the last words
\nof David the Levites were <\/p>\n
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\nnumbered from 20 years old and
\nabove 30 was the time that was <\/p>\n
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\ngiven are back in numbers.
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\nBecause that it’s just a sort.
\nOf technical matter, but the the<\/p>\n
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\nreferences are back in numbers.
\nChapter 4, verse 3 and verse 47 <\/p>\n
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\nwhere it was from 30 to 50 years
\nand it says there and they’re <\/p>\n
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\nnumbered by their polls.
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\nThat’s a lot of people.
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\nGroup of which, and here’s the
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\nI’ve got a little piece of
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\nwe’ve got a picture of it.
\nSee 38,000. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the total number of the
\nLevites 24,000. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re to set forward the work of
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\nYou just think how many people
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\nThat’s a lot of people, isn’t
\nit, 24? <\/p>\n
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\n1000 and note the number 24,
\nit’s 2 by 12 and in the chapter <\/p>\n
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\nwe read today we had 20-4
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\nOf the singers.
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\nwhich is chapter 24, there’s 24
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\nSo it’s not accidental that it
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\nForward the work.
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\nSee, they were obviously in
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\ncourse of the singers, they were
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\nOrganization, would you like me
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\nand his health circumstances?
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\nfamilies rounded up so that they
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\ncoming onto their their course.
\nNow you could saying, oh look, I<\/p>\n
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\ncan get there next Tuesday if
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\nMonday morning.
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\norganize their life.
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\nwith what the king was
\norganizing over all the land. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat an amazing man he was.
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\nThis comes first and you’ve got
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\nSo I pulled that nation
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\nI find that just absolutely
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\nweary and you wonder if you’ve
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\nmeeting.
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\nit?
\nWhat if your role and your? <\/p>\n
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\nEcclesia was 38,000.
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\nyou?
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\nHow could I ever be bothered
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\nBut the inspiration of David is
\nthat though whilst the work was <\/p>\n
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\nenormous, he nevertheless put
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\nsee that that great building was
\ngoing to arise and it had to be <\/p>\n
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\ntherefore properly conducted.
\nSo he’s going to get all those <\/p>\n
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\npeople properly organized into
\ntheir positions, 24,000 to set <\/p>\n
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\nforward the work of the House of
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\nAnd it shows you something too,
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\ndoesn’t it?
\nI mean, what does 1000 people <\/p>\n
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\naround a house do if they’re in
\ncourses of of 1000 each? <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s a lot of people around
\nthe place, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nAround a building, a lot of
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\nIt was a very busy place indeed,
\nand a lot of work to be done. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd David therefore had this
\namazing number of people. <\/p>\n
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\nThat were involved in the
\nTavern, in the in the temple, <\/p>\n
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\nand in its service, and the
\nnumber by their names, man by <\/p>\n
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\nman was 30 and 8000, of which 20
\nand 4000 were to set. <\/p>\n
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\nForward the work of the House of
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd secondly, 6000 were officers
\nand judges, 6000 were officers <\/p>\n
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\nand judges.
\nNow that’s a an amazing number <\/p>\n
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\nof judges, isn’t it?
\nAnd you might remember how that <\/p>\n
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\nin the second of Chronicles
\nchapter 16 in the days of <\/p>\n
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\nJehoshaphat, we have an
\nexcellent example of how the. <\/p>\n
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\nVirtue of those people was seen
\nin the Second of Chronicles, <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 16.
\nThat’s not right. <\/p>\n
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\nIs it 26?
\nIs it? <\/p>\n
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\nSigma Chronicles 19 verse verse
\n6, verse 5 and 6. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he said, judges in the land
\nthroughout all the fenced cities<\/p>\n
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\nof Judah, city by city, and said
\nto the judges, take heed what ye<\/p>\n
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\ndo for ye.
\nJudge not for man, but for <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh, who is with you in the
\njudgement. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a very beautiful
\nexpression, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nYou judge for Yahweh who is with
\nyou in the judgement. <\/p>\n
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\nJust keep your hand there and
\nlook at Psalm 82, which is a <\/p>\n
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\nPsalm about these people.
\nThis was a Psalm of Asaph, one <\/p>\n
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\nof the principal singers, who
\nobviously was more than a <\/p>\n
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\nsinger, but a very spiritually
\nminded man as well. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Psalm 82 it says God standeth
\nin the congregation of the <\/p>\n
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\nMighty, He the judgeth among the
\nElohim, the gods. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s the expression that
\nJesus is borrowing when he says <\/p>\n
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\nto the Jews of his day, Does it
\nnot say in your law, I said ye <\/p>\n
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\nare gods?
\nAnd that’s in verse 6. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is to the judges.
\nOf Israel, who were called <\/p>\n
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\nElohim, because God’s name was
\nupon them to give to the people <\/p>\n
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\nthe judgements and principles of
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\nSo verse one then reads Elohim
\nthe mighty ones. <\/p>\n
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\nThese people thus appointed
\nstandeth in the congregation of <\/p>\n
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\nthe ale.
\nHe judgeth among the Elohim. <\/p>\n
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\nSo there were judges that were
\njudging Israel and what the <\/p>\n
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\nPsalm says beware, because God
\nis your judge. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople come to you and you give
\nthem verdict, but you are <\/p>\n
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\nstanding in the presence of the
\nthe ale himself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Elohim, the judges in
\nIsrael were those who stood <\/p>\n
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\nbefore God and would receive
\ntheir judgement of Him as they <\/p>\n
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\ngave judgement unto others and
\ntherefore their judgement needed<\/p>\n
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\nto be just.
\nThat’s of course based isn’t <\/p>\n
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\nupon Exodus where they were
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\ntime.
\nThe Lord knew that, didn’t he? <\/p>\n
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\nHe just picked it, picked it out
\nin John chapter 10 verse 30, <\/p>\n
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\njust plucked that statement
\nstraight out of the record and <\/p>\n
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\nsaid that’s not say in your law
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\ngods.
\nHe knew all those little <\/p>\n
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\ndetails, didn’t he?
\nHe knew his Bible, and so that’s<\/p>\n
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\nhow we ought to be.
\nAnd so in the days of <\/p>\n
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\nJehoshaphat, when things had not
\nbeen done quite right and he <\/p>\n
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\nwanted to bring that nation
\nback, he then used these people <\/p>\n
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\nfor that offer.
\nSo there’s our 6000 officers and<\/p>\n
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\njudges in all the cities of
\nJudah and of Israel, and the <\/p>\n
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\nPsalm gives us illustration of
\ntheir responsibilities. <\/p>\n
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\nNow coming back to First
\nChronicles 23, we’ve got 38,024 <\/p>\n
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\nthousand or rather 24,000 were
\nin the work of the house, 6000 <\/p>\n
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\nofficers and judges.
\nAnd then in verse 5 it says <\/p>\n
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\nmoreover 4000 were porters.
\nThey were really doorkeepers. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were also about the house,
\nbut about the the keeping of the<\/p>\n
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\ndoors.
\nThey kept the sanctity of God’s <\/p>\n
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\nhouse, the atmosphere of that
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were guardians to that
\nhouse, and we will have a look <\/p>\n
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\nat them later on. 4000 of them.
\nHow many doors did this temple <\/p>\n
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\nhave?
\nHow many gates were there 4000 <\/p>\n
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\npeople involved in it?
\nWell, they weren’t always at the<\/p>\n
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\ntemple.
