{"id":1453,"date":"2026-03-08T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/390-roger-lewis-exhortation-the-faces-of-the-cheribim\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:50:53","slug":"390-roger-lewis-exhortation-the-faces-of-the-cheribim","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/390-roger-lewis-exhortation-the-faces-of-the-cheribim\/","title":{"rendered":"390: Roger Lewis – Exhortation: The Faces of the Cheribim"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation given by Brother Roger Lewis at the Idyllwild Bible School in 2006, entitled “The Faces of the Cheribim.”<\/p>\n

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\nHello, this is your brother
\nChris for this week we are <\/p>\n

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\nlistening to an exhortation that
\nwas given at the Idlewild Bible <\/p>\n

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\nSchool back in 2006 by brother
\nRoger Lewis. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title of Brother Roger’s
\nexhortation is The Faces of the <\/p>\n

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\nCaribbean and Why I.
\nDecided to share this. <\/p>\n

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\nExhortation was this is an
\nexample that Brother Roger is. <\/p>\n

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\nVery effective at.
\nHe is pulling on a theme <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout the entire Bible by
\nlooking at the character of the <\/p>\n

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\nCaribbean and the the places
\nwhere it shows up. <\/p>\n

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\nWeaving it all the way through
\nfrom Genesis 3 and then all the <\/p>\n

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\nway through the rest of the
\nbiblical record. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd pulling out symbols and
\nideas about the Caribbean that <\/p>\n

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\nmake them stand out and make it
\na little bit more significant. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then dives into the way that
\nthe Caribbean reflect in the New<\/p>\n

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\nTestament and drawing examples
\nthere that can have echoes of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist all the way in the
\nGenesis 3 record when they’re <\/p>\n

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\ntalking about the Caribbean,
\nthat we’re keeping Adam and Eve <\/p>\n

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\nout of the Garden of Eden.
\nSo I found this to be a really <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting expectation, one
\nthat really kind of makes you <\/p>\n

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\nthink and have to do a fair bit
\nof keeping your fingers in <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent parts of the Bible as
\nyou’re jumping around and <\/p>\n

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\nlistening to it.
\nBut one that was very insightful<\/p>\n

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\nand something that I enjoyed
\ngreatly. <\/p>\n

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\nI remember listening to this
\nexpectation live when Brother <\/p>\n

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\nRodger gave it when he was
\nvisiting Idyllwild back almost <\/p>\n

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\n20 years ago.
\nSo it was fun to be able to <\/p>\n

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\nshare this one and to be able to
\nhear it again. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope that this exhortation
\nencourages you and sparks some <\/p>\n

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\nexcitement about digging into a.
\nLess. <\/p>\n

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\nBroad topic in the Scripture, so
\nI’ll turn it over now to Brother<\/p>\n

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\nRoger Lewis for his exhortation
\nthat he gave at the Idlewild <\/p>\n

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\nBible School in 2006 entitled
\nThe Faces of the Caribbean. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, good evening, my dear
\nbrothers and sisters and the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nWe’re privileged to come again <\/p>\n

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\nto a Bible school together.
\nFor many of us, the Bible <\/p>\n

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\nschools are spiritual oases, are
\nthey not? <\/p>\n

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\nAs we travel to the Kingdom, we
\nearnestly desire these times <\/p>\n

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\ntogether that we might
\nspiritually refresh and renew <\/p>\n

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\none another to transport our
\nminds into spiritual things. <\/p>\n

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\nSo much so that we don’t even
\nnotice the heat. <\/p>\n

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\nBy the way, if it makes you feel
\nbetter, I come from <\/p>\n

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\nChristchurch, which currently is
\nsitting at about 0\u00b0 overnight <\/p>\n

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\nbecause it’s our winter time.
\nBut in order to adjust, we’ve <\/p>\n

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\njust come from Texas, which I
\ncan assure you is slightly <\/p>\n

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\nharder.
\nMind you, the Texas Bible School<\/p>\n

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\ndoes have one advantage over our
\nwild, and that is that although <\/p>\n

