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Coming up! Rabbi Jason Sobel
connects the dots
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between the Old
and New Testaments,
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focusing on the birth
of Jesus
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and how the world was
Transformed by the Messiah.
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>> It's all part
of how he's working it
all together for good.
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So therefore, we don't
have to live in fear.
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We don't have
to live in anxiety,
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because truly the birth
of Jesus is the birth of hope.
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His birth declares our future
to be better than our past.
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I think that's the important
thing that we remember.
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RANDY: Welcome to Life Today
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I'm Randy Robinson.
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Tammy Trent is with me.
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I'm excited.
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Tammy, we're getting
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close to Christmas.
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Christmas is fun.
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TAMMY: Always.
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RANDY: We're going to have
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some fun today.
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We have Rabbi Jason Sobel
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with us.
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He has a new book out
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right now called
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Transformed by the Messiah.
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There are things
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we know about Christmas.
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TAMMY: Yes.
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RANDY: There are things
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we think we know
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about Christmas.
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There are things we're
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completely wrong about.
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TAMMY: I was going to say
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there's a lot of things
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we're wrong about.
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But that's what I love about
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Rabbi is that he connects
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the dots for me and brings me
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to a place of saying,
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how did I miss that?
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RANDY: Yes.
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And he makes us, I think,
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really appreciate
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some of the finer details.
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So much depth.
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So let's welcome
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Rabbi Jason Sobel.
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Welcome to the show.
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JASON: Shalom.
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It's great to be back
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with you.
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Thank you for having me.
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RANDY: I always love
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having you.
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We had a great conversation
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online recently.
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The Christmas thing,
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it's funny because like,
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you drive by a church
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and they'll have
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a living nativity.
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Now, after talking to you,
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I'm driving by going,
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they got that wrong.
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What do we know and not know?
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There's so many things.
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What jumps out at you
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when you look at Christmas?
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JASON: Yeah. Of course.
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Jesus was not born
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in a wooden stable.
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RANDY: Really? What?
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Oh, my goodness!
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I saw it down the street!
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Come on!
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JASON: Right?
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So part of the great
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significance of this is that
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the earliest traditions
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go back to Jesus was actually
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born in a cave; a cave that
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was used for animals.
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But part of the significance
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of that is that these angels
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appear in heaven to
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the shepherds, and they say,
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"Behold, a child is born.
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He's going to be the Messiah.
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These are the signs that the
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Savior's born in Bethlehem.
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You'll see a baby wrapped
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in swaddling cloth
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lying in a manger."
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So we have to ask
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the question.
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Of all the signs that the
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shepherds could have given,
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why were these the signs
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that were chosen?
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Because they don't seem
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like that spectacular
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or that extraordinary. Right?
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But when you think about it,
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these, first of all,
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another thing we get wrong
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is that these weren't
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ordinary shepherds.
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We tend to think of them
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as the kind of lowliest
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individuals, but they were
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actually Levitical shepherds.
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The shepherds around
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Bethlehem were actually
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raising the Passover lambs
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and the sacrifices that
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would have been offered
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in the house of God,
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the temple in Jerusalem.
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So these were
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Levitical shepherds
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with the temple flock.
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And then, when it came time
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to birth these lambs,
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or there was bad weather,
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they would bring them
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into the caves
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surrounding Bethlehem.
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They were born in those caves
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and kept in those caves.
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I love taking people
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to Israel.
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You can still go
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in those caves today.
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So the shepherds that
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are Levitical shepherds
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found Jesus born in
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the very same location
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as the Passover lambs
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were birthed.
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RANDY: Oh wow. Wow!
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TAMMY: I have no questions.
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Just keep talking.
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This is so good.
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Like I don't even know
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where to jump in sometimes
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because I love how
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you connect all of the dots.
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Okay. I'll ask this.
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So even talking about the
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cloth that he was wrapped in,
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is there significance there?
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JASON: Yeah, of course.
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So if the swaddling cloth
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was going to be a sign,
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it had to be something
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that is significant.
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So I think there's
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a couple things there.
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I mean, number one,
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that every legitimate child
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we know from scripture
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from Ezekiel was
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actually swaddled.
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So what makes
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this swaddling different?
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There are some that hold that
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when the lambs were born
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in those caves, that because
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the lamb had to be without
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spot or blemish,
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they would actually sometimes
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swaddle the lambs so that
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they wouldn't when they were
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little and they're kind
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of clumsy, fall and cut
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themselves on a rock
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and become blemished.
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So that is significant.
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So they see him born in the
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place of the Passover lamb,
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swaddled like one of
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the lambs, but I believe
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that there is something
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even more significant about
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the swaddling cloth
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that Jesus was wrapped in.
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I believe that he was
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actually wrapped
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in priestly garments.
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Now, what we need
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to understand is that after
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the priests' garments were
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too worn to be used because
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they were holy, you couldn't
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just throw them away,
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and so they had
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to be repurposed.
