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And<00:10:38.519><c> in</c><00:10:38.639><c> the</c><00:10:38.720><c> first</c><00:10:38.940><c> of</c><00:10:39.100><c> Kings</c><00:10:39.259><c> chapter</c><00:10:39.539><c> 19</c><00:10:40.179><c> we</c><00:10:42.399><c> read</c><00:10:42.639><c> this</c><00:10:43.440><c> in</c>

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and<00:10:46.840><c> he</c><00:10:46.980><c> came</c><00:10:47.279><c> thither</c><00:10:47.600><c> unto</c><00:10:48.200><c> the</c><00:10:48.659><c> cave.</c><00:10:50.460><c> The</c><00:10:50.700><c> original</c><00:10:51.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:10:51.320><c> language</c><00:10:51.740><c> there</c>

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word<00:10:56.820><c> of</c><00:10:56.940><c> the</c><00:10:57.039><c> Lord</c><00:10:57.259><c> came</c><00:10:57.519><c> unto</c><00:10:57.700><c> him</c><00:10:57.879><c> and</c><00:10:58.059><c> said,</c>

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what<00:10:58.740><c> doest</c><00:10:59.159><c> thou</c><00:10:59.360><c> hear</c><00:10:59.820><c> Elijah?</c><00:11:01.500><c> Now</c><00:11:01.779><c> brethren</c><00:11:02.000><c> and</c><00:11:02.279><c> sisters,</c><00:11:03.059><c> the</c>

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cave,<00:11:03.740><c> what's</c><00:11:04.100><c> that</c><00:11:04.360><c> cave?</c>

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We<00:11:06.100><c> wouldn't</c><00:11:06.460><c> know</c><00:11:06.799><c> for</c><00:11:07.059><c> absolutely</c><00:11:07.480><c> certain.</c><00:11:08.179><c> We</c><00:11:08.340><c> couldn't</c>

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be<00:11:08.840><c> dogmatic</c><00:11:09.200><c> about</c><00:11:09.539><c> this,</c><00:11:10.240><c> but</c><00:11:10.419><c> look,</c>

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when<00:11:10.960><c> you</c><00:11:11.059><c> look</c><00:11:11.159><c> at</c><00:11:11.299><c> the</c><00:11:11.440><c> whole</c><00:11:11.779><c> spirit</c><00:11:12.279><c> of</c><00:11:12.440><c> what</c><00:11:12.679><c> happened</c><00:11:12.860><c> here,</c><00:11:13.100><c> what</c><00:11:13.360><c> else</c><00:11:13.620><c> could</c><00:11:13.840><c> it</c>

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really<00:11:14.440><c> be</c><00:11:14.919><c> but</c><00:11:15.500><c> the</c><00:11:15.919><c> cave</c>

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where<00:11:16.539><c> Moses</c><00:11:17.019><c> stood</c><00:11:17.500><c> when</c><00:11:18.279><c> he</c><00:11:18.460><c> went</c><00:11:18.639><c> down</c><00:11:18.980><c> there</c><00:11:19.139><c> brethren</c><00:11:19.379><c> and</c><00:11:19.600><c> sisters</c><00:11:19.919><c> and</c><00:11:20.259><c> ascended</c><00:11:20.559><c> into</c><00:11:20.759><c> that</c><00:11:21.000><c> mount</c><00:11:21.240><c> to</c><00:11:21.720><c> pray</c>

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Israel.<00:11:24.879><c> And</c><00:11:25.299><c> his</c><00:11:25.500><c> father</c><00:11:25.759><c> God,</c><00:11:27.200><c> blot</c><00:11:27.399><c> me</c><00:11:27.740><c> out</c><00:11:27.960><c> of</c><00:11:28.100><c> the</c><00:11:28.259><c> book,</c>

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putting<00:11:31.580><c> his</c><00:11:31.879><c> finger</c><00:11:32.100><c> on</c><00:11:32.320><c> the</c><00:11:32.539><c> spirit</c><00:11:32.720><c> of</c><00:11:33.000><c> Elijah</c><00:11:33.179><c> at</c><00:11:33.340><c> this</c><00:11:33.519><c> moment,</c><00:11:34.440><c> said,</c><00:11:34.759><c> watch</c><00:11:34.960><c> ye</c>

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scripture<00:11:35.919><c> says</c><00:11:36.159><c> of</c><00:11:36.320><c> Elijah,</c><00:11:37.120><c> how</c><00:11:37.340><c> he</c><00:11:37.720><c> went</c><00:11:37.919><c> to</c><00:11:38.580><c> make</c><00:11:38.940><c> intercession</c><00:11:39.919><c> against</c><00:11:41.600><c> Israel.</c>

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That's<00:11:44.779><c> a</c><00:11:44.919><c> dangerous</c><00:11:45.379><c> practice.</c><00:11:46.840><c> And</c><00:11:47.059><c> there</c><00:11:47.299><c> he</c><00:11:47.500><c> came</c><00:11:47.759><c> to</c>

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make<00:11:48.179><c> intercession</c><00:11:48.700><c> against</c><00:11:49.279><c> Israel,</c>

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standing<00:11:50.240><c> in</c><00:11:50.419><c> the</c><00:11:50.600><c> very</c><00:11:50.940><c> cave</c><00:11:51.419><c> where</c><00:11:51.820><c> Moses</c><00:11:52.200><c> stood,</c><00:11:52.460><c> I</c><00:11:52.720><c> believe,</c><00:11:53.279><c> to</c><00:11:53.460><c> make</c><00:11:53.700><c> intercession</c><00:11:54.279><c> for</c><00:11:54.940><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:11:55.960><c> the</c><00:11:56.080><c> question</c><00:11:56.440><c> is,</c><00:11:57.159><c> and</c><00:11:57.379><c> this</c><00:11:57.539><c> is</c><00:11:57.799><c> the</c><00:11:58.460><c> great</c><00:11:58.759><c> question</c>

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And<00:12:08.019><c> what</c><00:12:08.120><c> God</c><00:12:08.299><c> was</c><00:12:08.519><c> trying</c><00:12:08.759><c> to</c><00:12:08.960><c> ask</c><00:12:09.200><c> him</c><00:12:09.340><c> brethren</c><00:12:09.559><c> and</c><00:12:09.799><c> sisters</c><00:12:09.919><c> was,</c>

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And<00:12:18.519><c> Elijah,</c><00:12:18.980><c> of</c><00:12:19.080><c> course,</c><00:12:19.460><c> had</c><00:12:19.659><c> remembered</c><00:12:19.899><c> that</c><00:12:20.159><c> place,</c><00:12:20.539><c> hadn't</c><00:12:20.720><c> he,</c>

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when<00:12:21.399><c> the</c><00:12:21.639><c> earth</c><00:12:21.820><c> was</c><00:12:22.360><c> shaken</c>

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that's<00:12:49.940><c> how</c><00:12:50.039><c> he</c><00:12:50.259><c> saw</c><00:12:50.460><c> God's</c><00:12:50.980><c> character.</c>

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that's<00:13:46.159><c> the</c><00:13:46.240><c> only</c><00:13:46.419><c> second</c><00:13:46.740><c> time</c>

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in<00:13:47.139><c> the</c><00:13:47.279><c> whole</c><00:13:47.460><c> record</c><00:13:47.740><c> of</c><00:13:47.899><c> the</c><00:13:48.080><c> Bible</c><00:13:48.299><c> that</c><00:13:48.440><c> that's</c><00:13:49.200><c> found.</c>

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that<00:13:55.019><c> he</c><00:13:55.259><c> thought</c><00:13:55.799><c> that</c><00:13:57.059><c> God's</c><00:13:57.460><c> purpose</c><00:13:57.700><c> was</c><00:13:58.799><c> that</c><00:13:59.600><c> he</c><00:13:59.799><c> would</c>

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imprint<00:14:00.379><c> his</c><00:14:00.700><c> character</c><00:14:01.120><c> on</c><00:14:01.360><c> men</c><00:14:01.559><c> and</c><00:14:01.700><c> women</c>

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if<00:14:02.679><c> he</c><00:14:02.820><c> couldn't</c><00:14:03.059><c> do</c><00:14:03.240><c> it</c><00:14:03.399><c> by</c><00:14:03.639><c> persuasion,</c><00:14:04.940><c> he'd</c><00:14:05.480><c> frosted</c><00:14:05.860><c> on</c>

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them<00:14:06.700><c> the</c><00:14:07.320><c> Lord</c><00:14:07.679><c> God</c><00:14:07.960><c> of</c><00:14:08.620><c> armies.</c>

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And<00:14:11.539><c> in</c><00:14:11.779><c> that</c><00:14:12.639><c> he</c><00:14:13.220><c> was</c><00:14:13.580><c> tragically</c><00:14:14.039><c> mistaken.</c><00:14:16.059><c> For</c><00:14:16.340><c> this</c><00:14:17.120><c> is</c><00:14:17.840><c> the</c><00:14:18.059><c> covenant</c><00:14:18.259><c> which</c><00:14:18.500><c> I</c>

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will<00:14:18.820><c> make</c><00:14:19.000><c> with</c><00:14:19.179><c> them</c><00:14:19.399><c> in</c>

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those<00:14:19.840><c> days,</c><00:14:20.200><c> saith</c><00:14:20.460><c> the</c><00:14:20.679><c> Lord.</c><00:14:23.080><c> Not</c><00:14:23.399><c> like</c><00:14:23.659><c> the</c><00:14:23.899><c> covenant</c><00:14:24.059><c> I</c><00:14:24.320><c> made</c><00:14:24.500><c> with</c><00:14:24.700><c> them</c><00:14:24.820><c> when</c><00:14:24.940><c> I</c>

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brought<00:14:25.279><c> them</c><00:14:25.539><c> forth</c><00:14:25.740><c> out</c><00:14:25.919><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:26.019><c> land</c><00:14:26.200><c> of</c><00:14:26.360><c> Egypt,</c><00:14:26.659><c> which</c><00:14:26.940><c> covenant</c><00:14:27.279><c> they</c><00:14:27.580><c> break,</c><00:14:29.019><c> even</c><00:14:29.360><c> though</c><00:14:29.679><c> I</c>

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was<00:14:30.019><c> a</c><00:14:30.179><c> husband</c><00:14:30.399><c> under</c><00:14:30.580><c> them.</c><00:14:32.440><c> But</c><00:14:32.659><c> this</c><00:14:32.919><c> is</c><00:14:33.120><c> the</c>

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covenant<00:14:33.419><c> I</c><00:14:33.580><c> will</c><00:14:33.799><c> make</c><00:14:33.940><c> with</c><00:14:34.120><c> the</c><00:14:34.240><c> house</c><00:14:34.440><c> of</c><00:14:34.580><c> Israel</c><00:14:34.740><c> and</c><00:14:34.860><c> the</c>

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house<00:14:35.139><c> of</c><00:14:35.320><c> Judah</c><00:14:35.419><c> in</c><00:14:35.600><c> those</c><00:14:35.899><c> days,</c><00:14:36.179><c> saith</c><00:14:36.299><c> the</c><00:14:36.480><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:14:37.000><c> will</c><00:14:37.259><c> write</c><00:14:37.480><c> my</c><00:14:37.840><c> law</c><00:14:38.019><c> on</c><00:14:38.200><c> their</c><00:14:38.440><c> hearts</c><00:14:38.779><c> and</c><00:14:39.059><c> in</c><00:14:39.179><c> their</c><00:14:39.460><c> minds</c><00:14:39.820><c> I</c><00:14:40.000><c> will</c><00:14:40.220><c> preach</c><00:14:40.379><c> it.</c><00:14:42.100><c> And</c><00:14:42.360><c> that's</c><00:14:42.519><c> not</c><00:14:42.759><c> done</c><00:14:42.940><c> by</c>

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force<00:14:43.820><c> brethren</c><00:14:44.139><c> and</c><00:14:44.320><c> sisters.</c><00:14:45.639><c> That's</c><00:14:45.940><c> not</c><00:14:46.100><c> done</c><00:14:46.279><c> by</c><00:14:46.559><c> miraculous</c><00:14:47.179><c> power,</c>

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though<00:14:49.779><c> it</c><00:14:49.899><c> is</c><00:14:50.100><c> miraculous.</c>

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It<00:14:51.899><c> is</c><00:14:52.120><c> the</c><00:14:52.399><c> miraculous</c><00:14:52.899><c> power</c><00:14:53.500><c> of</c><00:14:53.919><c> the</c><00:14:54.220><c> persistence</c><00:14:54.679><c> and</c><00:14:55.299><c> insistence</c><00:14:55.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:56.440><c> powerful</c><00:14:57.299><c> spirit</c><00:14:57.960><c> of</c><00:14:58.259><c> this</c><00:14:58.659><c> book.</c>

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And<00:15:00.860><c> how</c><00:15:01.120><c> you</c><00:15:01.440><c> tell</c><00:15:01.779><c> me</c><00:15:03.240><c> how</c><00:15:03.779><c> that</c><00:15:03.899><c> for</c><00:15:04.240><c> centuries</c><00:15:04.980><c> God</c><00:15:05.620><c> dealt</c>

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with<00:15:05.980><c> those</c><00:15:06.100><c> people</c><00:15:06.419><c> and</c><00:15:06.700><c> never</c><00:15:07.100><c> could</c><00:15:07.379><c> get</c><00:15:07.639><c> that</c>

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law<00:15:08.299><c> in</c><00:15:08.460><c> their</c><00:15:08.700><c> minds</c><00:15:08.980><c> and</c><00:15:09.220><c> hearts.</c><00:15:09.779><c> Do</c><00:15:10.000><c> you</c><00:15:10.200><c> think</c><00:15:10.440><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:15:11.059><c> sisters</c><00:15:11.299><c> that</c><00:15:11.519><c> we</c><00:15:11.740><c> who</c><00:15:11.919><c> love</c><00:15:12.139><c> God</c><00:15:12.379><c> with</c>

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our<00:15:12.840><c> hearts,</c><00:15:13.200><c> soul</c><00:15:13.399><c> and</c><00:15:13.539><c> mind</c><00:15:13.879><c> are</c><00:15:14.259><c> any</c><00:15:14.519><c> better</c><00:15:15.059><c> flesh</c><00:15:15.399><c> than</c><00:15:15.580><c> them?</c><00:15:16.679><c> What</c><00:15:16.940><c> is</c><00:15:17.120><c> it</c><00:15:17.259><c> about</c><00:15:17.419><c> a</c>

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Jewish<00:15:17.879><c> heart</c>

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and<00:15:18.559><c> a</c><00:15:18.700><c> Christadelphian</c><00:15:19.320><c> heart</c><00:15:19.480><c> that's</c><00:15:19.860><c> so</c><00:15:20.019><c> different?</c><00:15:20.899><c> Nothing.</c><00:15:23.080><c> Well</c>

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how<00:15:23.559><c> did</c><00:15:23.820><c> God</c><00:15:24.080><c> finally</c><00:15:24.440><c> get</c><00:15:24.600><c> that</c><00:15:24.740><c> into</c>

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our<00:15:25.120><c> hearts?</c><00:15:27.039><c> Well</c><00:15:27.159><c> you</c><00:15:27.259><c> see</c><00:15:27.360><c> when</c><00:15:27.500><c> he</c><00:15:27.620><c> took</c><00:15:27.840><c> Israel</c><00:15:28.080><c> out</c><00:15:28.240><c> of</c>

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Egypt,<00:15:30.840><c> he</c><00:15:31.100><c> released</c><00:15:31.519><c> them</c><00:15:31.700><c> from</c><00:15:31.960><c> slavery</c>

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by<00:15:33.860><c> killing</c><00:15:34.259><c> another</c><00:15:34.879><c> man's</c><00:15:35.639><c> son.</c><00:15:37.240><c> He</c><00:15:37.559><c> fed</c><00:15:37.740><c> them</c><00:15:37.899><c> with</c><00:15:38.139><c> manna.</c>

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He<00:15:39.399><c> didn't</c><00:15:39.659><c> allow</c><00:15:39.820><c> the</c><00:15:40.080><c> shoes</c><00:15:40.320><c> to</c><00:15:40.539><c> wear</c><00:15:40.700><c> out,</c>

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their<00:15:41.000><c> clothes</c><00:15:41.299><c> upon</c><00:15:41.559><c> their</c><00:15:41.840><c> back.</c><00:15:43.860><c> He</c><00:15:44.000><c> took</c><00:15:44.200><c> them</c><00:15:44.299><c> into</c><00:15:44.440><c> the</c>

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land<00:15:44.659><c> of</c><00:15:45.019><c> Canaan,</c><00:15:45.679><c> drove</c><00:15:45.960><c> Jordan</c><00:15:46.419><c> backwards,</c>

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conquered<00:15:47.679><c> seven</c><00:15:47.960><c> nations</c><00:15:48.240><c> of</c><00:15:48.419><c> Canaan,</c><00:15:48.759><c> gave</c><00:15:48.980><c> them</c><00:15:49.220><c> judges</c>

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and<00:15:49.700><c> then</c><00:15:49.940><c> set</c><00:15:50.059><c> up</c><00:15:50.259><c> over</c><00:15:50.379><c> them</c><00:15:50.580><c> kings</c><00:15:50.820><c> at</c><00:15:50.940><c> their</c><00:15:51.200><c> request.</c>

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He<00:15:53.620><c> did</c><00:15:53.759><c> all</c><00:15:53.940><c> those</c><00:15:54.240><c> things</c><00:15:54.919><c> and</c><00:15:56.559><c> still</c><00:15:57.480><c> that</c><00:15:59.100><c> law</c><00:15:59.299><c> was</c><00:15:59.519><c> not</c><00:15:59.679><c> written</c><00:15:59.879><c> in</c>

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their<00:16:00.279><c> hearts.</c>

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So<00:16:01.740><c> the</c><00:16:01.940><c> prophet</c><00:16:02.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:02.620><c> in</c><00:16:02.860><c> exasperation</c><00:16:03.620><c> said,</c><00:16:04.759><c> what</c><00:16:04.940><c> more</c>

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could<00:16:05.620><c> I</c><00:16:05.820><c> do</c><00:16:05.919><c> for</c><00:16:06.080><c> my</c><00:16:06.299><c> vineyard?</c>

