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Balaam.<00:10:02.379><c> So</c><00:10:02.480><c> he's</c><00:10:02.720><c> just</c><00:10:02.980><c> like</c><00:10:03.200><c> Israel.</c>

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Now,<00:10:04.580><c> I</c><00:10:04.679><c> don't</c><00:10:04.779><c> know</c><00:10:04.899><c> about</c><00:10:05.120><c> you,</c><00:10:05.299><c> but</c><00:10:05.399><c> when</c><00:10:05.559><c> I</c><00:10:05.720><c> first</c><00:10:05.919><c> started</c>

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looking<00:10:06.700><c> at</c><00:10:06.919><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:10:07.460><c> I</c><00:10:07.600><c> kind</c><00:10:07.779><c> of</c><00:10:07.840><c> had</c><00:10:07.960><c> in</c>

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my<00:10:08.399><c> mind</c><00:10:09.100><c> the</c><00:10:09.519><c> thought</c><00:10:09.639><c> that</c><00:10:09.860><c> Hezekiah</c><00:10:10.659><c> and</c><00:10:11.080><c> Judah</c><00:10:11.379><c> were</c><00:10:11.679><c> in</c>

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pretty<00:10:12.080><c> good</c><00:10:12.320><c> shape</c><00:10:12.779><c> and</c><00:10:13.320><c> that</c><00:10:13.559><c> Israel</c><00:10:13.879><c> was</c><00:10:14.059><c> in</c><00:10:14.320><c> really,</c>

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terrible<00:10:15.240><c> shape.</c><00:10:16.580><c> But</c><00:10:16.779><c> actually</c><00:10:17.820><c> Ahaz</c><00:10:18.419><c> had</c><00:10:18.679><c> taken</c><00:10:19.519><c> Judah</c><00:10:20.059><c> almost</c><00:10:21.019><c> to</c>

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the<00:10:21.360><c> level</c><00:10:21.519><c> of</c><00:10:21.679><c> Israel,</c><00:10:22.039><c> as</c><00:10:22.139><c> this</c><00:10:22.360><c> verse</c>

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indicates.<00:10:23.639><c> He</c><00:10:23.679><c> made</c><00:10:23.919><c> molten</c><00:10:24.340><c> images</c><00:10:24.879><c> for</c><00:10:25.299><c> Balaam.</c><00:10:26.820><c> Moreover,</c><00:10:27.259><c> he</c><00:10:27.440><c> burnt</c>

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incense<00:10:28.059><c> in</c><00:10:28.259><c> the</c><00:10:28.379><c> valley</c><00:10:28.580><c> of</c><00:10:28.740><c> the</c>

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son<00:10:28.960><c> of</c><00:10:29.159><c> Hinnom.</c><00:10:30.100><c> He</c><00:10:30.279><c> burnt</c><00:10:30.500><c> his</c><00:10:30.840><c> children</c><00:10:31.299><c> in</c><00:10:32.019><c> the</c><00:10:32.159><c> fire.</c><00:10:32.500><c> So</c>

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who<00:10:32.759><c> are</c><00:10:32.860><c> the</c><00:10:32.960><c> children</c><00:10:33.259><c> of</c><00:10:33.419><c> Ahaz?</c><00:10:34.720><c> They're</c><00:10:34.919><c> the</c>

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siblings<00:10:35.740><c> of</c><00:10:36.600><c> Hezekiah</c><00:10:37.120><c> that</c><00:10:37.299><c> were</c><00:10:37.580><c> burnt</c><00:10:37.960><c> in</c><00:10:38.539><c> the</c><00:10:38.799><c> fire</c><00:10:39.179><c> by</c>

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Ahaz<00:10:41.120><c> and</c><00:10:42.639><c> burnt</c><00:10:43.100><c> his</c><00:10:43.240><c> children</c><00:10:43.480><c> in</c><00:10:43.639><c> the</c><00:10:43.779><c> fire</c><00:10:43.980><c> after</c>

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abominations<00:10:44.899><c> of</c><00:10:45.039><c> the</c><00:10:45.220><c> heathen</c><00:10:45.600><c> whom</c><00:10:46.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:10:46.580><c> had</c><00:10:46.820><c> cast</c><00:10:47.019><c> out</c>

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before<00:10:47.580><c> the</c><00:10:47.679><c> children</c><00:10:47.899><c> of</c><00:10:48.019><c> Israel.</c><00:10:49.159><c> He</c><00:10:49.419><c> sacrificed</c>

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also<00:10:50.419><c> and</c><00:10:50.580><c> burnt</c><00:10:50.740><c> incense</c><00:10:51.120><c> in</c><00:10:51.299><c> the</c><00:10:51.440><c> high</c><00:10:51.659><c> places</c><00:10:51.940><c> on</c><00:10:52.159><c> the</c><00:10:52.340><c> hills</c><00:10:52.720><c> and</c>

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under<00:10:53.600><c> every</c><00:10:53.879><c> green</c><00:10:54.159><c> tree.</c><00:10:55.500><c> So</c><00:10:55.659><c> this</c><00:10:55.899><c> king,</c>

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King<00:10:56.440><c> Ahaz,</c><00:10:57.100><c> actually</c><00:10:57.220><c> burnt</c><00:10:57.620><c> his</c><00:10:58.100><c> children</c><00:10:58.559><c> in</c><00:10:59.320><c> the</c><00:10:59.480><c> fire.</c>

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He<00:11:00.899><c> was</c><00:11:01.059><c> willing</c><00:11:01.299><c> to</c><00:11:01.600><c> give</c><00:11:01.960><c> his</c><00:11:02.480><c> children's</c><00:11:03.600><c> life</c><00:11:04.000><c> up</c>

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for<00:11:05.419><c> this</c><00:11:06.080><c> crazy</c><00:11:06.620><c> belief</c><00:11:07.179><c> that</c><00:11:07.980><c> he</c><00:11:08.059><c> was</c><00:11:08.279><c> following.</c><00:11:09.759><c> Now,</c><00:11:10.080><c> what</c><00:11:10.159><c> might</c><00:11:10.340><c> that</c><00:11:10.519><c> be</c>

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equivalent<00:11:11.039><c> to</c><00:11:11.460><c> in</c><00:11:11.639><c> our</c><00:11:11.820><c> day?</c>

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Right.<00:11:13.799><c> Maybe</c><00:11:14.000><c> allowing</c><00:11:14.559><c> our</c><00:11:15.100><c> children</c><00:11:15.580><c> to</c><00:11:16.399><c> participate</c><00:11:16.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:11:17.220><c> things</c><00:11:17.320><c> of</c><00:11:17.480><c> the</c><00:11:17.600><c> world</c><00:11:17.759><c> and</c><00:11:18.080><c> have</c><00:11:18.379><c> their</c><00:11:18.679><c> lives</c>

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used<00:11:20.120><c> up,</c><00:11:20.879><c> destroyed,</c><00:11:22.000><c> because</c><00:11:22.299><c> we've</c><00:11:22.759><c> allowed</c><00:11:22.940><c> that</c><00:11:23.120><c> to</c><00:11:23.360><c> happen.</c><00:11:24.480><c> It</c>

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says<00:11:24.700><c> he</c><00:11:24.940><c> sacrificed</c><00:11:25.620><c> in</c><00:11:26.019><c> the</c><00:11:26.259><c> high</c><00:11:26.460><c> places.</c>

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What<00:11:28.259><c> is</c><00:11:28.379><c> it?</c><00:11:29.159><c> What</c><00:11:29.259><c> is</c><00:11:29.379><c> a</c><00:11:29.580><c> high</c><00:11:29.759><c> place</c><00:11:30.220><c> in</c><00:11:30.919><c> the</c><00:11:31.080><c> scriptures?</c>

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What's<00:11:31.519><c> that</c><00:11:31.759><c> referring</c><00:11:32.139><c> to?</c>

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There's<00:11:33.240><c> a</c><00:11:33.379><c> place</c><00:11:33.500><c> where</c><00:11:33.720><c> many</c><00:11:34.000><c> different</c><00:11:34.399><c> religions</c><00:11:34.860><c> were</c>

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practiced,<00:11:35.860><c> but</c><00:11:37.200><c> the</c><00:11:38.080><c> link</c><00:11:38.360><c> that</c><00:11:38.720><c> connects</c><00:11:39.059><c> them</c>

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together<00:11:39.820><c> at</c><00:11:40.379><c> the</c><00:11:40.559><c> high</c><00:11:40.759><c> place</c><00:11:40.940><c> was</c><00:11:41.159><c> this</c><00:11:41.899><c> immorality</c><00:11:42.559><c> that</c>

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took<00:11:42.879><c> place</c><00:11:43.159><c> there.</c><00:11:44.460><c> And</c><00:11:44.720><c> so</c><00:11:44.840><c> we</c><00:11:44.980><c> have</c><00:11:45.100><c> this</c>

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immorality<00:11:45.919><c> of</c><00:11:46.059><c> the</c><00:11:46.279><c> world</c><00:11:46.559><c> that</c><00:11:47.179><c> Ahaz</c><00:11:47.500><c> is</c><00:11:47.759><c> participating</c><00:11:48.360><c> in.</c><00:11:49.879><c> We'll</c><00:11:49.960><c> go</c>

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down<00:11:50.259><c> just</c><00:11:50.519><c> a</c><00:11:50.700><c> couple</c><00:11:50.899><c> more</c><00:11:51.080><c> verses</c><00:11:51.399><c> we'll</c>

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look<00:11:51.799><c> at</c><00:11:51.919><c> here</c><00:11:52.080><c> in</c><00:11:52.179><c> verse</c><00:11:52.399><c> 23.</c><00:11:53.720><c> It</c><00:11:53.779><c> says,</c><00:11:54.039><c> for</c><00:11:54.039><c> he</c><00:11:54.340><c> sacrificed</c>

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unto<00:11:55.080><c> the</c><00:11:55.299><c> gods</c><00:11:55.620><c> of</c><00:11:55.899><c> Damascus.</c><00:11:56.860><c> This</c><00:11:57.039><c> is</c>

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actually<00:11:57.860><c> almost</c><00:11:58.279><c> comical</c><00:11:58.659><c> when</c><00:11:58.840><c> you</c><00:11:58.980><c> read</c><00:11:59.100><c> through</c><00:11:59.279><c> this</c><00:11:59.500><c> verse.</c><00:12:00.399><c> It</c>

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says<00:12:00.659><c> he</c><00:12:00.840><c> sacrificed</c><00:12:01.419><c> to</c><00:12:01.620><c> the</c><00:12:01.779><c> gods</c><00:12:02.000><c> of</c><00:12:02.220><c> Damascus</c>

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which<00:12:03.639><c> smote</c><00:12:04.100><c> him.</c><00:12:05.440><c> He</c><00:12:05.600><c> said,</c><00:12:06.100><c> because</c><00:12:06.220><c> the</c><00:12:06.440><c> gods</c><00:12:06.659><c> of</c><00:12:06.820><c> the</c><00:12:06.899><c> kings</c><00:12:07.100><c> of</c>

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Syria<00:12:07.600><c> help</c><00:12:08.000><c> them,</c><00:12:09.320><c> therefore</c><00:12:09.639><c> will</c><00:12:10.000><c> I</c>

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sacrifice<00:12:10.779><c> to</c><00:12:10.980><c> them</c><00:12:11.279><c> that</c><00:12:11.539><c> they</c><00:12:11.720><c> may</c><00:12:11.840><c> help</c><00:12:12.059><c> me.</c><00:12:13.240><c> But</c><00:12:13.539><c> they</c><00:12:13.679><c> were</c><00:12:13.820><c> the</c>

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ruin<00:12:14.139><c> of</c><00:12:14.299><c> him</c><00:12:14.679><c> and</c><00:12:14.960><c> of</c><00:12:15.100><c> all</c><00:12:15.220><c> Israel.</c>

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That's<00:12:16.279><c> craziness,</c><00:12:16.659><c> isn't</c><00:12:16.840><c> it?</c><00:12:17.279><c> We</c><00:12:17.460><c> read</c><00:12:17.639><c> that.</c><00:12:18.320><c> You've</c><00:12:18.440><c> got</c>

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the<00:12:18.639><c> king</c><00:12:18.840><c> of</c><00:12:19.120><c> King</c><00:12:19.659><c> Ahaz,</c><00:12:20.740><c> and</c><00:12:20.840><c> he's</c><00:12:22.960><c> losing</c><00:12:23.240><c> in</c>

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battle<00:12:23.820><c> to</c><00:12:24.059><c> Damascus,</c><00:12:24.580><c> to</c><00:12:24.820><c> Syria.</c><00:12:25.720><c> And</c><00:12:25.879><c> so</c><00:12:26.000><c> he</c><00:12:26.139><c> says,</c><00:12:26.320><c> well,</c><00:12:26.460><c> maybe</c><00:12:26.879><c> I'd</c><00:12:27.440><c> do</c><00:12:27.620><c> better</c><00:12:28.100><c> if</c><00:12:28.580><c> I</c>

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actually<00:12:29.059><c> worshiped</c><00:12:32.840><c> the</c>

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gods.<00:12:33.240><c> And</c><00:12:33.240><c> he</c><00:12:33.240><c> begins</c><00:12:33.240><c> to</c><00:12:33.460><c> worship</c><00:12:33.700><c> them.</c><00:12:33.980><c> And</c><00:12:34.019><c> of</c><00:12:34.139><c> course</c><00:12:34.799><c> that</c><00:12:35.120><c> does</c><00:12:35.340><c> nothing</c><00:12:35.639><c> for</c><00:12:35.879><c> him.</c><00:12:37.019><c> Verse</c><00:12:37.279><c> 24</c><00:12:37.700><c> says,</c>

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and<00:12:38.080><c> he</c><00:12:38.200><c> gathered</c><00:12:38.460><c> together</c><00:12:38.820><c> the</c><00:12:39.000><c> vessels</c><00:12:39.240><c> of</c><00:12:39.419><c> the</c><00:12:39.500><c> house</c><00:12:39.679><c> of</c>

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God.<00:12:40.559><c> He</c><00:12:40.700><c> cut</c><00:12:40.840><c> in</c><00:12:41.100><c> pieces</c><00:12:41.299><c> the</c><00:12:41.539><c> vessels</c><00:12:41.799><c> of</c><00:12:41.960><c> the</c><00:12:42.039><c> house</c>

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of<00:12:42.440><c> God.</c><00:12:43.200><c> He</c><00:12:43.340><c> shut</c><00:12:43.480><c> the</c><00:12:43.720><c> doors</c><00:12:43.919><c> of</c><00:12:44.100><c> the</c><00:12:44.220><c> house</c><00:12:44.399><c> of</c><00:12:44.600><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:45.080><c> and</c>

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he<00:12:45.740><c> made</c><00:12:45.840><c> him</c><00:12:46.080><c> alters</c><00:12:46.379><c> in</c><00:12:46.639><c> every</c><00:12:46.919><c> corner</c><00:12:47.240><c> of</c><00:12:47.460><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:12:49.100><c> not</c><00:12:49.320><c> only</c><00:12:49.679><c> did</c><00:12:49.919><c> he</c><00:12:50.700><c> begin</c><00:12:50.960><c> to</c><00:12:51.220><c> practice</c><00:12:51.519><c> other</c><00:12:51.860><c> gods,</c><00:12:53.879><c> but</c>

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he<00:12:54.100><c> shut</c><00:12:54.159><c> the</c><00:12:54.379><c> doors</c><00:12:54.539><c> of</c><00:12:54.700><c> the</c><00:12:54.840><c> temple</c>

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and<00:12:56.159><c> he</c><00:12:56.419><c> removed</c><00:12:56.639><c> access</c><00:12:57.139><c> from</c><00:12:57.419><c> anybody</c><00:12:57.740><c> else</c><00:12:58.159><c> from</c><00:12:58.440><c> going</c>

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Now<00:13:03.720><c> what's</c><00:13:03.960><c> the</c><00:13:04.740><c> equivalent</c><00:13:05.120><c> in</c><00:13:05.379><c> our</c><00:13:05.539><c> day?</c><00:13:06.220><c> And</c><00:13:06.299><c> I</c><00:13:06.379><c> think</c><00:13:06.480><c> we're</c><00:13:06.639><c> beginning</c><00:13:06.879><c> to</c>

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see<00:13:07.259><c> this</c><00:13:07.559><c> in</c><00:13:08.059><c> the</c><00:13:08.259><c> world</c><00:13:08.399><c> around</c>

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us<00:13:08.960><c> is</c><00:13:09.820><c> religion</c><00:13:10.480><c> is</c><00:13:11.419><c> being</c><00:13:11.720><c> looked</c><00:13:12.039><c> at</c><00:13:12.679><c> as</c><00:13:13.000><c> something</c><00:13:13.379><c> that's</c>

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evil.<00:13:14.919><c> And</c><00:13:15.480><c> the</c><00:13:15.840><c> beliefs</c><00:13:16.080><c> that</c><00:13:16.320><c> we</c><00:13:16.600><c> have</c><00:13:16.759><c> in</c><00:13:16.899><c> the</c>

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scriptures<00:13:17.480><c> are</c><00:13:18.360><c> actually</c><00:13:18.700><c> being</c><00:13:19.059><c> looked</c><00:13:19.320><c> at</c><00:13:19.519><c> as</c><00:13:19.679><c> if</c><00:13:19.799><c> they're</c>

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counterproductive<00:13:21.279><c> for</c><00:13:21.779><c> humanity.</c>

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You<00:13:23.299><c> know</c><00:13:23.419><c> what</c><00:13:23.500><c> I'm</c><00:13:23.700><c> talking</c><00:13:23.980><c> about.</c><00:13:24.740><c> You</c><00:13:24.820><c> know</c><00:13:25.500><c> the</c><00:13:26.440><c> things</c>

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that<00:13:26.879><c> are</c><00:13:27.059><c> happening</c><00:13:27.299><c> today.</c><00:13:28.179><c> And</c><00:13:28.440><c> the</c><00:13:28.659><c> world</c>

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would<00:13:29.059><c> like</c><00:13:29.440><c> to,</c><00:13:30.159><c> in</c><00:13:30.480><c> many</c><00:13:30.740><c> cases,</c><00:13:32.379><c> board</c><00:13:32.500><c> up</c><00:13:33.419><c> the</c><00:13:33.779><c> truth</c><00:13:34.259><c> and</c>

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remove<00:13:35.659><c> it.</c><00:13:36.600><c> Well,</c><00:13:36.759><c> that's</c><00:13:36.899><c> what</c><00:13:37.059><c> Ahaz</c><00:13:37.279><c> did.</c><00:13:38.039><c> He</c>

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said,<00:13:38.279><c> I'm</c><00:13:38.419><c> going</c><00:13:38.559><c> to</c><00:13:38.700><c> get</c><00:13:38.879><c> rid</c><00:13:39.120><c> of</c><00:13:39.240><c> the</c><00:13:39.399><c> worship</c><00:13:39.620><c> of</c><00:13:39.879><c> Yahweh</c>

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and<00:13:41.179><c> I'm</c><00:13:41.360><c> going</c><00:13:41.440><c> to</c><00:13:41.580><c> make</c><00:13:41.980><c> every</c><00:13:42.639><c> other</c><00:13:43.019><c> religion,</c>

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whatever<00:13:44.480><c> it</c><00:13:44.720><c> is,</c><00:13:44.879><c> I'm</c><00:13:45.000><c> going</c><00:13:45.080><c> to</c><00:13:45.179><c> make</c><00:13:45.240><c> that</c><00:13:45.480><c> available</c><00:13:45.799><c> to</c>

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people.<00:13:46.960><c> That's</c><00:13:47.379><c> what</c><00:13:47.480><c> was</c><00:13:47.659><c> happening</c><00:13:47.919><c> in</c><00:13:48.179><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:13:49.360><c> so</c><00:13:49.440><c> we</c><00:13:49.539><c> have</c><00:13:49.679><c> a</c><00:13:49.840><c> picture</c><00:13:50.240><c> of</c><00:13:51.019><c> an</c><00:13:51.200><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:51.659><c> in</c><00:13:52.500><c> Ahaz's</c><00:13:53.220><c> time</c><00:13:53.659><c> that</c><00:13:54.320><c> was</c>

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falling<00:13:54.860><c> apart.</c>

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We're<00:13:56.419><c> just</c><00:13:56.620><c> going</c><00:13:56.740><c> to</c><00:13:56.759><c> look</c><00:13:56.960><c> at</c><00:13:57.039><c> some</c><00:13:57.220><c> of</c><00:13:57.320><c> the</c><00:13:57.519><c> points</c><00:13:57.799><c> that</c>

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we<00:13:58.080><c> have</c><00:13:58.240><c> here.</c>

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We've<00:14:00.320><c> seen</c><00:14:00.740><c> this</c><00:14:01.720><c> is</c><00:14:01.899><c> the</c><00:14:02.039><c> disintegrating</c><00:14:02.580><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:02.940><c> of</c><00:14:03.159><c> Ahaz</c><00:14:03.379><c> and</c>

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it<00:14:03.700><c> says</c><00:14:04.019><c> everyone,</c><00:14:04.860><c> including</c><00:14:05.179><c> children,</c>

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was<00:14:06.860><c> involved</c><00:14:07.340><c> in</c><00:14:07.539><c> the</c><00:14:07.720><c> gods</c><00:14:07.919><c> of</c><00:14:08.120><c> the</c><00:14:08.220><c> world.</c><00:14:09.639><c> Everyone</c><00:14:10.000><c> was</c>

