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But<00:11:37.220><c> walk</c><00:11:37.460><c> with</c><00:11:37.820><c> Esther</c><00:11:38.299><c> that</c><00:11:38.899><c> morning.</c>

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When<00:11:40.299><c> she</c><00:11:40.480><c> wakes</c><00:11:40.759><c> up,</c><00:11:41.279><c> she</c><00:11:41.460><c> puts</c><00:11:41.720><c> on</c><00:11:41.919><c> her</c><00:11:42.179><c> royal</c><00:11:42.460><c> apparel</c><00:11:43.600><c> and</c>

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she<00:11:44.360><c> goes</c><00:11:44.799><c> and</c><00:11:45.220><c> presents</c><00:11:45.519><c> herself</c><00:11:45.919><c> to</c><00:11:46.100><c> the</c><00:11:46.240><c> king.</c>

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With<00:11:47.240><c> her</c><00:11:47.500><c> life</c><00:11:47.720><c> hanging</c><00:11:48.059><c> in</c><00:11:48.259><c> the</c><00:11:48.419><c> balance,</c><00:11:48.759><c> do</c><00:11:48.899><c> you</c><00:11:48.919><c> notice</c><00:11:49.240><c> in</c><00:11:50.159><c> verse</c><00:11:50.399><c> 1</c>

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that<00:11:50.759><c> she</c><00:11:51.000><c> passed</c><00:11:51.279><c> right</c><00:11:51.620><c> through</c><00:11:52.379><c> the</c><00:11:52.799><c> outer</c><00:11:53.100><c> court</c><00:11:53.519><c> and</c><00:11:54.179><c> she</c>

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goes<00:11:54.559><c> right</c><00:11:54.919><c> into</c><00:11:55.240><c> the</c><00:11:55.399><c> inner</c><00:11:55.639><c> court.</c>

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Now<00:11:56.279><c> in</c><00:11:56.600><c> chapter</c><00:11:57.019><c> 6,</c><00:11:58.360><c> when</c><00:11:58.639><c> Haman</c><00:11:59.000><c> comes</c><00:11:59.580><c> to</c><00:11:59.820><c> the</c><00:11:59.980><c> king</c><00:12:00.580><c> seeking</c><00:12:01.600><c> for</c><00:12:01.919><c> his</c><00:12:02.139><c> permission</c><00:12:02.639><c> to</c>

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put<00:12:03.019><c> Mordecai</c><00:12:03.539><c> to</c><00:12:03.919><c> death,</c><00:12:04.159><c> he</c><00:12:04.299><c> comes</c><00:12:04.580><c> to</c><00:12:04.779><c> the</c><00:12:05.000><c> outer</c><00:12:05.220><c> court</c><00:12:05.440><c> and</c><00:12:05.659><c> he</c><00:12:05.899><c> waits.</c>

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Because<00:12:07.539><c> no</c><00:12:07.840><c> one,</c><00:12:08.820><c> absolutely</c><00:12:09.240><c> no</c><00:12:09.620><c> one</c><00:12:09.879><c> is</c><00:12:10.100><c> allowed</c><00:12:10.360><c> to</c><00:12:10.559><c> go</c>

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from<00:12:10.940><c> the</c><00:12:11.240><c> outer</c><00:12:11.500><c> court</c><00:12:12.000><c> into</c><00:12:12.480><c> the</c><00:12:12.740><c> inner</c><00:12:13.000><c> court</c><00:12:13.460><c> unless</c><00:12:13.940><c> the</c>

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king<00:12:14.480><c> has</c><00:12:14.779><c> first</c><00:12:15.100><c> given</c><00:12:15.340><c> his</c><00:12:15.600><c> permission.</c>

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So<00:12:16.940><c> even</c><00:12:17.240><c> mighty</c><00:12:17.580><c> Haman,</c><00:12:18.279><c> second</c><00:12:18.519><c> in</c><00:12:18.840><c> command,</c><00:12:19.320><c> prime</c><00:12:19.500><c> minister</c><00:12:19.879><c> as</c><00:12:20.120><c> he</c>

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was,<00:12:21.299><c> has</c><00:12:21.360><c> to</c><00:12:21.620><c> wait</c><00:12:21.799><c> in</c><00:12:21.980><c> the</c><00:12:22.159><c> outer</c><00:12:22.379><c> court.</c>

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But<00:12:23.940><c> not</c><00:12:24.240><c> Esther.</c>

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The<00:12:26.059><c> king</c><00:12:26.279><c> sits</c><00:12:26.620><c> on</c><00:12:26.779><c> his</c><00:12:26.980><c> royal</c><00:12:27.259><c> throne,</c><00:12:27.659><c> he's</c><00:12:27.980><c> still</c><00:12:28.179><c> some</c>

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distance<00:12:28.860><c> away.</c>

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Likely<00:12:29.700><c> he</c><00:12:29.820><c> could</c><00:12:30.200><c> see</c><00:12:31.039><c> the</c><00:12:31.720><c> inner</c><00:12:32.019><c> court,</c><00:12:33.559><c> but</c><00:12:33.659><c> there</c><00:12:33.799><c> would</c>

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be<00:12:34.159><c> no</c><00:12:34.379><c> communication</c><00:12:35.120><c> between</c><00:12:35.559><c> the</c><00:12:35.799><c> king</c><00:12:36.080><c> and</c><00:12:36.240><c> Esther.</c>

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There<00:12:37.440><c> would</c><00:12:37.620><c> be</c><00:12:37.779><c> no</c><00:12:38.019><c> opportunity</c><00:12:38.600><c> for</c><00:12:38.820><c> her</c><00:12:38.980><c> to</c><00:12:39.200><c> make</c><00:12:39.360><c> an</c><00:12:39.580><c> appeal</c><00:12:39.919><c> and</c>

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to<00:12:40.799><c> explain</c><00:12:41.200><c> to</c><00:12:41.419><c> him</c><00:12:41.600><c> why</c><00:12:41.820><c> she</c><00:12:42.000><c> was</c><00:12:42.220><c> there.</c>

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You<00:12:44.259><c> can</c><00:12:45.039><c> imagine</c><00:12:45.700><c> her</c><00:12:46.059><c> heart</c><00:12:46.440><c> rate.</c>

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And<00:12:47.779><c> walk</c><00:12:48.220><c> with</c><00:12:48.559><c> her</c><00:12:49.279><c> as</c><00:12:49.559><c> she</c><00:12:49.740><c> goes</c><00:12:50.039><c> into</c><00:12:50.399><c> the</c><00:12:50.659><c> king's</c><00:12:51.059><c> palace</c>

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and<00:12:52.059><c> she</c><00:12:52.200><c> goes</c><00:12:52.460><c> through</c><00:12:52.960><c> the</c><00:12:53.220><c> outer</c><00:12:53.539><c> court</c><00:12:53.899><c> and</c><00:12:54.500><c> she</c><00:12:54.860><c> stands</c>

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now<00:12:55.659><c> in</c><00:12:55.860><c> the</c><00:12:56.039><c> inner</c><00:12:56.360><c> court</c><00:12:56.600><c> with</c><00:12:56.820><c> her</c><00:12:57.080><c> life</c><00:12:57.639><c> hanging</c><00:12:58.019><c> in</c><00:12:58.279><c> the</c><00:12:58.500><c> balance.</c>

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This<00:12:59.879><c> is</c><00:13:00.240><c> a</c><00:13:00.419><c> real</c><00:13:01.080><c> young</c><00:13:01.840><c> sister</c><00:13:02.480><c> who</c><00:13:03.279><c> took</c><00:13:03.580><c> real</c><00:13:04.379><c> steps</c><00:13:05.080><c> in</c><00:13:05.740><c> a</c>

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real<00:13:06.779><c> palace</c><00:13:07.440><c> with</c><00:13:08.220><c> her</c><00:13:08.539><c> life</c><00:13:09.100><c> really</c><00:13:10.080><c> at</c><00:13:10.480><c> stake.</c>

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If<00:13:12.320><c> he</c><00:13:12.580><c> fails</c><00:13:13.139><c> to</c><00:13:13.379><c> extend</c><00:13:13.700><c> the</c><00:13:13.960><c> scepter</c><00:13:14.259><c> to</c><00:13:14.480><c> her,</c><00:13:15.019><c> she</c><00:13:15.120><c> will</c><00:13:15.399><c> be</c>

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whisked<00:13:16.080><c> away,</c><00:13:16.879><c> her</c><00:13:17.120><c> life</c><00:13:17.440><c> will</c><00:13:17.779><c> end.</c>

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You<00:13:18.639><c> see,</c><00:13:18.840><c> God</c><00:13:19.120><c> puts</c><00:13:19.440><c> us</c><00:13:19.659><c> in</c><00:13:19.759><c> these</c><00:13:19.980><c> situations.</c>

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Faith<00:13:21.100><c> is</c><00:13:21.440><c> not</c><00:13:21.720><c> all</c><00:13:22.039><c> mental.</c>

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There<00:13:23.840><c> comes</c><00:13:24.299><c> a</c><00:13:24.659><c> time</c><00:13:25.279><c> when</c><00:13:26.240><c> God</c><00:13:26.600><c> asks</c><00:13:27.039><c> us</c><00:13:27.600><c> to</c><00:13:28.120><c> literally</c><00:13:28.740><c> take</c>

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the<00:13:30.059><c> steps</c><00:13:30.460><c> of</c><00:13:31.019><c> faith</c><00:13:31.500><c> and</c><00:13:32.559><c> do</c><00:13:33.100><c> the</c><00:13:33.419><c> right</c><00:13:33.820><c> thing.</c>

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Even<00:13:35.360><c> though</c><00:13:35.759><c> it</c><00:13:35.960><c> may</c><00:13:36.259><c> put</c><00:13:36.419><c> us</c><00:13:36.759><c> in</c><00:13:36.919><c> a</c><00:13:37.179><c> very</c><00:13:37.679><c> vulnerable</c><00:13:38.399><c> or</c><00:13:39.120><c> a</c>

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very<00:13:39.960><c> difficult</c><00:13:40.600><c> situation.</c>

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We<00:13:43.500><c> can</c><00:13:43.759><c> pray</c><00:13:44.019><c> about</c><00:13:44.460><c> these</c><00:13:44.700><c> things,</c><00:13:45.159><c> we</c><00:13:45.259><c> can</c><00:13:45.500><c> ask</c><00:13:45.799><c> for</c><00:13:46.000><c> God's</c>

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help,<00:13:46.919><c> we</c><00:13:47.000><c> can</c><00:13:47.299><c> confess</c><00:13:47.659><c> our</c><00:13:48.019><c> sin,</c><00:13:48.500><c> and</c><00:13:48.799><c> all</c><00:13:49.000><c> of</c><00:13:49.139><c> those</c><00:13:49.259><c> are</c><00:13:49.480><c> necessary.</c>

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But<00:13:50.980><c> there</c><00:13:51.200><c> comes</c><00:13:51.480><c> a</c><00:13:51.700><c> time</c><00:13:52.500><c> when</c><00:13:53.179><c> we</c><00:13:53.419><c> actually</c><00:13:53.960><c> and</c><00:13:54.600><c> literally</c>

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have<00:13:55.480><c> to</c><00:13:55.740><c> walk</c><00:13:56.039><c> the</c><00:13:56.259><c> steps</c><00:13:56.519><c> of</c><00:13:56.779><c> faith.</c>

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Once<00:13:59.279><c> again,</c><00:13:59.840><c> character</c><00:14:00.080><c> is</c><00:14:00.519><c> the</c><00:14:00.799><c> issue.</c>

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It's<00:14:01.379><c> been</c><00:14:01.659><c> five</c><00:14:02.019><c> years</c><00:14:02.419><c> since</c><00:14:02.679><c> Esther</c><00:14:03.000><c> was</c><00:14:03.240><c> selected</c><00:14:03.620><c> by</c><00:14:03.879><c> the</c><00:14:04.039><c> king.</c>

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She<00:14:04.980><c> now</c><00:14:05.320><c> stands</c><00:14:05.620><c> before</c><00:14:06.059><c> him.</c>

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She<00:14:06.600><c> doesn't</c><00:14:06.919><c> say</c><00:14:07.240><c> a</c><00:14:07.480><c> word.</c>

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And<00:14:09.600><c> once</c><00:14:10.019><c> more,</c><00:14:10.899><c> her</c><00:14:11.539><c> character</c><00:14:12.440><c> endears</c><00:14:13.580><c> her</c><00:14:14.080><c> to</c><00:14:14.279><c> the</c><00:14:14.460><c> king.</c>

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And<00:14:15.620><c> the</c><00:14:15.779><c> proof</c><00:14:15.919><c> of</c><00:14:16.080><c> that</c><00:14:16.240><c> is</c><00:14:16.399><c> in</c><00:14:16.500><c> verse</c><00:14:16.720><c> two,</c><00:14:17.200><c> when</c><00:14:17.419><c> once</c><00:14:17.899><c> more</c>

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she<00:14:18.559><c> found</c><00:14:18.940><c> favor</c><00:14:19.519><c> or</c><00:14:20.000><c> grace</c><00:14:20.419><c> is</c><00:14:20.679><c> the</c><00:14:20.879><c> word</c><00:14:21.179><c> in</c><00:14:21.740><c> his</c><00:14:22.100><c> sight.</c>

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And<00:14:23.340><c> he</c><00:14:23.600><c> held</c><00:14:23.799><c> out</c><00:14:24.120><c> to</c><00:14:24.320><c> Esther</c><00:14:24.580><c> the</c><00:14:24.779><c> golden</c><00:14:25.179><c> scepter</c><00:14:25.519><c> that</c><00:14:25.679><c> was</c>

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in<00:14:25.960><c> his</c><00:14:26.220><c> hand.</c>

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It's<00:14:27.039><c> the</c><00:14:27.240><c> exact</c><00:14:27.840><c> same</c><00:14:28.299><c> response</c><00:14:28.940><c> that</c><00:14:29.139><c> we</c><00:14:29.320><c> read</c><00:14:29.500><c> of</c><00:14:29.659><c> back</c><00:14:29.940><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:14:30.480><c> two</c><00:14:31.200><c> when</c><00:14:31.620><c> Esther</c><00:14:31.980><c> was</c><00:14:32.220><c> selected</c><00:14:32.639><c> to</c><00:14:32.799><c> be</c><00:14:32.980><c> the</c><00:14:33.159><c> queen.</c>

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That<00:14:35.299><c> which</c><00:14:35.600><c> first</c><00:14:36.080><c> attracted</c><00:14:36.580><c> the</c><00:14:36.860><c> king</c><00:14:37.220><c> to</c><00:14:37.600><c> her</c><00:14:38.879><c> continues</c><00:14:39.720><c> to.</c>

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Her<00:14:42.200><c> character</c><00:14:42.539><c> was</c><00:14:42.840><c> the</c><00:14:42.980><c> reason</c><00:14:43.200><c> she</c><00:14:43.379><c> was</c><00:14:43.679><c> chosen</c><00:14:44.000><c> as</c><00:14:44.320><c> queen.</c>

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Now<00:14:45.139><c> it</c><00:14:45.279><c> is</c><00:14:45.539><c> her</c><00:14:45.860><c> character</c><00:14:46.539><c> that</c><00:14:47.460><c> will</c><00:14:47.720><c> help</c><00:14:47.960><c> save</c><00:14:48.340><c> her</c><00:14:48.620><c> people.</c>

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Imagine<00:14:50.500><c> five</c><00:14:51.000><c> years</c><00:14:51.340><c> later</c><00:14:51.860><c> and</c><00:14:52.399><c> her</c><00:14:52.799><c> character</c><00:14:53.200><c> has</c><00:14:53.519><c> not</c><00:14:53.799><c> changed.</c>

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Put<00:14:55.379><c> yourself</c><00:14:55.779><c> in</c><00:14:55.879><c> her</c><00:14:56.100><c> position.</c>

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As<00:14:57.840><c> queen</c><00:14:58.299><c> of</c><00:14:58.639><c> the</c><00:14:58.860><c> world,</c><00:14:59.399><c> what</c><00:14:59.720><c> has</c><00:14:59.940><c> she</c><00:15:00.259><c> had</c><00:15:00.860><c> available</c><00:15:01.580><c> to</c><00:15:01.940><c> her?</c>

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What<00:15:04.779><c> line</c><00:15:05.139><c> of</c><00:15:05.500><c> credit?</c>

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What<00:15:07.340><c> stores?</c>

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All<00:15:09.379><c> the</c><00:15:09.600><c> things</c><00:15:09.840><c> that</c><00:15:10.059><c> this</c><00:15:10.299><c> world</c><00:15:10.519><c> has</c><00:15:10.960><c> to</c><00:15:11.240><c> offer</c><00:15:11.639><c> that</c><00:15:13.080><c> are</c>

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so<00:15:13.559><c> attractive</c><00:15:14.120><c> to</c><00:15:14.360><c> women,</c>

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especially<00:15:15.500><c> when</c><00:15:16.080><c> they're</c><00:15:16.320><c> in</c><00:15:16.559><c> positions</c><00:15:17.080><c> of</c><00:15:17.440><c> that</c><00:15:17.740><c> kind</c><00:15:18.019><c> of</c>

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power<00:15:18.580><c> and</c><00:15:18.940><c> authority.</c>

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She<00:15:19.879><c> had</c><00:15:20.320><c> it</c><00:15:20.659><c> all.</c>

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closet<00:15:34.120><c> space.</c>

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Most<00:15:58.320><c> women</c><00:15:58.840><c> would</c><00:15:59.200><c> be</c><00:15:59.600><c> overwhelmed</c><00:16:00.639><c> by</c><00:16:01.360><c> her</c><00:16:01.620><c> position.</c>

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Now,<00:16:06.799><c> how</c><00:16:07.000><c> can</c><00:16:07.200><c> you</c><00:16:07.419><c> maintain</c><00:16:07.779><c> a</c><00:16:08.100><c> spiritual</c><00:16:08.440><c> focus</c><00:16:08.860><c> when</c><00:16:09.019><c> you</c>

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have<00:16:09.360><c> that</c><00:16:09.720><c> kind</c><00:16:09.940><c> of</c><00:16:10.179><c> access</c><00:16:10.720><c> to</c><00:16:11.340><c> those</c><00:16:11.559><c> kinds</c><00:16:11.879><c> of</c><00:16:12.080><c> things?</c>

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But<00:16:12.580><c> you</c><00:16:12.639><c> see,</c><00:16:13.080><c> Esther</c><00:16:13.460><c> did</c><00:16:14.320><c> not</c><00:16:14.659><c> let</c><00:16:14.980><c> her</c><00:16:15.480><c> circumstances</c><00:16:16.240><c> change</c><00:16:17.519><c> her</c><00:16:17.919><c> character.</c>

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Her<00:16:20.740><c> character</c><00:16:21.100><c> hadn't</c><00:16:21.379><c> changed</c><00:16:21.840><c> during</c><00:16:22.159><c> the</c><00:16:22.299><c> year</c><00:16:22.600><c> of</c><00:16:22.940><c> preparation,</c><00:16:23.620><c> back</c>

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in<00:16:24.000><c> chapter</c><00:16:24.259><c> two,</c>

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and<00:16:25.379><c> her</c><00:16:25.700><c> character</c><00:16:26.080><c> hasn't</c><00:16:26.440><c> changed</c><00:16:26.980><c> in</c><00:16:27.240><c> the</c><00:16:27.460><c> five</c><00:16:27.720><c> years</c>

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since<00:16:28.580><c> she</c><00:16:28.919><c> was</c><00:16:29.159><c> made</c><00:16:29.399><c> queen.</c>

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So<00:16:30.799><c> you</c><00:16:30.899><c> see,</c><00:16:31.159><c> our</c><00:16:31.440><c> circumstances,</c><00:16:32.799><c> our</c><00:16:33.039><c> association</c><00:16:33.799><c> with</c>

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It<00:16:39.919><c> didn't</c><00:16:40.279><c> change</c><00:16:40.700><c> Esther's.</c>

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We<00:16:42.940><c> may</c><00:16:43.159><c> work</c><00:16:43.460><c> in</c><00:16:43.620><c> very</c><00:16:44.000><c> difficult</c><00:16:44.539><c> circumstances.</c>

