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This is a very appropriate day in regard to what Jesus Christ accomplished for us. We have been studying details relevant to the last week of Jesus Christ life and today we want to explore a seemingly, puzzling, scripture uttered in the final moments of our Lord's earthly life.
We know from John 3:16 & 17 that Jesus was sent by God to be the Savior of the world.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
1 John 2:2:
And He Himself is the propitiation [payment in full of one on behalf of another]for our sins , and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
What a wonderful testimony of God's great love and kindness for all people. We have these landmark scriptures as a boundary point in our reading and studying of the Word to keep us within the framework of truth. Verses like this, we should observe. Scriptures as these are great testimonies of God and reveal enlightening truths concerning Him. Then, when we read the word, we read in light and comprehension of these truths. Truths, like God is light and in Him is no darkness at all, or, God is love and He that dwells in love dwells in God and God in him. These wonderful boundary markers should keep us inside of the framework of the word of God in our study and reading of the Scriptures.
Jesus was sent to be the Savior of the world and he had other responsibilities leading up to that. One was to declare the God of love and light.
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
No man has seen God at any time. Even in the Old Testament, they didn't really "see" God. They had knowledge or an awareness that God was there, but they did not have a comprehensive perception of His character and certainly they didn't physically see Him.
Remember, Moses asked God if He would pass by him so that Moses could take a look at him and God said that He would put Moses in the cleft of a rock and pass by so Moses could see His hinder parts, meaning, the effects of God. In other places, it is used figuratively where God spoke to him face-to-face. He didn't have the full comprehensive knowledge or understanding of the full nature of God's goodness and love. Of course, that includes all the prophets. But Jesus Christ came to declare God. The word "declare," means, "to be an introducer". He was to introduce mankind to God. Jesus Christ was to declare him.
This word "declare" in religions terminology means "to remove the veil, to take away the shroud, take away the covering". For instance, we go to a wedding and the groom with his groomsmen are at the altar with the minister. The music starts and we see the bride coming down the aisle. She is wearing a veil. We see the beautiful symmetry of her dress, the lovely way she looks, but we really cannot look into her face or observe the joy expressed in her eyes until she arrives at the altar where the father, or the groom, lifts her veil and then we see the loveliness of that bride and observe what this moment means to her. "Declare" means "remove the veil, take away the shroud" so everyone can enjoy the beauty and the loveliness. When we see a bride on her wedding day, there is a kindness and tenderness there. It is a beautiful thing.
In our society, we see Muslim women that wear the burkas and some even have a lace covering their eyes. They can see out but you cannot really see in. "Declare" is to remove the veil and do away with the mystique. That is what Jesus Christ was to do. He was to introduce us to God and take away the mystique. Jesus was to openly show God by clearly defining God's nature, as he demonstrated to Thomas.
John 14:7
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Thomas should have made the connection. Jesus said to him, "You could see God in my life and make the connection to God's nature". Not physically see God, but in the sense of comprehending what God was all about. Thomas saw evidence in Christ's life and that's a great thing for us to understand. When we go through the Scriptures and especially as we read in the Gospels, we should look at Jesus Christ's life and ask ourselves. Did Jesus ever hurt anyone? Did Jesus ever injure anyone? Did he ever tear down anyone? The answer is "NO". So, "if he that hath seen me hath seen the father", then when we look back at the Old Testament, we should be able to see any evil attributed to God are just not true to the nature of God as demonstrated by Jesus Christ's life. You might read in the Old Testament that God slew someone. Did Jesus Christ ever slay anyone? Never! So, with this framework for truth, when we go back to the Oid Testament we can look at it with the veil removed. Then, we see the beauty and perfection in the nature of God.
Verse 8:
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
It will settle us down. It will fulfill our needs.
Verse 9
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Verse 10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
In looking at the Scriptures, especially in the Gospels regarding Jesus Christ's life, does it suffice us? He that hath me hath seen the Father. We have seen him without the veil.
This was to openly show and clearly define the nature of God as he demonstrated to Thomas. How?
Acts, chapter 1, holds a tremendous truth, valuable to look at.
We can get an understanding and get a comprehension of the nature of God and rule out the confusion by removing the veil. The veil was removed by Jesus Christ as documented in the Gospels. Then, God can be seen very clearly.
