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I</c><00:12:48.799><c> get</c><00:12:48.960><c> annoyed</c><00:12:49.220><c> about</c><00:12:49.539><c> anything,</c> 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:57.139 here<00:12:52.639><c> still</c><00:12:53.139><c> recalling</c><00:12:53.960><c> that</c><00:12:54.700><c> black</c><00:12:55.759><c> and</c><00:12:56.100><c> white</c><00:12:56.320><c> enthusiasm</c> 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:59.620 which<00:12:57.539><c> I</c><00:12:57.899><c> had</c><00:12:58.059><c> in</c><00:12:58.320><c> my</c><00:12:58.600><c> youth</c> 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.519 is<00:13:01.659><c> from</c><00:13:01.860><c> a</c><00:13:02.120><c> spiritual</c><00:13:02.419><c> and</c><00:13:02.620><c> a</c><00:13:02.820><c> biological,</c><00:13:03.419><c> any</c><00:13:03.759><c> sense</c><00:13:03.980><c> you</c><00:13:04.240><c> like.</c> 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:06.960 If<00:13:04.659><c> I</c><00:13:04.960><c> detect</c><00:13:05.379><c> there</c><00:13:05.620><c> is</c><00:13:05.779><c> any</c><00:13:06.120><c> color</c><00:13:06.279><c> prejudice</c> 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.779 anywhere<00:13:07.679><c> in</c><00:13:07.879><c> the</c><00:13:08.080><c> world,</c><00:13:08.779><c> bang!</c> 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:20.700 Because<00:13:16.679><c> there</c><00:13:17.460><c> is</c><00:13:18.120><c> for</c><00:13:18.600><c> us</c><00:13:19.019><c> that</c><00:13:19.480><c> message</c> 00:13:21.110 --> 00:13:23.220 that<00:13:21.500><c> God</c><00:13:21.740><c> is</c><00:13:21.940><c> our</c><00:13:22.220><c> creator.</c> 00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:29.120 And<00:13:25.679><c> which</c><00:13:25.960><c> one</c><00:13:26.100><c> of</c><00:13:26.259><c> us</c><00:13:26.460><c> would</c><00:13:26.759><c> dare</c><00:13:27.019><c> to</c><00:13:27.440><c> build</c><00:13:27.639><c> up</c><00:13:27.840><c> a</c><00:13:28.100><c> case</c> 00:13:29.490 --> 00:13:32.639 that<00:13:29.879><c> one</c><00:13:30.279><c> race</c><00:13:30.659><c> is</c><00:13:31.080><c> superior</c><00:13:31.500><c> to</c><00:13:31.759><c> another,</c> 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:38.539 that<00:13:33.419><c> one</c><00:13:34.059><c> race</c><00:13:34.940><c> has</c><00:13:35.480><c> a</c><00:13:36.220><c> higher</c><00:13:36.600><c> intelligence</c><00:13:37.279><c> than</c><00:13:37.519><c> another</c> 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.279 and<00:13:40.539><c> build</c><00:13:40.759><c> it</c><00:13:40.940><c> on</c><00:13:41.320><c> bad</c><00:13:41.860><c> scriptural</c><00:13:42.620><c> exposition</c> 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:46.019 to<00:13:43.500><c> declare</c><00:13:43.820><c> that</c><00:13:44.000><c> the</c><00:13:44.159><c> reason</c><00:13:44.399><c> why</c><00:13:44.840><c> the</c><00:13:45.120><c> black</c><00:13:45.539><c> people</c> 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:48.899 of<00:13:46.200><c> the</c><00:13:46.360><c> earth</c><00:13:46.519><c> are</c><00:13:46.820><c> the</c><00:13:47.059><c> underdogs</c><00:13:47.460><c> is</c><00:13:47.679><c> because</c><00:13:48.000><c> it</c><00:13:48.179><c> was</c><00:13:48.379><c> a</c><00:13:48.639><c> curse</c> 00:13:48.899 --> 00:13:52.000 that<00:13:49.299><c> was</c><00:13:49.500><c> placed</c><00:13:49.759><c> upon</c><00:13:50.759><c> Canaan.