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Eschatology, this was
the magic word, the

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password in the 20th century.

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If you were doing
theology in the last

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quarter of the 20th
century, you had to

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use the word

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eschatology.

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Want to publish an
essay, an article?

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Don't forget eschatology.

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The reviewers
will be looking for

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eschatology.

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What about an A on a paper?

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Eschatology, it's
the magic word.

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So eschatology is
what makes our theology

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tick.

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Eschatology is
behind everything.

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We cannot do without
eschatology, and

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this is particularly
the eschatological

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week.

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So we used to
talk about realized

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eschatology, consistent
eschatology, and

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then everybody

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told us that the
professors would tell us

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we are subscribing inaugurated

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eschatology.

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The end times have
begun, but it's not

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yet.

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So the kingdom of
God, as Brother Okamoto

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reminded us the
other day, took off on

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that

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Ascension Day, and
the church was left

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behind.

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And so we are now
living in these latter

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days, eschatological days.

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Now I have been left
behind many times,

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mostly missing
connecting flights.

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Now what do you
do when you're left

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behind?

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You can do several things.

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You can lament, even
scream, get angry.

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You can also start
looking around,

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observing things,
observing people, maybe

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asking a few

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questions here and there.

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And you can also
do some productive

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things.

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I would normally
open my computer and

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continue my translation work.

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So yeah, you can
do different things.

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And also, all of a
sudden, songs begin to

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pop up in your mind.

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And as I was thinking
about this thing of

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living in a strange
land, this old song

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popped

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up in my mind.

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Mmm, mmm, mmm.

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Yeah, by the way,
this was very popular

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when I was a teenager.

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And it was the
first English song.

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I couldn't
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And then somebody
said, this is actually

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a song.

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They said, oh, now
I know what it is.

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Mmm, mmm, mmm.

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By the rivers of
Babylon, there we sat

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down.

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Yea, we wept when
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Yeah, we wept.

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So lamenting, weeping
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longing for that day.

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This is something
we can do and we

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actually do in
these latter days.

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It's ironic that this
song, which is a

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lament and the
people say we could not

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sing the Lord's

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song in a strange
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So, and as it is with
most of the lament

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songs or the Psalms
of Lament, we end up

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praising

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God.

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So it's a joyous lament.

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Remember, when
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disciples came back
from the outskirts of

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Jerusalem

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on that day, Jesus
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they came back with joy.

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So, yeah, there is a
time for lament, but

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it's a joyous lament.

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Well, my text is
not Psalm 137.

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It's just the
excuse for my tune.

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I need to go on and
maybe humming and

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singing probably a
second stanza and

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maybe even a

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third stanza.

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So, mm hmm.

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On Mount Olivet our
Lord one day, there

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he sat down.

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And we asked what
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us.

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Yeah, we go to Mount
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Olives, Mark 13.

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And there Jesus
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catastrophe and
we start asking

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questions.

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And it's a
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It's not just any question.

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It's a question, what
sign can you give

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us?

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And Jesus begins
saying, yeah, he says,

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see that no one
leads you astray.

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He goes on, many
will come in my name

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saying, I am he.

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But wait a minute,
Jesus, we were asking

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for a sign.

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What's the sign?

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And he goes on, and
when you hear of wars

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and rumors of wars,
do not be alarmed.

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This must take place.

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But the end is not yet.

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And then he talks
about earthquakes and

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famines.

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And this has been
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And it's nothing new.

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And we asked Jesus,
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And he will probably
answer, these are

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the conditions
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This is the world
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You know, the church
can be stuck or stay

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on the Mount of
Olives in Mark 13.

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I have seen this a lot.

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People worrying
about this, people

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asking, is this
the final sign?

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Is it so that the end
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the next week or so?

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Well, there's a new
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This is now the end.

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But Jesus says,
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So maybe we need a third song.

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In the house of
encouragement, there we

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are now.

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And here we learn
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days.

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House of encouragement.

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Now what is that?

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Yeah, that's Hebrews.

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Hebrews is a word
of encouragement.

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And the word
encouraging appears in the

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text for today.

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So Hebrews and
this catology, no, this

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can't be.

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Hebrews is so much
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happened in the past.

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On the Day of Atonement.

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On what Christ did
when he entered into

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the heavenly sanctuary.

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This is past.

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Or what he is
doing now in his high

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priestly office.

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But not about the future.

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No, this is not in Hebrews.

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But our text tells
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It says that Jesus,
when he had offered

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for all time a single
sacrifice for sins,

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he sat down at the
right hand of God

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waiting.

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Yeah, Jesus is waiting.

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And then at the
end of the reading it

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says, you see the
day is drawing near.

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And we are just
saying the day is surely

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drawing near.

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So in the house of
encouragement in

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Hebrews, we have
a message for these

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latter days.

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And it's a very
interesting message.

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It says, occupy
yourselves with holding

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fast the confession of hope.

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Yeah, we confess
things that happened.

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But we cannot change
anything or think

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otherwise when it
comes to Jesus' birth

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of a virgin.

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This is a fact. This is past.

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But we have a
confession of hope.

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And this confession
is the act of

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confessing.

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So we busy ourselves
confessing the hope

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we have.