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involved<00:14:10.500><c> in</c><00:14:10.659><c> that.</c><00:14:11.919><c> There</c><00:14:12.039><c> was</c><00:14:12.299><c> widespread</c>

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participation<00:14:13.940><c> in</c><00:14:15.059><c> the</c><00:14:15.279><c> immorality</c><00:14:15.820><c> of</c><00:14:15.960><c> the</c><00:14:16.100><c> high</c><00:14:16.299><c> places.</c>

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This<00:14:17.700><c> is</c><00:14:17.860><c> what</c><00:14:18.000><c> the</c><00:14:18.179><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:18.600><c> of</c><00:14:18.980><c> Ahaz</c><00:14:19.460><c> was</c><00:14:19.759><c> like.</c>

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The<00:14:21.440><c> doors</c><00:14:21.700><c> of</c><00:14:21.879><c> the</c><00:14:22.000><c> temple</c><00:14:22.179><c> are</c><00:14:22.419><c> closed</c><00:14:23.019><c> and</c><00:14:23.960><c> the</c><00:14:24.120><c> temple</c><00:14:24.320><c> is</c>

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replaced<00:14:24.899><c> with</c><00:14:25.120><c> many</c><00:14:25.419><c> altars</c><00:14:26.440><c> to</c><00:14:26.919><c> other</c><00:14:27.159><c> gods.</c>

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It's<00:14:29.820><c> unbelievable.</c><00:14:31.720><c> I</c><00:14:31.940><c> really</c><00:14:32.120><c> didn't</c><00:14:32.519><c> recognize</c><00:14:33.399><c> or</c><00:14:33.799><c> realize</c><00:14:34.179><c> how</c>

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bad<00:14:34.720><c> it</c><00:14:34.960><c> was</c><00:14:35.200><c> in</c><00:14:35.500><c> Judah</c><00:14:35.759><c> when</c><00:14:36.360><c> Hezekiah</c>

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comes<00:14:37.139><c> to</c><00:14:37.340><c> the</c><00:14:37.519><c> throne.</c><00:14:38.240><c> But</c><00:14:38.799><c> that's</c><00:14:39.279><c> exactly</c><00:14:39.759><c> what</c><00:14:39.940><c> it's</c><00:14:40.179><c> like.</c><00:14:41.259><c> I've</c><00:14:41.399><c> got</c>

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a<00:14:41.679><c> quote</c><00:14:41.860><c> from</c><00:14:42.379><c> Edersheim.</c>

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And<00:14:45.080><c> Edersheim,</c><00:14:45.860><c> this</c><00:14:46.019><c> is</c><00:14:46.320><c> unbelievable</c><00:14:46.799><c> when</c><00:14:47.159><c> you</c><00:14:47.320><c> read</c><00:14:47.419><c> it</c>

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the<00:14:47.679><c> first</c><00:14:47.919><c> time,</c><00:14:48.080><c> I</c><00:14:48.200><c> think.</c>

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It<00:14:49.240><c> says</c><00:14:49.460><c> Judah</c><00:14:49.899><c> had</c><00:14:50.360><c> so</c><00:14:50.799><c> declined</c><00:14:51.559><c> that</c><00:14:52.779><c> not</c><00:14:52.960><c> only</c><00:14:53.200><c> idolatry</c>

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of<00:14:54.340><c> every</c><00:14:54.679><c> kind,</c>

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but<00:14:56.139><c> even</c><00:14:56.399><c> the</c><00:14:56.639><c> service</c><00:14:57.120><c> of</c><00:14:57.419><c> Molech,</c><00:14:58.720><c> nay</c><00:14:58.879><c> witchcraft,</c><00:15:00.279><c> necromancy,</c><00:15:01.840><c> expressly</c><00:15:02.299><c> denounced</c><00:15:02.679><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:03.019><c> law</c><00:15:03.220><c> were</c>

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openly<00:15:03.940><c> practiced</c><00:15:04.460><c> in</c><00:15:04.679><c> the</c><00:15:04.820><c> land.</c><00:15:05.460><c> So</c><00:15:06.080><c> he</c><00:15:06.340><c> went</c><00:15:06.519><c> beyond.</c><00:15:07.480><c> He</c>

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went<00:15:07.799><c> to</c><00:15:08.120><c> every</c><00:15:08.600><c> different</c><00:15:09.059><c> type</c><00:15:09.279><c> of</c><00:15:09.539><c> religion.</c>

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What<00:15:11.019><c> did</c><00:15:11.100><c> that</c><00:15:11.379><c> do</c><00:15:12.299><c> to</c><00:15:13.240><c> his</c><00:15:13.519><c> country?</c><00:15:14.960><c> What</c><00:15:15.220><c> did</c><00:15:15.399><c> that</c><00:15:15.700><c> do</c><00:15:15.960><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:16.320><c> economy</c><00:15:16.919><c> of</c><00:15:17.500><c> Israel?</c>

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What<00:15:18.440><c> did</c><00:15:18.620><c> that</c><00:15:18.879><c> do</c><00:15:19.139><c> to</c><00:15:19.340><c> the</c><00:15:19.559><c> prosperity</c><00:15:20.200><c> of</c><00:15:20.340><c> Israel?</c><00:15:20.600><c> That's</c>

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the<00:15:20.980><c> next</c><00:15:21.500><c> paragraph</c><00:15:21.899><c> here.</c><00:15:22.279><c> It</c><00:15:22.279><c> says,</c>

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for<00:15:23.360><c> if</c><00:15:23.779><c> at</c><00:15:24.019><c> the</c><00:15:24.220><c> beginning</c><00:15:24.460><c> of</c><00:15:24.659><c> the</c><00:15:24.799><c> reign</c><00:15:25.139><c> of</c><00:15:25.460><c> Ahaz,</c><00:15:27.259><c> Judah</c>

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had<00:15:27.740><c> attained</c><00:15:28.159><c> its</c><00:15:28.639><c> highest</c><00:15:29.120><c> state</c><00:15:29.519><c> of</c><00:15:29.879><c> prosperity.</c>

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No,<00:15:31.480><c> I</c><00:15:31.559><c> didn't</c><00:15:31.779><c> know</c><00:15:31.940><c> that.</c><00:15:33.480><c> When</c><00:15:33.659><c> Ahaz</c><00:15:34.039><c> came</c><00:15:34.340><c> to</c><00:15:34.500><c> the</c><00:15:34.700><c> throne,</c>

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Judah<00:15:35.299><c> was</c><00:15:35.580><c> at</c><00:15:35.740><c> its</c><00:15:36.100><c> highest</c><00:15:36.600><c> state</c><00:15:36.899><c> of</c><00:15:37.240><c> prosperity.</c>

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Israel<00:15:39.019><c> was</c><00:15:39.320><c> too.</c><00:15:40.019><c> They</c><00:15:40.139><c> were</c><00:15:40.440><c> both</c><00:15:40.799><c> very,</c><00:15:41.419><c> very</c><00:15:41.820><c> prosperous</c>

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when<00:15:42.860><c> Ahaz</c><00:15:43.220><c> came</c><00:15:43.440><c> to</c><00:15:43.600><c> the</c><00:15:43.779><c> throne.</c>

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And<00:15:44.899><c> then</c><00:15:45.039><c> he</c><00:15:45.159><c> says,</c><00:15:46.240><c> if</c><00:15:46.299><c> they</c><00:15:46.500><c> had</c><00:15:46.820><c> attained</c><00:15:47.039><c> to</c><00:15:47.279><c> that</c><00:15:47.740><c> level</c>

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of<00:15:48.279><c> prosperity,</c>

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it<00:15:49.240><c> had</c><00:15:49.539><c> sunk</c><00:15:49.820><c> at</c><00:15:50.100><c> its</c><00:15:50.419><c> close</c><00:15:50.840><c> to</c><00:15:51.559><c> the</c><00:15:51.820><c> lowest</c><00:15:52.240><c> level</c><00:15:52.759><c> yet</c><00:15:53.220><c> reached.</c><00:15:55.100><c> 16</c><00:15:55.440><c> years.</c>

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Kenya<00:15:58.460><c> has</c><00:15:58.799><c> 16</c><00:15:59.580><c> years,</c><00:16:00.379><c> takes</c><00:16:00.679><c> Judah</c><00:16:01.159><c> from</c><00:16:01.799><c> its</c><00:16:02.019><c> most</c><00:16:02.460><c> prosperous</c><00:16:02.860><c> level</c>

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to<00:16:04.279><c> the</c><00:16:04.580><c> lowest</c><00:16:04.980><c> level</c><00:16:05.320><c> that</c><00:16:05.500><c> it</c>

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had<00:16:05.720><c> seen</c><00:16:05.980><c> up</c><00:16:06.139><c> to</c><00:16:06.259><c> that</c><00:16:06.460><c> point.</c><00:16:07.840><c> That's</c><00:16:08.279><c> the</c><00:16:08.440><c> world</c><00:16:08.580><c> that</c><00:16:08.779><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:09.080><c> comes</c><00:16:09.379><c> to.</c>

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We<00:16:11.039><c> look</c><00:16:11.259><c> at</c><00:16:11.639><c> the</c>

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kingdom,<00:16:13.710><c> the</c><00:16:14.049><c> line</c><00:16:14.309><c> then.</c><00:16:16.110><c> Uzziah,</c><00:16:16.750><c> Jotham,</c><00:16:17.370><c> Ahaz,</c><00:16:18.350><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:16:19.750><c> Uzziah</c>

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reigned<00:16:20.370><c> for</c><00:16:20.590><c> 52</c><00:16:21.009><c> years.</c><00:16:23.110><c> Jotham</c>

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for<00:16:24.090><c> 16</c><00:16:24.570><c> years.</c><00:16:27.710><c> Ahaz,</c><00:16:28.549><c> 16</c><00:16:29.029><c> years,</c><00:16:29.750><c> down,</c><00:16:30.129><c> down,</c><00:16:30.570><c> down,</c><00:16:31.029><c> down,</c>

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and<00:16:32.710><c> then</c><00:16:32.909><c> down</c><00:16:33.029><c> to</c><00:16:33.149><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:33.590><c> who</c><00:16:33.789><c> reigned</c><00:16:33.950><c> for</c><00:16:34.169><c> 29</c>

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years.<00:16:35.850><c> What</c><00:16:36.009><c> we're</c><00:16:36.149><c> going</c><00:16:36.289><c> to</c><00:16:36.429><c> do</c><00:16:36.549><c> now</c><00:16:36.809><c> is</c><00:16:36.970><c> we're</c><00:16:37.009><c> going</c><00:16:37.169><c> to</c>

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try<00:16:37.409><c> to</c><00:16:38.230><c> figure</c><00:16:38.490><c> out</c><00:16:39.529><c> how</c><00:16:39.950><c> it</c><00:16:40.129><c> got</c><00:16:40.370><c> so</c><00:16:40.730><c> bad</c><00:16:40.950><c> and</c><00:16:41.110><c> what</c>

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on<00:16:41.610><c> this</c><00:16:42.409><c> decline</c><00:16:42.870><c> that</c><00:16:43.389><c> we</c><00:16:43.549><c> see</c><00:16:44.029><c> in</c><00:16:44.509><c> 2</c><00:16:44.669><c> Chronicles.</c><00:16:46.190><c> So</c><00:16:46.289><c> let's</c>

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take<00:16:46.669><c> a</c><00:16:46.730><c> look</c><00:16:46.809><c> at</c><00:16:46.950><c> 2</c><00:16:47.149><c> Chronicles</c><00:16:47.570><c> chapter</c><00:16:47.870><c> 26.</c>

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We'll<00:16:50.490><c> start</c><00:16:50.610><c> with</c><00:16:50.769><c> King</c><00:16:50.950><c> Uzziah.</c>

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What<00:16:56.490><c> do</c><00:16:56.590><c> we</c><00:16:56.669><c> know</c><00:16:56.789><c> King</c><00:16:57.029><c> Uzziah</c><00:16:57.490><c> for?</c><00:16:59.549><c> Anybody</c><00:16:59.889><c> have</c><00:17:00.230><c> an</c><00:17:01.549><c> answer</c><00:17:02.009><c> to</c>

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that?<00:17:02.210><c> What</c><00:17:02.309><c> did</c><00:17:02.409><c> he</c><00:17:02.590><c> do?</c>

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What's<00:17:04.529><c> that?</c><00:17:05.869><c> Leprosy,</c><00:17:06.430><c> right?</c><00:17:06.589><c> Because</c><00:17:06.849><c> of</c><00:17:06.970><c> his</c><00:17:07.190><c> pride</c><00:17:07.490><c> in</c>

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going<00:17:07.869><c> into</c><00:17:08.750><c> the</c><00:17:08.890><c> temple.</c><00:17:09.190><c> You</c><00:17:09.329><c> got</c><00:17:09.509><c> it.</c>

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So<00:17:10.529><c> 16</c><00:17:11.029><c> years</c><00:17:11.430><c> old</c><00:17:11.730><c> was</c><00:17:11.950><c> Uzziah</c><00:17:12.329><c> when</c><00:17:12.430><c> he</c><00:17:12.589><c> began</c><00:17:12.829><c> to</c><00:17:13.109><c> reign</c><00:17:13.230><c> and</c>

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he<00:17:13.529><c> reigned</c><00:17:13.690><c> 50</c><00:17:14.210><c> and</c><00:17:14.410><c> 2</c><00:17:14.609><c> years</c><00:17:14.849><c> in</c><00:17:15.009><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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His<00:17:16.410><c> mother's</c><00:17:16.690><c> name</c><00:17:16.829><c> was</c><00:17:17.029><c> Jekaliah</c><00:17:17.650><c> of</c><00:17:17.869><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:18.470><c> and</c><00:17:19.109><c> he</c><00:17:19.250><c> did</c><00:17:19.410><c> that</c><00:17:19.609><c> which</c><00:17:19.750><c> was</c><00:17:20.049><c> right</c><00:17:20.269><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:20.650><c> sight</c><00:17:20.750><c> of</c><00:17:20.970><c> Yahweh</c>

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according<00:17:22.089><c> to</c><00:17:22.349><c> all</c><00:17:22.589><c> that</c><00:17:22.710><c> his</c><00:17:22.869><c> father</c><00:17:23.230><c> Amaziah</c><00:17:23.750><c> did.</c><00:17:24.569><c> So</c><00:17:24.730><c> that's</c><00:17:24.990><c> the</c>

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commentary<00:17:25.569><c> about</c><00:17:25.849><c> him</c><00:17:25.970><c> but</c><00:17:26.089><c> we</c><00:17:26.369><c> know</c>

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that<00:17:27.569><c> there</c><00:17:27.710><c> were</c><00:17:27.829><c> some</c><00:17:28.069><c> things</c><00:17:28.250><c> that</c><00:17:28.589><c> happened</c><00:17:28.710><c> in</c><00:17:28.849><c> his</c><00:17:29.109><c> life</c>

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that<00:17:30.349><c> changed</c><00:17:30.910><c> that.</c><00:17:31.490><c> Now</c><00:17:31.670><c> he</c><00:17:31.730><c> was</c><00:17:32.009><c> very,</c>

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successful.<00:17:34.470><c> So</c><00:17:34.769><c> he's</c><00:17:35.049><c> the</c><00:17:35.150><c> guy</c><00:17:35.470><c> that</c><00:17:35.710><c> took</c><00:17:35.970><c> Judah</c><00:17:36.390><c> up</c><00:17:36.890><c> to</c><00:17:37.089><c> that</c><00:17:37.250><c> position</c><00:17:37.690><c> of</c>

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great<00:17:38.609><c> prosperity.</c>

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He<00:17:40.130><c> was</c><00:17:40.329><c> the</c><00:17:40.509><c> one</c><00:17:40.730><c> with</c><00:17:40.990><c> his</c><00:17:41.269><c> ingenuity</c><00:17:41.849><c> and</c><00:17:42.490><c> his</c><00:17:43.029><c> hard</c><00:17:43.349><c> work</c>

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that<00:17:43.710><c> actually</c><00:17:43.930><c> was</c><00:17:44.069><c> able</c><00:17:44.269><c> to</c><00:17:44.450><c> do</c><00:17:44.589><c> that,</c><00:17:45.109><c> reigning</c>

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for<00:17:45.490><c> 52</c><00:17:45.849><c> years.</c><00:17:47.150><c> But</c><00:17:47.369><c> because</c><00:17:47.670><c> of</c><00:17:47.809><c> his</c><00:17:47.950><c> success,</c><00:17:49.309><c> he</c><00:17:49.609><c> thought</c>

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that<00:17:50.150><c> the</c><00:17:50.369><c> success</c><00:17:50.849><c> came</c><00:17:51.289><c> at</c><00:17:51.509><c> his</c><00:17:51.710><c> own</c><00:17:51.970><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:17:52.970><c> thought</c><00:17:53.089><c> that</c><00:17:53.269><c> he</c><00:17:53.430><c> was</c><00:17:53.589><c> the</c><00:17:53.710><c> one</c><00:17:53.809><c> that</c><00:17:53.970><c> was</c><00:17:54.150><c> doing</c><00:17:54.349><c> it</c><00:17:55.069><c> and</c>

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that<00:17:56.309><c> led</c><00:17:56.430><c> him</c><00:17:56.609><c> to</c><00:17:56.809><c> think</c><00:17:56.930><c> that</c><00:17:57.089><c> he</c><00:17:57.329><c> also</c><00:17:57.650><c> ought</c><00:17:57.750><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:58.150><c> the</c><00:17:58.150><c> one</c><00:17:58.349><c> that</c><00:17:58.490><c> could</c><00:17:58.630><c> go</c><00:17:58.789><c> into</c><00:17:59.009><c> the</c><00:17:59.210><c> temple</c><00:17:59.569><c> and</c><00:18:00.170><c> offer</c><00:18:00.369><c> incense.</c><00:18:01.549><c> And</c><00:18:01.829><c> so</c>

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he<00:18:02.069><c> does</c><00:18:02.329><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:03.450><c> he</c><00:18:03.529><c> gets</c><00:18:03.650><c> into</c><00:18:03.910><c> a</c><00:18:04.170><c> fight</c><00:18:04.349><c> with</c><00:18:04.549><c> the</c><00:18:04.789><c> priests</c><00:18:05.130><c> and</c><00:18:05.329><c> the</c><00:18:05.490><c> priests</c><00:18:05.630><c> become</c><00:18:05.910><c> angry</c><00:18:06.210><c> with</c><00:18:06.390><c> him</c>

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and<00:18:06.569><c> what</c><00:18:06.710><c> happens?</c>

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God<00:18:07.690><c> strikes</c><00:18:08.009><c> him</c><00:18:08.170><c> with</c><00:18:08.349><c> leprosy</c><00:18:08.730><c> and</c><00:18:08.849><c> says,</c><00:18:09.150><c> no,</c><00:18:10.329><c> it's</c><00:18:10.690><c> not</c>

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you.<00:18:11.930><c> And</c><00:18:12.029><c> God</c><00:18:12.250><c> removes</c><00:18:12.769><c> his</c><00:18:13.029><c> pride</c><00:18:13.289><c> from</c><00:18:13.509><c> him</c>

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in<00:18:14.390><c> that</c><00:18:14.549><c> occasion.</c><00:18:15.710><c> So</c><00:18:15.789><c> that's</c><00:18:16.150><c> where</c><00:18:16.450><c> the</c><00:18:16.609><c> little</c><00:18:16.789><c> family</c>

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line<00:18:17.329><c> that</c><00:18:17.470><c> we're</c><00:18:17.609><c> looking</c><00:18:17.809><c> at</c><00:18:18.069><c> starts</c><00:18:18.470><c> with</c><00:18:19.109><c> him.</c>

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Next<00:18:20.569><c> we</c><00:18:20.849><c> have</c><00:18:21.410><c> Jotham.</c><00:18:22.849><c> Jotham</c><00:18:23.289><c> reigned</c><00:18:23.529><c> for</c><00:18:23.750><c> 16</c><00:18:24.109><c> years</c><00:18:24.849><c> and</c>

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we're<00:18:25.529><c> told</c><00:18:25.650><c> that</c><00:18:25.849><c> he</c><00:18:25.950><c> was</c><00:18:26.130><c> a</c><00:18:26.309><c> God</c><00:18:26.549><c>-fearing</c><00:18:26.869><c> man</c><00:18:27.109><c> as</c>

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well.<00:18:28.269><c> He's</c><00:18:28.490><c> a</c><00:18:28.630><c> lot</c><00:18:28.730><c> like</c><00:18:29.210><c> Uzziah,</c><00:18:30.289><c> has</c><00:18:30.589><c> great</c><00:18:30.849><c> success,</c><00:18:31.329><c> does</c>

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a<00:18:31.569><c> lot</c><00:18:31.789><c> of</c><00:18:32.049><c> construction.</c><00:18:33.430><c> He,</c><00:18:33.950><c> I</c><00:18:34.549><c> guess,</c><00:18:34.910><c> brings</c>

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Israel<00:18:35.650><c> or</c><00:18:35.890><c> Judah</c><00:18:36.109><c> to</c><00:18:36.329><c> its</c><00:18:36.529><c> pinnacle.</c><00:18:38.009><c> Has</c><00:18:38.150><c> the</c><00:18:38.329><c> same</c><00:18:38.450><c> kind</c><00:18:38.630><c> of</c>