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We<00:16:46.580><c> may</c><00:16:46.860><c> have</c><00:16:47.340><c> achieved</c><00:16:47.600><c> great</c><00:16:47.960><c> success</c><00:16:48.539><c> in</c><00:16:48.759><c> our</c><00:16:48.980><c> careers.</c>

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But<00:16:50.279><c> it</c><00:16:50.480><c> doesn't</c><00:16:50.860><c> have</c><00:16:51.379><c> to</c><00:16:51.740><c> change</c><00:16:52.179><c> our</c><00:16:52.659><c> spiritual</c><00:16:53.200><c> character,</c>

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because<00:16:54.940><c> it</c><00:16:55.159><c> didn't</c><00:16:55.440><c> change</c><00:16:55.960><c> the</c><00:16:56.299><c> character</c><00:16:56.639><c> of</c><00:16:56.820><c> this</c><00:16:57.039><c> 25</c><00:16:57.580><c>-year</c><00:16:57.879><c>-old</c>

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Jewish<00:16:58.399><c> maiden.</c>

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Do<00:17:00.620><c> you</c><00:17:00.639><c> see</c><00:17:00.740><c> how</c><00:17:01.019><c> critical</c><00:17:01.440><c> she</c><00:17:01.720><c> was</c><00:17:02.039><c> in</c><00:17:02.240><c> God's</c><00:17:02.720><c> plan?</c>

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He<00:17:03.200><c> needed</c><00:17:03.700><c> a</c><00:17:04.099><c> young</c><00:17:04.400><c> woman</c><00:17:05.319><c> whose</c><00:17:05.880><c> character</c><00:17:06.420><c> would</c><00:17:06.859><c> immediately</c><00:17:07.740><c> endear</c>

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herself<00:17:10.359><c> to</c><00:17:10.660><c> the</c><00:17:10.900><c> king.</c>

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She<00:17:22.279><c> no</c><00:17:22.420><c> doubt</c><00:17:22.599><c> would</c><00:17:22.759><c> have</c><00:17:22.880><c> been</c><00:17:23.099><c> extremely</c><00:17:23.599><c> special</c><00:17:24.180><c> in</c>

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Didn't<00:17:28.920><c> guarantee</c><00:17:29.599><c> she</c><00:17:29.900><c> would</c><00:17:30.119><c> respond</c><00:17:30.619><c> in</c><00:17:30.799><c> the</c><00:17:30.880><c> right</c><00:17:31.099><c> way.</c>

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But<00:17:32.779><c> an</c><00:17:33.000><c> amazing</c><00:17:33.380><c> individual.</c>

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We<00:17:37.160><c> don't</c><00:17:37.460><c> need</c><00:17:37.779><c> to</c><00:17:38.059><c> let</c><00:17:38.640><c> the</c><00:17:39.819><c> events</c><00:17:40.140><c> of</c><00:17:40.400><c> our</c><00:17:40.660><c> life</c><00:17:41.279><c> change</c><00:17:41.940><c> who</c><00:17:42.299><c> we</c><00:17:42.500><c> are.</c>

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And<00:17:44.119><c> for</c><00:17:44.279><c> many</c><00:17:44.480><c> of</c><00:17:44.680><c> us</c><00:17:45.380><c> in</c><00:17:45.619><c> middle</c><00:17:45.859><c> age,</c><00:17:46.759><c> those</c><00:17:47.000><c> of</c><00:17:47.140><c> us</c><00:17:47.319><c> who</c><00:17:47.460><c> have</c><00:17:47.539><c> been</c><00:17:47.779><c> in</c>

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in<00:17:54.700><c> our</c><00:17:54.880><c> jobs.</c>

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And<00:17:59.960><c> you</c><00:18:00.519><c> reach</c><00:18:00.799><c> those</c><00:18:01.259><c> high</c><00:18:01.779><c> income</c><00:18:02.319><c> years.</c>

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When<00:18:03.579><c> you're</c><00:18:04.299><c> 50</c><00:18:04.660><c> to</c><00:18:04.759><c> 60</c><00:18:05.119><c> years</c><00:18:05.500><c> old,</c><00:18:05.799><c> the</c><00:18:05.960><c> pre</c><00:18:06.119><c>-retirement</c><00:18:06.599><c> years,</c>

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there's<00:18:07.160><c> a</c><00:18:07.299><c> lot</c><00:18:07.480><c> more</c><00:18:07.859><c> disposable</c><00:18:08.279><c> income</c><00:18:09.019><c> available</c><00:18:09.819><c> in</c>

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We<00:18:13.920><c> can</c><00:18:14.099><c> have</c><00:18:14.279><c> finely</c><00:18:14.579><c> furnished</c><00:18:14.980><c> homes.</c>

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And<00:18:23.619><c> the</c><00:18:23.779><c> question</c><00:18:24.000><c> we</c><00:18:24.119><c> need</c><00:18:24.279><c> to</c><00:18:24.480><c> ask</c><00:18:24.700><c> ourselves,</c>

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and<00:18:25.779><c> this</c><00:18:25.940><c> is</c><00:18:26.259><c> especially</c><00:18:26.720><c> helpful</c><00:18:27.240><c> when</c><00:18:27.480><c> both</c><00:18:27.740><c> are</c><00:18:27.900><c> in</c><00:18:27.980><c> the</c><00:18:28.220><c> truth,</c>

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the<00:18:36.099><c> truth?</c>

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Chapter<00:18:39.019><c> 4</c><00:18:39.339><c> had</c><00:18:39.619><c> revealed</c><00:18:40.059><c> a</c><00:18:40.299><c> young</c><00:18:40.599><c> sister</c><00:18:41.099><c> who</c><00:18:41.440><c> upon</c><00:18:41.740><c> being</c>

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it<00:18:48.740><c> and</c><00:18:48.900><c> went</c><00:18:49.000><c> out</c><00:18:49.279><c> and</c><00:18:49.440><c> lived</c><00:18:49.599><c> it.</c>

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You<00:18:50.220><c> know,</c><00:18:50.440><c> it's</c><00:18:50.599><c> one</c><00:18:50.900><c> thing</c><00:18:51.140><c> for</c><00:18:51.380><c> a</c><00:18:51.539><c> 90</c><00:18:51.839><c>-year</c><00:18:52.160><c>-old</c><00:18:52.299><c> brother</c>

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It's<00:19:04.119><c> something</c><00:19:04.339><c> quite</c><00:19:04.720><c> again</c><00:19:05.279><c> for</c><00:19:05.920><c> a</c><00:19:06.099><c> 25</c><00:19:06.559><c>-year</c><00:19:06.819><c>-old</c><00:19:06.920><c> sister</c>

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counseling<00:19:13.019><c> her</c><00:19:13.339><c> to</c><00:19:13.519><c> do,</c>

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to<00:19:14.380><c> be</c><00:19:14.619><c> willing</c><00:19:14.859><c> to</c><00:19:15.160><c> give</c><00:19:15.299><c> it</c><00:19:15.480><c> all</c><00:19:15.700><c> up</c><00:19:16.059><c> as</c><00:19:16.299><c> she</c><00:19:16.559><c> was</c><00:19:16.759><c> that</c><00:19:17.059><c> day.</c>

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For<00:19:18.160><c> that</c><00:19:18.359><c> reason,</c><00:19:18.619><c> she</c><00:19:18.900><c> stands</c><00:19:19.400><c> in</c><00:19:19.700><c> Scripture</c><00:19:20.119><c> right</c><00:19:20.400><c> alongside</c><00:19:21.160><c> of</c><00:19:21.559><c> Joseph</c><00:19:21.920><c> and</c><00:19:22.180><c> David</c>

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and<00:19:23.279><c> Josiah</c><00:19:23.940><c> and</c><00:19:24.119><c> Daniel</c><00:19:24.519><c> and</c><00:19:24.720><c> the</c><00:19:24.880><c> other</c><00:19:25.079><c> faithful</c><00:19:25.480><c> young</c><00:19:25.799><c> people.</c>

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She<00:19:27.640><c> has</c><00:19:27.880><c> a</c><00:19:28.039><c> plan.</c><00:19:28.519><c> We've</c><00:19:28.799><c> outlined</c><00:19:29.039><c> it</c><00:19:29.299><c> in</c><00:19:29.920><c> exhibit</c><00:19:30.559><c> number</c>

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41<00:19:31.180><c> on</c><00:19:31.380><c> the</c><00:19:31.559><c> handout.</c>

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She<00:19:31.980><c> is</c><00:19:32.240><c> not</c><00:19:32.460><c> proceeding</c><00:19:32.859><c> based</c><00:19:33.299><c> on</c><00:19:33.539><c> emotion</c><00:19:33.880><c> only.</c>

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You<00:19:34.299><c> know,</c><00:19:34.440><c> sometimes</c><00:19:34.799><c> we</c><00:19:34.960><c> can</c><00:19:35.119><c> read</c><00:19:35.279><c> the</c><00:19:35.420><c> book</c><00:19:35.579><c> of</c><00:19:35.839><c> Esther</c>

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and<00:19:36.640><c> she</c><00:19:36.799><c> comes</c><00:19:37.019><c> to</c><00:19:37.200><c> the</c><00:19:37.319><c> first</c><00:19:37.539><c> banquet</c><00:19:37.859><c> and</c><00:19:38.039><c> she</c><00:19:38.119><c> looks</c><00:19:38.279><c> around</c><00:19:38.619><c> and</c>

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we<00:19:38.920><c> think,</c>

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well,<00:19:40.380><c> the</c><00:19:40.519><c> conditions</c><00:19:40.900><c> just</c><00:19:41.299><c> don't</c><00:19:41.720><c> quite</c><00:19:42.079><c> seem</c><00:19:42.359><c> to</c><00:19:42.579><c> be</c><00:19:42.799><c> right,</c>

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so<00:19:43.339><c> I</c><00:19:43.480><c> guess</c><00:19:43.700><c> I'll</c><00:19:43.859><c> just</c><00:19:44.099><c> wait</c><00:19:44.319><c> till</c><00:19:44.500><c> the</c><00:19:44.660><c> second</c><00:19:44.920><c> banquet.</c>

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That<00:19:46.440><c> is</c><00:19:46.700><c> not</c><00:19:47.000><c> what's</c><00:19:47.299><c> happening</c><00:19:47.619><c> in</c><00:19:47.799><c> the</c><00:19:47.900><c> book</c><00:19:48.059><c> of</c><00:19:48.299><c> Esther.</c>

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She<00:19:50.380><c> has</c><00:19:50.859><c> a</c><00:19:51.160><c> plan,</c><00:19:52.200><c> not</c><00:19:52.420><c> in</c><00:19:52.579><c> the</c><00:19:52.819><c> strength</c><00:19:53.000><c> of</c><00:19:53.220><c> her</c><00:19:53.299><c> own</c><00:19:53.420><c> ability,</c>

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but<00:19:53.940><c> she</c><00:19:54.140><c> has</c><00:19:54.519><c> thought</c><00:19:54.740><c> through</c><00:19:55.559><c> the</c><00:19:55.920><c> chain</c><00:19:56.099><c> of</c><00:19:56.339><c> events.</c>

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And<00:19:57.619><c> if</c><00:19:57.720><c> you</c><00:19:57.799><c> look</c><00:19:57.940><c> at</c><00:19:58.079><c> the</c><00:19:58.319><c> details,</c><00:19:58.680><c> you</c><00:19:58.839><c> see</c><00:19:59.059><c> that</c><00:19:59.240><c> when</c><00:19:59.380><c> she</c>

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sends<00:19:59.839><c> back</c><00:20:00.180><c> to</c><00:20:00.319><c> Mordecai,</c>

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as<00:20:01.119><c> we</c><00:20:01.339><c> mentioned</c><00:20:01.579><c> yesterday,</c><00:20:02.519><c> there's</c><00:20:02.680><c> going</c><00:20:02.839><c> to</c><00:20:02.920><c> be</c><00:20:03.079><c> a</c><00:20:03.220><c> three</c><00:20:04.079><c>-day</c>

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period<00:20:04.599><c> of</c><00:20:04.859><c> fasting.</c>

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And<00:20:06.059><c> when</c><00:20:06.140><c> she</c><00:20:06.259><c> goes</c><00:20:06.480><c> before</c><00:20:06.839><c> the</c><00:20:07.039><c> king</c><00:20:07.200><c> that</c><00:20:07.480><c> morning,</c>

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she<00:20:08.059><c> has</c><00:20:08.339><c> no</c><00:20:08.619><c> intention</c><00:20:09.160><c> of</c><00:20:09.319><c> asking</c><00:20:09.700><c> him</c><00:20:10.539><c> for</c><00:20:11.299><c> her</c><00:20:11.599><c> life</c><00:20:11.920><c> or</c><00:20:12.140><c> the</c><00:20:12.299><c> life</c><00:20:12.480><c> of</c>

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her<00:20:12.819><c> people</c>

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because<00:20:14.259><c> she</c><00:20:14.519><c> has</c><00:20:14.779><c> already,</c><00:20:15.180><c> as</c><00:20:15.500><c> it</c><00:20:15.759><c> says</c><00:20:15.920><c> in</c><00:20:16.079><c> verse</c><00:20:16.519><c> 4,</c>

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she<00:20:19.039><c> has</c><00:20:19.319><c> already</c><00:20:19.700><c> prepared</c><00:20:20.500><c> a</c><00:20:21.119><c> banquet</c><00:20:21.359><c> for</c><00:20:21.640><c> him.</c>

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Esther<00:20:22.440><c> said,</c><00:20:22.700><c> if</c><00:20:22.700><c> it</c><00:20:22.940><c> please</c><00:20:23.140><c> the</c><00:20:23.420><c> king,</c><00:20:23.660><c> let</c><00:20:23.740><c> the</c><00:20:23.960><c> king</c><00:20:24.119><c> and</c>

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Haman<00:20:24.599><c> come</c><00:20:25.200><c> this</c><00:20:25.519><c> day</c>

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to<00:20:26.019><c> a</c><00:20:26.200><c> dinner</c><00:20:26.599><c> that</c><00:20:27.339><c> I</c><00:20:27.519><c> have</c><00:20:27.740><c> prepared</c><00:20:28.200><c> for</c><00:20:28.559><c> the</c><00:20:28.779><c> king.</c>

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So<00:20:29.880><c> when</c><00:20:30.039><c> he</c><00:20:30.279><c> extends</c><00:20:30.539><c> that</c><00:20:30.940><c> scepter</c><00:20:31.240><c> and</c><00:20:31.500><c> extends</c><00:20:31.759><c> her</c><00:20:32.059><c> life,</c>

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there's<00:20:33.380><c> an</c><00:20:33.519><c> opportunity</c><00:20:34.059><c> for</c><00:20:34.279><c> her</c><00:20:34.519><c> to</c><00:20:35.539><c> tell</c><00:20:36.059><c> him,</c><00:20:37.059><c> make</c><00:20:37.200><c> her</c>

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request<00:20:37.740><c> known,</c>

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because<00:20:38.099><c> he</c><00:20:38.339><c> offers</c><00:20:38.539><c> to</c><00:20:38.740><c> give</c><00:20:38.859><c> her</c><00:20:39.000><c> up</c><00:20:39.119><c> to</c><00:20:39.259><c> half</c><00:20:39.380><c> his</c><00:20:39.599><c> kingdom.</c>

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Unlikely<00:20:41.500><c> that</c><00:20:41.640><c> that</c><00:20:41.779><c> was</c><00:20:41.980><c> a</c><00:20:42.240><c> literal</c><00:20:43.380><c> statement,</c>

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but<00:20:45.140><c> what</c><00:20:45.319><c> he's</c><00:20:45.500><c> saying</c><00:20:45.799><c> is,</c><00:20:46.099><c> how</c><00:20:46.119><c> can</c><00:20:46.319><c> I</c><00:20:46.480><c> help</c><00:20:46.660><c> you?</c>

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I've<00:20:47.759><c> just</c><00:20:48.220><c> spared</c><00:20:48.619><c> your</c><00:20:48.880><c> life.</c>

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Now,<00:20:50.720><c> what</c><00:20:51.079><c> is</c><00:20:51.299><c> it</c><00:20:51.400><c> that</c><00:20:51.500><c> you</c><00:20:51.619><c> would</c><00:20:51.779><c> like</c><00:20:51.940><c> me</c><00:20:52.119><c> to</c><00:20:52.299><c> do?</c>

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And<00:20:53.099><c> she</c><00:20:53.240><c> doesn't</c><00:20:53.500><c> use</c><00:20:53.799><c> that</c><00:20:54.099><c> opportunity,</c>

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because<00:20:55.839><c> we</c><00:20:56.019><c> will</c><00:20:56.220><c> see</c><00:20:56.339><c> in</c><00:20:56.480><c> the</c><00:20:56.660><c> events</c><00:20:57.019><c> of</c><00:20:57.259><c> chapters</c><00:20:57.559><c> 5</c><00:20:57.859><c> and</c><00:20:58.019><c> 6,</c>

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she<00:20:58.400><c> doesn't</c><00:20:58.700><c> force</c><00:20:59.079><c> the</c><00:20:59.380><c> issue.</c>

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She<00:21:00.619><c> leaves</c><00:21:01.279><c> room</c><00:21:01.960><c> for</c><00:21:02.359><c> God</c><00:21:02.799><c> to</c><00:21:03.259><c> work</c><00:21:03.599><c> in</c><00:21:03.859><c> this</c><00:21:04.019><c> situation.</c>

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She<00:21:06.660><c> knows</c><00:21:06.900><c> what</c><00:21:07.079><c> she's</c><00:21:07.380><c> doing,</c><00:21:10.259><c> but</c><00:21:10.539><c> she</c><00:21:10.740><c> will</c><00:21:10.940><c> leave</c><00:21:11.140><c> room</c>

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for<00:21:11.740><c> God</c><00:21:11.980><c> to</c><00:21:12.259><c> work.</c>

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And<00:21:13.559><c> the</c><00:21:13.700><c> amazing</c><00:21:14.079><c> thing</c><00:21:14.740><c> is</c><00:21:15.519><c> that</c><00:21:15.799><c> God</c><00:21:16.079><c> does,</c>

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because<00:21:17.880><c> her</c><00:21:18.380><c> plan</c><00:21:18.839><c> in</c><00:21:19.119><c> and</c><00:21:19.220><c> of</c><00:21:19.359><c> itself</c><00:21:19.859><c> will</c><00:21:20.200><c> not</c><00:21:20.500><c> be</c><00:21:20.819><c> sufficient</c><00:21:21.579><c> to</c><00:21:22.759><c> bring</c><00:21:22.980><c> down</c><00:21:23.299><c> Haman.</c>

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But<00:21:26.660><c> by</c><00:21:27.019><c> her</c><00:21:27.339><c> doing</c><00:21:27.660><c> what</c><00:21:27.920><c> she</c><00:21:28.200><c> does</c><00:21:28.980><c> and</c><00:21:29.960><c> what</c><00:21:30.180><c> she</c><00:21:30.440><c> can</c><00:21:30.740><c> do,</c>

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God<00:21:32.259><c> will</c><00:21:32.619><c> work</c><00:21:33.079><c> in</c><00:21:33.559><c> her</c><00:21:34.000><c> plan</c><00:21:34.420><c> and</c><00:21:35.339><c> intervene</c><00:21:36.079><c> at</c><00:21:36.579><c> just</c><00:21:37.079><c> the</c>

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right<00:21:37.640><c> time,</c>

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so<00:21:40.279><c> that</c><00:21:40.400><c> when</c><00:21:40.579><c> Esther</c><00:21:40.880><c> does</c><00:21:41.160><c> her</c><00:21:41.500><c> part</c><00:21:41.799><c> and</c><00:21:42.039><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:42.619><c> does</c>

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his<00:21:43.279><c> part,</c>

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all<00:21:44.819><c> the</c><00:21:45.099><c> pieces</c><00:21:45.400><c> are</c><00:21:45.700><c> put</c><00:21:45.900><c> together</c><00:21:46.460><c> and</c><00:21:47.279><c> God's</c><00:21:47.700><c> purpose</c><00:21:48.099><c> is</c><00:21:48.480><c> accomplished.</c>

