God's Interruptions In the Course of Human Events - Robin Webber

so here we are in early summer but let's go back many many summers ago as was mentioned in the opening message that i'm going to build upon because it's in the same season now past that others gathered in the sweltering heat of colonial philadelphia for those of you that are from the midwest and or those of you that are from the east and really from the south you can get what humidity is like uh in late june or early beginning of july and to recognize what it was like especially before especially before air conditioning but in that sweltering heat in philadelphia five men got together they had been drafted by the continental congress to come up with a draft a draft that would ultimately separate them from the mother country from the british empire which that time was the greatest empire on earth you may have heard of thomas jefferson of course a president and we normally call him the one that wrote the declaration that's not quite accurate he was the main driving force but there was a committee and i'd like to acquaint you with some of the names here for a moment of those that assisted thomas jefferson in drafting that of course again thomas jefferson there was john adams john adams there was also benjamin franklin good old wise ben from pennsylvania there was robert livingston and there was also roger sherman and all of them were involved in crafting a document that would revolutionize man's social contract you might want to jot that word down social contract with other men by stating this we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness what they were stating is that these unalienable rights do not come from fellow man but there are privileges there are life that give life that only come from a creator not from the governments of man and or any man it's very interesting that they encapsulated this new social contract which is a key phrase and thought in this within the framework of appealing to the supreme judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions in other words they're going to hand it over to god and as we often say god help us it came to be known as was mentioned in the first message as the declaration of independence how important was this message in human history abraham lincoln called it the sheet anchor the sheet and or the paper and or the document of all of our liberties that you and i enjoy today and its theme its theme was simply this that we're going to build upon its theme was freedom freedom why was this document written let's go back a second and gain the historical perspective americans republican experiment which continues to this day in 2021 because it's always known as an experiment it is always expanding it's always extending itself it's always bringing others into the full scope of what was stated there that all men are created equal but why was this so important to be written in that summer let's understand sometimes because we're not good with dates or what's happening let's understand what's happening we often say oh well the american revolution began in 1776 no you'd be wrong if you stated that f wrong it didn't begin in 1776. it began to really take off in 1775 it's in 1775 and some of you've been at these spots where if it was the green at lexington whether it was the bridge at concord or whether it was bunker hill on boston bay the battle was already going the battle was already initiated against the greatest empire that had existed to that point and here were farmers merchants craftsmen young men old men that were battling against the greatest army on earth a lot of them had thought that they'd go that they would help but they had farms to tend to they had businesses to go back to they had wives to naturally that they longed for and missed and wanted to be with and to be very frank it wasn't going very well those first couple of years it just wasn't and so those men need to know why they were leaving their wives why they were leaving their children they needed to have a a concept and they they needed to have a vision that would keep them going that would allow them to go through the hot summers and the cold winters and be there to do that which they had started out with freedom never comes easily and sacrifices required they needed to know and have staying power proverbs 29 and verse 18 if you'd like to just jot that down simply says this where there is no vision it says that the people perish you got to know what you're doing to stay in the march as was brought out in the first message to stay in the fight you've got to have the big vision and begin with the end in mind of where your actions day by day are taking you and so there would be great sacrifice and what they did then finally they needed to have a political statement they they needed to have something that they could wrap their hearts around and get into their minds and so this body of men developed this statement and when you look at the declaration of independence we'd like to jot this down it's really a divorce statement it's a divorce statement from the rest of the family you and i are normally familiar with the first paragraphs in the last paragraph about we give you our lives our fortune etc but there are actually 27 points i'm not going to go through the 27 points 27 points in there of stating why the separation in other words why are we doing what we're doing and you if you want to do something really worthwhile and susie and i are like this we really get into these kind of national holidays that are worthwhile getting into like the fourth of july or thanksgiving is to look at those statements they had to lay it out plank by plank to develop a floor to walk into the future by these minute men and by these patriots and so at the time of full fruition the chief drafter would throw down the gauntlet in pinning these now famous words when in the course of human events it becomes necessary when when the founders of the public would securely wrap themselves in the rightness of their cause they affirmed their position and timing in relationship with the laws of nature and nature's god got to understand at this time that there was a fusion of what we call the age of enlightenment where everything became balanced as they look at how nature works the bible itself and yes also in some sense as they