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ambition<00:18:39.069><c> as</c><00:18:39.269><c> his</c><00:18:39.410><c> father.</c><00:18:40.809><c> We're</c><00:18:41.150><c> told</c><00:18:41.329><c> he</c><00:18:41.450><c> didn't</c>

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try<00:18:41.990><c> to</c><00:18:42.289><c> remove</c><00:18:42.910><c> the</c><00:18:43.230><c> high</c><00:18:43.430><c> places.</c><00:18:44.369><c> So</c><00:18:44.589><c> let's</c><00:18:44.750><c> look</c><00:18:44.910><c> at</c><00:18:45.029><c> some</c>

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verses<00:18:45.430><c> there</c><00:18:45.690><c> about</c><00:18:46.190><c> Jotham.</c><00:18:46.750><c> So</c><00:18:46.930><c> 2</c><00:18:47.069><c> Chronicles</c>

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27<00:18:48.109><c>.6,</c><00:18:49.210><c> it</c><00:18:49.269><c> says,</c><00:18:49.630><c> so</c><00:18:49.690><c> Jotham</c><00:18:50.170><c> became</c><00:18:50.609><c> mighty</c><00:18:51.170><c> because</c><00:18:52.190><c> he</c><00:18:52.450><c> prepared</c><00:18:52.869><c> his</c>

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way<00:18:53.390><c> before</c><00:18:53.809><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:54.430><c> is</c><00:18:54.890><c> God.</c><00:18:55.990><c> Sounds</c>

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great.<00:18:57.509><c> Sounds</c><00:18:57.829><c> really</c><00:18:58.269><c> great.</c><00:18:59.410><c> Verse</c><00:18:59.630><c> two,</c><00:19:01.890><c> and</c><00:19:01.890><c> he</c><00:19:02.009><c> did</c><00:19:02.170><c> that</c><00:19:02.369><c> which</c><00:19:02.509><c> was</c>

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right<00:19:03.029><c> in</c><00:19:03.269><c> the</c><00:19:03.410><c> sight</c><00:19:03.529><c> of</c><00:19:03.750><c> Yahweh</c>

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according<00:19:04.970><c> to</c><00:19:05.210><c> all</c><00:19:05.549><c> that</c><00:19:05.690><c> his</c><00:19:05.829><c> father</c><00:19:06.130><c> Uzziah</c><00:19:06.690><c> did.</c><00:19:07.930><c> Howbeit</c>

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he<00:19:08.529><c> entered</c><00:19:08.849><c> not</c><00:19:09.109><c> into</c><00:19:09.309><c> the</c><00:19:09.509><c> temple</c><00:19:09.710><c> of</c><00:19:09.950><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Okay,<00:19:11.210><c> smart.</c><00:19:12.910><c> And</c><00:19:13.029><c> then</c><00:19:13.150><c> it</c><00:19:13.309><c> says</c><00:19:13.430><c> something</c><00:19:13.869><c> at</c><00:19:14.349><c> the</c><00:19:14.470><c> end</c><00:19:14.609><c> there.</c><00:19:15.829><c> It</c>

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says,<00:19:16.509><c> and</c><00:19:17.130><c> the</c><00:19:17.369><c> people</c><00:19:17.930><c> did</c><00:19:18.549><c> yet</c>

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corruptly.<00:19:21.950><c> Just</c><00:19:22.230><c> a</c><00:19:22.329><c> little</c><00:19:23.450><c> footnote</c><00:19:23.910><c> almost.</c><00:19:25.210><c> The</c><00:19:25.390><c> reign</c>

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of<00:19:26.450><c> Jotham.</c><00:19:28.170><c> Sounds</c><00:19:28.390><c> like</c><00:19:28.529><c> he's</c><00:19:28.670><c> doing</c><00:19:28.890><c> really</c><00:19:29.289><c> well,</c>

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but<00:19:30.130><c> the</c><00:19:30.369><c> people</c><00:19:30.650><c> did</c><00:19:31.089><c> yet</c><00:19:31.750><c> corruptly.</c><00:19:33.670><c> That</c><00:19:33.869><c> word</c><00:19:34.049><c> corruptly</c>

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means<00:19:34.990><c> to</c><00:19:35.289><c> decay</c><00:19:35.869><c> or</c><00:19:36.970><c> to</c><00:19:37.690><c> render</c><00:19:38.369><c> an</c><00:19:38.769><c> object</c><00:19:39.210><c> useless.</c>

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So<00:19:41.970><c> his</c><00:19:42.490><c> people</c><00:19:44.210><c> were</c><00:19:45.029><c> in</c><00:19:45.109><c> a</c><00:19:45.309><c> state</c><00:19:45.490><c> of</c><00:19:45.750><c> decay.</c><00:19:47.109><c> Things</c><00:19:47.390><c> began</c>

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to<00:19:48.329><c> go</c><00:19:48.730><c> downhill.</c>

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Interesting.<00:19:53.390><c> Even</c><00:19:53.650><c> more</c><00:19:53.930><c> interesting,</c><00:19:54.289><c> I</c><00:19:54.289><c> think,</c><00:19:54.490><c> when</c><00:19:54.609><c> we</c>

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do<00:19:54.910><c> a</c><00:19:55.089><c> little</c><00:19:55.369><c> word</c><00:19:55.589><c> search</c><00:19:55.809><c> on</c><00:19:55.970><c> that</c><00:19:56.230><c> word</c><00:19:56.329><c> and</c><00:19:56.470><c> we</c>

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find<00:19:56.809><c> that</c><00:19:57.089><c> that</c><00:19:57.329><c> is</c><00:19:57.470><c> the</c><00:19:57.730><c> key</c><00:19:57.970><c> word,</c><00:19:58.190><c> that</c><00:19:58.410><c> word</c><00:19:58.970><c> corruptly</c>

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is<00:20:00.309><c> the</c><00:20:00.529><c> key</c><00:20:00.769><c> word</c><00:20:00.990><c> found</c><00:20:01.289><c> in</c><00:20:01.490><c> Genesis</c><00:20:01.890><c> chapter</c><00:20:02.369><c> 6.</c>

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So<00:20:04.369><c> Genesis</c><00:20:04.710><c> chapter</c><00:20:05.109><c> 6</c><00:20:05.630><c> says</c><00:20:06.250><c> the</c><00:20:07.089><c> earth</c><00:20:07.369><c> also</c><00:20:08.150><c> was</c><00:20:08.730><c> corrupt</c>

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before<00:20:10.029><c> God.</c><00:20:10.329><c> So</c><00:20:10.450><c> this</c><00:20:10.589><c> is</c><00:20:10.750><c> the</c><00:20:10.849><c> time</c><00:20:10.970><c> of</c><00:20:11.210><c> Noah</c>

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and<00:20:12.509><c> the</c><00:20:12.630><c> earth</c><00:20:12.869><c> was</c><00:20:13.230><c> filled</c><00:20:13.470><c> with</c><00:20:13.769><c> violence</c><00:20:14.390><c> and</c><00:20:15.430><c> God</c><00:20:15.730><c> looked</c>

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upon<00:20:16.230><c> the</c><00:20:16.430><c> earth</c><00:20:16.569><c> and</c><00:20:16.769><c> behold</c><00:20:17.109><c> it</c><00:20:17.509><c> was</c><00:20:17.970><c> corrupt</c>

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for<00:20:19.630><c> all</c><00:20:20.109><c> flesh</c><00:20:20.470><c> had</c><00:20:21.029><c> corrupted</c><00:20:21.789><c> his</c><00:20:22.910><c> way</c><00:20:23.170><c> upon</c><00:20:23.430><c> the</c><00:20:23.650><c> earth</c><00:20:23.970><c> and</c><00:20:25.289><c> God</c><00:20:25.549><c> said</c><00:20:25.670><c> to</c>

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all<00:20:48.670><c> flesh.</c><00:20:49.730><c> So</c><00:20:50.089><c> we</c><00:20:50.269><c> see</c><00:20:50.430><c> that</c><00:20:50.690><c> this</c><00:20:51.130><c> corruptness</c><00:20:52.109><c> that</c><00:20:52.630><c> the</c>

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corruption<00:20:55.650><c> that</c><00:20:55.849><c> brought</c><00:20:56.049><c> God</c><00:20:56.329><c> to</c><00:20:56.849><c> actually</c><00:20:57.849><c> bring</c><00:20:58.230><c> the</c><00:20:58.490><c> flood</c><00:20:58.829><c> upon</c><00:20:59.769><c> the</c>

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what<00:21:04.789><c> were</c><00:21:04.930><c> the</c><00:21:05.049><c> people</c><00:21:05.210><c> doing?</c><00:21:06.890><c> What</c><00:21:07.029><c> was</c><00:21:07.230><c> it</c><00:21:07.470><c> like</c><00:21:07.730><c> in</c><00:21:08.029><c> Jotham's</c><00:21:08.569><c> time</c>

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that<00:21:08.910><c> it</c><00:21:09.029><c> was</c><00:21:09.170><c> so</c><00:21:09.390><c> bad?</c><00:21:10.309><c> What</c><00:21:10.470><c> was</c><00:21:10.670><c> it</c>

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like<00:21:11.109><c> that</c><00:21:11.289><c> the</c><00:21:11.569><c> same</c><00:21:11.869><c> word</c><00:21:12.069><c> is</c><00:21:12.369><c> used</c><00:21:12.829><c> as</c><00:21:13.529><c> is</c><00:21:13.750><c> used</c><00:21:13.930><c> about</c><00:21:14.170><c> the</c>

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flood?<00:21:16.730><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:16.950><c> gives</c><00:21:17.130><c> us</c><00:21:17.309><c> an</c><00:21:17.490><c> idea</c><00:21:18.109><c> about</c><00:21:18.890><c> that.</c>

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kings<00:21:24.250><c> did</c><00:21:25.009><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:25.529><c> write</c><00:21:26.349><c> during</c><00:21:27.130><c> the</c>

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reign<00:21:27.549><c> of?</c><00:21:30.029><c> Uzziah,</c><00:21:31.069><c> Jotham,</c><00:21:32.430><c> Ahaz,</c><00:21:33.769><c> and</c><00:21:33.990><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:21:35.509><c> So</c><00:21:36.009><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:36.589><c> is</c>

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writing<00:21:37.289><c> during</c><00:21:37.670><c> the</c><00:21:37.930><c> days</c><00:21:38.250><c> of</c><00:21:38.630><c> these</c><00:21:38.890><c> kings</c>

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shouldn't<00:21:44.049><c> say</c><00:21:44.190><c> most</c><00:21:44.490><c> of</c><00:21:44.630><c> his</c><00:21:44.769><c> times,</c><00:21:44.990><c> but</c><00:21:45.309><c> some</c>

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days<00:21:53.950><c> of</c><00:21:54.250><c> Ahaz,</c><00:21:54.589><c> no</c><00:21:54.769><c> doubt.</c><00:21:55.849><c> So</c><00:21:56.049><c> let's</c><00:21:56.210><c> take</c><00:21:56.470><c> a</c><00:21:56.549><c> look,</c>

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we're<00:21:56.829><c> going</c><00:21:56.930><c> to</c><00:21:56.970><c> look</c><00:21:57.190><c> at</c><00:21:57.990><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:58.390><c> chapter</c><00:21:58.789><c> 1</c><00:21:58.990><c> verse</c><00:21:59.269><c> 11.</c><00:22:06.089><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:06.309><c> gives</c><00:22:06.470><c> us</c>

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some<00:22:07.329><c> great</c><00:22:07.630><c> information</c><00:22:08.089><c> about</c>

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Hezekiah,<00:22:09.430><c> gives</c><00:22:09.589><c> us</c><00:22:09.849><c> all</c><00:22:10.089><c> the</c><00:22:10.309><c> background</c><00:22:10.609><c> about</c><00:22:10.849><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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gives<00:22:11.529><c> us</c><00:22:11.710><c> the</c><00:22:11.950><c> victories</c><00:22:12.269><c> of</c><00:22:12.490><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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shows<00:22:13.730><c> us</c><00:22:13.990><c> how</c><00:22:14.190><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:14.630><c> is</c><00:22:14.789><c> a</c><00:22:14.910><c> type</c><00:22:15.049><c> of</c><00:22:15.289><c> Christ,</c><00:22:16.210><c> shows</c><00:22:16.470><c> us</c>

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information<00:22:20.390><c> that</c><00:22:20.569><c> comes</c><00:22:20.769><c> from</c><00:22:21.009><c> the</c><00:22:21.349><c> time</c><00:22:21.769><c> of</c><00:22:22.089><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:22:23.109><c> So</c>

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very<00:22:23.630><c> important</c><00:22:24.089><c> writing,</c><00:22:25.650><c> New</c><00:22:25.809><c> Testament</c><00:22:26.230><c> quotes</c>

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Isaiah<00:22:27.269><c> over</c><00:22:27.650><c> and</c><00:22:27.750><c> over</c><00:22:27.950><c> again</c><00:22:28.349><c> and</c><00:22:28.789><c> we</c><00:22:28.910><c> come</c><00:22:28.990><c> right</c><00:22:29.170><c> to</c><00:22:29.329><c> the</c>

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going<00:22:31.589><c> wrong</c><00:22:32.089><c> in</c><00:22:32.750><c> the</c><00:22:32.950><c> times</c><00:22:33.170><c> of</c><00:22:33.430><c> Jotham</c><00:22:33.849><c> and</c><00:22:34.329><c> Ahaz,</c><00:22:34.829><c> what</c><00:22:35.049><c> led</c>

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to<00:22:35.410><c> the</c><00:22:35.589><c> problems.</c><00:22:36.450><c> So</c><00:22:36.589><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:36.829><c> 1</c><00:22:37.009><c> verse</c><00:22:37.250><c> 11</c><00:22:37.490><c> says,</c>

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So<00:22:55.349><c> what's</c><00:22:55.549><c> God</c><00:22:55.690><c> say?</c><00:22:57.690><c> Your</c><00:22:58.029><c> offerings</c><00:22:58.329><c> are</c><00:22:58.529><c> useless.</c>

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missing.<00:23:27.349><c> They</c><00:23:27.549><c> weren't</c><00:23:27.809><c> being</c><00:23:28.109><c> taught</c>

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were<00:23:55.390><c> spending</c><00:23:55.710><c> all</c><00:23:56.250><c> of</c><00:23:56.410><c> their</c><00:23:56.589><c> time</c><00:23:57.269><c> on</c><00:23:57.910><c> the</c>

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works<00:23:58.450><c> of</c><00:23:58.690><c> their</c><00:23:59.029><c> own</c><00:23:59.390><c> hands.</c><00:24:00.750><c> That's</c><00:24:01.089><c> what</c><00:24:01.210><c> an</c><00:24:01.390><c> idol</c><00:24:01.529><c> is</c><00:24:02.049><c> and</c>

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that's<00:24:02.569><c> what</c><00:24:02.650><c> he's</c><00:24:03.069><c> telling</c><00:24:03.349><c> them.</c><00:24:03.549><c> That's</c><00:24:03.930><c> the</c>

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problem.<00:24:04.750><c> You're</c><00:24:05.029><c> not</c><00:24:05.250><c> spending</c><00:24:05.470><c> time</c><00:24:05.769><c> in</c><00:24:05.990><c> the</c><00:24:06.089><c> word.</c><00:24:06.549><c> You're</c>

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not<00:24:06.990><c> educating</c><00:24:07.369><c> the</c><00:24:07.609><c> people.</c><00:24:08.210><c> You're</c><00:24:08.390><c> not</c>

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educating<00:24:08.910><c> your</c><00:24:09.150><c> families.</c><00:24:12.369><c> But</c><00:24:12.569><c> Jotham</c><00:24:12.750><c> must</c><00:24:12.950><c> not</c><00:24:13.109><c> have</c><00:24:13.250><c> seen</c><00:24:13.349><c> that.</c><00:24:15.109><c> Jotham</c><00:24:15.509><c> must</c><00:24:15.730><c> not</c>

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have<00:24:16.190><c> recognized</c><00:24:16.650><c> the</c>

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problem<00:24:17.130><c> because</c><00:24:17.369><c> it</c><00:24:17.549><c> doesn't</c><00:24:17.769><c> seem</c><00:24:18.089><c> as</c><00:24:18.269><c> if</c><00:24:18.349><c> he</c><00:24:18.450><c> does</c><00:24:18.730><c> anything</c><00:24:19.069><c> about</c>

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it.<00:24:20.089><c> If</c><00:24:20.250><c> we</c><00:24:20.390><c> look</c><00:24:20.529><c> at</c><00:24:20.690><c> Ahaz</c><00:24:20.910><c> his</c><00:24:21.089><c> son,</c>

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it's<00:24:21.690><c> quite</c><00:24:21.910><c> clear</c><00:24:22.190><c> that</c><00:24:22.349><c> he</c><00:24:22.450><c> didn't</c><00:24:22.670><c> do</c><00:24:23.049><c> anything</c><00:24:23.650><c> that</c><00:24:24.329><c> got</c>

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through<00:24:24.890><c> to</c><00:24:25.130><c> Ahaz.</c><00:24:26.650><c> There's</c><00:24:26.890><c> a</c><00:24:27.009><c> lack</c><00:24:27.150><c> of</c><00:24:27.450><c> effort</c><00:24:27.589><c> in</c>

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Ecclesia.<00:24:29.130><c> We</c><00:24:29.269><c> come</c><00:24:29.430><c> over</c><00:24:29.609><c> to</c><00:24:29.710><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:29.970><c> three,</c><00:24:30.410><c> four.</c><00:24:31.549><c> It</c><00:24:31.650><c> says,</c><00:24:32.089><c> and</c>

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I<00:24:32.130><c> will</c><00:24:32.369><c> give</c><00:24:32.529><c> children</c><00:24:32.950><c> to</c><00:24:33.250><c> be</c><00:24:33.369><c> their</c><00:24:33.589><c> princes</c>

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and<00:24:35.130><c> babes</c><00:24:35.730><c> shall</c><00:24:36.009><c> rule</c><00:24:36.369><c> over</c><00:24:36.730><c> them.</c><00:24:38.009><c> Well,</c><00:24:38.289><c> here's</c><00:24:38.490><c> the</c><00:24:38.710><c> result.</c><00:24:39.990><c> The</c>

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problem<00:24:40.529><c> of</c><00:24:40.769><c> wasting</c><00:24:41.210><c> all</c><00:24:41.509><c> of</c><00:24:41.609><c> our</c><00:24:41.849><c> time</c>

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on<00:24:42.769><c> human</c><00:24:43.089><c> pursuits</c><00:24:43.769><c> brought</c><00:24:44.089><c> about</c><00:24:44.329><c> another</c><00:24:44.609><c> problem.</c><00:24:46.049><c> The</c>

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leaders<00:24:46.549><c> in</c><00:24:47.390><c> the</c><00:24:47.589><c> land,</c><00:24:47.750><c> the</c><00:24:47.950><c> leaders</c><00:24:48.210><c> of</c><00:24:48.690><c> Judah,</c>

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no<00:24:50.170><c> longer</c><00:24:50.509><c> really</c><00:24:50.990><c> understood</c><00:24:51.750><c> God's</c><00:24:52.470><c> laws.</c><00:24:53.769><c> And</c><00:24:54.049><c> because</c>

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they<00:24:54.349><c> didn't</c><00:24:54.490><c> understand</c><00:24:54.890><c> God's</c><00:24:55.430><c> laws</c><00:24:55.630><c> anymore,</c>

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where<00:24:57.690><c> did</c><00:24:57.849><c> they</c><00:24:58.029><c> turn</c><00:24:58.730><c> to</c><00:24:59.670><c> make</c><00:24:59.849><c> their</c><00:25:00.130><c> decisions?</c><00:25:02.549><c> They</c><00:25:03.170><c> turned</c><00:25:03.349><c> to</c>

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man's<00:25:03.869><c> laws.</c><00:25:04.930><c> And</c><00:25:04.970><c> they</c><00:25:05.130><c> began</c><00:25:05.529><c> in</c><00:25:05.789><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:25:06.289><c> to</c><00:25:06.529><c> make</c><00:25:06.670><c> the</c><00:25:06.990><c> decisions</c><00:25:07.329><c> of</c><00:25:07.490><c> the</c><00:25:07.670><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:08.069><c> based</c>

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upon<00:25:09.009><c> man's</c><00:25:09.650><c> laws</c><00:25:09.970><c> and</c><00:25:10.549><c> not</c><00:25:10.750><c> upon</c><00:25:10.970><c> God's</c><00:25:11.390><c> laws.</c>

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They<00:25:12.589><c> relied</c><00:25:12.789><c> on</c><00:25:12.970><c> their</c><00:25:13.130><c> own</c><00:25:13.289><c> thoughts.</c><00:25:14.750><c> Now,</c><00:25:15.569><c> can</c><00:25:15.650><c> that</c><00:25:15.829><c> work?</c><00:25:17.509><c> Can</c>

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man's<00:25:20.049><c> thoughts</c><00:25:20.509><c> drive</c><00:25:21.529><c> out</c><00:25:22.410><c> man's</c><00:25:23.549><c> thoughts?</c>

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Right?<00:25:25.390><c> Christ</c><00:25:25.569><c> asked</c><00:25:25.769><c> the</c><00:25:25.930><c> same</c><00:25:26.130><c> question.</c><00:25:26.529><c> He</c><00:25:26.569><c> says,</c><00:25:27.089><c> can</c>