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He<00:21:49.839><c> is</c><00:21:50.200><c> glorified.</c>

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And<00:21:52.140><c> everyone</c><00:21:52.400><c> else</c><00:21:52.819><c> can</c><00:21:53.720><c> only</c><00:21:54.180><c> stand</c><00:21:54.500><c> back</c><00:21:54.920><c> in</c><00:21:55.160><c> awe</c><00:21:55.400><c> and</c><00:21:55.640><c> amazement</c>

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at<00:21:57.240><c> the</c><00:21:57.519><c> wisdom</c><00:21:58.099><c> and</c><00:21:58.440><c> the</c><00:21:58.700><c> power</c><00:21:59.019><c> of</c><00:21:59.339><c> our</c><00:21:59.599><c> God</c><00:21:59.940><c> to</c><00:22:00.220><c> deliver</c><00:22:00.519><c> his</c><00:22:00.819><c> people.</c>

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The<00:22:02.279><c> plan</c><00:22:02.480><c> begins</c><00:22:02.880><c> with</c><00:22:03.119><c> a</c><00:22:03.259><c> three</c><00:22:03.380><c>-day</c><00:22:03.579><c> fast</c><00:22:04.240><c> involving</c><00:22:05.420><c> everyone</c><00:22:05.920><c> in</c><00:22:06.160><c> Shushan,</c>

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and<00:22:06.700><c> on</c><00:22:06.819><c> the</c><00:22:06.960><c> third</c><00:22:07.200><c> day</c><00:22:07.460><c> she</c><00:22:07.619><c> appears</c><00:22:07.920><c> before</c><00:22:08.299><c> the</c><00:22:08.480><c> king.</c>

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Her<00:22:10.000><c> life</c><00:22:10.319><c> is</c><00:22:10.660><c> preserved,</c><00:22:11.299><c> and</c><00:22:11.859><c> she</c><00:22:12.119><c> schedules</c><00:22:12.460><c> the</c><00:22:12.720><c> first</c><00:22:12.920><c> banquet.</c>

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Now,<00:22:13.819><c> there's</c><00:22:14.099><c> going</c><00:22:14.319><c> to</c><00:22:14.619><c> be</c><00:22:14.920><c> a</c><00:22:15.160><c> second</c><00:22:15.420><c> banquet.</c>

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She's<00:22:16.240><c> going</c><00:22:16.400><c> to</c><00:22:16.599><c> put</c><00:22:16.779><c> space</c><00:22:17.240><c> in</c><00:22:17.579><c> between</c><00:22:17.839><c> the</c><00:22:18.059><c> two,</c>

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and<00:22:18.940><c> it's</c><00:22:19.140><c> at</c><00:22:19.220><c> the</c><00:22:19.440><c> second</c><00:22:19.759><c> banquet</c><00:22:20.059><c> that</c><00:22:20.259><c> she</c><00:22:20.400><c> will</c><00:22:20.559><c> make</c><00:22:20.779><c> her</c><00:22:20.980><c> petition.</c>

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All<00:22:22.720><c> of</c><00:22:22.859><c> this</c><00:22:22.980><c> will</c><00:22:23.220><c> ultimately</c><00:22:23.680><c> lead</c><00:22:24.599><c> to</c><00:22:24.900><c> her</c><00:22:25.299><c> charging</c><00:22:25.839><c> Haman</c><00:22:26.259><c> with</c><00:22:26.579><c> treason.</c>

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This<00:22:28.579><c> is</c><00:22:28.859><c> not</c><00:22:29.059><c> going</c><00:22:29.259><c> to</c><00:22:29.500><c> be</c><00:22:29.720><c> a</c><00:22:30.240><c> simple</c><00:22:30.660><c> request</c><00:22:31.200><c> of</c><00:22:31.440><c> the</c><00:22:31.660><c> king.</c>

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For<00:22:32.700><c> Esther</c><00:22:33.059><c> to</c><00:22:33.259><c> be</c><00:22:33.500><c> successful,</c><00:22:34.220><c> this</c><00:22:34.579><c> man</c><00:22:34.859><c> in</c><00:22:35.039><c> whom</c><00:22:35.160><c> the</c>

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king<00:22:35.599><c> delights,</c>

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this<00:22:37.339><c> man</c><00:22:37.579><c> in</c><00:22:37.779><c> whom</c><00:22:37.880><c> the</c><00:22:38.019><c> king</c><00:22:38.160><c> has</c><00:22:38.380><c> made</c><00:22:38.759><c> second</c><00:22:39.140><c> in</c><00:22:39.440><c> command,</c>

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this<00:22:40.559><c> man</c><00:22:40.900><c> in</c><00:22:41.240><c> whom</c><00:22:41.500><c> the</c><00:22:41.799><c> king</c><00:22:41.980><c> has</c><00:22:42.380><c> given</c><00:22:42.660><c> his</c><00:22:43.079><c> signet</c><00:22:43.460><c> ring</c><00:22:43.759><c> to,</c>

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and<00:22:45.220><c> we</c><00:22:45.319><c> know</c><00:22:45.500><c> that</c><00:22:45.700><c> from</c><00:22:45.900><c> chapter</c><00:22:46.279><c> 8</c><00:22:46.619><c> because</c><00:22:46.920><c> he</c><00:22:47.059><c> will</c><00:22:47.259><c> take</c>

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it<00:22:47.700><c> off</c><00:22:47.920><c> of</c><00:22:48.220><c> Haman</c>

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and<00:22:48.460><c> give</c><00:22:48.619><c> it</c><00:22:48.759><c> to</c><00:22:48.880><c> Mordecai,</c>

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this<00:22:50.400><c> is</c><00:22:50.619><c> a</c><00:22:50.819><c> very</c><00:22:51.240><c> trusted</c><00:22:51.660><c> individual,</c><00:22:52.460><c> a</c><00:22:52.740><c> close</c><00:22:53.019><c> friend,</c><00:22:54.099><c> a</c><00:22:54.460><c> confidant,</c>

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a<00:22:55.259><c> man</c><00:22:55.380><c> who</c><00:22:55.519><c> is</c><00:22:55.700><c> highly</c><00:22:56.000><c> regarded</c><00:22:56.420><c> by</c><00:22:56.660><c> the</c><00:22:56.839><c> king.</c>

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So<00:22:57.980><c> it</c><00:22:58.039><c> will</c><00:22:58.319><c> not</c><00:22:58.519><c> be</c><00:22:58.720><c> an</c><00:22:58.859><c> easy</c><00:22:59.099><c> matter</c><00:22:59.740><c> to</c><00:23:01.039><c> accuse</c><00:23:01.500><c> Haman</c><00:23:01.960><c> of</c><00:23:02.539><c> treachery.</c>

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Her<00:23:05.200><c> plan</c><00:23:05.380><c> to</c><00:23:05.619><c> defeat</c><00:23:05.839><c> Haman</c><00:23:06.200><c> is</c><00:23:06.539><c> not</c><00:23:06.799><c> haphazard.</c>

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You<00:23:08.460><c> look</c><00:23:08.759><c> at</c><00:23:08.940><c> what</c><00:23:09.119><c> her</c><00:23:09.400><c> plan</c><00:23:09.579><c> is,</c>

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and<00:23:10.119><c> it</c><00:23:10.299><c> first</c><00:23:10.500><c> calls</c><00:23:10.920><c> for</c><00:23:11.180><c> Haman</c><00:23:11.440><c> to</c><00:23:11.700><c> be</c><00:23:11.900><c> dethroned,</c><00:23:13.259><c> defeated,</c><00:23:13.779><c> brought</c><00:23:13.920><c> down,</c>

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and<00:23:14.420><c> that</c><00:23:14.619><c> takes</c><00:23:14.920><c> place</c><00:23:15.500><c> in</c><00:23:15.839><c> chapter</c><00:23:16.200><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:23:17.180><c> then</c><00:23:17.339><c> the</c><00:23:17.440><c> second</c><00:23:17.779><c> phase</c><00:23:18.059><c> of</c><00:23:18.240><c> her</c><00:23:18.480><c> plan,</c>

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she<00:23:19.140><c> still</c><00:23:19.519><c> needs</c><00:23:19.740><c> to</c><00:23:19.900><c> go</c><00:23:20.039><c> before</c><00:23:20.339><c> the</c><00:23:20.539><c> king</c><00:23:20.700><c> in</c><00:23:20.859><c> chapter</c><00:23:21.160><c> 8</c>

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and<00:23:22.519><c> appeal</c><00:23:22.940><c> to</c><00:23:23.220><c> him</c><00:23:23.680><c> in</c><00:23:24.079><c> tears</c><00:23:24.819><c> for</c><00:23:25.880><c> the</c><00:23:26.160><c> decree</c><00:23:26.440><c> of</c><00:23:26.819><c> Haman</c><00:23:27.240><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:27.720><c> superseded,</c><00:23:28.559><c> to</c><00:23:28.680><c> be</c><00:23:29.000><c> undone.</c>

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Her<00:23:31.180><c> request</c><00:23:31.500><c> at</c><00:23:31.720><c> this</c><00:23:31.880><c> first</c><00:23:32.140><c> banquet</c><00:23:32.460><c> or</c><00:23:32.619><c> at</c><00:23:32.980><c> the</c><00:23:33.160><c> second</c><00:23:33.359><c> banquet</c>

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will<00:23:34.039><c> not</c><00:23:34.440><c> undo</c><00:23:34.940><c> the</c><00:23:35.299><c> effects</c><00:23:35.619><c> of</c><00:23:35.859><c> Haman's</c><00:23:36.319><c> decree,</c>

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but<00:23:37.559><c> phase</c><00:23:37.940><c> 1</c><00:23:38.759><c> is</c><00:23:40.259><c> to</c><00:23:40.460><c> expose</c><00:23:40.900><c> Haman</c><00:23:41.180><c> as</c><00:23:41.400><c> a</c><00:23:41.619><c> traitor</c><00:23:41.859><c> and</c><00:23:42.099><c> have</c>

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him<00:23:42.500><c> removed</c><00:23:42.859><c> from</c><00:23:43.200><c> office.</c>

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Phase<00:23:45.119><c> 2</c><00:23:45.579><c> will</c><00:23:45.839><c> occur</c><00:23:46.099><c> in</c><00:23:46.319><c> chapters</c><00:23:46.640><c> 8</c><00:23:47.019><c> and</c><00:23:47.140><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:23:49.319><c> that</c><00:23:49.519><c> will</c><00:23:49.799><c> involve</c><00:23:50.140><c> her</c><00:23:50.440><c> appearing</c><00:23:50.740><c> again</c><00:23:51.079><c> before</c><00:23:51.420><c> the</c>

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king<00:23:52.019><c> to</c><00:23:52.559><c> undo</c><00:23:52.779><c> his</c><00:23:53.119><c> effects.</c>

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And,<00:23:54.519><c> brethren</c><00:23:54.680><c> and</c><00:23:54.859><c> sisters,</c><00:23:55.099><c> that</c><00:23:55.259><c> is</c><00:23:55.500><c> exactly</c><00:23:56.140><c> how</c><00:23:57.339><c> God</c><00:23:57.839><c> has</c><00:23:58.380><c> undone</c><00:23:58.940><c> the</c><00:23:59.279><c> effects</c><00:23:59.579><c> of</c>

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sin<00:24:00.299><c> for</c><00:24:00.519><c> us.</c>

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It<00:24:01.920><c> first</c><00:24:02.180><c> had</c><00:24:02.420><c> to</c><00:24:02.579><c> be</c><00:24:02.859><c> defeated</c><00:24:03.200><c> in</c><00:24:03.380><c> a</c><00:24:03.599><c> single</c><00:24:03.839><c> man</c>

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before<00:24:06.079><c> the</c><00:24:06.539><c> community</c><00:24:07.000><c> could</c><00:24:07.319><c> then</c><00:24:08.160><c> take</c><00:24:08.579><c> issue</c><00:24:09.039><c> and</c><00:24:09.440><c> battle</c>

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against<00:24:10.299><c> the</c><00:24:10.700><c> effects</c><00:24:11.339><c> of</c><00:24:11.880><c> sin</c><00:24:12.019><c> in</c><00:24:12.160><c> their</c><00:24:12.359><c> life.</c>

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Esther<00:24:14.700><c> will</c><00:24:14.920><c> now</c><00:24:15.119><c> stand</c><00:24:15.359><c> up</c><00:24:15.599><c> to</c><00:24:15.799><c> Haman,</c><00:24:16.140><c> just</c><00:24:16.319><c> as</c><00:24:16.539><c> Mordecai</c>

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had<00:24:17.359><c> done</c><00:24:17.559><c> back</c><00:24:17.839><c> in</c><00:24:18.019><c> chapter</c><00:24:18.299><c> 3,</c>

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and<00:24:18.980><c> you</c><00:24:19.099><c> can</c><00:24:19.259><c> look</c><00:24:19.460><c> at</c><00:24:19.680><c> the</c><00:24:20.039><c> seven</c><00:24:20.380><c> interesting</c><00:24:21.079><c> parallels</c>

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between<00:24:22.000><c> the</c><00:24:22.200><c> two</c><00:24:22.339><c> of</c><00:24:22.559><c> them</c><00:24:22.980><c> on</c><00:24:23.559><c> slide</c><00:24:23.880><c> 42.</c>

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But<00:24:24.599><c> the</c><00:24:24.759><c> lesson</c><00:24:25.039><c> for</c><00:24:25.299><c> us</c><00:24:25.700><c> is</c><00:24:25.900><c> that</c><00:24:26.119><c> every</c><00:24:26.440><c> disciple</c><00:24:27.000><c> must</c><00:24:27.359><c> come</c><00:24:27.819><c> to</c>

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this<00:24:28.299><c> same</c><00:24:28.700><c> point</c><00:24:29.059><c> in</c><00:24:29.259><c> our</c><00:24:29.440><c> life</c>

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where<00:24:30.779><c> we</c><00:24:30.980><c> are</c><00:24:31.319><c> willing</c><00:24:31.680><c> to</c><00:24:32.019><c> take</c><00:24:32.279><c> on</c><00:24:32.640><c> Haman,</c><00:24:33.140><c> just</c><00:24:33.299><c> as</c><00:24:33.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:24:34.059><c> and</c>

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Esther<00:24:34.519><c> did,</c>

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to<00:24:35.640><c> publicly</c><00:24:36.220><c> declare,</c><00:24:38.079><c> I</c><00:24:38.099><c> will</c><00:24:38.480><c> no</c><00:24:38.940><c> longer</c><00:24:39.880><c> go</c><00:24:40.279><c> through</c><00:24:40.839><c> my</c>

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life<00:24:42.039><c> dominated</c><00:24:42.819><c> by</c><00:24:43.220><c> that</c><00:24:43.519><c> man,</c>

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or,<00:24:45.480><c> in</c><00:24:45.640><c> our</c><00:24:45.880><c> case,</c><00:24:46.579><c> by</c><00:24:46.839><c> that</c><00:24:47.079><c> power.</c>

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And<00:24:49.319><c> we</c><00:24:49.579><c> make</c><00:24:49.839><c> a</c><00:24:51.640><c> break</c><00:24:51.640><c> publicly</c><00:24:52.740><c> and</c><00:24:54.119><c> declare</c><00:24:54.480><c> to</c><00:24:54.700><c> God</c>

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that<00:24:55.720><c> he</c><00:24:55.839><c> will</c><00:24:56.059><c> no</c><00:24:56.279><c> longer,</c><00:24:56.900><c> sin</c><00:24:57.039><c> will</c><00:24:57.279><c> no</c><00:24:57.500><c> longer</c><00:24:57.779><c> be</c><00:24:58.180><c> our</c><00:24:58.480><c> master.</c>

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The<00:25:02.779><c> suggestion</c><00:25:03.400><c> on</c><00:25:03.839><c> why</c><00:25:04.099><c> there</c><00:25:04.279><c> are</c><00:25:04.500><c> two</c><00:25:04.700><c> banquets</c><00:25:05.420><c> is</c><00:25:06.319><c> included</c><00:25:07.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:08.900><c> 43rd</c><00:25:09.500><c> slide.</c>

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The<00:25:12.880><c> scriptural</c><00:25:13.400><c> connection</c><00:25:14.019><c> to</c><00:25:14.460><c> Genesis</c><00:25:14.900><c> 32</c><00:25:15.859><c> is</c><00:25:16.759><c> that</c><00:25:16.960><c> back</c>

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in<00:25:17.380><c> chapter</c><00:25:17.759><c> 4,</c>

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Mordecai<00:25:18.819><c> makes</c><00:25:19.140><c> what</c><00:25:19.400><c> appears</c><00:25:19.900><c> to</c><00:25:20.180><c> be</c><00:25:20.440><c> a</c><00:25:20.859><c> strange</c><00:25:21.319><c> observation,</c>

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a<00:25:23.019><c> strange</c><00:25:23.380><c> statement</c><00:25:23.839><c> when</c><00:25:23.980><c> he</c><00:25:24.160><c> talks</c><00:25:24.500><c> about</c><00:25:24.839><c> the</c><00:25:24.960><c> need</c><00:25:25.180><c> for</c>

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enlargement<00:25:26.900><c> and</c><00:25:28.519><c> deliverance.</c>

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And<00:25:30.339><c> Esther,</c><00:25:30.619><c> this</c><00:25:30.880><c> may</c><00:25:31.119><c> be</c><00:25:31.359><c> why</c><00:25:31.559><c> you</c><00:25:31.799><c> have</c><00:25:32.000><c> been</c><00:25:32.279><c> brought</c><00:25:32.519><c> to</c>

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this<00:25:33.000><c> position,</c>

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because<00:25:34.599><c> God</c><00:25:35.039><c> will</c><00:25:35.579><c> bring</c><00:25:35.960><c> enlargement</c><00:25:36.920><c> or</c><00:25:38.119><c> relief,</c><00:25:38.519><c> as</c><00:25:38.720><c> it</c>

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is<00:25:39.119><c> in</c><00:25:39.460><c> the</c><00:25:39.859><c> Revised</c><00:25:40.319><c> Standard</c><00:25:40.660><c> Version.</c>

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And<00:25:41.180><c> the</c><00:25:41.339><c> word</c><00:25:41.559><c> means</c><00:25:42.279><c> a</c><00:25:43.140><c> space,</c><00:25:44.460><c> room.</c>

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If<00:25:46.000><c> you</c><00:25:46.019><c> look</c><00:25:46.180><c> in</c><00:25:46.279><c> the</c><00:25:46.440><c> margin</c><00:25:46.900><c> of</c><00:25:47.700><c> some,</c><00:25:48.140><c> it's</c><00:25:48.299><c> a</c><00:25:48.660><c> breathing</c><00:25:49.019><c> space.</c>

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Mordecai<00:25:50.380><c> realized</c><00:25:50.900><c> God</c><00:25:51.180><c> needed</c><00:25:51.420><c> to</c><00:25:51.579><c> bring</c><00:25:51.759><c> a</c><00:25:52.099><c> breathing</c><00:25:52.460><c> space,</c>

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and<00:25:53.240><c> that's</c><00:25:53.420><c> what</c><00:25:53.599><c> the</c><00:25:53.779><c> Jews</c><00:25:53.940><c> needed</c><00:25:54.460><c> between</c><00:25:55.160><c> the</c><00:25:55.440><c> oppression</c><00:25:55.940><c> that</c><00:25:56.200><c> was</c>

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being<00:25:56.900><c> brought</c><00:25:57.160><c> by</c><00:25:57.460><c> Haman.</c>

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If<00:25:58.819><c> Esther</c><00:25:59.180><c> kept</c><00:25:59.500><c> quiet,</c><00:26:00.019><c> the</c><00:26:00.259><c> breathing</c><00:26:00.579><c> space</c><00:26:01.019><c> and</c><00:26:01.220><c> the</c><00:26:01.460><c> deliverance</c><00:26:01.819><c> would</c><00:26:01.980><c> be</c>

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brought<00:26:02.380><c> by</c><00:26:02.599><c> someone</c><00:26:02.900><c> else.</c>

