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He<00:10:11.120><c> was</c><00:10:11.399><c> faced</c><00:10:11.600><c> with</c><00:10:11.740><c> a</c><00:10:12.019><c> huge</c><00:10:12.259><c> task.</c>

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Entrenched<00:10:16.460><c> in</c><00:10:16.639><c> their</c><00:10:16.799><c> wicked</c><00:10:16.960><c> ignorance.</c>

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Her<00:10:30.960><c> name</c><00:10:31.179><c> means</c><00:10:31.460><c> the</c><00:10:31.679><c> beloved</c><00:10:31.919><c> of</c><00:10:32.179><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:10:33.700><c> perhaps</c><00:10:33.879><c> in</c><00:10:34.039><c> his</c><00:10:34.279><c> time</c><00:10:34.460><c> of</c><00:10:34.700><c> repentance,</c><00:10:35.259><c> Manasseh</c><00:10:35.559><c> had</c><00:10:35.779><c> forced</c><00:10:36.120><c> Ammon</c><00:10:36.419><c> to</c><00:10:36.600><c> marry</c><00:10:37.080><c> a</c>

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godly<00:10:38.019><c> woman.</c>

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We're<00:10:39.620><c> told</c><00:10:39.720><c> of</c><00:10:39.879><c> his</c><00:10:40.019><c> mother,</c><00:10:40.419><c> Jedaiah,</c><00:10:41.039><c> that</c><00:10:41.159><c> she</c><00:10:41.379><c> was</c><00:10:41.539><c> from</c>

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Boscath,<00:10:42.399><c> which</c><00:10:42.580><c> means</c><00:10:42.860><c> stony</c><00:10:43.340><c> ground.</c>

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But<00:10:44.460><c> the</c><00:10:44.659><c> important</c><00:10:44.940><c> thing</c><00:10:45.120><c> about</c><00:10:45.440><c> Boscath</c><00:10:45.940><c> was</c><00:10:46.200><c> it</c><00:10:46.259><c> was</c><00:10:46.500><c> next</c>

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So<00:10:48.919><c> his</c><00:10:49.139><c> mother</c><00:10:49.419><c> came</c><00:10:49.740><c> from</c><00:10:49.919><c> a</c><00:10:50.139><c> town</c><00:10:50.440><c> very</c><00:10:51.059><c> close</c><00:10:51.320><c> to</c><00:10:51.500><c> where</c>

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Jeremiah<00:10:52.080><c> was</c><00:10:52.340><c> brought</c><00:10:52.519><c> up.</c>

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And<00:10:52.799><c> these</c><00:10:53.000><c> two</c><00:10:53.240><c> boys</c><00:10:53.419><c> were</c><00:10:53.559><c> the</c><00:10:53.779><c> same</c><00:10:54.019><c> age.</c>

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One<00:10:55.000><c> was</c><00:10:55.220><c> the</c><00:10:55.379><c> son</c><00:10:55.500><c> of</c><00:10:55.639><c> the</c><00:10:55.779><c> high</c><00:10:56.019><c> priest</c><00:10:56.279><c> and</c><00:10:56.419><c> one</c><00:10:56.620><c> was</c><00:10:56.799><c> the</c><00:10:56.919><c> son</c><00:10:57.080><c> of</c>

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And<00:10:59.600><c> obviously</c><00:10:59.899><c> they</c><00:11:00.080><c> would</c><00:11:00.259><c> see</c><00:11:00.399><c> a</c><00:11:00.500><c> lot</c><00:11:00.580><c> of</c><00:11:00.720><c> each</c><00:11:00.919><c> other.</c>

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And<00:11:01.360><c> there</c><00:11:01.480><c> was</c><00:11:01.620><c> an</c><00:11:01.860><c> association</c><00:11:02.419><c> almost</c><00:11:02.899><c> from</c><00:11:03.200><c> birth</c><00:11:03.440><c> between</c><00:11:03.740><c> Jeremiah</c><00:11:04.259><c> and</c><00:11:04.519><c> Josiah.</c>

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And<00:11:06.820><c> we're</c><00:11:07.039><c> told</c><00:11:07.639><c> in</c><00:11:08.559><c> verse</c><00:11:08.840><c> 2</c><00:11:09.059><c> of</c><00:11:09.159><c> chapter</c><00:11:09.379><c> 34</c>

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And<00:11:22.360><c> there</c><00:11:22.519><c> was</c><00:11:22.720><c> no</c><00:11:22.980><c> Bible</c><00:11:23.179><c> to</c><00:11:23.399><c> read</c><00:11:23.539><c> about</c><00:11:23.779><c> the</c><00:11:24.000><c> acts</c><00:11:24.139><c> of</c><00:11:24.379><c> David.</c>

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He<00:11:24.960><c> must</c><00:11:25.220><c> have</c><00:11:25.379><c> got</c><00:11:25.519><c> that</c><00:11:25.779><c> from</c><00:11:26.039><c> Shafen</c><00:11:26.460><c> and</c><00:11:26.620><c> from</c><00:11:26.860><c> Hilkiah</c>

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and<00:11:28.000><c> from</c><00:11:28.299><c> hold</c><00:11:28.480><c> other</c><00:11:28.720><c> prophetess,</c>

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You<00:11:32.299><c> could</c><00:11:32.500><c> still</c><00:11:32.759><c> quote</c><00:11:33.019><c> the</c><00:11:33.320><c> Psalms.</c>

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We<00:11:40.879><c> need</c><00:11:41.100><c> to</c><00:11:41.259><c> take</c><00:11:41.460><c> our</c><00:11:41.659><c> Lord</c><00:11:41.860><c> Jesus</c><00:11:42.220><c> Christ</c><00:11:42.539><c> as</c><00:11:42.700><c> the</c><00:11:42.940><c> primary</c>

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in<00:12:58.899><c> the</c><00:12:59.059><c> 12th</c><00:12:59.419><c> year</c><00:12:59.500><c> of</c><00:12:59.639><c> his</c><00:12:59.879><c> reign,</c><00:13:00.080><c> he</c><00:13:00.200><c> began</c><00:13:00.559><c> to</c><00:13:00.879><c> purge.</c>

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So<00:13:02.500><c> four</c><00:13:02.700><c> years</c><00:13:02.919><c> of</c><00:13:03.179><c> preparation</c><00:13:03.559><c> of</c><00:13:03.720><c> his</c><00:13:03.899><c> own</c><00:13:04.179><c> heart,</c>

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royal<00:13:05.659><c> modelling</c><00:13:05.940><c> on</c><00:13:06.179><c> David</c><00:13:06.500><c> now</c><00:13:06.799><c> came</c><00:13:07.019><c> into</c><00:13:07.220><c> action</c>

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in<00:13:08.139><c> purging</c><00:13:08.419><c> the</c><00:13:08.600><c> nation</c><00:13:08.860><c> of</c><00:13:09.019><c> the</c><00:13:09.299><c> evil</c><00:13:09.559><c> of</c><00:13:09.879><c> Manasseh.</c>

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And<00:13:11.200><c> he</c><00:13:11.440><c> started</c><00:13:11.679><c> from</c><00:13:11.940><c> Jerusalem</c><00:13:12.299><c> and</c><00:13:12.480><c> he</c><00:13:12.659><c> worked</c><00:13:12.840><c> outwards.</c>

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At<00:13:14.639><c> the</c><00:13:14.799><c> same</c><00:13:15.080><c> time,</c><00:13:15.440><c> he</c><00:13:15.639><c> sent</c><00:13:15.799><c> out</c><00:13:16.039><c> the</c><00:13:16.259><c> Levites</c><00:13:16.700><c> to</c><00:13:17.019><c> teach</c>

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throughout<00:13:18.279><c> the</c><00:13:18.500><c> nation.</c>

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You<00:13:20.000><c> know,</c><00:13:20.399><c> those</c><00:13:20.659><c> who</c><00:13:20.840><c> advised</c><00:13:21.220><c> Josiah</c><00:13:21.799><c> had</c><00:13:21.980><c> enough</c><00:13:22.220><c> wisdom</c>

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to<00:13:22.799><c> realize</c>

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that<00:13:23.340><c> it's</c><00:13:23.559><c> not</c><00:13:23.740><c> just</c><00:13:23.980><c> good</c><00:13:24.200><c> enough</c><00:13:24.580><c> to</c><00:13:25.539><c> break</c><00:13:25.779><c> down</c><00:13:26.000><c> the</c><00:13:26.240><c> idols</c><00:13:26.460><c> and</c>

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to<00:13:26.899><c> burn</c><00:13:27.059><c> all</c><00:13:27.240><c> the</c><00:13:27.440><c> groves.</c>

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To<00:13:28.940><c> get</c><00:13:29.120><c> rid</c><00:13:29.320><c> of</c><00:13:29.419><c> the</c><00:13:29.580><c> false</c><00:13:29.799><c> prophets</c><00:13:30.159><c> and</c><00:13:30.379><c> priests</c><00:13:30.620><c> out</c><00:13:30.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:31.019><c> land,</c>

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you<00:13:31.860><c> have</c><00:13:32.059><c> to</c><00:13:32.240><c> also</c><00:13:32.460><c> to</c><00:13:32.759><c> teach</c><00:13:32.919><c> what</c><00:13:33.080><c> is</c><00:13:33.340><c> right.</c>

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And<00:13:34.639><c> so</c><00:13:34.820><c> Levites</c><00:13:35.220><c> were</c><00:13:35.399><c> sent</c><00:13:35.600><c> out</c><00:13:35.860><c> to</c><00:13:36.139><c> teach</c><00:13:36.299><c> at</c><00:13:36.480><c> the</c><00:13:36.620><c> same</c><00:13:36.879><c> time.</c>

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And<00:13:40.059><c> it</c><00:13:40.159><c> was</c><00:13:40.259><c> in</c><00:13:40.419><c> the</c><00:13:40.639><c> 13th</c><00:13:41.200><c> year,</c><00:13:41.539><c> so</c><00:13:41.759><c> one</c><00:13:42.039><c> year</c><00:13:42.179><c> after</c><00:13:42.419><c> he</c><00:13:42.580><c> began</c><00:13:42.779><c> his</c><00:13:43.019><c> reformation,</c>

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it<00:13:43.919><c> was</c><00:13:44.039><c> in</c><00:13:44.200><c> the</c><00:13:44.460><c> 13th</c><00:13:45.000><c> year,</c><00:13:45.320><c> says</c><00:13:45.399><c> Jeremiah</c><00:13:45.820><c> 1</c><00:13:46.120><c> verse</c><00:13:46.379><c> 2,</c>

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that<00:13:47.279><c> God</c><00:13:47.559><c> called</c><00:13:47.860><c> Jeremiah</c><00:13:48.500><c> to</c><00:13:49.320><c> join</c><00:13:49.759><c> the</c><00:13:50.139><c> reform.</c>

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And<00:13:51.759><c> so</c><00:13:51.879><c> the</c><00:13:51.980><c> two</c><00:13:52.139><c> of</c><00:13:52.279><c> them</c><00:13:52.360><c> were</c><00:13:52.500><c> now</c><00:13:52.740><c> working</c><00:13:52.980><c> together</c><00:13:53.419><c> for</c>

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their<00:13:53.860><c> God.</c>

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We<00:13:56.080><c> can</c><00:13:56.340><c> only</c><00:13:56.500><c> imagine,</c><00:13:56.879><c> can't</c><00:13:57.139><c> we,</c><00:13:57.240><c> how</c><00:13:57.460><c> much</c><00:13:57.740><c> Shafen</c><00:13:58.080><c> and</c><00:13:58.240><c> Hilkiah</c>

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would<00:13:59.460><c> have</c><00:13:59.620><c> encouraged</c><00:14:00.080><c> these</c><00:14:00.419><c> two</c><00:14:00.580><c> young</c><00:14:00.820><c> fellows</c><00:14:01.139><c> to</c><00:14:01.399><c> get</c><00:14:01.559><c> up</c>

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with<00:14:02.159><c> their</c><00:14:02.519><c> zeal</c><00:14:03.200><c> to</c><00:14:03.379><c> try</c><00:14:03.659><c> and</c><00:14:03.860><c> change</c><00:14:04.100><c> the</c><00:14:04.279><c> nation.</c>

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There's<00:14:07.679><c> no</c><00:14:07.960><c> question</c><00:14:08.320><c> they</c><00:14:08.519><c> worked</c><00:14:08.759><c> together.</c>

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The<00:14:10.740><c> first</c><00:14:11.000><c> nine</c><00:14:11.279><c> chapters</c><00:14:11.600><c> of</c><00:14:11.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:12.179><c> were</c><00:14:12.379><c> written</c><00:14:12.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:12.919><c> first</c><00:14:13.259><c> five</c><00:14:13.639><c> years</c>

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of<00:14:14.120><c> the</c><00:14:14.299><c> purging</c><00:14:14.659><c> of</c><00:14:14.860><c> Josiah.</c>

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And<00:14:16.419><c> you</c><00:14:16.480><c> can</c><00:14:16.679><c> go</c><00:14:16.899><c> through</c><00:14:17.019><c> it</c><00:14:17.120><c> and</c><00:14:17.200><c> you</c><00:14:17.220><c> can</c><00:14:17.559><c> see</c><00:14:17.759><c> that</c><00:14:17.940><c> the</c>

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parallel<00:14:18.559><c> records</c>

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of<00:14:19.080><c> what</c><00:14:19.360><c> happened</c><00:14:19.559><c> in</c><00:14:19.740><c> those</c><00:14:19.940><c> times,</c><00:14:20.700><c> the</c><00:14:20.899><c> tragedy</c><00:14:21.200><c> of</c><00:14:21.320><c> it</c><00:14:21.539><c> was</c>

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that<00:14:21.980><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:22.399><c> had</c><00:14:22.620><c> to</c><00:14:22.879><c> say</c><00:14:23.259><c> that</c><00:14:24.100><c> even</c><00:14:24.299><c> though</c><00:14:24.500><c> they</c><00:14:24.620><c> were</c><00:14:24.860><c> obeying</c>

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what<00:14:25.419><c> the</c><00:14:25.600><c> king</c><00:14:25.779><c> said,</c><00:14:26.659><c> they</c><00:14:26.840><c> had</c><00:14:27.179><c> turned</c><00:14:27.460><c> to</c><00:14:27.659><c> God</c><00:14:27.980><c> faintly.</c>

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They<00:14:28.779><c> were</c><00:14:29.080><c> play</c><00:14:29.320><c> acting.</c>

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than<00:14:33.480><c> an</c><00:14:33.639><c> aberration,</c><00:14:34.679><c> that</c><00:14:34.820><c> sooner</c><00:14:35.059><c> or</c><00:14:35.259><c> later</c><00:14:35.379><c> he</c><00:14:35.500><c> would</c><00:14:35.659><c> go</c>

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of<00:14:36.340><c> all</c><00:14:36.500><c> those</c><00:14:36.679><c> had</c><00:14:36.879><c> gone</c><00:14:37.019><c> before</c><00:14:37.440><c> him</c><00:14:37.740><c> and</c><00:14:38.100><c> they</c><00:14:38.259><c> could</c><00:14:38.419><c> get</c>

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back<00:14:38.799><c> to</c><00:14:38.960><c> their</c><00:14:39.220><c> idols.</c>

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So<00:14:39.539><c> they</c><00:14:39.720><c> tolerated</c><00:14:40.179><c> Josiah</c><00:14:40.679><c> for</c><00:14:40.879><c> a</c><00:14:41.039><c> while.</c>

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They<00:14:41.519><c> put</c><00:14:41.679><c> up</c><00:14:41.840><c> with</c><00:14:41.980><c> his</c><00:14:42.179><c> reforms.</c>

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They<00:14:43.580><c> watched</c><00:14:43.840><c> him</c><00:14:44.080><c> burning</c><00:14:44.320><c> their</c><00:14:44.659><c> idols.</c>

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Many<00:14:46.679><c> of</c><00:14:46.799><c> the</c><00:14:46.980><c> idols</c><00:14:47.080><c> that</c><00:14:47.240><c> were</c><00:14:47.440><c> taken</c><00:14:47.659><c> down</c><00:14:47.879><c> were</c><00:14:48.019><c> put</c><00:14:48.159><c> into</c><00:14:48.419><c> storage,</c>

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only<00:14:50.519><c> to</c><00:14:50.720><c> be</c><00:14:50.940><c> resuscitated</c><00:14:51.539><c> later</c><00:14:51.860><c> on.</c>

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They<00:14:56.179><c> turned</c><00:14:56.480><c> to</c><00:14:56.659><c> God</c><00:14:57.120><c> faintly.</c>

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And<00:15:00.620><c> God</c><00:15:00.799><c> gave</c><00:15:01.100><c> them</c><00:15:01.320><c> one</c><00:15:01.559><c> last</c><00:15:01.919><c> chance</c><00:15:02.259><c> to</c><00:15:02.500><c> reform.</c>

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It<00:15:03.600><c> was</c><00:15:03.860><c> in</c><00:15:04.059><c> the</c><00:15:04.159><c> second</c><00:15:04.360><c> of</c><00:15:04.580><c> Kings</c><00:15:04.820><c> 22</c><00:15:05.360><c> with</c><00:15:05.580><c> the</c><00:15:05.840><c> finding</c><00:15:06.139><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:06.539><c> law.</c>

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Let's<00:15:06.840><c> come</c><00:15:07.019><c> to</c><00:15:07.179><c> the</c><00:15:07.299><c> second</c><00:15:07.480><c> of</c><00:15:07.659><c> Kings</c><00:15:07.879><c> 22.</c>

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A<00:15:10.899><c> remarkable</c><00:15:11.419><c> record</c><00:15:12.059><c> which</c><00:15:13.799><c> shows</c><00:15:14.019><c> us</c><00:15:14.279><c> the</c><00:15:14.559><c> spirit</c><00:15:14.779><c> of</c><00:15:15.000><c> Jeremiah</c>

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and<00:15:16.259><c> Josiah</c><00:15:16.860><c> together</c><00:15:17.220><c> when</c><00:15:17.419><c> the</c><00:15:17.600><c> word</c><00:15:17.779><c> of</c><00:15:17.940><c> God</c><00:15:18.220><c> was</c><00:15:18.580><c> actually</c><00:15:19.139><c> found.</c>

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This<00:15:20.340><c> was</c><00:15:20.440><c> in</c><00:15:20.659><c> the</c><00:15:20.779><c> 18th</c><00:15:21.379><c> year.</c>

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It<00:15:26.580><c> was</c><00:15:26.860><c> the</c><00:15:27.039><c> height</c><00:15:27.179><c> of</c><00:15:27.360><c> the</c><00:15:27.480><c> reform</c><00:15:27.799><c> and</c><00:15:27.980><c> the</c><00:15:28.139><c> time</c><00:15:28.299><c> had</c><00:15:28.559><c> come</c>

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And<00:15:32.759><c> Shafen</c><00:15:33.019><c> was</c><00:15:33.220><c> given</c><00:15:33.399><c> the</c><00:15:33.659><c> task,</c><00:15:33.879><c> that</c><00:15:34.200><c> faithful,</c><00:15:34.779><c> aged</c><00:15:35.139><c> scribe,</c>

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along<00:15:37.519><c> with</c><00:15:37.799><c> Maasiah,</c><00:15:39.139><c> who</c><00:15:39.159><c> was</c><00:15:39.340><c> the</c><00:15:39.480><c> governor</c><00:15:39.700><c> of</c><00:15:39.879><c> the</c><00:15:39.960><c> city,</c>

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Jeremiah's<00:15:42.240><c> uncle</c><00:15:42.559><c> and</c><00:15:42.779><c> Barak's</c><00:15:43.320><c> grandfather.</c>

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And<00:15:44.679><c> we</c><00:15:44.799><c> read</c><00:15:45.019><c> in</c><00:15:45.159><c> the</c><00:15:45.220><c> second</c><00:15:45.440><c> of</c><00:15:45.879><c> Kings</c><00:15:46.399><c> 22</c><00:15:46.879><c> and</c><00:15:47.080><c> verse</c><00:15:47.320><c> 8</c>

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that<00:15:48.279><c> as</c><00:15:48.440><c> they</c><00:15:48.659><c> began</c><00:15:48.940><c> to</c><00:15:49.240><c> repair</c><00:15:49.480><c> the</c><00:15:49.720><c> temple,</c><00:15:50.139><c> which</c><00:15:50.139><c> had</c><00:15:50.360><c> been</c><00:15:50.840><c> locked</c><00:15:51.220><c> up</c>

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it<00:15:53.659><c> says</c><00:15:54.080><c> Shafen</c><00:15:54.539><c> comes</c><00:15:54.840><c> to</c><00:15:55.039><c> Hilkiah</c><00:15:55.440><c> and</c><00:15:55.559><c> says,</c>

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I<00:15:55.799><c> have</c><00:15:56.120><c> found</c><00:15:56.360><c> the</c><00:15:56.519><c> book</c><00:15:56.620><c> of</c><00:15:56.799><c> the</c><00:15:56.960><c> law</c><00:15:57.240><c> in</c><00:15:57.860><c> the</c><00:15:58.080><c> house</c><00:15:58.279><c> of</c><00:15:58.580><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:15:59.779><c> Hilkiah</c><00:16:00.179><c> gave</c><00:16:00.379><c> the</c><00:16:00.519><c> book</c><00:16:00.659><c> to</c><00:16:00.940><c> Shafen</c><00:16:01.220><c> and</c><00:16:01.399><c> he</c><00:16:01.600><c> read</c><00:16:01.759><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:16:03.639><c> let's</c><00:16:03.779><c> try</c><00:16:03.940><c> and</c><00:16:04.100><c> get</c><00:16:04.259><c> some</c><00:16:04.620><c> sense,</c><00:16:05.000><c> brethren</c><00:16:05.120><c> and</c><00:16:05.360><c> sisters,</c><00:16:05.519><c> of</c><00:16:05.620><c> what</c><00:16:05.759><c> was</c>

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going<00:16:06.179><c> on</c><00:16:06.399><c> here.</c>

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This<00:16:07.080><c> was</c><00:16:07.259><c> very</c><00:16:07.620><c> likely</c><00:16:07.960><c> the</c><00:16:08.220><c> original</c><00:16:08.639><c> copy</c><00:16:08.960><c> of</c><00:16:09.139><c> the</c><00:16:09.320><c> law</c><00:16:09.480><c> written</c><00:16:09.740><c> by</c>

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the<00:16:10.179><c> hand</c><00:16:10.360><c> of</c><00:16:10.580><c> Moses.</c>

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What<00:16:13.039><c> had</c><00:16:13.320><c> happened</c><00:16:13.580><c> to</c><00:16:13.980><c> it</c><00:16:14.120><c> was</c><00:16:14.320><c> that</c><00:16:14.519><c> when</c><00:16:14.720><c> Manasseh</c><00:16:15.139><c> was</c><00:16:15.519><c> getting</c><00:16:15.879><c> rid</c><00:16:16.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:16.399><c> priests</c>

