The Power of Creation

Welcome Prayer Song: By the Word of YAHAVAH Silence

Sunday Reflections on Psalm 33

Psalm 33 appears to be a hymn of praise intended to celebrate the power, wisdom, and mercy of God. Creation and providence are its principal subjects, and these themes cause the writer to reflect on different parts of ancient Jewish history.

1 Rejoice in YAHAVAH, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise YAHAVAH with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 4 For the word of YAHAVAH is right; and all his works are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of YAHAVAH. 6 By the word of YAHAVAH were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

In this passage, we meet face to face with the manner or process by which scripture describes the creation of the heavens—"by breath of His mouth." We are given two components involved in the creation of the heavens.

The Process of Creation

To begin, I suggest that the heavens described here, and in other places where we are describing earth, animals, and man, all pertain to the heavens over and around us on this earth and NOT the entire cosmology known today. How did YAHAVAH create this, shall we say, “localized heavens and earth and all things that in them is?” The scripture tells us clearly—"By the word of YAHAVAH were the heavens made and all the host of them by he BREATH of His Mouth."

Now, the phrase “words of YAHAVAH” are found 19 times in the scripture—18 in the Old Testament and once in the Apostolic Record. These specifically refer to the spoken words of YAHAVAH and or Christ to others— we can see them as “His instructions, teachings, directions.”

But then there is the phrase, “By the WORD (singular) of YAHAVAH – which is a line that is used 256 times and in many of those occasions, with the Spirit willing, they plainly speak of Christ Himself, of whom John described in the following succinct way:

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

The Breath of Creation

Jumping down to verse ten we read where John adds:

John 1:10 He (the WORD) was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Now jump back to Psalm 33:6 and re-read it with me:

6 By the word of YAHAVAH were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

BY the (singular) WORD of YAHAVAH were the heavens made (above and around our earth) and all the HOST of them (the creations pertaining to this heaven and this earth) by the BREATH of HIS MOUTH. We are talking about how YAHAVAH made all things and the scripture is clear that He spoke them into existence.

Spoken words or a spoken word, at least for us, are created by the breath of our lungs pushed out of our mouths and formed by the throat, tongue, teeth, cheeks, and lips. Interestingly, we can articulate them through the inhaling side of breathing (like this) but our words are far more refined, powerful and understandable when they are formed by our mouths, teeth, tongue, and lips on the exhale (like this).

Can you hear and see the difference?

So now we hearken back to the biblical fact that by the Word of YAHAVAH the heavens were made and all the host of them by the (exhaling) breath of His mouth. Why am I emphasizing the exhaling of YAHAVAH’s MOUTH?

• Because we can see in our own human makeup, who are made in His image, that this is when words are typically formed on the exhale.
• The creation of heaven earth and all things that in them are was an act of extension of YAHAVAH, of His giving forth then and not in His taking in, and that we might be able to say it is.

The Creation Through YAHAVAH's Word

YAHAVAH’S WORD that projected forth by the BREATH (spirit) of His mouth, was the means by which He created all things.

Now listen to how Yeshua describes himself twice in the apostolic record. In John 8:42 we read:

Yeshua said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

Then add, from His words from John 16:28 where He says:

“I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”

In all of this we CLEARLY plainly see who Yeshua is, what His origins were, and why His Father alone is always referred to as God by Paul and whose only human son is always referred to as our Lord.

The Significance of YAHAVAH's Name

Add in that His personal pronoun name is in all probability, YAHAVAH, and in that name we have:

AV (father)
AVE (life)
AHAVAH (love)
And the two part act of breathing – inhaling and exhaling Ya – Ha – Vah

And we can again realize the origin and make-up of what was in the man Yeshua of Nazareth and how what was in Him during His incarnation was what created all things before.

This is why we read passages like:

Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

You know what this is saying? Everything was made, in the original form MIND YOU from nothing. We can say this because worlds (plural) is used there and not just world/earth, referring to our galaxy.

Additionally, the Greek term rhema is used here in Hebrew and not logos or grapha, with the rhema of God being the totality of his logos – or His mind, will and emotion – His heart.

