Psalm 83 Pt 4

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All right, saw eighty three,
go ahead and have that open. I'm

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going to do a couple of quick
review and just not even really, you're

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not going to get much review is
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just to kind of set everything up, starting in December of twenty twenty three,

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for all of twenty twenty four,
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of that challenge was for everyone to
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then on that app millions and millions
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five to six thousand sermons per week, so you can never you could never

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listen to everything even if you wanted
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library of spiritual content. So I
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as much as possible. When you're
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that's a lot of content, right, So what I've done is told

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Just choose one, listen to the
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year, you have a sermon for
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was the goal. So to mix
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is at different times I will come
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this week, the focus is this, so only look for sermons on

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this verse or this subject or this
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So we have a tendency to do
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we never know what we're going to
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as I'm choosing random sermons, I
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what's going to happen because I don't
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on the air me going WHOA,
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doing here? It's always fun because
we never know what we're going to find.

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So for the last week on the
for the Sermon's two point oh app

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challenge on the podcast. It's all
been Saw eighty three, Saw eighty three,

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Saw eighty three, Saw eighty three, and ED has taken some wild

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twists and turns. So the one
thing we just have to correct is this.

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We spent two hours last week on
Saw eighty three. Right, we

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spent an hour just in the last
hour on Psalm eighty three. So we've

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done and I've spent I even know
how many hours of work on Saw eighty

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three on the podcast. So it's
been a lot of work on SSAW eighty

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three. It all started because of
a sermon on the Sermon's two point oh

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app that claimed that Saw eighty three
is pointing to a future war in the

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Middle East. We have no idea
why they say that, because they never

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really articulated why they never explained it. Then we found a sermon on the

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Sermon's two point o app that said
Psalm eighty three is actually a prediction of

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Second Chronicles, chapter twenty. And
if you'll note Saw eighty three, who

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is the author of p Saw eighty
three? Everyone, if you look at

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your Bible asf well, the pastor
and this sermon said that Jehosaphat, who's

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the king in Second Chronicles twenty called
in Asaph to compose this psalm, this

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lament. Well, there's a problem
with that. Asaf was dead, Okay,

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so there's no way he could have
called him in. I don't know

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why that's said in a sermon.
So in the last hour we clarified everything.

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So let me just make this very
clear, just in a quick review.

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Psalm eighty three is not predicting a
future war. Saw eighty three was

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not a prophecy of Second Chronicles chapter
twenty, and Saw eighty three is not

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set in the historical context of Second
Chronicles Chapter twenty. Saw eighty three is

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a psalm written by Asaf, who
was basically the worship leader during the king

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the time of David and partially the
time of Solomon. Asaf is dead way

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before you get to Second Chronicles chapter
twenty. Everybody got that right. Now,

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here's what's important. Psalm eighty three
is a lament. It's not a

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prophetic psalm. It is expressing lament, fear, anxiety, worry, concern,

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and crying out to God for help. The historical setting, what we

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know of the historical setting is found
where and Psalm eighty three we don't know

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where else to connect it to any
other connection would be purely what would be

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just conjecture and just making things up
people want to do. Then I listened

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to a sermon on Saw eighty three
that made it about the church. It's

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not about the church. It's about
Israel and the enemies they were facing.

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Even the MacArthur Study Bible says this
about Psaw eighty three, which is just

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drives me crazy. It says Bible
students believe that the nations mentioned are only

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symbolic of all of Israel's enemies.
Well, no, we don't believe that,

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and I don't know that would come
from They're not symbolic, they're real

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enemies facing like wid What would be
the textual basis for saying that that's symbolic.

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There's none. There's none, Like
you can't just go and say,

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well that's symbolic. If you start
that, guess where that ends. Well,

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you know, Jesus being born of
a virgin, that's just symbolic.

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You know Jesus dying on the cross
and raising again, that's just symbolic.

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You could just make everything symbolic.
Now, if the language in the text,

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you hence that there's symbolic language being
used and guess what you do.

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Then you have to prove it textually. You can't just impose it in the

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middle of a lament psalm, where
clearly why wouldn't be why would the Psalmist

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be writing a lament psalm about symbolic
enemies? The answer should be you don't

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you write a laments when you're facing
real enemy. He's okay, So immediately

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this stuff just drives me crazy.
So that's all. That's all. Uh,

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that's a whole week of review done
in about two five minutes. All

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right, So here we go.
We are working on Psawm eighty three.

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We covered a number of verses last
week. We're gonna cover some of those

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same verses. So our outline starts
with Psalm eighty three, verse one.

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We call this what the plea?
The plea, the plea, the plea.

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All right, in Psalm eighty three, let's read verse one. Do

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not keep silent, Oh God,
do not hold your peace, and do

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not be still, Oh God.
This implies what this is, not that

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it explicitly really declares it, but
what is it teaching us that from the

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psalmist perspective, and since this is
a communal lament, from the perspective of

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the congregation, they all perceive that
God up to this crying out has been

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what silent and inactive? They don't
know where God has been? And why

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do they not know where God has
been? Because they're facing a threat that

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we're going to read as we go
through the song. They see their current

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circumstances, and their current circumstances calls
into question what God's action or his an

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action. So they're like God,
based on what I see, what do

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I not see you? Based on
what I see, I do not see

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you. And that is the story
of the Christian life. We believe in

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a God in whom we cannot see, and we see circumstances that tell us

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there isn't a God. Right.
That is the struggle of the Christian life.

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Right. I mean, I could
pull up statistics today to tell you

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how many women were raped this week, how many children were molested this week,

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how many murders there were. I
could talk about things happening in Gaza,

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things happening in Ukraine. I could
by the time I got done just

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giving you statistics. In fact,
how many children right now are in a

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children's cancer ward dying of cancer.
They will never see they're sweet sixteen,

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They're never have their first kiss,
they'll never have their first day, They're

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going to be dead. I can
bring up all of these statistics, and

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what does that look like? Come
on, we can say it. I

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know we're in church. Where's God? Right? I know we're not supposed

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to say that, but if you're
honest, that's that's what it feels like,

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right, Because Where's God? I
mean, I mean we could go

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throughout history. I don't know,
World War II, six million Jews being

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exterminated. Oh, that kind of
makes you go, Where's God? How

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many millions have people died in World
War Two? We can talk about the

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people who died in World War One, people died in the Revolutionary War nom

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Korea. I mean, we go
on and on and on and on and

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nine. I was in the militry. I saw people coming back from overseas

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without an arm or a leg.
Okay, death, destruction, all the

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things that go on in the world
on a regular because children who are being

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beaten, I mean, I could
go on and the world is filled with

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what some of the most horrific things. We can't even process them. Right.

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So the struggle of the Christian life
is what if you may want to

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write this down, the struggle of
the Christian life is to believe in the

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God in whom we cannot see and
the face of a reality that tells us

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there is no God. That is
a struggle. There's no easy answer for

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that. But that's why the definition
of faith in Hebrews. Everybody go find

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it. Everybody should know it.
But we'll probably state it incorrectly. Look

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at it's Hebrews chapter eleven, is
it not? Y'all tell me what it

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says. Instead of me telling you
what it says, you tell me,

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tell me if you find it.
The substance of things hoped for and the

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evidence of things not seen, we're
putting faith. That's what faith is.

