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I<00:10:08.200><c> think</c><00:10:08.360><c> that's</c><00:10:08.639><c> deliberate.</c>

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For<00:10:11.980><c> that</c><00:10:12.139><c> matter,</c><00:10:12.299><c> who</c><00:10:12.460><c> are</c><00:10:12.620><c> you?</c>

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I<00:10:14.500><c> feel</c><00:10:14.700><c> like</c><00:10:14.879><c> I'm</c><00:10:15.080><c> behind</c><00:10:15.399><c> the</c><00:10:15.620><c> eight</c><00:10:15.740><c> ball</c><00:10:15.940><c> running</c><00:10:16.480><c> to</c><00:10:16.799><c> catch</c><00:10:17.039><c> up,</c>

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And<00:10:45.379><c> that's</c><00:10:45.600><c> the</c><00:10:45.740><c> use</c><00:10:45.919><c> of</c><00:10:46.100><c> the</c><00:10:46.320><c> human</c><00:10:46.539><c> senses.</c>

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Sight,<00:11:03.700><c> hearing,</c><00:11:04.940><c> smell,</c><00:11:06.120><c> touch,</c><00:11:07.159><c> taste.</c>

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I've<00:11:08.240><c> chosen</c><00:11:08.419><c> a</c><00:11:08.620><c> deliberate</c><00:11:09.019><c> order</c>

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because<00:11:11.019><c> that</c><00:11:11.539><c> describes</c><00:11:12.019><c> the</c><00:11:12.379><c> range</c><00:11:12.899><c> over</c><00:11:13.200><c> which</c><00:11:13.360><c> they're</c><00:11:13.679><c> operative.</c>

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Sight<00:11:16.340><c> operates</c><00:11:16.919><c> over</c><00:11:17.240><c> a</c><00:11:17.419><c> very</c><00:11:17.659><c> long</c><00:11:17.940><c> range.</c>

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I<00:11:19.039><c> can</c><00:11:19.259><c> see</c><00:11:19.419><c> the</c><00:11:19.620><c> peaks</c><00:11:19.840><c> of</c><00:11:20.279><c> Ruapehu</c><00:11:20.779><c> or</c><00:11:20.899><c> whatever</c>

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Hearing<00:11:27.639><c> doesn't</c><00:11:28.299><c> operate</c><00:11:28.679><c> over</c><00:11:28.980><c> quite</c><00:11:29.240><c> that</c><00:11:29.500><c> long</c><00:11:29.720><c> range,</c>

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but<00:11:30.600><c> hearing</c><00:11:30.879><c> operates</c><00:11:31.340><c> over</c><00:11:32.059><c> hundreds</c><00:11:32.500><c> of</c><00:11:32.759><c> meters,</c>

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arguably<00:11:33.620><c> a</c><00:11:33.899><c> kilometer,</c><00:11:34.899><c> in</c><00:11:35.120><c> the</c><00:11:35.240><c> case</c><00:11:35.379><c> of</c><00:11:35.559><c> very</c><00:11:35.740><c> loud</c><00:11:35.980><c> noises.</c>

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So<00:11:37.379><c> I</c><00:11:37.480><c> can</c><00:11:37.799><c> hear</c><00:11:38.240><c> hundreds</c><00:11:38.899><c> of</c><00:11:39.120><c> meters</c><00:11:39.379><c> away.</c>

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Smell<00:11:41.559><c> is</c><00:11:42.000><c> more</c><00:11:42.259><c> close</c><00:11:42.639><c> range</c><00:11:42.980><c> still.</c>

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I<00:11:44.299><c> can</c><00:11:44.600><c> smell</c><00:11:44.840><c> things</c><00:11:45.320><c> typically</c><00:11:45.879><c> that</c><00:11:46.200><c> are</c><00:11:46.659><c> perhaps</c><00:11:46.980><c> meters</c><00:11:47.399><c> away,</c>

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Touch,<00:11:50.879><c> by</c><00:11:51.240><c> definition,</c>

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I<00:11:52.899><c> can't</c><00:11:53.179><c> even</c><00:11:53.500><c> touch</c><00:11:53.720><c> something</c><00:11:54.039><c> that's</c><00:11:54.340><c> a</c><00:11:54.500><c> centimeter</c><00:11:54.779><c> away.</c>

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it<00:12:04.940><c> actually</c><00:12:05.299><c> must</c><00:12:05.539><c> pass</c><00:12:05.820><c> the</c><00:12:06.059><c> anatomical</c><00:12:06.559><c> boundary</c><00:12:06.940><c> of</c><00:12:07.100><c> my</c><00:12:07.299><c> body</c>

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and<00:12:08.120><c> enter</c><00:12:08.379><c> inside</c><00:12:08.779><c> me,</c><00:12:09.200><c> and</c><00:12:09.440><c> then</c><00:12:09.600><c> I</c><00:12:09.860><c> experience</c><00:12:10.240><c> it</c><00:12:10.779><c> through</c><00:12:11.039><c> taste.</c>

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He's<00:12:37.059><c> flipped</c><00:12:37.259><c> it</c><00:12:37.460><c> around,</c>

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Look,<00:12:42.840><c> taste</c><00:12:43.240><c> is</c><00:12:43.480><c> here</c><00:12:43.639><c> three</c><00:12:43.919><c> times.</c>

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Kiss,<00:12:45.159><c> kiss,</c><00:12:45.980><c> wine.</c>

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Touch<00:12:47.860><c> is</c><00:12:48.139><c> here</c><00:12:48.259><c> twice.</c>

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Kiss<00:12:49.259><c> and</c><00:12:49.720><c> kiss.</c>

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Smell<00:12:51.639><c> is</c><00:12:51.860><c> here</c><00:12:52.039><c> three</c><00:12:52.379><c> times.</c>

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Hearing<00:12:56.299><c> is</c><00:12:56.740><c> only</c><00:12:56.940><c> here</c><00:12:57.100><c> once.</c>

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So<00:13:19.399><c> the</c><00:13:19.940><c> song</c><00:13:20.240><c> begins</c><00:13:20.720><c> very</c><00:13:21.139><c> hurriedly,</c><00:13:21.820><c> and</c><00:13:21.820><c> it</c><00:13:22.159><c> emphasizes</c><00:13:22.679><c> proximity,</c>

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It<00:13:31.279><c> would</c><00:13:31.480><c> take</c><00:13:31.679><c> the</c><00:13:31.960><c> intelligence,</c><00:13:32.659><c> perhaps</c><00:13:33.000><c> even</c><00:13:33.240><c> of</c><00:13:33.379><c> a</c><00:13:33.539><c> garden,</c><00:13:33.799><c> not</c>

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Beyond<00:13:41.559><c> that,</c><00:13:41.860><c> I'm</c><00:13:41.879><c> not</c><00:13:42.080><c> going</c><00:13:42.220><c> to</c><00:13:42.299><c> say</c><00:13:42.480><c> too</c><00:13:42.740><c> much</c><00:13:42.940><c> about</c><00:13:43.179><c> the</c>

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cleverness<00:13:43.879><c> of</c><00:13:44.039><c> the</c><00:13:44.200><c> literature,</c>

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It's<00:14:01.980><c> always</c><00:14:02.220><c> better</c><00:14:02.399><c> to</c><00:14:02.600><c> have</c><00:14:02.820><c> talks</c><00:14:03.080><c> that</c><00:14:03.259><c> are</c><00:14:03.460><c> building</c><00:14:03.720><c> up</c>

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Please<00:14:06.580><c> excuse</c><00:14:07.100><c> me</c><00:14:07.299><c> at</c><00:14:07.340><c> least</c><00:14:07.580><c> just</c><00:14:07.799><c> for</c><00:14:07.940><c> this</c><00:14:08.120><c> morning,</c>

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I<00:14:31.320><c> already</c><00:14:31.559><c> had</c><00:14:31.659><c> it</c><00:14:31.919><c> clearly</c><00:14:32.179><c> set</c><00:14:32.299><c> in</c><00:14:32.399><c> my</c><00:14:32.659><c> mind</c><00:14:32.860><c> what</c><00:14:33.019><c> the</c><00:14:33.220><c> song</c><00:14:33.360><c> meant.</c>

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I'd<00:14:34.120><c> been</c><00:14:34.379><c> told</c><00:14:34.740><c> in</c><00:14:34.960><c> Sunday</c><00:14:35.240><c> school,</c>

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it<00:14:36.139><c> means</c><00:14:36.559><c> its</c><00:14:36.879><c> description</c><00:14:37.379><c> of</c><00:14:38.039><c> Christ</c><00:14:38.340><c> and</c><00:14:38.480><c> his</c><00:14:38.659><c> relationship</c><00:14:39.240><c> with</c><00:14:39.440><c> the</c><00:14:39.580><c> bride,</c>

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Things<00:14:45.940><c> didn't</c><00:14:46.200><c> always</c><00:14:46.440><c> seem</c><00:14:46.620><c> to</c><00:14:46.779><c> fit,</c><00:14:46.960><c> but</c><00:14:47.100><c> I</c><00:14:47.259><c> just</c><00:14:47.460><c> squashed</c>

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One<00:14:57.179><c> observer</c><00:14:57.919><c> said,</c><00:14:58.179><c> well,</c><00:14:58.360><c> there's</c><00:14:58.559><c> actually</c><00:14:58.860><c> nothing</c><00:14:59.159><c> in</c>

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We<00:15:03.200><c> might</c><00:15:03.419><c> need</c><00:15:03.679><c> to</c><00:15:03.879><c> deconstruct</c><00:15:04.519><c> some</c><00:15:04.759><c> of</c><00:15:04.899><c> these</c><00:15:05.080><c> theories</c>

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it's<00:15:10.899><c> certainly</c><00:15:11.080><c> not</c><00:15:11.259><c> good</c><00:15:11.419><c> to</c><00:15:11.620><c> start</c><00:15:11.720><c> with</c><00:15:11.899><c> any</c><00:15:12.120><c> assumption,</c>

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My<00:15:14.899><c> personal</c><00:15:15.240><c> experience,</c><00:15:15.980><c> this</c><00:15:16.179><c> slide</c><00:15:16.440><c> is</c><00:15:16.659><c> just</c><00:15:16.879><c> testimony,</c>

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not<00:15:17.519><c> fact,</c>

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is<00:15:18.460><c> one</c><00:15:18.659><c> of</c><00:15:18.779><c> what</c><00:15:18.840><c> I</c><00:15:19.019><c> would</c><00:15:19.200><c> call</c><00:15:19.440><c> cognitive</c><00:15:19.980><c> dissonance.</c>

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When<00:15:21.120><c> I'm</c><00:15:21.480><c> preloaded</c><00:15:22.059><c> and</c><00:15:22.220><c> told</c><00:15:22.460><c> this</c><00:15:22.679><c> is</c><00:15:22.960><c> Christ</c><00:15:23.220><c> and</c><00:15:23.440><c> Israel,</c>

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Christ<00:15:24.039><c> and</c><00:15:24.200><c> spiritual</c><00:15:24.480><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:15:25.379><c> I'm</c><00:15:25.559><c> reading</c><00:15:25.779><c> it</c><00:15:26.019><c> trying</c><00:15:26.320><c> to</c><00:15:26.500><c> make</c><00:15:26.620><c> the</c><00:15:26.860><c> facts</c><00:15:27.019><c> fit</c><00:15:27.279><c> there,</c>

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I'm<00:15:28.000><c> noticing</c><00:15:28.320><c> a</c><00:15:28.539><c> certain</c><00:15:28.720><c> amount</c><00:15:28.980><c> of</c><00:15:29.179><c> mental</c><00:15:29.460><c> friction.</c>

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Things<00:15:30.759><c> aren't</c><00:15:31.159><c> fitting</c><00:15:31.480><c> as</c><00:15:31.659><c> they</c><00:15:31.860><c> should.</c>

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For<00:15:32.600><c> example,</c><00:15:33.259><c> there's</c><00:15:33.340><c> just</c><00:15:33.559><c> a</c><00:15:33.759><c> tone.</c>

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The<00:15:34.940><c> tone,</c><00:15:35.659><c> this</c><00:15:35.799><c> is</c><00:15:36.000><c> supposed</c><00:15:36.240><c> to</c><00:15:36.440><c> be,</c><00:15:36.720><c> this</c><00:15:36.860><c> is</c><00:15:37.019><c> the</c><00:15:37.120><c> male</c>

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character<00:15:37.639><c> speaking,</c>

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you<00:15:38.659><c> have</c><00:15:39.000><c> stolen</c><00:15:39.240><c> my</c><00:15:39.600><c> heart,</c><00:15:39.919><c> my</c><00:15:40.200><c> sister,</c><00:15:40.480><c> my</c><00:15:40.720><c> bride,</c>

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you<00:15:41.580><c> have</c><00:15:41.960><c> stolen</c><00:15:42.220><c> my</c><00:15:42.539><c> heart</c><00:15:42.759><c> with</c><00:15:43.000><c> one</c><00:15:43.399><c> glance</c><00:15:43.700><c> of</c><00:15:43.879><c> your</c><00:15:44.100><c> eyes.</c>

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To<00:15:46.480><c> me,</c><00:15:46.759><c> I'm</c><00:15:47.100><c> internally</c><00:15:47.440><c> thinking,</c><00:15:48.240><c> I</c><00:15:48.519><c> just</c><00:15:48.759><c> share</c><00:15:48.879><c> my</c><00:15:49.159><c> thoughts</c><00:15:49.360><c> with</c><00:15:49.620><c> you,</c>

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that's<00:15:50.440><c> not</c><00:15:50.620><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:50.960><c> that's</c><00:15:51.360><c> Hollywood.</c>

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And<00:15:53.580><c> I'm</c><00:15:53.779><c> quite</c><00:15:54.059><c> serious,</c><00:15:54.379><c> I'm</c><00:15:54.399><c> thinking,</c><00:15:54.899><c> goodness,</c><00:15:55.200><c> this</c>

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just<00:15:55.539><c> doesn't,</c>

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that's<00:15:56.279><c> not</c><00:15:56.480><c> the</c><00:15:56.659><c> right</c><00:15:56.919><c> tone,</c><00:15:57.259><c> I</c><00:15:57.539><c> don't</c><00:15:57.820><c> see</c><00:15:58.100><c> that</c><00:15:58.399><c> tone.</c>

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For<00:15:59.179><c> those</c><00:15:59.399><c> of</c><00:15:59.519><c> you</c><00:15:59.620><c> who've</c><00:15:59.820><c> actually</c><00:16:00.059><c> read</c><00:16:00.259><c> Shakespeare's</c>

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Romeo<00:16:01.179><c> and</c><00:16:01.419><c> Juliet,</c>

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it<00:16:02.500><c> really</c><00:16:02.919><c> is</c><00:16:03.419><c> literally</c><00:16:04.039><c> the</c><00:16:04.460><c> way</c><00:16:04.659><c> Romeo</c><00:16:05.059><c> kept</c><00:16:05.360><c> falling</c><00:16:05.679><c> in</c><00:16:05.879><c> love,</c>

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Romeo<00:16:06.240><c> was</c><00:16:06.419><c> a</c><00:16:06.460><c> bit</c><00:16:06.580><c> of</c><00:16:06.679><c> an</c><00:16:06.840><c> airhead</c><00:16:07.100><c> actually</c><00:16:07.460><c> to</c><00:16:07.580><c> start</c><00:16:07.860><c> with,</c>

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and<00:16:08.539><c> he</c><00:16:08.620><c> just</c><00:16:08.919><c> kept</c><00:16:09.080><c> falling</c><00:16:09.360><c> in</c><00:16:09.559><c> love</c><00:16:09.659><c> the</c><00:16:09.820><c> moment</c><00:16:09.980><c> he</c><00:16:10.179><c> saw</c>

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some<00:16:10.639><c> pretty</c><00:16:10.899><c> girl,</c>

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and<00:16:11.379><c> he's</c><00:16:11.580><c> obsessed</c><00:16:11.860><c> with</c><00:16:12.039><c> some</c><00:16:12.240><c> girl</c><00:16:12.399><c> called,</c><00:16:12.659><c> I</c><00:16:12.700><c> think</c><00:16:12.840><c> it's</c>

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Madeline<00:16:13.320><c> or</c><00:16:13.480><c> something,</c>

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at<00:16:13.899><c> the</c><00:16:13.919><c> beginning</c><00:16:14.120><c> of</c><00:16:14.279><c> the</c><00:16:14.379><c> piece,</c><00:16:14.960><c> even</c><00:16:15.120><c> before</c><00:16:15.340><c> he</c><00:16:15.399><c> meets</c><00:16:15.580><c> Romeo,</c>

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it's<00:16:16.000><c> just</c><00:16:16.120><c> because</c><00:16:16.200><c> he's</c><00:16:16.360><c> seen</c><00:16:16.600><c> her.</c>

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This<00:16:17.860><c> is</c><00:16:18.100><c> the</c><00:16:18.519><c> style</c><00:16:18.960><c> that's</c><00:16:19.500><c> happening</c><00:16:19.820><c> here,</c><00:16:20.120><c> so</c><00:16:20.299><c> I'm</c><00:16:20.460><c> a</c>

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little<00:16:20.740><c> concerned,</c>

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it's<00:16:21.620><c> no</c><00:16:21.820><c> big</c><00:16:22.019><c> deal,</c><00:16:22.259><c> but</c><00:16:22.399><c> I'm</c><00:16:22.620><c> a</c><00:16:22.740><c> little</c><00:16:22.840><c> concerned,</c>

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and<00:16:23.919><c> it's</c><00:16:24.360><c> fairly</c><00:16:24.600><c> evident</c><00:16:25.159><c> that</c><00:16:25.799><c> there</c><00:16:25.980><c> are</c><00:16:26.179><c> times</c><00:16:26.519><c> when</c><00:16:26.840><c> the</c>

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male<00:16:27.460><c> character</c>

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is<00:16:28.000><c> leading</c><00:16:28.600><c> the</c><00:16:29.080><c> female</c><00:16:29.419><c> character</c><00:16:29.840><c> here,</c><00:16:30.080><c> there,</c><00:16:30.220><c> and</c><00:16:30.360><c> everywhere,</c>

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and<00:16:31.120><c> there</c><00:16:31.240><c> are</c><00:16:31.399><c> times</c><00:16:31.659><c> when</c><00:16:31.820><c> the</c><00:16:32.000><c> female</c><00:16:32.360><c> character</c><00:16:32.740><c> is</c><00:16:33.220><c> clearly</c><00:16:33.580><c> leading</c><00:16:34.220><c> the</c><00:16:34.500><c> male,</c>

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and<00:16:35.559><c> many</c><00:16:35.820><c> observers</c><00:16:36.220><c> notice</c><00:16:36.580><c> this</c><00:16:36.759><c> and</c><00:16:36.899><c> say</c><00:16:36.960><c> there's</c><00:16:37.179><c> an</c>

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absolute<00:16:37.659><c> equality,</c>

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it's<00:16:39.059><c> actually</c><00:16:39.220><c> a</c><00:16:39.320><c> little</c><00:16:39.440><c> different</c><00:16:39.679><c> than</c><00:16:39.860><c> that,</c><00:16:39.980><c> we'll</c><00:16:40.120><c> go</c>

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through<00:16:40.539><c> that,</c>

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but<00:16:41.139><c> there</c><00:16:41.340><c> are</c><00:16:41.419><c> definitely</c><00:16:41.779><c> both</c><00:16:42.139><c> parties</c><00:16:42.500><c> lead</c><00:16:42.779><c> at</c><00:16:43.000><c> different</c><00:16:43.259><c> times,</c>

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as<00:16:44.240><c> one</c><00:16:44.379><c> observer</c><00:16:44.720><c> notes.</c>

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Well,<00:16:45.879><c> equality</c><00:16:46.259><c> can</c><00:16:46.500><c> hardly</c><00:16:46.720><c> have</c><00:16:46.879><c> been</c><00:16:47.059><c> intended</c><00:16:47.399><c> as</c><00:16:47.600><c> a</c><00:16:47.799><c> model</c><00:16:47.940><c> for</c>

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God's<00:16:48.580><c> relation</c><00:16:48.860><c> to</c><00:16:49.059><c> Israel.</c>

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As<00:16:50.620><c> a</c><00:16:50.799><c> model</c><00:16:50.940><c> for</c><00:16:51.139><c> fellow</c><00:16:51.379><c> disciples,</c><00:16:52.179><c> maybe</c><00:16:52.399><c> so,</c>

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but<00:16:53.799><c> as</c><00:16:54.000><c> a</c><00:16:54.179><c> model</c><00:16:54.320><c> for</c><00:16:54.500><c> God's</c><00:16:54.840><c> relation</c><00:16:55.120><c> to</c><00:16:55.360><c> Israel,</c>

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you<00:16:56.460><c> would</c><00:16:56.759><c> expect</c><00:16:57.600><c> whatever</c><00:16:58.340><c> character</c><00:16:58.899><c> represents</c><00:16:59.399><c> God,</c>

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presumably<00:17:00.179><c> the</c><00:17:00.360><c> male</c><00:17:00.639><c> character,</c><00:17:01.120><c> is</c><00:17:01.259><c> going</c><00:17:01.440><c> to</c><00:17:01.580><c> lead</c><00:17:01.700><c> at</c>

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all<00:17:02.100><c> times.</c>

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So<00:17:02.840><c> there</c><00:17:02.940><c> were</c><00:17:03.200><c> some</c><00:17:03.580><c> sort</c><00:17:03.659><c> of</c><00:17:04.400><c> serious</c><00:17:04.839><c> differences</c><00:17:05.380><c> that</c><00:17:05.619><c> I</c>

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was<00:17:06.160><c> experiencing</c><00:17:06.799><c> at</c><00:17:07.759><c> that</c><00:17:08.059><c> stage.</c>

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Is<00:17:10.400><c> it</c><00:17:10.640><c> really</c><00:17:10.980><c> a</c><00:17:11.180><c> Messianic</c><00:17:11.720><c> scripture?</c>

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The<00:17:14.880><c> problem</c><00:17:15.180><c> is</c><00:17:15.319><c> now</c><00:17:15.420><c> we're</c><00:17:15.519><c> getting</c><00:17:15.700><c> a</c><00:17:15.700><c> little</c><00:17:15.859><c> more</c><00:17:16.059><c> factual,</c>

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this<00:17:16.460><c> is</c><00:17:16.559><c> a</c><00:17:16.640><c> little</c><00:17:16.720><c> less</c><00:17:16.920><c> of</c><00:17:17.079><c> my</c><00:17:17.339><c> testimony</c><00:17:17.720><c> experience,</c>

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this<00:17:18.579><c> is</c><00:17:18.740><c> now,</c><00:17:18.980><c> let's</c><00:17:19.160><c> get</c><00:17:19.259><c> into</c><00:17:19.440><c> the</c><00:17:19.720><c> cold</c><00:17:19.960><c> hard</c><00:17:20.279><c> facts.</c>

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There<00:17:21.359><c> are</c><00:17:21.519><c> no</c><00:17:21.720><c> verses</c><00:17:22.079><c> that</c><00:17:22.539><c> state</c><00:17:22.880><c> or</c><00:17:23.539><c> realistically</c><00:17:24.059><c> imply</c>

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that<00:17:24.759><c> the</c><00:17:25.019><c> song</c><00:17:25.180><c> is</c><00:17:25.420><c> Messianic.</c>

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Perhaps<00:17:27.019><c> the</c><00:17:27.319><c> only</c><00:17:27.960><c> one</c><00:17:28.400><c> scene</c><00:17:28.680><c> I</c><00:17:28.819><c> can</c><00:17:29.039><c> vaguely</c><00:17:29.380><c> think</c><00:17:29.680><c> of</c>

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is<00:17:30.319><c> a</c><00:17:30.420><c> time</c><00:17:30.740><c> when</c><00:17:30.920><c> the</c><00:17:31.380><c> male</c><00:17:31.640><c> character</c><00:17:32.059><c> is</c><00:17:32.319><c> knocking,</c>