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\nthe outside ambient air is
\nconsiderably hotter, the air <\/p>\n

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\nconditioned hall is considerably
\ncooler. <\/p>\n

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\nBut these trials
\nnotwithstanding, I’m sure that <\/p>\n

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\nwe will all be able to hopefully
\ntonight, tired though we might <\/p>\n

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\nbe, focus for a few moments on
\nsomething to bring our minds to <\/p>\n

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\nthe emblems as a marvellous way
\nthat we might begin our Bible <\/p>\n

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\nschool together.
\nSo come now to Genesis chapter 3<\/p>\n

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\nif you would, because do you
\nknow at the end of Genesis <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 3, where we’re given the
\nstory of that occasion when man <\/p>\n

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\nwas driven forth from the Garden
\nof Eden? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re told this in Genesis
\nchapter 3 in the last two <\/p>\n

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\nverses, it says there that the
\nLord God sent man forth from the<\/p>\n

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\nGarden of Eden to till the
\nground from whence he was taken.<\/p>\n

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\nSo he drove out the man, and he
\nplaced at the east of the Garden<\/p>\n

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\nof Eden Kerubim and the flaming
\nsword, which turned every way to<\/p>\n

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\nkeep the way of the tree of
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nDo you know, Brother Thomas
\ntranslates verse 24 slightly <\/p>\n

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\ndifferently, but I think
\nprobably correctly according to <\/p>\n

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\nthe Hebrew when he says this.
\nSo he drove out the man, and at <\/p>\n

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\nthe east of the Garden of Eden,
\nhe caused to dwell in a <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacle, the Caribbean, even
\na flaming sword, which termed <\/p>\n

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\nevery way to keep the way of the
\ntree of life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here in the book of Genesis,
\nwe have the very first mention <\/p>\n

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\nof the Caribbean in the Bible,
\nand they’re associated with a <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacle for worship.
\nThey represent the Father <\/p>\n

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\nmanifested on the earth in some
\nway or shape or form, and <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re there to guard the way
\nof the tree, of the tree of <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nAnd do you know that those <\/p>\n

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\nCaribbean we believe have faces
\neven now in the book of Genesis?<\/p>\n

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\nBecause do you notice in Genesis
\nchapter 4, we’re told that when <\/p>\n

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\nCain is driven out of the garden
\nthat says this verse 13 of <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis chapter 4, when he said
\nthat his punishment was greater <\/p>\n

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\nthan he could bear, he says
\nverse 14, Behold, thou hast <\/p>\n

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\ndriven me up this day from the
\nface of the earth, and from thy <\/p>\n

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\nface shall I be hid.
\nAnd the word face in the Hebrew <\/p>\n

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\nis panim, which means faces.
\nIt’s plural. <\/p>\n

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\nActually.
\nThe word panim can mean either <\/p>\n

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\nface or faces, but but I think
\non this occasion that probably <\/p>\n

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\nthe faces that Cain had in mind
\nthat he was going to be driven <\/p>\n

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\nfrom were the faces of the
\nCaribbean, which betokened the <\/p>\n

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\ndivine presence on earth in the
\nTabernacle of Genesis chapter 3 <\/p>\n

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\nand verse 24.
\nAnd Cain lamented that he would <\/p>\n

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\nbe driven forth from the faces
\nof the Caribbean, which <\/p>\n

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\nmanifested the Father, or as it
\nsays in verse 16, Cain went out <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the presence of Yahweh.
\nMind you, we don’t know anything<\/p>\n

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\nabout the faces here in Genesis,
\njust that they’re there, the <\/p>\n

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\nfaces of the Caribbean.
\nBut when we come to Ezekiel and <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 1, as we had read
\ntogether tonight, Ezekiel of <\/p>\n

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\ncourse is going to give us a
\nlittle more detail concerning <\/p>\n

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\nthe same faces when he says this
\nand Ezekiel chapter one, we know<\/p>\n

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\nthat the vision of Ezekiel that
\nhe saw was a travelling in a <\/p>\n

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\ndirection that came from the
\nnorth. <\/p>\n

