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Israel.</c> 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:37.220 So,<00:10:32.840><c> it's</c><00:10:33.399><c> not</c><00:10:33.639><c> by</c><00:10:34.120><c> accident</c><00:10:34.700><c> that</c><00:10:35.000><c> it's</c><00:10:35.279><c> the</c><00:10:35.500><c> first</c><00:10:36.940><c> book</c> 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:42.940 in<00:10:38.259><c> the</c><00:10:38.679><c> Book</c><00:10:39.080><c> of</c><00:10:39.320><c> the</c><00:10:39.519><c> Prophets,</c><00:10:40.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:10:41.480><c> and</c><00:10:42.460><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:48.100 It's<00:10:43.860><c> the</c><00:10:44.120><c> first,</c><00:10:45.639><c> and</c><00:10:45.960><c> it's</c><00:10:46.460><c> in</c><00:10:46.679><c> the</c><00:10:46.860><c> right</c><00:10:47.080><c> place.</c> 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.720 Another<00:10:49.779><c> reason</c><00:10:50.220><c> I</c><00:10:50.500><c> suppose</c><00:10:50.879><c> that</c><00:10:51.120><c> Isaiah</c><00:10:51.500><c> is</c><00:10:51.840><c> not</c><00:10:52.139><c> easygoing</c> 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.960 is<00:10:52.980><c> because</c><00:10:53.360><c> he</c><00:10:53.519><c> didn't</c><00:10:53.799><c> prophesy</c><00:10:54.320><c> just</c><00:10:54.960><c> for</c><00:10:55.419><c> a</c><00:10:55.500><c> short</c><00:10:55.679><c> period</c> 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:56.519 of<00:10:56.200><c> time.</c> 00:10:56.740 --> 00:11:01.080 Chapter<00:10:57.000><c> 1,</c><00:10:57.419><c> verse</c><00:10:57.700><c> 1,</c><00:10:58.399><c> that</c><00:10:58.480><c> we</c><00:10:58.639><c> read</c><00:10:58.799><c> this</c><00:10:59.080><c> afternoon,</c> 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:10.019 you<00:11:05.480><c> know,</c><00:11:06.080><c> great</c><00:11:06.379><c> public</c><00:11:06.820><c> figures</c><00:11:07.299><c> burn</c><00:11:07.879><c> out,</c><00:11:08.360><c> don't</c><00:11:08.360><c> they?</c> 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.539 Prime<00:11:10.340><c> ministers</c><00:11:10.659><c> don't</c><00:11:10.940><c> last</c><00:11:11.259><c> for</c><00:11:11.460><c> much</c><00:11:11.679><c> longer</c><00:11:11.919><c> than</c><00:11:12.120><c> 5</c><00:11:12.399><c> or</c> 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:14.159 10<00:11:12.740><c> years.</c> 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:19.399 People<00:11:15.059><c> that</c><00:11:15.299><c> bear</c><00:11:15.460><c> great</c><00:11:15.799><c> responsibility</c><00:11:16.659><c> tend</c><00:11:17.759><c> to</c><00:11:17.980><c> burn</c><00:11:18.240><c> out.</c> 00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:23.259 Isaiah<00:11:20.820><c> was</c><00:11:21.139><c> there,</c><00:11:21.460><c> chapter</c><00:11:21.679><c> 1,</c><00:11:22.019><c> verse</c><00:11:22.259><c> 1,</c><00:11:22.539><c> for</c><00:11:22.740><c> the</c><00:11:22.960><c> reign</c> 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:25.840 of<00:11:24.120><c> four</c><00:11:24.500><c> kings.</c> 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:30.379 That's<00:11:27.379><c> a</c><00:11:27.580><c> very</c><00:11:27.919><c> remarkable</c><00:11:29.080><c> achievement.</c> 00:11:32.000 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the</c><00:11:55.059><c> days</c><00:11:55.360><c> of</c><00:11:55.580><c> Hezekiah.</c> 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.820 So<00:11:58.600><c> that</c><00:11:59.240><c> means</c><00:11:59.500><c> that</c><00:11:59.700><c> when</c><00:11:59.799><c> we</c><00:12:00.019><c> come</c><00:12:00.279><c> to</c><00:12:00.580><c> various</c><00:12:01.139><c> parts</c><00:12:01.620><c> of</c> 00:12:01.820 --> 00:12:02.860 the<00:12:02.019><c> prophecy,</c> 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:06.580 we<00:12:03.360><c> have</c><00:12:03.639><c> to,</c><00:12:04.159><c> to</c><00:12:04.360><c> get</c><00:12:04.519><c> the</c><00:12:05.100><c> immediate</c><00:12:05.539><c> relevance,</c> 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:10.120 we<00:12:06.820><c> have</c><00:12:07.039><c> to</c><00:12:07.240><c> try</c><00:12:07.419><c> and</c><00:12:07.600><c> work</c><00:12:07.799><c> out</c><00:12:08.139><c> whose</c><00:12:08.580><c> days</c><00:12:08.919><c> are</c><00:12:09.159><c> these?</c> 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:14.159 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on</c><00:13:40.179><c> to</c><00:13:40.320><c> the</c><00:13:40.460><c> next</c><00:13:41.080><c> kingdom.</c> 00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:45.580 Because<00:13:43.019><c> chapter</c><00:13:43.460><c> 7,</c><00:13:44.259><c> it</c><00:13:44.620><c> tells</c><00:13:44.799><c> us</c><00:13:45.039><c> a</c><00:13:45.279><c> story</c> 00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:51.799 which<00:13:45.879><c> involves</c><00:13:46.419><c> Ahaz</c><00:13:47.179><c> of</c><00:13:49.840><c> Israel,</c><00:13:50.500><c> of</c><00:13:50.779><c> Judah,</c><00:13:51.120><c> I</c><00:13:51.200><c> should</c><00:13:51.399><c> say.</c> 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.200 It<00:13:52.320><c> came</c><00:13:52.639><c> to</c><00:13:52.879><c> pass</c><00:13:53.120><c> in</c><00:13:53.340><c> the</c><00:13:53.480><c> days</c><00:13:53.720><c> of</c><00:13:54.200><c> Ahaz,</c> 00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:59.960 the<00:13:56.500><c> son</c><00:13:56.720><c> of</c><00:13:56.940><c> Jotham,</c><00:13:57.360><c> the</c><00:13:57.440><c> 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against</c><00:14:14.220><c> it.</c> 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:18.620 So<00:14:15.480><c> that</c><00:14:15.820><c> clearly</c><00:14:16.279><c> is</c><00:14:16.639><c> in</c><00:14:16.779><c> the</c><00:14:17.039><c> time</c><00:14:17.580><c> of</c><00:14:17.940><c> king</c><00:14:18.299><c> Ahaz.</c> 00:14:18.700 --> 00:14:22.000 That's<00:14:19.039><c> the</c><00:14:19.360><c> third</c><00:14:19.720><c> of</c><00:14:20.259><c> those</c><00:14:20.600><c> kings</c><00:14:20.860><c> that</c><00:14:21.059><c> are</c><00:14:21.159><c> mentioned</c><00:14:21.440><c> in</c> 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.679 chapter<00:14:22.259><c> 1,</c><00:14:22.659><c> verse</c><00:14:22.940><c> 1.</c> 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:30.919 Now,<00:14:25.279><c> chapter</c><00:14:25.580><c> 7</c><00:14:26.340><c> is</c><00:14:27.039><c> part</c><00:14:27.379><c> of</c><00:14:27.500><c> what</c><00:14:27.659><c> we</c><00:14:28.000><c> call</c><00:14:28.399><c> the</c><00:14:29.039><c> Immanuel</c><00:14:29.919><c> Prophecy,</c> 00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:34.559 which<00:14:31.559><c> runs</c><00:14:31.860><c> us</c><00:14:32.139><c> through</c><00:14:32.700><c> to</c><00:14:33.039><c> chapter</c><00:14:33.360><c> 12.</c> 00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:39.960 So<00:14:35.399><c> we</c><00:14:35.879><c> can</c><00:14:36.200><c> at</c><00:14:36.360><c> least</c><00:14:36.799><c> say</c><00:14:37.539><c> that</c><00:14:38.279><c> chapters</c><00:14:38.620><c> 7</c><00:14:39.220><c> to</c><00:14:39.320><c> 12</c> 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:45.559 are<00:14:40.639><c> in</c><00:14:40.820><c> the</c><00:14:41.019><c> days</c><00:14:41.379><c> of</c><00:14:43.759><c> king</c><00:14:44.379><c> Ahaz.</c> 00:14:48.059 --> 00:14:50.519 And<00:14:48.679><c> then</c><00:14:49.039><c> of</c><00:14:49.440><c> that</c><00:14:49.700><c> time</c><00:14:49.940><c> that</c><00:14:50.259><c> follows,</c> 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:53.480 it's<00:14:50.820><c> very</c><00:14:51.120><c> difficult</c><00:14:51.460><c> to</c><00:14:51.700><c> be</c><00:14:52.000><c> dogmatic</c><00:14:52.419><c> about</c><00:14:52.639><c> all</c><00:14:52.879><c> of</c><00:14:52.980><c> these</c><00:14:53.159><c> chapters.</c> 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:56.419 Some<00:14:53.779><c> of</c><00:14:53.840><c> them</c><00:14:53.960><c> have</c><00:14:54.120><c> got</c><00:14:54.279><c> no</c><00:14:54.620><c> lead</c><00:14:54.820><c> at</c><00:14:55.039><c> all</c><00:14:55.240><c> as</c><00:14:55.480><c> to</c><00:14:55.639><c> exactly</c> 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:58.139 when<00:14:56.899><c> they</c><00:14:57.559><c> were</c><00:14:57.840><c> given.</c> 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:02.159 But<00:14:58.820><c> I</c><00:14:59.039><c> generally</c><00:14:59.320><c> put</c><00:14:59.740><c> the</c><00:15:00.279><c> rest</c><00:15:00.600><c> of</c><00:15:00.899><c> Isaiah,</c><00:15:01.240><c> chapters</c><00:15:01.600><c> 13</c> 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:03.080 to<00:15:02.360><c> 66,</c> 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:06.120 in<00:15:03.740><c> the</c><00:15:04.019><c> days</c><00:15:04.360><c> of</c><00:15:04.820><c> Hezekiah.</c> 00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:09.220 And<00:15:06.720><c> we</c><00:15:06.840><c> do</c><00:15:06.960><c> that</c><00:15:07.159><c> because</c><00:15:07.740><c> it</c><00:15:07.980><c> was</c><00:15:08.179><c> in</c><00:15:08.379><c> the</c><00:15:08.480><c> days</c><00:15:08.679><c> of</c><00:15:08.860><c> Hezekiah</c> 00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:15.860 that<00:15:10.200><c> the</c><00:15:10.440><c> Assyrian</c><00:15:11.100><c> invasion</c><00:15:11.960><c> was</c><00:15:13.940><c> coming</c><00:15:14.340><c> upon</c><00:15:14.659><c> the</c><00:15:14.899><c> land.</c> 00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:21.220 And<00:15:17.940><c> these</c><00:15:18.659><c> chapters,</c><00:15:19.419><c> in</c><00:15:19.779><c> the</c><00:15:19.899><c> most</c><00:15:20.179><c> part,</c> 00:15:21.340 --> 00:15:24.460 reflect<00:15:21.639><c> that</c><00:15:22.240><c> great</c><00:15:22.539><c> invasion</c><00:15:23.000><c> that</c><00:15:23.179><c> was</c><00:15:23.360><c> to</c><00:15:23.600><c> come.</c> 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:26.879 That's<00:15:25.360><c> a</c><00:15:25.480><c> general</c><00:15:25.740><c> statement.</c> 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:30.320 But<00:15:28.179><c> probably</c><00:15:28.840><c> chapters</c><00:15:29.200><c> 13</c><00:15:29.600><c> to</c><00:15:29.779><c> 66,</c> 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:34.080 the<00:15:30.500><c> larger</c><00:15:30.840><c> part</c><00:15:31.399><c> of</c><00:15:31.960><c> his</c><00:15:32.259><c> prophecy</c><00:15:32.700><c> was</c><00:15:33.360><c> in</c><00:15:33.539><c> the</c><00:15:33.700><c> reign</c><00:15:33.860><c> of</c> 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:35.759 that<00:15:34.379><c> fourth</c><00:15:35.080><c> king,</c> 00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:38.360 the<00:15:36.179><c> great</c><00:15:36.480><c> king,</c><00:15:36.840><c> Hezekiah.</c> 00:15:41.179 --> 00:15:43.340 So<00:15:41.779><c> there</c><00:15:41.919><c> were</c><00:15:42.100><c> four</c><00:15:42.299><c> kings.</c> 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:46.539 So<00:15:43.980><c> we've</c><00:15:44.139><c> got</c><00:15:44.259><c> to</c><00:15:44.399><c> sort</c><00:15:44.559><c> out</c><00:15:44.960><c> more</c><00:15:45.200><c> than</c><00:15:45.379><c> one</c><00:15:45.539><c> background.</c> 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:55.279 Now<00:15:48.399><c> there's</c><00:15:48.639><c> a</c><00:15:48.820><c> third</c><00:15:49.200><c> reason</c><00:15:49.679><c> for</c><00:15:51.480><c> interest</c><00:15:53.059><c> and</c><00:15:53.440><c> perhaps</c><00:15:53.879><c> difficulty</c> 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.940 in<00:15:55.679><c> the</c><00:15:56.059><c> interpretation</c><00:15:56.659><c> of</c><00:15:56.879><c> the</c><00:15:57.059><c> prophecy</c><00:15:57.360><c> of</c><00:15:57.620><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:15:57.940 --> 00:16:02.440 And<00:15:58.519><c> that's</c><00:15:58.879><c> because</c><00:15:59.179><c> of</c><00:15:59.360><c> the</c><00:15:59.539><c> very</c><00:15:59.799><c> obvious</c><00:16:01.279><c> concept</c> 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:10.440 of<00:16:03.500><c> overlapping</c><00:16:04.820><c> interpretations</c><00:16:07.379><c> or</c><00:16:07.820><c> applications</c><00:16:08.500><c> of</c><00:16:08.940><c> the</c><00:16:09.120><c> prophecies.</c> 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:15.639 This<00:16:11.080><c> is</c><00:16:11.539><c> especially</c><00:16:12.059><c> noticeable</c><00:16:12.679><c> in</c><00:16:13.240><c> the</c><00:16:13.860><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:14.519><c> section.</c> 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:19.860 The<00:16:16.120><c> invasion</c><00:16:16.740><c> by</c><00:16:17.399><c> the</c><00:16:17.700><c> Assyrians</c><00:16:18.460><c> who</c><00:16:18.960><c> came</c><00:16:19.279><c> pouring</c><00:16:19.580><c> down</c> 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:21.320 over<00:16:20.120><c> the</c><00:16:20.279><c> land</c> 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:28.039 that<00:16:22.379><c> had</c><00:16:22.700><c> before,</c><00:16:25.000><c> almost</c><00:16:25.000><c> some</c><00:16:25.759><c> 20</c><00:16:27.200><c> years</c><00:16:27.539><c> before,</c> 00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:30.659 had<00:16:28.360><c> come</c><00:16:28.539><c> over</c><00:16:28.779><c> the</c><00:16:28.919><c> northern</c><00:16:29.320><c> kingdom</c><00:16:29.720><c> and</c><00:16:30.000><c> destroyed</c><00:16:30.419><c> that,</c> 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.639 then<00:16:31.100><c> came</c><00:16:31.419><c> over</c><00:16:31.720><c> the</c><00:16:31.820><c> kingdom</c><00:16:32.159><c> of</c><00:16:32.460><c> Judah.</c> 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:36.779 Judah<00:16:33.019><c> was</c><00:16:33.399><c> not</c><00:16:34.080><c> left</c><00:16:34.960><c> out</c><00:16:35.259><c> in</c><00:16:35.500><c> the</c><00:16:35.700><c> invasions</c><00:16:36.200><c> of</c><00:16:36.399><c> the</c><00:16:36.500><c> kings</c> 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.440 of<00:16:37.019><c> Assyria.</c> 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:42.000 They<00:16:38.159><c> wrought</c><00:16:38.360><c> 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his</c><00:16:52.460><c> reign</c> 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:55.639 as<00:16:53.019><c> far</c><00:16:53.240><c> as</c><00:16:53.799><c> invasion</c><00:16:54.240><c> was</c><00:16:54.559><c> concerned.</c> 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:01.940 And<00:16:56.399><c> so</c><00:16:56.600><c> that</c><00:16:56.860><c> reflects</c><00:16:57.240><c> very,</c><00:16:57.759><c> very</c><00:16:58.059><c> heavily</c><00:16:58.440><c> in</c><00:17:00.139><c> the</c><00:17:00.399><c> prophecy</c><00:17:00.740><c> of</c><00:17:01.000><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:05.220 Our<00:17:02.419><c> section</c><00:17:02.720><c> that</c><00:17:02.879><c> we're</c><00:17:03.039><c> looking</c><00:17:03.259><c> at</c><00:17:03.440><c> this</c><00:17:03.700><c> week,</c><00:17:04.000><c> 24</c><00:17:04.420><c> to</c><00:17:04.640><c> 26,</c> 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:08.539 is<00:17:05.819><c> going</c><00:17:06.000><c> to</c><00:17:06.259><c> very</c><00:17:06.500><c> much</c><00:17:06.759><c> bring</c><00:17:07.039><c> out</c><00:17:07.539><c> all</c><00:17:07.940><c> that</c><00:17:08.220><c> background</c> 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:14.539 of<00:17:09.420><c> the</c><00:17:09.839><c> invasion</c><00:17:10.220><c> of</c><00:17:10.539><c> the</c><00:17:10.799><c> Syrian</c><00:17:11.099><c> power</c><00:17:12.039><c> led</c><00:17:12.420><c> by</c><00:17:13.099><c> Sennacherib.</c> 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:22.140 But<00:17:18.680><c> overlapping</c><00:17:19.240><c> that</c><00:17:20.619><c> understanding</c><00:17:21.440><c> of</c><00:17:21.720><c> the</c><00:17:21.900><c> prophecy,</c> 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:24.119 that<00:17:22.619><c> application</c><00:17:23.420><c> of</c><00:17:23.660><c> the</c><00:17:23.819><c> prophecy,</c> 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:28.400 we<00:17:24.680><c> will</c><00:17:24.920><c> see</c><00:17:25.119><c> that</c><00:17:25.299><c> it</c><00:17:25.460><c> goes</c><00:17:25.700><c> on</c><00:17:26.539><c> to</c><00:17:27.079><c> a</c><00:17:27.380><c> second</c><00:17:27.619><c> application</c> 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.920 many<00:17:29.099><c> times.</c> 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:34.059 Isaiah<00:17:30.640><c> is</c><00:17:30.839><c> standing</c><00:17:31.119><c> before</c><00:17:31.759><c> the</c><00:17:32.140><c> beginning</c><00:17:32.519><c> of</c><00:17:32.799><c> those</c><00:17:33.079><c> invasions.</c> 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.900 There<00:17:34.680><c> was</c><00:17:35.000><c> an</c><00:17:35.279><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:36.059><c> invasion</c><00:17:36.640><c> that</c><00:17:36.920><c> never</c><00:17:37.160><c> took</c><00:17:37.380><c> the</c><00:17:37.619><c> capital,</c> 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:39.819 but<00:17:38.099><c> did</c><00:17:38.319><c> take</c><00:17:38.559><c> the</c><00:17:38.779><c> countryside.</c> 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:44.180 Then<00:17:40.680><c> there</c><00:17:40.940><c> was</c><00:17:41.519><c> also,</c><00:17:42.480><c> 100</c><00:17:42.799><c> years</c><00:17:43.200><c> later,</c> 00:17:44.200 --> 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to</c><00:18:02.279><c> the</c><00:18:02.440><c> Roman</c><00:18:02.720><c> invasion</c><00:18:03.299><c> in</c><00:18:03.680><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:08.900 Would<00:18:05.500><c> we</c><00:18:05.799><c> expect</c><00:18:06.099><c> such</c><00:18:06.380><c> a</c><00:18:06.539><c> book</c><00:18:06.779><c> that</c><00:18:07.319><c> has</c><00:18:07.519><c> such</c><00:18:07.779><c> a</c><00:18:08.099><c> grand</c><00:18:08.420><c> scheme</c> 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:13.900 to<00:18:09.519><c> omit</c><00:18:09.900><c> then</c><00:18:10.240><c> the</c><00:18:10.839><c> latter</c><00:18:11.140><c>-day</c><00:18:11.500><c> invasion</c><00:18:12.099><c> of</c><00:18:12.339><c> the</c><00:18:12.500><c> northern</c><00:18:12.799><c> power,</c> 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:18.140 the<00:18:14.579><c> latter</c><00:18:14.799><c>-day</c><00:18:15.079><c> Assyrian</c><00:18:15.579><c> as</c><00:18:15.920><c> we</c><00:18:16.599><c> sometimes</c><00:18:17.099><c> refer</c><00:18:17.480><c> to</c><00:18:17.700><c> it?</c> 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:20.440 No,<00:18:18.799><c> there</c><00:18:18.799><c> are</c><00:18:19.119><c> prophecies</c><00:18:19.559><c> within</c><00:18:19.880><c> this</c><00:18:20.180><c> book</c> 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:25.660 that<00:18:20.960><c> clearly</c><00:18:21.579><c> have</c><00:18:22.140><c> relationship</c><00:18:22.880><c> to</c><00:18:23.359><c> the</c><00:18:23.519><c> latter</c><00:18:23.740><c>-day</c><00:18:24.059><c> Assyrian.</c> 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:30.180 So<00:18:26.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:27.259><c> therefore</c><00:18:27.720><c> sets</c><00:18:28.000><c> out</c><00:18:28.279><c> his</c><00:18:29.299><c> prophecy.</c> 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:34.539 It<00:18:30.720><c> has</c><00:18:31.119><c> very</c><00:18:31.740><c> real</c><00:18:31.980><c> and</c><00:18:32.440><c> tangible</c><00:18:33.059><c> reaction</c><00:18:33.920><c> to</c><00:18:34.140><c> the</c><00:18:34.339><c> people</c> 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.160 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Babylonian</c><00:18:46.079><c> invasion.</c> 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:51.420 Yet<00:18:49.619><c> again,</c><00:18:50.319><c> we</c><00:18:50.480><c> can</c><00:18:50.640><c> look</c><00:18:50.759><c> at</c><00:18:50.900><c> the</c><00:18:51.119><c> prophecy,</c> 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:54.880 and<00:18:51.640><c> we</c><00:18:51.740><c> can</c><00:18:52.000><c> see</c><00:18:52.359><c> that</c><00:18:52.839><c> in</c><00:18:53.019><c> fact</c><00:18:53.160><c> the</c><00:18:53.400><c> Roman</c><00:18:53.799><c> invasion</c><00:18:54.220><c> is</c><00:18:54.480><c> going</c><00:18:54.599><c> to</c> 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.700 eclipse<00:18:55.160><c> the</c><00:18:55.500><c> Babylonian,</c> 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:00.000 and<00:18:57.640><c> Gog's</c><00:18:57.859><c> invasion</c><00:18:58.460><c> will</c><00:18:59.079><c> eclipse</c><00:18:59.339><c> them</c><00:18:59.619><c> all.