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And one of the main things
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they repurposed them for
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was they made the wicks
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for the menorah,
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the seven branched candelabra
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that represented the light
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of God and the light of God's
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presence with the people
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that was in the Holy place.
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Think about it, Jesus is born
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but where do they get, if
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these are priestly garments,
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where do they get
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the garments from?
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Because he's from
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the lineage of David,
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not from a Levitical family.
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So the question is,
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where did he get them?
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But think about it.
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Who was his cousin that
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was told by an angel
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of a supernatural child
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conception that
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they were going to have?
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RANDY: John the Baptist!
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JASON: Zechariah
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and Elizabeth.
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And so Zechariah was in
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the holy place where
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the menorah stood,
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where the angel comes to him
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and says, you're going
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to conceive with your wife.
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You're going to bear a child
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in your old age.
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Then Mary comes in
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six months after Elizabeth
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had conceived, and
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the baby kicks in her womb,
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and she knows that Mary
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is pregnant with the Messiah.
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I believe because she knew
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that, and they knew that
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the Messiah was not only
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going to be a king,
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but he was going to be
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the great high priest as well,
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that they felt it was
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fitting to give Mary
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some of the old,
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worn out priestly garments
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of her husband's,
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so that when he was born
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he was wrapped in
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these priestly garments.
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So he's not only the Lamb
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of God that takes away
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the sins of the world,
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but he's also the light
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of the world.
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Hence, wrapped in the same
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cloth as they used to make
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the light for the wicks
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of the menorah.
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But that's my speculation.
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RANDY: But it makes sense.
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It makes perfect sense.
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Okay, so this also makes
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more sense out of the fact
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that these random shepherds,
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as we think of them,
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show up at this stable,
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which is actually a cave,
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and they fall down
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and worship Jesus as the king.
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But what you're saying
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is actually, they had
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very tangible, not just signs,
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but a whole backstory
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of the promises and the
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predictions of the Messiah.
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And then things just lined
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right up so that they knew,
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but yet they had to have
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a level of faith.
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Here's my other question.
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Those other guys that were
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there with the shepherds,
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the wise men, Right?
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All at the same time, right?
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Because that's how it looks.
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That's how ours is set up
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in our home with the wise men
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and the shepherds.
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But that's not quite right,
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is it?
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JASON: No. Listen.
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We know the wise man were
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not there at his birth,
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because we know from when
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they come and see Herod,
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Herod has an idea
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of how from two years old
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and below.
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So obviously, when does
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the star first appear to you?
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So we know from the timing,
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clearly it wasn't when
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he was born that they arrived
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there at that moment.
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And so they come about
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two years later, a year
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and a half, two years later,
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somewhere in there.
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I think that's so
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significant;
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who are these wise men
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and why did they care?
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These pagan guys come.
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Why do they care about
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the birth of a Jewish king?
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Why does it even matter?
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RANDY: Do we even know
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where they're from?
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JASON: Well, it seems
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pretty clear from the text
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that they're from Persia,
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or Babylon, which is
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very significant.
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When Daniel's in Babylon
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and he gets one of the most
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important prophecies
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from God.
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He's meditating on the fact
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that Israel is in exile
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and he's in Babylon,
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and God says, In 70 years
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you're going to go, and
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the 70 years are about up.
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And he's like, God,
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is this the end?
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Are you going to restore us
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in the promises
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and send the Messiah?
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And God sends the angel,
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and the angel says, No,
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not 70 years, 70 times seven,
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490 years.
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And after 483 years,
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the Messiah will come
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and be cut off.
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So Daniel gave the exact
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timeframe.
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It says, "From the decree to
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rebuild Jerusalem 483 years,
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until the Messiah comes
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and is cut off."
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The wise men knew the exact
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timing of the coming of
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the Messiah, and they cared
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because Daniel was
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the greatest wise man;
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he gave them this tradition.
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They knew that it was going
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to happen from the decree
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to rebuild Jerusalem.
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So they had an idea
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why it was important.
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But then how did they know
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to follow a star?
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Well, there's another
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prophecy in the Bible
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called the Star Prophecy.
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And there's a guy,
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you remember him, Balaam?
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Remember the story of him
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and the donkey?
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We're not talking Shrek here.
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He's hired to curse Israel.
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And instead of cursing Israel
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four times, he blesses them.
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Because you can't curse
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what God has blessed, right?
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In his final prophecy,
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he says, "I see him,
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but not now.
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I see him in the distance."
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It says, "A star will
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come forth from Jacob,
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and a scepter."
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It's called "The Star
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Prophecy."
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So there's this linking
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of the Messiah with a star
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and a scepter.
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Where was Balaam from?
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He was from Babylon.
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RANDY: Was he really?
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JASON: So the two prophecies,
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One, the timing.
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And Balaam was a wise man,
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as well.