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Satan<00:25:28.069><c> cast</c><00:25:29.089><c> out</c><00:25:29.910><c> Satan?</c><00:25:31.210><c> It's</c><00:25:31.490><c> not</c><00:25:31.710><c> possible.</c>

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You've<00:25:33.309><c> got</c><00:25:33.450><c> to</c><00:25:33.589><c> put</c><00:25:33.789><c> God's</c><00:25:34.329><c> thoughts</c><00:25:34.430><c> into</c><00:25:34.630><c> your</c><00:25:34.910><c> mind</c><00:25:35.230><c> if</c><00:25:35.529><c> you're</c><00:25:35.730><c> going</c><00:25:35.869><c> to</c>

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get<00:25:36.170><c> rid</c><00:25:36.329><c> of</c><00:25:36.490><c> man's</c><00:25:36.829><c> thoughts.</c>

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And<00:25:37.829><c> that's</c><00:25:38.029><c> the</c><00:25:38.210><c> point</c><00:25:38.329><c> that</c><00:25:38.470><c> he's</c><00:25:38.670><c> trying</c><00:25:38.789><c> to</c><00:25:39.009><c> make.</c><00:25:40.509><c> Letter</c>

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to<00:25:40.849><c> the</c><00:25:41.029><c> Hebrews,</c><00:25:41.650><c> I</c><00:25:41.750><c> think</c><00:25:41.829><c> is</c><00:25:41.950><c> helpful</c><00:25:42.230><c> for</c><00:25:42.390><c> us</c>

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to<00:25:42.710><c> understand</c><00:25:43.029><c> that.</c><00:25:43.450><c> Just</c><00:25:43.670><c> to</c><00:25:43.990><c> see</c><00:25:44.170><c> the</c><00:25:44.529><c> importance</c><00:25:44.849><c> of</c><00:25:45.269><c> education</c><00:25:45.930><c> in</c>

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our<00:25:46.930><c> families,</c><00:25:47.349><c> in</c><00:25:47.490><c> our</c><00:25:47.710><c> Ecclesias.</c>

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If<00:25:48.609><c> we're</c><00:25:48.809><c> going</c><00:25:49.130><c> to</c><00:25:49.890><c> lead</c><00:25:50.269><c> our</c><00:25:50.549><c> families</c><00:25:50.809><c> to</c><00:25:51.089><c> change</c><00:25:51.329><c> and</c><00:25:51.589><c> lead</c><00:25:52.069><c> our</c>

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families<00:25:53.089><c> to</c><00:25:53.269><c> the</c><00:25:53.369><c> kingdom</c><00:25:53.549><c> of</c><00:25:53.769><c> God.</c>

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So<00:25:54.930><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:55.170><c> 5</c><00:25:55.490><c> says,</c><00:25:55.930><c> for</c><00:25:55.930><c> everyone</c><00:25:56.230><c> that</c><00:25:56.470><c> uses</c><00:25:56.789><c> milk</c><00:25:57.230><c> is</c><00:25:57.890><c> unskillful</c><00:25:58.630><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:58.930><c> word</c><00:25:59.049><c> of</c><00:25:59.250><c> righteousness.</c>

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It's<00:26:00.369><c> important</c><00:26:00.730><c> to</c><00:26:00.930><c> have</c><00:26:01.089><c> milk.</c><00:26:01.829><c> Milk</c><00:26:02.109><c> of</c><00:26:02.230><c> the</c><00:26:02.329><c> word</c><00:26:02.430><c> gets</c><00:26:02.650><c> us</c>

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started,<00:26:03.450><c> understanding</c><00:26:03.930><c> the</c><00:26:04.450><c> first</c><00:26:04.630><c> principles,</c>

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understanding<00:26:05.630><c> the</c><00:26:05.869><c> basics.</c><00:26:07.329><c> He</c><00:26:07.470><c> says,</c><00:26:08.690><c> but</c><00:26:08.890><c> strong</c><00:26:09.390><c> meat</c><00:26:09.690><c> belong</c><00:26:10.069><c> to</c>

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them<00:26:10.529><c> that</c><00:26:10.710><c> are</c><00:26:10.829><c> of</c><00:26:10.990><c> a</c><00:26:11.230><c> full</c><00:26:11.470><c> age.</c>

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We've<00:26:13.190><c> got</c><00:26:13.250><c> to</c><00:26:13.490><c> graduate</c><00:26:14.029><c> from</c><00:26:14.269><c> that</c><00:26:14.509><c> and</c><00:26:14.650><c> we've</c><00:26:14.890><c> got</c><00:26:14.970><c> to</c><00:26:15.130><c> get</c>

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to<00:26:15.430><c> a</c><00:26:15.569><c> place</c><00:26:15.730><c> where</c><00:26:15.950><c> we</c><00:26:16.390><c> eat</c>

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meat,<00:26:17.609><c> right?</c><00:26:18.430><c> The</c><00:26:18.809><c> strong</c><00:26:19.009><c> meat</c><00:26:19.190><c> that</c><00:26:19.289><c> he's</c><00:26:19.410><c> talking</c><00:26:19.730><c> about</c>

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here<00:26:20.049><c> are</c><00:26:20.289><c> the</c><00:26:20.490><c> principles</c><00:26:21.109><c> of</c><00:26:21.650><c> the</c><00:26:21.849><c> scriptures,</c>

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the<00:26:22.990><c> lessons</c><00:26:23.369><c> that</c><00:26:23.589><c> we</c><00:26:23.829><c> find</c><00:26:24.049><c> when</c><00:26:24.210><c> we</c><00:26:24.390><c> dig</c><00:26:24.609><c> deeper</c><00:26:24.930><c> into</c><00:26:25.170><c> the</c>

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scriptures.<00:26:26.230><c> He</c><00:26:26.430><c> says,</c><00:26:27.130><c> even</c><00:26:27.250><c> those</c><00:26:27.890><c> who</c><00:26:28.450><c> by</c><00:26:28.750><c> reason</c>

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of<00:26:29.450><c> the</c><00:26:29.650><c> use</c><00:26:29.950><c> have</c><00:26:30.309><c> their</c><00:26:30.569><c> senses</c><00:26:31.009><c> exercised</c><00:26:32.569><c> to</c><00:26:32.930><c> discern</c><00:26:33.349><c> both</c><00:26:33.730><c> good</c><00:26:34.269><c> and</c>

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evil.<00:26:36.369><c> So</c><00:26:36.750><c> if</c><00:26:37.029><c> you</c><00:26:37.269><c> get</c><00:26:37.410><c> to</c><00:26:37.609><c> the</c><00:26:37.809><c> point</c>

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where<00:26:38.190><c> you're</c><00:26:38.529><c> eating</c><00:26:38.910><c> the</c><00:26:39.190><c> strong</c><00:26:39.430><c> meat,</c><00:26:40.089><c> you</c><00:26:40.170><c> will</c><00:26:40.529><c> finally</c>

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be<00:26:41.289><c> able</c><00:26:41.609><c> to</c><00:26:41.829><c> do</c><00:26:42.029><c> what?</c><00:26:43.430><c> You'll</c><00:26:43.970><c> finally</c><00:26:44.289><c> be</c>

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to<00:26:44.789><c> tell</c><00:26:44.990><c> the</c><00:26:45.150><c> difference</c><00:26:45.490><c> between</c><00:26:45.789><c> good</c><00:26:45.990><c> and</c><00:26:46.150><c> evil.</c><00:26:48.410><c> That</c><00:26:48.549><c> was</c><00:26:48.730><c> a</c>

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problem<00:26:49.049><c> in</c><00:26:49.250><c> Jotham's</c><00:26:49.650><c> day,</c><00:26:50.509><c> right?</c><00:26:51.089><c> They</c>

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were<00:26:51.869><c> in</c><00:26:52.250><c> a</c><00:26:52.390><c> very</c><00:26:52.750><c> difficult</c><00:26:53.069><c> situation.</c><00:26:53.609><c> They</c><00:26:53.710><c> were</c><00:26:53.930><c> living</c>

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in<00:26:54.329><c> luxury.</c><00:26:55.109><c> They</c><00:26:55.210><c> were</c><00:26:55.369><c> living</c><00:26:55.529><c> in</c><00:26:55.650><c> that</c><00:26:55.869><c> highest</c>

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state<00:26:56.490><c> of</c><00:26:56.730><c> prosperity</c><00:26:57.349><c> and</c><00:26:57.890><c> they</c><00:26:58.029><c> had</c><00:26:58.210><c> no</c><00:26:58.470><c> time,</c><00:26:59.250><c> no</c><00:26:59.509><c> time</c><00:26:59.690><c> at</c>

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all<00:26:59.950><c> for</c><00:27:00.109><c> God.</c><00:27:01.970><c> Let's</c><00:27:02.109><c> go</c><00:27:02.230><c> back</c><00:27:02.430><c> to</c><00:27:02.630><c> Isaiah,</c><00:27:03.150><c> Isaiah</c>

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chapter<00:27:03.730><c> 3.</c><00:27:06.789><c> We</c><00:27:07.089><c> read</c><00:27:07.269><c> about</c><00:27:07.490><c> that</c><00:27:07.730><c> luxury</c><00:27:08.130><c> now</c><00:27:08.849><c> that</c><00:27:09.309><c> they</c><00:27:09.470><c> were</c><00:27:09.650><c> living</c><00:27:09.890><c> in,</c><00:27:11.569><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:11.809><c> times</c><00:27:11.970><c> of</c><00:27:12.190><c> Jotham,</c>

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the<00:27:13.190><c> times</c><00:27:13.369><c> of</c><00:27:13.569><c> Ahaz,</c><00:27:14.490><c> the</c><00:27:14.609><c> times</c><00:27:14.829><c> of</c><00:27:15.009><c> Uzziah.</c><00:27:17.410><c> In</c><00:27:17.690><c> that</c><00:27:17.910><c> day</c>

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Yahweh<00:27:18.390><c> will</c><00:27:18.690><c> snatch</c><00:27:18.970><c> away</c><00:27:19.250><c> their</c><00:27:19.609><c> finery,</c>

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the<00:27:21.009><c> bangles</c><00:27:21.410><c> and</c><00:27:21.569><c> the</c><00:27:21.730><c> headbands,</c><00:27:22.710><c> the</c><00:27:22.869><c> crescent</c><00:27:23.170><c> necklaces,</c><00:27:23.849><c> the</c><00:27:23.970><c> earrings,</c><00:27:24.410><c> the</c>

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bracelets,<00:27:25.230><c> the</c><00:27:25.349><c> veils,</c>

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the<00:27:26.309><c> headdresses,</c><00:27:26.990><c> the</c><00:27:27.170><c> anklets</c><00:27:27.589><c> and</c><00:27:27.849><c> sashes,</c><00:27:28.930><c> the</c><00:27:29.150><c> perfume</c>

00:27:29.410 --> 00:27:31.730
bottles<00:27:29.869><c> and</c><00:27:30.190><c> charms,</c><00:27:30.769><c> the</c><00:27:30.950><c> signet</c><00:27:31.269><c> rings,</c>

00:27:32.069 --> 00:27:35.890
nose<00:27:32.390><c> rings,</c><00:27:33.430><c> fine</c><00:27:33.630><c> robes,</c><00:27:34.650><c> the</c><00:27:34.849><c> capes,</c><00:27:35.230><c> the</c><00:27:35.430><c> cloaks,</c><00:27:35.789><c> the</c>

00:27:35.890 --> 00:27:38.390
purses,<00:27:37.029><c> mirrors,</c><00:27:37.569><c> and</c><00:27:37.690><c> the</c><00:27:37.829><c> linen</c><00:27:37.990><c> garments,</c>

00:27:38.390 --> 00:27:40.910
the<00:27:38.750><c> tiaras</c><00:27:39.170><c> and</c><00:27:39.869><c> the</c><00:27:40.089><c> shawls.</c><00:27:40.289><c> I</c><00:27:40.349><c> don't</c><00:27:40.509><c> even</c><00:27:40.670><c> know</c><00:27:40.769><c> what</c>

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half<00:27:41.029><c> those</c><00:27:41.230><c> things</c><00:27:41.430><c> are,</c>

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right?<00:27:44.049><c> But</c><00:27:44.269><c> that's</c><00:27:44.490><c> what</c><00:27:44.609><c> they</c><00:27:44.809><c> were</c><00:27:45.069><c> involved</c><00:27:45.430><c> in.</c><00:27:45.690><c> That's</c>

00:27:46.130 --> 00:27:47.650
what<00:27:46.309><c> they</c><00:27:46.569><c> were</c><00:27:46.750><c> thinking</c><00:27:47.029><c> about.</c><00:27:47.289><c> That's</c><00:27:47.549><c> what</c>

00:27:47.650 --> 00:27:51.490
they<00:27:47.809><c> were</c><00:27:47.990><c> spending</c><00:27:48.230><c> their</c><00:27:48.569><c> time</c><00:27:49.450><c> thinking</c><00:27:50.009><c> of</c><00:27:50.730><c> and</c><00:27:51.269><c> that</c>

00:27:51.490 --> 00:27:54.329
occupied<00:27:52.490><c> time</c><00:27:53.210><c> that</c><00:27:53.410><c> should</c><00:27:53.589><c> have</c><00:27:53.710><c> been</c><00:27:53.869><c> dedicated</c>

00:27:54.329 --> 00:28:00.009
to<00:27:54.930><c> the</c><00:27:55.130><c> education</c><00:27:55.769><c> and</c><00:27:56.329><c> the</c><00:27:56.509><c> service</c><00:27:56.710><c> of</c><00:27:56.950><c> God.</c><00:27:59.309><c> But</c><00:27:59.430><c> Jotham</c>

00:28:00.009 --> 00:28:01.670
must<00:28:00.609><c> not</c><00:28:00.809><c> have</c><00:28:00.930><c> thought</c><00:28:01.049><c> that</c><00:28:01.170><c> was</c><00:28:01.410><c> important</c>

00:28:01.670 --> 00:28:05.210
enough<00:28:01.890><c> to</c><00:28:02.009><c> do</c><00:28:02.150><c> anything</c><00:28:02.369><c> about.</c><00:28:03.869><c> Must</c><00:28:04.190><c> not</c><00:28:04.430><c> have</c><00:28:04.589><c> because</c><00:28:04.950><c> it</c>

00:28:05.210 --> 00:28:06.509
doesn't<00:28:05.470><c> appear</c><00:28:05.670><c> that</c><00:28:05.829><c> he</c><00:28:05.910><c> did</c><00:28:06.049><c> much</c>

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to<00:28:07.029><c> solve</c><00:28:07.210><c> the</c><00:28:07.490><c> problem.</c><00:28:08.970><c> What</c><00:28:09.089><c> else</c><00:28:09.210><c> were</c><00:28:09.349><c> they</c><00:28:09.509><c> involved</c><00:28:09.789><c> in?</c><00:28:10.950><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:11.109><c> 5</c>

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and<00:28:11.609><c> 8,</c>

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woe<00:28:13.369><c> to</c><00:28:13.549><c> you</c><00:28:13.750><c> who</c><00:28:14.009><c> add</c><00:28:14.230><c> house</c><00:28:14.569><c> to</c><00:28:14.789><c> house</c><00:28:15.369><c> and</c><00:28:15.769><c> join</c><00:28:16.049><c> field</c><00:28:16.430><c> to</c>

00:28:16.690 --> 00:28:20.809
field<00:28:17.269><c> till</c><00:28:17.809><c> no</c><00:28:18.250><c> space</c><00:28:18.509><c> is</c><00:28:18.750><c> left</c><00:28:19.210><c> and</c><00:28:19.569><c> you</c><00:28:19.829><c> live</c><00:28:20.150><c> alone</c>

00:28:20.809 --> 00:28:27.730
in<00:28:21.470><c> the</c><00:28:21.690><c> land.</c><00:28:25.309><c> What</c><00:28:25.829><c> were</c><00:28:25.930><c> they</c><00:28:26.130><c> doing?</c><00:28:26.589><c> What</c><00:28:26.730><c> is</c><00:28:26.829><c> he</c><00:28:26.990><c> describing</c><00:28:27.329><c> for</c><00:28:27.569><c> us</c>

00:28:27.730 --> 00:28:30.150
here?<00:28:29.309><c> Well,</c><00:28:29.450><c> they</c><00:28:29.569><c> wanted</c><00:28:29.769><c> to</c><00:28:29.950><c> have</c>

00:28:30.150 --> 00:28:36.609
beautiful<00:28:31.210><c> estates</c><00:28:32.309><c> to</c><00:28:32.650><c> live</c><00:28:32.789><c> on.</c><00:28:33.769><c> They</c><00:28:33.930><c> had</c><00:28:34.089><c> their</c><00:28:34.390><c> inheritances</c><00:28:35.089><c> from</c><00:28:35.369><c> God,</c><00:28:36.490><c> but</c>

00:28:36.609 --> 00:28:37.509
those<00:28:36.869><c> inheritances</c>

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weren't<00:28:37.730><c> enough.</c><00:28:39.029><c> And</c><00:28:39.170><c> so</c><00:28:39.269><c> what</c><00:28:39.410><c> they</c><00:28:39.569><c> were</c><00:28:39.710><c> doing</c><00:28:39.890><c> is</c><00:28:40.049><c> they</c>

00:28:40.130 --> 00:28:43.450
were<00:28:40.390><c> finding</c><00:28:40.690><c> ways</c><00:28:41.130><c> to</c><00:28:41.630><c> somehow</c><00:28:42.029><c> take</c><00:28:42.609><c> the</c><00:28:43.009><c> inheritance</c>

00:28:43.450 --> 00:28:49.130
of<00:28:44.369><c> the</c><00:28:44.710><c> family</c><00:28:44.950><c> next</c><00:28:45.250><c> to</c><00:28:45.390><c> them.</c><00:28:46.890><c> We</c><00:28:47.190><c> have</c><00:28:47.410><c> a</c><00:28:47.569><c> case</c><00:28:48.150><c> with</c><00:28:48.890><c> Ahab,</c>

00:28:49.309 --> 00:28:52.609
don't<00:28:49.369><c> we?</c><00:28:50.049><c> And</c><00:28:50.210><c> Jezebel</c><00:28:50.670><c> and</c><00:28:51.589><c> Naboth's</c><00:28:52.109><c> vineyard,</c>

00:28:52.809 --> 00:28:56.829
how<00:28:53.109><c> they</c><00:28:54.210><c> work</c><00:28:54.529><c> to</c><00:28:54.849><c> take</c><00:28:55.009><c> his</c><00:28:55.309><c> land</c><00:28:55.529><c> so</c><00:28:55.730><c> that</c><00:28:55.829><c> they</c><00:28:55.950><c> can</c><00:28:56.150><c> increase</c><00:28:56.569><c> the</c>

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size<00:28:56.970><c> of</c><00:28:57.150><c> their</c><00:28:57.349><c> estate.</c>

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That's<00:28:58.890><c> what</c><00:28:58.970><c> was</c><00:28:59.130><c> happening</c><00:28:59.390><c> and</c><00:28:59.509><c> they</c><00:28:59.609><c> were</c><00:28:59.829><c> focusing</c><00:29:00.190><c> on</c>

00:29:00.349 --> 00:29:02.650
their<00:29:00.529><c> homes</c><00:29:00.970><c> and</c><00:29:01.490><c> making</c><00:29:01.670><c> their</c><00:29:01.869><c> homes</c><00:29:02.109><c> beautiful</c>

00:29:02.650 --> 00:29:06.009
and<00:29:03.150><c> making</c><00:29:03.369><c> their</c><00:29:03.630><c> estates</c><00:29:03.950><c> bigger.</c><00:29:05.150><c> That's</c><00:29:05.470><c> what</c><00:29:05.529><c> the</c><00:29:05.670><c> focus</c><00:29:05.869><c> of</c>

00:29:06.009 --> 00:29:09.750
their<00:29:06.150><c> life</c><00:29:06.650><c> was.</c><00:29:08.809><c> But</c><00:29:08.990><c> Jotham</c><00:29:09.190><c> didn't</c>

00:29:09.750 --> 00:29:18.269
do<00:29:10.309><c> much</c><00:29:10.509><c> to</c><00:29:10.730><c> solve</c><00:29:10.829><c> that</c><00:29:11.049><c> problem.</c><00:29:14.410><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:14.569><c> 5</c><00:29:15.069><c> verse</c><00:29:15.349><c> 12,</c><00:29:17.369><c> they</c><00:29:17.650><c> regard</c><00:29:18.029><c> not</c>

00:29:18.269 --> 00:29:19.650
the<00:29:18.430><c> work</c><00:29:18.609><c> of</c><00:29:18.849><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:29:20.029 --> 00:29:24.069
neither<00:29:20.250><c> consider</c><00:29:20.650><c> the</c><00:29:20.849><c> operation</c><00:29:21.289><c> of</c><00:29:21.430><c> his</c><00:29:21.630><c> hands.</c><00:29:22.930><c> Therefore</c><00:29:23.309><c> my</c><00:29:23.569><c> people</c><00:29:23.849><c> are</c>

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gone<00:29:24.230><c> into</c><00:29:24.470><c> captivity</c>

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because<00:29:26.349><c> they</c><00:29:26.529><c> have</c><00:29:26.789><c> no</c><00:29:27.069><c> knowledge.</c><00:29:28.369><c> Their</c><00:29:28.609><c> honorable</c><00:29:28.990><c> men</c>