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What<00:16:08.480><c> more</c><00:16:09.059><c> could</c><00:16:09.580><c> I</c><00:16:09.840><c> do?</c><00:16:11.120><c> Well</c><00:16:11.360><c> brothers</c><00:16:11.620><c> and</c><00:16:11.840><c> sisters,</c><00:16:13.279><c> it</c><00:16:13.340><c> wasn't</c><00:16:13.620><c> so</c><00:16:13.919><c> much</c><00:16:14.120><c> a</c>

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question<00:16:14.519><c> of</c><00:16:14.940><c> exasperation</c>

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as<00:16:17.059><c> a</c><00:16:17.200><c> question</c><00:16:17.480><c> of</c><00:16:17.679><c> fact</c><00:16:17.799><c> that</c><00:16:17.980><c> there</c><00:16:18.220><c> was</c><00:16:18.820><c> just</c><00:16:20.080><c> one</c><00:16:20.399><c> little</c>

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thing<00:16:20.919><c> that</c><00:16:21.000><c> could</c><00:16:21.200><c> be</c><00:16:21.460><c> done.</c>

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My<00:16:23.799><c> beloved</c><00:16:24.580><c> has</c><00:16:26.700><c> a</c><00:16:26.879><c> vineyard</c><00:16:27.240><c> in</c><00:16:27.379><c> a</c><00:16:27.500><c> very</c><00:16:27.740><c> fruitful</c><00:16:28.039><c> hill</c><00:16:28.519><c> and</c>

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in<00:16:30.399><c> Mark</c><00:16:30.659><c> chapter</c><00:16:31.059><c> 12,</c><00:16:31.799><c> the</c><00:16:31.980><c> Lord's</c><00:16:32.419><c> parable,</c>

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he<00:16:33.519><c> said</c><00:16:33.700><c> unto</c><00:16:33.879><c> them,</c><00:16:34.379><c> his</c><00:16:34.440><c> well</c><00:16:34.740><c>-beloved,</c><00:16:37.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:37.480><c> 5,</c><00:16:38.940><c> what</c>

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more<00:16:39.379><c> could</c><00:16:39.519><c> be</c><00:16:39.720><c> done?</c><00:16:40.740><c> One</c><00:16:41.220><c> more</c><00:16:42.000><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:16:44.360><c> if</c><00:16:44.399><c> that</c><00:16:44.580><c> doesn't</c><00:16:44.799><c> get</c><00:16:44.960><c> the</c><00:16:45.159><c> law</c><00:16:45.279><c> in</c><00:16:45.460><c> our</c><00:16:45.620><c> hearts</c><00:16:45.840><c> and</c><00:16:46.039><c> minds,</c><00:16:46.399><c> brothers</c><00:16:46.460><c> and</c><00:16:46.679><c> sisters,</c>

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then<00:16:48.259><c> we</c><00:16:48.519><c> are</c><00:16:48.919><c> hopeless.</c><00:16:50.879><c> For</c><00:16:51.039><c> while</c><00:16:51.340><c> we</c><00:16:51.519><c> were</c><00:16:51.679><c> yet</c><00:16:51.960><c> sinners</c><00:16:52.259><c> Christ</c><00:16:52.720><c> died</c><00:16:52.980><c> for</c><00:16:53.179><c> us,</c><00:16:54.340><c> it</c><00:16:54.559><c> may</c><00:16:54.879><c> be</c><00:16:55.120><c> for</c><00:16:55.360><c> a</c>

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just<00:16:55.759><c> man.</c>

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We<00:16:58.019><c> might</c><00:16:58.240><c> respect</c><00:16:58.799><c> a</c><00:16:59.000><c> just</c><00:16:59.240><c> man,</c><00:17:00.299><c> a</c><00:17:00.480><c> stern,</c><00:17:00.960><c> dignified</c><00:17:01.419><c> man.</c>

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We<00:17:01.980><c> might</c><00:17:02.240><c> stand</c><00:17:02.580><c> in</c><00:17:02.840><c> awe</c><00:17:03.039><c> of</c><00:17:03.240><c> him,</c><00:17:03.559><c> says</c><00:17:03.659><c> the</c><00:17:03.879><c> apostle,</c>

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never<00:17:05.359><c> die</c><00:17:05.619><c> for</c><00:17:05.839><c> him.</c><00:17:08.559><c> A</c><00:17:08.779><c> benevolent</c><00:17:09.279><c> man,</c><00:17:09.740><c> a</c><00:17:09.960><c> kind</c><00:17:10.200><c> man.</c><00:17:12.240><c> We</c>

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might<00:17:13.079><c> dare</c><00:17:14.559><c> to</c><00:17:15.119><c> die</c><00:17:15.319><c> for</c><00:17:15.559><c> him,</c><00:17:16.299><c> said</c><00:17:16.319><c> the</c><00:17:16.579><c> apostle.</c>

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But<00:17:18.180><c> if</c><00:17:18.259><c> it</c><00:17:18.380><c> had</c><00:17:18.519><c> to</c><00:17:18.799><c> be</c><00:17:19.640><c> a</c><00:17:20.099><c> daring</c><00:17:20.380><c> act,</c><00:17:21.019><c> it</c><00:17:21.039><c> would</c><00:17:21.220><c> have</c><00:17:21.299><c> to</c><00:17:21.420><c> be</c>

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a<00:17:21.759><c> moment's</c><00:17:22.200><c> decision,</c>

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talk<00:17:23.240><c> a</c><00:17:23.420><c> deep</c><00:17:23.680><c> breath</c><00:17:23.960><c> and</c><00:17:24.319><c> do</c><00:17:24.579><c> it.</c><00:17:25.279><c> We</c><00:17:25.500><c> might</c><00:17:26.160><c> dare</c><00:17:26.720><c> to</c><00:17:26.960><c> do</c><00:17:27.140><c> that</c><00:17:27.279><c> for</c>

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a<00:17:27.619><c> good</c><00:17:27.759><c> man,</c><00:17:28.099><c> said</c><00:17:28.119><c> the</c><00:17:28.359><c> apostle.</c>

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But<00:17:29.880><c> God</c><00:17:30.039><c> in</c><00:17:30.140><c> his</c><00:17:30.319><c> love</c><00:17:30.480><c> and</c><00:17:30.740><c> mercy,</c><00:17:31.119><c> brothers</c><00:17:31.279><c> and</c><00:17:31.500><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:17:33.180><c> at</c><00:17:33.420><c> least</c><00:17:34.000><c> 4</c><00:17:34.359><c>,000</c><00:17:34.700><c> years</c><00:17:34.960><c> of</c><00:17:35.160><c> history</c><00:17:35.420><c> that</c>

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we<00:17:35.779><c> know,</c><00:17:37.180><c> measured</c><00:17:37.339><c> that</c><00:17:37.599><c> off</c><00:17:38.220><c> and</c><00:17:39.460><c> waited</c><00:17:39.859><c> until</c><00:17:41.119><c> mankind</c>

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had<00:17:42.000><c> reached</c><00:17:42.420><c> his</c><00:17:43.319><c> worst</c><00:17:43.980><c> stage.</c><00:17:45.539><c> In</c><00:17:45.920><c> due</c><00:17:46.200><c> time,</c>

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in<00:17:47.900><c> what</c><00:17:48.380><c> time?</c><00:17:49.259><c> Due</c><00:17:49.500><c> time.</c><00:17:50.099><c> He</c><00:17:50.299><c> died</c><00:17:50.599><c> for</c><00:17:50.940><c> who?</c><00:17:51.839><c> The</c><00:17:52.319><c> ungodly.</c>

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They<00:17:55.579><c> weren't</c><00:17:55.779><c> even</c><00:17:56.160><c> just,</c><00:17:56.839><c> they</c><00:17:57.019><c> weren't</c><00:17:57.220><c> even</c><00:17:57.660><c> kind,</c><00:17:58.400><c> and</c><00:17:58.539><c> God</c><00:17:58.759><c> didn't</c><00:17:59.019><c> have</c><00:17:59.240><c> to</c><00:17:59.400><c> do</c><00:17:59.480><c> it</c><00:17:59.599><c> with</c><00:17:59.759><c> a</c>

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daring<00:18:00.380><c> act.</c>

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He<00:18:01.519><c> measured</c><00:18:01.759><c> it</c><00:18:01.960><c> off</c><00:18:02.119><c> for</c><00:18:02.480><c> 4</c><00:18:02.700><c>,000</c><00:18:03.079><c> years</c><00:18:03.380><c> of</c><00:18:03.640><c> human</c><00:18:03.839><c> history.</c>

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And<00:18:05.660><c> if</c><00:18:05.740><c> you</c><00:18:05.839><c> wanted</c><00:18:05.980><c> to</c><00:18:06.160><c> go</c><00:18:06.319><c> that</c><00:18:06.500><c> further</c>

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than<00:18:07.000><c> that,</c><00:18:07.259><c> before</c><00:18:07.480><c> the</c><00:18:07.700><c> world</c><00:18:07.900><c> was,</c><00:18:08.720><c> our</c><00:18:09.180><c> Lord</c><00:18:09.440><c> had</c><00:18:09.619><c> a</c><00:18:09.839><c> glory</c>

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with<00:18:10.240><c> the</c><00:18:10.460><c> Father.</c><00:18:12.079><c> And</c><00:18:12.299><c> the</c><00:18:12.539><c> Father</c><00:18:12.759><c> in</c><00:18:16.559><c> the</c>

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when<00:18:16.920><c> he</c><00:18:17.059><c> could</c><00:18:17.240><c> have</c><00:18:17.420><c> sent</c><00:18:17.559><c> 12</c><00:18:18.019><c> legions</c><00:18:18.380><c> of</c><00:18:18.640><c> angels</c><00:18:18.779><c> and</c><00:18:19.039><c> prevented</c><00:18:19.279><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:19.779><c> we</c><00:18:19.920><c> come</c><00:18:20.140><c> Sunday</c><00:18:20.500><c> morning</c><00:18:20.819><c> by</c><00:18:21.019><c> Sunday</c>

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morning<00:18:21.519><c> to</c><00:18:21.660><c> talk</c><00:18:21.859><c> about</c><00:18:22.019><c> the</c><00:18:22.259><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:22.660><c> of</c><00:18:22.980><c> Christ.</c><00:18:23.400><c> And</c><00:18:23.740><c> rightly</c><00:18:24.079><c> so.</c><00:18:24.539><c> Have</c><00:18:24.740><c> you</c><00:18:25.019><c> ever</c><00:18:25.480><c> scared</c><00:18:25.819><c> of</c><00:18:26.140><c> thoughts</c>

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for<00:18:26.720><c> the</c><00:18:26.980><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:27.400><c> of</c><00:18:27.740><c> the</c><00:18:27.880><c> Father?</c><00:18:30.660><c> And</c><00:18:31.180><c> that's</c><00:18:31.700><c> what</c><00:18:31.880><c> it</c>

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was<00:18:32.420><c> that</c><00:18:33.440><c> finally</c><00:18:33.920><c> wrote</c><00:18:34.339><c> that</c><00:18:34.619><c> law</c><00:18:34.720><c> in</c><00:18:34.940><c> our</c><00:18:35.140><c> hearts.</c>

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And<00:18:36.460><c> God</c><00:18:36.619><c> can</c><00:18:36.839><c> do</c><00:18:36.980><c> no</c><00:18:37.180><c> more.</c><00:18:38.299><c> You</c><00:18:38.460><c> can't</c><00:18:38.680><c> go</c><00:18:38.819><c> further</c><00:18:39.099><c> than</c><00:18:39.380><c> that.</c><00:18:40.880><c> And</c>

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that's<00:18:41.359><c> what</c><00:18:41.519><c> Elijah</c><00:18:41.900><c> had</c><00:18:42.119><c> to</c><00:18:42.299><c> learn,</c>

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brethren<00:18:42.680><c> and</c><00:18:42.960><c> sisters.</c><00:18:44.000><c> The</c><00:18:44.099><c> law</c><00:18:44.359><c> of</c><00:18:44.480><c> God</c><00:18:44.619><c> of</c><00:18:44.920><c> hosts.</c><00:18:46.619><c> He's</c>

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not<00:18:46.859><c> going</c><00:18:47.039><c> to</c><00:18:47.180><c> enforce</c><00:18:47.359><c> it</c><00:18:47.559><c> by</c><00:18:47.880><c> physical</c><00:18:48.339><c> might</c>

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or<00:18:48.940><c> power,</c><00:18:50.660><c> but</c><00:18:50.720><c> by</c><00:18:50.940><c> the</c><00:18:51.240><c> persuasion</c><00:18:52.779><c> of</c><00:18:53.420><c> the</c><00:18:53.720><c> power</c><00:18:53.940><c> of</c><00:18:54.099><c> his</c>

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word<00:18:55.079><c> epitomized</c><00:18:56.839><c> in</c><00:18:57.380><c> the</c><00:18:57.579><c> son</c><00:18:57.700><c> of</c><00:18:57.839><c> his</c><00:18:58.059><c> last.</c>

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As<00:19:01.059><c> Elijah</c><00:19:01.599><c> protested</c><00:19:03.500><c> his</c><00:19:04.039><c> case</c><00:19:04.299><c> before</c><00:19:04.640><c> God,</c><00:19:06.240><c> he</c><00:19:06.440><c> was</c><00:19:06.720><c> sent</c>

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back<00:19:07.140><c> into</c><00:19:07.319><c> the</c><00:19:07.579><c> cave</c>

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and<00:19:08.819><c> an</c><00:19:09.019><c> earthquake</c><00:19:09.460><c> shook</c><00:19:09.799><c> that</c><00:19:10.099><c> mountain.</c><00:19:10.839><c> You</c><00:19:10.880><c> could</c><00:19:11.099><c> see</c>

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Elijah<00:19:11.579><c> in</c><00:19:11.740><c> that</c><00:19:11.980><c> cave.</c>

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The<00:19:12.720><c> whole</c><00:19:12.900><c> of</c><00:19:13.059><c> that</c><00:19:13.200><c> mountain</c><00:19:13.420><c> shaking.</c><00:19:15.480><c> The</c><00:19:15.500><c> windows</c><00:19:15.680><c> all</c><00:19:16.019><c> over.</c>

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God's<00:19:19.740><c> not</c><00:19:19.960><c> there.</c><00:19:21.079><c> Not</c><00:19:21.200><c> in</c><00:19:21.359><c> that</c><00:19:21.500><c> earthquake.</c><00:19:23.299><c> Fire</c><00:19:23.500><c> raged</c>

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up<00:19:24.019><c> that</c><00:19:24.200><c> mountain,</c><00:19:24.660><c> brethren</c><00:19:24.799><c> and</c><00:19:25.039><c> sisters.</c>

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There's<00:19:25.680><c> nothing</c><00:19:25.980><c> there</c><00:19:26.259><c> to</c><00:19:26.579><c> burn.</c><00:19:28.200><c> But</c><00:19:28.500><c> fire</c><00:19:28.980><c> burnt</c><00:19:29.279><c> that</c><00:19:29.660><c> granite</c><00:19:29.960><c> as</c>

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if<00:19:30.880><c> it</c><00:19:30.960><c> was</c><00:19:31.160><c> tinder.</c>

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And<00:19:32.720><c> the</c><00:19:32.960><c> searing</c><00:19:33.220><c> heat</c><00:19:33.500><c> would</c><00:19:33.759><c> send</c><00:19:33.859><c> Elijah</c><00:19:34.319><c> to</c><00:19:34.579><c> the</c><00:19:34.720><c> back</c><00:19:34.839><c> of</c>

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that<00:19:35.220><c> cave</c><00:19:35.420><c> and</c><00:19:35.579><c> he'd</c><00:19:35.880><c> feel</c><00:19:36.079><c> the</c><00:19:36.319><c> heat.</c>

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And<00:19:37.160><c> when</c><00:19:37.319><c> the</c><00:19:37.480><c> heat</c><00:19:37.579><c> was</c><00:19:37.839><c> gone,</c><00:19:40.559><c> he</c><00:19:40.640><c> was</c><00:19:40.799><c> still</c><00:19:41.019><c> lonely.</c><00:19:42.480><c> God</c>

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was<00:19:42.920><c> not</c><00:19:43.039><c> in</c><00:19:43.240><c> the</c><00:19:43.480><c> fire.</c>

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The<00:19:46.059><c> wind</c><00:19:46.359><c> came.</c><00:19:48.440><c> Not</c><00:19:48.619><c> wind</c><00:19:48.900><c> that</c><00:19:49.200><c> bends</c><00:19:49.440><c> trees</c><00:19:49.819><c> as</c><00:19:50.000><c> it</c><00:19:50.099><c> did</c><00:19:50.220><c> at</c>

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Chippensburg<00:19:50.799><c> while</c><00:19:50.960><c> we</c><00:19:51.059><c> were</c><00:19:51.180><c> there,</c>

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snapped<00:19:52.279><c> them</c><00:19:52.480><c> off</c><00:19:52.579><c> at</c><00:19:52.720><c> the</c><00:19:52.880><c> base.</c><00:19:54.359><c> Bad</c><00:19:54.599><c> enough.</c><00:19:55.480><c> This</c><00:19:55.720><c> wind</c>

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picked<00:19:56.220><c> up</c><00:19:56.500><c> rocks,</c><00:19:58.160><c> hurled</c><00:19:58.299><c> them</c><00:19:58.519><c> past</c><00:19:58.880><c> the</c><00:19:59.119><c> mouth</c>

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of<00:19:59.519><c> that</c><00:19:59.759><c> cave</c><00:20:00.019><c> and</c><00:20:00.539><c> smashed</c><00:20:01.079><c> them</c><00:20:01.259><c> against</c><00:20:01.500><c> the</c><00:20:01.720><c> granite</c><00:20:01.920><c> walls</c><00:20:02.180><c> of</c>

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Soneo,<00:20:04.259><c> reverberating</c><00:20:04.960><c> in</c><00:20:05.220><c> Elijah's</c><00:20:05.700><c> ears.</c>

