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that<00:11:48.149><c> after</c><00:11:48.429><c> 12</c><00:11:48.769><c> years,</c><00:11:49.169><c> the</c><00:11:49.370><c> agreed</c><00:11:49.610><c> period</c><00:11:49.970><c> of</c><00:11:50.289><c> time,</c><00:11:52.330><c> Nehemiah</c><00:11:53.090><c> was</c>

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Nehemiah<00:12:02.649><c> eventually</c><00:12:03.289><c> did</c><00:12:03.789><c> come</c><00:12:04.230><c> back</c>

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of<00:12:09.529><c> time</c><00:12:10.049><c> is</c><00:12:10.830><c> not</c><00:12:11.350><c> determinable,</c><00:12:12.049><c> at</c><00:12:12.049><c> least</c>

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ways<00:12:12.389><c> I've</c><00:12:12.750><c> not</c><00:12:12.909><c> been</c><00:12:13.049><c> able</c><00:12:13.269><c> to</c><00:12:13.509><c> determine</c><00:12:13.690><c> it,</c><00:12:13.870><c> and</c><00:12:14.070><c> you</c><00:12:14.169><c> can</c>

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goes<00:12:17.409><c> back</c><00:12:17.990><c> to</c><00:12:18.210><c> his</c><00:12:18.370><c> royal</c><00:12:18.570><c> duties</c><00:12:18.889><c> in</c><00:12:19.169><c> Shushan,</c><00:12:19.750><c> and</c><00:12:19.970><c> then</c>

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there's<00:12:20.389><c> this</c><00:12:20.629><c> period,</c><00:12:20.990><c> one</c><00:12:21.250><c> year,</c><00:12:21.470><c> two</c><00:12:21.750><c> years,</c>

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there's<00:12:24.669><c> a</c><00:12:24.750><c> number</c><00:12:24.950><c> of</c><00:12:25.309><c> different</c><00:12:25.549><c> views</c>

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about<00:12:26.970><c> that</c><00:12:27.370><c> period</c><00:12:27.870><c> of</c><00:12:28.490><c> time,</c><00:12:28.669><c> but</c><00:12:28.830><c> he</c><00:12:28.990><c> does</c><00:12:29.370><c> eventually</c><00:12:30.190><c> return.</c><00:12:31.870><c> And</c>

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it<00:12:32.169><c> may</c><00:12:32.330><c> well</c><00:12:32.490><c> be</c><00:12:32.710><c> that</c><00:12:33.029><c> Malachi</c>

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Nehemiah<00:12:41.470><c> is</c><00:12:41.870><c> not</c><00:12:42.570><c> there.</c><00:12:44.450><c> Now</c><00:12:44.789><c> to</c><00:12:44.970><c> answer</c><00:12:45.389><c> that</c>

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more<00:12:46.210><c> fully,</c><00:12:47.029><c> I'm</c><00:12:47.169><c> going</c><00:12:47.330><c> to</c><00:12:47.389><c> take</c><00:12:47.629><c> you</c><00:12:47.889><c> on</c><00:12:48.110><c> a</c><00:12:48.269><c> little</c><00:12:48.389><c> bit</c><00:12:48.549><c> of</c>

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Nehemiah.<00:12:54.129><c> Now</c><00:12:54.309><c> we're</c><00:12:55.250><c> going</c><00:12:55.330><c> to</c><00:12:55.409><c> push</c><00:12:55.629><c> on</c><00:12:55.929><c> through</c><00:12:56.110><c> this</c><00:12:56.450><c> quite</c><00:12:57.389><c> quickly,</c><00:12:58.509><c> so</c>

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hold<00:12:59.070><c> on</c><00:12:59.809><c> and</c><00:13:00.629><c> stay</c><00:13:01.009><c> with</c><00:13:01.210><c> me</c>

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if<00:13:01.769><c> you</c><00:13:02.049><c> can,</c><00:13:03.590><c> because</c><00:13:03.830><c> what</c><00:13:03.990><c> I</c><00:13:04.129><c> want</c><00:13:04.330><c> to</c><00:13:04.529><c> do</c><00:13:04.769><c> is</c><00:13:05.370><c> come</c><00:13:05.990><c> to</c><00:13:07.190><c> an</c>

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understanding<00:13:08.970><c> when</c><00:13:09.929><c> Malachi</c><00:13:10.830><c> would</c><00:13:11.450><c> have</c><00:13:11.750><c> been</c>

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offering<00:13:12.529><c> his</c><00:13:13.090><c> prophecy.</c><00:13:14.149><c> So</c><00:13:14.330><c> we're</c><00:13:14.570><c> going</c><00:13:14.629><c> to</c><00:13:14.710><c> put</c><00:13:14.850><c> that</c><00:13:14.970><c> on</c>

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it,<00:13:16.590><c> we're</c><00:13:16.690><c> going</c><00:13:16.769><c> to</c><00:13:16.809><c> go</c><00:13:17.029><c> back,</c><00:13:17.710><c> we're</c><00:13:17.789><c> going</c><00:13:17.870><c> to</c><00:13:17.889><c> go</c><00:13:18.070><c> back</c><00:13:18.250><c> a</c>

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and<00:13:31.570><c> fellowship</c><00:13:32.149><c> that</c><00:13:32.570><c> are</c><00:13:32.850><c> laid</c><00:13:33.230><c> down</c><00:13:33.769><c> there</c><00:13:34.730><c> in</c><00:13:35.789><c> Ezra</c><00:13:36.409><c> and</c>

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Nehemiah,<00:13:38.610><c> and</c><00:13:38.909><c> they</c><00:13:39.190><c> come</c><00:13:39.330><c> out</c><00:13:39.690><c> repeatedly,</c>

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priests,<00:15:25.289><c> the</c><00:15:25.429><c> Levites,</c>

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willingly<00:15:59.230><c> offered.</c><00:16:00.450><c> And</c><00:16:00.590><c> we</c><00:16:00.789><c> see</c><00:16:00.990><c> here</c><00:16:01.330><c> then</c>

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there's<00:16:02.129><c> a</c><00:16:02.269><c> terrific</c><00:16:02.669><c> sense</c><00:16:02.990><c> of</c><00:16:03.409><c> unity</c><00:16:03.850><c> of</c><00:16:04.429><c> purpose</c><00:16:05.049><c> and</c><00:16:05.710><c> resolve.</c><00:16:06.750><c> It</c>

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now<00:16:13.629><c> forming</c><00:16:14.049><c> this</c><00:16:14.350><c> sense</c><00:16:14.610><c> of</c><00:16:15.049><c> unity</c><00:16:15.450><c> of</c><00:16:15.809><c> resolve</c>

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and<00:16:16.730><c> purpose.</c><00:16:17.490><c> We</c><00:16:17.730><c> are</c><00:16:18.090><c> going</c><00:16:18.370><c> to</c><00:16:18.590><c> go</c><00:16:19.210><c> and</c><00:16:19.870><c> do</c><00:16:20.549><c> something.</c><00:16:21.950><c> So</c>

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turning<00:16:22.330><c> over</c><00:16:22.690><c> now</c><00:16:22.929><c> to</c><00:16:23.110><c> chapter</c><00:16:23.429><c> three,</c><00:16:23.870><c> we're</c><00:16:23.950><c> being</c>

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underlying<00:16:31.529><c> foundation</c><00:16:32.389><c> principles</c><00:16:32.909><c> about</c><00:16:33.409><c> worship</c>

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and<00:16:34.730><c> fellowship</c><00:16:35.490><c> between</c><00:16:37.929><c> God</c><00:16:38.230><c> and</c><00:16:38.409><c> his</c><00:16:38.610><c> people,</c><00:16:38.870><c> between</c><00:16:39.210><c> the</c><00:16:39.470><c> people</c><00:16:39.649><c> themselves.</c><00:16:41.210><c> And</c><00:16:41.429><c> so</c>

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it<00:17:07.009><c> is</c><00:17:07.349><c> a</c><00:17:07.490><c> thing</c><00:17:07.630><c> that</c><00:17:07.809><c> is</c><00:17:08.170><c> precious</c>

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in<00:17:08.710><c> the</c><00:17:08.950><c> eyes</c><00:17:09.390><c> of</c><00:17:10.369><c> the</c><00:17:10.549><c> Lord</c><00:17:10.789><c> God.</c><00:17:11.849><c> And</c><00:17:12.049><c> so</c><00:17:12.309><c> here</c><00:17:12.569><c> they,</c><00:17:13.750><c> in</c><00:17:15.210><c> their</c><00:17:16.069><c> unity,</c><00:17:16.650><c> come</c><00:17:16.829><c> together</c><00:17:17.529><c> and</c>

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concept.<00:18:39.609><c> Worship</c><00:18:40.029><c> as</c><00:18:40.289><c> an</c><00:18:40.609><c> everyday</c><00:18:40.890><c> thing.</c><00:18:41.269><c> I</c><00:18:41.390><c> know</c><00:18:41.470><c> it's</c><00:18:41.750><c> talking</c><00:18:41.930><c> here</c><00:18:42.210><c> specifically</c><00:18:42.970><c> about</c><00:18:43.450><c> the</c><00:18:44.130><c> Feast</c><00:18:44.329><c> of</c>

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their<00:19:11.089><c> apparel</c><00:19:12.150><c> with</c><00:19:12.509><c> trumpets</c><00:19:13.069><c> and</c><00:19:13.250><c> the</c><00:19:13.390><c> Levites,</c><00:19:14.470><c> the</c><00:19:14.589><c> sons</c>

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of<00:19:15.049><c> Asaph,</c><00:19:15.470><c> with</c><00:19:15.670><c> symbols</c><00:19:16.210><c> to</c><00:19:16.730><c> praise</c><00:19:17.130><c> the</c><00:19:17.390><c> Lord</c>

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after<00:19:18.470><c> the</c><00:19:18.950><c> ordinance</c><00:19:19.529><c> of</c><00:19:20.309><c> David,</c><00:19:21.390><c> King</c><00:19:21.910><c> of</c><00:19:22.390><c> Israel.</c><00:19:23.670><c> So</c><00:19:23.890><c> they</c>

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did<00:19:24.250><c> it</c><00:19:24.589><c> right.</c><00:19:24.990><c> So</c><00:19:24.990><c> there's</c><00:19:27.049><c> a</c><00:19:27.190><c> sense</c><00:19:27.450><c> of</c><00:19:27.730><c> dedication,</c>

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but<00:19:28.490><c> wanting</c><00:19:28.890><c> to</c><00:19:29.329><c> dedicate</c><00:19:30.190><c> according</c><00:19:31.309><c> to</c><00:19:31.829><c> the</c><00:19:32.109><c> principles</c>

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that<00:19:32.630><c> had</c><00:19:32.750><c> been</c><00:19:32.869><c> laid</c><00:19:33.109><c> before</c><00:19:33.769><c> in</c><00:19:34.289><c> scripture,</c>

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the<00:19:35.109><c> establishment</c><00:19:35.509><c> of</c><00:19:35.730><c> the</c><00:19:35.869><c> Levites</c><00:19:36.230><c> and</c><00:19:36.390><c> the</c><00:19:36.549><c> singers</c><00:19:36.849><c> and</c>

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those<00:19:37.609><c> who</c><00:19:37.910><c> played</c><00:19:38.109><c> the</c><00:19:38.309><c> music.</c><00:19:38.930><c> And</c><00:19:39.269><c> they</c><00:19:39.670><c> followed</c>

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it<00:19:40.650><c> and</c><00:19:40.650><c> they</c><00:19:40.930><c> followed</c><00:19:41.109><c> it</c><00:19:41.430><c> carefully.</c><00:19:42.150><c> And</c><00:19:42.210><c> the</c><00:19:42.329><c> result</c><00:19:42.670><c> of</c>

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that<00:19:43.450><c> was</c><00:19:43.950><c> verse</c><00:19:44.190><c> 11,</c><00:19:44.869><c> they</c><00:19:45.210><c> sang</c><00:19:45.630><c> together</c><00:19:46.309><c> by</c><00:19:46.849><c> course</c>

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in<00:19:47.670><c> praising</c><00:19:48.069><c> and</c><00:19:49.230><c> giving</c><00:19:49.529><c> thanks</c><00:19:50.130><c> unto</c><00:19:50.410><c> the</c><00:19:50.690><c> Lord</c><00:19:50.970><c> for</c><00:19:51.430><c> his</c>

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good,<00:19:51.910><c> for</c><00:19:51.990><c> his</c><00:19:52.210><c> mercy,</c><00:19:52.490><c> and</c><00:19:52.630><c> dureth</c><00:19:52.809><c> forever.</c>

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And<00:19:53.410><c> all</c><00:19:53.569><c> the</c><00:19:53.789><c> people</c><00:19:54.410><c> shouted</c><00:19:54.809><c> with</c><00:19:55.049><c> a</c><00:19:55.509><c> great</c><00:19:55.849><c> shout</c><00:19:56.390><c> when</c><00:19:56.990><c> they</c><00:19:57.309><c> praised</c><00:19:57.490><c> the</c><00:19:57.730><c> Lord</c><00:19:57.970><c> because</c><00:19:58.470><c> the</c><00:19:58.730><c> foundation</c><00:19:59.309><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:59.609><c> house</c><00:19:59.769><c> of</c><00:19:59.910><c> the</c><00:20:00.069><c> Lord</c><00:20:00.289><c> was</c><00:20:00.910><c> laid.</c><00:20:01.470><c> A</c><00:20:01.930><c> great</c><00:20:02.250><c> sense</c><00:20:02.670><c> of</c><00:20:03.289><c> achievement</c><00:20:03.970><c> in</c>

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doing<00:20:04.869><c> something,</c><00:20:05.650><c> in</c><00:20:06.049><c> doing</c><00:20:06.210><c> it</c><00:20:06.549><c> together,</c>

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in<00:20:07.509><c> doing</c><00:20:07.750><c> it</c><00:20:08.089><c> properly</c><00:20:08.509><c> according</c><00:20:09.250><c> to</c><00:20:09.529><c> the</c><00:20:09.630><c> will</c><00:20:09.690><c> of</c><00:20:09.970><c> God,</c><00:20:10.569><c> putting</c><00:20:10.930><c> God</c><00:20:11.289><c> first.</c><00:20:12.890><c> And</c><00:20:13.190><c> that's</c><00:20:13.509><c> really</c><00:20:13.990><c> a</c>

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very<00:20:14.930><c> important</c><00:20:15.609><c> core</c><00:20:16.170><c> of</c><00:20:17.769><c> worship</c><00:20:18.269><c> and</c><00:20:18.569><c> worship</c><00:20:19.049><c> principles.</c><00:20:20.990><c> Move</c><00:20:21.230><c> on</c><00:20:21.529><c> now</c><00:20:21.670><c> to</c>

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chapter<00:20:22.210><c> four</c><00:20:22.549><c> of</c>

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we<00:20:23.990><c> find</c><00:20:24.589><c> something</c><00:20:24.910><c> else.</c><00:20:28.730><c> First</c><00:20:28.750><c> few</c><00:20:28.950><c> verses.</c>

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I<00:20:41.009><c> don't</c><00:20:41.250><c> know</c><00:20:41.410><c> whether</c><00:20:41.630><c> to</c><00:20:41.910><c> battle</c><00:20:42.130><c> or</c><00:20:42.410><c> not.</c>

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Okay,<00:20:47.250><c> first</c><00:20:47.470><c> few</c><00:20:47.690><c> verses.</c><00:20:48.069><c> Can</c><00:20:48.230><c> you</c><00:20:48.329><c> hear</c><00:20:48.490><c> me?</c><00:20:50.210><c> Yeah?</c><00:20:50.970><c> Yeah.</c>

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Okay.<00:20:53.670><c> Now</c><00:20:53.869><c> when</c><00:20:54.029><c> the</c><00:20:54.230><c> adversaries</c><00:20:54.569><c> of</c><00:20:54.769><c> Judah</c><00:20:54.970><c> and</c><00:20:55.089><c> Benjamin</c>

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heard<00:20:55.950><c> that</c><00:20:56.190><c> the</c><00:20:56.329><c> children</c><00:20:56.589><c> of</c><00:20:56.829><c> the</c><00:20:57.049><c> captivity</c><00:20:57.509><c> builded</c><00:20:58.190><c> the</c>

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temple<00:20:59.009><c> unto</c><00:20:59.490><c> the</c><00:20:59.710><c> Lord</c><00:21:00.029><c> God</c><00:21:00.230><c> of</c><00:21:00.369><c> Israel,</c><00:21:01.930><c> then</c><00:21:02.170><c> they</c>

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came<00:21:02.630><c> near</c><00:21:02.849><c> to</c><00:21:02.970><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:21:03.430><c> and</c><00:21:03.630><c> said,</c><00:21:03.869><c> let</c><00:21:04.049><c> us</c><00:21:04.430><c> build</c><00:21:04.769><c> with</c>

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you,<00:21:06.349><c> for</c><00:21:06.650><c> we</c><00:21:07.170><c> seek</c><00:21:07.450><c> your</c><00:21:07.890><c> God</c><00:21:08.269><c> as</c><00:21:08.769><c> ye</c><00:21:09.069><c> do.</c><00:21:10.069><c> And</c><00:21:10.509><c> we</c><00:21:10.930><c> do</c><00:21:11.170><c> sacrifice</c>

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unto<00:21:12.009><c> him</c><00:21:12.470><c> since</c><00:21:12.930><c> the</c><00:21:13.170><c> days</c><00:21:13.529><c> of</c><00:21:13.869><c> Ezerhaddon,</c><00:21:15.150><c> king</c><00:21:15.450><c> of</c><00:21:15.869><c> Asher,</c>

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which<00:21:17.529><c> brought</c><00:21:17.910><c> us</c><00:21:18.109><c> up</c><00:21:18.509><c> hither.</c>

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And<00:21:20.630><c> the</c><00:21:20.789><c> response</c><00:21:21.109><c> of</c><00:21:21.289><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:21:21.650><c> and</c><00:21:21.910><c> Jeshua</c><00:21:22.309><c> you</c><00:21:22.450><c> can</c><00:21:22.710><c> see</c>

