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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.21,0:00:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ theme music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.54,0:00:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.40,0:00:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an in-depth, interactive study
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.89,0:00:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.12,0:00:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're making our way through {\i1}The Psalms,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.42,0:00:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a collection of inspired Scripture songs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.57,0:00:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today, {\i1}Longing for God in Zion.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.98,0:00:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.22,0:00:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I long to be closer to God,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.83,0:00:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my heart to be steadfast in Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.68,0:00:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll talk about {\i1}Longing for God in Zion{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.22,0:00:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today on Hope Sabbath School,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.91,0:00:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're glad you joined us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.35,0:00:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good to see you again, team.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.98,0:00:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you wave to everybody?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.60,0:00:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People all around the world, 200 countries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.67,0:00:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joining us for Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.54,0:00:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see who's joining us remotely.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.26,0:00:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sabina, great to have you with us again.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.49,0:00:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Gleny, good to have you with us,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.36,0:01:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gleny; we're glad you're here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.05,0:01:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Tricia Lee, good to see you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.29,0:01:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love Tricia Lee's double-handed wave.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.16,0:01:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like we're really excited
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.60,0:01:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study the Word of God together.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.57,0:01:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're glad that you're with us, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.03,0:01:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know you can't wave back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.74,0:01:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to us right now, but you can write to us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.93,0:01:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at sshope@hopetv.org.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.82,0:01:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell us how you're blessed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.30,0:01:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a study of the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.07,0:01:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I want to just thank those
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.12,0:01:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have written to us recently,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.92,0:01:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing with us how God's blessed you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.63,0:01:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here are a couple of notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.16,0:01:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ruth writes to us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.34,0:01:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the beautiful country of Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.79,0:01:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says, "I appreciate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.29,0:01:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the committed Hope Sabbath School class
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.44,0:01:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Word of God is studied
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.74,0:01:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and analyzed in a way we can understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.94,0:01:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You make it clear
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.13,0:01:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God loves us all..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.57,0:01:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.91,0:01:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "...and is calling us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.63,0:01:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of who we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.40,0:01:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we come from, to believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.87,0:02:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repent in Jesus' name."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.36,0:02:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, that's it, Ruth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.74,0:02:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for writing to us from Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.38,0:02:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God loves all
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.24,0:02:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His children, doesn't He?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.13,0:02:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a note from Joe in California
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.81,0:02:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States of America.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.59,0:02:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like this note; Joe says,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.20,0:02:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Great program, decent people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.40,0:02:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning about the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.67,0:02:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Christian religion
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.17,0:02:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a calm, fun way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.60,0:02:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of those television preachers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.53,0:02:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who scream and demand money or else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.10,0:02:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the best religious shows
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.89,0:02:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on television, Hope Sabbath School."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.42,0:02:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.42,0:02:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "Keep up the great work."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.27,0:02:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Joe, we'd like to meet you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.87,0:02:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You tell it like it is; I can tell that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.98,0:02:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're glad you're part
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.49,0:02:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Hope Sabbath School family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.31,0:02:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, we want
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.50,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to always be pointing people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.86,0:02:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Jesus, right, and we don't
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.54,0:02:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to scream to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.36,0:02:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a hand-written note
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.92,0:02:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a donor in Pennsylvania
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.34,0:03:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States, and the donor
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.44,0:03:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writes and says, "I don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.02,0:03:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I'd do without Hope Channel,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.54,0:03:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Hope Sabbath School is my favorite.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.78,0:03:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some of the other programs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.29,0:03:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are great, too, like "Wake Up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.94,0:03:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Hope" in the morning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.27,0:03:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Story Encounters," and that's great.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.49,0:03:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm 85 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.79,0:03:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm pretty much confined
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.66,0:03:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my place of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.43,0:03:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God has kept my body
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.80,0:03:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fairly good working order;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.81,0:03:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm blessed that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.22,0:03:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take care, love you all,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.07,0:03:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a donation of 120 dollars to bless
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.88,0:03:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the global evangelistic media ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.12,0:03:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hope Sabbath School.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.37,0:03:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, donor from Pennsylvania.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.67,0:03:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.26,0:03:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's a very cute picture
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.73,0:03:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the bottom of your note
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.12,0:03:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a puppy dog (probably doesn't\Nbelong to you),
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.64,0:03:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but thank you for being part
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.27,0:03:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Hope Sabbath School family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.54,0:03:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One last note, from Helen
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.40,0:03:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Philippines; we have a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.11,0:03:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Hope Sabbath School members
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.55,0:04:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Philippines.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.21,0:04:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Helen writes and says, "I love to see
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.17,0:04:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the host and everyone willing and eager
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.36,0:04:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share their understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.100,0:04:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Word of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.63,0:04:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, I have to tell you, Helen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.70,0:04:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are like 10 hands raised
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.31,0:04:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time; it can be challenging,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.24,0:04:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we want it to be - what's the word?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.11,0:04:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) Interactive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.53,0:04:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) That's how it should be.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.37,0:04:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hope to listen to messages
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.29,0:04:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Bible every week
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.91,0:04:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be forever connected
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.62,0:04:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to God's Holy Word."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.97,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "I know I have my shortcomings,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.07,0:04:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know, like everyone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.22,0:04:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will be renewed by His Word
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.19,0:04:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and steadfast in the faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.78,0:04:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray that this ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.95,0:04:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will continue to grow
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.40,0:04:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inspire others to seek the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.92,0:04:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trust His Word. Amen."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.84,0:04:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.56,0:04:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, Amen, Helen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.84,0:04:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We agree with you, and we thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.88,0:04:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for writing to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.78,0:04:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know we have a special gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.37,0:04:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to just remind you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.09,0:04:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a collection of Scripture songs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.37,0:05:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my wife has put to music,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.05,0:05:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Trilogy Scripture Songs{\i0} from the Psalms.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.65,0:05:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a unique collection just for you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.41,0:05:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during this series on {\i1}The Psalms{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.76,0:05:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including our theme song.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.72,0:05:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can go to our website,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.44,0:05:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopetv.org/hopess and click
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.50,0:05:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Free Gift tab
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.33,0:05:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and download that collection,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.10,0:05:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can share it with other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.98,0:05:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless them by sharing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.43,0:05:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Scripture songs with them, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.43,0:05:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, one of them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.51,0:05:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the theme song from Psalm 105.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.19,0:05:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not going to sing it just yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.91,0:05:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so just hold on; I heard
