Class 2 from this series was used in GCT Episode 380.<\/p>\n
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\nThere is nothing better than
\nbeing able to talk to people <\/p>\n
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\nabout what you’ve just shared.
\nOne, because you learn a lot and<\/p>\n
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\nI appreciated the people that
\nhave made comments, but two, <\/p>\n
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\nit’s just good to meet people.
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\nPlease just come and chat.
\nLove to All right, awkward <\/p>\n
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\nchapter.
\nSorry more of the awkwardness. <\/p>\n
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\nI apologize again, but it’s
\nreal. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s God’s family, and there’s
\nsome real stuff in this that we <\/p>\n
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\nneed to think about.
\nWe came to this point where <\/p>\n
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\nJudah feels like he’s got to
\nleave the family home. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want you to think for a
\nsecond what drove Judah to that <\/p>\n
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\npoint, how he felt when he’s
\nleaving the family home. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause no doubt Judah thought
\nhe was being big, brave, bold, <\/p>\n
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\ncoming out on his own, not
\nhanging around with that stupid <\/p>\n
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\nthe past and all the dumb things<\/p>\n
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\nthat are going on.
\nBitterness, usual resentment <\/p>\n
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\nthat builds up.
\nAnd that’s the perspective. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s going out to find
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s going out on a journey in
\nlife to explore who he is. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you, can you feel that?
\nDo you hear people talk like <\/p>\n
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\nthat?
\nIf you hear people say that <\/p>\n
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\ntoday, they’re going out to find
\nwho they are. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re going on some journey of
\nself discovery. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re going to find themselves
\nout there in the world. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so they pack up their little
\nbag of bitterness and they go <\/p>\n
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\nout there looking for themselves
\nsomewhere out in the world. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd guess what?
\nThey find themselves out there <\/p>\n
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\nin the world because there’s
\nlots of people out there in the <\/p>\n
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\nworld that have that same bag of
\nbitterness and they can share <\/p>\n
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\ntheir bitterness and have a
\nlittle bitterness party. <\/p>\n
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\nIt doesn’t fix the problems.
\nAnd that’s what we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\nsee in this chapter is that all
\nthese motives and resentment the<\/p>\n
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\nbuilt up in Judah’s life was
\nactually not making him think <\/p>\n
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\nstraight.
\nIt was actually making him make <\/p>\n
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\ndumb decisions.
\nThat’s what was driving him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s going to go out there
\njust like the prodigal son, but <\/p>\n
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\neventually he’s going to find
\nhimself back in his father’s <\/p>\n
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\nhouse because it’s just the best
\nplace. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the eclosure, that’s the
\nyouth group. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just the best place to be.
\nAnd hopefully you’ll come to see<\/p>\n
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\nthat too in your life as you
\nrealize just how much we have <\/p>\n
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\nhere.
\nSuch a cool group of people to <\/p>\n
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\ncome spend a long weekend with.
\nJust think about the people at <\/p>\n
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\nwork, uni, what are they doing
\nthis weekend? <\/p>\n
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\nThey might be doing something
\nexciting on their own or with a <\/p>\n
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\ncouple of friends.
\nYou got like 250 other people, <\/p>\n
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\ngood experiences.
\nWe have so much, but Judy’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to play the victim card.
\nLet’s read carefully. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to spend our whole
\ntime this study in one chapter. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s good.
\nBe a bit easier to work through <\/p>\n
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\nthe story.
\nSo let’s have a read of chapter <\/p>\n
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\n38, the first few verses, grab a
\npencil because there’s that <\/p>\n
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\nlittle phrase at that time.
\nWhat time? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, the time, you know, where
\nall that stuff happened to <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph, Complete contrast,
\ncomplete opposite. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you don’t appreciate Joseph
\nwithout understanding where <\/p>\n
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\nJudah’s going because at that
\ntime, Judah left his brothers <\/p>\n
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\nand he turned into an adult
\nAmite man whose name was Hira. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Judah saw there.
\nOh, I missed a few things I <\/p>\n
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\nmeant to talk about.
\nSorry. <\/p>\n
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\nYou have this graphic here,
\nwhich positions Judah at being <\/p>\n
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\nin now in his late 20s.
\nSo he’s made some dumb decisions<\/p>\n
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\nin his late 20s.
\nYou may not be at that point <\/p>\n
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\nyet, but it’s important for you
\nto think about the decisions <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re making now and the way
\nyou’re perceiving what’s <\/p>\n
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\nhappening in your family now and
\nthe way you’re framing your <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding and the way you’re
\nchoosing to look at life because<\/p>\n
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\nthat’s what’s happened in
\nJudah’s life. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s a grown man by the time
\nJoseph comes along, and all this<\/p>\n
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\nresentment starts to build over
\ntime. <\/p>\n
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\nBut he’s now going out in his
\nearly adult years to form his <\/p>\n
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\nown life.
\nSo let’s read again this. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, we read verse one, verse
\n2. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah saw the daughter of a
\nCanaanite man named Shua. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah acquired her as a wife and
\nhad marital relations with her. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m reading from the NET by the
\nway. <\/p>\n
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\nShe became pregnant and had a
\nson. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah named him, uh, she became
\npregnant again, had another son,<\/p>\n
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\nand she called him Onan.
\nThen she had yet another son, <\/p>\n
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\nwhom she named Sheila, and she
\ngave birth to him while Judah <\/p>\n
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\nwas in key.
\nZip. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, what do you make of
\nthat? <\/p>\n
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\nYou’d probably read that and go,
\nyeah, well, that’s just a story.<\/p>\n
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\nThere’s some really weird things
\nin those verses. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s some hidden names.
\nThere’s some names that we’re <\/p>\n
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\ntold that we don’t need to know.
\nThat’s really weird. <\/p>\n
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\nRead carefully.
\nWhat is in those first 5 verses?<\/p>\n
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\nAsk yourself the question, what
\nam I told that I don’t need to <\/p>\n
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\nknow?
\nAnd what am I not told that I <\/p>\n
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\nprobably should know?
\nI’ll give you a hint. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was Judas Wife’s name?
\nOh, we don’t know. <\/p>\n
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\nSome translations actually get
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\nSo if you are seeing that where
\nit says that her name was, sure,<\/p>\n
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\nthat is not her name.
\nWe can find that out later by <\/p>\n
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\nlooking in one of the later
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\nThis is not her name.
\nLet me highlight it to you this <\/p>\n
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\nway.
\nIt came to pass at that time <\/p>\n
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\nthat Judah went down from his
\nbrethren and he got distracted <\/p>\n
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\nor turned into a certain a
\nDalamite. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, whose name was and it means
\na noble family. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s keep going.