</c> 00:13:54.440 --> 00:14:01.320 No<00:13:54.860><c> way</c><00:13:55.799><c> can</c><00:13:57.519><c> we</c><00:13:57.899><c> tolerate</c><00:13:58.940><c> racial</c><00:14:00.159><c> prejudice.</c> 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:04.500 Above<00:14:02.639><c> all</c><00:14:02.879><c> in</c><00:14:03.039><c> the</c><00:14:03.200><c> Lord.</c> 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:12.980 The<00:14:07.679><c> reason</c><00:14:08.299><c> for</c><00:14:09.740><c> this</c><00:14:10.039><c> distinction</c><00:14:10.460><c> I</c><00:14:10.779><c> hope</c><00:14:10.980><c> is</c><00:14:11.299><c> abundantly</c><00:14:11.820><c> clear.</c> 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.700 It<00:14:13.600><c> is</c><00:14:13.679><c> because</c><00:14:13.940><c> of</c><00:14:14.120><c> the</c><00:14:14.259><c> set</c><00:14:14.360><c> of</c><00:14:14.500><c> their</c><00:14:14.720><c> mind,</c> 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.519 not<00:14:15.919><c> of</c><00:14:16.179><c> color</c><00:14:16.360><c> of</c><00:14:16.659><c> skin.</c> 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:21.980 And<00:14:19.059><c> here,</c><00:14:19.840><c> as</c><00:14:20.019><c> we</c><00:14:20.159><c> get</c><00:14:20.360><c> this</c><00:14:20.860><c> thinking</c><00:14:21.179><c> in</c><00:14:21.500><c> our</c><00:14:21.679><c> minds,</c> 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.980 we<00:14:22.600><c> inevitably</c><00:14:23.039><c> are</c><00:14:23.240><c> going</c><00:14:23.379><c> to</c><00:14:23.539><c> ask</c><00:14:23.759><c> the</c><00:14:23.960><c> question,</c> 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:29.539 here<00:14:25.500><c> with</c><00:14:25.980><c> the</c><00:14:26.399><c> contingent</c><00:14:26.860><c> of</c><00:14:27.059><c> eight</c><00:14:27.299><c> moving</c><00:14:27.759><c> out</c><00:14:28.100><c> from</c><00:14:28.340><c> the</c><00:14:28.600><c> ark,</c> 00:14:29.799 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character</c> 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:41.200 moving<00:20:38.960><c> on</c><00:20:39.180><c> the</c><00:20:39.400><c> scene,</c><00:20:39.599><c> one</c><00:20:39.839><c> called</c><00:20:40.140><c> Asher.</c> 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:45.559 Out<00:20:41.839><c> of</c><00:20:42.000><c> that</c><00:20:42.200><c> land</c><00:20:42.420><c> went</c><00:20:42.660><c> forth</c><00:20:42.960><c> Asher</c><00:20:43.519><c> and</c><00:20:43.839><c> built</c><00:20:44.000><c> Nineveh.</c> 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:48.339 I<00:20:46.500><c> think</c><00:20:46.740><c> there</c><00:20:46.960><c> is</c><00:20:47.339><c> every</c><00:20:47.579><c> reason</c><00:20:47.859><c> to</c><00:20:48.160><c> believe</c> 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:50.619 that<00:20:48.539><c> the</c><00:20:48.720><c> revised</c><00:20:49.000><c> version</c><00:20:49.279><c> is</c><00:20:49.500><c> giving</c><00:20:49.619><c> us</c><00:20:49.799><c> the</c><00:20:50.019><c> right</c><00:20:50.259><c> sense</c> 00:20:50.619 --> 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move</c><00:21:22.220><c> now</c><00:21:22.460><c> into</c><00:21:22.660><c> chapter</c><00:21:23.000><c> 11.</c> 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:31.579 For<00:21:25.420><c> here,</c><00:21:26.279><c> Babel</c><00:21:27.519><c> and</c><00:21:29.279><c> who</c><00:21:29.400><c> was</c><00:21:29.619><c> ruler</c><00:21:29.920><c> of</c><00:21:30.180><c> Babel?