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You're listening to the Bible Guys,
a podcast where a couple of friends talk

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about the Bible in fun in practical
ways. Hey, good morning, welcome

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to the Bible guys. And today, if you're listening day by day is

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Friday. That's cract t G I
f yay, yes, and we love

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Fridays. Hey, you haven't sung
good morning to us? And forever good

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morning, good morning. We talked
the whole night through good morning, good

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morning to you. Nothing could be
wait, nothing could be nothing could be

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something than the being Louisiana. Nothing. Yeah, I don't I don't know

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what he says, because because it's
the two guys. Yes, nothing could

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be greater than being Louisiana. And
then Debbie Reynolds comes in in the morning.

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In the morning, Yeah, yep, it's so funny. It's so

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funny that you take it so seriously. That's that's the Hey, Well,

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did I tell you that my son
is he's dating girl and he sends her

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a little Jeff that says good morning, and it's a little clip from you

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know, singing in the Rain,
And she says, where is this from?

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And so last night he tells me, he goes Dad, he goes,

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we're gonna go out to dinner tomorrow
night, which will be tonight,

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and he says, and I'm gonna
come back and he goes, we're gonna

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watch Singing in the Rain. And
I said, oh cool, why why

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that movie? And he told me
the story about the Jiff and he said,

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he goes, when she told me, where's that from? He said,

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this is unacceptable. You have to
know, he said, I can't

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have that if you're going to be
a part of this family. Around this

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family, that's right, which means
he is definitely my son. Right,

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he's a part of my family.
That's right. Because I love those old

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movies. Yes, And and by
the way, if you're if you're a

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person who hasn't watched old movies,
let me encourage you listener to not only

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watch sing in the Rain. But
there's a hidden gem that I want you

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to look up. And it's a
it's a movie from it's completely black and

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white, and it's Gene Kelly,
same guy, but it's also with Judy

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Garland. This is young Judy Garland, like right outside a Wizard of Oz

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early nineteen forties. It's called for
me and my goal. Oh yeah,

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the bells are for me and my
goal. There you go. I remember

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that one, and I'm telling you
what. It is a great, great

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movie for me and my gal.
Okay, well yeah that was That was

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two minutes of bonus material for our
listeners. I'm sure they were riveted.

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So oh good. I was hoping
he talk about old movies. I said,

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no, whatever, a black and
white one. Wow. Wow,

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let's just keep on. So hey, you know, our listeners, our

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longtime listeners, know that I was
wishing to do that, wishing upon a

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star. So our longtime listeners know
that we only bring the most important news

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from the finest sources and sometimes commentary
as well. Well this one. You

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know, we're really into health too. The ones that are watching can tell

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we're really into health. Are you
a runner, Chris? I am not

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a runner. I'm against running.
You're getting ready to sponsor a run?

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Yes? What is it? It's
a five K Yeah for what. We

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just adopted a new global partner called
Transform one, which is an anti sex

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trafficking ministry in the Dominican Republic.
It's the fourth largest trafficked place in the

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world, and we are partnering with
them. And so the first Saturday of

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October, we're doing a five K. We're announcing it, by the way,

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in July fourteenth Heritage and we're going
to be asking I'm praying for at

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least five hundred people to run in
to raise one thousand dollars each and I'm

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praying for half a million dollars,
which is five hundred thousand dollars. And

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we're trying to plant a church in
one of the sectors. And by the

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way, once we do this,
we're going to do it seven more times

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right in the seven sectors. So
we want to build a building, buy

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a plot of land, build a
building, and this church can be the

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epicenter where all the children come and
we do our helping hands community where we

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actually you know, give away food
and have fun with the kids because we're

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looking for a holistic change in the
next generation. And also it could be

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a center for a safe house and
different things. And not to mention.

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So one of the best things we
can do is prevent, Yes, prevent,

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so you can watch on TV the
anti trafficking things and they you know

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the movies, they kick in the
doors and all those kinds of things.

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But even better than trying to rescue
somebody from it, which we want to

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do and which this organization does even
better to prevent it before it ever happens,

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right before the life is that it's
ruined, right, And so that's

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really what we're looking at investing in. And so you're hosting an event coming

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up. Yeah, yeah, it's
a five k it's a run walk run

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walk. Yeah, So are you
running it or walking up? I'll probably

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do a little both, yeah,
right, And honestly, you know what

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I plan on doing. You know, like when you show up an event

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as an event, as a pastor, you should walk around and just say

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how to all the people. I
think what I'm gonna do is, as

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people are running, I'll run with
them and talk, and then I'll slow

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down and I'll walk with the people
who I'm thinking about buying an electric scooter.