00:29:29.190 --> 00:29:32.609
are<00:29:29.490><c> famished,</c><00:29:30.710><c> their</c><00:29:30.849><c> multitude</c><00:29:31.549><c> dried</c><00:29:32.190><c> up</c>

00:29:32.609 --> 00:29:40.130
with<00:29:32.910><c> thirst.</c><00:29:34.930><c> They</c><00:29:35.170><c> regard</c><00:29:35.470><c> not</c><00:29:35.809><c> the</c><00:29:36.009><c> work</c><00:29:37.309><c> of</c><00:29:37.690><c> Yahweh.</c><00:29:39.529><c> They</c>

00:29:40.130 --> 00:29:42.049
didn't<00:29:40.230><c> do</c><00:29:40.369><c> any</c><00:29:40.589><c> work</c><00:29:40.750><c> for</c><00:29:40.930><c> the</c><00:29:41.069><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:42.829 --> 00:29:46.710
They<00:29:43.430><c> had</c><00:29:43.589><c> no</c><00:29:43.809><c> knowledge.</c><00:29:45.329><c> They</c><00:29:45.549><c> had</c><00:29:45.670><c> no</c><00:29:45.849><c> time</c><00:29:45.990><c> to</c><00:29:46.269><c> study</c><00:29:46.509><c> the</c>

00:29:46.710 --> 00:29:47.869
word<00:29:46.829><c> of</c><00:29:47.069><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:49.150><c> as</c><00:29:49.349><c> a</c><00:29:49.390><c> result,</c><00:29:49.789><c> the</c><00:29:49.869><c> truth</c><00:29:50.089><c> was</c><00:29:50.450><c> lost</c><00:29:50.789><c> in</c><00:29:50.930><c> them.</c><00:29:52.670><c> And</c><00:29:52.869><c> then</c>

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famine<00:29:53.609><c> and</c><00:29:54.890><c> thirst.</c>

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Not<00:29:59.089><c> eating</c><00:29:59.390><c> the</c><00:29:59.650><c> word,</c><00:30:00.809><c> not</c><00:30:01.109><c> drinking</c><00:30:01.430><c> the</c><00:30:01.690><c> word.</c><00:30:02.809><c> They</c><00:30:02.950><c> were</c><00:30:03.150><c> starving.</c>

00:30:05.569 --> 00:30:08.660
But<00:30:05.750><c> Jotham</c><00:30:06.509><c> doesn't</c><00:30:07.029><c> seem</c><00:30:07.190><c> to</c><00:30:07.309><c> do</c><00:30:07.390><c> anything</c><00:30:07.609><c> about</c><00:30:07.849><c> that.</c>

00:30:11.049 --> 00:30:15.750
Isaiah<00:30:11.269><c> 2</c><00:30:11.450><c> and</c><00:30:11.609><c> 6,</c><00:30:13.289><c> Therefore</c><00:30:13.849><c> thou</c><00:30:14.130><c> hast</c><00:30:14.369><c> forsaken</c><00:30:14.930><c> thy</c><00:30:15.190><c> people</c><00:30:15.509><c> the</c>

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house<00:30:16.170><c> of</c><00:30:16.470><c> Jacob.</c>

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Because<00:30:18.289><c> they</c><00:30:18.450><c> are</c><00:30:18.650><c> replenished</c><00:30:19.190><c> from</c><00:30:19.410><c> the</c><00:30:19.670><c> east.</c><00:30:20.990><c> They're</c>

00:30:21.170 --> 00:30:22.670
made<00:30:21.470><c> full,</c><00:30:21.869><c> is</c><00:30:21.970><c> what</c><00:30:22.069><c> that</c><00:30:22.309><c> tells</c><00:30:22.450><c> us,</c>

00:30:22.690 --> 00:30:26.750
from<00:30:22.950><c> the</c><00:30:23.470><c> idolatrous</c><00:30:24.029><c> practices</c><00:30:24.470><c> of</c><00:30:24.789><c> the</c><00:30:25.009><c> countries</c><00:30:25.309><c> to</c><00:30:25.509><c> the</c><00:30:25.670><c> east.</c>

00:30:28.109 --> 00:30:31.410
And<00:30:28.250><c> are</c><00:30:28.509><c> soothsayers</c><00:30:28.970><c> like</c><00:30:29.170><c> the</c><00:30:29.410><c> Philistines.</c><00:30:30.829><c> They</c><00:30:31.150><c> please</c>

00:30:31.410 --> 00:30:34.009
themselves<00:30:32.069><c> in</c><00:30:32.410><c> the</c><00:30:32.569><c> children</c><00:30:32.789><c> of</c><00:30:33.049><c> strangers.</c>

00:30:34.970 --> 00:30:38.970
It's<00:30:35.230><c> a</c><00:30:35.309><c> picture</c><00:30:35.470><c> of</c><00:30:35.849><c> a</c><00:30:36.029><c> people</c><00:30:36.509><c> in</c><00:30:37.069><c> Jotham's</c><00:30:37.549><c> time</c><00:30:37.670><c> that</c><00:30:37.950><c> loved</c><00:30:38.369><c> the</c>

00:30:38.970 --> 00:30:40.470
pleasures<00:30:39.230><c> of</c><00:30:39.390><c> the</c><00:30:39.529><c> world.</c>

00:30:40.829 --> 00:30:44.609
They<00:30:41.009><c> spent</c><00:30:41.269><c> all</c><00:30:41.529><c> their</c><00:30:41.750><c> time</c><00:30:41.970><c> with</c><00:30:42.130><c> the</c><00:30:42.329><c> people</c><00:30:42.450><c> of</c><00:30:42.609><c> the</c><00:30:42.789><c> world</c><00:30:43.349><c> and</c>

00:30:44.609 --> 00:30:47.569
they<00:30:45.529><c> became</c><00:30:45.869><c> just</c><00:30:46.150><c> like</c><00:30:46.309><c> the</c><00:30:46.509><c> Philistines.</c>

00:30:48.609 --> 00:30:53.670
The<00:30:49.130><c> people</c><00:30:49.410><c> did</c><00:30:49.910><c> yet</c><00:30:50.990><c> corruptly.</c><00:30:52.750><c> This</c><00:30:53.089><c> is</c><00:30:53.250><c> exactly</c><00:30:53.509><c> what</c>

00:30:53.670 --> 00:30:55.690
was<00:30:53.849><c> happening</c><00:30:54.089><c> here.</c><00:30:54.329><c> They</c><00:30:54.470><c> were</c><00:30:54.670><c> empty.</c>

00:30:56.470 --> 00:31:01.369
The<00:30:56.609><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:56.809><c> was</c><00:30:57.069><c> in</c><00:30:57.450><c> decay.</c><00:30:59.910><c> Next</c><00:31:00.130><c> slide</c><00:31:00.329><c> I</c><00:31:00.450><c> have</c><00:31:00.529><c> is</c><00:31:00.710><c> a</c><00:31:00.930><c> picture</c><00:31:01.150><c> of</c>

00:31:01.369 --> 00:31:04.029
what<00:31:02.009><c> I</c><00:31:02.269><c> think</c><00:31:02.450><c> depicts</c><00:31:03.289><c> Jotham</c>

00:31:04.029 --> 00:31:06.789
and<00:31:04.849><c> what</c><00:31:05.150><c> he</c><00:31:05.369><c> must</c><00:31:05.529><c> have</c><00:31:05.650><c> been</c><00:31:05.809><c> thinking.</c>

00:31:09.809 --> 00:31:14.470
Right,<00:31:10.170><c> there</c><00:31:10.329><c> he</c><00:31:10.450><c> is.</c><00:31:11.930><c> Totally</c><00:31:12.390><c> oblivious</c><00:31:13.009><c> to</c><00:31:13.250><c> all</c><00:31:13.529><c> the</c><00:31:13.809><c> circumstances</c><00:31:14.289><c> that</c>

00:31:14.470 --> 00:31:15.430
are<00:31:14.670><c> happening</c><00:31:14.849><c> there.</c>

00:31:15.430 --> 00:31:19.789
And<00:31:16.150><c> he's</c><00:31:16.349><c> about</c><00:31:16.509><c> to</c><00:31:16.630><c> go</c><00:31:16.750><c> over</c><00:31:16.930><c> the</c><00:31:17.130><c> falls.</c><00:31:18.710><c> That's</c><00:31:18.970><c> about</c><00:31:19.470><c> to</c>

00:31:19.789 --> 00:31:23.589
happen<00:31:20.349><c> with</c><00:31:21.309><c> Judah.</c><00:31:22.730><c> His</c><00:31:22.910><c> son</c><00:31:23.069><c> is</c><00:31:23.329><c> about</c>

00:31:23.589 --> 00:31:26.410
to<00:31:23.710><c> come</c><00:31:23.890><c> to</c><00:31:24.069><c> the</c><00:31:24.289><c> throne</c><00:31:24.549><c> and</c><00:31:24.890><c> everything</c><00:31:25.529><c> is</c><00:31:25.910><c> going</c><00:31:26.109><c> to</c><00:31:26.269><c> be</c>

00:31:26.410 --> 00:31:30.670
upside<00:31:26.769><c> down</c><00:31:27.349><c> because</c><00:31:28.609><c> of</c><00:31:29.170><c> Jotham's</c><00:31:29.529><c> inaction.</c>

00:31:31.250 --> 00:31:33.069
But<00:31:31.369><c> he's</c><00:31:31.549><c> totally</c><00:31:31.769><c> oblivious</c><00:31:32.210><c> to</c><00:31:32.309><c> it.</c>

00:31:34.950 --> 00:31:37.869
So<00:31:35.069><c> what's</c><00:31:35.289><c> the</c><00:31:35.470><c> complacent</c><00:31:36.230><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:36.589><c> look</c><00:31:36.789><c> like?</c><00:31:37.269><c> Just</c><00:31:37.490><c> putting</c><00:31:37.650><c> the</c>

00:31:37.869 --> 00:31:39.210
pieces<00:31:38.069><c> together</c><00:31:38.450><c> here.</c>

00:31:39.410 --> 00:31:43.690
The<00:31:39.970><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:40.329><c> that</c><00:31:40.809><c> Jotham</c><00:31:41.109><c> built</c><00:31:41.769><c> that</c><00:31:42.170><c> Ahaz</c><00:31:42.769><c> inherits</c><00:31:43.410><c> and</c>

00:31:43.690 --> 00:31:46.369
carries<00:31:43.970><c> on.</c><00:31:44.930><c> The</c><00:31:45.130><c> people</c><00:31:45.309><c> were</c><00:31:45.549><c> not</c><00:31:45.690><c> being</c><00:31:45.970><c> educated</c>

00:31:46.369 --> 00:31:50.130
in<00:31:46.569><c> the</c><00:31:46.730><c> scriptures.</c><00:31:48.410><c> The</c><00:31:48.630><c> people</c><00:31:48.809><c> spent</c><00:31:49.150><c> time</c><00:31:49.589><c> on</c><00:31:49.710><c> their</c><00:31:49.910><c> own</c>

00:31:50.130 --> 00:31:52.690
interests.<00:31:51.289><c> Their</c><00:31:51.490><c> leaders</c><00:31:51.789><c> didn't</c><00:31:52.049><c> know</c><00:31:52.289><c> God's</c>

00:31:52.690 --> 00:31:56.769
laws.<00:31:54.089><c> They</c><00:31:54.309><c> were</c><00:31:54.529><c> adorning</c><00:31:54.789><c> themselves</c><00:31:55.329><c> for</c><00:31:55.690><c> show</c><00:31:55.990><c> and</c><00:31:56.549><c> not</c>

00:31:56.769 --> 00:31:59.950
for<00:31:56.930><c> godliness.</c><00:31:58.670><c> Their</c><00:31:58.910><c> energy</c><00:31:59.150><c> was</c><00:31:59.369><c> focused</c><00:31:59.710><c> on</c>

00:31:59.950 --> 00:32:05.349
materialism.<00:32:01.789><c> They</c><00:32:02.049><c> were</c><00:32:02.329><c> spiritually</c><00:32:02.890><c> starving</c><00:32:03.650><c> and</c><00:32:05.130><c> they</c>

00:32:05.349 --> 00:32:06.750
loved<00:32:05.470><c> the</c><00:32:05.650><c> things</c><00:32:05.750><c> of</c><00:32:05.910><c> the</c><00:32:06.049><c> world.</c>

00:32:09.130 --> 00:32:15.190
There's<00:32:09.809><c> Jotham's</c><00:32:10.289><c> world</c><00:32:10.750><c> and</c><00:32:12.950><c> that</c><00:32:13.190><c> led</c><00:32:13.369><c> to</c><00:32:14.569><c> the</c><00:32:14.890><c> world</c><00:32:14.990><c> of</c>

00:32:15.190 --> 00:32:19.789
Ahaz.<00:32:16.470><c> The</c><00:32:16.730><c> world</c><00:32:16.910><c> of</c><00:32:17.089><c> Ahaz</c><00:32:18.109><c> where</c><00:32:19.190><c> the</c>

00:32:19.789 --> 00:32:23.430
ecclesia<00:32:20.089><c> began</c><00:32:20.470><c> to</c><00:32:20.829><c> actually</c><00:32:21.109><c> disintegrate</c><00:32:22.289><c> because</c><00:32:22.829><c> people</c><00:32:23.150><c> were</c>

00:32:23.430 --> 00:32:25.730
no<00:32:23.650><c> longer</c><00:32:23.950><c> interested</c><00:32:24.609><c> in</c><00:32:25.269><c> the</c><00:32:25.410><c> word</c><00:32:25.529><c> of</c>

00:32:25.730 --> 00:32:32.910
God<00:32:26.190><c> and</c><00:32:27.490><c> people</c><00:32:27.750><c> became</c><00:32:28.589><c> complacent.</c><00:32:32.190><c> Everyone,</c><00:32:32.569><c> including</c>

00:32:32.910 --> 00:32:34.670
children,<00:32:33.329><c> were</c><00:32:33.509><c> involved</c><00:32:33.869><c> with</c><00:32:34.130><c> the</c><00:32:34.309><c> gods</c>

00:32:34.670 --> 00:32:38.549
of<00:32:35.089><c> the</c><00:32:35.309><c> world.</c><00:32:37.150><c> Participation</c><00:32:37.630><c> with</c><00:32:37.869><c> immorality</c><00:32:38.349><c> in</c><00:32:38.450><c> the</c>

00:32:38.549 --> 00:32:39.910
high<00:32:38.710><c> places.</c>

00:32:40.170 --> 00:32:44.549
As<00:32:40.369><c> we</c><00:32:40.529><c> saw</c><00:32:40.710><c> the</c><00:32:40.869><c> doors</c><00:32:41.109><c> of</c><00:32:41.289><c> the</c><00:32:41.410><c> temple</c><00:32:41.569><c> were</c><00:32:41.869><c> closed</c><00:32:42.269><c> and</c><00:32:43.250><c> they</c><00:32:43.450><c> made</c><00:32:43.769><c> altars</c><00:32:44.269><c> to</c>

00:32:44.549 --> 00:32:47.329
other<00:32:44.769><c> gods.</c><00:32:46.089><c> So</c><00:32:46.210><c> what</c><00:32:46.329><c> did</c><00:32:46.410><c> God</c><00:32:46.589><c> do</c>

00:32:47.390 --> 00:32:51.930
in<00:32:47.869><c> the</c><00:32:48.009><c> days</c><00:32:48.190><c> of</c><00:32:48.430><c> Jotham?</c><00:32:49.150><c> What</c><00:32:49.289><c> did</c><00:32:49.430><c> he</c><00:32:49.589><c> do</c><00:32:49.890><c> in</c><00:32:50.029><c> order</c><00:32:50.230><c> to</c><00:32:50.430><c> deal</c><00:32:50.549><c> with</c><00:32:50.730><c> the</c><00:32:50.829><c> situation?</c>

00:32:53.009 --> 00:32:58.369
He<00:32:53.170><c> brings</c><00:32:53.329><c> a</c><00:32:53.569><c> crisis.</c><00:32:55.430><c> He</c><00:32:55.730><c> brings</c><00:32:56.150><c> a</c><00:32:56.549><c> crisis</c><00:32:57.009><c> to</c><00:32:57.789><c> bring</c><00:32:58.009><c> about</c>

00:32:58.369 --> 00:33:00.990
change.<00:33:00.009><c> That's</c><00:33:00.150><c> what</c><00:33:00.289><c> God</c><00:33:00.490><c> does</c>

00:33:00.990 --> 00:33:07.230
in<00:33:01.349><c> our</c><00:33:01.549><c> lives</c><00:33:01.809><c> too,</c><00:33:02.089><c> isn't</c><00:33:02.289><c> it?</c><00:33:03.130><c> He</c><00:33:03.349><c> brings</c><00:33:03.710><c> difficult</c><00:33:04.430><c> circumstances.</c><00:33:05.430><c> We</c><00:33:05.490><c> might</c><00:33:05.690><c> call</c><00:33:05.829><c> them</c><00:33:06.049><c> trials.</c><00:33:06.930><c> We</c><00:33:07.029><c> might</c>

00:33:07.230 --> 00:33:10.329
call<00:33:07.410><c> them</c><00:33:07.549><c> a</c><00:33:07.750><c> crisis.</c><00:33:08.970><c> But</c><00:33:09.170><c> when</c><00:33:09.329><c> we're</c><00:33:09.509><c> not</c><00:33:09.849><c> listening</c><00:33:10.190><c> and</c>

00:33:10.329 --> 00:33:13.390
we're<00:33:10.490><c> not</c><00:33:10.829><c> hearing,</c><00:33:12.049><c> he</c><00:33:12.269><c> brings</c><00:33:12.589><c> those</c><00:33:12.890><c> into</c><00:33:13.109><c> our</c>

00:33:13.390 --> 00:33:20.930
lives<00:33:13.630><c> in</c><00:33:13.750><c> order</c><00:33:14.029><c> to</c><00:33:14.849><c> get</c><00:33:15.130><c> us</c><00:33:15.529><c> to</c><00:33:15.789><c> respond.</c><00:33:18.369><c> 2</c><00:33:18.549><c> Kings</c><00:33:18.769><c> 15</c><00:33:19.970><c> and</c>

00:33:20.930 --> 00:33:27.150
verse<00:33:21.130><c> 37.</c><00:33:23.009><c> In</c><00:33:23.170><c> those</c><00:33:23.630><c> days</c><00:33:24.569><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:25.470><c> began</c><00:33:26.130><c> to</c><00:33:26.529><c> send</c>

00:33:27.150 --> 00:33:31.990
against<00:33:27.990><c> Judah,</c><00:33:29.089><c> Reisen</c><00:33:29.349><c> the</c><00:33:29.470><c> king</c><00:33:29.630><c> of</c><00:33:29.829><c> Syria,</c><00:33:31.069><c> and</c><00:33:31.230><c> Pekah</c><00:33:31.410><c> the</c><00:33:31.589><c> son</c><00:33:31.750><c> of</c>

00:33:31.990 --> 00:33:33.509
Remaliah,<00:33:32.589><c> so</c><00:33:32.690><c> the</c><00:33:32.769><c> king</c><00:33:32.950><c> of</c><00:33:33.089><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:33.950 --> 00:33:39.450
And<00:33:34.430><c> they</c><00:33:34.589><c> began</c><00:33:34.910><c> to</c><00:33:35.190><c> be</c><00:33:35.549><c> attacked</c><00:33:35.910><c> by</c><00:33:36.170><c> those</c><00:33:36.390><c> people.</c><00:33:37.529><c> And</c><00:33:37.710><c> those</c><00:33:37.890><c> attacks</c><00:33:38.190><c> came</c><00:33:38.670><c> and</c><00:33:38.849><c> there</c><00:33:39.009><c> was</c><00:33:39.190><c> a</c>

00:33:39.450 --> 00:33:39.930
huge<00:33:39.690><c> amount</c>

00:33:39.930 --> 00:33:43.309
of<00:33:40.170><c> damage,</c><00:33:40.470><c> amount</c><00:33:40.730><c> of</c><00:33:40.970><c> damage</c><00:33:41.150><c> that</c><00:33:41.309><c> was</c><00:33:41.509><c> done.</c><00:33:42.829><c> But</c><00:33:43.009><c> you'll</c>

00:33:43.309 --> 00:33:47.289
notice<00:33:43.829><c> that</c><00:33:45.009><c> it</c><00:33:45.150><c> was</c><00:33:45.369><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:45.950><c> that</c><00:33:46.369><c> sent</c><00:33:46.549><c> them.</c>

00:33:48.109 --> 00:33:52.609
He's<00:33:48.569><c> the</c><00:33:48.690><c> one</c><00:33:48.789><c> that</c><00:33:49.009><c> determined</c><00:33:49.250><c> that's</c><00:33:49.509><c> what</c><00:33:49.650><c> needed</c><00:33:49.849><c> to</c><00:33:50.069><c> happen.</c><00:33:50.569><c> He's</c><00:33:50.930><c> the</c><00:33:51.049><c> one</c><00:33:51.130><c> that</c><00:33:51.329><c> made</c><00:33:51.430><c> it</c><00:33:51.670><c> happen.</c>

00:33:53.589 --> 00:33:55.950
Come<00:33:54.109><c> with</c><00:33:54.289><c> me</c><00:33:54.410><c> to</c><00:33:54.549><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:54.809><c> chapter</c><00:33:55.190><c> 7.</c>

