| [0.00 --> 6.58] and just by way of reminder two weeks ago as you know Joseph finally revealed himself to his | |
| [6.58 --> 13.04] brothers and the whole clan the whole kit and caboodle moved to Egypt and now it's a number | |
| [13.04 --> 19.64] of years later Jacob has just finished blessing all of his sons and then he says to them and | |
| [19.64 --> 26.00] that's the beginning of our reading in Genesis 49 then Jacob gave them these instructions | |
| [26.00 --> 30.10] I think you had the wrong reading up there | |
| [30.10 --> 34.74] yeah 49 should be 49 verse | |
| [34.74 --> 45.68] yeah that's the wrong reading okay so I'm just gonna maybe you want to take that off sorry folks | |
| [45.68 --> 50.92] I thought that had been correct let's just listen then Jacob gave them these instructions | |
| [50.92 --> 57.72] I am about to be gathered to my people bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron | |
| [57.72 --> 65.36] the Hittite the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre in Canaan which Abraham bought along with | |
| [65.36 --> 72.48] the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite there Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried | |
| [72.48 --> 80.18] there Isaac and his wife Rebecca were buried and there I buried Leah the field and the cave in it | |
| [80.18 --> 87.14] were brought from the Hittites when Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons he drew | |
| [87.14 --> 95.50] his feet up into the bed breathed his last and was gathered to his people Joseph threw himself on his | |
| [95.50 --> 103.60] father and wept over him and kissed him then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his | |
| [103.60 --> 111.88] father Israel so the physicians embalm him taking a full 40 days for that was the time required for | |
| [111.88 --> 121.50] embalming and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days when the days of mourning had passed Joseph said to | |
| [121.50 --> 129.44] Pharaoh's court if I have found favor in your eyes speak to Pharaoh for me tell father made me swear an oath | |
| [129.44 --> 137.78] and said I am about to die bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan now let me go up | |
| [137.78 --> 145.88] and bury my father I will return Pharaoh said go up and bury your father as he made you swear to do | |
| [145.88 --> 153.56] so Jacob's sons did as he had commanded them they carried him to the land of Canaan and they buried him | |
| [153.56 --> 159.70] in the cave in the field of Machmela near Mamre him had bought along with the field as a burial place | |
| [159.70 --> 167.02] from Ephron the Hittite after burying his father Joseph returned to Egypt together with his brothers | |
| [167.02 --> 175.98] and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father Joseph stayed in Egypt along with all his | |
| [175.98 --> 185.38] father's family he lived 110 years and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children also the children of | |
| [185.38 --> 195.24] Machir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph's knees then Joseph said to his brothers I am about to die | |
| [195.24 --> 203.90] but God and take you up out of this land to the land he promised on oath to Abraham Isaac and Jacob | |
| [203.90 --> 215.16] swear an oath and said God will surely come to your aid and then you must carry my bones up from this place | |
| [215.16 --> 225.50] so Joseph died at the age of 110 and after they embalmed him he was placed in Egypt | |
| [225.50 --> 235.48] and then this New Testament reading one verse Hebrews 11 verse 17 the chapter on the heroes of faith | |
| [235.48 --> 242.64] where we read this by faith Joseph when spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt | |
| [242.64 --> 250.88] and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones this is the word of the Lord | |
| [250.88 --> 264.92] in a time of deep despair in South Africa when there was no sign anywhere in that sad land yet of a better | |
| [264.92 --> 279.22] future for black people Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke to a group of white leaders who had the power to see to it | |
| [279.22 --> 288.74] that what Tutu so deeply hoped for would never happen and this is what he said to them and I quote | |
| [288.74 --> 299.10] in the enveloping darkness as the lights of freedom are extinguished one by one I have come here to say evil | |
| [299.10 --> 312.70] and injustice and oppression and exploitation cannot prevail you may be very powerful but you are not God | |
| [312.70 --> 323.04] in fact you have already lost we are inviting you to come and join the winning side | |
| [323.04 --> 336.52] this is the message that we as Christians need to hear over and over in a culture and world that ignores and or denies God | |
| [336.52 --> 341.66] where it is very hard to be optimistic about the future | |
| [341.66 --> 346.28] listen if you are a Christian | |
| [346.28 --> 349.64] you are on the winning side | |
| [349.64 --> 353.04] God is going to win | |
| [353.04 --> 356.84] life is going to win over death | |
| [356.84 --> 358.40] love is | |
| [358.40 --> 359.76] and indifference | |
| [359.76 --> 363.64] peace is going to win over terror and violence | |
| [363.64 --> 366.92] righteousness is going to win over injustice | |
| [366.92 --> 370.30] good is going to win over evil | |
| [370.30 --> 372.60] so don't ever | |
| [372.60 --> 373.72] ever | |
| [373.72 --> 374.96] give up hope | |
| [374.96 --> 376.66] not for people | |
| [376.66 --> 377.38] for yourself | |
| [377.38 --> 379.04] not for the church | |
| [379.04 --> 380.72] not for the world | |
| [380.72 --> 382.78] not for God | |
| [382.78 --> 387.18] such hope is what today's text | |
| [387.18 --> 388.24] is all about | |
| [388.24 --> 390.88] although on the surface it sure | |
| [390.88 --> 392.16] doesn't look like it | |
| [392.16 --> 395.68] we have come to the end of the Joseph story | |
| [395.68 --> 397.50] and not only of the Joseph story | |
| [397.50 --> 399.86] but also of the book of Genesis | |
| [399.86 --> 403.90] and on the surface what a sad | |
| [403.90 --> 406.36] anticlimactic | |
| [406.36 --> 408.06] hopeless end | |
| [408.06 --> 414.06] the book that begins with nothing less | |
| [414.06 --> 417.62] than the creation of the entire universe | |
| [417.62 --> 419.74] and all things living | |
| [419.74 --> 421.48] ends | |
| [421.48 --> 423.24] in a pine box | |
| [423.24 --> 424.86] with death | |
| [424.86 --> 427.08] first | |
| [427.08 --> 428.16] Jacob dies | |
| [428.16 --> 429.26] and Joseph | |