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That's not each one. You're not
gonna take my money, No,

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no, you won't take my money
for that event. I'll take the donation.

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Right by the way, since since
you've brought me this far, let

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me just say this. I know
that prostitution, of course is it exists

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in every part of the world right
just about. But in the Dominican Republic

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it really has in many ways taken
over the entire country and it's really destroying

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the whole country. And it's a
very big thing, and so so much

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of the tourism is built around it. The economy is built around yeah.

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And so so let me just say
two things and then this is what I

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want you to hear, because I
need to remind myself that people are listening

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from around the world. And that
is two things. Number one, Transform

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one is the name of the ministry. Transform one focuses on rescuing children,

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which is underaged girls, right who
are traffic boys? Forty percent boys.

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So far we've focused on girls,
but we're not against rescuing boys. And

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then so that that's a big part
of the ministry. And then the second

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thing is this, I would absolutely
love it if you would take a moment

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to make a donation, and it
would be wonderful for me to see because

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I'm on the board to see if
a donation comes in from around the world.

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Hey, we get a donation from
Australia or from Hungary, or we

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get a donation from Germany. Would
you take a moment and go to Transform

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one dot org Transform And then it's
the number one one word, transform one

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dot org and just hit donation and
if you want to, you can even

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list it as a Heritage Church partner, which is a pull down as the

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pulldown menu, but any donation anywhere. It could be anything ten dollars,

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you know, up to whatever.
Can they make a note on this?

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Yes, yes, you could write
it. Yeah right, Bible guys,

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I believe you can write a note. If not, then as long as

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you select Heritage Church partner, then
we'll know it comes from this podcast.

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If it's around the world, sure, but man, wouldn't that be cool.

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I'm excited now because we've never done
this and thank you for asking me

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about that. So there you go. So the reason why is because again

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back to full circle, back to
only the finest information that we get out

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that we bring to our listeners.
This is from the Babylon b Yes,

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and as you start working out here
pretty soon running in order to build up

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your ability to run walk half of
your five k here's the headline. Half

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hearted jog turns into all out sprint
whenever car drives by, whenever car drives

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when you know people are watching your
runs. So Raleigh, North Carolina local

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man Sam Williamson's listless, apathetic jog
instantly transformed into a full on sprint whenever

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a car drove by. This morning, according to sources, Williamson had set

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off at a decent pace, but
within thirty seconds settled into a gate that

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barely met the dish definition of a
jog. That's me. He intermittently took

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a step that was more like a
power walk than would ramp back up to

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an umbling, languid jog. Then, at the sound of a car engine

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in the distance, Williamson's drooping head
snapped to attention. He leapt deer like

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into a respectable jog. Dear like. Not seeing any car, Williamson began

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to relax his pace, but then
around the corner a block ahead, a

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white expedition with what appeared to be
a female driver appeared like a flash of

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lightning. Williamson launched into an all
out sprint, bolting down the sidewalk with

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a ferocious determination. There his body
cried out in pain. A jolt of

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adrenaline searched through Williamson's veins, pushing
all thoughts of slowing down aside. He

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locked his gaze straight ahead to ensure
no eye contact to be made with the

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expedition's driver then chose a tree three
houses past his target line. Williamson sprinted

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like the wind, then with the
expedition sufficiently. In the review, Williamson

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stumbled back into a half walk half
jog, sucking air desperately, his lungs

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of fire and side cramping. Williamson
resigned to a brief walk before reassuming his

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sluggish jog. At publishing time,
the same exact scene had repeated itself nine

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more times. That's so good,
and you know what I mean. I

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made a joke that I was against
running, but I used to run a

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little bit. And every runner they
know that if you run, you know

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that this is really true. All
of it is true, right, and

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it's it's so great. And by
the way, it's also a weird thing

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to run and then have people watch
you. It is. Yeah, when

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you run in like a really really
public place, you know everybody, the

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stop lad's looking at you and you're
just kind of flailing along. Hey,

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I wanted to say, as we
jump into this, because we're still in

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the tabernacle here and now we will
for a couple more days. If you

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are interested in reading more about these
things. One life application study. Bible

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is great. It has a lot
of notes in it. But I also

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say Warren Wiersby has a really good
small commentary on this, and it's in

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his b series. He wrote a
whole bunch of books, be this,

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be that, and this is from
Be Delivered, and it's the whole Book

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of Exodus. Oh those are those
are decently small book. Yeah, yeah,

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they're not. It's not too heavy. It's easy to read. And

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Warren Wearsby incredibly intelligent man, but
it was able to write on a very

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very simple level. And so I
just really appreciated his notes on those things.

