March 14, 2026

A Blockhead Project Public Service Announcement: You Are Not An Anointed King Of Israel

A Blockhead Project Public Service Announcement: You Are Not An Anointed King Of Israel
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Broadcasting Live good evening Blockhead Nation. I apologize for my tardiness,

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but as you know, every Saturday is my intention. If

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I have to do every other Saturday, that just depends

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upon my schedule. It depends upon any other factors. But

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here we are. You are listening to your favorite blockhead.

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Come on in, take a seat, relax here in the

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blockhead mansion with me just for a few minutes. Just

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as I go over a few quick topics that I'm

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going to discuss tonight, the first thing I want to

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do is give an apology but also give a shout

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out to one of the musicians that have been a

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huge contributor to this podcast, none other than Preston Scott Music.

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So a few weeks ago, Preston released a phenomenal piece

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of music that I intend on plugging in the blog.

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If you go check out the notes for today's show

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on the blog, you'll be able to access his newest

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release that you can get whether you have Apple Music

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or if you have Spotify or YouTube Music, you should

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be able to pull it up with pretty much with ease.

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And his song that he has released not too long

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ago is called playing with Fire. I have been intending

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to promote this song for a while, but mostly because

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of sickness, mostly because of other things. Finally getting behind

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the microphone, I told Preston that I would do this

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and I'm honored to promote his music. If you listen

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to the rest of this show, to the mid roll,

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if you hear the solo guitar playing in the background,

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that is a rendition of none other than Preston Scott music.

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So first want to give my shout outs to him.

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And second of all, since we are getting into the springtime,

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spring break for this podcaster is coming to an end.

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Along with many others who are listening. They have to

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go back to the classroom, whether you're a student or

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a teacher. But it being springtime, there was a question

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that was put out about if Charlie Brown's baseball team

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had a name. Well, this is where I can maybe

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possibly clear all the confusion up about that there was

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a name that was given to a team if you

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go back to the comic strip, but it is never

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revealed in the TV show, not revealed in the movie,

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not revealed in the musical of You're a Good Man,

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Charlie Brown. There's a full number of the baseball team

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losing pathetically to the opposing team, and that particular musical.

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But let's just say there is a name here, but

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it's not a long lived name. That would be the

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baseball team the Goose Eggs that was first introduced in

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nineteen seventy seven. Now I am reading this excerpt straight

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from the Charles Schultz Museum as they put up this

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particular comic strip that actually was one part of an

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original storyline. So this is what they have to say

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about this. The Goose Eggs did feature minor characters. This

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is not where you're gonna see Lucy or Franklin or

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Schroeder or Linus and the rest of the na This

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is a smaller league of very temporary players and cameo

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appearances from smaller characters like Austin, like Ruby, like Leland,

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like Milo. Yes, they were short lived, but this storyline

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from the seventies was actually quite beloved. And what they

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do is they invite Charlie Brown to be their new

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baseball manager, and they proudly announced their team name being

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the Goose Eggs. If you don't know what that's reverencing

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a goose egg in baseball terms, means a score of

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zero fortelling foreshadow and what's going to continue to happen

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with Charlie Brown at the Helm. So that was a

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comic strip where you had a name revealed, And in

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this particular one from the Charles Schultz Museum a few

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days back, it shows Charlie Brown speaking to a miniature Franklin.

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I mean you would think that just at first glance,

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that this is a shrunken version of Franklin, but it's not.