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there,<00:21:23.990><c> you</c><00:21:24.170><c> have</c><00:21:24.549><c> nothing</c><00:21:24.970><c> to</c><00:21:25.289><c> do</c><00:21:25.490><c> with</c><00:21:25.789><c> us</c><00:21:26.289><c> to</c><00:21:26.809><c> build</c>

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an<00:21:27.369><c> house</c><00:21:28.029><c> unto</c><00:21:28.509><c> our</c><00:21:28.930><c> God,</c><00:21:29.849><c> but</c><00:21:30.150><c> we</c><00:21:30.650><c> ourselves</c><00:21:31.450><c> together</c><00:21:32.109><c> will</c>

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build<00:21:33.609><c> unto</c><00:21:33.930><c> the</c><00:21:34.210><c> Lord.</c><00:21:35.150><c> Now</c><00:21:35.430><c> that's</c><00:21:36.970><c> a</c><00:21:37.150><c> pretty</c><00:21:37.490><c> key</c>

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point<00:21:38.150><c> that</c><00:21:38.369><c> we</c><00:21:38.569><c> have</c><00:21:38.710><c> being</c><00:21:38.990><c> made</c><00:21:39.410><c> here.</c><00:21:40.269><c> Others</c><00:21:40.589><c> coming</c><00:21:40.890><c> along</c><00:21:41.309><c> saying,</c><00:21:41.750><c> well,</c><00:21:41.890><c> now</c>

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maybe<00:21:42.289><c> we</c><00:21:42.470><c> can</c><00:21:42.630><c> help</c><00:21:42.869><c> you.</c>

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We've<00:21:43.450><c> got</c><00:21:43.630><c> lots</c><00:21:43.890><c> of</c><00:21:44.049><c> good</c><00:21:44.230><c> ideas.</c><00:21:44.569><c> We've</c><00:21:44.809><c> been</c><00:21:44.910><c> doing</c><00:21:45.049><c> it</c><00:21:45.269><c> our</c>

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own<00:21:45.609><c> way</c><00:21:45.789><c> for</c><00:21:45.970><c> some</c><00:21:46.250><c> time</c><00:21:46.710><c> and</c><00:21:47.509><c> it</c><00:21:47.769><c> seems</c><00:21:47.890><c> to</c><00:21:48.109><c> work</c><00:21:48.250><c> okay.</c>

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And<00:21:49.269><c> maybe</c><00:21:49.509><c> if</c><00:21:49.710><c> we</c><00:21:49.910><c> did</c><00:21:50.009><c> the</c><00:21:50.210><c> same</c><00:21:50.369><c> sort</c><00:21:50.549><c> of</c><00:21:50.710><c> thing,</c><00:21:50.849><c> we</c><00:21:50.970><c> could</c>

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give<00:21:51.269><c> you</c><00:21:51.410><c> one</c><00:21:51.529><c> or</c><00:21:51.690><c> two</c><00:21:51.869><c> ideas</c><00:21:52.170><c> of</c><00:21:52.410><c> our</c><00:21:52.630><c> own.</c>

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It<00:21:53.829><c> would</c><00:21:54.049><c> work</c><00:21:54.309><c> out</c><00:21:54.490><c> nicely.</c><00:21:55.349><c> And</c><00:21:55.589><c> they</c><00:21:55.730><c> said,</c><00:21:55.869><c> no,</c><00:21:56.130><c> no,</c><00:21:56.210><c> no,</c>

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no,<00:21:56.509><c> no,</c><00:21:56.670><c> no.</c><00:21:57.390><c> Separation.</c><00:21:58.250><c> In</c><00:21:58.390><c> terms</c><00:21:58.630><c> of</c><00:21:58.869><c> separation,</c>

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in<00:21:59.430><c> terms</c><00:21:59.670><c> of</c><00:21:59.849><c> their</c><00:22:00.049><c> building,</c><00:22:00.490><c> in</c><00:22:00.549><c> terms</c><00:22:00.890><c> of</c><00:22:01.450><c> their</c><00:22:01.930><c> distinctiveness,</c><00:22:03.049><c> they</c><00:22:03.569><c> wanted</c><00:22:03.990><c> to</c>

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remain<00:22:04.970><c> distinctive.</c>

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So<00:22:05.990><c> they</c><00:22:06.269><c> kept</c><00:22:06.569><c> themselves</c><00:22:07.609><c> separate</c><00:22:08.309><c> from</c><00:22:08.529><c> those,</c><00:22:09.029><c> however</c>

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plausible<00:22:10.150><c> that</c><00:22:10.650><c> might</c><00:22:10.970><c> have</c><00:22:11.210><c> been.</c><00:22:11.430><c> And</c><00:22:11.589><c> it</c>

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might<00:22:11.849><c> have</c><00:22:12.049><c> been</c><00:22:12.269><c> richly</c><00:22:12.930><c> plausible.</c><00:22:13.910><c> They</c><00:22:14.089><c> kept</c><00:22:14.329><c> themselves</c><00:22:14.930><c> separate.</c>

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We<00:22:16.230><c> ourselves,</c><00:22:17.210><c> this</c><00:22:17.490><c> unity,</c>

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together<00:22:18.970><c> will</c><00:22:19.849><c> build</c><00:22:20.390><c> unto</c><00:22:21.009><c> the</c><00:22:21.450><c> Lord.</c><00:22:22.809><c> And</c><00:22:23.190><c> that</c><00:22:25.190><c> is</c><00:22:25.470><c> a</c><00:22:25.809><c> pretty</c><00:22:26.009><c> important</c><00:22:26.430><c> principle</c><00:22:26.910><c> of</c><00:22:27.589><c> worship,</c>

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I<00:22:28.109><c> think,</c><00:22:28.349><c> even</c><00:22:28.690><c> for</c><00:22:28.990><c> today.</c><00:22:29.289><c> There</c><00:22:29.450><c> is</c><00:22:29.789><c> a</c><00:22:30.029><c> distinctiveness</c>

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about<00:22:31.349><c> what</c><00:22:31.589><c> we</c><00:22:31.910><c> believe</c><00:22:32.210><c> and</c><00:22:32.750><c> the</c><00:22:33.029><c> things</c><00:22:33.329><c> that</c><00:22:33.589><c> we</c><00:22:33.750><c> hold</c>

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in<00:22:34.490><c> our</c><00:22:34.769><c> community,</c><00:22:35.650><c> which</c><00:22:35.970><c> should</c><00:22:36.309><c> not</c><00:22:36.670><c> be</c><00:22:37.049><c> melded</c><00:22:37.849><c> with</c><00:22:38.369><c> nice</c><00:22:38.670><c> ideas,</c><00:22:39.329><c> however</c><00:22:39.609><c> nice</c><00:22:39.890><c> they</c><00:22:40.109><c> may</c>

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well<00:22:40.529><c> be</c>

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from<00:22:42.890><c> outside.</c><00:22:44.390><c> At</c><00:22:44.490><c> least</c><00:22:44.630><c> if</c><00:22:44.730><c> that's</c><00:22:44.970><c> going</c><00:22:45.049><c> to</c><00:22:45.109><c> be</c><00:22:45.230><c> done,</c><00:22:45.349><c> they</c><00:22:45.509><c> ought</c><00:22:45.670><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:45.970><c> done</c><00:22:46.089><c> and</c><00:22:46.349><c> brought</c><00:22:46.509><c> carefully</c>

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to<00:22:47.369><c> the</c><00:22:47.549><c> principles</c><00:22:47.829><c> of</c><00:22:48.069><c> scripture</c><00:22:48.309><c> and</c><00:22:48.609><c> examined</c><00:22:48.950><c> first.</c><00:22:49.910><c> So</c>

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that's<00:22:50.349><c> an</c><00:22:50.609><c> important</c><00:22:50.849><c> principle</c><00:22:51.509><c> of</c><00:22:52.430><c> worship</c><00:22:52.910><c> too.</c>

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Well,<00:22:54.130><c> as</c><00:22:54.410><c> a</c><00:22:54.569><c> result</c><00:22:54.789><c> of</c><00:22:55.089><c> the</c><00:22:55.309><c> opposition,</c><00:22:55.869><c> the</c><00:22:56.069><c> work</c><00:22:56.309><c> stopped</c>

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and<00:22:56.829><c> it</c><00:22:57.130><c> stopped</c><00:22:57.369><c> for</c><00:22:58.950><c> 15</c><00:22:59.930><c> years</c><00:23:00.710><c> or</c><00:23:01.130><c> so.</c>

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And<00:23:01.990><c> then</c><00:23:02.150><c> we</c><00:23:02.329><c> come</c><00:23:02.470><c> to</c><00:23:02.630><c> chapter</c><00:23:03.049><c> five</c><00:23:04.089><c> in</c><00:23:05.049><c> the</c><00:23:05.329><c> community.</c><00:23:06.630><c> They're</c><00:23:07.109><c> flagging</c><00:23:07.710><c> at</c>

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this<00:23:08.150><c> time.</c>

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15<00:23:09.009><c> years</c><00:23:09.250><c> is</c><00:23:09.390><c> a</c><00:23:09.490><c> long</c><00:23:09.690><c> time,</c><00:23:10.069><c> you</c><00:23:10.069><c> know.</c><00:23:10.369><c> Where</c><00:23:10.529><c> were</c><00:23:10.730><c> you</c><00:23:10.869><c> 15</c>

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years<00:23:11.609><c> ago?</c><00:23:12.069><c> Remember</c><00:23:12.289><c> where</c><00:23:12.470><c> you</c><00:23:12.670><c> were</c><00:23:12.789><c> 15</c><00:23:13.130><c> years</c><00:23:13.430><c> ago?</c>

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who<00:23:16.950><c> keep</c><00:23:17.150><c> diaries</c><00:23:17.509><c> regularly</c><00:23:17.849><c> probably</c><00:23:18.329><c> could.</c>

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I<00:23:19.230><c> couldn't.</c><00:23:19.690><c> I</c><00:23:19.789><c> haven't</c><00:23:19.970><c> a</c><00:23:20.130><c> clue.</c><00:23:21.130><c> But</c><00:23:21.289><c> 15</c><00:23:21.549><c> years</c><00:23:21.789><c> is</c><00:23:21.950><c> a</c><00:23:22.069><c> long</c>

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time<00:23:22.490><c> and</c><00:23:22.849><c> a</c><00:23:23.170><c> lot</c><00:23:23.390><c> can</c><00:23:23.630><c> happen</c><00:23:23.950><c> in</c><00:23:24.130><c> 15</c><00:23:24.509><c> years.</c>

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A<00:23:25.289><c> lot</c><00:23:25.430><c> can</c><00:23:25.630><c> happen,</c><00:23:25.970><c> a</c><00:23:25.990><c> lot</c><00:23:26.210><c> less</c><00:23:26.549><c> than</c><00:23:26.750><c> 15</c><00:23:27.170><c> years.</c><00:23:28.549><c> And</c><00:23:29.089><c> the</c><00:23:29.190><c> heart</c><00:23:29.430><c> of</c><00:23:29.650><c> a</c>

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people<00:23:30.029><c> can</c><00:23:30.309><c> be</c><00:23:30.950><c> very</c><00:23:31.650><c> much</c><00:23:32.369><c> destroyed</c>

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or<00:23:33.829><c> diseased</c><00:23:34.470><c> or</c><00:23:34.769><c> saddened.</c><00:23:36.069><c> And</c><00:23:36.109><c> so</c><00:23:36.289><c> it</c><00:23:36.309><c> was</c><00:23:36.630><c> left</c><00:23:36.809><c> to</c><00:23:37.150><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.390><c> five,</c>

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it<00:23:38.230><c> was</c><00:23:38.450><c> left</c><00:23:38.670><c> to</c><00:23:38.910><c> Haggai</c><00:23:39.329><c> the</c><00:23:39.529><c> prophet</c>

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and<00:23:40.230><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:41.130><c> the</c><00:23:41.349><c> son</c><00:23:41.609><c> of</c><00:23:41.869><c> Iddo,</c><00:23:42.569><c> prophesying</c><00:23:43.569><c> to</c><00:23:44.230><c> the</c><00:23:44.450><c> Jews</c><00:23:44.730><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:45.250><c> name</c><00:23:45.690><c> of</c><00:23:46.650><c> the</c><00:23:46.950><c> God</c><00:23:47.390><c> of</c><00:23:47.869><c> Israel.</c><00:23:48.410><c> And</c><00:23:48.589><c> what</c>

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was<00:23:49.009><c> it</c><00:23:49.230><c> that</c><00:23:49.450><c> they</c><00:23:51.009><c> prophesied?</c><00:23:51.769><c> You</c><00:23:51.950><c> have</c><00:23:52.190><c> to</c><00:23:52.390><c> go</c><00:23:52.589><c> to</c><00:23:52.890><c> Haggai</c>

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chapter<00:23:54.990><c> 1,</c><00:23:56.049><c> 12,</c><00:23:56.589><c> 13,</c><00:23:57.029><c> 14</c><00:23:57.789><c> or</c><00:23:58.130><c> chapter</c><00:23:58.490><c> 2</c><00:23:58.869><c> verses</c>

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4<00:23:59.670><c> and</c><00:23:59.990><c> 5</c><00:24:00.789><c> and</c><00:24:01.150><c> look</c><00:24:01.470><c> at</c><00:24:01.829><c> that</c><00:24:02.150><c> message</c><00:24:02.589><c> that</c><00:24:02.930><c> Haggai</c><00:24:03.849><c> and</c><00:24:04.789><c> Zechariah,</c><00:24:05.410><c> but</c>

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particularly<00:24:05.910><c> Haggai,</c><00:24:06.549><c> is</c><00:24:06.670><c> giving</c><00:24:06.869><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:07.250><c> people</c><00:24:07.450><c> at</c><00:24:07.609><c> this</c><00:24:07.789><c> time</c><00:24:08.150><c> when</c><00:24:08.529><c> their</c><00:24:08.809><c> spirits</c><00:24:09.069><c> are</c><00:24:09.309><c> a</c><00:24:09.390><c> little</c><00:24:09.650><c> bit</c>

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low<00:24:10.289><c> and</c><00:24:10.950><c> he</c><00:24:11.130><c> comes</c><00:24:11.410><c> to</c><00:24:11.609><c> them</c><00:24:11.829><c> and</c><00:24:11.950><c> he</c><00:24:12.069><c> says,</c>

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Behold,<00:24:13.210><c> speaking</c><00:24:13.569><c> on</c><00:24:13.730><c> behalf</c><00:24:14.029><c> of</c><00:24:14.170><c> the</c><00:24:14.289><c> Lord</c><00:24:14.470><c> God,</c><00:24:14.930><c> I</c><00:24:15.130><c> am</c><00:24:15.470><c> with</c>

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you,<00:24:16.849><c> saith</c><00:24:17.029><c> the</c><00:24:17.329><c> Lord.</c><00:24:18.029><c> We</c><00:24:18.410><c> can</c><00:24:18.970><c> do</c><00:24:19.630><c> this.</c>

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We<00:24:20.829><c> can</c><00:24:21.170><c> build.</c><00:24:21.470><c> No</c><00:24:21.630><c> matter</c><00:24:21.849><c> what</c><00:24:22.089><c> the</c><00:24:22.349><c> authorities</c><00:24:22.650><c> say,</c><00:24:23.349><c> we</c>

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can<00:24:24.190><c> build.</c><00:24:24.809><c> I</c><00:24:24.890><c> am</c><00:24:25.170><c> with</c><00:24:25.390><c> you</c><00:24:25.730><c> as</c><00:24:26.009><c> I</c><00:24:26.230><c> was</c><00:24:26.430><c> with</c><00:24:26.650><c> you</c><00:24:26.849><c> when</c>

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you<00:24:27.670><c> were</c><00:24:27.910><c> brought</c><00:24:28.130><c> out</c><00:24:28.369><c> of</c><00:24:28.529><c> Egypt</c><00:24:28.849><c> and</c><00:24:29.069><c> my</c><00:24:29.269><c> spirit</c><00:24:29.750><c> abode</c><00:24:30.170><c> with</c><00:24:30.430><c> you.</c><00:24:30.950><c> I</c>

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am<00:24:31.869><c> with</c><00:24:32.130><c> you.</c><00:24:32.690><c> We</c><00:24:33.250><c> can</c><00:24:33.809><c> do.</c><00:24:34.750><c> And</c><00:24:34.970><c> it's</c><00:24:35.170><c> that</c>

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sort<00:24:35.930><c> of</c><00:24:36.730><c> attitude</c><00:24:37.349><c> that</c><00:24:38.009><c> Haggai</c><00:24:38.769><c> and</c><00:24:39.150><c> Zechariah</c><00:24:39.670><c> give</c><00:24:39.849><c> the</c>

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people<00:24:40.190><c> and</c><00:24:40.390><c> also</c><00:24:40.670><c> give</c><00:24:40.809><c> them</c><00:24:40.990><c> these</c><00:24:41.230><c> wonderful</c>

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visions<00:24:42.150><c> of</c><00:24:42.369><c> how</c><00:24:42.910><c> the</c><00:24:43.250><c> temple</c><00:24:43.890><c> will</c><00:24:44.890><c> be.</c><00:24:46.490><c> And</c><00:24:46.730><c> so,</c><00:24:47.009><c> it</c><00:24:47.130><c> says</c><00:24:47.329><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:47.769><c> 2,</c><00:24:48.029><c> then</c><00:24:48.250><c> rose</c><00:24:48.509><c> up</c><00:24:48.710><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:24:50.130><c> son</c><00:24:50.309><c> of</c>

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Sheil,<00:24:50.869><c> Teal</c><00:24:51.009><c> and</c><00:24:51.150><c> Joshua,</c><00:24:51.589><c> and</c><00:24:51.750><c> began</c><00:24:52.049><c> to</c><00:24:52.309><c> build</c><00:24:52.509><c> the</c><00:24:52.750><c> house</c>