\nThey were also in courses. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, all of these Levites,
\nall of these priests, they were <\/p>\n
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\nso to speak. <\/p>\n
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\nThey also had their normal life
\nas well. <\/p>\n
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\nThey weren’t lounging upon the
\nnation. <\/p>\n
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\nThey had to conduct their own
\naffairs. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so they were giving a part
\nof their life to the service of <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nSO4000 praised Yahweh with <\/p>\n
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\ninstruments is the next
\nstatement in verse 5, and the <\/p>\n
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\nchapter that deals with them is
\nchapter 25. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you can see what these
\nsubsequent chapters are doing. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you look at chapter 26,
\nthat’s all about the porters. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we had 4000 porters and their
\nchapter is chapter 26 and we had<\/p>\n
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\n4000 the singers or those that
\npraised Yahweh with instruments <\/p>\n
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\nand their chapter of
\norganization is chapter 25. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we had the priests as well,
\nand their chapter is chapter 24.<\/p>\n
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\nSo you can see that Chapter 23
\nis now going to be expanded and <\/p>\n
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\nthe organizational structure and
\nthe names involved is going to <\/p>\n
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\nbe outlined in the subsequent
\nchapters of first. <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 23 So you can see
\nthat this whole section of <\/p>\n
337
\n00:20:19,960 –> 00:20:23,840
\nScripture First Chronicles 21
\nFirst Chronicles 29 is all set <\/p>\n
338
\n00:20:23,840 –> 00:20:27,040
\nin the last part of David’s life
\nand is speaking about his <\/p>\n
339
\n00:20:27,040 –> 00:20:30,880
\nreorganization of the.
\nOf the whole city. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:30,880 –> 00:20:33,920
\nReally, and in particular of the
\nLevites that were about the <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:33,920 –> 00:20:40,640
\nservice of God, a new house was
\ngoing to need a great more. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:40,640 –> 00:20:44,480
\nOrganization than had been
\nbefore, and it says in verse 6 <\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:44,480 –> 00:20:49,640
\nthat David divided them into
\ncourses among the sons of Levi, <\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:49,960 –> 00:20:53,840
\nnamely Gershon, Kohath and
\nMurari. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:54,600 –> 00:20:58,240
\nNow, just for the purpose of
\npicking up the structure of <\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:58,240 –> 00:21:00,400
\nthis, I’d like you to have that
\nlittle piece of paper again if. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:00,400 –> 00:21:03,720
\nYou’ve got it.
\nAnd just put Levi and then three<\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:03,720 –> 00:21:06,520
\narrows down from Levi.
\nIf I put this on a transparency,<\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:06,760 –> 00:21:08,160
\nyou’ll look at it once and
\nforget it. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:08,480 –> 00:21:10,000
\nBut if you write it down, you’ll
\nremember it. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:10,920 –> 00:21:19,560
\nSo Levi, and he has three sons.
\nGershon Kohath. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:21,040 –> 00:21:26,920
\nAnd Murari and the, the, the
\nscripture says that David <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:26,920 –> 00:21:34,040
\ndivided them into courses among
\nthe sons, the three sons. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:34,880 –> 00:21:38,160
\nSo if this chapter’s going to be
\nabout the Levites and it is <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:38,640 –> 00:21:43,240
\nchapter 23, then it’s going to
\ntell you about some of the sons <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:43,240 –> 00:21:47,360
\nof Gershon who were principally
\ninvolved, and some of the sons <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:47,360 –> 00:21:52,680
\nof Coeth who were principals
\namong the Levites, and some of <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:52,680 –> 00:21:57,480
\nthe sons of Murari who were
\nprincipal sons of Levi. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:58,240 –> 00:22:02,520
\nAnd so he does also with the
\nporters and with the singers. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:03,240 –> 00:22:07,240
\nThey will come from each of
\nthose main divisions of the <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:07,240 –> 00:22:09,880
\nLevites.
\nSo to get that picture clear in <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:09,880 –> 00:22:11,000
\nyour mind is important, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:11,000 –> 00:22:14,560
\nLevi, Gershon, Kohath and
\nMurari, and from these and from <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:14,560 –> 00:22:18,000
\nthese and from these.
\nHe would take certain particular<\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:18,000 –> 00:22:21,440
\npeople to be principals of the
\nLevites, generally in the work <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:21,480 –> 00:22:26,040
\nof the house, to be principals
\nin the Porter area or door <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:26,040 –> 00:22:32,200
\nkeeping area principals also.
\nIn the singing area, that’s how <\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:32,200 –> 00:22:34,520
\nhe structured it.
\nOf course, the priests came only<\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:34,520 –> 00:22:36,920
\nfrom one line.
\nThey came from the line of <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:36,920 –> 00:22:40,160
\nAaron, who was among the sons of
\nCohab. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:44,240 –> 00:22:50,280
\nNow this became therefore a very
\nimportant structure in the whole<\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:50,280 –> 00:22:54,960
\nof Israel’s future.
\nAnd for centuries that structure<\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:54,960 –> 00:22:58,720
\nwas preserved.
\nAnd if you come to 2nd of <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:58,720 –> 00:23:01,360
\nChronicles, which is really
\nturning over all the period of <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:01,360 –> 00:23:06,080
\nthe Davidic Kingdom and the
\nSecond of Chronicles chapter 35,<\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:07,360 –> 00:23:08,920
\nyou’ll see how important that
\nbecame. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:15,400 –> 00:23:20,280
\nSecond Chronicles 35 and verse
\n4, we’ve gone right over to <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:20,280 –> 00:23:23,520
\nJosiah, who’s getting towards
\nthe end of the Kingdom of Judah,<\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:24,560 –> 00:23:29,920
\nand this is what it says.
\nAnd prepare yourselves, verse 4,<\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:30,240 –> 00:23:36,240
\nby the houses of your father’s,
\nhe says as he speaks to the <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:36,240 –> 00:23:41,200
\nLevites and the priests after
\nyour courses. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:42,480 –> 00:23:47,480
\nAccording to the writing of
\nDavid, king of Israel, and <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:47,480 –> 00:23:51,000
\naccording to the writing of
\nSolomon his son. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:51,000 –> 00:23:55,520
\nWasn’t that instructive?
\nWe’ve turned over 300 odd years <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:56,360 –> 00:23:59,600
\nand there is the comment which
\nJosiah says to his people. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:00,160 –> 00:24:05,480
\nSo what we’re reading back here
\nin First Chronicles 232425 and <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:05,480 –> 00:24:09,120
\n26 is going to be an
\norganizational structure that <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:09,120 –> 00:24:13,240
\nwill be implemented for 300
\nyears and or always be <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:13,240 –> 00:24:17,040
\nrecognized as having been laid
\ndown by the hand of David’s <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:17,040 –> 00:24:21,880
\nwriting and Solomon after him
\nwho obviously established that <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:21,880 –> 00:24:23,960
\neven firm there’s an
\ninteresting, very interesting. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:24,560 –> 00:24:25,720
\nSo it wasn’t just up to
\nHezekiah. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:25,720 –> 00:24:27,040
\nI said, oh, I wasn’t going to do
\nit this. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:27,040 –> 00:24:29,760
\nWay you know I’m going to
\nreorganize the place this way. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:30,560 –> 00:24:33,480
\nLike, you know, 1 government
\ncomes in, one party goes out and<\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:33,480 –> 00:24:36,320
\nyou get a complete change of the
\nway the government’s run. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:36,320 –> 00:24:38,480
\nThat’s how it is in Australia.
\nYou don’t really know how to <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:38,680 –> 00:24:40,720
\nturn up the telephone book
\nanymore because you, you don’t <\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:40,720 –> 00:24:42,920
\nknow where you’re going to find
\nthis particular office of the <\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:42,920 –> 00:24:44,520
\ngovernment.
\nIt’s, it’s all changing, isn’t <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:44,520 –> 00:24:45,680
\nit?
\nOur world’s just changing like <\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:45,680 –> 00:24:48,000
\ncrazy.
\nSame here, is it? <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:48,400 –> 00:24:50,800
\nYeah, same everywhere, isn’t it?
