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remembrances<00:11:13.480><c> who</c><00:11:14.200><c> give</c><00:11:14.419><c> him</c><00:11:14.679><c> no</c><00:11:15.080><c> rest</c>

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permanently<00:11:31.799><c> every</c><00:11:32.720><c> day</c><00:11:33.139><c> on</c><00:11:33.720><c> divine</c><00:11:34.120><c> things.</c><00:11:36.080><c> And</c><00:11:36.179><c> back</c><00:11:36.320><c> in</c>

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it's<00:11:52.000><c> perhaps</c><00:11:52.299><c> worth</c><00:11:52.960><c> reflecting</c><00:11:53.379><c> for</c><00:11:53.679><c> a</c><00:11:53.840><c> moment</c><00:11:54.179><c> on</c><00:11:54.679><c> the</c><00:11:54.980><c> second</c><00:11:55.240><c> part</c><00:11:55.559><c> of</c>

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ends<00:11:57.720><c> up</c><00:11:58.159><c> with</c><00:11:58.480><c> a</c><00:11:58.679><c> question.</c><00:12:00.320><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:12:01.639><c> when</c><00:12:01.740><c> the</c><00:12:01.980><c> son</c>

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Now,<00:12:09.480><c> the</c><00:12:09.740><c> margin</c><00:12:10.059><c> in</c><00:12:10.259><c> my</c><00:12:10.480><c> Bible</c><00:12:10.759><c> tells</c><00:12:11.120><c> me</c><00:12:11.299><c> that</c><00:12:11.419><c> there</c><00:12:11.580><c> is</c><00:12:11.740><c> a</c>

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definite<00:12:12.100><c> article</c><00:12:12.639><c> in</c><00:12:12.840><c> front</c><00:12:13.000><c> of</c><00:12:13.159><c> the</c><00:12:13.279><c> word</c><00:12:13.460><c> faith.</c>

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Shall<00:12:14.440><c> he</c><00:12:14.740><c> find</c><00:12:15.139><c> the</c><00:12:15.659><c> faith</c><00:12:16.179><c> on</c><00:12:16.679><c> the</c><00:12:16.899><c> earth?</c><00:12:17.740><c> Or</c><00:12:17.919><c> as</c><00:12:18.120><c> Rotherham</c>

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in<00:12:18.620><c> his</c><00:12:18.799><c> emphasized</c><00:12:19.379><c> Bible</c><00:12:19.799><c> puts</c><00:12:20.120><c> it,</c>

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shall<00:12:21.000><c> he</c><00:12:21.279><c> find</c><00:12:21.679><c> this</c><00:12:22.580><c> faith</c><00:12:23.179><c> on</c><00:12:24.120><c> the</c><00:12:24.360><c> earth?</c><00:12:26.840><c> Will</c><00:12:27.080><c> he</c><00:12:27.360><c> find</c>

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Well,<00:12:31.679><c> he</c><00:12:31.720><c> won't</c><00:12:31.919><c> find</c><00:12:32.179><c> it</c><00:12:32.259><c> in</c><00:12:32.419><c> the</c><00:12:32.580><c> general</c><00:12:32.820><c> mass</c><00:12:33.019><c> of</c><00:12:33.279><c> people.</c>

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anyway.<00:12:35.899><c> But</c><00:12:36.059><c> this</c><00:12:36.379><c> parable</c><00:12:36.820><c> wasn't</c><00:12:37.379><c> addressed</c><00:12:37.740><c> to</c><00:12:37.940><c> the</c><00:12:38.220><c> crowds</c><00:12:38.539><c> even</c>

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Otherwise,<00:12:51.580><c> there'd</c><00:12:51.779><c> be</c><00:12:51.879><c> no</c><00:12:52.159><c> point</c><00:12:52.340><c> in</c><00:12:52.480><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:12:52.940><c> Paul</c><00:12:53.299><c> saying</c><00:12:53.580><c> to</c><00:12:53.759><c> the</c><00:12:53.960><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:12:55.100><c> we</c><00:12:55.340><c> who</c><00:12:55.600><c> are</c>

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alive<00:12:56.080><c> and</c><00:12:56.360><c> remain</c><00:12:56.759><c> unto</c><00:12:56.960><c> the</c><00:12:57.200><c> coming</c><00:12:57.340><c> of</c><00:12:57.500><c> the</c><00:12:57.679><c> Lord,</c>

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brethren<00:13:17.139><c> and</c><00:13:17.379><c> sisters.</c><00:13:18.559><c> Do</c><00:13:18.779><c> we</c><00:13:19.259><c> have</c><00:13:19.600><c> this</c><00:13:20.340><c> kind</c><00:13:20.779><c> of</c><00:13:21.100><c> faith</c>

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ourselves?<00:13:23.299><c> Are</c><00:13:23.539><c> we</c><00:13:23.820><c> really</c><00:13:24.259><c> looking</c><00:13:24.580><c> for</c><00:13:24.820><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:13:25.120><c> Jesus</c><00:13:25.419><c> to</c><00:13:25.779><c> return?</c><00:13:26.460><c> And</c><00:13:26.720><c> more</c><00:13:26.899><c> than</c><00:13:27.159><c> that,</c><00:13:27.620><c> do</c><00:13:27.919><c> we</c><00:13:28.200><c> have</c>

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it's<00:14:03.779><c> worth</c><00:14:03.919><c> just</c><00:14:04.159><c> having</c><00:14:04.299><c> a</c><00:14:04.460><c> look</c><00:14:04.559><c> at</c><00:14:04.759><c> again</c><00:14:05.019><c> in</c><00:14:05.179><c> a</c><00:14:05.360><c> slightly</c>

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way.<00:14:56.200><c> We</c><00:14:56.440><c> might</c><00:14:56.720><c> speak</c><00:14:57.059><c> about</c><00:14:57.519><c> looking</c><00:14:57.980><c> for</c>

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someone's<00:14:58.779><c> appearing</c><00:14:59.279><c> or</c><00:14:59.779><c> hoping</c><00:15:00.179><c> for</c><00:15:00.480><c> someone</c><00:15:00.720><c> to</c><00:15:01.019><c> appear,</c>

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but<00:15:01.980><c> we</c><00:15:02.100><c> would</c><00:15:02.259><c> never</c><00:15:02.440><c> have</c><00:15:02.659><c> used</c><00:15:02.799><c> the</c><00:15:03.019><c> verb</c><00:15:03.200><c> to</c>

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love<00:15:03.700><c> in</c><00:15:03.899><c> that</c><00:15:04.139><c> way,</c><00:15:04.399><c> would</c><00:15:04.539><c> we?</c><00:15:05.700><c> But</c><00:15:05.919><c> here</c><00:15:06.080><c> the</c><00:15:06.320><c> inspired</c><00:15:06.759><c> apostle</c><00:15:07.159><c> Paul</c><00:15:07.460><c> does</c><00:15:07.720><c> it</c>

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wants<00:15:09.960><c> to</c><00:15:10.320><c> draw</c><00:15:10.639><c> in</c><00:15:11.000><c> the</c><00:15:11.159><c> next</c><00:15:11.399><c> verse,</c><00:15:11.940><c> but</c><00:15:11.940><c> one,</c><00:15:12.600><c> when</c><00:15:12.759><c> he</c><00:15:12.960><c> writes</c><00:15:13.200><c> in</c>

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Demas<00:15:16.679><c> hath</c><00:15:17.039><c> forsaken</c><00:15:17.600><c> me,</c><00:15:18.500><c> having</c><00:15:18.899><c> loved</c><00:15:20.220><c> this</c><00:15:21.240><c> present</c><00:15:21.559><c> world.</c><00:15:23.179><c> And</c>

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in<00:15:23.659><c> effect</c><00:15:23.919><c> then,</c><00:15:24.480><c> brethren</c><00:15:24.600><c> and</c><00:15:24.820><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:15:25.320><c> apostle</c><00:15:25.700><c> Paul,</c><00:15:26.159><c> by</c><00:15:26.379><c> the</c><00:15:26.659><c> simple</c><00:15:26.980><c> repetition</c><00:15:27.539><c> of</c><00:15:27.740><c> one</c><00:15:27.940><c> word,</c><00:15:29.179><c> divided</c><00:15:29.480><c> the</c>

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brotherhood<00:15:30.179><c> of</c><00:15:30.320><c> his</c><00:15:30.480><c> own</c><00:15:30.799><c> day,</c>

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just<00:15:31.500><c> before</c><00:15:31.779><c> his</c><00:15:32.059><c> death,</c><00:15:32.700><c> up</c><00:15:32.799><c> into</c><00:15:33.059><c> two</c><00:15:33.379><c> parts.</c><00:15:34.799><c> On</c><00:15:35.039><c> the</c><00:15:35.240><c> one</c>

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hand,<00:15:36.440><c> there</c><00:15:36.440><c> were</c><00:15:36.580><c> those</c><00:15:37.000><c> like</c><00:15:37.440><c> Demas,</c>

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present<00:15:41.240><c> world.</c><00:15:41.860><c> They'd</c><00:15:42.279><c> thrown</c><00:15:42.440><c> in</c>

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their<00:15:42.779><c> lot</c><00:15:42.919><c> with</c><00:15:43.100><c> this</c><00:15:43.360><c> world.</c><00:15:43.519><c> They</c><00:15:43.639><c> were</c><00:15:43.899><c> no</c><00:15:44.159><c> longer</c><00:15:44.500><c> looking</c><00:15:44.779><c> for</c><00:15:45.000><c> the</c><00:15:45.139><c> return</c><00:15:45.419><c> of</c><00:15:45.639><c> Christ.</c>

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us<00:15:57.440><c> then,</c><00:15:57.759><c> as</c><00:15:57.840><c> many</c><00:15:58.139><c> passages</c><00:15:58.559><c> of</c><00:15:58.840><c> scripture</c>

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exhort<00:15:59.679><c> us,</c><00:16:00.460><c> wait</c><00:16:00.500><c> upon</c><00:16:00.799><c> the</c><00:16:01.039><c> Lord.</c><00:16:01.779><c> And</c><00:16:01.960><c> with</c><00:16:02.120><c> events</c><00:16:02.419><c> in</c><00:16:02.600><c> the</c>

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in<00:16:04.580><c> particular,</c><00:16:05.019><c> so</c><00:16:05.320><c> volatile,</c><00:16:06.700><c> surely</c><00:16:06.899><c> we're</c><00:16:07.139><c> not</c><00:16:07.279><c> going</c><00:16:07.419><c> to</c>

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have<00:16:07.700><c> very</c><00:16:07.940><c> much</c><00:16:08.179><c> longer</c><00:16:08.399><c> to</c><00:16:08.679><c> wait.</c>

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occasion,<00:16:15.519><c> Abraham</c><00:16:16.120><c> did</c><00:16:16.940><c> not</c><00:16:17.480><c> wait.</c>

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that<00:16:29.659><c> he</c><00:16:29.879><c> hearkened</c><00:16:30.480><c> unto</c><00:16:30.820><c> the</c><00:16:31.019><c> voice</c><00:16:31.259><c> of</c><00:16:31.860><c> Sarah,</c><00:16:32.799><c> we</c><00:16:33.080><c> surely</c>

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he<00:16:45.919><c> didn't</c><00:16:46.100><c> do</c><00:16:46.360><c> that.</c><00:16:47.320><c> And</c><00:16:47.679><c> here,</c>

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Abraham<00:16:48.580><c> made</c><00:16:49.460><c> the</c><00:16:49.820><c> same</c><00:16:49.980><c> mistake.</c><00:16:51.779><c> And</c><00:16:51.840><c> the</c><00:16:51.980><c> results</c><00:16:52.299><c> for</c><00:16:52.620><c> Abraham's</c><00:16:53.159><c> household</c><00:16:53.740><c> in</c>

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this<00:16:54.279><c> action</c><00:16:54.679><c> were</c>

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far<00:16:55.220><c> from</c><00:16:55.519><c> happy.</c><00:16:56.620><c> Once</c><00:16:56.940><c> Hagar</c><00:16:57.399><c> knew</c><00:16:57.720><c> that</c><00:16:57.919><c> she</c><00:16:58.039><c> was</c><00:16:58.399><c> expecting</c><00:16:58.700><c> a</c><00:16:59.039><c> child,</c>

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she<00:17:00.059><c> became</c><00:17:00.399><c> arrogant</c><00:17:01.019><c> and</c>

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despised<00:17:02.299><c> her</c><00:17:02.580><c> mistress,</c><00:17:03.419><c> no</c><00:17:03.600><c> doubt</c><00:17:03.860><c> feeling</c><00:17:04.259><c> that</c><00:17:04.460><c> her</c><00:17:04.779><c> status</c><00:17:05.160><c> within</c><00:17:05.400><c> the</c>

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household<00:17:06.200><c> had</c><00:17:06.720><c> immeasurably</c>

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increased,<00:17:08.779><c> as</c><00:17:08.859><c> it</c><00:17:09.039><c> must</c><00:17:09.220><c> have</c><00:17:09.420><c> done.</c><00:17:10.559><c> And</c><00:17:10.740><c> the</c><00:17:11.000><c> result</c><00:17:11.240><c> in</c><00:17:11.460><c> verse</c><00:17:11.779><c> six</c><00:17:12.859><c> was</c><00:17:13.279><c> that</c><00:17:13.920><c> Abraham</c><00:17:14.420><c> said</c><00:17:14.759><c> to</c><00:17:15.559><c> Sarah,</c>

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Behold<00:17:16.859><c> thy</c><00:17:17.220><c> maid</c><00:17:17.460><c> is</c><00:17:17.660><c> in</c><00:17:17.839><c> thy</c><00:17:18.099><c> hand,</c><00:17:19.019><c> due</c><00:17:19.140><c> to</c><00:17:19.299><c> her</c><00:17:19.519><c> as</c><00:17:19.740><c> it</c><00:17:20.039><c> pleaseth</c><00:17:20.420><c> thee.</c><00:17:21.299><c> And</c>

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when<00:17:21.720><c> Sarah</c><00:17:22.039><c> dealt</c><00:17:22.299><c> hardly</c><00:17:22.900><c> with</c><00:17:23.220><c> her,</c>

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she<00:17:24.319><c> fled</c><00:17:24.720><c> from</c><00:17:25.259><c> her</c><00:17:25.640><c> face.</c><00:17:27.000><c> Sarah</c><00:17:27.380><c> dealt</c><00:17:27.740><c> hardly</c><00:17:28.680><c> with</c><00:17:29.240><c> Hagar.</c><00:17:30.180><c> If</c><00:17:30.359><c> you</c><00:17:30.519><c> have</c><00:17:30.680><c> a</c>

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margin<00:17:31.339><c> in</c><00:17:31.640><c> your</c><00:17:31.880><c> Bible,</c>

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it<00:17:32.299><c> may</c><00:17:32.559><c> tell</c><00:17:32.740><c> you</c><00:17:32.859><c> that</c><00:17:33.019><c> the</c><00:17:33.180><c> word</c><00:17:33.640><c> hardly</c><00:17:34.359><c> there</c><00:17:34.640><c> literally</c>

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Hagar.<00:17:39.720><c> And</c><00:17:39.920><c> the</c><00:17:40.119><c> same</c><00:17:40.400><c> verb</c><00:17:40.720><c> is</c><00:17:41.019><c> used</c><00:17:41.200><c> in</c><00:17:41.420><c> Exodus</c><00:17:41.700><c> chapter</c><00:17:42.160><c> one,</c><00:17:42.839><c> when</c><00:17:43.019><c> it</c>

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says<00:17:43.380><c> in</c><00:17:43.559><c> verse</c><00:17:43.819><c> 11</c><00:17:44.259><c> that</c><00:17:44.539><c> the</c><00:17:44.880><c> Egyptians</c>

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afflicted<00:17:46.900><c> the</c><00:17:47.079><c> children</c><00:17:47.380><c> of</c><00:17:47.539><c> Israel</c><00:17:48.039><c> by</c><00:17:48.579><c> putting</c><00:17:48.900><c> taskmasters</c><00:17:49.599><c> over</c><00:17:49.920><c> them.</c><00:17:51.279><c> More</c>

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exactly,<00:17:52.200><c> it</c><00:17:52.240><c> would</c>

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seem<00:17:52.740><c> that</c><00:17:53.019><c> the</c><00:17:53.200><c> word</c><00:17:53.500><c> here</c><00:17:53.839><c> means</c><00:17:54.259><c> that</c><00:17:54.640><c> Sarah</c><00:17:54.880><c> humbled</c><00:17:55.779><c> Hagar.</c><00:17:57.140><c> She</c>

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humbled<00:17:57.759><c> her,</c><00:17:58.299><c> probably</c><00:17:58.700><c> by</c><00:17:59.019><c> giving</c><00:17:59.200><c> her</c>

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menial<00:17:59.940><c> tasks</c><00:18:00.359><c> to</c><00:18:00.599><c> do</c><00:18:00.880><c> in</c><00:18:01.319><c> order</c><00:18:01.480><c> to</c><00:18:01.779><c> emphasise</c><00:18:02.319><c> her</c><00:18:02.579><c> real</c><00:18:02.980><c> status</c><00:18:03.579><c> as</c>

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a<00:18:04.339><c> slave</c><00:18:04.599><c> girl.</c><00:18:05.779><c> But</c><00:18:06.019><c> of</c><00:18:06.220><c> course</c><00:18:06.400><c> now,</c>

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Hagar<00:18:07.700><c> was</c><00:18:07.940><c> no</c><00:18:08.200><c> longer</c><00:18:08.480><c> willing</c><00:18:08.740><c> to</c><00:18:09.000><c> submit.</c><00:18:10.259><c> And</c><00:18:10.559><c> so</c><00:18:10.700><c> she</c><00:18:11.000><c> fled,</c><00:18:12.119><c> thus</c><00:18:12.279><c> living</c><00:18:12.519><c> up</c>

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to<00:18:12.819><c> her</c><00:18:13.059><c> name,</c><00:18:14.019><c> flight</c>

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or<00:18:14.880><c> runaway.</c><00:18:16.000><c> And</c><00:18:16.140><c> this,</c><00:18:16.380><c> in</c><00:18:16.440><c> fact,</c><00:18:16.619><c> was</c><00:18:16.740><c> the</c><00:18:16.940><c> first</c><00:18:17.140><c> of</c><00:18:17.299><c> two</c>

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occasions<00:18:18.039><c> that</c><00:18:18.359><c> Hagar</c><00:18:18.779><c> left</c><00:18:19.359><c> the</c><00:18:19.599><c> camp</c><00:18:19.819><c> of</c><00:18:20.019><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:18:21.740><c> in</c><00:18:21.880><c> verse</c><00:18:22.099><c> seven,</c><00:18:22.500><c> having</c><00:18:22.740><c> fled,</c><00:18:23.539><c> the</c><00:18:23.559><c> angel</c><00:18:23.900><c> of</c><00:18:24.059><c> the</c><00:18:24.200><c> Lord</c><00:18:24.380><c> found</c><00:18:24.779><c> her</c>

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by<00:18:25.279><c> a</c><00:18:25.500><c> fountain</c><00:18:25.720><c> of</c><00:18:25.980><c> water</c><00:18:26.220><c> in</c><00:18:26.440><c> the</c>

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wilderness,<00:18:27.599><c> by</c><00:18:27.839><c> the</c><00:18:28.140><c> fountain</c><00:18:28.599><c> in</c><00:18:28.900><c> the</c><00:18:29.059><c> way</c><00:18:29.259><c> to</c><00:18:29.759><c> Shur.</c><00:18:31.160><c> And</c>

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the<00:18:31.579><c> word</c><00:18:31.799><c> Shur</c><00:18:32.220><c> means</c><00:18:32.539><c> the</c><00:18:32.940><c> wall.</c><00:18:33.859><c> It</c><00:18:34.059><c> seems</c><00:18:34.299><c> to</c><00:18:34.500><c> be</c>

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a<00:18:34.759><c> reference</c><00:18:35.079><c> to</c><00:18:35.279><c> that</c><00:18:35.599><c> fortification</c><00:18:36.380><c> which</c><00:18:36.700><c> protected</c><00:18:37.160><c> Egypt</c><00:18:37.779><c> on</c>

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the<00:18:38.460><c> east.</c><00:18:39.500><c> So</c><00:18:39.839><c> Hagar</c><00:18:40.279><c> then,</c><00:18:40.640><c> quite</c><00:18:40.880><c> clearly,</c>

