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Nothing.

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Hearing<00:14:15.580><c> from</c><00:14:15.840><c> the</c><00:14:16.039><c> Word.</c>

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And<00:14:17.019><c> every</c><00:14:17.159><c> time</c><00:14:17.320><c> we</c><00:14:17.519><c> open</c><00:14:17.740><c> it,</c><00:14:17.940><c> every</c><00:14:18.139><c> time</c><00:14:18.259><c> we</c><00:14:18.460><c> talk</c><00:14:18.700><c> about</c>

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it,<00:14:19.059><c> every</c><00:14:19.259><c> time</c><00:14:19.460><c> we</c><00:14:19.580><c> discuss</c><00:14:20.000><c> things</c><00:14:20.299><c> about</c><00:14:20.820><c> the</c><00:14:21.059><c> Word,</c><00:14:21.899><c> our</c>

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faith<00:14:22.360><c> develops.</c>

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Every<00:14:23.000><c> time</c><00:14:23.159><c> we</c><00:14:23.360><c> delve</c><00:14:23.519><c> into,</c><00:14:23.659><c> say,</c><00:14:23.980><c> archaeology,</c><00:14:25.460><c> then</c><00:14:25.600><c> we</c>

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see<00:14:26.019><c> that</c><00:14:26.259><c> it's</c><00:14:27.019><c> proof</c><00:14:27.419><c> that</c><00:14:27.679><c> the</c><00:14:27.860><c> Bible's</c><00:14:28.240><c> true.</c>

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For<00:14:28.740><c> me,</c><00:14:29.100><c> I</c><00:14:29.320><c> wasn't</c><00:14:29.559><c> a</c><00:14:29.720><c> Christadelphian</c><00:14:30.159><c> at</c><00:14:30.340><c> your</c><00:14:30.580><c> age.</c>

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What<00:14:31.480><c> convinced</c><00:14:31.860><c> me</c><00:14:32.039><c> was</c><00:14:32.220><c> prophecy.</c>

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The<00:14:35.480><c> things</c><00:14:35.620><c> that</c><00:14:35.779><c> were</c><00:14:35.899><c> happening</c><00:14:36.120><c> in</c><00:14:36.299><c> Europe.</c>

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The<00:14:37.080><c> Second</c><00:14:37.259><c> Slovakia</c><00:14:37.960><c> and</c><00:14:38.120><c> Hungary</c><00:14:38.460><c> and</c><00:14:38.679><c> so</c><00:14:38.799><c> on.</c>

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Russia<00:14:39.240><c> down</c><00:14:39.519><c> there</c><00:14:39.720><c> taking</c><00:14:39.960><c> over</c><00:14:40.240><c> those</c><00:14:40.460><c> states.</c>

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And<00:14:41.080><c> the</c><00:14:41.200><c> Christadelphians</c><00:14:41.840><c> were</c><00:14:42.080><c> saying,</c><00:14:42.600><c> here's</c><00:14:43.039><c> Bible</c><00:14:43.539><c> prophecy.</c>

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I<00:14:46.120><c> had</c><00:14:46.360><c> to</c><00:14:46.559><c> believe</c><00:14:46.840><c> in</c><00:14:47.059><c> a</c><00:14:47.139><c> God.</c>

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I<00:14:47.480><c> had</c><00:14:47.679><c> no</c><00:14:48.039><c> immortal</c><00:14:48.320><c> soul,</c><00:14:48.799><c> no</c><00:14:49.039><c> devils,</c><00:14:49.440><c> nothing.</c>

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All<00:14:49.700><c> I</c><00:14:49.820><c> had</c><00:14:49.980><c> was</c><00:14:50.220><c> football.</c>

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But<00:14:56.080><c> faith</c><00:14:56.440><c> comes</c><00:14:56.740><c> by</c><00:14:57.000><c> hearing.</c>

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And<00:14:57.519><c> the</c><00:14:57.580><c> more</c><00:14:57.799><c> I</c><00:14:58.019><c> heard</c><00:14:58.419><c> and</c><00:14:59.059><c> looked</c><00:14:59.259><c> at</c><00:14:59.399><c> the</c><00:14:59.600><c> newspapers,</c><00:15:01.360><c> the</c><00:15:01.460><c> more</c><00:15:01.740><c> it</c>

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started<00:15:02.059><c> to</c><00:15:02.279><c> make</c><00:15:02.519><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:15:04.000><c> the</c><00:15:04.059><c> faith</c><00:15:04.259><c> develops.</c>

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And<00:15:04.840><c> with</c><00:15:04.960><c> that</c><00:15:05.080><c> comes</c><00:15:05.360><c> a</c><00:15:05.539><c> conviction.</c>

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And<00:15:08.379><c> then</c><00:15:08.539><c> a</c><00:15:08.700><c> desire</c><00:15:09.019><c> to</c><00:15:09.299><c> serve.</c>

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And<00:15:11.000><c> a</c><00:15:11.120><c> belief.</c>

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And<00:15:11.740><c> a</c><00:15:11.860><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:15:12.419><c> then</c><00:15:12.600><c> a</c><00:15:12.759><c> walk.</c>

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I<00:15:13.980><c> had</c><00:15:14.159><c> to</c><00:15:14.220><c> get</c><00:15:14.500><c> back</c><00:15:14.840><c> to</c><00:15:15.039><c> that</c><00:15:15.200><c> original</c><00:15:15.700><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:15:18.320><c> the</c><00:15:18.440><c> message</c><00:15:18.779><c> was,</c><00:15:20.100><c> take</c><00:15:20.259><c> a</c><00:15:20.519><c> note</c><00:15:20.799><c> out</c><00:15:22.360><c> of</c><00:15:22.519><c> the</c><00:15:22.700><c> neighbouring</c><00:15:23.259><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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That<00:15:25.399><c> maybe</c><00:15:25.779><c> some</c><00:15:26.080><c> even</c><00:15:26.539><c> despised</c><00:15:27.039><c> a</c><00:15:27.220><c> little</c><00:15:27.559><c> poor</c><00:15:28.580><c> Ecclesia</c>

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up<00:15:29.480><c> there,</c><00:15:29.840><c> whereas</c><00:15:29.960><c> Ephesus</c><00:15:30.379><c> would</c><00:15:30.559><c> have</c><00:15:30.679><c> been</c><00:15:30.779><c> quite</c><00:15:31.179><c> wealthy.</c>

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It<00:15:32.639><c> was</c><00:15:32.799><c> a</c><00:15:32.980><c> prosperous</c><00:15:33.379><c> city.</c>

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Nothing<00:15:35.159><c> said</c><00:15:35.559><c> to</c><00:15:35.759><c> them</c><00:15:36.019><c> about</c><00:15:36.320><c> being</c><00:15:36.620><c> poor.</c>

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So<00:15:39.679><c> it</c><00:15:39.679><c> wasn't</c><00:15:39.899><c> very</c><00:15:40.179><c> far</c><00:15:40.460><c> away,</c><00:15:41.000><c> Smirna,</c><00:15:41.279><c> just</c><00:15:41.580><c> up</c><00:15:41.779><c> the</c><00:15:41.960><c> coast.</c>

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That<00:15:42.860><c> was</c><00:15:43.100><c> the</c><00:15:43.299><c> second</c><00:15:43.519><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:15:45.799><c> we</c><00:15:46.279><c> see</c><00:15:46.539><c> those</c><00:15:46.879><c> same</c><00:15:47.220><c> things.</c>

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Now<00:15:47.700><c> we</c><00:15:47.840><c> come</c><00:15:48.019><c> to</c><00:15:48.240><c> the</c><00:15:48.460><c> third</c><00:15:49.039><c> letter,</c><00:15:49.600><c> verse</c><00:15:49.899><c> 12.</c>

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Where<00:15:51.840><c> are</c><00:15:51.960><c> we</c><00:15:52.059><c> up</c><00:15:52.220><c> to?</c>

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Pergamos.

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Right,<00:15:57.159><c> under</c><00:15:57.299><c> the</c><00:15:57.500><c> angel</c><00:15:57.740><c> of</c><00:15:57.960><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:15:58.500><c> the</c><00:15:58.639><c> leader,</c><00:15:58.960><c> the</c>

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elder,<00:16:00.159><c> in</c><00:16:00.220><c> that</c><00:16:00.519><c> meeting,</c><00:16:01.899><c> Pergamos.</c>

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The<00:16:04.120><c> next</c><00:16:04.360><c> one,</c><00:16:07.320><c> up</c><00:16:07.580><c> here,</c><00:16:07.899><c> called</c><00:16:08.139><c> Pergamum.</c>

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A<00:16:10.340><c> bit</c><00:16:10.820><c> further</c><00:16:11.120><c> than</c><00:16:11.399><c> Smirna</c><00:16:11.720><c> from</c><00:16:11.960><c> Ephesus.</c>

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This<00:16:12.539><c> is</c><00:16:12.679><c> not</c><00:16:12.840><c> very</c><00:16:13.039><c> far.</c>

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I<00:16:13.320><c> think</c><00:16:13.480><c> that's</c><00:16:13.679><c> about</c><00:16:14.019><c> 65</c><00:16:14.500><c> miles</c><00:16:15.039><c> up</c><00:16:15.320><c> there.</c>

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65<00:16:17.039><c> here.</c>

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Not<00:16:19.879><c> a</c><00:16:20.179><c> port.</c>

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Yes?

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Sorry,<00:16:24.279><c> I</c><00:16:24.460><c> can't</c><00:16:24.539><c> hear.</c>

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We'll<00:16:26.759><c> come</c><00:16:26.899><c> to</c><00:16:27.059><c> that.</c>

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So<00:16:27.440><c> you</c><00:16:27.580><c> keep</c><00:16:27.659><c> that</c><00:16:27.899><c> in</c><00:16:28.059><c> mind.</c>

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If<00:16:28.299><c> we</c><00:16:28.500><c> don't</c><00:16:28.639><c> get</c><00:16:28.799><c> it,</c><00:16:29.039><c> you</c><00:16:29.120><c> remind</c><00:16:29.399><c> us.</c>

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Now,<00:16:32.539><c> under</c><00:16:32.740><c> this</c><00:16:33.059><c> angel,</c><00:16:33.500><c> right,</c><00:16:33.759><c> these</c><00:16:34.059><c> things</c><00:16:34.320><c> saith</c><00:16:34.620><c> he</c>

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which<00:16:35.259><c> hath</c><00:16:35.460><c> the</c><00:16:35.759><c> sharp</c><00:16:36.139><c> sword</c><00:16:36.539><c> with</c><00:16:36.779><c> two</c><00:16:37.019><c> edges.</c>

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What's<00:16:38.200><c> something</c><00:16:38.580><c> about</c><00:16:38.879><c> most</c><00:16:39.200><c> swords</c><00:16:39.440><c> don't</c><00:16:39.679><c> have</c><00:16:39.799><c> two</c><00:16:40.039><c> edges?</c>

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Or<00:16:42.179><c> may</c><00:16:42.399><c> not</c><00:16:42.559><c> have</c><00:16:42.679><c> two</c><00:16:42.919><c> edges.</c>

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They<00:16:46.519><c> cut</c><00:16:46.720><c> with</c><00:16:46.899><c> one</c><00:16:47.139><c> side</c><00:16:47.279><c> of</c><00:16:47.340><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:16:47.580><c> a</c><00:16:47.580><c> two</c><00:16:47.779><c>-edged</c><00:16:48.039><c> sword,</c><00:16:49.940><c> cuts</c><00:16:50.120><c> both</c><00:16:50.500><c> ways.</c>

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Where<00:16:52.779><c> was</c><00:16:53.080><c> the</c><00:16:53.399><c> sword</c><00:16:53.860><c> in</c><00:16:54.139><c> the</c><00:16:54.299><c> man</c><00:16:54.659><c> of</c><00:16:54.960><c> one?</c>

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Now,<00:16:57.840><c> how</c><00:16:58.120><c> do</c><00:16:58.220><c> you</c><00:16:58.360><c> fight</c><00:16:58.759><c> with</c><00:16:58.980><c> a</c><00:16:59.259><c> sword</c><00:16:59.500><c> in</c><00:16:59.700><c> your</c><00:16:59.840><c> mouth?</c>

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It's<00:17:02.620><c> the</c><00:17:02.799><c> word.</c>

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Anyone<00:17:04.740><c> know</c><00:17:05.119><c> where</c><00:17:05.319><c> it</c><00:17:05.400><c> says</c><00:17:05.740><c> the</c><00:17:05.960><c> word</c><00:17:06.359><c> of</c><00:17:06.500><c> God</c><00:17:06.819><c> is</c><00:17:07.220><c> quick,</c>

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powerful,<00:17:09.180><c> sharper</c><00:17:09.480><c> than</c><00:17:09.940><c> any</c><00:17:10.359><c> two</c><00:17:10.619><c>-edged</c><00:17:10.859><c> sword</c><00:17:11.160><c> that</c><00:17:11.400><c> cuts</c>

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right<00:17:12.140><c> to</c><00:17:12.339><c> the</c><00:17:12.500><c> marrow?</c>

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Where<00:17:13.339><c> does</c><00:17:13.559><c> it</c><00:17:13.579><c> say</c><00:17:13.880><c> that?</c>

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You<00:17:16.960><c> got</c><00:17:17.099><c> a</c><00:17:17.220><c> verse</c><00:17:17.440><c> there?</c>

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I<00:17:19.279><c> was</c><00:17:19.440><c> thinking</c><00:17:19.640><c> of</c><00:17:19.779><c> a</c><00:17:19.900><c> New</c><00:17:20.059><c> Testament</c><00:17:20.440><c> one.</c>

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Yeah,<00:17:22.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:22.380><c> is</c><00:17:22.559><c> one</c><00:17:22.619><c> I</c><00:17:22.819><c> was</c><00:17:22.960><c> thinking</c><00:17:23.160><c> of.</c>

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The<00:17:24.400><c> word</c><00:17:24.660><c> of</c><00:17:24.900><c> God</c><00:17:25.099><c> is</c><00:17:25.500><c> quick,</c><00:17:27.240><c> powerful,</c><00:17:28.700><c> sharper</c><00:17:29.019><c> than</c><00:17:29.259><c> any</c>

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two<00:17:29.779><c>-edged</c><00:17:30.000><c> sword</c><00:17:30.299><c> that</c><00:17:30.480><c> cuts</c><00:17:30.819><c> both</c><00:17:31.180><c> ways,</c>

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even<00:17:31.819><c> to</c><00:17:32.119><c> the</c><00:17:32.400><c> marrow,</c><00:17:33.200><c> the</c><00:17:33.460><c> discerning</c><00:17:34.039><c> of</c><00:17:34.240><c> the</c><00:17:34.500><c> thoughts</c><00:17:34.900><c> and</c><00:17:35.220><c> the</c><00:17:35.579><c> intents</c><00:17:35.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:36.579><c> heart.</c>

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In<00:17:39.079><c> other</c><00:17:39.339><c> words,</c><00:17:40.180><c> the</c><00:17:40.259><c> word</c><00:17:40.440><c> of</c><00:17:40.619><c> God</c><00:17:40.799><c> goes</c><00:17:41.200><c> right</c><00:17:41.880><c> down</c><00:17:42.759><c> into</c>

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our<00:17:44.039><c> thinking,</c><00:17:44.740><c> our</c><00:17:45.019><c> motives.</c>

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So<00:17:47.859><c> here's</c><00:17:48.240><c> the</c><00:17:48.460><c> sword</c><00:17:48.740><c> is</c><00:17:48.980><c> the</c><00:17:49.099><c> word</c><00:17:49.319><c> of</c><00:17:49.500><c> God.</c>

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Fighting<00:17:53.559><c> the</c><00:17:54.140><c> word</c><00:17:54.359><c> of</c><00:17:54.539><c> God.</c>

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Where<00:17:54.980><c> do</c><00:17:55.119><c> we</c><00:17:55.200><c> get</c><00:17:55.440><c> a</c><00:17:55.619><c> vision</c><00:17:55.859><c> or</c><00:17:56.180><c> an</c><00:17:56.359><c> image</c><00:17:56.640><c> or</c><00:17:56.980><c> a</c><00:17:57.259><c> description</c>

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of<00:17:58.000><c> a</c><00:17:58.220><c> spiritual</c><00:17:59.099><c> warrior?</c>

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Anyone<00:18:00.480><c> remember?</c>

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And<00:18:01.500><c> you</c><00:18:01.559><c> may</c><00:18:01.759><c> have</c><00:18:01.859><c> an</c><00:18:02.160><c> insert</c><00:18:02.380><c> with</c><00:18:02.680><c> the</c><00:18:03.339><c> head</c><00:18:03.500><c> and</c><00:18:03.759><c> the</c><00:18:03.900><c> arm.</c>

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Infusions,<00:18:06.480><c> isn't</c><00:18:06.700><c> it?</c>

