1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,200 Well, he already told you who I am, so I don't have to say that. I'm Gloria Basques. 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:14,640 And the question here is, how long have I been attending? And I've been attending church here 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:27,040 since 1968. Yeah, that makes me old. I have been following Jesus and worshiping in this same place 4 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:39,520 since I became a believer in 1971. And even now, 52 years later, I attend village, and I have been 5 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:48,960 attending village since it was birthed here in 2023. And so, as you can tell, this is my church 6 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:58,080 home. I belong here. I belong here. And there's been many changes in the years that Jesus has 7 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:05,040 never changed, since he's the same yesterday, today, and forever. Right? Amen? Amen. 8 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:14,640 That's just the hint to get on with it. I know. I know. I didn't take that bet. 9 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:22,800 Today's scripture reading is from Jonah 2. Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the 10 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:30,880 fish. I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. I cried out for help from deep inside 11 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:38,320 shoal. You heard my voice. When you threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, the current 12 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:45,520 overcame me. All your breakers and your billows swept over me. And I said, I've been banished from 13 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:53,760 your sight. Yet I will look once more toward your holy temple. The water engulfed me up to my neck. 14 00:01:54,400 --> 00:02:01,760 The watery depths overcame me, and seaweed wrapped around my head. I sank to the foundation of the 15 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:11,200 mountains. The earth's gates shut behind me forever. Then you raised my life from the pit, 16 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:19,680 Lord my God. As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, 17 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:28,400 to your holy temple. Those who cherish worthless idols abandon their faithful love. But as for me, 18 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:35,760 I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfill what I have vowed. 19 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:43,360 Salvation belongs to the Lord. Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah out 20 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,720 onto dry land. This is God's word. 21 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:54,000 God fights for us with the full might of his redemptive hand. 22 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:02,320 He is willing to make us uncomfortable and sad. He is willing to bring us through suffering 23 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:12,960 and grief. He is willing to shake and unsettle us. He is willing to squash our dreams and let the air 24 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:24,400 out of our hopes. He is willing to let what we have craved slip like sand through our fingers. 25 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:32,640 And he does all of these things because we are precious to him. We are the apple of his eye. 26 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:41,040 He will not share us with another. He will not allow us to live in the delusion that we have 27 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:49,920 found elsewhere what can only be found in him. That's a quote from Paul David Tripp. 28 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:57,600 We started the series off by pointing out that the story of Jonah, which is a well-known Sunday 29 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:04,960 School story, right, it's not so much a story about a big fish. Yes, it is an extraordinary part of 30 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,440 the story, but not the main point. We have been tracking with Jonah as he received a call from God 31 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,880 and he promptly ran in the opposite direction, and with no regard for the lives of the sailors, 32 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:22,960 he slept deeply through a great storm until the captain demanded some answers. What's going on? 33 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:28,800 What have you done? And trying everything that was possible to save the ship, the sailors finally 34 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:35,360 relent and agree to throw Jonah overboard, this rebel, this one who is running from the presence 35 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:45,440 of the Lord. And once they did, what happened? Peace. The waters calmed. And it's said that they 36 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:52,960 had great fear of the Lord, that they sacrificed offerings to him and they made vows to God. 37 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,800 And what of Jonah? Well, the last verse of chapter one tells us what happened to Jonah, right? 38 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:07,200 It says, the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish 39 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:15,120 three days and three nights. So chapter one ended with these words, the Lord appointed a great fish 40 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:23,120 to swallow Jonah. And so now we are here. And a great amount of ink has been used to try and 41 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:29,280 explain this part of the episode. The big fish, or the whale, or whatever you want to call it, 42 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:37,120 right? What kind of fish was it? Was it a whale? Was it a fish? Was it a fish? Was it a fish? 43 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:47,320 Was it a owl? Was it a giant, white shark? Was it an extinct shark breed? Was it a big tuna? 44 00:05:50,820 --> 00:05:54,140 Are there any news reports out there that we can scrounge up and finds 45 00:05:54,140 --> 00:06:00,380 how a person could survive in a fish? How did he breathe? 