</c> 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:37.660 Nimrod<00:21:32.400><c> and</c><00:21:35.400><c> what</c><00:21:35.559><c> was</c><00:21:35.740><c> his</c><00:21:35.940><c> message</c><00:21:36.539><c> to</c><00:21:36.799><c> mankind?</c> 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:50.460 Brothers<00:21:40.599><c> unite,</c><00:21:45.099><c> go</c><00:21:45.259><c> to</c><00:21:45.819><c> and</c><00:21:48.079><c> let</c><00:21:48.259><c> us</c><00:21:49.019><c> build</c><00:21:49.380><c> us</c><00:21:49.859><c> a</c><00:21:50.079><c> city</c> 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:53.339 and<00:21:50.799><c> a</c><00:21:51.019><c> tower</c><00:21:51.279><c> whose</c><00:21:51.579><c> top</c><00:21:51.859><c> may</c><00:21:52.079><c> reach</c><00:21:52.279><c> into</c><00:21:52.440><c> heaven</c> 00:21:53.059 --> 00:22:02.480 and<00:21:53.599><c> let</c><00:21:53.779><c> us</c><00:21:54.019><c> make</c><00:21:55.039><c> us</c><00:21:55.579><c> a</c><00:21:55.779><c> name</c><00:21:57.240><c> lest</c><00:21:58.559><c> we</c><00:21:59.579><c> be</c><00:22:00.220><c> scattered</c><00:22:00.900><c> abroad</c> 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:05.660 upon<00:22:03.259><c> the</c><00:22:04.220><c> whole</c><00:22:04.799><c> face</c><00:22:05.200><c> of</c><00:22:05.380><c> the</c><00:22:05.500><c> earth,</c> 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:07.900 the<00:22:05.819><c> face</c><00:22:06.039><c> of</c><00:22:06.240><c> the</c><00:22:06.339><c> whole</c><00:22:06.500><c> earth.</c> 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:18.960 Brothers<00:22:10.079><c> unite,</c><00:22:13.720><c> God</c><00:22:13.960><c> had</c><00:22:14.160><c> said</c><00:22:14.279><c> to</c><00:22:14.480><c> Noah,</c><00:22:17.319><c> fill</c><00:22:17.440><c> the</c><00:22:17.640><c> earth.</c> 00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:24.680 Nimrod<00:22:21.140><c> was</c><00:22:21.380><c> saying,</c><00:22:23.019><c> stay</c><00:22:23.160><c> where</c><00:22:23.359><c> you</c><00:22:23.640><c> are.</c> 00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:29.779 We<00:22:25.880><c> stand</c><00:22:26.640><c> or</c><00:22:28.380><c> fall</c><00:22:28.559><c> together.</c> 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:36.759 And<00:22:33.319><c> in</c><00:22:33.539><c> this</c><00:22:33.759><c> act</c><00:22:34.059><c> of</c><00:22:34.299><c> defiance,</c><00:22:35.759><c> I</c><00:22:36.140><c> could</c><00:22:36.380><c> present</c> 00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:39.119 in<00:22:36.960><c> my</c><00:22:37.259><c> mind's</c><00:22:37.619><c> eye</c><00:22:37.859><c> and</c><00:22:38.019><c> see</c><00:22:38.200><c> in</c><00:22:38.380><c> my</c><00:22:38.599><c> mind's</c><00:22:38.940><c> eye</c> 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:41.740 an<00:22:39.500><c> angel's</c><00:22:40.099><c> 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scene,</c><00:24:42.500><c> verse</c><00:24:43.039><c> six.</c> 00:24:46.710 --> 00:24:53.900 And<00:24:47.279><c> the</c><00:24:47.460><c> Lord</c><00:24:47.619><c> said,</c><00:24:50.000><c> behold,</c><00:24:51.660><c> they</c><00:24:51.900><c> are</c><00:24:52.119><c> one</c><00:24:52.279><c> people</c> 00:24:54.509 --> 00:24:57.940 and<00:24:55.079><c> they</c><00:24:55.359><c> have</c><00:24:55.579><c> all</c><00:24:56.299><c> one</c><00:24:56.720><c> language.