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Disappointment,<00:13:24.200><c> which</c><00:13:24.340><c> I</c><00:13:24.500><c> had</c><00:13:24.620><c> never</c><00:13:24.779><c> heard</c><00:13:25.019><c> of</c><00:13:25.220><c> before,</c><00:13:25.620><c> or</c>

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yeah,<00:14:06.899><c> we've</c><00:14:07.120><c> heard</c><00:14:07.139><c> all</c><00:14:07.360><c> that</c><00:14:07.960><c> before.</c>

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And<00:14:49.539><c> he</c><00:14:50.299><c> started</c><00:14:50.600><c> pointing</c><00:14:50.840><c> out,</c><00:14:51.000><c> you</c><00:14:51.100><c> know,</c><00:14:51.259><c> different</c><00:14:51.480><c> things</c><00:14:51.720><c> about</c><00:14:52.000><c> the</c>

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There's<00:16:20.200><c> a</c><00:16:20.440><c> scene</c><00:16:20.659><c> in</c><00:16:21.759><c> The</c><00:16:24.279><c> Polar</c><00:16:24.639><c> Express.</c>

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I<00:16:25.320><c> don't</c><00:16:25.379><c> know</c><00:16:25.399><c> if</c><00:16:25.539><c> you</c><00:16:25.559><c> know</c><00:16:25.659><c> the</c><00:16:25.740><c> movie</c><00:16:25.899><c> The</c><00:16:26.059><c> Polar</c><00:16:26.360><c> Express,</c>

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but<00:16:26.860><c> it's</c><00:16:27.039><c> an</c><00:16:27.259><c> animated</c><00:16:27.519><c> movie</c><00:16:27.840><c> about</c><00:16:28.039><c> a</c><00:16:28.620><c> boy</c><00:16:28.799><c> that</c><00:16:29.019><c> takes</c><00:16:29.159><c> a</c>

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train<00:16:29.500><c> up</c><00:16:29.659><c> to</c><00:16:29.779><c> the</c><00:16:29.919><c> North</c><00:16:30.159><c> Pole,</c>

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presumably<00:16:31.100><c> to</c><00:16:31.759><c> meet</c><00:16:32.039><c> Santa</c><00:16:32.480><c> Claus.</c>

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But<00:16:33.600><c> he's</c><00:16:33.759><c> not</c><00:16:34.059><c> quite</c><00:16:34.399><c> sure</c><00:16:34.960><c> of</c><00:16:35.820><c> Santa</c><00:16:36.279><c> Claus.</c>

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And<00:16:37.360><c> through</c><00:16:37.600><c> a</c><00:16:38.080><c> series</c><00:16:38.320><c> of</c><00:16:38.539><c> events,</c><00:16:38.700><c> he</c><00:16:38.799><c> ends</c><00:16:38.940><c> up</c><00:16:39.139><c> on</c><00:16:39.320><c> top</c><00:16:39.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:39.820><c> train,</c><00:16:40.519><c> and</c><00:16:40.759><c> he</c><00:16:40.860><c> meets</c><00:16:41.000><c> a</c><00:16:41.299><c> hobo,</c><00:16:42.559><c> and</c><00:16:42.860><c> he</c><00:16:43.000><c> starts</c><00:16:43.200><c> talking</c>

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to<00:16:43.639><c> this</c><00:16:43.879><c> hobo,</c>

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and<00:16:45.299><c> the</c><00:16:45.399><c> hobo</c><00:16:45.559><c> says</c><00:16:45.820><c> to</c><00:16:46.000><c> him,</c><00:16:46.279><c> what</c><00:16:46.340><c> is</c><00:16:46.580><c> your</c><00:16:47.340><c> persuasion</c>

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towards<00:16:49.200><c> Santa</c><00:16:49.679><c> Claus?</c>

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And<00:16:50.159><c> he</c><00:16:50.379><c> said,</c><00:16:51.259><c> well,</c><00:16:51.360><c> I</c><00:16:51.460><c> want</c><00:16:51.659><c> to</c><00:16:51.879><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:16:53.779><c> the</c><00:16:53.940><c> hobo</c><00:16:54.220><c> says,</c><00:16:54.600><c> yes,</c><00:16:54.840><c> but</c><00:16:54.980><c> you</c><00:16:55.299><c> don't</c><00:16:55.700><c> want</c><00:16:55.919><c> to</c><00:16:56.100><c> be</c><00:16:56.460><c> bamboozled,</c><00:16:57.580><c> do</c><00:16:57.779><c> you?</c>

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You<00:16:59.120><c> don't</c><00:16:59.259><c> want</c><00:16:59.360><c> to</c><00:16:59.440><c> be</c><00:16:59.539><c> led</c><00:16:59.740><c> down</c><00:17:00.240><c> the</c><00:17:00.519><c> primrose</c><00:17:01.179><c> path,</c><00:17:01.860><c> have</c>

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the<00:17:02.299><c> wool</c><00:17:02.539><c> pulled</c><00:17:02.779><c> over</c><00:17:03.000><c> your</c><00:17:03.320><c> eyes,</c><00:17:03.779><c> hoodwinked.</c>

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You<00:17:04.900><c> don't</c><00:17:05.099><c> want</c><00:17:05.200><c> to</c><00:17:05.299><c> be</c><00:17:05.539><c> taken</c><00:17:05.779><c> for</c><00:17:06.099><c> a</c><00:17:06.259><c> ride,</c><00:17:06.619><c> you</c><00:17:06.740><c> don't</c><00:17:06.839><c> want</c>

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to<00:17:07.000><c> be</c><00:17:07.319><c> railroaded.</c>

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But<00:17:09.539><c> seeing</c><00:17:09.759><c> is</c><00:17:10.059><c> believing.</c>

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And<00:17:12.259><c> sometimes</c><00:17:12.519><c> that's</c><00:17:12.759><c> the</c><00:17:12.779><c> way</c><00:17:12.859><c> we</c><00:17:13.000><c> feel</c><00:17:13.180><c> about</c><00:17:13.380><c> our</c><00:17:13.599><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:17:15.380><c> want</c><00:17:15.579><c> to</c><00:17:15.799><c> believe,</c><00:17:17.180><c> but</c><00:17:17.559><c> nobody</c><00:17:18.019><c> likes</c><00:17:18.319><c> to</c><00:17:18.539><c> be</c><00:17:18.680><c> hoodwinked.</c>

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And<00:17:19.920><c> when</c><00:17:20.059><c> you</c><00:17:20.240><c> talk</c><00:17:20.420><c> about</c><00:17:20.680><c> prophecy</c><00:17:21.099><c> and</c><00:17:21.519><c> the</c><00:17:21.640><c> possible</c><00:17:21.940><c> return</c><00:17:22.279><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:17:23.039><c> you</c><00:17:23.259><c> want</c><00:17:23.579><c> to</c><00:17:23.779><c> believe</c><00:17:23.960><c> Christ</c><00:17:24.240><c> is</c><00:17:24.460><c> coming</c><00:17:24.619><c> very,</c>

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very<00:17:25.220><c> soon,</c>

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but<00:17:26.180><c> I</c><00:17:27.819><c> don't</c><00:17:27.960><c> want</c><00:17:28.039><c> to</c><00:17:28.119><c> be</c><00:17:28.380><c> fooled</c><00:17:28.680><c> again.</c>

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And<00:17:31.470><c> all</c><00:17:32.029><c> these</c><00:17:32.250><c> things</c><00:17:33.609><c> create</c><00:17:34.730><c> doubts</c><00:17:35.349><c> and</c><00:17:35.809><c> fears</c><00:17:36.309><c> in</c><00:17:37.049><c> our</c><00:17:37.369><c> faith.</c>

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At<00:17:37.789><c> least</c><00:17:37.970><c> they</c><00:17:38.309><c> do</c><00:17:38.529><c> sometimes</c><00:17:39.049><c> for</c><00:17:39.309><c> me.</c>

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And<00:17:42.130><c> then</c><00:17:42.450><c> a</c><00:17:43.049><c> couple</c><00:17:43.250><c> weeks</c><00:17:43.490><c> ago,</c><00:17:43.809><c> or</c><00:17:44.049><c> even</c><00:17:44.289><c> less</c><00:17:44.490><c> than</c><00:17:44.670><c> that,</c>

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I<00:17:44.990><c> think,</c><00:17:46.390><c> I</c><00:17:46.589><c> received,</c><00:17:47.269><c> I</c><00:17:47.630><c> get</c><00:17:47.950><c> these</c><00:17:48.390><c> email</c><00:17:49.150><c> connections</c><00:17:49.849><c> from</c><00:17:50.150><c> a</c>

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brother<00:17:50.529><c> by</c><00:17:50.710><c> the</c><00:17:50.769><c> name</c><00:17:50.910><c> of</c><00:17:51.130><c> Art</c><00:17:51.630><c> Cordenel</c><00:17:52.250><c> out</c><00:17:52.529><c> of</c><00:17:52.730><c> the</c><00:17:52.869><c> UK.</c>

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I<00:17:53.289><c> don't</c><00:17:53.470><c> know</c><00:17:53.630><c> Art</c><00:17:54.289><c> at</c><00:17:54.630><c> all,</c><00:17:55.029><c> other</c><00:17:55.309><c> than</c><00:17:55.549><c> he</c><00:17:55.730><c> sends</c><00:17:56.009><c> out</c>

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these<00:17:57.130><c> videos,</c>

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Christadelphian<00:17:59.490><c> talks,</c><00:18:01.130><c> video</c><00:18:01.369><c> talks.</c>

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And<00:18:03.029><c> he</c><00:18:03.190><c> sent</c><00:18:03.329><c> out</c><00:18:03.609><c> this</c><00:18:04.009><c> series</c><00:18:04.410><c> of</c><00:18:04.609><c> four</c><00:18:04.849><c> classes</c><00:18:05.309><c> called</c><00:18:05.670><c> The</c><00:18:05.910><c> Mind</c><00:18:06.309><c> of</c><00:18:06.549><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:18:08.589><c> it</c><00:18:08.690><c> was</c><00:18:08.789><c> put</c><00:18:08.970><c> out</c><00:18:09.049><c> by</c><00:18:09.250><c> a</c><00:18:09.309><c> brother</c><00:18:09.450><c> and</c><00:18:09.549><c> he</c><00:18:09.650><c> didn't</c><00:18:09.869><c> tell</c><00:18:10.009><c> me</c>

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who<00:18:10.269><c> the</c><00:18:10.430><c> brother</c><00:18:10.589><c> was.</c>

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In<00:18:11.130><c> fact,</c><00:18:11.190><c> I</c><00:18:11.269><c> had</c><00:18:11.410><c> to</c><00:18:11.549><c> ask</c><00:18:11.789><c> later</c><00:18:12.009><c> who</c><00:18:12.490><c> did</c><00:18:12.829><c> these</c><00:18:13.069><c> classes</c><00:18:13.450><c> because</c><00:18:13.609><c> I</c>

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didn't<00:18:13.970><c> know</c><00:18:14.569><c> the</c><00:18:14.950><c> voice</c><00:18:15.490><c> of</c><00:18:16.369><c> the</c><00:18:16.549><c> brother</c><00:18:16.730><c> that</c><00:18:16.930><c> gave</c><00:18:17.029><c> the</c><00:18:17.250><c> classes.</c>

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And<00:18:17.730><c> they're</c><00:18:18.009><c> exceptional</c><00:18:18.849><c> classes.</c>

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If<00:18:19.569><c> you</c><00:18:19.710><c> have</c><00:18:19.849><c> the</c><00:18:20.009><c> opportunity</c><00:18:20.549><c> to</c><00:18:21.269><c> watch</c><00:18:21.529><c> them</c><00:18:21.750><c> or</c><00:18:21.890><c> listen</c>

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to<00:18:22.509><c> them,</c>

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it's<00:18:23.349><c> in</c><00:18:24.349><c> Art</c><00:18:24.670><c> Cordenel's</c><00:18:25.549><c> website</c><00:18:25.869><c> called</c><00:18:26.190><c> Video</c><00:18:26.609><c> Vault,</c>

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Christadelphian<00:18:27.470><c> Video</c><00:18:27.849><c> Vault.</c>

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And<00:18:28.710><c> it's</c><00:18:28.849><c> four</c><00:18:29.089><c> classes</c><00:18:29.529><c> of</c><00:18:29.789><c> about</c><00:18:30.029><c> 45</c><00:18:30.490><c> minutes</c><00:18:30.809><c> each.</c>

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And<00:18:31.869><c> it's</c><00:18:32.210><c> just</c><00:18:32.589><c> tremendous.</c>

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And<00:18:36.250><c> it</c><00:18:36.349><c> turns</c><00:18:36.529><c> out</c><00:18:36.809><c> that</c><00:18:37.130><c> the</c><00:18:37.289><c> brother</c><00:18:37.430><c> is</c><00:18:37.630><c> from</c><00:18:37.849><c> Australia,</c>

