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<v Speaker 1>How did Israel become a nation, why are they God's

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<v Speaker 1>chosen nation, and why did God need a chosen nation

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<v Speaker 1>at all. We will talk about that on this week's

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<v Speaker 1>episode or the Faith by Reason podcast. Welcome to the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>So we are starting a new study on a new dispensation,

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth dispensation, and this is called the dispensation of

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<v Speaker 1>the Patriarchs. So as a bit of a history, the

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<v Speaker 1>dispensations are God's contrastive way of showing that his plan

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<v Speaker 1>for mankind is the only one that will work that

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<v Speaker 1>on his own, man will never choose God's way on

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<v Speaker 1>his own. And in order to prove that contrastively, God

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<v Speaker 1>comes up with successive scenarios wherein man is given a

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<v Speaker 1>choice to either choose God's way or his way, and

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<v Speaker 1>if a man, if man chooses his way over God's way,

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<v Speaker 1>then the dispensation fails and God has to move on

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<v Speaker 1>until again he's exhausted every reasonable opportunity to give man

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<v Speaker 1>a way to choose to be like God, to be

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<v Speaker 1>always a completely right in jest, by again, by choosing

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<v Speaker 1>to do it God's way, thereby earning his way into

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<v Speaker 1>heaven and the meaning of life. And once God has

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<v Speaker 1>exhausted all of those opportunities for man to do it

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<v Speaker 1>on his own, then God can justly implement his plan

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<v Speaker 1>for mankind, which of course is heaven. So in the

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<v Speaker 1>first dispensation you will find it. Actually, the first threedispensations

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<v Speaker 1>has something in common. They were all pretty open ended,

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<v Speaker 1>and they all dealt with man we're fairly individually, especially

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<v Speaker 1>the first two. In the first dispensation, the dispensation of innocence,

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<v Speaker 1>man was given a simple choice as to whether he

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<v Speaker 1>would believe in God or not, or choose God's way

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<v Speaker 1>or not, by whether or not man and woman would

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<v Speaker 1>choose to eat of the Tree of the knowledge of

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<v Speaker 1>good and evil or not. And of course they failed

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<v Speaker 1>that this sensation. They chose to eat the fruit and

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<v Speaker 1>disobey God. And when God confronted them, they chose to

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<v Speaker 1>justify themselves over God, and that dispensation failed. So in

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<v Speaker 1>the second dispensation, God took an opposite approach. Instead of

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<v Speaker 1>man being completely innocent with no knowledge of good and evil,

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<v Speaker 1>God gave man hundreds of years of life in order

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<v Speaker 1>to gain all the knowledge he could and to then

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<v Speaker 1>see if gaining lots of knowledge would cause man to

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<v Speaker 1>choose him, to choose God over himself. Of course, as always,

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<v Speaker 1>man failed, and by gaining knowledge, it didn't bring him

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<v Speaker 1>closer to God. It took him further away from God,

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<v Speaker 1>to the point where all of his thoughts were continually evil.

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<v Speaker 1>And then, of course we have the incident with the

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<v Speaker 1>nepheline and the genetic corruption which we talked about ad

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<v Speaker 1>nauseam earlier. Then in the third dispensation, God changed things again.

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<v Speaker 1>Instead of giving man a long time to gain knowledge,

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<v Speaker 1>God shortens man's life and controlled his life considerably and

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<v Speaker 1>gave him a sense of urgency and a sense of

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<v Speaker 1>community because because they have such a short time to

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<v Speaker 1>accomplish whatever they needed to accomplish and have to do

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<v Speaker 1>it fast and do it with intention. And this also

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<v Speaker 1>did not lead man closer to God. In fact, it

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<v Speaker 1>once again let man further away from God and to

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<v Speaker 1>the point where Man and Babel under the leadership of

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<v Speaker 1>Nimrod tried to erect a gateway Babel means gate to God,

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<v Speaker 1>a gateway to God in order to invade Heaven. So

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<v Speaker 1>it seemed that by giving man open ended opportunities to

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<v Speaker 1>choose himself or God, man kept getting worse and worse.

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<v Speaker 1>So then it would be unjust of God to continue

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<v Speaker 1>to do that. God would need to put a fourth

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<v Speaker 1>some actual guidance and some form of representation. Instead of

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<v Speaker 1>just letting man go on his own and hope that

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<v Speaker 1>man came to a sensus the right way and chose

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<v Speaker 1>God on his own, it seems that it would only

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<v Speaker 1>be fair and jest of God to give man some

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<v Speaker 1>type of direction, some type of direct guidance. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>and he begins to do that with the Age of

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<v Speaker 1>the Patriarchs. And now as a result of Babel, man

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<v Speaker 1>was divided into nations. Actually, according to the Bible, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll put the actual chapter in verse into the show notes,

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<v Speaker 1>man was divided into seventy nations. And you will see

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<v Speaker 1>in some translations where it says that when God divided

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<v Speaker 1>men into nations, he had divided them according to the

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<v Speaker 1>sons of Israel. Well, that's that's an incorrect interpretation. The

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<v Speaker 1>correct interpretation if you look at the original Hebrew, who

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<v Speaker 1>says that God divide the nations according to the number

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<v Speaker 1>of the Banai hi Alohem, the sons of God, not

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<v Speaker 1>the sons of Israel. Because if that were the case,

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<v Speaker 1>the Hebrew would have said the Banai Israel. But it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>It says the Bani high Alohem, the sons of God.

