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greatly<00:10:34.580><c> distressed.</c><00:10:35.019><c> So</c><00:10:35.220><c> this</c><00:10:35.440><c> time</c><00:10:35.759><c> the</c><00:10:36.019><c> hand</c><00:10:36.200><c> of</c><00:10:36.360><c> the</c><00:10:36.500><c> Lord</c>

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them.<00:10:39.899><c> It</c><00:10:40.019><c> was</c><00:10:40.220><c> for</c><00:10:40.440><c> a</c><00:10:40.600><c> reason.</c><00:10:41.100><c> And</c><00:10:41.220><c> the</c><00:10:41.340><c> reason</c><00:10:41.620><c> was</c><00:10:41.980><c> to</c><00:10:42.320><c> correct</c><00:10:42.519><c> them</c>

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summarise<00:10:48.220><c> some</c><00:10:48.399><c> of</c><00:10:48.559><c> the</c><00:10:48.659><c> points</c>

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we<00:10:59.100><c> saw</c><00:10:59.299><c> there.</c><00:10:59.940><c> But</c><00:11:00.100><c> for</c><00:11:00.399><c> our</c><00:11:00.720><c> chapter,</c><00:11:01.360><c> chapter</c><00:11:01.779><c> 5,</c><00:11:03.360><c> we're</c>

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concerned<00:11:03.919><c> with</c><00:11:04.139><c> punishment</c><00:11:04.639><c> because</c>

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He's<00:11:11.539><c> already</c><00:11:11.940><c> punished</c><00:11:12.259><c> the</c><00:11:12.500><c> Israelites.</c><00:11:13.620><c> They</c><00:11:13.759><c> were</c><00:11:13.919><c> defeated.</c><00:11:15.000><c> Two</c>

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great<00:11:15.779><c> battles.</c><00:11:16.200><c> They</c><00:11:16.320><c> lost</c>

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many,<00:11:16.799><c> many</c><00:11:17.059><c> men.</c><00:11:19.820><c> So,</c><00:11:20.679><c> God's</c><00:11:21.320><c> judgment</c><00:11:21.679><c> is</c><00:11:21.980><c> going</c><00:11:22.159><c> to</c><00:11:22.379><c> come</c>

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about<00:11:23.220><c> through</c><00:11:24.000><c> his</c><00:11:24.440><c> mighty</c><00:11:24.860><c> hand</c><00:11:25.500><c> and</c>

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it's<00:11:26.500><c> all</c><00:11:26.720><c> to</c><00:11:26.960><c> do</c><00:11:27.200><c> with</c><00:11:27.460><c> the</c><00:11:27.759><c> Ark.</c><00:11:29.000><c> So</c><00:11:29.299><c> what</c><00:11:29.580><c> do</c><00:11:29.840><c> we</c><00:11:29.860><c> know</c><00:11:30.139><c> about</c>

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I'm<00:11:32.820><c> sure</c><00:11:32.980><c> we</c><00:11:33.120><c> know</c><00:11:33.500><c> plenty</c><00:11:33.879><c> of</c><00:11:34.080><c> things</c><00:11:34.240><c> but</c><00:11:34.379><c> let's</c><00:11:34.639><c> just</c><00:11:34.980><c> remind</c><00:11:35.139><c> ourselves</c><00:11:35.399><c> of</c><00:11:35.580><c> a</c>

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couple<00:11:35.840><c> of</c><00:11:36.059><c> points</c>

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veil.<00:11:51.720><c> It</c><00:11:51.840><c> was</c><00:11:52.039><c> 52</c><00:11:52.460><c> by</c><00:11:52.759><c> 31</c>

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plated<00:12:00.820><c> entirely</c><00:12:01.559><c> with</c><00:12:02.139><c> gold.</c><00:12:03.399><c> But</c><00:12:03.620><c> what</c><00:12:03.799><c> we're</c><00:12:04.080><c> really</c><00:12:04.460><c> interested</c><00:12:04.960><c> in</c>

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is<00:12:05.700><c> the</c><00:12:06.039><c> mindset</c><00:12:06.659><c> of</c><00:12:07.080><c> the</c>

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people<00:12:07.580><c> that</c><00:12:07.720><c> came</c><00:12:07.940><c> into</c><00:12:08.220><c> contact</c><00:12:08.620><c> with</c><00:12:08.820><c> this</c><00:12:09.159><c> Ark</c><00:12:09.259><c> around</c><00:12:10.340><c> that</c><00:12:11.179><c> Ark.</c><00:12:12.220><c> What</c><00:12:12.379><c> kind</c><00:12:12.620><c> of</c>

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that<00:12:23.899><c> was</c><00:12:24.159><c> contrary</c><00:12:24.580><c> to</c><00:12:24.919><c> that</c>

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of<00:12:25.279><c> God.</c><00:12:26.840><c> So,</c><00:12:27.600><c> in</c><00:12:27.820><c> this</c><00:12:28.019><c> chapter,</c><00:12:28.519><c> chapter</c><00:12:28.919><c> 5,</c><00:12:29.700><c> we</c><00:12:29.899><c> have</c><00:12:30.120><c> a</c><00:12:30.240><c> record</c><00:12:30.700><c> of</c>

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try<00:12:40.240><c> and</c><00:12:40.500><c> establish</c><00:12:41.000><c> is</c><00:12:42.940><c> that</c><00:12:43.039><c> there</c>

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opinions,<00:12:47.720><c> don't</c><00:12:48.000><c> you?</c><00:12:49.059><c> We</c><00:12:49.279><c> had</c><00:12:49.440><c> the</c><00:12:49.720><c> Israelites</c><00:12:50.120><c> on</c><00:12:50.360><c> one</c><00:12:50.679><c> party.</c><00:12:51.980><c> Both</c><00:12:52.340><c> of</c>

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them<00:12:53.720><c> believed,</c><00:12:54.779><c> the</c><00:12:55.000><c> Israelites</c>

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kind<00:13:00.100><c> of</c><00:13:00.340><c> supernatural</c><00:13:00.820><c> power.</c>

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ensure<00:13:15.460><c> them</c><00:13:15.679><c> victory.</c><00:13:17.779><c> They</c><00:13:18.200><c> thought</c><00:13:18.480><c> these</c><00:13:18.799><c> things</c><00:13:19.080><c> to</c><00:13:19.279><c> be</c>

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true.<00:13:20.639><c> They</c><00:13:20.940><c> treated</c><00:13:21.259><c> it</c><00:13:21.460><c> as</c><00:13:21.639><c> a</c><00:13:21.740><c> lucky</c><00:13:21.940><c> charm.</c>

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weren't<00:13:35.360><c> reading</c><00:13:35.779><c> their</c>

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scriptures.<00:13:37.240><c> They</c><00:13:37.399><c> weren't</c><00:13:37.659><c> doing</c><00:13:37.940><c> the</c><00:13:38.179><c> things</c><00:13:38.399><c> required</c><00:13:38.960><c> of</c>

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that<00:13:43.019><c> as</c><00:13:43.159><c> well,</c><00:13:43.399><c> can't</c><00:13:43.500><c> we?</c><00:13:44.440><c> It's</c><00:13:44.700><c> like</c><00:13:44.879><c> us</c><00:13:45.039><c> putting</c><00:13:45.240><c> our</c><00:13:45.480><c> Bibles</c><00:13:45.740><c> on</c>

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the<00:13:46.120><c> shelves</c><00:13:46.399><c> or</c><00:13:46.960><c> on</c><00:13:47.360><c> the</c><00:13:47.559><c> side</c><00:13:47.779><c> cabinet</c>

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and<00:13:48.519><c> only</c><00:13:48.779><c> really</c><00:13:49.220><c> getting</c><00:13:49.480><c> it</c><00:13:49.759><c> out</c><00:13:49.879><c> when</c><00:13:50.039><c> we</c><00:13:50.279><c> need</c><00:13:50.519><c> it.</c><00:13:51.299><c> When</c>

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we<00:13:51.659><c> need</c><00:13:51.820><c> reassurance.</c><00:13:52.419><c> When</c><00:13:52.539><c> we</c><00:13:52.679><c> need</c>

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that<00:13:53.139><c> comforting</c><00:13:53.559><c> verse</c><00:13:54.120><c> that</c><00:13:54.440><c> we</c><00:13:54.600><c> know</c><00:13:54.740><c> is</c><00:13:54.919><c> in</c><00:13:55.120><c> there</c><00:13:55.659><c> and</c><00:13:56.100><c> then</c><00:13:56.220><c> we</c>

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go<00:13:56.419><c> and</c><00:13:56.559><c> find</c><00:13:56.679><c> it</c><00:13:56.820><c> and</c><00:13:56.899><c> we're</c><00:13:57.059><c> reassured.</c>

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And<00:13:59.820><c> that</c><00:13:59.879><c> can</c><00:14:00.080><c> happen</c><00:14:00.340><c> to</c><00:14:00.519><c> all</c><00:14:00.700><c> of</c><00:14:00.820><c> us,</c><00:14:01.120><c> can't</c><00:14:01.279><c> it?</c><00:14:02.039><c> But</c><00:14:02.220><c> the</c>

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other<00:14:02.519><c> camp,</c><00:14:02.919><c> the</c><00:14:03.059><c> Philistines,</c><00:14:04.220><c> well,</c>

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they<00:14:05.240><c> feared</c><00:14:05.480><c> the</c><00:14:05.740><c> box,</c><00:14:05.960><c> didn't</c><00:14:06.120><c> they?</c><00:14:06.980><c> They</c><00:14:07.259><c> were</c><00:14:07.480><c> petrified</c>

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that<00:14:08.139><c> this</c><00:14:08.399><c> box</c><00:14:08.679><c> had</c><00:14:08.860><c> come</c><00:14:09.120><c> in</c><00:14:09.720><c> to</c><00:14:10.000><c> the</c>

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Israelite<00:14:10.580><c> camp.</c><00:14:11.120><c> That</c><00:14:11.259><c> they</c><00:14:11.519><c> had</c><00:14:11.659><c> presented</c><00:14:12.019><c> it</c><00:14:12.200><c> at</c><00:14:12.399><c> Ebenezer.</c><00:14:13.139><c> They'd</c>

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gone<00:14:13.559><c> and</c><00:14:13.740><c> taken</c><00:14:13.919><c> it</c><00:14:14.240><c> out</c>

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of<00:14:15.159><c> Shiloh.</c><00:14:16.259><c> And</c><00:14:16.460><c> they'd</c><00:14:16.799><c> brought</c><00:14:16.940><c> it.</c><00:14:17.080><c> This</c><00:14:17.279><c> meant</c><00:14:17.659><c> certain</c>

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doom,<00:14:18.519><c> surely.</c><00:14:20.159><c> So</c><00:14:20.419><c> they</c><00:14:20.679><c> feared</c><00:14:20.960><c> the</c><00:14:21.179><c> box.</c>

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So<00:14:22.080><c> we've</c><00:14:22.279><c> got</c><00:14:22.379><c> one</c><00:14:22.659><c> party</c><00:14:22.879><c> being</c><00:14:23.179><c> overjoyed</c><00:14:23.720><c> to</c><00:14:23.860><c> see</c><00:14:24.039><c> the</c><00:14:24.200><c> box</c>

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and<00:14:24.960><c> the</c><00:14:25.159><c> other</c><00:14:25.399><c> party</c><00:14:25.899><c> being</c><00:14:26.379><c> fearful</c>

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of<00:14:26.919><c> the</c><00:14:27.120><c> box.</c><00:14:28.740><c> But</c><00:14:29.019><c> God</c><00:14:29.200><c> wasn't</c><00:14:29.600><c> in</c><00:14:29.940><c> the</c><00:14:30.120><c> box.</c><00:14:31.480><c> They'd</c><00:14:31.759><c> missed</c>

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the<00:14:32.379><c> point.</c><00:14:34.159><c> God</c><00:14:34.539><c> had</c><00:14:34.960><c> left</c><00:14:35.240><c> them.</c><00:14:36.120><c> That's</c>

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why<00:14:36.720><c> they'd</c><00:14:37.039><c> lost</c><00:14:37.139><c> the</c><00:14:37.379><c> battles.</c><00:14:38.279><c> Whether</c><00:14:38.360><c> they'd</c><00:14:38.720><c> had</c><00:14:38.860><c> the</c>

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ark<00:14:39.279><c> or</c><00:14:39.360><c> not,</c><00:14:39.759><c> it</c><00:14:39.759><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:40.000><c> have</c><00:14:40.240><c> mattered.</c>

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It<00:14:40.840><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:41.039><c> have</c><00:14:41.179><c> made</c><00:14:41.259><c> any</c><00:14:41.559><c> difference.</c><00:14:43.320><c> God</c><00:14:43.740><c> was</c><00:14:44.080><c> not</c><00:14:44.399><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:45.179><c> box.</c><00:14:46.059><c> It</c><00:14:46.240><c> was</c><00:14:46.500><c> a</c><00:14:46.740><c> box</c><00:14:47.039><c> overlaid</c>

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with<00:14:47.919><c> gold.</c><00:14:49.159><c> That's</c><00:14:49.519><c> what</c><00:14:49.659><c> God</c><00:14:49.919><c> saw</c><00:14:50.220><c> it</c><00:14:50.480><c> as.</c><00:14:50.679><c> That's</c><00:14:50.919><c> what</c><00:14:51.039><c> it</c>

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was.<00:14:54.120><c> The</c><00:14:54.480><c> Israelites</c><00:14:54.919><c> knew</c><00:14:55.419><c> of</c><00:14:55.600><c> the</c><00:14:55.840><c> priests.</c>

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They<00:14:56.960><c> would</c><00:14:57.139><c> have</c><00:14:57.360><c> remembered</c><00:14:57.779><c> the</c><00:14:58.259><c> priests</c><00:14:58.480><c> had</c><00:14:58.700><c> something</c>

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to<00:14:59.279><c> do</c><00:14:59.639><c> with</c><00:15:00.460><c> the</c><00:15:00.720><c> ark.</c><00:15:01.460><c> They</c><00:15:01.580><c> would</c><00:15:01.759><c> have</c>

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remembered,<00:15:02.340><c> perhaps,</c><00:15:03.600><c> the</c><00:15:03.720><c> marching</c><00:15:04.019><c> Langerico.</c><00:15:04.980><c> They</c><00:15:05.159><c> would</c><00:15:05.279><c> have</c><00:15:05.340><c> remembered</c><00:15:05.700><c> the</c>

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parting<00:15:06.179><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:06.559><c> Jordan.</c><00:15:07.980><c> These</c><00:15:08.200><c> things</c><00:15:08.360><c> would</c><00:15:08.519><c> have</c><00:15:08.620><c> been</c><00:15:08.779><c> distant</c><00:15:09.080><c> memories</c><00:15:09.419><c> for</c>

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them,<00:15:09.799><c> I'm</c><00:15:10.000><c> sure.</c><00:15:10.379><c> They</c><00:15:10.679><c> wouldn't</c>

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have<00:15:11.039><c> been</c><00:15:11.279><c> focused</c><00:15:11.779><c> and</c><00:15:12.279><c> right</c><00:15:12.600><c> at</c><00:15:12.740><c> the</c><00:15:12.899><c> forefront</c><00:15:13.080><c> of</c><00:15:13.320><c> their</c>

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mind.<00:15:14.440><c> So</c><00:15:14.620><c> they</c><00:15:14.720><c> would</c><00:15:14.899><c> have</c><00:15:14.960><c> thought,</c>

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yes,<00:15:15.480><c> we</c><00:15:15.879><c> need</c><00:15:16.080><c> to</c><00:15:16.179><c> go</c><00:15:16.299><c> and</c><00:15:16.379><c> get</c><00:15:16.480><c> the</c><00:15:17.039><c> ark</c><00:15:17.279><c> from</c><00:15:17.500><c> the</c><00:15:17.740><c> priests.</c>

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We<00:15:19.059><c> know</c><00:15:19.200><c> that's</c><00:15:19.440><c> good</c><00:15:19.740><c> for</c><00:15:20.100><c> a</c><00:15:20.240><c> reason.</c>

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So<00:15:21.340><c> they</c><00:15:21.519><c> bring</c><00:15:21.759><c> it</c><00:15:21.899><c> into</c><00:15:22.080><c> battle</c><00:15:22.539><c> and</c><00:15:22.899><c> what</c><00:15:23.059><c> happens?</c><00:15:23.960><c> It's</c>

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taken.<00:15:25.120><c> It's</c><00:15:25.320><c> taken</c><00:15:25.639><c> by</c><00:15:25.860><c> the</c><00:15:26.039><c> Philistines</c>

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because<00:15:28.340><c> their</c><00:15:28.600><c> faith</c><00:15:28.860><c> was</c><00:15:29.200><c> in</c><00:15:29.539><c> a</c><00:15:29.779><c> box.</c><00:15:30.240><c> They</c><00:15:30.460><c> worshipped</c><00:15:31.059><c> the</c>

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box,<00:15:32.200><c> not</c><00:15:32.759><c> the</c><00:15:33.100><c> God</c><00:15:33.500><c> whom</c><00:15:33.840><c> they</c><00:15:34.159><c> had</c><00:15:34.460><c> forgotten.</c>

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There<00:15:37.139><c> was</c><00:15:37.299><c> no</c><00:15:37.460><c> confession,</c><00:15:38.500><c> no</c><00:15:39.000><c> confession</c><00:15:39.500><c> at</c><00:15:39.759><c> all</c><00:15:39.879><c> or</c><00:15:40.059><c> repentance.</c><00:15:41.000><c> No</c>

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thought<00:15:41.500><c> of</c><00:15:41.720><c> it.</c><00:15:42.259><c> There</c>

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was<00:15:42.500><c> no,</c><00:15:43.039><c> oh</c><00:15:43.039><c> Lord</c><00:15:43.220><c> God,</c><00:15:43.379><c> we've</c><00:15:43.620><c> sinned.</c><00:15:43.860><c> Now</c><00:15:44.019><c> help</c><00:15:44.179><c> us</c><00:15:44.320><c> in</c><00:15:44.519><c> battle.</c><00:15:45.259><c> None</c><00:15:45.480><c> of</c>

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that.<00:15:46.600><c> They</c><00:15:46.799><c> just</c><00:15:47.059><c> wanted</c>

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their<00:15:48.539><c> ends</c><00:15:48.899><c> met.</c><00:15:49.159><c> They</c><00:15:49.379><c> wanted</c><00:15:49.679><c> to</c><00:15:49.899><c> win</c><00:15:50.019><c> this</c><00:15:50.240><c> battle.</c><00:15:52.899><c> We</c>

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are<00:15:53.120><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:53.820><c> seed,</c><00:15:54.340><c> would</c><00:15:54.480><c> have</c><00:15:54.580><c> been</c><00:15:54.679><c> the</c>

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crime.<00:15:55.440><c> We</c><00:15:55.679><c> will</c><00:15:55.860><c> be</c><00:15:56.080><c> saved</c><00:15:56.279><c> because</c><00:15:56.620><c> God</c><00:15:56.919><c> promised</c><00:15:57.240><c> to</c><00:15:57.519><c> Abraham</c><00:15:57.799><c> that</c>

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he<00:15:58.600><c> would</c><00:15:58.820><c> do</c><00:15:59.059><c> these</c><00:15:59.360><c> things.</c>

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We<00:16:00.440><c> need</c><00:16:00.559><c> not</c><00:16:00.759><c> worry.</c><00:16:01.419><c> And</c><00:16:01.639><c> look</c><00:16:01.779><c> what</c><00:16:02.000><c> happened.</c><00:16:02.840><c> Their</c><00:16:03.120><c> faith</c><00:16:03.299><c> was</c>

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misplaced.<00:16:04.639><c> It</c><00:16:04.799><c> was</c><00:16:05.059><c> misguided.</c>

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So<00:16:07.039><c> what</c><00:16:07.179><c> we</c><00:16:07.320><c> have</c><00:16:07.419><c> now</c><00:16:07.600><c> is</c><00:16:07.740><c> a</c><00:16:07.919><c> situation</c><00:16:08.580><c> where</c><00:16:09.179><c> the</c><00:16:09.480><c> Philistines</c><00:16:09.879><c> believe</c>

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they<00:16:10.559><c> have</c><00:16:10.740><c> the</c><00:16:10.960><c> upper</c><00:16:11.139><c> hand.</c>

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They've<00:16:11.799><c> got</c><00:16:11.980><c> the</c><00:16:12.279><c> ark,</c><00:16:12.600><c> they've</c><00:16:12.820><c> captured</c><00:16:13.100><c> it</c><00:16:13.419><c> at</c><00:16:13.519><c> Ebenezer</c>

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and<00:16:14.279><c> now</c><00:16:14.500><c> they've</c><00:16:14.700><c> taken</c><00:16:14.899><c> it</c><00:16:15.100><c> to</c>

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Ashdod.<00:16:16.440><c> Woohoo!</c><00:16:18.960><c> They're</c><00:16:19.139><c> in</c><00:16:19.360><c> control.</c><00:16:20.600><c> They've</c><00:16:21.159><c> took</c><00:16:21.480><c> the</c>

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enemy's<00:16:22.620><c> deity.</c><00:16:23.879><c> Now</c><00:16:24.220><c> in</c><00:16:24.639><c> olden</c><00:16:25.139><c> times</c>

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that<00:16:27.240><c> act</c><00:16:27.659><c> of</c><00:16:27.840><c> taking</c><00:16:28.240><c> the</c><00:16:28.740><c> enemy's</c><00:16:29.179><c> deity</c><00:16:29.539><c> was</c><00:16:29.919><c> considered</c>

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magnificent.<00:16:31.840><c> If</c><00:16:31.980><c> you've</c><00:16:32.559><c> caught</c><00:16:32.879><c> the</c><00:16:33.179><c> enemy's</c>

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deity<00:16:34.000><c> that's</c><00:16:34.899><c> ensured</c><00:16:35.259><c> their</c><00:16:35.539><c> complete</c><00:16:36.000><c> and</c><00:16:36.200><c> utter</c><00:16:36.440><c> destruction.</c><00:16:37.580><c> And</c><00:16:37.759><c> that</c><00:16:37.899><c> was</c>

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the<00:16:38.200><c> mindset</c><00:16:38.500><c> that</c>

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not<00:16:38.820><c> only</c><00:16:39.059><c> the</c><00:16:39.279><c> Philistines</c><00:16:39.679><c> had</c><00:16:40.000><c> but</c><00:16:40.379><c> all</c><00:16:40.740><c> the</c><00:16:40.879><c> other</c><00:16:41.059><c> nations</c><00:16:41.399><c> around</c>

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them.<00:16:42.240><c> If</c><00:16:42.419><c> you</c><00:16:42.539><c> could</c><00:16:42.820><c> capture</c>

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the<00:16:43.340><c> God,</c><00:16:44.379><c> then</c><00:16:44.500><c> you've</c><00:16:44.860><c> captured</c><00:16:45.120><c> the</c><00:16:45.320><c> nation</c><00:16:45.679><c> and</c><00:16:46.440><c> that</c><00:16:46.799><c> God</c>

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would<00:16:47.159><c> then</c><00:16:47.399><c> favour</c><00:16:47.620><c> you</c><00:16:47.879><c> rather</c>

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than<00:16:48.360><c> that</c><00:16:48.600><c> nation.</c><00:16:49.679><c> That</c><00:16:50.000><c> was</c><00:16:50.259><c> a</c><00:16:50.500><c> mindset.</c><00:16:51.620><c> And</c><00:16:51.799><c> that's</c><00:16:52.179><c> a</c>

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mindset<00:16:52.700><c> that's</c><00:16:53.100><c> particularly</c><00:16:53.580><c> hard</c>

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to<00:16:54.059><c> get</c><00:16:54.240><c> out</c><00:16:54.519><c> of.</c><00:16:55.480><c> They</c><00:16:55.779><c> believed</c><00:16:56.460><c> that</c><00:16:57.019><c> capturing</c><00:16:57.279><c> the</c><00:16:57.539><c> deity</c>

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was<00:16:58.700><c> the</c><00:16:58.960><c> best</c><00:16:59.159><c> thing</c><00:16:59.399><c> that</c><00:16:59.559><c> could</c><00:16:59.720><c> happen</c>

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and<00:17:00.299><c> it</c><00:17:00.419><c> was</c><00:17:00.620><c> probably</c><00:17:00.840><c> based</c><00:17:01.120><c> on</c><00:17:01.320><c> good</c><00:17:01.539><c> reasoning.</c><00:17:02.620><c> Because</c>

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if<00:17:02.980><c> you</c><00:17:03.080><c> think</c><00:17:03.259><c> about</c><00:17:03.519><c> it,</c><00:17:03.919><c> if</c><00:17:04.019><c> you</c><00:17:04.200><c> think,</c>

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if<00:17:04.619><c> you</c><00:17:04.900><c> imagine</c><00:17:05.380><c> yourself</c><00:17:05.660><c> as</c><00:17:05.819><c> a</c><00:17:05.960><c> Philistine</c><00:17:06.339><c> at</c><00:17:06.500><c> the</c><00:17:06.680><c> moment,</c><00:17:07.859><c> some</c>

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of<00:17:08.240><c> us</c><00:17:08.380><c> probably</c><00:17:08.779><c> are,</c><00:17:11.559><c> the</c><00:17:11.980><c> previous</c>

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successes<00:17:13.839><c> that</c><00:17:14.079><c> they'd</c><00:17:14.420><c> had.</c><00:17:15.720><c> They</c><00:17:15.799><c> would</c><00:17:16.000><c> have</c><00:17:16.099><c> took</c><00:17:16.319><c> the</c>

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Gods<00:17:16.839><c> and</c><00:17:17.640><c> then</c><00:17:18.259><c> returned</c><00:17:18.500><c> and</c><00:17:18.759><c> added</c>

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them<00:17:19.240><c> to</c><00:17:19.420><c> their</c><00:17:19.619><c> own</c><00:17:19.839><c> Gods.</c><00:17:20.559><c> They</c><00:17:20.680><c> would</c><00:17:20.859><c> have</c><00:17:21.359><c> felt</c><00:17:21.519><c> empowered.</c><00:17:22.779><c> They</c>

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would<00:17:23.079><c> have</c><00:17:23.220><c> felt</c><00:17:23.359><c> that</c><00:17:23.579><c> these</c>

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things<00:17:23.960><c> were</c><00:17:24.119><c> the</c><00:17:24.220><c> right</c><00:17:24.400><c> thing</c><00:17:24.579><c> to</c><00:17:24.779><c> do.</c><00:17:25.099><c> So</c><00:17:25.279><c> each</c><00:17:25.559><c> conquest</c>

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would<00:17:26.500><c> have</c><00:17:26.640><c> added</c><00:17:26.920><c> to</c><00:17:27.099><c> that</c><00:17:27.400><c> theory,</c>

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wouldn't<00:17:27.960><c> it?</c><00:17:28.519><c> They</c><00:17:28.640><c> would</c><00:17:28.819><c> have</c><00:17:29.019><c> become</c><00:17:29.339><c> more</c><00:17:29.779><c> and</c><00:17:29.779><c> more</c><00:17:30.039><c> proud,</c><00:17:30.440><c> more</c><00:17:30.640><c> and</c>

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more<00:17:30.940><c> boastful.</c><00:17:32.940><c> But</c>

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that's<00:17:33.619><c> not</c><00:17:33.819><c> what</c><00:17:33.980><c> was</c><00:17:34.160><c> happening</c><00:17:34.579><c> because</c><00:17:35.079><c> God</c><00:17:35.400><c> was</c><00:17:35.740><c> controlling</c><00:17:36.119><c> the</c><00:17:36.359><c> situation.</c><00:17:37.079><c> God</c>

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was<00:17:37.539><c> building</c>

