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God<00:11:37.360><c> saw</c><00:11:37.639><c> that</c><00:11:37.799><c> man</c><00:11:37.919><c> had</c><00:11:38.039><c> become</c><00:11:38.220><c> so</c><00:11:38.519><c> wicked</c><00:11:38.720><c> that</c><00:11:38.879><c> it</c><00:11:39.019><c> made</c><00:11:39.080><c> him</c><00:11:39.220><c> ashamed</c><00:11:39.759><c> that</c><00:11:40.240><c> he</c>

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had<00:11:40.600><c> created</c><00:11:40.759><c> man.</c>

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he<00:11:47.360><c> had</c><00:11:47.500><c> with</c><00:11:47.600><c> him</c><00:11:47.639><c> on</c><00:11:47.779><c> the</c><00:11:47.940><c> ark.</c>

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As<00:11:49.519><c> the</c><00:11:49.679><c> story</c><00:11:49.820><c> goes,</c><00:11:50.559><c> rains</c><00:11:50.659><c> came,</c><00:11:51.240><c> floodwaters</c><00:11:51.580><c> killed</c><00:11:51.799><c> everything,</c>

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and<00:11:52.960><c> then</c><00:11:53.059><c> eventually</c><00:11:53.440><c> the</c><00:11:53.659><c> waters</c><00:11:53.820><c> receded</c><00:11:54.179><c> and</c><00:11:54.340><c> the</c><00:11:54.519><c> passengers</c><00:11:54.759><c> of</c><00:11:54.940><c> the</c>

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ark<00:11:55.600><c> were</c><00:11:55.860><c> able</c><00:11:56.000><c> to</c><00:11:56.100><c> get</c><00:11:56.179><c> off</c>

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and<00:11:56.559><c> venture</c><00:11:56.759><c> on</c><00:11:56.980><c> to</c><00:11:57.179><c> dry</c><00:11:57.320><c> land</c><00:11:57.500><c> again.</c>

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Reading<00:11:58.799><c> from</c><00:11:59.019><c> Genesis</c><00:11:59.360><c> 8,</c><00:12:00.679><c> after</c><00:12:00.919><c> the</c><00:12:01.159><c> waters</c><00:12:01.399><c> had</c><00:12:01.759><c> receded</c>

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and<00:12:02.639><c> they</c><00:12:02.799><c> were</c><00:12:02.960><c> able</c><00:12:03.080><c> to</c><00:12:03.179><c> get</c><00:12:03.320><c> off,</c>

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Noah<00:12:04.440><c> built</c><00:12:04.679><c> an</c><00:12:04.899><c> altar</c><00:12:05.080><c> under</c><00:12:05.299><c> the</c><00:12:05.519><c> Lord</c><00:12:05.740><c> and</c><00:12:06.960><c> took</c><00:12:07.159><c> of</c><00:12:07.620><c> every</c>

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clean<00:12:08.279><c> beast</c><00:12:08.519><c> and</c><00:12:08.779><c> every</c><00:12:09.059><c> clean</c><00:12:09.279><c> fowl</c>

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and<00:12:10.039><c> offered</c><00:12:10.279><c> burnt</c><00:12:10.659><c> offering</c><00:12:11.139><c> on</c><00:12:11.399><c> the</c><00:12:11.539><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:12:12.840><c> the</c><00:12:12.980><c> Lord</c><00:12:13.179><c> smelled</c><00:12:13.539><c> a</c><00:12:13.860><c> sweet</c><00:12:14.080><c> savor</c><00:12:14.639><c> and</c><00:12:15.440><c> the</c><00:12:15.600><c> Lord</c><00:12:15.740><c> said</c>

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in<00:12:16.039><c> his</c><00:12:16.200><c> heart,</c>

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I<00:12:17.120><c> will</c><00:12:17.360><c> not</c><00:12:17.539><c> again</c><00:12:17.799><c> curse</c><00:12:18.139><c> the</c><00:12:18.379><c> ground</c><00:12:18.679><c> anymore</c><00:12:19.200><c> for</c><00:12:19.419><c> man's</c><00:12:19.779><c> sake.</c>

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Neither<00:12:24.580><c> will</c><00:12:24.840><c> I</c><00:12:25.120><c> again</c><00:12:25.399><c> smite</c><00:12:25.820><c> anymore</c><00:12:26.820><c> everything</c><00:12:27.820><c> living</c>

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Now,<00:12:30.740><c> to</c><00:12:30.759><c> me,</c><00:12:30.899><c> reading</c><00:12:31.080><c> that</c><00:12:31.379><c> verse,</c><00:12:31.820><c> the</c><00:12:32.059><c> key</c><00:12:32.360><c> word</c><00:12:32.659><c> in</c><00:12:32.799><c> there</c>