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<v Speaker 1>And as we found out several podcasts ago when we

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<v Speaker 1>looked at the second dispensation, but ni hih Alohem, the

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<v Speaker 1>sons of God are angelic beings. So God divided up

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<v Speaker 1>the nation by a number of angelic beings, beings who

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<v Speaker 1>he put over the nations. And that's one reason why

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<v Speaker 1>we know that it's not the sons of Israel. And

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<v Speaker 1>another reason why is because it wouldn't make any sense

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<v Speaker 1>because the sons of Israel didn't exist at the time

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<v Speaker 1>God divided the nations at the time of Babel. Israel

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<v Speaker 1>didn't exist because Israel, the twelve tribes of Israel, are

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<v Speaker 1>the sons of Jacob, and Jacob wouldn't even be born

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<v Speaker 1>for another couple hundred years. So God cannot divide the

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<v Speaker 1>nations by the numbers of the sons of Israel. They

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't even if they weren't even around. So why does

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible say that? Why was the Bible translated that way? Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>it's because it's one of the same reasons that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Bible scholars in the ancient Church bothers and

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<v Speaker 1>all those folk called the sons of God the sons

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<v Speaker 1>of Seth in Genesis chapter chapter six. We talked about

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<v Speaker 1>that before. Because they were embarrassed by the supernatural world view.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't have the supernatural world view and about Genesis six.

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<v Speaker 1>So instead of just taking it at face value that

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<v Speaker 1>these sons of God, the Beniah Eloheim angels had intercourse

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<v Speaker 1>with women and produce these odd creatures called nepheline, they

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<v Speaker 1>didn't like it. They didn't have that worldview. They were

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<v Speaker 1>embarrassed by it. So they inserted this false, ridiculous sons

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<v Speaker 1>of Seth theory. And because they also don't in this case,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want to consider the idea of the supernatural

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<v Speaker 1>idea that there are angelic beings that are over all

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<v Speaker 1>the different nations in the world, they decided to come

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<v Speaker 1>up with this idea of translating it as the sons

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<v Speaker 1>of Israel. But that's completely false. But we will talk

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<v Speaker 1>more about angelic beings being over the nations of a

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<v Speaker 1>few podcasts from now, so i'll just let that go there.

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<v Speaker 1>So the nations are all under angelic beings. But God

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to have his own nation to be an example

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<v Speaker 1>to the other nations, and so he wanted to In

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<v Speaker 1>order to start that nation, he needed to pick someone

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<v Speaker 1>to be the progeniture of it, and he picked a

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<v Speaker 1>man named Abrahm, who would later be known as Abraham.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to talk a ton about Abraham and

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<v Speaker 1>his history because I don't want to go too far

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<v Speaker 1>over time in this episode. I went way over almost

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<v Speaker 1>an hour in the last podcast, so sorry about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to try to keep this brief. In the

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<v Speaker 1>blog post that is attached to this podcast, I go

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<v Speaker 1>into quite a bit more detail, and I have reference

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<v Speaker 1>links to the entire story of Abraham, But just very briefly.

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<v Speaker 1>God goes to Abraham and he gives them a rather

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<v Speaker 1>spectacular promise, and i'll just quote it here a Genesis

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<v Speaker 1>twelve one to three. Now, God said to Abrahm, who

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<v Speaker 1>would become Abraham, get out of your country, from your

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<v Speaker 1>family and from your father's house to a land that

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<v Speaker 1>I will show you, and I will make you a

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<v Speaker 1>great nation, and I will bless you and make your

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<v Speaker 1>name great, and you shall be a blessing. And I

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<v Speaker 1>will bless those who bless you, and I will curse

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<v Speaker 1>those who curse you, and in you, all the families

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<v Speaker 1>of the earth shall be blessed. So that is not

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<v Speaker 1>only the promise to Abraham that is the parameter of

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<v Speaker 1>this dispensation. This is the litmus test for whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not the world, whether or not man will pass this dispensation,

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<v Speaker 1>is based on how he treats the nation that comes

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<v Speaker 1>from Abraham. So if these other nations in the world

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<v Speaker 1>they curse Abraham's family, his descendants, this new nation, then

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<v Speaker 1>God will curse them and they will this dispensation will

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<v Speaker 1>be a failure. If they bless them, then God will

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<v Speaker 1>bless those nations. And just you know, it's a little

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<v Speaker 1>more than just the blessing. The blessing is is something

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<v Speaker 1>that should actually lead these other nations to God. Because

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<v Speaker 1>remember the point of the dismissation is not just to

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<v Speaker 1>be blessed by God, is to choose God over yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>So in order for these nations to choose correctly, they

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<v Speaker 1>will have to number one bless God's new nation, and

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<v Speaker 1>by receiving the blessings back from God, that should lead

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<v Speaker 1>them to want to be a part of God's nation,

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<v Speaker 1>to give up their own nationality and join this nation

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<v Speaker 1>that God has brought about. So in order for this

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<v Speaker 1>dismensation to be successful, the other nations of the world

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<v Speaker 1>will have to bless God's nation and they will have

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<v Speaker 1>to become a part of God's nation. Okay, got that great,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's move on. So Abraham eventually moves to the land

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<v Speaker 1>God tells me to go to, which is the land

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<v Speaker 1>of Canaan. Again, there's a lot of story. It's an

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<v Speaker 1>intrigue that go along with this, and you can read

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<v Speaker 1>about it in the blog post. Abraham is very old.

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<v Speaker 1>He's one hundred years old. His wife is Sarah is ninety,

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<v Speaker 1>so they are both beyond childbearing years. Even though God

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<v Speaker 1>promised him a son. Unfortunately, they got impatient and Sarah

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah who became Sarah, Abraham's wife, decided to help God

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<v Speaker 1>out because she says, Hey, I'm past child bearing years.