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New<00:18:39.430><c> Zealand.</c>

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It's<00:18:40.109><c> a</c><00:18:40.230><c> brother</c><00:18:40.349><c> by</c><00:18:40.509><c> the</c><00:18:40.529><c> name</c><00:18:40.690><c> of</c><00:18:40.869><c> Nathan</c><00:18:41.150><c> Lewis,</c><00:18:41.589><c> who</c><00:18:41.750><c> I</c><00:18:41.930><c> found</c><00:18:42.130><c> out</c>

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later<00:18:42.650><c> through</c><00:18:43.569><c> Shauna,</c><00:18:44.049><c> I</c><00:18:44.190><c> believe,</c>

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that<00:18:46.069><c> Nathan</c><00:18:46.390><c> Lewis</c><00:18:46.730><c> is</c><00:18:47.150><c> the</c><00:18:47.390><c> son</c><00:18:47.609><c> of</c><00:18:47.970><c> Roger</c><00:18:48.309><c> Lewis.</c>

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So<00:18:50.430><c> there's</c><00:18:50.690><c> all</c><00:18:50.950><c> kinds</c><00:18:51.150><c> of</c><00:18:51.230><c> ways</c><00:18:51.390><c> that</c><00:18:51.529><c> I</c><00:18:51.670><c> found</c><00:18:51.869><c> out</c><00:18:52.069><c> about</c>

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who<00:18:52.730><c> this</c><00:18:53.029><c> was</c><00:18:53.210><c> in</c><00:18:53.369><c> this</c><00:18:53.589><c> talk</c><00:18:53.750><c> that</c><00:18:53.910><c> he</c><00:18:54.089><c> gave.</c>

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And<00:18:56.130><c> he</c><00:18:56.250><c> talks</c><00:18:56.410><c> about</c><00:18:56.890><c> the</c><00:18:57.430><c> carnal</c><00:18:57.750><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:18:59.970><c> he</c><00:19:00.130><c> pointed</c><00:19:00.309><c> out</c><00:19:00.569><c> that</c><00:19:00.789><c> science</c><00:19:01.069><c> has</c><00:19:01.289><c> found</c><00:19:01.430><c> that</c><00:19:01.650><c> there</c>

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are<00:19:02.250><c> three</c><00:19:02.630><c> different</c><00:19:03.890><c> sections</c><00:19:04.630><c> to</c><00:19:04.970><c> the</c><00:19:05.170><c> brain.</c>

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And<00:19:06.950><c> I'm</c><00:19:07.069><c> going</c><00:19:07.170><c> to</c><00:19:07.309><c> paraphrase</c><00:19:07.630><c> what</c><00:19:07.789><c> he</c><00:19:08.029><c> says,</c><00:19:08.289><c> but</c><00:19:08.410><c> he</c><00:19:08.549><c> says</c>

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one<00:19:09.369><c> section</c><00:19:09.670><c> is</c><00:19:09.910><c> called</c><00:19:10.049><c> the</c><00:19:10.549><c> instinctive</c><00:19:11.569><c> brain</c><00:19:11.990><c> or</c><00:19:12.349><c> the</c>

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instinctive<00:19:13.049><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:19:14.170><c> it's</c><00:19:14.390><c> all,</c><00:19:14.789><c> it</c><00:19:15.109><c> controls</c><00:19:15.490><c> your</c><00:19:15.950><c> instincts.</c>

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It's<00:19:17.089><c> the</c><00:19:17.250><c> part</c><00:19:17.430><c> of</c><00:19:17.549><c> your</c><00:19:17.690><c> mind</c><00:19:17.789><c> that</c><00:19:18.069><c> controls</c><00:19:18.470><c> when</c><00:19:18.670><c> you</c><00:19:18.849><c> touch</c><00:19:18.990><c> something</c><00:19:19.269><c> hot</c>

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and<00:19:19.650><c> pull</c><00:19:19.789><c> it</c><00:19:19.950><c> away.</c>

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It<00:19:21.450><c> also</c><00:19:21.650><c> controls</c><00:19:22.069><c> some</c><00:19:22.269><c> of</c><00:19:22.369><c> your</c><00:19:22.450><c> most</c><00:19:22.710><c> basic</c><00:19:23.230><c> instincts</c><00:19:23.569><c> like</c><00:19:24.369><c> eating</c><00:19:24.930><c> and</c><00:19:25.910><c> the</c><00:19:26.309><c> loss</c><00:19:26.470><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:26.829><c> flesh</c><00:19:27.089><c> and</c><00:19:27.710><c> those</c><00:19:28.029><c> types</c><00:19:28.329><c> of</c><00:19:28.769><c> instincts</c>

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that<00:19:29.750><c> you</c><00:19:29.910><c> know</c><00:19:30.029><c> when</c><00:19:30.150><c> you</c><00:19:30.829><c> see</c><00:19:31.029><c> a</c><00:19:31.210><c> picture</c><00:19:31.470><c> and</c><00:19:31.809><c> you</c><00:19:31.990><c> have</c><00:19:32.109><c> that</c><00:19:32.349><c> instantaneous</c><00:19:33.150><c> response</c><00:19:33.809><c> to</c><00:19:34.049><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:42.250><c> that's</c><00:19:42.430><c> one</c><00:19:42.569><c> that</c><00:19:42.849><c> controls</c><00:19:43.390><c> your</c><00:19:43.769><c> feelings.</c>

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And,<00:19:46.829><c> you</c><00:19:47.230><c> know,</c><00:19:47.630><c> when</c><00:19:47.750><c> you</c><00:19:47.910><c> are</c><00:19:48.130><c> angry</c><00:19:48.430><c> or</c><00:19:48.569><c> when</c><00:19:48.670><c> you</c><00:19:48.849><c> are</c><00:19:49.049><c> sad</c>

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or<00:19:49.670><c> how</c><00:19:50.170><c> you</c><00:19:50.450><c> deal</c><00:19:50.730><c> with</c><00:19:51.009><c> jealousy.</c>

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And<00:19:52.069><c> that's</c><00:19:52.269><c> all</c><00:19:52.470><c> controlled</c><00:19:52.869><c> by</c><00:19:53.109><c> the</c><00:19:53.349><c> emotional</c><00:19:53.769><c> part</c><00:19:54.130><c> of</c>

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your<00:19:54.630><c> brain.</c>

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And<00:19:55.950><c> the</c><00:19:56.049><c> third</c><00:19:56.170><c> part</c><00:19:56.369><c> of</c><00:19:56.490><c> the</c><00:19:56.630><c> brain</c><00:19:56.890><c> is</c><00:19:57.710><c> what's</c><00:19:58.130><c> called</c><00:19:58.269><c> the</c>

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intellectual<00:19:59.130><c> brain.</c>

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And<00:20:05.329><c> it</c><00:20:05.430><c> is</c><00:20:05.630><c> only</c><00:20:05.910><c> through</c><00:20:06.609><c> the</c><00:20:07.130><c> intellectual</c><00:20:08.029><c> part</c><00:20:09.009><c> of</c><00:20:09.190><c> the</c>

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brain<00:20:09.890><c> that</c><00:20:10.890><c> you</c><00:20:11.049><c> can</c><00:20:11.269><c> come</c><00:20:11.430><c> to</c><00:20:11.609><c> know</c><00:20:11.730><c> the</c><00:20:11.890><c> Lord</c><00:20:12.069><c> Jesus</c><00:20:12.430><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:20:12.990><c> here</c><00:20:13.390><c> is</c><00:20:14.190><c> the</c><00:20:14.589><c> fascinating</c><00:20:15.130><c> thing</c><00:20:15.809><c> that</c><00:20:16.609><c> this</c><00:20:16.869><c> brother</c>

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Nathan<00:20:17.390><c> points</c><00:20:17.730><c> out.</c>

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No<00:20:20.569><c> part</c><00:20:21.049><c> of</c><00:20:21.930><c> the</c><00:20:22.230><c> mind</c><00:20:22.829><c> is</c><00:20:24.309><c> spiritual.</c>

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It's<00:20:27.250><c> all</c><00:20:27.930><c> carnal.</c>

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Yes,<00:20:29.970><c> God</c><00:20:30.349><c> might</c><00:20:30.670><c> reach</c><00:20:31.009><c> to</c><00:20:31.230><c> us</c><00:20:31.410><c> through</c><00:20:31.670><c> his</c><00:20:32.009><c> word</c><00:20:32.349><c> through</c>

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but<00:20:34.849><c> the</c><00:20:35.210><c> intellectual</c><00:20:35.529><c> part</c><00:20:35.769><c> of</c><00:20:35.910><c> the</c><00:20:36.069><c> brain</c><00:20:36.349><c> is</c><00:20:36.630><c> as</c><00:20:36.809><c> much</c><00:20:37.009><c> a</c>

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carnal<00:20:37.529><c> mind</c><00:20:38.089><c> as</c><00:20:38.849><c> the</c><00:20:39.089><c> other</c><00:20:39.269><c> two</c><00:20:39.490><c> aspects</c><00:20:39.930><c> of</c><00:20:40.130><c> the</c><00:20:40.329><c> brain.</c>

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What<00:20:41.970><c> you</c><00:20:42.190><c> have</c><00:20:42.430><c> to</c><00:20:42.549><c> go</c><00:20:42.950><c> through</c><00:20:43.349><c> is</c><00:20:44.150><c> a</c><00:20:44.309><c> metamorphosis.</c>

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In<00:20:46.289><c> other</c><00:20:46.490><c> words,</c><00:20:46.750><c> you</c><00:20:47.109><c> cannot</c><00:20:48.710><c> repair</c><00:20:50.170><c> the</c><00:20:51.529><c> carnal</c><00:20:51.809><c> mind.</c>

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Whether<00:20:53.410><c> it's</c><00:20:53.750><c> intellectual,</c><00:20:54.410><c> emotional,</c><00:20:55.109><c> or</c><00:20:55.349><c> instinctive,</c>

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it's<00:20:57.309><c> all</c><00:20:57.609><c> the</c><00:20:57.849><c> same.</c>

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All<00:20:59.430><c> you</c><00:20:59.609><c> can</c><00:20:59.849><c> do</c><00:21:00.450><c> is</c><00:21:01.150><c> be</c><00:21:01.549><c> transformed</c><00:21:02.569><c> by</c><00:21:03.569><c> the</c><00:21:03.789><c> renewing</c><00:21:04.470><c> of</c>

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your<00:21:05.009><c> mind.</c>

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You<00:21:06.049><c> need</c><00:21:06.250><c> to</c><00:21:06.470><c> take</c><00:21:06.670><c> on</c><00:21:07.130><c> a</c><00:21:07.690><c> new</c><00:21:07.910><c> mind,</c><00:21:08.529><c> not</c><00:21:09.670><c> fix</c><00:21:10.250><c> the</c><00:21:10.609><c> old</c><00:21:11.049><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:21:13.230><c> he</c><00:21:13.329><c> goes</c><00:21:13.529><c> into</c><00:21:13.809><c> the</c><00:21:14.029><c> process</c><00:21:14.369><c> of</c><00:21:14.650><c> metamorphosis</c><00:21:15.289><c> because</c>

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that<00:21:15.970><c> word</c><00:21:16.309><c> be</c><00:21:16.849><c> transformed</c><00:21:17.809><c> by</c><00:21:18.049><c> the</c><00:21:18.269><c> renewal</c><00:21:18.490><c> of</c><00:21:18.690><c> your</c><00:21:18.849><c> mind,</c>

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that<00:21:19.309><c> word</c><00:21:19.609><c> is</c><00:21:19.930><c> metamorphu,</c><00:21:20.589><c> which</c><00:21:20.789><c> is</c><00:21:21.029><c> where</c><00:21:21.390><c> metamorphosis</c>

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comes<00:21:22.509><c> from.</c>

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And<00:21:23.589><c> he</c><00:21:23.750><c> tells</c><00:21:23.930><c> this</c><00:21:24.170><c> wonderful</c><00:21:24.690><c> story</c><00:21:25.089><c> about</c><00:21:25.369><c> the</c><00:21:25.630><c> process</c><00:21:26.029><c> of</c><00:21:26.230><c> a</c>

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caterpillar<00:21:26.849><c> becoming</c><00:21:27.210><c> a</c><00:21:27.509><c> butterfly.</c>

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And<00:21:28.849><c> he</c><00:21:29.670><c> says</c><00:21:29.990><c> that</c><00:21:30.470><c> the</c><00:21:30.829><c> characteristics</c><00:21:31.569><c> of</c><00:21:32.089><c> the</c><00:21:32.349><c> butterfly</c>

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the<00:21:38.609><c> caterpillar.</c>

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external<00:21:43.390><c> system.</c>

