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Shalom! Holy Scriptures

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and Israel is a

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ministry designed to share with

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the Jewish people the

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good news of the Lord

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Jesus Yeshua the Messiah

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and to instruct Christians on

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the Jewish roots of

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their faith. And now, teaching

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God's word from a

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Hebrew messianic perspective, here is

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Gideon Levitam. Okay,

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shalom everyone, please

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turn with me to the We

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just have been singing Jesus'

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name above all names. blessed

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Redeemer wonderful

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song to

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sing and the

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reason that we can sing

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that song is because we

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are aware of the fact

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that his name is above

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every name like the

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Apostle Paul like Shaul

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said many years ago that

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in the name of Jesus, in

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the name of Yeshua, every

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knee will bow and every tongue

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will confess that Yeshua the

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Messiah is Lord to the

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glory of God the Father. That

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is exactly what we

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get here when we are

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studying the book of Hebrews

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and when we are reading

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the second chapter of this

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book because it

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is there that the apostles

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who write to these early

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Hebrew believers were emphasizing to

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them that the name of

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Yeshua, that the person of

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Yeshua is superior than all, and

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especially in chapter 2 he is

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superior than the angels. And

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we are reading today from

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verse 10 to the end, and

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that will be the topic for today.

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that Yeshua is superior than

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the angels as men

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in the fact for

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the reason that what he

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had accomplished for us when he finished

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the work for us on the cross,

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on the tree. But

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in connection to verse 10, I'll just

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read verse 9, which was the less

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verse of our last meeting together. And

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you remember we just sang, Yeshua,

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Jesus, name above all name. The

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writer to the Hebrew

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says, but we see

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Yeshua Who was made a little

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lower than the angels for

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the suffering of death crown with

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glory and

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honor That he this

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is Yeshua By

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the grace of God should

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taste death for every

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man or everything actually

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For it became him

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for whom are all things

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and by whom are all

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things in bringing many sons

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unto glory, to

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make the captain, or

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the leader, or

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the pioneer of

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their salvation perfect

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through suffering. For

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both he that sanctifyeth,

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and they who are sanctified

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are all of one, for

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which cause he is not

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ashamed to call them brethren.

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saying, I will declare

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thy name unto my

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brethren. We just read it in

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Psalm 22. I

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will declare thy name unto

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my brethren. In the

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midst of the congregation will

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I sing praise unto

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thee. And again I will

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put my trust in him

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and again behold I and the

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children which God has given me.

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for as much as the

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children are partakers of flesh

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and blood. He also

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himself likewise took part of

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the same, that

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through death, he

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might destroy him that had

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the power of death

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that is the devil, and

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deliver them who through

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fear of death were

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all their lifetimes subject

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to bondage. For,

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verily, he took

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not on him the

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nature of angels, but

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he took on him the seed

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of Abraham. Wherefore,

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in all things, it

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behoved him to be made

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like unto his brethren, that

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he might be

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a merciful and faithful

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high priest in things

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pertaining to God to

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make propitiation

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for the sins

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of the people, for

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in that he himself has suffered.

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Being tempted or

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tested, he is

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able to aid or

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to bring help to them

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that are tested or

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tempted. Verses

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10 to

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18 gives

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us really, beloved brothers and

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sisters, the

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result or the fruit

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or the outcome of

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the work of the Lord

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Yeshua the Messiah on the

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tree on behalf of

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mankind, on behalf of the

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Hebrews to whom the

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Apostle was writing to. Now

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remember when we had the last

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verse in our last meeting together

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Verse 9 is such a

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beautiful verse because verse 9

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directs us to the men. Remember,

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chapter 2 of the book of

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Hebrews deals with the superiority

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of Yeshua the Messiah over the

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angels as men. In

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chapter 1 we have him superior

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over the angels as God

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in his divine nature, but now

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he presenting to them the

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superiority of the Lord Yeshua the

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Messiah over the angels as

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a human being, as a man.