46 00:06:00,380 --> 00:06:04,420 this children's book, but this was the question I wrote down. 47 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:07,940 How did Jonah have a little candle 48 00:06:07,940 --> 00:06:11,060 inside of the belly of the whale so he could write this psalm? 49 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:14,820 Okay, this is an image that stuck from a kid's book. 50 00:06:14,820 --> 00:06:17,100 There was a little candle on a little table 51 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:20,180 as he's writing inside the belly of the whale. 52 00:06:21,660 --> 00:06:25,020 How did he bring that along and get that thing to light? 53 00:06:26,340 --> 00:06:27,420 I need answers. 54 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:29,660 But wonder of wonders, the Bible doesn't say anything 55 00:06:29,660 --> 00:06:31,100 like that, doesn't tell us. 56 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:37,900 All it says is the Lord appointed that a great fish 57 00:06:38,100 --> 00:06:39,220 would swallow Jonah. 58 00:06:40,820 --> 00:06:44,260 The point, the Lord did not want Jonah to die. 59 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:49,460 So he made a way, a miraculous way, 60 00:06:50,420 --> 00:06:53,540 even as Jonah's life was surely lost to the sea. 61 00:06:53,540 --> 00:06:57,700 A divine act doesn't require an explanation, 62 00:06:57,700 --> 00:06:59,340 it requires our attention. 63 00:07:01,940 --> 00:07:04,580 And the author of Jonah is giving us a keyword also 64 00:07:04,580 --> 00:07:06,780 to remember here in this text. 65 00:07:06,780 --> 00:07:10,220 It says, he uses the word that the CSB translates 66 00:07:10,220 --> 00:07:12,780 as swallow, swallow. 67 00:07:14,180 --> 00:07:16,900 And he uses it quite intentionally to draw 68 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:20,060 the keen Bible reader to the sea. 69 00:07:20,060 --> 00:07:24,500 Intentionally to draw the keen Bible reader, 70 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:26,380 to draw the keen Bible reader's mind 71 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:28,980 to other places in the scripture, 72 00:07:28,980 --> 00:07:32,100 like say Psalm 21, eight through nine, 73 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:36,020 where it says, your hand will capture all your enemies, 74 00:07:36,020 --> 00:07:38,180 your right hand will seize those who hate you, 75 00:07:38,180 --> 00:07:40,740 you will make them burn like a fiery furnace 76 00:07:40,740 --> 00:07:45,340 when you appear, the Lord will engulf them in his wrath 77 00:07:45,340 --> 00:07:47,700 and fire will devour them, engulf them, 78 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:51,300 that's CSB's word, same word for swallow. 79 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:53,980 The Lord will swallow them in his wrath. 80 00:07:54,900 --> 00:07:57,220 Or Psalm 124, we studied this not too long ago, 81 00:07:57,220 --> 00:08:00,060 if the Lord hadn't been on our side, 82 00:08:00,060 --> 00:08:02,340 if we had been given over to the other people 83 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:04,940 under God's judgment, what would have happened? 84 00:08:04,940 --> 00:08:07,100 Our enemies would have swallowed us alive 85 00:08:08,140 --> 00:08:10,060 in their burning anger against us. 86 00:08:11,620 --> 00:08:13,780 Being swallowed is an image in the Bible 87 00:08:13,780 --> 00:08:15,340 of being under judgment. 88 00:08:15,340 --> 00:08:18,420 And so the author of Jonah uses those words 89 00:08:18,420 --> 00:08:21,380 in this context as he's writing out 90 00:08:21,380 --> 00:08:23,020 so that we draw that hyperlink, 91 00:08:23,020 --> 00:08:26,620 he could have seen eaten by or whatever it was, 92 00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:29,060 went into a fish but he was swallowed, 93 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:30,300 he's under judgment. 94 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:35,500 It is the idea of God's severe mercy 95 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:41,060 to not allow his people to remain in their disobedience. 96 00:08:41,060 --> 00:08:44,660 So Jonah makes that three day trip to death basically. 97 00:08:44,660 --> 00:08:45,740 Three days, right? 98 00:08:45,740 --> 00:08:48,380 The time it took to travel to the underworld 99 00:08:48,380 --> 00:08:51,580 in ancient, the ancient mindset, 100 00:08:51,580 --> 00:08:53,340 it's kind of like our modern day 101 00:08:53,340 --> 00:08:55,420 so and so was six feet under, right? 102 00:08:57,380 --> 00:08:59,740 But interestingly, the hyperlinks 103 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:03,620 that spring from that saying, the three days, 104 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:05,100 to other parts of the scripture, 105 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:07,020 the way that he links to other parts 106 00:09:07,020 --> 00:09:08,620 is actually quite interesting. 107 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:11,860 And that's what we'll see a lot of in this particular study 108 00:09:11,860 --> 00:09:14,140 today out of Jonah two, 109 00:09:14,140 --> 00:09:16,380 is we'll see a lot of links 110 00:09:16,380 --> 00:09:18,860 because that's kind of how the Psalms work 111 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:20,100 or the poems work, 112 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:23,340 is they connect us to a lot of other ideas and imagery. 113 00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:25,900 And so what is this of this three days, 114 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:30,100 this trip that Jonah took in the belly of the whale? 115 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,660 Well, in Genesis 22, Abraham and Isaac, 116 00:09:32,660 --> 00:09:34,380 maybe you guys remember this story, 117 00:09:34,380 --> 00:09:36,260 Abraham and Isaac were in the desert 118 00:09:36,260 --> 00:09:38,700 and Isaac, maybe you guys remember this story, 119 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:41,100 Abraham and Isaac are making their way 120 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:43,980 and Abraham has been commanded to make a sacrifice 121 00:09:43,980 --> 00:09:45,860 and Isaac is that sacrifice. 