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.08,0:05:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you starting to sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.82,0:05:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Psalm 105 begins with the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.60,0:05:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, give thanks to the Lord,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.75,0:05:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to share something
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.30,0:05:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very interesting with you today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.22,0:05:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One our team today, well, that's her name,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.01,0:05:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.22,0:05:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she's from a country and speaks
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.94,0:05:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mother tongue that many
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.71,0:05:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of you have never heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.45,0:06:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, please, camera, scan the team here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.10,0:06:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.49,0:06:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And try to guess who it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.90,0:06:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see, and the name is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.93,0:06:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.51,0:06:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the answer is, well, wave if it's you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.55,0:06:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Tendi; alright,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.15,0:06:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's zero in the camera on Tendi,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.31,0:06:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Tendi, well, tell us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.61,0:06:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you got your name.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.64,0:06:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I want you to read for us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.46,0:06:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Psalm 105, the first three verses
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.56,0:06:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your mother tongue,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.01,0:06:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I understand is Kalanga.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.79,0:06:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you get the name
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.96,0:06:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.46,0:06:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tendani in your mother tongue?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.57,0:06:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tendi) Thank you, Pastor Derek.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.32,0:06:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents gave me my name
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.98,0:06:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I came two months early.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.44,0:06:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a premature baby, and my mom
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.38,0:06:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was on bedrest for the remainder
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.42,0:06:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of her pregnancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.25,0:06:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I weighed 1.6 kilograms,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.51,0:06:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was 30 centimeters long.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.24,0:07:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they were just giving thanks to God
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.98,0:07:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.53,0:07:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, a year before, my mom
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.28,0:07:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had lost a baby, and now I came,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.60,0:07:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was scared whether or not
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.96,0:07:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would survive, but I did,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.40,0:07:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though I came two months early.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.14,0:07:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And for those who don't know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.92,0:07:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,30 centimeters, Tendi,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.45,0:07:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not very long, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.03,0:07:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here you were,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.22,0:07:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little precious bundle, and so they
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.53,0:07:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave you the name Tendani, which means?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.88,0:07:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tendi) "Oh, Give Thanks."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.29,0:07:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And could you read
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.54,0:07:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your mother tongue
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.57,0:07:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those three verses, maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.68,0:07:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first three verses of the Psalm
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.16,0:07:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that begins with your name?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.38,0:07:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tendi) And I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.69,0:08:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the [Kalanga Bible, Psalm 105:1-3:]:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.33,0:08:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I understood some of that!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.98,0:08:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yahweh," I heard the name of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.71,0:08:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, as Tendi was reading that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.46,0:08:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just thought, isn't it amazing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.08,0:08:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is going to call people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.37,0:08:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from every nation, kindred, {\i1}tongue,{\i0}\Nand people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tendi, we're glad you're part
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.38,0:08:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our Hope Sabbath School team.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.92,0:08:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.08,0:08:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of the group to sing in Kalanga
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.70,0:08:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that would be complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.53,0:08:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to sing in English
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.14,0:08:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a song which bears your name,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.81,0:08:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.87,0:08:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's sing it together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.47,0:08:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ music ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.05,0:10:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Let's call upon His name just now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.05,0:10:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father in Heaven, as we
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.62,0:10:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are studying Your Word today,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.60,0:10:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Longing for God in Zion,{\i0} I pray
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.72,0:10:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there would grow within our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.12,0:10:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deeper and yet deeper longing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.98,0:10:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for intimacy with You.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.83,0:10:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've loved us with an everlasting love,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.65,0:10:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and You invite us to spend eternity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.18,0:10:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a growing love relationship with You.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.01,0:10:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray by the Holy Spirit that You
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.59,0:10:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would guide our study today.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.06,0:10:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we thank You
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.16,0:10:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.83,0:10:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.59,0:10:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, I love that theme song.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.38,0:11:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know my wife has composed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.70,0:11:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 200 Scripture songs,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.19,0:11:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I just like that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.71,0:11:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know I'm waking up
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.44,0:11:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,singing that song now, which means
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.76,0:11:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been singing it through the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.96,0:11:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully not too loud,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.85,0:11:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a wonderful thing to give thanks
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.04,0:11:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Lord, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.12,0:11:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.85,0:11:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) One of the things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.09,0:11:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to give thanks to the Lord for,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.90,0:11:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we begin our study, is that God\Nwants us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.56,0:11:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in relationship with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.100,0:11:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's look at some testimonies
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.26,0:11:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of various psalmists who speak
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.100,0:11:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a longing for a devoted heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.59,0:11:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to ask Gleny
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.28,0:11:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you would begin our study today,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.97,0:11:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of our remote team members,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.07,0:11:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Psalm 84, and, Gleny, if you could read
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.87,0:11:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first four verses of this psalm
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.93,0:11:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the sons of Korah.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.01,0:11:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) And I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.34,0:11:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\Nand it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.85,0:12:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, I want to ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.32,0:12:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking when Gleny was reading,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.08,0:12:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did any of you sing that, part of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.16,0:12:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a choir when you were growing up?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.74,0:12:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's kind of a famous psalm, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.24,0:12:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been put to a choral piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.54,0:12:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let's keep reading because this is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.25,0:12:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sons of Korah composing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.18,0:12:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Tricia Lee, if you could continue
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.01,0:12:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading for us in this Scripture song
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.53,0:12:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the sons of Korah, verses 5
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.35,0:12:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through 9 of Psalm 84.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.14,0:12:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New\NKing James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.17,0:13:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And if it stopped there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.71,0:13:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd say it's an amazing Scripture song,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.63,0:13:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, Sabina, I'm going to ask you
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.22,0:13:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read the last three verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.90,0:13:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verses 10 through 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.38,0:13:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is actually one
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.36,0:13:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my favorite psalms, and how do
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.66,0:13:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sons of Korah end this Scripture song
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.18,0:13:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Psalm 84, verses 10 to 12?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.80,0:13:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) So, I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.20,0:13:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\Nand it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.68,0:14:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "O Lord of hosts, blessed
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.25,0:14:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the man," blessed is the woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.06,0:14:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blessed is the boy or girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.64,0:14:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"who trusts in You."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.66,0:14:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you heard the sons of Korah -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.05,0:14:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the way, remember
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.33,0:14:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their ancestor died in a rebellion,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.82,0:14:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't have to stay
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.24,0:14:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like our ancestors, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.79,0:14:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can be made new by the power of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.30,0:14:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.100,0:14:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) They're composing Scripture songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.01,0:14:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What resonates with your heart
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.79,0:14:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this Scripture song? Puia?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.97,0:14:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) I see a longing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.27,0:14:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in the sanctuary
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.04,0:14:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the temple of God
