In this edition of the Daily Bible Podcast, PPJ and PR are back after attending Revival Winter Edition, sharing their experiences and also discussing the importance of active listening during sermons. They conclude the book of Genesis, discussing Jacob's blessings to his sons, Joseph's profound understanding of God's sovereignty, and the significance of Joseph's instruction to carry his bones back to Canaan. The podcast emphasizes the necessity of trusting God's plan and adhering to His will.

00:00 Welcome Back to the Daily Bible Podcast

00:09 Recap of the Revival Event

01:32 Challenges of Solo Podcasting

02:19 The Importance of Active Listening

03:12 Diving into Genesis 48-50

04:56 Jacob's Blessings and Death

08:06 Joseph's Faith and God's Sovereignty

12:48 Concluding Thoughts and Prayer

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Hey everybody.

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Welcome back to another edition

of the Daily Bible Podcast.

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Hey, and I'm back to this time, he is.

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He's back.

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I hope you did not miss me

too much when you were gone.

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No.

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No.

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Are you revived?

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I am revived enough and I think everyone

is sufficiently revived, having gone

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to appropriately titled Revival.

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Winter edition.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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How did, how was it?

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Give us a, we're dying to know.

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You gave us a recap on Sunday a little

bit, but yes, it was a, it was so good.

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Part of it was the fact that the

weather was just phenomenally perfect.

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I mean, I couldn't have

asked for a better weekend.

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And given the fact that we just had

snow and there was a potential for more

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snow, we just had such good weather.

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We were able to play

and have a great time.

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The weather was just so

accommodating and the place itself.

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Speaking of accommodations

was just Amazing.

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It was beautiful.

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We went to this great place

last year in Anna this year.

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This place was even better.

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Had so many other, I mean, some of

the same features, but we had so many

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new things to explore and to enjoy.

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And Louis Azuma handed all the games

and we just had so much fun playing

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and doing fun things together.

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The messages I put a ton

of time in as I usually do.

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That's nothing unusual, but.

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It was in a topic that I was really

passionate about, still am, and

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it was fun to talk through some of

the implications of a Christian's

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responsibility for tech and how they

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is kind of a challenging thing to do.

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You don't think about it.

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We all take it for granted, but

how do screens shape us and form

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our relationships and how do they

form our relationship with God?

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They're distracting and consequently

they can steal our attention

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from what really matters.

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And so we just discussed a

lot of those implications.

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And I hope I'll have the audio

of those Messages up within

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the next couple of days.

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Yeah.

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For anybody, right?

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For anybody.

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Yeah.

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That'll be in our podcast.

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Yep.

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That's good.

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That's good.

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Awesome.

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Well, we're glad to have you back.

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Glad to be back.

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Students.

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Glad to have you back on the podcast team.

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I missed it a little bit.

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It's lonely to sit in there

and record by yourself.

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I know it.

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Someone recently went on like

a 30 day California vacation.

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That was not accurate.

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And I had to do it all by myself.

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Yeah.

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Well, and that's when we had the days

of like seven or eight minute podcasts.

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It was a really short time

of time of life there.

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I think I went like

10, 15 minutes at most.

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I was tracking the numbers.

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I was looking at that and

I'm like, all right, well.

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That's, that's good.

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I think it's probably better to

be brief when you're by yourself.

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It's hard to do it.

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This is hard to do.

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And to talk to someone by yourself

and to make it interesting.

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Just I respect the radio DJ

so much more than I ever did.

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And you might think, yeah,

but you guys are pastors.

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You talk by yourself for a living.

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Like this is what you do.

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No, not the same.

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It's totally not.

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Because when you're preaching to

a group, you're feeding off the

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responses of the people in the room.

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Yes.

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And ideally they're responding to us.

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Right.

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So we do respond to that and it

helps give us a sense of direction.

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Should I spend more time on that?

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Should I spend less time on that?

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So you're right.

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It's a very different experience, which

on that note, listen actively, please.

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It helps us.

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And not that you have to sit

out there and go, amen and

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preach it and things like that.

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We wouldn't mind it though.

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I mean, people do if you want to do it.

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Yeah.

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But when you, when we can look out and

see you and, and realize that you're

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leaned forward or you're engaged,

you're taking notes, you're making

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eye contact with us, you're tracking,

that's an encouragement to us.

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And maybe you're like, I don't know

if I want to encourage you right now.