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This is actually Milo, and Charlie Brown tells him, well,

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this is the big game. He says, here comes the

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other team, which happens to be Charlie Brown's original team,

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which we again never get the name of. You see

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Snoopy come up to Milo. You see Lucy approach Charlie

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Brown and her exclaim what are you doing here? To

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where Milo tells Charlie Brown, A one of your main

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players just licked me on the nose, Charlie Brown. So

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that's the extent of any name that would go along

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with the baseball team. So you don't really have a

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pronounced when you don't have an established one. Charlie Brown's

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team never gets sponsored, never gets real uniforms. That's another

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story from Charlie Brown All Stars, so you don't really

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see it, but you see it when he takes over

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this smaller team of players, and it's short lived, but

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it's a fun backstory. Now. I just got a chance,

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and it was quite the privilege to watch yesterday with

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my church in the evening. It was a family movie

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night and I got to see the twenty twenty five

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anime movie of David. I will tell any of you

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that are listening that it is worth your time to

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go back and watch this entire which what they've done

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is they have pulled together first and second Samuel within

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about an hour and a half to two hour period, which,

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to be fair, is almost an impossible feat. But it

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is worth your time. I believe it's worth anyone's time

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to see this for yourself and form your own opinion.

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But I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it brought something else

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to the surface. I have seen this a few times

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on my Facebook page and other social media, and I'm

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going to address it now. Whether this is uncomfortable for

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you to hear, whether you agree with it or not,

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I'm going to back up what I'm going to say.

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If you believe that you are going to be David,

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and you are going to defeat all of the Goliaths

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in your life. We need to pause, and we need

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to talk because this is not something to take lightly.

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I hate to break it to you, Blockhead Nation, but

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if you read in full context First Samuel chapter seventeen,

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where David defeats the champion Philistine known as Goliath, that

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is not his battle to begin with. And you, those

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that are listening, no matter how much this may stink,

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you are not David. One of the most dangerous things

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you can do is read yourself into the Bible. If

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we go back and look at this a little more

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in detail of what was actually said before the first

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stone was flung from the slingshot, if you go back

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to First Samuel, chapter seventeen, verse forty three. I'm just

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gonna read a few verses here. And the Philistine said,

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unto David, am I a dog that that comes to

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me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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This is reading from the King James version. And the

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Philistines said to David, come to me, and I will

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give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air and

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to the beast of the field. Then said David to

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the Philistine, thou comest to me with a sword and

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a spear, and with a shield. But I come to

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thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the

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God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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This day, will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand,

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and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee.

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And I will give the carcass of the host to

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the Philistines this day, unto the fowls of the air

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and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the

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earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

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Now we're starting in verse forty seven, and all this

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assembly shall know that the the Lord saveth not with

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sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and

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he will give you into our hands. Blockhead nation. I

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have no problem with you saying similar to the song

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that's on the radio that I hear sometimes on local

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would be KCBI or KA Love KLT. Why I've heard

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it many times, Give me a faith like Daniel in

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the Lions Dead. I don't have a problem with that one.

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Give me hope like Moses in the wilderness. That's great,

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that's great for you to pray for to give me

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a heart like David, a man after God's own heart.

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That kind of prayer I can understand. But if you

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think that you're going to be David and go defeat

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Goliath and defeat all these champions that are staying in

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your way, you have been listening to Prosperity Gospel. David's

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life is a foreshadowing in every way of Jesus Christ.

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Let's go back for a second. What was David's occupation.

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He was a shepherd who was considered the good shepherd

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if you read the Fulfillment into the New Testament. Let's

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keep going. Samuel, the prophet will anoint David with oil

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on his head. Wasn't there a woman who anointed Jesus

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with oil on his head from his head to his feet.

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And that was even before we knew what was going

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to happen to him, or the disciples knew what was

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going to happen to him, because he's not going to

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be properly anointed in the tomb, because he's going to

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raise on the third day. Let's keep giving a few

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more examples. Right here, you have the champion the Philistine Goliath.

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You have David who's collected five stones, one for Goliath,

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four for his brothers. If you look at the words

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that are being said here, the battle is the lord's

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David is doing his heavenly Father's will, who came out

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of heaven to do God's will, who prayed in the

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garden of gathsemony. Are you seeing the connection? Are you

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seeing the woven tapestry that leads to Christ. David was

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not Christ incarnate, but this is a christ like man

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who is given a dividic covenant. When Jesus comes, the

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new covenant will be even more than anything that was

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given to Abraham, to Moses, and to David. He will

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fill every prophecy. If you want to go a little further,

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if you're in your Bibles, I was reading for Salmul

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chapter seventeen. If you want to go to First Samuel,

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chapter thirty. Let's look at another incident. Here's what happens.