\nMadness in the world. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:51,600 –> 00:24:55,200
\nBut in the days of David, there
\nwas something laid down that was<\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:55,200 –> 00:24:58,280
\nby divine decree and it was
\nestablished. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:58,960 –> 00:25:01,840
\nAnd Josiah, who had respected
\nthat, he resurrected that and <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:01,840 –> 00:25:05,280
\nsaid this is how it’s going to
\nbe done according to my ancient <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:05,280 –> 00:25:10,400
\nfather’s direction, because God
\ngave him that in the second of <\/p>\n
409
\n00:25:10,400 –> 00:25:15,880
\nChronicles 8, verse 14.
\nNo, that doesn’t mean the same. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:25:15,880 –> 00:25:19,080
\nI’d even insisted that in a
\npolitical life there can’t be <\/p>\n
411
\n00:25:19,160 –> 00:25:22,080
\nany change.
\nI tell you what it does mean to <\/p>\n
412
\n00:25:22,080 –> 00:25:25,400
\nme it meant.
\nAnd I’d like our younger <\/p>\n
413
\n00:25:25,400 –> 00:25:28,800
\nbrethren to hear this.
\nWhat it does mean to me is that <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:28,800 –> 00:25:33,560
\nwe ought to have respect at
\nleast for the way things have <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:33,560 –> 00:25:36,240
\nbeen done.
\nIf you want ecclesial peace and <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:36,240 –> 00:25:42,480
\nharmony, have respect the way
\nthat older brethren have seen <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:42,480 –> 00:25:45,160
\nfit to do things.
\nIt doesn’t mean to say that’s <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:45,160 –> 00:25:48,560
\nalways perfect.
\nGod did not tell us by divine <\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:48,560 –> 00:25:53,000
\ndecree how to do it.
\nBut surely if you want peace in <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:53,000 –> 00:25:57,720
\nyour meeting, it is right that a
\nyounger brother respects what <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:57,720 –> 00:25:58,880
\nhas been.
\nIsn’t that true? <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:59,680 –> 00:26:02,680
\nIt must be true.
\nAbsolutely must be true. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:04,800 –> 00:26:08,640
\nAny movement that doesn’t
\nrespect its pioneers is going to<\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:08,680 –> 00:26:10,360
\nbe a movement that just goes off
\nthe rails. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:26:11,840 –> 00:26:14,240
\nIt must mean that must when you
\nstop and think about it. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:26:14,480 –> 00:26:16,000
\nBecause God is working in our
\nmidst. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:26:16,000 –> 00:26:17,560
\nYeah, well, He was working in
\ntheir midst too. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:26:18,360 –> 00:26:20,360
\nAnd this is the way that things
\nwere done, and they were done <\/p>\n
429
\n00:26:20,360 –> 00:26:23,840
\nvery well for many, many years.
\nIf we live here 4 in an age <\/p>\n
430
\n00:26:23,880 –> 00:26:26,320
\nthat’s turning over, turning
\nover, turning over, don’t get <\/p>\n
431
\n00:26:26,320 –> 00:26:29,120
\ncaught up with that age.
\nThe odds are that it’s going to <\/p>\n
432
\n00:26:29,120 –> 00:26:31,880
\nbe doing a lot of things very
\nwrongly as far as God’s <\/p>\n
433
\n00:26:31,880 –> 00:26:34,680
\nconcerned or totally unrelated
\nto the principles of God. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:34,680 –> 00:26:36,480
\nBut that wasn’t the case with
\nour grandparents. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:37,160 –> 00:26:39,640
\nThey were God fearing men who
\nsaw fit to do it in certain <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:39,640 –> 00:26:42,280
\nways.
\nDoes it mean to say everything <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:42,280 –> 00:26:44,800
\nwas perfect?
\nDoesn’t mean that at all, but it<\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:44,800 –> 00:26:48,000
\ndoes mean if ecclesial piece,
\nit’s going to be realized that <\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:48,120 –> 00:26:50,240
\nthe younger generation has
\nrespect. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:51,680 –> 00:26:54,480
\nLike Josiah had respected me
\nabsolute respect. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:55,520 –> 00:26:57,800
\nAnd he never ever knew Dave
\nhundreds of years from the <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:57,800 –> 00:27:00,040
\nbackground, but he had absolute
\nrespect for that. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:27:01,400 –> 00:27:03,400
\nAnd you know, they even had the
\nsame instruments. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:03,880 –> 00:27:05,560
\nThey they didn’t change the
\ninstruments. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:27:05,560 –> 00:27:08,240
\nIncredible.
\nDavid made it this way. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:27:08,240 –> 00:27:12,040
\nThat’s how it be made in the
\nsecond Chronicles 8. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:27:12,880 –> 00:27:16,240
\nThis is the days of Solomon.
\nSolomon was a brilliant young <\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:16,240 –> 00:27:17,960
\nboy.
\nHe could make up his own <\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:17,960 –> 00:27:20,080
\ncharter.
\nSurely he didn’t need to rely <\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:20,080 –> 00:27:22,000
\nupon anybody.
\nHe How did he how did he need to<\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:22,160 –> 00:27:24,240
\nwalk in the steps of anyone?
\nWell, you have a. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:24,240 –> 00:27:29,360
\nLook in Second Chronicles 8.
\nSecond Chronicles 8, verse 14. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:30,320 –> 00:27:35,240
\nBrilliant young man, but he
\nappointed according to the order<\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:35,240 –> 00:27:37,520
\nof David his father.
\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:37,680 –> 00:27:41,640
\nI love that according to the
\norder of David his father. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:41,640 –> 00:27:44,760
\nI’d love my boys and I’d love my
\ndaughters to think like that, <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:45,720 –> 00:27:49,320
\nnot because it’s me, but because
\nof the principle involved. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:50,280 –> 00:27:53,080
\nThat’s how really we need to be
\nin ecclesial life, to teach our <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:53,080 –> 00:27:55,680
\nchildren to respect their
\nelders. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:56,160 –> 00:27:59,840
\nSo that they have a desire to
\nuphold what their fathers and <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:59,840 –> 00:28:03,600
\ntheir grandfathers and other
\nfathers in the faith have stood <\/p>\n
462
\n00:28:03,600 –> 00:28:05,680
\nfor.
\nBecause that’s a good thing. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:06,560 –> 00:28:10,200
\nHis Solomon, all his presence.
\nWas there ever a sharper mind in<\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:10,200 –> 00:28:13,400
\nIsrael than that?
\nBut according to the principles <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:13,400 –> 00:28:17,160
\nof death.
\nWhat Dad established the courses<\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:17,160 –> 00:28:20,480
\nof the priests to their service,
\nthe Levites to their charter, <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:20,480 –> 00:28:24,160
\nwith the details to praise and
\nminister before the priests, as <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:24,160 –> 00:28:28,800
\nthe duty of the priests, as the
\nduty of every day required the <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:28,800 –> 00:28:33,800
\nporters also by the courses at
\nevery gate, or so had David, the<\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:33,800 –> 00:28:36,880
\nman of God commanded.
\nThat’s impressive, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:38,400 –> 00:28:42,720
\nVery impressive indeed to see
\nthe detail that is given there. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:43,800 –> 00:28:52,680
\nNow if you come back into the
\nfirst of Chronicles 28, you’ll <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:52,680 –> 00:28:55,240
\nsee that David did in fact
\nreceive that pattern. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:59,440 –> 00:29:02,120
\nYou might say, well, he he saw
\nthe pattern of the temple. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:29:02,400 –> 00:29:03,160
\nThat’s.
\nTrue. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:29:03,880 –> 00:29:07,640
\nBut he saw more than that.
\nHe saw how the place would work.<\/p>\n
477
\n00:29:08,200 –> 00:29:12,280
\nVerse 11.