Acts 1:1
The former treatise [the Gospel of Luke, who was the writer of Acts on how the church moved] have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach
To do and to teach...two parts. So, how do we see the Father? We look at what Jesus did and what he taught. We observe what he performed and what he spoke.
In John 14, it says the words that Jesus spoke were the words the Father gave him and the works he did were the works the father did through him. Both, the doing and the teaching, the performing and the speaking, the actions and the declarations give us the full account. We want to make sure that we have these because, both what he said, and what he did are vital to our understanding and remaining within the borders of truth.
John 8:28
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
We can look at every action of Jesus and get an understanding of the nature of God. So, it is the things he did and the things he spoke. We should pay attention to the things he spoke so we can have a fuller understanding of the beauty and nature and the loving-kindness of God. Jesus always did what pleased God and he always spoke what the Father instructed.
Verse 29
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, for I do always those things that please him.
Always...always, so therefore, the words he spoke bring great relevance. They unambiguously, clearly define and emphatically express the very nature and heart of God. We certainly should have gotten a clue from John 3:16. Love works best and we ought to come to the position that we agree with God.
As we go into this, you will see in a great way that God's motivation or nature is that great expression to carry out John 3:16. That is that we may love mankind to the end we reconcile them to God through declaring Jesus Christ.
There are some plainly stated scriptures to look at so we can deal with the more obscure verses we will come across. In our biblical study and reading, the point is to approach the unclear verses in view of those that are more well-defined. These become our checkpoints and landmarks that will keep us within the framework and boundaries of the Word of God, particularly as we read and study in the Old Testament.
2 Corinthians 3:14 & 15
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
You see, they continued to look at the Old Testament through the veil, which was done away in Christ. Instead of taking that which Jesus Christ revealed in the New Testament about the nature of God and then, going back to look at the Old Testament in light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, they tried to look at the New Testament filtered through the Old Testament. Today, this has caused endless confusion and hurt and kept us, in many cases, from really manifesting the wonderful freedom and power we have in Christ through his great victory for us.
We want to get rid of the veil. Let’s not allow the veil to remain, to where we see these things and we say, "Oh, but the Lord slew and the Lord did such-and-such and the Lord punished so-and-so” and drag that into the New Testament. Let us keep in mind that Jesus revealed in a New Testament that says God is light and in Him is no darkness at all; God is love.
Corinthians tells us that those of the Judean background (even those that followed Jesus) still failed to adjust to that truth.
Verse 15:
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
That is a real problem because if the veil is upon your heart and your heart is what you believe with, then it is going to affect your life because the just shall live by faith, or, by their believing.
Look at these very plainly stated scriptures that I think will indeed help us especially as we go into these puzzling scriptures that really are there for our benefit.
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
This does not mean that if you are poor now, that you will stay poor all of your life and you should be happy anyway; it is talking about in the moment. Whatever you have right now; be thankful right now. It is difficult to have more in the future if you don't appreciate what you have now.
So he will never leave us, nor forsake us. I won't go into the Greek, but there is a lot more emphasis put on this than is communicated in the translation.
In verse 8:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
That is why Jesus had to speak what the Father said. God does not change, so if Jesus believed yesterday that God would not leave us nor forsake us then what does he believe today and what will he believe tomorrow.
Be sure that we are picking these things up.
Romans 8:
Although these books were written after the life of our Lord Jesus Christ, the truths contained in them, he revealed. That's how they got to them. They took the veil off when they looked at Jesus’ life. They looked at what he said and what he did; what he performed and what he said; and were able to see these truths and write about them for us, as God gave them the guidance and revelation to do so. Like the Apostle Paul...
Verse 35 & 36:
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter?
No, nothing is going to separate us from Christ...not emotional distress, persecutions. None of these things, the Scriptures tell us, can separate us form the love of Christ.
Verse 37-39:
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors [super conquerors] through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded [that is key-we have to be persuaded], that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Well, if nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and God dwells in Christ, then nothing can separate God from Christ. Nothing can separate His love from Christ and we have this same promise to us. Even in the Old Testament they were aware that God loved them and would not forsake them.
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Isn't that a wonderful thing? Especially during that challenging time of conflict, to know that He was going to go with them and that they would not fail because He would not forsake them.
John 16: 32
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Jesus is talking about the hour of his death...it is now come, within the next 30 hours or so. He says that his followers are going to leave him, but that he is not alone because the Father is with me.
Verse 33:
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life
For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world but to redeem...