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There's another group. We talk all the time about the Philistines,

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the warriors, but you forget about the Nomads, the other tribe,

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the plunderers, the scavengers. I'm talking about the Amalekites. In

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chapter thirty. They are going to plunge and plunder over

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a city where many of David's followers were, and the

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men will be killed, the city will be burned, and

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the women and children will be taken captive. And once

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they return to this burned city and see what's happened,

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the Amalekites have taken it and destroyed it. David laments,

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but then verses seven through eight. Let's look at this

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first Samuel, chapter thirty, verse seven through eight. Then David

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said to a Bythar, the priest, a Machelik's son, please

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bring the epod to me. And Abiathar brought the epod

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to David. That's talking about a priestly robe. So David

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inquired of the Lord, saying, shall I pursue this troop?

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Shall I overtake them? And he in capital letters, he answered, pursue,

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for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.

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Earlier in verse six, David had strengthened himself in the

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Lord his God. Now it's time to do something. So

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this is coming from commentary from David Guz, a well

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respected commentator from Blue Letter Bible. Or this is what

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he said. First, David uses that strength when he inquired

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of the Lord of all the time David spent among

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the philistines, this is the first time we read him

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seeking God in any way. So there was a backsliding

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that took place here. David simply didn't inquire of the

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Lord in this way during a time of compromise. Let's

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keep reading the eppod. David sought God with the help

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of the priest, almost certainly using the priest's epod, which

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is a special apron the priest would wear to cover

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over their clothing, so if you make a sacrifice, the

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blood would splash on the eppod and not on the

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rest of the clothing. This is the epod of the

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high priest, the breastplate of judgment. If you go back

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to Exodus twenty eight, and in the pouch it had

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two stones. David inquired of the Lord, shall I pursue

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this troop. At one time, David would not bother to

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even ask this question. He'd simply do it because that's

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what a soldier does. But in returning from the backsliding,

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David brings everything to the Lord. Nothing is done just

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because it was done before. He asks God about everything.

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God gave David something to do. To pursue, he gave

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him a promise in the doing, and God gives us

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something to do, but he also gives promises as well.

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And David will pursue the Amalekites after this, who conquered

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over the land of zig Lag, and he will recover everything. Friends,

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Lockhead Nation is okay to pray for a heart like David,

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But David is a foreshadowing of God's one and only

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messianic king. You can follow how everybody from the time

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that David passes and Solomon passes down to the two

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divided kingdoms that they are prayed. The prophets speak of

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a messianic king, a Messiah that is to come, who

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will come from the lineage, from the bloodline of David.

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You are not Christ, You are not David. If anything,

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you might be Saul, hiding in your tent, afraid to

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face the champion. If anything, you are Gomer, the one

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that Joseiah continuously pursues after in the Book of Joseiah.

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If you don't know that story, I'm going to help

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you a little bit on the second part of this episode.

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I hope I've got your attention now. Blockad Nation, And

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I say all this with love as much clarity as

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I can bring to our scripture. Reading for this podcast

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comes from the Hoseiah chapter two, verses fourteen or fifteen. Therefore, behold,

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I will allure her, will bring her into the wilderness

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and speak comfort to her. I will give her her

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vineyards from there, and the valley of Acor as a

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door of hope. She shall sing there and in the

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days of her youth, as in the day when she

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came up from the land of Egypt. Now there's a

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lot to unpackage here block in Nation, because if you

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look back at the first two chapters of Hoseah, Joseah

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is going to be given one of the worst jobs

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you can imagine. Mary, an adulterous woman. Your life is

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going to be symbolic of God's love for Israel, who

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will go to every other lover that there is that

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will abandon her one true love over and over again.