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I'm going to sit back and yeah, well get

this when I was preaching in California.

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And Mark Kogan was one of my leaders.

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This is one of the reasons Mark

stood out to me in the first place,

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because he would always be such

a good and attentive listener.

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He would look at me when I'm making a

point, he would nod his head slowly.

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And I did, I liked it.

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I would find myself gravitating toward

him because he'd give me feedback.

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And I think that's always the

case when you're preaching

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to somebody or an audience.

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Anyway, the per the person that

gives you the response is the

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one that you end up saying, I'm

going to go back to my safe place.

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Where are you friend?

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Exactly.

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Tell me totally.

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Yeah.

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A hundred percent.

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Mark does it really well.

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So listen actively.

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That's helpful.

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All right.

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Well, Hey, let's jump

into our text for today.

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Genesis 48, 49 and 50.

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We are finishing up the

book of Genesis today.

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Unbelievable.

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All done.

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All done.

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All done with beginnings until next year.

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Right.

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Mold willing.

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If he doesn't return.

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And then it's a different beginning,

a better beginning anyways,

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Genesis 48 now that we are, are

reunited and it feels so good.

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We've got this situation where Jacob

comes and basically says, Hey, hey

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Joseph, your two sons, Ephraim and

Manasseh, they're, they're mine and

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you can have any other kids that come.

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Yeah.

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After this, but I'm going to take

those two and he takes them and he

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gives them this blessing in this

chapter here which is interesting.

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And in a way that has been repeated over

and over again, the younger is going to

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supplant the older and the blessing here.

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And Joseph brings his two boys

to his father and sets them.

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Up to where it would be easy for,

for Jacob to lay his hands on the

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oldest and the, the youngest in

accordance with the hand of honor

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versus the hand of, of not dishonor,

but that there was a hand of honor.

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The right hand was the hand of honor.

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And so Jacob instead crosses his

hands and blesses them on the

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inverse of what Joseph wants.

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And in fact, it says in the

text that it displeased Joseph.

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He didn't like this.

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He said, this is not the way it should be,

but Jacob says, no, this is the way it's

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going to be and I know what I'm doing.

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Don't try to correct me, son.

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This is what.

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I'm wanting to do so, I guess this is

the, the formalized adoption of Manasseh

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and Ephraim and and of note here,

really, I think the most significant

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thing is, is Ephraim really become

significant because Ephraim becomes the

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designation or the, the, the moniker

for the Northern kingdom of Israel.

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He becomes the most powerful

of all the northern tribes.

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And so the blessing that we see here

from Jacob comes to fruition later on

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in Israel's history during a season

that we wouldn't say is the greatest

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season during the divided monarchy,

but still Ephraim rises to the, the the

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top there in that that ultimate scene

with the, the northern tribes there.

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Chapter 49, then as we get in here versus

one through 27, we continue with the

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blessing of the offspring of Joseph or

of of Jacob rather and Jacob goes through

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and blesses each of his sons individually.

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And here we see where Reuben,

Simeon, and Levi, it's worth noting

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that these are the three oldest.

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Yeah.

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Each of them for their

own reasons, forfeit.

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The ultimate blessing because

of their various sinful actions.

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You'll remember Ruben lay

with his father's concubine.

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You had Simeon and Levi who went after

the inhabitants there with Shechem

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and that whole situation with Dinah.

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And so next up is Judah.

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And again, we've talked

about this on the podcast.

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Judah was no.

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Sterling, you know, clean, innocent,

pure individual himself, but he's

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the chosen line, the line of the

Messianic blessing and promise.

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And so his line is identified by

Jacob and his is going to be the one

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that the ruler is going to come from.

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The scepter shall not depart

from between your feet.

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Again, that position of ruling, ruling

and authority there given to Judah.

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And then he goes through the rest of them.

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And I think the other one of note

here, at least to me is Joseph, because

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Joseph has an extended blessing really

is the son of Jacob's affection,

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the son that Jacob loved the most.

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And he gets some extra, extra

attention, extra love thrown his

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way in this blessing scenario.

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Versus 28 to 33.

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Then we have the death of the

patriarch, the death of Jacob.

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And what happens from here is, is

Joseph says, I'll, I'll bury you.

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And so Joseph, Joseph takes Jacob up to

that cave, that cave that Abraham had

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bought there in the field in Canaan.

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And he buries Jacob there, as he

had promised that he would do.

