 Hey, good morning guys once again welcome back To today's lecture or worship ministry Hope you guys are all doing well. Thanks for connecting. It's good to see you all once again Can I request hey hey Canon do you mind is starting us off with the word of prayer, please? Yeah, sure You can hear me, right? Yes. Yes, please go ahead I Dear heavenly father, I praise you in this morning lot lot I Pray for each everyone of us in this class lot. I pray for a Past ocean Lord give us a good understanding and knowledge to Receive something new in this class lot lot from starting and the Until the end We we should not have any connection issues and and all Lot give us a good understanding and Help us to learn more from your word lot Lot strength him to teach us nicely Lot help others also To join very quickly lot In Jesus name we pray Amen Thank you conan Okay, all right, let's get started Okay, so let's do a quick recap of what we covered in the last class. Okay, Ken Can all of y'all just share what we you know what we covered The last class Okay, starting is the problem. We spoke on the the four altars of Abraham, right? We We did a few just a we didn't go too deep in it, but Just the basics of basic understanding of what all does actually meant people of those days and then We saw Abraham building four altars and how he goes on Journey of faith, right? What is can you recall from our last lecture? If we do unmuted and just share very quickly Go ahead Who alters of Abraham Past altar is obedience Altar of obedience second is the ultra intimacy that is unto ultra Commitment and separation or separation and for this altar of sacrifice Thank you, Prince. So you have the altar of obedience alter of intimacy alter of commitment and separation and then alter of sacrifice right and each of them resembles and symbolizes Abraham's journey spiritual journey, right and and and we kind of concluded With what God expects of us So like in the Old Testament altars represented a place of worship a place of death where blood would flow It was a place of surrender It was a place of sacrifice I'd ultimately it was a place of worship where you would just come and surrender your all and be in awe of who this God is We also saw that there were The other tribes, you know of those days in the surrounding nations They also had altars, but their altars would have idols that man made idols However, the idols, sorry the altars that was built by Abraham Had no idols. It was just a plain altar on which the sacrifice would be burnt, right? And then we came fast forward to Romans chapter 12 and where we see the Paul says Therefore, I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God to offer yourself as a living sacrifice Right So this is one thing that God is expecting us to build altars But he's not just expecting us to build altars He's also expecting us to lay our life on that altar to live our life as a living sacrifice Right. So that's what we concluded, uh, you know in in page eight from your notes and So that was that was the first section of of chapter one Okay, today we will continue and to see how worship ministry was organized in the Old Testament Okay, we are still in page number eight 1.2 worship in the bible how it was organized in the Old Testament Okay, so just give us a basic understanding of what exactly happened Again, we see the Abraham, you know initiating this altars And then when we come to the book of exodus, we see that God gives Moses a blueprint for the tabernacle, which is known as the tabernacle of moses, right? And that Was the place of worship for the Israelites through the wilderness and it was also supposed to be Their place of worship even after they reached their promised land but Then you read that in the book of Joshua and judges especially that They forget about the tabernacle and they go back to Alters to the worship method of building altars You read that through the book of judges is that they go back Kind of say something that they they forgot about the presence of God They forgot about the place of their place of worship, which God gave moses Which they were supposed to continue so So let's go to the notes and uh, you know and see what it says Would you like me to share the screen of our notes? Yeah, I'll actually go ahead and do that. We can all follow So, yeah We see that The Old Testament doesn't give us an exact blueprint of the worship of ancient Israel. However Contains some important principles that can help us in Structuring our worship Okay, those word principles is very important for us to understand So it's not giving exact methods and steps and whatnot But we can certainly take away certain principles that they follow. So After leaving Egypt God gave the people of israel the law and the commandment that a tabernacle be constructed The tribe of Levi were set aside to serve as priests for God and his people The Old Testament book of exodus and leviticus provide specific instruction about the manner in which worship and sacrifice was to occur Right. So all of this was given. I mean we read the book of exodus and leviticus There's a certain instructions that God gives moses and the tribe of the levitical priesthood to follow Right. Okay, you have you ought to do this sacrifice and uh, you know, follow these certain procedures, etc, etc All right And then while the people of israel were clearly commanded to worship God Deuteronomy 6 13 Says you shall fear only the lord your god and you shall worship him And swear by his name exodus 33 10 says when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent All the people would arise and worship each at the entrance of his tent. So this was primarily Uh, how the worship was kind of organized in the tabernacle