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It's grabbing on to what cannot be
perceived. It's grabbing onto that which cannot

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be seen. Faith says there is
a God when reality, when what we

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can see, says there isn't a
God. Well, the sawmist here is

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very bothered. God, where are
you? What's going on? And because

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they're facing a very serious threat,
all right. The plea is a common

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theme in many of the Lament psalms, where the psawmist basically cries out to

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God to not be silent or inactive
in the face of the current situation or

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threat. The Sawmist is essentially asking
God to pay attention, listen, intervene

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on our behalf. The sentiment is
expressed in this verse reflects the salmest feeling

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that God's intervention is urgently needed,
and there may be a perception that God

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has been silent or unresponsive up to
that point. Obviously, you wouldn't be

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crying out if you felt God was
being responsive and active. You wouldn't be

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crying out, would you. So
clearly that's why he's crying out. It

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conveys a sense of longing for God
to break the silence, take action in

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the midst of the imminent danger or
chris described in the Psalm. And basically

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this what we can learn from this
is it's okay to cry out to God

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and say, God, I don't
understand where you are, I don't understand

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what you're doing. It's okay to
be that real and that vulnerable. We

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see it in the life of Job. Was he that real and vulnerable?

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Yes? Does God condemn him for
how real and vulnerable he is? No?

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Does God answer his questions? No? Okay, in some ways,

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that's my favorite part of the book. Right, Job's like, God,

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what about this, this, this, this, And God's like what about

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this? This, this, this? And then Job's like, well,

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I'll just be quiet. So meaning
Job was never given the answer, and

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a lot of people read that going
well, it all makes sense. The

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whole thing makes no sense because God
set the entire thing up and Job said,

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well, in the end, he
got a new family. Does that

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replace the old one that died?
I mean, that's that's like a weird

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that's a weird way to do so, but it demonstrates what that is okay

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to cry out to God and say
God, where are you? And that's

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what he does. Now Verses two
through five gives us the reason for this

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plea, the reason he's so passionate, the reason he's saying God, do

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not keep silent, God, do
not hold your peace, do not be

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still. And I don't know in
your translation, but in the New King

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James, do not keep silent,
Oh God, exclamation point, do not

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hold your peace and do not be
still, O God, exclamation point.

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They're trying to emphasize the translators that
this is a passion. It's almost like

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a scream, God, where are
you now? Why is he crying out

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for this? Well? We see
this in verses two through five, do

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we not? The reasons for the
plea are very simple. For behold,

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your enemies make a tumult. What's
the first reason? The enemies are making

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a tumult? Everybody see that the
enemy? Now what does that term tumult

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means? It means refers to a
loud, confused noise or disturbance. When

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the sumust mentions that the enemies are
making a tumult and applies that there's an

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uproar, a commotion, chaotic behavior
is being exhibited by them, right,

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it's there's In other words, it's
it's a loud, chaotic situation that would

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create what a sense of panic,
a sense of concern. If you're sitting

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there and there's a a group of
armies in a sense acting erratic and confused,

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and they're coming towards you, you
may be like, we need some

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help now, right? So there, that's why, because the enemies are

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they are making a tumult. Next, who's and those who hate you have

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lifted up their head? Right now? The idea is these enemies hate God.

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The phrase indicates that the enemies are
not only opposed to God's people but

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also harbor a deep seated animosity towards
God himself. Their hostility is directed not

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just at the nation or community,
but extends to the Divine, reflecting a

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rebellious and defiant stance against God.
Not only they're making a tumult, they

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hate God? Now, why would
that be concerning if you are an Israelite?

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Because you are connected to God,
because God is entered into a covenant

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with you. So if they hate
your God, they're gonna hate the nation

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whom God has made a covenant with. All Right, that makes you even

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more a little bit concern. Right, The text says not only that,

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not only do they hate God?
What else does it say? The end

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of verse two they have lifted up
their heads. This is a symbol.

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This symbolizes arrogance, pride, and
defiance. It suggests that the enemies are

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acting with a sense of haughtiness and
self importance, perhaps displaying an attitude of

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superiority and triumph. They may be
showing off their power, influence or confidence,

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and their ability to achieve their goals. They're prideful, They're arrogant.

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They hate God Now, you can
see one of the pamists is saying,

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what God, you need to possibly, I don't know, show you need

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to show up and you probably should
have been here about forty five minutes ago

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because we had a problem. We
got a serious problem. Does that make

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sense? Right? Next? What
else? Another reason for this plea?

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What have they done? In Starting
in verse three, they have taken crafty

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council against your people and consulted together
against your sheltered ones. Look in verse

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five, for they have consulted together
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The idea of taking crafty council that
the enemies are devising cunning and deceitful

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strategies, are plans to harm God's
people. They are not employing an honest

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method, but rather using deceitful,
shrewd, and possibly underhanded tactics in their

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schemes. The use of the word
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in their planning, indicating that they
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In other words, what this is
demonstrating? Hey? Not they chaotic and

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loud and scaring us together. Not
only do they hate you, they are

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very deceitful and cunning. They may
be so deceitful and so using you know,

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strategy that we can't even stand again, we don't even know exactly what

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they're doing. It's demonstrating a grave
concern that the enemy's ability and their desidfulness

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may be so powerful that they cannot
stand against it. It's a way of

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saying, we are in serious trouble
here. We are in serious, serious

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trouble. They're consulting together. The
enemies are not acting alone, but are

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coming together in consolation, suggesting it
coordinated and collaborative effort against God's people.

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By consulting together, they are pulling
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efforts to mount a unified front against
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indicate that the enemies are organized,
united and working in concert to achieve their

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malicious objectives. So we get the
idea that what they're coming for us and

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they have they're teaming up, meaning
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They're facing a multitude and that are
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and deceitful, meaning that they're demonstrating
we are basically what are they saying we're

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helpless, We're hopeless, we need
help. All right, we see the

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same concept kind of being repeated here. Not only have they're consulting together.

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Look at verse five and six,
we are verse five, they've consulted together

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with one consent, they form a
confederacy against you. Once again, this

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describes their hatred for God. I
mean, I've got a lot of more

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notes. I'm skipping a lot of
my notes because I'm trying to hurry,

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right, But you get the eye. Do we get the picture? We

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see the plea and one of the
reasons for the plea. When I just

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gave you a good number of the
reasons, did I not? And I

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think we articulated them relatively well.
All right, Now look at verse four.

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Another reason, another reason for this
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They have said, who is the
the enemies that have come together?

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They said, come, let us
cut off, cut them off from being

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a nation, that the name of
Israel may be remembered no more. Here

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we see that the enemy is the
desire of the enemy. Here's here's a

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good reason to cry out to God, because what's your enemy's desire? Are

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they there just to come take your
resources. Are they there just to push

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you back because they feel you're being
a threat? Are they there just to

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threaten you? No, they're there
for what purpose? Your annihilation so that

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you no longer That's that's a pretty
good idea. Look, it's one thing

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for someone saying, hey, I'm
coming over, I'm coming over and I'm

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gonna take that from you. Okay, that's a little bit of concerning.

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I'm gonna come and then kill you. That's a little bit more concerning.

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Yes, Well, their stated goal
is what no longer be a nation?