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All<00:20:07.440><c> over.</c><00:20:09.039><c> God</c><00:20:09.180><c> was</c><00:20:09.480><c> not</c><00:20:09.619><c> in</c><00:20:09.859><c> the</c><00:20:10.079><c> wind.</c><00:20:11.920><c> And</c><00:20:11.960><c> what</c><00:20:12.119><c> he</c><00:20:12.220><c> was</c><00:20:12.319><c> trying</c><00:20:12.519><c> to</c>

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tell<00:20:12.759><c> Elijah,</c>

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you've<00:20:14.960><c> brought</c><00:20:15.079><c> down</c><00:20:15.440><c> fire</c><00:20:15.759><c> from</c><00:20:15.960><c> heaven.</c><00:20:16.859><c> The</c><00:20:16.960><c> river</c><00:20:17.180><c> Kishon</c><00:20:17.460><c> has</c>

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run<00:20:17.859><c> red</c><00:20:18.480><c> with</c><00:20:18.720><c> the</c><00:20:18.880><c> blood</c><00:20:18.960><c> of</c><00:20:19.119><c> the</c><00:20:19.279><c> prophets</c>

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of<00:20:19.779><c> Baal.</c><00:20:20.920><c> But</c><00:20:21.099><c> what</c><00:20:21.259><c> have</c><00:20:21.400><c> you</c><00:20:21.559><c> done</c><00:20:21.980><c> that's</c><00:20:22.980><c> positive?</c><00:20:23.759><c> Accept</c><00:20:24.059><c> it</c>

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thee,<00:20:25.259><c> the</c><00:20:25.380><c> widow</c><00:20:25.539><c> of</c><00:20:25.740><c> Zanothi.</c>

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And<00:20:28.819><c> then,</c><00:20:29.180><c> brethren</c><00:20:29.279><c> and</c><00:20:29.519><c> sisters,</c><00:20:30.000><c> a</c><00:20:30.140><c> remarkable</c><00:20:30.819><c> verse</c><00:20:31.119><c> of</c>

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Scripture,<00:20:31.599><c> verse</c><00:20:31.799><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:20:34.220><c> it</c><00:20:34.339><c> was</c><00:20:34.579><c> so,</c><00:20:36.380><c> when</c><00:20:36.579><c> Elijah</c><00:20:36.940><c> heard</c><00:20:37.220><c> it,</c><00:20:37.619><c> that</c><00:20:37.700><c> is</c><00:20:37.839><c> the</c><00:20:38.019><c> still</c><00:20:38.220><c> small</c><00:20:38.519><c> voice.</c><00:20:40.160><c> In</c><00:20:40.319><c> verse</c><00:20:40.519><c> 12,</c><00:20:40.779><c> we'll</c><00:20:40.900><c> go</c><00:20:41.000><c> back</c><00:20:41.240><c> a</c>

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verse,<00:20:41.579><c> and</c><00:20:41.640><c> after</c><00:20:41.880><c> the</c><00:20:42.079><c> earthquake</c><00:20:42.460><c> a</c><00:20:42.799><c> fire,</c><00:20:43.000><c> but</c><00:20:43.140><c> the</c><00:20:43.299><c> Lord</c>

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was<00:20:43.619><c> not</c><00:20:43.720><c> in</c><00:20:43.859><c> the</c><00:20:44.000><c> fire.</c><00:20:44.299><c> And</c><00:20:44.480><c> after</c><00:20:44.720><c> the</c><00:20:44.960><c> fire,</c>

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a<00:20:45.700><c> still</c><00:20:46.079><c> small</c><00:20:46.799><c> voice.</c><00:20:47.500><c> You</c><00:20:47.640><c> know,</c><00:20:47.779><c> in</c><00:20:47.940><c> the</c><00:20:48.079><c> Hebrew</c><00:20:48.299><c> it</c><00:20:48.480><c> means</c>

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a<00:20:49.400><c> thin</c><00:20:49.859><c> crushed</c><00:20:50.539><c> voice,</c>

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perhaps<00:20:51.740><c> just</c><00:20:51.980><c> the</c><00:20:52.140><c> opposite</c><00:20:52.359><c> to</c><00:20:52.640><c> mine.</c><00:20:54.619><c> Robaham</c><00:20:55.019><c> renders</c><00:20:55.440><c> it</c>

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a<00:20:56.319><c> gentle</c><00:20:56.960><c> whisper.</c>

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And<00:20:59.859><c> when</c><00:21:00.380><c> he</c><00:21:00.619><c> heard</c><00:21:00.839><c> it,</c><00:21:02.480><c> he</c><00:21:02.599><c> wrapped</c><00:21:02.839><c> his</c><00:21:03.140><c> face</c><00:21:03.339><c> in</c><00:21:03.519><c> his</c><00:21:03.759><c> mantle</c><00:21:04.039><c> and</c>

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went<00:21:04.839><c> out.</c><00:21:06.099><c> He</c><00:21:06.259><c> went</c><00:21:06.559><c> out.</c><00:21:07.480><c> He</c><00:21:07.720><c> went</c><00:21:08.099><c> out,</c>

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brethren<00:21:08.960><c> and</c><00:21:09.240><c> sisters.</c><00:21:09.579><c> It</c><00:21:09.779><c> was</c><00:21:10.039><c> the</c><00:21:10.319><c> voice</c><00:21:10.579><c> that</c><00:21:10.880><c> got</c><00:21:11.039><c> him</c>

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out<00:21:11.400><c> in</c><00:21:11.579><c> the</c><00:21:11.759><c> open.</c><00:21:13.279><c> And</c><00:21:13.480><c> when</c><00:21:13.599><c> that</c><00:21:13.900><c> voice</c><00:21:14.180><c> sounded</c>

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in<00:21:14.680><c> the</c><00:21:14.779><c> wilderness,</c><00:21:15.619><c> a</c><00:21:15.799><c> voice</c><00:21:16.119><c> crying,</c><00:21:16.940><c> when</c><00:21:17.119><c> they</c><00:21:17.380><c> heard</c><00:21:17.579><c> that</c><00:21:17.900><c> voice</c><00:21:18.160><c> again,</c><00:21:18.980><c> the</c><00:21:19.119><c> record</c><00:21:19.359><c> in</c>

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and<00:21:21.039><c> all</c><00:21:21.700><c> Judea</c><00:21:22.400><c> went</c><00:21:22.839><c> out</c><00:21:23.339><c> to</c><00:21:23.660><c> hear</c><00:21:23.839><c> him.</c><00:21:25.819><c> He</c><00:21:26.079><c> drew</c><00:21:26.339><c> them</c><00:21:26.960><c> inactually</c><00:21:27.700><c> to</c>

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him<00:21:28.519><c> with</c><00:21:29.099><c> that</c><00:21:29.480><c> very</c><00:21:29.759><c> voice.</c>

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As<00:21:32.000><c> we'll</c><00:21:32.220><c> illustrate</c><00:21:32.599><c> to</c><00:21:32.900><c> you</c><00:21:33.420><c> as</c><00:21:33.759><c> we</c><00:21:33.960><c> proceed,</c><00:21:35.680><c> it</c><00:21:35.779><c> got</c><00:21:35.940><c> him</c>

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out<00:21:36.220><c> of</c><00:21:36.319><c> that</c><00:21:36.599><c> cave.</c><00:21:37.599><c> But</c><00:21:37.880><c> not</c><00:21:38.079><c> before</c>

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he<00:21:39.700><c> wrapped</c><00:21:39.859><c> his</c><00:21:40.140><c> face</c><00:21:40.339><c> in</c><00:21:40.500><c> his</c><00:21:40.740><c> mantle.</c><00:21:42.660><c> And</c><00:21:42.839><c> the</c><00:21:43.039><c> mantle,</c><00:21:43.240><c> of</c>

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course,<00:21:44.420><c> a</c><00:21:44.599><c> garment</c><00:21:44.859><c> of</c><00:21:45.140><c> hair,</c>

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as<00:21:45.799><c> it</c><00:21:45.880><c> was</c><00:21:46.079><c> called</c><00:21:46.279><c> earlier,</c><00:21:47.579><c> was</c><00:21:47.720><c> a</c><00:21:47.940><c> symbol</c><00:21:48.500><c> of</c><00:21:49.279><c> his</c><00:21:49.579><c> prophetic</c><00:21:50.220><c> office.</c>

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He's<00:21:52.160><c> a</c><00:21:52.279><c> little</c><00:21:52.440><c> ashamed</c><00:21:52.880><c> of</c><00:21:53.039><c> it,</c>

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brethren<00:21:53.440><c> and</c><00:21:53.700><c> sisters.</c><00:21:55.599><c> Because</c><00:21:55.940><c> now,</c><00:21:56.500><c> you</c><00:21:56.799><c> see,</c><00:21:58.319><c> the</c><00:21:58.460><c> question</c><00:21:58.839><c> comes</c>

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again<00:21:59.539><c> from</c><00:21:59.759><c> God,</c>

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what<00:22:00.720><c> are</c><00:22:00.880><c> you</c><00:22:01.000><c> doing</c><00:22:01.220><c> here?</c><00:22:01.799><c> But</c><00:22:01.980><c> the</c><00:22:02.160><c> question</c><00:22:02.480><c> is</c><00:22:02.700><c> with</c><00:22:02.839><c> a</c>

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difference.<00:22:04.720><c> And</c><00:22:05.059><c> note</c><00:22:05.400><c> the</c><00:22:05.839><c> difference.</c>

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In<00:22:07.660><c> verse</c><00:22:07.900><c> 9,</c><00:22:08.819><c> the</c><00:22:08.880><c> word</c><00:22:09.099><c> of</c><00:22:09.220><c> the</c><00:22:09.400><c> Lord</c><00:22:09.720><c> came</c><00:22:09.980><c> to</c><00:22:10.079><c> him</c><00:22:10.299><c> saying,</c>

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what<00:22:11.460><c> are</c><00:22:11.619><c> you</c><00:22:11.700><c> doing</c><00:22:11.839><c> here,</c><00:22:12.359><c> Elijah?</c>

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But<00:22:14.039><c> in</c><00:22:14.319><c> verse</c><00:22:14.680><c> 13,</c><00:22:15.700><c> halfway</c><00:22:16.059><c> through</c><00:22:16.319><c> the</c><00:22:16.480><c> verse,</c><00:22:17.299><c> and</c><00:22:17.539><c> behold,</c><00:22:18.160><c> there</c>

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came<00:22:19.220><c> a</c><00:22:20.759><c> voice</c><00:22:21.460><c> to</c><00:22:21.880><c> him</c><00:22:22.220><c> saying,</c>

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what<00:22:25.900><c> are</c><00:22:26.180><c> you</c><00:22:26.420><c> doing</c><00:22:26.859><c> here,</c><00:22:28.680><c> Elijah?</c><00:22:32.420><c> And</c><00:22:33.140><c> he</c><00:22:33.400><c> repeated</c><00:22:33.920><c> his</c>

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defence,<00:22:36.559><c> almost</c><00:22:36.880><c> like</c><00:22:37.079><c> a</c><00:22:37.380><c> prepared</c><00:22:37.740><c> statement.</c>

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I<00:22:40.559><c> have</c><00:22:40.759><c> been</c><00:22:40.900><c> very</c><00:22:41.220><c> jealous</c><00:22:41.619><c> for</c><00:22:42.119><c> the</c><00:22:42.400><c> Lord</c><00:22:42.839><c> God</c><00:22:43.180><c> of</c><00:22:43.380><c> hosts.</c>

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But<00:22:44.220><c> you</c><00:22:44.240><c> can</c><00:22:45.039><c> see</c><00:22:45.220><c> him</c><00:22:45.420><c> now,</c><00:22:45.720><c> brethren</c><00:22:45.900><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:46.799><c> saying</c><00:22:46.940><c> it</c><00:22:47.079><c> with</c><00:22:47.220><c> his</c><00:22:47.500><c> eyes</c><00:22:47.779><c> to</c><00:22:47.940><c> the</c><00:22:48.160><c> ground.</c><00:22:49.779><c> Because</c><00:22:50.099><c> that</c>

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voice<00:22:50.680><c> that's</c><00:22:50.940><c> talking</c><00:22:51.180><c> to</c><00:22:51.420><c> him</c><00:22:51.900><c> is</c>

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nothing<00:22:53.299><c> like</c><00:22:53.980><c> what</c><00:22:54.559><c> he</c><00:22:54.759><c> had</c><00:22:54.859><c> been</c><00:22:55.079><c> doing</c><00:22:55.240><c> in</c><00:22:55.500><c> Israel.</c><00:22:57.680><c> When</c>

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he'd<00:22:58.079><c> gone</c><00:22:58.339><c> through</c><00:22:58.579><c> his</c><00:22:58.819><c> prepared</c><00:22:59.259><c> statement,</c>

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the<00:23:00.920><c> answer</c><00:23:01.180><c> of</c><00:23:01.380><c> God</c><00:23:01.500><c> to</c><00:23:01.640><c> him</c><00:23:01.839><c> was,</c><00:23:02.920><c> you</c><00:23:03.119><c> go</c><00:23:03.420><c> back</c><00:23:03.720><c> to</c><00:23:03.940><c> your</c><00:23:04.240><c> way,</c><00:23:05.700><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:06.299><c> spirit</c><00:23:06.799><c> and</c><00:23:07.700><c> power.</c>

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That<00:23:09.740><c> voice.</c><00:23:13.279><c> You</c><00:23:13.299><c> know,</c><00:23:13.619><c> brothers</c><00:23:13.720><c> and</c><00:23:13.940><c> sisters,</c><00:23:14.240><c> do</c><00:23:14.460><c> you</c><00:23:14.680><c> think</c><00:23:14.900><c> that</c><00:23:15.059><c> I</c>

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got<00:23:15.319><c> all</c><00:23:15.539><c> of</c><00:23:15.660><c> that</c><00:23:15.759><c> out</c><00:23:15.900><c> of</c><00:23:16.039><c> my</c><00:23:16.200><c> own</c><00:23:16.420><c> head?</c>

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Do<00:23:18.619><c> you</c><00:23:18.700><c> think</c><00:23:18.779><c> that's</c><00:23:19.160><c> the</c><00:23:19.240><c> true</c><00:23:19.380><c> rendition</c><00:23:19.779><c> of</c><00:23:19.900><c> that</c><00:23:20.059><c> record?</c><00:23:21.819><c> Listen</c>

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to<00:23:22.299><c> the</c><00:23:22.500><c> last</c><00:23:22.980><c> word</c><00:23:23.279><c> for</c><00:23:23.440><c> the</c><00:23:23.579><c> Old</c>

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Testament.<00:23:26.500><c> Remember</c><00:23:26.940><c> ye</c><00:23:27.400><c> the</c><00:23:28.420><c> law</c><00:23:28.740><c> of</c><00:23:29.000><c> my</c><00:23:29.279><c> servant</c><00:23:29.579><c> Moses,</c><00:23:31.119><c> which</c><00:23:31.220><c> I</c>

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commanded<00:23:31.859><c> him</c><00:23:32.119><c> in</c><00:23:32.259><c> Horeb</c><00:23:32.480><c> with</c><00:23:32.640><c> all</c>

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statutes<00:23:33.539><c> and</c><00:23:33.680><c> with</c><00:23:33.819><c> all</c><00:23:33.980><c> the</c><00:23:34.140><c> judgments.</c><00:23:34.940><c> Behold,</c><00:23:35.420><c> I</c><00:23:35.500><c> send</c>

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you<00:23:35.859><c> Elijah.</c><00:23:38.339><c> Why</c><00:23:38.839><c> send</c><00:23:39.119><c> us</c><00:23:39.339><c> Elijah</c><00:23:39.779><c> to</c><00:23:40.099><c> remember</c><00:23:40.440><c> Moses?</c>

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Because<00:23:44.259><c> Moses,</c><00:23:45.079><c> Elijah,</c><00:23:45.740><c> brethren</c><00:23:45.779><c> and</c><00:23:45.859><c> sisters,</c><00:23:46.720><c> for</c><00:23:46.920><c> this</c>

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purpose<00:23:47.660><c> is</c><00:23:48.019><c> far</c><00:23:48.480><c> better</c><00:23:48.799><c> educated.</c>

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Remember<00:23:51.700><c> ye</c><00:23:51.900><c> the</c><00:23:52.079><c> law</c><00:23:52.220><c> of</c><00:23:52.420><c> my</c><00:23:52.660><c> servant</c><00:23:52.880><c> Moses,</c><00:23:53.299><c> which</c><00:23:53.440><c> I</c><00:23:53.640><c> commanded</c><00:23:53.880><c> him</c>

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in<00:23:54.279><c> Horeb,</c><00:23:54.599><c> and</c><00:23:54.759><c> he'd</c><00:23:55.000><c> gone</c><00:23:55.140><c> there</c><00:23:55.339><c> to</c>

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end<00:23:55.759><c> in</c><00:23:55.980><c> Moses'</c><00:23:56.920><c> shoes.</c><00:23:57.920><c> Behold,</c><00:23:58.440><c> I</c><00:23:58.440><c> send</c><00:23:58.619><c> you</c><00:23:58.859><c> Elijah</c><00:23:59.740><c> before</c>

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the<00:24:03.519><c> great</c><00:24:03.779><c> and</c><00:24:04.000><c> dreadful</c><00:24:04.339><c> day</c><00:24:04.539><c> of</c><00:24:04.720><c> the</c><00:24:04.880><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:24:08.200><c> smite</c><00:24:08.779><c> the</c><00:24:09.140><c> earth</c><00:24:09.460><c> with</c><00:24:09.759><c> a</c><00:24:10.039><c> curse.</c><00:24:11.279><c> Two</c><00:24:11.559><c> words.</c><00:24:13.380><c> As</c><00:24:13.880><c> to</c><00:24:14.720><c> what</c>

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they're<00:24:15.099><c> telling</c><00:24:15.240><c> us</c><00:24:15.500><c> about</c><00:24:15.700><c> the</c><00:24:16.099><c> spirit</c><00:24:16.240><c> and</c><00:24:16.519><c> power</c>