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and<00:16:16.779><c> the</c><00:16:16.940><c> Levites</c><00:16:17.279><c> from</c><00:16:17.480><c> the</c><00:16:17.659><c> nation</c><00:16:18.320><c> and</c><00:16:19.000><c> burning</c><00:16:19.279><c> all</c><00:16:19.519><c> the</c>

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copies<00:16:19.879><c> of</c><00:16:20.080><c> the</c><00:16:20.220><c> law,</c>

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this<00:16:21.019><c> copy</c><00:16:21.240><c> of</c><00:16:21.379><c> the</c><00:16:21.500><c> law</c><00:16:21.620><c> was</c><00:16:21.899><c> hidden</c><00:16:22.159><c> away</c><00:16:22.519><c> in</c><00:16:22.740><c> the</c><00:16:23.019><c> temple,</c>

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probably<00:16:24.460><c> buried</c><00:16:24.899><c> right</c><00:16:25.279><c> behind</c><00:16:25.700><c> the</c><00:16:25.980><c> stones</c><00:16:26.220><c> of</c><00:16:26.419><c> the</c><00:16:26.600><c> wall</c>

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somewhere<00:16:27.179><c> by</c><00:16:27.440><c> the</c><00:16:27.679><c> priests</c>

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who<00:16:28.299><c> knew</c><00:16:28.500><c> that</c><00:16:28.620><c> they</c><00:16:28.779><c> were</c><00:16:28.960><c> about</c><00:16:29.159><c> to</c><00:16:29.399><c> die.</c>

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And<00:16:31.019><c> they</c><00:16:31.159><c> hid</c><00:16:31.320><c> the</c><00:16:31.519><c> law</c><00:16:31.679><c> so</c><00:16:32.059><c> well</c><00:16:32.179><c> that</c><00:16:32.340><c> it</c><00:16:32.500><c> survived</c><00:16:32.879><c> all</c><00:16:33.279><c> the</c>

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reign<00:16:33.559><c> of</c><00:16:33.779><c> Manasseh.</c>

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And<00:16:35.759><c> now</c><00:16:35.960><c> as</c><00:16:36.100><c> they</c><00:16:36.259><c> begin</c><00:16:36.460><c> to</c><00:16:36.720><c> rebuild</c><00:16:37.019><c> the</c><00:16:37.320><c> house</c><00:16:37.539><c> and</c><00:16:37.679><c> to</c><00:16:37.919><c> cleanse</c><00:16:38.059><c> it</c><00:16:38.240><c> out,</c>

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they<00:16:38.779><c> found</c><00:16:39.340><c> the</c><00:16:39.519><c> book</c><00:16:39.679><c> of</c><00:16:39.840><c> the</c><00:16:40.019><c> law.</c>

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No<00:16:41.679><c> doubt</c><00:16:41.940><c> God</c><00:16:42.299><c> providentially</c><00:16:42.879><c> led</c><00:16:43.059><c> them</c><00:16:43.240><c> to</c><00:16:43.440><c> it,</c><00:16:43.559><c> but</c><00:16:43.639><c> they</c>

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found<00:16:44.159><c> the</c><00:16:44.279><c> book</c><00:16:44.440><c> of</c><00:16:44.600><c> the</c><00:16:44.740><c> law</c>

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and<00:16:47.940><c> Shafen</c><00:16:48.240><c> read</c><00:16:48.440><c> it</c><00:16:49.779><c> and</c><00:16:50.620><c> he</c><00:16:50.799><c> brought</c><00:16:50.919><c> it</c><00:16:51.159><c> to</c><00:16:51.279><c> the</c><00:16:51.460><c> king.</c>

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And<00:16:53.360><c> the</c><00:16:53.559><c> impact</c><00:16:53.860><c> on</c><00:16:54.159><c> Josiah</c><00:16:54.700><c> was</c><00:16:54.960><c> dramatic.</c>

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You<00:16:56.559><c> imagine</c><00:16:57.299><c> not</c><00:16:58.179><c> having</c><00:16:58.440><c> the</c><00:16:58.659><c> Bible</c><00:16:59.039><c> read</c><00:16:59.340><c> to</c><00:16:59.600><c> you</c><00:17:00.419><c> ever</c><00:17:00.899><c> in</c>

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your<00:17:01.360><c> life</c><00:17:01.639><c> before.</c>

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All<00:17:03.059><c> you've</c><00:17:03.299><c> heard</c><00:17:03.539><c> is</c><00:17:03.860><c> stories</c><00:17:04.359><c> and</c><00:17:05.140><c> passing</c><00:17:05.460><c> on</c><00:17:05.740><c> of</c><00:17:05.940><c> the</c><00:17:06.079><c> word</c><00:17:06.299><c> of</c><00:17:06.559><c> God</c>

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second,<00:17:07.500><c> third</c><00:17:07.799><c> hand</c><00:17:08.140><c> from</c><00:17:08.400><c> grandparents.</c>

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And<00:17:11.000><c> you</c><00:17:11.059><c> would</c><00:17:11.180><c> have</c><00:17:11.299><c> to</c><00:17:11.440><c> be</c><00:17:11.579><c> wondering,</c><00:17:11.920><c> have</c><00:17:12.039><c> I</c><00:17:12.200><c> got</c><00:17:12.359><c> the</c>

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whole<00:17:12.779><c> story?</c>

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People<00:17:14.619><c> couldn't</c><00:17:14.900><c> remember</c><00:17:15.339><c> the</c><00:17:15.559><c> whole</c><00:17:15.819><c> law.</c>

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And<00:17:17.619><c> now</c><00:17:17.900><c> someone</c><00:17:18.180><c> stands</c><00:17:18.500><c> up</c><00:17:18.640><c> in</c><00:17:18.740><c> front</c><00:17:18.880><c> of</c><00:17:19.019><c> you</c><00:17:19.160><c> and</c><00:17:19.480><c> reads</c>

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the<00:17:20.500><c> words</c><00:17:20.859><c> of</c><00:17:21.200><c> the</c><00:17:21.400><c> law.</c>

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You<00:17:22.440><c> imagine</c><00:17:22.740><c> listening</c><00:17:22.980><c> to</c><00:17:23.240><c> Leviticus</c><00:17:23.700><c> 26</c><00:17:24.319><c> and</c><00:17:24.500><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:17:24.980><c> 28</c>

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and<00:17:27.920><c> all</c><00:17:28.180><c> of</c><00:17:28.380><c> a</c><00:17:28.440><c> sudden</c><00:17:28.599><c> for</c><00:17:28.779><c> the</c><00:17:28.940><c> first</c><00:17:29.240><c> time</c><00:17:29.619><c> becoming</c><00:17:29.960><c> conscious</c><00:17:30.539><c> of</c>

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exactly<00:17:31.240><c> what</c><00:17:31.480><c> God</c><00:17:31.819><c> wanted</c><00:17:32.019><c> done</c>

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and<00:17:32.759><c> thinking</c><00:17:33.039><c> to</c><00:17:33.200><c> yourself,</c><00:17:33.859><c> we're</c><00:17:34.099><c> nothing</c><00:17:34.440><c> like</c><00:17:34.819><c> that.</c>

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We're<00:17:36.200><c> not</c><00:17:36.380><c> keeping</c><00:17:36.700><c> those</c><00:17:37.000><c> things.</c>

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We're<00:17:37.380><c> doing</c><00:17:37.519><c> all</c><00:17:37.839><c> the</c><00:17:38.000><c> things</c><00:17:38.099><c> we're</c><00:17:38.319><c> not</c><00:17:38.480><c> supposed</c><00:17:38.799><c> to</c><00:17:38.940><c> be</c><00:17:39.099><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:17:40.859><c> there</c><00:17:41.000><c> was</c><00:17:41.500><c> for</c><00:17:42.119><c> Josiah</c><00:17:42.680><c> a</c><00:17:42.900><c> tremendous</c><00:17:43.720><c> revelation.</c>

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He<00:17:47.079><c> was</c><00:17:47.380><c> heartbroken.</c>

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So<00:17:49.099><c> he</c><00:17:49.279><c> sent</c><00:17:49.440><c> it</c><00:17:49.559><c> off</c><00:17:49.680><c> to</c><00:17:49.819><c> his</c><00:17:50.000><c> grandmother</c><00:17:50.440><c> or</c><00:17:50.839><c> to</c><00:17:51.059><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:17:51.619><c> grandmother,</c>

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Hodah<00:17:52.380><c> the</c><00:17:52.619><c> prophetess</c><00:17:53.319><c> in</c><00:17:53.839><c> verse</c><00:17:54.099><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:17:57.940><c> her</c><00:17:58.160><c> response</c><00:17:58.660><c> was</c><00:17:58.880><c> from</c><00:17:59.079><c> God.</c>

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Look<00:18:01.400><c> at</c><00:18:01.519><c> it</c><00:18:01.660><c> in</c><00:18:01.779><c> verse</c><00:18:02.000><c> 16.</c>

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This<00:18:03.140><c> is</c><00:18:03.319><c> what</c><00:18:03.619><c> Hodah</c><00:18:04.000><c> said</c><00:18:04.259><c> to</c><00:18:04.500><c> Josiah.</c>

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Behold<00:18:07.660><c> I</c><00:18:07.779><c> will</c><00:18:07.940><c> bring</c><00:18:08.140><c> evil</c><00:18:08.339><c> upon</c><00:18:08.599><c> this</c><00:18:08.900><c> place</c><00:18:09.119><c> and</c><00:18:09.299><c> upon</c><00:18:09.420><c> the</c>

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inhabitants<00:18:09.980><c> thereof</c>

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even<00:18:10.740><c> all</c><00:18:11.200><c> the</c><00:18:11.380><c> words</c><00:18:11.539><c> of</c><00:18:11.700><c> the</c><00:18:11.839><c> book</c><00:18:11.960><c> which</c><00:18:12.160><c> the</c><00:18:12.359><c> king</c><00:18:12.519><c> of</c><00:18:12.720><c> Judah</c><00:18:12.900><c> hath</c><00:18:13.160><c> read.</c>

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You<00:18:14.539><c> read</c><00:18:14.640><c> the</c><00:18:14.839><c> curses</c><00:18:15.079><c> of</c><00:18:15.240><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:15.599><c> 28,</c><00:18:16.140><c> they're</c><00:18:16.299><c> all</c><00:18:16.500><c> going</c><00:18:16.619><c> to</c><00:18:16.839><c> happen.</c>

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Because<00:18:20.339><c> they've</c><00:18:20.640><c> forsaken</c><00:18:20.980><c> me</c><00:18:21.160><c> and</c><00:18:21.319><c> burned</c><00:18:21.480><c> incense</c><00:18:21.819><c> to</c>

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other<00:18:22.200><c> gods</c>

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that<00:18:22.740><c> they</c><00:18:22.880><c> might</c><00:18:23.019><c> provoke</c><00:18:23.299><c> me</c><00:18:23.460><c> to</c><00:18:23.599><c> anger</c><00:18:23.779><c> with</c><00:18:23.960><c> all</c><00:18:24.180><c> the</c><00:18:24.319><c> works</c><00:18:24.500><c> of</c>

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their<00:18:24.859><c> hands.</c>

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My<00:18:25.779><c> wrath</c><00:18:25.960><c> shall</c><00:18:26.140><c> be</c><00:18:26.299><c> kindled</c><00:18:26.480><c> against</c><00:18:26.759><c> this</c><00:18:27.059><c> place</c><00:18:27.200><c> and</c><00:18:27.380><c> shall</c><00:18:27.559><c> not</c>

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be<00:18:28.079><c> quenched.</c>

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And<00:18:30.160><c> you</c><00:18:30.259><c> see</c><00:18:30.299><c> there</c><00:18:30.380><c> was</c><00:18:30.539><c> finality</c><00:18:30.980><c> in</c><00:18:31.160><c> that.</c>

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Josiah,<00:18:33.539><c> you</c><00:18:33.819><c> are</c><00:18:34.039><c> wasting</c><00:18:34.460><c> your</c><00:18:34.859><c> time.</c>

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Not<00:18:36.859><c> saying</c><00:18:37.099><c> you</c><00:18:37.259><c> shouldn't</c><00:18:37.559><c> try,</c><00:18:38.519><c> but</c><00:18:38.700><c> you</c><00:18:38.940><c> won't</c><00:18:39.200><c> change</c><00:18:39.539><c> it</c><00:18:39.720><c> Josiah.</c>

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They<00:18:40.200><c> are</c><00:18:40.380><c> too</c><00:18:40.660><c> far</c><00:18:40.839><c> gone.</c>

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But<00:18:42.339><c> for</c><00:18:42.519><c> you</c><00:18:42.720><c> personally</c><00:18:43.099><c> Josiah</c><00:18:43.680><c> in</c><00:18:43.859><c> verse</c><00:18:44.079><c> 18</c><00:18:44.200><c> to</c><00:18:44.380><c> the</c><00:18:44.480><c> king</c>

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of<00:18:44.859><c> Judah</c>

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which<00:18:45.279><c> sent</c><00:18:45.400><c> you</c><00:18:45.559><c> to</c><00:18:45.640><c> inquire</c><00:18:46.059><c> of</c><00:18:46.259><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:46.720><c> say</c><00:18:46.819><c> thus,</c>

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as<00:18:48.720><c> touching</c><00:18:48.940><c> the</c><00:18:49.160><c> words</c><00:18:49.380><c> which</c><00:18:49.599><c> you've</c><00:18:49.859><c> heard,</c><00:18:51.420><c> in</c><00:18:51.579><c> verse</c><00:18:51.839><c> 19,</c>

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a<00:18:54.000><c> personal</c><00:18:54.400><c> message.</c>

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Because<00:18:56.140><c> your</c><00:18:56.559><c> heart</c><00:18:56.839><c> was</c><00:18:57.140><c> tender.</c>

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Brethren<00:19:01.640><c> and</c><00:19:01.859><c> sisters,</c><00:19:02.200><c> it</c><00:19:02.200><c> doesn't</c><00:19:02.420><c> matter</c><00:19:02.579><c> how</c><00:19:02.900><c> familiar</c>

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we<00:19:03.339><c> are</c><00:19:03.500><c> with</c><00:19:03.660><c> the</c><00:19:03.779><c> word</c><00:19:03.920><c> of</c><00:19:04.140><c> God.</c>

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How<00:19:06.700><c> many</c><00:19:06.900><c> years</c><00:19:07.220><c> we've</c><00:19:07.420><c> had</c><00:19:07.519><c> the</c><00:19:07.700><c> privilege</c><00:19:07.940><c> of</c><00:19:08.119><c> reading</c><00:19:08.339><c> every</c><00:19:08.799><c> word</c><00:19:09.059><c> that</c><00:19:09.259><c> God</c>

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has<00:19:09.759><c> chosen</c><00:19:09.980><c> to</c><00:19:10.240><c> record.</c>

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Whenever<00:19:11.460><c> we</c><00:19:11.680><c> read</c><00:19:11.779><c> the</c><00:19:11.980><c> Bible</c><00:19:12.180><c> our</c><00:19:12.440><c> heart</c><00:19:12.740><c> has</c><00:19:13.000><c> to</c><00:19:13.160><c> be</c><00:19:13.339><c> tender.</c>

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The<00:19:16.279><c> opposite</c><00:19:16.559><c> of</c><00:19:16.740><c> being</c><00:19:16.920><c> tender</c><00:19:17.200><c> is</c><00:19:17.380><c> to</c><00:19:17.519><c> being</c><00:19:17.779><c> hard.</c>

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Our<00:19:19.000><c> heart</c><00:19:19.299><c> is</c><00:19:19.539><c> tender,</c><00:19:19.880><c> the</c><00:19:19.940><c> word</c><00:19:20.220><c> goes</c><00:19:20.559><c> in</c><00:19:20.839><c> and</c><00:19:20.960><c> we</c><00:19:21.220><c> make</c><00:19:21.440><c> it</c>

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part<00:19:21.880><c> of</c><00:19:22.019><c> our</c><00:19:22.200><c> own</c><00:19:22.480><c> conscience.</c>

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Thus<00:19:24.579><c> saith</c><00:19:25.019><c> the</c><00:19:25.259><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:19:26.319><c> even</c><00:19:26.440><c> though</c><00:19:26.579><c> it</c><00:19:26.680><c> might</c><00:19:26.900><c> not</c><00:19:27.079><c> be</c><00:19:27.359><c> palatable</c><00:19:27.660><c> to</c><00:19:27.839><c> the</c><00:19:28.059><c> flesh,</c>

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even<00:19:29.339><c> though</c><00:19:29.559><c> it</c><00:19:29.740><c> might</c><00:19:30.220><c> condemn</c><00:19:30.640><c> us</c><00:19:30.880><c> for</c><00:19:31.019><c> the</c><00:19:31.200><c> things</c><00:19:31.359><c> that</c>

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we<00:19:31.740><c> do,</c>

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we<00:19:32.380><c> have</c><00:19:32.619><c> to</c><00:19:32.799><c> have</c><00:19:33.059><c> a</c><00:19:33.119><c> tender</c><00:19:33.299><c> heart</c><00:19:33.619><c> like</c><00:19:33.980><c> that.</c>

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And<00:19:34.759><c> to</c><00:19:34.940><c> humble</c><00:19:35.119><c> ourselves</c><00:19:35.579><c> before</c><00:19:35.960><c> Yahweh,</c>

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when<00:19:36.980><c> we</c><00:19:37.180><c> hear</c><00:19:37.319><c> what</c><00:19:37.480><c> he</c><00:19:37.700><c> speaks</c><00:19:37.980><c> unto</c><00:19:38.220><c> us</c><00:19:38.460><c> as</c><00:19:38.660><c> Josiah</c><00:19:39.259><c> did.</c>

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And<00:19:41.200><c> he</c><00:19:41.380><c> wept</c><00:19:42.460><c> because</c><00:19:43.099><c> of</c><00:19:43.259><c> the</c><00:19:43.440><c> things</c><00:19:43.640><c> that</c><00:19:43.839><c> he</c><00:19:44.000><c> read.</c>

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And<00:19:46.299><c> God</c><00:19:46.579><c> gave</c><00:19:46.819><c> him</c><00:19:47.039><c> a</c><00:19:47.160><c> reward</c><00:19:47.460><c> in</c><00:19:47.660><c> verse</c><00:19:47.900><c> 20</c><00:19:48.200><c> for</c><00:19:48.359><c> his</c><00:19:48.720><c> tenderness,</c>

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which<00:19:50.039><c> in</c><00:19:50.359><c> human</c><00:19:50.579><c> terms</c><00:19:51.019><c> is</c><00:19:51.339><c> very</c><00:19:51.700><c> strange.</c>

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God<00:19:54.380><c> said</c><00:19:54.619><c> to</c><00:19:54.640><c> him</c><00:19:54.839><c> in</c><00:19:54.960><c> verse</c><00:19:55.200><c> 20,</c>

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Josiah,<00:19:57.680><c> I</c><00:19:57.680><c> love</c><00:19:57.980><c> people</c><00:19:58.279><c> like</c><00:19:58.559><c> you</c><00:19:58.779><c> who</c><00:19:59.259><c> have</c><00:19:59.640><c> tender</c><00:19:59.940><c> hearts,</c>

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therefore<00:20:02.200><c> you're</c><00:20:02.440><c> going</c><00:20:02.519><c> to</c><00:20:02.720><c> die.</c>

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And<00:20:05.000><c> we</c><00:20:05.099><c> would</c><00:20:05.160><c> look</c><00:20:05.240><c> at</c><00:20:05.339><c> that</c><00:20:05.460><c> and</c><00:20:05.720><c> say,</c>

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what<00:20:06.720><c> a</c><00:20:07.079><c> terrible</c><00:20:07.279><c> thing</c><00:20:07.579><c> for</c><00:20:07.779><c> God</c><00:20:07.940><c> to</c><00:20:08.220><c> say.</c>

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But<00:20:09.660><c> it</c><00:20:09.720><c> was</c><00:20:09.859><c> an</c><00:20:10.019><c> act</c><00:20:10.119><c> of</c><00:20:10.359><c> mercy</c><00:20:10.579><c> for</c><00:20:10.819><c> Josiah.</c>

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Josiah,<00:20:11.720><c> I</c><00:20:11.980><c> know</c><00:20:12.240><c> you're</c><00:20:12.599><c> tender</c><00:20:12.839><c> hearted.</c>

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I<00:20:13.680><c> know</c><00:20:13.880><c> how</c><00:20:14.140><c> much</c><00:20:14.359><c> you</c><00:20:14.480><c> have</c><00:20:14.660><c> a</c><00:20:14.819><c> zeal</c><00:20:15.019><c> for</c><00:20:15.180><c> the</c><00:20:15.319><c> things</c><00:20:15.519><c> of</c><00:20:15.720><c> God.</c>

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I<00:20:16.380><c> don't</c><00:20:16.720><c> want</c><00:20:16.940><c> you</c><00:20:17.119><c> to</c><00:20:17.259><c> see</c><00:20:17.380><c> what's</c><00:20:17.619><c> going</c><00:20:17.720><c> to</c><00:20:17.880><c> happen</c><00:20:18.019><c> in</c>

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this<00:20:18.339><c> nation,</c><00:20:18.940><c> Josiah.</c>

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What's<00:20:20.240><c> going</c><00:20:20.319><c> to</c><00:20:20.420><c> happen</c><00:20:20.579><c> to</c><00:20:20.720><c> your</c><00:20:21.039><c> sons,</c><00:20:22.220><c> to</c><00:20:22.380><c> your</c><00:20:22.700><c> grandchildren.</c>

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I<00:20:25.599><c> don't</c><00:20:25.759><c> want</c><00:20:25.859><c> you</c><00:20:26.000><c> to</c><00:20:26.140><c> see</c><00:20:26.279><c> it,</c><00:20:26.519><c> Josiah.</c>

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I'm<00:20:28.759><c> going</c><00:20:28.819><c> to</c><00:20:28.960><c> take</c><00:20:29.079><c> you</c><00:20:29.220><c> to</c><00:20:29.299><c> the</c><00:20:29.460><c> grave</c><00:20:29.619><c> in</c><00:20:29.920><c> peace</c><00:20:30.180><c> before</c>

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the<00:20:30.900><c> evil</c><00:20:31.059><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:20:32.880><c> that</c><00:20:33.079><c> was</c><00:20:33.279><c> God's</c><00:20:33.619><c> reward</c><00:20:33.859><c> to</c><00:20:34.059><c> that</c><00:20:34.259><c> man.</c>

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Now<00:20:37.079><c> what</c><00:20:37.180><c> would</c><00:20:37.339><c> you</c><00:20:37.559><c> do</c><00:20:38.279><c> if</c><00:20:39.500><c> you</c><00:20:39.640><c> were</c><00:20:39.740><c> Josiah?</c>

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Well,<00:20:40.779><c> look</c><00:20:40.859><c> what</c><00:20:40.960><c> he</c><00:20:41.099><c> did</c><00:20:41.519><c> in</c><00:20:41.799><c> chapter</c><00:20:41.980><c> 23.</c>