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That you will not even be remembered
if you're not gonna be remember that means

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there can be nothing left. There
can't be anything left. Does that get

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the idea? Now? We could
ask ourself a question here, right,

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what would motivate these enemies to come
together to form a confederacy to wipe them

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off the face of their What could
be their possible motivations could be land I

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wrote down a number of them,
all right. First, a possible eliminate

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what they perceive as a thread,
elimination of a thread. One possible motivation

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behind the enemy's desire to cut Israel
off from being a nation is to eliminate

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what they perceive as a threat to
their own security or dominance. Israel's existence

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as a nation may have been seen
as a hindrance or a challenge to the

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interests of the enemy nations, prompting
them to seek its destruction. Well,

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because we got to be very honest
about something, right, when is comes

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out of Egypt, Now they do
a lot of walking in circles for forty

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years, right, So for forty
years, nobody probably cares much about them,

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right, because they're just walking in
circles. Like man, these people

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are confused, right, right,
and they're all dying off. Then ultimately

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they cross the Jordan, right,
they cross over, and where do they

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enter into Canaan? And what did
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They start killing people. There's someone
in that land. But God had

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promised that land to Israel. Now
those people don't perceive, oh, well,

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you've got to kill us because God
gave us you're a land, our

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land. God would say it's my
land, but the people there would say

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it's our land. So if you
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face of the earth, you may
perceive them to be wide a threat.

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So they may Hey, we've got
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the rest of the nations have like, oh, wait, they only want

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from this river to this river?
Right do they know? Because at that

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time the revelation of God was given
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idea what's going on. So they're

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like, oh, so if we
move over here, we'll be safe.

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They could be thinking there's nowhere to
run because Israel's killing people. I know

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we always perceive we don't perceive it
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if you think about it from a
logical perspective, if you lived at that

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time, you wouldn't have been going, ah, here comes Israel, the

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good guys. You would have been
looking at Israel as the invaders. So

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you could see maybe why they want
to come together right now at a roundabout

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way, you can see why you
would want to kind to scream out to

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God, Wait a minute, you're
the one who told us to go in

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and do this. Where are you
okay? Show up here? Correct?

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Right? So that's maybe jealousy or
envy. The enemies may have been motivated

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by jealousy or envy towards Israel,
whether it be due to Israel's relationship with

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God, their prosperity, or their
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The jealousy could have fueled their desire
to wipe out Israel in a race its

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name from history. I'm not a
big fan of the jealousy thing. I

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think they would have seen them more
as a threat. Oh, we're jealous

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of you. I think they would
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jealous of the land Israel was obtaining, possibly right, do what? Oh?

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Well, yeah, they would have
been really upset. Yeah, I

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mean, yeah, we will get
into some of the nations that are mentioned

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here. This could be a religious
conflict. Another possible reason for the enemy's

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motivation is this verse. Could this
in this verse could stem from the religious

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or ideological differences. The enemies may
have beliefs or practices that clash with those

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of Israel, leading to a deep
seated animosity and a desire to eradicate Israel

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as a nation in order to assert
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that's what it would have felt like
Israel was doing. By killing off everyone,

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then they were establishing what a mono
theistic religion and an area that in

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many cases they were polytheistic. They
were demanding that there's only one god you

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could worship, and it was very
different than everyone else's gods. So they

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could have felt, you're trying to
establish basically a theocracy, and we're going

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to destroy your theocracy, so we
can destroy we can establish our theocracy,

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and may have been a religious war, which atheist. This is one of

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the atheist arguments against religion is that
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But in this particular case, it
may have been. You could see,

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right a desire for power and domination. The enemies might have sought to

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exert power and dominance over the region, or sought to expand their own territory.

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Bobby said, land at the expense
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nation, they may have been aiming
to strengthen their own position and influence in

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the region. I mean, if
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that weakens you, so then you
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mean, in a little bit of
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seeing with Russia and Ukraine. Russia
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well, we can get into all
the geopolitical arguments there. We won't get

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into that, but you get the
idea, right, This could be because

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of historical rivalries. There could have
been historical rivalries or conflicts between Israel and

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the enemy nations that fuel the motivations
are described in this verse. Past grievance,

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territorial territorial disputes, or clashes of
interest may have contributed to the enemies

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to tination to erase Israel's memory as
a nation. A very good reason,

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right, A very good reason could
simply be what that this has been an

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ongoing conflict. Israel was in conflict
with people constantly, so this could just

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been building up and building up and
building up, and it was just a

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matter of time, right, it
was just a matter of time. Now

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you'll see the suggestion that the enemies
desire to wipe out Israel and eighty three

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and saw eighty three four could ultimately
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of a philological perspective. It could
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we kind of looked at some of
their motivations more from a like earthly

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perspective, but if we look at
it from a philological perspective, they may

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wanted to wipe out Israel for some
of the following reasons. Are you ready

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Israel's covenant relationship with God. Throughout
the Bible, Israel is depicted as chosen

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people of God with whom God made
a covenant. The enemy's hostilities towards Israel

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could be a scene as an indirect
way of expressing their opposition to God and

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has chosen people. That desire to
wipe out Israel may stem from the rejection

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of Israel's special relationship with God.
I mean, if you're a nation walking

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around saying God's on our side and
what we do, God is on our

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side, well, that's gonna make
other people a little nervous. If these

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people think God are on their side, what's gonna stop them? They can

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do whatever and claim what God is
on our side. Now. I did

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a podcast this week because I don't
like I don't like that phrase so much,

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but you know, I heard it
in the United States military. It's

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been used in the history of America
over and over and over and over and

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over. America loves to always claim
what God is on our side, as

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if God is sitting in heaven with
an American flag behind him. Okay,

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God is not in a Maria.
I know that's a shock to some of

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you. Is not an American.
So when we say God is on our

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side, we are speaking for whom
did God call you and tell you?

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So in any military conflict we find
ourselves, we almost invoke God as guiding,

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leading, directing, and helping us. That you got to be really

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careful with that, because once you
think God is on your side, then

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you can do whatever you want.
Because I do remember, see, I'm

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very familiar with this battle, this
military campaign, because it's what caused me

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to have, you know, almost
die because of my seizures. I remember

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when we decided to invade a rock
because they had weapons of mass destruction and

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turned out they didn't have anything,
and almost a million people died for no

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apparent reason, and we said that
who was on our side? When terrorists

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attacked the United States of America on
nine to eleven, they believed who was

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on their side? God? And
the Civil War? Did the North believe

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God was on their side? The
South, do they believe God was on

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their side? Was God? You
see the problem with that. But if

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you if any other nation sees another
nation who believes God is on their side,

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you see what that would be perceived
as a threat. Because if they

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believe God is on their side,
they can justify anything. This is why

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I don't like when politicians invoke God
because the minute once you this is so

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look as we do it as people, so we'll turn it to ourselves.

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But the minute you say God is
on your side, we always have a

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way of utilizing God as a means
to justify what we want in our actions.

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Well, it's one thing when you
do it right, It's one thing

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if you're arguing with your spouse,
God is on my side, you're wrong,

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right, Okay, that's a domestic
dispute. That's still ridiculous when people

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do that. But we love to
do that. People do it in church.