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of<00:24:53.349><c> God,</c><00:24:53.930><c> which</c><00:24:54.109><c> is</c><00:24:54.289><c> at</c><00:24:54.470><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:24:55.369><c> And</c><00:24:55.809><c> with</c><00:24:56.089><c> them</c>

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were<00:24:56.630><c> the</c><00:24:56.869><c> prophets</c><00:24:57.130><c> of</c><00:24:57.390><c> God</c><00:24:57.730><c> helping</c><00:24:58.349><c> them.</c><00:24:59.650><c> So</c><00:24:59.990><c> they</c><00:25:00.410><c> listen.</c><00:25:00.769><c> It's</c>

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another<00:25:01.009><c> important</c><00:25:01.509><c> principle</c><00:25:01.910><c> of</c>

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scripture.<00:25:02.650><c> They</c><00:25:02.869><c> were</c><00:25:03.170><c> exhorted.</c><00:25:04.430><c> It's</c><00:25:04.529><c> about</c><00:25:04.789><c> worship</c><00:25:05.269><c> and</c>

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fellowship,<00:25:05.970><c> isn't</c><00:25:06.089><c> it?</c><00:25:06.450><c> They</c><00:25:06.809><c> allowed</c><00:25:07.170><c> themselves</c>

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to<00:25:08.130><c> be</c><00:25:08.130><c> exhorted</c><00:25:08.930><c> by</c><00:25:09.910><c> the</c><00:25:10.250><c> word</c><00:25:10.769><c> of</c><00:25:11.769><c> Haggai</c><00:25:12.269><c> and</c><00:25:12.609><c> Zechariah.</c>

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And<00:25:13.970><c> they</c><00:25:14.210><c> did</c><00:25:14.630><c> something</c><00:25:14.990><c> about</c><00:25:15.309><c> it.</c><00:25:15.569><c> So</c><00:25:15.750><c> often</c>

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the<00:25:17.369><c> word</c><00:25:17.589><c> of</c><00:25:17.809><c> exhortation</c><00:25:18.410><c> falls</c><00:25:18.750><c> on</c><00:25:19.089><c> dull</c><00:25:19.269><c> ears</c><00:25:19.470><c> or</c><00:25:20.009><c> we've</c>

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forgotten<00:25:20.730><c> it</c><00:25:21.009><c> before</c><00:25:21.230><c> we</c><00:25:21.450><c> get</c><00:25:21.630><c> out</c><00:25:21.869><c> of</c><00:25:21.990><c> the</c><00:25:22.170><c> room,</c>

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but<00:25:23.109><c> not</c><00:25:23.430><c> here.</c><00:25:23.829><c> They</c><00:25:24.069><c> got</c><00:25:24.349><c> on</c><00:25:24.650><c> and</c><00:25:24.930><c> did</c><00:25:25.210><c> something</c><00:25:25.650><c> about</c><00:25:26.470><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:27.869><c> interestingly</c><00:25:28.150><c> enough,</c><00:25:28.849><c> the</c><00:25:28.990><c> governor</c><00:25:29.210><c> at</c>

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that<00:25:29.670><c> time,</c><00:25:29.970><c> verse</c><00:25:30.210><c> 3,</c><00:25:30.809><c> Tatnai,</c><00:25:31.569><c> said,</c><00:25:31.690><c> Oh,</c><00:25:31.910><c> I'm</c><00:25:32.069><c> not</c><00:25:32.269><c> sure</c><00:25:32.470><c> whether</c><00:25:32.650><c> you</c><00:25:32.829><c> can</c><00:25:32.970><c> do</c>

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that.<00:25:33.410><c> I'm</c><00:25:33.670><c> going</c><00:25:33.750><c> to</c><00:25:33.849><c> have</c><00:25:33.970><c> to</c><00:25:34.170><c> write</c>

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and<00:25:34.750><c> ask</c><00:25:34.750><c> about</c><00:25:35.069><c> that.</c><00:25:35.549><c> So</c><00:25:35.769><c> he</c><00:25:35.930><c> wrote</c><00:25:36.170><c> and</c><00:25:36.329><c> he</c><00:25:36.569><c> asked</c><00:25:36.769><c> about</c><00:25:37.170><c> it.</c><00:25:37.849><c> And</c><00:25:38.089><c> then</c><00:25:38.309><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:25:38.809><c> 6,</c><00:25:39.609><c> Darius</c><00:25:39.829><c> had</c><00:25:40.130><c> a</c>

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search<00:25:40.950><c> made</c><00:25:41.329><c> throughout</c><00:25:41.670><c> all</c><00:25:42.029><c> the</c><00:25:44.069><c> very</c><00:25:44.809><c> fastidiously</c><00:25:46.109><c> kept</c>

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records<00:25:47.029><c> of</c><00:25:47.990><c> the</c><00:25:48.309><c> Medes</c><00:25:48.569><c> and</c><00:25:48.769><c> the</c><00:25:49.029><c> Persians.</c>

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And<00:25:50.170><c> they</c><00:25:50.430><c> found</c><00:25:50.670><c> the</c><00:25:50.970><c> role</c><00:25:51.230><c> saying</c><00:25:51.589><c> that</c><00:25:52.509><c> Cyrus</c><00:25:52.849><c> had</c><00:25:53.170><c> made</c><00:25:53.450><c> this</c><00:25:53.789><c> decree.</c><00:25:54.170><c> And</c><00:25:54.490><c> so,</c><00:25:55.430><c> much</c><00:25:55.670><c> perhaps</c><00:25:56.190><c> to</c><00:25:56.990><c> Tatnai's</c>

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concern,<00:26:01.069><c> the</c><00:26:01.549><c> indictment</c><00:26:02.049><c> was</c><00:26:02.250><c> given</c><00:26:02.490><c> that</c><00:26:02.750><c> the</c><00:26:02.950><c> people</c><00:26:03.190><c> must</c><00:26:03.430><c> now</c>

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go<00:26:04.230><c> and</c><00:26:04.569><c> be</c><00:26:04.789><c> allowed</c><00:26:05.009><c> to</c><00:26:05.170><c> get</c><00:26:05.289><c> on</c><00:26:05.490><c> with</c><00:26:05.690><c> the</c><00:26:05.869><c> work,</c>

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chapter<00:26:06.670><c> 6</c><00:26:07.150><c> and</c><00:26:07.650><c> verse</c><00:26:08.089><c> 7.</c><00:26:09.250><c> Let</c><00:26:09.390><c> the</c><00:26:09.670><c> work</c><00:26:10.049><c> of</c><00:26:10.349><c> this</c><00:26:10.589><c> house</c><00:26:10.890><c> of</c>

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God<00:26:11.609><c> alone,</c><00:26:12.569><c> let</c><00:26:12.710><c> it</c><00:26:12.910><c> proceed.</c><00:26:13.970><c> Let</c><00:26:14.109><c> them</c><00:26:14.369><c> build</c><00:26:14.670><c> the</c>

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house.<00:26:15.269><c> I</c><00:26:15.670><c> make</c><00:26:15.890><c> the</c><00:26:16.170><c> decree.</c><00:26:16.910><c> And</c><00:26:16.990><c> if</c><00:26:17.109><c> they</c><00:26:17.349><c> have</c><00:26:17.490><c> any</c><00:26:17.690><c> expenses,</c><00:26:18.349><c> then</c>

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let<00:26:18.730><c> it</c><00:26:18.890><c> come</c><00:26:19.089><c> out</c><00:26:19.230><c> the</c><00:26:19.390><c> king's</c><00:26:19.930><c> goods</c>

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and<00:26:20.869><c> give</c><00:26:21.069><c> to</c><00:26:21.269><c> them,</c><00:26:21.690><c> verse</c><00:26:22.210><c> 9,</c><00:26:23.410><c> towards</c><00:26:23.569><c> the</c><00:26:23.750><c> end</c><00:26:23.950><c> of</c><00:26:24.170><c> the</c><00:26:24.349><c> verse,</c><00:26:24.930><c> give</c><00:26:25.089><c> to</c>

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them<00:26:25.490><c> everything</c><00:26:25.950><c> that</c><00:26:26.190><c> they</c><00:26:26.470><c> need,</c>

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day<00:26:27.190><c> by</c><00:26:27.470><c> day</c><00:26:28.150><c> without</c><00:26:28.650><c> fail.</c><00:26:30.130><c> And</c><00:26:30.210><c> here's</c><00:26:30.470><c> another</c><00:26:30.869><c> important</c>

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lesson<00:26:33.210><c> for</c><00:26:33.430><c> us</c><00:26:33.569><c> with</c><00:26:33.789><c> regard</c><00:26:34.109><c> to</c><00:26:34.309><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:26:35.849><c> that</c><00:26:36.009><c> is</c><00:26:36.269><c> that</c><00:26:36.569><c> the</c><00:26:36.769><c> Lord</c><00:26:37.049><c> God</c><00:26:37.750><c> supplies</c><00:26:38.769><c> all</c><00:26:39.490><c> of</c><00:26:39.829><c> our</c><00:26:40.269><c> needs</c><00:26:40.750><c> in</c>

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our<00:26:41.450><c> daily</c><00:26:41.750><c> lives</c><00:26:42.329><c> and</c><00:26:42.990><c> in</c><00:26:43.349><c> our</c><00:26:43.650><c> worship,</c>

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as<00:26:44.450><c> he</c><00:26:44.730><c> did</c><00:26:45.329><c> here.</c><00:26:46.470><c> And</c><00:26:46.750><c> so</c><00:26:47.369><c> eventually,</c><00:26:49.470><c> the</c><00:26:49.849><c> house</c><00:26:50.390><c> of</c><00:26:50.769><c> God</c>

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was<00:26:51.750><c> finished.</c><00:26:52.190><c> There</c><00:26:52.390><c> is</c><00:26:52.650><c> in</c><00:26:52.869><c> verse</c><00:26:53.490><c> 14,</c>

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and<00:26:54.750><c> they</c><00:26:55.009><c> builded</c><00:26:55.630><c> and</c><00:26:56.029><c> finished</c><00:26:56.309><c> it</c><00:26:56.950><c> according</c><00:26:57.309><c> to</c><00:26:57.589><c> the</c><00:26:57.809><c> commandment</c><00:26:58.470><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:59.509><c> Lord.</c><00:27:00.390><c> And</c><00:27:00.589><c> there</c><00:27:00.730><c> was</c>

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terrific<00:27:01.690><c> amount</c><00:27:02.089><c> of</c><00:27:02.569><c> joy</c><00:27:03.230><c> that</c><00:27:04.170><c> flowed</c><00:27:04.630><c> from</c><00:27:05.269><c> that.</c><00:27:07.349><c> If</c><00:27:07.390><c> you</c>

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have<00:27:07.690><c> a</c><00:27:07.769><c> look</c><00:27:07.910><c> at</c><00:27:09.130><c> verse</c><00:27:10.009><c> 16,</c><00:27:10.849><c> the</c><00:27:10.950><c> children</c><00:27:11.210><c> of</c><00:27:11.369><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:27:12.650><c> priests,</c><00:27:13.069><c> the</c><00:27:13.190><c> Levites,</c><00:27:13.690><c> the</c><00:27:13.769><c> rest</c><00:27:13.990><c> of</c><00:27:14.150><c> the</c><00:27:14.329><c> children</c><00:27:14.710><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:15.390><c> captivity,</c><00:27:16.710><c> all</c><00:27:17.049><c> still</c><00:27:17.309><c> as</c><00:27:17.609><c> one</c><00:27:17.910><c> man</c><00:27:18.109><c> now,</c>

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kept<00:27:19.130><c> the</c><00:27:19.390><c> dedication</c><00:27:19.970><c> of</c><00:27:20.490><c> this</c><00:27:20.750><c> house</c><00:27:21.190><c> of</c><00:27:21.529><c> God</c><00:27:21.930><c> with</c><00:27:22.930><c> joy.</c><00:27:24.069><c> The</c><00:27:24.369><c> sense</c><00:27:24.690><c> of</c>

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having<00:27:25.150><c> worked</c><00:27:25.650><c> together,</c>

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of<00:27:26.990><c> having</c><00:27:27.289><c> seen</c><00:27:27.670><c> the</c><00:27:27.990><c> achievement,</c><00:27:29.130><c> and</c><00:27:30.150><c> the</c><00:27:30.410><c> great</c><00:27:30.769><c> sense</c>

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of<00:27:31.950><c> joy</c><00:27:32.269><c> that</c><00:27:32.490><c> comes</c><00:27:32.690><c> from</c><00:27:32.869><c> it.</c><00:27:33.269><c> And</c><00:27:33.470><c> that's</c><00:27:33.630><c> what</c>

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you<00:27:34.089><c> see</c><00:27:34.230><c> in</c><00:27:34.430><c> ecclesias</c><00:27:34.910><c> that</c><00:27:35.069><c> are</c><00:27:35.269><c> working</c><00:27:35.529><c> together</c><00:27:35.910><c> even</c>

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today,<00:27:36.670><c> isn't</c><00:27:36.769><c> it?</c><00:27:37.170><c> Who</c><00:27:37.410><c> are</c><00:27:37.730><c> really</c><00:27:38.309><c> worshiping</c>

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together<00:27:40.069><c> and</c><00:27:40.490><c> really</c><00:27:41.009><c> working</c><00:27:41.609><c> together.</c><00:27:43.089><c> And</c><00:27:43.349><c> in</c><00:27:43.529><c> those</c><00:27:43.670><c> ecclesias</c><00:27:44.130><c> where</c><00:27:44.490><c> it's</c><00:27:44.970><c> a</c>

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bit<00:27:45.150><c> of</c><00:27:45.329><c> a</c><00:27:45.509><c> struggle,</c>

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very<00:27:47.430><c> often</c><00:27:47.809><c> there</c><00:27:48.049><c> is</c><00:27:48.230><c> no</c><00:27:48.910><c> working</c><00:27:49.470><c> together</c><00:27:50.529><c> in</c><00:27:51.309><c> any</c><00:27:51.609><c> particular</c><00:27:52.190><c> project,</c><00:27:52.589><c> whatever</c><00:27:52.890><c> that</c><00:27:53.150><c> is.</c>

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And<00:27:54.069><c> you</c><00:27:54.150><c> don't</c><00:27:54.329><c> have</c><00:27:54.470><c> to</c><00:27:54.569><c> have</c><00:27:54.670><c> a</c><00:27:54.809><c> big</c><00:27:54.970><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:55.410><c> for</c><00:27:55.650><c> brothers</c><00:27:55.910><c> and</c><00:27:56.089><c> sisters</c><00:27:56.210><c> to</c>

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work<00:27:56.609><c> together.</c>

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That<00:27:57.869><c> can</c><00:27:58.329><c> arise</c><00:27:58.609><c> out</c><00:27:58.829><c> of</c><00:27:59.210><c> a</c><00:27:59.970><c> very</c><00:28:00.490><c> small</c><00:28:01.329><c> ecclesia.</c><00:28:02.630><c> But</c><00:28:02.829><c> the</c>

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point<00:28:03.210><c> is</c><00:28:03.569><c> they</c><00:28:03.730><c> did</c><00:28:03.910><c> it</c><00:28:04.230><c> all</c><00:28:04.549><c> in</c><00:28:04.849><c> accordance</c><00:28:05.150><c> with</c>

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those<00:28:05.950><c> very</c><00:28:06.430><c> important</c><00:28:06.849><c> principles.</c><00:28:08.269><c> Well</c><00:28:08.349><c> now,</c><00:28:10.470><c> 12</c><00:28:10.710><c> years</c><00:28:10.970><c> later,</c><00:28:12.849><c> along</c><00:28:13.009><c> comes</c><00:28:13.730><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:28:15.190><c> And</c><00:28:15.670><c> I</c><00:28:15.789><c> want</c>

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you<00:28:16.109><c> to</c><00:28:16.190><c> turn</c><00:28:16.250><c> over</c><00:28:16.470><c> to</c><00:28:16.690><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:28:17.569><c> I</c><00:28:17.809><c> told</c><00:28:17.890><c> you</c><00:28:18.009><c> we</c><00:28:18.089><c> were</c><00:28:18.170><c> going</c><00:28:18.250><c> to</c><00:28:18.369><c> do</c><00:28:18.430><c> a</c>

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revision<00:28:19.029><c> class</c><00:28:19.390><c> here.</c><00:28:21.309><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:22.009><c> chapter</c>

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one.<00:28:23.490><c> And</c><00:28:23.789><c> the</c><00:28:24.150><c> principles</c><00:28:24.630><c> don't</c><00:28:25.170><c> change,</c><00:28:26.089><c> you</c><00:28:26.470><c> see,</c><00:28:26.970><c> because</c><00:28:27.329><c> they</c>

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are<00:28:27.849><c> godly</c><00:28:28.250><c> principles.</c><00:28:29.349><c> And</c><00:28:29.690><c> they</c>

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don't<00:28:30.829><c> change.</c><00:28:32.069><c> The</c><00:28:32.390><c> principles</c><00:28:32.849><c> of</c><00:28:33.369><c> worship</c><00:28:33.769><c> and</c><00:28:34.089><c> of</c><00:28:34.390><c> fellowship</c><00:28:34.769><c> with</c>

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God<00:28:35.490><c> don't</c><00:28:36.609><c> change.</c><00:28:37.809><c> And</c><00:28:38.170><c> so</c><00:28:38.569><c> when</c><00:28:38.750><c> we</c>

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get<00:28:39.230><c> to</c><00:28:39.690><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:40.789><c> chapter</c><00:28:41.250><c> one,</c><00:28:41.809><c> what</c><00:28:41.950><c> do</c><00:28:42.089><c> we</c><00:28:42.170><c> find?</c><00:28:43.069><c> First</c>

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of<00:28:43.490><c> all,</c><00:28:44.410><c> we</c><00:28:44.430><c> find</c><00:28:45.210><c> that</c><00:28:47.930><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:48.630><c> has</c><00:28:48.970><c> heard</c>

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of<00:28:50.509><c> the</c><00:28:51.410><c> problems</c><00:28:51.910><c> at</c><00:28:52.470><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:28:54.609><c> of</c><00:28:54.869><c> the</c><00:28:55.089><c> great</c><00:28:55.289><c> affliction</c>