were what were they reading those days they were reading the no not the novels but the history of rome and the greek philosophers and aristotle himself ahead of the rest of the greeks had talked about this unmovable mover of the universe the unmovable mover that there was a god that changes not now he did not know the name of that god but he he was pushing it forward that there is a force beyond man there is a force beyond human history and it is unmovable you say well what does that have to do well just look at malachi 3 and verse 8 it says i am god and i change not and so we see all of this kind of coming together at the in this time which called the the age of enlightenment but here's what i want to ask you is such a phrase now lost in our history past what is the phrase in the course of human events that's what i'm going to dwell upon and have you ever considered the ramifications of that well today's message to me to you for me is simply this godly interruptions in the course of human events we worship a god outside of time and space and he is indeed uncreated that's what makes him god but in the course of human history he does choose to intervene and it moves well beyond 1776 and it starts way before 1776 so it's my purpose to establish how the god who created nature not just nature's god that's too nature's god what's that all about he is the creator he is the god that created everything that is around us and how he continues and has interrupted human society for his purpose in a course in the course of human events he sets the course the unmovable mover the god of abraham isaac and jacob the father of jesus christ continues to intervene in human history let's begin with in the course of human events join me if you would in genesis 1 26 this god the god that is spoken of in the declaration of independence did something incredible in genesis 1 and verse 26 if you join me here he not only made light out of the dark and he went through five days of creation and then in the course of where human events begin he gave birth in that sense to man by the creation then god said let us make man in our image according to our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and er and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth so now notice verse 27 in the course of human events right at the beginning then then it says so god created man in his own image of god he created a male and female and he created them we were not an accident in a slimy greenish plasticine pond when sunlight hit some amoeba and there was a photosynthetical miracle there is life if you simply believe in evolution for its sake you are believing in a life of accidents god in the course of human events made humanity in his image and his likeness at least the first stage he had made birds he had made fish he had made furry animals he'd made elephants he'd made mice but it is only in man and woman that he made them in his image and after his likeness where did this lead this man this woman he he put them in paradise that's actually what eden means and sometimes they use that in different translations he gave them everything he gave them the freedom to succeed if only they would follow his instructions but we know that they did not and so the door of eden was closed this wonderful freedom freedom that god desired for all of us and our ancestors they turned thumbs down god had to start all over again when in the course of human events join me if you would in genesis 12. in genesis 12 he started with two but then he started with another man on the other side of the flood now the lord had said to abram get out of your country and from your family and from your father's house to a land that i will show you and i will make you a great nation and i will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing and i will bless those who bless you and i will curse him who curses you and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed abram was told to break the mold of history this was the time when populations were beginning to center on the great river valleys of china of india of what we now call mesopotamia which you would know as iraq and the nile you normally learn that western sid there's the big four river civilizations i came down today along with the butlers from riverside probably marianne i'm not sure but that you you get to face you get to be in line with everybody else going we don't know where they're going but they're going somewhere that's why sometimes we arrive late so everybody is flooding to where everybody's going and then sometimes you look over at the other lane and you go oh i wish i was in that lane there's just one car going out of town they're leaving dodge in a dodge isn't that great well that's what god asked abram to do he told abram i will be your god and you will be my man but you got to do what i say you've got to depend upon me understand that you're going to be a part of a revolution based upon revelation that i'm your god and you will be my person so there's this one car going out of town when everybody else is coming into town that's our spiritual forefather abraham he did something that nobody else had done just like the american revolution as it was coming about in the 1770s after 10 years of friction with england after the seven years war which you would notice the french indian war in this theater on the north american continent that that what what happened was they were doing something that had never been done there had always been kings there had always been royalty there had always been the big guys since nimrod in his tower trying to come between god and his creation and what they did was so unusual it was not just a hiccup it was a burp of history because it was what what the american revolution did was actually about 60 to 70 years ahead of the historical drift when the british empire began to think what am i going to what are we going to do with all these people around the world the the concept of dominion status we call australia it was a dominion we think of canada having been a dominion or new zealand what we now call the the british con what do we do with them they didn't really have the self government that they have today america was minimally 50 to 70 years ahead for a purpose that you and i know but here's abraham and he went out um but later on his for