</c> 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:03.839 Sometimes<00:19:00.880><c> we</c><00:19:01.160><c> have</c><00:19:01.339><c> that</c><00:19:01.660><c> kind</c><00:19:01.859><c> of</c><00:19:02.480><c> extended</c><00:19:03.079><c> application,</c> 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.839 which<00:19:05.099><c> makes</c><00:19:05.480><c> therefore</c><00:19:05.920><c> the</c><00:19:06.180><c> prophecy</c><00:19:06.460><c> of</c><00:19:06.799><c> Isaiah</c> 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:09.660 extremely<00:19:08.059><c> interesting.</c> 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:19.539 What<00:19:15.700><c> that</c><00:19:15.940><c> does</c><00:19:16.240><c> do</c><00:19:16.720><c> is</c><00:19:17.500><c> that</c><00:19:17.680><c> it</c><00:19:17.859><c> helps</c><00:19:18.079><c> us</c><00:19:18.460><c> to</c><00:19:18.680><c> perceive</c><00:19:19.180><c> the</c> 00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:21.480 direction<00:19:19.920><c> the</c><00:19:20.240><c> prophecy</c><00:19:20.460><c> is</c><00:19:20.700><c> going.</c> 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:24.720 For<00:19:22.180><c> in</c><00:19:22.319><c> the</c><00:19:22.500><c> fulfillment</c><00:19:22.980><c> of</c><00:19:23.259><c> the</c><00:19:23.519><c> first,</c> 00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:30.059 we<00:19:25.720><c> can</c><00:19:26.000><c> see</c><00:19:26.319><c> a</c><00:19:27.160><c> foreshadowing</c><00:19:27.819><c> of</c><00:19:28.559><c> the</c><00:19:28.779><c> fulfillment</c><00:19:29.240><c> of</c><00:19:29.680><c> the</c> 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:33.359 subsequent<00:19:30.960><c> applications</c><00:19:31.880><c> of</c><00:19:32.279><c> the</c><00:19:32.519><c> prophecy.</c> 00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:36.519 It<00:19:34.460><c> also</c><00:19:34.859><c> means,</c><00:19:35.259><c> my</c><00:19:35.480><c> dear</c><00:19:35.640><c> brothers</c><00:19:35.839><c> and</c><00:19:35.960><c> sisters,</c><00:19:36.200><c> that</c><00:19:36.339><c> the</c> 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:39.359 power<00:19:36.880><c> of</c><00:19:37.180><c> the</c><00:19:37.299><c> prophecy</c><00:19:37.660><c> increased,</c> 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:42.680 because<00:19:40.220><c> 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of</c><00:20:08.279><c> years.</c> 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:14.259 You<00:20:10.720><c> know,</c><00:20:11.500><c> Isaiah's</c><00:20:12.559><c> period</c><00:20:12.880><c> is</c><00:20:13.299><c> extremely</c><00:20:13.680><c> interesting.</c> 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:19.400 It's<00:20:14.500><c> as</c><00:20:14.680><c> though</c><00:20:15.259><c> God</c><00:20:15.559><c> was</c><00:20:16.599><c> in</c><00:20:16.779><c> a</c><00:20:17.140><c> hurry</c><00:20:17.400><c> to</c><00:20:17.619><c> make</c><00:20:17.859><c> things</c><00:20:18.259><c> clear.</c> 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:22.859 Turn<00:20:20.259><c> to</c><00:20:20.599><c> the</c><00:20:20.980><c> minor</c><00:20:21.319><c> prophets,</c><00:20:21.720><c> as</c><00:20:21.920><c> we</c><00:20:22.119><c> call</c><00:20:22.279><c> them,</c> 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:28.660 to<00:20:24.059><c> the</c><00:20:24.359><c> prophecy</c><00:20:24.759><c> of</c><00:20:25.680><c> firstly,</c><00:20:27.420><c> Hosea.</c> 00:20:32.079 --> 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verse</c><00:20:55.799><c> 1.</c> 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:00.619 If<00:20:57.839><c> you</c><00:20:58.039><c> read</c><00:20:58.220><c> those</c><00:20:58.559><c> four</c><00:20:58.799><c> names</c><00:20:59.099><c> carefully</c><00:20:59.599><c> of</c><00:20:59.819><c> the</c><00:21:00.019><c> kings</c> 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:03.279 in<00:21:01.500><c> whose</c><00:21:01.759><c> reign</c><00:21:02.059><c> he</c><00:21:02.380><c> ministered,</c> 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:08.059 you'll<00:21:03.579><c> see</c><00:21:03.700><c> they're</c><00:21:04.019><c> exactly</c><00:21:04.420><c> the</c><00:21:04.740><c> same</c><00:21:06.000><c> as</c><00:21:06.420><c> that</c><00:21:06.720><c> of</c><00:21:07.019><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:15.559 Exactly<00:21:10.059><c> the</c><00:21:10.339><c> same,</c><00:21:10.720><c> Isaiah,</c><00:21:11.880><c> Jotham,</c><00:21:13.160><c> Ahaz,</c><00:21:13.799><c> and</c><00:21:14.039><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.980 kings<00:21:15.839><c> of</c><00:21:16.140><c> Judah.</c> 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:21.720 And<00:21:18.559><c> they're</c><00:21:19.160><c> spoken</c><00:21:19.400><c> of</c><00:21:19.660><c> as</c><00:21:19.940><c> being</c><00:21:20.779><c> kings</c><00:21:21.220><c> of</c><00:21:21.519><c> Judah,</c> 00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:26.859 even<00:21:22.180><c> though</c><00:21:22.500><c> Hosea</c><00:21:23.200><c> was</c><00:21:24.059><c> a</c><00:21:24.339><c> prophet</c><00:21:24.559><c> to</c><00:21:24.779><c> the</c><00:21:25.019><c> northern</c><00:21:25.420><c> kingdom.</c> 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:33.180 Further<00:21:29.019><c> interest,</c><00:21:30.519><c> Hosea's</c><00:21:31.119><c> name</c><00:21:31.339><c> means</c><00:21:31.759><c> salvation.</c> 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:38.400 Isaiah's<00:21:35.400><c> name</c><00:21:35.579><c> is</c><00:21:35.819><c> really</c><00:21:36.079><c> just</c><00:21:36.339><c> that</c><00:21:36.579><c> plus</c><00:21:36.839><c> the</c><00:21:37.099><c> name</c><00:21:37.240><c> of</c><00:21:37.500><c> God.</c> 00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:42.380 So<00:21:39.839><c> we've</c><00:21:40.119><c> got</c><00:21:40.240><c> a</c><00:21:40.519><c> prophet</c><00:21:40.680><c> in</c><00:21:40.900><c> the</c><00:21:41.200><c> south,</c><00:21:41.660><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:46.180 and<00:21:43.160><c> we've</c><00:21:43.420><c> got</c><00:21:43.559><c> a</c><00:21:43.779><c> prophet</c><00:21:44.000><c> in</c><00:21:44.259><c> the</c><00:21:44.480><c> north,</c><00:21:45.400><c> Hosea,</c> 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:49.319 whose<00:21:46.819><c> names</c><00:21:47.259><c> have</c><00:21:47.460><c> the</c><00:21:47.740><c> same</c><00:21:48.059><c> significance,</c> 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:53.279 who<00:21:50.000><c> are</c><00:21:50.240><c> operating</c><00:21:50.579><c> in</c><00:21:50.819><c> those</c><00:21:51.079><c> two</c><00:21:51.339><c> spheres</c><00:21:51.599><c> at</c><00:21:51.980><c> the</c><00:21:52.240><c> one</c><00:21:52.660><c> time,</c> 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:55.599 which<00:21:53.940><c> is</c><00:21:54.119><c> interesting,</c><00:21:54.579><c> isn't</c><00:21:54.660><c> it?</c> 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:58.000 Not<00:21:56.220><c> that</c><00:21:56.359><c> they</c><00:21:56.539><c> were</c><00:21:56.660><c> the</c><00:21:56.799><c> only</c><00:21:57.039><c> two.</c> 00:21:58.099 --> 00:22:02.960 If<00:21:58.119><c> you</c><00:21:58.299><c> turn</c><00:21:58.500><c> over</c><00:21:58.799><c> further</c><00:21:59.339><c> to</c><00:22:00.319><c> the</c><00:22:00.740><c> prophecy</c><00:22:01.079><c> of</c><00:22:01.500><c> Micah.</c> 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:16.480 Micah<00:22:14.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:14.420><c> 1,</c> 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:20.880 the<00:22:17.440><c> word</c><00:22:18.000><c> of</c><00:22:18.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:18.740><c> that</c><00:22:19.039><c> came</c><00:22:19.279><c> to</c><00:22:19.599><c> Micah</c><00:22:19.920><c> the</c><00:22:20.160><c> Morristite</c> 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:28.160 in<00:22:21.519><c> the</c><00:22:21.759><c> days</c><00:22:22.000><c> of</c><00:22:23.680><c> Jotham,</c><00:22:24.980><c> Ahaz,</c><00:22:25.579><c> and</c><00:22:25.920><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:30.099 kings<00:22:28.819><c> of</c><00:22:29.220><c> Judah,</c> 00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:35.000 which<00:22:30.779><c> he</c><00:22:31.039><c> saw</c><00:22:31.240><c> concerning</c><00:22:32.000><c> Samaria</c><00:22:33.019><c> and</c><00:22:33.759><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.460 That's<00:22:36.000><c> interesting,</c><00:22:36.440><c> isn't</c><00:22:36.579><c> it?</c> 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:39.599 He<00:22:38.039><c> begins</c><00:22:38.400><c> just</c><00:22:38.759><c> a</c><00:22:38.920><c> little</c><00:22:39.059><c> later,</c> 00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:42.359 he<00:22:39.960><c> doesn't</c><00:22:40.299><c> include</c><00:22:40.660><c> the</c><00:22:40.880><c> days</c><00:22:41.099><c> of</c><00:22:41.519><c> Isaiah,</c> 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Judah,</c> 00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:03.700 and<00:23:01.059><c> Hosea</c><00:23:01.460><c> was</c><00:23:01.819><c> to</c><00:23:02.160><c> Israel</c><00:23:02.539><c> in</c><00:23:02.720><c> the</c><00:23:02.900><c> north,</c> 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:07.859 Micah<00:23:04.400><c> is</c><00:23:04.779><c> to</c><00:23:05.000><c> both</c><00:23:05.559><c> Samaria</c><00:23:06.059><c> and</c><00:23:06.700><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.740 Interesting. 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:13.440 And<00:23:11.420><c> then</c><00:23:11.579><c> of</c><00:23:11.700><c> course</c><00:23:11.880><c> we</c><00:23:12.039><c> have</c><00:23:12.259><c> the</c><00:23:12.460><c> prophet</c><00:23:12.740><c> Amos.</c> 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:15.920 Turn<00:23:13.799><c> back</c><00:23:14.039><c> now</c><00:23:14.240><c> to</c><00:23:14.460><c> Amos.</c> 00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:24.539 And<00:23:19.579><c> we</c><00:23:19.759><c> find</c><00:23:20.000><c> that</c><00:23:20.240><c> he</c><00:23:20.500><c> too</c><00:23:21.400><c> has</c><00:23:21.839><c> shared</c><00:23:22.019><c> some</c><00:23:22.339><c> of</c><00:23:22.579><c> Isaiah's</c><00:23:23.220><c> days.</c> 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:34.619 Amos<00:23:31.700><c> chapter</c><00:23:32.079><c> 1</c><00:23:32.519><c> and</c><00:23:32.720><c> verse</c><00:23:32.980><c> 1.</c> 00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:40.839 The<00:23:35.519><c> words</c><00:23:35.960><c> of</c><00:23:36.279><c> Amos,</c><00:23:37.859><c> who</c><00:23:37.920><c> was</c><00:23:38.160><c> among</c><00:23:38.440><c> the</c><00:23:38.819><c> herdsmen</c><00:23:39.420><c> of</c><00:23:39.720><c> Tekoa,</c> 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.859 which<00:23:41.819><c> he</c><00:23:42.079><c> saw</c><00:23:42.299><c> concerning</c><00:23:42.859><c> Israel</c><00:23:43.480><c> in</c><00:23:44.220><c> the</c><00:23:44.460><c> days</c><00:23:44.799><c> of</c><00:23:45.220><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.480 king<00:23:46.339><c> of</c><00:23:46.579><c> Judah,</c> 00:23:48.200 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references</c><00:25:07.440><c> to</c><00:25:08.920><c> the</c><00:25:09.180><c> Apostles'</c><00:25:09.700><c> work</c><00:25:09.819><c> in</c><00:25:10.019><c> the</c><00:25:10.079><c> New</c><00:25:10.299><c> Testament.</c> 00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:16.359 In<00:25:11.720><c> other</c><00:25:11.940><c> words,</c><00:25:12.420><c> the</c><00:25:12.660><c> relevance</c><00:25:13.460><c> of</c><00:25:14.180><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:15.220><c> to</c><00:25:15.920><c> the</c><00:25:16.160><c> work</c> 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.640 of<00:25:16.619><c> the</c><00:25:16.700><c> Lord</c><00:25:16.900><c> Jesus</c><00:25:17.319><c> Christ</c> 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:21.759 is<00:25:18.079><c> overwhelmingly</c><00:25:19.099><c> greater</c><00:25:20.660><c> than</c><00:25:20.920><c> other</c><00:25:21.180><c> areas</c><00:25:21.480><c> of</c> 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:23.480 Scripture,<00:25:22.660><c> overwhelmingly.</c> 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:26.539 There<00:25:24.259><c> are</c><00:25:24.839><c> 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obvious</c><00:25:42.279><c> that</c><00:25:42.559><c> from</c><00:25:42.759><c> the</c><00:25:42.980><c> point</c><00:25:43.160><c> of</c><00:25:43.279><c> view</c><00:25:43.359><c> of</c><00:25:43.539><c> the</c><00:25:43.700><c> Apostles,</c> 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:47.160 there<00:25:44.460><c> was</c><00:25:44.619><c> so</c><00:25:44.980><c> much</c><00:25:45.240><c> of</c><00:25:45.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:45.839><c> that</c><00:25:45.980><c> was</c><00:25:46.259><c> written</c><00:25:46.460><c> to</c><00:25:46.940><c> speak</c> 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:50.299 exactly<00:25:47.880><c> of</c><00:25:48.059><c> his</c><00:25:48.299><c> own</c><00:25:48.579><c> generation</c><00:25:49.140><c> when</c><00:25:49.299><c> he</c><00:25:49.519><c> came.</c> 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:53.920 And<00:25:51.500><c> at</c><00:25:51.680><c> first</c><00:25:51.880><c> reading,</c><00:25:52.160><c> you</c><00:25:52.339><c> and</c><00:25:52.420><c> I</c><00:25:52.539><c> would</c><00:25:52.660><c> never</c><00:25:52.839><c> think</c><00:25:53.059><c> that.</c> 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.640 But<00:25:54.119><c> there's</c><00:25:54.299><c> no</c><00:25:54.640><c> question</c><00:25:55.099><c> about</c><00:25:55.400><c> that.</c> 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:58.920 It's<00:25:56.319><c> set</c><00:25:56.460><c> there</c><00:25:56.700><c> so</c><00:25:57.059><c> that</c><00:25:57.180><c> they</c><00:25:57.359><c> are</c><00:25:57.740><c> weaving</c><00:25:58.099><c> their</c><00:25:58.519><c> story</c> 00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:02.440 as<00:25:59.039><c> they</c><00:25:59.259><c> tell</c><00:25:59.440><c> the</c><00:25:59.599><c> Gospel</c><00:25:59.900><c> records</c><00:26:00.299><c> around</c><00:26:00.799><c> the</c><00:26:01.079><c> passage</c><00:26:01.319><c> in</c><00:26:01.579><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:04.779 especially<00:26:03.339><c> the</c><00:26:03.539><c> Gospel</c><00:26:03.799><c> of</c><00:26:03.980><c> John.</c> 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:08.259 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the</c><00:26:34.000><c> Lord,</c><00:26:34.259><c> the</c><00:26:34.380><c> heaven</c><00:26:34.579><c> is</c><00:26:34.839><c> my</c><00:26:35.119><c> throne,</c><00:26:35.539><c> the</c><00:26:35.599><c> earth</c><00:26:35.819><c> my</c><00:26:36.099><c> footstool.</c> 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:39.940 Where<00:26:37.619><c> is</c><00:26:37.819><c> the</c><00:26:37.960><c> house</c><00:26:38.259><c> that</c><00:26:38.460><c> ye</c><00:26:38.660><c> build</c><00:26:38.859><c> unto</c><00:26:39.099><c> me</c><00:26:39.359><c> and</c><00:26:39.500><c> where</c><00:26:39.779><c> is</c> 00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:42.039 the<00:26:40.160><c> place</c><00:26:40.500><c> of</c><00:26:40.799><c> my</c><00:26:41.039><c> rest?</c> 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:45.359 Can<00:26:43.299><c> you</c><00:26:43.680><c> house</c><00:26:44.019><c> me?</c> 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:48.859 For<00:26:45.640><c> all</c><00:26:45.900><c> those</c><00:26:46.279><c> things</c><00:26:46.900><c> hath</c><00:26:47.400><c> mine</c><00:26:47.799><c> hand</c><00:26:48.299><c> made</c> 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:53.539 and<00:26:49.759><c> all</c><00:26:50.059><c> those</c><00:26:50.420><c> things</c><00:26:50.759><c> have</c><00:26:51.079><c> been,</c><00:26:52.920><c> saith</c><00:26:53.079><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:56.259 my<00:26:54.099><c> hand</c><00:26:54.460><c> made</c><00:26:54.720><c> all</c><00:26:55.019><c> of</c><00:26:55.140><c> it.</c> 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:00.259 But<00:26:58.880><c> I</c><00:26:59.079><c> will</c><00:26:59.319><c> dwell.</c> 00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:04.779 To<00:27:02.039><c> this</c><00:27:02.299><c> man</c><00:27:02.480><c> will</c><00:27:02.619><c> I</c><00:27:02.839><c> look,</c><00:27:03.539><c> even</c><00:27:03.640><c> to</c><00:27:03.819><c> him</c><00:27:04.000><c> that</c><00:27:04.200><c> is</c><00:27:04.559><c> poor</c> 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:08.920 and<00:27:04.880><c> of</c><00:27:05.099><c> a</c><00:27:05.279><c> contrite</c><00:27:05.940><c> spirit</c><00:27:06.319><c> and</c><00:27:06.920><c> trembles</c><00:27:07.380><c> at</c><00:27:07.599><c> my</c><00:27:07.839><c> word.</c> 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:15.099 All<00:27:10.599><c> of</c><00:27:10.740><c> your</c><00:27:11.019><c> formal</c><00:27:11.839><c> offerings</c><00:27:12.680><c> I</c><00:27:13.500><c> despise,</c> 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:20.519 he<00:27:15.740><c> that</c><00:27:16.019><c> killeth</c><00:27:16.359><c> an</c><00:27:16.579><c> ox</c><00:27:17.660><c> as</c><00:27:18.539><c> if</c><00:27:18.599><c> he</c><00:27:18.900><c> slew</c><00:27:19.140><c> a</c><00:27:19.339><c> man,</c> 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:25.140 he<00:27:21.420><c> that</c><00:27:21.839><c> sacrificeth</c><00:27:22.440><c> a</c><00:27:22.680><c> lamb</c><00:27:22.940><c> as</c><00:27:23.119><c> if</c><00:27:23.160><c> he</c><00:27:23.420><c> cut</c><00:27:23.539><c> off</c><00:27:23.720><c> a</c><00:27:23.859><c> dog's</c><00:27:24.220><c> neck,</c> 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:29.740 he<00:27:25.880><c> that</c><00:27:26.240><c> offereth</c><00:27:26.519><c> an</c><00:27:26.700><c> oblation</c><00:27:27.160><c> as</c><00:27:27.279><c> if</c><00:27:27.359><c> he</c><00:27:27.559><c> offered</c><00:27:27.859><c> swine's</c><00:27:28.640><c> blood.</c> 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:32.220 Terrible<00:27:30.779><c> words,</c><00:27:31.299><c> aren't</c><00:27:31.299><c> they?</c> 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:36.140 Upon<00:27:32.779><c> what</c><00:27:33.059><c> generation</c><00:27:33.779><c> do</c><00:27:34.019><c> these</c><00:27:34.299><c> come?</c><00:27:34.720><c> To</c><00:27:34.920><c> whom</c><00:27:35.140><c> do</c><00:27:35.460><c> they</c><00:27:35.680><c> belong?</c> 00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:39.359 He<00:27:36.799><c> that</c><00:27:37.119><c> birth</c><00:27:37.380><c> incense</c><00:27:37.960><c> as</c><00:27:38.140><c> if</c><00:27:38.240><c> he</c><00:27:38.480><c> blessed</c><00:27:38.759><c> an</c><00:27:39.059><c> idol.</c> 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:42.640 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I<00:27:58.000><c> also</c><00:27:58.359><c> will</c><00:27:58.680><c> choose</c><00:27:59.079><c> their</c><00:27:59.720><c> delusions.</c> 00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.799 They<00:28:01.960><c> can</c><00:28:02.240><c> choose,</c><00:28:02.700><c> so</c><00:28:03.039><c> can</c><00:28:03.279><c> I,</c> 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:06.980 and<00:28:04.579><c> will</c><00:28:04.799><c> bring</c><00:28:05.039><c> their</c><00:28:05.380><c> fears</c><00:28:05.640><c> upon</c><00:28:05.940><c> them</c><00:28:06.180><c> because</c><00:28:06.460><c> when</c><00:28:06.680><c> I</c> 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:08.220 called,<00:28:07.299><c> none</c><00:28:07.599><c> did</c><00:28:07.839><c> answer.</c> 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:10.180 When<00:28:08.579><c> I</c><00:28:08.960><c> spake,</c><00:28:09.160><c> they</c><00:28:09.279><c> did</c><00:28:09.519><c> not</c><00:28:09.819><c> hear,</c> 00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:15.500 but<00:28:10.579><c> they</c><00:28:10.779><c> did</c><00:28:10.940><c> evil</c><00:28:11.279><c> before</c><00:28:11.680><c> mine</c><00:28:11.920><c> eyes</c><00:28:12.240><c> and</c><00:28:12.500><c> chose</c><00:28:12.880><c> that</c><00:28:14.819><c> which</c><00:28:15.099><c> I</c> 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.079 delighted<00:28:15.940><c> not.</c> 00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:21.240 Hear<00:28:18.319><c> the</c><00:28:18.460><c> word</c><00:28:18.640><c> of</c><00:28:18.779><c> the</c><00:28:18.940><c> Lord,</c><00:28:19.299><c> ye</c><00:28:19.380><c> that</c><00:28:19.579><c> tremble</c><00:28:19.920><c> at</c><00:28:19.980><c> his</c><00:28:20.240><c> word.</c> 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:25.819 That's<00:28:22.480><c> those</c><00:28:22.660><c> of</c><00:28:22.819><c> verse</c><00:28:23.059><c> 2,</c><00:28:23.460><c> isn't</c><00:28:23.599><c> it?</c><00:28:24.880><c> Tremulous.</c> 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:29.819 There<00:28:27.859><c> was</c><00:28:28.099><c> a</c><00:28:28.220><c> certain</c><00:28:28.460><c> fear</c><00:28:28.839><c> of</c><00:28:29.019><c> God</c><00:28:29.220><c> in</c><00:28:29.359><c> their</c><00:28:29.599><c> heart.