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these<00:17:38.160><c> nations</c><00:17:38.579><c> up,</c><00:17:38.839><c> the</c><00:17:39.059><c> Philistines</c><00:17:39.440><c> and</c><00:17:39.559><c> all</c><00:17:39.720><c> the</c><00:17:39.819><c> other</c><00:17:39.980><c> nations</c><00:17:40.339><c> for</c><00:17:40.740><c> a</c>

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purpose.<00:17:41.720><c> That</c><00:17:41.859><c> he</c><00:17:42.039><c> could</c>

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use<00:17:42.460><c> them</c><00:17:42.940><c> to</c><00:17:43.759><c> discipline</c><00:17:44.519><c> his</c><00:17:44.859><c> people,</c><00:17:45.140><c> to</c><00:17:45.359><c> correct</c><00:17:45.759><c> his</c><00:17:46.079><c> people</c><00:17:46.299><c> in</c>

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measure.<00:17:49.640><c> And</c><00:17:49.759><c> so</c><00:17:49.900><c> they</c><00:17:49.980><c> were</c><00:17:50.119><c> completely</c>

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wrong<00:17:51.119><c> because</c><00:17:51.819><c> God</c><00:17:52.319><c> isn't</c><00:17:52.819><c> an</c><00:17:53.140><c> idol.</c><00:17:53.559><c> He's</c><00:17:53.880><c> a</c><00:17:54.039><c> living</c><00:17:54.299><c> God</c><00:17:54.700><c> and</c><00:17:55.240><c> they</c><00:17:55.519><c> make</c><00:17:55.700><c> a</c>

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massive<00:17:56.400><c> mistake.</c><00:17:58.000><c> They</c>

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take<00:17:58.579><c> him</c><00:17:59.119><c> to</c><00:17:59.599><c> Ashdod.</c><00:18:00.839><c> Now</c><00:18:01.099><c> Ashdod,</c><00:18:01.660><c> why</c><00:18:01.900><c> Ashdod?</c><00:18:03.599><c> Well</c><00:18:03.799><c> Ashdod,</c><00:18:04.480><c> we'll</c><00:18:04.539><c> have</c>

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a<00:18:04.740><c> look</c><00:18:04.839><c> in</c><00:18:04.980><c> a</c><00:18:05.140><c> moment,</c>

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was<00:18:06.819><c> on</c><00:18:07.059><c> the</c><00:18:07.220><c> coast.</c><00:18:09.319><c> But</c><00:18:09.619><c> before</c><00:18:09.940><c> we</c><00:18:10.059><c> go</c><00:18:10.200><c> there,</c><00:18:10.460><c> I've</c><00:18:10.500><c> just</c><00:18:10.700><c> missed</c><00:18:10.880><c> a</c>

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point.<00:18:11.880><c> The</c><00:18:12.160><c> Israelites</c><00:18:12.619><c> had</c><00:18:13.180><c> succumbed</c>

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also<00:18:14.059><c> to</c><00:18:14.259><c> this</c><00:18:14.539><c> mentality.</c><00:18:15.539><c> You</c><00:18:15.700><c> see,</c><00:18:15.779><c> they</c><00:18:15.980><c> were</c><00:18:16.119><c> looking</c><00:18:16.440><c> at</c>

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the<00:18:17.859><c> Philistines</c><00:18:18.279><c> and</c><00:18:18.440><c> thinking</c><00:18:18.720><c> to</c>

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themselves,<00:18:19.880><c> well</c><00:18:20.079><c> the</c><00:18:20.259><c> Philistines</c><00:18:20.819><c> are</c><00:18:21.079><c> taking</c><00:18:21.299><c> all</c><00:18:21.539><c> these</c>

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nations,<00:18:22.859><c> they're</c><00:18:23.420><c> getting</c><00:18:23.640><c> all</c><00:18:23.920><c> this</c>

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wealth<00:18:24.519><c> from</c><00:18:24.819><c> the</c><00:18:25.000><c> nations</c><00:18:25.319><c> that</c><00:18:25.519><c> they're</c><00:18:25.920><c> taking,</c><00:18:27.019><c> and</c><00:18:27.279><c> yet</c>

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we're<00:18:27.880><c> not.</c><00:18:28.640><c> And</c><00:18:28.799><c> yet</c><00:18:28.900><c> God</c><00:18:29.079><c> said</c><00:18:29.240><c> we</c><00:18:29.359><c> could</c>

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have<00:18:29.680><c> all</c><00:18:30.000><c> this</c><00:18:30.240><c> land.</c><00:18:31.799><c> So</c><00:18:32.039><c> they'd</c><00:18:32.259><c> be</c><00:18:32.460><c> looking</c><00:18:32.700><c> at</c><00:18:32.940><c> them</c><00:18:33.079><c> with</c>

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a<00:18:33.400><c> jealous</c><00:18:33.640><c> eye,</c><00:18:34.279><c> thinking,</c><00:18:34.559><c> what</c><00:18:34.740><c> are</c>

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we<00:18:35.000><c> doing?</c><00:18:35.180><c> Perhaps</c><00:18:35.359><c> we</c><00:18:35.559><c> ought</c><00:18:35.779><c> to</c><00:18:35.900><c> do</c><00:18:36.000><c> this.</c><00:18:36.500><c> Perhaps</c><00:18:36.799><c> that</c>

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may<00:18:37.279><c> have</c><00:18:37.440><c> been</c><00:18:37.559><c> the</c><00:18:37.680><c> motivation</c><00:18:38.200><c> for</c><00:18:38.359><c> them</c>

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bringing<00:18:38.980><c> the</c><00:18:39.259><c> ark</c><00:18:39.579><c> into</c><00:18:40.359><c> Ebenezer</c><00:18:40.700><c> in</c><00:18:40.859><c> the</c><00:18:40.980><c> first</c><00:18:41.160><c> place.</c>

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We'll<00:18:42.220><c> bring</c><00:18:42.380><c> our</c><00:18:42.619><c> God.</c><00:18:42.960><c> They're</c><00:18:43.099><c> bringing</c>

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theirs.<00:18:43.940><c> We'll</c><00:18:44.140><c> bring</c><00:18:44.279><c> ours.</c><00:18:44.920><c> Our</c><00:18:45.160><c> God's</c><00:18:45.319><c> more</c><00:18:45.539><c> powerful.</c><00:18:46.819><c> But</c><00:18:46.960><c> of</c>

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course<00:18:47.220><c> they</c><00:18:47.319><c> were</c><00:18:47.559><c> wrong.</c><00:18:49.339><c> They</c><00:18:49.539><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:18:50.019><c> be</c><00:18:50.099><c> like</c><00:18:50.240><c> the</c><00:18:50.440><c> nations</c><00:18:50.700><c> round</c><00:18:50.940><c> about</c><00:18:51.200><c> them.</c><00:18:51.619><c> And</c><00:18:51.759><c> that</c><00:18:52.079><c> manifested</c><00:18:52.680><c> itself</c><00:18:53.099><c> a</c>

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bit<00:18:53.339><c> later</c><00:18:53.599><c> on,</c><00:18:53.799><c> didn't</c>

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it?<00:18:53.960><c> When</c><00:18:54.099><c> the</c><00:18:54.339><c> cry</c><00:18:54.500><c> went</c><00:18:54.759><c> out,</c><00:18:55.440><c> give</c><00:18:55.640><c> us</c><00:18:55.859><c> a</c><00:18:56.039><c> king</c><00:18:56.779><c> so</c><00:18:57.519><c> we</c><00:18:57.759><c> can</c>

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be<00:18:58.160><c> like</c><00:18:58.359><c> the</c><00:18:58.720><c> nations</c><00:18:58.960><c> round</c><00:18:59.240><c> about</c>

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us.<00:19:00.420><c> That's</c><00:19:00.960><c> not</c><00:19:01.240><c> too</c><00:19:01.519><c> far</c><00:19:01.720><c> down</c><00:19:01.940><c> into</c><00:19:02.779><c> the</c><00:19:02.839><c> distant</c><00:19:03.220><c> future.</c>

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That<00:19:04.319><c> cry</c><00:19:04.559><c> goes</c><00:19:04.859><c> out.</c><00:19:06.799><c> What</c><00:19:07.000><c> did</c><00:19:07.259><c> Solomon</c>

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say?<00:19:07.960><c> 1</c><00:19:08.119><c> Kings</c><00:19:08.440><c> chapter</c><00:19:08.740><c> 8</c><00:19:08.900><c> verse</c><00:19:09.140><c> 27.</c><00:19:09.579><c> Don't</c><00:19:10.140><c> turn</c><00:19:10.460><c> up.</c><00:19:10.720><c> I'll</c>

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read<00:19:11.119><c> this</c><00:19:11.339><c> out</c><00:19:11.480><c> for</c><00:19:11.740><c> you.</c><00:19:13.140><c> But</c><00:19:13.140><c> will</c><00:19:14.660><c> God</c>

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indeed<00:19:15.319><c> dwell</c><00:19:15.619><c> on</c><00:19:15.859><c> the</c><00:19:16.059><c> earth?</c><00:19:16.440><c> Behold,</c><00:19:16.940><c> the</c><00:19:17.079><c> heaven</c><00:19:17.339><c> and</c><00:19:17.720><c> the</c>

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heavens<00:19:18.220><c> of</c><00:19:18.460><c> heavens</c><00:19:18.940><c> cannot</c><00:19:19.400><c> contain</c>

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thee.<00:19:20.660><c> How</c><00:19:20.900><c> much</c><00:19:21.160><c> less</c><00:19:21.339><c> this</c><00:19:21.579><c> house</c><00:19:21.880><c> that</c><00:19:22.079><c> I</c><00:19:22.619><c> have</c><00:19:22.799><c> built</c><00:19:23.059><c> in.</c>

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How<00:19:24.140><c> much</c><00:19:24.440><c> less</c><00:19:24.720><c> this</c><00:19:24.980><c> 31</c><00:19:25.400><c> inch</c><00:19:25.759><c> high</c>

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box.<00:19:27.940><c> Solomon</c><00:19:28.460><c> knew</c><00:19:29.160><c> what</c><00:19:29.359><c> was</c><00:19:29.519><c> going</c><00:19:29.740><c> on,</c><00:19:30.680><c> but</c><00:19:30.799><c> they</c><00:19:31.099><c> put</c><00:19:31.299><c> their</c><00:19:31.599><c> faith</c><00:19:31.880><c> in</c>

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this<00:19:32.359><c> box.</c><00:19:37.200><c> The</c><00:19:37.279><c> box</c><00:19:37.559><c> had</c><00:19:37.799><c> no</c>

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power<00:19:38.319><c> of</c><00:19:38.480><c> itself.</c><00:19:39.960><c> And</c><00:19:40.079><c> God</c><00:19:40.259><c> was</c><00:19:40.619><c> never</c><00:19:40.920><c> ever</c><00:19:41.460><c> going</c><00:19:41.740><c> to</c><00:19:41.960><c> allow</c><00:19:42.140><c> the</c>

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Israelites<00:19:42.940><c> to</c><00:19:43.519><c> defeat</c><00:19:43.920><c> the</c><00:19:44.160><c> Philistines</c>

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just<00:19:45.119><c> because</c><00:19:45.440><c> they</c><00:19:45.619><c> had</c><00:19:45.880><c> the</c><00:19:46.180><c> ark.</c><00:19:46.799><c> That</c><00:19:47.019><c> was</c><00:19:47.339><c> never</c><00:19:47.579><c> ever</c><00:19:47.839><c> going</c><00:19:48.019><c> to</c>

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happen.<00:19:48.579><c> And</c><00:19:48.720><c> if</c><00:19:48.819><c> they</c><00:19:48.980><c> thought</c>

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that,<00:19:49.440><c> they</c><00:19:49.460><c> would</c><00:19:49.599><c> have</c><00:19:49.740><c> been</c><00:19:50.200><c> completely</c><00:19:50.700><c> misguided.</c><00:19:52.140><c> So</c>

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this<00:19:52.519><c> is</c><00:19:52.660><c> where</c><00:19:52.759><c> we</c><00:19:52.859><c> are</c><00:19:53.000><c> now.</c><00:19:53.880><c> The</c><00:19:54.220><c> ark</c><00:19:54.539><c> in</c><00:19:54.740><c> Philistra.</c>

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The<00:19:55.960><c> Philistines</c><00:19:56.359><c> think</c><00:19:56.839><c> that</c><00:19:57.099><c> their</c><00:19:57.299><c> victory</c><00:19:58.059><c> over</c><00:19:58.799><c> the</c><00:19:59.160><c> Israelites</c><00:19:59.660><c> vindicates</c><00:20:00.559><c> them</c><00:20:00.720><c> and</c>

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shows<00:20:01.680><c> them</c><00:20:01.900><c> that</c><00:20:02.180><c> their</c><00:20:02.380><c> god,</c><00:20:02.920><c> Dagon,</c><00:20:03.740><c> is</c><00:20:04.000><c> the</c><00:20:04.259><c> supreme</c><00:20:04.740><c> god.</c>

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He's<00:20:06.779><c> superior</c><00:20:07.079><c> to</c><00:20:07.240><c> the</c><00:20:07.339><c> god</c><00:20:07.440><c> of</c><00:20:07.599><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:20:09.140><c> they</c><00:20:09.319><c> bring</c><00:20:09.460><c> the</c><00:20:09.720><c> ark</c><00:20:10.000><c> into</c><00:20:10.579><c> Dagon.</c>

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And<00:20:13.799><c> Dagon's</c><00:20:14.380><c> temple</c><00:20:14.680><c> is</c><00:20:14.859><c> down</c><00:20:15.059><c> here</c><00:20:15.240><c> in</c><00:20:15.440><c> Ashdod.</c>

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So<00:20:16.759><c> they</c><00:20:16.900><c> bring</c><00:20:17.079><c> it</c><00:20:17.240><c> all</c><00:20:17.480><c> the</c><00:20:17.619><c> way</c><00:20:17.759><c> down</c><00:20:18.079><c> there</c><00:20:18.680><c> across</c><00:20:18.960><c> the</c><00:20:19.200><c> land,</c><00:20:20.380><c> pretty</c><00:20:20.579><c> much</c><00:20:20.859><c> flat</c><00:20:21.079><c> land,</c><00:20:21.819><c> and</c><00:20:21.900><c> they</c><00:20:22.079><c> deposit</c><00:20:22.460><c> it</c>

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in<00:20:23.259><c> the</c><00:20:23.539><c> temple</c><00:20:24.220><c> of</c><00:20:24.680><c> Dagon.</c>

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Now,<00:20:27.960><c> before</c><00:20:28.259><c> we</c><00:20:28.400><c> go</c><00:20:28.519><c> any</c><00:20:28.740><c> further,</c><00:20:28.900><c> we</c><00:20:29.019><c> just</c><00:20:29.259><c> need</c><00:20:29.380><c> to</c><00:20:29.700><c> remind</c>

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ourselves<00:20:30.299><c> who</c><00:20:30.559><c> the</c><00:20:30.819><c> Philistines</c><00:20:31.119><c> are</c><00:20:31.380><c> so</c><00:20:31.500><c> we</c><00:20:31.619><c> can</c><00:20:31.980><c> really</c>

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get<00:20:32.480><c> into</c><00:20:32.660><c> their</c><00:20:32.900><c> mindset.</c>

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The<00:20:35.200><c> Philistines</c><00:20:35.720><c> seem</c><00:20:35.940><c> to</c><00:20:36.519><c> have</c><00:20:36.700><c> come</c><00:20:36.900><c> over</c><00:20:37.119><c> from</c><00:20:37.559><c> the</c><00:20:37.980><c> Aegean</c><00:20:38.180><c> Sea,</c>

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and<00:20:38.920><c> they</c><00:20:39.799><c> bordered</c><00:20:40.099><c> on</c><00:20:40.599><c> the</c><00:20:40.720><c> coastal</c><00:20:41.019><c> areas</c><00:20:41.359><c> down</c><00:20:41.740><c> here,</c><00:20:41.940><c> and</c>

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they<00:20:42.400><c> made</c><00:20:42.599><c> five</c><00:20:42.920><c> cities.</c>

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They<00:20:45.779><c> adopted</c><00:20:46.140><c> the</c><00:20:46.359><c> Canaanite</c><00:20:46.700><c> language,</c><00:20:48.700><c> proper</c><00:20:48.839><c> names,</c><00:20:50.779><c> and</c><00:20:50.779><c> they</c><00:20:50.960><c> adopted</c><00:20:51.299><c> the</c><00:20:51.539><c> gods,</c><00:20:51.859><c> the</c><00:20:52.000><c> local</c><00:20:52.299><c> gods</c><00:20:52.559><c> as</c>

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well,<00:20:52.920><c> because</c><00:20:53.039><c> they</c><00:20:53.200><c> came</c><00:20:53.500><c> and</c><00:20:53.619><c> they</c><00:20:53.859><c> saw</c><00:20:54.160><c> that</c><00:20:54.500><c> the</c><00:20:54.640><c> land</c>

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was<00:20:55.099><c> fruitful.</c>

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So<00:20:56.619><c> they</c><00:20:56.819><c> assumed</c><00:20:57.480><c> in</c><00:20:57.660><c> their</c><00:20:57.920><c> minds</c><00:20:58.240><c> that</c><00:20:58.619><c> these</c><00:20:59.000><c> gods</c><00:20:59.200><c> that</c>

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were<00:20:59.519><c> already</c><00:20:59.779><c> here</c><00:21:00.279><c> were</c><00:21:00.799><c> the</c><00:21:00.960><c> right</c><00:21:01.200><c> gods,</c><00:21:02.039><c> because</c><00:21:02.279><c> the</c>

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land<00:21:02.759><c> was</c><00:21:03.039><c> fruitful.</c>

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It<00:21:04.019><c> was</c><00:21:04.240><c> a</c><00:21:04.359><c> land</c><00:21:04.579><c> flowing</c><00:21:04.920><c> with</c><00:21:05.259><c> milk</c><00:21:05.500><c> and</c><00:21:05.660><c> honey,</c><00:21:05.839><c> wasn't</c><00:21:06.079><c> it?</c>

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Why<00:21:07.759><c> did</c><00:21:07.880><c> they</c><00:21:08.000><c> need</c><00:21:08.160><c> to</c><00:21:08.299><c> bring</c><00:21:08.400><c> their</c><00:21:08.599><c> own</c><00:21:08.779><c> gods?</c><00:21:09.579><c> The</c><00:21:09.799><c> gods</c><00:21:09.920><c> here</c><00:21:10.079><c> were</c><00:21:10.220><c> doing</c><00:21:10.339><c> a</c>

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great<00:21:10.779><c> job,</c><00:21:11.420><c> so</c><00:21:11.680><c> they</c><00:21:12.119><c> assimilated</c><00:21:12.819><c> them.</c>

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They<00:21:13.619><c> took</c><00:21:13.920><c> them</c><00:21:14.099><c> for</c><00:21:14.259><c> their</c><00:21:14.500><c> own.</c><00:21:15.759><c> And</c><00:21:15.859><c> the</c><00:21:16.000><c> more</c><00:21:16.279><c> gods,</c><00:21:16.640><c> the</c>

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better,<00:21:18.180><c> because</c><00:21:18.460><c> then</c><00:21:18.700><c> they</c><00:21:18.920><c> felt</c><00:21:19.200><c> that</c><00:21:19.420><c> they</c><00:21:19.660><c> were</c><00:21:19.839><c> in</c><00:21:20.079><c> control.</c>

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They<00:21:23.220><c> were</c><00:21:23.400><c> also</c><00:21:23.720><c> very</c><00:21:24.160><c> skilled</c><00:21:24.619><c> at</c><00:21:25.000><c> pottery</c><00:21:25.519><c> and</c><00:21:26.220><c> metalwork,</c>

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and<00:21:26.920><c> that</c><00:21:27.019><c> will</c><00:21:27.079><c> come</c><00:21:27.220><c> into</c><00:21:27.380><c> focus</c><00:21:27.740><c> in</c><00:21:27.880><c> a</c><00:21:28.000><c> moment.</c>

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But<00:21:29.220><c> Ashdod.</c><00:21:30.339><c> Ashdod</c><00:21:30.779><c> and</c><00:21:31.000><c> Ekron</c><00:21:31.480><c> were</c><00:21:32.240><c> the</c><00:21:32.420><c> two</c><00:21:32.619><c> most</c><00:21:33.740><c> northerly</c><00:21:34.400><c> cities</c><00:21:34.740><c> there.</c>

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Why<00:21:36.299><c> they</c><00:21:36.460><c> went</c><00:21:36.619><c> to</c><00:21:36.859><c> Ashdod</c><00:21:37.079><c> rather</c><00:21:37.359><c> than</c><00:21:37.539><c> Ekron?</c><00:21:38.579><c> Possibly</c><00:21:39.019><c> because</c><00:21:39.759><c> Ashdod,</c><00:21:41.539><c> I</c>

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suspect,<00:21:42.339><c> might</c><00:21:42.599><c> have</c><00:21:42.720><c> been</c><00:21:42.759><c> one</c><00:21:42.960><c> of</c><00:21:43.079><c> the</c><00:21:43.220><c> first</c><00:21:43.779><c> cities</c><00:21:44.119><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:44.460><c> built,</c><00:21:44.940><c> so</c><00:21:45.119><c> it</c><00:21:45.160><c> would</c><00:21:45.299><c> have</c><00:21:45.420><c> been</c><00:21:45.539><c> more</c><00:21:45.819><c> densely</c><00:21:46.160><c> populated.</c>

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There<00:21:47.359><c> was</c><00:21:47.579><c> certainly</c><00:21:47.920><c> a</c><00:21:48.279><c> big</c><00:21:48.519><c> temple</c><00:21:48.900><c> there</c><00:21:49.119><c> to</c><00:21:49.339><c> Dagon,</c><00:21:50.279><c> and</c>

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obviously<00:21:50.779><c> when</c><00:21:50.980><c> they</c><00:21:51.519><c> captured</c><00:21:51.920><c> the</c><00:21:52.099><c> god</c><00:21:52.220><c> of</c><00:21:52.640><c> the</c><00:21:52.940><c> Israelites,</c><00:21:53.400><c> they</c><00:21:53.579><c> wanted</c><00:21:53.940><c> to</c>

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demonstrate<00:21:54.779><c> to</c><00:21:55.279><c> the</c><00:21:55.500><c> people</c><00:21:56.119><c> that</c><00:21:56.819><c> this</c><00:21:57.099><c> is</c><00:21:58.339><c> an</c><00:21:58.460><c> offering</c><00:21:58.700><c> to</c>

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our<00:21:59.180><c> god,</c><00:21:59.380><c> Dagon.</c>

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We're<00:22:00.160><c> going</c><00:22:00.259><c> to</c><00:22:00.359><c> put</c><00:22:00.500><c> it</c><00:22:00.640><c> in</c><00:22:00.720><c> that</c><00:22:00.920><c> temple.</c><00:22:01.839><c> So</c><00:22:01.980><c> that's</c><00:22:02.240><c> where</c>

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they<00:22:02.559><c> put</c><00:22:02.720><c> it.</c>

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I<00:22:03.259><c> suspect</c><00:22:04.059><c> the</c><00:22:05.279><c> fact</c><00:22:05.579><c> that</c><00:22:05.859><c> Dagon</c><00:22:06.119><c> was</c><00:22:06.420><c> classed</c><00:22:06.880><c> as</c><00:22:07.019><c> a</c><00:22:07.240><c> fish</c>

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god<00:22:07.720><c> initially</c><00:22:08.599><c> would</c><00:22:09.519><c> also</c><00:22:09.819><c> place</c><00:22:09.980><c> him</c><00:22:10.059><c> near</c><00:22:10.279><c> the</c><00:22:10.420><c> sea,</c><00:22:10.700><c> so</c>

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that's<00:22:11.539><c> probably</c><00:22:11.799><c> why</c><00:22:12.339><c> they</c><00:22:12.539><c> kept</c><00:22:12.759><c> him</c><00:22:12.960><c> there.</c>

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And<00:22:14.180><c> so</c><00:22:14.339><c> it</c><00:22:14.339><c> was</c><00:22:14.480><c> near</c><00:22:14.619><c> the</c><00:22:14.799><c> coast.</c>

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Now,<00:22:17.819><c> there's</c><00:22:18.000><c> a</c><00:22:18.059><c> number</c><00:22:18.319><c> of</c><00:22:18.539><c> deities</c><00:22:18.859><c> that</c><00:22:19.180><c> the</c><00:22:19.440><c> Philistines</c>

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worshipped.<00:22:21.059><c> I've</c><00:22:21.339><c> picked</c><00:22:21.519><c> three,</c><00:22:22.220><c> the</c><00:22:22.380><c> most</c><00:22:22.599><c> popular</c><00:22:22.900><c> ones.</c>

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We<00:22:23.240><c> have</c><00:22:24.279><c> Baal,</c><00:22:26.619><c> Astarte,</c><00:22:27.279><c> or</c><00:22:27.279><c> Ashdoroth,</c><00:22:28.339><c> as</c><00:22:28.380><c> the</c><00:22:28.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:28.839><c> call</c><00:22:29.180><c> her,</c><00:22:30.019><c> and</c><00:22:30.839><c> Dagon.</c><00:22:32.480><c> Baal</c><00:22:32.839><c> was</c><00:22:33.460><c> a</c>

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god<00:22:33.779><c> of</c><00:22:33.940><c> the</c><00:22:34.140><c> rain,</c><00:22:34.380><c> a</c><00:22:34.480><c> god</c><00:22:34.559><c> of</c><00:22:34.740><c> the</c><00:22:34.900><c> thunder,</c><00:22:35.299><c> fertility,</c><00:22:35.859><c> and</c><00:22:36.039><c> agriculture.</c>

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But<00:22:37.220><c> as</c><00:22:37.440><c> I</c><00:22:37.660><c> say,</c><00:22:37.900><c> a</c><00:22:37.960><c> lot</c><00:22:38.140><c> of</c><00:22:38.339><c> this</c><00:22:38.539><c> is</c><00:22:38.759><c> crossed</c><00:22:39.039><c> over.</c><00:22:39.420><c> We</c><00:22:39.420><c> see</c>

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that<00:22:40.240><c> Astarte</c><00:22:40.759><c> was</c><00:22:41.380><c> also</c><00:22:41.900><c> connected</c><00:22:42.579><c> with</c><00:22:42.819><c> fertility,</c><00:22:44.039><c> sexuality,</c><00:22:44.880><c> and</c><00:22:45.119><c> war.</c>

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And<00:22:46.019><c> then</c><00:22:46.200><c> we</c><00:22:46.299><c> have</c><00:22:46.579><c> Dagon,</c><00:22:47.440><c> who</c><00:22:47.500><c> was</c><00:22:47.799><c> a</c><00:22:47.960><c> god</c><00:22:48.160><c> of</c><00:22:48.539><c> fish</c><00:22:49.099><c> initially,</c><00:22:50.599><c> but</c><00:22:50.680><c> there's</c><00:22:50.980><c> historical</c><00:22:51.359><c> evidence</c><00:22:51.680><c> to</c>

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show<00:22:52.019><c> now</c><00:22:52.220><c> that</c><00:22:52.319><c> he</c><00:22:52.420><c> was</c><00:22:52.559><c> also</c><00:22:52.859><c> a</c><00:22:52.980><c> god</c><00:22:53.059><c> of</c><00:22:53.359><c> grain.</c>

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And<00:22:54.039><c> I</c><00:22:54.200><c> suspect</c><00:22:54.960><c> that</c><00:22:55.460><c> that</c><00:22:55.759><c> developed</c><00:22:56.119><c> through</c><00:22:56.359><c> the</c><00:22:56.500><c> Philistine</c><00:22:57.220><c> rain,</c><00:22:58.059><c> and</c><00:22:58.440><c> I'll</c><00:22:58.680><c> try</c><00:22:58.839><c> and</c><00:22:59.740><c> elaborate</c><00:23:00.039><c> on</c><00:23:00.220><c> that</c><00:23:00.359><c> in</c><00:23:00.440><c> a</c>

