Sermon
The Issues About Women’s Liberty: The Giving of the Law (Part 27)
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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. So we will continue with the giving
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of the law. And what we are trying to do is that
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one thing we have learned by God's grace is that
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the teaching of God's words, the one that builds,
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is not something done in a rush. We take time
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to study God's word and that's why Paul told
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Timothy, he said be diligent. Are we together?
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Some version we say study to show that it's self
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-approved. We said It's not to God to show yourself
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approved of God. A workman that need not to be
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ashamed is rightly dividing the word of truth.
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That we are intentional, that we are focused,
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that we are committed, that words are very important
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because the revelation of Jesus, the revelation
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of God was passed through words. So if we are
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careful to read this word with diligence and
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with faithfulness and with commitment, then that
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means we are ready to know God. Hallelujah. So
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what we started and what we are trying to do
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in this part of the series, we're trying to do
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some work around women's dressing. And as we
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said, the fact that we just say women dressing
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doesn't mean that it's just about dressing uh
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that relates to women alone because we are one
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in Christ so every part or anything that affects
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one of us will affect all of us are we together
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hallelujah so we started by asking or wanting
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to study a text, Deuteronomy 22 verse 5, and
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I don't want you to forget where we are coming
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from and where we are going. We're trying to
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understand why Moses gave this law, wrote this
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law and gave it, that a woman shall not wear
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anything that pertains to a man No shall a man
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foot on a woman's garment, for all who do so
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are an abomination to the Lord your God." I would
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say the reason why we are taking this time is
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because this text is one of the controversial
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text style. The immediate issue of dressing comes
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up people around to this place and begin to point
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and of course with our regards to context with
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our regards to when it was written to who was
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written to and all that and we play but they
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are the first part of it we try to understand
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the background and We say this is just one of
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the laws there are more than 600 laws giving
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and Then we took time and say okay Why was the
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law given first and foremost? Let's look at how
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the law came And then we read the number of couple
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of scriptures from Galatians 3. Stephen stated
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some words in Acts chapter 7. We look at also
Acts 7 chapter mention
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the writer of Hebrews, Acts chapter 2. And then
Acts 2 chapter mention
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we now understand that the law was an addition.
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That's one. And the law was an addition. It was
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not part of the promise. In Genesis, there was
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no law. Exodus, that was when it came. And we
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study it. understand why it came because when
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God was coming to Abraham and revealing to him
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the promise revealing to him his plan for the
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whole world are we together even though some
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people say the plan is for Israel alone I don't
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understand when he said in your seat shall the
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whole family of the earth shall be what shall
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be blessed how can you say for Israel again where
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it's clear they say the whole family of the earth
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are we together hallelujah So we now noted that
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in that place and later on in fact Paul made
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us to understand clearly that the law came 430
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years after the promise that is after the promise
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made to Abraham. Are we together? So and it noted
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clearly that the reason why the law came was
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because of what? Transgression. So that means
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there would not have been need for the law in
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the sun that is for the addition by extension
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even the system are we together even the system
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but that brought the law itself amen even the
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system that brought the law itself there will
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be need for it we now understand not just only
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that the law was added the system that brought
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it which Moses was a mediator was also an addition
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because there's only one mediator between God
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and man which is Christ Jesus are we together
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yes but there's an addition that came because
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of the transgression we noted that we saw in
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exodus 20 verse 18 and 19 where the addition
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came both the issue where the law began and that's
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where the the system that brought it you understand
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the mediation and so we noted that both the law
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and the mediation of moses were were added and
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they were added because of transgression because
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of unbelief hallelujah so we also saw that that
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the law that's where we are coming from And we
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saw also that this law, when the mediator came,
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he now employed some people. Will I say people?
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Amen. He employed some beings. He said that the
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law was appointed through angels. And that's
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where we have been coming from. And we have noted
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that this word appointed means to command, to
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ordain, to give order or to give responsibility
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to another person. And so we now saw that Moses
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now gave responsibility. So Moses with the instrumentality
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of angels brought the law. Hallelujah. And then
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we took time to study about the activities of
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angels and so on and so forth. And that's how
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we are here where we are today. Amen. Are we
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together? So the issue is that now today what
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I want to do particularly today, let's see how
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we can go, is on the issue what is the implication
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of involving angels in giving of the law. What
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is the implication of involving angels in the
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giving of the law? 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 10.