\nFirst Chronicles 28 David gave <\/p>\n
478
\n00:29:12,280 –> 00:29:17,640
\nto Solomon his son, the pattern
\nof the porch, and of the houses <\/p>\n
479
\n00:29:17,640 –> 00:29:22,960
\nthereof, and of the treasuries,
\nand of the upper chambers, and <\/p>\n
480
\n00:29:22,960 –> 00:29:26,160
\nof the inner palace, and of the
\nplace of the mercy seat. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:26,840 –> 00:29:30,760
\nSo not just saw, you know, the
\nvery holy place and most holy <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:30,760 –> 00:29:34,040
\nplace did.
\nHe he saw the whole structure of<\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:34,040 –> 00:29:36,320
\nthat temple right down to the
\nstorehouses and the place where <\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:36,320 –> 00:29:39,720
\npeople would live.
\nAnd once more, verse 12 and the <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:39,720 –> 00:29:43,120
\npattern of all that he had by
\nthe spirit of the courts of the <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:43,120 –> 00:29:47,080
\nHouse of the Lord and of all the
\nchambers round about of the <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:47,080 –> 00:29:50,120
\ntreasuries of the House of God
\nand of the treasuries of the <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:50,120 –> 00:29:54,200
\ndedicated thing.
\nAlso for the courses of the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:54,200 –> 00:29:58,360
\npriests and the Levites and for
\nall the work of the service of <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:58,360 –> 00:30:00,920
\nthe House of the Lord and for
\nall the vessels of service in <\/p>\n
491
\n00:30:00,920 –> 00:30:03,520
\nthe House of the Lord.
\nAnd therefore he’s able to put <\/p>\n
492
\n00:30:03,520 –> 00:30:06,880
\nthese various.
\nMatters of of substance, the <\/p>\n
493
\n00:30:06,880 –> 00:30:08,920
\ngold and the silver and so forth
\nthat was necessary. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:30:08,920 –> 00:30:11,560
\nHe could and he could work out
\nthe amounts that were required. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:12,560 –> 00:30:15,840
\nThat’s why in verses 14 to to 18
\nhe was able to work out. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:15,840 –> 00:30:19,520
\nAll the amount of metals that
\nwere required in stones because <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:19,520 –> 00:30:22,560
\nhe had this little drawings of
\nall of these things I said <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:22,560 –> 00:30:24,160
\ndrawings.
\nLook at verse 19. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:25,160 –> 00:30:29,880
\nAll this, said David, the Lord
\nmade me understand in writing by<\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:29,880 –> 00:30:33,200
\nhis hand upon me, even all the.
\nWorks of this pattern. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:33,440 –> 00:30:36,480
\nHow beautiful.
\nThat really is a very beautiful <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:36,480 –> 00:30:38,200
\nthing, isn’t it?
\nTo put that whole picture <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:38,200 –> 00:30:41,560
\ntogether shows that what David
\nwas instigating was not <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:41,560 –> 00:30:44,160
\nsomething dreamt up out of his
\nown mind, but something that God<\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:44,160 –> 00:30:46,400
\nhad given him.
\nHe’d caused his hand to write it<\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:46,400 –> 00:30:50,600
\nout, even down to the the
\nvessels and the the treasuries <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:50,600 –> 00:30:52,480
\nand the place where people would
\nlive and all the other <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:52,480 –> 00:30:55,680
\napartments that were related.
\nTo the temple What an. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:55,680 –> 00:30:57,040
\nAmazing.
\nThing it was. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:58,000 –> 00:31:00,680
\nAnd yet now he’s an old man.
\nHe has to implement that, bring <\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:00,680 –> 00:31:03,560
\nit in.
\nIncredible. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:31:03,560 –> 00:31:06,400
\nIt’s an incredible concept.
\nAnd you know, my dear brothers. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:31:06,400 –> 00:31:11,000
\nAnd sisters as you think.
\nAbout that, you’re realizing <\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:11,000 –> 00:31:15,040
\nthis surely, that when God’s
\nhand, when God’s Spirit comes <\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:15,040 –> 00:31:19,200
\nupon David and he writes that
\nout, what would God have in <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:19,200 –> 00:31:23,120
\nmind?
\nIs this the greatest temple? <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:23,720 –> 00:31:28,160
\nIs this the greatest king?
\nReally? <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:28,160 –> 00:31:31,760
\nHis mind is full of the future
\nyet again, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:32,760 –> 00:31:35,760
\nIt’s the greater temple in
\nJerusalem with the greatest Son <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:35,760 –> 00:31:38,520
\nof David that really is the
\nultimate that God must have in <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:38,520 –> 00:31:43,160
\nmind.
\nTrue, He cannot surely give <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:43,160 –> 00:31:45,920
\nsomething to David in those
\ntimes that’s not going to <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:45,920 –> 00:31:47,440
\nreflect what will be in the.
\nFuture. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:48,840 –> 00:31:52,000
\nOf course not.
\nNo more than you and I who might<\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:52,000 –> 00:31:53,400
\nset something before our
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:53,400 –> 00:31:54,840
\nWe’ve got an ultimate concept
\nwith them. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:55,160 –> 00:31:56,920
\nWe’re not going to set something
\nthat’s going up in this. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:31:56,920 –> 00:32:00,280
\nDirection if we want them to go.
\nThere are we, we’re going to set<\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:00,280 –> 00:32:02,680
\nthem something here might say,
\nwell, that’s as much as they can<\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:02,680 –> 00:32:05,320
\ntake in for this time.
\nBut in the end I know it’s going<\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:05,320 –> 00:32:08,080
\nto develop to that full picture.
\nIn the end. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:09,360 –> 00:32:11,680
\nSo we have a bit of a treasure
\nhere in Chronicles, don’t we? <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:13,760 –> 00:32:16,160
\nIt’s a treasure of how things
\nwill be in the Kingdom, I’m <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:16,160 –> 00:32:19,160
\nsure.
\nIn fact, I can’t think of any <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:19,160 –> 00:32:23,040
\nother way in which we could, we
\ncould get some way, some picture<\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:23,040 –> 00:32:26,800
\nof how Jerusalem will work apart
\nfrom Ezekiel’s description at <\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:26,800 –> 00:32:31,760
\nthe end of his prophecy.
\nI can’t think of any better way <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:31,960 –> 00:32:34,760
\nof seeing how the priests and
\nothers will work together than <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:34,760 –> 00:32:37,600
\nthese old chapters in
\nChronicles. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:38,200 –> 00:32:41,640
\nThese chapters have many words
\nand many big long names and that<\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:41,640 –> 00:32:44,520
\nare so difficult to understand.
\nAnd yet there is a there is a <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:44,520 –> 00:32:48,200
\nprecious value to them because
\nthey are outlining to us that in<\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:48,200 –> 00:32:50,680
\nthe Kingdom to come, things are
\ngoing to be done according to a <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:50,680 –> 00:32:54,640
\nvery strict protocol.
\nAnd it will be given by God and <\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:54,840 –> 00:32:58,360
\nit’ll be kept up and people will
\ncome to understand that one <\/p>\n
546
\n00:32:58,360 –> 00:33:00,520
\ngeneration to another will will
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:00,520 –> 00:33:03,720
\nThat’s how things are done in
\nthe temple in Jerusalem when <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:03,720 –> 00:33:06,600
\nChrist is king.
\nThat’s why in the in the Book of<\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:06,600 –> 00:33:11,720
\nRevelation, there are 24 elders.
\nSurely that 24 is based on the <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:11,720 –> 00:33:14,240
\nfact that.
\nWe’re 24 priests and 24 courses <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:14,240 –> 00:33:18,320
\nof The thing is 24 courses of
\nthe of the gatekeepers and so <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:18,320 –> 00:33:23,040
\non. 24,000 of the Levites.
\nIt’s interesting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:23,040 –> 00:33:25,720
\nObviously, when God caused that
\nto be written, He had the great <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:25,720 –> 00:33:28,640
\npicture in mind.