</c> 00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:32.079 When<00:28:29.960><c> they</c><00:28:30.140><c> read</c><00:28:30.299><c> the</c><00:28:30.500><c> word</c><00:28:30.640><c> of</c><00:28:30.779><c> God,</c><00:28:31.019><c> it</c><00:28:31.099><c> meant</c><00:28:31.359><c> something</c><00:28:31.660><c> to</c><00:28:31.880><c> them.</c> 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:36.359 It<00:28:32.519><c> motivated</c><00:28:33.079><c> them,</c><00:28:33.279><c> it</c><00:28:33.500><c> changed</c><00:28:33.839><c> their</c><00:28:34.119><c> lives,</c><00:28:34.359><c> they</c><00:28:34.539><c> wanted</c><00:28:34.839><c> to</c><00:28:35.140><c> respond.</c> 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:40.680 Hear<00:28:37.200><c> the</c><00:28:37.359><c> word</c><00:28:37.539><c> of</c><00:28:37.720><c> the</c><00:28:37.839><c> Lord,</c><00:28:38.119><c> ye</c><00:28:38.180><c> that</c><00:28:38.380><c> tremble</c><00:28:39.059><c> at</c><00:28:39.240><c> his</c><00:28:39.480><c> word.</c> 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:44.480 Your<00:28:41.079><c> brethren,</c><00:28:41.539><c> notice</c><00:28:42.279><c> the</c><00:28:42.480><c> expression,</c><00:28:43.099><c> that</c><00:28:43.359><c> hated</c><00:28:43.700><c> you,</c> 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:47.799 that<00:28:45.440><c> cast</c><00:28:45.759><c> you</c><00:28:46.019><c> out,</c><00:28:46.339><c> remember</c><00:28:46.740><c> that,</c> 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:50.720 for<00:28:48.079><c> my</c><00:28:48.440><c> name's</c><00:28:49.420><c> sake,</c><00:28:49.599><c> remember</c><00:28:50.039><c> that,</c> 00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:54.619 said,<00:28:52.420><c> let</c><00:28:52.619><c> the</c><00:28:52.839><c> Lord</c><00:28:52.980><c> be</c><00:28:53.259><c> glorified,</c> 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:59.460 that<00:28:55.359><c> he</c><00:28:55.559><c> shall</c><00:28:55.700><c> appear</c><00:28:55.980><c> to</c><00:28:56.200><c> your</c><00:28:56.500><c> joy</c><00:28:57.180><c> and</c><00:28:57.819><c> they</c><00:28:58.079><c> shall</c><00:28:58.259><c> be</c><00:28:58.460><c> ashamed.</c> 00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:04.920 And<00:29:00.599><c> then</c><00:29:00.779><c> a</c><00:29:00.880><c> voice</c><00:29:01.460><c> of</c><00:29:01.900><c> judgment</c><00:29:02.339><c> and</c><00:29:02.700><c> ruin</c><00:29:03.220><c> was</c><00:29:03.980><c> heard</c><00:29:04.200><c> arising</c><00:29:04.640><c> from</c> 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.400 the<00:29:05.079><c> temple.</c> 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:10.240 The<00:29:05.839><c> consequence</c><00:29:06.559><c> of</c><00:29:07.640><c> the</c><00:29:07.880><c> iniquity</c><00:29:08.440><c> and</c><00:29:08.740><c> insincerity</c><00:29:09.539><c> of</c><00:29:09.720><c> verses</c><00:29:09.940><c> 1</c> 00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.980 to<00:29:10.400><c> 5.</c> 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.900 Can<00:29:13.079><c> you</c><00:29:13.240><c> think</c><00:29:13.400><c> of</c><00:29:13.539><c> a</c><00:29:13.680><c> passage</c><00:29:13.920><c> that</c><00:29:14.099><c> combines</c><00:29:14.559><c> some</c><00:29:14.779><c> of</c> 00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.960 those<00:29:15.059><c> thoughts?</c> 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:19.819 Well,<00:29:17.900><c> it's</c><00:29:18.099><c> the</c><00:29:18.220><c> most</c><00:29:18.440><c> unlikely</c><00:29:18.859><c> thing</c><00:29:19.099><c> I</c><00:29:19.319><c> suppose</c><00:29:19.619><c> you'd</c> 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:22.180 ever<00:29:20.019><c> think</c><00:29:20.240><c> of,</c><00:29:20.720><c> but</c><00:29:20.880><c> it's</c><00:29:21.099><c> there.</c> 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:24.460 Turn<00:29:22.420><c> to</c><00:29:22.559><c> John,</c><00:29:22.839><c> chapter</c><00:29:23.160><c> 9.</c> 00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:28.500 John,<00:29:26.299><c> chapter</c><00:29:26.559><c> 9,</c><00:29:26.799><c> we</c><00:29:26.940><c> have</c><00:29:27.059><c> a</c><00:29:27.259><c> blind</c><00:29:27.460><c> man.</c> 00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:34.680 He<00:29:29.319><c> was</c><00:29:29.579><c> set</c><00:29:29.700><c> at</c><00:29:29.980><c> the</c><00:29:30.339><c> steps,</c><00:29:32.380><c> the</c><00:29:32.480><c> very</c><00:29:32.819><c> steps</c><00:29:33.140><c> of</c><00:29:33.359><c> the</c><00:29:33.539><c> temple.</c> 00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:40.799 They<00:29:38.160><c> couldn't</c><00:29:38.380><c> do</c><00:29:38.579><c> anything</c><00:29:38.880><c> with</c><00:29:39.099><c> a</c><00:29:39.279><c> blind</c><00:29:39.440><c> man.</c> 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.640 Hadn't<00:29:41.299><c> been</c><00:29:41.440><c> able</c><00:29:41.680><c> to</c><00:29:42.119><c> for</c><00:29:42.220><c> years.</c> 00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:44.579 Well,<00:29:42.859><c> they</c><00:29:43.000><c> could</c><00:29:43.200><c> debate</c><00:29:43.480><c> why</c><00:29:43.680><c> he</c><00:29:43.779><c> might</c><00:29:43.980><c> be</c><00:29:44.220><c> there,</c><00:29:44.440><c> but</c> 00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:46.259 that's<00:29:44.920><c> about</c><00:29:45.180><c> all.</c> 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:51.059 And<00:29:46.819><c> in</c><00:29:46.920><c> John,</c><00:29:47.200><c> chapter</c><00:29:47.420><c> 9,</c><00:29:48.839><c> Jesus</c><00:29:49.140><c> healed</c><00:29:49.460><c> that</c><00:29:49.759><c> man.</c> 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:55.279 And<00:29:52.480><c> the</c><00:29:52.720><c> blindness,</c><00:29:54.000><c> not</c><00:29:54.339><c> of</c><00:29:54.519><c> the</c><00:29:54.680><c> man</c><00:29:54.920><c> healed,</c> 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:58.420 but<00:29:55.819><c> the</c><00:29:56.119><c> blindness</c><00:29:56.500><c> of</c><00:29:56.900><c> the</c><00:29:57.099><c> Pharisees</c><00:29:57.579><c> was</c><00:29:57.859><c> such</c><00:29:58.019><c> that</c><00:29:58.180><c> they</c> 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.980 couldn't<00:29:58.859><c> see</c> 00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:04.220 that<00:30:00.819><c> the</c><00:30:01.059><c> man</c><00:30:01.279><c> who</c><00:30:01.660><c> healed</c><00:30:01.859><c> him</c><00:30:02.119><c> must</c><00:30:02.380><c> be</c><00:30:02.599><c> a</c><00:30:02.759><c> man</c><00:30:02.940><c> of</c><00:30:03.200><c> God.</c> 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:08.119 He<00:30:05.119><c> had</c><00:30:05.299><c> made</c><00:30:05.500><c> that</c><00:30:05.759><c> man's</c><00:30:06.339><c> eyes</c><00:30:06.519><c> right</c><00:30:06.920><c> that</c><00:30:07.079><c> had</c><00:30:07.359><c> never</c><00:30:07.799><c> seen,</c> 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:10.420 but<00:30:08.299><c> they</c><00:30:08.619><c> couldn't</c><00:30:08.920><c> see</c><00:30:09.299><c> them,</c> 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:13.980 what<00:30:11.220><c> God</c><00:30:11.440><c> was</c><00:30:11.839><c> saying</c><00:30:12.079><c> about</c><00:30:12.339><c> the</c><00:30:12.579><c> man</c><00:30:12.720><c> who</c><00:30:12.900><c> didn't.</c> 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:18.000 His<00:30:15.460><c> parents</c><00:30:15.759><c> answered</c><00:30:16.140><c> them,</c><00:30:16.440><c> verse</c><00:30:16.640><c> 20,</c><00:30:16.960><c> and</c><00:30:17.200><c> said,</c> 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:21.740 We<00:30:18.359><c> know</c><00:30:18.660><c> that</c><00:30:18.819><c> this</c><00:30:19.140><c> is</c><00:30:19.440><c> our</c><00:30:19.740><c> son</c><00:30:20.039><c> and</c><00:30:20.220><c> that</c><00:30:20.359><c> he</c><00:30:20.519><c> was</c><00:30:20.779><c> born</c><00:30:21.099><c> blind.</c> 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:25.500 But<00:30:22.019><c> by</c><00:30:22.779><c> what</c><00:30:22.980><c> means</c><00:30:23.319><c> he</c><00:30:23.519><c> now</c><00:30:23.859><c> seeth,</c><00:30:24.240><c> we</c><00:30:24.380><c> know</c><00:30:24.579><c> not.</c> 00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:27.400 Or<00:30:25.819><c> whoeth</c><00:30:26.079><c> open</c><00:30:26.299><c> his</c><00:30:26.519><c> eyes,</c><00:30:26.980><c> we</c><00:30:27.119><c> know</c><00:30:27.299><c> not.</c> 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:29.380 He<00:30:27.579><c> is</c><00:30:27.740><c> of</c><00:30:27.839><c> age,</c><00:30:27.980><c> ask</c><00:30:28.380><c> him.</c> 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:34.019 So<00:30:31.740><c> they</c><00:30:32.259><c> did</c><00:30:32.579><c> ask</c><00:30:32.880><c> him.</c> 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:38.140 Then<00:30:35.319><c> again</c><00:30:35.720><c> called</c><00:30:36.039><c> they</c><00:30:36.259><c> the</c><00:30:36.480><c> man,</c><00:30:36.920><c> verse</c><00:30:37.140><c> 24,</c><00:30:37.700><c> that</c><00:30:37.839><c> was</c> 00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:40.960 blind,<00:30:38.960><c> and</c><00:30:39.220><c> said</c><00:30:39.339><c> unto</c><00:30:39.619><c> him,</c> 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.720 can<00:30:41.380><c> you</c><00:30:41.460><c> hear</c><00:30:41.599><c> the</c><00:30:41.779><c> bells?</c> 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.619 Give<00:30:44.059><c> God</c><00:30:44.359><c> the</c><00:30:44.619><c> praise.</c> 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:49.220 We<00:30:47.180><c> know</c><00:30:47.420><c> that</c><00:30:47.619><c> this</c><00:30:47.880><c> man</c><00:30:48.039><c> is</c><00:30:48.259><c> a</c><00:30:48.440><c> sinner.</c> 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:53.180 These<00:30:51.119><c> are</c><00:30:51.380><c> people</c><00:30:51.640><c> in</c><00:30:51.980><c> the</c><00:30:52.200><c> temple.</c> 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:56.460 These<00:30:53.640><c> are</c><00:30:54.019><c> Pharisees</c><00:30:54.539><c> and</c><00:30:54.779><c> elders</c><00:30:55.059><c> of</c><00:30:55.299><c> the</c><00:30:55.480><c> land.</c> 00:30:57.460 --> 00:31:00.819 The<00:30:57.599><c> event</c><00:30:58.059><c> happened</c><00:30:58.859><c> where</c><00:30:59.220><c> they</c><00:30:59.500><c> always</c><00:30:59.900><c> were.</c> 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:03.940 He<00:31:01.779><c> answered</c><00:31:02.119><c> and</c><00:31:02.299><c> said,</c><00:31:02.779><c> whether</c><00:31:02.799><c> he</c><00:31:03.019><c> be</c><00:31:03.180><c> a</c><00:31:03.400><c> sinner</c><00:31:03.539><c> or</c><00:31:03.839><c> not,</c> 00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.619 I<00:31:04.200><c> know</c><00:31:04.440><c> not.</c> 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:08.640 One<00:31:04.880><c> thing</c><00:31:05.079><c> I</c><00:31:05.240><c> know</c><00:31:05.480><c> that,</c><00:31:06.180><c> whereas</c><00:31:06.339><c> I</c><00:31:06.579><c> was</c><00:31:06.859><c> blind,</c><00:31:07.200><c> now</c><00:31:07.420><c> I</c><00:31:07.799><c> see.</c> 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:12.019 What<00:31:09.740><c> did</c><00:31:09.920><c> he</c><00:31:10.119><c> do</c><00:31:10.279><c> to</c><00:31:10.380><c> thee?</c><00:31:10.640><c> How</c><00:31:11.000><c> did</c><00:31:11.160><c> he</c><00:31:11.299><c> open</c><00:31:11.559><c> thine</c><00:31:11.839><c> eyes,</c> 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.799 verse<00:31:12.240><c> 26?</c> 00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:15.359 He<00:31:13.400><c> answered</c><00:31:13.680><c> them,</c><00:31:13.900><c> I've</c><00:31:14.200><c> told</c><00:31:14.339><c> you</c><00:31:14.539><c> already,</c><00:31:14.920><c> and</c><00:31:15.079><c> you</c><00:31:15.140><c> did</c> 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.759 not<00:31:15.579><c> hear.</c> 00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.420 Wherefore<00:31:16.519><c> would</c><00:31:16.680><c> you</c><00:31:16.819><c> hear</c><00:31:16.980><c> it</c><00:31:17.200><c> again?</c> 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:20.200 Will<00:31:17.799><c> he</c><00:31:18.019><c> also</c><00:31:18.440><c> be</c><00:31:18.740><c> his</c><00:31:19.019><c> disciples?</c> 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:24.279 And<00:31:21.299><c> they</c><00:31:21.579><c> reviled</c><00:31:22.039><c> him</c><00:31:22.299><c> and</c><00:31:22.420><c> said,</c><00:31:23.180><c> thou</c><00:31:23.299><c> art</c><00:31:23.539><c> his</c><00:31:23.859><c> disciple,</c> 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:27.119 but<00:31:24.500><c> we</c><00:31:24.700><c> are</c><00:31:24.920><c> Moses'</c><00:31:25.880><c> disciples.</c> 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:32.779 We<00:31:28.640><c> know,</c><00:31:29.140><c> verse</c><00:31:29.299><c> 21,</c><00:31:30.099><c> that</c><00:31:30.240><c> God</c><00:31:30.579><c> heareth</c><00:31:31.119><c> not</c><00:31:31.599><c> sinners.</c> 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:36.420 But<00:31:33.440><c> if</c><00:31:33.619><c> any</c><00:31:33.819><c> man</c><00:31:33.940><c> be</c><00:31:34.160><c> a</c><00:31:34.380><c> worshipper</c><00:31:34.779><c> of</c><00:31:34.980><c> God</c><00:31:35.339><c> and</c><00:31:35.839><c> doeth</c><00:31:36.140><c> his</c> 00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:39.359 will,<00:31:36.920><c> him</c><00:31:37.180><c> he</c><00:31:38.079><c> heareth.</c> 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:42.940 Since<00:31:40.640><c> the</c><00:31:40.920><c> world</c><00:31:41.079><c> began,</c><00:31:41.599><c> was</c><00:31:41.720><c> it</c><00:31:41.920><c> not</c><00:31:42.160><c> heard</c><00:31:42.339><c> that</c><00:31:42.539><c> any</c><00:31:42.779><c> man</c> 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:45.660 opened<00:31:43.200><c> the</c><00:31:43.420><c> eyes</c><00:31:43.599><c> of</c><00:31:43.779><c> one</c><00:31:43.980><c> that</c><00:31:44.160><c> was</c><00:31:44.359><c> born</c><00:31:44.579><c> blind?</c> 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:49.700 If<00:31:46.319><c> this</c><00:31:46.779><c> man</c><00:31:46.960><c> were</c><00:31:47.279><c> not</c><00:31:47.480><c> of</c><00:31:47.680><c> God,</c><00:31:47.940><c> he</c><00:31:48.099><c> could</c><00:31:48.400><c> do</c><00:31:48.660><c> nothing.</c> 00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:54.019 They<00:31:50.660><c> answered</c><00:31:51.059><c> and</c><00:31:51.259><c> said</c><00:31:51.420><c> unto</c><00:31:51.680><c> him,</c><00:31:52.740><c> thou</c><00:31:52.920><c> wast</c><00:31:53.339><c> altogether</c> 00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:56.539 born<00:31:54.500><c> in</c><00:31:54.920><c> sins,</c><00:31:55.440><c> and</c><00:31:55.559><c> dost</c><00:31:55.740><c> thou</c><00:31:56.000><c> teach</c><00:31:56.299><c> us?</c> 00:31:56.660 --> 00:32:00.160 And<00:31:56.700><c> they</c><00:31:57.500><c> cast</c><00:31:58.160><c> him</c><00:31:59.140><c> out.</c> 00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:05.759 Jesus<00:32:01.759><c> heard</c><00:32:02.019><c> that</c><00:32:02.220><c> they</c><00:32:02.480><c> had</c><00:32:03.359><c> cast</c><00:32:04.000><c> him</c><00:32:04.680><c> out.</c> 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:12.240 And<00:32:06.559><c> when</c><00:32:06.759><c> he</c><00:32:06.980><c> had</c><00:32:07.519><c> found</c><00:32:08.440><c> him,</c><00:32:10.359><c> he</c><00:32:10.599><c> said</c><00:32:10.759><c> unto</c><00:32:11.019><c> him,</c><00:32:11.380><c> dost</c><00:32:11.519><c> thou</c><00:32:11.700><c> believe</c><00:32:12.019><c> on</c> 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.599 the<00:32:12.400><c> Son</c><00:32:12.539><c> of</c><00:32:12.759><c> God?</c> 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:16.440 Now<00:32:14.559><c> my</c><00:32:14.700><c> dear</c><00:32:14.819><c> brethren</c><00:32:14.980><c> and</c><00:32:15.099><c> sisters,</c><00:32:15.240><c> you</c><00:32:15.339><c> can</c><00:32:15.579><c> see</c><00:32:15.779><c> Isaiah's</c><00:32:16.240><c> going</c> 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.500 straight<00:32:16.859><c> into</c><00:32:17.039><c> that</c><00:32:17.259><c> passage,</c><00:32:17.599><c> isn't</c><00:32:17.720><c> it?</c> 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:21.779 There<00:32:19.140><c> is</c><00:32:19.359><c> a</c><00:32:19.519><c> number</c><00:32:19.819><c> of</c><00:32:20.240><c> direct</c><00:32:20.599><c> allusions</c><00:32:21.079><c> straight</c><00:32:21.559><c> into</c> 00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:23.000 that<00:32:22.019><c> passage.</c> 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:26.559 Which<00:32:23.700><c> is</c><00:32:24.299><c> quite</c><00:32:24.599><c> incredible,</c><00:32:25.500><c> really,</c><00:32:25.680><c> quite</c><00:32:25.900><c> incredible.</c> 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:29.740 Here's<00:32:27.180><c> John</c><00:32:27.359><c> writing</c><00:32:27.740><c> that</c><00:32:27.980><c> Gospel</c><00:32:28.339><c> record,</c><00:32:29.180><c> and</c><00:32:29.299><c> he</c><00:32:29.480><c> sees</c> 00:32:29.740 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00:32:45.740 And<00:32:41.799><c> he</c><00:32:42.160><c> trembled</c><00:32:43.180><c> at</c><00:32:43.779><c> what</c><00:32:43.980><c> God</c><00:32:44.180><c> had</c><00:32:44.460><c> done</c><00:32:44.819><c> through</c><00:32:45.279><c> the</c><00:32:45.539><c> word</c> 00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.339 of<00:32:45.960><c> that</c><00:32:46.160><c> man.</c> 00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:48.279 He<00:32:46.720><c> trembled</c><00:32:47.240><c> at</c><00:32:47.420><c> it.</c> 00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:52.859 And<00:32:48.579><c> whilst</c><00:32:48.740><c> the</c><00:32:49.059><c> force</c><00:32:49.460><c> of</c><00:32:51.140><c> the</c><00:32:51.559><c> religious</c><00:32:52.039><c> elders</c><00:32:52.420><c> of</c><00:32:52.660><c> that</c> 00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:54.259 land<00:32:53.039><c> might</c><00:32:53.339><c> come</c><00:32:53.619><c> against</c><00:32:53.980><c> him,</c> 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:58.160 he<00:32:54.759><c> stood</c><00:32:55.019><c> against</c><00:32:55.480><c> 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that</c><00:33:08.799><c> man,</c><00:33:09.079><c> his</c> 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:12.339 eyes<00:33:09.519><c> were</c><00:33:09.740><c> open</c><00:33:09.980><c> to</c><00:33:10.200><c> that</c><00:33:10.579><c> in</c><00:33:11.000><c> every</c><00:33:11.420><c> way.</c> 00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:14.759 And<00:33:12.640><c> he</c><00:33:12.880><c> held</c><00:33:13.220><c> onto</c><00:33:13.539><c> that.</c> 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:17.619 Hear<00:33:15.660><c> the</c><00:33:15.779><c> word</c><00:33:15.960><c> of</c><00:33:16.119><c> the</c><00:33:16.240><c> Lord,</c><00:33:16.579><c> ye</c><00:33:16.579><c> that</c><00:33:16.779><c> tremble</c><00:33:17.200><c> at</c><00:33:17.380><c> his</c> 00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:19.740 word,<00:33:17.920><c> your</c><00:33:18.200><c> brethren</c><00:33:18.500><c> that</c><00:33:18.839><c> hated</c><00:33:19.099><c> you,</c> 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:23.059 that<00:33:20.339><c> cast</c><00:33:20.720><c> you</c><00:33:20.980><c> out</c><00:33:21.380><c> for</c><00:33:21.779><c> my</c><00:33:22.299><c> name's</c><00:33:23.019><c> sake.</c> 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:25.140 Give<00:33:23.380><c> God</c><00:33:23.660><c> the</c><00:33:23.880><c> glory,</c><00:33:24.160><c> they</c><00:33:24.420><c> said.</c> 00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:27.539 They<00:33:25.839><c> cast</c><00:33:26.259><c> him</c><00:33:26.519><c> out.</c> 00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:34.880 Jesus<00:33:29.440><c> went</c><00:33:29.680><c> and</c><00:33:30.000><c> found</c><00:33:30.380><c> him,</c><00:33:32.079><c> which</c><00:33:32.259><c> is</c><00:33:32.440><c> what</c><00:33:32.599><c> Isaiah's</c><00:33:33.039><c> talking</c><00:33:33.279><c> about,</c><00:33:33.599><c> isn't</c><00:33:33.720><c> it?</c> 00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:37.380 So<00:33:35.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:35.720><c> 66,</c><00:33:36.539><c> where</c><00:33:36.740><c> does</c><00:33:36.880><c> it</c><00:33:36.980><c> come</c><00:33:37.200><c> out?</c> 00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:39.420 It<00:33:37.700><c> obviously</c><00:33:37.960><c> comes</c><00:33:38.200><c> out</c><00:33:38.440><c> to</c><00:33:38.599><c> that</c><00:33:38.819><c> generation.