Participants: Shawn & Jean Boonstra
Series Code: SF
Program Code: SF000048A
01:20 IT'S THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, THAT ONE TIME OF YEAR
01:23 WHEN EVERYBODY STOPS EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING 01:25 TO THINK FOR ONE MOMENT 01:27 ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY, 01:30 THAT MOMENT WHEN GOD ENTERED HUMAN HISTORY AS ONE OF US. 01:33 AND HERE AT THE SPENCERVILLE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 01:35 PEOPLE ARE GATHERING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE EVENT, 01:38 JUST AS PEOPLE HAVE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 01:41 GATHERED TO STUDY THAT EVENT. 01:42 I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US INSIDE. 01:44 YOU CAN SEE I STILL HAVE TO GO GET READY FOR THIS EVENT, 01:47 SO I'M GOING TO GO AND GET CHANGED. 01:48 YOU GO ON INSIDE, AND I'LL JOIN YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. 01:52 Jean Boonstra: HI, I'M BEHIND THE SCENES HERE 01:53 AT THE SPENCERVILLE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. I'M HERE IN 01:56 THE CHOIR ROOM. I HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITED KIDS AND OTHER 01:58 MUSICIANS READY TO GO OUT FRONT FOR OUR PROGRAM. SO 02:02 THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM, BE SURE TO STAY WITH US. JOIN US 02:05 ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON FACEBOOK, ON TWITTER, HASHTAG VOP 02:08 CHRISTMAS. SO LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE SOME MUSICIANS WHO ARE 02:12 READY TO GO. ARE YOU KIDS EXCITED? 02:15 Kids: YEAH! [CHEERING, APPLAUSE] 02:27 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO INSIDE. COME ON WITH US. 02:39 Announcer: "PEACE ON EARTH," 02:41 FEATURING SHAWN AND JEAN BOONSTRA, 02:44 WITH MUSICAL GUEST CHRISTINE WOLLMANN, 02:48 THE KING'S HERALDS, 02:51 THE ADVENTIST CHILDREN'S CHORUS, 02:53 AND A SPECIAL FEATURE BY BILL KNOTT. 02:59 [ PLAYS "ANGELS' CAROL" ] 03:02 Children's Chorus: ♪ HAVE YOU HEARD THE SOUND ♪ 03:06 ♪ OF THE ANGEL VOICES ♪ 03:09 ♪ RINGING OUT SO SWEETLY ♪ 03:12 ♪ RINGING OUT SO CLEAR? ♪ 03:16 ♪ HAVE YOU SEEN THE STAR ♪ 03:19 ♪ SHINING OUT SO BRIGHTLY ♪ 03:23 ♪ AS A SIGN FROM GOD ♪ 03:25 ♪ THAT CHRIST THE LORD IS HERE? ♪ 03:29 ♪ HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS ♪ 03:33 ♪ THAT THEY BRING FROM HEAVEN ♪ 03:36 ♪ TO THE HUMBLE SHEPHERDS ♪ 03:40 ♪ WHO HAVE WAITED LONG? ♪ 03:45 ♪ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO! ♪ 03:48 ♪ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO! ♪ 03:52 ♪ HEAR THE ANGELS SING THEIR JOYFUL SONG ♪ 04:01 ♪ HE IS COME IN PEACE ♪ 04:05 ♪ IN THE WINTER'S STILLNESS ♪ 04:08 ♪ LIKE A GENTLE SNOWFALL ♪ 04:12 ♪ IN THE GENTLE NIGHT ♪ 04:15 ♪ HE IS COME IN JOY ♪ 04:17 ♪ HE IS COME IN JOY ♪ 04:19 ♪ LIKE THE SUN AT MORNING, ♪ 04:22 ♪ FILLING ALL THE WORLD ♪ 04:24 ♪ FILLING ALL THE WORLD ♪ 04:25 ♪ WITH RADIANCE AND WITH LIGHT ♪ 04:29 ♪ HE IS COME IN LOVE ♪ 04:33 ♪ AS THE CHILD OF MARY ♪ 04:36 ♪ IN A SIMPLE STABLE ♪ 04:40 ♪ WE HAVE SEEN HIS BIRTH ♪ 04:45 ♪ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO! ♪ 04:48 ♪ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO! ♪ 04:52 ♪ HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING "PEACE ON EARTH" ♪ 05:02 ♪ HE WILL BRING NEW LIGHT ♪ 05:04 ♪ HE WILL BRING NEW LIGHT ♪ 05:05 ♪ TO A WORLD IN DARKNESS ♪ 05:09 ♪ LIKE A BRIGHT STAR SHINING ♪ 05:12 ♪ IN THE SKIES ABOVE ♪ 05:16 ♪ HE WILL BRING NEW HOPE ♪ 05:18 ♪ HE WILL BRING NEW HOPE ♪ 05:20 ♪ TO THE WAITING NATIONS ♪ 05:21 ♪ TO THE WAITING NATIONS ♪ 05:23 ♪ WHEN HE COMES TO REIGN ♪ 05:25 ♪ WHEN HE COMES TO REIGN ♪ 05:26 ♪ IN PURITY AND LOVE ♪ 05:31 ♪ LET THE EARTH REJOICE ♪ 05:32 ♪ LET THE EARTH REJOICE ♪ 05:34 ♪ AT THE SAVIOR'S COMING ♪ 05:38 ♪ LET THE HEAVENS ANSWER ♪ 05:41 ♪ WITH THE JOYFUL MORN ♪ 05:46 ♪ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO! ♪ 05:50 ♪ GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO! ♪ 05:54 ♪ HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING "CHRIST IS BORN" ♪ 06:02 ♪ HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING ♪ 06:06 ♪ "CHRIST IS BORN" ♪ 06:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 06:37 ♪ SAID THE NIGHT WIND TO THE LITTLE LAMB ♪ 06:43 ♪ "DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?" ♪ 06:45 ♪ DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? ♪ 06:48 ♪ WAY UP IN THE SKY, LITTLE LAMB ♪ 06:52 ♪ DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? ♪ 06:55 ♪ DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? ♪ 06:57 ♪ A STAR, A STAR DANCING IN THE NIGHT ♪ 07:01 ♪ WITH A TAIL AS BIG AS A KITE ♪ 07:06 ♪ WITH A TAIL AS BIG AS A KITE ♪ 07:13 ♪ SAID THE LITTLE LAMB TO THE SHEPHERD BOY ♪ 07:18 ♪ "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?" ♪ 07:20 ♪ DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? ♪ 07:23 ♪ RINGING THROUGH THE SKY, SHEPHERD BOY ♪ 07:28 ♪ DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? ♪ 07:30 ♪ DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? ♪ 07:32 ♪ A SONG, A SONG HIGH ABOVE THE TREES ♪ 07:36 ♪ WITH A VOICE AS BIG AS THE SEA ♪ 07:41 ♪ WITH A VOICE AS BIG AS THE SEA ♪ 07:48 ♪ SAID THE SHEPHERD BOY TO THE MIGHTY KING ♪ 07:53 ♪ "DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW? ♪ 07:55 ♪ DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW? ♪ 07:58 ♪ IN YOUR PALACE WARM, MIGHTY KING ♪ 08:02 ♪ DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW? ♪ 08:05 ♪ DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW? ♪ 08:07 ♪ A CHILD, A CHILD SHIVERS IN THE COLD ♪ 08:11 ♪ LET US BRING HIM SILVER AND GOLD ♪ 08:16 ♪ LET US BRING HIM SILVER AND GOLD ♪ 08:28 ♪ SAID THE KING TO THE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ♪ 08:33 ♪ "LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY ♪ 08:38 ♪ "PRAY FOR PEACE, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE! ♪ 08:43 ♪ "LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY ♪ 08:47 ♪ "THE CHILD, THE CHILD SLEEPING IN THE NIGHT ♪ 08:52 ♪ "HE WILL BRING US GOODNESS AND LIGHT ♪ 08:56 ♪ "HE WILL BRING US GOODNESS ♪ 09:01 ♪ "AND LI-I-I-GHT ♪ 09:07 ♪ BRING US LI-I-I-GHT!" ♪ 09:17 [ APPLAUSE ] 09:28 JILL JACKSON MILLER AND SY MILLER 09:31 WROTE THE BEAUTIFUL SONG "LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH." 09:34 WHEN I WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD, MY CHOIR LEADER ASKED ME 09:39 IF I WOULD DO THE SOLO PART IN THE CHOIR FOR THIS PIECE. 