The Process of Creation Through YAHAVAH's Logos

Finally, the line, “the worlds were framed” speak directly to repair, restoration, fixing of the worlds in our galaxy, so in the end we could read Hebrews 11:3 as:

Through faith (that we possess) we understand that the ages and all that are included in them, including the age of the earth, heavens, and ages or times wherein we exist, were restored and repaired by the spoken directions of YAHAVAH’S logos – his mind, his will, his emotions, his intentions, his benevolence, his logic, his intuition and all other facets of his soul so that (or as a result) the things which the writer says (we now see) were NOT made of things which do appear to us now.

Taking all of this in context now, I suggest that our heaven, earth, and everything about them, in the beginning, were dead, hollow, and invisible before YAHAVAH, through His Word and breath of His mouth, repaired them for our use. Made them alive. Gave them breath.

Taking this even further, I would suggest that in the beginning of everything – like everything outside of our respective age on this earth and our different ages, nothing existed but God. Nothing.

And that this is the truest application of the concept of creatio ex nihilo which cannot be applied to “the creation of our galaxy.” So, to quickly repeat – I suggest the following:

Biblically, the line, “in the beginning,” mentioned in Genesis and John and other places, speaks to the beginning of everything that has to do with us – our earth, our skies, our heavens, the Spirits Gods and Demons, the animals, flora and fauna, and our ages is what is being described in our Bible.

And these things were made entirely by YAHAVAH breathing into broken dead matter, plans and ideas, darkness and demons, and He fixed or repaired it all to the point that what we observe of them now were not visible before. They were not visible because they were dead and not alive.

Then stepping out or back even further, I also suggest that if we were able to literally go out to the beginning of all things (meaning everything), before it was – the entirety of the universe or multiple universes, there was only YAHAVAH.

And in and through Him ALL THINGS (meaning anything materially conceivable “past, present, future”) proceeded from Him via “His Word” who formed them by the breath of YAHAVAH’s mouth.

In the limited human study of speech pathology, the process of human’s forming words is based.

The Process of Speech and Creatio Ex Nihilo

Let’s compare our process of speaking described then with God, who was and is before all things. So, look at the following illustration: Scientists suggest we all undergo a process before uttering words, which include a conceptual process, a lexical selection, phonological encoding, phonetic encoding, and finally articulation. Now, to take it even further and to try and show how YAHAVAH is the origin of all things ex nihilo, and that all things proceed from Him, and nothing exists before Him nor exists without Him, let’s look at the way we think human beings form words.

Table 1: Humans – The Process of Speech

(must begin with an existing concept)

CONCEPTUAL PROCESS (must include defining the concept observed)

LEXICAL SELECTION (deciphering what each sound means and how it relates to others)

PHONOLOGICAL ENCODING Production of words Transmission of words Perception of words

PHONETIC ENCODING (three steps) The actual speaking each term using our faculties

Finally, ARTICULATION

Humans vs. Creatio Ex Nihilo

Table 2: Humans – The Process of Speech Proving Creatio Ex Nihilo of All Things

(must begin with concept)

CONCEPTUAL PROCESS God conceptualizes all things from nothing

(defining the concept) LEXICAL SELECTION He alone defines the concept from Himself

(what each sound means and how it relates to others) PHONOLOGICAL ENCODING SPIRITUAL FIRST MATERIAL SECOND Production Transmission of words Perception

PHONETIC ENCODING SPIRITUAL FIRST MATERIAL SECOND The actual speaking using breath

Finally, ARTICULATION SPIRITUAL FIRST MATERIAL SECOND

In summary of Psalm 33:6, when Genesis 2:1 reads, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."

• I maintain that this was not creatio ex nihilo but only God taking dead, lifeless pre-existing material and reformatting it by His Word, breathing life into dead invisible dark things and making them “visible observable living things.”
• I also maintain, however, in the creation of all things past, present future whether material or spiritual, that YAHAVAH was the originator from concept to completion supporting the notion of creatio ex nihilo.

In time these observations will help bridge science and faith with a reasonable explanation of carbon dating, big bang, and theories of evolution into harmony with the reality of an Almighty Creator.