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So yeah, so that whole thing
is published by David C. Cook.

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So it's just Warren Weiersby Be Delivered, It's the Book of Exodus,

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finding freedom by following God. You
know, we should probably do that more,

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recommend resources like that, because well, we're just scratching the surface,

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and you know, the twenty minutes
we get to talk about these things.

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So okay, so we're today,
we're talking about plans for the lamp stand.

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So we've already talked about the Ark
of the Covenant, We've already talked

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about the present of the Table of
Presents, the showbread. And then here's

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the lamp stand. And you'll recognize
this because of the manora, right,

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So the manoras that are that you
see around. It's very simple. Similar

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Jesus or God says in Exodus chapter
twenty five or thirty one. Make a

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lamp stand of pure hammered gold.
Make the entire lamp stand and its decorations

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of one piece the base, center
stem, lamp cups, buds, and

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pedals. Make it with six branches
going out from the center stem, three

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on each side. Each of the
six branches will have three lamp cups shaped

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like almond blossoms, complete with buds
and pedals. Craft the center stem of

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the lamp stand with four lamp cups
shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds

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and pedals, and there will also
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the branches where the six branches extend
from the center stem. The almond buds

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and branches must all be of one
piece with the center stem, and they

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must be hammered from pure gold.
Then make the seven lamps for the lamp

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stand and set them so that they
reflect their light forward. The lamp snuffers

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and trays must be also be made
of pure gold, and you will need

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seventy five pounds of pure gold for
the lampstand and his accessories. Be sure

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that you make everything according to the
pattern I've shown you here on the mountain.

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Wow, there you go. And
the lamp stand represents the light,

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right, so it represents the light
that God gives. And also from a

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very practical sense, it was the
source of light in the Holy Place.

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That's correct. So the golden lampstand
in the Wilderness Tabernacle provided light for the

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Holy Place, but it was also
a steeped and religious symbolism, with all

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the elements inside the tabernacle's tent of
the meeting were overlaid with gold. The

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lampstand alone, known as the Minora
Golden candlestick and candle Lebron was constructed candelabra.

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Oh, that's how you spelled candlelabra. Wow, was constructed of solid

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gold. According to this one.
This this gold for sacred furniture was given

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to the Israelites by the Egyptians when
the Jews fled Egypt, which is pretty

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cool. And it represents the life
and the light that God gives to his

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people. So it's interesting. Jeff
and I were talking about some photos that

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we were looking at right before we
started the podcast drawto photo that said photos

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we approove no the drawings. And
I've seen it before where the lamp the

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lamp a stand. In other words, this manora was probably maybe a couple

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of feet high, and it was
made of solid gold, and it was

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placed on a table. I've seen
that probably more times than not. But

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this particular picture had it larger than
a person. In fact, I would

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say quite larger than a person.
This one right here, I mean it's

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twice the size, right, it's
probably twelve feet high. In this case,

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that would have to be like some
kind of wood, you know,

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with a gold overlay. But we
know it's interesting about this. The instructions

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of this is that even though that
pure is different than solid, what's interesting

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about it is is God had just
given instructions about the ark of the Covenant

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and very specifically said wood with an
overlay of gold, and then he gave

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instruction about the press the table and
said wood with an overlay of gold.

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So I have to believe this is
solid gold, and other way is hammered

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pure gold, hammered pure gold.
But I have to believe it's solid and

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only gold, because otherwise God would
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Yes, I'm not against yours.
Although there's room, there's room for

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wood with an overlay of gold.
But it doesn't make any sense. Yeah,

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as I was pointing out, was
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Yes, And I agree, right, But he doesn't have any other

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wood mentioned in here, and he
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right, And when you compare it
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make any sense if there would have
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So, so, so chances are
it wasn't twice as big as this man

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has shown right here, because that
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If this was solid gold, that's
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hundred pounds, seven hundred pounds.
So chances are I was like I was,

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I was referring to think think of
a weight. So I went and

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worked out ye yesterday, and I
wouldn't tell you are so ripped today?

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Can you you are so buff?
Can you so buff? Yeah? So

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I went and worked out yesterday,
and I went up to the rack of

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weights and I grabbed the ten pound
weight at least I was guessing. Yeah,

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man could have done twelve pounds.
Yeah, if I want to do

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you could be drinking home if you
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So, But but on this rack
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one was one hundred pounds, right, And so there's there's like a seventy

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five pounds weight. Well, the
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it's it's not much bigger than a
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manora having these branches that fanned out, it could have probably been you know,

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a couple of feet high, you
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a half feet high, I would
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heavy. Yeah, But what I
love about this is that this would have

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taken probably way longer to make because
each leaf being hammered out. And so

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these guys were slaves, and so
chances are they were master craftsmen, right,

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I mean, there's no lack of
trade here, right, so you

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can imagine that there would have been
this thing would have been beautiful, and

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they would have called you know,
the best craftsmen together to work on this.