09:44 AND I SAID, "ABSOLUTELY NOT." 09:46 I WAS PETRIFIED. 09:48 I DIDN'T WANT TO SING IN FRONT OF ANYBODY. 09:51 EVENTUALLY, WHAT HAPPENED 09:52 IS THAT I ENDED UP SINGING IT WITH THE CHOIR. 09:55 BUT IT LEFT A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ME. 09:59 THE WORDS ARE DEEP AND MEANINGFUL. 10:02 I FEEL THAT WORLD PEACE 10:04 IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL STRIVE FOR, 10:07 AND IT DOES BEGIN WITH EACH ONE OF US. 10:10 I LOVE PEOPLE NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM, 10:13 AND THE SONG, I BELIEVE, HAS IMPACTED ME EVEN TO THIS DAY. 10:19 THE WORDS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, AND MY PRAYER 10:22 IS THAT OTHERS WILL ALSO TAKE THIS SONG WHEN THEY HEAR IT 10:27 AND BE THAT PEACE THAT THE WORLD WANTS TO SEE. 10:37 ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 10:44 ♪ AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME ♪ 10:52 ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 10:58 ♪ THE PEACE THAT WAS MEANT TO BE ♪ 11:05 ♪ WITH GOD AS OUR FATHER ♪ 11:12 ♪ FAMILY ALL ARE WE ♪ 11:19 ♪ LET ME WALK WITH MY BROTHER ♪ 11:25 ♪ IN PERFECT HARMONY ♪ 11:33 ♪ LET PEACE BEGIN WITH ME ♪ 11:38 ♪ LET THIS BE THE MOMENT NOW ♪ 11:46 ♪ WITH EVERY STEP I TAKE ♪ 11:51 ♪ LET THIS BE MY SOLEMN VOW ♪ 11:58 ♪ TO TAKE EACH MOMENT ♪ 12:02 ♪ AND LIVE EACH MOMENT ♪ 12:05 ♪ IN PEACE ETERNALLY ♪ 12:12 ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 12:18 ♪ AND LET IT BEGIN ♪ 12:23 ♪ WITH ME ♪ 12:31 ♪ OHHH ♪ 12:33 ♪ OH-OH-OH-OH-OHHH ♪ 12:37 ♪ TO TAKE EACH MOMENT ♪ 12:41 ♪ AND LIVE EACH MOMENT ♪ 12:44 ♪ IN PEACE ETERNALLY ♪ 12:51 ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ♪ 12:57 ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ♪ 13:04 ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 13:09 ♪ AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME-E-E-E ♪ 13:17 ♪ LET PEACE BEGIN ♪ 13:25 ♪ WITH ME-E-E-E-E ♪ 13:32 ♪ WITH ME-E-E-E-E-E ♪ 13:40 [ APPLAUSE ] 13:56 WELCOME TO THE SPENCERVILLE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 13:59 AND TO PEACE ON EARTH. 14:02 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. 14:04 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE JOINING US FROM HOME WHEREVER YOU ARE. 14:07 THIS EVENING WE HAVE A WONDERFUL MUSICAL PROGRAM PLANNED, 14:10 SOME STORIES THAT WILL TAKE US BACK 14:12 TO MEMORIES FROM YEARS GONE BY. 14:15 AND WE ARE JUST PRIVILEGED 14:17 TO CELEBRATE THIS WONDERFUL, GLORIOUS TIME OF YEAR 14:20 WITH EACH OF YOU. 14:21 LET'S BEGIN OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT WITH PRAYER. 14:25 DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU 14:27 FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING TO YOU WITH OUR REQUESTS. 14:31 LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US THIS EVENING. 14:34 AND, LORD, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR 14:36 WHERE WE CAN PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT 14:39 THE WONDERFUL GIFT THAT YOU GAVE US IN YOUR SON JESUS. 14:42 PLEASE GO WITH US, BLESS US, 14:45 WE PRAY AND ASK IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 14:52 [ BUGLE PLAYS "CHARGE" ] 14:54 Soldiers: CHARGE! 14:57 [ GUNFIRE ] 15:04 Announcer: CHRISTMAS, 1863. 15:07 AMERICA IS IN THE MIDDLE 15:09 OF ONE OF THE BLOODIEST CHAPTERS IN ITS HISTORY. 15:11 AND AS THE WAR DRAGS ON, IT SEEMS THAT, ONCE AGAIN, 15:15 CHRISTMAS WILL BE SPENT IN THE MISERY OF ANOTHER BATTLEFIELD. 15:19 BUT IN THE MIDST OF THE VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION, 15:22 A STORY EMERGES THAT DEFIES BELIEF, 15:26 A STORY OF TWO UNEXPECTED GIFTS EXCHANGED BETWEEN ENEMIES 15:30 THAT, FOR ONE BRIEF MOMENT, 15:32 BRING THE JOY AND PEACE OF CHRISTMAS TO THE WAR. 15:38 MANY ARE THE HEARTS THAT ARE WEARY TONIGHT, 15:41 WAITING FOR THE WAR TO CEASE. 15:45 MANY ARE THE HEARTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO THE RIGHT 15:48 TO SEE THE DAWN OF PEACE. 15:51 IT WAS A COLD AND DREARY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON 15:54 IN THE MIDDLE OF A GREAT, BIG WAR. 15:58 THE SENTINELS WATCHED EACH OTHER FROM ACROSS THE OPPOSING BANKS 16:01 OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, 16:04 THE STARS AND BARS ON THE WESTERN SIDE 16:08 AS THE CONFEDERATE TROOPS WAITED THERE FOR THE NEXT MOVE, 16:13 THE STARS AND STRIPES ON THE EASTERN SHORE 16:16 AS THE SENTINELS TRIED TO GUESS THE OTHER'S MOVEMENTS. 16:21 SUDDENLY A VOICE BROKE THE STILLNESS 16:23 OF THE CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. 16:25 "HEY, YANK! 16:28 "WOULD YOU LET SOMEONE COME ACROSS THE RIVER 16:30 AND THEN GO BACK?" 16:32 WHEN THE ANSWER CAME BACK POSITIVELY, 16:35 A MOMENT LATER A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER 16:38 WAS PADDLING HIS WAY ACROSS THE RIVER, 16:41 CAREFULLY EDGING TOWARD THE NORTHERN SHORE. 16:46 WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDED 16:48 BY A CLUSTER OF UNION SOLDIERS. 16:50 "WHO ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 16:51 WHAT IS YOUR COMPANY?" 16:52 "OH," HE SAID, "I AM FROM GEORGIA. 16:55 I'M A PART OF THE GEORGIA LEGION." 16:57 "OH," THEY SAID, "WE... 17:00 "WE MET YOU, IN A WAY, 17:02 "THREE MONTHS AGO AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN. 17:06 IT...IT WAS A HARD FIGHT." 17:08 "YES," THE GEORGIAN SAID, "IT...IT WAS. 17:11 "WE LEFT MANY DEAR FRIENDS ON THE FIELD. 17:15 "IN FACT, MY OWN BROTHER, WILL, WAS AMONG THE DEAD. 17:19 WE HAD TO LEAVE THEM AND HURRY AWAY." 17:22 "SAY," SAID ONE OF THE YANKEE SOLDIERS, 17:25 "I FOUND A PICTURE ON THE FIELD AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN. 17:28 I'VE BEEN CARRYING IT ALL THESE MONTHS." 17:31 AND HE HANDED IT TO THE SOLDIER FROM GEORGIA, 17:34 WHO LOOKED AT IT WITH ASTONISHMENT. 17:40 "THAT IS MY MOTHER," HE SAID. 17:42 MY MOTHER." 