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is<00:12:33.620><c> the</c><00:12:33.779><c> word</c><00:12:33.980><c> every.</c>

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The<00:12:35.720><c> Lord</c><00:12:35.840><c> says</c><00:12:36.059><c> he</c><00:12:36.179><c> will</c><00:12:36.399><c> never</c><00:12:36.700><c> smite</c><00:12:36.980><c> again</c><00:12:37.740><c> everything</c><00:12:38.679><c> living.</c>

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But<00:12:40.480><c> that</c><00:12:40.679><c> doesn't</c><00:12:40.940><c> say</c><00:12:41.159><c> that</c><00:12:41.320><c> he</c><00:12:41.460><c> won't</c><00:12:41.679><c> smite</c><00:12:42.299><c> portions</c><00:12:42.740><c> of</c>

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portions<00:12:46.139><c> to</c><00:12:46.679><c> accomplish</c><00:12:47.259><c> what</c><00:12:47.500><c> he</c><00:12:47.740><c> wants</c><00:12:48.000><c> to</c><00:12:48.299><c> accomplish.</c>

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Man<00:12:50.380><c> was</c><00:12:50.820><c> so</c><00:12:51.120><c> evil</c><00:12:51.279><c> in</c><00:12:51.419><c> the</c><00:12:51.539><c> times</c><00:12:51.700><c> of</c><00:12:51.899><c> Noah</c><00:12:52.019><c> that</c><00:12:52.240><c> God</c><00:12:52.419><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:12:52.879><c> rid</c><00:12:52.960><c> the</c><00:12:53.059><c> earth</c><00:12:53.279><c> of</c><00:12:53.399><c> man.</c>

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So<00:12:54.320><c> he</c><00:12:54.399><c> used</c><00:12:54.480><c> a</c><00:12:54.799><c> flood.</c><00:12:55.419><c> A</c><00:12:55.639><c> flood</c><00:12:55.740><c> is</c><00:12:55.879><c> a</c><00:12:56.000><c> form</c><00:12:56.100><c> of</c><00:12:56.240><c> a</c><00:12:56.320><c> natural</c><00:12:56.519><c> disaster</c><00:12:57.019><c> and</c><00:12:57.200><c> he</c>

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used<00:12:57.379><c> that</c><00:12:57.580><c> to</c><00:12:57.740><c> accomplish</c><00:12:58.059><c> his</c><00:12:58.240><c> goal.</c>

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Moving<00:13:01.240><c> forward</c><00:13:01.539><c> a</c><00:13:01.600><c> little</c><00:13:01.759><c> bit</c><00:13:01.899><c> in</c><00:13:02.100><c> time,</c><00:13:03.000><c> we</c><00:13:03.100><c> see</c><00:13:03.379><c> God</c><00:13:03.659><c> used</c>

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a<00:13:04.100><c> natural</c><00:13:04.240><c> disaster</c><00:13:04.679><c> against</c><00:13:04.899><c> Egypt.</c>

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not<00:13:11.500><c> been</c><00:13:11.759><c> seen</c><00:13:11.960><c> in</c><00:13:12.120><c> Egypt</c><00:13:12.519><c> since</c><00:13:13.100><c> the</c><00:13:13.299><c> foundation</c><00:13:13.720><c> thereof</c>

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until<00:13:14.360><c> now.</c>

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Now,<00:13:15.899><c> when</c><00:13:16.039><c> we</c><00:13:16.220><c> think</c><00:13:16.340><c> natural</c><00:13:16.700><c> disasters,</c><00:13:17.419><c> hail</c><00:13:17.500><c> isn't</c><00:13:17.759><c> the</c>

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first<00:13:18.100><c> thing</c><00:13:18.259><c> that</c><00:13:18.379><c> pops</c><00:13:18.559><c> into</c><00:13:18.740><c> our</c><00:13:18.919><c> mind.</c>

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We<00:13:19.659><c> usually</c><00:13:19.779><c> think</c><00:13:19.980><c> thunderstorms,</c><00:13:20.720><c> hurricanes,</c><00:13:21.200><c> tornadoes,</c><00:13:21.960><c> earthquakes,</c><00:13:22.480><c> floods.</c>

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But<00:13:24.500><c> from</c><00:13:24.980><c> recently</c><00:13:25.299><c> being</c><00:13:25.559><c> in</c><00:13:25.700><c> the</c><00:13:25.799><c> Midwest,</c><00:13:26.500><c> farmers</c><00:13:26.600><c> fear</c>

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it<00:13:27.539><c> almost</c><00:13:27.740><c> as</c><00:13:27.980><c> equally</c><00:13:28.200><c> as</c><00:13:28.399><c> a</c><00:13:28.519><c> severe</c><00:13:28.759><c> drought.</c>