\nI’ll explain in a SEC. <\/p>\n
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\nJudas saw there a no name of a
\ncertain Canaanite whose name was<\/p>\n
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\nand it means wealth.
\nAnd he took her and went into <\/p>\n
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\nher, and she had a child.
\nNow let’s just deal with verse <\/p>\n
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\none and two because it gets too
\nfar down. <\/p>\n
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\nIt came to past.
\nJudah went down and he turned to<\/p>\n
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\na certain Adalamite.
\nWhy are we told that phrase a <\/p>\n
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\ncertain Adalamite?
\nWhy is where he comes from more <\/p>\n
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\nimportant than his actual name?
\nHis name is Hara. <\/p>\n
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\nA dullam means justice, and he’s
\nfrom a noble family. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll just think about the irony
\nof this and we’re going to see <\/p>\n
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\nthis chapter is full of irony,
\nand that’s the way God works. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to look at that at
\nthe end. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right?
\nI just want you to see this <\/p>\n
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\nirony.
\nJudy goes away because he’s <\/p>\n
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\nrunning away from his special
\nfamily, chosen family that’s <\/p>\n
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\nbeen given privilege and
\nblessings by God, and he joins <\/p>\n
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\nanother noble family.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to suggest to you
\nbecause he wants a bit of <\/p>\n
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\njustice in your life because he
\nthinks he’s totally unfairly <\/p>\n
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\ntreated at his house and it’s
\nnot fair. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I’m going somewhere else and
\nI think that’s why we’re giving <\/p>\n
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\nthese details.
\nJudas sees there a woman when I <\/p>\n
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\neven told her name of a certain
\nCanaanite whose name was Shua, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich means wealthy and he took
\nher and went in done to her. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s break down that verse.
\nWhat motivated Judah to sell his<\/p>\n
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\nbrother money.
\nThis man sounds like he has <\/p>\n
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\nmoney, doesn’t even know the
\nname of the girl, not even told.<\/p>\n
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\nWe told Tamer’s name later, so
\nit’s not as though we can’t know<\/p>\n
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\nthe names of the females.
\nWell, we told her name because <\/p>\n
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\nthe focus is the Judas saw and
\nhe took and he went into her. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you hear a bell ringing in
\nthe back of your mind of hearing<\/p>\n
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\nthat language before?
\nWho looked at something, saw it,<\/p>\n
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\ntook it and acted on it.
\nDon’t be scared. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s only 200 people in the
\naudience. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s OK.
\nShout out, Eve. <\/p>\n
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\nWonderful.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n
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\nI can.
\nAwesome. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is really good.
\nI should ask my questions. <\/p>\n
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\nWho else?
\nDavid and Bathsheba. <\/p>\n
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\nExcellent.
\nMaybe you guys have done a study<\/p>\n
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\non this.
\nDid people know this story <\/p>\n
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\nalready?
\nThat’s awesome. <\/p>\n
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\nHe saw she took.
\nShe hates. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s the principle.
\nLooked down. <\/p>\n
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\nThought looks good.
\nJia looked at her. <\/p>\n
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\nThought looks hot.
\nTook her. <\/p>\n
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\nGuess what?
\nThat’s exactly the same process <\/p>\n
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\nas what Shechem did with Dinah,
\nand he got angry. <\/p>\n
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\nHe did it, he repeated it, same
\nprocess, and we’re going to see <\/p>\n
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\nthese things come out in his
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s only highlighted by the
\nfact that her name doesn’t even <\/p>\n
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\nmatter in the whole chapter.
\nWhat matters is he wants to be <\/p>\n
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\nassociated with another special
\nfamily that has wealth. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, you’re not think I’m making
\ntoo much of it. <\/p>\n
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\nJust remember, what was the
\nwhole point of Chapter 29 and <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 30 in the way that his
\nfamily was introduced? <\/p>\n
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\nIt was all about the meaning of
\nnames, right? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re told it was.
\nThe Bible tells us, look at the <\/p>\n
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\nmeaning of these names.
\nSo when we come to this chapter,<\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve got to do the same thing
\nbecause it’s still Genesis, same<\/p>\n
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\nstory.
\nAll right, am I reading too <\/p>\n
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\nmuch?
\nLet’s have a look at verse 3, <\/p>\n
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\nverse four and five.
\nShe no name conceived and bear a<\/p>\n
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\nson And oh, he called his first
\nborn son, first born son’s name.<\/p>\n
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\nUh, Judah was, oh, you assume he
\nwas there because he named the <\/p>\n
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\nchild, which is different in the
\nway he was born because mum <\/p>\n
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\nnamed him dad.
\nDidn’t Jacob only named one boy?<\/p>\n
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\nYou know, of all twelve of his
\nsons? <\/p>\n
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\nShe nameless names her son.
\nSorry. <\/p>\n
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\nUh, she conceived again and bear
\na son and oh, she calls him this<\/p>\n
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\ntime Sheila, What does that mean
\nto us? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, what should we take away
\nfrom that? <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s hold on that verse 5.
\nShe has another child and bear a<\/p>\n
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\nson, and she calls his name
\nSheila. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Judah was in key Zeb, or a
\nplace that means denial and lies<\/p>\n
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\nwhen she gave birth.
\nOh, so Judah’s too busy living a<\/p>\n
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\nlife of denial, lying about what
\nhe’s really up to, to be at his <\/p>\n
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\nthird son’s birth.
\nCan you see a downward spiral <\/p>\n
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\ngoing on here?
\nHe was there for the beginning, <\/p>\n
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\nall excited and called him that
\nmeans awake. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s put in today’s language.
\nI’m living, I’m enjoying life. <\/p>\n
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\nI can do my own thing now
\nbecause he’s just gone free from<\/p>\n
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\nthe family and he’s got his
\nfirst boy now and he’s living <\/p>\n
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\nlife the way he wants to live
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve forgotten what Sheila is.
\nI’m coming to check Mental blank<\/p>\n
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\nand I can’t see it.
\nSheila’s an interesting name, <\/p>\n
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\nbut not quite as strong.
\nThe last one is Sheila. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy does she call his name
\nSheila? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s just like his mum was full
\nof bitterness, wanting <\/p>\n
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\nattention.
\nShe calls his name Sheila, which<\/p>\n
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\nI’m checking because I’m just
\nhaving a mental blank sorry this<\/p>\n
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\nmorning.
\nSheila means request requesting.<\/p>\n
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\nWhat do you think?