00:34:03.829 --> 00:34:08.909
Isaiah<00:34:03.890><c> 7</c><00:34:04.250><c> and</c><00:34:04.390><c> 8</c><00:34:05.369><c> paint</c><00:34:05.769><c> for</c><00:34:05.930><c> us</c><00:34:06.109><c> a</c><00:34:06.269><c> picture</c><00:34:06.670><c> of</c><00:34:07.650><c> God's</c><00:34:08.170><c> dealing</c><00:34:08.489><c> with</c>

00:34:08.909 --> 00:34:10.909
King<00:34:09.210><c> Ahaz</c><00:34:09.630><c> and</c><00:34:09.949><c> trying</c><00:34:10.349><c> to</c><00:34:10.510><c> get</c><00:34:10.630><c> King</c>

00:34:10.909 --> 00:34:16.010
Ahaz<00:34:11.409><c> to</c><00:34:11.849><c> come</c><00:34:12.050><c> back,</c><00:34:12.869><c> trying</c><00:34:13.170><c> to</c><00:34:13.309><c> get</c><00:34:13.449><c> King</c><00:34:13.730><c> Ahaz</c><00:34:14.030><c> to</c><00:34:14.230><c> respond.</c><00:34:15.670><c> It</c><00:34:15.809><c> says,</c><00:34:16.010><c> and</c>

00:34:16.010 --> 00:34:16.969
it<00:34:16.130><c> came</c><00:34:16.269><c> to</c><00:34:16.449><c> pass</c><00:34:16.590><c> in</c><00:34:16.710><c> the</c><00:34:16.769><c> days</c>

00:34:16.969 --> 00:34:19.969
of<00:34:17.070><c> Ahaz,</c><00:34:17.489><c> the</c><00:34:17.570><c> son</c><00:34:17.750><c> of</c><00:34:17.989><c> Jotham,</c><00:34:18.349><c> the</c><00:34:18.409><c> son</c><00:34:18.570><c> of</c><00:34:18.710><c> Uzziah,</c><00:34:19.469><c> the</c><00:34:19.610><c> king</c><00:34:19.750><c> of</c>

00:34:19.969 --> 00:34:22.269
Judah,<00:34:20.909><c> that</c><00:34:21.130><c> Reisen</c><00:34:21.449><c> the</c><00:34:21.570><c> king</c><00:34:21.750><c> of</c><00:34:21.889><c> Syria</c>

00:34:22.269 --> 00:34:24.909
and<00:34:22.510><c> Pekah</c><00:34:22.710><c> the</c><00:34:22.789><c> son</c><00:34:22.969><c> of</c><00:34:23.150><c> Remaliah,</c><00:34:23.570><c> king</c><00:34:23.710><c> of</c><00:34:23.849><c> Israel,</c><00:34:24.809><c> went</c>

00:34:24.909 --> 00:34:27.389
up<00:34:25.130><c> toward</c><00:34:25.369><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:25.949><c> to</c><00:34:26.230><c> war</c><00:34:26.449><c> against</c><00:34:26.829><c> it.</c>

00:34:27.829 --> 00:34:32.969
But<00:34:28.090><c> they</c><00:34:28.269><c> could</c><00:34:28.550><c> not</c><00:34:28.909><c> prevail</c><00:34:29.429><c> against</c><00:34:30.170><c> it.</c><00:34:31.670><c> So</c><00:34:31.889><c> he</c><00:34:32.010><c> comes</c><00:34:32.250><c> up,</c><00:34:32.670><c> but</c><00:34:32.769><c> he</c>

00:34:32.969 --> 00:34:34.670
couldn't<00:34:33.510><c> prevail</c><00:34:33.869><c> against</c><00:34:34.230><c> it.</c>

00:34:34.809 --> 00:34:39.389
And<00:34:35.050><c> yet</c><00:34:35.130><c> he</c><00:34:35.269><c> takes</c><00:34:36.090><c> thousands</c><00:34:37.030><c> captives,</c><00:34:37.849><c> kills</c><00:34:38.469><c> thousands</c>

00:34:39.389 --> 00:34:43.130
of<00:34:39.650><c> people</c><00:34:40.090><c> as</c><00:34:40.889><c> a</c><00:34:41.110><c> wake</c><00:34:41.269><c>-up</c><00:34:41.389><c> call</c><00:34:41.769><c> to</c><00:34:41.989><c> King</c><00:34:42.210><c> Ahaz.</c>

00:34:43.389 --> 00:34:47.250
So<00:34:43.789><c> verse</c><00:34:44.010><c> 2</c><00:34:44.230><c> says,</c><00:34:44.610><c> and</c><00:34:44.610><c> his</c><00:34:44.730><c> heart</c><00:34:45.070><c> was</c><00:34:45.409><c> moved</c><00:34:45.949><c> and</c><00:34:46.849><c> the</c><00:34:46.989><c> heart</c><00:34:47.110><c> of</c>

00:34:47.250 --> 00:34:49.070
his<00:34:47.429><c> people</c><00:34:47.630><c> as</c><00:34:47.849><c> the</c><00:34:48.110><c> trees</c><00:34:48.309><c> of</c><00:34:48.489><c> the</c><00:34:48.690><c> wood</c><00:34:48.809><c> are</c>

00:34:49.070 --> 00:34:55.010
moved<00:34:49.429><c> with</c><00:34:49.670><c> the</c><00:34:49.829><c> wind.</c><00:34:52.869><c> That's</c><00:34:53.269><c> the</c><00:34:53.389><c> kind</c><00:34:53.530><c> of</c><00:34:54.510><c> feeling</c><00:34:54.809><c> that</c>

00:34:55.010 --> 00:34:58.550
he<00:34:55.110><c> got.</c><00:34:55.329><c> He</c><00:34:55.449><c> was</c><00:34:55.710><c> so</c><00:34:56.289><c> terrified.</c><00:34:57.929><c> It</c><00:34:57.969><c> was</c><00:34:58.150><c> like</c><00:34:58.349><c> the</c>

00:34:58.550 --> 00:35:00.769
trees<00:34:58.949><c> just</c><00:34:59.349><c> moving</c><00:34:59.550><c> in</c><00:34:59.750><c> the</c><00:34:59.869><c> wind</c><00:35:00.010><c> and</c><00:35:00.110><c> they</c><00:35:00.230><c> have</c><00:35:00.429><c> nothing.</c>

00:35:00.969 --> 00:35:02.369
They<00:35:01.050><c> have</c><00:35:01.230><c> no</c><00:35:01.469><c> power.</c><00:35:01.929><c> And</c><00:35:01.929><c> it's</c><00:35:02.050><c> just,</c>

00:35:02.570 --> 00:35:05.909
have<00:35:02.650><c> you</c><00:35:02.769><c> seen</c><00:35:02.889><c> that</c><00:35:03.150><c> happen</c><00:35:03.269><c> in</c><00:35:03.409><c> the</c><00:35:03.590><c> forest?</c><00:35:05.090><c> We</c><00:35:05.369><c> saw</c><00:35:05.550><c> that</c>

00:35:05.909 --> 00:35:07.730
in<00:35:06.150><c> Seattle</c><00:35:06.510><c> on</c><00:35:07.010><c> Thursday,</c><00:35:07.349><c> I</c><00:35:07.510><c> think,</c>

00:35:07.789 --> 00:35:10.690
with<00:35:07.929><c> the</c><00:35:08.110><c> trees</c><00:35:08.349><c> moving</c><00:35:08.730><c> and</c><00:35:09.170><c> ending</c><00:35:09.389><c> up</c><00:35:09.570><c> on</c><00:35:09.690><c> the</c><00:35:09.869><c> freeway</c><00:35:10.110><c> and</c><00:35:10.250><c> all</c><00:35:10.349><c> sorts</c><00:35:10.530><c> of</c>

00:35:10.690 --> 00:35:11.289
other<00:35:10.849><c> places.</c>

00:35:11.289 --> 00:35:15.670
But<00:35:12.190><c> the</c><00:35:12.329><c> people,</c><00:35:13.190><c> Ahaz</c><00:35:13.469><c> was</c><00:35:13.670><c> completely</c><00:35:14.269><c> terrified</c><00:35:14.909><c> in</c><00:35:15.510><c> the</c>

00:35:15.670 --> 00:35:17.610
situation<00:35:16.150><c> that</c><00:35:16.389><c> was</c><00:35:16.610><c> at</c><00:35:16.829><c> hand</c><00:35:17.010><c> because</c><00:35:17.289><c> he</c><00:35:17.429><c> was</c>

00:35:17.610 --> 00:35:22.010
being<00:35:17.909><c> attacked.</c><00:35:20.210><c> So</c><00:35:20.250><c> God</c><00:35:20.590><c> says</c><00:35:20.829><c> to</c><00:35:21.050><c> Isaiah,</c><00:35:21.670><c> I</c><00:35:21.690><c> want</c><00:35:21.829><c> you</c><00:35:21.929><c> to</c>

00:35:22.010 --> 00:35:24.670
go<00:35:22.190><c> talk</c><00:35:22.349><c> to</c><00:35:22.449><c> him</c><00:35:22.889><c> in</c><00:35:23.170><c> verse</c><00:35:23.349><c> 3.</c><00:35:24.489><c> He</c><00:35:24.530><c> says,</c>

00:35:24.869 --> 00:35:28.809
go<00:35:24.869><c> forth</c><00:35:25.210><c> now</c><00:35:25.429><c> and</c><00:35:25.630><c> meet</c><00:35:25.829><c> Ahaz</c><00:35:26.670><c> thou</c><00:35:27.010><c> and</c><00:35:27.289><c> Shujashab</c><00:35:28.070><c> thy</c><00:35:28.329><c> son</c>

00:35:28.809 --> 00:35:31.429
at<00:35:29.449><c> the</c><00:35:29.570><c> end</c><00:35:29.670><c> of</c><00:35:29.789><c> the</c><00:35:29.989><c> conduit</c><00:35:30.510><c> of</c><00:35:30.670><c> the</c><00:35:30.849><c> upper</c><00:35:31.090><c> pool</c>

00:35:31.429 --> 00:35:37.110
and<00:35:32.070><c> the</c><00:35:32.250><c> highway</c><00:35:32.570><c> of</c><00:35:32.909><c> the</c><00:35:33.090><c> fuller's</c><00:35:33.570><c> field.</c><00:35:36.389><c> Something</c><00:35:36.630><c> very</c>

00:35:37.110 --> 00:35:39.329
interesting<00:35:37.610><c> is</c><00:35:37.809><c> being</c><00:35:38.030><c> introduced</c><00:35:38.469><c> to</c><00:35:38.670><c> us</c><00:35:38.889><c> here.</c>

00:35:39.329 --> 00:35:43.710
Something<00:35:39.809><c> very</c><00:35:40.170><c> important</c><00:35:40.530><c> in</c><00:35:40.670><c> the</c><00:35:40.750><c> life</c><00:35:40.969><c> of</c><00:35:41.110><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:35:42.269><c> Something</c><00:35:42.530><c> very</c><00:35:42.969><c> important</c><00:35:43.269><c> in</c>

00:35:43.710 --> 00:35:44.730
this<00:35:44.150><c> time</c><00:35:44.409><c> period,</c>

00:35:44.909 --> 00:35:50.829
especially.<00:35:46.050><c> And</c><00:35:46.329><c> that's</c><00:35:46.670><c> this</c><00:35:46.929><c> idea</c><00:35:47.210><c> of</c><00:35:47.349><c> the</c><00:35:47.610><c> conduit</c><00:35:48.210><c> of</c><00:35:48.389><c> the</c><00:35:48.570><c> upper</c><00:35:48.789><c> pool</c><00:35:49.190><c> and</c><00:35:50.349><c> the</c><00:35:50.489><c> highway</c><00:35:50.670><c> of</c>

00:35:50.829 --> 00:35:51.449
the<00:35:51.010><c> fuller's</c>

00:35:51.449 --> 00:35:54.429
field.<00:35:51.650><c> And</c><00:35:51.769><c> you</c><00:35:51.909><c> wonder</c><00:35:52.070><c> why</c><00:35:52.210><c> that</c><00:35:52.489><c> detail</c><00:35:52.809><c> is</c><00:35:53.090><c> given</c><00:35:53.269><c> to</c><00:35:53.550><c> us.</c>

00:35:54.650 --> 00:35:58.030
But<00:35:54.829><c> this</c><00:35:55.090><c> was</c><00:35:55.570><c> a</c><00:35:56.309><c> pool</c><00:35:56.650><c> which</c><00:35:56.929><c> supplied</c><00:35:57.329><c> water</c>

00:35:58.030 --> 00:36:02.969
to<00:35:58.769><c> the</c><00:35:58.969><c> city</c><00:35:59.329><c> of</c><00:35:59.630><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:36:01.329><c> Now</c><00:36:01.510><c> in</c><00:36:01.610><c> the</c><00:36:01.730><c> scriptures,</c><00:36:02.750><c> what</c>

00:36:02.969 --> 00:36:05.289
does<00:36:03.250><c> water</c><00:36:03.610><c> represent</c><00:36:04.070><c> for</c><00:36:04.329><c> us?</c>

00:36:05.869 --> 00:36:09.849
The<00:36:06.409><c> word</c><00:36:06.489><c> of</c><00:36:06.630><c> God,</c><00:36:06.989><c> right?</c><00:36:07.909><c> So</c><00:36:08.090><c> we</c><00:36:08.210><c> have</c><00:36:08.389><c> the</c><00:36:08.590><c> word</c><00:36:08.730><c> of</c><00:36:08.909><c> God.</c>

00:36:10.010 --> 00:36:12.530
What<00:36:10.130><c> does</c><00:36:10.329><c> the</c><00:36:10.429><c> city</c><00:36:10.630><c> of</c><00:36:10.829><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:11.309><c> represent?</c>

00:36:14.030 --> 00:36:18.530
The<00:36:14.250><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:36:15.269><c> called</c><00:36:15.530><c> out</c><00:36:15.769><c> once.</c><00:36:16.550><c> So</c><00:36:16.750><c> you've</c><00:36:16.969><c> got</c><00:36:17.190><c> this</c><00:36:17.650><c> supply</c><00:36:18.170><c> of</c>

00:36:18.530 --> 00:36:22.230
water<00:36:19.090><c> that's</c><00:36:20.210><c> supplying</c><00:36:20.710><c> the</c><00:36:21.210><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:22.690 --> 00:36:27.449
And<00:36:22.889><c> God</c><00:36:23.110><c> tells</c><00:36:23.489><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:24.030><c> to</c><00:36:24.190><c> go</c><00:36:24.409><c> out</c><00:36:24.550><c> and</c><00:36:24.710><c> to</c><00:36:24.869><c> meet</c><00:36:25.150><c> Ahaz</c><00:36:25.610><c> at</c><00:36:25.929><c> this</c><00:36:26.230><c> very</c><00:36:26.530><c> spot.</c><00:36:27.230><c> I'm</c><00:36:27.349><c> going</c><00:36:27.449><c> to</c>

00:36:27.449 --> 00:36:28.989
show<00:36:27.630><c> you</c><00:36:27.809><c> a</c><00:36:28.010><c> map</c><00:36:28.190><c> here.</c>

00:36:28.989 --> 00:36:34.369
It's<00:36:29.849><c> not</c><00:36:30.010><c> very</c><00:36:30.409><c> good</c><00:36:30.570><c> up</c><00:36:30.730><c> there.</c><00:36:33.250><c> I'm</c><00:36:33.610><c> going</c><00:36:33.849><c> to</c><00:36:33.909><c> wander</c><00:36:34.150><c> over</c>

00:36:34.369 --> 00:36:35.989
here<00:36:34.469><c> for</c><00:36:34.630><c> just</c><00:36:34.849><c> a</c><00:36:34.949><c> second.</c>

00:36:37.130 --> 00:36:42.750
As<00:36:37.250><c> you</c><00:36:37.289><c> can</c><00:36:37.570><c> see,</c><00:36:38.309><c> this</c><00:36:38.489><c> little</c><00:36:38.750><c> pool</c><00:36:38.889><c> of</c><00:36:39.030><c> water</c><00:36:39.309><c> right</c><00:36:39.510><c> up</c><00:36:39.730><c> here</c><00:36:41.010><c> and</c><00:36:41.550><c> this</c><00:36:41.750><c> little</c><00:36:42.010><c> outcropping</c><00:36:42.469><c> of</c>

00:36:42.750 --> 00:36:43.409
the<00:36:42.909><c> wall</c>

00:36:43.409 --> 00:36:45.710
that<00:36:44.050><c> comes</c><00:36:44.190><c> out</c><00:36:44.449><c> from</c><00:36:44.610><c> the</c><00:36:44.690><c> city</c><00:36:44.829><c> of</c><00:36:45.010><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:36:45.489><c> This</c><00:36:45.610><c> would</c>

00:36:45.710 --> 00:36:48.130
be<00:36:45.869><c> the</c><00:36:46.030><c> south</c><00:36:46.230><c> end</c><00:36:46.389><c> of</c><00:36:47.150><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:36:48.170 --> 00:36:52.170
And<00:36:48.309><c> you</c><00:36:48.349><c> can</c><00:36:48.570><c> see</c><00:36:48.690><c> here</c><00:36:48.889><c> little</c><00:36:50.030><c> streams</c><00:36:50.429><c> flowing.</c><00:36:51.889><c> There's</c>

00:36:52.170 --> 00:36:54.150
actually<00:36:52.449><c> a</c><00:36:52.730><c> conduit</c><00:36:53.130><c> that</c><00:36:53.289><c> goes</c><00:36:53.449><c> underground</c>

00:36:54.150 --> 00:36:58.170
and<00:36:54.769><c> supplies</c><00:36:55.190><c> these</c><00:36:55.590><c> little</c><00:36:55.929><c> streams</c><00:36:56.150><c> here</c><00:36:57.010><c> from</c><00:36:57.809><c> the</c><00:36:58.010><c> side</c>

00:36:58.170 --> 00:36:59.869
there.<00:36:58.489><c> That's</c><00:36:58.590><c> the</c><00:36:58.750><c> Gaihan</c><00:36:59.050><c> Springs</c><00:36:59.429><c> is</c><00:36:59.670><c> actually</c>

00:36:59.869 --> 00:37:03.510
what<00:37:00.010><c> that</c><00:37:00.230><c> is.</c><00:37:01.110><c> Shiloha,</c><00:37:01.869><c> different</c><00:37:02.070><c> names</c><00:37:02.369><c> that</c><00:37:02.530><c> it</c><00:37:02.690><c> has.</c>

00:37:03.750 --> 00:37:06.230
And<00:37:04.090><c> the</c><00:37:04.369><c> amazing</c><00:37:04.630><c> thing</c><00:37:04.809><c> about</c><00:37:05.010><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:05.489><c> is</c><00:37:05.730><c> built</c>

00:37:06.230 --> 00:37:11.369
on<00:37:06.530><c> a</c><00:37:06.690><c> location</c><00:37:07.210><c> where</c><00:37:08.050><c> you've</c><00:37:08.369><c> got</c><00:37:08.610><c> this</c><00:37:09.090><c> spring</c><00:37:09.530><c> which</c><00:37:10.050><c> flows</c><00:37:10.789><c> year</c>

00:37:11.369 --> 00:37:13.570
round.<00:37:12.349><c> Now</c><00:37:12.550><c> if</c><00:37:12.590><c> you</c><00:37:12.750><c> were</c><00:37:12.849><c> in</c><00:37:13.010><c> a</c><00:37:13.230><c> desert</c>

00:37:13.570 --> 00:37:17.449
climate,<00:37:14.670><c> you</c><00:37:14.730><c> would</c><00:37:14.989><c> recognize</c><00:37:15.409><c> how</c><00:37:15.889><c> important</c><00:37:16.349><c> it</c><00:37:16.530><c> is</c><00:37:16.809><c> to</c><00:37:17.010><c> have</c><00:37:17.150><c> a</c>

00:37:17.449 --> 00:37:19.929
spring<00:37:17.730><c> supplying</c><00:37:18.250><c> a</c><00:37:18.610><c> city.</c><00:37:19.369><c> Because</c><00:37:19.730><c> there</c>

00:37:19.929 --> 00:37:22.050
was<00:37:20.070><c> no</c><00:37:20.309><c> water</c><00:37:20.630><c> that</c><00:37:20.829><c> you</c><00:37:20.969><c> could</c><00:37:21.110><c> get</c><00:37:21.269><c> around</c><00:37:21.489><c> there</c><00:37:21.650><c> most</c><00:37:21.889><c> of</c>

00:37:22.050 --> 00:37:23.829
the<00:37:22.190><c> year</c><00:37:22.510><c> because</c><00:37:22.849><c> the</c><00:37:23.050><c> rivers</c><00:37:23.230><c> weren't</c><00:37:23.489><c> flowing.</c>

00:37:23.829 --> 00:37:28.909
But<00:37:24.449><c> this</c><00:37:24.730><c> spring</c><00:37:25.150><c> supplied</c><00:37:25.730><c> the</c><00:37:25.869><c> city</c><00:37:26.090><c> of</c><00:37:26.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:26.750><c> all</c><00:37:27.409><c> year</c><00:37:27.690><c> round.</c><00:37:28.630><c> And</c><00:37:28.769><c> so</c>

00:37:28.909 --> 00:37:30.329
it<00:37:29.010><c> was</c><00:37:29.230><c> a</c><00:37:29.550><c> very</c><00:37:29.989><c> precious</c>