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Gomer is going to be the promiscuous wife that Josea

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is going to choose, and their whole marriage is an

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object lesson for Israel. This comes from a website I

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follow called god questions dot org. If you ever want

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to know anything, you can type in what you want

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to know about the Bible and it pulls up plenty

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of information. So God instructs Joseah how to name their children.

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which means translation, God scatters. It's also the name of

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a very important battlefield where a former king got out

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of control and killed more than he was supposed to.

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He does kill King AaB in Queen Jezebel, but he

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kills a lot more than that. So when you say

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this name Jezreel, it's the equivalent to an American hearing

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the name Gettysburg. You know what that means. You know

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that's the blayest battlefield in the entire Civil War. So

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God shows this name to say I will break the

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bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel, and the

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people will be scattered all through Assyrias. That's the first child.

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The second child will be named La Ruhamah, which means

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not loved or no mercy. In other words, this child

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is saying I will not show mercy on you when

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I come the instrument of choice is going to be

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the Assyrian Empire that will overtake the Northern Kingdom. I

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know this is a lot like a nation for those

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that may not know the story, so I'm trying to

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simplify it as best as I can. But then the

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third child is given another name, which is not my

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people lo Ami, which is translated to not my people.

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You are not my people, and I am not your God,

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because you have flown to every other pagan deity that

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there is, in every foreign alliance that you can have.

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a prosperous time when this is going on. So that's

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really the first chapter. That's what their life signifies. The

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second one is still talking about the judgment that will come.

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But on this second part, when we just read verses

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fourteen through fifteen, this is a talk of abundance. This

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is a talk of joy. This is a talk of restoration.

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So that's the other side of Hosea. After you hear

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the judgment, you hear the hope for the remnant, you

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hear the restoration. This is again from David Gusick. Once

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Israel has felt the discomfort of her deprivation, then she

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will listen to the voice of God once again, and

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he will llure her back to himself. That's gonna happen

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in the third chapter when Joseiah is going to actually

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buy Golmer out of bondage. I like to look at

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that visual and think of her being on the auction

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block and him coming forward with his shekels of silver

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in his barley and saying, I'm here to buy her now.

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be a woman of the night you being careful with

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who these ears might fall upon, we find out that

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that means she's really worthless in the eyes of society.

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price for a thing email slave, plus an allowance which

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would be parley to be used for food. So that's

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going to be the third chapter. And so if you

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read further into who Gomer is, Gomer will continue to

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turn to her adulterous ways and act shamefully pursue other lovers.

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Rather than telling Joseah to divorce his adulterous wife as

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it would be permitted by the Jewish law. Instead, God

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is going to say, go love her, go win her back,

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and Jseiah is going to obey God's command. That's the

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worst job that you can imagine. Here. Charles Spurgeon talked

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about this as well. It's a singular kind of power.

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I will allure her, not, I will drive her, not,

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I will draw her, no, not force her, allure her,

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going to win her her heart back. It's a remarkable word,

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and it teaches us that the allurement of love surpasses

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in power all other forces. The devil ruins us, he

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tempts us, he uses those words that are dripping with

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honey as a sweet utterance to it, and the Lord

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in mercy determines that in all truthfulness, he's going to

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outbid the devil. He will win us to himself by

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allurements which are stronger than any force of resistance that

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we can offer. Wonderfully, precious word, those are Spurgeons word,

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Charles Spurgeon. So I know that is going in depth

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in detailed blockad nation, and I hope that kind of

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helps you just to see that that's what we are.

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God continues to pursue Israel, his chosen people, and they

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continue to flee to every other God the balls, the

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asher Us, the political alliances with other countries. So it

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means there's going to be a judgment. The Assyrian Empire

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will overtake the Northern Kingdom. In time, the southern Kingdom

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of Judah will do the same thing, so the Babylonians

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will take over that area. That's the beginning of all

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of modern world history. This is why I tell people

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so often. Read day on chapter two and you know

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everything you need to know about world history. The Babylonians

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will overtake the Persian and be taken by the Persians.