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All<00:18:08.519><c> the</c><00:18:08.660><c> pieces</c><00:18:08.960><c> of</c><00:18:09.359><c> armour.</c>

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There's<00:18:10.920><c> a</c><00:18:11.119><c> sword.</c>

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You<00:18:12.440><c> fight</c><00:18:12.660><c> with</c><00:18:12.859><c> the</c><00:18:12.980><c> word</c><00:18:13.119><c> of</c><00:18:13.279><c> God.</c>

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In<00:18:15.579><c> the</c><00:18:15.819><c> day</c><00:18:16.140><c> of</c><00:18:16.339><c> the</c><00:18:16.539><c> kingdom,</c><00:18:18.299><c> and</c><00:18:18.480><c> this</c><00:18:18.599><c> is</c><00:18:18.819><c> going,</c><00:18:19.299><c> that</c><00:18:19.539><c> man</c><00:18:19.779><c> of</c>

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one<00:18:20.059><c> is</c><00:18:20.299><c> really</c><00:18:20.599><c> a</c><00:18:20.779><c> vision</c><00:18:21.119><c> of</c><00:18:21.779><c> what</c><00:18:22.019><c> the</c><00:18:22.240><c> saints</c><00:18:22.460><c> will</c><00:18:22.700><c> be</c><00:18:22.839><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:23.119><c> day</c><00:18:23.319><c> of</c><00:18:23.440><c> the</c><00:18:23.599><c> kingdom,</c>

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will<00:18:24.779><c> go</c><00:18:25.079><c> forth</c><00:18:25.359><c> with</c><00:18:25.559><c> the</c><00:18:25.660><c> word</c><00:18:25.819><c> of</c><00:18:25.960><c> God.</c>

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Armageddon<00:18:27.180><c> is</c><00:18:27.400><c> over,</c><00:18:27.599><c> finished.</c>

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Then<00:18:30.539><c> it</c><00:18:30.619><c> will</c><00:18:30.819><c> be</c><00:18:31.059><c> instruction</c><00:18:31.579><c> and</c><00:18:31.960><c> teaching</c><00:18:32.319><c> of</c><00:18:32.519><c> the</c><00:18:32.660><c> nations,</c><00:18:33.380><c> the</c>

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word<00:18:33.680><c> of</c><00:18:33.819><c> God.</c>

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So<00:18:34.940><c> the</c><00:18:35.160><c> sword</c><00:18:35.319><c> represents</c><00:18:35.880><c> the</c><00:18:36.099><c> word</c><00:18:36.279><c> of</c><00:18:36.440><c> God</c><00:18:36.720><c> being</c><00:18:37.079><c> taught.</c>

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Why<00:18:39.160><c> do</c><00:18:39.460><c> you</c><00:18:39.519><c> think</c><00:18:40.519><c> that's</c><00:18:42.160><c> the</c><00:18:42.420><c> opening</c><00:18:42.799><c> to</c><00:18:43.180><c> this</c><00:18:44.160><c> ecclesia</c>

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in<00:18:45.480><c> this</c><00:18:46.200><c> city?</c>

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I<00:18:48.240><c> guess</c><00:18:48.400><c> you</c><00:18:48.539><c> have</c><00:18:48.660><c> to</c><00:18:48.759><c> know</c><00:18:48.880><c> something</c><00:18:49.160><c> about</c><00:18:49.500><c> Pergamos.</c>

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Anyone<00:18:51.559><c> know</c><00:18:52.079><c> anything</c><00:18:52.480><c> about</c><00:18:52.859><c> the</c><00:18:53.059><c> city</c><00:18:53.299><c> Pergamos?</c>

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It<00:18:57.119><c> was</c><00:18:57.680><c> the</c><00:18:57.920><c> Roman</c><00:18:58.599><c> capital</c><00:18:59.539><c> of</c><00:19:00.119><c> Asia</c><00:19:00.440><c> Minor.</c>

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Where<00:19:02.519><c> all</c><00:19:02.779><c> the</c><00:19:02.920><c> Roman</c><00:19:03.200><c> forces</c><00:19:03.640><c> were.</c>

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Where<00:19:04.140><c> all</c><00:19:04.519><c> the</c><00:19:04.759><c> civil</c><00:19:04.960><c> buildings</c><00:19:05.380><c> were.</c>

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This<00:19:06.140><c> was</c><00:19:06.400><c> the</c><00:19:06.720><c> headquarters</c><00:19:07.400><c> of</c><00:19:07.960><c> Rome</c><00:19:08.619><c> over</c><00:19:09.619><c> in</c><00:19:09.900><c> Asia</c><00:19:10.099><c> Minor.</c>

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Now<00:19:10.680><c> what</c><00:19:10.960><c> did</c><00:19:11.299><c> every</c><00:19:11.660><c> Roman</c><00:19:11.980><c> have?</c>

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Sword.

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Walk<00:19:17.200><c> down</c><00:19:17.480><c> the</c><00:19:17.680><c> street</c><00:19:17.859><c> and</c><00:19:18.059><c> a</c><00:19:18.079><c> Roman,</c><00:19:18.539><c> it</c><00:19:18.640><c> would</c><00:19:18.700><c> be</c><00:19:18.819><c> a</c><00:19:18.940><c> sword.</c>

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It<00:19:19.259><c> wasn't</c><00:19:19.579><c> a</c><00:19:19.700><c> big</c><00:19:19.940><c> sword,</c><00:19:20.220><c> was</c><00:19:20.339><c> it?</c>

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Normally<00:19:22.240><c> it</c><00:19:22.319><c> was</c><00:19:22.519><c> a</c><00:19:22.559><c> little</c><00:19:23.880><c> short</c><00:19:24.299><c> sword.</c>

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This<00:19:26.160><c> sword</c><00:19:26.440><c> here,</c><00:19:27.799><c> there</c><00:19:28.180><c> are</c><00:19:28.299><c> two</c><00:19:28.500><c> words</c><00:19:28.759><c> for</c><00:19:28.940><c> sword</c><00:19:29.220><c> in</c><00:19:29.400><c> scripture.</c>

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And<00:19:31.319><c> this</c><00:19:31.559><c> one</c><00:19:31.880><c> is</c><00:19:32.180><c> actually</c><00:19:32.619><c> the</c><00:19:32.799><c> long</c><00:19:33.119><c> sword.</c>

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Not<00:19:34.900><c> the</c><00:19:35.079><c> little</c><00:19:35.339><c> short</c><00:19:35.539><c> dagger</c><00:19:35.839><c> that</c><00:19:36.059><c> the</c><00:19:36.220><c> Romans</c><00:19:36.480><c> wore,</c><00:19:36.819><c> it</c>

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was<00:19:36.940><c> a</c><00:19:37.039><c> long</c><00:19:37.380><c> sword.</c>

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It<00:19:38.259><c> was</c><00:19:38.480><c> called</c><00:19:38.660><c> the</c><00:19:38.940><c> Thracian</c><00:19:39.440><c> sword.</c>

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From<00:19:41.339><c> Thrace,</c><00:19:43.579><c> the</c><00:19:43.740><c> armies</c><00:19:44.079><c> of</c><00:19:44.420><c> Thrace</c><00:19:45.059><c> always</c><00:19:45.500><c> had</c><00:19:45.759><c> big,</c>

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long,<00:19:46.700><c> cutlass</c><00:19:46.940><c> type</c><00:19:47.279><c> swords.</c>

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It<00:19:47.859><c> was</c><00:19:48.059><c> that</c><00:19:48.400><c> sort</c><00:19:48.759><c> of</c><00:19:48.880><c> sword</c><00:19:49.039><c> that's</c><00:19:49.319><c> mentioned</c><00:19:49.619><c> here</c><00:19:49.880><c> with</c>

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the<00:19:50.359><c> Greek</c><00:19:50.539><c> word.</c>

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So<00:19:51.420><c> it</c><00:19:51.420><c> wasn't</c><00:19:51.700><c> the</c><00:19:51.779><c> little</c><00:19:51.960><c> Roman</c><00:19:52.200><c> dagger.</c>

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But<00:19:52.599><c> the</c><00:19:52.720><c> point</c><00:19:52.920><c> was,</c><00:19:53.559><c> they</c><00:19:53.839><c> lived</c><00:19:54.059><c> in</c><00:19:54.240><c> a</c><00:19:54.299><c> city</c><00:19:54.480><c> where</c>

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everyone<00:19:55.119><c> understood.</c>

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Everyone<00:19:55.940><c> had</c><00:19:56.140><c> a</c><00:19:56.359><c> sword</c><00:19:56.559><c> on</c><00:19:56.779><c> their</c><00:19:56.920><c> head.</c>

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And<00:20:00.220><c> Rome</c><00:20:00.480><c> dictated</c><00:20:01.019><c> things</c><00:20:01.359><c> by</c><00:20:01.619><c> the</c><00:20:01.900><c> sword.</c>

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And<00:20:06.019><c> there's</c><00:20:06.200><c> the</c><00:20:06.400><c> opening.</c>

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These<00:20:08.200><c> things</c><00:20:08.779><c> saith</c><00:20:09.160><c> he</c><00:20:09.480><c> which</c><00:20:09.779><c> hath</c><00:20:10.000><c> the</c><00:20:10.319><c> sharp</c><00:20:10.839><c> sword.</c>

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He<00:20:13.180><c> cut</c><00:20:13.259><c> us</c><00:20:13.500><c> asunder,</c><00:20:14.400><c> right</c><00:20:14.579><c> down</c><00:20:14.839><c> to</c><00:20:14.900><c> what</c><00:20:15.059><c> we're</c><00:20:15.259><c> thinking.</c>

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All<00:20:16.819><c> right,</c><00:20:17.039><c> next</c><00:20:17.319><c> stage,</c><00:20:17.940><c> next</c><00:20:18.039><c> phrase.</c>

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What<00:20:19.799><c> would</c><00:20:19.960><c> you</c><00:20:20.160><c> expect?</c>

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Straight<00:20:20.759><c> away?</c>

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I<00:20:22.799><c> know</c><00:20:23.220><c> thy</c><00:20:23.559><c> works.</c>

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There<00:20:26.059><c> it</c><00:20:26.200><c> is,</c><00:20:26.440><c> what</c><00:20:26.640><c> works.</c>

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Where<00:20:27.900><c> are</c><00:20:27.960><c> we</c><00:20:28.019><c> up</c><00:20:28.200><c> to?</c>

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One<00:20:31.319><c> of</c><00:20:31.539><c> these</c><00:20:31.559><c> at,</c><00:20:31.799><c> this</c><00:20:31.900><c> is</c><00:20:32.019><c> a</c><00:20:32.140><c> laser</c><00:20:32.299><c> beam.</c>

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Thanks.

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Finish,<00:20:37.500><c> verse</c><00:20:37.660><c> 12,</c><00:20:38.940><c> 13.</c>

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All<00:20:58.559><c> right.</c>

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Satan's<00:21:01.140><c> seat.</c>

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The<00:21:02.660><c> seat</c><00:21:02.859><c> of</c><00:21:03.119><c> the</c><00:21:03.299><c> Roman</c><00:21:03.640><c> power.</c>

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Even<00:21:05.960><c> where</c><00:21:06.299><c> Rome</c><00:21:06.740><c> really</c><00:21:07.359><c> has</c><00:21:07.779><c> control,</c><00:21:08.440><c> like</c><00:21:08.579><c> nowhere</c><00:21:08.880><c> else</c>

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in<00:21:09.460><c> Asia</c><00:21:09.740><c> Minor.</c>

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What<00:21:11.599><c> was</c><00:21:11.960><c> that</c><00:21:12.220><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:12.640><c> of?</c>

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Of<00:21:13.779><c> that,</c><00:21:14.160><c> this.</c>

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It<00:21:17.660><c> was</c><00:21:18.220><c> standing</c><00:21:18.480><c> up</c><00:21:19.599><c> for</c><00:21:19.920><c> the</c><00:21:20.099><c> truth.</c>

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They<00:21:22.259><c> hadn't</c><00:21:22.559><c> denied</c><00:21:22.859><c> the</c><00:21:23.099><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:21:24.779><c> mention</c><00:21:25.000><c> is</c><00:21:25.160><c> made</c><00:21:25.400><c> of</c><00:21:25.660><c> antipas.</c>

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Well,<00:21:28.880><c> here's</c><00:21:29.000><c> some</c><00:21:29.259><c> homework</c><00:21:29.500><c> you</c><00:21:29.640><c> might</c><00:21:29.900><c> like</c><00:21:30.160><c> to</c><00:21:30.359><c> do.</c>

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Who<00:21:31.440><c> was</c><00:21:31.700><c> antipas?</c>

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Was<00:21:34.319><c> antipas</c><00:21:34.880><c> a</c><00:21:35.079><c> person?</c>

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Or<00:21:37.279><c> maybe</c><00:21:37.640><c> a</c><00:21:37.920><c> group</c><00:21:38.259><c> of</c><00:21:38.640><c> believers?</c>

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They're<00:21:41.000><c> spoken</c><00:21:41.220><c> of</c><00:21:41.420><c> as</c><00:21:41.559><c> being</c><00:21:41.819><c> martyrs.</c>

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What<00:21:42.859><c> are</c><00:21:43.160><c> martyrs?</c>

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Right,<00:21:45.740><c> they</c><00:21:45.920><c> died</c><00:21:46.160><c> for</c><00:21:46.359><c> the</c><00:21:46.519><c> truth</c><00:21:46.740><c> or</c><00:21:46.960><c> stood</c><00:21:47.140><c> up</c><00:21:47.359><c> for</c><00:21:47.500><c> the</c><00:21:47.700><c> truth,</c><00:21:47.940><c> prepared</c><00:21:48.240><c> to</c>

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give<00:21:48.480><c> their</c><00:21:48.619><c> lives</c><00:21:48.880><c> for</c><00:21:49.079><c> the</c><00:21:49.240><c> truth.</c>

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Go<00:21:50.480><c> home</c><00:21:50.700><c> and</c><00:21:50.819><c> read</c><00:21:50.980><c> Eureka.</c>

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Whole<00:21:53.160><c> section</c><00:21:53.500><c> in</c><00:21:53.640><c> Eureka,</c><00:21:54.220><c> Brother</c><00:21:54.400><c> Thomas's</c><00:21:54.859><c> Eureka,</c><00:21:55.920><c> on</c><00:21:56.160><c> antipas.</c>

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There<00:21:57.880><c> were</c><00:21:58.079><c> witnesses</c><00:21:58.539><c> in</c><00:21:58.900><c> that</c><00:21:59.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:59.680><c> who</c><00:22:00.039><c> were</c><00:22:00.240><c> prepared</c><00:22:00.480><c> to</c><00:22:00.660><c> stand</c><00:22:00.859><c> up</c>

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and<00:22:01.880><c> even</c><00:22:02.140><c> be</c><00:22:02.380><c> martyred</c><00:22:02.740><c> for</c><00:22:02.900><c> the</c><00:22:03.119><c> cause</c><00:22:03.259><c> of</c><00:22:03.460><c> the</c><00:22:03.579><c> truth</c><00:22:03.819><c> by</c><00:22:04.380><c> Rome.</c>

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We<00:22:06.839><c> all</c><00:22:07.079><c> know</c><00:22:07.259><c> if</c><00:22:07.359><c> you've</c><00:22:07.500><c> done</c><00:22:07.680><c> any</c><00:22:07.900><c> history</c><00:22:08.180><c> on</c><00:22:08.319><c> Rome,</c><00:22:09.140><c> they</c>

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didn't<00:22:09.559><c> mess</c><00:22:09.859><c> around.</c>

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If<00:22:11.539><c> you</c><00:22:11.819><c> defied</c><00:22:12.240><c> Rome,</c><00:22:12.720><c> it's</c><00:22:13.720><c> a</c><00:22:13.839><c> disorder.</c>

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So<00:22:16.440><c> we</c><00:22:16.500><c> get</c><00:22:16.640><c> a</c><00:22:16.700><c> bit</c><00:22:16.779><c> of</c><00:22:16.900><c> a</c><00:22:17.019><c> feeling.</c>

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And<00:22:17.359><c> when</c><00:22:17.539><c> we</c><00:22:17.680><c> read</c><00:22:17.920><c> these</c><00:22:18.180><c> letters,</c><00:22:18.759><c> we</c><00:22:18.819><c> may</c><00:22:19.099><c> find</c><00:22:19.539><c> Revelation</c><00:22:20.099><c> is</c><00:22:20.359><c> pretty</c><00:22:20.660><c> difficult.</c>

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It's<00:22:21.400><c> a</c><00:22:21.420><c> book</c><00:22:21.640><c> of</c><00:22:21.819><c> lots</c><00:22:22.119><c> of</c><00:22:22.420><c> symbols</c><00:22:22.819><c> and</c><00:22:23.079><c> lots</c><00:22:23.440><c> of</c><00:22:23.819><c> signs</c><00:22:24.299><c> and</c>

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things<00:22:25.720><c> that</c><00:22:25.920><c> we</c><00:22:26.079><c> say</c><00:22:26.220><c> we</c><00:22:26.480><c> cannot</c><00:22:26.759><c> understand</c><00:22:27.240><c> it.</c>

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But<00:22:28.079><c> if</c><00:22:29.079><c> you</c><00:22:29.319><c> start</c><00:22:29.660><c> digging</c><00:22:29.900><c> it</c><00:22:30.220><c> out,</c><00:22:32.079><c> you</c><00:22:32.220><c> find</c><00:22:32.480><c> it</c><00:22:32.839><c> really</c>

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is<00:22:33.460><c> interesting.</c>

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It's<00:22:33.940><c> a</c><00:22:34.099><c> lot</c><00:22:34.299><c> of</c><00:22:34.640><c> history,</c><00:22:34.980><c> and</c><00:22:35.099><c> that's</c><00:22:35.420><c> the</c><00:22:35.619><c> problem</c><00:22:35.880><c> with</c><00:22:36.079><c> Revelation</c><00:22:36.539><c> with</c><00:22:36.740><c> a</c>

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lot<00:22:36.900><c> of</c><00:22:37.059><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:22:37.640><c> really</c><00:22:37.920><c> the</c><00:22:38.140><c> history</c><00:22:38.539><c> from</c><00:22:38.839><c> John's</c><00:22:39.519><c> day</c><00:22:40.019><c> to</c><00:22:40.900><c> ours</c><00:22:41.380><c> and</c><00:22:42.000><c> beyond.</c>

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:46.000
And<00:22:43.420><c> most</c><00:22:43.660><c> of</c><00:22:43.859><c> that</c><00:22:44.000><c> history</c><00:22:44.359><c> would</c><00:22:44.539><c> have</c><00:22:44.680><c> been</c><00:22:44.839><c> taken</c><00:22:45.059><c> up</c><00:22:45.279><c> with</c><00:22:45.539><c> one</c>

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big<00:22:46.740><c> system.</c>

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What<00:22:47.519><c> was</c><00:22:47.759><c> that?</c>

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Rome.