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couple<00:23:00.700><c> of</c><00:23:00.900><c> moments.</c>

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But<00:23:01.799><c> Dagon</c><00:23:02.059><c> was</c><00:23:02.319><c> originally</c><00:23:03.119><c> an</c><00:23:03.619><c> Assyrian</c><00:23:04.299><c> Babylonian</c><00:23:05.180><c> fertility</c><00:23:05.700><c> god.</c>

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That's<00:23:06.460><c> where</c><00:23:06.579><c> he</c><00:23:06.700><c> came</c><00:23:07.000><c> from.</c>

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So<00:23:08.279><c> they</c><00:23:08.539><c> just</c><00:23:09.539><c> assimilated</c><00:23:10.160><c> him</c><00:23:10.380><c> into</c><00:23:10.640><c> their</c><00:23:10.900><c> beliefs.</c>

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But<00:23:12.039><c> he</c><00:23:12.220><c> did</c><00:23:12.579><c> develop</c><00:23:12.900><c> into</c><00:23:13.059><c> their</c><00:23:13.400><c> main</c><00:23:13.680><c> god.</c><00:23:14.519><c> Don't</c><00:23:14.680><c> know</c><00:23:14.880><c> why.</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:17.119><c> they</c><00:23:17.279><c> had</c><00:23:17.440><c> more,</c><00:23:17.720><c> they</c><00:23:17.880><c> won</c><00:23:18.039><c> more</c><00:23:18.279><c> battles</c><00:23:18.619><c> with</c><00:23:18.900><c> Dagon</c><00:23:19.299><c> as</c>

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their<00:23:20.019><c> god</c><00:23:20.200><c> than</c><00:23:20.380><c> they</c><00:23:20.519><c> did</c><00:23:20.700><c> with</c><00:23:20.940><c> Astarte</c><00:23:21.500><c> or</c><00:23:21.980><c> Baal.</c><00:23:22.339><c> I'm</c><00:23:22.500><c> not</c><00:23:22.740><c> sure.</c>

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But<00:23:25.240><c> he</c><00:23:25.359><c> was</c><00:23:25.599><c> also</c><00:23:26.099><c> known</c><00:23:26.579><c> from</c><00:23:27.079><c> early</c><00:23:27.460><c> Bronze</c><00:23:27.799><c> Age</c><00:23:28.000><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:23:28.700><c> and</c><00:23:28.940><c> northern</c><00:23:29.240><c> Syria,</c><00:23:29.480><c> I'm</c>

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reading<00:23:29.880><c> this</c><00:23:30.079><c> as</c><00:23:30.200><c> you</c><00:23:30.299><c> can</c><00:23:30.500><c> probably</c><00:23:30.700><c> tell,</c><00:23:31.299><c> Syrian</c><00:23:31.460><c> cities.</c>

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The<00:23:32.059><c> Philistines</c><00:23:32.440><c> apparently</c><00:23:32.819><c> adopted</c><00:23:33.200><c> him</c><00:23:33.559><c> as</c><00:23:33.700><c> their</c><00:23:33.940><c> principal</c><00:23:34.359><c> god</c>

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soon<00:23:35.440><c> after</c><00:23:35.740><c> they</c><00:23:35.940><c> arrived</c><00:23:36.200><c> in</c><00:23:36.440><c> Canaan.</c>

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:39.880
So<00:23:37.559><c> pretty</c><00:23:38.200><c> soon</c><00:23:38.440><c> after</c><00:23:38.599><c> they</c><00:23:38.720><c> arrived</c><00:23:38.980><c> here,</c><00:23:39.480><c> the</c><00:23:39.599><c> battles</c>

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that<00:23:40.059><c> they</c><00:23:40.279><c> fought,</c><00:23:40.720><c> they</c><00:23:40.920><c> soon</c><00:23:41.079><c> realized</c><00:23:41.420><c> that</c><00:23:41.720><c> Dagon</c><00:23:41.900><c> was</c>

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the<00:23:42.559><c> best</c><00:23:42.819><c> god</c><00:23:43.039><c> for</c><00:23:43.440><c> them.</c>

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Just<00:23:46.099><c> to</c><00:23:46.619><c> elaborate</c><00:23:47.019><c> on</c><00:23:47.180><c> that</c><00:23:47.400><c> point</c><00:23:47.619><c> and</c><00:23:47.859><c> to</c><00:23:48.099><c> confirm</c><00:23:48.460><c> it</c><00:23:48.640><c> really,</c><00:23:48.779><c> when</c><00:23:48.940><c> we</c>

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read<00:23:49.279><c> of</c><00:23:49.519><c> Samson,</c><00:23:50.980><c> when</c><00:23:51.299><c> the</c><00:23:51.720><c> Philistines</c><00:23:52.039><c> captured</c><00:23:52.400><c> Samson,</c>

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this<00:23:53.900><c> is</c><00:23:54.140><c> recorded.</c>

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So<00:23:55.140><c> we've</c><00:24:06.099><c> got</c><00:24:06.220><c> their</c><00:24:06.539><c> god,</c><00:24:07.000><c> our</c><00:24:07.279><c> god.</c><00:24:08.160><c> It</c><00:24:08.279><c> belonged</c><00:24:08.539><c> to</c><00:24:08.700><c> them.</c>

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It<00:24:08.880><c> was</c><00:24:09.019><c> their</c><00:24:09.240><c> chief</c><00:24:09.559><c> god.</c><00:24:10.119><c> That's</c><00:24:10.380><c> the</c><00:24:10.519><c> one</c><00:24:10.779><c> that</c><00:24:11.019><c> they</c><00:24:11.319><c> praised</c><00:24:11.759><c> for</c>

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delivering<00:24:12.700><c> Samson</c><00:24:13.160><c> into</c><00:24:13.680><c> their</c><00:24:13.980><c> hands.</c>

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I've<00:24:18.119><c> already</c><00:24:18.359><c> done</c><00:24:18.500><c> that</c><00:24:18.720><c> one</c><00:24:18.880><c> so</c><00:24:19.019><c> we'll</c><00:24:19.279><c> move</c><00:24:19.440><c> straight</c><00:24:19.740><c> on</c>

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for<00:24:20.039><c> that.</c>

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Right,<00:24:20.900><c> verse</c><00:24:21.160><c> two</c><00:24:21.880><c> of</c><00:24:22.519><c> our</c><00:24:23.039><c> chapter.</c>

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We<00:24:29.420><c> read</c><00:24:29.599><c> there,</c><00:24:29.839><c> when</c><00:24:29.900><c> the</c><00:24:30.160><c> Philistines</c><00:24:30.420><c> took</c><00:24:30.740><c> the</c><00:24:31.220><c> ark,</c><00:24:32.039><c> they</c><00:24:32.099><c> brought</c><00:24:32.500><c> it</c>

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to<00:24:33.180><c> the</c><00:24:33.319><c> house</c><00:24:33.500><c> of</c><00:24:33.759><c> Dagon</c><00:24:33.900><c> and</c><00:24:34.200><c> set</c><00:24:34.539><c> it</c><00:24:34.779><c> by</c><00:24:34.960><c> Dagon.</c>

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Two<00:24:35.859><c> interesting</c><00:24:36.299><c> words</c><00:24:36.559><c> there,</c><00:24:36.859><c> brought</c><00:24:37.259><c> and</c><00:24:37.480><c> set</c><00:24:37.799><c> it</c><00:24:38.000><c> by.</c>

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Brought,<00:24:41.319><c> the</c><00:24:41.799><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:42.140><c> word</c><00:24:42.380><c> denotes</c><00:24:43.480><c> a</c><00:24:43.759><c> kind</c><00:24:44.079><c> of</c><00:24:44.299><c> bowing,</c><00:24:44.980><c> presenting,</c><00:24:46.859><c> it's</c><00:24:47.700><c> the</c><00:24:47.859><c> same</c><00:24:48.059><c> word</c><00:24:48.440><c> that</c><00:24:48.700><c> is</c>

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used<00:24:49.019><c> in</c><00:24:49.200><c> Genesis</c><00:24:49.480><c> chapter</c><00:24:49.799><c> two</c><00:24:50.000><c> and</c><00:24:50.140><c> verse</c><00:24:50.299><c> 19.</c>

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When<00:24:50.839><c> God</c><00:24:51.140><c> presents</c><00:24:51.779><c> all</c><00:24:52.259><c> of</c><00:24:52.480><c> creation</c><00:24:52.759><c> to</c><00:24:53.000><c> Adam</c><00:24:53.140><c> and</c><00:24:53.299><c> says</c><00:24:53.460><c> name</c><00:24:53.859><c> them,</c><00:24:55.400><c> that's</c><00:24:55.900><c> the</c><00:24:56.039><c> kind</c><00:24:56.319><c> of</c>

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:59.180
thing<00:24:56.700><c> that</c><00:24:56.980><c> the</c><00:24:57.180><c> word</c><00:24:57.519><c> is</c><00:24:58.339><c> trying</c><00:24:58.619><c> to</c><00:24:58.779><c> get</c><00:24:58.920><c> across.</c>

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It's<00:24:59.500><c> a</c><00:24:59.799><c> presentation.</c><00:25:00.859><c> Here</c><00:25:01.099><c> you</c><00:25:01.339><c> go,</c><00:25:02.299><c> do</c><00:25:02.460><c> what</c><00:25:02.599><c> you</c><00:25:02.799><c> want</c>

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with<00:25:03.119><c> it.</c>

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And<00:25:03.940><c> that's</c><00:25:04.140><c> basically</c><00:25:04.319><c> what</c><00:25:04.480><c> God</c><00:25:04.700><c> said</c><00:25:04.859><c> to</c><00:25:05.000><c> Adam,</c><00:25:06.160><c> name</c><00:25:06.440><c> them</c>

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what<00:25:06.680><c> you</c><00:25:06.900><c> want.</c>

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So<00:25:08.160><c> that's</c><00:25:08.819><c> the</c><00:25:08.920><c> idea.</c><00:25:09.180><c> They</c><00:25:09.400><c> brought</c><00:25:09.740><c> it,</c><00:25:09.859><c> they</c><00:25:10.099><c> presented</c>

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:14.799
it<00:25:11.200><c> almost</c><00:25:11.579><c> as</c><00:25:11.779><c> an</c><00:25:12.180><c> offering</c><00:25:12.579><c> to</c><00:25:13.279><c> their</c><00:25:13.579><c> god</c><00:25:13.839><c> Dagon.</c>

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But<00:25:16.660><c> it</c><00:25:16.799><c> denotes</c><00:25:16.980><c> for</c><00:25:17.240><c> a</c><00:25:17.240><c> purpose.</c><00:25:17.680><c> It</c><00:25:17.759><c> was</c><00:25:17.940><c> done</c><00:25:18.039><c> for</c><00:25:18.279><c> a</c><00:25:18.400><c> reason.</c>

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And<00:25:19.380><c> the</c><00:25:19.500><c> reason</c><00:25:19.799><c> was</c><00:25:20.200><c> they</c><00:25:20.599><c> wanted</c><00:25:20.980><c> to</c><00:25:21.440><c> display,</c><00:25:22.000><c> they</c><00:25:22.279><c> wanted</c><00:25:22.680><c> to</c><00:25:23.119><c> mock</c><00:25:23.500><c> the</c><00:25:24.079><c> god</c><00:25:24.240><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:25:24.940><c> because</c><00:25:26.440><c> their</c><00:25:26.819><c> god</c><00:25:27.019><c> Dagon</c><00:25:27.519><c> had</c><00:25:28.099><c> defeated</c><00:25:28.599><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:25:29.839><c> how</c><00:25:30.000><c> they</c><00:25:30.240><c> saw</c><00:25:30.440><c> it.</c><00:25:30.839><c> That</c><00:25:31.059><c> was</c><00:25:31.259><c> the</c><00:25:31.480><c> mindset</c><00:25:31.859><c> that</c>

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they<00:25:32.259><c> had.</c>

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Set<00:25:34.220><c> it,</c><00:25:34.619><c> set</c><00:25:34.819><c> it</c><00:25:35.099><c> by.</c><00:25:36.559><c> That,</c><00:25:37.700><c> that</c><00:25:38.059><c> denotes</c><00:25:38.420><c> more</c><00:25:38.799><c> or</c><00:25:38.900><c> less</c><00:25:39.039><c> what</c><00:25:39.220><c> it</c><00:25:39.519><c> says.</c>

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It's<00:25:40.660><c> almost</c><00:25:41.200><c> borders</c><00:25:41.559><c> on</c><00:25:42.079><c> a</c><00:25:42.460><c> permanent</c><00:25:42.940><c> fixture.</c>

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So<00:25:44.420><c> they'd</c><00:25:44.740><c> put</c><00:25:44.859><c> it</c><00:25:45.079><c> beside</c><00:25:45.900><c> Dagon</c><00:25:46.440><c> and</c><00:25:47.599><c> they'd</c><00:25:48.019><c> set</c><00:25:48.200><c> it,</c><00:25:49.380><c> almost</c><00:25:49.539><c> hammered</c><00:25:49.980><c> it</c>

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in<00:25:50.599><c> if</c><00:25:50.880><c> you</c><00:25:51.019><c> like.</c>

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So<00:25:52.579><c> the</c><00:25:53.079><c> intention</c><00:25:53.700><c> was</c><00:25:54.019><c> that</c><00:25:54.200><c> the</c><00:25:54.380><c> people</c><00:25:54.539><c> could</c><00:25:54.759><c> come</c><00:25:55.119><c> and</c>

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look<00:25:55.720><c> at</c><00:25:56.000><c> this</c><00:25:56.220><c> and</c><00:25:56.480><c> compare</c><00:25:56.960><c> it</c><00:25:57.460><c> and</c><00:25:57.640><c> say</c><00:25:57.740><c> yes</c><00:25:58.079><c> look,</c><00:25:59.740><c> Dagon</c>

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is<00:26:00.440><c> mightier</c><00:26:01.099><c> than</c><00:26:01.319><c> the</c><00:26:01.480><c> god</c><00:26:01.579><c> of</c><00:26:01.779><c> Israel.</c>

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But<00:26:03.200><c> that's</c><00:26:03.779><c> where</c><00:26:04.039><c> they</c><00:26:04.259><c> made</c><00:26:04.539><c> the</c><00:26:04.740><c> mistake.</c>

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Because<00:26:06.279><c> now</c><00:26:06.920><c> it</c><00:26:07.279><c> wasn't</c><00:26:07.640><c> between</c><00:26:08.440><c> the</c><00:26:08.819><c> Philistines</c><00:26:09.380><c> and</c><00:26:09.740><c> the</c><00:26:10.000><c> Israelites.</c>

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They'd<00:26:11.799><c> made</c><00:26:11.960><c> it</c><00:26:12.220><c> personal.</c><00:26:13.539><c> It</c><00:26:13.660><c> was</c><00:26:13.900><c> now</c><00:26:14.160><c> between</c><00:26:14.559><c> God</c><00:26:14.940><c> and</c>

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the<00:26:15.460><c> Philistines,</c><00:26:15.920><c> God</c><00:26:16.259><c> and</c><00:26:16.660><c> Dagon.</c>

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There's<00:26:17.619><c> no</c><00:26:17.920><c> way</c><00:26:18.140><c> that</c><00:26:18.319><c> God</c><00:26:18.400><c> is</c><00:26:18.579><c> going</c><00:26:18.660><c> to</c><00:26:18.779><c> be</c><00:26:18.980><c> humiliated</c><00:26:19.940><c> by</c>

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a<00:26:20.779><c> stone</c><00:26:21.079><c> figure</c><00:26:21.319><c> carved</c><00:26:21.720><c> by</c><00:26:22.059><c> human</c><00:26:22.299><c> hands.</c>

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That<00:26:24.680><c> was</c><00:26:24.880><c> the</c><00:26:25.079><c> mistake.</c>

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You<00:26:26.180><c> see,</c><00:26:26.819><c> the</c><00:26:26.880><c> superstition</c><00:26:27.579><c> that</c><00:26:27.700><c> they</c><00:26:27.799><c> had</c><00:26:28.039><c> about</c><00:26:28.240><c> this</c><00:26:28.539><c> box</c><00:26:28.799><c> caused</c><00:26:29.420><c> them</c><00:26:29.680><c> to</c>

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:32.279
see<00:26:30.259><c> the</c><00:26:30.759><c> box</c><00:26:31.099><c> as</c><00:26:31.359><c> a</c><00:26:31.559><c> god.</c>

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And<00:26:32.960><c> so</c><00:26:33.079><c> they</c><00:26:33.240><c> thought,</c><00:26:33.920><c> yes,</c><00:26:34.160><c> we'll</c><00:26:34.299><c> add</c><00:26:34.420><c> it</c><00:26:34.539><c> to</c><00:26:34.640><c> our</c><00:26:34.859><c> collection</c><00:26:35.240><c> of</c><00:26:35.539><c> gods.</c>

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But<00:26:38.160><c> now,</c><00:26:38.960><c> God</c><00:26:39.160><c> was</c><00:26:39.359><c> going</c><00:26:39.539><c> to</c><00:26:39.839><c> teach</c><00:26:40.059><c> them</c><00:26:40.259><c> a</c><00:26:40.359><c> lesson.</c>

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:46.279
Yes,<00:26:42.220><c> says</c><00:26:42.339><c> God,</c><00:26:42.740><c> I</c><00:26:43.000><c> let</c><00:26:43.119><c> you</c><00:26:43.339><c> defeat</c><00:26:43.559><c> my</c><00:26:43.819><c> people.</c><00:26:44.920><c> Yes,</c><00:26:45.839><c> I</c><00:26:46.180><c> let</c>

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you<00:26:46.519><c> carry</c><00:26:46.740><c> away</c><00:26:46.980><c> this</c><00:26:47.259><c> box.</c>

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:55.980
But<00:26:50.420><c> to</c><00:26:51.099><c> be</c><00:26:51.400><c> insulted</c><00:26:52.160><c> personally</c><00:26:53.839><c> by</c><00:26:54.819><c> you</c><00:26:55.160><c> and</c><00:26:55.440><c> your</c><00:26:55.640><c> false</c>

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gods,<00:26:56.779><c> that's</c><00:26:57.099><c> not</c><00:26:57.279><c> going</c><00:26:57.420><c> to</c><00:26:57.559><c> happen.</c>

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:01.960
God<00:26:58.880><c> draws</c><00:26:59.279><c> the</c><00:26:59.559><c> line,</c><00:27:00.180><c> says</c><00:27:00.519><c> no</c><00:27:00.980><c> more.</c>

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:05.940
I<00:27:02.319><c> let</c><00:27:02.500><c> those</c><00:27:02.759><c> things</c><00:27:03.000><c> happen,</c><00:27:03.500><c> says</c><00:27:03.559><c> God,</c><00:27:04.240><c> because</c><00:27:04.819><c> I</c><00:27:05.700><c> intend</c>

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.000
to<00:27:06.240><c> correct</c><00:27:06.420><c> my</c><00:27:06.759><c> people.</c>

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:12.599
I<00:27:07.319><c> am</c><00:27:07.599><c> using</c><00:27:07.880><c> you</c><00:27:08.079><c> as</c><00:27:08.259><c> an</c><00:27:08.519><c> instrument</c><00:27:09.079><c> to</c><00:27:10.700><c> correct</c><00:27:11.099><c> my</c><00:27:11.599><c> people.</c>

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:16.279
I<00:27:13.480><c> will</c><00:27:13.720><c> demonstrate</c><00:27:14.240><c> to</c><00:27:14.500><c> you,</c><00:27:14.680><c> says</c><00:27:14.819><c> God,</c><00:27:15.339><c> using</c><00:27:15.660><c> your</c><00:27:16.019><c> false</c>

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worship,<00:27:17.480><c> just</c><00:27:17.700><c> who</c><00:27:17.920><c> is</c><00:27:18.160><c> the</c><00:27:18.319><c> true</c><00:27:18.579><c> God.</c>

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:21.779
Just<00:27:19.920><c> as</c><00:27:20.200><c> I</c><00:27:20.279><c> did</c><00:27:20.420><c> to</c><00:27:20.599><c> the</c><00:27:20.759><c> Egyptians.</c>

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And<00:27:22.319><c> of</c><00:27:22.500><c> course,</c><00:27:22.640><c> they</c><00:27:22.779><c> would</c><00:27:22.960><c> have</c><00:27:23.119><c> remembered</c><00:27:23.740><c> what</c><00:27:24.099><c> happened</c><00:27:24.359><c> to</c><00:27:24.519><c> the</c><00:27:24.700><c> Egyptians.</c>

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If<00:27:25.440><c> you</c><00:27:25.599><c> flick</c><00:27:25.920><c> over</c><00:27:26.200><c> the</c><00:27:26.359><c> page</c><00:27:26.619><c> to</c><00:27:26.859><c> chapter</c><00:27:27.140><c> 6</c><00:27:27.460><c> and</c><00:27:27.640><c> verse</c><00:27:27.819><c> 6,</c>

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it's<00:27:28.859><c> recounted</c><00:27:29.380><c> there</c><00:27:29.599><c> for</c><00:27:29.859><c> us.</c>

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:32.460
They<00:27:30.440><c> knew</c><00:27:30.720><c> only</c><00:27:31.039><c> too</c><00:27:31.299><c> well,</c><00:27:31.460><c> even</c><00:27:31.720><c> though</c><00:27:31.859><c> they</c><00:27:31.980><c> had</c><00:27:32.200><c> to</c><00:27:32.279><c> go</c>

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:34.279
to<00:27:32.640><c> the</c><00:27:32.799><c> Lord's</c><00:27:33.200><c> to</c><00:27:33.240><c> find</c><00:27:33.539><c> out.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:27:34.779><c> ye</c><00:27:34.980><c> shall</c><00:27:35.119><c> make</c><00:27:35.380><c> images</c><00:27:35.720><c> of</c><00:27:35.900><c> your</c><00:27:36.079><c> emirats</c><00:27:36.559><c> and</c>

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:39.119
images<00:27:37.299><c> of</c><00:27:37.559><c> your</c><00:27:37.839><c> mice</c><00:27:38.200><c> that</c><00:27:38.579><c> you...</c>

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Sorry,<00:27:39.319><c> that's</c><00:27:39.519><c> verse</c><00:27:39.599><c> 5.</c>

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:43.240
Wherefore,<00:27:40.740><c> then,</c><00:27:40.940><c> do</c><00:27:41.119><c> you</c><00:27:41.339><c> harden</c><00:27:41.660><c> your</c><00:27:41.980><c> hearts</c><00:27:42.180><c> as</c><00:27:42.359><c> the</c><00:27:42.559><c> Egyptians</c><00:27:43.000><c> and</c>

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.759
the<00:27:43.440><c> Pharaohs</c><00:27:43.900><c> hardened</c><00:27:44.059><c> their</c><00:27:44.380><c> hearts?</c>

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:47.619
When<00:27:45.240><c> he</c><00:27:45.460><c> had</c><00:27:45.740><c> wrought</c><00:27:45.960><c> wonderful</c><00:27:46.359><c> things</c><00:27:46.680><c> among</c><00:27:46.960><c> them,</c><00:27:47.460><c> did</c>

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:49.539
they<00:27:47.779><c> not</c><00:27:47.940><c> let</c><00:27:48.140><c> the</c><00:27:48.339><c> people</c><00:27:48.579><c> go</c><00:27:48.799><c> and</c><00:27:48.880><c> they</c><00:27:49.160><c> departed?</c>

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:53.660
So<00:27:50.099><c> they</c><00:27:50.259><c> knew</c><00:27:50.519><c> about</c><00:27:50.799><c> these</c><00:27:51.099><c> things,</c><00:27:52.559><c> but</c><00:27:53.220><c> they'd</c><00:27:53.480><c> just</c>

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dismissed<00:27:54.059><c> them.</c>

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Perhaps<00:27:55.779><c> just</c><00:27:56.079><c> as</c><00:27:56.339><c> a</c><00:27:56.940><c> battle</c><00:27:57.259><c> conveniently</c><00:27:58.019><c> won.</c>

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.960
So<00:28:00.920><c> what</c><00:28:01.079><c> do</c><00:28:01.200><c> we</c><00:28:01.259><c> know</c><00:28:01.380><c> about</c><00:28:01.619><c> Dagon?</c>

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:06.019
We<00:28:02.660><c> need</c><00:28:02.940><c> to</c><00:28:03.140><c> understand</c><00:28:03.940><c> what</c><00:28:04.559><c> Dagon</c><00:28:04.859><c> represented</c><00:28:05.440><c> to</c><00:28:05.680><c> their</c>

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minds<00:28:06.420><c> so</c><00:28:06.779><c> we</c><00:28:06.940><c> can</c><00:28:07.220><c> understand</c><00:28:07.960><c> what</c><00:28:08.339><c> happens</c><00:28:08.700><c> next.</c>

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I'll<00:28:10.180><c> go</c><00:28:10.279><c> very</c><00:28:10.539><c> quickly</c><00:28:10.779><c> through</c><00:28:10.980><c> these</c><00:28:11.180><c> because</c><00:28:11.319><c> we've</c><00:28:11.599><c> dealt</c><00:28:11.700><c> with</c>

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most<00:28:12.119><c> of</c><00:28:12.299><c> this.</c>

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:16.660
He<00:28:12.740><c> was</c><00:28:13.019><c> Assyrian</c><00:28:13.480><c> Babylonian</c><00:28:15.259><c> fertility</c><00:28:15.740><c> god.</c>

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:19.579
He<00:28:17.079><c> was</c><00:28:17.319><c> adopted</c><00:28:17.619><c> by</c><00:28:17.900><c> the</c><00:28:18.099><c> Philistines.</c><00:28:18.779><c> He</c><00:28:18.920><c> wasn't</c><00:28:19.200><c> invented</c>

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.880
by<00:28:19.900><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:28:23.839><c> an</c><00:28:23.980><c> interesting</c><00:28:24.299><c> one.</c>

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:26.640
From<00:28:24.460><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> first</c><00:28:24.779><c> of</c><00:28:24.920><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:25.279><c> chapter</c><00:28:25.519><c> 10</c><00:28:25.740><c> verse</c><00:28:25.900><c> 8,</c><00:28:26.539><c> we</c>

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:33.539
learn<00:28:26.839><c> that</c><00:28:27.160><c> King</c><00:28:27.559><c> Saul's</c><00:28:28.119><c> head</c><00:28:28.599><c> was</c><00:28:30.119><c> displayed</c><00:28:31.019><c> in</c><00:28:31.680><c> the</c><00:28:31.819><c> temple</c><00:28:32.339><c> of</c><00:28:32.680><c> Dagon.</c>

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That's<00:28:34.220><c> interesting,</c><00:28:34.720><c> isn't</c><00:28:34.880><c> it?</c>

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Perhaps<00:28:36.180><c> that</c><00:28:36.680><c> event</c><00:28:37.200><c> in</c><00:28:37.440><c> itself</c><00:28:37.880><c> could</c><00:28:38.240><c> be</c><00:28:38.500><c> a</c><00:28:38.740><c> throwback</c><00:28:39.220><c> to</c>

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:41.259
what's<00:28:39.660><c> happening</c><00:28:39.880><c> in</c><00:28:40.079><c> this</c><00:28:40.259><c> chapter.</c>

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:45.140
The<00:28:41.680><c> fact</c><00:28:41.839><c> that</c><00:28:42.039><c> Dagon's</c><00:28:42.519><c> head</c><00:28:42.700><c> comes</c><00:28:42.960><c> up</c><00:28:43.119><c> in</c><00:28:43.279><c> verse</c><00:28:43.559><c> 3.</c>

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:49.059
Perhaps<00:28:45.700><c> that's</c><00:28:45.960><c> a</c><00:28:46.079><c> retaliation</c><00:28:47.660><c> by</c><00:28:48.240><c> the</c><00:28:48.460><c> Philistines.</c>