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Just<00:21:43.890><c> to</c><00:21:44.009><c> give</c><00:21:44.089><c> you</c><00:21:44.190><c> a</c><00:21:44.250><c> couple</c><00:21:44.410><c> examples,</c><00:21:45.289><c> a</c><00:21:45.509><c> caterpillar,</c><00:21:45.829><c> as</c>

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you<00:21:46.089><c> know,</c><00:21:46.549><c> lives</c><00:21:46.650><c> on</c><00:21:47.130><c> food,</c><00:21:47.490><c> eats</c><00:21:47.829><c> leaves.</c>

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A<00:21:49.990><c> butterfly</c><00:21:50.230><c> lives</c><00:21:50.490><c> on</c><00:21:50.750><c> nectar.</c>

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So<00:21:51.990><c> it's</c><00:21:52.170><c> a</c><00:21:52.369><c> completely</c><00:21:52.609><c> different</c><00:21:53.170><c> internal</c><00:21:53.789><c> digestive</c><00:21:54.390><c> system</c><00:21:55.029><c> at</c><00:21:55.710><c> work.</c>

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We<00:21:57.289><c> obviously</c><00:21:57.569><c> know</c><00:21:57.750><c> that</c><00:21:57.930><c> one</c><00:21:58.170><c> flies</c><00:21:58.569><c> and</c><00:21:58.769><c> one</c><00:21:58.990><c> crawls.</c>

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They<00:21:59.569><c> have</c><00:21:59.710><c> a</c><00:22:00.789><c> different</c><00:22:01.029><c> spine.</c><00:22:01.769><c> They</c><00:22:01.789><c> have</c><00:22:01.930><c> a</c><00:22:01.930><c> different</c><00:22:02.250><c> everything.</c>

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Everything<00:22:03.150><c> about</c><00:22:03.529><c> those</c><00:22:03.970><c> two</c><00:22:04.789><c> animals</c><00:22:05.349><c> are</c><00:22:05.849><c> different,</c><00:22:06.930><c> and</c>

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yet<00:22:07.390><c> they're</c><00:22:07.789><c> the</c><00:22:07.970><c> same</c><00:22:08.190><c> entity.</c>

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In<00:22:09.630><c> fact,</c><00:22:09.769><c> they</c><00:22:09.950><c> did</c><00:22:10.210><c> tests</c><00:22:11.069><c> where</c><00:22:11.950><c> they</c><00:22:13.289><c> trained</c><00:22:13.529><c> a</c><00:22:13.869><c> caterpillar</c><00:22:14.549><c> to</c><00:22:15.329><c> recognize</c><00:22:16.809><c> a</c><00:22:17.950><c> certain</c><00:22:18.269><c> smell</c><00:22:18.750><c> and</c>

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a<00:22:18.990><c> certain</c><00:22:19.230><c> sound</c>

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know<00:22:23.029><c> that</c><00:22:23.190><c> when</c><00:22:23.369><c> that</c><00:22:23.809><c> smell</c><00:22:23.990><c> occurs,</c><00:22:24.430><c> there's</c><00:22:24.470><c> going</c><00:22:24.609><c> to</c><00:22:24.730><c> be</c>

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a<00:22:25.049><c> loud</c><00:22:25.309><c> sound.</c>

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And<00:22:27.650><c> the</c><00:22:27.829><c> caterpillar</c><00:22:28.210><c> will</c><00:22:28.690><c> move</c><00:22:28.970><c> away</c><00:22:29.589><c> from</c><00:22:30.329><c> the</c><00:22:30.609><c> smell</c><00:22:30.809><c> and</c>

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from<00:22:31.150><c> the</c><00:22:31.349><c> sound.</c>

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And<00:22:33.730><c> what</c><00:22:33.910><c> they</c><00:22:34.170><c> did</c><00:22:34.869><c> when</c><00:22:35.890><c> the</c><00:22:36.210><c> caterpillar</c><00:22:36.509><c> became</c><00:22:36.769><c> a</c><00:22:37.009><c> butterfly</c><00:22:37.609><c> is</c>

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they<00:22:38.950><c> checked</c><00:22:39.190><c> the</c><00:22:39.529><c> smell</c><00:22:40.009><c> and</c><00:22:40.589><c> the</c><00:22:40.829><c> butterfly</c><00:22:41.650><c> moved</c><00:22:42.109><c> away.</c>

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And<00:22:44.069><c> so</c><00:22:44.329><c> even</c><00:22:44.569><c> though</c><00:22:45.069><c> the</c><00:22:45.349><c> creature</c><00:22:45.589><c> that</c><00:22:45.970><c> flies</c><00:22:46.589><c> is</c>

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completely<00:22:48.150><c> different,</c>

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than<00:22:49.990><c> the</c><00:22:50.170><c> one</c><00:22:50.269><c> that</c><00:22:50.529><c> crawls</c><00:22:50.670><c> on</c><00:22:50.890><c> the</c><00:22:51.029><c> ground,</c><00:22:52.569><c> yet</c><00:22:52.690><c> they</c><00:22:52.869><c> have</c>

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the<00:22:53.230><c> same</c><00:22:53.369><c> memories.</c>

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And<00:22:55.869><c> they</c><00:22:56.470><c> studied</c><00:22:57.089><c> that</c><00:22:58.089><c> process</c><00:22:58.569><c> where</c><00:22:58.809><c> the</c><00:22:59.029><c> caterpillar</c>

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goes<00:22:59.609><c> into</c><00:22:59.910><c> its</c><00:23:00.190><c> chrysalis</c><00:23:00.750><c> and</c><00:23:01.009><c> completely</c><00:23:01.869><c> transforms.</c>

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And<00:23:03.710><c> they've</c><00:23:04.269><c> intricately</c><00:23:04.869><c> studied</c><00:23:05.650><c> everything</c><00:23:06.529><c> that's</c><00:23:07.109><c> going</c><00:23:07.349><c> on</c>

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inside<00:23:08.589><c> that</c><00:23:08.910><c> chrysalis</c>

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to<00:23:10.450><c> come</c><00:23:10.630><c> to</c><00:23:10.990><c> understand</c><00:23:11.490><c> exactly</c><00:23:12.410><c> what</c><00:23:12.930><c> is</c><00:23:13.369><c> happening</c><00:23:13.809><c> in</c><00:23:14.230><c> there</c><00:23:14.549><c> to</c>

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allow<00:23:15.269><c> this</c><00:23:15.630><c> species</c><00:23:16.049><c> to</c><00:23:16.430><c> completely</c><00:23:17.150><c> transform.</c>

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And<00:23:18.950><c> what</c><00:23:19.130><c> they</c><00:23:19.410><c> found</c><00:23:19.630><c> out</c><00:23:19.950><c> was</c><00:23:20.730><c> they</c><00:23:21.950><c> have</c><00:23:22.410><c> no</c><00:23:23.009><c> idea</c><00:23:23.910><c> what</c><00:23:25.130><c> is</c>

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going<00:23:25.670><c> on.</c>

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All<00:23:28.710><c> the</c><00:23:29.329><c> science</c><00:23:29.670><c> we</c><00:23:29.930><c> have</c><00:23:30.109><c> today</c><00:23:30.769><c> and</c><00:23:31.609><c> this</c><00:23:31.910><c> simple</c><00:23:32.230><c> process</c>

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that's<00:23:32.990><c> been</c><00:23:33.230><c> going</c><00:23:33.470><c> on</c><00:23:33.710><c> for</c><00:23:33.970><c> centuries</c><00:23:34.329><c> upon</c><00:23:34.650><c> centuries,</c>

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that<00:23:40.089><c> you</c><00:23:40.250><c> could</c><00:23:40.430><c> have</c><00:23:40.609><c> a</c><00:23:40.970><c> completely</c><00:23:41.329><c> different</c><00:23:41.930><c> species</c><00:23:42.430><c> of</c><00:23:43.730><c> animal.</c>

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And<00:23:45.789><c> certainly</c><00:23:46.309><c> not</c><00:23:46.690><c> how</c><00:23:47.170><c> the</c><00:23:47.670><c> memories</c><00:23:48.190><c> could</c><00:23:48.750><c> survive</c><00:23:49.269><c> through</c><00:23:49.529><c> this</c>

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complete<00:23:50.230><c> and</c><00:23:50.450><c> total</c><00:23:50.630><c> metamorphosis.</c>

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And<00:23:52.130><c> yet</c><00:23:52.289><c> we're</c><00:23:52.609><c> told</c><00:23:52.769><c> about</c><00:23:53.130><c> it</c><00:23:53.549><c> in</c><00:23:53.890><c> the</c><00:23:54.069><c> Bible</c><00:23:54.450><c> every</c><00:23:55.230><c> day.</c>

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Amazing.<00:23:58.710><c> Isn't</c><00:23:58.910><c> it</c><00:23:59.289><c> absolutely</c><00:23:59.750><c> incredible</c><00:24:00.410><c> that</c><00:24:01.670><c> we</c><00:24:01.829><c> can</c><00:24:02.069><c> take</c><00:24:02.309><c> on</c><00:24:02.609><c> a</c>

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new<00:24:02.930><c> mind</c><00:24:03.369><c> as</c><00:24:03.710><c> long</c><00:24:04.029><c> as</c><00:24:04.190><c> we</c><00:24:04.490><c> understand</c><00:24:05.190><c> that</c><00:24:05.869><c> it's</c><00:24:06.109><c> not</c><00:24:06.329><c> our</c><00:24:06.589><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:24:07.789><c> as</c><00:24:08.029><c> I</c><00:24:08.250><c> finished</c><00:24:08.450><c> listening</c><00:24:08.750><c> to</c><00:24:08.990><c> those</c><00:24:09.269><c> classes,</c><00:24:09.670><c> I</c><00:24:09.809><c> thought</c><00:24:10.009><c> to</c><00:24:10.170><c> myself,</c>

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where<00:24:10.869><c> would</c><00:24:11.049><c> I</c><00:24:11.190><c> have</c><00:24:11.410><c> ever</c><00:24:11.710><c> heard</c><00:24:12.269><c> that</c><00:24:13.069><c> intricate</c><00:24:13.730><c> an</c><00:24:14.150><c> understanding?</c>

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And<00:24:17.710><c> there's</c><00:24:17.890><c> no</c><00:24:18.109><c> place</c><00:24:18.269><c> but</c><00:24:18.450><c> here.</c>

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There's<00:24:20.690><c> just</c><00:24:20.890><c> no</c><00:24:21.089><c> way</c><00:24:21.309><c> I</c><00:24:21.470><c> would</c><00:24:21.609><c> have</c><00:24:21.769><c> ever</c><00:24:21.970><c> heard</c><00:24:22.210><c> such</c><00:24:22.430><c> a</c><00:24:22.589><c> thing.</c>

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Certainly<00:24:23.450><c> I</c><00:24:23.529><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:23.710><c> have</c><00:24:23.849><c> heard</c><00:24:23.930><c> it</c><00:24:24.089><c> from</c><00:24:24.529><c> some</c><00:24:24.869><c> person</c><00:24:26.390><c> in</c><00:24:26.650><c> New</c><00:24:26.890><c> Zealand</c><00:24:27.210><c> through</c><00:24:27.450><c> a</c>

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guy<00:24:27.849><c> in</c><00:24:28.069><c> England.</c>

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And<00:24:28.869><c> I</c><00:24:28.990><c> also</c><00:24:29.150><c> got</c><00:24:29.269><c> an</c><00:24:29.450><c> email</c><00:24:29.710><c> from</c><00:24:30.569><c> a</c><00:24:31.289><c> sister</c><00:24:31.609><c> from</c><00:24:31.930><c> somewhere</c>

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when<00:24:32.549><c> I</c><00:24:32.809><c> asked,</c>

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who<00:24:33.130><c> is</c><00:24:33.329><c> this</c><00:24:33.509><c> person</c><00:24:33.750><c> that</c><00:24:33.910><c> told</c><00:24:34.069><c> me</c><00:24:34.250><c> that</c><00:24:34.390><c> it</c><00:24:34.470><c> was</c><00:24:34.990><c> Nathan</c><00:24:35.289><c> Lewis,</c><00:24:35.710><c> it</c>

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was<00:24:35.829><c> through</c><00:24:35.970><c> Sean</c><00:24:36.150><c> and</c><00:24:36.269><c> they</c><00:24:36.369><c> found</c><00:24:36.509><c> out</c><00:24:36.650><c> it</c><00:24:36.769><c> was</c><00:24:36.869><c> the</c><00:24:36.970><c> son</c><00:24:37.069><c> of</c><00:24:37.210><c> Roger.</c>

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How<00:24:38.230><c> does</c><00:24:38.369><c> this</c><00:24:38.589><c> happen?</c>

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How<00:24:40.490><c> do</c><00:24:40.589><c> I</c><00:24:40.670><c> get</c><00:24:40.829><c> to</c><00:24:41.069><c> know</c><00:24:41.630><c> the</c><00:24:42.049><c> Hulversons?</c>