Insights from Psalm 33

Back to Psalm 33 at verse 7, where the creation of our earth and heaven is described:

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear YAHAVAH: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 YAHAVAH bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of YAHAVAH standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

I mentioned earlier God having a soul – well verse 11 supports that he has a heart that thinks. I’m not sure we know how that works, as I do not believe that God has a blood-pumping heart, but I do not embrace a God who lacks personal traits and characteristics. Where they came from is beyond my pay grade.

Verses 12 through 15 give us insight into Him and how He sees and observes us, saying:

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is YAHAVAH; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Now, most American Evangelicals believe that YAHAVAH is our Nation's God and while I agree in terms of what we were once founded upon this could be said to be true I hesitate to suggest that this remains the case as the very heart of God seems to be missing from this concept. But the last line of verse 12 is definitely speaking about the Nation of Israel in that day. Now listen to the next three verses:

13 YAHAVAH looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

So, God is looking upon all – folks – even though Nations are blessed that make Him their God and He once chose Israel as His inheritance He beholdeth all. Then he brings it down to every individual and says:

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

The term translated “fashioneth” relative to hearts is that He formed and forms the human heart a unit – sort of like if the master Potter fashioned the first man Adam and all expressions of the heart He gave him are found with

Understanding the Actions and Intentions

The construction, and “considerth all their works” (is what the King James says), but a better word he considers (he thinks, assesses, understands, observes) their actions or acts. Something to consider when looking inward at self and outward at others.

Verse 16

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of YAHAVAH is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from deathSeparation from God—now overcome. Physical death remains, but it no longer separates us from life with God., and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waiteth for YAHAVAH: he is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

Another evidence that His true name was known among them then (and I think hidden later.) And we conclude with

22 Let thy mercy, YAHAVAH, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Context of Psalm 34

The title states that this is "A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed." The history of this event is found in 1st Samual 21.

Now, Chapter 21 of Samuel serves to communicate a couple of things. First of all, The Psalm has it wrong in the preface explanation which reads, a Psalm of David who changed his behavior before Abimelech who drove him away and he departed. What’s the problem. David changed his behavior to escape Achish, king of Gath and not Abimelech.

That said, and perhaps more importantly, 1st Samual 21 has King David literally lie to Abimelech leaving us to ask, “is it ever appropriate to lie as followers of God?” The answer? Of course it is. And billions of religionists will roll over in the grave at this response for the simple reason they are under the false impression that they are the ones keeping their salvation in place through their own righteousness . . . when they are not.

David's Deception

My “of course it is” stance is further supported by David not only lying to Abimelech with words in chapter 21 but David also feigning to be crazy before the King of Gaul who was called, Achish.

And this is what Psalm 33 should present as the setting for it being written. Now listen to the situation about David and Achish, ready.

1st Samual 21:10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

Bottom line, the scripture plainly tells us that David was feigning these traits of being either stark raving mad or an epileptic – either way, it was acting to be something he was not as a means to protect himself.

The Question of Morality

What makes me laugh is reading the commentaries of our so-called scholars and protectors of the faith who with a straight face suggest that David actually had an epileptic fit for “no man with a heart after God would ever lie!”

So, a woman is taken outside her apartment by a lunatic, and he has her bound and is driving out to the woods, and the reality of the situation is nobody in her life knows she's in danger, but as a believer it would be wrong to tell the lunatic that her parents were expecting her and there were cameras outside of her apartment capturing everything and this would be wrong? God would be offended? Or to promise if he takes off the cords that held her bound she won't run but does?

We have to get real here. Our salvation is predicated on Him and His life who

Examination of Psalm Wording Differences

Never lied, not on our righteousness. Additionally, this Psalm is the second of the acrostic or alphabetical Psalms, each verse beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. That said, this Psalm has for some reason been deranged and several verses got mixed up and are presented out of order. So, let’s take a quick look at a side by side comparison of it – it’s not huge but it does show the acrostic is broken and the EXACT WORDING BETWEEN THE SEPTUAGINT AND THE MASORETIC ARE DIFFERENT HERE.

1 I will bless YAHAVAH at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in YAHAVAH: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify YAHAVAH with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought YAHAVAH, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and YAHAVAH heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of YAHAVAH encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see that YAHAVAH is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear YAHAVAH, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek YAHAVAH shall not want any good thing.