his his ancestors were in egypt and when in the course of human history this people that had gone down and become subjugated in slavery join me if you would in exodus 9 1 and let's see what happens in the course of human history in exodus 9 and verse 1. this god who intervenes this god who interrupts he chosen a man moses and in verse chapter 9 verse 1 then the lord said to moses go into pharaoh and tell him thus says the lord god of the hebrews let my people go let my people go god had interrupted he was knocking on pharaoh's door he said through moses who is his spokesperson along with aaron let my people go moses on mount sinai had been given a revelation a revelation that then moved to a revolution that god himself would head up as he brought down the greatest empire in western antiquity the concept is that when they went out of egypt when they went out of egypt what did god tell them to go out with a high hand and they went out with a high hand but they would be tested again in that system of this god that interrupts and where he might lead them and so then we do find in exodus 14 and verse 13 they're up against the red sea and notice what it says and moses said to the people do not be afraid stand still and see the salvation of the lord which he will accomplish for you today for the egyptians whom you see today you shall see again no more forever and the lord will fight for you and you shall hold your peace again god intervenes he interrupts nature's god who controls the laws of nature and pulled back the curtains of the red sea so that his people could move forward again god had given moses a revelation as he spoke to him that would extend this revolution because god was doing something as we're going to find out in a moment he was doing something as they crossed the red sea and as they come up to sinai now i want to share a thought with you exodus 19 moving this forward in the course in the course of human affairs notice what it says here in exodus 19 and let's pick up the thought if we could in verse 3 and moses went up to god and the lord called him from the mountains saying thus you shall say to the house of jacob tell the children of israel you have seen what i did to the egyptians and how i bore you out on eagle's wings and brought you to myself now therefore if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant now before we go any further remember the key phrase i used at the beginning of the message and they asked you to maybe jot down to stay we have a new social contract there's a social contract that's going to come from god almighty to this people now therefore if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people for all the earth is mine and you shall be to me a kingdom of priest and a holy nation these are the words which you shall speak to the children of israel so moses came and called for the elders of the people and laid before them all the words which the lord god commanded basically that great theme of the bible i will be your god and you will be my people he took a people that were not a people and was going to make a nation out of them and make them uh an awe of the ancient world lying between egypt and lying between babylon that they might honor that god and keep his commandments that people might say as it says in deuteronomy 4 what what kind of a people are these and what kind look at these laws that they keep in and and such a god that they were to be a light they were to be a light to the gentiles god's used to taking something that is little and making it great when you think of the american colonies back in 1760 1770 to recognize that here were 13 colonies they were not thinking unitedly at that time per se but you do get united when you have a common enemy okay they were thinking of themselves as back then they would call themselves marylanders or they would think of themselves as a new england man or they would think of themselves as a carolinian they were not thinking at that point typically one word american and we know that here this was much like the tribes of israel they they had a commonality but they were separate they thought of themselves as people of judah or issachar or manasseh and god began to galvanize these people to become something that would affect the rest of the world down to our day and age join me if you would then when we think about it deuteronomy 5 in deuteronomy 5. let's pick up the thought if we could in verse 13. here we are today on the sabbath day have you ever wondered what the fourth of july and the seventh day sabbath think of those numbers the fourth of july and the seventh day sabbath have in common notice what it says here verse 12 observe the sabbath day to keep it holy as the lord your god command at you six days you shall labor and do all of your work but on the seventh day is the sabbath the ceasing of the lord your god in it you shall do no work you nor your son or your daughter nor your male servant or your female servant nor your ox nor your donkey nor any of your cattle nor your stranger who is within your gates nor your smartphone no i didn't say that nor the the male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you but god never gives us in his holy law something that doesn't bring about something else now notice why do we do this in part why the seventh day sabbath and remember that you were a slave in the land of egypt and the lord your god brought you out from the thereby a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and therefore the lord your god commanded you to keep the sabbath day what is this telling you and me it's not just about moses it's not just about aaron it's not about humanity but in the course of events when it came nature's god and or the god of nature that unmovable mover of history intervened and took a people that were not a people they were slaves he rescued them and gave them a hope beyond slavery and said i'll give you a promised land he gave us the sabbath day to remember dear friends it's not about us america today is not because of just simply yankee ingenuity not at all but because of what god promised through abram that the all of humanity would be blessed first spiritually through his seed jesus the christ but number two there'd be physical blessings that come out of genesis 49 in genesis 50. when you recognize that he blessed the seed of