Extraordinary Home
Series: ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY GOD
Speaker: James Barnett
Date: 13th June 2021
Passage: Exodus 25:1-40
00:00:00 --> 00:00:01 Good morning, everyone.
00:00:03 --> 00:00:04 My name is James.
00:00:04 --> 00:00:05 Nice to see you all today.
00:00:06 --> 00:00:10 If I was to ask you to picture home in your mind,
00:00:10 --> 00:00:12 what would you imagine?
00:00:12 --> 00:00:13 Do that for me.
00:00:13 --> 00:00:14 What does home look like?
00:00:16 --> 00:00:20 Is it noisy people around a dinner table?
00:00:21 --> 00:00:25 Is it time talking over food and talking over tea and coffee?
00:00:25 --> 00:00:28 Is it the warm embrace of a loved one?
00:00:30 --> 00:00:33 Is it being with the people you know and love,
00:00:33 --> 00:00:36 who know and love you and you know and love them?
00:00:37 --> 00:00:41 Is it being in the place where you feel comforted and supported and cared for?
00:00:42 --> 00:00:45 Now, this might be a really loving picture for some of us.
00:00:46 --> 00:00:48 This might be something that happens quite often
00:00:48 --> 00:00:51 that we actually need to be more thankful to God for.
00:00:51 --> 00:00:55 But for others, that kind of picture of home
00:00:55 --> 00:00:58 is almost impossible to achieve.
00:00:58 --> 00:01:02 A family might be overseas or in another state
00:01:02 --> 00:01:04 and with COVID and lockdowns,
00:01:04 --> 00:01:06 to see family is incredibly difficult.
00:01:07 --> 00:01:08 Maybe we've lost family members
00:01:08 --> 00:01:12 or maybe we have broken relationship with our family.
00:01:13 --> 00:01:16 This picture of home might actually be just cold
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00:01:19 --> 00:01:24 You may long for home because you've moved around so much
00:01:24 --> 00:01:26 that you just don't know where home is.
00:01:26 --> 00:01:28 Maybe you live far away from your family
00:01:28 --> 00:01:29 and long to live near them.
00:01:30 --> 00:01:32 You may long for family that you'd want to be near.
00:01:34 --> 00:01:36 Because some people live with a longing for a home
00:01:36 --> 00:01:38 in which they feel safe and loved.
00:01:39 --> 00:01:44 We all have a longing for home inside of us.
00:01:44 --> 00:01:48 To be known and loved, to have deep relationships.
00:01:48 --> 00:01:51 And we can do a lot of things to try and get that image
00:01:51 --> 00:01:53 or to keep that image safe.
00:01:54 --> 00:01:58 Each of us have a longing for home inside of us.
00:01:59 --> 00:02:01 And this is only found
00:02:01 --> 00:02:05 when we get to the home that we were made for.
00:02:05 --> 00:02:11 We are in a series at the moment,
00:02:11 --> 00:02:12 going through the book of Exodus,
00:02:12 --> 00:02:15 called Ordinary People, Extraordinary God.
00:02:15 --> 00:02:17 And we've seen so far in this series
00:02:17 --> 00:02:19 that God has taken a people,
00:02:20 --> 00:02:21 taken them out of Egypt,
00:02:21 --> 00:02:22 saved them out of Egypt with plagues,
00:02:23 --> 00:02:24 with a miracle at the Red Sea,
00:02:25 --> 00:02:26 parting the sea so they could get through it.
00:02:27 --> 00:02:29 He's taken the people to Mount Sinai.
00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 God has made a covenant,
00:02:31 --> 00:02:37 a long-lasting relationship with his people.
00:02:38 --> 00:02:39 He's given them laws,
00:02:39 --> 00:02:43 and now God is going to make a home with these people.
00:02:44 --> 00:02:46 The challenge for us will be today
00:02:46 --> 00:02:49 is to think about where our home is.
00:02:50 --> 00:02:53 Because God offers us his home,
00:02:53 --> 00:02:56 a place of love and safety and comfort.
00:02:56 --> 00:02:57 And the question will be,
00:02:57 --> 00:02:59 will we journey to that home?
00:02:59 --> 00:03:02 So as we get into Exodus 25
00:03:02 --> 00:03:03 and a couple of chapters after that,
00:03:03 --> 00:03:04 let me pray for us.
00:03:05 --> 00:03:06 Heavenly Father,
00:03:07 --> 00:03:11 as we look at this picture of home today,
00:03:12 --> 00:03:14 help us to long for the home
00:03:14 --> 00:03:15 you are preparing for us, Lord.
00:03:16 --> 00:03:16 Amen.
00:03:17 --> 00:03:18 Let's see two points today.
00:03:19 --> 00:03:21 First of all, we're going to see the map
00:03:21 --> 00:03:23 that points to home,
00:03:23 --> 00:03:25 and then how we journey to this home.
00:03:26 --> 00:03:28 You can be following along in the St. Paul's app.
00:03:28 --> 00:03:31 Let me encourage you to be taking notes there on paper.
00:03:32 --> 00:03:35 Write them on your hand and up your arm if you need to.
00:03:36 --> 00:03:39 First of all, Exodus 25 from verse 8.
00:03:40 --> 00:03:43 Then have them make a sanctuary for me,
00:03:43 --> 00:03:45 and I will dwell among them.
00:03:46 --> 00:03:47 Now, this is actually quite amazing.
00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 The God of the universe,
00:03:51 --> 00:03:53 the God who is everywhere,
00:03:53 --> 00:03:54 knows everything,
00:03:54 --> 00:03:57 knows the beat of every single heart,
00:03:57 --> 00:03:59 who made the smallest ant
00:03:59 --> 00:04:00 and made one of my favorite creatures,
00:04:00 --> 00:04:01 the giant sea squid.
00:04:01 --> 00:04:04 This wonderful God
00:04:04 --> 00:04:06 is going to make his home
00:04:06 --> 00:04:08 with a group of people.
00:04:09 --> 00:04:12 And this is reminiscent of a marriage relationship.
00:04:13 --> 00:04:14 In the last couple of weeks,
00:04:14 --> 00:04:16 we've seen God take his people to Mount Sinai
00:04:16 --> 00:04:18 and make a covenant with them,
00:04:18 --> 00:04:19 make a relationship,
00:04:19 --> 00:04:20 just like a marriage.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:22 And now he's moving in with them.
00:04:23 --> 00:04:25 He's going to be with them wherever they are.
00:04:26 --> 00:04:29 And God instructs them to build this tent,
00:04:29 --> 00:04:30 a tabernacle,
00:04:30 --> 00:04:32 so he can travel with them.
00:04:32 --> 00:04:34 This is the first flat pack,
00:04:34 --> 00:04:36 IKEA-style building.
00:04:36 --> 00:04:39 It's designed to be set up,
00:04:40 --> 00:04:40 packed down,
00:04:40 --> 00:04:42 set up as they move around.
00:04:44 --> 00:04:45 And to understand this fully,
00:04:45 --> 00:04:48 we need to go back to the Garden of Eden.
00:04:49 --> 00:04:50 In the Garden of Eden,
00:04:50 --> 00:04:54 God placed man and woman in the garden,
00:04:55 --> 00:04:56 in the first home.
00:04:57 --> 00:05:00 It was a place of provision and safety and rest,
00:05:01 --> 00:05:04 a place where God was with them in their home
00:05:04 --> 00:05:06 and they were known and loved.
00:05:06 --> 00:05:07 But the humans,
00:05:08 --> 00:05:10 we rejected this home and got exiled.
00:05:11 --> 00:05:14 And now as we see that the tabernacle get built,
00:05:14 --> 00:05:18 it is like a map showing the way back to that home.
00:05:19 --> 00:05:23 And so it's full of pictures and images and Easter eggs
00:05:23 --> 00:05:25 pointing back to the Garden of Eden,
00:05:26 --> 00:05:28 leading us to the home.
00:05:29 --> 00:05:30 And so God lists,
00:05:30 --> 00:05:32 we'll go through a couple of these
00:05:32 --> 00:05:34 to show it how it points back
00:05:34 --> 00:05:34 and then points forward.
00:05:35 --> 00:05:35 Firstly,
00:05:36 --> 00:05:38 there's a list of precious stones
00:05:38 --> 00:05:39 that are required
00:05:39 --> 00:05:41 for the building of the tabernacle.