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The<00:26:03.779><c> only</c><00:26:04.180><c> other</c><00:26:04.599><c> time</c><00:26:04.880><c> that</c><00:26:05.099><c> word</c><00:26:05.279><c> is</c><00:26:05.539><c> used</c><00:26:05.839><c> is</c><00:26:06.039><c> in</c><00:26:06.220><c> Genesis</c><00:26:06.599><c> 32,</c>

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when<00:26:08.740><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:09.460><c> on</c><00:26:09.700><c> his</c><00:26:09.940><c> way</c><00:26:10.160><c> back</c><00:26:10.500><c> to</c><00:26:10.859><c> Canaan,</c><00:26:12.019><c> put</c><00:26:12.220><c> a</c><00:26:12.680><c> breathing</c><00:26:13.099><c> space</c><00:26:13.740><c> in</c>

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between<00:26:14.619><c> the</c><00:26:15.000><c> droves,</c>

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the<00:26:16.140><c> presence</c><00:26:16.539><c> that</c><00:26:16.799><c> he</c><00:26:16.960><c> had</c><00:26:17.579><c> prepared</c><00:26:18.039><c> for</c><00:26:18.359><c> Esau</c><00:26:18.799><c> in</c><00:26:19.160><c> his</c>

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encounter<00:26:20.019><c> with</c><00:26:20.299><c> Esau.</c>

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So<00:26:21.960><c> you</c><00:26:22.160><c> go</c><00:26:22.359><c> back</c><00:26:22.619><c> to</c><00:26:22.759><c> Genesis</c><00:26:23.119><c> 32</c><00:26:23.720><c> and</c><00:26:23.920><c> you</c><00:26:24.079><c> begin</c><00:26:24.319><c> to</c><00:26:24.539><c> look</c><00:26:24.640><c> at</c>

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.180
the<00:26:25.099><c> parallels</c>

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:30.220
between<00:26:27.000><c> the</c><00:26:27.299><c> account</c><00:26:27.640><c> of</c><00:26:28.039><c> Jacob</c><00:26:28.359><c> having</c><00:26:28.660><c> to</c><00:26:28.960><c> face</c><00:26:29.180><c> his</c><00:26:29.619><c> enemy</c>

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:33.500
and<00:26:31.339><c> Esther</c><00:26:31.720><c> having</c><00:26:32.000><c> to</c><00:26:32.319><c> face</c><00:26:32.519><c> her</c><00:26:32.980><c> enemy,</c>

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:36.359
and<00:26:34.240><c> the</c><00:26:34.599><c> parallels</c><00:26:34.920><c> are</c><00:26:35.319><c> striking.</c>

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:45.359
Both<00:26:37.799><c> feared</c><00:26:38.460><c> for</c><00:26:38.680><c> their</c><00:26:38.940><c> lives,</c><00:26:41.559><c> and</c><00:26:41.599><c> they</c><00:26:41.839><c> faced</c><00:26:42.299><c> death</c><00:26:43.319><c> unless</c><00:26:44.079><c> God</c><00:26:44.400><c> intervened.</c>

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:48.980
Jacob's<00:26:46.779><c> foe</c><00:26:46.980><c> was</c><00:26:47.240><c> the</c><00:26:47.460><c> grandfather</c><00:26:48.059><c> of</c><00:26:48.359><c> Amalek.</c>

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:52.319
Esther's<00:26:50.059><c> foe</c><00:26:50.200><c> is</c><00:26:50.460><c> the</c><00:26:50.640><c> descendant</c><00:26:51.200><c> of</c><00:26:51.359><c> Amalek.</c>

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:59.720
Both<00:26:53.059><c> foes,</c><00:26:54.400><c> Esau</c><00:26:54.940><c> and</c><00:26:57.240><c> Haman,</c><00:26:58.380><c> had</c><00:26:58.380><c> issued</c><00:26:58.720><c> or</c><00:26:58.900><c> declared</c><00:26:59.299><c> a</c>

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.480
death<00:27:00.099><c> sentence</c><00:27:00.720><c> against</c><00:27:01.240><c> them.</c>

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:05.819
Remember<00:27:01.819><c> when</c><00:27:02.000><c> Esau,</c><00:27:03.500><c> the</c><00:27:04.559><c> words</c><00:27:04.839><c> that</c><00:27:05.059><c> Rebekah</c><00:27:05.400><c> eventually</c>

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:07.240
heard,<00:27:06.200><c> had</c><00:27:06.500><c> said,</c>

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:09.400
well,<00:27:07.480><c> you</c><00:27:07.740><c> know,</c><00:27:07.740><c> once</c><00:27:07.960><c> Dad's</c><00:27:08.180><c> off</c><00:27:08.460><c> the</c><00:27:08.680><c> scene,</c><00:27:09.039><c> I'm</c><00:27:09.240><c> going</c>

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.579
to<00:27:09.500><c> kill</c><00:27:09.680><c> him.</c>

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:15.559
Jacob<00:27:11.599><c> had</c><00:27:11.920><c> prayed</c><00:27:12.339><c> for</c><00:27:12.599><c> God</c><00:27:12.859><c> to</c><00:27:13.099><c> deliver</c><00:27:13.420><c> him</c><00:27:13.839><c> in</c><00:27:14.019><c> chapter</c><00:27:14.400><c> 32.</c>

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.079
Mordecai<00:27:16.559><c> had</c><00:27:17.119><c> recognized</c><00:27:17.700><c> the</c><00:27:17.920><c> need</c><00:27:18.099><c> for</c><00:27:18.319><c> their</c><00:27:18.599><c> deliverance,</c><00:27:19.099><c> the</c><00:27:19.319><c> same</c>

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.380
Hebrew<00:27:20.400><c> word.</c>

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:24.099
They<00:27:21.880><c> both</c><00:27:22.160><c> sought</c><00:27:22.400><c> grace</c><00:27:22.819><c> to</c><00:27:23.039><c> be</c><00:27:23.279><c> delivered</c><00:27:23.500><c> from</c><00:27:23.779><c> death.</c>

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.900
They<00:27:24.380><c> both</c><00:27:24.680><c> pleaded</c><00:27:25.000><c> with</c><00:27:25.220><c> God</c><00:27:25.500><c> to</c><00:27:25.740><c> intervene</c><00:27:26.099><c> to</c><00:27:26.319><c> save</c><00:27:26.579><c> them</c>

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:29.819
and<00:27:27.119><c> their</c><00:27:27.380><c> people</c><00:27:27.920><c> from</c><00:27:28.339><c> the</c><00:27:28.519><c> pending</c><00:27:28.779><c> danger.</c>

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:35.559
Jacob<00:27:30.819><c> struggles</c><00:27:31.319><c> with</c><00:27:31.559><c> an</c><00:27:31.819><c> angel,</c><00:27:32.859><c> reflective</c><00:27:33.940><c> of</c><00:27:34.359><c> the</c><00:27:34.539><c> mental</c><00:27:34.900><c> anguish</c><00:27:35.359><c> he's</c>

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.980
going<00:27:35.819><c> through</c><00:27:36.240><c> that</c><00:27:36.559><c> night,</c>

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:39.380
knowing<00:27:37.579><c> that</c><00:27:37.779><c> the</c><00:27:37.900><c> next</c><00:27:38.180><c> day</c><00:27:38.400><c> he's</c><00:27:38.619><c> going</c><00:27:38.759><c> to</c><00:27:38.819><c> have</c><00:27:39.019><c> to</c><00:27:39.200><c> face</c>

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:42.039
his<00:27:39.640><c> enemy,</c><00:27:40.000><c> knowing</c><00:27:40.180><c> that</c><00:27:40.319><c> he</c><00:27:40.400><c> may</c><00:27:40.640><c> face</c><00:27:40.920><c> death.</c>

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:46.980
Esther<00:27:43.200><c> struggled,</c><00:27:44.039><c> not</c><00:27:44.400><c> with</c><00:27:44.579><c> an</c><00:27:44.819><c> angel,</c><00:27:45.640><c> but</c><00:27:45.839><c> she</c><00:27:46.200><c> struggled</c><00:27:46.539><c> with</c><00:27:46.779><c> the</c>

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.680
message<00:27:47.200><c> from</c><00:27:47.380><c> God</c>

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.259
that<00:27:47.839><c> was</c><00:27:48.019><c> delivered</c><00:27:48.359><c> through</c><00:27:48.599><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:53.339
It<00:27:49.880><c> was</c><00:27:50.160><c> not</c><00:27:50.359><c> an</c><00:27:50.539><c> easy</c><00:27:50.880><c> decision</c><00:27:51.380><c> for</c><00:27:51.640><c> her</c><00:27:52.339><c> to</c><00:27:52.640><c> decide</c><00:27:52.960><c> to</c><00:27:53.180><c> risk</c>

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:56.160
her<00:27:53.599><c> life,</c><00:27:54.140><c> but</c><00:27:55.039><c> she</c><00:27:55.259><c> eventually</c><00:27:55.599><c> does.</c>

00:27:56.160 --> 00:28:00.400
Jacob<00:27:57.200><c> first</c><00:27:57.500><c> had</c><00:27:57.720><c> to</c><00:27:57.900><c> encounter</c><00:27:58.480><c> a</c><00:27:59.319><c> face</c><00:27:59.559><c>-to</c><00:27:59.759><c>-face</c><00:28:00.000><c> meeting</c>

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:02.019
with<00:28:00.700><c> God's</c><00:28:01.119><c> messenger,</c>

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:04.839
and<00:28:02.579><c> he</c><00:28:02.660><c> had</c><00:28:02.839><c> to</c><00:28:03.039><c> survive</c><00:28:03.380><c> that,</c><00:28:03.720><c> which</c><00:28:03.880><c> he</c><00:28:04.000><c> did.</c>

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:08.900
Esther<00:28:05.880><c> first</c><00:28:06.240><c> had</c><00:28:06.440><c> to</c><00:28:06.680><c> face</c><00:28:06.880><c> the</c><00:28:07.119><c> encounter</c><00:28:07.559><c> with</c><00:28:07.799><c> the</c><00:28:07.980><c> king.</c>

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:12.920
Jacob<00:28:09.579><c> prepared</c><00:28:09.980><c> presents</c><00:28:10.440><c> and</c><00:28:10.660><c> sent</c><00:28:10.900><c> them</c><00:28:11.099><c> on</c><00:28:11.299><c> ahead</c><00:28:11.859><c> of</c><00:28:12.640><c> his</c>

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:14.420
direct<00:28:13.259><c> encounter</c><00:28:13.660><c> with</c><00:28:13.960><c> Esau</c>

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:21.680
in<00:28:14.660><c> order</c><00:28:15.160><c> to</c><00:28:18.299><c> minimize</c><00:28:19.180><c> or</c><00:28:19.539><c> mitigate</c><00:28:20.339><c> the</c><00:28:21.180><c> anger,</c>

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:26.660
and<00:28:22.240><c> he</c><00:28:22.380><c> put</c><00:28:22.660><c> a</c><00:28:22.980><c> space</c><00:28:23.299><c> in</c><00:28:23.539><c> between</c><00:28:23.839><c> those</c><00:28:24.200><c> presents</c><00:28:24.559><c> to</c><00:28:25.059><c> extend</c><00:28:25.519><c> the</c><00:28:25.740><c> goodwill</c>

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:31.200
and<00:28:27.339><c> to</c><00:28:27.559><c> hopefully</c><00:28:27.900><c> avoid</c><00:28:28.859><c> an</c><00:28:29.440><c> immediate</c><00:28:29.880><c> confrontation,</c>

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:33.039
so<00:28:31.519><c> he</c><00:28:31.640><c> didn't</c><00:28:31.819><c> just</c><00:28:31.940><c> go</c><00:28:32.079><c> up</c><00:28:32.240><c> to</c><00:28:32.480><c> Esau</c><00:28:32.759><c> and</c><00:28:32.920><c> say,</c>

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:35.480
okay,<00:28:33.339><c> here</c><00:28:33.559><c> I</c><00:28:33.799><c> am,</c><00:28:33.920><c> what</c><00:28:34.059><c> are</c><00:28:34.160><c> you</c><00:28:34.259><c> going</c><00:28:34.400><c> to</c><00:28:34.579><c> do?</c>

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:37.440
Esther<00:28:35.819><c> didn't</c><00:28:36.019><c> just</c><00:28:36.319><c> appear</c><00:28:36.519><c> before</c><00:28:36.859><c> the</c><00:28:37.000><c> king</c><00:28:37.180><c> and</c><00:28:37.319><c> say,</c>

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:40.119
okay,<00:28:37.759><c> here's</c><00:28:38.019><c> my</c><00:28:38.259><c> plea,</c><00:28:38.500><c> what</c><00:28:38.640><c> are</c><00:28:38.740><c> you</c><00:28:38.880><c> going</c><00:28:39.039><c> to</c><00:28:39.220><c> do?</c>

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:45.079
They<00:28:42.619><c> both</c><00:28:42.859><c> put</c><00:28:43.079><c> a</c><00:28:43.279><c> space</c><00:28:43.720><c> in</c><00:28:44.059><c> between</c><00:28:44.319><c> their</c><00:28:44.640><c> offerings.</c>

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:49.740
Finally,<00:28:46.180><c> in</c><00:28:46.359><c> number</c><00:28:46.579><c> 11,</c><00:28:46.859><c> Jacob</c><00:28:47.240><c> prevailed,</c><00:28:48.039><c> as</c><00:28:48.299><c> we</c><00:28:48.539><c> learned,</c><00:28:48.720><c> in</c><00:28:48.900><c> Hosea</c><00:28:49.279><c> 12,</c>

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:53.720
because<00:28:50.099><c> he</c><00:28:50.299><c> wept</c><00:28:50.799><c> and</c><00:28:51.400><c> made</c><00:28:51.779><c> supplication</c><00:28:52.559><c> to</c><00:28:52.700><c> God,</c>

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:56.440
and<00:28:54.079><c> the</c><00:28:54.240><c> Jews</c><00:28:54.440><c> we</c><00:28:54.619><c> know</c><00:28:54.779><c> eventually</c><00:28:55.220><c> will</c><00:28:55.480><c> prevail</c><00:28:55.740><c> over</c><00:28:56.119><c> Haman</c>

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:59.720
because<00:28:56.839><c> they</c><00:28:57.180><c> too</c><00:28:57.380><c> had</c><00:28:57.619><c> wept</c><00:28:57.920><c> and</c><00:28:58.059><c> made</c><00:28:58.339><c> supplication.</c>

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:04.339
We<00:29:00.859><c> can't</c><00:29:01.140><c> be</c><00:29:01.420><c> sure,</c><00:29:01.980><c> we</c><00:29:02.279><c> don't</c><00:29:02.539><c> know,</c><00:29:03.359><c> but</c><00:29:03.519><c> when</c><00:29:03.700><c> you</c><00:29:03.900><c> see</c><00:29:04.079><c> the</c>

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:06.200
striking<00:29:04.779><c> comparisons,</c>

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:10.359
it<00:29:06.799><c> would</c><00:29:07.019><c> be</c><00:29:07.299><c> very</c><00:29:07.740><c> unusual</c><00:29:08.359><c> for</c><00:29:08.720><c> Esther</c><00:29:09.000><c> to</c><00:29:09.259><c> simply</c><00:29:09.579><c> be</c><00:29:09.880><c> proceeding</c>

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:14.380
in<00:29:10.640><c> the</c><00:29:10.880><c> strength</c><00:29:11.079><c> of</c><00:29:11.279><c> her</c><00:29:11.359><c> own</c><00:29:11.579><c> conviction</c><00:29:12.079><c> and</c><00:29:13.180><c> making</c><00:29:13.519><c> these</c><00:29:13.880><c> things</c><00:29:14.119><c> up</c>

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.559
as<00:29:14.559><c> she</c><00:29:14.720><c> goes</c><00:29:15.019><c> along.</c>

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:19.799
Mordecai<00:29:16.640><c> had</c><00:29:17.339><c> accurately</c><00:29:18.180><c> identified</c><00:29:18.940><c> that</c><00:29:19.119><c> the</c><00:29:19.299><c> situation</c>

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.579
they<00:29:20.099><c> faced</c><00:29:20.420><c> now</c><00:29:20.700><c> with</c><00:29:21.000><c> Haman</c>

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:24.720
was<00:29:22.079><c> not</c><00:29:22.440><c> unlike</c><00:29:22.819><c> the</c><00:29:23.059><c> situation</c><00:29:23.759><c> that</c><00:29:24.119><c> Jacob</c><00:29:24.299><c> had</c><00:29:24.579><c> faced</c>

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.460
with<00:29:25.000><c> Esau,</c>

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:31.180
because<00:29:26.200><c> Esau</c><00:29:26.720><c> and</c><00:29:26.980><c> Haman</c><00:29:27.319><c> both</c><00:29:27.759><c> represent</c><00:29:29.059><c> that</c><00:29:29.460><c> which</c><00:29:29.740><c> is</c><00:29:30.019><c> sinful,</c>

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:36.940
and<00:29:32.519><c> God</c><00:29:32.779><c> is</c><00:29:33.019><c> able</c><00:29:33.279><c> to</c><00:29:33.579><c> render</c><00:29:33.960><c> Jacob's</c><00:29:34.900><c> enemy</c><00:29:35.720><c> powerless</c><00:29:36.619><c> the</c>

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.960
next<00:29:37.240><c> day</c><00:29:37.500><c> at</c><00:29:37.819><c> Peniel</c>

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:45.039
because<00:29:39.960><c> Jacob</c><00:29:40.380><c> had</c><00:29:40.680><c> committed</c><00:29:41.079><c> himself</c><00:29:42.039><c> that</c><00:29:42.599><c> day</c><00:29:43.319><c> to</c><00:29:43.720><c> trusting</c><00:29:44.099><c> wholly</c><00:29:44.720><c> in</c>

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.180
the<00:29:45.200><c> Lord</c>

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:49.859
and<00:29:46.640><c> not</c><00:29:46.960><c> trying</c><00:29:47.339><c> to</c><00:29:47.539><c> go</c><00:29:47.859><c> forth</c><00:29:48.140><c> any</c><00:29:48.579><c> further</c><00:29:48.859><c> in</c><00:29:49.079><c> the</c><00:29:49.299><c> strength</c><00:29:49.519><c> of</c><00:29:49.700><c> his</c>

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.319
own<00:29:50.079><c> flesh.</c>

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:54.420
And<00:29:50.559><c> it</c><00:29:50.640><c> was</c><00:29:50.940><c> such</c><00:29:51.259><c> a</c><00:29:51.599><c> significant</c><00:29:52.559><c> conversion</c><00:29:53.440><c> in</c><00:29:53.839><c> that</c><00:29:54.099><c> point</c><00:29:54.259><c> in</c>

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.740
his<00:29:54.680><c> life</c>

00:29:56.160 --> 00:30:01.000
that<00:29:56.480><c> the</c><00:29:56.779><c> angel</c><00:29:57.039><c> changed</c><00:29:57.500><c> his</c><00:29:57.779><c> name</c><00:29:58.420><c> to</c><00:29:59.720><c> tell</c><00:29:59.960><c> us</c><00:30:00.500><c> that</c><00:30:00.700><c> this</c>

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:04.619
is<00:30:01.279><c> what</c><00:30:01.519><c> God</c><00:30:01.839><c> is</c><00:30:02.180><c> looking</c><00:30:02.539><c> to</c><00:30:03.019><c> achieve</c><00:30:03.619><c> in</c><00:30:03.900><c> our</c><00:30:04.140><c> life.</c>

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:09.059
Don't<00:30:05.720><c> try</c><00:30:06.079><c> and</c><00:30:06.400><c> take</c><00:30:06.599><c> on</c><00:30:07.039><c> sin</c><00:30:07.279><c> by</c><00:30:07.640><c> yourself.</c>

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:14.339
Jacob<00:30:11.000><c> wrestled</c><00:30:11.440><c> with</c><00:30:11.680><c> the</c><00:30:11.880><c> angel,</c><00:30:12.279><c> pleading</c><00:30:12.920><c> that</c><00:30:13.099><c> God</c><00:30:13.359><c> would</c><00:30:13.700><c> intervene</c><00:30:14.180><c> in</c>

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.920
his<00:30:14.619><c> life</c>