of moses this whole passage is talking about that but we will learn in detail about the tabernacle of moses in an In the sections to come. Okay, so this is just a gist of uh, you know, what went on but let's just Uh, come down and we'll see how worship was organized in the tab in the temple in david's temple or also known as the tabernacle of David and and in the temple that's solemn built Okay, these are just a few scriptures that I've mentioned Once again, we will learn in detail about the tabernacle of david in another section after the tabernacle of moses. Okay So I hope you are all with me so far Um, so here we go worship in the temple So after its construction by solemn in thousand dc The temple in jerusalem became the prominent focus of jewish worship Okay, it was It that you know that was it that was the place where every jew would go to worship That was like the ultimate place of worship the temple that's solemn built It appears that the emphasis of worship in the temple was primarily on sacrificial offerings and praise to god through music Okay, sacrificial offerings and praise to god through music where in the temple that's solemn built The music was comprised of numerous various instruments that even david created invented As well as well trade vocal choirs Okay, somewhat similar to the melodies four part. How many that we have in today's dnh. Okay, so So two things that was prominent in in the temple that solemn built was sacrificial offerings and Music praising god through music. Okay. Now those two was obviously now sacrificial offerings was carried forward by By what day i'm sure they would you know understood that this is what happened in the tabernacle of moses And so he brings that along and that that happened through his Tabernacle and then it was david who introduced music You know as another aspect of worship in his tabernacle. Okay, so we're going to read a few scriptures Of You know that's mentioned about the tabernacle of david and the temple. Okay, can Can some of us take turns to read these sections that's mentioned in your notes, please One of us read the first two points Anybody just go for all right prince. Do you mind reading the first two points, please? These are now Second summaries six five Yes As the arc of the covenant was being brought to Jerusalem david and all the house of israel were Celebrating we put the lot with all kinds of instrument made of fowl and with layers herbs and tambourines two tambourines cast Castanets and and symbols and first chronicles 16 46 He appointed some of the levites and As a minister before the arc of the lord Even those even to celebrate and to thank And praise the lord god of Israel As the chief and second of him Shakira Then jail Samaritan Jail Matithaya Matithaya Eliva Ben Anaya Obey obey dome and jail with music musical instrument harp Plades Also as a plate loud sounding samples and Benia and Jahai Jahazel that in the face Bill trumpet continuously before the arc of the covenant of god Thank you so much prince. I appreciate it. Okay, so from just these two points We see that david was very passionate about worship. That's one thing and he was so passionate about that. So he introduced variety of instruments Around, you know, so and just from the very first verse in second time l 65 As he was bringing the arc of the covenant back to Jerusalem to you know, to Israel He introduced these, you know instruments made up of wood and liars and harps You know and tambourines and and symbols And whatnot can we can only imagine what that procession looked like, right? Just imagine in your main road right in front of your house You know the king of your nation the king Okay, of the nation is leading the way. He's excited. He's happy. He's worshiping He's dancing before the presence of god. That's what the arc of the covenant symbol isn't it? With all these instruments played by The people, you know, just making that noise worshiping him praising It it should have been it would have been quite a scene. Isn't it? And then we see that in first chronicles chapter 16 it was four and six After the arc arc is brought back to Jerusalem He sets up the tabernacle and then he appoints some of the Levites as ministers before the arc of the lord Okay, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the god of israel and there were a few people he sets like asaf Zachariah And then met a metathiah And these names are very hard to pronounce Obed, edom, etc. etc. Okay, so and notice this line The priests blew trumpets continually before the arc of the covenant of god They blew trumpets continually now, I don't know how it went about that how they went about that but They must have had a lot of energy and it must have been a loud loud place to be around right with all these instruments being Clashing and so beautifully organized. I mean the trumpets, you know being blown continually I mean It would have been an awesome sight Okay, let's go on. So we see that in first chronicles chapter 25 Verse one it says more over David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service Some of the sons of asaf and of heman and jerethen who were to prophesy with liars harps and symbols Now we are going to go deep into this Verse first chronicles chapter 25 verse one in another section Okay, we're going to just break that verse down and understand more about how david set his tabernacle How he organized worship in his tabernacle. Okay, but look look at this. So he sets a few people What were they supposed to do with their instruments? It says they were to prophesy with with their instruments with liars and harps and symbols And so now we know that we can prophesy with instruments as well. It doesn't necessarily have to be verbal Isn't