\nAnd so here is a lovely way of <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:28,640 –> 00:33:31,640
\nseeing how things will be
\norganized in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:32,680 –> 00:33:35,160
\nSo there’s a treasure in these
\nold chapters and chronicles. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:35,600 –> 00:33:37,640
\nSo when you come to the readings
\nnext time and your little <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:37,640 –> 00:33:39,160
\nchildren say, oh, do we have to
\nread this one? <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:39,160 –> 00:33:42,720
\nMum and Dad say, well, there’s a
\nsecret in here and it’s telling <\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:42,720 –> 00:33:47,360
\nus about things to come, even if
\nit’s about details of the past. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:48,200 –> 00:33:52,120
\nNow I said that he took various
\npeople from different to the <\/p>\n
562
\n00:33:52,160 –> 00:33:56,480
\ndifferent divisions of Levi, and
\nthose divisions were Gershon, <\/p>\n
563
\n00:33:57,320 –> 00:33:59,480
\nKohath and Murari.
\nVerse 6. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:01,040 –> 00:34:04,680
\nNow look at how the chapters
\norganized, verse seven of the <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:04,680 –> 00:34:16,760
\nGershonites, of the Gershonites,
\nverse 12, the sons of Kohath, <\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:16,920 –> 00:34:25,719
\nwhich was the second one
\nmentioned, and verse 21 of the <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:25,719 –> 00:34:28,239
\nsons of Murari.
\nSo there’s the structure of the <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:28,239 –> 00:34:32,040
\nchapter 3 main divisions of the
\nLevites, Gershon, Kohath, <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:32,040 –> 00:34:38,840
\nMurari, Gershon verse 7, Kohath
\nverse 12 and Murari verse 21. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:41,120 –> 00:34:44,760
\nAnd from there there are 24 who
\nare chosen out. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:45,639 –> 00:34:50,320
\nYou’ve got, for example, in
\nverse 8, you’ve got three <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:50,360 –> 00:34:52,880
\nmentioned.
\nJust perhaps ring that little <\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:52,880 –> 00:34:57,160
\nthree with a pencil if you like.
\nAnd in verse 9 you’ve got of the<\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:57,160 –> 00:35:02,280
\nsons of Shimi 3 particular
\npersons who were going to be pre<\/p>\n
575
\n00:35:02,280 –> 00:35:07,360
\neminent among the 24,000.
\nAnd then in verse the 10 it says<\/p>\n
576
\n00:35:07,600 –> 00:35:10,680
\nthese four were the sons of
\nShimii. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:11,880 –> 00:35:15,760
\nSo you’ve got 3 + 3 is 6 + 4 is
\n10. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:17,680 –> 00:35:21,120
\nAnd if you come down to verse
\n16, you’ve got another one <\/p>\n
579
\n00:35:21,120 –> 00:35:27,200
\nmentioned and his name is
\nChebuwel, and another one <\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:27,200 –> 00:35:30,920
\nmentioned in verse 17.
\nSo we’re up to 12. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:30,920 –> 00:35:34,240
\nAren’t we?
\nAnd verse 18 is another one <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:34,240 –> 00:35:38,040
\nmentioned the chief.
\nAnd in verse 19 it mentions <\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:38,040 –> 00:35:43,040
\nanother 4.
\nAnd in verse 20 there’s another <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:43,040 –> 00:35:48,120
\n2.
\nThe second see And there’s 2IN <\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:48,120 –> 00:35:52,440
\nverse 21.
\nAnd there’s three in verse 23, <\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:53,320 –> 00:35:55,120
\nif you add those up, it comes to
\n24. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:55,840 –> 00:35:59,720
\nSo they obviously from those 3
\nprincipal divisions of the <\/p>\n
588
\n00:35:59,720 –> 00:36:04,800
\nKoathites, they were the 24
\nelders among the Levites, among <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:04,800 –> 00:36:08,920
\nthe 24,000.
\nSo 1000 in each group, 24 liters<\/p>\n
590
\n00:36:08,920 –> 00:36:10,760
\nof 1000 each.
\nIsn’t that interesting? <\/p>\n
591
\n00:36:11,120 –> 00:36:14,360
\nNow, would you want to worry
\nabout that when you were in his <\/p>\n
592
\n00:36:14,360 –> 00:36:16,720
\ncondition of health?
\nBut David got to that, didn’t <\/p>\n
593
\n00:36:16,720 –> 00:36:19,080
\nhe?
\nGot his mind onto it, organized <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:19,080 –> 00:36:22,720
\nhimself and and and approached
\nthat with great interest and he <\/p>\n
595
\n00:36:22,720 –> 00:36:24,680
\ngot that all implemented in
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:26,520 –> 00:36:29,120
\nWell, it was a little more
\ninvolved than that, wasn’t it <\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:29,120 –> 00:36:33,600
\nbecause we we missed out the
\nbracket in between and says in <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:33,600 –> 00:36:37,760
\nverse 12, the sons of Kohath
\nwere Amram. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:38,720 –> 00:36:43,880
\nSo where you’ve got your little
\ndiagram, Levi, Gershon, Kohath, <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:44,320 –> 00:36:51,400
\nand Murari now make 4 arrows
\ndown from Kohath, and the names <\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:51,400 –> 00:36:54,520
\nof those to those 4 arrows are
\nverse 12. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:55,280 –> 00:37:03,160
\nAmram is ha and Hebron and
\nAziel. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:04,440 –> 00:37:10,320
\nSo Kohath had four sons.
\nAmram is ha Hebron and Aziel. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:13,240 –> 00:37:17,920
\nNow Izhar has one of his sons
\nchosen in verse 18. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:18,880 –> 00:37:26,680
\nSee that Hebron has four of his
\nsons chosen in verse 19. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:37:27,640 –> 00:37:31,560
\nI just ran a a little line down
\nand joined the two up so I could<\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:31,560 –> 00:37:38,000
\nalways see that.
\nAnd Aziel, he had two in verse <\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:38,000 –> 00:37:41,360
\n20.
\nThe chapter’s got a lot of <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:41,360 –> 00:37:46,760
\nstructure to it, hasn’t it?
\nKohath, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:46,760 –> 00:37:48,200
\nand Azil.
\nWhat about Amram? <\/p>\n
611
\n00:37:48,640 –> 00:37:52,960
\nWe know who Amram was.
\nHe’s the father of Moses, father<\/p>\n
612
\n00:37:52,960 –> 00:37:56,960
\nof Moses and Aaron.
\nAnd so we read in verse 13 the <\/p>\n
613
\n00:37:56,960 –> 00:38:03,600
\nsons of Amram, Aaron and Moses.
\nHe puts Moses aside and says, <\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:04,520 –> 00:38:08,400
\nand Aaron was separated, that he
\nshould sanctify the most holy <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:08,400 –> 00:38:13,800
\nthings, he and his sons forever,
\nto burn incense before Yahweh, <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:15,240 –> 00:38:19,400
\nto minister unto him, and to
\nbless in his name forever. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:19,400 –> 00:38:23,520
\nThere’s the four things that are
\nnoted of the priesthood of the <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:23,520 –> 00:38:30,480
\nsons of Aaron, sanctify the most
\nholy things, burn incense, <\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:31,360 –> 00:38:35,440
\nminister unto him and to bless
\nin his name forever. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:36,960 –> 00:38:40,840
\nThe priests were separated for
\nthat work and their chapter is <\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:40,840 –> 00:38:48,560
\nthe next 1, chapter 24.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:50,000 –> 00:38:52,680
\nSo that helps us to see that
\nthere isn’t a structure. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:38:53,040 –> 00:38:55,440
\nIn the in.
\nThe first of Chronicles, chapter<\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:55,440 –> 00:38:58,440
\n23.
