{"id":963,"date":"2023-06-04T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/246-andrew-kempster-exhortation-god-is-our-refuge\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:43:51","slug":"246-andrew-kempster-exhortation-god-is-our-refuge","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/246-andrew-kempster-exhortation-god-is-our-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"246: Andrew Kempster – Exhortation: God is Our Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s talk is an Exhortation titled “God is Our Refuge” given at the Woodville Ecclesia in Australia by Bro. Andrew Kempster in November, 2022.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nI talked this week is an
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\nend of 2020 to buy brother.
\nAndrew kempster. <\/p>\n

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\nThe title of the excitation is
\nGod is our refuge and the <\/p>\n

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\nreading that brother Andrew is
\npulling from to prepare for. <\/p>\n

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\nThis class is looking at Numbers
\nchapter 35, and he is pulling <\/p>\n

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\nsome lessons out of this
\nprovision. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was put into the law about
\nthe Cities of Refuge, which is a<\/p>\n

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\nvery interesting way of looking
\ninto the both the legalism that <\/p>\n

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\nis so easy.
\nFind in the law if that’s all <\/p>\n

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\nthat you’re looking for.
\nBut also the deeper meaning and <\/p>\n

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\nthe symbolism that was
\nthroughout all the law, that is <\/p>\n

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\nso easy to miss, if you only go
\none layer deep. <\/p>\n

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\nSo brother Andrew takes a deeper
\nlook and finds new meaning in <\/p>\n

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\nthe importance of the Cities of
\nRefuge as an encouragement for <\/p>\n

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\nus and our walk.
\nI really enjoyed this <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation, I hope that you do
\nas well. <\/p>\n

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\nThis one has a fun little bit of
\nbackstory. <\/p>\n

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\nThis particular extrication
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\nthought we weren’t going to be
\nable to use this suggestion as <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve been sent in, but thank you
\nto both the person who <\/p>\n

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\noriginally suggested it.
\nAnd the people that work behind <\/p>\n

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\nthe scenes to reach back out and
\nget this recording so that we <\/p>\n

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\ncould share it with all of you.
\nI found it be really encouraging<\/p>\n

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\nand one of my favorite styles of
\ntaking something that, you know,<\/p>\n

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\nkind of at a surface level,
\ndiving, a little bit deeper, and<\/p>\n

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\ngiving it a little bit more
\npowerful meaning. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the next time you’re reading
\nthrough one of those dryer <\/p>\n

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\nsection, The law.
\nYou can find that or important <\/p>\n

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\nsignificance woven throughout.
\nSo as always, thank you for the <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestions and all the feedback
\nthat we get, please continue to <\/p>\n

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\nsend in those suggestions as you
\nfind them. <\/p>\n

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\nEspecially now, as we get into
\nthe summer with more conferences<\/p>\n

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\nand Bible schools and study days
\nthat are going to become <\/p>\n

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\navailable, they’ll be lots of
\nnew talks and things that people<\/p>\n

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\nare going to be sharing and
\nwe’re looking forward to hearing<\/p>\n

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\nwhat everyone has been preparing
\nfor the coming summer. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that I will turn it over
\nto brother. <\/p>\n

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\nAndrew kempster from the
\nWoodville. <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia and Australia for his
\nextrication, entitled. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is, our refuge God is our
\nrefuge and strength. <\/p>\n

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\nI very present help in time of
\ntrouble. therefore, we will not <\/p>\n

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\nfear though, the Earth be
\nremoved and though the mountains<\/p>\n

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\nbe carried into the midst of the
\nsea, Though, the waters thereof <\/p>\n

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\nRoar and be troubled, though the
\nmountains, shake with the <\/p>\n

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\nswelling, they’re off.
\nSelah. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is our refuge God is our
\nrefuge. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is our refuge and strength.
\nA very present help in time of <\/p>\n

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\ntrouble.
\nAnd we come this morning to <\/p>\n

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\nremember our Lord to be
\nuplifted. <\/p>\n

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\nFor the week ahead in the
\nassurance that Yahweh is the <\/p>\n

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\nplace of comfort.
\nThe high tower, the rock of <\/p>\n

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\nDefense, The Shelter From The
\nStorm. <\/p>\n

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\nAs we come this morning.
\nAnd as we rise every morning we <\/p>\n

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\ncome before him as our refuge,
\nwe look to Yahweh to flee as a <\/p>\n

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\nrefuge in time of trouble.
\nAnd this is also something that <\/p>\n

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\nis Yahweh wanted Israel to
\nunderstand and to take hold of <\/p>\n

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\nnot just in their Wilderness
\nwanderings but in all their <\/p>\n

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\nlives, Yahweh directed their
\nescape from Egypt. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd our young people this week
\nare looking at the circumstances<\/p>\n

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\naround that escape.
\nIt took a night to get Israel <\/p>\n

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\nout of Egypt and it took 40
\nyears and a new generation to <\/p>\n

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\nremove Egypt from his people and
\nin Leviticus chapter 35 that we <\/p>\n

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\nread this morning.
\nWe come to a new beginning. <\/p>\n

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\nWe come to the time when Israel
\nare on the border of entering <\/p>\n

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\nthe promised land, the place of
\npromise. <\/p>\n

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\nThe place of comfort, the place
\nof hope, the land flowing with <\/p>\n

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\nmilk and honey.
\nA permanent dwelling place and <\/p>\n

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\nAbiding, Place of rest.
\nThe kingdom of God. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was not the final age of
\nrighteousness and Yahweh wanted <\/p>\n

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\nto establish here.
\nFor his people, a demonstration <\/p>\n

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\nthat he dwelt in their midst
\nthat they needed to have their <\/p>\n

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\nlaw within their hearts.
\nIt is only when we have the law <\/p>\n