Having read these very understandable verses, with the veil removed, looking at the Old Testament through the filter of the New Testament, Let's go now to Matthew, Chapter 27. We are going to a verse puzzling to many. If we hold to these clear verses, which have provided a very clear message concerning the nature of God, we'll put this together in a wonderful way.
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour [3pm] Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
You'll notice that these words “Eli, Eli lama sabachthani” are different from what we have been reading. We've been reading in English and these words are not English. They are Aramaic words.
In The King James Version of the Bible, the Old Testament was translated from the Hebrew manuscripts while the New Testament was translated from Greek, the Stephen’s Greek Text to be a bit more specific, but again these words are not Greek. If we were to look at the Interlinear Greek-English New Testament at Matthew 27:46 we would find those same Aramaic words transliterated into the corresponding Greek characters or letters.
Mark 15:13 is a parallel record of this account. These same words appear with a slight variation of spelling. The Aramaic alphabet has 22 consonants and no vowels. So to form some of the sounds in Aramaic we add vowels or other consonants using the letters or characters of our language that singularly or combined make a similar sound. It is easy to recognize then, the difficulty in transcribing and translating from one language to another.
Going back to Matthew 27:46 the word transliterated lama is more directly the characters lmn. Hence more clearly understood in English as lamana.
We know Jesus spoke Hebrew because he read from the scrolls. Ancient Hebrew had no written vowel forms as distinct characters. Vowel sounds were added to the reading of the scriptures and laws by long established oral tradition. Vowel “points” or markings were included in Hebrew writing later on.
In addition to the Hebrew that Jesus spoke, remember he read Scriptures and scrolls. Jesus also spoke Aramaic as his everyday language, as did his disciples. To be more particular they conversed in an Aramaic dialect of Galilee. In the record of Peter’s denials of Jesus this fact is very evident.
Mark 14: 69 & 70:
And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
A dialect is a regional or social variety of language that is distinguished by grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary, certain distinct linguistic features that identify them from the standard vernacular. Perhaps an example would be Cockney spoken in the East End of London. Their speech is characterized with 2 or 3 word rhyming phrases in a unique pattern. Steps or stairs become “apples and pears.” Usually followed by omission, one might say, “I’m going up the apples to bed.” A wife may be the joy of my life so you might express, “My joy is at her mum’s.”
Aramaic was spoken throughout all Judea but in the Galilean region they spoke a distinctive dialect. A distinguishing feature of the Aramaic used in the Galilee Region was the use of puns in rhyming words.
That is why in Matthew, they didn't understand those words so they did the best they could to give it a meaning based on what they thought.
Now, I want to make the point that Matthew and Mark were both from the Galilean area. They spoke this northern Aramaic dialect. Now when holy men wrote the Scriptures, they could only speak and write in languages they knew. They may have had the ability to write in both Aramaic and Hebrew, but in this case, it's in the Aramaic so there was difficulty especially with this phrase. When they originally wrote them, they were more than likely in Aramaic as Mark and Matthew did not speak Greek.
One of things about the northern Aramaic dialect is they use language somewhat in puns to make an expressed point. As a matter of fact, they used a Figure of Speech, which is "rhyming words". There are those who believe Jesus was human and that he was also God, spoke these words from his human side, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" So they go to those words and they say, forsaken, and then they go back to Ps 22, where it reads, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (more on Psalm 22 later) Others who look at this, it don't think it has to do with Ps 22 at all, but that it was a cry of victory and they endeavor to discount Ps 22.
Honestly if we look at this with understanding of how the Northern Aramaic dialect works, you will see that both are necessary scriptures and provide a wonderful understanding for us.
In this Aramaic we understand "Eli, Eli", as "My God", but there is no word "lama" in Aramaic. There is a word "lamana". In these languages, they didn't have vowels, so it is translators that added them to English to help. For the word "lamana", we want to see how this fits together. We read here, "My God, my God...” After unmistakably reading and understanding that God will never leave us nor forsake us, we now have a problem. That is why it becomes puzzling. The word, "lamana" is Aramaic and that word "lamana" is actually a declaration. It could be translated as the word "Why", but not in the sense of "I don’t understand". More in the essence of, "here is why". It's a declaration. As Dr. George Lamza, who was from the area, and Tony Alamo, an Aramaic scholar on the language of North Aramaic dialect, put it as "for this purpose". It is not a question, You are looking at it and here it is Jesus who is to be the savior of the world, and the children of Israel are looking at it because they expected this Messiah to be a warrior king to come and knock out the Roman take over things. Now, here he is, bloody, beaten and hanging on the cross. You can imagine their confusion. What in the world is going on? These turn of events are not up to their expectations, so they are looking at it and wondering.... why.... what in the world happened here. Jesus exclaims, "Here is the reason...for this purpose.... this is the reason! It is beautiful. We'll soon tie this into Psalm 22.