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.40,0:14:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just praising God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.79,0:14:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's the theme that I see here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.42,0:14:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Alright, anybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.88,0:14:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that connects with your heart?\NYes, Pedro.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.06,0:15:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) "I'd rather be a doorkeeper\Nin God's house
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.92,0:15:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to be with the wicked."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.69,0:15:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Yeah, just like, "Give me
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.26,0:15:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basic operation," you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.12,0:15:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be a doorkeeper "than dwell
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.99,0:15:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the tents of wickedness," right?\NTricia Lee.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.08,0:15:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) I love in verse 6 it mentions
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.03,0:15:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Valley of Baca, which can
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.54,0:15:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also be translated the "Valley
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.78,0:15:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Weeping," but it says that God
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.08,0:15:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turns it into a spring.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.39,0:15:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I like to think of that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.05,0:15:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a spring of joy or even a spring
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.76,0:15:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of blessing, that God can take our pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.99,0:15:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sorrow, our dark periods,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.24,0:15:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take us from weeping
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.58,0:15:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a spring of blessings.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.15,0:15:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can turn our situations around.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.46,0:15:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Beautiful, let's go to Psalm 63.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.40,0:15:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are several of the psalmists
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.37,0:15:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who express a longing for God,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.68,0:15:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Psalm 63, we find
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.10,0:15:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another testimony, and I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.74,0:15:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a psalm of David, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.71,0:15:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's interesting, Gladys,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.20,0:15:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you could take us and look
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.29,0:15:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the first four verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.86,0:16:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's writing this in the wilderness
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.99,0:16:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Judah, which means he's
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.21,0:16:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably running from King Saul, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.98,0:16:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the midst of that, let's see
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.98,0:16:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the commitment he makes in Psalm 63:1-4.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.09,0:16:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gladys) And I'm reading
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.24,0:16:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New International Version,\Nand it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.04,0:16:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Do you see the earnestness
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.66,0:16:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in the psalmist?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.71,0:16:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kylynda, if you could keep reading
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.44,0:16:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verses 6 through 8, still in Psalm 63,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.03,0:17:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a psalm of David.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.71,0:17:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kylynda) I'll read
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.63,0:17:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version, verse 6:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.84,0:17:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "Come close to me," I mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.56,0:17:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if God's right hand, and, Pedro,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.98,0:17:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you often talk about the imagery
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.58,0:17:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Psalms, right, so you say
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.42,0:17:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe this isn't literal, but speaking
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.51,0:17:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about that kind of proximity,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.71,0:17:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does it tell us?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.42,0:17:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The intimacy of God, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.93,0:17:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's an immanent God; He's not far away
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.67,0:17:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if His right hand is supporting us.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.50,0:17:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But probably one of the best known psalms
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.34,0:17:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that speaks about a longing for God,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.12,0:17:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geoffrey, if you could go...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.74,0:17:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is probably one
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.70,0:17:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many people could sing,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.04,0:18:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different musical arrangements,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.57,0:18:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.60,0:18:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see, again the sons of Korah,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.26,0:18:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they describe a longing for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.60,0:18:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Gladys has already started singing,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.34,0:18:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you could read it for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.73,0:18:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Geoffrey) 142?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.09,0:18:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.98,0:18:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Geoffrey) Oh, Psalm 42.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.28,0:18:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) 42, verses 1 and 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.96,0:18:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is another psalm
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.86,0:18:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the sons of Korah, yearning for God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.05,0:18:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of distresses.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.86,0:18:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.86,0:18:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Geoffrey) Okay, I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.40,0:18:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the English Standard Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.42,0:18:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And one last, and then I'm going
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.36,0:18:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give you the chance to share,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.91,0:19:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one last reference, Psalm 143,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.66,0:19:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verses 6 through 8, and, Samantha,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.83,0:19:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you'd read that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.06,0:19:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us, please, Psalm 143:6-8.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.26,0:19:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're getting a common theme,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.78,0:19:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just one of the psalmists
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.16,0:19:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but different authors of the Psalms.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.79,0:19:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does your Bible read
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.97,0:19:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Psalm 143, verses 6 to 8?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.41,0:19:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Samantha) I'll read
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.44,0:19:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.80,0:19:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, I want to ask a question:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.56,0:19:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are your thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.99,0:20:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about such an earnest longing for God?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.27,0:20:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are your thoughts, anybody?\NYes, Gleny.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.69,0:20:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) I'm sure many of you
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.44,0:20:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have experienced this, but when you
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.31,0:20:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,care for someone or you generally enjoy
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.82,0:20:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone's companionship or company,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.45,0:20:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't matter where you are
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.95,0:20:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what you are doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.04,0:20:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be the most menial task
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.58,0:20:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even the strangest mission,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.70,0:20:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just having them around
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.62,0:20:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is such a pleasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.72,0:20:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in all of this you can see David
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.44,0:20:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sons of Korah and everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.96,0:20:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explaining that same amount
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.06,0:20:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of appreciation they have
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.55,0:20:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the company of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.24,0:20:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, I appreciate you sharing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.25,0:20:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a confession to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.61,0:20:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Gleny was saying that,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.01,0:20:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was thinking about when I'm separated
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.48,0:20:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my wife and coming back
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.13,0:20:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be with her, even if we're
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.38,0:20:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,washing dishes or doing something,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.98,0:20:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forget what word Gleny used,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.75,0:21:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but something kind of menial, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.32,0:21:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just being together.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.07,0:21:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I love that image:
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.30,0:21:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stretch out my hands to you. Samantha.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.53,0:21:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Samantha) For me, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.68,0:21:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like an S.O.S. call, just to depict
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.68,0:21:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our dire dependence on God.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.53,0:21:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like when Peter, when he was sinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.53,0:21:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all he had time to say
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.63,0:21:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was, "Lord, save me."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.20,0:21:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's how I get that...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.27,0:21:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Okay, it's an S.O.S., but it's
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.16,0:21:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually something that he wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.54,0:21:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do every day, right, "cause me
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.40,0:21:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hear Your lovingkindness."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.31,0:21:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have 17 hands raised right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.95,0:21:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is an important topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.45,0:21:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to get to everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.02,0:21:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Short responses, yeah, how do you relate
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.16,0:21:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that deep longing?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.49,0:21:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gladys) I like that verse in Psalm 42
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.38,0:21:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the deer, so I went online,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.38,0:21:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I researched what does it mean
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.59,0:21:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a deer pants for the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.64,0:21:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it means when a mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.07,0:21:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mother deer, when she has a baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.69,0:21:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she cannot move because she has
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.15,0:21:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the baby close to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.79,0:22:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she makes this sound
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.50,0:22:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she longs for the water
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.67,0:22:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she cannot reach.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.29,0:22:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's exactly how, that desperation
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.99,0:22:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God wants us to have for Him...