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1 Peter chapter 1 verse 10. Now read from King
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James and in New King James version. Of this
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salvation the prophets have inquired and search
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carefully who prophesied of the grace that will
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come to you is a searching what or what manner
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of time the spirit of Christ who was in them
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was indicating when he testified beforehand the
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suffering of Christ and the glories that would
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follow. 12 to them it was revealed that not to
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themselves but to us the we are ministering the
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things which now have been reported to you through
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those who have preached the gospel to you by
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the Holy Spirit sent from heaven things which
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angels Desire to look into Desire to look into
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now what I'm going to do is because this is talking
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about salvation in the Sun he said was ten start
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he said of this salvation So is is is talking
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about salvation in the Sun prophet prophesied
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it In the Sun the Apostles believers preached
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it in the Sun and then the angels are we together?
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desire to look into. So to understand, I just
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divided this text into three and that's what
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we'll just do. Let's try to study this text.
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The first part is concerning, I call it the three
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layered truths about salvation in the sun. First
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we'll look at the prophets, which is a past,
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then the apostles and believers, the present,
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and then the angels, which I titled the observers.
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Are we together? Amen. So let's start with the
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prophets which is talking about when it was prophesied.
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Look at verse 10. It says of this salvation the
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prophets have inquired and searched carefully
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who prophesied of the grace that will come to
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you. The first thing you will note here is that
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The prophet prophesied about the salvation. Are
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we together? They prophesied about the salvation.
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In fact, Peter called it also grace. Are we together?
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He said who prophesied the grace that will come
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to you? The grace that will come to you. Secondly,
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you will observe here is that there is something
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apart that the Prophet prophesied. They inquired
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and searched carefully about what they prophesied.
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Please note that. That they inquired. Did you
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see that? He said, I've inquired and searched
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carefully. So they searched, they inquired and
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they searched carefully about what they prophesied.
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So one thing we can see clearly here is that,
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first, because before you prophesy something,
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definitely the thing must have been revealed.
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That's why if you look at verse 12, look at verse
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12, he said to them it was revealed. So what
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was prophesied was actually revealed. Are we
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together? So what we're trying to say here is
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that that means the prophets know some things
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about salvation because it was revealed to them.
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But again, they need not know some things because
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if they are searching and carefully inquiring,
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that means there are things they did not know.
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Are we together? Because they were searching
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and they were inquiring. Now the question we
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will ask next is, what did they know and what
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did they not know about this salvation they prophesied?
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Are we together? Are you following me? Amen.
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Now look at verse 11. Let's start with what did
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they know? You understand because he said verse
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12 told us that it was revealed to them You understand
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and of course he prophesied. What did they know?
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If you look at verse 11, he says searching What
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or what manner of time? The spirit of Christ
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which was in them was indicating when he testified
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beforehand the suffering of Christ and the glories
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that will follow. In fact verse 11 starts by
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saying searching what or what manner of time.
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So clearly there is telling us what they don't
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know is the time. Are we together? The time.
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The time of what? Look at the ending part because
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what they prophesied is that what? He said testify
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beforehand. That word testify is talking about
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what they prophesied. testify beforehand mean
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in the past before it happened he said what the
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suffering of Christ and the glories that will
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follow so the timing of when this will happen
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when the suffering of Christ will happen and
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the glories that will follow is what they don't
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know and that's why they were searching understand
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because you know one of the texts if you are
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in this church definitely supposed to have known
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this text by now right Luke 24 verse 25 26 and
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27 oh foolish ones low of heart right to believe
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in all that the Prophet have done what spoken
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all the Prophet have what spoken what did they
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speak verse 25 ought not Christ to have suffered
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these things and to enter into his glory. That's
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exactly what Peter is saying also here. So that's
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what they have spoken in a song. Ought not Christ.
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So they know that they have a knowing of the
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coming Messianic figure. They have a knowing
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of that. They have a knowing that He will suffer.
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Are we together? They also have a knowing that
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afterward, after the suffering, glory in the
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sun, he will be glorified. He will be glorified.