17:47 "THIS IS THE PHOTO WILL WAS CARRYING 17:51 AT SOUTH MOUNTAIN." 17:54 AS THE TEARS CONVULSED THE SOLDIER FROM GEORGIA, 17:59 THE UNION SOLDIERS TURNED AWAY 18:01 TO LET HIM HAVE HIS TEARS IN QUIETNESS. 18:04 WHEN HE REGAINED HIS COMPOSURE, HE TURNED BACK. 18:07 "SIR," HE SAID TO THE ONE WHO HAD GIVEN HIM THE PHOTOGRAPH, 18:11 "COULD I HAVE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? 18:13 "I WOULD LIKE PERHAPS TO CONTACT YOU WHEN THIS WAR IS OVER. 18:17 PERHAPS WE COULD BE FRIENDS THEN." 18:19 HE TOOK OUT THE BIBLE, A SMALL, THIN BIBLE FROM HIS POCKET, 18:24 AND STARTED TO WRITE IN THE FLYLEAF. 18:26 "WAIT," SAID ANOTHER VOICE. 18:29 "I KNOW THAT BOOK. I'VE SEEN THAT BOOK. 18:32 "THAT'S -- THAT'S MY BIBLE. 18:34 I LOST THAT AT BULL RUN 18 MONTHS AGO." 18:38 IT WAS THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S TURN TO BE ASTONISHED 18:43 AS HE HANDED THE SMALL BIBLE TO HIS YANKEE COUNTERPART. 18:49 HE OPENED IT AND READ THE WORDS 18:51 IN THE PENMANSHIP HE KNEW SO WELL -- 18:55 "MY GIFT TO ALEX. 18:58 "DECEMBER 25, 1860. 19:03 ELLA." 19:05 A GIFT THAT CAME BACK THE SECOND TIME. 19:11 THE UNION CAPTAIN WALKED UP TO ALEX AND SAID, 19:15 "IT IS NOT OFTEN, ALEX, 19:17 "THAT A GIFT COMES BACK TO A MAN FOR A SECOND TIME IN HIS LIFE, 19:23 ESPECIALLY A GIFT LIKE THIS." 19:28 "YES," SAID ALEX, "THERE IS NOTHING DEARER TO ME 19:32 IN ALL THE WORLD THAN THIS BOOK AND THE ONE WHO GAVE IT TO ME." 19:39 PERHAPS YOU HAVE SUCH A STORY IN YOUR LIFE -- 19:44 A BOOK LOST, 19:46 STACKED AWAY, 19:49 HIDDEN IN THE DEBRIS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, 19:52 A BOOK THAT COULD BE A GIFT AGAIN IN YOUR LIFE -- 19:59 GOD'S WORD, A WORD OF PEACE, AT CHRISTMAS. 20:07 IT WAS NOVEMBER, A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, 20:09 AND WE HAD A LITTLE CHRISTMAS TOUR THAT WE HAD TO DO. 20:12 AND SO, DO YOU REMEMBER, 20:13 WE ALL MET OUT AT DON'S HOUSE OUT IN THE COUNTRY. 20:16 AND WE WORKED ON THAT SONG FOR -- 20:18 IT WAS COLD THAT DAY, 20:19 AND WE WORKED ON THAT SONG FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS, 20:21 AND DON HAD A BIG FIRE GOING IN THE FIREPLACE, AND -- 20:24 Russell: AT LEAST HE FED US. 20:26 EXACTLY. 20:27 BUT THE NEAT THING WAS -- 20:29 THE NEAT THING WAS IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR US 20:31 BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE REHEARSAL 20:33 AND THE SONG FINALLY CAME TOGETHER, 20:35 WE LOOKED OUT, 20:36 AND THERE WAS SNOW ON THE TENNESSEE HILLS THERE. 20:39 AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF AN END TO A PERFECT DAY. 20:42 IT WAS FUN, YOU KNOW. 20:43 YOU LOOK BACK ON ALL THE MILES THAT WE'VE TRAVELED 20:47 AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD'VE GONE WRONG BUT DIDN'T, 20:50 IT JUST MAKES YOU EXTRA THANKFUL THIS TIME OF THE YEAR 20:53 FOR GOD'S HAND OF BLESSING. 20:55 IT WAS ALL BECAUSE A LITTLE BABY WAS BORN 20:58 AND THE ANGEL APPEARED TO THE SHEPHERDS. 21:00 THAT'S RIGHT. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN. 21:03 ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:06 ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:08 Both: ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:09 ♪ ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:11 ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:15 ♪ OVER THE HILLS AND EVERYWHERE ♪ 21:18 ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:22 ♪ THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 21:25 ♪ WHILE THE SHEPHERDS WERE WATCHING ♪ ♪ WHILE SHEPHERDS WERE WATCHING ♪ 21:29 ♪ THEIR SILENT FLOCKS BY NIGHT ♪ ♪ THEIR SILENT FLOCKS BY NIGHT ♪ 21:33 ♪ BEHOLD, THROUGHOUT THE HEAVENS ♪ 21:37 ♪ THERE SHONE A HOLY LIGHT ♪ 21:46 ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:50 ♪ OVER THE HILLS AND EVERYWHERE ♪ 21:53 ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 21:57 ♪ THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 22:01 ♪ DOWN IN A LOWLY MANGER ♪ 22:05 ♪ THE HUMBLE CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 22:09 ♪ AND BROUGHT US GOD'S SALVATION ♪ 22:13 ♪ THAT BLESSED CHRISTMAS MORN ♪ 22:22 ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:25 ♪ OVER THE HILLS AND EVERYWHERE ♪ 22:29 ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:33 ♪ THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 22:35 ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:37 ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:40 ♪ OVER THE HILLS AND EVERYWHERE ♪ 22:44 ♪ GO, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:47 ♪ THAT JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 22:51 ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:53 ♪ ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ ♪ ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:55 ♪ GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 22:58 ♪ TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN ♪ 23:06 ♪ JESUS CHRIST ♪ 23:13 ♪ WAS BORN ♪ 23:21 ♪ WAS BORN ♪ 23:29 [ APPLAUSE ] 23:37 ♪ DR-R-R-UM, DR-R-R-UM ♪ 23:40 ♪ DR-R-R-UM, DR-R-R-UM, DR-R-R-UM ♪ 23:42 ♪ COME, THEY TOLD ME ♪ 23:47 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 23:50 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ ♪ DRUM ♪ 23:51 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ ♪ DRUM ♪ 23:52 ♪ PA-PA-PA-PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ 23:54 ♪ OUR NEWBORN KING TO SEE ♪ 23:57 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 24:00 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ ♪ DRUM ♪ 24:01 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ ♪ DRUM ♪ 24:03 ♪ PA-PA-PA-PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ 24:04 ♪ OUR FINEST GIFTS WE BRING ♪ 24:08 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 24:10 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM, PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ 24:13 ♪ PA-PA-PA-PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ 24:15 ♪ TO LAY BEFORE OUR KING ♪ 24:18 ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 24:21 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ ♪ RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 24:23 