| [429.26 --> 430.10] dies | |
| [430.10 --> 430.80] too | |
| [430.80 --> 434.88] remember the very first words | |
| [434.88 --> 436.18] almost the very first words | |
| [436.18 --> 437.00] of the book of Genesis | |
| [437.00 --> 438.40] God said | |
| [438.40 --> 439.80] let there | |
| [439.80 --> 440.50] be | |
| [440.50 --> 441.36] light | |
| [441.36 --> 443.16] and you imagine | |
| [443.16 --> 444.70] this explosion of light | |
| [444.70 --> 445.68] in the universe | |
| [445.68 --> 446.78] that was so dark | |
| [446.78 --> 450.32] the very last words | |
| [450.32 --> 451.58] in Genesis are | |
| [451.58 --> 454.06] Joseph was placed | |
| [454.06 --> 455.18] in a coffin | |
| [455.18 --> 456.52] in Egypt | |
| [456.52 --> 458.54] and can you think of | |
| [458.54 --> 459.64] a darker place | |
| [459.64 --> 461.24] than a coffin | |
| [461.24 --> 465.62] if that doesn't sound | |
| [465.62 --> 466.68] hopeless enough | |
| [466.68 --> 468.74] remember that you have to see | |
| [468.74 --> 469.62] Joseph's story | |
| [469.62 --> 471.40] along with all Genesis | |
| [471.40 --> 473.10] in light of God's covenant | |
| [473.10 --> 474.56] promise to Abraham | |
| [474.56 --> 477.18] a promise that included | |
| [477.18 --> 478.52] descendants as numerous | |
| [478.52 --> 480.16] as the stars in the sky | |
| [480.16 --> 483.00] and the land of their own | |
| [483.00 --> 485.22] but in the end | |
| [485.22 --> 487.28] Jacob is buried | |
| [487.28 --> 489.64] in the cave of Machpelah | |
| [489.64 --> 490.82] in Canaan | |
| [490.82 --> 493.14] a graveyard owned | |
| [493.14 --> 494.78] by grandfather Abraham | |
| [494.78 --> 497.18] the only piece | |
| [497.18 --> 498.66] of the promised land | |
| [498.66 --> 500.54] to which Abraham | |
| [500.54 --> 501.30] held title | |
| [501.30 --> 502.96] when he died | |
| [502.96 --> 505.76] in the end | |
| [505.76 --> 506.98] God's people | |
| [506.98 --> 508.22] are from Canaan | |
| [508.22 --> 510.22] living in Egypt | |
| [510.22 --> 511.98] in the end | |
| [511.98 --> 513.52] Joseph's body | |
| [513.52 --> 514.28] is placed | |
| [514.28 --> 515.50] in a coffin | |
| [515.50 --> 517.06] in Egypt | |
| [517.06 --> 520.22] where on earth | |
| [520.22 --> 521.56] is hope | |
| [521.56 --> 523.60] at the end of Genesis | |
| [523.60 --> 527.44] well that depends | |
| [527.44 --> 528.40] on your perspective | |
| [528.40 --> 530.62] and what we need | |
| [530.62 --> 531.46] is the perspective | |
| [531.46 --> 532.78] of the New Testament | |
| [532.78 --> 535.60] Joseph is mentioned | |
| [535.60 --> 536.74] four times | |
| [536.74 --> 537.56] in the New Testament | |
| [537.56 --> 539.14] twice | |
| [539.14 --> 540.16] his name alone | |
| [540.16 --> 540.68] is mentioned | |
| [540.68 --> 541.44] in passing | |
| [541.44 --> 543.90] and in Acts 7 | |
| [543.90 --> 544.94] in Stephen's speech | |
| [544.94 --> 545.64] to the Jewish | |
| [545.64 --> 546.64] religious leaders | |
| [546.64 --> 548.26] before they convict | |
| [548.26 --> 548.82] and kill him | |
| [548.82 --> 549.60] for his faith | |
| [549.60 --> 551.56] the facts | |
| [551.56 --> 552.70] of Joseph's story | |
| [552.70 --> 554.66] are briefly summarized | |
| [554.66 --> 556.86] then there is | |
| [556.86 --> 557.34] Hebrews | |
| [557.34 --> 559.02] chapter 11 | |
| [559.02 --> 560.50] part of that | |
| [560.50 --> 561.62] long chapter | |
| [561.62 --> 562.96] about all the heroes | |
| [562.96 --> 563.50] of faith | |
| [563.50 --> 565.84] the only | |
| [565.84 --> 566.58] New Testament | |
| [566.58 --> 567.18] passage | |
| [567.18 --> 568.14] which comments | |
| [568.14 --> 570.10] on Joseph's character | |
| [570.10 --> 571.70] and then | |
| [571.70 --> 573.40] he gets just | |
| [573.40 --> 574.54] one verse | |
| [574.54 --> 577.22] but what a verse | |
| [577.22 --> 577.68] it is | |
| [577.68 --> 578.34] listen | |
| [578.34 --> 580.26] by faith | |
| [580.26 --> 580.82] Joseph | |
| [580.82 --> 582.30] when his end | |
| [582.30 --> 582.88] was near | |
| [582.88 --> 584.42] spoke about | |
| [584.42 --> 585.10] the exodus | |
| [585.10 --> 585.96] of the Israelites | |
| [585.96 --> 586.88] from Egypt | |
| [586.88 --> 589.00] and gave instructions | |
| [589.00 --> 590.70] about his bones | |
| [590.70 --> 593.82] it is such | |
| [593.82 --> 594.60] a striking | |
| [594.60 --> 595.42] verse | |
| [595.42 --> 595.96] isn't it | |
| [595.96 --> 597.02] I mean | |
| [597.02 --> 597.56] Genesis | |
| [597.56 --> 598.18] devotes | |
| [598.18 --> 600.08] 13 chapters | |
| [600.08 --> 601.62] to Joseph's story | |
| [601.62 --> 603.56] and while he's not | |
| [603.56 --> 603.96] perfect | |
| [603.96 --> 604.72] in Joseph's | |
| [604.72 --> 605.14] character | |
| [605.14 --> 605.66] in life | |
| [605.66 --> 606.46] we see this | |
| [606.46 --> 607.54] incredible picture | |
| [607.54 --> 608.20] of faithful | |
| [608.20 --> 608.58] obedience | |
| [608.58 --> 609.20] love | |
| [609.20 --> 610.16] and forgiveness | |
| [610.16 --> 611.16] in the kind | |
| [611.16 --> 611.84] of extreme | |
| [611.84 --> 612.74] circumstances | |
| [612.74 --> 613.54] most of us | |
| [613.54 --> 614.52] will never know | |
| [614.52 --> 617.34] Joseph is one | |
| [617.34 --> 617.76] of the most | |
| [617.76 --> 619.06] winsome characters | |
| [619.06 --> 619.52] I think | |
| [619.52 --> 620.10] in the Bible | |
| [620.10 --> 622.22] yet he gets | |
| [622.22 --> 623.42] only one verse | |
| [623.42 --> 626.58] in the New Testament | |
| [626.58 --> 628.30] and the only | |
| [628.30 --> 629.10] thing for which | |
| [629.10 --> 629.62] the writer | |
| [629.62 --> 630.16] of Hebrews | |
| [630.16 --> 630.88] goes out | |
| [630.88 --> 631.28] of his way | |
| [631.28 --> 631.76] to commend | |
| [631.76 --> 632.26] Joseph | |
| [632.26 --> 634.30] are his | |
| [634.30 --> 635.12] dying words | |
| [635.12 --> 637.40] by faith | |
| [637.40 --> 637.88] Joseph | |
| [637.88 --> 638.52] when his end | |
| [638.52 --> 639.06] was near | |
| [639.06 --> 640.40] spoke about | |
| [640.40 --> 641.06] the exodus | |
| [641.06 --> 641.92] of the Israelites | |
| [641.92 --> 642.90] from Egypt | |
| [642.90 --> 643.96] and gave | |
| [643.96 --> 644.82] instructions | |
| [644.82 --> 645.88] about his | |
| [645.88 --> 646.30] bones | |
| [646.30 --> 650.50] but then | |
| [650.50 --> 652.06] to use | |
| [652.06 --> 652.90] the first | |
| [652.90 --> 654.28] four words | |
| [654.28 --> 656.48] that Rick Warren | |
| [656.48 --> 657.42] passed in California | |
| [657.42 --> 659.84] that he wrote | |