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having<00:18:41.559><c> run</c><00:18:41.900><c> away</c><00:18:42.140><c> from</c><00:18:42.299><c> the</c><00:18:42.480><c> camp</c><00:18:42.619><c> of</c><00:18:42.839><c> Abraham,</c><00:18:43.599><c> was</c><00:18:43.740><c> trying</c>

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to<00:18:44.380><c> find</c><00:18:44.559><c> her</c><00:18:44.819><c> way</c><00:18:45.000><c> back</c><00:18:45.220><c> to</c><00:18:45.359><c> her</c><00:18:45.559><c> native</c><00:18:45.859><c> land,</c>

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back<00:18:46.920><c> to</c><00:18:47.200><c> Egypt.</c><00:18:48.380><c> But</c><00:18:48.539><c> it</c><00:18:48.619><c> was</c><00:18:48.819><c> a</c><00:18:48.940><c> long</c><00:18:49.079><c> and</c><00:18:49.380><c> hard</c><00:18:49.619><c> journey,</c><00:18:50.220><c> and</c><00:18:50.339><c> of</c>

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course<00:18:50.599><c> she</c><00:18:50.759><c> didn't</c><00:18:51.000><c> make</c><00:18:51.279><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:52.759><c> in</c><00:18:52.880><c> verse</c><00:18:53.099><c> eight,</c><00:18:53.440><c> the</c><00:18:53.460><c> angel</c><00:18:53.779><c> of</c><00:18:53.920><c> the</c><00:18:54.079><c> Lord</c><00:18:54.559><c> spoke</c><00:18:55.140><c> to</c>

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her<00:18:55.839><c> and</c><00:18:56.339><c> said,</c>

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Hagar,<00:18:59.519><c> Sarai's</c><00:19:00.039><c> maid,</c><00:19:01.140><c> whence</c><00:19:01.619><c> camest</c><00:19:02.059><c> thou,</c><00:19:02.779><c> and</c><00:19:03.039><c> whither</c>

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wilt<00:19:03.579><c> thou</c><00:19:03.920><c> go?</c><00:19:05.059><c> And</c><00:19:05.400><c> she</c><00:19:05.660><c> said,</c>

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I<00:19:06.460><c> flee</c><00:19:06.819><c> from</c><00:19:07.039><c> the</c><00:19:07.259><c> face</c><00:19:07.420><c> of</c><00:19:07.640><c> my</c><00:19:07.819><c> mistress,</c><00:19:09.339><c> Sarai.</c><00:19:10.259><c> Now</c><00:19:10.700><c> the</c>

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angel's<00:19:11.460><c> address</c><00:19:11.779><c> in</c><00:19:12.019><c> verse</c><00:19:12.319><c> eight</c><00:19:12.480><c> would</c><00:19:12.740><c> surely</c>

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immediately<00:19:13.779><c> have</c><00:19:14.039><c> arrested</c><00:19:14.440><c> Hagar's</c><00:19:15.099><c> attention,</c><00:19:15.900><c> because</c>

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the<00:19:16.480><c> angel</c><00:19:16.680><c> addresses</c><00:19:17.059><c> her</c><00:19:17.359><c> by</c><00:19:17.640><c> name.</c>

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A<00:19:19.140><c> stranger</c><00:19:19.420><c> comes</c><00:19:19.720><c> up</c><00:19:20.220><c> and</c><00:19:20.599><c> knows</c><00:19:20.920><c> her</c><00:19:21.299><c> name,</c><00:19:22.180><c> and</c><00:19:22.420><c> that</c><00:19:22.559><c> would</c><00:19:22.779><c> surely</c><00:19:23.039><c> make</c>

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her<00:19:23.460><c> sit</c><00:19:23.640><c> up</c><00:19:24.079><c> straight</c><00:19:24.359><c> away,</c>

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wouldn't<00:19:24.960><c> it?</c><00:19:25.539><c> And</c><00:19:25.819><c> also</c><00:19:26.160><c> refers</c><00:19:26.759><c> to</c><00:19:27.019><c> her</c><00:19:27.299><c> being</c><00:19:27.819><c> Sarai's</c><00:19:28.980><c> maid.</c><00:19:29.619><c> So</c>

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that<00:19:30.039><c> showed</c><00:19:30.420><c> that</c><00:19:30.599><c> the</c><00:19:30.799><c> person</c><00:19:31.039><c> with</c><00:19:31.240><c> whom</c>

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she<00:19:31.460><c> was</c><00:19:31.640><c> communicating</c><00:19:32.299><c> knew</c><00:19:32.519><c> all</c><00:19:32.720><c> about</c><00:19:32.940><c> her</c><00:19:33.220><c> background</c>

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and<00:19:34.339><c> her</c><00:19:34.720><c> circumstances.</c><00:19:36.960><c> And</c><00:19:37.220><c> the</c><00:19:37.400><c> angel,</c>

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by<00:19:38.380><c> saying</c><00:19:38.660><c> that</c><00:19:38.900><c> she</c><00:19:39.119><c> was</c><00:19:39.420><c> a</c><00:19:39.720><c> maid</c><00:19:40.200><c> or</c><00:19:40.799><c> a</c><00:19:41.079><c> housemaid,</c><00:19:42.160><c> was</c><00:19:42.319><c> also</c><00:19:42.779><c> emphasizing</c><00:19:43.500><c> to</c>

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Hagar<00:19:44.160><c> her</c><00:19:44.559><c> true</c><00:19:44.980><c> status.</c>

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And<00:19:46.680><c> she</c><00:19:46.940><c> responds</c><00:19:47.559><c> to</c><00:19:47.799><c> this</c><00:19:47.980><c> in</c><00:19:48.539><c> some</c><00:19:48.779><c> humility</c><00:19:49.279><c> by</c><00:19:49.619><c> acknowledging</c><00:19:50.079><c> that,</c><00:19:51.019><c> yes,</c>

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Sarai<00:19:51.420><c> was</c><00:19:51.640><c> indeed</c><00:19:52.019><c> her</c><00:19:52.279><c> mistress.</c><00:19:53.519><c> And</c><00:19:53.759><c> she's</c><00:19:54.119><c> instructed</c>

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to<00:19:54.700><c> return</c><00:19:55.200><c> home,</c><00:19:55.759><c> and</c><00:19:56.099><c> at</c><00:19:56.200><c> the</c><00:19:56.400><c> same</c><00:19:56.700><c> time,</c>

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concerning<00:19:58.279><c> her</c><00:19:58.859><c> unborn</c><00:19:59.259><c> child.</c><00:20:00.519><c> His</c><00:20:00.619><c> name</c><00:20:00.920><c> was</c><00:20:01.180><c> to</c><00:20:01.480><c> be</c><00:20:02.359><c> Ishmael,</c><00:20:03.980><c> meaning</c><00:20:04.400><c> God</c>

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hears,<00:20:06.140><c> because,</c><00:20:06.480><c> as</c><00:20:06.559><c> it</c><00:20:06.799><c> says,</c>

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the<00:20:07.579><c> Lord</c><00:20:07.859><c> hath</c><00:20:08.079><c> heard</c><00:20:08.700><c> thy</c><00:20:09.039><c> affliction.</c><00:20:10.319><c> And</c><00:20:10.720><c> in</c><00:20:10.859><c> the</c><00:20:10.940><c> very</c>

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name<00:20:11.900><c> that</c><00:20:12.160><c> the</c><00:20:12.359><c> angel</c><00:20:12.640><c> said</c><00:20:12.940><c> she</c><00:20:13.119><c> was</c><00:20:13.279><c> to</c><00:20:13.460><c> give</c><00:20:13.559><c> to</c>

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her<00:20:13.960><c> child,</c><00:20:14.859><c> there</c><00:20:15.039><c> was</c><00:20:15.259><c> a</c><00:20:15.519><c> divine</c><00:20:15.859><c> reproof</c><00:20:16.819><c> of</c><00:20:17.200><c> Sarai's</c><00:20:17.759><c> harshness.</c><00:20:19.420><c> The</c>

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Lord<00:20:20.200><c> hath</c><00:20:20.579><c> heard</c><00:20:21.319><c> thine</c><00:20:21.819><c> affliction.</c>

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Also,<00:20:23.680><c> it's</c><00:20:24.000><c> interesting</c><00:20:24.380><c> to</c><00:20:24.680><c> note</c><00:20:25.039><c> that</c><00:20:25.579><c> Ishmael</c><00:20:26.059><c> was</c><00:20:26.319><c> given</c>

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his<00:20:27.000><c> name</c><00:20:27.480><c> not</c><00:20:27.900><c> because</c><00:20:28.220><c> of</c><00:20:28.380><c> any</c><00:20:28.720><c> characteristics</c>

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of<00:20:29.579><c> his</c><00:20:29.799><c> own,</c><00:20:30.400><c> but</c><00:20:30.599><c> because</c><00:20:30.940><c> of</c><00:20:31.180><c> events</c><00:20:31.440><c> in</c><00:20:31.579><c> his</c><00:20:31.819><c> mother's</c><00:20:32.319><c> life.</c><00:20:33.359><c> The</c>

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Lord<00:20:33.960><c> hath</c><00:20:34.220><c> heard</c><00:20:34.900><c> thine</c><00:20:35.279><c> affliction.</c>

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And<00:20:36.799><c> interesting,</c><00:20:37.259><c> later</c><00:20:37.700><c> on,</c><00:20:38.680><c> Samuel</c><00:20:38.880><c> is</c><00:20:39.160><c> another</c><00:20:39.420><c> example</c>

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of<00:20:40.119><c> this.</c><00:20:40.700><c> He</c><00:20:40.900><c> was</c><00:20:41.140><c> given</c><00:20:41.319><c> the</c><00:20:41.519><c> name</c><00:20:41.700><c> Samuel,</c>

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asked<00:20:42.720><c> of</c><00:20:42.980><c> God,</c><00:20:43.740><c> not</c><00:20:43.980><c> because</c><00:20:44.240><c> of</c><00:20:44.420><c> anything</c><00:20:44.619><c> to</c><00:20:44.819><c> do</c><00:20:44.880><c> with</c><00:20:45.000><c> his</c>

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own<00:20:45.420><c> life,</c><00:20:46.140><c> but</c><00:20:46.319><c> because</c><00:20:46.619><c> of</c><00:20:46.759><c> his</c><00:20:46.920><c> mother.</c>

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She<00:20:48.299><c> asked</c><00:20:49.000><c> the</c><00:20:49.240><c> son</c><00:20:49.599><c> of</c><00:20:49.819><c> the</c><00:20:49.980><c> Lord.</c><00:20:52.400><c> Now,</c><00:20:52.819><c> I</c><00:20:52.920><c> think</c><00:20:53.099><c> it's</c><00:20:53.299><c> right,</c><00:20:53.980><c> although</c><00:20:54.359><c> I'll</c>

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happily<00:20:55.519><c> be</c><00:20:55.880><c> corrected</c><00:20:56.180><c> here,</c>

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if<00:20:56.640><c> anyone</c><00:20:56.980><c> knows</c><00:20:57.920><c> differently,</c><00:20:58.579><c> but</c><00:20:58.720><c> I</c><00:20:58.839><c> think</c><00:20:58.960><c> it's</c><00:20:59.140><c> right</c>

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to<00:20:59.599><c> say</c><00:20:59.700><c> that</c><00:20:59.839><c> there</c><00:20:59.960><c> are</c><00:21:00.240><c> actually</c><00:21:00.640><c> seven</c>

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men<00:21:01.759><c> in</c><00:21:02.119><c> scripture</c><00:21:02.619><c> who</c><00:21:03.359><c> are</c><00:21:03.779><c> pre</c><00:21:04.279><c>-named</c><00:21:04.700><c> before</c><00:21:05.259><c> birth.</c><00:21:06.720><c> Ishmael</c><00:21:07.220><c> is</c>

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the<00:21:07.599><c> first</c><00:21:07.920><c> one,</c><00:21:08.279><c> here</c><00:21:08.400><c> in</c><00:21:08.619><c> Genesis</c><00:21:08.960><c> 16.</c>

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Then<00:21:10.740><c> in</c><00:21:10.980><c> Genesis</c><00:21:11.319><c> 17,</c><00:21:12.099><c> there</c><00:21:12.299><c> is</c><00:21:12.579><c> Isaac.</c><00:21:13.500><c> He's</c><00:21:13.940><c> named</c><00:21:14.220><c> before</c>

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his<00:21:14.839><c> birth.</c>

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In<00:21:16.720><c> 1</c><00:21:16.960><c> Chronicles</c><00:21:17.480><c> 22,</c><00:21:19.460><c> Solomon</c><00:21:19.819><c> was</c><00:21:20.480><c> named</c><00:21:20.799><c> before</c><00:21:21.099><c> his</c><00:21:21.380><c> birth.</c>

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1<00:21:23.759><c> Kings</c><00:21:24.079><c> 13,</c><00:21:25.339><c> Josiah</c><00:21:26.079><c> was</c><00:21:26.799><c> pre</c><00:21:27.140><c>-named.</c><00:21:28.859><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:29.359><c> 44,</c><00:21:30.599><c> Cyrus.</c>

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Luke<00:21:33.019><c> chapter</c><00:21:33.440><c> 1,</c><00:21:33.980><c> John</c><00:21:34.279><c> the</c><00:21:34.480><c> Baptist.</c>

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And<00:21:36.240><c> Matthew</c><00:21:36.599><c> chapter</c><00:21:37.059><c> 1,</c><00:21:37.519><c> the</c><00:21:37.660><c> Lord</c><00:21:37.880><c> Jesus</c><00:21:38.240><c> Christ.</c><00:21:39.799><c> So</c><00:21:39.799><c> the</c>

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list<00:21:40.160><c> is</c><00:21:40.559><c> Ishmael,</c><00:21:41.420><c> Isaac,</c><00:21:42.180><c> Solomon,</c><00:21:42.900><c> Josiah,</c>

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Cyrus,<00:21:44.420><c> John</c><00:21:44.640><c> the</c><00:21:44.799><c> Baptist,</c><00:21:45.579><c> and</c><00:21:45.700><c> Jesus.</c><00:21:46.740><c> I</c><00:21:46.900><c> think</c><00:21:47.079><c> they're</c>

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the<00:21:47.440><c> only</c><00:21:47.720><c> seven</c><00:21:48.079><c> men</c><00:21:48.700><c> actually</c><00:21:49.539><c> pre</c><00:21:49.880><c>-named</c>

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in<00:21:50.359><c> scripture.</c><00:21:51.660><c> And</c><00:21:51.819><c> Ishmael,</c><00:21:52.480><c> here,</c><00:21:52.640><c> was</c><00:21:52.859><c> the</c><00:21:53.119><c> first.</c><00:21:54.220><c> And</c>

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we're<00:21:54.559><c> told</c><00:21:54.779><c> in</c><00:21:54.940><c> verse</c><00:21:55.220><c> 10</c><00:21:55.619><c> that</c><00:21:56.319><c> the</c><00:21:56.880><c> seed</c><00:21:57.200><c> through</c>

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Ishmael<00:21:58.079><c> would</c><00:21:58.279><c> become</c><00:21:58.660><c> a</c><00:21:59.039><c> great</c><00:21:59.259><c> multitude</c><00:21:59.759><c> of</c><00:22:00.079><c> people.</c><00:22:01.299><c> And</c>

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that<00:22:01.920><c> has</c><00:22:02.119><c> happened,</c><00:22:02.460><c> hasn't</c><00:22:02.619><c> it,</c>

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indeed,<00:22:05.660><c> become</c><00:22:06.119><c> very</c><00:22:06.579><c> numerous.</c><00:22:08.180><c> And</c><00:22:08.240><c> then</c><00:22:08.359><c> in</c><00:22:08.480><c> verse</c><00:22:08.740><c> 12,</c>

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the<00:22:09.539><c> angel</c><00:22:09.839><c> said,</c>

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he<00:22:10.960><c> will</c><00:22:11.140><c> be</c><00:22:11.339><c> a</c><00:22:11.660><c> wild</c><00:22:12.019><c> man,</c><00:22:13.539><c> literally</c><00:22:14.000><c> a</c><00:22:14.420><c> wild</c><00:22:14.839><c> ass</c><00:22:15.259><c> among</c><00:22:15.680><c> men.</c><00:22:16.839><c> He</c>

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will<00:22:17.160><c> be</c><00:22:17.319><c> a</c><00:22:17.519><c> wild</c><00:22:17.799><c> man,</c><00:22:18.079><c> a</c><00:22:18.299><c> wild</c><00:22:18.660><c> ass</c><00:22:18.920><c> among</c><00:22:19.160><c> men.</c>

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His<00:22:20.099><c> hand</c><00:22:20.400><c> will</c><00:22:20.579><c> be</c><00:22:20.819><c> against</c><00:22:21.220><c> every</c><00:22:21.640><c> man,</c><00:22:22.259><c> and</c><00:22:22.539><c> every</c><00:22:22.740><c> man's</c>

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hand<00:22:23.359><c> against</c><00:22:23.759><c> him,</c><00:22:24.480><c> and</c><00:22:24.759><c> he</c><00:22:24.960><c> shall</c><00:22:25.119><c> dwell</c><00:22:25.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:25.779><c> presence</c><00:22:26.039><c> of</c><00:22:26.299><c> all</c><00:22:26.700><c> his</c><00:22:27.000><c> brethren.</c><00:22:28.440><c> So</c><00:22:28.839><c> Ishmael,</c><00:22:29.259><c> then,</c><00:22:29.460><c> would</c><00:22:29.599><c> be</c><00:22:29.740><c> like</c><00:22:29.960><c> a</c>

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wild<00:22:30.500><c> ass</c><00:22:30.680><c> of</c><00:22:30.839><c> the</c><00:22:31.099><c> desert,</c>

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swift,<00:22:33.160><c> fierce,</c><00:22:34.059><c> restless,</c><00:22:35.400><c> hardy,</c><00:22:36.319><c> and</c><00:22:36.519><c> difficult</c><00:22:36.920><c> to</c><00:22:37.259><c> tame.</c><00:22:38.579><c> And</c>

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we<00:22:38.859><c> can</c><00:22:39.160><c> clearly</c><00:22:39.400><c> see</c><00:22:39.640><c> the</c><00:22:39.880><c> truth</c><00:22:40.079><c> of</c><00:22:40.279><c> those</c>

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words.<00:22:41.619><c> The</c><00:22:41.759><c> Bedouin</c><00:22:42.220><c> Arabs,</c><00:22:43.140><c> the</c><00:22:43.420><c> sons</c><00:22:43.680><c> of</c><00:22:43.859><c> Ishmael,</c><00:22:44.700><c> have</c>

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throughout<00:22:45.279><c> their</c><00:22:45.579><c> history</c><00:22:45.920><c> been</c><00:22:46.220><c> noted</c><00:22:46.599><c> for</c><00:22:46.799><c> their</c>

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liberty<00:22:47.579><c> and</c><00:22:48.180><c> their</c><00:22:48.539><c> independence.</c><00:22:49.859><c> They've</c><00:22:50.220><c> roamed</c><00:22:50.460><c> at</c><00:22:50.759><c> will</c><00:22:50.980><c> over</c><00:22:51.319><c> the</c>

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desert<00:22:51.980><c> and</c><00:22:52.640><c> shunned</c><00:22:53.039><c> the</c><00:22:53.180><c> ease</c>

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and<00:22:53.680><c> luxury</c><00:22:54.119><c> of</c><00:22:54.339><c> a</c><00:22:54.559><c> settled</c><00:22:54.859><c> life.</c><00:22:56.180><c> One</c><00:22:56.460><c> writer</c><00:22:56.799><c> has</c><00:22:57.079><c> described</c><00:22:57.500><c> the</c><00:22:57.720><c> Bedouin</c><00:22:58.019><c> Arabs</c><00:22:58.380><c> as</c>

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owning<00:22:59.240><c> no</c><00:22:59.700><c> authority</c>

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save<00:23:00.920><c> that</c><00:23:01.200><c> of</c><00:23:01.380><c> their</c><00:23:01.579><c> own</c><00:23:01.880><c> chief,</c><00:23:02.880><c> reckless</c><00:23:03.259><c> of</c><00:23:03.599><c> life,</c><00:23:04.599><c> treacherous</c><00:23:05.079><c> towards</c><00:23:05.460><c> strangers,</c><00:23:07.019><c> ever</c>

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ready<00:23:07.440><c> for</c><00:23:07.779><c> war</c>