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of YAHAVAH. 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of YAHAVAH are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of YAHAVAH is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and YAHAVAH heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Analysis of Psalm Verses

18 YAHAVAH is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but YAHAVAH delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 YAHAVAH redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Having read through it twice I see nothing huge to comment on except on verse 18 where we read 18 YAHAVAH is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but YAHAVAH delivereth him out of them all. I am not so sure a human being can ever be TOO humble or contrite when they are honestly being this way from the heart before our God. I maintain that honest humility before God is the precursor to genuine faith which is then followed by genuine love. But that is for another day.

Psalm 35

1 I will bless YAHAVAH at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth. 2(33:2) My soul shall boast herself in YAHAVAH: let the meek hear, and rejoice. 3(33:3) Magnify ye YAHAVAH with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4(33:4) I sought YAHAVAH diligently, and he hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings. 5(33:5) Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed. 6(33:6) This poor man cried, and YAHAVAH hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.

7(33:7) The angel of YAHAVAH will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them. 8(33:8) Taste and see that YAHAVAH is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him. 9(33:9) Fear YAHAVAH, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10(33:10) The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek YAHAVAH diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

11(33:11) Come, ye children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of YAHAVAH. 12(33:12) What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days? 13(33:13) Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14(33:14) Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15(33:15) The eyes of YAHAVAH are over the…

Understanding Affliction and Deliverance

16(33:16) but the face of YAHAVAH is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and YAHAVAH hearkened to them, 17(33:17) and delivered them out of all their afflictions.

18(33:18) YAHAVAH is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit. 19(33:19) Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them. 20(33:20) He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken.

Consequences for Sinners

21(33:21) The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong. 22(33:22) YAHAVAH will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.

The Psalm is again attributed to David, and was most probably written when Saul was persecuting him. Interestingly the Arabic translation says it is a prophecy concerning the incarnation, and concerns the things practiced against Jeremiah by the people. Finally, some see Yeshua’s personal sufferings mentioned here prophetically. We are pretty much going to just read it but at verse 11-17 I personally see great Messianic prophecy.

1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of YAHAVAH chase them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of YAHAVAH persecute them. 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. 9 And my soul shall be joyful in YAHAVAH: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Messianic Prophecy in the Psalm

And what I see as Messianic

11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

And then back to non-prophetic

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

(Love verse 24 as it says,) 24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let YAHAVAH be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his

Reflections on Psalm 36

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

Finally, PSALM 36

Some say it is one of the finest Psalms in the whole collection.

Ps 36:1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of YAHAVAH.>> The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

The Majesty of God's Attributes

5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. 10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Exploring Verse 9

My only comment is on verse 9 where we read, 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

First, the fountain mentioned here could easily be referencing Revelation 21:6 where we read:

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

And because this passage is describing the heavenly realm today situated in His Kingdom I see the Psalm as being an inspired description of that scene.

But if you really wanna get radical, I suggest we look at the line, “In thy light shall we see light.” And open ourselves up to some ideas. In one sense, human beings cannot illuminate their own soul to the Truth. Boy do we try. But here God we might take the liberty to compared to the sun in the firmament of our heaven, that gives light to all the planets and their inhabitants. We recall that God said, “Let there be light; and there was light;” and several days later He created the sun moon and stars.

When John wrote in that first chapter we alluded to earlier today, he likened Yeshua to God’s logos or Word. After doing that he added,

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was . . . the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

When the Psalmist penned, “In thy light shall we see light.” I believe that “thy light” refers to YAHAVAH’S only begotten Son, and that in God’s light, are all of us able to “see light, meaning all things that are true, real, living, without darkness – meaning God. And by that light the eye of human kind is enabled to behold the various works of God, and the beauties of creation, evidencing His hand.

When God speaks light into the dark heart of man, Man not only beholds his own deformity and need of the salvation of God, but he beholds the "light of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ;" he beholds, "God, in Christ, reconciling the world to himself."

So, "In thy light shall we see light,” is in my world literally true, both in a spiritual and philosophical sense.

Let’s stop here.
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