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I<00:24:43.109><c> know</c><00:24:43.269><c> they</c><00:24:43.430><c> only</c><00:24:43.670><c> live</c><00:24:43.750><c> in</c><00:24:43.990><c> Hull,</c><00:24:44.150><c> but</c><00:24:44.750><c> I</c><00:24:45.869><c> would</c><00:24:46.029><c> never</c><00:24:46.170><c> know</c>

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that<00:24:46.490><c> they</c><00:24:46.730><c> existed.</c>

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It's<00:24:49.029><c> an</c><00:24:49.269><c> incredible</c><00:24:49.650><c> thing</c><00:24:50.490><c> that</c><00:24:51.089><c> we</c><00:24:51.390><c> have.</c>

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But<00:24:53.170><c> we</c><00:24:53.329><c> do</c><00:24:53.509><c> have</c><00:24:53.789><c> fears.</c>

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Paul<00:24:56.069><c> says</c><00:24:56.410><c> this</c><00:24:56.670><c> in</c><00:24:56.890><c> Corinthians,</c>

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If<00:24:57.509><c> Christ</c><00:24:57.829><c> has</c><00:24:58.069><c> not</c><00:24:58.210><c> been</c><00:24:58.410><c> raised,</c><00:24:58.809><c> your</c><00:24:58.990><c> faith</c><00:24:59.269><c> is</c><00:24:59.569><c> futile</c>

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and<00:24:59.990><c> you</c><00:25:00.170><c> are</c><00:25:00.509><c> still</c><00:25:00.829><c> in</c><00:25:01.170><c> your</c><00:25:01.470><c> sins.</c>

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If<00:25:03.210><c> in</c><00:25:03.430><c> Christ</c><00:25:03.650><c> we</c><00:25:03.890><c> have</c><00:25:04.150><c> hope</c><00:25:04.390><c> in</c><00:25:04.609><c> this</c><00:25:04.849><c> life</c><00:25:05.109><c> only,</c><00:25:05.529><c> we</c><00:25:05.769><c> are</c>

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people<00:25:06.930><c> most</c><00:25:07.349><c> to</c><00:25:07.710><c> be</c><00:25:08.029><c> pitied.</c>

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But<00:25:10.289><c> in</c><00:25:10.490><c> fact</c><00:25:10.690><c> Christ</c><00:25:11.150><c> has</c><00:25:11.710><c> been</c><00:25:12.529><c> raised</c><00:25:13.069><c> from</c><00:25:13.509><c> the</c><00:25:13.690><c> dead.</c>

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So<00:25:15.970><c> as</c><00:25:16.230><c> we</c><00:25:16.529><c> consider</c><00:25:16.769><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:17.250><c> and</c><00:25:17.450><c> we</c><00:25:17.569><c> consider</c><00:25:17.970><c> what</c><00:25:18.490><c> he's</c><00:25:18.809><c> asking,</c>

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there's<00:25:19.410><c> just</c><00:25:19.630><c> a</c><00:25:19.750><c> couple</c><00:25:19.890><c> points</c><00:25:20.130><c> I</c><00:25:20.250><c> want</c><00:25:20.410><c> to</c><00:25:20.549><c> make</c><00:25:20.750><c> about</c><00:25:21.789><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:22.230><c> and</c>

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about<00:25:22.750><c> his</c><00:25:23.109><c> book.</c>

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As<00:25:26.150><c> I</c><00:25:26.309><c> looked</c><00:25:26.410><c> up,</c><00:25:26.769><c> you</c><00:25:26.890><c> know,</c><00:25:28.410><c> some</c><00:25:28.589><c> context</c><00:25:29.089><c> for</c><00:25:29.329><c> Isaiah,</c>

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I<00:25:29.849><c> found</c><00:25:30.069><c> out</c><00:25:30.250><c> that</c><00:25:30.390><c> rabbinical</c><00:25:31.589><c> writers</c><00:25:32.470><c> refer</c><00:25:33.490><c> to</c><00:25:33.769><c> Isaiah</c>

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as<00:25:34.890><c> the</c><00:25:35.170><c> prince</c><00:25:35.829><c> of</c><00:25:36.490><c> the</c><00:25:36.730><c> prophets.</c>

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He's<00:25:38.410><c> considered</c><00:25:38.690><c> one</c><00:25:38.910><c> of</c><00:25:39.009><c> the</c><00:25:39.210><c> greatest</c><00:25:39.470><c> of</c><00:25:39.750><c> all</c><00:25:40.490><c> the</c><00:25:40.809><c> prophets.</c>

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His<00:25:43.230><c> prophecies</c><00:25:43.710><c> are</c><00:25:44.009><c> referred</c><00:25:44.230><c> to</c><00:25:44.529><c> this</c><00:25:44.789><c> way,</c><00:25:45.410><c> and</c><00:25:45.529><c> this</c><00:25:45.730><c> way</c>

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not<00:25:46.109><c> by</c><00:25:46.509><c> the</c><00:25:46.690><c> rabbinical</c><00:25:47.130><c> writers,</c>

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but<00:25:48.490><c> by</c><00:25:49.150><c> Christian</c><00:25:49.569><c> scholars,</c><00:25:50.670><c> as</c><00:25:51.230><c> the</c><00:25:51.869><c> book</c><00:25:52.250><c> of</c><00:25:52.509><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:52.849><c> is</c>

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the<00:25:53.410><c> gospel</c><00:25:54.069><c> of</c><00:25:54.789><c> the</c><00:25:54.930><c> Old</c><00:25:55.190><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:25:56.470><c> the</c><00:25:56.589><c> reason</c><00:25:56.750><c> that</c><00:25:56.910><c> it's</c><00:25:57.089><c> called</c><00:25:57.230><c> that</c><00:25:57.390><c> is</c><00:25:57.569><c> because</c><00:25:57.829><c> there</c>

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is<00:25:58.349><c> such</c><00:25:58.529><c> an</c><00:25:58.829><c> abundance</c><00:25:59.269><c> of</c><00:25:59.789><c> messianic</c><00:26:00.369><c> prophecies</c>

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that<00:26:02.109><c> come</c><00:26:02.410><c> true</c><00:26:02.650><c> in</c><00:26:02.789><c> the</c><00:26:02.930><c> Lord</c><00:26:03.109><c> Jesus</c><00:26:03.509><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:04.210><c> so</c><00:26:04.329><c> it's</c><00:26:04.529><c> actually</c><00:26:04.829><c> looked</c><00:26:05.089><c> at</c><00:26:05.589><c> in</c><00:26:05.750><c> many</c><00:26:05.890><c> respects</c><00:26:06.250><c> as</c><00:26:06.490><c> a</c>

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type<00:26:06.910><c> of</c><00:26:07.109><c> gospel,</c>

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but<00:26:08.329><c> only</c><00:26:08.609><c> found</c><00:26:08.849><c> in</c><00:26:09.009><c> the</c><00:26:09.130><c> Old</c><00:26:09.289><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:26:09.809><c> it</c><00:26:09.970><c> is</c><00:26:10.250><c> remarkable</c><00:26:10.990><c> the</c><00:26:12.190><c> role</c><00:26:12.650><c> that</c><00:26:12.910><c> the</c><00:26:13.089><c> Messiah</c><00:26:13.490><c> plays</c>

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in<00:26:14.170><c> the</c><00:26:14.430><c> prophecies</c><00:26:14.890><c> of</c><00:26:15.349><c> Isaiah.</c>

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And<00:26:16.789><c> just</c><00:26:16.910><c> to</c><00:26:17.150><c> point</c><00:26:17.289><c> out</c><00:26:17.490><c> a</c><00:26:17.650><c> couple,</c><00:26:18.089><c> and</c><00:26:18.150><c> you</c><00:26:18.410><c> don't</c><00:26:18.569><c> have</c><00:26:18.710><c> to</c>

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take<00:26:18.930><c> time</c><00:26:19.109><c> to</c><00:26:19.269><c> look</c><00:26:19.369><c> them</c><00:26:19.470><c> up,</c>

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we're<00:26:19.829><c> going</c><00:26:19.910><c> to</c><00:26:20.009><c> look</c><00:26:20.130><c> a</c><00:26:20.250><c> little</c><00:26:20.390><c> closer</c><00:26:20.650><c> in</c><00:26:20.769><c> a</c><00:26:20.869><c> few</c><00:26:20.970><c> minutes,</c>

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but<00:26:21.930><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:22.269><c> 7</c><00:26:22.630><c> verse</c><00:26:22.849><c> 14</c><00:26:23.349><c> talks</c><00:26:23.650><c> about,</c>

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Behold,<00:26:24.630><c> a</c><00:26:24.910><c> virgin</c><00:26:25.309><c> shall</c><00:26:25.650><c> conceive</c><00:26:26.269><c> and</c><00:26:26.589><c> bear</c><00:26:26.809><c> a</c><00:26:27.029><c> son,</c><00:26:27.670><c> and</c>

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call<00:26:28.210><c> his</c><00:26:28.490><c> name</c><00:26:28.910><c> Immanuel.</c>

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Isaiah<00:26:30.690><c> 9</c><00:26:31.150><c> talks</c><00:26:31.450><c> about,</c><00:26:31.730><c> For</c><00:26:31.950><c> unto</c><00:26:32.069><c> us</c><00:26:32.369><c> a</c><00:26:32.450><c> child</c><00:26:32.789><c> is</c><00:26:33.049><c> born,</c><00:26:33.470><c> to</c>

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us<00:26:33.809><c> a</c><00:26:33.869><c> son</c><00:26:34.089><c> is</c><00:26:34.329><c> given.</c>

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And<00:26:35.490><c> you</c><00:26:35.589><c> know</c><00:26:35.769><c> about</c><00:26:35.930><c> the</c><00:26:36.170><c> government</c><00:26:36.470><c> for</c><00:26:36.750><c> there.</c>

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And<00:26:37.250><c> verse</c><00:26:37.609><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:37.990><c> 11,</c><00:26:38.950><c> it</c><00:26:39.069><c> says,</c>

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This<00:26:39.410><c> shall</c><00:26:39.609><c> come</c><00:26:39.849><c> a</c><00:26:40.069><c> shoot</c><00:26:40.349><c> from</c><00:26:40.849><c> the</c><00:26:41.089><c> stump</c><00:26:41.230><c> of</c><00:26:41.529><c> Jesse,</c><00:26:41.789><c> and</c>

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a<00:26:42.150><c> branch</c><00:26:42.349><c> from</c><00:26:42.529><c> his</c><00:26:42.849><c> roots</c><00:26:43.230><c> shall</c><00:26:43.789><c> bear</c><00:26:44.250><c> fruit.</c>

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Isaiah<00:26:45.869><c> 42</c><00:26:46.369><c> talks</c><00:26:46.710><c> about,</c>

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Behold,<00:26:47.630><c> my</c><00:26:47.630><c> servant,</c><00:26:48.150><c> whom</c><00:26:48.210><c> I</c><00:26:48.569><c> uphold,</c><00:26:49.150><c> my</c><00:26:49.430><c> chosen,</c><00:26:49.890><c> and</c><00:26:50.009><c> whom</c><00:26:50.130><c> my</c>

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soul<00:26:50.630><c> delights.</c>

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He<00:27:40.789><c> doesn't</c><00:27:41.190><c> quote</c><00:27:41.569><c> in</c><00:27:42.210><c> Nazareth</c><00:27:42.589><c> as</c><00:27:42.789><c> he</c><00:27:43.049><c> points</c><00:27:43.230><c> out</c><00:27:43.470><c> that</c><00:27:43.569><c> this</c><00:27:43.769><c> is</c>

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about<00:27:44.130><c> him.</c>

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verse<00:27:52.890><c> short.</c>

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the<00:28:02.089><c> Lord's</c><00:28:02.410><c> favor.</c>

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And<00:28:12.549><c> its</c><00:28:12.849><c> major</c><00:28:13.369><c> theme</c><00:28:14.049><c> is</c><00:28:14.390><c> salvation</c><00:28:15.009><c> and</c><00:28:15.849><c> redemption.</c>

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prophesied<00:28:21.210><c> for</c><00:28:21.470><c> 40</c><00:28:21.730><c> years,</c><00:28:22.069><c> some</c><00:28:22.250><c> say</c><00:28:22.410><c> he</c><00:28:22.650><c> prophesied</c><00:28:22.990><c> for</c><00:28:23.210><c> 90.</c>

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saw<00:28:42.789><c> concerning</c><00:28:43.309><c> Judah</c><00:28:43.630><c> and</c><00:28:43.829><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:44.269><c> in</c><00:28:44.509><c> the</c><00:28:44.650><c> days</c><00:28:44.809><c> of</c><00:28:45.049><c> Uzziah,</c><00:28:45.650><c> Jotham,</c><00:28:46.130><c> Ahaz,</c><00:28:46.589><c> and</c>