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and<00:23:08.859><c> pillage.</c><00:23:10.640><c> And</c><00:23:10.880><c> the</c><00:23:11.099><c> phrase</c><00:23:11.279><c> that</c><00:23:11.420><c> is</c><00:23:11.599><c> used</c><00:23:11.799><c> here</c><00:23:12.019><c> in</c><00:23:12.180><c> verse</c><00:23:12.400><c> 12,</c>

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his<00:23:13.339><c> hand</c><00:23:13.660><c> will</c><00:23:13.859><c> be</c><00:23:14.019><c> against</c><00:23:14.400><c> every</c><00:23:14.779><c> man,</c>

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or<00:23:15.299><c> upon</c><00:23:15.700><c> every</c><00:23:16.180><c> man,</c><00:23:16.799><c> is</c><00:23:16.980><c> used</c><00:23:17.279><c> elsewhere</c><00:23:17.720><c> in</c><00:23:18.059><c> scripture</c><00:23:18.539><c> of</c>

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violence<00:23:19.819><c> and</c><00:23:20.339><c> injury.</c><00:23:21.799><c> But</c><00:23:22.259><c> at</c><00:23:22.460><c> the</c><00:23:22.579><c> same</c><00:23:22.859><c> time,</c>

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he<00:23:23.700><c> was</c><00:23:23.980><c> to</c><00:23:24.259><c> dwell</c><00:23:24.720><c> in</c><00:23:25.220><c> the</c><00:23:25.539><c> presence</c><00:23:25.940><c> of,</c><00:23:26.920><c> in</c><00:23:27.279><c> front</c><00:23:27.599><c> of,</c><00:23:28.460><c> before</c><00:23:28.700><c> the</c>

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face<00:23:29.400><c> of</c><00:23:30.140><c> all</c><00:23:30.579><c> his</c><00:23:30.859><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:23:32.380><c> that</c><00:23:32.559><c> also</c><00:23:32.819><c> has</c><00:23:33.099><c> happened.</c><00:23:33.960><c> While</c><00:23:34.240><c> maintaining</c><00:23:34.839><c> their</c>

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independence,<00:23:36.220><c> they</c><00:23:36.460><c> have</c><00:23:36.799><c> lived</c><00:23:37.140><c> in</c><00:23:37.680><c> close</c>

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proximity<00:23:38.579><c> to</c><00:23:38.779><c> their</c><00:23:39.019><c> kindred</c><00:23:39.400><c> races.</c><00:23:40.980><c> So</c><00:23:41.200><c> that</c><00:23:41.339><c> was</c><00:23:41.599><c> the</c><00:23:42.000><c> prophecy</c><00:23:42.519><c> that</c><00:23:43.000><c> was</c>

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given<00:23:43.480><c> to</c><00:23:43.839><c> Hagar</c><00:23:44.119><c> concerning</c><00:23:44.720><c> her</c>

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unborn<00:23:46.359><c> son</c><00:23:46.779><c> and</c><00:23:47.259><c> his</c><00:23:47.559><c> descendants.</c><00:23:49.839><c> Well,</c><00:23:49.960><c> the</c><00:23:50.140><c> prophecy</c><00:23:50.400><c> having</c><00:23:50.619><c> been</c><00:23:50.900><c> given,</c><00:23:51.599><c> Hagar</c><00:23:51.880><c> returned</c><00:23:52.359><c> to</c><00:23:52.599><c> Hebron,</c>

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and<00:23:53.400><c> the</c><00:23:53.619><c> child</c><00:23:53.980><c> Ishmael</c><00:23:54.420><c> was</c><00:23:54.720><c> born.</c><00:23:55.700><c> At</c><00:23:55.740><c> this</c><00:23:56.019><c> time,</c><00:23:56.599><c> Abraham</c>

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was<00:23:57.079><c> 86</c><00:23:57.559><c> years</c><00:23:57.960><c> old.</c><00:23:59.420><c> And</c><00:23:59.500><c> chapter</c><00:23:59.779><c> 17</c><00:24:00.339><c> begins,</c>

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when<00:24:01.920><c> Abraham</c><00:24:02.460><c> was</c><00:24:02.799><c> 90</c><00:24:03.380><c> years</c><00:24:03.819><c> old</c><00:24:04.039><c> and</c><00:24:04.299><c> nine,</c><00:24:05.200><c> the</c><00:24:05.279><c> Lord</c><00:24:05.579><c> appeared</c><00:24:06.000><c> unto</c>

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Abraham<00:24:06.740><c> and</c><00:24:06.900><c> said</c><00:24:07.059><c> unto</c><00:24:07.279><c> him,</c>

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I<00:24:08.119><c> am</c><00:24:08.339><c> the</c><00:24:08.519><c> Almighty</c><00:24:09.019><c> God,</c><00:24:09.859><c> walk</c><00:24:10.079><c> before</c><00:24:10.579><c> me</c><00:24:10.859><c> and</c><00:24:11.380><c> be</c><00:24:11.700><c> thou</c><00:24:12.000><c> perfect.</c><00:24:13.539><c> Now</c>

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you<00:24:14.160><c> notice</c><00:24:14.579><c> that</c><00:24:14.779><c> there</c><00:24:15.000><c> is</c><00:24:15.180><c> a</c><00:24:15.460><c> gap</c>

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there<00:24:16.460><c> of</c><00:24:16.900><c> 13</c><00:24:17.519><c> years.</c><00:24:18.980><c> Ishmael</c><00:24:19.400><c> is</c><00:24:19.619><c> born</c><00:24:19.900><c> and</c><00:24:20.299><c> Isaac</c><00:24:20.700><c> is</c><00:24:20.900><c> 86.</c>

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Chapter<00:24:22.500><c> 17</c><00:24:23.059><c> begins</c><00:24:23.500><c> 13</c><00:24:24.140><c> years</c><00:24:24.460><c> later</c><00:24:24.779><c> when</c><00:24:24.960><c> Abraham</c>

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is<00:24:25.619><c> 99</c><00:24:26.380><c> years</c><00:24:26.740><c> old.</c><00:24:28.099><c> And</c><00:24:28.279><c> so</c><00:24:28.460><c> there,</c><00:24:28.680><c> without</c><00:24:28.799><c> any</c><00:24:29.059><c> explanation,</c><00:24:30.079><c> the</c><00:24:30.180><c> Bible</c>

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is<00:24:30.720><c> saying</c><00:24:30.880><c> to</c><00:24:31.079><c> us,</c>

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you've<00:24:31.660><c> got</c><00:24:31.779><c> another</c><00:24:32.000><c> long</c><00:24:32.339><c> gap.</c><00:24:33.539><c> Another</c><00:24:33.940><c> period</c><00:24:34.599><c> when</c><00:24:34.940><c> there</c><00:24:35.220><c> were</c>

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no<00:24:36.339><c> recorded</c><00:24:37.180><c> angelic</c><00:24:37.940><c> appearances,</c>

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and<00:24:38.759><c> Abraham</c><00:24:39.140><c> is</c><00:24:39.380><c> being</c><00:24:39.640><c> made</c><00:24:39.920><c> to</c><00:24:40.299><c> wait</c><00:24:40.640><c> all</c><00:24:41.079><c> the</c><00:24:41.299><c> time.</c><00:24:41.759><c> Another</c><00:24:42.039><c> 13</c><00:24:42.579><c> years</c><00:24:43.019><c> go</c>

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by,<00:24:44.180><c> and</c><00:24:44.519><c> now</c><00:24:44.980><c> God</c><00:24:45.279><c> appears</c><00:24:45.680><c> to</c>

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him<00:24:45.960><c> again</c><00:24:46.500><c> and</c><00:24:47.119><c> exhorts</c><00:24:47.460><c> him</c><00:24:47.720><c> in</c><00:24:47.920><c> verse</c><00:24:48.299><c> one,</c><00:24:49.160><c> to</c><00:24:49.259><c> be</c><00:24:50.180><c> perfect,</c><00:24:51.039><c> to</c><00:24:51.200><c> walk</c>

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before<00:24:51.880><c> God</c><00:24:52.160><c> and</c><00:24:52.339><c> to</c><00:24:52.440><c> be</c><00:24:52.660><c> perfect,</c>

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to<00:24:53.259><c> be</c><00:24:53.500><c> upright.</c><00:24:54.839><c> Now</c><00:24:55.059><c> keep</c><00:24:55.259><c> your</c><00:24:55.460><c> finger</c><00:24:55.640><c> in</c><00:24:55.859><c> Genesis</c><00:24:56.160><c> 17,</c><00:24:56.700><c> if</c>

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you<00:24:57.079><c> will,</c><00:24:57.460><c> and</c><00:24:57.619><c> come</c><00:24:57.859><c> back</c><00:24:58.140><c> to</c><00:24:58.619><c> chapter</c><00:24:58.920><c> six</c><00:24:59.339><c> of</c>

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Genesis,<00:25:00.400><c> because</c><00:25:00.819><c> here</c><00:25:01.259><c> the</c><00:25:01.500><c> angel</c><00:25:01.740><c> of</c><00:25:01.920><c> the</c><00:25:02.059><c> Lord</c><00:25:02.339><c> echoed</c><00:25:03.400><c> the</c><00:25:03.640><c> words</c><00:25:03.880><c> that</c><00:25:04.099><c> God</c><00:25:04.299><c> earlier</c><00:25:04.640><c> had</c><00:25:04.859><c> said</c><00:25:05.039><c> to</c><00:25:05.299><c> Noah.</c>

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So,<00:25:08.160><c> Genesis</c><00:25:08.180><c> chapter</c><00:25:08.559><c> six</c><00:25:09.059><c> and</c><00:25:09.359><c> verse</c><00:25:09.819><c> nine.</c><00:25:12.220><c> It</c><00:25:12.559><c> says</c><00:25:12.940><c> that</c>

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Noah<00:25:13.579><c> was</c><00:25:14.039><c> a</c><00:25:14.359><c> just,</c><00:25:15.420><c> a</c><00:25:15.559><c> righteous</c><00:25:15.859><c> man,</c>

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and<00:25:17.380><c> perfect.</c><00:25:18.380><c> He</c><00:25:18.619><c> was</c><00:25:18.960><c> upright</c><00:25:19.740><c> in</c><00:25:20.599><c> his</c><00:25:20.900><c> generations,</c><00:25:22.400><c> and</c>

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Noah<00:25:23.240><c> walked</c><00:25:23.859><c> with</c><00:25:24.920><c> God.</c><00:25:26.579><c> And</c><00:25:26.980><c> so</c><00:25:27.539><c> the</c><00:25:28.019><c> Lord</c><00:25:28.380><c> echoes</c>

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those<00:25:29.099><c> words</c><00:25:29.539><c> at</c><00:25:29.720><c> the</c><00:25:29.819><c> beginning</c><00:25:30.079><c> of</c><00:25:30.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:30.519><c> 17</c><00:25:31.019><c> by</c><00:25:31.339><c> saying</c>

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to<00:25:31.880><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:33.420><c> walk</c><00:25:33.440><c> before</c><00:25:34.079><c> me</c><00:25:34.720><c> and</c><00:25:35.039><c> be</c><00:25:35.359><c> thou</c>

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perfect.<00:25:39.039><c> After</c><00:25:39.420><c> the</c><00:25:39.779><c> flood,</c><00:25:40.579><c> God</c><00:25:41.039><c> had</c><00:25:41.400><c> made</c><00:25:41.559><c> a</c><00:25:41.799><c> new</c><00:25:42.019><c> beginning</c><00:25:42.500><c> through</c><00:25:42.819><c> Noah,</c>

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just<00:25:44.200><c> as</c><00:25:44.299><c> he</c><00:25:44.599><c> intended</c><00:25:44.940><c> now</c><00:25:45.440><c> to</c><00:25:45.759><c> make</c><00:25:45.880><c> a</c><00:25:46.099><c> new</c><00:25:46.299><c> beginning</c><00:25:46.740><c> through</c><00:25:47.400><c> Abraham.</c><00:25:48.680><c> And</c>

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that<00:25:49.000><c> is</c><00:25:49.160><c> why</c><00:25:49.339><c> those</c><00:25:49.660><c> words</c>

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are<00:25:50.460><c> echoed.</c><00:25:51.339><c> And</c><00:25:51.460><c> then</c><00:25:51.579><c> in</c><00:25:51.720><c> verse</c><00:25:51.920><c> two,</c><00:25:52.400><c> the</c><00:25:52.579><c> promise</c><00:25:52.839><c> is</c><00:25:53.079><c> made,</c><00:25:53.559><c> I</c>

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will<00:25:54.000><c> make</c><00:25:54.220><c> my</c><00:25:54.539><c> covenant</c><00:25:54.839><c> between</c><00:25:55.259><c> me</c><00:25:55.539><c> and</c><00:25:55.720><c> thee</c>

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and<00:25:56.319><c> will</c><00:25:56.559><c> multiply</c><00:25:57.079><c> thee</c><00:25:57.339><c> exceedingly.</c><00:25:58.539><c> And</c><00:25:58.779><c> Abraham</c><00:25:59.019><c> fell</c>

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on<00:25:59.480><c> his</c><00:25:59.779><c> face</c><00:26:00.019><c> and</c><00:26:00.200><c> God</c><00:26:00.480><c> talked</c><00:26:00.799><c> with</c><00:26:00.960><c> him</c><00:26:01.180><c> saying,</c>

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as<00:26:02.400><c> for</c><00:26:02.619><c> me,</c><00:26:02.940><c> behold,</c><00:26:03.220><c> my</c><00:26:03.500><c> covenant</c><00:26:03.839><c> is</c><00:26:04.019><c> with</c><00:26:04.299><c> thee,</c><00:26:04.579><c> and</c><00:26:04.740><c> thou</c>

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shalt<00:26:05.079><c> be</c><00:26:05.319><c> a</c><00:26:05.579><c> father</c><00:26:05.839><c> of</c><00:26:06.059><c> many</c><00:26:06.339><c> nations.</c>

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Neither<00:26:07.980><c> shall</c><00:26:08.240><c> thy</c><00:26:08.480><c> name</c><00:26:08.700><c> anymore</c><00:26:09.039><c> be</c><00:26:09.279><c> called</c><00:26:09.440><c> Abraham,</c><00:26:10.539><c> but</c>

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thy<00:26:10.880><c> name</c><00:26:11.079><c> shall</c><00:26:11.319><c> be</c><00:26:11.640><c> Abraham.</c><00:26:12.980><c> For</c><00:26:13.140><c> a</c><00:26:13.380><c> father</c><00:26:13.579><c> of</c>

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many<00:26:13.980><c> nations</c><00:26:14.740><c> have</c><00:26:15.160><c> I</c><00:26:15.380><c> made</c><00:26:15.700><c> thee.</c><00:26:16.559><c> Now,</c><00:26:17.099><c> you</c><00:26:17.180><c> see,</c><00:26:17.279><c> God</c><00:26:17.539><c> starts</c><00:26:17.900><c> off</c>

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in<00:26:18.240><c> verse</c><00:26:18.460><c> two</c><00:26:18.660><c> by</c><00:26:19.019><c> saying,</c><00:26:19.779><c> I</c><00:26:20.000><c> will</c><00:26:20.279><c> make</c>

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my<00:26:20.779><c> covenant</c><00:26:21.539><c> between</c><00:26:22.220><c> me</c><00:26:22.599><c> and</c><00:26:22.819><c> thee.</c><00:26:25.019><c> But</c><00:26:25.240><c> hadn't</c><00:26:25.400><c> he</c><00:26:25.579><c> already</c><00:26:25.839><c> done</c>

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that?<00:26:27.480><c> We</c><00:26:27.740><c> spent</c><00:26:28.000><c> our</c><00:26:28.279><c> time</c><00:26:28.480><c> yesterday</c>

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looking<00:26:29.140><c> at</c><00:26:29.359><c> chapter</c><00:26:29.599><c> 15</c><00:26:30.059><c> when</c><00:26:30.559><c> the</c><00:26:31.559><c> covenant</c><00:26:31.700><c> was</c><00:26:32.099><c> ratified,</c>

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typically.<00:26:34.880><c> Hadn't</c><00:26:35.059><c> he</c><00:26:35.180><c> already</c><00:26:35.460><c> made</c><00:26:35.680><c> it?</c>

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But<00:26:36.400><c> here</c><00:26:36.559><c> in</c><00:26:36.680><c> chapter</c><00:26:36.920><c> 17,</c><00:26:37.420><c> he's</c><00:26:37.640><c> saying,</c><00:26:38.259><c> I</c><00:26:38.519><c> will</c><00:26:38.859><c> make</c><00:26:39.099><c> my</c>

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covenant<00:26:39.799><c> between</c><00:26:40.240><c> me</c><00:26:40.720><c> and</c><00:26:41.579><c> thee.</c><00:26:43.059><c> Well,</c>

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that<00:26:43.480><c> tells</c><00:26:43.839><c> us,</c><00:26:44.160><c> the</c><00:26:44.339><c> repetition</c><00:26:44.839><c> of</c><00:26:45.019><c> this</c><00:26:45.200><c> tells</c><00:26:45.559><c> us</c><00:26:46.220><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:47.599><c> time</c><00:26:47.839><c> had</c><00:26:48.059><c> now</c><00:26:48.339><c> arrived</c><00:26:48.940><c> when</c><00:26:49.279><c> God</c><00:26:49.579><c> would</c>

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begin<00:26:50.099><c> to</c><00:26:50.359><c> implement</c><00:26:51.180><c> his</c><00:26:51.740><c> covenant.</c><00:26:52.940><c> It</c><00:26:53.099><c> had</c><00:26:53.279><c> been</c><00:26:53.500><c> made</c><00:26:53.859><c> typically</c><00:26:54.400><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:26:54.900><c> 15,</c><00:26:55.700><c> but</c><00:26:55.940><c> now</c><00:26:56.380><c> all</c><00:26:56.680><c> these</c>

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years<00:26:57.180><c> later,</c><00:26:57.599><c> when</c><00:26:57.720><c> we</c><00:26:57.839><c> get</c><00:26:57.980><c> to</c><00:26:58.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:58.440><c> 17,</c><00:26:59.380><c> the</c><00:26:59.619><c> time</c><00:26:59.859><c> was</c>

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right<00:27:00.359><c> for</c><00:27:00.579><c> the</c><00:27:00.819><c> covenant</c><00:27:01.079><c> to</c><00:27:01.380><c> begin</c><00:27:01.880><c> to</c><00:27:02.299><c> be</c>

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implemented.<00:27:03.960><c> And</c><00:27:04.240><c> here</c><00:27:04.380><c> in</c><00:27:04.519><c> this</c><00:27:04.779><c> chapter,</c><00:27:05.119><c> it</c><00:27:05.279><c> is</c><00:27:05.519><c> confirmed</c><00:27:05.920><c> in</c><00:27:06.339><c> type</c>

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through<00:27:07.200><c> the</c><00:27:07.440><c> token</c><00:27:07.660><c> of</c><00:27:07.980><c> circumcision</c>

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and<00:27:09.200><c> the</c><00:27:09.400><c> birth</c><00:27:09.559><c> of</c><00:27:09.880><c> Isaac.</c><00:27:11.380><c> And</c><00:27:11.660><c> Abraham</c><00:27:11.980><c> is</c><00:27:12.279><c> promised</c><00:27:12.640><c> that</c>

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he<00:27:12.940><c> will</c><00:27:13.059><c> be</c><00:27:13.200><c> a</c><00:27:13.460><c> father</c><00:27:13.740><c> of</c><00:27:14.220><c> many</c><00:27:14.500><c> nations,</c><00:27:15.799><c> or</c><00:27:15.920><c> as</c>

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Levi's<00:27:16.619><c> version</c><00:27:16.980><c> says,</c><00:27:18.180><c> father</c><00:27:18.319><c> of</c><00:27:18.619><c> a</c><00:27:18.819><c> multitude</c><00:27:19.599><c> of</c><00:27:20.240><c> nations.</c><00:27:21.579><c> And</c><00:27:21.839><c> this</c><00:27:22.200><c> amplified</c><00:27:22.940><c> the</c>

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earlier<00:27:23.700><c> promise</c>

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that<00:27:24.200><c> had</c><00:27:24.279><c> been</c><00:27:24.519><c> made</c><00:27:24.700><c> to</c><00:27:24.839><c> him</c><00:27:25.000><c> in</c><00:27:25.180><c> chapter</c><00:27:25.500><c> 15,</c><00:27:26.480><c> where</c><00:27:26.640><c> he'd</c>