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.30,0:22:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) That's a new insight to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.98,0:22:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gladys) Yeah, that it's
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.13,0:22:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like a need, that He wants us
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.31,0:22:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be like the part that moves
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.47,0:22:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole body towards Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.98,0:22:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Kylynda.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.84,0:22:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kylynda) Earnest longing is intentional.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.82,0:22:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not dictated by the circumstance
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.09,0:22:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even the feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.76,0:22:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, David is running away;
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.00,0:22:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not a great circumstance.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.07,0:22:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 42, the psalmist is depressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.84,0:22:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Psalm 143, the psalmist is anxious,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.41,0:22:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's intentional.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.27,0:22:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) It's intentional and it's
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.89,0:22:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not dependent on the circumstance,\Nas you're saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.61,0:22:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I want to give someone else
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.55,0:22:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's raised their hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.70,0:22:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but answer another question
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.98,0:22:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've got to move on.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.59,0:22:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I see Sabina waving to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.10,0:22:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see another hand raised,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.81,0:22:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, Sabina, help me with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.93,0:22:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know the answer
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.28,0:22:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you will give, but who has
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.97,0:23:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,modeled for you, someone who has
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.34,0:23:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an earnest longing for God?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.63,0:23:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us may not have grown up
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.73,0:23:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with someone like that very close to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.69,0:23:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did you find someone
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.93,0:23:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really modeled that for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.50,0:23:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you said, "I'm catching a glimpse
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.79,0:23:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what that looks like," what we've
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.70,0:23:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been reading about in the Psalms?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.20,0:23:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) Derek, I'm thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.53,0:23:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some experiences I had in my church
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.54,0:23:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in Brazil, I know,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.53,0:23:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my teenage years
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.77,0:23:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up until I was 26, 27.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.11,0:23:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very involved in a ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.84,0:23:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that involved worship and creative arts.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.68,0:23:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had lots of children
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.53,0:23:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were part of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.07,0:23:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me, it was always very inspiring
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.98,0:23:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see the way that they
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.15,0:23:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were experiencing God, in that they
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.94,0:23:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would also be able to express
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.54,0:23:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their praise, in their art,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.92,0:23:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their poetry, the ways
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.52,0:23:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which they saw God work in their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.14,0:23:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for me, even though they were
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.53,0:23:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,younger than I, in some ways that was
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.38,0:24:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,modeling to me some sort
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.78,0:24:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of pure longing to God
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.58,0:24:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that marked my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.17,0:24:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Isn't that beautiful?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.70,0:24:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little boys and girls become mentors.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.58,0:24:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said we have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.64,0:24:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become like the little children,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.32,0:24:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just that earnest longing for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.94,0:24:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone else, who really modeled
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.04,0:24:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that for you? Yes, Puia.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.10,0:24:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) Pastor Derek, I would say one
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.07,0:24:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the people who have modeled
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.66,0:24:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a good example for me is you, actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.15,0:24:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having worked with you
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.32,0:24:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside and outside of the studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.70,0:24:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really appreciate
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.06,0:24:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the life that you live.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.74,0:24:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Well, I'm desperate for God,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.78,0:24:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we all know where
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.61,0:24:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would be without Him, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.23,0:24:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, "As the deer pants," new insight,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.76,0:24:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hhuh, hhuh," for the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.11,0:24:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so pants my soul for you, O God."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.51,0:24:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I have a question for you:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.84,0:24:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this deep longing for God
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.28,0:25:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that can be developed?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.12,0:25:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You used the word intentional, Kylynda.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.00,0:25:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, is it a gift from God?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.85,0:25:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, wait, that kind of intimacy...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.09,0:25:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the answer?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.44,0:25:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think, Pedro?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.05,0:25:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) Looking toward society today,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.41,0:25:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity searches for God,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.79,0:25:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unfortunately many of them
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.79,0:25:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seek God in things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.47,0:25:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of His presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.68,0:25:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think God has put in our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.41,0:25:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the desire for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.26,0:25:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, that would be
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.49,0:25:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a gift, then, wouldn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.75,0:25:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, Kylynda, let me come back
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.18,0:25:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the word intentional, because I think
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.09,0:25:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pedro makes a really good point,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.20,0:25:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're, like, dead
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.14,0:25:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in trespasses and sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.36,0:25:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so God calls us as a gift?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.87,0:25:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does our intentionality come in?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.98,0:25:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kylynda) It's both.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.100,0:25:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Pedro mentioned, it's a gift
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.50,0:25:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from God in that initial spark,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.50,0:25:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we read in Psalm 84, they said
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.01,0:25:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the person is blessed "whose heart
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.67,0:25:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is set on pilgrimage."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.47,0:25:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there has to be...you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.86,0:25:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is desiring towards us,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.48,0:26:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we have to accept that
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.98,0:26:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seek His face as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.94,0:26:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I wish we could stay here longer,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.91,0:26:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm going to have to ask us
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.71,0:26:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move to Psalm 122,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.34,0:26:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because part of longing for God
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.50,0:26:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in the time of the children of Israel
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.16,0:26:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was going up to the house of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.14,0:26:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want to look at that,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.60,0:26:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then we want to ask ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.24,0:26:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does that mean for us today?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.37,0:26:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Tendi, if you could take us there
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.79,0:26:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Psalm 122 and read
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.52,0:26:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first nine verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.81,0:26:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to notice what emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.42,0:26:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the worshipers experience as they're
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.34,0:26:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going up to the house of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.34,0:26:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tendi) And I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.63,0:26:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the English Standard Version,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.54,0:26:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 122, verses 1 to 9,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.57,0:26:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A Song of Ascents. Of David," verse 1:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.59,0:27:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, they're going up, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.57,0:27:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally because Jerusalem's
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.28,0:28:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at about 2,500-feet elevation,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.66,0:28:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Mount Zion is mount, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.23,0:28:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so going up and they're rejoicing.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.47,0:28:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it about the house of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.66,0:28:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is so precious