| [659.84 --> 661.12] in his 2002 | |
| [661.12 --> 662.22] best-selling book | |
| [662.22 --> 663.68] The Purpose Driven Life | |
| [663.68 --> 665.32] the first four words | |
| [665.32 --> 665.86] were | |
| [665.86 --> 667.98] it's not | |
| [667.98 --> 669.72] about you | |
| [669.72 --> 672.66] it's not | |
| [672.66 --> 673.58] about you | |
| [673.58 --> 675.56] it's not | |
| [675.56 --> 676.66] about me | |
| [676.66 --> 677.34] either | |
| [677.34 --> 679.90] it is about | |
| [679.90 --> 681.22] the bigger picture | |
| [681.22 --> 681.92] it is about | |
| [681.92 --> 682.44] God | |
| [682.44 --> 683.36] it is about | |
| [683.36 --> 684.32] God's purpose | |
| [684.32 --> 685.14] for and through | |
| [685.14 --> 685.60] Joseph | |
| [685.60 --> 687.08] God's purpose | |
| [687.08 --> 687.92] for and through | |
| [687.92 --> 688.76] you and me | |
| [688.76 --> 690.10] God's purpose | |
| [690.10 --> 691.24] for and through | |
| [691.24 --> 692.04] his church | |
| [692.04 --> 693.42] God's purpose | |
| [693.42 --> 694.44] for his world | |
| [694.44 --> 696.92] it's about | |
| [696.92 --> 697.76] God's promise | |
| [697.76 --> 698.34] to bless | |
| [698.34 --> 698.80] Abraham | |
| [698.80 --> 700.20] and his descendants | |
| [700.20 --> 700.72] and through | |
| [700.72 --> 701.46] to bless | |
| [701.46 --> 702.36] all people | |
| [702.36 --> 702.80] on earth | |
| [702.80 --> 703.44] and all | |
| [703.44 --> 704.20] means | |
| [704.20 --> 705.12] all | |
| [705.12 --> 709.02] that remains | |
| [709.02 --> 710.52] front and center | |
| [710.52 --> 711.48] especially | |
| [711.48 --> 712.30] at the end | |
| [712.30 --> 713.06] of this story | |
| [713.06 --> 715.20] father Jacob | |
| [715.20 --> 715.92] is dead | |
| [715.92 --> 717.68] and according | |
| [717.68 --> 718.50] to his request | |
| [718.50 --> 719.18] he is buried | |
| [719.18 --> 720.10] in the land | |
| [720.10 --> 721.24] of God's promise | |
| [721.24 --> 722.18] Canaan | |
| [722.18 --> 724.26] and now | |
| [724.26 --> 725.70] 56 years later | |
| [725.70 --> 727.22] Joseph | |
| [727.22 --> 727.76] has come | |
| [727.76 --> 728.32] to the end | |
| [728.32 --> 729.38] of his life | |
| [729.38 --> 731.70] and he remembers | |
| [731.70 --> 732.94] these words | |
| [732.94 --> 734.28] spoken to | |
| [734.28 --> 734.64] great | |
| [734.64 --> 735.32] grandfather | |
| [735.32 --> 735.96] Abraham | |
| [735.96 --> 737.14] words | |
| [737.14 --> 737.84] rehearsed | |
| [737.84 --> 738.84] passed down | |
| [738.84 --> 739.58] from one | |
| [739.58 --> 740.12] generation | |
| [740.12 --> 741.20] to the next | |
| [741.20 --> 743.22] these words | |
| [743.22 --> 744.46] from Genesis 15 | |
| [744.46 --> 746.30] know for certain | |
| [746.30 --> 748.40] that your descendants | |
| [748.40 --> 749.44] will be strangers | |
| [749.44 --> 750.38] in a country | |
| [750.38 --> 751.56] not their own | |
| [751.56 --> 753.00] and this | |
| [753.00 --> 753.36] treated | |
| [753.36 --> 754.86] 400 years | |
| [754.86 --> 756.94] but I will punish | |
| [756.94 --> 757.50] the nation | |
| [757.50 --> 758.14] they serve | |
| [758.14 --> 758.72] as slaves | |
| [758.72 --> 759.74] and afterward | |
| [759.74 --> 760.84] they will come | |
| [760.84 --> 761.14] out | |
| [761.14 --> 762.32] with great | |
| [762.32 --> 762.84] possessions | |
| [762.84 --> 766.72] we are not | |
| [766.72 --> 767.10] told | |
| [767.10 --> 768.34] if it was | |
| [768.34 --> 769.02] faith alone | |
| [769.02 --> 770.22] or faith | |
| [770.22 --> 770.70] and fact | |
| [770.70 --> 771.14] together | |
| [771.14 --> 772.64] that made | |
| [772.64 --> 773.44] Joseph focus | |
| [773.44 --> 773.90] on this | |
| [773.90 --> 774.70] old promise | |
| [774.70 --> 775.48] that was | |
| [775.48 --> 776.08] generations | |
| [776.08 --> 776.58] old | |
| [776.58 --> 777.60] and generations | |
| [777.60 --> 779.02] from fulfillment | |
| [779.02 --> 781.70] Joseph had been | |
| [781.70 --> 782.18] in Egypt | |
| [782.18 --> 782.56] now | |
| [782.56 --> 784.10] for 93 | |
| [784.10 --> 785.12] years | |
| [785.12 --> 787.08] his family | |
| [787.08 --> 788.60] for 73 | |
| [788.60 --> 789.14] years | |
| [789.14 --> 790.98] the famine | |
| [790.98 --> 791.84] was long | |
| [791.84 --> 792.26] over | |
| [792.26 --> 793.66] Joseph had | |
| [793.66 --> 794.12] no doubt | |
| [794.12 --> 794.96] long since | |
| [794.96 --> 795.52] retired | |
| [795.52 --> 796.98] and at the | |
| [796.98 --> 797.56] time of his | |
| [797.56 --> 797.80] death | |
| [797.80 --> 798.28] the children | |
| [798.28 --> 798.84] of Israel | |
| [798.84 --> 799.46] were not | |
| [799.46 --> 800.16] yet slaves | |
| [800.16 --> 801.12] or prisoners | |
| [801.12 --> 801.94] in Egypt | |
| [801.94 --> 803.88] all we know | |
| [803.88 --> 804.62] is that Joseph | |
| [804.62 --> 806.00] somehow knew | |
| [806.00 --> 806.52] the truth | |
| [806.52 --> 806.94] of what | |
| [806.94 --> 807.70] Exodus 1 | |
| [807.70 --> 808.20] verse 8 | |
| [808.20 --> 809.10] tells us | |
| [809.10 --> 810.18] that a new | |
| [810.18 --> 810.54] king | |
| [810.54 --> 812.00] who did not | |
| [812.00 --> 812.80] know Joseph | |
| [812.80 --> 814.08] would come | |
| [814.08 --> 815.18] to power | |
| [815.18 --> 816.14] and that | |
| [816.14 --> 816.60] everything | |
| [816.60 --> 817.66] would change | |
| [817.66 --> 819.12] for the worse | |
| [819.12 --> 821.08] that hardship | |
| [821.08 --> 821.86] was coming | |
| [821.86 --> 822.80] for his | |
| [822.80 --> 823.22] brothers | |
| [823.22 --> 824.68] slavery | |
| [824.68 --> 825.80] for his | |
| [825.80 --> 826.16] people | |
| [826.16 --> 827.96] we also | |
| [827.96 --> 828.50] know that | |
| [828.50 --> 828.80] Joseph | |
| [828.80 --> 829.48] believes | |
| [829.48 --> 830.62] all of the | |
| [830.62 --> 831.06] promises | |
| [831.06 --> 832.28] that the | |
| [832.28 --> 832.72] end | |
| [832.72 --> 833.82] will be | |
| [833.82 --> 834.22] glory | |
| [834.22 --> 836.46] I am | |
| [836.46 --> 837.32] about to | |
| [837.32 --> 837.66] die | |
| [837.66 --> 838.20] he tells | |
| [838.20 --> 838.68] his brothers | |
| [838.68 --> 840.16] but God | |
| [840.16 --> 840.98] will surely | |
| [840.98 --> 841.96] come to | |
| [841.96 --> 842.50] your aid | |
| [842.50 --> 843.80] that is | |
| [843.80 --> 844.14] you will | |
| [844.14 --> 844.74] need to | |
| [844.74 --> 845.28] be rescued | |
| [845.28 --> 845.92] by God | |
| [845.92 --> 846.60] and God | |
| [846.60 --> 847.30] will rescue | |
| [847.30 --> 847.64] you | |
| [847.64 --> 848.34] and take | |