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:51.779
We'll<00:28:49.839><c> stick</c><00:28:49.980><c> your</c><00:28:50.220><c> king's</c><00:28:50.480><c> head</c><00:28:50.559><c> in</c><00:28:50.680><c> our</c><00:28:50.920><c> temple.</c>

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:54.559
They<00:28:52.180><c> still</c><00:28:52.460><c> hadn't</c><00:28:52.779><c> learnt</c><00:28:53.019><c> after</c><00:28:53.279><c> all</c><00:28:53.500><c> those</c><00:28:53.720><c> years.</c>

00:28:57.319 --> 00:29:03.160
Dagon<00:28:57.480><c> was</c><00:28:57.720><c> known</c><00:28:58.220><c> primarily</c><00:28:58.779><c> as</c><00:28:59.019><c> a</c><00:28:59.200><c> fish</c><00:28:59.400><c> god,</c><00:29:00.000><c> but</c><00:29:00.200><c> then</c><00:29:00.759><c> later</c><00:29:01.140><c> developed</c><00:29:01.680><c> into</c><00:29:02.759><c> a</c>

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.880
god<00:29:03.279><c> of</c><00:29:03.559><c> grain.</c>

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:07.019
So<00:29:04.259><c> he</c><00:29:04.359><c> was</c><00:29:04.519><c> a</c><00:29:04.700><c> multitasking</c><00:29:05.500><c> god,</c><00:29:05.819><c> if</c><00:29:06.019><c> you</c><00:29:06.140><c> like.</c>

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:10.819
Now<00:29:08.039><c> grain,</c><00:29:09.339><c> that's</c><00:29:09.779><c> important.</c>

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:14.960
The<00:29:11.519><c> reason</c><00:29:11.839><c> it's</c><00:29:12.140><c> important</c><00:29:12.740><c> is</c><00:29:13.319><c> because,</c><00:29:13.839><c> and</c><00:29:14.019><c> I</c><00:29:14.180><c> didn't</c><00:29:14.420><c> know</c><00:29:14.660><c> this,</c><00:29:14.819><c> so</c>

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:16.119
this<00:29:15.099><c> was</c><00:29:15.339><c> a</c><00:29:15.380><c> revelation</c><00:29:15.740><c> to</c><00:29:15.960><c> me,</c>

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:19.940
the<00:29:16.640><c> Philistines</c><00:29:17.160><c> were</c><00:29:17.380><c> very</c><00:29:17.920><c> heavy</c><00:29:18.539><c> drinkers.</c>

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:24.359
They<00:29:20.279><c> were</c><00:29:20.500><c> skilled</c><00:29:20.680><c> in</c><00:29:20.880><c> pottery</c><00:29:21.160><c> making</c><00:29:21.680><c> and</c><00:29:22.299><c> they</c><00:29:22.319><c> were</c><00:29:22.539><c> skilled</c><00:29:22.680><c> in</c><00:29:22.900><c> metalwork.</c>

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:28.299
The<00:29:24.900><c> kind</c><00:29:24.980><c> of</c><00:29:25.339><c> things,</c><00:29:26.599><c> skills</c><00:29:27.039><c> that</c><00:29:27.200><c> they</c><00:29:27.380><c> needed</c><00:29:27.700><c> to</c><00:29:28.039><c> make</c>

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drinking<00:29:29.140><c> implements.</c>

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And<00:29:30.579><c> out</c><00:29:30.740><c> of</c><00:29:30.940><c> all</c><00:29:31.200><c> the</c><00:29:31.440><c> artifacts</c><00:29:31.819><c> that</c><00:29:31.980><c> they</c><00:29:32.279><c> find</c><00:29:32.779><c> in</c><00:29:33.359><c> Philistine</c><00:29:33.819><c> ruins</c>

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:38.400
are<00:29:35.059><c> predominantly</c><00:29:35.660><c> these</c><00:29:36.480><c> mugs</c><00:29:36.859><c> that</c><00:29:37.160><c> they</c><00:29:37.400><c> made</c><00:29:37.720><c> to</c><00:29:38.079><c> drink</c>

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their<00:29:38.700><c> vast</c><00:29:38.980><c> quantities</c><00:29:39.400><c> of</c><00:29:39.680><c> alcohol.</c>

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Think<00:29:42.819><c> of</c><00:29:42.980><c> Samson's</c><00:29:43.339><c> wedding.</c>

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:47.940
What<00:29:44.859><c> happened?</c><00:29:45.440><c> They</c><00:29:45.579><c> had</c><00:29:45.880><c> week</c><00:29:46.299><c>-long</c><00:29:47.019><c> drinking</c><00:29:47.460><c> feasts,</c>

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didn't<00:29:48.240><c> they?</c>

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They<00:29:49.319><c> went</c><00:29:49.440><c> on</c><00:29:49.640><c> all</c><00:29:50.000><c> week.</c><00:29:51.359><c> They</c><00:29:51.579><c> loved</c><00:29:51.940><c> their</c><00:29:52.299><c> drink.</c>

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:56.799
What<00:29:53.480><c> do</c><00:29:53.660><c> you</c><00:29:53.779><c> need</c><00:29:53.940><c> to</c><00:29:54.119><c> make</c><00:29:54.319><c> drink?</c><00:29:55.160><c> They</c><00:29:55.339><c> needed</c><00:29:55.619><c> the</c><00:29:55.960><c> grain.</c>

00:29:57.059 --> 00:30:01.039
That's<00:29:57.539><c> why</c><00:29:57.960><c> they</c><00:29:58.480><c> tried</c><00:29:58.700><c> to</c><00:29:59.000><c> move</c><00:29:59.279><c> further</c><00:29:59.640><c> and</c><00:29:59.779><c> further</c><00:30:00.000><c> inland,</c><00:30:00.680><c> because</c><00:30:00.900><c> the</c>

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:03.779
land<00:30:01.140><c> was</c><00:30:01.359><c> so</c><00:30:01.680><c> good</c><00:30:01.819><c> for</c><00:30:02.099><c> growing</c><00:30:02.740><c> grain.</c>

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:08.000
They<00:30:04.099><c> turned</c><00:30:04.299><c> that</c><00:30:04.579><c> grain</c><00:30:04.720><c> into</c><00:30:05.000><c> alcohol,</c><00:30:05.759><c> drank</c><00:30:06.000><c> it,</c><00:30:06.920><c> got</c><00:30:07.180><c> drunk.</c>

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:11.339
Very<00:30:09.059><c> interesting.</c><00:30:09.420><c> This</c><00:30:09.579><c> is</c><00:30:09.700><c> what</c><00:30:09.839><c> Wikipedia</c><00:30:10.339><c> says</c><00:30:10.579><c> about</c><00:30:10.900><c> it.</c>

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:14.940
The<00:30:12.079><c> Philistines</c><00:30:12.779><c> were</c><00:30:13.099><c> also</c><00:30:13.460><c> renowned</c><00:30:13.759><c> for</c><00:30:13.940><c> both</c><00:30:14.099><c> their</c><00:30:14.380><c> production</c><00:30:14.700><c> and</c>

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consumption<00:30:15.359><c> of</c><00:30:15.680><c> alcoholic</c><00:30:16.079><c> beverages.</c>

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:20.059
They<00:30:17.660><c> weren't</c><00:30:17.880><c> that</c><00:30:18.099><c> renowned</c><00:30:18.319><c> because</c><00:30:18.480><c> I</c><00:30:18.619><c> didn't</c><00:30:18.759><c> know</c><00:30:18.920><c> anything</c><00:30:19.140><c> about</c><00:30:19.460><c> it.</c>

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:23.799
Numerous<00:30:20.880><c> finds</c><00:30:21.160><c> have</c><00:30:21.460><c> exposed</c><00:30:21.799><c> a</c><00:30:22.079><c> well</c><00:30:22.279><c>-managed</c><00:30:22.619><c> spirits</c><00:30:22.920><c> industry,</c>

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.339
wait<00:30:24.160><c> for</c><00:30:24.279><c> it,</c><00:30:24.359><c> from</c><00:30:24.660><c> breweries</c><00:30:25.339><c> and</c><00:30:25.700><c> wineries</c><00:30:26.259><c> to</c><00:30:26.720><c> retail</c>

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:32.559
outlets<00:30:27.839><c> that</c><00:30:28.660><c> advertised</c><00:30:29.359><c> beer,</c><00:30:31.119><c> wine,</c><00:30:31.900><c> and</c><00:30:32.140><c> advertised</c>

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strong<00:30:32.940><c> drink.</c>

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Amongst<00:30:34.920><c> the</c><00:30:35.000><c> most</c><00:30:35.220><c> numerous</c><00:30:35.559><c> artifacts</c><00:30:36.200><c> unearthed</c><00:30:36.740><c> from</c>

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.779
Philistine<00:30:37.339><c> ruins,</c><00:30:37.920><c> which</c><00:30:38.059><c> we've</c><00:30:38.259><c> just</c><00:30:38.460><c> mentioned,</c>

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:43.359
are<00:30:39.279><c> beer</c><00:30:39.539><c> mugs</c><00:30:39.740><c> and</c><00:30:40.000><c> wine</c><00:30:40.380><c> craters,</c><00:30:41.140><c> large</c><00:30:41.660><c> drinking</c><00:30:42.279><c> bowls.</c>

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:45.880
That's<00:30:44.240><c> what</c><00:30:44.380><c> they</c><00:30:44.559><c> loved</c><00:30:44.740><c> to</c><00:30:45.000><c> do.</c>

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:48.720
After<00:30:46.900><c> a</c><00:30:47.079><c> good</c><00:30:47.259><c> day</c><00:30:47.539><c> slaying</c><00:30:47.900><c> in</c><00:30:48.059><c> the</c><00:30:48.200><c> battle,</c><00:30:48.339><c> they'd</c><00:30:48.559><c> come</c>

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home<00:30:48.900><c> and</c><00:30:49.000><c> get</c><00:30:49.180><c> drunk.</c>

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It<00:30:51.480><c> seemed</c><00:30:51.680><c> to</c><00:30:51.839><c> be</c><00:30:52.019><c> the</c><00:30:52.140><c> sum</c><00:30:52.259><c> of</c><00:30:52.420><c> their</c><00:30:52.599><c> life,</c><00:30:52.759><c> and</c><00:30:52.900><c> as</c><00:30:53.059><c> long</c><00:30:53.240><c> as</c>

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:55.519
the<00:30:53.579><c> gods</c><00:30:53.759><c> were</c><00:30:54.039><c> approving</c><00:30:54.680><c> and</c><00:30:54.900><c> they</c><00:30:55.039><c> were</c><00:30:55.140><c> still</c><00:30:55.299><c> winning</c>

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:57.519
battles,<00:30:55.940><c> why</c><00:30:56.160><c> change?</c>

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:04.559
Verse<00:31:01.680><c> 3.</c><00:31:02.619><c> This,</c><00:31:03.299><c> then,</c><00:31:03.299><c> is</c><00:31:03.539><c> an</c><00:31:03.740><c> anomaly.</c>

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:08.460
I<00:31:05.000><c> don't</c><00:31:05.279><c> understand</c><00:31:05.799><c> verse</c><00:31:06.140><c> 3</c><00:31:06.799><c> fully,</c><00:31:07.339><c> if</c><00:31:07.619><c> that's</c><00:31:07.900><c> the</c><00:31:08.079><c> case.</c>

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:10.940
See<00:31:08.940><c> if</c><00:31:09.019><c> you</c><00:31:09.119><c> can</c><00:31:09.299><c> help</c><00:31:09.480><c> me</c><00:31:09.619><c> out</c><00:31:09.720><c> with</c><00:31:09.920><c> this.</c>

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:15.980
And<00:31:10.980><c> when</c><00:31:11.259><c> they</c><00:31:11.460><c> of</c><00:31:11.619><c> Ashdod</c><00:31:11.940><c> arose</c><00:31:12.220><c> early</c><00:31:12.559><c> on</c><00:31:12.720><c> the</c><00:31:12.859><c> morrow,</c><00:31:13.640><c> behold,</c><00:31:14.140><c> Dagon</c><00:31:14.220><c> was</c><00:31:14.640><c> fallen</c><00:31:15.019><c> upon</c><00:31:15.319><c> his</c><00:31:15.619><c> face</c><00:31:15.779><c> to</c>

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.619
the<00:31:16.140><c> earth,</c><00:31:16.500><c> before</c><00:31:16.779><c> the</c><00:31:17.019><c> ark</c><00:31:17.160><c> of</c><00:31:17.299><c> the</c><00:31:17.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:19.660
And<00:31:17.920><c> they</c><00:31:18.059><c> took</c><00:31:18.220><c> Dagon</c><00:31:18.559><c> and</c><00:31:18.720><c> set</c><00:31:18.900><c> him</c><00:31:19.000><c> back</c><00:31:19.180><c> in</c><00:31:19.279><c> his</c><00:31:19.480><c> place.</c>

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:23.880
The<00:31:20.140><c> bit</c><00:31:20.339><c> that</c><00:31:20.680><c> confuses</c><00:31:21.019><c> me</c><00:31:21.599><c> is</c><00:31:21.759><c> that</c><00:31:21.940><c> they</c><00:31:22.180><c> rose</c><00:31:22.559><c> early.</c>

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:28.839
The<00:31:25.259><c> night</c><00:31:25.480><c> before,</c><00:31:26.859><c> they'd</c><00:31:27.039><c> just</c><00:31:27.220><c> been</c><00:31:27.480><c> celebrating</c><00:31:28.180><c> all</c>

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:33.420
night,<00:31:29.920><c> drinking</c><00:31:30.380><c> alcohol,</c><00:31:31.140><c> getting</c><00:31:31.500><c> merry,</c><00:31:32.940><c> then</c><00:31:33.160><c> they</c>

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.880
arise<00:31:33.740><c> early.</c>

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:37.299
Doesn't<00:31:35.880><c> quite</c><00:31:36.240><c> ring</c><00:31:36.500><c> true,</c><00:31:36.900><c> does</c><00:31:36.980><c> it?</c>

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:40.000
So<00:31:37.700><c> something's</c><00:31:38.299><c> not</c><00:31:38.579><c> quite</c><00:31:38.940><c> right.</c>

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:44.740
I've<00:31:41.220><c> never</c><00:31:41.480><c> had</c><00:31:41.779><c> a</c><00:31:42.019><c> hangover,</c><00:31:43.059><c> so</c><00:31:43.299><c> I</c><00:31:43.559><c> don't</c><00:31:43.859><c> know</c><00:31:44.099><c> if</c><00:31:44.279><c> I</c><00:31:44.440><c> could</c>

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:46.460
wake<00:31:45.039><c> up</c><00:31:45.220><c> early</c><00:31:45.519><c> in</c><00:31:45.680><c> the</c><00:31:45.740><c> morning</c><00:31:45.960><c> or</c><00:31:46.160><c> not.</c>

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:50.500
I<00:31:47.140><c> assume,</c><00:31:47.680><c> and</c><00:31:47.880><c> I</c><00:31:47.980><c> have</c><00:31:48.180><c> been</c><00:31:48.420><c> told</c><00:31:48.680><c> reliably,</c><00:31:49.720><c> that</c><00:31:49.819><c> if</c><00:31:50.019><c> you</c>

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:53.099
get<00:31:50.700><c> drunk</c><00:31:50.940><c> the</c><00:31:51.059><c> night</c><00:31:51.259><c> before,</c><00:31:51.980><c> you</c><00:31:52.140><c> tend</c><00:31:52.359><c> not</c><00:31:52.599><c> to</c><00:31:52.799><c> wake</c><00:31:52.960><c> up</c>

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.900
early<00:31:53.339><c> in</c><00:31:53.460><c> the</c><00:31:53.559><c> morning.</c>

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.259
Am<00:31:54.319><c> I</c><00:31:54.400><c> right?</c>

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.380
Very<00:31:57.119><c> good,</c><00:31:57.400><c> very</c><00:31:57.720><c> good.</c>

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:04.279
You<00:32:01.859><c> may</c><00:32:02.380><c> have</c><00:32:02.519><c> your</c><00:32:02.640><c> own</c><00:32:02.819><c> thoughts</c><00:32:03.039><c> on</c><00:32:03.200><c> this,</c><00:32:03.519><c> but</c><00:32:03.660><c> the</c><00:32:03.859><c> only</c>

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:07.339
conclusion<00:32:04.779><c> I</c><00:32:05.019><c> could</c><00:32:05.259><c> come</c><00:32:05.539><c> to</c><00:32:05.980><c> is</c><00:32:06.339><c> perhaps</c><00:32:06.819><c> that</c><00:32:07.000><c> there</c><00:32:07.140><c> was</c>

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:09.700
some<00:32:07.640><c> external</c><00:32:08.440><c> event.</c>

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:14.900
Now,<00:32:12.119><c> it</c><00:32:12.119><c> says</c><00:32:12.240><c> there,</c><00:32:13.140><c> verse</c><00:32:13.400><c> 3,</c><00:32:13.819><c> that</c><00:32:13.880><c> he</c><00:32:13.960><c> was</c><00:32:14.259><c> fallen</c><00:32:14.519><c> upon</c>

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.220
his<00:32:15.299><c> face.</c>

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:19.200
This<00:32:16.599><c> is</c><00:32:16.799><c> where</c><00:32:16.920><c> we</c><00:32:17.059><c> have</c><00:32:17.240><c> to</c><00:32:17.359><c> start</c><00:32:17.539><c> putting</c><00:32:17.779><c> our</c><00:32:18.099><c> CSI</c><00:32:18.599><c> hat</c><00:32:18.799><c> on</c>

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:22.500
and<00:32:19.480><c> doing</c><00:32:19.579><c> a</c><00:32:19.640><c> bit</c><00:32:19.779><c> of</c><00:32:19.980><c> detective</c><00:32:20.440><c> work,</c><00:32:21.180><c> because</c><00:32:21.720><c> we</c><00:32:22.240><c> look</c><00:32:22.359><c> at</c>

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.660
the<00:32:22.680><c> key</c><00:32:22.880><c> words</c><00:32:23.259><c> here.</c>

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:29.000
It<00:32:24.039><c> says</c><00:32:24.519><c> fallen.</c><00:32:26.160><c> What</c><00:32:26.299><c> it</c><00:32:26.500><c> doesn't</c><00:32:26.859><c> say</c><00:32:27.259><c> is</c><00:32:27.519><c> that</c><00:32:27.619><c> he</c><00:32:27.700><c> was</c><00:32:27.980><c> pushed.</c>

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:32.079
Has<00:32:29.579><c> anybody</c><00:32:29.859><c> seen</c><00:32:30.180><c> the</c><00:32:30.339><c> film</c><00:32:30.559><c> Raiders</c><00:32:30.819><c> of</c><00:32:30.980><c> the</c><00:32:31.079><c> Lost</c><00:32:31.299><c> Ark?</c>

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.720
Yes,<00:32:32.920><c> a</c><00:32:33.000><c> number</c><00:32:33.220><c> of</c><00:32:33.420><c> you.</c>

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:36.319
The<00:32:34.319><c> Ark</c><00:32:34.519><c> is</c><00:32:34.680><c> open,</c><00:32:35.000><c> what</c><00:32:35.240><c> happens?</c>

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:38.839
Lots<00:32:36.680><c> of</c><00:32:37.019><c> spirits</c><00:32:37.319><c> and</c><00:32:37.559><c> angel</c><00:32:37.839><c>-type</c><00:32:38.059><c> figures</c><00:32:38.380><c> come</c><00:32:38.619><c> out,</c>

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.140
don't<00:32:38.980><c> they?</c>

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:41.680
Kill<00:32:39.400><c> everybody,</c><00:32:40.039><c> consume</c><00:32:40.359><c> everything,</c><00:32:41.099><c> knock</c><00:32:41.220><c> the</c><00:32:41.400><c> tables</c>

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.799
over<00:32:41.980><c> the</c><00:32:42.160><c> lights</c><00:32:42.359><c> and</c><00:32:42.579><c> everything.</c>

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:44.759
Complete<00:32:43.440><c> devastation.</c>

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.740
That's<00:32:45.440><c> what</c><00:32:45.539><c> happens</c><00:32:45.839><c> in</c><00:32:46.000><c> the</c><00:32:46.119><c> film,</c><00:32:46.279><c> isn't</c><00:32:46.500><c> it?</c>

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:50.119
That's<00:32:47.240><c> most</c><00:32:47.539><c> people's</c><00:32:48.099><c> understanding,</c><00:32:48.579><c> I</c><00:32:48.880><c> expect,</c><00:32:49.759><c> of</c><00:32:49.859><c> what</c>

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.940
happens<00:32:50.599><c> when</c><00:32:50.980><c> the</c><00:32:51.200><c> Ark</c><00:32:51.359><c> is</c><00:32:51.680><c> opened.</c>

00:32:51.940 --> 00:33:00.940
I<00:32:53.279><c> think</c><00:32:54.259><c> the</c><00:32:55.000><c> fact</c><00:32:55.200><c> that</c><00:32:55.380><c> it's</c><00:32:55.539><c> recorded</c><00:32:55.880><c> here</c><00:32:56.140><c> that</c><00:32:57.259><c> the</c><00:32:57.720><c> Dagon</c><00:32:58.019><c> fell</c><00:32:59.160><c> tells</c><00:33:00.759><c> us</c>

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.900
something<00:33:01.180><c> different.</c>

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:04.460
You<00:33:02.380><c> see,</c><00:33:02.980><c> God</c><00:33:02.980><c> uses</c><00:33:03.460><c> nature.</c>

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:08.440
We<00:33:04.859><c> know</c><00:33:05.299><c> from</c><00:33:05.900><c> talks</c><00:33:06.259><c> that</c><00:33:06.599><c> Brother</c><00:33:06.920><c> Don's</c><00:33:07.099><c> given</c><00:33:07.279><c> a</c><00:33:07.480><c> talk</c><00:33:07.599><c> on</c>

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.759
stormy<00:33:08.859><c> wind</c><00:33:09.079><c> fulfilling</c><00:33:09.480><c> God's</c><00:33:09.940><c> word.</c>

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:14.980
We<00:33:11.140><c> know</c><00:33:11.519><c> God</c><00:33:11.940><c> uses</c><00:33:12.420><c> nature,</c><00:33:13.519><c> and</c><00:33:13.839><c> we'll</c><00:33:14.079><c> see</c><00:33:14.259><c> that</c><00:33:14.460><c> through</c>

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.240
the<00:33:15.319><c> rest</c><00:33:15.519><c> of</c><00:33:15.680><c> our</c><00:33:15.839><c> remarks.</c>

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:18.740
God<00:33:16.920><c> uses</c><00:33:17.319><c> nature</c><00:33:17.619><c> to</c><00:33:17.859><c> perform</c><00:33:18.160><c> his</c><00:33:18.460><c> will.</c>

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:24.720
Now,<00:33:20.619><c> the</c><00:33:20.720><c> fact</c><00:33:20.920><c> that</c><00:33:21.079><c> it</c><00:33:21.339><c> fell</c><00:33:22.000><c> implies</c><00:33:22.660><c> to</c><00:33:23.039><c> me,</c><00:33:23.859><c> coupled</c><00:33:24.319><c> with</c><00:33:24.579><c> the</c>

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:27.279
fact,<00:33:24.839><c> by</c><00:33:25.059><c> the</c><00:33:25.220><c> way,</c><00:33:25.759><c> that</c><00:33:25.859><c> they</c><00:33:26.119><c> arose</c><00:33:26.500><c> early,</c>

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:31.039
tells<00:33:28.160><c> me</c><00:33:28.539><c> that</c><00:33:28.660><c> there</c><00:33:28.779><c> was</c><00:33:29.019><c> some</c><00:33:29.240><c> external</c><00:33:29.819><c> force</c><00:33:30.400><c> that</c><00:33:30.819><c> made</c>

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.339
this<00:33:31.339><c> happen.</c>

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:35.819
That<00:33:32.980><c> affected</c><00:33:33.319><c> not</c><00:33:33.660><c> just</c><00:33:33.980><c> the</c><00:33:34.200><c> temple</c><00:33:34.740><c> where</c><00:33:35.140><c> Dagon</c><00:33:35.460><c> came</c>

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:37.660
down,<00:33:36.460><c> but</c><00:33:36.700><c> everywhere</c><00:33:37.240><c> else.</c>

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:40.599
In<00:33:37.900><c> other</c><00:33:38.160><c> words,</c><00:33:39.039><c> a</c><00:33:39.200><c> kind</c><00:33:39.359><c> of</c><00:33:39.599><c> a</c><00:33:39.720><c> shaking</c><00:33:40.000><c> of</c><00:33:40.279><c> the</c><00:33:40.440><c> earth.</c>

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.759
Perhaps<00:33:41.240><c> an</c><00:33:41.559><c> earthquake.</c>

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:46.079
Mild<00:33:43.460><c> it</c><00:33:43.619><c> may</c><00:33:43.819><c> have</c><00:33:44.000><c> been,</c><00:33:44.380><c> but</c><00:33:44.619><c> enough</c><00:33:44.880><c> to</c><00:33:45.180><c> wake</c><00:33:45.339><c> them</c><00:33:45.559><c> up</c><00:33:45.759><c> and</c>

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.680
topple<00:33:46.680><c> Dagon.</c>

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:51.720
Why<00:33:48.900><c> else</c><00:33:49.220><c> would</c><00:33:49.359><c> they</c><00:33:49.519><c> wake</c><00:33:49.799><c> up</c><00:33:49.980><c> and</c><00:33:50.099><c> rush</c><00:33:50.319><c> to</c><00:33:50.480><c> the</c><00:33:50.559><c> temple</c><00:33:51.000><c> to</c>

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:54.000
look<00:33:52.059><c> at</c><00:33:52.359><c> Dagon</c><00:33:52.519><c> early</c><00:33:52.880><c> in</c><00:33:53.019><c> the</c><00:33:53.099><c> morning?</c>

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:58.119
They'd<00:33:55.180><c> woke</c><00:33:55.400><c> up</c><00:33:55.660><c> because</c><00:33:55.960><c> of</c><00:33:56.200><c> the</c><00:33:56.420><c> earth</c><00:33:56.640><c> being</c><00:33:57.039><c> shook.</c>

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:02.579
They'd<00:33:59.640><c> remembered</c><00:34:00.099><c> that</c><00:34:00.279><c> they'd</c><00:34:00.599><c> put</c><00:34:00.880><c> the</c><00:34:01.319><c> Ark</c><00:34:01.500><c> in</c><00:34:01.619><c> with</c><00:34:01.819><c> Dagon,</c><00:34:02.559><c> and</c>

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:04.480
they<00:34:02.720><c> were</c><00:34:02.859><c> so</c><00:34:03.079><c> obsessed</c><00:34:03.380><c> with</c><00:34:03.539><c> their</c><00:34:03.759><c> chief</c><00:34:04.000><c> god,</c><00:34:04.259><c> Dagon,</c>

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:07.180
they<00:34:04.700><c> ran</c><00:34:04.980><c> to</c><00:34:05.119><c> Dagon</c><00:34:05.460><c> to</c><00:34:05.819><c> see</c><00:34:05.980><c> how</c><00:34:06.180><c> he</c><00:34:06.299><c> was.</c>

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.800
And<00:34:07.940><c> where</c><00:34:08.159><c> is</c><00:34:08.360><c> he?</c>

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:12.880
He's<00:34:09.440><c> lying</c><00:34:09.820><c> face</c><00:34:10.360><c> down</c><00:34:10.860><c> in</c><00:34:11.260><c> front</c><00:34:11.460><c> of</c><00:34:11.659><c> the</c><00:34:11.940><c> Ark.</c>

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.420
It's<00:34:14.300><c> fascinating,</c><00:34:14.880><c> isn't</c><00:34:15.079><c> it?</c>

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:18.159
God<00:34:16.179><c> uses</c><00:34:16.880><c> nature.</c>