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And that's why he says, but

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we see Jesus. By

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the way, many of them

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must have never seen him in

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their life. But

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they saw him by

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faith You see you

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and I never seen

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Yeshua The only description

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of Yeshua we have

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in the scriptures But

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we have never seen him with

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these natural eyes But we

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look about by faith and

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we see him We see

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this man you notice the writer

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give to those Hebrews his Hebrew

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name Yeshua We

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see Yeshua who

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was made a little lower than the

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angels for the suffering of death.

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We see him crowned

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with glory and honor. Now

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what he's doing here beloved, look what

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he does here. You

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remember what he does here in

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these verses. He

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showed these Hebrew believers

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that While

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God gave Adam

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and Adam's descendants,

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he gave us

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to be those

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that will have authority over

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all this universe. To

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have dominion over all this world

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but what happened because sin

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came in, we don't

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see anything yet being

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put under foot

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of mankind. We don't

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see. that we have any

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dominion over this world at all. We

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have no dominion over the birds of the

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earth, we don't have any

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dominion over the fish in the sea,

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and we don't even have any

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dominion over the animals of the field.

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We don't have any dominion, no

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control. In fact, like we

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said last time, we cannot

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even control ourselves. We

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have lost it. Because sin

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came in, we have

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lost dominion. But

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here comes someone. His

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name is Yeshua. He was born

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in Bethlehem. Now

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shall call his name Yeshua,

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for he shall save

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his people from their sin.

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And here come this

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wonderful man. And

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he presents him in the Gospels. We

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have the four Gospels. We have started

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the Gospel of John. God

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presents the Messiahship of Yeshua.

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perfect man from every aspect

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God present him to mankind

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and he's showing to us

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here is what I'm expecting

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from men I've intended

9:14

that men will live

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like complete devotion to me

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complete desire to please

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God but man because

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of sin fail

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sin came in and we did not

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please the Lord but here come

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Yeshua And Yeshua came,

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beloved brothers and sisters, to this

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world. He did not

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come to live in this world

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for a long life. He

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came to die and to pay the

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penalty for sin. And

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that's why he says we, the

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writer and the Hebrews, we

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see him who was made

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a little lower than the angel.

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He became a man. Why

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did he become a little lower

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than the angels for the suffering death.

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I don't believe we

10:04

understand even how

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much sufferings Yeshua had

10:08

to suffer here in this world.

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He suffered from the hands of

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men. He suffered by

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the hand of Satan and

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ultimately he suffered by the

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hand of a righteous God.

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when he was hanging on

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the cross remember what we

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read today Psalm 22 where

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he says my God my

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God why have thou forsaken

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me I can understand people

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forsake me I can understand

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Satan attacking me but God

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why have thou why

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did you forsake me and

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of course he gives an answer in

10:46

the same song thou

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art holy Thou

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that inhabits the praises

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of Israel. God

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is holy. Sin

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must be judged. There

10:59

was no man who was able to bear

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the sin question. No animal could remove

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the sin. No sacrificial animal could

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remove the sin of this world. But

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here come the Lord. Esmen

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bearing our

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sins in his

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body on the tree. And

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God who forsook him knew

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why he forsook him because

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he came to suffer and to

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die and then not only to

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die on the cross and to

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remain there but he placed him

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in a tomb and he raised

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him and he took him to

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the pinnacle of the universe and

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he is now crowned with honor

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and with glory now

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in the next verses

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beloved verses 10 to

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verse 18 the

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apostle, the writer,

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give us three

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things that

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happen when the

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Lord became a

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man and died for us

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on the tree. Three

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consequences, three results,

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at least present before us

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here, that came about out of

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the finished work of the

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Messiah on the tree. Three

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things he presenting. before us

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but at the same

12:19

time he shows us

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that the three

12:23

results that came out of

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the work of the Messiah

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could have never

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happened by angels

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because angels

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never became men

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sometimes in

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the past history angels

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appeared as men But they

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actually never took

12:45

union, angelhood,

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with humanity. They

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never became men,

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actually they appeared as men, like

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in Genesis 19 when

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they went to Sodom

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and talked with Lot. And

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like many other appearance of

13:05

angels in history, but

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they never took union

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humanity with angelhood. But

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here we see God.