</c> 00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:02.200 And<00:24:59.579><c> this</c><00:24:59.779><c> is</c><00:25:00.000><c> what</c><00:25:00.160><c> they</c><00:25:00.440><c> begin</c><00:25:00.619><c> to</c><00:25:00.859><c> do.</c> 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:11.259 And<00:25:04.059><c> now</c><00:25:05.079><c> nothing</c><00:25:06.440><c> will</c><00:25:07.920><c> be</c><00:25:08.500><c> withholden</c><00:25:09.779><c> from</c><00:25:10.240><c> them</c> 00:25:11.329 --> 00:25:14.720 which<00:25:11.839><c> they</c><00:25:12.480><c> 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at</c><00:25:31.900><c> such</c><00:25:32.079><c> a</c><00:25:32.299><c> pace</c> 00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:37.660 that<00:25:34.740><c> we</c><00:25:35.059><c> would</c><00:25:35.619><c> have</c><00:25:36.319><c> been</c><00:25:36.619><c> amazed</c> 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.579 at<00:25:38.339><c> what</c><00:25:38.559><c> could</c><00:25:38.740><c> have</c><00:25:38.920><c> been</c><00:25:39.140><c> produced</c> 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:41.880 in<00:25:40.220><c> a</c><00:25:40.559><c> fantastically</c><00:25:41.079><c> short</c><00:25:41.480><c> time.</c> 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:44.960 Because<00:25:42.180><c> you</c><00:25:42.440><c> remember</c><00:25:43.220><c> in</c><00:25:43.940><c> chapter</c><00:25:44.240><c> four</c><00:25:44.500><c> of</c><00:25:44.680><c> Genesis</c> 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:48.400 which<00:25:45.180><c> we</c><00:25:45.400><c> looked</c><00:25:45.599><c> at,</c><00:25:46.220><c> in</c><00:25:46.380><c> so</c><00:25:46.740><c> short</c><00:25:47.079><c> 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00:26:02.259 that<00:26:01.099><c> God</c><00:26:01.420><c> decreed</c><00:26:01.839><c> of</c><00:26:02.039><c> them,</c> 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:05.500 now<00:26:02.660><c> nothing</c><00:26:03.019><c> will</c><00:26:03.299><c> be</c><00:26:03.559><c> withholden</c><00:26:04.059><c> from</c><00:26:04.339><c> them.</c> 00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:11.940 And<00:26:07.480><c> here</c><00:26:08.039><c> I</c><00:26:08.980><c> can</c><00:26:09.279><c> see</c><00:26:09.720><c> God's</c><00:26:10.619><c> scattering</c><00:26:10.980><c> of</c><00:26:11.220><c> the</c><00:26:11.420><c> people</c> 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:17.640 being<00:26:12.539><c> his</c><00:26:13.440><c> decision</c><00:26:14.160><c> in</c><00:26:14.960><c> order</c><00:26:15.380><c> that</c><00:26:15.940><c> those</c><00:26:16.599><c> devilish</c><00:26:17.279><c> intents</c> 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.960 of<00:26:17.859><c> man</c><00:26:18.000><c> should</c><00:26:18.200><c> not</c><00:26:18.420><c> be</c><00:26:18.680><c> achieved,</c> 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:21.819 but<00:26:19.240><c> there</c><00:26:19.519><c> should</c><00:26:19.799><c> be</c><00:26:20.319><c> the</c><00:26:20.960><c> opportunity</c> 00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:25.099 for<00:26:22.339><c> the</c><00:26:22.599><c> long</c><00:26:22.980><c> suffering</c><00:26:23.400><c> of</c><00:26:23.720><c> God</c><00:26:23.900><c> to</c><00:26:24.119><c> be</c><00:26:24.380><c> manifested</c> 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:27.579 and<00:26:25.700><c> the</c><00:26:25.960><c> delaying</c><00:26:26.779><c> of</c><00:26:26.980><c> that</c><00:26:27.319><c> day</c> 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:30.680 when<00:26:27.799><c> the</c><00:26:28.099><c> transgressors</c><00:26:28.740><c> will</c><00:26:28.940><c> reach</c><00:26:29.160><c> their</c><00:26:29.359><c> full</c><00:26:29.559><c> measure.