1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,560 Hallelujah, Jesus. Can we give him just one more 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:11,600 time some worship here tonight. God, we honor you, Lord, in this 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:20,120 place. I love you. 4 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,560 Jesus, we're here to worship you, Lord. 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:31,800 Amen. Lady with the alabaster box came 6 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,640 in and lavished her worship upon the Lord. 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,880 She came in with that alabaster box, which means that she 8 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,240 prepared for what she was going to do. 9 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:49,320 It's always good to come to God's house where we know He is 10 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,440 and His presence is. Come in. 11 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,560 Prepare to do what we do when we arrive here. 12 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,320 It's not a second thought. It's not, oh, by the way, no, I 13 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,840 came here prepared to do this, to worship him. 14 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,680 Amen and Amen. We're so glad tonight to have 15 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,280 brother Fred and sister Sheila back from their trip. 16 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:16,400 God kept them safe, safe hand of protection upon them. 17 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,880 Appreciate that. We're also glad to have 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:23,760 Mackenzie and Hunter and Soren and Zoe and baby Coulson 19 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,640 tonight. This is Colson's first time 20 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:31,400 being at the First Apostolic Church, and this is Piper's 21 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,120 first time at being at the First Apostolic Church. 22 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,440 Glad that Grace is able to be here as well. 23 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:46,680 And with that being said, folks, my normal drill when new babies 24 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:52,760 are come in the church, let's be mindful of these mangers, all 25 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,360 right? Let's be mindful of them and 26 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,640 admire at a distance. You know, we don't need you 27 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,600 scratching your nose and then sticking your finger in their 28 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,640 mouth from that you want. No, we don't need anything like 29 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,080 that. Just be mindful of that. 30 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,280 We're in the fall season, there's already garbage going 31 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,360 around and so on and so forth. Let your germs be your germs, 32 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,560 all right, Amen. So let's just be mindful of that 33 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,400 tonight, Amen. Also, as you turn to Genesis 34 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,000 chapter 25, tomorrow night is power hour here at the church. 35 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,360 Prayer from 7 to 8, All right, the sign in sheet will be out 36 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,120 there for signing in. And that just helps us keep a 37 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,000 pulse about what percentage of this church comes to Thursday 38 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,600 night prayer, all right, just helps keep a pulse. 39 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:40,800 And also this weekend is our district Fall Conference, all 40 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,680 right? And so just be in prayer about 41 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,360 that. It's an election year as well. 42 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,440 So the Lord have the right people, the right place that 43 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,480 need to be there so and so forward. 44 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,480 And also next Wednesday, everybody say next Wednesday, 45 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,680 next Wednesday. We've done this two other times. 46 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,720 We had little interview sessions with someone around the topic. 47 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,800 And next Wednesday is with Doctor Mason and around the 48 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,080 topic of everyone leads, everyone leads, all right? 49 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,200 And so that's next Wednesday, and then the Wednesday after 50 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,720 that will be revival. So you'll have two Wednesdays of 51 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,960 a pause from the book of Genesis. 52 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,240 Maybe not, though. I had to explain for the mop and 53 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,760 why everybody was laughing at him when he mentioned the book 54 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,360 of Genesis that he's preaching from Sunday night. 55 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,760 So maybe Brother Smith will come October the 12th through the 56 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,720 15th, and maybe he'll just preach on Genesis every service. 57 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,400 I don't know, but nonetheless, Amen. 58 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,440 So with that being said, October the 11th is our annual hayride 59 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,960 and chili stuff around here. And we're the for sure, I'm 60 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,800 pretty, I'm well, it's what's going to be the cornhole portion 61 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,240 of that will for Sure Start at 2:00 because we got plenty of 62 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,440 teams out there. The cornhole part, the food part 63 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:58,760 is just going to be right with the food part. 64 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,520 I seen your mouth, Sister Sheila, just like, I don't know, 65 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,920 you know, but for 2:00 it will start so that we still have 66 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,720 daylight and stuff in order to do that and won't just be a 67 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,600 whole bunch of things over top of bunch of things. 68 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,600 All right. But by Sunday, Brother Mason 69 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,399 will have a set up and tear down opportunities where people can 70 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:22,600 sign up for helping set up and tear down for that, for that 71 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,680 that day. So chilly supper and starting on 72 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,280 that Sunday revival Sunday through Wednesday. 73 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:29,960 All right, you'll be a great time. 74 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,880 I know you've been standing. Genesis 25, folks, Genesis 25 75 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,640 marks half of Genesis being done. 76 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:40,280 But we won't get all the way through the chapter tonight. 77 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,840 All right, so let's read a few verses here. 78 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,120 We're going to dip our our foot a little bit in a little 79 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:52,120 genealogy here. I know verse one. 80 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,240 Then again Abraham took a wife and her name was Katura. 81 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,240 She bury him. Zimran and Jock Shan and Midan 82 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:06,040 and Midian and Ishbach and Shua and Jock Shan begat Sheba and 83 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,760 Deedan. This is why people don't like 84 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,640 genealogies. And the sons of Deedan were as 85 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:17,800 Shireen and Le Tushim and Lee Umim, and the sons of Midian 86 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:26,120 Effa and Ether and Hanoch and Abida and Elda, and these were 87 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,720 the children of Katura, everybody says. 88 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:34,840 And Abraham gave all that he had into Isaac, that unto the sons 89 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:39,040 of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent 90 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:44,400 them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived eastward into 91 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,280 the E country. Amen. 92 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,360 Also before I go tonight, it's good to have Abby back. 93 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,280 Amen, with us. It's good to have Ethan White 94 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:56,400 with us, Amen. Tonight, he's going to have 95 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,800 Destiny's friend with us tonight, Amen. 96 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,480 I acknowledge you all. Let's pray. 97 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,280 Want to talk a little bit tonight about faith in the 98 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:11,000 Pause. Faith in the pause. 99 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,520 Lord Jesus, we need you this evening. 100 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,360 Thank you, Lord, for your purpose, your mercy, your word, 101 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,920 and God, you're great and great to be praised. 102 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,080 God. We're thankful, Lord, for your 103 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,320 spirit that we can feel. God, these people that have 104 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,320 gathered together, Lord, to honor you, Lord, with their 105 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,000 lives, with their attendance, the Lord, with their attention. 