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ ♪ RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 24:26 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM, PA-PA-PA-PUM ♪ ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ 24:29 ♪ SO TO HONOR HIM ♪ 24:33 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 24:36 ♪ PA-PA-PA PUM ♪ 24:39 ♪ WHEN WE COME ♪ 24:43 ♪ PA-PA-PA-PA-PA-PUM ♪ 24:45 ♪ DRUM, DRUM, DRUM ♪ 24:48 ♪ PA-PA-PA-PA-PA-PUM ♪ 24:49 ♪ BABY JESUS ♪ 24:53 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 24:56 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 24:57 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:00 ♪ I AM A POOR BOY, TOO ♪ 25:04 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:06 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:08 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:10 ♪ I HAVE NO GIFT TO BRING ♪ 25:14 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:16 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:18 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:20 ♪ THAT'S FIT TO GIVE A KING ♪ 25:24 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:26 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:27 ♪ RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:28 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:29 ♪ RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:31 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:32 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:34 ♪ SHALL I PLAY FOR YOU ♪ 25:39 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:41 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:43 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:44 ♪ ON MY DRUM? ♪ 25:48 ♪ PUM, PUM, PUM ♪ 25:50 ♪ PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:51 ♪ PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 25:52 ♪ PA-PA-PUM, PA-PA-PUM ♪ 25:54 ♪ MARY NODDED ♪ 25:59 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 26:00 ♪ DRUM, DRUM-DRUM, DRUM ♪ 26:02 ♪ DRUM, DRUM-DRUM, DRUM ♪ 26:04 ♪ THE OX AND LAMB KEPT TIME ♪ 26:09 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 26:10 ♪ DRUM, DRUM-DRUM, DRUM ♪ 26:13 ♪ DRUM, DRUM-DRUM, DRUM ♪ 26:15 ♪ I PLAYED MY DRUM FOR HIM ♪ 26:19 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 26:21 ♪ DRUM, DRUM-DRUM, DRUM ♪ 26:22 ♪ DRUM, DRUM-DRUM, DRUM ♪ 26:25 ♪ I PLAYED MY BEST FOR HIM ♪ 26:28 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 26:31 ♪ RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 26:34 ♪ RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 26:37 ♪ PA-RUM-PA-PA-PUM ♪ 26:39 ♪ PA-PA-PA-PA ♪ 26:40 ♪ PA-PA-PA-PA ♪ 26:42 ♪ PA-PA-PA, PA-PA-PA, PA-PA-PA RUM ♪ 26:44 [ HARMONIZING ] 26:48 ♪ DRUM, DRUM-DRUM, DRUM ♪ 26:52 ♪ PUM, PUM, DRUM ♪ 26:54 ♪ PUM, PUM, DRUM ♪ 26:57 ♪ PUM, PUM, DRUM ♪ 26:58 ♪ THEN HE SMILED AT ME ♪ 27:03 ♪ PA-RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 27:06 ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ 27:08 ♪ ME AND MY DRUM ♪ 27:12 ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ 27:14 ♪ RUM-PUM-PUM-PUM ♪ 27:16 ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ 27:18 ♪ ME AND MY DRUM ♪ 27:21 ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ 27:23 ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ 27:26 ♪ DRUM, DRUM ♪ 27:28 ♪ DRUM ♪ 27:35 [ APPLAUSE ] 27:52 ♪ THEY ♪ 27:53 ♪ LAID MY PRETTY LITTLE JESUS ♪ 28:01 ♪ DOWN IN THE STRAW ♪ 28:07 ♪ THEY ♪ 28:09 ♪ LAID MY PRETTY LITTLE JESUS ♪ 28:16 ♪ DOWN IN THE STRAW ♪ 28:25 ♪ THEN ♪ 28:26 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ 28:28 ♪ THEN ♪ 28:29 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ 28:34 ♪ LORD, WASN'T THAT A BRIGHT BETHLEHEM MORNING? ♪ 28:47 ♪ ALL AROUND THE GLORY MANGER ♪ 28:57 ♪ SEE ALL HIS PRETTY LITTLE FINGERS ♪ 29:05 ♪ PLAYING IN THE STRAW ♪ 29:12 ♪ HEAR ♪ 29:13 ♪ ALL HIS PRETTY LITTLE COOING ♪ 29:20 ♪ CALLING FROM THE STRAW ♪ 29:29 ♪ THEN ♪ 29:30 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ 29:33 ♪ THEN ♪ 29:34 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ 29:38 ♪ LORD, WASN'T THAT A BRIGHT BETHLEHEM MORNING? ♪ 29:52 ♪ ALL AROUND ♪ 29:55 ♪ THE GLORY MANGER ♪ 30:05 ♪ THE GLORY MANGER ♪ 30:15 [ APPLAUSE ] 30:30 OUR SCRIPTURE READING IS FROM LUKE 2:7-12. 30:34 "AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON 30:35 "AND WRAPPED HIM IN SWADDLING CLOTHS 30:37 "AND LAID HIM IN A MANGER 30:38 "BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THEM IN THE INN. 30:40 "NOW, THERE WERE IN THE SAME COUNTRY 30:41 "SHEPHERDS LIVING OUT IN THE FIELDS, 30:43 "KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT. 30:45 "AND BEHOLD, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BEFORE THEM, 30:47 "AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND THEM, 30:49 "AND THEY WERE GREATLY AFRAID. 30:51 THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO THEM..." 30:53 "DO NOT BE AFRAID, 30:55 "FOR BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY 30:58 "WHICH WILL BE TO ALL PEOPLE. 31:00 "FOR THERE IS BORN TO YOU THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID 31:03 "A SAVIOR WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD. 31:05 "AND THIS WILL BE THE SIGN TO YOU -- 31:07 "YOU WILL FIND A BABE 31:08 WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHS LYING IN A MANGER." 31:17 [ PLAYS "STILL, STILL, STILL" ] 31:29 Children's Chorus: ♪ STILL, STILL, STILL ♪ 31:35 ♪ WEIL'S KINDLEIN SCHLAFEN WILL ♪ 31:41 ♪ MARIA TUT DICH NIEDERSINGEN ♪ 31:49 ♪ UND IHR TREUES HERZ DARBRINGEN ♪ 31:56 ♪ STILL, STILL, STILL ♪ 32:02 ♪ WEIL'S KINDLEIN SCHLAFEN WILL ♪ 32:22 ♪ SCHLAF, SCHLAF, SCHLAF ♪ 32:28 ♪ MEIN LIEBES KINDLEIN, SCHLAF ♪ 32:35 ♪ DIE ENGEL TUN SCHOEN JUBILIEREN ♪ 32:42 ♪ BEI DEM KRIPPLEIN MUSIZIEREN ♪ 32:48 ♪ SCHLAF, SCHLAF, SCHLAF ♪ 32:54 ♪ MEIN LIEBES KINDLEIN, SCHLAF ♪ 33:12 ♪ GROSSE, GROSSE, GROSSE ♪ 33:18 ♪ DIE LIEB' IST UEBERGROSSE ♪ 33:25 ♪ GOTT HAT DEN HIMMELSTHRON VERLASSEN ♪ 33:32 ♪ UND MUSSE REISEN AUF DER STRASSEN ♪ 33:39 ♪ GROSSE, GROSSE, GROSSE ♪ 33:45 ♪ DIE LIEB' IST UEBERGROSSE ♪ 34:14 [ APPLAUSE ] 34:27 THERE'S AN UNUSUAL PASSAGE 34:29 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET OF HAGGAI 34:32 WHERE THE PROPHET REFERS TO THE COMING MESSIAH 34:35 AS THE DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS. 34:36 AND OF COURSE, 34:38 THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE BETTER-KNOWN TITLES FOR JESUS, 34:40 AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT ONE OF THE ONES 34:41 THAT YOU EXPECT TO HEAR AT CHRISTMASTIME. 