Ask for medical prognostication, and from any truthful physician you’ll get “Yes” and “No,” a mix of the probable and possible. Medicine is a mixture of miracle and maybe.

The Book of Common Prayer calls for psalm 88 to be read on the 17th a.m. Just my luck. 88 has to be one of the darkest psalms.

I often skip it, if my soul is already on the dung heap.

Today I read it, along with 89, 90, and 91.

91, of course, is one of the brightest psalms. One Satan quoted to Jesus in the temptations.

That confuses me. How am I supposed to claim ps 91 for my own, when Satan mouths it?

Anyway. Back to insight. Ps 88:

10 Do you work wonders for the dead, can shadows rise up to praise you? Pause

11 Do they speak in the grave of your faithful love, of your constancy in the place of perdition?

12 Are your wonders known in the darkness, your saving justice in the land of oblivion?

(New Jerusalem Bible, courtesy catholic online, it’s www.catholic.org/bible.)

What struck me here as I read is these rhetorical questions. The psalm is attributed to Heman, the native born, son of Korah, sick and suffering.

Heman answered these questions “No!”

Does God work wonders for the dead? NO

Can shadows rise up to praise you? NO

and so on.

Reminds me of Hosea 13.14, another instance of a rhetorical question with an anticipated answer of NO.

(NJB)

 This is as grim as it gets. Though Hosea 14 rummages through tradition for some scraps of hope, again it’s hard to look farther down from this pit.

This morning what struck me, though, reading the grim rhetorical questions put by Heman the sick and suffering, is what he doesn’t know: God’s answers are different from his.

To each of Heman’s questions, God in Christ answers Yes!

Do you work wonders for the dead? YES

Can shadows rise up to praise you? YES

Do they speak in the grave of your faithful love? YES

Of your constancy in the place of perdition? YES

Are your wonders known in the darkness, your saving justice in the land of oblivion? YES

Just ask Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God is “the God of the living, not the dead,” Jesus said.

As for Hosea’s words, when Paul quotes them in 1 Corinthians 15, the mood has transformed from judgment to resurrection and rejoicing:

When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory?
     Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 1 Corinthians 15,54-57.

Scholars believe the people of the Hebrew Bible began to realize the resurrection very late in the Persian period two or three centuries before Christ, perhaps gaining insights from the Zoroastrians.

I don’t know what the hope of future life is in Judaism today.

But for me as a Christian, I know. The answer beyond all my questions is Jesus.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you …was not “Yes and No”; but in him it is always “Yes.” For in him every one of God’s promises is a “Yes.” 

Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Diego Velasquez, Joseph’s Bloody Coat, 1630

What 

A summary of the Biblical story

Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe with sleeves. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

Gen 37:3-4 (NRSV)

 Joseph, age 17, had some flaws. He was his father’s pet. The long-sleeved coat (also worn by David’s ill-fated daughter Tamar 2 Sam 13.18) represented a privileged status which divided Joseph from his siblings.

Genesis began with tragic sibling rivalry between Cain and Abel.

Joseph snitched on his brothers, and told them his dreams of being superior even to his father. All these actions endeared him to the ten rambunctious older brothers.

When Jacob sent Joseph to check on them, they took their revenge, throwing him into a dry pit and selling him into slavery.

Thirteen Years in Slavery

In the house of Potiphar (chief “slaughterer”) Joseph prospered, blessed by God. But when the official’s wife cast her eye on him, he refused her advances and she accused him of making them.

I’ve always wondered if Potiphar’s rage erupted partly because he knew his wife well enough to know the real story.

In Pharaoh’s prison, the pattern is repeated of Joseph’s integrity and God’s blessing. When Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker end up there, they are troubled by dreams which Joseph interprets accurately.

Restored to his position, the cupbearer forgets Joseph for two years.

Second in the Land

Troubled by his dreams, Pharaoh turns to Joseph, whom the cupbearer remembers at last.

Joseph again interprets accurately, and deftly suggests that Pharaoh seek out a man much like himself to administer the grain supplies during the coming years of plenty and famine.