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.09,0:28:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the believers, anybody?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.27,0:28:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, it's not just a nice building, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.73,0:28:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, go on a tour and see
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.51,0:28:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nice construction.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.84,0:28:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very impressive
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.42,0:28:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it was destroyed, but what was it,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.98,0:28:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Puia, about the house of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.01,0:28:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made it so special?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.55,0:28:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) I believe the presence of God
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.84,0:28:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the main thing that attracted them.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.78,0:28:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything that the Israelites did
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.100,0:28:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the sanctuary, or their lives
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.86,0:28:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the bigger picture, revolves
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.12,0:28:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the sanctuary service.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.66,0:28:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I believe David is glad, as he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.12,0:28:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was glad when they said, 'Let us go
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.26,0:28:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the house of God,'" because there you
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.20,0:28:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can experience the presence of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.67,0:28:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Before they even built a temple,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.56,0:29:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where did the presence
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.98,0:29:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord dwell, do you remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.40,0:29:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gladys) In the sanctuary.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.65,0:29:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) In the tabernacle, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.12,0:29:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how did the Lord reveal His presence?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.50,0:29:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sabina, do you remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.76,0:29:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did the Lord reveal His presence
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.34,0:29:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when it was a tent or a tabernacle
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.26,0:29:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wilderness?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.33,0:29:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) Yes, there was special furniture
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.73,0:29:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rituals that had been
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.01,0:29:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the sanctuary, so definitely one
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.41,0:29:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the places where the Bible says
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.03,0:29:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He was revealing or expressing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.70,0:29:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His presence was in the Ark
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.38,0:29:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Covenant where, for instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.58,0:29:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Law of God was kept.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.85,0:29:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think for them, the rejoicing also
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.99,0:29:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of going to Zion or going to the temple
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.24,0:29:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it was built, I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.26,0:29:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was also involved with the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.28,0:29:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had to partake
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.13,0:29:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sacrificial system that God
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.90,0:29:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had implemented as a reminder
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.22,0:29:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His forgiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.12,0:29:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for us it is now pointing to Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.30,0:30:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I imagine back in their day also
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.14,0:30:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a memorial of the availability
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.19,0:30:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of pardon from God, that God was willing
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.28,0:30:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to forgive and renew
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.55,0:30:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their relationship with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.62,0:30:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, I just want to focus
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.18,0:30:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here first, you mentioned the furniture,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.19,0:30:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but between the cherubim
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.69,0:30:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the most holy place of the tabernacle,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.62,0:30:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was it called, John, do you remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.76,0:30:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The visible presence of God, the glory \Nof God was called the...?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.49,0:30:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(John) Shekinah Glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.55,0:30:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) The Shekinah Glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.86,0:30:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, the glory of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.11,0:30:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while no one could look upon that,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.20,0:30:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a curtain there, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.21,0:30:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was undoubtedly visible,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.67,0:30:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though covered, the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.78,0:30:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they built the temple, how was
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.41,0:30:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glory of God revealed in the temple,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.67,0:30:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solomon's temple, do you remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.35,0:30:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gladys) Glory of the Lord filled\Nthe temple with smoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.96,0:30:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) At the dedication, the glory\Nof the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.20,0:30:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled the temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.95,0:31:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interestingly, the temple was destroyed,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.30,0:31:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rebuilt, and then refurbished by Herod,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.41,0:31:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but never is there an account of the glory
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.60,0:31:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord filling that temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.55,0:31:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When did the glory of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.40,0:31:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fill the temple that we call the temple
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.44,0:31:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the time of Herod?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.18,0:31:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) When Jesus came in.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.58,0:31:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) The glory of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.96,0:31:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filled the temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.15,0:31:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we don't have the temple today.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.87,0:31:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have a tabernacle
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.11,0:31:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.47,0:31:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we don't have a place where you
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.10,0:31:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can say, "Why are you
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.12,0:31:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking so happy, Tendi?"
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.34,0:31:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I'm going to the house\Nof the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.37,0:31:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'd be happy; I'd see
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.76,0:31:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very visible presence
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.17,0:31:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.84,0:31:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, help me, Tricia Lee, if you would,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.85,0:31:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where is the house
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.94,0:31:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord for us today?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.24,0:31:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it a geographic location?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.67,0:31:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it an experience?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.02,0:31:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think, so that you can
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.97,0:31:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say to me, "Derek, I'm glad when they
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.20,0:31:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell me, 'Let's go to the house\Nof the Lord.'"?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.44,0:31:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you say?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.99,0:32:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) I'd say it's both,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.46,0:32:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know that the Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.57,0:32:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom we have not met as yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.46,0:32:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dwells in the throne room in Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.55,0:32:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but through the power of the Holy Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.90,0:32:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God can dwell in our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.51,0:32:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we're also told in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.83,0:32:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, "Know ye not that ye are
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.69,0:32:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the temple of God," and so the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.49,0:32:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can live in us as we accept Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.15,0:32:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we get that "down payment,"\Nif you would,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.50,0:32:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.95,0:32:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can be living temples
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.87,0:32:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for His glory, so I say it's both.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.80,0:32:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Tricia Lee, you made my head spin,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.81,0:32:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've never thought of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.23,0:32:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if God dwells in my heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.55,0:32:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ makes His home with me -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.14,0:32:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "We will come to you
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.95,0:32:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Holy Spirit" - that means
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.79,0:32:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I spend time with the One
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.80,0:32:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who dwells with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.91,0:32:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am in the house of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.35,0:32:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whew, that made my head spin. Pedro.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.74,0:33:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) We've been looking here
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.22,0:33:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the house of God as not only telling us
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.20,0:33:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we long for Him, but He also longs
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.22,0:33:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us, to be with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.95,0:33:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see here, through the symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.62,0:33:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the tabernacle, God longed
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.82,0:33:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be with us, and through the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.95,0:33:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He longs for us to be with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.69,0:33:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also be together
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.56,0:33:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we preach the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.06,0:33:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.91,0:33:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being given to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.92,0:33:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can finish the work through Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.28,0:33:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can be with Him forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.41,0:33:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Okay, I see Gleny, I see
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.66,0:33:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your hand raised, and Sabina, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.58,0:33:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me just ask a question,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.17,0:33:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can a church where we go to worship
