Special Feature

Peace on Earth

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Program transcript

Participants: Shawn & Jean Boonstra

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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 ]
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