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You<00:20:42.519><c> know,</c><00:20:42.680><c> we</c><00:20:42.779><c> would</c><00:20:42.960><c> probably</c><00:20:43.259><c> go</c><00:20:43.500><c> home</c><00:20:44.160><c> and</c><00:20:44.519><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:20:44.680><c> I'll</c><00:20:44.779><c> just</c><00:20:45.000><c> sit</c><00:20:45.160><c> here</c><00:20:45.380><c> quietly</c><00:20:45.799><c> until</c><00:20:46.039><c> I</c><00:20:46.279><c> die.</c>

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What's<00:20:47.400><c> the</c><00:20:47.500><c> point</c><00:20:47.680><c> of</c><00:20:47.900><c> trying?</c>

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But<00:20:49.079><c> he</c><00:20:49.180><c> didn't,</c><00:20:49.500><c> brethren</c><00:20:49.640><c> and</c><00:20:49.859><c> sisters.</c>

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Chapter<00:20:51.900><c> 23</c><00:20:52.359><c> and</c><00:20:52.519><c> verse</c><00:20:52.720><c> 1,</c><00:20:53.140><c> the</c><00:20:53.220><c> king</c><00:20:53.740><c> sent.</c>

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Verse<00:20:55.759><c> 2,</c><00:20:56.160><c> the</c><00:20:56.240><c> king</c><00:20:56.500><c> went</c><00:20:56.680><c> up</c><00:20:56.900><c> to</c><00:20:57.039><c> the</c><00:20:57.200><c> house</c><00:20:57.380><c> of</c><00:20:57.619><c> God</c>

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and<00:20:58.579><c> read</c><00:20:58.819><c> the</c><00:20:59.019><c> law</c><00:20:59.119><c> to</c><00:20:59.339><c> everybody</c><00:20:59.640><c> else.</c>

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Verse<00:21:01.319><c> 3,</c><00:21:01.680><c> the</c><00:21:01.779><c> king</c><00:21:01.980><c> stood</c><00:21:02.259><c> by</c><00:21:02.460><c> the</c><00:21:02.660><c> pillar</c><00:21:02.799><c> and</c><00:21:03.119><c> made</c><00:21:03.339><c> a</c><00:21:03.559><c> covenant.</c>

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In<00:21:04.799><c> verse</c><00:21:05.019><c> 4,</c><00:21:05.339><c> the</c><00:21:05.400><c> king</c><00:21:05.640><c> commanded</c><00:21:06.099><c> Hilkiah</c><00:21:07.099><c> and</c><00:21:07.380><c> the</c><00:21:07.619><c> priests</c>

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to<00:21:08.000><c> get</c><00:21:08.180><c> the</c><00:21:08.440><c> temple</c><00:21:08.640><c> going</c><00:21:08.960><c> again.</c>

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In<00:21:12.039><c> verse</c><00:21:12.259><c> 6,</c><00:21:12.599><c> he</c><00:21:12.640><c> brought</c><00:21:12.859><c> out</c><00:21:13.099><c> the</c><00:21:13.440><c> idols,</c>

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the<00:21:15.420><c> grove</c><00:21:15.700><c> from</c><00:21:15.920><c> the</c><00:21:16.039><c> house</c><00:21:16.279><c> of</c><00:21:16.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:16.660><c> without</c><00:21:16.940><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:21:17.400><c> he</c><00:21:17.640><c> burned</c><00:21:17.779><c> it</c><00:21:17.920><c> by</c><00:21:18.079><c> the</c><00:21:18.220><c> book</c><00:21:18.400><c> Kidron.</c>

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You<00:21:19.039><c> know,</c><00:21:19.079><c> that</c><00:21:19.200><c> was</c><00:21:19.380><c> the</c><00:21:19.619><c> same</c><00:21:19.839><c> thing</c><00:21:20.039><c> that</c><00:21:20.220><c> Manasseh</c><00:21:20.559><c> had</c>

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taken<00:21:20.980><c> out</c><00:21:21.140><c> of</c><00:21:21.259><c> the</c><00:21:21.380><c> house.</c>

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But<00:21:22.240><c> you</c><00:21:22.339><c> see,</c><00:21:22.480><c> Manasseh</c><00:21:22.779><c> made</c><00:21:22.980><c> a</c><00:21:23.079><c> mistake.</c>

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He<00:21:25.200><c> didn't</c><00:21:25.440><c> destroy</c><00:21:25.819><c> it.</c>

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He<00:21:26.440><c> now</c><00:21:26.779><c> burns</c><00:21:27.099><c> it</c><00:21:27.319><c> and</c><00:21:27.599><c> grinds</c><00:21:27.920><c> it</c><00:21:28.079><c> to</c><00:21:28.299><c> powder.</c>

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And<00:21:30.920><c> that's</c><00:21:30.980><c> what</c><00:21:31.059><c> you've</c><00:21:31.259><c> got</c><00:21:31.319><c> to</c><00:21:31.440><c> do</c><00:21:31.559><c> with</c><00:21:31.720><c> the</c><00:21:31.880><c> things</c><00:21:32.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:32.299><c> world,</c>

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to<00:21:32.559><c> get</c><00:21:32.660><c> them</c><00:21:32.799><c> out</c><00:21:32.880><c> of</c><00:21:33.000><c> your</c><00:21:33.140><c> lives.</c>

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You<00:21:34.200><c> don't</c><00:21:34.299><c> just</c><00:21:34.500><c> put</c><00:21:34.599><c> them</c><00:21:34.779><c> in</c><00:21:35.059><c> storage,</c><00:21:35.339><c> you</c><00:21:35.640><c> grind</c><00:21:35.900><c> it</c><00:21:36.079><c> to</c><00:21:36.240><c> powder.</c>

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And<00:21:42.079><c> he</c><00:21:42.519><c> got</c><00:21:42.619><c> rid</c><00:21:42.759><c> of</c><00:21:42.900><c> all</c><00:21:43.019><c> the</c><00:21:43.160><c> altars</c><00:21:43.339><c> out</c><00:21:43.519><c> of</c><00:21:43.660><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:21:47.000><c> then</c><00:21:47.140><c> in</c><00:21:47.299><c> verse</c><00:21:47.480><c> 16,</c><00:21:48.000><c> he</c><00:21:48.099><c> fulfilled</c><00:21:48.539><c> that</c><00:21:49.000><c> 360</c><00:21:49.859><c>-year</c><00:21:50.240><c>-old</c><00:21:50.460><c> prophecy</c>

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about<00:21:53.000><c> the</c><00:21:53.180><c> altars</c><00:21:53.480><c> and</c><00:21:53.640><c> the</c><00:21:53.880><c> prophets,</c>

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and<00:21:54.319><c> he</c><00:21:55.240><c> saw</c><00:21:55.460><c> the</c><00:21:55.700><c> graves</c><00:21:56.279><c> of</c><00:21:57.259><c> the</c><00:21:57.460><c> false</c><00:21:57.700><c> prophets</c><00:21:57.960><c> of</c><00:21:58.119><c> the</c><00:21:58.319><c> past</c>

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and<00:21:59.339><c> desecrated</c><00:21:59.880><c> them.</c>

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And<00:22:01.980><c> in</c><00:22:02.119><c> verse</c><00:22:02.319><c> 21,</c><00:22:02.740><c> he</c><00:22:02.859><c> commanded</c><00:22:03.180><c> the</c><00:22:03.359><c> people</c><00:22:03.579><c> to</c><00:22:03.779><c> keep</c><00:22:03.980><c> the</c><00:22:04.220><c> Passover.</c>

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You<00:22:05.579><c> see,</c><00:22:05.980><c> he</c><00:22:05.980><c> didn't</c><00:22:06.259><c> just</c><00:22:06.539><c> curl</c><00:22:06.700><c> up</c><00:22:06.880><c> and</c><00:22:07.059><c> die,</c><00:22:07.380><c> brethren</c><00:22:07.480><c> and</c><00:22:07.680><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:22:07.920><c> got</c><00:22:08.079><c> on</c><00:22:08.220><c> with</c><00:22:08.380><c> the</c><00:22:08.559><c> work.</c>

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He<00:22:08.839><c> went</c><00:22:08.960><c> out</c><00:22:09.180><c> and</c><00:22:09.380><c> taught</c><00:22:09.519><c> the</c><00:22:09.759><c> word.</c>

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He<00:22:11.480><c> rooted</c><00:22:11.680><c> out</c><00:22:11.900><c> the</c><00:22:12.119><c> sodomites</c><00:22:12.539><c> in</c><00:22:12.700><c> verse</c><00:22:12.940><c> 7.</c>

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He<00:22:13.299><c> got</c><00:22:13.480><c> rid</c><00:22:13.619><c> of</c><00:22:13.779><c> the</c><00:22:13.920><c> wizards</c><00:22:14.180><c> in</c><00:22:14.319><c> verse</c><00:22:14.559><c> 24.</c>

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And<00:22:17.599><c> God</c><00:22:17.859><c> saw</c><00:22:18.039><c> his</c><00:22:18.240><c> determination.</c>

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Look<00:22:18.900><c> at</c><00:22:19.000><c> the</c><00:22:19.220><c> commendation</c><00:22:19.720><c> of</c><00:22:19.880><c> God</c><00:22:20.079><c> in</c><00:22:20.259><c> verse</c><00:22:20.480><c> 25.</c>

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And<00:22:21.799><c> like</c><00:22:22.099><c> under</c><00:22:22.339><c> him,</c><00:22:22.559><c> there</c><00:22:22.619><c> was</c><00:22:22.900><c> no</c><00:22:23.200><c> king</c><00:22:23.460><c> before</c><00:22:23.920><c> him</c>

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that<00:22:25.640><c> turned</c><00:22:25.920><c> to</c><00:22:26.140><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:26.380><c> with</c><00:22:26.640><c> all</c><00:22:26.920><c> his</c><00:22:27.180><c> heart</c>

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and<00:22:28.960><c> with</c><00:22:29.140><c> all</c><00:22:29.259><c> his</c><00:22:29.559><c> soul</c><00:22:29.779><c> and</c><00:22:29.920><c> with</c><00:22:30.059><c> all</c><00:22:30.180><c> his</c><00:22:30.420><c> might,</c>

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according<00:22:30.960><c> to</c><00:22:31.180><c> all</c><00:22:31.480><c> the</c><00:22:31.680><c> law</c><00:22:31.759><c> of</c><00:22:31.960><c> Moses.</c>

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Neither<00:22:34.180><c> arose</c><00:22:34.619><c> any</c><00:22:35.339><c> like</c><00:22:35.519><c> under</c><00:22:35.819><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:38.039><c> on</c><00:22:38.140><c> the</c><00:22:38.259><c> rating</c><00:22:38.480><c> of</c><00:22:38.759><c> kings,</c><00:22:39.460><c> Josiah</c><00:22:39.799><c> stands</c><00:22:40.220><c> right</c><00:22:40.599><c> up</c><00:22:40.859><c> there.</c>

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No<00:22:42.420><c> one</c><00:22:42.619><c> like</c><00:22:42.839><c> him.</c>

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A<00:22:43.099><c> very</c><00:22:43.339><c> unique</c><00:22:43.700><c> description</c><00:22:44.140><c> of</c><00:22:44.299><c> that</c><00:22:44.500><c> man.</c>

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And<00:22:47.079><c> in</c><00:22:47.220><c> verse</c><00:22:47.420><c> 28,</c><00:22:47.880><c> the</c><00:22:48.019><c> divine</c><00:22:48.299><c> epitaph</c><00:22:48.759><c> is</c><00:22:48.980><c> there.</c>

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Now<00:22:50.440><c> the</c><00:22:50.619><c> rest</c><00:22:50.900><c> of</c><00:22:51.099><c> the</c><00:22:51.240><c> acts</c><00:22:51.420><c> of</c><00:22:51.640><c> Josiah</c><00:22:52.039><c> and</c><00:22:52.200><c> all</c><00:22:52.500><c> that</c><00:22:52.700><c> he</c><00:22:53.039><c> did,</c>

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he<00:22:54.240><c> wasn't</c><00:22:54.480><c> just</c><00:22:54.799><c> a</c><00:22:55.019><c> talker,</c><00:22:55.420><c> brethren</c><00:22:55.559><c> and</c><00:22:55.819><c> sisters.</c>

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All<00:22:56.339><c> that</c><00:22:56.480><c> he</c><00:22:56.660><c> did,</c><00:22:56.859><c> are</c><00:22:56.940><c> they</c><00:22:57.079><c> not</c><00:22:57.279><c> written</c><00:22:57.440><c> in</c><00:22:57.599><c> the</c><00:22:57.720><c> book</c><00:22:57.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:58.140><c> Chronicles</c>

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of<00:22:59.720><c> the</c><00:22:59.920><c> kings</c><00:23:00.200><c> of</c><00:23:00.480><c> Judah?</c>

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And<00:23:02.700><c> you</c><00:23:02.839><c> know,</c><00:23:02.900><c> we</c><00:23:03.039><c> can</c><00:23:03.160><c> look</c><00:23:03.319><c> at</c><00:23:03.500><c> Josiah</c>

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and<00:23:04.160><c> to</c><00:23:04.339><c> say</c><00:23:04.420><c> what</c><00:23:04.579><c> a</c><00:23:04.799><c> remarkable</c><00:23:05.119><c> man</c><00:23:05.339><c> he</c><00:23:05.559><c> was.</c>

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Yes,<00:23:06.019><c> he</c><00:23:06.160><c> was</c><00:23:06.839><c> humbled</c><00:23:07.160><c> by</c><00:23:07.380><c> the</c><00:23:07.519><c> word</c><00:23:07.599><c> of</c><00:23:07.819><c> God.</c>

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He<00:23:08.039><c> was</c><00:23:08.319><c> tender</c><00:23:08.539><c> to</c><00:23:08.720><c> the</c><00:23:08.880><c> things</c><00:23:09.019><c> of</c><00:23:09.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:09.900><c> he</c><00:23:09.960><c> was</c><00:23:10.180><c> uncompromising</c><00:23:11.039><c> and</c><00:23:11.180><c> he</c><00:23:11.259><c> was</c><00:23:11.539><c> courageous</c>

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in<00:23:12.799><c> his</c><00:23:12.980><c> determination</c><00:23:13.480><c> to</c><00:23:13.779><c> wipe</c><00:23:14.000><c> out</c><00:23:14.220><c> evil</c><00:23:14.339><c> in</c><00:23:14.500><c> the</c><00:23:14.619><c> nation.</c>

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But<00:23:18.079><c> he</c><00:23:18.180><c> was</c><00:23:18.299><c> more</c><00:23:18.519><c> than</c><00:23:18.619><c> that,</c><00:23:18.859><c> brethren</c><00:23:18.980><c> and</c><00:23:19.220><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:23:20.799><c> was</c><00:23:21.000><c> also</c><00:23:21.500><c> a</c><00:23:22.480><c> very</c><00:23:22.740><c> good</c><00:23:22.960><c> man.</c>

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But<00:23:24.660><c> remember</c><00:23:25.039><c> his</c><00:23:25.339><c> response</c><00:23:25.839><c> to</c><00:23:26.039><c> the</c><00:23:26.200><c> word.</c>

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Come<00:23:26.740><c> to</c><00:23:26.940><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:27.259><c> 15</c><00:23:27.720><c> and</c><00:23:27.880><c> see</c><00:23:28.079><c> what</c><00:23:28.259><c> impact</c><00:23:28.519><c> it</c><00:23:28.660><c> had</c><00:23:28.740><c> upon</c><00:23:29.000><c> Jeremiah</c>

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at<00:23:29.740><c> the</c><00:23:29.859><c> same</c><00:23:30.140><c> time.</c>

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You<00:23:31.500><c> know,</c><00:23:31.500><c> here's</c><00:23:31.680><c> where</c><00:23:31.839><c> the</c><00:23:32.000><c> records</c><00:23:32.319><c> of</c><00:23:32.480><c> the</c><00:23:32.640><c> two</c><00:23:32.799><c> lives</c>

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blend<00:23:33.440><c> together.</c>

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And<00:23:35.000><c> we</c><00:23:35.119><c> have</c><00:23:35.259><c> no</c><00:23:35.440><c> doubt</c><00:23:35.660><c> that</c><00:23:35.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:36.279><c> was</c><00:23:36.559><c> all</c><00:23:36.920><c> a</c><00:23:37.079><c> part</c><00:23:37.240><c> of</c>

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that<00:23:38.140><c> great</c><00:23:38.700><c> work</c>

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of<00:23:39.279><c> trying</c><00:23:39.480><c> to</c><00:23:39.680><c> cleanse</c><00:23:39.900><c> the</c><00:23:40.140><c> land.</c>

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But<00:23:42.279><c> in</c><00:23:42.440><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:42.759><c> 15,</c><00:23:43.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:43.720><c> says,</c>

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well<00:23:44.079><c> here's</c><00:23:44.299><c> how</c><00:23:44.539><c> I</c><00:23:44.900><c> responded</c><00:23:45.240><c> when</c><00:23:45.380><c> the</c><00:23:45.559><c> law</c><00:23:45.680><c> was</c><00:23:45.920><c> found.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:23:49.240><c> 15</c><00:23:49.680><c> and</c><00:23:49.819><c> verse</c><00:23:50.059><c> 16.</c>

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Thy<00:23:52.059><c> words</c><00:23:52.440><c> were</c><00:23:52.700><c> found</c><00:23:53.119><c> and</c><00:23:53.480><c> I</c><00:23:53.819><c> did</c><00:23:54.180><c> eat</c><00:23:54.740><c> them.</c>

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You<00:23:55.099><c> know,</c><00:23:56.839><c> Josenius</c><00:23:57.119><c> has,</c><00:23:57.839><c> I</c><00:23:57.839><c> eagerly</c><00:23:58.359><c> devoured</c><00:23:58.700><c> them.</c>

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Thy<00:24:00.380><c> words</c><00:24:00.700><c> were</c><00:24:00.960><c> found</c><00:24:01.140><c> and</c><00:24:01.319><c> I</c><00:24:01.599><c> eagerly</c><00:24:02.140><c> devoured</c><00:24:02.500><c> them.</c>

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You<00:24:05.440><c> know,</c><00:24:05.579><c> it's</c><00:24:05.779><c> a</c><00:24:05.859><c> very</c><00:24:06.720><c> common</c><00:24:07.500><c> figure,</c><00:24:07.819><c> isn't</c><00:24:08.000><c> it,</c><00:24:08.180><c> to</c><00:24:08.539><c> eat</c>

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the<00:24:09.000><c> word?</c>

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Because<00:24:11.240><c> we</c><00:24:11.759><c> instinctively</c><00:24:12.220><c> feed</c><00:24:12.460><c> ourselves</c><00:24:12.960><c> very</c><00:24:13.299><c> regularly.</c>

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But<00:24:14.759><c> we've</c><00:24:14.980><c> got</c><00:24:15.059><c> to</c><00:24:15.180><c> have</c><00:24:15.279><c> that</c><00:24:15.500><c> same</c><00:24:15.700><c> appetite</c><00:24:16.140><c> for</c><00:24:16.339><c> the</c><00:24:16.519><c> word,</c>

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brethren<00:24:16.920><c> and</c><00:24:17.099><c> sisters,</c><00:24:17.299><c> the</c><00:24:17.519><c> hunger</c><00:24:17.779><c> to</c><00:24:18.079><c> know.</c>

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And<00:24:21.299><c> when</c><00:24:21.460><c> the</c><00:24:21.640><c> word</c><00:24:21.779><c> of</c><00:24:21.980><c> God</c><00:24:22.180><c> is</c><00:24:22.819><c> broken</c><00:24:23.160><c> small</c><00:24:23.599><c> and</c><00:24:23.880><c> carefully</c><00:24:24.180><c> prepared</c>

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and<00:24:25.740><c> faithfully</c><00:24:26.140><c> delivered,</c><00:24:28.359><c> are</c><00:24:28.440><c> we</c><00:24:28.599><c> here</c><00:24:28.779><c> to</c><00:24:28.980><c> receive</c><00:24:29.299><c> it?</c>

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Are<00:24:31.160><c> we</c><00:24:31.279><c> at</c><00:24:31.339><c> the</c><00:24:31.519><c> Bible</c><00:24:31.799><c> class</c><00:24:32.160><c> that</c><00:24:32.339><c> we</c><00:24:32.480><c> might</c><00:24:33.000><c> gain</c><00:24:33.559><c> the</c><00:24:33.859><c> keys</c>

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that<00:24:34.319><c> will</c><00:24:34.440><c> get</c><00:24:34.559><c> us</c><00:24:34.740><c> into</c><00:24:34.900><c> the</c><00:24:35.099><c> kingdom,</c>

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that<00:24:35.440><c> we</c><00:24:35.599><c> might</c><00:24:35.779><c> gain</c><00:24:36.059><c> the</c><00:24:36.339><c> keys</c><00:24:36.519><c> to</c><00:24:36.759><c> understand</c><00:24:37.220><c> the</c><00:24:37.400><c> word</c><00:24:37.480><c> of</c><00:24:37.740><c> God?</c>

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We<00:24:43.140><c> seem</c><00:24:43.319><c> to</c><00:24:43.539><c> treat,</c><00:24:43.660><c> don't</c><00:24:43.880><c> we,</c><00:24:44.039><c> our</c><00:24:44.200><c> Bible</c><00:24:44.500><c> classes</c>

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with<00:24:46.759><c> some</c><00:24:47.119><c> form</c><00:24:47.380><c> of</c><00:24:48.299><c> contempt</c><00:24:48.680><c> sometimes.</c>

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Let's<00:24:52.480><c> eagerly</c><00:24:52.859><c> devour</c><00:24:53.140><c> the</c><00:24:53.359><c> word.</c>

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The<00:24:54.319><c> word</c><00:24:54.539><c> should</c><00:24:54.720><c> be</c><00:24:54.940><c> interesting</c><00:24:55.279><c> and</c><00:24:55.500><c> bring</c><00:24:55.680><c> rejoicing.</c>

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Look<00:24:56.279><c> what</c><00:24:56.380><c> it</c><00:24:56.460><c> did</c><00:24:56.599><c> for</c><00:24:56.799><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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It<00:24:57.720><c> was</c><00:24:57.799><c> unto</c><00:24:58.119><c> me</c><00:24:58.400><c> the</c><00:24:58.720><c> joy</c><00:24:59.059><c> and</c><00:24:59.480><c> rejoicing</c><00:25:00.000><c> of</c><00:25:00.339><c> mine</c><00:25:00.539><c> heart.</c>

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It<00:25:02.960><c> confirmed</c><00:25:03.380><c> the</c><00:25:03.680><c> faith</c><00:25:03.839><c> that</c><00:25:04.000><c> had</c><00:25:04.119><c> been</c><00:25:04.299><c> passed</c><00:25:04.559><c> on</c><00:25:04.799><c> from</c><00:25:05.059><c> Haldar</c>