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and<00:28:56.049><c> the</c><00:28:56.089><c> reproach.</c><00:28:56.630><c> There</c><00:28:56.710><c> was</c><00:28:56.910><c> no</c><00:28:57.210><c> wall</c>

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around<00:28:58.190><c> the</c><00:28:58.369><c> city.</c><00:28:58.650><c> Sure,</c><00:28:58.930><c> they</c><00:28:59.049><c> had</c><00:28:59.210><c> the</c><00:28:59.369><c> house</c><00:28:59.589><c> of</c><00:28:59.809><c> God</c><00:28:59.970><c> now.</c>

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But<00:29:00.950><c> they</c><00:29:01.089><c> didn't</c><00:29:01.349><c> have</c><00:29:01.609><c> any</c><00:29:01.849><c> regular</c><00:29:02.190><c> protection.</c>

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So<00:29:02.990><c> anybody</c><00:29:03.349><c> and</c><00:29:03.630><c> everybody</c><00:29:03.950><c> could</c><00:29:04.269><c> come</c><00:29:04.630><c> and</c><00:29:05.109><c> go.</c><00:29:06.009><c> And</c><00:29:06.289><c> I</c><00:29:06.430><c> suppose</c><00:29:06.650><c> that</c><00:29:06.890><c> may</c>

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have<00:29:07.170><c> generated</c><00:29:07.789><c> violence,</c>

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I<00:29:08.670><c> suppose</c><00:29:08.890><c> it</c><00:29:09.069><c> may</c><00:29:09.309><c> have</c><00:29:09.450><c> generated</c><00:29:10.210><c> all</c><00:29:10.789><c> sorts</c><00:29:11.130><c> of</c><00:29:11.569><c> compromise</c><00:29:12.130><c> with</c><00:29:12.650><c> regard</c><00:29:12.970><c> to</c>

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their<00:29:13.450><c> faith.</c><00:29:14.809><c> I</c><00:29:14.869><c> suppose</c>

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there<00:29:15.410><c> must</c><00:29:15.569><c> have</c><00:29:15.690><c> been</c><00:29:15.829><c> a</c><00:29:16.009><c> great</c><00:29:16.490><c> sense</c><00:29:16.910><c> of</c><00:29:17.250><c> commerce.</c><00:29:18.089><c> The</c>

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people<00:29:18.529><c> in</c><00:29:18.789><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:19.210><c> would</c><00:29:19.369><c> have</c><00:29:19.509><c> been</c><00:29:19.690><c> regarded</c>

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as<00:29:20.250><c> a</c><00:29:20.390><c> very</c><00:29:21.069><c> fair</c><00:29:21.390><c> market</c><00:29:22.089><c> by</c><00:29:22.809><c> the</c><00:29:23.190><c> surrounding</c><00:29:23.670><c> neighbors</c><00:29:24.210><c> who</c><00:29:24.789><c> could</c><00:29:25.049><c> come</c><00:29:25.269><c> in</c>

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and<00:29:26.089><c> trade</c><00:29:26.430><c> with</c><00:29:26.710><c> them.</c><00:29:28.630><c> And</c><00:29:28.769><c> so</c>

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we<00:29:31.970><c> find</c><00:29:32.450><c> that</c><00:29:33.190><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:33.630><c> is</c><00:29:33.849><c> deeply</c><00:29:34.210><c> moved</c><00:29:34.869><c> by</c><00:29:35.329><c> this.</c><00:29:37.230><c> And</c>

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this<00:29:37.589><c> one</c><00:29:38.130><c> selfless</c><00:29:38.930><c> man</c>

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prays<00:29:40.910><c> and</c><00:29:41.089><c> prays</c><00:29:41.609><c> in</c><00:29:41.750><c> a</c><00:29:42.089><c> way</c><00:29:42.549><c> that</c><00:29:42.990><c> complies</c><00:29:43.470><c> beautifully</c><00:29:43.950><c> with</c><00:29:44.210><c> all</c><00:29:44.430><c> the</c><00:29:44.670><c> images</c><00:29:44.970><c> of</c><00:29:45.289><c> prayer</c>

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in<00:29:46.910><c> the</c><00:29:47.289><c> scripture.</c><00:29:47.890><c> And</c><00:29:48.049><c> so</c><00:29:48.130><c> it</c><00:29:48.269><c> says</c><00:29:48.410><c> in</c><00:29:48.569><c> verse</c><00:29:48.730><c> four,</c><00:29:49.529><c> it</c><00:29:49.549><c> came</c><00:29:49.789><c> to</c>

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pass,<00:29:50.430><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:50.809><c> one,</c><00:29:51.369><c> I</c><00:29:51.630><c> heard</c><00:29:51.890><c> these</c><00:29:52.190><c> words</c>

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of<00:29:52.869><c> the</c><00:29:53.490><c> hardship</c><00:29:53.950><c> in</c><00:29:54.269><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:55.230><c> I</c><00:29:55.390><c> sat</c><00:29:55.650><c> down,</c><00:29:56.369><c> I</c><00:29:56.690><c> wept</c><00:29:57.349><c> and</c>

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mourned<00:29:58.289><c> certain</c><00:29:58.670><c> days,</c><00:29:59.190><c> I</c><00:29:59.349><c> fasted</c><00:30:00.089><c> and</c><00:30:00.309><c> I</c><00:30:00.769><c> prayed.</c>

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Here<00:30:01.730><c> is</c><00:30:01.910><c> somebody</c><00:30:02.289><c> who</c><00:30:02.690><c> has</c><00:30:03.410><c> clearly</c><00:30:03.890><c> been</c><00:30:04.990><c> moved</c><00:30:05.569><c> significantly</c><00:30:06.509><c> by</c><00:30:07.430><c> what</c>

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he<00:30:08.089><c> hears.</c>

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One<00:30:11.630><c> of</c><00:30:11.769><c> our</c><00:30:12.029><c> biggest</c><00:30:12.269><c> difficulties,</c><00:30:12.990><c> brothers</c><00:30:13.089><c> and</c><00:30:13.289><c> sisters,</c><00:30:13.829><c> is</c><00:30:14.049><c> feeling</c><00:30:14.430><c> ourselves</c><00:30:14.990><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:15.450><c> moved.</c>

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We<00:30:16.490><c> are</c><00:30:16.829><c> so</c><00:30:17.190><c> bombarded</c><00:30:18.450><c> with</c><00:30:18.950><c> media</c><00:30:19.670><c> coverage</c><00:30:20.289><c> of</c><00:30:20.589><c> one</c><00:30:20.869><c> thing</c>

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or<00:30:21.329><c> another</c><00:30:21.829><c> these</c><00:30:22.329><c> days</c>

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that<00:30:24.630><c> we</c><00:30:25.329><c> become</c><00:30:25.650><c> inured,</c><00:30:26.970><c> you</c><00:30:26.970><c> know</c><00:30:27.170><c> that</c><00:30:27.430><c> word</c><00:30:27.690><c> inured,</c><00:30:28.650><c> hardened</c><00:30:28.990><c> by</c>

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the<00:30:29.549><c> thing.</c><00:30:29.630><c> It</c><00:30:29.789><c> just</c><00:30:30.250><c> comes</c><00:30:30.670><c> in</c><00:30:30.990><c> and</c><00:30:31.049><c> it's</c>

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another<00:30:31.670><c> thing,</c><00:30:32.750><c> another</c><00:30:33.009><c> one</c><00:30:33.230><c> of</c><00:30:33.549><c> many</c><00:30:35.069><c> disasters</c><00:30:35.809><c> or</c><00:30:36.210><c> catastrophes.</c><00:30:37.490><c> And</c>

00:30:37.690 --> 00:30:39.230
Israel<00:30:37.950><c> will</c><00:30:38.210><c> be</c><00:30:38.410><c> in</c><00:30:38.589><c> there</c><00:30:38.869><c> along</c>

00:30:39.230 --> 00:30:44.650
with<00:30:39.710><c> Bosnia</c><00:30:40.529><c> and</c><00:30:40.809><c> everywhere</c><00:30:41.250><c> else.</c><00:30:43.289><c> And</c><00:30:43.630><c> it's</c><00:30:43.829><c> very</c><00:30:44.170><c> easy</c>

00:30:44.650 --> 00:30:47.910
to<00:30:44.970><c> become</c><00:30:45.329><c> quite</c><00:30:45.750><c> insensitive</c><00:30:46.569><c> and</c><00:30:46.829><c> desensitized</c>

00:30:47.910 --> 00:30:53.190
to<00:30:48.089><c> some</c><00:30:48.289><c> of</c><00:30:48.470><c> the</c><00:30:49.170><c> problems</c><00:30:49.529><c> going</c><00:30:49.829><c> on.</c><00:30:50.170><c> Now</c><00:30:50.309><c> this</c><00:30:50.529><c> man,</c><00:30:51.509><c> because</c><00:30:51.750><c> it</c><00:30:51.990><c> touches</c><00:30:52.349><c> the</c><00:30:52.609><c> apple</c><00:30:52.769><c> of</c>

00:30:53.190 --> 00:30:54.190
his<00:30:53.710><c> eye,</c>

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is<00:30:55.210><c> deeply</c><00:30:55.549><c> moved</c><00:30:55.950><c> and</c><00:30:56.329><c> therefore</c><00:30:56.789><c> goes</c><00:30:57.069><c> to</c><00:30:57.569><c> the</c><00:30:57.829><c> Father</c><00:30:58.190><c> in</c><00:30:58.710><c> prayer.</c><00:30:59.009><c> And</c><00:30:59.109><c> I</c>

00:30:59.289 --> 00:31:01.329
prayed,<00:30:59.549><c> O</c><00:30:59.650><c> Lord</c><00:30:59.869><c> God</c><00:31:00.109><c> of</c><00:31:00.990><c> heaven,</c>

00:31:01.569 --> 00:31:04.450
the<00:31:01.710><c> great</c><00:31:01.970><c> and</c><00:31:02.289><c> terrible</c><00:31:02.549><c> God</c><00:31:02.829><c> that</c><00:31:03.009><c> keeps</c><00:31:03.309><c> covenants.</c><00:31:03.990><c> Notice</c><00:31:04.250><c> how</c>

00:31:04.450 --> 00:31:05.589
he<00:31:04.690><c> addresses</c><00:31:05.009><c> the</c><00:31:05.329><c> Lord</c>

00:31:05.589 --> 00:31:09.450
very<00:31:06.390><c> carefully.</c><00:31:07.170><c> And</c><00:31:07.450><c> he</c><00:31:07.569><c> reminds</c><00:31:07.990><c> the</c><00:31:08.210><c> Lord</c><00:31:08.390><c> God</c><00:31:08.589><c> of</c><00:31:08.890><c> the</c><00:31:09.150><c> sin</c><00:31:09.269><c> of</c>

00:31:09.450 --> 00:31:12.329
the<00:31:09.670><c> people,</c><00:31:10.490><c> how</c><00:31:10.569><c> they</c><00:31:10.849><c> dealt</c><00:31:11.210><c> corruptly.</c>

00:31:13.490 --> 00:31:16.430
And<00:31:13.970><c> he</c><00:31:14.450><c> says</c><00:31:14.650><c> in</c><00:31:14.809><c> verse</c><00:31:14.990><c> 8,</c><00:31:15.390><c> Remember</c><00:31:15.609><c> I</c><00:31:15.829><c> beseech</c><00:31:16.130><c> thee</c><00:31:16.269><c> the</c>

00:31:16.430 --> 00:31:19.190
word<00:31:16.589><c> that</c><00:31:16.769><c> thou</c><00:31:16.950><c> commandest</c><00:31:17.789><c> thy</c><00:31:18.150><c> servant</c><00:31:18.569><c> Moses,</c>

00:31:19.589 --> 00:31:22.369
saying,<00:31:20.289><c> if</c><00:31:20.609><c> you</c><00:31:20.869><c> transgress,</c><00:31:21.509><c> I'll</c><00:31:21.650><c> scatter</c><00:31:21.869><c> you</c><00:31:22.109><c> aboard.</c>

00:31:22.609 --> 00:31:25.509
But<00:31:22.750><c> if</c><00:31:22.990><c> you</c><00:31:23.190><c> return</c><00:31:23.650><c> unto</c><00:31:23.930><c> me,</c><00:31:24.210><c> if</c><00:31:24.329><c> you</c><00:31:24.630><c> turn</c><00:31:24.890><c> unto</c><00:31:25.150><c> me,</c>

00:31:25.930 --> 00:31:28.190
then<00:31:26.269><c> towards</c><00:31:26.569><c> the</c><00:31:26.670><c> end</c><00:31:26.809><c> of</c><00:31:26.930><c> the</c><00:31:27.029><c> verse,</c><00:31:27.250><c> I</c><00:31:27.410><c> will</c><00:31:27.630><c> bring</c><00:31:27.849><c> them</c>

00:31:28.190 --> 00:31:29.690
to<00:31:28.410><c> the</c><00:31:28.569><c> place</c><00:31:28.730><c> that</c><00:31:28.890><c> I've</c><00:31:29.170><c> chosen</c><00:31:29.450><c> them.</c>

00:31:29.690 --> 00:31:36.329
So<00:31:29.990><c> he</c><00:31:30.369><c> prays</c><00:31:31.230><c> out</c><00:31:31.470><c> of</c><00:31:31.650><c> his</c><00:31:31.849><c> sense</c><00:31:32.289><c> of</c><00:31:33.930><c> having</c><00:31:34.509><c> been</c><00:31:34.950><c> moved.</c><00:31:35.849><c> And</c><00:31:36.089><c> he</c>

00:31:36.329 --> 00:31:38.589
prays<00:31:36.549><c> in</c><00:31:36.750><c> accordance</c><00:31:37.029><c> with</c><00:31:37.269><c> the</c><00:31:37.329><c> will</c><00:31:37.430><c> of</c><00:31:37.710><c> God.</c>

00:31:38.690 --> 00:31:44.009
And<00:31:39.089><c> I'm</c><00:31:39.549><c> sure</c><00:31:39.750><c> he</c><00:31:40.069><c> prays</c><00:31:40.470><c> repeatedly.</c><00:31:41.329><c> So</c><00:31:41.450><c> when</c><00:31:41.670><c> the</c><00:31:41.849><c> opportunity</c><00:31:42.490><c> now</c><00:31:42.849><c> arrives</c><00:31:43.430><c> in</c>

00:31:44.009 --> 00:31:45.349
Nehemiah<00:31:44.529><c> 2,</c>

00:31:45.589 --> 00:31:49.609
for<00:31:45.809><c> our</c><00:31:46.009><c> taxidermies</c><00:31:46.529><c> to</c><00:31:46.730><c> say,</c><00:31:46.930><c> well,</c><00:31:47.109><c> what's</c><00:31:47.549><c> wrong</c><00:31:47.730><c> with</c><00:31:48.049><c> you?</c><00:31:48.950><c> You've</c><00:31:49.230><c> got</c><00:31:49.349><c> a</c>

00:31:49.609 --> 00:31:52.930
long<00:31:49.890><c> face.</c><00:31:51.509><c> He</c><00:31:51.990><c> is</c><00:31:52.450><c> immediately</c>

00:31:52.930 --> 00:31:58.390
able<00:31:53.609><c> to</c><00:31:54.089><c> touch</c><00:31:54.369><c> into</c><00:31:54.809><c> his</c><00:31:55.089><c> life</c><00:31:55.390><c> of</c><00:31:55.730><c> prayer</c><00:31:56.069><c> and</c><00:31:56.750><c> ask</c><00:31:57.049><c> for</c><00:31:57.289><c> God's</c><00:31:57.589><c> support.</c><00:31:58.089><c> And</c>

00:31:58.390 --> 00:32:00.680
immediately<00:31:58.990><c> there</c><00:31:59.869><c> is</c>

00:32:01.049 --> 00:32:05.369
support<00:32:01.670><c> which</c><00:32:02.089><c> is</c><00:32:02.410><c> forthcoming.</c><00:32:02.930><c> And</c><00:32:03.089><c> he</c><00:32:03.150><c> just</c><00:32:03.509><c> asks</c><00:32:03.829><c> for</c><00:32:04.049><c> all</c><00:32:04.289><c> these</c><00:32:04.529><c> things.</c><00:32:05.109><c> And</c><00:32:05.250><c> he</c>

00:32:05.369 --> 00:32:07.069
gets<00:32:05.650><c> it.</c><00:32:06.029><c> And</c><00:32:06.210><c> he</c><00:32:06.269><c> gets</c><00:32:06.569><c> 12</c>

00:32:07.069 --> 00:32:14.190
years<00:32:07.650><c> sabbatical,</c><00:32:09.349><c> 12</c><00:32:10.029><c> years</c><00:32:10.549><c> sabbatical.</c><00:32:11.710><c> I</c><00:32:11.970><c> can't</c><00:32:12.309><c> get</c><00:32:12.589><c> six</c><00:32:12.910><c> months</c><00:32:13.250><c> sabbatical</c><00:32:13.829><c> out</c><00:32:14.049><c> of</c>

00:32:14.190 --> 00:32:15.029
my<00:32:14.509><c> employers.</c>

00:32:15.349 --> 00:32:19.970
He<00:32:15.529><c> gets</c><00:32:15.869><c> 12</c><00:32:16.509><c> years</c><00:32:16.970><c> sabbatical.</c><00:32:18.470><c> Nehemiah</c><00:32:18.809><c> 5</c><00:32:19.230><c> verse</c><00:32:19.450><c> 12,</c><00:32:19.970><c> it</c>

00:32:19.970 --> 00:32:22.869
says<00:32:20.190><c> so,</c><00:32:20.769><c> according</c><00:32:21.230><c> to</c><00:32:21.470><c> the</c><00:32:21.670><c> time</c><00:32:21.829><c> that</c><00:32:22.009><c> he</c><00:32:22.150><c> had</c>

00:32:23.069 --> 00:32:29.829
with<00:32:23.509><c> our</c><00:32:23.890><c> taxidermies.</c><00:32:25.390><c> And</c><00:32:25.549><c> it's</c><00:32:26.410><c> a</c><00:32:27.750><c> wonderful</c><00:32:28.210><c> thing.</c><00:32:29.710><c> So</c>