00:05:41 --> 00:05:43 And the list starts with gold
00:05:43 --> 00:05:45 and ends in onyx.
00:05:46 --> 00:05:48 It's very similar in Genesis
00:05:48 --> 00:05:50 with the description of the earth.
00:05:50 --> 00:05:51 It had good gold
00:05:51 --> 00:05:53 and it had onyx.
00:05:54 --> 00:05:56 In chapter 25,
00:05:56 --> 00:05:57 verse 31 to 39,
00:05:57 --> 00:06:00 it describes the construction of the lampstand.
00:06:00 --> 00:06:04 It has buds and blossoms.
00:06:04 --> 00:06:08 This lampstand was designed to look like a tree.
00:06:09 --> 00:06:10 It's an echo of the tree of life
00:06:10 --> 00:06:12 that was found in the Garden of Eden.
00:06:14 --> 00:06:16 When God made the world in Genesis,
00:06:17 --> 00:06:19 he repeats a phrase,
00:06:19 --> 00:06:21 there's a repeated phrase,
00:06:21 --> 00:06:22 comes up seven times.
00:06:22 --> 00:06:24 God said,
00:06:24 --> 00:06:26 let there be light
00:06:26 --> 00:06:27 or let there be something.
00:06:27 --> 00:06:29 It's repeated seven times.
00:06:29 --> 00:06:31 And now here in Exodus,
00:06:31 --> 00:06:32 there's another phrase
00:06:32 --> 00:06:33 repeated seven times.
00:06:34 --> 00:06:36 The Lord said to Moses,
00:06:37 --> 00:06:38 build this.
00:06:39 --> 00:06:40 It's the same imagery.
00:06:41 --> 00:06:43 The building of the tabernacle
00:06:43 --> 00:06:44 is like the building
00:06:44 --> 00:06:46 of our first home
00:06:46 --> 00:06:47 in the Garden of Eden.
00:06:47 --> 00:06:48 And the biggest,
00:06:48 --> 00:06:49 the most important part of this
00:06:49 --> 00:06:52 is that this is where God would dwell.
00:06:52 --> 00:06:53 God was there in the Garden of Eden.
00:06:53 --> 00:06:55 God is going to make his home
00:06:55 --> 00:06:56 here in the tabernacle.
00:06:57 --> 00:06:59 This tabernacle is built
00:06:59 --> 00:07:00 with rings and poles
00:07:00 --> 00:07:02 so it could be carried around
00:07:02 --> 00:07:04 and moved with Israel
00:07:04 --> 00:07:05 and then rebuilt
00:07:05 --> 00:07:06 and packed down.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:08 So,
00:07:08 --> 00:07:09 this tabernacle
00:07:09 --> 00:07:11 is a new home
00:07:11 --> 00:07:13 for God with his people.
00:07:14 --> 00:07:15 It points back to
00:07:15 --> 00:07:17 humanity's first home,
00:07:17 --> 00:07:19 but it also gives us
00:07:19 --> 00:07:19 a road map
00:07:19 --> 00:07:21 to our final home.
00:07:22 --> 00:07:22 And there's
00:07:22 --> 00:07:23 some pieces of furniture
00:07:23 --> 00:07:25 that we're going to see here.
00:07:25 --> 00:07:26 The first three
00:07:26 --> 00:07:27 point
00:07:27 --> 00:07:29 to what makes this
00:07:29 --> 00:07:30 a really great home.
00:07:31 --> 00:07:31 So,
00:07:31 --> 00:07:32 have a look with me.
00:07:32 --> 00:07:32 We're going to have a look
00:07:32 --> 00:07:33 at furniture.
00:07:33 --> 00:07:34 I'm not sure if you've,
00:07:34 --> 00:07:34 you know,
00:07:34 --> 00:07:35 come to church thinking,
00:07:35 --> 00:07:36 I really need to spend some time
00:07:36 --> 00:07:37 thinking about furniture.
00:07:38 --> 00:07:38 That's,
00:07:38 --> 00:07:40 that's what we've got here
00:07:40 --> 00:07:41 in Exodus 25
00:07:41 --> 00:07:42 and it actually gives us
00:07:42 --> 00:07:44 a wonderful picture of home.
00:07:44 --> 00:07:44 So,
00:07:45 --> 00:07:46 let's have a look at this.
00:07:46 --> 00:07:46 First,
00:07:46 --> 00:07:47 we see the ark
00:07:47 --> 00:07:48 in chapter 25
00:07:48 --> 00:07:50 where we see
00:07:50 --> 00:07:52 that we live under God's reign.
00:07:53 --> 00:07:54 From verse 10,
00:07:55 --> 00:07:56 have them make an ark
00:07:56 --> 00:07:57 of acacia wood
00:07:57 --> 00:07:59 two and a half cubits long,
00:07:59 --> 00:08:01 a cubit and a half wide
00:08:01 --> 00:08:03 and a cubit and a half high.
00:08:04 --> 00:08:05 Overlay it with gold,
00:08:05 --> 00:08:06 pure gold,
00:08:06 --> 00:08:07 both inside and out
00:08:07 --> 00:08:08 and make a gold
00:08:08 --> 00:08:09 moulding around it.
00:08:10 --> 00:08:12 The picture of this ark here,
00:08:12 --> 00:08:13 I don't know if you've seen
00:08:13 --> 00:08:13 Indiana Jones
00:08:13 --> 00:08:14 and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
00:08:14 --> 00:08:15 recently,
00:08:15 --> 00:08:15 I know I have.
00:08:16 --> 00:08:17 The picture of the ark here
00:08:17 --> 00:08:18 is,
00:08:18 --> 00:08:20 it has the same size
00:08:20 --> 00:08:21 and dimensions
00:08:21 --> 00:08:23 as an ancient king's
00:08:23 --> 00:08:24 footstool.
00:08:25 --> 00:08:26 What would happen is,
00:08:26 --> 00:08:27 ancient kings
00:08:27 --> 00:08:28 would have their throne,
00:08:29 --> 00:08:30 they would have their throne
00:08:30 --> 00:08:31 and they would go
00:08:31 --> 00:08:32 and sit on their throne
00:08:32 --> 00:08:33 when they were
00:08:33 --> 00:08:34 bringing judgments.
00:08:34 --> 00:08:34 You know,
00:08:34 --> 00:08:35 it was the day
00:08:35 --> 00:08:37 for court cases
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00:08:37 --> 00:08:39 the king would make judgments
00:08:39 --> 00:08:39 on the world
00:08:39 --> 00:08:41 and so they would have a throne
00:08:41 --> 00:08:42 and in front of the throne
00:08:42 --> 00:08:44 they would have a footstool.
00:08:44 --> 00:08:45 Okay?
00:08:45 --> 00:08:46 So the footstool
00:08:46 --> 00:08:46 and the throne
00:08:46 --> 00:08:47 go together
00:08:47 --> 00:08:49 as the place of judgment
00:08:49 --> 00:08:52 and the picture of the ark here
00:08:52 --> 00:08:53 is that it is
00:08:53 --> 00:08:54 that very footstool.
00:08:55 --> 00:08:57 Israel doesn't have
00:08:57 --> 00:08:58 a human king.
00:08:59 --> 00:09:01 Israel has a theocracy,
00:09:01 --> 00:09:02 a God king
00:09:02 --> 00:09:03 and God is in the heavens,
00:09:04 --> 00:09:05 seated in the heavens
00:09:05 --> 00:09:07 and here
00:09:07 --> 00:09:09 with the people
00:09:09 --> 00:09:11 is his footstool.
00:09:11 --> 00:09:12 Sitting in the heavens
00:09:12 --> 00:09:14 his feet are on the earth
00:09:14 --> 00:09:16 and this is where he rules.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:18 God put something
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00:09:19 --> 00:09:20 Verse 16.
00:09:21 --> 00:09:23 Then put in the ark
00:09:23 --> 00:09:25 the tablets of the covenant law
00:09:25 --> 00:09:26 which I will give you.
00:09:27 --> 00:09:30 God is going to rule his people
00:09:30 --> 00:09:32 through the Ten Commandments
00:09:32 --> 00:09:33 and that symbolizes
00:09:33 --> 00:09:34 the entire law.
00:09:34 --> 00:09:36 The ark is the place
00:09:36 --> 00:09:37 that God will rule
00:09:37 --> 00:09:38 over his people.