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And so we we have the end of the

patriarch, the end of Israel's

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life here the patriarch in verses

20 through 33 of chapter 49.

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So what we have here then is basically

the very beginning of Israel's history.

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You have, we've traced now

almost through chapter 50.

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This is really the end of it

because chapter 50 is just

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an what do you call that?

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An end log, not a prologue.

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Epilogue is the one I was looking for.

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About joseph's story in particular,

but we've seen abraham isaac and jacob

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chapters 1 through 11 is primeval history

ancient history Chapters 12 all the way

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through chapter 50 is patriarchal history.

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That's what the book of genesis is

meant to do It's the beginnings of not

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only life as we know it but also life

in particular for the for the nation of

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israel And how god had led them through

the early stages of their of their

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foundation And so now what we have is

really a story that's only just begun

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Hence the name Genesis, all of this

information is going to be information.

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You're going to kind of refer back

to as you read throughout your Bible.

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And this is the stuff that you want to

at least commit to some form of memory.

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You're never going to do it perfectly,

but reading through it and trying

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to say, okay, who who's doing what?

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Why is this important scripture has

this really cool way of referring

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back to itself in a million different

ways And Genesis is one of the most

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important books In the whole in the

whole bible itself because it provides

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the foundation for everything else

So keep an eye out for references.

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They're going to be there Yeah, and that's

that's such a good point And and that's

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what doing this reading program is going

to give you every single year The more

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you do it the more familiar you will be

with the layout of these books and in or

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taking a survey class taking a a A New

Testament survey class, Old Testament

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survey class, to be able to kind of know

rough and dirty where things happen.

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You may not know chapter and verse the

exact, but you'll know, okay, that's,

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that's from this section of the Bible.

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It's good to have that kind

of biblical familiarity.

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And every year it's necessary because

we forget and it's so easy to forget.

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I find myself saying, Oh yeah, I

forgot about that one thing and

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I've read the Bible countless times

now, so we're going to need it.

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Yep.

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Yeah.

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Amen.

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A hundred percent.

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Chapter 50, then we get into the burial

again, Joseph and his brothers, Barry

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Jacob, like I was just mentioning

in the promised land that in the

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cave that Abraham had purchased.

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And then we get into

what happens after this.

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So Jacob's gone, he's off the scene and

now the brothers are fearing, and you may

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wonder, well, Why are they afraid now?

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Why weren't they afraid before?

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And I think the answer is, well, first

they were afraid when they first, when

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Joseph first reveals himself says, Hey,

it's me, they're terrified at that point.

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But then I think after that, they kind

of felt like their, their dad had their

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back, like Joseph wasn't going to do

anything while Jacob was still alive.

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Cause he didn't want to

bring grief upon his father.

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But now that Jacob's off the scene, they

think that their protection is gone.

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And so they're terrified.

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And this is where you get the famous

line from Joseph, where he says in

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verse 20, as for you, you meant evil

against me, but God meant it for good

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to bring it about that many people

should be kept alive as they are today.

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I just have been to your point.

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We forget things.

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And then we, we just see

different things emphasized.

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I've been struck how deep

Joseph's Doctrine is here.

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His theology, his awareness

of God's sovereignty.

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He, it's, it's not just here.

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It's, it's everywhere.

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God sent me in front of you.

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God ordained this.

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God did this.

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I mean, he just, it's his faith.

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It's his knowledge.

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And he didn't have the resources

that we have at our fingertips

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to know all of these things.

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And so it's one of those

things of how did he know this?

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Where did he get this understanding?

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It's to know all these

things about who God is.

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And I mean, God's revelation of himself to

Joseph in part, but I think also just his.

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Awareness that God exists and

if God exists, then he's the one

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that is ordaining these things.

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I think it's a logical outcome, a

logical conclusion for Joseph to

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arrive at if he truly trusts in a

God who is the creator of all things.

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Yes.

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And then on top of that We probably have

events that are just not recorded in

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scripture I mean, that sounds obvious

maybe to some, but it's worth us noting

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that God probably said much more to

the patriarchs throughout their lives.

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And granted, there are high points,

peaks and valleys also, but peaks

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where God has spoken to them.

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He, he solidified it.

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He had it commemorated.

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It's written in the scriptures by Moses.

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We think that's who wrote the Pentateuch.

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But there's probably times where he

revealed aspects of his character and

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ways and shapes and who knows how else.