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\nEzekiel one verse 4 says that
\nwhatever it was that he saw, it <\/p>\n

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\nwas travelling towards him from
\nthe north. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the record says concerning
\nthe four living creatures that <\/p>\n

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\nhe saw as Ezekiel one verse 5
\nsays out of the midst thereof <\/p>\n

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\ncame the likeness of four living
\ncreatures. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and he says this verse 6, he
\nsaid every one of them had why <\/p>\n

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\nfour faces?
\nNot just one face, but four <\/p>\n

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\nfaces.
\nEvery Caribbean had four of <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nAnd the faces are different <\/p>\n

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\nbecause verse 10 says, As for
\nthe likeness of their faces, <\/p>\n

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\nthey 4 had the face of a man and
\nthe face of a lion on the right <\/p>\n

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\nside.
\nAnd they 4 had the face of an ox<\/p>\n

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\non the left side.
\nAnd they 4 also had the face of <\/p>\n

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\nan eagle.
\nThus were their faces, says <\/p>\n

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\nEzekiel.
\nAnd because they were travelling<\/p>\n

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\ntowards him from the north, and
\nthere were four of them, the <\/p>\n

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\nfirst face that he must have
\nseen was the South face of the <\/p>\n

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\nCaribbean.
\nAfter all, if it’s coming <\/p>\n

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\ntowards them from the north,
\nit’s the South face that he’ll <\/p>\n

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\nsee first.
\nAnd so when it says in verse 10 <\/p>\n

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\nthey forehead the face of a man,
\nwe presume that the South face <\/p>\n

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\nof the Caribbean is the face of
\nthe man. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when it says the face of a
\nlion was on the right side, if <\/p>\n

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\nEzekiel is looking northwards,
\nwell then the right must be E, <\/p>\n

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\nmustn’t it?
\nAnd when he says that on the <\/p>\n

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\nleft side was the face of an ox
\nthat must be looking to the <\/p>\n

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\nWest, And when he says last of
\nall, they 4 also have the face <\/p>\n

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\nof an eagle, it’s the last face
\nhe saw because it was the last <\/p>\n

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\none to arrive.
\nAnd so it’s the face that comes <\/p>\n

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\nbehind The North Face.
\nSo you see, now we’ve got not <\/p>\n

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\njust how many faces, but we’ve
\ngot what the faces were, and <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve got where the faces are.
\nThere’s four of them and they’re<\/p>\n

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\nin different positions, one to
\nthe north, one to the east, one <\/p>\n

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\nto the West, one to the South.
\nBut they’re all the faces of the<\/p>\n

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\nCaribbean, you see.
\nAnd now come to Numbers Chapter <\/p>\n

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\n2, because in the Book of
\nNumbers and chapter 2, when the <\/p>\n

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\ntribes of Israel were settled in
\ntheir encampment as they began <\/p>\n

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\nto March through the wilderness,
\nwe’re told this in Numbers 2 and<\/p>\n

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\nverse one says, Yahweh spoke
\nunto Moses and unto Aaron, <\/p>\n

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\nsaying, Every man of the
\nchildren of Israel shall pitch <\/p>\n

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\nby his own standard with the end
\nsign of their father’s house. <\/p>\n

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\nFar off about the Tabernacle of
\nthe congregation shall they <\/p>\n

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\npitch.
\nEvery man of the children of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael shall pitch by his own
\nstandard with the end sign of <\/p>\n

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\nhis father’s house.
\nThere were going to be flags <\/p>\n

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\nflying in signs.
\nBut in fact, although verse 2 <\/p>\n

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\nsays that each man would pitch
\nby the end sign of his father’s <\/p>\n

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\nhouse, as chapter 2 of Numbers
\nunfold, we’ll find there were <\/p>\n

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\nactually only four in signs
\nflying amidst the nation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here they are first 3 on the
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\nthe sun shall be the standard of
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\nSo Judah is on the east, but
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\neast was where the face of the
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\nAnd you know, the rabbinical
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\nthat flew on Judah’s encampment
\nto the east of the encampment of<\/p>\n