00:32:29.829 --> 00:32:32.390
he<00:32:29.930><c> goes</c><00:32:30.190><c> to</c><00:32:30.430><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:32:31.309><c> He</c><00:32:31.430><c> has</c><00:32:31.630><c> a</c><00:32:31.769><c> good</c><00:32:31.890><c> look</c><00:32:32.109><c> around.</c>

00:32:32.470 --> 00:32:34.609
First<00:32:32.670><c> of</c><00:32:32.869><c> all,</c><00:32:33.009><c> he</c><00:32:33.130><c> does</c><00:32:33.309><c> a</c><00:32:33.490><c> rekay.</c><00:32:33.849><c> And</c><00:32:33.910><c> then</c><00:32:34.029><c> he</c><00:32:34.130><c> comes</c><00:32:34.349><c> back</c>

00:32:34.609 --> 00:32:36.490
and<00:32:34.710><c> he</c><00:32:34.910><c> speaks</c><00:32:35.029><c> to</c><00:32:35.210><c> the</c><00:32:35.369><c> people.</c><00:32:35.990><c> And</c><00:32:36.190><c> what</c><00:32:36.309><c> does</c>

00:32:36.490 --> 00:32:44.549
he<00:32:36.730><c> find?</c><00:32:37.390><c> He</c><00:32:37.589><c> finds</c><00:32:37.970><c> within</c><00:32:38.349><c> them</c><00:32:38.730><c> a</c><00:32:39.289><c> spirit,</c><00:32:40.230><c> a</c><00:32:40.650><c> unity</c><00:32:41.230><c> again.</c><00:32:43.910><c> So</c><00:32:44.069><c> Nehemiah</c><00:32:44.390><c> 2</c>

00:32:44.549 --> 00:32:46.710
verse<00:32:44.730><c> 17,</c><00:32:45.829><c> he</c><00:32:46.109><c> speaks</c><00:32:46.329><c> to</c><00:32:46.509><c> the</c>

00:32:46.710 --> 00:32:50.470
people,<00:32:46.970><c> having</c><00:32:47.190><c> looked</c><00:32:47.569><c> at</c><00:32:48.670><c> the</c><00:32:48.970><c> state</c><00:32:49.230><c> of</c><00:32:49.470><c> affairs.</c><00:32:50.109><c> You</c>

00:32:50.470 --> 00:32:53.150
see<00:32:50.730><c> the</c><00:32:50.950><c> distress</c><00:32:51.349><c> that</c><00:32:51.609><c> we're</c><00:32:51.849><c> in,</c><00:32:52.089><c> how</c><00:32:52.670><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:32:53.150 --> 00:32:57.009
lies<00:32:53.470><c> waste.</c><00:32:54.009><c> The</c><00:32:54.210><c> gates</c><00:32:54.430><c> thereof</c><00:32:54.730><c> are</c><00:32:55.029><c> burned.</c><00:32:56.109><c> Come,</c><00:32:56.730><c> let</c>

00:32:57.009 --> 00:32:59.730
us<00:32:57.430><c> build</c><00:32:57.789><c> up</c><00:32:58.049><c> the</c><00:32:58.250><c> wall</c><00:32:58.490><c> of</c><00:32:58.789><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:33:00.069 --> 00:33:02.849
I<00:33:00.369><c> told</c><00:33:00.609><c> them</c><00:33:00.789><c> of</c><00:33:00.930><c> the</c><00:33:01.089><c> hand</c><00:33:01.250><c> of</c><00:33:01.390><c> my</c><00:33:01.609><c> God,</c><00:33:01.789><c> which</c><00:33:01.950><c> was</c><00:33:02.170><c> upon</c><00:33:02.390><c> me,</c>

00:33:03.089 --> 00:33:05.569
of<00:33:03.269><c> the</c><00:33:03.470><c> providence,</c><00:33:04.109><c> having</c><00:33:04.410><c> prayed</c><00:33:04.809><c> in</c><00:33:05.029><c> the</c><00:33:05.190><c> king's</c>

00:33:05.569 --> 00:33:10.950
words.<00:33:06.309><c> And</c><00:33:06.630><c> then</c><00:33:06.869><c> they</c><00:33:07.230><c> said,</c><00:33:08.130><c> let</c><00:33:08.349><c> us</c><00:33:08.789><c> rise</c><00:33:09.130><c> up</c><00:33:09.589><c> and</c><00:33:10.410><c> build.</c>

00:33:11.390 --> 00:33:14.930
So<00:33:11.690><c> they</c><00:33:12.089><c> strengthened</c><00:33:12.549><c> their</c><00:33:12.930><c> hand</c><00:33:13.410><c> for</c><00:33:14.230><c> this</c>

00:33:14.930 --> 00:33:20.930
good<00:33:15.490><c> work.</c><00:33:17.089><c> This</c><00:33:17.450><c> work</c><00:33:17.630><c> is</c><00:33:17.990><c> of</c><00:33:18.269><c> God.</c><00:33:18.630><c> He</c><00:33:18.829><c> has</c><00:33:19.130><c> prayed.</c><00:33:19.930><c> He</c><00:33:20.150><c> talks</c><00:33:20.430><c> about</c><00:33:20.690><c> the</c>

00:33:20.930 --> 00:33:22.170
providence<00:33:21.230><c> of</c><00:33:21.410><c> God's</c><00:33:21.730><c> hand</c><00:33:21.890><c> upon</c>

00:33:22.170 --> 00:33:25.549
him.<00:33:22.849><c> And</c><00:33:23.250><c> he</c><00:33:23.529><c> says,</c><00:33:24.150><c> what</c><00:33:24.390><c> are</c><00:33:24.509><c> we</c><00:33:24.569><c> going</c><00:33:24.650><c> to</c><00:33:24.789><c> do</c><00:33:24.910><c> about</c><00:33:25.190><c> it?</c>

00:33:25.630 --> 00:33:31.089
And<00:33:26.109><c> they</c><00:33:26.950><c> unify,</c><00:33:27.750><c> as</c><00:33:27.990><c> one</c><00:33:28.210><c> man</c><00:33:28.509><c> say,</c><00:33:29.230><c> let</c><00:33:29.450><c> us</c><00:33:29.950><c> rise</c><00:33:30.750><c> up</c>

00:33:31.089 --> 00:33:36.730
and<00:33:32.089><c> build.</c><00:33:33.430><c> Interestingly</c><00:33:34.029><c> enough,</c><00:33:35.750><c> the</c><00:33:35.869><c> same</c><00:33:36.170><c> principle</c>

00:33:36.730 --> 00:33:41.569
applies<00:33:37.210><c> here</c><00:33:37.690><c> as</c><00:33:38.009><c> in</c><00:33:39.329><c> the</c><00:33:39.730><c> first</c><00:33:40.230><c> arrival</c><00:33:40.769><c> back</c><00:33:41.109><c> from</c><00:33:41.349><c> the</c>

00:33:41.569 --> 00:33:49.230
activity,<00:33:42.069><c> verse</c><00:33:42.289><c> 19.</c><00:33:44.390><c> Sanballat,</c><00:33:46.450><c> that</c><00:33:47.670><c> Samaritan,</c><00:33:49.009><c> heard</c>

00:33:49.230 --> 00:33:52.210
about<00:33:49.630><c> it</c><00:33:49.849><c> and</c><00:33:49.990><c> they</c><00:33:50.309><c> laughed</c><00:33:50.509><c> us</c><00:33:50.789><c> to</c><00:33:51.069><c> scorn</c><00:33:51.349><c> and</c>

00:33:52.289 --> 00:33:55.710
they<00:33:52.630><c> despised</c><00:33:53.670><c> us,</c><00:33:54.250><c> saying,</c><00:33:54.670><c> what</c><00:33:54.809><c> is</c><00:33:55.029><c> this</c><00:33:55.230><c> thing</c><00:33:55.390><c> that</c><00:33:55.569><c> you</c>

00:33:55.710 --> 00:33:58.309
do?<00:33:56.589><c> Will</c><00:33:56.809><c> you</c><00:33:57.069><c> rebel</c><00:33:57.369><c> against</c><00:33:57.730><c> the</c><00:33:57.990><c> king?</c>

00:33:58.630 --> 00:34:01.670
Then<00:33:58.950><c> answered</c><00:33:59.329><c> I</c><00:33:59.609><c> them</c><00:33:59.769><c> and</c><00:34:00.049><c> said,</c><00:34:00.390><c> the</c><00:34:00.529><c> God</c><00:34:00.710><c> of</c><00:34:00.970><c> heaven</c><00:34:01.289><c> will</c>

00:34:01.670 --> 00:34:04.369
prosper<00:34:02.029><c> us.</c><00:34:02.789><c> Therefore</c><00:34:03.210><c> we</c><00:34:03.549><c> his</c><00:34:03.829><c> servants</c><00:34:04.109><c> will</c>

00:34:04.369 --> 00:34:09.989
rise<00:34:04.769><c> and</c><00:34:05.589><c> build.</c><00:34:06.450><c> You</c><00:34:06.930><c> have</c><00:34:07.470><c> no</c><00:34:07.950><c> portion,</c><00:34:09.010><c> nor</c><00:34:09.190><c> rights,</c><00:34:09.829><c> nor</c>

00:34:09.989 --> 00:34:12.690
memorial<00:34:10.469><c> in</c><00:34:11.050><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:34:11.750><c> They</c><00:34:11.869><c> kept</c><00:34:11.989><c> themselves</c>

00:34:12.690 --> 00:34:15.789
separate.<00:34:13.349><c> They</c><00:34:13.510><c> put</c><00:34:13.670><c> a</c><00:34:13.909><c> clear</c><00:34:14.090><c> demarcation</c><00:34:14.769><c> line.</c><00:34:15.309><c> They</c><00:34:15.510><c> had</c>

00:34:15.789 --> 00:34:19.110
a<00:34:16.489><c> border</c><00:34:16.769><c> over</c><00:34:17.150><c> which</c><00:34:17.349><c> they</c><00:34:17.610><c> would</c><00:34:17.909><c> not</c><00:34:18.190><c> cross.</c>

00:34:19.309 --> 00:34:24.289
Truth<00:34:19.610><c> and</c><00:34:19.889><c> worship</c><00:34:20.469><c> have</c><00:34:21.329><c> that</c><00:34:21.909><c> requirement.</c><00:34:23.570><c> You</c><00:34:23.809><c> cannot</c>

00:34:24.289 --> 00:34:31.150
mix<00:34:25.730><c> freely</c><00:34:26.909><c> across</c><00:34:27.710><c> boundaries</c><00:34:28.489><c> with</c><00:34:29.570><c> the</c><00:34:29.989><c> affairs</c><00:34:30.369><c> of</c>

00:34:31.150 --> 00:34:33.829
the<00:34:31.809><c> world.</c><00:34:32.309><c> It's</c><00:34:32.369><c> certainly</c><00:34:32.570><c> not</c><00:34:32.750><c> the</c><00:34:32.949><c> principles</c><00:34:33.409><c> of</c><00:34:33.690><c> the</c>

00:34:33.829 --> 00:34:36.230
world.<00:34:34.789><c> So</c><00:34:34.969><c> the</c><00:34:35.130><c> same</c><00:34:35.389><c> principle</c><00:34:35.710><c> keeps</c><00:34:35.969><c> coming</c>

00:34:36.230 --> 00:34:40.730
through.<00:34:37.110><c> Chapter</c><00:34:37.309><c> three</c><00:34:37.590><c> of</c><00:34:37.829><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:34:39.349><c> interesting</c><00:34:39.730><c> principles</c><00:34:40.269><c> here,</c>

00:34:40.949 --> 00:34:41.869
and<00:34:41.130><c> we</c><00:34:41.230><c> haven't</c><00:34:41.329><c> got</c><00:34:41.469><c> time</c><00:34:41.650><c> to</c><00:34:41.789><c> do</c>

00:34:41.869 --> 00:34:43.909
it<00:34:41.989><c> now,</c><00:34:42.150><c> but</c><00:34:42.289><c> look</c><00:34:42.469><c> at</c><00:34:42.610><c> the</c><00:34:42.769><c> range</c><00:34:42.949><c> of</c><00:34:43.110><c> the</c><00:34:43.309><c> people</c><00:34:43.510><c> who</c><00:34:43.730><c> get</c>

00:34:43.909 --> 00:34:47.789
involved<00:34:44.389><c> in</c><00:34:45.030><c> the</c><00:34:45.329><c> building</c><00:34:45.650><c> from</c><00:34:45.889><c> the</c><00:34:46.110><c> high</c><00:34:46.409><c> priests,</c>

00:34:48.449 --> 00:34:53.110
verse<00:34:48.809><c> one.</c><00:34:49.590><c> Verse</c><00:34:49.849><c> two,</c><00:34:50.610><c> the</c><00:34:50.690><c> men</c><00:34:50.849><c> of</c><00:34:51.110><c> Jericho,</c><00:34:52.610><c> trusted</c><00:34:52.769><c> men</c>

00:34:53.110 --> 00:34:55.110
like<00:34:53.409><c> Mechelam,</c><00:34:54.050><c> chief</c><00:34:54.349><c> men,</c>

00:34:56.050 --> 00:34:59.210
were<00:34:56.690><c> involved</c><00:34:57.329><c> right</c><00:34:57.630><c> down</c><00:34:57.889><c> in</c><00:34:58.130><c> verse</c><00:34:58.369><c> eight.</c><00:34:58.730><c> We've</c><00:34:59.050><c> got</c>

00:34:59.210 --> 00:35:03.349
goldsmiths<00:35:00.730><c> with</c><00:35:01.090><c> nice</c><00:35:01.469><c> delicate</c><00:35:02.090><c> soft</c><00:35:02.530><c> hands</c>

00:35:03.570 --> 00:35:07.449
picking<00:35:04.210><c> up</c><00:35:04.570><c> stones</c><00:35:05.010><c> and</c><00:35:05.349><c> we've</c><00:35:05.610><c> even</c><00:35:05.829><c> got</c><00:35:06.070><c> apothecaries,</c><00:35:07.250><c> or</c>

00:35:07.449 --> 00:35:10.050
as<00:35:07.550><c> it</c><00:35:07.710><c> says</c><00:35:07.809><c> in</c><00:35:07.989><c> some</c><00:35:08.230><c> versions</c><00:35:08.590><c> perfumers.</c><00:35:09.530><c> All</c><00:35:09.889><c> of</c>

00:35:10.050 --> 00:35:14.110
them<00:35:10.289><c> involve</c><00:35:10.630><c> men</c><00:35:10.869><c> and</c><00:35:11.170><c> women</c><00:35:11.449><c> in</c><00:35:11.869><c> the</c><00:35:12.050><c> process</c><00:35:12.530><c> of</c><00:35:12.989><c> building.</c><00:35:13.750><c> It</c><00:35:13.989><c> says</c>

00:35:14.110 --> 00:35:16.050
an<00:35:14.510><c> important</c><00:35:14.869><c> principle</c><00:35:15.389><c> about</c>

00:35:16.050 --> 00:35:21.690
ecclesial<00:35:16.730><c> life,</c><00:35:17.670><c> the</c><00:35:17.789><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:18.130><c> as</c><00:35:18.269><c> it</c><00:35:18.389><c> is</c><00:35:18.670><c> here.</c><00:35:19.690><c> Everybody's</c><00:35:20.329><c> got</c><00:35:20.469><c> a</c><00:35:20.730><c> part,</c><00:35:21.590><c> no</c>

00:35:21.690 --> 00:35:22.710
matter<00:35:21.909><c> how</c><00:35:22.289><c> rough</c><00:35:22.429><c> or</c>

00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:28.690
smooth<00:35:23.329><c> your</c><00:35:23.909><c> hands,</c><00:35:24.889><c> there's</c><00:35:25.090><c> a</c><00:35:25.289><c> role</c><00:35:25.710><c> to</c><00:35:26.070><c> play,</c><00:35:26.829><c> unity</c><00:35:27.309><c> within</c><00:35:28.250><c> the</c>

00:35:28.690 --> 00:35:33.809
ecclesia.<00:35:30.389><c> Turning</c><00:35:30.630><c> over</c><00:35:31.030><c> to</c><00:35:31.849><c> chapter</c><00:35:32.329><c> five,</c>

00:35:34.590 --> 00:35:39.050
all<00:35:34.849><c> of</c><00:35:35.090><c> these</c><00:35:35.630><c> are</c><00:35:36.170><c> very</c><00:35:36.570><c> important</c><00:35:37.650><c> worship</c><00:35:38.489><c> fellowship</c>

00:35:39.050 --> 00:35:42.769
principles<00:35:39.829><c> that</c><00:35:41.329><c> stand</c><00:35:41.730><c> for</c><00:35:42.150><c> all</c><00:35:42.489><c> time.</c>

00:35:43.170 --> 00:35:45.750
Chapter<00:35:43.389><c> five,</c><00:35:43.829><c> we</c><00:35:43.929><c> haven't</c><00:35:44.050><c> got</c><00:35:44.230><c> time</c><00:35:44.369><c> to</c><00:35:44.449><c> look</c><00:35:44.570><c> at</c><00:35:44.670><c> it</c><00:35:44.809><c> in</c><00:35:44.889><c> detail,</c><00:35:45.590><c> is</c>

00:35:45.750 --> 00:35:47.230
about<00:35:46.010><c> how</c><00:35:46.329><c> some</c><00:35:46.630><c> of</c><00:35:46.889><c> them,</c>

00:35:47.230 --> 00:35:50.889
since<00:35:47.750><c> they</c><00:35:47.949><c> had</c><00:35:48.090><c> been</c><00:35:48.389><c> backed,</c><00:35:48.989><c> had</c><00:35:49.389><c> done</c><00:35:49.650><c> fairly</c><00:35:49.969><c> well</c><00:35:50.469><c> and</c>