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.89,0:33:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each week be the house of the Lord for us?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.52,0:33:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.05,0:33:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) But not automatically, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.74,0:33:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it could be,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.05,0:33:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're meeting God there.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.34,0:33:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see many hands raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.93,0:33:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to go to Gleny and Sabina first
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.30,0:33:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then come back to the studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.91,0:33:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gleny, talk to me about where the house
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.100,0:34:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord is for us today.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.16,0:34:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) I was just about to give
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.81,0:34:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a comment on that, too, where God
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.63,0:34:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is seen in our midst whenever there is
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.92,0:34:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a congregation of believers,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.84,0:34:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in Matthew 18, verse 20, it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.33,0:34:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just gathering for no reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.01,0:34:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when we are like-minded,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.84,0:34:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see that in the book of Acts, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.95,0:34:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people laid their differences aside,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.08,0:34:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came together and had
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.90,0:34:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Holy Spirit work with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.48,0:34:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see God was in their midst.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.24,0:34:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) That's a powerful thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.91,0:34:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It suggests that the house of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.17,0:34:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't have to be a physical building.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.83,0:34:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be when the Lord is in our midst.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.75,0:34:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sabina, you want to add to that?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.82,0:34:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's the house
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.63,0:34:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Lord for us today?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.40,0:34:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) Yes, what I want to add is that I
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.63,0:34:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just think it's so beautiful that God
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.41,0:34:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes sure not to attach that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.98,0:35:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily to a geographic place
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.33,0:35:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a time or a country,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.15,0:35:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it's accessible
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.85,0:35:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to any person in any time.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.29,0:35:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even our church buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.60,0:35:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we treasure, and they are
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.06,0:35:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important also, the places for gathering
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.97,0:35:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we can invite people together,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.18,0:35:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they unfortunately can become,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.05,0:35:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Jesus mentioned back in the day
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.09,0:35:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their temple, "a den of robbers,"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.95,0:35:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right, like a place where there is
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.57,0:35:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no glory or presence of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.46,0:35:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are not personally seeking God
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.92,0:35:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the true temple that is ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.48,0:35:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, even those places where we gather,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.58,0:35:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's important that we primarily develop
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.48,0:35:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that personal relationship with Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.29,0:35:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we come to share about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.35,0:35:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because just being in a building
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.34,0:35:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of God
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.71,0:35:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't really grant that He is
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.47,0:35:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,willing to be there - well, He is willing,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.85,0:35:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that He will be there
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.02,0:35:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't allow it.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.12,0:35:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, there's so much more
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.66,0:35:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could share about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.37,0:35:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but certainly we would agree
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.19,0:36:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we come into God's presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.39,0:36:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's personal worship
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.43,0:36:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Spirit dwelling in our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.68,0:36:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in a group of two or three,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.72,0:36:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can experience joy when we come
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.68,0:36:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the house of the Lord, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.20,0:36:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely we can.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.62,0:36:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is also in the Psalms
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.53,0:36:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reference to the significance
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.69,0:36:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a specific geographic location.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.98,0:36:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to just take a moment to look
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.35,0:36:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Mount Zion and what the significance
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.78,0:36:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Mount Zion is in salvation history.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.43,0:36:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Geoffrey, if you could take us
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.46,0:36:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Psalm 87 and read
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.91,0:36:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first three verses,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.10,0:36:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to look
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.19,0:36:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at four psalms together that speak
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.92,0:36:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the significance
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.95,0:36:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jerusalem and Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.18,0:36:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Geoffrey) Okay, I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.84,0:36:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the English Standard Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.02,0:37:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And if, John, you could read
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.75,0:37:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following that in Psalm 48, verses 1 to 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.20,0:37:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hear the theme, "Glorious things of you
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.70,0:37:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are spoken, Zion, city of our God."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.10,0:37:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it about that location?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.71,0:37:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(John) I'm reading
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.58,0:37:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the English Standard Version,\Nit reads:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.50,0:37:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Alright, what about Psalm 46,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.48,0:37:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kylynda, if you could read
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.77,0:37:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first seven verses of Psalm 46.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.73,0:37:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there are lots of thoughts here,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.50,0:37:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're listening for the significance
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.31,0:38:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this location, Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.65,0:38:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.19,0:38:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And one last passage,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.78,0:38:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pedro, if you could read
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.99,0:38:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 125, verses 1 and 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.11,0:39:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pedro) I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.33,0:39:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.85,0:39:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psalm 125, verse 1, says:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.16,0:39:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, we're up there
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.42,0:39:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the mountains, and there is Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.77,0:39:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's more significance
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.26,0:39:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just that it's
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.20,0:39:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the capital city, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.30,0:39:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it {\i1}is{\i0} the capital up there;
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.09,0:39:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jerusalem is there, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.82,0:39:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's something more significant
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.63,0:39:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about that geographic location.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.61,0:39:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody do a scan
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.34,0:39:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Book of Beginnings;
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.08,0:39:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's called Genesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.38,0:39:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have to read the whole story,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.38,0:39:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a patriarch, what was his name...?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.04,0:39:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Abraham.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.78,0:39:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) ...Abraham, first called Abram,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.78,0:40:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after having a son is called Abraham,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.45,0:40:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is told to go to a specific location.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.37,0:40:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody tell me the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.76,0:40:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, Gladys, tell us the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.47,0:40:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, if people would like
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.03,0:40:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read it, it's there in Genesis 22.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.09,0:40:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Abraham is told to go
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.57,0:40:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a specific location,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.84,0:40:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what is he told to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.60,0:40:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gladys) Well, God promised to give him
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.72,0:40:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a son, and after the son is born,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.44,0:40:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God tells him, "Go to Mount Moriah
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.92,0:40:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sacrifice him there for Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.62,0:40:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Abraham believed in God,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.27,0:40:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though this was
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.37,0:40:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this child of the promise,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.22,0:40:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he went to Mount Moriah