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Hezekiah,<00:28:47.990><c> kings</c><00:28:48.190><c> of</c><00:28:48.490><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:28:49.210><c> the</c><00:28:49.390><c> entire</c><00:28:49.670><c> time</c><00:28:51.470><c> period</c><00:28:51.809><c> of</c><00:28:52.049><c> Uzziah</c><00:28:52.470><c> through</c><00:28:52.650><c> Hezekiah</c>

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is<00:28:54.089><c> I</c><00:28:54.250><c> believe</c><00:28:54.589><c> 90</c><00:28:54.910><c> years,</c>

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but<00:28:55.910><c> he</c><00:28:56.190><c> actually</c><00:28:56.750><c> prophesied</c><00:28:57.769><c> probably</c><00:28:58.250><c> somewhere</c><00:28:58.589><c> towards</c>

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So<00:29:03.369><c> probably</c><00:29:03.890><c> was</c><00:29:04.190><c> more</c><00:29:04.690><c> closer</c><00:29:04.950><c> to</c><00:29:05.190><c> 40</c><00:29:05.509><c> years</c><00:29:06.109><c> than</c><00:29:06.670><c> 90</c><00:29:07.190><c> years.</c>

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Tradition<00:29:09.670><c> says</c><00:29:09.930><c> that</c><00:29:10.150><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:10.589><c> was</c><00:29:11.930><c> of</c><00:29:12.630><c> royal</c><00:29:13.029><c> blood,</c><00:29:13.869><c> that</c><00:29:14.089><c> actually</c><00:29:14.329><c> he</c><00:29:14.450><c> was</c><00:29:14.690><c> a</c>

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relative<00:29:15.490><c> of</c><00:29:16.490><c> Manasseh,</c><00:29:17.410><c> who</c><00:29:17.890><c> of</c><00:29:18.009><c> course</c><00:29:18.250><c> came</c><00:29:18.589><c> after</c><00:29:19.049><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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And<00:29:20.509><c> tradition</c><00:29:20.690><c> also</c><00:29:21.109><c> says</c><00:29:21.410><c> that</c><00:29:21.589><c> it</c><00:29:21.690><c> was</c><00:29:21.930><c> Manasseh</c><00:29:23.130><c> who</c><00:29:23.369><c> killed</c><00:29:23.569><c> him.</c>

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Tradition<00:29:25.269><c> says</c><00:29:25.549><c> that</c><00:29:25.809><c> he</c><00:29:25.970><c> was</c><00:29:26.549><c> sawed</c><00:29:27.049><c> asunder</c><00:29:27.589><c> by</c><00:29:28.190><c> Manasseh.</c>

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In<00:29:29.650><c> fact,</c><00:29:29.910><c> it's</c><00:29:30.349><c> considered</c><00:29:30.690><c> in</c><00:29:31.250><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:31.569><c> 11</c><00:29:31.950><c> verse</c><00:29:32.170><c> 37</c><00:29:32.670><c> where</c>

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and<00:29:36.349><c> it</c><00:29:36.549><c> says</c><00:29:36.650><c> that</c><00:29:36.910><c> some</c><00:29:37.089><c> were</c><00:29:37.289><c> sawed</c><00:29:37.710><c> asunder,</c><00:29:38.390><c> that</c><00:29:38.490><c> that's</c>

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a<00:29:38.950><c> reference</c><00:29:39.170><c> to</c><00:29:39.430><c> the</c><00:29:39.529><c> death</c><00:29:39.789><c> of</c><00:29:40.089><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:40.549><c> at</c><00:29:41.089><c> the</c><00:29:41.349><c> hands</c><00:29:41.750><c> of</c><00:29:42.630><c> Manasseh.</c>

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But<00:29:45.809><c> he</c><00:29:46.069><c> reigned</c><00:29:46.269><c> during</c><00:29:46.569><c> this</c><00:29:47.130><c> specific</c><00:29:47.710><c> period</c><00:29:48.269><c> from</c>

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Uzziah<00:29:49.710><c> through</c><00:29:50.390><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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the<00:29:52.210><c> period</c><00:29:52.529><c> where</c><00:29:52.789><c> they</c><00:29:53.309><c> dealt</c><00:29:53.589><c> with</c><00:29:54.549><c> the</c><00:29:55.609><c> threats</c><00:29:55.829><c> from</c><00:29:56.150><c> the</c><00:29:56.369><c> Assyrians.</c>

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His<00:30:04.690><c> name</c><00:30:05.009><c> of</c><00:30:05.170><c> course</c><00:30:05.309><c> means</c><00:30:05.730><c> the</c><00:30:06.170><c> Lord</c><00:30:06.609><c> Saves.</c>

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her<00:32:58.789><c> sins.</c>

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But<00:33:25.660><c> the</c><00:33:26.259><c> prophecy</c><00:33:26.640><c> that</c><00:33:26.819><c> we're</c><00:33:26.960><c> looking</c><00:33:27.200><c> at</c><00:33:27.480><c> today</c><00:33:28.000><c> doesn't</c>

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take<00:33:28.660><c> place</c><00:33:28.920><c> until</c><00:33:29.700><c> chapter</c><00:33:30.319><c> 53,</c><00:33:32.299><c> 13</c><00:33:32.940><c> chapters</c><00:33:33.400><c> later.</c>

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And<00:33:34.500><c> the</c><00:33:34.579><c> reason</c><00:33:34.819><c> for</c><00:33:35.039><c> it</c><00:33:35.220><c> is</c><00:33:35.380><c> because</c><00:33:35.660><c> there's</c><00:33:35.900><c> a</c><00:33:36.099><c> buildup</c><00:33:36.799><c> that</c><00:33:37.180><c> takes</c><00:33:37.539><c> place</c><00:33:38.079><c> in</c>

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the<00:33:38.720><c> prophecies</c><00:33:39.079><c> of</c><00:33:39.299><c> Isaiah</c>

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to<00:33:39.900><c> the</c><00:33:40.079><c> point</c><00:33:40.279><c> where</c><00:33:40.619><c> this</c><00:33:41.079><c> specific</c><00:33:41.960><c> Messiah</c><00:33:42.640><c> and</c><00:33:42.880><c> this</c><00:33:43.039><c> specific</c><00:33:43.480><c> type</c><00:33:43.880><c> of</c>

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Messiah<00:33:44.720><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:33:46.140><c> you</c><00:33:46.220><c> can</c><00:33:46.380><c> see</c><00:33:46.480><c> that</c><00:33:46.680><c> buildup</c><00:33:46.960><c> by</c><00:33:47.140><c> just</c><00:33:47.339><c> flipping</c><00:33:47.519><c> back</c><00:33:47.880><c> quickly.</c>

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If<00:33:48.440><c> you</c><00:33:48.539><c> look</c><00:33:48.720><c> back</c><00:33:49.140><c> in</c><00:33:49.880><c> the</c><00:33:50.140><c> end</c><00:33:50.519><c> of</c><00:33:51.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:51.539><c> chapter</c><00:33:52.000><c> 51,</c>

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what<00:33:55.460><c> you're</c><00:33:55.660><c> going</c><00:33:55.759><c> to</c><00:33:56.019><c> find</c><00:33:56.380><c> is</c><00:33:56.640><c> you</c><00:33:56.759><c> are</c><00:33:56.940><c> going</c><00:33:57.059><c> to</c><00:33:57.259><c> find</c><00:33:57.420><c> a</c>

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people<00:33:58.119><c> ready</c><00:33:58.700><c> for</c><00:33:58.900><c> the</c><00:33:59.039><c> Messiah,</c><00:33:59.500><c> but</c><00:33:59.740><c> ready</c><00:33:59.900><c> in</c><00:34:00.019><c> a</c><00:34:00.140><c> very</c>

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specific<00:34:00.859><c> way.</c>

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And<00:34:02.579><c> they're</c><00:34:02.740><c> ready</c><00:34:02.859><c> in</c><00:34:03.039><c> this</c><00:34:03.240><c> way.</c><00:34:03.759><c> Their</c><00:34:04.039><c> strength</c><00:34:04.359><c> is</c><00:34:04.599><c> now</c><00:34:04.859><c> gone.</c>

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They<00:34:06.720><c> are</c><00:34:07.039><c> at</c><00:34:07.480><c> that</c><00:34:08.159><c> lowest</c><00:34:08.440><c> point</c><00:34:09.119><c> where</c><00:34:10.139><c> the</c><00:34:10.440><c> only</c><00:34:10.679><c> thing</c><00:34:10.840><c> they</c><00:34:11.019><c> can</c><00:34:11.179><c> be</c>

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saved<00:34:11.679><c> by</c><00:34:12.219><c> is</c><00:34:12.760><c> a</c><00:34:13.000><c> Redeemer.</c>

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The<00:34:14.039><c> question</c><00:34:14.380><c> is</c><00:34:14.599><c> what</c><00:34:14.780><c> type</c><00:34:15.039><c> of</c><00:34:15.260><c> a</c><00:34:15.460><c> Redeemer</c><00:34:15.880><c> is</c><00:34:16.320><c> going</c><00:34:16.480><c> to</c><00:34:16.719><c> come?</c>

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Look<00:34:17.000><c> what</c><00:34:17.119><c> it</c><00:34:17.260><c> says</c><00:34:17.440><c> in</c><00:34:17.579><c> verse</c><00:34:18.019><c> 23</c><00:34:19.000><c> of</c><00:34:19.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:19.820><c> 51.</c>

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It<00:34:22.119><c> says,</c><00:34:22.460><c> But</c><00:34:22.460><c> I</c><00:34:22.599><c> will</c><00:34:22.760><c> put</c><00:34:22.920><c> into</c><00:34:23.199><c> the</c><00:34:23.440><c> hand</c><00:34:23.639><c> of</c><00:34:23.840><c> those</c><00:34:24.119><c> who</c>

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afflict<00:34:24.619><c> you.</c>

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He's<00:34:25.239><c> talking</c><00:34:25.440><c> about</c><00:34:25.719><c> the</c><00:34:26.280><c> suffering</c><00:34:26.519><c> that</c><00:34:26.719><c> they're</c><00:34:27.739><c> going</c>

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to<00:34:27.980><c> do.</c>

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But<00:34:28.300><c> look</c><00:34:28.579><c> at</c><00:34:29.000><c> the</c><00:34:29.139><c> condition</c><00:34:29.440><c> of</c><00:34:29.860><c> Israel,</c><00:34:30.800><c> who</c><00:34:31.099><c> have</c><00:34:31.380><c> said</c><00:34:31.619><c> to</c>

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you,<00:34:32.079><c> lie</c><00:34:32.440><c> down</c><00:34:32.980><c> that</c><00:34:33.139><c> I</c><00:34:33.340><c> may</c><00:34:33.579><c> walk</c><00:34:34.000><c> over</c><00:34:34.400><c> you.</c>

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And<00:34:35.719><c> you</c><00:34:35.960><c> have</c><00:34:36.219><c> laid</c><00:34:36.500><c> your</c><00:34:36.820><c> body</c><00:34:37.219><c> like</c><00:34:37.559><c> the</c><00:34:37.820><c> ground</c><00:34:38.519><c> and</c><00:34:39.500><c> as</c>

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the<00:34:40.119><c> street</c><00:34:40.440><c> for</c><00:34:40.639><c> those</c><00:34:41.179><c> who</c><00:34:41.780><c> walk</c><00:34:42.179><c> over.</c>

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So<00:34:43.280><c> they</c><00:34:43.500><c> are</c><00:34:43.639><c> basically</c><00:34:44.239><c> a</c><00:34:44.579><c> defeated</c><00:34:45.300><c> people.</c>

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Who<00:34:47.619><c> just</c><00:34:47.940><c> lie</c><00:34:48.179><c> down</c><00:34:48.559><c> so</c><00:34:48.780><c> that</c><00:34:48.880><c> they</c><00:34:49.019><c> can</c><00:34:49.179><c> be</c><00:34:49.420><c> stepped</c><00:34:49.619><c> upon.</c>

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And<00:34:51.159><c> then</c><00:34:51.320><c> look</c><00:34:51.480><c> how</c><00:34:51.800><c> chapter</c><00:34:52.099><c> 52</c><00:34:52.579><c> starts.</c>

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It<00:34:53.960><c> says,</c><00:34:54.500><c> Awake,</c><00:34:54.800><c> awake,</c><00:34:55.559><c> put</c><00:34:55.699><c> on</c><00:34:55.980><c> your</c><00:34:56.300><c> strength,</c><00:34:57.139><c> O</c><00:34:57.360><c> Zion.</c>

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Put<00:34:58.900><c> on</c><00:34:59.139><c> your</c><00:34:59.340><c> beautiful</c><00:34:59.780><c> garments,</c><00:35:00.360><c> O</c><00:35:00.559><c> city,</c><00:35:00.920><c> the</c><00:35:01.079><c> holy</c><00:35:01.340><c> city,</c><00:35:01.719><c> for</c>