00:35:50.889 --> 00:35:53.630
had<00:35:51.210><c> exploited</c><00:35:51.789><c> their</c><00:35:52.130><c> brethren</c><00:35:52.389><c> who</c><00:35:52.610><c> had</c><00:35:52.889><c> not</c><00:35:53.130><c> done</c>

00:35:53.630 --> 00:36:00.170
fairly<00:35:54.150><c> well.</c><00:35:57.329><c> There</c><00:35:57.590><c> were</c><00:35:57.809><c> some</c><00:35:58.070><c> who</c><00:35:58.250><c> were</c><00:35:58.510><c> actually</c><00:35:58.809><c> in</c><00:35:59.050><c> great</c><00:35:59.309><c> debt,</c><00:35:59.989><c> we've</c><00:36:00.030><c> got</c>

00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:00.849
time<00:36:00.369><c> to</c><00:36:00.489><c> do</c><00:36:00.590><c> it</c><00:36:00.690><c> now,</c>

00:36:00.889 --> 00:36:05.269
some<00:36:01.070><c> of</c><00:36:01.210><c> them</c><00:36:01.349><c> even,</c><00:36:01.969><c> who</c><00:36:02.050><c> were</c><00:36:02.409><c> in</c><00:36:02.550><c> bondage</c><00:36:03.510><c> to</c><00:36:03.949><c> their</c><00:36:04.309><c> brethren.</c><00:36:04.949><c> Verse</c>

00:36:05.269 --> 00:36:07.349
six,<00:36:06.530><c> though,</c><00:36:06.829><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:07.130><c> says,</c>

00:36:07.429 --> 00:36:11.670
I<00:36:07.449><c> was</c><00:36:07.730><c> very</c><00:36:08.190><c> angry</c><00:36:08.510><c> when</c><00:36:08.730><c> I</c><00:36:08.909><c> heard</c><00:36:09.110><c> their</c><00:36:09.469><c> cry</c><00:36:09.929><c> and</c><00:36:10.469><c> these</c><00:36:10.750><c> words.</c><00:36:11.369><c> We</c>

00:36:11.670 --> 00:36:14.210
should<00:36:12.010><c> not</c><00:36:12.329><c> abuse</c><00:36:12.809><c> or</c><00:36:13.230><c> exploit</c><00:36:13.670><c> one</c><00:36:13.909><c> another</c>

00:36:14.210 --> 00:36:20.130
in<00:36:14.489><c> this</c><00:36:14.829><c> way.</c><00:36:16.030><c> And</c><00:36:16.449><c> he</c><00:36:17.030><c> requires</c><00:36:17.650><c> those</c><00:36:18.670><c> who</c><00:36:19.369><c> have</c><00:36:19.489><c> been</c><00:36:19.670><c> doing</c><00:36:19.849><c> the</c>

00:36:20.130 --> 00:36:24.230
exploiting<00:36:20.889><c> to</c><00:36:21.710><c> restore,</c><00:36:22.449><c> and</c><00:36:22.809><c> they</c><00:36:23.170><c> do.</c>

00:36:24.969 --> 00:36:29.489
And<00:36:25.409><c> set</c><00:36:25.550><c> against</c><00:36:26.130><c> that</c><00:36:26.630><c> is</c><00:36:27.269><c> the</c><00:36:27.510><c> picture</c><00:36:27.809><c> of</c><00:36:28.050><c> this</c><00:36:28.269><c> man,</c><00:36:28.590><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:36:28.969><c> as</c><00:36:29.170><c> a</c>

00:36:29.489 --> 00:36:31.590
very<00:36:29.949><c> generous</c><00:36:30.570><c> man,</c>

00:36:31.730 --> 00:36:36.369
very<00:36:32.269><c> generous</c><00:36:32.929><c> in</c><00:36:33.409><c> spirit.</c><00:36:33.989><c> And</c><00:36:34.190><c> if</c><00:36:34.329><c> you</c><00:36:34.630><c> want</c><00:36:35.030><c> a</c><00:36:35.909><c> thriving</c>

00:36:36.369 --> 00:36:38.630
ecclesial<00:36:37.150><c> life,</c><00:36:37.849><c> thriving</c><00:36:38.050><c> fellowship,</c>

00:36:38.630 --> 00:36:44.909
there<00:36:39.289><c> needs</c><00:36:39.750><c> to</c><00:36:40.030><c> be</c><00:36:40.369><c> generosity</c><00:36:41.230><c> within</c><00:36:42.710><c> the</c><00:36:43.409><c> ecclesia.</c><00:36:44.789><c> And</c>

00:36:44.909 --> 00:36:48.489
so,<00:36:45.489><c> for</c><00:36:45.789><c> example,</c><00:36:46.730><c> if</c><00:36:46.750><c> you</c><00:36:46.969><c> have</c><00:36:47.130><c> a</c><00:36:47.210><c> look</c><00:36:47.630><c> at</c>

00:36:48.829 --> 00:36:54.150
verse<00:36:49.190><c> 15</c><00:36:49.809><c> of</c><00:36:50.369><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:50.809><c> five,</c><00:36:52.230><c> former</c><00:36:52.389><c> governors</c><00:36:52.929><c> had</c><00:36:53.409><c> taxed</c>

00:36:54.150 --> 00:36:56.190
the<00:36:54.309><c> people,</c><00:36:54.989><c> he</c><00:36:55.309><c> says,</c>

00:36:57.489 --> 00:37:02.050
and<00:36:57.809><c> had</c><00:36:58.389><c> bare</c><00:36:58.789><c> rule</c><00:36:59.150><c> over</c><00:36:59.489><c> the</c><00:36:59.710><c> people,</c><00:36:59.949><c> even</c><00:37:00.150><c> their</c><00:37:00.429><c> servants</c><00:37:00.829><c> did.</c><00:37:01.650><c> But</c><00:37:01.829><c> I</c>

00:37:02.050 --> 00:37:03.210
never<00:37:02.210><c> did</c><00:37:02.389><c> anything</c><00:37:02.670><c> like</c><00:37:02.989><c> that.</c>

00:37:03.210 --> 00:37:06.929
I<00:37:03.929><c> continued</c><00:37:04.510><c> in</c><00:37:04.650><c> the</c><00:37:04.889><c> work</c><00:37:05.070><c> of</c><00:37:05.269><c> this</c><00:37:05.550><c> wall.</c><00:37:06.349><c> He</c><00:37:06.550><c> worked</c><00:37:06.769><c> with</c>

00:37:06.929 --> 00:37:09.409
his<00:37:07.090><c> own</c><00:37:07.309><c> hands.</c><00:37:08.150><c> Neither</c><00:37:08.530><c> bought</c><00:37:08.809><c> we</c><00:37:09.010><c> any</c><00:37:09.250><c> land.</c>

00:37:09.469 --> 00:37:13.889
My<00:37:09.730><c> servants</c><00:37:10.250><c> did</c><00:37:11.070><c> the</c><00:37:11.429><c> same.</c><00:37:12.289><c> And</c><00:37:12.469><c> what's</c><00:37:12.809><c> more,</c><00:37:13.150><c> verse</c><00:37:13.289><c> 17,</c>

00:37:14.050 --> 00:37:18.150
at<00:37:14.269><c> my</c><00:37:14.610><c> table</c><00:37:15.030><c> I</c><00:37:15.409><c> fed</c><00:37:15.550><c> 150</c><00:37:16.349><c> people.</c><00:37:17.329><c> And</c><00:37:17.550><c> yet</c><00:37:17.690><c> for</c><00:37:17.869><c> all</c>

00:37:18.150 --> 00:37:21.909
that,<00:37:18.449><c> verse</c><00:37:18.650><c> 18,</c><00:37:19.289><c> for</c><00:37:19.469><c> all</c><00:37:19.909><c> that,</c><00:37:20.590><c> I</c><00:37:20.789><c> didn't</c><00:37:21.050><c> require</c><00:37:21.429><c> the</c><00:37:21.650><c> bread</c><00:37:21.750><c> of</c>

00:37:21.909 --> 00:37:23.670
the<00:37:22.090><c> governor.</c><00:37:22.429><c> I</c><00:37:22.469><c> didn't</c><00:37:22.789><c> take</c><00:37:23.070><c> my</c><00:37:23.329><c> wages,</c>

00:37:23.710 --> 00:37:26.989
as<00:37:23.909><c> it</c><00:37:24.130><c> were,</c><00:37:24.849><c> even</c><00:37:25.090><c> when</c><00:37:25.329><c> the</c><00:37:25.530><c> bondage</c><00:37:25.829><c> was</c><00:37:26.050><c> heavy,</c><00:37:26.690><c> because</c>

00:37:26.989 --> 00:37:28.730
the<00:37:27.210><c> bondage</c><00:37:27.550><c> was</c><00:37:27.710><c> heavy</c><00:37:28.090><c> upon</c><00:37:28.429><c> the</c><00:37:28.650><c> people.</c>

00:37:28.730 --> 00:37:32.389
He's<00:37:28.889><c> a</c><00:37:29.050><c> generous</c><00:37:29.530><c> man.</c><00:37:30.690><c> He</c><00:37:30.869><c> set</c><00:37:31.010><c> a</c><00:37:31.289><c> lovely</c><00:37:31.630><c> standard</c><00:37:32.090><c> within</c>

00:37:32.389 --> 00:37:34.949
the<00:37:32.630><c> ecclesia.</c><00:37:33.690><c> You</c><00:37:33.829><c> need</c><00:37:34.309><c> that</c><00:37:34.590><c> in</c><00:37:34.769><c> the</c>

00:37:34.949 --> 00:37:39.030
ecclesia.<00:37:35.230><c> You</c><00:37:35.369><c> need</c><00:37:35.530><c> people</c><00:37:35.949><c> who</c><00:37:36.130><c> are</c><00:37:36.150><c> going</c><00:37:36.250><c> to</c><00:37:36.369><c> give</c><00:37:36.650><c> generously</c><00:37:37.250><c> of</c><00:37:37.889><c> their</c><00:37:38.349><c> time</c><00:37:38.750><c> or</c>

00:37:39.030 --> 00:37:40.170
of<00:37:39.170><c> their</c><00:37:39.389><c> resources,</c>

00:37:40.550 --> 00:37:44.869
whatever<00:37:40.809><c> they've</c><00:37:41.349><c> got,</c><00:37:42.429><c> because</c><00:37:43.030><c> we</c><00:37:43.829><c> have</c><00:37:43.989><c> been</c><00:37:44.210><c> given</c><00:37:44.389><c> so</c>

00:37:44.869 --> 00:37:49.030
much<00:37:45.349><c> and</c><00:37:46.130><c> we</c><00:37:46.389><c> need</c><00:37:46.590><c> to</c><00:37:46.849><c> give</c><00:37:47.230><c> in</c><00:37:48.050><c> return.</c>

00:37:49.550 --> 00:37:52.809
Well,<00:37:50.289><c> bringing</c><00:37:50.590><c> this</c><00:37:50.949><c> review</c><00:37:51.250><c> to</c><00:37:51.590><c> a</c><00:37:51.730><c> close,</c><00:37:52.110><c> we</c><00:37:52.250><c> move</c><00:37:52.469><c> over</c>

00:37:52.809 --> 00:37:58.030
to<00:37:54.170><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:55.250><c> chapter</c><00:37:55.809><c> eight</c><00:37:56.469><c> and</c><00:37:57.110><c> remind</c><00:37:57.449><c> ourselves</c>

00:37:58.030 --> 00:38:01.869
very<00:37:58.329><c> briefly</c><00:37:58.869><c> of</c><00:37:59.530><c> that</c><00:37:59.730><c> remarkable</c><00:38:00.150><c> occasion</c><00:38:00.670><c> when</c><00:38:00.969><c> Ezra</c><00:38:01.349><c> stood</c><00:38:01.650><c> up</c>

00:38:01.869 --> 00:38:04.289
with<00:38:02.070><c> all</c><00:38:02.309><c> the</c><00:38:02.510><c> people</c><00:38:02.969><c> with</c><00:38:03.570><c> the</c><00:38:03.869><c> book</c>

00:38:04.289 --> 00:38:12.090
of<00:38:04.710><c> the</c><00:38:04.929><c> law,</c><00:38:07.309><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:08.690><c> eight,</c><00:38:10.309><c> towards</c><00:38:10.449><c> the</c><00:38:10.590><c> end</c><00:38:10.710><c> of</c><00:38:10.929><c> the</c><00:38:11.030><c> first</c><00:38:11.369><c> verse,</c><00:38:11.789><c> and</c><00:38:11.969><c> he</c>

00:38:12.090 --> 00:38:13.250
brought<00:38:12.230><c> the</c><00:38:12.389><c> book</c><00:38:12.570><c> of</c><00:38:12.750><c> the</c><00:38:12.909><c> law,</c>

00:38:13.730 --> 00:38:18.769
and<00:38:14.010><c> verse</c><00:38:14.329><c> five,</c><00:38:14.889><c> he</c><00:38:14.969><c> opened</c><00:38:15.429><c> the</c><00:38:15.829><c> book,</c><00:38:17.190><c> and</c><00:38:17.869><c> he</c><00:38:18.250><c> caused</c><00:38:18.489><c> the</c>

00:38:18.769 --> 00:38:23.250
people<00:38:19.269><c> to</c><00:38:20.130><c> understand</c><00:38:21.050><c> the</c><00:38:21.489><c> law</c><00:38:21.889><c> in</c><00:38:22.489><c> verse</c><00:38:22.789><c> seven,</c>

00:38:23.250 --> 00:38:28.610
verse<00:38:23.530><c> eight,</c><00:38:23.829><c> so</c><00:38:24.050><c> they</c><00:38:24.489><c> read</c><00:38:24.869><c> in</c><00:38:25.570><c> the</c><00:38:25.730><c> book</c><00:38:25.889><c> of</c><00:38:26.050><c> the</c><00:38:26.250><c> law</c><00:38:26.789><c> distinctly</c><00:38:28.269><c> and</c>

00:38:28.610 --> 00:38:31.230
gave<00:38:28.929><c> the</c><00:38:29.230><c> sense</c><00:38:29.650><c> and</c><00:38:30.369><c> caused</c><00:38:30.610><c> them</c><00:38:30.869><c> to</c>

00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:36.610
understand.<00:38:32.849><c> And</c><00:38:33.190><c> they</c><00:38:33.469><c> followed</c><00:38:33.750><c> on</c><00:38:34.150><c> that</c><00:38:34.949><c> remarkable</c><00:38:35.730><c> dedication</c><00:38:36.349><c> to</c>

00:38:36.610 --> 00:38:39.369
the<00:38:36.730><c> word</c><00:38:36.849><c> of</c><00:38:37.130><c> God.</c><00:38:37.949><c> They</c><00:38:38.210><c> followed</c><00:38:38.570><c> on</c>

00:38:39.710 --> 00:38:45.889
the<00:38:40.309><c> tabernacles,</c><00:38:40.949><c> because</c><00:38:41.190><c> it</c><00:38:41.369><c> says</c><00:38:41.469><c> in</c><00:38:41.650><c> verse</c><00:38:41.849><c> 14,</c><00:38:42.730><c> they</c><00:38:42.949><c> discovered,</c><00:38:44.130><c> they</c><00:38:44.329><c> found</c><00:38:44.769><c> written</c><00:38:45.250><c> in</c>

00:38:45.889 --> 00:38:46.849
the<00:38:46.269><c> law</c>

00:38:46.849 --> 00:38:49.250
which<00:38:47.429><c> the</c><00:38:47.670><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.809><c> had</c><00:38:48.050><c> commanded</c><00:38:48.349><c> Moses,</c><00:38:48.849><c> that</c><00:38:48.949><c> they</c><00:38:49.130><c> should</c>

00:38:49.250 --> 00:38:50.829
be<00:38:49.489><c> making</c><00:38:49.710><c> booze.</c><00:38:50.170><c> Isn't</c><00:38:50.329><c> that</c><00:38:50.530><c> marvelous?</c>

00:38:50.829 --> 00:38:53.929
Nothing<00:38:51.550><c> quite</c><00:38:52.050><c> like</c><00:38:52.289><c> discovering</c><00:38:52.769><c> something</c><00:38:53.110><c> in</c><00:38:53.289><c> the</c><00:38:53.469><c> scripture</c><00:38:53.670><c> for</c>

00:38:53.929 --> 00:38:55.090
yourself<00:38:54.269><c> when</c><00:38:54.449><c> you're</c><00:38:54.670><c> studying</c><00:38:54.829><c> it,</c>

00:38:55.090 --> 00:38:57.789
is<00:38:55.110><c> it?</c><00:38:55.690><c> It</c><00:38:55.809><c> doesn't</c><00:38:55.909><c> matter</c><00:38:56.070><c> if</c><00:38:56.130><c> somebody</c><00:38:56.349><c> tells</c><00:38:56.650><c> you,</c><00:38:56.789><c> if</c><00:38:56.909><c> you</c><00:38:57.250><c> find</c><00:38:57.550><c> it</c>

00:38:57.789 --> 00:38:59.949
yourself,<00:38:58.510><c> it's</c><00:38:58.590><c> one</c><00:38:58.769><c> of</c><00:38:58.829><c> those</c><00:38:59.530><c> rich</c>

00:38:59.949 --> 00:39:03.690
little<00:39:00.469><c> gems</c><00:39:00.949><c> that</c><00:39:01.230><c> motivates</c><00:39:01.710><c> you</c><00:39:01.909><c> for</c><00:39:02.130><c> some</c><00:39:02.449><c> time,</c><00:39:03.190><c> and</c><00:39:03.469><c> the</c>

00:39:03.690 --> 00:39:06.110
people<00:39:04.010><c> found</c><00:39:04.449><c> this</c><00:39:04.710><c> in</c><00:39:04.889><c> the</c><00:39:05.090><c> law</c><00:39:05.289><c> for</c><00:39:05.590><c> themselves,</c>

00:39:06.389 --> 00:39:11.250
a<00:39:06.550><c> time</c><00:39:06.710><c> of</c><00:39:07.110><c> great</c><00:39:07.489><c> joy,</c><00:39:08.489><c> and</c><00:39:08.690><c> so</c><00:39:08.789><c> they</c><00:39:09.010><c> made</c><00:39:09.210><c> themselves</c><00:39:09.789><c> booze,</c><00:39:10.869><c> and</c>