\nNow there’s a few general <\/p>\n
625
\n00:38:58,440 –> 00:39:01,240
\ndescriptions about the duties of
\nthe Levites. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:01,840 –> 00:39:05,640
\nThese were the sons of Levi,
\nverse 24, after the House of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:05,640 –> 00:39:08,880
\ntheir fathers, even the chief of
\nthe fathers, as they were <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:08,880 –> 00:39:12,760
\ncounted by number of names, by
\ntheir poles that did the work <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:12,760 –> 00:39:15,520
\nfor the service of the House of
\nthe Lord from the age of 20 <\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:15,520 –> 00:39:19,000
\nyears and upward.
\nFor David said, the Lord God of <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:19,000 –> 00:39:22,440
\nIsrael hath given rest, and his
\npeople, that they may dwell in <\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:22,440 –> 00:39:28,880
\nJerusalem forever rather, and he
\ndwells in Jerusalem forever. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:29,240 –> 00:39:31,880
\nAnd you’ll see that the margin
\nactually renders it that way. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:32,480 –> 00:39:38,160
\nSo does the RSV sense, doesn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:39,200 –> 00:39:42,800
\nThe Lord God of Israel hath
\ngiven rest unto his people, and <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:42,800 –> 00:39:46,080
\nhe dwells in Jerusalem forever.
\nThat’s why we’re getting <\/p>\n
637
\n00:39:46,080 –> 00:39:51,040
\norganized, because the Lord God
\nof Israel is coming home, as it <\/p>\n
638
\n00:39:51,040 –> 00:39:54,000
\nwere, to rest in Jerusalem.
\nWe’ve got to be ready for that. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:39:54,080 –> 00:39:55,520
\nWe’ve got to have things done
\nproperly. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:56,400 –> 00:39:58,120
\nThis can’t be just
\nlackadaisical. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:39:58,120 –> 00:39:59,480
\nThis has got to be done
\nproperly. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:00,080 –> 00:40:02,600
\nAnd so we’re reorganizing.
\nWasn’t David a wonderful man of <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:02,600 –> 00:40:06,320
\nGod, my dear?
\nAnd sisters, he saw the scope of<\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:06,320 –> 00:40:07,880
\nwhat was involved and he
\nthought, oh. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:09,040 –> 00:40:11,320
\nIf the Lord God of Israel is
\ngoing to come into this, the <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:11,320 –> 00:40:15,320
\ncapital city, then this city’s
\ngot to run right and things have<\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:15,320 –> 00:40:19,960
\ngot to be done properly.
\nI wonder how much of that is <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:19,960 –> 00:40:23,880
\nlost today now.
\nIt clears your life and the <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:23,880 –> 00:40:26,720
\nsanctity of our meetings.
\nI don’t think our meetings need <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:26,720 –> 00:40:28,600
\nto be stiff or.
\nCold. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:29,800 –> 00:40:33,480
\nFormal to that degree.
\nI don’t like that, but I do <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:33,480 –> 00:40:36,120
\nthink that there should be a
\nsanctity in our meetings. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:40:36,880 –> 00:40:40,600
\nYou know, there’s a certain
\ndiscipline in our meetings, so <\/p>\n
654
\n00:40:40,600 –> 00:40:45,240
\nthat concentration can be good
\nso that people know they’re <\/p>\n
655
\n00:40:45,240 –> 00:40:49,240
\nabout something serious.
\nWe don’t just sort of turn up to<\/p>\n
656
\n00:40:49,240 –> 00:40:53,040
\nthe meetings like we turn up to
\na picnic, because if we’re going<\/p>\n
657
\n00:40:53,040 –> 00:40:55,000
\ndown the beach, it’s just not
\nright, is it? <\/p>\n
658
\n00:40:56,440 –> 00:40:57,960
\nThis isn’t the way we should do
\nthings. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:40:57,960 –> 00:40:59,320
\nWe’ve never done things that
\nway. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:40:59,600 –> 00:41:01,960
\nIt’s only really our modern
\nworld that does things like <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:01,960 –> 00:41:05,080
\nthat, and we don’t have to
\nconform to that. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:05,680 –> 00:41:08,720
\nWe’re really separated, aren’t
\nwe, to a different and a holy <\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:08,720 –> 00:41:11,160
\ncalling.
\nAnd in our brotherhood all <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:11,160 –> 00:41:13,440
\nacross the world, my dear Ben
\nSis, we need to be careful of <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:13,440 –> 00:41:16,640
\nthose things, not to make that
\nthe big issue, but nevertheless,<\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:17,200 –> 00:41:19,640
\nto preserve the sanctity of our
\nmeetings. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:20,800 –> 00:41:22,840
\nEven what our children do in the
\nhall, it’s not a place for <\/p>\n
668
\n00:41:22,840 –> 00:41:24,440
\ngames.
\nYou know, you don’t play cricket<\/p>\n
669
\n00:41:24,440 –> 00:41:26,200
\nin the hall.
\nOr is it baseball? <\/p>\n
670
\n00:41:26,200 –> 00:41:28,240
\nMaybe even a bit more dangerous,
\nwouldn’t it? <\/p>\n
671
\n00:41:31,000 –> 00:41:33,720
\nThere should be a proper
\nenvironment in our hall that <\/p>\n
672
\n00:41:33,720 –> 00:41:37,680
\nteaches or even our children
\nthat this is a place where we <\/p>\n
673
\n00:41:37,680 –> 00:41:42,040
\nworship God and where we learn
\nabout the things of God and we <\/p>\n
674
\n00:41:42,040 –> 00:41:43,560
\nkeep the sanctity of the
\nmeeting. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:41:44,200 –> 00:41:46,600
\nThat’s how David, Phil, God’s
\ngoing to come into Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:41:46,600 –> 00:41:47,960
\nWell, I’ve got to get this place
\nright. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:41:49,080 –> 00:41:50,840
\nGot to have everybody organized.
\nThey’ve got to feel it. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:41:50,840 –> 00:41:52,000
\nThey’ve got to be touched by
\nthis. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:41:52,000 –> 00:41:55,120
\nThis is too wonderful that this
\nis going to happen. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:41:55,400 –> 00:41:57,960
\nWasn’t he a beautiful man?
\nHe really was a man of God. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:41:58,080 –> 00:42:01,600
\nGreat fear of God in his heart.
\nAnd it says in verse 26, and <\/p>\n
682
\n00:42:01,600 –> 00:42:04,320
\nalso under the Levites, they
\nshall no more carry the <\/p>\n
683
\n00:42:04,320 –> 00:42:06,880
\nTabernacle, nor any vessels of
\nit for the service thereof, <\/p>\n
684
\n00:42:06,880 –> 00:42:10,080
\nbecause it’s.
\nIt’s coming to stay or by the <\/p>\n
685
\n00:42:10,080 –> 00:42:13,120
\nlast words of David, the Levites
\nwere numbered from 20 years old <\/p>\n
686
\n00:42:13,120 –> 00:42:16,080
\nand above.
\nBecause their office was to wait<\/p>\n
687
\n00:42:16,080 –> 00:42:18,680
\non the sons of Aaron for the
\nservice of the House of Yahweh <\/p>\n
688
\n00:42:18,880 –> 00:42:21,840
\nin the courts and in the
\nchambers, and the purifying all <\/p>\n
689
\n00:42:21,840 –> 00:42:24,560
\nholy things and the work of the
\nservice for the House of God. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:42:25,600 –> 00:42:27,320
\nLook at all the things that they
\nhad to be about. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:42:28,040 –> 00:42:30,240
\nBoth for the showbread and for
\nthe fine flour, for meat <\/p>\n
692
\n00:42:30,240 –> 00:42:32,840
\noffering, and for the unleavened
\ncakes, and for that which is <\/p>\n
693
\n00:42:32,840 –> 00:42:35,480
\nbaked in the pan, and for that
\nwhich is fried, and for all <\/p>\n
694
\n00:42:35,480 –> 00:42:39,000
\nmanner of measure and size.