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A<00:13:30.659><c> strong</c><00:13:30.840><c> hail</c><00:13:31.120><c> storm</c><00:13:31.279><c> can</c><00:13:31.519><c> ruin</c><00:13:31.720><c> a</c><00:13:31.940><c> season's</c><00:13:32.399><c> crop</c><00:13:32.639><c> and</c><00:13:33.179><c> kill</c>

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everything<00:13:33.940><c> that</c><00:13:34.659><c> is</c><00:13:34.899><c> caught</c><00:13:35.019><c> out</c><00:13:35.220><c> in</c><00:13:35.340><c> it,</c>

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which<00:13:37.120><c> is</c><00:13:37.340><c> exactly</c><00:13:37.620><c> what</c><00:13:37.779><c> God</c><00:13:37.960><c> accomplished</c><00:13:38.379><c> with</c><00:13:38.600><c> the</c><00:13:38.740><c> plague</c><00:13:38.879><c> of</c><00:13:39.080><c> hail</c><00:13:39.240><c> in</c><00:13:39.600><c> Egypt.</c>

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It<00:13:40.840><c> is</c><00:13:41.059><c> said</c><00:13:41.159><c> that</c><00:13:41.539><c> the</c><00:13:41.820><c> hail</c><00:13:42.100><c> smote</c><00:13:42.519><c> throughout</c><00:13:42.940><c> all</c><00:13:43.279><c> the</c><00:13:43.399><c> land</c><00:13:43.480><c> of</c>

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Egypt<00:13:44.039><c> all</c><00:13:44.679><c> that</c><00:13:44.840><c> was</c><00:13:44.960><c> in</c><00:13:45.100><c> the</c><00:13:45.299><c> field,</c>

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both<00:13:46.360><c> man</c><00:13:46.600><c> and</c><00:13:46.759><c> beast,</c><00:13:47.639><c> and</c><00:13:47.799><c> the</c><00:13:47.960><c> hail</c><00:13:48.139><c> smote</c><00:13:48.399><c> every</c><00:13:48.700><c> herb</c><00:13:48.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:49.259><c> field,</c><00:13:49.919><c> break</c><00:13:50.039><c> every</c><00:13:50.360><c> tree</c><00:13:50.539><c> of</c><00:13:50.679><c> the</c><00:13:50.779><c> field.</c>

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Now,<00:13:52.440><c> God's</c><00:13:52.740><c> ultimate</c><00:13:53.039><c> goal</c><00:13:53.299><c> was</c><00:13:53.559><c> to</c><00:13:53.940><c> convince</c><00:13:54.379><c> Pharaoh</c><00:13:54.679><c> to</c>

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let<00:13:54.919><c> the</c><00:13:55.139><c> Israelites</c><00:13:55.440><c> go.</c>

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And<00:13:57.299><c> what</c><00:13:57.659><c> I've</c><00:13:58.200><c> kind</c><00:13:58.320><c> of</c><00:13:58.539><c> termed</c><00:13:59.340><c> as</c><00:13:59.620><c> God's</c><00:14:00.080><c> persuasion</c><00:14:00.779><c> when</c>

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dealing<00:14:01.240><c> with</c><00:14:01.620><c> Pharaoh</c><00:14:01.860><c> and</c><00:14:02.059><c> dealing</c><00:14:02.220><c> with</c><00:14:02.419><c> Egypt,</c>

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he<00:14:03.320><c> used</c><00:14:03.559><c> a</c><00:14:04.220><c> severe</c><00:14:04.519><c> hail</c><00:14:04.919><c> storm</c><00:14:05.500><c> and</c><00:14:06.220><c> nine</c><00:14:06.600><c> other</c><00:14:06.960><c> plagues</c><00:14:07.360><c> to</c>

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devastate<00:14:08.100><c> the</c><00:14:08.220><c> land</c><00:14:08.320><c> of</c><00:14:08.500><c> Egypt</c>

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and<00:14:09.179><c> basically</c><00:14:09.500><c> to</c><00:14:09.740><c> show</c><00:14:09.840><c> his</c><00:14:10.059><c> power</c><00:14:10.360><c> to</c><00:14:11.299><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:14:12.799><c> which</c><00:14:12.860><c> is</c>

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showing<00:14:13.820><c> his</c><00:14:14.059><c> power</c><00:14:14.240><c> was</c><00:14:14.620><c> fulfilling</c><00:14:15.000><c> his</c><00:14:15.320><c> will,</c>

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because<00:14:16.120><c> eventually</c><00:14:16.460><c> the</c><00:14:16.679><c> Israelites</c><00:14:16.940><c> are</c><00:14:17.179><c> let</c><00:14:17.399><c> go</c><00:14:17.720><c> after</c>