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.55,0:40:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to follow what God said.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.49,0:40:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God delivered him.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.37,0:40:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God tested him, and he proved faithful,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.15,0:40:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God provided for Himself a sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.01,0:40:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And if you've read the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.79,0:40:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to encourage you if you're
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.56,0:40:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing this story for the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.33,0:40:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read in Genesis 22,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.92,0:41:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what evidences were there, anyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.14,0:41:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was trusting God,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.12,0:41:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this sounds like something
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.04,0:41:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God would not ask him to do, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.46,0:41:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that was something the pagans did;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.29,0:41:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they sacrificed their sons and daughters.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.50,0:41:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asked him to be {\i1}willing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.62,0:41:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lay everything down.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.39,0:41:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But can you remember the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.86,0:41:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any evidences of faith, John?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.46,0:41:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(John) In verse 5, Abraham talks
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.97,0:41:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to his servants and he says:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.27,0:41:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I like my Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.41,0:41:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says, "We will return," we will return.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.44,0:41:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was another place,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.59,0:41:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're walking along;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.67,0:41:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Puia, do you remember, and Isaac says,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.33,0:41:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait a minute, father,"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.08,0:41:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a paraphrase, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.63,0:41:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait a minute, father, we've got\Nthe wood and the fire..."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.86,0:41:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) "Where is the sacrifice, the lamb?"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.96,0:41:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "Where's the sacrifice, father?"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.11,0:41:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, Puia, do you remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.47,0:41:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just from memory, the story?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.58,0:42:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does Abraham respond to his son?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.62,0:42:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) I believe he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:02.83,0:42:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Lord will provide."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.12,0:42:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "The Lord will
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.18,0:42:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provide a sacrifice,"
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.71,0:42:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so here's this word of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.61,0:42:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, by the way, in the book of Hebrews,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.72,0:42:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it says he believed that if necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.08,0:42:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God would raise his son
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.44,0:42:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the dead, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.29,0:42:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they get to the mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.59,0:42:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the mountain "that you
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.15,0:42:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be shown," but it is Mount Moriah.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.95,0:42:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, some scholars argue, is Mount Moriah
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.99,0:42:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mount Zion the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.49,0:42:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they're right in the same vicinity;
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.75,0:42:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's right in the same cluster
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.37,0:42:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right there; it's that location.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.99,0:42:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody tell me what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.62,0:42:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he raises the knife - he's willing.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.32,0:42:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Samantha) The Angel called out...
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.98,0:42:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Samantha, tell me what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.85,0:42:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He raises the knife
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.17,0:42:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sacrifice his son Isaac...?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.34,0:42:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Samantha) Verses 11 [and 12]:
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.74,0:43:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I imagine him using
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.06,0:43:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my favorite Hebrew word...
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.98,0:43:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if they were
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.21,0:43:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking Hebrew back then,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.49,0:43:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they were, "Hallelujah,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.96,0:43:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,praise the name of Yahweh."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.65,0:43:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was willing to lay everything down
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.34,0:43:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Lord asked him to, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.19,0:43:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That mountain is where, as Samantha
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.80,0:43:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just read, it was told,\N"The Lord will..."?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.87,0:43:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) "...provide."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.23,0:43:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Do you know what that is,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.83,0:43:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody, in Hebrew?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.62,0:43:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Jehovah Jireh.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.05,0:43:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Yeah, Yahweh Yireh
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.79,0:43:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Jehovah Jireh, "The Lord Will Provide."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.22,0:43:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was pointing forward to what event
Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.57,0:43:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would happen on the same mountain?!
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.96,0:43:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Crucifixion of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.24,0:43:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) The crucifixion of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:51.84,0:43:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go to the story, and, John, if you
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.28,0:43:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could begin reading.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.65,0:43:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll have several of you read.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.58,0:44:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we could take Matthew, Mark,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.10,0:44:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke or John, but we're going
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.54,0:44:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Gospel of Mark, chapter 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.42,0:44:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want you to think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.81,0:44:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking here about {\i1}Longing{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.63,0:44:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}for God in Zion,{\i0} and I'm thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.01,0:44:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we read this, of the admonition,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.59,0:44:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It would be good for us to spend
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.19,0:44:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thoughtful hour each day
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.21,0:44:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contemplating the life of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.96,0:44:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the closing scenes."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.49,0:44:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we're going to read some
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.85,0:44:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the closing scenes.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.73,0:44:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ought to then say, "Oh, I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.49,0:44:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking to Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.91,0:44:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm looking to the place where God will,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.16,0:44:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now God {\i1}has,{\i0} provided," right?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.64,0:44:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's start in Mark, chapter 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.48,0:44:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verses 16 through 20, John.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.95,0:44:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(John) Mark 15, verses 16 to 20,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.43,0:44:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the English Standard Version reads:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.34,0:45:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Tricia Lee, if you could
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.90,0:45:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,follow on for us in verses 21 to 26.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.49,0:45:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart is already saying, "Oh, God,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.24,0:45:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what Jesus suffered for us."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.72,0:45:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read on in the story, if you'd read
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.21,0:45:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us verses 21 to 26 of Mark 15.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.30,0:45:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New\NKing James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.83,0:46:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, here is an amazing part
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.50,0:46:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the story, a man named Simon comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.30,0:46:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, did you notice
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.95,0:46:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it tells us his two sons' names?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.67,0:46:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would it tell us
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.84,0:46:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the names of his two sons?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.09,0:46:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does it even tell us his name?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.29,0:46:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except, on that mountain his life
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.56,0:47:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was transformed, and he became
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.61,0:47:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a follower of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.94,0:47:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something amazing happening
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.46,0:47:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.95,0:47:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to ask Sabina if you'd continue
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.25,0:47:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading - this is sacred space for us -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.10,0:47:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verses 27 to 32.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.35,0:47:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the mountain where it
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.50,0:47:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was prophesied 2,000 years earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.30,0:47:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Lord will provide."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.48,0:47:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the mountain where the temple
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.84,0:47:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once stood, and they looked to Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.54,0:47:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we're on Mount Zion,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.74,0:47:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what do we hear in verses 27 to 32?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.86,0:47:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.03,0:47:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version,\Nand it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.92,0:48:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) We talked about that one thief
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.74,0:48:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who said, "Lord, remember me,"
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.17,0:48:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at first it says even the {\i1}thieves,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.49,0:48:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both of them, reviled Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.46,0:48:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tendi, could you read the last portion