00:37:30.329 --> 00:37:35.670
spring<00:37:30.769><c> that</c><00:37:31.250><c> supplied</c><00:37:31.590><c> them.</c><00:37:32.289><c> It</c><00:37:32.409><c> came</c><00:37:32.869><c> from</c><00:37:33.489><c> the</c><00:37:33.650><c> higher</c><00:37:34.530><c> mountains</c><00:37:34.989><c> further</c><00:37:35.429><c> up</c>

00:37:35.670 --> 00:37:38.170
north<00:37:35.969><c> in</c><00:37:37.289><c> Judah.</c>

00:37:38.210 --> 00:37:42.190
And<00:37:38.309><c> it</c><00:37:38.429><c> was</c><00:37:38.590><c> a</c><00:37:38.690><c> miraculous</c><00:37:39.130><c> supply</c><00:37:39.469><c> of</c><00:37:39.650><c> water.</c><00:37:40.630><c> And</c><00:37:40.769><c> God</c><00:37:41.230><c> chooses</c><00:37:41.829><c> this</c>

00:37:42.190 --> 00:37:43.329
place,<00:37:42.469><c> the</c><00:37:42.530><c> city</c><00:37:42.750><c> of</c><00:37:42.929><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:37:43.769 --> 00:37:47.070
He<00:37:44.010><c> chooses</c><00:37:44.389><c> this</c><00:37:44.750><c> place</c><00:37:45.010><c> and</c><00:37:45.489><c> places</c><00:37:45.889><c> this</c><00:37:46.289><c> source</c><00:37:46.550><c> of</c><00:37:46.789><c> water</c>

00:37:47.070 --> 00:37:49.590
there<00:37:47.469><c> as</c><00:37:47.909><c> a</c><00:37:48.130><c> spiritual</c><00:37:48.489><c> lesson</c><00:37:48.829><c> for</c><00:37:49.050><c> us</c>

00:37:49.590 --> 00:37:54.469
to<00:37:50.190><c> show</c><00:37:50.429><c> us</c><00:37:50.630><c> that</c><00:37:50.809><c> God</c><00:37:51.289><c> is</c><00:37:51.730><c> continuously</c><00:37:52.469><c> supplying</c><00:37:53.449><c> the</c><00:37:53.869><c> waters</c><00:37:54.170><c> of</c>

00:37:54.469 --> 00:37:56.550
Shiloha,<00:37:55.230><c> his</c><00:37:55.510><c> word</c><00:37:55.730><c> to</c><00:37:55.989><c> us,</c>

00:37:56.829 --> 00:37:59.969
in<00:37:56.949><c> order</c><00:37:57.230><c> to</c><00:37:57.469><c> give</c><00:37:57.590><c> us</c><00:37:57.849><c> life.</c><00:37:58.849><c> And</c><00:37:58.949><c> if</c><00:37:59.030><c> you</c><00:37:59.190><c> lived</c><00:37:59.329><c> in</c><00:37:59.489><c> the</c><00:37:59.550><c> city</c><00:37:59.750><c> of</c>

00:37:59.969 --> 00:38:02.230
Jerusalem<00:38:00.289><c> you</c><00:38:00.489><c> would</c><00:38:00.789><c> recognize</c><00:38:01.409><c> that</c><00:38:01.690><c> because</c>

00:38:02.230 --> 00:38:05.070
here<00:38:02.550><c> you</c><00:38:02.750><c> are</c><00:38:02.889><c> in</c><00:38:03.030><c> the</c><00:38:03.110><c> middle</c><00:38:03.230><c> of</c><00:38:03.409><c> the</c><00:38:03.530><c> desert</c><00:38:03.849><c> in</c><00:38:04.469><c> this</c><00:38:04.690><c> city</c>

00:38:05.070 --> 00:38:07.750
and<00:38:05.750><c> there's</c><00:38:06.090><c> this</c><00:38:06.409><c> pool</c><00:38:06.789><c> that's</c><00:38:07.309><c> constantly</c>

00:38:07.750 --> 00:38:14.309
filled<00:38:07.969><c> with</c><00:38:08.170><c> water</c><00:38:08.690><c> that</c><00:38:09.110><c> was</c><00:38:09.409><c> constantly</c><00:38:09.889><c> supplied</c><00:38:10.289><c> by</c><00:38:10.489><c> this</c><00:38:10.769><c> spring.</c><00:38:12.889><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:13.250><c> being</c><00:38:13.690><c> the</c><00:38:13.969><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:38:14.309 --> 00:38:19.150
which<00:38:14.610><c> has</c><00:38:14.829><c> this</c><00:38:15.090><c> constant</c><00:38:15.489><c> supply</c><00:38:16.030><c> of</c><00:38:16.369><c> water</c><00:38:16.769><c> feeding</c><00:38:17.070><c> it.</c><00:38:18.050><c> Now</c><00:38:18.210><c> here</c><00:38:18.369><c> you've</c><00:38:18.670><c> got</c><00:38:18.969><c> a</c>

00:38:19.150 --> 00:38:20.170
picture<00:38:19.389><c> of</c><00:38:19.590><c> the</c><00:38:19.789><c> tunnel</c>

00:38:20.170 --> 00:38:23.250
that<00:38:20.869><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:21.329><c> dug</c><00:38:21.530><c> in</c><00:38:21.670><c> that</c><00:38:21.989><c> solid</c><00:38:22.269><c> line</c><00:38:22.590><c> from</c><00:38:22.789><c> the</c><00:38:22.969><c> Gihon</c>

00:38:23.250 --> 00:38:25.670
Springs.<00:38:24.449><c> And</c><00:38:24.650><c> you've</c><00:38:24.809><c> also</c><00:38:25.030><c> got</c><00:38:25.329><c> the</c>

00:38:25.670 --> 00:38:31.590
Siloam<00:38:26.150><c> channel.</c><00:38:27.829><c> That's</c><00:38:28.050><c> what</c><00:38:28.449><c> they</c><00:38:28.710><c> used</c><00:38:28.929><c> to</c><00:38:29.409><c> bring</c><00:38:29.650><c> the</c><00:38:29.849><c> water</c><00:38:29.989><c> down</c><00:38:30.610><c> to</c>

00:38:31.590 --> 00:38:33.150
the<00:38:31.690><c> pool</c><00:38:31.889><c> of</c><00:38:32.150><c> Siloam</c><00:38:32.570><c> here.</c>

00:38:33.510 --> 00:38:35.530
And<00:38:33.630><c> it</c><00:38:33.670><c> was</c><00:38:33.889><c> outside</c><00:38:34.289><c> the</c><00:38:34.510><c> city</c><00:38:34.690><c> walls.</c><00:38:35.070><c> Can</c><00:38:35.170><c> you</c><00:38:35.230><c> see</c><00:38:35.389><c> the</c>

00:38:35.530 --> 00:38:39.190
city<00:38:35.690><c> walls</c><00:38:35.989><c> here?</c><00:38:37.329><c> Those</c><00:38:37.690><c> double</c><00:38:37.889><c> lines</c><00:38:38.130><c> there.</c>

00:38:39.630 --> 00:38:42.989
So<00:38:40.070><c> the</c><00:38:40.510><c> pool</c><00:38:40.789><c> of</c><00:38:41.030><c> Siloam</c><00:38:41.409><c> brought</c><00:38:41.650><c> the</c><00:38:41.829><c> water,</c><00:38:42.489><c> sorry,</c><00:38:42.909><c> the</c>

00:38:42.989 --> 00:38:44.710
Gihon<00:38:43.269><c> spring</c><00:38:43.489><c> brought</c><00:38:43.750><c> the</c><00:38:43.889><c> water</c><00:38:44.090><c> down</c><00:38:44.349><c> here</c><00:38:44.550><c> to</c>

00:38:44.710 --> 00:38:48.829
the<00:38:44.809><c> pool</c><00:38:45.110><c> of</c><00:38:45.429><c> Siloam.</c><00:38:46.650><c> And</c><00:38:46.789><c> we</c><00:38:46.849><c> know</c><00:38:47.090><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:47.929><c> dug</c><00:38:48.349><c> a</c><00:38:48.550><c> tunnel</c>

00:38:48.829 --> 00:38:50.329
that<00:38:49.130><c> actually</c><00:38:49.349><c> went</c><00:38:49.510><c> underground</c><00:38:49.929><c> to</c><00:38:50.210><c> follow</c>

00:38:50.329 --> 00:38:54.309
this<00:38:51.130><c> crazy</c><00:38:51.570><c> route</c><00:38:51.989><c> and</c><00:38:52.670><c> brought</c><00:38:52.869><c> it</c><00:38:53.030><c> to</c><00:38:53.150><c> the</c><00:38:53.250><c> same</c><00:38:53.449><c> place.</c>

00:38:54.550 --> 00:38:57.590
Now<00:38:54.690><c> why</c><00:38:54.849><c> did</c><00:38:54.969><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:55.449><c> bring</c><00:38:55.750><c> that</c><00:38:56.250><c> tunnel</c><00:38:56.570><c> underground?</c>

00:39:00.289 --> 00:39:02.769
Because<00:39:00.730><c> he</c><00:39:00.829><c> didn't</c><00:39:00.969><c> want</c><00:39:01.210><c> the</c><00:39:01.389><c> Assyrians</c><00:39:01.750><c> to</c><00:39:01.909><c> be</c><00:39:02.010><c> able</c><00:39:02.150><c> to</c><00:39:02.190><c> have</c><00:39:02.389><c> access</c><00:39:02.610><c> to</c>

00:39:02.769 --> 00:39:03.909
the<00:39:02.909><c> water,</c><00:39:03.230><c> right?</c><00:39:03.389><c> So</c><00:39:03.550><c> he</c><00:39:03.710><c> brought</c>

00:39:03.909 --> 00:39:07.409
it<00:39:04.269><c> underground</c><00:39:04.550><c> so</c><00:39:05.750><c> they</c><00:39:05.869><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:06.090><c> have</c><00:39:06.369><c> that.</c><00:39:06.969><c> But</c><00:39:07.190><c> that</c>

00:39:07.409 --> 00:39:10.190
water<00:39:07.690><c> was</c><00:39:07.989><c> constantly</c><00:39:08.590><c> flowing</c><00:39:09.150><c> down</c>

00:39:10.190 --> 00:39:15.010
to<00:39:10.530><c> the</c><00:39:10.730><c> pool</c><00:39:11.190><c> of</c><00:39:11.429><c> Siloam</c><00:39:11.710><c> through</c><00:39:11.949><c> this</c><00:39:12.650><c> channel</c><00:39:13.090><c> that</c><00:39:14.210><c> we</c><00:39:14.409><c> talk</c><00:39:14.570><c> about</c><00:39:14.789><c> in</c>

00:39:15.010 --> 00:39:17.010
Isaiah,<00:39:15.409><c> in</c><00:39:15.610><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:15.849><c> chapter</c><00:39:16.170><c> seven.</c>

00:39:17.090 --> 00:39:23.130
So<00:39:17.389><c> another</c><00:39:17.610><c> picture</c><00:39:17.909><c> of</c><00:39:18.070><c> it</c><00:39:18.190><c> right</c><00:39:18.369><c> here.</c><00:39:20.750><c> Here's</c><00:39:21.170><c> what</c><00:39:21.309><c> it</c><00:39:21.469><c> looks</c><00:39:21.610><c> like</c><00:39:21.809><c> from</c><00:39:22.030><c> the</c><00:39:22.190><c> side</c><00:39:22.329><c> view.</c><00:39:22.570><c> This</c><00:39:22.690><c> was</c><00:39:22.909><c> a</c><00:39:23.010><c> cut</c>

00:39:23.130 --> 00:39:28.090
away<00:39:23.309><c> of</c><00:39:23.489><c> the</c><00:39:23.610><c> mountain.</c><00:39:24.730><c> You</c><00:39:24.909><c> can</c><00:39:25.150><c> see</c><00:39:25.889><c> the</c><00:39:27.130><c> natural</c><00:39:27.510><c> tunnel</c>

00:39:28.090 --> 00:39:31.489
that's<00:39:28.510><c> right</c><00:39:28.710><c> there.</c><00:39:29.630><c> That</c><00:39:29.929><c> used</c><00:39:30.210><c> to</c><00:39:30.349><c> be</c><00:39:30.570><c> open.</c>

00:39:31.550 --> 00:39:34.889
And<00:39:31.809><c> there</c><00:39:31.929><c> was</c><00:39:32.110><c> a</c><00:39:32.190><c> guy</c><00:39:32.389><c> that</c><00:39:32.809><c> went</c><00:39:33.110><c> through</c><00:39:33.710><c> a</c><00:39:33.969><c> tunnel</c><00:39:34.130><c> and</c><00:39:34.449><c> climbed</c><00:39:34.630><c> up</c>

00:39:34.889 --> 00:39:36.130
into<00:39:35.090><c> the</c><00:39:35.210><c> city</c><00:39:35.389><c> of</c><00:39:35.570><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:35.929><c> and</c>

00:39:36.130 --> 00:39:37.849
conquered<00:39:36.429><c> the</c><00:39:36.590><c> city</c><00:39:36.769><c> of</c><00:39:36.889><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:39:37.269><c> Anybody</c><00:39:37.449><c> remember</c><00:39:37.710><c> who</c>

00:39:37.849 --> 00:39:41.150
that<00:39:38.070><c> was?</c><00:39:39.590><c> Joab,</c><00:39:39.969><c> yeah.</c><00:39:40.269><c> So</c><00:39:40.309><c> that</c><00:39:40.469><c> natural</c><00:39:40.889><c> tunnel,</c>

00:39:41.170 --> 00:39:44.090
that's<00:39:41.449><c> where</c><00:39:41.510><c> he</c><00:39:41.690><c> would</c><00:39:41.849><c> have</c><00:39:41.869><c> gone</c><00:39:42.090><c> in,</c><00:39:42.690><c> got</c><00:39:42.929><c> up</c><00:39:43.130><c> this</c><00:39:43.329><c> tunnel.</c><00:39:44.030><c> You</c>

00:39:44.090 --> 00:39:46.769
can<00:39:44.289><c> see</c><00:39:44.429><c> the</c><00:39:44.610><c> Israelite</c><00:39:45.050><c> city</c><00:39:45.309><c> wall,</c><00:39:46.670><c> the</c>

00:39:46.769 --> 00:39:49.409
wall<00:39:47.170><c> of</c><00:39:47.289><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:47.650><c> there.</c><00:39:48.570><c> And</c><00:39:48.730><c> then</c><00:39:48.849><c> you</c><00:39:48.909><c> can</c><00:39:49.070><c> see</c><00:39:49.230><c> where</c>

00:39:49.409 --> 00:39:52.210
Hezekiah's<00:39:49.929><c> tunnel</c><00:39:50.190><c> takes</c><00:39:50.590><c> the</c><00:39:50.849><c> water</c><00:39:51.289><c> and</c><00:39:51.750><c> brings</c><00:39:51.969><c> the</c>

00:39:52.210 --> 00:39:54.789
water<00:39:52.349><c> back</c><00:39:52.650><c> to</c><00:39:52.829><c> the</c><00:39:52.889><c> pool</c><00:39:53.130><c> of</c><00:39:53.349><c> Siloam</c><00:39:53.690><c> as</c><00:39:53.989><c> we</c><00:39:54.230><c> know</c><00:39:54.429><c> it</c><00:39:54.610><c> today.</c>

00:39:54.969 --> 00:39:56.829
You<00:39:55.090><c> can</c><00:39:55.309><c> actually</c><00:39:55.530><c> go</c><00:39:55.670><c> through</c><00:39:55.789><c> that</c><00:39:56.070><c> tunnel.</c>

00:39:56.929 --> 00:40:03.730
But<00:39:57.449><c> this</c><00:39:57.670><c> is</c><00:39:57.849><c> a</c><00:39:57.909><c> picture</c><00:39:58.170><c> then</c><00:39:58.750><c> that</c><00:39:59.130><c> shows</c><00:39:59.469><c> that</c><00:40:00.349><c> God</c><00:40:00.630><c> had</c><00:40:00.949><c> supplied</c><00:40:01.269><c> this</c><00:40:01.550><c> water,</c><00:40:02.610><c> but</c><00:40:02.769><c> the</c><00:40:03.050><c> supply</c><00:40:03.369><c> of</c><00:40:03.570><c> the</c>

00:40:03.730 --> 00:40:07.590
water<00:40:03.929><c> was</c><00:40:04.269><c> just</c><00:40:04.590><c> outside</c><00:40:05.010><c> the</c><00:40:05.230><c> wall.</c><00:40:06.429><c> And</c><00:40:06.489><c> so</c><00:40:06.590><c> Hezekiah</c><00:40:06.989><c> decides</c><00:40:07.329><c> he's</c>

00:40:07.590 --> 00:40:08.829
going<00:40:07.670><c> to</c><00:40:07.750><c> make</c><00:40:07.869><c> it</c><00:40:08.130><c> difficult</c><00:40:08.530><c> for</c><00:40:08.730><c> the</c>

00:40:08.829 --> 00:40:11.750
Assyrians<00:40:09.230><c> to</c><00:40:09.489><c> get</c><00:40:09.610><c> at</c><00:40:09.710><c> it.</c><00:40:10.130><c> He</c><00:40:10.429><c> fills</c><00:40:10.670><c> that</c><00:40:11.010><c> in,</c><00:40:11.289><c> the</c><00:40:11.389><c> natural</c>

00:40:11.750 --> 00:40:13.849
tunnel,<00:40:12.269><c> he</c><00:40:12.329><c> blocks</c><00:40:12.489><c> it,</c><00:40:13.190><c> and</c><00:40:13.329><c> he</c><00:40:13.429><c> builds</c><00:40:13.550><c> this</c>

00:40:13.849 --> 00:40:18.010
tunnel<00:40:14.090><c> to</c><00:40:14.329><c> carry</c><00:40:14.489><c> the</c><00:40:14.730><c> water</c><00:40:14.929><c> back.</c><00:40:16.449><c> Now</c><00:40:16.730><c> that</c><00:40:17.210><c> provides</c><00:40:17.789><c> for</c>

00:40:18.010 --> 00:40:20.789
us<00:40:18.170><c> a</c><00:40:18.389><c> really,</c><00:40:18.809><c> really</c><00:40:19.250><c> important</c><00:40:19.750><c> exhortation</c>

00:40:21.010 --> 00:40:25.829
God<00:40:21.389><c> is</c><00:40:21.710><c> constantly</c><00:40:22.250><c> supplying</c><00:40:22.829><c> this</c><00:40:23.210><c> water</c><00:40:23.489><c> to</c><00:40:23.730><c> the</c><00:40:23.889><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:40:24.630><c> constantly</c><00:40:25.489><c> making</c>

00:40:25.829 --> 00:40:26.869
it<00:40:26.050><c> available</c><00:40:26.389><c> to</c><00:40:26.550><c> them</c>

00:40:26.869 --> 00:40:30.889
and<00:40:27.210><c> making</c><00:40:27.429><c> it</c><00:40:27.690><c> available</c><00:40:28.050><c> to</c><00:40:28.269><c> us.</c><00:40:29.449><c> And</c><00:40:29.510><c> he</c><00:40:29.530><c> comes</c><00:40:29.769><c> along</c><00:40:30.269><c> and</c>

00:40:30.889 --> 00:40:34.769
Ahaz<00:40:31.429><c> meets</c><00:40:32.030><c> with</c><00:40:32.309><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:32.670><c> at</c><00:40:32.909><c> this</c><00:40:33.230><c> very</c><00:40:33.730><c> place.</c>

00:40:34.989 --> 00:40:39.150
Now<00:40:35.190><c> this</c><00:40:35.510><c> fact,</c><00:40:35.989><c> the</c><00:40:36.110><c> fact</c><00:40:36.250><c> that</c><00:40:36.369><c> they</c><00:40:36.469><c> were</c><00:40:36.690><c> meeting</c><00:40:36.969><c> in</c><00:40:37.130><c> this</c><00:40:37.369><c> very</c><00:40:37.670><c> place</c><00:40:37.929><c> should</c><00:40:38.309><c> have</c><00:40:38.449><c> been</c><00:40:38.550><c> a</c><00:40:38.710><c> lesson</c>

00:40:39.150 --> 00:40:44.449
to<00:40:40.170><c> Ahaz</c><00:40:41.030><c> about</c><00:40:41.570><c> what</c><00:40:41.789><c> was</c><00:40:42.030><c> happening.</c><00:40:42.750><c> He</c><00:40:42.989><c> should</c><00:40:43.190><c> have</c><00:40:43.429><c> recognized</c><00:40:44.010><c> that</c>

00:40:44.449 --> 00:40:46.769
he<00:40:44.809><c> was</c><00:40:45.150><c> missing</c><00:40:45.409><c> out</c><00:40:45.989><c> on</c><00:40:46.289><c> supplying</c>

00:40:46.769 --> 00:40:49.909
the<00:40:46.989><c> people</c><00:40:47.369><c> with</c><00:40:47.849><c> the</c><00:40:48.050><c> water</c><00:40:48.269><c> of</c><00:40:48.469><c> the</c><00:40:48.610><c> word.</c><00:40:49.309><c> And</c><00:40:49.409><c> that</c><00:40:49.530><c> should</c><00:40:49.750><c> have</c>