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In fact, Hebrews chapter

one tells us that.

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Long ago at many times and in

many ways, God spoke to our

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forefathers in part by the prophets.

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But in his last days, he's spoken to us by

his son, which is why we appreciate Jesus

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so much because he is the exclamation

point to all that God has said.

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And it's as clear as it could be here.

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They had to work with a lot

more input and a lot different

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and a lot of different ways.

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And this gives you a sense

of appreciation for that.

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I agree with you.

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Joseph's statement here is awesome

because it showcases something

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that we talk about so much, the

compatibilistic nature of the.

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The will of man and the will of God

you have in this statement where

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Joseph says you meant it for this

God meant it for That two wills one

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action both happening with freedom.

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I guess if you could call it that

Joseph's brothers meant to do the thing

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that they did no one forced him But God

meant to have that event Work for the

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greater good of others around him and

ultimately for his own glory and that's

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what we see all throughout scripture Yeah.

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In fact, we've looked at that in

John's gospel too, when when the,

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the chief priest, when he stood up

and said, Hey, it's, it's better

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that one should die for, for everyone

that then that all should perish.

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And in the Texas, he said this, not

realizing what he was saying as he said

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that, that God meant something else.

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And when he meant another thing

there, what a cool thought it is.

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It is.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And thankful to that that God.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, that we can't mess up God's plan.

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Cause we would, if we could.

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Yes, we could.

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Yeah.

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And would, if we could.

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Yes.

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Should we?

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Should we?

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No, we should not.

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No.

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Anyways verse 22 through 26,

Joseph dies and he dies at 110.

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I mentioned a couple episodes ago

that was about the ceiling of the life

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of most Egyptians was 110 years old.

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That was their average age there.

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And so he dies at 110, he's buried

in Egypt, but he makes his brother's

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promise that they will take him when

God returns them to the promised land.

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And again, there's an, a

measure of Joseph's faith.

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He, he trusted that God was going to

restore his, People back to Canaan.

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And so he made his brother say, Hey, we

will make sure that this is something

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that we take note of and that future

generations understand as well, that

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we're going to carry you with us when we

go back to the promised land, which just

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makes me wonder, because obviously they're

going to be here for the next 400 years.

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His brother 130.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Total.

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His brothers are going to die there.

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Other people are going to die there.

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Did I'm sure Joseph's weren't the

only bones that they carried up with

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them when they went back to Canaan.

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I wonder.

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Yeah.

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Or maybe he's his was the only because

they prioritize and they held certain

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people in high regard and it was too much

effort to bring the rest of these guys.

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Just leave everybody else here.

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Yeah.

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That's true.

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Yeah.

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Every, everybody's like, Hey, take me

with you to when you don't have time, bro.

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Sorry.

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Anyways.

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Yeah.

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These chapters are all about

the future of God's people.

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He is sovereign.

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Joseph understood that looking back

and he understood that looking forward.

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And I think that's true for us today too.

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I mean, we've got a lot of things going

on right now and It's interesting just

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with the change in administration.

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I feel like there's less questions about

like, Hey, is this the end times now?

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I feel like some of that,

Oh, this is coming back.

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I think kind of a golden

glory days for right.

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Who are conservative.

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Yeah.

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Right.

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We're kind of watching things

right now going, this is nice.

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Wait a minute.

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This isn't the male and female.

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All right.

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And that's why it's important

for us to remember, just like

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with Joseph, when Joseph was in

Pharaoh's house, God's sovereign.

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When Joseph was in Potiphar's

house, God's sovereign.

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When Joseph is in the pit, God

is sovereign over all of it.

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And Joseph knew that, and we have

to know that and trust that as well.

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That's right.

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All right, let's pray.

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And then we'll be done with this episode.

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God, thanks for your word.

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Thanks for that reality.

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That truth that you are sovereign,

that we cannot thwart your

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plan, that it is in place.

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And so help us to trust you like Joseph

trusted you and help us to act in

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accordance with your will in accordance

with what you've commanded us to do.

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Our response is not simply to

say, well, you're sovereign.

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So what does it matter what I do?

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But our response is to

say you're sovereign.

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So let me obey you.

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So help us to understand your word

in such a way to make that easy.

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And we ask this and

pray this in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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Let it be so.

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Hey, keep reading your Bibles and

tune in again tomorrow for another

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edition of the daily Bible podcast.

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Please.

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And thank you.

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We'll see you then.

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