106 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,520 And I pray, O Lord, you'd help us in the next little while. 107 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,200 Lord, as we look, these scriptures that empower us. 108 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,360 Lord, this evening, spirit of revelation, enlightenment, 109 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,200 lovely name of the Lord Jesus Christ that I pray Hallelujah in 110 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,080 the church, say Amen, Amen. You may be seen in Jesus name. 111 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,600 So the opening, the opening verses of this blessed chapter, 112 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,320 chapter 25 gives us a little bit of a further genealogy. 113 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,080 Abraham has taken, has taken another wife, Katura. 114 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:05,160 And if this indeed happened after Sarah has died, this would 115 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,760 for sure make make sense for him to do so. 116 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,680 However, it's not that he's just taking a wife, but he is also 117 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:18,320 fathering more children. More children at his age seems 118 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,960 to be a little radical. I'm just saying let's be honest, 119 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:28,320 on one hand Abraham has already thought of himself too old even 120 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,040 whenever Isaac was going to be brought into their family as it 121 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:36,640 was stated in Genesis 17 and 17. If we can just review here, the 122 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,960 Bible says then Abraham, who at the time the Lord was speaking 123 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:45,720 to him was 99 years old here fell upon his face and laughed 124 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,800 and said in his heart, shall a child be born to him that is 100 125 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,520 years old? So he knew it was going to take, 126 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,400 you know, about nine months for this to happen. 127 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,200 The Lord told him about having a child. 128 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,680 He said, is this going to help someone that's as old as I am? 129 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,040 And then he goes on and says, and shall Sarah, that is 99 130 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,880 years old, Bear. And so it's clear that Abraham 131 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:10,760 isn't just concerned about Sarah's ability to have this 132 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,640 child. He is also doubtful about with 133 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:19,480 his own ability to be able to sire this child at being 9999 to 134 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:23,400 100 years old. Well, folks, here in Genesis 25, 135 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:30,800 he's well past 99. He's well past 100, and he's 136 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,159 fathering. He's fathering children. 137 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,760 And so in Genesis chapter 23, the Bible tells us that Sarah 138 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:42,039 died at the age of 127 years old. 139 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:47,440 She was, as the Scripture even bears in Genesis 1717, she was 140 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:50,600 approximately 10 years younger than Abraham. 141 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:56,800 So that means even whenever his wife died, he would have been 142 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:02,360 137 years old at the time of her death. 143 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,720 And so he would be having children, sister Sheila, much 144 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,960 later in life. There's a few years tacked on to 145 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:14,000 that 100 now to be able to have so many kids here with Katura 146 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:19,240 here in the opening of of Genesis chapter #25 And if that 147 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,400 seems wow, there's some even that that say, and I don't know 148 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,040 the answer to this. I'm telling you, I don't know 149 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,040 the answer to it. I don't know if Katura came 150 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,240 after Sarah or came in conjunction during Sarah's 151 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:31,520 lifetime. But there's some even that that 152 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,840 that say that the virility that was given to Abraham whenever he 153 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,440 had Isaac to produce that son stayed with him, stayed with him 154 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,800 even after having Isaac, enabling him to have more 155 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,760 children and other conception. But one of the reasons why these 156 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,400 children and these other descendants through Katura, it 157 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,160 is named, the reason why it's noteworthy is because in a 158 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,760 sense, it's still underscores the promise to Abraham of him 159 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,600 having many descendants because he had descendants that didn't 160 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,440 just come through Isaac. He had descendants that came 161 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,680 through Ishmael. He had descendants that came 162 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:10,400 through Katura. There is a broad, if you will, 163 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,840 swath of descendants that belonged to Abraham that didn't 164 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,880 just come through Isaac. And so it is denoting this for 165 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,720 us, again, underscoring God's promise coming to pass of many 166 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:23,320 descendants. Amen. 167 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:28,000 For Abraham and his life, He has all these descendants to account 168 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,120 for. It's only the descendants 169 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,840 though, that are through Isaac that are known to be through the 170 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:38,200 Son of covenant, through the Son of promise. 171 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,440 Not only that, we are introduced to some of these people of 172 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,800 Katura because this isn't going to be the only time we see some 173 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,320 of them. For instance, I just do this, 174 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,120 for instance, I'm not going to go through each one, but for 175 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,480 instance, we see later in the Scripture group of people called 176 00:10:54,480 --> 00:11:00,120 the Midianites, the Midianites that follow their family tree 177 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:05,600 from the son of Katura and Abraham, whose name was Midian. 178 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,760 Just kind of show how things are going to crop up again. 179 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:16,400 It was Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, Zipporah, Moses's 180 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:20,960 wife, who were the Bible says Midianites. 181 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,200 They were from the son of Midian. 182 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,040 That goes all the way back to Katura and to Abraham. 183 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,320 Now Zipporah, here's the thing with some of these that are born 184 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,880 from otherwise with Abraham, Zipporah being Moses wife, she 185 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:41,000 is biologically connected to the covenant family, but she's not 186 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,600 in the line of the covenant. Amen. 187 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,840 As a matter of fact, and I really want you go here and 188 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,880 really chase a rabbit, right? But we see in the story of 189 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,920 Zipporah and Moses somewhere along the line where Zipporah 190 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:02,720 circumcised her son and she threw it at the feet of Moses 191 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:04,760 saying a bloody husband thou art to me. 192 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,080 Because there's been no circumcision that had taken 193 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,920 place yet. And almost as though she was 194 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,560 claiming a covenant that she didn't have biologically, but by 195 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:18,440 obedience and promise that she wanted a piece of but 196 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,120 nonetheless, the promise was for Isaac. 197 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,600 The Lord said in in Isaac, shall thy seed be called. 198 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,040 And that implies not just a biological descent, but a 199 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,440 recognition and a covenant identity and and a legacy. 