{"id":6495,"date":"2024-07-19T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=6495"},"modified":"2024-07-14T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T11:58:29","slug":"another-coffee-break-dreams-from-the-lord-ii-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-dreams-from-the-lord-ii-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: DREAMS FROM THE LORD II"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReprint: <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 19, '24 3:48 PM<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy\u00a0Regner<\/span>\u00a0Capener<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd another Good Morning to you!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCoffee\u2019s on! Come and get it!<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn our last Coffee Break, I laid out \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe essence of the two dreams that \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDella and I had on the night of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 7\/morning of August 8th<\/sup>\u00a0of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthis year. Today I\u2019d like to explore \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe prophetic pictures that have \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tunfolded as a result and the strong \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWord from the Lord to the body of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChrist.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDREAM NUMBER ONE, Part One<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere are two main themes that Della \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand I have seen within these dreams. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s to say, there are two primary \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tareas of focus and two primary \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmessages.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe first is the picture of the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tofficer who put me under arrest \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbecause he saw me as a threat to his \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tway of life, his beliefs and his \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgovernmental structure. The second \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twas the \u201cbiting and devouring\u201d of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthose who were caged, and this is a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpicture of a situation that exists \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin the body of Christ to a large \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\textent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI will clarify that by saying that \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthis seems to be endemic in the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twestern cultures more than in the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teastern. Our western society has so \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taltered the structure and makeup of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe way the body of Christ lives and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\toperates so much that believers from \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe first and second century body \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twould scarcely recognize us today. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLet me digress from the dream \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinterpretation to explain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEkklesia<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>has \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdevolved into \u201cchurch.\u201d The intimacy \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof a personal love-relationship with \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe Lord Jesus Christ has faded into \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201creligion\u201d and religious practices, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttraditions, formalism, icons and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tman-made doctrines that have nothing \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhatever to do with our walk with \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe Lord.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(<\/span>Ekklesia<\/span><\/i><\/span>, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tincidentally, is the Greek word used \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthroughout the New Testament that \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttranslators have turned into \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cchurch.\u201d The word itself was coined \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby the Alexandrian translators \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tduring the period 300 \u2013 275 BC when \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthey sought for a means to convey \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe true sense of the Hebrew<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ya.ad<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tits counterpart,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Mowadah<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcalling together of the betrothed by \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe bridegroom<\/u>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEkklesia<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnothing at all like the contemporary \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tform of church with song services, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tannouncements, offering-taking, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsermons and prayers at the altar. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThese are all trappings added when \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe doctrine of the\u00a0Nicolaitanes<\/span>\u00a0(Revelation \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:6, 13) began to really infiltrate \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand take hold within the body of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChrist, and history tells us that \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthere really was no such thing as \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cchurch\u201d until roughly 225 AD during \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe reign of Alexander Severus when \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tan old temple was converted into a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchurch \u2013 and even then, the manner \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof gathering was quite different \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthan we see in today\u2019s modern \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchurches.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAahhhh<\/span><\/span>\u2026.but \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat\u2019s another topic for discussion \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentirely. We won\u2019t try to go there \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttoday. Let\u2019s get to the core of what \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI saw.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen I shared these dreams a short \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttime ago with a group of pastors, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe near-unanimous consensus was \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat the people were starving to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdeath because the leadership over \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthem was not fulfilling its \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tresponsibility. The people were not \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treceiving the kind of nourishment \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat would foster love or grace or \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twholeness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe \u201cofficer\u201d in the dream was a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttype of the \u201cleader\u201d who has charge \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tover folks, but has no personal \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trelationship with the Lord. He was \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taustere, legalistic, demanding and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthought he had the right to rule \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tover them and say what they could \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbelieve and not believe. Because he \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thad no personal relationship with \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe Lord, anyone who talked about \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsuch a thing was a heretic and a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfool. Because he believed that he \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thad a legal right to control what \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfolks see and hear \u2013 and I was \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpromoting something foreign to him \u2013 \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI was an immediate threat that had \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto be dealt with.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis officer was both a type and a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpicture of the shepherds and pastors \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twho are supposed to be guarding and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprotecting God\u2019s people and ensuring \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat they get the kind of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnourishment that will make them grow \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinto healthy, productive individuals \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twho are profitable to the Kingdom of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGod.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ll talk more about this after a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDREAM NUMBER ONE, Part Two<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe picture that unfolded in the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsecond part of the dream in seeing \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpeople who were literally biting and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdevouring one another and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcannibalizing each other was both \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thorrifying and sobering. There are \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsome scriptures we can take a quick \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlook at before we continue.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGalatians 5: 14-17<\/span><\/u>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>14<\/span><\/sup>For \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall the law is fulfilled in one \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tword, even in this; Thou\u00a0shalt<\/span>\u00a0love \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthy\u00a0neighbour<\/span>\u00a0as \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthyself.\u00a015<\/sup>But \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ye bite and devour one another, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttake heed that ye be not consumed \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tone of another.