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of<00:24:17.660><c> John</c><00:24:17.859><c> the</c><00:24:18.039><c> Baptist</c><00:24:18.359><c> and</c><00:24:18.640><c> Elijah.</c><00:24:20.140><c> I'm</c><00:24:20.420><c> gonna</c><00:24:20.519><c> send</c><00:24:20.779><c> you</c>

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before<00:24:22.279><c> the</c><00:24:23.299><c> great</c><00:24:23.500><c> and</c><00:24:23.660><c> dreadful</c><00:24:23.980><c> day.</c>

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Yes!<00:24:26.279><c> I</c><00:24:26.440><c> smite</c><00:24:26.720><c> the</c><00:24:26.880><c> earth</c><00:24:26.980><c> with</c><00:24:27.200><c> a</c><00:24:27.359><c> curse.</c><00:24:28.140><c> And</c><00:24:28.180><c> he</c><00:24:28.359><c> went</c><00:24:28.599><c> down</c>

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there,<00:24:29.259><c> brethren</c><00:24:29.380><c> and</c><00:24:29.700><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:24:30.500><c> the</c><00:24:30.799><c> express</c><00:24:31.059><c> reason</c><00:24:31.619><c> to</c><00:24:32.079><c> procure</c><00:24:32.640><c> that</c><00:24:33.220><c> curse</c><00:24:33.680><c> on</c><00:24:33.940><c> Israel.</c><00:24:35.240><c> Watch</c>

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ye<00:24:35.700><c> not</c><00:24:35.859><c> what</c><00:24:36.019><c> the</c><00:24:36.240><c> Scripture</c><00:24:36.460><c> says</c><00:24:36.680><c> of</c>

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Elijah,<00:24:37.700><c> how</c><00:24:37.839><c> he</c><00:24:38.019><c> made</c><00:24:38.279><c> intercession</c><00:24:38.900><c> against</c><00:24:39.880><c> Israel.</c><00:24:41.119><c> And</c>

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so<00:24:41.559><c> there</c><00:24:41.720><c> was</c><00:24:41.960><c> a</c><00:24:42.259><c> voice</c><00:24:42.640><c> in</c><00:24:42.980><c> the</c><00:24:43.119><c> wilderness,</c>

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and<00:24:43.700><c> it's</c><00:24:43.859><c> in</c><00:24:43.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:44.240><c> 40,</c><00:24:44.700><c> isn't</c><00:24:44.859><c> it?</c><00:24:46.680><c> And</c><00:24:46.819><c> it's</c><00:24:47.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:47.259><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:24:47.640><c> in</c><00:24:47.759><c> his</c><00:24:47.940><c> 40th</c><00:24:48.299><c> chapter</c><00:24:48.579><c> that</c><00:24:48.819><c> picks</c><00:24:48.940><c> up</c><00:24:49.140><c> that</c>

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story.<00:24:51.400><c> And</c><00:24:51.799><c> here</c><00:24:51.940><c> we</c><00:24:52.119><c> have</c><00:24:52.240><c> our</c><00:24:52.500><c> voice,</c><00:24:52.859><c> brethren</c><00:24:53.059><c> and</c><00:24:53.279><c> sisters.</c><00:24:54.180><c> And</c>

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this<00:24:54.460><c> is</c><00:24:54.579><c> what</c><00:24:54.759><c> John</c><00:24:55.019><c> said.</c><00:24:55.480><c> They</c><00:24:55.619><c> said,</c>

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who<00:24:55.940><c> are</c><00:24:56.119><c> you</c><00:24:56.279><c> John?</c><00:24:56.500><c> He</c><00:24:56.559><c> said,</c><00:24:56.740><c> I'm</c><00:24:56.940><c> the</c><00:24:57.140><c> voice.</c><00:24:57.859><c> And</c><00:24:58.000><c> here</c><00:24:58.200><c> it</c>

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is.<00:24:58.519><c> And</c><00:24:58.640><c> he</c><00:24:58.680><c> quoted</c><00:24:58.900><c> the</c><00:24:59.140><c> 40th</c><00:24:59.480><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.720><c> of</c><00:24:59.960><c> Isaiah.</c>

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And<00:25:00.740><c> Isaiah,</c><00:25:01.259><c> of</c><00:25:01.259><c> course,</c><00:25:01.420><c> is</c><00:25:01.619><c> picking</c><00:25:01.799><c> it</c><00:25:02.019><c> up</c><00:25:02.119><c> from</c><00:25:02.319><c> the</c><00:25:02.519><c> voice</c><00:25:02.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:03.220><c> wilderness.</c><00:25:05.359><c> And</c><00:25:05.539><c> what</c><00:25:05.700><c> voice</c><00:25:05.940><c> could</c>

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have<00:25:06.180><c> that</c><00:25:06.380><c> been</c><00:25:06.660><c> but</c><00:25:06.819><c> the</c><00:25:06.960><c> one</c><00:25:07.099><c> that</c><00:25:07.259><c> was</c><00:25:07.440><c> heard</c><00:25:07.859><c> at</c><00:25:08.539><c> the</c><00:25:08.660><c> very</c>

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apex<00:25:09.380><c> of</c><00:25:09.579><c> that</c><00:25:09.759><c> wilderness</c><00:25:10.079><c> at</c><00:25:10.299><c> Mount</c><00:25:10.519><c> Sinai.</c>

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And<00:25:12.299><c> the</c><00:25:12.480><c> voice</c><00:25:12.720><c> said</c><00:25:13.319><c> in</c><00:25:13.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:14.460><c> chapter</c><00:25:15.180><c> 40</c><00:25:15.440><c> and</c><00:25:15.619><c> verse</c><00:25:15.819><c> 1,</c>

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Now,<00:25:28.660><c> brethren</c><00:25:28.940><c> and</c><00:25:29.160><c> sisters,</c><00:25:29.339><c> we're</c><00:25:29.559><c> getting</c><00:25:29.839><c> near</c><00:25:30.079><c> to</c><00:25:30.279><c> the</c>

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story<00:25:30.819><c> of</c><00:25:31.259><c> John</c><00:25:31.539><c> the</c><00:25:31.700><c> Baptist's</c><00:25:32.319><c> life.</c>

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We're<00:25:33.119><c> getting</c><00:25:33.299><c> near</c><00:25:33.380><c> to</c><00:25:33.539><c> the</c><00:25:33.619><c> purpose</c><00:25:33.900><c> of</c><00:25:34.079><c> his</c><00:25:34.240><c> life</c><00:25:34.460><c> in</c><00:25:34.680><c> expressing</c><00:25:34.980><c> that</c>

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voice.<00:25:35.799><c> How</c><00:25:36.000><c> do</c><00:25:36.140><c> you</c><00:25:36.200><c> get</c><00:25:36.339><c> to</c><00:25:36.480><c> the</c>

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story<00:25:40.819><c> of</c><00:25:40.819><c> Elijah?</c><00:25:40.819><c> Here's</c><00:25:41.039><c> how</c><00:25:41.220><c> you</c><00:25:41.220><c> do</c><00:25:41.359><c> it.</c><00:25:42.200><c> Hosea</c><00:25:42.500><c> said,</c><00:25:44.740><c> I</c>

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will<00:25:45.220><c> allure</c><00:25:45.579><c> her</c><00:25:46.339><c> into</c><00:25:46.900><c> the</c><00:25:47.099><c> wilderness.</c>

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Speaking<00:25:49.539><c> of</c><00:25:49.759><c> the</c><00:25:49.900><c> restoration</c><00:25:50.640><c> of</c><00:25:50.819><c> Israel,</c><00:25:51.200><c> Hosea</c><00:25:51.700><c> 2.</c><00:25:52.940><c> And</c><00:25:53.119><c> the</c><00:25:53.279><c> very</c><00:25:53.539><c> words</c><00:25:53.859><c> of</c><00:25:54.059><c> Hosea</c><00:25:54.440><c> 2</c>

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are<00:25:55.420><c> couched</c><00:25:55.839><c> in</c><00:25:55.900><c> the</c>

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terms<00:25:56.279><c> of</c><00:25:56.500><c> Elijah's</c><00:25:57.079><c> life.</c><00:25:58.079><c> Great</c><00:25:58.400><c> shall</c><00:25:58.559><c> be</c><00:25:58.740><c> the</c><00:25:58.779><c> day</c><00:25:59.000><c> of</c><00:25:59.200><c> Jezreel.</c><00:26:01.380><c> I</c>

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will<00:26:01.859><c> hear</c><00:26:02.039><c> the</c><00:26:02.259><c> hearth,</c><00:26:02.559><c> and</c><00:26:02.619><c> they</c><00:26:02.700><c> will</c>

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hear<00:26:03.000><c> the</c><00:26:03.200><c> heavens,</c><00:26:03.519><c> and</c><00:26:03.579><c> they</c><00:26:03.680><c> will</c><00:26:03.880><c> hear</c><00:26:04.019><c> the</c><00:26:04.279><c> corn,</c><00:26:04.940><c> and</c><00:26:05.059><c> they</c><00:26:05.140><c> will</c><00:26:05.299><c> hear</c><00:26:05.400><c> the</c><00:26:05.640><c> wine.</c><00:26:06.160><c> The</c><00:26:06.319><c> story</c><00:26:06.500><c> of</c>

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Elijah<00:26:07.019><c> on</c>

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the<00:26:07.680><c> ground,</c><00:26:07.859><c> bringing</c><00:26:07.980><c> down</c><00:26:08.339><c> rain</c><00:26:08.640><c> upon</c><00:26:08.880><c> a</c><00:26:09.259><c> parched</c><00:26:09.599><c> earth.</c>

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All<00:26:10.660><c> the</c><00:26:11.480><c> references</c><00:26:11.900><c> to</c><00:26:12.740><c> the</c><00:26:12.980><c> life</c><00:26:13.180><c> of</c><00:26:13.460><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:26:14.440><c> Hosea</c><00:26:14.759><c> says,</c><00:26:15.359><c> I</c><00:26:15.420><c> will</c><00:26:15.680><c> allure</c><00:26:16.000><c> her</c><00:26:16.259><c> into</c><00:26:16.440><c> the</c><00:26:16.619><c> wilderness.</c><00:26:18.559><c> And</c><00:26:19.119><c> I</c><00:26:19.299><c> will</c>

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speak<00:26:19.839><c> to</c><00:26:20.059><c> her</c><00:26:20.400><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:26:21.579><c> that,</c><00:26:22.240><c> brethren</c><00:26:22.240><c> and</c><00:26:22.500><c> sisters,</c><00:26:22.680><c> is</c><00:26:22.880><c> the</c><00:26:23.099><c> lesson</c><00:26:23.339><c> of</c><00:26:23.599><c> our</c>

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life.<00:26:25.200><c> And</c><00:26:25.559><c> believe</c><00:26:25.799><c> me,</c><00:26:26.059><c> when</c><00:26:26.220><c> I</c><00:26:26.440><c> tell</c><00:26:26.519><c> you</c><00:26:26.660><c> this</c>

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here,<00:26:27.500><c> I</c><00:26:27.839><c> haven't</c><00:26:28.059><c> come</c><00:26:28.420><c> all</c><00:26:28.700><c> this</c><00:26:28.960><c> way</c><00:26:29.480><c> from</c><00:26:29.819><c> my</c><00:26:30.140><c> family</c><00:26:30.599><c> to</c><00:26:30.960><c> illustrate</c><00:26:31.440><c> to</c><00:26:31.700><c> you</c><00:26:32.140><c> that</c><00:26:32.440><c> I</c>

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can<00:26:32.779><c> speak</c><00:26:33.019><c> from</c><00:26:33.220><c> the</c>

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Bible,<00:26:33.779><c> because</c><00:26:33.940><c> I</c><00:26:34.079><c> don't</c><00:26:34.380><c> really</c><00:26:34.859><c> think</c><00:26:35.140><c> that's</c><00:26:35.460><c> so.</c><00:26:38.119><c> But</c><00:26:38.319><c> I</c>

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tell<00:26:38.599><c> you</c><00:26:38.660><c> what</c><00:26:38.799><c> I</c><00:26:38.940><c> have</c><00:26:39.099><c> come</c><00:26:39.279><c> to</c><00:26:39.420><c> say</c><00:26:39.539><c> to</c><00:26:39.720><c> you,</c>

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that<00:26:40.680><c> if</c><00:26:40.839><c> we</c><00:26:41.039><c> don't</c><00:26:41.220><c> get</c><00:26:41.460><c> out</c><00:26:41.559><c> into</c><00:26:41.700><c> that</c><00:26:41.980><c> wilderness</c><00:26:42.220><c> from</c>

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this<00:26:42.819><c> cursive</c><00:26:43.160><c> materialistic</c><00:26:43.859><c> world,</c>

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God<00:26:44.619><c> will</c><00:26:44.779><c> never</c><00:26:44.980><c> talk</c><00:26:45.220><c> to</c><00:26:45.339><c> your</c><00:26:45.559><c> heart.</c><00:26:46.799><c> And</c><00:26:47.059><c> I</c><00:26:47.319><c> say</c><00:26:47.440><c> that</c><00:26:47.599><c> on</c>

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the<00:26:47.960><c> authority</c><00:26:48.319><c> of</c><00:26:48.579><c> the</c><00:26:48.740><c> word</c><00:26:48.920><c> of</c><00:26:49.140><c> God</c><00:26:49.279><c> and</c><00:26:49.480><c> by</c><00:26:49.599><c> the</c>

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experience,<00:26:50.180><c> because</c><00:26:50.279><c> he</c><00:26:50.460><c> can't</c><00:26:50.700><c> talk</c><00:26:50.880><c> to</c><00:26:51.019><c> my</c><00:26:51.259><c> heart,</c><00:26:51.660><c> because</c><00:26:52.000><c> I</c><00:26:52.539><c> am</c>

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basically<00:26:53.759><c> materialistic.</c><00:26:56.200><c> And</c><00:26:56.599><c> that,</c>

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brothers<00:26:57.339><c> and</c><00:26:57.599><c> sisters,</c><00:26:58.640><c> is</c><00:26:58.779><c> not</c><00:26:59.240><c> false</c><00:26:59.619><c> humility.</c><00:27:00.619><c> It</c><00:27:00.759><c> is</c><00:27:01.099><c> a</c>

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tragic<00:27:01.799><c> fact.</c><00:27:04.460><c> I</c><00:27:04.700><c> am</c><00:27:05.059><c> very</c><00:27:05.500><c> much</c><00:27:05.920><c> taken</c><00:27:06.220><c> over</c>

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with<00:27:06.660><c> materialism.</c><00:27:07.880><c> Not</c><00:27:08.059><c> that</c><00:27:08.180><c> I've</c><00:27:08.460><c> got</c><00:27:08.619><c> much,</c><00:27:09.180><c> but</c><00:27:09.339><c> I</c><00:27:09.519><c> think</c>

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a<00:27:09.759><c> lot</c><00:27:09.859><c> about</c><00:27:10.039><c> what</c><00:27:10.160><c> I</c><00:27:10.339><c> could</c><00:27:10.579><c> get.</c>

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And<00:27:12.619><c> if</c><00:27:12.779><c> God</c><00:27:12.940><c> can't</c><00:27:13.339><c> allure</c><00:27:13.579><c> me</c><00:27:14.259><c> into</c><00:27:14.539><c> the</c><00:27:14.740><c> wilderness,</c><00:27:15.259><c> he'll</c>

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never<00:27:15.920><c> talk</c><00:27:16.220><c> to</c><00:27:16.380><c> my</c><00:27:16.640><c> heart.</c><00:27:18.319><c> Come</c><00:27:18.579><c> for</c><00:27:18.720><c> she.</c>

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Speak<00:27:19.460><c> to</c><00:27:19.599><c> the</c><00:27:19.880><c> heart</c><00:27:20.039><c> of</c><00:27:20.200><c> this</c><00:27:20.400><c> people.</c><00:27:20.900><c> That</c><00:27:21.039><c> her</c><00:27:21.400><c> warfare</c>

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is<00:27:22.079><c> accomplished.</c><00:27:22.680><c> The</c><00:27:22.940><c> time</c><00:27:23.119><c> of</c><00:27:23.299><c> her</c><00:27:23.519><c> hard</c>

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services<00:27:24.220><c> come.</c><00:27:25.079><c> She</c><00:27:25.299><c> hath</c><00:27:25.700><c> received</c><00:27:26.579><c> of,</c><00:27:27.880><c> it</c><00:27:28.180><c> says</c><00:27:28.420><c> here,</c><00:27:28.980><c> she</c><00:27:29.180><c> hath</c><00:27:29.480><c> received</c><00:27:30.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:30.359><c> Lord's</c><00:27:30.759><c> hand</c>

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double<00:27:31.599><c> for</c><00:27:31.839><c> all</c><00:27:32.000><c> her</c><00:27:32.200><c> sins.</c><00:27:32.900><c> In</c><00:27:33.099><c> other</c><00:27:33.279><c> words,</c><00:27:33.839><c> she</c><00:27:34.019><c> hath</c><00:27:34.339><c> received,</c><00:27:34.920><c> brothers</c><00:27:35.039><c> and</c><00:27:35.259><c> sisters,</c>

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literally<00:27:36.500><c> rendered</c><00:27:36.700><c> in</c><00:27:36.920><c> the</c><00:27:37.059><c> Hebrew,</c><00:27:37.619><c> she</c><00:27:37.859><c> has</c><00:27:38.180><c> accepted</c>

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the<00:27:39.460><c> punishment.</c><00:27:40.579><c> She's</c><00:27:41.019><c> accepted</c><00:27:41.380><c> her</c>

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punishment.<00:27:42.180><c> She's</c><00:27:42.599><c> agreed</c><00:27:42.859><c> with</c><00:27:43.059><c> it.</c><00:27:43.380><c> And</c><00:27:43.559><c> that's</c><00:27:43.839><c> taken</c><00:27:44.200><c> straight</c><00:27:44.920><c> out</c><00:27:45.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:45.319><c> 26th</c><00:27:45.880><c> chapter</c><00:27:46.039><c> of</c><00:27:46.180><c> Leviticus,</c>