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<v Speaker 1>I can have a baby. God says, you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have a son. Here's what I'll do. Since I'm beyond

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<v Speaker 1>child bearing age. Why don't you go have a baby

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<v Speaker 1>with my handmaid in Hagar and Abraham, being the good husband, says, hey, baby,

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<v Speaker 1>you want me to have sex with another woman to

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<v Speaker 1>have a baby for you, By golly, I'll do it

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<v Speaker 1>because I love you so much. Of course, I'm being

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<v Speaker 1>a little facetious here, but the bottom line is this

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<v Speaker 1>was religion. Religion is when you tried to add to

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<v Speaker 1>what God wants to do. Sarah was being religious by

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<v Speaker 1>helping God. When you help God, that means that you

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<v Speaker 1>must know better than God. And that's pride is contrastive thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's comparative thinking, and it's wrong. And not

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<v Speaker 1>only was it wrong, but it resulted in disaster in

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<v Speaker 1>that Abraham and Hagar had a child named Ishmael, and

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<v Speaker 1>Ishmael is the father of many of the Arab tribes

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<v Speaker 1>that are Israel's enemies to this day, so for thousands,

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<v Speaker 1>So Abraham, by obeying his wife Sarah and her religion,

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<v Speaker 1>actually created enemies that Israel has had for millennia. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>a little later, God performs a miracle, Sarah does get

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<v Speaker 1>pregnant has a child named Isaac. We talked about Isaac

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<v Speaker 1>before it in the faith chapters and the famous sacrifice

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<v Speaker 1>of Isaac. I won't spend too much time on that,

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<v Speaker 1>but when Isaac came of age, it was time for

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<v Speaker 1>him to get married. And I will spend a little

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<v Speaker 1>time on this, on the marriage of Isaac, because I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's really cool and that it's a model for

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<v Speaker 1>Christ and the cheer. Prophecy is not just pronouncements. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not just God saying that X is going to happen

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<v Speaker 1>in the future. It's also model and pattern. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>to bring to find a bride for Isaac. Now, in

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<v Speaker 1>the Father. Isaac is a model of Christ, the Son

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<v Speaker 1>of God. And this unnamed servant is a model of

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus said that himself in the New Testament, the Holy

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit will never testify of himself. He will only testify

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<v Speaker 1>of the Son. So this unnamed servant is a model

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<v Speaker 1>of the Holy Spirit for that reason, and also even

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<v Speaker 1>though he's unnamed in the story which occurs in Genesis sid.

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<v Speaker 1>the Holy Spirit. So Aliazar is definitely a model of

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<v Speaker 1>goes to a foreign land and finds a bride for

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<v Speaker 1>the Sun, and this bride has the option she and

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<v Speaker 1>she the LA's, are testifies of the Sun. He tells

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<v Speaker 1>this lady, whose name is Rebecca, all about Isaac and

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<v Speaker 1>ask her if she wants to join the family. Now

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<v Speaker 1>she doesn't have to, but when she hears about Isaac,

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<v Speaker 1>she decides that yes, she wants to join this family,

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<v Speaker 1>and the model of the Holy Spirit, the unnamed servant

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<v Speaker 1>and then they consummate the marriage. So this is totally

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<v Speaker 1>a a model of Christ in the church, whereas you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we've never we in the church have never seen Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>We've only heard of Him through the through the Holy Spirit,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have the choice of whether or not we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to accept that marriage invitation to become a part

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<v Speaker 1>of God's family. So I think that's a pretty cool story. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>Isaac and Rebecca get married. They have two children, twins,

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<v Speaker 1>Jacob and Esau. And Jacob's name means usurper or he'll catcher,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was named that because even though his brother

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<v Speaker 1>as an infant reached his hand out from the womb

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<v Speaker 1>and grabbed the heel of Esau. So that's how he

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<v Speaker 1>Jacob and Esau were very, very different. Esau was a

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<v Speaker 1>very manly, masculine type. He was, you know, a hairy guy.

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<v Speaker 1>a hunter, and he was just a very manly man.

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<v Speaker 1>And Isaac, you know, adored him. Jacob was the opposite.

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<v Speaker 1>He was hairless, he was smooth, he was timid, and

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<v Speaker 1>a mama's boy. Rebecca loved Jacob, and Jacob ended up

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<v Speaker 1>swindling his brother Esau out of his birthright, his blessing,

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<v Speaker 1>and his inheritance, and you can read about that. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a very famous story. You can read about how that happens.

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<v Speaker 1>He basically tricks his father Isaac into giving him the

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<v Speaker 1>blessing of the first born by posing as Esau and

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<v Speaker 1>whatever this blessing he is. Apparently it's non refundable and

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<v Speaker 1>non transferable, because after Esau found that Jacob tricked him,

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<v Speaker 1>he asked, is school kin to giving the blessing anyway?

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<v Speaker 1>Isaac said, no, I can't. I've already given it to Jacobs,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's it's done deal. You know, again, non transferable.

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<v Speaker 1>So of course Esau's upset about this and he goes

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<v Speaker 1>off to kill Jacob. Jacob runs away to his to

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<v Speaker 1>his uncle and Laban in another land where his mother

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<v Speaker 1>Rebecca came from, and in Laban, Jacob actually meets his match.