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:20.440
and<00:30:15.259><c> save</c><00:30:15.640><c> him</c><00:30:16.259><c> from</c><00:30:16.619><c> the</c><00:30:19.039><c> person</c><00:30:19.319><c> that</c><00:30:19.519><c> had</c><00:30:19.640><c> the</c><00:30:19.779><c> power</c><00:30:20.099><c> to</c>

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overcome<00:30:20.779><c> him.</c>

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:25.519
And<00:30:23.000><c> if</c><00:30:23.119><c> we</c><00:30:23.220><c> look</c><00:30:23.420><c> at</c><00:30:23.559><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:23.900><c> chapter</c><00:30:24.420><c> 5,</c><00:30:24.880><c> brothers</c><00:30:25.000><c> and</c><00:30:25.220><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:28.960
that<00:30:25.779><c> is</c><00:30:26.220><c> exactly</c><00:30:26.960><c> what</c><00:30:27.200><c> was</c><00:30:27.460><c> going</c><00:30:27.759><c> on</c><00:30:28.079><c> in</c><00:30:28.259><c> the</c><00:30:28.400><c> life</c><00:30:28.660><c> of</c><00:30:28.880><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:30:29.140><c> Jesus</c><00:30:29.480><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:35.039
Just<00:30:31.539><c> as</c><00:30:31.880><c> Jacob</c><00:30:32.279><c> was</c><00:30:32.519><c> made</c><00:30:32.799><c> strong</c><00:30:33.299><c> and</c><00:30:33.680><c> prevailed</c><00:30:34.299><c> in</c><00:30:34.579><c> his</c>

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:38.099
life<00:30:35.680><c>-and</c><00:30:35.859><c>-death</c><00:30:36.039><c> confrontation</c><00:30:36.740><c> with</c><00:30:36.940><c> Esau,</c>

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:41.940
just<00:30:38.380><c> as</c><00:30:38.839><c> the</c><00:30:39.160><c> Jews</c><00:30:39.480><c> would</c><00:30:39.680><c> now</c><00:30:39.880><c> be</c><00:30:40.059><c> made</c><00:30:40.299><c> strong</c><00:30:40.680><c> and</c><00:30:40.960><c> prevailed</c><00:30:41.279><c> in</c><00:30:41.380><c> their</c><00:30:41.660><c> life</c>

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:44.220
-and<00:30:42.140><c>-death</c><00:30:42.359><c> confrontation</c><00:30:43.059><c> with</c><00:30:43.299><c> Haman,</c>

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:49.079
this<00:30:45.019><c> is</c><00:30:45.259><c> how</c><00:30:45.539><c> Christ</c><00:30:46.160><c> was</c><00:30:46.440><c> made</c><00:30:46.740><c> strong</c><00:30:47.319><c> and</c><00:30:47.759><c> prevailed</c><00:30:48.460><c> in</c>

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:51.660
his<00:30:49.339><c> life</c><00:30:49.700><c>-and</c><00:30:49.980><c>-death</c><00:30:50.299><c> confrontation</c><00:30:50.980><c> with</c><00:30:51.259><c> sin.</c>

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:55.220
Because<00:30:52.400><c> in</c><00:30:52.700><c> the</c><00:30:52.900><c> days</c><00:30:53.200><c> that</c><00:30:54.079><c> followed,</c><00:30:54.480><c> Jesus</c><00:30:54.579><c> offered</c><00:30:54.940><c> up</c>

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:58.480
prayers<00:30:55.519><c> and</c><00:30:55.759><c> supplications</c><00:30:56.559><c> with</c><00:30:56.859><c> loud</c><00:30:57.339><c> crying</c><00:30:57.700><c> and</c><00:30:58.000><c> tears</c>

00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:02.119
to<00:30:59.039><c> him</c><00:30:59.279><c> who</c><00:30:59.400><c> was</c><00:30:59.640><c> able</c><00:30:59.819><c> to</c><00:31:00.160><c> save</c><00:31:00.319><c> him</c><00:31:00.519><c> from</c><00:31:00.779><c> death</c><00:31:01.240><c> and</c><00:31:01.720><c> he</c><00:31:01.839><c> was</c>

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:03.700
heard<00:31:02.339><c> for</c><00:31:02.559><c> his</c><00:31:02.779><c> godly</c><00:31:03.180><c> fear.</c>

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:06.519
Although<00:31:04.339><c> he</c><00:31:04.480><c> was</c><00:31:04.740><c> a</c><00:31:04.960><c> son,</c><00:31:05.119><c> he</c><00:31:05.380><c> learned</c><00:31:05.680><c> obedience</c><00:31:06.240><c> through</c>

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:08.259
the<00:31:06.740><c> things</c><00:31:06.960><c> that</c><00:31:07.160><c> he</c><00:31:07.359><c> suffered.</c>

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:15.059
Jacob,<00:31:10.799><c> Esther,</c><00:31:11.460><c> and</c><00:31:11.660><c> Christ</c><00:31:12.160><c> are</c><00:31:12.579><c> all</c><00:31:13.079><c> learning</c><00:31:13.500><c> the</c><00:31:13.940><c> same</c><00:31:14.339><c> lessons</c>

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:21.640
because<00:31:15.779><c> this</c><00:31:16.059><c> is</c><00:31:16.339><c> the</c><00:31:16.559><c> only</c><00:31:17.000><c> way</c><00:31:17.880><c> God</c><00:31:18.519><c> can</c><00:31:18.819><c> redeem</c><00:31:19.359><c> his</c><00:31:19.779><c> people</c><00:31:20.220><c> from</c><00:31:20.640><c> sin.</c>

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:26.019
And<00:31:22.279><c> the</c><00:31:22.420><c> lesson</c><00:31:22.720><c> is</c><00:31:23.019><c> the</c><00:31:23.240><c> same</c><00:31:23.400><c> for</c><00:31:23.660><c> us.</c><00:31:23.920><c> This</c><00:31:24.160><c> is</c><00:31:24.359><c> how</c><00:31:24.539><c> God</c><00:31:24.839><c> can</c><00:31:25.200><c> redeem</c><00:31:25.519><c> us</c>

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.960
from<00:31:26.480><c> sin.</c>

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:32.420
But<00:31:27.940><c> it</c><00:31:28.160><c> involves</c><00:31:28.740><c> the</c><00:31:29.079><c> same</c><00:31:29.640><c> crying</c><00:31:30.200><c> and</c><00:31:30.660><c> tears,</c><00:31:31.940><c> the</c><00:31:32.160><c> same</c>

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:35.440
learning<00:31:32.799><c> of</c><00:31:33.099><c> obedience</c><00:31:33.539><c> by</c><00:31:33.819><c> the</c><00:31:34.039><c> things</c><00:31:34.240><c> that</c><00:31:34.440><c> we</c><00:31:34.640><c> suffer.</c>

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:38.859
We<00:31:36.319><c> won't</c><00:31:36.500><c> take</c><00:31:36.740><c> the</c><00:31:36.940><c> time,</c><00:31:37.200><c> but</c><00:31:37.299><c> I</c><00:31:38.119><c> believe</c><00:31:38.359><c> the</c><00:31:38.559><c> reference</c>

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:41.640
there<00:31:39.099><c> in</c><00:31:39.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:39.619><c> 31</c><00:31:40.119><c> points</c><00:31:40.480><c> out</c><00:31:40.799><c> that</c><00:31:40.900><c> when</c><00:31:41.099><c> the</c><00:31:41.279><c> Jews</c>

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.039
come<00:31:41.980><c> back,</c>

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:46.400
once<00:31:43.299><c> the</c><00:31:43.519><c> kingdom</c><00:31:43.680><c> is</c><00:31:44.000><c> established</c><00:31:44.440><c> and</c><00:31:44.559><c> they</c><00:31:44.740><c> are</c><00:31:44.839><c> returning</c><00:31:45.119><c> to</c><00:31:45.299><c> the</c><00:31:45.460><c> land,</c>

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:50.940
Jeremiah<00:31:46.980><c> 31</c><00:31:47.480><c> says</c><00:31:47.759><c> they</c><00:31:47.940><c> will</c><00:31:48.240><c> return</c><00:31:48.700><c> to</c><00:31:48.980><c> the</c><00:31:49.180><c> land</c><00:31:49.839><c> weeping</c>

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.859
and<00:31:51.160><c> in</c><00:31:51.420><c> supplication.</c>

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:58.559
The<00:31:53.720><c> same</c><00:31:54.059><c> basis</c><00:31:54.660><c> that</c><00:31:55.140><c> we</c><00:31:55.380><c> see</c><00:31:55.660><c> in</c><00:31:55.819><c> the</c><00:31:55.900><c> book</c><00:31:56.079><c> of</c><00:31:56.299><c> Esther,</c><00:31:57.799><c> because</c><00:31:57.900><c> there's</c><00:31:58.059><c> only</c><00:31:58.339><c> one</c>

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.380
way<00:31:58.799><c> to</c><00:31:58.980><c> break</c><00:31:59.180><c> sin's</c><00:31:59.599><c> hold.</c>

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:03.500
There's<00:32:00.900><c> only</c><00:32:01.160><c> one</c><00:32:01.400><c> way</c><00:32:01.640><c> to</c><00:32:01.900><c> develop</c><00:32:02.200><c> a</c><00:32:02.599><c> saving</c><00:32:02.900><c> faith.</c>

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.019
And<00:32:04.099><c> it's</c><00:32:04.319><c> critical</c><00:32:04.720><c> that</c><00:32:04.880><c> we</c><00:32:05.099><c> understand</c><00:32:05.680><c> how</c><00:32:06.180><c> God</c><00:32:06.480><c> works</c><00:32:06.819><c> in</c>

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.319
our<00:32:07.160><c> life,</c>

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:09.960
because<00:32:07.640><c> these</c><00:32:07.900><c> are</c><00:32:08.119><c> the</c><00:32:08.240><c> kinds</c><00:32:08.440><c> of</c><00:32:08.700><c> events</c><00:32:09.079><c> he's</c><00:32:09.579><c> going</c><00:32:09.720><c> to</c>

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.140
bring<00:32:10.119><c> into</c><00:32:10.539><c> our</c><00:32:10.819><c> life.</c>

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:14.319
And<00:32:11.380><c> if</c><00:32:11.480><c> we're</c><00:32:11.640><c> not</c><00:32:11.819><c> looking</c><00:32:12.099><c> for</c><00:32:12.359><c> them</c><00:32:12.720><c> and</c><00:32:13.099><c> if</c><00:32:13.259><c> we're</c><00:32:13.400><c> not</c><00:32:13.579><c> aware</c><00:32:13.819><c> that</c><00:32:13.960><c> this</c><00:32:14.180><c> is</c>

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.839
how<00:32:14.460><c> God</c><00:32:14.700><c> works,</c>

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:17.740
they're<00:32:16.279><c> going</c><00:32:16.359><c> to</c><00:32:16.519><c> take</c><00:32:16.599><c> us</c><00:32:16.779><c> by</c><00:32:17.039><c> surprise.</c>

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:22.000
And<00:32:18.460><c> the</c><00:32:18.640><c> very</c><00:32:19.000><c> events</c><00:32:19.380><c> that</c><00:32:19.559><c> are</c><00:32:19.759><c> intended</c><00:32:20.059><c> to</c><00:32:20.359><c> save</c><00:32:20.519><c> us</c><00:32:21.660><c> will</c>

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.140
have<00:32:22.180><c> the</c><00:32:22.400><c> power</c><00:32:22.660><c> to</c><00:32:23.059><c> destroy</c><00:32:23.359><c> us</c>

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:27.000
if<00:32:24.619><c> we</c><00:32:24.819><c> don't</c><00:32:25.099><c> understand</c><00:32:25.700><c> the</c><00:32:25.980><c> spiritual</c><00:32:26.359><c> good</c><00:32:26.619><c> that</c><00:32:26.779><c> they</c>

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.480
are<00:32:27.079><c> intended</c><00:32:27.339><c> to</c><00:32:27.599><c> bring.</c>

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:32.779
Esther<00:32:29.480><c> is</c><00:32:29.779><c> not</c><00:32:30.059><c> scheduling</c><00:32:30.500><c> a</c><00:32:30.859><c> second</c><00:32:31.119><c> banquet</c><00:32:31.519><c> because</c><00:32:31.940><c> she</c>

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:36.019
has<00:32:32.920><c> concluded</c><00:32:33.380><c> that</c><00:32:33.599><c> the</c><00:32:33.779><c> time</c><00:32:33.940><c> isn't</c><00:32:34.220><c> right</c><00:32:34.539><c> at</c><00:32:34.720><c> the</c><00:32:34.900><c> first</c><00:32:35.099><c> banquet.</c>

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:40.259
She<00:32:36.380><c> schedules</c><00:32:36.779><c> the</c><00:32:37.059><c> second</c><00:32:37.339><c> banquet</c><00:32:37.740><c> because</c><00:32:38.059><c> she</c><00:32:38.259><c> is</c><00:32:38.519><c> waiting</c><00:32:38.819><c> upon</c><00:32:39.240><c> God.</c>

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:43.599
She<00:32:40.619><c> leaves</c><00:32:40.900><c> room</c><00:32:41.279><c> for</c><00:32:41.500><c> him</c><00:32:41.720><c> to</c><00:32:41.980><c> work.</c>

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:50.680
And<00:32:45.400><c> because</c><00:32:45.880><c> she</c><00:32:46.220><c> waits</c><00:32:46.740><c> and</c><00:32:47.519><c> she</c><00:32:47.759><c> doesn't</c><00:32:48.059><c> try</c><00:32:48.480><c> to</c><00:32:48.799><c> orchestrate</c><00:32:49.319><c> the</c><00:32:49.559><c> events</c><00:32:49.819><c> all</c><00:32:50.180><c> herself,</c>

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:53.240
you<00:32:51.140><c> know,</c><00:32:51.220><c> we</c><00:32:51.339><c> can</c><00:32:51.500><c> get</c><00:32:51.680><c> ourselves</c><00:32:52.019><c> into</c><00:32:52.240><c> these</c><00:32:52.460><c> situations</c>

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:56.440
where<00:32:54.240><c> something</c><00:32:54.700><c> needs</c><00:32:55.140><c> to</c><00:32:55.319><c> be</c><00:32:55.460><c> done.</c>

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:59.319
And<00:32:56.980><c> we</c><00:32:57.119><c> figure</c><00:32:57.339><c> out</c><00:32:57.539><c> what</c><00:32:57.660><c> it</c><00:32:57.839><c> is</c><00:32:58.059><c> and</c><00:32:58.200><c> we</c><00:32:58.380><c> go</c><00:32:58.539><c> do</c><00:32:58.720><c> it.</c>

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:03.779
And<00:32:59.920><c> we</c><00:33:00.059><c> leave</c><00:33:00.299><c> absolute</c><00:33:00.799><c> no</c><00:33:01.160><c> room</c><00:33:01.839><c> for</c><00:33:02.359><c> God</c><00:33:02.519><c> to</c><00:33:02.759><c> work.</c>

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:06.599
And<00:33:04.420><c> we</c><00:33:04.559><c> do</c><00:33:04.640><c> what</c><00:33:04.779><c> we</c><00:33:04.980><c> think</c><00:33:05.099><c> is</c><00:33:05.380><c> right,</c><00:33:05.660><c> having</c><00:33:05.920><c> left</c><00:33:06.119><c> no</c><00:33:06.420><c> room</c>

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.420
for<00:33:06.799><c> God</c><00:33:06.980><c> to</c><00:33:07.240><c> work,</c>

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:10.440
and<00:33:07.599><c> what</c><00:33:07.759><c> we</c><00:33:07.960><c> do</c><00:33:08.220><c> is</c><00:33:08.660><c> failing</c><00:33:09.019><c> miserably.</c>

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:13.700
And<00:33:11.200><c> we</c><00:33:11.380><c> scratch</c><00:33:11.740><c> our</c><00:33:11.940><c> heads</c><00:33:12.099><c> and</c><00:33:12.279><c> wonder</c><00:33:12.460><c> why.</c>

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.740
Not<00:33:15.240><c> in</c><00:33:15.480><c> Esther's</c><00:33:15.799><c> case.</c>

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.980
She<00:33:17.160><c> leaves</c><00:33:17.460><c> room</c><00:33:17.779><c> for</c><00:33:18.019><c> God</c><00:33:18.259><c> to</c><00:33:18.519><c> work.</c>

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:23.119
And<00:33:19.400><c> because</c><00:33:19.839><c> she</c><00:33:20.180><c> does,</c><00:33:21.559><c> Chapter</c><00:33:21.700><c> 6</c><00:33:21.960><c> happens.</c>

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.920
See,<00:33:24.380><c> Chapter</c><00:33:24.480><c> 6</c><00:33:24.660><c> is</c><00:33:24.819><c> going</c><00:33:24.920><c> to</c><00:33:25.099><c> happen</c><00:33:25.259><c> between</c><00:33:25.539><c> the</c><00:33:25.740><c> first</c>

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.619
and<00:33:26.019><c> second</c><00:33:26.299><c> banquet.</c>

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:31.700
And<00:33:26.940><c> Chapter</c><00:33:27.259><c> 6</c><00:33:27.660><c> is</c><00:33:27.960><c> the</c><00:33:28.220><c> reason</c><00:33:29.240><c> Haman</c><00:33:29.859><c> is</c><00:33:30.400><c> brought</c><00:33:30.680><c> down.</c>

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:36.680
Amazing<00:33:34.299><c> how</c><00:33:34.480><c> she</c><00:33:34.700><c> left</c><00:33:34.900><c> space</c><00:33:35.279><c> for</c><00:33:35.480><c> God</c><00:33:35.680><c> to</c><00:33:35.940><c> work</c><00:33:36.140><c> and</c><00:33:36.319><c> he</c>

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:38.700
intervened<00:33:37.180><c> into</c><00:33:37.440><c> that</c><00:33:37.700><c> space.</c>

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:42.140
So<00:33:39.500><c> that</c><00:33:39.859><c> by</c><00:33:40.119><c> the</c><00:33:40.240><c> time</c><00:33:40.440><c> we</c><00:33:40.960><c> come</c><00:33:41.119><c> to</c><00:33:41.319><c> the</c><00:33:41.440><c> second</c><00:33:41.740><c> banquet,</c>

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.740
we<00:33:42.680><c> would</c><00:33:42.980><c> find</c><00:33:43.319><c> that</c><00:33:43.599><c> Haman</c><00:33:43.779><c> is</c><00:33:44.019><c> in</c><00:33:44.200><c> terrible</c><00:33:44.480><c> sorts.</c>

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:47.880
Remember,<00:33:45.079><c> he</c><00:33:45.220><c> left</c><00:33:45.400><c> the</c><00:33:45.660><c> first</c><00:33:45.900><c> banquet</c><00:33:46.180><c> sky</c><00:33:46.720><c> high.</c>

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:50.960
By<00:33:48.420><c> the</c><00:33:48.559><c> time</c><00:33:48.700><c> he</c><00:33:48.819><c> comes</c><00:33:49.039><c> to</c><00:33:49.240><c> the</c><00:33:49.400><c> second</c><00:33:49.660><c> banquet,</c><00:33:50.140><c> he</c><00:33:50.319><c> is</c><00:33:50.619><c> in</c>

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:52.539
terrible<00:33:51.359><c> sorts.</c>

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:56.579
The<00:33:54.559><c> decision's</c><00:33:54.920><c> already</c><00:33:55.140><c> been</c><00:33:55.380><c> made</c><00:33:55.680><c> by</c><00:33:55.839><c> the</c><00:33:56.039><c> second</c><00:33:56.240><c> banquet.</c>

00:33:56.700 --> 00:34:02.180
If<00:33:56.839><c> it's</c><00:33:57.059><c> a</c><00:33:57.160><c> case</c><00:33:57.460><c> of</c><00:33:58.000><c> Esther</c><00:33:58.380><c> or</c><00:33:58.799><c> Haman,</c><00:34:01.380><c> the</c><00:34:01.539><c> king's</c><00:34:01.900><c> already</c>

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.740
made<00:34:02.359><c> up</c><00:34:02.519><c> his</c><00:34:02.779><c> mind.</c>