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\nof Yahweh within our hearts.
\nThat we feel Yahweh is able to <\/p>\n

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\nbring us up.
\nOur top, the horrible pit out of<\/p>\n

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\nthe Miry clay and set our feet
\nupon a rock and establish our <\/p>\n

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\ngoings in his wisdom.
\nGo away provided for Israel, the<\/p>\n

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\nPractical, and for them.
\nAnd for us, the parable of the <\/p>\n

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\nCity of Refuge, for an
\nencouragement and a strength, In<\/p>\n

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\nall time of trouble.
\nA City of Refuge as a parable. <\/p>\n

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\nDo I hear you say?
\nHow is that? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, I’m glad you asked.
\nLet me show you how we read <\/p>\n

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\ntoday in Leviticus chapter 35,
\nthe details of the Physical City<\/p>\n

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\nof Refuge and their youth and we
\nall have a mental image from <\/p>\n

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\nvery young as to how they work.
\nTheir six cities, they’re <\/p>\n

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\nscattered throughout the nation
\nof Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were chosen.
\nThey were evenly distributed as <\/p>\n

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\nwe see in verse 8 they were
\nevenly distributed free on one <\/p>\n

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\nside and three on the other.
\nOf the River. <\/p>\n

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\nJordan.
\nAnd we have an image of how they<\/p>\n

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\nworked or actually.
\nWe don’t even need to have our <\/p>\n

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\nimagination in this area.
\nIf we turn across to Deuteronomy<\/p>\n

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\nand chapter 19, there’s a record
\nof a similar. <\/p>\n

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\nDeclaration of the Cities of
\nRefuge as recited by Moses on <\/p>\n

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\nhis very last day with the
\npeople in Deuteronomy chapter, <\/p>\n

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\n19 and verse 5 to 6.
\nAs when a man go with him to the<\/p>\n

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\nwood with his neighbor to Hugh
\nwould. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is give an example of
\nwhy you would need to flee to <\/p>\n

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\nthe City of Refuge.
\nAnd his hand fetches a stroke <\/p>\n

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\nwith the ax to cut down the
\ntree, and the head slippers from<\/p>\n

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\nthe health and light of the upon
\nhis neighbor that he die. <\/p>\n

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\nHe shall flee unto one of these
\ncities and live And we see in <\/p>\n

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\nvery, veiled language, the drama
\nof the situation. <\/p>\n

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\nTwo men working very hard
\nchopping wood. <\/p>\n

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\nTwo men probably close friends,
\nas they’ve gone into the wood to<\/p>\n

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\nwork together.
\nThe head of the ax, leaves the <\/p>\n

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\nhandle strikes, his neighbor on
\nthe head and kills him. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as we see there, the word
\nfive In next to light of it, <\/p>\n

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\nfindeth him.
\nAnd it kills him. <\/p>\n

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\nImage, the universe 6 here, less
\nthe Avenger of the blood pursue <\/p>\n

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\nthe Slayer, while his heart is
\nhot and overtake him. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause the way is long and slay
\nhim, whereas, he was not worthy <\/p>\n

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\nof death in as much as he hated
\nhim, not in time past the image.<\/p>\n

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\nThen in this verse 6, is that
\nimmediately that the death is <\/p>\n

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\nestablished.
\nYou then run as fast as you can,<\/p>\n

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\nwith all your might to the City
\nof Refuge where you are <\/p>\n

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\nautomatically.
\nAppointed a place to stay until <\/p>\n

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\nyou can stand before the
\ncongregation in judgment. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if we keep our place here in
\nDeuteronomy 19 and turn across <\/p>\n

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\nto Joshua chapter 20, which
\npicks up the actual allocation <\/p>\n

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\nof these cities when they were
\nappointed in the land. <\/p>\n

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\nConfirming.
\nThat this was the case in <\/p>\n

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\nDurham, Joshua chapter 20 and
\nverse 4. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when he that doth, flee unto
\none of these cities shall stand <\/p>\n

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\nat the entering of the Gate of
\nthe city and shall declare his <\/p>\n

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\ncause in the ears of the Elders
\nof that City. <\/p>\n

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\nThey shall take him into the
\ncity unto them and give him a <\/p>\n

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\nplace that he may dwell among
\nAnd so we see the drama. <\/p>\n

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\nOf the circumstance.
\nWe come back to numbers 35. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd verse 24.
\nThen the congregation shall <\/p>\n

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\njudge between the Slayer and the
\nRevenger of blood according to <\/p>\n

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\nthese judgments.
\nThe Avenger of blood stands as <\/p>\n

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\nthe accuser and The Slayer as
\nthe defendant. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is yahweh’s law that
\nsomeone Who had an accident? <\/p>\n

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\nThis man loved his neighbor.
\nThey work together to chop wood <\/p>\n

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\nin the woods but through
\ncircumstance accidentally killed<\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nAnd if it’s judged as an <\/p>\n

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\naccident in Numbers, chapter 35
\nand verse 25. <\/p>\n

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\nThe congregation shall deliver
\nthe slack out of the hand of the<\/p>\n

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\nRevenger of blood and The Slayer
\nstayed in the City of Refuge <\/p>\n

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\nuntil the death of the high
\npriest. <\/p>\n

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\nDespite our products stations.
\nAll our actions. <\/p>\n

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\nAll of them have consequences.
\nEven if they’re unintended and <\/p>\n

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\nwe must bear the consequences.
\nI might not be Eternal, but <\/p>\n

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\nthere will always be
\nconsequences. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we see from numbers, 35,
\nit appears to show a dramatic <\/p>\n

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\nbrutal picture.
\nTwo men. <\/p>\n

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\nDear friends happily working
\ntogether. and suddenly, One of <\/p>\n