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.71,0:48:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our reading from Mark 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.75,0:48:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verses 33 to 39?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.09,0:48:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Tendi) And I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.39,0:48:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the English Standard Version,\NMark 15:33-39:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.03,0:50:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) It happened on the mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.18,0:50:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mountain where, 2,000 years earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:14.91,0:50:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the promise had been given,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.21,0:50:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Lord will provide."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.44,0:50:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what else happened
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.51,0:50:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the mountain, Puia,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.89,0:50:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,besides the sacrifice to take away
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.74,0:50:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sins of the world, that all
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.46,0:50:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who believe in Him might not perish
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.83,0:50:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have everlasting life?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.29,0:50:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What else happened on the mountain?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.17,0:50:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) That was also the place
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.62,0:50:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where He was resurrected.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.30,0:50:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was resurrected on the third day.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.22,0:50:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came back to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.03,0:50:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Let's go to Luke 23, if you
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.71,0:50:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could read the last verses
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.30,0:50:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of chapter 23 for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.62,0:50:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'm going to ask Gladys if you'd
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.77,0:50:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,read the first verses of chapter 24.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:49.90,0:50:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could read from many
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.00,0:50:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Gospel writers,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.57,0:50:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Luke 23, verses 50 to 56.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.23,0:50:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Puia) And I'll be reading
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.48,0:51:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New King James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:51:49.91,0:51:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) But the story is not over, Gladys.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.91,0:51:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you could pick up
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.87,0:51:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in chapter 24, verses 1
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.86,0:52:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through, let's see, maybe 1 through 8?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.99,0:52:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just remember, this is also happening
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.90,0:52:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the mountain where it was prophesied,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.90,0:52:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Lord will provide."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:08.73,0:52:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gladys) I am reading
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.79,0:52:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the New International Version,\Nand it says:
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.36,0:53:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) So, on the mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.41,0:53:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God provided through the death
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.52,0:53:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resurrection of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.14,0:53:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let me ask you, as Christians, and I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.11,0:53:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to ask Gleny a question here,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.51,0:53:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a follower of Jesus, we don't look
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.86,0:53:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a temple on a mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.99,0:53:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it mean to us as Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.36,0:53:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look to Mount Zion?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.68,0:53:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Gleny) I would assume that it means
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.42,0:53:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see how God has provided in the past
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.64,0:53:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provided for redemption
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.71,0:53:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to see that He is able to do
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.16,0:53:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same for us even today.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.59,0:53:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Okay, anybody else?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.25,0:53:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kylynda, to look to Mount Zion?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.01,0:53:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kylynda) The psalmists found joy
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.62,0:53:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.29,0:53:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people went from perplexion
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.100,0:53:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to joy as they gathered.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.97,0:53:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we look to Heaven, you know, the future
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.98,0:53:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we will one day be next to God,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.95,0:53:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there will be
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.88,0:54:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely no separation,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.06,0:54:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will also have joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.82,0:54:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) And that's kind of\Nlooking forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.82,0:54:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's good;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.66,0:54:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to look to the {\i1}New{\i0} Zion,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.84,0:54:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or New Jerusalem, but, Sabina,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.04,0:54:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by faith, looking, keeping my eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.21,0:54:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fixed on Mount Zion,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.79,0:54:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you think that means?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.56,0:54:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sabina) For me, it means looking
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.15,0:54:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to victory, you know, as we journey
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.90,0:54:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this life, as we walk
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.30,0:54:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the eternal Zion,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.41,0:54:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in the heavenly dwelling
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.24,0:54:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God for eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.58,0:54:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, in the meantime, just look
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.88,0:54:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.36,0:54:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that took place on this Mount Zion,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.02,0:54:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm reminded that Jesus wins,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.03,0:54:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, like He won it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.22,0:54:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just need to stay by Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.26,0:54:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's all good.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:44.60,0:54:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Isn't there a Bible text
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.16,0:54:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says, "Fixing our eyes..."?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.67,0:54:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek, Team) "...on Jesus, the author...
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.100,0:54:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) "...and finisher..."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.33,0:54:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) "...and perfecter," or finisher\N"of our faith."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.93,0:54:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To keep our eyes fixed on Mount Zion
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.80,0:55:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to say God provided all that we need
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.25,0:55:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Jesus, and I'm going
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.25,0:55:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep my attention focused there.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.34,0:55:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Kylynda is right, there is
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.43,0:55:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also a {\i1}New{\i0} Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.84,0:55:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is, if you will, a New Zion,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.02,0:55:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mountain of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.74,0:55:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is portrayed...and, Kylynda,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.17,0:55:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe as we close our study,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.74,0:55:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can read from Revelation,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.01,0:55:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 21, verses 1 to 4,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.08,0:55:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's talk about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.86,0:55:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of what happened
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.83,0:55:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Mount Zion 2,000 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.61,0:55:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have assurance of a blessed hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.04,0:55:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read to us Revelation 21:1-4.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.26,0:55:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.97,0:56:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) Praise God.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.90,0:56:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to speak to our Hope Sabbath School\Nfamily,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.74,0:56:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just want to say, that blessed hope
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.85,0:56:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens because of what happened
Dialogue: 0,0:56:47.80,0:56:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Jesus on Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.02,0:56:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happens because of what was
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.48,0:56:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promised through Abraham,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.06,0:56:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Lord will provide.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.29,0:56:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to encourage you to look
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.21,0:57:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what God has done
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.75,0:57:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Jesus, for you, so that you
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.44,0:57:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have the blessed hope
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.74,0:57:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being in that New Jerusalem
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.20,0:57:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spending eternity
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.35,0:57:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a God who loves you
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.50,0:57:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an immeasurable and unfailing love.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:13.28,0:57:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray together.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.26,0:57:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father in Heaven, thank You
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.35,0:57:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what Jesus accomplished on Mount Zion.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.66,0:57:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank You for the blessed hope
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.99,0:57:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have in Him even today.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.27,0:57:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.97,0:57:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Team) Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.96,0:57:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Derek) I want to encourage you,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.52,0:57:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dear friend, if you've never accepted
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.47,0:57:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what Jesus accomplished for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.52,0:57:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Lord {\i1}has{\i0} provided, trust Him today.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.63,0:57:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say, "Lord, will You save me,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.65,0:57:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I can have that blessed hope
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.82,0:57:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of eternity with You."
Dialogue: 0,0:57:44.87,0:57:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then don't keep it to yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.92,0:57:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go out and share that good news
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.32,0:57:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:50.75,0:58:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ theme music ♪