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waiting<00:17:33.579><c> for</c><00:17:33.839><c> admission</c><00:17:34.259><c> for</c><00:17:34.559><c> the</c><00:17:34.700><c> female</c><00:17:35.099><c> character.</c>

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Now<00:17:36.519><c> there's</c><00:17:37.019><c> a</c><00:17:37.119><c> verse</c><00:17:37.279><c> in</c><00:17:37.480><c> Revelation,</c><00:17:37.980><c> you</c><00:17:38.039><c> might</c><00:17:38.200><c> remember,</c>

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where<00:17:38.680><c> Christ</c><00:17:38.940><c> says,</c><00:17:39.240><c> behold,</c><00:17:39.579><c> I</c><00:17:39.759><c> stand</c><00:17:40.059><c> at</c><00:17:40.200><c> the</c><00:17:40.359><c> door</c><00:17:40.519><c> and</c><00:17:40.779><c> knock.</c>

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That's<00:17:42.900><c> about</c><00:17:43.079><c> all</c><00:17:43.200><c> you've</c><00:17:43.500><c> got.</c>

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Is<00:17:45.059><c> that</c><00:17:45.279><c> enough</c><00:17:45.599><c> to</c><00:17:45.819><c> say</c><00:17:45.980><c> this</c><00:17:46.160><c> must</c><00:17:46.359><c> be</c><00:17:46.539><c> Christ</c><00:17:47.059><c> in</c><00:17:47.539><c> the</c><00:17:47.740><c> song?</c>

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Think<00:17:49.220><c> about</c><00:17:49.460><c> it,</c><00:17:49.539><c> in</c><00:17:49.720><c> the</c><00:17:49.839><c> Acts</c><00:17:49.980><c> of</c><00:17:50.140><c> the</c><00:17:50.299><c> Apostles,</c>

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there's<00:17:51.420><c> an</c><00:17:51.619><c> occasion</c><00:17:51.900><c> where</c><00:17:52.160><c> Peter</c><00:17:52.519><c> is</c><00:17:53.200><c> standing</c><00:17:53.440><c> at</c><00:17:53.640><c> the</c>

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door<00:17:54.019><c> and</c><00:17:54.279><c> knocking</c>

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for<00:17:55.299><c> quite</c><00:17:55.539><c> a</c><00:17:55.700><c> while,</c><00:17:56.420><c> because</c><00:17:56.500><c> the</c><00:17:57.619><c> rather</c><00:17:57.880><c> mentally</c><00:17:58.140><c> disadvantaged</c><00:17:58.640><c> girl</c>

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on<00:17:58.940><c> the</c><00:17:59.000><c> other</c><00:17:59.200><c> side</c>

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doesn't<00:17:59.500><c> actually</c><00:17:59.740><c> think</c><00:17:59.960><c> to,</c><00:18:00.519><c> hey,</c><00:18:01.480><c> I've</c><00:18:01.819><c> broken</c><00:18:02.000><c> out</c><00:18:02.180><c> of</c><00:18:02.259><c> jail,</c>

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maybe<00:18:02.680><c> you'd</c><00:18:02.880><c> like</c><00:18:03.079><c> to</c><00:18:03.200><c> get</c><00:18:03.299><c> me</c><00:18:03.460><c> off</c><00:18:03.599><c> the</c><00:18:03.779><c> streets.</c>

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Well,<00:18:04.099><c> maybe</c><00:18:04.339><c> later.</c>

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And<00:18:07.220><c> nobody</c><00:18:07.559><c> suggests</c><00:18:08.079><c> that</c><00:18:09.579><c> Peter</c><00:18:09.859><c> is</c><00:18:10.220><c> representing</c><00:18:10.740><c> Christ</c>

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simply<00:18:11.480><c> because</c><00:18:11.539><c> he's</c><00:18:11.740><c> standing</c><00:18:11.900><c> there</c><00:18:12.119><c> knocking.</c>

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And<00:18:13.259><c> nobody</c><00:18:13.460><c> suggests</c><00:18:13.880><c> that</c><00:18:14.039><c> the</c><00:18:14.119><c> song</c><00:18:14.240><c> of</c><00:18:14.339><c> song</c><00:18:14.519><c> is</c><00:18:14.640><c> written</c>

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about<00:18:15.140><c> Peter</c>

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because<00:18:16.380><c> there's</c><00:18:16.579><c> two</c><00:18:16.839><c> characters</c><00:18:17.140><c> knocking.</c>

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So<00:18:17.759><c> clearly,</c><00:18:18.480><c> if</c><00:18:18.539><c> we</c><00:18:18.720><c> don't</c><00:18:19.000><c> make</c><00:18:19.599><c> some</c><00:18:19.859><c> sort</c><00:18:20.079><c> of</c><00:18:20.339><c> causal</c><00:18:20.640><c> link</c>

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between<00:18:21.299><c> Peter</c><00:18:21.619><c> and</c><00:18:21.799><c> Christ</c>

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because<00:18:22.400><c> they</c><00:18:22.559><c> were</c><00:18:22.740><c> both</c><00:18:22.940><c> knocking</c><00:18:23.240><c> once,</c><00:18:24.259><c> then</c><00:18:24.460><c> why</c><00:18:24.700><c> would</c>

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we<00:18:24.940><c> do</c><00:18:25.099><c> so</c><00:18:25.279><c> for</c><00:18:25.460><c> the</c><00:18:25.640><c> song?</c>

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And<00:18:26.059><c> that's</c><00:18:26.240><c> all</c><00:18:26.440><c> we've</c><00:18:26.740><c> got.</c>

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Let's<00:18:28.640><c> look</c><00:18:28.839><c> at</c><00:18:29.019><c> Messianic</c><00:18:29.500><c> scriptures</c><00:18:29.779><c> we</c><00:18:30.059><c> recognise</c>

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to<00:18:30.619><c> check</c><00:18:30.720><c> that</c><00:18:30.859><c> I'm</c><00:18:30.980><c> not</c><00:18:31.160><c> cheating</c><00:18:31.539><c> or</c><00:18:32.099><c> trying</c><00:18:32.299><c> to</c><00:18:32.460><c> force</c><00:18:32.680><c> something.</c>

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Isaiah<00:18:34.400><c> 53,</c><00:18:35.160><c> we</c><00:18:35.400><c> say</c><00:18:35.559><c> that's</c><00:18:35.859><c> Messianic.</c><00:18:36.640><c> I</c><00:18:36.880><c> agree.</c>

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Look,<00:18:38.700><c> but</c><00:18:39.140><c> he</c><00:18:39.420><c> was</c><00:18:39.720><c> pierced</c><00:18:40.039><c> for</c><00:18:40.299><c> our</c><00:18:40.619><c> transgressions,</c>

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by<00:18:42.200><c> his</c><00:18:42.500><c> wounds</c><00:18:43.000><c> we</c><00:18:43.680><c> are</c><00:18:43.920><c> healed.</c>

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There<00:18:44.920><c> is</c><00:18:45.259><c> no</c><00:18:45.599><c> human</c><00:18:46.039><c> being</c><00:18:46.299><c> on</c><00:18:46.539><c> the</c><00:18:46.839><c> planet</c><00:18:47.079><c> in</c><00:18:47.279><c> the</c><00:18:47.579><c> history</c>

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of<00:18:48.140><c> the</c><00:18:48.279><c> world</c>

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whose<00:18:49.579><c> wounds</c><00:18:50.200><c> healed</c><00:18:51.000><c> anyone</c><00:18:51.539><c> else</c><00:18:52.160><c> except</c><00:18:53.299><c> for</c><00:18:53.619><c> the</c><00:18:53.740><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:18:54.240><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:18:55.500><c> that's</c><00:18:55.799><c> Jesus.</c><00:18:56.420><c> That's</c><00:18:56.720><c> clear.</c><00:18:56.980><c> His</c><00:18:57.099><c> name</c><00:18:57.339><c> isn't</c><00:18:57.599><c> there,</c>

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doesn't<00:18:57.980><c> need</c><00:18:58.279><c> to</c><00:18:58.460><c> be.</c>

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That<00:18:59.039><c> is</c><00:18:59.359><c> clearly</c><00:18:59.680><c> a</c><00:18:59.940><c> Messianic</c><00:19:00.359><c> scripture.</c>

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Psalm<00:19:01.380><c> 22,</c><00:19:02.160><c> similarly,</c><00:19:02.880><c> a</c><00:19:03.160><c> band</c><00:19:03.440><c> of</c><00:19:03.640><c> evil</c><00:19:03.859><c> men</c><00:19:04.079><c> has</c><00:19:04.359><c> encircled</c><00:19:04.859><c> me.</c>

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They<00:19:05.480><c> have</c><00:19:05.779><c> pierced</c><00:19:06.160><c> my</c><00:19:06.440><c> hands</c><00:19:06.680><c> and</c><00:19:06.880><c> my</c><00:19:07.140><c> feet.</c>

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They<00:19:07.880><c> divide</c><00:19:08.359><c> my</c><00:19:08.700><c> garments</c><00:19:09.000><c> among</c><00:19:09.359><c> them</c><00:19:09.519><c> and</c><00:19:09.779><c> cast</c><00:19:10.059><c> lots</c><00:19:10.440><c> for</c>

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my<00:19:10.880><c> clothing.</c>

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This<00:19:12.400><c> is</c><00:19:12.740><c> a</c><00:19:13.000><c> blow</c><00:19:13.200><c>-by</c><00:19:13.539><c>-blow</c><00:19:13.759><c> account</c><00:19:14.099><c> of</c><00:19:14.240><c> the</c><00:19:14.400><c> crucifixion.</c>

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Jesus'<00:19:16.160><c> name</c><00:19:16.400><c> might</c><00:19:16.640><c> not</c><00:19:16.819><c> be</c><00:19:17.039><c> in</c><00:19:17.180><c> Psalm</c><00:19:17.339><c> 22,</c><00:19:18.099><c> but</c><00:19:18.220><c> it's</c><00:19:18.599><c> clearly</c><00:19:18.940><c> a</c>

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Messianic<00:19:19.579><c> scripture.</c>

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So<00:19:20.759><c> we</c><00:19:20.940><c> know</c><00:19:21.200><c> what</c><00:19:21.440><c> Messianic</c><00:19:21.940><c> scriptures</c><00:19:22.240><c> look</c><00:19:22.539><c> like.</c>

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Obviously,<00:19:23.619><c> the</c><00:19:23.759><c> quote</c><00:19:24.039><c> shouted</c><00:19:24.299><c> at</c><00:19:24.519><c> the</c><00:19:24.539><c> beginning</c><00:19:24.759><c> of</c><00:19:24.940><c> the</c><00:19:25.079><c> psalm,</c>

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my<00:19:25.500><c> God,</c><00:19:25.779><c> my</c><00:19:26.000><c> God,</c><00:19:26.700><c> why</c><00:19:26.960><c> have</c><00:19:27.160><c> you</c><00:19:27.359><c> forsaken</c><00:19:27.819><c> me,</c>

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is<00:19:28.539><c> again</c><00:19:28.759><c> a</c><00:19:29.000><c> perfect</c><00:19:29.319><c> match</c><00:19:29.599><c> with</c><00:19:29.740><c> what's</c><00:19:30.059><c> spoken</c><00:19:30.259><c> from</c><00:19:30.460><c> the</c><00:19:30.660><c> cross.</c>

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So<00:19:31.400><c> it's</c><00:19:31.539><c> not</c><00:19:31.680><c> as</c><00:19:31.819><c> if</c><00:19:31.900><c> I'm</c><00:19:32.119><c> trying</c><00:19:32.339><c> to</c><00:19:32.539><c> find</c><00:19:32.720><c> excuses</c><00:19:33.299><c> to</c><00:19:33.599><c> duck</c><00:19:33.799><c> out</c>

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of<00:19:34.720><c> seeing</c><00:19:34.960><c> something</c><00:19:35.279><c> as</c><00:19:35.480><c> Messianic.</c>

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I<00:19:36.660><c> know</c><00:19:36.960><c> a</c><00:19:37.160><c> Messianic</c><00:19:37.599><c> scripture</c><00:19:37.920><c> when</c><00:19:38.079><c> I</c><00:19:38.259><c> see</c><00:19:38.460><c> one.</c>

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The<00:19:39.579><c> song</c><00:19:39.880><c> is</c><00:19:40.119><c> not</c><00:19:40.299><c> one</c><00:19:40.539><c> such.</c>

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There<00:19:41.000><c> are</c><00:19:41.279><c> no</c><00:19:41.619><c> such</c><00:19:41.839><c> links</c><00:19:42.599><c> anywhere</c><00:19:43.319><c> in</c><00:19:43.799><c> any</c><00:19:44.059><c> verse</c><00:19:44.279><c> of</c><00:19:44.460><c> the</c>

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song<00:19:44.859><c> that</c><00:19:45.039><c> I</c><00:19:45.180><c> can</c><00:19:45.440><c> find.</c>

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Here's<00:19:47.839><c> a</c><00:19:47.960><c> real</c><00:19:48.299><c> cast</c><00:19:48.700><c> iron</c><00:19:48.940><c> one</c><00:19:49.140><c> for</c><00:19:49.339><c> me.</c>

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There<00:19:50.740><c> is</c><00:19:51.099><c> no</c><00:19:51.480><c> mention</c><00:19:51.839><c> of</c><00:19:52.140><c> God</c><00:19:52.640><c> spoken</c><00:19:53.500><c> by</c><00:19:53.839><c> either</c><00:19:54.160><c> of</c><00:19:54.299><c> the</c><00:19:54.500><c> characters</c><00:19:54.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:55.180><c> song,</c>

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nor<00:19:55.980><c> anywhere</c><00:19:56.460><c> in</c><00:19:56.720><c> the</c><00:19:56.920><c> narrative</c><00:19:57.240><c> of</c><00:19:57.460><c> the</c><00:19:57.619><c> song</c><00:19:58.019><c> is</c><00:19:58.579><c> there</c><00:19:58.759><c> any</c><00:19:59.039><c> mention</c><00:19:59.339><c> of</c><00:19:59.579><c> God.</c>

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Small<00:20:00.880><c> caveat,</c><00:20:01.279><c> if</c><00:20:01.400><c> you</c><00:20:01.579><c> have</c><00:20:01.700><c> the</c><00:20:01.900><c> King</c><00:20:02.099><c> James,</c><00:20:02.619><c> or</c><00:20:02.779><c> perhaps</c>

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maybe<00:20:03.440><c> one</c><00:20:03.619><c> other</c><00:20:04.799><c> version,</c>

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you<00:20:06.000><c> will</c><00:20:06.400><c> find</c><00:20:06.819><c> the</c><00:20:07.359><c> Lord</c><00:20:07.740><c> capitalized</c><00:20:08.460><c> as</c><00:20:08.759><c> if</c><00:20:09.480><c> it</c><00:20:09.660><c> had</c><00:20:09.779><c> come</c>

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from<00:20:10.160><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:11.299><c> in</c><00:20:11.759><c> Chapter</c><00:20:12.099><c> 8.</c>

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That's<00:20:12.720><c> a</c><00:20:12.839><c> mistranslation.</c>

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I'm<00:20:14.019><c> not</c><00:20:14.220><c> going</c><00:20:14.359><c> to</c><00:20:14.380><c> go</c><00:20:14.539><c> through</c><00:20:14.700><c> the</c><00:20:14.920><c> details</c><00:20:15.160><c> of</c><00:20:15.339><c> that.</c>

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If<00:20:16.000><c> you</c><00:20:16.180><c> want</c><00:20:16.339><c> to</c><00:20:16.460><c> hear</c><00:20:16.559><c> about</c><00:20:16.740><c> that,</c><00:20:17.099><c> please</c><00:20:17.160><c> approach</c><00:20:17.440><c> me.</c>

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I'll<00:20:17.779><c> happily</c><00:20:18.039><c> talk</c><00:20:18.279><c> about</c><00:20:18.460><c> it.</c>

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We're<00:20:19.079><c> short</c><00:20:19.319><c> on</c><00:20:19.559><c> time,</c><00:20:19.779><c> so</c><00:20:19.920><c> I'm</c><00:20:20.059><c> going</c><00:20:20.180><c> to</c><00:20:20.359><c> skip</c><00:20:20.720><c> expositing</c>

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that<00:20:21.579><c> absolutely.</c>

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So<00:20:22.539><c> be</c><00:20:22.759><c> clear,</c><00:20:23.220><c> there</c><00:20:23.380><c> is</c><00:20:23.720><c> no</c><00:20:24.039><c> mention</c><00:20:24.400><c> of</c><00:20:24.660><c> God</c><00:20:24.960><c> anywhere</c><00:20:25.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:26.359><c> Song</c><00:20:26.500><c> of</c><00:20:26.680><c> Songs.</c>

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Is<00:20:28.079><c> that</c><00:20:28.259><c> Jesus?</c><00:20:28.819><c> Does</c><00:20:28.980><c> that</c><00:20:29.140><c> sound</c><00:20:29.359><c> like</c><00:20:29.559><c> Jesus</c><00:20:29.859><c> to</c><00:20:30.059><c> you?</c>

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Jesus<00:20:31.519><c> speaks</c><00:20:31.940><c> of</c><00:20:32.079><c> his</c><00:20:32.339><c> Father</c><00:20:32.740><c> constantly.</c>

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In<00:20:34.720><c> fact,</c><00:20:35.299><c> being</c><00:20:35.559><c> a</c><00:20:35.700><c> bit</c><00:20:35.819><c> of</c><00:20:35.980><c> a</c><00:20:36.140><c> statistics</c><00:20:36.460><c> nerd,</c><00:20:37.359><c> I</c><00:20:37.400><c> had</c><00:20:37.559><c> to</c>

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do<00:20:37.859><c> this,</c><00:20:38.099><c> please</c><00:20:38.279><c> excuse</c><00:20:38.599><c> me,</c>

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but<00:20:39.279><c> go</c><00:20:39.700><c> to</c><00:20:39.819><c> the</c><00:20:39.920><c> Gospel</c><00:20:40.160><c> of</c><00:20:40.279><c> John,</c><00:20:40.819><c> I</c><00:20:40.980><c> record</c><00:20:41.200><c> every</c><00:20:41.500><c> single</c>

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word<00:20:42.000><c> that</c><00:20:42.200><c> Jesus</c><00:20:42.460><c> spoke,</c>

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and<00:20:44.259><c> as</c><00:20:44.299><c> long</c><00:20:44.380><c> as</c><00:20:44.460><c> I'm</c><00:20:44.519><c> using</c><00:20:44.720><c> the</c><00:20:44.920><c> same</c><00:20:45.079><c> language,</c><00:20:45.519><c> it</c><00:20:45.599><c> doesn't</c><00:20:45.779><c> matter</c>

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which<00:20:46.160><c> language</c><00:20:46.400><c> I'm</c><00:20:46.539><c> using,</c>

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I<00:20:47.339><c> record</c><00:20:47.619><c> every</c><00:20:47.819><c> word</c><00:20:48.019><c> that</c><00:20:48.160><c> Jesus</c><00:20:48.420><c> spoke,</c>

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and<00:20:48.980><c> I</c><00:20:49.160><c> see</c><00:20:49.279><c> how</c><00:20:49.579><c> often</c><00:20:49.839><c> he</c><00:20:50.099><c> referred</c><00:20:50.440><c> to</c><00:20:50.940><c> his</c><00:20:51.200><c> Father</c><00:20:51.519><c> using</c>

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whatsoever<00:20:52.319><c> name.</c>

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I<00:20:53.559><c> then</c><00:20:53.720><c> go</c><00:20:53.920><c> back</c><00:20:54.160><c> to</c><00:20:54.299><c> the</c><00:20:54.440><c> Song</c><00:20:54.539><c> of</c><00:20:54.720><c> Songs</c><00:20:54.960><c> and</c><00:20:55.119><c> see</c><00:20:55.339><c> how</c><00:20:55.519><c> many</c>

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words<00:20:56.099><c> the</c><00:20:56.359><c> male</c><00:20:56.619><c> character</c><00:20:56.980><c> spoke.</c>

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The<00:20:58.880><c> male</c><00:20:59.220><c> character,</c><00:21:00.160><c> if</c><00:21:00.279><c> that</c><00:21:00.460><c> were</c><00:21:00.619><c> Jesus,</c>

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would<00:21:01.880><c> have</c><00:21:02.019><c> mentioned</c><00:21:02.339><c> his</c><00:21:02.599><c> Father</c><00:21:03.200><c> 20</c><00:21:03.859><c> times</c><00:21:04.519><c> in</c><00:21:04.920><c> the</c><00:21:05.079><c> Song</c>

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of<00:21:05.359><c> Songs.</c>

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20.<00:21:06.500><c> If</c><00:21:06.640><c> it</c><00:21:06.720><c> has</c><00:21:06.920><c> the</c><00:21:07.119><c> same</c><00:21:07.400><c> consistency</c><00:21:07.980><c> as</c><00:21:08.380><c> how</c><00:21:08.720><c> often</c><00:21:09.000><c> Jesus</c>

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speaks<00:21:09.680><c> of</c><00:21:10.500><c> his</c><00:21:10.759><c> Father</c><00:21:11.019><c> in</c><00:21:11.359><c> the</c><00:21:11.460><c> Gospel</c><00:21:11.720><c> of</c><00:21:11.880><c> John.</c>

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Instead<00:21:13.839><c> of</c><00:21:13.940><c> 20</c><00:21:14.279><c> mentions,</c><00:21:15.539><c> there</c><00:21:15.660><c> are</c><00:21:15.779><c> zero.</c>

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That's<00:21:17.400><c> a</c><00:21:17.559><c> different</c><00:21:17.779><c> speech</c><00:21:18.099><c> pattern.</c>

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That's<00:21:19.279><c> a</c><00:21:19.359><c> different</c><00:21:20.420><c> internal</c><00:21:21.220><c> drive.</c>

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This<00:21:22.799><c> male</c><00:21:23.019><c> character</c><00:21:23.559><c> is</c><00:21:24.039><c> not</c><00:21:24.299><c> thinking</c><00:21:24.599><c> about</c><00:21:24.920><c> God</c><00:21:25.160><c> at</c><00:21:25.440><c> all.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:28.240><c> speaks</c><00:21:28.720><c> of</c><00:21:28.859><c> his</c><00:21:29.099><c> Father</c><00:21:29.420><c> constantly.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:30.819><c> is</c><00:21:31.180><c> not</c><00:21:31.599><c> in</c><00:21:32.059><c> the</c><00:21:32.240><c> Song</c><00:21:32.380><c> of</c><00:21:32.539><c> Songs.</c>

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Not<00:21:33.299><c> only</c><00:21:33.480><c> that,</c><00:21:33.819><c> we</c><00:21:34.039><c> have</c><00:21:34.240><c> the</c><00:21:34.500><c> inverse.</c>

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If<00:21:35.819><c> the</c><00:21:36.019><c> Song</c><00:21:36.160><c> of</c><00:21:36.359><c> Songs</c><00:21:36.579><c> is</c><00:21:36.839><c> about</c><00:21:37.059><c> a</c><00:21:37.259><c> wedding</c><00:21:37.480><c> and</c><00:21:37.700><c> a</c><00:21:37.880><c> union,</c>

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which<00:21:38.339><c> it</c><00:21:38.539><c> is,</c>

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we<00:21:39.720><c> actually</c><00:21:40.059><c> have</c><00:21:40.279><c> other</c><00:21:40.539><c> scriptures</c><00:21:40.920><c> that</c><00:21:41.319><c> speak</c><00:21:41.500><c> about</c><00:21:41.759><c> the</c><00:21:41.960><c> wedding</c><00:21:42.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:42.859><c> Lord</c><00:21:43.039><c> Jesus</c><00:21:43.400><c> Christ,</c><00:21:43.720><c> don't</c><00:21:43.920><c> we?</c>

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They're<00:21:44.799><c> in</c><00:21:44.960><c> Revelation.</c>