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So the two great wise men,
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Daniel and Balaam,
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both connect prophecy,
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the coming Messiah,
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the year, the star.
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They come, and when
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they bring those three gifts,
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it's actually significant
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because the shepherds
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represent the Jewish people
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recognizing Jesus
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as the Messiah.
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Then the wise men represents
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the nations recognizing Jesus
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as the Messiah.
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There's another key prophecy
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that ties in Genesis 49,
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"The scepter shall
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not depart from Judah.
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Nor the rule or staff
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from between his feet
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until Shiloh comes."
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That's the Messiah.
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"To him will be the obedience
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of the nations."
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And the word Shiloh
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can literally mean:
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And they will bring gifts
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to him.
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And so, the fulfillment
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of that prophecy is seen
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when the wise men come from
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the nations and bring gifts
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and lay it at his feet.
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I's actually fulfilling
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that prophecy.
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I think this is important
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because it shows that God
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is so intentional about
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fulfilling every detail.
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Just like God is intentional
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about fulfilling
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the details in the Bible,
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God's intentional about
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fulfilling every promise
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in our lives.
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We just have to look
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to his hand to see it.
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TAMMY: That right there
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is such a good word.
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I needed to know that
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again today,
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just be reminded of that.
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So I got a question
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for both of you guys.
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Is my nativity scene
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set up wrong?
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Do I need to remove –
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JASON: It's all good.
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TAMMY: Do I need to remove
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the wise man this year
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and put them in the back?
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RANDY: But you know what
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I think the important thing
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is when we do those
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nativity scenes?
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I think it's all great.
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All the imagery is great
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when, like the wise men,
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you're looking
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for the Messiah.
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Because how many
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missed him, right?
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Because they were looking
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for something else or
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they weren't looking at all.
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But these guys who kept
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themselves in the word,
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in Daniel and the prophecies,
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they saw what God was doing.
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They recognized it.
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I think that's why
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we call them wise. Right?
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What do you see happening
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today in the lives
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of believers who are looking
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for the work of God
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in their lives?
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JASON: I think this is
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so important because when
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you look at the story
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on the surface, you could say,
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look, Mary and Joseph
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were just victims.
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They were this
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poor peasant couple,
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a greedy king.
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The Caesar of Rome
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makes a decree.
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She's very pregnant;
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they have to travel 80 or 90
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miles to get to Bethlehem.
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They seem like victims.
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But then you understand
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that's actually not the case.
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God used a greedy king
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with bad motives
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to fulfill his greater plans
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to get Joseph and Mary
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to be born in Bethlehem.
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Because Bethlehem
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in the prophecy says,
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"You, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
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small among the clans
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of Judah, One will come
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forth for you
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to be a ruler in Israel."
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So he had one plan.
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God said, I'm going to
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take his bad motives,
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and I'm going to use him
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to get my servants,
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Joseph and Mary,
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to the exact place they need
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to be in order to fulfill
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the exact promise
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that was fulfilled
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thousands of years earlier.
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It shows that, no,
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we're not victims.
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We are victors.
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Because whatever the world
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means for evil, whatever
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the political leaders
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of the world mean,
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whatever their plans are,
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whatever their evil intentions
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are, God is bigger.
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He knew all of that.
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It's all part of how
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he's working it all together
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for good.
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And so therefore, we don't
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have to live in fear.
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We don't have to live
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in anxiety.
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Because truly, the birth
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of Jesus is the birth of hope.
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His birth declares our future
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can be better than our past.
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I think that's the important
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thing that we remember.
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RANDY: Yeah. The other thing
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I like about that, because
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it's one thing to say,
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okay, well, of course
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God's going to do that
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for Jesus.
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That was his plan all along.
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But I'm not Jesus, right.
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But I think the beautiful
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message of Christmas
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is the name that the angels
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gave to him, Emmanuel.
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You know what that means,
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but I think sometimes it means
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more than we even realize.
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God with us.
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JASON: Yeah, God is with us.
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That's his promise.
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Like he promises to work
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all things out together
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for good.
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That doesn't mean all things
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out together for pleasant,
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but he promises that
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everything that happens to us
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is for a reason to accomplish
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his greater purpose and plans
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in our life and in the world.
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The fact that he's born
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in Bethlehem, which means
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"the house of bread"
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is so significant because
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he is the bread of life.
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In the garden,
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we disobeyed God
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and God cursed the ground,
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and we have to earn the bread
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by the sweat of our brow.
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But through Jesus,
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he restores the bread.
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Not the physical temporary
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bread, but the bread
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that leads to eternal life.
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We have that promise of
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that provision in our life,
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because he's born
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in the house of bread,
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and he offers us bread, and
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he promises to provide for us
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because He's God with us.
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TAMMY: Something that blew
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my mind away regarding
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the bread is, I think
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it was you in the book
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where I read, I can't
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even remember but
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it stuck with me.
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Where bread grew on trees?