\nA woman who has no name was <\/p>\n
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\nimportant, became less
\nimportant, and so unimportant <\/p>\n
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\nthat she’s bearing her son as
\nJudah’s off doing his own thing.<\/p>\n
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\nBusy, maybe business, maybe
\nwhatever. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll talk about that later.
\nWhat do you think she’s <\/p>\n
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\nrequesting?
\nBit the same as Leah. <\/p>\n
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\nBit of time, attention,
\nappreciation, validation. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s just the first 5 verses
\nof this story of Judah living <\/p>\n
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\nthe way Judah wants to live.
\nWhat’s he doing? <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s repeating his dad’s
\nmistakes. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s repeating history.
\nDad was never around for Judah. <\/p>\n
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\nToo busy out there with the
\nsheep. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we see here the same
\nstory. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re seeing a repeat of the
\nreality of the way he grew up <\/p>\n
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\nand consequences, or the way
\nwe’re brought up has <\/p>\n
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\nconsequences on us.
\nIt has an impact on us. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we have to think about that.
\nLet’s look at the way Judah’s <\/p>\n
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\nbringing up his children.
\nWe’ll have a look at verse 6-7 <\/p>\n
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\nand eight.
\nWhat are we told? <\/p>\n
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\nJudah required a wife for, ER,
\nhis first born. <\/p>\n
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\nHer name’s Tamar.
\nBut ER, Judah’s first born was <\/p>\n
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\nso evil in the Lord’s sight that
\nGod actually had to step in and <\/p>\n
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\nkill him.
\nThat’s how bad he was. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, no, the next one went
\ndown the same process. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was asked to man up and be
\nresponsible for life, and God <\/p>\n
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\nkilled him too.
\nJust grasp that. <\/p>\n
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\nTwo sons that are so bad that
\nGod has to abruptly intervene in<\/p>\n
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\nthe situation and kill them.
\nThat’s wow on the scale of God <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t interrupt very often.
\nWe’re talking Cora Dathan, A <\/p>\n
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\nbarum kind of stuff.
\nGod kills those two boys. <\/p>\n
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\nDo we see any evidence of Judah
\ntrying to teach them about the <\/p>\n
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\ngodly life of the promises that
\nwere given to Abraham, Isaac, <\/p>\n
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\nand Jacob?
\nI’m not seeing anything in this <\/p>\n
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\nchapter about that.
\nAll right, verse 11. <\/p>\n
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\nThe reality is Judah is so blind
\nto the reality of his son’s evil<\/p>\n
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\nthat he blames this poor woman,
\nTamar, and makes her the <\/p>\n
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\nscapegoat as if she’s jinxed and
\nshe’s the problem why the boys <\/p>\n
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\nkeep dying.
\nThat’s where this man’s at. <\/p>\n
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\nHe can’t look honestly at the
\nsituation to make an honest <\/p>\n
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\ndecision knowing that God works
\nin his life. <\/p>\n
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\nThose boys are so focused on
\neverything that Judah has taught<\/p>\n
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\nthem about living life the way
\nthey want to live life, but <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s killed them.
\nHow do we know that we’re not? <\/p>\n
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\nShe told what her does wrong.
\nWe’re told what Sheila does. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re told the way he behaves.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
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\nAll he was focused on was self
\ngratification and completely <\/p>\n
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\nunwilling to give a stuff about
\nanyone else but himself. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wasn’t willing to give his
\nbrother a family, but he’d take <\/p>\n
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\nadvantage of her.
\nNot once, not twice. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says whenever he went into
\nher, that’s repeat behavior. <\/p>\n
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\nWhere did these boys learn that
\nfrom? <\/p>\n
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\nWe could continue on with the
\nstory, but I don’t want to get <\/p>\n
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\ninto too much detail about it.
\nIf we were to flick down then to<\/p>\n
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\nverse 12 and 13, we see that
\nJudah’s wife passes away. <\/p>\n
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\nSuddenly she’s off the scenes.
\nThis is the person that he did <\/p>\n
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\nactually at some point love.
\nDoes he distract himself in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 12 with business?
\nIs that what he’s doing? <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 12 says after some time,
\nJudah’s. <\/p>\n
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\nAfter some time, Judah’s wife,
\nthe daughter of Seward, died. <\/p>\n
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\nSee how we get the emphasis on
\nShur again. <\/p>\n
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\nAfter Judah was consoled, he
\nleft for Timnath to visit his <\/p>\n
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\nsheep Shear.
\nSo he went and made himself busy<\/p>\n
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\nwith work along with his friend
\nof his higher of the Dalamite. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s one of those friends
\nthat’ll do anything. <\/p>\n
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\nGot no shame, just we’ll do
\nwhatever you ask him to do. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s people like that out
\nthere that facilitate bad <\/p>\n
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\ndecisions in our life.
\nDon’t be fooled by them, they’re<\/p>\n
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\nnot actually good friends.
\nIt’s interesting that Hara isn’t<\/p>\n
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\na part of Judah’s life later.
\nHe’s only there when Judah needs<\/p>\n
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\nThe Dirty work to be done.
\nJust an interesting detail of <\/p>\n
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\nthis chapter.
\nIt’s interesting that Tamar was <\/p>\n
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\ntold that Judah, her
\nfather-in-law, is going to <\/p>\n
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\ntinnap to shear the sheep.
\nWhy would she care? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, she cares because in
\nverses 8 or 9 and 10, she’s been<\/p>\n
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\npromised that she would have.
\nOh sorry, verse 11. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah has promised his
\ndaughter-in-law, Tamar, that she<\/p>\n
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\ncan have Sheila when he grows
\nup. <\/p>\n
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\nNow when you read the story, you
\ncan only assume that there <\/p>\n
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\nwasn’t that long a gap because
\nthat’s quite quick in the way <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re told.
\nSo you can assume that that <\/p>\n
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\nstory didn’t buy Judah too much
\ntime to say that Tamar could <\/p>\n
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\nhave Sheila when he grows up.
\nAnd at verse 8, we’re told his <\/p>\n
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\nreal motive, not that he
\nactually said it. <\/p>\n
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\nHe thought he was planning.
\nHe was thinking, heck, I don’t <\/p>\n
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\nwant my third son to hang around
\nwith her. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Tamar goes back to and
\npicture this, her father’s house<\/p>\n
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\nand lives there like a widow.
\nWhy did she stay in Judah’s <\/p>\n
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\nhouse if Judah’s going to
\nprovide for her and she’s going <\/p>\n
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\nto remain connected with Judah’s
\nfamily as she does for the rest <\/p>\n
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\nof the book of Genesis, Why does
\nJudas in the home clearly <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t want to have a bar of
\nher? <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s got no time for her, just
\nlike his son had no time for her<\/p>\n
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\neither.