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Took union humanity

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with divinity. God

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and man in

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one. And so

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now he is showing them

13:28

those three results. that

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came out of the

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finished work of Yeshua, the

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man, when he died

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for us on the

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tree. Three things that he

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brought about for the

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benefit of the Hebrews and for

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the benefits of everyone that

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will believe on him. The

13:50

first thing is actually is

13:52

verses 10, 11, 12, and

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13. The first result of

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the work of Yeshua the

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Messiah What happened

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when he died for us

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on the tree and paid a

14:05

penalty there on the tree, the penalty

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for our sins, for men's sins? He

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now can bring many

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sons unto glory. He

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now can bring many people who

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can be called the sons, the children of God.

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Remember what we have in the Gospel of John,

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John 1? We're going to get to it in

14:23

our study. many as

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we see him to them

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he gave the right

14:30

to be called sons or

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children of God. So

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look at the verses I'm reading again

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verse 10 to 13 for it became

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him for whom

14:40

are all things and by

14:42

whom are all things in

14:44

bringing many sons unto glory

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to make the captain

14:48

of their salvation perfect through

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suffering. for

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both he that sanctifies

14:54

and they who are

14:56

sanctified are all of one, for

14:59

which cause he is not ashamed

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to call them brethren, saying,

15:04

I will declare thy name

15:07

unto my brethren, in

15:09

the midst of the congregation

15:11

will I give praise unto thee.

15:14

And again I will

15:16

put my trust in him

15:18

and again behold I

15:20

and the children which God

15:23

has given unto me. Now

15:25

let's just quickly follow up

15:27

these a few beautiful verses

15:29

in connection with the fact

15:31

that the work of the

15:33

Messiah, the work of the

15:35

men, Yeshua could bring about

15:37

many sons unto glory. Look

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what he says in verse 10. for

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whom are all things and

15:47

by whom are all

15:49

things in Bringing many

15:51

sons unto glory to make the

15:53

captain of their salvation perfect through

15:55

sufferings You see the

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first thing he's saying is this in this verse

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10 it couldn't

16:02

be otherwise

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if Yeshua was going to

16:06

restore for the Hebrews to

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restore for mankind the

16:11

relationship with God which they

16:13

have lost because of sin, he

16:17

had to become

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the captain of their

16:21

salvation perfect through sufferings.

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What does that mean?

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This word for captain In

16:29

other words, could be used

16:31

leader or pioneer. What

16:33

a pioneer does, you know,

16:35

a pioneer goes before everybody

16:37

else and he's opening the floor,

16:39

if you will, opening the gate

16:42

for others to come later on

16:44

after him. That's what

16:46

happened when Yeshua came to this world and

16:48

died for us on the tree. He

16:50

opened the door, he became

16:52

the leader, the pioneer

16:54

as it says here so he

16:56

can bring many sons unto

16:59

glory in other words he became

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a man he finished

17:03

the work on the tree he

17:05

suffered and he paid for

17:07

the penalties of sin and sins

17:09

and then he

17:11

became our captain of

17:13

salvation you know that you

17:15

and I have a captain we have

17:17

a pioneer We have

17:19

a leader of our salvation.

17:22

He is the one that

17:24

have gone before us. I

17:27

remember, I don't know if you remember

17:29

the story that happened years ago about,

17:31

I think it is in 1973, if

17:33

I'm correct, they

17:35

kidnapped a whole plane,

17:38

a France plane where there were many Israeli

17:40

and Jewish people on that plane. the

17:43

plane was kidnapped and had been taken

17:45

by the Palestinian and had been taken

17:47

all the way to Uganda. And

17:51

in order for this plane

17:53

to be brought back and those

17:55

Hebrews, those Jewish people that had

17:57

been captured there to be brought

17:59

back to the land of Israel,

18:01

somebody had to go and

18:03

to bring about some special event

18:05

there. It was one of

18:08

the greatest missions that Israel have

18:10

ever done. And I

18:12

remember I was there, I mean my wife

18:14

and I were in a bus in

18:16

Jerusalem riding from one area to another area

18:18

when the news came. Nobody

18:21

in the world knew that

18:23

Israel sent a few

18:25

planes all the way to Uganda. And

18:29

when the plane landed in

18:31

Uganda very late at night.