00:09:38 --> 00:09:39 At the Garden of Eden
00:09:39 --> 00:09:41 that was when Adam and Eve
00:09:41 --> 00:09:43 chose to reject God
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00:09:44 --> 00:09:45 from their home
00:09:45 --> 00:09:46 but here
00:09:46 --> 00:09:47 God is going to rule
00:09:47 --> 00:09:49 directly over his people
00:09:49 --> 00:09:49 again.
00:09:51 --> 00:09:51 And so the picture
00:09:51 --> 00:09:52 at this point is
00:09:52 --> 00:09:54 it's a golden
00:09:54 --> 00:09:55 empty box
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00:09:56 --> 00:09:57 the tablets in it.
00:09:57 --> 00:09:58 I love the amount of gold
00:09:58 --> 00:09:59 that gets used here.
00:10:00 --> 00:10:01 It's just a wonderful
00:10:01 --> 00:10:02 amount of gold
00:10:02 --> 00:10:04 showing how valuable
00:10:04 --> 00:10:05 each of these pieces are
00:10:05 --> 00:10:06 because it points back
00:10:06 --> 00:10:07 to the awesome God
00:10:07 --> 00:10:08 that we have.
00:10:09 --> 00:10:09 But we've got
00:10:09 --> 00:10:11 a golden box
00:10:11 --> 00:10:13 and God also describes
00:10:13 --> 00:10:14 the cover
00:10:14 --> 00:10:15 that's made for it.
00:10:16 --> 00:10:17 It's called
00:10:17 --> 00:10:18 an atonement cover.
00:10:19 --> 00:10:20 It's the lid
00:10:20 --> 00:10:21 that goes on the box
00:10:21 --> 00:10:23 on top of the stone tablets.
00:10:24 --> 00:10:25 Now this piece of furniture
00:10:25 --> 00:10:26 just like the rest
00:10:26 --> 00:10:28 has really rich
00:10:28 --> 00:10:29 symbolic imagery.
00:10:30 --> 00:10:31 It's not just a lid.
00:10:31 --> 00:10:32 It's not just a box
00:10:32 --> 00:10:33 needs a lid.
00:10:33 --> 00:10:34 What kind of hinge
00:10:34 --> 00:10:34 does it have?
00:10:34 --> 00:10:35 It's not that kind of thing.
00:10:36 --> 00:10:38 It's really significant
00:10:38 --> 00:10:39 that the stone tablets
00:10:39 --> 00:10:40 that have the law
00:10:40 --> 00:10:41 that they are being covered
00:10:41 --> 00:10:43 because the penalty
00:10:43 --> 00:10:44 of breaking the law
00:10:44 --> 00:10:46 is death.
00:10:47 --> 00:10:48 The penalty
00:10:48 --> 00:10:49 that comes from
00:10:49 --> 00:10:50 disobeying God
00:10:50 --> 00:10:52 is being covered.
00:10:53 --> 00:10:53 It is if
00:10:53 --> 00:10:55 the phrase in English
00:10:55 --> 00:10:55 it is if
00:10:55 --> 00:10:56 God is
00:10:56 --> 00:10:58 covering the cost
00:10:58 --> 00:10:59 of his people's sin.
00:11:01 --> 00:11:02 And so at the seat
00:11:02 --> 00:11:03 of his power
00:11:03 --> 00:11:04 where his footstool
00:11:04 --> 00:11:05 is on earth
00:11:05 --> 00:11:06 God is going to
00:11:06 --> 00:11:07 rule over his people
00:11:07 --> 00:11:08 and bring justice
00:11:08 --> 00:11:09 but also
00:11:09 --> 00:11:11 with the atonement cover
00:11:11 --> 00:11:11 he brings
00:11:11 --> 00:11:12 mercy.
00:11:14 --> 00:11:15 Even at this stage
00:11:15 --> 00:11:16 God's people need
00:11:16 --> 00:11:17 their sins
00:11:17 --> 00:11:18 covered over.
00:11:18 --> 00:11:19 Not covered up
00:11:19 --> 00:11:21 but covered over.
00:11:22 --> 00:11:23 And God is indicating
00:11:23 --> 00:11:24 that there is going
00:11:24 --> 00:11:24 to be someone
00:11:24 --> 00:11:26 who will cover
00:11:26 --> 00:11:27 the cost
00:11:27 --> 00:11:28 of the people's sin.
00:11:29 --> 00:11:30 That's the first
00:11:30 --> 00:11:31 piece of furniture
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00:11:32 --> 00:11:33 The second piece
00:11:33 --> 00:11:33 of furniture
00:11:33 --> 00:11:35 is a table
00:11:35 --> 00:11:37 where there will be food
00:11:37 --> 00:11:38 because home
00:11:38 --> 00:11:39 is where we eat
00:11:39 --> 00:11:41 food with God.
00:11:41 --> 00:11:42 I can't think
00:11:42 --> 00:11:43 of a person's house
00:11:43 --> 00:11:45 that I've ever been into
00:11:45 --> 00:11:46 that didn't have
00:11:46 --> 00:11:46 a dining table.
00:11:47 --> 00:11:48 I think if I came
00:11:48 --> 00:11:49 into every one
00:11:49 --> 00:11:49 of your houses
00:11:49 --> 00:11:50 I would find
00:11:50 --> 00:11:51 a dining table.
00:11:51 --> 00:11:52 Would this be correct?
00:11:53 --> 00:11:53 Does anybody
00:11:53 --> 00:11:54 not have a dining table?
00:11:55 --> 00:11:56 You don't have
00:11:56 --> 00:11:56 a dining table?
00:11:57 --> 00:11:58 You don't have
00:11:58 --> 00:11:58 a dining table?
00:11:59 --> 00:12:00 It's too small?
00:12:00 --> 00:12:00 Okay.
00:12:01 --> 00:12:02 My heart breaks
00:12:02 --> 00:12:02 for you.
00:12:03 --> 00:12:04 We'll get you
00:12:04 --> 00:12:06 in a milk crate
00:12:06 --> 00:12:07 and a tiny
00:12:07 --> 00:12:08 dining table.
00:12:10 --> 00:12:10 So what does this
00:12:10 --> 00:12:11 say about our houses?
00:12:12 --> 00:12:12 You know
00:12:12 --> 00:12:13 I don't want to
00:12:13 --> 00:12:14 pick on one person
00:12:14 --> 00:12:14 in particular.
00:12:14 --> 00:12:15 Maybe it says
00:12:15 --> 00:12:16 I don't want
00:12:16 --> 00:12:16 to have fellowship.
00:12:17 --> 00:12:18 I know of
00:12:18 --> 00:12:19 no I'm not saying
00:12:19 --> 00:12:20 that about you at all.
00:12:20 --> 00:12:21 A minister I used
00:12:21 --> 00:12:22 to work with
00:12:22 --> 00:12:23 he had five kids
00:12:23 --> 00:12:24 large family
00:12:24 --> 00:12:25 that had a large
00:12:25 --> 00:12:26 dining table.
00:12:26 --> 00:12:27 They got rid of that.
00:12:27 --> 00:12:28 I actually have
00:12:28 --> 00:12:28 that dining table now
00:12:28 --> 00:12:30 and they got a new
00:12:30 --> 00:12:30 dining table
00:12:30 --> 00:12:31 so they could have
00:12:31 --> 00:12:33 lots of people
00:12:33 --> 00:12:34 at their house
00:12:34 --> 00:12:35 because they wanted
00:12:35 --> 00:12:36 to feast with people.
00:12:36 --> 00:12:37 They wanted to
00:12:37 --> 00:12:38 open their home.
00:12:38 --> 00:12:39 They wanted to do
00:12:39 --> 00:12:40 food with other people
00:12:40 --> 00:12:41 because that is what
00:12:41 --> 00:12:43 home so often is.
00:12:43 --> 00:12:45 Home and dining table
00:12:45 --> 00:12:46 are so central
00:12:46 --> 00:12:46 to family
00:12:46 --> 00:12:49 and it's true
00:12:49 --> 00:12:50 of God's home here.
00:12:50 --> 00:12:52 A table is made
00:12:52 --> 00:12:54 verse 23
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00:12:55 --> 00:12:56 of acacia wood
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00:13:00 --> 00:13:01 and on this table
00:13:01 --> 00:13:02 a meal gets served.
00:13:04 --> 00:13:04 Verse 30
00:13:04 --> 00:13:05 put the bread
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00:13:07 --> 00:13:08 to be before me
00:13:08 --> 00:13:09 at all times.