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the<00:14:18.940><c> final</c><00:14:19.200><c> plague.</c>

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And<00:14:22.580><c> then</c><00:14:23.120><c> finally</c><00:14:26.279><c> to</c><00:14:26.600><c> our</c><00:14:28.279><c> friend</c><00:14:28.620><c> Job,</c><00:14:29.019><c> who</c><00:14:29.139><c> Brother</c><00:14:29.399><c> Jean</c>

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-Claude<00:14:29.879><c> read</c><00:14:30.059><c> about</c><00:14:30.200><c> this</c><00:14:30.419><c> morning.</c>

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We<00:14:31.639><c> all</c><00:14:31.820><c> know</c><00:14:31.960><c> the</c><00:14:32.139><c> story.</c><00:14:32.879><c> God</c><00:14:33.120><c> uses</c><00:14:33.460><c> Job</c><00:14:33.720><c> as</c><00:14:33.940><c> a</c><00:14:34.000><c> way</c><00:14:34.120><c> to</c><00:14:35.320><c> show</c>

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Satan<00:14:35.720><c> that</c><00:14:37.039><c> God</c><00:14:37.500><c> does</c><00:14:37.740><c> in</c><00:14:37.919><c> fact</c>

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have<00:14:38.200><c> a</c><00:14:38.419><c> truly</c><00:14:38.799><c> faithful</c><00:14:39.159><c> servant</c><00:14:39.539><c> even</c><00:14:39.820><c> when</c><00:14:39.980><c> things</c><00:14:40.200><c> turn</c>

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used<00:15:22.580><c> to</c><00:15:22.840><c> prove,</c>

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But<00:15:47.799><c> there</c><00:15:48.220><c> are</c><00:15:48.399><c> many,</c><00:15:48.659><c> many</c><00:15:48.799><c> more</c><00:15:49.139><c> in</c><00:15:49.340><c> the</c><00:15:49.500><c> Bible</c><00:15:49.700><c> as</c><00:15:50.779><c> there</c><00:15:51.019><c> are</c><00:15:51.179><c> whenever</c><00:15:51.399><c> we</c><00:15:51.659><c> have</c><00:15:51.840><c> a</c><00:15:51.980><c> question.</c>

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answers<00:15:56.460><c> that</c><00:15:56.639><c> we</c><00:15:56.740><c> can</c><00:15:56.940><c> find.</c>

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There's<00:16:05.559><c> a</c><00:16:05.679><c> couple</c><00:16:05.820><c> of</c><00:16:06.000><c> conclusions</c><00:16:06.360><c> that</c><00:16:06.600><c> I've</c><00:16:07.200><c> come</c><00:16:07.399><c> up</c><00:16:07.620><c> with.</c>

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of<00:16:11.620><c> sin.</c>

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Well,<00:16:23.399><c> we</c><00:16:23.539><c> know</c><00:16:23.700><c> man</c><00:16:23.960><c> was</c><00:16:24.179><c> cursed,</c><00:16:24.519><c> but</c><00:16:24.779><c> I</c><00:16:25.000><c> never</c><00:16:25.200><c> actually</c>

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realized<00:16:26.320><c> and</c><00:16:26.600><c> understood</c><00:16:26.940><c> that</c><00:16:27.120><c> the</c><00:16:27.340><c> ground</c><00:16:27.539><c> was</c><00:16:27.779><c> cursed.</c>

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right<00:16:33.220><c> now.</c>

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a<00:16:37.500><c> constant</c><00:16:37.700><c> reminder</c><00:16:38.240><c> of</c><00:16:38.480><c> sin.</c>

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world<00:16:49.860><c> of</c><00:16:50.120><c> sin.</c>

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what<00:16:55.360><c> can</c><00:16:55.500><c> bring</c><00:16:55.600><c> us</c><00:16:55.820><c> closer</c><00:16:56.220><c> to</c><00:16:56.360><c> God.</c>

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also<00:17:04.039><c> serve</c><00:17:04.259><c> as</c><00:17:04.420><c> a</c><00:17:04.519><c> reminder</c><00:17:04.779><c> that</c><00:17:04.940><c> we</c><00:17:05.180><c> need</c><00:17:05.480><c> God,</c><00:17:07.299><c> which</c><00:17:07.700><c> is</c>

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exactly<00:17:08.200><c> what</c><00:17:08.380><c> God</c><00:17:08.660><c> wants,</c><00:17:09.019><c> isn't</c><00:17:09.160><c> it?</c>