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In<00:21:45.960><c> fact,</c><00:21:46.420><c> we</c><00:21:46.660><c> even</c><00:21:46.980><c> have</c><00:21:47.220><c> the</c><00:21:47.539><c> text</c><00:21:48.000><c> of</c><00:21:48.539><c> Jesus'</c><00:21:49.079><c> wedding</c><00:21:49.359><c> invitation.</c>

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We<00:21:50.440><c> can</c><00:21:50.599><c> look</c><00:21:50.779><c> at</c><00:21:50.900><c> it.</c>

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There<00:21:52.660><c> it</c><00:21:52.799><c> is,</c><00:21:53.220><c> in</c><00:21:53.400><c> the</c><00:21:53.519><c> black</c><00:21:53.700><c> text.</c>

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Hallelujah<00:21:56.519><c> for</c><00:21:57.039><c> our</c><00:21:57.359><c> Lord</c><00:21:57.640><c> God</c><00:21:57.940><c> Almighty</c><00:21:58.480><c> reigns.</c>

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That's<00:21:59.140><c> the</c><00:21:59.299><c> opening</c><00:21:59.460><c> line.</c>

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Now,<00:22:02.559><c> is</c><00:22:02.720><c> there</c><00:22:02.920><c> anyone</c><00:22:03.099><c> in</c><00:22:03.259><c> this</c><00:22:03.420><c> room</c><00:22:03.579><c> who</c><00:22:03.819><c> has</c><00:22:04.099><c> not</c><00:22:04.519><c> received</c><00:22:04.920><c> a</c><00:22:05.119><c> wedding</c><00:22:05.319><c> invitation</c><00:22:05.859><c> in</c>

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their<00:22:06.200><c> whole</c><00:22:06.380><c> life?</c>

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I'm<00:22:07.460><c> sure</c><00:22:07.519><c> you've</c><00:22:07.819><c> all</c><00:22:08.480><c> received</c><00:22:08.920><c> at</c><00:22:09.180><c> least</c><00:22:09.380><c> one,</c><00:22:09.779><c> probably</c><00:22:10.180><c> multiple,</c>

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and<00:22:11.039><c> some</c><00:22:11.240><c> of</c><00:22:11.359><c> you,</c><00:22:11.640><c> particularly</c><00:22:11.960><c> parents,</c><00:22:12.420><c> will</c><00:22:12.559><c> probably</c>

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have<00:22:13.039><c> issued</c><00:22:13.299><c> some.</c>

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How<00:22:14.720><c> many</c><00:22:14.900><c> of</c><00:22:15.000><c> you</c><00:22:15.160><c> chose</c><00:22:15.359><c> to</c><00:22:15.579><c> use</c><00:22:15.720><c> that</c><00:22:15.940><c> as</c><00:22:16.079><c> your</c><00:22:16.319><c> opening</c><00:22:16.539><c> line?</c>

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Hallelujah<00:22:18.000><c> for</c><00:22:18.319><c> our</c><00:22:18.500><c> Lord</c><00:22:18.720><c> God</c><00:22:18.980><c> Almighty</c><00:22:19.420><c> reigns.</c>

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You<00:22:20.759><c> probably</c><00:22:21.039><c> didn't.</c>

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We<00:22:22.180><c> humans,</c><00:22:22.519><c> we</c><00:22:22.759><c> tend</c><00:22:22.900><c> to</c><00:22:23.079><c> be</c><00:22:23.200><c> a</c><00:22:23.240><c> little</c><00:22:23.480><c> bit</c><00:22:24.259><c> self</c><00:22:24.559><c>-focused,</c>

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don't<00:22:25.119><c> we?</c>

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And<00:22:25.440><c> the</c><00:22:25.579><c> wedding</c><00:22:25.799><c> invitation</c><00:22:26.160><c> is</c><00:22:26.380><c> always</c><00:22:26.599><c> about</c><00:22:26.839><c> the</c><00:22:26.960><c> beautiful</c><00:22:27.279><c> bride</c>

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and<00:22:27.759><c> the</c><00:22:27.920><c> chosen</c><00:22:28.160><c> man</c>

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and<00:22:28.900><c> the</c><00:22:29.160><c> parents</c><00:22:29.380><c> of</c><00:22:29.519><c> the</c><00:22:29.680><c> bride</c><00:22:29.839><c> whatsoever.</c>

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Not<00:22:31.279><c> so</c><00:22:31.460><c> with</c><00:22:31.619><c> Jesus.</c>

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Let<00:22:32.660><c> us</c><00:22:32.859><c> rejoice</c><00:22:33.359><c> and</c><00:22:33.559><c> be</c><00:22:33.799><c> glad</c><00:22:34.079><c> and</c><00:22:34.400><c> give</c><00:22:34.619><c> God</c><00:22:35.019><c> glory.</c>

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For<00:22:36.140><c> the</c><00:22:36.339><c> wedding</c><00:22:36.500><c> of</c><00:22:36.700><c> the</c><00:22:36.819><c> Lamb</c><00:22:37.000><c> has</c><00:22:37.279><c> come</c><00:22:37.539><c> and</c><00:22:37.680><c> his</c><00:22:37.920><c> bride</c>

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has<00:22:38.519><c> made</c><00:22:38.680><c> herself</c><00:22:39.000><c> ready.</c>

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Fine<00:22:40.240><c> linen,</c><00:22:40.660><c> bright</c><00:22:40.819><c> and</c><00:22:41.099><c> clean,</c><00:22:41.339><c> was</c><00:22:41.500><c> given</c><00:22:41.740><c> to</c><00:22:41.880><c> her</c><00:22:41.960><c> to</c><00:22:42.180><c> wear.</c>

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This<00:22:43.000><c> linen</c><00:22:43.240><c> stands</c><00:22:43.579><c> for</c><00:22:43.779><c> the</c><00:22:43.980><c> righteous</c><00:22:44.259><c> acts</c><00:22:44.579><c> of</c><00:22:44.880><c> God's</c>

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holy<00:22:45.720><c> people.</c>

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Very<00:22:46.500><c> short</c><00:22:46.799><c> wedding</c><00:22:47.079><c> invite.</c>

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Three<00:22:48.200><c> mentions</c><00:22:48.660><c> of</c><00:22:48.819><c> the</c><00:22:49.000><c> Father.</c>

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Three.

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This<00:22:51.740><c> is</c><00:22:51.940><c> the</c><00:22:52.059><c> language</c><00:22:52.359><c> of</c><00:22:52.539><c> Jesus</c><00:22:52.859><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:22:54.119><c> is</c><00:22:54.359><c> not</c><00:22:54.539><c> the</c><00:22:54.680><c> language</c><00:22:54.960><c> of</c><00:22:55.160><c> the</c><00:22:55.319><c> song.</c>

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That<00:22:56.680><c> does</c><00:22:56.940><c> not</c><00:22:57.119><c> necessarily</c><00:22:57.599><c> make</c><00:22:57.799><c> the</c><00:22:57.980><c> song</c><00:22:58.140><c> morally</c><00:22:58.539><c> wicked</c><00:22:58.819><c> or</c><00:22:59.059><c> bad</c><00:22:59.380><c> at</c><00:22:59.779><c> all.</c>

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I'm<00:23:01.500><c> not</c><00:23:01.680><c> pushing</c><00:23:01.859><c> this</c><00:23:02.000><c> too</c><00:23:02.220><c> far.</c>

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I'm<00:23:02.460><c> just</c><00:23:02.700><c> saying</c><00:23:03.019><c> this</c><00:23:03.500><c> is</c><00:23:03.680><c> not</c><00:23:03.819><c> Jesus</c><00:23:04.140><c> who</c><00:23:04.400><c> is</c><00:23:04.460><c> speaking.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:05.420><c> is</c><00:23:05.740><c> not</c><00:23:06.279><c> in</c><00:23:06.759><c> the</c><00:23:06.940><c> song</c><00:23:07.079><c> of</c><00:23:07.279><c> songs.</c>

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Also,<00:23:10.480><c> we</c><00:23:10.660><c> know</c><00:23:10.839><c> the</c><00:23:11.019><c> male</c><00:23:11.220><c> character</c><00:23:11.599><c> is</c><00:23:11.900><c> called</c><00:23:12.180><c> Solomon,</c>

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and<00:23:13.700><c> fairly</c><00:23:13.940><c> soon</c><00:23:14.160><c> I'm</c><00:23:14.279><c> going</c><00:23:14.420><c> to</c><00:23:14.559><c> propose</c><00:23:14.839><c> this</c><00:23:15.099><c> revolutionary</c><00:23:15.599><c> idea</c><00:23:15.960><c> that</c>

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that's<00:23:16.359><c> because</c><00:23:16.480><c> it's</c><00:23:16.759><c> Solomon,</c>

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but<00:23:17.339><c> we'll</c><00:23:18.000><c> build</c><00:23:18.160><c> up</c><00:23:18.339><c> to</c><00:23:18.440><c> that</c><00:23:18.559><c> slowly.</c>

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And<00:23:21.940><c> in</c><00:23:22.200><c> fairness,</c><00:23:22.779><c> many</c><00:23:23.019><c> Old</c><00:23:23.259><c> Testament</c><00:23:23.619><c> characters</c><00:23:24.099><c> are</c><00:23:24.480><c> given</c>

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as<00:23:26.160><c> examples</c><00:23:26.640><c> or</c><00:23:27.420><c> precursors</c><00:23:28.079><c> to</c><00:23:28.240><c> the</c><00:23:28.359><c> Lord</c><00:23:28.519><c> Jesus</c><00:23:28.880><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:23:30.140><c> being</c><00:23:30.279><c> that</c><00:23:30.480><c> they're</c><00:23:30.640><c> human,</c><00:23:31.799><c> they</c><00:23:32.019><c> have</c><00:23:32.259><c> flaws</c><00:23:32.539><c> which</c>

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Christ<00:23:33.059><c> does</c><00:23:33.299><c> not.</c>

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David,<00:23:34.940><c> King</c><00:23:35.140><c> David,</c><00:23:35.799><c> a</c><00:23:35.960><c> man</c><00:23:36.160><c> after</c><00:23:36.400><c> God's</c><00:23:36.700><c> own</c><00:23:36.960><c> heart,</c>

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he<00:23:37.519><c> was</c><00:23:37.980><c> blessed</c><00:23:38.319><c> to</c><00:23:38.559><c> wear</c><00:23:38.640><c> that</c><00:23:38.920><c> title,</c><00:23:39.180><c> was</c><00:23:39.319><c> a</c><00:23:39.480><c> murderer.</c>

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So<00:23:41.039><c> was</c><00:23:41.240><c> Moses.</c>

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So<00:23:42.960><c> was</c><00:23:43.140><c> the</c><00:23:43.279><c> Apostle</c><00:23:43.599><c> Paul.</c>

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I'm<00:23:44.279><c> sure</c><00:23:44.500><c> it's</c><00:23:44.660><c> not</c><00:23:44.759><c> a</c><00:23:44.859><c> recommended</c><00:23:45.180><c> theme,</c><00:23:46.420><c> but</c><00:23:46.440><c> clearly</c>

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serious<00:23:48.460><c> human</c><00:23:48.880><c> flaws</c>

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do<00:23:49.500><c> not</c><00:23:49.740><c> necessarily</c><00:23:50.500><c> forbid</c><00:23:50.900><c> someone</c><00:23:51.319><c> from</c><00:23:51.680><c> being</c><00:23:52.099><c> an</c><00:23:52.619><c> example</c><00:23:52.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:53.180><c> Lord</c><00:23:53.339><c> Jesus</c><00:23:53.640><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:23:54.680><c> Solomon's</c><00:23:55.319><c> weakness</c><00:23:55.880><c> is</c><00:23:56.700><c> far</c><00:23:57.119><c> worse</c><00:23:57.720><c> than</c><00:23:58.380><c> murder</c><00:23:58.900><c> or</c>

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any<00:23:59.500><c> other.</c>

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Solomon's<00:24:00.980><c> weakness</c><00:24:01.319><c> was</c><00:24:01.779><c> he</c><00:24:02.220><c> just</c><00:24:02.660><c> really</c><00:24:03.119><c> wasn't</c><00:24:03.440><c> that</c>

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excited<00:24:04.140><c> about</c><00:24:04.480><c> God.</c>

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God<00:24:06.119><c> just</c><00:24:06.420><c> wasn't</c><00:24:06.700><c> at</c><00:24:06.880><c> the</c><00:24:07.019><c> center</c><00:24:07.220><c> of</c><00:24:07.380><c> his</c><00:24:07.599><c> being</c><00:24:07.799><c> at</c><00:24:08.000><c> all.</c>

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Whereas<00:24:09.180><c> if</c><00:24:09.319><c> you</c><00:24:09.380><c> look</c><00:24:09.500><c> at</c><00:24:09.579><c> someone</c><00:24:09.740><c> like</c><00:24:09.900><c> the</c><00:24:10.019><c> Apostle</c><00:24:10.359><c> Paul,</c>

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you<00:24:11.240><c> get</c><00:24:11.460><c> the</c><00:24:11.619><c> sense</c><00:24:11.839><c> that</c><00:24:12.339><c> actually</c><00:24:12.640><c> the</c><00:24:12.819><c> reasons</c><00:24:13.079><c> he</c><00:24:13.299><c> did</c>

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commit<00:24:13.859><c> murder</c><00:24:14.339><c> and</c><00:24:14.839><c> torture</c>

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and<00:24:15.240><c> goodness</c><00:24:15.420><c> knows</c><00:24:15.660><c> what</c><00:24:15.839><c> else,</c><00:24:16.259><c> was</c><00:24:16.400><c> because</c><00:24:16.839><c> he</c><00:24:16.980><c> was</c><00:24:17.240><c> passionate</c><00:24:17.559><c> for</c>

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God,<00:24:18.079><c> misguided</c><00:24:18.619><c> clearly,</c>

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but<00:24:19.539><c> because</c><00:24:20.000><c> he</c><00:24:20.119><c> was</c><00:24:20.339><c> passionate</c><00:24:20.660><c> for</c><00:24:20.900><c> God.</c>

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:25.079
And<00:24:21.359><c> there's</c><00:24:21.579><c> no</c><00:24:21.799><c> loss</c><00:24:22.259><c> of</c><00:24:22.519><c> passion</c><00:24:22.759><c> for</c><00:24:23.000><c> God</c><00:24:23.299><c> in</c><00:24:23.940><c> either</c><00:24:24.500><c> Moses</c><00:24:24.880><c> or</c>

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Joseph<00:24:25.480><c> or</c><00:24:25.660><c> David</c>

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:28.660
or<00:24:26.160><c> any</c><00:24:26.420><c> of</c><00:24:26.559><c> the</c><00:24:26.720><c> others</c><00:24:26.900><c> who</c><00:24:27.160><c> prefigured</c><00:24:27.680><c> Christ.</c>

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:31.980
But<00:24:29.000><c> as</c><00:24:29.279><c> Solomon</c><00:24:29.519><c> grew</c><00:24:29.839><c> old,</c><00:24:30.740><c> his</c><00:24:30.880><c> wives</c><00:24:31.200><c> turned</c><00:24:31.519><c> his</c><00:24:31.839><c> heart</c>

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after<00:24:32.279><c> other</c><00:24:32.579><c> gods.</c>

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:36.740
His<00:24:33.160><c> heart</c><00:24:33.359><c> was</c><00:24:33.920><c> not</c><00:24:34.200><c> fully</c><00:24:34.420><c> devoted</c><00:24:34.900><c> to</c><00:24:35.140><c> the</c><00:24:35.279><c> Lord,</c><00:24:35.680><c> to</c><00:24:35.819><c> Yahweh,</c><00:24:36.140><c> his</c><00:24:36.420><c> God.</c>

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:40.960
So<00:24:37.960><c> Solomon's</c><00:24:38.859><c> weakness</c><00:24:39.319><c> was</c><00:24:39.900><c> a</c><00:24:40.140><c> spiritual</c><00:24:40.539><c> weakness.</c>

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:44.839
He<00:24:41.279><c> was</c><00:24:41.519><c> a</c><00:24:41.819><c> spiritually</c><00:24:42.160><c> weak</c><00:24:42.539><c> man</c><00:24:42.859><c> whose</c><00:24:43.160><c> faith</c><00:24:43.559><c> failed.</c>

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:50.400
And<00:24:45.339><c> I</c><00:24:45.519><c> suggest</c><00:24:45.839><c> to</c><00:24:46.039><c> you</c><00:24:46.400><c> that</c><00:24:46.680><c> is</c><00:24:47.259><c> fundamentally</c><00:24:48.200><c> inappropriate</c><00:24:48.779><c> to</c><00:24:49.099><c> represent</c><00:24:49.640><c> as</c><00:24:50.259><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:24:50.559><c> Jesus</c><00:24:50.940><c> Christ,</c>

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:55.680
who<00:24:52.200><c> thought</c><00:24:52.480><c> and</c><00:24:52.720><c> breathed</c><00:24:53.180><c> and</c><00:24:53.299><c> spoke</c><00:24:53.740><c> the</c><00:24:54.140><c> word</c><00:24:54.460><c> of</c><00:24:54.619><c> his</c><00:24:54.839><c> Father.</c>

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:58.960
So<00:24:56.119><c> I</c><00:24:56.519><c> think</c><00:24:56.740><c> this</c><00:24:56.920><c> would</c><00:24:57.039><c> be</c><00:24:57.240><c> a</c><00:24:57.339><c> very</c><00:24:57.720><c> unlikely</c><00:24:58.299><c> person,</c><00:24:58.839><c> a</c>

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.180
very<00:24:59.140><c> unlikely</c><00:24:59.579><c> name,</c>

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:04.400
to<00:25:00.740><c> put</c><00:25:00.920><c> on</c><00:25:01.140><c> anyone</c><00:25:01.619><c> who</c><00:25:02.079><c> was</c><00:25:02.339><c> going</c><00:25:02.559><c> to</c><00:25:02.859><c> be</c><00:25:03.339><c> seen</c><00:25:03.859><c> as</c><00:25:04.039><c> the</c><00:25:04.220><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:25:04.839><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:25:06.920><c> sometimes</c><00:25:07.339><c> in</c><00:25:07.480><c> order</c><00:25:07.720><c> to</c><00:25:08.039><c> obviate</c><00:25:09.259><c> that</c><00:25:10.119><c> series</c><00:25:10.559><c> of</c><00:25:10.799><c> weaknesses,</c>

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:15.599
and<00:25:11.259><c> it</c><00:25:11.339><c> doesn't</c><00:25:11.599><c> obviate</c><00:25:11.900><c> all</c><00:25:12.140><c> of</c><00:25:12.279><c> them,</c><00:25:13.440><c> there's</c><00:25:13.819><c> this</c><00:25:14.319><c> distillation</c><00:25:15.279><c> that</c><00:25:15.420><c> says,</c>

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.960
well,<00:25:15.779><c> maybe</c><00:25:15.980><c> there's</c><00:25:16.259><c> two</c><00:25:16.559><c> men.</c>

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.559
Maybe<00:25:17.660><c> if</c><00:25:17.819><c> this</c><00:25:18.000><c> man</c><00:25:18.180><c> gets</c><00:25:18.460><c> the</c><00:25:18.619><c> slightest</c><00:25:18.779><c> bit</c><00:25:19.039><c> ungodly</c><00:25:19.420><c> in</c>

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.019
the<00:25:19.759><c> song,</c>

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.740
maybe<00:25:20.500><c> we'll</c><00:25:20.660><c> have</c><00:25:20.839><c> two</c><00:25:21.160><c> men</c><00:25:21.319><c> there.</c>

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:24.380
And<00:25:22.259><c> so</c><00:25:22.339><c> we'll</c><00:25:22.500><c> have</c><00:25:22.619><c> a</c><00:25:22.839><c> king</c><00:25:23.000><c> there,</c><00:25:23.480><c> but</c><00:25:23.640><c> we'll</c><00:25:23.819><c> also</c><00:25:24.039><c> have</c><00:25:24.200><c> a</c>

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.400
shepherd<00:25:24.579><c> boy.</c>

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Has<00:25:25.640><c> anyone</c><00:25:25.880><c> heard,</c><00:25:26.279><c> just</c><00:25:26.440><c> a</c><00:25:26.519><c> quick</c><00:25:26.640><c> show</c><00:25:26.799><c> of</c><00:25:26.900><c> hands,</c><00:25:27.099><c> have</c><00:25:27.160><c> you</c><00:25:27.259><c> even</c><00:25:27.500><c> heard</c><00:25:27.720><c> of</c>

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:29.079
this<00:25:28.259><c> theory?</c>

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Okay,<00:25:29.500><c> you've</c><00:25:29.980><c> heard</c><00:25:30.119><c> of</c><00:25:30.220><c> it</c><00:25:30.359><c> at</c><00:25:30.440><c> least.</c>

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:34.799
And<00:25:31.480><c> it's</c><00:25:31.779><c> actually</c><00:25:32.259><c> relatively</c><00:25:32.859><c> prevalent,</c><00:25:33.599><c> more</c><00:25:33.859><c> so</c><00:25:34.059><c> in</c><00:25:34.220><c> time</c><00:25:34.380><c> past,</c><00:25:34.700><c> in</c>

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our<00:25:35.059><c> community,</c>

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:37.579
and<00:25:35.500><c> that's</c><00:25:35.640><c> the</c><00:25:35.700><c> only</c><00:25:35.819><c> reason</c><00:25:36.059><c> I</c><00:25:36.819><c> address</c><00:25:37.059><c> it</c><00:25:37.259><c> here.</c>

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:40.819
And<00:25:38.240><c> the</c><00:25:38.359><c> idea</c><00:25:38.619><c> that</c><00:25:38.859><c> the</c><00:25:38.940><c> girl,</c><00:25:39.700><c> spiritual</c><00:25:39.940><c> Israel,</c><00:25:40.319><c> is</c><00:25:40.460><c> actually</c><00:25:40.680><c> in</c>

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.640
love<00:25:40.920><c> with</c><00:25:41.059><c> the</c><00:25:41.240><c> shepherd</c><00:25:41.440><c> boy,</c>

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:45.900
although<00:25:41.839><c> she's</c><00:25:42.119><c> somewhat</c><00:25:42.339><c> oppressed</c><00:25:43.039><c> by</c><00:25:43.420><c> the</c><00:25:43.559><c> realistic</c><00:25:44.720><c> king.</c>

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:51.619
I<00:25:48.099><c> don't</c><00:25:48.579><c> find</c><00:25:49.200><c> any</c><00:25:49.619><c> evidence</c><00:25:50.079><c> in</c><00:25:50.380><c> the</c><00:25:50.579><c> song</c><00:25:50.779><c> to</c><00:25:51.000><c> support</c><00:25:51.380><c> such</c>

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.660
a<00:25:51.799><c> theory</c><00:25:51.980><c> of</c><00:25:52.200><c> two</c><00:25:52.400><c> men.</c>

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It's<00:25:53.420><c> argued</c><00:25:53.640><c> again</c><00:25:54.019><c> from</c><00:25:54.279><c> silence.</c>

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:58.839
There<00:25:55.720><c> is</c><00:25:55.980><c> no</c><00:25:56.160><c> explicit</c><00:25:56.700><c> mention</c><00:25:57.119><c> of</c><00:25:57.339><c> a</c><00:25:57.559><c> shepherd</c><00:25:57.779><c> at</c><00:25:58.160><c> all,</c><00:25:58.480><c> anywhere.</c>

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:01.240
The<00:25:59.059><c> word</c><00:25:59.339><c> shepherd</c><00:25:59.619><c> shows</c><00:25:59.859><c> up</c><00:26:00.079><c> in</c><00:26:00.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:00.420><c> one,</c><00:26:00.640><c> verse</c><00:26:00.839><c> eight,</c>

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:04.380
but<00:26:01.619><c> there</c><00:26:01.819><c> is</c><00:26:01.960><c> no</c><00:26:02.160><c> specific</c><00:26:02.579><c> character</c><00:26:03.119><c> known</c><00:26:03.700><c> as</c><00:26:03.900><c> a</c><00:26:04.059><c> shepherd,</c>