</c> 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:46.079 And<00:33:39.839><c> that's</c><00:33:40.039><c> just</c><00:33:40.460><c> one</c><00:33:41.059><c> small</c><00:33:41.539><c> sample</c><00:33:41.940><c> of</c><00:33:43.460><c> very</c><00:33:43.980><c> many</c><00:33:44.279><c> wonderful,</c><00:33:45.279><c> similar</c> 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.839 things<00:33:46.559><c> in</c><00:33:46.799><c> the</c><00:33:47.000><c> prophecy</c><00:33:47.259><c> of</c><00:33:47.539><c> Isaiah</c> 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.519 that<00:33:48.019><c> just</c><00:33:48.240><c> come</c><00:33:48.380><c> out</c><00:33:48.539><c> in</c><00:33:48.619><c> the</c><00:33:48.759><c> Gospel</c><00:33:49.059><c> records.</c> 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:53.099 So<00:33:49.980><c> there</c><00:33:50.140><c> is</c><00:33:50.400><c> a</c><00:33:50.480><c> very</c><00:33:50.980><c> great</c><00:33:51.279><c> application,</c><00:33:52.019><c> I</c><00:33:52.200><c> wish</c><00:33:52.380><c> to</c><00:33:52.619><c> stress</c><00:33:52.819><c> now,</c> 00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:58.240 a<00:33:53.400><c> very</c><00:33:53.819><c> great</c><00:33:54.200><c> application</c><00:33:54.920><c> of</c><00:33:55.619><c> the</c><00:33:55.880><c> prophecy</c><00:33:56.180><c> to</c><00:33:56.559><c> Jesus'</c><00:33:57.000><c> generation.</c> 00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:01.539 Of<00:33:58.559><c> that,</c><00:33:59.000><c> there</c><00:33:59.000><c> is</c><00:33:59.279><c> no</c><00:34:00.000><c> shadow</c><00:34:00.500><c> of</c><00:34:00.680><c> a</c><00:34:00.740><c> doubt.</c> 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:06.579 Alright,<00:34:02.059><c> so</c><00:34:02.180><c> that's</c><00:34:02.259><c> just</c><00:34:02.539><c> one</c><00:34:03.420><c> perhaps</c><00:34:04.539><c> partly</c><00:34:05.079><c> veiled</c><00:34:06.220><c> way</c> 00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.420 in<00:34:06.700><c> which</c><00:34:06.839><c> the</c><00:34:07.140><c> prophecy</c> 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:12.420 finds<00:34:07.740><c> its</c><00:34:08.019><c> application</c><00:34:08.699><c> into</c><00:34:09.940><c> the</c><00:34:10.480><c> work</c><00:34:10.619><c> of</c><00:34:11.059><c> the</c><00:34:11.340><c> apostles.</c> 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:19.320 There's<00:34:15.139><c> other,</c><00:34:17.420><c> coming</c><00:34:17.679><c> back</c><00:34:17.960><c> perhaps</c><00:34:18.320><c> to</c><00:34:18.599><c> the</c><00:34:19.059><c> beginning</c> 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.739 of<00:34:19.519><c> the</c><00:34:19.599><c> book</c><00:34:19.739><c> again,</c> 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:25.719 how<00:34:22.579><c> do</c><00:34:22.739><c> we</c><00:34:22.880><c> understand</c><00:34:23.460><c> then</c><00:34:23.780><c> the</c><00:34:24.440><c> chapters</c><00:34:24.800><c> that</c><00:34:25.139><c> lead</c><00:34:25.320><c> up</c> 00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:29.739 to<00:34:26.840><c> our</c><00:34:27.119><c> chapter</c><00:34:27.400><c> 24</c><00:34:28.219><c> to</c><00:34:28.460><c> 26?</c> 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:34.059 Well,<00:34:31.260><c> just</c><00:34:31.440><c> in</c><00:34:31.619><c> very</c><00:34:32.000><c> brief</c><00:34:32.500><c> summary,</c> 00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:44.500 chapters<00:34:37.760><c> 1</c><00:34:38.059><c> to</c><00:34:38.179><c> 4</c><00:34:39.119><c> give</c><00:34:39.480><c> us</c><00:34:40.940><c> an</c><00:34:41.480><c> unexpected,</c><00:34:42.619><c> quite</c><00:34:42.760><c> remarkable</c><00:34:43.659><c> insight</c> 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:49.440 into<00:34:45.480><c> the</c><00:34:45.780><c> fickleness</c><00:34:46.219><c> and</c><00:34:46.860><c> hypocrisy</c><00:34:48.059><c> of</c><00:34:48.500><c> Israel</c><00:34:48.960><c> or</c><00:34:49.300><c> Judah</c> 00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.599 at<00:34:49.699><c> that</c><00:34:49.920><c> time.</c> 00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:53.099 Remember<00:34:51.460><c> that</c><00:34:51.659><c> this</c><00:34:51.840><c> is</c><00:34:52.000><c> in</c><00:34:52.139><c> the</c><00:34:52.300><c> reign</c><00:34:52.460><c> of</c><00:34:52.760><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:55.820 If<00:34:53.400><c> you</c><00:34:53.440><c> come</c><00:34:53.599><c> back</c><00:34:54.019><c> with</c><00:34:54.260><c> a</c><00:34:54.480><c> hand</c><00:34:54.699><c> in</c><00:34:54.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:55.300><c> 1</c> 00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:59.480 and<00:34:56.300><c> come</c><00:34:56.519><c> back</c><00:34:56.659><c> to</c><00:34:56.920><c> the</c><00:34:57.219><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:57.619><c> record</c><00:34:58.019><c> of</c><00:34:58.300><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:04.019 the<00:35:00.219><c> second</c><00:35:00.440><c> of</c><00:35:00.699><c> Chronicles,</c><00:35:02.400><c> chapter</c><00:35:02.679><c> 26,</c> 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:09.139 you<00:35:06.000><c> really</c><00:35:06.260><c> would</c><00:35:06.500><c> not</c><00:35:06.699><c> expect</c><00:35:07.320><c> when</c><00:35:08.280><c> you</c><00:35:08.519><c> read</c><00:35:08.679><c> the</c><00:35:08.920><c> record</c> 00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:11.639 here<00:35:09.380><c> in</c><00:35:09.599><c> 2</c><00:35:09.780><c> Chronicles</c><00:35:10.440><c> 26</c> 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:18.340 to<00:35:12.480><c> find</c><00:35:12.699><c> that</c><00:35:12.860><c> it</c><00:35:12.980><c> was</c><00:35:13.179><c> like</c><00:35:13.440><c> it</c><00:35:13.739><c> was</c><00:35:14.300><c> in</c><00:35:15.079><c> the</c><00:35:15.300><c> days</c><00:35:15.679><c> of</c><00:35:17.260><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:25.159 It<00:35:20.000><c> says</c><00:35:20.519><c> concerning</c><00:35:21.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:22.519><c> in</c><00:35:23.079><c> 2</c><00:35:23.300><c> Chronicles</c><00:35:23.760><c> 26</c><00:35:24.659><c> that</c><00:35:25.059><c> he</c> 00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:26.980 was<00:35:25.360><c> 16</c><00:35:25.780><c> years</c><00:35:26.139><c> old,</c> 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:30.260 verse<00:35:27.579><c> 3,</c><00:35:27.900><c> when</c><00:35:28.039><c> he</c><00:35:28.219><c> began</c><00:35:28.480><c> to</c><00:35:28.820><c> reign,</c><00:35:28.940><c> he</c><00:35:29.159><c> reigned</c><00:35:29.340><c> 50</c><00:35:29.820><c> and</c><00:35:30.039><c> 2</c> 00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:31.760 years<00:35:30.480><c> in</c><00:35:30.739><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:37.639 He<00:35:33.679><c> did</c><00:35:33.920><c> that,</c><00:35:34.219><c> verse</c><00:35:34.480><c> 4,</c><00:35:34.739><c> which</c><00:35:34.960><c> was</c><00:35:35.320><c> right</c><00:35:36.000><c> in</c><00:35:37.059><c> the</c><00:35:37.300><c> sight</c><00:35:37.440><c> of</c> 00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.000 the<00:35:37.780><c> Lord</c> 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.400 according<00:35:38.340><c> to</c><00:35:38.639><c> all</c><00:35:38.880><c> that</c><00:35:39.079><c> his</c><00:35:39.300><c> father</c><00:35:39.679><c> Amaziah</c><00:35:40.260><c> did.</c> 00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:46.199 And<00:35:41.900><c> look</c><00:35:42.000><c> at</c><00:35:42.159><c> verse</c><00:35:42.300><c> 5,</c><00:35:42.880><c> he</c><00:35:42.880><c> was</c><00:35:44.400><c> a</c><00:35:44.539><c> man</c><00:35:44.760><c> of</c><00:35:45.000><c> the</c><00:35:45.260><c> word.</c> 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:50.920 He<00:35:46.400><c> sought</c><00:35:46.780><c> God</c><00:35:47.099><c> in</c><00:35:47.320><c> the</c><00:35:47.480><c> days</c><00:35:47.679><c> of</c><00:35:48.000><c> Zechariah</c><00:35:48.719><c> who</c><00:35:49.099><c> had</c><00:35:49.500><c> understanding</c><00:35:50.300><c> in</c><00:35:50.639><c> the</c> 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:52.420 visions<00:35:51.219><c> of</c><00:35:51.500><c> God.</c> 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:57.440 And<00:35:52.900><c> as</c><00:35:53.260><c> long</c><00:35:53.480><c> as</c><00:35:53.679><c> he</c><00:35:54.099><c> sought</c><00:35:54.420><c> Yahweh,</c><00:35:55.460><c> God</c><00:35:55.800><c> made</c><00:35:56.119><c> him</c><00:35:56.380><c> to</c><00:35:56.559><c> prosper.</c> 00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.960 And<00:35:57.900><c> he</c><00:35:57.960><c> was</c><00:35:58.159><c> a</c><00:35:58.300><c> very</c><00:35:58.659><c> great</c><00:35:58.920><c> king.</c> 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:03.079 He<00:36:00.500><c> went</c><00:36:00.699><c> forth</c><00:36:01.019><c> and</c><00:36:01.239><c> warred</c><00:36:01.420><c> against</c><00:36:01.719><c> the</c><00:36:01.980><c> Philistines.</c> 00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:06.920 God<00:36:03.940><c> helped</c><00:36:04.280><c> him,</c><00:36:04.460><c> verse</c><00:36:04.639><c> 7,</c><00:36:05.099><c> against</c><00:36:05.420><c> the</c><00:36:06.340><c> Philistines,</c> 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:10.800 the<00:36:07.139><c> Arabians,</c><00:36:08.119><c> the</c><00:36:08.199><c> Manhunans,</c><00:36:09.420><c> the</c><00:36:09.599><c> Ammonites</c><00:36:10.039><c> too,</c><00:36:10.380><c> verse</c><00:36:10.519><c> 8.</c> 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:12.619 They<00:36:11.199><c> gave</c><00:36:11.460><c> gifts</c><00:36:11.780><c> to</c><00:36:11.980><c> him.</c> 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:17.039 He<00:36:13.119><c> was</c><00:36:13.360><c> a</c><00:36:13.619><c> great</c><00:36:13.840><c> builder,</c><00:36:15.179><c> built</c><00:36:15.260><c> towers</c><00:36:15.659><c> in</c><00:36:15.860><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:19.860 built<00:36:17.239><c> towers</c><00:36:17.619><c> in</c><00:36:17.820><c> the</c><00:36:17.960><c> desert,</c><00:36:18.239><c> verse</c><00:36:18.539><c> 10.</c> 00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:23.360 He<00:36:20.659><c> had</c><00:36:20.940><c> a</c><00:36:21.380><c> very</c><00:36:21.820><c> great</c><00:36:22.340><c> standing</c><00:36:22.800><c> army.</c> 00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:27.820 He<00:36:23.940><c> had</c><00:36:24.219><c> a</c><00:36:24.380><c> host</c><00:36:24.659><c> of</c><00:36:24.940><c> fighting</c><00:36:25.179><c> men</c><00:36:25.440><c> that</c><00:36:25.599><c> went</c><00:36:25.739><c> out</c><00:36:25.980><c> to</c><00:36:26.159><c> war</c><00:36:26.320><c> by</c><00:36:26.659><c> bands.</c> 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:32.179 Verse<00:36:28.519><c> 12,</c><00:36:28.900><c> the</c><00:36:28.960><c> whole</c><00:36:29.179><c> number</c><00:36:29.480><c> of</c><00:36:29.659><c> the</c><00:36:29.840><c> chief</c><00:36:30.019><c> fathers</c><00:36:30.920><c> of</c><00:36:31.159><c> the</c><00:36:31.260><c> mighty</c><00:36:31.539><c> men</c><00:36:31.760><c> of</c><00:36:31.920><c> Valor</c> 00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.940 were<00:36:32.639><c> 2</c><00:36:33.300><c>,600.</c> 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:38.159 That<00:36:34.199><c> is</c><00:36:34.440><c> to</c><00:36:34.599><c> say,</c><00:36:35.119><c> there</c><00:36:35.119><c> were</c><00:36:35.340><c> 2</c><00:36:35.780><c>,600</c><00:36:36.320><c> men</c><00:36:36.719><c> acknowledged</c><00:36:37.420><c> as</c> 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:40.199 leading<00:36:38.800><c> personalities</c><00:36:39.579><c> in</c><00:36:39.820><c> the</c><00:36:40.019><c> army.</c> 00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:43.579 That's<00:36:40.559><c> an</c><00:36:40.659><c> outstanding</c><00:36:41.320><c> army</c><00:36:41.739><c> for</c><00:36:42.179><c> those</c><00:36:42.480><c> times.</c> 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:48.840 It<00:36:44.340><c> tells</c><00:36:44.539><c> the</c><00:36:44.780><c> number</c><00:36:45.099><c> of</c><00:36:45.239><c> men</c><00:36:45.480><c> as</c><00:36:45.719><c> being</c><00:36:46.219><c> 307</c><00:36:47.260><c>,500.</c> 00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:52.780 That's<00:36:49.440><c> a</c><00:36:49.559><c> lot</c><00:36:49.760><c> on</c><00:36:49.940><c> a</c><00:36:50.219><c> small</c><00:36:50.420><c> piece</c><00:36:50.659><c> of</c><00:36:50.880><c> territory</c><00:36:51.179><c> like</c><00:36:51.480><c> Judah,</c><00:36:51.900><c> isn't</c><00:36:51.940><c> it?</c> 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.920 307<00:36:55.360><c>,000.</c> 00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:59.380 It<00:36:56.539><c> would</c><00:36:56.659><c> wrap</c><00:36:56.900><c> up</c><00:36:57.139><c> the</c><00:36:57.619><c> armies</c><00:36:57.900><c> of</c><00:36:58.099><c> Australia</c><00:36:58.539><c> and</c><00:36:58.800><c> Canada</c><00:36:59.019><c> together</c> 00:36:59.380 --> 00:37:01.820 and<00:36:59.480><c> multiply</c><00:36:59.880><c> it</c><00:37:00.099><c> by</c><00:37:00.239><c> 10</c><00:37:00.420><c> and</c><00:37:00.539><c> you'd</c><00:37:00.679><c> be</c><00:37:00.739><c> about</c><00:37:01.079><c> there.</c> 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:04.380 307<00:37:02.820><c>,500.</c> 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:08.599 An<00:37:06.559><c> astonishingly</c><00:37:07.239><c> strong</c><00:37:07.559><c> and</c><00:37:07.840><c> powerful</c><00:37:08.199><c> man.</c> 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:12.039 You<00:37:09.079><c> turn</c><00:37:09.219><c> over</c><00:37:09.440><c> to</c><00:37:09.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:09.960><c> chapter</c><00:37:10.340><c> 1</c> 00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:19.039 and<00:37:15.579><c> you're</c><00:37:16.000><c> presented</c><00:37:16.440><c> then</c><00:37:16.760><c> with</c><00:37:17.099><c> a</c><00:37:17.380><c> picture</c><00:37:17.760><c> that</c><00:37:18.519><c> throws</c> 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:21.820 all<00:37:20.420><c> the</c><00:37:21.099><c> dressing</c><00:37:21.380><c> away</c> 00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:24.079 from<00:37:22.039><c> the</c><00:37:22.300><c> real</c><00:37:22.699><c> situation.</c> 00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:28.460 In<00:37:24.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:25.219><c> chapter</c><00:37:25.559><c> 1,</c><00:37:26.539><c> despite</c><00:37:26.880><c> all</c><00:37:27.219><c> that</c><00:37:27.559><c> pomp</c><00:37:27.880><c> and</c><00:37:28.139><c> glory,</c> 00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:30.940 despite<00:37:28.760><c> all</c><00:37:29.360><c> those</c><00:37:29.719><c> achievements,</c> 00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:35.519 why<00:37:32.340><c> should</c><00:37:32.599><c> ye</c><00:37:32.800><c> be</c><00:37:33.280><c> stricken,</c><00:37:33.679><c> verse</c><00:37:34.019><c> 5,</c><00:37:34.360><c> anymore?</c> 00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:37.760 Ye<00:37:36.139><c> will</c><00:37:36.420><c> revolt</c><00:37:36.719><c> more</c><00:37:37.199><c> and</c><00:37:37.460><c> more.</c> 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:43.460 The<00:37:38.079><c> whole</c><00:37:38.599><c> head</c><00:37:39.059><c> is</c><00:37:39.920><c> sick</c><00:37:40.239><c> and</c><00:37:41.139><c> the</c><00:37:41.400><c> whole</c><00:37:41.800><c> heart</c><00:37:42.440><c> faints.</c> 00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:46.300 From<00:37:44.059><c> the</c><00:37:44.420><c> sole</c><00:37:44.659><c> of</c><00:37:44.860><c> the</c><00:37:44.980><c> foot</c><00:37:45.119><c> even</c><00:37:45.320><c> to</c><00:37:45.440><c> the</c><00:37:45.659><c> head</c><00:37:45.840><c> there</c><00:37:46.019><c> is</c> 00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:47.719 no<00:37:46.840><c> soundness</c><00:37:47.300><c> in</c><00:37:47.460><c> it</c> 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:51.880 but<00:37:48.119><c> wounds</c><00:37:48.699><c> and</c><00:37:49.019><c> bruises</c><00:37:49.480><c> and</c><00:37:49.820><c> purifying</c><00:37:50.420><c> sores.</c> 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:55.420 You<00:37:52.179><c> see,</c><00:37:52.320><c> the</c><00:37:52.460><c> leprosy</c><00:37:52.940><c> that</c><00:37:53.119><c> came</c><00:37:53.380><c> upon</c><00:37:54.219><c> King</c><00:37:54.780><c> Isaiah</c> 00:37:55.420 --> 00:38:01.519 was<00:37:56.340><c> really</c><00:37:56.820><c> just</c><00:37:58.460><c> symbolic</c><00:37:59.320><c> of</c><00:37:59.599><c> how</c><00:37:59.739><c> God</c><00:37:59.960><c> saw</c><00:38:00.179><c> that</c><00:38:00.400><c> whole</c><00:38:00.579><c> nation.</c> 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:07.360 The<00:38:03.320><c> whole</c><00:38:03.880><c> body</c><00:38:04.380><c> politic</c><00:38:05.099><c> was</c><00:38:05.920><c> leprous</c> 00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:11.719 with<00:38:08.599><c> bruises</c><00:38:09.159><c> and</c><00:38:09.440><c> purifying</c><00:38:10.179><c> sores.</c> 00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:13.239 They<00:38:12.260><c> have</c><00:38:12.440><c> not</c><00:38:12.619><c> been</c><00:38:13.000><c> closed.</c> 00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:17.699 No<00:38:13.619><c> one</c><00:38:13.820><c> was</c><00:38:14.219><c> treating</c><00:38:14.639><c> the</c><00:38:15.380><c> spiritual</c><00:38:15.920><c> melodies</c><00:38:16.400><c> of</c><00:38:16.599><c> the</c><00:38:16.760><c> nation.</c> 00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:22.760 Nothing<00:38:18.340><c> was</c><00:38:18.579><c> being</c><00:38:19.000><c> bound</c><00:38:19.300><c> up,</c><00:38:20.920><c> neither</c><00:38:21.139><c> mollified</c><00:38:21.739><c> with</c><00:38:22.000><c> ointments,</c> 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:25.780 cleansed<00:38:23.380><c> your</c><00:38:23.559><c> life,</c><00:38:24.219><c> gone</c><00:38:24.219><c> to</c><00:38:24.639><c> wreck</c><00:38:24.840><c> and</c><00:38:25.019><c> ruin</c><00:38:25.219><c> and</c><00:38:25.480><c> nobody</c> 00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:27.139 there<00:38:26.260><c> to</c><00:38:26.480><c> care</c><00:38:26.719><c> about</c><00:38:26.980><c> it.</c> 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:28.539 Nobody<00:38:27.400><c> put</c><00:38:27.639><c> himself</c><00:38:27.980><c> in</c><00:38:28.159><c> the</c><00:38:28.280><c> middle.</c> 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:31.619 Nobody<00:38:29.099><c> to</c><00:38:29.360><c> take</c><00:38:29.500><c> on</c><00:38:29.639><c> the</c><00:38:29.880><c> issues</c><00:38:30.059><c> of</c><00:38:30.280><c> the</c><00:38:30.500><c> time.</c> 00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:33.900 Things<00:38:32.380><c> degenerating,</c><00:38:32.920><c> well,</c><00:38:33.000><c> they</c><00:38:33.199><c> degenerate.</c> 00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:36.099 Not<00:38:34.400><c> many</c><00:38:34.619><c> people</c><00:38:34.860><c> at</c><00:38:35.019><c> the</c><00:38:35.099><c> Sunday</c><00:38:35.300><c> night</c><00:38:35.519><c> meeting,</c><00:38:35.860><c> well,</c> 00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:37.340 who<00:38:36.360><c> cares?</c> 00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:40.360 I'm<00:38:38.840><c> not</c><00:38:39.019><c> going</c><00:38:39.119><c> to</c><00:38:39.219><c> be</c><00:38:39.300><c> the</c><00:38:39.400><c> one</c><00:38:39.500><c> that</c><00:38:39.679><c> says</c><00:38:39.860><c> anything.</c> 00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:43.019 Nor<00:38:40.880><c> am</c><00:38:41.059><c> I</c><00:38:41.099><c> going</c><00:38:41.239><c> to</c><00:38:41.380><c> set</c><00:38:41.480><c> the</c><00:38:41.679><c> example</c><00:38:42.079><c> either.</c> 00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:47.039 Wednesday<00:38:44.340><c> night</c><00:38:44.659><c> class</c><00:38:44.960><c> down,</c><00:38:46.199><c> just</c><00:38:46.420><c> deteriorated,</c> 00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:48.079 continued<00:38:47.500><c> deteriorated.</c> 00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:51.300 Sunday<00:38:48.440><c> school</c><00:38:48.659><c> numbers</c><00:38:48.960><c> down,</c><00:38:49.920><c> well,</c><00:38:50.400><c> those</c><00:38:50.519><c> kids</c><00:38:50.800><c> today.</c> 00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:56.400 That's<00:38:52.599><c> how</c><00:38:52.800><c> it</c><00:38:52.900><c> was</c><00:38:53.539><c> in</c><00:38:54.940><c> the</c><00:38:55.079><c> days</c><00:38:55.260><c> of</c><00:38:55.480><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:59.460 Nobody<00:38:57.019><c> was</c><00:38:57.360><c> prepared</c><00:38:57.619><c> to</c><00:38:57.739><c> be</c><00:38:57.840><c> the</c><00:38:58.019><c> doctor</c><00:38:58.260><c> to</c><00:38:58.440><c> the</c><00:38:58.579><c> meeting.