\nYou know, I never had much idea <\/p>\n
695
\n00:42:39,000 –> 00:42:41,560
\nof what it was involved in, in
\nthe offerings of the temple <\/p>\n
696
\n00:42:41,560 –> 00:42:45,840
\nuntil one time, a little piece
\nof land I had, we we lost an <\/p>\n
697
\n00:42:45,840 –> 00:42:46,760
\nanimal.
\nIt was a. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:42:46,760 –> 00:42:48,360
\nIt was a.
\nIt’s always the best one you <\/p>\n
699
\n00:42:48,360 –> 00:42:49,720
\nlose.
\nAnd this was the best one in the<\/p>\n
700
\n00:42:49,720 –> 00:42:51,480
\nherd.
\nAnd we lost this animal, you <\/p>\n
701
\n00:42:51,480 –> 00:42:54,840
\nsee, beautiful cow was.
\nAnd I thought, what am I going <\/p>\n
702
\n00:42:54,840 –> 00:42:56,400
\nto do with that?
\nAnd the neighbor says, well, <\/p>\n
703
\n00:42:56,520 –> 00:42:59,960
\nyou, you burn it up, you see.
\nSo I thought, all right, we’ll <\/p>\n
704
\n00:42:59,960 –> 00:43:02,760
\nburn it up.
\nSo I got this wood together. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:43:02,880 –> 00:43:05,720
\nAnd as I was putting this wood
\non the on the animal and it was <\/p>\n
706
\n00:43:05,720 –> 00:43:09,480
\nall bloated, of course, because
\nbeing there a day or two, I <\/p>\n
707
\n00:43:09,480 –> 00:43:13,040
\nbegan to realize what a
\ntremendous work this was to put <\/p>\n
708
\n00:43:13,120 –> 00:43:15,840
\nfire to an animal and devour.
\nHave you ever done it? <\/p>\n
709
\n00:43:16,040 –> 00:43:17,480
\nWho’s done it?
\nAnybody done it? <\/p>\n
710
\n00:43:18,680 –> 00:43:21,360
\nIt’s an amazing John did half a
\nforest to burn an animal. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:43:22,000 –> 00:43:26,040
\nIt’s absolutely amazing how much
\nwood you need to to consume the <\/p>\n
712
\n00:43:26,040 –> 00:43:28,280
\nanimal.
\nThis was just a full grown cow <\/p>\n
713
\n00:43:28,640 –> 00:43:31,320
\nand I came back, you know, a
\ncouple of hours later and things<\/p>\n
714
\n00:43:31,320 –> 00:43:33,240
\nstill burning and all the wood
\nwas gone. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:43:33,240 –> 00:43:34,600
\nSo I heaped a whole lot more
\nwood on. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:43:34,920 –> 00:43:36,360
\nI came back a couple of days
\nlater. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:43:36,360 –> 00:43:38,280
\nI had to do the same again.
\nCame back a couple of days <\/p>\n
718
\n00:43:38,280 –> 00:43:39,240
\nlater.
\nStill enough? <\/p>\n
719
\n00:43:40,880 –> 00:43:43,960
\nAnd I began to have some idea of
\nwhat was actually involved, you <\/p>\n
720
\n00:43:43,960 –> 00:43:47,200
\nknow, when it speaks in the law
\nof of hundreds of offerings, <\/p>\n
721
\n00:43:48,360 –> 00:43:51,560
\nsometimes thousands of offerings
\nthose. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:43:51,560 –> 00:43:54,560
\nMen would have been.
\nWorking like Trojans to get <\/p>\n
723
\n00:43:54,560 –> 00:43:59,000
\nthrough that work and every day
\nthat was coming up to the to the<\/p>\n
724
\n00:43:59,360 –> 00:44:03,040
\nthe place of the temple.
\nThose Levites had to really work<\/p>\n
725
\n00:44:03,320 –> 00:44:06,160
\nand you can understand why there
\nwas all these people, why it had<\/p>\n
726
\n00:44:06,160 –> 00:44:08,840
\nto be organized.
\nIf it couldn’t be held handled, <\/p>\n
727
\n00:44:09,000 –> 00:44:10,560
\nthen it wouldn’t happen.
\nPeople would say, oh, it’s now <\/p>\n
728
\n00:44:10,560 –> 00:44:11,480
\nhe’s taking your animal up
\nthere. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:44:11,480 –> 00:44:12,520
\nYou have to wake up.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
730
\n00:44:12,520 –> 00:44:14,080
\nWait, Wait for a week before
\nit’s offered. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:44:14,920 –> 00:44:17,480
\nIt had to be done then.
\nDidn’t it hadn’t be done <\/p>\n
732
\n00:44:17,480 –> 00:44:19,760
\nproperly?
\nHow’d he kill an animal? <\/p>\n
733
\n00:44:21,760 –> 00:44:24,760
\nYou say You take it off to the I
\nsay the abattoirs, You say the <\/p>\n
734
\n00:44:24,760 –> 00:44:27,600
\nslaughterhouse, don’t you?
\nAnd you don’t know what happens <\/p>\n
735
\n00:44:27,600 –> 00:44:29,400
\nthere, do you?
\nBut how do you kill an animal? <\/p>\n
736
\n00:44:30,320 –> 00:44:31,040
\nHe’s a.
\nHe’s a A. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:44:31,440 –> 00:44:34,040
\nBullock.
\nAnd he’s full grown. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:44:34,040 –> 00:44:37,240
\nHe weighs 1000 kilograms.
\nAll right, here’s the knife. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:44:37,240 –> 00:44:40,640
\nYou go and kill him.
\nHow do you do that? <\/p>\n
740
\n00:44:41,680 –> 00:44:43,840
\nVery difficult, isn’t it?
\nHe’s not going to like it. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:44:43,840 –> 00:44:44,960
\nHe’s going to stand there for
\nyou. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:44:46,880 –> 00:44:49,920
\nYou’re going to have to have
\nsome very strong ties around <\/p>\n
743
\n00:44:49,920 –> 00:44:51,400
\nthat animal to be able to
\nachieve that. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:44:52,280 –> 00:44:53,600
\nAnd then you’re going to have to
\nbutcher the. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:44:53,600 –> 00:44:57,280
\nParts take it apart.
\nAnd in fact, there was a lot of <\/p>\n
746
\n00:44:57,280 –> 00:44:59,560
\nwork, an enormous amount of
\nwork. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:44:59,920 –> 00:45:01,760
\nAnd I began to realize just how
\nmuch. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:45:01,760 –> 00:45:04,480
\nWood would be involved.
\nThat has to come from the the <\/p>\n
749
\n00:45:04,480 –> 00:45:06,200
\nforests all around, doesn’t it?
\nSo there were. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:45:06,200 –> 00:45:07,280
\nWood.
\nOfferings. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:45:07,520 –> 00:45:09,360
\nYou read about them, don’t you,
\nNehemiah? <\/p>\n
752
\n00:45:09,360 –> 00:45:13,200
\nYou read about them, Malachi.
\nSo it was a very large <\/p>\n
753
\n00:45:13,200 –> 00:45:17,200
\ninstitution, very busy, and had
\nto be so because people were <\/p>\n
754
\n00:45:17,200 –> 00:45:19,200
\ncontinually coming with their
\nconcerns. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:45:20,240 –> 00:45:21,800
\nI’ll tell you another thing
\nwould make you think, wouldn’t <\/p>\n
756
\n00:45:21,800 –> 00:45:24,400
\nit, If you take a big animal
\nlike that up to the temple <\/p>\n
757
\n00:45:24,400 –> 00:45:26,440
\nbecause you had sinned, you’d
\nthink twice about sinning <\/p>\n
758
\n00:45:26,440 –> 00:45:29,440
\nanother time too.