jacob and said that out of jacob would come manasseh out of jacob would come ephraim and the younger brother would first be greater and would be a company of nations and that at the same time manasseh the older brother would have to wait a while because there was the switcheroo remember the switcheroo but god doesn't have accidents after all americans need to learn a little patience don't we we had to wait and i tell you if there if there's any proof of genesis 49 and 50 you think of how america has been used to yes we've had our faults we have our challenges we are a human people but in spite of that how we saved though god used america through this past century to save the world twice in world wars and not only after that but then after that also we fed the world we restored our enemies we were the bread basket of the entire world for those of you i don't know if they still teach this in history but the marshall plan of how generous and largesse america was but again it's not just about us it can't end here because of yankee ingenuity and benevolence god was using us god had a purpose and god also had a purpose for the british empire and later america that missionaries could go around this world populate the world from china to korea to africa throughout the west and bring the bible to people that god might use that later on but we're just instruments we're not the end and so often we can just look at this oh look at us the sabbath directs us back are you with me the sabbath always gets diminished itself and we give the glory to god just as much as the sabbath said you will remember you were not a people you were nothing and i took you just as much as god took that clay in eden and i made you something to my glory he also gave something else here yeah let's go to leviticus 25 verse 9. he knew that these people would need a sustaining leviticus 25 verse 9. before we go there i'm going to watch your appetite a little bit july 4th would be nothing you know you think of what it was called carpenter's hall which later on became liberty hall in philadelphia maybe some of you have actually been there is that uh you've been have you been have you been to liberty hall okay how many of you ever heard of the liberty bell oh good okay the one that's cracked let me share something that you may not know that july 4th the the document itself was ratified on july 2nd we want to jot that down big date don't set dates but july 2nd is when the document was actually ratified july 4th why do we keep july 4th because july 4th was when it was signed by the representatives of the 13 colonies but the public did not really know about it it began to be read in all of the public squares starting in philadelphia to the battlefield to where the patriots were it began to be read on july 8th as it went out horseback around the colonies on july 4th is when that that liberty bell rang it's very important to understand what's on the liberty bell and it's in leviticus 25 and verse 9. let's take a look at this in leviticus 25 and verse 9 then you shall cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month on the day of atonement and ye shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all of your land and you shall consecrate the 50th year and here it is this is what's on the liberty bell and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all of its inhabitants and it shall be a jubilee for you and each of you shall return to his possession and each of you shall return to his family that is literally inscribed on that liberty bell what did the jubilee mean that came every 50 years in the course of events number one families that had lost their land had it returned number two people who had become indentured servants due to economic conditions were released and number three in general debts were in general debts were forgiven have any of you ever paid off a debt that was burdensome have ever any of you ever been released by somebody from a debt let me just read these through again families that had lost their land had it returned think of 2008 when so many people lost property lost land number two people who had become indentured servants which was indebtedness due to economic conditions they were are you ready released have you ever had a bird in the hand you taken a bird little sparrow that maybe had a little sparrow issue and you you pick up that sparrow and you feel this fluttering inside you know it says don't box me in then all of a sudden watch this this is the power point you go like this that little bird just takes off and all all that is around is now that birds it's been released and it's free you know god must love sparrows because he made so many of them and he wants to release every one of us that are his sparrows and he wants to give us the same freedom that we're we're talking about today but let's move beyond the jubilee and come again to another galatians 4 and verse 4 join me if you would there win in the course of human events in galatians the epistle thereof paul's writings notice what it states here galatians 4 and verse 4 but when the fullness of time had come god sent forth his son born of a woman and born under the law he was jewish to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption the adoption meant a totally new life when you were adopted in the roman system you all of a sudden you were no longer the person that you were that person was now gone you were given a new existence you were given a new name how many of you ever seen the old movie charlton heston really getting older charlton heston been her anybody seen ben hur remember when he saves the the admiral and the admiral's about to commit harry kerry because he thinks he's lost the battle and judah been her grabs them saves them rescues him from the moment as all of us sometimes have been rescued from moments in our lives and and after that once they get ashore this galley slave this former galley slave is now walking on deck side by side with this admiral and the admiral then does what the admiral then adopts him he's no longer judah been heard but he's given a roman name he's given a new name he's given new clothing and remember in the story the prodigal son when when he comes to himself that the father says bring a robe put some shoes on him and also give him a ring and i don't know if you remember in the