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The Persians will be overtaken by the Greeks. The Greeks

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will be overtaken by the Romans. We don't know a

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whole lot about the Toes. Those are probably European outposts.

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But there is a cornerstone not created by man that

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will fall at the foot of the statue, and the

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statue will fall. Every earthly kingdom has fallen exactly as

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the profits of Old Testament have shown, every one of them.

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So we could probably put a lot of our stock,

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in a lot of our faith into what the Bible says.

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man a Messiah, a savior, and I pray that that

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fires you up to want to spend time in the words.

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So again, if you are new to study in the Word,

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here's my first suggestion. Find you a chapter, read it,

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pray over it afterwards what are you trying to show me?

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And then meditate upon it if you need help. My

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recommendation for today's I told you I would start doing

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more book recommendations. This one is considered by many to

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be the most important contemporary book on Christian spirituality, and

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that is Richard J. Foster's book, Celebration of Discipline. So

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if you need to see a path through spiritual growth,

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if you want a guy that I believe is trustworthy,

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Richard J. Foster. He has another book called Streams a

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Living Water. It's a very long read. It's a little

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easier to get through the Celebration of Discipline. I'm putting

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that one on the notes today. It's a book worth reading.

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And the song of the day I've chosen Shane and

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Shane shouldn't surprise my listeners, as that's my favorite group

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of all time. But I'm using the hymn Come thou Fount,

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thou fount of every blessing the Ebenezer stone. Here I

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raise mine Ebenezer. That's speaking about the stone that Samuel

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raised in the land between the Philistines and the Israelites,

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in the land of Mizpah. It's a stone of help.

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Talk about again in Revelation chapter two raising up a

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white stone. They're not disconnected. There's a savior who's to come.

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Until he does, we will have physical reminders, like in

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the what I just read about the Valley of Acre.

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That was going back to Josea chapter two when I

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just read that the value of Acre is known for

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if you read Joshua chapter seven, there's a guy out

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the name of a Can that was let's just put

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it this way. The people were not supposed to take

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anything from the city of Jericho. They walked around it

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for seven days. Now they're told to go in, but

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they're instructed not to touch anything. Well, a Can doesn't

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do that. He takes some things, and that's where Joshua

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is going to confront him and say, why did you

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bring trouble upon us? In trouble upon the land. So

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after the confrontation, a Can is going to be stoned,

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and since that means sin has been cut away from

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the establishment of the of the Promised Land. That area

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is going to be known as the Valley of Acre.

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So it's a reminder to the people, well, when you

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sin against God, here's what happens. But that's going to

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be turned into a door, a beacon of hope. In

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the Book of Hoseah. This is part of the hope

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and restoration that is to come. Yes, there's gonna be judgment.

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The Assyrians will come. They will tear apart the city,

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they will take anybody captive with them. But there's always

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hope for the remnant. There's always a restoration of the land.

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How does that happen? Two things you gotta do. You

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gotta repent. You got to turn back and know that

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he is God. Repent and know two biggest terms to

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use throughout the entire book of Joseh my friends. So

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it's a lot, but I want to make sure I

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mentioned my two my song, my book which would become

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though found of every blessing. As the song ends with,

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here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it

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for that courts above. I'm tired of being Gomer. I'm

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ready to come back to you. You've been relentlessly pursuing me,

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and you're winning my heart back. So I pray blockad

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nation for your relationship with Christ Jesus. So first you

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read the Bible, read your chapter, pray over it. What

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are you trying to show me? Meditate upon it. Give

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you a book to use. A few resources that are free.

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Got questions dot org, Great resource, Blue Lair Bible dot

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org great resource. All the commentaries. If you want to

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go even deeper, you can read the inner lineals, which

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means you'd be reading the original translations Greek translation, Hebrew translation,

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Aramic translation. It's there if you want to take it

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that far. But then the last part is to share it,

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share it with all the nations. Now I know once

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again some friends of mine are listening to this aging

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are you ever going to get into mixed martial arts? Again?