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Whenever there's a church split, both
sides always claim God is on their

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side. It's been going on throughout
the history of Christianity, right, But

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when it becomes political are national,
then it gets really nervous because now you

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can justify almost anything, and we
can't. God is not a tool for

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us to use. God is there
for us to submit and worship. There's

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a big difference in using God,
and everyone loves to use God. Right,

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Well, you could see why the
nations may be a little concern about

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Israel's use of God because we know
when they're practice, they didn't always obey

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God. But they would have no
problem claiming God is on their side when

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they were going in to take something
or kill someone. Now, in some

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cases God was on their side,
right, that's also but in this case

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it was directly revealed and stated.
So, but it still would be disturbing

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if you're another nation, would it
not? Right? Another possible reason given

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it is that maybe this, in
a roundabout way, the physical war that's

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taking place here in PSAW eighty three. Now we're not going to go to

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We'll get into this a little bit
more depending on how quickly we can advance

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through this. But some will argue
that the physical encounters the physical war in

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SSAW eighty three is a picture of
a spiritual war. Now, let's read

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on how they describe this. We
may reject this concept. This is how

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one source states it from a spiritual
perspective. The enemy is attempting to destroy

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Israel could be viewed as a part
of a larger spiritual warfare between the forces

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of good and evil. If the
enemies are driven by a deep seated hatred

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for God, their actions against Israel
could be seen as an attempt to thwart

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God's plan and purpose for his people. I see this, But I don't

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like when you classified as a battle
between good and evil, because it was

411
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Israel good, not even clothes,
not even a little bit, right.

412
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I mean, when Asaph is writing
this, remember he was the worship leader

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between during the reign of two kings, David, a polygamist, murderer,

414
00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:28.920
adulterer, Solomon, the king of
polygamy, and the king of adultery.

415
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He put, I mean, he
committed more adultery than anybody could. Probably

416
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we just got to give him the
record, right, A thousand women,

417
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okay? And not only that,
he did what when David was dying,

418
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he became David's headman. David told
him to go kill these people, and

419
00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:52.240
he started killing them. He killed
his own half brother. So so I

420
00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.880
don't know if you can say those
are the good guys, those are the

421
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bad guys. What we can see
is these are the people God chose.

422
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He did not choose them because they
were better or more godly. He chose

423
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them out of grace. Thank goodness, because He chose you, not because

424
00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:10.279
you're more godly, but out of
grace. And it demonstrates that our relationship

425
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with God is not based on what
we do, but based on what God

426
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has done for us. There's a
lot of lessons there. So when I

427
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say spiritual warfare, maybe you could
argue that these nations are motivated by a

428
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hatred for God. But I don't
know if they would have I don't think

429
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they would state at them that way. They probably see Israel just as a

430
00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:34.400
threat to their nation. But maybe
there's a level of spiritual warfare. Maybe

431
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not. Another one says a rejection
of God's sovereignty. The enemy's desire to

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erase the memory of Israel as a
nation may be rooted in a broader rejection

433
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of God's sovereignty and authority over the
world. I don't think they would have

434
00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:52.519
seen it that way. Hey,
we don't we reject God, so we

435
00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:57.119
want to destroy Israel because we reject
your authority. Now, I don't believe

436
00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:02.359
in that God. They believe in
a different God. So they could be

437
00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:08.119
arguing, our God is sovereign,
not your God. And you know what

438
00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:14.639
happens. We have two nations who
both believe their God is sovereign. Both

439
00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:17.079
are going to then act believing that
they're in the right because not only is

440
00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:21.960
God sovereign, but God is on
their side. Oh that's a mess,

441
00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:29.199
that's a that's an ugly thing.
One source says. In the historical context

442
00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:34.360
of ancient Israel, many of the
surrounding nations worshiped pagan gods and had different

443
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religious beliefs. The hatred towards Israel
could have been fueled by the enemy's disdain

444
00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:45.360
for the God of Israel and his
commandments, leading them to seek the destruction

445
00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:51.559
of Israel as a way of undermining
the influence of Israel's God. All right,

446
00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.960
so there's a lot of reasons why. But we know this they're doing.

447
00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:01.079
What This is what we can dogmatically
assert coming together and what is their

448
00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:09.119
explicit goal? Israel out? And
if you are an Israelite or if you're

449
00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:14.800
asaf when the people come to worship, the people coming to worship, what

450
00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:17.679
may be on their mind? Hey, did you do you know where the

451
00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:21.360
armies are right now? Do we
have an update, because I mean,

452
00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:23.800
they couldn't be checking their phone,
they couldn't be checking the news. So

453
00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:27.320
what have you heard? What have
you heard? Wouldn't the people in the

454
00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:30.920
congregation in a sense using that kind
of language, that would have been what

455
00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:37.119
worried? So what does he do? He compose a lament to take the

456
00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:44.199
emotions of the people and together they
can do what God, where are you?

457
00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:52.280
Because there's an army's plural coming for
our annihilation. We need you to

458
00:35:52.360 --> 00:36:02.440
do something yesterday. We we can
feel that. Can we not? Or

459
00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:06.079
at least maybe you can't. I
think we should be able to feel that.

460
00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:10.440
Now this is interesting, all right. Please note, as it's describing

461
00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:15.400
all the reasons, there's an interesting
phrase. Look at verse three, very

462
00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:20.239
interesting phrase. Two words in the
New King James, I think it's two

463
00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:23.639
words in all your translations. They
have taken crafty council against your people.

464
00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:29.760
We've talked about that, consulted together. We've talked about that against your two

465
00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:39.599
words. What are the two words
after that? Do what? Just peoples?

466
00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:46.039
All the nib says consulted together against
your It doesn't say sheltered ones or

467
00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:52.360
treasured ones, precious ones. There
we go, So we've got precious ones,

468
00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.880
sheltered ones. What other translations?
Do we have hidden ones? All

469
00:36:55.920 --> 00:37:09.599
we have hidden Okay, okay,
yours they cherished? Okay, so we

470
00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:15.599
have sheltered ones, those you treasured, hidden ones, precious ones. We

471
00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:21.039
have this very interesting phraseology here,
all right. Now, this is interesting

472
00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:25.920
because and in the midst of describing
all the reasons for this play, he

473
00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:30.239
says, hey, want my reason
for this play is because God's coming after

474
00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:36.880
us, And he describes themselves in
a very specific way sheltered ones, precious

475
00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:43.320
ones, treasured ones, hidden ones, very expressive phrase. So what does

476
00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:46.519
this phrase seem to mean or what
does it seem to indicate? Because I

477
00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:51.400
think it's very interesting, all right? And Psalm eighty three to three describes

478
00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:54.760
the enemy's actions against God sheltered ones, also translated as his hidden ones,

479
00:37:55.000 --> 00:38:00.559
also translated as treasured ones. The
phrase carries significant meaning and implications if we

480
00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:04.480
go with the idea of sheltered ones, which is the new King James.