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For<00:17:10.779><c> us</c><00:17:10.920><c> to</c><00:17:11.059><c> recognize</c><00:17:11.319><c> that</c><00:17:11.480><c> he</c><00:17:11.640><c> is</c><00:17:11.880><c> our</c><00:17:12.099><c> Creator,</c><00:17:13.059><c> our</c><00:17:13.279><c> Sustainer,</c><00:17:14.480><c> and</c>

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that<00:17:14.700><c> through</c><00:17:14.839><c> him</c><00:17:15.140><c> all</c><00:17:15.440><c> things</c><00:17:15.640><c> are</c><00:17:15.859><c> possible.</c>

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For<00:17:18.559><c> example,</c><00:17:19.059><c> how</c><00:17:19.259><c> often</c><00:17:19.519><c> is</c><00:17:19.799><c> it</c><00:17:19.960><c> that</c><00:17:20.039><c> after</c><00:17:20.279><c> a</c><00:17:20.519><c> disaster,</c>

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the<00:17:21.579><c> news</c><00:17:21.819><c> crews</c><00:17:22.079><c> rush</c><00:17:22.440><c> in</c><00:17:22.720><c> and</c><00:17:22.980><c> they</c><00:17:23.180><c> interview</c><00:17:23.420><c> those</c><00:17:23.660><c> who</c><00:17:23.880><c> survived</c>

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and<00:17:24.839><c> they</c><00:17:25.039><c> stick</c><00:17:25.200><c> the</c><00:17:25.400><c> microphone</c><00:17:25.740><c> in</c><00:17:25.839><c> their</c><00:17:26.079><c> face</c><00:17:26.339><c> and</c><00:17:26.500><c> they</c>

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say,<00:17:27.559><c> how</c><00:17:27.740><c> was</c><00:17:27.960><c> that,</c><00:17:28.180><c> what</c><00:17:28.380><c> was</c><00:17:28.539><c> it</c><00:17:28.700><c> like?</c>

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And<00:17:29.720><c> the</c><00:17:29.859><c> person</c><00:17:30.079><c> can't</c><00:17:30.339><c> describe</c><00:17:30.579><c> what</c><00:17:30.720><c> it</c><00:17:30.759><c> was</c><00:17:30.900><c> like,</c><00:17:31.059><c> but</c>

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thank<00:17:33.480><c> God</c><00:17:33.779><c> somebody</c><00:17:34.039><c> was</c><00:17:34.259><c> watching</c><00:17:34.500><c> over</c><00:17:34.799><c> me.</c>

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I<00:17:35.720><c> look</c><00:17:35.859><c> at</c><00:17:35.960><c> what</c><00:17:36.140><c> happened,</c><00:17:36.420><c> I</c><00:17:36.660><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:36.839><c> have</c><00:17:37.079><c> survived,</c><00:17:37.900><c> but</c><00:17:38.039><c> somebody</c><00:17:38.339><c> was</c><00:17:38.559><c> there</c><00:17:38.740><c> for</c><00:17:38.940><c> me</c><00:17:39.119><c> and</c><00:17:39.160><c> I</c><00:17:39.380><c> did.</c>

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Well,<00:17:40.740><c> that's</c><00:17:41.000><c> their</c><00:17:41.119><c> reaction,</c><00:17:41.579><c> they</c><00:17:41.900><c> thank</c><00:17:42.319><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:43.779><c> I</c><00:17:43.960><c> didn't</c><00:17:44.160><c> realize</c><00:17:44.440><c> it</c><00:17:44.599><c> until</c><00:17:44.740><c> Jean</c><00:17:45.019><c>-Claude</c><00:17:45.220><c> read</c><00:17:45.359><c> it</c><00:17:45.480><c> this</c><00:17:45.660><c> morning,</c><00:17:45.859><c> but</c>

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that's<00:17:46.160><c> what</c><00:17:46.400><c> Job</c><00:17:46.539><c> did.</c>

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his<00:17:51.660><c> family,</c><00:17:52.640><c> his</c><00:17:52.819><c> daughters,</c><00:17:53.339><c> his</c><00:17:53.500><c> houses,</c><00:17:58.619><c> his</c><00:17:58.640><c> possessions</c><00:17:59.180><c> were</c><00:17:59.440><c> destroyed,</c>

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he<00:18:01.460><c> shaves</c><00:18:01.859><c> his</c><00:18:02.079><c> head</c><00:18:02.220><c> and</c><00:18:02.299><c> he</c><00:18:02.400><c> gets</c><00:18:02.519><c> down</c><00:18:02.720><c> on</c><00:18:02.839><c> the</c><00:18:03.420><c> dirt</c><00:18:03.559><c> and</c>