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and<00:25:05.599><c> Hilkiah</c><00:25:06.099><c> and</c><00:25:06.299><c> others</c><00:25:06.500><c> and</c><00:25:06.759><c> Shafen.</c>

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And<00:25:08.000><c> he</c><00:25:08.160><c> was</c><00:25:08.440><c> thrilled</c><00:25:08.640><c> to</c><00:25:08.920><c> find</c><00:25:09.000><c> his</c><00:25:09.240><c> own</c><00:25:09.480><c> name</c><00:25:09.720><c> in</c><00:25:09.900><c> the</c><00:25:10.039><c> Bible.</c>

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He<00:25:10.960><c> says,</c><00:25:11.539><c> for</c><00:25:11.539><c> I</c><00:25:11.839><c> am</c><00:25:12.160><c> called</c><00:25:12.380><c> by</c><00:25:12.720><c> thy</c><00:25:13.000><c> name,</c><00:25:14.099><c> O</c><00:25:14.339><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:15.180><c> Elohim</c>

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of<00:25:16.059><c> hosts.</c>

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And<00:25:17.880><c> he</c><00:25:18.039><c> began</c><00:25:18.240><c> to</c><00:25:18.519><c> understand</c><00:25:18.960><c> the</c><00:25:19.180><c> name</c><00:25:19.299><c> and</c><00:25:19.480><c> the</c><00:25:19.680><c> titles.</c>

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And<00:25:20.740><c> he</c><00:25:20.900><c> realized</c><00:25:21.180><c> that</c><00:25:21.339><c> his</c><00:25:21.539><c> own</c><00:25:21.740><c> name</c><00:25:21.920><c> was</c><00:25:22.119><c> a</c><00:25:22.319><c> combination</c>

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of<00:25:23.380><c> God's</c><00:25:23.799><c> name.</c>

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I<00:25:24.319><c> am</c><00:25:24.519><c> called</c><00:25:24.700><c> by</c><00:25:24.980><c> thy</c><00:25:25.200><c> name.</c>

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We<00:25:26.819><c> might</c><00:25:27.059><c> say,</c><00:25:27.420><c> what</c><00:25:27.519><c> a</c><00:25:27.640><c> very</c><00:25:27.819><c> basic</c><00:25:28.200><c> thing</c><00:25:28.460><c> to</c><00:25:28.660><c> come</c><00:25:28.759><c> to</c><00:25:29.059><c> understand.</c>

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But<00:25:29.579><c> you</c><00:25:29.859><c> think</c><00:25:30.019><c> they've</c><00:25:30.259><c> had</c><00:25:30.559><c> no</c><00:25:31.079><c> law</c><00:25:31.319><c> for</c><00:25:31.599><c> 60</c><00:25:31.940><c> years,</c><00:25:32.799><c> no</c>

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Bible<00:25:33.400><c> class.</c>

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And<00:25:35.480><c> he's</c><00:25:35.740><c> thrilled</c><00:25:35.819><c> to</c><00:25:36.079><c> find</c><00:25:36.319><c> that</c><00:25:36.480><c> his</c><00:25:36.720><c> name</c><00:25:36.920><c> and</c><00:25:37.079><c> God's</c><00:25:37.500><c> name</c><00:25:37.619><c> are</c>

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joined<00:25:37.980><c> together.</c>

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And<00:25:41.019><c> he's</c><00:25:41.299><c> delighting</c><00:25:41.720><c> in</c><00:25:41.839><c> every</c><00:25:42.079><c> word.</c>

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And<00:25:44.299><c> yet</c><00:25:44.380><c> we're</c><00:25:44.539><c> told</c><00:25:44.819><c> in</c><00:25:44.980><c> chapter</c><00:25:45.200><c> 6</c><00:25:45.500><c> and</c><00:25:45.660><c> verse</c><00:25:45.859><c> 10,</c>

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the<00:25:46.259><c> people</c><00:25:46.460><c> have</c><00:25:46.720><c> no</c><00:25:47.039><c> delight</c><00:25:47.380><c> in</c><00:25:47.519><c> the</c><00:25:47.640><c> word</c><00:25:47.779><c> of</c><00:25:47.960><c> Yahweh.</c>

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We've<00:25:50.180><c> got</c><00:25:50.180><c> to</c><00:25:50.299><c> ask</c><00:25:50.460><c> the</c><00:25:50.640><c> question,</c><00:25:50.960><c> what</c><00:25:51.099><c> does</c><00:25:51.339><c> Bible</c><00:25:51.680><c> study</c>

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do<00:25:52.099><c> for</c><00:25:52.299><c> us?</c>

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Does<00:25:53.980><c> it</c><00:25:54.200><c> inspire</c><00:25:54.660><c> us?</c><00:25:54.900><c> Does</c><00:25:55.039><c> it</c><00:25:55.319><c> move</c><00:25:55.559><c> us?</c>

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Are<00:25:58.220><c> our</c><00:25:58.400><c> hearts</c><00:25:58.720><c> tender?</c><00:25:59.440><c> Is</c><00:25:59.579><c> it</c><00:25:59.779><c> a</c><00:25:59.960><c> constant</c><00:26:00.180><c> source</c><00:26:00.440><c> of</c><00:26:00.740><c> interest?</c>

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Are<00:26:01.559><c> we</c><00:26:01.660><c> always</c><00:26:01.880><c> wanting</c><00:26:02.039><c> to</c><00:26:02.279><c> know</c><00:26:02.599><c> more</c><00:26:03.039><c> of</c><00:26:03.180><c> the</c><00:26:03.319><c> things</c><00:26:03.480><c> that</c>

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we<00:26:03.759><c> don't</c><00:26:03.980><c> understand</c><00:26:04.420><c> about</c><00:26:04.660><c> the</c><00:26:04.859><c> Bible?</c>

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And<00:26:05.880><c> you</c><00:26:05.960><c> can</c><00:26:06.140><c> imagine</c><00:26:06.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:06.900><c> and</c><00:26:07.099><c> Josiah</c><00:26:07.539><c> pouring</c><00:26:07.900><c> over</c>

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every<00:26:08.599><c> word,</c>

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trying<00:26:10.140><c> to</c><00:26:10.299><c> make</c><00:26:10.400><c> the</c><00:26:10.640><c> connections</c><00:26:10.940><c> between</c><00:26:11.220><c> the</c><00:26:11.400><c> books</c><00:26:11.579><c> of</c><00:26:11.799><c> Moses,</c>

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excited<00:26:14.039><c> yet</c><00:26:14.299><c> horrified</c><00:26:14.859><c> at</c><00:26:14.980><c> what</c><00:26:15.140><c> they</c><00:26:15.400><c> knew</c><00:26:15.819><c> it</c><00:26:16.400><c> meant</c><00:26:16.599><c> for</c>

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the<00:26:16.900><c> nation.</c>

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Brethren<00:26:19.759><c> and</c><00:26:19.980><c> sisters,</c><00:26:20.500><c> God</c><00:26:20.759><c> loves</c><00:26:21.099><c> those</c><00:26:21.500><c> who</c><00:26:22.339><c> tremble</c><00:26:22.599><c> at</c>

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his<00:26:22.980><c> word,</c><00:26:23.259><c> who</c><00:26:23.460><c> want</c><00:26:23.680><c> to</c><00:26:24.000><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:26:26.440><c> if</c><00:26:26.519><c> we</c><00:26:26.660><c> don't</c><00:26:26.819><c> have</c><00:26:26.980><c> that</c><00:26:27.140><c> attitude,</c><00:26:27.539><c> then</c><00:26:27.619><c> we've</c><00:26:27.839><c> got</c><00:26:28.000><c> to</c>

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do<00:26:28.279><c> everything</c><00:26:28.599><c> we</c><00:26:28.859><c> can</c><00:26:29.019><c> to</c><00:26:29.299><c> cultivate</c><00:26:29.660><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:26:31.440><c> God</c><00:26:31.680><c> loves</c><00:26:32.059><c> the</c><00:26:32.359><c> mind</c><00:26:33.359><c> that</c><00:26:33.940><c> joys</c><00:26:34.359><c> and</c><00:26:34.559><c> rejoices</c><00:26:35.200><c> in</c>

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his<00:26:35.799><c> word.</c>

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And<00:26:38.000><c> God</c><00:26:38.180><c> gave</c><00:26:38.579><c> Josiah</c><00:26:39.140><c> and</c><00:26:39.319><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:39.680><c> 13</c><00:26:40.259><c> years</c><00:26:40.720><c> together.</c>

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And<00:26:42.460><c> then</c><00:26:42.680><c> four</c><00:26:42.960><c> more</c><00:26:43.220><c> years</c><00:26:43.460><c> after</c><00:26:43.720><c> the</c><00:26:43.859><c> death</c><00:26:44.039><c> of</c><00:26:44.240><c> Josiah</c>

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until<00:26:45.019><c> the</c><00:26:45.279><c> first</c><00:26:45.519><c> captivity.</c>

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17<00:26:47.440><c> years</c><00:26:48.000><c> in</c><00:26:48.180><c> which</c><00:26:48.440><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:49.000><c> and</c><00:26:49.279><c> Josiah</c><00:26:50.039><c> could</c><00:26:50.619><c> do</c><00:26:50.859><c> something</c><00:26:51.240><c> about</c>

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saving<00:26:52.059><c> a</c><00:26:52.319><c> remnant.</c>

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They<00:26:54.619><c> would</c><00:26:54.839><c> never</c><00:26:55.119><c> change</c><00:26:55.400><c> the</c><00:26:55.660><c> hearts</c><00:26:55.819><c> of</c><00:26:55.960><c> the</c><00:26:56.059><c> majority.</c>

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They<00:26:57.240><c> had</c><00:26:57.519><c> to</c><00:26:57.779><c> work</c><00:26:58.039><c> on</c><00:26:58.220><c> the</c><00:26:58.460><c> remnant.</c>

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And<00:27:02.319><c> the</c><00:27:02.460><c> king</c><00:27:02.759><c> and</c><00:27:02.900><c> the</c><00:27:03.160><c> prophet,</c><00:27:03.380><c> and</c><00:27:03.519><c> perhaps</c><00:27:03.779><c> helped</c><00:27:04.019><c> by</c><00:27:04.319><c> Zephaniah,</c>

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began<00:27:05.119><c> to</c><00:27:05.359><c> work</c><00:27:05.579><c> hard</c><00:27:06.059><c> on</c><00:27:06.900><c> the</c><00:27:07.119><c> faithful</c><00:27:07.440><c> few.</c>

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And<00:27:09.740><c> you</c><00:27:09.900><c> think</c><00:27:10.059><c> of</c><00:27:10.240><c> that</c><00:27:10.420><c> Sunday</c><00:27:10.680><c> school</c><00:27:10.900><c> class,</c><00:27:11.319><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:27:11.700><c> sisters,</c><00:27:11.980><c> that</c><00:27:12.180><c> youth</c><00:27:12.440><c> group.</c>

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Daniel,<00:27:14.259><c> Hananiah,</c><00:27:14.839><c> Mishael,</c><00:27:15.380><c> Azariah,</c><00:27:16.200><c> Barak,</c><00:27:16.660><c> Ezra,</c>

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Mordecai,<00:27:18.539><c> Ahiakim,</c><00:27:19.339><c> Gemariah,</c><00:27:20.079><c> Micaiah,</c>

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Zephaniah,<00:27:22.420><c> Habakkuk</c><00:27:22.859><c> and</c><00:27:23.119><c> Joel</c><00:27:23.460><c> the</c><00:27:23.720><c> prophet</c><00:27:23.920><c> assisting</c><00:27:24.460><c> as</c>

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well<00:27:24.880><c> later</c><00:27:25.140><c> on.</c>

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Look<00:27:26.960><c> at</c><00:27:27.099><c> the</c><00:27:27.240><c> quality</c><00:27:27.539><c> of</c><00:27:27.740><c> those</c><00:27:28.000><c> people</c><00:27:28.299><c> that</c><00:27:28.500><c> came</c><00:27:28.740><c> out</c><00:27:28.960><c> of</c>

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that<00:27:29.299><c> work.</c>

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They<00:27:30.559><c> would</c><00:27:30.759><c> never</c><00:27:30.960><c> have</c><00:27:31.099><c> been</c><00:27:31.220><c> produced</c><00:27:31.539><c> in</c><00:27:31.700><c> the</c><00:27:31.839><c> reign</c><00:27:31.980><c> of</c><00:27:32.180><c> Manasseh.</c>

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But<00:27:33.400><c> now</c><00:27:33.640><c> you've</c><00:27:33.759><c> got</c><00:27:33.920><c> a</c><00:27:34.059><c> king</c><00:27:34.160><c> and</c><00:27:34.299><c> a</c><00:27:34.500><c> prophet</c><00:27:34.640><c> working</c><00:27:34.940><c> together.</c>

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Look<00:27:35.500><c> at</c><00:27:35.660><c> the</c><00:27:35.920><c> quality</c><00:27:36.279><c> and</c><00:27:36.480><c> the</c><00:27:36.779><c> spirituality</c><00:27:37.200><c> that</c><00:27:37.380><c> was</c><00:27:37.920><c> formed</c><00:27:38.180><c> in</c>

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a<00:27:38.619><c> few.</c>

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They<00:27:42.359><c> became</c><00:27:42.680><c> the</c><00:27:42.920><c> good</c><00:27:43.160><c> figs</c><00:27:44.839><c> who</c><00:27:45.259><c> were</c><00:27:45.480><c> sent</c><00:27:45.619><c> to</c><00:27:45.859><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:27:46.400><c> you</c><00:27:46.400><c> can</c><00:27:46.400><c> imagine</c><00:27:46.400><c> that</c><00:27:46.400><c> there</c><00:27:46.400><c> might</c><00:27:46.680><c> be</c><00:27:46.859><c> the</c><00:27:47.099><c> preservation</c><00:27:47.619><c> of</c><00:27:47.819><c> God's</c>

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truth<00:27:48.559><c> and</c><00:27:48.759><c> God's</c><00:27:49.259><c> thinking</c><00:27:49.539><c> in</c><00:27:50.160><c> the</c><00:27:50.359><c> world.</c>

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They<00:27:52.339><c> did</c><00:27:52.519><c> have</c><00:27:52.660><c> an</c><00:27:52.859><c> impact.</c><00:27:53.339><c> They</c><00:27:53.599><c> did</c><00:27:53.960><c> move</c><00:27:54.319><c> some.</c>

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And<00:27:56.740><c> you</c><00:27:56.819><c> can</c><00:27:57.000><c> imagine</c><00:27:57.299><c> as</c><00:27:57.480><c> the</c><00:27:57.660><c> work</c><00:27:57.859><c> prospered</c><00:27:58.319><c> for</c><00:27:58.500><c> 13</c><00:27:58.940><c> years</c><00:27:59.319><c> on</c><00:27:59.500><c> a</c><00:27:59.740><c> few,</c>

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what<00:28:01.579><c> a</c><00:28:01.920><c> tragedy</c><00:28:02.160><c> it</c><00:28:02.359><c> was</c><00:28:02.579><c> for</c><00:28:02.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:03.200><c> when</c><00:28:04.140><c> Josiah</c><00:28:04.660><c> was</c><00:28:04.940><c> killed.</c>

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Come<00:28:05.319><c> to</c><00:28:05.460><c> the</c><00:28:05.519><c> second</c><00:28:05.740><c> of</c><00:28:05.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:06.299><c> 35.</c>

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Let<00:28:12.599><c> me</c><00:28:13.039><c> read</c><00:28:13.180><c> the</c><00:28:13.319><c> Bible,</c><00:28:13.619><c> brethren</c><00:28:13.819><c> and</c><00:28:14.059><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:28:14.380><c> have</c><00:28:14.660><c> to</c><00:28:15.900><c> really</c><00:28:16.579><c> paint</c><00:28:16.740><c> a</c><00:28:16.920><c> picture</c><00:28:17.140><c> in</c><00:28:17.400><c> our</c><00:28:17.619><c> minds,</c><00:28:18.000><c> don't</c><00:28:18.180><c> we?</c>

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We<00:28:18.460><c> cannot</c><00:28:18.839><c> understand</c><00:28:19.400><c> the</c><00:28:19.579><c> Bible.</c><00:28:19.900><c> We've</c><00:28:20.019><c> got</c><00:28:20.099><c> to</c><00:28:20.240><c> get</c><00:28:20.339><c> the</c>

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black<00:28:20.740><c> print</c><00:28:20.960><c> off</c><00:28:21.220><c> the</c><00:28:21.440><c> page.</c>

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And<00:28:22.720><c> I</c><00:28:22.779><c> want</c><00:28:22.900><c> you</c><00:28:23.039><c> to</c><00:28:23.299><c> try</c><00:28:23.440><c> and</c><00:28:23.660><c> just</c><00:28:23.940><c> portray</c><00:28:24.339><c> for</c><00:28:24.519><c> yourself</c>

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the<00:28:26.519><c> mourning</c><00:28:26.960><c> of</c><00:28:27.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:27.900><c> over</c><00:28:29.819><c> Josiah.</c>

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We<00:28:32.599><c> don't</c><00:28:32.839><c> know</c><00:28:33.099><c> why</c><00:28:33.380><c> Josiah</c><00:28:33.920><c> felt</c><00:28:34.119><c> he</c><00:28:34.220><c> had</c><00:28:34.400><c> to</c><00:28:34.559><c> go</c><00:28:34.680><c> and</c><00:28:34.960><c> tackle</c>

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the<00:28:35.660><c> king</c><00:28:35.819><c> of</c><00:28:36.019><c> Egypt.</c>

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Egypt<00:28:37.259><c> was</c><00:28:37.460><c> on</c><00:28:37.579><c> its</c><00:28:37.740><c> way</c><00:28:37.980><c> to</c><00:28:38.240><c> Carchemish</c><00:28:38.720><c> that</c><00:28:38.859><c> they</c><00:28:39.059><c> might</c><00:28:39.299><c> join</c><00:28:39.599><c> with</c><00:28:39.839><c> the</c><00:28:39.960><c> Assyrians</c><00:28:40.339><c> against</c><00:28:40.740><c> the</c><00:28:40.900><c> rising</c><00:28:41.200><c> power</c><00:28:41.460><c> of</c><00:28:41.660><c> Babylon.</c>

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In<00:28:42.680><c> verse</c><00:28:42.859><c> 20</c><00:28:43.099><c> it</c><00:28:43.240><c> says,</c><00:28:43.619><c> After</c><00:28:43.700><c> all</c><00:28:43.880><c> this,</c><00:28:44.180><c> when</c><00:28:44.279><c> Josiah</c><00:28:44.680><c> had</c>

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repaired<00:28:45.119><c> the</c><00:28:45.339><c> temple,</c>

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Niko,<00:28:47.740><c> king</c><00:28:47.799><c> of</c><00:28:47.940><c> Egypt,</c><00:28:48.279><c> came</c><00:28:48.500><c> up</c><00:28:48.720><c> to</c><00:28:48.940><c> fight,</c><00:28:49.319><c> not</c><00:28:49.480><c> against,</c>

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but<00:28:50.880><c> with</c><00:28:51.420><c> Carchemish,</c>

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with<00:28:52.599><c> the</c><00:28:52.759><c> Assyrians,</c><00:28:53.279><c> by</c><00:28:53.500><c> the</c><00:28:53.720><c> Euphrates,</c><00:28:54.440><c> against</c><00:28:54.720><c> the</c><00:28:54.960><c> Babylonians.</c>

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And<00:28:56.640><c> Josiah</c><00:28:56.900><c> went</c><00:28:57.039><c> out</c><00:28:57.220><c> against</c><00:28:57.480><c> him</c><00:28:57.619><c> so</c><00:28:57.779><c> that</c><00:28:57.940><c> the</c><00:28:58.000><c> king</c><00:28:58.160><c> of</c><00:28:58.319><c> Egypt</c><00:28:58.480><c> is</c><00:28:58.579><c> on</c><00:28:58.720><c> his</c><00:28:58.900><c> way</c><00:28:59.079><c> to</c><00:28:59.259><c> fight</c><00:28:59.420><c> a</c>

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war<00:28:59.759><c> somewhere</c><00:29:00.140><c> else.</c>

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And<00:29:01.259><c> Josiah</c><00:29:01.660><c> thinks</c><00:29:01.900><c> he</c><00:29:02.039><c> has</c><00:29:02.259><c> to</c><00:29:02.460><c> take</c><00:29:02.619><c> him</c><00:29:02.799><c> on.</c>

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We<00:29:03.400><c> don't</c><00:29:03.660><c> know</c><00:29:03.859><c> exactly</c><00:29:04.220><c> why</c><00:29:04.480><c> he</c><00:29:04.480><c> did</c><00:29:04.700><c> that.</c>

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.500
And<00:29:06.640><c> the</c><00:29:06.680><c> king</c><00:29:06.839><c> of</c><00:29:06.960><c> Egypt</c><00:29:07.180><c> didn't</c><00:29:07.400><c> want</c><00:29:07.700><c> to</c><00:29:07.819><c> fight</c><00:29:08.039><c> Josiah.</c>

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:13.000
He<00:29:08.720><c> tried</c><00:29:09.039><c> to</c><00:29:09.380><c> turn</c><00:29:09.640><c> him</c><00:29:09.819><c> away</c><00:29:10.140><c> from</c><00:29:10.299><c> the</c><00:29:10.460><c> battle,</c><00:29:11.140><c> but</c><00:29:11.220><c> he</c><00:29:11.440><c> persisted.</c>

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:16.140
And<00:29:13.519><c> then</c><00:29:13.660><c> in</c><00:29:13.799><c> verse</c><00:29:13.980><c> 22,</c><00:29:14.579><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:29:15.079><c> Josiah</c><00:29:15.700><c> would</c><00:29:15.940><c> not</c>

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.700
turn<00:29:16.319><c> his</c><00:29:16.579><c> face</c><00:29:16.839><c> from</c><00:29:17.079><c> him,</c>

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:20.920
but<00:29:18.259><c> disguised</c><00:29:18.700><c> himself</c><00:29:19.019><c> that</c><00:29:19.140><c> he</c><00:29:19.240><c> might</c><00:29:19.480><c> fight</c><00:29:19.759><c> with</c><00:29:19.920><c> him</c><00:29:20.019><c> and</c><00:29:20.240><c> hearken</c><00:29:20.519><c> not</c><00:29:20.740><c> to</c>

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:23.660
the<00:29:20.960><c> words</c><00:29:21.140><c> of</c><00:29:21.359><c> Niko</c><00:29:21.599><c> from</c><00:29:22.039><c> the</c><00:29:22.220><c> mouth</c><00:29:22.420><c> of</c><00:29:22.700><c> God.</c>