it? It's wonderful. Okay Can somebody else read this section please second chronicles chapter five verse 12 and 14 There's a quote in speaks of all the levitical singers asaf, heman jerethen and their sons and his men Those in fine linen with symbols harps and liars standing east of the altar and make them 120 priests blowing trumpets in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard It's one voice to praise and to glorify the lord and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpet and symbols and instrument of music and when they praise the lord saying he indeed is good for his loving kindness Is everlasting than the house the house of the lord was filled with a cloud So that the priest could not stand in to minister because of the cloud for the glory of the lord He is the house of God Thank you, Dave Now I want us all to share what stood out From that verse to you In the chat section or feel free to unmute your mic and share what stands out the most for you in that verse Or what are some of the key words that stand up to you? Not just one word And the cloud of the lord the glory of the lord The glory that they felt so that they couldn't even minister Because of the presence of the lord Okay, thank you, Dave the cloud the glory of the lord. Okay, I feel the house. Okay Uh, what else? House of the lord Sorry Konan House of the okay, so I feel the house of god. Yes, so it was his house. Okay, not someone else's anybody else's. Okay. Thank you What else? Okay, let me read it again. Okay, and uh, you see what stands out His loving kindness is everlasting Okay nice That's what they were singing isn't it for he indeed is good for his loving kindness Is everlasting. Thank you prince. What else guys? Kiran Manu Aaron every everyone is praising god that he's Loving kindness is forever But what what what what else stands out? Uh, what other key words kind of stands out to you as you read I tell you what Sorry Wordify the lord Okay, glorify the lord. Okay. No, I'm going to read this scripture one more time. Okay, and uh, let's see If there are certain words that kind of stand out to you. Okay, so second chronicles 5 12 to 14 All the levitical singers asaf heman Jirathan and their sons and kinsmen kinsmen just means relatives. All right Uh clothed in fine linen With symbols harps and liars Standing east of the altar. Okay, so notice that word altar um It was also in the temple with them 120 priests Blowing trumpets in unison When the trumpeters and singers Uh were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the lord When they lifted up their accompanied when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and symbols and instruments of music when they praised the lord saying He indeed is good for his loving kindness is everlasting Then the house the house of the lord Was filled with the cloud so that the priests could not stand and minister because of the cloud For the glory of the lord filled the house of god Okay, find the Oneness unisonous. They they all one heart. There is the voice and play the instrument Okay, so promises unity unison Okay, there was oneness togetherness. They were all united. That means everybody knew that the focus Was just on one person. Their audience was just one That was and their audience was the alpha and the omega Jesus, okay, it was filled with glory. Okay. What else what else come on? Anybody else add you want to share? Neelam, okay. All right, so, uh, yeah, thanks Thanks for sharing everybody, um, you know For me, yeah, as as thomas was also sharing, you know, that the unity kind of stands stands out Okay, but there's a there are a couple of things that we need to know and understand. Okay Um, it says 120 priests Okay with 120 priests blowing trumpets now um So I studied a little bit about music and orchestration, right? So you you know, you've seen this big orchestra where you have violins in the front and you have the you know The percussion instruments at the back Um We've seen that right in one side. There'll be flutes and all these wood instruments And and the other section is the brass section, right? That's where you'll find the trumpets and all these trombones where the you know Have you seen that you guys know what I'm talking about? Yeah The brass section right way at the back the brass section Is the loudest section in all of the orchestra Now there there will be 60 violinists, you know, the string section there will be so many in the percussion section But there will only be like four trumpet players Okay, and then you'll have this conductor in front of the orchestra who's conducting, right? And most of the time he will always, you know, it's like hey control your volume You know, he'll be telling that to the brass section Because just three or four trumpets can easily overpower the entire orchestra So the big band the big orchestra is made up of at least 120 musicians Okay, how many 120 musicians? That means those trumpeters this was four people Can easily overpower Over a hundred musicians and that's how loud they are And here it says there are 120 priests blowing 120 trumpets Wow And 120 trumpets they're all blowing together in unison That's just another epic scene right there, you know And their passion to worship god was just Unparalleled, unrivaled Their zeal to worship him was just unrivaled. It seems like that, right? They're all with one voice to praise and glorify god And their song is not, you know, it doesn't seem like a One, you know reverse chorus and an amazing bridge that we have is very simple They praised saying he indeed is good For his loving-kindness is everlasting That was enough their one heart their one voice That you know to come together to just lift up praise and god shows up And