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he<00:18:04.160><c> thanks</c><00:18:04.359><c> God,</c><00:18:05.140><c> he</c><00:18:05.220><c> prays</c><00:18:05.779><c> to</c><00:18:05.980><c> the</c><00:18:06.059><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:09.599><c> I</c><00:18:10.000><c> didn't</c><00:18:10.180><c> realize</c><00:18:10.440><c> it</c><00:18:10.619><c> until</c><00:18:10.779><c> he</c><00:18:10.960><c> read</c><00:18:11.059><c> it,</c><00:18:11.240><c> but</c><00:18:11.339><c> that</c><00:18:11.539><c> is</c>

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what<00:18:11.799><c> we</c><00:18:12.039><c> do</c><00:18:12.220><c> when</c><00:18:12.380><c> that</c><00:18:12.619><c> happens.</c>

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Maybe<00:18:13.500><c> not</c><00:18:13.680><c> to</c><00:18:13.819><c> the</c><00:18:13.960><c> extreme</c><00:18:14.200><c> of</c><00:18:14.420><c> shaving</c><00:18:14.619><c> our</c><00:18:14.880><c> head</c><00:18:15.000><c> and</c><00:18:15.819><c> kneeling</c><00:18:16.079><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:16.380><c> dirt,</c><00:18:16.599><c> but</c><00:18:16.740><c> we</c><00:18:16.900><c> do</c><00:18:17.059><c> thank</c><00:18:17.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:19.859><c> natural</c><00:18:20.119><c> disasters</c><00:18:20.619><c> make</c><00:18:20.839><c> us</c><00:18:21.039><c> realize</c><00:18:21.279><c> how</c><00:18:21.599><c> short</c><00:18:21.940><c> life</c><00:18:22.200><c> is.</c>

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How<00:18:23.759><c> in</c><00:18:23.859><c> the</c><00:18:23.940><c> blink</c><00:18:24.059><c> of</c><00:18:24.200><c> an</c><00:18:24.339><c> eye,</c><00:18:24.519><c> everything</c><00:18:24.819><c> we</c><00:18:25.160><c> have</c><00:18:25.319><c> can</c>

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come<00:18:25.680><c> crashing</c><00:18:26.000><c> down.</c>

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How<00:18:27.500><c> in</c><00:18:27.680><c> the</c><00:18:27.839><c> end,</c><00:18:28.400><c> we</c><00:18:28.500><c> ultimately</c><00:18:28.920><c> need</c><00:18:29.180><c> our</c><00:18:29.440><c> Father</c><00:18:29.640><c> in</c><00:18:29.819><c> heaven</c><00:18:29.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:30.279><c> there</c><00:18:30.460><c> for</c><00:18:30.619><c> us.</c>

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That<00:18:31.819><c> we</c><00:18:31.900><c> need</c><00:18:32.059><c> to</c><00:18:32.220><c> better</c><00:18:32.380><c> our</c><00:18:32.819><c> relationship</c><00:18:33.380><c> with</c><00:18:33.579><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:36.460><c> as</c><00:18:36.900><c> I</c><00:18:37.339><c> showed</c><00:18:37.519><c> earlier,</c><00:18:37.859><c> God</c><00:18:38.119><c> may</c><00:18:38.359><c> ultimately</c><00:18:38.819><c> allow</c><00:18:39.200><c> for</c>

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these<00:18:39.579><c> disasters</c><00:18:39.940><c> to</c><00:18:40.240><c> occur.</c>

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For<00:18:41.420><c> lives</c><00:18:41.640><c> to</c><00:18:41.839><c> be</c><00:18:41.960><c> ruined</c><00:18:42.119><c> in</c><00:18:42.339><c> an</c><00:18:42.460><c> instant.</c>

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But<00:18:43.880><c> God</c><00:18:44.099><c> is</c><00:18:44.259><c> still</c><00:18:44.500><c> a</c><00:18:44.599><c> good</c><00:18:44.759><c> God.</c>

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He<00:18:46.339><c> still</c><00:18:46.559><c> loves</c><00:18:46.779><c> us</c><00:18:47.079><c> and</c><00:18:47.180><c> is</c><00:18:47.380><c> there</c><00:18:47.519><c> for</c><00:18:47.640><c> us.</c>

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God<00:18:48.740><c> is</c><00:18:48.940><c> always</c><00:18:49.259><c> great.</c>

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There<00:18:51.019><c> was</c><00:18:51.200><c> a</c><00:18:51.259><c> reason</c><00:18:51.460><c> that</c><00:18:51.640><c> I</c><00:18:51.640><c> had</c><00:18:51.819><c> Jean</c><00:18:52.099><c>-Claude</c><00:18:52.319><c> reading</c><00:18:52.519><c> the</c>