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In fact, Isaiah 53 particularly speaks of his
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sufferings. Are we together? And we also studied,
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particularly for some of us who are in the training
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center in the sun, his glory, which we studied
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in Psalms 110. Are we together? Hallelujah. Again,
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we also studied the book of, not the one yet
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we did in the self -fellowship. We also did an
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extended one in the training center, which we
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talk about His glorification. Because you will
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see they are the same. When you read Psalms 110,
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it speaks about Him exalted, seated at the right
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hand of the Father. that's what talking about
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his exaltation is the same thing also you will
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hear talking about that he is a priest forever
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are we together amen he's talking about his exaltation
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or his glorification amen so what we're trying
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to say is that this the prophet know they know
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it amen okay what did they not know as we have
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noted what they didn't know is a time the time
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of the fulfillment so just follow me so look
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at verse 11 again we said you were searching
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what or what manner of time not that phrase verse
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11 what or what manner of time so I want to just
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Zoom or just to do something here quickly about
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the issue of the time And the first thing let
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me just dismantle some few things here that we
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might understand First we have the words what
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or and what manner of time Or what manner are
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we together? so the word or Or was translated
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from the Greek word A, that is just E, letter
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E. A, which is a primary article of distinction
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between two connected terms. It's a primary article
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of distinction between two terms. Of course,
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you can have others. A can be or, can also be
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either. You understand? You can also use done,
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depending on the context. But here he uses or.
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So he's connecting two terms. The question is,
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what are the terms he's connecting? Of course,
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he say what. Or what manner. Are we together?
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So the first word is what. That word what was
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translated from the Greek word tis. that is t
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-i -s tis it is an interrogative pronoun is an
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interrogative pronoun then the next word that
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all connect is what manner that word what manner
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is together is one word in greek you understand
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what manner was also translated from the greek
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word which is P -O -I -O -S. P -O -I -O -S. Interestingly,
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this word is also an interrogative pronoun. So
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you have two interrogative pronouns actually
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connected by a particle, which is O. Now, I want
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you to note that Both the word these and prayers
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are tie by time. Do you understand what I'm saying?
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That's why he said what or what manner of time.
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So they are tie by time. That is, both are inquiring
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about time. That's what I'm trying to say. So
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both the interrogative pronouns are actually
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asking about what? Time. Yeah accent about time
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So we if we like we can state it this way That's
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what time or what manner of time did you get
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that? Amen So we can also put it that way in
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the sound what time or what manner of time Now
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what is the difference between the two because
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both of them are interrogative pronouns. What's
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the difference? And are they saying something
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very critical? Yes. The difference between the
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Tis and Poyos is that Tis acts a general identification.
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Tis acts, you see, we said it's an interrogative
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pronoun. acts of a general identification. For
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example, what time? Are we together? What time?
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Or you can even say which time. It's all general.
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It's all specific. In contrast, peos acts for
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specific. Identification. Individualizing identification.
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Specific. So it's concerned about a kind. It's
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concerned about the quality. Are we together?
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It's concerned about the nature. What is the
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character of the time? What are the circumstances
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of the time? Are we together? The first one is
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all general what time that is talking about chronology
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in 1948 or 19 this thing or so social time that's
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just general But that one is asking more closely.
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There are some attribute character You know son
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the kind of the time in the sun What will usher
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eats did you understand trying to say there are
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the qualities? so both of them are important
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one is talking about the chronological identification.
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The other one is talking about more or less the
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the kind of the time. And we have noted that
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it's talking about the time, that time also means
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season in a sense. It's talking about the time
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of the suffering of Christ and the glory that
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shall follow so what the prophet did not know
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was the historical timing of the manifestation
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of the grace the prophesied is the timing that's
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what they didn't know and that was why they were
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searching pittanum dollars they were searching
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you say searching what or what manner of time
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or kind of time hallelujah okay let's do more
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because in our set the next I want you to know
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that this statement the spirit of Christ who
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was in them was indicating when he testified
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beforehand the suffering of Christ and the glories
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that will follow Now there are some terms here
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that we need to look at it closely to align it
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much better. And the first one if you look at
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it is, it said the Spirit of Christ, I want you
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to know the word was in, first and foremost.