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:28.980
been<00:27:27.099><c> told</c><00:27:27.359><c> that</c><00:27:27.539><c> his</c><00:27:27.799><c> seed</c><00:27:27.980><c> would</c><00:27:28.180><c> be</c><00:27:28.319><c> as</c><00:27:28.480><c> the</c><00:27:28.759><c> stars</c>

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of<00:27:29.240><c> heaven.</c><00:27:30.460><c> Now</c><00:27:30.700><c> he's</c><00:27:30.960><c> being</c><00:27:31.200><c> told</c><00:27:31.700><c> that</c><00:27:31.960><c> he</c><00:27:32.079><c> will</c><00:27:32.200><c> be</c><00:27:32.299><c> the</c><00:27:32.559><c> father</c><00:27:32.819><c> of</c>

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a<00:27:33.259><c> multitude</c><00:27:33.720><c> of</c><00:27:34.019><c> nations.</c><00:27:35.180><c> And</c><00:27:35.400><c> in</c><00:27:35.660><c> token</c>

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of<00:27:36.140><c> this,</c><00:27:36.440><c> his</c><00:27:36.519><c> name</c><00:27:36.700><c> is</c><00:27:37.079><c> changed</c><00:27:37.579><c> with,</c><00:27:38.279><c> in</c><00:27:38.519><c> fact,</c><00:27:38.779><c> the</c><00:27:38.920><c> addition</c><00:27:39.180><c> of</c><00:27:39.380><c> only</c><00:27:39.700><c> one</c><00:27:40.200><c> letter</c><00:27:40.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:41.660><c> Hebrew</c><00:27:41.920><c> language.</c>

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It's<00:27:43.880><c> changed</c><00:27:44.059><c> from</c><00:27:44.380><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:45.099><c> which</c><00:27:45.200><c> means</c><00:27:45.700><c> high</c><00:27:46.339><c> father,</c><00:27:47.799><c> to</c><00:27:48.220><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:49.920><c> meaning</c><00:27:50.200><c> father</c><00:27:50.900><c> of</c><00:27:51.140><c> a</c><00:27:51.259><c> multitude.</c>

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And<00:27:53.200><c> clearly</c><00:27:53.420><c> this</c><00:27:53.759><c> promise</c><00:27:54.180><c> confirmed</c><00:27:54.779><c> that</c><00:27:55.000><c> the</c><00:27:55.180><c> Gentiles</c>

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were<00:27:55.859><c> to</c><00:27:55.960><c> be</c><00:27:56.180><c> brought</c><00:27:56.359><c> within</c><00:27:56.599><c> the</c><00:27:56.839><c> bonds</c>

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of<00:27:57.220><c> the</c><00:27:57.420><c> covenant,</c><00:27:58.200><c> as</c><00:27:58.380><c> the</c><00:27:58.579><c> apostle</c><00:27:58.839><c> Paul</c><00:27:59.099><c> explains</c><00:27:59.720><c> to</c><00:27:59.960><c> us</c>

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in<00:28:00.680><c> his</c><00:28:01.339><c> exposition</c><00:28:01.920><c> in</c><00:28:02.099><c> Romans</c><00:28:02.380><c> chapter</c><00:28:02.779><c> four.</c>

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We<00:28:03.559><c> won't</c><00:28:03.779><c> turn</c><00:28:04.039><c> to</c><00:28:04.160><c> that</c><00:28:04.420><c> now,</c><00:28:04.880><c> but</c><00:28:05.099><c> in</c><00:28:05.259><c> Romans</c><00:28:05.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:05.880><c> four,</c><00:28:06.319><c> Paul</c>

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makes<00:28:06.900><c> plain</c><00:28:07.319><c> that</c><00:28:07.799><c> Abraham</c><00:28:08.180><c> is</c><00:28:08.359><c> the</c><00:28:08.640><c> father</c>

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of<00:28:09.079><c> all</c><00:28:09.420><c> who</c><00:28:09.680><c> believe,</c><00:28:10.400><c> all</c><00:28:10.640><c> who</c><00:28:10.859><c> have</c><00:28:10.980><c> his</c><00:28:11.319><c> faith,</c><00:28:11.900><c> whether</c>

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Jews<00:28:12.720><c> or</c><00:28:13.400><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Well,<00:28:16.059><c> in</c><00:28:16.279><c> Genesis</c><00:28:16.519><c> 17,</c><00:28:17.099><c> as</c><00:28:17.259><c> we</c><00:28:17.400><c> get</c><00:28:17.579><c> further</c><00:28:17.880><c> on</c><00:28:18.000><c> in</c><00:28:18.140><c> the</c><00:28:18.339><c> chapter,</c><00:28:18.980><c> the</c>

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token<00:28:19.440><c> of</c><00:28:19.819><c> circumcision</c>

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was<00:28:20.960><c> given</c><00:28:21.160><c> to</c><00:28:21.519><c> Abraham.</c><00:28:22.720><c> In</c><00:28:22.980><c> chapter</c><00:28:23.319><c> 16,</c><00:28:24.059><c> Abraham</c><00:28:24.460><c> and</c><00:28:24.839><c> Sarah</c><00:28:25.240><c> had</c>

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attempted<00:28:26.039><c> to</c><00:28:26.420><c> provide</c><00:28:26.700><c> the</c><00:28:27.039><c> promised</c><00:28:27.339><c> seed</c>

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by<00:28:28.319><c> natural</c><00:28:28.759><c> means,</c><00:28:29.259><c> by</c><00:28:29.480><c> the</c><00:28:29.740><c> flesh.</c><00:28:30.539><c> But</c><00:28:30.720><c> they</c><00:28:30.960><c> learned</c><00:28:31.119><c> the</c>

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lesson<00:28:31.740><c> from</c><00:28:31.940><c> that</c><00:28:32.160><c> unhappy</c><00:28:32.579><c> incident,</c>

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and<00:28:33.700><c> thereafter</c><00:28:34.299><c> they</c><00:28:34.579><c> were</c><00:28:34.940><c> prepared</c><00:28:35.359><c> to</c><00:28:35.599><c> wait</c><00:28:35.779><c> in</c><00:28:36.140><c> faith</c><00:28:36.420><c> for</c><00:28:36.839><c> God</c><00:28:37.099><c> to</c>

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act<00:28:37.619><c> in</c><00:28:37.960><c> his</c><00:28:38.180><c> own</c><00:28:38.400><c> good</c><00:28:38.700><c> time.</c>

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And<00:28:40.140><c> the</c><00:28:40.319><c> right</c><00:28:40.480><c> of</c><00:28:40.839><c> circumcision,</c><00:28:41.640><c> here</c><00:28:41.839><c> given</c><00:28:42.039><c> in</c><00:28:42.259><c> chapter</c>

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17,<00:28:44.079><c> emphasized</c><00:28:44.400><c> that</c><00:28:44.640><c> the</c><00:28:44.980><c> flesh</c><00:28:45.359><c> and</c>

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fleshly<00:28:46.559><c> descent</c><00:28:47.079><c> had</c><00:28:47.579><c> got</c><00:28:47.799><c> to</c><00:28:47.980><c> be</c><00:28:48.240><c> completely</c><00:28:48.779><c> repudiated.</c>

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The<00:28:50.900><c> outward</c><00:28:51.319><c> act</c><00:28:51.779><c> had</c><00:28:52.259><c> to</c><00:28:52.599><c> indicate</c>

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an<00:28:53.259><c> inward</c><00:28:53.539><c> disposition</c><00:28:54.160><c> of</c><00:28:54.500><c> mind.</c><00:28:55.440><c> As</c><00:28:55.660><c> again,</c><00:28:55.960><c> Paul</c><00:28:56.240><c> emphasizes,</c><00:28:56.960><c> and</c><00:28:57.160><c> we</c>

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perhaps<00:28:57.500><c> will</c><00:28:57.700><c> look</c><00:28:57.880><c> at</c><00:28:58.000><c> this</c><00:28:58.200><c> one,</c>

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it's<00:28:58.539><c> in</c><00:28:58.940><c> Romans</c><00:28:59.279><c> chapter</c><00:28:59.759><c> two</c><00:29:00.319><c> and</c><00:29:00.619><c> verse</c><00:29:00.859><c> 28,</c><00:29:01.980><c> where</c><00:29:02.180><c> he</c><00:29:02.599><c> explains</c><00:29:02.900><c> to</c>

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us<00:29:03.220><c> the</c><00:29:03.579><c> spiritual</c><00:29:04.059><c> significance</c><00:29:04.839><c> of</c>

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:11.920
the<00:29:05.599><c> act</c><00:29:05.799><c> of</c><00:29:06.160><c> circumcision.</c><00:29:08.259><c> Romans</c><00:29:08.619><c> chapter</c><00:29:09.019><c> two,</c><00:29:10.259><c> verse</c><00:29:10.480><c> 28.</c>

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For<00:29:17.339><c> he</c><00:29:17.619><c> is</c><00:29:17.799><c> not</c><00:29:18.079><c> a</c><00:29:18.420><c> Jew,</c><00:29:18.900><c> which</c><00:29:19.119><c> is</c><00:29:19.319><c> one</c><00:29:19.519><c> outwardly,</c><00:29:20.960><c> neither</c>

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:23.039
is<00:29:21.420><c> that</c><00:29:21.779><c> circumcision,</c><00:29:22.480><c> which</c><00:29:22.619><c> is</c><00:29:22.859><c> outward</c>

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in<00:29:23.119><c> the</c><00:29:23.440><c> flesh.</c><00:29:24.779><c> But</c><00:29:24.920><c> he</c><00:29:25.140><c> is</c><00:29:25.339><c> a</c><00:29:25.559><c> Jew,</c><00:29:25.900><c> which</c><00:29:26.019><c> is</c><00:29:26.240><c> one</c><00:29:26.460><c> inwardly,</c>

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and<00:29:27.900><c> circumcision</c><00:29:28.579><c> is</c><00:29:28.759><c> that</c><00:29:28.960><c> of</c><00:29:29.119><c> the</c><00:29:29.420><c> heart,</c>

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in<00:29:30.359><c> the</c><00:29:30.720><c> spirit</c><00:29:31.039><c> and</c><00:29:31.200><c> not</c><00:29:31.400><c> in</c><00:29:31.599><c> the</c><00:29:31.759><c> letter,</c><00:29:32.839><c> whose</c><00:29:33.079><c> praise</c><00:29:33.400><c> is</c>

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not<00:29:33.740><c> of</c><00:29:33.940><c> men,</c><00:29:34.940><c> but</c><00:29:35.039><c> of</c><00:29:35.240><c> God.</c><00:29:36.579><c> And</c><00:29:36.859><c> there</c><00:29:37.200><c> Paul</c><00:29:37.779><c> explains</c>

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to<00:29:38.880><c> us</c><00:29:39.019><c> the</c><00:29:39.220><c> principle</c><00:29:39.720><c> that</c><00:29:39.920><c> the</c><00:29:40.259><c> outward</c><00:29:40.559><c> act,</c><00:29:41.380><c> the</c><00:29:41.619><c> outward</c>

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right,<00:29:42.839><c> was</c><00:29:42.980><c> not</c><00:29:43.220><c> of</c><00:29:43.400><c> itself</c><00:29:44.039><c> of</c><00:29:44.400><c> value,</c>

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:50.940
it<00:29:45.599><c> was</c><00:29:45.859><c> always</c><00:29:46.440><c> the</c><00:29:46.779><c> inward</c><00:29:47.099><c> disposition</c><00:29:47.900><c> that</c><00:29:48.440><c> mattered.</c><00:29:49.380><c> And</c><00:29:49.640><c> so</c><00:29:49.779><c> here</c><00:29:50.000><c> he</c><00:29:50.160><c> tells</c><00:29:50.480><c> us</c><00:29:50.619><c> that</c><00:29:50.759><c> a</c>

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real<00:29:51.359><c> Jew,</c>

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one<00:29:52.440><c> who</c><00:29:52.599><c> is</c><00:29:52.859><c> the</c><00:29:53.079><c> heir</c><00:29:53.279><c> to</c><00:29:53.440><c> God's</c><00:29:53.880><c> blessings,</c><00:29:55.180><c> is</c><00:29:55.279><c> someone</c><00:29:55.539><c> who</c><00:29:55.720><c> is</c>

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inwardly<00:29:56.420><c> a</c><00:29:56.599><c> Jew,</c><00:29:57.380><c> whose</c><00:29:57.539><c> life</c><00:29:57.880><c> is</c><00:29:58.160><c> in</c><00:29:58.400><c> tune</c><00:29:58.579><c> with</c>

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the<00:29:59.019><c> terms</c><00:29:59.240><c> of</c><00:29:59.420><c> God's</c><00:29:59.880><c> covenant,</c><00:30:01.160><c> whose</c><00:30:01.420><c> praise</c><00:30:01.819><c> is</c><00:30:02.039><c> not</c><00:30:02.180><c> of</c>

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men,<00:30:03.180><c> but</c><00:30:03.259><c> of</c><00:30:03.460><c> God.</c><00:30:04.259><c> And</c><00:30:04.400><c> you</c><00:30:04.500><c> notice</c><00:30:04.759><c> the</c><00:30:05.000><c> play</c><00:30:05.160><c> on</c>

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words<00:30:05.740><c> that</c><00:30:05.940><c> you</c><00:30:06.119><c> have</c><00:30:06.279><c> there,</c><00:30:07.460><c> whose</c><00:30:07.740><c> praise</c><00:30:08.460><c> is</c><00:30:08.799><c> not</c><00:30:08.960><c> of</c><00:30:09.160><c> men.</c><00:30:10.059><c> Judah's</c><00:30:10.539><c> name</c><00:30:11.119><c> meant</c><00:30:11.900><c> praise.</c><00:30:13.099><c> So</c>

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in<00:30:13.480><c> effect,</c>

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he's<00:30:14.059><c> playing</c><00:30:14.420><c> on</c><00:30:14.640><c> the</c><00:30:14.779><c> word</c><00:30:15.039><c> Jew,</c><00:30:15.579><c> and</c><00:30:15.700><c> he's</c><00:30:16.039><c> saying,</c><00:30:16.500><c> he</c><00:30:16.680><c> is</c>

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a<00:30:17.140><c> Jew</c><00:30:17.279><c> who</c><00:30:17.480><c> is</c><00:30:17.680><c> one</c><00:30:17.900><c> inwardly,</c><00:30:18.859><c> whose</c><00:30:19.220><c> Jewishness,</c>

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whose<00:30:21.400><c> praise</c><00:30:22.140><c> is</c><00:30:22.819><c> not</c><00:30:23.019><c> of</c><00:30:23.220><c> men,</c><00:30:24.299><c> but</c><00:30:24.400><c> of</c><00:30:24.619><c> God.</c><00:30:26.539><c> And</c><00:30:26.700><c> so,</c><00:30:26.940><c> brethren</c><00:30:27.059><c> and</c>

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:29.059
sisters,<00:30:27.579><c> if</c><00:30:27.740><c> we</c><00:30:28.039><c> desire</c><00:30:28.440><c> to</c><00:30:28.700><c> inherit</c>

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the<00:30:29.359><c> great</c><00:30:29.619><c> promises</c><00:30:30.099><c> of</c><00:30:30.400><c> God</c><00:30:30.759><c> that</c><00:30:31.059><c> were</c><00:30:31.220><c> made</c><00:30:31.400><c> to</c><00:30:31.680><c> Abraham,</c>

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then<00:30:32.660><c> we</c><00:30:33.039><c> too</c><00:30:33.279><c> have</c><00:30:33.500><c> to</c><00:30:33.779><c> be</c><00:30:34.500><c> circumcised</c><00:30:35.200><c> of</c><00:30:35.500><c> heart.</c>

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Back<00:30:37.279><c> to</c><00:30:37.460><c> Genesis</c><00:30:37.720><c> 17</c><00:30:38.220><c> then,</c><00:30:38.480><c> just</c><00:30:38.859><c> quickly</c><00:30:39.220><c> now.</c><00:30:41.220><c> Abraham's</c>

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name<00:30:41.920><c> has</c><00:30:42.059><c> been</c><00:30:42.380><c> changed</c><00:30:42.859><c> to</c><00:30:43.220><c> Father</c><00:30:43.539><c> of</c>

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a<00:30:43.880><c> Great</c><00:30:44.059><c> Multitude.</c><00:30:45.380><c> And</c><00:30:45.539><c> when</c><00:30:45.640><c> we</c><00:30:45.740><c> get</c><00:30:45.920><c> to</c><00:30:46.059><c> verse</c><00:30:46.279><c> 15</c><00:30:46.720><c> of</c><00:30:46.900><c> the</c>

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chapter,<00:30:47.359><c> we</c><00:30:47.500><c> find</c><00:30:47.799><c> that</c><00:30:48.759><c> Sarah's</c><00:30:49.200><c> name</c><00:30:49.440><c> also</c><00:30:49.819><c> is</c>

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changed,<00:30:51.460><c> incidentally,</c><00:30:52.619><c> by</c><00:30:52.880><c> the</c><00:30:53.140><c> addition</c><00:30:53.619><c> of</c><00:30:53.980><c> the</c><00:30:54.240><c> same</c><00:30:54.759><c> one</c><00:30:55.519><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:56.000><c> letter</c><00:30:56.519><c> that</c><00:30:56.940><c> was</c><00:30:57.140><c> added</c><00:30:57.400><c> to</c><00:30:57.700><c> Abraham's</c>

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name.<00:30:59.720><c> And</c><00:30:59.980><c> so</c><00:31:00.119><c> the</c><00:31:00.259><c> fact</c><00:31:00.440><c> that</c><00:31:00.740><c> the</c><00:31:00.960><c> same</c><00:31:01.380><c> letter</c><00:31:01.920><c> was</c><00:31:02.220><c> added</c>

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to<00:31:02.599><c> her</c><00:31:02.960><c> name,</c><00:31:03.299><c> to</c><00:31:03.460><c> make</c><00:31:03.680><c> it</c><00:31:03.920><c> not</c><00:31:04.339><c> Sarah,</c><00:31:04.940><c> but</c><00:31:05.119><c> Sarah,</c>

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indicated<00:31:07.259><c> that</c><00:31:07.539><c> she</c><00:31:07.779><c> was</c><00:31:08.000><c> being</c><00:31:08.279><c> included</c><00:31:08.960><c> in</c><00:31:09.380><c> the</c><00:31:09.740><c> extension</c><00:31:10.140><c> to</c><00:31:10.380><c> the</c>

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covenant.<00:31:11.980><c> Her</c><00:31:12.299><c> former</c><00:31:12.559><c> name,</c>

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Sarah,<00:31:13.859><c> appears</c><00:31:14.220><c> to</c><00:31:14.559><c> mean</c><00:31:14.859><c> my</c><00:31:15.500><c> princess,</c><00:31:17.400><c> whereas</c><00:31:17.819><c> Sarah</c><00:31:18.460><c> means</c><00:31:19.079><c> princess,</c><00:31:20.579><c> in</c>

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a<00:31:20.859><c> more</c><00:31:21.079><c> general</c><00:31:21.400><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:31:22.539><c> you'll</c><00:31:22.759><c> see</c><00:31:22.819><c> how</c><00:31:23.000><c> it</c><00:31:23.119><c> comes</c><00:31:23.359><c> out</c><00:31:23.579><c> in</c><00:31:23.740><c> verse</c><00:31:23.980><c> 16</c><00:31:24.559><c> of</c><00:31:25.059><c> Genesis</c><00:31:25.440><c> 17.</c>

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God<00:31:27.720><c> said,</c><00:31:28.140><c> I</c><00:31:28.140><c> will</c><00:31:28.380><c> bless</c><00:31:28.680><c> her</c><00:31:29.180><c> and</c><00:31:29.700><c> give</c><00:31:29.859><c> thee</c><00:31:30.059><c> a</c><00:31:30.319><c> son</c><00:31:30.500><c> also</c>

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of<00:31:31.460><c> her.</c>

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Yea,<00:31:32.579><c> I</c><00:31:32.740><c> will</c><00:31:32.980><c> bless</c><00:31:33.259><c> her</c><00:31:33.640><c> and</c><00:31:33.859><c> she</c><00:31:34.119><c> shall</c><00:31:34.240><c> be</c><00:31:34.440><c> a</c><00:31:34.660><c> mother</c><00:31:34.859><c> of</c><00:31:35.160><c> nations.</c><00:31:36.359><c> Kings</c><00:31:36.740><c> of</c>