Now, the intent varies depending upon the statement or according to the situation. For example, in Arabic, the term "Allhu Akbar" can be used as a call to prayer, an expression of joy in receiving a gift or as Muhammed used it, as a battle cry... the words mean, "God is great", but actually means "God is Greater"! They used it as a battle cry when they were going to defend the Muslim religion. They cried, "God is Greater than your God" so to speak. It was a battle cry. Likewise, "lamana" can also be used as a shout of victory in a battle.
After David slew Goliath (1 Samuel 17:52), the men of Israel arose and shouted and pursued after the Philistines. Well, what do you think they might have shouted? They see their enemy on the run so they arose and gave a great shout. Doesn't tell us what they shouted, but most likely something victorious.
In Joshua 6, the children of Israel were to circle around Jericho and not even make a sound. They did that for six days and on the seventh, the shofars and horns blew and the children gave a great shout and the walls of Jericho fell flat before them. Doesn't tell us what the shout was but it must have been triumphant.
Now for Psalm 22! How does this quote from Ps 22..."My God my God, why hast thou forsaken me" accurately work with Matthew 26. I want you to see these great verses.
Psalm 22:
This Psalm was written by King David. We need to understand that. It was written by him and he was the king of war. David needed to stay alive in order to gain and maintain the freedom of Israel. He defended them through many conflicts and tried to bring peace and glory to God. But when David wanted to build the house of God, God told him he was a man of war and could not build, rather Solomon, his son would build it. David had to live in order to succeed. He had many enemies. He had enemies among the ranks of his own military, treachery within his own family, and foreign invaders...Amalakites. David faced stressful and challenging situations and he had to consistently strengthen himself in the Lord. Everything required for his life's force was always there. But then there was always the question, "what will happen next?". This Psalm in its context is not about Jesus. It is the psalm of David regarding his own heart and the challenges he went through. Solomon was king of wisdom; he was able to develop a political and civil peace, but spiritual turmoil continued to abound. The difference is, Jesus Christ is the king of love and no man expected this. It was not Jesus living that really made him successful, but laying down his life for us that made him the king that he was...the king that they never expected...the king that God of as, "for God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life". This king had to lay down his life for mankind. When we read this, "My God, my God"....In verse 2, David said, "I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not". When did you ever read that in the Gospels regarding Jesus Christ. As a matter of fact, Jesus said when he prayed and went to raise Lazarus from the dear, "Father I know you heard me".
Psalms 22:1 & 2:
{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
There are prophesies in here that refer to Jesus Christ, like casting lots for garments, but actually that was not an uncommon thing. Anyone in the conflict or war, even today, takes souvenirs from our defeated enemies. David took them. Joshua gave special instruction on what they could take. There are parallels and I will explain.
This great Psalm concludes in verse 31:
Verse 31:
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
It literally means, "it is finished", which is exactly what Jesus said after he uttered those words, "Eli, Eli".
Again, I want to emphasis that the Aramaic dialect of the North used a lot of puns for emphasis.
In sports we refer to someone whose play wins an important game as a hero and one who loses the game as a goat. After SuperBowl LI they called Tom Brady the G.O.A.T. to signify his historic comeback as the Greatest Of All Time.
They don't say it as a joke, but use the opportunity to emphasize the play on words to clearly set forth the enormity of the win and his spectacular career as a quarterback.
Matthew 27:
You can see where David had these enemies; these situations in his family and among his soldiers, you can understand why he would say, "Why hast thou forsaken me?". To his heart, knowledge and perception of what God was all about, that is how he felt.
But Jesus, on the cross, with things in absolute chaos, he cries, "This is the reason I came," and then the word, " sabachthani " An Aramaic word meaning "this is my destiny". "This is why I was born". So Jesus is crying out, "This is the reason I came".