movie that when he's gone back to palestine and he's talking to somebody he has that ring and he booms it right and seals that ring he's got the seal of his father and it's now a new name it's a new life and it brings responsibility and he doesn't have to be afraid in our calling that's a revelation that begins to as dennis brought out a revolution in our lives as to how we deal with the course of events that come our way jesus came that first time and it's interesting that if you join with me a second in luke 4 luke 4. i mentioned the jubilee earlier but one of his very first sermons is incredible when you go to luke 4 and verse 17. speaking of jesus and he was handed the book of the prophet isaiah and when he had opened the book he found the place where it was written the spirit of the lord is upon me because he is anointed at me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind and notice now to set at liberty freedom those who are oppressed and notice to proclaim the acceptable year of the lord jubilee jesus of nazareth is the ultimate jubilator it is all encapsulated in him and that was his father and our father's intention to send him to prepare for the rest of us i want to share a thought with you sometimes we can vaunt people build them up we think of george washington when i was a young boy it was called i was young at one time for some of you there on the right when i was a young boy and those that are moons older than i am we celebrate it alone george washington's birthday most of you will remember that it was a federal holiday it's always very interesting in history when man begins messing with things and changing dates and changing names it changes meanings we know of george washington as being the father of our country and allow me just to say something here it's very well written in many many documents that outside of washington outside of washington that the american experiment probably would have wound up in failure because everybody in philadelphia or boston were politicians i'll take that no further washington was on the ground there were incredible defeats one after another after another after another winding up in 1777 78 in that winter thereof he's in valley forge which would have seemed to be the the graveyard for the continental army but out of that suffering out of that knowing that they had a cause going back to the declaration of independence and one man george washington had the fortitude this big man out of virginia he held fast one of the most authoritative books on george washington you may want to jot this down sometime and read it's called the indispensable man the indispensable man it's by a gentleman named flexner and e f-l-f-l-e-x-n-e-r he calls washington the indispensable man but here let's as christians today remember there is really truly no indispensable man men will come and go and they do because we're mortal and in the course of events we all die there is only one insuspencible individual allow me to share this with you when you think of american history based upon the revelation that we have there is the indispensable son of man that's our savior that's jesus christ the one that flexner did not comment on but god the father commented on when he said this is my son in whom i am well pleased that's the indispensable son of man isaiah 9 verse 6 i'm going to throw a thought at you maybe you've never considered this stay with me isaiah 9 6. you're familiar with it you've heard this in an oratorial form for unto us a child is born and unto us a son is given and the government the government a government is a social contract between god and those that he calls his people for unto us a child is born unto us the son and the government will be upon and his name will be called wonderful counselor mighty god now notice this because sometimes say well how did this get into it with what we understand about the bible everlasting father i thought there's a heavenly father yes there is stay with me everlasting father the prince of peace now how can this messianic prophecy personified in jesus of nazareth why would he be called the everlasting father because he's the first of the first fruits he is the originator of the nuke he is the original of the new creation he is the first fruit of the first fruits he is the first that has lived in this flesh died and then is resurrected he is the beginning of god's purpose for each and every one of us of when events come our way but the question is simply this we said that jesus is the great jubilator that is not just simply an event it's an ongoing experience for the world my question is simply this paul said that when the time was fulfilled but was everything fulfilled no that was his first coming at a nexus of human history when you had roman roads jewish synagogues and the greek language to expand the gospel but now let's take it a step further and that's simply this is to recognize that there is another event going to occur matthew 24 22. join me if you would for a moment matthew 24 22 when in the course of events there's another event coming up in human history and we you and i today by god's grace we we have this revelation revelation can be before somebody but perhaps their eyes are not open are you with me don't think it's about us it's by god's grace it's not by our intellect it's not by our doing it's by god in the beginning moving through us and giving him the glory at the end notice what it says here in matthew 24 for then shall be great tribulation such has not been since the beginning of the world until this time no nor ever shall be and unless those days were to be shortened no flesh should be saved but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened there's going to be an intervention nature's god or like i like to say the god that created nature put it in the right order god is god he's going to intervene he's not just simply first cause a lot of people today even still in america even as religious belief is going down most americans still believe in what we call first costs that somebody had to wind up the top and give it a spin and then walked off and left us alone the god that you and i worship today and why we are here is not just simply first cause there was not just one event in the beginning god he continues to intervene he continues to interrupt and it's telling us that there