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people<00:31:37.680><c> shall</c><00:31:38.119><c> be</c><00:31:38.539><c> of</c><00:31:38.900><c> her.</c>

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:43.759
So<00:31:40.920><c> Sarah</c><00:31:41.140><c> then</c><00:31:41.400><c> was</c><00:31:41.539><c> to</c><00:31:41.759><c> become</c><00:31:41.940><c> a</c><00:31:42.140><c> mother</c><00:31:42.299><c> of</c><00:31:42.599><c> nations.</c><00:31:43.559><c> She</c>

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:46.519
would<00:31:43.960><c> no</c><00:31:44.180><c> longer</c><00:31:44.440><c> simply</c><00:31:44.779><c> be</c><00:31:45.079><c> Abraham's</c><00:31:45.859><c> princess,</c>

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:51.079
but<00:31:47.180><c> princess</c><00:31:47.700><c> in</c><00:31:47.920><c> a</c><00:31:48.039><c> much</c><00:31:48.319><c> wider</c><00:31:48.700><c> sense.</c><00:31:50.140><c> For</c><00:31:50.319><c> as</c><00:31:50.500><c> the</c><00:31:50.799><c> margin</c>

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:53.039
in<00:31:51.240><c> the</c><00:31:51.440><c> authorised</c><00:31:51.819><c> version</c><00:31:52.140><c> points</c><00:31:52.579><c> out,</c>

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:57.980
it<00:31:53.700><c> is</c><00:31:53.960><c> literally,</c><00:31:54.880><c> she</c><00:31:55.180><c> shall</c><00:31:55.500><c> become</c><00:31:55.980><c> nations.</c><00:31:57.619><c> She</c><00:31:57.779><c> shall</c>

00:31:57.980 --> 00:32:01.019
be<00:31:58.160><c> a</c><00:31:58.299><c> mother</c><00:31:58.440><c> of</c><00:31:58.700><c> nations.</c><00:31:59.700><c> Sarah</c><00:31:59.900><c> was</c><00:32:00.140><c> to</c><00:32:00.339><c> become</c>

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:05.500
nations.<00:32:02.940><c> And</c><00:32:03.099><c> you</c><00:32:03.259><c> notice</c><00:32:03.539><c> that</c><00:32:03.779><c> that</c><00:32:04.000><c> verse</c><00:32:04.279><c> 6</c><00:32:04.660><c> also</c><00:32:05.200><c> makes</c>

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something<00:32:05.880><c> else</c><00:32:06.339><c> plain</c><00:32:06.819><c> for</c><00:32:07.279><c> the</c><00:32:07.480><c> first</c><00:32:07.900><c> time,</c>

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that<00:32:09.680><c> this</c><00:32:10.119><c> promise</c><00:32:10.559><c> of</c><00:32:10.799><c> a</c><00:32:11.099><c> son</c><00:32:11.460><c> would</c><00:32:11.940><c> be</c><00:32:12.220><c> fulfilled</c><00:32:12.880><c> through</c>

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Sarah.<00:32:15.559><c> In</c><00:32:15.740><c> chapter</c><00:32:16.079><c> 15</c><00:32:16.579><c> and</c><00:32:16.759><c> verse</c><00:32:17.039><c> 4,</c>

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:21.839
God<00:32:17.619><c> had</c><00:32:17.940><c> said</c><00:32:18.220><c> that</c><00:32:18.579><c> the</c><00:32:18.880><c> promised</c><00:32:19.140><c> son</c><00:32:19.460><c> would</c><00:32:19.720><c> come</c><00:32:19.900><c> from</c><00:32:20.160><c> Abraham,</c><00:32:21.339><c> but</c><00:32:21.599><c> it</c>

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didn't<00:32:22.059><c> there</c><00:32:22.380><c> say</c><00:32:22.579><c> that</c><00:32:22.839><c> Sarah</c>

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:28.700
would<00:32:23.119><c> be</c><00:32:23.359><c> the</c><00:32:23.559><c> mother.</c><00:32:24.440><c> But</c><00:32:24.660><c> now</c><00:32:25.240><c> God</c><00:32:25.579><c> says</c><00:32:26.000><c> in</c><00:32:26.259><c> chapter</c><00:32:26.579><c> 17</c><00:32:27.019><c> and</c><00:32:27.259><c> verse</c><00:32:27.480><c> 16,</c><00:32:28.440><c> I</c>

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will<00:32:28.960><c> give</c><00:32:29.140><c> thee</c><00:32:29.359><c> a</c><00:32:29.579><c> son</c><00:32:29.720><c> of</c><00:32:30.119><c> her.</c>

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:35.960
And<00:32:31.579><c> so</c><00:32:31.660><c> there's</c><00:32:31.819><c> absolutely</c><00:32:32.359><c> no</c><00:32:32.700><c> doubt</c><00:32:33.000><c> now</c><00:32:33.319><c> that</c><00:32:33.500><c> God</c><00:32:33.700><c> had</c><00:32:34.019><c> promised</c><00:32:34.299><c> that</c><00:32:34.519><c> the</c><00:32:34.799><c> heir</c><00:32:34.980><c> was</c><00:32:35.220><c> to</c><00:32:35.440><c> be</c><00:32:35.660><c> a</c>

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.660
son<00:32:36.119><c> of</c><00:32:36.400><c> both</c>

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:43.279
Abraham<00:32:37.180><c> and</c><00:32:38.400><c> Sarah.</c><00:32:41.579><c> Abraham's</c><00:32:42.119><c> reaction</c><00:32:42.519><c> to</c><00:32:42.720><c> this</c><00:32:42.960><c> promise</c>

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:45.680
sometimes<00:32:43.900><c> has</c><00:32:44.099><c> been</c><00:32:44.299><c> misinterpreted.</c>

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:51.859
Verse<00:32:47.019><c> 17.</c><00:32:48.079><c> He</c><00:32:48.220><c> fell</c><00:32:48.460><c> upon</c><00:32:48.720><c> his</c><00:32:49.079><c> face</c><00:32:49.519><c> and</c><00:32:50.279><c> laughed</c><00:32:50.779><c> and</c><00:32:51.680><c> said</c>

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.619
in<00:32:52.000><c> his</c><00:32:52.319><c> heart,</c>

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:55.619
shall<00:32:53.140><c> a</c><00:32:53.420><c> child</c><00:32:53.619><c> be</c><00:32:53.880><c> born</c><00:32:54.019><c> unto</c><00:32:54.240><c> him</c><00:32:54.400><c> that</c><00:32:54.539><c> is</c><00:32:54.700><c> 100</c><00:32:55.000><c> years</c><00:32:55.380><c> old</c>

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:59.119
and<00:32:55.880><c> shall</c><00:32:56.119><c> Sarah</c><00:32:56.460><c> that</c><00:32:56.619><c> is</c><00:32:56.859><c> 90</c><00:32:57.220><c> years</c><00:32:57.579><c> old</c><00:32:58.019><c> bear.</c>

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:04.660
And<00:33:01.140><c> Abraham</c><00:33:01.420><c> said</c><00:33:01.660><c> unto</c><00:33:01.880><c> God,</c><00:33:02.759><c> oh</c><00:33:02.980><c> that</c><00:33:03.180><c> Ishmael</c><00:33:03.779><c> might</c><00:33:04.059><c> live</c>

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:12.480
before<00:33:05.339><c> thee.</c><00:33:06.819><c> Now</c><00:33:07.039><c> it's</c><00:33:07.200><c> very</c><00:33:07.519><c> easy</c><00:33:07.920><c> for</c><00:33:08.119><c> us</c><00:33:08.299><c> to</c>

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:18.180
believe<00:33:12.980><c> God,</c><00:33:14.039><c> to</c><00:33:14.299><c> see</c><00:33:14.460><c> in</c><00:33:14.599><c> these</c><00:33:14.880><c> words</c><00:33:15.380><c> incredulity.</c><00:33:17.900><c> But</c>

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:21.000
such<00:33:18.420><c> an</c><00:33:18.759><c> interpretation</c><00:33:19.460><c> simply</c><00:33:20.200><c> does</c><00:33:20.539><c> not</c><00:33:20.819><c> fit</c>

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:26.160
the<00:33:21.259><c> facts.</c><00:33:22.539><c> What</c><00:33:22.759><c> are</c><00:33:23.039><c> the</c><00:33:23.240><c> facts?</c><00:33:24.180><c> Well</c><00:33:24.400><c> first</c><00:33:24.660><c> of</c><00:33:24.880><c> all,</c><00:33:25.299><c> Romans</c><00:33:25.420><c> chapter</c><00:33:25.799><c> 4,</c>

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.500
where<00:33:26.380><c> the</c><00:33:26.539><c> apostle</c><00:33:26.839><c> Paul</c><00:33:27.140><c> says</c><00:33:27.299><c> of</c>

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:31.200
Abraham,<00:33:28.680><c> being</c><00:33:28.799><c> not</c><00:33:29.119><c> weak</c><00:33:29.359><c> in</c><00:33:29.680><c> faith,</c><00:33:30.319><c> he</c><00:33:30.579><c> considered</c><00:33:30.960><c> not</c>

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:34.579
his<00:33:31.380><c> own</c><00:33:31.640><c> body,</c><00:33:32.160><c> now</c><00:33:32.500><c> dead,</c><00:33:33.259><c> now</c><00:33:33.559><c> as</c><00:33:33.880><c> good</c><00:33:34.039><c> as</c><00:33:34.299><c> dead,</c>

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:38.460
when<00:33:35.059><c> he</c><00:33:35.200><c> was</c><00:33:35.380><c> about</c><00:33:35.619><c> 100</c><00:33:35.960><c> years</c><00:33:36.299><c> old,</c><00:33:37.200><c> neither</c><00:33:37.359><c> yet</c><00:33:37.619><c> the</c><00:33:37.859><c> deadness</c><00:33:38.200><c> of</c>

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:41.119
Sarah's<00:33:38.920><c> womb.</c><00:33:39.660><c> He</c><00:33:40.099><c> staggered</c><00:33:40.599><c> not</c><00:33:40.779><c> at</c><00:33:40.960><c> the</c>

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:45.799
promise<00:33:41.319><c> of</c><00:33:41.559><c> God</c><00:33:41.819><c> through</c><00:33:42.099><c> unbelief,</c><00:33:43.319><c> but</c><00:33:43.380><c> was</c><00:33:43.660><c> strong</c><00:33:43.839><c> in</c><00:33:44.180><c> faith,</c><00:33:44.839><c> giving</c><00:33:45.140><c> glory</c><00:33:45.519><c> to</c>

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:47.460
God<00:33:46.160><c> and</c><00:33:46.940><c> being</c><00:33:47.240><c> fully</c>

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:52.019
persuaded<00:33:47.960><c> that</c><00:33:48.180><c> what</c><00:33:48.359><c> he</c><00:33:48.559><c> had</c><00:33:48.799><c> promised,</c><00:33:50.000><c> he</c><00:33:50.700><c> was</c><00:33:50.960><c> able</c><00:33:51.380><c> also</c>

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:55.779
to<00:33:52.559><c> perform.</c><00:33:53.700><c> And</c><00:33:54.099><c> therefore</c><00:33:54.480><c> we're</c><00:33:54.819><c> told</c><00:33:55.180><c> by</c><00:33:55.519><c> Paul</c>

00:33:55.779 --> 00:34:00.859
in<00:33:55.960><c> Romans</c><00:33:56.240><c> 4,</c><00:33:57.099><c> this</c><00:33:57.319><c> was</c><00:33:57.559><c> imputed</c><00:33:57.960><c> to</c><00:33:58.200><c> Abraham</c><00:33:58.539><c> for</c><00:33:58.859><c> righteousness.</c><00:34:00.380><c> So</c><00:34:00.720><c> we</c>

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:02.500
can<00:34:01.099><c> forget</c><00:34:01.380><c> the</c><00:34:01.619><c> idea</c><00:34:02.119><c> that</c>

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:05.519
Abraham<00:34:02.940><c> didn't</c><00:34:03.200><c> believe</c><00:34:03.599><c> God,</c><00:34:04.519><c> because</c><00:34:04.880><c> scripture</c><00:34:05.200><c> tells</c>

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:09.920
us<00:34:05.859><c> that</c><00:34:06.160><c> he</c><00:34:06.420><c> did.</c><00:34:07.839><c> It</c><00:34:08.139><c> means</c><00:34:08.519><c> therefore</c><00:34:09.260><c> that</c><00:34:09.519><c> when</c><00:34:09.699><c> we</c>

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:16.159
read<00:34:10.139><c> verse</c><00:34:10.440><c> 17,</c><00:34:11.599><c> Abraham's</c><00:34:12.320><c> laughter</c><00:34:13.079><c> was</c><00:34:13.760><c> of</c><00:34:14.239><c> joy</c><00:34:14.840><c> and</c><00:34:15.719><c> not</c>

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:19.820
unbelief.<00:34:17.699><c> Verse</c><00:34:17.920><c> 17</c><00:34:18.519><c> tells</c><00:34:18.860><c> us</c><00:34:19.019><c> that</c><00:34:19.159><c> he</c><00:34:19.300><c> fell</c><00:34:19.500><c> upon</c>

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:24.119
his<00:34:20.179><c> face,</c><00:34:20.719><c> he</c><00:34:21.000><c> prostrated</c><00:34:21.599><c> himself</c><00:34:22.099><c> before</c><00:34:22.539><c> God,</c><00:34:23.659><c> and</c><00:34:23.920><c> then</c>

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:27.900
he<00:34:24.380><c> asks</c><00:34:24.780><c> himself</c><00:34:25.199><c> a</c><00:34:25.519><c> question</c><00:34:26.139><c> using</c><00:34:26.920><c> the</c><00:34:27.199><c> very</c><00:34:27.519><c> name</c>

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:36.599
that<00:34:28.119><c> God</c><00:34:28.360><c> had</c><00:34:28.619><c> just</c><00:34:28.960><c> given</c><00:34:29.219><c> to</c><00:34:29.480><c> his</c><00:34:29.719><c> wife.</c><00:34:30.659><c> He</c><00:34:30.900><c> calls</c><00:34:31.179><c> his</c><00:34:31.440><c> wife</c><00:34:31.920><c> Sarah.</c><00:34:33.000><c> Shall</c><00:34:33.300><c> Sarah,</c><00:34:35.019><c> Princess,</c><00:34:36.360><c> the</c>

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.119
mother<00:34:36.820><c> of</c>

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:42.360
nations,<00:34:38.500><c> that</c><00:34:38.639><c> his</c><00:34:38.800><c> 90</c><00:34:39.219><c> years</c><00:34:39.500><c> old</c><00:34:39.820><c> bear?</c><00:34:41.179><c> He</c><00:34:41.360><c> calls</c><00:34:41.699><c> his</c><00:34:41.900><c> wife</c><00:34:42.139><c> by</c>

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:44.360
the<00:34:42.519><c> new</c><00:34:42.699><c> name</c><00:34:42.980><c> Sarah,</c><00:34:43.280><c> that</c><00:34:43.460><c> shows</c><00:34:43.719><c> his</c><00:34:44.059><c> faith,</c>

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:47.960
for<00:34:44.760><c> God</c><00:34:44.980><c> had</c><00:34:45.179><c> just</c><00:34:45.460><c> said</c><00:34:45.739><c> that</c><00:34:46.019><c> she</c><00:34:46.239><c> would</c><00:34:46.480><c> become</c><00:34:46.820><c> nations.</c>

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:51.719
The<00:34:49.400><c> 16th</c><00:34:49.880><c> century</c><00:34:50.159><c> reformer</c><00:34:50.760><c> John</c><00:34:51.119><c> Calvin</c>

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:55.260
surely<00:34:52.340><c> expressed</c><00:34:52.840><c> the</c><00:34:53.159><c> truth</c><00:34:53.320><c> about</c><00:34:53.619><c> this</c><00:34:53.900><c> verse</c><00:34:54.139><c> 17</c><00:34:54.860><c> when</c>

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:58.440
he<00:34:55.539><c> said,</c><00:34:56.460><c> partly</c><00:34:56.800><c> exulting</c><00:34:57.539><c> in</c><00:34:57.780><c> gladness,</c>

00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:06.599
partly<00:34:59.199><c> carried</c><00:34:59.639><c> beyond</c><00:35:00.059><c> himself</c><00:35:00.519><c> with</c><00:35:00.820><c> wonder,</c><00:35:01.880><c> Abraham</c><00:35:02.280><c> burst</c><00:35:02.800><c> into</c><00:35:03.099><c> laughter.</c><00:35:04.699><c> And</c><00:35:05.059><c> this</c><00:35:05.340><c> laughter</c><00:35:05.780><c> by</c><00:35:06.059><c> God's</c>

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:09.739
was<00:35:07.239><c> commemorated</c><00:35:08.119><c> in</c><00:35:08.239><c> the</c><00:35:08.380><c> name</c><00:35:08.480><c> of</c><00:35:08.659><c> the</c><00:35:08.840><c> son</c><00:35:09.079><c> who</c><00:35:09.199><c> was</c><00:35:09.400><c> to</c><00:35:09.539><c> be</c>

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:13.880
born,<00:35:10.420><c> Isaac,</c><00:35:11.699><c> meaning</c><00:35:12.139><c> he</c><00:35:12.900><c> laughs.</c>

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:16.860
And<00:35:14.440><c> in</c><00:35:14.559><c> the</c><00:35:14.760><c> miraculous</c><00:35:15.239><c> circumstances</c><00:35:16.059><c> surrounding</c><00:35:16.619><c> the</c>

00:35:16.860 --> 00:35:20.159
birth<00:35:17.059><c> of</c><00:35:17.320><c> Isaac,</c><00:35:18.300><c> Abraham</c><00:35:18.519><c> was</c><00:35:18.760><c> able</c><00:35:18.980><c> to</c><00:35:19.280><c> see</c><00:35:19.440><c> in</c><00:35:19.800><c> faith</c>

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:24.519
a<00:35:20.639><c> foreshadowing</c><00:35:21.199><c> of</c><00:35:21.360><c> the</c><00:35:21.519><c> Lord</c><00:35:21.679><c> Jesus</c><00:35:22.039><c> Christ.</c><00:35:23.340><c> Now</c><00:35:23.579><c> just</c><00:35:23.739><c> keep</c><00:35:23.940><c> your</c><00:35:24.099><c> finger</c><00:35:24.300><c> in</c>

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.840
Genesis<00:35:24.800><c> 17</c><00:35:25.239><c> if</c><00:35:25.360><c> you</c><00:35:25.619><c> will,</c>

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:31.539
and<00:35:26.199><c> come</c><00:35:26.420><c> on</c><00:35:26.579><c> to</c><00:35:26.699><c> John's</c><00:35:27.139><c> gospel</c><00:35:27.460><c> in</c><00:35:27.679><c> chapter</c><00:35:27.960><c> 8.</c><00:35:30.980><c> Because</c><00:35:31.300><c> we</c>

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:34.099
have<00:35:31.679><c> the</c><00:35:31.880><c> authority</c><00:35:32.239><c> of</c><00:35:32.420><c> the</c><00:35:32.539><c> Lord</c><00:35:32.719><c> Jesus</c><00:35:33.400><c> that</c><00:35:33.820><c> this</c>

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:43.619
was<00:35:34.260><c> the</c><00:35:34.519><c> case.</c><00:35:35.260><c> John</c><00:35:35.559><c> chapter</c><00:35:35.900><c> 8</c><00:35:36.420><c> and</c><00:35:36.820><c> verse</c><00:35:37.079><c> 56.</c><00:35:42.260><c> He</c><00:35:42.380><c> told</c><00:35:42.639><c> the</c><00:35:42.880><c> Jewish</c><00:35:43.139><c> leaders</c><00:35:43.460><c> of</c>

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:45.059
his<00:35:43.840><c> own</c><00:35:44.119><c> day,</c>

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:50.239
your<00:35:45.500><c> father</c><00:35:45.940><c> Abraham</c><00:35:46.599><c> rejoiced</c><00:35:47.420><c> to</c><00:35:47.659><c> see</c><00:35:47.840><c> my</c><00:35:48.199><c> day,</c><00:35:48.900><c> and</c><00:35:49.239><c> he</c><00:35:49.460><c> saw</c><00:35:49.679><c> it</c>

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:53.599
and<00:35:50.800><c> was</c><00:35:51.099><c> glad.</c><00:35:52.619><c> And</c><00:35:52.780><c> there</c><00:35:52.900><c> Jesus</c><00:35:53.139><c> said,</c>