Looking back at Ps 22, we see David saying, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" In the Aramaic, the word for "forsake" is "nashantani". Even in the Hebrew it is "asabachthani". The last word that Jesus spoke is "sabachthani". He is taking what David, a man after God's own heart, said in Ps 22 and rhyming with it. But, the rhyme is to communicate, "we are not forsaken, but as the descendant of David to whom God gave the Kingdom of Israel by a covenant of salt he has the absolute victory over the mankind’s greatest enemy.
"This is why I came, because you were unable to do it. You were able to keep Israel safe; you were able to defend and protect; you were able to give them somewhat peace and bring glory to God, but here is what I came for. I am the finished product. I finished what you wanted in the depth of your heart to do. I have completed it." Jesus spoke it in Aramaic, rhyming Aramaic with Hebrew. He was crying out in such a way and in such a language that both Matthew and Mark wanted to capture it, because they understood that Northern Aramaic and that rhyming together linked so well with what David had said and what David was looking for in the Old Testament. Jesus the son of David absolutely fulfilled completely and not only for Israel, but for all of mankind, for God so loved the whole world. You see, Aramaic is one of the semitic languages. Many words have three letter roots and as a result, the speaker makes a play off of the words by rhyming the words that sound the same but they have different meanings. At times, they can be the opposite meaning. While David bemoaned, "why hast thou asabatani-ed me?” Jesus the Christ said, "this is the reason I sabachthani-ed."
Jesus proclaimed it. Even in Hebrew, and I love this too because the beginning of the word shbk in the Hebrew is, (now we add shbk-but we add vowels for clarity in English) to commend. To keep in, to preserve, to praise, to glory and also triumph. Jesus shouted the great victory from the cross!
Ps 106:47:
It is not anything to belittle David but to proclaim the fulfillment of Jesus Christ’s life for all eternity.
What David spoke was fulfilled by the son of David...Jesus Christ.
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph [shabak] in thy praise.
What Jesus was saying, was not, "God you have forsaken me", but rather, "God, with me, we have fulfilled it". "This is our moment." Then he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.
The heart cry of David is answered, enhanced and resolved by JC, the root and offspring of David. Now there are people who say it is "forsake" us because Jesus Christ, who knew no sin, became sin for us and God hates sin so Jesus was just in his human side and God forsook him because God can't stand sin.
Psalm 103
I haven't intended to answer every question regarding these verses but I hope to have shown you a new look at it from the NT, looking back to the OT to see these great truths.
Verse 10:
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
As for God forsaking Jesus because he became sin, you and I would not have a chance. God so loved the world. He would not leave us without a chance. God would see to it that we were taken care of. And of all people, why would He forsake the LJC?
Well, they say, "Jesus was depressed". Over the years, I've watched a lot of iron man competitions where competitors run, swim, bicycle, run again, and it is one of the most taxing, brutal kinds of competition against a human body. The people who go into those competitions...it is really very difficult. As they strive, the winner whose out in front is just totally exhausted, every muscle throbbing, pain, but then he catches a glimpse of the banner and knows the finish tape is right there and then, with every step, he looks more energized. He knows the race is going to be over and that he will be the winner. I see JC our Lord this same way. It was brutal... the beatings, harsh, taxing and painful but he saw the finish line. And he said, My God, this is the reason I was born; this is the reason I have comel this is the fulfillment of what we wanted; this is our victory.
Hebrews 12:2:
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
He didn't crumble under the cross. He kept every word that God had said and he didn't utter words that contradicted His heavenly Father. Never uttered a word that contradicted His Father, but used those similar words to wrap it up in this rhyming usage of the Aramaic language along with the Hebrew to say, "This was my purpose; this my purpose in victory".
What a wonderful Lord we have. See, this son of David was to be murdered with all the young children back in Bethlehem. He thwarted numerous assignation plots and attempts during his one-year ministry.
Finally on the fourteenth of Nisan, the Devil's consummate lust to destroy the only begotten son of God, the Messiah and the savior of the world, goes into full operation. The Devil's full wrath is unleashed from every corner of hell upon Jesus and our loving Lord takes the full brunt of humiliation.... the beatings, the shame of rape and other unimaginable degradations. He hung on the cross, not sorrowful, but he saw the joy and it kept him running. The true iron man of the ages pressed to victory for the joy that was set before him, and he cried out, "Eli, Eli", not asenthanki but sabachthani "for this was my purpose, this was my victory".
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