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Is there truth to that?
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JASON: Yes. So again,
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remember the Bible is written
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in a Jewish context.
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So whether it's --
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we can't verify that
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it's true but what we know
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is that this was the
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Jewish understanding of it.
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That comes from the fact
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that we know that we only
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earned our bread by
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the sweat of our brow
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after the fall.
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And so based upon that,
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the rabbis teach that God
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provided bread from heaven
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and that it actually
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grew from the trees.
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Therefore, that's what
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happens in the desert
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where God provides the manna,
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the bread from heaven.
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Again, they're not working
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for the bread.
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God is providing
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supernaturally the bread.
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And we know in the kingdom
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we're going to the messianic
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banquet of the lamb,
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where God is going to
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once again provide the bread.
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So Jesus, being the bread
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of life in Bethlehem,
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points back to the fact
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that he's restoring
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what was lost in
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the Garden of Eden
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through the fall.
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He's the greater than Moses,
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who offers greater bread
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than manna.
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He's the bread that
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comes down out of heaven.
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It ultimately points to
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the messianic kingdom
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where we're going to feast
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with Jesus, the King of kings
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at the marriage supper
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of the lamb.
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He's still providing for us
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past, present and future.
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He will give us
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our daily bread.
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That's the promise.
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TAMMY: Amen! It's so good.
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Can I just ask one question?
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If there was one thing
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you could tell me, like Tammy,
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your heart is right.
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It's sweet.
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It's great, whatever.
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You love Christmas.
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But there's one thing
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you're really getting wrong.
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If I could help you to
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see this in a different way,
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it could transform
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your whole relationship,
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maybe even with the Messiah.
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JASON: Yeah. I don't know
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if it's so much what
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I'm going to say has
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to do with being wrong.
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I think it has to do with
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something I think is really
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transformative, but the fact
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that he's born in the house
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of bread and biblically,
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bread and forgiveness
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are tied together.
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He says, "Give us this day
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our daily bread."
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The next line is, "And
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forgive us of our trespasses
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as we forgive those
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who trespass against us."
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At the Last Supper,
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he breaks the bread,
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"This is my body
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which is broken for you."
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What's amazing is that
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Hebrew is alphanumeric.
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There are no Roman numerals
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in the Bible.
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You write numbers
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with letters.
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So the numerical value
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of Bethlehem is 490.
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The numerical value
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of Nativity is 490.
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The numerical value of
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to be perfect or complete,
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tamim in Hebrew,
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the Passover lambs
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had to be perfect
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or complete 490.
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So Jesus was born
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in Bethlehem 490.
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He's the perfect
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Passover lamb, 490.
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He was born 490.
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Peter comes to Jesus
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and says, "How many times
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do I have to forgive?"
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Seventy times seven, 490."
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Because 490 points of
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the forgiveness Jesus brought
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to us when he was born
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in Bethlehem as
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the perfect Passover lamb.
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Here's the point.
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Just like 490 equals
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to be perfect or complete,
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we can't be complete or whole
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or perfect in our faith
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unless we learn to forgive.
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When we withhold forgiveness,
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it's like telling a starving
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person to go and die.
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Forgiveness is the key
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that unlocks our freedom.
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So my encouragement at
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this season is Jesus
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was the only child
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born to die, to bring
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freedom and forgiveness.
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We need to be able to extend
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that freedom and forgiveness
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even to those
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that have hurt us.
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If we can really learn
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to forgive, we can become
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whole in a way that maybe
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we're not at the moment.
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RANDY: So many good things.
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So many good things!
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There are some people right
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now who need literal bread.
00:19:24.763 --> 00:19:26.365 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65%
And, you know, the mission
00:19:26.431 --> 00:19:28.467 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75%
of Life Outreach International
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is to share God's love
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in word and deed.
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And we see how the two
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go hand in hand.
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So as we talk about
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Christmas, I'm a little more
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excited about Christmas.
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But as we talk about it,
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I want you to consider
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doing something today that
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will really make a difference
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in someone's life.
00:19:47.586 --> 00:19:49.855 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73%
Giving them something to eat,
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something that will
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sustain them, nourish them,
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and in a lot of cases,
00:19:54.760 --> 00:19:56.395 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
save their lives.
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Watch this and pray
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how you can be a blessing
00:19:59.131 --> 00:20:00.866 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
during this season.
00:20:02.768 --> 00:20:05.437 align:start line:10% position:18% size:65%
What you see here
is the powerful difference
00:20:05.504 --> 00:20:07.739 align:center line:10% position:50% size:43%
between
children thriving
00:20:07.806 --> 00:20:10.642 align:center line:10% position:50% size:43%
where our feeding
programs exist,
00:20:10.709 --> 00:20:15.614 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
and children struggling
because of critically
depleted food sources.