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chapter<00:18:52.940><c> 2</c><00:18:53.420><c> of</c><00:18:53.799><c> Job</c><00:18:53.940><c> today</c><00:18:54.220><c> and</c><00:18:54.380><c> not</c><00:18:54.579><c> just</c><00:18:54.779><c> stop</c><00:18:54.940><c> at</c><00:18:55.039><c> the</c><00:18:55.099><c> end</c>

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of<00:18:55.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:55.500><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:18:56.539><c> it's</c><00:18:56.640><c> because</c><00:18:56.900><c> of</c><00:18:57.059><c> verses</c><00:18:57.259><c> 9</c><00:18:57.500><c> and</c><00:18:57.640><c> 10.</c>

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The<00:19:00.819><c> verses</c><00:19:01.019><c> come</c><00:19:01.279><c> after</c><00:19:01.700><c> everything</c><00:19:02.019><c> has</c><00:19:02.140><c> been</c><00:19:02.279><c> taken</c><00:19:02.480><c> away</c>

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from<00:19:02.980><c> all</c><00:19:03.259><c> his</c><00:19:03.460><c> possessions.</c>

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And<00:19:04.700><c> then</c><00:19:05.099><c> after</c><00:19:06.400><c> Satan</c><00:19:06.880><c> has</c><00:19:07.200><c> cursed</c><00:19:07.359><c> his</c><00:19:07.619><c> body.</c>

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This<00:19:09.920><c> is</c><00:19:10.079><c> after</c><00:19:10.259><c> he's</c><00:19:10.400><c> got</c><00:19:10.559><c> the</c><00:19:10.839><c> painful</c><00:19:11.220><c> boils.</c>

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Basically,<00:19:12.759><c> if</c><00:19:12.859><c> it</c><00:19:12.980><c> was</c><00:19:13.079><c> you</c><00:19:13.259><c> and</c><00:19:13.339><c> I,</c><00:19:13.799><c> we'd</c><00:19:14.539><c> be</c><00:19:14.539><c> asked,</c><00:19:15.259><c> probably</c><00:19:15.700><c> doing</c>

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what<00:19:16.140><c> the</c><00:19:16.319><c> wife</c><00:19:16.440><c> is</c><00:19:16.619><c> telling</c><00:19:16.740><c> him</c><00:19:16.900><c> to</c><00:19:16.980><c> do.</c>

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Curse<00:19:17.740><c> God</c><00:19:17.940><c> and</c><00:19:18.140><c> die.</c>

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But<00:19:19.180><c> Job</c><00:19:19.279><c> doesn't</c><00:19:19.519><c> do</c><00:19:19.700><c> that.</c>

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Then<00:19:21.240><c> said</c><00:19:21.380><c> his</c><00:19:21.559><c> wife</c><00:19:21.779><c> unto</c><00:19:21.920><c> him,</c><00:19:23.019><c> dost</c><00:19:23.220><c> thou</c><00:19:23.500><c> still</c><00:19:23.779><c> retain</c>

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thine<00:19:24.339><c> integrity?</c>

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Curse<00:19:25.720><c> God</c><00:19:25.980><c> and</c><00:19:26.200><c> die.</c>

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This<00:19:28.099><c> is</c><00:19:28.299><c> the</c><00:19:28.400><c> verse</c><00:19:28.559><c> that</c><00:19:28.700><c> I</c><00:19:28.839><c> really</c><00:19:29.059><c> like.</c>

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But<00:19:29.539><c> he</c><00:19:29.619><c> said</c><00:19:29.759><c> unto</c><00:19:29.980><c> her,</c><00:19:31.259><c> thou</c><00:19:31.519><c> speakest</c><00:19:32.059><c> as</c><00:19:32.240><c> one</c><00:19:32.420><c> of</c><00:19:32.539><c> the</c>

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foolish<00:19:32.920><c> women</c><00:19:33.380><c> speaketh.</c>

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What,<00:19:35.140><c> shall</c><00:19:35.299><c> we</c><00:19:35.559><c> receive</c><00:19:35.859><c> good</c><00:19:36.319><c> at</c><00:19:36.660><c> the</c><00:19:36.799><c> hand</c><00:19:36.940><c> of</c><00:19:37.140><c> God</c><00:19:37.339><c> and</c><00:19:37.660><c> shall</c><00:19:37.859><c> we</c>

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not<00:19:38.259><c> receive</c><00:19:38.660><c> evil?</c>

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We<00:19:41.420><c> all</c><00:19:41.579><c> know</c><00:19:41.720><c> that</c><00:19:41.940><c> God</c><00:19:42.099><c> is</c><00:19:42.319><c> good</c><00:19:42.680><c> and</c><00:19:42.960><c> that</c><00:19:43.119><c> eventually</c><00:19:43.359><c> he</c>