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:07.859
or<00:26:04.980><c> is</c><00:26:05.140><c> there</c><00:26:05.339><c> any</c><00:26:05.559><c> explicit</c><00:26:05.980><c> mention</c><00:26:06.279><c> of</c><00:26:06.440><c> a</c><00:26:06.640><c> second</c><00:26:06.900><c> man?</c>

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:10.779
There<00:26:08.279><c> is</c><00:26:08.500><c> no</c><00:26:08.740><c> dialogue</c><00:26:09.279><c> between</c><00:26:09.740><c> male</c><00:26:10.140><c> characters,</c>

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as<00:26:11.319><c> there</c><00:26:11.480><c> may</c><00:26:11.660><c> easily</c><00:26:11.920><c> have</c><00:26:12.160><c> been</c><00:26:12.299><c> if</c><00:26:12.460><c> there</c><00:26:12.599><c> are</c><00:26:12.759><c> two</c><00:26:13.000><c> men</c>

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:15.059
competing<00:26:13.839><c> for</c><00:26:14.359><c> the</c><00:26:14.519><c> same</c><00:26:14.720><c> girl.</c>

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And<00:26:15.500><c> perhaps</c><00:26:15.740><c> even</c><00:26:16.180><c> more</c><00:26:16.480><c> tellingly,</c>

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:21.319
there<00:26:17.779><c> is</c><00:26:18.079><c> no</c><00:26:18.420><c> dialogue</c><00:26:18.920><c> or</c><00:26:19.119><c> there</c><00:26:19.220><c> is</c><00:26:19.400><c> no</c><00:26:19.759><c> statements</c><00:26:20.279><c> of</c><00:26:20.700><c> the</c><00:26:20.900><c> woman</c>

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:24.660
torn<00:26:21.900><c> between</c><00:26:22.279><c> the</c><00:26:22.480><c> opportunities</c><00:26:22.980><c> with</c><00:26:23.259><c> one</c><00:26:23.460><c> man</c><00:26:23.640><c> or</c><00:26:23.880><c> another.</c>

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:27.240
This<00:26:25.200><c> classic</c><00:26:25.440><c> sort</c><00:26:25.640><c> of</c><00:26:25.799><c> love</c><00:26:25.980><c> triangle,</c><00:26:26.680><c> the</c><00:26:26.839><c> woman</c><00:26:27.039><c> should</c>

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.880
at<00:26:27.400><c> least</c><00:26:27.599><c> be,</c>

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even<00:26:28.200><c> if</c><00:26:28.299><c> she</c><00:26:28.460><c> loves</c><00:26:28.680><c> one</c><00:26:28.940><c> and</c><00:26:29.119><c> despises</c><00:26:29.460><c> the</c><00:26:29.660><c> other,</c>

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:32.420
she<00:26:30.420><c> should</c><00:26:30.619><c> lament</c><00:26:30.920><c> her</c><00:26:31.180><c> circumstances</c><00:26:31.720><c> of</c><00:26:31.839><c> being</c><00:26:32.039><c> with</c><00:26:32.319><c> the</c>

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.480
man<00:26:32.539><c> she</c><00:26:32.660><c> doesn't</c><00:26:33.000><c> want</c>

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:35.339
and<00:26:33.740><c> wanting</c><00:26:34.000><c> to</c><00:26:34.220><c> leave</c><00:26:34.420><c> for</c><00:26:34.579><c> the</c><00:26:34.720><c> man</c><00:26:34.880><c> that</c><00:26:35.019><c> she</c><00:26:35.119><c> does.</c>

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:37.240
There<00:26:35.839><c> are</c><00:26:36.079><c> such</c><00:26:36.259><c> examples</c><00:26:36.599><c> in</c><00:26:36.759><c> the</c><00:26:36.880><c> scriptures.</c>

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:39.079
You<00:26:37.480><c> can</c><00:26:37.680><c> think</c><00:26:37.819><c> of</c><00:26:37.940><c> one,</c><00:26:38.119><c> I'm</c><00:26:38.180><c> sure.</c>

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:43.079
Abigail,<00:26:40.559><c> ironically</c><00:26:41.039><c> caught</c><00:26:41.720><c> between</c><00:26:42.200><c> a</c><00:26:42.440><c> foolish</c><00:26:42.680><c> shepherd</c>

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:45.099
and<00:26:43.880><c> a</c><00:26:44.019><c> godly</c><00:26:44.299><c> king,</c><00:26:44.740><c> David.</c>

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:48.640
And<00:26:45.759><c> she</c><00:26:45.900><c> laments</c><00:26:46.319><c> her</c><00:26:46.619><c> marriage</c><00:26:46.940><c> with</c><00:26:47.460><c> Nabal</c><00:26:47.700><c> to</c><00:26:47.839><c> some</c><00:26:48.019><c> extent,</c>

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:51.660
having<00:26:49.420><c> met</c><00:26:49.859><c> the</c><00:26:50.099><c> godly</c><00:26:50.420><c> man,</c><00:26:50.779><c> David.</c>

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:54.720
None<00:26:52.220><c> of</c><00:26:52.380><c> this</c><00:26:52.599><c> language</c><00:26:53.000><c> exists</c><00:26:53.500><c> anywhere</c><00:26:54.039><c> in</c><00:26:54.259><c> the</c><00:26:54.460><c> song.</c>

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:57.200
In<00:26:55.339><c> fact,</c><00:26:55.579><c> this</c><00:26:55.799><c> theory</c><00:26:56.039><c> is</c><00:26:56.240><c> based</c><00:26:56.480><c> on</c><00:26:56.680><c> the</c><00:26:56.940><c> idea</c>

00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:00.220
that<00:26:57.619><c> the</c><00:26:57.799><c> king</c><00:26:58.000><c> has</c><00:26:58.319><c> abducted</c><00:26:58.759><c> the</c><00:26:58.920><c> girl</c><00:26:59.099><c> into</c><00:26:59.380><c> his</c><00:26:59.900><c> harem,</c>

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.559
and<00:27:00.519><c> it's</c><00:27:00.779><c> Solomon.</c>

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:04.880
The<00:27:01.859><c> girl</c><00:27:02.039><c> only</c><00:27:02.359><c> loves</c><00:27:02.599><c> the</c><00:27:02.819><c> rural</c><00:27:03.140><c> shepherd</c><00:27:03.460><c> boy,</c><00:27:04.059><c> not</c><00:27:04.339><c> the</c><00:27:04.559><c> king,</c>

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.359
and<00:27:05.279><c> the</c><00:27:05.460><c> shepherd</c><00:27:05.680><c> somehow</c><00:27:06.099><c> sneaks</c><00:27:06.380><c> past</c><00:27:06.619><c> the</c><00:27:06.880><c> temple</c><00:27:07.099><c> guards</c>

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:09.099
to<00:27:07.559><c> have</c><00:27:07.700><c> some</c><00:27:07.900><c> sort</c><00:27:08.079><c> of</c><00:27:08.299><c> dialogue</c><00:27:08.599><c> with</c><00:27:08.819><c> her.</c>

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.640
It's<00:27:09.779><c> a</c><00:27:09.940><c> very</c><00:27:10.140><c> ornate</c><00:27:10.680><c> theory,</c>

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:15.720
and<00:27:12.220><c> none</c><00:27:12.480><c> of</c><00:27:12.640><c> these</c><00:27:12.980><c> requirements</c><00:27:13.819><c> are</c><00:27:14.660><c> seen</c><00:27:15.059><c> anywhere</c><00:27:15.519><c> in</c>

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.119
the<00:27:15.920><c> song</c>

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that<00:27:16.359><c> allows</c><00:27:16.759><c> that</c><00:27:17.900><c> theory</c><00:27:18.339><c> to</c><00:27:18.539><c> be</c><00:27:18.720><c> justified.</c>

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So<00:27:19.319><c> I</c><00:27:19.339><c> think</c><00:27:19.500><c> it's</c><00:27:19.740><c> only</c><00:27:19.960><c> fair</c><00:27:20.140><c> to</c><00:27:20.359><c> say,</c><00:27:21.000><c> are</c><00:27:21.259><c> there</c><00:27:21.500><c> two</c><00:27:21.700><c> men</c>

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in<00:27:22.180><c> the</c><00:27:22.440><c> song?</c>

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No,<00:27:24.180><c> no,</c><00:27:24.599><c> there</c><00:27:24.599><c> are</c><00:27:24.759><c> not.</c>

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There<00:27:25.400><c> are</c><00:27:25.640><c> only</c><00:27:26.200><c> two</c><00:27:26.700><c> characters,</c>

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one<00:27:27.500><c> male,</c><00:27:28.140><c> one</c><00:27:28.400><c> female,</c><00:27:29.079><c> a</c><00:27:29.259><c> king,</c><00:27:29.920><c> and</c><00:27:30.240><c> a</c><00:27:30.339><c> girl.</c>

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And<00:27:31.720><c> you</c><00:27:31.819><c> might</c><00:27:32.019><c> say,</c><00:27:32.279><c> well,</c><00:27:32.460><c> come</c><00:27:32.619><c> on,</c><00:27:32.779><c> then,</c>

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why<00:27:33.640><c> would</c><00:27:33.859><c> anyone</c><00:27:34.079><c> have</c><00:27:34.359><c> believed</c><00:27:34.559><c> that,</c>

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particularly<00:27:35.259><c> amongst</c><00:27:35.619><c> Christodalfians,</c>

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who<00:27:36.680><c> are</c><00:27:37.200><c> reasonably</c><00:27:37.579><c> good</c><00:27:37.799><c> Bible</c><00:27:38.099><c> students,</c><00:27:38.519><c> one</c><00:27:38.619><c> hopes.</c>

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It<00:27:39.279><c> was</c><00:27:39.480><c> a</c><00:27:39.599><c> prevalent</c><00:27:39.859><c> theory</c><00:27:40.240><c> and</c><00:27:40.480><c> still</c><00:27:40.779><c> is</c><00:27:40.940><c> to</c><00:27:41.099><c> some</c><00:27:41.240><c> extent</c>

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within<00:27:41.799><c> our</c><00:27:41.960><c> midst.</c>

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Why<00:27:43.180><c> is</c><00:27:43.519><c> there</c><00:27:43.640><c> any</c><00:27:43.819><c> basis</c><00:27:44.220><c> for</c><00:27:44.440><c> this</c><00:27:44.680><c> theory</c><00:27:44.880><c> at</c><00:27:45.119><c> all?</c>

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It<00:27:46.119><c> is</c><00:27:46.380><c> based</c><00:27:46.680><c> on</c><00:27:46.960><c> one</c><00:27:47.240><c> verse,</c><00:27:47.559><c> and</c><00:27:47.700><c> that's</c><00:27:47.880><c> always</c><00:27:48.059><c> dangerous,</c><00:27:48.380><c> of</c><00:27:48.619><c> course.</c>

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You<00:27:48.859><c> can</c><00:27:49.420><c> base</c><00:27:49.599><c> a</c><00:27:49.799><c> belief</c><00:27:49.920><c> in</c><00:27:50.079><c> the</c><00:27:50.220><c> Trinity</c><00:27:50.460><c> quite</c><00:27:50.740><c> confidently</c>

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if<00:27:51.160><c> you</c><00:27:51.319><c> just</c><00:27:51.519><c> pick</c><00:27:51.680><c> one</c><00:27:51.980><c> verse</c><00:27:52.200><c> from</c><00:27:52.359><c> the</c><00:27:52.519><c> Bible.</c>

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One<00:27:53.960><c> verse</c><00:27:54.220><c> has</c><00:27:54.380><c> been</c><00:27:54.559><c> misunderstood.</c>

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It's<00:27:55.220><c> chapter</c><00:27:55.460><c> one</c><00:27:55.680><c> of</c><00:27:55.779><c> verse</c><00:27:55.960><c> seven.</c>

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It's<00:27:56.920><c> one</c><00:27:57.059><c> that</c><00:27:57.200><c> we</c><00:27:57.359><c> read,</c><00:27:57.539><c> and</c><00:27:57.900><c> I'll</c><00:27:58.079><c> put</c><00:27:58.279><c> the</c><00:27:58.460><c> verses</c><00:27:58.619><c> always</c>

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up<00:27:59.200><c> here</c>

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if<00:27:59.539><c> you</c><00:27:59.920><c> find</c><00:28:00.079><c> it</c><00:28:00.220><c> easier</c><00:28:00.400><c> to</c><00:28:00.559><c> look</c><00:28:00.680><c> up</c><00:28:00.859><c> here,</c>

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:03.059
or<00:28:01.400><c> if</c><00:28:01.500><c> you</c><00:28:01.680><c> prefer</c><00:28:01.880><c> to</c><00:28:01.960><c> look</c><00:28:02.099><c> down</c><00:28:02.259><c> at</c><00:28:02.359><c> your</c><00:28:02.519><c> Bible,</c><00:28:02.779><c> please</c>

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.099
do<00:28:03.299><c> so.</c>

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The<00:28:05.140><c> bride</c><00:28:05.380><c> is</c><00:28:05.640><c> speaking,</c><00:28:05.960><c> and</c><00:28:06.079><c> she</c><00:28:06.279><c> says,</c>

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Tell<00:28:07.839><c> me,</c><00:28:08.519><c> you</c><00:28:08.640><c> whom</c><00:28:08.799><c> I</c><00:28:09.039><c> love,</c><00:28:09.299><c> where</c><00:28:09.420><c> you</c><00:28:09.740><c> pasture</c><00:28:10.059><c> your</c><00:28:10.380><c> flock</c>

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and<00:28:11.220><c> where</c><00:28:11.380><c> you</c><00:28:11.619><c> rest</c><00:28:11.839><c> at</c><00:28:12.019><c> your</c><00:28:12.220><c> sheep</c><00:28:12.420><c> at</c><00:28:12.619><c> midday.</c>

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Why<00:28:13.960><c> should</c><00:28:14.160><c> I</c><00:28:14.299><c> be</c><00:28:14.400><c> like</c><00:28:14.700><c> a</c><00:28:14.819><c> veiled</c><00:28:15.160><c> woman?</c>

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And<00:28:15.779><c> a</c><00:28:15.920><c> veiled</c><00:28:16.119><c> woman</c><00:28:16.339><c> is</c><00:28:16.599><c> a</c><00:28:16.619><c> reference</c><00:28:17.359><c> to</c><00:28:17.539><c> a</c><00:28:17.700><c> prostitute.</c>

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Why<00:28:18.559><c> should</c><00:28:18.759><c> I</c><00:28:18.900><c> appear</c><00:28:19.079><c> like</c><00:28:19.299><c> a</c><00:28:19.440><c> prostitute</c><00:28:20.079><c> beside</c><00:28:20.519><c> the</c><00:28:20.720><c> flocks</c><00:28:20.920><c> of</c>

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your<00:28:21.200><c> friends?</c>

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So<00:28:22.079><c> something</c><00:28:22.220><c> very</c><00:28:23.559><c> weird</c><00:28:23.700><c> is</c><00:28:23.799><c> going</c><00:28:23.960><c> on</c><00:28:24.119><c> already,</c><00:28:24.559><c> right?</c>

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Why<00:28:25.099><c> would</c><00:28:25.259><c> you</c><00:28:25.440><c> say,</c><00:28:26.279><c> Where</c><00:28:26.599><c> do</c><00:28:26.779><c> you</c><00:28:26.920><c> keep</c><00:28:27.160><c> your</c><00:28:27.440><c> sheep?</c>

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Please<00:28:28.259><c> tell</c><00:28:28.519><c> me,</c><00:28:29.059><c> otherwise</c><00:28:29.519><c> I</c><00:28:29.680><c> might</c><00:28:29.900><c> look</c><00:28:30.099><c> like</c><00:28:30.339><c> a</c><00:28:30.460><c> prostitute.</c>

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That's<00:28:32.000><c> a</c><00:28:32.119><c> logical</c><00:28:32.480><c> non</c><00:28:32.779><c> sequitur.</c>

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So<00:28:33.559><c> something</c><00:28:34.420><c> needs</c><00:28:34.619><c> solved.</c>

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And<00:28:35.980><c> it</c><00:28:36.140><c> all</c><00:28:36.319><c> rests</c><00:28:36.539><c> upon</c><00:28:36.819><c> this</c><00:28:37.279><c> strange</c><00:28:37.599><c> word</c><00:28:37.880><c> here,</c><00:28:38.200><c> pasture,</c>

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which<00:28:39.960><c> is</c><00:28:40.480><c> a</c><00:28:40.599><c> verb</c><00:28:40.859><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:28:41.619><c> the</c><00:28:41.740><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:42.079><c> verb</c><00:28:42.720><c> ra</c><00:28:43.299><c>'ah.</c>

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And<00:28:44.500><c> the</c><00:28:44.619><c> point</c><00:28:44.779><c> is</c><00:28:45.019><c> that</c><00:28:45.259><c> this</c><00:28:45.640><c> verb</c><00:28:45.920><c> actually,</c>

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within<00:28:46.819><c> scripture</c><00:28:47.240><c> and</c><00:28:47.500><c> outside</c><00:28:47.880><c> of</c><00:28:48.059><c> scripture</c><00:28:48.259><c> in</c><00:28:48.400><c> other</c><00:28:48.539><c> Hebrew,</c>

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has<00:28:49.480><c> a</c><00:28:49.720><c> strong</c><00:28:50.059><c> sexual</c><00:28:50.480><c> connotation,</c>

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which<00:28:51.500><c> doesn't</c><00:28:51.839><c> come</c><00:28:52.119><c> across</c><00:28:52.660><c> in</c><00:28:53.319><c> that</c><00:28:53.660><c> verse.</c>

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What<00:28:54.640><c> she's</c><00:28:54.980><c> asking</c><00:28:55.440><c> him</c><00:28:55.859><c> is,</c>

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Where<00:28:57.099><c> can</c><00:28:57.299><c> we</c><00:28:57.440><c> go</c><00:28:57.759><c> to</c><00:28:57.960><c> be</c><00:28:58.240><c> intimate</c><00:28:58.599><c> together?</c>

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The<00:29:00.380><c> flocks</c><00:29:00.779><c> of</c><00:29:01.400><c> sheep</c><00:29:01.579><c> will</c><00:29:01.779><c> be</c><00:29:01.940><c> referred</c><00:29:02.200><c> to</c><00:29:02.420><c> as</c><00:29:02.559><c> women</c><00:29:03.039><c> throughout</c><00:29:04.059><c> the</c><00:29:04.319><c> song.</c>

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We<00:29:05.059><c> can</c><00:29:05.299><c> find</c><00:29:05.420><c> this</c><00:29:05.640><c> in</c><00:29:05.779><c> another</c><00:29:06.019><c> place.</c>

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I<00:29:07.259><c> wonder</c><00:29:07.420><c> if</c><00:29:07.500><c> you</c><00:29:07.619><c> could</c><00:29:07.740><c> even</c><00:29:08.099><c> guess</c><00:29:08.339><c> which</c><00:29:09.680><c> word</c><00:29:09.940><c> it</c><00:29:10.079><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:29:10.700><c> almost</c><00:29:11.380><c> hidden</c><00:29:11.599><c> there.</c>

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From<00:29:12.400><c> the</c><00:29:12.619><c> Proverbs,</c><00:29:13.039><c> a</c><00:29:13.079><c> man</c><00:29:13.339><c> who</c><00:29:13.500><c> loves</c><00:29:13.720><c> wisdom</c><00:29:14.119><c> brings</c><00:29:14.480><c> joy</c>

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to<00:29:14.960><c> his</c><00:29:15.180><c> father,</c>

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but<00:29:16.099><c> a</c><00:29:16.259><c> companion</c><00:29:16.720><c> of</c><00:29:17.039><c> prostitutes</c><00:29:17.900><c> squanders</c><00:29:18.460><c> his</c><00:29:18.759><c> wealth.</c>

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Here,<00:29:20.799><c> this</c><00:29:21.000><c> verb</c><00:29:21.259><c> has</c><00:29:21.440><c> actually</c><00:29:21.660><c> been</c><00:29:21.940><c> squished</c><00:29:22.180><c> into</c><00:29:22.460><c> a</c><00:29:22.660><c> noun.</c>

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It's<00:29:23.579><c> actually</c><00:29:23.960><c> the</c><00:29:24.539><c> word</c><00:29:24.720><c> that</c><00:29:24.799><c> comes</c><00:29:25.039><c> out</c><00:29:25.220><c> as</c><00:29:25.440><c> companion</c><00:29:25.940><c> there.</c>

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In<00:29:26.619><c> other</c><00:29:26.859><c> words,</c><00:29:27.420><c> the</c><00:29:27.539><c> Proverbs</c><00:29:27.799><c> is</c><00:29:27.980><c> saying,</c>

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A<00:29:28.700><c> man</c><00:29:28.960><c> who</c><00:29:29.119><c> loves</c><00:29:29.339><c> wisdom</c><00:29:29.720><c> brings</c><00:29:30.019><c> joy</c><00:29:30.259><c> to</c><00:29:30.420><c> his</c><00:29:30.640><c> father,</c>

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but<00:29:31.579><c> one</c><00:29:31.859><c> who</c><00:29:32.220><c> pastures</c><00:29:32.779><c> prostitutes</c><00:29:33.960><c> squanders</c><00:29:34.680><c> his</c><00:29:35.000><c> wealth.</c>

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That's<00:29:35.819><c> how</c><00:29:36.119><c> that</c><00:29:36.740><c> verb</c><00:29:37.160><c> comes</c><00:29:37.460><c> across.</c>

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It's<00:29:38.480><c> going</c><00:29:38.579><c> to</c><00:29:38.680><c> show</c><00:29:38.819><c> up</c><00:29:38.960><c> later</c><00:29:39.200><c> in</c><00:29:39.359><c> the</c><00:29:39.460><c> song</c><00:29:39.680><c> as</c><00:29:39.920><c> well.</c>

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My<00:29:40.640><c> beloved</c><00:29:40.960><c> is</c><00:29:41.220><c> mine</c><00:29:41.359><c> and</c><00:29:41.480><c> I</c><00:29:41.640><c> am</c><00:29:41.759><c> his.</c>

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He<00:29:42.720><c> browses</c><00:29:43.940><c> among</c><00:29:44.220><c> the</c><00:29:44.420><c> lilies.</c>

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That's<00:29:45.180><c> that</c><00:29:45.299><c> same</c><00:29:45.960><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:46.500><c> verb.</c>

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This<00:29:47.500><c> is</c><00:29:47.640><c> what</c><00:29:47.799><c> she's</c><00:29:48.059><c> actually</c><00:29:48.480><c> asking.</c>

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Now<00:29:49.059><c> it</c><00:29:49.180><c> makes</c><00:29:49.500><c> sense.</c>

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Tell<00:29:51.500><c> me,</c><00:29:51.799><c> you</c><00:29:51.920><c> whom</c><00:29:52.079><c> I</c><00:29:52.319><c> love,</c>

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what<00:29:54.740><c> special</c><00:29:55.259><c> secret</c><00:29:55.539><c> place</c><00:29:55.799><c> do</c><00:29:55.960><c> you</c><00:29:56.079><c> go</c><00:29:56.400><c> to</c><00:29:56.599><c> to</c><00:29:56.759><c> be</c><00:29:56.980><c> intimate</c>

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with<00:29:57.559><c> women?</c>

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Otherwise,<00:29:59.460><c> I'll</c><00:29:59.640><c> have</c><00:29:59.839><c> to</c><00:29:59.940><c> meet</c><00:30:00.059><c> you</c><00:30:00.200><c> on</c><00:30:00.319><c> the</c><00:30:00.559><c> streets</c>

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and<00:30:01.480><c> I</c><00:30:01.559><c> will</c><00:30:01.779><c> appear</c><00:30:02.019><c> to</c><00:30:02.180><c> be</c><00:30:02.279><c> as</c><00:30:02.500><c> a</c><00:30:02.640><c> prostitute</c><00:30:03.140><c> before</c><00:30:04.539><c> all</c><00:30:04.819><c> of</c>