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the<00:35:02.179><c> uncircumcised</c><00:35:03.199><c> and</c><00:35:03.579><c> the</c><00:35:03.860><c> unclean</c><00:35:04.300><c> shall</c><00:35:04.519><c> no</c><00:35:04.820><c> longer</c><00:35:05.119><c> come</c><00:35:05.380><c> to</c><00:35:05.579><c> you.</c>

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Shake<00:35:06.460><c> yourself</c><00:35:06.840><c> off</c><00:35:07.119><c> from</c><00:35:07.320><c> the</c><00:35:07.519><c> dust,</c><00:35:07.880><c> arise,</c><00:35:08.800><c> sit</c><00:35:09.079><c> down,</c><00:35:09.440><c> O</c><00:35:09.579><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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loose<00:35:10.380><c> yourself</c><00:35:10.760><c> from</c><00:35:10.940><c> the</c><00:35:11.139><c> bonds</c><00:35:11.320><c> of</c><00:35:11.519><c> your</c><00:35:11.679><c> neck,</c><00:35:11.920><c> O</c><00:35:12.099><c> captive</c>

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daughter<00:35:12.960><c> of</c><00:35:13.559><c> Zion.</c>

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For<00:35:14.099><c> thus</c><00:35:14.480><c> saith</c><00:35:14.820><c> the</c><00:35:15.099><c> Lord,</c><00:35:16.400><c> you</c><00:35:16.559><c> have</c><00:35:16.940><c> sold</c><00:35:17.239><c> yourselves</c><00:35:18.139><c> for</c><00:35:19.320><c> nothing.</c>

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That's<00:35:22.179><c> where</c><00:35:22.360><c> they</c><00:35:22.579><c> are.</c>

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You've<00:35:24.500><c> done</c><00:35:24.599><c> all</c><00:35:24.860><c> this</c><00:35:25.059><c> and</c><00:35:25.360><c> sold</c><00:35:25.760><c> yourself</c><00:35:26.699><c> for</c><00:35:27.420><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:35:30.000><c> then</c><00:35:30.099><c> it</c><00:35:30.260><c> says,</c><00:35:31.460><c> And</c><00:35:31.639><c> you</c><00:35:31.760><c> shall</c><00:35:32.000><c> be</c><00:35:32.360><c> redeemed</c><00:35:34.019><c> without</c><00:35:34.619><c> money.</c>

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So<00:35:36.880><c> what</c><00:35:37.059><c> the</c><00:35:37.239><c> Lord</c><00:35:37.599><c> through</c><00:35:37.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:38.219><c> is</c><00:35:38.400><c> telling</c><00:35:38.639><c> them</c><00:35:38.920><c> is</c>

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says,<00:35:39.679><c> OK,</c><00:35:39.920><c> now</c><00:35:40.199><c> you're</c><00:35:40.400><c> ready.</c>

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All<00:35:42.280><c> that</c><00:35:42.500><c> you</c><00:35:42.639><c> have</c><00:35:42.840><c> done,</c><00:35:43.300><c> all</c><00:35:43.539><c> the</c><00:35:43.860><c> strength</c><00:35:44.099><c> that</c><00:35:44.320><c> you</c><00:35:44.519><c> have,</c><00:35:45.500><c> it's</c><00:35:45.760><c> been</c><00:35:45.860><c> for</c><00:35:46.079><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:35:48.119><c> now</c><00:35:48.280><c> you're</c><00:35:48.500><c> going</c><00:35:48.599><c> to</c><00:35:48.780><c> be</c><00:35:48.940><c> redeemed</c><00:35:49.260><c> by</c><00:35:49.519><c> one</c><00:35:49.940><c> who</c><00:35:50.280><c> uses</c>

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none<00:35:51.260><c> of</c><00:35:51.559><c> those</c><00:35:52.059><c> strengths.</c>

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Look<00:35:54.519><c> what</c><00:35:54.639><c> it</c><00:35:54.780><c> says</c><00:35:54.880><c> in</c><00:35:55.039><c> verse</c><00:35:55.219><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:35:57.500><c> this</c><00:35:57.639><c> is</c><00:35:57.760><c> how</c><00:35:57.920><c> you</c><00:35:58.079><c> know</c><00:35:58.699><c> we're</c><00:35:59.280><c> coming</c><00:35:59.460><c> to</c><00:35:59.619><c> the</c><00:35:59.760><c> gospel.</c>

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How<00:36:01.260><c> beautiful</c><00:36:01.699><c> upon</c><00:36:02.000><c> the</c><00:36:02.219><c> mountains</c><00:36:02.500><c> are</c><00:36:02.699><c> the</c><00:36:02.940><c> feet</c><00:36:03.079><c> of</c><00:36:03.340><c> him</c>

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who<00:36:03.699><c> brings</c><00:36:04.800><c> good</c><00:36:05.400><c> news.</c>

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Who<00:36:08.179><c> proclaims</c><00:36:08.699><c> peace.</c>

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Who<00:36:09.599><c> brings</c><00:36:10.019><c> glad</c><00:36:10.539><c> tidings</c><00:36:11.000><c> of</c><00:36:11.480><c> good</c><00:36:11.820><c> things.</c>

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Who<00:36:12.460><c> proclaims</c><00:36:14.039><c> salvation.</c>

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Isaiah<00:36:15.840><c> means</c><00:36:16.159><c> the</c><00:36:16.380><c> Lord</c><00:36:16.719><c> saves.</c>

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Who<00:36:18.199><c> says</c><00:36:18.460><c> to</c><00:36:18.780><c> Zion,</c><00:36:19.280><c> God,</c><00:36:19.900><c> your</c><00:36:20.159><c> God</c><00:36:20.539><c> reigns.</c>

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Your<00:36:21.780><c> watchmen</c><00:36:22.159><c> shall</c><00:36:22.420><c> lift</c><00:36:22.659><c> up</c><00:36:22.880><c> their</c><00:36:23.059><c> voices</c><00:36:23.440><c> with</c><00:36:23.639><c> their</c><00:36:23.860><c> voices.</c>

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They<00:36:24.340><c> shall</c><00:36:24.599><c> sing</c><00:36:25.019><c> together,</c><00:36:25.900><c> for</c><00:36:26.019><c> they</c><00:36:26.280><c> shall</c><00:36:26.440><c> see</c><00:36:26.840><c> eye</c><00:36:27.159><c> to</c>

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eye<00:36:27.639><c> when</c><00:36:27.800><c> the</c><00:36:28.039><c> Lord</c><00:36:28.300><c> brings</c><00:36:28.820><c> back</c><00:36:29.480><c> Zion.</c>

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End<00:36:31.099><c> of</c><00:36:31.219><c> verse</c><00:36:31.480><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:36:32.159><c> then</c><00:36:32.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:32.760><c> jumps</c><00:36:33.139><c> right</c><00:36:33.559><c> in</c><00:36:33.760><c> from</c><00:36:33.940><c> there.</c>

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I<00:36:34.179><c> know</c><00:36:34.320><c> there's</c><00:36:34.480><c> some</c><00:36:34.599><c> other</c><00:36:34.739><c> verses,</c><00:36:35.099><c> but</c><00:36:35.239><c> look</c><00:36:35.440><c> at</c><00:36:35.579><c> how</c><00:36:35.940><c> smoothly</c><00:36:36.400><c> it</c>

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jumps<00:36:37.260><c> in</c><00:36:37.440><c> from</c><00:36:37.639><c> there.</c>

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Because<00:36:38.119><c> it</c><00:36:38.219><c> talks</c><00:36:38.519><c> about</c><00:36:39.280><c> witnesses</c><00:36:39.820><c> in</c><00:36:40.539><c> verse</c><00:36:40.840><c> 8.</c>

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The<00:36:41.400><c> watchmen</c><00:36:41.820><c> shall</c><00:36:42.039><c> lift</c><00:36:42.239><c> up</c><00:36:42.420><c> their</c><00:36:42.539><c> voices</c><00:36:43.059><c> with</c><00:36:43.619><c> their</c><00:36:43.920><c> voices.</c>

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They<00:36:44.460><c> shall</c><00:36:44.699><c> sing</c><00:36:45.000><c> together,</c><00:36:45.500><c> for</c><00:36:45.559><c> they</c><00:36:45.820><c> shall</c><00:36:46.019><c> see</c><00:36:46.579><c> eye</c><00:36:46.860><c> to</c>

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eye<00:36:47.599><c> when</c><00:36:48.000><c> the</c><00:36:48.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:48.440><c> brings</c><00:36:48.820><c> back</c><00:36:49.300><c> Zion.</c>

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And<00:36:50.400><c> then</c><00:36:50.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:50.880><c> says,</c><00:36:51.340><c> Who</c><00:36:52.079><c> has</c><00:36:52.659><c> believed</c><00:36:53.539><c> our</c><00:36:54.500><c> report?</c>

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And<00:36:56.880><c> to</c><00:36:57.159><c> whom</c><00:36:58.139><c> is</c><00:37:01.219><c> the</c><00:37:01.500><c> arm</c><00:37:01.760><c> of</c><00:37:01.980><c> the</c><00:37:02.179><c> Lord</c><00:37:02.900><c> revealed?</c>

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What<00:37:05.239><c> report</c><00:37:05.880><c> is</c><00:37:07.239><c> he</c><00:37:07.420><c> talking</c><00:37:07.760><c> about?</c>

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Well,<00:37:09.840><c> he's</c><00:37:09.960><c> talking</c><00:37:10.239><c> about</c><00:37:10.659><c> the</c><00:37:11.099><c> report</c><00:37:11.820><c> that's</c><00:37:12.360><c> mentioned</c>

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throughout<00:37:14.920><c> those</c><00:37:15.760><c> chapters</c><00:37:16.539><c> of</c><00:37:17.039><c> Isaiah.</c>

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He's<00:37:17.780><c> talking</c><00:37:18.099><c> about</c><00:37:18.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:19.239><c> chapter</c><00:37:20.179><c> 7</c><00:37:20.760><c> and</c><00:37:21.219><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:21.539><c> chapter</c><00:37:21.860><c> 9</c><00:37:22.340><c> and</c><00:37:22.500><c> 11.</c>

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So<00:37:23.619><c> let's</c><00:37:24.019><c> consider</c><00:37:24.420><c> those</c><00:37:25.079><c> for</c><00:37:25.719><c> just</c><00:37:25.960><c> a</c><00:37:26.139><c> minute.</c>

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It<00:37:31.139><c> says,</c><00:37:34.039><c> oh,</c><00:37:34.079><c> first</c><00:37:34.340><c> of</c><00:37:34.460><c> all,</c><00:37:34.820><c> notice</c><00:37:35.039><c> what</c><00:37:35.159><c> it</c><00:37:35.300><c> says</c><00:37:35.400><c> in</c><00:37:35.559><c> verse</c><00:37:35.739><c> 2</c>

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of<00:37:36.079><c> chapter</c><00:37:36.300><c> 3.</c>

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It<00:37:36.599><c> says,</c><00:37:37.320><c> For</c><00:37:37.400><c> he</c><00:37:37.739><c> shall</c><00:37:37.920><c> grow</c><00:37:38.139><c> up</c><00:37:38.340><c> before</c><00:37:38.619><c> him</c><00:37:38.820><c> as</c><00:37:38.980><c> a</c><00:37:39.099><c> tender</c><00:37:39.239><c> plant.</c>

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So<00:37:40.500><c> what</c><00:37:40.659><c> report?</c>

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Well,<00:37:41.400><c> the</c><00:37:41.519><c> report</c><00:37:41.739><c> is</c><00:37:41.940><c> about</c><00:37:42.099><c> the</c><00:37:42.280><c> one</c><00:37:42.460><c> who</c><00:37:42.639><c> he</c><00:37:42.880><c> has</c><00:37:43.099><c> announced</c><00:37:43.360><c> is</c><00:37:43.579><c> coming.</c>

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Because<00:37:44.460><c> it</c><00:37:44.659><c> talks</c><00:37:44.820><c> about</c><00:37:45.039><c> him</c><00:37:45.179><c> growing</c><00:37:45.400><c> up</c><00:37:45.579><c> as</c><00:37:45.739><c> a</c><00:37:45.820><c> tender</c><00:37:45.960><c> plant.</c>

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:48.460
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So<00:37:46.340><c> we</c><00:37:46.440><c> know</c><00:37:46.599><c> this</c><00:37:46.860><c> prophecy</c><00:37:47.139><c> is</c><00:37:47.340><c> about</c><00:37:47.460><c> the</c><00:37:47.599><c> Lord</c><00:37:47.739><c> Jesus</c><00:37:48.000><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:52.000
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But<00:37:48.840><c> in</c><00:37:49.019><c> the</c><00:37:49.079><c> time</c><00:37:49.199><c> of</c><00:37:49.420><c> Isaiah,</c><00:37:49.639><c> we</c><00:37:49.800><c> know</c><00:37:49.940><c> it's</c><00:37:50.139><c> about</c><00:37:50.360><c> the</c><00:37:50.599><c> Messiah</c><00:37:50.900><c> to</c><00:37:51.199><c> come.</c>