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that<00:27:47.160><c> what</c><00:27:47.339><c> Israel</c><00:27:47.779><c> accepts</c><00:27:48.220><c> the</c><00:27:48.460><c> punishment</c><00:27:48.900><c> of</c><00:27:49.220><c> their</c><00:27:49.420><c> iniquity.</c><00:27:51.299><c> Then</c>

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I<00:27:51.700><c> will</c><00:27:51.880><c> remember</c><00:27:52.400><c> the</c><00:27:52.660><c> covenant,</c>

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which<00:27:53.019><c> I</c><00:27:53.299><c> made</c><00:27:53.460><c> with</c><00:27:53.960><c> Jacob,</c><00:27:55.759><c> with</c><00:27:56.180><c> Isaac,</c><00:27:57.400><c> with</c><00:27:57.700><c> Abraham.</c>

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That's<00:27:58.640><c> backwards.</c><00:28:01.299><c> Because</c><00:28:01.640><c> God</c><00:28:02.000><c> will</c>

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remember<00:28:03.119><c> them.</c><00:28:04.039><c> Jacob,</c><00:28:05.119><c> Isaac,</c><00:28:06.079><c> Abraham.</c><00:28:06.680><c> That's</c><00:28:07.119><c> backwards.</c><00:28:08.720><c> And</c><00:28:08.819><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:28:09.220><c> chapter</c><00:28:09.619><c> 6,</c>

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Paul<00:28:10.880><c> says,</c><00:28:11.319><c> God</c><00:28:11.400><c> is</c><00:28:11.660><c> not</c><00:28:11.859><c> unmindful</c><00:28:12.900><c> to</c><00:28:13.200><c> forget</c><00:28:13.440><c> your</c><00:28:13.700><c> labour</c>

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of<00:28:14.440><c> love,</c><00:28:16.299><c> your</c><00:28:16.579><c> service</c><00:28:16.920><c> of</c><00:28:17.359><c> hope,</c>

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and<00:28:19.380><c> your</c><00:28:19.720><c> continuance</c><00:28:20.420><c> in</c><00:28:20.980><c> faith.</c><00:28:22.099><c> And</c><00:28:22.099><c> that's</c><00:28:22.460><c> backwards.</c>

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Because<00:28:23.980><c> God</c><00:28:24.220><c> is</c><00:28:24.460><c> not</c><00:28:24.640><c> unmindful,</c>

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mindful<00:28:25.539><c> to</c><00:28:25.839><c> forget</c><00:28:26.180><c> you.</c><00:28:27.380><c> And</c><00:28:27.559><c> there's</c><00:28:27.779><c> the</c><00:28:27.960><c> creator</c><00:28:28.259><c> thinking</c><00:28:28.700><c> back</c>

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to<00:28:29.400><c> them.</c><00:28:29.900><c> Because</c><00:28:30.240><c> we</c><00:28:30.640><c> have</c><00:28:30.880><c> accepted,</c>

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brethren<00:28:32.059><c> and</c><00:28:32.339><c> sisters,</c><00:28:33.000><c> the</c><00:28:33.279><c> truth</c><00:28:33.519><c> of</c><00:28:33.720><c> the</c><00:28:33.859><c> matter.</c><00:28:35.539><c> That</c>

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we<00:28:35.839><c> are</c><00:28:36.079><c> no</c><00:28:36.259><c> good</c><00:28:36.380><c> in</c><00:28:36.599><c> God's</c><00:28:37.019><c> eyes.</c><00:28:37.880><c> And</c><00:28:38.039><c> that</c><00:28:38.119><c> he</c>

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can<00:28:38.279><c> never</c><00:28:38.559><c> speak</c><00:28:38.819><c> while</c><00:28:39.000><c> in</c><00:28:39.119><c> the</c><00:28:39.259><c> wilderness.</c><00:28:39.660><c> It's</c><00:28:39.980><c> a</c><00:28:40.119><c> voice</c>

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crying.<00:28:42.940><c> And</c><00:28:43.160><c> what's</c><00:28:43.339><c> he</c><00:28:43.500><c> saying?</c>

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The<00:28:45.559><c> voice</c><00:28:45.799><c> is</c><00:28:46.079><c> crying.</c><00:28:47.099><c> And</c><00:28:47.160><c> it</c><00:28:47.339><c> reads</c><00:28:47.519><c> like</c><00:28:47.839><c> this.</c>

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In<00:28:50.140><c> the</c><00:28:50.740><c> wilderness</c><00:28:51.299><c> prepare</c><00:28:52.140><c> you</c><00:28:52.319><c> the</c><00:28:52.440><c> way</c><00:28:52.579><c> of</c><00:28:52.700><c> the</c><00:28:52.859><c> Lord</c><00:28:53.079><c> and</c>

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make<00:28:54.200><c> straight</c><00:28:54.720><c> in</c><00:28:55.059><c> the</c><00:28:55.420><c> desert</c><00:28:55.799><c> a</c><00:28:56.420><c> highway</c>

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for<00:28:57.240><c> our</c><00:28:57.579><c> God.</c><00:28:58.720><c> The</c><00:28:59.000><c> proof</c><00:28:59.200><c> of</c><00:28:59.339><c> it,</c><00:28:59.539><c> brethren</c><00:28:59.740><c> and</c><00:28:59.980><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:29:00.380><c> in</c><00:29:00.559><c> the</c><00:29:00.799><c> parallelism.</c>

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That's<00:29:04.579><c> the</c><00:29:04.660><c> proof</c><00:29:04.839><c> of</c><00:29:04.980><c> it.</c><00:29:06.519><c> And</c><00:29:06.700><c> the</c><00:29:06.859><c> voice</c><00:29:07.039><c> says</c><00:29:07.279><c> what?</c><00:29:07.500><c> What</c>

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does<00:29:07.759><c> the</c><00:29:07.940><c> voice</c><00:29:08.119><c> say?</c><00:29:08.839><c> In</c><00:29:09.079><c> the</c><00:29:09.519><c> wilderness</c>

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prepare<00:29:11.299><c> you</c><00:29:11.480><c> the</c><00:29:11.539><c> way</c><00:29:11.700><c> of</c><00:29:11.819><c> the</c><00:29:11.920><c> Lord</c><00:29:12.160><c> and</c><00:29:12.640><c> make</c><00:29:12.859><c> straight</c><00:29:13.099><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:13.539><c> desert</c><00:29:14.039><c> a</c><00:29:14.420><c> highway</c><00:29:14.680><c> for</c><00:29:14.960><c> our</c><00:29:15.200><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:29:16.220><c> the</c><00:29:16.420><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:16.779><c> parallelism.</c><00:29:17.839><c> That's</c><00:29:18.140><c> what</c><00:29:18.279><c> it's</c><00:29:18.660><c> got</c>

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to<00:29:19.119><c> me.</c><00:29:21.000><c> And</c><00:29:21.099><c> so</c><00:29:21.259><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:21.619><c> the</c><00:29:21.920><c> prophet</c><00:29:22.119><c> says,</c>

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upon<00:29:23.240><c> the</c><00:29:23.660><c> soil</c><00:29:24.019><c> the</c><00:29:24.559><c> Adomar</c><00:29:25.380><c> shall</c><00:29:25.660><c> come</c><00:29:26.339><c> to</c><00:29:26.339><c> you</c><00:29:26.420><c> in</c><00:29:26.619><c> peace</c>

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and<00:29:28.180><c> invite</c><00:29:28.500><c> you</c><00:29:28.619><c> all</c><00:29:28.880><c> to</c><00:29:29.059><c> come</c><00:29:29.220><c> out</c><00:29:29.559><c> there</c>

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and<00:29:30.559><c> listen</c><00:29:30.819><c> to</c><00:29:30.940><c> what</c><00:29:31.099><c> God</c><00:29:31.319><c> had</c><00:29:31.519><c> to</c><00:29:31.740><c> say.</c><00:29:34.099><c> There,</c><00:29:34.460><c> brethren</c><00:29:34.599><c> and</c><00:29:34.799><c> sisters,</c><00:29:35.079><c> is</c>

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the<00:29:35.440><c> great</c><00:29:35.619><c> lesson</c><00:29:36.099><c> of</c><00:29:36.579><c> that</c><00:29:36.779><c> man's</c>

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life.<00:29:37.680><c> God</c><00:29:37.920><c> doesn't</c><00:29:38.240><c> ask</c><00:29:38.619><c> us</c><00:29:38.859><c> to</c><00:29:39.019><c> leave</c><00:29:39.180><c> house</c><00:29:39.559><c> and</c><00:29:39.799><c> home.</c><00:29:40.500><c> He</c>

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doesn't<00:29:40.900><c> ask</c><00:29:41.220><c> us</c><00:29:41.380><c> to</c><00:29:41.559><c> sell</c><00:29:41.660><c> all</c><00:29:41.839><c> our</c><00:29:41.960><c> possessions.</c>

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That's<00:29:42.920><c> not</c><00:29:43.119><c> what</c><00:29:43.220><c> he's</c><00:29:43.400><c> trying</c><00:29:43.539><c> to</c><00:29:43.640><c> tell</c><00:29:43.759><c> us,</c><00:29:44.039><c> brethren</c><00:29:44.160><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:29:44.779><c> We</c><00:29:44.940><c> don't</c><00:29:45.059><c> have</c><00:29:45.200><c> to</c><00:29:45.319><c> go</c><00:29:45.440><c> and</c><00:29:45.640><c> buy</c><00:29:45.779><c> a</c><00:29:46.059><c> camel</c>

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skin.<00:29:47.579><c> We</c><00:29:47.819><c> don't</c><00:29:48.000><c> need</c><00:29:48.119><c> to</c><00:29:48.259><c> do</c><00:29:48.440><c> that.</c><00:29:49.480><c> We</c><00:29:49.680><c> can't</c><00:29:49.960><c> escape</c><00:29:50.359><c> our</c>

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environment.<00:29:51.160><c> We're</c><00:29:51.400><c> caught</c><00:29:51.579><c> up</c><00:29:51.799><c> in</c><00:29:51.900><c> it.</c><00:29:52.319><c> We're</c><00:29:52.759><c> like</c>

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rats<00:29:53.079><c> in</c><00:29:53.259><c> a</c><00:29:53.440><c> trap.</c><00:29:54.859><c> But</c><00:29:55.059><c> unless</c><00:29:55.400><c> we</c><00:29:55.700><c> get</c><00:29:55.920><c> that</c><00:29:56.319><c> head</c><00:29:56.759><c> out</c><00:29:57.599><c> of</c>

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that<00:29:57.980><c> environment,</c><00:29:58.680><c> we'll</c><00:29:58.980><c> never</c><00:29:59.220><c> learn</c><00:29:59.400><c> about</c><00:29:59.660><c> God's</c>

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word.<00:30:01.440><c> I</c><00:30:01.680><c> can't</c><00:30:02.000><c> do</c><00:30:02.180><c> it.</c><00:30:03.579><c> In</c><00:30:03.619><c> older</c><00:30:03.839><c> days</c><00:30:04.119><c> when</c><00:30:04.339><c> brethren</c><00:30:04.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:05.319><c> pioneers</c><00:30:05.599><c> went</c><00:30:05.799><c> to</c><00:30:05.960><c> the</c><00:30:06.059><c> meeting</c><00:30:06.240><c> in</c><00:30:06.460><c> horse</c><00:30:06.640><c> and</c>

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trap<00:30:07.059><c> and</c><00:30:07.440><c> they</c><00:30:07.619><c> went</c><00:30:07.759><c> along</c><00:30:08.039><c> jig</c><00:30:08.319><c> jogging</c><00:30:08.839><c> along</c><00:30:09.059><c> with</c><00:30:09.240><c> the</c>

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horse<00:30:09.579><c> and</c><00:30:09.839><c> trap</c><00:30:10.059><c> slowly</c><00:30:10.480><c> to</c><00:30:10.640><c> the</c><00:30:10.759><c> meeting,</c><00:30:11.160><c> brethren</c>

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sisters,<00:30:11.920><c> they</c><00:30:12.099><c> regurgitated</c><00:30:12.720><c> things.</c><00:30:13.319><c> They</c><00:30:13.799><c> zip</c><00:30:14.160><c> here</c><00:30:14.440><c> and</c>

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zip<00:30:15.180><c> there.</c><00:30:15.759><c> They</c><00:30:15.920><c> can't</c><00:30:16.240><c> spend</c><00:30:16.480><c> two</c><00:30:16.859><c> seconds</c><00:30:17.319><c> to</c>

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quietly<00:30:18.079><c> sit</c><00:30:18.380><c> down</c><00:30:18.940><c> quietly</c><00:30:19.579><c> and</c><00:30:19.960><c> listen</c><00:30:20.160><c> to</c><00:30:20.319><c> the</c><00:30:20.460><c> voice</c><00:30:20.640><c> of</c>

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God<00:30:21.059><c> speak</c><00:30:21.380><c> to</c><00:30:21.599><c> their</c><00:30:21.900><c> heart.</c><00:30:23.940><c> And</c><00:30:24.119><c> the</c><00:30:24.339><c> truth</c><00:30:24.480><c> is</c><00:30:24.680><c> going</c>

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downhill,<00:30:25.579><c> brethren</c><00:30:25.660><c> and</c><00:30:25.880><c> sisters.</c><00:30:27.079><c> I</c><00:30:27.200><c> don't</c><00:30:27.299><c> know</c><00:30:27.400><c> about</c><00:30:27.500><c> your</c><00:30:27.759><c> country.</c><00:30:27.980><c> I</c>

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know<00:30:28.319><c> nothing</c><00:30:28.619><c> about</c><00:30:28.859><c> your</c><00:30:29.059><c> country.</c>

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I'm<00:30:29.640><c> talking</c><00:30:29.920><c> about</c><00:30:30.220><c> my</c><00:30:30.559><c> country.</c><00:30:31.160><c> The</c><00:30:31.259><c> truth</c><00:30:31.420><c> is</c><00:30:31.559><c> going</c><00:30:31.819><c> downhill</c><00:30:32.240><c> because</c><00:30:32.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:33.200><c> curse</c><00:30:33.440><c> of</c><00:30:33.599><c> that</c><00:30:33.799><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:30:35.859><c> people</c><00:30:36.059><c> come</c><00:30:36.240><c> to</c><00:30:36.400><c> me</c><00:30:36.480><c> and</c><00:30:36.579><c> they</c><00:30:36.779><c> say,</c><00:30:37.119><c> how</c><00:30:37.279><c> do</c><00:30:37.380><c> you</c><00:30:37.519><c> study</c>

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the<00:30:37.900><c> Bible?</c><00:30:38.240><c> Can</c><00:30:38.380><c> you</c><00:30:38.579><c> show</c><00:30:38.680><c> us</c><00:30:38.920><c> messes?</c><00:30:39.380><c> What</c>

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colors<00:30:39.880><c> do</c><00:30:40.019><c> you</c><00:30:40.160><c> use</c><00:30:40.259><c> to</c><00:30:40.440><c> mark</c><00:30:40.579><c> up</c><00:30:40.759><c> your</c><00:30:40.920><c> Bible?</c><00:30:41.440><c> I</c><00:30:41.539><c> say</c><00:30:41.980><c> to</c><00:30:42.039><c> them,</c><00:30:42.279><c> now</c>

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look,<00:30:42.539><c> before</c><00:30:42.740><c> we</c><00:30:42.960><c> ever</c><00:30:43.140><c> start</c><00:30:43.339><c> talking</c>

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about<00:30:43.839><c> colors,</c><00:30:45.000><c> pens</c><00:30:45.180><c> and</c><00:30:45.380><c> inks</c><00:30:45.539><c> or</c><00:30:45.660><c> whatever,</c><00:30:46.779><c> I</c><00:30:46.960><c> want</c><00:30:47.140><c> to</c><00:30:47.279><c> know,</c><00:30:47.940><c> are</c><00:30:48.079><c> you</c><00:30:48.299><c> prepared</c><00:30:48.819><c> to</c>

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spend<00:30:49.359><c> hour</c><00:30:49.960><c> after</c><00:30:50.720><c> hour</c>

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after<00:30:52.160><c> hour</c><00:30:52.640><c> after</c><00:30:53.200><c> hour</c><00:30:53.680><c> on</c><00:30:53.799><c> that</c><00:30:54.039><c> book?</c><00:30:54.220><c> If</c><00:30:54.299><c> you're</c><00:30:54.579><c> not,</c>

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forget<00:30:55.240><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:30:57.920><c> brethren</c><00:30:58.200><c> and</c><00:30:58.440><c> sisters,</c><00:30:58.619><c> he</c><00:30:58.759><c> will</c><00:30:59.039><c> allure</c><00:30:59.500><c> us</c><00:30:59.740><c> into</c>

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the<00:31:00.079><c> wilderness</c><00:31:00.359><c> and</c><00:31:00.839><c> speak</c><00:31:01.140><c> to</c><00:31:01.299><c> our</c><00:31:01.579><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:31:03.680><c> so</c><00:31:03.900><c> John</c><00:31:04.079><c> was</c><00:31:04.359><c> there</c><00:31:04.940><c> in</c><00:31:05.720><c> the</c><00:31:06.019><c> wilderness,</c><00:31:07.440><c> prepare</c><00:31:07.700><c> the</c>

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way<00:31:08.019><c> of</c><00:31:08.140><c> the</c><00:31:08.240><c> Lord.</c><00:31:08.759><c> And</c><00:31:08.980><c> down</c><00:31:09.180><c> they</c><00:31:09.440><c> came</c><00:31:09.900><c> and</c><00:31:10.339><c> looked</c>

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down<00:31:10.880><c> nature's</c><00:31:11.440><c> amphitheater</c><00:31:12.079><c> and</c><00:31:12.519><c> heard</c><00:31:12.819><c> the</c><00:31:13.079><c> voice.</c><00:31:14.299><c> Every</c>

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valley<00:31:15.140><c> was</c><00:31:15.319><c> to</c><00:31:15.480><c> be</c><00:31:15.700><c> exalted.</c><00:31:16.200><c> He</c><00:31:16.400><c> would</c><00:31:16.579><c> lift</c><00:31:16.799><c> up</c>