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:30.440
And<00:29:26.500><c> they</c><00:29:26.680><c> came</c><00:29:26.859><c> to</c><00:29:27.099><c> fight</c><00:29:27.220><c> in</c><00:29:27.359><c> the</c><00:29:27.460><c> valley</c><00:29:27.799><c> of</c><00:29:28.019><c> Megiddo.</c>

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:34.500
And<00:29:31.240><c> the</c><00:29:31.400><c> arrow,</c><00:29:32.380><c> just</c><00:29:32.660><c> like</c><00:29:32.839><c> the</c><00:29:33.000><c> arrow</c><00:29:33.220><c> that</c><00:29:33.440><c> God</c><00:29:33.680><c> had</c><00:29:33.960><c> guided</c><00:29:34.259><c> to</c>

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.619
kill<00:29:34.720><c> Ahab,</c>

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:42.160
the<00:29:36.339><c> arrow</c><00:29:36.579><c> of</c><00:29:36.740><c> God's</c><00:29:37.180><c> mercy</c><00:29:37.740><c> hit</c><00:29:39.000><c> king</c><00:29:39.359><c> Josiah</c><00:29:40.160><c> and</c><00:29:41.559><c> he</c><00:29:41.759><c> died</c>

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.599
in<00:29:42.839><c> the</c><00:29:42.960><c> valley</c><00:29:43.180><c> of</c><00:29:43.299><c> Megiddo.</c>

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:46.839
Have<00:29:43.799><c> me</c><00:29:44.000><c> away,</c><00:29:44.200><c> in</c><00:29:44.359><c> verse</c><00:29:44.559><c> 23,</c><00:29:45.000><c> for</c><00:29:45.119><c> I</c><00:29:45.259><c> am</c><00:29:45.500><c> sore</c><00:29:45.759><c> wounded.</c>

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:50.400
And<00:29:48.319><c> they</c><00:29:48.440><c> took</c><00:29:48.559><c> him</c><00:29:48.680><c> back</c><00:29:48.819><c> to</c><00:29:48.960><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:49.440><c> and</c><00:29:49.900><c> he</c><00:29:50.099><c> died</c><00:29:50.319><c> and</c>

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:52.859
was<00:29:50.660><c> buried</c><00:29:50.799><c> in</c><00:29:50.940><c> the</c><00:29:51.079><c> sepulchre</c><00:29:51.440><c> of</c><00:29:51.619><c> his</c><00:29:51.880><c> fathers.</c>

00:29:57.059 --> 00:30:02.079
And<00:29:57.619><c> we</c><00:29:57.740><c> read</c><00:29:57.920><c> at</c><00:29:58.039><c> the</c><00:29:58.039><c> end</c><00:29:58.220><c> of</c><00:29:58.339><c> verse</c><00:29:58.519><c> 24,</c><00:29:59.440><c> And</c><00:29:59.819><c> all</c><00:30:00.279><c> Judah</c><00:30:01.079><c> and</c>

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:04.059
Jerusalem<00:30:02.619><c> mourned</c><00:30:03.160><c> for</c><00:30:03.460><c> Josiah.</c>

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:07.039
Even<00:30:04.799><c> the</c><00:30:05.099><c> apathetic</c><00:30:05.579><c> and</c><00:30:05.740><c> the</c><00:30:06.019><c> evil</c><00:30:06.180><c> in</c><00:30:06.339><c> the</c><00:30:06.500><c> nation</c><00:30:06.799><c> could</c>

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:09.200
see<00:30:07.180><c> they</c><00:30:07.319><c> had</c><00:30:07.579><c> lost</c><00:30:07.839><c> the</c><00:30:08.019><c> great</c><00:30:08.279><c> men.</c>

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:14.420
But<00:30:11.160><c> verse</c><00:30:11.420><c> 25</c><00:30:12.339><c> tells</c><00:30:12.920><c> us</c><00:30:13.180><c> about</c><00:30:13.440><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:17.859
And<00:30:15.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:16.799><c> lamented.</c>

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:23.779
You<00:30:18.359><c> know,</c><00:30:18.920><c> that</c><00:30:18.920><c> word</c><00:30:19.160><c> lamented</c><00:30:19.500><c> is</c><00:30:19.640><c> the</c><00:30:19.880><c> same</c><00:30:20.180><c> word</c><00:30:20.460><c> of</c><00:30:20.660><c> David's</c><00:30:22.220><c> lament</c><00:30:22.539><c> for</c><00:30:22.779><c> Jonathan.</c>

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:26.279
He<00:30:24.180><c> lamented</c><00:30:24.779><c> for</c><00:30:25.019><c> Josiah.</c>

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:29.200
And<00:30:27.259><c> all</c><00:30:27.380><c> the</c><00:30:27.579><c> singing</c><00:30:27.759><c> men</c><00:30:28.000><c> and</c><00:30:28.140><c> the</c><00:30:28.200><c> singing</c><00:30:28.460><c> women</c><00:30:28.859><c> spoke</c>

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:31.420
of<00:30:29.400><c> Josiah</c><00:30:29.779><c> and</c><00:30:29.920><c> their</c><00:30:30.079><c> lamentations</c><00:30:30.599><c> of</c><00:30:30.759><c> this</c><00:30:30.980><c> day</c><00:30:31.140><c> and</c><00:30:31.279><c> made</c>

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.859
an<00:30:31.680><c> audience.</c>

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:34.799
And<00:30:32.059><c> behold,</c><00:30:32.319><c> they</c><00:30:32.559><c> are</c><00:30:32.720><c> written</c><00:30:32.920><c> in</c><00:30:33.299><c> the</c><00:30:33.480><c> lamentations.</c>

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:38.460
And<00:30:35.740><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:36.099><c> was</c><00:30:36.420><c> utterly</c><00:30:36.819><c> inconsolable</c><00:30:37.740><c> as</c><00:30:38.000><c> he</c><00:30:38.220><c> sat</c><00:30:38.319><c> there</c>

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:41.440
in<00:30:38.559><c> the</c><00:30:38.660><c> valley</c><00:30:38.839><c> of</c><00:30:39.039><c> Megiddo.</c>

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:44.279
He<00:30:41.660><c> was</c><00:30:41.880><c> absolutely</c><00:30:42.319><c> brokenhearted</c><00:30:43.079><c> over</c><00:30:43.319><c> the</c><00:30:43.500><c> loss</c><00:30:43.619><c> of</c><00:30:43.839><c> Josiah.</c>

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:47.980
He<00:30:44.759><c> appreciated</c><00:30:45.460><c> like</c><00:30:45.779><c> nobody</c><00:30:46.200><c> else</c><00:30:46.720><c> what</c><00:30:47.200><c> this</c><00:30:47.619><c> meant</c><00:30:47.779><c> for</c>

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.460
the<00:30:48.099><c> nation.</c>

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:51.660
They<00:30:49.079><c> had</c><00:30:49.359><c> lost</c><00:30:49.720><c> the</c><00:30:50.140><c> support</c><00:30:50.420><c> of</c><00:30:50.660><c> the</c><00:30:50.859><c> throne.</c>

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:57.660
And<00:30:52.039><c> already</c><00:30:52.359><c> the</c><00:30:52.700><c> sons</c><00:30:53.099><c> of</c><00:30:53.480><c> Josiah,</c><00:30:53.980><c> the</c><00:30:54.160><c> older</c><00:30:54.400><c> ones</c><00:30:54.619><c> in</c><00:30:54.900><c> particular,</c><00:30:56.200><c> were</c><00:30:56.440><c> disgracing</c><00:30:57.000><c> themselves</c><00:30:57.460><c> as</c>

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:59.259
Zephaniah<00:30:58.119><c> had</c><00:30:58.359><c> to</c><00:30:58.619><c> prophesy</c>

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:03.700
that<00:30:59.740><c> God</c><00:30:59.980><c> was</c><00:31:00.180><c> going</c><00:31:00.299><c> to</c><00:31:00.500><c> punish</c><00:31:00.720><c> all</c><00:31:01.019><c> the</c><00:31:01.180><c> king's</c><00:31:01.619><c> sons</c><00:31:02.099><c> for</c>

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:06.940
their<00:31:03.920><c> wickedness</c><00:31:04.380><c> and</c><00:31:04.599><c> their</c><00:31:05.539><c> materialism.</c>

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:11.359
And<00:31:08.579><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:09.000><c> realizes</c><00:31:09.500><c> what</c><00:31:10.200><c> a</c><00:31:10.539><c> desperate</c><00:31:10.859><c> hole</c><00:31:11.180><c> they're</c>

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:14.859
now<00:31:11.619><c> in</c><00:31:12.200><c> without</c><00:31:12.839><c> Josiah</c><00:31:13.440><c> upon</c><00:31:13.680><c> the</c><00:31:13.920><c> throne.</c>

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:19.599
And<00:31:15.779><c> it's</c><00:31:16.059><c> said</c><00:31:16.519><c> his</c><00:31:17.140><c> words</c><00:31:17.500><c> are</c><00:31:17.740><c> written</c><00:31:17.920><c> in</c><00:31:18.119><c> the</c><00:31:18.299><c> lamentations.</c>

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:22.299
Just<00:31:20.799><c> come</c><00:31:20.980><c> to</c><00:31:21.079><c> the</c><00:31:21.200><c> lamentations</c><00:31:21.720><c> and</c><00:31:21.779><c> look</c><00:31:21.900><c> at</c><00:31:21.980><c> some</c><00:31:22.160><c> of</c>

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.599
those<00:31:22.500><c> words.</c>

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:31.200
You<00:31:25.220><c> know,</c><00:31:25.420><c> 20</c><00:31:25.660><c> years</c><00:31:25.980><c> later</c><00:31:26.599><c> or</c><00:31:27.240><c> more,</c><00:31:29.099><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:29.480><c> is</c><00:31:29.940><c> still</c>

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:35.200
mourning<00:31:32.119><c> for</c><00:31:33.519><c> the</c><00:31:33.720><c> lost</c><00:31:33.940><c> opportunity</c>

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:37.279
in<00:31:36.039><c> the</c><00:31:36.180><c> death</c><00:31:36.539><c> of</c><00:31:36.819><c> Josiah.</c>

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:41.099
Come<00:31:37.480><c> to</c><00:31:37.599><c> Lamentations</c><00:31:38.299><c> chapter</c><00:31:38.599><c> 2</c><00:31:39.599><c> and</c><00:31:40.079><c> verse</c><00:31:40.339><c> 4</c><00:31:40.599><c> and</c><00:31:40.779><c> 5</c><00:31:40.980><c> and</c>

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:43.799
remember<00:31:41.359><c> that</c><00:31:41.519><c> he</c><00:31:41.599><c> was</c><00:31:41.940><c> slain</c><00:31:42.339><c> by</c><00:31:42.599><c> an</c><00:31:42.880><c> arrow</c>

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:48.000
which<00:31:45.680><c> was</c><00:31:45.920><c> the</c><00:31:46.079><c> mercy</c><00:31:46.339><c> of</c><00:31:46.519><c> God</c><00:31:46.720><c> to</c><00:31:47.019><c> spare</c><00:31:47.259><c> him</c><00:31:47.460><c> from</c><00:31:47.619><c> the</c><00:31:47.839><c> evil</c>

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.720
that<00:31:48.160><c> would</c><00:31:48.400><c> come.</c>

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:51.859
And<00:31:49.380><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:49.799><c> never</c><00:31:50.259><c> really</c><00:31:50.700><c> came</c><00:31:50.920><c> to</c><00:31:51.140><c> grips</c><00:31:51.339><c> with</c><00:31:51.579><c> the</c><00:31:51.720><c> loss</c>

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:53.079
of<00:31:52.079><c> Josiah.</c>

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:57.380
He<00:31:53.799><c> said,</c><00:31:54.180><c> speaking</c><00:31:54.240><c> of</c><00:31:54.500><c> God</c><00:31:54.740><c> in</c><00:31:55.000><c> Lamentations</c><00:31:55.660><c> 2</c><00:31:55.920><c> and</c><00:31:56.079><c> verse</c><00:31:56.299><c> 4,</c>

00:31:57.440 --> 00:32:00.079
He<00:31:57.539><c> hath</c><00:31:57.799><c> bent</c><00:31:58.019><c> his</c><00:31:58.339><c> bow</c><00:31:58.579><c> like</c><00:31:58.839><c> an</c><00:31:59.200><c> enemy.</c>

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:03.359
He<00:32:01.299><c> stood</c><00:32:01.480><c> with</c><00:32:01.640><c> his</c><00:32:01.779><c> right</c><00:32:02.099><c> hand</c><00:32:02.259><c> as</c><00:32:02.400><c> an</c><00:32:02.660><c> adversary</c><00:32:02.980><c> and</c><00:32:03.200><c> slew</c>

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:05.819
all<00:32:03.579><c> that</c><00:32:03.680><c> were</c><00:32:04.019><c> pleasant</c><00:32:04.380><c> to</c><00:32:04.619><c> the</c><00:32:04.900><c> eye</c>

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:08.019
in<00:32:06.460><c> the</c><00:32:06.700><c> tabernacle</c><00:32:07.079><c> of</c><00:32:07.220><c> the</c><00:32:07.339><c> daughter</c><00:32:07.559><c> of</c><00:32:07.819><c> Zion.</c>

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.720
He<00:32:08.220><c> poured</c><00:32:08.460><c> out</c><00:32:08.619><c> his</c><00:32:08.880><c> fury</c><00:32:09.099><c> like</c><00:32:09.440><c> fire.</c>

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:11.319
And<00:32:09.940><c> he's</c><00:32:10.140><c> referring</c><00:32:10.440><c> to</c><00:32:10.680><c> Josiah</c><00:32:11.119><c> there.</c>

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:14.420
He<00:32:11.559><c> said,</c><00:32:11.940><c> God's</c><00:32:12.079><c> come</c><00:32:12.240><c> against</c><00:32:12.539><c> us</c><00:32:12.700><c> like</c><00:32:12.880><c> a</c><00:32:13.099><c> man</c><00:32:13.240><c> with</c><00:32:13.460><c> a</c><00:32:13.619><c> bow.</c>

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:18.920
And<00:32:15.400><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:15.720><c> felt</c><00:32:16.039><c> that</c><00:32:16.259><c> the</c><00:32:16.559><c> arrow</c><00:32:16.839><c> that</c><00:32:17.019><c> had</c><00:32:17.200><c> gone</c><00:32:17.380><c> through</c><00:32:17.599><c> Josiah,</c><00:32:18.079><c> he</c><00:32:18.279><c> still</c><00:32:18.579><c> felt</c><00:32:18.759><c> it</c>

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:20.299
in<00:32:18.960><c> his</c><00:32:19.160><c> own</c><00:32:19.380><c> heart.</c>

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:24.259
Look<00:32:21.859><c> at</c><00:32:21.980><c> chapter</c><00:32:22.240><c> 3</c><00:32:22.599><c> and</c><00:32:22.759><c> verse</c><00:32:22.980><c> 12.</c>

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:27.420
Same<00:32:25.200><c> sentiment,</c><00:32:26.380><c> talking</c><00:32:26.680><c> about</c><00:32:27.019><c> God.</c>

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.539
He<00:32:27.759><c> hath</c><00:32:27.960><c> bent</c><00:32:28.119><c> his</c><00:32:28.380><c> bow.</c>

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:30.839
He<00:32:28.720><c> set</c><00:32:28.980><c> me</c><00:32:29.319><c> as</c><00:32:29.440><c> a</c><00:32:29.559><c> mark</c><00:32:29.660><c> for</c><00:32:29.819><c> his</c><00:32:30.039><c> arrow.</c>

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:33.319
He's<00:32:31.099><c> caused</c><00:32:31.279><c> the</c><00:32:31.480><c> arrows</c><00:32:31.579><c> of</c><00:32:31.740><c> the</c><00:32:31.920><c> quiver</c><00:32:32.019><c> to</c><00:32:32.180><c> enter</c><00:32:32.319><c> into</c><00:32:32.579><c> my</c><00:32:32.980><c> reins.</c>

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:36.619
He's<00:32:33.779><c> broken</c><00:32:34.059><c> my</c><00:32:34.440><c> heart</c><00:32:34.619><c> with</c><00:32:34.779><c> that</c><00:32:34.940><c> arrow</c><00:32:35.099><c> that</c><00:32:35.279><c> hit</c><00:32:35.440><c> Josiah.</c>

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.619
And<00:32:40.019><c> he</c><00:32:40.140><c> really</c><00:32:40.380><c> felt</c><00:32:40.559><c> that</c><00:32:40.779><c> God</c><00:32:40.920><c> had</c><00:32:41.119><c> wounded</c><00:32:41.299><c> them</c><00:32:41.519><c> all.</c>

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:45.759
Look<00:32:41.759><c> at</c><00:32:41.900><c> Lamentations</c><00:32:42.619><c> chapter</c><00:32:42.900><c> 4</c><00:32:44.059><c> and</c><00:32:44.900><c> verse</c><00:32:45.180><c> 20.</c>

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:48.960
A<00:32:46.680><c> glorious</c><00:32:47.099><c> tribute</c><00:32:47.519><c> to</c><00:32:47.759><c> Josiah.</c>

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:56.819
The<00:32:52.019><c> breath</c><00:32:52.319><c> of</c><00:32:52.519><c> our</c><00:32:52.700><c> nostrils,</c><00:32:55.019><c> the</c><00:32:55.180><c> anointed</c><00:32:55.559><c> of</c><00:32:55.819><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.539
was<00:32:57.700><c> taken</c><00:32:58.019><c> in</c><00:32:58.240><c> their</c><00:32:58.500><c> pits,</c>

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:03.700
the<00:33:00.299><c> one</c><00:33:00.500><c> of</c><00:33:00.660><c> whom</c><00:33:00.799><c> we</c><00:33:01.059><c> said,</c><00:33:01.500><c> under</c><00:33:01.640><c> his</c><00:33:01.940><c> shadow,</c><00:33:03.279><c> we</c><00:33:03.480><c> shall</c>

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:05.319
live<00:33:04.160><c> among</c><00:33:04.579><c> the</c><00:33:04.819><c> heathen.</c>

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:08.339
You<00:33:05.839><c> know,</c><00:33:06.000><c> in</c><00:33:06.099><c> that</c><00:33:06.279><c> 13</c><00:33:06.599><c> years,</c><00:33:07.220><c> they</c><00:33:07.240><c> hoped,</c><00:33:07.660><c> they</c><00:33:07.940><c> really</c>

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:10.960
hoped<00:33:08.619><c> that</c><00:33:08.779><c> if</c><00:33:08.980><c> Josiah</c><00:33:09.480><c> could</c><00:33:09.640><c> get</c><00:33:09.799><c> on</c><00:33:09.980><c> and</c><00:33:10.240><c> purge</c><00:33:10.539><c> the</c><00:33:10.720><c> nation,</c>

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:13.920
if<00:33:11.339><c> he</c><00:33:11.480><c> could</c><00:33:11.599><c> turn</c><00:33:11.900><c> the</c><00:33:12.099><c> hearts</c><00:33:12.259><c> of</c><00:33:12.380><c> the</c><00:33:12.519><c> people</c><00:33:12.680><c> back</c><00:33:12.880><c> to</c><00:33:13.039><c> God,</c><00:33:13.440><c> that</c><00:33:13.619><c> God</c>

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:17.339
might<00:33:14.240><c> repent</c><00:33:14.660><c> of</c><00:33:15.019><c> his</c><00:33:15.880><c> condemnation</c><00:33:16.579><c> against</c><00:33:16.859><c> the</c><00:33:17.059><c> nation.</c>

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:20.839
And<00:33:17.720><c> they</c><00:33:17.960><c> would</c><00:33:18.200><c> live</c><00:33:18.440><c> peaceably</c><00:33:18.960><c> amongst</c><00:33:19.240><c> the</c><00:33:19.460><c> heathen.</c>

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:25.460
And<00:33:22.880><c> you've</c><00:33:22.980><c> only</c><00:33:23.119><c> got</c><00:33:23.240><c> to</c><00:33:23.400><c> read</c><00:33:23.519><c> the</c><00:33:23.640><c> early</c><00:33:23.819><c> chapters</c><00:33:24.099><c> of</c><00:33:24.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:25.279><c> to</c>

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:27.960
see<00:33:25.579><c> that</c><00:33:25.720><c> he</c><00:33:25.920><c> really</c><00:33:26.259><c> hoped</c><00:33:26.460><c> that</c><00:33:26.660><c> that</c><00:33:26.839><c> might</c><00:33:27.059><c> happen.</c>

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:30.000
But<00:33:28.559><c> it</c><00:33:28.759><c> didn't.</c>

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:32.759
And<00:33:30.819><c> their</c><00:33:30.940><c> hopes</c><00:33:31.180><c> were</c><00:33:31.440><c> dashed</c><00:33:31.720><c> with</c><00:33:31.859><c> the</c><00:33:32.000><c> death</c><00:33:32.160><c> of</c><00:33:32.339><c> Josiah,</c>

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:35.819
the<00:33:32.980><c> anointed</c><00:33:33.200><c> of</c><00:33:33.440><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:34.680><c> the</c><00:33:34.859><c> breath</c><00:33:35.059><c> of</c><00:33:35.220><c> our</c><00:33:35.420><c> nostrils.</c>

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.200
What<00:33:36.059><c> a</c><00:33:36.240><c> lovely</c><00:33:36.480><c> thing</c><00:33:36.799><c> to</c><00:33:36.960><c> call</c><00:33:37.180><c> a</c><00:33:37.400><c> friend.</c>

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:45.680
And<00:33:41.740><c> the</c><00:33:41.920><c> mourning</c><00:33:42.119><c> for</c><00:33:42.339><c> Josiah,</c><00:33:44.640><c> we</c><00:33:44.900><c> all</c><00:33:45.119><c> know,</c><00:33:45.359><c> don't</c><00:33:45.500><c> we,</c>

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.920
from<00:33:45.900><c> Zechariah</c><00:33:46.420><c> chapter</c><00:33:46.680><c> 12</c><00:33:47.019><c> and</c><00:33:47.220><c> verse</c><00:33:47.400><c> 10</c><00:33:47.579><c> and</c><00:33:47.680><c> 11.</c>

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:52.859
The<00:33:48.359><c> mourning</c><00:33:48.660><c> of</c><00:33:48.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:49.460><c> for</c><00:33:49.799><c> Josiah</c><00:33:50.599><c> will</c><00:33:51.720><c> only</c><00:33:52.019><c> be</c><00:33:52.359><c> exceeded</c><00:33:52.640><c> when</c>

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:54.200
the<00:33:53.079><c> Jews</c><00:33:53.279><c> mourn,</c>

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:56.400
when<00:33:54.660><c> they</c><00:33:54.880><c> see</c><00:33:55.039><c> the</c><00:33:55.259><c> wounds</c><00:33:55.460><c> in</c><00:33:55.660><c> the</c><00:33:55.799><c> hand</c><00:33:56.000><c> of</c><00:33:56.160><c> the</c><00:33:56.259><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:33:56.799><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:34:00.660><c> Zechariah</c><00:34:01.000><c> tells</c><00:34:01.299><c> us</c><00:34:01.460><c> that</c><00:34:01.640><c> the</c><00:34:01.799><c> mourning</c><00:34:02.039><c> for</c><00:34:02.400><c> the</c><00:34:02.519><c> Lord</c>

