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[3970.48 --> 3972.26] in 1 Samuel,
[3972.50 --> 3973.06] in Isaiah,
[3973.22 --> 3974.42] and the Gospel of Matthew,
[3974.74 --> 3976.70] they all share similarities
[3976.70 --> 3978.68] about a chosen one of God
[3978.68 --> 3980.06] either being a king
[3980.06 --> 3980.74] or a servant
[3980.74 --> 3981.58] and in this case,
[3981.76 --> 3982.04] Jesus.
[3983.40 --> 3984.62] The first connection
[3984.62 --> 3986.04] is that in all three stories
[3986.04 --> 3986.90] there is a prophet
[3986.90 --> 3988.30] who receives word
[3988.30 --> 3990.12] that a man God has chosen
[3990.12 --> 3991.28] is going to arrive
[3991.28 --> 3993.02] and that he is going
[3993.02 --> 3994.10] to lead God's people
[3994.10 --> 3995.26] and bring justice
[3995.26 --> 3996.44] or judgment.
[3997.36 --> 3997.84] Second,
[3998.10 --> 3999.22] in all three stories,
[3999.36 --> 4000.72] this man has the Holy Spirit
[4000.72 --> 4001.70] poured out on him
[4001.70 --> 4003.80] as a visible sign
[4003.80 --> 4005.02] that this is God's man
[4005.02 --> 4005.88] and that he's empowered
[4005.88 --> 4006.82] to do the task.
[4007.90 --> 4008.42] And third,
[4008.52 --> 4009.42] in all stories,
[4009.52 --> 4010.26] there is a declaration
[4010.26 --> 4011.00] from God
[4011.00 --> 4012.68] that this man,
[4013.28 --> 4015.02] that this man was sent.
[4015.54 --> 4016.30] This is the one
[4016.30 --> 4017.20] who I promised.
[4017.20 --> 4019.66] And the last point
[4019.66 --> 4020.10] of connection
[4020.10 --> 4022.02] of which I find
[4022.02 --> 4023.02] utterly surprising
[4023.02 --> 4024.36] is that Jesus,
[4024.82 --> 4025.56] is what Jesus does
[4025.56 --> 4027.44] after this public declaration,
[4027.66 --> 4029.16] after he's baptized,
[4030.16 --> 4032.30] is he goes into the wilderness
[4032.30 --> 4034.02] and he fights a snake.
[4035.72 --> 4037.08] Led by the Holy Spirit,
[4037.18 --> 4037.76] like Saul,
[4037.86 --> 4038.46] who was empowered
[4038.46 --> 4039.14] by the Spirit,
[4039.82 --> 4040.86] he goes and faces
[4040.86 --> 4041.76] the temptations
[4041.76 --> 4042.46] of the devil.
[4043.34 --> 4044.16] And like Saul,
[4044.28 --> 4044.94] who attacked
[4044.94 --> 4046.24] with three divisions
[4046.24 --> 4046.82] of his army,
[4047.10 --> 4048.22] Jesus defends himself
[4048.22 --> 4049.50] with the word
[4049.50 --> 4050.60] three times
[4050.60 --> 4051.30] from attacks
[4051.30 --> 4052.16] from the snake
[4052.16 --> 4053.38] who was the one
[4053.38 --> 4054.06] in the garden
[4054.06 --> 4056.10] who deceived Adam and Eve
[4056.10 --> 4057.58] who started this whole mess.
[4059.46 --> 4060.44] Just like Saul,
[4060.54 --> 4061.42] after being declared
[4061.42 --> 4062.58] by God
[4062.58 --> 4063.96] to be his chosen one,
[4064.14 --> 4065.54] he goes and fights
[4065.54 --> 4066.50] God's enemy
[4066.50 --> 4068.74] and the enemy
[4068.74 --> 4069.70] of God's people
[4069.70 --> 4071.22] and is victorious,
[4072.18 --> 4073.04] proving himself
[4073.04 --> 4074.00] to be the king
[4074.00 --> 4074.48] of Israel.
[4077.36 --> 4078.38] But let us go back
[4078.38 --> 4078.92] to how God
[4078.92 --> 4080.66] introduces his servant,
[4081.02 --> 4081.22] Jesus,
[4081.50 --> 4082.32] in Matthew 3.
[4083.54 --> 4084.80] God has declared
[4084.80 --> 4085.30] that Jesus
[4085.30 --> 4086.38] is his servant,
[4086.86 --> 4087.46] this man
[4087.46 --> 4088.50] in whom he loves.
[4088.98 --> 4089.58] But we get
[4089.58 --> 4090.78] one more piece
[4090.78 --> 4091.40] of information.
[4092.54 --> 4093.26] God's servant
[4093.26 --> 4094.74] is his son.
[4095.66 --> 4097.00] The son of God
[4097.00 --> 4098.30] is the servant
[4098.30 --> 4099.14] who will bring justice
[4099.14 --> 4099.82] to the nations.
[4099.82 --> 4101.42] The son of God
[4101.42 --> 4102.20] is the servant
[4102.20 --> 4103.44] who will be the light
[4103.44 --> 4104.22] to the world.