Pharaoh elevates Joseph on the spot. The young man is 30, far different from the boy who was his father’s pet.

Joseph names his children Manasseh “Forgetful” and Ephraim “Fruitful,” a great strategy for handling a chequered past.

His Brothers in his Grip

Starving in Canaan, Joseph’s ten brothers show up to buy food.

They don’t recognize in this powerful lord the little brother who pleaded for mercy.

Joseph begins an elaborate ruse to find out the fate of his father, bring Benjamin to Egypt, and test the brothers’ character.

When they plead for their father’s welfare, Joseph has evidence that their character has changed. He reveals himself to them, and is reconciled.

The Last Act

Joseph brings his aged father and the entire clan to Egypt, where he secures Goshen in the Nile Delta,  the best grazing land for their flocks.

He assures his brothers:

 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.  So it was not you who sent me here, but God

Gen 45:7-8 (NRSV)

Joseph is Christ-like in his forgiveness.

When the clan returned to Canaan, he insisted that his bones go with them.

So What

Reflections on what this story means today

Is Joseph a “real” historical person?

To date archaeologists cannot corroborate the story of Joseph or any of its major features in Egyptian history. Although archaeology enlightens biblical study, it doesn’t destroy the value of the story not to have such corroboration. Who knows what future discoveries there will be!

Joseph resembles the ideal government official in Egyptian and other Ancient Near Eastern texts.

But the Hebrew scriptures took material from the culture and transformed it by orienting it toward God.

A man of God for all seasons

Joseph was nothing if not God’s man.

By the time he appears at age 17, his religious education had been completed. His identity had been securely formed, even though the family had rocky relations.

Joseph’s steadfast confidence in God, and his growing awareness of how God’s purpose might be achieved in his life, enabled him to endure.

Yet, it also gave him the ability to lay aside the trappings of Egyptian wealth and power at the end of his life, and remain after all a Hebrew, son of Israel, whose destiny belonged with his own people in Canaan.

Did he fail in success?

Some question whether Joseph navigated the waters of success as faithfully as he had before weathered those of suffering. Was his use of a divining cup an infraction?

1. We don’t know if it was at this time in history. The prohibitions of Torah come later.
2. We don’t know how much divining he actually did, or whether this was a pose.

Joseph’s insight into the providence of God, his willingness to forgive and to provide for his brothers’ families, and his integrity in all circumstances make him today, as he has been for 3000 or more years, an excellent role model for Christ followers.

[Note: This meditation grows out of our summer Neighborhood Bible Study "Great Chapters"---Genesis 45 or 50. Notes based on New Interpreter's Study Bible.]

The big ideas in Revelation

1. Jesus is the first and last.
2. You can find Christ in the churches.
3. There is calm, beautiful harmony in heaven’s worship.
4. Increasing judgment calls for decision.
5. Which city is your home? Fallen Babylon or new Jerusalem?

The angel and the little scroll (10.1-11)

1. He has one foot on sea, one foot on land; in chapter 13, beasts will come from sea and land.
2. The seven thunders are sealed up; “No more delay!” See seven thunders in Psalm 29.3-9.
3. John ingests the little scroll, symbolic of assimilating the message. He feels joy after receiving the message, but sadness, because message is woeful. See Ezekiel 2.8-3.3.

The two witnesses (11.1-14)

Background

a. For measuring, symbolic of protection, see Ezekiel 40-42; Zechariah 2.1-4.
b. For two olive trees, symbolic of persons, see Zechariah 4.
c. Two witnesses required in court, Deuteronomy 19.15
d. Fire consumes Elijah’s foes, 2 Kings 1.9-16 (Elijah symbolic of the prophets).
e. Elijah predicts drought, 1 Kings 17.1.
f. Moses turns rivers to blood, Exodus 7.14-25; other plagues follow. (Moses symbolic of Law.)
g. Sodom, Egypt, ancient enemies symbolic of the godless city
h. Elijah carried to heaven in fiery chariot, 2 Kings 2.
i. Jesus ascends to heaven in a cloud, Acts 1.9.
j. “Give glory to God” is an idiom for confess, usually followed by execution. See Josh 7.19 ff.