</c> 00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:04.820 Nobody<00:38:59.980><c> really</c><00:39:00.920><c> felt</c><00:39:01.380><c> it</c><00:39:01.599><c> enough</c><00:39:02.139><c> to</c><00:39:03.079><c> get</c><00:39:03.219><c> themselves</c><00:39:03.699><c> involved.</c> 00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:09.019 So<00:39:05.139><c> the</c><00:39:05.380><c> scene</c><00:39:05.599><c> then</c><00:39:05.860><c> is</c><00:39:05.980><c> one</c><00:39:06.239><c> of</c><00:39:07.760><c> that</c><00:39:08.260><c> after</c><00:39:08.639><c> judgment.</c> 00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:11.139 Your<00:39:09.420><c> country</c><00:39:09.840><c> is</c><00:39:10.179><c> desolate.</c> 00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:14.260 Your<00:39:11.860><c> cities</c><00:39:12.179><c> are</c><00:39:12.539><c> burned</c><00:39:12.880><c> with</c><00:39:13.239><c> fire.</c> 00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:19.320 Your<00:39:15.320><c> land,</c><00:39:17.199><c> strangers</c><00:39:17.579><c> devour</c><00:39:18.119><c> it</c><00:39:18.340><c> in</c><00:39:18.539><c> your</c><00:39:18.820><c> presence.</c> 00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:23.900 And<00:39:20.480><c> it</c><00:39:20.719><c> is</c><00:39:20.940><c> desolate</c><00:39:21.320><c> as</c><00:39:21.639><c> overthrown</c><00:39:22.239><c> by</c><00:39:22.679><c> strangers.</c> 00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:29.860 Now<00:39:24.880><c> that's</c><00:39:25.159><c> being</c><00:39:25.380><c> said</c><00:39:25.599><c> to</c><00:39:26.199><c> a</c><00:39:26.460><c> kingdom</c><00:39:27.000><c> whose</c><00:39:28.619><c> king</c><00:39:29.300><c> was</c><00:39:29.639><c> one</c> 00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:32.820 of<00:39:30.019><c> the</c><00:39:30.360><c> greatest</c><00:39:31.079><c> Judah</c><00:39:31.300><c> ever</c><00:39:31.739><c> had.</c> 00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:37.340 David,<00:39:34.280><c> Solomon,</c><00:39:36.619><c> Jehoshaphat.</c> 00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:41.280 No<00:39:38.019><c> others</c><00:39:38.320><c> had</c><00:39:38.539><c> been</c><00:39:38.760><c> greater</c><00:39:39.159><c> in</c><00:39:39.480><c> Judah</c><00:39:39.639><c> to</c><00:39:39.860><c> that</c><00:39:40.139><c> time.</c> 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:46.500 Perhaps<00:39:42.619><c> only</c><00:39:43.820><c> Hezekiah</c><00:39:44.480><c> would</c><00:39:44.780><c> subsequently</c><00:39:45.519><c> reach</c><00:39:46.119><c> this</c> 00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.920 kind<00:39:46.820><c> of</c><00:39:47.039><c> zenith.</c> 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:54.019 Isaiah<00:39:48.760><c> is</c><00:39:48.860><c> one</c><00:39:49.039><c> of</c><00:39:49.219><c> the</c><00:39:49.559><c> five</c><00:39:50.099><c> great</c><00:39:50.460><c> kings</c><00:39:50.820><c> of</c><00:39:51.119><c> Judah</c><00:39:51.280><c> in</c><00:39:51.440><c> terms</c><00:39:51.780><c> of</c><00:39:52.159><c> attainment.</c> 00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:57.019 And<00:39:55.039><c> that's</c><00:39:55.300><c> the</c><00:39:55.460><c> picture</c><00:39:55.679><c> then</c><00:39:55.940><c> presented</c><00:39:56.320><c> to</c><00:39:56.579><c> that</c><00:39:56.780><c> people.</c> 00:39:57.159 --> 00:39:59.000 Your<00:39:57.340><c> country</c><00:39:57.960><c> is</c><00:39:58.719><c> desolate.</c> 00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:01.360 Wow,<00:39:59.420><c> we've</c><00:39:59.579><c> got</c><00:39:59.699><c> towers</c><00:39:59.940><c> out</c><00:40:00.119><c> in</c><00:40:00.219><c> the</c><00:40:00.340><c> wilderness.</c> 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:03.980 Let<00:40:02.039><c> alone</c><00:40:02.239><c> in</c><00:40:02.420><c> the</c><00:40:02.579><c> capital</c><00:40:02.860><c> city.</c> 00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:10.320 Verse<00:40:05.860><c> 8,</c><00:40:06.159><c> the</c><00:40:06.360><c> daughter</c><00:40:06.739><c> of</c><00:40:07.019><c> Zion</c><00:40:07.760><c> is</c><00:40:09.179><c> left</c><00:40:09.400><c> as</c><00:40:09.639><c> a</c><00:40:09.820><c> cottage</c><00:40:10.079><c> in</c> 00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:11.840 a<00:40:10.440><c> vineyard.</c> 00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:15.159 As<00:40:12.460><c> a</c><00:40:12.679><c> lodge</c><00:40:12.960><c> in</c><00:40:13.199><c> the</c><00:40:13.340><c> garden</c><00:40:13.659><c> of</c><00:40:14.019><c> cucumbers.</c> 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:18.639 As<00:40:16.239><c> a</c><00:40:16.480><c> besieged</c><00:40:17.380><c> city.</c> 00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.300 What<00:40:20.340><c> a</c><00:40:20.539><c> picture.</c> 00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:25.199 That's<00:40:21.860><c> a</c><00:40:21.940><c> picture</c><00:40:22.159><c> of</c><00:40:22.320><c> a</c><00:40:23.179><c> little</c><00:40:23.460><c> cottage</c><00:40:23.820><c> that</c><00:40:24.059><c> was</c><00:40:24.300><c> used</c><00:40:24.760><c> by</c> 00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:26.719 the<00:40:26.300><c> farmer.</c> 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:30.639 So<00:40:27.159><c> he</c><00:40:27.179><c> might</c><00:40:27.380><c> not</c><00:40:27.539><c> have</c><00:40:27.719><c> to</c><00:40:27.880><c> return</c><00:40:28.380><c> every</c><00:40:29.179><c> night</c><00:40:29.500><c> perhaps</c><00:40:30.219><c> to</c> 00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.699 the<00:40:30.900><c> city.</c> 00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:35.539 And<00:40:32.460><c> he</c><00:40:32.579><c> would</c><00:40:32.780><c> just</c><00:40:33.300><c> sleep</c><00:40:33.800><c> under</c><00:40:34.059><c> his</c><00:40:34.280><c> little</c><00:40:34.619><c> booth.</c> 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:40.239 That<00:40:35.940><c> he</c><00:40:36.039><c> would</c><00:40:36.280><c> make</c><00:40:36.519><c> out</c><00:40:36.679><c> in</c><00:40:36.880><c> his</c><00:40:37.280><c> cucumber</c><00:40:37.699><c> patch</c><00:40:38.079><c> or</c><00:40:38.380><c> whatever</c><00:40:39.139><c> other</c> 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:42.599 crop<00:40:40.679><c> he</c><00:40:40.920><c> had</c><00:40:41.099><c> in</c><00:40:41.239><c> at</c><00:40:41.420><c> that</c><00:40:41.659><c> time.</c> 00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:45.320 Just<00:40:44.300><c> waving</c><00:40:44.739><c> in</c><00:40:44.940><c> the</c><00:40:45.099><c> breeze.</c> 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:48.519 And<00:40:45.559><c> as</c><00:40:45.679><c> year</c><00:40:45.880><c> went</c><00:40:46.460><c> by</c><00:40:46.760><c> year,</c><00:40:47.239><c> the</c><00:40:47.360><c> old</c><00:40:47.699><c> stakes</c><00:40:48.000><c> would</c><00:40:48.280><c> get</c><00:40:48.500><c> a</c> 00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:50.199 bit<00:40:48.920><c> more</c><00:40:49.280><c> wobbly.</c> 00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:52.599 And<00:40:50.900><c> it</c><00:40:50.980><c> would</c><00:40:51.039><c> be</c><00:40:51.179><c> quite</c><00:40:51.360><c> a</c><00:40:51.619><c> scene</c><00:40:51.800><c> that</c><00:40:51.980><c> you</c><00:40:52.099><c> would</c><00:40:52.280><c> see</c><00:40:52.380><c> out</c> 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:53.880 in<00:40:52.760><c> the</c><00:40:52.940><c> fields.</c> 00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:56.659 And<00:40:54.780><c> he</c><00:40:54.900><c> says,</c><00:40:55.260><c> that's</c><00:40:55.739><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:40:57.420 --> 00:41:02.500 This<00:40:57.719><c> great</c><00:40:58.079><c> fortified</c><00:40:58.679><c> city</c><00:40:58.960><c> that</c><00:40:59.179><c> you</c><00:40:59.420><c> think</c><00:40:59.579><c> is</c><00:40:59.800><c> so</c><00:41:00.019><c> secure,</c><00:41:02.059><c> it's</c> 00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:04.320 going<00:41:02.599><c> to</c><00:41:02.719><c> be</c><00:41:02.860><c> left</c><00:41:03.059><c> like</c><00:41:03.420><c> that.</c> 00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:10.079 Like<00:41:05.860><c> that</c><00:41:06.380><c> unfortified</c><00:41:08.079><c> little</c><00:41:08.739><c> structure</c><00:41:09.059><c> that</c><00:41:09.480><c> waves</c><00:41:09.880><c> in</c> 00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:11.739 the<00:41:10.260><c> breeze.</c> 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:13.639 A<00:41:12.559><c> cottage</c><00:41:12.820><c> in</c><00:41:13.039><c> a</c><00:41:13.119><c> vineyard.</c> 00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:16.079 A<00:41:13.940><c> lodge</c><00:41:14.159><c> in</c><00:41:14.400><c> a</c><00:41:14.460><c> garden</c><00:41:14.780><c> of</c><00:41:15.059><c> cucumbers.</c> 00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:19.940 And<00:41:17.179><c> then</c><00:41:17.360><c> writing</c><00:41:17.599><c> the</c><00:41:18.059><c> picture</c><00:41:18.380><c> he</c><00:41:18.519><c> says,</c><00:41:18.920><c> as</c><00:41:19.019><c> a</c><00:41:19.159><c> besieged</c> 00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:22.320 city,<00:41:20.579><c> would</c><00:41:20.699><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:21.000><c> be</c><00:41:21.320><c> taken?</c> 00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:26.559 What<00:41:24.239><c> do</c><00:41:24.380><c> you</c><00:41:24.440><c> read</c><00:41:24.599><c> in</c><00:41:24.820><c> verses</c><00:41:25.059><c> 8</c><00:41:25.360><c> and</c><00:41:25.480><c> 9?</c> 00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:32.559 Well<00:41:29.019><c> that's</c><00:41:29.320><c> the</c><00:41:29.460><c> thing</c><00:41:29.659><c> that</c><00:41:30.500><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:41:31.300><c> search</c><00:41:31.519><c> defined.</c> 00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:36.039 Would<00:41:33.679><c> the</c><00:41:33.980><c> city</c><00:41:34.440><c> be</c><00:41:34.980><c> taken?</c> 00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:38.880 The<00:41:36.619><c> countryside's</c><00:41:37.280><c> taken,</c><00:41:37.599><c> verse</c><00:41:37.800><c> 7</c><00:41:38.079><c> makes</c><00:41:38.380><c> that</c><00:41:38.679><c> clear,</c> 00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:40.320 doesn't<00:41:39.159><c> it?</c> 00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:42.760 The<00:41:41.000><c> countryside</c><00:41:41.360><c> is</c><00:41:41.699><c> taken.</c> 00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:48.900 But<00:41:44.079><c> did</c><00:41:44.360><c> verse</c><00:41:44.659><c> 8</c><00:41:44.960><c> mean</c><00:41:45.719><c> that</c><00:41:47.019><c> the</c><00:41:47.380><c> city</c><00:41:47.619><c> would</c><00:41:47.880><c> be</c><00:41:48.099><c> taken?</c> 00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:52.099 Well<00:41:49.880><c> it</c><00:41:49.980><c> doesn't</c><00:41:50.340><c> quite</c><00:41:50.679><c> mean</c><00:41:50.880><c> that,</c><00:41:51.300><c> does</c><00:41:51.320><c> it?</c> 00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:57.980 It<00:41:52.940><c> would</c><00:41:53.119><c> be</c><00:41:53.480><c> a</c><00:41:53.760><c> besieged</c><00:41:54.780><c> city,</c><00:41:56.519><c> but</c><00:41:56.679><c> it's</c><00:41:57.019><c> left.</c> 00:41:58.539 --> 00:42:01.800 In<00:41:59.099><c> all</c><00:41:59.519><c> of</c><00:41:59.699><c> its</c><00:42:00.000><c> frowns.</c> 00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:04.679 As<00:42:02.039><c> a</c><00:42:02.219><c> cottage</c><00:42:02.400><c> in</c><00:42:02.639><c> a</c><00:42:02.739><c> vineyard,</c><00:42:03.219><c> a</c><00:42:03.340><c> lodge</c><00:42:03.500><c> in</c><00:42:03.739><c> a</c><00:42:03.760><c> garden</c><00:42:04.059><c> of</c><00:42:04.300><c> cucumbers.</c> 00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:06.699 What<00:42:05.260><c> an</c><00:42:05.480><c> interesting</c><00:42:05.820><c> thing.</c> 00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:10.139 By<00:42:07.139><c> something</c><00:42:07.460><c> of</c><00:42:07.679><c> the</c><00:42:07.900><c> same</c><00:42:08.159><c> security</c><00:42:08.679><c> which</c><00:42:08.940><c> they</c><00:42:09.199><c> had</c><00:42:09.559><c> in</c> 00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:12.159 the<00:42:10.639><c> Feast</c><00:42:10.920><c> of</c><00:42:11.099><c> Tabernacles</c><00:42:11.599><c> in</c><00:42:11.800><c> the</c><00:42:11.960><c> beginning,</c> 00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:15.579 when<00:42:12.320><c> they</c><00:42:12.519><c> came</c><00:42:12.739><c> out</c><00:42:12.940><c> of</c><00:42:13.119><c> Egypt</c><00:42:13.420><c> and</c><00:42:13.679><c> dwelt</c><00:42:13.960><c> in</c><00:42:14.280><c> booths.</c> 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:19.360 By<00:42:15.800><c> that</c><00:42:16.159><c> similar</c><00:42:16.559><c> kind</c><00:42:17.099><c> of</c><00:42:17.500><c> security</c><00:42:17.980><c> they</c><00:42:18.659><c> would</c><00:42:18.940><c> continue.</c> 00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:25.099 The<00:42:19.860><c> Hezekiah</c><00:42:20.480><c> faith,</c><00:42:22.039><c> the</c><00:42:22.320><c> Hezekiah</c><00:42:22.960><c> faith,</c><00:42:23.960><c> that</c><00:42:24.099><c> went</c><00:42:24.300><c> into</c><00:42:24.519><c> those</c><00:42:24.840><c> who</c> 00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.340 came<00:42:25.440><c> into</c><00:42:25.719><c> that</c><00:42:26.019><c> city.</c> 00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:28.219 What<00:42:27.320><c> an</c><00:42:27.519><c> interesting</c><00:42:27.900><c> thing.</c> 00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:32.400 Later<00:42:28.739><c> on</c><00:42:28.920><c> in</c><00:42:29.059><c> chapter</c><00:42:29.320><c> 6,</c><00:42:31.360><c> just</c><00:42:31.579><c> adding</c><00:42:31.739><c> a</c><00:42:31.900><c> little</c><00:42:32.079><c> picture,</c> 00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:34.519 and<00:42:32.579><c> you</c><00:42:32.619><c> can</c><00:42:32.760><c> imagine</c><00:42:33.059><c> this</c><00:42:33.360><c> meant</c><00:42:33.539><c> so</c><00:42:33.860><c> much</c><00:42:34.039><c> to</c><00:42:34.179><c> them</c><00:42:34.340><c> at</c> 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.900 that<00:42:34.699><c> time,</c> 00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:38.719 because<00:42:35.179><c> the</c><00:42:35.340><c> question</c><00:42:35.639><c> is</c><00:42:36.980><c> going</c><00:42:37.219><c> to</c><00:42:37.420><c> be</c><00:42:37.699><c> when</c><00:42:38.280><c> Assyria</c> 00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:39.260 comes<00:42:39.000><c> down,</c> 00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:41.760 what<00:42:39.500><c> do</c><00:42:39.659><c> we</c><00:42:39.820><c> do</c><00:42:40.000><c> and</c><00:42:40.119><c> what</c><00:42:40.340><c> will</c><00:42:40.440><c> he</c><00:42:40.699><c> achieve?</c> 00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:45.360 So<00:42:43.360><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:43.739><c> said</c><00:42:43.980><c> to</c><00:42:44.119><c> him</c><00:42:44.280><c> in</c><00:42:44.420><c> 6,</c><00:42:44.800><c> verse</c><00:42:44.980><c> 11,</c> 00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.940 Lord,<00:42:46.159><c> how</c><00:42:46.480><c> long?</c> 00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:51.179 And<00:42:47.579><c> he</c><00:42:47.719><c> answered,</c><00:42:48.059><c> until</c><00:42:48.400><c> the</c><00:42:48.679><c> cities</c><00:42:48.860><c> be</c><00:42:49.119><c> wasted</c><00:42:49.519><c> without</c><00:42:49.920><c> inhabitant,</c> 00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:56.400 and<00:42:51.599><c> the</c><00:42:51.760><c> houses</c><00:42:52.119><c> without</c><00:42:53.320><c> man</c><00:42:53.679><c> and</c><00:42:53.860><c> the</c><00:42:54.079><c> land</c><00:42:54.320><c> be</c><00:42:54.559><c> utterly</c><00:42:55.119><c> desolate.</c> 00:42:56.699 --> 00:43:01.260 Did<00:42:56.880><c> that</c><00:42:57.079><c> mean</c><00:42:57.280><c> to</c><00:42:57.500><c> say</c><00:42:58.099><c> that</c><00:42:58.699><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:59.159><c> would</c><00:42:59.699><c> fall</c><00:43:00.059><c> also?</c> 00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.920 Chapter<00:43:01.860><c> 8.</c> 00:43:03.219 --> 00:43:07.219 They<00:43:03.780><c> would</c><00:43:04.099><c> search</c><00:43:04.380><c> these</c><00:43:04.719><c> references</c><00:43:05.119><c> to</c><00:43:05.460><c> find</c><00:43:05.679><c> out</c><00:43:05.920><c> the</c><00:43:06.199><c> inference.</c> 00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.639 Chapter<00:43:08.579><c> 8,</c><00:43:09.039><c> in</c><00:43:09.079><c> verse</c><00:43:09.280><c> 8,</c><00:43:09.599><c> it</c><00:43:09.719><c> says,</c> 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:24.099 Our<00:43:23.119><c> Emmanuel.</c> 00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:27.360 Will<00:43:24.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:43:24.960><c> be</c><00:43:25.340><c> saved</c><00:43:25.699><c> or</c><00:43:26.280><c> gone?</c> 00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:30.920 To<00:43:28.800><c> the</c><00:43:29.000><c> neck,</c><00:43:29.360><c> not</c><00:43:29.539><c> to</c><00:43:29.800><c> the</c><00:43:30.000><c> head.</c> 00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:34.659 The<00:43:31.639><c> head</c><00:43:31.780><c> is</c><00:43:32.000><c> going</c><00:43:32.119><c> to</c><00:43:32.219><c> be</c><00:43:32.340><c> the</c><00:43:32.500><c> little</c><00:43:33.340><c> cottage</c><00:43:33.820><c> in</c><00:43:34.059><c> the</c><00:43:34.219><c> garden</c><00:43:34.440><c> of</c> 00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:36.420 cucumbers,<00:43:35.139><c> so</c><00:43:35.360><c> to</c><00:43:35.579><c> speak.</c> 00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:39.019 And<00:43:37.039><c> so,</c><00:43:37.860><c> going</c><00:43:37.860><c> back</c><00:43:38.139><c> to</c><00:43:38.320><c> chapter</c><00:43:38.559><c> 1,</c> 00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:41.820 there<00:43:39.480><c> was</c><00:43:39.739><c> going</c><00:43:39.920><c> to</c><00:43:40.099><c> be</c><00:43:40.320><c> a</c><00:43:40.539><c> remnant</c><00:43:40.920><c> that</c><00:43:41.119><c> would</c><00:43:41.380><c> be</c><00:43:41.639><c> saved.</c> 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:43.880 This<00:43:42.119><c> was</c><00:43:42.340><c> their</c><00:43:42.539><c> gospel</c><00:43:42.920><c> at</c><00:43:43.159><c> that</c><00:43:43.400><c> time.</c> 00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:47.139 On<00:43:44.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:44.840><c> chapter</c><00:43:45.380><c> 1</c><00:43:45.820><c> and</c><00:43:46.000><c> verse</c><00:43:46.239><c> 9,</c> 00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:59.380 Our<00:43:57.260><c> countryside</c><00:43:57.820><c> is</c><00:43:58.199><c> wasted.</c> 00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:03.300 Our<00:44:00.739><c> cities</c><00:44:01.079><c> are</c><00:44:01.420><c> wasted</c><00:44:01.760><c> and</c><00:44:02.039><c> gone,</c><00:44:02.360><c> chapter</c><00:44:02.599><c> 6,</c> 00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:07.139 but<00:44:03.699><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:44:04.519><c> the</c><00:44:04.780><c> head,</c><00:44:05.460><c> on</c><00:44:05.559><c> top</c><00:44:05.699><c> of</c><00:44:05.880><c> the</c><00:44:05.980><c> neck,</c> 00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:10.019 that<00:44:07.820><c> is</c><00:44:08.000><c> going</c><00:44:08.139><c> to</c><00:44:08.280><c> be</c><00:44:08.480><c> saved</c><00:44:08.800><c> as</c><00:44:09.039><c> a</c><00:44:09.300><c> small</c><00:44:09.559><c> remnant.</c> 00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:13.659 And<00:44:10.900><c> so,</c><00:44:11.500><c> they</c><00:44:11.579><c> had</c><00:44:11.800><c> to</c><00:44:11.960><c> pin</c><00:44:12.039><c> their</c><00:44:12.340><c> faith</c><00:44:12.619><c> on</c><00:44:12.840><c> that.</c> 00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:16.880 You<00:44:14.099><c> know,</c><00:44:14.500><c> it's</c><00:44:14.619><c> an</c><00:44:14.840><c> interesting</c><00:44:15.159><c> contrast</c><00:44:15.699><c> just</c><00:44:15.980><c> while</c><00:44:16.099><c> we're</c><00:44:16.219><c> there,</c><00:44:16.440><c> isn't</c><00:44:16.579><c> it?</c> 00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:18.280 Because<00:44:17.400><c> Jesus</c><00:44:17.760><c> said</c><00:44:18.059><c> to</c><00:44:18.179><c> them,</c> 00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:20.800 When<00:44:18.480><c> you</c><00:44:18.699><c> shall</c><00:44:18.940><c> see</c><00:44:19.179><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:19.659><c> surrounded</c><00:44:20.139><c> by</c><00:44:20.460><c> armies,</c> 00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:23.519 then<00:44:21.599><c> flee</c><00:44:21.900><c> out</c><00:44:22.119><c> of</c><00:44:22.179><c> the</c><00:44:22.300><c> midst</c><00:44:22.500><c> of</c><00:44:22.679><c> it.