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The phrase, two words, right? Was in. Then the
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next word is was indicating. Then the next term
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is when he testified beforehand. Again, did you
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see the grouping? The first one is was in. The
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second one is was indicating. The third one is
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when he testified beforehand. Yes, three. Let's
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look at the first one. The first one is one word
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in Greek. N is a preposition. That is E -N in
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Greek. E -N. So the word was in was translated
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from one word, which is N. E -N in Greek. It's
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a preposition. And that word, depending on the
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context, can be in. can be by, can be with, through,
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it is see. You understand? It is see. In, by,
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with, through, depending on the context. Just
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take a note. The second one, which was indicating,
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is also one word in Greek. The word Are we together?
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Amen. Are you following me? Good. So, it's a
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verb. It actually means to make plain. That is
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to make it plain by words. By words. to make
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plain, or to declare, to show, to signify. These
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are all terms where you can, to declare, to show,
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to signify, or to, what I say, to make plain,
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make plain by words, of course. Then the third
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one I was mentioning, which is when he testified
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beforehand. Again, this phrase is one word also
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in Greek, is pro maturomai, that is p -r -o,
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p -r -o, m -a -r, t -y, R -O -M -A -I P -R -O
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-M -A -R -T -Y R -O -M -A -I It's a vector. It
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means to predict. To make known. Or, you can
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use the word to testify, which was used by the
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author here, he said to testify. You understand?
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Remember, it's one word. So you see, that word,
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when he testified, it's one word. You understand?
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Because once you said he, already you confuse,
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sometimes it's very difficult to understand why
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is that, because it's just only one word. Anyway,
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amen, hallelujah. Are we together? Now if you
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put this together, let me return back, why we
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are doing this. You see, the first thing is that
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when you read this, you understand, and said
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the spirit of Christ who was in them, we know
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that this contradicts the revelations of the
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word because the spirit of God or the spirit
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of Christ did not live in anyone. until after
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resurrection. Are we together? Amen, are we together?
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Yes. So it won't be actually when we say in,
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especially if someone was reading English now.
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Amen? So that's why we are doing this work now.
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Now the second thing that is critical, you understand,
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is that if you look at it, it will look as if
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it is a spirit that was indicating in the song.
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It will look as if it's a spirit when we use
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in, it suggests it was a spirit in them that
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was searching and indicating because if you read
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it it says searching what or what manner of time
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the spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating.
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That was why you see the translators use the
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word he. and if you look at if you if you have
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like my bible the new king uh king james you
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see they capitalize it still trying to say it
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is the spirit of christ that actually was testifying
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beforehand so if you look somehow yes we know
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the spirit moved them which is true you understand
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but it is them that testify moved by the spirit
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do you understand what i'm trying to say it's
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not that the spirit in them is the one doing
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you know you know as we told you this is a difference
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but because he was teaching us this is a difference
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between demon spirits and the holy spirit do
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you understand saying once the demon spirit possess
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a man you understand they hijack the entire focality
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that when jesus was asking the man you know sound
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who are you and he was just trying to ask him
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the demon hijack his focality and just say we
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are many did you understand trying to say are
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we together so no that's not how the Holy Spirit
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and we know as we said that the Holy Spirit was
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not in them you understand so that's why we are
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doing this now if we look at all of these the
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first one instead of in and we said that what
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was in was one word we can better put the word
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true there it could help us to bring out the
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meaning. Now let's read it with the truth. He
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said the spirit of Christ who threw them. Did
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you hear that? Are we together? Who threw them?
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Okay, let's go to the next one which is what's
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indicating in the sun. We said it's one word
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so we can just put show or signified you understand
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like you will see the spirits of Christ who through
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them signify or we can use show are we together
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hmm then we have the other one which says when
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he testified beforehand because it's one word
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so we don't need that when he because we know
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now that it is them that are testifying so we
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will just use the word testified beforehand because
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that's what it means you understand so we can
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now said that the spirit of Christ who through
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them signify and testify beforehand the suffering
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of Christ and the glories that will follow. Is
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that okay? Does this sound smooth now? So we
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now know it is first and foremost we acknowledge
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that what they prophesied was sourced. You understand?
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The Holy Spirit was the source. Are we together?
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But again, what we did now also acknowledge that
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they are the one that did what? that testify
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they are the one that's we're searching are we
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together so let's read verse 11 again in this
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light searching what or what manner of time the
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spirit of christ who through them signified and
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testified beforehand the suffering of christ
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and the glories that will follow. Hallelujah.