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meat.<00:31:18.759><c> Every</c><00:31:19.180><c> mountain</c><00:31:19.460><c> was</c><00:31:19.619><c> to</c><00:31:19.740><c> be</c><00:31:19.880><c> made</c><00:31:20.079><c> low.</c><00:31:20.559><c> He</c><00:31:20.779><c> would</c><00:31:21.039><c> depress</c><00:31:21.740><c> the</c>

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mighty<00:31:22.400><c> and</c><00:31:22.839><c> the</c><00:31:23.019><c> proud.</c>

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The<00:31:24.640><c> crooked</c><00:31:24.859><c> places</c><00:31:25.220><c> would</c><00:31:25.400><c> be</c><00:31:25.559><c> made</c><00:31:25.859><c> straight</c><00:31:26.200><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:31:26.759><c> sisters.</c><00:31:27.880><c> And</c><00:31:28.039><c> all</c><00:31:28.180><c> those</c><00:31:28.420><c> lives</c><00:31:28.880><c> that</c><00:31:29.000><c> were</c><00:31:29.259><c> crooked</c>

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in<00:31:29.740><c> God's</c><00:31:30.140><c> sight</c><00:31:30.160><c> would</c><00:31:30.339><c> be</c><00:31:30.480><c> made</c><00:31:30.720><c> straight.</c><00:31:31.759><c> And</c><00:31:32.099><c> the</c><00:31:32.339><c> coarse,</c><00:31:32.799><c> rough</c>

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natures<00:31:33.559><c> of</c><00:31:33.819><c> men</c><00:31:34.420><c> would</c><00:31:35.259><c> be</c><00:31:35.599><c> smoothed</c>

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over.<00:31:38.059><c> And</c><00:31:38.339><c> do</c><00:31:38.480><c> you</c><00:31:38.500><c> know</c><00:31:38.680><c> something?</c><00:31:41.420><c> There</c><00:31:41.640><c> were</c><00:31:41.799><c> only</c><00:31:42.119><c> four</c>

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classes<00:31:42.960><c> of</c><00:31:43.220><c> people</c><00:31:43.700><c> registered</c><00:31:44.359><c> in</c><00:31:44.559><c> the</c><00:31:44.720><c> Gospels</c>

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that<00:31:45.160><c> listened</c><00:31:45.380><c> to</c><00:31:45.559><c> John.</c><00:31:47.160><c> The</c><00:31:47.339><c> common</c><00:31:47.640><c> people</c><00:31:48.039><c> who</c><00:31:48.220><c> heard</c>

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him<00:31:48.599><c> gladly</c><00:31:48.900><c> and</c><00:31:49.119><c> were</c><00:31:49.319><c> exalted.</c>

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The<00:31:51.559><c> scribes</c><00:31:51.920><c> and</c><00:31:52.099><c> Pharisees</c><00:31:52.559><c> whom</c><00:31:52.759><c> he</c><00:31:53.039><c> leveled.</c><00:31:54.819><c> The</c><00:31:55.059><c> publicans</c><00:31:55.480><c> with</c>

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all<00:31:55.759><c> their</c><00:31:56.099><c> crooked</c><00:31:56.420><c> dealings</c><00:31:56.819><c> as</c><00:31:57.059><c> tax</c>

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gatherers.<00:31:58.039><c> He</c><00:31:58.220><c> straightened</c><00:31:58.559><c> out.</c><00:32:00.279><c> And</c><00:32:00.519><c> down</c><00:32:00.680><c> came</c><00:32:00.960><c> the</c><00:32:01.299><c> Roman</c><00:32:01.759><c> soldiers</c><00:32:02.420><c> with</c><00:32:04.039><c> all</c>

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their<00:32:04.480><c> brutality.</c>

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And<00:32:06.799><c> he</c><00:32:06.920><c> said,</c><00:32:07.160><c> do</c><00:32:07.240><c> violence</c><00:32:07.559><c> to</c><00:32:07.779><c> no</c><00:32:07.980><c> man.</c><00:32:10.259><c> What</c><00:32:10.599><c> a</c><00:32:11.059><c> remarkable</c>

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:13.880
fulfillment<00:32:12.220><c> of</c><00:32:12.420><c> that</c><00:32:12.579><c> chapter</c><00:32:12.859><c> of</c><00:32:13.039><c> Scripture.</c>

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:17.819
Only<00:32:14.759><c> those</c><00:32:15.039><c> four</c><00:32:15.279><c> classes</c><00:32:15.599><c> were</c><00:32:15.819><c> mentioned.</c><00:32:17.319><c> And</c><00:32:17.339><c> the</c><00:32:17.440><c> glory</c>

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:19.500
of<00:32:17.940><c> the</c><00:32:18.079><c> Lord</c><00:32:18.299><c> shall</c><00:32:18.440><c> be</c><00:32:18.680><c> revealed</c><00:32:19.039><c> says</c>

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:24.480
says<00:32:19.720><c> Isaiah.</c><00:32:20.640><c> And</c><00:32:20.720><c> all</c><00:32:21.000><c> flesh</c><00:32:21.279><c> shall</c><00:32:21.500><c> see</c><00:32:21.700><c> it</c><00:32:22.480><c> together.</c><00:32:24.200><c> All</c>

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flesh<00:32:24.759><c> would</c><00:32:24.980><c> see</c><00:32:25.099><c> it</c><00:32:25.359><c> together.</c>

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:28.779
You<00:32:26.880><c> know</c><00:32:26.920><c> what</c><00:32:26.980><c> that</c><00:32:27.259><c> means</c><00:32:27.480><c> brethren</c><00:32:27.859><c> and</c><00:32:28.039><c> sisters?</c><00:32:28.400><c> You</c><00:32:28.480><c> read</c><00:32:28.640><c> it</c>

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.740
and<00:32:28.859><c> you</c><00:32:28.940><c> say</c><00:32:29.059><c> all</c><00:32:29.279><c> Christ</c><00:32:29.599><c> will</c><00:32:29.779><c> come.</c>

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:35.759
God's<00:32:31.539><c> glory</c><00:32:31.740><c> will</c><00:32:31.920><c> be</c><00:32:32.099><c> seen.</c><00:32:33.000><c> All</c><00:32:33.119><c> the</c><00:32:33.380><c> world</c><00:32:33.500><c> will</c><00:32:33.660><c> be</c><00:32:33.859><c> converted.</c><00:32:34.900><c> Yes.</c>

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:43.359
Now<00:32:35.960><c> that</c><00:32:36.019><c> about</c><00:32:36.279><c> that.</c><00:32:42.859><c> That's</c><00:32:43.339><c> not</c>

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:48.160
alike.<00:32:44.559><c> And</c><00:32:44.700><c> he's</c><00:32:44.799><c> not</c><00:32:45.079><c> talking</c><00:32:45.440><c> about</c><00:32:46.059><c> all</c><00:32:46.539><c> flesh</c><00:32:46.799><c> in</c><00:32:47.000><c> the</c><00:32:47.259><c> totality</c><00:32:47.759><c> of</c>

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.359
brethren<00:32:48.359><c> and</c><00:32:48.559><c> sisters.</c><00:32:48.960><c> What</c><00:32:49.119><c> he's</c>

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:52.440
saying<00:32:49.519><c> is</c><00:32:49.740><c> this.</c><00:32:50.079><c> That</c><00:32:50.200><c> when</c><00:32:50.339><c> they</c><00:32:50.579><c> saw</c><00:32:50.779><c> the</c><00:32:51.000><c> glory</c><00:32:51.259><c> of</c><00:32:51.559><c> God,</c>

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:54.079
as<00:32:52.759><c> John</c><00:32:52.960><c> was</c><00:32:53.160><c> telling</c><00:32:53.299><c> them</c><00:32:53.440><c> they</c><00:32:53.599><c> would</c><00:32:53.819><c> see</c><00:32:53.980><c> it</c>

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:58.000
in<00:32:54.160><c> our</c><00:32:54.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:54.440><c> Jesus</c><00:32:54.839><c> Christ.</c><00:32:56.240><c> All</c><00:32:56.579><c> flesh</c><00:32:56.839><c> in</c><00:32:57.019><c> the</c><00:32:57.160><c> sense</c><00:32:57.400><c> of</c>

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.940
all<00:32:58.220><c> kinds</c><00:32:58.519><c> of</c><00:32:58.720><c> people</c><00:32:58.859><c> would</c><00:32:59.079><c> see</c><00:32:59.220><c> it</c><00:32:59.559><c> and</c><00:32:59.700><c> then</c><00:32:59.799><c> all</c>

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:06.119
become<00:33:00.180><c> alike.</c><00:33:02.200><c> They'd</c><00:33:02.460><c> become</c><00:33:02.619><c> alike.</c><00:33:04.839><c> Is</c><00:33:04.980><c> that</c><00:33:05.079><c> what</c><00:33:05.220><c> I</c><00:33:05.500><c> think?</c><00:33:06.059><c> Did</c>

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:13.839
I<00:33:06.299><c> get</c><00:33:06.380><c> that</c><00:33:06.500><c> out</c><00:33:06.619><c> of</c><00:33:06.720><c> my</c><00:33:06.799><c> own</c><00:33:06.980><c> head?</c><00:33:12.940><c> Brethren</c>

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:18.420
the<00:33:14.720><c> glory</c><00:33:15.119><c> as</c><00:33:15.420><c> of</c><00:33:15.640><c> the</c><00:33:15.859><c> only</c><00:33:16.299><c> begotten</c><00:33:16.819><c> of</c><00:33:16.960><c> the</c><00:33:17.160><c> Father,</c><00:33:18.279><c> full</c>

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:21.099
of<00:33:18.700><c> grace</c><00:33:18.920><c> and</c><00:33:19.160><c> truth.</c><00:33:19.420><c> So</c><00:33:19.579><c> it</c><00:33:19.619><c> was</c><00:33:19.900><c> revealed.</c>

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:26.119
That's<00:33:22.279><c> in</c><00:33:22.380><c> John</c><00:33:22.519><c> chapter</c><00:33:22.779><c> one.</c><00:33:24.619><c> John</c><00:33:24.900><c> chapter</c><00:33:25.259><c> three</c><00:33:25.759><c> deals</c>

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:30.799
with<00:33:26.400><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:33:27.980><c> a</c><00:33:28.220><c> ruler</c><00:33:28.700><c> of</c><00:33:29.299><c> the</c><00:33:29.519><c> Jews</c><00:33:29.980><c> who</c>

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:33.519
thought<00:33:31.039><c> that</c><00:33:31.220><c> his</c><00:33:31.400><c> blood</c><00:33:31.599><c> was</c><00:33:31.900><c> blue</c><00:33:32.299><c> and</c><00:33:32.859><c> everybody</c><00:33:33.160><c> else's</c>

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:38.839
was<00:33:33.720><c> red.</c><00:33:35.740><c> And</c><00:33:36.039><c> John</c><00:33:36.400><c> chapter</c><00:33:36.859><c> four</c><00:33:37.599><c> deals</c><00:33:38.460><c> with</c>

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:43.579
an<00:33:39.079><c> immoral</c><00:33:39.940><c> wicked</c><00:33:40.460><c> woman</c><00:33:40.859><c> of</c><00:33:41.119><c> Samaria.</c><00:33:42.740><c> The</c><00:33:43.000><c> other</c><00:33:43.220><c> end</c><00:33:43.420><c> of</c>

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:48.539
the<00:33:43.759><c> scale.</c><00:33:46.019><c> And</c><00:33:46.140><c> the</c><00:33:46.339><c> glory</c><00:33:46.599><c> of</c><00:33:46.859><c> God</c><00:33:47.059><c> was</c><00:33:47.500><c> revealed</c>

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:56.759
and<00:33:50.140><c> all</c><00:33:50.779><c> flesh</c><00:33:51.380><c> from</c><00:33:52.480><c> the</c><00:33:52.880><c> blue</c><00:33:53.200><c> blooded</c><00:33:53.819><c> rabbi</c><00:33:55.299><c> to</c><00:33:56.220><c> the</c><00:33:56.460><c> poor</c>

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:59.819
destitute<00:33:57.380><c> woman</c><00:33:57.660><c> of</c><00:33:57.839><c> Samaria</c><00:33:58.160><c> that</c><00:33:58.319><c> he</c><00:33:58.640><c> despised</c>

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saw<00:34:00.880><c> that</c><00:34:01.220><c> glory.</c><00:34:02.380><c> And</c><00:34:02.559><c> when</c><00:34:02.740><c> the</c><00:34:03.660><c> glory</c><00:34:03.920><c> of</c><00:34:04.099><c> God</c><00:34:04.279><c> is</c><00:34:04.539><c> seen</c><00:34:04.680><c> by</c>

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:07.299
the<00:34:05.099><c> mighty</c><00:34:05.519><c> and</c><00:34:06.220><c> perceived</c><00:34:06.599><c> by</c><00:34:06.839><c> the</c><00:34:07.000><c> humble</c>

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:12.219
sisters,<00:34:08.940><c> human</c><00:34:09.079><c> distinctions</c><00:34:09.619><c> disappear</c><00:34:10.400><c> and</c><00:34:11.780><c> they</c><00:34:11.980><c> become</c>

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:16.219
alike<00:34:12.699><c> because</c><00:34:14.420><c> everything</c><00:34:14.800><c> fades</c><00:34:15.440><c> into</c>

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:22.679
insignificance,<00:34:17.699><c> status,</c><00:34:19.199><c> importance.</c><00:34:22.000><c> Everything</c><00:34:22.320><c> fades</c>

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:25.360
into<00:34:22.920><c> insignificance</c><00:34:23.980><c> in</c><00:34:24.719><c> the</c><00:34:24.880><c> view</c><00:34:24.980><c> of</c><00:34:25.179><c> that</c>

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:30.840
glory.<00:34:27.099><c> That's</c><00:34:27.340><c> what</c><00:34:27.539><c> John</c><00:34:27.820><c> come</c><00:34:28.059><c> to</c><00:34:28.260><c> do.</c><00:34:30.079><c> To</c><00:34:30.320><c> turn</c><00:34:30.500><c> the</c><00:34:30.699><c> heart</c>

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:37.280
of<00:34:31.000><c> the</c><00:34:31.199><c> fathers</c><00:34:31.480><c> to</c><00:34:31.639><c> the</c><00:34:31.860><c> children</c><00:34:32.320><c> and</c><00:34:37.280><c> the</c>

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:43.199
record<00:34:38.000><c> to</c><00:34:39.179><c> turn</c><00:34:39.400><c> the</c><00:34:39.559><c> heart</c><00:34:39.739><c> of</c><00:34:39.940><c> the</c><00:34:40.079><c> fathers</c><00:34:40.360><c> of</c><00:34:40.559><c> the</c><00:34:40.739><c> children</c><00:34:41.099><c> and</c><00:34:42.099><c> the</c><00:34:42.320><c> disobedient</c><00:34:42.960><c> to</c>

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.800
the<00:34:43.320><c> wisdom</c><00:34:43.599><c> of</c>

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:47.659
the<00:34:43.980><c> just.</c><00:34:45.900><c> And</c><00:34:45.980><c> the</c><00:34:46.159><c> heart</c><00:34:46.320><c> of</c><00:34:46.500><c> the</c><00:34:46.659><c> fathers</c><00:34:46.980><c> would</c><00:34:47.260><c> be</c><00:34:47.420><c> turned</c><00:34:47.519><c> to</c>

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:49.159
the<00:34:47.820><c> children</c><00:34:48.039><c> when</c><00:34:48.260><c> Isaiah's</c><00:34:48.840><c> prophecies</c>

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:52.360
fulfilled,<00:34:50.099><c> which</c><00:34:50.219><c> said,</c><00:34:51.159><c> behold</c><00:34:51.539><c> your</c><00:34:51.780><c> children,</c><00:34:52.139><c> the</c><00:34:52.239><c> work</c>

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:56.599
of<00:34:52.599><c> my</c><00:34:52.900><c> hands.</c><00:34:55.159><c> And</c><00:34:55.260><c> when</c><00:34:55.480><c> Abraham,</c><00:34:55.860><c> Isaac</c><00:34:56.059><c> and</c><00:34:56.179><c> Jacob</c>

00:34:56.599 --> 00:35:00.079
rise<00:34:56.920><c> from</c><00:34:57.079><c> the</c><00:34:57.179><c> dead</c><00:34:57.260><c> as</c><00:34:57.440><c> they</c><00:34:57.659><c> most</c><00:34:58.039><c> assuredly</c><00:34:58.699><c> will,</c><00:34:59.800><c> and</c>

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:03.119
we<00:35:00.539><c> are</c><00:35:00.840><c> presented</c><00:35:01.099><c> to</c><00:35:01.360><c> Abraham</c><00:35:01.820><c> as</c><00:35:02.380><c> his</c><00:35:02.599><c> children,</c>

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:06.639
he<00:35:03.559><c> being</c><00:35:03.820><c> the</c><00:35:04.119><c> father</c><00:35:04.300><c> of</c><00:35:04.460><c> the</c><00:35:04.599><c> faithful,</c><00:35:05.940><c> his</c><00:35:06.219><c> heart</c><00:35:06.480><c> will</c>

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.280
go<00:35:06.860><c> out</c><00:35:06.980><c> to</c><00:35:07.079><c> us,</c>

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:10.199
brothers<00:35:07.559><c> and</c><00:35:07.599><c> sisters,</c><00:35:08.159><c> because</c><00:35:08.559><c> he</c><00:35:08.840><c> will</c><00:35:09.159><c> see</c><00:35:09.619><c> that</c><00:35:09.780><c> we</c><00:35:09.980><c> are</c>

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:12.480
the<00:35:10.320><c> work</c><00:35:10.539><c> of</c><00:35:10.980><c> God's</c><00:35:11.480><c> hands.</c>

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:15.960
I<00:35:13.380><c> can</c><00:35:13.599><c> raise</c><00:35:13.840><c> up</c><00:35:13.980><c> of</c><00:35:14.159><c> these</c><00:35:14.440><c> stones</c><00:35:14.960><c> children</c><00:35:15.320><c> unto</c><00:35:15.539><c> Abraham</c>