00:39:11.250 --> 00:39:13.710
there<00:39:11.550><c> was,</c><00:39:11.769><c> it</c><00:39:12.010><c> says</c><00:39:12.230><c> at</c><00:39:12.449><c> the</c><00:39:12.489><c> end</c><00:39:12.710><c> of</c><00:39:12.949><c> verse</c>

00:39:14.349 --> 00:39:18.030
17,<00:39:15.010><c> there'd</c><00:39:15.250><c> never</c><00:39:15.429><c> been</c><00:39:15.630><c> a</c><00:39:15.769><c> tabernacle</c><00:39:16.250><c> like</c><00:39:16.570><c> it</c><00:39:16.769><c> since</c><00:39:17.030><c> Joshua,</c><00:39:17.769><c> and</c>

00:39:18.030 --> 00:39:20.489
there<00:39:18.210><c> was</c><00:39:18.550><c> very,</c><00:39:19.030><c> very</c><00:39:19.570><c> great</c><00:39:19.889><c> gladness,</c>

00:39:20.489 --> 00:39:25.010
day<00:39:21.090><c> by</c><00:39:21.409><c> day.</c><00:39:22.909><c> All</c><00:39:23.110><c> these</c><00:39:23.329><c> things</c><00:39:23.610><c> then</c><00:39:24.070><c> come</c><00:39:24.269><c> together</c><00:39:24.690><c> as</c>

00:39:25.010 --> 00:39:26.769
important<00:39:25.469><c> principles</c>

00:39:28.329 --> 00:39:32.670
in<00:39:28.869><c> terms</c><00:39:29.289><c> of</c><00:39:29.610><c> true</c><00:39:29.929><c> worship.</c><00:39:30.889><c> If</c><00:39:31.070><c> I'm</c><00:39:31.289><c> sort</c><00:39:31.429><c> of</c><00:39:31.670><c> capturing</c><00:39:31.989><c> them</c><00:39:32.269><c> now</c><00:39:32.530><c> as</c>

00:39:32.670 --> 00:39:33.469
we've<00:39:32.909><c> looked</c>

00:39:33.469 --> 00:39:37.329
down<00:39:34.349><c> upon</c><00:39:34.849><c> them,</c><00:39:35.510><c> I</c><00:39:35.610><c> think</c><00:39:35.769><c> first</c><00:39:36.030><c> of</c><00:39:36.210><c> all,</c><00:39:36.789><c> the</c><00:39:36.849><c> recognition</c>

00:39:37.329 --> 00:39:39.309
that<00:39:37.489><c> it's</c><00:39:37.690><c> all</c><00:39:37.869><c> of</c><00:39:38.130><c> God,</c><00:39:38.610><c> it's</c><00:39:38.809><c> God's</c>

00:39:39.309 --> 00:39:44.250
work,<00:39:39.829><c> and</c><00:39:40.130><c> that</c><00:39:40.329><c> needs</c><00:39:40.550><c> to</c><00:39:40.769><c> be</c><00:39:40.989><c> at</c><00:39:41.190><c> the</c><00:39:41.409><c> heart</c><00:39:41.610><c> of</c><00:39:41.909><c> our</c><00:39:42.289><c> understanding,</c><00:39:43.369><c> that</c><00:39:43.610><c> there</c><00:39:43.829><c> is</c><00:39:44.010><c> a</c>

00:39:44.250 --> 00:39:45.309
unity<00:39:44.530><c> of</c><00:39:44.909><c> purpose</c>

00:39:45.309 --> 00:39:49.530
and<00:39:45.690><c> work</c><00:39:46.349><c> in</c><00:39:46.829><c> the</c><00:39:46.989><c> things</c><00:39:47.190><c> that</c><00:39:47.389><c> we</c><00:39:47.530><c> do.</c><00:39:48.070><c> Putting</c><00:39:48.449><c> God</c><00:39:48.929><c> first,</c>

00:39:49.909 --> 00:39:52.170
prayer,<00:39:50.170><c> Nehemiah</c><00:39:50.610><c> did.</c><00:39:51.250><c> This</c><00:39:51.530><c> first</c><00:39:51.789><c> reaction</c>

00:39:52.170 --> 00:39:56.070
was<00:39:52.389><c> one</c><00:39:52.650><c> of</c><00:39:53.210><c> prayer</c><00:39:53.489><c> and</c><00:39:53.750><c> dedication,</c><00:39:54.469><c> of</c><00:39:54.650><c> selfless</c><00:39:55.090><c> prayer.</c>

00:39:56.130 --> 00:39:58.090
Did<00:39:56.269><c> it</c><00:39:56.530><c> according</c><00:39:56.889><c> to</c><00:39:57.230><c> his</c><00:39:57.510><c> word,</c><00:39:57.789><c> and</c><00:39:57.969><c> did</c>

00:39:58.090 --> 00:40:02.070
it<00:39:58.210><c> on</c><00:39:58.510><c> a</c><00:39:58.590><c> daily</c><00:39:58.869><c> basis.</c><00:39:59.969><c> It</c><00:40:00.230><c> involved</c><00:40:00.610><c> respect</c><00:40:01.389><c> for</c><00:40:01.670><c> the</c><00:40:01.829><c> name</c>

00:40:02.070 --> 00:40:05.110
of<00:40:02.349><c> God.</c><00:40:02.730><c> Here</c><00:40:02.929><c> in</c><00:40:03.150><c> Nehemiah</c><00:40:03.610><c> 8,</c><00:40:04.150><c> they</c><00:40:04.489><c> blessed</c><00:40:04.869><c> the</c>

00:40:05.110 --> 00:40:09.030
name<00:40:05.550><c> of</c><00:40:05.869><c> God.</c><00:40:06.969><c> Involved</c><00:40:07.570><c> to</c><00:40:07.730><c> some</c><00:40:07.889><c> degree,</c><00:40:08.349><c> keeping</c><00:40:08.650><c> them</c>

00:40:09.030 --> 00:40:11.489
separate<00:40:09.650><c> from</c><00:40:10.170><c> the</c><00:40:10.449><c> surrounding</c><00:40:10.889><c> world,</c>

00:40:11.489 --> 00:40:16.750
acknowledging<00:40:12.550><c> that</c><00:40:12.949><c> the</c><00:40:13.130><c> Lord</c><00:40:13.349><c> God</c><00:40:13.710><c> would</c><00:40:14.269><c> supply</c><00:40:14.730><c> all</c><00:40:15.050><c> of</c><00:40:15.230><c> their</c><00:40:15.369><c> need,</c><00:40:15.650><c> and</c><00:40:15.769><c> there</c><00:40:15.889><c> was</c><00:40:16.030><c> a</c><00:40:16.309><c> need</c>

00:40:16.750 --> 00:40:20.010
to<00:40:17.210><c> be</c><00:40:17.409><c> generous.</c><00:40:18.190><c> On</c><00:40:18.489><c> that</c><00:40:18.789><c> basis,</c><00:40:19.329><c> and</c><00:40:19.530><c> when</c><00:40:19.630><c> you've</c><00:40:19.849><c> got</c>

00:40:20.010 --> 00:40:23.190
those<00:40:20.369><c> things</c><00:40:20.650><c> and</c><00:40:20.869><c> that</c><00:40:21.130><c> dynamic</c><00:40:21.610><c> working</c><00:40:22.170><c> within</c>

00:40:23.190 --> 00:40:31.050
an<00:40:23.670><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:24.510><c> there's</c><00:40:26.789><c> a</c><00:40:26.929><c> great</c><00:40:27.090><c> impetus</c><00:40:27.670><c> to</c><00:40:28.050><c> rejoice.</c><00:40:29.929><c> Now,</c>

00:40:31.670 --> 00:40:33.670
there's<00:40:32.030><c> also</c><00:40:32.349><c> a</c><00:40:32.530><c> need</c><00:40:32.849><c> for</c>

00:40:34.130 --> 00:40:41.869
confession<00:40:34.670><c> and</c><00:40:35.190><c> dedication.</c><00:40:36.110><c> When</c><00:40:36.409><c> we</c><00:40:36.690><c> come</c><00:40:36.929><c> to</c><00:40:37.309><c> Nehemiah</c><00:40:38.190><c> 9,</c><00:40:40.449><c> we</c><00:40:40.889><c> find</c><00:40:41.429><c> a</c>

00:40:41.869 --> 00:40:43.670
very<00:40:42.170><c> important</c><00:40:42.730><c> chapter</c>

00:40:44.690 --> 00:40:49.869
that<00:40:45.130><c> talks</c><00:40:45.570><c> about</c><00:40:46.010><c> the</c><00:40:46.289><c> people</c><00:40:46.590><c> now</c><00:40:47.429><c> reflecting</c><00:40:48.210><c> upon</c><00:40:49.429><c> the</c>

00:40:49.869 --> 00:40:52.469
days<00:40:50.150><c> and</c><00:40:50.369><c> the</c><00:40:50.550><c> ways</c><00:40:50.929><c> of</c><00:40:51.449><c> their</c><00:40:51.789><c> lives.</c>

00:40:52.469 --> 00:40:57.389
And<00:40:53.130><c> so,</c><00:40:53.550><c> in</c><00:40:53.550><c> chapter</c><00:40:53.889><c> 9,</c><00:40:54.829><c> it</c><00:40:55.050><c> says</c><00:40:55.429><c> they</c><00:40:55.769><c> fast.</c><00:40:56.550><c> Verse</c><00:40:56.829><c> 2,</c>

00:40:57.610 --> 00:41:01.590
they<00:40:58.030><c> separated</c><00:40:58.769><c> themselves</c><00:40:59.650><c> from</c><00:41:00.230><c> strangers.</c>

00:41:02.250 --> 00:41:09.349
They<00:41:02.929><c> read</c><00:41:03.530><c> in</c><00:41:03.889><c> the</c><00:41:04.070><c> book</c><00:41:04.389><c> of</c><00:41:04.690><c> the</c><00:41:04.949><c> law,</c><00:41:05.369><c> verse</c><00:41:05.809><c> 3,</c><00:41:06.530><c> all</c><00:41:06.730><c> of</c><00:41:06.909><c> these</c><00:41:07.130><c> important</c><00:41:07.670><c> principles.</c><00:41:08.909><c> They</c><00:41:09.070><c> did</c>

00:41:09.349 --> 00:41:09.929
all<00:41:09.730><c> of</c>

00:41:09.929 --> 00:41:13.769
these<00:41:10.150><c> things.</c><00:41:10.750><c> Verse</c><00:41:11.150><c> 5,</c><00:41:12.010><c> at</c><00:41:12.250><c> the</c><00:41:12.349><c> end</c><00:41:12.530><c> of</c><00:41:12.670><c> the</c><00:41:12.849><c> verse,</c><00:41:13.409><c> they</c>

00:41:13.769 --> 00:41:16.989
blessed<00:41:14.250><c> the</c><00:41:14.630><c> glorious</c><00:41:15.090><c> name</c><00:41:15.550><c> of</c><00:41:15.909><c> God,</c><00:41:16.449><c> which</c><00:41:16.630><c> is</c>

00:41:16.989 --> 00:41:22.070
above<00:41:17.630><c> all</c><00:41:18.329><c> blessing</c><00:41:18.829><c> and</c><00:41:19.530><c> praise.</c><00:41:19.849><c> See</c><00:41:20.030><c> all</c><00:41:20.170><c> these</c><00:41:20.429><c> principles</c><00:41:20.849><c> coming</c><00:41:21.130><c> out.</c><00:41:21.570><c> This</c><00:41:21.750><c> is</c><00:41:21.989><c> a</c>

00:41:22.070 --> 00:41:23.250
very<00:41:22.650><c> great</c>

00:41:23.250 --> 00:41:27.329
holy<00:41:23.769><c> congregation,</c><00:41:24.989><c> and</c><00:41:25.090><c> the</c><00:41:25.269><c> people</c><00:41:25.469><c> have</c><00:41:25.789><c> grown</c><00:41:26.190><c> together</c>

00:41:27.329 --> 00:41:31.530
quite<00:41:28.650><c> closely</c><00:41:29.530><c> now,</c><00:41:30.489><c> and</c><00:41:30.769><c> they're</c><00:41:31.070><c> at</c><00:41:31.309><c> the</c>

00:41:31.530 --> 00:41:38.630
point<00:41:31.869><c> of</c><00:41:32.309><c> making</c><00:41:32.989><c> a</c><00:41:33.630><c> major</c><00:41:34.230><c> commitment</c><00:41:35.150><c> as</c><00:41:36.530><c> individuals,</c><00:41:37.369><c> but</c><00:41:37.630><c> also</c><00:41:38.130><c> as</c>

00:41:38.630 --> 00:41:42.030
a<00:41:38.909><c> community,</c><00:41:39.769><c> as</c><00:41:40.070><c> an</c><00:41:40.289><c> ecclesia.</c><00:41:41.349><c> They</c><00:41:41.769><c> lay</c>

00:41:42.030 --> 00:41:45.250
out<00:41:42.210><c> before</c><00:41:42.590><c> God</c><00:41:43.150><c> their</c><00:41:43.710><c> errors</c><00:41:43.969><c> and</c><00:41:44.210><c> their</c><00:41:44.489><c> guilt</c><00:41:44.769><c> of</c><00:41:45.030><c> the</c>

00:41:45.250 --> 00:41:48.869
past,<00:41:46.369><c> and</c><00:41:46.409><c> they</c><00:41:46.750><c> lay</c><00:41:46.889><c> out</c><00:41:47.110><c> before</c><00:41:47.489><c> God</c><00:41:48.010><c> their</c><00:41:48.449><c> present</c>

00:41:48.869 --> 00:41:52.809
need.<00:41:49.929><c> And</c><00:41:50.070><c> we</c><00:41:50.210><c> get</c><00:41:50.389><c> right</c><00:41:50.670><c> to</c><00:41:50.849><c> the</c><00:41:50.969><c> end</c><00:41:51.150><c> of</c><00:41:51.309><c> the</c><00:41:51.469><c> chapter</c><00:41:51.929><c> 9,</c>

00:41:53.090 --> 00:41:59.030
and<00:41:53.230><c> we</c><00:41:53.469><c> find</c><00:41:53.750><c> for</c><00:41:54.030><c> ourselves</c><00:41:54.869><c> in</c><00:41:56.269><c> verse</c><00:41:56.610><c> 37,</c><00:41:58.889><c> talks</c>

00:41:59.030 --> 00:42:05.070
about<00:41:59.570><c> the</c><00:42:00.469><c> land</c><00:42:00.809><c> and</c><00:42:01.010><c> the</c><00:42:01.190><c> people.</c><00:42:02.909><c> Verse</c><00:42:03.190><c> 37,</c><00:42:04.170><c> it</c><00:42:04.469><c> yieldeth</c>

00:42:05.070 --> 00:42:08.849
much<00:42:05.389><c> increase</c><00:42:05.989><c> unto</c><00:42:06.250><c> the</c><00:42:06.530><c> kings</c><00:42:07.369><c> whom</c><00:42:07.809><c> thou</c><00:42:08.110><c> hast</c><00:42:08.489><c> set</c>

00:42:08.849 --> 00:42:12.730
over<00:42:09.170><c> us</c><00:42:09.510><c> because</c><00:42:10.110><c> of</c><00:42:10.329><c> our</c><00:42:10.550><c> sins.</c><00:42:10.889><c> That</c><00:42:10.969><c> is,</c><00:42:11.190><c> the</c><00:42:11.369><c> land</c><00:42:11.730><c> was</c><00:42:12.050><c> profitable</c><00:42:12.530><c> to</c>

00:42:12.730 --> 00:42:16.409
the<00:42:12.929><c> kings.</c><00:42:15.010><c> It</c><00:42:15.650><c> yieldeth</c><00:42:16.130><c> much</c>

00:42:16.409 --> 00:42:19.730
increase<00:42:16.929><c> unto</c><00:42:17.110><c> the</c><00:42:17.329><c> kings</c><00:42:17.670><c> whom</c><00:42:17.829><c> thou</c><00:42:18.070><c> hast</c><00:42:18.409><c> set</c><00:42:18.710><c> over</c><00:42:19.050><c> us</c><00:42:19.230><c> because</c><00:42:19.550><c> of</c>

00:42:19.730 --> 00:42:22.510
our<00:42:19.969><c> sins.</c><00:42:20.570><c> Also,</c><00:42:21.389><c> they</c><00:42:21.690><c> have</c><00:42:21.909><c> dominion</c>

00:42:22.510 --> 00:42:27.530
over<00:42:22.829><c> our</c><00:42:23.130><c> bodies</c><00:42:23.429><c> and</c><00:42:23.829><c> over</c><00:42:24.170><c> our</c><00:42:24.469><c> cattle</c><00:42:24.769><c> at</c><00:42:25.449><c> their</c><00:42:25.769><c> pleasure,</c><00:42:26.650><c> and</c><00:42:27.130><c> we</c>

00:42:27.530 --> 00:42:29.949
are<00:42:27.909><c> in</c><00:42:28.250><c> great</c><00:42:28.550><c> distress.</c><00:42:29.690><c> The</c>

00:42:29.949 --> 00:42:33.610
people<00:42:30.090><c> have</c><00:42:30.269><c> come</c><00:42:30.429><c> very</c><00:42:30.889><c> close</c><00:42:31.210><c> by</c><00:42:31.489><c> learning</c><00:42:31.829><c> the</c><00:42:32.090><c> principles</c><00:42:32.429><c> of</c><00:42:32.690><c> worship</c><00:42:33.090><c> and</c>

00:42:33.610 --> 00:42:34.630
being<00:42:33.949><c> together,</c>

00:42:34.630 --> 00:42:38.030
following<00:42:35.210><c> them</c><00:42:35.489><c> through,</c><00:42:35.889><c> and</c><00:42:35.909><c> now</c><00:42:36.190><c> they</c><00:42:36.849><c> confess</c><00:42:37.550><c> their</c>