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<v Speaker 1>Laban is is a better hustler and conniver than even

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<v Speaker 1>Laban's daughters, whose name is Rachel, who's apparently very beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>as the Bible says, she was beautiful and well formed,

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<v Speaker 1>which means she not only had a beautiful face, but

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<v Speaker 1>she had a rock and body. That's that's the gospel

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<v Speaker 1>according to me. That's just how I interpreted, But that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's basically what it means to me. She had a

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful body and a beautiful face. Jacob fell in love

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<v Speaker 1>with her, wanted to marry her, and he offered to

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<v Speaker 1>work seven years for Laban to marry her. Laban agrees,

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<v Speaker 1>but then he tricks him into actually marrying his older daughter,

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<v Speaker 1>who's Leah, who's not anywhere near as attractive as Rachel,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he makes Jacob work fourteen years to marry

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<v Speaker 1>to get his eventual bride, Rachel, who he loved so much,

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<v Speaker 1>so Jacob got hustled and had to work for Laban

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<v Speaker 1>for fourteen years. He ends up having twelve sons various

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<v Speaker 1>daughters as well, but the twelve sons through Leah and Rachel,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as their handmaids. There was another issue where

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently in that culture, the most womanly thing you could

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<v Speaker 1>do was give your husband's sons. And when the wives

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<v Speaker 1>were not able, the sister's wives were not able to

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<v Speaker 1>give Jacob enough sons, they would give Jacob their handmaids.

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<v Speaker 1>So just the same way as the same way as

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<v Speaker 1>as Sarah did with Abraham. And of course, of course

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<v Speaker 1>again it turned in disaster, because those those sons turned

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<v Speaker 1>out to be some serious characters. But he had four

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<v Speaker 1>sons through the handmaids, and he had the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the twelve sons through through his wives. The last two

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<v Speaker 1>sons he had from his wife Rachel. The sons were

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph and Benjamin, who Jacob loved the most because they were,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, they were the sons of his most beloved wife.

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<v Speaker 1>So again, as as you can read in the blog post,

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<v Speaker 1>these these guys, these twelve sons of Israel. And by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, Jacob's name was changed to Israel by God

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<v Speaker 1>later on. And it's it's interesting, by the way, if

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<v Speaker 1>you go through the Bible, whenever if Jacob is doing well,

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<v Speaker 1>goes back to being Jacob. So most of the time

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<v Speaker 1>when God changes someone's name, he only calls him by

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<v Speaker 1>that new name. But apparently Jacob's naming was conditional for

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<v Speaker 1>how he acts. In fact, the end times are called

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<v Speaker 1>the Tribulation period. The period which we call the Tribulation

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<v Speaker 1>the time where Israel's kind of taken to the mat

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<v Speaker 1>and persecuted to the point where they finally recognize their Messiah.

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<v Speaker 1>So because they rejected their Messiah, they have to go

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<v Speaker 1>through this seven year period of harshness, and it is

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<v Speaker 1>called the time of Jacob's Trouble. And again they're called Jacob,

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<v Speaker 1>not Israel, because they were growing up they rejected their Messiah,

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<v Speaker 1>and the tribulation is unfortunately a part of the penalty

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<v Speaker 1>for rejecting their Messiah. But I'm getting way way ahead

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<v Speaker 1>of myself anyway, These twelve Sons of Israel were again

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty rough and tumble bunch of characters. They did

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<v Speaker 1>they are murderers, they are genocidal, they commit incests, they

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<v Speaker 1>do a lot of really bad things. But the shining

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<v Speaker 1>star of those sons is Joseph, one of the eldest

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<v Speaker 1>son of Rachel, who, even though he is the eleventh

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<v Speaker 1>son that was born to Jacob, Jacob treats him as

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<v Speaker 1>of the other sons. They hate Joseph and Joseph among

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<v Speaker 1>other things, he was a very good He was very intelligent.

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<v Speaker 1>He was also very good looking. He was a great administrator,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was able to interpret dreams. In fact, one

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<v Speaker 1>of the dreams he had was that one day all

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<v Speaker 1>of his brothers and his mother and father would bow

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<v Speaker 1>down before him and Jacob, and he was Joseph, excuse me,

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<v Speaker 1>when he was a kid, tells his brothers this dream,

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<v Speaker 1>and that just made them hate him even more, Like

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<v Speaker 1>he's bad enough that you're treated better than us, but

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<v Speaker 1>down to you. So they want to give of them.

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<v Speaker 1>They decided first they wanted to kill him, but they

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<v Speaker 1>let's make some money off of him, we'll sell him

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<v Speaker 1>into slavery. So they sell Joseph into slavery. Joseph ends

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<v Speaker 1>He goes down to Egypt and ends up in the

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<v Speaker 1>house of an Egyptian man named Potiphar, who's a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>But because God was with Joseph, and God blessed Joseph

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<v Speaker 1>and gave him favor, and because of Joseph's intelligence and

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me for him. Potterphar's wife was kind of scummy,

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<v Speaker 1>and she kept trying to seduce Joseph, and Joseph, being

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph raped her, and so Potter had Joseph thrown into jail. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>he truly believed that, he would have had Joseph killed.

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph was just a slave. There would have been no

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<v Speaker 1>problem in Egyptian law for him having a slave killed

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<v Speaker 1>if that slave actually assaulted his wife in that way.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that Potiphar knew Joseph was a man of integrity,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think he knew that his wife was sluty,

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<v Speaker 1>and he would have just liked to have let it go,

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<v Speaker 1>but he couldn't because he had to save face. He

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<v Speaker 1>So Potiphar had n't put in jail and Joseph while

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<v Speaker 1>he was in jail again, the jailer saw that he

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<v Speaker 1>and the jailer put him in charge of the entire prison.