\nYou see the way they were <\/p>\n
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\nbehaving, We can go into more
\ndetail, but it’s simply a <\/p>\n
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\ncareless for anybody else, a
\nself fulfilling, self satisfying<\/p>\n
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\nbehavior.
\nAll right, verse 13, Tamas told,<\/p>\n
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\nlook, your father-in-law is
\ngoing to Timnah to shear his <\/p>\n
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\nsheep.
\nSo she removed her widow <\/p>\n
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\nclothes, which is the way she’s
\nbeen living faithfully and she <\/p>\n
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\ncovers herself with a veil,
\nwhich makes her look like the <\/p>\n
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\nprostitute that she’s going to
\nplay. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s not a normal behaviour.
\nShe wraps herself in that veil <\/p>\n
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\nand she sat in an open path at
\nthe entrance to, and maybe your <\/p>\n
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\ntranslation says, but basically
\nwhat it says is she sat in an <\/p>\n
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\nopen way on the way to Timnath.
\nSo she sat in a place that she <\/p>\n
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\nknew that judo would pass
\nthrough. <\/p>\n
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\nShe did this, we’re told,
\nbecause she saw that she had not<\/p>\n
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\nbeen given Sheila as a wife,
\neven though he’s now grown up. <\/p>\n
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\nThink about that story.
\nThink about what we’re not told <\/p>\n
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\nin that story.
\nWhat makes a woman who’s gone to<\/p>\n
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\nlive in her father’s house as a
\nwidow and faithfully doing that,<\/p>\n
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\nwaiting for the next son to grow
\nup? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat makes her change all of her
\nclothes and all of her behavior <\/p>\n
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\nand go and sits in an open way
\nthat Judah’s going to pass <\/p>\n
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\nthrough as he goes up to his
\ndestination? <\/p>\n
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\nThe fact is, she knows Judah’s
\npersonality. <\/p>\n
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\nShe knows the way Judah behaves
\nin the dark. <\/p>\n
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\nJudah has a reputation because
\nshe knows that all she has to do<\/p>\n
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\nis sit in an open place and
\nJudah will pick her up. <\/p>\n
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\nShe doesn’t have to harass him,
\nshe doesn’t have to chase him. <\/p>\n
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\nShe just knows if I sit in an
\nopen path, Judah will find me <\/p>\n
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\nand he’ll take me in.
\nShe’s that confident. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is not her way of life.
\nAfter this event, she goes <\/p>\n
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\nstraight back home, changes back
\ninto her widow clothes. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s her behaviour, that’s
\nher. <\/p>\n
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\nShe’s a truthful person, but
\nshe’s so clear in her <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of the type of man
\nthat Judah is and the reputation<\/p>\n
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\nthat he’s created.
\nIt’s like 99% confident that <\/p>\n
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\nJudah will do what Judah does.
\nThat’s quite a reputation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it was somebody else that
\ntold her that’s what her dad’s <\/p>\n
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\ndoing or her father in law’s
\ndoing. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you wonder what they thought
\ntoo. <\/p>\n
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\nAre we filling out the picture?
\nAre you getting an idea of what <\/p>\n
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\nJudah is known for, what his
\npersonality is, what his <\/p>\n
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\nreputation is, and what he’s
\ngetting up to? <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, verse 16 then.
\nWell, verse 15, Judah saw her. <\/p>\n
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\nHe just made the assumption that
\nshe was a prostitute because she<\/p>\n
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\ncovered her face.
\nSo verse 16, he turned aside to <\/p>\n
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\nher along the road and said, I
\nwant to come in to you because <\/p>\n
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\nhe had no idea that she was his
\ndaughter-in-law. <\/p>\n
335
\n00:23:30,840 –> 00:23:31,960
\nI’ll put it up here on the
\nscreen. <\/p>\n
336
\n00:23:32,480 –> 00:23:37,600
\nHer response is, what will you
\ngive me? <\/p>\n
337
\n00:23:39,840 –> 00:23:44,120
\nThat’s incredibly ironic when
\nyou think about it, because if <\/p>\n
338
\n00:23:44,120 –> 00:23:48,800
\nonly Judah had given her what
\nJudah should have given her, the<\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:48,800 –> 00:23:50,160
\nwhole problem would have gone
\naway. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:52,640 –> 00:23:55,960
\nIf Judah had given her the sum
\nthat he’d promised to her, she <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:55,960 –> 00:23:59,480
\nwould have been happy and this
\nevent wouldn’t have happened. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:02,000 –> 00:24:06,920
\nYou see that?
\nAnd he says, oh, I’ll send you a<\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:06,920 –> 00:24:15,160
\nyoung goat from the flock.
\nAnd she says, no, I want a down <\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:15,160 –> 00:24:17,760
\npayment.
\nI want proof because I don’t <\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:17,760 –> 00:24:21,320
\ntrust you.
\nGive me a pledge. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:21,640 –> 00:24:24,600
\nProve it.
\nProve it that you’re a <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:24,600 –> 00:24:27,160
\ntrustworthy person.
\nBecause clearly he wasn’t a <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:27,160 –> 00:24:29,760
\ntrustworthy person that she had
\nto demand a pledge from him. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:31,920 –> 00:24:35,160
\nAnd he’s good with that because
\nhe knows what that means because<\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:35,160 –> 00:24:37,120
\nhe’s used to it.
\nHe said, all right, what sort of<\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:37,120 –> 00:24:39,000
\npledge do you want?
\nI don’t care. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:39,280 –> 00:24:44,400
\nThat’s life, She replies and
\nsays, I want your seal. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:45,640 –> 00:24:49,400
\nI want your cord and the stuff
\nin your hand, and we might <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:49,400 –> 00:24:52,080
\nunderstand that.
\nSo it’s saying I want your ring,<\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:52,080 –> 00:24:55,120
\nI want your mobile phone, and I
\nwant your wallet. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:59,560 –> 00:25:06,160
\nThat means that Tamer now owns
\nJudah’s identity. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:08,040 –> 00:25:12,800
\nJust think about that.
\nYou can identify a person by <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:12,800 –> 00:25:16,880
\ntheir phone, by their wallets,
\nor as they used a seal in those <\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:16,880 –> 00:25:22,360
\ndays or a ring.
\nShe owns his personality, his <\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:22,360 –> 00:25:25,800
\nidentity.