when he does the priests the people are not able to stand in that presence Because his cloud his glory was tangible Right tangible means what you can touch it. You can feel it the weight when we say shakaina glory It simply means the weight of his glory They could experience And feel that weightness of his glory and that they could not stand and his glory filled his house Amen, that's so important. Isn't it for us to know when we learn about worship ministry? We always have to remember Who are we worshiping and who is this ministry about? Because it's very easy for us to make this ministry about ourselves and and we and think that We are the recipients of worship when we are not The worship is towards him The ministry that we do is for him And when that is clear he shows up in a way that we can never imagine. Amen All right, let's go on. Are you guys with me? Everybody Let's go on. Can I request somebody else to read this section, please second chronicles 29 25 to 30, please I'm ready sir. Sure Second chronicles 29 Verse 25 to 30 speaks of the worship to God instigated by his He then stationed The Levites in the house of the lord with symbols with hearts and with lyres according to the command of david and of god and king seer and Of nathan the proper the prophet for the command was from the lord through his prophet The levite stood with the musical instrument of david and the priest With the trumpet the hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar When the burnt offering began the song the song of the lord also began with the trumpet Accompanied by the instruments of david king of Israel while the whole assembly worship and the Singers also sang and the trumpets Sounded all his continued until the burnt offering was finished now at the complication of the burnt offerings the king And all who were present with the with him bowed down and worship more ever king hezekiah and the officials ordered The levite to sing praise to the lord with the words of david and asha the seer So they sang praise praises with joy and bowed down and worshiped Thank you mano. Thank you so much All right guys come on speak to me What stands out to you what words kind of stick out to you from that scripture? Come on. Come on. Come on Sit there bow down and worship Okay, bow down and worship. Okay I are you all reading that verse again? Okay, praise god with musical instruments. Okay praise with joy. All right What else kind of what else kind of stands out to you offering and worship? Okay All king worship him All right Thank you The lord through the prophets The lord through the his prophets, right? Okay, right. So Hezekiah was another king that came after david. Okay, so And although the kings changed They kind of followed the pattern and the instructions that was set by david Okay, so here's what it says, right? He then who hezekiah he stationed the levites in the once again house of the lord with symbols with harps and liars, okay According to the command of david That means he has said this is how it's supposed to be everybody who comes after me as king Follow these commands. Follow these instructions. This is what you ought to do. You set levites in their station They they have to have their instruments okay according to the command of david and of gad the kings seer and of Nathan the prophet For the command was from the lord through his prophets next The levites stood with musical instruments of david that means that says david also created musical instruments And the priests with trumpets now everybody's ready. Then hezekiah gave the order. Okay, you see this Until everybody were in their position Until everybody were ready and prepared to do their roles and responsibility The king did not give the order to start the service Okay, you see that When when everybody was ready when everybody was in position when everything is set Then hezekiah gave the order saying to offer the burnt offering on the altar Now When the off burnt offering began the song to the lord also began with the trumpets Accompanied by the instruments of david king of israel While the whole assembly worshiped the singers also sang and the trumpets sounded All this continued until the burnt offering was finished. Now. This is so important All this continued what all continued the singing the shouting the playing of the trumpets the playing of the instruments Everything continued Until the burnt offering was finished Now I wish this scripture said for how long it went on like the offering was, you know, burning Or we don't know it must have gone on for hours hours Right sometimes we get tired of 30 minutes and 45 minutes of worship and singing and shouting But I really don't know it must have gone for long hours, isn't it? All of them continued singing dancing praising worshiping the king of kings until the burnt offering was finished What happened after that? Now at the completion of burnt offerings the king And all who were present with him bowed down in worship The worship service didn't stop after the offerings were done burning After the offerings were burnt completely the king and all who were present that means the priest the the palace officials the kings officials the ministers everybody With the king bowed down and worshiped Bowed down in worship Moreover king Hezekiah and the officials Ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord and with words of David and Asaph the seer So they sang with praises with joy and bowed down and worshiped I mean it must have been such an event such a grand Possession when it came to worshiping the Lord It's like they just didn't want to stop worshiping him Okay, okay, so you know The burnt offering was on the altar. We worshiped it's it's finished burning We