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\nthem’s dead.
\nQuick run as fast as you can to <\/p>\n

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\nthe City of Refuge and over the
\nnext few days all week, the <\/p>\n

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\nSlayer is judged possibly by
\nanother close friend. <\/p>\n

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\nNot the judge, but the
\nprosecutor and The Slayer is now<\/p>\n

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\ntrapped in this city, possibly
\nfor life in a prison because of <\/p>\n

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\nan accident.
\nIt is that really what the City <\/p>\n

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\nof Refuge is all about, because
\nat a superficial reading, it <\/p>\n

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\nappears to be, and for a
\ntransactional Israelite or the <\/p>\n

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\nJews that serve the law and saw
\nsalvation and righteousness, by <\/p>\n

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\nthe law, It is.
\nWhat it actually was all about. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:14,200 –> 00:12:17,800
\nBut it wasn’t really what Yahweh
\nintended, it’s not even close. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what we want to do is we
\nwant to have a look at the <\/p>\n

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\ndetail of the City of Refuge, we
\nwant to unpick the law, we want <\/p>\n

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\nto unpick it and have a look at
\nthe amazing Parable that Yahweh <\/p>\n

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\nhas hidden for all of the
\nfaithful Israelites. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd for our encouragement today.
\nSo that as a faithful, <\/p>\n

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\nSchoolmaster this law, this law
\nmay show us Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nWe start in numbers. 35, and
\nverse two, and three. <\/p>\n

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\nWhich describes the allocation
\nof the portion allotted for the <\/p>\n

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\nIsraelites.
\nWe read that it is a commandment<\/p>\n

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\nof the Israelites that they give
\nunto the Levites and inheritance<\/p>\n

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\nof their own possession, cities
\nto dwell in that they shall give<\/p>\n

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\nalso under the Levites suburbs
\nfor the city’s round about them <\/p>\n

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\nand the cities, shall they have
\nto dwell in and the suburbs of <\/p>\n

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\nthem shall be for their cattle
\nand for their goods and for all <\/p>\n

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\ntheir beasts.
\nAnd the suburbs of the Cities <\/p>\n

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\nwhich he shall give unto the
\nLevites. <\/p>\n

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\nShall reach outward from the
\nwall of the city and outward, <\/p>\n

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\n1000 cubits, roundabout.
\nAnd you shall we measure from <\/p>\n

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\nwithout the city, on the east
\nside, 2000 cubits and on the <\/p>\n

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\nSouth Side, 2,000 cubits, and on
\nthe West Side 2000 cubits and on<\/p>\n

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\nthe North side, 2000 cubits.
\nAnd the city shall be in the <\/p>\n

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\nmidst, this shall be to them the
\nsuburbs of the Cities. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have some very specific
\ndetail about these cities that <\/p>\n

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\nis not mentioned of any other
\ncities except these that are <\/p>\n

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\ngiven to the Levites, it
\nmeasures exactly how big the <\/p>\n

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\nsuburbs are.
\nAll the cities of the children <\/p>\n

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\nof Israel had suburbs but the
\ncities of the Levites had very <\/p>\n

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\nspecific suburbs.
\nThese are not suburbs. <\/p>\n

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\nLike we might have in Adelaide
\nwhere we have a city center and <\/p>\n

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\nthen suburbs where people live
\nThe city contained the people, <\/p>\n

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\nthe city contained, The Dwelling
\nPlaces of all of the people that<\/p>\n

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\nlived in the city and the
\nsuburbs were for the farmland or<\/p>\n

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\nas we see for the Levites for
\nthe cattle and for their goods. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was not designed to be worked
\nland as they gain their daily <\/p>\n

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\nfood, from Yahweh, through
\ntithes, and sacrifices. <\/p>\n

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\nHowever, there’s Levites needed
\ncities. <\/p>\n

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\nThey needed fixed boundaries to
\nshow where they ended because <\/p>\n

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\nthese cities were taken out of
\nthe inheritance has of the <\/p>\n

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\ntribes that they were in.
\nAnd yet, all of the other cities<\/p>\n

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\nthat were allotted to other
\ntribes Blended in to their <\/p>\n

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\nGeneral, allotment of their
\ninheritance. <\/p>\n

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\nThe suburbs were 2,000 cubits
\nsquare with a city in the <\/p>\n

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\nmiddle.
\nAnd there were 48 of them dotted<\/p>\n

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\nall throughout the nation.
\nWhat was Yahweh trying to tell <\/p>\n

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\nthe nation?
\nWhy 48 cities? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy six Cities of Refuge?
\nWhat, why not 50? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy not 12?
\nWhy not one for each tribe? <\/p>\n

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\nOh, I know.
\nAnd how was their location <\/p>\n

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\ndetermined Well, if you examine
\nscripture apart from chapter <\/p>\n

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\nnumberings, the number 48
\ndoesn’t appear anywhere else. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, at least not on the
\nsurface. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we were to go back to Exodus
\nrecord where the details of the <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacle is outlined in
\nExodus, 25. <\/p>\n

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\nYahweh shows.
\nMoses in the mount. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:07,700 –> 00:16:13,600
\nA pattern.
\nHe shows Moses a pattern of what<\/p>\n

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\nthe Tabernacle was to be built.
\nLike he shows him a vision and <\/p>\n

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\nMoses walks amongst.
\nThe Tabernacle he gets to see <\/p>\n

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\nwhat it’s like, he gets to feel
\nif he gets to visualize what <\/p>\n

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\nit’s like and then describe
\nthose details to bezel eel, and <\/p>\n

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\nto risk, reconstruct them.
\nAnd in showing the pattern Moses<\/p>\n

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\nsaw, That a tabernacle on the
\nnorth side. <\/p>\n

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\nHad 20 boards and on the south
\nside. <\/p>\n