481
00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:09.920
This translation suggests that the enemies are
targeting those who are under God's protection,

482
00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:16.159
care and refuge. The sheltered ones
are seen as being safeguarded by God,

483
00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:22.239
seeking safety and security in Him.
The enemy's actions against these individuals can be

484
00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:25.800
seen as an assault of God's divine
protection and a threat to those who have

485
00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:32.360
sought refuge sought refuge in Him.
So let's go with that phrase, sheltered

486
00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:36.119
ones. Now, look at the
phrase in the New King, James,

487
00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:39.559
I'm gonna read it you ready.
He talks about your enemies and make a

488
00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:45.280
tumult. They hate you, They've
lifted up their head, they've taken crafty

489
00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:52.199
counsel against your people. They've consulted
together against your sheltered ones. Now,

490
00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:55.239
and the way that is written,
what do you think the Psalmus is hoping

491
00:38:55.320 --> 00:39:00.320
to do here? What do you
think his motivation is by utilizing this phrase

492
00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:02.480
sheltered ones. We I just told
you what it kind of means. It

493
00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:07.960
means that the phrase implies that this
is a group of people who is sheltered

494
00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:10.639
by God. God is their protector. God is their refuge. God is

495
00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:15.000
their shield. God is the one
that they're trusting in. Why do you

496
00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:23.719
think the psalmist is utilizing that phrase
in the way it is written? Okay,

497
00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:28.360
let me ask you this. Is
it written to for the benefit of

498
00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:34.000
the people or is it written in
a way that he's trying to say something

499
00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:37.599
to God to motivate God. Is
this to comfort the people or is this

500
00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:45.239
to motivate God? Okay, Sarah
goes with motivate God? Why why would

501
00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:52.920
you go with it? It's used
to motivate God. Well, because he's

502
00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:58.280
saying this to God. Right,
Hey, God, you've been still.

503
00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:00.920
Now he's saying, God, you've
been silent and still. But you need

504
00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:05.920
to remember, these people are coming
after your sheltered ones, and they are

505
00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:09.880
the sheltered ones because of God's covenant. So in a sense, I think

506
00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:15.000
I think Sarah's right. This is
more I think directed at trying to motivate

507
00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:16.599
God. Hey, God, what
are the sheltered ones? And your sheltered

508
00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:22.039
ones are about to be destroyed,
so maybe it's time to Hey, you

509
00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:25.280
know, it's almost like your kid
coming to it. Hey, you're my

510
00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:29.639
mom, help me out here?
Right, Hey God, I'm your sheltered

511
00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:32.599
one, help me out here.
Now. It could also be in a

512
00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:37.880
roundabout way. Also, it does
demonstrate I can't speak for the people here,

513
00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:42.639
but I can speak for the psawmist
here since he's the one writing this,

514
00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:45.039
right. The psawmist is also kind
of going back to what we talked

515
00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:51.480
about. He's demonstrating faith in God, even though the circumstance would seem to

516
00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:55.079
make you go like, I'm gonna
get on the phone and see if I

517
00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:58.840
can call some other nations. Hey, can I borrow your God? Because

518
00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:01.159
our God has just gone on vacation. We need a new one really quick.

519
00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:05.960
Our God just went silent. We
think he moved away, he turned

520
00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:08.960
off his phone. He's not answering
our text. We need a new God.

521
00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:15.760
But he doesn't could do that.
He's relying on the fact that God

522
00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:17.960
made a covenant with them, and
he's trusting in God even though the circumstances

523
00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:22.719
say what I don't buy you.
My circumstance would be the pack the bags

524
00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:25.440
we're getting out of town. Okay, I would be like, I am

525
00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:29.280
not a Jew, I am not
an Israelite. Well, I would start

526
00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:31.760
speaking a new language and dressing a
new way. All right, Okay,

527
00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:35.119
maybe you people are more brave than
me, but okay, but I would

528
00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:37.519
be like, I gotta come up
with a plan. Oh and come on,

529
00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:42.039
right, we will all do that, do we not? Look it's

530
00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:45.920
easy. Look, it's easy to
sit here in church, and we could

531
00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:49.199
raise our hands and go God,
You're our protector, you're our rock,

532
00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:52.360
you're our defender, You're a shield, you're a help and a time of

533
00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:58.119
trouble and we can we trust God, God will protect us. And then

534
00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:05.599
someone walked through that door with a
gun. Then what do we do?

535
00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:14.400
Are you just gonna go God's my
protector and shield, come on shoot?

536
00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:17.440
Yeah, we'd probably start trying to
fight, or we if someone has a

537
00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:21.000
gun, they're gonna try all of
a sudden, we're gonna forget that God's

538
00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:23.920
a rock defender. This is him
saying, though, hey, we're in

539
00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:28.000
trouble, but you wear sheltered ones
and around the way, he's still trying

540
00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:30.159
to show that faith. In some
ways, I admire that, right,

541
00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:35.239
and it may be a way to
try to give to people some kind of

542
00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:37.760
assurance, right, Hey, hey, hey, hey, I know we're

543
00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:43.840
in trouble, but God, we're
his sheltered ones. He's gonna defend us.

544
00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:46.199
But it's easy to say that.
It's hard in the midst of a

545
00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:52.960
difficult situation, right, very difficult. And there was a famous movie in

546
00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:58.280
the eighties called The Mission, and
it was it was based off these Catholic

547
00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:00.679
missions. I can't remember what country
they established these missions, but there were

548
00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:05.639
tribes who wanted the Catholic mission basically
wiped off the face of the earth.

549
00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:12.000
Right. Well, some wanted to
do what fight back? Some were like,

550
00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:15.360
we're supposed to love our enemy.
God is our protector and shield.

551
00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:20.079
So if I remember, and it's
been a long time, the one convinces

552
00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:22.159
the people and they're like holding the
crucifix and they're wearing like white robes,

553
00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:30.840
and they're like marching towards them,
and they get wow. So then of

554
00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:32.199
course, from an atheistic perspective,
you'd be like, well, that's what

555
00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:37.559
God does for you. That's again, what did I say? The dilemma

556
00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:44.679
of the Christian life is trusting in
a God I cannot see when facing a

557
00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:50.599
life that tells me that God doesn't
exist. Well, the sheltered ones,

558
00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:53.599
But what if we go with the
hidden ones? Well. Another translation of

559
00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:59.000
the phrase hidden ones may imply that
these individuals are not easily visible or known

560
00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:01.800
to the enemy, may be considered
hidden or protected from harm by God,

561
00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:06.360
out of sight, out of reach
those seeking to do them harm. The

562
00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:09.320
enemy's actions against these hidden ones may
be driven by desire to uncover or expose,

563
00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:14.760
or attack those whom they perceive as
elusive or protective. So this could

564
00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:17.639
be the idea. This one doesn't
seem to be so motivated. I don't

565
00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:21.000
know how that would motivate God.
Hey, we're your hidden ones, other

566
00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:23.239
than you're saying, God, keep
us hidden. You've hidden us. But

567
00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:27.840
if they are coming after Israel,
that doesn't sound like they're that hidden,

568
00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:30.440
do they? Right? So I
don't like the phrase hidden ones. Sheltered

569
00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:36.360
ones make more sense hidden ones.
And obviously there's something with the Hebrew because

570
00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:39.639
none of the translators can agree.
So there's one of those Hebrew phrases that

571
00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:45.239
everybody's like, Well, just always
remember sometimes in the Hebrew or the Greek.

572
00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:47.800
If you've ever done any study in
Hebrew Greek, you know this.