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Are we together? Glory to Jesus. Matthew 13.
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So let me show you also other things because
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it's not just only this. That's um I'm Matthew
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13 look at verse 17 sorry verse 17 Matthew 13
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verse 17 for assuredly I say to you that many
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prophets and righteous men desire to see what
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you see did not see it and to hear what you hear
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and did not hear it. Remember many prophets.
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In fact we can find that also in Luke chapter
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10 verse 24. Luke chapter 10 verse 24. So besides
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searching about the timing of the manifestation
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of the grace that is to come, the prophet also
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longed to witness the fulfillment of what they
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prophesied. He said many prophets, he said they
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have desire to see and to hear what you have
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heard. What Jesus is saying is the witnessing.
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You understand? Because Jesus was already the
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incarnate Christ. God become flesh. He said they
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have longed to see and to hear what you already
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are. Are we together? However we saw that they
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did not witness. experience what they prophesied.
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If you look at Hebrews chapter 11 verse 39, let
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me show you why they did not experience it in
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their time, even though they desired it. The
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Bible says that and all these having obtained
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a good testimony through faith did not receive
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the promise God having provided something better
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for us that they should not be made perfect apart
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from us the reason is because God reserved it
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for a future time so it is by design are we together
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God desire it that way. That it will be of a
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future time, not during their time when they
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prophesied it. So the prophets stood at the level
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of anticipation. They saw ahead. Remember, that
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saw ahead is different from this one that Jesus
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said, they desire to see and to hear. This one
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is the witness, the fulfillment. That other one
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was what they saw and prophesied. Do you understand
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what I'm trying to say? Remember we said it was
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revealed to them. Amen? So they saw it from a
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distance. And that's what exactly, come back
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to that Hebrews 11 verse 13. Look at verse 13.
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Hebrews 11 verse 13. He said, this all died in
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faith, not having received the promise, but having
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seen them. are far off, were assured of them,
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embraced and confessed that they were strangers
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and pilgrims on earth. Acts chapter 2 verse 30.
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Acts chapter 2 verse 30. Therefore, being a prophet,
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and knowing that god has sworn with an oath to
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him that of the fruit of his body according to
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the flesh he will raise up the christ to sit
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on his throne this is his glorification remember
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what we said ought not christ to have suffered
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this is and to enter into his glory was that
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one he say he foreseeing this spoke concerning
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the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was
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not left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
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8 verse 56 Your father Abraham Rejoice to see
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my day and he saw it and was glad Are we together
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He desired remember always say they desire. Are
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we together? Yes, it was revealed to them The
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heart long that was what they were searching
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the time But we now saw that they saw it from
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afar. They believe it. They continue. Hallelujah.
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So this is what the prophet did not know. That
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was why when you read there, they were searching.
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They are not searching about who the figure Christ
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is, you understand? And then the suffering. They
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believed it. That's why they are believers. You
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understand? That's why they are believers. When
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the Bible said, the many prophets are righteous
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you should know that he's not talking about righteousness
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by walks he's talking about righteousness by
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feats understand hallelujah now number two is
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the apostles and believers that's the second
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part let's go back to our text first spitta chapter
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one the second one is the second layer about
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truth is apostles and believers look at verse
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12 he said to them it was revealed but to us
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revealed that not to themselves but to us they
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were ministering the things which now have been
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reported listen when you hear they said to them
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it was revealed that not to themselves But to
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us, this is just aligning with what we have discussed
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that it's God's design that they will not be
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made perfected in the sun without us. Do you
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understand what I'm trying to say? Yes. So he
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said, but to us they were ministering the things
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which now, not that word, which now have been
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reported to you, including us now. Do you understand
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what I'm saying? Including us. Reported to you
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is it through those who have preached the gospel
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to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. So
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that what those who have preached the gospel
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to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It's
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talking about the apostles because Peter that's
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what Peter was talking about. And of course,
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by extension, the believers there, and as we
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said today also, you understand what I'm saying?
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That's why we send people to go and preach the
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gospel. You understand? What we are trying to
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say is that, that thing that the prophet prophesied,
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now we are not just only, because that's why
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he said, by the spirit, look at it, the spirit
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sent from heaven, not the spirit that will be
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sent. He said the spirit sent, so they are in
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the days of the spirit. Did you understand what
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I'm saying? He has already been sent. You understand?