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<v Speaker 1>He trusted Joseph enough to make him run the entire prison. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>some folks might wonder why, if Joseph was so blessed

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<v Speaker 1>harsh times, being sold into slavery, being falsely accused, being

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<v Speaker 1>thrown in jail. Well, what God was doing was preparing

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<v Speaker 1>him how to be a greater and greater administrator, because,

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<v Speaker 1>And it's something for us to keep in mind. When

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<v Speaker 1>in obscurity, Why hasn't this vision that God gave us

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<v Speaker 1>come about? Yet, keep in mind that God sometimes keeps

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<v Speaker 1>us in that obscurity because he's training us the same

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<v Speaker 1>way he traded Joseph, and Joseph would use everything he

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<v Speaker 1>learned during these harsh periods of his life to actually

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<v Speaker 1>become one of the greatest men of his age. So

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<v Speaker 1>Joseph in jail for twelve years. During that time, the Pharaoh,

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<v Speaker 1>the king of Egypt, has this dream that disturbs him,

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<v Speaker 1>and none of the mystics in his court. And of course,

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<v Speaker 1>know more than they do, and in some cases they

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<v Speaker 1>do have certain power. We'll talk about that in the

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<v Speaker 1>next podcast. But none of the mystics in Pharaoh's court

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<v Speaker 1>could decide for the dream. Well, there was one person

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<v Speaker 1>who really who remembered that Joseph had this ability. He said, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's this guy in jail, this Hebrew, that's what they

415
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<v Speaker 1>call the Israelites. This Hebrew has the ability to interpret dreams.

416
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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he can help you out. So Pharaoh, Joseph brought

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<v Speaker 1>up and Pharaoh tells him as the dream and the

418
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<v Speaker 1>dream is this, And between Pharaoh saw fourteen cows. Seven

419
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<v Speaker 1>of the cows were very healthy, very vibrant, beautiful cows,

420
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<v Speaker 1>lovely cattle. Then there were another seven cows that were

421
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<v Speaker 1>ugly and emaciated, just skinny, sickly cows. And then as

422
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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh watched, these ugly, emaciated, sickly cows devoured the healthy cows,

423
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<v Speaker 1>and he didn't know what they made districting greatly. Well,

424
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<v Speaker 1>Joseph prayed, and God gave him the interpretation of the dream.

425
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<v Speaker 1>And the dream was this, that there was going to

426
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<v Speaker 1>be a fourteen year period coming up, and the first

427
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<v Speaker 1>seven years there's going to be great abundance, a tremendous abundance,

428
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<v Speaker 1>represented by the big, healthy cows. But after those seven

429
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<v Speaker 1>years there's going to be a severe famine in the

430
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<v Speaker 1>entire region. It's going to be so severe that it's

431
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<v Speaker 1>going to basically devour all of the abundance that people

432
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<v Speaker 1>gained in the previous seven years. And Pharaoh was impressed

433
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<v Speaker 1>so much, so wad he said, Hey, you know what

434
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<v Speaker 1>should I do? And Joseph, again, being an administrator, having

435
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<v Speaker 1>spent all his time learning through the trials that God

436
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<v Speaker 1>put him through how to be an administrator, he told Pharaoh, Hey,

437
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<v Speaker 1>here's what you do. During the seven years of abundance,

438
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<v Speaker 1>store up everything extra, keep all the extra and put

439
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<v Speaker 1>it into a storehouse, so that there'll be more than

440
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<v Speaker 1>enough of food and grain when we have the seven

441
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<v Speaker 1>years of famine. And Pharaoh says, hey, I believe you,

442
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<v Speaker 1>and he tells all the people of Egypt, whatever Joseph

443
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<v Speaker 1>tells you to do, do it. And it came to

444
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<v Speaker 1>pass that because of this, Pharaoh basically gave he did

445
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<v Speaker 1>the same thing that the jailer did and that the

446
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<v Speaker 1>Potiphar did, and that he put Joseph over everything. He

447
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<v Speaker 1>gave Joseph all of his authority. So Joseph basically he

448
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<v Speaker 1>ran Egypt. He was second only to the Pharaoh. Joseph

449
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<v Speaker 1>was essentially the prime minister of Egypt, so he in

450
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<v Speaker 1>one day, Joseph goes from being a prisoner to being

451
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<v Speaker 1>the second most powerful man in the powerful Egyptian Empire,

452
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<v Speaker 1>And sure enough, the seven years of abundant comes around. Joseph.

453
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<v Speaker 1>People of Egypt do what Joseph says said, and they

454
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<v Speaker 1>accumulated all of the excess grain and they put it

455
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<v Speaker 1>in the storehouse. And then, as as predicted, seven years

456
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<v Speaker 1>of severe famine came about, and the people of Egypt

457
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<v Speaker 1>went through all of their food and they had no

458
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<v Speaker 1>more food. And they came to Pharaoh saying, hey, we

459
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<v Speaker 1>don't have any food. Pharaoh, what are you gonna do?

460
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<v Speaker 1>You're our leader? What do we do? And Pharaoh said, hey,

461
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<v Speaker 1>do whatever Joseph tells you. And Joseph said, if you

462
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<v Speaker 1>want food from us, you'll have to buy it from us.

463
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<v Speaker 1>They said, okay, we'll buy it. We need food, we'll

464
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<v Speaker 1>buy it. So they bought the food and made Pharaoh

465
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<v Speaker 1>extremely rich, more richer than he was before. Not only that,

466
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<v Speaker 1>but people all over the region because it wasn't just

467
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<v Speaker 1>a local famine, it was regional. It affected the entire

468
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<v Speaker 1>Middle East, and so people came from other nations all

469
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<v Speaker 1>over the world to pay for food from Egypt. Because

470
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<v Speaker 1>Egypt had food and the rest of them didn't. But

471
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<v Speaker 1>it turned out that people ran out of money and

472
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<v Speaker 1>they still needed more food. The famine was so severe

473
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<v Speaker 1>that people gave all of their money and they still

474
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<v Speaker 1>needed more food. And people said, hey, Pharaoh, we don't

475
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<v Speaker 1>have any more money, but we still need food. What

476
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<v Speaker 1>do we do And Pharaoh said, do whatever Joseph tells you.

