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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the
Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
So there are three
things that happen at this time
that indicate that the kingdomof God, which has started at
Mount Sinai, okay, when God gavethem the law and God is their
king, and now he was going totake them right into the land
and that was going to be thekingdom right in the land, the
promised land, with God is theking.
Okay, and mediators ruling,like Moses and Joshua, and so
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forth.
Well, that kingdom, which iswhat we know is the kingdom of
God, vanished from history in587 BC, when Babylon destroyed
the temple, destroyed Jerusalemand dispersed the Jewish people,
taking many into captivity inBabylon.
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So it was in existence forabout 900 years or so.
The kingdom of God was actuallyon earth.
Now it disappears from earthand there's three evidences that
it disappeared from earth atthat time, all given during the
period of the exile.
For example, in Ezekiel 8through 11,.
Ezekiel 8 through 11,.
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It traces the departure of theShekinah glory from the temple,
the departure of the Shekinahglory from the temple, from the
temple, the departure of theshekinah glory from the temple.
So the shekinah glory was avisible manifestation of god, it
was in the most holy place.
If you let's just say you werethe high priest and you had to
go in every year and you know,offer atonement on the day of
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atonement and you put the bloodon the ark of the covenant on
okay, where the angels, the twocherubim, were on top of it,
right with wings covering theirheads and God significantly
enthroned above.
Okay, if you'd gone into thatroom, it would be like a bright
light, smoky cloud.
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I don't know how to explain allthat, but basically that's what
it would be like A super brightlight, that's all cloud and
inside the room this was avisible manifestation of God's
presence with them, of God'spresence with the nation Israel.
Well, in Ezekiel 8-11, ezekielsees a vision of the Shekinah
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glory departing from the temple,which is what happened in 587
BC, and it traces it in fourmoves as the Shekinah glory
leaves.
And one of the moves isinteresting because the Shekinah
glory pauses and looks backlike reticent to leave, not
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wanting to leave.
But this is the first evidencethat the kingdom of God that was
on earth at that time wentinvisible.
It left earth.
The second evidence is Jeremiah22.
We can look at that one,jeremiah 22.
This is the near end of theDavidic dynasty, jeremiah 22.
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So, like I said the house ofDavid is Davidic dynasty,
jeremiah 22.
So, like I said, the house ofDavid is in Judah, in the
southern kingdom, and Godpromised in the Davidic covenant
this is an eternal house, notlike a man to sit on the throne
right.
But in Jeremiah 22, you read itsounds like this is it?
It's over?
Like God is done with hisDavidic covenant.
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That's the way it sounds.
Like this, is it?
It's over?
Like God is done with hisDavidic covenant.
That's the way it sounds.
So Jeremiah 22, 24 says I mean,this is a scary moment.
Okay, is God going back on hispromises, his covenant promises?
Verse 24,.
As I live, declares the Lord,even though Coniah, the son of
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Jehoiakim, king of Judah, wore asignet ring on my right hand.
In other words, he's therightful heir to David's throne.
This is the guy, coniah.
Okay, he says.
Yet I would pull you off, likeI'm done with you, and I will
give you over into the hand ofthose who are seeking your life,
yes, into the hands of thosewhom you dread, even into the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king ofBabylon, and into the hand of
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the Chaldeans.
I will hurl you and your motherwho bore you, into another
country where you were not bornand there you will die.
That's not exactly like thelife you're hoping for, he says
verse 27,.
But as for the land to whichthey desire to return, they will
not return to it Verse 28,.
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Is this man, coniah Jeconiah,that king, the Davidic line king
?
Is he a despised, shattered jar?
Is he an undesirable vessel?
Why have he and his descendantsbeen hurled out of the land?
Why have they been cast into aland they had not known?
Oh, land, land, land.
Hear the word of the Lord.
You know, listen, israel,listen.
Thus says the Lord, write thisman down, childless.
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And you start to think whatthere's not going to.
If he's childless, there's notgoing to be anybody who could be
the heir of the Davidic throne.
Right, that's the way you thinkas you read this.
A man who will not prosper inhis days, for no man of his
descendants will prosper,sitting on the throne of David
or ruling again in Judah, andyou think this is the end.
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I mean this is the end.
I mean God is done with thehouse of David.
That's what it sounds like at acursory reading.
A lot of Christmases.
I go through this passagebecause I like to tie it into
Matthew 1 and the genealogy ofJoseph and that ultimately leads
to Messiah and how David is.
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Because David's in this lineDavid is.
If you read further the storyof Coniah, he did have sons but
none of them sat on the throne.
And that was the intent of thispassage, that none of them
would sit on the throne.
But the line does continue,kind of like a thread, but it
continues down into the time ofMary and David right In the New
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Testament, and David's in thisline.
The problem is is that David'snot qualified.
He can't sit on the thronebecause he's a descendant of
this guy who was cursed Coniah.
So nobody who's a direct linealdescendant of Coniah can sit on
the throne.
And Joseph is in this line.
Did I say Mary and David?
Mary and Joseph?
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Sorry, joseph is in this line.
Did I say Mary and David?
Mary and Joseph?
Sorry, joseph is in this line.
So Joseph, while he's in thethrone line, he can't exercise
the rights because he's under acurse.
If Jesus was the natural son ofJoseph, he would also be under
the curse.
But the New Testament resolvesthis by reminding us of Isaiah
7.14, that he would be born of avirgin.
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So he didn't have Joseph as hisbiological father and therefore
he avoids this curse.
And when he's adopted by Josephunder adoption laws, he
receives throne rights as wellas the right to exercise them,
which is what makes Jesus sounique and why the New Testament
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opens with this story, thisstory which mentions Coniah.
In Matthew 1, coniah ismentioned and all of our minds
are supposed to be on Jeremiah22 and remembering what God said
to that house at the time ofthe exile here, and what he said
was dangerous.
But God, like a brilliant chessplayer, right.
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He makes this move of thevirgin birth and he brings in
adoption.
I mean, what was Joseph goingto do?
He was going to divorce her,send her away.
Remember, the angel said no, no, no, no, because it was
absolutely essential that Josephmarry Mary so he could pass on
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his throne rights to thevirgin-born one.
That had to happen.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
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Jeremy Thomas.
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