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He has already been sent. So this is talking
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about the apostolic witness, those who have witnessed,
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including the disciples that Jesus was talking
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about earlier on. This is exactly what he was
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saying. In fact, if you read verse 16, verse
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16 was saying, blessed are your eyes for they
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see and your ears for they hear. So the experience
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So we're talking about those first and foremost
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that are living in the time of the fulfillment
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of what the prophet have spoken So they saw or
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they have seen what the prophet anticipated They
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are also proclaiming it Proclaiming what has
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been revealed remember they are partakers of
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that salvation remember we're talking about the
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salvation that word of the things is talking
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about the things concerning Christ the salvation
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so the Apostles and the believers are standing
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in the fulfillment and the participation they
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experience what others like the prophets only
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foresaw Are we together? That's the second one.
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The third is the angels. That's where we are
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going. Are we together? Amen. Look at verse 12
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also. I want you to note that place. Things which
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the angels desire to look into. Things which
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the angels desire to look into we have noted
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what are those things that's why he said to them
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was revealed that not to themselves but to us
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we are ministering the things which have now
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been reported to you through those who have preached
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so he's talking about the salvation the gospel
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you understand the gospel the things concerning
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Christ the suffering of Christ and the glories
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that will follow these things they have been
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reported they are the one being proclaimed by
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the Apostles and they believe as true preaching
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there is a word here we need to what does that
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mean? that word look into because it says things
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that is the things concerning Christ which angels
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desire to look into now when you look at this
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text it will appear wait a minute okay the prophet
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we are also searching it appears that the angels
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were also searching but the question is that
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the searching are not the same sir we have already
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noted that what were the prophets searching the
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time okay let's look at it what were the angels
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searching, already looking. Are we together?
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Amen. Now that word look into is one word in
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Greek. It's a word parakoupto. P -A -R -A -K
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-Y P -T -O P -A -R -A -K -Y PTO. It's a verb.
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The word is used in the Bible both literally
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and metaphorically. Let's look at how the Bible
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used that literally. Luke 24 verse 12. Luke 24
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verse 12. He said, but Peter arose and ran to
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the tomb and stooped down. That what stooped
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down. He saw the leaning cloots lying by themselves.
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and he departed marveling to himself at what
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had happened. So that word stup down is a word
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John 20 verse 5. He said, and he stooped down
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and looked in, saw the linen cloth lying there,
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yet he did not go in. Verse 11. But Mary stood
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outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept,
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she stooped down and looked into the tomb. So
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that stoop is to look at, with your head bow
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forward, and your body bent something like this
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you just do like this you're stupid very keen
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to see this is literal let's look at James James
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talks about it figuratively or metaphorically
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James chapter one James one verse Look at 25.
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James 1, 25. He said, but he who looks, that
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what looks, into the perfect law of liberty and
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continue in it, and is not a forgetful hearer,
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but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed
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in all he does. So this is talking about metaphorically
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here, that is to look carefully into, to inspect
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curiously or inquisitively a strong eagerness
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to learn. Did you understand what Brandy said?
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That's what it means here, paracupto. So that's
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what Peter meant. when he said let's go back
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there if you look at contextually definitely
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he's not talking about you know except you you
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think that heaven is one place somewhere else
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maybe the angels were there in heaven and they
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are looking down to to you on there do you know
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what I'm trying to say maybe they are somewhere
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of one location somewhere at the top hallelujah
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amen But that's not what he's talking about.