</c> 00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:28.440 But<00:44:24.019><c> in</c><00:44:24.400><c> Isaiah's</c><00:44:25.219><c> day,</c><00:44:26.139><c> what</c><00:44:26.320><c> he</c><00:44:26.519><c> was</c><00:44:26.739><c> saying</c><00:44:26.900><c> to</c><00:44:27.099><c> the</c><00:44:27.380><c> children</c><00:44:27.679><c> of</c><00:44:27.880><c> Judah</c><00:44:28.079><c> is,</c> 00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:31.900 When<00:44:29.019><c> you</c><00:44:29.360><c> see</c><00:44:29.559><c> Assyria</c><00:44:30.019><c> come</c><00:44:30.300><c> down,</c><00:44:30.639><c> flee</c><00:44:31.079><c> to</c><00:44:31.340><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:33.639 Opposite<00:44:32.719><c> policy.</c> 00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:36.880 So,<00:44:34.000><c> whatever</c><00:44:34.280><c> God</c><00:44:34.500><c> says</c><00:44:34.780><c> is</c><00:44:34.920><c> the</c><00:44:35.119><c> right</c><00:44:35.320><c> thing</c><00:44:35.500><c> to</c><00:44:35.619><c> do,</c><00:44:35.840><c> is</c><00:44:36.019><c> the</c><00:44:36.199><c> right</c><00:44:36.420><c> thing</c><00:44:36.579><c> to</c><00:44:36.719><c> do.</c> 00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:38.940 It<00:44:37.179><c> may</c><00:44:37.239><c> not</c><00:44:37.420><c> always</c><00:44:37.719><c> be</c><00:44:37.900><c> the</c><00:44:38.019><c> right</c><00:44:38.199><c> thing</c><00:44:38.360><c> to</c><00:44:38.440><c> get</c><00:44:38.579><c> into</c><00:44:38.780><c> the</c> 00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:40.199 besieged<00:44:39.219><c> city,</c> 00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:44.179 but<00:44:40.500><c> sometimes</c><00:44:41.019><c> it</c><00:44:41.239><c> is,</c><00:44:41.559><c> and</c><00:44:41.599><c> when</c><00:44:41.780><c> he</c><00:44:42.019><c> says</c><00:44:42.199><c> it</c><00:44:42.380><c> is,</c><00:44:42.599><c> then</c><00:44:42.860><c> go</c><00:44:43.219><c> there.</c> 00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:46.760 When<00:44:44.559><c> he</c><00:44:44.800><c> says</c><00:44:45.019><c> flee,</c><00:44:45.519><c> then</c><00:44:45.719><c> you</c><00:44:46.000><c> flee.</c> 00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:51.039 So,<00:44:48.000><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:44:48.460><c> day</c><00:44:48.579><c> was</c><00:44:48.780><c> different</c><00:44:49.099><c> to</c><00:44:49.280><c> the</c><00:44:49.400><c> Lord</c><00:44:49.539><c> Jesus</c><00:44:49.900><c> Christ.</c> 00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:56.480 In<00:44:53.500><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:44:53.960><c> day,</c><00:44:54.599><c> it</c><00:44:54.780><c> was</c><00:44:54.980><c> the</c><00:44:55.179><c> faith</c><00:44:55.360><c> of</c><00:44:55.539><c> that</c><00:44:55.679><c> wonderful</c><00:44:56.079><c> king,</c> 00:44:56.599 --> 00:45:00.260 the<00:44:56.739><c> prophet</c><00:44:57.079><c> Isaiah,</c><00:44:58.679><c> that</c><00:44:59.179><c> infused</c><00:44:59.719><c> that</c><00:45:00.079><c> people,</c> 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:03.219 that<00:45:00.639><c> remnant</c><00:45:00.960><c> of</c><00:45:01.179><c> people</c><00:45:01.360><c> that</c><00:45:01.659><c> fled</c><00:45:01.760><c> in</c><00:45:01.960><c> from</c><00:45:02.119><c> the</c><00:45:02.280><c> countryside,</c> 00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:06.440 settled<00:45:03.559><c> inside</c><00:45:04.019><c> the</c><00:45:04.300><c> city,</c><00:45:04.840><c> and</c><00:45:05.079><c> in</c><00:45:05.219><c> the</c><00:45:05.460><c> faith</c><00:45:05.639><c> of</c><00:45:05.820><c> that</c><00:45:06.059><c> king,</c> 00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:09.980 and<00:45:06.940><c> that</c><00:45:07.320><c> prophet,</c><00:45:08.099><c> that</c><00:45:08.360><c> city</c><00:45:08.599><c> was</c><00:45:08.940><c> saved.</c> 00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:15.019 Just<00:45:12.079><c> in</c><00:45:12.280><c> the</c><00:45:12.500><c> following</c><00:45:12.840><c> verses,</c><00:45:13.179><c> just</c><00:45:13.400><c> to</c><00:45:13.519><c> give</c><00:45:13.659><c> a</c><00:45:14.260><c> brief</c><00:45:14.559><c> sketch</c> 00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:18.559 of<00:45:15.500><c> what</c><00:45:15.800><c> was</c><00:45:16.139><c> really</c><00:45:16.460><c> happening</c><00:45:16.820><c> in</c><00:45:17.579><c> the</c><00:45:17.980><c> kingdom</c><00:45:18.260><c> of</c><00:45:18.420><c> Judah</c> 00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.139 at<00:45:18.760><c> that</c><00:45:18.920><c> time,</c> 00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:21.000 look<00:45:19.440><c> down</c><00:45:19.639><c> through</c><00:45:19.860><c> verses</c><00:45:20.179><c> 10</c><00:45:20.460><c> and</c><00:45:20.599><c> 15.</c> 00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:23.420 It<00:45:21.260><c> was</c><00:45:21.559><c> a</c><00:45:21.679><c> very</c><00:45:22.039><c> religious</c><00:45:22.480><c> time.</c> 00:45:23.619 --> 00:45:26.500 You<00:45:23.719><c> can</c><00:45:23.900><c> link</c><00:45:24.059><c> this</c><00:45:24.280><c> with</c><00:45:24.460><c> chapter</c><00:45:24.739><c> 65</c><00:45:25.460><c> and</c><00:45:25.739><c> other</c><00:45:25.980><c> passages</c> 00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:27.800 through<00:45:27.239><c> the</c><00:45:27.539><c> prophecy,</c> 00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:30.239 which<00:45:28.159><c> show</c><00:45:28.340><c> there</c><00:45:28.500><c> was</c><00:45:28.719><c> a</c><00:45:28.980><c> lot</c><00:45:29.139><c> of</c><00:45:29.400><c> religion.</c> 00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:34.159 Hear<00:45:31.179><c> the</c><00:45:31.360><c> word</c><00:45:31.579><c> of</c><00:45:31.820><c> the</c><00:45:31.980><c> Lord,</c><00:45:32.380><c> ye</c><00:45:32.599><c> rulers</c><00:45:32.960><c> of</c><00:45:33.340><c> Sodom.</c> 00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:37.000 Give<00:45:34.599><c> ear</c><00:45:34.800><c> unto</c><00:45:35.019><c> the</c><00:45:35.159><c> law</c><00:45:35.300><c> of</c><00:45:35.500><c> our</c><00:45:35.679><c> God,</c><00:45:36.039><c> ye</c><00:45:36.059><c> people</c><00:45:36.440><c> of</c><00:45:36.659><c> Gomorrah.</c> 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:41.519 Speaking<00:45:37.320><c> to</c><00:45:37.559><c> Israel,</c><00:45:38.599><c> of</c><00:45:38.599><c> course,</c><00:45:39.340><c> it's</c><00:45:39.519><c> just</c><00:45:40.079><c> that</c><00:45:40.460><c> in</c><00:45:40.639><c> verse</c><00:45:40.860><c> 9,</c> 00:45:41.800 --> 00:45:44.179 it<00:45:41.960><c> is</c><00:45:42.159><c> said</c><00:45:42.340><c> they</c><00:45:42.559><c> should</c><00:45:42.780><c> have</c><00:45:42.980><c> been</c><00:45:43.079><c> like</c><00:45:43.460><c> Sodom</c><00:45:43.739><c> and</c><00:45:43.840><c> Gomorrah,</c> 00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:47.780 and<00:45:44.280><c> so</c><00:45:44.420><c> it</c><00:45:44.579><c> takes</c><00:45:44.800><c> up</c><00:45:45.139><c> those</c><00:45:46.099><c> names</c><00:45:46.599><c> in</c><00:45:46.840><c> verse</c><00:45:47.159><c> 10,</c> 00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:54.320 but<00:45:48.400><c> of</c><00:45:48.579><c> course</c><00:45:48.719><c> it</c><00:45:48.820><c> is</c><00:45:49.139><c> to</c><00:45:50.199><c> Judah,</c><00:45:50.820><c> to</c><00:45:50.940><c> the</c><00:45:51.119><c> rulers</c><00:45:51.340><c> and</c><00:45:51.619><c> people</c><00:45:51.880><c> of</c><00:45:52.659><c> the</c><00:45:52.860><c> kingdom</c><00:45:53.139><c> of</c><00:45:53.420><c> Judah.</c> 00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:57.699 To<00:45:55.039><c> what</c><00:45:55.280><c> purpose</c><00:45:55.619><c> is</c><00:45:55.820><c> the</c><00:45:56.099><c> multitude</c><00:45:56.579><c> of</c><00:45:56.840><c> your</c><00:45:57.059><c> sacrifices</c> 00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:59.820 unto<00:45:58.000><c> me,</c><00:45:58.500><c> saith</c><00:45:58.579><c> the</c><00:45:58.820><c> Lord?</c> 00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:03.719 I<00:46:00.960><c> am</c><00:46:01.380><c> full</c><00:46:01.739><c> of</c><00:46:01.940><c> the</c><00:46:02.079><c> burnt</c><00:46:02.239><c> offerings</c><00:46:02.579><c> of</c><00:46:02.880><c> rams</c><00:46:03.159><c> and</c><00:46:03.400><c> the</c><00:46:03.579><c> fat</c> 00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:05.679 of<00:46:04.059><c> fed</c><00:46:04.300><c> beasts,</c> 00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:09.059 and<00:46:06.099><c> I</c><00:46:06.360><c> delight</c><00:46:06.519><c> not</c><00:46:06.800><c> in</c><00:46:07.019><c> the</c><00:46:07.239><c> blood</c><00:46:07.480><c> of</c><00:46:07.780><c> bullocks</c><00:46:08.079><c> or</c><00:46:08.280><c> of</c><00:46:08.559><c> lambs</c><00:46:08.940><c> or</c> 00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:10.539 of<00:46:09.239><c> he</c><00:46:09.400><c> goats,</c> 00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:11.940 when<00:46:10.699><c> he</c><00:46:10.800><c> come</c><00:46:10.940><c> to</c><00:46:11.139><c> appear</c><00:46:11.340><c> before</c><00:46:11.679><c> me.</c> 00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:15.159 Who<00:46:12.260><c> hath</c><00:46:12.460><c> required</c><00:46:12.980><c> this</c><00:46:13.179><c> at</c><00:46:13.320><c> your</c><00:46:13.539><c> hand</c><00:46:13.860><c> to</c><00:46:14.219><c> tread</c><00:46:14.400><c> my</c><00:46:14.800><c> courts?</c> 00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:17.980 Bring<00:46:15.719><c> no</c><00:46:16.119><c> more</c><00:46:16.360><c> vain</c><00:46:16.659><c> ablations.</c> 00:46:18.280 --> 00:46:20.360 Incense<00:46:18.780><c> is</c><00:46:19.000><c> an</c><00:46:19.139><c> abomination.</c> 00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:23.579 The<00:46:21.260><c> new</c><00:46:21.460><c> moons</c><00:46:21.760><c> and</c><00:46:22.059><c> Sabbaths,</c><00:46:22.400><c> the</c><00:46:22.579><c> calling</c><00:46:22.880><c> of</c><00:46:23.159><c> assemblies,</c> 00:46:23.739 --> 00:46:25.360 I<00:46:24.079><c> cannot</c><00:46:24.420><c> away</c><00:46:24.760><c> with</c><00:46:24.980><c> it.</c> 00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:28.380 It<00:46:25.920><c> is</c><00:46:26.079><c> iniquity,</c><00:46:26.639><c> even</c><00:46:26.880><c> the</c><00:46:27.199><c> solemn</c><00:46:27.440><c> meeting.</c> 00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:32.280 Your<00:46:29.340><c> new</c><00:46:29.719><c> moons</c><00:46:30.019><c> and</c><00:46:30.219><c> your</c><00:46:30.599><c> appointed</c><00:46:30.940><c> feasts,</c><00:46:31.260><c> my</c><00:46:31.539><c> soul</c><00:46:31.780><c> hateth.</c> 00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:35.900 They<00:46:32.800><c> are</c><00:46:33.099><c> a</c><00:46:33.320><c> trouble</c><00:46:33.559><c> unto</c><00:46:33.739><c> me,</c><00:46:33.960><c> I</c><00:46:34.320><c> am</c><00:46:34.400><c> weary</c><00:46:34.599><c> to</c><00:46:34.880><c> bear</c><00:46:35.039><c> them.</c> 00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:38.659 When<00:46:36.099><c> ye</c><00:46:36.340><c> spread</c><00:46:36.619><c> forth</c><00:46:36.840><c> your</c><00:46:37.000><c> hands</c><00:46:37.300><c> in</c><00:46:37.440><c> prayer</c><00:46:37.679><c> to</c><00:46:37.820><c> me,</c><00:46:37.940><c> I</c><00:46:38.039><c> will</c><00:46:38.199><c> hide</c><00:46:38.500><c> my</c> 00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.699 nights<00:46:38.940><c> from</c><00:46:39.199><c> you.</c> 00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:42.480 Yea,<00:46:40.480><c> when</c><00:46:40.619><c> ye</c><00:46:40.840><c> make</c><00:46:41.019><c> many</c><00:46:41.400><c> prayers,</c><00:46:41.760><c> I</c><00:46:41.880><c> will</c><00:46:42.059><c> not</c><00:46:42.260><c> hear.</c> 00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:46.760 Your<00:46:42.780><c> hands,</c><00:46:44.320><c> your</c><00:46:44.500><c> doings,</c><00:46:45.460><c> are</c><00:46:45.519><c> full</c><00:46:45.739><c> of</c><00:46:45.960><c> blood.</c> 00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:49.440 That's<00:46:47.099><c> a</c><00:46:47.400><c> terrific</c><00:46:48.099><c> description,</c><00:46:48.719><c> isn't</c><00:46:48.900><c> it?</c> 00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:51.360 A<00:46:49.760><c> lot</c><00:46:49.900><c> of</c><00:46:50.139><c> religion,</c><00:46:50.860><c> though.</c> 00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:55.119 It's<00:46:52.260><c> a</c><00:46:52.360><c> very</c><00:46:53.079><c> religious</c><00:46:53.940><c> atmosphere.</c> 00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:56.880 There's<00:46:55.519><c> a</c><00:46:55.599><c> lot</c><00:46:55.760><c> happening</c><00:46:56.099><c> at</c><00:46:56.280><c> the</c><00:46:56.440><c> temple,</c> 00:46:56.880 --> 00:47:00.840 and<00:46:57.639><c> there</c><00:46:57.880><c> was,</c><00:46:58.780><c> and</c><00:46:58.940><c> that</c><00:46:59.260><c> characteristic</c><00:46:59.739><c> goes</c><00:47:00.079><c> through</c> 00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:01.360 the<00:47:01.159><c> book.</c> 00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:04.059 So<00:47:01.860><c> whilst</c><00:47:02.119><c> there</c><00:47:02.320><c> was</c><00:47:02.599><c> a</c><00:47:02.780><c> lot</c><00:47:02.960><c> of</c><00:47:03.159><c> religion,</c> 00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:06.860 there<00:47:04.639><c> were</c><00:47:04.739><c> people</c><00:47:05.300><c> who</c><00:47:05.739><c> were</c><00:47:05.940><c> going</c><00:47:06.159><c> there,</c><00:47:06.480><c> but</c><00:47:06.579><c> their</c> 00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:08.960 hearts<00:47:07.199><c> were</c><00:47:07.539><c> somewhere</c><00:47:07.900><c> else.</c> 00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:13.900 Now,<00:47:11.139><c> it's</c><00:47:11.460><c> in</c><00:47:11.619><c> these</c><00:47:11.920><c> opening</c><00:47:12.679><c> five</c><00:47:13.420><c> chapters</c> 00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:17.980 that<00:47:14.679><c> that</c><00:47:15.039><c> fickleness</c><00:47:15.380><c> and</c><00:47:15.679><c> hypocrisy</c><00:47:16.440><c> of</c><00:47:17.139><c> Israel</c><00:47:17.619><c> in</c><00:47:17.820><c> the</c> 00:47:17.980 --> 00:47:19.860 days<00:47:18.159><c> of</c><00:47:18.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:18.800><c> is</c><00:47:19.440><c> depicted.</c> 00:47:20.039 --> 00:47:21.699 They're<00:47:20.239><c> remarkable</c><00:47:20.820><c> chapters.</c> 00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:27.460 ... 00:47:35.739 --> 00:47:39.420 That<00:47:36.260><c> they</c><00:47:36.440><c> may</c><00:47:36.699><c> be</c><00:47:36.920><c> placed</c><00:47:37.199><c> alone</c><00:47:37.579><c> in</c><00:47:37.800><c> the</c><00:47:37.840><c> midst</c><00:47:38.039><c> of</c><00:47:38.239><c> the</c><00:47:38.380><c> earth.</c> 00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:41.780 Similar<00:47:39.980><c> things</c><00:47:40.280><c> in</c><00:47:40.460><c> our</c><00:47:40.659><c> day,</c><00:47:41.219><c> my</c><00:47:41.360><c> dear</c><00:47:41.500><c> princess,</c> 00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:45.239 when<00:47:42.119><c> wealth</c><00:47:42.480><c> expands</c><00:47:43.199><c> and</c><00:47:43.599><c> leaves</c><00:47:43.800><c> behind</c><00:47:44.179><c> everyone</c><00:47:44.480><c> else,</c> 00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:48.559 as<00:47:45.639><c> so</c><00:47:45.760><c> we</c><00:47:45.960><c> see</c><00:47:46.079><c> it</c><00:47:46.239><c> in</c><00:47:46.300><c> our</c><00:47:46.539><c> day</c><00:47:47.019><c> even</c><00:47:47.420><c> far</c><00:47:47.699><c> more</c><00:47:48.000><c> dramatically.</c> 00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:50.860 Well,<00:47:49.219><c> that's</c><00:47:49.440><c> the</c><00:47:49.579><c> days</c><00:47:49.760><c> of</c><00:47:49.940><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:53.900 and<00:47:51.340><c> just</c><00:47:51.579><c> that</c><00:47:51.860><c> portion,</c><00:47:52.619><c> chapters</c><00:47:52.920><c> one</c><00:47:53.219><c> to</c><00:47:53.360><c> five,</c><00:47:53.619><c> belong</c> 00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:55.699 to<00:47:54.059><c> that</c><00:47:54.239><c> period</c><00:47:54.539><c> of</c><00:47:54.840><c> time.</c> 00:47:55.880 --> 00:48:00.079 As<00:47:56.440><c> I</c><00:47:56.619><c> said,</c><00:47:56.860><c> we</c><00:47:56.860><c> only</c><00:47:57.139><c> have</c><00:47:57.320><c> one</c><00:47:57.739><c> chapter</c><00:47:58.340><c> that</c><00:47:59.159><c> deals</c><00:47:59.800><c> with</c> 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:01.420 the<00:48:00.199><c> days</c><00:48:00.420><c> of</c><00:48:00.699><c> Jotham,</c> 00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:03.960 and<00:48:01.659><c> that's</c><00:48:02.139><c> the</c><00:48:02.199><c> chapter</c><00:48:02.539><c> of</c><00:48:03.059><c> chapter</c><00:48:03.460><c> six,</c> 00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:09.300 where<00:48:04.219><c> we</c><00:48:04.420><c> have</c><00:48:04.639><c> the</c><00:48:04.860><c> vision</c><00:48:05.300><c> of</c><00:48:06.099><c> the</c><00:48:06.739><c> glory</c><00:48:07.119><c> of</c><00:48:07.519><c> the</c><00:48:07.739><c> enthroned</c><00:48:08.659><c> Christ,</c> 00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:11.400 the<00:48:09.639><c> Lord</c><00:48:09.860><c> Jesus</c><00:48:10.340><c> Christ.</c> 00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:15.239 We<00:48:11.760><c> know</c><00:48:12.039><c> that</c><00:48:12.239><c> this</c><00:48:13.000><c> refers</c><00:48:13.599><c> to</c><00:48:14.000><c> the</c><00:48:14.599><c> reign</c><00:48:14.780><c> of</c><00:48:14.960><c> the</c><00:48:15.059><c> Lord</c> 00:48:15.239 --> 00:48:16.659 Jesus<00:48:15.780><c> Christ,</c> 00:48:16.679 --> 00:48:19.380 because<00:48:16.800><c> none</c><00:48:17.039><c> less</c><00:48:17.320><c> than</c><00:48:17.500><c> John</c><00:48:17.760><c> the</c><00:48:17.960><c> Apostle</c><00:48:18.619><c> quotes</c><00:48:18.980><c> verses</c> 00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:20.300 nine<00:48:19.679><c> and</c><00:48:19.900><c> ten,</c> 00:48:20.300 --> 00:48:24.880 and<00:48:20.699><c> he</c><00:48:20.900><c> said</c><00:48:21.119><c> that</c><00:48:21.400><c> this</c><00:48:21.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:22.380><c> saw</c><00:48:22.840><c> when</c><00:48:23.360><c> he</c><00:48:23.639><c> saw</c><00:48:24.239><c> his</c> 00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:26.099 Christ's<00:48:25.820><c> glory.</c> 00:48:26.280 --> 00:48:29.179 So<00:48:26.380><c> that's</c><00:48:26.579><c> interesting.</c><00:48:27.059><c> It</c><00:48:27.179><c> makes</c><00:48:27.320><c> chapter</c><00:48:27.599><c> six</c><00:48:28.019><c> very</c><00:48:28.639><c> significant.</c> 00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:33.539 The<00:48:29.400><c> day</c><00:48:29.679><c> of</c><00:48:29.880><c> Christ's</c><00:48:30.619><c> glory,</c><00:48:31.380><c> the</c><00:48:31.559><c> Apostle</c><00:48:31.940><c> John</c><00:48:32.280><c> says,</c><00:48:33.179><c> is</c> 00:48:33.539 --> 00:48:36.119 a<00:48:33.780><c> description</c><00:48:34.139><c> there</c><00:48:34.460><c> in</c><00:48:34.659><c> chapter</c><00:48:34.960><c> six.</c> 00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:38.860 Now,<00:48:36.519><c> we've</c><00:48:36.840><c> already</c><00:48:37.280><c> indicated</c><00:48:37.820><c> that</c><00:48:38.039><c> chapters</c><00:48:38.340><c> seven</c><00:48:38.699><c> to</c> 00:48:38.860 --> 00:48:41.679 twelve<00:48:39.400><c> are</c><00:48:40.179><c> the</c><00:48:40.360><c> chapter</c><00:48:40.719><c> of</c><00:48:41.219><c> Immanuel,</c> 00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:44.099 the<00:48:42.199><c> Immanuel</c><00:48:42.960><c> Prophecy.</c> 00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:48.500 Immanuel<00:48:44.860><c> Prophecy</c><00:48:45.440><c> is</c><00:48:45.699><c> just</c><00:48:46.280><c> a</c><00:48:46.639><c> very</c><00:48:47.039><c> wonderful</c><00:48:47.539><c> thing,</c><00:48:47.920><c> just</c><00:48:48.280><c> a</c> 00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:49.519 remarkable<00:48:49.139><c> thing.</c> 00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:53.280 There<00:48:50.039><c> were</c><00:48:50.320><c> passages</c><00:48:50.659><c> in</c><00:48:50.840><c> that</c><00:48:51.360><c> that</c><00:48:51.719><c> spoke</c><00:48:51.960><c> about</c><00:48:52.260><c> the</c><00:48:52.699><c> coming</c><00:48:53.079><c> of</c> 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:56.420 the<00:48:53.420><c> Son</c><00:48:53.619><c> of</c><00:48:53.780><c> God</c><00:48:53.920><c> in</c><00:48:54.039><c> the</c><00:48:54.179><c> most</c><00:48:54.500><c> unequivocal</c><00:48:55.260><c> terms.