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[911.00 --> 911.48] and love
[911.48 --> 912.32] that you are.
[912.32 --> 916.84] This is the same
[916.84 --> 917.34] proclamation
[917.34 --> 918.30] for the blind.
[919.12 --> 920.36] Yes, we are poor,
[920.84 --> 922.60] but we are also blind.
[923.58 --> 924.40] And that's why
[924.40 --> 925.14] Jesus came
[925.14 --> 926.18] to proclaim good news
[926.18 --> 926.92] to the poor
[926.92 --> 927.84] and the blind
[927.84 --> 928.72] as we saw
[928.72 --> 929.76] during the Advent season.
[930.02 --> 930.76] In the song
[930.76 --> 932.20] that Simeon sung
[932.20 --> 933.96] in his praise to God,
[934.06 --> 935.36] when he finally sees
[935.36 --> 936.38] the baby Savior
[936.38 --> 939.08] probably in his arms,
[939.58 --> 940.34] he sings out
[940.34 --> 941.22] this praise
[941.22 --> 942.06] and he says,
[942.50 --> 943.36] for my eyes
[943.36 --> 944.26] have seen,
[944.70 --> 945.50] I was blind,
[945.74 --> 947.00] but now I have seen
[947.00 --> 947.76] your salvation,
[948.08 --> 948.92] which you have prepared
[948.92 --> 949.84] in the sight
[949.84 --> 951.00] of all nations,
[951.28 --> 952.48] a light for revelation
[952.48 --> 953.58] to the Gentiles,
[954.04 --> 955.22] to foreigners,
[955.48 --> 955.98] outsiders,
[956.56 --> 957.34] and the glory
[957.34 --> 958.32] of your people Israel.
[958.80 --> 960.06] And then in John 1
[960.06 --> 960.70] we read
[960.70 --> 961.80] the true light.
[962.40 --> 963.08] The true light
[963.08 --> 963.78] that gives light
[963.78 --> 964.36] to everyone
[964.36 --> 965.62] was coming into the world.
[965.70 --> 966.36] That's Jesus.
[966.88 --> 968.28] The word became flesh
[968.28 --> 969.66] and made his dwelling
[969.66 --> 970.60] among us.
[971.22 --> 973.40] We have now
[973.40 --> 974.46] seen
[974.46 --> 975.90] this glory,
[976.30 --> 976.68] the glory
[976.68 --> 977.12] of the one
[977.12 --> 977.72] and only Son
[977.72 --> 978.86] who came from the Father
[978.86 --> 980.00] full of grace
[980.00 --> 981.22] and truth.
[982.82 --> 983.72] He has come
[983.72 --> 984.88] so that we may see
[984.88 --> 985.72] the true light
[985.72 --> 986.46] of the world,
[986.70 --> 987.56] the true salvation
[987.56 --> 988.42] that can make us
[988.42 --> 989.06] whole again.
[990.86 --> 991.38] Restoration.
[991.76 --> 992.50] And then lastly,
[992.76 --> 993.68] he refers to
[993.68 --> 994.42] the prisoners,
[994.94 --> 995.82] the captives
[995.82 --> 996.84] and the oppressed.
[996.96 --> 997.54] And he says,
[997.94 --> 998.28] freedom,
[998.68 --> 999.56] I preach to you.
[999.56 --> 1001.06] You are now free.
[1004.46 --> 1005.80] Jesus' ministry
[1005.80 --> 1006.50] of healing
[1006.50 --> 1008.54] signifies wholeness.
[1009.82 --> 1011.02] Freedom from both
[1011.02 --> 1012.14] spiritual and
[1012.14 --> 1013.56] social restrictions,
[1013.78 --> 1014.66] whatever that may be.
[1015.24 --> 1016.72] This is God's kingdom.
[1017.26 --> 1018.28] This is the proclamation
[1018.28 --> 1018.86] of the year
[1018.86 --> 1019.60] of the Lord's favor.
[1020.08 --> 1020.68] Shalom!
[1021.18 --> 1021.90] It is here.
[1021.90 --> 1024.76] And so,
[1024.90 --> 1025.60] sisters and brothers
[1025.60 --> 1026.12] of hope,
[1026.48 --> 1027.58] this is the encouragement
[1027.58 --> 1029.08] I want to charge us with
[1029.08 --> 1029.82] as we head into
[1029.82 --> 1030.48] this new year.
[1031.38 --> 1031.70] Jesus,
[1032.00 --> 1032.68] the true light,
[1032.76 --> 1033.28] has come
[1033.28 --> 1034.08] and he brings
[1034.08 --> 1034.76] good news
[1034.76 --> 1035.32] of healing,