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:05.440
Jesus<00:34:03.160><c> Christ,</c><00:34:03.500><c> when</c><00:34:03.619><c> the</c><00:34:03.839><c> Jews</c><00:34:04.019><c> see</c><00:34:04.259><c> the</c><00:34:04.500><c> wounds,</c>

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:10.480
they<00:34:06.220><c> will</c><00:34:06.460><c> mourn</c><00:34:07.400><c> as</c><00:34:07.700><c> the</c><00:34:07.940><c> mourning</c><00:34:08.659><c> of</c><00:34:09.500><c> hated</c><00:34:09.780><c> drimmin</c><00:34:10.119><c> in</c>

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:12.139
the<00:34:10.659><c> valley</c><00:34:10.860><c> of</c><00:34:11.039><c> Megiddo.</c>

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:17.059
They<00:34:12.739><c> will</c><00:34:13.300><c> see,</c><00:34:14.000><c> brethren</c><00:34:14.119><c> and</c><00:34:14.400><c> sisters,</c><00:34:16.179><c> what</c><00:34:16.380><c> they</c><00:34:16.679><c> did</c><00:34:16.800><c> to</c>

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:20.320
Christ<00:34:17.320><c> was</c><00:34:17.500><c> even</c><00:34:17.840><c> worse</c><00:34:18.119><c> than</c><00:34:18.300><c> what</c><00:34:18.480><c> was</c><00:34:18.739><c> done</c><00:34:18.940><c> to</c><00:34:19.179><c> Josiah.</c>

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:28.820
And<00:34:25.280><c> so</c><00:34:25.440><c> Josiah's</c><00:34:26.059><c> death</c><00:34:26.260><c> left</c><00:34:26.480><c> a</c><00:34:26.719><c> grieving</c><00:34:26.980><c> prophet,</c><00:34:28.679><c> a</c>

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:31.699
broken<00:34:29.099><c> hearted</c><00:34:29.500><c> Sunday</c><00:34:29.860><c> school</c><00:34:30.119><c> class,</c>

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:35.699
and<00:34:32.940><c> God</c><00:34:33.239><c> now</c><00:34:33.639><c> hastening</c><00:34:34.019><c> the</c><00:34:34.179><c> demise</c><00:34:34.519><c> of</c><00:34:34.780><c> Judah.</c>

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:38.739
Their<00:34:36.840><c> hopes</c><00:34:37.199><c> were</c><00:34:37.440><c> finally</c><00:34:37.980><c> dashed.</c>

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:42.099
I<00:34:38.880><c> want</c><00:34:39.039><c> you</c><00:34:39.139><c> to</c><00:34:39.280><c> come</c><00:34:39.420><c> to</c><00:34:39.639><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:40.000><c> 22</c><00:34:40.559><c> and</c><00:34:40.679><c> look</c><00:34:40.880><c> at</c><00:34:41.019><c> God's</c>

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postscript<00:34:42.679><c> upon</c><00:34:43.260><c> Josiah.</c>

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We're<00:34:48.219><c> going</c><00:34:48.239><c> to</c><00:34:48.440><c> consider</c><00:34:48.619><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:49.059><c> 22,</c><00:34:50.139><c> God</c><00:34:50.320><c> willing,</c><00:34:50.699><c> at</c>

00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:52.380
the<00:34:51.059><c> sisters</c><00:34:51.300><c> class.</c>

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It's<00:34:53.360><c> a</c><00:34:53.539><c> condemnation</c><00:34:54.119><c> of</c><00:34:54.340><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:34:54.800><c> and</c><00:34:54.960><c> his</c><00:34:55.139><c> wife.</c>

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High<00:34:56.800><c> living,</c><00:34:57.380><c> proud,</c><00:34:57.920><c> living</c><00:34:57.960><c> in</c><00:34:58.139><c> a</c><00:34:58.199><c> house</c><00:34:58.440><c> of</c><00:34:58.760><c> cedar,</c><00:34:59.599><c> a</c><00:34:59.679><c> house</c><00:35:00.019><c> built</c><00:35:00.420><c> by</c>

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:03.840
dishonesty,<00:35:02.380><c> unpaid</c><00:35:02.699><c> labour,</c>

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:07.860
living<00:35:04.719><c> in</c><00:35:04.960><c> luxury</c><00:35:05.239><c> in</c><00:35:05.420><c> a</c><00:35:05.559><c> time</c><00:35:05.780><c> of</c><00:35:06.159><c> feminine</c><00:35:06.639><c> taxation.</c>

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:13.519
And<00:35:09.179><c> by</c><00:35:09.360><c> way</c><00:35:09.599><c> of</c><00:35:09.840><c> condemning</c><00:35:10.780><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:35:11.380><c> and</c><00:35:11.559><c> his</c><00:35:11.719><c> wife,</c><00:35:13.280><c> God</c>

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:16.239
brings<00:35:13.840><c> before</c><00:35:14.239><c> them</c><00:35:14.400><c> the</c><00:35:14.579><c> example</c><00:35:14.940><c> of</c><00:35:15.119><c> Josiah.</c>

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:18.400
Verse<00:35:17.760><c> 15.</c>

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:22.980
Shall<00:35:19.380><c> you</c><00:35:19.659><c> reign,</c><00:35:20.059><c> Jehoiakim,</c><00:35:20.659><c> because</c><00:35:20.860><c> you</c><00:35:21.039><c> dwell</c><00:35:21.159><c> in</c><00:35:21.320><c> a</c><00:35:21.420><c> house</c><00:35:21.659><c> of</c><00:35:21.900><c> cedar?</c>

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:26.880
Jehoiakim,<00:35:24.079><c> why</c><00:35:24.199><c> haven't</c><00:35:24.380><c> you</c><00:35:24.599><c> learnt,</c><00:35:24.980><c> in</c><00:35:25.239><c> verse</c><00:35:25.420><c> 15,</c><00:35:26.599><c> from</c>

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:28.199
your<00:35:27.079><c> own</c><00:35:27.260><c> father?</c>

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:31.380
Did<00:35:29.360><c> not</c><00:35:29.659><c> thy</c><00:35:29.820><c> father</c><00:35:30.280><c> eat</c><00:35:30.760><c> and</c><00:35:31.219><c> drink?</c>

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:36.179
You<00:35:31.559><c> see,</c><00:35:32.980><c> Josiah</c><00:35:33.199><c> was</c><00:35:33.400><c> only</c><00:35:33.659><c> concerned</c><00:35:34.079><c> with</c><00:35:34.260><c> the</c><00:35:34.519><c> necessities</c><00:35:34.960><c> of</c><00:35:35.179><c> life.</c>

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:41.159
He<00:35:37.480><c> did</c><00:35:37.699><c> not</c><00:35:37.940><c> build</c><00:35:38.159><c> around</c><00:35:38.380><c> himself</c><00:35:38.800><c> enormous</c><00:35:39.300><c> palaces</c><00:35:40.019><c> like</c>

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:42.920
Jehoiakim<00:35:41.679><c> was</c><00:35:41.860><c> doing.</c>

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:46.940
His<00:35:44.519><c> obsession</c><00:35:45.019><c> was</c><00:35:45.239><c> with</c><00:35:45.420><c> cleansing</c><00:35:45.760><c> the</c><00:35:46.019><c> people.</c>

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:51.119
Did<00:35:47.619><c> not</c><00:35:47.860><c> thy</c><00:35:48.059><c> father</c><00:35:48.440><c> eat</c><00:35:48.739><c> and</c><00:35:48.920><c> drink</c><00:35:49.079><c> and</c><00:35:49.400><c> do</c><00:35:49.679><c> judgment</c><00:35:50.099><c> and</c><00:35:50.400><c> justice?</c>

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:55.280
And<00:35:53.159><c> then</c><00:35:53.280><c> it</c><00:35:53.420><c> was</c><00:35:53.579><c> well</c><00:35:53.699><c> with</c><00:35:53.860><c> him.</c>

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:59.699
Thy<00:35:56.159><c> father</c><00:35:56.519><c> judged</c><00:35:56.880><c> the</c><00:35:57.219><c> cause</c><00:35:57.460><c> of</c><00:35:57.659><c> the</c><00:35:57.920><c> poor</c><00:35:58.139><c> and</c><00:35:58.380><c> the</c><00:35:58.559><c> needy.</c>

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:02.179
Then<00:36:00.179><c> it</c><00:36:00.320><c> was</c><00:36:00.519><c> well</c><00:36:00.679><c> with</c><00:36:00.880><c> him.</c>

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:05.900
Was<00:36:03.219><c> not</c><00:36:03.500><c> this</c><00:36:03.960><c> to</c><00:36:04.179><c> know</c><00:36:04.360><c> me,</c><00:36:04.599><c> says</c><00:36:04.760><c> God?</c>

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:10.059
You<00:36:07.159><c> go</c><00:36:07.300><c> back</c><00:36:07.440><c> and</c><00:36:07.599><c> check</c><00:36:07.719><c> out</c><00:36:07.880><c> the</c><00:36:08.059><c> record,</c><00:36:08.500><c> brethren</c><00:36:08.579><c> and</c><00:36:08.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:14.880
of<00:36:11.400><c> how</c><00:36:11.639><c> Josiah</c><00:36:12.219><c> judged</c><00:36:12.619><c> the</c><00:36:12.940><c> cause</c><00:36:13.159><c> of</c><00:36:13.340><c> the</c><00:36:13.559><c> poor</c><00:36:13.699><c> and</c><00:36:13.920><c> needy.</c>

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:19.179
When<00:36:16.079><c> he</c><00:36:16.300><c> instituted</c><00:36:16.579><c> the</c><00:36:16.880><c> Passover,</c><00:36:18.280><c> the</c><00:36:18.360><c> record</c><00:36:18.619><c> tells</c><00:36:18.940><c> us</c>

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.880
that<00:36:19.320><c> he</c><00:36:19.400><c> gave</c><00:36:19.659><c> out</c><00:36:20.079><c> lambs</c>

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:25.659
from<00:36:22.539><c> the</c><00:36:22.699><c> smallest</c><00:36:23.360><c> to</c><00:36:23.639><c> the</c><00:36:23.920><c> greatest</c><00:36:24.360><c> in</c><00:36:24.579><c> the</c><00:36:24.719><c> nation.</c>

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:28.599
From<00:36:26.039><c> his</c><00:36:26.280><c> own</c><00:36:26.579><c> resources</c><00:36:27.039><c> he</c><00:36:27.280><c> made</c><00:36:27.440><c> sure</c><00:36:27.639><c> every</c><00:36:28.119><c> man</c><00:36:28.400><c> could</c>

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:31.380
offer<00:36:28.780><c> the</c><00:36:29.000><c> lamb</c><00:36:29.300><c> at</c><00:36:29.860><c> the</c><00:36:30.019><c> time</c><00:36:30.199><c> of</c><00:36:30.480><c> Passover.</c>

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:36.840
And<00:36:33.519><c> God</c><00:36:33.760><c> says,</c><00:36:34.320><c> was</c><00:36:34.380><c> not</c><00:36:34.719><c> this</c><00:36:35.440><c> to</c><00:36:35.719><c> know</c><00:36:35.920><c> me?</c>

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:41.159
The<00:36:37.960><c> spirit</c><00:36:38.260><c> of</c><00:36:38.579><c> taking</c><00:36:38.920><c> up</c><00:36:39.199><c> the</c><00:36:39.480><c> cause</c><00:36:39.719><c> of</c><00:36:39.880><c> the</c><00:36:40.079><c> poor</c><00:36:40.239><c> and</c><00:36:40.420><c> needy</c>

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:44.460
reflects<00:36:41.619><c> God</c><00:36:41.980><c> who</c><00:36:42.139><c> loves</c><00:36:42.400><c> the</c><00:36:42.699><c> stranger,</c><00:36:43.860><c> who's</c><00:36:44.099><c> a</c><00:36:44.280><c> father</c>

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:46.820
to<00:36:44.619><c> the</c><00:36:44.880><c> fatherless</c><00:36:45.280><c> and</c><00:36:45.420><c> cares</c><00:36:45.739><c> for</c><00:36:45.920><c> the</c><00:36:46.059><c> widows.</c>

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:51.420
God<00:36:47.440><c> says</c><00:36:47.679><c> when</c><00:36:47.900><c> he</c><00:36:48.139><c> emulated</c><00:36:48.559><c> those</c><00:36:48.940><c> qualities,</c><00:36:50.179><c> was</c><00:36:50.320><c> not</c><00:36:50.719><c> this</c><00:36:51.159><c> to</c>

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.619
know<00:36:51.599><c> me?</c>

00:36:56.059 --> 00:37:00.059
To<00:36:56.179><c> know</c><00:36:56.360><c> God,</c><00:36:56.699><c> brethren</c><00:36:56.820><c> and</c><00:36:57.059><c> sisters,</c><00:36:58.980><c> to</c><00:36:59.280><c> really</c><00:36:59.559><c> know</c><00:36:59.780><c> God</c>

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.920
is<00:37:00.280><c> to</c><00:37:00.440><c> be</c><00:37:00.619><c> like</c><00:37:00.880><c> God.</c>

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:07.260
And<00:37:03.519><c> God</c><00:37:03.659><c> who</c><00:37:03.840><c> cares</c><00:37:04.079><c> for</c><00:37:04.260><c> the</c><00:37:04.440><c> downtrodden,</c><00:37:05.059><c> who</c><00:37:05.179><c> hates</c><00:37:05.480><c> pride,</c><00:37:06.039><c> injustice</c><00:37:06.519><c> and</c><00:37:06.820><c> oppression,</c>

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:13.139
who<00:37:07.920><c> hates</c><00:37:08.260><c> selfishness</c><00:37:08.920><c> and</c><00:37:09.119><c> greed,</c><00:37:10.940><c> loved</c><00:37:11.019><c> a</c><00:37:11.099><c> man</c><00:37:11.300><c> like</c><00:37:11.579><c> Josiah</c><00:37:12.059><c> because</c><00:37:12.360><c> Josiah</c><00:37:12.920><c> was</c>

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.420
like<00:37:13.340><c> his</c><00:37:13.559><c> God.</c>

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:18.380
And<00:37:15.739><c> what</c><00:37:15.900><c> an</c><00:37:16.099><c> insight</c><00:37:16.480><c> to</c><00:37:16.679><c> the</c><00:37:16.820><c> character</c><00:37:17.099><c> of</c><00:37:17.280><c> Josiah.</c>

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.980
You<00:37:19.219><c> know,</c><00:37:19.280><c> we</c><00:37:19.360><c> often</c><00:37:19.519><c> think</c><00:37:19.739><c> of</c><00:37:19.880><c> Josiah</c><00:37:20.340><c> as</c><00:37:20.559><c> a</c><00:37:20.760><c> firm,</c>

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.300
uncompromising<00:37:21.840><c> individual,</c>

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:25.420
zealous<00:37:22.619><c> for</c><00:37:22.800><c> his</c><00:37:23.000><c> God,</c><00:37:23.860><c> and</c><00:37:24.019><c> so</c><00:37:24.219><c> he</c><00:37:24.420><c> was.</c>

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:29.940
But<00:37:26.820><c> he</c><00:37:26.980><c> never</c><00:37:27.159><c> lost</c><00:37:27.420><c> the</c><00:37:27.679><c> sensitivity</c><00:37:28.079><c> to</c><00:37:28.340><c> those</c><00:37:28.699><c> in</c><00:37:29.079><c> need.</c>

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:34.079
He<00:37:30.260><c> never</c><00:37:30.519><c> became</c><00:37:30.980><c> self</c><00:37:31.320><c>-important</c><00:37:31.920><c> and</c><00:37:32.360><c> therefore</c><00:37:32.780><c> uncaring.</c>

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:38.099
And<00:37:35.420><c> you</c><00:37:35.579><c> can't</c><00:37:35.880><c> get</c><00:37:36.039><c> a</c><00:37:36.179><c> higher</c><00:37:36.360><c> commendation</c><00:37:37.000><c> from</c><00:37:37.199><c> God</c><00:37:37.440><c> to</c><00:37:37.679><c> say</c><00:37:37.820><c> of</c><00:37:37.980><c> a</c>

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:41.340
man,<00:37:39.159><c> was</c><00:37:39.300><c> not</c><00:37:39.639><c> this</c><00:37:39.980><c> to</c><00:37:40.199><c> know</c><00:37:40.400><c> me?</c>

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:46.329
And<00:37:43.739><c> with</c><00:37:43.900><c> his</c><00:37:44.079><c> death,</c><00:37:44.679><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:44.820><c> felt</c><00:37:45.179><c> so</c><00:37:45.539><c> alone.</c>

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:53.159
In<00:37:48.719><c> chapter</c><00:37:48.940><c> 12,</c><00:37:51.039><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:51.400><c> was</c><00:37:51.699><c> brokenhearted.</c>

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:03.360
He<00:38:01.980><c> complained</c><00:38:02.320><c> to</c><00:38:02.519><c> God.</c>

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:06.579
He<00:38:03.940><c> said,</c><00:38:04.039><c> I</c><00:38:04.139><c> know</c><00:38:04.300><c> you're</c><00:38:04.500><c> righteous,</c><00:38:04.900><c> God,</c><00:38:05.920><c> but</c><00:38:05.920><c> in</c><00:38:06.360><c> verse</c>

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:08.239
one,<00:38:06.800><c> let</c><00:38:06.920><c> me</c><00:38:07.099><c> talk</c><00:38:07.300><c> with</c><00:38:07.480><c> thee</c><00:38:07.559><c> of</c><00:38:07.739><c> thy</c><00:38:07.880><c> judgment.</c>

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:11.099
Wherefore<00:38:09.099><c> doth</c><00:38:09.300><c> the</c><00:38:09.539><c> way</c><00:38:09.719><c> of</c><00:38:09.840><c> the</c><00:38:09.940><c> wicked</c><00:38:10.139><c> prosper?</c>

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:14.480
Why<00:38:11.679><c> are</c><00:38:11.820><c> those</c><00:38:12.119><c> that</c><00:38:12.420><c> happy</c><00:38:12.659><c> that</c><00:38:12.860><c> will</c><00:38:13.079><c> deal</c><00:38:13.260><c> treacherously?</c>

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:17.420
Why<00:38:14.900><c> do</c><00:38:15.019><c> you</c><00:38:15.099><c> let</c><00:38:15.219><c> them</c><00:38:15.380><c> get</c><00:38:15.579><c> away</c><00:38:15.820><c> with</c><00:38:16.039><c> these</c><00:38:16.300><c> things?</c>

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:22.099
And<00:38:19.579><c> you</c><00:38:19.659><c> can</c><00:38:19.760><c> imagine</c><00:38:20.000><c> what</c><00:38:20.400><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:20.800><c> now</c><00:38:21.139><c> faced.</c>

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.639
He<00:38:22.639><c> said,</c><00:38:22.639><c> I</c><00:38:22.639><c> know</c><00:38:22.639><c> you're</c><00:38:22.639><c> righteous,</c><00:38:22.639><c> God,</c><00:38:22.639><c> but</c><00:38:22.639><c> in</c><00:38:22.639><c> verse</c>

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.139
one,<00:38:22.639><c> let</c><00:38:22.639><c> me</c><00:38:22.639><c> talk</c><00:38:22.639><c> with</c><00:38:22.639><c> thee</c><00:38:22.639><c> of</c><00:38:22.639><c> thy</c><00:38:22.639><c> judgment.</c>

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:26.139
And<00:38:23.840><c> the</c><00:38:24.000><c> answer</c><00:38:24.239><c> comes</c><00:38:24.679><c> in</c><00:38:24.840><c> verse</c><00:38:25.139><c> five.</c>

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:29.820
And<00:38:26.719><c> brethren</c><00:38:26.940><c> and</c><00:38:27.139><c> sisters,</c><00:38:27.679><c> sometimes</c><00:38:27.980><c> the</c><00:38:28.199><c> truth</c><00:38:28.380><c> is</c><00:38:28.579><c> like</c><00:38:28.860><c> this.</c>

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:33.920
You<00:38:30.500><c> know,</c><00:38:30.519><c> sometimes</c><00:38:30.980><c> we</c><00:38:31.179><c> say</c><00:38:31.380><c> to</c><00:38:31.579><c> God,</c><00:38:31.980><c> God,</c><00:38:32.440><c> make</c><00:38:32.699><c> life</c><00:38:32.980><c> easy</c><00:38:33.320><c> for</c><00:38:33.599><c> me.</c>

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:36.739
Why<00:38:34.500><c> are</c><00:38:34.679><c> we</c><00:38:34.840><c> always</c><00:38:35.059><c> up</c><00:38:35.239><c> against</c><00:38:35.639><c> it?</c>

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:41.059
And<00:38:38.980><c> he</c><00:38:39.099><c> says</c><00:38:39.199><c> to</c><00:38:39.380><c> him</c><00:38:39.500><c> in</c><00:38:39.639><c> verse</c><00:38:39.880><c> five,</c>

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:46.019
If<00:38:42.099><c> you've</c><00:38:42.360><c> run</c><00:38:42.500><c> with</c><00:38:42.659><c> the</c><00:38:42.840><c> footmen,</c><00:38:43.360><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:38:45.679><c> and</c><00:38:45.820><c> they</c>

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:50.360
have<00:38:46.219><c> wearied</c><00:38:46.559><c> thee,</c><00:38:49.099><c> try</c><00:38:49.380><c> horses.</c>

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:54.360
Jeremiah,<00:38:52.159><c> you've</c><00:38:52.400><c> been</c><00:38:52.579><c> running</c><00:38:52.739><c> in</c><00:38:52.900><c> the</c><00:38:53.019><c> days</c><00:38:53.460><c> of</c><00:38:53.800><c> Josiah.</c>

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:56.360
You've<00:38:54.960><c> had</c><00:38:55.039><c> the</c><00:38:55.280><c> throne</c><00:38:55.480><c> on</c><00:38:55.659><c> your</c><00:38:55.960><c> side.</c>

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:58.920
And<00:38:56.800><c> even</c><00:38:56.900><c> though</c><00:38:57.019><c> it's</c><00:38:57.199><c> been</c><00:38:57.440><c> hard</c><00:38:57.780><c> contending</c><00:38:58.099><c> with</c><00:38:58.280><c> the</c><00:38:58.440><c> evil</c><00:38:58.579><c> people</c><00:38:58.800><c> in</c>

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.280
the<00:38:59.039><c> nation,</c>

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.820
it's<00:38:59.719><c> like</c><00:38:59.900><c> running</c><00:39:00.119><c> in</c><00:39:00.320><c> a</c><00:39:00.440><c> foot</c><00:39:00.599><c> race.</c>