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\nIsrael had the face of a lion
\nupon it, that this Karabic face <\/p>\n

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\nbelonged to the tribe of Judah
\non the eastern side. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then the Numbers, chapter 2
\nand verse 10, the record says on<\/p>\n

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\nthe South side shall be the
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\naccording to their armies.
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\nthat the South face of the
\nCaribbean, the first one to <\/p>\n

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\narrive, was the face of a man.
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\nflag of Reuben on the South side
\nof the Tabernacle encampment, <\/p>\n

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\nwas the face of the man on the
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\nshall see by and by in later
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\nAnd Numbers 2, verse 18 says on
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\nstandard of the camp of Ephraim
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\nBut Ezekiel one had said that on
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\nox, and on the face of the flag
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\nWest side of the encampment the
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\nthe flag.
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\nsays the standard of the camp of
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\nof their armies.
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\nKiriban in Ezekiel chapter 1 was
\nthe face of the eagle, which we <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve answers to the tribe of
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\nSo you see, the whole encampment
\nof Israel was enclosed by the <\/p>\n

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\nfaces of the Kiriban.
\nThey flew his flags on all <\/p>\n

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\ncorners to show that all Israel
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\nthe manifestation of the divine
\nglory, because after all, that’s<\/p>\n

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\nwhat the Caribbean symbolize,
\nthe manifestation of God’s glory<\/p>\n

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\non the face of the earth.
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\nthe nation were to show that the
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\ndwelling place for God’s glory.
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\nthe outside of the encampment,
\nright into the very centre, into<\/p>\n

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\nthe Tabernacle, into the Most
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\nwere the Caribbean.
\nThe same four faces were right <\/p>\n

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\nat the heart and soul of the
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\ncorners to show that the Spirit
\nshould be throughout the whole <\/p>\n

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\nof Israel’s encampment.
\nIn Isaiah chapter 49, we’re told<\/p>\n

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\nthis in an interesting prophecy
\nconcerning the suffering <\/p>\n

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\nbook of Isaiah there are 4
\nprophecies that are known as the<\/p>\n

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\nServant prophecies, and they are
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\nJesus Christ, but they’re woven
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\nthe nation of God as a servant.
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\nsays, he said unto me, thou art
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\nwill be glorified.
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\nverse 3 is not the nation, it’s
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\nverse 3 is telling us is that
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\nrepresentative of Israel in whom
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\nIn this one man would be seen
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\nencampment of Israel
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\nIn this one man the glory of God
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\nAnd if that’s true, brothers and
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\nsurprised to see the carobic
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\nwould we?
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\nfaces of the Caribbean, we
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\nin the Gospels to show that he
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\nto do is to supply what the
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\nmean, of what the faces
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\nDo you know that the Gospel of
\nLuke, which we shan’t turn up, <\/p>\n

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\nbut the Gospel of Luke, opens by
\nsaying these words? <\/p>\n

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\nFor as much as many have taken
\nin hand to set forth an order, a<\/p>\n

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\ndeclaration of those things that
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\nus, many have taken in hand,
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\nhis gospel.
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\nbrothers and sisters?
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\nwritten concerning our Lord,
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\nBut in the Providence of God,
\nonly four were preserved in the <\/p>\n

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\nCanon of Scripture.
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\nbelieve, for obvious reasons.
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\nwhy are there only four gospels?
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\nonly four faces of the
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\nfaces will be revealed in the
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\nChrist in the four Gospels,
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\nGod, we’re preserved for our
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\nAnd now come to Revelation
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\nthe four living creatures that
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\ntalks about.
\nYou’ll remember that Ezekiel <\/p>\n

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\nmentioned 4 living creatures and
\ninterestingly enough, in the <\/p>\n

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\nBook of Revelation there are two
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\nWhen the great Dragons and
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\nhostile to the truth is is
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\nchapters of the Book of
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\nindeed.
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\nthe Book of Revelation to
\nbetoken those beasts against <\/p>\n

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\nwhom the Lord himself will come.
\nBut in Revelation chapter 4, the<\/p>\n