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:23.239
That<00:34:19.480><c> provides</c><00:34:20.019><c> an</c><00:34:20.300><c> explanation</c><00:34:20.699><c> for</c><00:34:21.000><c> me,</c><00:34:21.480><c> in</c><00:34:21.579><c> my</c><00:34:21.880><c> mind</c><00:34:22.059><c> anyway,</c><00:34:22.440><c> having</c><00:34:22.960><c> sort</c>

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:25.239
of<00:34:23.519><c> troubled</c><00:34:23.719><c> over</c><00:34:23.980><c> this</c><00:34:24.139><c> for</c><00:34:24.360><c> quite</c><00:34:24.579><c> some</c><00:34:24.920><c> time,</c>

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:32.159
of<00:34:25.579><c> why</c><00:34:25.820><c> they</c><00:34:26.139><c> awoke</c><00:34:26.539><c> early</c><00:34:27.000><c> out</c><00:34:27.400><c> of</c><00:34:27.559><c> a</c><00:34:27.679><c> drunken</c><00:34:28.000><c> stupa</c><00:34:28.519><c> and</c><00:34:29.719><c> stumbled</c><00:34:30.340><c> probably</c><00:34:30.960><c> towards</c><00:34:31.460><c> the</c><00:34:31.679><c> temple</c><00:34:31.920><c> to</c>

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.380
check<00:34:32.320><c> on</c><00:34:32.579><c> Dagon.</c>

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:37.980
That<00:34:34.599><c> word</c><00:34:34.920><c> fallen</c><00:34:35.300><c> as</c><00:34:35.579><c> well</c><00:34:35.699><c> is</c><00:34:35.880><c> the</c><00:34:36.159><c> same</c><00:34:36.480><c> word</c><00:34:36.800><c> used</c><00:34:37.420><c> when</c>

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:40.000
the<00:34:38.260><c> walls</c><00:34:38.519><c> of</c><00:34:38.760><c> Jericho</c><00:34:39.159><c> fell</c><00:34:39.539><c> down,</c>

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:43.880
when<00:34:40.539><c> they</c><00:34:40.800><c> marched</c><00:34:41.139><c> round</c><00:34:41.679><c> and</c><00:34:42.119><c> sounded</c><00:34:42.400><c> the</c><00:34:42.659><c> trumpets</c><00:34:43.340><c> and</c>

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.460
the<00:34:44.179><c> walls</c><00:34:44.360><c> came</c><00:34:44.639><c> tumbling</c><00:34:44.980><c> down.</c>

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:49.079
That<00:34:46.139><c> is</c><00:34:46.420><c> the</c><00:34:46.539><c> same</c><00:34:46.760><c> word</c><00:34:47.139><c> used,</c><00:34:47.960><c> fallen.</c>

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.440
An<00:34:50.860><c> external</c><00:34:51.320><c> force.</c>

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:57.380
We<00:34:53.760><c> also</c><00:34:54.159><c> have</c><00:34:54.460><c> the</c><00:34:54.699><c> idea</c><00:34:55.219><c> in</c><00:34:55.920><c> this</c><00:34:56.239><c> particular</c><00:34:56.679><c> incident</c><00:34:57.139><c> of</c>

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.519
a<00:34:57.559><c> basement.</c>

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:01.420
I<00:34:59.199><c> don't</c><00:34:59.400><c> mean</c><00:34:59.519><c> a</c><00:34:59.679><c> basement</c><00:34:59.940><c> below</c><00:35:00.280><c> a</c><00:35:00.460><c> building</c><00:35:00.780><c> where</c><00:35:01.159><c> you</c>

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:03.199
store<00:35:01.619><c> your</c><00:35:02.179><c> alcohol,</c>

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:09.739
but<00:35:04.440><c> a</c><00:35:04.619><c> basement</c><00:35:05.059><c> denying</c><00:35:06.599><c> oneself,</c><00:35:09.199><c> what</c><00:35:09.219><c> are</c><00:35:09.380><c> the</c><00:35:09.440><c> words</c><00:35:09.619><c> I</c>

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.400
can<00:35:09.900><c> use</c><00:35:10.079><c> for</c><00:35:10.219><c> this,</c>

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:13.360
to<00:35:10.840><c> lower</c><00:35:11.099><c> your</c><00:35:11.519><c> own</c><00:35:11.880><c> rank</c><00:35:12.139><c> and</c><00:35:12.320><c> to</c><00:35:12.539><c> esteem</c><00:35:12.820><c> somebody</c><00:35:13.099><c> else</c>

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.340
greater<00:35:13.659><c> than</c><00:35:13.920><c> you.</c>

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:16.860
And<00:35:15.059><c> that's</c><00:35:15.260><c> what</c><00:35:15.420><c> was</c><00:35:15.599><c> happening</c><00:35:15.980><c> here.</c>

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:20.619
The<00:35:17.179><c> Dagon</c><00:35:17.559><c> image</c><00:35:17.860><c> had</c><00:35:18.179><c> fallen</c><00:35:18.400><c> down</c><00:35:18.760><c> on</c><00:35:19.179><c> his</c><00:35:19.639><c> face.</c>

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:24.260
A<00:35:21.760><c> scriptural</c><00:35:22.280><c> principle</c><00:35:22.739><c> comes</c><00:35:23.059><c> into</c><00:35:23.420><c> mind,</c><00:35:23.760><c> doesn't</c><00:35:24.019><c> it?</c>

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:27.619
That<00:35:24.659><c> when</c><00:35:24.860><c> we're</c><00:35:25.460><c> confronted</c><00:35:25.940><c> with</c><00:35:26.199><c> the</c><00:35:26.320><c> living</c><00:35:26.519><c> god</c><00:35:26.780><c> or</c><00:35:27.300><c> the</c>

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.719
living<00:35:27.820><c> god's</c><00:35:28.380><c> representative,</c>

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.659
what's<00:35:29.260><c> the</c><00:35:29.500><c> first</c><00:35:29.760><c> thing</c><00:35:29.960><c> that</c><00:35:30.159><c> people</c><00:35:30.380><c> do?</c>

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:32.780
They<00:35:31.000><c> fall</c><00:35:31.460><c> to</c><00:35:31.659><c> their</c><00:35:31.860><c> knees.</c>

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:35.059
They<00:35:33.059><c> don't</c><00:35:33.300><c> want</c><00:35:33.539><c> to</c><00:35:33.699><c> look</c><00:35:33.960><c> up.</c>

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:39.159
And<00:35:36.480><c> that's</c><00:35:36.760><c> what</c><00:35:36.980><c> god</c><00:35:37.340><c> was</c><00:35:37.699><c> telling</c><00:35:37.960><c> them</c><00:35:38.219><c> they</c><00:35:38.559><c> should</c><00:35:38.719><c> be</c><00:35:38.940><c> doing.</c>

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.780
You<00:35:39.599><c> should</c><00:35:39.820><c> be</c><00:35:40.280><c> doing.</c>

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.840
Thank<00:36:12.320><c> you.</c>

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.840
Thank<00:36:42.320><c> you.</c>

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.840
Thank<00:37:12.320><c> you.</c>

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.840
Thank<00:37:42.320><c> you.</c>

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.840
Thank<00:38:12.320><c> you.</c>

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.840
Thank<00:38:42.320><c> you.</c>

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.840
Thank<00:39:12.320><c> you.</c>

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:42.840
Thank<00:39:42.320><c> you.</c>

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.840
Thank<00:40:12.320><c> you.</c>

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.840
Thank<00:40:42.320><c> you.</c>

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:12.840
Thank<00:41:12.320><c> you.</c>

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:42.840
Thank<00:41:42.320><c> you.</c>

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:17.400
Why<00:42:13.420><c> have</c><00:42:13.639><c> the</c><00:42:13.900><c> Catholics</c><00:42:14.079><c> chosen</c><00:42:14.900><c> to</c><00:42:15.340><c> wear</c><00:42:15.579><c> a</c><00:42:16.019><c> head</c><00:42:16.159><c> covering</c><00:42:16.380><c> anyway,</c>

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:23.179
and<00:42:17.800><c> then</c><00:42:18.219><c> to</c><00:42:18.659><c> make</c><00:42:18.840><c> it</c><00:42:19.179><c> fish</c><00:42:19.460><c>-like,</c><00:42:20.840><c> direct</c><00:42:21.199><c> opposition</c><00:42:21.920><c> to</c><00:42:22.219><c> god?</c>

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:28.079
This<00:42:24.360><c> Dagon</c><00:42:24.780><c> image</c><00:42:25.159><c> that</c><00:42:25.920><c> put</c><00:42:26.139><c> himself</c><00:42:26.619><c> as</c><00:42:26.820><c> an</c><00:42:27.099><c> equal</c><00:42:27.260><c> against</c><00:42:27.659><c> god,</c>

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:30.519
why<00:42:28.920><c> have</c><00:42:29.119><c> they</c><00:42:29.239><c> done</c><00:42:29.420><c> that?</c>

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:34.260
It's<00:42:31.519><c> fascinating,</c><00:42:32.179><c> isn't</c><00:42:32.300><c> it,</c><00:42:33.199><c> when</c><00:42:33.340><c> we</c><00:42:33.420><c> look</c><00:42:33.559><c> at</c><00:42:33.679><c> these</c><00:42:33.880><c> things?</c>

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:36.639
And<00:42:34.719><c> that's</c><00:42:34.880><c> over</c><00:42:35.079><c> many</c><00:42:35.400><c> centuries</c><00:42:35.739><c> that's</c><00:42:36.059><c> developed</c>

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:38.820
into<00:42:37.440><c> the</c><00:42:37.659><c> point</c><00:42:37.780><c> where</c><00:42:37.960><c> we</c><00:42:38.079><c> have</c><00:42:38.260><c> down</c><00:42:38.559><c> there.</c>

00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:41.300
It's<00:42:39.239><c> so</c><00:42:39.440><c> obvious</c><00:42:39.760><c> that</c><00:42:39.900><c> it's</c><00:42:40.119><c> fish</c><00:42:40.420><c>-shaped.</c>

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:44.400
There's<00:42:42.179><c> many,</c><00:42:42.679><c> many</c><00:42:42.679><c> other</c><00:42:42.860><c> images</c><00:42:43.159><c> as</c><00:42:43.420><c> well</c><00:42:43.619><c> that</c><00:42:44.000><c> I</c><00:42:44.219><c> could</c>

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:45.019
have<00:42:44.619><c> showed</c><00:42:44.800><c> you,</c>

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:47.860
but<00:42:45.420><c> just</c><00:42:45.800><c> what</c><00:42:45.880><c> it</c><00:42:46.039><c> took</c><00:42:46.139><c> loads</c><00:42:46.480><c> and</c><00:42:46.659><c> loads</c><00:42:46.780><c> of</c><00:42:47.039><c> time.</c>

00:42:48.199 --> 00:42:50.320
So<00:42:48.639><c> what's</c><00:42:49.079><c> significant</c><00:42:49.340><c> about</c><00:42:49.559><c> the</c><00:42:49.760><c> head</c><00:42:49.900><c> and</c><00:42:50.059><c> the</c><00:42:50.199><c> hands?</c>

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:51.619
We've<00:42:50.880><c> digressed</c><00:42:51.159><c> a</c><00:42:51.340><c> little</c><00:42:51.500><c> bit.</c>

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:53.460
What's<00:42:52.019><c> significant</c><00:42:52.440><c> about</c><00:42:52.840><c> the</c><00:42:52.980><c> head</c><00:42:53.119><c> and</c><00:42:53.179><c> the</c><00:42:53.300><c> hands?</c>

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:55.280
The<00:42:54.019><c> head,</c><00:42:54.800><c> knowledge.</c>

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:57.920
The<00:42:55.719><c> head</c><00:42:55.920><c> dictates</c><00:42:56.340><c> what</c><00:42:56.460><c> the</c><00:42:56.579><c> body</c><00:42:56.760><c> does,</c><00:42:57.059><c> what</c><00:42:57.219><c> the</c><00:42:57.340><c> hands</c><00:42:57.519><c> do.</c>

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:59.099
It<00:42:58.280><c> controls</c><00:42:58.739><c> everything.</c>

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:02.579
It<00:42:59.380><c> controls</c><00:43:00.099><c> the</c><00:43:00.280><c> direction</c><00:43:00.760><c> that</c><00:43:00.920><c> we</c><00:43:01.079><c> go</c><00:43:01.300><c> in,</c><00:43:01.460><c> doesn't</c><00:43:01.639><c> it?</c>

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:05.119
It<00:43:03.179><c> controls</c><00:43:03.619><c> the</c><00:43:03.960><c> rest</c><00:43:04.539><c> of</c><00:43:04.739><c> the</c><00:43:04.860><c> body.</c>

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:09.719
It<00:43:05.559><c> reasons,</c><00:43:06.239><c> it</c><00:43:06.320><c> considers,</c><00:43:07.599><c> and</c><00:43:07.699><c> it</c><00:43:08.019><c> evaluates.</c>

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:13.760
But<00:43:10.079><c> when</c><00:43:11.179><c> it</c><00:43:11.639><c> elevates</c><00:43:12.079><c> itself</c><00:43:12.659><c> to</c><00:43:13.119><c> above</c><00:43:13.400><c> god,</c>

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:15.900
then<00:43:14.139><c> this</c><00:43:14.280><c> is</c><00:43:14.480><c> blaspheming</c><00:43:15.079><c> god.</c>

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:17.139
They<00:43:16.460><c> knew</c><00:43:16.639><c> of</c><00:43:16.820><c> god.</c>

00:43:17.360 --> 00:43:18.780
We've<00:43:17.639><c> read</c><00:43:17.699><c> of</c><00:43:17.840><c> that.</c>

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:22.179
Chapter<00:43:19.679><c> 6,</c><00:43:20.059><c> verse</c><00:43:20.179><c> 6,</c><00:43:20.559><c> the</c><00:43:20.719><c> Egyptians,</c><00:43:21.199><c> they</c><00:43:21.360><c> knew</c><00:43:21.559><c> about</c><00:43:21.880><c> it,</c>

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:23.500
although<00:43:22.440><c> it</c><00:43:22.500><c> was</c><00:43:22.679><c> in</c><00:43:22.739><c> their</c><00:43:22.860><c> distant</c><00:43:23.219><c> past,</c>

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:25.559
and<00:43:23.719><c> they</c><00:43:23.980><c> had</c><00:43:24.199><c> to</c><00:43:24.239><c> go</c><00:43:24.440><c> to</c><00:43:24.599><c> the</c><00:43:24.719><c> lords</c><00:43:24.900><c> to</c><00:43:25.139><c> recall</c><00:43:25.340><c> it.</c>

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:27.559
They<00:43:25.820><c> did</c><00:43:26.079><c> know</c><00:43:26.320><c> about</c><00:43:26.639><c> it.</c>

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:30.380
This<00:43:28.380><c> idol</c><00:43:28.719><c> with</c><00:43:28.900><c> a</c><00:43:29.039><c> man's</c><00:43:29.380><c> head</c><00:43:29.559><c> and</c><00:43:29.820><c> his</c><00:43:29.940><c> features</c>

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:32.460
was<00:43:30.940><c> in</c><00:43:31.079><c> direct</c><00:43:31.460><c> opposition</c><00:43:31.980><c> to</c><00:43:32.280><c> god.</c>

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:34.900
That's<00:43:33.079><c> why</c><00:43:33.260><c> it</c><00:43:33.380><c> had</c><00:43:33.559><c> to</c><00:43:33.699><c> be</c><00:43:33.840><c> destroyed.</c>

00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:38.239
The<00:43:35.519><c> declaration</c><00:43:36.239><c> that</c><00:43:36.639><c> god</c><00:43:36.960><c> alone</c><00:43:37.320><c> rules</c><00:43:37.639><c> in</c><00:43:37.840><c> the</c><00:43:37.960><c> kingdoms</c>

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:39.780
of<00:43:38.579><c> men.</c>

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:43.500
The<00:43:41.679><c> Philistines</c><00:43:42.079><c> had</c><00:43:42.300><c> chosen</c><00:43:42.559><c> to</c><00:43:42.800><c> ignore</c><00:43:43.099><c> this.</c>

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:47.079
The<00:43:44.179><c> hand</c><00:43:44.360><c> of</c><00:43:44.500><c> god,</c><00:43:45.059><c> the</c><00:43:45.239><c> hand</c><00:43:45.480><c> represents</c><00:43:45.880><c> the</c><00:43:46.179><c> doing,</c><00:43:46.579><c> doesn't</c><00:43:46.739><c> it?</c>

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:50.400
The<00:43:47.460><c> physical</c><00:43:47.860><c> work,</c><00:43:48.559><c> the</c><00:43:48.840><c> working</c><00:43:49.079><c> for</c><00:43:49.360><c> the</c><00:43:49.519><c> lord.</c>

00:43:52.380 --> 00:43:55.239
But<00:43:52.860><c> now,</c><00:43:53.820><c> Dagon</c><00:43:53.940><c> was</c><00:43:54.179><c> left</c><00:43:54.400><c> prostrate</c><00:43:54.840><c> on</c><00:43:55.019><c> the</c><00:43:55.139><c> floor.</c>

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:56.739
No<00:43:55.480><c> head,</c><00:43:55.679><c> no</c><00:43:55.880><c> hands.</c>

00:43:58.019 --> 00:44:02.659
This<00:43:58.500><c> simple</c><00:43:58.980><c> stone</c><00:43:59.860><c> structure</c><00:44:00.659><c> couldn't</c><00:44:01.699><c> even</c><00:44:02.039><c> lift</c><00:44:02.280><c> itself</c>

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:03.340
off<00:44:02.920><c> the</c><00:44:03.079><c> ground</c>

00:44:03.340 --> 00:44:05.179
and<00:44:03.900><c> reposition</c><00:44:04.539><c> itself.</c>

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:08.559
And<00:44:05.880><c> how</c><00:44:06.239><c> come</c><00:44:06.599><c> the</c><00:44:06.980><c> Philistines</c><00:44:07.400><c> couldn't</c><00:44:07.820><c> see</c><00:44:08.199><c> that?</c>

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:11.320
That<00:44:09.039><c> they</c><00:44:09.360><c> were</c><00:44:09.539><c> the</c><00:44:09.619><c> ones</c><00:44:09.900><c> that</c><00:44:10.039><c> were</c><00:44:10.320><c> putting</c><00:44:10.559><c> it</c><00:44:10.820><c> back</c><00:44:11.099><c> up.</c>

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:13.800
They<00:44:11.760><c> were</c><00:44:11.920><c> the</c><00:44:12.019><c> ones</c><00:44:12.199><c> that</c><00:44:12.300><c> were</c><00:44:12.400><c> going</c><00:44:12.500><c> to</c><00:44:12.599><c> have</c><00:44:12.719><c> to</c><00:44:12.920><c> reattach</c><00:44:13.320><c> the</c><00:44:13.500><c> head</c><00:44:13.619><c> and</c>

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:14.739
the<00:44:14.019><c> arms.</c>

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:17.079
This<00:44:15.400><c> was</c><00:44:15.659><c> not</c><00:44:15.860><c> a</c><00:44:16.019><c> god</c><00:44:16.139><c> that</c><00:44:16.280><c> could</c><00:44:16.500><c> do</c><00:44:16.739><c> anything.</c>

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:20.199
They've<00:44:17.719><c> already</c><00:44:18.059><c> seen</c><00:44:18.500><c> how</c><00:44:18.820><c> god</c><00:44:19.019><c> can</c><00:44:19.380><c> shape</c><00:44:19.639><c> the</c><00:44:19.940><c> earth.</c>

00:44:20.699 --> 00:44:23.860
How<00:44:20.739><c> god</c><00:44:20.940><c> can</c><00:44:21.179><c> destroy</c><00:44:21.760><c> their</c><00:44:22.179><c> temple</c><00:44:22.559><c> and</c><00:44:22.800><c> their</c><00:44:23.000><c> god.</c>

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:26.380
And<00:44:24.800><c> it</c><00:44:24.900><c> was</c><00:44:25.119><c> lost</c><00:44:25.320><c> on</c><00:44:25.539><c> them.</c>

00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:28.840
Their<00:44:26.760><c> mindset</c><00:44:27.420><c> had</c><00:44:27.960><c> been</c><00:44:28.219><c> so</c><00:44:28.579><c> focused,</c>

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:31.519
and<00:44:29.000><c> you</c><00:44:29.079><c> can</c><00:44:29.320><c> see</c><00:44:29.539><c> almost</c><00:44:29.820><c> why</c><00:44:30.019><c> god</c><00:44:30.400><c> instructed</c><00:44:31.059><c> the</c><00:44:31.280><c> Israelites</c>

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:34.340
when<00:44:31.699><c> they</c><00:44:31.960><c> defeated</c><00:44:32.340><c> them,</c><00:44:32.760><c> to</c><00:44:32.920><c> defeat</c><00:44:33.219><c> the</c><00:44:33.539><c> lot.</c>

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.880
Women,<00:44:34.760><c> children,</c><00:44:35.340><c> cattle,</c><00:44:35.519><c> everything.</c>

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:38.239
Get<00:44:36.159><c> rid</c><00:44:36.320><c> of</c><00:44:36.480><c> it.</c><00:44:36.699><c> It's</c><00:44:36.940><c> an</c><00:44:37.119><c> abomination.</c>

00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:43.139
So<00:44:41.139><c> this</c><00:44:41.440><c> idol</c><00:44:41.739><c> there</c><00:44:41.880><c> could</c><00:44:42.039><c> do</c><00:44:42.320><c> nothing</c><00:44:42.619><c> of</c><00:44:42.780><c> itself.</c>

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:45.659
It<00:44:43.340><c> couldn't</c><00:44:43.559><c> even</c><00:44:43.840><c> pick</c><00:44:44.019><c> itself</c><00:44:44.320><c> up</c><00:44:44.519><c> off</c><00:44:44.699><c> the</c><00:44:44.900><c> floor.</c>

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:47.380
It<00:44:46.179><c> was</c><00:44:46.619><c> broken</c><00:44:46.920><c> in</c><00:44:47.179><c> pieces.</c>

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:50.659
Just<00:44:47.659><c> like</c><00:44:47.880><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:44:48.519><c> image</c><00:44:49.000><c> would</c><00:44:49.239><c> be</c><00:44:49.440><c> later</c><00:44:49.840><c> on.</c>

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.340
Just<00:44:56.280><c> a</c><00:44:56.539><c> little</c><00:44:56.719><c> aside</c><00:44:57.079><c> here.</c>

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:59.139
I<00:44:57.420><c> don't</c><00:44:57.579><c> want</c><00:44:57.880><c> to</c><00:44:58.159><c> dwell</c><00:44:58.159><c> too</c><00:44:58.500><c> long</c><00:44:58.619><c> on</c><00:44:58.800><c> this.</c>

00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:01.360
They<00:44:59.599><c> could</c><00:44:59.840><c> have</c><00:45:00.000><c> destroyed</c><00:45:00.380><c> the</c><00:45:00.599><c> ark,</c><00:45:00.760><c> couldn't</c><00:45:00.980><c> they?</c>

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:03.440
Instead<00:45:01.940><c> of</c><00:45:02.000><c> bringing</c><00:45:02.239><c> it</c><00:45:02.480><c> back,</c><00:45:02.639><c> they</c><00:45:02.699><c> could</c><00:45:02.880><c> have</c><00:45:03.099><c> destroyed</c><00:45:03.300><c> it.</c>

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:05.420
But<00:45:03.739><c> such</c><00:45:03.920><c> was</c><00:45:04.159><c> the</c><00:45:04.360><c> strength</c><00:45:04.539><c> of</c><00:45:04.719><c> their</c><00:45:04.860><c> conviction</c>

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:08.099
that<00:45:05.900><c> they</c><00:45:06.179><c> really</c><00:45:06.619><c> felt</c><00:45:06.980><c> that</c><00:45:07.260><c> this</c><00:45:07.440><c> would</c><00:45:07.619><c> be</c><00:45:07.760><c> a</c><00:45:07.880><c> suitable</c>

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:09.159
addition<00:45:08.539><c> to</c><00:45:08.719><c> their</c><00:45:08.960><c> gods.</c>

00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:11.960
And<00:45:09.320><c> it</c><00:45:09.360><c> would</c><00:45:09.539><c> help</c><00:45:09.739><c> them</c><00:45:10.079><c> promote</c><00:45:10.519><c> themselves</c><00:45:11.159><c> and</c><00:45:11.639><c> emulate</c>

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:13.139
themselves<00:45:12.420><c> in</c><00:45:12.599><c> the</c><00:45:12.780><c> land.</c>

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:15.639
But<00:45:13.840><c> they</c><00:45:14.019><c> could</c><00:45:14.300><c> have</c><00:45:14.440><c> destroyed</c><00:45:14.860><c> it.</c>

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:17.840
They<00:45:16.820><c> never</c><00:45:17.119><c> ever</c><00:45:17.340><c> did</c><00:45:17.519><c> that.</c>

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:21.139
They<00:45:18.340><c> only</c><00:45:18.719><c> ever</c><00:45:19.019><c> added</c><00:45:19.500><c> to</c><00:45:20.059><c> their</c><00:45:20.320><c> gods.</c>

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:23.920
And<00:45:21.719><c> that's</c><00:45:21.900><c> been</c><00:45:22.119><c> the</c><00:45:22.500><c> view</c><00:45:22.719><c> of</c><00:45:22.940><c> many</c><00:45:23.179><c> civilizations</c>

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:25.360
throughout<00:45:24.199><c> history.</c>

00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:29.579
And<00:45:26.219><c> really,</c><00:45:26.760><c> if</c><00:45:26.760><c> we</c><00:45:27.159><c> think</c><00:45:27.420><c> back</c><00:45:28.019><c> to</c><00:45:28.139><c> Jesus'</c><00:45:28.659><c> time,</c><00:45:28.800><c> to</c><00:45:28.940><c> Paul's</c><00:45:29.360><c> time</c>

00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:30.239
in<00:45:29.820><c> particular,</c>

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:32.099
walking<00:45:30.880><c> in</c><00:45:31.159><c> Athens,</c>

00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:37.460
and<00:45:32.380><c> he</c><00:45:32.519><c> sees</c><00:45:32.880><c> the</c><00:45:35.599><c> unknown</c><00:45:36.000><c> god,</c><00:45:36.239><c> the</c><00:45:36.380><c> devotion</c><00:45:36.619><c> to</c><00:45:36.800><c> the</c><00:45:36.940><c> unknown</c><00:45:37.199><c> god,</c>

00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:38.719
exactly<00:45:38.000><c> the</c><00:45:38.199><c> same</c><00:45:38.420><c> principle.</c>

00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:40.679
They<00:45:38.880><c> wanted</c><00:45:39.119><c> as</c><00:45:39.420><c> many</c><00:45:39.639><c> gods</c><00:45:39.840><c> as</c><00:45:39.980><c> they</c><00:45:40.139><c> could</c><00:45:40.360><c> have.</c>

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:43.059
So<00:45:41.079><c> they</c><00:45:41.239><c> didn't</c><00:45:41.480><c> offend</c><00:45:41.860><c> anybody,</c><00:45:42.360><c> any</c><00:45:42.579><c> god</c><00:45:42.719><c> that</c><00:45:42.860><c> they'd</c>

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:44.260
left<00:45:43.219><c> out.</c>

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:47.329
So<00:45:44.639><c> that</c><00:45:44.860><c> mentality</c><00:45:45.360><c> had</c><00:45:45.659><c> gone</c><00:45:45.840><c> all</c><00:45:46.239><c> through</c><00:45:46.500><c> history.</c>

00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:51.480
And<00:45:47.980><c> yet</c><00:45:48.099><c> the</c><00:45:48.360><c> Jews</c><00:45:48.820><c> were</c><00:45:49.679><c> content</c><00:45:50.059><c> with</c><00:45:50.360><c> one</c><00:45:50.619><c> god.</c>

00:45:52.099 --> 00:45:55.449
They<00:45:52.260><c> knew</c><00:45:52.639><c> that</c><00:45:52.900><c> their</c><00:45:53.079><c> salvation</c><00:45:53.619><c> lay</c><00:45:54.079><c> with</c><00:45:54.619><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:45:58.119 --> 00:46:01.440
God<00:45:58.400><c> says,</c><00:45:59.019><c> I</c><00:45:59.019><c> am</c><00:45:59.500><c> the</c><00:45:59.739><c> only</c><00:46:00.059><c> true</c><00:46:00.380><c> god.</c>

00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:07.639
Right.