</c> 00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:58.219 Seven,<00:48:56.900><c> verse</c><00:48:57.000><c> fourteen.</c> 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:01.599 Behold,<00:48:59.460><c> a</c><00:48:59.599><c> virgin</c><00:48:59.960><c> shall</c><00:49:00.260><c> conceive</c><00:49:00.659><c> and</c><00:49:00.920><c> bear</c><00:49:01.099><c> a</c><00:49:01.300><c> son,</c><00:49:01.599><c> and</c> 00:49:01.599 --> 00:49:04.440 shall<00:49:01.780><c> call</c><00:49:02.059><c> his</c><00:49:02.300><c> name</c><00:49:02.599><c> Immanuel.</c> 00:49:04.579 --> 00:49:06.519 Sorry,<00:49:05.860><c> seven,</c><00:49:06.099><c> verse</c><00:49:06.219><c> fourteen.</c> 00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:08.019 Nine,<00:49:07.059><c> verse</c><00:49:07.199><c> six</c><00:49:07.500><c> and</c><00:49:07.659><c> seven.</c> 00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:11.219 For<00:49:08.400><c> unto</c><00:49:08.619><c> us</c><00:49:08.840><c> a</c><00:49:09.019><c> child</c><00:49:09.380><c> is</c><00:49:09.619><c> born,</c><00:49:09.940><c> unto</c><00:49:10.039><c> us</c><00:49:10.260><c> a</c><00:49:10.480><c> son</c><00:49:10.659><c> is</c><00:49:10.920><c> given,</c> 00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:13.760 and<00:49:11.699><c> the</c><00:49:11.900><c> government</c><00:49:12.199><c> shall</c><00:49:12.460><c> be</c><00:49:12.760><c> upon</c><00:49:13.079><c> his</c><00:49:13.440><c> shoulder.</c> 00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:17.320 His<00:49:14.440><c> name</c><00:49:14.659><c> shall</c><00:49:14.840><c> be</c><00:49:15.019><c> called</c><00:49:15.179><c> Wonderful</c><00:49:15.760><c> Council</c><00:49:16.239><c> of</c><00:49:16.380><c> the</c><00:49:16.539><c> Mighty</c><00:49:16.840><c> God,</c><00:49:17.139><c> the</c> 00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:18.440 Everlasting<00:49:17.900><c> Father,</c> 00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:20.860 the<00:49:18.780><c> Prince</c><00:49:19.139><c> of</c><00:49:19.360><c> Peace.</c> 00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:24.019 And<00:49:21.440><c> chapter</c><00:49:21.679><c> eleven,</c><00:49:22.420><c> verses</c><00:49:22.500><c> one</c><00:49:22.920><c> and</c><00:49:23.159><c> two,</c><00:49:23.440><c> one</c><00:49:23.619><c> and</c><00:49:23.820><c> two,</c> 00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:24.659 three<00:49:24.179><c> perhaps.</c> 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:27.599 There<00:49:25.000><c> shall</c><00:49:25.219><c> come</c><00:49:25.539><c> forth</c><00:49:25.780><c> a</c><00:49:26.019><c> rod</c><00:49:26.119><c> out</c><00:49:26.340><c> of</c><00:49:26.460><c> the</c><00:49:26.619><c> stem</c><00:49:26.760><c> of</c><00:49:27.019><c> Jesse,</c><00:49:27.320><c> and</c><00:49:27.440><c> a</c> 00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:29.099 branch<00:49:27.900><c> shall</c><00:49:28.099><c> grow</c><00:49:28.199><c> out</c><00:49:28.440><c> of</c><00:49:28.559><c> his</c><00:49:28.760><c> roots,</c> 00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:31.840 and<00:49:29.739><c> the</c><00:49:30.139><c> Spirit</c><00:49:30.300><c> of</c><00:49:30.440><c> the</c><00:49:30.579><c> Lord</c><00:49:30.719><c> shall</c><00:49:30.940><c> rest</c><00:49:31.119><c> upon</c><00:49:31.460><c> him.</c> 00:49:32.260 --> 00:49:35.159 The<00:49:32.519><c> Spirit</c><00:49:32.719><c> of</c><00:49:32.940><c> wisdom</c><00:49:33.239><c> and</c><00:49:33.500><c> understanding,</c><00:49:34.420><c> counsel</c><00:49:34.699><c> and</c><00:49:34.920><c> might,</c> 00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:37.559 the<00:49:35.699><c> Spirit</c><00:49:35.960><c> of</c><00:49:36.199><c> knowledge</c><00:49:36.500><c> and</c><00:49:36.639><c> of</c><00:49:36.760><c> the</c><00:49:36.960><c> fear</c><00:49:37.099><c> of</c><00:49:37.260><c> the</c><00:49:37.400><c> Lord,</c> 00:49:37.639 --> 00:49:39.000 and<00:49:37.719><c> shall</c><00:49:37.820><c> make</c><00:49:38.019><c> him</c><00:49:38.179><c> a</c><00:49:38.320><c> quick</c><00:49:38.480><c> understanding.</c> 00:49:39.239 --> 00:49:41.880 Those<00:49:39.599><c> three</c><00:49:39.880><c> passages,</c><00:49:40.340><c> my</c><00:49:40.500><c> dear</c><00:49:40.639><c> friends,</c><00:49:40.860><c> are</c><00:49:41.239><c> absolutely</c> 00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:43.920 outstanding<00:49:42.760><c> in</c><00:49:42.960><c> the</c><00:49:43.159><c> prophecy.</c> 00:49:43.940 --> 00:49:47.219 There's<00:49:44.219><c> nothing</c><00:49:44.659><c> in</c><00:49:45.000><c> the</c><00:49:45.099><c> rest</c><00:49:45.300><c> of</c><00:49:45.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:45.900><c> that</c><00:49:46.360><c> comes</c><00:49:46.679><c> quite</c><00:49:47.039><c> near</c> 00:49:47.219 --> 00:49:47.920 those<00:49:47.500><c> passages.</c> 00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:51.039 They're<00:49:48.360><c> saying</c><00:49:48.659><c> unequivocally</c><00:49:49.699><c> that</c><00:49:49.920><c> God</c><00:49:50.179><c> is</c><00:49:50.440><c> going</c><00:49:50.619><c> to</c><00:49:50.800><c> have</c><00:49:50.920><c> a</c> 00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:52.380 son<00:49:51.239><c> among</c><00:49:51.519><c> men.</c> 00:49:52.699 --> 00:49:56.139 And<00:49:52.780><c> they</c><00:49:52.960><c> bring</c><00:49:53.159><c> all</c><00:49:53.639><c> the</c><00:49:54.619><c> resurgence</c><00:49:55.260><c> of</c><00:49:55.500><c> that</c><00:49:55.659><c> beautiful</c> 00:49:56.139 --> 00:49:58.480 phrase<00:49:56.559><c> in</c><00:49:56.760><c> the</c><00:49:56.940><c> Davidic</c><00:49:57.340><c> covenant.</c> 00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:04.840 In<00:49:58.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:59.119><c> chapter</c><00:49:59.679><c> twelve,</c><00:50:00.460><c> in</c><00:50:00.960><c> second</c><00:50:01.239><c> Samuel</c><00:50:01.500><c> rather,</c><00:50:02.440><c> chapter</c><00:50:02.659><c> seven,</c><00:50:03.119><c> verses</c><00:50:03.360><c> twelve</c><00:50:03.739><c> to</c><00:50:03.900><c> sixteen.</c> 00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:08.760 He<00:50:05.219><c> shall</c><00:50:05.460><c> be</c><00:50:05.699><c> my</c><00:50:06.000><c> father,</c><00:50:06.679><c> or</c><00:50:06.820><c> rather,</c><00:50:07.219><c> I</c><00:50:07.480><c> shall</c><00:50:07.659><c> be</c><00:50:07.840><c> his</c><00:50:08.119><c> father,</c><00:50:08.500><c> he</c> 00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:10.380 shall<00:50:09.000><c> be</c><00:50:09.539><c> my</c><00:50:10.000><c> son.</c> 00:50:10.699 --> 00:50:14.239 That<00:50:11.000><c> phrase</c><00:50:11.320><c> comes</c><00:50:11.679><c> right</c><00:50:12.139><c> through</c><00:50:12.739><c> chapters</c><00:50:13.179><c> seven</c><00:50:13.599><c> to</c><00:50:13.820><c> twelve.</c> 00:50:14.239 --> 00:50:18.059 The<00:50:15.019><c> kingdom</c><00:50:15.460><c> of</c><00:50:15.760><c> Judah</c><00:50:15.940><c> was</c><00:50:16.179><c> at</c><00:50:16.340><c> a</c><00:50:16.599><c> very</c><00:50:17.019><c> low</c><00:50:17.300><c> trough.</c> 00:50:18.380 --> 00:50:21.500 The<00:50:18.440><c> man</c><00:50:18.659><c> upon</c><00:50:18.920><c> the</c><00:50:19.159><c> throne</c><00:50:19.320><c> was</c><00:50:19.639><c> Ahaz,</c><00:50:20.079><c> he</c><00:50:20.179><c> was</c><00:50:20.380><c> a</c><00:50:20.719><c> full</c><00:50:20.820><c> of</c><00:50:21.000><c> a</c><00:50:21.159><c> man.</c> 00:50:21.900 --> 00:50:25.599 And<00:50:22.039><c> it</c><00:50:22.199><c> looked</c><00:50:22.380><c> like</c><00:50:22.619><c> the</c><00:50:22.800><c> kingdom</c><00:50:23.059><c> of</c><00:50:23.300><c> Judah</c><00:50:23.480><c> may</c><00:50:23.780><c> well</c><00:50:24.039><c> be</c><00:50:24.360><c> toppled.</c> 00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:31.000 And<00:50:26.159><c> in</c><00:50:26.380><c> the</c><00:50:26.420><c> midst</c><00:50:26.659><c> of</c><00:50:26.840><c> that</c><00:50:27.059><c> very</c><00:50:27.440><c> time,</c><00:50:27.780><c> God</c><00:50:28.000><c> came</c><00:50:28.480><c> with</c><00:50:28.960><c> this</c><00:50:29.219><c> prophecy</c><00:50:29.679><c> of</c><00:50:30.199><c> Immanuel.</c> 00:50:31.139 --> 00:50:34.940 What's<00:50:31.559><c> the</c><00:50:31.800><c> strength</c><00:50:32.420><c> of</c><00:50:33.539><c> the</c><00:50:33.679><c> Davidic</c><00:50:34.119><c> covenant?</c> 00:50:36.679 --> 00:50:39.900 Not<00:50:37.079><c> that</c><00:50:37.219><c> it</c><00:50:37.340><c> would</c><00:50:37.539><c> be</c><00:50:37.820><c> David's</c><00:50:38.380><c> son,</c><00:50:39.199><c> but</c><00:50:39.420><c> that</c><00:50:39.599><c> it</c><00:50:39.679><c> would</c> 00:50:39.900 --> 00:50:41.079 be<00:50:40.159><c> God's</c><00:50:40.840><c> son.</c> 00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:44.960 And<00:50:42.059><c> that's</c><00:50:42.400><c> the</c><00:50:42.579><c> point</c><00:50:42.739><c> that</c><00:50:42.960><c> comes</c><00:50:43.159><c> all</c><00:50:43.559><c> through</c><00:50:43.800><c> that</c><00:50:44.119><c> chapter.</c> 00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:49.599 It's<00:50:45.659><c> not</c><00:50:45.880><c> a</c><00:50:46.159><c> great</c><00:50:46.380><c> kingdom</c><00:50:46.659><c> because</c><00:50:47.000><c> it's</c><00:50:47.480><c> a</c><00:50:47.820><c> son</c><00:50:47.980><c> of</c><00:50:48.260><c> David,</c> 00:50:49.699 --> 00:50:51.380 the<00:50:49.739><c> great</c><00:50:49.900><c> man</c><00:50:50.159><c> that</c><00:50:50.340><c> he</c><00:50:50.460><c> was.</c> 00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:54.460 But<00:50:51.639><c> it's</c><00:50:51.800><c> a</c><00:50:51.880><c> great</c><00:50:52.119><c> kingdom</c><00:50:52.400><c> because</c><00:50:53.000><c> it</c><00:50:53.579><c> will</c><00:50:53.760><c> be</c><00:50:53.880><c> son</c><00:50:54.079><c> of</c><00:50:54.239><c> God.</c> 00:50:54.579 --> 00:50:58.199 I<00:50:54.820><c> will</c><00:50:55.019><c> be</c><00:50:55.139><c> his</c><00:50:55.400><c> father,</c><00:50:56.460><c> he</c><00:50:56.699><c> shall</c><00:50:56.920><c> be</c><00:50:57.079><c> my</c><00:50:57.440><c> son.</c> 00:50:58.320 --> 00:51:01.059 And<00:50:58.539><c> that</c><00:50:58.699><c> is</c><00:50:58.960><c> the</c><00:50:59.340><c> issue</c><00:50:59.679><c> that</c><00:50:59.920><c> comes</c><00:51:00.119><c> through</c><00:51:00.380><c> those</c><00:51:00.679><c> chapters.</c> 00:51:01.340 --> 00:51:06.280 Given<00:51:01.440><c> that</c><00:51:01.940><c> Ahaz's</c><00:51:02.800><c> time,</c><00:51:04.739><c> the</c><00:51:05.000><c> worst</c><00:51:05.380><c> king</c><00:51:05.679><c> that</c><00:51:05.940><c> Judah</c><00:51:06.079><c> had</c> 00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:07.519 at<00:51:06.420><c> that</c><00:51:06.719><c> time,</c> 00:51:07.739 --> 00:51:11.139 these<00:51:08.380><c> very</c><00:51:09.000><c> special</c><00:51:09.360><c> prophecies</c><00:51:09.860><c> were</c><00:51:10.099><c> made.</c> 00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:15.139 Now<00:51:11.980><c> in</c><00:51:12.159><c> the</c><00:51:12.320><c> chapters</c><00:51:12.579><c> that</c><00:51:12.960><c> follow,</c><00:51:13.539><c> 13</c><00:51:13.860><c> right</c><00:51:14.159><c> through</c><00:51:14.400><c> to</c><00:51:14.639><c> 23,</c> 00:51:15.260 --> 00:51:18.579 we<00:51:15.360><c> have</c><00:51:15.619><c> judgments</c><00:51:16.119><c> upon</c><00:51:16.559><c> various</c><00:51:17.219><c> nations.</c> 00:51:20.420 --> 00:51:22.320 We<00:51:20.420><c> don't</c><00:51:20.719><c> intend</c><00:51:20.960><c> to</c><00:51:21.320><c> spend</c><00:51:21.539><c> any</c><00:51:21.800><c> time</c><00:51:22.039><c> with</c><00:51:22.199><c> them,</c> 00:51:22.400 --> 00:51:25.460 but<00:51:22.460><c> you'll</c><00:51:22.679><c> notice</c><00:51:22.880><c> that</c><00:51:23.320><c> chapter</c><00:51:23.579><c> 13</c><00:51:23.940><c> is</c><00:51:24.179><c> against</c><00:51:24.480><c> Babylon,</c> 00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:28.659 as<00:51:25.920><c> also</c><00:51:26.360><c> is</c><00:51:26.800><c> chapter</c><00:51:27.260><c> 14.</c> 00:51:28.739 --> 00:51:31.860 14<00:51:29.139><c> verse</c><00:51:29.500><c> 4</c><00:51:29.739><c> speaks</c><00:51:30.079><c> about</c><00:51:30.320><c> the</c><00:51:30.599><c> king</c><00:51:31.000><c> of</c><00:51:31.380><c> Babylon.</c> 00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:38.179 Chapter<00:51:32.980><c> 15</c><00:51:33.400><c> is</c><00:51:33.659><c> against</c><00:51:34.219><c> Moab,</c><00:51:35.559><c> as</c><00:51:35.739><c> also</c><00:51:36.199><c> is</c><00:51:36.519><c> chapter</c><00:51:36.840><c> 16.</c> 00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:44.300 Chapter<00:51:39.280><c> 17</c><00:51:39.820><c> is</c><00:51:40.079><c> against</c><00:51:40.679><c> Damascus,</c><00:51:41.739><c> the</c><00:51:41.980><c> capital</c><00:51:42.460><c> of</c><00:51:43.280><c> Syria.</c> 00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:49.159 Chapter<00:51:44.880><c> 18</c><00:51:45.300><c> is</c><00:51:45.559><c> the</c><00:51:46.320><c> interesting</c><00:51:47.019><c> chapter</c><00:51:47.699><c> about</c><00:51:48.539><c> the</c><00:51:48.780><c> land</c> 00:51:49.159 --> 00:51:50.400 shadowing<00:51:49.719><c> with</c><00:51:49.960><c> wings,</c> 00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:53.900 which<00:51:50.659><c> is</c><00:51:50.860><c> beyond</c><00:51:51.119><c> the</c><00:51:51.320><c> rivers</c><00:51:51.559><c> of</c><00:51:51.800><c> Ethiopia,</c><00:51:52.940><c> which</c><00:51:53.179><c> from</c><00:51:53.380><c> the</c><00:51:53.500><c> days</c><00:51:53.719><c> of</c> 00:51:53.900 --> 00:51:54.539 Brother<00:51:54.119><c> Thomas,</c> 00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:58.920 we<00:51:54.739><c> have</c><00:51:54.940><c> had</c><00:51:55.159><c> some</c><00:51:55.920><c> thoughts</c><00:51:56.619><c> that</c><00:51:57.639><c> lead</c><00:51:57.860><c> us</c><00:51:58.199><c> to</c><00:51:58.360><c> the</c><00:51:58.500><c> British</c> 00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:02.019 power<00:52:00.059><c> great</c><00:52:00.500><c> upon</c><00:52:00.800><c> the</c><00:52:01.019><c> seas.</c> 00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:06.679 In<00:52:02.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:02.760><c> chapter</c><00:52:03.119><c> 19,</c><00:52:03.699><c> we</c><00:52:03.780><c> have</c><00:52:04.000><c> a</c><00:52:04.239><c> prophecy</c><00:52:04.519><c> against</c><00:52:05.539><c> Egypt,</c> 00:52:06.739 --> 00:52:09.900 and<00:52:06.800><c> in</c><00:52:07.019><c> chapter</c><00:52:07.260><c> 20,</c><00:52:08.079><c> we</c><00:52:08.199><c> have</c><00:52:08.440><c> a</c><00:52:08.659><c> prophecy</c><00:52:09.000><c> against</c><00:52:09.420><c> Sargon,</c> 00:52:10.099 --> 00:52:12.039 the<00:52:10.119><c> king</c><00:52:10.440><c> of</c><00:52:10.699><c> Assyria.</c> 00:52:12.340 --> 00:52:18.119 In<00:52:12.639><c> chapter</c><00:52:12.780><c> 21,</c><00:52:16.199><c> we</c><00:52:16.360><c> have</c><00:52:16.659><c> a</c><00:52:16.679><c> chapter</c><00:52:17.119><c> about</c><00:52:17.420><c> the</c><00:52:17.679><c> fall</c><00:52:17.920><c> of</c> 00:52:18.119 --> 00:52:19.400 the<00:52:18.280><c> Babylonian</c><00:52:18.840><c> power</c> 00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:22.000 by<00:52:19.900><c> the</c><00:52:20.159><c> Medes</c><00:52:20.559><c> and</c><00:52:20.739><c> the</c><00:52:20.960><c> Persians.</c> 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:27.820 And<00:52:22.360><c> in</c><00:52:22.980><c> verses</c><00:52:23.260><c> 13</c><00:52:23.719><c> to</c><00:52:23.840><c> 17,</c><00:52:25.000><c> we</c><00:52:25.000><c> have</c><00:52:25.239><c> an</c><00:52:25.500><c> oracle</c><00:52:26.119><c> upon</c><00:52:26.599><c> Arabia.</c> 00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:33.619 Chapter<00:52:28.679><c> 22</c><00:52:29.559><c> is</c><00:52:30.260><c> the</c><00:52:30.480><c> chapter</c><00:52:31.099><c> which</c><00:52:32.139><c> we</c><00:52:32.360><c> know</c><00:52:32.559><c> so</c><00:52:32.900><c> well</c><00:52:33.059><c> because</c><00:52:33.360><c> it</c> 00:52:33.619 --> 00:52:34.219 speaks<00:52:33.820><c> about</c> 00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:36.960 let<00:52:34.599><c> us</c><00:52:34.800><c> eat</c><00:52:35.079><c> and</c><00:52:35.300><c> drink</c><00:52:35.559><c> for</c><00:52:35.780><c> tomorrow</c><00:52:36.199><c> we</c><00:52:36.559><c> die.</c> 00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:41.239 A<00:52:37.539><c> chapter</c><00:52:37.820><c> which</c><00:52:38.199><c> sees</c><00:52:38.480><c> Judah</c><00:52:38.840><c> as</c><00:52:39.360><c> careless</c><00:52:39.739><c> in</c><00:52:40.539><c> the</c><00:52:40.739><c> day</c><00:52:40.980><c> of</c> 00:52:41.239 --> 00:52:42.019 her<00:52:41.460><c> assault,</c> 00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:46.119 when<00:52:42.699><c> the</c><00:52:42.900><c> invasion</c><00:52:43.300><c> is</c><00:52:43.619><c> upon</c><00:52:43.840><c> her</c><00:52:44.320><c> and</c><00:52:44.760><c> yet</c><00:52:44.900><c> she</c><00:52:45.099><c> knows</c><00:52:45.420><c> it</c><00:52:45.920><c> not.</c> 00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:50.039 A<00:52:46.480><c> very</c><00:52:46.780><c> wonderful,</c><00:52:47.960><c> intriguing</c><00:52:48.199><c> chapter,</c><00:52:48.860><c> chapter</c><00:52:49.179><c> 22.</c> 00:52:50.039 --> 00:52:55.360 Chapter<00:52:51.019><c> 23</c><00:52:51.599><c> is</c><00:52:51.840><c> against</c><00:52:52.420><c> Tyre,</c><00:52:53.599><c> the</c><00:52:53.780><c> burden</c><00:52:54.079><c> of</c><00:52:54.380><c> Tyre,</c><00:52:55.199><c> how</c> 00:52:55.360 --> 00:52:57.400 ye<00:52:55.599><c> ships</c><00:52:55.900><c> of</c><00:52:56.179><c> Tarshish</c><00:52:56.619><c> and</c><00:52:56.800><c> so</c><00:52:56.960><c> on.</c> 00:52:57.760 --> 00:53:01.880 And<00:52:57.800><c> that</c><00:52:58.019><c> brings</c><00:52:58.260><c> us</c><00:52:58.579><c> then</c><00:52:58.820><c> to</c><00:52:59.059><c> our</c><00:52:59.579><c> chapters</c><00:52:59.860><c> 24</c><00:53:00.420><c> to</c><00:53:00.639><c> 26,</c> 00:53:01.960 --> 00:53:07.119 which<00:53:02.079><c> are</c><00:53:03.179><c> described</c><00:53:03.719><c> in</c><00:53:03.920><c> our</c><00:53:04.139><c> heading</c><00:53:04.340><c> as</c><00:53:05.119><c> the</c><00:53:05.340><c> Little</c><00:53:05.699><c> Apocalypse.</c> 00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:10.460 Why<00:53:07.800><c> ever</c><00:53:07.960><c> would</c><00:53:08.039><c> we</c><00:53:08.320><c> call</c><00:53:08.460><c> them</c><00:53:08.639><c> the</c><00:53:08.800><c> Little</c><00:53:09.280><c> Apocalypse?</c> 00:53:11.039 --> 00:53:13.400 Well,<00:53:11.199><c> just</c><00:53:11.400><c> in</c><00:53:11.619><c> very</c><00:53:11.920><c> brief</c><00:53:12.139><c> terms,</c><00:53:12.599><c> we'll</c><00:53:12.780><c> try</c><00:53:12.980><c> and</c><00:53:13.179><c> develop</c> 00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:14.820 that<00:53:13.880><c> from</c><00:53:14.179><c> time</c><00:53:14.440><c> to</c><00:53:14.659><c> time</c> 00:53:14.820 --> 00:53:16.980 through<00:53:15.579><c> the</c><00:53:15.980><c> studies</c><00:53:16.199><c> during</c><00:53:16.539><c> the</c><00:53:16.699><c> week.</c> 00:53:16.980 --> 00:53:21.559 But<00:53:17.539><c> the</c><00:53:17.800><c> Apocalypse,</c><00:53:18.260><c> of</c><00:53:18.500><c> course,</c><00:53:19.800><c> is</c><00:53:20.440><c> about</c><00:53:20.920><c> two</c><00:53:21.199><c> cities,</c> 00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:22.159 isn't<00:53:21.840><c> it?</c> 00:53:22.559 --> 00:53:26.760 There<00:53:22.699><c> is</c><00:53:22.980><c> the</c><00:53:23.579><c> great</c><00:53:23.860><c> city</c><00:53:24.179><c> of</c><00:53:24.460><c> Babylon,</c><00:53:25.559><c> or</c><00:53:25.780><c> great</c><00:53:26.460><c> Babylon</c> 00:53:26.760 --> 00:53:27.320 as<00:53:26.940><c> it's</c><00:53:27.139><c> called</c> 00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:31.179 in<00:53:27.639><c> the</c><00:53:27.880><c> Book</c><00:53:28.059><c> of</c><00:53:28.239><c> Revelation,</c><00:53:29.380><c> and</c><00:53:29.619><c> there</c><00:53:29.820><c> is</c><00:53:30.559><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:34.260 So<00:53:31.679><c> eventually</c><00:53:32.059><c> the</c><00:53:32.360><c> scene</c><00:53:32.579><c> is</c><00:53:33.019><c> when</c><00:53:33.460><c> there's</c><00:53:33.639><c> a</c><00:53:33.780><c> great</c><00:53:34.039><c> hole</c> 00:53:34.260 --> 00:53:35.059 in<00:53:34.440><c> the</c><00:53:34.639><c> earth</c> 00:53:35.059 --> 00:53:38.960 and<00:53:35.579><c> Babylon</c><00:53:35.940><c> is</c><00:53:36.219><c> destroyed,</c><00:53:36.960><c> the</c><00:53:37.099><c> Lamb</c><00:53:37.480><c> is</c><00:53:37.940><c> upon</c><00:53:38.239><c> Mount</c><00:53:38.599><c> Zion</c> 00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:41.679 with<00:53:39.539><c> 144</c><00:53:40.300><c>,000</c><00:53:41.000><c> of</c><00:53:41.219><c> the</c><00:53:41.400><c> blessed.