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\nHad 20 boards.
\nAnd on the west side that made <\/p>\n

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\nup the wall of the most holy
\nplace. <\/p>\n

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\nThere were six boards with two
\nboards, for the corner, that <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:01,600 –> 00:17:03,400
\ncompleted the walls of the
\nTabernacle. <\/p>\n

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\nHere were six plus 42 boards,
\nthat created a wall about the <\/p>\n

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\nthings of Yahweh.
\nAnd surrounded that wall with <\/p>\n

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\nthe tribes, then can’t about the
\nTabernacle the FourSquare <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:20,599 –> 00:17:25,900
\nencampment of Israel.
\nThe Tabernacle established a <\/p>\n

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\npattern 6 + 42 boards are total
\nof 48 boards, that created a <\/p>\n

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\nwall around, the things most
\nprecious to Yahweh. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:39,100 –> 00:17:42,400
\nThe things of Yahweh were fenced
\nabout with the whole nation, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:42,900 –> 00:17:49,200
\nencamped in a square about it.
\nHere we have a model of this in <\/p>\n

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\nthe cities of the Levites, every
\ncity of the Levites. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:56,300 –> 00:18:00,600
\nWas a model of their chem of
\nIsrael in the wilderness. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:02,000 –> 00:18:06,600
\nThe Tabernacle that only the
\nLevites could enter to serve the<\/p>\n

246
\n00:18:06,600 –> 00:18:08,500
\nLevites who assisted the
\npriests. <\/p>\n

247
\n00:18:08,900 –> 00:18:12,100
\nThe priests as Yahweh directed
\nbore the sins of the people. <\/p>\n

248
\n00:18:12,600 –> 00:18:14,600
\nThe priests who are hat led by
\nthe high priest. <\/p>\n

249
\n00:18:14,600 –> 00:18:18,700
\nWho, once a year took the blood
\nrepresenting the sins of all the<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:18,700 –> 00:18:22,200
\nnation into the very presence of
\nYahweh to seek forgiveness. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:23,600 –> 00:18:27,900
\nThe high priest, the priests the
\nLevites, all had their Dwelling <\/p>\n

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\nPlace in the wilderness between
\nthe nation and the Tabernacle. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd everybody that heard, This
\ncommandment had this Vision in <\/p>\n

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\ntheir mind, they live that every
\nday. <\/p>\n

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\nThey saw it.
\nEvery day, they saw the <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacle in the midst with the
\npeople about and the priests, <\/p>\n

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\nand the Levites in Camp between
\nthem and Yahweh. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:58,100 –> 00:19:03,100
\nThey entered the promised land
\nwith this imagery for the last <\/p>\n

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\n40 years, in their mind and yet
\nwas the purpose for this <\/p>\n

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\npattern.
\nNow, over will know that the <\/p>\n

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\nparable lived on Joey.
\nNow creates 48 cities, one for <\/p>\n

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\neach Board of the Tabernacle to
\nbe to be what To be a parable of<\/p>\n

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\ntheir Dwelling Place in the
\nwilderness and the pattern of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Tabernacle.
\nAnd here 48 times throughout the<\/p>\n

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\nland were established 48 centers
\nthat looked like a tabernacle <\/p>\n

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\nestablished with a Foursquare.
\nEncampment, But it wasn’t <\/p>\n

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\nactually 48 cities.
\nIt was six Cities of Refuge + <\/p>\n

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\n42.
\nSo, the purpose that God wants <\/p>\n

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\nto direct our minds to, it is
\nnot just a pattern of the <\/p>\n

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\nTabernacle.
\nHe wants to direct our mind that<\/p>\n

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\nthe focus of this is the Cities
\nof Refuge and the additional 42.<\/p>\n

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\nWe’re for emphasis and to
\naccommodate all of the Levites <\/p>\n

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\nand the priests.
\nSo we have established in a <\/p>\n

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\nsmall way, the pattern that was
\nshown to Moses of the Tabernacle<\/p>\n

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\nin the wilderness be established
\nin the very midst of the land of<\/p>\n

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\npromise.
\nAnd so how then was it <\/p>\n

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\ndetermined where to place the
\nCities of Refuge? <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 14.
\nYou shall give three cities on <\/p>\n

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\nthis side.
\nJordan, and three cities Shelley<\/p>\n

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\nGive In the Land of Canaan,
\nwhich shall be Cities of Refuge.<\/p>\n

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\nWe have three on each side of
\nthe river. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:39,400 –> 00:20:42,600
\nJordan, it’s fairly
\nstraightforward. <\/p>\n

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\nHow when you distribute them,
\nwhat would you get out of map <\/p>\n

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\nand evenly?
\nSpace them from top to bottom <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout the land 3 on the
\nleft and 3 on the right side. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Jordan.
\nWhat would that would be <\/p>\n

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\ngeographic distribution?
\nOr would you work out where most<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:00,400 –> 00:21:04,800
\nof the people were and then
\nplace them so that the most <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:04,800 –> 00:21:08,600
\namount of people had the least
\ndistance to travel but that <\/p>\n

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\nwould be population density
\ndistribution. <\/p>\n

291
\n00:21:14,400 –> 00:21:17,600
\nWhat other options would there
\nbe because Yahweh chose neither <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:17,600 –> 00:21:20,800
\nof those In directing the
\nposition of the Cities of <\/p>\n

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\nRefuge.
\nYahweh had another plan. <\/p>\n

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\nLast week, a brother Barry
\nshowed us that the numbering of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael in Numbers Chapter 1 this
\nnumbering we are shown from <\/p>\n

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\nnumbers. 1:1 was concluded in
\nyear 2 month to day 1, after the<\/p>\n