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:11.880
As<00:46:08.380><c> a</c><00:46:08.579><c> sign</c><00:46:08.860><c> then,</c><00:46:10.079><c> Dagon</c><00:46:10.320><c> destroyed.</c>

00:46:12.239 --> 00:46:13.460
He<00:46:12.239><c> could</c><00:46:12.360><c> do</c><00:46:12.519><c> nothing</c><00:46:12.780><c> for</c><00:46:12.960><c> himself.</c>

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:16.340
He<00:46:13.940><c> couldn't</c><00:46:14.159><c> communicate</c><00:46:14.760><c> with</c><00:46:15.000><c> them,</c><00:46:15.199><c> got</c><00:46:15.380><c> no</c><00:46:15.579><c> head,</c><00:46:16.159><c> got</c>

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:17.420
no<00:46:16.440><c> voice.</c>

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:19.440
And<00:46:17.960><c> he</c><00:46:18.019><c> couldn't</c><00:46:18.219><c> deliver</c><00:46:18.539><c> them,</c><00:46:18.780><c> got</c><00:46:18.940><c> no</c><00:46:19.139><c> hands.</c>

00:46:19.460 --> 00:46:21.219
He<00:46:19.579><c> was</c><00:46:19.800><c> useless</c><00:46:20.159><c> now.</c>

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:24.059
And<00:46:22.440><c> really,</c><00:46:22.579><c> that</c><00:46:22.760><c> reminds</c><00:46:23.039><c> us</c><00:46:23.219><c> of</c><00:46:23.340><c> what</c><00:46:23.480><c> we're</c><00:46:23.780><c> like.</c>

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:26.239
We<00:46:24.519><c> can</c><00:46:24.699><c> do</c><00:46:24.860><c> nothing</c><00:46:25.199><c> of</c><00:46:25.400><c> ourselves,</c><00:46:25.760><c> can</c><00:46:26.000><c> we?</c>

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:29.940
We<00:46:26.739><c> are</c><00:46:27.059><c> totally</c><00:46:27.940><c> reliant</c><00:46:28.539><c> on</c><00:46:29.019><c> God.</c>

00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:34.320
Now,<00:46:32.039><c> the</c><00:46:32.199><c> threshold</c><00:46:32.679><c> we</c><00:46:32.980><c> read</c><00:46:33.139><c> of</c><00:46:33.280><c> there</c><00:46:33.460><c> in</c><00:46:33.599><c> verse</c><00:46:33.840><c> 5.</c>

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:37.159
Therefore,<00:46:35.340><c> neither</c><00:46:35.559><c> the</c><00:46:35.840><c> priests</c><00:46:36.019><c> of</c><00:46:36.239><c> Dagon</c><00:46:36.480><c> nor</c><00:46:36.659><c> any</c><00:46:36.920><c> that</c>

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:38.360
come<00:46:37.300><c> into</c><00:46:37.500><c> Dagon's</c><00:46:37.980><c> house</c>

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:40.980
tread<00:46:38.780><c> upon</c><00:46:39.039><c> the</c><00:46:39.239><c> threshold</c><00:46:39.500><c> of</c><00:46:39.699><c> Dagon</c><00:46:40.119><c> until</c><00:46:40.480><c> Ashdod</c><00:46:40.820><c> unto</c>

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.900
this<00:46:41.239><c> day.</c>

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:45.079
I'll<00:46:42.820><c> be</c><00:46:42.960><c> totally</c><00:46:43.139><c> honest</c><00:46:43.320><c> with</c><00:46:43.460><c> you,</c><00:46:43.579><c> I</c><00:46:43.659><c> don't</c><00:46:44.179><c> really</c><00:46:44.420><c> understand</c><00:46:44.780><c> this.</c>

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:49.480
I<00:46:45.480><c> found</c><00:46:45.719><c> an</c><00:46:45.900><c> obscure</c><00:46:46.400><c> reference</c><00:46:47.079><c> in</c><00:46:47.340><c> Zechariah</c><00:46:47.719><c> chapter</c><00:46:48.019><c> 1</c><00:46:48.179><c> and</c><00:46:48.260><c> verse</c><00:46:48.440><c> 9</c>

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:52.860
where<00:46:49.900><c> it</c><00:46:50.039><c> says</c><00:46:50.219><c> that</c><00:46:50.400><c> God</c><00:46:50.639><c> threatens</c><00:46:51.119><c> to</c><00:46:51.400><c> punish</c><00:46:51.639><c> those</c><00:46:52.219><c> who</c>

00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:54.139
imitate<00:46:53.340><c> this</c><00:46:53.719><c> act,</c>

00:46:54.619 --> 00:46:55.500
speaking<00:46:54.940><c> of</c><00:46:55.139><c> the</c><00:46:55.300><c> Jews.</c>

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:57.800
So<00:46:55.880><c> it</c><00:46:55.940><c> was</c><00:46:56.119><c> apparent</c><00:46:56.460><c> that</c><00:46:56.619><c> at</c><00:46:56.760><c> some</c><00:46:56.980><c> point</c><00:46:57.159><c> the</c><00:46:57.360><c> Jews</c><00:46:57.519><c> were</c>

00:46:57.800 --> 00:46:58.719
imitating<00:46:58.199><c> this</c><00:46:58.500><c> act</c>

00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:01.219
of<00:46:59.199><c> not</c><00:46:59.579><c> stepping</c><00:46:59.840><c> over</c><00:47:00.099><c> the</c><00:47:00.280><c> threshold.</c>

00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:03.440
I<00:47:02.099><c> don't</c><00:47:02.300><c> know</c><00:47:02.420><c> why</c><00:47:02.699><c> they</c><00:47:02.820><c> were</c><00:47:02.920><c> doing</c><00:47:03.159><c> that</c>

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:05.420
and<00:47:03.519><c> I</c><00:47:03.699><c> can't</c><00:47:03.960><c> find</c><00:47:04.099><c> any</c><00:47:04.440><c> other</c><00:47:04.639><c> reference</c><00:47:04.900><c> at</c><00:47:05.139><c> all.</c>

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:08.159
In<00:47:05.860><c> my</c><00:47:06.179><c> mind,</c><00:47:06.500><c> I</c><00:47:06.780><c> can</c><00:47:06.920><c> only</c><00:47:07.139><c> think</c><00:47:07.320><c> that</c><00:47:07.480><c> it</c><00:47:07.559><c> was</c><00:47:07.739><c> a</c><00:47:07.920><c> barrier.</c>

00:47:08.420 --> 00:47:09.980
A<00:47:08.559><c> barrier</c><00:47:08.780><c> that</c><00:47:08.940><c> you</c><00:47:09.039><c> don't</c><00:47:09.260><c> cross</c><00:47:09.619><c> over.</c>

00:47:10.219 --> 00:47:12.139
You<00:47:10.360><c> don't</c><00:47:10.639><c> go</c><00:47:10.920><c> to</c><00:47:11.099><c> the</c><00:47:11.320><c> idol.</c>

00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:13.840
You<00:47:12.480><c> stay</c><00:47:12.760><c> with</c><00:47:12.980><c> God.</c>

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:15.980
But<00:47:14.800><c> it</c><00:47:14.900><c> was</c><00:47:15.059><c> a</c><00:47:15.199><c> Philistine</c><00:47:15.519><c> tradition</c>

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:18.739
and<00:47:16.480><c> obviously</c><00:47:16.780><c> the</c><00:47:17.000><c> Philistines</c><00:47:17.280><c> did</c><00:47:17.460><c> lots</c><00:47:17.679><c> of</c><00:47:17.840><c> silly</c><00:47:17.980><c> things.</c>

00:47:20.460 --> 00:47:21.840
Verse<00:47:20.900><c> 6.</c>

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:23.960
And<00:47:22.519><c> here's</c><00:47:22.780><c> our</c><00:47:23.000><c> phrase</c><00:47:23.300><c> for</c><00:47:23.519><c> the</c><00:47:23.579><c> first</c><00:47:23.820><c> time.</c>

00:47:24.059 --> 00:47:26.099
The<00:47:24.079><c> hand</c><00:47:24.320><c> of</c><00:47:24.519><c> the</c><00:47:24.639><c> Lord</c><00:47:24.760><c> was</c><00:47:24.960><c> heavy</c><00:47:25.159><c> upon</c><00:47:25.420><c> them</c><00:47:25.599><c> of</c><00:47:25.820><c> Ashdod</c>

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:29.800
and<00:47:26.440><c> he</c><00:47:26.739><c> destroyed</c><00:47:27.159><c> them</c><00:47:27.380><c> and</c><00:47:27.659><c> smote</c><00:47:27.840><c> them</c><00:47:28.019><c> with</c><00:47:28.219><c> emeralds.</c>

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:33.559
Even<00:47:30.960><c> Ashdod</c><00:47:31.420><c> and</c><00:47:31.860><c> the</c><00:47:32.079><c> coasts</c><00:47:32.719><c> thereof.</c>

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:36.219
The<00:47:33.960><c> hand</c><00:47:34.539><c> of</c><00:47:34.699><c> the</c><00:47:34.780><c> Lord</c><00:47:34.920><c> smote</c><00:47:35.239><c> them</c><00:47:35.519><c> with</c><00:47:35.840><c> emeralds.</c>

00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:38.619
Most<00:47:36.940><c> dictionaries,</c><00:47:37.639><c> most</c><00:47:37.960><c> commentaries,</c>

00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:41.199
will<00:47:39.019><c> have</c><00:47:39.179><c> us</c><00:47:39.440><c> believe</c><00:47:39.860><c> that</c><00:47:40.260><c> this</c><00:47:40.539><c> is</c><00:47:40.920><c> piles.</c>

00:47:41.260 --> 00:47:43.159
Now<00:47:41.440><c> I</c><00:47:41.480><c> know</c><00:47:41.599><c> this</c><00:47:41.780><c> isn't</c><00:47:41.980><c> a</c><00:47:42.119><c> very</c><00:47:42.420><c> savoury</c><00:47:42.679><c> subject,</c>

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:45.579
but<00:47:43.800><c> they</c><00:47:44.239><c> tell</c><00:47:44.380><c> us</c><00:47:44.599><c> that</c><00:47:44.719><c> it's</c><00:47:44.980><c> piles</c>

00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:48.280
because<00:47:46.139><c> of</c><00:47:46.340><c> an</c><00:47:46.460><c> obscure</c><00:47:46.820><c> verse</c><00:47:47.139><c> in</c><00:47:47.400><c> one</c><00:47:47.739><c> of</c><00:47:47.900><c> the</c><00:47:48.099><c> Psalms</c>

00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:50.900
that<00:47:48.500><c> says</c><00:47:48.679><c> he</c><00:47:49.219><c> afflicted</c><00:47:49.639><c> them</c><00:47:49.800><c> in</c><00:47:49.920><c> their</c><00:47:50.159><c> hind</c><00:47:50.340><c> parts,</c>

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:53.039
which<00:47:51.139><c> was</c><00:47:51.300><c> actually</c><00:47:51.539><c> the</c><00:47:51.719><c> reading</c><00:47:51.900><c> we're</c><00:47:52.199><c> going</c><00:47:52.300><c> to</c><00:47:52.440><c> have.</c>

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:56.820
If<00:47:53.300><c> you</c><00:47:53.480><c> want</c><00:47:53.619><c> to</c><00:47:53.719><c> have</c><00:47:53.800><c> a</c><00:47:53.840><c> look</c><00:47:53.960><c> at</c><00:47:54.039><c> it,</c><00:47:54.300><c> it's</c><00:47:54.420><c> Psalm</c><00:47:54.840><c> 78,</c><00:47:56.059><c> verse</c><00:47:56.340><c> 54</c>

00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:57.300
to<00:47:57.059><c> 66,</c>

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:59.860
where<00:47:58.280><c> it's</c><00:47:58.500><c> talking</c><00:47:58.840><c> about</c><00:47:59.159><c> this</c><00:47:59.420><c> event</c>

00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:02.780
and<00:48:00.039><c> it</c><00:48:00.159><c> mentions</c><00:48:01.000><c> the</c><00:48:01.619><c> hind</c><00:48:01.739><c> parts.</c>

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:04.380
I've<00:48:03.300><c> actually</c><00:48:03.519><c> got</c><00:48:03.679><c> a</c><00:48:03.880><c> different</c><00:48:04.119><c> view.</c>

00:48:04.739 --> 00:48:08.719
I<00:48:05.019><c> subscribe</c><00:48:05.500><c> to</c><00:48:05.719><c> a</c><00:48:05.840><c> view</c><00:48:06.039><c> which</c><00:48:06.440><c> I</c><00:48:06.659><c> did</c><00:48:06.800><c> pick</c><00:48:06.980><c> up</c><00:48:07.199><c> on</c><00:48:07.980><c> a</c><00:48:08.340><c> commentary,</c>

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:10.840
so<00:48:09.219><c> it's</c><00:48:09.380><c> not</c><00:48:09.500><c> my</c><00:48:09.699><c> own</c><00:48:09.880><c> idea,</c>

00:48:12.059 --> 00:48:15.199
but<00:48:12.619><c> the</c><00:48:13.179><c> suggestion</c><00:48:13.579><c> is</c><00:48:13.880><c> that</c><00:48:14.119><c> these</c><00:48:14.519><c> are</c><00:48:14.760><c> boils</c>

00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:19.039
and<00:48:15.900><c> these</c><00:48:16.119><c> are</c><00:48:16.340><c> boils</c><00:48:16.599><c> that</c><00:48:16.860><c> are</c><00:48:17.019><c> related</c><00:48:17.380><c> to</c><00:48:17.579><c> the</c><00:48:17.699><c> bubonic</c><00:48:18.199><c> plague.</c>

00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:23.980
Now<00:48:19.679><c> I</c><00:48:20.280><c> say</c><00:48:20.539><c> that</c><00:48:21.219><c> because</c><00:48:22.099><c> of</c><00:48:22.539><c> a</c><00:48:22.639><c> number</c><00:48:22.820><c> of</c><00:48:23.079><c> points.</c>

00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:27.139
There<00:48:24.460><c> was</c><00:48:24.719><c> a</c><00:48:24.840><c> lot</c><00:48:25.039><c> of</c><00:48:25.380><c> mice</c><00:48:25.679><c> in</c><00:48:25.960><c> the</c><00:48:26.260><c> area.</c>

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:29.500
Remember<00:48:27.820><c> the</c><00:48:28.239><c> Philistines</c><00:48:28.739><c> were</c><00:48:28.900><c> heavy</c><00:48:29.119><c> drinkers.</c>

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:30.900
They<00:48:29.679><c> grew</c><00:48:29.820><c> a</c><00:48:29.880><c> lot</c><00:48:30.059><c> of</c><00:48:30.300><c> grain,</c><00:48:30.679><c> didn't</c><00:48:30.719><c> they?</c>

00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:34.860
What<00:48:31.280><c> does</c><00:48:31.559><c> grain</c><00:48:31.940><c> attract?</c><00:48:33.940><c> Mice.</c>

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:38.320
Mice<00:48:36.019><c> can</c><00:48:36.440><c> carry</c><00:48:36.739><c> a</c><00:48:37.019><c> particular</c><00:48:37.539><c> flea,</c>

00:48:38.619 --> 00:48:41.599
and<00:48:38.719><c> this</c><00:48:38.960><c> is</c><00:48:39.079><c> how</c><00:48:39.260><c> the</c><00:48:39.380><c> bubonic</c><00:48:40.159><c> plague</c><00:48:40.360><c> is</c><00:48:40.820><c> spread.</c>

00:48:41.820 --> 00:48:43.760
Now<00:48:42.059><c> I'm</c><00:48:42.280><c> just</c><00:48:42.559><c> going</c><00:48:42.739><c> to</c><00:48:43.059><c> pause</c><00:48:43.239><c> for</c><00:48:43.460><c> a</c><00:48:43.559><c> second.</c>

00:48:43.780 --> 00:48:45.760
I<00:48:43.900><c> want</c><00:48:44.139><c> to</c><00:48:44.539><c> play</c><00:48:44.739><c> you</c><00:48:44.960><c> a</c><00:48:45.119><c> tiny</c><00:48:45.559><c> video.</c>

00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:47.019
I<00:48:45.860><c> don't</c><00:48:46.019><c> know</c><00:48:46.079><c> if</c><00:48:46.099><c> you'll</c><00:48:46.300><c> be</c><00:48:46.320><c> able</c><00:48:46.500><c> to</c><00:48:46.639><c> see</c><00:48:46.800><c> this</c>

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:48.539
because<00:48:47.099><c> it's</c><00:48:47.300><c> quite</c><00:48:47.599><c> dark.</c>

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:51.480
Just<00:48:49.219><c> to</c><00:48:49.440><c> give</c><00:48:49.619><c> you...</c>

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:53.400
I<00:48:51.760><c> don't</c><00:48:51.900><c> know</c><00:48:51.960><c> if</c><00:48:52.000><c> you</c><00:48:52.119><c> can</c><00:48:52.320><c> hear</c><00:48:52.420><c> this.</c>

00:48:54.239 --> 00:48:57.539
..is<00:48:54.800><c> a</c><00:48:55.019><c> plague</c><00:48:55.400><c> of</c><00:48:55.840><c> biblical</c><00:48:56.340><c> proportions.</c>

00:49:05.420 --> 00:49:09.119
To<00:49:05.960><c> be</c><00:49:06.099><c> in</c><00:49:06.239><c> the</c><00:49:06.239><c> middle</c><00:49:06.440><c> of</c><00:49:06.599><c> a</c><00:49:06.699><c> mouse</c><00:49:06.980><c> plague</c><00:49:07.219><c> is</c><00:49:07.920><c> a</c><00:49:08.320><c> surreal</c><00:49:08.840><c> experience.</c>

00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:11.340
They<00:49:10.159><c> were</c><00:49:10.340><c> everywhere.</c>

00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:14.699
The<00:49:11.659><c> ground's</c><00:49:12.119><c> moving.</c><00:49:12.619><c> They're</c><00:49:12.880><c> going</c><00:49:13.139><c> in</c><00:49:13.360><c> all</c><00:49:13.739><c> directions.</c>

00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:18.440
You<00:49:16.300><c> could</c><00:49:16.599><c> see</c><00:49:17.119><c> down</c><00:49:17.559><c> the</c><00:49:17.699><c> front</c><00:49:17.840><c> of</c><00:49:17.980><c> our</c><00:49:18.139><c> house,</c>

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:21.179
the<00:49:18.619><c> ground</c><00:49:18.920><c> was</c><00:49:19.199><c> just</c><00:49:19.400><c> moving.</c><00:49:19.800><c> It</c><00:49:19.960><c> was</c><00:49:20.119><c> just</c><00:49:20.400><c> moss.</c>

00:49:23.239 --> 00:49:26.340
The<00:49:23.840><c> locals</c><00:49:24.300><c> can't</c><00:49:24.800><c> leave</c><00:49:25.039><c> their</c><00:49:25.280><c> homes.</c>

00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:31.239
If<00:49:27.440><c> they</c><00:49:27.739><c> drive,</c><00:49:28.659><c> they</c><00:49:28.920><c> risk</c><00:49:29.380><c> skidding</c><00:49:29.920><c> off</c><00:49:30.159><c> the</c><00:49:30.380><c> road.</c>

00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:34.659
Farmers<00:49:32.519><c> don't</c><00:49:32.780><c> want</c><00:49:33.000><c> to</c><00:49:33.099><c> go</c><00:49:33.239><c> into</c><00:49:33.519><c> their</c><00:49:33.800><c> barns.</c>

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:37.820
The<00:49:35.019><c> ground's</c><00:49:35.539><c> moving.</c><00:49:36.260><c> The</c><00:49:36.519><c> walls</c><00:49:36.780><c> are</c><00:49:37.039><c> moving.</c>

00:49:38.260 --> 00:49:40.000
Things<00:49:38.539><c> are</c><00:49:38.760><c> running</c><00:49:39.000><c> on</c><00:49:39.460><c> rafters.</c>

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:42.000
They're<00:49:40.219><c> going</c><00:49:40.480><c> in</c><00:49:40.739><c> all</c><00:49:41.039><c> directions.</c>

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:44.940
I've<00:49:42.840><c> had</c><00:49:42.940><c> a</c><00:49:43.099><c> few</c><00:49:43.239><c> go</c><00:49:43.400><c> up</c><00:49:43.480><c> my</c><00:49:43.719><c> trouser</c><00:49:44.079><c> ligaments.</c>

00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:46.539
It's<00:49:45.179><c> not</c><00:49:45.360><c> a</c><00:49:45.500><c> good</c><00:49:45.679><c> feeling.</c>

00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:50.380
There<00:49:47.219><c> is</c><00:49:47.599><c> no</c><00:49:48.019><c> refuge</c><00:49:48.559><c> from</c><00:49:48.920><c> a</c><00:49:49.059><c> plague</c><00:49:49.360><c> anywhere.</c>

00:49:50.380 --> 00:49:52.579
This<00:49:50.380><c> is</c><00:49:50.380><c> the</c><00:49:50.380><c> idea</c><00:49:50.579><c> of</c><00:49:50.739><c> what</c><00:49:50.860><c> it</c><00:49:51.179><c> could</c><00:49:51.340><c> have</c><00:49:51.519><c> been</c><00:49:51.739><c> like.</c>

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:54.800
They<00:49:53.079><c> would</c><00:49:53.280><c> have</c><00:49:53.360><c> had</c><00:49:53.539><c> massive</c><00:49:54.059><c> grain</c><00:49:54.400><c> houses</c>

00:49:54.800 --> 00:49:56.820
where<00:49:55.199><c> they</c><00:49:55.380><c> kept</c><00:49:55.559><c> all</c><00:49:55.739><c> this</c><00:49:55.980><c> grain.</c>

00:49:56.920 --> 00:49:59.420
So<00:49:57.280><c> the</c><00:49:57.619><c> bubonic</c><00:49:58.119><c> plague</c><00:49:58.260><c> comes</c><00:49:58.579><c> along.</c>

00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:01.380
Remember,<00:50:00.000><c> God</c><00:50:00.159><c> uses</c><00:50:00.480><c> nature,</c><00:50:01.000><c> doesn't</c><00:50:01.139><c> he?</c>

00:50:01.539 --> 00:50:03.460
We've<00:50:01.880><c> established</c><00:50:02.239><c> that</c><00:50:02.440><c> in</c><00:50:02.599><c> many,</c><00:50:03.219><c> many</c><00:50:03.219><c> talks</c>

00:50:03.460 --> 00:50:06.619
and<00:50:03.880><c> hopefully</c><00:50:04.400><c> reinforced</c><00:50:04.960><c> that</c><00:50:05.179><c> this</c><00:50:05.340><c> evening</c><00:50:05.539><c> as</c><00:50:05.820><c> well.</c>

00:50:06.719 --> 00:50:09.760
I<00:50:07.039><c> believe</c><00:50:07.300><c> that</c><00:50:07.519><c> God</c><00:50:07.719><c> created</c><00:50:08.280><c> then</c><00:50:08.619><c> the</c><00:50:08.980><c> correct</c><00:50:09.219><c> conditions</c>

00:50:09.760 --> 00:50:11.219
for<00:50:09.940><c> this</c><00:50:10.079><c> particular</c><00:50:10.780><c> mite</c>

00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:13.900
which<00:50:11.920><c> infects</c><00:50:12.480><c> the</c><00:50:12.639><c> lymph</c><00:50:12.900><c> modes</c><00:50:13.179><c> of</c><00:50:13.480><c> humans,</c>

00:50:14.280 --> 00:50:16.280
which<00:50:14.559><c> attaches</c><00:50:14.960><c> itself</c><00:50:15.480><c> to</c><00:50:15.679><c> the</c><00:50:15.960><c> mouse.</c>

00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:18.980
Predominantly<00:50:17.099><c> mouse.</c><00:50:17.420><c> It</c><00:50:17.659><c> also</c><00:50:17.820><c> does</c><00:50:17.940><c> it</c><00:50:18.119><c> to</c><00:50:18.320><c> rats</c><00:50:18.519><c> as</c><00:50:18.760><c> well.</c>

00:50:18.980 --> 00:50:20.260
But<00:50:19.219><c> predominantly</c><00:50:19.719><c> mice.</c>

00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:22.940
And<00:50:20.800><c> then</c><00:50:21.239><c> that</c><00:50:22.219><c> is</c><00:50:22.440><c> the</c><00:50:22.639><c> result.</c>

00:50:23.219 --> 00:50:25.780
That's<00:50:23.480><c> what</c><00:50:23.639><c> happens.</c><00:50:24.039><c> That</c><00:50:24.199><c> is</c><00:50:24.400><c> the</c><00:50:24.519><c> bubonic</c><00:50:25.019><c> plague.</c>

00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:28.880
Now<00:50:26.199><c> that,</c><00:50:26.500><c> to</c><00:50:26.559><c> me,</c><00:50:27.079><c> is</c><00:50:27.260><c> very</c><00:50:27.659><c> close</c><00:50:27.820><c> to</c><00:50:27.940><c> what</c><00:50:28.260><c> we're</c><00:50:28.539><c> reading</c>

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:30.079
of<00:50:29.139><c> here.</c>

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:32.420
And<00:50:30.480><c> it</c><00:50:30.639><c> also</c><00:50:31.019><c> makes</c><00:50:31.300><c> sense</c><00:50:31.539><c> because</c><00:50:31.840><c> most</c><00:50:32.139><c> people</c>

00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:33.920
that<00:50:32.559><c> are</c><00:50:32.659><c> infected</c><00:50:32.940><c> with</c><00:50:33.099><c> the</c><00:50:33.219><c> bubonic</c><00:50:33.619><c> plague,</c>

00:50:34.340 --> 00:50:36.139
apparently<00:50:34.579><c> two</c><00:50:34.980><c> thirds</c><00:50:35.260><c> of</c><00:50:35.380><c> those</c><00:50:35.579><c> infected</c>

00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:38.000
die<00:50:36.579><c> within</c><00:50:36.840><c> four</c><00:50:37.079><c> days.</c>

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:42.619
So<00:50:38.780><c> there's</c><00:50:39.059><c> a</c><00:50:39.260><c> massive</c><00:50:40.099><c> mortality</c><00:50:41.139><c> rate</c><00:50:41.400><c> with</c><00:50:41.599><c> this</c><00:50:41.820><c> thing.</c>

00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:45.880
Piles?<00:50:43.679><c> I</c><00:50:43.900><c> don't</c><00:50:44.059><c> know</c><00:50:44.159><c> anybody</c><00:50:44.440><c> that's</c><00:50:44.699><c> died</c><00:50:44.800><c> of</c><00:50:44.960><c> piles.</c>

00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:47.119
I<00:50:46.519><c> may</c><00:50:46.659><c> be</c><00:50:46.860><c> wrong.</c>

00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:49.480
But<00:50:47.719><c> this</c><00:50:48.039><c> seems</c><00:50:48.300><c> more</c><00:50:48.599><c> logical</c><00:50:49.000><c> to</c><00:50:49.219><c> me,</c>

00:50:49.579 --> 00:50:51.719
particularly<00:50:50.199><c> with</c><00:50:50.699><c> the</c><00:50:50.920><c> reference</c><00:50:51.179><c> to</c><00:50:51.460><c> mice.</c>

00:50:52.019 --> 00:50:53.579
The<00:50:52.199><c> reference</c><00:50:52.440><c> to</c><00:50:52.559><c> mice</c><00:50:52.820><c> isn't</c><00:50:53.139><c> mentioned</c>