will still worship and after that after we bowed down and worshiped we will still continue to worship It's like they didn't want to go back home They wanted to be around the presence It wasn't isn't that wonderful Yeah, and one of the and one of the key things here where you read at least that stands out to me is It the king was also a worshipper He led the way now Later on gods, you know gods called us to be leaders in our own ministries or wherever you are God places you for whatever ministry he calls you to do It's so important for us leaders for you as a leader to be a worshipper And because king Hezekiah led, you know, I said come on, let's go do this everybody followed his command And because king bowed down and worshiped everybody else followed him in worship Amen, so as leaders it's very important You know to God our hearts and to be a worshipper Okay, are you guys with me everybody? All right, awesome. Let's just continue now Worship in the second temple Okay now So what happens as we know that uh in the first temple gets destroyed, uh, you know by Nebuchadnezzar By the Babylon the king of the Babylon's Okay, so let's read here Following the destruction of the temple that was built by Solomon by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian exile Happens right after the destruction the Babylonians invade Jerusalem and they take people as uh as slaves as prisoners and they go back Okay, and that uh And that exile lasts for 70 years Okay, so That's the context here. Okay, so the people of Israel return to Jerusalem in 539 BC around that year The time of the second temple is divided into different periods. That is the Persian period The Hellenistic period and the Roman period Okay, so there are three empires that ruled uh during this period and this lasted Approximately for 500 odd years Okay, all these three um empires these rains put together. Okay I'm sure you would also read about this in Nehemiah talking about this when he's when he serves as a cup bearer And you know the king Xerxes sends them back He's like, okay, you have my permission to go back and build that walls build the temple Right, so that's the context of what is happening here so, uh King Cyrus of Persia he issues uh the permission for them to go back and build the second temple so And then we see before the destruction of the first temple Jeremiah had famously prophesied about this For so said god For at the completion of 70 years of Babylon I will remember you and I will fulfill my good word to you to restore you to this place So And indeed, uh, this is what happened a little more than 50 years after the destruction of the first temple The Babylonians who had destroyed the first temple Were vanquished by the rising Persian empire So after 50 years 50 years into the exile The persians were now defeating the Babylonians slowly And the Persian king Cyrus the great soon authorized the Jews to rebuild the temple Isn't that amazing a king who doesn't know this god? Authorizes them to go and build the temple But construction ground to a halt due to interference by the Samaritans Every time Jews would go and build the Samaritans will come and destroy the temple destroy what they're building You know, this is what Nehemiah also writes, right? So around 353 bc Exactly 70 years after the destruction of the first temple the Jews the Jews began building again First independently, but king Darius soon ratified their effort. He pushed he encouraged them to build it pretty fast so And the second temple era it's panned approximately 420 years Ending with the roman's destruction of the holy temple in 70 c e So the romans again destroyed the second temple around 70 c e which is now which was known as ad right after death Okay, but here's the thing Why why is it so important for us to understand the historical background the context? Is it's very simple There was a temple the Solomon built it was destroyed And the Israelites are gone as prisoners for 70 years in exile. They serve different kings But the something unique happens which we will learn in sections to come is something called the house church and this The system of the synagogues Was birthed and was developed During this period because the Jews did not have a place of worship, right? They did not I'm not I don't know if they were allowed to build altars like they were used to They did not have a temple. They did not have a tabernacle that they carried around in the wilderness So how else they had to continue to worship. They had to continue to meet for fellowship, isn't it? And the system most historians and scholars say the system of the house church and synagogues was initiated here and it developed and progress as as the years progressed, okay, so The Old Testament books of Ezra and Nehemiah Tell of the work in repairing the damage that was done Of their worship at that time, okay Can I request somebody to read this passage, please Ezra chapter two this whole section, please Anyone go for it. Yeah, I think All right, so Ezra 241 records the return of 128 levitical levitical singers the sons of aspa Ezra 310 11 states now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the lord The priest stood in the day up rail with trumpets and the Levites The sons of aspa with symbols to praise the lord according to the directions of the king David of Israel They sang praising and giving thanks to the lord saying he is good for his Loving kindness is upon Israel forever and all the people shouted with a great Shout when they praise the lord because the foundation of the house was the lord of the lord was slayed Man, thank you for that Isn't that isn't that wonderful there, you know after the exile people come and but they have not forgotten What used to