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\nchildren of Israel left Egypt
\nand there was a second numbering<\/p>\n

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\nin Numbers, chapter 26.
\nAnd this number is, as we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nseen, if this numbering as we
\nsee from numbers 26 and verse 1,<\/p>\n

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\nWas conducted after the plague
\nas a result from Baal peor, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich was as they were,
\nConquering the land on the east <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:59,400 –> 00:22:03,000
\nside of Jordan about to enter
\ntheir inheritance. <\/p>\n

303
\n00:22:04,000 –> 00:22:07,100
\nThese two numbering sit as it
\nwere as bookends of the <\/p>\n

304
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\nwilderness wanderings.
\nSo it would be valuable to <\/p>\n

305
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\ncompare these two numberings and
\nif we do so we find the <\/p>\n

306
\n00:22:16,200 –> 00:22:21,600
\nfollowing interesting things.
\nThe nation as a whole. <\/p>\n

307
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\nWe’re worse off by 1820 men from
\ntwenty years old and upward. <\/p>\n

308
\n00:22:29,400 –> 00:22:33,700
\nHowever, across-the-board
\nspectrum of the whole of the <\/p>\n

309
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\nnation.
\nThere were tribes that increased<\/p>\n

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\nand there were tribes that
\ndecreased. <\/p>\n

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\nThose most greatly affected by
\nthe sin at Bow and evil. <\/p>\n

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\nThat happened at Baal peor
\nsuffered the most in their <\/p>\n

313
\n00:22:49,800 –> 00:22:53,500
\ndecline in numbers.
\nAnd, and what why is this <\/p>\n

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\nrelevant to our Cities of
\nRefuge? <\/p>\n

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\nIf we take a list of all of
\nthose tribes, That had an <\/p>\n

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\nincrease over the period of time
\nof the wilderness wanderings. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all of those that had a
\ndecrease. <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:10,600 –> 00:23:14,400
\nDuring the period of the
\nWilderness wanderings, all the <\/p>\n

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\ntribes, They had a reduction in
\ntheir numbers. <\/p>\n

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\nReceived a City of Refuge.
\nreally with a six that increased<\/p>\n

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\nand six that decreased know,
\nThere were five that decreased <\/p>\n

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\nand seven that increased.
\nSo if five were given to those <\/p>\n

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\nthat decreased who got the other
\none, On what basis would you <\/p>\n

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\nchoose but we’ll all would you
\ngive it to the one that <\/p>\n

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\nincreased?
\nThe least because they’re the <\/p>\n

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\nnearest to those that decreased
\nwere no Yahweh chose to put the <\/p>\n

327
\n00:23:53,800 –> 00:23:58,100
\nfinal City of Refuge in the
\ntribe that increased the most <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:00,800 –> 00:24:03,700
\nYahweh chose to distribute the
\nCities of Refuge on a needs <\/p>\n

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\nbasis.
\nYahweh put a City of Refuge in <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:07,800 –> 00:24:16,000
\nthe places where the people most
\nneeded salvation, but he kept <\/p>\n

331
\n00:24:16,000 –> 00:24:22,100
\none for himself to show what
\nthey should be aiming for This <\/p>\n

332
\n00:24:22,100 –> 00:24:25,600
\nis not a reward for mediocrity.
\nThis was not to give everyone a <\/p>\n

333
\n00:24:25,600 –> 00:24:28,300
\ngo.
\nThis was because those that had <\/p>\n

334
\n00:24:28,300 –> 00:24:32,300
\nthe greatest failures, had the
\ngreatest understanding of their <\/p>\n

335
\n00:24:32,300 –> 00:24:37,100
\nneeds So if this is the case,
\nthen how is it. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:24:37,100 –> 00:24:41,000
\nSo as the Cities of Refuge about
\nproviding safe haven for those <\/p>\n

337
\n00:24:41,000 –> 00:24:43,200
\nwho accidentally killed someone
\nfrom being killed by the Avenger<\/p>\n

338
\n00:24:43,200 –> 00:24:47,900
\nof blood. and if that’s all you
\nsaw, the City of Refuge as <\/p>\n

339
\n00:24:47,900 –> 00:24:53,300
\nbeing, You’d be right.
\nAnd for the much of the nation, <\/p>\n

340
\n00:24:54,200 –> 00:24:57,900
\nthat’s all they saw. as was
\nevident by the attitude of <\/p>\n

341
\n00:24:57,900 –> 00:25:02,100
\nthose, in our Lord’s Day, There
\nwere some who saw the parable in<\/p>\n

342
\n00:25:02,108 –> 00:25:05,900
\nthe pattern and looked for the
\ncoming of the Eternal high <\/p>\n

343
\n00:25:05,900 –> 00:25:09,800
\npriest who could redeem them
\nfrom all sin. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:25:11,500 –> 00:25:15,500
\nThey were the simians and the
\nAnna’s and the publicans and <\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:15,500 –> 00:25:17,500
\nsinners.
\nThere were those who looked for <\/p>\n

346
\n00:25:17,508 –> 00:25:19,900
\nthe consolation of Israel.
\nAnd there were those who thought<\/p>\n

347
\n00:25:19,900 –> 00:25:24,600
\nsaw themselves as poor miserable
\nSinners and needed and <\/p>\n

348
\n00:25:24,600 –> 00:25:30,200
\neverliving internal high priest.
\nAnd there were those who Glimpse<\/p>\n

349
\n00:25:30,200 –> 00:25:35,400
\nthe pattern, and now recognized
\nthe reality as their lord was in<\/p>\n

350
\n00:25:35,400 –> 00:25:40,400
\ntheir very presence.
\nSo what is the type thing of the<\/p>\n

351
\n00:25:40,400 –> 00:25:44,300
\nCity of Refuge we established at
\nthe outset that the function, <\/p>\n