00:40:49.909 --> 00:40:51.309
been<00:40:49.969><c> the</c><00:40:50.110><c> exhortation</c><00:40:50.510><c> that</c><00:40:50.750><c> he</c><00:40:50.929><c> got</c><00:40:51.110><c> from</c>

00:40:51.309 --> 00:40:59.769
it,<00:40:52.329><c> but</c><00:40:52.570><c> he</c><00:40:52.690><c> doesn't.</c><00:40:54.369><c> And</c><00:40:54.650><c> he</c><00:40:55.070><c> actually</c><00:40:55.710><c> refuses</c><00:40:56.590><c> the</c><00:40:57.610><c> waters</c><00:40:57.949><c> of</c><00:40:58.269><c> Siloam.</c><00:40:59.329><c> He</c>

00:40:59.769 --> 00:41:01.329
refuses<00:41:00.289><c> to</c><00:41:00.630><c> take</c><00:41:00.849><c> the</c><00:41:01.050><c> word</c><00:41:01.170><c> of</c>

00:41:01.329 --> 00:41:05.269
God<00:41:01.550><c> to</c><00:41:01.730><c> the</c><00:41:01.909><c> people</c><00:41:02.710><c> on</c><00:41:03.789><c> that</c><00:41:03.969><c> occasion.</c><00:41:04.869><c> And</c><00:41:04.989><c> if</c><00:41:05.070><c> you're</c><00:41:05.170><c> to</c>

00:41:05.269 --> 00:41:08.309
read<00:41:05.449><c> further,</c><00:41:05.849><c> God</c><00:41:06.070><c> actually</c><00:41:06.670><c> offers</c><00:41:07.210><c> to</c><00:41:07.750><c> give</c><00:41:07.929><c> him</c>

00:41:08.309 --> 00:41:14.710
a<00:41:08.949><c> sign</c><00:41:08.949><c> to</c><00:41:10.449><c> prove</c><00:41:11.030><c> this,</c><00:41:13.369><c> and</c><00:41:13.469><c> to</c><00:41:13.690><c> prove</c><00:41:13.829><c> that</c><00:41:13.969><c> he's</c><00:41:14.090><c> going</c><00:41:14.349><c> to</c>

00:41:14.710 --> 00:41:17.570
save<00:41:15.170><c> him,</c><00:41:16.070><c> save</c><00:41:16.269><c> Ahaz</c><00:41:16.650><c> from</c><00:41:17.090><c> the</c><00:41:17.309><c> Syrians</c>

00:41:17.570 --> 00:41:23.429
and<00:41:17.710><c> the</c><00:41:17.929><c> Israelites.</c><00:41:19.150><c> What</c><00:41:19.329><c> does</c><00:41:19.510><c> Ahaz</c><00:41:19.769><c> say?</c><00:41:22.090><c> No</c><00:41:22.329><c> thank</c><00:41:22.530><c> you.</c>

00:41:23.750 --> 00:41:28.030
I<00:41:24.070><c> don't</c><00:41:24.369><c> want</c><00:41:24.550><c> a</c><00:41:24.730><c> sign</c><00:41:25.010><c> from</c><00:41:26.289><c> God.</c><00:41:27.369><c> I</c><00:41:27.570><c> don't</c><00:41:27.869><c> want</c>

00:41:28.030 --> 00:41:30.989
a<00:41:28.250><c> sign</c><00:41:28.449><c> because</c><00:41:28.789><c> I</c><00:41:29.070><c> don't</c><00:41:29.389><c> want</c><00:41:29.630><c> to</c><00:41:29.789><c> do</c><00:41:29.909><c> what</c><00:41:30.070><c> God</c><00:41:30.449><c> has</c><00:41:30.750><c> asked</c>

00:41:30.989 --> 00:41:34.570
me<00:41:31.190><c> to</c><00:41:31.349><c> do.</c><00:41:31.989><c> I</c><00:41:32.269><c> want</c><00:41:32.469><c> to</c><00:41:32.650><c> continue</c><00:41:33.110><c> to</c><00:41:33.429><c> live</c><00:41:33.630><c> the</c><00:41:33.889><c> life</c>

00:41:34.570 --> 00:41:42.610
that<00:41:35.289><c> I'm</c><00:41:35.510><c> living,</c><00:41:37.429><c> because</c><00:41:37.730><c> change</c><00:41:38.250><c> is</c><00:41:39.309><c> hard.</c><00:41:41.050><c> That's</c><00:41:41.389><c> the</c><00:41:41.590><c> circumstances.</c>

00:41:43.349 --> 00:41:47.010
So<00:41:43.449><c> what</c><00:41:43.550><c> does</c><00:41:43.670><c> God</c><00:41:43.889><c> say?</c><00:41:45.389><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:45.610><c> 8</c><00:41:45.889><c> verse</c><00:41:46.130><c> 6.</c>

00:41:49.130 --> 00:41:53.809
He<00:41:49.190><c> says,</c><00:41:49.610><c> for</c><00:41:49.610><c> as</c><00:41:49.869><c> much</c><00:41:50.389><c> as</c><00:41:50.690><c> this</c><00:41:50.909><c> people</c><00:41:51.230><c> refuseth</c><00:41:51.949><c> the</c><00:41:52.230><c> waters</c><00:41:52.849><c> of</c>

00:41:53.809 --> 00:41:56.869
Siloam,<00:41:55.550><c> let</c><00:41:55.690><c> go</c><00:41:55.949><c> softly.</c>

00:42:00.190 --> 00:42:06.110
We<00:42:00.730><c> might</c><00:42:00.909><c> do</c><00:42:01.050><c> that</c><00:42:01.269><c> too.</c><00:42:03.230><c> The</c><00:42:03.349><c> word</c><00:42:03.469><c> of</c><00:42:03.690><c> God</c><00:42:03.989><c> that's</c><00:42:04.650><c> constantly,</c><00:42:05.269><c> softly</c>

00:42:06.110 --> 00:42:08.150
flowing<00:42:06.650><c> as</c><00:42:06.849><c> we</c><00:42:06.969><c> do</c><00:42:07.130><c> the</c><00:42:07.329><c> readings,</c>

00:42:08.269 --> 00:42:11.289
if<00:42:08.469><c> we're</c><00:42:08.670><c> doing</c><00:42:08.849><c> the</c><00:42:09.070><c> readings</c><00:42:09.289><c> into</c><00:42:09.570><c> our</c><00:42:09.750><c> lives,</c><00:42:10.610><c> that</c><00:42:10.849><c> should</c><00:42:10.989><c> be</c>

00:42:11.289 --> 00:42:12.750
changing<00:42:11.630><c> the</c><00:42:11.849><c> way</c><00:42:11.969><c> that</c><00:42:12.170><c> we</c><00:42:12.349><c> think.</c>

00:42:13.150 --> 00:42:21.289
It<00:42:13.409><c> should</c><00:42:13.530><c> be</c><00:42:13.909><c> a</c><00:42:14.949><c> continuous,</c><00:42:16.070><c> steady</c><00:42:16.989><c> changing</c><00:42:17.510><c> of</c><00:42:18.309><c> our</c><00:42:18.510><c> minds.</c><00:42:20.750><c> But</c>

00:42:21.289 --> 00:42:22.599
if<00:42:21.409><c> we</c><00:42:21.610><c> refuse</c><00:42:21.829><c> it,</c>

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:28.260
if<00:42:24.079><c> we</c><00:42:24.219><c> refuse</c><00:42:24.599><c> that,</c><00:42:24.960><c> as</c><00:42:25.159><c> Ahaz</c><00:42:25.480><c> did,</c><00:42:26.840><c> and</c><00:42:27.099><c> it</c><00:42:27.159><c> says,</c><00:42:27.559><c> and</c><00:42:27.559><c> rejoice</c><00:42:27.960><c> and</c>

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:30.000
reason<00:42:28.559><c> in</c><00:42:28.800><c> Remaliah's</c><00:42:29.400><c> son,</c><00:42:29.500><c> and</c><00:42:29.619><c> all</c><00:42:29.739><c> that's</c>

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:33.920
saying<00:42:30.099><c> is,</c><00:42:31.000><c> look,</c><00:42:31.579><c> if</c><00:42:31.739><c> you're</c><00:42:32.159><c> just</c><00:42:32.360><c> going</c><00:42:32.519><c> to</c><00:42:32.739><c> celebrate</c><00:42:33.019><c> the</c><00:42:33.219><c> fact</c><00:42:33.340><c> you're</c><00:42:33.519><c> not</c><00:42:33.699><c> going</c><00:42:33.820><c> to</c>

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:35.699
be<00:42:34.099><c> attacked</c><00:42:34.760><c> by</c><00:42:35.239><c> Syria</c>

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:38.900
and<00:42:35.940><c> Israel</c><00:42:36.340><c> anymore,</c><00:42:37.219><c> and</c><00:42:37.519><c> you're</c><00:42:37.639><c> going</c><00:42:37.739><c> to</c><00:42:37.900><c> refuse</c><00:42:38.300><c> to</c><00:42:38.500><c> listen</c><00:42:38.699><c> to</c>

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:43.800
my<00:42:39.179><c> word,</c><00:42:41.139><c> he</c><00:42:41.460><c> says,</c><00:42:42.460><c> now</c><00:42:42.659><c> therefore,</c><00:42:43.460><c> behold,</c>

00:42:43.800 --> 00:42:50.000
Yahweh<00:42:44.940><c> bringeth</c><00:42:45.320><c> upon</c><00:42:45.639><c> them</c><00:42:46.559><c> the</c><00:42:47.039><c> waters</c><00:42:47.460><c> of</c><00:42:48.000><c> a</c><00:42:48.300><c> river,</c><00:42:49.000><c> strong</c><00:42:49.639><c> and</c>

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:53.300
many,<00:42:51.480><c> even</c><00:42:51.800><c> the</c><00:42:52.039><c> king</c><00:42:52.219><c> of</c><00:42:52.400><c> Assyria,</c>

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:57.059
and<00:42:53.860><c> all</c><00:42:54.079><c> his</c><00:42:54.260><c> glory.</c><00:42:55.219><c> And</c><00:42:55.480><c> he</c><00:42:55.579><c> should</c><00:42:55.659><c> come</c><00:42:55.880><c> up</c><00:42:56.119><c> over</c><00:42:56.420><c> all</c><00:42:56.780><c> his</c>

00:42:57.059 --> 00:43:01.079
channels<00:42:57.440><c> and</c><00:42:58.360><c> go</c><00:42:58.599><c> over</c><00:42:59.019><c> all</c><00:42:59.820><c> his</c><00:43:00.239><c> banks.</c>

00:43:02.260 --> 00:43:08.679
It's<00:43:02.920><c> beautiful.</c><00:43:04.880><c> That's</c><00:43:05.539><c> what</c><00:43:05.659><c> God</c><00:43:05.840><c> says</c><00:43:06.019><c> to</c><00:43:06.219><c> us.</c><00:43:08.179><c> He</c><00:43:08.400><c> says,</c>

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.099
if<00:43:09.199><c> you're</c><00:43:09.380><c> going</c><00:43:09.440><c> to</c><00:43:09.659><c> refuse</c><00:43:10.219><c> to</c><00:43:10.420><c> be</c><00:43:10.679><c> changed</c>

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:15.320
by<00:43:11.360><c> the</c><00:43:11.619><c> steady</c><00:43:12.039><c> flow</c><00:43:12.519><c> of</c><00:43:12.780><c> my</c><00:43:13.159><c> word,</c><00:43:14.460><c> passing</c><00:43:14.820><c> through</c><00:43:15.039><c> your</c>

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:17.780
mind,<00:43:16.380><c> your</c><00:43:16.579><c> meditations,</c><00:43:17.219><c> if</c><00:43:17.380><c> you're</c><00:43:17.519><c> going</c><00:43:17.619><c> to</c>

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:22.159
refuse<00:43:18.199><c> to</c><00:43:18.360><c> be</c><00:43:18.559><c> changed</c><00:43:18.940><c> by</c><00:43:19.380><c> that,</c><00:43:21.340><c> I'm</c><00:43:21.599><c> going</c><00:43:21.739><c> to</c><00:43:21.860><c> have</c><00:43:21.980><c> to</c><00:43:22.059><c> do</c>

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:26.539
something<00:43:22.460><c> more.</c><00:43:23.679><c> I'm</c><00:43:24.119><c> going</c><00:43:24.260><c> to</c><00:43:24.539><c> have</c><00:43:24.800><c> to</c><00:43:25.119><c> bring</c><00:43:25.420><c> upon</c>

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:35.179
you<00:43:27.239><c> the</c><00:43:27.800><c> flood</c><00:43:28.380><c> of</c><00:43:29.260><c> Sennacherib,</c><00:43:30.900><c> the</c><00:43:31.179><c> flood</c><00:43:31.440><c> of</c><00:43:31.719><c> the</c><00:43:31.880><c> Assyrians,</c><00:43:32.420><c> and</c><00:43:33.320><c> that</c><00:43:33.739><c> maybe</c><00:43:34.340><c> will</c><00:43:35.000><c> be</c>

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:35.719
able<00:43:35.360><c> to</c><00:43:35.599><c> bring</c>

00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:40.719
you<00:43:35.880><c> to</c><00:43:36.119><c> change</c><00:43:36.400><c> your</c><00:43:36.599><c> mind.</c><00:43:39.760><c> Verse</c><00:43:39.940><c> eight,</c><00:43:40.280><c> he</c><00:43:40.280><c> says,</c><00:43:40.420><c> and</c><00:43:40.539><c> he</c>

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:43.460
shall<00:43:40.840><c> pass</c><00:43:41.219><c> through</c><00:43:41.480><c> Judah,</c><00:43:42.519><c> he</c><00:43:42.639><c> shall</c><00:43:42.920><c> overflow</c>

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:47.960
and<00:43:44.000><c> go</c><00:43:44.219><c> over,</c><00:43:45.039><c> he</c><00:43:45.239><c> shall</c><00:43:45.400><c> reach</c><00:43:45.719><c> even</c><00:43:46.079><c> to</c><00:43:46.320><c> the</c><00:43:46.519><c> neck,</c><00:43:47.480><c> and</c><00:43:47.719><c> the</c>

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:49.760
stretching<00:43:48.239><c> out</c><00:43:48.519><c> of</c><00:43:48.619><c> his</c><00:43:48.820><c> wings</c><00:43:49.000><c> shall</c><00:43:49.260><c> fill</c><00:43:49.519><c> the</c>

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:57.630
breadth<00:43:49.980><c> of</c><00:43:50.320><c> thy</c><00:43:50.559><c> land,</c><00:43:51.920><c> O</c><00:43:52.460><c> Immanuel.</c><00:43:55.380><c> So</c><00:43:56.059><c> we've</c><00:43:56.219><c> got</c><00:43:56.320><c> a</c><00:43:56.480><c> choice.</c>

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:07.659
Shiloha<00:44:01.699><c> or</c><00:44:02.820><c> Sennacherib?</c><00:44:05.380><c> What's</c><00:44:06.000><c> going</c><00:44:06.119><c> to</c><00:44:06.300><c> bring</c><00:44:06.480><c> us</c><00:44:07.280><c> to</c>

00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:12.760
change?<00:44:09.480><c> Shiloha</c><00:44:10.780><c> or</c><00:44:11.559><c> Sennacherib?</c>

00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:20.280
Let's<00:44:14.599><c> think</c><00:44:14.800><c> about</c><00:44:15.239><c> our</c><00:44:15.559><c> lives</c><00:44:15.820><c> then,</c><00:44:17.500><c> and</c><00:44:17.820><c> think</c><00:44:17.960><c> about</c><00:44:19.039><c> what</c><00:44:20.099><c> we</c>

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:23.139
need<00:44:20.460><c> to</c><00:44:20.619><c> change</c><00:44:21.260><c> in</c><00:44:21.980><c> our</c><00:44:22.179><c> lives.</c>

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:33.460
Are<00:44:29.480><c> we</c><00:44:29.760><c> refusing</c><00:44:30.119><c> the</c><00:44:30.380><c> waters</c><00:44:31.360><c> of</c><00:44:32.059><c> Shiloha?</c>

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:41.000
Are<00:44:36.320><c> we</c><00:44:36.559><c> allowing</c><00:44:36.920><c> people</c><00:44:37.400><c> not</c><00:44:37.639><c> to</c><00:44:37.780><c> be</c><00:44:37.960><c> educated</c><00:44:38.639><c> in</c><00:44:39.960><c> the</c><00:44:40.079><c> scriptures?</c>

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:49.199
Are<00:44:44.099><c> we</c><00:44:44.320><c> allowing</c><00:44:44.780><c> ourselves</c><00:44:45.599><c> to</c><00:44:45.840><c> spend</c><00:44:45.980><c> time</c><00:44:46.639><c> in</c><00:44:46.980><c> our</c><00:44:47.159><c> own</c><00:44:47.360><c> interests,</c><00:44:48.820><c> instead</c><00:44:49.059><c> of</c>

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:50.599
in<00:44:49.280><c> the</c><00:44:49.420><c> work</c><00:44:49.539><c> of</c><00:44:49.780><c> God?</c>

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:56.079
Because<00:44:52.820><c> we've</c><00:44:53.139><c> failed</c><00:44:53.519><c> to</c><00:44:53.820><c> educate,</c><00:44:54.920><c> are</c><00:44:55.099><c> we</c><00:44:55.280><c> unable</c><00:44:55.539><c> to</c><00:44:55.780><c> tell</c><00:44:55.900><c> the</c>

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:58.639
difference<00:44:56.340><c> between</c><00:44:56.840><c> right</c><00:44:57.340><c> and</c><00:44:57.579><c> wrong?</c>

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:04.380
Our<00:44:59.699><c> leaders</c><00:45:00.159><c> don't</c><00:45:00.980><c> know</c><00:45:01.179><c> God's</c><00:45:01.599><c> laws.</c><00:45:03.659><c> Do</c><00:45:03.800><c> we</c><00:45:03.900><c> put</c><00:45:04.099><c> more</c>

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:06.860
effort<00:45:04.739><c> into</c><00:45:05.300><c> adorning</c><00:45:05.679><c> ourselves</c>

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:11.980
than<00:45:07.460><c> into</c><00:45:07.739><c> godliness?</c><00:45:10.059><c> Do</c><00:45:10.300><c> we</c><00:45:10.440><c> focus</c><00:45:10.719><c> on</c><00:45:10.980><c> materialism?</c>

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:16.980
Are<00:45:15.440><c> we</c><00:45:15.719><c> spiritually</c><00:45:16.059><c> starving?</c>

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:22.880
Do<00:45:19.900><c> we</c><00:45:20.059><c> love</c><00:45:20.260><c> the</c><00:45:20.460><c> things</c><00:45:21.280><c> of</c><00:45:21.960><c> the</c><00:45:22.139><c> world?</c>

00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:27.760
Well,<00:45:25.000><c> that's</c><00:45:25.179><c> the</c><00:45:25.280><c> question</c><00:45:25.460><c> that</c><00:45:25.619><c> we</c><00:45:25.739><c> have</c><00:45:25.920><c> to</c><00:45:26.099><c> ask.</c><00:45:27.480><c> In</c><00:45:27.619><c> our</c>

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:29.519
next<00:45:27.980><c> class,</c><00:45:28.440><c> what</c><00:45:28.579><c> we're</c><00:45:28.719><c> going</c><00:45:28.880><c> to</c><00:45:29.099><c> look</c><00:45:29.280><c> at</c>

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:37.900
is<00:45:30.239><c> we're</c><00:45:30.380><c> going</c><00:45:30.579><c> to</c><00:45:30.739><c> look</c><00:45:30.980><c> at</c><00:45:31.179><c> how</c><00:45:31.780><c> God</c><00:45:32.300><c> uses</c><00:45:33.019><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:34.079><c> to</c><00:45:34.699><c> bring</c><00:45:35.119><c> about</c><00:45:35.639><c> change,</c><00:45:36.619><c> and</c><00:45:37.380><c> we're</c><00:45:37.440><c> going</c><00:45:37.579><c> to</c><00:45:37.659><c> find</c>

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:43.800
that<00:45:38.159><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:39.119><c> is</c><00:45:39.820><c> the</c><00:45:40.119><c> first</c><00:45:40.460><c> person</c><00:45:41.239><c> that</c><00:45:41.659><c> has</c><00:45:42.000><c> to</c><00:45:42.199><c> be</c><00:45:42.440><c> changed,</c><00:45:43.539><c> and</c>

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:46.380
once<00:45:44.019><c> he's</c><00:45:44.420><c> changed</c><00:45:45.019><c> then</c><00:45:45.659><c> he</c><00:45:45.860><c> can</c><00:45:46.000><c> begin</c>

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:50.880
to<00:45:46.699><c> help</c><00:45:46.900><c> the</c><00:45:47.159><c> people</c><00:45:47.780><c> of</c><00:45:48.159><c> Judah</c><00:45:48.400><c> to</c><00:45:49.139><c> be</c><00:45:49.320><c> changed</c><00:45:49.579><c> as</c><00:45:49.820><c> well.</c><00:45:50.780><c> In</c>

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:56.000
a<00:45:51.039><c> miraculous</c><00:45:51.840><c> short</c><00:45:53.179><c> time</c><00:45:53.639><c> period,</c><00:45:55.159><c> Judah</c><00:45:55.280><c> is</c><00:45:55.619><c> changed.</c>

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Thank<00:45:57.099><c> you.</c>