00:20:15.681 --> 00:20:18.884 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
Our teams travel to
remote villages in Africa
00:20:18.951 --> 00:20:21.053 align:center line:10% position:50% size:63%
to reach children who are
at risk of suffering
00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:23.488 align:center line:10% position:50% size:58%
the effects
of severe malnutrition.
00:20:23.555 --> 00:20:28.093 align:start line:10% position:15% size:70%
The hope is we can intervene
before another child dies.
00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:31.196 align:start line:63% position:13% size:75%
ISAK: You see how many mothers
are here with children
00:20:31.263 --> 00:20:33.231 align:center line:63% position:50% size:43%
being screened
for malnutrition,
00:20:33.298 --> 00:20:36.969 align:center line:58% position:50% size:55%
and we're nowhere near
the hungriest of
the hungry season.
00:20:37.035 --> 00:20:39.738 align:start line:79% position:23% size:55%
Well, the truth is,
if these mothers don't
00:20:39.805 --> 00:20:43.008 align:center line:79% position:50% size:58%
get assistance from now
to when harvest comes,
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the reality is that
not only will we end up with
00:20:46.578 --> 00:20:48.513 align:center line:79% position:50% size:53%
far more mothers here
with children
00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:50.749 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45%
that are suffering
from malnutrition,
00:20:50.816 --> 00:20:52.851 align:center line:79% position:50% size:68%
but we're also going
to end up with some mothers
00:20:52.918 --> 00:20:55.654 align:center line:79% position:50% size:60%
who aren't here because
their children have died
00:20:55.721 --> 00:20:59.391 align:center line:79% position:50% size:75%
as a result of what that
malnutrition is doing to them.
00:20:59.458 --> 00:21:02.027 align:start line:79% position:20% size:60%
Many of these kids,
we've seen some of that.
00:21:02.094 --> 00:21:05.564 align:center line:79% position:50% size:48%
They're falling off
the cliff now.
00:21:05.631 --> 00:21:07.733 align:start line:79% position:23% size:53%
JOHN: I'm so grateful
that we are here,
00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:09.801 align:center line:63% position:50% size:60%
and that the teams
will continue to be here
00:21:09.868 --> 00:21:11.870 align:center line:63% position:50% size:30%
as long as
you help us.
00:21:11.937 --> 00:21:13.905 align:start line:63% position:25% size:50%
We've said it to you
many times,
00:21:13.972 --> 00:21:16.908 align:center line:79% position:50% size:50%
we have nothing
to give without you.
00:21:16.975 --> 00:21:19.978 align:start line:79% position:20% size:58%
We want to be able
to continue to minister
00:21:20.045 --> 00:21:22.114 align:center line:79% position:50% size:50%
and continue to fund
mission feeding
00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:25.017 align:center line:79% position:50% size:63%
in all these communities,
and to have these teams
00:21:25.083 --> 00:21:29.021 align:center line:79% position:50% size:60%
that come out
into the remotest areas.
00:21:29.087 --> 00:21:32.991 align:start line:79% position:18% size:63%
But just as Isak said,
without this supply line,
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without that lifeline,
we have nothing to give them.
00:21:37.295 --> 00:21:40.165 align:start line:79% position:13% size:73%
So I'm asking you,
whatever way you can help us,
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would you please do that?
It is so important.
00:21:43.535 --> 00:21:46.505 align:start line:79% position:13% size:75%
This is an example of what
we have come here to show you;
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how desperate
these families are,
00:21:49.307 --> 00:21:52.811 align:center line:79% position:50% size:48%
but yet, how easily
we can help them
00:21:52.878 --> 00:21:55.547 align:center line:85% position:50% size:50%
if we join together.
00:21:59.718 --> 00:22:00.819 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60%
TAMMY: There's something
00:22:00.886 --> 00:22:02.087 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58%
that Isak said that has
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stuck with me
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ever since I heard it.
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He said, "They're falling
00:22:06.591 --> 00:22:09.227 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48%
off the cliff now."
00:22:09.294 --> 00:22:10.696 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65%
Which basically means that
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children are past the point
00:22:12.564 --> 00:22:13.832 align:start line:85% position:10% size:25%
of hunger.
00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:15.233 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
They're starving.
00:22:15.300 --> 00:22:16.868 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38%
They are dying.
00:22:16.935 --> 00:22:19.538 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75%
They're falling off the cliff.
00:22:19.604 --> 00:22:20.772 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70%
I think that if I were there
00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:24.209 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65%
right now in that village,
00:22:24.276 --> 00:22:26.078 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73%
and I saw those little babies
00:22:26.144 --> 00:22:28.280 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65%
walking toward that cliff,
00:22:28.346 --> 00:22:30.182 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58%
ready to die of hunger,
00:22:30.248 --> 00:22:31.316 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40%
I would step in.
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I would do everything I could
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to throw them a lifeline,
00:22:35.253 --> 00:22:38.223 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73%
to stop them from doing that.