352
\n00:25:44,600 –> 00:25:48,300
\nthe function of the City of
\nRefuge appears to show a brutal <\/p>\n

353
\n00:25:48,300 –> 00:25:51,700
\npicture?
\nTo remain happily working <\/p>\n

354
\n00:25:51,700 –> 00:25:56,000
\ntogether in the woods.
\nAnd bang one’s dead. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:25:57,500 –> 00:26:00,500
\nQuick run as fast as you can to
\nthe City of Refuge and over the <\/p>\n

356
\n00:26:00,508 –> 00:26:05,900
\nnext few days or weeks you’re
\njudged, and you’re trapped. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:26:07,000 –> 00:26:10,700
\nPossibly for Life as a prison in
\nthis city. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:26:14,600 –> 00:26:17,300
\nThat’s not the ultimate picture
\nthat Yahweh wanted the nation to<\/p>\n

359
\n00:26:17,300 –> 00:26:20,200
\nsee and it’s not the lesson.
\nHe wants you to see. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:26:21,600 –> 00:26:24,800
\nThat’s law thinking that’s never
\ngoing to lift us up. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:25,300 –> 00:26:28,800
\nAll we doing is hoping that the
\nhigh priest will die which is <\/p>\n

362
\n00:26:28,800 –> 00:26:35,200
\nall the rulers in Christ a
\nwished for No, in this chapter, <\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:35,300 –> 00:26:40,000
\nwe read we read this morning.
\nThere’s no commandment for the <\/p>\n

364
\n00:26:40,000 –> 00:26:47,400
\nAvenger of blood to pursue the
\nAvenger of blood conflagration, <\/p>\n

365
\n00:26:47,400 –> 00:26:51,100
\nwith the original Slayer is
\nalways couched in terms as <\/p>\n

366
\n00:26:51,600 –> 00:27:00,000
\nmeeting if he met him in the way
\nor he comes across He’s able to <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:00,000 –> 00:27:05,900
\nkill him, but when we come to
\ndharana, me chapter 19 and verse<\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:06,300 –> 00:27:13,800
\n6, it’s not until we come here.
\nThat we read the word in <\/p>\n

369
\n00:27:13,800 –> 00:27:17,100
\nDeuteronomy, 19 and verse 6,
\nlest. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:27:17,900 –> 00:27:21,400
\nThe Avenger of blood pursue the
\nSlayer. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:27,400 –> 00:27:30,600
\nThis is a human consequence, not
\nthe law, it’s not a direction <\/p>\n

372
\n00:27:30,600 –> 00:27:33,300
\nfrom Yahweh or what’s yahweh’s
\nactual purpose. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:27:34,600 –> 00:27:37,800
\nI think the clue is in Joshua
\nchapter 20. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:27:39,200 –> 00:27:54,700
\nAnd verse 5. and in Joshua
\nchapter 20, verse 5, and if The <\/p>\n

375
\n00:27:54,700 –> 00:28:00,200
\nAvenger of blood.
\nAshu him if he pursued. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:01,500 –> 00:28:05,700
\nSo, I believe the parable of the
\nCity of Refuge is the two men. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:07,500 –> 00:28:09,900
\nTwo.
\nDear friends were working <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:09,900 –> 00:28:14,000
\nhappily together in the woods.
\nAnd one’s dead. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:16,700 –> 00:28:20,300
\nYou went home.
\nDiscreetly. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:21,500 –> 00:28:23,800
\nYou advised, your family of the
\nterrible tragedy. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:25,600 –> 00:28:28,700
\nAnd then with haste and
\ndiscretion, you made your way to<\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:28,700 –> 00:28:32,300
\nthe City of Refuge.
\nWe’re, if innocent of <\/p>\n

383
\n00:28:32,300 –> 00:28:35,100
\npremeditated murder, you
\nadmitted into the most amazing <\/p>\n

384
\n00:28:35,700 –> 00:28:39,000
\nRehabilitation and reflection
\nperiod ever experienced. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:28:44,300 –> 00:28:46,700
\nHe spent the rest of your lot,
\nyour time until the death of the<\/p>\n

386
\n00:28:46,700 –> 00:28:49,800
\nhigh priest, in the presence of
\nthe teachers, and Servants of <\/p>\n

387
\n00:28:49,800 –> 00:28:54,200
\nthe law, very priests and
\nadministers of yahweh’s Law and <\/p>\n

388
\n00:28:54,200 –> 00:28:57,900
\nprecepts.
\nYou learn to serve them. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:28:59,000 –> 00:29:02,100
\nHe learned at their feet.
\nYou’re immersed yourselves in <\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:02,100 –> 00:29:08,400
\nthe things of Yahweh until until
\nthe high priest died. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:13,700 –> 00:29:17,700
\nUntil the high priest died and
\ntook away your sin forever. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:22,100 –> 00:29:25,100
\nAnd what did you do then?
\nHe returned. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:29:26,600 –> 00:29:29,900
\nAs a change person to your
\nEternal inheritance to teach <\/p>\n

394
\n00:29:29,900 –> 00:29:32,800
\nyour children and your
\ngrandchildren, the things of <\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:32,800 –> 00:29:37,400
\nYahweh.
\nHow can we be sure that there <\/p>\n

396
\n00:29:37,400 –> 00:29:40,500
\nwas this was more about lifting,
\nthe nation rather than showing <\/p>\n

397
\n00:29:40,500 –> 00:29:46,200
\nhow they failed as the law was
\nappears to be always intended to<\/p>\n