573
00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:52.320
This is probably true in any language, but Hebrew Greek. You can have

574
00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:59.000
a Hebrew word that can mean what
twenty different things, which can be maddening,

575
00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:00.840
can it not? Because one pastor
will say, well, this is

576
00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:04.639
what it means. Yeah, but
it can mean nineteen other things. So

577
00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:07.079
then how do you determine what it
means? You typically have to determine based

578
00:45:07.119 --> 00:45:13.079
off the context in which it's used, which can be very Then people can

579
00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:16.679
make a lot of arguments. Right. You can say, well, baptism

580
00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:22.360
means immerse. But there's a passage
I think an acts where the Greek word

581
00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:27.039
for baptism is used for them washing
the table. Well, then see those

582
00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:30.800
who believe in you know, sprinkling. We'll say, see they didn't immerse

583
00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:35.400
the entire table. But then others
will say, but they made the table

584
00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:37.119
fully wet. So they say,
you know how you get into this never

585
00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:42.039
ending debate? Right, So that
drives me crazy. But so there's something

586
00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:46.039
here that makes it difficult the other
one's treasured ones. This translation conveys the

587
00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:52.199
idea that the individuals targeted are by
the enemies are precious and valued or cherished

588
00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:54.239
by God. Now, this one
would clearly be used by the psalmus to

589
00:45:54.280 --> 00:46:00.559
motivate God. Where your treasured ones, we're precious to you, let us

590
00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:05.760
be wiped off the face of the
earth. Does that make sense all right?

591
00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:09.199
The term implies that these individuals hold
a special place in God's heart and

592
00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:14.079
are highly esteemed by him. The
enemy's actions against these treasured ones can be

593
00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:19.679
understood as an affront to God's love
and care, prompting his intervention and defense

594
00:46:19.719 --> 00:46:22.559
on their behalf. This one makes
the most sense to me, the treasured

595
00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:30.079
ones, because when we talk in
the Old Testament, going Deuteronomy and before,

596
00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:36.559
clearly God has treasured Israel above all
the other nations. He almost refers

597
00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:40.320
to them what as his son,
as his child, kind of the apple

598
00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:45.199
of his eye. So the Psalmist
is like, God, if we're your

599
00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:49.079
treasured ones based off the covenant you
made. If you don't do something,

600
00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:55.119
there's not going to be anyone left
to fulfill the covenant. Two. So

601
00:46:55.239 --> 00:47:00.599
do something, and so you can
see right there. So I think that

602
00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:07.880
I think that's very important. All
right now, Well I could get into

603
00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:10.159
it, and I don't think it's
hard to figure out. Can we all

604
00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:15.440
agree when it says sheltered ones,
treasured ones, precious ones. Can we

605
00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:17.960
all agree that's a reference to Israel? Okay, I don't need to.

606
00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:22.119
I don't need to. The only
reason I feel like I have to clarify

607
00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:25.400
that because I don't know how many
sermons where got that turned into a discussion

608
00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:31.239
about what us in this case,
this is a reference to Israel and the

609
00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:35.519
context. Okay, however we want
to apply to us, it first has

610
00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:38.559
to be applied there, all right, there's a I've got like ten paragraphs

611
00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:42.119
of notes there, but I'm just
gonna skip them all. Let's go now,

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let's go back to verse four,
all right, just to kind of

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summarize everything here. Or we'll just
go from two through We'll go to two

614
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through five just to kind of summarize
everything, all right, So we see

615
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the plea, and now we have
all the reasons. Because the enemies are

616
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making what a tumult. Another reason
is because they hate God. Another reason,

617
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they've lifted up their heads, showing
their arrogance, their pride. Another

618
00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:14.440
reason, they've taken crafty counsel against
your people. Another reason, they've consulted

619
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together and they with one consent,
and they have formed a confederacy. Another

620
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reason is because they want to do
what wipe off the nation of Israel.

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And the Psalmist, in the midst
of describing the reasons, he tries to

622
00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:32.119
tell God. He tries to motivate
God, Hey, you gotta do something,

623
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because not only are they doing all
of these things, they're coming after

624
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your sheltered ones, your treasured ones, your precious ones. And I think

625
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it's also a way to remind the
people, Hey, we're going to cry

626
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out to God. And the reason
we're going to trust God is because we

627
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are his precious ones, his treasured
ones. Does that make sense? Is

628
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everybody okay? With that? Right? I'm gonna skip about five more other

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paragraphs. Okay, Now, let's
go to five through eight. Oh,

630
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we got a hurry. We gotta
hurry, We gotta hurry, we gotta

631
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hurry. We'll see if we can
get through these. This should be really

632
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quick. A right, you're ready? And some eighty three? Five through

633
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eight? What happens in these verses? The enemies are listed as a coalition

634
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of nations who seek to destroy Israel. These nations are outlined as follows.

635
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I'm just gonna say brief things about
each one. Are you ready? What's

636
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the first one mentioned? Eat them? Adam is the descendants of Esau,

637
00:49:30.159 --> 00:49:35.519
who held a long standing robbery with
the Israelites. Do you remember Jacob and

638
00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:39.880
Esau? And for some reason,
God loved one and hated the other before

639
00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:44.239
they ever did anything. Kind of
a messed up story, right from a

640
00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:47.159
human perspective, Yes, right.
It's used in the Book of Romans to

641
00:49:47.159 --> 00:49:51.639
talk about the doctrine of election.
Right when it makes people very very very

642
00:49:51.679 --> 00:49:54.719
angry. Well, if you think
it's angry, try to be Esau because

643
00:49:54.760 --> 00:50:00.239
who was kind of really not a
very good guy in that story. Jacob

644
00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:07.639
kind of a jerk, a deceiver, but he's the one God chose and

645
00:50:07.920 --> 00:50:10.480
Esau. Wow, man, Yeah, that's a story all right. Next,

646
00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:17.840
who's next in the list? Ishmaelites
descendants of Ishmael, often associated with

647
00:50:17.920 --> 00:50:22.679
nomadic tribes in the region. Well, we know how things turned out for

648
00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:25.440
Ishmael. Right, not such a
good story, is it? But do

649
00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:29.280
we want to go to that story? Oh, that story's got so many

650
00:50:29.719 --> 00:50:32.719
problems. Okay, what happens to
Hagar? And that story is just absolutely

651
00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:37.000
messed up? Okay? Abraham and
Sarah, she's a slave, she has

652
00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:45.000
no she cannot give what consent.
She's just used. She's just used.

653
00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:52.159
And then what did they do with
her messed up story? And who's doing

654
00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:59.280
the using? Those who believe in
God, which once again demonstrates God's people

655
00:50:59.360 --> 00:51:05.239
or what sinners? Right? All
of us are right? Okay, but

656
00:51:05.519 --> 00:51:07.440
so Ishmael. You can see where
maybe maybe the Ishmael Lights would have a

657
00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:15.280
possible few problems, you think a
few problems, right, because all the

658
00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:21.719
promises go through Isaac. Right,
I Remember this is this creates problems throughout

659
00:51:21.760 --> 00:51:24.079
history, right, I mean,
that's when they're fighting over the land.

660
00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:34.199
If you're a Jew, the land
belongs to you because of whom Isaac comes

661
00:51:34.199 --> 00:51:38.519
through Isaac. If you are one
of the Arab nations, you may say

662
00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:45.360
the land belongs to you because coming
through Ishmael or the firstborn. So both

663
00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:50.320
can make an argument that the line
belongs to them. And how has that

664
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worked out? Yeah? Still not
worked out? All right? Okay,

665
00:51:54.360 --> 00:52:01.360
next, what's the next one?
Moab? Moab are the descendants of Lot,

666
00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:07.599
who were historical enemies of Israel,
right, and how did the Moabites

667
00:52:07.639 --> 00:52:13.239
come about? Because a man who
is called righteous in the New Testament,

668
00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:16.440
not only did he offer his daughters
for the men of the city to rape

669
00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:22.920
them. Okay, he then got
drunk and had relations with them, and

670
00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:28.159
not just once, but twice.
You would think after the first time you

671
00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:30.159
would kind of go, maybe I
should not drink around my daughters. But

672
00:52:30.239 --> 00:52:34.320
he does it twice. Now the
daughters are involved in it the situation.