| [848.34 --> 848.74] you up | |
| [848.74 --> 849.16] out of | |
| [849.16 --> 849.64] this land | |
| [849.64 --> 850.30] to the | |
| [850.30 --> 850.74] land he | |
| [850.74 --> 851.28] promised | |
| [851.28 --> 852.02] on oath | |
| [852.02 --> 852.66] to Abraham | |
| [852.66 --> 853.28] Isaac | |
| [853.28 --> 854.10] and Jacob | |
| [854.10 --> 857.06] then Joseph | |
| [857.06 --> 857.64] makes his | |
| [857.64 --> 858.70] family swear | |
| [858.70 --> 859.22] an oath | |
| [859.22 --> 860.60] and with his | |
| [860.60 --> 861.48] very last | |
| [861.48 --> 861.86] words | |
| [861.86 --> 862.36] says | |
| [862.36 --> 863.58] God | |
| [863.58 --> 864.46] will surely | |
| [864.46 --> 865.06] come to | |
| [865.06 --> 865.60] your aid | |
| [865.60 --> 866.98] and then | |
| [866.98 --> 867.54] you must | |
| [867.54 --> 868.14] carry my | |
| [868.14 --> 868.70] bones up | |
| [868.70 --> 869.66] from this | |
| [869.66 --> 870.10] place | |
| [870.10 --> 872.58] so | |
| [872.58 --> 872.94] Joseph | |
| [872.94 --> 873.42] died | |
| [873.42 --> 875.60] and | |
| [875.60 --> 876.28] verse 26 | |
| [876.28 --> 877.10] tells us | |
| [877.10 --> 878.10] after they | |
| [878.10 --> 878.72] embalmed | |
| [878.72 --> 879.00] him | |
| [879.00 --> 880.04] he was | |
| [880.04 --> 880.72] placed in | |
| [880.72 --> 881.22] a coffin | |
| [881.22 --> 882.34] in Egypt | |
| [882.34 --> 884.78] they | |
| [884.78 --> 885.36] embalmed | |
| [885.36 --> 885.64] him | |
| [885.64 --> 887.74] they | |
| [887.74 --> 888.22] don't | |
| [888.22 --> 889.08] bury | |
| [889.08 --> 889.48] him | |
| [889.48 --> 891.64] why not | |
| [891.64 --> 892.08] because | |
| [892.08 --> 892.74] they're | |
| [892.74 --> 893.46] supposed to | |
| [893.46 --> 893.86] carry | |
| [893.86 --> 894.82] his bones | |
| [894.82 --> 895.40] out when | |
| [895.40 --> 895.88] they go | |
| [895.88 --> 897.26] because | |
| [897.26 --> 897.66] God | |
| [897.66 --> 898.10] is coming | |
| [898.10 --> 898.48] for them | |
| [898.48 --> 899.10] to rescue | |
| [899.10 --> 899.42] them | |
| [899.42 --> 899.98] and they | |
| [899.98 --> 900.44] need to | |
| [900.44 --> 900.86] be ready | |
| [900.86 --> 901.42] to pick | |
| [901.42 --> 901.74] up his | |
| [901.74 --> 902.10] bones | |
| [902.10 --> 903.06] and leave | |
| [903.06 --> 904.52] Joseph's | |
| [904.52 --> 904.88] coffin | |
| [904.88 --> 905.44] becomes | |
| [905.44 --> 906.06] a symbol | |
| [906.06 --> 907.06] of hope | |
| [907.06 --> 907.68] that the | |
| [907.68 --> 908.10] gathering | |
| [908.10 --> 908.56] storm | |
| [908.56 --> 908.96] that is | |
| [908.96 --> 909.34] coming | |
| [909.34 --> 910.12] slavery | |
| [910.12 --> 910.44] and | |
| [910.44 --> 910.88] hardship | |
| [910.88 --> 911.72] is not | |
| [911.72 --> 912.10] going to | |
| [912.10 --> 912.74] be terminal | |
| [912.74 --> 913.38] that the | |
| [913.38 --> 913.78] present | |
| [913.78 --> 914.32] darkness | |
| [914.32 --> 915.12] will not | |
| [915.12 --> 915.78] be forever | |
| [915.78 --> 916.66] don't | |
| [916.66 --> 917.58] bury me | |
| [917.58 --> 918.00] because | |
| [918.00 --> 918.46] God | |
| [918.46 --> 918.86] will come | |
| [918.86 --> 919.14] back | |
| [919.14 --> 919.76] for us | |
| [919.76 --> 921.00] and when | |
| [921.00 --> 921.60] you must | |
| [921.60 --> 922.14] carry my | |
| [922.14 --> 922.42] bones | |
| [922.42 --> 922.84] home | |
| [922.84 --> 923.98] and bury | |
| [923.98 --> 924.34] me | |
| [924.34 --> 925.12] in the | |
| [925.12 --> 925.36] land | |
| [925.36 --> 925.52] of | |
| [925.52 --> 926.04] promise | |
| [926.04 --> 929.44] you see | |
| [929.44 --> 929.80] the end | |
| [929.80 --> 929.96] of | |
| [929.96 --> 930.34] Genesis | |
| [930.34 --> 931.78] is all | |
| [931.78 --> 932.08] about | |
| [932.08 --> 932.44] hope | |
| [932.44 --> 933.46] after all | |
| [933.46 --> 935.20] and the | |
| [935.20 --> 935.46] Bible | |
| [935.46 --> 936.18] says a lot | |
| [936.18 --> 936.74] about hope | |
| [936.74 --> 938.22] that biblical | |
| [938.22 --> 938.92] hope does | |
| [938.92 --> 939.74] not disappoint | |
| [939.74 --> 941.42] that it's | |
| [941.42 --> 941.76] not an | |
| [941.76 --> 942.06] empty | |
| [942.06 --> 942.54] wish | |
| [942.54 --> 943.70] that biblical | |
| [943.70 --> 944.44] hope is a | |
| [944.44 --> 945.10] given because | |
| [945.10 --> 945.58] it is a | |
| [945.58 --> 945.84] hope | |
| [945.84 --> 947.06] in God | |
| [947.06 --> 949.74] Lewis | |
| [949.74 --> 950.14] Meads | |
| [950.14 --> 950.86] once pointed | |
| [950.86 --> 951.14] out | |
| [951.14 --> 952.24] that when | |
| [952.24 --> 952.66] it comes | |
| [952.66 --> 953.22] to ordinary | |
| [953.22 --> 953.98] human | |
| [953.98 --> 954.44] hoping | |
| [954.44 --> 955.72] there are | |
| [955.72 --> 956.36] three things | |
| [956.36 --> 957.02] going on | |
| [957.02 --> 958.62] one is | |
| [958.62 --> 959.52] desire | |
| [959.52 --> 960.30] we want | |
| [960.30 --> 960.62] what we | |
| [960.62 --> 961.24] hope for | |
| [961.24 --> 964.16] two is | |
| [964.16 --> 965.06] belief | |
| [965.06 --> 966.78] we believe | |
| [966.78 --> 967.30] that what we | |
| [967.30 --> 967.70] hope for | |
| [967.70 --> 968.40] is possible | |
| [968.40 --> 970.26] though not | |
| [970.26 --> 970.72] inevitable | |
| [970.72 --> 972.80] which leads | |
| [972.80 --> 973.14] to number | |
| [973.14 --> 973.58] three | |
| [973.58 --> 974.90] doubt | |
| [974.90 --> 976.72] we fear | |
| [976.72 --> 977.10] that what | |
| [977.10 --> 977.58] we hope | |
| [977.58 --> 978.06] for | |
| [978.06 --> 979.34] may not | |
| [979.34 --> 979.64] happen | |
| [979.64 --> 981.38] hope for | |
| [981.38 --> 982.18] the difference | |
| [982.18 --> 982.84] in Christian | |
| [982.84 --> 983.44] and biblical | |
| [983.44 --> 983.92] hope | |
| [983.92 --> 986.58] has to do | |
| [986.58 --> 986.90] with that | |
| [986.90 --> 987.68] third element | |
| [987.68 --> 989.02] doubt | |
| [989.02 --> 991.36] Christian hope | |
| [991.36 --> 991.86] is not | |
| [991.86 --> 992.16] evil | |
| [992.16 --> 993.38] it is a | |
| [993.38 --> 994.06] conviction | |
| [994.06 --> 995.30] about what | |
| [995.30 --> 996.16] is sure | |
| [996.16 --> 997.22] because it is | |
| [997.22 --> 997.76] a faith | |
| [997.76 --> 998.86] not in human | |
| [998.86 --> 999.58] possibility | |
| [999.58 --> 1001.26] but in God's | |
| [1001.26 --> 1001.72] promise | |
| [1001.72 --> 1003.96] that's why | |
| [1003.96 --> 1004.72] hope rules | |
| [1004.72 --> 1005.22] at the end | |