34:43 WHAT YOU WANT AT CHRISTMASTIME IS THE PROPHET ISAIAH -- 34:46 "WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, PRINCE OF PEACE, 34:48 UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN." 34:50 BUT HAGGAI GOES DOWN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PATH. 34:53 HAGGAI CALLS JESUS THE DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS. 34:56 AND IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND 34:58 WHY HE MIGHT CALL JESUS THE DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS, 35:01 IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, 35:02 ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO START LOOKING 35:04 IS IN EXODUS 33. 35:06 NOW, I KNOW, AGAIN, 35:08 THAT EXODUS 33 IS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT AT CHRISTMASTIME. 35:11 YOU WANT MATTHEW 1. 35:13 YOU WANT LUKE 2. 35:14 BUT I THINK IF YOU BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT, 35:17 YOU'LL SEE THAT BOTH EXODUS 33 AND HAGGAI 35:19 START TO MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD CHRISTMAS SENSE. 35:22 IN EXODUS 33, MOSES IS OUT IN THE DESERT, 35:27 AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 35:29 RELYING ON HIM WITH THEIR VERY LIVES. 35:31 AND HE'S BEGINNING TO FEEL THE WEIGHT OF LEADERSHIP, 35:34 THE PRESSURE OF LEADING THESE PEOPLE, 35:37 AND HE WANTS A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM GOD. 35:39 HE WANTS TO KNOW THAT GOD IS ESPECIALLY CLOSE 35:42 BECAUSE HE'S RESPONSIBLE. 35:45 AND SO HE'S STANDING ON THE MOUNTAINTOP. 35:48 HE'S AS CLOSE TO GOD AS YOU CAN PHYSICALLY GET. 35:50 AND GOD IS VEILED JUST INSIDE THE CLOUD. 35:52 AND IN EXODUS 33, MOSES BEGINS TO PLEAD WITH GOD. 35:55 "PLEASE COME OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD. 35:58 "LET ME SEE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOU. 36:00 "I NEED TO SEE YOUR FACE. 36:02 "I FEEL COMPLETELY ALONE OUT HERE IN THE WILDERNESS. 36:04 "PLEASE, MORE. 36:06 "LORD, I KNOW YOU'RE REAL. I SAW THE MIRACLES. 36:09 "I SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN PHARAOH'S PALACE. 36:11 "I SAW YOU IN THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY 36:13 "AND THE PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT. 36:15 "I SAW THE WATERS OF THE RED SEA PART, 36:17 "BUT I NEED SOMETHING MORE. 36:18 "I'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE CLOSE. 36:20 "I NEED YOU. 36:21 PLEASE, GOD, STEP OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD." 36:25 "MOSES, I WOULD LOVE TO. 36:27 "I WOULD LOVE TO GET CLOSER TO YOU. 36:29 "I WOULD LOVE TO STEP OUT, 36:30 "BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, I CAN'T DO IT. 36:32 "MY PRESENCE USED TO BE A DELIGHT TO YOUR FIRST PARENTS. 36:35 "IN EDEN, THEY LOVED TO HAVE ME COME IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING. 36:38 "I WAS A DELIGHT TO YOU THEN. 36:40 "BUT EVER SINCE SIN, EVER SINCE YOU WERE SEPARATED FROM ME, 36:43 "MY PRESENCE HAS BECOME A CONSUMING FIRE. 36:46 "MOSES, I WOULD DEARLY LOVE TO STEP OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD, 36:49 "BUT IF I DID, IT WOULD KILL YOU. 36:52 I CAN'T DO IT." 36:53 "BUT LORD, PLEASE, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING 36:56 "YOU CAN GIVE ME, SOME TOKEN OF YOUR PRESENCE. 36:58 I NEED TO SEE SOMETHING." 37:00 IT'S THE CRY OF THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE. 37:03 WE LOOK OUT INTO SPACE THROUGH A TELESCOPE 37:06 AND WE SEE VAST, EMPTY REGIONS, 37:08 AND WE LOOK BACK AT THIS TINY BLUE MARBLE 37:11 THAT WE LIVE ON AND WE ASK THE QUESTION, 37:13 "ARE WE REALLY ALONE HERE?" 37:15 BECAUSE WHILE OUR PLANET IS SMALL, THE PROBLEMS SEEM BIG. 37:19 "AM I BY MYSELF? LORD, PLEASE." 37:22 NOW, HOW IN THE WORLD IS EXODUS 33 A CHRISTMAS STORY? 37:25 WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 37:28 WHO EXACTLY IS MOSES SPEAKING TO INSIDE THE CLOUD? 37:31 1st CORINTHIANS 10 LEAVES NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 37:33 PAUL TELLS US POINT-BLANK THAT THE PRESENCE IN THE CLOUD 37:36 THAT FOLLOWED ISRAEL ACROSS THE DESERT 37:38 WAS NONE OTHER THAN JESUS CHRIST. 37:40 THAT'S WHO'S IN THE CLOUD. 37:42 AND MOSES ON THE MOUNTAIN 37:43 IS GETTING HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE BABY 37:46 WHO WOULD BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM SOME 1,500 YEARS LATER. 37:48 HE'S STARTING TO SEE JESUS. 37:50 AND ONCE YOU START TO SEE JESUS, 37:52 ONCE YOU START TO GRASP WHO HE IS, YOU NEVER GET ENOUGH. 37:56 THE DESIRE IN YOUR HEART JUST BUILDS AND BUILDS. 37:59 "LORD, PLEASE, SHOW ME SOMETHING. 38:01 I NEED TO SEE YOU." 38:04 "ALL RIGHT, MOSES. 38:05 "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO. 38:07 I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN." 38:10 NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STORY 38:12 BECAUSE IT REVEALS SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT GOD. 38:15 HE WANTS TO STEP OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD. 38:18 HE WOULD LOVE DEARLY TO GET CLOSER TO THE HUMAN RACE. 38:21 HE WANTS TO BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN THE WAY THAT WE LIVE. 38:24 HE HAS SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US 38:26 SINCE WE SEPARATED FROM HIM, AND IT RIPS HIS HEART OUT. 38:29 HE CAN'T STAND IT. HE WANTS TO GET CLOSER. 38:31 HE WANTS TO STEP INTO THIS WORLD 38:33 BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US, 38:35 AND NOT ONLY HAS HE SEEN IT, HE HAS FELT IT. 38:38 HE FEELS WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN WE RUN SCARED 38:41 FROM THE NEXT EPIDEMIC 38:42 AND EBOLA TOUCHES DOWN IN PLACES ALL OVER THE WORLD. 