</c> 00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:37.880 When<00:26:35.400><c> there</c><00:26:35.960><c> would</c><00:26:36.160><c> be</c><00:26:36.359><c> the</c><00:26:36.539><c> need</c><00:26:36.720><c> for</c><00:26:36.960><c> God</c><00:26:37.180><c> to</c><00:26:37.460><c> intervene</c> 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:40.720 because<00:26:38.640><c> unless</c><00:26:39.380><c> the</c><00:26:39.640><c> days</c><00:26:39.759><c> had</c><00:26:39.940><c> been</c><00:26:40.319><c> shortened,</c> 00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:43.039 no<00:26:41.220><c> flesh</c><00:26:41.599><c> should</c><00:26:41.819><c> be</c><00:26:42.079><c> saved.</c> 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.940 And<00:26:44.920><c> is</c><00:26:45.079><c> it</c><00:26:45.279><c> therefore</c><00:26:45.680><c> a</c><00:26:45.880><c> surprise</c><00:26:46.380><c> to</c><00:26:46.660><c> us</c> 00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:50.240 that<00:26:47.480><c> within</c><00:26:47.900><c> a</c><00:26:48.400><c> comparatively</c><00:26:48.880><c> short</c><00:26:49.400><c> period</c><00:26:49.759><c> of</c><00:26:50.039><c> time,</c> 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:52.319 within<00:26:50.500><c> our</c><00:26:50.819><c> lifetime,</c><00:26:51.380><c> we</c><00:26:51.539><c> have</c><00:26:51.720><c> seen</c><00:26:52.019><c> some</c> 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:54.900 of<00:26:52.420><c> the</c><00:26:52.460><c> most</c><00:26:52.799><c> fantastic</c><00:26:53.700><c> developments</c> 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:59.440 so<00:26:55.079><c> that</c><00:26:55.339><c> now</c><00:26:55.660><c> it</c><00:26:55.900><c> is</c><00:26:56.160><c> possible</c><00:26:56.720><c> for</c><00:26:57.019><c> men</c><00:26:57.240><c> to</c><00:26:57.559><c> destroy</c><00:26:57.859><c> the</c><00:26:58.119><c> earth,</c> 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:02.519 where<00:27:01.019><c> it</c><00:27:01.119><c> is</c><00:27:01.380><c> abundantly</c><00:27:01.859><c> clear</c><00:27:02.119><c> to</c><00:27:02.319><c> us</c> 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.740 that<00:27:02.880><c> transgressors</c><00:27:03.460><c> are</c><00:27:03.700><c> moving</c><00:27:03.980><c> to</c><00:27:04.220><c> that</c><00:27:04.460><c> stage</c> 00:27:04.740 --> 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that</c><00:27:45.799><c> if</c><00:27:45.960><c> there</c><00:27:46.200><c> is</c><00:27:46.359><c> any</c><00:27:46.700><c> parallelism,</c> 00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:55.119 in<00:27:50.599><c> prophecy</c><00:27:51.039><c> to</c><00:27:53.920><c> be</c><00:27:54.119><c> followed,</c> 00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:01.059 then<00:27:56.460><c> the</c><00:27:56.740><c> restraining</c><00:27:57.240><c> influence</c><00:27:57.839><c> is</c><00:28:00.000><c> gradually</c> 00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:05.599 