Narrative

1. John measures Jewish (not Gentile) areas of Temple, vv 1-2.
2. Two witnesses preach for 3 1/2 years (= 42 months = 1260 days), vv 3-6.
3. The beast from bottomless pit kills them, v 7.
4. They lie in the street 3 1/2 days, vv 7-10.
5. They receive the breath of life, v 11. See John 20.22.
6. They ascend to heaven, v 12.
7. A great earthquake occurs, 7000 (7 x 1000) die, v 13.

Hallelujah! (11.15-19)

Apocalypse, Revelation 10-11, page 1 © 2009 by John Hamilton

Left: Stag at Sharky’s, George Bellows, 1909

In our discussion of the book of Revelation last Tuesday, this verse jumped out at me: “for the great day of [God's] wrath has come, who can stand before it?”  (Rev. 6.17)

Who can stand?

In these troubled times you can’t count on many things.  A group of Pomona High School students youTubed the President describing their worries: what if mom and dad lost their jobs?  What if the bank foreclosed on their home?  Could they leave school to get a job? (NBC Nightly News 3-19-2009)

Who can stand?

Your favorite sin gets under your skin.  All of a sudden, you’re back in familiar territory, flat on your face or your fanny.  You wonder how many times you’ll fall for that gag.

If you’re like me, you’ve given up promising to do better.  You know promises are worth about as much as GM stock.

But you must give up your pet sins, as well as those you hate.

Who can stand?

In the classic film Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman portrays Lloyd Jackson, a decorated veteran sentenced to two years on a road gang for vandalism.  He has to establish himself in the pecking order, quickly squaring off against the leader Dragline, played by Arthur Kennedy.  In this unforgettable scene you see how he does it.

Cool Hand Luke boxing scene

 I intended to write about external forces; it turns out the hardest foes to beat lie within, those “blue devils” (Tennessee Williams) which hound us relentlessly. 

God’s standard also is unrelenting — “In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood,” Hebrews 12.4 (RSV).

 The secret is to keep getting up. ”When people fall, do they not get up again?” Jer 8:4 (NRSV)

Don’t waste time feeling guilty. “Real guilt doesn’t last—real change does.” Ask forgiveness. Get back on your feet as many times as it takes.

You wonder, doesn’t God get tired of our sin-capades?  According to Jesus, we have at least 490 times to ask forgiveness.  I’ve exceeded my limit;  God, however, is not keeping count.

Who can stand?

Paul said,

Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Eph 6:11-17 (NRSV)

The good news answer to the question “Who can stand?” is this: by the sheer grit of God, who never gives up on us, you and I can!

• Jesus Christ, the first and the last, ch. 1
• The church, where Christ walks among his people, ch. 2-3
• Heaven, a place of order, praise and harmony, ch. 4-5
• Gathering clouds of judgment on earth: though God continually acts to protect and comfort the saints, most of the world ignores calamities intended to bring about repentance, ch. 6-16
• Final doom upon Satan and the secular city, ch.17-20
• The new heaven and the new earth, God abiding among us, ch.21-22

My previous outline is very complex and misses the point.

Some thoughts that particularly blessed us were:

• “in heaven a door stood open” (4.1), no matter how many closed doors you face on earth, there stands a door open in  heaven.
• “in heaven stood a throne” (4.2), God reigns in heaven, does God reign in your heart?
• “four living creatures” (4.6), representing wild and domesticated animals, humans, and birds. All of us who love animals can derive comfort from the presence of all God’s creatures before the throne.
• The three great hymns of ch. 4-5 teach us three reasons to praise: because God is (4.8), because God created all things (4.11), and because God redeems the world (5.9-10,12)

I’m struck again at the broad, deep threads of praise and pastoral care that run through Revelation. This book was written for suffering people to give them hope of victory and comfort in the storm. It should do the same for us today.