122 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:50,380 And they're making their way in obedience to God 123 00:09:50,380 --> 00:09:52,900 to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. 124 00:09:54,380 --> 00:09:57,540 Abraham's making his way and what does it say? 125 00:09:57,540 --> 00:09:59,220 It says that on day three, 126 00:10:00,980 --> 00:10:04,500 Abraham sees the place and prepares the sacrifice. 127 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:06,700 Day three is the day of death. 128 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:08,700 Day three is the day of sacrifice. 129 00:10:08,700 --> 00:10:09,940 But what happens? 130 00:10:11,420 --> 00:10:13,940 The Lord stays his hand, doesn't he? 131 00:10:13,940 --> 00:10:17,860 The Lord provides a substitute on day three. 132 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:21,180 Well, Exodus 15 is another one. 133 00:10:21,180 --> 00:10:22,940 So after delivering the people of Israel 134 00:10:22,940 --> 00:10:24,420 from slavery in Egypt, 135 00:10:24,420 --> 00:10:27,700 they go on a three day journey in the wilderness 136 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:28,540 and what do they find? 137 00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:29,380 No water. 138 00:10:31,180 --> 00:10:32,380 The only water that they find 139 00:10:32,380 --> 00:10:35,100 is the bitter waters of Marah. 140 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:37,260 It's certain death for the people of Israel. 141 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:39,140 No water in the middle of the wilderness. 142 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:40,660 Three days, right? 143 00:10:40,660 --> 00:10:42,940 What happens on the third day? 144 00:10:42,940 --> 00:10:46,420 God miraculously provides clean water to them. 145 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:50,540 Or 2 Kings 20, King Hezekiah, 146 00:10:50,540 --> 00:10:53,420 he's stricken with a terminal illness 147 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:55,660 and he's told by the prophet Isaiah 148 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:57,780 that he will surely die, 149 00:10:57,780 --> 00:11:00,780 so set your house in order is what he says. 150 00:11:00,780 --> 00:11:04,020 And Isaiah turns and walks away from the king 151 00:11:04,020 --> 00:11:05,460 and begins to walk through the palace 152 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:07,060 and makes it out to the outer courts, 153 00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:09,780 or so I guess he's in the inner court still. 154 00:11:09,780 --> 00:11:12,220 Hezekiah hears the words of the prophet 155 00:11:12,220 --> 00:11:13,820 and it says he faces the wall 156 00:11:13,820 --> 00:11:16,740 and begins to weep and cry out to God. 157 00:11:16,740 --> 00:11:17,660 Have mercy. 158 00:11:18,580 --> 00:11:19,620 Save me. 159 00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:21,540 And it says the word of the Lord comes to Isaiah 160 00:11:21,540 --> 00:11:24,340 as he's walking out and says, go back in. 161 00:11:24,340 --> 00:11:26,140 There's another message for Hezekiah. 162 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:28,460 Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 163 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:31,100 this is what the Lord God of your ancestors, David, say. 164 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:33,340 I've heard your prayer. 165 00:11:33,340 --> 00:11:34,860 I have seen your tears. 166 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,660 Look, I will heal you. 167 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:38,740 On the third day from now, 168 00:11:38,740 --> 00:11:40,980 you will go into the Lord's temple. 169 00:11:41,820 --> 00:11:44,100 I will add 15 years to your life. 170 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:45,540 I will rescue you in this city 171 00:11:45,540 --> 00:11:48,060 from the grasp of the king of Assyria. 172 00:11:48,060 --> 00:11:50,900 I will defend this city for my sake 173 00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:52,780 and for the sake of my servant. 174 00:11:52,780 --> 00:11:53,620 David. 175 00:11:56,300 --> 00:11:59,700 So what is this theme, this idea of three day journey 176 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:00,540 or three days? 177 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:03,420 What is this other theme that the author 178 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:07,420 is playing with here in putting Jonah in a big fish 179 00:12:07,420 --> 00:12:09,700 swallowed for three days? 180 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:12,580 Jonah was swallowed by a big fish, a giant fish, 181 00:12:12,580 --> 00:12:14,580 and was in the belly, the stomach of the fish 182 00:12:14,580 --> 00:12:16,460 for three days and three nights. 183 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:19,940 And this story is tying together these other themes 184 00:12:19,940 --> 00:12:21,620 and it's about the story of Jonah 185 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:22,940 and the story of these other themes. 186 00:12:22,940 --> 00:12:25,340 And I don't know if you notice them in all of them. 187 00:12:25,340 --> 00:12:27,420 Yes, there's judgment. 188 00:12:27,420 --> 00:12:29,940 Yes, at times there's difficulty. 189 00:12:29,940 --> 00:12:31,780 Yes, at times there's illness and sickness 190 00:12:31,780 --> 00:12:33,780 for all sorts of reasons. 191 00:12:33,780 --> 00:12:36,620 But on day three, God brings salvation. 192 00:12:39,300 --> 00:12:43,660 The story is actually about salvation through judgment. 193 00:12:44,620 --> 00:12:47,140 Salvation through judgment. 194 00:12:47,140 --> 00:12:50,700 What we find in chapter two is the first time 195 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:53,100 Jonah speaks to God in this story. 196 00:12:54,460 --> 00:12:56,740 Up until now, he has been running 197 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:58,620 and talking about the situation, 198 00:12:58,620 --> 00:13:01,900 but even when the sailors beg him to call on his God, 199 00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:02,740 he doesn't do it. 200 00:13:04,860 --> 00:13:09,860 Now, over the side of the ship and into the great fish, 201 00:13:09,860 --> 00:13:11,260 Jonah prays. 202 00:13:14,180 --> 00:13:16,580 If you have your Bibles open to Jonah too, 203 00:13:16,580 --> 00:13:19,580 you will immediately notice that his prayer 204 00:13:19,580 --> 00:13:23,020 is in the form of a song or a poem, right? 