673
00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:37.920
But you think, after you made
the mistake once, hopefully you would stop

674
00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:39.679
in the second time. But you
know what the reality is, we don't

675
00:52:39.679 --> 00:52:43.480
always stop our sin after the first
time? Do we so? So in

676
00:52:43.480 --> 00:52:45.440
Allah we can relate. But a
lot is called a righteous man in the

677
00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:52.960
New Testament? How can he be
called a righteous man? Remember there's remember

678
00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:58.920
all of us. There's two parts
of us right or two categories for us

679
00:52:59.079 --> 00:53:02.320
right. Two reality. The first
reality is what you are in your position

680
00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:07.599
in Christ. In Christ, remember
salvation. Remember this is the whole difference

681
00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:13.920
between Protestant Christianity and Catholicism. Catholicism
says we are justified by an infused righteousness.

682
00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:16.440
Luther completely rejected that. And why
did he reject that? Well,

683
00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:20.840
if I haven't, if I haven't
infused righteousness, I should be able to

684
00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:25.039
be what perfect? And why did
Luther realize? I can't be perfect?

685
00:53:25.039 --> 00:53:29.400
And Luther was losing his mind.
He kept going to confession hour after hour

686
00:53:29.400 --> 00:53:31.000
after hour, and even the priests
were like, man, you got to

687
00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:35.239
calm yet. But He's like,
if God is holy and he demands perfection,

688
00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:37.559
then I have to be perfect.
And you said that I've received an

689
00:53:37.559 --> 00:53:42.199
infused righteousness, so I should be
able to be And he realized I can't

690
00:53:42.239 --> 00:53:43.440
do it. I can't do it, He can't do it, can't do

691
00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:45.079
it. Can't do it. And
then he realized that phrase that the just

692
00:53:45.199 --> 00:53:49.639
will live according to faith, and
he's like, huh. And then he

693
00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:52.960
realized that by faith we are saved
by faith. And what happens by faith,

694
00:53:53.559 --> 00:54:00.159
God does not infuse righteousness, He
imputes it, meaning he accredits to

695
00:54:00.199 --> 00:54:07.360
your account. So Bobby's position is
what righteous, holy, perfect, The

696
00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:13.559
obedience of Christ is imputed to his
account. He is absolutely perfect. Now

697
00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:24.239
does anyone know Bobby? Okay,
he's not perfect and righteous practice, he's

698
00:54:24.320 --> 00:54:29.400
what in practice, and now the
rest of us are better than him.

699
00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:30.840
But okay, no, but you
get the idea. That's the truth of

700
00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:36.000
all of us. So why can
Lot be called a righteous man because of

701
00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:39.360
imputed righteousness? Why can damn it
be called a righteous man? Why can

702
00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:45.079
Solomon? Because as a righteous man. Now, we don't like that,

703
00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:49.760
do we, Because we're like,
the practice better match the position. It's

704
00:54:49.800 --> 00:54:52.800
never gonna match the position, because
the position is perfect, and in practice

705
00:54:52.840 --> 00:54:58.280
we will never even come anywhere near
that, because we still maintain a sinful

706
00:54:58.360 --> 00:55:04.599
nature even after conversion. And anyone
who denies the existence of the sinful nature

707
00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:09.480
after conversion are deceiving themselves. Because
it's clear in everyone's life. And what

708
00:55:09.519 --> 00:55:14.679
does God's law demand perfection? Roll
is, James, if you're guilty at

709
00:55:14.719 --> 00:55:19.480
one point, guilty of all?
So all of us have broken all.

710
00:55:19.559 --> 00:55:23.920
We are in a perpetual state of
breaking all the ten commandments. Nobody wants

711
00:55:23.960 --> 00:55:30.880
to admit that. But positionally,
what am I? The perfection of Christ

712
00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:35.119
is my perfection? Positionally. That's
why when the Bible says if anyone is

713
00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:37.239
in Christ as a new creature,
old things have passed away, all things

714
00:55:37.280 --> 00:55:42.119
have become new, that's not talking
about you practically. That's talking about you

715
00:55:43.039 --> 00:55:45.199
positionally. Because it was talking about
you practically, then all Christians would be

716
00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:52.000
what perfect? Okay? Well,
but we're not perfect? Okay? All

717
00:55:52.039 --> 00:55:57.679
right? So there's a moab Our. Next the hag Ride. So the

718
00:55:57.679 --> 00:56:04.880
Hagarens, who are they? Possibly
a reference to Nomads or descendants of Hagar

719
00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:14.159
possibly? Okay? Do what?
Yeah? Oh yeah, If you say

720
00:56:14.159 --> 00:56:15.719
it that way, then it makes
more sense, y yeah, all right.

721
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Next Giball, a city in the
region of modern day Lebanon. I

722
00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:22.800
don't know anything else about them,
all right, so you could probably find

723
00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:23.920
more. I just had to make
it simple and quick, all right.

724
00:56:24.000 --> 00:56:30.480
Next Ammon descendants of Lot, also
known for their hostility towards Basically all the

725
00:56:30.519 --> 00:56:34.559
descendants of Lot hated his reel Okate, right it seems like. But in

726
00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:38.519
some cases the descendants of Lot were
wide They couldn't even come to worship.

727
00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:42.719
Remember, they were kind of basically
thrown out. They were not allowed to

728
00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:46.920
come to worship. They were because
they were seen as basically what unclean,

729
00:56:47.079 --> 00:56:51.920
corrupt, ungodly. So you could
see that would lead to a little bit

730
00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:55.760
of hostility, right because did they
do anything? As Kate always says to

731
00:56:55.800 --> 00:57:00.719
me, I didn't ask to be
born, right, well, they didn't

732
00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:05.880
ask to come from an ancestual relationship
with Lot and his daughters. But yet

733
00:57:06.239 --> 00:57:10.440
in some ways that brings about negativity
right right. Next a Malek, a

734
00:57:10.480 --> 00:57:15.440
long standing enemy of the Israelites,
known for their attacks on the vulnerable.

735
00:57:15.719 --> 00:57:20.960
Next Felictia, inhabitants of Philistine region, known for their conflicts with Israel throughout

736
00:57:21.480 --> 00:57:23.840
history. Can we agree that Philistines
are always a problem? Were they not?

737
00:57:24.360 --> 00:57:29.440
The significance of listing these enemies in
Psalm eighty three is to illustrate a

738
00:57:29.639 --> 00:57:34.920
united front against Israel, seeking to
wipe out the nation and erase its memory.

739
00:57:35.199 --> 00:57:37.760
The Samist calls upon God to intervene
it thwart the Psalm the plans of

740
00:57:37.800 --> 00:57:42.760
these enemies, highlighting the faith of
the Samists in God's power to deliver and

741
00:57:42.760 --> 00:57:49.159
protect his people from their adversaries.
The mention of these specific nations serves to

742
00:57:49.400 --> 00:57:59.880
emphasize are you ready the historical context
of the conflict and the hatred faced by

743
00:58:00.119 --> 00:58:06.199
Israel, reminding the readers of the
ongoing struggle and opposition encountered by well Israel.