But when we look at it primarily as a secret code to be deciphered, we miss the biog picture.

You try to live like a CEO in Manhattan on 500K! A recent NY Times article estimated the life costs $1.6M or more.

In the real world, the rest of us feel lucky to live, period.

So what does the book of Revelation say to us?

The Bible always urges God’s people to get their hands dirty, make a difference for real hurting people. It promises that always God is with us, God shoulders oiur pain with us, God will see us through.

That’s the message: God cares for you when your world’s coming to an end.

Although it’s fun to teach Revelation, it’s also challenging. As a young pastor, I was daunted by all the visions, monsters and numbers.

But when The Late Great Planet Earth came out, I felt like shouting, “That’s only one viewpoint!” It dates back to a 19th century clergyman named Darby and the 1909 Scofield Reference Bible; it’s

 ”premillennial dispensationalism”

Of course, nobody’s listening. Late Great sold 40 million copies. Sort of like The Da Vinci Code!

I recommend a fast jet read through Revelation in its entirety in a single setting, if possible.

Why?

You get the big picture. The details are shards of glass, each beautiful and luminous. But it’s the whole window you want to see, not separate pieces.

Here are the big bones of the outline:

• Jesus, the author (ch.1)
• The church on earth, warts and all (ch. 2-3)
• The throne room of heaven, hub of the universe (ch. 4-5)
• Three series of judgments, more and more severe, to bring humanity to repentance  (ch. 6-16)
• The fall of the great whore, the godless city, and her allies (ch. 17-20)
• The new Jerusalem, the new heaven and new earth (ch. 21-22)

If you keep in mind where you are as you read, you won’t get disoriented.

The purpose of the book of Revelation is (1) to glorify Christ, the true Lord and Savior—not the Roman emperors who liked those titles, and (2) to comfort and encourage the people of God, who were facing martyrdom, exile, imprisonment, as well as loss of social position and property.

Everybody loves puzzles. But, Revelation is not an end times rubik’s cube. It’s a mystery, always. You can’t ever unravel all its knots, or shine a light into all its shadows.

But it is good to know that—beginning, middle, and end—God cares for you and God wins.

You’ll find a fabulous, reasoned collection of materials on apocalypse by the PBS program Frontline here.

 I prepared this outline for my stalwart Bible study cohorts. We’re diving in this spring.

A. Meet the Author: Jesus Christ

1. Introduction 1.1-8
2. A Vision of Jesus 1.9-20

B. Letters to the Seven Churches 2.1-3.22

The churches were seven churches in cities of central Asia Minor (Turkey). Churches today may be like them. It is important to notice how each Letter varies from the Letter format:
• To the church at ___________
• Description of Jesus
• Commendation
• Criticism
• Let anyone who has an ear listen
• Gift promised

C. The Throne Room of Heaven-Despite the chaos on earth, calm ordered praise goes on in heaven. 4.1-5.14

1. A door stands open in heaven!
2. One seated on the Throne
3. Twenty four elders (12 tribes, 12 apostles)
4. Seven spirits (7= whole, the Holy Spirit?)
5. Four living creatures = all life on earth
6. Three reasons to praise God and the Lamb

i. For who God is 4.8
ii. For all that God created 4.11
iii. For God’s ransoming the saints 5.9-14

7. The Lamb that was slain (= Jesus) 5.1-8

i. Scroll (of history?)
ii. Seals are like old fashioned wax seals securing a legal document.

The (wax) seal judgments are the first of three series: seals, trumpets, drinking bowls (suggesting drunkenness, severe hangover). The judgments bear resemblance to the plagues that caused Egypt to let the Israelites go free. As the Lamb breaks each seal, a judgment occurs. The level of destruction tends to increase in the different series. The purpose of these terrifying events is to cause people to repent and be saved (see 9.20-21). 6.1-17

D. Before the seventh (wax) seal is broken, God protects the saints by sealing (anointing with oil, marking) them (see 2 Cor. 1.21-22). There are two groups of saints who endured the persecution:

1. 144,000 from Israel (12 x 12 x 1000) meaning a complete, very large number 7.1-8
2. A great multitude of Gentiles 7.9-14
3. God promises, the Lamb will shepherd these people, guide them to the water of life, and wipe every tear from their eye (7.15-17)

E. The breaking of the seventh (wax) seal begins the series of trumpet judgments.

1. The censer symbolic of the saints’ prayers is filled with fire that is cast on the earth. 8.1-5
2. The trumpets begin.

i. The first four trumpets 8.1-12
ii. The last three trumpets = the three woes (8.13)

3. Trumpets 5 and 6 = the 1st and 2nd woes

i. Trumpet 5 = 1st Woe: demonic locusts (devastating locust plagues of Near East, see Joel 2)
ii. Trumpet 6 = 2nd Woe: 1/3 of humankind killed by demonic army of 200 million
iii. People refuse to repent. 9.20-21

F. Interlude before 7th trumpet

1. Angel shouts, 7 thunders roar; John told to seal up or hide the message of the 7 thunders. No matter how much we know about the book, a lot remains a mystery. But the mystery is about to be fulfilled (10.7).
2. Like Ezekiel in the past (Ezek. 2.8), John is given a little scroll to eat (= digest, understand) which is symbolic of the message he must prophesy (= preach).
3. John measures the Temple and worshipers there (symbolic of protecting them).
4. Two witnesses prophesy (= preach) for about 3 ½ years, a brief time. They are like prophets of old, especially Elijah and Moses. They are killed by the beast from the bottomless pit. They lie on the street of the city where their Lord (Jesus) was crucified (Jerusalem), here called symbolically Sodom and Egypt. The world rejoices at their deaths; but after 3 ½ days (a very brief time) they are raised to life and taken up into heaven, causing terror on earth. An earthquake kills 7000 (7 = whole, 1000 = huge) people; the remaining people give glory to God. (see Josh 7.19 ff).
5. Seventh trumpet (= 3rd Woe) sounds. Loud voices in heaven praise God for God’s kingdom has now come.

G. The Messiah is born, the great war of good vs. evil kicks into high gear (12:1-17)

1. The pregnant woman clothed with the sun (= Mary, Israel) gives birth. A dragon with 7 heads and 10 horns (= Satan, Rome, Roman emperors) tries but fails to devour the child (the Messiah, Jesus), who is snatched up to heaven. The woman flees into shelter in the wilderness.
2. The angel Michael defeats the dragon, who makes war against the saints on earth.

H. The two beasts (12.17-13.18)

1. Beast rising from the sea (= peoples, see 17.15) is Rome. Head which received a mortal blow is Nero. A rumor raged in Rome that Nero would come back to life.
2. Beast rising from earth is the cult of emperor worship. Many Christians died because they refused to worship the emperor.
3. The number 666 may have two meanings.

i. 6 = evil; triple 6 = very evil
ii. Hebrew letters also can be numbers. Add the numeric value of the Hebrew letters for “Nero Caesar,” and you get 666.

I. The Lamb and the saints sing praises, while three angels announce the eternal gospel to earth’s inhabitants, and two harvests occur.

1. The Lamb’s host sing praise 14.1-5.
2. Angels proclaim the gospel, announce the fall of Babylon (= Rome); and the people who worship the beast are doomed to drink the wine of God’s wrath.
3. One like the Son of Man reaps the (grain?) harvest (positive?) 14.14-16.
4. Another angel harvests the grapes of wrath 14.17-20.

J. The bowl judgments are introduced. Ancient people drank wine from bowls and cups; those who drink from the cup or bowl of God’s wrath will have quite a hangover! (Nothing funny about it.)