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\nword beast is different.
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\n4, before the throne there was a
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\ncrystal, and in the midst of the
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\nthrone were four beasts full of
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\nAnd now the word beast is a word
\nthat quite literally means in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Greek why living creatures.
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\nprophet Ezekiel.
\nYou see, these are the <\/p>\n

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\nCaribbean.
\nThey’re not the kiribem that <\/p>\n

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\nfirst appeared in the Tabernacle
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\nThis now is the spiritual
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\nThis is the gathering of the
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\ntime yet to be revealed.
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\nspiritual community of Israel,
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\nthe spiritual community of
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\ntogether under the banner, says
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\ncreatures.
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\ncreatures might they be?
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\nAnd the first living creature
\nwas like a lion, and the second <\/p>\n

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\nbeast like a calf or an ox.
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\na face as a man.
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\nflying eagle.
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\nChrist and the time to come.
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\nthe Caribbean will be seen in
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\nthe four beasts?
\nVerse 6? <\/p>\n

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\nBefore the throne there was a
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\nand in the midst of the throne
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\nfour living creatures.
\nSo the four living creatures <\/p>\n

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\nwere in the midst of the throne,
\nsays Revelation 4, verse 6, in <\/p>\n

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\nthe very midst of the throne.
\nBut do you notice what chapter 5<\/p>\n

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\nand verse 6 says, says, and I
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\nthe throne and of the four
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\noldest stood a Lamb.
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\nthe throne, and yet so are the
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\nAnd I think what we’re being
\ntold, you see, is that these <\/p>\n

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\nfour beasts manifest the
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\nThey’re like him.
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\nand yet they’re somehow related
\nto the Lamb because they’re all <\/p>\n

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\nin the midst of the throne
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think what we’re being
\ntold, therefore, is that <\/p>\n

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\npresumably this sequence of
\nfaces in Revelation chapter 4 is<\/p>\n

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\nthe order in which the Lamb
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\nThis is the sequence of the
\nfaces in which both the Lamb of <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nAnd who was followed followers <\/p>\n

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\nwill be seen.
\nSee this order is different to <\/p>\n

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\nEzekiel.
\nAnd so now this is the order of <\/p>\n

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\nthe manifestation of Christ and
\nthe Saints. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here it is verse 7.
\nAnd the first beast was like a <\/p>\n

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\nlion.
\nThat’s the Gospel of Matthew <\/p>\n

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\nthat announces to the tribe of
\nJudah. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the second beast was like an
\nox, That’s the Gospel of Mark, <\/p>\n

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\nand it relates to the tribe of
\nEphraim. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the third beast had a face
\nlike a man, that’s the Gospel of<\/p>\n

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\nLuke and relate to the tribe of
\nof Reuben. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the fourth beast says the
\nrecord was like a flying eagle. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that must be the Gospel of
\nJohn and relate to the tribe of <\/p>\n

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\nDan.
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\nChrist Himself will be revealed,
\nand in which the care of them of<\/p>\n

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\nthe four living creatures, the
\nSaints themselves, will in turn <\/p>\n

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\nmanifest their Lord.
\nDo you know, imagine if there <\/p>\n

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\nwas a man, any man, who was a
\nfamily man, a man who at the <\/p>\n

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\nsame time in his career was a
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\nprecise, A man who in his spare
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\nmountains and at the same time
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\nof his task at work, enjoyed to
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\nAnd now we ask 4 painters of
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\nthis man in the various
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\nAnd so in one portrait we might
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\nand climbing boots and a certain
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\nBut we recognize the face of the
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\nthe same man we will see, well,
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\ncoat on, surrounded by
\nlaboratory equipment, with a <\/p>\n

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\nstudious look on his face.
\nAnd then another painting with a<\/p>\n

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\nman surrounded with his children
\nand his wife and the home the <\/p>\n

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\nhome scene about him.
\nAnd lastly, a man with a <\/p>\n

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\nGrenieri under his chin and a
\npiece of Bach manuscript in the <\/p>\n