| [1005.22 --> 1005.50] of the | |
| [1005.50 --> 1006.30] Joseph story | |
| [1006.30 --> 1006.98] and at the | |
| [1006.98 --> 1007.38] end of | |
| [1007.38 --> 1007.80] Genesis | |
| [1007.80 --> 1008.44] even though | |
| [1008.44 --> 1009.00] we know | |
| [1009.00 --> 1009.62] when as | |
| [1009.62 --> 1010.02] Genesis | |
| [1010.02 --> 1010.64] closes | |
| [1010.64 --> 1012.14] hardship | |
| [1012.14 --> 1013.58] slavery | |
| [1013.58 --> 1015.04] brick making | |
| [1015.04 --> 1015.98] genocide | |
| [1015.98 --> 1016.80] through the | |
| [1016.80 --> 1017.28] murder of | |
| [1017.28 --> 1017.66] their male | |
| [1017.66 --> 1018.08] children | |
| [1018.08 --> 1019.24] one generation | |
| [1019.24 --> 1020.46] after another | |
| [1020.46 --> 1021.80] and yes | |
| [1021.80 --> 1022.62] all the while | |
| [1022.62 --> 1023.28] the silence | |
| [1023.28 --> 1023.82] of God | |
| [1023.82 --> 1024.96] is deafening | |
| [1024.96 --> 1027.44] there is no | |
| [1027.44 --> 1027.92] word from | |
| [1027.92 --> 1028.26] God | |
| [1028.26 --> 1029.42] there is no | |
| [1029.42 --> 1030.10] message from | |
| [1030.10 --> 1030.42] heaven | |
| [1030.42 --> 1032.02] and so | |
| [1032.02 --> 1032.74] where is the | |
| [1032.74 --> 1033.52] hope in all | |
| [1033.52 --> 1034.00] of this | |
| [1034.00 --> 1037.08] it is in | |
| [1037.08 --> 1038.24] Joseph's | |
| [1038.24 --> 1038.66] coffin | |
| [1038.66 --> 1041.10] Joseph's | |
| [1041.10 --> 1041.52] coffin | |
| [1041.52 --> 1042.08] becomes | |
| [1042.08 --> 1042.98] the message | |
| [1042.98 --> 1043.58] of hope | |
| [1043.58 --> 1044.36] it is the | |
| [1044.36 --> 1045.06] box if you | |
| [1045.06 --> 1045.32] will | |
| [1045.32 --> 1046.42] that speaks | |
| [1046.42 --> 1048.00] it is the | |
| [1048.00 --> 1048.60] symbol that | |
| [1048.60 --> 1049.44] says this | |
| [1049.44 --> 1049.92] suffering | |
| [1049.92 --> 1050.72] is not | |
| [1050.72 --> 1051.18] forever | |
| [1051.18 --> 1052.94] God has | |
| [1052.94 --> 1053.64] not forgotten | |
| [1053.64 --> 1054.04] you | |
| [1054.04 --> 1055.00] someday he | |
| [1055.00 --> 1055.42] will come | |
| [1055.42 --> 1056.00] back for | |
| [1056.00 --> 1056.26] you | |
| [1056.26 --> 1057.26] by faith | |
| [1057.26 --> 1057.72] Joseph | |
| [1057.72 --> 1058.16] when his | |
| [1058.16 --> 1058.58] end was | |
| [1058.58 --> 1058.84] near | |
| [1058.84 --> 1059.80] spoke about | |
| [1059.80 --> 1060.46] the exodus | |
| [1060.46 --> 1060.82] of the | |
| [1060.82 --> 1061.26] Israelites | |
| [1061.26 --> 1061.88] from Egypt | |
| [1061.88 --> 1062.74] and gave | |
| [1062.74 --> 1063.44] instructions | |
| [1063.44 --> 1064.52] about his | |
| [1064.52 --> 1065.04] bones | |
| [1065.04 --> 1066.24] as the | |
| [1066.24 --> 1066.72] children of | |
| [1066.72 --> 1067.08] Israel | |
| [1067.08 --> 1067.70] suffer | |
| [1067.70 --> 1068.72] year after | |
| [1068.72 --> 1069.16] year | |
| [1069.16 --> 1070.04] of awful | |
| [1070.04 --> 1070.62] slavery | |
| [1070.62 --> 1071.34] and life | |
| [1071.34 --> 1072.02] is hard | |
| [1072.02 --> 1072.58] and the | |
| [1072.58 --> 1072.88] future | |
| [1072.88 --> 1073.22] seems | |
| [1073.22 --> 1073.88] hopeless | |
| [1073.88 --> 1076.08] fathers | |
| [1076.08 --> 1077.40] and mothers | |
| [1077.40 --> 1079.20] will walk | |
| [1079.20 --> 1079.78] with sons | |
| [1079.78 --> 1080.58] and daughters | |
| [1080.58 --> 1081.84] past the | |
| [1081.84 --> 1082.44] place where | |
| [1082.44 --> 1083.08] the coffin | |
| [1083.08 --> 1083.94] lays | |
| [1083.94 --> 1084.84] and | |
| [1084.84 --> 1085.42] generation | |
| [1085.42 --> 1085.78] after | |
| [1085.78 --> 1086.50] generation | |
| [1086.50 --> 1087.14] will ask | |
| [1087.14 --> 1088.06] what does | |
| [1088.06 --> 1088.72] that box | |
| [1088.72 --> 1089.36] mean | |
| [1089.36 --> 1091.40] and fathers | |
| [1091.40 --> 1092.00] and mothers | |
| [1092.00 --> 1093.06] will tell | |
| [1093.06 --> 1093.64] their children | |
| [1093.64 --> 1094.82] as hard | |
| [1094.82 --> 1095.22] as life | |
| [1095.22 --> 1095.56] is | |
| [1095.56 --> 1097.04] as hopeless | |
| [1097.04 --> 1097.78] as the future | |
| [1097.78 --> 1098.32] seems | |
| [1098.32 --> 1100.04] this box | |
| [1100.04 --> 1100.90] this coffin | |
| [1100.90 --> 1101.46] means | |
| [1101.46 --> 1102.40] that one | |
| [1102.40 --> 1103.02] day soon | |
| [1103.02 --> 1103.44] we're gone | |
| [1103.44 --> 1105.36] we close | |
| [1105.36 --> 1105.98] with Joseph | |
| [1105.98 --> 1106.74] in a coffin | |
| [1106.74 --> 1107.84] in Egypt | |
| [1107.84 --> 1109.30] and from the | |
| [1109.30 --> 1110.12] outside looking | |
| [1110.12 --> 1110.48] in | |
| [1110.48 --> 1112.30] things don't | |
| [1112.30 --> 1113.14] look all that | |
| [1113.14 --> 1113.48] hopeful | |
| [1113.48 --> 1115.70] but the | |
| [1115.70 --> 1116.46] last verse | |
| [1116.46 --> 1117.08] of Genesis | |
| [1117.08 --> 1118.66] is part | |
| [1118.66 --> 1118.92] of this | |
| [1118.92 --> 1119.54] larger | |
| [1119.54 --> 1120.00] biblical | |
| [1120.00 --> 1120.60] story | |
| [1120.60 --> 1121.72] that lets | |
| [1121.72 --> 1122.22] us know | |
| [1122.22 --> 1123.34] this is | |
| [1123.34 --> 1123.86] not the | |
| [1123.86 --> 1124.20] end | |
| [1124.20 --> 1125.90] not by | |
| [1125.90 --> 1126.62] a long | |
| [1126.62 --> 1127.06] shot | |
| [1127.06 --> 1128.26] it isn't | |
| [1128.26 --> 1130.16] the road | |
| [1130.16 --> 1130.68] ahead will | |
| [1130.68 --> 1131.08] not be | |
| [1131.08 --> 1131.44] easy | |
| [1131.44 --> 1133.00] but some | |
| [1133.00 --> 1134.42] 430 years | |
| [1134.42 --> 1134.98] Joseph was | |
| [1134.98 --> 1135.50] sold in | |
| [1135.50 --> 1136.02] Egypt as | |
| [1136.02 --> 1136.52] a slave | |
| [1136.52 --> 1139.30] God | |
| [1139.30 --> 1139.90] called up | |
| [1139.90 --> 1140.46] another | |
| [1140.46 --> 1141.34] deliverer | |
| [1141.34 --> 1142.50] Moses | |
| [1142.50 --> 1144.20] and as | |
| [1144.20 --> 1144.62] Moses | |
| [1144.62 --> 1145.22] leads the | |
| [1145.22 --> 1145.72] children of | |
| [1145.72 --> 1146.10] Israel | |
| [1146.10 --> 1146.54] out of | |
| [1146.54 --> 1146.70] their | |
| [1146.70 --> 1147.08] slavery | |
| [1147.08 --> 1147.70] in Egypt | |
| [1147.70 --> 1148.70] you read | |
| [1148.70 --> 1149.18] this in | |
| [1149.18 --> 1150.24] Exodus 13 | |
| [1150.24 --> 1151.18] Moses | |
| [1151.18 --> 1152.00] took the | |
| [1152.00 --> 1152.66] bones of | |
| [1152.66 --> 1153.02] Joseph | |
| [1153.02 --> 1154.10] with him | |
| [1154.10 --> 1155.62] because | |