\nHe’s happy to give it. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:27,000 –> 00:25:29,440
\nI want you to take particular
\nnotice of this word pledge. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:30,560 –> 00:25:33,120
\nShe asked for a pledge and he’s
\nquite happy to give a pledge. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:33,440 –> 00:25:36,440
\nThis is a man who’s quite happy
\nto sell his identity to a <\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:36,440 –> 00:25:40,920
\nprostitute.
\nAnd that’s where he’s at in a <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:40,920 –> 00:25:45,240
\ncouple of chapters time, he’s
\ngoing to give a pledge to his <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:45,240 –> 00:25:48,880
\ndad for completely the opposite
\nthing. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:50,160 –> 00:25:55,680
\nHe’s going to pledge his dad his
\nlife for his brother’s life. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:55,680 –> 00:25:59,160
\nAnd that’s the shift that we’re
\ngoing to see. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:01,120 –> 00:26:02,560
\nBut that’s the irony of this
\nstory. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:04,000 –> 00:26:07,760
\nYou know, The funny thing is, as
\npeople, when we make dumb <\/p>\n
371
\n00:26:07,800 –> 00:26:10,960
\ndecisions in life, we don’t
\nrealize how dumb the decisions <\/p>\n
372
\n00:26:10,960 –> 00:26:14,040
\nare.
\nEven around us can see us and <\/p>\n
373
\n00:26:14,040 –> 00:26:22,360
\nwe’re getting a reputation, but
\nwe’re so obsessed because of our<\/p>\n
374
\n00:26:22,360 –> 00:26:25,120
\nbitterness with the decisions
\nthat we’re making. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:26:25,120 –> 00:26:28,080
\nWe can’t see the fool that we’re
\nmaking of ourselves. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:26:29,200 –> 00:26:33,240
\nJust remember that if you go
\nthrough a phase of wanting to <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:33,240 –> 00:26:37,200
\nmake some dumb decisions, listen
\nwhen your friends say things to <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:37,200 –> 00:26:40,800
\nyou because you probably don’t
\nrealize the way you’re being <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:40,800 –> 00:26:42,600
\nperceived and seen and
\nunderstood. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:45,200 –> 00:26:49,760
\nWell, that’s what Jude is at.
\nHe has these reputation and he’s<\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:49,760 –> 00:26:54,360
\nwilling to barter his identity
\nfor a one night stand. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:54,360 –> 00:27:00,680
\nThere’s no commitment to this
\nman, but heck, it’s going to <\/p>\n
383
\n00:27:00,680 –> 00:27:03,600
\nchange in a matter of a couple
\nof chapters. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:27:04,880 –> 00:27:07,960
\nHow?
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:27:09,400 –> 00:27:15,360
\nWhat is it that changes Judah?
\nAnd that’s what I want you to <\/p>\n
386
\n00:27:15,360 –> 00:27:18,520
\nreally get your head around from
\nthis study is that what God <\/p>\n
387
\n00:27:18,520 –> 00:27:21,320
\nchanges in Judah is what the
\nsame thing that he does in your <\/p>\n
388
\n00:27:21,320 –> 00:27:25,800
\nlife and my life.
\nAnd he brings ironic situations <\/p>\n
389
\n00:27:26,440 –> 00:27:30,560
\nto bring the reality of our
\ndecisions back on ourselves. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:31,480 –> 00:27:34,560
\nAnd if we’re honest with
\nourselves, we see the way he’s <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:34,560 –> 00:27:35,680
\nworking.
\nHave a look at it. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:36,280 –> 00:27:40,040
\nJudah has a level of conscience.
\nHe always does, always has, <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:40,040 –> 00:27:40,960
\nright?
\nHe was a little bit <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:40,960 –> 00:27:42,600
\nuncomfortable with killing his
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:42,600 –> 00:27:44,960
\nLet’s just tell him it’s not.
\nI don’t get bottom of fingers, <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:44,960 –> 00:27:47,920
\nright?
\nJudah says to his daughter <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:48,400 –> 00:27:52,520
\nTamar, grow up in your father’s
\nhouse because he thought he <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:52,520 –> 00:27:55,640
\ndidn’t want Sheila to die like
\nhis brothers. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:58,120 –> 00:27:59,640
\nSorry, that was actually for
\nsomething different. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:59,840 –> 00:28:01,320
\nVerse 23.
\nI was meant to make a different <\/p>\n
401
\n00:28:01,320 –> 00:28:02,800
\npoint.
\nRunning out of time, verse 23, <\/p>\n
402
\n00:28:03,640 –> 00:28:06,360
\nJudah said.
\nLet her keep these things for <\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:06,360 –> 00:28:10,240
\nherself, otherwise we’ll appear
\nto be dishonest. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:10,720 –> 00:28:13,240
\nWhat does that show us?
\nShows us a man who’s more <\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:13,240 –> 00:28:16,040
\nworried about the way he
\nappears, the way he thinks he <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:16,040 –> 00:28:20,000
\nappears, than the facts are that
\nhe does or doesn’t get the goat <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:20,000 –> 00:28:24,680
\nback to Tamar.
\nBut I want you to appreciate <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:24,680 –> 00:28:29,040
\nthis.
\nIn verse 24, after three months,<\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:29,880 –> 00:28:34,680
\nJudah was told, Now if you ever
\ndo a study of Jacob, just take <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:34,680 –> 00:28:38,720
\nnotice of how many things Jacob
\nis told but doesn’t hear about. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:39,120 –> 00:28:41,440
\nIt’s things like Reuben taking
\nadvantage of Bill Hart. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:41,880 –> 00:28:43,240
\nIt’s like what happened to
\nDinah. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:43,640 –> 00:28:45,800
\nIt’s like his family of Laban
\nwho hates him. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:45,800 –> 00:28:49,600
\nAnd he’s told that Jacob hears
\nlots of things, never sees it. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:50,240 –> 00:28:51,480
\nAnd this is what’s happening to
\nJudah. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:52,000 –> 00:28:55,000
\nJudah hears, he’s told that your
\ndaughter-in-law, Tamar, has <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:55,000 –> 00:28:58,600
\nbecome a prostitute and as a
\nresult, she’s now pregnant. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:58,600 –> 00:29:02,640
\nAnd what is Judah do?
\nThe other hypocrite just says, <\/p>\n
419
\n00:29:02,640 –> 00:29:04,760
\nwell, bring her out, let her be
\nburnt. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:29:06,120 –> 00:29:12,120
\nHow hypocritical is that?
\nHe’s the other half of that, but<\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:12,120 –> 00:29:13,920
\nhe’s calling for her to be
\nbrought out and burnt. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:13,920 –> 00:29:20,080
\nDid he even ask a question?