398
\n00:29:46,200 –> 00:29:50,000
\ndo.
\nWell, if we look in Numbers <\/p>\n

399
\n00:29:50,100 –> 00:29:56,900
\nchapter 35 the word Avenger all
\nRevenger in verse 12. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:29:57,600 –> 00:30:02,200
\nVerse, 19, verse 21, verse 24,
\nverse 25, and twice. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:02,600 –> 00:30:07,200
\nIn verse 27 is more often
\ntranslated in the Old Testament <\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:07,200 –> 00:30:14,200
\nas redeemed already MO.
\nThis is the same word used of <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:14,200 –> 00:30:17,700
\nBoaz as he in a brotherly way
\nredeemed. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:30:17,700 –> 00:30:21,300
\nThe lands of Ruth back to her
\nfamily and restored her <\/p>\n

405
\n00:30:21,300 –> 00:30:30,500
\ninheritance, he brought life,
\nnot took it, The Redeemer wasn’t<\/p>\n

406
\n00:30:30,500 –> 00:30:35,600
\nout of vengeance.
\nHe also was a sinner. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:36,500 –> 00:30:39,400
\nHe’d failed.
\nThe Redeemer needed. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:30:39,400 –> 00:30:46,000
\nJustice executed, not vengeance.
\nIf engines is shallow ways. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:30:47,400 –> 00:30:50,900
\nAnd Yahweh is people should not
\nbe corrupted. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:07,500 –> 00:31:15,300
\nImagine This.
\nThe nearest. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:17,000 –> 00:31:22,500
\nClosest relative is killed.
\nKilled by another. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:24,100 –> 00:31:27,500
\nBy accident.
\nWell, it hasn’t been established<\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:27,500 –> 00:31:32,000
\nyet, but it may have been the
\nevent is incredibly distressing.<\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:33,300 –> 00:31:36,500
\nHeartbreaking, grief is
\ninconsolable. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:31:37,900 –> 00:31:41,000
\nYou want vengeance?
\nDo you really? <\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:44,400 –> 00:31:50,000
\nYou reflect back. 30 years ago
\nwhen you accidentally killed, <\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:50,000 –> 00:31:52,500
\nAnother Man’s brother and had to
\nleave family and Fleet of the <\/p>\n

418
\n00:31:52,500 –> 00:31:56,000
\nCity of Refuge where you live,
\n25 years. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:31:57,100 –> 00:32:01,100
\nThe high priest died, five years
\nago, and you are now home a <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:01,100 –> 00:32:05,500
\nperson with a new life, a life
\nrestored, and a life returned. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:07,600 –> 00:32:15,700
\nYou reflect on this?
\nand you can, as you come, your <\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:15,700 –> 00:32:20,300
\ngrief is not lessened.
\nThe distress is not smaller. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:25,200 –> 00:32:35,500
\nThe Heartbreak is not eased.
\nBut the Vengeance. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:35,500 –> 00:32:43,100
\nHe’s you cry.
\nNot because you’ve lost your <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:43,100 –> 00:32:50,500
\ndearest love one.
\nBut because you failed, you <\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:50,500 –> 00:32:54,900
\nfailed your father in Heaven.
\nYou’ve received unconditional <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:54,900 –> 00:32:58,000
\nforgiveness for your sin of
\ntaking another man’s life. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:33:01,200 –> 00:33:04,700
\nEnd.
\nThe high priest took his sin <\/p>\n

429
\n00:33:04,800 –> 00:33:09,300
\naway with him when he died.
\nAnd you’ve been able to return <\/p>\n

430
\n00:33:09,300 –> 00:33:13,400
\nto your family and your internal
\ninheritance promised to your <\/p>\n

431
\n00:33:13,400 –> 00:33:26,900
\nfather’s by Yahweh and self.
\nYou go inside your house. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:33:29,900 –> 00:33:40,300
\nYou cancel your family.
\nAnd you’ll give it a day or two.<\/p>\n

433
\n00:33:41,500 –> 00:33:44,200
\nBefore you prepare for the
\njourney to the City of Refuge to<\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:44,200 –> 00:33:51,500
\nappear before the elders.
\nTo accuse him who killed your <\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:51,900 –> 00:33:56,700
\ndearly beloved family member.
\nYou’re sad. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:33:57,900 –> 00:34:03,200
\nAlmost inconsolably sad for the
\nloss, but you have no vengeance.<\/p>\n

437
\n00:34:04,400 –> 00:34:07,500
\nThat’s on me for Yahweh.
\nHe will repay. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:34:10,000 –> 00:34:13,699
\nYou need to be merciful.
\nAs you have experienced the <\/p>\n

439
\n00:34:13,699 –> 00:34:18,400
\nmercy of Yahweh, there is no way
\nthat you are going to tread <\/p>\n

440
\n00:34:18,400 –> 00:34:21,000
\nunderfoot that blood of the
\nCovenant that was extended to <\/p>\n

441
\n00:34:21,000 –> 00:34:25,600
\nyou by grace.
\nThose 25 years with the Levites <\/p>\n

442
\n00:34:25,600 –> 00:34:27,600
\nand the priests have changed you
\nas a person. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:34:28,800 –> 00:34:32,699
\nThe law could not save.
\nYou, you were sure of the blood <\/p>\n

444
\n00:34:32,699 –> 00:34:35,000
\nof bulls and goats were not able
\nto take away sin. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:34:35,699 –> 00:34:37,199
\nThe high priest himself had
\nlimits. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:34:37,199 –> 00:34:39,800
\nHe could only enter into the hot
\nMost, Holy once a year and only <\/p>\n

447
\n00:34:39,800 –> 00:34:42,800
\nthen with the blood offered for
\nhimself and for the errors of us<\/p>\n

448
\n00:34:42,800 –> 00:34:49,699
\nall You could now see, clearly
\nit was all a figure meets drinks<\/p>\n

449
\n00:34:49,699 –> 00:34:53,800
\ndivers Washings and carnal
\nordinances as laws on us all <\/p>\n