by<00:28:01.819><c> God's</c><00:28:02.339><c> control</c><00:28:03.299><c> being</c><00:28:04.359><c> removed</c> 00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:10.279 so<00:28:07.200><c> that</c><00:28:07.359><c> men</c><00:28:07.660><c> are</c><00:28:08.079><c> communicating</c><00:28:08.680><c> with</c><00:28:09.039><c> one</c><00:28:09.220><c> another</c> 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:13.480 to<00:28:11.079><c> an</c><00:28:11.319><c> extent</c><00:28:11.480><c> that</c><00:28:11.640><c> they</c><00:28:11.779><c> never</c><00:28:12.000><c> have</c><00:28:12.180><c> before.</c> 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:18.819 And<00:28:15.019><c> one</c><00:28:15.140><c> is</c><00:28:15.480><c> beginning</c><00:28:15.799><c> to</c><00:28:16.359><c> hear</c><00:28:16.740><c> a</c><00:28:17.000><c> bit</c><00:28:17.380><c> more</c> 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:25.579 openly<00:28:21.720><c> the</c><00:28:22.200><c> phrase,</c><00:28:24.299><c> brothers</c><00:28:24.480><c> unite.</c> 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:32.160 And<00:28:28.480><c> under</c><00:28:28.799><c> the</c><00:28:29.079><c> banner</c><00:28:29.319><c> of</c><00:28:30.640><c> not</c><00:28:31.140><c> only</c><00:28:31.380><c> brothers</c><00:28:31.700><c> unite,</c> 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.980 but<00:28:32.599><c> if</c><00:28:32.740><c> there</c><00:28:32.940><c> is</c><00:28:33.099><c> anything</c><00:28:33.319><c> to</c><00:28:33.500><c> be</c><00:28:33.660><c> worshiped,</c> 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:37.339 it<00:28:34.039><c> is</c><00:28:34.220><c> 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fantastic</c><00:28:48.039><c> number.</c> 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.960 Then<00:28:50.599><c> it</c><00:28:50.740><c> should</c><00:28:50.859><c> come</c><00:28:51.039><c> as</c><00:28:51.200><c> no</c><00:28:51.339><c> surprise</c><00:28:51.680><c> to</c><00:28:51.859><c> us</c> 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.960 that<00:28:52.119><c> in</c><00:28:52.299><c> scripture</c><00:28:52.539><c> there</c><00:28:52.720><c> is</c><00:28:52.900><c> the</c><00:28:53.059><c> warning</c> 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:56.420 that<00:28:54.799><c> there</c><00:28:54.960><c> will</c><00:28:55.079><c> be</c><00:28:55.240><c> a</c><00:28:55.440><c> composite</c><00:28:55.700><c> beast</c><00:28:56.019><c> arising</c> 00:28:56.420 --> 00:29:00.660 in<00:28:56.619><c> the</c><00:28:56.759><c> last</c><00:28:56.960><c> days,</c><00:28:58.640><c> composite</c><00:28:58.900><c> because</c><00:28:59.440><c> it</c><00:28:59.819><c> has</c> 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:04.119 those<00:29:01.160><c> aspects</c><00:29:01.660><c> 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position.</c> 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:28.240 And<00:29:20.859><c> with</c><00:29:21.940><c> that</c><00:29:23.519><c> movement,</c><00:29:25.420><c> it</c><00:29:26.140><c> comes</c><00:29:26.359><c> as</c><00:29:26.519><c> no</c><00:29:26.700><c> surprise</c><00:29:27.039><c> either</c> 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:33.059 that<00:29:29.279><c> when</c><00:29:29.839><c> there</c><00:29:30.460><c> is</c><00:29:30.700><c> that</c><00:29:31.019><c> call</c><00:29:31.420><c> that</c><00:29:31.640><c> is</c><00:29:31.839><c> sent</c><00:29:32.039><c> out</c> 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:40.180 to<00:29:33.500><c> all</c><00:29:33.740><c> nations,</c><00:29:35.420><c> they</c><00:29:35.740><c> gather</c><00:29:36.480><c> for</c><00:29:38.640><c> that</c><00:29:38.980><c> stance</c> 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.160 against<00:29:40.720><c> the</c><00:29:40.940><c> prince</c><00:29:41.140><c> of</c><00:29:41.299><c> princes.