00:22:38.290 --> 00:22:39.558 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70%
The truth is, there is a way
00:22:39.624 --> 00:22:40.826 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35%
that together,
00:22:40.892 --> 00:22:42.127 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73%
we can throw them a lifeline.
00:22:42.194 --> 00:22:44.062 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
We can stop this.
00:22:44.129 --> 00:22:45.163 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58%
We can go in there with
00:22:45.230 --> 00:22:46.331 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53%
our feeding programs.
00:22:46.398 --> 00:22:47.499 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43%
We can set it up.
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Just as you saw, hundreds
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of children are blessed
00:22:51.503 --> 00:22:53.071 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65%
every single day with this
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bowl of life-saving food
00:22:57.509 --> 00:22:58.910 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35%
and nutrition.
00:22:58.977 --> 00:23:00.312 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60%
But just as it is saving
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hundreds of thousands
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every day, without it,
00:23:04.883 --> 00:23:06.451 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35%
they're dying.
00:23:06.518 --> 00:23:07.853 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50%
They need this bowl.
00:23:08.186 --> 00:23:09.621 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
Together, we can bring
00:23:09.688 --> 00:23:10.689 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
this to them.
00:23:10.756 --> 00:23:11.857 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
That could change
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everything for them.
00:23:13.058 --> 00:23:13.992 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
That could stop them
00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.427 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
from falling off the cliff
00:23:15.494 --> 00:23:17.696 align:start line:10% position:10% size:30%
again today.
00:23:17.763 --> 00:23:19.765 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
It's that simple, really,
00:23:19.831 --> 00:23:21.366 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
when you think about it.
00:23:21.433 --> 00:23:22.467 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
RANDY: It is.
00:23:22.534 --> 00:23:23.568 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
Tammy, you and I, we've both
00:23:23.635 --> 00:23:24.936 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
been to the areas where
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there is mission feeding.
00:23:26.505 --> 00:23:27.639 align:start line:10% position:10% size:40%
We're privileged
00:23:27.706 --> 00:23:29.441 align:start line:10% position:10% size:45%
to be facilitators
00:23:29.508 --> 00:23:31.843 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
of mission feeding.
00:23:31.910 --> 00:23:33.612 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
But we can only give
00:23:33.678 --> 00:23:37.649 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
what you put in our hands.
00:23:37.716 --> 00:23:39.117 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
Alone, you would see images
00:23:39.184 --> 00:23:41.319 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
of those children starving
00:23:41.386 --> 00:23:42.687 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
and dying over there,
00:23:42.754 --> 00:23:44.122 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
and you'd be like, there's
00:23:44.189 --> 00:23:45.290 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
nothing I can do about it,
00:23:45.357 --> 00:23:46.525 align:start line:10% position:10% size:15%
right?
00:23:46.591 --> 00:23:49.161 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
But God has put into place
00:23:49.227 --> 00:23:51.763 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
the whole pipeline, really,
00:23:51.830 --> 00:23:52.931 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
where you can do something
00:23:52.998 --> 00:23:54.432 align:start line:10% position:10% size:23%
about it.
00:23:54.499 --> 00:23:56.201 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
When you join with us today,
00:23:56.268 --> 00:23:58.403 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
you enable us to continue
00:23:58.470 --> 00:24:00.305 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
feeding 350,000 children
00:24:00.372 --> 00:24:02.741 align:start line:10% position:10% size:53%
every single day, and
00:24:02.808 --> 00:24:04.543 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
it makes a huge difference.
00:24:04.609 --> 00:24:06.111 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
Your gift today of $30
00:24:06.178 --> 00:24:07.712 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
will help feed three children
00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:09.848 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
for the next few months.
00:24:09.915 --> 00:24:11.149 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
Many of you can give $50
00:24:11.216 --> 00:24:12.551 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
to help feed five children,
00:24:12.617 --> 00:24:14.352 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
$100 to help feed
00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:15.687 align:start line:10% position:10% size:33%
ten children.
00:24:15.754 --> 00:24:16.922 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
Some of you could give
00:24:16.988 --> 00:24:19.090 align:start line:10% position:10% size:70%
$1,000, which would actually
00:24:19.157 --> 00:24:21.693 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
help feed 100 children
00:24:21.760 --> 00:24:23.028 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
for several months.
00:24:23.094 --> 00:24:24.262 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
I know there's some of you
00:24:24.329 --> 00:24:26.031 align:start line:10% position:10% size:48%
that could do more.
00:24:26.097 --> 00:24:28.800 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
We are in a position
00:24:28.867 --> 00:24:30.035 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
so that those children
00:24:30.101 --> 00:24:32.971 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
don't fall off that cliff,
00:24:33.038 --> 00:24:35.273 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
euphemistically speaking.
00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:36.608 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38%
They won't die.
00:24:36.675 --> 00:24:37.976 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
There's been a disruption
00:24:38.043 --> 00:24:39.477 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
in global food supplies
00:24:39.544 --> 00:24:41.446 align:start line:10% position:10% size:28%
and relief.