| [1155.62 --> 1156.14] Joseph | |
| [1156.14 --> 1156.86] had made | |
| [1156.86 --> 1157.42] the sons | |
| [1157.42 --> 1157.98] of Israel | |
| [1157.98 --> 1159.10] swear an | |
| [1159.10 --> 1159.46] oath | |
| [1159.46 --> 1160.64] he had | |
| [1160.64 --> 1161.02] said | |
| [1161.02 --> 1161.80] God | |
| [1161.80 --> 1162.58] will surely | |
| [1162.58 --> 1163.04] come to | |
| [1163.04 --> 1163.62] your aid | |
| [1163.62 --> 1164.70] and then | |
| [1164.70 --> 1165.24] you must | |
| [1165.24 --> 1165.70] carry | |
| [1165.70 --> 1166.64] my bones | |
| [1166.64 --> 1167.26] up with | |
| [1167.26 --> 1167.60] you | |
| [1167.60 --> 1168.70] from this | |
| [1168.70 --> 1169.18] place | |
| [1169.18 --> 1172.14] through 40 | |
| [1172.14 --> 1173.06] years of | |
| [1173.06 --> 1173.62] their desert | |
| [1173.62 --> 1174.48] pilgrimage | |
| [1174.48 --> 1176.32] along with | |
| [1176.32 --> 1177.14] everything else | |
| [1177.14 --> 1177.76] they carried | |
| [1177.76 --> 1178.20] for their | |
| [1178.20 --> 1178.58] journey | |
| [1178.58 --> 1180.54] they carried | |
| [1180.54 --> 1181.42] that coffin | |
| [1181.42 --> 1182.62] through the | |
| [1182.62 --> 1183.18] Red Sea | |
| [1183.18 --> 1184.62] to the foot | |
| [1184.62 --> 1184.98] of Mount | |
| [1184.98 --> 1185.42] Sinai | |
| [1185.42 --> 1185.92] where God | |
| [1185.92 --> 1186.38] renewed | |
| [1186.38 --> 1187.26] his covenant | |
| [1187.26 --> 1187.74] with his | |
| [1187.74 --> 1188.08] people | |
| [1188.08 --> 1189.68] through years | |
| [1189.68 --> 1190.44] of doubts | |
| [1190.44 --> 1191.24] and murmuring | |
| [1191.24 --> 1192.04] and complaining | |
| [1192.04 --> 1194.26] through years | |
| [1194.26 --> 1194.86] of struggle | |
| [1194.86 --> 1197.26] until finally | |
| [1197.26 --> 1197.68] they took | |
| [1197.68 --> 1198.18] possession | |
| [1198.18 --> 1198.66] of the | |
| [1198.66 --> 1199.10] land of | |
| [1199.10 --> 1199.50] promise | |
| [1199.50 --> 1200.22] and at | |
| [1200.22 --> 1200.62] the end | |
| [1200.62 --> 1201.06] of the | |
| [1201.06 --> 1201.46] book of | |
| [1201.46 --> 1201.86] Joshua | |
| [1201.86 --> 1202.60] you read | |
| [1202.60 --> 1203.36] these words | |
| [1203.36 --> 1204.70] Joseph's | |
| [1204.70 --> 1205.16] bones | |
| [1205.16 --> 1206.34] which the | |
| [1206.34 --> 1206.80] Israelites | |
| [1206.80 --> 1207.52] had brought | |
| [1207.52 --> 1207.88] up from | |
| [1207.88 --> 1208.32] Egypt | |
| [1208.32 --> 1210.00] were buried | |
| [1210.00 --> 1210.66] at Shechem | |
| [1210.66 --> 1211.62] in the | |
| [1211.62 --> 1212.28] tract of | |
| [1212.28 --> 1212.88] land that | |
| [1212.88 --> 1213.58] Jacob bought | |
| [1213.58 --> 1214.60] for 100 | |
| [1214.60 --> 1215.42] pieces of | |
| [1215.42 --> 1215.82] silver | |
| [1215.82 --> 1216.82] from the | |
| [1216.82 --> 1217.24] sons of | |
| [1217.24 --> 1217.68] Hamor | |
| [1217.68 --> 1219.30] this became | |
| [1219.30 --> 1220.08] the inheritance | |
| [1220.08 --> 1221.78] of Joseph's | |
| [1221.78 --> 1222.78] descendants | |
| [1222.78 --> 1225.60] no coffin | |
| [1225.60 --> 1226.20] in Egypt | |
| [1226.20 --> 1227.42] is going | |
| [1227.42 --> 1228.08] to stop | |
| [1228.08 --> 1228.68] the Lord | |
| [1228.68 --> 1229.88] God Almighty | |
| [1229.88 --> 1230.66] from fulfilling | |
| [1230.66 --> 1231.42] his promise | |
| [1231.42 --> 1232.10] to Abraham | |
| [1232.10 --> 1233.04] Isaac | |
| [1233.04 --> 1233.96] Jacob | |
| [1233.96 --> 1235.78] and Joseph | |
| [1235.78 --> 1238.04] nor will | |
| [1238.04 --> 1238.78] anything | |
| [1238.78 --> 1239.58] stop | |
| [1239.58 --> 1240.44] the Lord | |
| [1240.44 --> 1241.60] God Almighty | |
| [1241.60 --> 1242.48] from fulfilling | |
| [1242.48 --> 1243.42] his promise | |
| [1243.42 --> 1244.50] to us | |
| [1244.50 --> 1246.84] I know | |
| [1246.84 --> 1247.34] the people | |
| [1247.34 --> 1247.76] of God | |
| [1247.76 --> 1248.06] throughout | |
| [1248.06 --> 1248.52] history | |
| [1248.52 --> 1249.02] have had | |
| [1249.02 --> 1249.54] their share | |
| [1249.54 --> 1250.04] of hard | |
| [1250.04 --> 1250.46] times | |
| [1250.46 --> 1250.82] I know | |
| [1250.82 --> 1251.28] violence | |
| [1251.28 --> 1251.94] and terror | |
| [1251.94 --> 1252.72] of hunger | |
| [1252.72 --> 1253.40] and poverty | |
| [1253.40 --> 1254.26] of crime | |
| [1254.26 --> 1255.00] and immorality | |
| [1255.00 --> 1255.66] of sickness | |
| [1255.66 --> 1256.40] and pandemic | |
| [1256.40 --> 1258.62] I know | |
| [1258.62 --> 1259.22] that the evil | |
| [1259.22 --> 1259.96] and the injustice | |
| [1259.96 --> 1260.74] and the oppression | |
| [1260.74 --> 1261.94] and the exploitation | |
| [1261.94 --> 1262.98] that Archbishop | |
| [1262.98 --> 1264.06] Tutu spoke | |
| [1264.06 --> 1264.72] about still | |
| [1264.72 --> 1265.28] prevails | |
| [1265.28 --> 1266.12] in almost | |
| [1266.12 --> 1267.08] every corner | |
| [1267.08 --> 1267.72] of our world | |
| [1267.72 --> 1268.82] also frankly | |
| [1268.82 --> 1269.84] in our corner | |
| [1269.84 --> 1270.64] of the world | |
| [1270.64 --> 1272.90] I know | |
| [1272.90 --> 1273.64] that we are | |
| [1273.64 --> 1274.28] not winning | |
| [1274.28 --> 1275.02] the battle | |
| [1275.02 --> 1275.98] in our culture | |
| [1275.98 --> 1276.56] to reach | |
| [1276.56 --> 1277.66] the whole world | |
| [1277.66 --> 1278.90] for Jesus Christ | |
| [1278.90 --> 1280.24] all the adversity | |
| [1280.24 --> 1281.06] that the church | |
| [1281.06 --> 1281.84] has faced | |
| [1281.84 --> 1282.58] and that we face | |
| [1282.58 --> 1283.64] up to this day | |
| [1283.64 --> 1284.62] we don't have | |
| [1284.62 --> 1285.38] this box | |
| [1285.38 --> 1286.04] this coffin | |
| [1286.04 --> 1287.36] that talks to us | |
| [1287.36 --> 1289.64] we have no | |
| [1289.64 --> 1290.64] unburied bones | |
| [1290.64 --> 1291.38] to revive | |
| [1291.38 --> 1292.38] our flagging faith | |
| [1292.38 --> 1295.98] we have something | |
| [1295.98 --> 1296.64] far better | |
| [1296.64 --> 1297.18] don't we | |
| [1297.18 --> 1299.28] we have | |
| [1299.28 --> 1301.02] an empty grave | |
| [1301.02 --> 1303.50] an empty grave | |
| [1303.50 --> 1304.54] where the son of God | |
| [1304.54 --> 1305.16] on a Friday | |
| [1305.16 --> 1306.22] that was good for us | |
| [1306.22 --> 1307.32] but not very good | |
| [1307.32 --> 1307.78] for him | |
| [1307.78 --> 1309.74] because he died | |
| [1309.74 --> 1311.76] for our sin | |
| [1311.76 --> 1313.60] a grave | |
| [1313.60 --> 1314.34] now empty | |