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:57.579
Abraham<00:35:54.460><c> rejoiced</c><00:35:55.199><c> to</c><00:35:55.400><c> see</c><00:35:55.579><c> the</c><00:35:55.739><c> day</c><00:35:55.840><c> of</c><00:35:56.099><c> Christ</c><00:35:56.500><c> and</c><00:35:57.000><c> he</c><00:35:57.239><c> was</c>

00:35:57.579 --> 00:36:01.619
glad.<00:35:59.420><c> But</c><00:35:59.739><c> the</c><00:35:59.960><c> question</c><00:36:00.260><c> we</c><00:36:00.420><c> need</c><00:36:00.559><c> to</c><00:36:00.800><c> ask</c><00:36:01.000><c> is,</c>

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:07.440
when<00:36:02.280><c> did</c><00:36:02.639><c> Abraham</c><00:36:03.199><c> so</c><00:36:04.019><c> rejoice</c><00:36:04.679><c> to</c><00:36:05.659><c> see</c><00:36:05.880><c> the</c><00:36:06.019><c> day</c><00:36:06.199><c> of</c><00:36:06.380><c> Christ?</c>

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:09.880
Well<00:36:07.659><c> there's</c><00:36:07.800><c> only</c><00:36:08.199><c> one</c><00:36:08.659><c> recorded</c><00:36:09.199><c> occasion</c>

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:15.500
in<00:36:10.300><c> the</c><00:36:10.460><c> book</c><00:36:10.619><c> of</c><00:36:10.860><c> Genesis</c><00:36:11.360><c> and</c><00:36:12.219><c> it's</c><00:36:12.440><c> here</c><00:36:12.800><c> in</c><00:36:13.159><c> Genesis</c><00:36:13.579><c> 17</c><00:36:14.260><c> and</c><00:36:14.500><c> verse</c><00:36:14.739><c> 17</c>

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:18.659
when<00:36:15.940><c> Abraham</c><00:36:16.500><c> laughed.</c><00:36:18.119><c> It's</c><00:36:18.440><c> the</c>

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:22.920
laughter<00:36:19.079><c> of</c><00:36:19.559><c> rejoicing</c><00:36:20.079><c> and</c><00:36:20.340><c> the</c><00:36:20.500><c> Lord</c><00:36:20.659><c> Jesus</c><00:36:21.019><c> Christ</c><00:36:21.280><c> is</c><00:36:21.579><c> confirming</c><00:36:21.980><c> that</c><00:36:22.260><c> for</c><00:36:22.480><c> us</c>

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:24.800
in<00:36:23.260><c> John</c><00:36:23.559><c> chapter</c><00:36:23.920><c> 8.</c>

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:29.679
Well<00:36:25.800><c> now</c><00:36:25.980><c> back</c><00:36:26.179><c> in</c><00:36:26.300><c> Genesis</c><00:36:26.639><c> 17,</c><00:36:28.340><c> Abraham</c><00:36:28.420><c> in</c><00:36:28.679><c> his</c><00:36:28.940><c> rejoicing</c>

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remembered<00:36:30.420><c> his</c><00:36:30.719><c> existing</c><00:36:31.159><c> son</c><00:36:31.500><c> Ishmael</c>

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and<00:36:32.340><c> he</c><00:36:32.539><c> says</c><00:36:32.679><c> to</c><00:36:32.860><c> God,</c><00:36:33.739><c> oh</c><00:36:33.860><c> that</c><00:36:34.039><c> Ishmael</c><00:36:34.639><c> might</c><00:36:34.900><c> live</c><00:36:35.199><c> before</c>

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:39.199
thee.<00:36:37.199><c> It</c><00:36:37.440><c> has</c><00:36:37.599><c> been</c><00:36:37.880><c> suggested</c><00:36:38.480><c> that</c><00:36:38.840><c> the</c>

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custom<00:36:39.500><c> of</c><00:36:39.699><c> the</c><00:36:39.920><c> time</c><00:36:40.340><c> did</c><00:36:40.739><c> not</c><00:36:41.059><c> allow</c><00:36:41.440><c> the</c><00:36:41.780><c> disinheriting</c><00:36:42.519><c> of</c>

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:46.119
a<00:36:42.880><c> concubine's</c><00:36:43.760><c> son</c><00:36:44.019><c> in</c><00:36:44.679><c> favour</c><00:36:44.920><c> of</c><00:36:45.139><c> a</c><00:36:45.340><c> son</c><00:36:45.519><c> born</c><00:36:45.820><c> later</c>

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to<00:36:46.320><c> the</c><00:36:46.539><c> true</c><00:36:46.760><c> wife</c><00:36:47.239><c> and</c><00:36:47.900><c> as</c><00:36:48.099><c> Abraham's</c><00:36:48.619><c> appeal</c><00:36:48.900><c> reflected</c><00:36:49.519><c> this.</c><00:36:51.019><c> However</c><00:36:51.340><c> it</c>

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seems<00:36:51.840><c> to</c><00:36:52.059><c> me</c><00:36:52.340><c> probably</c><00:36:52.760><c> more</c><00:36:53.079><c> likely</c>

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:57.460
that<00:36:54.119><c> Abraham</c><00:36:54.599><c> appreciated</c><00:36:55.639><c> very</c><00:36:56.099><c> well</c><00:36:56.480><c> that</c><00:36:56.780><c> Isaac</c><00:36:57.199><c> would</c>

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:59.079
have<00:36:57.659><c> to</c><00:36:57.840><c> have</c><00:36:57.980><c> the</c><00:36:58.239><c> preeminence</c>

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:03.880
but<00:36:59.679><c> he</c><00:36:59.820><c> did</c><00:37:00.079><c> not</c><00:37:00.340><c> want</c><00:37:00.679><c> Ishmael</c><00:37:01.179><c> to</c><00:37:01.380><c> be</c><00:37:01.639><c> forgotten.</c><00:37:03.360><c> And</c><00:37:03.639><c> in</c>

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response<00:37:04.239><c> to</c><00:37:04.420><c> his</c><00:37:04.699><c> question,</c><00:37:05.800><c> God</c><00:37:06.119><c> assures</c><00:37:06.739><c> Abraham</c>

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:11.360
that<00:37:08.539><c> his</c><00:37:08.960><c> son</c><00:37:09.179><c> Ishmael</c><00:37:09.820><c> would</c><00:37:10.019><c> be</c><00:37:10.320><c> blessed</c><00:37:10.699><c> and</c><00:37:10.980><c> would</c><00:37:11.159><c> be</c>

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multiplied<00:37:12.039><c> for</c><00:37:12.440><c> the</c><00:37:12.699><c> father's</c><00:37:13.179><c> sake.</c>

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:18.300
Well<00:37:15.280><c> quickly</c><00:37:15.480><c> then</c><00:37:15.719><c> moving</c><00:37:15.920><c> on</c><00:37:16.139><c> to</c><00:37:16.239><c> chapter</c><00:37:16.519><c> 21</c><00:37:17.139><c> and</c><00:37:17.380><c> we</c><00:37:17.719><c> continue</c><00:37:18.099><c> with</c>

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:20.019
the<00:37:18.500><c> story</c><00:37:18.699><c> of</c><00:37:18.920><c> Ishmael</c><00:37:19.300><c> for</c><00:37:19.500><c> a</c><00:37:19.619><c> moment,</c>

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:23.280
we<00:37:20.579><c> find</c><00:37:20.860><c> that</c><00:37:21.079><c> Isaac</c><00:37:21.320><c> was</c><00:37:21.599><c> born</c><00:37:21.860><c> in</c><00:37:22.199><c> accordance</c><00:37:22.500><c> with</c><00:37:22.780><c> God's</c>

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promise<00:37:23.559><c> and</c><00:37:23.820><c> was</c><00:37:24.119><c> circumcised.</c><00:37:25.940><c> In</c><00:37:25.940><c> verse</c><00:37:26.219><c> 8</c><00:37:26.440><c> of</c>

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:31.739
chapter<00:37:26.880><c> 21</c><00:37:27.619><c> the</c><00:37:28.099><c> child</c><00:37:28.579><c> grew</c><00:37:29.199><c> and</c><00:37:29.800><c> was</c><00:37:30.179><c> weaned</c><00:37:31.239><c> and</c><00:37:31.480><c> Abraham</c>

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made<00:37:31.980><c> a</c><00:37:32.219><c> great</c><00:37:32.440><c> feast</c><00:37:32.760><c> the</c><00:37:33.019><c> same</c><00:37:33.199><c> day</c><00:37:33.400><c> that</c><00:37:33.639><c> Isaac</c>

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:38.059
was<00:37:34.239><c> weaned</c><00:37:35.460><c> and</c><00:37:35.739><c> incidentally</c><00:37:36.559><c> Isaac</c><00:37:37.059><c> of</c><00:37:37.300><c> course</c><00:37:37.559><c> is</c><00:37:37.739><c> a</c><00:37:37.900><c> type</c>

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:40.760
of<00:37:38.320><c> Christ</c><00:37:38.880><c> and</c><00:37:39.440><c> so</c><00:37:39.579><c> we</c><00:37:39.760><c> shouldn't</c><00:37:39.940><c> be</c><00:37:40.219><c> surprised</c>

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:46.019
when<00:37:40.920><c> we</c><00:37:41.119><c> read</c><00:37:41.280><c> at</c><00:37:41.480><c> chapter</c><00:37:41.739><c> 21</c><00:37:42.239><c> and</c><00:37:42.460><c> verse</c><00:37:42.739><c> 8</c><00:37:43.099><c> the</c><00:37:43.480><c> child</c><00:37:43.920><c> grew.</c><00:37:45.760><c> We</c>

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shouldn't<00:37:46.219><c> be</c><00:37:46.539><c> surprised</c><00:37:46.780><c> to</c><00:37:47.019><c> find</c><00:37:47.119><c> an</c><00:37:47.380><c> echo</c><00:37:47.579><c> of</c>

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:52.880
in<00:37:48.940><c> the</c><00:37:49.059><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.280><c> Jesus</c><00:37:49.639><c> Christ</c><00:37:50.199><c> because</c><00:37:50.960><c> it</c><00:37:51.179><c> says</c><00:37:51.400><c> doesn't</c><00:37:51.639><c> it</c><00:37:51.820><c> in</c><00:37:51.920><c> Luke</c><00:37:52.159><c> chapter</c><00:37:52.500><c> 2</c>

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:55.539
verse<00:37:53.199><c> 40</c><00:37:53.840><c> the</c><00:37:54.300><c> child</c><00:37:54.780><c> grew</c>

00:37:55.539 --> 00:38:00.039
and<00:37:56.260><c> waxed</c><00:37:56.719><c> strong</c><00:37:56.880><c> in</c><00:37:57.239><c> spirit</c><00:37:57.659><c> and</c><00:37:58.500><c> here</c><00:37:58.900><c> we</c><00:37:59.480><c> have</c><00:37:59.639><c> the</c><00:37:59.860><c> same</c>

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:03.099
thing<00:38:00.260><c> with</c><00:38:00.800><c> Isaac.</c><00:38:02.119><c> And</c><00:38:02.219><c> Abraham</c><00:38:02.480><c> made</c><00:38:02.679><c> a</c><00:38:02.880><c> great</c>

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:07.099
feast<00:38:03.420><c> on</c><00:38:03.639><c> the</c><00:38:03.780><c> day</c><00:38:03.980><c> that</c><00:38:04.340><c> Isaac</c><00:38:04.599><c> was</c><00:38:04.920><c> weaned</c><00:38:05.699><c> and</c><00:38:05.880><c> in</c><00:38:06.079><c> verse</c><00:38:06.360><c> 9</c>

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Sarah<00:38:07.679><c> saw</c><00:38:08.019><c> Ishmael</c><00:38:08.920><c> mocking,</c><00:38:10.719><c> mocking.</c><00:38:12.039><c> He</c><00:38:12.300><c> was</c><00:38:12.539><c> 14</c>

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:17.000
years<00:38:13.260><c> older</c><00:38:13.599><c> than</c><00:38:13.780><c> Isaac</c><00:38:14.219><c> and</c><00:38:14.900><c> he</c><00:38:15.260><c> laughed</c><00:38:15.599><c> at</c><00:38:15.820><c> this</c><00:38:16.519><c> little</c>

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:20.900
lad<00:38:17.400><c> in</c><00:38:18.119><c> derision</c><00:38:18.980><c> and</c><00:38:19.559><c> it</c><00:38:19.719><c> was</c><00:38:19.940><c> a</c><00:38:20.099><c> nasty</c><00:38:20.460><c> kind</c>

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:25.219
of<00:38:21.139><c> mocking</c><00:38:21.440><c> because</c><00:38:22.179><c> Paul</c><00:38:22.739><c> in</c><00:38:22.980><c> Galatians</c><00:38:23.480><c> chapter</c><00:38:23.800><c> 4</c><00:38:24.199><c> comments</c><00:38:24.679><c> on</c><00:38:24.920><c> this</c><00:38:25.079><c> and</c>

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:27.000
he<00:38:25.460><c> says</c><00:38:25.920><c> he</c><00:38:26.420><c> that</c><00:38:26.559><c> was</c><00:38:26.820><c> born</c>

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:32.340
after<00:38:27.280><c> the</c><00:38:27.599><c> flesh</c><00:38:27.980><c> persecuted</c><00:38:29.119><c> him</c><00:38:29.760><c> that</c><00:38:30.199><c> was</c><00:38:30.400><c> born</c><00:38:30.579><c> after</c><00:38:30.840><c> the</c><00:38:31.159><c> spirit.</c><00:38:32.199><c> So</c>

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:34.219
Ishmael's<00:38:33.000><c> laughing</c><00:38:33.500><c> was</c><00:38:33.900><c> not</c>

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friendly<00:38:34.559><c> laughing,</c><00:38:35.099><c> it</c><00:38:35.159><c> was</c><00:38:35.420><c> mockery,</c><00:38:36.099><c> it</c><00:38:36.099><c> was</c><00:38:36.980><c> derisive</c><00:38:37.820><c> laughter</c><00:38:38.619><c> and</c><00:38:39.739><c> no</c>

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doubt<00:38:40.199><c> here</c><00:38:40.420><c> was</c><00:38:40.579><c> an</c><00:38:40.800><c> early</c>

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:44.199
indication<00:38:41.519><c> of</c><00:38:41.739><c> the</c><00:38:42.059><c> wildness</c><00:38:42.900><c> that</c><00:38:43.179><c> had</c><00:38:43.380><c> been</c><00:38:43.639><c> prophesied</c>

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:46.340
of<00:38:44.360><c> Ishmael's</c><00:38:45.019><c> character</c><00:38:45.480><c> and</c><00:38:45.800><c> that</c><00:38:45.980><c> of</c><00:38:46.139><c> his</c>

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:52.380
descendants.<00:38:48.320><c> Well</c><00:38:48.320><c> in</c><00:38:48.420><c> verse</c><00:38:48.679><c> 10</c><00:38:48.960><c> of</c><00:38:49.360><c> Genesis</c><00:38:49.719><c> 21</c><00:38:50.739><c> Sarah</c><00:38:51.840><c> says</c><00:38:52.119><c> to</c>

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:55.360
Abraham<00:38:52.880><c> cast</c><00:38:53.519><c> out</c><00:38:53.820><c> this</c><00:38:54.139><c> bondwoman</c><00:38:54.679><c> and</c><00:38:55.000><c> her</c>

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:58.940
son<00:38:55.840><c> for</c><00:38:56.440><c> the</c><00:38:56.639><c> son</c><00:38:56.739><c> of</c><00:38:56.880><c> the</c><00:38:57.079><c> bondwoman</c><00:38:57.559><c> shall</c><00:38:57.760><c> not</c><00:38:58.039><c> be</c><00:38:58.239><c> heir</c><00:38:58.380><c> with</c><00:38:58.599><c> my</c>

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son<00:38:59.380><c> even</c><00:38:59.880><c> with</c><00:39:00.119><c> Isaac</c><00:39:00.579><c> and</c><00:39:01.639><c> Abraham</c><00:39:02.000><c> we're</c>

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:07.219
told<00:39:02.480><c> was</c><00:39:02.860><c> grieved.</c><00:39:04.199><c> Cast</c><00:39:04.539><c> out</c><00:39:04.760><c> the</c><00:39:05.039><c> bondwoman</c><00:39:05.519><c> and</c><00:39:05.860><c> her</c><00:39:06.239><c> son.</c>

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:10.219
Now<00:39:08.179><c> it</c><00:39:08.420><c> seems</c><00:39:08.679><c> that</c><00:39:08.880><c> this</c><00:39:09.179><c> course</c><00:39:09.380><c> of</c><00:39:09.679><c> action</c><00:39:09.940><c> was</c>

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:13.800
quite<00:39:10.440><c> contrary</c><00:39:11.139><c> quite</c><00:39:11.579><c> out</c><00:39:11.900><c> of</c><00:39:12.239><c> step</c><00:39:12.539><c> with</c><00:39:13.019><c> the</c><00:39:13.219><c> customs</c><00:39:13.579><c> of</c>

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:17.500
the<00:39:14.039><c> time</c><00:39:14.360><c> and</c><00:39:14.760><c> Abraham</c><00:39:15.019><c> was</c><00:39:15.400><c> grieved</c><00:39:16.019><c> but</c><00:39:16.940><c> in</c><00:39:17.179><c> verse</c>

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:22.539
12<00:39:17.920><c> of</c><00:39:18.079><c> this</c><00:39:18.360><c> chapter</c><00:39:19.019><c> God</c><00:39:19.699><c> confirms</c><00:39:20.599><c> Sarah's</c><00:39:21.260><c> words</c><00:39:21.860><c> and</c><00:39:22.300><c> he</c>

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adds<00:39:22.960><c> in</c><00:39:23.300><c> Isaac</c><00:39:23.679><c> shall</c><00:39:23.960><c> thy</c><00:39:24.219><c> seed</c><00:39:24.360><c> be</c><00:39:24.659><c> called.</c>

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:28.860
So<00:39:26.000><c> the</c><00:39:26.219><c> child</c><00:39:26.440><c> of</c><00:39:26.599><c> the</c><00:39:26.800><c> flesh</c><00:39:27.039><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:27.559><c> was</c><00:39:27.780><c> disinherited.</c>

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:31.380
Now<00:39:29.500><c> in</c><00:39:29.659><c> case</c><00:39:29.900><c> we</c><00:39:30.059><c> should</c><00:39:30.219><c> jump</c><00:39:30.420><c> to</c><00:39:30.579><c> the</c><00:39:30.860><c> conclusion</c><00:39:31.199><c> that</c>

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:36.960
when<00:39:31.599><c> Sarah</c><00:39:31.980><c> said</c><00:39:32.320><c> cast</c><00:39:32.840><c> out</c><00:39:33.780><c> the</c><00:39:34.320><c> bondwoman</c><00:39:34.719><c> and</c><00:39:34.920><c> her</c><00:39:35.219><c> son</c><00:39:35.400><c> she</c><00:39:35.679><c> was</c><00:39:35.920><c> merely</c><00:39:36.219><c> acting</c><00:39:36.500><c> in</c>

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spite<00:39:37.360><c> the</c><00:39:38.539><c> New</c><00:39:38.760><c> Testament</c>

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:42.820
tells<00:39:39.440><c> us</c><00:39:39.619><c> she</c><00:39:39.800><c> wasn't.</c><00:39:41.119><c> Of</c><00:39:41.280><c> course</c><00:39:41.480><c> God</c><00:39:41.760><c> ratified</c><00:39:42.340><c> her</c><00:39:42.599><c> words</c>

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:45.159
in<00:39:43.000><c> Genesis</c><00:39:43.340><c> 17</c><00:39:43.980><c> but</c><00:39:44.280><c> just</c><00:39:44.519><c> come</c><00:39:44.659><c> on</c><00:39:44.800><c> now</c><00:39:44.980><c> to</c>

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:48.219
Galatians<00:39:45.500><c> chapter</c><00:39:45.860><c> 4</c><00:39:46.460><c> because</c><00:39:46.940><c> the</c><00:39:47.119><c> apostle</c><00:39:47.400><c> Paul</c><00:39:47.699><c> picks</c><00:39:48.019><c> up</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:50.940
those<00:39:48.460><c> very</c><00:39:48.760><c> words</c><00:39:49.119><c> and</c><00:39:49.500><c> comments</c><00:39:49.820><c> on</c><00:39:50.119><c> them.</c>