00:13:09 --> 00:13:10 Now the bread
00:13:10 --> 00:13:11 isn't here
00:13:11 --> 00:13:12 because God gets hungry.
00:13:13 --> 00:13:14 God doesn't need it.
00:13:15 --> 00:13:15 In Leviticus
00:13:15 --> 00:13:16 we are told
00:13:16 --> 00:13:16 that the bread
00:13:16 --> 00:13:17 of the presence
00:13:17 --> 00:13:18 was 12 loaves
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00:13:19 --> 00:13:21 Two rows of six.
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 12 being a very
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00:13:24 --> 00:13:25 for Israel
00:13:25 --> 00:13:25 because there was
00:13:25 --> 00:13:26 12 tribes.
00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 So this is a picture
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29 of all of the people
00:13:29 --> 00:13:30 of Israel
00:13:30 --> 00:13:31 being able to eat
00:13:31 --> 00:13:32 food with God.
00:13:33 --> 00:13:34 In God's home
00:13:34 --> 00:13:36 where he rules
00:13:36 --> 00:13:38 where he shows
00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 justice and mercy
00:13:39 --> 00:13:40 he's also got food
00:13:40 --> 00:13:41 for his people.
00:13:42 --> 00:13:43 He has a home
00:13:43 --> 00:13:44 a family for them.
00:13:46 --> 00:13:47 It's a wonderful picture
00:13:47 --> 00:13:48 of a meal
00:13:48 --> 00:13:49 in the presence
00:13:49 --> 00:13:50 of God
00:13:50 --> 00:13:51 because this
00:13:51 --> 00:13:53 this is the point
00:13:53 --> 00:13:54 of knowing Jesus.
00:13:54 --> 00:13:55 This is the point
00:13:55 --> 00:13:56 of Christianity.
00:13:57 --> 00:13:57 We don't become
00:13:57 --> 00:13:58 Christians just
00:13:58 --> 00:13:59 to not go to hell
00:13:59 --> 00:14:00 or just to
00:14:00 --> 00:14:01 live forever.
00:14:02 --> 00:14:03 The joy
00:14:03 --> 00:14:03 of being a Christian
00:14:03 --> 00:14:05 is that we get
00:14:05 --> 00:14:06 invited to the
00:14:06 --> 00:14:07 best table
00:14:07 --> 00:14:07 in town.
00:14:08 --> 00:14:09 We get to
00:14:09 --> 00:14:10 share a meal
00:14:10 --> 00:14:11 with God himself.
00:14:12 --> 00:14:13 It's what we long
00:14:13 --> 00:14:14 for.
00:14:14 --> 00:14:16 The third piece
00:14:16 --> 00:14:17 of furniture
00:14:17 --> 00:14:19 here is a lampstand.
00:14:19 --> 00:14:19 It was designed
00:14:19 --> 00:14:21 to look like
00:14:21 --> 00:14:21 the tree of life
00:14:21 --> 00:14:22 but it also
00:14:22 --> 00:14:24 provides light.
00:14:24 --> 00:14:25 It's this really
00:14:25 --> 00:14:26 warm,
00:14:26 --> 00:14:27 lovely image
00:14:27 --> 00:14:28 that it's a
00:14:28 --> 00:14:29 brightly lit,
00:14:30 --> 00:14:30 warm,
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31 welcoming home
00:14:31 --> 00:14:32 to have a meal
00:14:32 --> 00:14:33 with God.
00:14:34 --> 00:14:35 It is a lamp.
00:14:36 --> 00:14:36 It's a place
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00:14:37 --> 00:14:39 and life.
00:14:40 --> 00:14:41 Once this
00:14:41 --> 00:14:41 tabernacle
00:14:41 --> 00:14:41 is built,
00:14:42 --> 00:14:43 the table,
00:14:43 --> 00:14:44 the lampstand,
00:14:45 --> 00:14:46 to be in it.
00:14:47 --> 00:14:48 God's home
00:14:48 --> 00:14:48 is open
00:14:48 --> 00:14:49 for mercy
00:14:49 --> 00:14:50 at the ark
00:14:50 --> 00:14:51 and for fellowship
00:14:51 --> 00:14:52 with him,
00:14:52 --> 00:14:53 with the table,
00:14:54 --> 00:14:55 with the light.
00:14:56 --> 00:14:57 It's a wonderful
00:14:57 --> 00:14:58 picture
00:14:58 --> 00:14:59 of home.
00:15:00 --> 00:15:01 And these pieces
00:15:01 --> 00:15:01 of furniture
00:15:01 --> 00:15:03 which might just
00:15:03 --> 00:15:03 look like really
00:15:03 --> 00:15:04 expensive pieces
00:15:04 --> 00:15:05 of furniture
00:15:05 --> 00:15:05 but they are
00:15:05 --> 00:15:06 actually all
00:15:06 --> 00:15:07 signposts
00:15:07 --> 00:15:07 to our home.
00:15:08 --> 00:15:09 They reflect
00:15:09 --> 00:15:09 where our home
00:15:09 --> 00:15:11 was in the garden
00:15:11 --> 00:15:12 and they show
00:15:12 --> 00:15:13 us the way
00:15:13 --> 00:15:13 back
00:15:13 --> 00:15:15 because they
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16 all point
00:15:16 --> 00:15:16 to Jesus.
00:15:17 --> 00:15:18 John chapter
00:15:18 --> 00:15:18 1,
00:15:19 --> 00:15:20 the word
00:15:20 --> 00:15:20 became flesh
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00:15:21 --> 00:15:22 his dwelling
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00:15:24 --> 00:15:25 Jesus came
00:15:25 --> 00:15:25 and dwelt
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00:15:26 --> 00:15:27 Dwelt
00:15:27 --> 00:15:27 is the same
00:15:27 --> 00:15:28 word as
00:15:28 --> 00:15:28 tabernacle.
00:15:29 --> 00:15:29 So John
00:15:29 --> 00:15:30 literally says
00:15:30 --> 00:15:31 Jesus came
00:15:31 --> 00:15:32 and tabernacled.
00:15:32 --> 00:15:33 Jesus came
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00:15:33 --> 00:15:34 with us.
00:15:36 --> 00:15:37 He is our
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00:15:39 --> 00:15:40 is the
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00:15:42 --> 00:15:42 God
00:15:42 --> 00:15:43 made
00:15:43 --> 00:15:45 his home
00:15:45 --> 00:15:45 among us
00:15:45 --> 00:15:45 in the
00:15:45 --> 00:15:46 person of
00:15:46 --> 00:15:46 Jesus
00:15:46 --> 00:15:47 so he
00:15:47 --> 00:15:48 could bring
00:15:48 --> 00:15:48 us home.
00:15:50 --> 00:15:50 If the
00:15:50 --> 00:15:51 ark is
00:15:51 --> 00:15:51 where God
00:15:51 --> 00:15:52 reached down
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00:15:53 --> 00:15:53 the earth,
00:15:53 --> 00:15:54 Jesus is
00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 the full
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00:15:56 --> 00:15:56 of that.
00:15:57 --> 00:15:57 The ark
00:15:57 --> 00:15:58 was the
00:15:58 --> 00:15:58 place that
00:15:58 --> 00:15:59 we come
00:15:59 --> 00:15:59 under God's
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00:16:01 --> 00:16:01 Jesus
00:16:01 --> 00:16:01 is the
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 true ark
00:16:02 --> 00:16:03 because he
00:16:03 --> 00:16:04 is the
00:16:04 --> 00:16:04 place,
00:16:05 --> 00:16:05 he is the
00:16:05 --> 00:16:06 king who
00:16:06 --> 00:16:07 rules right
00:16:07 --> 00:16:07 now.
00:16:08 --> 00:16:08 Jesus
00:16:08 --> 00:16:09 is the
00:16:09 --> 00:16:10 atonement
00:16:10 --> 00:16:11 cover over
00:16:11 --> 00:16:11 the stone
00:16:11 --> 00:16:12 tablets.
00:16:12 --> 00:16:13 He is
00:16:13 --> 00:16:13 that cover
00:16:13 --> 00:16:14 because in
00:16:14 --> 00:16:15 his death
00:16:15 --> 00:16:15 he says
00:16:15 --> 00:16:16 to us,
00:16:16 --> 00:16:17 I will
00:16:17 --> 00:16:17 cover your
00:16:17 --> 00:16:18 sin.