00:24:41.513 --> 00:24:42.948 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
That's why our presence
00:24:43.014 --> 00:24:44.449 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
is so much more critical, and
00:24:44.516 --> 00:24:46.218 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
that's why your participation
00:24:46.284 --> 00:24:48.186 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
right now is even
00:24:48.253 --> 00:24:51.690 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
that much more critical.
00:24:51.756 --> 00:24:52.891 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
So as we wrap up the end
00:24:52.958 --> 00:24:53.959 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
of the year, I pray if you
00:24:54.025 --> 00:24:56.528 align:start line:10% position:10% size:73%
make some big year-end gifts,
00:24:56.595 --> 00:24:57.629 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
that you would consider
00:24:57.696 --> 00:24:58.763 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
mission feeding the place
00:24:58.830 --> 00:24:59.965 align:start line:10% position:10% size:25%
to put it.
00:25:00.031 --> 00:25:01.700 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
But if you can do whatever
00:25:01.766 --> 00:25:04.302 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
God places on your heart,
00:25:04.369 --> 00:25:05.570 align:start line:10% position:10% size:50%
he will multiply it.
00:25:05.637 --> 00:25:07.839 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
He will bless it.
00:25:07.906 --> 00:25:09.507 align:start line:10% position:10% size:43%
You can be a part
00:25:09.574 --> 00:25:11.877 align:start line:10% position:10% size:55%
of saving lives today.
00:25:11.943 --> 00:25:12.978 align:start line:10% position:10% size:60%
I pray that you'll go to
00:25:13.044 --> 00:25:15.313 align:start line:10% position:10% size:65%
the phone or go online and
00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:17.115 align:start line:10% position:10% size:68%
make the best gift you can.
00:25:18.316 --> 00:25:21.553 align:start line:58% position:20% size:60%
Right now, across
the continent of Africa,
00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:24.022 align:center line:58% position:50% size:65%
children are suffering,
facing severe malnutrition
00:25:24.089 --> 00:25:26.091 align:center line:58% position:50% size:20%
and even
death.
00:25:26.157 --> 00:25:28.226 align:start line:10% position:25% size:48%
With food reserves
critically depleted
00:25:28.293 --> 00:25:31.396 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
and many areas experiencing
devastating famine,
00:25:31.463 --> 00:25:33.832 align:center line:10% position:50% size:53%
we urgently need
to replenish supplies
00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:37.102 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
to keep feeding
the 350,000 children
00:25:37.168 --> 00:25:39.938 align:center line:10% position:50% size:55%
who are counting on us
every single day.
00:25:40.005 --> 00:25:41.973 align:start line:58% position:18% size:63%
Through LIFE's
mission feeding outreach,
00:25:42.040 --> 00:25:43.975 align:center line:58% position:50% size:43%
your gift of love
can be an answer
00:25:44.042 --> 00:25:46.611 align:center line:58% position:50% size:65%
to a prayer for
a hurting and hungry child
00:25:46.678 --> 00:25:48.613 align:center line:58% position:50% size:33%
in their time
of need.
00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:50.782 align:start line:10% position:40% size:50%
Call now with
your lifesaving gift
00:25:50.849 --> 00:25:53.685 align:center line:10% position:75% size:30%
of $30, $50,
or $100
00:25:53.752 --> 00:25:57.589 align:center line:10% position:50% size:68%
to help feed and care for
three, five or ten children
00:25:57.656 --> 00:25:59.724 align:center line:10% position:25% size:30%
for three
full months.
00:25:59.791 --> 00:26:01.826 align:start line:10% position:10% size:38%
With your gift,
we'll send you
00:26:01.893 --> 00:26:03.929 align:center line:10% position:30% size:38%
“Happy, Healthy
and Free.”
00:26:03.995 --> 00:26:06.231 align:start line:10% position:18% size:63%
A powerful 31-day journey
to help you embrace
00:26:06.298 --> 00:26:08.934 align:center line:10% position:50% size:48%
God's promises for
healing, wholeness,
00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:11.436 align:center line:10% position:50% size:38%
restoration,
peace, and joy.
00:26:11.503 --> 00:26:15.407 align:start line:10% position:15% size:68%
Step into the abundant life
God has prepared for you.
00:26:15.473 --> 00:26:18.476 align:start line:10% position:10% size:58%
With your gift of $100
or more, please request
00:26:18.543 --> 00:26:21.413 align:center line:10% position:40% size:58%
the beautiful and soft
“Perfect Peace” blanket
00:26:21.479 --> 00:26:23.949 align:center line:10% position:33% size:43%
bearing the words
of Isaiah 26:3
00:26:24.015 --> 00:26:26.117 align:center line:10% position:40% size:60%
as a meaningful reminder
that those
00:26:26.184 --> 00:26:28.720 align:center line:10% position:38% size:53%
who trust in the Lord
are never alone.