477
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<v Speaker 1>And Joseph said, hey, you don't have any food, but

478
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<v Speaker 1>you have land, so give me your land and I'll

479
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<v Speaker 1>give you food. And people said, well, that's fine, no

480
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<v Speaker 1>point having land if we're starving to death. So all

481
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<v Speaker 1>the people of Egypt gave up their land to Pharaoh.

482
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<v Speaker 1>So suddenly Pharaoh, through Joseph, owned all of the Egyptian land.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only that, but all the other nations surrounding them

484
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<v Speaker 1>did the same thing. They sold their land to the

485
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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh to get food. So now Egypt went from being

486
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<v Speaker 1>a nation to being an empire. The Pharaoh and Egypt

487
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<v Speaker 1>now owned the entire region. So thanks to Joseph and

488
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<v Speaker 1>the blessing that Pharaoh got through Joseph, the Egypt became

489
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<v Speaker 1>an empire. So, as the narrative goes along, it turns

490
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<v Speaker 1>out that the sons of Israel. You know, Jacob and

491
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<v Speaker 1>his sons, they experienced a famine as well, and they

492
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<v Speaker 1>heard that there was food in Egypt. So Joseph sends

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<v Speaker 1>his sons down to buy some food, just like all

494
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<v Speaker 1>the other nations were doing. And when they get there,

495
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<v Speaker 1>they run into Joseph. They don't recognize Joseph, but Joseph

496
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<v Speaker 1>recognizes them, and you know, they It's actually very interesting

497
00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:41.759
<v Speaker 1>and colorful story how they know they come together, but

498
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<v Speaker 1>I'll spare you that because we're running out of time.

499
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<v Speaker 1>Joseph brings the entire family down to Egypt to Pharaoh

500
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<v Speaker 1>and he presents this this new his family, which is,

501
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<v Speaker 1>you know, a bunch of them now, all of his

502
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<v Speaker 1>twelve the twelve sons, all of their wives, all of

503
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<v Speaker 1>Joseph Jacob's daughters, and all of their families. So it's

504
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<v Speaker 1>like a pretty big group of people. And Joseph comes

505
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<v Speaker 1>and presents them before Pharaoh. So now you have this

506
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<v Speaker 1>fledgling nation of Israel standing before all the nations of

507
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<v Speaker 1>the world. Because at this point, Pharaoh is essentially the

508
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<v Speaker 1>king of the entire known world. So what's gonna happen

509
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<v Speaker 1>now here? Is that conjunctive issue where you have the

510
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<v Speaker 1>choice to make, will Pharaoh bless God's nation of Israel

511
00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:30.119
<v Speaker 1>or will he curse them? Well, it turns out that

512
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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh blessed him. He gave he welcomed them into Egypt.

513
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<v Speaker 1>He gave them land, not just some land in Egypt.

514
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<v Speaker 1>He gave him the best land, an area called Goshen,

515
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<v Speaker 1>which was right at the Nile delta, which was very

516
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<v Speaker 1>fertile land. It's the best land in Egypt. And when

517
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<v Speaker 1>Jacob died, he instituted a empire wide period of mourning

518
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<v Speaker 1>for him and gave him a royal It offered him

519
00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:56.319
<v Speaker 1>a royal burial. So it seemed that the Pharaoh did right,

520
00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:59.440
<v Speaker 1>he blessed the nation. So does that mean the dispensation

521
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<v Speaker 1>was a success. Well no, because remember it's not just

522
00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:05.880
<v Speaker 1>about blessing Israel. It's about blessing them and becoming a

523
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<v Speaker 1>part of God's nation, which Pharaoh didn't do. And I

524
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<v Speaker 1>don't know if that's because he didn't want to give

525
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<v Speaker 1>up his gods, or maybe Pharaoh just you know, died

526
00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:19.680
<v Speaker 1>before he had a chance to do that. Nevertheless, God

527
00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:22.359
<v Speaker 1>did not judge them yet because it was still open ended.

528
00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:26.279
<v Speaker 1>They were they had the Pharaoh had blessed Israel, Egypt

529
00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:28.759
<v Speaker 1>blessed them, and they were doing well. So God was

530
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<v Speaker 1>giving them time to decide if they were going to

531
00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:35.160
<v Speaker 1>join up with his nation, and in God's mercy, was

532
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<v Speaker 1>giving them time. Unfortunately, something happened that changed things. A

533
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<v Speaker 1>new pharaoh came around, a new pharaoh that the Bible

534
00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:46.880
<v Speaker 1>says didn't know Joseph. This was, you know, a couple

535
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<v Speaker 1>hundred years later Joseph. Excuse me, Joseph had already died

536
00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:54.119
<v Speaker 1>by this time, and this pharaoh didn't know Joseph. Now

537
00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:56.200
<v Speaker 1>that excuse me, excuse me. That doesn't mean that the

538
00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:58.240
<v Speaker 1>pharaoh didn't know Joseph existed. Of course he did. He

539
00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:03.680
<v Speaker 1>was legendary. But remember in the knowing means intimacy. It

540
00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.440
<v Speaker 1>means that this pharaoh was not intimate with the story

541
00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:08.839
<v Speaker 1>of Joseph, the legend of Joseph. This means that this

542
00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.839
<v Speaker 1>pharaoh did not take the story of Joseph to heart.