00:16:20 --> 00:16:20 Jesus
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00:16:21 --> 00:16:21 true bread.
00:16:22 --> 00:16:23 He said
00:16:23 --> 00:16:23 in John
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00:16:24 --> 00:16:25 I am
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00:16:26 --> 00:16:26 Whoever
00:16:26 --> 00:16:27 comes to
00:16:27 --> 00:16:27 me will
00:16:27 --> 00:16:28 never be
00:16:28 --> 00:16:28 hungry.
00:16:30 --> 00:16:30 He is
00:16:30 --> 00:16:31 the bread
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00:16:31 --> 00:16:31 celebrate
00:16:31 --> 00:16:32 in the
00:16:32 --> 00:16:32 Lord's
00:16:32 --> 00:16:33 Supper
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00:16:33 --> 00:16:34 get to
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00:16:36 --> 00:16:37 because of
00:16:37 --> 00:16:37 Jesus.
00:16:38 --> 00:16:39 He is
00:16:39 --> 00:16:40 the true
00:16:40 --> 00:16:40 lamp.
00:16:40 --> 00:16:40 Jesus
00:16:40 --> 00:16:41 again said
00:16:41 --> 00:16:41 in John
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00:16:42 --> 00:16:43 I am
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00:16:43 --> 00:16:44 world.
00:16:45 --> 00:16:45 He is
00:16:45 --> 00:16:46 the light
00:16:46 --> 00:16:46 so we
00:16:46 --> 00:16:47 can see
00:16:47 --> 00:16:47 the path
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00:16:48 --> 00:16:48 We can
00:16:48 --> 00:16:49 see our
00:16:49 --> 00:16:49 way to
00:16:49 --> 00:16:50 God
00:16:50 --> 00:16:50 because
00:16:50 --> 00:16:50 Jesus
00:16:50 --> 00:16:51 has opened
00:16:51 --> 00:16:52 our eyes.
00:16:53 --> 00:16:54 We all
00:16:54 --> 00:16:55 have a
00:16:55 --> 00:16:56 longing for
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00:16:57 --> 00:16:57 that is
00:16:57 --> 00:16:58 met for
00:16:58 --> 00:16:58 us in
00:16:58 --> 00:16:59 Jesus.
00:17:00 --> 00:17:00 He is
00:17:00 --> 00:17:01 our true
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00:17:02 --> 00:17:02 Every
00:17:02 --> 00:17:03 longing we
00:17:03 --> 00:17:04 have for
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00:17:04 --> 00:17:05 met in
00:17:05 --> 00:17:05 him.
00:17:06 --> 00:17:06 All
00:17:06 --> 00:17:06 these
00:17:06 --> 00:17:07 sign
00:17:07 --> 00:17:07 posts of
00:17:07 --> 00:17:07 the
00:17:07 --> 00:17:08 furniture
00:17:08 --> 00:17:08 and the
00:17:08 --> 00:17:09 tabernacle
00:17:09 --> 00:17:09 are pointing
00:17:09 --> 00:17:10 to
00:17:10 --> 00:17:10 Jesus.
00:17:12 --> 00:17:12 One
00:17:12 --> 00:17:12 of the
00:17:12 --> 00:17:13 early
00:17:13 --> 00:17:13 church
00:17:13 --> 00:17:14 fathers,
00:17:14 --> 00:17:14 Augustine,
00:17:14 --> 00:17:15 said,
00:17:15 --> 00:17:16 our hearts
00:17:16 --> 00:17:17 are restless
00:17:17 --> 00:17:18 until they
00:17:18 --> 00:17:19 find their
00:17:19 --> 00:17:20 rest in
00:17:20 --> 00:17:20 him.
00:17:22 --> 00:17:22 This
00:17:22 --> 00:17:23 picture is
00:17:23 --> 00:17:24 of the
00:17:24 --> 00:17:24 tabernacle.
00:17:25 --> 00:17:25 It's a
00:17:25 --> 00:17:25 picture of
00:17:25 --> 00:17:25 home.
00:17:27 --> 00:17:27 But it
00:17:27 --> 00:17:28 is not
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00:17:29 --> 00:17:30 It was a
00:17:30 --> 00:17:30 map.
00:17:31 --> 00:17:32 It's a
00:17:32 --> 00:17:33 map and a
00:17:33 --> 00:17:33 promise to
00:17:33 --> 00:17:34 a home.
00:17:34 --> 00:17:35 So our
00:17:35 --> 00:17:35 second point
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00:17:36 --> 00:17:37 we need
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00:17:40 --> 00:17:40 Because
00:17:40 --> 00:17:41 unfortunately
00:17:41 --> 00:17:43 we are
00:17:43 --> 00:17:43 blocked
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00:17:45 --> 00:17:46 God because
00:17:46 --> 00:17:46 of our
00:17:46 --> 00:17:46 sin.
00:17:49 --> 00:17:49 And this
00:17:49 --> 00:17:49 is built
00:17:49 --> 00:17:50 into the
00:17:50 --> 00:17:50 furniture of
00:17:50 --> 00:17:51 the tabernacle
00:17:51 --> 00:17:51 as well.
00:17:52 --> 00:17:52 From
00:17:52 --> 00:17:53 chapter 26,
00:17:53 --> 00:17:53 go and have
00:17:53 --> 00:17:54 a look at
00:17:54 --> 00:17:55 chapter 26
00:17:55 --> 00:17:55 of Exodus
00:17:55 --> 00:17:56 with me.
00:17:56 --> 00:17:56 Verse 31.
00:17:56 --> 00:18:07 At first
00:18:07 --> 00:18:08 glance we
00:18:08 --> 00:18:08 could think
00:18:08 --> 00:18:09 this sounds
00:18:09 --> 00:18:09 lovely.
00:18:09 --> 00:18:10 Purples and
00:18:10 --> 00:18:11 blue, royal
00:18:11 --> 00:18:13 colours, cherubim,
00:18:14 --> 00:18:14 angels.
00:18:14 --> 00:18:15 This is a
00:18:15 --> 00:18:16 delightful image
00:18:16 --> 00:18:16 for God's
00:18:16 --> 00:18:17 tabernacle.
00:18:17 --> 00:18:17 But we of
00:18:17 --> 00:18:18 course need to
00:18:18 --> 00:18:19 remind ourselves
00:18:19 --> 00:18:19 this is another
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 one of those
00:18:20 --> 00:18:20 Easter egg
00:18:20 --> 00:18:21 images that
00:18:21 --> 00:18:21 takes us
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00:18:21 --> 00:18:22 Genesis.
00:18:22 --> 00:18:27 In the
00:18:27 --> 00:18:28 exile, when
00:18:28 --> 00:18:29 God exiled
00:18:29 --> 00:18:29 us from
00:18:29 --> 00:18:30 our home,
00:18:30 --> 00:18:30 when he
00:18:30 --> 00:18:31 kicked us
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00:18:33 --> 00:18:34 he put a
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00:18:38 --> 00:18:39 a flaming
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00:18:40 --> 00:18:41 forth so we
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00:18:44 --> 00:18:45 Here again,
00:18:46 --> 00:18:46 God has
00:18:46 --> 00:18:47 placed a
00:18:47 --> 00:18:49 cherubim so
00:18:49 --> 00:18:49 that we
00:18:49 --> 00:18:50 can't enter
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00:18:50 --> 00:18:51 The cherubim
00:18:51 --> 00:18:52 is still
00:18:52 --> 00:18:52 blocking the
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00:18:55 --> 00:18:55 Not only
00:18:55 --> 00:18:56 that, the
00:18:56 --> 00:18:57 last piece
00:18:57 --> 00:18:57 of furniture
00:18:57 --> 00:18:57 we'll look
00:18:57 --> 00:18:58 at today
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00:18:59 --> 00:18:59 this out.
00:19:00 --> 00:19:00 It's an
00:19:00 --> 00:19:01 altar, described
00:19:01 --> 00:19:01 in chapter
00:19:01 --> 00:19:03 27 from
00:19:03 --> 00:19:03 verse 1.
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 Build an
00:19:05 --> 00:19:05 altar of
00:19:05 --> 00:19:06 acacia wood,
00:19:07 --> 00:19:07 three cubits
00:19:07 --> 00:19:08 high.