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:54.659
in<00:50:53.739><c> this</c><00:50:53.980><c> particular</c><00:50:54.460><c> chapter.</c>

00:50:54.699 --> 00:50:57.119
We<00:50:54.900><c> pick</c><00:50:55.139><c> up</c><00:50:55.300><c> on</c><00:50:55.500><c> that</c><00:50:55.960><c> in</c><00:50:56.199><c> chapter</c><00:50:56.539><c> six,</c>

00:50:57.340 --> 00:50:59.559
where<00:50:57.719><c> they're</c><00:50:58.579><c> told</c><00:50:58.900><c> by</c><00:50:59.199><c> the</c><00:50:59.380><c> elders</c>

00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:01.199
to<00:50:59.719><c> put</c><00:50:59.880><c> the</c><00:51:00.099><c> golden</c><00:51:00.400><c> mice</c><00:51:00.800><c> in,</c>

00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:03.239
one<00:51:01.679><c> for</c><00:51:01.840><c> each</c><00:51:02.019><c> of</c><00:51:02.159><c> the</c><00:51:02.300><c> elders.</c>

00:51:03.920 --> 00:51:05.139
So<00:51:04.099><c> it's</c><00:51:04.260><c> a</c><00:51:04.320><c> bit</c><00:51:04.420><c> of</c><00:51:04.539><c> an</c><00:51:04.559><c> off</c><00:51:04.719><c>-skill</c><00:51:04.840><c> reference,</c>

00:51:05.139 --> 00:51:07.760
but<00:51:05.300><c> I</c><00:51:05.519><c> believe</c><00:51:05.760><c> that</c><00:51:05.920><c> that's</c><00:51:06.159><c> exactly</c><00:51:06.539><c> what</c><00:51:06.840><c> happened.</c>

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:10.619
That<00:51:08.239><c> God</c><00:51:08.480><c> caused</c><00:51:08.980><c> the</c><00:51:09.380><c> correct</c><00:51:09.820><c> temperature</c>

00:51:10.760 --> 00:51:13.139
and<00:51:11.199><c> the</c><00:51:11.440><c> weather</c><00:51:11.619><c> conditions</c><00:51:12.179><c> for</c><00:51:12.599><c> these</c><00:51:12.880><c> mice.</c>

00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:15.340
And<00:51:13.340><c> we</c><00:51:13.440><c> know</c><00:51:13.599><c> that</c><00:51:13.920><c> it's</c><00:51:14.039><c> a</c><00:51:14.039><c> very</c><00:51:14.380><c> delicate</c><00:51:14.719><c> thing,</c><00:51:15.019><c> isn't</c><00:51:15.159><c> it,</c>

00:51:15.340 --> 00:51:16.599
for<00:51:15.639><c> a</c><00:51:15.860><c> lot</c><00:51:16.019><c> of</c><00:51:16.219><c> insects.</c>

00:51:16.980 --> 00:51:18.980
If<00:51:16.980><c> the</c><00:51:17.260><c> weather's</c><00:51:17.659><c> wrong,</c><00:51:18.159><c> they</c><00:51:18.320><c> just</c><00:51:18.659><c> die.</c>

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:22.000
But<00:51:19.699><c> if</c><00:51:19.880><c> the</c><00:51:20.079><c> conditions</c><00:51:20.519><c> are</c><00:51:20.840><c> right</c><00:51:21.099><c> and</c><00:51:21.400><c> rife,</c>

00:51:22.159 --> 00:51:23.940
then<00:51:22.380><c> there's</c><00:51:22.659><c> an</c><00:51:22.860><c> explosion.</c>

00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:25.179
And<00:51:24.199><c> these</c><00:51:24.380><c> things</c><00:51:24.539><c> come</c><00:51:24.780><c> to</c><00:51:24.960><c> life,</c>

00:51:25.199 --> 00:51:27.559
and<00:51:25.380><c> I</c><00:51:25.599><c> believe</c><00:51:25.840><c> that</c><00:51:26.179><c> that's</c><00:51:26.420><c> exactly</c><00:51:26.699><c> what</c><00:51:27.000><c> happened</c><00:51:27.179><c> here.</c>

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:29.119
And<00:51:28.219><c> it's</c><00:51:28.400><c> ironic,</c><00:51:28.900><c> isn't</c><00:51:29.000><c> it,</c>

00:51:29.119 --> 00:51:31.900
that<00:51:29.539><c> ultimately</c><00:51:30.300><c> it</c><00:51:30.679><c> was</c><00:51:30.860><c> their</c><00:51:31.199><c> lifestyle</c>

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:33.639
that<00:51:32.760><c> destroyed</c><00:51:33.260><c> them,</c>

00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:35.239
the<00:51:34.059><c> things</c><00:51:34.239><c> that</c><00:51:34.440><c> they</c><00:51:34.679><c> chose</c><00:51:34.920><c> to</c><00:51:35.139><c> do.</c>

00:51:35.239 --> 00:51:37.559
They<00:51:35.440><c> wanted</c><00:51:35.739><c> to</c><00:51:35.900><c> be</c><00:51:36.039><c> heavy</c><00:51:36.280><c> drinkers.</c>

00:51:37.639 --> 00:51:39.260
So<00:51:37.860><c> as</c><00:51:38.119><c> a</c><00:51:38.380><c> result</c><00:51:38.679><c> of</c><00:51:38.940><c> that,</c>

00:51:39.400 --> 00:51:43.840
God<00:51:39.659><c> uses</c><00:51:40.559><c> the</c><00:51:41.659><c> natural</c><00:51:42.219><c> surroundings</c><00:51:42.920><c> around</c><00:51:43.380><c> them</c>

00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:45.619
to<00:51:44.119><c> destroy</c><00:51:44.639><c> them.</c>

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:47.639
I<00:51:46.079><c> think</c><00:51:46.139><c> it's</c><00:51:46.360><c> quite</c><00:51:46.559><c> remarkable.</c>

00:51:47.699 --> 00:51:50.019
I<00:51:47.760><c> think</c><00:51:47.900><c> there's</c><00:51:48.079><c> an</c><00:51:48.280><c> obvious</c><00:51:48.940><c> exhortation</c><00:51:49.579><c> there</c><00:51:49.780><c> for</c><00:51:49.840><c> us</c>

00:51:50.019 --> 00:51:50.260
as<00:51:50.159><c> well,</c>

00:51:50.280 --> 00:51:51.300
because<00:51:50.559><c> it's</c><00:51:50.940><c> the</c><00:51:50.980><c> same</c><00:51:51.059><c> as</c><00:51:51.199><c> us.</c>

00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:53.380
If<00:51:51.460><c> we</c><00:51:51.619><c> eat</c><00:51:51.760><c> too</c><00:51:52.039><c> much,</c><00:51:52.500><c> we</c><00:51:52.679><c> put</c><00:51:52.880><c> on</c><00:51:53.079><c> weight.</c>

00:51:53.699 --> 00:51:55.079
If<00:51:53.860><c> we</c><00:51:54.179><c> smoke</c><00:51:54.440><c> too</c><00:51:54.760><c> much,</c>

00:51:55.280 --> 00:51:57.300
there's<00:51:55.400><c> the</c><00:51:55.579><c> possibility</c><00:51:55.980><c> we</c><00:51:56.119><c> can</c><00:51:56.280><c> get</c><00:51:56.420><c> cancer.</c>

00:52:01.860 --> 00:52:03.960
Now<00:52:02.260><c> there's</c><00:52:02.659><c> an</c><00:52:02.840><c> obvious</c><00:52:03.139><c> exhortation</c><00:52:03.760><c> here,</c>

00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:05.480
isn't<00:52:04.119><c> there,</c><00:52:04.300><c> brethren</c><00:52:04.480><c> and</c><00:52:04.659><c> sisters?</c>

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:07.940
If<00:52:06.199><c> we</c><00:52:06.519><c> choose</c><00:52:06.820><c> to</c><00:52:07.099><c> dwell</c><00:52:07.239><c> in</c><00:52:07.400><c> the</c><00:52:07.639><c> world,</c>

00:52:08.260 --> 00:52:09.739
we<00:52:08.500><c> will</c><00:52:08.760><c> become</c><00:52:09.079><c> like</c><00:52:09.360><c> the</c><00:52:09.559><c> world.</c>

00:52:09.940 --> 00:52:12.440
We<00:52:10.199><c> are</c><00:52:11.039><c> products</c><00:52:11.440><c> of</c><00:52:11.699><c> our</c><00:52:11.900><c> environment</c>

00:52:12.440 --> 00:52:13.980
that<00:52:12.599><c> we</c><00:52:12.880><c> choose</c><00:52:13.159><c> to</c><00:52:13.420><c> dwell</c><00:52:13.639><c> in.</c>

00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:15.659
If<00:52:14.460><c> we</c><00:52:14.699><c> choose</c><00:52:14.900><c> to</c><00:52:15.119><c> dwell</c><00:52:15.239><c> in</c><00:52:15.380><c> the</c><00:52:15.519><c> world,</c>

00:52:15.920 --> 00:52:17.519
we<00:52:16.079><c> will</c><00:52:16.380><c> become</c><00:52:16.780><c> like</c><00:52:17.099><c> the</c><00:52:17.239><c> world.</c>

00:52:17.940 --> 00:52:19.840
If<00:52:18.079><c> we</c><00:52:18.340><c> choose</c><00:52:18.480><c> to</c><00:52:18.699><c> dwell</c><00:52:18.800><c> in</c><00:52:18.940><c> the</c><00:52:19.079><c> house</c><00:52:19.239><c> of</c><00:52:19.500><c> God,</c>

00:52:20.340 --> 00:52:23.119
we<00:52:20.579><c> will</c><00:52:20.860><c> become</c><00:52:21.280><c> more</c><00:52:21.679><c> Christ</c><00:52:22.099><c>-like.</c>

00:52:24.699 --> 00:52:27.880
And<00:52:25.059><c> so</c><00:52:25.380><c> in</c><00:52:25.559><c> verse</c><00:52:25.760><c> 7</c><00:52:26.159><c> we</c><00:52:26.480><c> read,</c>

00:52:38.619 --> 00:52:41.500
So<00:52:39.139><c> still,</c><00:52:39.840><c> faced</c><00:52:40.139><c> with</c><00:52:40.340><c> the</c><00:52:40.539><c> obvious</c><00:52:40.840><c> truth</c>

00:52:41.500 --> 00:52:44.599
that<00:52:42.019><c> God</c><00:52:42.380><c> was</c><00:52:42.739><c> the</c><00:52:43.000><c> cause</c><00:52:43.219><c> of</c><00:52:43.440><c> these</c><00:52:43.639><c> dramatic</c><00:52:44.139><c> events,</c>

00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:48.420
they<00:52:45.219><c> still</c><00:52:45.619><c> choose</c><00:52:45.900><c> Dagon</c><00:52:46.360><c> over</c><00:52:47.039><c> the</c><00:52:47.219><c> living</c><00:52:47.420><c> God.</c>

00:52:49.360 --> 00:52:51.579
Think<00:52:49.599><c> of</c><00:52:49.760><c> the</c><00:52:49.980><c> Gadarenes</c><00:52:50.460><c> in</c><00:52:50.659><c> Jesus'</c><00:52:51.280><c> time,</c>

00:52:51.780 --> 00:52:53.079
when<00:52:51.940><c> they</c><00:52:52.079><c> had</c><00:52:52.300><c> lost</c><00:52:52.460><c> their</c><00:52:52.739><c> swine,</c>

00:52:53.239 --> 00:52:55.800
when<00:52:53.440><c> Jesus</c><00:52:53.920><c> cast</c><00:52:54.260><c> out</c><00:52:54.579><c> legion</c><00:52:54.940><c> into</c><00:52:55.179><c> the</c><00:52:55.500><c> swine</c>

00:52:55.800 --> 00:52:57.679
and<00:52:56.039><c> they</c><00:52:56.380><c> ran</c><00:52:56.519><c> down</c><00:52:56.780><c> the</c><00:52:56.940><c> hill.</c>

00:52:58.039 --> 00:52:59.719
What<00:52:58.280><c> did</c><00:52:58.460><c> they</c><00:52:58.739><c> desire?</c>

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:02.059
Of<00:53:00.119><c> the</c><00:53:00.440><c> saviour</c><00:53:00.860><c> of</c><00:53:01.019><c> the</c><00:53:01.219><c> world.</c>

00:53:02.840 --> 00:53:03.400
Depart!

00:53:03.699 --> 00:53:05.739
Depart<00:53:04.239><c> from</c><00:53:04.480><c> our</c><00:53:04.760><c> coasts,</c><00:53:05.139><c> they</c><00:53:05.300><c> demanded.</c>

00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:07.840
We<00:53:06.539><c> don't</c><00:53:06.820><c> want</c><00:53:07.059><c> to</c><00:53:07.199><c> hear</c><00:53:07.300><c> your</c><00:53:07.500><c> message.</c>

00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:09.099
You're<00:53:08.320><c> too</c><00:53:08.539><c> much</c><00:53:08.820><c> trouble.</c>

00:53:09.099 --> 00:53:11.360
You<00:53:09.559><c> prick</c><00:53:09.840><c> our</c><00:53:10.139><c> consciences.</c>

00:53:13.840 --> 00:53:16.260
And<00:53:14.059><c> that</c><00:53:14.480><c> very</c><00:53:15.019><c> same</c><00:53:15.340><c> attitude</c><00:53:15.820><c> of</c><00:53:16.079><c> mind</c>

00:53:16.260 --> 00:53:19.159
was<00:53:16.480><c> being</c><00:53:16.760><c> displayed</c><00:53:17.219><c> here</c><00:53:17.500><c> by</c><00:53:17.739><c> the</c><00:53:17.980><c> Philistines.</c>

00:53:19.840 --> 00:53:21.880
They<00:53:20.059><c> still</c><00:53:20.639><c> thought</c><00:53:20.960><c> that</c><00:53:21.219><c> the</c><00:53:21.440><c> Lord</c><00:53:21.699><c> God</c>

00:53:21.880 --> 00:53:23.320
was<00:53:22.099><c> against</c><00:53:22.420><c> their</c><00:53:22.679><c> God</c><00:53:22.840><c> Dagon.</c>

00:53:23.619 --> 00:53:24.840
But<00:53:24.039><c> he</c><00:53:24.239><c> wasn't.</c>

00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:26.300
He<00:53:25.139><c> was</c><00:53:25.420><c> against</c><00:53:25.840><c> them.</c>

00:53:26.579 --> 00:53:29.219
He<00:53:26.780><c> was</c><00:53:27.079><c> against</c><00:53:27.460><c> them</c><00:53:27.699><c> for</c><00:53:28.039><c> their</c><00:53:28.340><c> unbelief.</c>

00:53:29.539 --> 00:53:31.360
They<00:53:29.900><c> still</c><00:53:30.440><c> thought</c><00:53:30.739><c> the</c><00:53:31.059><c> box</c>

00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:33.320
was<00:53:31.639><c> causing</c><00:53:31.960><c> the</c><00:53:32.239><c> problems.</c>

00:53:34.159 --> 00:53:35.380
So<00:53:34.420><c> what</c><00:53:34.639><c> do</c><00:53:34.760><c> they</c><00:53:34.980><c> do?</c>

00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:37.059
Verse<00:53:35.820><c> 8.</c>

00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:40.699
So<00:53:39.099><c> they</c><00:53:39.099><c> gathered</c><00:53:39.179><c> all</c><00:53:39.480><c> the</c><00:53:39.639><c> lords</c><00:53:39.900><c> of</c><00:53:40.079><c> the</c><00:53:40.280><c> Philistines</c>

00:53:40.699 --> 00:53:41.420
unto<00:53:40.940><c> them</c><00:53:41.139><c> and</c><00:53:41.199><c> said,</c>

00:53:41.820 --> 00:53:44.440
What<00:53:41.920><c> shall</c><00:53:42.119><c> we</c><00:53:42.219><c> do</c><00:53:42.360><c> with</c><00:53:42.559><c> the</c><00:53:42.760><c> ark</c><00:53:42.880><c> of</c><00:53:43.039><c> the</c><00:53:43.199><c> God</c><00:53:43.380><c> of</c><00:53:43.500><c> Israel?</c>

00:53:44.659 --> 00:53:46.320
And<00:53:44.940><c> they</c><00:53:45.199><c> answered,</c>

00:53:46.559 --> 00:53:49.500
Let<00:53:46.699><c> the</c><00:53:46.940><c> ark</c><00:53:47.179><c> of</c><00:53:47.320><c> the</c><00:53:47.380><c> God</c><00:53:47.579><c> of</c><00:53:47.679><c> Israel</c><00:53:48.019><c> be</c><00:53:48.280><c> carried</c><00:53:48.559><c> unto</c><00:53:48.840><c> Gath.</c>

00:53:49.820 --> 00:53:52.019
And<00:53:49.980><c> they</c><00:53:50.199><c> carried</c><00:53:50.500><c> the</c><00:53:50.739><c> ark</c><00:53:50.940><c> of</c><00:53:51.139><c> God</c>

00:53:52.139 --> 00:53:53.599
of<00:53:52.619><c> Israel.</c>

00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:55.679
The<00:53:54.199><c> ark</c><00:53:54.519><c> of</c><00:53:54.699><c> the</c><00:53:54.860><c> God</c><00:53:55.019><c> of</c><00:53:55.179><c> Israel</c>

00:53:55.679 --> 00:53:57.300
about<00:53:56.219><c> Vither.</c>

00:53:57.780 --> 00:53:59.099
So,<00:53:58.179><c> under</c><00:53:58.440><c> the</c><00:53:58.739><c> guidance</c>

00:53:59.099 --> 00:54:00.679
of<00:53:59.360><c> the</c><00:53:59.500><c> lords,</c><00:54:00.059><c> the</c><00:54:00.280><c> lords,</c>

00:54:00.900 --> 00:54:03.280
the<00:54:01.179><c> princes,</c><00:54:01.880><c> and</c><00:54:02.099><c> this</c><00:54:02.340><c> word</c><00:54:02.699><c> in</c><00:54:02.900><c> Hebrew</c>

00:54:03.280 --> 00:54:05.440
actually<00:54:03.880><c> gives</c><00:54:04.159><c> the</c><00:54:04.280><c> idea</c><00:54:04.599><c> of</c><00:54:04.800><c> a</c><00:54:04.980><c> hinge.</c>

00:54:05.800 --> 00:54:06.480
An<00:54:06.079><c> opening.</c>

00:54:06.480 --> 00:54:08.199
Something<00:54:06.840><c> that</c><00:54:07.139><c> opens</c><00:54:07.559><c> a</c><00:54:07.860><c> door</c>

00:54:08.199 --> 00:54:09.739
one<00:54:08.820><c> way</c><00:54:09.139><c> or</c><00:54:09.360><c> another.</c>

00:54:10.179 --> 00:54:11.400
A<00:54:10.420><c> choice.</c>

00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:13.199
So<00:54:12.099><c> what</c><00:54:12.300><c> does</c><00:54:12.519><c> the</c><00:54:12.719><c> hinge</c><00:54:12.920><c> do?</c>

00:54:13.420 --> 00:54:16.199
What<00:54:13.599><c> is</c><00:54:13.820><c> their</c><00:54:14.000><c> advice?</c><00:54:14.539><c> What</c><00:54:14.659><c> is</c><00:54:14.840><c> their</c><00:54:15.019><c> recommendation?</c>

00:54:16.579 --> 00:54:17.460
Send<00:54:16.860><c> it</c><00:54:17.159><c> away.</c>

00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:20.280
Exactly<00:54:18.280><c> the</c><00:54:18.519><c> same</c><00:54:18.699><c> attitude</c><00:54:19.039><c> that</c><00:54:19.199><c> we</c><00:54:19.400><c> have</c><00:54:19.519><c> with</c><00:54:19.719><c> the</c><00:54:19.900><c> Garediens.</c>

00:54:20.599 --> 00:54:22.300
Send<00:54:20.920><c> it</c><00:54:21.139><c> away.</c><00:54:21.400><c> We</c><00:54:21.599><c> don't</c><00:54:21.920><c> want</c><00:54:22.139><c> it.</c>

00:54:22.300 --> 00:54:23.860
We<00:54:22.400><c> don't</c><00:54:22.699><c> need</c><00:54:22.960><c> it.</c>

00:54:25.079 --> 00:54:27.400
But<00:54:25.300><c> what's</c><00:54:25.800><c> happening</c><00:54:26.139><c> at</c><00:54:26.480><c> Gath?</c>

00:54:28.420 --> 00:54:29.320
Well,<00:54:28.659><c> nothing</c><00:54:28.920><c> yet.</c>

00:54:29.579 --> 00:54:30.960
But,<00:54:30.039><c> verse</c><00:54:30.239><c> 9.</c>

00:54:31.340 --> 00:54:34.159
And<00:54:31.440><c> it</c><00:54:31.579><c> was</c><00:54:31.840><c> so,</c><00:54:32.360><c> that</c><00:54:32.500><c> after</c><00:54:32.780><c> they</c><00:54:33.159><c> had</c><00:54:33.380><c> carried</c><00:54:33.559><c> it</c><00:54:33.820><c> about,</c>

00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:36.300
the<00:54:34.460><c> hand</c><00:54:34.760><c> of</c><00:54:34.960><c> the</c><00:54:35.079><c> Lord</c><00:54:35.260><c> was</c><00:54:35.500><c> against</c><00:54:35.860><c> the</c><00:54:36.119><c> city</c>

00:54:36.300 --> 00:54:37.659
with<00:54:36.500><c> a</c><00:54:36.659><c> very</c><00:54:36.940><c> great</c><00:54:37.099><c> destruction.</c>

00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:40.440
And<00:54:38.219><c> he</c><00:54:38.480><c> smote</c><00:54:38.719><c> the</c><00:54:38.940><c> men</c><00:54:39.139><c> of</c><00:54:39.340><c> the</c><00:54:39.480><c> city,</c><00:54:39.699><c> and</c><00:54:39.800><c> look</c><00:54:39.980><c> at</c><00:54:40.139><c> this,</c>

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:43.480
both<00:54:40.920><c> small</c><00:54:41.460><c> and</c><00:54:42.239><c> great.</c>

00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:46.380
Small<00:54:45.039><c> men</c><00:54:45.619><c> and</c>

00:54:46.380 --> 00:54:47.880
great<00:54:46.800><c> men.</c>

00:54:49.519 --> 00:54:50.619
Who<00:54:49.920><c> came</c>

00:54:50.619 --> 00:54:52.119
from<00:54:51.119><c> Gath?</c>

00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:54.980
That's<00:54:53.940><c> right.</c>

00:54:55.739 --> 00:54:56.300
Goliath

00:54:56.300 --> 00:54:57.300
came<00:54:56.679><c> from</c><00:54:56.940><c> Gath.</c>

00:54:57.480 --> 00:55:00.239
That<00:54:57.780><c> one</c><00:54:58.059><c> who</c><00:54:58.420><c> defied</c><00:54:59.019><c> the</c><00:54:59.280><c> armies</c><00:54:59.460><c> of</c><00:54:59.679><c> the</c><00:54:59.820><c> living</c><00:55:00.019><c> God.</c>

00:55:00.420 --> 00:55:02.119
Who<00:55:00.699><c> stood</c><00:55:00.980><c> in</c><00:55:01.280><c> front</c><00:55:01.460><c> of</c><00:55:01.639><c> them</c><00:55:01.760><c> and</c><00:55:01.860><c> said,</c>

00:55:02.119 --> 00:55:03.800
bring<00:55:02.460><c> it</c><00:55:02.739><c> on.</c>

00:55:03.980 --> 00:55:05.059
Give<00:55:04.159><c> it</c><00:55:04.360><c> your</c><00:55:04.519><c> best</c><00:55:04.800><c> shot.</c>

00:55:05.260 --> 00:55:07.239
I<00:55:05.500><c> am</c><00:55:05.679><c> Goliath</c><00:55:06.219><c> of</c><00:55:06.460><c> the</c><00:55:06.679><c> Philistines,</c>

00:55:07.260 --> 00:55:09.139
and<00:55:07.400><c> I</c><00:55:07.579><c> will</c><00:55:07.800><c> not</c><00:55:07.980><c> be</c><00:55:08.179><c> defeated.</c>

00:55:09.619 --> 00:55:11.659
The<00:55:09.920><c> pride</c><00:55:10.219><c> and</c><00:55:10.440><c> the</c><00:55:10.659><c> arrogance</c><00:55:10.900><c> that</c><00:55:11.139><c> he</c><00:55:11.420><c> showed</c>

00:55:11.659 --> 00:55:13.679
was<00:55:12.039><c> being</c><00:55:12.539><c> demonstrated</c><00:55:13.179><c> here,</c>

00:55:13.820 --> 00:55:15.559
now,<00:55:14.500><c> in</c><00:55:14.820><c> this</c><00:55:15.059><c> city.</c>

00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:17.519
Send<00:55:16.239><c> it</c><00:55:16.440><c> to</c><00:55:16.639><c> us.</c>

00:55:17.940 --> 00:55:19.059
It's<00:55:18.159><c> not</c><00:55:18.340><c> a</c><00:55:18.480><c> problem</c><00:55:18.639><c> for</c><00:55:18.840><c> us.</c>

00:55:19.059 --> 00:55:21.000
We've<00:55:19.320><c> got</c><00:55:19.460><c> giants</c><00:55:19.820><c> in</c><00:55:20.059><c> our</c><00:55:20.239><c> land.</c>

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:23.739
You<00:55:22.119><c> may</c><00:55:22.340><c> not</c><00:55:22.519><c> have</c><00:55:22.639><c> been</c><00:55:22.780><c> able</c><00:55:22.920><c> to</c><00:55:23.099><c> deal</c><00:55:23.280><c> with</c><00:55:23.460><c> it,</c>

00:55:23.739 --> 00:55:26.500
but<00:55:23.900><c> we</c><00:55:24.260><c> can.</c><00:55:24.840><c> Send</c><00:55:25.139><c> it</c><00:55:25.380><c> to</c><00:55:25.539><c> us.</c>

00:55:26.579 --> 00:55:27.320
Their<00:55:26.820><c> pride</c>

00:55:27.320 --> 00:55:30.920
and<00:55:27.840><c> their</c><00:55:28.099><c> arrogance</c><00:55:28.440><c> was</c><00:55:28.699><c> to</c><00:55:28.920><c> come</c><00:55:29.059><c> before</c><00:55:29.400><c> a</c><00:55:29.780><c> great</c><00:55:30.079><c> fall.</c>

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:33.559
Verse<00:55:33.000><c> 10.</c>

00:55:33.719 --> 00:55:34.300
Therefore,

00:55:34.619 --> 00:55:36.440
they<00:55:34.619><c> sent</c><00:55:35.039><c> the</c><00:55:35.320><c> ark</c><00:55:35.480><c> of</c><00:55:35.679><c> God</c><00:55:35.760><c> to</c><00:55:36.079><c> Ekron,</c>

00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:39.280
and<00:55:36.860><c> it</c><00:55:37.019><c> came</c><00:55:37.300><c> to</c><00:55:37.539><c> pass,</c><00:55:38.019><c> as</c><00:55:38.179><c> the</c><00:55:38.300><c> ark</c><00:55:38.440><c> of</c><00:55:38.639><c> Ekron</c>

00:55:39.280 --> 00:55:40.699
came<00:55:39.719><c> to,</c><00:55:39.900><c> as</c><00:55:40.119><c> the</c><00:55:40.320><c> ark</c><00:55:40.460><c> of</c><00:55:40.539><c> God</c>

00:55:40.699 --> 00:55:42.780
came<00:55:40.980><c> to</c><00:55:41.139><c> Ekron,</c><00:55:41.880><c> that</c><00:55:42.019><c> the</c><00:55:42.300><c> Ekronites</c>