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:17.500
and<00:35:16.280><c> so</c><00:35:16.380><c> the</c><00:35:16.559><c> heart</c><00:35:16.739><c> of</c><00:35:16.900><c> the</c><00:35:17.079><c> fathers</c><00:35:17.300><c> will</c>

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:21.360
go<00:35:17.719><c> out</c><00:35:17.880><c> to</c><00:35:18.019><c> their</c><00:35:18.239><c> spiritual</c><00:35:18.739><c> children.</c><00:35:20.599><c> And</c><00:35:20.820><c> we</c><00:35:21.039><c> as</c><00:35:21.199><c> their</c>

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:24.099
spiritual<00:35:21.760><c> children</c><00:35:22.119><c> who</c><00:35:22.300><c> one</c><00:35:22.619><c> time</c><00:35:22.880><c> were</c><00:35:23.119><c> disobedient</c>

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:31.139
have<00:35:25.360><c> learned</c><00:35:25.840><c> that</c><00:35:27.219><c> the</c><00:35:27.460><c> fathers</c><00:35:27.760><c> being</c><00:35:28.099><c> justified</c><00:35:28.679><c> by</c><00:35:29.039><c> faith</c><00:35:29.400><c> were</c><00:35:29.800><c> wise.</c>

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:36.519
And<00:35:32.760><c> the</c><00:35:32.760><c> disobedient</c><00:35:33.239><c> to</c><00:35:33.420><c> the</c><00:35:33.559><c> wisdom</c><00:35:33.800><c> of</c><00:35:34.019><c> the</c><00:35:34.139><c> just.</c><00:35:36.179><c> And</c><00:35:36.280><c> so</c>

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:40.619
John<00:35:36.800><c> came</c><00:35:37.380><c> to</c><00:35:38.599><c> demonstrate</c><00:35:39.139><c> those</c><00:35:39.440><c> things.</c>

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:48.800
Elijah,<00:35:43.340><c> full</c><00:35:43.619><c> of</c><00:35:43.960><c> power,</c><00:35:45.480><c> full</c><00:35:45.719><c> of</c><00:35:46.039><c> fervent</c><00:35:46.579><c> zeal</c><00:35:47.019><c> and</c><00:35:47.340><c> spirit,</c><00:35:48.559><c> came</c>

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:51.099
down<00:35:49.139><c> to</c><00:35:49.360><c> Thaddei</c><00:35:49.739><c> depressed</c>

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:55.420
to<00:35:51.800><c> be</c><00:35:52.059><c> told,</c><00:35:52.360><c> brothers</c><00:35:52.619><c> and</c><00:35:52.800><c> sisters,</c><00:35:54.159><c> that</c><00:35:54.360><c> God</c><00:35:54.659><c> does</c><00:35:55.119><c> not</c>

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:58.300
work<00:35:55.739><c> through</c><00:35:56.079><c> physical</c><00:35:56.719><c> means</c><00:35:57.320><c> to</c><00:35:57.639><c> impress</c><00:35:57.960><c> his</c>

00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:03.059
upon<00:35:58.739><c> people.</c><00:36:00.920><c> That</c><00:36:01.059><c> it</c><00:36:01.199><c> is</c><00:36:01.280><c> by</c><00:36:01.480><c> the</c><00:36:01.719><c> still</c><00:36:01.920><c> small</c><00:36:02.340><c> persuasive</c>

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:05.039
voice<00:36:03.340><c> of</c><00:36:03.519><c> that</c><00:36:03.840><c> spirit</c><00:36:04.260><c> that</c><00:36:04.699><c> the</c><00:36:04.920><c> truth</c>

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:11.300
will<00:36:05.420><c> finally</c><00:36:05.920><c> get</c><00:36:06.179><c> through.</c><00:36:07.960><c> And</c><00:36:08.239><c> the</c><00:36:08.579><c> voice</c><00:36:09.219><c> cried</c><00:36:09.760><c> to</c><00:36:09.960><c> him,</c>

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:14.039
allured<00:36:11.619><c> him</c><00:36:11.880><c> down</c><00:36:12.179><c> there</c><00:36:12.860><c> that</c><00:36:13.539><c> God</c><00:36:13.780><c> might</c>

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:18.840
talk<00:36:14.320><c> to</c><00:36:14.460><c> his</c><00:36:14.719><c> heart.</c><00:36:16.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:16.860><c> picked</c><00:36:17.139><c> that</c><00:36:17.400><c> up</c><00:36:17.679><c> beautifully,</c>

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:23.179
the<00:36:19.739><c> voice</c><00:36:20.199><c> crying.</c><00:36:21.460><c> And</c><00:36:21.639><c> when</c><00:36:21.739><c> they</c><00:36:21.940><c> came</c><00:36:22.239><c> to</c><00:36:22.460><c> John</c><00:36:22.659><c> to</c><00:36:22.920><c> ask</c>

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:26.360
who<00:36:23.400><c> he</c><00:36:23.519><c> was,</c><00:36:23.980><c> brothers</c><00:36:24.079><c> and</c><00:36:24.280><c> sisters,</c><00:36:25.199><c> the</c><00:36:25.360><c> more</c><00:36:25.599><c> he</c><00:36:25.860><c> said,</c>

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:29.920
the<00:36:26.900><c> less</c><00:36:27.119><c> he</c><00:36:27.320><c> said.</c><00:36:28.840><c> Are</c><00:36:29.139><c> you</c><00:36:29.320><c> the</c><00:36:29.480><c> Christ?</c>

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:42.199
I<00:36:30.900><c> am</c><00:36:31.480><c> not</c><00:36:32.199><c> that</c><00:36:32.599><c> Christ.</c><00:36:35.059><c> Are</c><00:36:35.420><c> you</c><00:36:36.300><c> Elijah?</c><00:36:38.440><c> I</c><00:36:39.199><c> am</c><00:36:40.139><c> not.</c><00:36:41.940><c> Well,</c>

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:45.159
are<00:36:42.420><c> you</c><00:36:43.119><c> the</c><00:36:43.400><c> prophet</c><00:36:43.699><c> of</c><00:36:43.900><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:44.260><c> 18?</c>

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:55.460
No.<00:36:51.460><c> The</c><00:36:51.460><c> more</c><00:36:51.460><c> he</c><00:36:51.619><c> said,</c><00:36:52.860><c> the</c><00:36:52.960><c> less</c><00:36:53.219><c> he</c><00:36:53.380><c> said.</c><00:36:54.840><c> Well,</c><00:36:55.119><c> who</c><00:36:55.199><c> are</c>

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:57.340
you?<00:36:56.159><c> The</c><00:36:56.380><c> answer?</c>

00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:06.199
Nothing.<00:37:01.579><c> I</c><00:37:01.860><c> am</c><00:37:02.320><c> a</c><00:37:02.559><c> voice.</c><00:37:05.000><c> And</c><00:37:05.199><c> there</c><00:37:05.280><c> was</c><00:37:05.460><c> the</c><00:37:05.619><c> answer,</c><00:37:05.940><c> brothers</c><00:37:06.099><c> and</c>

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:08.619
sisters.<00:37:07.699><c> And</c><00:37:07.820><c> you</c><00:37:07.940><c> see</c><00:37:08.039><c> what</c><00:37:08.159><c> he's</c><00:37:08.500><c> saying,</c>

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:14.519
don't<00:37:08.860><c> you?</c><00:37:10.159><c> The</c><00:37:10.380><c> lower</c><00:37:10.619><c> one</c><00:37:10.940><c> gets</c><00:37:11.300><c> in</c><00:37:11.480><c> their</c><00:37:11.639><c> own</c><00:37:11.860><c> estimation,</c><00:37:14.119><c> the</c><00:37:14.280><c> less</c>

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:16.000
one<00:37:14.739><c> is</c><00:37:15.079><c> cluttered</c><00:37:15.440><c> about</c>

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:24.079
with<00:37:16.400><c> this</c><00:37:16.760><c> world's</c><00:37:17.159><c> good,</c><00:37:19.219><c> the</c><00:37:19.460><c> less</c><00:37:19.800><c> distractions</c><00:37:20.659><c> one</c><00:37:21.300><c> has,</c><00:37:23.960><c> the</c>

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:27.780
greater<00:37:24.480><c> the</c><00:37:24.679><c> opportunity</c><00:37:25.599><c> for</c><00:37:26.920><c> God</c><00:37:27.139><c> to</c><00:37:27.539><c> speak</c>

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:33.679
through<00:37:28.059><c> you.</c><00:37:30.780><c> If</c><00:37:31.139><c> someone</c><00:37:31.420><c> comes</c><00:37:31.699><c> up</c><00:37:32.480><c> and</c><00:37:32.920><c> dusts</c><00:37:33.300><c> your</c><00:37:33.460><c> coat</c>

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.579
and<00:37:33.820><c> says,</c><00:37:34.639><c> that</c><00:37:34.639><c> was</c><00:37:35.039><c> a</c><00:37:35.219><c> mighty</c><00:37:35.539><c> address,</c>

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:39.019
and<00:37:37.159><c> you</c><00:37:37.300><c> run</c><00:37:37.579><c> away</c><00:37:37.860><c> with</c><00:37:38.059><c> yourself</c><00:37:38.360><c> and</c><00:37:38.519><c> think,</c><00:37:38.739><c> gee,</c><00:37:38.940><c> well,</c>

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:40.840
it<00:37:39.079><c> really</c><00:37:39.380><c> was</c><00:37:39.559><c> a</c><00:37:39.719><c> good</c><00:37:39.900><c> address,</c>

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.199
won't<00:37:41.420><c> be</c><00:37:41.619><c> very</c><00:37:41.920><c> long,</c><00:37:42.280><c> brothers</c><00:37:42.420><c> and</c><00:37:42.639><c> sisters,</c><00:37:42.860><c> and</c><00:37:43.000><c> you'll</c>

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.219
be<00:37:43.519><c> done.</c>

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:50.820
If,<00:37:46.719><c> on</c><00:37:46.820><c> the</c><00:37:46.920><c> other</c><00:37:47.159><c> hand,</c><00:37:47.460><c> we</c><00:37:47.559><c> go</c><00:37:47.840><c> on</c><00:37:48.199><c> piling</c><00:37:48.579><c> up</c><00:37:48.860><c> in</c><00:37:48.980><c> our</c><00:37:49.239><c> house</c><00:37:49.659><c> the</c>

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:53.699
things<00:37:51.119><c> that</c><00:37:51.320><c> Jesus</c><00:37:51.739><c> called</c><00:37:52.260><c> stuff,</c>

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:58.019
whereby<00:37:55.420><c> we</c><00:37:55.719><c> can't</c><00:37:56.199><c> find</c><00:37:56.420><c> time</c><00:37:56.940><c> to</c><00:37:57.099><c> get</c><00:37:57.260><c> down</c><00:37:57.400><c> to</c><00:37:57.519><c> God's</c><00:37:57.880><c> Word</c>

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:59.500
because<00:37:58.260><c> I've</c><00:37:58.480><c> got</c><00:37:58.559><c> to</c><00:37:58.679><c> do</c><00:37:58.880><c> this,</c><00:37:59.139><c> I've</c><00:37:59.179><c> got</c><00:37:59.320><c> to</c>

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:02.800
polish<00:37:59.760><c> that,</c><00:38:00.159><c> got</c><00:38:00.360><c> to</c><00:38:00.639><c> clean</c><00:38:00.820><c> that,</c><00:38:01.539><c> mend</c><00:38:01.760><c> this,</c><00:38:02.440><c> make</c><00:38:02.599><c> sure</c>

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:04.659
I've<00:38:02.920><c> got</c><00:38:03.019><c> enough</c><00:38:03.139><c> money</c><00:38:03.260><c> to</c><00:38:03.500><c> buy</c><00:38:03.780><c> that</c><00:38:04.099><c> and</c><00:38:04.260><c> so</c><00:38:04.440><c> on,</c>

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:09.440
then<00:38:04.980><c> won't</c><00:38:05.179><c> be</c><00:38:05.320><c> very</c><00:38:05.619><c> long</c><00:38:05.760><c> before</c><00:38:06.059><c> we're</c><00:38:07.440><c> done.</c><00:38:08.519><c> But</c><00:38:08.719><c> John</c><00:38:08.860><c> didn't</c><00:38:09.059><c> have</c><00:38:09.280><c> a</c>

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.719
motor<00:38:09.719><c> car,</c><00:38:10.099><c> he</c><00:38:10.139><c> didn't</c><00:38:10.360><c> have</c><00:38:10.559><c> a</c>

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:16.860
house.<00:38:12.579><c> He</c><00:38:12.579><c> had</c><00:38:12.780><c> a</c><00:38:12.900><c> very</c><00:38:13.139><c> low</c><00:38:13.320><c> opinion</c><00:38:13.599><c> of</c><00:38:13.760><c> himself.</c><00:38:15.900><c> Camel</c><00:38:16.179><c> skin</c><00:38:16.340><c> didn't</c><00:38:16.539><c> have</c><00:38:16.739><c> to</c>

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:18.440
be<00:38:17.039><c> dry</c><00:38:17.219><c> cleaned</c><00:38:17.400><c> too</c><00:38:17.719><c> often.</c>

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:25.159
Grasshoppers<00:38:20.039><c> didn't</c><00:38:20.280><c> need</c><00:38:20.460><c> much</c><00:38:20.719><c> cooking.</c><00:38:22.219><c> And</c><00:38:22.460><c> he</c><00:38:22.519><c> was</c><00:38:22.699><c> available.</c><00:38:24.960><c> He</c>

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:26.500
was<00:38:25.340><c> available.</c>

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:35.360
I'm<00:38:27.880><c> nothing.</c><00:38:28.639><c> I</c><00:38:28.820><c> haven't</c><00:38:28.960><c> got</c><00:38:29.099><c> any</c><00:38:29.340><c> status.</c><00:38:31.260><c> I'm</c><00:38:31.320><c> not</c><00:38:31.519><c> very</c><00:38:31.800><c> great,</c><00:38:33.780><c> but</c><00:38:33.980><c> I'm</c><00:38:34.219><c> a</c><00:38:34.360><c> voice.</c>

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:42.039
Do<00:38:36.340><c> you</c><00:38:36.480><c> know,</c><00:38:36.900><c> brothers</c><00:38:37.039><c> and</c><00:38:37.219><c> sisters,</c><00:38:38.659><c> I</c><00:38:39.019><c> believe</c><00:38:40.039><c> that</c><00:38:41.079><c> John's</c><00:38:41.519><c> voice</c><00:38:41.860><c> was</c>

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:43.420
the<00:38:42.199><c> greatest</c><00:38:42.679><c> voice</c>

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:47.400
ever<00:38:44.159><c> heard,</c><00:38:45.019><c> not</c><00:38:45.159><c> only</c><00:38:45.440><c> because</c><00:38:45.780><c> of</c><00:38:45.880><c> what</c><00:38:46.000><c> he</c><00:38:46.260><c> said,</c><00:38:47.019><c> but</c><00:38:47.179><c> the</c>

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:49.659
quality<00:38:47.800><c> of</c><00:38:48.019><c> it.</c><00:38:48.659><c> What</c><00:38:48.860><c> else</c><00:38:49.039><c> could</c><00:38:49.219><c> it</c><00:38:49.420><c> be</c>

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:52.940
when<00:38:50.179><c> he</c><00:38:50.380><c> held</c><00:38:50.559><c> those</c><00:38:50.940><c> people</c><00:38:51.159><c> in</c><00:38:51.320><c> the</c><00:38:51.460><c> gallery</c><00:38:51.940><c> of</c><00:38:52.360><c> Nature's</c>

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:55.219
Ambly<00:38:53.139><c> Theatre,</c><00:38:53.980><c> riveted</c><00:38:54.460><c> with</c><00:38:54.719><c> attention,</c>

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:59.360
looking<00:38:55.960><c> at</c><00:38:56.139><c> this</c><00:38:56.340><c> hermit</c><00:38:56.699><c> figure,</c><00:38:57.960><c> thinking</c><00:38:58.059><c> to</c><00:38:58.239><c> themselves,</c><00:38:59.119><c> well,</c><00:38:59.219><c> what</c>

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.780
could<00:38:59.519><c> he</c><00:38:59.739><c> do?</c><00:39:00.599><c> And</c><00:39:00.699><c> when</c>

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:05.239
he<00:39:01.000><c> lifted</c><00:39:01.139><c> up</c><00:39:01.400><c> his</c><00:39:01.619><c> voice,</c><00:39:03.460><c> repent</c><00:39:03.860><c> and</c><00:39:04.099><c> be</c><00:39:04.300><c> baptized,</c><00:39:05.179><c> and</c>

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:06.940
have<00:39:05.440><c> reverberated</c><00:39:05.940><c> up</c><00:39:06.139><c> with</c><00:39:06.280><c> the</c><00:39:06.400><c> wilderness</c><00:39:06.639><c> of</c>

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:10.079
Judea.<00:39:07.300><c> Everyone</c><00:39:07.780><c> was</c><00:39:08.139><c> transfixed</c><00:39:08.659><c> with</c><00:39:08.780><c> that</c><00:39:09.019><c> voice.</c><00:39:09.940><c> He</c>

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:11.400
might<00:39:10.219><c> have</c><00:39:10.320><c> been</c><00:39:10.440><c> nothing</c><00:39:10.659><c> else,</c><00:39:11.139><c> brothers</c><00:39:11.219><c> and</c>

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:14.639
sisters,<00:39:11.900><c> but</c><00:39:12.119><c> he</c><00:39:12.199><c> had</c><00:39:12.380><c> a</c><00:39:12.559><c> golden</c><00:39:12.840><c> voice.</c><00:39:14.059><c> Do</c><00:39:14.239><c> you</c><00:39:14.320><c> know,</c><00:39:14.500><c> we</c>

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:17.039
know<00:39:14.900><c> this</c><00:39:15.159><c> from</c><00:39:15.380><c> the</c><00:39:15.519><c> biblical</c><00:39:15.840><c> record</c>

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:21.579
that<00:39:17.840><c> so</c><00:39:18.199><c> powerful</c><00:39:18.659><c> was</c><00:39:18.880><c> his</c><00:39:19.119><c> influence</c><00:39:19.719><c> that</c><00:39:20.559><c> though</c><00:39:20.800><c> he</c><00:39:21.000><c> performed</c><00:39:21.320><c> no</c>