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Rome<00:22:52.259><c> ruled</c><00:22:52.779><c> for</c><00:22:53.200><c> centuries.</c>

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And<00:22:54.759><c> a</c><00:22:54.900><c> lot</c><00:22:55.059><c> of</c><00:22:55.259><c> the</c><00:22:55.480><c> history</c><00:22:55.839><c> in</c><00:22:56.019><c> this</c><00:22:56.319><c> book</c><00:22:56.660><c> deals</c><00:22:57.160><c> with</c><00:22:57.400><c> what</c>

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Rome<00:22:58.079><c> was</c><00:22:58.380><c> doing,</c>

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the<00:22:59.759><c> persecutions</c><00:23:00.420><c> and</c><00:23:00.720><c> so</c><00:23:00.839><c> on</c><00:23:00.920><c> with</c><00:23:01.099><c> the</c><00:23:01.339><c> brethren</c><00:23:01.680><c> and</c><00:23:02.160><c> also</c>

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with<00:23:02.720><c> Protestants</c><00:23:03.220><c> and</c><00:23:03.400><c> so</c><00:23:03.539><c> on</c>

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:06.380
that<00:23:03.839><c> were</c><00:23:04.559><c> sort</c><00:23:04.819><c> of</c><00:23:04.900><c> making</c><00:23:05.200><c> a</c><00:23:05.440><c> stand</c><00:23:05.599><c> against</c><00:23:05.960><c> the</c><00:23:06.140><c> Roman</c>

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.019
Catholic<00:23:06.700><c> system.</c>

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:09.200
So<00:23:07.180><c> there's</c><00:23:07.359><c> a</c><00:23:07.460><c> lot</c><00:23:07.640><c> of</c><00:23:07.859><c> history</c><00:23:08.059><c> right</c><00:23:08.400><c> down</c><00:23:08.619><c> to</c><00:23:08.779><c> the</c><00:23:08.880><c> French</c>

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Revolution,<00:23:10.299><c> right</c><00:23:10.579><c> down</c><00:23:10.859><c> to</c><00:23:11.119><c> Turkey,</c><00:23:12.099><c> etc.</c>

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right<00:23:13.339><c> down</c><00:23:13.759><c> to</c><00:23:15.039><c> Armageddon.</c>

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It<00:23:16.359><c> hasn't</c><00:23:16.559><c> happened</c><00:23:16.900><c> yet.</c>

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The<00:23:18.000><c> turn</c><00:23:18.200><c> of</c><00:23:18.400><c> Christ</c><00:23:18.740><c> had</c><00:23:18.920><c> come</c><00:23:19.059><c> as</c><00:23:19.259><c> a</c><00:23:19.359><c> thief.</c>

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.619
On<00:23:20.759><c> into</c><00:23:20.960><c> the</c><00:23:21.099><c> day</c><00:23:21.279><c> of</c><00:23:21.380><c> the</c><00:23:21.500><c> kingdom,</c><00:23:21.900><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:23:22.420><c> temple</c><00:23:22.660><c> era,</c>

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right<00:23:24.400><c> through</c><00:23:24.599><c> to</c><00:23:24.740><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.000><c> 22.</c>

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So<00:23:25.680><c> it's</c><00:23:25.900><c> a</c><00:23:26.000><c> whole</c><00:23:26.380><c> history</c><00:23:27.099><c> from</c><00:23:27.960><c> John's</c><00:23:28.700><c> day</c><00:23:29.220><c> right</c><00:23:29.740><c> through</c>

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to<00:23:30.079><c> the</c><00:23:30.259><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:23:31.900><c> a</c><00:23:32.099><c> history</c><00:23:32.420><c> book,</c><00:23:33.279><c> but</c><00:23:33.500><c> the</c><00:23:33.740><c> language</c><00:23:34.079><c> is</c><00:23:34.319><c> not</c><00:23:34.619><c> simple.</c>

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A<00:23:35.839><c> lot</c><00:23:36.319><c> of</c><00:23:36.940><c> simple.</c>

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So<00:23:38.839><c> here</c><00:23:39.039><c> we</c><00:23:39.220><c> come</c><00:23:39.500><c> to</c><00:23:41.619><c> Pergamos.</c>

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You<00:23:43.119><c> go</c><00:23:43.220><c> to</c><00:23:43.400><c> Pergamos</c><00:23:43.839><c> today.</c>

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It's<00:23:49.220><c> in</c><00:23:49.440><c> the</c><00:23:49.619><c> hills</c><00:23:50.180><c> inland.</c>

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Very<00:23:53.039><c> steep.</c>

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And<00:23:56.140><c> up</c><00:23:56.339><c> on</c><00:23:56.539><c> this</c><00:23:56.839><c> hill</c><00:23:57.259><c> were</c><00:23:58.319><c> all</c><00:23:58.920><c> the</c><00:23:59.200><c> Roman</c><00:23:59.680><c> buildings.</c>

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So<00:24:01.559><c> you</c><00:24:01.720><c> had</c><00:24:01.920><c> all</c><00:24:02.160><c> the</c><00:24:02.380><c> military</c><00:24:03.619><c> headquarters</c><00:24:04.380><c> and</c><00:24:04.799><c> the</c><00:24:05.000><c> barracks,</c><00:24:05.420><c> the</c>

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army<00:24:05.839><c> barracks.</c>

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You<00:24:06.319><c> had</c><00:24:06.460><c> all</c><00:24:06.700><c> the</c><00:24:06.940><c> civil</c><00:24:07.160><c> buildings.</c>

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.480
You<00:24:07.720><c> had</c><00:24:07.859><c> all</c><00:24:08.059><c> the</c><00:24:08.259><c> gymnasiums.</c>

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:10.519
You<00:24:09.059><c> had</c><00:24:09.119><c> all</c><00:24:09.299><c> the</c><00:24:09.519><c> temples</c><00:24:09.880><c> and</c><00:24:10.079><c> so</c><00:24:10.200><c> on.</c>

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All<00:24:10.980><c> up</c><00:24:11.180><c> on</c><00:24:11.339><c> this</c><00:24:11.559><c> hill.</c>

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And<00:24:11.920><c> there</c><00:24:12.059><c> were</c><00:24:12.259><c> great</c><00:24:12.880><c> corridors</c><00:24:13.319><c> of</c><00:24:13.759><c> terraces.</c>

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You<00:24:14.240><c> can</c><00:24:14.460><c> see</c><00:24:14.619><c> here.</c>

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There's<00:24:15.140><c> the</c><00:24:15.319><c> ruins</c><00:24:15.539><c> of</c><00:24:15.799><c> some.</c>

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.920
There's<00:24:16.519><c> a</c><00:24:16.720><c> terrace</c><00:24:16.960><c> right</c><00:24:17.180><c> along</c><00:24:17.440><c> there.</c>

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And<00:24:18.359><c> there's</c><00:24:18.579><c> another</c><00:24:18.839><c> one</c><00:24:19.019><c> there.</c>

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:21.599
There's<00:24:20.059><c> another</c><00:24:20.299><c> one</c><00:24:20.440><c> up</c><00:24:20.680><c> here</c><00:24:20.859><c> and</c><00:24:21.079><c> sitting</c><00:24:21.220><c> on</c><00:24:21.480><c> top.</c>

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:24.940
And<00:24:21.819><c> roughly</c><00:24:22.019><c> there</c><00:24:22.160><c> were</c><00:24:22.279><c> three</c><00:24:22.680><c> great</c><00:24:22.920><c> big</c><00:24:23.180><c> terraces</c><00:24:23.880><c> carved</c><00:24:24.700><c> into</c>

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the<00:24:25.240><c> hill.</c>

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That's<00:24:27.920><c> how</c><00:24:28.039><c> they</c><00:24:28.220><c> built</c><00:24:28.440><c> in</c><00:24:28.640><c> those</c><00:24:28.839><c> days,</c><00:24:29.059><c> wasn't</c><00:24:29.240><c> it?</c>

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Why<00:24:29.539><c> did</c><00:24:29.680><c> they</c><00:24:29.799><c> build</c><00:24:30.000><c> on</c><00:24:30.240><c> hills?</c>

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Protection.

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You<00:24:33.539><c> could</c><00:24:33.720><c> put</c><00:24:33.900><c> walls</c><00:24:34.279><c> and</c><00:24:34.740><c> keep</c><00:24:35.019><c> it</c><00:24:35.299><c> bar.</c>

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:37.759
You<00:24:35.559><c> didn't</c><00:24:35.819><c> build</c><00:24:36.059><c> cities</c><00:24:36.339><c> on</c><00:24:36.539><c> the</c><00:24:36.779><c> plains.</c>

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:41.839
Ancient<00:24:39.660><c> time</c><00:24:39.839><c> you</c><00:24:39.940><c> built</c><00:24:40.140><c> them</c><00:24:40.319><c> on</c><00:24:40.519><c> hills</c><00:24:40.759><c> so</c><00:24:40.960><c> you</c><00:24:41.039><c> could</c><00:24:41.299><c> protect</c><00:24:41.599><c> and</c>

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defend<00:24:42.140><c> it.</c>

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Then<00:24:43.400><c> they</c><00:24:43.599><c> built</c><00:24:43.759><c> cities</c><00:24:44.119><c> where?</c>

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Or<00:24:45.720><c> even</c><00:24:46.039><c> here.</c>

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We<00:24:46.480><c> had</c><00:24:46.599><c> it</c><00:24:46.720><c> with</c><00:24:46.859><c> Ephesus</c><00:24:47.200><c> and</c><00:24:47.400><c> Smyrna.</c>

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Didn't<00:24:48.940><c> build</c><00:24:49.099><c> it</c><00:24:49.220><c> on</c><00:24:49.359><c> a</c><00:24:49.460><c> hill.</c>

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:51.480
You<00:24:49.700><c> built</c><00:24:49.839><c> it</c><00:24:50.700><c> at</c><00:24:50.960><c> a</c><00:24:51.160><c> seaport.</c>

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Where<00:24:51.680><c> do</c><00:24:51.819><c> you</c><00:24:51.900><c> build</c><00:24:52.059><c> them</c><00:24:52.220><c> today?</c>

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Anywhere<00:24:54.480><c> where</c><00:24:54.660><c> there's</c><00:24:54.960><c> flat</c><00:24:55.140><c> land</c><00:24:55.359><c> you</c><00:24:55.440><c> can</c><00:24:55.619><c> put</c><00:24:55.779><c> a</c><00:24:55.980><c> plain.</c>

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:59.519
Not<00:24:58.059><c> that</c><00:24:58.400><c> there</c><00:24:58.579><c> are</c><00:24:58.619><c> many</c><00:24:58.940><c> new</c><00:24:59.180><c> cities.</c>

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The<00:24:59.960><c> only</c><00:25:00.220><c> new</c><00:25:00.440><c> cities</c><00:25:00.720><c> probably</c><00:25:01.200><c> on</c><00:25:01.559><c> plains</c><00:25:01.839><c> are</c><00:25:02.099><c> over</c><00:25:02.299><c> in</c>

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Saudi<00:25:02.740><c> Arabia</c><00:25:03.099><c> where</c><00:25:03.380><c> there</c><00:25:03.759><c> are</c><00:25:04.099><c> oil</c><00:25:04.380><c> fields.</c>

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But<00:25:06.460><c> you</c><00:25:06.579><c> can</c><00:25:06.779><c> see</c><00:25:07.019><c> how</c><00:25:07.299><c> the</c><00:25:07.500><c> city</c><00:25:07.940><c> ports</c><00:25:08.380><c> today,</c><00:25:09.380><c> the</c><00:25:09.599><c> shipping</c><00:25:09.759><c> is</c><00:25:09.920><c> not</c>

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so<00:25:10.259><c> important</c><00:25:10.720><c> as</c><00:25:11.099><c> aircraft.</c>

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But<00:25:13.200><c> here</c><00:25:13.299><c> was</c><00:25:13.480><c> on</c><00:25:13.660><c> a</c><00:25:13.720><c> hill.</c>

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And<00:25:18.039><c> that</c><00:25:18.599><c> theatre</c><00:25:18.980><c> is</c><00:25:19.420><c> the</c><00:25:19.680><c> steepest</c><00:25:20.240><c> in</c><00:25:20.420><c> the</c><00:25:20.619><c> world.</c>

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Have<00:25:22.960><c> a</c><00:25:22.980><c> look</c><00:25:23.119><c> at</c><00:25:23.160><c> it.</c>

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All<00:25:26.279><c> the</c><00:25:26.480><c> big</c><00:25:26.700><c> cities</c><00:25:27.000><c> had</c><00:25:27.299><c> theatres.</c>

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Ephesus<00:25:31.200><c> had</c><00:25:31.440><c> a</c><00:25:31.619><c> theatre,</c><00:25:32.140><c> remember?</c>

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That<00:25:34.019><c> really</c><00:25:34.720><c> is</c><00:25:35.039><c> steep.</c>

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Where<00:25:36.539><c> those</c><00:25:36.839><c> two</c><00:25:37.099><c> trees</c><00:25:37.440><c> are,</c><00:25:39.380><c> that's</c><00:25:39.720><c> the</c><00:25:39.960><c> site</c><00:25:40.299><c> of</c><00:25:40.640><c> the</c><00:25:40.799><c> temple</c><00:25:41.220><c> of</c><00:25:41.599><c> Zeus.</c>

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:49.400
That<00:25:43.819><c> was</c><00:25:44.019><c> the</c><00:25:44.319><c> main</c><00:25:44.900><c> temple</c><00:25:47.440><c> worship</c><00:25:47.980><c> in</c><00:25:48.839><c> that</c><00:25:49.119><c> place.</c>

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:53.539
Zeus,<00:25:49.940><c> Z</c><00:25:50.200><c>-E</c><00:25:50.700><c>-U</c><00:25:51.740><c>-S.</c>

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Nothing<00:25:54.079><c> left</c><00:25:54.339><c> today,</c><00:25:54.859><c> just</c><00:25:55.440><c> a</c><00:25:55.599><c> couple</c><00:25:55.779><c> of</c><00:25:56.039><c> trees</c><00:25:56.259><c> on</c><00:25:56.480><c> a</c><00:25:56.599><c> few</c><00:25:56.799><c> ruins.</c>

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But<00:25:58.460><c> you</c><00:25:58.599><c> can</c><00:25:58.799><c> get</c><00:25:59.039><c> a</c><00:25:59.200><c> feel</c><00:25:59.420><c> for</c><00:25:59.660><c> the</c><00:25:59.980><c> height.</c>

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Here<00:26:00.640><c> are</c><00:26:00.980><c> some</c><00:26:01.519><c> buildings</c><00:26:01.859><c> left</c><00:26:02.279><c> over,</c><00:26:02.839><c> the</c><00:26:02.980><c> steepness.</c>