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:54.179
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And<00:37:52.679><c> so</c><00:37:52.800><c> this</c><00:37:52.960><c> is</c><00:37:53.059><c> what</c><00:37:53.199><c> it</c><00:37:53.360><c> says</c><00:37:53.519><c> about</c><00:37:53.739><c> the</c><00:37:53.940><c> Messiah.</c>

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We'll<00:37:54.440><c> just</c><00:37:54.599><c> pick</c><00:37:54.739><c> up</c><00:37:54.900><c> on</c><00:37:55.019><c> a</c><00:37:55.199><c> few.</c>

00:37:56.599 --> 00:38:02.679
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And<00:37:56.920><c> you</c><00:37:57.119><c> see</c><00:37:57.340><c> if</c><00:37:58.619><c> the</c><00:37:59.360><c> arm</c><00:37:59.480><c> of</c><00:37:59.599><c> the</c><00:37:59.739><c> Lord</c><00:37:59.880><c> is</c><00:38:00.139><c> revealed</c><00:38:00.840><c> to</c><00:38:01.619><c> you.</c>

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:05.500
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And<00:38:03.619><c> whether</c><00:38:03.760><c> or</c><00:38:03.880><c> not</c><00:38:03.960><c> you</c><00:38:04.139><c> believe</c><00:38:04.380><c> the</c><00:38:04.579><c> report.</c>

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It<00:38:06.760><c> says,</c><00:38:07.179><c> A</c><00:38:07.179><c> virgin</c><00:38:07.579><c> shall</c><00:38:07.920><c> conceive.</c>

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Isaiah<00:38:09.420><c> 7</c><00:38:09.780><c> verse</c><00:38:10.000><c> 14.</c>

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Well,<00:38:12.719><c> that's</c><00:38:12.920><c> really</c><00:38:13.320><c> a</c><00:38:13.780><c> fundamental</c><00:38:14.199><c> principle</c><00:38:14.599><c> of</c><00:38:14.820><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:38:15.079><c> Jesus</c><00:38:15.380><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:38:15.920><c> fact,</c><00:38:16.239><c> there</c><00:38:16.579><c> is</c><00:38:17.000><c> no</c><00:38:17.320><c> Christian</c><00:38:17.639><c> religion</c><00:38:17.980><c> that</c><00:38:18.159><c> I</c><00:38:18.400><c> know</c><00:38:18.800><c> of</c><00:38:19.400><c> that</c><00:38:19.760><c> doesn't</c><00:38:20.239><c> think</c><00:38:20.619><c> that</c><00:38:21.039><c> a</c>

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virgin<00:38:21.500><c> was</c><00:38:21.940><c> conceived</c><00:38:22.380><c> by</c><00:38:22.760><c> Mary.</c>

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However,<00:38:23.440><c> that</c><00:38:23.659><c> process</c><00:38:24.300><c> occurred,</c><00:38:28.059><c> it's</c><00:38:28.159><c> still</c><00:38:28.480><c> a</c><00:38:29.219><c> standard</c>

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:33.139
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understanding<00:38:30.239><c> in</c><00:38:30.559><c> Christianity</c><00:38:31.119><c> that</c><00:38:31.920><c> Jesus</c><00:38:32.480><c> was</c><00:38:32.780><c> born</c><00:38:32.960><c> of</c>

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a<00:38:33.300><c> virgin.</c>

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So,<00:38:34.679><c> yeah,</c><00:38:34.820><c> we</c><00:38:35.360><c> believe</c><00:38:35.579><c> it</c><00:38:35.719><c> and</c><00:38:35.820><c> understand</c><00:38:36.320><c> it,</c><00:38:36.440><c> but</c><00:38:36.519><c> it's</c>

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not<00:38:36.920><c> anything</c><00:38:37.199><c> different</c><00:38:37.940><c> than</c><00:38:38.619><c> anybody</c><00:38:39.059><c> else.</c>

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But<00:38:42.280><c> remember</c><00:38:42.500><c> the</c><00:38:42.639><c> second</c><00:38:42.860><c> half</c><00:38:43.119><c> of</c><00:38:43.340><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:43.579><c> 7</c><00:38:43.860><c> verse</c><00:38:44.059><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:38:46.460><c> shall</c><00:38:46.659><c> call</c><00:38:46.900><c> his</c><00:38:47.159><c> name</c><00:38:48.420><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:38:50.579><c> God</c><00:38:50.920><c> with</c><00:38:51.139><c> us.</c>

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:54.400
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Well,<00:38:53.139><c> what</c><00:38:53.199><c> does</c><00:38:53.340><c> that</c><00:38:53.559><c> mean?</c>

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Well,<00:38:57.539><c> brothers</c><00:38:57.599><c> and</c><00:38:57.860><c> sisters,</c><00:38:58.260><c> you</c><00:38:58.460><c> and</c><00:38:58.679><c> I</c><00:38:58.840><c> know</c><00:38:59.559><c> what</c><00:39:00.480><c> that</c><00:39:00.780><c> means.</c>

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We<00:39:04.219><c> know</c><00:39:04.380><c> that</c><00:39:04.539><c> he</c><00:39:04.679><c> is</c><00:39:04.940><c> called</c><00:39:05.780><c> God</c><00:39:06.519><c> with</c><00:39:06.719><c> us.</c>

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Because<00:39:08.300><c> the</c><00:39:08.460><c> Lord</c><00:39:08.599><c> Jesus</c><00:39:08.880><c> Christ</c><00:39:09.119><c> was</c><00:39:09.280><c> the</c><00:39:09.440><c> perfect</c><00:39:09.760><c> manifestation</c><00:39:10.380><c> of</c><00:39:10.539><c> his</c><00:39:10.699><c> father.</c>

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:12.940
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It's<00:39:11.199><c> called</c><00:39:11.380><c> God</c><00:39:11.719><c> manifestation.</c>

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He<00:39:13.840><c> wasn't</c><00:39:14.079><c> God</c><00:39:14.380><c> the</c><00:39:14.559><c> son.</c>

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It<00:39:15.280><c> doesn't</c><00:39:15.420><c> say</c><00:39:15.739><c> he</c><00:39:15.940><c> will</c><00:39:16.159><c> be</c><00:39:16.320><c> Emmanuel.</c>

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:19.440
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It<00:39:16.880><c> says</c><00:39:17.019><c> he</c><00:39:17.139><c> will</c><00:39:17.300><c> be</c><00:39:17.519><c> called</c><00:39:18.039><c> Emmanuel.</c>

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.719
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God<00:39:21.039><c> with</c><00:39:21.239><c> us.</c>

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:23.719
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And<00:39:22.159><c> he</c><00:39:22.340><c> was.</c>

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And<00:39:24.179><c> is.</c>

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God<00:39:25.739><c> with</c><00:39:25.920><c> us.</c>

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He<00:39:26.739><c> is</c><00:39:26.920><c> the</c><00:39:27.099><c> manifestation</c><00:39:27.719><c> of</c><00:39:28.059><c> the</c><00:39:28.199><c> father.</c>

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The<00:39:29.519><c> perfect</c><00:39:29.840><c> manifestation</c><00:39:30.440><c> of</c><00:39:30.639><c> the</c><00:39:30.739><c> father.</c>

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:33.300
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I<00:39:31.400><c> can</c><00:39:31.579><c> do</c><00:39:31.739><c> nothing</c><00:39:32.059><c> that</c><00:39:32.239><c> my</c><00:39:32.380><c> father</c><00:39:32.579><c> hasn't</c><00:39:32.800><c> shown</c><00:39:33.019><c> me</c><00:39:33.119><c> how</c>

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to<00:39:33.420><c> do.</c>

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So<00:39:35.699><c> you</c><00:39:35.880><c> know</c><00:39:36.119><c> what</c><00:39:37.260><c> his</c><00:39:37.579><c> being</c><00:39:37.840><c> called</c><00:39:38.119><c> Emmanuel</c><00:39:38.679><c> means.</c>

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:45.840
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That<00:39:41.559><c> is</c><00:39:41.679><c> a</c><00:39:41.739><c> very</c><00:39:41.980><c> unique</c><00:39:42.519><c> understanding</c><00:39:43.300><c> within</c><00:39:45.239><c> those</c><00:39:45.659><c> who</c>

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believe,<00:39:46.199><c> who</c><00:39:46.679><c> think</c><00:39:46.880><c> they</c><00:39:47.179><c> believe</c><00:39:47.360><c> in</c><00:39:47.500><c> this</c><00:39:47.679><c> report.</c>

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It<00:39:49.539><c> says</c><00:39:49.780><c> the</c><00:39:50.099><c> arm</c><00:39:50.360><c> of</c><00:39:50.500><c> the</c><00:39:50.679><c> Lord</c><00:39:50.840><c> revealed.</c>

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:57.759
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You<00:39:53.500><c> know</c><00:39:53.980><c> what</c><00:39:54.679><c> it</c><00:39:54.880><c> means</c><00:39:55.119><c> that</c><00:39:55.280><c> he's</c><00:39:55.480><c> being</c><00:39:55.760><c> called</c><00:39:57.019><c> Emmanuel.</c>

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:03.500
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Notice<00:39:59.659><c> what</c><00:39:59.800><c> it</c><00:40:00.019><c> says</c><00:40:00.199><c> in</c><00:40:00.420><c> chapter</c><00:40:00.679><c> 9</c><00:40:01.719><c> verse</c><00:40:02.679><c> 6.</c>

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Onto<00:40:04.059><c> us</c><00:40:04.360><c> a</c><00:40:04.519><c> child</c><00:40:04.840><c> is</c><00:40:05.059><c> born.</c>

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:09.079
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Onto<00:40:07.159><c> us</c><00:40:07.739><c> a</c><00:40:08.420><c> son</c><00:40:08.639><c> is</c><00:40:08.880><c> given.</c>

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Do<00:40:09.320><c> you</c><00:40:09.340><c> know</c><00:40:09.460><c> that</c><00:40:09.639><c> that's</c><00:40:09.880><c> not</c><00:40:10.139><c> the</c><00:40:10.280><c> same</c><00:40:10.480><c> thing?</c>

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:13.960
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A<00:40:12.360><c> child</c><00:40:12.619><c> is</c><00:40:12.880><c> born</c><00:40:13.179><c> and</c><00:40:13.360><c> a</c><00:40:13.440><c> son</c><00:40:13.559><c> is</c><00:40:13.800><c> given.</c>

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.659
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That's<00:40:14.199><c> not</c><00:40:14.380><c> the</c><00:40:14.519><c> same</c><00:40:14.719><c> thing.</c>

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There<00:40:16.639><c> was</c><00:40:17.019><c> a</c><00:40:17.280><c> child</c><00:40:17.880><c> born.</c>

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.519
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Absolutely<00:40:20.800><c> there</c><00:40:20.940><c> was</c><00:40:21.139><c> a</c><00:40:21.320><c> child</c><00:40:21.539><c> born.</c>

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And<00:40:23.760><c> born</c><00:40:23.920><c> for</c><00:40:24.179><c> what?</c>

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:27.239
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What<00:40:25.119><c> was</c><00:40:25.320><c> this</c><00:40:25.559><c> child</c><00:40:25.900><c> born</c><00:40:26.239><c> for?</c>

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This<00:40:28.900><c> child</c><00:40:29.099><c> was</c><00:40:29.360><c> born</c><00:40:29.559><c> to</c><00:40:29.820><c> save</c><00:40:30.019><c> you</c><00:40:30.179><c> from</c><00:40:30.420><c> your</c><00:40:30.619><c> sins.</c>

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That's<00:40:32.239><c> why</c><00:40:32.420><c> this</c><00:40:32.639><c> child</c><00:40:32.880><c> was</c><00:40:33.139><c> born.</c>

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Nobody<00:40:34.179><c> knew</c><00:40:34.360><c> that</c><00:40:34.519><c> by</c><00:40:34.679><c> the</c><00:40:34.780><c> way</c><00:40:34.860><c> better</c><00:40:35.059><c> than</c><00:40:35.239><c> this</c><00:40:35.440><c> child.</c>

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:40.860
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But<00:40:37.280><c> it</c><00:40:37.480><c> says</c><00:40:37.639><c> onto</c><00:40:37.920><c> us</c><00:40:38.760><c> a</c><00:40:39.500><c> son</c><00:40:39.679><c> is</c><00:40:39.960><c> given.</c>

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:45.199
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What<00:40:42.780><c> is</c><00:40:43.000><c> the</c><00:40:43.179><c> son</c><00:40:43.320><c> given</c><00:40:43.559><c> to</c><00:40:43.820><c> us</c><00:40:44.119><c> for?</c>