00:55:42.780 --> 00:55:44.280
cried<00:55:43.159><c> out,</c><00:55:43.920><c> saying,</c>

00:55:44.280 --> 00:55:46.500
they<00:55:44.619><c> have</c><00:55:44.940><c> brought</c><00:55:45.360><c> about</c><00:55:45.659><c> the</c><00:55:45.760><c> ark</c><00:55:46.059><c> of</c><00:55:46.340><c> God</c>

00:55:46.500 --> 00:55:48.739
of<00:55:46.619><c> Israel</c><00:55:46.980><c> to</c><00:55:47.219><c> us,</c><00:55:47.599><c> to</c><00:55:47.960><c> slay</c><00:55:48.239><c> us</c>

00:55:48.739 --> 00:55:50.559
and<00:55:49.219><c> our</c><00:55:49.460><c> people.</c>

00:55:51.179 --> 00:55:52.199
Notice<00:55:51.559><c> what</c><00:55:51.780><c> has</c><00:55:51.980><c> happened.</c>

00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:54.559
They<00:55:52.559><c> don't</c><00:55:52.940><c> consult</c><00:55:53.360><c> the</c><00:55:53.599><c> lords</c><00:55:53.800><c> this</c><00:55:54.179><c> time.</c>

00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:56.039
No<00:55:55.300><c> messing</c><00:55:55.639><c> about.</c>

00:55:56.519 --> 00:55:58.739
Their<00:55:56.739><c> pride</c><00:55:57.000><c> and</c><00:55:57.179><c> arrogance</c><00:55:57.539><c> just</c><00:55:57.980><c> want</c><00:55:58.139><c> it</c><00:55:58.460><c> gone.</c>

00:55:58.739 --> 00:56:00.820
Get<00:55:59.179><c> it</c><00:55:59.400><c> out.</c><00:55:59.820><c> Hush,</c><00:56:00.099><c> hush.</c>

00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:02.719
Let's<00:56:01.179><c> send</c><00:56:01.360><c> it</c><00:56:01.559><c> north</c><00:56:01.739><c> again.</c>

00:56:03.760 --> 00:56:04.519
And<00:56:03.980><c> so</c><00:56:04.099><c> they</c><00:56:04.300><c> do.</c>

00:56:04.619 --> 00:56:07.139
They<00:56:04.780><c> send</c><00:56:04.980><c> it</c><00:56:05.119><c> to</c><00:56:05.219><c> the</c><00:56:05.260><c> most</c><00:56:05.619><c> northern</c><00:56:06.019><c> city.</c>

00:56:07.420 --> 00:56:08.300
But<00:56:07.619><c> remarkably,</c>

00:56:08.739 --> 00:56:10.739
this,<00:56:09.139><c> too,</c><00:56:09.380><c> was</c><00:56:09.579><c> a</c><00:56:09.840><c> city</c><00:56:10.079><c> that</c><00:56:10.300><c> should</c><00:56:10.500><c> have</c><00:56:10.619><c> been</c>

00:56:10.739 --> 00:56:12.340
under<00:56:11.019><c> Judah's</c><00:56:11.480><c> rule,</c>

00:56:12.679 --> 00:56:14.980
because<00:56:12.980><c> they</c><00:56:13.260><c> had</c><00:56:13.539><c> taken</c><00:56:13.780><c> it</c><00:56:14.019><c> by</c><00:56:14.320><c> the</c><00:56:14.619><c> mighty</c>

00:56:14.980 --> 00:56:17.159
hand<00:56:15.280><c> of</c><00:56:15.460><c> the</c><00:56:15.619><c> Lord,</c><00:56:16.139><c> in</c><00:56:16.280><c> Judges</c><00:56:16.559><c> chapter</c><00:56:16.880><c> 1</c>

00:56:17.159 --> 00:56:18.579
and<00:56:17.280><c> verse</c><00:56:17.500><c> 18.</c>

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:20.880
But<00:56:19.719><c> at</c><00:56:20.059><c> some</c><00:56:20.340><c> point</c><00:56:20.539><c> in</c><00:56:20.739><c> the</c>

00:56:20.880 --> 00:56:22.380
future,<00:56:21.420><c> through</c><00:56:21.619><c> lack</c><00:56:21.900><c> of</c><00:56:22.159><c> faith,</c>

00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:25.059
they<00:56:22.699><c> had</c><00:56:23.039><c> lost</c><00:56:23.360><c> it,</c><00:56:23.699><c> and</c><00:56:23.920><c> now</c><00:56:24.260><c> the</c><00:56:24.579><c> Ekronites</c>

00:56:25.059 --> 00:56:26.260
were<00:56:25.280><c> dwelling</c><00:56:25.559><c> in</c><00:56:25.760><c> this</c><00:56:25.980><c> land,</c>

00:56:26.260 --> 00:56:29.579
this<00:56:26.659><c> land</c><00:56:27.159><c> that</c><00:56:27.539><c> God</c><00:56:27.840><c> had</c><00:56:28.340><c> given</c><00:56:28.539><c> them.</c>

00:56:30.500 --> 00:56:32.099
There<00:56:30.599><c> was</c><00:56:30.800><c> no</c><00:56:31.099><c> consultation</c><00:56:31.719><c> this</c><00:56:31.960><c> time.</c>

00:56:32.179 --> 00:56:33.719
The<00:56:32.340><c> ark</c><00:56:32.440><c> is</c><00:56:32.599><c> just</c><00:56:32.880><c> gone.</c>

00:56:34.059 --> 00:56:35.519
Take<00:56:34.239><c> it</c><00:56:34.440><c> to</c><00:56:34.599><c> the</c><00:56:34.840><c> Ekronites.</c>

00:56:35.980 --> 00:56:38.539
But<00:56:36.159><c> now,</c><00:56:36.820><c> now</c><00:56:37.119><c> we</c><00:56:37.380><c> have</c><00:56:37.579><c> infighting.</c>

00:56:38.980 --> 00:56:40.440
The<00:56:39.260><c> Philistines</c><00:56:39.739><c> are</c><00:56:39.980><c> turning</c><00:56:40.219><c> in</c>

00:56:40.440 --> 00:56:41.840
on<00:56:40.579><c> themselves.</c>

00:56:42.260 --> 00:56:44.519
What<00:56:42.460><c> a</c><00:56:42.559><c> dramatic</c><00:56:43.119><c> situation.</c>

00:56:44.579 --> 00:56:46.300
At<00:56:44.719><c> one</c><00:56:45.079><c> point,</c><00:56:45.599><c> they</c><00:56:45.800><c> should</c><00:56:46.000><c> have</c><00:56:46.139><c> been</c>

00:56:46.300 --> 00:56:47.579
happy<00:56:46.679><c> to</c><00:56:46.920><c> see</c><00:56:47.059><c> the</c><00:56:47.320><c> ark.</c>

00:56:47.760 --> 00:56:49.300
They<00:56:48.079><c> brought</c><00:56:48.340><c> it</c><00:56:48.539><c> down,</c><00:56:48.840><c> didn't</c><00:56:49.039><c> they?</c>

00:56:49.420 --> 00:56:51.860
And<00:56:49.559><c> they</c><00:56:49.679><c> were</c><00:56:49.860><c> going</c><00:56:49.960><c> to</c><00:56:50.300><c> display</c><00:56:50.559><c> it</c><00:56:50.719><c> in</c><00:56:50.840><c> their</c><00:56:51.019><c> temple.</c>

00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:54.260
Look,<00:56:52.440><c> our</c><00:56:52.699><c> God</c><00:56:52.900><c> has</c><00:56:53.119><c> had</c><00:56:53.340><c> victory</c><00:56:53.719><c> over</c><00:56:53.960><c> the</c>

00:56:54.260 --> 00:56:55.420
God<00:56:54.260><c> of</c><00:56:54.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:56:55.699 --> 00:56:58.940
But<00:56:55.980><c> now,</c><00:56:56.900><c> now</c><00:56:57.260><c> the</c><00:56:57.460><c> ark</c><00:56:57.519><c> is</c><00:56:57.699><c> like</c><00:56:57.900><c> a</c><00:56:57.940><c> hot</c><00:56:58.139><c> potato,</c>

00:56:59.199 --> 00:57:00.360
passing<00:56:59.460><c> it</c><00:56:59.699><c> from</c><00:56:59.880><c> hand</c><00:57:00.019><c> to</c><00:57:00.139><c> hand.</c>

00:57:00.480 --> 00:57:02.559
They<00:57:00.659><c> can't</c><00:57:00.980><c> get</c><00:57:01.179><c> rid</c><00:57:01.320><c> of</c><00:57:01.400><c> it</c><00:57:01.559><c> quick</c><00:57:01.800><c> enough.</c>

00:57:03.420 --> 00:57:04.579
They<00:57:03.559><c> have</c><00:57:03.840><c> brought</c><00:57:04.139><c> the</c><00:57:04.380><c> ark</c>

00:57:04.579 --> 00:57:06.079
of<00:57:04.760><c> the</c><00:57:04.980><c> God</c><00:57:05.159><c> of</c><00:57:05.280><c> Israel</c><00:57:05.559><c> to</c><00:57:05.739><c> us,</c>

00:57:06.380 --> 00:57:09.079
to<00:57:06.679><c> kill</c><00:57:06.880><c> us</c><00:57:07.320><c> and</c><00:57:07.599><c> our</c><00:57:07.940><c> people.</c>

00:57:09.480 --> 00:57:10.019
But,

00:57:10.340 --> 00:57:12.239
they<00:57:10.679><c> still</c><00:57:11.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:57:11.699><c> submit</c>

00:57:12.239 --> 00:57:14.340
to<00:57:12.780><c> God,</c><00:57:13.659><c> and</c><00:57:13.820><c> what</c><00:57:14.019><c> He</c>

00:57:14.340 --> 00:57:16.500
wanted<00:57:14.699><c> from</c><00:57:15.019><c> them.</c><00:57:15.500><c> They'd</c><00:57:15.840><c> had</c><00:57:15.960><c> the</c><00:57:16.199><c> lesson</c>

00:57:16.500 --> 00:57:18.599
the<00:57:16.940><c> idol</c><00:57:17.440><c> was</c><00:57:18.280><c> made</c>

00:57:18.599 --> 00:57:20.199
to<00:57:18.900><c> bow</c><00:57:19.159><c> down</c><00:57:19.500><c> before</c>

00:57:20.199 --> 00:57:22.880
the<00:57:20.679><c> Lord</c><00:57:21.000><c> God</c><00:57:21.340><c> of</c><00:57:21.780><c> Israel.</c>

00:57:22.980 --> 00:57:24.599
Not<00:57:23.500><c> quite</c><00:57:23.940><c> the</c><00:57:24.139><c> reaction</c>

00:57:24.599 --> 00:57:26.699
that<00:57:24.820><c> they</c><00:57:25.019><c> hoped</c><00:57:25.280><c> for,</c><00:57:25.559><c> was</c><00:57:25.760><c> it?</c>

00:57:26.940 --> 00:57:28.460
They<00:57:27.199><c> really</c><00:57:27.760><c> ought</c><00:57:27.980><c> to</c><00:57:28.079><c> have</c><00:57:28.219><c> been</c>

00:57:28.460 --> 00:57:30.320
parading<00:57:28.800><c> it</c><00:57:29.019><c> through</c><00:57:29.219><c> the</c><00:57:29.420><c> cities</c><00:57:29.679><c> as</c><00:57:29.900><c> a</c><00:57:30.099><c> trophy,</c>

00:57:30.380 --> 00:57:32.519
just<00:57:30.599><c> as</c><00:57:30.800><c> the</c><00:57:31.079><c> footballers</c><00:57:31.579><c> do</c><00:57:31.860><c> when</c><00:57:32.139><c> they</c><00:57:32.380><c> win</c>

00:57:32.519 --> 00:57:34.079
a<00:57:32.719><c> major</c><00:57:32.940><c> trophy.</c>

00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:36.340
But<00:57:34.579><c> instead,</c><00:57:35.179><c> they</c><00:57:35.280><c> were</c><00:57:35.800><c> parading</c>

00:57:36.340 --> 00:57:38.860
it<00:57:36.619><c> now</c><00:57:36.800><c> as</c><00:57:36.960><c> an</c><00:57:37.219><c> instrument</c><00:57:37.539><c> of</c><00:57:37.840><c> death.</c>

00:57:39.360 --> 00:57:40.380
And<00:57:39.519><c> the</c><00:57:39.699><c> ark</c><00:57:39.800><c> had</c><00:57:39.960><c> been</c><00:57:40.099><c> amongst</c>

00:57:40.380 --> 00:57:42.260
them<00:57:40.559><c> for</c><00:57:40.840><c> seven</c><00:57:41.199><c> months.</c>

00:57:43.739 --> 00:57:44.360
It<00:57:43.880><c> has</c><00:57:44.099><c> taken</c>

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:46.760
them<00:57:44.639><c> this</c><00:57:44.900><c> amount</c><00:57:45.219><c> of</c><00:57:45.500><c> time</c><00:57:45.820><c> to</c><00:57:46.099><c> realize</c>

00:57:46.760 --> 00:57:47.880
that<00:57:47.480><c> God</c>

00:57:47.880 --> 00:57:50.360
was<00:57:48.739><c> in</c><00:57:49.019><c> control,</c><00:57:49.780><c> and</c><00:57:50.079><c> not</c>

00:57:50.360 --> 00:57:52.880
Dagon.<00:57:50.980><c> It</c><00:57:51.219><c> was</c><00:57:51.500><c> God</c><00:57:51.719><c> that</c><00:57:51.880><c> was</c><00:57:52.059><c> all</c><00:57:52.360><c> powerful.</c>

00:57:53.239 --> 00:57:54.280
It<00:57:53.320><c> was</c><00:57:53.599><c> God</c><00:57:53.820><c> that</c><00:57:54.019><c> could</c>

00:57:54.280 --> 00:57:56.159
make<00:57:54.559><c> things</c><00:57:54.840><c> happen.</c>

00:57:56.460 --> 00:57:58.300
And<00:57:56.599><c> yet</c><00:57:56.760><c> they</c><00:57:56.980><c> refused</c><00:57:57.539><c> to</c><00:57:57.780><c> bow</c><00:57:57.920><c> down</c><00:57:58.159><c> to</c>

00:57:58.300 --> 00:58:00.579
Him,<00:57:58.800><c> as</c><00:57:59.000><c> requested</c><00:57:59.519><c> by</c><00:57:59.920><c> the</c><00:58:00.199><c> obvious</c>

00:58:00.579 --> 00:58:02.619
sign<00:58:00.920><c> of</c><00:58:01.059><c> when</c><00:58:01.320><c> Dagon</c><00:58:01.699><c> was</c><00:58:02.079><c> forced</c>

00:58:02.619 --> 00:58:04.340
to<00:58:03.099><c> fall</c><00:58:03.380><c> prostrate</c><00:58:03.880><c> before</c>

00:58:04.340 --> 00:58:05.380
Him.

00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:08.360
And<00:58:08.039><c> so,</c>

00:58:08.559 --> 00:58:10.079
they<00:58:08.719><c> suffered</c><00:58:09.000><c> the</c><00:58:09.239><c> death.</c>

00:58:10.539 --> 00:58:12.159
But,<00:58:11.019><c> God</c><00:58:11.239><c> did</c><00:58:11.559><c> spare</c><00:58:11.679><c> some</c><00:58:11.900><c> of</c><00:58:12.059><c> them,</c>

00:58:12.199 --> 00:58:13.760
in<00:58:12.340><c> verse</c><00:58:12.579><c> 12.</c>

00:58:13.880 --> 00:58:15.780
And<00:58:13.980><c> the</c><00:58:14.079><c> men</c><00:58:14.260><c> that</c><00:58:14.500><c> died</c><00:58:14.699><c> not</c><00:58:14.920><c> were</c><00:58:15.159><c> smitten</c>

00:58:15.780 --> 00:58:18.059
with<00:58:16.139><c> the</c><00:58:16.380><c> emeralds,</c><00:58:17.440><c> and</c><00:58:17.639><c> the</c><00:58:17.820><c> city</c>

00:58:18.059 --> 00:58:20.119
of<00:58:18.539><c> the</c><00:58:19.099><c> cry</c><00:58:19.440><c> of</c><00:58:19.599><c> the</c><00:58:19.739><c> city</c>

00:58:20.119 --> 00:58:22.019
went<00:58:20.599><c> up</c><00:58:20.840><c> to</c><00:58:21.039><c> heaven.</c>

00:58:23.800 --> 00:58:24.139
And<00:58:24.019><c> so,</c>

00:58:24.360 --> 00:58:26.239
they<00:58:24.360><c> were</c><00:58:24.719><c> presumably</c><00:58:25.659><c> left</c>

00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:28.159
to<00:58:26.719><c> be</c><00:58:27.460><c> able</c><00:58:27.619><c> to</c><00:58:27.840><c> recount</c>

00:58:28.159 --> 00:58:30.079
the<00:58:28.400><c> affair,</c><00:58:29.000><c> lest</c><00:58:29.179><c> they</c><00:58:29.460><c> forget.</c><00:58:29.760><c> And</c><00:58:29.900><c> that's</c>

00:58:30.079 --> 00:58:32.340
probably<00:58:30.360><c> how</c><00:58:31.280><c> the</c><00:58:31.860><c> tradition</c>

00:58:32.340 --> 00:58:34.119
of<00:58:32.619><c> the</c><00:58:32.820><c> threshold,</c><00:58:33.280><c> not</c><00:58:33.480><c> crossing</c><00:58:33.800><c> the</c>

00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:36.679
threshold,<00:58:34.960><c> came</c><00:58:35.539><c> into</c><00:58:35.900><c> existence.</c>

00:58:37.659 --> 00:58:38.480
And<00:58:37.920><c> so,</c><00:58:38.099><c> we</c><00:58:38.199><c> saw,</c>

00:58:38.559 --> 00:58:40.280
didn't<00:58:38.699><c> we,</c><00:58:38.860><c> in</c><00:58:39.019><c> chapter</c><00:58:39.280><c> 4,</c><00:58:39.579><c> how</c><00:58:39.780><c> the</c>

00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:42.159
Israelites<00:58:40.760><c> tried</c><00:58:41.360><c> to</c><00:58:41.619><c> manipulate</c>

00:58:42.159 --> 00:58:44.059
God<00:58:42.500><c> by</c><00:58:42.940><c> forcing</c>

00:58:44.059 --> 00:58:46.199
Him<00:58:44.340><c> to</c><00:58:44.559><c> come</c><00:58:44.719><c> into</c><00:58:44.920><c> battle</c><00:58:45.199><c> with</c><00:58:45.480><c> them,</c><00:58:45.780><c> and</c><00:58:45.980><c> to</c>

00:58:46.199 --> 00:58:48.519
give<00:58:46.260><c> them</c><00:58:46.500><c> the</c><00:58:46.679><c> victory.</c><00:58:47.900><c> And</c><00:58:48.099><c> we've</c><00:58:48.260><c> seen</c>

00:58:48.519 --> 00:58:50.460
in<00:58:48.679><c> chapter</c><00:58:49.019><c> 5,</c><00:58:49.699><c> how</c><00:58:49.860><c> the</c><00:58:50.159><c> Philistines</c>

00:58:50.760 --> 00:58:52.000
tried<00:58:51.039><c> to</c><00:58:51.300><c> manipulate</c><00:58:51.699><c> God,</c>

00:58:52.320 --> 00:58:55.139
to<00:58:52.400><c> incorporate</c><00:58:53.000><c> Him</c><00:58:53.219><c> into</c><00:58:53.780><c> their</c><00:58:54.079><c> beliefs.</c>

00:58:55.380 --> 00:58:56.119
But<00:58:55.599><c> both</c>

00:58:56.119 --> 00:58:58.260
failed.<00:58:57.179><c> And</c><00:58:57.340><c> they</c><00:58:57.639><c> failed</c><00:58:57.880><c> because</c>

00:58:58.260 --> 00:59:01.079
God<00:58:58.559><c> will</c><00:58:58.900><c> not</c><00:58:59.119><c> be</c><00:58:59.440><c> mocked.</c>

00:59:01.940 --> 00:59:02.860
The<00:59:02.219><c> lesson</c>

00:59:02.860 --> 00:59:04.519
that<00:59:03.579><c> must</c><00:59:03.900><c> be</c><00:59:04.199><c> learned</c>

00:59:04.519 --> 00:59:06.320
is<00:59:05.059><c> that</c><00:59:05.300><c> we</c><00:59:05.460><c> must</c><00:59:05.719><c> learn</c><00:59:05.960><c> to</c>

00:59:06.320 --> 00:59:08.400
follow<00:59:06.699><c> God,</c><00:59:07.760><c> and</c><00:59:08.059><c> His</c>

00:59:08.400 --> 00:59:10.400
ways,<00:59:09.159><c> and</c><00:59:09.360><c> not</c><00:59:09.579><c> expect</c><00:59:09.980><c> Him</c>

00:59:10.400 --> 00:59:12.440
to<00:59:10.840><c> follow</c><00:59:11.000><c> us</c><00:59:11.280><c> in</c><00:59:11.460><c> the</c><00:59:11.679><c> adventures</c><00:59:11.960><c> that</c><00:59:12.219><c> we</c>

00:59:12.440 --> 00:59:14.159
have<00:59:12.599><c> in</c><00:59:12.860><c> our</c><00:59:13.199><c> lives.</c><00:59:13.699><c> And</c><00:59:14.000><c> then</c>

00:59:14.159 --> 00:59:16.219
don't<00:59:14.239><c> expect</c><00:59:14.820><c> Him</c><00:59:14.960><c> to</c><00:59:15.119><c> be</c><00:59:15.340><c> there,</c><00:59:15.699><c> and</c><00:59:15.920><c> pick</c><00:59:16.079><c> up</c>

00:59:16.219 --> 00:59:18.440
the<00:59:16.380><c> pieces</c><00:59:16.599><c> when</c><00:59:16.820><c> things</c><00:59:17.099><c> go</c><00:59:17.420><c> wrong.</c>

00:59:19.719 --> 00:59:20.559
The<00:59:20.059><c> Israelites,</c>

00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:22.079
if<00:59:21.199><c> they</c><00:59:21.460><c> had</c><00:59:21.800><c> learned</c>

00:59:22.079 --> 00:59:24.179
this<00:59:22.340><c> lesson,</c><00:59:23.579><c> then</c><00:59:23.739><c> perhaps</c>

00:59:24.179 --> 00:59:26.340
they<00:59:24.340><c> would</c><00:59:24.539><c> have</c><00:59:24.659><c> been</c><00:59:24.880><c> humble,</c><00:59:25.800><c> and</c><00:59:25.980><c> perhaps</c>

00:59:26.340 --> 00:59:28.679
they<00:59:26.559><c> would</c><00:59:26.760><c> have</c><00:59:27.059><c> followed</c><00:59:27.340><c> the</c><00:59:27.559><c> Lord</c><00:59:27.820><c> God.</c>

00:59:29.059 --> 00:59:30.539
But<00:59:29.579><c> no.</c>

00:59:30.880 --> 00:59:32.139
In<00:59:31.099><c> a</c><00:59:31.380><c> few</c><00:59:31.579><c> years'</c><00:59:32.079><c> time,</c>

00:59:32.199 --> 00:59:33.559
the<00:59:32.460><c> cry</c><00:59:32.699><c> would</c><00:59:32.940><c> go</c><00:59:33.199><c> up.</c>

00:59:33.940 --> 00:59:36.280
Give<00:59:34.199><c> us</c><00:59:34.440><c> a</c><00:59:34.659><c> king!</c><00:59:35.440><c> We</c><00:59:35.679><c> want</c><00:59:36.000><c> to</c><00:59:36.159><c> be</c>

00:59:36.280 --> 00:59:38.119
like<00:59:36.500><c> the</c><00:59:36.780><c> nations</c><00:59:37.559><c> round</c>

00:59:38.119 --> 00:59:40.159
about<00:59:38.480><c> us.</c><00:59:39.280><c> They</c><00:59:39.739><c> should</c><00:59:39.980><c> have</c>

00:59:40.159 --> 00:59:42.219
remained<00:59:40.500><c> separate,</c><00:59:40.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:59:41.239><c> they,</c><00:59:41.420><c> to</c><00:59:41.599><c> that</c><00:59:41.940><c> one,</c>

00:59:42.219 --> 00:59:44.579
that<00:59:42.940><c> one</c><00:59:43.519><c> God,</c>

00:59:45.039 --> 00:59:46.579
who<00:59:45.199><c> rules</c><00:59:45.559><c> in</c><00:59:45.780><c> the</c><00:59:45.900><c> kingdoms</c><00:59:46.260><c> of</c>

00:59:46.579 --> 00:59:48.369
men,<00:59:46.920><c> and</c><00:59:47.039><c> that</c><00:59:47.179><c> was</c><00:59:47.400><c> so</c><00:59:47.699><c> clearly</c><00:59:48.079><c> demonstrated</c>

00:59:48.800 --> 00:59:50.360
in<00:59:49.300><c> God's</c><00:59:49.780><c> dealings</c><00:59:50.019><c> with</c><00:59:50.179><c> the</c>

00:59:50.360 --> 00:59:51.519
Philistines.

00:59:52.260 --> 00:59:54.320
But<00:59:52.420><c> they</c><00:59:52.760><c> couldn't</c><00:59:53.260><c> see</c><00:59:53.579><c> it.</c>

00:59:54.539 --> 00:59:56.820
And<00:59:54.719><c> so</c><00:59:54.840><c> that</c><00:59:55.059><c> cry</c><00:59:55.420><c> went</c><00:59:55.800><c> out.</c>

00:59:57.280 --> 00:59:58.739
Give<00:59:57.440><c> us</c><00:59:57.659><c> a</c><00:59:57.880><c> king!</c>

00:59:59.500 --> 01:00:00.320
And<00:59:59.619><c> then</c><00:59:59.719><c> I</c><00:59:59.840><c> leave</c><01:00:00.039><c> you,</c>

01:00:00.360 --> 01:00:02.420
brothers<01:00:00.519><c> and</c><01:00:00.760><c> sisters,</c><01:00:01.039><c> with</c><01:00:01.179><c> this</c><01:00:01.519><c> verse,</c>

01:00:02.500 --> 01:00:04.960
which<01:00:02.699><c> should</c><01:00:02.960><c> be</c><01:00:03.159><c> a</c><01:00:03.280><c> comfort</c><01:00:03.559><c> to</c><01:00:03.860><c> all</c><01:00:04.199><c> of</c><01:00:04.360><c> us,</c>

01:00:05.000 --> 01:00:06.519
1<01:00:05.340><c> Peter</c><01:00:05.699><c> chapter</c><01:00:06.119><c> 5</c>

01:00:06.519 --> 01:00:07.960
and<01:00:06.679><c> verse</c><01:00:06.960><c> 6.</c>

01:00:08.099 --> 01:00:09.900
Humble<01:00:08.579><c> yourselves,</c><01:00:09.280><c> therefore,</c>

01:00:09.900 --> 01:00:12.219
under<01:00:10.840><c> the</c><01:00:11.460><c> mighty</c><01:00:11.880><c> hand</c>

01:00:12.219 --> 01:00:14.079
of<01:00:12.559><c> God,</c><01:00:13.579><c> that</c><01:00:13.739><c> he</c>

01:00:14.079 --> 01:00:16.559
may<01:00:14.500><c> exalt</c><01:00:14.820><c> you</c><01:00:15.500><c> in</c><01:00:15.820><c> due</c><01:00:16.079><c> time.</c>

01:00:16.920 --> 01:00:18.320
Thank<01:00:17.239><c> you.</c>

01:00:39.900 --> 01:00:41.139
Oh

01:00:41.820 --> 01:00:43.019
Oh

01:00:44.340 --> 01:00:45.739
Oh

01:00:45.739 --> 01:00:46.159
Oh

01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:47.219
Oh