205 00:13:23,020 --> 00:13:25,420 It looks very similar to how you would see it 206 00:13:25,420 --> 00:13:27,580 in the Psalms, the Book of Psalms. 207 00:13:28,620 --> 00:13:31,620 Hebrew poetry is what it's crafted as 208 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:34,300 and Hebrew poetry often employs a literary device 209 00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:36,620 called parallelism. 210 00:13:36,620 --> 00:13:38,100 And what that is is that, 211 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:41,820 this would be basically groups of two lines 212 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:43,860 where the first states something 213 00:13:43,860 --> 00:13:46,660 and then the second line restates it, 214 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:47,500 but in a different way. 215 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:49,820 And you'll see it here as we dive into it. 216 00:13:49,820 --> 00:13:51,260 We're gonna go verse by verse really quick 217 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:54,580 through Jonah two. 218 00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:55,580 Starting with verse two. 219 00:13:55,580 --> 00:13:57,860 Verse two says, I called to the Lord in my distress 220 00:13:57,860 --> 00:13:59,300 and he answered me. 221 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:02,540 I cried out for help from deep inside Sheol 222 00:14:02,540 --> 00:14:04,260 and you heard my voice. 223 00:14:04,260 --> 00:14:06,380 You see the parallelism there? 224 00:14:06,380 --> 00:14:08,700 I called to the Lord in my distress. 225 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:11,700 I cried out for help from the deep of Sheol 226 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:12,700 and he answered me. 227 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:14,180 You heard my voice. 228 00:14:15,540 --> 00:14:16,580 And guess what? 229 00:14:17,540 --> 00:14:20,140 Being thrown overboard worked. 230 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:25,940 This prayer shows that the one who is praying, 231 00:14:25,940 --> 00:14:30,780 the supplicant, Jonah, he's very, very familiar 232 00:14:30,780 --> 00:14:33,420 with the poetry and the Psalms of his people. 233 00:14:34,580 --> 00:14:36,420 In his moment of distress, 234 00:14:36,420 --> 00:14:39,580 he is drawing on many of the timeless classics 235 00:14:39,580 --> 00:14:42,980 and the timeless classic Psalms of Israel 236 00:14:42,980 --> 00:14:45,220 included into his prayer. 237 00:14:45,220 --> 00:14:47,820 Psalms that were written by heroes like David. 238 00:14:49,660 --> 00:14:51,980 The Psalms have given him a prayer language 239 00:14:51,980 --> 00:14:56,700 that he can tap into at a moment of stress and distress. 240 00:14:56,700 --> 00:14:59,140 It's one of the reasons why I like on our Wednesday night 241 00:14:59,140 --> 00:15:01,780 worship and prayer, we spend time reading some scripture 242 00:15:01,780 --> 00:15:03,500 and then we go to a place of prayer 243 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:05,540 because we want the Bible and the scriptures 244 00:15:05,540 --> 00:15:07,820 to inform our prayers and give us the language. 245 00:15:07,820 --> 00:15:08,780 How do we pray? 246 00:15:08,780 --> 00:15:10,420 What do we say? 247 00:15:10,420 --> 00:15:11,580 How do we say it? 248 00:15:14,220 --> 00:15:16,860 Psalm 120 begins the exact same way. 249 00:15:16,860 --> 00:15:19,060 I called to the Lord in my distress. 250 00:15:21,660 --> 00:15:24,740 And here's something that is fascinating as well. 251 00:15:24,740 --> 00:15:27,620 Chapter one, verse 17, listen to this really quick. 252 00:15:27,620 --> 00:15:30,820 Chapter one, verse 17, when it says 253 00:15:30,820 --> 00:15:33,500 the Lord appointed a great fish, 254 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:36,380 the word fish in the original language 255 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:41,380 is in its masculine form, great fish. 256 00:15:41,420 --> 00:15:44,660 But the author does something in this second chapter. 257 00:15:44,660 --> 00:15:48,540 He switches the form in verse one of chapter two 258 00:15:48,540 --> 00:15:51,100 and now the fish is in the feminine form. 259 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:54,900 So, right, so what? 260 00:15:56,540 --> 00:16:00,140 Well, when the last verse of the chapter 261 00:16:00,140 --> 00:16:03,100 says that he is in the belly of the fish, 262 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:06,500 that would be standard translation for the stomach. 263 00:16:07,340 --> 00:16:09,260 Right, he's in the stomach. 264 00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:12,220 But what happens when the fish becomes feminine? 265 00:16:16,860 --> 00:16:17,700 Womb. 266 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:22,540 It can be translated as womb and it connects 267 00:16:22,540 --> 00:16:25,940 to the belly being the womb of the fish. 268 00:16:27,180 --> 00:16:30,780 In the same line that Jonah is finally praying to the Lord, 269 00:16:30,780 --> 00:16:33,020 it connects to the feminine form of fish 270 00:16:33,020 --> 00:16:36,820 and there the word belly can take on a whole nother meaning. 271 00:16:36,820 --> 00:16:37,660 Womb. 272 00:16:38,620 --> 00:16:39,860 What happens in a womb? 273 00:16:41,620 --> 00:16:44,180 Stomach is for eating and digesting, right? 274 00:16:44,180 --> 00:16:45,020 Not fun. 275 00:16:46,140 --> 00:16:49,300 Womb is for new life and new birth. 276 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:53,500 I cried out for help from deep inside Sheol 277 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:55,420 and you heard my voice. 278 00:16:55,420 --> 00:16:57,100 Sheol was the place of the dead, 279 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,180 the place of hopelessness. 280 00:16:59,180 --> 00:17:04,180 As in Job it says, as a cloud fades away and vanishes, 281 00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:07,820 so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again. 282 00:17:09,820 --> 00:17:13,700 From that place the Lord heard and answered Jonah. 283 00:17:15,500 --> 00:17:18,500 Verse three says, when you threw me into the depths, 284 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:21,100 into the heart of the sea, the current overcame me, 285 00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:24,580 all your breakers and your billows swept over me. 286 00:17:24,580 --> 00:17:25,980 What is he doing? 