18:35

The military, the Israeli army,

18:37

in a second way, went

18:40

into the airport. There

18:42

were all these Jewish people, about

18:44

300 -400 of them, had been

18:46

held there by the terrorists. And

18:49

beloved, do you know what happened? The

18:52

Israeli military burst

18:54

into this airport and

18:56

killed all the

18:58

terrorists there and have taken

19:00

all these Israelis who were

19:02

captured there and quickly, immediately

19:04

brought them into the

19:06

planes and then they took them

19:08

off and they brought them back to

19:11

Israel. But do

19:13

you know what happened? The

19:15

leader of

19:17

this group of

19:19

military was the

19:21

one that got shot

19:23

and died in this special event. He

19:27

lost his life. Somebody shot

19:29

him and killed him. His

19:34

name was Yonatan Yoni. In

19:37

fact, his brother

19:39

is Netanyahu, Benjamin

19:41

Netanyahu. But

19:43

the leader have

19:46

lost his life in order

19:48

for others to benefit and be

19:50

set free. This

19:52

is just a feeble illustration of what

19:54

happened when our Blessed Lord Jesus

19:57

came to this world. If

19:59

he's going to lead the company of people

20:01

to become sons and daughters of

20:03

the Father, many sons unto

20:05

glory, what he had

20:07

to do, he had to become

20:09

the captain, the

20:12

leader, the pioneer

20:14

of our salvation

20:16

in order to bring

20:18

many sons unto glory. And

20:22

he paid a penalty for us

20:24

on the tree. He

20:26

became the captain of

20:28

our salvation. Do you know

20:31

that you and I could

20:33

never bring salvation to ourselves? The

20:35

benefit that you and I

20:37

received from the Lord Jesus becoming

20:39

a man, God becoming a

20:41

man in the person of Yeshua,

20:44

is that he became the

20:46

captain of our salvation. And

20:49

it says here that

20:51

to make the captain

20:53

of their salvation perfect

20:55

through sufferings. Now what

20:57

does that mean? Wasn't he perfect

20:59

when he first entered into this world?

21:01

Why does he use the word

21:03

to make him perfect? He

21:06

doesn't mean here that

21:08

Yeshua was not perfect.

21:10

He was definitely 100

21:12

% sinless without any

21:14

sin. but this

21:16

in connection, this word

21:18

perfect is in connection

21:21

with his savorhood. What

21:23

does that mean? Is that

21:25

he knows every

21:28

problem that you and I

21:30

have. What would

21:32

happen if the Lord

21:34

Jesus the Messiah would come on

21:36

a Monday morning to this world, will

21:39

die on a

21:41

Wednesday and will go to heaven

21:43

the next after three days rising from among

21:45

the dead on the first day of

21:47

the week. What would

21:50

happen? Would he understand what

21:52

you and I going through in

21:54

our life here in this world?

21:56

Would he understand the sin that

21:58

the world is under? Would

22:00

he understand every issue here

22:03

in this world? He

22:05

would never understand it the

22:07

way that he understand it by

22:09

living here in this world for

22:11

33 years. He

22:14

lived here in this

22:16

world for 33 years

22:18

and he became the

22:20

captain of our salvation. He

22:23

became perfect through the suffering

22:25

that he experienced here every day

22:27

of his life. You

22:30

know the suffering that you and I may

22:32

go through today. Suffering

22:34

that you and I might experience in our

22:36

life today. He has

22:38

suffered much more than you and

22:41

I ever. will be able to

22:43

go through. He suffered the

22:45

sufferings that are unmeasured.