</c> 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:53.859 We<00:29:45.180><c> speak</c><00:29:45.579><c> 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names</c><00:31:01.119><c> off</c><00:31:01.359><c> our</c><00:31:01.619><c> tongue,</c> 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:07.940 and<00:31:03.839><c> talk</c><00:31:03.960><c> of</c><00:31:04.559><c> Ebed</c><00:31:05.000><c> and</c><00:31:06.000><c> Peleg</c><00:31:06.400><c> and</c><00:31:06.819><c> ask,</c> 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.819 perhaps<00:31:08.440><c> what</c><00:31:08.680><c> is</c><00:31:08.940><c> the</c><00:31:09.099><c> meaning</c><00:31:09.319><c> of</c><00:31:09.579><c> this</c> 00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:13.160 that<00:31:10.000><c> in</c><00:31:10.200><c> the</c><00:31:10.359><c> days</c><00:31:10.559><c> of</c><00:31:10.839><c> Peleg,</c><00:31:11.359><c> the</c><00:31:11.500><c> land</c><00:31:11.799><c> was</c><00:31:12.099><c> divided,</c> 00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:16.539 which<00:31:14.059><c> is</c><00:31:14.299><c> recorded</c><00:31:15.079><c> earlier.</c> 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:26.279 We<00:31:18.380><c> then</c><00:31:18.799><c> come</c><00:31:19.240><c> to</c><00:31:20.619><c> Nahor</c><00:31:22.119><c> and</c><00:31:23.339><c> thence</c><00:31:24.140><c> to</c><00:31:24.279><c> Tira</c> 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:31.940 and<00:31:29.599><c> thence</c><00:31:30.420><c> to</c><00:31:30.720><c> Abraham.</c> 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:39.059 And<00:31:34.000><c> the</c><00:31:34.720><c> mention</c><00:31:35.319><c> of</c><00:31:35.740><c> that</c><00:31:36.140><c> word,</c><00:31:36.980><c> that</c><00:31:37.240><c> name</c><00:31:37.640><c> Abram,</c> 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:42.859 brings<00:31:39.799><c> to</c><00:31:40.059><c> us</c><00:31:40.299><c> that</c><00:31:41.000><c> warm</c><00:31:41.720><c> glow.</c> 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:48.200 As<00:31:44.319><c> if</c><00:31:44.559><c> out</c><00:31:44.740><c> of</c><00:31:44.859><c> the</c><00:31:45.200><c> chaos,</c><00:31:45.759><c> there</c><00:31:45.920><c> is</c><00:31:46.119><c> at</c><00:31:46.299><c> last</c><00:31:46.839><c> some</c><00:31:47.160><c> light</c> 00:31:49.640 --> 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all</c><00:41:07.519><c> these</c><00:41:07.860><c> things</c><00:41:08.300><c> came</c><00:41:08.599><c> to</c><00:41:08.860><c> be,</c><00:41:09.460><c> saith</c><00:41:09.500><c> the</c><00:41:09.780><c> Lord.</c> 00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:19.320 But<00:41:12.760><c> to</c><00:41:13.699><c> this</c><00:41:14.019><c> man</c><00:41:14.599><c> will</c><00:41:14.920><c> I</c><00:41:15.179><c> look,</c><00:41:16.400><c> even</c><00:41:16.820><c> to</c><00:41:17.139><c> him</c><00:41:17.559><c> that</c><00:41:17.820><c> is</c><00:41:18.159><c> poor</c> 00:41:19.489 --> 00:41:27.880 and<00:41:19.960><c> of</c><00:41:20.179><c> a</c><00:41:20.280><c> contrite</c><00:41:20.960><c> spirit</c><00:41:21.719><c> and</c><00:41:23.920><c> that,</c><00:41:26.219><c> at</c><00:41:26.519><c> my</c><00:41:26.840><c> word,</c> 00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.920 let<00:41:30.679><c> us</c><00:41:30.880><c> pray.