38:45 GOD FEELS IT. 38:47 HE SEES THE ROCKETS GO ONE DIRECTION IN PALESTINE 38:49 AND THE TANKS MOVE THE OTHER DIRECTION, 38:51 AND HE FEELS IT. 38:53 HE SEES IT. 38:55 HE SEES THE CHILDREN GOING TO BED HUNGRY AT NIGHT, 38:58 AND THE HEART OF GOD FEELS IT. 39:00 HE SEES YOUNG CHILDREN ABDUCTED IN INDIA 39:02 AND SOLD INTO PROSTITUTION AT 14 YEARS OF AGE, 39:05 AND THE HEART OF GOD FEELS IT, 39:06 AND HE LONGS TO STEP INTO THIS WORLD 39:08 AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 39:10 HE LONGS TO STEP IN AND PUT A STOP TO IT. 39:12 HE HAS FELT IT ALL. 39:13 THE BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 56 39:15 THAT HE HAS WRITTEN DOWN EVERY ONE OF OUR TEARS. 39:18 IN FACT, IT SAYS IN PSALM 56 39:20 THAT GOD HAS COLLECTED EVERY ONE OF OUR TEARS IN A BOTTLE. 39:23 HE FELT THEM ALL. 39:26 AND HE LOOKS AT OUR WORLD 39:27 THE WAY THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW TODAY, 39:29 AND HE KNOWS IN HIS HEART THIS IS NOT THE WAY HE DESIGNED IT. 39:32 THIS IS NOT THE WAY HE DESIGNED FOR YOU AND I TO LIVE, 39:34 AND HE WANTS TO GET CLOSER. 39:36 HE WANTS TO PUT A STOP TO IT, 39:37 BUT HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU DO THAT? 39:39 HOW DO YOU PUT A STOP TO EVIL 39:42 WITHOUT DESTROYING THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT? 39:45 HOW DO YOU STEP OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD 39:47 AND PUT A STOP TO ALL THE SUFFERING 39:49 WITHOUT DESTROYING ME, WITHOUT DESTROYING YOU? 39:53 BECAUSE I MEAN, IF WE'RE REALLY HONEST ABOUT IT, 39:55 WE'D HAVE TO ADMIT WE'VE HAD A HAND 39:57 IN THE WAY THAT THE WORLD IS. 39:59 WE'VE HAD A PART TO PLAY. 40:00 THERE'S EVIL THAT LURKS IN EVERY HUMAN HEART. 40:02 AND IF YOU HAVE A QUIET MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT IT, 40:05 YOU SUDDENLY START TO SEE IT -- 40:06 YES, WE'RE NOT ALL POL POT, AND WE'RE NOT ALL HITLER, 40:09 BUT THERE'S A PART THAT WE HAVE PLAYED 40:11 IN THE DOWNGRADING OF GOD'S CREATION. 40:14 HOW DOES GOD STEP OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD 40:17 WITHOUT DESTROYING ME? 40:18 HOW DOES HE DO IT? 40:19 WHAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT HE'S GOT? 40:21 "MOSES, LISTEN. I'D LOVE TO STEP OUT. 40:23 HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN." 40:26 NOW, LISTEN CAREFULLY. 40:27 IT'S EXODUS 34, AND ITISA CHRISTMAS STORY. 40:30 THE LORD PASSED BY BEFORE HIM AND PROCLAIMED, 40:33 "THE LORD, THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, 40:37 LONGSUFFERING AND ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH." 40:40 WHAT DID GOD SHOW MOSES ON THE MOUNTAIN? 40:43 HE SHOWED HIM HIS PERFECT, FLAWLESS CHARACTER. 40:45 HE SHOWED HIM HIS INTENTION 40:47 OF PEACE AND GOODWILL TOWARD ALL MEN. 40:49 HE SHOWED MOSES SOMETHING OF THE BABY 40:51 THAT WOULD BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM 1,500 YEARS LATER. 40:54 GOD SHOWED MOSES THE DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS. 40:57 AND AS IT TURNS OUT, THE DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS 41:00 IS EXACTLY EVERYTHING YOU WOULD HOPE GOD WOULD BE. 41:04 IT'S JESUS. 41:05 LISTEN TO WHAT HAGGAI ACTUALLY WROTE. 41:09 "AND I WILL SHAKE ALL NATIONS 41:11 AND THEY SHALL COME TO THE DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS." 41:14 THERE'S THAT TITLE FOR JESUS. 41:16 "AND I WILL FILL THIS TEMPLE WITH GLORY," 41:20 THE THING THAT MOSES BEGGED TO SEE. 41:22 WHICH TEMPLE? IT'S THE SECOND TEMPLE. 41:25 AS HAGGAI IS WRITING THIS, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 41:27 ARE ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY 41:30 AND THEY HAVE TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE. 41:32 AND IT'S A DAUNTING TASK, AND HAGGAI SAYS, 41:34 "WHEN YOU BUILD THAT SECOND TEMPLE, 41:36 IT WILL BE FILLED WITH GOD'S GLORY." 41:38 NOW, THAT'S AN EXCITING PROMISE BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEIR HISTORY. 41:41 WHEN SOLOMON HAD DEDICATED THE FIRST TEMPLE, 41:43 THE PRESENCE OF GOD HAD LITERALLY SHOWN UP. 41:45 IT HAD MOVED RIGHT IN IN A CLOUD, 41:47 AND THEY COULD POINT TO THE TEMPLE AND SAY, 41:49 "SEE? GOD IS WITH US. HE HAS NOT ABANDONED US." 41:53 SO THEY GOT EXCITED. 41:54 HAGGAI SAID, "THIS TEMPLE WILL BE FILLED WITH GLORY, TOO." 41:57 AND THEY REBUILT IT AND THEY DEDICATED IT 42:00 AND NOTHING HAPPENED. 42:03 NO CHOIR OF ANGELS. 42:06 NO FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN. 42:09 NO BRILLIANT CLOUD OF GOD'S GLORY, 42:12 AND ABSOLUTELY NO PEACE ON EARTH. 42:15 IN FACT, THE NEXT THING THEY HAD 42:17 WERE FOUR GREEK KINGS AND THEN ROMAN OCCUPATION. 42:20 NO PEACE ON EARTH. 42:21 AND IT WAS BITTER. IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 42:24 DID GOD FAIL US IN THE PROMISE? 42:25 WHERE IS THE GLORY OF GOD? 42:27 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO FILL THIS TEMPLE. 42:29 VERSE 9 OF HAGGAI 2 -- 42:31 "THE GLORY OF THIS LATTER TEMPLE WILL BE GREATER THAN THE FIRST. 42:35 AND IN THIS PLACE, I WILL GIVE PEACE." 42:37 WE DON'T HAVE PEACE ON EARTH. 42:40 DID YOU FAIL US, GOD? 42:41 IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 42:43 IT WAS BITTER. 42:44 AND GOD'S PEOPLE WERE TEMPTED TO THINK 42:46 THAT THE HUMAN RACE IS NOW ON ITS OWN, 42:48 JUST LIKE PEOPLE ARE TEMPTED TO THINK NOW. 42:51 AND THEN IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME, 500 YEARS LATER, 42:56 SUDDENLY GOD HIMSELF, WITH HUMAN FEET, 42:58 WALKED INTO THAT TEMPLE AND BEGAN TO TEACH. 43:01 GOD IN HUMAN FLESH. 43:03 GOD RIGHT AMONG US AS ONE OF US, 43:06 AND NOW THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT HAGGAI WAS RIGHT. 43:09 THE GLORY OF THE SECOND TEMPLE WOULD BE GREATER. 43:12 NOW, LISTEN TO THE CHRISTMAS STORY, 43:15 BUT LISTEN TO IT WITH HAGGAI'S EARS. 43:18 "BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND BEAR A SON 43:21 "AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME 'EMMANUEL,'" 43:25 WHICH MEANS 'GOD WITH US.'" 43:28 NOT "GOD NEAR US." 43:29 NOT "GOD UP ABOVE US SOMEWHERE." 43:31 NOT "GOD HIDING IN A CLOUD." 43:33 NOT "GOD BEHIND THE VEIL IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE OF THE TEMPLE," 43:36 BUT GOD ON THE OUTSIDE WITH US IN FLESH. 