00:19:08 --> 00:19:09 It's to be
00:19:09 --> 00:19:10 square, five
00:19:10 --> 00:19:11 cubits long
00:19:11 --> 00:19:11 and five
00:19:11 --> 00:19:13 cubits wide.
00:19:13 --> 00:19:14 This is the
00:19:14 --> 00:19:15 largest of the
00:19:15 --> 00:19:15 pieces of
00:19:15 --> 00:19:16 furniture so
00:19:16 --> 00:19:16 far.
00:19:17 --> 00:19:17 The altar
00:19:17 --> 00:19:18 is here
00:19:18 --> 00:19:19 because it's
00:19:19 --> 00:19:20 the solution
00:19:20 --> 00:19:20 to getting
00:19:20 --> 00:19:21 back home.
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 The altar
00:19:23 --> 00:19:23 is where
00:19:23 --> 00:19:24 the sacrifices
00:19:24 --> 00:19:24 were placed.
00:19:25 --> 00:19:26 It's where
00:19:26 --> 00:19:27 the way back
00:19:27 --> 00:19:28 to God
00:19:28 --> 00:19:28 is now
00:19:28 --> 00:19:30 because of
00:19:30 --> 00:19:30 the blood
00:19:30 --> 00:19:31 of a
00:19:31 --> 00:19:31 sacrifice.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:33 There is
00:19:33 --> 00:19:34 so much
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00:19:34 --> 00:19:35 represented
00:19:35 --> 00:19:35 here in
00:19:35 --> 00:19:36 this picture
00:19:36 --> 00:19:36 of God's
00:19:36 --> 00:19:37 home.
00:19:37 --> 00:19:38 God's home
00:19:38 --> 00:19:39 starts with
00:19:39 --> 00:19:40 a courtyard
00:19:40 --> 00:19:43 and as
00:19:43 --> 00:19:43 a Jewish
00:19:43 --> 00:19:44 person would
00:19:44 --> 00:19:45 come in
00:19:45 --> 00:19:46 they would
00:19:46 --> 00:19:47 have
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00:19:47 --> 00:19:48 the altar
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00:19:49 --> 00:19:50 It dominated
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00:19:51 --> 00:19:52 It blocks
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00:19:54 --> 00:19:55 It blocks
00:19:55 --> 00:19:55 it not just
00:19:55 --> 00:19:56 physically,
00:19:56 --> 00:19:56 not as a
00:19:56 --> 00:19:57 large piece
00:19:57 --> 00:19:57 of furniture
00:19:57 --> 00:19:59 but symbolically.
00:20:00 --> 00:20:02 We deserve
00:20:02 --> 00:20:03 to die
00:20:03 --> 00:20:04 for our
00:20:04 --> 00:20:04 sins.
00:20:04 --> 00:20:05 I deserve
00:20:05 --> 00:20:05 to be excluded
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 from God's
00:20:06 --> 00:20:07 presence because
00:20:07 --> 00:20:08 I continue to
00:20:08 --> 00:20:09 rebel against
00:20:09 --> 00:20:09 him and reject
00:20:09 --> 00:20:10 him.
00:20:11 --> 00:20:12 But a
00:20:12 --> 00:20:13 sacrifice.
00:20:13 --> 00:20:14 An animal
00:20:14 --> 00:20:14 on that
00:20:14 --> 00:20:15 altar is
00:20:15 --> 00:20:16 placed and
00:20:16 --> 00:20:17 it dies.
00:20:18 --> 00:20:18 And this
00:20:18 --> 00:20:18 would have
00:20:18 --> 00:20:19 happened
00:20:19 --> 00:20:19 hundreds upon
00:20:19 --> 00:20:20 hundreds of
00:20:20 --> 00:20:20 times.
00:20:21 --> 00:20:22 But they
00:20:22 --> 00:20:22 are just
00:20:22 --> 00:20:23 pointers to
00:20:23 --> 00:20:24 God's
00:20:24 --> 00:20:24 solution to
00:20:24 --> 00:20:25 our sin.
00:20:27 --> 00:20:27 Ali is
00:20:27 --> 00:20:27 going to put
00:20:27 --> 00:20:28 an image on
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00:20:29 --> 00:20:30 in a moment.
00:20:31 --> 00:20:32 It's from
00:20:32 --> 00:20:33 the classic
00:20:33 --> 00:20:34 tale A
00:20:34 --> 00:20:34 Christmas
00:20:34 --> 00:20:35 Carol by
00:20:35 --> 00:20:35 Charles
00:20:35 --> 00:20:36 Dickens.
00:20:36 --> 00:20:36 There we
00:20:36 --> 00:20:37 go.
00:20:37 --> 00:20:38 Of a
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00:20:43 --> 00:20:44 his
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00:20:44 --> 00:20:44 actions.
00:20:45 --> 00:20:45 And there's
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 this one
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00:20:46 --> 00:20:47 the story
00:20:47 --> 00:20:47 where he's
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00:20:53 --> 00:20:54 It's warm,
00:20:54 --> 00:20:55 there's joy,
00:20:56 --> 00:20:56 you can imagine
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00:20:59 --> 00:20:59 but Scrooge
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00:21:00 --> 00:21:01 outside because
00:21:01 --> 00:21:02 of his life's
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00:21:03 --> 00:21:05 This picture
00:21:05 --> 00:21:06 is us
00:21:06 --> 00:21:06 without
00:21:06 --> 00:21:06 Jesus.
00:21:08 --> 00:21:09 Standing on
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00:21:14 --> 00:21:14 God.
00:21:15 --> 00:21:15 The meal is
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00:21:16 --> 00:21:17 bright lights,
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00:21:21 --> 00:21:22 The altar
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00:21:33 --> 00:21:34 so close
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00:21:37 --> 00:21:38 Thanks,
00:21:38 --> 00:21:38 Allie.
00:21:39 --> 00:21:39 Jesus would
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00:21:42 --> 00:21:42 On the
00:21:42 --> 00:21:43 night before
00:21:43 --> 00:21:43 Jesus died,
00:21:43 --> 00:21:44 he said in
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00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 my father's
00:21:46 --> 00:21:46 house has
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 many rooms.
00:21:48 --> 00:21:48 If that were
00:21:48 --> 00:21:49 not so,
00:21:49 --> 00:21:50 would I have
00:21:50 --> 00:21:50 told you that
00:21:50 --> 00:21:51 I'm going
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00:21:52 --> 00:21:52 you?
00:21:54 --> 00:21:54 Jesus was
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00:21:58 --> 00:21:59 Jesus is
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00:22:00 --> 00:22:00 altar,
00:22:01 --> 00:22:01 the sacrifice
00:22:01 --> 00:22:02 to end
00:22:02 --> 00:22:02 all
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 sacrifices.
00:22:03 --> 00:22:03 And when
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 he's dying
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 on the
00:22:05 --> 00:22:05 cross,
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 listen to
00:22:06 --> 00:22:06 what happens
00:22:06 --> 00:22:06 from Matthew
00:22:06 --> 00:22:07 27.
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09 When Jesus
00:22:09 --> 00:22:09 had cried
00:22:09 --> 00:22:10 out again
00:22:10 --> 00:22:11 in a loud
00:22:11 --> 00:22:11 voice,
00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 he gave
00:22:12 --> 00:22:13 up his
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00:22:14 --> 00:22:14 At that
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00:22:14 --> 00:22:15 the curtain
00:22:15 --> 00:22:15 of the
00:22:15 --> 00:22:16 temple was
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00:22:17 --> 00:22:18 top to
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00:22:19 --> 00:22:19 As Jesus
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00:22:22 --> 00:22:22 now the
00:22:22 --> 00:22:22 temple in
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00:22:23 --> 00:22:24 the furniture
00:22:24 --> 00:22:25 is radically
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00:22:26 --> 00:22:26 God,
00:22:27 --> 00:22:28 Jesus in
00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 his death
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00:22:30 --> 00:22:31 He has
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00:22:32 --> 00:22:33 curtain is
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00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 Home with
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00:22:38 --> 00:22:39 now open.
00:22:41 --> 00:22:41 If you
00:22:41 --> 00:22:42 are far
00:22:42 --> 00:22:42 from God,
00:22:43 --> 00:22:44 longing for
00:22:44 --> 00:22:44 him,
00:22:45 --> 00:22:45 come home to
00:22:45 --> 00:22:46 him today.