200 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,640 Furthermore, speaking again, just talking about the 201 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,200 Midianites help they're induces to us now because they're going 202 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,200 to show up later in the the Bible as well. 203 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:46,000 Somewhere along the way, Midian Midian changes over from knowing 204 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:51,840 the God of Abraham their father, to them adopting bail worship 205 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,480 into their lives. Because we have note of this in 206 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,680 scripture. In Numbers chapter 25 we read of 207 00:12:57,680 --> 00:13:02,200 this and according to Moses the Bible says that the Midianites 208 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,160 had lured the children of Israel through through sexual 209 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:10,840 relationships all right with their women and by that 210 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,480 relationship had lured them into false worship of Baal which was 211 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,880 a Canaan deity. The Bible says in Numbers 31 and 212 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,600 verse 16, behold these and the word these is referring to the 213 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,280 Midianites caused the children of Israel through the Council of 214 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,760 Balaam to commit trespasses against the Lord in the matter 215 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,280 of yore. And there was a plague among the 216 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,160 congregation of the Lord. And so they're going to crop up 217 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,960 again. They are again biologically 218 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,440 connected to the covenant family, but they are not a part 219 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,840 of the covenant line. Amen. 220 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,120 And it's interesting to see this because in the future, they're 221 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:52,360 going to be an opposition to the children of Israel trying to get 222 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,640 them to do what they should not be doing. 223 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,720 Amen, so to speak. We see them again in the book of 224 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,120 Judges. It was the Midianites that had 225 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:04,080 oppressed the children of Israel for seven years when Gideon, as 226 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,800 a judge arose. All right, and brought victory 227 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,200 to the children of Israel. Not even that. 228 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,520 OK, I'll just hit one more. Just just just showing you that 229 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,400 it's setting the stage for our mind for other people in the 230 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,160 future, or at least in the can and the Scripture. 231 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,040 The Bible speaks of Job. Everybody remember the book of 232 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,160 Job? He had three friends say that 233 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,880 loosely. One of them was by the name of 234 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:34,320 Bildad, the Bible says, who was a shuite. 235 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:43,120 He traces his lineage back to Shua, the son of Katora and 236 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:44,640 Abraham. Amen. 237 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,520 But with the knowledge of these other children, the Bible 238 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,600 plainly tells us some things, like in verses 5 and verses 6. 239 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,960 And that is, that all that Abraham had, especially when we 240 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,600 talk about inheritance wise. All that he had went to Isaac. 241 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,280 And that was just what the oldest servant had told 242 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,960 Rebecca's family whenever he had a meeting with them. 243 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,560 That my, my, my master has great things. 244 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,960 They had a son in old age, and unto him hath he. 245 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,960 Or hath Abraham given all that he hath. 246 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:22,000 But then it says in verse #6 But unto the sons of the concubines, 247 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:29,280 plural, namely Katura and Hagar, to them the Bible says Abraham 248 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,240 gave gifts. He gave gifts. 249 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,640 And the Bible says that he sent the sons away. 250 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,360 Remember, he's already sent away Ishmael. 251 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,800 He's already dispatched Hagar and Ishmael away. 252 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:47,240 But also now these other sons of Katura, Abraham, are not 253 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:51,160 allowing to live in the same space or vicinity as the 254 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,960 covenant line of Isaac. He sends those sons away, Amen. 255 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:00,120 Before he's dead, he sends them away because when he's dead, 256 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,560 that's when everything breaks loose in families. 257 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:09,120 That's whenever they say, oh, you know, Dad said that truck 258 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,080 belonged to me. And you know, all the stuff. 259 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:15,280 Everything breaks loose in families after death, and so 260 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:21,440 Abraham is trying to remedy any, any, any body, trying to contest 261 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,960 that no I was the covenant line or jockeying for the position 262 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,520 that Isaac has. So he sends them away. 263 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,640 He separates them from the covenant promise. 264 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,760 He separates them from the covenant of promise. 265 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:39,160 His son Isaac, he's, he's doing away, if you will, with the 266 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,720 competitive spirit that could happen after death. 267 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,480 And for that matter, Isaac didn't need any distractions. 268 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,800 He didn't need any distractions that weren't in covenant. 269 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:57,280 So Abraham knows better than anybody, Abraham knows the 270 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,960 distractions that family can bring. 271 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:08,800 He leaves Earth child DS with the description leave your 272 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:14,400 family, your kindred, your father's house, and goes so many 273 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:20,920 miles and pauses at her and with his dad, Tira, with Law and some 274 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:25,000 of the other individuals. And then we read up that he 275 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,920 stayed there until his dad passed away, and then he 276 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,440 continues on toward the promised land. 277 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:36,000 And we had several weeks that we spent on his relative lot and 278 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,120 the Sodom and the Gomorrah whole situation. 279 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,080 What are you saying? I'm saying, Bishop, if he had 280 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:47,560 travelled without them, there wouldn't have been a pause at 281 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:53,680 Haran and there wouldn't been energy and strength displaced on 282 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,520 the whole Sodom Gomorrah scenario. 283 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,360 With what he saved him one time because armies came in and the 284 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:02,320 other times he's interceding for him because he went there. 285 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,480 So they wouldn't have had that as well. 286 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:08,880 So if anybody knows how there can be the persuasion of family, 287 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,680 Abraham knows. And so he's I'm going to try. 288 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,640 I know what I faced in mind. I'm going to try eliminate that 289 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:20,000 for him. And I'm not saying family's bad. 290 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,440 Please don't misinterpret me. Family, someone's like, I've 291 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,880 just been waiting for this my whole life since I've been 292 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,400 married. We're going to take care of 293 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:35,080 business tomorrow. But family that's trying to pull 294 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:42,920 you away from the purpose of God, you can still be 295 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:48,280 biologically connected. Oh, Lord, I'm getting in over 296 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:53,840 our heads, ain't I? But we got to be cautious with 297 00:18:53,840 --> 00:19:02,320 how much we allow them to dictate in our lives. 298 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:11,920 Amen. So nobody misconstrue what we 299 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,440 have just talked about tonight. I don't want to be getting phone 300 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,040 calls the rest of this week. I should be getting. 301 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,480 You told them don't be doing that, don't be doing that. 302 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:27,120 See in the near past Isaac has up to this point, Isaac had 303 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:32,440 trusted Abraham. Remember on Mount Moriah being a 304 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:36,400 well aged man, it's not as though he was young, leaving lot 305 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,840 of the Jewish scholars say in that that 30 range that he had 306 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:46,160 entrusted Abraham with everything, allowing his father 307 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,360 to bind him, put him on an altar. 308 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,040 I had trusted him with everything. 