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your<00:30:05.079><c> friends.</c>

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Now<00:30:06.619><c> we</c><00:30:06.799><c> have</c><00:30:07.099><c> a</c><00:30:07.519><c> context</c><00:30:07.980><c> that</c><00:30:08.240><c> allows</c><00:30:08.619><c> the</c><00:30:08.900><c> text</c><00:30:09.160><c> to</c><00:30:09.539><c> flow.</c>

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She's<00:30:10.720><c> asking</c><00:30:11.180><c> where</c><00:30:11.619><c> he</c><00:30:11.819><c> may</c><00:30:12.140><c> pasture</c><00:30:12.619><c> her,</c>

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as<00:30:12.960><c> it</c><00:30:13.160><c> was</c><00:30:13.359><c> using</c><00:30:13.619><c> the</c><00:30:13.799><c> rather</c><00:30:14.420><c> oblique</c><00:30:15.339><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:16.000><c> reference,</c>

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:18.859
and<00:30:16.839><c> hence</c><00:30:17.099><c> the</c><00:30:17.380><c> context</c><00:30:17.859><c> that</c><00:30:18.039><c> we</c><00:30:18.279><c> find</c><00:30:18.500><c> it</c><00:30:18.680><c> in.</c>

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:22.559
To<00:30:19.500><c> some</c><00:30:19.720><c> extent,</c><00:30:20.539><c> we</c><00:30:20.640><c> expected</c><00:30:21.000><c> that</c><00:30:21.339><c> anyway,</c><00:30:22.059><c> didn't</c><00:30:22.279><c> we?</c>

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.660
This<00:30:23.059><c> is</c><00:30:23.299><c> a</c><00:30:23.440><c> love</c><00:30:23.700><c> song.</c>

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:27.559
It<00:30:24.880><c> would</c><00:30:24.940><c> be</c><00:30:24.980><c> a</c><00:30:24.980><c> bit</c><00:30:25.220><c> incongruous</c><00:30:26.039><c> if</c><00:30:26.220><c> she's</c><00:30:26.460><c> asking,</c>

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:30.279
By<00:30:28.059><c> the</c><00:30:28.240><c> way,</c><00:30:28.460><c> where</c><00:30:28.640><c> do</c><00:30:28.759><c> you</c><00:30:28.859><c> keep</c><00:30:29.000><c> your</c><00:30:29.279><c> train</c><00:30:29.519><c> set?</c>

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:34.140
That<00:30:30.980><c> doesn't</c><00:30:31.400><c> really</c><00:30:31.859><c> belong</c><00:30:32.440><c> in</c><00:30:32.660><c> the</c><00:30:32.819><c> context</c><00:30:33.339><c> of</c><00:30:33.539><c> a</c><00:30:33.660><c> love</c><00:30:33.900><c> song.</c>

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.559
Where<00:30:34.759><c> do</c><00:30:34.940><c> you</c><00:30:35.079><c> keep</c><00:30:35.259><c> your</c><00:30:35.460><c> sheep?</c>

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:39.119
It's<00:30:35.759><c> not</c><00:30:36.119><c> relevant,</c><00:30:37.039><c> but</c><00:30:37.480><c> in</c><00:30:37.819><c> this</c><00:30:38.539><c> interpretation,</c>

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.940
which<00:30:39.339><c> is</c><00:30:39.559><c> consistent</c><00:30:39.980><c> with</c><00:30:40.180><c> other</c><00:30:40.400><c> scriptures,</c>

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:43.279
we<00:30:41.519><c> find,</c><00:30:41.859><c> we</c><00:30:41.920><c> understand,</c><00:30:42.480><c> and</c><00:30:42.519><c> that's</c><00:30:42.759><c> where</c><00:30:43.000><c> shepherd</c>

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.000
theory<00:30:43.599><c> came</c><00:30:43.819><c> from,</c>

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.880
the<00:30:44.160><c> whole</c><00:30:44.400><c> idea</c><00:30:44.619><c> that</c><00:30:44.740><c> there</c><00:30:44.819><c> was</c><00:30:44.940><c> a</c><00:30:45.119><c> shepherd</c><00:30:45.279><c> there</c>

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:48.440
because<00:30:46.160><c> he's</c><00:30:46.420><c> the</c><00:30:46.519><c> one</c><00:30:46.700><c> who</c><00:30:47.079><c> pastures</c><00:30:47.539><c> sheep,</c>

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.839
but<00:30:49.019><c> it</c><00:30:49.180><c> just</c><00:30:49.299><c> grew</c><00:30:49.400><c> out</c><00:30:49.619><c> of</c><00:30:49.740><c> the</c><00:30:49.880><c> misunderstanding</c><00:30:50.420><c> of</c><00:30:50.599><c> that</c>

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.920
one<00:30:51.079><c> verse.</c>

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:54.500
So<00:30:52.160><c> I</c><00:30:52.160><c> think</c><00:30:52.319><c> we</c><00:30:52.460><c> can</c><00:30:52.720><c> safely</c><00:30:53.259><c> put</c><00:30:53.599><c> that</c><00:30:53.799><c> to</c><00:30:54.019><c> bed</c><00:30:54.140><c> and</c><00:30:54.319><c> say,</c>

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:57.759
No,<00:30:54.980><c> this</c><00:30:55.180><c> idea</c><00:30:55.460><c> that</c><00:30:55.640><c> there</c><00:30:55.700><c> are</c><00:30:55.839><c> two</c><00:30:56.059><c> men</c><00:30:56.299><c> there,</c><00:30:56.920><c> a</c><00:30:56.980><c> king</c><00:30:57.140><c> and</c><00:30:57.299><c> a</c><00:30:57.500><c> shepherd,</c>

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.440
this<00:30:58.460><c> is</c><00:30:58.660><c> not</c><00:30:58.819><c> the</c><00:30:58.980><c> case.</c>

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:01.779
And<00:31:00.059><c> if</c><00:31:00.200><c> this</c><00:31:00.400><c> is</c><00:31:00.519><c> going</c><00:31:00.619><c> to</c><00:31:00.720><c> be</c><00:31:00.859><c> a</c><00:31:00.940><c> messianic</c><00:31:01.380><c> scripture,</c>

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:04.400
we<00:31:02.160><c> have</c><00:31:02.380><c> to</c><00:31:02.519><c> argue</c><00:31:02.819><c> it</c><00:31:03.000><c> with</c><00:31:03.160><c> the</c><00:31:03.339><c> one</c><00:31:03.539><c> male</c><00:31:03.759><c> character</c><00:31:04.140><c> being</c>

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.279
Jesus<00:31:04.700><c> or</c><00:31:04.960><c> God</c>

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:08.480
and<00:31:05.839><c> the</c><00:31:06.039><c> female</c><00:31:06.339><c> character</c><00:31:07.099><c> being</c><00:31:07.539><c> spiritual</c><00:31:08.019><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:14.680
And<00:31:09.480><c> with</c><00:31:09.720><c> that,</c><00:31:10.279><c> I</c><00:31:10.440><c> think</c><00:31:10.700><c> we</c><00:31:10.980><c> have</c><00:31:12.599><c> serious</c><00:31:13.539><c> difficulties.</c>

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.319
This<00:31:15.200><c> isn't</c><00:31:15.420><c> the</c><00:31:15.640><c> difficulty</c><00:31:15.859><c> itself,</c>

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.880
but<00:31:16.579><c> it</c><00:31:16.839><c> narrows</c><00:31:17.140><c> down</c><00:31:17.420><c> the</c><00:31:17.539><c> field</c><00:31:17.779><c> of</c><00:31:18.059><c> timing.</c>

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:23.380
It<00:31:19.299><c> is</c><00:31:19.599><c> clear</c><00:31:19.920><c> that</c><00:31:20.140><c> the</c><00:31:20.380><c> two</c><00:31:20.660><c> in</c><00:31:21.079><c> the</c><00:31:21.400><c> song</c><00:31:21.680><c> are</c><00:31:22.019><c> sexually</c><00:31:22.339><c> active.</c>

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:25.839
So<00:31:23.619><c> if</c><00:31:23.720><c> this</c><00:31:23.920><c> is</c><00:31:24.000><c> to</c><00:31:24.119><c> be</c><00:31:24.259><c> Christ</c><00:31:24.660><c> and</c><00:31:24.900><c> Israel</c><00:31:25.259><c> in</c><00:31:25.480><c> whatsoever</c>

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.859
metaphorical<00:31:26.519><c> sense,</c>

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:30.240
we<00:31:27.380><c> have</c><00:31:27.599><c> to</c><00:31:27.779><c> be</c><00:31:27.920><c> in</c><00:31:28.200><c> the</c><00:31:28.359><c> kingdom,</c><00:31:29.119><c> not</c><00:31:29.380><c> before</c><00:31:29.740><c> the</c><00:31:29.940><c> kingdom,</c>

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:33.099
because<00:31:30.880><c> only</c><00:31:31.160><c> in</c><00:31:31.400><c> the</c><00:31:31.559><c> kingdom</c><00:31:31.779><c> are</c><00:31:31.940><c> we</c><00:31:32.140><c> after</c><00:31:32.579><c> the</c><00:31:32.819><c> marriage</c>

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.980
supper<00:31:33.339><c> of</c><00:31:33.519><c> the</c><00:31:33.700><c> lamb.</c>

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:37.140
The<00:31:34.519><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:34.819><c> word,</c><00:31:35.460><c> which</c><00:31:35.960><c> is</c><00:31:36.200><c> translated</c><00:31:36.619><c> love,</c>

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:39.359
and<00:31:37.380><c> it's</c><00:31:37.519><c> very</c><00:31:37.779><c> unhelpful,</c><00:31:38.240><c> English</c><00:31:38.519><c> is</c><00:31:38.740><c> hopeless,</c><00:31:39.279><c> right?</c>

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:41.299
It<00:31:39.359><c> has</c><00:31:39.559><c> a</c><00:31:39.599><c> billion</c><00:31:39.880><c> words</c><00:31:40.240><c> and</c><00:31:40.420><c> just</c><00:31:40.660><c> one</c><00:31:40.859><c> for</c><00:31:41.019><c> love,</c>

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:43.619
which<00:31:41.460><c> means</c><00:31:42.000><c> 47</c><00:31:42.500><c> different</c><00:31:42.799><c> things.</c>

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:48.259
The<00:31:43.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:44.240><c> word</c><00:31:44.500><c> dodim</c><00:31:44.940><c> occurs</c><00:31:45.480><c> 32</c><00:31:45.960><c> times</c><00:31:46.519><c> throughout</c><00:31:46.839><c> the</c><00:31:48.039><c> song.</c>

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:51.119
It's<00:31:48.880><c> always</c><00:31:49.039><c> translated</c><00:31:49.400><c> or</c><00:31:49.539><c> usually</c><00:31:49.880><c> always</c><00:31:50.119><c> translated</c><00:31:50.380><c> love,</c>

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:55.740
but<00:31:51.839><c> it</c><00:31:52.339><c> is</c><00:31:52.720><c> specifically</c><00:31:53.420><c> sexual</c><00:31:54.440><c> love,</c><00:31:55.259><c> specifically.</c>

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.599
We<00:31:56.079><c> can</c><00:31:56.259><c> argue</c><00:31:56.500><c> that</c><00:31:56.700><c> from</c><00:31:56.920><c> other</c><00:31:57.140><c> scriptures.</c>

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.119
Here's<00:31:58.279><c> some</c><00:31:58.579><c> examples.</c>

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:02.359
From<00:31:59.579><c> the</c><00:31:59.839><c> Proverbs,</c><00:32:00.160><c> this</c><00:32:00.299><c> is</c><00:32:00.460><c> the</c><00:32:00.619><c> adulterous</c><00:32:01.099><c> woman</c><00:32:01.359><c> of</c><00:32:01.619><c> Proverbs</c><00:32:01.940><c> 7.</c>

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:05.480
Come,<00:32:03.319><c> let's</c><00:32:03.680><c> drink</c><00:32:03.940><c> deeply</c><00:32:04.339><c> of</c><00:32:04.640><c> love</c><00:32:04.859><c> till</c><00:32:05.099><c> morning.</c>

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.599
Well,<00:32:05.740><c> that</c><00:32:05.819><c> doesn't</c><00:32:06.059><c> prove</c><00:32:06.279><c> anything.</c>

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:08.680
Let's<00:32:07.319><c> enjoy</c><00:32:07.640><c> ourselves</c><00:32:08.200><c> with</c><00:32:08.440><c> love.</c>

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.619
That<00:32:08.839><c> doesn't</c><00:32:09.059><c> prove</c><00:32:09.299><c> anything.</c>

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.579
My<00:32:10.299><c> husband</c><00:32:10.740><c> is</c><00:32:10.960><c> not</c><00:32:11.119><c> at</c><00:32:11.359><c> home.</c>

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.880
There's<00:32:12.319><c> the</c><00:32:12.500><c> giveaway</c><00:32:12.819><c> clause.</c>

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:17.180
The<00:32:14.339><c> type</c><00:32:14.579><c> of</c><00:32:14.880><c> love</c><00:32:15.119><c> that</c><00:32:15.299><c> they</c><00:32:15.539><c> need</c><00:32:15.759><c> to</c><00:32:16.000><c> enjoy</c><00:32:16.319><c> requires</c><00:32:16.880><c> the</c>

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.119
husband<00:32:17.579><c> to</c><00:32:17.819><c> be</c><00:32:18.000><c> gone</c>

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:20.079
and<00:32:18.319><c> out</c><00:32:18.420><c> of</c><00:32:18.539><c> the</c><00:32:18.660><c> way</c><00:32:18.819><c> and</c><00:32:18.980><c> not</c><00:32:19.160><c> aware</c><00:32:19.359><c> of</c><00:32:19.480><c> what's</c><00:32:19.660><c> going</c><00:32:19.880><c> on.</c>

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:23.700
And<00:32:20.359><c> so</c><00:32:20.440><c> that's</c><00:32:20.660><c> the</c><00:32:20.839><c> giveaway</c><00:32:21.099><c> that</c><00:32:21.279><c> we're</c><00:32:21.519><c> talking</c><00:32:21.799><c> about</c><00:32:22.799><c> a</c>

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.759
sexual<00:32:24.099><c> congress.</c>

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:28.599
Similarly,<00:32:26.200><c> it</c><00:32:26.299><c> doesn't</c><00:32:26.480><c> necessarily</c><00:32:26.920><c> have</c><00:32:27.140><c> to</c><00:32:27.240><c> be</c><00:32:27.359><c> a</c><00:32:27.539><c> morally</c><00:32:27.740><c> bad</c><00:32:28.140><c> thing.</c>

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:32.460
Here's<00:32:29.319><c> God</c><00:32:29.500><c> himself</c><00:32:29.960><c> speaking</c><00:32:30.440><c> about</c><00:32:31.599><c> spiritual</c><00:32:32.039><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:35.079
You<00:32:32.839><c> grew</c><00:32:33.279><c> and</c><00:32:33.619><c> developed</c><00:32:34.019><c> and</c><00:32:34.299><c> entered</c><00:32:34.539><c> puberty.</c>

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.619
Your<00:32:35.660><c> breasts</c><00:32:36.019><c> had</c><00:32:36.319><c> formed</c><00:32:36.559><c> and</c><00:32:36.700><c> your</c><00:32:36.880><c> hair</c><00:32:37.119><c> had</c><00:32:37.359><c> grown.</c>

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:41.720
And<00:32:38.059><c> when</c><00:32:38.180><c> I</c><00:32:38.359><c> looked</c><00:32:38.500><c> at</c><00:32:38.720><c> you,</c><00:32:39.200><c> I</c><00:32:39.559><c> saw</c><00:32:39.880><c> that</c><00:32:40.039><c> you</c><00:32:40.180><c> were</c><00:32:40.380><c> old</c><00:32:40.640><c> enough</c><00:32:40.960><c> for</c>

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.859
dodim,<00:32:42.180><c> for</c><00:32:42.480><c> love.</c>

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:45.420
But<00:32:43.440><c> this</c><00:32:43.619><c> is</c><00:32:43.779><c> a</c><00:32:43.920><c> love</c><00:32:44.079><c> that</c><00:32:44.220><c> is</c><00:32:44.420><c> only</c><00:32:44.660><c> available</c><00:32:45.019><c> to</c><00:32:45.200><c> those</c>

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.900
who<00:32:45.579><c> have</c><00:32:45.740><c> gone</c><00:32:45.960><c> through</c><00:32:46.400><c> puberty.</c>

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:50.460
So<00:32:47.539><c> again,</c><00:32:47.740><c> it's</c><00:32:47.940><c> a</c><00:32:48.119><c> specific</c><00:32:48.779><c> physical</c><00:32:49.460><c> love</c><00:32:49.859><c> that's</c><00:32:50.180><c> being</c>

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:52.240
referenced<00:32:50.859><c> here</c><00:32:51.099><c> in</c><00:32:51.240><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:51.640><c> 16.</c>

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:54.640
And<00:32:52.839><c> one</c><00:32:52.980><c> more</c><00:32:53.200><c> example</c><00:32:53.519><c> again</c><00:32:53.900><c> from</c><00:32:54.059><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:58.599
Then<00:32:55.259><c> the</c><00:32:55.599><c> Babylonians</c><00:32:56.279><c> came</c><00:32:56.700><c> to</c><00:32:57.019><c> her,</c><00:32:57.319><c> that's</c><00:32:57.619><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:00.059
to<00:32:58.819><c> the</c><00:32:59.079><c> bed</c><00:32:59.339><c> of</c><00:32:59.779><c> dodim,</c>

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:04.039
this<00:33:00.319><c> type</c><00:33:00.599><c> of</c><00:33:00.839><c> love,</c><00:33:01.420><c> and</c><00:33:01.680><c> in</c><00:33:02.000><c> their</c><00:33:02.299><c> lust</c><00:33:02.700><c> they</c><00:33:03.200><c> defiled</c><00:33:03.720><c> her.</c>

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:07.200
So<00:33:04.579><c> again,</c><00:33:04.779><c> we</c><00:33:04.880><c> can</c><00:33:05.000><c> be</c><00:33:05.240><c> absolutely</c><00:33:05.660><c> clear,</c><00:33:06.440><c> this</c><00:33:06.640><c> particular</c>

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.880
Hebrew<00:33:07.500><c> word,</c>

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:10.160
which<00:33:08.180><c> is</c><00:33:08.460><c> not</c><00:33:08.640><c> the</c><00:33:08.839><c> common</c><00:33:09.059><c> word</c><00:33:09.279><c> for</c><00:33:09.440><c> love</c><00:33:09.640><c> throughout</c><00:33:09.940><c> the</c>

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.759
Old<00:33:10.359><c> Testament,</c>

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:15.619
it<00:33:11.279><c> is</c><00:33:11.500><c> the</c><00:33:11.720><c> specific</c><00:33:12.279><c> reference</c><00:33:12.799><c> of</c><00:33:13.819><c> sexual</c><00:33:14.640><c> love.</c>

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:18.619
Given<00:33:16.240><c> these</c><00:33:16.539><c> uses</c><00:33:16.839><c> of</c><00:33:17.140><c> dodim,</c><00:33:17.539><c> writes</c><00:33:17.680><c> one</c><00:33:17.859><c> of</c><00:33:17.980><c> the</c><00:33:18.059><c> Hebraists,</c>

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:21.559
we<00:33:19.099><c> can</c><00:33:19.259><c> be</c><00:33:19.440><c> quite</c><00:33:19.720><c> certain</c><00:33:20.019><c> that</c><00:33:20.200><c> the</c><00:33:20.339><c> word</c><00:33:20.500><c> also</c><00:33:20.940><c> refers</c><00:33:21.279><c> to</c>

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.720
sexual<00:33:21.859><c> love</c><00:33:22.119><c> in</c><00:33:22.359><c> the</c><00:33:22.519><c> song.</c>

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:26.259
That<00:33:23.059><c> is</c><00:33:23.220><c> to</c><00:33:23.380><c> maintain</c><00:33:23.740><c> a</c><00:33:24.079><c> consistency</c><00:33:24.680><c> allowing</c><00:33:25.680><c> the</c><00:33:25.900><c> Bible</c>

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:28.700
to<00:33:27.119><c> interpret</c><00:33:27.480><c> itself.</c>

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:31.960
So<00:33:30.059><c> here's</c><00:33:30.579><c> just</c><00:33:31.039><c> one</c><00:33:31.220><c> example</c><00:33:31.579><c> of</c><00:33:31.779><c> many.</c>

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:34.539
I<00:33:32.420><c> have</c><00:33:32.579><c> come</c><00:33:32.740><c> into</c><00:33:32.900><c> my</c><00:33:33.140><c> garden,</c><00:33:33.440><c> my</c><00:33:33.680><c> sister,</c><00:33:33.940><c> my</c><00:33:34.140><c> bride.</c>

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.660
I<00:33:34.960><c> have</c><00:33:35.119><c> gathered</c><00:33:35.380><c> my</c><00:33:35.680><c> myrrh</c><00:33:35.819><c> with</c><00:33:36.019><c> my</c><00:33:36.279><c> spice.</c>

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.279
Eat,<00:33:37.400><c> friends,</c><00:33:37.740><c> and</c><00:33:38.019><c> drink.</c>

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:40.680
Drink<00:33:38.819><c> your</c><00:33:39.180><c> fill</c><00:33:39.420><c> of</c><00:33:39.779><c> love.</c>

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.880
And<00:33:41.160><c> that's</c><00:33:41.480><c> just</c><00:33:41.859><c> explaining</c><00:33:42.079><c> the</c><00:33:42.279><c> use</c><00:33:42.400><c> of</c><00:33:42.579><c> the</c><00:33:42.720><c> verb.</c>

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:46.299
I<00:33:43.039><c> don't</c><00:33:43.180><c> think</c><00:33:43.279><c> we</c><00:33:43.359><c> need</c><00:33:43.460><c> to</c><00:33:43.579><c> get</c><00:33:43.740><c> too</c><00:33:44.920><c> heavy</c><00:33:45.279><c> into</c><00:33:45.579><c> the</c><00:33:45.819><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:46.000><c> here.</c>

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:49.700
But<00:33:46.680><c> if</c><00:33:46.960><c> the</c><00:33:47.140><c> bride</c><00:33:47.339><c> is</c><00:33:47.579><c> spiritual</c><00:33:47.900><c> Israel,</c><00:33:48.759><c> the</c><00:33:48.980><c> song</c><00:33:49.259><c> must</c>

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.819
be<00:33:49.960><c> during</c><00:33:50.299><c> the</c><00:33:50.559><c> kingdom.</c>

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:54.859
Why?<00:33:51.599><c> Because</c><00:33:51.900><c> of</c><00:33:52.099><c> the</c><00:33:52.319><c> presence</c><00:33:52.640><c> of</c><00:33:53.059><c> the</c><00:33:53.339><c> active</c><00:33:53.779><c> sexual</c><00:33:54.200><c> relationship</c>

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:57.700
that<00:33:55.099><c> exists</c><00:33:55.519><c> with</c><00:33:56.160><c> the</c><00:33:56.380><c> male</c><00:33:56.640><c> partner.</c>

00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:01.779
So<00:33:59.019><c> if</c><00:33:59.380><c> this</c><00:33:59.599><c> is</c><00:33:59.759><c> Christ</c><00:34:00.019><c> and</c><00:34:00.180><c> the</c><00:34:00.339><c> bride,</c><00:34:00.839><c> it</c><00:34:01.059><c> must</c><00:34:01.400><c> be</c><00:34:01.619><c> the</c>

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.339
kingdom<00:34:02.019><c> age.</c>

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:03.880
That's<00:34:02.500><c> what</c><00:34:02.619><c> we've</c><00:34:02.920><c> established.</c>