00:22:47 --> 00:22:48 The light is
00:22:48 --> 00:22:48 on,
00:22:49 --> 00:22:50 God is
00:22:50 --> 00:22:50 there,
00:22:50 --> 00:22:51 the meal is
00:22:51 --> 00:22:51 laid out.
00:22:53 --> 00:22:54 God calls
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00:22:56 --> 00:22:56 to eat with
00:22:56 --> 00:22:57 him.
00:22:57 --> 00:22:58 And if
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 you feel
00:22:59 --> 00:22:59 far from
00:22:59 --> 00:22:59 him,
00:23:00 --> 00:23:00 don't let
00:23:00 --> 00:23:01 the feelings
00:23:01 --> 00:23:02 shout louder
00:23:02 --> 00:23:02 than what
00:23:02 --> 00:23:03 hangs above
00:23:03 --> 00:23:03 the home.
00:23:03 --> 00:23:04 It says,
00:23:04 --> 00:23:04 welcome
00:23:04 --> 00:23:05 home.
00:23:07 --> 00:23:08 The
00:23:08 --> 00:23:08 furniture,
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 the way
00:23:10 --> 00:23:11 the tabernacle
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00:23:13 --> 00:23:14 God.
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 We all
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 have a
00:23:17 --> 00:23:17 longing for
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00:23:18 --> 00:23:18 of us.
00:23:20 --> 00:23:20 Even when
00:23:20 --> 00:23:21 we are home,
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00:23:22 --> 00:23:22 people,
00:23:22 --> 00:23:22 we can still
00:23:22 --> 00:23:24 feel homesick.
00:23:24 --> 00:23:25 homesick.
00:23:25 --> 00:23:27 Why are we
00:23:27 --> 00:23:27 still homesick?
00:23:27 --> 00:23:28 Why can we
00:23:28 --> 00:23:28 be longing
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00:23:31 --> 00:23:31 everything?
00:23:32 --> 00:23:33 What about
00:23:33 --> 00:23:34 if I was to
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00:23:35 --> 00:23:36 ideal dream,
00:23:36 --> 00:23:36 I'm going to
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00:23:40 --> 00:23:41 and the
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00:23:43 --> 00:23:44 fireplace,
00:23:45 --> 00:23:45 and I've
00:23:45 --> 00:23:46 got everything.
00:23:46 --> 00:23:47 Why do I
00:23:47 --> 00:23:48 still feel
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49 like something
00:23:49 --> 00:23:49 is missing?
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 There's still
00:23:51 --> 00:23:52 a longing for
00:23:52 --> 00:23:53 something else.
00:23:54 --> 00:23:56 God has
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00:23:59 --> 00:24:00 only satisfied
00:24:00 --> 00:24:01 in our
00:24:01 --> 00:24:01 heavenly home.
00:24:03 --> 00:24:03 The
00:24:03 --> 00:24:03 tabernacle
00:24:03 --> 00:24:04 points to
00:24:04 --> 00:24:04 it.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:05 Jesus would
00:24:05 --> 00:24:07 rip the
00:24:07 --> 00:24:07 doors off
00:24:07 --> 00:24:08 their hinges
00:24:08 --> 00:24:08 so we
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 could get
00:24:09 --> 00:24:09 into this
00:24:09 --> 00:24:09 home.
00:24:11 --> 00:24:12 Don't risk
00:24:12 --> 00:24:12 chasing
00:24:12 --> 00:24:13 anything else
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14 this side
00:24:14 --> 00:24:14 of that
00:24:14 --> 00:24:15 home,
00:24:15 --> 00:24:17 because this
00:24:17 --> 00:24:17 side of
00:24:17 --> 00:24:17 heaven,
00:24:17 --> 00:24:18 we can't
00:24:18 --> 00:24:18 be home.
00:24:20 --> 00:24:20 We are
00:24:20 --> 00:24:21 foreigners
00:24:21 --> 00:24:22 in a distant
00:24:22 --> 00:24:23 land,
00:24:23 --> 00:24:23 all of us.
00:24:24 --> 00:24:25 And so
00:24:25 --> 00:24:25 when we
00:24:25 --> 00:24:26 lift our
00:24:26 --> 00:24:26 eyes to
00:24:26 --> 00:24:27 our true
00:24:27 --> 00:24:27 home in
00:24:27 --> 00:24:28 heaven,
00:24:28 --> 00:24:28 and long
00:24:28 --> 00:24:29 for home,
00:24:30 --> 00:24:30 we grow in
00:24:30 --> 00:24:31 faith,
00:24:31 --> 00:24:31 we grow in
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00:24:33 --> 00:24:34 each step
00:24:34 --> 00:24:35 of the way
00:24:35 --> 00:24:35 when we
00:24:35 --> 00:24:36 realise that
00:24:36 --> 00:24:37 what we have
00:24:37 --> 00:24:37 now is just
00:24:37 --> 00:24:38 temporary,
00:24:38 --> 00:24:38 what we'll
00:24:38 --> 00:24:39 have with
00:24:39 --> 00:24:39 God will be
00:24:39 --> 00:24:40 permanent
00:24:40 --> 00:24:40 forever.
00:24:43 --> 00:24:43 I heard a
00:24:43 --> 00:24:44 story about
00:24:44 --> 00:24:45 Americans
00:24:45 --> 00:24:46 living overseas,
00:24:46 --> 00:24:47 and at
00:24:47 --> 00:24:48 Thanksgiving time,
00:24:48 --> 00:24:48 one of the
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49 largest of
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50 their celebrations,
00:24:50 --> 00:24:51 they would
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 come together
00:24:52 --> 00:24:53 and cook
00:24:53 --> 00:24:54 the bird
00:24:54 --> 00:24:54 that was
00:24:54 --> 00:24:55 closest to
00:24:55 --> 00:24:55 a turkey
00:24:55 --> 00:24:56 to celebrate.
00:24:57 --> 00:24:57 Now,
00:24:57 --> 00:24:57 I don't
00:24:57 --> 00:24:58 really understand
00:24:58 --> 00:24:58 this,
00:24:58 --> 00:24:59 I've never
00:24:59 --> 00:24:59 had a turkey
00:24:59 --> 00:24:59 that was
00:24:59 --> 00:25:00 any good.
00:25:01 --> 00:25:02 I had some
00:25:02 --> 00:25:02 North Americans
00:25:02 --> 00:25:03 this morning
00:25:03 --> 00:25:03 say,
00:25:03 --> 00:25:03 well,
00:25:03 --> 00:25:04 you've never
00:25:04 --> 00:25:04 had it
00:25:04 --> 00:25:04 cooked right,
00:25:05 --> 00:25:05 we'll cook
00:25:05 --> 00:25:05 it right
00:25:05 --> 00:25:06 for you.
00:25:07 --> 00:25:07 Look,
00:25:07 --> 00:25:08 I'll try
00:25:08 --> 00:25:08 it.
00:25:09 --> 00:25:10 Maybe that
00:25:10 --> 00:25:11 sense of
00:25:11 --> 00:25:12 home is
00:25:12 --> 00:25:13 finding a
00:25:13 --> 00:25:15 particular type
00:25:15 --> 00:25:15 of food from
00:25:15 --> 00:25:16 the region
00:25:16 --> 00:25:16 where you
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 grew up in.
00:25:18 --> 00:25:19 My
00:25:19 --> 00:25:19 grandmother
00:25:19 --> 00:25:20 used to cook
00:25:20 --> 00:25:20 Yorkshire
00:25:20 --> 00:25:21 puddings
00:25:21 --> 00:25:21 with a
00:25:21 --> 00:25:21 Sunday
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 roast
00:25:22 --> 00:25:22 with gravy
00:25:22 --> 00:25:23 and there's
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 just something
00:25:24 --> 00:25:24 about that
00:25:24 --> 00:25:25 meal that
00:25:25 --> 00:25:25 calls to
00:25:25 --> 00:25:25 home.
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 So I
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 love it
00:25:26 --> 00:25:27 when my
00:25:27 --> 00:25:27 wife makes
00:25:27 --> 00:25:27 it,
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 it's
00:25:28 --> 00:25:28 wonderful.
00:25:30 --> 00:25:30 The reality
00:25:30 --> 00:25:31 is that
00:25:31 --> 00:25:33 for us,
00:25:33 --> 00:25:34 we are
00:25:34 --> 00:25:35 not home,
00:25:35 --> 00:25:35 we are
00:25:35 --> 00:25:36 exiles,
00:25:36 --> 00:25:36 we are
00:25:36 --> 00:25:37 foreigners
00:25:37 --> 00:25:37 here.