450
\n00:34:54,400 –> 00:35:00,000
\nthat we never saw.
\nBut now you saw you look not for<\/p>\n

451
\n00:35:00,000 –> 00:35:02,900
\nyour high priest who entered by
\nthe blood of goats. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:35:03,600 –> 00:35:07,000
\nNow you look for one who would
\ncome to enter into the holiest <\/p>\n

453
\n00:35:07,000 –> 00:35:12,700
\nof placed by his own blood We
\nhave that high priest here <\/p>\n

454
\n00:35:12,700 –> 00:35:15,900
\nrepresented on the table.
\nThis morning, our Lord, Jesus <\/p>\n

455
\n00:35:15,900 –> 00:35:20,200
\nChrist.
\nHe’s not here represented on <\/p>\n

456
\n00:35:20,200 –> 00:35:23,900
\nthis table to make all things
\nright today. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:35:25,300 –> 00:35:30,100
\nHe’s not here to remove all
\nconsequences, the blood of <\/p>\n

458
\n00:35:30,100 –> 00:35:33,000
\nChrist offered by himself
\nwithout spot. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:35:33,000 –> 00:35:35,700
\nConcur Purge.
\nYour conscience from dead Works <\/p>\n

460
\n00:35:36,500 –> 00:35:42,100
\nto serve the Living God Yahweh.
\nIs our refuge. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:35:43,800 –> 00:35:46,200
\nThe Proverbs show that the name
\nof Yahweh. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:35:47,400 –> 00:35:53,600
\nIs a strong tower the righteous
\nrun Earth into it and is safe. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:35:56,400 –> 00:36:00,800
\nYahweh is our refuge.
\nHe is a strong tower, he is our <\/p>\n

464
\n00:36:00,800 –> 00:36:03,700
\nsure, foundation.
\nAnd I’d like to turn to our <\/p>\n

465
\n00:36:03,700 –> 00:36:07,900
\nopening quote in Psalm 46 and
\nverse 1. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:36:28,100 –> 00:36:31,200
\nGod is our refuge.
\nAnd strength. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:36:33,100 –> 00:36:38,300
\nA very present help.
\nIn time. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:36:42,200 –> 00:36:48,200
\nHelp in trouble.
\nTherefore will not we fear <\/p>\n

469
\n00:36:49,100 –> 00:36:51,000
\nthough.
\nThe Earth be removed though, the<\/p>\n

470
\n00:36:51,000 –> 00:36:54,300
\nmountains be carried into the
\nmidst of the sea. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:36:56,000 –> 00:36:59,300
\nThough, the waters thereof Roar
\nand be troubled though the <\/p>\n

472
\n00:36:59,300 –> 00:37:01,700
\nmountains shake with the
\nswelling thereof. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:37:03,200 –> 00:37:08,600
\nSelah.
\nInitially the theme for export <\/p>\n

474
\n00:37:08,600 –> 00:37:12,900
\nthis morning was to be.
\nYahweh is our refuge. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:37:14,000 –> 00:37:18,300
\nBut I changed it to God.
\nIs our refuge because of this <\/p>\n

476
\n00:37:18,300 –> 00:37:21,900
\npsalm.
\nYahweh is our refuge, our <\/p>\n

477
\n00:37:21,900 –> 00:37:23,500
\nstrength.
\nAbsolutely. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:37:24,800 –> 00:37:29,300
\nHowever, this sun gives us
\nanother layer. the word God <\/p>\n

479
\n00:37:29,300 –> 00:37:35,200
\nhere, that commences this some
\nHe’s not aisle our strength. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:37:35,700 –> 00:37:38,800
\nOur singular God.
\nIt’s Elohim. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:37:40,000 –> 00:37:43,000
\nIt is the manifestation of
\nYahweh in a multitude that is <\/p>\n

482
\n00:37:43,900 –> 00:37:50,900
\nour refuge.
\nThis is our City of Refuge. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:37:52,400 –> 00:37:56,000
\nNot this whole not this
\nbuilding, but you. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:37:57,300 –> 00:38:02,000
\nYou are Elohim to me, and maybe
\nI can be Elohim to you. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:38:04,300 –> 00:38:10,800
\nWhen we are in need of help.
\nWe are the help that Yahweh <\/p>\n

486
\n00:38:10,800 –> 00:38:13,700
\nprovides.
\nTo one another. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:38:15,400 –> 00:38:18,800
\nA card, a call, a message of
\nvisit a meal, a hug, a word of <\/p>\n

488
\n00:38:18,800 –> 00:38:22,100
\nencouragement.
\nAssistants helped strength, <\/p>\n

489
\n00:38:22,300 –> 00:38:25,100
\nguidance.
\nPresence. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:38:27,800 –> 00:38:34,600
\nAll of these are.
\nA comfort that we need to <\/p>\n

491
\n00:38:34,600 –> 00:38:38,000
\nprovide one another in our time
\nof help. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:38:39,600 –> 00:38:46,500
\nYahweh has provided us here in
\nthis Hall, a City of Refuge. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:38:48,000 –> 00:38:51,400
\nMade up of many members, and we
\nmust run to it. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:38:51,900 –> 00:38:54,800
\nWe must run to it to seek
\ncomfort in our time of trial. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:38:56,000 –> 00:39:01,500
\nThat Yahweh.
\nMay forgive us our sins and as <\/p>\n

496
\n00:39:01,500 –> 00:39:06,200
\nwe know we need forgiveness of
\nour father for our shortcomings.<\/p>\n

497
\n00:39:07,900 –> 00:39:13,600
\nSo, let us then.
\nWhen asking your way for <\/p>\n

498
\n00:39:13,600 –> 00:39:19,300
\nforgiveness?
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