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.500
Look<00:26:03.380><c> at</c><00:26:03.460><c> this</c><00:26:03.640><c> one.</c>

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.680
Right<00:26:05.319><c> down</c><00:26:05.539><c> into</c><00:26:05.740><c> there.</c>

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:09.200
And<00:26:07.339><c> there</c><00:26:07.480><c> was</c><00:26:07.619><c> the</c><00:26:07.920><c> temple</c><00:26:08.180><c> area.</c>

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:11.559
All<00:26:09.779><c> around</c><00:26:10.140><c> that</c><00:26:10.420><c> big</c><00:26:10.700><c> theatre.</c>

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:21.519
And<00:26:13.640><c> if</c><00:26:14.140><c> we</c><00:26:14.380><c> take</c><00:26:15.279><c> the</c><00:26:16.579><c> architect's</c><00:26:18.000><c> drawings</c><00:26:18.579><c> of</c><00:26:20.160><c> that</c><00:26:20.619><c> site,</c>

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:23.579
there's<00:26:22.480><c> the</c><00:26:22.680><c> theatre.</c>

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:25.440
These<00:26:23.980><c> were</c><00:26:24.180><c> the</c><00:26:24.299><c> great</c><00:26:24.559><c> buildings</c><00:26:24.960><c> all</c><00:26:25.240><c> around.</c>

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.619
That's<00:26:25.859><c> the</c><00:26:25.960><c> temple</c><00:26:26.220><c> of</c><00:26:26.480><c> Zeus</c><00:26:26.619><c> there.</c>

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:30.539
If<00:26:29.000><c> you</c><00:26:29.099><c> ever</c><00:26:29.220><c> have</c><00:26:29.359><c> an</c><00:26:29.460><c> opportunity,</c><00:26:29.920><c> I've</c><00:26:30.079><c> not</c><00:26:30.220><c> ever</c><00:26:30.440><c> seen</c>

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:33.059
it,<00:26:31.000><c> and</c><00:26:31.000><c> some</c><00:26:31.359><c> of</c><00:26:31.519><c> you</c><00:26:31.640><c> may</c><00:26:31.839><c> one</c><00:26:32.059><c> day,</c><00:26:32.519><c> God</c><00:26:32.740><c> willing.</c>

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:36.740
If<00:26:33.500><c> you</c><00:26:33.660><c> ever</c><00:26:33.779><c> go</c><00:26:33.960><c> to</c><00:26:34.099><c> the</c><00:26:34.220><c> Berlin</c><00:26:34.579><c> Museum,</c><00:26:35.900><c> that</c><00:26:36.180><c> temple</c><00:26:36.500><c> of</c>

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:39.720
Zeus<00:26:36.940><c> has</c><00:26:37.140><c> been</c><00:26:37.460><c> reconstructed</c><00:26:38.160><c> in</c><00:26:38.299><c> the</c><00:26:38.440><c> Berlin</c><00:26:38.779><c> Museum.</c>

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:42.859
Remember,<00:26:40.640><c> years</c><00:26:41.079><c> ago,</c><00:26:41.619><c> when</c><00:26:41.619><c> the</c><00:26:41.859><c> archaeologists</c><00:26:42.359><c> went</c><00:26:42.559><c> out,</c><00:26:42.799><c> if</c>

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.519
they<00:26:43.000><c> saw</c><00:26:43.240><c> something,</c>

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:45.640
they<00:26:43.700><c> picked</c><00:26:43.920><c> it</c><00:26:44.039><c> up</c><00:26:44.200><c> and</c><00:26:44.259><c> took</c><00:26:44.420><c> it</c><00:26:44.579><c> home</c><00:26:44.759><c> to</c><00:26:44.880><c> England</c><00:26:45.180><c> or</c><00:26:45.420><c> to</c>

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:47.799
Germany<00:26:45.980><c> or</c><00:26:46.140><c> wherever</c><00:26:46.380><c> the</c><00:26:46.700><c> archaeologists</c><00:26:47.160><c> came</c><00:26:47.480><c> from.</c>

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.779
Today<00:26:48.279><c> you</c><00:26:48.400><c> can't</c><00:26:48.660><c> do</c><00:26:48.920><c> that.</c>

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:52.180
But<00:26:50.160><c> you</c><00:26:50.279><c> go</c><00:26:50.460><c> to</c><00:26:50.599><c> those</c><00:26:50.960><c> museums</c><00:26:51.359><c> and</c><00:26:51.539><c> you</c><00:26:51.640><c> see</c><00:26:51.819><c> the</c><00:26:52.019><c> things</c>

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:53.099
from<00:26:52.400><c> all</c><00:26:52.559><c> over</c><00:26:52.759><c> the</c><00:26:52.900><c> world.</c>

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:56.180
The<00:26:53.259><c> London</c><00:26:53.599><c> Museum</c><00:26:54.039><c> has</c><00:26:54.299><c> a</c><00:26:54.619><c> huge</c><00:26:55.099><c> section</c><00:26:55.480><c> of</c><00:26:55.740><c> archaeology.</c>

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:58.480
Well,<00:26:56.420><c> the</c><00:26:56.460><c> Berlin</c><00:26:56.859><c> Museum</c><00:26:57.279><c> has</c><00:26:57.480><c> it</c><00:26:57.680><c> too.</c>

00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:01.579
Most<00:26:58.859><c> of</c><00:26:59.059><c> Babylon's</c><00:26:59.559><c> in</c><00:26:59.700><c> Berlin,</c><00:27:00.559><c> in</c><00:27:00.559><c> the</c><00:27:00.759><c> museum.</c>

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:04.559
Ancient<00:27:02.160><c> Babylon,</c><00:27:02.539><c> they</c><00:27:02.700><c> took</c><00:27:02.839><c> home</c><00:27:03.059><c> all</c><00:27:03.420><c> the</c><00:27:03.700><c> tiles</c><00:27:04.099><c> off</c><00:27:04.420><c> the</c>

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.779
Ishtar<00:27:05.000><c> Gate</c><00:27:05.279><c> and</c><00:27:05.500><c> so</c><00:27:05.660><c> on,</c>

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:08.420
and<00:27:05.960><c> then</c><00:27:05.960><c> they</c><00:27:06.420><c> made</c><00:27:06.819><c> a</c><00:27:07.000><c> new</c><00:27:07.200><c> gate</c><00:27:07.380><c> in</c><00:27:07.559><c> the</c><00:27:07.700><c> Berlin</c><00:27:07.960><c> Museum,</c>

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:11.480
put<00:27:08.660><c> the</c><00:27:08.940><c> tiles</c><00:27:09.099><c> back</c><00:27:09.339><c> on,</c><00:27:10.140><c> left</c><00:27:10.339><c> the</c><00:27:10.539><c> bricks</c><00:27:10.720><c> over</c><00:27:11.039><c> in</c><00:27:11.200><c> Babylon.</c>

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.799
That<00:27:11.660><c> didn't</c><00:27:11.920><c> matter.</c>

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:15.960
But<00:27:13.380><c> they</c><00:27:13.519><c> took</c><00:27:13.579><c> all</c><00:27:13.779><c> the</c><00:27:13.960><c> tiles</c><00:27:14.420><c> and</c><00:27:15.140><c> reconstructed</c><00:27:15.799><c> the</c>

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.559
Ishtar<00:27:16.339><c> Gate.</c>

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:18.440
It's<00:27:16.720><c> in</c><00:27:16.880><c> the</c><00:27:16.960><c> Berlin</c><00:27:17.319><c> Museum.</c>

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.920
Got<00:27:18.960><c> a</c><00:27:19.099><c> transparency</c><00:27:19.539><c> of</c><00:27:19.720><c> it</c><00:27:19.819><c> here.</c>

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.960
I<00:27:20.039><c> used</c><00:27:20.220><c> it</c><00:27:20.400><c> this</c><00:27:20.559><c> morning,</c><00:27:20.980><c> actually.</c>

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.259
Fascinating.

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.759
There<00:27:32.859><c> it</c><00:27:32.980><c> is.</c>

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.519
Ishtar<00:27:35.539><c> Gate.</c>

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:40.599
And<00:27:37.720><c> all</c><00:27:37.920><c> these</c><00:27:38.440><c> on</c><00:27:38.700><c> the</c><00:27:38.900><c> outside</c><00:27:39.299><c> were</c><00:27:39.599><c> tiles.</c>

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:44.740
Then<00:27:42.039><c> they</c><00:27:42.240><c> found,</c><00:27:42.579><c> you</c><00:27:42.839><c> know,</c><00:27:42.839><c> years</c><00:27:43.019><c> ago</c><00:27:43.259><c> they</c><00:27:43.460><c> used</c><00:27:43.519><c> to</c><00:27:43.680><c> say</c><00:27:43.900><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:47.339
the<00:27:44.960><c> critics</c><00:27:45.180><c> of</c><00:27:45.380><c> the</c><00:27:45.559><c> Bible</c><00:27:45.819><c> said</c><00:27:46.119><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:27:46.880><c> was</c><00:27:47.140><c> not</c>

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.960
a<00:27:47.460><c> real</c><00:27:47.700><c> man.</c>

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:50.359
He<00:27:48.079><c> was</c><00:27:48.299><c> fictitious.</c><00:27:48.779><c> He</c><00:27:48.839><c> was</c><00:27:49.000><c> only</c><00:27:49.200><c> in</c><00:27:49.400><c> the</c><00:27:49.539><c> Bible.</c>

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:53.759
They<00:27:51.640><c> didn't</c><00:27:51.859><c> know</c><00:27:52.039><c> where</c><00:27:52.299><c> Babylon</c><00:27:52.579><c> was</c><00:27:52.859><c> for</c><00:27:53.039><c> hundreds</c><00:27:53.319><c> of</c><00:27:53.519><c> years.</c>

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.859
Then<00:27:54.299><c> they</c><00:27:54.519><c> found</c><00:27:54.880><c> Babylon.</c>

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.599
What<00:27:56.380><c> did</c><00:27:56.460><c> they</c><00:27:56.640><c> find?</c>

00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:01.880
Millions<00:27:58.579><c> and</c><00:27:58.920><c> millions</c><00:27:59.359><c> of</c><00:27:59.819><c> bricks</c><00:28:00.299><c> with</c><00:28:00.980><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c>

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.160
name<00:28:02.119><c> stamped</c><00:28:02.480><c> on</c><00:28:02.680><c> them.</c>

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:06.259
Because<00:28:03.740><c> everything</c><00:28:04.200><c> they</c><00:28:04.440><c> built,</c><00:28:05.140><c> with</c><00:28:05.200><c> all</c><00:28:05.319><c> their</c><00:28:05.500><c> buildings,</c><00:28:06.099><c> hanging</c>

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.799
gardens,<00:28:06.859><c> walls</c><00:28:07.119><c> and</c><00:28:07.339><c> so</c><00:28:07.460><c> on,</c>

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.559
they<00:28:08.259><c> were</c><00:28:08.299><c> done</c><00:28:08.460><c> by</c><00:28:08.700><c> bricks.</c>

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.559
And<00:28:09.960><c> there</c><00:28:10.000><c> was</c><00:28:10.140><c> his</c><00:28:10.279><c> name.</c>

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.579
What<00:28:10.779><c> did</c><00:28:10.980><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:28:11.500><c> say?</c>

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.279
He<00:28:13.759><c> bragged</c><00:28:14.220><c> about,</c>

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:19.440
is<00:28:15.599><c> not</c><00:28:16.000><c> this</c><00:28:16.319><c> great</c><00:28:16.619><c> Babylon</c><00:28:17.019><c> that</c><00:28:17.940><c> I</c><00:28:18.839><c> have</c><00:28:19.220><c> built.</c>

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:21.019
And<00:28:19.779><c> his</c><00:28:19.900><c> name</c><00:28:20.180><c> was</c><00:28:20.359><c> on</c><00:28:20.440><c> all</c><00:28:20.640><c> the</c><00:28:20.779><c> bricks.</c>

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:22.460
And<00:28:21.200><c> they</c><00:28:21.339><c> found</c><00:28:21.559><c> it.</c>

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.799
The<00:28:22.779><c> Bible</c><00:28:23.019><c> was</c><00:28:23.240><c> right</c><00:28:23.440><c> again.</c>

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:28.980
They're<00:28:24.460><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> things</c><00:28:24.799><c> that</c><00:28:26.059><c> convince</c><00:28:26.599><c> you,</c><00:28:27.720><c> that</c><00:28:27.720><c> lift</c><00:28:27.819><c> your</c><00:28:28.039><c> faith.</c>

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.339
They've<00:28:32.079><c> found</c><00:28:32.279><c> just</c><00:28:32.519><c> recently,</c><00:28:33.079><c> the</c><00:28:33.160><c> last</c><00:28:33.460><c> 20</c><00:28:33.740><c> years,</c><00:28:34.240><c> in</c><00:28:34.279><c> a</c>

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:37.160
place<00:28:34.579><c> called</c><00:28:34.960><c> Ebla</c><00:28:35.500><c> in</c><00:28:36.400><c> Syria,</c>

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:40.200
a<00:28:38.539><c> city</c><00:28:38.720><c> they</c><00:28:38.900><c> didn't</c><00:28:39.079><c> even</c><00:28:39.380><c> know</c><00:28:39.640><c> about,</c>

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:47.380
they<00:28:40.900><c> accidentally</c><00:28:41.859><c> found</c><00:28:42.660><c> the</c><00:28:43.359><c> Royal</c><00:28:44.079><c> Archives</c><00:28:44.819><c> Library</c><00:28:45.559><c> with</c><00:28:46.500><c> 24</c>

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:50.059
,000<00:28:48.519><c> clay</c><00:28:48.940><c> tablets.</c>

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:53.759
It<00:28:51.400><c> was</c><00:28:51.619><c> a</c><00:28:51.759><c> library</c><00:28:52.000><c> where</c><00:28:52.240><c> they</c><00:28:52.319><c> had</c><00:28:52.579><c> the</c><00:28:53.000><c> clay</c><00:28:53.180><c> tablets</c><00:28:53.539><c> and</c>

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.819
they<00:28:53.920><c> engraved</c><00:28:54.259><c> on</c><00:28:54.440><c> the</c><00:28:54.660><c> clay.</c>

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:56.140
Well,<00:28:55.119><c> this</c><00:28:55.319><c> city</c><00:28:55.500><c> was</c><00:28:55.859><c> burnt.</c>

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:59.079
So<00:28:56.700><c> what</c><00:28:56.940><c> did</c><00:28:57.140><c> it</c><00:28:57.200><c> do</c><00:28:57.339><c> to</c><00:28:57.519><c> the</c><00:28:57.799><c> clay?</c>

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.380
Harden<00:28:59.839><c> it.</c>

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.559
There<00:29:00.640><c> today.</c>

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.359
You<00:29:01.880><c> know</c><00:29:01.940><c> where</c><00:29:02.059><c> it</c><00:29:02.140><c> goes</c><00:29:02.380><c> back</c><00:29:02.660><c> to?</c>

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:06.319
The<00:29:04.299><c> days</c><00:29:04.779><c> of</c><00:29:05.279><c> Abraham.</c>

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:12.900
And<00:29:09.160><c> on</c><00:29:09.339><c> the</c><00:29:09.539><c> clay</c><00:29:09.779><c> tablets,</c><00:29:11.119><c> there</c><00:29:11.180><c> are</c><00:29:11.299><c> the</c><00:29:11.440><c> names</c><00:29:11.720><c> of</c><00:29:12.140><c> Sodom</c>

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.980
and<00:29:13.240><c> Gomorrah,</c>

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:19.359
and<00:29:14.400><c> all</c><00:29:14.619><c> those</c><00:29:14.960><c> kings</c><00:29:15.559><c> in</c><00:29:16.400><c> the</c><00:29:16.740><c> record</c><00:29:17.160><c> of</c><00:29:17.599><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:18.319><c> day.</c>

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.059
Genesis<00:29:20.940><c> chapter</c><00:29:21.619><c> 11.</c>

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:26.259
It's<00:29:24.279><c> there,</c><00:29:24.740><c> on</c><00:29:25.000><c> a</c><00:29:25.160><c> clay</c><00:29:25.319><c> tablet.</c>

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:29.859
They<00:29:27.220><c> say,</c><00:29:28.180><c> Sodom</c><00:29:28.400><c> and</c><00:29:28.500><c> Gomorrah</c><00:29:28.839><c> fiction?</c>

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.359
Those<00:29:30.579><c> kings</c><00:29:30.920><c> fiction?</c>

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:33.079
Light<00:29:32.099><c> fiction?</c>

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:36.200
Well,<00:29:33.839><c> it's</c><00:29:33.940><c> on</c><00:29:34.180><c> clay</c><00:29:34.420><c> tablets</c><00:29:34.779><c> today,</c><00:29:35.220><c> they've</c><00:29:35.559><c> found.</c>

