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[1834.04 --> 1834.90] and if you know the story,
[1835.02 --> 1835.96] Abraham has a child,
[1836.08 --> 1836.70] Abraham and Sarah
[1836.70 --> 1837.34] have a child,
[1837.48 --> 1838.54] and then that child
[1838.54 --> 1839.04] has children,
[1839.14 --> 1839.84] and that becomes
[1839.84 --> 1840.66] the people of Israel.
[1841.22 --> 1842.66] That people become so vast,
[1842.74 --> 1843.50] they go into slavery,
[1843.50 --> 1844.08] and God,
[1844.16 --> 1844.82] who's making good
[1844.82 --> 1845.86] on his promise to Abraham,
[1846.18 --> 1847.48] redeems them from slavery,
[1847.92 --> 1849.40] brings Israel to himself
[1849.40 --> 1849.96] in the wilderness,
[1850.14 --> 1850.90] and he says to them,
[1851.42 --> 1853.26] you are my people.
[1854.08 --> 1855.06] You are the nation
[1855.06 --> 1856.30] that I've pulled aside,
[1856.42 --> 1857.48] you are my representative
[1857.48 --> 1858.46] people to the world,
[1858.52 --> 1859.48] and I'm going to bless you,
[1860.02 --> 1860.84] I'm going to teach you
[1860.84 --> 1861.46] my ways,
[1861.84 --> 1863.42] you are going to flourish
[1863.42 --> 1864.44] as you know me
[1864.44 --> 1865.16] and follow me,
[1865.28 --> 1865.94] and the nations
[1865.94 --> 1866.64] are going to see
[1866.64 --> 1867.10] that goodness
[1867.10 --> 1868.28] and follow in the ways
[1868.28 --> 1868.92] after you.
[1870.20 --> 1870.96] This is where
[1870.96 --> 1871.76] the law comes in.
[1872.10 --> 1873.12] This is such an important detail.
[1873.12 --> 1873.68] The law is not
[1873.68 --> 1874.48] some oppressive thing
[1874.48 --> 1875.18] that God adds
[1875.18 --> 1875.76] to their lives,
[1875.94 --> 1877.20] it's not some cruel thing,
[1877.44 --> 1878.84] it's kind of like a parent
[1878.84 --> 1880.06] whose kid who doesn't
[1880.06 --> 1880.56] know how to live
[1880.56 --> 1880.92] saying,
[1881.44 --> 1882.88] let me teach you
[1882.88 --> 1884.30] the way of life.
[1884.86 --> 1885.56] So God gives
[1885.56 --> 1886.32] the Ten Commandments,
[1886.36 --> 1887.14] and he gives all sorts
[1887.14 --> 1887.94] of case law
[1887.94 --> 1888.90] and contextual law,
[1889.08 --> 1889.88] including things
[1889.88 --> 1890.88] as detailed as this,
[1891.32 --> 1892.22] make sure when you
[1892.22 --> 1892.94] build your house,
[1893.06 --> 1893.96] put a roof around the,
[1894.16 --> 1895.56] or put a fence
[1895.56 --> 1896.26] around the roof
[1896.26 --> 1896.94] so that people don't
[1896.94 --> 1897.74] fall out of your house.
[1897.80 --> 1898.54] That's in the law,
[1898.78 --> 1899.80] because God cares
[1899.80 --> 1900.68] that our homes
[1900.68 --> 1901.14] are places
[1901.14 --> 1902.08] where people are safe.
[1902.08 --> 1903.62] And God says to them,
[1903.94 --> 1905.46] you follow my law,
[1906.08 --> 1907.54] and you're gonna flourish.
[1908.44 --> 1909.40] If you don't,
[1909.58 --> 1910.48] it's gonna be painful.
[1911.58 --> 1912.32] And this is,
[1912.46 --> 1912.68] by the way,
[1912.72 --> 1913.66] where we get that word
[1913.66 --> 1914.34] of curse.
[1914.44 --> 1915.38] But before I get to curse,
[1915.44 --> 1916.24] let me just say this.
[1916.70 --> 1917.48] Deuteronomy 4,
[1918.12 --> 1919.16] fascinating passage.
[1919.40 --> 1920.06] It shows
[1920.06 --> 1921.10] the nations
[1921.10 --> 1922.18] around Israel
[1922.18 --> 1923.24] looking in
[1923.24 --> 1924.22] on their life together
[1924.22 --> 1924.96] and saying,
[1925.60 --> 1926.10] whoa,
[1926.10 --> 1927.92] look at the justice
[1927.92 --> 1928.84] of this society.
[1928.98 --> 1929.62] Look at the care
[1929.62 --> 1930.12] for the poor.
[1930.22 --> 1931.10] Look at how the families
[1931.10 --> 1932.20] are flourishing.
[1932.54 --> 1934.38] Look how this whole society
[1934.38 --> 1935.96] is flourishing.
[1936.74 --> 1937.70] That was the plan
[1937.70 --> 1939.14] for God calling Abraham,
[1939.62 --> 1940.34] moving to the people
[1940.34 --> 1940.76] of Israel,
[1941.04 --> 1941.80] giving them the law,
[1941.96 --> 1942.84] placing them in Canaan.