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:06.299
He<00:34:04.200><c> didn't</c><00:34:04.339><c> make</c><00:34:04.519><c> up</c><00:34:04.640><c> his</c><00:34:04.880><c> mind</c><00:34:05.019><c> at</c><00:34:05.160><c> a</c><00:34:05.420><c> banquet.</c>

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:10.199
He<00:34:06.900><c> made</c><00:34:07.079><c> up</c><00:34:07.240><c> his</c><00:34:07.440><c> mind</c><00:34:07.559><c> in</c><00:34:07.759><c> Chapter</c><00:34:08.039><c> 6</c><00:34:09.099><c> when</c><00:34:09.619><c> Haman's</c><00:34:10.039><c> true</c>

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.340
character<00:34:10.880><c> was</c><00:34:11.579><c> exposed.</c>

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:18.599
Esther<00:34:15.360><c> has</c><00:34:15.760><c> absolutely</c><00:34:16.480><c> no</c><00:34:16.940><c> control</c><00:34:17.579><c> over</c><00:34:18.019><c> the</c><00:34:18.179><c> events</c><00:34:18.420><c> of</c>

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.360
Chapter<00:34:18.900><c> 6,</c>

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:22.179
but<00:34:19.579><c> she</c><00:34:19.760><c> does</c><00:34:20.019><c> have</c><00:34:20.300><c> faith</c><00:34:20.719><c> and</c><00:34:21.199><c> she</c><00:34:21.360><c> does</c><00:34:21.619><c> leave</c><00:34:21.800><c> room</c><00:34:22.000><c> for</c>

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.739
God<00:34:22.380><c> to</c><00:34:22.599><c> work.</c>

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:26.079
She<00:34:22.940><c> can't</c><00:34:23.260><c> control</c><00:34:23.719><c> what</c><00:34:23.920><c> Haman</c><00:34:24.199><c> will</c><00:34:24.400><c> do</c><00:34:24.539><c> after</c><00:34:24.780><c> the</c><00:34:24.960><c> first</c><00:34:25.159><c> banquet.</c>

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:29.699
How<00:34:26.400><c> he</c><00:34:26.500><c> marches</c><00:34:26.920><c> out</c><00:34:27.019><c> of</c><00:34:27.159><c> there</c><00:34:27.380><c> so</c><00:34:27.739><c> proud,</c><00:34:28.679><c> so</c><00:34:28.940><c> boastful,</c>

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.059
has<00:34:30.219><c> the</c><00:34:30.480><c> gallows</c><00:34:30.760><c> built.</c>

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.300
She<00:34:31.239><c> can't</c><00:34:31.539><c> control</c><00:34:31.860><c> that.</c>

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:35.480
She<00:34:33.139><c> can't</c><00:34:33.480><c> control</c><00:34:33.780><c> the</c><00:34:33.980><c> insomnia</c><00:34:34.559><c> that</c><00:34:34.719><c> will</c><00:34:34.920><c> overcome</c><00:34:35.239><c> the</c>

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.780
king<00:34:35.639><c> that</c><00:34:35.960><c> night.</c>

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:39.420
It's<00:34:37.059><c> not</c><00:34:37.179><c> as</c><00:34:37.320><c> if</c><00:34:37.360><c> she</c><00:34:37.519><c> put</c><00:34:37.659><c> some</c><00:34:37.900><c> type</c><00:34:38.099><c> of</c><00:34:38.320><c> drug</c><00:34:38.500><c> in</c><00:34:38.679><c> his</c><00:34:39.099><c> wine</c>

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:42.380
so<00:34:39.599><c> he</c><00:34:39.699><c> couldn't</c><00:34:39.960><c> drink</c><00:34:40.340><c> or</c><00:34:40.719><c> he</c><00:34:40.860><c> couldn't</c><00:34:41.159><c> sleep,</c><00:34:41.880><c> sorry.</c>

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:45.019
But<00:34:43.059><c> he</c><00:34:43.139><c> has</c><00:34:43.280><c> a</c><00:34:43.440><c> terrible</c><00:34:43.739><c> case</c><00:34:44.000><c> of</c><00:34:44.219><c> insomnia</c><00:34:44.659><c> that</c><00:34:44.900><c> night.</c>

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:47.000
She<00:34:45.179><c> can't</c><00:34:45.500><c> control</c><00:34:45.800><c> these</c><00:34:46.079><c> things.</c>

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:50.460
She<00:34:47.480><c> can't</c><00:34:47.800><c> control</c><00:34:48.019><c> what</c><00:34:48.219><c> the</c><00:34:48.380><c> king</c><00:34:48.539><c> does</c><00:34:48.880><c> when</c><00:34:49.039><c> he</c><00:34:49.199><c> can't</c><00:34:49.480><c> sleep.</c>

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:57.000
But<00:34:52.599><c> God</c><00:34:52.780><c> will</c><00:34:53.079><c> use</c><00:34:53.519><c> her</c><00:34:53.820><c> faithful</c><00:34:54.139><c> actions</c><00:34:54.840><c> because</c><00:34:55.820><c> God</c><00:34:56.179><c> alone</c><00:34:56.639><c> is</c>

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.760
controlling<00:34:57.300><c> these</c><00:34:57.539><c> events,</c>

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:04.139
bringing<00:35:00.179><c> about</c><00:35:00.699><c> a</c><00:35:01.059><c> resolution</c><00:35:01.639><c> in</c><00:35:01.940><c> a</c><00:35:02.059><c> way</c><00:35:02.739><c> in</c><00:35:03.320><c> which</c><00:35:03.559><c> all</c><00:35:03.940><c> the</c>

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:07.420
glory<00:35:04.400><c> is</c><00:35:04.639><c> to</c><00:35:04.800><c> himself</c><00:35:05.260><c> as</c><00:35:05.539><c> it</c><00:35:05.739><c> should</c><00:35:05.900><c> be.</c>

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.679
Following<00:35:08.000><c> the</c><00:35:08.239><c> first</c><00:35:08.440><c> banquet,</c><00:35:09.639><c> do</c><00:35:09.840><c> you</c><00:35:09.840><c> see</c><00:35:10.019><c> the</c><00:35:10.159><c> situation</c>

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.380
that<00:35:10.960><c> Esther</c><00:35:11.119><c> is</c><00:35:11.300><c> in?</c>

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:16.440
She<00:35:11.599><c> woke</c><00:35:11.840><c> up</c><00:35:12.099><c> that</c><00:35:12.300><c> morning</c><00:35:12.760><c> and</c><00:35:13.860><c> her</c><00:35:14.139><c> people</c><00:35:14.480><c> were</c><00:35:14.780><c> condemned</c><00:35:15.139><c> to</c><00:35:15.420><c> death,</c>

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:20.059
and<00:35:16.940><c> they're</c><00:35:17.139><c> going</c><00:35:17.380><c> to</c><00:35:17.639><c> die</c><00:35:18.219><c> in</c><00:35:18.719><c> the</c><00:35:18.880><c> twelfth</c><00:35:19.159><c> month.</c>

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:23.900
She<00:35:21.199><c> has</c><00:35:21.440><c> to</c><00:35:21.599><c> go</c><00:35:21.860><c> and</c><00:35:22.079><c> face</c><00:35:22.280><c> the</c><00:35:22.500><c> king,</c><00:35:22.980><c> at</c><00:35:23.219><c> which</c><00:35:23.420><c> time</c><00:35:23.679><c> she</c>

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.780
may<00:35:24.119><c> die.</c>

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:26.960
She<00:35:25.880><c> goes</c><00:35:26.139><c> before</c><00:35:26.519><c> the</c><00:35:26.699><c> king.</c>

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:28.920
Her<00:35:27.460><c> life</c><00:35:27.699><c> is</c><00:35:28.019><c> extended.</c>

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:33.539
At<00:35:31.019><c> the</c><00:35:31.139><c> end</c><00:35:31.280><c> of</c><00:35:31.400><c> the</c><00:35:31.539><c> first</c><00:35:31.780><c> banquet,</c><00:35:32.260><c> her</c><00:35:32.500><c> situation</c><00:35:33.179><c> has</c>

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:35.539
not<00:35:33.780><c> improved</c><00:35:34.380><c> all</c><00:35:34.679><c> that</c><00:35:34.920><c> greatly</c>

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:39.719
because<00:35:36.480><c> she</c><00:35:36.900><c> still</c><00:35:37.139><c> now</c><00:35:37.500><c> faces</c><00:35:37.840><c> the</c><00:35:38.199><c> trial</c><00:35:38.559><c> of</c><00:35:38.820><c> the</c><00:35:39.019><c> second</c><00:35:39.239><c> banquet</c>

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:45.380
in<00:35:40.199><c> which</c><00:35:40.360><c> she</c><00:35:40.579><c> has</c><00:35:40.860><c> to</c><00:35:41.139><c> now</c><00:35:42.440><c> accuse</c><00:35:43.300><c> the</c><00:35:43.820><c> king's</c><00:35:44.260><c> trusted</c><00:35:44.559><c> friend</c><00:35:45.039><c> as</c>

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.599
being<00:35:45.639><c> a</c><00:35:45.860><c> traitor.</c>

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:50.579
You<00:35:47.159><c> see,</c><00:35:47.679><c> her</c><00:35:47.940><c> situation</c><00:35:48.619><c> is</c><00:35:48.940><c> not</c><00:35:49.199><c> getting</c><00:35:49.460><c> any</c><00:35:49.940><c> easier</c><00:35:50.340><c> as</c>

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.760
these<00:35:50.800><c> events</c><00:35:51.099><c> develop.</c>

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:55.699
And<00:35:52.820><c> that's</c><00:35:53.059><c> how</c><00:35:53.219><c> God</c><00:35:53.500><c> works</c><00:35:53.820><c> with</c><00:35:54.000><c> us</c><00:35:54.340><c> in</c><00:35:54.960><c> our</c><00:35:55.239><c> trials.</c>

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:58.380
Had<00:35:56.280><c> she</c><00:35:56.500><c> remained</c><00:35:56.940><c> silent</c><00:35:57.420><c> in</c><00:35:57.599><c> chapter</c><00:35:57.900><c> four</c><00:35:58.159><c> and</c><00:35:58.280><c> said,</c>

00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:01.000
I'm<00:35:58.500><c> not</c><00:35:58.659><c> going</c><00:35:58.780><c> to</c><00:35:58.860><c> go</c><00:35:59.019><c> before</c><00:35:59.239><c> the</c><00:35:59.440><c> king,</c><00:36:00.440><c> then</c><00:36:00.579><c> she</c><00:36:00.739><c> doesn't</c>

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:03.760
face<00:36:01.340><c> the</c><00:36:01.639><c> trial</c><00:36:02.059><c> of</c><00:36:02.380><c> the</c><00:36:02.599><c> second</c><00:36:02.780><c> banquet.</c>

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:11.920
But<00:36:04.219><c> it's</c><00:36:04.559><c> because</c><00:36:05.320><c> of</c><00:36:05.659><c> her</c><00:36:05.960><c> faith</c><00:36:06.639><c> that</c><00:36:09.340><c> she</c><00:36:09.539><c> is</c><00:36:09.900><c> presented</c><00:36:10.500><c> with</c><00:36:11.420><c> a</c>

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.739
second<00:36:12.219><c> trial</c>

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:16.539
that's<00:36:13.679><c> equal</c><00:36:13.900><c> to,</c><00:36:14.340><c> if</c><00:36:14.579><c> not</c><00:36:14.880><c> greater,</c><00:36:15.260><c> than</c><00:36:15.420><c> the</c><00:36:15.619><c> first.</c>

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:19.480
It's<00:36:17.159><c> one</c><00:36:17.380><c> thing</c><00:36:17.619><c> to</c><00:36:17.739><c> go</c><00:36:17.960><c> before</c><00:36:18.219><c> the</c><00:36:18.480><c> king</c><00:36:18.820><c> and</c><00:36:19.099><c> have</c><00:36:19.280><c> your</c>

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.159
life<00:36:19.699><c> extended</c>

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:22.159
without<00:36:20.440><c> having</c><00:36:20.659><c> to</c><00:36:20.880><c> say</c><00:36:21.019><c> a</c><00:36:21.059><c> word.</c>

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:25.019
It's<00:36:23.440><c> quite</c><00:36:23.639><c> another</c><00:36:23.940><c> to</c><00:36:24.119><c> go</c><00:36:24.340><c> before</c><00:36:24.579><c> the</c><00:36:24.820><c> king</c>

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:28.340
and<00:36:25.219><c> now</c><00:36:25.460><c> declare</c><00:36:25.900><c> that</c><00:36:26.119><c> his</c><00:36:26.320><c> trusted</c><00:36:26.659><c> friend</c><00:36:27.099><c> is</c><00:36:27.380><c> a</c><00:36:27.599><c> traitor.</c>

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:31.699
But<00:36:28.679><c> do</c><00:36:28.880><c> you</c><00:36:28.880><c> see</c><00:36:29.019><c> how</c><00:36:29.460><c> fertile</c><00:36:29.780><c> this</c><00:36:30.119><c> ground</c><00:36:30.380><c> is</c><00:36:30.739><c> for</c><00:36:30.980><c> Esther's</c><00:36:31.519><c> faith</c>

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.840
to<00:36:31.980><c> grow?</c>

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:37.400
And<00:36:33.539><c> the</c><00:36:33.679><c> beauty</c><00:36:33.920><c> of</c><00:36:34.099><c> it</c><00:36:34.320><c> all</c><00:36:34.900><c> is</c><00:36:35.500><c> that</c><00:36:35.699><c> she</c><00:36:35.960><c> ended</c><00:36:36.199><c> up</c><00:36:36.480><c> in</c><00:36:36.639><c> this</c><00:36:36.860><c> position</c>

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.659
between<00:36:37.760><c> the</c><00:36:37.980><c> first</c><00:36:38.159><c> two</c><00:36:38.400><c> banquets</c><00:36:39.119><c> because</c><00:36:39.780><c> of</c><00:36:40.059><c> her</c><00:36:40.360><c> faith.</c>

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.900
You<00:36:41.159><c> see,</c><00:36:41.219><c> that's</c><00:36:41.440><c> how</c><00:36:41.639><c> God</c><00:36:41.900><c> works</c><00:36:42.239><c> with</c><00:36:42.460><c> us.</c>

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:46.079
He<00:36:43.659><c> doesn't</c><00:36:43.960><c> say,</c><00:36:44.440><c> I</c><00:36:44.460><c> want</c><00:36:44.659><c> you</c><00:36:44.780><c> to</c><00:36:44.880><c> go</c><00:36:45.000><c> before</c><00:36:45.260><c> the</c><00:36:45.519><c> king,</c><00:36:45.880><c> and</c>

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:48.380
we<00:36:46.320><c> do,</c><00:36:46.739><c> and</c><00:36:46.840><c> now</c><00:36:47.039><c> it's</c><00:36:47.179><c> all</c><00:36:47.460><c> over.</c>

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:50.139
We<00:36:49.199><c> show</c><00:36:49.500><c> our</c><00:36:49.860><c> faith.</c>

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:54.480
He<00:36:50.420><c> brings</c><00:36:50.639><c> us</c><00:36:50.860><c> through</c><00:36:51.099><c> a</c><00:36:51.340><c> trial</c><00:36:51.860><c> so</c><00:36:53.500><c> that</c><00:36:53.719><c> he</c><00:36:53.840><c> can</c><00:36:54.079><c> now</c><00:36:54.360><c> bring</c>

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:56.340
us<00:36:54.719><c> to</c><00:36:54.820><c> the</c><00:36:54.980><c> next</c><00:36:55.280><c> trial.</c>

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:58.980
Now,<00:36:57.039><c> she</c><00:36:57.139><c> would</c><00:36:57.340><c> have</c><00:36:57.460><c> found</c><00:36:57.619><c> great</c><00:36:57.980><c> encouragement</c>

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:02.260
from<00:36:59.400><c> having</c><00:36:59.679><c> been</c><00:36:59.900><c> given</c><00:37:00.300><c> her</c><00:37:00.760><c> life</c><00:37:01.179><c> by</c><00:37:01.519><c> the</c><00:37:01.699><c> king</c><00:37:01.860><c> when</c><00:37:02.019><c> he</c>

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extended<00:37:02.460><c> the</c><00:37:02.739><c> scepter.</c>

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And<00:37:03.699><c> we</c><00:37:03.760><c> don't</c><00:37:03.920><c> want</c><00:37:04.079><c> to</c><00:37:04.239><c> minimize</c><00:37:04.599><c> that.</c>

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:09.599
But<00:37:06.380><c> her</c><00:37:06.639><c> trials</c><00:37:06.900><c> didn't</c><00:37:07.219><c> end</c><00:37:07.760><c> when</c><00:37:07.960><c> her</c><00:37:08.260><c> life</c><00:37:08.639><c> was</c><00:37:09.019><c> extended.</c>

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:15.139
So<00:37:10.679><c> that</c><00:37:10.940><c> as</c><00:37:11.260><c> our</c><00:37:11.599><c> faith</c><00:37:11.820><c> grows,</c><00:37:12.599><c> our</c><00:37:12.739><c> trials</c><00:37:13.139><c> are</c><00:37:13.519><c> going</c><00:37:13.820><c> to</c><00:37:14.119><c> increase.</c>

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:18.219
And<00:37:15.420><c> parents,</c><00:37:16.039><c> we</c><00:37:16.059><c> need</c><00:37:16.420><c> to</c><00:37:16.639><c> be</c><00:37:16.860><c> teaching</c><00:37:17.239><c> our</c><00:37:17.599><c> young</c><00:37:17.900><c> people.</c>

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This<00:37:18.440><c> is</c><00:37:18.739><c> a</c><00:37:19.000><c> godly</c><00:37:19.420><c> principle.</c>

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:22.420
It<00:37:20.519><c> isn't</c><00:37:20.760><c> just</c><00:37:21.059><c> the</c><00:37:21.219><c> life</c><00:37:21.460><c> of</c><00:37:21.760><c> Esther.</c>

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:25.360
We<00:37:22.579><c> could</c><00:37:22.780><c> trace</c><00:37:23.039><c> the</c><00:37:23.340><c> same</c><00:37:23.639><c> thing</c><00:37:23.880><c> through</c><00:37:24.239><c> the</c><00:37:24.480><c> lives</c><00:37:24.900><c> of</c>

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.920
Nehemiah<00:37:25.840><c> and</c><00:37:26.079><c> Ezra.</c>

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:29.880
And<00:37:27.280><c> the</c><00:37:27.519><c> other</c><00:37:27.760><c> characters</c><00:37:28.119><c> in</c><00:37:28.360><c> Scripture,</c><00:37:28.739><c> when</c><00:37:28.920><c> they</c><00:37:29.159><c> were</c><00:37:29.400><c> faithful,</c>

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:33.420
their<00:37:30.320><c> trials</c><00:37:30.599><c> didn't</c><00:37:30.860><c> end,</c><00:37:31.239><c> their</c><00:37:31.500><c> trials</c><00:37:31.800><c> only</c><00:37:32.219><c> increased.</c>

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:36.699
The<00:37:34.320><c> exact</c><00:37:34.599><c> same</c><00:37:34.860><c> situation</c><00:37:35.579><c> in</c><00:37:35.980><c> the</c><00:37:36.059><c> case</c><00:37:36.260><c> of</c><00:37:36.440><c> our</c><00:37:36.559><c> Lord</c>

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.559
Jesus<00:37:37.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:41.539
But<00:37:38.579><c> now</c><00:37:38.900><c> God</c><00:37:39.119><c> is</c><00:37:39.380><c> working</c><00:37:39.739><c> alone,</c><00:37:40.639><c> directly</c><00:37:41.099><c> with</c><00:37:41.360><c> Esther.</c>

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:45.260
There's<00:37:41.800><c> no</c><00:37:42.019><c> more</c><00:37:42.199><c> to</c><00:37:42.400><c> KI</c><00:37:42.820><c> between</c><00:37:44.000><c> banquet</c><00:37:44.360><c> one</c><00:37:44.639><c> and</c><00:37:44.860><c> two.</c>

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:48.360
This<00:37:45.539><c> is</c><00:37:45.780><c> God</c><00:37:45.940><c> now</c><00:37:46.340><c> alone</c><00:37:46.860><c> working</c><00:37:47.340><c> with</c><00:37:47.579><c> this</c><00:37:47.880><c> young,</c>