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:39.240
The<00:29:36.720><c> difficulty</c><00:29:37.099><c> is,</c><00:29:37.519><c> Syria</c><00:29:37.640><c> doesn't</c><00:29:37.940><c> want</c><00:29:38.240><c> anyone</c><00:29:38.559><c> to</c><00:29:38.859><c> know</c>

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.920
too<00:29:39.759><c> much</c><00:29:40.039><c> detail</c><00:29:40.440><c> about</c><00:29:40.700><c> this,</c>

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.339
because<00:29:41.180><c> you</c><00:29:41.380><c> know</c><00:29:41.480><c> why?</c>

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:46.460
They're<00:29:42.920><c> written</c><00:29:43.279><c> in</c><00:29:43.880><c> the</c><00:29:44.099><c> first</c><00:29:44.400><c> form</c><00:29:45.000><c> of</c><00:29:45.559><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:50.039
And<00:29:47.920><c> the</c><00:29:48.200><c> Syrians</c><00:29:48.619><c> hate</c><00:29:49.200><c> the</c><00:29:49.619><c> Jews.</c>

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:52.099
And<00:29:50.539><c> the</c><00:29:50.779><c> Jews</c><00:29:51.059><c> came</c><00:29:51.380><c> out</c><00:29:51.680><c> of</c><00:29:51.819><c> Syria.</c>

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.920
Of<00:29:52.539><c> course</c><00:29:52.619><c> they</c><00:29:52.799><c> did.</c>

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.359
Where<00:29:53.099><c> did</c><00:29:53.279><c> Abraham</c><00:29:53.619><c> cross</c><00:29:53.980><c> over</c><00:29:54.500><c> by?</c>

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:59.099
Where<00:29:57.319><c> did</c><00:29:57.420><c> he</c><00:29:57.440><c> come</c><00:29:57.660><c> over</c><00:29:57.799><c> the</c><00:29:57.920><c> river</c><00:29:58.140><c> Euphrates?</c>

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.160
What<00:30:01.099><c> was</c><00:30:01.299><c> the</c><00:30:01.380><c> place?</c>

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:04.640
Jacob<00:30:02.880><c> went</c><00:30:03.039><c> up</c><00:30:03.220><c> there,</c><00:30:03.319><c> got</c><00:30:03.440><c> a</c><00:30:03.599><c> wife.</c>

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:07.559
He<00:30:05.240><c> got</c><00:30:05.299><c> a</c><00:30:05.420><c> wife</c><00:30:05.619><c> for</c><00:30:05.859><c> Isaac</c><00:30:06.180><c> in</c><00:30:06.519><c> that</c><00:30:06.740><c> area.</c>

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:09.119
What<00:30:07.740><c> was</c><00:30:07.920><c> the</c><00:30:08.039><c> place?</c>

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.519
It<00:30:10.960><c> begins</c><00:30:11.039><c> with</c><00:30:11.220><c> H.</c>

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:14.500
Harem,<00:30:13.359><c> it's</c><00:30:13.440><c> up</c><00:30:13.519><c> in</c><00:30:13.559><c> Syria.</c>

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.799
Who<00:30:15.460><c> stayed</c><00:30:15.720><c> up</c><00:30:15.940><c> there?</c>

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:21.660
Yes,<00:30:19.940><c> Tira</c><00:30:20.240><c> died</c><00:30:20.559><c> there.</c>

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:24.539
When<00:30:21.920><c> Jacob</c><00:30:22.299><c> fled,</c><00:30:22.799><c> where</c><00:30:22.960><c> did</c><00:30:23.079><c> he</c><00:30:23.160><c> finish</c><00:30:23.440><c> up?</c>

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:27.319
Rachel<00:30:26.180><c> and</c><00:30:26.380><c> Leah?</c>

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.700
Descendants<00:30:28.279><c> from</c><00:30:28.440><c> those</c><00:30:28.680><c> families?</c>

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.660
In<00:30:30.339><c> Syria!</c>

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.480
Because<00:30:31.140><c> the</c><00:30:31.380><c> Syrians</c><00:30:31.660><c> don't</c><00:30:32.259><c> want</c><00:30:32.440><c> the</c><00:30:32.640><c> world</c><00:30:32.819><c> to</c><00:30:33.079><c> know</c><00:30:33.220><c> too</c>

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.259
much<00:30:33.700><c> about</c><00:30:33.940><c> the</c><00:30:34.140><c> fact.</c>

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.259
They<00:30:34.480><c> hate</c><00:30:34.819><c> the</c><00:30:35.039><c> Jews.</c>

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:39.160
And<00:30:35.700><c> yet</c><00:30:35.839><c> the</c><00:30:36.079><c> beginnings</c><00:30:36.480><c> of</c><00:30:36.779><c> the</c><00:30:36.920><c> Jewish</c><00:30:37.279><c> communities,</c><00:30:38.119><c> the</c><00:30:38.259><c> Hebrews,</c>

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:41.640
Abraham,<00:30:40.319><c> that</c><00:30:40.319><c> crossed</c><00:30:40.559><c> the</c><00:30:40.740><c> river,</c><00:30:41.079><c> the</c><00:30:41.220><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:43.619
when<00:30:41.940><c> he</c><00:30:42.119><c> crossed</c><00:30:42.299><c> over</c><00:30:42.559><c> the</c><00:30:42.680><c> Euphrates</c><00:30:43.039><c> up</c><00:30:43.299><c> there,</c>

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:45.200
they<00:30:44.019><c> came</c><00:30:44.220><c> from</c><00:30:44.400><c> that</c><00:30:44.599><c> very</c><00:30:44.819><c> vicinity.</c>

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:48.759
But<00:30:45.619><c> they</c><00:30:45.819><c> found</c><00:30:46.180><c> it.</c>

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.460
They<00:30:49.240><c> used</c><00:30:49.259><c> to</c><00:30:49.440><c> say</c><00:30:49.680><c> men</c><00:30:49.940><c> couldn't</c><00:30:50.200><c> write</c><00:30:50.519><c> in</c><00:30:50.660><c> Moses'</c><00:30:51.140><c> day</c><00:30:51.299><c> and</c>

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.099
so<00:30:51.599><c> on.</c>

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:54.059
Moses<00:30:52.539><c> came</c><00:30:52.799><c> a</c><00:30:52.920><c> long</c><00:30:53.099><c> time</c><00:30:53.299><c> after</c><00:30:53.599><c> Abraham.</c>

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:56.039
You<00:30:54.380><c> know</c><00:30:54.500><c> what</c><00:30:54.519><c> they</c><00:30:54.640><c> found</c><00:30:54.920><c> in</c><00:30:55.079><c> some</c><00:30:55.240><c> of</c><00:30:55.299><c> the</c><00:30:55.619><c> slabs?</c>

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:58.200
Kids<00:30:56.920><c> writing.</c>

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:01.900
Little<00:30:59.720><c> tablets</c><00:31:00.099><c> where</c><00:31:00.339><c> the</c><00:31:00.539><c> kids</c><00:31:00.680><c> were</c><00:31:00.859><c> learning</c><00:31:01.160><c> to</c><00:31:01.500><c> write.</c>

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:04.400
You<00:31:02.000><c> know,</c><00:31:02.839><c> practicing</c><00:31:03.119><c> the</c><00:31:03.480><c> alphabet.</c>

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:06.500
Putting<00:31:05.019><c> in</c><00:31:05.220><c> the</c><00:31:05.319><c> little</c><00:31:05.599><c> stylus.</c>

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:10.440
They<00:31:07.579><c> found</c><00:31:07.819><c> these</c><00:31:08.079><c> little</c><00:31:08.299><c> clay</c><00:31:08.500><c> tablets</c><00:31:08.880><c> out</c><00:31:09.140><c> of</c><00:31:09.299><c> classrooms.</c>

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.759
Kids<00:31:11.180><c> writing.</c>

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.380
They<00:31:12.319><c> had</c><00:31:12.720><c> a</c><00:31:13.039><c> parliament.</c>

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:15.619
They<00:31:13.779><c> elected</c><00:31:14.099><c> their</c><00:31:14.359><c> parliament</c><00:31:14.799><c> by</c><00:31:15.180><c> voting.</c>

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.700
They<00:31:16.099><c> had</c><00:31:16.740><c> welfare</c><00:31:17.299><c> systems.</c>

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.640
All<00:31:18.099><c> these</c><00:31:18.359><c> things</c><00:31:18.519><c> are</c><00:31:18.740><c> found</c><00:31:18.900><c> on</c><00:31:19.059><c> these</c><00:31:19.339><c> tablets,</c>

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:22.980
24<00:31:20.279><c>,000</c><00:31:20.700><c> of</c><00:31:20.839><c> them,</c><00:31:21.119><c> in</c><00:31:21.299><c> the</c><00:31:21.539><c> days</c><00:31:21.859><c> of</c><00:31:22.240><c> Abraham.</c>

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.799
And<00:31:23.819><c> there</c><00:31:23.920><c> are</c><00:31:24.019><c> a</c><00:31:24.019><c> list</c><00:31:24.119><c> of</c><00:31:24.319><c> those</c><00:31:24.500><c> kings</c><00:31:24.779><c> of</c><00:31:25.059><c> Sodom</c><00:31:25.319><c> and</c><00:31:25.460><c> Gomorrah,</c>

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:28.339
you<00:31:25.900><c> know,</c><00:31:26.079><c> when</c><00:31:26.259><c> Lot</c><00:31:26.420><c> was</c><00:31:26.599><c> taken</c><00:31:26.940><c> captive</c><00:31:27.420><c> and</c><00:31:27.799><c> Abraham</c><00:31:28.119><c> went</c>

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.000
after<00:31:28.619><c> him.</c>

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.420
And<00:31:29.359><c> all</c><00:31:29.480><c> those</c><00:31:29.700><c> kings</c><00:31:29.940><c> are</c><00:31:30.140><c> mentioned,</c>

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.680
but<00:31:30.599><c> they're</c><00:31:30.700><c> all</c><00:31:30.900><c> mentioned</c><00:31:31.119><c> on</c><00:31:31.359><c> those</c><00:31:31.640><c> slabs.</c>

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:36.759
And<00:31:34.599><c> they</c><00:31:34.759><c> say</c><00:31:34.940><c> that</c><00:31:35.200><c> Genesis</c><00:31:35.599><c> is</c><00:31:35.940><c> fiction.</c>

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:41.480
I'm<00:31:39.640><c> not</c><00:31:39.819><c> quite</c><00:31:39.960><c> sure</c><00:31:40.099><c> how</c><00:31:40.220><c> we</c><00:31:40.319><c> got</c><00:31:40.420><c> onto</c><00:31:40.599><c> that.</c>

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:45.000
Here's<00:31:43.279><c> the</c><00:31:43.420><c> temple</c><00:31:43.640><c> of</c><00:31:43.819><c> Zeus.</c>

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.240
There<00:31:46.220><c> it</c><00:31:46.339><c> is.</c>

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.339
A<00:31:47.740><c> great</c><00:31:47.940><c> temple.</c>

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:51.480
And<00:31:48.839><c> all</c><00:31:48.960><c> these</c><00:31:49.220><c> other</c><00:31:49.420><c> buildings,</c><00:31:49.900><c> the</c><00:31:49.980><c> big</c><00:31:50.200><c> gymnasiums,</c>

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.480
more<00:31:51.980><c> temples.</c>

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:55.500
This<00:31:53.140><c> was</c><00:31:53.519><c> the</c><00:31:53.960><c> seat</c><00:31:54.259><c> of</c><00:31:54.720><c> Satan.</c>

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:58.059
And<00:31:56.900><c> what</c><00:31:57.039><c> was</c><00:31:57.220><c> happening</c><00:31:57.420><c> in</c><00:31:57.599><c> this</c><00:31:57.779><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:31:58.160 --> 00:32:00.279
We<00:31:58.240><c> read</c><00:31:58.440><c> on.</c><00:31:58.720><c> Next,</c><00:31:59.039><c> thanks.</c>

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.039
Right,<00:32:05.519><c> but...</c>

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:09.460
I<00:32:06.180><c> have</c><00:32:06.259><c> a</c><00:32:06.380><c> few</c><00:32:06.579><c> things</c><00:32:06.920><c> against</c><00:32:07.299><c> you.</c>

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.880
What<00:32:18.380><c> things?</c>

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.319
Next.

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.019
Right,<00:32:33.079><c> problems.</c>

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:38.259
They<00:32:36.819><c> allowed</c><00:32:37.119><c> the</c><00:32:37.400><c> doctrine</c><00:32:37.660><c> of</c><00:32:37.980><c> Balaam.</c>

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:40.480
They<00:32:38.259><c> allowed</c><00:32:39.180><c> the</c><00:32:39.420><c> doctrine</c><00:32:39.720><c> of</c><00:32:39.900><c> the</c><00:32:39.940><c> Nicolaitans.</c>

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:43.400
The<00:32:40.619><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:32:41.200><c> really,</c><00:32:42.019><c> I</c><00:32:42.200><c> suppose</c><00:32:42.480><c> today</c><00:32:42.880><c> we</c><00:32:43.059><c> call</c><00:32:43.220><c> them</c>

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.279
our<00:32:43.660><c> atheists,</c>

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:49.759
the<00:32:44.640><c> haters</c><00:32:45.000><c> of</c><00:32:45.400><c> truth,</c><00:32:45.799><c> the</c><00:32:45.960><c> haters</c><00:32:46.259><c> of</c><00:32:47.759><c> Bible</c><00:32:48.519><c> believers.</c>

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.759
Who<00:32:50.940><c> was</c><00:32:51.559><c> Balaam?</c>

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:06.180
Down<00:33:03.839><c> in</c><00:33:04.099><c> Elijah's</c><00:33:04.779><c> day,</c>

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:08.680
Baal<00:33:07.099><c> worship</c><00:33:07.519><c> was</c><00:33:07.799><c> a</c><00:33:07.940><c> worship</c><00:33:08.220><c> of</c><00:33:08.420><c> anything.</c>

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:11.460
It<00:33:08.720><c> could</c><00:33:08.960><c> be</c><00:33:09.140><c> Baal,</c><00:33:09.720><c> Peor,</c><00:33:10.059><c> Baal,</c><00:33:10.619><c> Bereth,</c><00:33:10.839><c> Baal,</c><00:33:11.200><c> anything.</c>

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.500
Baal<00:33:11.759><c> just</c><00:33:11.960><c> means</c><00:33:12.160><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:14.359
Lord<00:33:13.200><c> of</c><00:33:13.400><c> something,</c><00:33:13.660><c> Lord</c><00:33:13.819><c> of</c><00:33:13.980><c> something.</c>

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.640
But<00:33:14.940><c> who</c><00:33:15.099><c> was</c><00:33:15.359><c> Balaam?</c>

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:22.319
Remember<00:33:19.259><c> when</c><00:33:19.480><c> Israel</c><00:33:19.880><c> came</c><00:33:20.619><c> up</c><00:33:21.000><c> out</c><00:33:21.200><c> of</c><00:33:21.359><c> Egypt?</c>

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:25.500
Forty<00:33:23.799><c> years</c><00:33:24.000><c> was</c><00:33:24.180><c> nearly</c><00:33:24.400><c> up.</c>

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:29.019
They<00:33:25.880><c> came</c><00:33:26.099><c> up</c><00:33:26.359><c> on</c><00:33:26.700><c> the</c><00:33:27.180><c> east</c><00:33:27.480><c> side</c><00:33:27.819><c> of</c><00:33:28.059><c> the</c><00:33:28.380><c> Dead</c><00:33:28.720><c> Sea</c>

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:31.400
to<00:33:29.259><c> the</c><00:33:29.440><c> river</c><00:33:30.279><c> Zared,</c>

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:34.500
waited<00:33:31.880><c> for</c><00:33:32.160><c> all</c><00:33:32.380><c> the</c><00:33:32.579><c> parents</c><00:33:32.859><c> to</c><00:33:33.200><c> die,</c>

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:36.920
crossed<00:33:35.140><c> over</c><00:33:35.539><c> Zared,</c><00:33:36.079><c> new</c><00:33:36.319><c> generation,</c>

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:40.200
came<00:33:37.279><c> up</c><00:33:37.599><c> Arnon,</c><00:33:39.140><c> Fort</c><00:33:39.299><c> Sinanog,</c>

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:42.559
came<00:33:41.059><c> just</c><00:33:41.279><c> the</c><00:33:41.460><c> other</c><00:33:41.740><c> side</c><00:33:41.940><c> of</c><00:33:42.160><c> Jericho</c>

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.440
and<00:33:42.940><c> camped</c><00:33:43.259><c> in</c><00:33:43.400><c> the</c><00:33:43.539><c> valley</c><00:33:43.779><c> of</c><00:33:44.079><c> Shittim,</c>

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:46.119
on<00:33:45.099><c> the</c><00:33:45.200><c> other</c><00:33:45.440><c> side</c><00:33:45.599><c> of</c><00:33:45.819><c> Jordan,</c>