287 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:28,980 He is saying that everything that he has done 288 00:17:28,980 --> 00:17:32,140 and everything that happened to me in this whole story, 289 00:17:33,140 --> 00:17:35,700 everything, the storm, the waves, 290 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:38,980 the sailors throwing me overboard, the water, the fish, 291 00:17:38,980 --> 00:17:41,740 the Lord is behind it all. 292 00:17:42,820 --> 00:17:44,460 The Lord is behind it all. 293 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:49,180 Borrowing from another Psalm 42, 294 00:17:50,980 --> 00:17:54,020 all your breakers and your billows swept over me. 295 00:17:54,020 --> 00:17:57,340 Verse four, and I said, I have been banished from your sight, 296 00:17:57,340 --> 00:18:00,540 yet I will look once more toward your holy temple. 297 00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:05,700 Banished from your side, just like Adam and Eve 298 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:08,420 were banished from the Garden of Eden, 299 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:11,100 so Jonah was cast away from the sight of God. 300 00:18:13,020 --> 00:18:16,220 You see these hyperlinks that the author is drawing us to? 301 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:19,540 Bible readers, he wants us to see, see, it's like that, 302 00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:22,340 it's like this, it's over here, look at this. 303 00:18:22,340 --> 00:18:25,660 Drawing us into the story, yet I will look once more 304 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:28,140 to the place of your presence, to Mount Zion, 305 00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:31,660 to Jerusalem, to your holy temple. 306 00:18:31,660 --> 00:18:33,740 Because the waters engulfed me up to my neck, 307 00:18:33,740 --> 00:18:35,820 the watery depths overcame me. 308 00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:38,300 Seaweed was wrapped around my head, 309 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:40,940 I sank to the foundations of the mountains, 310 00:18:40,940 --> 00:18:43,500 the earth's gates shut behind me forever. 311 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:48,500 Then you raised my life from the pit, Lord my God. 312 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:51,780 Lord my God. 313 00:18:51,780 --> 00:18:54,580 The waters, these chaotic waters 314 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:57,700 that symbolizes the creation that he's undergoing 315 00:18:57,700 --> 00:19:00,620 as he's sinking down, they're rising around him, 316 00:19:00,620 --> 00:19:04,180 and the waters, like the darkness of nothingness, 317 00:19:04,180 --> 00:19:05,700 begin to cover him. 318 00:19:06,820 --> 00:19:08,780 And what are his grave clothes? 319 00:19:10,260 --> 00:19:14,540 His grave clothes are seaweed, wrapped around his body. 320 00:19:15,660 --> 00:19:18,300 I was going further and further down. 321 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:22,780 Remember in chapter one, he went down to Joppa. 322 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:25,740 He got on the boat and went down into the boat. 323 00:19:25,740 --> 00:19:28,740 Down further and further and further down. 324 00:19:30,580 --> 00:19:33,060 Even to the pit, the gates had already shut on me, 325 00:19:33,060 --> 00:19:36,380 and then you raised my life up, God. 326 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:41,300 As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord, 327 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:44,180 and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple. 328 00:19:44,180 --> 00:19:48,900 I remembered Yahweh, the covenant name of God, 329 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:50,060 and my prayer came to you. 330 00:19:50,060 --> 00:19:52,940 You were waiting, and you answered. 331 00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:58,820 To those who cherish worthless idols, 332 00:19:58,820 --> 00:20:00,620 those who cherish worthless idols, 333 00:20:00,620 --> 00:20:03,860 abandon their faithful love, but as for me, 334 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:08,260 I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving. 335 00:20:08,260 --> 00:20:10,740 I will fulfill what I have vowed. 336 00:20:10,740 --> 00:20:14,140 Salvation belongs to the Lord. 337 00:20:15,020 --> 00:20:19,380 Those who cherish worthless or breathless idols, 338 00:20:19,380 --> 00:20:23,060 abandon their faithless love. 339 00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:27,980 They can't give you life when your life is ebbing away. 340 00:20:27,980 --> 00:20:30,020 They have no breath to give, 341 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:32,620 because salvation belongs to the Lord. 342 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:34,300 Jonah's saying, I'm not an idolater. 343 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:35,740 I'm devoted to you. 344 00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:38,340 I will sacrifice, and I will fulfill my vows, 345 00:20:38,340 --> 00:20:41,820 and I will, you guys catch it yet? 346 00:20:43,380 --> 00:20:45,380 There's something wrong with this psalm. 347 00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:50,220 There's something wrong. 348 00:20:51,380 --> 00:20:53,460 We spent two weeks in Jonah one. 349 00:20:55,340 --> 00:20:57,180 What is Jonah actually saying here? 350 00:20:58,780 --> 00:21:02,860 Or more specifically, who is Jonah talking about? 351 00:21:02,860 --> 00:21:05,860 He's saying great things, awesome things. 352 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,300 Like he clipped them out of a magazine 353 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:10,700 and pasted them all together. 354 00:21:14,020 --> 00:21:16,700 As we've been going through verse by verse to this chapter, 355 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:18,900 has something seemed off to you? 356 00:21:19,780 --> 00:21:22,780 Has something about this poetic prayer seemed fishy? 357 00:21:22,780 --> 00:21:26,820 So dumb, sorry. 358 00:21:26,820 --> 00:21:29,820 It's written down, but I probably shouldn't have said that. 359 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:33,060 When Jonah talks about what he's done, 360 00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:35,140 the actions that he has taken, 361 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,220 they've all been positive. 