744
00:58:06.280 --> 00:58:09.360
What was happening to them? The
Psalm underscores the importance of seeking divine

745
00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:15.760
assistance and placing trust in God's sovereignty
amidst diversity, showcasing the enduring relevance of

746
00:58:15.880 --> 00:58:20.320
these themes in the lives of believers. So we'll have to stop there.

747
00:58:20.320 --> 00:58:22.000
We can't go any far. But
there's the enemies. I mean, I

748
00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:24.199
think that's a lot. That's a
number of enemies, are they not?

749
00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:28.880
Some of these are well known enemies. Now you have all if your well

750
00:58:28.880 --> 00:58:36.159
known enemies doing what coming together,
making them more powerful and more dangerous.

751
00:58:36.840 --> 00:58:43.800
When you are a little nation of
Israel and you have all of these enemies

752
00:58:43.840 --> 00:58:47.880
coming against you, then you're going
to want to cry out to God because

753
00:58:47.920 --> 00:58:53.360
you feel like God has what abandon
you? So I'm going to end with

754
00:58:53.400 --> 00:58:57.559
what hell we started? What is? How is good? What is a

755
00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:01.639
great way to describe the Christian life? Believing in a God in whom you

756
00:59:01.760 --> 00:59:09.599
cannot see, while living in circumstances
that scream every day there is no God?

757
00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:15.960
That is the conflict? And sometimes
what do you feel inside of you?

758
00:59:17.320 --> 00:59:20.920
Come on you, I know we're
in church, but maybe some of

759
00:59:20.920 --> 00:59:25.880
you can't say this. Sometimes you
question where God is or even if God

760
00:59:25.920 --> 00:59:29.320
exists, and maybe you say you
can't do that, but you can do

761
00:59:29.400 --> 00:59:35.920
that. But then sometimes we feel, Wow, there's no question there's God.

762
00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:37.880
Look at creation. Oh there has
to be a God. Sometimes you

763
00:59:37.960 --> 00:59:42.880
feel like you're just confident that there
is a God. Sometimes you don't remember

764
00:59:42.920 --> 00:59:49.880
Martin Luther's famous quote, do you
love God? Love God? Sometimes I

765
00:59:50.000 --> 00:59:57.400
hate him? Oh? Why?
Because sometimes circumstances make you do what It

766
00:59:57.679 --> 01:00:02.519
not only question God's actions, question
his presence. You may even questioned his

767
01:00:02.639 --> 01:00:10.519
existence, or it may make you
bitter and upset at him. And plenty

768
01:00:10.559 --> 01:00:15.599
of us have experienced plenty of things
to make it that way. That's the

769
01:00:15.679 --> 01:00:21.639
struggle. And anyone who denies that
struggle is trying to give you a disneyfied

770
01:00:21.760 --> 01:00:25.000
version of Christianity, the Hallmark movie
version of Christianity. You don't want the

771
01:00:25.039 --> 01:00:30.239
Hallmark movie or the Disney version of
Christianity because someday you're gonna become at the

772
01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:34.679
end of yourself and just be like, this doesn't work, because it's a

773
01:00:34.719 --> 01:00:39.760
facade. It's what we It's the
infocommercial version of Christianity. We don't need

774
01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:45.559
an infocommercial. The Bible is filled
with people who believe in God in the

775
01:00:45.599 --> 01:00:51.480
midst of circumstances that make absolutely no
sense if God exists. That's why I

776
01:00:51.519 --> 01:00:55.280
love the Bible in that sense.
It doesn't give us a fairy tale,

777
01:00:55.559 --> 01:01:00.199
right. You have people who believe
in God, but everything around them would

778
01:01:00.199 --> 01:01:02.880
tell you kind of question, like
you want to say to the people who

779
01:01:04.199 --> 01:01:07.920
who you're reading about, maybe you
should just stop believing in him. It's

780
01:01:07.920 --> 01:01:14.719
not really working out very good for
you. But they continue to do what

781
01:01:15.880 --> 01:01:23.599
believe because faith is the substance of
what, okay, of things not seen

782
01:01:23.800 --> 01:01:28.320
right, the evidence of things not
saying what. It's the substance of what.

783
01:01:28.480 --> 01:01:30.840
Let's make sure we quote it correctly. Look at Hebrews eleven one.

784
01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:36.760
Well, end with making sure we
quote it correctly, because yeah, there's

785
01:01:36.800 --> 01:01:38.800
two different phrases there. If we
want to make sure we use them absolutely

786
01:01:38.840 --> 01:01:46.400
correct, I'm gonna make sure y'all
will leave here knowing Hebrews eleven one.

787
01:01:47.159 --> 01:01:52.920
Substance of things hope for the evidence
of things not seen. It's when you

788
01:01:52.960 --> 01:01:58.639
hope for something. There's no substance
there, right, it's just hope.

789
01:01:58.960 --> 01:02:04.119
But faith put substance to it.
Right, there's a faith that there is

790
01:02:04.159 --> 01:02:06.840
a God. I hope there's a
God. I want there to be a

791
01:02:06.880 --> 01:02:09.360
God. That everything makes sense,
there's a purpose, there's a reality,

792
01:02:09.400 --> 01:02:15.920
there's an explanation, there's something Sometimes
I don't understand it. But faith takes

793
01:02:15.960 --> 01:02:19.440
that hope in a God and gives
it substance. Right, and then I

794
01:02:19.480 --> 01:02:23.880
can't see God. But faith does
what gives me evidence for that which I

795
01:02:23.880 --> 01:02:27.480
can't see. And not only that, it gives you evidence for what you

796
01:02:27.519 --> 01:02:32.920
can't see that contradicts what you can
see. That's the hardest thing about faith.

797
01:02:34.239 --> 01:02:37.360
It contradicts what you can see.
I go home right now and just

798
01:02:37.360 --> 01:02:40.880
start looking at the news. I'm
gonna be like, oh, forget this

799
01:02:42.480 --> 01:02:46.800
clearly there is no God. He
moved away. Hey, I don't know

800
01:02:46.840 --> 01:02:53.639
what happened. He's left us.
Faith says he's right there on the throne.

801
01:02:53.800 --> 01:02:57.960
Man, that's hard, is it? Not? Well? Here?

802
01:02:58.840 --> 01:03:00.440
They got physical in it, about
to wipe them off the face of the

803
01:03:00.440 --> 01:03:04.920
earth. And what is the psalmist
doing? God? We need you to

804
01:03:04.960 --> 01:03:07.920
wake up. God, Remember who
we are. Where are your chosen ones?

805
01:03:07.960 --> 01:03:13.960
Where are your sheltered ones where you're
precious? Do something? And those

806
01:03:14.079 --> 01:03:17.480
enemies sound pretty pretty dangerous, do
they not? Those some people have some

807
01:03:17.639 --> 01:03:23.800
long history and hatred for Israel.
These are not people who are like just

808
01:03:23.880 --> 01:03:29.880
moved in next door. These people
hating you for a long time, and

809
01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:32.039
they're coming together. You can see
the concern. All right, let's just

810
01:03:32.039 --> 01:03:36.119
stop right there. Look, can
we come before you this afternoon? Lord?

811
01:03:36.199 --> 01:03:43.679
Forgive us for our struggles with our
lack of faith. May we continue

812
01:03:43.760 --> 01:03:47.239
to struggle with that lack of faith
so that we grow stronger in our faith,

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that we can trust and believe in
You when everything tells us not to.

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When we ask this in Jesus name, and God's people said