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Hey, Bible readers, welcome to May's bonus episode where we'll take some extra time to review what we've been reading together. And remember, no matter when you're listening to this episode, you are exactly where you need to be.
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Every day that you're in God's word is a good day.
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That's right, Ms. Tieralee. So let's review. In the last month of reading, we learned some big words for followed along with a big story and probably wondered about a big question or two.
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One big word from this month was Messiah.
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Messiah means savior. It's from a Hebrew word meaning chosen or anointed. One so much of what we've read in the Bible points to the Messiah. He's everywhere in the big story of the Bible, the story about who God is, what what he's doing and how much he loves his kids.
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Where are we in the big story? Let's talk about it.
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Ms. Emily well, in the very beginning, God sets out to build a relationship with his family. But their sin gets in the way. It hurts that relationship. But God is sovereign and not at all surprised by their sin. In fact, before they even sinned, he had a plan in place to restore the relationship, the same relationship that they would hurt by their sin. And God keeps working out that plan even while they keep on sinning. God makes a covenant with Abraham where God promises to bless him and his family, and God promises to bless every family on earth through his family.
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Even though God gives his family so much mercy and grace, their sin still has consequences. For 400 years, they were slaves in Egypt, but God does something big for his family through a man named Moses. God shows his power to the Egyptian Pharaoh through Moses, and finally Pharaoh agrees to let the Israelites go free. They leave Egypt and make their home in the desert. Even though God rescues his family, they're still sinful.
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But God is merciful and he gives them rules for living holy set apart lives. There are a lot of rules about cleanliness and sacrifices and celebrations and so much more. But these rules are necessary because God is holy and the Israelites are sinful. God wants them to remember who he is and how much he loves them. But instead of remembering, they keep on forgetting. They either get fearful and disobey or they get prideful and disobey. And because they disobey God, they spend 40 years in the wilderness of the desert. They don't get to go into the land God promised them, but their children do.
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God raises up a new leader, Joshua, who leads the Israelites into the Promised land because Joshua listens to God and does what he says. They take the land. Hooray. They divide up the land and spread out by tribe. Then they're supposed to drive out all their enemies, but they don't. And so, just like God warned them would happen, they disobey him and they get further and further away from him. God gives them judges who are like military leaders to lead them. Sometimes the people turn back to God and things go well for them for a while, but then they forget God again and turn back to their sin and wickedness.
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But there are faithful people in Israel. Some of them are from the family of Israel and some are from pagan nations, people like Ruth and Rahab. God is building an eternal family, and it's bigger and more beautiful than they could have imagined.
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The people decide they want a king, and God gives them one, even though he knows it won't go well. God himself was already their king, so anyone else would be a massive downgrade. They get Saul as their first king, and he is, in fact, a massive downgrade. When Saul dies, David becomes Israel's new king. He makes some good decisions and some really, really bad ones.
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But God, who is full of mercy and grace, uses David in mighty ways. When David dies, his son Solomon becomes Israel's third king.
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Even though Solomon is known as the wisest man who ever lived, he's certainly not perfect. But God has a plan for his kids, and he's going to use Solomon to make that plan happen.
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And we'll find out how as we keep reading the big story together tomorrow, we'll keep moving closer and closer to the birth of the true and eternal king, King Jesus.
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Do we have a big question from the last month, Ms. Emily?
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We sure do. You know, David made so many bad decisions. So why does the Bible call him a man after God's own heart?
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That's a tough question. And here's something that helped me understand it all a little bit better. Instead of looking for what this story tells us about David, let's look at what this story tells us about God. Because remember, the Bible is a story about God, so we always want to be looking for God when we read. And what we can see about God in David's story is how merciful and forgiving God is. He knew all the sins that David would ever commit, and still God said he's mine.
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When David looked for God and went after God's heart, he remembered what God's heart is like, how good and loving and beautiful it is. And that made him want to go after God's heart even more.
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That's right. When David focused on God instead of on himself, he remembered about God what we remember now. That he's loving and merciful and forgiving.
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And that he's where the joy is. Sam.