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.800
And<00:39:00.980><c> you've</c><00:39:01.099><c> been</c><00:39:01.239><c> doing</c><00:39:01.340><c> it</c><00:39:01.519><c> on</c><00:39:01.739><c> level</c><00:39:01.920><c> ground.</c>

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.559
And<00:39:03.119><c> you're</c><00:39:03.480><c> wearying</c><00:39:03.860><c> now,</c><00:39:04.079><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:06.780
I<00:39:04.960><c> tell</c><00:39:05.139><c> you,</c><00:39:05.340><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:39:05.719><c> it's</c><00:39:06.019><c> going</c><00:39:06.119><c> to</c><00:39:06.260><c> get</c><00:39:06.400><c> worse.</c>

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:10.380
You're<00:39:07.360><c> going</c><00:39:07.420><c> to</c><00:39:07.500><c> be</c><00:39:07.659><c> running</c><00:39:07.840><c> against</c><00:39:08.199><c> horses,</c><00:39:09.239><c> and</c><00:39:09.500><c> no</c><00:39:09.780><c> longer</c><00:39:09.980><c> will</c><00:39:10.159><c> the</c>

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.500
ground<00:39:10.519><c> be</c><00:39:10.780><c> level.</c>

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.739
Look<00:39:11.840><c> at</c><00:39:11.980><c> verse</c><00:39:12.219><c> five.</c>

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:16.199
And<00:39:13.260><c> if</c><00:39:13.360><c> in</c><00:39:13.480><c> the</c><00:39:13.639><c> land</c><00:39:13.800><c> of</c><00:39:14.059><c> peace,</c><00:39:14.340><c> or</c><00:39:14.500><c> the</c><00:39:14.780><c> level</c><00:39:14.940><c> ground,</c><00:39:15.400><c> where</c><00:39:15.480><c> thou</c><00:39:15.679><c> trust</c><00:39:16.019><c> us,</c>

00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:17.559
they<00:39:16.440><c> weary</c><00:39:16.679><c> thee,</c>

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:19.639
how<00:39:18.019><c> are</c><00:39:18.199><c> you</c><00:39:18.199><c> going</c><00:39:18.340><c> to</c><00:39:18.440><c> go</c><00:39:18.599><c> in</c><00:39:18.760><c> the</c><00:39:18.960><c> swelling</c><00:39:19.139><c> of</c><00:39:19.400><c> Jordan,</c>

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:23.900
down<00:39:19.940><c> in</c><00:39:20.079><c> the</c><00:39:20.300><c> undergrowth</c><00:39:20.760><c> and</c><00:39:21.099><c> the</c><00:39:21.340><c> uneven</c><00:39:21.719><c> and</c><00:39:21.860><c> rough</c><00:39:22.199><c> valley</c><00:39:22.699><c> of</c><00:39:22.900><c> Jordan?</c>

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:29.380
And<00:39:24.960><c> I'm</c><00:39:25.119><c> telling</c><00:39:25.300><c> you,</c><00:39:25.579><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:39:27.739><c> your</c><00:39:28.119><c> brethren,</c><00:39:28.599><c> even</c><00:39:28.760><c> the</c><00:39:29.000><c> house</c><00:39:29.219><c> of</c>

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:30.019
your<00:39:29.659><c> father,</c>

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:34.719
your<00:39:30.380><c> own</c><00:39:30.699><c> cousins,</c><00:39:32.699><c> they</c><00:39:32.920><c> have</c><00:39:33.139><c> dealt</c><00:39:33.400><c> treacherously</c><00:39:34.000><c> with</c><00:39:34.280><c> thee.</c>

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:36.539
They've<00:39:35.519><c> called</c><00:39:35.659><c> a</c><00:39:35.840><c> multitude</c><00:39:36.239><c> after</c><00:39:36.440><c> thee.</c>

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:39.380
The<00:39:36.619><c> men</c><00:39:36.800><c> of</c><00:39:36.960><c> Anathoth</c><00:39:37.320><c> are</c><00:39:37.519><c> seeking</c><00:39:37.780><c> thy</c><00:39:38.019><c> life,</c><00:39:38.500><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:42.300
Don't<00:39:40.199><c> believe</c><00:39:40.480><c> a</c><00:39:40.639><c> word</c><00:39:40.800><c> they</c><00:39:41.119><c> say,</c><00:39:41.480><c> though</c><00:39:41.539><c> they</c><00:39:41.820><c> speak</c><00:39:42.019><c> fair</c>

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.559
words<00:39:42.500><c> unto</c><00:39:42.679><c> thee.</c>

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:46.059
You<00:39:43.920><c> thought</c><00:39:44.019><c> it</c><00:39:44.099><c> was</c><00:39:44.380><c> hard,</c><00:39:44.679><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:39:45.099><c> in</c><00:39:45.239><c> the</c><00:39:45.360><c> days</c><00:39:45.480><c> of</c><00:39:45.699><c> Josiah?</c>

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:47.800
Jeremiah<00:39:46.059><c> will</c><00:39:46.179><c> get</c><00:39:46.400><c> ready</c><00:39:46.599><c> for</c><00:39:46.820><c> action.</c>

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:50.679
It's<00:39:48.320><c> going</c><00:39:48.420><c> to</c><00:39:48.519><c> get</c><00:39:48.639><c> a</c><00:39:48.719><c> lot</c><00:39:48.940><c> worse</c><00:39:49.280><c> from</c><00:39:49.519><c> here</c><00:39:49.760><c> on.</c>

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:56.340
And<00:39:53.199><c> he</c><00:39:53.320><c> said</c><00:39:53.480><c> to</c><00:39:53.619><c> him</c><00:39:53.760><c> in</c><00:39:53.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:54.239><c> 22,</c><00:39:54.840><c> weep</c><00:39:55.079><c> not</c><00:39:55.280><c> for</c><00:39:55.480><c> the</c><00:39:55.619><c> dead.</c>

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:59.579
Jeremiah,<00:39:57.760><c> I</c><00:39:57.960><c> know</c><00:39:58.219><c> you're</c><00:39:58.480><c> brokenhearted.</c>

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:02.739
But<00:40:00.400><c> you've</c><00:40:00.619><c> got</c><00:40:00.639><c> to</c><00:40:00.760><c> stop</c><00:40:01.000><c> crying</c><00:40:01.480><c> for</c><00:40:01.780><c> Josiah.</c>

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:05.900
You<00:40:04.019><c> weep</c><00:40:04.219><c> for</c><00:40:04.380><c> the</c><00:40:04.519><c> rest</c><00:40:04.679><c> of</c><00:40:04.840><c> the</c><00:40:05.059><c> sons</c><00:40:05.239><c> of</c><00:40:05.460><c> Josiah.</c>

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:07.699
And<00:40:06.019><c> what's</c><00:40:06.239><c> going</c><00:40:06.340><c> to</c><00:40:06.440><c> happen</c><00:40:06.599><c> to</c><00:40:06.719><c> this</c><00:40:06.900><c> nation,</c><00:40:07.280><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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because<00:40:08.179><c> you</c><00:40:08.880><c> haven't</c><00:40:09.059><c> seen</c><00:40:09.380><c> anything</c><00:40:09.760><c> yet?</c>

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:14.019
In<00:40:11.579><c> taking</c><00:40:11.860><c> Josiah</c><00:40:12.500><c> away,</c><00:40:12.739><c> I</c><00:40:12.900><c> was</c><00:40:13.159><c> merciful</c><00:40:13.460><c> to</c><00:40:13.619><c> him.</c>

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Weep<00:40:14.719><c> not</c><00:40:14.940><c> for</c><00:40:15.119><c> the</c><00:40:15.300><c> dead.</c>

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:20.760
They<00:40:17.280><c> rest</c><00:40:17.659><c> from</c><00:40:17.739><c> their</c><00:40:17.980><c> labours,</c><00:40:18.300><c> and</c><00:40:18.420><c> their</c><00:40:18.579><c> works</c><00:40:18.840><c> do</c><00:40:19.119><c> follow</c><00:40:19.300><c> him.</c>

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:23.920
Josiah<00:40:21.159><c> is</c><00:40:21.440><c> guaranteed</c><00:40:22.019><c> a</c><00:40:22.239><c> place</c><00:40:22.400><c> in</c><00:40:22.579><c> the</c><00:40:22.739><c> kingdom.</c>

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:27.539
Jeremiah,<00:40:25.599><c> you</c><00:40:25.719><c> weep</c><00:40:25.920><c> for</c><00:40:26.019><c> those</c><00:40:26.280><c> that</c><00:40:26.440><c> are</c><00:40:26.539><c> left.</c>

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:32.639
And<00:40:30.960><c> what</c><00:40:31.079><c> lessons</c><00:40:31.300><c> can</c><00:40:31.519><c> we</c><00:40:31.739><c> take,</c><00:40:32.099><c> brethren</c><00:40:32.119><c> and</c><00:40:32.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:36.340
from<00:40:32.900><c> this</c><00:40:33.139><c> lovely</c><00:40:33.519><c> association</c><00:40:34.199><c> between</c><00:40:34.619><c> Jeremiah</c><00:40:35.119><c> and</c><00:40:35.280><c> Josiah?</c>

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.900
Well,<00:40:36.960><c> I</c><00:40:37.019><c> think</c><00:40:37.159><c> there</c><00:40:37.280><c> are</c><00:40:37.500><c> four</c><00:40:37.679><c> lessons</c><00:40:38.000><c> we</c><00:40:38.159><c> need</c><00:40:38.340><c> to</c><00:40:38.539><c> reinforce.</c>

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:47.079
Cooperation,<00:40:44.559><c> particularly</c><00:40:44.940><c> while</c><00:40:45.760><c> we're</c><00:40:46.579><c> young.</c>

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:51.760
What<00:40:49.679><c> a</c><00:40:49.880><c> great</c><00:40:50.139><c> benefit</c><00:40:50.460><c> and</c><00:40:50.719><c> blessing</c><00:40:50.920><c> is</c><00:40:51.159><c> the</c><00:40:51.280><c> fact</c><00:40:51.400><c> that</c><00:40:51.579><c> we</c>

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:55.860
have<00:40:52.559><c> those</c><00:40:53.079><c> of</c><00:40:53.320><c> like</c><00:40:53.539><c> mind</c><00:40:53.780><c> with</c><00:40:53.980><c> whom</c><00:40:54.179><c> we</c><00:40:54.280><c> can</c><00:40:54.539><c> cooperate</c>

00:40:56.980 --> 00:41:01.139
in<00:40:57.460><c> enhancing</c><00:40:57.880><c> the</c><00:40:58.159><c> knowledge</c><00:40:58.380><c> of</c><00:40:58.639><c> God</c><00:40:59.519><c> through</c><00:41:00.000><c> our</c><00:41:00.300><c> community.</c>

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:05.239
It's<00:41:03.320><c> one</c><00:41:03.460><c> of</c><00:41:03.579><c> the</c><00:41:03.800><c> greatest</c><00:41:04.119><c> benefits</c><00:41:04.500><c> we</c><00:41:04.780><c> have,</c><00:41:05.159><c> brethren</c>

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:07.219
and<00:41:05.480><c> sisters,</c><00:41:05.699><c> for</c><00:41:05.860><c> our</c><00:41:06.039><c> young</c><00:41:06.219><c> people</c><00:41:06.420><c> to</c><00:41:06.579><c> get</c><00:41:06.760><c> together</c>

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:08.679
with<00:41:07.539><c> their</c><00:41:07.739><c> Bibles</c><00:41:08.079><c> open</c>

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:13.360
and<00:41:09.360><c> to</c><00:41:09.519><c> enthuse</c><00:41:10.079><c> each</c><00:41:10.400><c> other</c><00:41:11.679><c> to</c><00:41:12.280><c> be</c><00:41:12.440><c> the</c><00:41:12.579><c> next</c><00:41:12.800><c> generation</c>

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:16.059
of<00:41:13.500><c> those</c><00:41:13.760><c> who</c><00:41:13.880><c> will</c><00:41:14.119><c> take</c><00:41:14.360><c> over,</c><00:41:15.219><c> holding</c><00:41:15.420><c> the</c><00:41:15.659><c> light</c><00:41:15.780><c> of</c>

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truth<00:41:16.239><c> aloft.</c>

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And<00:41:18.980><c> we'd</c><00:41:19.239><c> love</c><00:41:19.260><c> to</c><00:41:19.460><c> see</c><00:41:19.579><c> our</c><00:41:19.739><c> young</c><00:41:19.940><c> people</c><00:41:20.619><c> with</c><00:41:20.940><c> their</c><00:41:21.139><c> Bibles</c><00:41:21.500><c> open,</c><00:41:22.000><c> rejoicing</c><00:41:22.440><c> in</c>

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.840
the<00:41:22.739><c> great</c><00:41:22.940><c> things</c><00:41:23.179><c> of</c><00:41:23.420><c> God</c>

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:27.980
and<00:41:24.699><c> wanting</c><00:41:24.960><c> to</c><00:41:25.280><c> inspire</c><00:41:25.739><c> people</c><00:41:26.079><c> to</c><00:41:26.280><c> rejoice</c><00:41:26.699><c> and</c><00:41:27.179><c> to</c><00:41:27.659><c> love</c>

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:31.320
the<00:41:28.199><c> Word</c><00:41:28.320><c> of</c><00:41:28.539><c> God</c><00:41:28.719><c> and</c><00:41:28.840><c> to</c><00:41:28.940><c> be</c><00:41:29.119><c> interested</c><00:41:29.400><c> in</c><00:41:29.559><c> it.</c>

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:35.780
Because<00:41:33.380><c> really</c><00:41:33.599><c> that's</c><00:41:33.780><c> the</c><00:41:33.940><c> only</c><00:41:34.099><c> thing</c><00:41:34.280><c> that</c><00:41:34.440><c> holds</c><00:41:34.639><c> us</c><00:41:34.840><c> together.</c>

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:40.099
We're<00:41:36.880><c> not</c><00:41:36.960><c> a</c><00:41:37.099><c> community</c><00:41:37.539><c> that's</c><00:41:37.900><c> bound</c><00:41:37.960><c> together</c><00:41:38.280><c> by</c><00:41:38.579><c> social</c><00:41:38.980><c> events.</c>

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:44.159
We're<00:41:41.579><c> bound</c><00:41:41.760><c> together</c><00:41:42.099><c> because</c><00:41:42.340><c> we</c><00:41:42.519><c> all</c><00:41:42.679><c> love</c><00:41:42.860><c> the</c><00:41:43.019><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:49.460
So<00:41:46.980><c> cooperation</c><00:41:47.539><c> is</c><00:41:47.920><c> something</c><00:41:48.179><c> we</c><00:41:48.280><c> can</c><00:41:48.539><c> take</c><00:41:48.800><c> from</c><00:41:49.019><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:50.840
and<00:41:49.699><c> Josiah.</c>

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:52.719
Common<00:41:51.639><c> ideals.</c>

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We<00:41:53.940><c> mightn't</c><00:41:54.280><c> save</c><00:41:54.460><c> everybody,</c><00:41:54.900><c> but</c><00:41:55.000><c> let's</c><00:41:55.260><c> try</c><00:41:55.460><c> and</c><00:41:55.659><c> save</c>

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:57.400
the<00:41:56.079><c> remnant</c><00:41:56.300><c> for</c><00:41:56.519><c> God.</c>

00:41:57.980 --> 00:42:00.420
The<00:41:58.179><c> second</c><00:41:58.380><c> thing</c><00:41:58.559><c> we</c><00:41:58.780><c> learn</c><00:41:59.019><c> is</c><00:41:59.239><c> God's</c><00:41:59.599><c> view</c><00:41:59.739><c> of</c><00:41:59.960><c> death</c><00:42:00.199><c> is</c>

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:02.199
quite<00:42:00.659><c> different</c><00:42:00.960><c> to</c><00:42:01.139><c> our</c><00:42:01.380><c> own.</c>

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:05.880
I<00:42:02.860><c> want</c><00:42:03.039><c> you</c><00:42:03.139><c> to</c><00:42:03.199><c> come</c><00:42:03.400><c> to</c><00:42:03.500><c> that</c><00:42:03.719><c> verse</c><00:42:03.940><c> in</c><00:42:04.099><c> Revelation</c><00:42:04.519><c> chapter</c><00:42:04.840><c> 14.</c>

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:09.199
And<00:42:06.000><c> let's</c><00:42:06.179><c> just</c><00:42:06.500><c> take</c><00:42:06.719><c> in</c><00:42:06.860><c> the</c><00:42:07.119><c> power</c><00:42:07.599><c> of</c><00:42:08.340><c> what</c><00:42:08.559><c> God</c><00:42:08.780><c> actually</c>

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said<00:42:09.659><c> to</c><00:42:10.199><c> King</c><00:42:10.440><c> Josiah.</c>

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:16.320
Revelation<00:42:13.619><c> chapter</c><00:42:13.940><c> 14</c><00:42:14.579><c> and</c><00:42:15.000><c> verse</c><00:42:15.239><c> 13.</c>

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Let's<00:42:18.059><c> take</c><00:42:18.280><c> verse</c><00:42:18.519><c> 12.</c>

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Here<00:42:19.280><c> is</c><00:42:19.519><c> the</c><00:42:19.719><c> patience</c><00:42:20.099><c> of</c><00:42:20.380><c> the</c><00:42:20.579><c> saints.</c>

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:23.900
Here<00:42:22.039><c> are</c><00:42:22.239><c> they</c><00:42:22.440><c> that</c><00:42:22.619><c> keep</c><00:42:22.800><c> the</c><00:42:23.039><c> commandments</c><00:42:23.340><c> of</c><00:42:23.579><c> God</c><00:42:23.760><c> and</c>

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:25.559
the<00:42:24.119><c> faith</c><00:42:24.280><c> of</c><00:42:24.460><c> Jesus.</c>

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:28.820
And<00:42:26.760><c> many</c><00:42:26.960><c> of</c><00:42:27.079><c> those</c><00:42:27.219><c> died</c><00:42:27.559><c> for</c><00:42:27.719><c> their</c><00:42:27.920><c> faith.</c>

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:32.340
And<00:42:29.719><c> I</c><00:42:29.780><c> heard</c><00:42:29.980><c> a</c><00:42:30.139><c> voice</c><00:42:30.320><c> from</c><00:42:30.480><c> heaven</c><00:42:30.719><c> saying</c><00:42:30.980><c> to</c><00:42:31.099><c> me,</c><00:42:31.679><c> write,</c>

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:34.900
John,<00:42:32.960><c> write</c><00:42:33.260><c> this</c><00:42:33.539><c> down</c><00:42:33.820><c> for</c><00:42:34.039><c> all</c><00:42:34.280><c> to</c><00:42:34.559><c> read.</c>

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:39.079
Blessed<00:42:35.380><c> are</c><00:42:35.579><c> the</c><00:42:35.860><c> dead</c><00:42:36.039><c> which</c><00:42:36.320><c> die</c><00:42:36.659><c> in</c><00:42:36.780><c> the</c><00:42:37.019><c> Lord</c><00:42:37.239><c> from</c><00:42:37.539><c> henceforth.</c>

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Yea,<00:42:39.400><c> saith</c><00:42:39.599><c> the</c><00:42:39.920><c> Spirit,</c><00:42:41.159><c> they</c><00:42:41.420><c> rest</c><00:42:41.760><c> from</c><00:42:41.860><c> their</c><00:42:42.059><c> labours.</c>

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It's<00:42:42.519><c> a</c><00:42:42.659><c> blessing</c><00:42:42.900><c> to</c><00:42:43.159><c> die</c><00:42:43.340><c> for</c><00:42:43.519><c> the</c><00:42:43.739><c> truth.</c>

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:48.960
And<00:42:46.739><c> their</c><00:42:46.900><c> works</c><00:42:47.179><c> do</c><00:42:47.440><c> follow</c><00:42:47.619><c> them.</c>

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:54.079
And<00:42:50.159><c> brethren</c><00:42:50.320><c> and</c><00:42:50.539><c> sisters,</c><00:42:52.480><c> it's</c><00:42:52.820><c> so</c><00:42:52.980><c> true</c><00:42:53.079><c> of</c><00:42:53.300><c> Josiah,</c><00:42:53.760><c> isn't</c><00:42:53.900><c> it?</c>

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:56.519
God<00:42:54.380><c> has</c><00:42:54.679><c> rewards</c><00:42:55.139><c> for</c><00:42:55.340><c> him</c><00:42:55.480><c> in</c><00:42:55.599><c> the</c><00:42:55.760><c> kingdom.</c>

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He<00:42:57.480><c> spared</c><00:42:57.739><c> in</c><00:42:57.940><c> the</c><00:42:58.079><c> agonies</c><00:42:58.619><c> that</c><00:42:59.260><c> Jeremiah</c><00:42:59.739><c> must</c><00:43:00.000><c> now</c><00:43:00.199><c> witness</c><00:43:00.480><c> in</c>

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.820
the<00:43:00.780><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:43:02.920><c> it</c><00:43:03.059><c> shows</c><00:43:03.280><c> us</c><00:43:03.500><c> that</c><00:43:03.619><c> all</c><00:43:03.800><c> that</c><00:43:03.980><c> really</c><00:43:04.179><c> matters</c><00:43:04.460><c> is</c><00:43:04.679><c> eternal</c><00:43:05.019><c> life.</c>

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And<00:43:08.300><c> though</c><00:43:08.400><c> we</c><00:43:08.519><c> might</c><00:43:08.719><c> lose</c><00:43:08.980><c> our</c><00:43:09.219><c> grip</c><00:43:09.360><c> upon</c><00:43:09.639><c> this</c><00:43:09.900><c> mortal</c><00:43:10.219><c> frame,</c>

00:43:11.980 --> 00:43:14.880
we<00:43:12.460><c> have</c><00:43:12.599><c> that</c><00:43:12.780><c> tremendous</c><00:43:13.159><c> confidence,</c><00:43:13.739><c> don't</c><00:43:13.920><c> we,</c><00:43:14.219><c> concerning</c><00:43:14.440><c> those</c>

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:17.559
who<00:43:15.039><c> have</c><00:43:15.320><c> fallen</c><00:43:15.480><c> asleep</c><00:43:15.860><c> in</c><00:43:16.179><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:43:19.739><c> God</c><00:43:19.900><c> is</c><00:43:20.099><c> not</c><00:43:20.280><c> unfaithful.</c>

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God<00:43:22.239><c> will</c><00:43:22.460><c> remember</c><00:43:22.820><c> their</c><00:43:23.019><c> labours</c><00:43:23.340><c> of</c><00:43:23.579><c> love</c><00:43:23.780><c> and</c><00:43:23.940><c> their</c><00:43:24.139><c> ministration</c><00:43:24.699><c> to</c>

00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:25.980
the<00:43:25.079><c> saints.</c>

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:29.980
And<00:43:27.059><c> their</c><00:43:27.239><c> works</c><00:43:27.519><c> will</c><00:43:27.760><c> follow</c><00:43:27.960><c> them.</c>