\u00a016<\/sup>This \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI say then, Walk in the Spirit, and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tye shall not\u00a0fulfil<\/span>\u00a0the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlust of the flesh.\u00a017<\/sup>For \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe flesh\u00a0lusteth<\/span>\u00a0against \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe Spirit, and the Spirit against \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe flesh: and these are contrary \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe one to the other: so that ye \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcannot do the things that ye would.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAll sense of love for one another \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thad vanished when these people were \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcaged up and fed minimally. The \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tattitude was \u201cevery man (or woman) \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor himself.\u201d They were literally \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsuming one another. The \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcannibalism had obviously resulted \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin the deaths of many before I ever \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgot there, and several of the people \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin that cage were close to death \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbecause of their \u201cdevoured\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcondition.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI\u2019m not pointing fingers at anyone \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\there. But this is a picture of a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcondition that prevails in many \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tparts of the body of Christ today. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe lack of proper spiritual \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnourishment, the lack of a personal \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlove-relationship with the Lord \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJesus Christ, the missing intimacy \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat accompanies our walk with the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLord, the watering down and even \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tomission of basic fundamental truths \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat contribute to our ability to be \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin Christ and have Him manifested in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tus, all contribute to setting the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstage for people to pick and swipe \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tat one another.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe dissatisfaction that results \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhen folks go through the motions \u2013 \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treligious rituals and forms \u2013 \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twithout the signs and wonders that \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tare supposed to follow the believer \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcauses a malaise that in turn \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tresults in people looking at and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjudging one another. They don\u2019t like \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhat they see; and the problem is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat they are in fact judging \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthemselves.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReligion causes folks to live by a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmeasurement standard rather than a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlove standard. What was it that Paul \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twrote?<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI Corinthians 13:4-7 (NASB)<\/span><\/u>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>4<\/span><\/sup>Love \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tis patient, love is kind and is not \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjealous; love does not brag and is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot arrogant,\u00a05<\/sup>does \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot act unbecomingly; it does not \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tseek its own, is not provoked, does \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot take into account a wrong \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsuffered,\u00a06<\/sup>does \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot rejoice in unrighteousness, but \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trejoices with the truth;\u00a07<\/sup>bears \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall things, believes all things, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thopes all things, endures all \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthings.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere is nothing about love \u2013 God\u2019s \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlove \u2013<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>agape<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat lives by a measurement \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstandard. It is a love that seeks to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbuild up, to encourage, to save and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpreserve, to uphold and nurture. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhen<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>agape<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmissing and you have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>phileo<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tits place instead (we normally refer \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto this as \u201cbrotherly love,\u201d but it \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tis a love which requires \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treciprocation in order to exist), \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalue judgments form concerning the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbehavior of others, the standards of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttheir living (poor, middle-class or \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twealthy) and whether they think like \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tyou do or not.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBecause<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>agape<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ta love that functions in the realm \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof the Spirit and not the flesh, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpeople whose lives are relegated to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tliving by reason, analysis, and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlogic have little concept of what it \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmeans to \u201cwalk in the Spirit.\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWithout that walk and life in the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpirit, folks resort to their \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjudgments of one another and their \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tanalytical decisions which result \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talmost every time in the \u201cother\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperson coming up short in their \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teyes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn order to walk and live in the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpirit, God\u2019s people must have the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tkind of spiritual nourishment that \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tenables them to grow in God\u2019s grace, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHis Love, His mercy, His authority \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand His power. When that nourishment \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tis missing and they can\u2019t even get \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cthe sincere milk of the Word\u201d they \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlive as \u201c<\/span>brephos<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tor \u201c<\/span>paidion<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(babes or infants) who never even \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgrow enough in the Lord to become \u201c<\/span>teknons<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\timmature children, let alone \u201c<\/span>huios<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfully grown, fully matured sons who \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfunction in and with Father\u2019s \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tauthority.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat I witnessed in that cage were \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpeople who were or had been \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprofessing Christians. Had you asked \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthem before they were thrown into \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe cage of their standing in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChrist, most of them would have no \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdoubt been glad to tell you that \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthey had walked with the Lord for \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsome years and knew Him well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn fact, they didn\u2019t know Him at all \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 at least not in a revelatory way. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThey had a knowledge of God, they \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tundoubtedly had read the Word, they \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twere likely faithful in going to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchurch services, paying tithes, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgiving, ministering to the poor and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tneedy and doing \u201cgood works.\u201d Jesus \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdescribed people like this on \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tseveral occasions. Remember how He \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tput it?<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatthew 7:22-23<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>22<\/span><\/sup>Many \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twill say to me in that day, Lord, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLord, have we not prophesied in thy \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname? and in thy name have cast out \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdevils? and in thy name done many \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twonderful works?\u00a023<\/sup>And \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthen will I profess unto them, I \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnever knew you: depart from me, ye \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat work iniquity.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you seeing what Jesus said? \u201cI \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNEVER knew you!\u201d Wow! The Greek text \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trenders this statement, \u201cI never had \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ta personal relationship with you. We \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twere never intimate with each \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tother.