362 00:21:40,980 --> 00:21:42,700 I called to the Lord, I cried out, 363 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:44,940 I looked to his temple, I remembered the Lord. 364 00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:46,340 My prayer came to you. 365 00:21:46,340 --> 00:21:48,460 I am not like the worthless idol worshipers. 366 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:51,860 I sacrifice to the Lord, I make vows, I fulfill them. 367 00:21:53,860 --> 00:21:55,700 I am not like the worthless idol worshipers. 368 00:21:55,700 --> 00:22:00,700 I sacrifice to the Lord, I make vows, I fulfill them. 369 00:22:00,940 --> 00:22:02,180 Is this the same Jonah? 370 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:05,260 We spent two weeks studying. 371 00:22:06,740 --> 00:22:10,180 How many times has Jonah talked about himself in this Psalm? 372 00:22:10,180 --> 00:22:11,620 23 times. 373 00:22:13,060 --> 00:22:15,540 In eight short verses. 374 00:22:15,540 --> 00:22:18,540 He's saying all the right things. 375 00:22:18,540 --> 00:22:20,100 And that's probably why some of you are like, 376 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:21,940 no, this is good, yeah. 377 00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:23,940 Wow, yeah, exactly. 378 00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:26,780 He's using the pious language. 379 00:22:26,780 --> 00:22:29,060 He was raised on Hebrew poetry. 380 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:34,020 And if you were to classify this Psalm right here, 381 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:35,860 that we're reading, this poem, 382 00:22:35,860 --> 00:22:39,380 you'd probably classify it as a Psalm of thanksgiving 383 00:22:39,380 --> 00:22:40,380 and lament. 384 00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:44,300 Bad things happen when I'm giving thanks to the Lord. 385 00:22:45,140 --> 00:22:47,700 But you know what you wouldn't classify it as? 386 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:51,380 A Psalm or a song of repentance. 387 00:22:51,380 --> 00:22:53,020 It's not a song of repentance. 388 00:22:54,660 --> 00:22:59,180 This is not like Psalm 23 or Psalm 32 or Psalm 51. 389 00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:01,180 Psalms of repentance. 390 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:03,260 I'm in the dumps, yes, 391 00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:05,740 because I sinned and transgressed against you, 392 00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:09,180 because I disobeyed and ran from your presence. 393 00:23:09,180 --> 00:23:14,180 Forgive me, wash me clean, make me new. 394 00:23:14,620 --> 00:23:15,860 None of that's in here. 395 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:20,220 Jonah has already proved through his own words 396 00:23:20,220 --> 00:23:22,340 and Jonah has already proved through his actions 397 00:23:22,340 --> 00:23:24,100 that he wanted nothing to do with Yahweh. 398 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:26,220 He was willing to run as far away. 399 00:23:26,220 --> 00:23:28,180 And his request to get thrown overboard 400 00:23:28,180 --> 00:23:30,300 was already kind of suspect, 401 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:31,980 because it might actually be the ultimate way 402 00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:33,100 of running from God. 403 00:23:35,540 --> 00:23:38,820 Here is a prayer that is full of irony 404 00:23:39,660 --> 00:23:43,260 and thick with a satirical tone. 405 00:23:43,260 --> 00:23:44,420 It's over the top. 406 00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:49,260 Remember, Jonah was thrown out of the ship. 407 00:23:49,260 --> 00:23:51,260 He doesn't know what the audience knows. 408 00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:52,700 We know something he doesn't know. 409 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,540 Do you know that? 410 00:23:54,540 --> 00:23:58,140 What happened after he was thrown out of the ship? 411 00:23:58,140 --> 00:23:59,660 What happened back on the ship? 412 00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:01,820 He doesn't know this. 413 00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:02,820 He was in the water. 414 00:24:04,220 --> 00:24:05,820 Those sailors, what did they do? 415 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:08,500 They feared the Lord. 416 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:12,140 They offered sacrifice. 417 00:24:12,140 --> 00:24:13,140 They made vows. 418 00:24:13,140 --> 00:24:15,980 Wait a sec, he says some of that stuff in this Psalm. 419 00:24:15,980 --> 00:24:18,300 He doesn't know that the idol worshiping sailors 420 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:21,220 feared the Lord, made sacrifices, and vows to the God. 421 00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:26,220 Yet he's saying, I'm not like those pagans up there. 422 00:24:27,420 --> 00:24:29,620 I'm glad I'm not like those people. 423 00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:34,420 Does that bring to mind a parable that Jesus once taught? 424 00:24:35,100 --> 00:24:35,940 Luke 18. 425 00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:40,460 Told this parable to some who trusted in themselves 426 00:24:40,460 --> 00:24:43,780 that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else. 427 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:46,460 Two men went up to the temple to pray, 428 00:24:46,460 --> 00:24:48,780 one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 429 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:50,780 The Pharisee was standing and praying 430 00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:53,100 like this about himself. 431 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:56,660 God, I thank you that I'm not like other people. 432 00:24:56,660 --> 00:25:00,300 Greedy, unrighteous adulterers, 433 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:03,020 or even like that tax collector. 434 00:25:04,180 --> 00:25:06,420 I fast twice a week, 435 00:25:06,420 --> 00:25:08,900 and I give a tenth of everything I get. 436 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:11,180 But the tax collector standing on the floor 437 00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:14,100 would not even raise his eyes to heaven, 438 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,660 but kept striking his chest and saying, 439 00:25:16,660 --> 00:25:19,780 God have mercy on me, a sinner. 