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:31.400
Weep<00:43:30.300><c> not</c><00:43:30.460><c> for</c><00:43:30.619><c> the</c><00:43:30.760><c> dead,</c><00:43:31.000><c> brethren</c><00:43:31.119><c> and</c><00:43:31.280><c> sisters.</c>

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Yes,<00:43:31.659><c> we</c><00:43:31.880><c> miss</c><00:43:32.059><c> them.</c>

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:36.460
But<00:43:33.980><c> rejoice</c><00:43:34.320><c> in</c><00:43:34.500><c> the</c><00:43:34.619><c> fact</c><00:43:34.739><c> that</c><00:43:34.880><c> they</c><00:43:35.059><c> rest</c><00:43:35.300><c> in</c><00:43:35.539><c> hope.</c>

00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:40.380
God's<00:43:37.980><c> view</c><00:43:38.099><c> of</c><00:43:38.300><c> death</c><00:43:38.460><c> is</c><00:43:38.659><c> quite</c><00:43:38.880><c> different</c><00:43:39.199><c> to</c><00:43:39.440><c> ours.</c>

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:45.559
The<00:43:42.280><c> third</c><00:43:42.460><c> thing</c><00:43:42.639><c> we</c><00:43:42.860><c> learn</c><00:43:42.980><c> from</c><00:43:43.179><c> Jeremiah</c><00:43:43.599><c> and</c><00:43:43.820><c> Josiah</c><00:43:44.280><c> is</c>

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:48.119
the<00:43:45.860><c> tremendous</c><00:43:46.159><c> value</c><00:43:46.460><c> of</c><00:43:46.739><c> knowing</c><00:43:47.019><c> God.</c>

00:43:49.219 --> 00:43:51.400
You<00:43:49.480><c> know,</c><00:43:49.500><c> Josiah</c><00:43:49.800><c> had</c><00:43:49.940><c> that</c><00:43:50.239><c> great</c><00:43:50.500><c> balance</c><00:43:50.880><c> of</c><00:43:51.199><c> character,</c>

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.559
didn't<00:43:51.559><c> he?</c>

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:54.880
The<00:43:51.900><c> correct</c><00:43:52.239><c> balance</c><00:43:52.659><c> between</c><00:43:53.239><c> doing</c><00:43:53.659><c> that</c><00:43:53.880><c> which</c><00:43:54.039><c> is</c><00:43:54.400><c> right,</c><00:43:54.639><c> doing</c>

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:56.239
it<00:43:55.239><c> fervently.</c>

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:59.639
Being<00:43:56.900><c> courageous</c><00:43:57.380><c> and</c><00:43:57.820><c> strong</c><00:43:58.079><c> against</c><00:43:58.500><c> evil.</c>

00:44:00.260 --> 00:44:03.739
But<00:44:00.380><c> he</c><00:44:00.440><c> wasn't</c><00:44:00.719><c> just</c><00:44:01.039><c> an</c><00:44:01.300><c> enforcer,</c><00:44:02.900><c> a</c><00:44:03.000><c> lawmaker.</c>

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:07.179
He<00:44:05.159><c> had</c><00:44:05.300><c> a</c><00:44:05.420><c> great</c><00:44:05.639><c> sense</c><00:44:05.980><c> of</c><00:44:06.159><c> what</c><00:44:06.300><c> God</c><00:44:06.500><c> was</c><00:44:06.719><c> really</c><00:44:06.980><c> about.</c>

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:10.039
He<00:44:07.400><c> cared</c><00:44:07.679><c> for</c><00:44:07.880><c> the</c><00:44:08.119><c> poor</c><00:44:08.280><c> and</c><00:44:08.480><c> needy.</c>

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:14.099
It<00:44:11.940><c> would</c><00:44:12.079><c> have</c><00:44:12.179><c> been</c><00:44:12.260><c> easy</c><00:44:12.480><c> for</c><00:44:12.699><c> a</c><00:44:12.840><c> king</c><00:44:12.980><c> living</c><00:44:13.199><c> in</c><00:44:13.380><c> a</c><00:44:13.500><c> palace</c>

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:18.280
to<00:44:15.739><c> forget</c><00:44:16.000><c> the</c><00:44:16.199><c> needs</c><00:44:16.619><c> of</c><00:44:17.079><c> the</c><00:44:17.280><c> poor.</c>

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:23.539
Was<00:44:20.260><c> not</c><00:44:20.519><c> this</c><00:44:20.840><c> to</c><00:44:21.079><c> know</c><00:44:21.260><c> me,</c><00:44:21.559><c> says</c><00:44:21.719><c> God,</c><00:44:22.940><c> that</c><00:44:23.059><c> he</c><00:44:23.159><c> had</c><00:44:23.280><c> that</c>

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:25.300
correct<00:44:23.840><c> sense</c><00:44:24.119><c> of</c><00:44:24.380><c> balance.</c>

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:29.559
We<00:44:26.480><c> have</c><00:44:26.739><c> to</c><00:44:26.860><c> be</c><00:44:27.000><c> multifaceted</c><00:44:27.619><c> people,</c><00:44:28.000><c> brethren</c><00:44:28.139><c> and</c><00:44:28.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:32.760
Understanding<00:44:30.619><c> both</c><00:44:30.960><c> the</c><00:44:31.159><c> goodness</c><00:44:31.599><c> and</c><00:44:32.019><c> the</c><00:44:32.179><c> severity</c><00:44:32.539><c> of</c>

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:34.900
God<00:44:33.099><c> where</c><00:44:33.599><c> it's</c><00:44:33.840><c> needed.</c>

00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:38.400
Josiah<00:44:36.139><c> was</c><00:44:36.320><c> a</c><00:44:36.539><c> perfect</c><00:44:36.719><c> balance</c><00:44:37.059><c> of</c><00:44:37.219><c> the</c><00:44:37.380><c> two.</c>

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:41.460
And<00:44:40.239><c> perseverance.</c>

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:45.039
He<00:44:43.599><c> knew</c><00:44:43.719><c> it</c><00:44:43.880><c> was</c><00:44:44.079><c> hopeless.</c>

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:49.219
God<00:44:45.699><c> told</c><00:44:46.019><c> him</c><00:44:46.199><c> through</c><00:44:46.440><c> Holder,</c><00:44:47.300><c> you</c><00:44:47.300><c> will</c><00:44:47.599><c> not</c><00:44:48.000><c> turn</c><00:44:48.480><c> the</c><00:44:48.719><c> hearts</c><00:44:48.980><c> of</c>

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:50.760
the<00:44:49.380><c> nation</c><00:44:49.679><c> to</c><00:44:49.920><c> God.</c>

00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:54.340
But<00:44:52.139><c> he</c><00:44:52.239><c> gave</c><00:44:52.420><c> it</c><00:44:52.539><c> all</c><00:44:52.659><c> he</c><00:44:52.840><c> could,</c><00:44:53.039><c> brethren</c><00:44:53.199><c> and</c><00:44:53.480><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:57.619
He<00:44:55.679><c> didn't</c><00:44:55.920><c> really</c><00:44:56.300><c> change</c><00:44:56.579><c> the</c><00:44:56.760><c> hearts</c><00:44:56.920><c> of</c><00:44:57.079><c> the</c><00:44:57.219><c> nations.</c>

00:44:58.019 --> 00:45:01.940
His<00:44:58.179><c> reforms,</c><00:44:58.800><c> his</c><00:44:58.840><c> impassioned</c><00:44:59.380><c> pleas,</c><00:44:59.920><c> didn't</c><00:45:00.199><c> really</c><00:45:00.639><c> change</c><00:45:00.960><c> anybody</c><00:45:01.260><c> for</c><00:45:01.579><c> God.</c>

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:05.219
Apart<00:45:02.719><c> from</c><00:45:02.940><c> the</c><00:45:03.199><c> few</c><00:45:03.380><c> that</c><00:45:03.480><c> were</c><00:45:03.679><c> around</c><00:45:03.920><c> him</c><00:45:04.139><c> and</c><00:45:04.320><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:09.599
And<00:45:07.360><c> you</c><00:45:07.480><c> often</c><00:45:07.659><c> hear</c><00:45:07.820><c> it</c><00:45:08.039><c> remarked</c><00:45:08.440><c> about</c><00:45:08.719><c> Josiah</c><00:45:09.239><c> that</c><00:45:09.400><c> you</c>

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:11.380
can't<00:45:10.019><c> command</c><00:45:10.619><c> obedience.</c>

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:14.099
You<00:45:11.980><c> can't</c><00:45:12.380><c> make</c><00:45:12.639><c> laws</c><00:45:13.039><c> to</c><00:45:13.300><c> make</c><00:45:13.440><c> people</c><00:45:13.699><c> righteous.</c>

00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:16.480
And<00:45:14.400><c> no</c><00:45:14.559><c> you</c><00:45:14.699><c> can't,</c><00:45:15.099><c> brethren</c><00:45:15.219><c> and</c><00:45:15.440><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:23.679
People<00:45:21.139><c> have</c><00:45:21.360><c> to</c><00:45:21.539><c> respond</c><00:45:21.940><c> to</c><00:45:22.099><c> the</c><00:45:22.260><c> word</c><00:45:22.480><c> themselves.</c>

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:27.500
But<00:45:25.960><c> God</c><00:45:26.280><c> loved</c><00:45:26.539><c> the</c><00:45:26.760><c> attempt.</c>

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:32.460
God<00:45:30.059><c> loved</c><00:45:30.360><c> his</c><00:45:30.619><c> big</c><00:45:30.860><c> hearted</c><00:45:31.300><c> try.</c>

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:36.159
At<00:45:33.559><c> trying</c><00:45:33.699><c> to</c><00:45:33.800><c> get</c><00:45:33.920><c> out</c><00:45:34.079><c> of</c><00:45:34.139><c> the</c><00:45:34.280><c> nation</c><00:45:34.559><c> the</c><00:45:34.739><c> things</c><00:45:35.079><c> which</c><00:45:35.320><c> offended.</c>

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:41.679
And<00:45:39.420><c> God</c><00:45:39.599><c> remembered</c><00:45:39.900><c> him</c><00:45:40.079><c> for</c><00:45:40.179><c> that,</c><00:45:40.480><c> brethren</c><00:45:40.539><c> and</c><00:45:40.780><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:45.699
We<00:45:43.920><c> need</c><00:45:44.119><c> people</c><00:45:44.420><c> that</c><00:45:44.619><c> have</c><00:45:44.760><c> that</c><00:45:45.019><c> hope</c><00:45:45.239><c> and</c><00:45:45.500><c> vision.</c>

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:48.139
People<00:45:46.000><c> that</c><00:45:46.199><c> have</c><00:45:46.340><c> that</c><00:45:46.659><c> godly</c><00:45:47.099><c> zeal</c><00:45:47.320><c> and</c><00:45:47.519><c> clarity</c><00:45:47.860><c> of</c><00:45:48.000><c> what</c>

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:49.059
is<00:45:48.380><c> right</c><00:45:48.599><c> and</c><00:45:48.820><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:51.380
And<00:45:49.440><c> do</c><00:45:49.659><c> their</c><00:45:49.880><c> utmost</c><00:45:50.340><c> in</c><00:45:50.559><c> ecclesial</c><00:45:50.940><c> life.</c>

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:55.320
To<00:45:52.239><c> keep</c><00:45:52.480><c> out</c><00:45:52.699><c> of</c><00:45:52.800><c> the</c><00:45:52.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:53.659><c> the</c><00:45:54.059><c> sins</c><00:45:54.440><c> that</c><00:45:54.739><c> came</c><00:45:55.039><c> from</c>

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:57.039
Manasseh's<00:45:56.099><c> ignorance.</c>

00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:02.280
We<00:45:59.760><c> can't</c><00:46:00.059><c> command</c><00:46:00.480><c> people</c><00:46:00.739><c> to</c><00:46:00.860><c> be</c><00:46:01.019><c> righteous.</c>

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:06.179
But<00:46:04.079><c> God</c><00:46:04.280><c> remembered</c><00:46:04.659><c> his</c><00:46:04.880><c> labour</c><00:46:05.139><c> of</c><00:46:05.360><c> love</c><00:46:05.599><c> and</c><00:46:05.760><c> his</c><00:46:05.940><c> acts</c>

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:07.500
and<00:46:06.360><c> his</c><00:46:06.559><c> goodness.</c>

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:11.139
And<00:46:07.639><c> his</c><00:46:07.860><c> determination</c><00:46:08.440><c> to</c><00:46:08.780><c> try</c><00:46:09.179><c> in</c><00:46:10.199><c> what</c><00:46:10.380><c> was</c><00:46:10.599><c> really</c><00:46:10.880><c> a</c>

00:46:11.139 --> 00:46:12.320
hopeless<00:46:11.320><c> position.</c>

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:14.840
I<00:46:13.300><c> want</c><00:46:13.440><c> to</c><00:46:13.579><c> close</c><00:46:13.900><c> with</c><00:46:14.079><c> God's</c><00:46:14.480><c> epitaph.</c>

00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:19.079
Come<00:46:15.039><c> to</c><00:46:15.159><c> the</c><00:46:15.260><c> second</c><00:46:15.480><c> of</c><00:46:15.679><c> Chronicles</c><00:46:16.019><c> 35</c><00:46:16.960><c> and</c><00:46:18.260><c> verse</c><00:46:18.500><c> 22.</c>

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:24.840
God<00:46:20.460><c> said</c><00:46:20.920><c> about</c><00:46:21.340><c> Josiah,</c><00:46:23.320><c> he</c><00:46:23.320><c> knew</c><00:46:23.599><c> me.</c>

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:26.500
He<00:46:24.960><c> understood</c><00:46:25.519><c> me.</c>

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:28.880
He<00:46:27.300><c> had</c><00:46:27.539><c> my</c><00:46:27.840><c> character.</c>

00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:31.619
And<00:46:29.820><c> brethren</c><00:46:30.019><c> and</c><00:46:30.300><c> sisters</c><00:46:30.420><c> there's</c><00:46:30.760><c> no</c><00:46:30.940><c> greater</c><00:46:31.179><c> guarantee</c>

00:46:31.619 --> 00:46:34.380
of<00:46:31.840><c> eternal</c><00:46:32.059><c> life</c><00:46:32.360><c> than</c><00:46:32.500><c> to</c><00:46:32.699><c> have</c><00:46:32.860><c> God's</c><00:46:33.360><c> character.</c>

00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:38.679
Second<00:46:35.480><c> of</c><00:46:35.719><c> Chronicles</c><00:46:36.239><c> 35</c><00:46:37.059><c> and</c><00:46:37.300><c> verse</c><00:46:37.780><c> 26.</c>

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:48.079
Now<00:46:45.179><c> the</c><00:46:45.340><c> rest</c><00:46:45.739><c> of</c><00:46:46.039><c> the</c><00:46:46.320><c> acts,</c><00:46:47.340><c> the</c><00:46:47.539><c> deeds.</c>

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:52.579
He<00:46:48.900><c> was</c><00:46:49.139><c> a</c><00:46:49.380><c> doer</c><00:46:49.659><c> of</c><00:46:49.860><c> the</c><00:46:50.059><c> word,</c><00:46:50.260><c> the</c><00:46:50.420><c> rest</c><00:46:50.679><c> of</c><00:46:50.940><c> the</c><00:46:51.179><c> acts</c><00:46:51.460><c> of</c><00:46:51.699><c> Josiah.</c>

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:56.800
And<00:46:55.039><c> his</c><00:46:55.559><c> goodness.</c>

00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:59.719
And<00:46:57.840><c> that</c><00:46:58.019><c> word</c><00:46:58.139><c> in</c><00:46:58.300><c> the</c><00:46:58.420><c> Hebrew</c><00:46:58.659><c> is</c><00:46:58.960><c> chesed.</c>

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:05.059
The<00:47:02.139><c> word</c><00:47:02.239><c> that's</c><00:47:02.500><c> used</c><00:47:02.619><c> of</c><00:47:02.840><c> God</c><00:47:03.039><c> when</c><00:47:03.159><c> he</c><00:47:03.360><c> reveals</c><00:47:03.599><c> his</c><00:47:03.860><c> character</c><00:47:04.099><c> in</c><00:47:04.280><c> Exodus</c><00:47:04.539><c> 34</c>

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:06.619
and<00:47:05.260><c> verse</c><00:47:05.440><c> 5</c><00:47:05.719><c> and</c><00:47:05.860><c> 6.</c>

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:11.659
Abundant<00:47:08.280><c> in</c><00:47:08.599><c> goodness</c><00:47:09.179><c> and</c><00:47:10.400><c> mercy.</c>

00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:14.179
Chesed.

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:19.300
Are<00:47:17.179><c> they</c><00:47:17.320><c> written</c><00:47:17.500><c> in</c><00:47:17.639><c> the</c><00:47:17.780><c> law</c><00:47:18.199><c> of</c><00:47:18.559><c> Yahweh?</c>

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:24.460
And<00:47:20.719><c> brethren</c><00:47:20.840><c> and</c><00:47:21.059><c> sisters,</c><00:47:22.420><c> are</c><00:47:22.539><c> they</c><00:47:22.599><c> written</c><00:47:22.760><c> in</c><00:47:22.900><c> the</c><00:47:22.980><c> book</c><00:47:23.099><c> of</c><00:47:23.300><c> life?</c>

00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:27.360
And<00:47:25.400><c> one</c><00:47:25.539><c> day</c><00:47:25.679><c> Josiah</c><00:47:26.159><c> will</c><00:47:26.340><c> come</c><00:47:26.619><c> forth.</c>

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:30.239
His<00:47:28.840><c> works</c><00:47:29.039><c> will</c><00:47:29.219><c> have</c><00:47:29.380><c> followed</c><00:47:29.500><c> him.</c>

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:34.619
And<00:47:31.800><c> perhaps</c><00:47:32.079><c> God</c><00:47:32.260><c> will</c><00:47:32.480><c> give</c><00:47:32.579><c> him</c><00:47:33.219><c> a</c><00:47:33.699><c> major</c><00:47:33.960><c> part</c><00:47:34.199><c> in</c><00:47:34.400><c> going</c>

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:36.380
throughout<00:47:35.000><c> the</c><00:47:35.239><c> world.</c>

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And<00:47:37.400><c> actually</c><00:47:37.679><c> achieving</c><00:47:38.460><c> the</c><00:47:39.800><c> riddance</c><00:47:40.119><c> of</c><00:47:40.340><c> idols.</c>

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The<00:47:43.039><c> burning</c><00:47:43.360><c> of</c><00:47:43.579><c> all</c><00:47:43.719><c> the</c><00:47:43.940><c> false</c><00:47:44.199><c> altars.</c>

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And<00:47:47.099><c> turning</c><00:47:47.320><c> the</c><00:47:47.539><c> hearts</c><00:47:47.780><c> of</c><00:47:47.960><c> people</c><00:47:48.139><c> to</c><00:47:48.320><c> God.</c>

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Brethren<00:47:49.780><c> and</c><00:47:49.920><c> sisters</c><00:47:49.980><c> I</c><00:47:50.159><c> think</c><00:47:50.320><c> it's</c><00:47:50.480><c> lovely</c><00:47:50.719><c> for</c><00:47:50.900><c> us</c><00:47:51.039><c> to</c><00:47:51.239><c> try</c><00:47:51.380><c> and</c><00:47:51.619><c> think</c><00:47:51.800><c> of</c>

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the<00:47:52.639><c> way</c><00:47:52.960><c> that</c><00:47:53.139><c> God</c><00:47:53.380><c> might</c><00:47:53.659><c> reward</c><00:47:54.039><c> servants.</c>

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Before<00:47:55.239><c> all</c><00:47:55.519><c> their</c><00:47:55.699><c> efforts</c><00:47:55.940><c> were</c><00:47:56.179><c> frustrated</c><00:47:56.739><c> in</c><00:47:56.920><c> this</c><00:47:57.139><c> life.</c>

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You<00:47:59.380><c> know</c><00:47:59.460><c> God</c><00:47:59.659><c> is</c><00:47:59.860><c> very</c><00:48:00.139><c> poetic</c><00:48:00.480><c> in</c><00:48:00.639><c> the</c><00:48:00.739><c> way</c><00:48:00.880><c> that</c><00:48:01.019><c> he</c>

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rewards<00:48:01.420><c> people.</c>

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And<00:48:03.619><c> I</c><00:48:03.679><c> just</c><00:48:03.860><c> wonder</c><00:48:04.019><c> that</c><00:48:04.199><c> God</c><00:48:04.420><c> might</c><00:48:04.659><c> actually</c><00:48:05.019><c> set</c><00:48:05.260><c> Josiah</c>

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that<00:48:06.059><c> task</c><00:48:06.400><c> to</c><00:48:06.599><c> go</c><00:48:06.820><c> out</c><00:48:07.119><c> and</c><00:48:07.440><c> to</c><00:48:07.639><c> cleanse</c><00:48:07.820><c> from</c><00:48:08.019><c> the</c><00:48:08.239><c> whole</c><00:48:08.440><c> world.</c>

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Of<00:48:10.119><c> the</c><00:48:10.300><c> sins</c><00:48:10.559><c> of</c><00:48:10.739><c> Manasseh.</c>

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And<00:48:12.460><c> to</c><00:48:12.599><c> succeed</c><00:48:13.059><c> in</c><00:48:13.219><c> that</c><00:48:13.420><c> task.</c>

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Because<00:48:15.659><c> of</c><00:48:15.820><c> his</c><00:48:15.960><c> goodness.</c>

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Brethren<00:48:18.360><c> and</c><00:48:18.619><c> sisters</c><00:48:18.719><c> we</c><00:48:18.900><c> need</c><00:48:19.119><c> role</c><00:48:19.360><c> models.</c>

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What<00:48:21.039><c> a</c><00:48:21.199><c> role</c><00:48:21.320><c> model</c><00:48:21.579><c> is</c><00:48:21.800><c> Josiah</c><00:48:22.219><c> for</c><00:48:22.420><c> us.</c>

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And<00:48:24.440><c> what</c><00:48:24.559><c> a</c><00:48:24.659><c> role</c><00:48:24.800><c> model</c><00:48:24.960><c> is</c><00:48:25.119><c> our</c><00:48:25.260><c> Lord</c><00:48:25.420><c> Jesus</c><00:48:25.780><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:48:27.619><c> loved</c><00:48:27.940><c> righteousness.</c>

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He<00:48:30.119><c> was</c><00:48:30.320><c> the</c><00:48:30.500><c> epitome</c><00:48:30.880><c> of</c><00:48:31.099><c> goodness.</c>

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And<00:48:34.420><c> because</c><00:48:34.639><c> of</c><00:48:34.760><c> that,</c><00:48:35.000><c> brethren</c><00:48:35.139><c> and</c><00:48:35.420><c> sisters,</c><00:48:35.860><c> he</c><00:48:36.139><c> hated</c><00:48:36.440><c> iniquity.</c>

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That's<00:48:38.739><c> knowing</c><00:48:38.900><c> God.</c>