543
00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:16.640
<v Speaker 1>In fact, it is strongly implied and many Bible scholars

544
00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:19.559
<v Speaker 1>take the tect that this pharaoh was not even Egyptian,

545
00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:22.799
<v Speaker 1>that he was possibly an Assyrian. Now, why would there

546
00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:27.079
<v Speaker 1>be an Assyrian on this throne of Egypt? Probably because of

547
00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:30.000
<v Speaker 1>a royal marriage. This is something that had happened that

548
00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.720
<v Speaker 1>happens to this day, but it was very common back

549
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<v Speaker 1>then and then throughout most of time that whenever you

550
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<v Speaker 1>had when you want to join two powerful families together,

551
00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:40.400
<v Speaker 1>you would do it by marrying one of you know,

552
00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.720
<v Speaker 1>the son of one family to the daughter of another family.

553
00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:46.680
<v Speaker 1>That way they're they're joined together. And it's quite possible

554
00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:49.920
<v Speaker 1>that the Assyrians were kind of maybe bucking the trend

555
00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.599
<v Speaker 1>a little bit, causing some trouble, and there was a

556
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<v Speaker 1>possibility that they would be a rival to Egypt. So

557
00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:57.519
<v Speaker 1>in order to call the rivalry, they married a daughter

558
00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:01.960
<v Speaker 1>of Egypt to a son of Assyria, and that Assyrian

559
00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:04.599
<v Speaker 1>became the new pharaoh. So this pharaoh didn't know Joseph,

560
00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:08.720
<v Speaker 1>and he didn't regard Israel very well. In fact, when

561
00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:11.119
<v Speaker 1>he saw that the Israelites had the best land and

562
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<v Speaker 1>that they were multiplying, they were apparently giving birth, you know,

563
00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:18.119
<v Speaker 1>just pretty rapidly, and they were growing strong and numerically,

564
00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:20.240
<v Speaker 1>he became afraid of them. And he said, well, you know,

565
00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:24.160
<v Speaker 1>they're going to outnumber us, and they might side with

566
00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:26.720
<v Speaker 1>an enemy or try to take over Egypt. So he

567
00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.319
<v Speaker 1>decided to put them into bondage and to just work

568
00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:34.519
<v Speaker 1>them hard to build cities in Egypt. So he basically

569
00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:39.680
<v Speaker 1>made the Israelites slaves. Now, at this point God could

570
00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:42.720
<v Speaker 1>have probably judged them. However, the Israelites being slaves was

571
00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:46.160
<v Speaker 1>part of God's plan. In fact, God told Abraham in

572
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<v Speaker 1>a prophecy that the Israelites would serve another nation to

573
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<v Speaker 1>turn off Egypt, obviously for four hundred years, but then

574
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<v Speaker 1>God would bring them out of Egypt as a powerful

575
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<v Speaker 1>nation and a rich nation, into the back to to

576
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<v Speaker 1>the promised land of Canaan. So it's interesting, isn't it

577
00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:05.920
<v Speaker 1>that God instituted a worldwide femine just to bring one

578
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<v Speaker 1>family down to Egypt so that he could so this

579
00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:13.279
<v Speaker 1>prophecy could be fulfilled. Interesting. So anyway, this pharaoh put

580
00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:15.920
<v Speaker 1>them in bondage, and of course that happened again four

581
00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.359
<v Speaker 1>hundred years. Finally, after four hundred years, it was time

582
00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:22.079
<v Speaker 1>that people prayed to God, and God said, okay, it's

583
00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:26.880
<v Speaker 1>time for my nation to come out. And God does

584
00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:30.359
<v Speaker 1>this all through Moses, a very familiar story. We hear

585
00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:32.799
<v Speaker 1>it every well. I'm probably aging myself. I don't think

586
00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.279
<v Speaker 1>they do it anymore. But when I was a kid,

587
00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:39.920
<v Speaker 1>every Resurrection holiday during the time which we incorrectly called

588
00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:43.519
<v Speaker 1>Easter or Holy Week, they would show the old movie

589
00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.039
<v Speaker 1>The Ten Commandments was Charlton, Heston and Moses, and it

590
00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:48.319
<v Speaker 1>was actually even though it's an older movie, it holds

591
00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:50.279
<v Speaker 1>up pretty well. But we all know the familiar story

592
00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:53.440
<v Speaker 1>of how Moses was born during a time when that

593
00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:56.200
<v Speaker 1>the pharaoh of that age, you know, a few hundred

594
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<v Speaker 1>years after the Pharaoh who initially enslaved Egypt. That Pharaoh

595
00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:02.480
<v Speaker 1>wanted to all or ordered rather than all the first

596
00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:05.599
<v Speaker 1>born sons of the of the Israelites be killed because

597
00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:08.720
<v Speaker 1>he was trying to keep their population down. Moses escapes

598
00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:12.599
<v Speaker 1>down the river through his mother's help. He is adopted

599
00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:16.039
<v Speaker 1>by the pharaoh's daughter, who gets some other river and

600
00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:18.680
<v Speaker 1>raises him as her own. He has a falling out

601
00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:22.119
<v Speaker 1>with the Egyptian court. He is driven off into the

602
00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:25.799
<v Speaker 1>land of Midian, where he encounters God and burning bush,

603
00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:28.720
<v Speaker 1>and God commissions him to go to Pharaoh and tell

604
00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:32.200
<v Speaker 1>them to let his people go. Now, keep in mind

605
00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:35.680
<v Speaker 1>exactly what God said. God didn't tell Moses to go

606
00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:38.519
<v Speaker 1>and tell Pharaoh to release them from their bondage. God

607
00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:41.759
<v Speaker 1>actually said to let them go a three day journey

608
00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:44.279
<v Speaker 1>into the wilderness just so that they could worship him.