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I will admit this. There is a lackluster White House

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pay per view. Well, it's not even a pay per view.

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It's a fight night with some well known names for

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those who've been following the sport for a while, but

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one that didn't make it onto this fight night happens

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to be what may would consider the goat. John Jones

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from what I've been reading about it. I'll put this way,

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he may be a little bit heartbroken that it didn't

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work out for him to be on this card. I

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feel like there might be something going on in the

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UFC war room that is working against him. Could be

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Sean Shelby. I don't think right away that it's gonna

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be Dania White, but the negotiations haven't worked out, so

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that means Jake Paul is trying to make a promise

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to John and maybe Francis and Nagano to come and

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his organization. Okay, we'll see how that plays out. So

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I'm just going off with the information I've seen lately,

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and it's kind of a bummer for those that are

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fans of John Jones. But for me, I look at

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it and go I understand why he's considered a liability.

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You may not have a problem with John Jones, but

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I'm pretty sure the Albuquerque Police Department did so as

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he got back all the you saw to violations. Pretty

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sure Dane Cormier has every reason to be upset with

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the guy who can't stay clean. Didn't get the fight

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with them in the first place, then finally did, and

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then the title had to be stripped for a drug violation.

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He's got more than enough of a track record to

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show that this guy is not trustworthy. But I guess

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that's gonna be his penance. And maybe times the guy

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has the nerve to say that he's a man. Odd's

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own heart, I've yet to see it. There's always a

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chance for hope and restoration for any person. It's the

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epitome of a minister's kid who lives the exact opposite

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of that way of life. So again, sorry for throwing

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a little bit of judgment on where it rightfully deserves

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to be. Not exactly I trustworthy contender, and the track

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record in the long sheets after sheets a list of

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grievances doesn't help it much. But okay, negotiation didn't work out,

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he's not on the card, and this one happens to

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be in the month of June. It's not even a

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pay per view, so it's not a whole lot to

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get excited about, is it. I'd like to be proven wrong.

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I try not to be too skeptical about the sport.

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There's always athletes that come through that give us what's

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worth watching. But it's the least tone half the time.

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But We have a few recognizable names on that card,

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but to most casual fans, they pay attention of the

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name Connor McGregor showed up, or if John Jones showed up.

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You have neither, So needless to say, I may be

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catching up on this on the back end and I

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might actually eat crowing like the taste of it. But

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until that time, a whole lot to brag about. At

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this point. It's a sport that I'll still turn into

485
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from time to time and just not have as much

486
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in depth analysis for it. You can always find it

487
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anywhere you look. Joe Robin's not gonna let you down.

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If you will listen to jell Son and he's not

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gonna let you down. Might be a little bit confusing

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and conflicting, but he's still around given predictions. I feel

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like Daniel Cormier is getting better at his analysis. It's

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taking him a while, but he's finally starting to get

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the hang of it. So you still have Luke Thomas

494
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if you need it, still have many other references. They

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can put me in my place. But I'm excited about

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the fight on the South Lawn of the White House,

497
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especially the more time I spend the Bible. The more

498
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I'm on fire for God's word, I think I may

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puttingly clear over through this show. But if you want

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to have any questions that you want to throw out

501
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there and want me to answer later on, then by

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all it means block at Nation. I'll be here with

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a microphone in my hand, whether it's this Saturday or

504
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next Saturday or two saturdays from now, I will deliver

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for you when I can where I can. Please don't

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forget to go back and look at the blog that's

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in the description today and look for Preston Scott's phenomenal music,

508
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his most recent release of Playing with Fire. And we

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will catch you guys next week or maybe in two

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weeks from now. We'll see same blockhead time, same blockhead champ.

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Good night you are wait wait m hm hm