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And we do this without
wavering, without

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inclination.

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Neither to this
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Neither giving up
the hope, neither

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becoming kind of
fanatic and thinking of

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this all the time
and living in fear.

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Oh yeah, we do
productive things in these

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latter times.

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We hold fast the
confession of hope

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without wavering.

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But then it says more.
There's more here.

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Let us consider
how to stir up one

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another to love
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In the message it
says, let us see how

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inventive we can be
in encouraging love

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and helping out.

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This sounds so strange.

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Are we supposed
to do this? Can we do

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this?

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And it's so ironic. I
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what Paul does in 2
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Corinthians 9.

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Where he tells the
Corinthian Christians

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that the Macedonians
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And then he tells the
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had announced to the
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Corinthian church had
been prepared since

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last year.

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And then we ask,
can we do this?

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Are we allowed to do this?

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Telling one church
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is doing.

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Stirring them up
by our examples.

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And then we say,
yeah, if St. Paul can do

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it, why can't we do it?

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But now we have a proof text.

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Stirring up one
another to love and good

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works.

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You know, we do this a lot.

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One church
encouraging another.

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We have been so
encouraged by the church

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here in America,
in South America.

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And I'm sure you've
been encouraged by

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what you listen or
hear coming from

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Ethiopia or from
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world.

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What the Missouri
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the Texas district and so on.

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So we have been
stirring up ourselves to

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good works and
to productive things.

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And we also do this
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this chapel.

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Breaching to one
another what is called

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the Mutum Colloquium
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Fratrum.

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The mutual
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consolation of the brothers.

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We just had it on Monday.

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How beautiful.

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Singing and saying
to one another,

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entrust your days
and burdens to God's

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most loving hand.

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He cares for you
while ruling the sky,

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the sea, the land.

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And then we could
be singing today, draw

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near and take the
body of the Lord and

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drink the holy blood
for you out poured.

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Offered was he for
greatest and for least

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himself the victim
and himself the

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priest.

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Come forward then.

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This is the pastor
inviting the people.

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So we do this a
lot and we do these

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things in the latter days.

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So what do you do
when you're left behind

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besides remembering songs?

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Well, you can lament.

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This is always
a joyous lament.

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You confess the hope you have.

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You have been doing
this, we keep doing

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And you occupy
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things, stirring up
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and good works.

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And so we can sing
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Amen. Amen.

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In the name of Jesus, amen.

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In the name of the
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and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Here are the word
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those who serve
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Romans chapter 12,

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by the grace
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everyone among
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himself more highly than he

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ought to think but
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judgment each according
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has assigned. For as
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many members and
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have the same

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function so we though
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in Christ and individually
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another. Having

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gifts that differ
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given to us let us
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our faith, if service
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one who teaches in
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who exhorts in

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his exhortation, the
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in generosity, the
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zeal, the one

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who does acts of
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Dear brothers and
sisters in Christ, Joel

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Heckman and

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Craig Reiter have
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admission officers
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Seminary. They have

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prepared for this
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advanced study
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this work. Dear brothers,

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do you believe and
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books of the Old and
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the inspired

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Word of God and
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of faith and practice?
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confess

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the three ecumenical
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Apostles, the Nicene,
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Creeds as faithful

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testimonies to the
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Scriptures and do
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errors which they

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condemn? Do you
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Augsburg
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Scripture and a
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doctrine of the
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Church and do you

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confess that the
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Confession, the
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catechisms

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of Martin Luther,
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articles, the Treatise
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and the Formula of
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contained in the Book
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in agreement with

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this one scriptural
faith. Do you

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solemnly promise
faithfully to serve

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God's people in your office in

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accordance with the
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with these
confessions? Concordia

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Seminary has been

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established to prepare
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of the Holy Ministry
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men and women

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for vocations of
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Do you, each of you,
willingly and freely

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assume the

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responsibilities
entrusted to you and do

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you promise to do
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out in a

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God-pleasing manner
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you according to the
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of this

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seminary? Do you
promise to set a

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Christian example
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speech, life,
faith, and purity?

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Dear brothers and
sisters in Christ, you

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have heard the
solemn promise of these

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men. Will you

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receive them, show
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and honor, and
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and support them in

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their work? If so,
then answer, we will

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with the help of
God. Joel Heckman, I

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install you as admissions

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officer of Concordia
Seminary in the name

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of the Father and
of the Son and of the

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Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Craig Reiter, I install
you as admissions

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officer of Concordia
Seminary in the name

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of the Father

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and of the Son and
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Amen. We rise for
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Gracious and bountiful

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Lord, we humbly
pray that you would

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continue to make
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a center of

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godly learning and
living. Give to those

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who teach and serve
patience and a loving

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spirit and those

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who are taught
receptive hearts and

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aptness to learn.
Prosper the work of our

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instructors and

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students and all who
assist them in their

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labors that your
church may be edified in

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your holy name

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glorified. Through
Jesus Christ your Son

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our Lord who lives
and reigns with you

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and the Holy Spirit,

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one God now and
forever. Amen. Go then in

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peace and joy the
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God, the Father,

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the Son, and the
Holy Spirit bless and

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strengthen you for
faithful service in

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his name. Amen.