\nDid he give her a trial, a fair,<\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:20,080 –> 00:29:23,520
\nopen opportunity to say how she
\ngot to this situation? <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:24,520 –> 00:29:26,320
\nNothing.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:28,240 –> 00:29:32,200
\nBecause Judah’s looking at the
\nsituation going good, I’m done. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:33,040 –> 00:29:34,960
\nI never wanted her to marry
\nSheila anyway. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:35,520 –> 00:29:39,000
\nI want her out of my life.
\nSo if I can burn her for this, <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:39,000 –> 00:29:43,480
\ngreat.
\nNothing’s changing. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:43,480 –> 00:29:46,960
\nThis man so far has it.
\nBut see how these things are all<\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:46,960 –> 00:29:51,960
\ncoming together and they’re
\ncoming to 1 enormous climactic <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:51,960 –> 00:29:54,600
\nmoment in his life.
\nHe’s told her to go back and <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:54,600 –> 00:29:57,640
\nlive in your father’s house, but
\nhe’s the one that can call the <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:57,640 –> 00:30:02,840
\nshots and say bring her out of
\nher father’s house and we’re <\/p>\n
434
\n00:30:02,840 –> 00:30:06,920
\ngoing to burn it.
\nIt was a priest’s daughter that <\/p>\n
435
\n00:30:06,920 –> 00:30:09,160
\nwould be burnt, was the custom
\nat the time. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:10,120 –> 00:30:14,320
\nSo he thinks that he’s a
\npriestly family because he’s <\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:14,320 –> 00:30:20,720
\nassociated with a noble family.
\nRemember, Dom Harm, not Jacob <\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:20,720 –> 00:30:22,520
\nwhere he should be.
\nThis is again the irony. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:23,280 –> 00:30:24,760
\nHe brings her out and says,
\nlet’s burn it. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:26,520 –> 00:30:28,480
\nNow, I want you to think about
\nthis situation, just really <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:28,480 –> 00:30:31,040
\ngrasp what this moment would
\nhave been like. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:33,280 –> 00:30:35,840
\nYou imagine everyone’s gathered
\naround and there’s Jacob’s <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:35,840 –> 00:30:40,760
\nfamily here, there’s Tamar’s
\nfamily here, and there’s the <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:40,760 –> 00:30:44,960
\nlocals from the town.
\nI can prove they’re all there, <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:45,400 –> 00:30:49,120
\nbut just believe me, there’s a
\nwhole group of people because <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:49,120 –> 00:30:53,360
\nthey are bringing her out.
\nWhat for? <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:54,400 –> 00:30:57,440
\nTo burn it.
\nYou imagine they’re stocking the<\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:57,440 –> 00:31:00,480
\nfire, the fire big enough to
\nburn someone. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:31:01,840 –> 00:31:03,240
\nJust feel the drama of this
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:31:04,960 –> 00:31:10,680
\nAnd she sends a word.
\nShe sends a servant off with a <\/p>\n
451
\n00:31:10,680 –> 00:31:18,080
\nmessage to her father-in-law,
\nand the message is this, I’m <\/p>\n
452
\n00:31:18,080 –> 00:31:21,440
\npregnant by the man to whom
\nthese belong. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:25,640 –> 00:31:31,520
\nAs she’s walking out to be
\nburnt, the servant is taking the<\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:31,520 –> 00:31:42,560
\nmessage to Judah.
\nOh, Can you imagine Judah in <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:42,560 –> 00:31:47,440
\nthat crowd?
\nWhere’s he sitting on the high <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:47,440 –> 00:31:53,400
\nmighty throne, deciding her
\nfuture, giving her verdict <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:54,440 –> 00:31:57,000
\nwithout a voice, without an
\nopportunity to speak for <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:57,000 –> 00:32:01,560
\nherself, and sitting up there
\ncalling the shots. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:32:04,040 –> 00:32:06,400
\nShe just ripped the carpet out
\nfrom under his feet. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:32:08,440 –> 00:32:13,160
\nMore than that, that’s the
\nmessage that was sent. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:32:14,560 –> 00:32:16,480
\nAnd Judah’s drawer would just
\ndrop. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:32:19,480 –> 00:32:22,320
\nThen says then there’s always a
\nbreak. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:32:22,320 –> 00:32:23,840
\nEvery translation has a break
\nhere. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:32:24,680 –> 00:32:27,040
\nSo she sent one message saying
\nthis to Judah. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:32:28,520 –> 00:32:31,680
\nAnd then she stands there in
\nfront of all these people and <\/p>\n
466
\n00:32:31,680 –> 00:32:38,120
\nshe goes, I want you to identify
\nwhose seal, cord and staff this <\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:38,120 –> 00:32:40,320
\nis.
\nShe says that publicly to who? <\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:41,840 –> 00:32:44,640
\nTo the guy that wishes he could
\nfall through the cracks in the <\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:44,640 –> 00:32:47,920
\nseat, that he’s on his high,
\nmighty pedestal. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:50,880 –> 00:32:55,280
\nBut she says, identify.
\nDo you know what that word <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:55,280 –> 00:32:57,480
\nmeans?
\nNot that I mean to Hebrew words <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:57,480 –> 00:33:02,760
\nin particular, but that is the
\nexact phrase that Judas said to <\/p>\n
473
\n00:33:02,760 –> 00:33:08,080
\nhis dad as he carried a coat
\ninto his dad and said, dad, do <\/p>\n
474
\n00:33:08,080 –> 00:33:10,280
\nyou think it’s your favorite
\nboy’s coat? <\/p>\n
475
\n00:33:11,040 –> 00:33:14,080
\nCan you identify the coat for
\nme? <\/p>\n
476
\n00:33:18,000 –> 00:33:25,360
\nAnd here he is exposed with
\nexactly the same behaviour, <\/p>\n
477
\n00:33:27,640 –> 00:33:31,000
\ncaught in that situation.
\nThis is the way God worked. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:33:32,680 –> 00:33:38,520
\nGod gives us opportunity to
\nlearn from our mistakes. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:33:40,160 –> 00:33:41,320
\nNow I want you to think about
\nthis. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:33:44,880 –> 00:33:48,560
\nJudah has a choice how to
\nrespond. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:50,360 –> 00:33:54,520
\nHe could deny that and push
\nahead with the burning. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:57,920 –> 00:34:02,360
\nOr he could face up to the facts
\nwith all that public humiliation<\/p>\n
483
\n00:34:04,240 –> 00:34:11,120
\nand goes, Yep, I’m wrong.
\nThose words don’t come easily. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:34:13,760 –> 00:34:21,440
\nAnd he said every bit of it.