309 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:57,560 Now Abraham with death approaching in his purview, it's 310 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,680 happening. He turns it around and entrusts 311 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,440 Isaac with everything that he's accumulated in the 175 or so 312 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:11,560 years of his life, which is amazing because that all even 313 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,560 included the God-given ordained covenant things. 314 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,840 That had come to him. Let's go a little more read. 315 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,120 Let's read tonight and get your Bible reading in today. 316 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,600 Verse number 7. And these are the days of the 317 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:29,360 years of Abraham's life which he lived 103 score. 318 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,960 A score is 20. All right, and 15 years. 319 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,440 So that means Abraham was 175 years old. 320 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:40,800 Then Abraham gave up the ghost and died in a good old age, an 321 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,520 old man and full of years. I tell you what, you just need a 322 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,000 few more descriptors talking about this old man Amen. 323 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,080 Good old age-old man, full of years, and was gathered to his 324 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,400 people. And his son Isaac and Ishmael 325 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,080 buried him in The Cave in Mount Pellah, in the field of Ephron 326 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,520 the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamrie, the 327 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,480 field which Abraham purchased. You remember this from weeks 328 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,680 back. Of the sons of Heath there hath 329 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,480 there was Abraham buried in Sarah his wife. 330 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,720 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham that God 331 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:16,280 blessed his son Isaac and Isaac dwelled by the well of Laja Roy. 332 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,280 Now Abraham dies at 175 years old. 333 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,040 Again, we got a lot of descriptors. 334 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,720 Amen. If you ever got hurt by someone 335 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,320 calling you old, Abraham should be very insulted. 336 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,520 I mean, they're, they're just laying down the descriptors 337 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,440 against him about his old age-old man, full of years. 338 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,920 But in this, there's something being indicated in reality, 339 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,560 especially when you talk about the full of fullness of years. 340 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,720 This is not just talking about that he had a long life, but 341 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:50,520 that he had a quality life. I think that's important because 342 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,240 it was around age 75. If you go back and look when he 343 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,080 has this call about leaving her child ease about being 344 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:02,080 introduced from Pagan gods to the one true God, he has lived 345 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:08,600 about 100 years of his life with covenant promises very soon 346 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,160 being spoken into his life. And he can look back up on that 347 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,800 type of life. And the writer can look back on 348 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,960 that type of life and say not only was this a long life, but 349 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,760 this is a good quality life. Let's just dispel everything 350 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,760 tonight. I know we heard people testify 351 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,360 of it, but let's just dispel it all. 352 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,600 It is a good life living for the Lord. 353 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,280 It is AI don't regardless what anybody else says. 354 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:37,720 I'm I'm just even all scriptural precedents here tonight. 355 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,600 It was a good life having lived that life. 356 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,440 Amen for the Lord. And let's look at this. 357 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,800 This is a man who had been spoken about the promise the 358 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:51,280 writer of Hebrew says, yet never really totally attained it. 359 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,800 Yet he was satisfied to be in pursuit of it. 360 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,520 And he says it's a full life just being in pursuit of what 361 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,000 God had purpose for me and my family was a good life, folks, 362 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,440 if it was good for him, just even pursuit, how much more 363 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,680 should it be for those that obtained of the heavenly gift 364 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,880 that the Old Testament Saints knew anything, huh? 365 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,960 That's the reason why the Bible speaks how some of those in the 366 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,680 old days, you know, on the day of judgment, we're going to have 367 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,040 people standing there that didn't have the experience of 368 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,680 the unfilling of the Holy Ghost. But they're going to be standing 369 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,880 with you on judgement that day. And you're going to have had the 370 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,960 Holy Ghost and whenever they're going to be able to talk about 371 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,200 all the blessings and glories and things of God and you have 372 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,040 the Holy Ghost. Folks, we have nothing to 373 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:47,080 complain about. We, we're living on this side of 374 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:52,360 Calvary. We this is a great life. 375 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,200 All they had was blood of bulls and goats. 376 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,080 Push and sit for it every year on this side of Calvary. 377 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,280 I have one who offered himself the the book of Hebrews says 378 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,920 once and for all, and I don't have to contend with that next 379 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,680 year. This is a good life if it was 380 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,920 for them, it for sure is for Paul McGee. 381 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:26,280 It's a good life serious because the verbage of Scripture here, I 382 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:27,880 think it's essential. It's interesting. 383 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,720 The Bible says that he gave up the ghost, which means to 384 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,720 breathe out. He exhaled for his final time 385 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,800 that that ties us back to the origin in in the book of 386 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,560 Genesis, yes, of Adam and Eve, but particularly where the Bible 387 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:46,760 says that the Lord breathed into Adam and he became a living 388 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,720 soul. Now that breath is exiting 389 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,480 Abraham and he gives up the ghost to breathe out. 390 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,400 He's extelling. He's breathing out, and the 391 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,440 language is essential here. He gave up the ghost. 392 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:03,240 The Bible says he died. He was gathered to his people 393 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,440 and that he was buried. His sons buried him. 394 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,480 The interesting thing is this, that he's gathered to his people 395 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,800 because there's some indicated here more than just what some 396 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,160 would think would be burial. They have The Cave of Macbilly 397 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,360 where Sarah is buried. That person, his sons are going 398 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:29,920 to go bury him there. But being gathered to your 399 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,160 people indicates something more than just a burial. 400 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:40,720 The phrase indicates this. It indicates that life was going 401 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:45,680 to continue somewhere beyond the grave. 402 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,760 This is interesting because this is like the first time we see 403 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,120 this phrase ever used. It's the first time we ever see 404 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:56,680 this phrase used in the Bible, and we see it then also. 405 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,720 Then we'll see it used with Isaac, and we'll see it used 406 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,400 with Jacob. We can see it used with Ishmael. 407 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,840 What is it? There is a concept that's coming 408 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:12,240 among the Hebrew understanding of this time that regardless of 409 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,920 what had been thought out of before, that they were 410 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:21,160 entertaining the idea. There is life after death. 