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:56.619
Galatians<00:39:52.099><c> chapter</c><00:39:52.460><c> 4</c><00:39:53.519><c> and</c><00:39:54.780><c> verse</c><00:39:55.219><c> 30.</c>

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:06.659
Nevertheless<00:40:02.199><c> what</c><00:40:02.840><c> Seth</c><00:40:03.159><c> the</c><00:40:03.500><c> scripture</c><00:40:04.340><c> cast</c><00:40:05.219><c> out</c><00:40:05.500><c> the</c><00:40:05.800><c> bondwoman</c><00:40:06.340><c> and</c>

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bondwoman<00:40:09.719><c> shall</c><00:40:09.940><c> not</c><00:40:10.260><c> be</c><00:40:10.519><c> heir</c><00:40:10.880><c> with</c><00:40:11.260><c> the</c><00:40:11.519><c> son</c><00:40:11.780><c> of</c><00:40:12.099><c> the</c><00:40:12.400><c> free</c>

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scriptural<00:40:37.880><c> authority.</c><00:40:40.460><c> Well</c><00:40:40.639><c> here</c><00:40:40.820><c> in</c><00:40:40.960><c> Galatians</c><00:40:41.340><c> chapter</c>

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4<00:40:42.360><c> Paul</c><00:40:42.719><c> reveals</c><00:40:43.219><c> that</c><00:40:43.380><c> there</c><00:40:43.539><c> is</c><00:40:43.679><c> actually</c>

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far<00:40:51.280><c> and</c><00:40:52.099><c> in</c><00:40:52.400><c> our</c><00:40:52.559><c> last</c><00:40:52.800><c> five</c><00:40:53.059><c> minutes</c><00:40:53.360><c> we'll</c><00:40:53.599><c> have</c><00:40:53.699><c> to</c><00:40:53.800><c> be</c><00:40:54.000><c> extremely</c><00:40:54.300><c> brief</c><00:40:54.679><c> on</c>

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this<00:40:55.320><c> but</c><00:40:55.760><c> look</c><00:40:55.920><c> at</c><00:40:56.019><c> verse</c><00:40:56.219><c> 22</c><00:40:56.800><c> of</c>

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Galatians<00:40:57.539><c> 4.</c><00:40:59.119><c> It</c><00:40:59.360><c> is</c><00:40:59.579><c> written</c><00:40:59.860><c> that</c><00:41:00.099><c> Abraham</c><00:41:00.480><c> had</c><00:41:00.699><c> two</c><00:41:01.039><c> sons</c>

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the<00:41:02.159><c> one</c><00:41:02.380><c> by</c><00:41:02.619><c> a</c><00:41:02.820><c> bondmaid</c><00:41:03.820><c> Hagar</c><00:41:04.519><c> the</c><00:41:04.920><c> other</c><00:41:05.079><c> by</c><00:41:05.300><c> a</c>

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free<00:41:05.639><c> woman</c><00:41:06.139><c> Sarah</c><00:41:06.820><c> but</c><00:41:07.699><c> he</c><00:41:08.059><c> who</c><00:41:08.179><c> was</c><00:41:08.360><c> of</c><00:41:08.500><c> the</c><00:41:08.699><c> bondwoman</c><00:41:09.340><c> was</c>

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born<00:41:09.920><c> after</c><00:41:10.199><c> the</c><00:41:10.500><c> flesh</c><00:41:11.000><c> but</c><00:41:11.960><c> he</c><00:41:12.139><c> of</c><00:41:12.260><c> the</c><00:41:12.480><c> free</c><00:41:12.659><c> woman</c>

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was<00:41:13.719><c> by</c><00:41:14.380><c> promise</c><00:41:15.059><c> which</c><00:41:16.239><c> things</c><00:41:16.820><c> are</c><00:41:17.460><c> an</c><00:41:18.159><c> allegory.</c><00:41:19.659><c> Literally</c><00:41:20.320><c> it</c><00:41:21.000><c> means</c>

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they're<00:41:21.619><c> telling</c><00:41:21.940><c> another</c><00:41:22.420><c> story.</c>

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There's<00:41:24.019><c> much</c><00:41:24.320><c> more</c><00:41:24.780><c> to</c><00:41:25.260><c> that</c><00:41:25.639><c> incident</c><00:41:26.019><c> in</c><00:41:26.320><c> Genesis</c><00:41:26.840><c> than</c><00:41:27.380><c> we</c>

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might<00:41:27.800><c> have</c><00:41:28.039><c> realized</c><00:41:28.539><c> Paul</c><00:41:28.840><c> is</c><00:41:29.139><c> saying</c>

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and<00:41:30.539><c> in</c><00:41:30.639><c> the</c><00:41:30.860><c> last</c><00:41:31.119><c> verses</c><00:41:31.440><c> of</c><00:41:31.659><c> Galatians</c><00:41:32.159><c> 4</c><00:41:32.460><c> Paul</c><00:41:32.760><c> explains</c>

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also<00:41:36.599><c> represents</c><00:41:37.260><c> two</c><00:41:37.639><c> covenants</c><00:41:38.780><c> two</c><00:41:39.280><c> mountains</c><00:41:40.000><c> and</c><00:41:40.840><c> two</c>

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cities.<00:41:42.940><c> There</c><00:41:42.960><c> are</c><00:41:43.199><c> also</c><00:41:43.619><c> two</c><00:41:43.960><c> sons</c>

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points<00:41:51.420><c> briefly</c><00:41:52.239><c> Ishmael</c><00:41:52.960><c> was</c><00:41:53.139><c> a</c><00:41:53.400><c> child</c><00:41:53.599><c> of</c><00:41:53.760><c> the</c><00:41:54.000><c> flesh</c><00:41:54.360><c> in</c><00:41:54.940><c> verses</c><00:41:55.300><c> 23</c>

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after<00:41:59.800><c> the</c><00:42:00.079><c> flesh.</c><00:42:01.199><c> Flesh</c><00:42:01.699><c> alone</c><00:42:02.300><c> and</c><00:42:02.719><c> nothing</c><00:42:03.039><c> else</c><00:42:03.539><c> was</c><00:42:03.860><c> enough</c><00:42:04.099><c> to</c>

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produce<00:42:04.639><c> Ishmael</c><00:42:05.679><c> but</c><00:42:06.500><c> flesh</c><00:42:07.139><c> alone</c>

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could<00:42:07.960><c> not</c><00:42:08.219><c> produce</c><00:42:08.639><c> Isaac.</c><00:42:09.940><c> He</c><00:42:10.260><c> was</c><00:42:10.500><c> a</c><00:42:10.739><c> child</c><00:42:10.940><c> of</c><00:42:11.280><c> promise</c><00:42:11.639><c> as</c>

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he<00:42:12.099><c> says</c><00:42:12.239><c> in</c><00:42:12.420><c> verse</c><00:42:12.659><c> 23</c><00:42:13.400><c> his</c><00:42:13.940><c> birth</c><00:42:14.360><c> was</c><00:42:14.840><c> miraculous</c>

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and<00:42:17.119><c> in</c><00:42:17.380><c> Hebrews</c><00:42:17.599><c> chapter</c><00:42:18.019><c> 11</c><00:42:18.420><c> we're</c><00:42:18.760><c> told</c><00:42:18.960><c> that</c><00:42:19.440><c> Sarah</c><00:42:19.760><c> had</c>

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Abraham.<00:42:25.679><c> After</c><00:42:26.239><c> the</c><00:42:26.539><c> child</c><00:42:26.820><c> of</c><00:42:27.079><c> promise</c><00:42:27.280><c> is</c><00:42:27.539><c> born</c><00:42:27.960><c> he</c><00:42:28.739><c> is</c><00:42:29.019><c> described</c><00:42:29.460><c> in</c>

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born<00:42:38.320><c> of</c><00:42:38.599><c> God</c>

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and<00:42:40.059><c> there</c><00:42:40.300><c> you</c><00:42:40.460><c> see</c><00:42:40.539><c> we</c><00:42:40.679><c> have</c><00:42:40.840><c> a</c><00:42:41.000><c> principle</c><00:42:41.380><c> don't</c><00:42:41.639><c> we</c><00:42:41.800><c> a</c><00:42:41.960><c> scriptural</c><00:42:42.360><c> principle</c><00:42:42.739><c> you</c>

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start<00:42:43.280><c> off</c><00:42:43.460><c> with</c>

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that<00:42:44.119><c> which</c><00:42:44.300><c> is</c><00:42:44.539><c> natural</c><00:42:44.900><c> first</c><00:42:45.719><c> Ishmael</c><00:42:46.599><c> was</c><00:42:46.820><c> born</c><00:42:47.179><c> and</c><00:42:47.880><c> then</c>

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you<00:42:48.260><c> have</c><00:42:48.400><c> that</c><00:42:48.579><c> which</c><00:42:48.719><c> is</c><00:42:48.980><c> spiritual</c>

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then<00:42:55.920><c> brethren</c><00:42:56.420><c> we</c><00:42:56.960><c> are</c><00:42:57.219><c> not</c><00:42:57.480><c> children</c>

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of<00:42:57.980><c> the</c><00:42:58.219><c> bond</c><00:42:58.480><c> woman</c><00:42:58.900><c> but</c><00:42:59.639><c> of</c><00:43:00.139><c> the</c><00:43:00.500><c> free.</c><00:43:01.860><c> So</c><00:43:01.960><c> Isaac's</c><00:43:02.440><c> birth</c><00:43:02.599><c> was</c><00:43:02.820><c> a</c>

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Jesus<00:43:05.539><c> Christ</c><00:43:06.179><c> and</c><00:43:06.920><c> for</c><00:43:07.119><c> the</c><00:43:07.360><c> believer</c><00:43:07.659><c> too</c><00:43:08.340><c> Paul</c><00:43:08.699><c> is</c><00:43:08.940><c> writing</c>

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begettal.<00:43:12.480><c> First</c><00:43:12.940><c> of</c><00:43:13.119><c> all</c><00:43:13.239><c> this</c><00:43:13.400><c> is</c><00:43:13.659><c> mental</c><00:43:13.920><c> and</c><00:43:14.219><c> moral</c><00:43:14.539><c> the</c>

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believer<00:43:15.400><c> is</c><00:43:15.659><c> begotten</c><00:43:16.119><c> again</c><00:43:16.440><c> by</c><00:43:16.719><c> the</c><00:43:16.900><c> word</c><00:43:17.039><c> of</c><00:43:17.320><c> God</c>

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which<00:43:41.739><c> gendroth</c><00:43:42.219><c> to</c><00:43:42.480><c> bondage</c><00:43:43.099><c> which</c><00:43:43.360><c> is</c><00:43:43.619><c> Hagar</c><00:43:44.519><c> for</c><00:43:44.920><c> this</c><00:43:45.219><c> Hagar</c><00:43:45.679><c> is</c>

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Mount<00:43:46.179><c> Sinai</c><00:43:46.639><c> in</c><00:43:46.860><c> Arabia</c><00:43:47.460><c> and</c><00:43:48.039><c> answereth</c><00:43:48.460><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem<00:43:49.380><c> which</c><00:43:49.800><c> now</c><00:43:50.199><c> is</c><00:43:51.000><c> and</c><00:43:51.139><c> is</c><00:43:51.500><c> in</c><00:43:51.780><c> bondage</c><00:43:52.539><c> with</c><00:43:52.880><c> her</c><00:43:53.139><c> children.</c><00:43:54.840><c> Now</c>

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obviously<00:43:55.739><c> those</c><00:43:56.199><c> words</c><00:43:56.500><c> are</c><00:43:56.760><c> complicated</c>

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and<00:43:57.500><c> we</c><00:43:57.659><c> could</c><00:43:57.780><c> spend</c><00:43:57.980><c> a</c><00:43:58.139><c> long</c><00:43:58.320><c> time</c><00:43:58.539><c> on</c><00:43:58.780><c> them</c><00:43:58.920><c> but</c><00:43:59.260><c> what</c><00:43:59.559><c> he's</c>

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saying<00:44:00.119><c> there</c><00:44:00.380><c> in</c><00:44:01.159><c> verse</c><00:44:01.480><c> 24</c><00:44:02.079><c> is</c><00:44:02.719><c> the</c><00:44:03.219><c> one</c><00:44:03.539><c> covenant</c>

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:08.780
the<00:44:04.119><c> one</c><00:44:04.300><c> from</c><00:44:04.500><c> Mount</c><00:44:04.880><c> Sinai</c><00:44:05.400><c> which</c><00:44:05.780><c> gendroth</c><00:44:06.519><c> or</c><00:44:06.820><c> which</c><00:44:07.260><c> beareth</c><00:44:07.780><c> children</c><00:44:08.380><c> unto</c>

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bondage<00:44:09.559><c> is</c><00:44:10.780><c> Hagar.</c><00:44:12.079><c> So</c><00:44:12.460><c> Hagar</c>

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then<00:44:13.139><c> the</c><00:44:13.360><c> bond</c><00:44:13.699><c> woman</c><00:44:14.139><c> stands</c><00:44:14.780><c> for</c><00:44:15.000><c> the</c><00:44:15.159><c> mosaic</c><00:44:15.719><c> covenant</c>

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:19.719
from<00:44:17.079><c> the</c><00:44:17.239><c> Mount</c><00:44:17.460><c> Sinai</c><00:44:18.139><c> which</c><00:44:18.559><c> bears</c><00:44:18.980><c> children</c><00:44:19.460><c> unto</c>

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bondage<00:44:20.460><c> the</c><00:44:20.860><c> bondage</c><00:44:21.199><c> of</c><00:44:21.340><c> the</c><00:44:21.519><c> law.</c><00:44:22.420><c> It</c><00:44:22.599><c> was</c><00:44:22.760><c> a</c><00:44:23.019><c> covenant</c><00:44:23.320><c> which</c><00:44:23.599><c> applied</c><00:44:24.000><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:24.340><c> nation</c><00:44:24.599><c> of</c><00:44:24.860><c> Israel</c><00:44:25.239><c> which</c>

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occupied<00:44:26.219><c> the</c><00:44:26.440><c> land</c><00:44:26.579><c> of</c><00:44:26.820><c> Israel</c><00:44:27.059><c> only</c><00:44:27.440><c> as</c><00:44:27.659><c> long</c><00:44:27.760><c> as</c><00:44:27.900><c> they</c><00:44:28.059><c> were</c>

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obedient<00:44:28.699><c> to</c><00:44:28.940><c> God's</c><00:44:29.300><c> commands.</c><00:44:30.559><c> It</c><00:44:30.840><c> was</c><00:44:31.000><c> the</c><00:44:31.340><c> first</c>

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covenant<00:44:32.119><c> to</c><00:44:32.320><c> be</c><00:44:32.480><c> in</c><00:44:32.619><c> operation</c><00:44:33.300><c> and</c><00:44:34.480><c> now</c><00:44:34.719><c> we</c><00:44:34.960><c> call</c><00:44:35.119><c> it</c><00:44:35.840><c> the</c>

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old<00:44:36.599><c> covenant.</c><00:44:38.599><c> The</c><00:44:38.820><c> other</c><00:44:39.099><c> covenant</c><00:44:39.539><c> however</c>

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applying<00:44:40.539><c> to</c><00:44:40.820><c> individuals</c><00:44:41.579><c> is</c><00:44:42.059><c> the</c><00:44:42.340><c> Abrahamic.</c><00:44:43.420><c> It</c><00:44:43.579><c> concerns</c>

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:46.340
eternal<00:44:44.639><c> inheritance</c><00:44:45.239><c> in</c><00:44:45.460><c> the</c><00:44:45.659><c> land</c><00:44:45.980><c> and</c>

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:49.019
the<00:44:46.559><c> granting</c><00:44:46.800><c> of</c><00:44:47.079><c> eternal</c><00:44:47.400><c> life.</c><00:44:48.039><c> It's</c><00:44:48.179><c> the</c><00:44:48.400><c> new</c><00:44:48.659><c> covenant</c>

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in<00:44:49.320><c> Christ</c><00:44:49.800><c> which</c><00:44:50.320><c> provides</c><00:44:50.659><c> the</c><00:44:50.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:51.239><c> of</c><00:44:51.579><c> sins</c>

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and<00:44:52.360><c> it</c><00:44:52.699><c> springs</c><00:44:52.960><c> from</c><00:44:53.239><c> the</c><00:44:53.539><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:54.099><c> and</c><00:44:54.380><c> resurrection</c><00:44:54.880><c> of</c>

00:44:55.079 --> 00:45:00.380
the<00:44:55.300><c> promised</c><00:44:55.579><c> seed</c><00:44:56.199><c> on</c><00:44:57.500><c> Mount</c><00:44:57.739><c> Moriah</c><00:44:58.420><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:04.280
Jerusalem<00:45:01.599><c> under</c><00:45:01.840><c> the</c><00:45:02.039><c> old</c><00:45:02.300><c> covenant</c><00:45:02.639><c> was</c><00:45:03.000><c> inseparably</c><00:45:03.559><c> linked</c><00:45:03.840><c> to</c>

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Sinai.<00:45:05.340><c> The</c><00:45:05.500><c> covenant</c><00:45:05.739><c> that</c><00:45:05.960><c> was</c><00:45:06.239><c> given</c><00:45:06.519><c> at</c>

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:10.179
Sinai<00:45:07.559><c> and</c><00:45:08.119><c> the</c><00:45:08.320><c> sac</c><00:45:08.420><c> the</c><00:45:08.599><c> covenant</c><00:45:08.980><c> of</c><00:45:09.219><c> course</c><00:45:09.340><c> the</c><00:45:09.500><c> old</c><00:45:09.739><c> covenant</c><00:45:09.940><c> was</c>

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given<00:45:10.380><c> at</c><00:45:10.719><c> Sinai</c><00:45:11.239><c> and</c><00:45:11.639><c> the</c><00:45:12.000><c> sacrifices</c>

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associated<00:45:13.340><c> with</c><00:45:13.679><c> it</c><00:45:13.960><c> were</c><00:45:14.280><c> made</c><00:45:14.480><c> at</c><00:45:14.639><c> the</c><00:45:14.880><c> temple</c><00:45:15.260><c> in</c><00:45:15.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:45:16.159><c> and</c><00:45:17.059><c> when</c><00:45:17.219><c> the</c>

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mosaic<00:45:17.840><c> system</c><00:45:18.179><c> came</c><00:45:18.460><c> to</c><00:45:18.639><c> its</c>

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end<00:45:19.159><c> that</c><00:45:19.639><c> city</c><00:45:19.920><c> also</c><00:45:20.480><c> fell</c><00:45:20.940><c> and</c><00:45:21.539><c> the</c><00:45:21.739><c> nation</c><00:45:22.019><c> was</c><00:45:22.320><c> carted</c><00:45:22.579><c> off</c>

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into<00:45:22.940><c> captivity.</c><00:45:25.340><c> Now</c><00:45:25.619><c> finally</c><00:45:25.900><c> just</c><00:45:26.139><c> on</c><00:45:26.340><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:31.360
in<00:45:26.940><c> verse</c><00:45:27.179><c> 26</c><00:45:28.099><c> Paul</c><00:45:28.559><c> writes</c><00:45:29.099><c> Jerusalem</c><00:45:30.179><c> which</c><00:45:30.380><c> is</c><00:45:30.739><c> above</c><00:45:30.940><c> is</c>

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:35.519
free<00:45:31.960><c> which</c><00:45:32.659><c> is</c><00:45:32.880><c> the</c><00:45:33.099><c> mother</c><00:45:33.599><c> of</c><00:45:33.960><c> us</c><00:45:34.519><c> all</c>

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and<00:45:36.159><c> that</c><00:45:36.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:45:36.920><c> which</c><00:45:37.079><c> he</c><00:45:37.380><c> speaks</c><00:45:37.639><c> about</c><00:45:38.159><c> being</c><00:45:38.579><c> above</c>

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will<00:45:39.519><c> as</c><00:45:39.719><c> we</c><00:45:39.860><c> know</c><00:45:40.019><c> not</c><00:45:40.219><c> be</c><00:45:40.380><c> a</c><00:45:40.539><c> city</c><00:45:40.699><c> in</c><00:45:40.980><c> the</c><00:45:41.139><c> skies</c>