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:48.720
ready<00:33:46.859><c> to</c><00:33:47.019><c> go</c><00:33:47.220><c> into</c><00:33:47.440><c> the</c><00:33:47.700><c> land.</c>

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.859
Only<00:33:49.759><c> a</c><00:33:50.079><c> few</c><00:33:50.279><c> weeks</c><00:33:50.720><c> to</c><00:33:51.000><c> go.</c>

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:54.559
And<00:33:52.500><c> as</c><00:33:52.640><c> they</c><00:33:52.920><c> camped</c><00:33:53.240><c> down</c><00:33:53.599><c> there</c><00:33:53.779><c> in</c><00:33:53.940><c> the</c><00:33:54.099><c> valley,</c>

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:59.380
up<00:33:55.240><c> on</c><00:33:55.480><c> the</c><00:33:55.680><c> hills</c><00:33:56.119><c> above</c><00:33:56.880><c> were</c><00:33:58.039><c> the</c><00:33:58.259><c> Moabites.</c>

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:02.380
And<00:34:00.000><c> the</c><00:34:00.180><c> King</c><00:34:00.460><c> of</c><00:34:00.740><c> Moab</c><00:34:00.940><c> sought</c><00:34:01.259><c> out</c>

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:04.619
a<00:34:02.779><c> man</c><00:34:03.059><c> called</c><00:34:03.400><c> Balaam,</c>

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.539
a<00:34:05.519><c> prophet,</c>

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:09.639
if<00:34:07.559><c> you</c><00:34:07.660><c> like,</c><00:34:08.039><c> a</c><00:34:08.059><c> professor</c><00:34:08.440><c> of</c><00:34:08.699><c> religion.</c>

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:13.199
And<00:34:10.440><c> he</c><00:34:10.599><c> paid</c><00:34:10.980><c> him</c><00:34:11.300><c> to</c><00:34:11.559><c> come</c><00:34:11.820><c> and</c><00:34:12.219><c> curse</c><00:34:12.519><c> that</c><00:34:12.880><c> people</c>

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.579
down<00:34:13.460><c> in</c><00:34:13.619><c> the</c><00:34:13.780><c> valley.</c>

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.440
And<00:34:15.360><c> this</c><00:34:15.519><c> man</c><00:34:15.780><c> Balaam</c><00:34:16.119><c> came,</c>

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.739
and<00:34:16.599><c> every</c><00:34:16.780><c> time</c><00:34:16.920><c> he</c><00:34:17.039><c> opened</c><00:34:17.280><c> his</c><00:34:17.460><c> mouth,</c>

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.960
God<00:34:18.000><c> caused</c><00:34:18.300><c> him</c><00:34:18.500><c> to</c><00:34:18.679><c> bless</c><00:34:18.920><c> them.</c>

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:23.239
And<00:34:20.260><c> blessing</c><00:34:20.559><c> after</c><00:34:20.960><c> blessing</c><00:34:21.320><c> came</c><00:34:21.579><c> out</c><00:34:21.760><c> of</c><00:34:21.860><c> his</c><00:34:22.000><c> mouth.</c>

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:27.480
And<00:34:25.559><c> the</c><00:34:25.619><c> people</c><00:34:25.820><c> were</c><00:34:26.019><c> not</c><00:34:26.280><c> cursed.</c>

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.159
But<00:34:29.179><c> Balaam</c><00:34:29.440><c> wanted</c><00:34:29.699><c> the</c><00:34:29.900><c> money</c>

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.980
that<00:34:30.380><c> the</c><00:34:30.500><c> King</c><00:34:30.639><c> offered</c><00:34:30.920><c> him.</c>

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:34.420
And<00:34:32.480><c> when</c><00:34:32.679><c> he</c><00:34:32.820><c> found</c><00:34:33.039><c> that</c><00:34:33.179><c> he</c><00:34:33.219><c> couldn't</c><00:34:33.500><c> bless</c><00:34:33.800><c> the</c><00:34:34.039><c> people,</c>

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.579
they<00:34:34.860><c> went</c><00:34:35.119><c> their</c><00:34:35.360><c> way,</c>

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:38.219
and<00:34:35.679><c> as</c><00:34:35.900><c> he</c><00:34:36.019><c> went</c><00:34:36.219><c> down</c><00:34:36.639><c> past</c><00:34:36.940><c> the</c><00:34:37.219><c> encampment</c><00:34:37.639><c> of</c><00:34:37.820><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:39.179
he<00:34:38.340><c> looked</c><00:34:38.579><c> at</c><00:34:38.780><c> that</c><00:34:39.019><c> people</c>

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:41.739
and<00:34:39.340><c> he</c><00:34:39.500><c> saw</c><00:34:39.639><c> a</c><00:34:39.860><c> people</c><00:34:40.119><c> tough,</c><00:34:41.280><c> disciplined,</c>

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:43.480
they'd<00:34:42.000><c> been</c><00:34:42.119><c> in</c><00:34:42.280><c> the</c><00:34:42.440><c> desert</c><00:34:42.699><c> 40</c><00:34:43.099><c> years.</c>

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.780
Who<00:34:43.920><c> could</c><00:34:44.139><c> fight</c><00:34:44.380><c> that</c><00:34:44.619><c> people?</c>

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.960
No<00:34:45.059><c> one</c><00:34:45.159><c> could</c><00:34:45.340><c> fight</c><00:34:45.519><c> that</c><00:34:45.780><c> people.</c>

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.440
They<00:34:46.139><c> were</c><00:34:46.320><c> tough.</c>

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:50.139
They'd<00:34:48.340><c> never</c><00:34:48.579><c> seen</c><00:34:48.800><c> a</c><00:34:49.019><c> soft</c><00:34:49.199><c> thing</c><00:34:49.360><c> in</c><00:34:49.480><c> their</c><00:34:49.739><c> life.</c>

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.639
They<00:34:50.639><c> lived</c><00:34:50.840><c> in</c><00:34:51.000><c> the</c><00:34:51.239><c> desert.</c>

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:54.719
They<00:34:52.159><c> were</c><00:34:52.619><c> a</c><00:34:53.000><c> militarized,</c><00:34:53.599><c> disciplined</c><00:34:54.099><c> army.</c>

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:57.539
And<00:34:55.239><c> he</c><00:34:55.280><c> said</c><00:34:56.019><c> to</c><00:34:56.599><c> Balaam,</c>

00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:01.179
you<00:34:58.219><c> put</c><00:34:58.460><c> your</c><00:34:58.599><c> good</c><00:34:58.860><c> looking</c><00:34:59.139><c> women</c><00:34:59.519><c> down</c><00:34:59.840><c> into</c><00:35:00.039><c> that</c><00:35:00.400><c> camp.</c>

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.900
You<00:35:02.599><c> show</c><00:35:02.900><c> the</c><00:35:03.139><c> Israelis</c><00:35:03.679><c> a</c><00:35:04.360><c> different</c><00:35:04.880><c> side</c><00:35:05.280><c> to</c><00:35:05.559><c> life.</c>

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.019
And<00:35:06.239><c> he</c><00:35:06.500><c> did.</c>

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:09.039
And<00:35:07.659><c> down</c><00:35:07.820><c> went</c><00:35:08.039><c> the</c><00:35:08.260><c> women.</c>

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:11.179
And<00:35:10.000><c> the</c><00:35:10.119><c> men</c><00:35:10.340><c> saw</c><00:35:10.639><c> those</c><00:35:10.940><c> women</c>

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:13.699
and<00:35:11.360><c> they</c><00:35:11.579><c> saw</c><00:35:11.840><c> something</c><00:35:12.139><c> they</c><00:35:12.340><c> hadn't</c><00:35:12.599><c> seen</c><00:35:12.900><c> for</c><00:35:13.159><c> 40</c><00:35:13.420><c> years.</c>

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:15.699
And<00:35:13.840><c> they</c><00:35:13.940><c> went</c><00:35:14.099><c> up</c><00:35:14.320><c> and</c><00:35:14.440><c> they</c><00:35:14.800><c> worshipped</c><00:35:15.000><c> in</c><00:35:15.199><c> their</c><00:35:15.380><c> temples</c>

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:18.059
and<00:35:15.920><c> they</c><00:35:16.239><c> worshipped</c><00:35:16.860><c> their</c><00:35:17.219><c> idols.</c>

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:22.579
And<00:35:18.840><c> all</c><00:35:19.179><c> the</c><00:35:19.679><c> filthy</c><00:35:19.980><c> stuff</c><00:35:20.300><c> that</c><00:35:20.460><c> went</c><00:35:20.579><c> on</c><00:35:20.780><c> with</c><00:35:20.960><c> that</c><00:35:21.139><c> worship.</c>

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:27.579
24<00:35:24.920><c>,000</c><00:35:25.559><c> died</c><00:35:26.039><c> because</c><00:35:26.480><c> of</c><00:35:26.679><c> it.</c>

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:30.239
And<00:35:28.360><c> everyone</c><00:35:28.619><c> was</c><00:35:28.900><c> in</c><00:35:29.400><c> the</c><00:35:29.599><c> temple</c>

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:33.579
pleading<00:35:31.219><c> with</c><00:35:31.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:31.760><c> to</c><00:35:31.980><c> stop</c><00:35:32.239><c> this</c><00:35:32.559><c> massacre.</c>

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:36.940
And<00:35:34.500><c> a</c><00:35:34.639><c> man</c><00:35:35.079><c> sauntered</c><00:35:35.539><c> past</c><00:35:36.059><c> the</c><00:35:36.400><c> temple</c>

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:39.260
with<00:35:37.559><c> a</c><00:35:37.780><c> Moabitish</c><00:35:38.400><c> woman</c><00:35:38.679><c> on</c><00:35:38.840><c> his</c><00:35:39.099><c> arm</c>

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:40.579
and<00:35:39.400><c> he</c><00:35:39.539><c> went</c><00:35:39.639><c> into</c><00:35:39.860><c> a</c><00:35:40.059><c> love</c><00:35:40.300><c> tent.</c>

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.280
Remember<00:35:41.179><c> the</c><00:35:41.420><c> story?</c>

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.980
And<00:35:42.619><c> the</c><00:35:42.760><c> whole</c><00:35:43.219><c> congregation</c><00:35:43.900><c> was</c><00:35:44.480><c> speechless.</c>

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:49.000
And<00:35:46.000><c> one</c><00:35:46.400><c> man</c><00:35:46.900><c> stood</c><00:35:47.179><c> up,</c><00:35:48.519><c> Phineas,</c>

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:50.519
and<00:35:49.400><c> he</c><00:35:49.559><c> picked</c><00:35:49.739><c> up</c><00:35:49.960><c> a</c><00:35:50.179><c> javelin</c>

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.579
and<00:35:50.659><c> he</c><00:35:50.820><c> walked</c><00:35:50.960><c> into</c><00:35:51.159><c> that</c><00:35:51.460><c> tent</c>

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:53.699
and<00:35:51.860><c> he</c><00:35:52.139><c> jammed</c><00:35:52.280><c> that</c><00:35:52.579><c> javelin</c><00:35:52.940><c> between</c><00:35:53.260><c> the</c><00:35:53.500><c> two</c>

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:55.480
and<00:35:54.039><c> the</c><00:35:54.199><c> plague</c><00:35:54.360><c> was</c><00:35:54.599><c> stopped.</c>

00:35:56.579 --> 00:36:00.079
And<00:35:56.599><c> they</c><00:35:56.679><c> went</c><00:35:56.820><c> over</c><00:35:57.039><c> the</c><00:35:57.159><c> River</c><00:35:57.340><c> Jordan</c><00:35:57.760><c> into</c><00:35:58.659><c> the</c><00:35:58.920><c> kingdom.</c>

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:06.239
But<00:36:01.159><c> 24</c><00:36:01.639><c>,000,</c><00:36:02.719><c> right</c><00:36:03.079><c> at</c><00:36:03.380><c> the</c><00:36:03.719><c> very</c><00:36:04.179><c> end</c><00:36:04.760><c> of</c><00:36:04.960><c> their</c><00:36:05.179><c> journeys,</c>

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:08.480
didn't<00:36:06.920><c> make</c><00:36:07.280><c> it.</c>

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:11.219
And<00:36:10.059><c> in</c><00:36:10.219><c> this</c><00:36:10.519><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:15.500
there<00:36:12.119><c> were</c><00:36:12.400><c> those</c><00:36:13.179><c> who</c><00:36:13.500><c> were</c><00:36:13.880><c> holding</c><00:36:14.159><c> the</c><00:36:14.519><c> doctrine</c><00:36:14.840><c> of</c><00:36:15.260><c> Balaam.</c>

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:17.239
I<00:36:15.880><c> guess</c><00:36:16.219><c> in</c><00:36:16.420><c> our</c><00:36:16.579><c> language</c><00:36:16.920><c> today</c>

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:19.480
it<00:36:17.320><c> would</c><00:36:17.480><c> be</c><00:36:17.599><c> the</c><00:36:17.800><c> doctrine</c><00:36:18.099><c> of</c><00:36:18.400><c> permissiveness.</c>

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.900
If<00:36:20.139><c> it</c><00:36:20.360><c> feels</c><00:36:20.679><c> good,</c><00:36:21.420><c> do</c><00:36:21.480><c> it.</c>

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.780
You<00:36:22.500><c> know</c><00:36:22.639><c> what</c><00:36:22.780><c> it's</c><00:36:23.019><c> like.</c>

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:25.800
You<00:36:23.980><c> know</c><00:36:24.079><c> what</c><00:36:24.179><c> the</c><00:36:24.360><c> kids</c><00:36:24.519><c> at</c><00:36:24.659><c> school</c><00:36:24.860><c> are</c><00:36:25.059><c> into.</c>

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.579
That's<00:36:28.179><c> our</c><00:36:28.380><c> age.</c>

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:30.699
We<00:36:28.780><c> are</c><00:36:28.840><c> living</c><00:36:29.039><c> in</c><00:36:29.219><c> the</c><00:36:29.360><c> age</c><00:36:29.579><c> of</c><00:36:29.760><c> Balaam.</c>

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:35.340
And<00:36:31.519><c> all</c><00:36:31.699><c> around</c><00:36:31.960><c> us</c><00:36:32.139><c> the</c><00:36:32.280><c> world</c><00:36:32.500><c> says</c><00:36:32.679><c> come</c><00:36:33.079><c> and</c><00:36:33.300><c> join</c><00:36:33.500><c> us.</c>

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:38.559
Be<00:36:36.199><c> involved</c><00:36:36.639><c> in</c><00:36:36.800><c> this</c><00:36:37.019><c> sort</c><00:36:37.179><c> of</c><00:36:37.300><c> way</c><00:36:37.440><c> of</c><00:36:37.619><c> life.</c>

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:42.019
That<00:36:40.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:40.539><c> got</c><00:36:40.780><c> involved</c><00:36:41.199><c> like</c><00:36:41.480><c> that.</c>

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:46.059
They<00:36:42.780><c> upheld</c><00:36:43.199><c> it</c><00:36:44.019><c> or</c><00:36:44.260><c> allowed</c><00:36:44.599><c> it</c><00:36:44.920><c> in</c><00:36:45.059><c> their</c><00:36:45.199><c> meeting.</c>

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:48.780
And<00:36:46.780><c> then</c><00:36:46.920><c> they</c><00:36:47.039><c> allowed</c><00:36:47.260><c> the</c><00:36:47.559><c> atheist</c><00:36:47.840><c> type</c><00:36:48.119><c> people</c><00:36:48.440><c> to</c><00:36:48.599><c> have</c>

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.880
their<00:36:49.059><c> say.</c>

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.420
Christ<00:36:51.480><c> said,</c>

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.739
Repent,

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:57.820
or<00:36:55.559><c> I'll</c><00:36:55.760><c> come</c><00:36:56.079><c> quickly</c><00:36:56.719><c> and</c><00:36:57.320><c> fight</c>

00:36:57.820 --> 00:37:00.260
with<00:36:58.400><c> the</c><00:36:58.679><c> sword</c><00:36:58.960><c> of</c><00:36:59.139><c> the</c><00:36:59.340><c> mouth.</c>

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:04.980
In<00:37:02.760><c> other</c><00:37:02.920><c> words,</c><00:37:03.320><c> the</c><00:37:03.360><c> Word</c><00:37:03.559><c> of</c><00:37:03.699><c> God</c><00:37:03.900><c> would</c><00:37:04.119><c> judge</c><00:37:04.380><c> them</c>

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:07.739
and<00:37:05.639><c> they</c><00:37:05.760><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:06.000><c> go</c><00:37:06.239><c> into</c><00:37:06.400><c> the</c><00:37:06.619><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.659
They<00:37:08.300><c> didn't</c><00:37:08.599><c> repent.</c>