is going to be a greater turnover in the future than what happened in 1775-1783 join me if you would in daniel the book of daniel join me if you would in chapter 2. daniel 2 let's pick up the thought if we could in verse 44. and in the days of these kings in the future the god of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom shall not be left to other people and it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and notice that shall stand forever inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it broke in pieces like the iron the bronze the clay the silver and the gold the great god has made known to the king speaking of nebuchadnezzar what will come to pass after this the dream is certain and its interpretation is sure this stone this stone that is mentioned that is going to break this kingdom in the future in pieces is that same stone that scripture calls the stone that was disallowed the stone that was rejected by mankind what good thing comes out of galilee why should we hear this man and for the sake of peace let's just put him to death with a bunch of the criminals up on the place of the skull on that time and in that day all of mankind was represented in both the religious community and the roman empire representing all of mankind rejected rejected the spiritual george washington the father that is mentioned in isaiah 9 rejected him the stone that was disallowed is exactly the same stone that is going to come back that kind of tells you and me if i can make a comment we need to kind of look at things like god sees things he takes kind of the stone that was disallowed have you noticed that he takes a people that were slaves even the apostle paul says in corinthians that god calls the weak of the world not the mighty but kind of those that are in cultural flyover country okay i'm in there to his glory and to his honor that he alone might have the glory and the one thing when he sends jesus christ back he's never worried about jesus christ giving glory back to his father because his mission was not about him but to do the will of the one that sent him it's going to be wonderful freedom join me if you would in romans 8. verse 18. remember why the declaration of independence was drafted to give the people a vision they were cold they were hungry they were away from their wives some of their best buddies had been shot by a musket right through the head they didn't have any shoes left their feet were sore they were cold they were frostbitten in valley forge and that declaration of independence that was written there in that sweltering summer in philadelphia in 1776 was offered to give those men a vision of why they were there here's our vision for i consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us for the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of god for the creation was subjected to futility not willingly but because of him who subjected it in hope because the creation itself also will be delivered there is going to be in a sense an end of human history not god's story because that's forever but human history this creation itself not just man but the creation was subjected to futility but because of him who subjected in hope because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty liberty of the children of god for we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now not only that but we also have the first fruits of the spirit even we ourselves grown within ourselves eagerly waiting for the adoption the redemption the redemption redemption and redeeming is something that we can't do on our own it comes only from god we can't redeem ourselves good luck with that one redeeming when you when something is redeemed you're taking something that could not assist itself by itself it's got to be that strong hand that comes from somewhere else drowning people cannot save themselves it doesn't work there has to be somebody else that comes and approaches in the right way and rescues them not only that but we who have the first fruits of the spirit even we ourselves groan within ourselves eagerly waiting for the adoption of the redemption of our body for we are saved in this hope but hope that is not hope for why does one still hope for what he sees but if we hope for what we do not see we eagerly wait for it with perseverance back in that sweltering summer in philadelphia they did not stop i think those men that were in philadelphia because they were so filled with what was on their plate and so excited about a possible future for their people they didn't mind the sweat they didn't mind the humidity they didn't even mind what was about to come because we recognized that at the end of that statement as was brought out in the first message they simply said this and in a firm reliance the protection of divine providence we mutually pledge to each other our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor where there is no vision the people perish so to go forward wherever you are in life right now we have to go back and maybe if anything in this message that you can take away two dates two numbers and always remember if you could what the seventh day sabbath has to do with the fourth of july that for you and for me our father above and through his christ gives us a weekly fourth of july from friday night sunset the saturday night sunset where we come to rest because it's not by our works it's not by our doing but we've got something greater than a george washington we've got something so much more intelligent than a thomas jefferson we have something greater than a moses we have jesus the great jubilator the one that gave himself away that we might have this social contract new to humanity and yet to be expanded that our father above and we here below we can call him father he calls us his children and he says wherever you are this week whatever is happening in your life right now health marriage work you name it you remember what he did with israel a people that were not a people slaves and he said i will be your god and you will be my people let's believe that longer than the ancient israelites as the israel of god that's something you can tuck away in your heart you can die for and you can live for because after all god is the great great liberator

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Published: Mon Jul 05 2021