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:44.960
but<00:45:42.119><c> a</c><00:45:42.340><c> heavenly</c><00:45:42.599><c> city</c><00:45:42.960><c> on</c><00:45:43.199><c> the</c><00:45:43.400><c> earth</c><00:45:43.739><c> when</c><00:45:44.199><c> Christ</c><00:45:44.579><c> and</c><00:45:44.719><c> his</c>

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:47.360
saints<00:45:45.199><c> are</c><00:45:45.500><c> enthroned</c><00:45:45.920><c> there.</c><00:45:46.920><c> It</c><00:45:46.980><c> will</c><00:45:47.079><c> be</c><00:45:47.159><c> the</c>

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:51.679
place<00:45:47.579><c> from</c><00:45:47.760><c> which</c><00:45:47.860><c> the</c><00:45:48.079><c> Lord</c><00:45:48.300><c> sends</c><00:45:48.599><c> the</c><00:45:48.920><c> rod</c><00:45:49.039><c> of</c><00:45:49.239><c> his</c><00:45:49.559><c> strength</c><00:45:50.079><c> his</c><00:45:50.880><c> law</c><00:45:51.159><c> will</c><00:45:51.360><c> go</c>

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forth<00:45:52.139><c> and</c><00:45:52.559><c> the</c><00:45:52.739><c> nations</c>

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will<00:45:53.119><c> come</c><00:45:53.380><c> up</c><00:45:53.599><c> to</c><00:45:53.780><c> worship</c><00:45:54.099><c> before</c><00:45:54.460><c> the</c><00:45:54.739><c> king</c><00:45:55.079><c> in</c><00:45:55.840><c> the</c><00:45:56.019><c> sense</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:59.900
of<00:45:56.460><c> the</c><00:45:56.579><c> words</c><00:45:56.800><c> of</c><00:45:57.179><c> Psalm</c><00:45:57.400><c> 133</c><00:45:58.860><c> there</c><00:45:59.380><c> the</c><00:45:59.599><c> Lord</c>

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commandeth<00:46:00.519><c> the</c><00:46:00.719><c> blessing</c><00:46:01.380><c> even</c><00:46:02.099><c> life</c><00:46:02.519><c> forevermore.</c><00:46:04.219><c> So</c><00:46:04.360><c> Jerusalem</c><00:46:04.780><c> then</c><00:46:05.019><c> is</c>

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going<00:46:05.340><c> to</c><00:46:05.480><c> be</c><00:46:05.579><c> the</c><00:46:05.940><c> centre</c><00:46:06.300><c> of</c><00:46:06.500><c> the</c>

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:09.840
life<00:46:06.940><c> of</c><00:46:07.119><c> the</c><00:46:07.300><c> age</c><00:46:07.519><c> to</c><00:46:07.800><c> come</c><00:46:08.119><c> when</c><00:46:08.500><c> all</c><00:46:08.780><c> nations</c><00:46:09.099><c> will</c><00:46:09.300><c> be</c><00:46:09.440><c> blessed</c><00:46:09.619><c> in</c>

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Abraham<00:46:10.320><c> and</c><00:46:11.000><c> in</c><00:46:11.179><c> his</c><00:46:11.539><c> seed.</c><00:46:13.039><c> But</c><00:46:13.260><c> why</c><00:46:13.559><c> does</c>

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Paul<00:46:14.269><c> speak</c><00:46:14.809><c> of</c><00:46:15.050><c> Jerusalem</c><00:46:15.690><c> in</c><00:46:15.949><c> verse</c><00:46:16.210><c> 27</c><00:46:16.949><c> as</c><00:46:17.349><c> being</c><00:46:17.809><c> verse</c><00:46:18.190><c> 26</c>

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the<00:46:19.469><c> mother</c><00:46:19.789><c> of</c><00:46:20.090><c> us</c><00:46:20.309><c> all?</c><00:46:21.550><c> Well</c><00:46:21.750><c> it</c><00:46:21.869><c> actually</c>

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takes<00:46:23.090><c> us</c><00:46:23.309><c> back</c><00:46:23.489><c> to</c><00:46:23.750><c> two</c><00:46:23.949><c> Old</c><00:46:24.130><c> Testament</c><00:46:24.530><c> passages</c><00:46:25.110><c> and</c><00:46:25.869><c> these</c>

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I'll<00:46:26.710><c> I'll</c><00:46:26.829><c> leave</c><00:46:26.949><c> you</c><00:46:27.190><c> with.</c><00:46:27.510><c> The</c><00:46:27.750><c> first</c><00:46:27.989><c> is</c><00:46:28.250><c> Psalm</c>

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87.<00:46:31.670><c> Psalm</c><00:46:31.710><c> 87</c>

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which<00:46:42.070><c> looks</c><00:46:42.449><c> forward</c><00:46:42.829><c> to</c><00:46:43.010><c> the</c><00:46:43.210><c> time</c><00:46:43.389><c> of</c><00:46:43.610><c> Jerusalem's</c><00:46:44.530><c> exaltation</c><00:46:45.570><c> and</c><00:46:46.429><c> so</c>

00:46:46.550 --> 00:46:48.050
it<00:46:46.690><c> says</c><00:46:46.809><c> in</c><00:46:47.010><c> verse</c><00:46:47.230><c> three</c><00:46:47.530><c> glorious</c>

00:46:48.050 --> 00:46:51.349
things<00:46:48.349><c> are</c><00:46:48.670><c> spoken</c><00:46:48.989><c> of</c><00:46:49.250><c> the</c><00:46:49.510><c> oh</c><00:46:49.690><c> city</c><00:46:49.909><c> of</c><00:46:50.170><c> God.</c><00:46:50.329><c> This</c><00:46:50.469><c> is</c><00:46:50.670><c> Jerusalem</c><00:46:51.130><c> in</c>

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the<00:46:51.429><c> age</c><00:46:51.590><c> to</c><00:46:51.829><c> come</c><00:46:51.949><c> in</c><00:46:52.190><c> the</c><00:46:52.389><c> kingdom</c>

00:46:53.750 --> 00:47:01.469
and<00:46:54.269><c> in</c><00:46:55.110><c> verse</c><00:46:56.110><c> five</c><00:46:57.889><c> of</c><00:46:58.889><c> Zion</c><00:46:59.349><c> it</c><00:46:59.610><c> shall</c><00:46:59.789><c> be</c><00:47:00.110><c> said</c><00:47:00.510><c> this</c><00:47:01.190><c> and</c>

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that<00:47:01.809><c> man</c><00:47:02.349><c> was</c><00:47:02.769><c> born</c><00:47:03.329><c> in</c><00:47:04.369><c> her</c><00:47:05.030><c> but</c><00:47:06.369><c> the</c><00:47:06.690><c> Greek</c><00:47:06.949><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:47:07.769><c> the</c><00:47:08.090><c> Septuagint</c><00:47:09.010><c> translates</c><00:47:09.690><c> those</c><00:47:10.130><c> words</c><00:47:10.409><c> like</c>

00:47:10.829 --> 00:47:15.789
this<00:47:11.769><c> a</c><00:47:12.190><c> man</c><00:47:12.469><c> shall</c><00:47:12.829><c> say</c><00:47:13.730><c> Zion</c><00:47:14.449><c> is</c><00:47:14.989><c> my</c><00:47:15.269><c> mother.</c>

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So<00:47:16.769><c> you</c><00:47:16.929><c> see</c><00:47:17.030><c> it's</c><00:47:17.309><c> the</c><00:47:17.469><c> very</c><00:47:17.809><c> thing</c><00:47:18.190><c> that</c><00:47:18.409><c> Paul</c><00:47:18.610><c> is</c><00:47:18.829><c> referring</c>

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back<00:47:19.590><c> to</c><00:47:19.750><c> in</c><00:47:19.929><c> verse</c><00:47:20.110><c> 26</c><00:47:20.670><c> of</c><00:47:20.929><c> Galatians</c>

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chapter<00:47:22.349><c> four</c><00:47:23.070><c> this</c><00:47:23.750><c> and</c><00:47:23.969><c> that</c><00:47:24.269><c> man</c><00:47:24.469><c> shall</c><00:47:24.610><c> be</c><00:47:24.849><c> born</c><00:47:25.010><c> in</c><00:47:25.250><c> her</c><00:47:25.429><c> a</c>

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man<00:47:25.889><c> shall</c><00:47:26.190><c> say</c><00:47:26.869><c> Zion</c><00:47:27.510><c> is</c><00:47:28.329><c> my</c><00:47:29.010><c> mother.</c>

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So<00:47:30.650><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:31.110><c> will</c><00:47:31.389><c> indeed</c><00:47:31.789><c> be</c><00:47:31.989><c> the</c><00:47:32.230><c> mother</c><00:47:32.489><c> city</c><00:47:32.789><c> of</c><00:47:32.989><c> men</c><00:47:33.170><c> of</c>

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faith<00:47:33.690><c> in</c><00:47:33.969><c> the</c><00:47:34.090><c> age</c><00:47:34.289><c> to</c><00:47:34.550><c> come</c><00:47:34.989><c> and</c><00:47:36.130><c> there</c><00:47:36.409><c> is</c><00:47:36.590><c> just</c>

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one<00:47:36.989><c> other</c><00:47:37.210><c> passage</c><00:47:37.710><c> if</c><00:47:38.190><c> we</c><00:47:38.349><c> can</c><00:47:38.570><c> squeeze</c><00:47:38.789><c> one</c><00:47:39.070><c> more</c><00:47:39.269><c> minute</c>

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and<00:47:39.730><c> it's</c><00:47:39.949><c> in</c><00:47:40.190><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:40.809><c> and</c><00:47:41.670><c> chapter</c><00:47:41.969><c> 66</c><00:47:42.829><c> which</c>

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refers<00:47:44.489><c> to</c><00:47:44.730><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:45.130><c> in</c><00:47:45.309><c> the</c><00:47:45.530><c> same</c><00:47:45.829><c> way.</c><00:47:46.949><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:47.070><c> chapter</c>

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66<00:47:48.369><c> which</c><00:47:49.150><c> looks</c><00:47:49.409><c> again</c><00:47:49.809><c> to</c><00:47:50.110><c> the</c><00:47:50.449><c> time</c><00:47:50.630><c> of</c><00:47:50.809><c> the</c>

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inauguration<00:47:51.530><c> of</c><00:47:51.690><c> the</c><00:47:51.889><c> kingdom</c><00:47:52.829><c> and</c><00:47:54.789><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:55.150><c> 66</c><00:47:55.989><c> and</c><00:47:56.369><c> verse</c><00:47:56.710><c> seven</c><00:47:57.630><c> speaks</c><00:47:58.230><c> about</c><00:47:58.710><c> Zion</c><00:47:59.150><c> bringing</c><00:47:59.570><c> forth</c><00:47:59.929><c> a</c>

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man<00:48:00.570><c> child</c><00:48:01.230><c> the</c><00:48:01.909><c> Lord</c><00:48:02.170><c> Jesus</c><00:48:02.590><c> Christ</c><00:48:03.269><c> and</c><00:48:04.210><c> then</c><00:48:04.369><c> in</c><00:48:04.570><c> verses</c><00:48:04.809><c> eight</c><00:48:05.090><c> and</c><00:48:05.369><c> nine</c><00:48:05.809><c> the</c><00:48:06.289><c> prophet</c><00:48:06.590><c> sees</c><00:48:06.909><c> a</c>

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nation<00:48:07.789><c> being</c>

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born<00:48:08.630><c> to</c><00:48:08.889><c> her</c><00:48:10.030><c> called</c><00:48:10.550><c> by</c><00:48:10.869><c> Jesus</c><00:48:11.250><c> later</c><00:48:11.710><c> the</c><00:48:12.090><c> children</c><00:48:12.550><c> of</c><00:48:12.849><c> the</c>

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resurrection<00:48:13.690><c> a</c><00:48:14.469><c> nation</c><00:48:14.750><c> is</c><00:48:15.050><c> born</c><00:48:15.449><c> and</c><00:48:16.070><c> to</c><00:48:16.230><c> this</c>

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nation<00:48:17.050><c> headed</c><00:48:17.389><c> by</c><00:48:17.670><c> the</c><00:48:17.769><c> Lord</c><00:48:18.010><c> Jesus</c><00:48:18.449><c> Christ</c><00:48:19.170><c> God</c><00:48:19.690><c> says</c><00:48:19.989><c> in</c><00:48:20.230><c> verse</c><00:48:20.570><c> 13</c>

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as<00:48:22.349><c> one</c><00:48:22.750><c> whom</c><00:48:23.010><c> his</c><00:48:23.469><c> mother</c><00:48:24.050><c> comforteth</c>

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so<00:48:25.849><c> will</c><00:48:26.050><c> I</c><00:48:26.349><c> comfort</c><00:48:26.670><c> you</c><00:48:27.269><c> and</c><00:48:27.949><c> ye</c><00:48:28.090><c> shall</c><00:48:28.230><c> be</c><00:48:28.570><c> comforted</c><00:48:29.369><c> in</c><00:48:29.570><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:48:31.230><c> So</c>

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Jerusalem<00:48:32.010><c> then</c><00:48:32.329><c> again</c><00:48:32.829><c> we</c><00:48:33.510><c> find</c><00:48:33.769><c> is</c><00:48:33.969><c> the</c>

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mother<00:48:34.449><c> of</c><00:48:34.730><c> all</c><00:48:35.170><c> true</c><00:48:35.789><c> children</c><00:48:36.269><c> of</c><00:48:36.590><c> promise</c><00:48:37.070><c> and</c><00:48:38.250><c> so</c><00:48:38.369><c> then</c><00:48:38.510><c> brethren</c><00:48:38.730><c> and</c><00:48:38.929><c> sisters</c><00:48:39.269><c> we</c>

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rejoice<00:48:40.250><c> don't</c><00:48:40.570><c> we</c><00:48:40.730><c> that</c><00:48:40.869><c> we</c>

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are<00:48:41.309><c> not</c><00:48:41.429><c> children</c><00:48:41.909><c> of</c><00:48:42.090><c> the</c><00:48:42.329><c> bondwoman</c><00:48:42.989><c> but</c><00:48:43.510><c> of</c><00:48:43.690><c> the</c><00:48:43.909><c> free</c><00:48:44.250><c> by</c>

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God's<00:48:45.429><c> grace</c><00:48:45.690><c> we</c><00:48:45.909><c> are</c><00:48:46.650><c> children</c><00:48:46.989><c> of</c><00:48:47.269><c> promise.</c>

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Thank<00:48:59.710><c> you</c><00:48:59.869><c> brother</c><00:49:00.070><c> Roger</c><00:49:00.590><c> we</c><00:49:02.349><c> have</c><00:49:02.489><c> just</c><00:49:02.789><c> one</c><00:49:03.090><c> short</c><00:49:03.289><c> announcement</c><00:49:04.210><c> anyone</c>

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who<00:49:06.090><c> needs</c><00:49:06.369><c> a</c><00:49:06.630><c> ride</c><00:49:06.869><c> down</c><00:49:07.170><c> to</c><00:49:07.409><c> the</c>

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billion<00:49:08.130><c> please</c><00:49:09.489><c> see</c><00:49:09.750><c> brother</c><00:49:10.429><c> Art</c><00:49:11.050><c> Dillingham</c><00:49:11.889><c> and</c><00:49:13.909><c> now</c><00:49:14.150><c> we're</c><00:49:14.309><c> going</c><00:49:14.469><c> to</c>

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call<00:49:15.150><c> we're</c><00:49:16.030><c> going</c><00:49:16.170><c> to</c><00:49:16.289><c> call</c><00:49:16.469><c> upon</c><00:49:16.829><c> our</c>

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brother<00:49:17.889><c> Jim</c><00:49:18.269><c> Phillips</c><00:49:18.869><c> of</c><00:49:19.829><c> the</c><00:49:20.070><c> Santa</c><00:49:20.289><c> Barbara</c><00:49:20.730><c> Collegiate</c>

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to<00:49:21.409><c> offer</c><00:49:21.630><c> a</c><00:49:21.849><c> concluding</c><00:49:22.289><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:49:23.409><c> to</c><00:49:23.590><c> give</c><00:49:23.769><c> thanks</c><00:49:24.030><c> for</c><00:49:24.250><c> our</c><00:49:24.369><c> new</c><00:49:24.510><c> meal.</c>

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Our<00:49:35.250><c> father</c><00:49:35.789><c> who</c><00:49:36.070><c> art</c><00:49:36.170><c> in</c><00:49:36.289><c> heaven</c><00:49:37.269><c> hallowed</c><00:49:38.510><c> be</c><00:49:38.710><c> thy</c><00:49:38.949><c> great</c>

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and<00:49:39.309><c> holy</c><00:49:39.489><c> name</c><00:49:40.969><c> thy</c><00:49:41.869><c> perfect</c><00:49:42.670><c> thy</c><00:49:43.489><c> personality</c>

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and<00:49:44.650><c> thy</c><00:49:45.289><c> personage</c><00:49:45.849><c> is</c><00:49:46.130><c> great</c><00:49:46.610><c> beyond</c><00:49:47.030><c> our</c><00:49:47.429><c> imagination</c><00:49:48.269><c> we</c>

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as<00:49:50.809><c> flesh</c><00:49:51.070><c> are</c><00:49:51.289><c> not</c><00:49:51.449><c> able</c><00:49:51.670><c> to</c><00:49:51.929><c> imagine</c>

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to<00:49:52.869><c> imagine</c><00:49:53.349><c> thy</c><00:49:53.610><c> greatness.</c><00:49:56.409><c> We</c><00:49:56.610><c> thank</c><00:49:56.849><c> thee</c><00:49:58.389><c> for</c><00:49:58.510><c> this</c><00:49:58.750><c> privilege</c><00:49:59.090><c> of</c>

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being<00:49:59.489><c> here</c><00:49:59.869><c> today</c><00:50:00.349><c> to</c>

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hear<00:50:02.309><c> these</c><00:50:03.369><c> the</c><00:50:04.730><c> declaration</c><00:50:05.329><c> of</c><00:50:06.010><c> thy</c><00:50:06.150><c> truth</c><00:50:06.969><c> from</c><00:50:08.250><c> the</c><00:50:08.489><c> scriptures</c><00:50:09.110><c> by</c>

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these<00:50:10.429><c> experienced</c><00:50:10.929><c> teachers</c>

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that<00:50:13.349><c> we</c><00:50:13.530><c> might</c><00:50:14.170><c> glean</c><00:50:15.909><c> the</c><00:50:17.710><c> fruit</c><00:50:18.329><c> of</c><00:50:19.630><c> much</c><00:50:19.889><c> study</c><00:50:20.469><c> and</c><00:50:21.969><c> much</c>

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contemplation<00:50:23.190><c> and</c><00:50:23.409><c> much</c><00:50:24.829><c> reflection.</c>

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We<00:50:28.070><c> thank</c><00:50:28.269><c> thee</c><00:50:28.449><c> at</c><00:50:28.550><c> this</c><00:50:28.789><c> time</c><00:50:29.190><c> also</c><00:50:29.769><c> for</c><00:50:30.230><c> the</c><00:50:31.190><c> natural</c><00:50:31.670><c> food</c>

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that<00:50:33.050><c> will</c><00:50:33.329><c> be</c><00:50:33.429><c> first</c><00:50:33.829><c> finished</c><00:50:34.090><c> us</c><00:50:34.409><c> very</c><00:50:34.750><c> shortly</c>

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May<00:50:37.010><c> it</c><00:50:37.090><c> be</c><00:50:37.329><c> to</c><00:50:37.409><c> our</c><00:50:37.670><c> good</c><00:50:38.210><c> and</c><00:50:38.869><c> may</c><00:50:39.070><c> we</c><00:50:39.269><c> be</c><00:50:39.469><c> to</c><00:50:39.650><c> thy</c><00:50:39.829><c> service.</c>

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We<00:50:41.590><c> ask</c><00:50:41.829><c> and</c><00:50:42.030><c> thank</c><00:50:42.190><c> thee</c><00:50:42.329><c> for</c><00:50:42.510><c> all</c><00:50:42.769><c> things</c>

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as<00:50:44.590><c> we</c><00:50:45.090><c> wait</c><00:50:45.289><c> the</c><00:50:45.489><c> coming</c><00:50:45.710><c> of</c><00:50:45.949><c> thy</c><00:50:46.130><c> son</c><00:50:46.889><c> through</c><00:50:47.329><c> thy</c><00:50:47.590><c> son</c><00:50:47.889><c> Christ</c><00:50:48.190><c> Jesus</c><00:50:48.630><c> our</c>

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Redeemer.<00:50:49.710><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.