00:42:38.030 --> 00:42:40.989
need,<00:42:38.590><c> whatever</c><00:42:38.929><c> that</c><00:42:39.170><c> is.</c><00:42:40.210><c> And</c><00:42:40.469><c> look</c><00:42:40.670><c> what</c>

00:42:40.989 --> 00:42:44.449
they're<00:42:41.429><c> about</c><00:42:41.809><c> to</c><00:42:42.050><c> do.</c><00:42:42.190><c> This</c><00:42:42.349><c> is</c><00:42:42.670><c> really,</c><00:42:43.349><c> really</c><00:42:43.989><c> important</c>

00:42:44.449 --> 00:42:46.590
because<00:42:44.909><c> the</c><00:42:45.130><c> people</c><00:42:45.429><c> through</c><00:42:45.710><c> all</c><00:42:46.050><c> of</c><00:42:46.269><c> their</c>

00:42:47.070 --> 00:42:50.130
trials<00:42:47.570><c> and</c><00:42:47.829><c> learning</c><00:42:48.050><c> the</c><00:42:48.349><c> principles</c><00:42:48.670><c> of</c><00:42:48.869><c> worship</c><00:42:49.170><c> and</c><00:42:49.369><c> fellowship,</c><00:42:49.710><c> they</c><00:42:49.849><c> now</c>

00:42:50.130 --> 00:42:52.829
say,<00:42:50.809><c> because</c><00:42:51.269><c> of</c><00:42:51.530><c> all</c><00:42:51.889><c> this,</c>

00:42:52.989 --> 00:42:58.090
we<00:42:53.329><c> make</c><00:42:53.750><c> a</c><00:42:54.250><c> sure</c><00:42:54.530><c> covenant,</c><00:42:55.590><c> a</c><00:42:55.989><c> faithful</c><00:42:56.389><c> covenant,</c><00:42:57.349><c> and</c><00:42:57.710><c> we</c>

00:42:58.090 --> 00:43:01.489
write<00:42:58.389><c> it,</c><00:42:59.190><c> and</c><00:42:59.349><c> our</c><00:42:59.630><c> princes</c><00:43:00.130><c> and</c><00:43:00.449><c> our</c><00:43:00.730><c> levites</c><00:43:01.230><c> and</c>

00:43:01.489 --> 00:43:06.909
our<00:43:01.949><c> priests,</c><00:43:03.150><c> and</c><00:43:03.150><c> we</c><00:43:03.710><c> seal</c><00:43:04.190><c> unto</c><00:43:04.630><c> it.</c><00:43:05.670><c> They</c><00:43:05.889><c> say</c><00:43:05.989><c> we</c><00:43:06.130><c> are</c><00:43:06.409><c> ready</c><00:43:06.630><c> to</c>

00:43:06.909 --> 00:43:09.650
make<00:43:07.070><c> a</c><00:43:07.369><c> very</c><00:43:07.650><c> important,</c><00:43:08.570><c> long</c><00:43:08.829><c>-lasting</c>

00:43:09.650 --> 00:43:14.510
commitment,<00:43:10.530><c> a</c><00:43:10.849><c> faithful</c><00:43:11.250><c> commitment.</c><00:43:12.230><c> We</c><00:43:12.489><c> want</c><00:43:12.750><c> to</c><00:43:13.190><c> reestablish</c><00:43:13.889><c> the</c><00:43:14.090><c> covenant.</c><00:43:14.409><c> We</c>

00:43:14.510 --> 00:43:15.449
want<00:43:14.670><c> to</c><00:43:15.010><c> write</c><00:43:15.190><c> it</c>

00:43:15.449 --> 00:43:19.989
down,<00:43:15.989><c> and</c><00:43:16.190><c> we're</c><00:43:16.489><c> all</c><00:43:16.809><c> going</c><00:43:16.949><c> to</c><00:43:17.130><c> be</c><00:43:17.369><c> part</c><00:43:17.670><c> of</c><00:43:17.869><c> it.</c><00:43:19.469><c> And</c><00:43:19.849><c> who</c>

00:43:19.989 --> 00:43:22.989
is<00:43:20.230><c> it</c><00:43:20.730><c> that's</c><00:43:21.250><c> right</c><00:43:21.530><c> at</c><00:43:21.750><c> the</c><00:43:21.929><c> top</c><00:43:22.170><c> of</c><00:43:22.389><c> the</c><00:43:22.590><c> covenant?</c>

00:43:22.989 --> 00:43:28.590
Verse<00:43:23.769><c> one</c><00:43:24.489><c> of</c><00:43:24.690><c> chapter</c><00:43:24.929><c> 10.</c><00:43:25.889><c> Now,</c><00:43:26.090><c> those</c><00:43:26.489><c> that</c><00:43:27.070><c> sealed,</c><00:43:27.969><c> those</c><00:43:28.289><c> that</c>

00:43:28.590 --> 00:43:31.929
put<00:43:28.730><c> their</c><00:43:29.190><c> name</c><00:43:29.630><c> down</c><00:43:30.289><c> on</c><00:43:30.789><c> the</c><00:43:31.050><c> covenant,</c>

00:43:32.150 --> 00:43:36.349
first<00:43:32.449><c> of</c><00:43:32.750><c> all,</c><00:43:33.550><c> the</c><00:43:33.769><c> head</c><00:43:33.889><c> of</c><00:43:34.110><c> the</c><00:43:34.230><c> list,</c><00:43:34.710><c> top</c><00:43:34.969><c> of</c><00:43:35.150><c> the</c><00:43:35.409><c> class,</c>

00:43:37.030 --> 00:43:40.190
the<00:43:37.329><c> chief</c><00:43:37.710><c> one,</c><00:43:38.050><c> the</c><00:43:38.369><c> lord</c><00:43:38.690><c> of</c><00:43:38.969><c> the</c><00:43:39.210><c> covenant,</c>

00:43:41.269 --> 00:43:47.030
the<00:43:41.690><c> first</c><00:43:42.210><c> messenger</c><00:43:42.750><c> of</c><00:43:43.110><c> this</c><00:43:43.429><c> covenant</c><00:43:43.949><c> is</c><00:43:45.489><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:43:46.829><c> the</c>

00:43:47.030 --> 00:43:48.469
tershartha,<00:43:47.730><c> or</c><00:43:47.949><c> the</c><00:43:48.170><c> governor.</c>

00:43:48.469 --> 00:43:53.530
His<00:43:49.230><c> name</c><00:43:49.789><c> is</c><00:43:50.329><c> at</c><00:43:50.489><c> the</c><00:43:50.650><c> top</c><00:43:50.869><c> of</c><00:43:51.170><c> this</c><00:43:51.469><c> list</c><00:43:51.869><c> that</c><00:43:52.349><c> the</c><00:43:52.610><c> people</c>

00:43:53.530 --> 00:43:57.110
have<00:43:54.230><c> signed</c><00:43:54.750><c> themselves</c><00:43:55.510><c> up</c><00:43:56.130><c> to.</c>

00:43:58.230 --> 00:44:00.789
And<00:43:58.289><c> if</c><00:43:58.429><c> you</c><00:43:58.670><c> read</c><00:43:58.889><c> through,</c><00:43:59.449><c> we</c><00:43:59.969><c> haven't</c><00:44:00.130><c> got</c><00:44:00.289><c> time</c><00:44:00.489><c> to</c><00:44:00.630><c> do</c><00:44:00.690><c> it</c>

00:44:00.789 --> 00:44:04.369
now,<00:44:01.309><c> but</c><00:44:01.469><c> if</c><00:44:01.670><c> you</c><00:44:01.949><c> read</c><00:44:02.250><c> through</c><00:44:02.809><c> chapter</c><00:44:03.170><c> 10,</c>

00:44:04.429 --> 00:44:14.050
you'll<00:44:04.789><c> find</c><00:44:05.409><c> that</c><00:44:07.010><c> the</c><00:44:08.170><c> people,</c><00:44:11.510><c> hence</c><00:44:12.050><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:12.989><c> was</c><00:44:13.630><c> lord</c>

00:44:14.050 --> 00:44:15.349
or<00:44:14.250><c> messenger</c><00:44:14.650><c> of</c><00:44:14.829><c> the</c><00:44:15.030><c> covenant,</c>

00:44:15.349 --> 00:44:20.690
you'll<00:44:16.309><c> find</c><00:44:16.489><c> that</c><00:44:16.690><c> the</c><00:44:16.889><c> people</c><00:44:17.730><c> agree</c><00:44:18.489><c> these</c><00:44:18.949><c> terms</c><00:44:19.590><c> of</c><00:44:20.389><c> the</c>

00:44:20.690 --> 00:44:23.809
covenant.<00:44:22.610><c> No</c><00:44:22.789><c> time</c><00:44:22.929><c> to</c><00:44:23.050><c> look</c><00:44:23.210><c> at</c><00:44:23.309><c> them</c>

00:44:23.809 --> 00:44:28.750
in<00:44:24.210><c> great</c><00:44:24.369><c> detail</c><00:44:24.769><c> now,</c><00:44:25.809><c> but</c><00:44:26.050><c> those</c><00:44:26.510><c> are</c><00:44:27.809><c> the</c><00:44:28.230><c> terms</c><00:44:28.429><c> of</c><00:44:28.610><c> the</c>

00:44:28.750 --> 00:44:30.710
covenant<00:44:28.989><c> that</c><00:44:29.250><c> they</c><00:44:29.550><c> sign</c><00:44:29.750><c> themselves</c><00:44:30.150><c> up</c><00:44:30.409><c> to</c><00:44:30.510><c> as</c>

00:44:30.710 --> 00:44:35.110
a<00:44:30.849><c> sure</c><00:44:31.030><c> and</c><00:44:31.449><c> faithful</c><00:44:31.809><c> covenant.</c><00:44:32.889><c> And</c><00:44:33.050><c> if</c><00:44:33.190><c> you</c><00:44:33.309><c> look</c><00:44:33.469><c> at</c><00:44:33.630><c> that,</c><00:44:34.909><c> if</c>

00:44:35.110 --> 00:44:37.650
you<00:44:35.289><c> look</c><00:44:35.449><c> at</c><00:44:35.590><c> that</c><00:44:36.030><c> and</c><00:44:36.429><c> compare</c><00:44:36.889><c> it</c>

00:44:39.630 --> 00:44:43.829
with<00:44:40.150><c> what</c><00:44:40.670><c> you</c><00:44:40.989><c> find</c><00:44:41.170><c> in</c><00:44:41.389><c> Malachi,</c><00:44:41.929><c> you</c><00:44:42.070><c> find</c><00:44:42.730><c> a</c><00:44:42.869><c> huge</c><00:44:43.250><c> degree</c>

00:44:43.829 --> 00:44:45.329
of<00:44:44.389><c> commonality.</c>

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Nehemiah,<00:44:47.030><c> as</c><00:44:47.190><c> their</c><00:44:47.409><c> governor,</c><00:44:47.989><c> left</c><00:44:48.329><c> them.</c><00:44:49.190><c> He's</c><00:44:49.389><c> now</c><00:44:49.610><c> going</c><00:44:49.730><c> to</c>

00:44:49.849 --> 00:44:52.030
go<00:44:50.030><c> away</c><00:44:50.409><c> for</c><00:44:50.610><c> 12</c><00:44:50.869><c> years.</c><00:44:51.409><c> In</c><00:44:51.510><c> chapter</c><00:44:51.710><c> 12,</c>

00:44:52.150 --> 00:44:54.210
Nehemiah<00:44:52.510><c> says</c><00:44:52.650><c> he</c><00:44:52.769><c> goes</c><00:44:52.989><c> away.</c><00:44:53.550><c> He's</c><00:44:53.630><c> going</c><00:44:53.690><c> to</c><00:44:53.769><c> be</c><00:44:53.889><c> away</c><00:44:53.969><c> for</c>

00:44:54.210 --> 00:44:56.969
12<00:44:54.570><c> years</c><00:44:55.130><c> and</c><00:44:55.389><c> he</c><00:44:55.690><c> leaves</c><00:44:55.909><c> them</c><00:44:56.130><c> with</c><00:44:56.349><c> this</c><00:44:56.530><c> as</c><00:44:56.789><c> a</c>

00:44:56.969 --> 00:45:04.010
draft,<00:44:57.590><c> as</c><00:44:57.809><c> something</c><00:44:58.030><c> that</c><00:44:58.210><c> they're</c><00:44:58.469><c> all</c><00:44:58.869><c> signed</c><00:44:59.289><c> up</c><00:44:59.690><c> to.</c><00:45:01.349><c> And</c><00:45:01.550><c> when</c><00:45:02.469><c> you</c><00:45:02.730><c> look</c><00:45:03.250><c> at</c>

00:45:07.150 --> 00:45:14.190
a<00:45:07.610><c> comparison</c><00:45:08.090><c> between</c><00:45:09.469><c> what</c><00:45:09.869><c> Malachi</c><00:45:10.369><c> writes</c><00:45:10.829><c> about</c><00:45:11.510><c> and</c><00:45:12.369><c> what</c><00:45:12.829><c> Nehemiah</c><00:45:13.289><c> deals</c><00:45:13.630><c> with</c><00:45:13.889><c> when</c><00:45:14.030><c> he</c>

00:45:14.190 --> 00:45:15.710
comes<00:45:14.510><c> back,</c>

00:45:16.050 --> 00:45:21.590
you<00:45:16.130><c> will</c><00:45:16.630><c> find</c><00:45:17.329><c> that</c><00:45:17.929><c> they</c><00:45:18.230><c> are</c><00:45:18.849><c> very,</c><00:45:19.389><c> very</c><00:45:19.809><c> similar.</c><00:45:21.090><c> So</c><00:45:21.349><c> my</c>

00:45:21.590 --> 00:45:26.570
argument<00:45:22.090><c> is</c><00:45:22.869><c> that</c><00:45:23.849><c> Malachi</c><00:45:24.670><c> is</c><00:45:25.809><c> prophesying</c>

00:45:26.570 --> 00:45:31.150
in<00:45:26.969><c> that</c><00:45:27.369><c> short</c><00:45:27.730><c> period</c><00:45:28.010><c> of</c><00:45:28.289><c> time</c><00:45:28.909><c> between</c><00:45:29.550><c> when</c><00:45:29.929><c> Nehemiah</c><00:45:30.409><c> leaves</c><00:45:30.909><c> as</c>

00:45:31.150 --> 00:45:32.010
the<00:45:31.269><c> lord</c><00:45:31.369><c> of</c><00:45:31.510><c> the</c><00:45:31.690><c> covenant,</c>

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having<00:45:32.570><c> left</c><00:45:32.949><c> them</c><00:45:33.369><c> with</c><00:45:33.630><c> the</c><00:45:33.849><c> covenant,</c><00:45:34.650><c> and</c><00:45:34.789><c> he</c><00:45:34.909><c> goes</c><00:45:35.210><c> away</c>

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for<00:45:36.750><c> however</c><00:45:37.050><c> long,</c><00:45:37.849><c> maybe</c><00:45:38.110><c> only</c><00:45:38.349><c> a</c><00:45:38.469><c> couple</c><00:45:38.630><c> of</c>

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years,<00:45:38.969><c> maybe</c><00:45:39.269><c> more</c><00:45:39.510><c> than</c><00:45:39.730><c> that.</c><00:45:40.349><c> But</c><00:45:40.510><c> in</c><00:45:40.730><c> that</c><00:45:40.989><c> very</c><00:45:41.530><c> short</c>

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period<00:45:42.110><c> of</c><00:45:42.389><c> time,</c><00:45:42.789><c> the</c><00:45:42.889><c> people</c><00:45:43.230><c> drift</c><00:45:43.590><c> from</c><00:45:43.789><c> this</c>

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covenant.<00:45:45.150><c> They</c><00:45:45.469><c> drift</c><00:45:45.789><c> badly</c><00:45:46.170><c> from</c><00:45:46.409><c> it.</c><00:45:47.170><c> And</c><00:45:47.369><c> it's</c><00:45:47.829><c> staggering</c><00:45:48.110><c> how</c><00:45:48.590><c> short</c><00:45:48.989><c> a</c><00:45:49.210><c> time</c><00:45:49.369><c> we</c>

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need<00:45:50.010><c> before</c><00:45:50.610><c> we</c>

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start<00:45:51.090><c> drifting,</c><00:45:51.829><c> isn't</c><00:45:51.969><c> it,</c><00:45:52.210><c> Brennan</c><00:45:52.389><c> Sisters?</c><00:45:53.570><c> And</c><00:45:53.909><c> so</c><00:45:54.170><c> that's</c><00:45:54.469><c> why</c>

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Malachi<00:45:56.730><c> is</c><00:45:58.590><c> prophesying</c><00:45:59.190><c> in</c><00:45:59.449><c> this</c><00:45:59.690><c> period,</c>

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reminding<00:46:00.789><c> them</c><00:46:01.010><c> of</c><00:46:01.170><c> the</c><00:46:01.369><c> covenant,</c><00:46:02.050><c> warning</c><00:46:02.269><c> them</c><00:46:02.530><c> that</c><00:46:02.690><c> when</c><00:46:02.869><c> their</c><00:46:03.150><c> lord</c><00:46:03.409><c> of</c>

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the<00:46:03.829><c> covenant</c><00:46:04.030><c> comes</c><00:46:04.329><c> back,</c>

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when<00:46:05.329><c> he</c><00:46:05.469><c> comes</c><00:46:05.710><c> back,</c><00:46:06.489><c> he</c><00:46:06.570><c> will</c><00:46:06.829><c> address</c><00:46:07.150><c> these</c><00:46:07.469><c> things</c><00:46:07.809><c> that</c>

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they've<00:46:08.369><c> signed</c><00:46:08.489><c> themselves</c><00:46:08.889><c> up</c><00:46:09.150><c> to.</c>

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And<00:46:10.909><c> that's</c><00:46:11.070><c> where</c><00:46:11.170><c> we'll</c><00:46:11.449><c> pick</c><00:46:11.550><c> it</c><00:46:11.670><c> up</c><00:46:11.789><c> next</c><00:46:12.070><c> time.</c>