43:40 "GOD WITH US." 43:42 LISTEN TO THE CHRISTMAS STORY FROM HAGGAI'S EARS. 43:45 "NOW, THERE WERE IN THE SAME COUNTRY 43:47 "SHEPHERDS LIVING OUT ON THE FIELDS, 43:49 KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT." 43:51 THEY'RE SHEPHERDS, 43:52 JUST LIKE MOSES THE DAY HE ASKED TO SEE GOD. 43:55 "AND BEHOLD, AN ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BEFORE THEM 43:58 "AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND THEM 44:00 AND THEY WERE GREATLY AFRAID." 44:02 WELL, OF COURSE THEY WERE. 44:04 IF YOU SEE THE GLORY OF THE LORD, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. 44:07 "THE ANGEL SAID TO THEM, 'DO NOT BE AFRAID, 44:10 "'FOR BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY 44:13 WHICH WILL BE TO ALL PEOPLE,'" 44:15 BECAUSE HE'S THE DESIRE OFALLNATIONS. 44:19 "'FOR THERE IS BORN TO YOU THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID 44:22 "'A SAVIOR WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD. 44:24 "'AND THIS WILL BE THE SIGN TO YOU -- 44:26 "'YOU WILL FIND A BABE WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHES 44:28 "LYING IN A MANGER.' 44:30 "AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH THE ANGEL 44:32 "A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOSTS PRAISING GOD AND SAYING, 44:35 "'GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, 44:38 AND ON EARTH, PEACE.'" 44:42 IT'S EVERYTHING HAGGAI PROMISED -- 44:45 THE GLORY OF GOD AND PEACE ON EARTH. 44:51 NOW, MAYBE YOU'VE NOTICED -- 44:52 THE STORY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE COMPLETE. 44:55 WHERE IS THE PEACE ON EARTH? WHERE IS IT? 44:59 WE STILL HAVE KIDS WHO GO TO BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT, 45:02 EVEN IN AMERICA. 45:04 WE STILL HAVE NATURAL DISASTERS. 45:07 WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO START WARS. 45:10 WE STILL HAVE RIOTS IN THE STREETS, 45:12 AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE PEACE ON EARTH. 45:14 AND EVEN THE SECOND TEMPLE THAT HAGGAI SPOKE ABOUT 45:16 LIES IN RUINS. 45:19 WHERE IS IT? 45:20 IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME, GOD WILL FINISH THE STORY. 45:25 IT'S NOT OVER YET. 45:27 THERE'S MORE TO COME. 45:28 LISTEN TO THE WAY THE BIBLE ENDS. 45:30 HE'S NOT DONE WITH THE PLAN. 45:32 "AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, 45:35 "'BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IS WITH MEN, 45:38 AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM AND THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE.'" 45:41 GOD HIMSELF WILL BE WITH THEM AND BE THEIR GOD. 45:44 "AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES. 45:48 "THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH NOR SORROW NOR CRYING. 45:51 "THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN, 45:53 FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY." 45:57 HE'S GETTING CLOSER BY THE MINUTE. 46:01 HE'S ALREADY STEPPED OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD 46:03 AND JOINED US HERE IN THIS WORLD, 46:05 BORN AS A BABY IN A MANGER. 46:06 WALKED WITH US, UNDERSTANDS WHAT LIFE IS LIKE, 46:09 AND HE WILL KEEP HIS WORD. 46:11 HE WILL BRING PEACE ON EARTH. 46:14 IT'S JUST, THE BIBLE SAYS, HE'S LONGSUFFERING, 46:17 NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH. 46:19 HE'S GETTING CLOSER. 46:21 THE QUESTION IS, AS HE GETS CLOSER, 46:23 WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH HIM? 46:25 HER NAME WAS HANNAH. 46:27 SHE LIVED IN A LITTLE HOVEL ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, 46:31 AND SHE KEPT TO HERSELF. 46:32 IN FACT, IF YOU WERE TO EVER KNOCK ON HANNAH'S DOOR, 46:35 SHE WOULD TURN OUT THE LIGHTS AND PRETEND SHE WASN'T HOME. 46:38 NOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE THAT ON OCCASION, TOO. 46:41 BUT HANNAH HAS DONE IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. 46:43 TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS. NOBODY'S HOME. 46:45 SHE WOULD DIVE BEHIND THE COUCH. 46:47 SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY 46:49 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAD HURT HER ONE TOO MANY TIMES. 46:52 THE ONLY THING SHE EVER DID WITH THE COMMUNITY 46:55 WAS, AT CHRISTMASTIME, SHE WOULD SIT IN HER BEDROOM 46:57 BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAD A CHRISTMAS PARTY 46:59 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER HALF A BLOCK FROM HER HOUSE, 47:01 AND SHE WOULD OPEN HER WINDOW JUST A GAP 47:03 SO THAT SHE COULD HEAR THE PEOPLE SINGING. 47:05 AND SOMEHOW, THAT MADE HER FEEL WARM 47:07 AND REMINDED HER OF HER CHILDHOOD 47:09 AND MADE HER FEEL SAFE FOR JUST ONE EVENING. 47:11 YEAR AFTER YEAR, SHE DID THAT, 47:13 AND THEN ONE WINTER, SHE GOT SICK. 47:15 AND SHE WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR, AND THE DOCTOR SAID, 47:18 "HANNAH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET BETTER THIS TIME. 47:20 IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER." 47:23 AND SO SHE DID. 47:24 AND EVEN THOUGH SHE HADN'T DARKENED THE CHURCH DOOR 47:27 IN 26 YEARS, SHE CALLED FOR THE PASTOR. 47:29 AND THE PASTOR CAME OVER 47:31 AND READ ALL THE PASTOR STUFF THAT PASTORS READ. 47:34 "YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, 47:37 I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR THOU ART WITH ME." 47:39 AND THEY SAT QUIETLY AND LISTENED... 47:43 JUST LISTENED FOR NOTHING IN PARTICULAR. 47:45 AND THAT'S WHEN SHE HEARD IT -- VOICES. 47:48 "PASTOR," SHE SAID, "I'VE LOST TRACK OF TIME. 47:50 IT'S THAT CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 47:52 WOULD YOU OPEN MY WINDOW JUST A CRACK SO I COULD LISTEN?" 47:56 AND HE DID. 47:57 NOT SO MUCH THAT SHE WOULD GET COLD, 47:59 BECAUSE DEATH IS COLD ENOUGH ALL BY ITSELF. 48:01 AND HE OPENED IT JUST A CRACK, 48:03 AND SHE LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE SING. 48:06 AND AT ONE POINT IN HER DYING, FEEBLE VOICE, SHE SANG ALONG. 48:11 "SILENT NIGHT...HOLY NIGHT." 48:18 AND SHE BEGAN TO CRY. 48:20 "WHAT'S THE MATTER, HANNAH?" 