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.380
Didn't<00:37:10.780><c> sort</c><00:37:11.039><c> out</c><00:37:11.239><c> their</c><00:37:11.420><c> lives.</c>

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:15.119
He<00:37:13.139><c> that</c><00:37:13.380><c> hath</c><00:37:13.579><c> an</c><00:37:13.739><c> ear,</c><00:37:13.980><c> let</c><00:37:14.000><c> him</c><00:37:14.199><c> hear.</c>

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:17.800
To<00:37:15.599><c> him</c><00:37:15.820><c> that</c><00:37:16.099><c> overcometh,</c><00:37:16.559><c> I</c><00:37:16.739><c> will</c><00:37:16.880><c> give</c><00:37:17.000><c> to</c><00:37:17.280><c> eat</c><00:37:17.400><c> of</c><00:37:17.619><c> the</c>

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.559
hidden<00:37:18.000><c> manna.</c>

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:20.639
What<00:37:19.000><c> is</c><00:37:19.199><c> it?</c><00:37:19.699><c> Manna.</c><00:37:20.039><c> What</c><00:37:20.179><c> is</c><00:37:20.340><c> it?</c>

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.860
That's<00:37:21.079><c> what</c><00:37:21.239><c> Israel</c><00:37:21.519><c> said.</c>

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.199
What<00:37:22.500><c> was</c><00:37:22.719><c> the</c><00:37:22.960><c> manna?</c>

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:26.440
How<00:37:23.460><c> did</c><00:37:23.659><c> Moses</c><00:37:24.000><c> see</c><00:37:24.239><c> the</c><00:37:24.460><c> manna?</c>

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:30.920
Bread<00:37:29.599><c> of</c><00:37:29.780><c> life</c>

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:35.820
came<00:37:33.059><c> down</c><00:37:33.420><c> from</c><00:37:34.619><c> heaven.</c>

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:37.400
It<00:37:36.340><c> was</c><00:37:36.519><c> God's</c><00:37:37.159><c> food.</c>

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:39.760
They<00:37:37.920><c> said,</c><00:37:38.320><c> what</c><00:37:38.440><c> is</c><00:37:38.679><c> it?</c>

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:44.199
I'll<00:37:42.820><c> give</c><00:37:42.960><c> to</c><00:37:43.260><c> eat</c><00:37:43.480><c> of</c><00:37:43.760><c> the</c><00:37:44.019><c> manna.</c>

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:46.539
There<00:37:44.380><c> was</c><00:37:44.559><c> some</c><00:37:44.760><c> manna</c><00:37:44.960><c> put</c><00:37:45.159><c> away,</c><00:37:45.519><c> wasn't</c><00:37:45.659><c> it?</c>

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:49.019
In<00:37:47.139><c> the</c><00:37:47.360><c> ark,</c><00:37:48.139><c> it</c><00:37:48.300><c> didn't</c><00:37:48.559><c> decay.</c>

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:51.119
What<00:37:49.639><c> did</c><00:37:49.780><c> that</c><00:37:50.019><c> speak</c><00:37:50.280><c> of?</c>

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:55.980
Yes,<00:37:53.780><c> he</c><00:37:53.980><c> was</c><00:37:54.159><c> the</c><00:37:54.340><c> manna</c><00:37:54.500><c> that</c><00:37:54.599><c> came</c><00:37:54.820><c> down</c><00:37:55.039><c> from</c><00:37:55.239><c> heaven.</c>

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.519
What<00:37:56.619><c> else</c><00:37:56.800><c> did</c><00:37:56.940><c> it</c><00:37:57.119><c> speak</c><00:37:57.320><c> of?</c>

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:59.400
The<00:37:57.760><c> manna</c><00:37:58.079><c> in</c><00:37:58.199><c> the</c><00:37:58.440><c> ark,</c><00:37:58.639><c> the</c><00:37:58.699><c> little</c><00:37:58.900><c> bit</c><00:37:59.039><c> of</c><00:37:59.159><c> manna,</c>

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:01.559
the<00:37:59.500><c> Ten</c><00:37:59.739><c> Commandments</c><00:38:00.300><c> and</c><00:38:00.559><c> Rehan's</c><00:38:00.960><c> rod</c><00:38:01.019><c> that</c><00:38:01.239><c> butted.</c>

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.619
What<00:38:01.860><c> did</c><00:38:01.960><c> the</c><00:38:02.159><c> manna</c><00:38:02.360><c> do?</c>

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:05.260
What<00:38:03.360><c> happened</c><00:38:03.599><c> to</c><00:38:03.760><c> it?</c><00:38:04.219><c> Did</c><00:38:04.300><c> it</c><00:38:04.559><c> rot?</c>

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.440
No.

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:08.599
Next<00:38:07.219><c> week,</c><00:38:07.619><c> had</c><00:38:07.760><c> it</c><00:38:07.920><c> rotted?</c>

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:13.440
No.<00:38:09.300><c> It</c><00:38:09.460><c> was</c><00:38:09.800><c> there</c><00:38:10.139><c> as</c><00:38:10.400><c> a</c><00:38:10.519><c> symbol</c><00:38:10.719><c> of</c><00:38:12.380><c> eternity,</c>

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.539
immortality<00:38:13.940><c> in</c><00:38:14.099><c> the</c><00:38:14.300><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:17.400
To<00:38:14.920><c> him</c><00:38:15.139><c> that</c><00:38:15.420><c> overcometh</c><00:38:15.920><c> in</c><00:38:16.059><c> this</c><00:38:16.760><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:19.019
I'll<00:38:17.920><c> give</c><00:38:18.059><c> to</c><00:38:18.199><c> eat</c><00:38:18.260><c> of</c><00:38:18.380><c> the</c><00:38:18.519><c> hidden</c><00:38:18.739><c> manna,</c>

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.340
that<00:38:19.179><c> manna</c><00:38:19.440><c> that</c><00:38:19.480><c> was</c><00:38:19.659><c> hidden</c><00:38:19.820><c> in</c><00:38:19.980><c> the</c><00:38:20.199><c> ark,</c>

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.679
a<00:38:20.659><c> symbol</c><00:38:20.840><c> of</c><00:38:21.059><c> immortality.</c>

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.940
What<00:38:22.239><c> else</c><00:38:22.420><c> did</c><00:38:22.500><c> he</c><00:38:22.699><c> say?</c>

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:25.539
And<00:38:23.599><c> I'll</c><00:38:23.860><c> give</c><00:38:23.960><c> him</c><00:38:24.139><c> a</c><00:38:24.340><c> white</c><00:38:24.619><c> stone.</c>

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:31.019
It's<00:38:28.460><c> interesting</c><00:38:28.860><c> that</c><00:38:29.039><c> in</c><00:38:29.239><c> this</c><00:38:29.500><c> city,</c>

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:35.300
any<00:38:32.420><c> white</c><00:38:32.900><c> stone</c><00:38:33.559><c> had</c><00:38:33.940><c> to</c><00:38:34.159><c> be</c><00:38:34.480><c> imported.</c>

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:38.079
Everyone<00:38:36.739><c> knew</c><00:38:36.940><c> that.</c>

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:41.659
In<00:38:38.800><c> the</c><00:38:39.000><c> ruins</c><00:38:39.199><c> today,</c><00:38:39.619><c> you've</c><00:38:39.739><c> got</c><00:38:39.840><c> all</c><00:38:40.079><c> this</c><00:38:40.300><c> white</c><00:38:40.639><c> marble</c>

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:44.039
that<00:38:42.579><c> had</c><00:38:42.699><c> to</c><00:38:42.900><c> be</c><00:38:43.099><c> imported,</c>

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:47.440
because<00:38:44.739><c> the</c><00:38:45.000><c> stone</c><00:38:45.380><c> in</c><00:38:45.679><c> Pergamos</c><00:38:46.079><c> was</c><00:38:46.400><c> black.</c>

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:51.500
Who's<00:38:49.460><c> going</c><00:38:49.619><c> to</c><00:38:49.760><c> give</c><00:38:49.880><c> the</c><00:38:50.099><c> white</c><00:38:50.380><c> stone?</c>

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:53.920
To<00:38:52.780><c> the</c><00:38:52.900><c> believers.</c>

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:58.159
To<00:38:56.059><c> him</c><00:38:56.239><c> that</c><00:38:56.480><c> overcometh,</c><00:38:56.940><c> I'll</c><00:38:57.119><c> give</c><00:38:57.280><c> a</c><00:38:57.519><c> white</c><00:38:57.760><c> stone.</c>

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.059
Who<00:38:58.659><c> will</c><00:38:58.800><c> give</c><00:38:58.940><c> that?</c>

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:03.880
Or,<00:39:02.159><c> I</c><00:39:02.460><c> think</c><00:39:02.559><c> it's</c><00:39:02.739><c> Christ's</c><00:39:03.159><c> words,</c><00:39:03.420><c> isn't</c><00:39:03.440><c> it?</c>

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:06.599
Or<00:39:04.400><c> at</c><00:39:04.559><c> the</c><00:39:04.739><c> judgment</c><00:39:05.039><c> seat,</c><00:39:05.280><c> they'll</c><00:39:05.579><c> receive</c><00:39:05.860><c> immortality.</c>

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:08.400
Where<00:39:07.219><c> will</c><00:39:07.380><c> the</c><00:39:07.559><c> white</c><00:39:07.760><c> stone</c><00:39:07.980><c> come</c><00:39:08.159><c> from?</c>

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:10.139
Christ.<00:39:08.739><c> Where's</c><00:39:09.079><c> Christ?</c>

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:13.239
On<00:39:11.119><c> the</c><00:39:11.239><c> right</c><00:39:11.420><c> hand</c><00:39:11.519><c> of</c><00:39:11.639><c> the</c><00:39:11.780><c> Father,</c><00:39:12.380><c> from</c><00:39:12.719><c> distant,</c>

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:15.360
not<00:39:13.880><c> from</c><00:39:14.099><c> where</c><00:39:14.300><c> they</c><00:39:14.539><c> were.</c>

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:17.480
Not<00:39:16.159><c> only</c><00:39:16.380><c> that,</c>

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:23.119
under<00:39:21.340><c> the</c><00:39:21.599><c> Roman</c><00:39:21.960><c> system,</c>

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:25.500
what<00:39:24.179><c> happened</c><00:39:24.559><c> when</c><00:39:24.780><c> you</c><00:39:25.000><c> were</c><00:39:25.139><c> judged?</c>

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:27.760
Anyone<00:39:26.119><c> know</c><00:39:26.539><c> what</c><00:39:26.800><c> they</c><00:39:26.980><c> did?</c>

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:30.380
You<00:39:28.360><c> went</c><00:39:28.539><c> up</c><00:39:28.739><c> before</c><00:39:29.000><c> the</c><00:39:29.239><c> courts,</c>

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:32.880
the<00:39:31.199><c> Roman</c><00:39:31.619><c> authorities,</c>

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:35.920
up<00:39:33.139><c> on</c><00:39:33.260><c> a</c><00:39:33.519><c> charge,</c><00:39:33.780><c> how</c><00:39:33.940><c> did</c><00:39:34.039><c> they</c><00:39:34.239><c> judge</c><00:39:34.480><c> you?</c>

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.460
True?

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:40.320
How<00:39:37.960><c> did</c><00:39:38.039><c> they</c><00:39:38.219><c> do</c><00:39:38.420><c> it</c><00:39:38.639><c> sort</c><00:39:38.820><c> of</c><00:39:39.380><c> officially,</c>

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:44.699
as<00:39:40.820><c> far</c><00:39:41.059><c> as</c><00:39:41.400><c> the</c><00:39:42.719><c> sentence,</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:47.619
whether<00:39:45.199><c> you</c><00:39:45.420><c> were</c><00:39:45.500><c> guilty</c><00:39:45.860><c> or</c><00:39:46.159><c> not</c><00:39:46.420><c> guilty?</c>

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:54.800
What<00:39:52.739><c> was</c><00:39:53.260><c> the</c><00:39:53.460><c> black</c><00:39:53.719><c> stone?</c>

00:39:58.659 --> 00:40:00.199
White<00:39:59.179><c> stone?</c>

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.500
Free.

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:04.659
Quit<00:40:03.639><c> it.</c>

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:08.880
To<00:40:05.139><c> him</c><00:40:05.340><c> that</c><00:40:05.639><c> overcometh,</c><00:40:07.400><c> I'll</c><00:40:07.539><c> give</c><00:40:07.639><c> a</c><00:40:07.820><c> white</c><00:40:08.079><c> stone.</c>

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:12.880
And<00:40:09.840><c> they</c><00:40:09.960><c> were</c><00:40:10.260><c> in</c><00:40:10.519><c> the</c><00:40:10.860><c> headquarters</c><00:40:11.400><c> of</c><00:40:11.739><c> the</c><00:40:11.980><c> Roman</c><00:40:12.280><c> authorities,</c>

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:15.300
where<00:40:13.400><c> that</c><00:40:13.780><c> sort</c><00:40:13.960><c> of</c><00:40:14.079><c> thing</c><00:40:14.199><c> went</c><00:40:14.380><c> on</c><00:40:14.599><c> every</c><00:40:15.139><c> day,</c>

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:18.539
and<00:40:15.500><c> everyone</c><00:40:15.760><c> knew</c><00:40:15.920><c> if</c><00:40:15.980><c> they</c><00:40:16.119><c> got</c><00:40:16.239><c> a</c><00:40:16.440><c> black</c><00:40:16.719><c> stone,</c><00:40:17.320><c> the</c><00:40:17.599><c> sword.</c>

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:22.699
If<00:40:19.800><c> they</c><00:40:20.239><c> got</c><00:40:20.239><c> a</c><00:40:20.340><c> white</c><00:40:20.579><c> stone,</c><00:40:21.119><c> they</c><00:40:21.219><c> were</c><00:40:21.440><c> free.</c>

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:25.519
Christ<00:40:24.619><c> didn't</c><00:40:25.059><c> waste</c><00:40:25.260><c> anything.</c>

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:29.980
It<00:40:25.900><c> really</c><00:40:26.420><c> excites</c><00:40:27.880><c> someone</c><00:40:28.400><c> when</c><00:40:28.579><c> you</c><00:40:28.780><c> start</c><00:40:29.179><c> to</c><00:40:29.440><c> dig</c><00:40:29.559><c> into</c><00:40:29.739><c> this.</c>

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:32.119
When<00:40:30.260><c> I</c><00:40:30.420><c> did</c><00:40:30.519><c> this</c><00:40:30.719><c> as</c><00:40:30.920><c> a</c><00:40:30.980><c> first</c><00:40:31.239><c> study,</c>

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:35.239
a<00:40:33.019><c> teacher</c><00:40:33.280><c> from</c><00:40:33.460><c> school</c><00:40:33.739><c> went</c><00:40:33.920><c> on</c><00:40:34.159><c> a</c><00:40:34.239><c> trip</c><00:40:34.420><c> through</c><00:40:34.699><c> these</c><00:40:35.019><c> ecclesiastes,</c>

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.599
not<00:40:35.920><c> a</c><00:40:36.039><c> Christadelphian,</c>

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.659
and<00:40:37.139><c> I</c><00:40:37.260><c> said</c><00:40:37.440><c> to</c><00:40:37.579><c> her,</c>

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:40.219
would<00:40:37.800><c> you</c><00:40:38.000><c> get</c><00:40:38.159><c> all</c><00:40:38.340><c> these</c><00:40:38.539><c> photographs</c><00:40:39.099><c> for</c><00:40:39.320><c> me</c><00:40:39.559><c> and</c><00:40:39.900><c> books</c>

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.579
and<00:40:40.380><c> that?</c>

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:43.800
And<00:40:41.239><c> I</c><00:40:41.360><c> couldn't</c><00:40:41.599><c> wait</c><00:40:41.940><c> to</c><00:40:42.099><c> get</c><00:40:42.340><c> to</c><00:40:42.519><c> the</c><00:40:42.659><c> next</c><00:40:42.980><c> letter,</c>

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:46.579
to<00:40:44.059><c> find</c><00:40:44.380><c> out</c><00:40:44.980><c> all</c><00:40:45.260><c> the</c><00:40:45.480><c> background</c><00:40:45.900><c> of</c><00:40:46.059><c> that</c><00:40:46.320><c> letter,</c>

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.440
to<00:40:46.820><c> like</c><00:40:46.820><c> this</c><00:40:47.039><c> sort</c><00:40:47.280><c> of</c><00:40:47.300><c> thing.</c>

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.519
And<00:40:47.559><c> that's</c><00:40:47.760><c> really</c><00:40:48.019><c> all</c><00:40:48.179><c> we're</c><00:40:48.340><c> doing.</c>

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.699
We're<00:40:48.739><c> not</c><00:40:48.920><c> expanding</c><00:40:49.239><c> the</c><00:40:49.500><c> verses.</c>

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:51.380
We're<00:40:50.019><c> trying</c><00:40:50.199><c> to</c><00:40:50.340><c> get</c><00:40:50.480><c> a</c><00:40:50.619><c> feel</c><00:40:50.739><c> for</c><00:40:50.900><c> the</c><00:40:51.059><c> background,</c>

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:55.199
because<00:40:51.920><c> it</c><00:40:52.019><c> was</c><00:40:52.239><c> so</c><00:40:52.539><c> interesting</c><00:40:52.940><c> how</c><00:40:53.440><c> Christ</c><00:40:53.860><c> took</c><00:40:54.199><c> their</c><00:40:54.579><c> environment</c>

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:58.760
or<00:40:55.619><c> their</c><00:40:55.880><c> history</c><00:40:56.320><c> or</c><00:40:56.619><c> their</c><00:40:56.880><c> geography</c><00:40:57.320><c> to</c><00:40:57.980><c> draw</c><00:40:58.219><c> the</c><00:40:58.400><c> message.</c>

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.559
And<00:40:59.019><c> there</c><00:40:59.179><c> was</c><00:40:59.340><c> one.</c>

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:01.179
Not<00:40:59.960><c> only</c><00:41:00.199><c> that.</c>

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:02.079
See<00:41:01.539><c> this?</c>

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:04.079
What's<00:41:02.760><c> on</c><00:41:02.880><c> it?</c>

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.320
Snake.