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He<00:40:47.320><c> is</c><00:40:47.599><c> our</c><00:40:47.820><c> high</c><00:40:48.119><c> priest</c><00:40:48.519><c> and</c><00:40:49.159><c> our</c><00:40:49.320><c> mediator.</c>

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You<00:40:50.840><c> see</c><00:40:52.000><c> the</c><00:40:53.699><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:54.199><c> of</c><00:40:54.539><c> sins</c><00:40:55.179><c> comes</c><00:40:56.119><c> from</c><00:40:56.320><c> the</c><00:40:56.539><c> child.</c>

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The<00:40:58.840><c> grace</c><00:40:59.159><c> of</c><00:40:59.400><c> God</c><00:41:00.340><c> comes</c><00:41:01.500><c> from</c><00:41:01.739><c> the</c><00:41:01.920><c> son.</c>

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We<00:41:04.079><c> need</c><00:41:04.599><c> to</c><00:41:05.139><c> be</c><00:41:05.320><c> forgiven</c><00:41:05.559><c> our</c><00:41:05.920><c> sins.</c>

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But<00:41:08.260><c> the</c><00:41:08.500><c> forgiveness</c><00:41:08.780><c> of</c><00:41:09.039><c> our</c><00:41:09.199><c> sins</c><00:41:09.360><c> is</c><00:41:09.760><c> meaningless</c><00:41:10.280><c> without</c><00:41:11.380><c> the</c><00:41:11.599><c> grace</c><00:41:11.780><c> of</c><00:41:12.039><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:41:13.719><c> it</c><00:41:13.880><c> is</c><00:41:14.039><c> by</c><00:41:14.239><c> the</c><00:41:14.460><c> grace</c><00:41:14.599><c> of</c><00:41:14.840><c> God</c><00:41:15.300><c> that</c><00:41:15.739><c> we</c><00:41:15.940><c> are</c><00:41:16.199><c> saved.</c>

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God<00:41:18.360><c> so</c><00:41:18.719><c> loved</c><00:41:18.960><c> the</c><00:41:19.239><c> world</c><00:41:19.980><c> that</c><00:41:21.079><c> he</c><00:41:21.300><c> gave</c><00:41:21.480><c> his</c><00:41:21.679><c> only</c><00:41:21.900><c> begotten</c><00:41:22.300><c> son.</c>

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That<00:41:23.980><c> whosoever</c><00:41:24.380><c> believeth</c><00:41:24.739><c> in</c><00:41:24.840><c> him</c><00:41:25.059><c> shall</c><00:41:25.380><c> not</c><00:41:25.639><c> perish</c><00:41:26.079><c> but</c>

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have<00:41:27.099><c> everlasting</c><00:41:27.539><c> life.</c>

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If<00:41:28.300><c> it</c><00:41:28.440><c> is</c><00:41:28.599><c> just</c><00:41:28.860><c> about</c><00:41:29.079><c> your</c><00:41:29.380><c> forgiveness</c><00:41:29.920><c> then</c><00:41:30.760><c> you</c><00:41:30.980><c> get</c><00:41:31.179><c> to</c>

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move<00:41:31.559><c> on.</c>

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You<00:41:32.679><c> get</c><00:41:32.880><c> to</c><00:41:33.639><c> change</c><00:41:34.500><c> that</c><00:41:35.500><c> carnal</c><00:41:35.880><c> mind.</c>

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But<00:41:37.260><c> it's</c><00:41:37.500><c> not</c><00:41:37.800><c> about</c><00:41:38.099><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:41:39.659><c> about</c><00:41:39.820><c> the</c><00:41:40.079><c> transformation</c><00:41:40.780><c> that</c><00:41:41.300><c> occurs</c><00:41:41.679><c> by</c><00:41:41.960><c> the</c><00:41:42.219><c> grace</c><00:41:42.800><c> of</c><00:41:43.280><c> God.</c>

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We<00:41:44.579><c> need</c><00:41:44.880><c> mercy</c><00:41:45.300><c> so</c><00:41:45.579><c> that</c><00:41:45.760><c> we</c><00:41:45.840><c> can</c><00:41:46.139><c> understand</c><00:41:46.639><c> the</c><00:41:46.880><c> grace.</c>

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So<00:41:47.840><c> that</c><00:41:48.019><c> we</c><00:41:48.119><c> can</c><00:41:48.440><c> see</c><00:41:48.699><c> the</c><00:41:49.000><c> grace.</c>

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So<00:41:49.920><c> that</c><00:41:50.099><c> we</c><00:41:50.239><c> can</c><00:41:50.500><c> believe</c><00:41:50.980><c> in</c><00:41:51.179><c> the</c><00:41:51.360><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:41:51.820><c> so</c><00:41:51.960><c> that</c><00:41:52.139><c> we</c><00:41:52.219><c> can</c><00:41:52.460><c> be</c><00:41:52.739><c> transformed</c><00:41:53.320><c> in</c><00:41:53.559><c> that</c><00:41:53.820><c> chrysalis</c>

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that<00:41:54.760><c> no</c><00:41:55.039><c> one</c><00:41:55.179><c> can</c><00:41:55.460><c> explain.</c>

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Only<00:41:58.179><c> we</c><00:41:58.559><c> are</c><00:41:58.679><c> going</c><00:41:58.840><c> through</c><00:41:59.059><c> that</c><00:41:59.300><c> process</c><00:41:59.920><c> right</c><00:42:00.920><c> now.</c>

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That<00:42:03.000><c> same</c><00:42:03.460><c> process</c><00:42:04.139><c> that</c><00:42:04.960><c> our</c><00:42:05.340><c> brother</c><00:42:05.559><c> in</c><00:42:05.880><c> New</c><00:42:06.119><c> Zealand</c>

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talked<00:42:06.719><c> about.</c>

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That<00:42:07.179><c> same</c><00:42:07.500><c> process</c><00:42:08.019><c> that</c><00:42:08.400><c> is</c><00:42:08.639><c> taught</c><00:42:08.780><c> by</c><00:42:08.980><c> the</c><00:42:09.440><c> simple</c><00:42:09.760><c> process,</c>

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simple<00:42:11.820><c> in</c><00:42:12.179><c> quotation</c><00:42:12.599><c> marks,</c><00:42:13.559><c> of</c><00:42:13.719><c> the</c><00:42:13.920><c> caterpillar</c><00:42:14.340><c> changing</c><00:42:14.679><c> into</c>

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the<00:42:15.099><c> butterfly.</c>

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That<00:42:17.019><c> simple</c><00:42:17.340><c> process,</c><00:42:17.820><c> the</c><00:42:18.019><c> same</c><00:42:18.260><c> process</c><00:42:18.880><c> in</c><00:42:19.420><c> the</c><00:42:19.599><c> three</c><00:42:19.980><c> lobes</c><00:42:20.360><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:20.820><c> mind</c><00:42:21.300><c> and</c><00:42:21.639><c> what</c><00:42:21.840><c> occurs</c><00:42:22.219><c> there.</c>

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It<00:42:24.880><c> says</c><00:42:25.139><c> of</c><00:42:25.460><c> the</c><00:42:25.719><c> increase</c><00:42:26.099><c> of</c><00:42:26.320><c> his</c><00:42:26.539><c> government</c><00:42:27.019><c> and</c><00:42:27.420><c> peace,</c>

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there<00:42:28.820><c> shall</c><00:42:29.079><c> be</c><00:42:29.320><c> no</c><00:42:29.559><c> end</c><00:42:29.980><c> upon</c><00:42:30.760><c> the</c><00:42:31.059><c> throne</c><00:42:31.219><c> of</c><00:42:31.500><c> David</c><00:42:31.880><c> and</c>

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upon<00:42:32.780><c> his</c><00:42:33.099><c> kingdom</c>

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to<00:42:34.320><c> order</c><00:42:34.639><c> it</c><00:42:35.059><c> and</c><00:42:35.199><c> to</c><00:42:35.480><c> establish</c><00:42:35.820><c> it</c><00:42:35.980><c> with</c><00:42:36.159><c> judgment</c><00:42:36.480><c> and</c>

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with<00:42:36.880><c> justice</c><00:42:37.139><c> from</c><00:42:37.420><c> henceforth</c><00:42:37.960><c> even</c><00:42:38.300><c> forever.</c>

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The<00:42:39.480><c> zeal</c><00:42:39.860><c> of</c><00:42:40.039><c> the</c><00:42:40.239><c> Lord</c><00:42:40.440><c> of</c><00:42:40.679><c> hosts</c><00:42:41.360><c> shall</c><00:42:41.739><c> perform</c><00:42:42.300><c> this.</c>

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And<00:42:43.460><c> your</c><00:42:43.739><c> faith</c><00:42:44.820><c> believes</c><00:42:46.079><c> in</c><00:42:46.940><c> the</c><00:42:47.099><c> Davidic</c><00:42:47.400><c> kingdom.</c>

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Your<00:42:49.760><c> faith</c><00:42:50.019><c> understands</c><00:42:50.940><c> what</c><00:42:51.500><c> it's</c><00:42:51.800><c> talking</c><00:42:52.139><c> about</c><00:42:52.679><c> when</c>

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it<00:42:53.440><c> says</c>

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the<00:42:53.880><c> government</c><00:42:54.280><c> of</c><00:42:54.559><c> peace</c><00:42:54.840><c> shall</c><00:42:55.059><c> have</c><00:42:56.000><c> no</c><00:42:56.300><c> end</c><00:42:56.480><c> upon</c><00:42:56.739><c> the</c><00:42:57.039><c> throne</c><00:42:57.199><c> of</c><00:42:57.460><c> David</c>

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and<00:42:58.360><c> upon</c><00:42:58.639><c> his</c><00:42:59.000><c> kingdom</c><00:42:59.320><c> to</c><00:42:59.599><c> order</c><00:42:59.719><c> it</c><00:42:59.900><c> and</c><00:43:00.019><c> to</c><00:43:00.199><c> establish</c><00:43:00.559><c> it.</c>

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We<00:43:03.440><c> believe</c><00:43:04.039><c> in</c><00:43:04.719><c> the</c><00:43:04.900><c> kingdom</c><00:43:05.059><c> of</c><00:43:05.320><c> David.</c>

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It<00:43:07.059><c> is</c><00:43:07.320><c> at</c><00:43:07.519><c> the</c><00:43:07.739><c> heart</c><00:43:07.920><c> of</c><00:43:08.159><c> our</c><00:43:08.400><c> faith</c><00:43:08.780><c> that</c><00:43:09.460><c> the</c><00:43:09.699><c> kingdom</c><00:43:10.039><c> of</c>

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God<00:43:10.539><c> will</c><00:43:10.739><c> be</c><00:43:10.940><c> here</c><00:43:11.219><c> on</c><00:43:11.559><c> earth</c>

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through<00:43:12.420><c> David</c><00:43:12.900><c> and</c><00:43:13.360><c> through</c><00:43:13.659><c> that</c><00:43:13.980><c> king.</c>

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And<00:43:15.340><c> we</c><00:43:15.480><c> understand</c><00:43:16.059><c> what</c><00:43:16.300><c> the</c><00:43:16.619><c> zeal</c><00:43:16.860><c> of</c><00:43:17.039><c> the</c><00:43:17.199><c> Lord</c><00:43:17.380><c> of</c><00:43:17.619><c> hosts</c>

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is<00:43:18.940><c> about.</c>

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In<00:43:21.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:21.840><c> 11</c><00:43:22.139><c> it</c><00:43:22.280><c> says,</c><00:43:22.920><c> a</c><00:43:22.920><c> rod</c><00:43:23.219><c> out</c><00:43:23.460><c> of</c><00:43:23.619><c> the</c><00:43:23.860><c> stem</c><00:43:24.059><c> of</c><00:43:24.420><c> Jesse.</c>

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What<00:43:25.420><c> does</c><00:43:25.619><c> that</c><00:43:25.880><c> mean?</c>

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Who<00:43:28.460><c> was</c><00:43:28.719><c> Jesse?</c>

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Oh,<00:43:29.300><c> we</c><00:43:29.360><c> know</c><00:43:29.519><c> Jesse</c><00:43:29.780><c> was</c><00:43:29.980><c> David's</c><00:43:30.420><c> father.</c>

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And<00:43:32.480><c> it</c><00:43:32.579><c> says,</c><00:43:33.079><c> a</c><00:43:33.079><c> rod</c><00:43:33.380><c> out</c><00:43:33.579><c> of</c><00:43:33.719><c> the</c><00:43:33.880><c> stem</c><00:43:34.000><c> of</c><00:43:34.280><c> Jesse.</c>

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That<00:43:35.360><c> means</c><00:43:35.840><c> that</c><00:43:36.139><c> we</c><00:43:36.380><c> know</c><00:43:37.199><c> that</c><00:43:37.800><c> the</c><00:43:37.980><c> Lord</c><00:43:38.159><c> