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1 Year Lectionary – The Transfiguration of Our Lord – Sunday, February 6, 2022 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough

Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough:

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0:27	The holy gospel according
0:29	to saint matthew the 17th chapter
0:32	[Music]
0:39	after six days Jesus took with him peter
0:42	and james and john his brother and led
0:44	them up a high mountain by themselves
0:46	and he was transfigured before them in
0:48	his face shone like the sun and his
0:50	clothes became white as light and behold
0:53	there appeared to them moses and elijah
0:55	talking with him and peter said to Jesus
0:57	lord it is good that we are here if you
0:59	wish i will make three tenths here one
1:01	for you one for moses one for elijah he
1:04	was still speaking when behold a bright
1:06	cloud overshadowed them and the voice
1:08	from the cloud said this is my beloved
1:10	son with whom i am well pleased listen
1:13	to him when the disciples heard this
1:15	they fell on their faces and they were
1:17	terrified but Jesus came and touched
1:19	them saying rise and have no fear and
1:22	when they lifted up their eyes they saw
1:24	no one but Jesus only and as they were
1:27	coming down the mountain Jesus commanded
1:29	them tell no one the vision until the
1:30	son of man is raised from the dead this
1:33	is the gospel of the lord in the name of
1:36	Jesus
1:38	glory yeah that’s an interesting word
1:40	isn’t it the world we live live in seeks
1:43	for glory the olympics are on right now
1:45	and i’m probably not going to watch them
1:46	this time around i’m just kind of fed up
1:49	about all this nonsense about
1:51	transgendered people claiming that they
1:54	are women and have being able to compete
1:56	forget it i’m out you know as long as
1:59	the strong delusion is in place i’ve got
2:01	something else but we’re all familiar
2:03	with the olympics people training for
2:05	their entire lives for that moment of
2:09	glory the one competition that final one
2:12	where they are competing for the gold
2:15	medal and the one who rises to the
2:18	occasion well they get to be in the
2:20	spotlight they get to have their moment
2:23	of glory in fact everything about our
2:26	lives is all about glory having the
2:28	brightest the shiniest being the
2:30	smartest being the thinnest being the
2:31	healthiest
2:33	although that last part of the list
2:34	doesn’t apply to me but you get the idea
2:37	we are all about glory and unfortunately
2:40	in many churches they take the concept
2:43	of god’s glory and they trivialize it
2:46	with nonsense and whack or doodle
2:48	concepts like soaking in the glory
2:51	baking in the glory and then you know
2:54	you have people who like speak so much
2:57	about glory that you know i’ve noted in
2:59	the past they take this two-syllable
3:01	word glory and they stretch it out to
3:03	have like 15 syllables glory
3:08	right
3:09	and this is what they’re talking about
3:10	as if somehow god exists to glorify you
3:14	just put it all away you’re the problem
3:16	i’m the problem this isn’t about us
3:19	glorifying ourselves in fact
3:22	i as i’ve been studying out and
3:24	preparing for this sermon i’m really
3:26	coming to appreciate
3:28	just how deep the theology is as it
3:31	relates to transfiguration sunday so we
3:34	we just read out in our gospel text what
3:37	happened Jesus took uh peter james and
3:39	his brother john with them led them up a
3:42	high mountain by themselves you’ll note
3:44	that oftentimes when Jesus
3:46	needs witnesses for something he always
3:49	takes the required minimum two and then
3:52	he adds one to it all right and you’ll
3:54	note at the end of this Jesus says tell
3:56	nobody what you saw here until after i
3:58	rose from the dead which is proof that
4:00	he rose from the dead because they told
4:02	everybody about what happened but Jesus
4:04	is more than meets the eye he’s king of
4:07	kings lord of lords god of god light of
4:09	light very god a very god right and
4:12	that’s kind of the big theme of epiphany
4:15	in the epiphany season it’s all about
4:17	the revealing of who Jesus is it begins
4:20	with a text that well begins to warm us
4:23	up to the concept with the visit of the
4:25	magi who worship the newborn king of the
4:29	jews but wait a second only god can
4:32	receive worship what were these fellows
4:34	thinking but that’s kind of the whole
4:35	point and then last week’s gospel text
4:38	you have Jesus asleep in a boat during a
4:41	storm
4:42	sounds a little familiar coming kind of
4:45	harkening the book of jonah here and the
4:47	disciples wake Jesus up don’t you care
4:50	that we’re perishing lord don’t you care
4:54	and Jesus quiets the storm by talking to
4:58	it as if it’s like a little dog you know
5:00	you know he
5:02	settle
5:03	settle right yeah as if he’s a yorkie
5:06	settle just just work it
5:08	calm down and what happens the storm
5:10	does the storm settles and the big
5:13	question on the table at the end of last
5:15	week’s gospel text is who is this that
5:17	even the wind
5:19	and the waves obey him
5:21	well in our gospel text today shine
5:24	Jesus shine out comes the glory of Jesus
5:28	because he is god of god and that’s the
5:31	big epiphany here he’s the son of david
5:34	he’s also god the son second person of
5:37	the holy trinity and here’s where we do
5:40	a little comparative work because at
5:42	Jesus’s side
5:44	well a little holy huddle between him
5:47	and moses and elijah why moses and
5:50	elijah well moses received the law he is
5:53	the if you would the guy who received
5:56	this mosaic covenant as well as the
5:58	moral law the ten commandments and
6:00	elijah is this wonderful representative
6:02	of the prophets in fact elijah’s life
6:04	when you consider it some of the
6:06	miracles that elijah performed
6:09	they kind of are like precursors to the
6:12	life of Christ elijah’s a wonderful type
6:14	and shadow of Jesus in fact elijah
6:17	doesn’t die he ascends up to heaven
6:20	hmm yeah kind of appropriate but you’ll
6:24	note then that
6:26	when we look at our epistle text that
6:28	goes along with this that when moses
6:31	comes down after spending you know more
6:33	than a month with god in the glory on
6:36	mount sinai remember the glory of god
6:38	showed up for a bit charred the whole
6:41	top of mount sinai in fact it’s
6:42	described in exodus when the glory of
6:44	god descended on mount sinai the smoke
6:47	billowing up looked like it was coming
6:49	from a furnace and moses goes into that
6:52	glory and he meets with god and when he
6:54	comes down his face is glowing he had to
6:59	put on a burqa how embarrassing right
7:02	but the point is this is that moses
7:05	didn’t have any glory in and of himself
7:08	this is secondhand glory
7:10	if you would we can use a church term
7:13	this was the afterglow
7:15	of his experience with god
7:18	and it was all coming to an end but what
7:21	we need here is a theological
7:23	explanation
7:24	what does it mean that moses’s face
7:26	glowed why is Jesus shining what’s going
7:30	on here and you’ll note the comparison
7:32	between the two there is no comparison
7:35	that’s kind of the point moses shines
7:37	and yeah he has to put a veil on his on
7:39	his face but Jesus man he when he shines
7:43	it’s not secondhand shining he’s shining
7:46	of his own glory and he’s bright as the
7:49	sun white is all get out and we learned
7:52	from the book of luke that when Jesus
7:54	was talking with moses and elijah a
7:57	little hebrew word shows up in the greek
7:59	text says they were discussing with him
8:01	about his
8:02	exodus
8:04	hmm interesting themes but in second
8:07	corinthians chapter three
8:10	i think this is where we can learn from
8:12	scripture what all this glory is about
8:15	and how it connects with us because it
8:18	does
8:19	so here’s what paul writes in second
8:20	corinthians three verse seven
8:22	now if the ministry of death carved in
8:26	letters on stone came with such glory
8:29	that the israelites could not gaze at
8:32	moses’s face because of its glory not
8:35	his which was being brought to an end
8:37	now let me work through the sentence for
8:40	a second isn’t it interesting that
8:42	scripture refers to the mosaic covenant
8:45	the law
8:46	as the ministry of death you see
8:49	scripture is very clear god gave us the
8:51	law in order to convict us of our sin
8:54	and so the problem is is that we
8:57	oftentimes bear the law a grudge as if
8:59	the law has done something terrible to
9:02	us
9:02	well actually it has by killing us but
9:06	the law is not the problem
9:08	i am
9:09	you are and so when we read in the law
9:13	thou shalt have no other gods before me
9:16	you will not misuse the name of the lord
9:18	your god remember the sabbath day keep
9:20	it holy honor your father and your
9:22	mother
9:23	do not murder do not commit adultery do
9:25	not steal do not bear false witness
9:27	against your neighbor do not covet your
9:29	neighbor’s house
9:31	or your neighbor’s wife or his
9:32	manservant or maidservant or his ox or
9:34	his donkey or anything that belongs to
9:36	your neighbor when we hear these words
9:38	of god’s law
9:39	well
9:41	here’s what happens
9:43	the law
9:44	looks at you and goes oh you’ve
9:47	you’ve done the thing you’re not
9:48	supposed to do and you’re not doing the
9:49	things you’re supposed to do
9:51	and the law kills us it convicts us and
9:54	shows us to be guilty and shows that
9:56	we’ve got nothing good in and of
9:58	ourselves and so paul here makes a very
10:01	important theological note and that is
10:05	that when the ministry of death arrived
10:07	on the scene it arrived with glory
10:11	but
10:12	here’s the important part the mosaic
10:14	covenant
10:15	is was brought to an end Christ
10:17	fulfilled it now that doesn’t mean that
10:19	the moral law still doesn’t stand it
10:21	does
10:22	but he then asks this question will not
10:24	then the ministry of the spirit have
10:26	even more glory
10:28	and if you think about it it makes sense
10:30	that it would what is the ministry of
10:32	the spirit the good news of the gospel
10:34	that Christ died for our sins
10:36	that he bodily rose from the grave on
10:38	the third day that this is the ministry
10:41	of the spirit that gives us hope that
10:44	quickens us regenerates us gives us
10:48	life and not only life here and now but
10:50	life eternal will not the ministry of
10:52	the spirit have even more glory in yes
10:55	indeed it does and it should
10:58	and so for if there was glory in the
11:00	ministry of condemnation and there was
11:03	the ministry of righteousness must
11:06	far
11:07	exceed it in glory
11:10	and it’s important to note then
11:11	theologically when moses shows up when
11:14	Christ is transfigured
11:16	moses isn’t shining with his own glory
11:20	the only one shining is Christ and
11:22	that’s kind of the point and so
11:24	scripture makes this point we should pay
11:26	attention to it so he says indeed in
11:28	this case what once had glory has come
11:29	to have no glory at all because of the
11:31	glory that surpasses it for if what was
11:33	being brought to an end came with glory
11:35	how much more will what is permanent
11:37	have glory
11:39	now since we have such a hope we are
11:42	very
11:43	bold
11:44	interesting so watch the comparison here
11:47	we Christians now we have a hope a hope
11:50	based upon this glory this exceeding
11:52	glory of Christ the exceeding glory of
11:56	the ministry of the spirit
11:58	because we have such a hope we are bold
12:01	not just bold really really bold not
12:04	like moses moses when he came down and
12:06	he was shining he wasn’t bold he had to
12:09	veil up
12:12	right
12:13	that’s why he said he put on a burqa he
12:15	had to hide everything well not like
12:17	moses who put on a veil over his face
12:19	that the israelites might not gaze at
12:21	the outcome of what was being brought to
12:23	an end but their minds were hearted
12:26	to this day
12:27	when they these jews read the old
12:30	covenant the same veil remains unlifted
12:33	because only through Christ is it then
12:35	taken away yes to this day whenever
12:37	moses is read a veil lies over their
12:40	hearts
12:41	but when one turns to the lord the veil
12:44	is removed now the lord is the spirit
12:47	and where the spirit of the lord is
12:48	there is freedom
12:50	and we all with unveiled face
12:54	beholding the glory of the lord we are
12:58	being transformed into the same image
13:01	from one degree of glory to another for
13:03	this comes from the lord who is the
13:06	spirit
13:07	now let me highlight these words
13:09	we all with unveiled face are currently
13:13	now beholding the glory of the lord
13:18	say
13:18	what
13:20	uh how do you figure
13:22	all right you
13:25	norwegian Jesus doesn’t have a
13:27	an led light panel right
13:30	how are we beholding them the glory of
13:32	the lord how are we seeing his glory
13:36	with unveiled face
13:38	answer
13:40	by faith
13:42	and this is where we as Christians need
13:44	to pay very close attention to this and
13:47	that is is that all this other talk of
13:49	glory
13:51	that is counterfeit glory it’s not even
13:53	the real thing
13:54	it’s a cheap imitation a substitute it’s
13:58	like somebody waving a sparkler on the
14:00	fourth of july going wow look at the
14:03	glory here
14:05	really okay that’ll be out in like two
14:07	seconds
14:08	right
14:09	but the scripture says we are currently
14:13	now with unveiled face beholding the
14:16	glory of the lord
14:21	how
14:22	with the eyes of faith
14:24	you see
14:25	we see the glory of the lord
14:28	in
14:29	scripture
14:31	and we believe it and we behold it in
14:34	the words of the bible in fact that’s
14:36	kind of peter’s point but i’m getting
14:37	ahead of myself
14:39	so note then
14:40	that the voice of the father who was
14:43	heard then on the mount of
14:45	transfiguration and i always loved this
14:47	part because when you do the little
14:49	cross-reference work with this event in
14:51	the other gospels there’s peter james
14:54	and john and Jesus is shining talking
14:56	with moses and elijah about his exodus
14:59	and i i always kind of picture him
15:02	because of the other passages that talk
15:03	about the fact that even at this point
15:05	he was terrified he didn’t even know
15:06	what he was saying
15:08	you can almost hear him going
15:10	lord it’s good that we’re here
15:15	if you wish i’ll make three tents
15:17	one for you
15:19	one for moses one for elijah
15:22	he didn’t know what he was talking about
15:24	right
15:25	and while he was still speaking behold a
15:27	bright cloud overshadowed them
15:30	so there’s Jesus’s glory and here comes
15:33	another bright cloud glory upon glory
15:36	the glory of the father
15:38	shows up and then the voice from the
15:40	cloud said this is my beloved son with
15:42	whom i am well pleased listen to him
15:49	and rather than going
15:51	gotcha
15:52	sure
15:53	yeah we heard it we understand the
15:55	disciples when they heard this they fell
15:57	on their faces and they were utterly
15:59	terrified
16:01	so note interesting here is that the
16:03	father is pointing everybody to Jesus
16:06	and says listen to him
16:09	well paul says that we are already with
16:11	unveiled faces currently now beholding
16:13	the glory of Christ and it’s important
16:16	to note here that in acts chapter 10
16:18	Jesus makes it very clear he’s speaking
16:21	to his disciples who would become the
16:23	apostles
16:24	he says that the one who hears you
16:28	hears me
16:29	the one who hears me here’s the one who
16:32	sent me
16:33	peter in acts 10 says to Jesus all the
16:36	prophets bear witness that everyone who
16:38	believes in him receives the forgiveness
16:41	of sins through his name
16:45	so the idea here is is that it is the
16:48	glory of the father and we behold the
16:51	glory of the son by hearing his voice
16:54	and there’s only one place to hear that
16:58	there’s only one place to behold it and
17:00	that’s
17:01	in the apostolic and prophetic
17:03	scriptures
17:04	this church is built on the foundation
17:06	of the apostles and prophets that
17:08	doesn’t mean we have them to this day it
17:10	means that their ministry continues on
17:13	in this in the text of scripture and
17:15	this is where the glory of god is hidden
17:20	so if you think about it the one who
17:22	hears the apostles hears Christ the one
17:24	who rejects them rejects
17:27	Christ
17:29	and rejects the one who sent him
17:32	so it’s important at this point that we
17:35	recognize that there’s the disciples
17:37	terrified on their face having heard the
17:39	voice of the father glory upon glory the
17:42	whole situation just undid them which is
17:45	the normal thing that happens when
17:47	humans are in the presence of the glory
17:49	of god you remember on mount sinai the
17:52	people were terrified after hearing the
17:53	voice of god and they said to moses you
17:56	go talk to god you
17:58	we we don’t want to hear that voice
18:00	again you go and you almost see them
18:02	pushing him yeah
18:04	you be our brave guy
18:06	but here’s where we note that Christ
18:08	tells his disciples
18:10	he touches them and says rise and have
18:12	no fear
18:13	and the reason why he is able to do that
18:16	with his apostles and with his disciples
18:18	is actually quite simple
18:20	you see
18:21	excuse me
18:25	sounds so healthy
18:28	here’s the important bit
18:30	is that in scripture important things
18:33	happen on mountains
18:35	the law was given on mount sinai Christ
18:38	is transfigured on the mount of
18:39	transfiguration
18:41	but there’s one more transformation
18:44	there’s one more transfiguration that we
18:46	need to consider
18:48	and that is is that Christ is going to
18:50	go to mount moriah
18:52	sometimes referred to as mount zion or
18:54	golgotha and it is there that Christ
18:58	experiences
19:00	the most important transformation and
19:03	transfiguration
19:05	as it relates to us
19:07	paul puts it this way in second
19:09	corinthians
19:11	chapter 5 verse 19.
19:14	in
19:15	Christ
19:17	god was reconciling the world to himself
19:20	not counting their trespasses against
19:22	them
19:23	and he was entrusting to us the message
19:26	of reconciliation
19:27	therefore
19:29	we are now ambassadors for Christ and
19:31	god is making his appeal through us so
19:34	we implore you on behalf of Christ to be
19:36	reconciled to god it was for our sake
19:39	that god made Jesus to be sin
19:42	who knew no sin
19:44	so that we might become the
19:46	righteousness of god
19:49	listen to those words again god made
19:51	Jesus to be sin who knew no sin there
19:54	was one other
19:55	transfiguration that is is that god laid
19:57	on Christ the iniquity of us all
20:00	every one of your sins my sins
20:03	every transgression every errant thought
20:07	every errant word every errant and
20:09	disobedient deed all the things that we
20:12	have collectively done against god and
20:15	racked up the debt that goes along with
20:17	it god laid all of that on Christ
20:22	on golgotha he was transformed into the
20:25	sinner of humanity
20:28	and he drunk to the dregs
20:30	the full fury of the wine of the wrath
20:33	of god
20:34	in your place in mind
20:36	god made him to be the sinner so that we
20:39	might become the righteousness of god
20:42	and we know from the cross references in
20:44	scripture that the gospel reveals a
20:48	righteousness that is from god Christ’s
20:50	righteousness that is given to us by
20:53	grace through faith and so as we see
20:56	Christ transfigured on the mount of
20:57	transfiguration we see him in all of his
21:00	glory do not forget this fact that in
21:04	Christ you have been clothed with that
21:06	same glory with that same righteousness
21:10	and as a result of that god
21:12	sees you
21:14	clothed in Jesus’s glory and says of you
21:16	you are my beloved son and child not
21:19	because you are in and of yourself but
21:21	because you’re clothed in Jesus’s
21:23	righteousness remember the story of
21:25	jacob and esau
21:26	what a lousy fellow that jacob was stole
21:29	his brother’s birthright how did he do
21:31	it well while his brother was out
21:33	hunting food to give to his father so
21:36	that he might receive a blessing from
21:37	his father isaac jacob
21:40	mom’s advice
21:42	goes and puts on hairy skins
21:45	on his body and
21:48	puts on his brother’s clothes his
21:50	brother’s vestments if you would so that
21:52	he would smell like his brother that he
21:55	would feel like his brother dad was a
21:57	little dim in the eyesight and so he
22:00	walked in
22:01	and and his father says who is it and he
22:04	says it’s your son esau lying through
22:07	his teeth
22:09	it’s your son esau he says well that’s
22:11	weird you know you say it’s esau but
22:14	it’s the voice of my son jacob come near
22:16	to me and he touches him and he feels
22:18	the goat skin over his
22:20	hands and arms and goes well my son he
22:23	saw his hairy and then he takes a whiff
22:25	of him goes yep smells just like a
22:28	mountain meadow like my son esau so he
22:31	gives him the blessing
22:34	that’s the point
22:37	you and i are
22:38	jacob
22:40	we are clothed in the righteousness of
22:42	Christ
22:44	think of it this way god the father has
22:46	chosen to have bad eyesight
22:49	to not pay too close attention to the
22:51	details clothed in the righteousness of
22:54	Christ he says ah my beloved son
22:58	and he gives us the blessings of Christ
23:01	that’s the point and it’s all here in
23:04	this transfiguration text when you start
23:06	to tease out the themes biblically
23:10	and all of this because Jesus he took
23:12	our sin upon himself and he was made to
23:15	be sin so that we can become the
23:17	righteousness of god
23:19	so as we then wrap up consider our
23:22	epistle text here peter as he’s getting
23:25	ready to go to his cross for real he’s
23:27	going to be crucified he’s going to be
23:29	crucified it’s going to take him three