411 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,240 We had all the genealogy, genealogy chapter #5 such lived 412 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,160 so many years and the the kids love it. 413 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,720 And he died. Especially if you hear an audio 414 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,840 Bible, read it to you. And he died and he died. 415 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:40,160 But here, but here he dies and he's gathered to his people 416 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,800 indicating there's something beyond the grave. 417 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:49,720 There's there is an afterlife, there is a hereafter. 418 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,400 And so that's the reason why then with the next patriarch it 419 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,640 will read in Genesis 3529. And Isaac gave up the ghost and 420 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,200 died and was gathered to his people. 421 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,000 And Genesis 4933 it says Jacob yielded up the ghost and was 422 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:08,080 gathered unto his people, 'cause there's something beyond the 423 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,480 grave. Death is not the period, death 424 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,680 is just the comma. There is something beyond the 425 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:19,560 grave that gives that gives me hope because whenever I come to 426 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,320 the New Testament Scripture and I start seeing different 427 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,080 resurrections and I particularly see the resurrection of the Lord 428 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:31,040 Jesus Christ. And I began to read in the 429 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:36,440 Corinthians how the dead in Christ shall rise 1st and I read 430 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,800 in Hebrews he's talking about they're so great, a cloud of 431 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,000 witnesses. What is that? 432 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:48,360 They're people. What Amen being gathered unto 433 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:53,360 the people and so when they died there is an afterlife. 434 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,320 We need to under score this today. 435 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,080 When you die there is life after death. 436 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,080 Matter of fact, I'll go on to say in the book of Daniel backs 437 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:16,720 this episode, this New Testament scripture, that everyone we'll 438 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:21,840 resurrect, not necessarily at the rapture, but everyone will 439 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,560 eventually resurrect, some to eternal damnation. 440 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,760 The Bible says in Daniel and others to everlasting life. 441 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:38,640 There is light beyond the grave. What we do now determines what 442 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:46,520 life is like. After the here and now, all 443 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:52,480 right, Amen. So it's important Amen to 444 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,040 understand that the Bible says after Abraham said Ishmael way 445 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,720 and he did that in Genesis chapter 21, that we really have 446 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,000 no record, at least in Scripture. 447 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,560 We have no record of interaction between Ishmael and Isaac. 448 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:11,720 As a matter of fact, verse 9 of, of chapter 25, here it is the 449 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,080 first and the last time that we have record of that. 450 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:19,080 Isaac and Ishmael are coming together and they're coming 451 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:24,600 together to bury their father. She's pretty strong. 452 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,240 If you think we have no other record except then when he dies, 453 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,440 they've come together #1 I believe it's a great testament 454 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:35,240 then of Abraham's love both for Ishmael and Isaac, that they 455 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:39,080 showed up for his funeral, though they might have not had 456 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,320 any interaction any other time in between. 457 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,480 I believe it gives a testimony to a father's love strong enough 458 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:52,760 to pull them back together in the same place in his death. 459 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,800 But secondly, I see it through these eyes. 460 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:03,200 Ishmael non covenant, Isaac. Covenant death has a way because 461 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,880 I've seen it so many times of bringing people outside the 462 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,120 covenant and inside the covenant together. 463 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,240 And it's one of the myriad reasons why we can't take for 464 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:21,440 granted even a funeral service because it's one of those rare 465 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,720 occasions that the non covenant and the covenant people come 466 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,520 together and they're going to hear something of vast 467 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,080 importance. And they this is a side note, 468 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,120 but folks, people are in a very contemplative time of life. 469 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,280 Whenever they've lost a loved one, they are very 470 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:43,040 contemplative. They are thinking, probably 471 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:48,320 wrestling with their own end. And if you and it, I'm not 472 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,240 saying this, this is not a bad thing, but if you can capitalize 473 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:56,080 on that vulnerability of being open to what's happening in the 474 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,560 moment, who knows what can happen? 475 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,160 So they've come together for the purpose of burying their father, 476 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,600 given their final respects. And Abraham is laid to rest in 477 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,880 Mack Pilla. He's laid to rest in that one 478 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:13,000 little portion of, of cave ground that he purchased of the 479 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,200 land of Canaan, of the land of promise. 480 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,080 And we spent a lot of time with this, with Sarah. 481 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,960 He wanted buried right there in that place, that place that his 482 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:26,440 people will eventually possess again, which is an underscoring 483 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:30,600 of his faith that God will come true and come to pass, just as 484 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,600 he said he will. So much so I'm going to make 485 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,880 sure my body is going to be placed in that land whenever I 486 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,760 die. And so it's a lingering 487 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:42,120 statement of faith for Abraham in his death and in his burial. 488 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,520 But here's the grand thing, and here's what we know of every 489 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,880 individual. Just because the man with the 490 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,720 covenant died does not mean the covenant is dead. 491 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,800 We've had great patriarchs of the faith that went on to see 492 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,440 the Lord, but whenever they died, none of God's promises, 493 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,800 none of God's covenant has died with them. 494 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,200 It continues on to the next generation. 495 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:11,000 And yes, that's right it. Abraham's body is going to be 496 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,360 code in the grave after his death. 497 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,000 But the Bible tells us in the very next verse there in verse 498 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:23,080 #11 that God blessed after, after Abraham had died, after 499 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:29,000 his death, God blessed Isaac, God blessed Isaac. 500 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,320 What you saying? God? 501 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,280 It's continuing. Stop here. 502 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,240 It's continuing. The covenant doesn't die. 503 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,520 The covenant doesn't expire in one generation. 504 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,720 No, it continues. And so Isaac, the Bible says 505 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,160 he's blessed and it brings up this whole notion again that 506 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:53,640 he's the welling by the well of Lahai ROI or denoted what that 507 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,640 what that explains what that means is the well of the living 508 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,200 one who sees. We brought this up just last 509 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,160 week in Genesis 24 because the Bible says whenever Rebecca and 510 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,000 the eldest servant was on their way back to the land that Isaac 511 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:13,080 had just came from Laha Roy, this this well of the living 512 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,280 one. And now it says that he is the 513 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,760 Welt there. This is the same place that 514 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,440 again, I'm just telling you again because we learned 515 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:24,480 sometimes by repetition that Haggar was at when she learned 516 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,840 that she would have a son Ishmael in Genesis chapter #16 517 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,320 and really it's namesake comes from her own meaning because she 518 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,440 says that thou God sees me. I'm out here in a desert 519 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,840 wilderness place and you've talked and spoke with me. 520 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,040 And so you are the God that sees me, and that's where it gets its 521 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,400 name. And so it's a real remarkable 522 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:48,080 picture if you think about it. God saw Haggard there when she 523 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,880 was in a moment of suffering and was distraught. 