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:07.680
That's<00:34:04.859><c> where</c><00:34:05.059><c> the</c><00:34:05.299><c> text</c><00:34:05.539><c> of</c><00:34:05.740><c> the</c><00:34:05.940><c> song</c><00:34:06.500><c> completely</c><00:34:07.279><c> knocks</c>

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:09.699
the<00:34:08.000><c> idea</c><00:34:08.280><c> back</c><00:34:08.579><c> down</c><00:34:08.820><c> again.</c>

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:13.900
Why?<00:34:11.280><c> Because</c><00:34:11.599><c> the</c><00:34:11.880><c> bride</c><00:34:12.280><c> must</c><00:34:12.659><c> be</c><00:34:13.000><c> sinless</c><00:34:13.380><c> and</c><00:34:13.539><c> immortal.</c>

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:16.099
This<00:34:14.519><c> is</c><00:34:14.699><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:15.099><c> we're</c><00:34:15.320><c> talking</c><00:34:15.539><c> about,</c><00:34:15.860><c> right?</c>

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:18.059
There<00:34:16.400><c> will</c><00:34:16.579><c> be</c><00:34:16.800><c> mortals</c><00:34:17.039><c> in</c><00:34:17.199><c> the</c><00:34:17.340><c> kingdom,</c><00:34:17.539><c> we</c><00:34:17.679><c> know</c><00:34:17.880><c> this,</c>

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.780
but<00:34:18.440><c> not</c><00:34:18.639><c> in</c><00:34:18.880><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:24.599
Jerusalem<00:34:20.420><c> is</c><00:34:20.739><c> reserved</c><00:34:21.380><c> only</c><00:34:22.159><c> for</c><00:34:22.539><c> the</c><00:34:22.699><c> Lord</c><00:34:22.980><c> and</c><00:34:23.460><c> his</c><00:34:23.920><c> immortals.</c>

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:27.219
The<00:34:25.039><c> bride</c><00:34:25.380><c> must</c><00:34:25.659><c> be</c><00:34:25.900><c> sinless</c><00:34:26.179><c> and</c><00:34:26.380><c> immortal,</c>

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:29.579
and<00:34:27.360><c> the</c><00:34:27.519><c> watchman</c><00:34:27.780><c> of</c><00:34:27.920><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:28.360><c> must</c><00:34:28.639><c> also</c><00:34:29.000><c> be</c><00:34:29.239><c> sinless</c>

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.119
and<00:34:29.719><c> immortal.</c>

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:32.599
In<00:34:30.739><c> fact,</c><00:34:30.940><c> there's</c><00:34:31.079><c> a</c><00:34:31.260><c> highway</c><00:34:31.519><c> leading</c><00:34:31.800><c> up</c><00:34:32.059><c> to</c><00:34:32.239><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:35.420
and<00:34:33.019><c> not</c><00:34:33.179><c> even</c><00:34:33.380><c> a</c><00:34:33.579><c> wild</c><00:34:33.800><c> beast</c><00:34:34.059><c> is</c><00:34:34.320><c> permitted</c><00:34:34.559><c> or</c><00:34:34.760><c> is</c><00:34:35.000><c> able</c><00:34:35.179><c> to</c>

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.420
walk<00:34:35.599><c> upon</c><00:34:35.840><c> that</c><00:34:36.119><c> highway.</c>

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:39.639
That's<00:34:36.760><c> from</c><00:34:36.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:37.579><c> 35,</c><00:34:38.539><c> I</c><00:34:38.800><c> believe.</c>

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:42.780
That's<00:34:40.199><c> flatly</c><00:34:40.559><c> contradicted</c><00:34:41.079><c> by</c><00:34:41.300><c> the</c><00:34:41.460><c> text</c><00:34:41.659><c> of</c><00:34:41.860><c> the</c><00:34:42.000><c> song.</c>

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:46.039
So<00:34:43.099><c> it's</c><00:34:43.199><c> not</c><00:34:43.360><c> just</c><00:34:43.619><c> cognitive</c><00:34:44.139><c> dissonance</c><00:34:44.699><c> I've</c><00:34:44.920><c> got</c><00:34:45.239><c> problems</c><00:34:45.519><c> with</c><00:34:45.699><c> now.</c>

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:48.619
It's<00:34:46.800><c> factual</c><00:34:47.380><c> contradiction.</c>

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:53.579
Where?<00:34:49.300><c> Look,</c><00:34:50.340><c> the</c><00:34:50.579><c> watchman</c><00:34:51.079><c> found</c><00:34:51.480><c> me,</c><00:34:51.840><c> the</c><00:34:52.000><c> bride,</c><00:34:52.400><c> as</c><00:34:52.599><c> they</c><00:34:52.800><c> made</c><00:34:52.960><c> their</c><00:34:53.219><c> rounds</c><00:34:53.400><c> in</c>

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.039
the<00:34:53.719><c> city.</c>

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:58.780
They<00:34:54.639><c> beat</c><00:34:54.940><c> me,</c><00:34:55.860><c> they</c><00:34:56.139><c> bruised</c><00:34:56.519><c> me,</c><00:34:56.699><c> they</c><00:34:56.880><c> took</c><00:34:57.099><c> away</c><00:34:57.380><c> my</c><00:34:57.739><c> cloak,</c><00:34:58.039><c> those</c><00:34:58.300><c> watchmen</c><00:34:58.619><c> of</c>

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.820
the<00:34:58.980><c> walls.</c>

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:04.360
The<00:35:00.099><c> police,</c><00:35:00.739><c> the</c><00:35:01.000><c> watchmen,</c><00:35:02.059><c> beat</c><00:35:02.219><c> up</c><00:35:02.599><c> the</c><00:35:02.840><c> bride</c><00:35:03.219><c> physically.</c>

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:08.820
But<00:35:05.280><c> if</c><00:35:05.420><c> this</c><00:35:05.599><c> is</c><00:35:05.780><c> the</c><00:35:05.900><c> kingdom</c><00:35:06.099><c> age,</c><00:35:07.199><c> the</c><00:35:07.340><c> watchmen</c><00:35:07.699><c> of</c><00:35:07.840><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:11.619
sinless<00:35:09.300><c> immortals</c><00:35:09.880><c> appointed</c><00:35:10.260><c> by</c><00:35:10.559><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:16.139
are<00:35:11.840><c> beating</c><00:35:12.099><c> up</c><00:35:12.340><c> the</c><00:35:12.559><c> bride</c><00:35:12.980><c> who</c><00:35:13.380><c> are</c><00:35:13.699><c> also</c><00:35:14.119><c> sinless</c><00:35:14.699><c> immortals.</c>

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:18.579
This<00:35:17.059><c> cannot</c><00:35:17.559><c> be.</c>

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.820
It's<00:35:19.219><c> a</c><00:35:19.320><c> logical</c><00:35:19.760><c> nonsense,</c><00:35:20.380><c> isn't</c><00:35:20.500><c> it?</c>

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:23.159
Never<00:35:21.320><c> mind</c><00:35:21.940><c> understanding</c><00:35:22.639><c> scripture.</c>

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:26.000
Two<00:35:23.840><c> immortals</c><00:35:24.280><c> getting</c><00:35:24.500><c> into</c><00:35:24.780><c> a</c><00:35:24.920><c> fistfight,</c><00:35:25.380><c> that's</c><00:35:25.780><c> a</c><00:35:25.880><c> bit</c>

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.119
of<00:35:26.179><c> a</c><00:35:26.260><c> waste</c><00:35:26.440><c> of</c><00:35:26.699><c> time.</c>

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:33.219
And<00:35:30.920><c> obviously,</c><00:35:31.460><c> from</c><00:35:31.699><c> the</c><00:35:31.820><c> point</c><00:35:32.000><c> of</c><00:35:32.079><c> view</c><00:35:32.199><c> of</c><00:35:32.280><c> understanding</c><00:35:32.639><c> the</c><00:35:32.900><c> kingdom,</c>

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:35.059
this<00:35:33.679><c> is</c><00:35:33.920><c> not</c><00:35:34.219><c> how</c><00:35:34.420><c> it</c><00:35:34.559><c> can</c><00:35:34.800><c> be.</c>

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.920
So<00:35:35.480><c> it's</c><00:35:35.699><c> not</c><00:35:35.880><c> the</c><00:35:36.039><c> kingdom</c><00:35:36.340><c> scene,</c><00:35:36.860><c> and</c><00:35:37.019><c> there's</c><00:35:37.199><c> more</c><00:35:37.440><c> problems.</c>

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:41.739
Look,<00:35:38.760><c> it</c><00:35:38.840><c> is</c><00:35:39.019><c> Solomon's</c><00:35:39.579><c> carriage</c><00:35:39.860><c> escorted</c><00:35:40.440><c> by</c><00:35:40.719><c> sixty</c><00:35:41.039><c> warriors,</c><00:35:41.579><c> the</c>

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.599
noblest<00:35:42.019><c> of</c><00:35:42.159><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:47.860
each<00:35:43.440><c> with</c><00:35:43.699><c> his</c><00:35:44.059><c> sword</c><00:35:44.280><c> at</c><00:35:44.440><c> his</c><00:35:44.760><c> side,</c><00:35:45.940><c> prepared</c><00:35:46.500><c> for</c><00:35:46.800><c> the</c><00:35:47.119><c> terrors</c><00:35:47.619><c> of</c>

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.920
the<00:35:48.059><c> night.</c>

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:52.820
How<00:35:49.980><c> many</c><00:35:50.380><c> terrors</c><00:35:50.880><c> of</c><00:35:51.099><c> the</c><00:35:51.280><c> night</c><00:35:51.519><c> do</c><00:35:51.760><c> you</c><00:35:52.019><c> think</c><00:35:52.159><c> there's</c><00:35:52.460><c> going</c><00:35:52.639><c> to</c>

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:54.860
be<00:35:53.079><c> in</c><00:35:53.360><c> millennial</c><00:35:53.860><c> Jerusalem?</c>

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:57.179
I<00:35:55.639><c> suggest</c><00:35:56.139><c> zero.</c>

00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:00.239
If<00:35:58.079><c> this</c><00:35:58.300><c> is</c><00:35:58.480><c> Solomon,</c><00:35:58.900><c> fair</c><00:35:59.119><c> enough,</c><00:35:59.420><c> this</c><00:35:59.659><c> verse</c><00:35:59.820><c> has</c><00:36:00.019><c> no</c>

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.820
problem<00:36:00.440><c> for</c><00:36:00.639><c> me.</c>

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:03.179
But<00:36:01.079><c> if</c><00:36:01.199><c> this</c><00:36:01.440><c> is</c><00:36:01.599><c> supposed</c><00:36:01.880><c> to</c><00:36:02.019><c> be</c><00:36:02.179><c> Jesus,</c>

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:07.619
Jesus<00:36:03.980><c> is</c><00:36:04.199><c> in</c><00:36:04.360><c> millennial</c><00:36:04.900><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:36:06.619><c> scared</c><00:36:06.719><c> out</c><00:36:06.940><c> of</c><00:36:07.039><c> his</c><00:36:07.260><c> wits,</c>

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:10.960
and<00:36:07.920><c> he's</c><00:36:08.119><c> got</c><00:36:08.320><c> sixty</c><00:36:08.760><c> bodyguards</c><00:36:09.440><c> to</c><00:36:09.719><c> protect</c><00:36:10.039><c> him.</c>

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:14.400
Jesus<00:36:11.719><c> didn't</c><00:36:12.039><c> use</c><00:36:12.380><c> bodyguards</c><00:36:13.000><c> even</c><00:36:13.340><c> when</c><00:36:13.559><c> he</c><00:36:13.739><c> was</c><00:36:13.940><c> mortal.</c>

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.800
Even<00:36:15.320><c> when</c><00:36:15.519><c> he</c><00:36:15.699><c> had</c><00:36:15.860><c> called</c><00:36:16.000><c> down</c><00:36:16.280><c> twelve</c><00:36:16.579><c> legions</c><00:36:16.980><c> of</c><00:36:17.199><c> angels,</c><00:36:17.480><c> he</c><00:36:17.579><c> said,</c>

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:21.559
no,<00:36:18.980><c> I</c><00:36:19.099><c> don't</c><00:36:19.340><c> need</c><00:36:19.519><c> that,</c><00:36:20.300><c> God's</c><00:36:20.539><c> will</c><00:36:20.619><c> be</c><00:36:20.860><c> done,</c><00:36:21.000><c> I</c><00:36:21.159><c> trust</c><00:36:21.420><c> in</c>

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.820
him<00:36:21.739><c> absolutely.</c>

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:26.159
So<00:36:23.400><c> if</c><00:36:23.559><c> the</c><00:36:23.719><c> Jesus</c><00:36:24.059><c> of</c><00:36:24.280><c> his</c><00:36:24.559><c> mortal</c><00:36:24.860><c> dispensation</c><00:36:25.619><c> was</c><00:36:25.920><c> not</c>

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:28.219
frightened<00:36:26.480><c> and</c><00:36:26.719><c> needing</c><00:36:26.940><c> bodyguards,</c>

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:29.860
why<00:36:28.500><c> would</c><00:36:28.659><c> he</c><00:36:28.780><c> in</c><00:36:28.940><c> the</c><00:36:29.099><c> kingdom?</c>

00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:33.639
There<00:36:30.440><c> are</c><00:36:30.599><c> no</c><00:36:30.840><c> terrors</c><00:36:31.239><c> in</c><00:36:31.440><c> the</c><00:36:31.599><c> night</c><00:36:31.900><c> in</c><00:36:32.260><c> millennial</c><00:36:32.679><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:37.179
and<00:36:34.199><c> Jesus</c><00:36:34.519><c> doesn't</c><00:36:34.820><c> need</c><00:36:35.039><c> bodyguards</c><00:36:35.579><c> at</c><00:36:35.900><c> any</c><00:36:36.159><c> time,</c><00:36:36.860><c> even</c>

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:38.800
pre<00:36:37.639><c>-being</c><00:36:38.000><c> immortalized.</c>

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:43.760
Therefore,<00:36:39.719><c> this</c><00:36:40.420><c> cannot</c><00:36:40.800><c> be</c><00:36:41.440><c> a</c><00:36:41.820><c> statement</c><00:36:42.260><c> of</c><00:36:42.780><c> millennial</c><00:36:43.199><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:47.119
and<00:36:44.199><c> this</c><00:36:44.440><c> is</c><00:36:44.679><c> a</c><00:36:44.780><c> statement</c><00:36:44.980><c> of</c><00:36:45.159><c> the</c><00:36:45.340><c> song,</c><00:36:46.579><c> just</c><00:36:46.800><c> like</c><00:36:46.940><c> the</c>

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.820
watchman<00:36:47.380><c> beating</c><00:36:47.659><c> the</c><00:36:47.900><c> bride.</c>

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:53.380
The<00:36:49.900><c> bride</c><00:36:50.239><c> actually</c><00:36:50.800><c> can't</c><00:36:51.460><c> connect</c><00:36:52.119><c> always</c><00:36:52.880><c> with</c><00:36:53.119><c> the</c><00:36:53.280><c> one</c>

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.059
that<00:36:53.559><c> she</c><00:36:53.780><c> loves.</c>

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:56.579
He's<00:36:54.420><c> not</c><00:36:54.639><c> always</c><00:36:54.980><c> available</c><00:36:55.480><c> to</c><00:36:55.699><c> her.</c>

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:59.539
Look,<00:36:57.380><c> I</c><00:36:57.480><c> will</c><00:36:57.659><c> get</c><00:36:57.820><c> up</c><00:36:58.000><c> now</c><00:36:58.239><c> and</c><00:36:58.340><c> go</c><00:36:58.559><c> about</c><00:36:58.800><c> the</c><00:36:59.000><c> city</c><00:36:59.219><c> through</c>

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.639
its<00:36:59.760><c> streets</c><00:37:00.000><c> and</c><00:37:00.300><c> squares.</c>

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:03.079
I<00:37:01.059><c> will</c><00:37:01.360><c> search</c><00:37:01.679><c> for</c><00:37:01.880><c> the</c><00:37:02.039><c> one</c><00:37:02.179><c> my</c><00:37:02.440><c> heart</c><00:37:02.699><c> loves.</c>

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:07.280
So<00:37:03.519><c> I</c><00:37:03.679><c> looked</c><00:37:03.840><c> for</c><00:37:04.099><c> him,</c><00:37:05.039><c> but</c><00:37:05.420><c> I</c><00:37:05.599><c> didn't</c><00:37:05.800><c> find</c><00:37:06.119><c> him.</c>

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:11.400
If<00:37:08.519><c> by</c><00:37:08.780><c> God's</c><00:37:09.219><c> blessing</c><00:37:09.500><c> you</c><00:37:09.800><c> and</c><00:37:09.980><c> I</c><00:37:10.159><c> can</c><00:37:10.360><c> be</c><00:37:10.679><c> in</c><00:37:10.860><c> the</c><00:37:11.039><c> kingdom</c>

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:15.659
and<00:37:11.980><c> be</c><00:37:12.199><c> inside</c><00:37:12.679><c> millennial</c><00:37:13.159><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:13.619><c> in</c><00:37:13.860><c> that</c><00:37:14.099><c> wonderful</c><00:37:14.539><c> age,</c>

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:17.880
do<00:37:16.000><c> you</c><00:37:16.139><c> suspect</c><00:37:16.539><c> there's</c><00:37:16.760><c> a</c><00:37:16.940><c> time</c><00:37:17.099><c> when</c><00:37:17.260><c> we'll</c><00:37:17.400><c> be</c><00:37:17.639><c> calling</c>

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:18.719
for<00:37:18.159><c> Jesus,</c>

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:21.739
searching<00:37:19.679><c> for</c><00:37:19.880><c> him,</c><00:37:20.119><c> needing</c><00:37:20.360><c> him,</c><00:37:20.679><c> and</c><00:37:20.880><c> utterly</c><00:37:21.159><c> unable</c><00:37:21.480><c> to</c>

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.420
find<00:37:21.920><c> him?</c>

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:28.019
Jesus<00:37:23.099><c> says</c><00:37:23.400><c> now,</c><00:37:25.380><c> ask</c><00:37:25.739><c> and</c><00:37:26.000><c> you</c><00:37:26.260><c> shall</c><00:37:26.460><c> receive,</c><00:37:27.320><c> seek</c><00:37:27.659><c> and</c>

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:29.760
you<00:37:28.400><c> shall</c><00:37:28.639><c> find.</c>

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:32.699
And<00:37:30.420><c> the</c><00:37:30.559><c> times</c><00:37:30.739><c> we're</c><00:37:31.099><c> disconnected</c><00:37:31.519><c> from</c><00:37:31.980><c> Jesus</c><00:37:32.380><c> are</c><00:37:32.539><c> the</c>

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.539
times<00:37:32.860><c> we're</c><00:37:33.139><c> disconnected</c>

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:35.579
by<00:37:33.840><c> our</c><00:37:34.000><c> own</c><00:37:34.280><c> sins</c><00:37:34.460><c> and</c><00:37:34.659><c> our</c><00:37:34.739><c> own</c><00:37:34.940><c> lack</c><00:37:35.059><c> of</c><00:37:35.340><c> faith,</c>

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:39.760
but<00:37:36.099><c> we</c><00:37:36.300><c> won't</c><00:37:36.539><c> have</c><00:37:36.940><c> sins</c><00:37:37.380><c> or</c><00:37:37.599><c> lack</c><00:37:37.840><c> of</c><00:37:38.099><c> faith</c><00:37:38.440><c> in</c><00:37:38.780><c> the</c><00:37:38.940><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:44.679
But<00:37:40.360><c> in</c><00:37:40.579><c> this</c><00:37:40.900><c> scene,</c><00:37:41.599><c> this</c><00:37:41.920><c> girl</c><00:37:42.239><c> is</c><00:37:42.599><c> disconnected</c><00:37:43.219><c> from</c><00:37:43.559><c> her</c><00:37:43.800><c> man.</c>

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:48.679
I<00:37:46.380><c> opened</c><00:37:46.679><c> for</c><00:37:46.860><c> my</c><00:37:47.059><c> lover,</c><00:37:47.400><c> but</c><00:37:47.500><c> my</c><00:37:47.780><c> lover</c><00:37:48.000><c> had</c><00:37:48.300><c> left.</c>

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:52.460
He<00:37:48.920><c> was</c><00:37:49.199><c> gone.</c><00:37:50.079><c> My</c><00:37:50.360><c> heart</c><00:37:50.579><c> sank</c><00:37:51.000><c> at</c><00:37:51.179><c> his</c><00:37:51.440><c> departure.</c>

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:55.440
Do<00:37:52.860><c> you</c><00:37:52.940><c> expect</c><00:37:53.239><c> your</c><00:37:53.500><c> hearts</c><00:37:53.739><c> to</c><00:37:53.920><c> be</c><00:37:54.119><c> sinking</c><00:37:54.400><c> in</c><00:37:54.599><c> the</c><00:37:54.760><c> kingdom?</c>

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:57.719
I<00:37:55.980><c> looked</c><00:37:56.179><c> for</c><00:37:56.400><c> him,</c><00:37:56.519><c> but</c><00:37:56.639><c> did</c><00:37:56.920><c> not</c><00:37:57.159><c> find</c><00:37:57.440><c> him.</c>

00:37:57.940 --> 00:38:02.000
I<00:37:58.380><c> called</c><00:37:58.780><c> him,</c><00:37:59.760><c> and</c><00:38:00.019><c> he</c><00:38:00.199><c> did</c><00:38:00.500><c> not</c><00:38:00.719><c> answer</c><00:38:01.019><c> me.</c>

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:04.780
Do<00:38:02.300><c> we</c><00:38:02.460><c> expect</c><00:38:02.800><c> that</c><00:38:03.239><c> in</c><00:38:03.440><c> the</c><00:38:03.619><c> kingdom</c><00:38:03.840><c> when</c><00:38:04.000><c> we</c><00:38:04.219><c> call</c><00:38:04.320><c> to</c><00:38:04.519><c> our</c><00:38:04.659><c> Lord?</c>

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:06.860
I<00:38:05.239><c> don't</c><00:38:05.400><c> even</c><00:38:05.639><c> expect,</c><00:38:05.940><c> I</c><00:38:06.039><c> don't</c><00:38:06.139><c> know</c><00:38:06.219><c> why</c><00:38:06.440><c> I</c><00:38:06.579><c> think</c><00:38:06.679><c> this,</c>

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:09.800
I<00:38:07.199><c> don't</c><00:38:07.360><c> even</c><00:38:07.619><c> expect</c><00:38:07.900><c> we'll</c><00:38:08.139><c> need</c><00:38:08.300><c> to</c><00:38:08.480><c> call</c><00:38:08.619><c> for</c><00:38:08.860><c> our</c><00:38:09.019><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:14.260
I<00:38:10.059><c> expect</c><00:38:10.500><c> some</c><00:38:10.860><c> sort</c><00:38:11.079><c> of</c><00:38:11.280><c> general</c><00:38:12.619><c> resonance</c><00:38:13.380><c> and</c><00:38:13.800><c> awareness</c>

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:17.320
and<00:38:14.559><c> proximity</c><00:38:15.139><c> that</c><00:38:15.760><c> will</c><00:38:15.980><c> exist</c><00:38:16.219><c> without</c><00:38:16.599><c> need</c><00:38:16.800><c> for</c><00:38:17.059><c> words.</c>

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.739
I<00:38:17.460><c> could</c><00:38:17.619><c> be</c><00:38:17.780><c> wrong</c><00:38:17.920><c> about</c><00:38:18.199><c> that.</c>

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:21.280
But<00:38:19.139><c> even</c><00:38:19.300><c> if</c><00:38:19.420><c> I'm</c><00:38:19.500><c> wrong</c><00:38:19.719><c> about</c><00:38:20.000><c> that,</c><00:38:20.699><c> I</c><00:38:20.699><c> cannot</c><00:38:21.000><c> believe</c>

00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:21.880
one<00:38:21.619><c> second.</c>