609
00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:47.480
<v Speaker 1>God basically asked Pharaoh, hey, how about give my people

610
00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:52.160
<v Speaker 1>a weekend pass so that they could they could worship me.

611
00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:54.480
<v Speaker 1>God didn't say I'm going to strip you all your slaves.

612
00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.319
<v Speaker 1>I said, just give him a holiday. Now, what did

613
00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:02.039
<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh do? Here is Pharaoh's chance to definitively decide if

614
00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:04.400
<v Speaker 1>he's going to bless or curse the people of God.

615
00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:08.160
<v Speaker 1>So Pharah could have said, okay, fine, you guys can

616
00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:11.240
<v Speaker 1>go there and worship your God. But Pharaoh didn't. Pharaoh

617
00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:14.119
<v Speaker 1>did two things. First of all, he said no, they

618
00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:17.480
<v Speaker 1>can't go. And then Pharaoh made their burden even more

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<v Speaker 1>difficult by telling him he wasn't going to give them

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<v Speaker 1>straw to make brick. You can't make brick without in

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<v Speaker 1>that time without straw. So Pharaoh not only refused to

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<v Speaker 1>obey God, he cursed is well. By making their job

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<v Speaker 1>not just difficult, but virtually impossible. Pharaoh definitively chose himself

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<v Speaker 1>over God, and by doing so, he failed that dispensation

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<v Speaker 1>he could have blessed him. He decided not to be

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<v Speaker 1>decided to curse them. It was bad enough that they

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<v Speaker 1>were already enslaved, but now he made their work virtually impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>It was impossible for them to stay on schedule without

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<v Speaker 1>the straw that they needed in order to make the brick.

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<v Speaker 1>So Pharaoh told him to do the impossible. No one

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<v Speaker 1>can do the impossible. That's a contradiction. So Pharaoh was definitive,

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<v Speaker 1>and that he was going that he cursed God's nation.

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<v Speaker 1>So the dispensation failed, and God could now end the

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<v Speaker 1>dispensation start a new one, and of course judge Pharaoh,

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<v Speaker 1>which he did through the famous ten plagues we all

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<v Speaker 1>know about them. That's turning the Nile to blood and

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<v Speaker 1>bringing out frogs and flies and lights and boils and

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<v Speaker 1>killing the cattle, and darkness and hail and eventually sorry

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<v Speaker 1>and locus and eventually the death of all the first born,

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<v Speaker 1>at which time Pharaoh finally let the people go, and

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<v Speaker 1>not really did they go, They also took the riches

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<v Speaker 1>of Egypt with him with them, and that was what

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<v Speaker 1>they were used to build the nation of Israel. And

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<v Speaker 1>so that ends that dispensation, And of course it's time

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<v Speaker 1>for the next dispensation. But before we do that, as always,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to take a deeper dive into some of

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<v Speaker 1>the intricacies and very interesting and relevant parts of what

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<v Speaker 1>went on in this dispensation, and we're going to start

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<v Speaker 1>doing that next week, and the next week's podcast, we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to cover a couple of pretty significant and interesting things.

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<v Speaker 1>The first is the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. If you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the narrative of the ten plagues, you will

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<v Speaker 1>find that after some of them, God, well, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>God says in the beginning to Moses, said, when you

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<v Speaker 1>go down there, Pharaoh's not going to obey you, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to harden his heart so that he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>obey you, so that I can send these plugs on him.

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<v Speaker 1>And then after some of the plagues, Pharaoh first says

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to let the Israelites go. Then later his

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<v Speaker 1>heart is hardened. And sometimes it says that God hardened

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<v Speaker 1>his heart so that he would renig on his offer

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<v Speaker 1>and double down on his disobedience, which would allow God

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<v Speaker 1>to send yet another plague. But if you look at this,

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of seems unfair when you think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>God intentionally hardens this man's heart. It's almost like he

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<v Speaker 1>takes away his free will and does not allow him

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<v Speaker 1>to do what he wants to do, which is let

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<v Speaker 1>the Israelites go. No, God hardens his heart, takes a

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<v Speaker 1>seemingly taking away his free will so that he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>let the people go, so that God can punish him more.

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<v Speaker 1>And again you take a step back in and you

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<v Speaker 1>look at that. It doesn't seem right, It doesn't seem fair.

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<v Speaker 1>But we know that God is right and just always completely.

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<v Speaker 1>So there must be a just and righteous explanation for

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<v Speaker 1>God hardening Pharaoh's heart. There is, We will talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it in the next podcast. Also, the plagues themselves, those

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<v Speaker 1>ten plagues, Why did God choose those specific plagues? They

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<v Speaker 1>kind of seem random, but they are not. God is

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<v Speaker 1>not random. He did not just pull these things out

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<v Speaker 1>of his hat and say, hey, I think I'll do

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<v Speaker 1>these things that'll take off the Egyptians and torture them,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and judge them. No, God had a very

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<v Speaker 1>intentional reason for choosing those specific ten things, and the

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<v Speaker 1>reason behind them you can only understand if you have

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<v Speaker 1>the supernatural world view, which we talked about several podcasts ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Those ten plagues have every these specific plagues and specific

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<v Speaker 1>meetings behind them. I have everything to do with a

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<v Speaker 1>supernatural worldview, and I will tell you how in the

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<v Speaker 1>next podcast. So thank you for listening. I appreciate it.

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