440 00:25:22,860 --> 00:25:26,820 I tell you this one went down to his house justified 441 00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:28,580 rather than the other. 442 00:25:28,580 --> 00:25:31,460 Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, 443 00:25:31,460 --> 00:25:35,780 but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. 444 00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:38,820 I will sacrifice and make vows to the Lord 445 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:42,140 my sacrifice is better than their sacrifice. 446 00:25:43,780 --> 00:25:45,500 Samuel speaking to Saul, 447 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:49,180 after Saul had disobeyed the command of the Lord, 448 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:50,980 Samuel said this, 449 00:25:50,980 --> 00:25:53,340 does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings 450 00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:57,500 and sacrifices as much as obeying the Lord? 451 00:25:58,740 --> 00:26:02,700 Look, to obey is better than sacrifice. 452 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:05,420 To pay attention is better than the fat of rams, 453 00:26:05,420 --> 00:26:08,340 but to obey is better than sacrifice. 454 00:26:08,340 --> 00:26:10,860 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, 455 00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:15,860 and defiance is like witchcraft and idolatry. 456 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,180 You're the idol worshiper. 457 00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:25,580 Jonah, I pointed down the middle. 458 00:26:25,580 --> 00:26:26,420 Samuel. 459 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:31,940 Was an intervention or something. 460 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:35,500 We brought you all here so I could point my finger at you. 461 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:36,580 All of these scriptures, 462 00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:39,300 they've been available, so this is something to remember. 463 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:41,140 All the scriptures that I'm referencing 464 00:26:41,140 --> 00:26:44,260 have been available to the earliest readers of Jonah. 465 00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:48,500 These are all available to the earliest readers of Jonah, 466 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:51,180 and the author would be banking on their ability 467 00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:53,060 to make these connections. 468 00:26:53,060 --> 00:26:54,420 Do you see? 469 00:26:54,420 --> 00:26:55,980 Do you understand? 470 00:26:55,980 --> 00:26:57,060 He's like Saul. 471 00:26:58,020 --> 00:26:59,340 He's like this, he's like that. 472 00:26:59,340 --> 00:27:00,860 Do you see these connections? 473 00:27:00,860 --> 00:27:03,860 Is Jonah presuming on the grace and mercy of God 474 00:27:03,860 --> 00:27:08,380 to rescue him apart from repentance of sin and obedience? 475 00:27:08,380 --> 00:27:10,180 Is he making that presumption here? 476 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:13,700 All we know for sure is that Jonah is up to something, 477 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:14,700 and that's for sure. 478 00:27:15,540 --> 00:27:17,540 And we gotta continue to explore his life 479 00:27:17,540 --> 00:27:21,980 to see after this episode, is he a changed man? 480 00:27:22,820 --> 00:27:25,220 Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm just talking. 481 00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:27,220 Maybe he's a different guy. 482 00:27:27,220 --> 00:27:31,460 Let's see what happens in chapter four, three and four, 483 00:27:31,460 --> 00:27:35,340 and see if Jonah is the guy that he says he is 484 00:27:35,340 --> 00:27:36,180 in chapter two. 485 00:27:38,620 --> 00:27:42,940 But remember, today, that scripture is not about you, 486 00:27:42,940 --> 00:27:44,700 scripture's not about me, 487 00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:47,460 scripture's not primarily about big fish, 488 00:27:48,340 --> 00:27:50,140 it is about God. 489 00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:55,820 And it is about God revealing to us who he is 490 00:27:55,820 --> 00:27:56,940 and what he is doing. 491 00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:59,300 So in closing, as we wrap it up, 492 00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:02,260 what does Psalm two tell us about God? 493 00:28:04,060 --> 00:28:08,180 Number one, Psalm two tells us that God shows mercy 494 00:28:08,180 --> 00:28:11,980 on undeserved sinners, hallelujah, can I get an amen? 495 00:28:11,980 --> 00:28:13,460 Amen. 496 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:17,060 God shows mercy on undeserved sinners. 497 00:28:19,420 --> 00:28:23,100 Maybe you even find yourself in Jonah's shoes today. 498 00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:28,300 Maybe you've been sitting in your seat, disobedient to God, 499 00:28:28,300 --> 00:28:30,300 and undeserving of his mercy. 500 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:31,860 Maybe you've been sitting there going, 501 00:28:31,860 --> 00:28:36,860 man, that Jonah guy, he missed the boat, literally. 502 00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:42,260 You may be willfully running from what you know about God 503 00:28:42,260 --> 00:28:43,380 and what he's doing. 504 00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:49,300 You may be tangled up in sin, like seaweed around your face. 505 00:28:49,580 --> 00:28:51,980 You may be laughing and scoffing at Jonah, 506 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:54,820 man, he's sure messed up, what an idiot. 507 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:57,820 All the while, you're steeped in self-righteousness. 508 00:28:59,260 --> 00:29:03,260 But God shows mercy to undeserving sinners. 509 00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:07,980 We have all rebelled. 510 00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:12,620 If any of you said, yeah, that's the person next to me, 511 00:29:12,620 --> 00:29:14,620 I'll tell you, we've all rebelled. 512 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:17,420 We are all self-righteous. 