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:25.719
In<00:38:22.019><c> fact,</c><00:38:22.440><c> Scripture</c><00:38:22.559><c> contradicts</c><00:38:23.300><c> the</c><00:38:23.420><c> idea</c><00:38:23.679><c> that</c><00:38:23.820><c> Jesus</c><00:38:24.079><c> will</c><00:38:24.280><c> somehow</c><00:38:24.539><c> be</c><00:38:24.760><c> unavailable</c>

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:27.599
to<00:38:26.380><c> sinless</c><00:38:26.760><c> immortals</c><00:38:27.099><c> in</c><00:38:27.260><c> the</c><00:38:27.380><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.619
The<00:38:28.079><c> relationship</c><00:38:28.619><c> is</c><00:38:28.940><c> not</c><00:38:29.079><c> with</c><00:38:29.280><c> Christ,</c><00:38:29.920><c> either</c><00:38:30.179><c> at</c><00:38:30.380><c> this</c>

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:32.239
time<00:38:30.880><c> or</c><00:38:31.119><c> any</c><00:38:31.400><c> other.</c>

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:36.239
Now,<00:38:33.719><c> there</c><00:38:33.980><c> are</c><00:38:34.179><c> other</c><00:38:34.420><c> arguments</c><00:38:34.940><c> for</c><00:38:35.400><c> why</c><00:38:35.579><c> this</c><00:38:35.780><c> is</c><00:38:35.960><c> not</c>

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:37.260
the<00:38:36.480><c> bride</c><00:38:36.659><c> and</c><00:38:36.860><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:41.420
but<00:38:37.860><c> I</c><00:38:38.000><c> think</c><00:38:38.219><c> perhaps</c><00:38:38.579><c> it's</c><00:38:38.800><c> time</c><00:38:39.079><c> to</c><00:38:39.300><c> say</c><00:38:39.639><c> we've</c><00:38:41.119><c> considered</c>

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:42.840
enough<00:38:41.739><c> of</c><00:38:41.880><c> them,</c><00:38:42.039><c> I</c><00:38:42.139><c> think.</c>

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:44.320
Let's<00:38:43.400><c> let</c><00:38:43.619><c> that</c><00:38:43.840><c> go</c><00:38:44.119><c> by.</c>

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.639
That's<00:38:44.619><c> enough</c><00:38:44.820><c> deconstruction.</c>

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:48.280
I<00:38:45.920><c> don't</c><00:38:46.179><c> like</c><00:38:46.400><c> to</c><00:38:46.539><c> be</c><00:38:46.639><c> negative</c><00:38:47.039><c> and</c><00:38:47.360><c> tear</c><00:38:47.599><c> arguments</c><00:38:47.960><c> down,</c>

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:51.059
but<00:38:48.559><c> I</c><00:38:48.679><c> think</c><00:38:48.760><c> it's</c><00:38:48.920><c> a</c><00:38:49.000><c> good</c><00:38:49.139><c> idea</c><00:38:49.500><c> to</c><00:38:50.039><c> clear</c><00:38:50.320><c> the</c><00:38:50.579><c> scene</c><00:38:50.800><c> so</c><00:38:50.940><c> we</c>

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:52.500
have<00:38:51.219><c> a</c><00:38:51.380><c> clear</c><00:38:51.519><c> base.</c>

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:55.000
The<00:38:53.300><c> things</c><00:38:53.500><c> that</c><00:38:53.659><c> have</c><00:38:53.739><c> been</c><00:38:53.940><c> preloaded</c><00:38:54.420><c> in</c><00:38:54.500><c> my</c><00:38:54.760><c> mind</c>

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.699
and<00:38:55.159><c> perhaps</c><00:38:55.420><c> have</c><00:38:55.579><c> been</c><00:38:55.719><c> preloaded</c><00:38:56.159><c> in</c><00:38:56.300><c> yours</c>

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:59.760
just<00:38:57.380><c> do</c><00:38:57.699><c> not</c><00:38:58.000><c> account</c><00:38:58.420><c> for</c><00:38:58.639><c> the</c><00:38:58.800><c> text</c><00:38:59.000><c> of</c><00:38:59.179><c> the</c><00:38:59.320><c> Song</c><00:38:59.480><c> of</c><00:38:59.579><c> Songs.</c>

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:02.260
It<00:39:00.019><c> doesn't</c><00:39:00.460><c> work.</c><00:39:01.199><c> That's</c><00:39:01.679><c> not</c><00:39:01.960><c> right.</c>

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:05.579
But<00:39:02.619><c> if</c><00:39:02.760><c> that's</c><00:39:03.099><c> not</c><00:39:03.360><c> right,</c><00:39:04.820><c> what</c><00:39:05.079><c> is?</c>

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:08.119
I<00:39:06.300><c> find</c><00:39:06.519><c> that,</c><00:39:06.780><c> personally,</c><00:39:07.059><c> a</c><00:39:07.119><c> very</c><00:39:07.340><c> exciting</c><00:39:07.659><c> position</c><00:39:08.000><c> to</c>

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.519
be<00:39:08.320><c> in.</c>

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:12.019
Wow,<00:39:09.139><c> I</c><00:39:09.320><c> have</c><00:39:09.480><c> a</c><00:39:09.619><c> new</c><00:39:09.920><c> book</c><00:39:10.099><c> of</c><00:39:10.260><c> the</c><00:39:10.380><c> Bible,</c><00:39:10.679><c> as</c><00:39:11.000><c> it</c><00:39:11.159><c> were,</c>

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:16.679
and<00:39:12.960><c> I</c><00:39:13.059><c> have</c><00:39:13.219><c> something</c><00:39:13.519><c> new</c><00:39:13.780><c> to</c><00:39:14.019><c> discover</c><00:39:14.460><c> and</c><00:39:15.039><c> new</c><00:39:15.340><c> to</c><00:39:15.559><c> work</c><00:39:15.780><c> out.</c>

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:20.380
Why<00:39:17.739><c> were</c><00:39:17.860><c> the</c><00:39:18.039><c> Messianic</c><00:39:18.500><c> theories</c><00:39:18.920><c> ever</c><00:39:19.400><c> believed?</c>

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:24.239
And<00:39:21.380><c> it's</c><00:39:21.619><c> clear,</c><00:39:21.940><c> one</c><00:39:22.079><c> can</c><00:39:22.320><c> read</c><00:39:22.599><c> from</c><00:39:22.780><c> those</c><00:39:23.079><c> who</c><00:39:23.920><c> proclaim</c>

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:25.079
them<00:39:24.420><c> very</c><00:39:24.800><c> clearly,</c>

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:29.380
from<00:39:25.599><c> thousands</c><00:39:26.000><c> of</c><00:39:26.219><c> years</c><00:39:26.400><c> ago,</c><00:39:28.119><c> quite</c><00:39:28.260><c> simply,</c>

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:33.179
the<00:39:30.260><c> culture</c><00:39:30.659><c> of</c><00:39:30.880><c> the</c><00:39:31.139><c> time</c><00:39:31.599><c> for</c><00:39:32.139><c> many,</c><00:39:32.400><c> many</c><00:39:32.619><c> cultures</c><00:39:32.960><c> in</c>

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:34.119
many,<00:39:33.340><c> many</c><00:39:33.539><c> areas</c>

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:39.539
could<00:39:34.900><c> not</c><00:39:35.219><c> tolerate</c><00:39:35.679><c> the</c><00:39:36.500><c> idea,</c><00:39:36.920><c> the</c><00:39:37.139><c> concept</c><00:39:37.739><c> of</c><00:39:38.360><c> sexual</c><00:39:38.820><c> content</c><00:39:39.320><c> in</c>

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.340
a<00:39:39.639><c> biblical</c><00:39:39.900><c> book.</c>

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:42.780
That<00:39:40.920><c> just</c><00:39:41.159><c> simply</c><00:39:41.420><c> wasn't</c><00:39:41.820><c> okay.</c>

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:45.519
And<00:39:43.119><c> so</c><00:39:43.199><c> if</c><00:39:43.280><c> you</c><00:39:43.420><c> made</c><00:39:43.579><c> it</c><00:39:43.719><c> into</c><00:39:43.940><c> a</c><00:39:44.139><c> metaphor,</c><00:39:45.039><c> you</c><00:39:45.159><c> could</c><00:39:45.400><c> sort</c>

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.480
of<00:39:45.739><c> purify</c><00:39:46.159><c> it</c><00:39:46.340><c> and</c><00:39:46.380><c> say,</c>

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:48.639
well,<00:39:46.679><c> it's</c><00:39:46.900><c> just</c><00:39:47.159><c> a</c><00:39:47.360><c> metaphorical</c><00:39:48.099><c> sexuality.</c>

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:50.300
It's<00:39:48.880><c> a</c><00:39:49.019><c> metaphorical</c><00:39:49.599><c> sexual</c><00:39:49.940><c> union,</c>

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:52.519
and<00:39:50.860><c> therefore</c><00:39:51.099><c> it</c><00:39:51.239><c> all</c><00:39:51.360><c> becomes</c><00:39:51.619><c> spiritual</c><00:39:52.019><c> and</c><00:39:52.280><c> beautiful</c>

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.159
and<00:39:52.860><c> clean.</c>

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:57.480
But<00:39:54.179><c> we</c><00:39:54.420><c> mustn't</c><00:39:54.840><c> allow</c><00:39:55.300><c> culture,</c><00:39:56.199><c> either</c><00:39:56.519><c> of</c><00:39:56.900><c> a</c><00:39:57.119><c> time</c><00:39:57.260><c> long</c>

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.219
ago<00:39:57.659><c> or</c><00:39:57.860><c> today,</c>

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:01.179
we<00:39:58.619><c> mustn't</c><00:39:59.000><c> allow</c><00:39:59.320><c> culture</c><00:39:59.900><c> to</c><00:40:00.440><c> interpret</c><00:40:00.800><c> scripture.</c>

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:03.440
That's<00:40:01.599><c> a</c><00:40:01.780><c> terrible</c><00:40:02.119><c> way</c><00:40:02.420><c> to</c><00:40:02.659><c> exposit</c><00:40:03.000><c> the</c><00:40:03.199><c> Bible.</c>

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:05.380
This<00:40:03.960><c> is</c><00:40:04.099><c> not</c><00:40:04.219><c> how</c><00:40:04.360><c> to</c><00:40:04.460><c> handle</c><00:40:04.699><c> God's</c><00:40:05.059><c> words.</c>

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:09.300
We<00:40:05.920><c> have</c><00:40:06.139><c> to</c><00:40:06.460><c> accept</c><00:40:06.900><c> what</c><00:40:07.059><c> it</c><00:40:07.300><c> says</c><00:40:07.940><c> on</c><00:40:08.579><c> its</c><00:40:08.820><c> own</c><00:40:09.059><c> terms.</c>

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:12.699
For<00:40:09.780><c> example,</c><00:40:10.679><c> a</c><00:40:10.760><c> rabbi</c><00:40:11.179><c> from</c><00:40:11.519><c> 700</c><00:40:11.820><c> years</c><00:40:12.199><c> ago</c><00:40:12.420><c> said,</c>

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:15.280
if<00:40:13.260><c> the</c><00:40:13.500><c> Song's</c><00:40:13.860><c> words</c><00:40:14.159><c> had</c><00:40:14.340><c> their</c><00:40:14.559><c> literal</c><00:40:14.840><c> meaning,</c>

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:19.139
there<00:40:15.820><c> would</c><00:40:15.980><c> be</c><00:40:16.260><c> nothing</c><00:40:16.500><c> in</c><00:40:16.659><c> the</c><00:40:16.820><c> world</c><00:40:17.039><c> so</c><00:40:17.380><c> literally</c><00:40:17.860><c> profane</c><00:40:18.480><c> as</c><00:40:18.699><c> they,</c>

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:22.119
and<00:40:19.659><c> there</c><00:40:19.760><c> would</c><00:40:19.940><c> have</c><00:40:20.099><c> been</c><00:40:20.280><c> nothing</c><00:40:20.579><c> more</c><00:40:20.960><c> damaging</c><00:40:21.280><c> to</c><00:40:21.539><c> Israel</c>

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:24.659
than<00:40:22.500><c> the</c><00:40:22.679><c> day</c><00:40:22.900><c> the</c><00:40:23.099><c> Song</c><00:40:23.260><c> of</c><00:40:23.440><c> Songs</c><00:40:23.659><c> was</c><00:40:23.860><c> given</c><00:40:24.099><c> to</c><00:40:24.260><c> them,</c>

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:28.079
for<00:40:24.940><c> its</c><00:40:25.219><c> literal</c><00:40:25.559><c> means</c><00:40:25.960><c> throws</c><00:40:26.219><c> up</c><00:40:26.480><c> desire,</c><00:40:27.500><c> above</c><00:40:27.699><c> all</c>

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.059
sexual<00:40:28.460><c> desire,</c>

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:32.099
than<00:40:29.679><c> which</c><00:40:30.019><c> nothing</c><00:40:30.380><c> is</c><00:40:30.619><c> more</c><00:40:30.940><c> blameworthy.</c>

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:35.280
This<00:40:32.460><c> concept</c><00:40:32.840><c> that</c><00:40:33.079><c> sexual</c><00:40:33.460><c> desire</c><00:40:33.820><c> is</c><00:40:34.159><c> in</c><00:40:34.300><c> itself</c><00:40:34.780><c> a</c><00:40:35.000><c> sinful</c>

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:37.880
thing,<00:40:36.179><c> which</c><00:40:36.360><c> is</c><00:40:36.579><c> not</c><00:40:36.820><c> true.</c>

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:41.579
But<00:40:39.239><c> in</c><00:40:39.599><c> cultures</c><00:40:39.920><c> where</c><00:40:40.119><c> it</c><00:40:40.199><c> was</c><00:40:40.420><c> believed</c><00:40:40.659><c> to</c><00:40:40.920><c> be</c><00:40:41.139><c> true,</c>

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:44.400
then<00:40:42.139><c> clearly</c><00:40:42.440><c> the</c><00:40:42.579><c> Song</c><00:40:42.760><c> of</c><00:40:42.900><c> Songs</c><00:40:43.199><c> could</c><00:40:43.579><c> not</c><00:40:43.780><c> be</c><00:40:44.059><c> received</c>

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.960
as<00:40:44.699><c> written.</c>

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It<00:40:45.480><c> had</c><00:40:45.719><c> to</c><00:40:45.900><c> be</c><00:40:46.159><c> changed.</c>

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Even<00:40:47.440><c> though</c><00:40:47.619><c> the</c><00:40:47.780><c> text</c><00:40:47.960><c> doesn't</c><00:40:48.219><c> really</c><00:40:48.519><c> allow</c><00:40:48.739><c> it</c><00:40:48.940><c> to</c><00:40:49.059><c> be</c><00:40:49.260><c> changed,</c>

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:52.139
it<00:40:49.539><c> was</c><00:40:49.719><c> changed</c><00:40:50.059><c> anyway</c><00:40:50.659><c> and</c><00:40:51.139><c> made</c><00:40:51.380><c> into</c><00:40:51.679><c> something</c><00:40:51.980><c> that</c>

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:53.079
was<00:40:52.599><c> acceptable.</c>

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And<00:40:53.579><c> even</c><00:40:53.679><c> much</c><00:40:53.840><c> more</c><00:40:54.119><c> recently,</c><00:40:54.519><c> as</c><00:40:54.639><c> recently</c><00:40:55.280><c> as</c><00:40:55.840><c> 50</c><00:40:56.380><c> years</c><00:40:56.739><c> ago,</c>

00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:00.920
we<00:40:58.559><c> still</c><00:40:58.800><c> have</c><00:40:59.059><c> a</c><00:40:59.519><c> hint</c><00:40:59.699><c> of</c><00:40:59.920><c> that</c><00:41:00.139><c> attitude</c><00:41:00.480><c> left.</c>

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:03.500
There<00:41:01.440><c> exists</c><00:41:01.780><c> nothing</c><00:41:02.119><c> in</c><00:41:02.260><c> the</c><00:41:02.480><c> Song</c><00:41:02.639><c> that</c><00:41:02.760><c> can</c><00:41:02.980><c> be</c><00:41:03.199><c> classed</c>

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as<00:41:03.619><c> indelicate</c>

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:07.679
when<00:41:04.940><c> the</c><00:41:05.260><c> spiritual</c><00:41:05.719><c> meaning</c><00:41:06.159><c> is</c><00:41:06.480><c> discerned.</c>

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:10.599
The<00:41:07.940><c> implication</c><00:41:08.360><c> being,</c><00:41:09.119><c> so</c><00:41:09.119><c> the</c><00:41:09.340><c> literal</c><00:41:09.579><c> text</c><00:41:09.880><c> is</c><00:41:10.119><c> still</c><00:41:10.480><c> a</c>

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.800
bit<00:41:10.820><c> dirty,</c>

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:14.039
but<00:41:12.119><c> if</c><00:41:12.300><c> we</c><00:41:12.500><c> make</c><00:41:12.679><c> it</c><00:41:12.920><c> spiritual,</c><00:41:13.260><c> it'll</c><00:41:13.460><c> be</c><00:41:13.719><c> okay.</c>

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:16.420
Now,<00:41:14.480><c> I'm</c><00:41:14.639><c> not</c><00:41:14.880><c> going</c><00:41:15.059><c> to</c><00:41:15.179><c> step</c><00:41:15.360><c> away</c><00:41:15.559><c> from</c><00:41:15.679><c> a</c><00:41:15.880><c> spiritual</c><00:41:16.099><c> meaning</c><00:41:16.300><c> of</c>

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:16.719
this<00:41:16.599><c> book.</c>

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:18.719
We<00:41:16.880><c> will</c><00:41:17.099><c> certainly</c><00:41:17.320><c> see</c><00:41:17.440><c> a</c><00:41:17.599><c> spiritual</c><00:41:17.860><c> meaning.</c>

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:22.860
But<00:41:19.280><c> we</c><00:41:19.480><c> don't</c><00:41:19.800><c> need</c><00:41:20.460><c> to</c><00:41:20.739><c> take</c><00:41:20.880><c> this</c><00:41:21.179><c> out</c><00:41:21.480><c> of</c><00:41:21.599><c> its</c><00:41:21.800><c> literal</c><00:41:22.159><c> context</c>

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:26.579
in<00:41:23.400><c> order</c><00:41:23.679><c> to</c><00:41:23.960><c> accept</c><00:41:24.179><c> it</c><00:41:24.420><c> because</c><00:41:24.639><c> our</c><00:41:24.940><c> culture</c><00:41:25.480><c> demands</c><00:41:26.199><c> that</c><00:41:26.420><c> we</c>

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:28.360
must<00:41:26.960><c> or</c><00:41:27.179><c> that</c><00:41:27.360><c> we</c><00:41:27.539><c> should.</c>

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:31.659
And<00:41:29.860><c> here's</c><00:41:30.039><c> one</c><00:41:30.179><c> other</c><00:41:30.360><c> reason</c><00:41:30.619><c> this</c><00:41:30.800><c> is</c><00:41:31.039><c> personally</c><00:41:31.400><c> true</c>

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:31.960
for<00:41:31.780><c> me,</c>

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:34.119
and<00:41:32.059><c> it</c><00:41:32.260><c> may</c><00:41:32.420><c> be</c><00:41:32.579><c> true</c><00:41:32.719><c> for</c><00:41:32.840><c> you</c><00:41:33.139><c> too.</c>

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:36.079
When<00:41:34.400><c> you've</c><00:41:34.599><c> got</c><00:41:34.739><c> a</c><00:41:34.960><c> study</c><00:41:35.199><c> Bible,</c><00:41:35.480><c> you</c><00:41:35.559><c> have</c><00:41:35.699><c> to</c><00:41:35.820><c> be</c><00:41:35.880><c> a</c><00:41:35.920><c> bit</c>

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:37.179
careful<00:41:36.400><c> of</c><00:41:36.559><c> the</c><00:41:36.800><c> study</c><00:41:36.960><c> notes,</c>

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:38.719
don't<00:41:37.380><c> you,</c><00:41:37.559><c> because</c><00:41:37.699><c> they</c><00:41:37.820><c> could</c><00:41:38.000><c> be</c><00:41:38.139><c> written</c><00:41:38.239><c> by</c><00:41:38.460><c> anyone</c>

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:40.460
and<00:41:38.960><c> they</c><00:41:39.360><c> could</c><00:41:39.480><c> be</c><00:41:39.659><c> right,</c><00:41:39.760><c> they</c><00:41:39.840><c> could</c><00:41:39.980><c> be</c><00:41:40.139><c> wrong.</c>

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:43.099
I<00:41:41.139><c> didn't</c><00:41:41.320><c> have</c><00:41:41.500><c> a</c><00:41:41.699><c> study</c><00:41:41.900><c> Bible</c><00:41:42.199><c> when</c><00:41:42.420><c> I</c><00:41:42.559><c> was</c><00:41:42.699><c> growing</c><00:41:42.880><c> up.</c>

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:45.019
I<00:41:43.199><c> had</c><00:41:43.340><c> a</c><00:41:43.500><c> King</c><00:41:43.659><c> James.</c><00:41:43.960><c> It</c><00:41:44.039><c> was</c><00:41:44.199><c> the</c><00:41:44.280><c> only</c><00:41:44.500><c> thing</c><00:41:44.619><c> that</c><00:41:44.659><c> was</c>

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readily<00:41:45.280><c> available</c><00:41:45.699><c> for</c><00:41:45.960><c> cheap.</c>

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:49.320
And<00:41:47.139><c> because</c><00:41:47.500><c> the</c><00:41:47.679><c> King</c><00:41:47.840><c> James</c><00:41:48.119><c> was</c><00:41:48.300><c> not</c><00:41:48.500><c> purported</c><00:41:48.840><c> to</c><00:41:48.960><c> be</c><00:41:49.119><c> a</c>

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:50.300
study<00:41:49.519><c> Bible,</c>

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:53.360
I<00:41:50.440><c> was</c><00:41:50.719><c> never</c><00:41:51.019><c> on</c><00:41:51.219><c> the</c><00:41:51.440><c> alert</c><00:41:51.679><c> for</c><00:41:52.099><c> any</c><00:41:52.380><c> ideas</c><00:41:52.719><c> that</c><00:41:52.900><c> might</c><00:41:53.099><c> be</c>

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:54.800
interpretive<00:41:53.800><c> statements.</c>

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:57.260
And<00:41:55.099><c> when</c><00:41:55.219><c> I</c><00:41:55.440><c> opened</c><00:41:55.619><c> the</c><00:41:55.780><c> Bible,</c><00:41:56.239><c> and</c><00:41:56.420><c> you</c><00:41:56.579><c> can</c><00:41:56.800><c> try</c><00:41:56.900><c> it</c><00:41:57.039><c> yourself,</c>

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:59.300
when<00:41:57.480><c> I</c><00:41:57.619><c> opened</c><00:41:57.760><c> the</c><00:41:57.900><c> Bible</c><00:41:58.059><c> at</c><00:41:58.199><c> the</c><00:41:58.340><c> Song</c><00:41:58.400><c> of</c><00:41:58.579><c> Song,</c>

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:02.099
there<00:41:59.679><c> at</c><00:41:59.820><c> the</c><00:41:59.900><c> top</c><00:42:00.000><c> of</c><00:42:00.139><c> the</c><00:42:00.300><c> page,</c><00:42:01.260><c> it</c><00:42:01.420><c> told</c><00:42:01.659><c> me,</c>

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:05.139
this<00:42:02.559><c> is</c><00:42:02.719><c> Christ's</c><00:42:03.000><c> love</c><00:42:03.079><c> to</c><00:42:03.239><c> the</c><00:42:03.400><c> church.</c><00:42:04.179><c> It</c><00:42:04.440><c> just</c><00:42:04.719><c> says</c><00:42:04.900><c> that.</c>

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.940
I<00:42:05.300><c> wondered,</c><00:42:05.559><c> does</c><00:42:05.639><c> anyone</c><00:42:05.820><c> have</c><00:42:05.980><c> a</c><00:42:06.099><c> Bible</c><00:42:06.300><c> here</c><00:42:06.559><c> today</c>