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right, which means this thing could
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across the room, so this is
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would have been across the room from
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yesterday with the bread on it,
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It would have been on the south
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a very specific way to set up
the tabernacle. And it symbolized a lot

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of different aspects with their relationship with
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presence and guidance, right, that
God will always guide them, always give

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them light. David talks about how
your word is a lamp to my feet

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and a light to my path,
right, and how God is going to

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provide that light. The oil was
supposed to go. The flame on all

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seven of those lamps was supposed to
go perpetual. It's always, so they

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were always keeping it burning from night
till morning always, and it was supposed

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to represent the fact that God never
leaves his people, that God's leading,

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God's guidance, God's illumination never leaves
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just as everything else, if we
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the table Yesterday's right, So the
wood this is where they would view it

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is that the would represented the earthly
Acacia is a very common wood there,

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it was a very common thing,
very earthy in gold being very transcendent,

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right, So the humanity of Christ
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would have been. Well on this
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He's referred to as the light of
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of the world, right, and
John mentions that and so many other passages,

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and then he goes on and says, and you are the light of

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the world. So it talks about
how if we are people of love in

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God, then we also are people
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us, and so that's a big
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that God's presence would be with them
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and his illumination would always twenty four
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But then also that they were also
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around them, which was one of
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of Israel. Even though they did
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they were supposed to be light in
society. And so that was the I

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reader that I remember teaching a message
one time where I talked about how you

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know, I know that the light
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if we're Christians, we have the
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And so when it says let your
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right, it says, let your
light so shine before men, that they

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may see your good works and glorify
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I actually thought to myself, even
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I thought, the best way to
visualize it is to think about you

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standing here, and so for those
watching you could you can see I'm using

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my coffee cup. So if you're
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Jesus is behind you, right,
So even though the light comes inside of

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you, just think of it this
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front of you. Right in order
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you have to have a transparent posture, right, transparent of sin, you

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know. And so when we're clogged
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nobody can really see the light of
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filled with a bunch of gunk,
you know, a bunch of darkness and

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blackness and dirty, dirty, rotten
stuff in our lives. Well, the

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light of God can't shine from us
or through us. But if the more

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that we empty ourselves of pride and
empty ourselves of our own will empty ourselves

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of sins or bad habits, the
more transparent we become, and then the

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light shines through and then the world
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looking back at it, I taught
that in college. I probably wouldn't teach

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that today because technically the light comes
from within, right, But still the

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light comes from Christ. Yeah,
the Holy Spirit inside of us. We

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should, yeah, we should reflect
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right. So but either way though, it's the idea of the light shines

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when we are submitted to God and
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it, right, like the blockage, And I also love how he says

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in that same passage by the way
where he says, men don't light a

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candle and put it under a bushel, right, he says, because that

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would defeat the purpose. He says, they don't do that. He says,

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they what do they do? They
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they put it up high where it
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he says, a city that has
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And so he says, you know, so therefore let your light so shine

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so that everybody can see it.
So then this thing being made likely of

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solid gold, pure gold, like
the value of God making this a part

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of his worship, the light being
part of his worship. You know,

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Jesus came to take men out of
darkness and into the light that was his

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whole You read that in John.
And so we have to be aware the

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same thing that it's the value that
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in the world around us is of
highest importance. And sometimes instead we do

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cover it up. We don't hide
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it shine, We hide it.
And so you know, again I was

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talking about all these things are made
of gold that God gave them from pillaging

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Egypt, and they didn't even need
it out in the desert, right,

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But a bunch of they're lugging all
this heavy gold around with them and it

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is useless. I think a lot
of times we lug around all the things

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that we think are so important,
and then we hide the things that are

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most important. And I think that
would be a temptation as well. Here

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with the lamp stands, so hey, let your light shine this week.

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That's really the idea that God's going
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your feet to show you the way. And then you are supposed to be

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the light in the world because of
Jesus light in you. And first John

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tells us to walk in the light. That's right, as he is in

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the light. Yeah. I want
to be in the light as you are

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in the light. I want to
shine like the stars in the heavens.

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All right, Yeah, that's right. So hey. And then there's also

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what you talk. You know,
how old are when you're when you're singing

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uh DC talking. Hey, Well
listen, that's about our time. So

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we will see you next time on
Monday. As we continue this series,

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on the Bible guys mhm h mh