</c> 00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:45.800 Our<00:41:39.179><c> Father,</c><00:41:42.099><c> 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your</c><00:42:39.820><c> deep</c><00:42:40.119><c> concern</c><00:42:40.619><c> for</c><00:42:40.840><c> us,</c> 00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:47.659 that<00:42:43.139><c> we</c><00:42:43.320><c> should</c><00:42:43.519><c> not</c><00:42:43.739><c> perish</c><00:42:44.360><c> but</c><00:42:45.719><c> have</c><00:42:45.980><c> everlasting</c><00:42:46.460><c> life.</c> 00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:51.300 Oh,<00:42:48.460><c> give</c><00:42:48.539><c> us</c><00:42:48.800><c> that</c><00:42:49.019><c> faith</c><00:42:49.480><c> that</c><00:42:50.079><c> we</c><00:42:50.300><c> may</c><00:42:50.460><c> truly</c><00:42:50.760><c> believe.</c> 00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:54.599 Give<00:42:51.860><c> us</c><00:42:52.139><c> that</c><00:42:52.440><c> zeal</c><00:42:52.880><c> that</c><00:42:53.059><c> we</c><00:42:53.260><c> may</c><00:42:53.400><c> truly</c><00:42:53.699><c> live.</c> 00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:57.880 So<00:42:55.420><c> that</c><00:42:55.579><c> with</c><00:42:55.800><c> Paul</c><00:42:56.139><c> we</c><00:42:56.300><c> are</c><00:42:56.519><c> able</c><00:42:56.699><c> to</c><00:42:56.940><c> say,</c> 00:42:58.260 --> 00:43:02.320 for<00:42:58.480><c> us</c><00:42:59.139><c> to</c><00:42:59.539><c> live</c><00:43:00.139><c> is</c><00:43:01.260><c> Christ.</c> 00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:05.360 So<00:43:03.480><c> that</c><00:43:03.639><c> in</c><00:43:03.800><c> the</c><00:43:03.860><c> day</c><00:43:04.019><c> of</c><00:43:04.159><c> his</c><00:43:04.320><c> coming,</c> 00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:08.460 we<00:43:05.840><c> may</c><00:43:06.059><c> with</c><00:43:06.380><c> joy</c><00:43:06.780><c> run</c><00:43:07.039><c> to</c><00:43:07.320><c> meet</c><00:43:07.500><c> him</c> 00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:13.420 and<00:43:09.219><c> in</c><00:43:10.019><c> humility</c><00:43:10.980><c> seek</c><00:43:12.099><c> from</c><00:43:12.500><c> him</c> 00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:18.059 that<00:43:15.079><c> complete</c><00:43:15.820><c> and</c><00:43:16.619><c> absolute</c><00:43:17.019><c> forgiveness</c> 00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:22.679 that<00:43:19.179><c> we</c><00:43:19.420><c> may</c><00:43:19.539><c> live</c><00:43:19.780><c> with</c><00:43:20.099><c> him</c><00:43:21.480><c> forever</c> 00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:29.000 and<00:43:23.800><c> glorify</c><00:43:24.460><c> your</c><00:43:24.780><c> name</c><00:43:25.159><c> in</c><00:43:26.380><c> the</c><00:43:26.619><c> unending</c><00:43:27.039><c> ages</c><00:43:27.480><c> to</c><00:43:27.780><c> come.</c> 00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:33.280 Hear<00:43:29.860><c> our</c><00:43:30.119><c> prayer</c><00:43:30.420><c> of</c><00:43:30.659><c> thanksgiving</c><00:43:31.199><c> in</c><00:43:31.380><c> his</c><00:43:31.659><c> name,</c><00:43:32.519><c> amen.</c>