| [1314.34 --> 1315.72] because on the third day | |
| [1315.72 --> 1316.78] he rose from the dead | |
| [1316.78 --> 1318.48] and walked out of that grave | |
| [1318.48 --> 1319.68] for our life | |
| [1319.68 --> 1322.00] we have an empty grave | |
| [1322.00 --> 1323.10] that reminds us | |
| [1323.10 --> 1323.96] that this earth | |
| [1323.96 --> 1325.70] is not our real home | |
| [1325.70 --> 1327.74] that God has prepared | |
| [1327.74 --> 1328.74] a better city | |
| [1328.74 --> 1329.34] for us | |
| [1329.34 --> 1330.30] a new heaven | |
| [1330.30 --> 1331.40] and a new earth | |
| [1331.40 --> 1332.80] the land of glory | |
| [1332.80 --> 1334.74] we have an empty grave | |
| [1334.74 --> 1335.90] to revive our hope | |
| [1335.90 --> 1337.32] that God is coming | |
| [1337.32 --> 1338.66] to our aid | |
| [1338.66 --> 1340.00] God is coming back | |
| [1340.00 --> 1340.54] for us | |
| [1340.54 --> 1341.60] God is coming | |
| [1341.60 --> 1342.52] to deliver us | |
| [1342.52 --> 1343.56] from our bondage | |
| [1343.56 --> 1344.12] to death | |
| [1344.12 --> 1345.08] and decay | |
| [1345.08 --> 1346.16] and the devil | |
| [1346.16 --> 1349.10] Genesis 50 | |
| [1349.10 --> 1349.48] you see | |
| [1349.48 --> 1350.22] is far | |
| [1350.22 --> 1351.06] from the end | |
| [1351.06 --> 1351.70] of the story | |
| [1351.70 --> 1352.74] it is only the end | |
| [1352.74 --> 1353.10] of the book | |
| [1353.10 --> 1353.72] of Genesis | |
| [1353.72 --> 1355.48] Moses still has | |
| [1355.48 --> 1356.28] four more books | |
| [1356.28 --> 1356.88] to write | |
| [1356.88 --> 1357.98] and the spirit | |
| [1357.98 --> 1358.60] of God | |
| [1358.60 --> 1360.12] has 61 | |
| [1360.12 --> 1361.32] more to write | |
| [1361.32 --> 1362.70] before the final | |
| [1362.70 --> 1363.56] chapter | |
| [1363.56 --> 1364.78] is written | |
| [1364.78 --> 1367.22] listen | |
| [1367.22 --> 1368.48] Revelation | |
| [1368.48 --> 1369.76] 21 | |
| [1369.76 --> 1372.24] these familiar words | |
| [1372.24 --> 1373.66] then I saw | |
| [1373.66 --> 1374.44] a new heaven | |
| [1374.44 --> 1375.90] and a new earth | |
| [1375.90 --> 1377.90] for the first heaven | |
| [1377.90 --> 1379.16] and the first earth | |
| [1379.16 --> 1380.12] had passed away | |
| [1380.12 --> 1381.30] and there was no longer | |
| [1381.30 --> 1382.28] any sea | |
| [1382.28 --> 1384.42] I saw the holy city | |
| [1384.42 --> 1385.54] the new Jerusalem | |
| [1385.54 --> 1386.76] coming down | |
| [1386.76 --> 1387.28] out of heaven | |
| [1387.28 --> 1387.92] from God | |
| [1387.92 --> 1389.32] prepared as a bride | |
| [1389.32 --> 1390.58] beautifully dressed | |
| [1390.58 --> 1391.46] for her husband | |
| [1391.46 --> 1393.22] and I heard | |
| [1393.22 --> 1394.26] a loud voice | |
| [1394.26 --> 1394.94] from the throne | |
| [1394.94 --> 1395.48] saying | |
| [1395.48 --> 1397.04] now the dwelling | |
| [1397.04 --> 1397.64] of God | |
| [1397.64 --> 1398.64] is with men | |
| [1398.64 --> 1400.34] and he will live | |
| [1400.34 --> 1400.80] with them | |
| [1400.80 --> 1401.84] they will be | |
| [1401.84 --> 1402.52] his people | |
| [1402.52 --> 1403.90] and God himself | |
| [1403.90 --> 1404.92] will be with them | |
| [1404.92 --> 1406.20] and be their God | |
| [1406.20 --> 1407.20] he will wipe | |
| [1407.20 --> 1408.22] every tear | |
| [1408.22 --> 1409.28] from their eyes | |
| [1409.28 --> 1410.74] there will be | |
| [1410.74 --> 1411.58] no more death | |
| [1411.58 --> 1412.72] or mourning | |
| [1412.72 --> 1414.52] or crying | |
| [1414.52 --> 1415.88] or pain | |
| [1415.88 --> 1417.32] for the old | |
| [1417.32 --> 1418.28] order of things | |
| [1418.28 --> 1420.20] has passed away | |
| [1420.20 --> 1422.54] as God's people | |
| [1422.54 --> 1423.58] in the days of Joseph | |
| [1423.58 --> 1425.74] so now it's true | |
| [1425.74 --> 1426.50] we still live | |
| [1426.50 --> 1427.36] in the midst of death | |
| [1427.36 --> 1429.38] those who put | |
| [1429.38 --> 1429.86] their hope | |
| [1429.86 --> 1430.44] in God | |
| [1430.44 --> 1431.58] and his promise | |
| [1431.58 --> 1432.50] that today | |
| [1432.50 --> 1434.12] still die | |
| [1434.12 --> 1435.92] are placed | |
| [1435.92 --> 1436.98] in coffins | |
| [1436.98 --> 1438.42] and carried | |
| [1438.42 --> 1439.14] to their graves | |
| [1439.14 --> 1441.78] you and I too | |
| [1441.78 --> 1442.52] are not home yet | |
| [1442.52 --> 1444.42] as believers | |
| [1444.42 --> 1444.88] we live | |
| [1444.88 --> 1446.50] in an in-between time | |
| [1446.50 --> 1448.94] between the already | |
| [1448.94 --> 1449.70] of the kingdom | |
| [1449.70 --> 1450.40] of God | |
| [1450.40 --> 1451.08] that invaded | |
| [1451.08 --> 1451.72] our world | |
| [1451.72 --> 1452.32] and the person | |
| [1452.32 --> 1453.22] of Jesus Christ | |
| [1453.22 --> 1454.66] and that has been | |
| [1454.66 --> 1455.68] born in our hearts | |
| [1455.68 --> 1456.40] through God's word | |
| [1456.40 --> 1457.14] and God's spirit | |
| [1457.14 --> 1459.44] and the not yet | |
| [1459.44 --> 1460.22] of the fully | |
| [1460.22 --> 1461.30] realized kingdom | |
| [1461.30 --> 1461.84] of God | |
| [1461.84 --> 1462.82] that will come | |
| [1462.82 --> 1463.54] with Jesus | |
| [1463.54 --> 1464.52] returning glory | |
| [1464.52 --> 1466.12] when God | |
| [1466.12 --> 1466.88] will be all | |
| [1466.88 --> 1467.26] in all | |
| [1467.26 --> 1467.78] everything | |
| [1467.78 --> 1469.68] to everyone | |
| [1469.68 --> 1472.36] but as God | |
| [1472.36 --> 1473.40] spoke in the beginning | |
| [1473.40 --> 1475.00] and there was light | |
| [1475.00 --> 1476.48] and there was life | |
| [1476.48 --> 1479.06] so an empty grave | |
| [1479.06 --> 1480.14] declares to us | |
| [1480.14 --> 1481.02] that in the end | |
| [1481.02 --> 1482.02] God will speak | |
| [1482.02 --> 1482.74] light | |
| [1482.74 --> 1483.66] and life | |
| [1483.66 --> 1484.70] once again | |
| [1484.70 --> 1485.72] and make | |
| [1485.72 --> 1486.88] everything | |
| [1486.88 --> 1487.84] new | |
| [1487.84 --> 1490.94] we await | |
| [1490.94 --> 1491.58] that voice | |
| [1491.58 --> 1493.44] even as we hear | |
| [1493.44 --> 1494.56] whispers of it already | |
| [1494.56 --> 1495.90] now | |
| [1495.90 --> 1496.64] through the spirit | |
| [1496.64 --> 1497.16] of God | |
| [1497.16 --> 1498.88] both in his word | |
| [1498.88 --> 1500.48] and at this table | |
| [1500.48 --> 1501.16] stands here | |
| [1501.16 --> 1502.30] before me | |
| [1502.30 --> 1503.10] where we had hope | |
| [1503.10 --> 1504.04] to celebrate communion | |