22:47

We can never measure the

22:49

sufferings of the Messiah. That's

22:52

how he became our leader. He

22:55

became our leader through

22:57

suffering and death eventually. Then

23:00

you notice verse 11 says, for

23:02

both he that

23:04

sanctifies and they who are sanctified

23:06

are all of one. The

23:09

one that sanctifying is the

23:11

Messiah. The ones that are

23:13

being sanctified are those Hebrews

23:15

and you and I and anyone

23:17

and everyone who became a believer

23:19

in Yeshua. We

23:21

had to become of one. We

23:23

have to be united in one

23:25

purpose and one hope and one

23:28

glory and one work of

23:30

the Messiah. And because of

23:32

his work, we have

23:34

been united to him. He says

23:36

here, he that set us apart.

23:39

And we that have been

23:41

set apart are all

23:43

of one for which

23:45

cause is not a

23:47

shame to call

23:49

them brethren. The

23:51

Hebrew word is Achim. Again,

23:54

this verse has been taken

23:56

from Psalm 22. He

23:59

is not a shame to

24:01

call them a brethren now We

24:03

don't go to him and

24:05

call him brother Jesus or brother

24:07

Jesus like many we hear

24:09

in the world today, but he

24:11

is not a shame to

24:13

call us Achim Brother, you

24:15

see what is a brother a

24:17

brother is a person who has

24:19

the same parents the same the

24:21

descendants we are descendants of the

24:24

same we become sons and daughters

24:26

of the father and become,

24:28

he can call us now

24:30

brethren. We receive the

24:32

Messiah, we became children

24:34

of God, and he's

24:36

not a shame to

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call them brethren. And

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then he's quoting three

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verses, in verses 12

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and 13. Remember,

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he doesn't have the Britahadasha, he

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doesn't have the New Testament. He

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has the Tanach! He has

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the Old Testament, the Torah, Nevi

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'im, Ktuvim, the Torah, it is

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the five books of Moses, the

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Nevi 'im is the prophet, and the

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Ktuvim is the writing, the Psalms

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and so on. Here's a

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division of the Tanakh, Torah,

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Nevi 'im, Ktuvim, the law,

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the prophets, and the writings. And

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he's quoting one

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verse from the Psalms, from

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the writings, and two

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verses from the prophets. And

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what does he say? What does he

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quote? Here the writer says, I will

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declare thy name unto my brethren. In

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the midst of the congregation

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will I sing praise unto

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thee. Here

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is the apostle, the writer, takes

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the verse that is found in

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Psalm 22 that is really in connection

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with the future of Israel and

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the restoration of Israel as a nation.

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And he is taking this and he

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is applying it to the body

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of Messiah today. And

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he says in this verse,

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I will declare thy name unto

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my brethren. In

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other words, the Messiah

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is going to declare

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the name of God to the

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brethren, to the rest of the believers,

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to the people who become children of

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God. In the

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midst of the church, the word here,

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the church in the King James,

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but it should really be in the

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midst of the congregation. Betoch

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ha -kahal, the kehila,

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the congregation, I

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will give praise unto the Lord.

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In other words, he is the

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song leader. He is the

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one that is leading the congregation

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to sing the praises unto God

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the Father. That's what he does.

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He is in our midst that's why

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when we are gathering together and

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we are even singing together really the

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one who leads the song is

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not the one who's standing here in

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the front. The one

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who lead the song

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actually is none else but Yeshua

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the Messiah himself. He

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leads in singing. You

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have been listening to the

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Holy Scriptures and Israel with

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Gideon Levitan. Gideon teaches God's

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word from a Hebrew messianic

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perspective. For more information

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about this ministry, write

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to Holy Scriptures and

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Israel, box 1411,

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Niagara on the Lake

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Ontario, L0S1J0, or

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visit our website at

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holyscripturesandisrael .com. You

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are also invited to Gideon's

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weekly Bible teaching on Fridays

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shalom.