happen in the temple? And the con and the command and the instructions which was originally given by david Years later generations later The same pattern of worship seems to have followed here, right? They returned with 128 levitical singers And Ezra 310 11 states that when the when when they laid the foundations for the temple of the lord The priests stood in their apparel. What was that apparel apparel means the clothes, right? In in the previous scriptures, we saw they wore fine linen Okay, so that means the priest stood again with fine linen with trumpets again and the levites the sons of Asaf with symbols to praise the lord According to the directions of king david They sang praising giving thanks to the lord saying the same song that they had sung before For he is good for his loving kindness is upon israel forever All the people shouted with the great joy Great shout when they praised the lord because the foundation of the house of the lord was laid Man, uh, thank you. Uh, can I request somebody else to read the next section, please? Nehemiah chapter 12 verse 27 243 Now on the dedication of the born of jerusalem They thought of the levites in all their places to bring them to jerusalem to celebrate and dedication of the gladness both now with the thanksgiving And singing with the symbols and string instruments and hops And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around jerusalem from the villages of NATO from the house of gilgal and from the fields of geba and Asma that for the singers had built themselves villages All around jerusalem then the priest and the levites purified themselves and purified the purified the people the gates and the wall so I brought the leaders of judah up to the wall and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs one went to the right and On the wall towards the Refuse refus gate after he went Sire the half of the leaders of judah and azaria ezra Meshulam judah ben jameen Shemaya jarmaya and some of the priest sons of trumpets zakariah the sons of jonathan the sons of shemai the sons of Martini the son of mikaya the son of zakul the son of asaf and his brother brethren shemai azaria milalay gilalay my Nithan nithanel judah and hanani and the musical instruments David the men of god and ezra the scribe went before them By the fountain gate in front of them they went up to the stairs of the city of david on the Stairway of the wall beyond the house of david as far as the water gate eastward The other thanksgiving choir went up Opposite way and i was behind them with the half of the people on the wall growing fast On the tower of the owens as far as the broad wall and above the gate Above the old gate above the fish gate and the tower of hanan and the tower of the hundered are as far as the sheep gate and they Stopped by the gate of the prison So two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of god. Likewise. I stand off of the rulers with me and the priest elia kim maasi maasi here mean manager mikai yellow nine zakaraya and hanano with the trumpets also missus i shemai elizia wuzzi jonathan minkeza alarm and ezad the singers sang loudly with the zakaraya that the director also That that day they offered great sacrifice and rejoiced For god had made them rejoice with great joy and the woman and the children also enjoyed so that the joy of jerusalem was heard afar off thank you so much the farmers appreciated so I mean we would generally not go to this passage and uh, you know, we will not tell okay, my favorite passage is Nehemiah chapter 12 in the section isn't it? Because we will tend to overlook it because of the names and the details that's mentioned But in the context of what we've been learning when you see, you know that Coming togetherness. He's mentioned so many different names in this scripture That just goes to say that there were so many different people Different people coming together in unity just for one reason That is to praising and worshiping him and And you know, they organized they just didn't say okay, you go to whatever you want. Okay It'll go stand wherever you want, you know do whatever you know It was organized. It was planned. It says okay You this group will go this side and this choir will go that side. You will go stand over there We will go to this gate Very clear instructions were given right and again when everything was ready when everybody were in place Then the instruction was given to worship to offer sacrifices to sing praise And you know, it says the last one says the sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away Okay, the sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far far away And I found this section these scriptures so beautiful Uh, you know, let me just stop by Sharing here. Okay This is one quick question here. Manu is asking why destruction of the temple happened. So, uh, you know as Jeremiah prophesied prophesied right Manu what happened is that again people of israel did come in evil in the eyes of the lord and and and the other army the nebuchadnezzar the Babylonian army invaded israel and They destroyed the temple as well. So that's why the destruction of the temple happened So if they destroyed the temple because the people of israel And juda they did evil in the eyes of the lord and actually when you read the scriptures The enemy that attacked israel the Babylonians also said is like hey, you know We attacked because you lived a sinful life. Uh, you know, you were evil doers And yeah, that's that that's what led to the exile. Okay So, uh, is everybody okay, I know we've just gone a few minutes over a break time, uh, but What we were able to follow everything from the section until now Yes, sir. Okay. Let me stop the recording then. Um