\nI never thought of that until <\/p>\n
759
\n00:45:29,640 –> 00:45:31,520
\nthat happened to me.
\nYou’d you’d really stop and <\/p>\n
760
\n00:45:31,520 –> 00:45:35,280
\nthink you’re going to break
\nGod’s law again. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:45:35,280 –> 00:45:37,160
\nWell, you better be careful
\nbecause it’s going to cost you <\/p>\n
762
\n00:45:37,160 –> 00:45:40,720
\nsomething.
\nSo there were all these people <\/p>\n
763
\n00:45:40,920 –> 00:45:43,800
\nthat were involved, but there
\nwere other things too. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:45:43,800 –> 00:45:47,640
\nVerse 30 and to stand every
\nmorning to thank and praise <\/p>\n
765
\n00:45:47,640 –> 00:45:52,080
\nYahweh and likewise of even the
\ntemple was a lovely place to go <\/p>\n
766
\n00:45:52,080 –> 00:45:55,480
\nto.
\nTo stand every morning to thank <\/p>\n
767
\n00:45:55,480 –> 00:45:59,160
\nand praise Yahweh.
\nAnd likewise it Even so it was a<\/p>\n
768
\n00:45:59,160 –> 00:46:04,200
\nplace of song and of happiness,
\nof heart, of uplift, of spirit. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:46:04,200 –> 00:46:07,240
\nIt was a beautiful place, a high
\npriest to be going past near the<\/p>\n
770
\n00:46:07,240 –> 00:46:10,200
\nbells ringing on his on his
\ngarments. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:46:10,880 –> 00:46:13,360
\nAnd there was an alacrity about
\nwhat they were doing and these <\/p>\n
772
\n00:46:13,360 –> 00:46:15,480
\nmen that were given to song and
\nto praise. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:46:15,960 –> 00:46:18,680
\nIt wasn’t a starchy old place.
\nIt was a place where the the <\/p>\n
774
\n00:46:18,680 –> 00:46:22,960
\nnerve center of the nation would
\nbe felt and God was there, and <\/p>\n
775
\n00:46:22,960 –> 00:46:26,160
\nso they had to be in respect to
\nthat and to offer all burnt <\/p>\n
776
\n00:46:26,160 –> 00:46:29,120
\nsacrifices unto Yahweh in the
\nSabbaths. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:46:29,880 –> 00:46:33,680
\nLook at all the things they had
\nto remember, young men, many of <\/p>\n
778
\n00:46:33,680 –> 00:46:35,520
\nthem.
\nThey had to remember what you <\/p>\n
779
\n00:46:35,520 –> 00:46:38,520
\ndid on the Sabbath and when you
\ndid it and how you did it and <\/p>\n
780
\n00:46:38,520 –> 00:46:41,800
\nwho did it and what day.
\nIn the New Moons there were <\/p>\n
781
\n00:46:41,800 –> 00:46:46,000
\nspecial sacrifices for the the
\nturning of the month, and on the<\/p>\n
782
\n00:46:46,000 –> 00:46:50,880
\nset feasts 3 * a year there was
\nset piece, and they all had <\/p>\n
783
\n00:46:50,880 –> 00:46:53,320
\ntheir various offerings.
\nAnd the boys need to know when <\/p>\n
784
\n00:46:53,320 –> 00:46:57,120
\nthat was, and do it properly by
\nnumber, according to the order <\/p>\n
785
\n00:46:57,280 –> 00:47:00,360
\ncommanded unto them.
\nContinually before Yahweh there <\/p>\n
786
\n00:47:01,360 –> 00:47:03,680
\nwas a little spot effort or a
\nBible school, and it was all <\/p>\n
787
\n00:47:03,680 –> 00:47:05,600
\nover.
\nIt went on through the year. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:47:06,000 –> 00:47:08,280
\nAnd that they should keep the
\ncharge of the Tabernacle of the <\/p>\n
789
\n00:47:08,280 –> 00:47:12,800
\ncongregation, and the charge of
\nthe holy place, and the charge <\/p>\n
790
\n00:47:13,040 –> 00:47:16,040
\nof the sons.
\nOf Aaron, their brethren in the <\/p>\n
791
\n00:47:16,040 –> 00:47:17,840
\nservice of the House of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
792
\n00:47:18,720 –> 00:47:20,560
\nThat was a great work, my dear
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:47:20,560 –> 00:47:23,800
\nAnd in that we can see something
\nof what’s going to be in the <\/p>\n
794
\n00:47:23,800 –> 00:47:27,680
\nfuture and what a busy place
\nJerusalem is going to be. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:47:28,920 –> 00:47:31,640
\nBe a place of joy and happiness
\nand singing and praise. <\/p>\n
796
\n00:47:31,640 –> 00:47:34,600
\nIt’s going to be busy too, isn’t
\nit, when people are coming from <\/p>\n
797
\n00:47:34,640 –> 00:47:37,840
\nall nations to Jerusalem to
\nworship. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:47:38,520 –> 00:47:40,480
\nAnd at that time, it’s going to
\nbe up to us to know the <\/p>\n
799
\n00:47:40,480 –> 00:47:43,400
\nprotocols and to be.
\nAble to lead those people, it <\/p>\n
800
\n00:47:43,400 –> 00:47:45,920
\nsays in Zechariah doesn’t they
\nshall go to him that is a Jew <\/p>\n
801
\n00:47:46,080 –> 00:47:48,600
\nand take hold of him and say we
\nwill go with thee, but we have <\/p>\n
802
\n00:47:48,600 –> 00:47:50,280
\nheard that God is with you.
\nWhat about the Saints? <\/p>\n
803
\n00:47:52,080 –> 00:47:53,800
\nIsrael going to learn?
\nIn part. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:47:53,800 –> 00:47:55,240
\nFrom the Saints aren’t that’s
\nyou and me. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:47:55,240 –> 00:47:58,480
\nBut what if we haven’t done our
\ndaily? <\/p>\n
806
\n00:47:58,480 –> 00:48:01,680
\nReadings Now what if we’re slack
\nin attendance of our Bible <\/p>\n
807
\n00:48:01,680 –> 00:48:04,680
\nclass?
\nWhat if we don’t think it’s any <\/p>\n
808
\n00:48:04,680 –> 00:48:07,240
\nneed any longer to to put out
\nlectures and we don’t really <\/p>\n
809
\n00:48:07,240 –> 00:48:09,720
\nknow these things?
\nAnd somebody tugged it out and <\/p>\n
810
\n00:48:09,720 –> 00:48:11,960
\nsaid, look, tell me I used.
\nTo learn about the Trinity. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:48:11,960 –> 00:48:14,680
\nBut how does it go?
\nI said Trinity. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:48:14,680 –> 00:48:18,040
\nOh, I’m not sure, mate.
\nI, I forget now. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:48:18,040 –> 00:48:19,200
\nI was baptized a lot of years
\nago. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:48:20,840 –> 00:48:22,880
\nI mean, that’s not what a
\nsaint’s going to do, is he? <\/p>\n
815
\n00:48:22,880 –> 00:48:25,480
\nHe’s going to be able to open
\nthe book and say, look, this is <\/p>\n
816
\n00:48:25,480 –> 00:48:28,760
\nwhat it says in the Scriptures,
\nand we’re going to be able to do<\/p>\n
817
\n00:48:28,760 –> 00:48:30,600
\nthat then because we know it
\nnow. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:48:30,800 –> 00:48:35,280
\nThis is the day of preparation,
\nso we’re in for wonderful <\/p>\n
819
\n00:48:35,280 –> 00:48:38,000
\nthings, my dear Brendan sisters,
\nin the future, and let us <\/p>\n
820
\n00:48:38,000 –> 00:48:40,240
\nprepare diligently for that
\ntime. <\/p>\n
821
\n00:48:40,400 –> 00:48:40,680
\nThank you.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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