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\nbackground and a music stand to
\nshow that this man has a love of<\/p>\n

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\nmusic.
\nAnd you see, what would be <\/p>\n

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\ninteresting about those four
\npaintings is they’d all be true,<\/p>\n

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\nbut they’d all be focusing on a
\ndifferent aspect of this man’s <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nMountaineer, scientist, father, <\/p>\n

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\nmusician.
\nAnd yet, despite their <\/p>\n

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\ndifferences, they’d all be true,
\nwould they not? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if we looked at all four
\npaintings, we’d we’d recognize <\/p>\n

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\nthe man and the diversity of his
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:24,760 –> 00:23:26,360
\nWell, you see, that’s what the
\nGospels are about. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you see it’s the same Lord
\nin all the gospels, but each <\/p>\n

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\nwriter is painting a portrait of
\nChrist that’s different to the <\/p>\n

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\nothers because he’s going to
\npaint a particular portrait of <\/p>\n

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\nthe karabic face that he was
\nasked to paint. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:48,320 –> 00:23:51,720
\nAnd so if we ask ourselves, well
\nwhy do we have 4 gospels and not<\/p>\n

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\none comprehensive how many of
\nthe gospels? <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:55,400 –> 00:23:58,360
\nWell, the answer would be that
\nif we just had a harmony of the <\/p>\n

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\nGospels, brothers and sisters,
\nwe wouldn’t see the faces. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:05,280 –> 00:24:07,920
\nSo in the Providence of God,
\nwe’ve been given 4 gospels. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:08,040 –> 00:24:10,760
\nNot that we might necessarily
\nharmonize them, although that’s <\/p>\n

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\nhelpful, but that we might
\ncelebrate the diversity of the <\/p>\n

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\nGospels and to realise that in
\nthe Providence of God, each <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:17,160 –> 00:24:23,920
\nGospel writer was selected to
\npaint a portrait of Christ with <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent colourings and
\nshadings on the canvas of his <\/p>\n

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\nwriting.
\nAnd the Spirit would help the <\/p>\n

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\nman paint the portrait.
\nThe man’s the same, but the <\/p>\n

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\ndetails are different.
\nAnd the burden of our studies in<\/p>\n

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\nthe days to come will be to look
\nat the shadings, and not the <\/p>\n

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\nthings that are the same.
\nIn the book of Corinthians, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:02,200 –> 00:25:04,360
\napostle Paul once said these
\nwords. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:05,320 –> 00:25:12,040
\nFor God, who commanded the light
\nto shine out of darkness, hath <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:12,040 –> 00:25:19,960
\nshined in our hearts to give the
\nlight of the knowledge of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:19,960 –> 00:25:25,560
\nglory of God in the face of
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:28,720 –> 00:25:31,200
\nSo we want to come and look at
\nthe face of Christ, brothers and<\/p>\n

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\n00:25:31,200 –> 00:25:35,280
\nsisters, do we not?
\nThat we might see God and that <\/p>\n

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\n00:25:35,280 –> 00:25:37,640
\nwe might see all the faces of
\nthe Caribbean? <\/p>\n

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\nNow come and have a look at the
\nSecond of Corinthians in chapter<\/p>\n

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\n3, the Second of Corinthians in
\nchapter 3, And here it is. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat a comfort this is in the
\nsecond of Corinthians in chapter<\/p>\n

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\n3.
\nIn the last two verses the <\/p>\n

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\nrecord says this.
\nNow the Lord is that Spirit, and<\/p>\n

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\nwhere the Spirit of the Lord is,
\nthere is liberty. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we all with open face,
\nbeholding as in a glass the <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:22,040 –> 00:26:27,160
\nglory of the Lord, a change to
\ninto the same image from glory <\/p>\n

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\nto glory, even as by the Spirit
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what the apostle Paul says
\nthat is that unlike the veiled <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael of old, we are able to
\nlook upon Christ with <\/p>\n