\u201d The essence of what Jesus is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsaying is this: \u201cYou did lots of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgood things supposedly on my behalf, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbut you WERE NOT doing them in my \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname \u2013 my<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/span>! \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYes, you spouted my name and used it \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tas a formula, but you and I were not \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOne. You were not in me when you did \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthese works.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJesus finishes off his rebuke with a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcommand for them to depart from Him \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbecause they were workers \u2013 \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\timplementers, if you please \u2013 of \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiniquity. Again, WOW! This word, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiniquity, comes from the Greek,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>anomia<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>anomos<\/span><\/i><\/span>, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand refers generally to lawlessness, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ta violation of the law, or \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tillegality.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJesus was speaking from a Jewish \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperspective, and not a Greek \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tunderstanding, when He referred to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthem as workers of iniquity. The \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHebrew<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2018avah<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2018avon<\/span><\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>describes \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperversity \u2013 a \u201cbent\u201d, if you will, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin one\u2019s character which pushes them \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tor inclines them mentally, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\temotionally and spiritually to do \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsomething wrong.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat Jesus was describing, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttherefore, was people who were \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tteaching and developing a character \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttrait of religion rather than a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpersonal relationship with Him. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReligion is perverse. Religion \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcauses folks to violate the most \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbasic element of our walk with God. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt takes love out of the picture and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treplaces it with rote, ritual, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperformance and duty. Religion has \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall the form of Godliness, but no \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpower and no authority.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe problem with these folks whom \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJesus was describing in His parable \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twas that they were using Jesus\u2019 name \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tillegally. They were not\u00a0in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHim<\/i>, and He was not\u00a0in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthem<\/i>. We refer back to something \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPaul wrote to the\u00a0Ekklesia<\/span>\u00a0in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorinth:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGalatians 6:15-16<\/span><\/u><\/b>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>15<\/span><\/sup>For \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin Christ Jesus neither \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcircumcision\u00a0availeth<\/span>\u00a0anything, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnor\u00a0uncircumcision<\/span>, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbut a new creature<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(ktisis<\/span>).<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>16<\/span><\/sup>And \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tas many as walk according to this \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trule, peace be on them, and mercy, \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand upon the Israel of God.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you seeing it? Once a person is\u00a0in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChrist<\/i>, they are a newly-minted \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\toriginal formation. That may sound \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfunny so let me put it like this. \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAdam was the original formation. He \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twas created in the image and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlikeness of the Lord God. He was the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\toriginal pattern for mankind. Jesus \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcame as the last Adam to reverse the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcurse that Adam\u2019s disobedience \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbrought upon the human race and to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbe \u2013 once again \u2013 the pattern Son in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhose image and likeness we could \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand would become.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThus Paul writes that if we are \u201cin \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChrist\u201d \u2013 wait, let me clarify this \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstatement. The Greek text uses the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tword \u201cChristos\u201d, which is equivalent \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto the Hebrew \u201cMaschiach<\/span>\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Messiah). This word properly \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdescribes \u201cthe anointed one\u201d but it \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgoes further to describe \u201chis \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tanointing.\u201d Thus to be \u201cin Christ\u201d \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tis to be \u201cin the Anointed One and in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHis anointing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn writing to the Galatians Paul \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmakes clear that \u201ccircumcision\u201d (or \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe keeping of the Law and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tseparating oneself from lawless \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tactivity) accomplishes nothing as \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfar as being \u201cin Christ\u201d is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconcerned. At the same time, he also \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsays that\u00a0uncircumcision<\/span>\u00a0(or \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot separating oneself from the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tworld) does not alter or make a \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperson unrighteous. Righteousness is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnot judged by the Law, and it is not \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjudged by not keeping the Law.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere was no Law except for the one \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcommandment given to Adam and Eve \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconcerning the Tree of the Knowledge \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof Good and Evil. There is no Law \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat governs us a Christians \u2013 \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\texcept for the Law of Love. Whether \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twe keep the Law or not does not make \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tus Christians, and it does not cause \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tus to be \u201cin Christ.\u201d If we are in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChrist we are literally new \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tformations \u2013 newly created beings \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor whom the Law does not apply.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn so saying, of course, I\u2019m not \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsaying that it doesn\u2019t matter if we \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tare law-breakers; it does matter. We \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tought not to break the law. But \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthere is a higher Law that governs \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tour existence once we are new \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcreations \u2013 new formations and new \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbeings \u2013 in Christ. That Law is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>agape<\/span><\/i>: \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe very nature and character and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmakeup of the Lord Jesus Christ! To \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twalk and live by this Law is \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tabsolutely revelatory.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOK. I didn\u2019t mean to take up so much \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttime on this topic but I needed to \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmake sure you understand the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfoundation of what the Lord was \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tshowing me in the dream concerning \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe Christians who were in the cage.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI\u2019d thought to get farther along in \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe unfolding of the interpretation \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand revelation of this first dream \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttoday, and we need to return to our \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdiscussion on the picture of the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cofficer\u201d who threw me and the \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tothers into the cage. However, I \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthink we will pause for today and \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpick up this discussion in our next \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCoffee Break.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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