00:26:28.787 --> 00:26:31.656 align:start line:10% position:10% size:63%
Finally, this is the last
opportunity to request
00:26:31.723 --> 00:26:36.194 align:center line:10% position:43% size:65%
our 2025 majestic bronze
sculpture, “Lion of Judah”
00:26:36.261 --> 00:26:38.396 align:center line:10% position:50% size:45%
with your gift
of $1,000 or more,
00:26:38.463 --> 00:26:40.465 align:center line:10% position:50% size:50%
which will help feed
00:26:40.532 --> 00:26:43.068 align:center line:10% position:50% size:45%
100 children
in desperate need.
00:26:43.134 --> 00:26:47.072 align:start line:10% position:13% size:75%
So please call, write, or make
your gift online today.
00:26:48.073 --> 00:26:49.207 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
RANDY: I do hope you're
00:26:49.274 --> 00:26:50.775 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
calling or going online.
00:26:50.842 --> 00:26:52.077 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
Make the best gift you can.
00:26:52.143 --> 00:26:53.979 align:start line:58% position:10% size:30%
You can make
00:26:54.045 --> 00:26:55.213 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
such a difference.
00:26:55.280 --> 00:26:56.614 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
You can save someone's life
00:26:56.681 --> 00:26:57.816 align:start line:58% position:10% size:55%
this Christmas season.
00:26:57.882 --> 00:26:58.883 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
When you do, request
00:26:58.950 --> 00:26:59.951 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
Transformed by the Messiah.
00:27:00.018 --> 00:27:01.019 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
We'd love to put it
00:27:01.086 --> 00:27:02.087 align:start line:58% position:10% size:35%
in your hands.
00:27:02.153 --> 00:27:03.455 align:start line:58% position:10% size:73%
We know it will be a blessing
00:27:03.521 --> 00:27:04.522 align:start line:58% position:10% size:60%
because there's actually
00:27:04.589 --> 00:27:05.657 align:start line:58% position:10% size:75%
a lot more we haven't covered.
00:27:05.724 --> 00:27:06.725 align:start line:58% position:10% size:50%
I want to hear more.
00:27:06.791 --> 00:27:07.826 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
TAMMY: I want to hear more.
00:27:07.892 --> 00:27:08.893 align:start line:58% position:10% size:58%
Can you do another show
00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.961 align:start line:58% position:10% size:20%
with us?
00:27:10.028 --> 00:27:11.029 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
JASON: I'd love to!
00:27:11.096 --> 00:27:12.097 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
TAMMY: Please stick around.
00:27:12.163 --> 00:27:13.164 align:start line:58% position:10% size:53%
Oh, we would love it.
00:27:13.231 --> 00:27:14.532 align:start line:58% position:10% size:68%
I love what you had to say.
00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.700 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
I grow so much every time
00:27:15.767 --> 00:27:16.768 align:start line:58% position:10% size:45%
I'm in your space.
00:27:16.835 --> 00:27:17.936 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
I hope you feel the same.
00:27:18.003 --> 00:27:19.004 align:start line:58% position:10% size:33%
So he's going
00:27:19.070 --> 00:27:20.071 align:start line:58% position:10% size:40%
to stick around.
00:27:20.138 --> 00:27:21.139 align:start line:58% position:10% size:70%
We hope you'll stick around.
00:27:21.206 --> 00:27:22.207 align:start line:58% position:10% size:48%
We'll see you again
00:27:22.273 --> 00:27:23.274 align:start line:58% position:10% size:63%
right here on Life Today.
00:27:23.341 --> 00:27:25.410 align:start line:58% position:10% size:20%
Bye-bye!
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♪
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♪
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Are you missing out on
the life God has for you?
00:28:06.551 --> 00:28:08.586 align:start line:63% position:20% size:60%
>> There is the presence
and the power of God
00:28:08.653 --> 00:28:11.589 align:center line:63% position:50% size:58%
that wants to change us
from the inside out.
00:28:12.590 --> 00:28:16.061 align:start line:47% position:13% size:73%
LIFE Today is made
possible by the supporters of
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00:28:16.127 --> 00:28:19.164 align:center line:47% position:50% size:70%
Your gift will be
used exclusively for
the exempt purposes of LIFE.
00:28:19.230 --> 00:28:21.232 align:start line:53% position:23% size:53%
The ministry features
specific outreaches
00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.301 align:center line:53% position:50% size:68%
as examples of the programs
it supports and conducts.
00:28:23.368 --> 00:28:25.370 align:start line:53% position:18% size:63%
Gifts are considered
to be without restriction
00:28:25.437 --> 00:28:27.505 align:center line:53% position:50% size:68%
as to use unless explicitly
stipulated by the donor.
00:28:27.572 --> 00:28:29.808 align:center line:53% position:50% size:60%
The ministry is a member
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