00:25:38 --> 00:25:39 And God
00:25:39 --> 00:25:40 came camping,
00:25:41 --> 00:25:41 he came
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42 tabernacling
00:25:42 --> 00:25:42 with us,
00:25:43 --> 00:25:43 temporarily
00:25:43 --> 00:25:45 pointing us
00:25:45 --> 00:25:46 to home.
00:25:47 --> 00:25:47 He camped
00:25:47 --> 00:25:48 with us,
00:25:48 --> 00:25:49 he was with
00:25:49 --> 00:25:49 us in the
00:25:49 --> 00:25:49 tabernacle,
00:25:49 --> 00:25:51 he was
00:25:51 --> 00:25:51 with us
00:25:51 --> 00:25:52 in Jesus
00:25:52 --> 00:25:53 and he
00:25:53 --> 00:25:54 is calling
00:25:54 --> 00:25:54 us home
00:25:54 --> 00:25:56 because this
00:25:56 --> 00:25:57 is not
00:25:57 --> 00:25:57 our home.
00:25:58 --> 00:25:59 This is
00:25:59 --> 00:25:59 not final.
00:26:00 --> 00:26:01 This is
00:26:01 --> 00:26:01 just temporary
00:26:01 --> 00:26:02 and we can
00:26:02 --> 00:26:03 easily get
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 distracted
00:26:03 --> 00:26:04 thinking that
00:26:04 --> 00:26:04 the temporary
00:26:04 --> 00:26:05 is the
00:26:05 --> 00:26:06 permanent
00:26:06 --> 00:26:06 but it
00:26:06 --> 00:26:07 is not.
00:26:08 --> 00:26:09 This is
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 just temporary.
00:26:10 --> 00:26:11 Far better
00:26:11 --> 00:26:12 to live
00:26:12 --> 00:26:12 knowing
00:26:12 --> 00:26:14 that what
00:26:14 --> 00:26:14 we have
00:26:14 --> 00:26:15 right now
00:26:15 --> 00:26:15 is just
00:26:15 --> 00:26:16 for a
00:26:16 --> 00:26:16 season
00:26:16 --> 00:26:17 but we
00:26:17 --> 00:26:18 are expats,
00:26:18 --> 00:26:18 we are
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 foreigners
00:26:19 --> 00:26:19 waiting
00:26:19 --> 00:26:20 to go
00:26:20 --> 00:26:20 home.
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 And that's
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 what we
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 do when
00:26:22 --> 00:26:22 we gather.
00:26:23 --> 00:26:24 We celebrate
00:26:24 --> 00:26:25 the God
00:26:25 --> 00:26:25 that is
00:26:25 --> 00:26:26 calling us
00:26:26 --> 00:26:26 home.
00:26:27 --> 00:26:27 We celebrate
00:26:27 --> 00:26:28 that we
00:26:28 --> 00:26:28 are not
00:26:28 --> 00:26:29 home yet.
00:26:29 --> 00:26:29 So let me
00:26:29 --> 00:26:30 encourage you,
00:26:30 --> 00:26:31 sign up
00:26:31 --> 00:26:32 to have a
00:26:32 --> 00:26:32 meal with
00:26:32 --> 00:26:33 people next
00:26:33 --> 00:26:33 week.
00:26:35 --> 00:26:35 That we can
00:26:35 --> 00:26:36 celebrate
00:26:36 --> 00:26:37 with people
00:26:37 --> 00:26:38 that God
00:26:38 --> 00:26:38 is calling
00:26:38 --> 00:26:39 us to
00:26:39 --> 00:26:39 a home.
00:26:39 --> 00:26:40 We can
00:26:40 --> 00:26:40 do that
00:26:40 --> 00:26:40 just like
00:26:40 --> 00:26:41 the Americans
00:26:41 --> 00:26:41 do with
00:26:41 --> 00:26:41 Thanksgiving
00:26:41 --> 00:26:42 but a far
00:26:42 --> 00:26:43 better meal
00:26:43 --> 00:26:43 because it's
00:26:43 --> 00:26:44 anything other
00:26:44 --> 00:26:44 than turkey.
00:26:45 --> 00:26:46 Sign up
00:26:46 --> 00:26:46 to be
00:26:46 --> 00:26:46 in a
00:26:46 --> 00:26:47 community
00:26:47 --> 00:26:47 group,
00:26:48 --> 00:26:49 to be
00:26:49 --> 00:26:49 journeying
00:26:49 --> 00:26:50 with brothers
00:26:50 --> 00:26:50 and sisters
00:26:50 --> 00:26:52 every week,
00:26:53 --> 00:26:54 reminding
00:26:54 --> 00:26:54 ourselves that
00:26:54 --> 00:26:55 we are not
00:26:55 --> 00:26:56 home here.
00:26:58 --> 00:26:59 We are
00:26:59 --> 00:26:59 together,
00:26:59 --> 00:27:00 exiles in a
00:27:00 --> 00:27:01 foreign land,
00:27:02 --> 00:27:03 waiting until
00:27:03 --> 00:27:03 we get home.
00:27:04 --> 00:27:04 Let me pray
00:27:04 --> 00:27:05 for us.
00:27:06 --> 00:27:07 Heavenly
00:27:07 --> 00:27:07 Father,
00:27:07 --> 00:27:08 I thank you
00:27:08 --> 00:27:10 that you
00:27:10 --> 00:27:11 have come
00:27:11 --> 00:27:11 and dwelt
00:27:11 --> 00:27:12 with us,
00:27:12 --> 00:27:13 first of all
00:27:13 --> 00:27:14 in the
00:27:14 --> 00:27:14 garden,
00:27:14 --> 00:27:15 then in
00:27:15 --> 00:27:15 the
00:27:15 --> 00:27:15 tabernacle.
00:27:16 --> 00:27:16 Lord,
00:27:16 --> 00:27:16 thank you
00:27:16 --> 00:27:17 so much
00:27:17 --> 00:27:17 that you
00:27:17 --> 00:27:18 were with
00:27:18 --> 00:27:20 us when
00:27:20 --> 00:27:20 Jesus came
00:27:20 --> 00:27:21 and dwelt
00:27:21 --> 00:27:21 with us.
00:27:22 --> 00:27:22 Father,
00:27:22 --> 00:27:23 I thank you
00:27:23 --> 00:27:23 so much
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 that Jesus
00:27:24 --> 00:27:24 has now
00:27:24 --> 00:27:25 gone to
00:27:25 --> 00:27:25 be with
00:27:25 --> 00:27:25 you,
00:27:25 --> 00:27:26 to rip
00:27:26 --> 00:27:27 those doors
00:27:27 --> 00:27:27 off the
00:27:27 --> 00:27:28 hinges so
00:27:28 --> 00:27:28 that we
00:27:28 --> 00:27:29 can be
00:27:29 --> 00:27:29 with you,
00:27:29 --> 00:27:29 so that we
00:27:29 --> 00:27:30 can enter
00:27:30 --> 00:27:30 into your
00:27:30 --> 00:27:31 presence,
00:27:31 --> 00:27:32 that we
00:27:32 --> 00:27:32 can have
00:27:32 --> 00:27:33 home with
00:27:33 --> 00:27:33 you.
00:27:36 --> 00:27:36 Lord,
00:27:36 --> 00:27:37 lift our
00:27:37 --> 00:27:38 eyes to
00:27:38 --> 00:27:38 that home.
00:27:39 --> 00:27:39 Help us
00:27:39 --> 00:27:40 to long
00:27:40 --> 00:27:40 for that
00:27:40 --> 00:27:41 home and
00:27:41 --> 00:27:41 not for
00:27:41 --> 00:27:42 the temporary
00:27:42 --> 00:27:42 things of
00:27:42 --> 00:27:43 this world,
00:27:43 --> 00:27:43 Lord.
00:27:44 --> 00:27:44 Pray this
00:27:44 --> 00:27:45 in your
00:27:45 --> 00:27:45 son's
00:27:45 --> 00:27:45 name of
00:27:45 --> 00:27:45 your
00:27:45 --> 00:27:46 glory.
00:27:46 --> 00:27:47 Amen.
00:27:52 --> 00:27:53 Isn't it
00:27:53 --> 00:27:53 wonderful we
00:27:53 --> 00:27:54 have a