\nShe is more righteous than me. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:34:22,320 –> 00:34:27,560
\nHe owned it.
\nHe called it what it is. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:34,639
\nThey were both involved in this.
\nNo, she’s more righteous than he<\/p>\n
487
\n00:34:34,639 –> 00:34:38,000
\nwas.
\nAnd in that publicly <\/p>\n
488
\n00:34:38,000 –> 00:34:40,920
\nembarrassing moment where he
\nthought he was on his high and <\/p>\n
489
\n00:34:40,920 –> 00:34:45,560
\nmighty throne, he’s been pulled
\nright down to the ground. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:45,560 –> 00:34:49,880
\nAnd she’s been shown to be the
\nrighteous party who simply <\/p>\n
491
\n00:34:49,880 –> 00:34:56,639
\nwanted what his word to be
\nbecause he promised a child to <\/p>\n
492
\n00:34:56,639 –> 00:35:01,320
\nhurt and he was playing games
\nand not giving her his third <\/p>\n
493
\n00:35:01,320 –> 00:35:06,160
\nson.
\nAnd she just wanted what was <\/p>\n
494
\n00:35:06,160 –> 00:35:10,440
\nrightfully hers and she stuck to
\nit. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:35:12,240 –> 00:35:15,640
\nHe was the guy that was being
\nunrighteous. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:35:16,920 –> 00:35:24,680
\nCan you feel that?
\nJust imagine the moment for <\/p>\n
497
\n00:35:24,680 –> 00:35:34,480
\nJudah, not only realizing that
\nfirst statement that he’s about <\/p>\n
498
\n00:35:34,480 –> 00:35:40,600
\nto be exposed, but because he
\ndoesn’t act, she takes to that <\/p>\n
499
\n00:35:40,600 –> 00:35:47,800
\nnext level and says identify it.
\nAnd we have proof that Judah has<\/p>\n
500
\n00:35:47,840 –> 00:35:50,440
\nstruggling in his mind what he
\ndid to his dad. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:35:50,440 –> 00:35:52,200
\nHe knows that we’re going to see
\nthat in the next study. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:35:52,520 –> 00:35:55,400
\nIt’s playing in his mind.
\nIt’s affecting him. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:35:56,800 –> 00:36:00,120
\nAnd I think this moment had
\ndramatic impact on Judah. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:36:00,280 –> 00:36:04,560
\nHis conscience is just screaming
\nat him. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:36:08,600 –> 00:36:10,760
\nRemember, this is the guy that
\nwas hypocritical about. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:36:10,760 –> 00:36:13,880
\nWe might appear to have not
\ndelivered the goat to Tamer. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:36:15,760 –> 00:36:21,680
\nHow’s he appearing now?
\nIt’s a huge lesson here. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:36:23,200 –> 00:36:24,640
\nI’ll make this point really
\nclearly. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:36:27,200 –> 00:36:31,800
\nWhen we get confronted with
\nsomething we’ve done wrong and <\/p>\n
510
\n00:36:31,800 –> 00:36:41,960
\nwe all do it, we all do things
\nwrong, own it, face up, call it <\/p>\n
511
\n00:36:41,960 –> 00:36:46,440
\nwhat it is.
\nBecause if Judah tried to lie in<\/p>\n
512
\n00:36:46,440 –> 00:36:49,360
\nthat situation, what do you
\nthink that whole crowd of people<\/p>\n
513
\n00:36:49,360 –> 00:36:53,320
\nwould have been thinking?
\nThey know what happened. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:36:54,720 –> 00:36:59,920
\nThey know that signet, that
\nstaff, that seal, they know his <\/p>\n
515
\n00:36:59,920 –> 00:37:03,120
\nidentity is in her hands.
\nThey know the truth of the <\/p>\n
516
\n00:37:03,120 –> 00:37:05,160
\nsituation.
\nThey know his reputation. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:37:06,760 –> 00:37:08,560
\nHe’s a fool to think he could
\nlie. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:37:09,640 –> 00:37:13,120
\nAnd so are we when we try to
\npull the wool over our brothers <\/p>\n
519
\n00:37:13,120 –> 00:37:20,440
\nand sisters of Rally People and
\nact as if we don’t do something <\/p>\n
520
\n00:37:21,240 –> 00:37:23,800
\nor haven’t done something when
\nwe’ve been caught out for it. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:37:23,800 –> 00:37:25,960
\nSo there’s a really important
\nlesson to learn. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:37:25,960 –> 00:37:31,120
\nOwn up to your situation, face
\nup to what it is now. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:37:32,680 –> 00:37:34,000
\nI want to pull all that story
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:37:35,200 –> 00:37:40,480
\nWhat is Judah being taught?
\nIt’s one word and it’s empathy. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:37:42,280 –> 00:37:48,920
\nJust appreciate someone else’s
\nposition for a minute of your <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:48,920 –> 00:37:51,400
\nlife, Judah.
\nJust grasp this. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:37:56,720 –> 00:38:02,000
\nLife has taken Judah down a path
\nthat led him to appreciate, and <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:02,000 –> 00:38:04,560
\nI say appreciate in an
\nincredible way, his father’s <\/p>\n
529
\n00:38:04,560 –> 00:38:08,800
\nstory.
\nJust think, what’s it like Judah<\/p>\n
530
\n00:38:09,760 –> 00:38:15,720
\nto have lost a grown son or two
\nactually? <\/p>\n
531
\n00:38:17,480 –> 00:38:23,360
\nBecause at this point, Jacob has
\nlost a 17 year old son and he’s <\/p>\n
532
\n00:38:23,360 –> 00:38:28,640
\nabout to lose another son.
\nJudah’s lost two grown sons <\/p>\n
533
\n00:38:29,840 –> 00:38:36,760
\nkilled by God.
\nWhat’s it like, Judah, to be <\/p>\n
534
\n00:38:36,760 –> 00:38:43,680
\nprotecting yours youngest son?
\nBecause that’s what you’re angry<\/p>\n
535
\n00:38:43,680 –> 00:38:46,680
\nat your dad about protecting
\nJoseph? <\/p>\n
536
\n00:38:47,160 –> 00:38:51,920
\nYeah.
\nWhat’s it like to lose the wife <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:51,920 –> 00:38:56,760
\nthat you live love and they’d be
\nleft with this woman, Tamar, <\/p>\n
538
\n00:38:56,760 –> 00:39:00,560
\nthat you never actually did
\nlove, but now you’ve got to live<\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:00,560 –> 00:39:08,440
\nwith her?