513 00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:21,700 Don't think you are? 514 00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:23,540 See? 515 00:29:25,540 --> 00:29:28,540 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 516 00:29:29,860 --> 00:29:33,180 God is willing to have mercy on you this morning. 517 00:29:34,580 --> 00:29:39,580 God wants you to experience his steadfast, faithful love. 518 00:29:42,660 --> 00:29:45,100 The Hebrew word is hasad, 519 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:47,740 and it's a difficult word to translate into English 520 00:29:47,740 --> 00:29:50,140 because it's a very difficult word to translate 521 00:29:50,140 --> 00:29:53,860 into English because it has packed with meaning. 522 00:29:53,860 --> 00:29:56,980 It's a word that basically is packed with the words 523 00:29:56,980 --> 00:29:59,820 love, kindness, mercy, faithfulness, loyalty, 524 00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:01,540 all wrapped into one. 525 00:30:01,540 --> 00:30:05,060 He wants to show his hasad, his faithful, 526 00:30:05,060 --> 00:30:10,060 steadfast love to you, an undeserving sinner. 527 00:30:10,780 --> 00:30:13,180 You are not too far off. 528 00:30:13,180 --> 00:30:15,460 You are, even in the deepest part of the sea, 529 00:30:15,460 --> 00:30:18,780 even there, God can show mercy. 530 00:30:18,780 --> 00:30:23,740 Even if you have run from his presence, as Jonah did. 531 00:30:23,740 --> 00:30:28,740 Even if your motives are suspect, he can show mercy. 532 00:30:33,260 --> 00:30:37,060 God shows mercy to undeserved sinners, 533 00:30:37,060 --> 00:30:41,260 and number two, God makes dead things live. 534 00:30:43,580 --> 00:30:45,300 Jesus referenced this story, 535 00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:46,820 and I made reference to that last week, 536 00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:49,220 that he referenced the story of Jonah when he was talking 537 00:30:49,220 --> 00:30:51,540 to Pharisees who were asking him for a sign. 538 00:30:51,540 --> 00:30:53,420 Show us a sign, big shot. 539 00:30:53,420 --> 00:30:55,100 Show us who you are. 540 00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:58,660 And Jesus basically said, you're gonna think I'm dead. 541 00:30:58,660 --> 00:31:00,620 You're gonna think I'm gone. 542 00:31:00,620 --> 00:31:03,180 You're gonna think you rid this world from me. 543 00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:07,540 The three days, and salvation, 544 00:31:07,540 --> 00:31:11,220 through judgment, will be revealed. 545 00:31:12,260 --> 00:31:15,780 In Christ, we see that God makes dead things live. 546 00:31:15,780 --> 00:31:18,660 Christ experienced the severe mercy of God. 547 00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:20,900 He experienced salvation through judgment, 548 00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:23,260 but the judgment he endured was not a result 549 00:31:23,260 --> 00:31:24,780 of his own rebellion or sin. 550 00:31:24,780 --> 00:31:27,380 It was because of our rebellion and sin. 551 00:31:27,380 --> 00:31:29,300 He was the substitute. 552 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:33,060 He took our sin. 553 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:35,580 He experienced our death for us. 554 00:31:36,580 --> 00:31:41,580 But God, Acts 13, 28 through 30 says this. 555 00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:44,180 Though they found no grounds to kill him, 556 00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:47,180 they asked Pilate to have him killed. 557 00:31:47,180 --> 00:31:49,540 And when they carried out all that had been written 558 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:52,580 about him, they took him down from the tree 559 00:31:52,580 --> 00:31:54,220 and put him in a tomb. 560 00:31:55,100 --> 00:32:00,100 But God raised him from the dead. 561 00:32:01,980 --> 00:32:03,700 God makes dead things live. 562 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:08,860 And you, now I am pointing the finger, 563 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:13,860 you were dead in your trespasses and sins 564 00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:17,500 in which you previously walked according to the ways 565 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:19,820 of this world, according to the ruler of the power 566 00:32:19,820 --> 00:32:22,700 of the air, the spirit now working in disobedience. 567 00:32:22,700 --> 00:32:25,580 We too all previously lived among them 568 00:32:25,580 --> 00:32:28,660 in the fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations 569 00:32:28,660 --> 00:32:31,700 of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature, 570 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:35,460 children under wrath as the others were also. 571 00:32:35,460 --> 00:32:40,460 But God, who is rich in mercy, 572 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:45,700 because of his great love that he had for us, 573 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:49,980 made us alive with Christ, even though we were dead 574 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:51,980 in trespasses. 575 00:32:51,980 --> 00:32:55,180 You have been saved by grace. 576 00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:02,900 The final thing I will say is that salvation 577 00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:05,500 belongs to the Lord. 578 00:33:06,860 --> 00:33:09,060 There is another way to phrase this. 579 00:33:10,860 --> 00:33:14,060 In the Hebrew, it's Yeshua to Yahweh. 580 00:33:16,740 --> 00:33:21,260 Yeshua to Yahweh, salvation belongs to the Lord. 581 00:33:22,620 --> 00:33:25,300 Yeshua is the Hebrew form of the name Jesus. 582 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:30,300 Truly, as Acts four says, there is no salvation. 583 00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:34,540 There is salvation in no one else, 584 00:33:34,540 --> 00:33:37,460 for there is no other name under heaven 585 00:33:37,460 --> 00:33:41,580 given to people by which we must be saved. 586 00:33:41,580 --> 00:33:46,580 And that is the Yeshua of Yahweh, Jesus. 587 00:33:46,580 --> 00:33:48,380 He is our salvation. 588 00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:51,460 And we began to see another glimpse 589 00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:55,460 even in this passage of what God is doing 590 00:33:55,460 --> 00:34:22,460 through him for us.