524 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:59,000 She was not part of the covenant line, but God still saw her and 525 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:06,520 helped and aided. Listen, everybody online, you do 526 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:11,239 not have to be in covenant with God yet for Him to be mindful of 527 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:22,449 you. He's mindful of all of us. 528 00:34:23,010 --> 00:34:28,320 God saw Isaac bear after the loss of his mother Sarah. 529 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,719 He had just came from that place. 530 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:35,520 He is a son of the covenant. He saw him there after the death 531 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,800 of his father Abraham dwelling there. 532 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,960 And so it testifies to me, sister Sheila, whether in 533 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,400 covenant or out of covenant, God sees me. 534 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:52,800 God sees you. Sometimes we I think if we don't 535 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,440 even attend church, we wonder if even God is interested in us. 536 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:06,840 But he is, He sees where you are and whether we realize it or 537 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:12,200 not, God has had some a big handiwork even in our 538 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:16,840 trajectory, not being in church before we you ever got to 539 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:23,600 church. Sometimes it just looks like 540 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,200 coincidence or it looks like luck or it just seems like just 541 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,040 the regular meal of life. But it's not. 542 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:34,640 It's a God that sees you right where you are. 543 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,040 He's mindful of us at every juncture of our lives. 544 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,480 Let's go on verse #12 if we can here tonight. 545 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,280 Here we are folks. Another kind of like little 546 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:47,880 genealogy type section. I'd like my daughter and Mariah 547 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,280 to read these next. No, I'm just joking. 548 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,920 Now, these are the generations now. 549 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,000 These are the generations of Ishmael. 550 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,360 You remember back in church and when they used to say, well, 551 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,440 let's read the next few verses together. 552 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,160 We don't do that anymore. I was this is just a pause 553 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,120 commercial. I just reminiscent last time we 554 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,600 was in prison in Utah, a young man there, Samuel, and I was 555 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,240 telling him about how used to it was a big thing whenever a 556 00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:17,320 preacher had another preacher read his scripture for him, you 557 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:19,000 know, hand him the mic said, what's that saying? 558 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,400 He'd back up what? Tell me again. 559 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,240 And then he'd say a little bit. And so since I said that to 560 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:25,720 Samuel, guess what he did when it was his time to preach in 561 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:28,520 prison? He had me read his his text for 562 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:34,920 him. We did 1 better than that, 563 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:35,920 folks. I don't think I ever told you, 564 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,720 but a lot of times him and Tito go back and forth because 565 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:42,760 they're both from Rwanda and Samuel knows High Rwandese and 566 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,480 Tito will preach in English and then he will interpret it. 567 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,200 So I preached in English and and he interpreted High Rwandese. 568 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,720 It was kind of cool. Amen for a little bit. 569 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,520 All right, back to Genesis. Now these are the generations of 570 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,800 Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar, the Egyptians there is 571 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,120 made bare unto Abraham. And these are the names of the 572 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,560 sons of Ishmael by their names according to their generations, 573 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:12,400 the first born of Ishmael. Nabajaf and Kedar and Abdul and 574 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:19,880 Mibs M and Mishmah, Duma and Massa, and Heddar, and Tima, and 575 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:25,480 Jitur, and the fish and Kedema. These are the sons of Ishmael, 576 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,120 and these are their names by their towns and by their 577 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,360 castles. 12 Princess, according to their nations. 578 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,920 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years. 579 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,960 And he gave up the ghosts, and died, and was gathered into his 580 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:43,880 people, and they dwell from have a law unto sure that is before 581 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,080 Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria. 582 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:49,200 And he died in the presence of all his brethren. 583 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,520 I just have a few comments here, not much, because all this 584 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,480 really pieces together with one final thing here toward the end. 585 00:37:57,720 --> 00:38:01,600 So again, listing Ishmael's descendants serve again the 586 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,960 purpose, as it did for listing Couture's descendants, 587 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:08,640 highlighting the promise of many descendants of Abraham. 588 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:14,520 And oddly enough, but not they're like sandwiched on each 589 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,000 side of of Abraham's death. And we were talking about 590 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,160 descendants before. We're talking about descendants 591 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,760 that are after dead or night. Whatever the case, Abraham has 592 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,480 offspring and so there are 12 sons listed here, 12 Princess 593 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,320 the Bible says according to their nations. 594 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,960 Again importantly Bishop God has kept his promise. 595 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:42,200 Even listen, this is non covenant Ishmael, even for 596 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:47,320 Ishmael, Genesis 1720. Throw it up there, Trevor for me 597 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,680 if you will. And As for Ishmael, this is not 598 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,760 speaking to Abraham. And for Ishmael, I have heard 599 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,440 thee because this is this is when Abraham said, oh God, let 600 00:38:56,440 --> 00:39:00,000 Ishmael live before you, right? He's like covenant with Isaac. 601 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,960 What about my boy? You know, we've been together 602 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,960 for a few years and he said, oh, the Ishmaelite, he says, As for 603 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,360 Ishmaelite, I've heard thee. Behold, I have blessed him and 604 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:12,680 will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. 12 605 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,960 Princess, shall he begat, and I will make him a great nation. 606 00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:22,720 God here then in in in chapter 25 is showing he's even kept his 607 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:28,880 promise to Ishmael. Now here's what I asked myself. 608 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:34,040 If God will keep his promise to Ishmael, will he not keep his 609 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:38,720 promise today for him and Isaac? If God will keep his promise to 610 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:42,920 non covenant, will he not keep his promise to covenant people? 611 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:51,160 I mean, surely he will. Ishmael dies at 137 years old. 612 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:56,000 And so Abraham, Abraham was around 86 when Ishmael was born. 613 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,760 According to Genesis 1616. Abraham was 86. 614 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,960 So Ishmael died about 48 years after his father's death. 