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:09.559
where<00:42:07.500><c> that's</c><00:42:07.719><c> actually</c><00:42:08.019><c> printed</c><00:42:08.239><c> at</c><00:42:08.440><c> the</c><00:42:08.519><c> top</c><00:42:08.679><c> of</c><00:42:08.800><c> one</c><00:42:08.920><c> of</c><00:42:09.059><c> the</c><00:42:09.159><c> pages?</c><00:42:09.440><c> It</c>

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might<00:42:09.780><c> be.</c>

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For<00:42:10.280><c> me,</c><00:42:10.460><c> it</c><00:42:10.480><c> was</c><00:42:10.639><c> chapters</c><00:42:10.900><c> five</c><00:42:11.219><c> and</c><00:42:11.320><c> six.</c>

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:14.099
So<00:42:12.000><c> I</c><00:42:12.400><c> believe</c><00:42:12.619><c> it</c><00:42:12.699><c> was</c><00:42:12.800><c> the</c><00:42:12.940><c> Cambridge</c><00:42:13.219><c> Publishing</c><00:42:13.579><c> House,</c><00:42:13.800><c> whatever.</c>

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:17.000
So<00:42:14.519><c> there's</c><00:42:14.960><c> no</c><00:42:15.719><c> conspiracy</c><00:42:16.280><c> theory</c><00:42:16.619><c> going</c><00:42:16.820><c> on.</c>

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:18.340
No<00:42:17.199><c> one's</c><00:42:17.360><c> trying</c><00:42:17.519><c> to</c><00:42:17.739><c> brainwash</c><00:42:18.119><c> me.</c>

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:21.539
This<00:42:19.019><c> was</c><00:42:19.239><c> a</c><00:42:19.380><c> genuine</c><00:42:19.619><c> attempt</c><00:42:19.940><c> to</c><00:42:20.179><c> explain</c><00:42:20.420><c> the</c><00:42:20.659><c> text.</c>

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:23.900
But<00:42:22.019><c> that</c><00:42:22.360><c> certainly</c><00:42:22.739><c> influenced</c><00:42:23.159><c> me,</c><00:42:23.400><c> I'm</c><00:42:23.539><c> sure.</c>

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:25.900
I'm<00:42:24.460><c> reading</c><00:42:24.619><c> the</c><00:42:24.820><c> Bible</c><00:42:25.000><c> at</c><00:42:25.199><c> the</c><00:42:25.300><c> top</c><00:42:25.420><c> of</c><00:42:25.500><c> the</c><00:42:25.659><c> page,</c>

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:27.579
telling<00:42:26.199><c> you</c><00:42:26.480><c> it's</c><00:42:26.579><c> Christ's</c><00:42:27.099><c> love</c><00:42:27.199><c> to</c><00:42:27.320><c> the</c><00:42:27.460><c> church.</c>

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.599
Well,<00:42:27.739><c> I'm</c><00:42:27.900><c> bound</c><00:42:28.099><c> to</c><00:42:28.300><c> think</c><00:42:28.500><c> of</c><00:42:28.599><c> it</c><00:42:28.699><c> in</c><00:42:28.820><c> that</c><00:42:29.039><c> context.</c>

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:33.159
I<00:42:30.239><c> never</c><00:42:30.460><c> stop</c><00:42:30.699><c> to</c><00:42:30.940><c> think,</c><00:42:31.139><c> well,</c><00:42:31.860><c> that's</c><00:42:32.219><c> not</c><00:42:32.460><c> an</c><00:42:32.739><c> inspired</c>

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:34.460
line<00:42:33.539><c> on</c><00:42:33.719><c> the</c><00:42:33.960><c> top</c><00:42:34.139><c> there.</c>

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:36.219
That<00:42:35.219><c> could</c><00:42:35.460><c> simply</c><00:42:35.719><c> be</c><00:42:35.980><c> wrong.</c>

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:38.800
Does<00:42:36.599><c> anyone</c><00:42:36.760><c> see</c><00:42:36.980><c> that?</c><00:42:37.159><c> A</c><00:42:37.599><c> couple</c><00:42:37.820><c> of</c><00:42:37.960><c> hands.</c>

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.840
Yeah.<00:42:39.800><c> Right.</c><00:42:40.360><c> So</c><00:42:40.800><c> it's</c><00:42:41.079><c> easy</c><00:42:41.280><c> to</c><00:42:41.500><c> take</c><00:42:41.639><c> it</c><00:42:41.780><c> there.</c>

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:44.760
I<00:42:42.000><c> think</c><00:42:42.360><c> inappropriate</c><00:42:43.079><c> if</c><00:42:43.360><c> accidental</c><00:42:43.980><c> exposition</c><00:42:44.559><c> from</c>

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.900
the<00:42:44.980><c> publishing</c><00:42:45.260><c> houses</c>

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:47.820
may<00:42:46.420><c> have</c><00:42:46.619><c> misled</c><00:42:47.179><c> many.</c>

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:50.659
It<00:42:48.219><c> certainly</c><00:42:48.500><c> misled</c><00:42:48.840><c> me.</c><00:42:49.139><c> I'll</c><00:42:49.400><c> confess</c><00:42:49.800><c> clearly</c><00:42:50.340><c> as</c><00:42:50.500><c> one</c>

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.139
of<00:42:50.800><c> them.</c>

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:53.400
And<00:42:51.679><c> there</c><00:42:51.780><c> may</c><00:42:51.920><c> be</c><00:42:52.099><c> others</c><00:42:52.340><c> too.</c>

00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:57.860
So<00:42:55.440><c> then,</c><00:42:56.300><c> let's</c><00:42:56.599><c> finish</c><00:42:56.900><c> up.</c>

00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:00.239
I<00:42:58.699><c> haven't</c><00:42:59.320><c> put</c><00:42:59.559><c> anything</c><00:42:59.820><c> in</c><00:42:59.960><c> its</c><00:43:00.119><c> place.</c>

00:43:00.260 --> 00:43:01.980
All<00:43:00.360><c> we've</c><00:43:00.500><c> got</c><00:43:00.559><c> is</c><00:43:00.699><c> a</c><00:43:00.820><c> big</c><00:43:00.940><c> empty</c><00:43:01.239><c> space</c><00:43:01.599><c> now.</c>

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:07.340
But<00:43:02.639><c> I'll</c><00:43:02.840><c> just</c><00:43:03.300><c> state</c><00:43:03.659><c> the</c><00:43:04.119><c> theory</c><00:43:04.340><c> that</c><00:43:04.579><c> eventually</c><00:43:05.420><c> grew</c><00:43:05.739><c> out</c><00:43:06.099><c> of</c><00:43:06.280><c> the</c><00:43:06.460><c> studies</c><00:43:06.639><c> that</c><00:43:06.860><c> I</c><00:43:06.960><c> did.</c>

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:11.039
And<00:43:07.800><c> we'll</c><00:43:08.639><c> justify</c><00:43:09.059><c> this</c><00:43:09.320><c> theory</c><00:43:09.480><c> and</c><00:43:09.639><c> then</c><00:43:09.840><c> enjoy</c><00:43:10.219><c> the</c><00:43:10.400><c> book</c><00:43:10.579><c> anew</c>

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:14.320
and<00:43:11.539><c> see</c><00:43:11.760><c> what</c><00:43:12.099><c> new</c><00:43:12.360><c> and</c><00:43:12.539><c> different</c><00:43:12.880><c> lessons</c><00:43:13.260><c> are</c><00:43:13.420><c> actually</c>

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:15.320
in<00:43:14.659><c> the</c><00:43:14.860><c> Song</c><00:43:15.000><c> of</c><00:43:15.219><c> Solomon,</c>

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:17.099
including<00:43:15.739><c> one</c><00:43:16.000><c> lesson</c><00:43:16.199><c> which</c><00:43:16.380><c> I</c><00:43:16.420><c> think</c><00:43:16.639><c> is</c><00:43:16.840><c> perhaps</c>

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:21.139
one<00:43:17.440><c> of</c><00:43:17.500><c> the</c><00:43:17.579><c> most</c><00:43:17.840><c> powerful</c><00:43:18.119><c> lessons</c><00:43:18.420><c> we</c><00:43:18.579><c> can</c><00:43:18.800><c> have</c><00:43:19.539><c> for</c><00:43:20.159><c> today.</c>

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:24.440
So<00:43:23.099><c> this</c><00:43:23.599><c> is</c><00:43:23.880><c> unproven.</c>

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:26.340
We'll<00:43:25.179><c> do</c><00:43:25.380><c> this</c><00:43:25.539><c> in</c><00:43:25.739><c> the</c><00:43:25.760><c> following</c><00:43:26.019><c> days.</c>

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:28.760
What<00:43:26.960><c> I</c><00:43:27.119><c> suggest</c><00:43:27.400><c> to</c><00:43:27.519><c> you</c><00:43:27.679><c> you're</c><00:43:27.699><c> looking</c><00:43:27.980><c> at</c>

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:34.539
is<00:43:29.699><c> a</c><00:43:30.260><c> picture</c><00:43:30.579><c> or</c><00:43:30.860><c> a</c><00:43:31.000><c> description</c><00:43:31.460><c> of</c><00:43:32.119><c> Solomon's</c><00:43:33.059><c> spiritual</c><00:43:33.500><c> collapse.</c>

00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:39.639
Now,<00:43:35.539><c> at</c><00:43:35.800><c> no</c><00:43:36.019><c> point</c><00:43:36.320><c> am</c><00:43:36.559><c> I</c><00:43:36.880><c> demonizing</c><00:43:38.000><c> sexual</c><00:43:38.559><c> activity</c><00:43:39.000><c> per</c><00:43:39.360><c> se.</c>

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:41.320
He<00:43:39.780><c> was</c><00:43:39.980><c> married</c><00:43:40.219><c> to</c><00:43:40.380><c> this</c><00:43:40.539><c> woman.</c>

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:44.840
And<00:43:41.519><c> sexual</c><00:43:41.699><c> activity</c><00:43:42.039><c> per</c><00:43:42.340><c> se</c><00:43:42.519><c> is</c><00:43:43.239><c> perfectly</c><00:43:43.960><c> admissible</c>

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:46.619
and<00:43:45.079><c> enjoyable</c><00:43:45.420><c> within</c><00:43:45.699><c> the</c><00:43:45.880><c> marriage</c><00:43:46.079><c> context.</c>

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:49.019
So<00:43:46.940><c> that</c><00:43:47.059><c> doesn't</c><00:43:47.360><c> demonize</c><00:43:47.960><c> sexuality.</c>

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:51.400
And<00:43:49.219><c> I'm</c><00:43:49.300><c> not</c><00:43:49.400><c> going</c><00:43:49.599><c> to</c><00:43:49.739><c> demonize</c><00:43:50.099><c> the</c><00:43:50.260><c> female</c><00:43:50.579><c> character</c><00:43:51.000><c> either.</c>

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:53.300
It's<00:43:51.820><c> going</c><00:43:51.920><c> to</c><00:43:52.039><c> turn</c><00:43:52.219><c> out</c><00:43:52.400><c> she's</c><00:43:52.679><c> not</c><00:43:52.820><c> at</c><00:43:53.019><c> fault.</c>

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:55.000
He<00:43:54.019><c> is.</c>

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.400
But<00:43:55.599><c> this</c><00:43:55.860><c> is</c><00:43:56.079><c> Solomon.</c>

00:43:56.579 --> 00:44:00.139
This<00:43:56.699><c> is</c><00:43:56.880><c> Israel's</c><00:43:57.719><c> spiritual</c><00:43:58.000><c> leader</c><00:43:58.579><c> displacing</c><00:43:59.460><c> his</c><00:43:59.760><c> guard</c>

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:02.820
with<00:44:00.559><c> the</c><00:44:00.860><c> intensity</c><00:44:01.239><c> of</c><00:44:01.460><c> his</c><00:44:01.719><c> passionate</c><00:44:02.019><c> love</c><00:44:02.400><c> for</c><00:44:02.579><c> his</c>

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:04.159
foreign<00:44:03.119><c> bride.</c>

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:07.599
A<00:44:04.440><c> generic</c><00:44:04.719><c> lesson</c><00:44:05.260><c> of</c><00:44:05.719><c> where</c><00:44:05.900><c> passion</c><00:44:06.420><c> overrode</c><00:44:06.980><c> theology.</c>

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:09.539
Passion<00:44:08.539><c> overrode</c><00:44:09.039><c> his</c><00:44:09.239><c> love.</c>

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:13.880
His<00:44:10.039><c> love</c><00:44:10.179><c> for</c><00:44:10.340><c> the</c><00:44:10.519><c> sensual</c><00:44:11.059><c> overrode</c><00:44:11.780><c> his</c><00:44:12.000><c> love</c><00:44:12.420><c> for</c><00:44:12.760><c> the</c><00:44:13.019><c> spiritual.</c>

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:15.159
We<00:44:14.260><c> know</c><00:44:14.420><c> it</c><00:44:14.639><c> happened</c><00:44:14.800><c> anyway.</c>

00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:17.300
We<00:44:15.320><c> know</c><00:44:15.500><c> what</c><00:44:15.639><c> I'm</c><00:44:15.820><c> saying</c><00:44:16.039><c> is</c><00:44:16.300><c> true</c><00:44:16.599><c> within</c><00:44:16.880><c> the</c><00:44:17.039><c> scriptures.</c>

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:20.159
1<00:44:17.639><c> Kings</c><00:44:17.860><c> 11</c><00:44:18.380><c> tells</c><00:44:18.800><c> us</c><00:44:19.059><c> there's</c><00:44:19.260><c> one</c><00:44:19.480><c> time</c><00:44:19.719><c> there</c><00:44:19.840><c> was</c><00:44:19.940><c> a</c><00:44:20.059><c> king</c>

00:44:20.159 --> 00:44:20.860
called<00:44:20.440><c> Solomon</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:23.900
who<00:44:21.420><c> fell</c><00:44:21.679><c> head</c><00:44:21.900><c> over</c><00:44:22.159><c> heels</c><00:44:22.380><c> in</c><00:44:22.599><c> love</c><00:44:22.780><c> with</c><00:44:22.980><c> just</c><00:44:23.219><c> about</c><00:44:23.440><c> every</c><00:44:23.679><c> girl</c>

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:25.260
who<00:44:24.099><c> walked</c><00:44:24.260><c> past.</c>

00:44:25.280 --> 00:44:28.000
And<00:44:25.559><c> he</c><00:44:25.820><c> abandoned</c><00:44:26.199><c> his</c><00:44:26.500><c> god</c><00:44:26.880><c> because</c><00:44:27.480><c> of</c><00:44:27.699><c> that.</c>

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:30.320
These<00:44:28.719><c> are</c><00:44:29.059><c> causally</c><00:44:29.460><c> related</c><00:44:29.860><c> statements.</c>

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:34.300
It<00:44:30.699><c> was</c><00:44:31.000><c> because</c><00:44:31.820><c> he</c><00:44:32.480><c> developed</c><00:44:32.760><c> so</c><00:44:33.000><c> many</c><00:44:33.219><c> romantic</c><00:44:33.659><c> relationships</c>

00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:37.000
that<00:44:35.059><c> he</c><00:44:35.320><c> changed</c><00:44:35.699><c> his</c><00:44:36.539><c> religion.</c>

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:40.139
And<00:44:37.860><c> in</c><00:44:38.179><c> the</c><00:44:38.380><c> Song</c><00:44:38.500><c> of</c><00:44:38.659><c> Songs,</c><00:44:39.059><c> these</c><00:44:39.280><c> at</c><00:44:39.420><c> least</c><00:44:39.599><c> are</c><00:44:39.820><c> facts,</c>

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:42.920
we<00:44:40.539><c> have</c><00:44:40.719><c> a</c><00:44:40.820><c> king</c><00:44:41.000><c> called</c><00:44:41.320><c> Solomon,</c><00:44:41.900><c> seven</c><00:44:42.159><c> times</c><00:44:42.539><c> indeed,</c>

00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:46.480
who<00:44:43.559><c> is</c><00:44:43.780><c> clearly</c><00:44:44.079><c> head</c><00:44:44.260><c> over</c><00:44:44.519><c> heels</c><00:44:44.780><c> in</c><00:44:45.059><c> love</c><00:44:45.559><c> and</c><00:44:46.079><c> there</c><00:44:46.300><c> is</c>

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.880
no<00:44:46.639><c> mention</c><00:44:46.860><c> of</c><00:44:47.059><c> God.</c>

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:51.440
So<00:44:48.219><c> with</c><00:44:48.420><c> one</c><00:44:48.639><c> thing</c><00:44:48.739><c> and</c><00:44:48.900><c> another,</c><00:44:49.880><c> that's</c><00:44:50.260><c> a</c><00:44:50.360><c> clear</c><00:44:50.480><c> match</c><00:44:50.800><c> anyway,</c>

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:53.340
even<00:44:51.880><c> if</c><00:44:52.079><c> everything</c><00:44:52.280><c> else</c><00:44:52.539><c> I</c><00:44:52.719><c> say</c><00:44:52.820><c> is</c><00:44:53.000><c> wrong,</c>

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:55.199
that's<00:44:53.900><c> a</c><00:44:54.019><c> factual</c><00:44:54.239><c> match</c><00:44:54.500><c> in</c><00:44:54.659><c> any</c><00:44:54.820><c> event.</c>

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:58.199
I'm<00:44:55.699><c> going</c><00:44:55.800><c> to</c><00:44:55.880><c> suggest</c><00:44:56.199><c> to</c><00:44:56.360><c> you</c><00:44:56.440><c> that's</c><00:44:56.719><c> not</c><00:44:56.960><c> just</c><00:44:57.199><c> a</c><00:44:57.360><c> coincidence.</c>

00:44:58.219 --> 00:45:01.139
That's<00:44:58.559><c> a</c><00:44:58.679><c> factual</c><00:44:58.960><c> match</c><00:44:59.400><c> because</c><00:45:00.119><c> it's</c><00:45:00.380><c> what's</c><00:45:00.619><c> going</c><00:45:00.780><c> on.</c>

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:04.159
The<00:45:01.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:02.179><c> for</c><00:45:02.480><c> the</c><00:45:02.679><c> Hebraeus</c><00:45:03.079><c> amongst</c><00:45:03.300><c> us</c><00:45:03.500><c> is</c><00:45:03.699><c> literally</c>

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:04.800
the<00:45:04.559><c> king.</c>

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:07.639
It's<00:45:05.039><c> not</c><00:45:05.239><c> used</c><00:45:05.519><c> in</c><00:45:06.219><c> a</c><00:45:06.340><c> metaphorical</c><00:45:06.980><c> sense.</c>

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:11.260
The<00:45:08.260><c> pronouns</c><00:45:09.139><c> are</c><00:45:09.420><c> always</c><00:45:10.019><c> specific.</c>

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And<00:45:11.659><c> that</c><00:45:11.800><c> will</c><00:45:12.019><c> help</c><00:45:12.159><c> us</c><00:45:12.519><c> understand</c><00:45:13.000><c> the</c><00:45:13.320><c> dynamics</c><00:45:13.659><c> of</c><00:45:14.039><c> the</c>

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support<00:45:14.519><c> characters.</c>

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The<00:45:15.519><c> daughters</c><00:45:15.760><c> of</c><00:45:15.980><c> Jerusalem</c><00:45:16.400><c> are</c><00:45:16.679><c> going</c><00:45:16.840><c> to</c><00:45:17.039><c> resent</c><00:45:17.320><c> her</c>

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because<00:45:18.460><c> she's</c><00:45:18.699><c> been</c><00:45:18.960><c> brought</c><00:45:19.159><c> in</c><00:45:19.340><c> as</c><00:45:19.480><c> a</c><00:45:19.679><c> foreign</c><00:45:19.900><c> bride</c><00:45:20.239><c> from</c><00:45:20.440><c> Lebanon.</c>

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And<00:45:21.579><c> whereas</c><00:45:21.780><c> Solomon</c><00:45:22.179><c> should</c><00:45:22.400><c> have</c><00:45:22.539><c> chosen</c><00:45:22.980><c> his</c><00:45:23.539><c> wife</c>

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spiritually<00:45:24.500><c> speaking</c>

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from<00:45:25.179><c> amongst</c><00:45:25.460><c> the</c><00:45:25.699><c> faithful,</c><00:45:26.599><c> they</c><00:45:26.920><c> had</c><00:45:27.099><c> been</c><00:45:27.380><c> overlooked</c>

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in<00:45:28.179><c> preference</c><00:45:28.400><c> to</c><00:45:28.599><c> her.</c>

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So<00:45:28.820><c> there's</c><00:45:29.059><c> naturally</c><00:45:29.360><c> going</c><00:45:29.539><c> to</c><00:45:29.659><c> be</c><00:45:29.760><c> some</c><00:45:29.960><c> resentment</c><00:45:30.320><c> there.</c>

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We'll<00:45:30.820><c> see</c><00:45:31.019><c> that.</c>

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And<00:45:31.860><c> of</c><00:45:32.059><c> course</c><00:45:32.239><c> now</c><00:45:32.480><c> it</c><00:45:32.619><c> makes</c><00:45:32.800><c> sense</c><00:45:33.480><c> why</c><00:45:34.059><c> the</c><00:45:34.300><c> Moczman</c><00:45:34.739><c> aren't</c><00:45:35.059><c> just</c>

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a<00:45:35.860><c> bunch</c><00:45:36.119><c> of</c><00:45:36.440><c> thugs.</c>

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They<00:45:38.260><c> realize</c><00:45:39.039><c> this</c><00:45:39.820><c> king's</c><00:45:40.300><c> love</c><00:45:40.519><c> for</c><00:45:40.760><c> her</c><00:45:41.079><c> will</c><00:45:41.360><c> destroy</c>

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him<00:45:42.619><c> spiritually.</c>

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And<00:45:44.360><c> so</c><00:45:44.460><c> they</c><00:45:44.639><c> do</c><00:45:44.920><c> try</c><00:45:45.159><c> to</c><00:45:45.340><c> eliminate</c><00:45:45.659><c> her</c>

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and<00:45:45.900><c> we</c><00:45:46.019><c> can</c><00:45:46.159><c> already</c><00:45:46.500><c> have</c><00:45:46.699><c> some</c><00:45:46.920><c> understanding</c><00:45:47.440><c> of</c><00:45:48.019><c> why</c><00:45:48.219><c> that</c><00:45:48.420><c> is</c><00:45:48.679><c> so.</c>

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So<00:45:50.019><c> that's</c><00:45:50.340><c> the</c><00:45:50.519><c> theory</c><00:45:50.679><c> we're</c><00:45:50.880><c> going</c><00:45:50.980><c> to</c><00:45:51.239><c> outline.</c>

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And<00:45:52.300><c> tomorrow</c><00:45:52.619><c> we're</c><00:45:52.820><c> just</c><00:45:53.019><c> going</c><00:45:53.199><c> to</c><00:45:53.340><c> try</c><00:45:53.519><c> and</c><00:45:54.119><c> harden</c><00:45:54.360><c> up</c>

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our<00:45:54.880><c> understanding</c>

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that<00:45:55.599><c> that</c><00:45:55.820><c> male</c><00:45:56.039><c> character</c><00:45:56.480><c> is</c><00:45:56.760><c> Solomon,</c>

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the<00:45:57.679><c> female</c><00:45:58.000><c> character</c><00:45:58.380><c> is</c><00:45:58.519><c> the</c><00:45:58.639><c> Lebanese</c><00:45:59.019><c> bride,</c>

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and<00:45:59.860><c> begin</c><00:46:00.119><c> to</c><00:46:00.380><c> look</c><00:46:00.739><c> at</c><00:46:01.280><c> their</c><00:46:01.559><c> interactions</c><00:46:02.079><c> together.</c>

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Thank<00:46:03.199><c> you</c><00:46:03.340><c> so</c><00:46:03.500><c> much,</c><00:46:04.079><c> Brother</c><00:46:04.179><c> Matt.</c>