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It's not something literal there. He's talking
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about figuratively. So because it's figuratively,
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definitely it means the angels were inspecting
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curiously with the intent of learning. They were
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inquisitive. They were eager to learn. What is
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this? with keen attention Anybody that is doing
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this is a person who has no knowledge of what
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is happening So unlike the prophets the angels
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do not understand the message of mercy They don't
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understand Listen, how were they actually curiously
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learning is they are watching the display of
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the church. Let me read it again for you because
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I wanted to pay attention because it is a church
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when they came the church was explaining what
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the prophets have written did you understand
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what I'm trying to say? look at it verse 12 it
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said to them was revealed that's to the prophet
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that not to themselves but to us that we are
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ministering the things which now now now have
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been reported to you Do you see the point? That
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means there is a preaching going on. Do you understand
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what I'm trying to say? Preach the gospel to
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you by the spirit. There's a demonstration. That's
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why Paul said, when I come to you, I did not
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come to you in the eloquency of what? He said
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by the demonstration. Do you understand what
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I'm trying to say? So when he said by the power
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or by the spirit, that's what he's trying to
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say. So by the spirit, or the Holy Spirit sent
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from heaven he said the things that is the things
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being preached the things being reported the
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things being communicated and displayed by those
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who preach the word by the apostles by the believers
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you understand that's why he said the things
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which angels desire to look that is they were
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looking curiously wait a minute what is happening
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ah is that what has been going on oh Ah, that
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is what to mean by parakupto. Parakupto. What
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this shows that the angels have limited knowledge
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of salvation. Did you hear what I said? Remember
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we started verse 11, verse 10, sorry, of this
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salvation. That the gospel the angels have limited
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knowledge of the gospel of God's salvation They
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have limited understanding The things concerning
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the Christ Remember they were not revealed to
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angels. They were revealed to prophets. I Told
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you over and over that revelation of God is not
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by works. The revelation of God is a gift. The
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prophet never did anything. It's just God's design
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that he revealed his plan to man. Abraham was
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just sitting. You know something? God just came.
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Abraham did nothing. He was a pagan. In fact,
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he was a pagan. Cornelius was minding his own
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business, just giving. And then suddenly God
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appeared and remembered him and said, see, go
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and call Peter. He will come, he will tell you
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something. Are we together? The revelation of
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God is a gift. Amen. He said to them. So to the
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prophet it was revealed. So the angels were not
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reveal The message of grace the message of mercy
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They do not experience salvation Of course, they
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don't have the Holy Spirit. That's what I'm trying
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to say Are we together they don't have the Holy
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Spirit Why are they Marvel because now there
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are men with the Holy Spirit and they are able
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to discern the heart of God Which was preached
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by the prophets? Remember, Jesus told his disciples,
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I have many things to tell you. You know what
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I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? We walk
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in these steps. We don't like Apostle Paul. Is
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Jesus' teaching we will follow? You are confused.
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You understand? Because the bulk of the teachings
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of Jesus never preached when he was alive on
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earth. He said, I have so many things to tell
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you, but you cannot bear it. But when the spirit
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of truth is calm This is what when the Bible
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when they when you are preaching when they were
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saying it are we together When they were when
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you were preaching you say ah, we never saw this
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thing before So you were curious Are we together
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you were curious careful observers The land Even
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now, that's what they are doing. As we preach,
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are we together? As we do what? As we preach,
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they are fascinated. They're still ongoing learning
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now. Brother, arise and know that you have been
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honored. Not just only to reveal the truth to
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men, but also to reveal the truth to the spiritual
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beings. Are we together? Glory be to God. If
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you can physically see an angel, no problem.
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But brother, don't feel you are or not. It means
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you just lack revelation if you think like that.
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You understand what I'm saying? Spirits, I mean,
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angels are ocean beings. They are men. They are
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created to minister to you. You understand? If
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by chance you see them physically, just say glory
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be to God and continue. Don't suddenly begin
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to think, Before I was a brother, now I'm an
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apostle. Do you understand what I'm trying to
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say? Amen? Yes. Hallelujah. They are fascinated.
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Let me read this as I close. We'll continue from
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there. Look at Ephesians chapter 3. I have to
Ephesians 3 chapter mention
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read this text before we go. Ephesians Chapter
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three. Look at verse eight. Maybe this is where
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we will start when we come next. He said to me,
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who am less than the least of the sent, this
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grace was given. That I shall preach among the
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Gentiles. Did you hear that? It was given. I
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didn't end it. The grace was given. He said that
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I should preach among the Gentiles the unsachable
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riches of Christ and to make all men see that
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is a fellowship of the mystery which from the
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beginning of ages has been hidden in God who
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created all things. through Jesus to the intent
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say to me to the intent that now the manifold
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wisdom of God might be made known by who by who
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say by us by us to who to the principalities
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and powers in the heaviest or the heavenly places
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