23:30	days to die because he’s going to be
23:32	crucified upside down because he didn’t
23:34	consider himself worthy to die in the
23:36	same way that Jesus did in his last
23:39	letter before his crucifixion peter
23:41	writes these words
23:43	we did not follow cleverly devised myths
23:46	when we made known to you the power and
23:49	the coming of our lord Jesus Christ but
23:52	we were eyewitnesses of his majesty he’s
23:55	he saw it with his own eyes he heard the
23:57	voice of the father with his own ears
23:59	for when Jesus received honor and glory
24:02	from god the father and the voice was
24:03	born to him by the majestic glory this
24:06	is my beloved son with whom i am well
24:08	pleased we ourselves we heard this very
24:11	voice
24:12	born from heaven
24:13	for we were with him on the holy
24:16	mountain now remember
24:19	paul said
24:21	that we Christians currently now
24:24	are beholding the glory of Christ
24:27	remember that
24:30	and i made the point that we’re seeing
24:32	that in the scriptures watch what peter
24:35	does it’s an interesting move
24:38	so reflecting then on the experience
24:40	that he had seeing Christ transfigured
24:43	we heard the voice we saw the glory he
24:46	says this and now we have the prophetic
24:48	word
24:49	which is more
24:51	fully confirmed
24:54	the bible in peter’s theology and pay
24:57	attention it should be yours as well
24:59	the bible in peter’s theology is even
25:02	more fully confirmed
25:04	than the events that he witnessed on the
25:06	mount of transfiguration so we have the
25:09	prophetic word more fully confirmed to
25:12	which you will do well to pay attention
25:15	as to a lamp shining in a dark place
25:18	until the day dawns and the morning star
25:22	rises in your hearts
25:24	interesting similar words right so note
25:27	then here
25:28	where now is Christ shining where is
25:31	Christ’s glory for us to behold it’s in
25:35	the bible it’s in the biblical text it’s
25:38	there in the apostolic scriptures it’s
25:40	there in the old testament prophets pay
25:42	attention to it it’s a lamp shining in a
25:44	dark place and it’s shining with the
25:47	glory of god
25:49	we dare not turn aside from it
25:53	for cheap imitation glory
25:55	and it will continue to shine there
25:58	until the day dawns and the morning star
26:00	rises in your heart so know this first
26:02	of all no prophecy of scripture comes
26:04	from someone’s own interpretation
26:06	no prophecy was ever produced by the
26:08	will of men but men spoke from god as
26:10	they were carried along by the holy
26:12	spirit
26:13	so all of that being said
26:16	we would do well to obey the voice of
26:19	the father because the voice of the
26:20	father is speaking to us today today
26:23	in this text we beheld the glory of
26:26	Christ we too are now eyewitnesses of
26:28	the majesty of Jesus we too have heard
26:31	the voice of the father say this is my
26:34	beloved son with whom i am well please
26:36	listen to him we know the scriptures
26:38	tell us that the prophets bear witness
26:40	to Christ that everyone who believes in
26:42	him receives the forgiveness of all of
26:44	their sins through his name and we also
26:46	know that those who hear Christ’s
26:48	apostles hear Jesus and those who reject
26:51	them reject Jesus and we also now know
26:53	with absolute certainty that we
26:56	currently have been and are beholding
26:58	the glory of Christ as the light shining
27:01	in the darkness in the prophecies and in
27:04	the words of scripture
27:07	don’t let anyone take your eyes out of
27:09	these texts the glory of god is in them
27:12	and it is the glory of god to forgive
27:14	you and we through these scriptures our
27:17	faith is being well confirmed
27:21	fed upheld strengthened so that on the
27:25	day of his return when he returns in
27:27	glory
27:28	we too
27:30	like him will shine like the sun
27:33	in the name of Jesus
27:34	amen

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