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:12.000
Anyone<00:41:10.219><c> know</c><00:41:10.400><c> anything</c><00:41:10.619><c> about</c><00:41:10.880><c> that?</c>

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:17.519
Anyone<00:41:14.920><c> know</c><00:41:15.159><c> anything</c><00:41:15.300><c> about</c><00:41:15.480><c> the</c><00:41:15.599><c> history</c><00:41:15.900><c> of</c><00:41:16.099><c> this</c><00:41:16.599><c> city?</c>

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:22.159
This<00:41:19.179><c> city,</c><00:41:20.679><c> down</c><00:41:20.920><c> at</c><00:41:21.099><c> the</c><00:41:21.139><c> base</c><00:41:21.360><c> of</c><00:41:21.539><c> that</c><00:41:21.719><c> mountain,</c>

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:26.059
had<00:41:22.760><c> the</c><00:41:22.980><c> most</c><00:41:23.320><c> modern</c><00:41:23.900><c> hospital</c><00:41:24.619><c> in</c><00:41:24.900><c> the</c><00:41:25.099><c> world.</c>

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:32.000
They<00:41:28.639><c> used</c><00:41:28.940><c> psychology</c><00:41:29.739><c> and</c><00:41:30.059><c> everything</c><00:41:30.480><c> in</c><00:41:31.119><c> healing</c><00:41:31.360><c> people,</c>

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:33.539
right<00:41:32.480><c> down</c><00:41:32.800><c> to</c><00:41:33.059><c> like,</c>

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:36.420
you'd<00:41:33.880><c> go</c><00:41:33.960><c> in</c><00:41:34.079><c> and</c><00:41:34.219><c> there</c><00:41:34.340><c> would</c><00:41:34.539><c> be</c><00:41:34.760><c> an</c><00:41:34.980><c> environment</c><00:41:35.460><c> of</c><00:41:35.780><c> soft</c><00:41:36.059><c> music</c>

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:38.400
or<00:41:36.559><c> whatever</c><00:41:36.840><c> it</c><00:41:37.039><c> was</c><00:41:37.260><c> that</c><00:41:37.360><c> would</c><00:41:37.559><c> help</c><00:41:37.679><c> in</c><00:41:37.800><c> the</c><00:41:37.940><c> healing</c><00:41:38.159><c> effect.</c>

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:42.320
And<00:41:39.440><c> the</c><00:41:39.719><c> symbol</c><00:41:40.280><c> is</c><00:41:41.260><c> Pergamos.</c>

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:47.179
And<00:41:43.599><c> today,</c><00:41:45.980><c> still</c><00:41:46.199><c> there.</c>

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:48.559
Who's<00:41:47.519><c> got</c><00:41:47.679><c> a</c><00:41:47.800><c> bracelet?</c>

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:52.559
What's<00:41:50.940><c> on</c><00:41:51.039><c> it?</c>

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.820
Snake.

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:56.559
The<00:41:55.320><c> symbol</c><00:41:55.480><c> of</c><00:41:55.699><c> medicine.</c>

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:58.219
That<00:41:56.860><c> came</c><00:41:57.059><c> out</c><00:41:57.260><c> of</c><00:41:57.420><c> Pergamos.</c>

00:41:58.860 --> 00:42:00.059
That's<00:41:59.179><c> where</c><00:41:59.380><c> it</c><00:41:59.519><c> all</c><00:41:59.659><c> began.</c>

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:02.500
The<00:42:00.800><c> first</c><00:42:01.079><c> big</c><00:42:01.340><c> hospital</c><00:42:01.719><c> and</c><00:42:01.860><c> there</c><00:42:01.960><c> was</c><00:42:02.079><c> a</c><00:42:02.219><c> symbol</c><00:42:02.320><c> on</c><00:42:02.480><c> it.</c>

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:06.940
Every<00:42:02.960><c> medical</c><00:42:03.840><c> practitioner's</c><00:42:04.800><c> probably</c><00:42:05.159><c> invoice</c><00:42:05.559><c> is</c><00:42:05.800><c> the</c><00:42:06.000><c> symbol.</c>

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:08.860
All<00:42:07.739><c> over</c><00:42:08.039><c> the</c><00:42:08.159><c> world</c><00:42:08.380><c> today.</c>

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:10.840
Pergamon<00:42:09.460><c> that</c><00:42:09.659><c> came</c><00:42:09.940><c> from.</c>

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.880
Satan's<00:42:11.679><c> seat.</c>

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:13.219
The<00:42:12.380><c> serpent.</c>

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:16.099
It<00:42:14.320><c> really</c><00:42:14.780><c> is</c><00:42:15.039><c> incredible.</c>

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:18.500
There's<00:42:17.119><c> more</c><00:42:17.300><c> to</c><00:42:17.519><c> come.</c>

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:22.239
We're<00:42:20.059><c> going</c><00:42:20.219><c> over</c><00:42:20.460><c> time</c><00:42:20.639><c> but</c><00:42:20.739><c> you'll</c><00:42:20.900><c> have</c><00:42:20.960><c> to</c><00:42:21.079><c> live</c><00:42:21.179><c> with</c><00:42:21.320><c> this.</c>

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.679
A<00:42:23.079><c> new</c><00:42:23.320><c> name.</c>

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.719
Oh,<00:42:24.239><c> give</c><00:42:24.320><c> a</c><00:42:24.539><c> stone.</c>

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:26.320
A<00:42:24.940><c> new</c><00:42:25.239><c> name</c><00:42:25.500><c> written.</c>

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:31.300
Anyone<00:42:27.679><c> know</c><00:42:27.800><c> anything</c><00:42:28.000><c> about</c><00:42:28.300><c> Pergamon</c><00:42:29.000><c> and</c><00:42:30.440><c> writing?</c>

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:35.519
So<00:42:32.440><c> here's</c><00:42:32.940><c> the</c><00:42:33.139><c> white</c><00:42:33.400><c> stone</c><00:42:33.840><c> and</c><00:42:34.500><c> there's</c><00:42:34.699><c> a</c><00:42:34.840><c> name</c><00:42:35.239><c> written</c>

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:37.360
on<00:42:35.719><c> it.</c>

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:40.880
Well<00:42:38.199><c> in</c><00:42:38.340><c> ancient</c><00:42:38.679><c> times</c><00:42:39.139><c> the</c><00:42:39.360><c> writing</c><00:42:39.599><c> was</c><00:42:39.820><c> always</c><00:42:40.059><c> on</c><00:42:40.300><c> papyrus</c>

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:42.320
and<00:42:41.000><c> that</c><00:42:41.119><c> was</c><00:42:41.260><c> in</c><00:42:41.480><c> Egypt.</c>

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:44.019
There<00:42:43.260><c> was</c><00:42:43.460><c> a</c><00:42:43.659><c> problem.</c>

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:45.940
They<00:42:44.539><c> stopped</c><00:42:44.880><c> the</c><00:42:45.179><c> Pergamon</c><00:42:45.619><c> people</c>

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:47.960
and<00:42:46.099><c> Pergamon</c><00:42:46.480><c> was</c><00:42:46.659><c> a</c><00:42:46.840><c> very</c><00:42:47.280><c> wealthy</c><00:42:47.579><c> city</c>

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:50.559
and<00:42:48.159><c> a</c><00:42:48.280><c> very</c><00:42:49.199><c> high</c><00:42:49.719><c> learning</c><00:42:50.059><c> area</c>

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:52.599
and<00:42:51.000><c> they</c><00:42:51.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:51.380><c> let</c><00:42:51.579><c> them</c><00:42:51.739><c> have</c><00:42:51.900><c> the</c><00:42:52.119><c> papyrus.</c>

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.519
So<00:42:52.760><c> do</c><00:42:52.860><c> you</c><00:42:52.860><c> know</c><00:42:52.940><c> what</c><00:42:53.000><c> they</c><00:42:53.199><c> did?</c>

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:56.119
They<00:42:54.039><c> produced</c><00:42:54.400><c> their</c><00:42:54.739><c> own</c><00:42:55.099><c> paper.</c>

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:59.519
And<00:42:56.639><c> it</c><00:42:56.679><c> was</c><00:42:56.880><c> known</c><00:42:57.059><c> all</c><00:42:57.340><c> over</c><00:42:57.539><c> the</c><00:42:57.699><c> world</c><00:42:57.880><c> as</c><00:42:58.139><c> Pergamon</c><00:42:59.019><c> paper.</c>

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:03.760
They<00:43:00.500><c> were</c><00:43:00.840><c> renowned</c><00:43:01.360><c> for</c><00:43:01.739><c> writing</c><00:43:02.199><c> in</c><00:43:02.539><c> that</c><00:43:02.860><c> city.</c>

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:05.639
And<00:43:03.860><c> the</c><00:43:04.059><c> great</c><00:43:04.420><c> archives</c><00:43:04.960><c> of</c><00:43:05.219><c> history</c>

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:07.960
came<00:43:05.920><c> out</c><00:43:06.139><c> of</c><00:43:06.340><c> Pergamon</c><00:43:06.860><c> on</c><00:43:07.280><c> Pergamon</c><00:43:07.659><c> paper.</c>

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:09.739
Christ<00:43:08.500><c> said</c><00:43:08.719><c> to</c><00:43:08.820><c> him</c><00:43:09.000><c> that</c><00:43:09.280><c> overcometh,</c>

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:13.420
I'll<00:43:10.219><c> write</c><00:43:10.599><c> my</c><00:43:11.039><c> name</c><00:43:11.579><c> in</c><00:43:12.440><c> the</c><00:43:12.719><c> city</c><00:43:12.900><c> of</c><00:43:13.179><c> writing,</c>

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.460
in<00:43:13.639><c> the</c><00:43:13.739><c> city</c><00:43:13.940><c> of</c><00:43:14.199><c> paper,</c>

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:16.800
and<00:43:14.780><c> I'll</c><00:43:14.960><c> put</c><00:43:15.119><c> it</c><00:43:15.239><c> on</c><00:43:15.360><c> a</c><00:43:15.599><c> white</c><00:43:15.900><c> stone</c><00:43:16.139><c> which</c><00:43:16.340><c> has</c><00:43:16.500><c> to</c><00:43:16.679><c> come</c>

00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:17.400
from<00:43:17.059><c> afar</c>

00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:19.360
which<00:43:17.900><c> is</c><00:43:18.139><c> the</c><00:43:18.380><c> stone</c><00:43:18.599><c> of</c><00:43:18.820><c> a</c><00:43:19.019><c> quiddle</c>

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.960
which<00:43:19.639><c> would</c><00:43:19.960><c> free</c><00:43:20.199><c> the</c><00:43:20.420><c> brethren</c><00:43:20.639><c> and</c><00:43:20.820><c> sisters</c>

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:22.599
and<00:43:21.099><c> put</c><00:43:21.280><c> them</c><00:43:21.400><c> into</c><00:43:21.539><c> the</c><00:43:21.760><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:26.880
How's<00:43:25.360><c> that</c><00:43:25.639><c> for</c><00:43:25.860><c> a</c><00:43:25.980><c> background?</c>

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:31.260
For<00:43:29.760><c> those</c><00:43:30.019><c> who</c><00:43:30.119><c> would</c><00:43:30.340><c> overcome.</c>

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.840
It<00:43:34.480><c> really</c><00:43:35.000><c> can</c><00:43:35.360><c> be,</c>

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:38.619
the<00:43:36.420><c> scriptures</c><00:43:36.739><c> can</c><00:43:37.000><c> be</c><00:43:37.159><c> pretty</c><00:43:37.460><c> exciting</c>

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:41.739
if<00:43:39.340><c> you</c><00:43:39.460><c> want</c><00:43:39.639><c> to</c><00:43:39.760><c> dig</c><00:43:39.880><c> into</c><00:43:40.079><c> some</c><00:43:40.320><c> of</c><00:43:40.500><c> the</c><00:43:40.539><c> little</c><00:43:40.719><c> things</c>

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:44.739
that<00:43:42.619><c> really</c><00:43:42.880><c> are</c><00:43:43.139><c> the</c><00:43:43.260><c> gems</c><00:43:43.539><c> of</c><00:43:43.760><c> the</c><00:43:43.960><c> work.</c>

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:46.420
Sometimes<00:43:45.000><c> we</c><00:43:45.139><c> can</c><00:43:45.280><c> get</c><00:43:45.420><c> bogged</c><00:43:45.679><c> down</c><00:43:45.920><c> a</c><00:43:46.000><c> bit,</c><00:43:46.139><c> you</c><00:43:46.139><c> know,</c>

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:48.920
verse<00:43:46.679><c> by</c><00:43:46.960><c> verse</c><00:43:47.199><c> in</c><00:43:47.380><c> this</c><00:43:47.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:43:47.940><c> word</c><00:43:48.159><c> and</c><00:43:48.340><c> Greek</c><00:43:48.579><c> word</c><00:43:48.800><c> and</c>

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.079
so<00:43:49.000><c> on</c>

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:51.000
but<00:43:49.400><c> get</c><00:43:49.719><c> into</c><00:43:49.920><c> the</c><00:43:50.079><c> geography,</c><00:43:50.579><c> the</c><00:43:50.679><c> history,</c>

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:54.400
the<00:43:51.280><c> archaeology</c><00:43:51.860><c> and</c><00:43:52.099><c> so</c><00:43:52.199><c> on</c><00:43:52.480><c> and</c><00:43:52.699><c> your</c><00:43:52.860><c> Bible</c><00:43:53.099><c> will</c><00:43:53.380><c> live.</c>

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:58.559
A<00:43:56.519><c> new</c><00:43:56.780><c> name</c><00:43:56.980><c> written</c><00:43:57.199><c> which</c><00:43:57.519><c> no</c><00:43:57.820><c> man</c><00:43:58.119><c> knoweth</c>

00:43:58.559 --> 00:44:00.400
saving<00:43:58.880><c> he</c><00:43:59.239><c> that</c><00:43:59.500><c> receiveth</c><00:43:59.960><c> it.</c>

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:06.079
When<00:44:01.039><c> we</c><00:44:01.300><c> receive</c><00:44:01.940><c> a</c><00:44:02.659><c> place</c><00:44:02.840><c> in</c><00:44:03.039><c> the</c><00:44:03.159><c> kingdom</c><00:44:03.380><c> we</c><00:44:03.699><c> will</c><00:44:03.920><c> know</c><00:44:04.059><c> it.</c>

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:07.460
A<00:44:06.199><c> new</c><00:44:06.460><c> name.</c>

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:10.139
One<00:44:07.860><c> with</c><00:44:08.099><c> Christ,</c><00:44:08.599><c> the</c><00:44:08.739><c> Moditudinous</c><00:44:09.239><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:12.039
Now<00:44:10.960><c> I'm</c><00:44:11.039><c> sorry</c><00:44:11.159><c> to</c><00:44:11.320><c> take</c><00:44:11.460><c> your</c><00:44:11.639><c> time</c><00:44:11.780><c> a</c><00:44:11.920><c> bit</c>

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:14.440
so<00:44:12.340><c> we'll</c><00:44:12.599><c> perhaps</c><00:44:12.800><c> just</c><00:44:13.159><c> skip</c><00:44:13.320><c> the</c><00:44:13.559><c> hymn</c>

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:17.699
and<00:44:15.340><c> perhaps</c><00:44:15.860><c> if</c><00:44:16.079><c> we</c><00:44:16.320><c> close</c><00:44:16.599><c> the</c><00:44:16.840><c> meeting</c><00:44:17.039><c> with</c><00:44:17.300><c> prayer.</c>

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:20.420
Alright,<00:44:19.400><c> thanks.</c>