\nThat’s more than that. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:39:09,400 –> 00:39:17,200
\nWhat’s it like to have children
\nthat you didn’t want to have? <\/p>\n
541
\n00:39:19,200 –> 00:39:24,160
\nBecause Judo now has two twins
\nabout to be born. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:24,160 –> 00:39:29,240
\nHe doesn’t know that quite yet.
\nThat’s the final piece that will<\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:29,240 –> 00:39:35,320
\nfit into this puzzle.
\nWhat’s it like to be tricked by <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:35,320 –> 00:39:37,880
\na veil that was overtime us
\neyes? <\/p>\n
545
\n00:39:39,160 –> 00:39:41,280
\nBit like the coat that you gave
\nto your dad. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:42,960 –> 00:39:46,440
\nA bit like the coat that your
\ndad tricked your dad’s dad with.<\/p>\n
547
\n00:39:54,560 –> 00:40:01,400
\nJust stop and think about that
\nfor a minute and discern whether<\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:01,400 –> 00:40:17,600
\nyou’re an honest, truthful man.
\nIdentify this code and in that <\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:17,600 –> 00:40:24,520
\nmoment Judah is taught the value
\nof family. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:25,920 –> 00:40:31,080
\nOf relationships, of all the
\nthings that he despised and was <\/p>\n
551
\n00:40:31,080 –> 00:40:36,200
\nbitter about and all got turned
\naround and put back on his head.<\/p>\n
552
\n00:40:38,360 –> 00:40:41,560
\nBut the most encouraging thing
\nis that is what is going to <\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:41,560 –> 00:40:45,320
\nrebuild him.
\nAnd in trials, we think that <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:45,320 –> 00:40:48,920
\nthat breaks us, we give up.
\nAnd we think, I can’t recover <\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:48,920 –> 00:40:51,440
\nfrom this.
\nAnd Judah’s standing up there <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:51,440 –> 00:40:53,840
\ncalling the shots on her.
\nHe’s now embarrassed. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:53,840 –> 00:40:56,080
\nHe could go out and go, I can’t
\nrecover. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:56,480 –> 00:41:02,680
\nI’m past it.
\nThat is what is going to rebuild<\/p>\n
559
\n00:41:02,680 –> 00:41:06,720
\nJudah and change him.
\nThose very experiences. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:41:07,720 –> 00:41:10,080
\nAnd that’s what I want you to
\ngrasp in your life, too. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:10,320 –> 00:41:13,840
\nThe mistakes are learning,
\nopportunities to become a better<\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:13,840 –> 00:41:17,280
\nperson, to grow.
\nI very much hope you don’t have <\/p>\n
563
\n00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:25,480
\nto go to the moral despair of
\nwhere Judah is brought, but <\/p>\n
564
\n00:41:25,480 –> 00:41:30,280
\nthat’s how we learnt.
\nI want to put it this way. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:41:30,680 –> 00:41:36,800
\nThe meals of God’s Providence
\nand the way God works in our <\/p>\n
566
\n00:41:36,800 –> 00:41:42,000
\nlife is through Providence.
\nAnd Providence grinds through <\/p>\n
567
\n00:41:42,000 –> 00:41:48,160
\nour life very, very slowly.
\nAnd this wheel has turned over <\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:48,160 –> 00:41:52,320
\n20 something years.
\nBut what it does is it grinds <\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:52,560 –> 00:41:57,680
\nincredibly precise because it’s
\nGod’s meal. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:41:58,600 –> 00:42:01,600
\nGod knows exactly what he’s
\ndoing in our life. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:42:03,560 –> 00:42:09,480
\nThe precision is incredible.
\nIt’s ironic, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
572
\n00:42:11,160 –> 00:42:14,600
\nIt’s the way God works.
\nJust think about this man, same <\/p>\n
573
\n00:42:14,600 –> 00:42:22,640
\nproblem and God ended his life
\nin a prison without his eyes <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:23,760 –> 00:42:29,200
\ndoing the job that was normally
\nallocated to the ladies so that <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:29,200 –> 00:42:40,400
\nhe could learn truthfulness.
\nThat’s a huge lesson to learn. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:43,920 –> 00:42:48,720
\nIt’s called irony.
\nIrony is the kind of thing, <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:48,720 –> 00:42:51,200
\nlet’s define it for a second.
\nIt’s like irony is like when the<\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:51,240 –> 00:42:52,640
\nambulance runs over and kills
\nyou. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:42:52,640 –> 00:42:56,200
\nYou know, the one that was
\ncoming to help you ambulance. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:42:57,200 –> 00:43:02,600
\nUse that as an analogy.
\nMaybe irony is when the fire <\/p>\n
581
\n00:43:02,600 –> 00:43:04,960
\nengine burns up or the fire
\nstation burns up. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:43:08,280 –> 00:43:09,640
\nSee how there’s a similarity in
\nit? <\/p>\n
583
\n00:43:10,520 –> 00:43:12,280
\nIt’s like us drawing a tree on a
\npiece of paper. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:43:12,280 –> 00:43:19,120
\nThat’s irony.
\nIrony happens in your life too, <\/p>\n
585
\n00:43:21,920 –> 00:43:31,160
\nand God controls it.
\nHe allows it to occur by our own<\/p>\n
586
\n00:43:31,480 –> 00:43:41,440
\ndumb decisions that we are being
\nforced to have to own, man up to<\/p>\n
587
\n00:43:43,200 –> 00:43:50,520
\nand face the consequences of.
\nAnd that’s what makes a man a <\/p>\n
588
\n00:43:50,520 –> 00:43:55,360
\nman or a woman a woman.
\nWe’re picking on men in this <\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:55,360 –> 00:44:01,960
\nstory.
\nFace up to the truth of the <\/p>\n
590
\n00:44:01,960 –> 00:44:06,600
\nsituation.
\nCosande is coming. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:44:07,560 –> 00:44:11,880
\nJesus says to us the judgement
\nthat you judge on other people, <\/p>\n
592
\n00:44:12,880 –> 00:44:15,720
\nbring her out and burn her.
\nThat’s how you’ll be judged. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:44:16,600 –> 00:44:19,160
\nThe measure that you meet on
\npeople is the way it’ll be <\/p>\n
594
\n00:44:19,160 –> 00:44:22,920
\nmeasured to you.
\nAgain at the judgement seat. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:44:25,640 –> 00:44:26,800
\nAnd young people, don’t be
\nfooled. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:44:28,320 –> 00:44:33,600
\nGod is not mocked.
\nWhat you sow in your life, <\/p>\n
597
\n00:44:34,600 –> 00:44:34,960
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