1. As Moses’ sister Miriam sang in triumph over Egypt (Exo. 15), so the saints sing as God’s wrath reaches its horrifying climax. 15.1-4
2. Angels emerge from the temple or tent of witness, and receive the bowl judgments from the four living creatures.
3. Note the finality and totality of the first six bowl judgments.
4. The 6th bowl judgment dries up the river Euphrates. Rome feared enemies from the east.
5. Three foul spirits emerge from the mouth of the dragon and the two beasts. The second beast is called the false prophet. Through false signs the foul spirits assemble the armies at Armageddon, mount of Meggido. Israel fought many ancient battles at Meggido.
6. The seventh angel empties his bowl into the air; a loud voice from the temple cries, “It is done!” (compare “It is finished!” John 19.30). Babylon (= Rome) falls.
7. Lament for Babylon (see Jer 51.63) 18.1-24

K. The rider on the white horse, the Word of God, defeats the beasts.

1. Rejoicing in heaven 19.1-10
2. The Word of God leads the armies of heaven. 19.11-16.
3. Defeated, the beast and its armies become a carrion feast 19.17-21.

L. The 1000 years-symbolic or numerical?-and its aftermath. A great mystery of Revelation.

1. Satan locked in bottomless pit for 1000 years. 20.1-3
2. Those raised in the first resurrection reign with Christ for 1000 years. 20.4-6
3. Satan’s brief release and final defeat-thrown into the lake of fire, the second death. 20. 7-10
4. The great white throne judgment-two sets of books: one records our works, the other is the book of life. Anyone not found in the book of life thrown into the lake of fire.

M. The new heaven and new earth 21.1-22.5

N. Conclusion 22.6-21

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Apocalypse / Handout #2 / © 2009 by John Hamilton

 ”The revelation of Jesus Christ” (Rev. 1.1) Its biggest concern is Christ, not secrets of the future. Jesus said, “But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” Mark 13:32 (NRSV). The book belongs to Christ, not to Scofield or Hal Lindsey or John Hamilton. The Spirit of Christ (aka the Holy Spirit) reveals its truth to the reader today, as the Spirit has through the ages. The Spirit’s revealing truth to the reader through scripture is called illumination.

1. Apocalyptic literature can be interpreted many ways. People have gone off the deep end following wrong interpretations. So, it’s important to keep humble. Your view may be wrong, too. (But not, of course, mine!)
2. The name “apocalyptic” comes from a Greek word meaning “unveiling.” Such literature reveals secrets to God’s people, especially in persecution or crisis. It gives hope and strengthens belief in God’s control.
3. Growing out of the later prophets, apocalyptic literature flourished in Judaism from 200 BC to 100 AD, and until the 4^th century in Christianity. It remains popular, especially in times of crisis.
4. Biblical examples of apocalyptic literature include: parts of Ezekiel, Joel, and Isaiah; Daniel 7-12; Mark 13; Matthew 24-25; Revelation
5. Characteristics
   1. Though details remain mysterious, the big picture is crystal clear: God will win! These visions assure God’s people that God cares now for his suffering people and that the righteous ultimately win.
   2. Apocalyptic thinks in dualistic terms: light vs. darkness, good vs. evil.
   3. The author is a hero of the faith like Enoch, Daniel, the apostle John. Sometimes unknown authors write under a famous pseudonym.
   4. He sees visions of the future, often end times, and the coming of paradise.
   5. Apocalyptic uses mysterious symbols, monsters, and numbers to conceal its message from hostile rulers.
6. Numbers have special non-mathematical meanings; whether some are precise mathematical symbols is disputed. Some examples are:
   1. Seven 7 (3+4): holy, perfect, God. Note series of seven.
   2. Six 6: less than 7, incomplete, evil, the devil. The triple 666 intensifies-really evil.
   3. Twelve (3×4): the apostles, the tribes of Israel
   4. Four 4 (from the four directions?): of the earth rather than heaven
   5. Three and a half: partial, short  (occurs as 3 ½ years; 42 months; 1260 days; a time, times, half a time)
   6. One thousand 1000: a really big number. Many people believe the 1000 years, the millennium, is a precise period of 1000 literal years. (This is one of the biggest arguments in the interpretation of Revelation.)
   7. 144,000 (12 x 12 x 1000): all God’s people in both Old and New Testament eras

Apocalypse / Handout # 1 / © John Hamilton 2009

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