615 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,480 Now let's move on. This is where it all just kind 616 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:07,120 of. All right, let's take the 617 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:08,640 strings. Let's tie and make it a little 618 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,160 bow. Verse 19. 619 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,520 And these are the generations of Isaac. 620 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:17,320 I want to set our minds up here. We've read about the descendants 621 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,600 of Katura. We've read about the descendants 622 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,880 of Ishmael. Here we go, the descendants of 623 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:30,360 Abraham, Isaac of Isaac. And these are the generations of 624 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,600 Isaac. I mean, I'm on the tip of my 625 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,520 toes. I mean, I can hardly stand the 626 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:40,800 tension with bated breath. Abraham's son Abraham begat 627 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,280 Isaac, and Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebecca to 628 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:49,000 wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Pandan Ram and the 629 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,440 sister to Laban. The Syrian and Isaac entreated 630 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:59,960 the Lord for his wife because she was barren and the Lord was 631 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:03,680 entreated him and Rebecca his wife conceived. 632 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:14,080 This is kind of anticlimactic. Babies being born offspring 633 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:24,280 offshoots Isaac nothing. Rebecca is is facing a similar 634 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:30,920 issue that her mother-in-law had had Sarah bear in this of the 635 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,640 womb and we see this is a common thing going forward with God's 636 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:40,920 covenant people. Barrenness of the woman, which 637 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,520 in that day they didn't really have a full understanding of 638 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:47,520 this whole reproductive thing and that a man could be sterile, 639 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,360 but nonetheless, we're not going to touch that right now, but 640 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:54,400 barrenness of a woman. But remember Genesis chapter #1 641 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:59,800 part of God's blessing is the ability to be fruitful. 642 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,640 Remember on their life and to multiply from the very 643 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:09,800 beginning, I just see God, that being the blessing upon 644 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:14,000 humanity, upon Adam and Eve, and particularly in these patriarchs 645 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,480 and matriarchs, the family of the covenant people. 646 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,800 I think without any doubt or controversy, He don't want them 647 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,800 to go along in their covenant and promise and think it was all 648 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:28,840 them. He wants them to be able to 649 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,400 acknowledge without a shadow of a doubt we are where we are. 650 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:37,920 We are who we are because of God's involvement in what is 651 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:39,320 happening. Huh. 652 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,160 Because we get to this mode, man. 653 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,400 It should be like it's all clear. 654 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:48,120 No, she can't have any children. There's listen, there is no 655 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,720 Mandrakes that's going to cure that. 656 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,960 There is no doctor that day that's going to cure that. 657 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,280 That's only going to come by one power and one hand. 658 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:05,200 That's by God. And so God is keeping himself in 659 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:06,720 the equation. They're not going to be able to 660 00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:09,280 bypass or say, well, we're just pretty good, aren't we? 661 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,160 We got this thing sewed up. We know how to do this. 662 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:14,280 No, it's going to take the hand of God. 663 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,880 Isaac is a covenant son. We don't have much information. 664 00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,360 And this is, again, I talked about this a few weeks ago. 665 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,520 Isaac, you know, you might say his life was boring. 666 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,640 I don't know. But he didn't do a bunch of 667 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:32,640 things that required this great long story about him. 668 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,240 Because the information we have about him, yes, it's less than 669 00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:39,040 Abraham and it's less than what we have about Jacob and Joseph, 670 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:41,920 for sure. Joseph mean like a third, almost 671 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,440 a third of the Genesis about Joseph. 672 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,840 Isaac just has a little splattering, you know, here. 673 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:51,360 But whenever you look at him compared to some of the other 674 00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,240 patriarchs, consider a few things. 675 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,880 This is this is just some of the Nevers Nevers for Isaac. 676 00:43:57,240 --> 00:44:01,080 Isaac never had to have his name changed because he was named by 677 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:04,760 God. From the beginning, Isaac 678 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:08,200 remained monogamous in his relationship. 679 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:13,440 The years of his life upon the earth, Isaac literally took the 680 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,560 farming, was involved in agriculture, and stayed in one 681 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:20,800 place long enough to plant and harvest Isaac. 682 00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,480 He never stepped outside of Canaan. 683 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,040 He never stepped outside of Canaan. 684 00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:33,200 So a general reading the verse #21 it prompts us to imagine 685 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,720 that. Look at verse 21. 686 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:39,160 She's barren, Isaac, and treats the Lord about the barrenness 687 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,000 God answers. She's able to conceive. 688 00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:45,240 When you just read verse 21, it's like, man, there we go, 689 00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:52,160 ask, receive kaboom. But that's not the way it was. 690 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,600 It sounds like immediate response, but that's not the way 691 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,520 it was. The Bible tells us in verse 20 692 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:08,680 Isaac married Rebecca at 40. In verse #26 of this chapter, it 693 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:12,520 tells us that Jacob and Esau, when I were born, the twins were 694 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:23,200 born whenever Isaac was 60. There's 20 years from being 695 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:27,560 married to having children and they're don't, this is not this 696 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:28,520 generate. They're not waiting. 697 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:32,920 OK, in that day for sure, Isaac knowing that the descendants, 698 00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,320 the they're not waiting for 20 years. 699 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:42,200 They are because there's barrenness in his household. 700 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:46,320 I said, oh, that's say this. So we got descendants of 701 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:48,040 couture. We got descendants of Ishmael 702 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,760 and think with me for a moment for the Reese how this could 703 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:58,720 just wear upon Isaac thinking of everything that just happened in 704 00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:03,400 order to secure him a wife from Genesis 24. 705 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:05,000 Just think with me here for a moment. 706 00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:08,640 Number one that was interested today I'll deserve it, but think 707 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:14,840 with me again. Everything of chapter 24 now 708 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,040 could very easily in Isaac's eyes be suspect. 709 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:25,720 Abraham said I'll have an Angel accompany you for the choosing 710 00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:29,840 of this wife. He he goes before the Lord. 711 00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:33,840 The servant does and praise and God answers his prayer just 712 00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:37,480 according to the specific details as he prayed. 713 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:42,480 Rebecca's own relatives recognize the hand of God that's 714 00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:48,480 going on in this host scenario. Even Rebecca herself is willing 715 00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,520 to go, which was one of the in this on one of the indication he 716 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,720 said don't don't take my son back there, but make sure she 717 00:46:53,720 --> 00:46:57,240 comes Amen that she'll be the one that does that, but you have 718 00:46:57,240 --> 00:47:00,520 all of these things she's left her family or God's her place. 