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:49.940
faithful<00:37:48.860><c> sister.</c>

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:52.960
And<00:37:50.679><c> once</c><00:37:50.940><c> again,</c><00:37:51.300><c> the</c><00:37:51.360><c> word</c><00:37:51.619><c> prayer</c><00:37:51.980><c> doesn't</c><00:37:52.300><c> show</c><00:37:52.579><c> up</c><00:37:52.800><c> in</c>

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.460
chapter<00:37:53.320><c> five.</c>

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But<00:37:55.139><c> chapter</c><00:37:55.480><c> five</c><00:37:55.900><c> is</c><00:37:56.260><c> an</c><00:37:56.619><c> amazing</c><00:37:57.519><c> example</c><00:37:58.380><c> of</c><00:37:59.260><c> the</c><00:37:59.619><c> power</c>

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of<00:38:00.519><c> prayer</c><00:38:00.820><c> in</c><00:38:01.139><c> our</c><00:38:01.440><c> life.</c>

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:07.219
If<00:38:03.800><c> you</c><00:38:04.139><c> were</c><00:38:04.480><c> Esther</c><00:38:04.920><c> and</c><00:38:05.260><c> you</c><00:38:05.460><c> went</c><00:38:05.639><c> home</c><00:38:05.980><c> that</c><00:38:06.280><c> day,</c><00:38:06.920><c> back</c>

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:09.159
to<00:38:07.420><c> your</c><00:38:07.679><c> own</c><00:38:07.980><c> palace,</c>

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:12.739
and<00:38:10.039><c> you</c><00:38:10.179><c> knew</c><00:38:10.360><c> you</c><00:38:10.539><c> had</c><00:38:10.739><c> the</c><00:38:11.039><c> prospect</c><00:38:11.579><c> of</c><00:38:11.840><c> a</c><00:38:12.059><c> second</c><00:38:12.340><c> banquet</c>

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.679
the<00:38:12.980><c> next</c><00:38:13.320><c> morning</c>

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:16.219
or<00:38:13.900><c> the</c><00:38:14.000><c> next</c><00:38:14.320><c> day</c><00:38:14.559><c> in</c><00:38:14.699><c> which</c><00:38:14.900><c> you</c><00:38:15.000><c> were</c><00:38:15.219><c> going</c><00:38:15.460><c> to</c><00:38:15.739><c> accuse</c><00:38:15.980><c> the</c>

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:18.539
king,<00:38:16.900><c> sorry,</c><00:38:17.400><c> accuse</c><00:38:17.559><c> Haman,</c>

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don't<00:38:22.219><c> you</c><00:38:22.440><c> think</c><00:38:23.059><c> that</c><00:38:23.820><c> she</c><00:38:24.039><c> may</c><00:38:24.300><c> have</c><00:38:24.539><c> offered</c><00:38:25.139><c> some</c><00:38:26.480><c> prayer</c>

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that<00:38:27.500><c> night?</c>

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Isn't<00:38:30.380><c> it</c><00:38:30.599><c> possible</c><00:38:31.039><c> that</c><00:38:31.219><c> she</c><00:38:31.380><c> may</c><00:38:31.599><c> have</c><00:38:31.880><c> spent</c><00:38:33.119><c> several</c><00:38:33.699><c> minutes,</c><00:38:34.199><c> if</c>

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not<00:38:34.639><c> hours,</c><00:38:35.019><c> in</c><00:38:35.340><c> prayer?</c>

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:40.920
Because<00:38:36.579><c> her</c><00:38:37.320><c> accusation</c><00:38:37.980><c> the</c><00:38:38.159><c> next</c><00:38:38.500><c> day,</c><00:38:40.039><c> and</c><00:38:40.260><c> the</c><00:38:40.400><c> king's</c>

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:42.380
response<00:38:41.320><c> to</c><00:38:41.639><c> it,</c>

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:48.440
will<00:38:42.960><c> be</c><00:38:44.019><c> likely</c><00:38:44.579><c> her</c><00:38:45.280><c> only</c><00:38:45.840><c> opportunity</c><00:38:46.599><c> to</c><00:38:46.940><c> save</c><00:38:47.199><c> her</c><00:38:47.460><c> people.</c>

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:54.480
So<00:38:49.559><c> there's</c><00:38:50.079><c> Esther</c><00:38:50.599><c> in</c><00:38:51.480><c> her</c><00:38:51.739><c> chamber,</c><00:38:53.480><c> praying.</c>

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:56.860
Where's<00:38:55.760><c> the</c><00:38:55.900><c> king?</c>

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The<00:38:59.239><c> king's</c><00:38:59.699><c> in</c><00:38:59.860><c> his</c><00:39:00.139><c> chamber,</c><00:39:01.460><c> and</c><00:39:01.639><c> he</c><00:39:01.780><c> can't</c><00:39:02.099><c> sleep.</c>

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:09.300
So<00:39:05.920><c> he</c><00:39:06.059><c> calls</c><00:39:06.500><c> for</c><00:39:06.719><c> the</c><00:39:06.860><c> books</c><00:39:07.099><c> of</c><00:39:07.280><c> the</c><00:39:07.440><c> Chronicles</c><00:39:07.840><c> to</c><00:39:08.000><c> be</c><00:39:08.159><c> read.</c>

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:17.079
Her<00:39:10.659><c> prayer,</c><00:39:11.579><c> his</c><00:39:11.900><c> insomnia,</c><00:39:13.340><c> her</c><00:39:13.679><c> prayer</c><00:39:14.059><c> being</c><00:39:14.539><c> answered</c><00:39:15.360><c> simultaneously.</c>

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Where's<00:39:18.980><c> Haman?</c>

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:23.820
While<00:39:20.780><c> Esther</c><00:39:21.159><c> is</c><00:39:21.460><c> praying</c><00:39:21.840><c> for</c><00:39:22.079><c> God</c><00:39:22.280><c> to</c><00:39:22.539><c> intervene</c><00:39:23.199><c> and</c><00:39:23.519><c> save</c>

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.820
his<00:39:24.059><c> people,</c>

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Haman<00:39:25.559><c> is</c><00:39:25.860><c> in</c><00:39:25.960><c> his</c><00:39:26.280><c> house</c><00:39:27.119><c> having</c><00:39:28.019><c> a</c><00:39:28.300><c> gallows</c><00:39:28.719><c> 75</c><00:39:29.219><c> feet</c><00:39:29.619><c> high</c>

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:33.539
being<00:39:30.260><c> built</c><00:39:30.800><c> upon</c><00:39:31.239><c> which</c><00:39:31.719><c> he</c><00:39:32.119><c> will</c><00:39:32.340><c> die.</c>

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:40.940
All<00:39:36.260><c> the</c><00:39:36.480><c> while,</c><00:39:37.440><c> this</c><00:39:37.599><c> young,</c><00:39:38.360><c> faithful</c><00:39:38.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:39.519><c> maiden</c><00:39:40.000><c> is</c>

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:44.599
praying<00:39:41.260><c> to</c><00:39:41.519><c> her</c><00:39:41.780><c> God</c><00:39:42.179><c> to</c><00:39:42.500><c> intervene</c><00:39:43.039><c> in</c><00:39:43.280><c> this</c><00:39:43.500><c> situation.</c>

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:48.019
It's<00:39:45.699><c> not</c><00:39:45.900><c> the</c><00:39:46.059><c> only</c><00:39:46.320><c> case</c><00:39:46.599><c> in</c><00:39:46.800><c> Scripture</c><00:39:47.139><c> of</c><00:39:47.460><c> prayer</c><00:39:47.719><c> being</c>

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answered<00:39:48.380><c> simultaneously.</c>

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:52.599
We<00:39:49.300><c> know</c><00:39:49.519><c> in</c><00:39:49.719><c> Daniel</c><00:39:49.980><c> 9,</c><00:39:51.239><c> when</c><00:39:51.420><c> the</c><00:39:51.599><c> angel</c><00:39:51.760><c> finally</c><00:39:52.099><c> comes</c><00:39:52.420><c> to</c>

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.139
him,<00:39:52.840><c> he</c><00:39:52.860><c> says,</c>

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from<00:39:53.539><c> the</c><00:39:53.760><c> moment</c><00:39:53.940><c> you</c><00:39:54.119><c> began</c><00:39:54.460><c> to</c><00:39:54.780><c> pray,</c><00:39:55.000><c> Daniel,</c><00:39:56.800><c> God</c><00:39:57.079><c> heard</c>

00:39:57.500 --> 00:40:01.300
and<00:39:57.679><c> he</c><00:39:57.840><c> was</c><00:39:58.179><c> intervening</c><00:39:59.039><c> and</c><00:39:59.460><c> sending</c><00:39:59.739><c> me</c><00:40:00.000><c> to</c><00:40:00.239><c> you.</c>

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:06.420
Prayer<00:40:03.159><c> could</c><00:40:03.460><c> be</c><00:40:03.719><c> a</c><00:40:03.860><c> tremendous</c><00:40:04.380><c> power</c><00:40:04.860><c> in</c><00:40:05.059><c> our</c><00:40:05.280><c> life,</c><00:40:05.739><c> brothers</c><00:40:05.860><c> and</c><00:40:06.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:10.000
and<00:40:06.780><c> we</c><00:40:06.980><c> need</c><00:40:07.199><c> to</c><00:40:07.460><c> utilize</c><00:40:07.840><c> it,</c><00:40:08.340><c> because</c><00:40:08.719><c> Esther</c><00:40:09.019><c> did.</c>

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:14.320
And<00:40:10.380><c> God</c><00:40:10.639><c> heard</c><00:40:10.980><c> her</c><00:40:11.320><c> prayer,</c><00:40:12.179><c> and</c><00:40:12.400><c> events</c><00:40:12.679><c> were</c><00:40:13.039><c> set</c><00:40:13.260><c> in</c><00:40:13.460><c> motion.</c>

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:20.579
If<00:40:15.880><c> Esther</c><00:40:16.179><c> went</c><00:40:16.340><c> home</c><00:40:16.500><c> to</c><00:40:16.679><c> pray</c><00:40:16.880><c> that</c><00:40:17.159><c> night,</c><00:40:19.000><c> Haman</c><00:40:19.119><c> went</c><00:40:19.280><c> home</c><00:40:19.500><c> to</c><00:40:19.679><c> boast.</c>

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:25.880
Chapter<00:40:21.619><c> 5</c><00:40:21.960><c> is</c><00:40:22.320><c> a</c><00:40:22.519><c> reflection</c><00:40:22.960><c> or</c><00:40:23.179><c> insight</c><00:40:23.539><c> into</c><00:40:23.840><c> another</c><00:40:25.199><c> aspect</c><00:40:25.719><c> of</c>

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.380
his<00:40:26.079><c> character.</c>

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It's<00:40:26.639><c> a</c><00:40:26.719><c> further</c><00:40:26.920><c> insight</c><00:40:27.280><c> into</c><00:40:27.480><c> his</c><00:40:27.739><c> character.</c>

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:31.360
Just<00:40:28.920><c> take</c><00:40:29.340><c> a</c><00:40:29.400><c> look,</c><00:40:29.599><c> for</c><00:40:29.739><c> instance,</c><00:40:29.920><c> in</c><00:40:30.059><c> verse</c><00:40:30.280><c> 9.</c>

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:34.820
He<00:40:32.059><c> went</c><00:40:32.179><c> out</c><00:40:32.400><c> that</c><00:40:32.599><c> day,</c><00:40:33.019><c> joyful</c><00:40:33.380><c> and</c><00:40:33.820><c> glad</c><00:40:34.079><c> of</c><00:40:34.380><c> heart.</c>

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:37.639
But<00:40:35.340><c> when</c><00:40:35.559><c> Haman</c><00:40:35.800><c> saw</c><00:40:36.119><c> Mordecai</c><00:40:36.639><c> in</c><00:40:36.800><c> the</c><00:40:36.960><c> king's</c><00:40:37.300><c> gate,</c><00:40:37.539><c> that</c>

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:39.539
he<00:40:37.760><c> neither</c><00:40:37.960><c> rose</c><00:40:38.380><c> nor</c><00:40:38.639><c> trembled</c><00:40:38.980><c> before</c><00:40:39.340><c> him,</c>

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:42.420
he<00:40:39.679><c> was</c><00:40:39.980><c> filled</c><00:40:40.280><c> with</c><00:40:40.559><c> wrath</c><00:40:40.900><c> against</c><00:40:41.280><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:44.480
He's<00:40:43.079><c> on</c><00:40:43.380><c> top</c><00:40:43.699><c> of</c><00:40:43.920><c> the</c><00:40:44.079><c> world.</c>

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:47.139
It<00:40:44.800><c> doesn't</c><00:40:45.179><c> get</c><00:40:45.420><c> any</c><00:40:45.739><c> better</c><00:40:45.960><c> than</c><00:40:46.179><c> this.</c>

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:49.460
He's<00:40:47.340><c> joyful</c><00:40:47.739><c> and</c><00:40:48.099><c> glad</c><00:40:48.340><c> of</c><00:40:48.559><c> heart,</c><00:40:48.739><c> and</c><00:40:48.880><c> the</c><00:40:49.039><c> word</c><00:40:49.179><c> means</c>

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.199
he's<00:40:49.800><c> gleeful.</c>

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:53.539
He<00:40:50.360><c> goes</c><00:40:50.559><c> out</c><00:40:50.760><c> of</c><00:40:50.880><c> that</c><00:40:51.079><c> first</c><00:40:51.280><c> banquet,</c><00:40:52.119><c> and</c><00:40:52.320><c> he</c><00:40:52.480><c> is</c><00:40:52.820><c> gleeful.</c>

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.400
He's<00:40:54.260><c> on</c><00:40:54.559><c> top</c><00:40:54.719><c> of</c><00:40:54.860><c> the</c><00:40:55.000><c> world.</c>

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:57.340
I<00:40:56.039><c> have</c><00:40:56.219><c> all</c><00:40:56.559><c> these</c><00:40:56.800><c> achievements.</c>

00:40:57.800 --> 00:41:00.880
I<00:40:57.980><c> even</c><00:40:58.099><c> got</c><00:40:58.219><c> a</c><00:40:58.460><c> special</c><00:40:58.760><c> invitation</c><00:40:59.300><c> to</c><00:40:59.500><c> the</c><00:40:59.639><c> queen's</c><00:41:00.039><c> banquet.</c>

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:04.699
Then<00:41:01.480><c> he</c><00:41:01.579><c> sees</c><00:41:01.820><c> Mordecai,</c><00:41:03.039><c> who</c><00:41:03.280><c> will</c><00:41:03.539><c> not</c><00:41:03.760><c> fear</c><00:41:04.099><c> and</c><00:41:04.400><c> tremble</c>

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:05.460
before<00:41:05.039><c> him,</c>

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:08.500
and<00:41:06.079><c> his</c><00:41:06.400><c> disposition</c><00:41:06.980><c> changes</c><00:41:07.699><c> immediately.</c>

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:12.420
And<00:41:09.159><c> he's</c><00:41:09.500><c> filled</c><00:41:09.940><c> with</c><00:41:10.400><c> indignation</c><00:41:11.239><c> and</c><00:41:11.519><c> wrath.</c>

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:15.920
Same<00:41:12.820><c> word</c><00:41:13.119><c> as</c><00:41:13.280><c> we</c><00:41:13.420><c> saw</c><00:41:13.579><c> back</c><00:41:13.860><c> in</c><00:41:14.000><c> chapter</c><00:41:14.260><c> 3</c><00:41:14.519><c> and</c><00:41:14.659><c> verse</c><00:41:14.860><c> 5.</c>

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:18.039
And<00:41:16.179><c> he</c><00:41:16.239><c> goes</c><00:41:16.480><c> home,</c><00:41:16.840><c> and</c><00:41:16.980><c> he</c><00:41:17.000><c> calls</c><00:41:17.199><c> his</c><00:41:17.380><c> wife</c><00:41:17.639><c> together</c><00:41:18.000><c> and</c>

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:19.420
his<00:41:18.320><c> friends.</c>

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:22.159
And<00:41:20.619><c> why</c><00:41:20.800><c> does</c><00:41:20.960><c> he</c><00:41:21.199><c> call</c><00:41:21.440><c> them</c><00:41:21.659><c> together?</c>

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:25.039
Because<00:41:22.679><c> he</c><00:41:22.840><c> wants</c><00:41:23.199><c> to</c><00:41:23.500><c> have</c><00:41:23.860><c> a</c><00:41:24.139><c> talk.</c>

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:28.599
He<00:41:25.500><c> invites</c><00:41:25.739><c> them</c><00:41:25.960><c> over</c><00:41:26.340><c> to</c><00:41:26.500><c> his</c><00:41:26.679><c> house,</c><00:41:27.480><c> and</c><00:41:28.219><c> he</c><00:41:28.340><c> says,</c>

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:30.639
I<00:41:28.880><c> want</c><00:41:29.079><c> to</c><00:41:29.179><c> have</c><00:41:29.300><c> a</c><00:41:29.420><c> discussion</c><00:41:29.860><c> with</c><00:41:30.159><c> you.</c>

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:37.079
And<00:41:31.260><c> the</c><00:41:31.440><c> subject</c><00:41:31.840><c> of</c><00:41:32.079><c> our</c><00:41:32.300><c> discussion</c><00:41:32.820><c> will</c><00:41:33.099><c> be</c><00:41:34.300><c> how</c><00:41:34.760><c> great</c><00:41:35.519><c> I</c><00:41:36.099><c> am.</c>

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:39.659
That's<00:41:38.539><c> Haman.</c>

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:45.619
So<00:41:41.599><c> sit</c><00:41:42.139><c> there</c><00:41:42.679><c> and</c><00:41:43.099><c> listen</c><00:41:43.519><c> for</c><00:41:43.860><c> a</c><00:41:43.960><c> while,</c><00:41:44.800><c> while</c><00:41:45.039><c> I</c><00:41:45.260><c> recount</c>

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:48.579
to<00:41:45.920><c> you</c><00:41:46.539><c> just</c><00:41:47.079><c> how</c><00:41:47.440><c> great</c><00:41:47.820><c> I</c><00:41:48.199><c> am.</c>

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:51.420
And<00:41:48.920><c> he</c><00:41:49.019><c> goes</c><00:41:49.260><c> through</c><00:41:49.659><c> all</c><00:41:50.039><c> of</c><00:41:50.139><c> his</c><00:41:50.340><c> accomplishments.</c>

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.820
And<00:41:52.320><c> you</c><00:41:52.400><c> know</c><00:41:52.480><c> what</c><00:41:52.559><c> he</c><00:41:52.679><c> liked</c><00:41:52.880><c> best?</c>

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:57.679
He<00:41:54.679><c> liked</c><00:41:54.980><c> it</c><00:41:55.260><c> best</c><00:41:55.559><c> when</c><00:41:55.780><c> he</c><00:41:56.059><c> had</c><00:41:56.360><c> something</c><00:41:56.920><c> that</c><00:41:57.340><c> nobody</c>

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:59.239
else<00:41:58.139><c> had.</c>

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:04.340
And<00:42:01.239><c> isn't</c><00:42:01.380><c> that,</c><00:42:01.699><c> brothers</c><00:42:01.880><c> and</c><00:42:02.099><c> sisters</c><00:42:02.420><c> and</c><00:42:02.599><c> friends,</c><00:42:03.280><c> exactly</c><00:42:03.920><c> how</c>

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.099
sin<00:42:04.559><c> works?</c>

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:11.699
You<00:42:05.820><c> know,</c><00:42:06.099><c> I'm</c><00:42:06.380><c> the</c><00:42:06.639><c> only</c><00:42:07.119><c> one</c><00:42:07.880><c> that</c><00:42:08.219><c> Esther</c><00:42:08.599><c> invited</c><00:42:09.199><c> to</c><00:42:09.440><c> this</c><00:42:09.719><c> banquet</c><00:42:10.119><c> with</c><00:42:10.699><c> the</c><00:42:10.920><c> king.</c>

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:15.360
He's<00:42:12.539><c> motivated</c><00:42:13.239><c> by</c><00:42:13.800><c> what</c><00:42:13.960><c> he</c><00:42:14.079><c> doesn't</c><00:42:14.360><c> have.</c>