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:24.139
miracle,<00:39:22.360><c> they</c><00:39:22.719><c> opened</c><00:39:23.099><c> up</c><00:39:23.420><c> a</c><00:39:23.800><c> school</c>

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:30.719
in<00:39:24.579><c> Egypt</c><00:39:25.400><c> to</c><00:39:26.539><c> learn</c><00:39:26.699><c> his</c><00:39:27.039><c> teachings.</c><00:39:29.460><c> We</c><00:39:29.820><c> know</c><00:39:30.119><c> that</c><00:39:30.380><c> because</c>

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:35.440
Apollos<00:39:31.940><c> came</c><00:39:32.420><c> from</c><00:39:32.780><c> Alexandria</c><00:39:33.519><c> in</c><00:39:34.239><c> Egypt,</c>

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:39.380
where<00:39:36.000><c> he</c><00:39:36.300><c> had</c><00:39:36.619><c> been</c><00:39:37.179><c> skilled,</c><00:39:37.780><c> the</c><00:39:38.059><c> record</c><00:39:38.239><c> says</c><00:39:38.380><c> in</c><00:39:38.559><c> the</c><00:39:38.760><c> Greek,</c><00:39:39.199><c> in</c>

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:41.719
the<00:39:39.539><c> teachings</c><00:39:39.880><c> of</c><00:39:40.219><c> John.</c><00:39:41.019><c> He</c><00:39:41.219><c> had</c><00:39:41.420><c> a</c>

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:49.420
college<00:39:41.920><c> in</c><00:39:42.320><c> Egypt.</c><00:39:44.900><c> So</c><00:39:45.360><c> powerful</c><00:39:46.019><c> was</c><00:39:46.260><c> that</c><00:39:46.559><c> voice</c><00:39:47.079><c> that</c><00:39:48.059><c> came</c><00:39:48.840><c> up</c>

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.739
that<00:39:49.760><c> Nature's</c><00:39:50.300><c> Ambly</c><00:39:50.519><c> Theatre.</c>

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:57.639
And<00:39:50.820><c> that</c><00:39:52.360><c> was</c><00:39:52.719><c> the</c><00:39:52.880><c> voice</c><00:39:53.239><c> of</c><00:39:53.440><c> him</c><00:39:53.780><c> crying,</c><00:39:55.440><c> prepare</c><00:39:55.920><c> you</c><00:39:56.500><c> the</c><00:39:56.699><c> way.</c>

00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:01.920
He<00:39:59.179><c> did</c><00:39:59.440><c> come</c><00:39:59.699><c> in</c><00:39:59.860><c> the</c><00:40:00.099><c> spirit</c><00:40:00.280><c> and</c><00:40:00.500><c> power</c><00:40:00.619><c> of</c><00:40:00.940><c> Elijah</c><00:40:01.119><c> in</c><00:40:01.380><c> another</c><00:40:01.559><c> way,</c>

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.940
too,<00:40:02.280><c> brothers</c><00:40:02.400><c> and</c><00:40:02.559><c> sisters.</c>

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Look<00:40:03.599><c> at</c><00:40:03.739><c> the</c><00:40:04.099><c> parallels</c><00:40:04.380><c> in</c><00:40:04.599><c> their</c><00:40:04.800><c> life.</c><00:40:06.280><c> Both</c><00:40:06.719><c> came</c><00:40:07.099><c> at</c><00:40:07.239><c> a</c>

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:09.400
time<00:40:07.599><c> of</c><00:40:08.039><c> extreme</c><00:40:08.480><c> wickedness.</c>

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:15.480
Ahab,<00:40:10.400><c> of</c><00:40:10.579><c> whom</c><00:40:10.739><c> it</c><00:40:10.860><c> was</c><00:40:11.079><c> said,</c><00:40:12.139><c> that</c><00:40:12.300><c> no</c><00:40:12.619><c> king</c><00:40:12.880><c> before</c><00:40:13.360><c> him</c><00:40:13.579><c> have</c><00:40:13.760><c> ever</c><00:40:14.019><c> done</c><00:40:14.400><c> so</c><00:40:14.639><c> wickedly.</c>

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:19.039
So<00:40:16.260><c> they</c><00:40:16.480><c> both</c><00:40:16.739><c> came</c><00:40:17.000><c> at</c><00:40:17.179><c> a</c><00:40:17.360><c> time</c><00:40:17.579><c> when</c><00:40:17.760><c> the</c><00:40:18.079><c> fathers</c><00:40:18.360><c> had</c><00:40:18.679><c> filled</c><00:40:18.820><c> up</c>

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the<00:40:19.239><c> measure</c><00:40:19.380><c> of</c><00:40:19.579><c> iniquity.</c>

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:25.300
Ahab's<00:40:21.039><c> father</c><00:40:21.320><c> means</c><00:40:21.619><c> to</c><00:40:22.000><c> fill</c><00:40:22.199><c> up.</c><00:40:24.019><c> Omri</c><00:40:24.440><c> means</c><00:40:24.739><c> to</c><00:40:25.119><c> fill</c>

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:27.679
up.<00:40:25.579><c> And</c><00:40:25.780><c> Ahab</c><00:40:26.019><c> means</c><00:40:26.340><c> his</c><00:40:26.679><c> father's</c><00:40:27.360><c> brother.</c>

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:31.519
So<00:40:28.219><c> he</c><00:40:28.440><c> had</c><00:40:28.880><c> filled</c><00:40:29.059><c> up</c><00:40:29.400><c> the</c><00:40:29.539><c> measure</c><00:40:29.800><c> of</c><00:40:29.980><c> his</c><00:40:30.199><c> father's.</c><00:40:31.199><c> So</c>

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:33.460
had<00:40:31.719><c> the</c><00:40:31.900><c> elders</c><00:40:32.099><c> of</c><00:40:32.280><c> Israel</c><00:40:32.480><c> by</c><00:40:32.679><c> the</c><00:40:32.800><c> time</c><00:40:32.960><c> John</c><00:40:33.199><c> got</c>

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:39.619
there.<00:40:35.280><c> Both</c><00:40:35.619><c> men</c><00:40:35.940><c> were</c><00:40:36.340><c> dressed</c><00:40:36.820><c> in</c><00:40:37.159><c> nature,</c><00:40:38.800><c> untouched</c><00:40:39.280><c> by</c>

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:44.780
human<00:40:39.880><c> hands.</c><00:40:41.599><c> Both</c><00:40:42.019><c> men</c><00:40:42.400><c> pronounced</c><00:40:43.119><c> stern</c><00:40:43.659><c> judgments.</c>

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:48.639
As<00:40:45.960><c> Elijah</c><00:40:46.380><c> raced</c><00:40:46.800><c> before</c><00:40:47.340><c> Ahab,</c><00:40:47.940><c> thinking</c><00:40:48.159><c> that</c><00:40:48.360><c> the</c><00:40:48.480><c> nation</c>

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.960
had<00:40:48.800><c> been</c><00:40:49.019><c> converted,</c>

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:53.519
to<00:40:50.380><c> proclaim</c><00:40:50.760><c> the</c><00:40:51.039><c> royal</c><00:40:51.400><c> majesty</c><00:40:51.820><c> of</c><00:40:51.980><c> the</c><00:40:52.139><c> kingdom.</c><00:40:53.079><c> So</c><00:40:53.260><c> John</c>

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:56.340
came<00:40:53.840><c> before</c><00:40:54.659><c> the</c><00:40:55.219><c> royal</c><00:40:55.559><c> majesty</c><00:40:56.000><c> of</c><00:40:56.199><c> the</c>

00:40:56.340 --> 00:41:01.639
kingdoms<00:40:56.539><c> of</c><00:40:56.780><c> heaven.</c><00:40:59.079><c> Elijah</c><00:40:59.199><c> stepped</c><00:40:59.539><c> aside,</c><00:41:00.000><c> brothers</c><00:41:00.239><c> and</c><00:41:00.440><c> sisters,</c><00:41:01.519><c> to</c>

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:04.650
give<00:41:01.820><c> way</c><00:41:02.019><c> to</c><00:41:02.219><c> the</c><00:41:02.340><c> gentler,</c><00:41:03.800><c> Elisha.</c>

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:11.460
And<00:41:05.900><c> John,</c><00:41:07.320><c> in</c><00:41:07.500><c> exactly</c><00:41:08.739><c> the</c><00:41:09.099><c> same</c><00:41:09.460><c> locality,</c><00:41:10.579><c> stood</c><00:41:10.760><c> aside</c>

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:14.639
to<00:41:11.800><c> give</c><00:41:12.039><c> way</c><00:41:12.659><c> to</c><00:41:13.079><c> the</c><00:41:13.260><c> greater</c><00:41:13.519><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:20.079
Elisha's<00:41:16.039><c> name</c><00:41:16.260><c> means</c><00:41:16.659><c> the</c><00:41:16.860><c> salvation</c><00:41:17.519><c> of</c><00:41:18.139><c> El,</c><00:41:18.480><c> or</c><00:41:18.760><c> God.</c><00:41:19.880><c> And</c>

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:22.659
Jesus'<00:41:20.639><c> name</c><00:41:20.800><c> means</c><00:41:21.099><c> the</c><00:41:21.300><c> salvation</c><00:41:21.900><c> of</c><00:41:22.260><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:27.739
or<00:41:22.920><c> God.</c><00:41:23.940><c> They</c><00:41:24.099><c> had</c><00:41:24.320><c> very</c><00:41:24.739><c> similar</c><00:41:25.039><c> names.</c><00:41:26.960><c> And</c><00:41:27.179><c> Elijah</c><00:41:27.500><c> gave</c>

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:31.059
way<00:41:27.940><c> to</c><00:41:28.179><c> him.</c><00:41:29.119><c> And</c><00:41:29.280><c> John</c><00:41:29.519><c> gave</c><00:41:29.780><c> way</c><00:41:30.000><c> to</c><00:41:30.199><c> him.</c>

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:37.780
And<00:41:31.480><c> the</c><00:41:31.760><c> mantle</c><00:41:32.099><c> changed</c><00:41:32.659><c> at</c><00:41:32.840><c> exactly</c><00:41:33.559><c> the</c><00:41:33.880><c> same</c><00:41:34.159><c> spot.</c><00:41:36.699><c> Elijah</c><00:41:37.219><c> came</c>

00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:39.480
to<00:41:38.079><c> the</c><00:41:38.199><c> end</c><00:41:38.440><c> of</c><00:41:38.559><c> his</c><00:41:38.800><c> career,</c>

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:45.000
as<00:41:39.920><c> an</c><00:41:40.179><c> effective</c><00:41:40.559><c> career,</c><00:41:42.000><c> because</c><00:41:42.139><c> he</c><00:41:42.460><c> dared</c><00:41:42.980><c> to</c><00:41:43.960><c> denounce</c>

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.659
the<00:41:45.340><c> unholy</c><00:41:45.840><c> alliance</c><00:41:46.380><c> of</c><00:41:46.679><c> Ahab</c><00:41:46.960><c> with</c>

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:52.280
Jezebel.<00:41:48.820><c> And</c><00:41:49.039><c> John</c><00:41:49.199><c> was</c><00:41:49.460><c> brought</c><00:41:49.800><c> tragically</c><00:41:50.260><c> to</c><00:41:50.480><c> death</c><00:41:51.019><c> because</c><00:41:51.960><c> he</c>

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:55.039
dared<00:41:52.659><c> to</c><00:41:52.860><c> denounce</c><00:41:54.199><c> the</c><00:41:54.579><c> unholy</c>

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:58.460
alliance<00:41:55.539><c> of</c><00:41:55.840><c> Herod</c><00:41:56.539><c> with</c><00:41:57.000><c> Herodias,</c><00:41:57.619><c> his</c><00:41:57.719><c> brother</c><00:41:57.960><c> Philip's</c>

00:41:58.460 --> 00:42:01.360
wife.<00:41:59.599><c> He</c><00:41:59.739><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:59.960><c> get</c><00:42:00.179><c> two</c><00:42:00.599><c> more</c><00:42:00.880><c> lives,</c>

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:04.099
brothers<00:42:01.659><c> and</c><00:42:01.820><c> sisters,</c><00:42:02.860><c> that</c><00:42:03.019><c> echoed</c><00:42:03.360><c> one</c><00:42:03.519><c> another</c><00:42:03.820><c> more</c>

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:07.900
than<00:42:04.300><c> them.</c><00:42:05.420><c> And</c><00:42:05.699><c> the</c><00:42:05.820><c> great</c><00:42:06.480><c> difference</c><00:42:07.059><c> was,</c>

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:11.679
there<00:42:08.579><c> was</c><00:42:08.860><c> the</c><00:42:09.119><c> god</c><00:42:09.440><c> prophet</c><00:42:09.739><c> from</c><00:42:10.000><c> Gilead,</c><00:42:11.139><c> like</c><00:42:11.320><c> a</c><00:42:11.500><c> piece</c>

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:13.059
of<00:42:11.920><c> granite</c><00:42:12.219><c> carved</c><00:42:12.539><c> out</c><00:42:12.699><c> of</c><00:42:12.820><c> the</c>

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:17.960
escarpment<00:42:13.460><c> of</c><00:42:13.519><c> Gilead,</c><00:42:13.860><c> had</c><00:42:14.019><c> come</c><00:42:14.440><c> to</c><00:42:15.300><c> terrorise</c><00:42:15.800><c> that</c><00:42:16.059><c> nation.</c><00:42:17.840><c> This</c>

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:19.800
one<00:42:18.119><c> that</c><00:42:18.280><c> came</c><00:42:18.539><c> through</c><00:42:18.800><c> the</c><00:42:18.960><c> wilderness,</c>

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:23.960
through<00:42:20.019><c> the</c><00:42:20.219><c> line</c><00:42:20.360><c> of</c><00:42:20.519><c> the</c><00:42:20.719><c> priesthood,</c><00:42:22.039><c> drew</c><00:42:22.400><c> all</c><00:42:22.960><c> to</c><00:42:23.239><c> him</c>

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:28.300
by<00:42:24.900><c> the</c><00:42:25.300><c> power</c><00:42:25.599><c> of</c><00:42:25.940><c> that</c><00:42:26.179><c> voice</c><00:42:26.800><c> that</c><00:42:27.380><c> wafted</c><00:42:27.719><c> up,</c>

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:31.179
that<00:42:28.539><c> is</c><00:42:28.639><c> that</c><00:42:29.219><c> amphitheatre</c><00:42:29.760><c> of</c><00:42:29.980><c> the</c><00:42:30.099><c> wilderness</c><00:42:30.400><c> of</c><00:42:30.639><c> Judea,</c>

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:33.340
and<00:42:31.639><c> pricked</c><00:42:31.820><c> so</c><00:42:32.139><c> many</c><00:42:32.360><c> hearts.</c>

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:37.179
It's<00:42:34.059><c> a</c><00:42:34.179><c> wonderful</c><00:42:34.760><c> parallel</c><00:42:35.280><c> and</c><00:42:35.559><c> a</c><00:42:35.619><c> wonderful</c><00:42:36.099><c> contrast.</c>

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:38.639
And<00:42:37.420><c> as</c><00:42:37.559><c> we</c><00:42:37.739><c> proceed</c><00:42:38.019><c> with</c><00:42:38.219><c> our</c><00:42:38.420><c> studies,</c>

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:41.340
brothers<00:42:38.900><c> and</c><00:42:39.079><c> sisters,</c><00:42:40.019><c> it</c><00:42:40.139><c> is</c><00:42:40.320><c> our</c><00:42:40.500><c> wish</c><00:42:40.639><c> that</c><00:42:40.780><c> we</c><00:42:40.920><c> would</c><00:42:41.139><c> go</c>

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:43.559
with<00:42:41.519><c> him</c><00:42:41.980><c> to</c><00:42:42.480><c> become</c><00:42:42.900><c> mentally</c>

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:47.239
involved<00:42:44.260><c> in</c><00:42:44.400><c> his</c><00:42:44.699><c> life,</c><00:42:45.760><c> that</c><00:42:45.880><c> by</c><00:42:46.139><c> our</c><00:42:46.440><c> vision</c><00:42:46.639><c> together</c><00:42:47.059><c> we</c>

00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:50.000
might<00:42:47.519><c> transport</c><00:42:48.079><c> ourselves</c><00:42:48.460><c> in</c><00:42:48.760><c> those</c><00:42:49.079><c> days</c><00:42:49.460><c> and</c>

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:54.019
stand<00:42:50.420><c> there</c><00:42:50.739><c> and</c><00:42:50.900><c> look</c><00:42:51.059><c> at</c><00:42:51.239><c> that</c><00:42:51.440><c> man</c><00:42:51.639><c> and</c><00:42:51.800><c> say</c><00:42:52.039><c> to</c><00:42:52.260><c> ourselves,</c><00:42:53.559><c> could</c><00:42:53.659><c> we</c>

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:57.280
ever,<00:42:55.039><c> could</c><00:42:55.380><c> we</c><00:42:56.159><c> ever,</c>

00:42:57.219 --> 00:43:04.340
in<00:42:57.739><c> 1983,</c><00:43:00.500><c> be</c><00:43:00.619><c> lured</c><00:43:00.980><c> into</c><00:43:01.420><c> a</c><00:43:01.659><c> wilderness,</c><00:43:03.139><c> solitude,</c>

00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:12.219
quietness,<00:43:06.239><c> in</c><00:43:06.239><c> the</c><00:43:06.360><c> midst</c><00:43:06.519><c> of</c><00:43:06.940><c> a</c><00:43:07.099><c> mad,</c><00:43:08.179><c> mad,</c><00:43:09.179><c> mad</c><00:43:10.139><c> materialistic</c><00:43:10.940><c> world</c><00:43:11.400><c> and</c>

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:14.400
give<00:43:12.519><c> God</c><00:43:12.940><c> the</c><00:43:13.320><c> chance</c>

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:16.800
to<00:43:15.179><c> speak</c><00:43:15.420><c> to</c><00:43:15.679><c> our</c><00:43:15.940><c> heart.</c>