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will<00:19:43.779><c> shower</c><00:19:44.059><c> us</c><00:19:44.319><c> with</c><00:19:44.619><c> nothing</c><00:19:44.819><c> but</c><00:19:45.079><c> good</c><00:19:45.279><c> and</c><00:19:45.500><c> perfection.</c>

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But<00:19:46.960><c> we</c><00:19:47.079><c> haven't</c><00:19:47.259><c> reached</c><00:19:47.500><c> that</c><00:19:47.660><c> yet.</c>

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While<00:19:49.059><c> God</c><00:19:49.339><c> might</c><00:19:49.619><c> be</c><00:19:49.880><c> good,</c><00:19:50.859><c> we</c><00:19:51.299><c> aren't.</c>

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We<00:19:52.740><c> are</c><00:19:52.920><c> the</c><00:19:53.099><c> part</c><00:19:53.240><c> of</c><00:19:53.339><c> the</c><00:19:53.599><c> world</c><00:19:53.920><c> of</c><00:19:54.619><c> sin</c><00:19:54.839><c> and</c><00:19:55.119><c> evil.</c>

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All<00:19:56.660><c> because</c><00:19:57.000><c> we</c><00:19:57.220><c> failed</c><00:19:57.460><c> our</c><00:19:57.680><c> God.</c>

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Therefore,<00:20:00.779><c> why</c><00:20:01.059><c> should</c><00:20:01.259><c> we</c><00:20:01.359><c> expect</c><00:20:01.720><c> him</c><00:20:02.000><c> to</c><00:20:02.779><c> always</c><00:20:03.339><c> be</c><00:20:03.539><c> good</c>

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towards<00:20:04.079><c> us?</c>

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We<00:20:04.700><c> don't</c><00:20:04.940><c> deserve</c><00:20:05.259><c> it.</c>

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It<00:20:06.700><c> is</c><00:20:06.940><c> true</c><00:20:07.079><c> that</c><00:20:07.259><c> God</c><00:20:07.420><c> allows</c><00:20:07.740><c> these</c><00:20:08.079><c> disasters</c><00:20:08.400><c> to</c><00:20:08.700><c> occur.</c>

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But<00:20:10.079><c> they</c><00:20:10.299><c> occur</c><00:20:10.539><c> because</c><00:20:10.839><c> of</c><00:20:10.960><c> us.</c>

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That<00:20:11.720><c> in</c><00:20:11.880><c> the</c><00:20:12.039><c> earliest</c><00:20:12.319><c> days</c><00:20:12.579><c> of</c><00:20:12.799><c> man,</c><00:20:13.420><c> we</c><00:20:13.680><c> failed.</c>

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But<00:20:15.160><c> don't</c><00:20:15.779><c> worry.</c>

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In<00:20:17.480><c> the</c><00:20:17.680><c> end,</c><00:20:17.960><c> after</c><00:20:18.059><c> the</c><00:20:18.240><c> dust</c><00:20:18.440><c> has</c><00:20:18.700><c> settled</c><00:20:18.880><c> and</c><00:20:19.099><c> the</c><00:20:19.319><c> smoke</c>

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has<00:20:19.700><c> cleared,</c><00:20:20.539><c> God</c><00:20:20.720><c> is</c><00:20:20.880><c> always</c><00:20:21.180><c> good</c><00:20:21.319><c> to</c><00:20:21.480><c> us.</c>

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These<00:20:23.339><c> disasters</c><00:20:23.819><c> remind</c><00:20:24.140><c> us</c><00:20:24.279><c> how</c><00:20:24.480><c> much</c><00:20:24.640><c> we</c><00:20:24.900><c> need</c><00:20:25.059><c> and</c><00:20:25.339><c> rely</c>

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on<00:20:25.700><c> our</c><00:20:25.819><c> Father.</c>

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But<00:20:27.460><c> in</c><00:20:27.599><c> the</c><00:20:27.720><c> end,</c><00:20:28.259><c> they</c><00:20:28.259><c> ultimately</c><00:20:28.799><c> draw</c><00:20:29.119><c> us</c><00:20:29.279><c> closer</c><00:20:29.519><c> to</c><00:20:29.680><c> God.</c>

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Which<00:20:31.319><c> only</c><00:20:31.599><c> draws</c><00:20:31.779><c> us</c><00:20:32.019><c> closer</c><00:20:32.539><c> to</c><00:20:32.720><c> the</c><00:20:32.759><c> ultimate</c><00:20:33.079><c> goal.</c>

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Eternal<00:20:34.259><c> life</c><00:20:34.500><c> in</c><00:20:34.619><c> the</c><00:20:34.720><c> kingdom.</c>

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Thank<00:20:36.299><c> you.</c>