719 00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:03,040 God answered the prayer of the oldest serve the age of the Lord 720 00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:04,400 post with we got all these things. 721 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,400 This is supposed to be the wife, but then barrenness. 722 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:13,280 You realize how that could shake a person's face when everything 723 00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:17,080 seems to be lining up all all the boxes are being toggled, but 724 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,640 we come to this moment and nothing. 725 00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,800 Couture has hers descendants. Ishmael has his descendants, but 726 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,400 the one of Covenant promised that this is supposed to be the 727 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,400 wife that he's supposed to have nothing. 728 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,800 Chapter 24 doesn't sound near as promising when once you get hurt 729 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:41,600 and she's barren, you can't have any descendants without some 730 00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:48,080 fruitfulness. So here's Rebecca Baron for 20 731 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:52,160 years, and the future of the covenant is on pause. 732 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:58,440 The future of the covenant is uncertain, and we know 733 00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:01,560 descendants are central to God's promises for his covenant 734 00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:08,240 people, particularly in Isaac's line, Isaac's line. 735 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:13,000 But if he's sitting there with his, what was it called, the old 736 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,680 calculator, the Agapus, is that right? 737 00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:17,800 When they put the little beads and they'd slide it on the 738 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,640 thing. If he's starting to add up 739 00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,520 couturers and he's starting to add up Ishmael's, he's looking 740 00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,800 at his. There's nothing. 741 00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:28,000 That's the reason why I called tonight. 742 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:33,240 Faith in the pause. His daddy and mom had to have it 743 00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:38,800 for 25 years. Abraham is there 25 years from 744 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,000 the promise to win. Isaac was they had to have it 745 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,880 for 25 years. Isaac and Rebecca's going to 746 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:48,880 have it for 20 years. Because again, this covenant 747 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:55,560 walk, this God walk is a faith walk. 748 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:05,040 It's a faith walk. He had to lean on the fact Mom 749 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:10,040 and Dad waited 25 years. I'm just going to spend time 750 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:11,920 waiting. He didn't find another. 751 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,760 He didn't find. He didn't find a Haggar for him. 752 00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:19,440 He didn't run off to another country. 753 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:23,200 He wasn't vacillating around like a nomad. 754 00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,280 He was able. What are you doing? 755 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,680 He said. I've already faced death once. 756 00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:35,120 I already faced the possibility of there being no lineage once. 757 00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:37,560 Honey, I'm just up to bat one more time. 758 00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:42,080 I'm just going to wait. I'm just going to wait. 759 00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:46,960 I got history that I can depend upon for my forefathers that if 760 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:50,360 you wait, God is sure, God is faithful. 761 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,720 God will acknowledge, God will come through. 762 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,800 God will show up if you just wait. 763 00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:02,760 Can I tell someone tonight? Don't just pull up your stakes 764 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,520 too quickly. Don't go too quickly. 765 00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:09,480 Don't give up too quickly. If God has said it, if God is 766 00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:14,480 organized, if God has spoken it, just have faith in the paws. 767 00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:19,480 Just Hallelujah. Just have faith. 768 00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:34,680 Yes, yes, yes, yes. If you'll stand with me, we'll 769 00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:39,920 get to those 2 little bambinos a few weeks from now, all right? 770 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:47,000 It seemed delayed. Sister Abby again. 771 00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:53,400 Right again. But God was faithful. 772 00:50:55,640 --> 00:51:00,640 Rebecca did conceive, Isaac prayed, and God did answer. 773 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,000 Have you had any prayers? That's been 20 years you've been 774 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:15,600 praying. Some of you been like, like 775 00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:17,880 Daniel, you've prayed. And when the Angel Lord finally 776 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,160 shows up, he said your prayer when you first spoke it. 777 00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:23,560 But I've been fighting with the Prince of Persia and I've been 778 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:27,640 delayed 30 days and I'm here now for your words. 779 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:29,840 But just letting you know, I heard it when you first said it. 780 00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:35,960 God, Isaac, I heard you. But we're just going to see what 781 00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,840 faith is like in the paws 20 years later. 782 00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:57,920 Let's just, I love you, Jesus. God's timing and His will is 783 00:51:57,920 --> 00:51:59,920 impeccable, folks. It is impeccable. 784 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:05,640 He's always right on time. He's always right on time. 785 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,720 And whenever we have those moments that he shows up and 786 00:52:08,720 --> 00:52:11,240 he's right on time, you know what we do? 787 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:14,520 We for sure put our glory where it belongs because we know 788 00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:16,960 there's no other way, shape, form or fashion. 789 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:20,360 This could happen without the God factor. 790 00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:27,160 Without the God factor, Oh, let's bow our heads tonight and 791 00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:30,040 just just admire him and thank him. 792 00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:34,080 Lord, I thank you, God, for there are so many times in our 793 00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:39,640 life, God, there are delays and there are pauses and there are 794 00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:43,800 times of waiting, Lord. And it's in those moments, God, 795 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:48,280 that our faith can be shaken. We can Lord, see the handiwork 796 00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:51,640 and then it come to an halt and we can be bewildered by the 797 00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:54,720 halt, Lord Jesus. But help us Lord, to remain 798 00:52:54,720 --> 00:52:56,840 faithful. Help us God to keep our 799 00:52:56,840 --> 00:53:00,120 allegiance squarely, Lord, set where it needs to be set. 800 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:04,280 And know that the God who spoke, the God who promised, the God 801 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:08,680 who ordered is the God that will come through on time in time 802 00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:12,320 when the time is necessary. I pray, Oh God bless you people 803 00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,560 tonight. God, touch those, Lord, there 804 00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:18,360 may be bewildered in the process of waiting, bewildered in the 805 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,560 process of Lord, of not seeing it come to pass, but they've 806 00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:24,720 uttered the prayers. I pray, O Lord, today, bolster 807 00:53:24,720 --> 00:53:28,280 their faith, bolster their courage, bolster their tenacity, 808 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:35,320 God, to hang on. God, you are faithful tonight. 809 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:38,360 God, we praise you and thank you God for your faithfulness. 810 00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:41,800 In the lovely name of the Lord Jesus Christ that we pray. 811 00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:45,240 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 812 00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:49,520 And the church say Amen, Amen and Amen. 813 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:54,240 Praise God tomorrow night, Power hour 7 to 8, All right, Amen. 814 00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:56,840 And then back here on Sunday, Amen. 815 00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:00,200 Ready to worship the Lord and magnify Him on AM PM. 816 00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:07,880 Shake hands with somebody member the Manger, the Manger honor, 817 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:09,400 You know that we're giving around here. 818 00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:11,280 Amen. God bless you. 819 00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:13,840 Shake hands with some of our guests tonight, Amen. 820 00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,040 Let them know how glad we were that they were with us this 821 00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:16,240 evening.