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:18.380
He's<00:42:17.059><c> never</c><00:42:17.340><c> content.</c>

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:24.400
He<00:42:19.380><c> gauges</c><00:42:19.820><c> his</c><00:42:20.199><c> worth</c><00:42:20.880><c> by</c><00:42:21.699><c> what</c><00:42:23.039><c> he</c><00:42:23.219><c> has,</c>

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:27.199
taking<00:42:24.960><c> special</c><00:42:25.440><c> delight</c><00:42:25.860><c> in</c><00:42:26.059><c> what</c><00:42:26.239><c> he</c><00:42:26.500><c> has</c><00:42:26.760><c> that</c><00:42:26.900><c> others</c>

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:28.360
don't<00:42:27.739><c> have,</c>

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:31.099
but<00:42:28.820><c> he</c><00:42:29.000><c> is</c><00:42:29.260><c> always</c><00:42:29.760><c> pressed</c><00:42:30.239><c> for</c><00:42:30.579><c> more.</c>

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:33.159
I<00:42:31.820><c> need</c><00:42:32.340><c> more.</c>

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:38.980
And<00:42:34.280><c> it's</c><00:42:34.599><c> the</c><00:42:34.820><c> Haman</c><00:42:35.139><c> spirit</c><00:42:36.199><c> that</c><00:42:36.960><c> is</c><00:42:37.260><c> driving</c><00:42:37.780><c> the</c><00:42:38.420><c> economy</c>

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.000
of<00:42:39.320><c> the</c><00:42:39.500><c> Western</c><00:42:39.840><c> world.</c>

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:45.699
The<00:42:41.940><c> economy</c><00:42:42.360><c> is</c><00:42:42.800><c> built</c><00:42:43.179><c> on</c><00:42:43.480><c> the</c><00:42:43.719><c> premonition</c><00:42:44.480><c> or</c><00:42:44.960><c> the</c><00:42:45.300><c> assumption</c>

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:49.760
that<00:42:45.920><c> people</c><00:42:46.239><c> will</c><00:42:46.559><c> want</c><00:42:46.780><c> to</c><00:42:47.000><c> buy</c><00:42:47.179><c> more</c><00:42:47.719><c> and</c><00:42:48.000><c> more</c><00:42:48.480><c> and</c><00:42:48.739><c> more.</c>

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:53.380
And<00:42:50.159><c> if</c><00:42:50.239><c> you</c><00:42:50.340><c> can't</c><00:42:50.659><c> buy</c><00:42:50.820><c> it</c><00:42:50.980><c> now,</c><00:42:51.219><c> you</c><00:42:51.320><c> can</c><00:42:51.559><c> buy</c><00:42:51.679><c> it</c><00:42:51.840><c> on</c><00:42:52.099><c> credit,</c><00:42:53.139><c> or</c><00:42:53.300><c> you</c>

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.900
can<00:42:53.639><c> lease</c><00:42:53.900><c> it.</c>

00:42:55.739 --> 00:42:59.280
In<00:42:55.900><c> the</c><00:42:56.079><c> last</c><00:42:56.320><c> 15</c><00:42:56.739><c> years,</c><00:42:57.260><c> the</c><00:42:57.420><c> car</c><00:42:57.579><c> companies</c><00:42:57.960><c> have</c><00:42:58.239><c> convinced</c><00:42:58.760><c> a</c><00:42:59.059><c> whole</c>

00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:00.179
lot<00:42:59.440><c> of</c><00:42:59.599><c> us</c>

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:02.559
that<00:43:00.500><c> we</c><00:43:00.659><c> now</c><00:43:00.920><c> have</c><00:43:01.179><c> to</c><00:43:01.320><c> have</c><00:43:01.440><c> a</c><00:43:01.599><c> monthly</c><00:43:01.900><c> car</c><00:43:02.260><c> payment,</c>

00:43:02.739 --> 00:43:04.679
just<00:43:02.800><c> like</c><00:43:02.980><c> we</c><00:43:03.119><c> used</c><00:43:03.280><c> to</c><00:43:03.380><c> have</c><00:43:03.500><c> a</c><00:43:03.599><c> monthly</c><00:43:03.920><c> house</c><00:43:04.219><c> payment,</c>

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:07.320
so<00:43:05.179><c> we</c><00:43:05.320><c> can</c><00:43:05.460><c> always</c><00:43:05.719><c> drive</c><00:43:05.960><c> a</c><00:43:06.179><c> car</c><00:43:06.400><c> that's</c><00:43:06.599><c> only</c><00:43:06.860><c> one</c><00:43:07.039><c> or</c><00:43:07.099><c> two</c>

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.739
years<00:43:07.599><c> old.</c>

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:11.000
And<00:43:09.440><c> we're</c><00:43:09.619><c> all</c><00:43:09.860><c> guilty</c><00:43:10.179><c> of</c><00:43:10.360><c> this,</c>

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:14.820
but<00:43:11.539><c> we</c><00:43:11.719><c> need</c><00:43:11.880><c> to</c><00:43:12.179><c> recognize</c><00:43:12.780><c> the</c><00:43:13.079><c> Haman</c><00:43:13.280><c>-like</c><00:43:13.599><c> effect</c><00:43:14.260><c> that</c>

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:17.179
the<00:43:15.039><c> world</c><00:43:15.199><c> can</c><00:43:15.440><c> have</c><00:43:15.619><c> upon</c><00:43:15.860><c> us.</c>

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:25.619
I<00:43:23.260><c> don't</c><00:43:23.420><c> know</c><00:43:23.480><c> what</c><00:43:23.579><c> it's</c><00:43:23.840><c> like</c><00:43:23.960><c> where</c><00:43:24.099><c> you</c><00:43:24.300><c> come</c><00:43:24.480><c> from,</c>

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:31.139
but<00:43:26.619><c> my</c><00:43:26.940><c> experience</c><00:43:28.019><c> when</c><00:43:29.280><c> sisters</c><00:43:29.780><c> are</c><00:43:30.099><c> working,</c>

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:35.019
it<00:43:32.760><c> takes</c><00:43:33.099><c> a</c><00:43:33.300><c> terrible</c><00:43:33.800><c> toll</c><00:43:34.159><c> upon</c><00:43:34.480><c> the</c><00:43:34.659><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:40.679
It<00:43:35.579><c> isn't</c><00:43:35.800><c> just</c><00:43:36.159><c> their</c><00:43:36.400><c> own</c><00:43:36.659><c> kids</c><00:43:37.260><c> that</c><00:43:37.880><c> suffer</c><00:43:38.300><c> when</c><00:43:39.440><c> our</c><00:43:39.699><c> sisters</c><00:43:40.059><c> are</c><00:43:40.360><c> working,</c>

00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:43.320
and<00:43:40.900><c> we</c><00:43:41.059><c> have</c><00:43:41.280><c> now</c><00:43:41.579><c> achieved</c><00:43:42.099><c> a</c><00:43:42.360><c> level</c><00:43:42.519><c> of</c><00:43:42.820><c> income</c>

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:48.320
and<00:43:43.940><c> a</c><00:43:44.099><c> level</c><00:43:44.219><c> of</c><00:43:45.300><c> lifestyle</c><00:43:45.840><c> in</c><00:43:46.199><c> which</c><00:43:46.380><c> both</c><00:43:46.619><c> of</c><00:43:46.760><c> us</c><00:43:46.860><c> need</c><00:43:47.039><c> to</c><00:43:47.260><c> work.</c>

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:54.239
Who<00:43:50.659><c> suffers?</c><00:43:51.780><c> The</c><00:43:52.079><c> widows</c><00:43:52.460><c> of</c><00:43:52.679><c> the</c><00:43:52.820><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:53.239><c> suffer.</c>

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:56.960
The<00:43:54.980><c> spiritual</c><00:43:55.500><c> widows</c><00:43:55.880><c> or</c><00:43:56.119><c> the</c><00:43:56.260><c> real</c><00:43:56.480><c> widows?</c>

00:43:57.139 --> 00:43:59.500
The<00:43:57.400><c> orphans</c><00:43:57.880><c> in</c><00:43:58.059><c> our</c><00:43:58.280><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:58.579><c> suffer.</c>

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:03.280
No,<00:44:00.079><c> not</c><00:44:00.340><c> our</c><00:44:00.599><c> kids,</c><00:44:01.539><c> but</c><00:44:01.719><c> the</c><00:44:01.940><c> kids</c><00:44:02.199><c> whose</c><00:44:02.400><c> parents</c><00:44:02.760><c> maybe</c><00:44:03.039><c> aren't</c><00:44:03.159><c> in</c>

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:04.000
the<00:44:03.539><c> truth,</c>

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:07.239
or<00:44:04.500><c> maybe</c><00:44:04.760><c> one</c><00:44:05.059><c> parent</c><00:44:05.219><c> is</c><00:44:05.440><c> and</c><00:44:05.519><c> one</c><00:44:05.760><c> parent</c><00:44:05.960><c> isn't.</c>

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:10.260
Those<00:44:08.239><c> are</c><00:44:08.380><c> the</c><00:44:08.460><c> ones</c><00:44:08.579><c> that</c><00:44:08.840><c> suffer</c><00:44:09.039><c> because</c><00:44:09.360><c> the</c><00:44:09.619><c> sisters</c><00:44:10.019><c> no</c>

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:12.420
longer<00:44:10.519><c> have</c><00:44:10.760><c> time</c><00:44:11.340><c> to</c><00:44:11.980><c> work,</c>

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:17.039
a<00:44:12.679><c> very</c><00:44:13.420><c> valuable,</c><00:44:14.639><c> nurturing,</c><00:44:15.760><c> caring,</c><00:44:16.420><c> supporting</c><00:44:16.699><c> work</c>

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:18.340
in<00:44:17.219><c> the</c><00:44:17.380><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:20.820
Because<00:44:19.340><c> by</c><00:44:19.559><c> the</c><00:44:19.679><c> time</c><00:44:19.880><c> they</c><00:44:20.059><c> come</c><00:44:20.280><c> home,</c>

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:23.699
the<00:44:21.539><c> only</c><00:44:21.800><c> energy</c><00:44:22.099><c> they</c><00:44:22.239><c> have</c><00:44:22.460><c> left</c><00:44:22.679><c> is</c><00:44:22.860><c> for</c><00:44:22.980><c> their</c><00:44:23.139><c> own</c><00:44:23.300><c> family,</c>

00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:26.840
and<00:44:24.059><c> rightfully</c><00:44:24.519><c> so,</c><00:44:24.820><c> they</c><00:44:24.980><c> should</c><00:44:25.159><c> devote</c><00:44:25.400><c> it</c><00:44:25.500><c> to</c><00:44:25.679><c> their</c><00:44:25.840><c> family.</c>

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But<00:44:28.039><c> if</c><00:44:28.219><c> we</c><00:44:28.400><c> have</c><00:44:28.619><c> sisters</c><00:44:29.019><c> engaged</c><00:44:29.679><c> in</c><00:44:30.099><c> employment</c>

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:35.599
so<00:44:31.480><c> that</c><00:44:31.619><c> we</c><00:44:31.760><c> can</c><00:44:31.960><c> maintain</c><00:44:32.460><c> lifestyles</c><00:44:33.340><c> that</c><00:44:33.539><c> are</c><00:44:33.719><c> beyond</c><00:44:34.019><c> what</c><00:44:34.199><c> we</c><00:44:34.420><c> need,</c>

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it's<00:44:37.159><c> our</c><00:44:37.500><c> Ecclesias</c><00:44:38.000><c> who</c><00:44:38.239><c> suffer,</c>

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and<00:44:39.280><c> specifically</c><00:44:39.960><c> it's</c><00:44:40.380><c> our</c><00:44:40.659><c> widows</c><00:44:41.099><c> and</c><00:44:41.420><c> our</c><00:44:41.679><c> orphans</c><00:44:42.179><c> who</c><00:44:42.480><c> suffer,</c>

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:45.880
our<00:44:43.699><c> spiritual</c><00:44:44.119><c> widows</c><00:44:44.539><c> and</c><00:44:44.699><c> our</c><00:44:44.920><c> spiritual</c><00:44:45.340><c> orphans,</c>

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:49.960
the<00:44:46.460><c> very</c><00:44:46.780><c> ones</c><00:44:47.119><c> that</c><00:44:47.340><c> James</c><00:44:47.559><c> talks</c><00:44:47.920><c> about</c><00:44:48.119><c> in</c><00:44:48.320><c> chapter</c><00:44:48.619><c> 1.</c>

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:56.480
The<00:44:52.960><c> gallows</c><00:44:53.340><c> are</c><00:44:53.599><c> built</c><00:44:54.039><c> for</c><00:44:54.340><c> Mordecai's</c><00:44:55.300><c> execution,</c>

00:44:56.639 --> 00:45:01.019
and<00:44:56.800><c> we</c><00:44:56.960><c> know</c><00:44:57.260><c> from</c><00:44:58.079><c> Persian</c><00:44:58.539><c> history</c><00:44:59.519><c> that</c><00:45:00.320><c> this</c><00:45:00.579><c> would</c><00:45:00.820><c> not</c>

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:02.260
have<00:45:01.260><c> been</c><00:45:01.539><c> a</c><00:45:01.900><c> rope</c>

00:45:02.260 --> 00:45:05.039
that<00:45:02.659><c> went</c><00:45:02.900><c> around</c><00:45:03.360><c> a</c><00:45:03.559><c> neck</c><00:45:03.780><c> because</c><00:45:04.119><c> the</c><00:45:04.380><c> Persians</c><00:45:04.719><c> didn't</c>

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:06.559
hang<00:45:05.380><c> people.</c>

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The<00:45:07.900><c> Persians</c><00:45:08.639><c> crucified</c><00:45:09.480><c> people.</c>

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:16.340
In<00:45:11.460><c> fact,</c><00:45:11.920><c> the</c><00:45:12.039><c> same</c><00:45:12.320><c> word</c><00:45:13.119><c> for</c><00:45:13.900><c> gallows</c><00:45:14.860><c> being</c><00:45:15.599><c> a</c><00:45:15.980><c> tree</c>

00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:19.980
is<00:45:16.719><c> translated</c><00:45:17.300><c> in</c><00:45:17.900><c> the</c><00:45:18.079><c> book</c><00:45:18.239><c> of</c><00:45:18.460><c> Acts</c><00:45:18.679><c> in</c><00:45:18.860><c> chapter</c><00:45:19.119><c> 5</c><00:45:19.519><c> and</c><00:45:19.679><c> 30</c>

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:21.900
and<00:45:20.099><c> chapter</c><00:45:20.420><c> 10</c><00:45:20.679><c> and</c><00:45:20.820><c> 39.</c>

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:28.420
What<00:45:22.519><c> Haman</c><00:45:22.800><c> was</c><00:45:23.119><c> preparing</c><00:45:23.559><c> to</c><00:45:23.860><c> do</c><00:45:24.500><c> was</c><00:45:25.739><c> to</c><00:45:26.059><c> crucify</c><00:45:26.980><c> Mordecai,</c>

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:31.440
to<00:45:29.280><c> portray</c><00:45:29.719><c> him</c><00:45:30.039><c> as</c><00:45:30.280><c> a</c><00:45:30.519><c> criminal,</c>

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:35.940
to<00:45:32.159><c> shame</c><00:45:32.460><c> and</c><00:45:32.719><c> discredit</c><00:45:33.179><c> him</c><00:45:33.519><c> as</c><00:45:33.820><c> a</c><00:45:33.980><c> worthless</c><00:45:34.320><c> man</c><00:45:34.860><c> fit</c><00:45:35.139><c> only</c><00:45:35.519><c> for</c>

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:37.639
public<00:45:36.360><c> ridicule.</c>

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This<00:45:38.639><c> is</c><00:45:39.000><c> exactly</c><00:45:39.719><c> how</c><00:45:40.059><c> the</c><00:45:40.400><c> Haman</c><00:45:40.739><c> of</c><00:45:41.119><c> Jesus'</c><00:45:42.159><c> day</c><00:45:42.519><c> treated</c><00:45:42.960><c> him,</c>

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:47.340
the<00:45:44.260><c> religious</c><00:45:44.699><c> leaders</c><00:45:45.079><c> whose</c><00:45:45.340><c> father</c><00:45:45.780><c> was</c><00:45:46.300><c> the</c><00:45:46.519><c> devil.</c>

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:51.360
They<00:45:47.739><c> took</c><00:45:48.000><c> the</c><00:45:48.340><c> son</c><00:45:48.599><c> in</c><00:45:48.960><c> all</c><00:45:49.300><c> his</c><00:45:49.599><c> godliness,</c><00:45:50.179><c> the</c><00:45:50.360><c> very</c><00:45:50.659><c> essence</c><00:45:51.119><c> of</c>

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:51.920
his<00:45:51.599><c> father,</c>

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:55.119
the<00:45:52.519><c> expressed</c><00:45:52.800><c> image</c><00:45:53.119><c> of</c><00:45:53.280><c> his</c><00:45:53.480><c> father,</c><00:45:54.159><c> and</c><00:45:54.420><c> they</c><00:45:54.719><c> condemned</c>

00:45:55.119 --> 00:45:56.519
him<00:45:55.380><c> to</c><00:45:55.619><c> death.</c>

00:45:56.639 --> 00:46:00.739
Why?<00:45:57.159><c> Because</c><00:45:57.500><c> he</c><00:45:57.719><c> had</c><00:45:58.099><c> exposed</c><00:45:58.659><c> that</c><00:45:59.039><c> they</c><00:45:59.360><c> were</c><00:45:59.699><c> wrongly</c>

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forcing<00:46:01.320><c> the</c><00:46:01.840><c> people</c>

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:07.880
to<00:46:03.659><c> bow</c><00:46:03.980><c> down</c><00:46:04.320><c> to</c><00:46:04.579><c> them</c><00:46:05.320><c> by</c><00:46:06.119><c> elevating</c><00:46:06.639><c> themselves.</c>

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:10.780
And<00:46:08.420><c> here</c><00:46:08.679><c> is</c><00:46:08.860><c> the</c><00:46:09.079><c> closing</c><00:46:09.320><c> lesson</c><00:46:09.679><c> for</c><00:46:09.960><c> us,</c><00:46:10.300><c> because</c><00:46:10.539><c> this</c>

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:14.019
is<00:46:10.980><c> what</c><00:46:11.340><c> sin</c><00:46:11.800><c> thinks</c><00:46:12.480><c> of</c><00:46:12.900><c> godliness.</c>

00:46:14.780 --> 00:46:18.900
Sin<00:46:15.159><c> thinks</c><00:46:15.639><c> of</c><00:46:15.960><c> godliness</c><00:46:16.340><c> as</c><00:46:16.659><c> being</c><00:46:16.900><c> fit</c><00:46:17.179><c> only</c><00:46:17.599><c> for</c><00:46:17.840><c> destruction.</c>

00:46:19.199 --> 00:46:22.320
You<00:46:19.320><c> see,</c><00:46:19.420><c> here's</c><00:46:19.820><c> the</c><00:46:20.079><c> enmity</c><00:46:20.480><c> that</c><00:46:20.739><c> lies</c><00:46:21.119><c> between</c><00:46:21.500><c> the</c><00:46:21.840><c> spirit</c><00:46:22.099><c> and</c>

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the<00:46:22.539><c> flesh,</c>

00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:28.380
because<00:46:23.059><c> God</c><00:46:23.360><c> has</c><00:46:23.639><c> the</c><00:46:23.920><c> same</c><00:46:24.320><c> exact</c><00:46:25.000><c> regard</c><00:46:25.639><c> for</c><00:46:26.099><c> sin</c><00:46:26.579><c> as</c><00:46:27.820><c> sin</c>

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:29.679
has<00:46:29.039><c> for</c><00:46:29.340><c> godliness.</c>

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:35.460
And<00:46:30.380><c> his</c><00:46:31.300><c> foundation</c><00:46:31.980><c> principle</c><00:46:32.679><c> is</c><00:46:33.119><c> that</c><00:46:33.340><c> sin</c><00:46:33.480><c> needs</c><00:46:33.860><c> to</c><00:46:34.039><c> be</c><00:46:34.239><c> destroyed.</c>