48:22 "OH, PASTOR, EVERY YEAR THEY HAD THAT PARTY, 48:25 "AND I WANTED TO GO SO BADLY AND I NEVER WENT. 48:28 I JUST ENJOYED IT FROM A DISTANCE AND I WANTED TO GO." 48:31 "HANNAH, WHY DID YOU NEVER GO?" 48:33 "THEY DIDN'T WANT ME." 48:34 "WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT, HANNAH?" 48:36 "NOBODY EVER INVITED ME." 48:39 "BUT, HANNAH, EVERY YEAR WHEN I KNOCKED ON YOUR DOOR, 48:42 "YOU TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS, 48:44 AND YOU PRETENDED YOU WEREN'T HOME." 48:47 WHAT A SHAME. 48:49 IT WAS SO CLOSE, AND IT WAS OPEN TO HER. 48:52 GOD HAS ALREADY STEPPED OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUD 48:56 AND JOINED US AS A REAL FLESH-AND-BLOOD HUMAN BEING. 49:00 THAT'S WHAT THAT BABY WAS IN BETHLEHEM, 49:02 AND NOW HE SAYS HE WILL COME AGAIN. 49:04 AND SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL THEY'RE NOT INVITED BY GOD. 49:07 BUT AT THIS MOMENT, 49:08 AS THE WORLD THINKS ABOUT THE BABY IN BETHLEHEM, 49:11 KNOW HE HAS JUST KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART. 49:14 AND THE QUESTION IS, 49:16 DO YOU TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, OR DO YOU OPEN THE DOOR? 49:21 GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, 49:23 AND ON EARTH, PEACE, GOODWILL TO ALL MEN. 49:28 [ APPLAUSE ] 49:49 Children's Chorus: ♪ PEACE, PEACE ♪ 49:53 ♪ PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 49:57 ♪ AND GOODWILL TO ALL ♪ 50:03 ♪ THIS IS A TIME FOR JOY ♪ 50:11 ♪ THIS IS A TIME FOR LOVE ♪ 50:19 ♪ NOW LET US ALL SING TOGETHER ♪ 50:28 ♪ OF PEACE, PEACE ♪ 50:33 ♪ PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 50:46 ♪ PEACE, PEACE ♪ 50:50 ♪ PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 50:53 ♪ AND GOODWILL TO ALL ♪ 51:00 ♪ THIS IS A TIME FOR JOY ♪ 51:08 ♪ THIS IS A TIME FOR LOVE ♪ 51:15 ♪ NOW LET US ALL SING TOGETHER ♪ 51:24 ♪ OF PEACE, PEACE ♪ 51:30 ♪ PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 51:42 ♪ PEACE, PEACE ♪ ♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪ 51:46 ♪ PEACE ON EARTH ♪ ♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪ 51:50 ♪ AND GOODWILL TO ALL ♪ ♪ ALL IS CALM ♪ 51:54 ♪ ALL IS BRIGHT ♪ 51:57 ♪ THIS IS A TIME FOR JOY ♪ ♪ 'ROUND YON VIRGIN ♪ 52:02 ♪ MOTHER AND CHILD ♪ 52:04 ♪ THIS IS A TIME FOR LOVE ♪ ♪ HOLY INFANT ♪ 52:09 ♪ SO TENDER AND MILD ♪ 52:13 ♪ NOW LET US ALL SING TOGETHER ♪ ♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪ 52:22 ♪ OF PEACE, PEACE ♪ ♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY ♪ 52:27 ♪ PEACE ON EARTH ♪ ♪ PEACE ♪ 52:35 [ APPLAUSE ] 52:49 WHAT A BLESSING IT'S BEEN 52:51 TO CELEBRATE THIS JOYOUS TIME OF YEAR TOGETHER. 52:54 LET'S PRAY TOGETHER. 52:56 DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN, WE WANT TO PRAISE YOU. 52:59 WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE 53:01 THE WONDERFUL GIFT YOU'VE GIVEN US. 53:03 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE YOU. 53:07 LORD, WE LOVE YOU. 53:08 WE ASK YOU TO GO WITH US, 53:10 NOT ONLY DURING THIS BEAUTIFUL SEASON OF THE YEAR, 53:12 BUT THROUGHOUT EACH DAY OF THE NEW YEAR. 53:15 WE PRAISE YOU AND WE LOVE YOU. 53:17 IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 53:22 Jean: ONE OF THE SONGS THAT YOUR GROUP IS SINGING 53:25 WITH MISS CHRISTINE WOLLMANN IS "O HOLY NIGHT." 53:28 CAN YOU TELL ME WHY YOU THINK THAT IS CALLED "O HOLY NIGHT"? 53:33 I FEEL LIKE IT'S CALLED "O HOLY NIGHT" 53:35 BECAUSE GOD IS BRINGING HIS SON TO EARTH 53:38 SO HE COULD SAVE ALL OF US SO WE CAN GO WITH HIM TO HEAVEN. 53:42 WELL, JUST TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, 53:44 GOD HAS SENT JESUS TO THIS EARTH TO SAVE US 53:47 JUST MAKES IT ALL THE MORE SPECIAL, 53:49 AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT HOLY. 53:51 IT WAS JUST SO HOLY THAT NIGHT WHEN JESUS WAS BORN 53:54 AND ALL THE SHEPHERDS AND ALL THE WISE MEN 53:59 JUST CAME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES JUST AROUND THE WORLD. 54:03 AND IT WAS JUST SO NICE WHEN JESUS WAS BORN THAT NIGHT. 54:06 THERE WAS A NEW SAVIOR BORN, SO I GUESS THAT WAS REALLY HOLY. 54:10 A NEW KING WAS BEING BORN, 54:12 AND HE WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD 54:15 TO MAKE IT BETTER AND HAPPIER. 54:25 ♪ O HOLY NIGHT! ♪ 54:29 ♪ THE STARS ARE BRIGHTLY SHINING ♪ 54:34 ♪ IT IS THE NIGHT OF THY DEAR SAVIOR'S BIRTH! ♪ 54:43 ♪ LONG LAY THE WORLD IN SIN AND ERROR PINING ♪ 54:52 ♪ TILL HE APPEARED AND THE SOUL FELT ITS WORTH ♪ 55:01 ♪ A THRILL OF HOPE ♪ 55:04 ♪ THE WEARY WORLD REJOICES ♪ 55:09 ♪ FOR YONDER BREAKS A NEW AND GLORIOUS MORN! ♪ 55:17 Christine and Children's Chorus: ♪ FALL ON YOUR KNEES ♪ 55:24 ♪ O HEAR THE ANGEL VOICES ♪ 55:32 ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE ♪ 55:39 ♪ O NIGHT WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 55:47 ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE ♪ 55:55 ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE ♪ 56:09 Christine: ♪ TRULY HE TAUGHT US ♪ 56:12 ♪ TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER ♪ 56:18 ♪ HIS LAW IS LOVE ♪ 56:20 ♪ AND HIS GOSPEL IS PEACE ♪ 56:27 ♪ CHAINS SHALL HE BREAK ♪ 56:30 ♪ FOR THE SLAVE IS OUR BROTHER ♪ 56:36 ♪ AND IN HIS NAME ALL OPPRESSION SHALL CEASE ♪ 56:44 ♪ SWEET HYMNS OF JOY IN GRATEFUL CHORUS RAISE WE ♪ 56:52 ♪ LET ALL WITHIN US PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME ♪ 57:00 Christine and Children's Chorus: ♪ FALL ON YOUR KNEES ♪ 57:08 ♪ O HEAR THE ANGEL VOICES ♪ 57:16 ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE ♪ 57:23 ♪ O NIGHT WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 57:31 ♪ O NIGHT ♪ 57:35 ♪ O HOLY NIGHT ♪ 57:39 ♪ O NIGHT WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN ♪ 57:47 ♪ SO FALL ON, ON YOUR KNEES ♪ 57:55 ♪ DON'T YOU HEAR THE ANGEL VOICES? ♪ 58:02 ♪ THEY'RE SINGING, "O NIGHT DIVINE" ♪ 58:09 ♪ "O NIGHT WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN" ♪ 58:17 ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE ♪ 58:25 ♪ O NIGHT ♪ 58:30 ♪ O HOLY NIGHT! ♪ 58:41 [ APPLAUSE ] 59:06 To find out how to get a Bluray or DVD copy of this program, call 1-877-877-2487 Monday 59:15 through Thursday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm mountain time. 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