</c> 00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:45.280 So<00:53:42.059><c> it's</c><00:53:43.099><c> the</c><00:53:43.199><c> story</c><00:53:43.659><c> of</c><00:53:44.380><c> two</c><00:53:44.599><c> cities,</c> 00:53:45.280 --> 00:53:48.500 two<00:53:46.239><c> cities</c><00:53:46.599><c> that</c><00:53:46.780><c> have</c><00:53:46.960><c> been</c><00:53:47.139><c> opposed</c><00:53:47.639><c> to</c><00:53:47.800><c> each</c><00:53:48.019><c> other</c><00:53:48.199><c> all</c> 00:53:48.500 --> 00:53:49.760 through<00:53:48.699><c> history.</c> 00:53:49.900 --> 00:53:53.860 And<00:53:49.920><c> in</c><00:53:50.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:53:50.500><c> chapter</c><00:53:50.900><c> 24</c><00:53:51.320><c> to</c><00:53:51.539><c> 26,</c><00:53:52.519><c> we</c><00:53:52.559><c> have</c><00:53:52.780><c> a</c><00:53:52.880><c> lot</c><00:53:53.219><c> of</c><00:53:53.599><c> the</c> 00:53:53.860 --> 00:53:55.059 terms<00:53:54.260><c> and</c><00:53:54.599><c> expressions</c> 00:53:55.059 --> 00:53:59.280 and<00:53:55.360><c> pictures</c><00:53:55.840><c> that</c><00:53:56.619><c> are</c><00:53:56.780><c> going</c><00:53:56.880><c> to</c><00:53:57.139><c> find</c><00:53:57.320><c> their</c><00:53:57.519><c> way</c><00:53:57.960><c> into</c><00:53:58.400><c> the</c><00:53:58.539><c> Book</c><00:53:58.679><c> of</c><00:53:58.880><c> Revelation</c> 00:53:59.280 --> 00:54:03.880 on<00:53:59.579><c> that</c><00:53:59.840><c> very</c><00:54:00.260><c> same</c><00:54:00.619><c> theme</c><00:54:01.139><c> of</c><00:54:01.719><c> Isaiah</c><00:54:02.300><c> or</c><00:54:02.820><c> rather</c><00:54:03.059><c> of</c><00:54:03.320><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:54:03.880 --> 00:54:06.579 and<00:54:04.440><c> the</c><00:54:04.579><c> great</c><00:54:04.860><c> city</c><00:54:05.179><c> of</c><00:54:05.360><c> the</c><00:54:05.480><c> nations.</c> 00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:09.780 Just<00:54:07.360><c> as</c><00:54:07.739><c> an</c><00:54:07.920><c> example,</c><00:54:08.380><c> chapter</c><00:54:08.559><c> 25</c><00:54:09.139><c> verse</c><00:54:09.400><c> 1,</c> 00:54:09.780 --> 00:54:15.179 For<00:54:10.099><c> thou</c><00:54:10.320><c> hast</c><00:54:10.619><c> made</c><00:54:11.000><c> of</c><00:54:11.179><c> a</c><00:54:11.420><c> city</c><00:54:11.699><c> an</c><00:54:12.119><c> heap,</c><00:54:12.940><c> of</c><00:54:13.099><c> a</c><00:54:13.219><c> defencet</c><00:54:13.780><c> city</c><00:54:14.139><c> a</c><00:54:14.300><c> ruin,</c> 00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:18.360 a<00:54:15.320><c> palace</c><00:54:15.659><c> of</c><00:54:16.019><c> strangers</c><00:54:16.440><c> to</c><00:54:16.679><c> be</c><00:54:16.880><c> no</c><00:54:17.260><c> city.</c> 00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:23.280 Yet,<00:54:18.880><c> verse</c><00:54:19.099><c> 6,</c><00:54:19.599><c> in</c><00:54:19.900><c> this</c><00:54:20.360><c> mountain</c><00:54:21.119><c> shall</c><00:54:22.239><c> the</c><00:54:22.400><c> Lord</c><00:54:22.619><c> of</c><00:54:22.840><c> hosts</c><00:54:22.960><c> make</c> 00:54:23.280 --> 00:54:24.260 unto<00:54:23.579><c> all</c><00:54:23.940><c> people</c> 00:54:24.260 --> 00:54:26.559 a<00:54:24.460><c> feast</c><00:54:24.659><c> of</c><00:54:24.940><c> fat</c><00:54:25.199><c> things.</c> 00:54:27.460 --> 00:54:33.219 You<00:54:27.579><c> can</c><00:54:27.840><c> see</c><00:54:27.940><c> the</c><00:54:28.139><c> 144</c><00:54:28.679><c>,000</c><00:54:29.300><c> there</c><00:54:29.860><c> in</c><00:54:30.719><c> chapter</c><00:54:31.019><c> 24</c><00:54:31.559><c> verse</c><00:54:31.880><c> 23.</c> 00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:35.659 Then<00:54:33.420><c> the</c><00:54:33.619><c> moon</c><00:54:33.820><c> shall</c><00:54:34.039><c> be</c><00:54:34.260><c> confounded</c><00:54:34.659><c> and</c><00:54:34.900><c> the</c><00:54:35.059><c> sun</c><00:54:35.239><c> ashamed,</c> 00:54:35.659 --> 00:54:41.119 when<00:54:36.159><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:36.940><c> of</c><00:54:37.139><c> hosts</c><00:54:37.440><c> shall</c><00:54:37.880><c> reign</c><00:54:38.219><c> in</c><00:54:38.440><c> Mount</c><00:54:38.739><c> Zion</c><00:54:39.199><c> and</c><00:54:40.360><c> in</c><00:54:40.639><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:44.300 and<00:54:41.400><c> before</c><00:54:41.639><c> his</c><00:54:41.860><c> ancients</c><00:54:42.300><c> gloriously</c><00:54:43.119><c> the</c><00:54:43.619><c> great</c><00:54:43.900><c> city</c><00:54:44.139><c> of</c> 00:54:44.300 --> 00:54:47.280 the<00:54:44.440><c> nations</c><00:54:45.039><c> having</c><00:54:45.539><c> been</c><00:54:46.119><c> taken.</c> 00:54:48.179 --> 00:54:51.920 Now<00:54:48.320><c> just</c><00:54:48.659><c> finally</c><00:54:48.960><c> a</c><00:54:49.320><c> little</c><00:54:49.559><c> bit</c><00:54:49.739><c> about</c><00:54:50.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:54:50.500><c> himself.</c> 00:54:52.139 --> 00:54:55.800 Not<00:54:52.360><c> easy</c><00:54:52.679><c> to</c><00:54:52.980><c> find,</c><00:54:53.699><c> but</c><00:54:53.900><c> there</c><00:54:54.179><c> are</c><00:54:54.460><c> some</c><00:54:54.699><c> little</c><00:54:55.119><c> personal</c> 00:54:55.800 --> 00:54:57.380 touches<00:54:56.300><c> of</c><00:54:56.920><c> the</c><00:54:57.159><c> prophet.</c> 00:54:57.440 --> 00:54:59.460 And<00:54:57.559><c> this</c><00:54:57.659><c> is</c><00:54:57.820><c> a</c><00:54:57.880><c> lovely</c><00:54:58.119><c> thing.</c><00:54:58.639><c> Who</c><00:54:58.820><c> is</c><00:54:59.059><c> Isaiah?</c> 00:54:59.500 --> 00:55:00.780 Wouldn't<00:54:59.659><c> you</c><00:54:59.840><c> like</c><00:54:59.980><c> to</c><00:55:00.179><c> meet</c><00:55:00.300><c> him?</c> 00:55:01.280 --> 00:55:03.420 If<00:55:01.400><c> you</c><00:55:01.559><c> met</c><00:55:01.659><c> him,</c><00:55:01.920><c> what</c><00:55:02.039><c> sort</c><00:55:02.199><c> of</c><00:55:02.340><c> a</c><00:55:02.539><c> person</c><00:55:02.739><c> do</c><00:55:03.019><c> you</c><00:55:03.159><c> think</c><00:55:03.260><c> he</c> 00:55:03.420 --> 00:55:04.539 would<00:55:03.639><c> be?</c> 00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:16.619 Scholastic,<00:55:08.599><c> aloof,</c><00:55:12.099><c> preoccupied,</c><00:55:15.940><c> living</c><00:55:16.059><c> off</c><00:55:16.239><c> in</c><00:55:16.380><c> his</c><00:55:16.480><c> own</c> 00:55:16.619 --> 00:55:18.380 little<00:55:16.860><c> world,</c> 00:55:19.599 --> 00:55:26.639 lowly<00:55:19.920><c> man,</c><00:55:21.800><c> uneducated</c><00:55:23.019><c> or</c><00:55:25.320><c> educated?</c> 00:55:27.780 --> 00:55:29.900 Was<00:55:27.860><c> he</c><00:55:27.980><c> a</c><00:55:28.059><c> man</c><00:55:28.219><c> that</c><00:55:28.440><c> found</c><00:55:28.599><c> his</c><00:55:28.840><c> way</c><00:55:28.980><c> into</c><00:55:29.159><c> the</c><00:55:29.380><c> company</c><00:55:29.639><c> of</c> 00:55:29.900 --> 00:55:31.199 great<00:55:30.119><c> people?</c> 00:55:31.280 --> 00:55:32.539 Interesting<00:55:31.920><c> person.</c> 00:55:32.539 --> 00:55:35.679 But<00:55:33.420><c> here's</c><00:55:33.599><c> the</c><00:55:33.800><c> first</c><00:55:34.059><c> little</c><00:55:34.300><c> inference,</c><00:55:35.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:55:35.139><c> 2</c><00:55:35.519><c> and</c> 00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:36.559 verse<00:55:35.920><c> 5.</c> 00:55:36.840 --> 00:55:40.340 What<00:55:36.980><c> a</c><00:55:37.199><c> lovely</c><00:55:38.340><c> insight</c><00:55:39.159><c> to</c><00:55:39.940><c> the</c><00:55:40.139><c> prophet.</c> 00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:42.199 It's<00:55:40.639><c> his</c><00:55:40.780><c> own</c><00:55:40.960><c> little</c><00:55:41.239><c> comment.</c> 00:55:42.619 --> 00:55:47.019 He<00:55:42.860><c> sees</c><00:55:43.139><c> the</c><00:55:43.340><c> beautiful</c><00:55:44.579><c> description</c><00:55:45.380><c> of</c><00:55:45.599><c> 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of</c><00:56:04.800><c> the</c><00:56:04.920><c> Lord.</c> 00:56:05.980 --> 00:56:08.900 He<00:56:06.099><c> shall</c><00:56:06.320><c> judge</c><00:56:06.659><c> among</c><00:56:06.900><c> the</c><00:56:07.139><c> nations,</c><00:56:07.579><c> verse</c><00:56:07.860><c> 4,</c> 00:56:09.159 --> 00:56:11.500 and<00:56:09.320><c> shall</c><00:56:09.480><c> rebuke</c><00:56:09.860><c> many</c><00:56:10.260><c> people.</c> 00:56:11.940 --> 00:56:15.820 When<00:56:12.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:56:12.820><c> looked</c><00:56:13.619><c> back</c><00:56:13.960><c> and</c><00:56:14.380><c> thought</c><00:56:14.760><c> of</c><00:56:14.940><c> the</c><00:56:15.099><c> words</c><00:56:15.300><c> that</c> 00:56:15.820 --> 00:56:17.219 he<00:56:16.019><c> had</c><00:56:16.300><c> spoken,</c> 00:56:17.880 --> 00:56:19.719 he<00:56:18.099><c> called</c><00:56:18.260><c> out</c><00:56:18.460><c> to</c><00:56:18.619><c> his</c><00:56:18.840><c> people</c><00:56:19.099><c> and</c><00:56:19.260><c> he</c><00:56:19.440><c> said,</c> 00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:25.840 O<00:56:20.199><c> house</c><00:56:20.500><c> of</c><00:56:20.820><c> Jacob,</c><00:56:22.340><c> come</c><00:56:22.800><c> ye</c><00:56:23.500><c> and</c><00:56:24.239><c> let</c><00:56:24.440><c> us</c><00:56:24.699><c> walk</c><00:56:24.980><c> in</c><00:56:25.179><c> the</c><00:56:25.400><c> light</c><00:56:25.619><c> of</c> 00:56:25.840 --> 00:56:26.739 the<00:56:25.960><c> Lord.</c> 00:56:26.940 --> 00:56:28.079 Isn't<00:56:27.079><c> that</c><00:56:27.199><c> beautiful?</c> 00:56:28.199 --> 00:56:32.360 He<00:56:28.719><c> saw</c><00:56:29.019><c> the</c><00:56:29.260><c> picture</c><00:56:29.579><c> and</c><00:56:29.579><c> thought,</c><00:56:29.940><c> for</c><00:56:30.079><c> goodness</c><00:56:30.380><c> sake,</c><00:56:31.079><c> what</c><00:56:31.239><c> are</c><00:56:31.380><c> we</c><00:56:31.539><c> doing?</c> 00:56:32.420 --> 00:56:34.059 Look<00:56:32.619><c> at</c><00:56:32.760><c> 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of</c><00:56:42.639><c> us.</c> 00:56:43.320 --> 00:56:45.579 Look<00:56:43.460><c> what</c><00:56:43.639><c> our</c><00:56:43.940><c> heritage</c><00:56:44.320><c> is.</c> 00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:50.280 A<00:56:45.980><c> beautiful</c><00:56:46.300><c> man,</c><00:56:46.860><c> a</c><00:56:47.019><c> wonderful</c><00:56:47.480><c> man,</c><00:56:47.960><c> inspired</c><00:56:48.440><c> by</c><00:56:48.699><c> the</c><00:56:48.860><c> things</c><00:56:49.019><c> of</c><00:56:49.260><c> God.</c> 00:56:50.539 --> 00:56:53.980 Verse<00:56:50.760><c> 9,</c><00:56:51.360><c> the</c><00:56:51.420><c> mean</c><00:56:51.739><c> man</c><00:56:52.280><c> boweth</c><00:56:52.739><c> down</c><00:56:53.079><c> and</c><00:56:53.260><c> the</c><00:56:53.440><c> great</c><00:56:53.679><c> man</c> 00:56:53.980 --> 00:56:55.539 humbleth<00:56:54.440><c> himself.</c> 00:56:57.340 --> 00:56:59.860 Therefore<00:56:57.900><c> forgive</c><00:56:58.320><c> them</c><00:56:58.579><c> not.</c> 00:57:00.820 --> 00:57:03.579 He<00:57:00.820><c> was</c><00:57:00.960><c> nobody</c><00:57:01.280><c> to</c><00:57:01.500><c> fool</c><00:57:01.659><c> around</c><00:57:01.960><c> with,</c><00:57:02.219><c> wasn't</c><00:57:02.360><c> he?</c> 00:57:03.719 --> 00:57:07.000 To<00:57:03.880><c> him</c><00:57:04.079><c> the</c><00:57:04.320><c> issues</c><00:57:04.739><c> of</c><00:57:05.099><c> truth</c><00:57:05.380><c> and</c><00:57:05.679><c> righteousness</c><00:57:06.139><c> were</c> 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:08.340 very<00:57:07.400><c> real.</c> 00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:11.139 And<00:57:08.599><c> he</c><00:57:08.699><c> says</c><00:57:08.880><c> to</c><00:57:09.059><c> God,</c><00:57:09.760><c> for</c><00:57:09.840><c> their</c><00:57:10.179><c> wickedness,</c><00:57:10.820><c> forgive</c> 00:57:11.139 --> 00:57:12.360 them<00:57:11.380><c> not.</c> 00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:14.300 Don't<00:57:13.139><c> just</c><00:57:13.380><c> pass</c><00:57:13.659><c> it</c><00:57:13.960><c> by.</c> 00:57:14.780 --> 00:57:18.260 In<00:57:14.940><c> other</c><00:57:15.119><c> words,</c><00:57:15.260><c> he</c><00:57:15.360><c> was</c><00:57:15.579><c> right</c><00:57:15.880><c> on</c><00:57:16.099><c> the</c><00:57:16.360><c> side</c><00:57:16.980><c> of</c><00:57:17.139><c> that</c><00:57:17.360><c> which</c><00:57:17.539><c> was</c> 00:57:18.260 --> 00:57:19.039 proper<00:57:18.599><c> and</c><00:57:18.880><c> right.</c> 00:57:19.179 --> 00:57:22.820 Therefore<00:57:19.579><c> forgive</c><00:57:19.960><c> them</c><00:57:20.260><c> not</c><00:57:20.739><c> was</c><00:57:21.119><c> his</c><00:57:21.340><c> little</c><00:57:21.940><c> echo</c><00:57:22.219><c> to</c><00:57:22.480><c> God.</c> 00:57:22.820 --> 00:57:26.960 Do<00:57:23.539><c> you</c><00:57:23.559><c> know</c><00:57:23.699><c> he</c><00:57:23.820><c> was</c><00:57:24.079><c> a</c><00:57:24.340><c> singing</c><00:57:24.719><c> brother</c><00:57:25.199><c> in</c><00:57:26.039><c> chapter</c><00:57:26.320><c> 5</c><00:57:26.780><c> 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in</c><00:57:40.159><c> his</c> 00:57:40.719 --> 00:57:42.179 own<00:57:41.000><c> little</c><00:57:41.280><c> corner.</c> 00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:46.059 He<00:57:42.420><c> says</c><00:57:42.679><c> in</c><00:57:42.800><c> chapter</c><00:57:43.079><c> 5</c><00:57:43.440><c> verse</c><00:57:43.639><c> 1,</c><00:57:44.320><c> now</c><00:57:44.519><c> will</c><00:57:44.780><c> I</c><00:57:45.099><c> sing</c><00:57:45.440><c> to</c><00:57:45.719><c> my</c> 00:57:46.059 --> 00:57:47.239 well<00:57:46.320><c>-beloved</c> 00:57:47.239 --> 00:57:50.980 a<00:57:47.699><c> song</c><00:57:48.119><c> of</c><00:57:48.400><c> my</c><00:57:49.280><c> beloved</c><00:57:49.679><c> touching</c><00:57:50.179><c> his</c><00:57:50.599><c> vineyard.</c> 00:57:50.980 --> 00:57:52.760 Do<00:57:51.119><c> you</c><00:57:51.159><c> know</c><00:57:51.219><c> who</c><00:57:51.380><c> that</c><00:57:51.619><c> beloved</c><00:57:51.860><c> is?</c> 00:57:53.219 --> 00:57:54.820 It's<00:57:53.400><c> God</c><00:57:53.619><c> himself.</c> 00:57:54.980 --> 00:57:56.760 What<00:57:55.079><c> a</c><00:57:55.300><c> beautiful</c><00:57:55.739><c> man.</c> 00:57:57.139 --> 00:58:00.380 Now<00:57:57.280><c> will</c><00:57:57.480><c> I</c><00:57:57.920><c> sing</c><00:57:58.199><c> to</c><00:57:58.400><c> my</c><00:57:58.780><c> well</c><00:57:59.119><c>-beloved.</c> 00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:02.760 Who<00:58:00.800><c> speaks</c><00:58:01.079><c> to</c><00:58:01.239><c> God</c><00:58:01.440><c> like</c><00:58:01.760><c> that?</c> 00:58:03.460 --> 00:58:05.219 And<00:58:03.619><c> he</c><00:58:03.760><c> wanted</c><00:58:04.079><c> to</c><00:58:04.420><c> sing.</c> 00:58:05.639 --> 00:58:09.519 My<00:58:05.900><c> well</c><00:58:06.239><c>-beloved</c><00:58:06.699><c> hath</c><00:58:06.920><c> a</c><00:58:07.119><c> vineyard</c><00:58:07.500><c> and</c><00:58:07.699><c> a</c><00:58:07.840><c> very</c><00:58:08.199><c> fruitful</c><00:58:08.539><c> hill.</c> 00:58:10.340 --> 00:58:14.380 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00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:25.500 There's<00:58:23.599><c> so</c><00:58:23.780><c> little</c><00:58:23.980><c> known</c><00:58:24.219><c> otherwise.</c> 00:58:26.420 --> 00:58:29.280 When<00:58:26.480><c> he</c><00:58:26.679><c> saw</c><00:58:26.900><c> the</c><00:58:27.139><c> vision</c><00:58:27.400><c> of</c><00:58:27.619><c> Christ</c><00:58:28.000><c> in</c><00:58:28.360><c> glory,</c> 00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:33.500 that's<00:58:29.960><c> the</c><00:58:30.159><c> Apostle</c><00:58:30.460><c> John's</c><00:58:31.559><c> interpretation</c><00:58:32.320><c> of</c><00:58:32.559><c> chapter</c><00:58:32.820><c> 6.</c> 00:58:33.980 --> 00:58:39.159 When<00:58:34.099><c> he</c><00:58:34.340><c> saw</c><00:58:34.579><c> that</c><00:58:34.860><c> vision,</c><00:58:36.019><c> verse</c><00:58:36.320><c> 5,</c><00:58:37.780><c> he</c><00:58:38.000><c> said,</c> 00:58:39.400 --> 00:58:45.460 Woe<00:58:40.079><c> is</c><00:58:40.239><c> me,</c><00:58:41.699><c> for</c><00:58:41.920><c> I</c><00:58:42.179><c> am</c><00:58:42.639><c> undone,</c> 00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:49.599 because<00:58:46.000><c> I</c><00:58:46.300><c> am</c><00:58:46.400><c> a</c><00:58:46.599><c> man</c><00:58:46.860><c> of</c><00:58:47.420><c> unclean</c><00:58:48.280><c> lips,</c> 00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:53.579 and<00:58:50.059><c> I</c><00:58:50.280><c> dwell</c><00:58:50.420><c> in</c><00:58:50.639><c> the</c><00:58:50.699><c> midst</c><00:58:50.960><c> of</c><00:58:51.179><c> a</c><00:58:51.320><c> people</c><00:58:51.579><c> of</c><00:58:51.920><c> unclean</c><00:58:52.500><c> lips,</c> 00:58:53.900 --> 00:58:59.320 for<00:58:54.099><c> mine</c><00:58:54.320><c> eyes</c><00:58:54.639><c> have</c><00:58:54.900><c> seen</c><00:58:55.179><c> the</c><00:58:55.420><c> King,</c><00:58:57.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:58:57.980><c> of</c><00:58:58.139><c> hosts.</c> 00:59:00.440 --> 00:59:06.960 As<00:59:00.780><c> a</c><00:59:00.940><c> very</c><00:59:01.940><c> sensitive</c><00:59:03.860><c> and</c><00:59:05.820><c> humble</c><00:59:06.179><c> man,</c> 00:59:06.960 --> 00:59:10.920 a<00:59:07.780><c> man</c><00:59:07.980><c> of</c><00:59:08.340><c> profound</c><00:59:08.940><c> respect</c><00:59:09.460><c> towards</c><00:59:09.880><c> God.</c> 00:59:11.340 --> 00:59:13.000 I'm<00:59:11.679><c> a</c><00:59:11.760><c> man</c><00:59:11.920><c> of</c><00:59:12.219><c> unclean</c><00:59:12.699><c> lips.</c> 00:59:13.039 --> 00:59:14.519 He's<00:59:13.360><c> the</c><00:59:13.559><c> prophet.</c> 00:59:15.300 --> 00:59:19.420 His<00:59:15.619><c> head</c><00:59:15.860><c> and</c><00:59:16.119><c> shoulders</c><00:59:16.420><c> obviously</c><00:59:17.159><c> above</c><00:59:17.519><c> most</c><00:59:17.940><c> in</c><00:59:18.179><c> that</c><00:59:18.440><c> land.</c> 00:59:20.059 --> 00:59:25.619 But<00:59:20.280><c> there's</c><00:59:20.659><c> a</c><00:59:20.820><c> very</c><00:59:21.159><c> real</c><00:59:21.400><c> sense</c><00:59:22.099><c> of</c><00:59:22.920><c> the</c><00:59:23.260><c> deficiency</c><00:59:23.880><c> of</c><00:59:24.420><c> humankind,</c> 00:59:26.239 --> 00:59:30.099 a<00:59:26.400><c> sense</c><00:59:26.599><c> of</c><00:59:26.940><c> sin</c><00:59:27.519><c> and</c><00:59:28.480><c> a</c><00:59:28.659><c> falling</c><00:59:28.940><c> short</c><00:59:29.320><c> before</c><00:59:29.619><c> the</c><00:59:29.860><c> glory</c> 00:59:30.099 --> 00:59:31.000 of<00:59:30.380><c> God.</c> 00:59:31.239 --> 00:59:32.980 Woe<00:59:31.559><c> is</c><00:59:31.860><c> me.</c> 00:59:33.099 --> 00:59:37.300 Mine<00:59:33.579><c> eyes</c><00:59:33.860><c> have</c><00:59:34.079><c> seen</c><00:59:34.380><c> the</c><00:59:34.599><c> King,</c><00:59:35.840><c> Yahweh</c><00:59:36.119><c> of</c><00:59:36.300><c> hosts.</c> 00:59:37.619 --> 00:59:38.920 He<00:59:37.699><c> was</c><00:59:37.920><c> willing</c><00:59:38.199><c> to</c><00:59:38.539><c> serve.</c> 00:59:38.980 --> 00:59:41.039 Look<00:59:39.219><c> at</c><00:59:39.380><c> 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Shia</c><01:00:24.639><c> Jasher,</c><01:00:25.019><c> verse</c><01:00:25.380><c> 3.</c> 01:00:25.679 --> 01:00:27.780 Then<01:00:26.519><c> said</c><01:00:26.780><c> the</c><01:00:26.840><c> Lord</c><01:00:27.079><c> unto</c><01:00:27.360><c> Isaiah,</c> 01:00:28.079 --> 01:00:33.119 Go<01:00:28.099><c> forth</c><01:00:28.440><c> now</c><01:00:28.719><c> to</c><01:00:28.900><c> meet</c><01:00:29.099><c> Ahaz,</c><01:00:29.940><c> thou</c><01:00:30.260><c> and</c><01:00:30.679><c> Shia</c><01:00:30.960><c> Jasher,</c><01:00:31.739><c> thy</c><01:00:32.079><c> son.</c> 01:00:33.219 --> 01:00:34.239 What<01:00:33.400><c> an</c><01:00:33.559><c> amazing</c><01:00:33.920><c> thing.</c> 01:00:34.559 --> 01:00:40.019 That's<01:00:34.860><c> one</c><01:00:35.079><c> boy</c><01:00:35.300><c> whose</c><01:00:35.559><c> name</c><01:00:35.820><c> means</c><01:00:36.320><c> a</c><01:00:36.980><c> remnant</c><01:00:37.980><c> shall</c><01:00:38.739><c> return.</c> 01:00:40.880 --> 01:00:43.099 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Shalel</c><01:02:23.699><c> Hashbaz,</c> 01:02:24.719 --> 01:02:27.780 that<01:02:24.860><c> God</c><01:02:25.059><c> would</c><01:02:25.460><c> hasten</c><01:02:25.980><c> the</c><01:02:26.219><c> prey</c><01:02:26.440><c> and</c><01:02:26.719><c> hasten</c><01:02:27.179><c> the</c><01:02:27.480><c> spoil.</c> 01:02:28.280 --> 01:02:29.820 Judgment<01:02:28.699><c> was</c><01:02:28.980><c> coming.</c> 01:02:29.960 --> 01:02:31.159 Things<01:02:30.260><c> were</c><01:02:30.480><c> going</c><01:02:30.619><c> to</c><01:02:30.900><c> happen.</c> 01:02:31.659 --> 01:02:33.960 A<01:02:31.820><c> remnant</c><01:02:32.079><c> would</c><01:02:32.300><c> return,</c><01:02:32.780><c> but</c><01:02:32.980><c> judgment</c><01:02:33.400><c> was</c><01:02:33.739><c> coming,</c> 01:02:34.099 --> 01:02:35.400 coming<01:02:34.400><c> quickly.</c> 01:02:35.679 --> 01:02:38.500 And<01:02:35.860><c> wherever</c><01:02:36.099><c> that</c><01:02:36.340><c> man</c><01:02:36.579><c> went</c><01:02:36.800><c> 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