| [1504.04 --> 1505.10] again this morning | |
| [1505.10 --> 1507.30] this table | |
| [1507.30 --> 1508.30] also | |
| [1508.30 --> 1509.46] a reminder | |
| [1509.46 --> 1510.94] that the Lord | |
| [1510.94 --> 1511.88] gave us | |
| [1511.88 --> 1512.42] to revive | |
| [1512.42 --> 1513.24] our hope | |
| [1513.24 --> 1513.92] on a journey | |
| [1513.92 --> 1515.56] to the promised land | |
| [1515.56 --> 1517.74] when your children | |
| [1517.74 --> 1518.14] ask you | |
| [1518.14 --> 1519.50] what's with this table | |
| [1519.50 --> 1521.52] what's that about | |
| [1521.52 --> 1522.42] this bread | |
| [1522.42 --> 1523.00] this wine | |
| [1523.00 --> 1524.02] right | |
| [1524.02 --> 1524.72] you tell them | |
| [1524.72 --> 1525.44] this table | |
| [1525.44 --> 1526.26] means that God | |
| [1526.26 --> 1527.52] came to our aid | |
| [1527.52 --> 1528.40] in Jesus | |
| [1528.40 --> 1529.82] and that because | |
| [1529.82 --> 1530.72] Jesus died | |
| [1530.72 --> 1531.56] and rose again | |
| [1531.56 --> 1532.90] he will come for us | |
| [1532.90 --> 1533.28] again | |
| [1533.28 --> 1534.42] one day soon | |
| [1534.42 --> 1536.02] God will deliver us | |
| [1536.02 --> 1536.84] from our bondage | |
| [1536.84 --> 1537.36] to death | |
| [1537.36 --> 1537.98] and decay | |
| [1537.98 --> 1538.64] and the devil | |
| [1538.64 --> 1539.54] and bring us | |
| [1539.54 --> 1540.44] to a new land | |
| [1540.44 --> 1541.66] this table | |
| [1541.66 --> 1542.60] placed in front | |
| [1542.60 --> 1543.58] of our sanctuary | |
| [1543.58 --> 1544.94] means rescue | |
| [1544.94 --> 1546.06] means salvation | |
| [1546.06 --> 1547.48] it proclaims | |
| [1547.48 --> 1547.92] the death | |
| [1547.92 --> 1548.74] and resurrection | |
| [1548.74 --> 1550.92] until he comes | |
| [1550.92 --> 1551.72] again | |
| [1551.72 --> 1554.98] and then you tell them | |
| [1554.98 --> 1557.66] and you tell yourself | |
| [1557.66 --> 1558.82] every Sunday again | |
| [1558.82 --> 1561.02] if we are on God's side | |
| [1561.02 --> 1563.34] we are on | |
| [1563.34 --> 1564.66] the winning side | |
| [1564.66 --> 1566.98] life is going to win | |
| [1566.98 --> 1568.04] over death | |
| [1568.04 --> 1569.66] love is over hate | |
| [1569.66 --> 1571.38] peace is going to win | |
| [1571.38 --> 1572.40] over violence | |
| [1572.40 --> 1573.06] righteousness | |
| [1573.06 --> 1574.34] is going to win | |
| [1574.34 --> 1575.22] over injustice | |
| [1575.22 --> 1577.26] good is going to win | |
| [1577.26 --> 1578.20] over evil | |
| [1578.20 --> 1579.38] so don't ever | |
| [1579.38 --> 1581.38] ever give up hope | |
| [1581.38 --> 1583.54] not for people | |
| [1583.54 --> 1584.08] you love | |
| [1584.08 --> 1585.78] not for yourself | |
| [1585.78 --> 1587.56] not for the church | |
| [1587.56 --> 1589.68] not for the world | |
| [1589.68 --> 1592.02] not for God | |
| [1592.02 --> 1593.96] this is | |
| [1593.96 --> 1595.62] our Father's world | |
| [1595.62 --> 1597.14] oh let us | |
| [1597.14 --> 1597.88] not forget | |
| [1597.88 --> 1598.94] that though the wrong | |
| [1598.94 --> 1600.04] is great and strong | |
| [1600.04 --> 1600.60] God | |
| [1600.60 --> 1602.22] is the ruler | |
| [1602.22 --> 1603.28] yet | |
| [1603.28 --> 1606.30] especially | |
| [1606.30 --> 1607.04] especially as we are | |
| [1607.04 --> 1607.90] about to begin | |
| [1607.90 --> 1609.62] the season of Advent | |
| [1609.62 --> 1612.18] leading up to the good news | |
| [1612.18 --> 1612.94] of Emmanuel | |
| [1612.94 --> 1614.72] God with us | |
| [1614.72 --> 1616.18] in Jesus | |
| [1616.18 --> 1616.74] his son | |
| [1616.74 --> 1618.96] may that hope | |
| [1618.96 --> 1620.02] give each of you | |
| [1620.02 --> 1621.30] and us together | |
| [1621.30 --> 1622.38] renewed | |
| [1622.38 --> 1624.08] spiritual energy | |
| [1624.08 --> 1625.12] even in this | |
| [1625.12 --> 1626.12] difficult time | |
| [1626.12 --> 1627.44] of COVID-19 | |
| [1627.44 --> 1629.76] the spiritual energy | |
| [1629.76 --> 1630.38] we need | |
| [1630.38 --> 1631.52] to dream | |
| [1631.52 --> 1632.44] God's dreams | |
| [1632.44 --> 1633.94] to strive | |
| [1633.94 --> 1634.54] for the good | |
| [1634.54 --> 1635.34] God's word | |
| [1635.34 --> 1636.00] commands | |
| [1636.00 --> 1637.02] and promises | |
| [1637.02 --> 1638.90] and to work | |
| [1638.90 --> 1639.84] for God's | |
| [1639.84 --> 1640.84] promised future | |
| [1640.84 --> 1641.60] by shaping | |
| [1641.60 --> 1642.90] our lives | |
| [1642.90 --> 1643.56] that's come | |
| [1643.56 --> 1644.80] coming | |
| [1644.80 --> 1646.26] for to carry | |
| [1646.26 --> 1647.54] us home | |
| [1647.54 --> 1649.60] in the name | |
| [1649.60 --> 1650.18] of the Father | |
| [1650.18 --> 1650.90] the Son | |
| [1650.90 --> 1652.48] and the Holy Spirit | |
| [1652.48 --> 1654.12] let's pray | |
| [1654.12 --> 1656.80] gracious God | |
| [1656.80 --> 1657.56] we thank you | |
| [1657.56 --> 1660.00] for the hope | |
| [1660.00 --> 1660.80] that is ours | |
| [1660.80 --> 1662.62] in Christ Jesus | |
| [1662.62 --> 1664.88] for the hope | |
| [1664.88 --> 1665.76] that we will celebrate | |
| [1665.76 --> 1666.92] again and anew | |
| [1666.92 --> 1668.16] in the season of Advent | |
| [1668.16 --> 1669.34] beginning next week | |
| [1669.34 --> 1671.24] leading up to the | |
| [1671.24 --> 1671.80] celebration | |
| [1671.80 --> 1673.64] of the day | |
| [1673.64 --> 1674.58] that we have marked | |
| [1674.58 --> 1676.98] to celebrate | |
| [1676.98 --> 1678.90] the incarnation | |
| [1678.90 --> 1680.22] God | |
| [1680.22 --> 1680.88] you | |
| [1680.88 --> 1681.48] coming | |
| [1681.48 --> 1682.66] in our flesh | |
| [1682.66 --> 1683.98] in Jesus | |
| [1683.98 --> 1684.62] your son | |
| [1684.62 --> 1686.68] to remind us | |
| [1686.68 --> 1688.60] that our hope | |
| [1688.60 --> 1689.42] is real | |
| [1689.42 --> 1690.76] our hope | |
| [1690.76 --> 1691.96] has flesh and blood | |
| [1691.96 --> 1694.38] and so we pray | |
| [1694.38 --> 1696.42] together with Joseph | |
| [1696.42 --> 1697.92] may our faith | |
| [1697.92 --> 1698.28] too | |
| [1698.28 --> 1699.80] remain strong | |
| [1699.80 --> 1700.46] may our hope | |
| [1700.46 --> 1701.50] remain alive | |
| [1701.50 --> 1703.42] and may we live lives | |
| [1703.42 --> 1704.00] consistent | |
| [1704.00 --> 1705.42] with that faith | |
| [1705.42 --> 1706.70] and that hope | |
| [1706.70 --> 1707.78] every day | |
| [1707.78 --> 1709.50] in Jesus name | |
| [1709.50 --> 1709.98] we pray | |
| [1709.98 --> 1711.10] amen | |