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\nunobstructed gaze.
\nWith open face, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:43,360 –> 00:26:48,400
\nsisters, we might behold Him.
\nAnd the wonderful thing about <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:48,400 –> 00:26:51,560
\nlooking in the Gospels and
\nseeing our Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:51,680 –> 00:26:54,640
\nsays the apostle Paul, who by
\nthe way, is the Spirit, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:26:54,640 –> 00:26:58,320
\nmanifestation of his Father.
\nThe wonderful thing is that the <\/p>\n

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\nmore we look, says Paul, the
\nmore we look on the face of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist in the Gospels, the more
\nwe will be changed to become <\/p>\n

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\nlike him, changed into the same
\nimage so that we ourselves might<\/p>\n

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\n00:27:19,800 –> 00:27:24,360
\nmanifest the face, or should we
\nsay the faces of Christ in our <\/p>\n

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\nown lives.
\nDo you know, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\n00:27:27,560 –> 00:27:32,440
\nsisters, we all need to look
\ninto the Gospels more than we <\/p>\n

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\nhave so that we might see him.
\nWe need to see His mercy, His <\/p>\n

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\ncompassion, His discernment, His
\nlabour, His prayerfulness. <\/p>\n

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\nWe need to see his speech, His
\nsacrifice, his integrity. <\/p>\n

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\nIn short, we need to look in the
\nGospels so that we might see all<\/p>\n

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\nthe faces of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist, and that in seeing those<\/p>\n

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\nfaces we might be so impressed
\nand so inspired and so enthused <\/p>\n

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\nthat almost without realizing
\nit, we begin to look like Him <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:16,880 –> 00:28:23,040
\nand to sound like Him.
\nAnd best of all, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\n00:28:23,040 –> 00:28:31,200
\nsisters, to think like Him.
\nBecause when we have looked upon<\/p>\n

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\nthe Gospels enough to see the
\nfaces of our Lord in that way <\/p>\n

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\nand think like Him, then we also
\nwill be a manifestation of the <\/p>\n

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\nFather and part of the four
\nliving creatures yet to be <\/p>\n

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\nrevealed when our Lord comes.
\nSo let’s seize the day, shall we<\/p>\n

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\nnot?
\nAnd let’s take the opportunity <\/p>\n

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\nnow of this Bible school to
\nfocus our hearts and minds and <\/p>\n

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\nour attention on spiritual
\nthings that will help to change <\/p>\n

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\nus, to surrender ourselves to
\nthe power of the truth, to <\/p>\n

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\nchange us, to make the Bible
\nschool profitable in that <\/p>\n

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\nregard.
\nYou know, one of the things as <\/p>\n

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\nyou, as you look out upon a sea
\nof faces like this and you see <\/p>\n

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\n00:29:19,880 –> 00:29:26,960
\nold and familiar faces and some
\nnew faces, is that Bible schools<\/p>\n

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\nare continuums.
\nFather Dick Patterson was <\/p>\n

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\n00:29:31,120 –> 00:29:33,240
\ntelling me this morning that
\nthis Bible school has been in <\/p>\n

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\noperation now for over 50 years.
\nSome of the grey headed brothers<\/p>\n

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\n00:29:39,680 –> 00:29:47,120
\nand sisters in the room tonight
\nwe’re the young Hoydens of a few<\/p>\n

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\nyears ago and even 10 years ago.
\nSome of the ones that were the <\/p>\n

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\nmost difficult.
\nTeenagers are now enthusiastic <\/p>\n

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\nyoung couples committed to the
\nwork of the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd life moves on and another
\ncycle of teenagers arrives. <\/p>\n

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\nmarvellous degree, that <\/p>\n

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\nmarvellous ability to keep
\nchanging us, and that’s why we <\/p>\n

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\ncome.
\nSo let’s treasure the <\/p>\n

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\nopportunity that Almighty God
\nhas given us. <\/p>\n

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\nAir, our Lord returns.
\nAnd now, as we partake of bread <\/p>\n

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\nand wine, let us focus our minds
\nand let us gaze upon the face of<\/p>\n

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\nour Lord Jesus Christ, so that
\nin seeing Him in these emblems, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters, we might
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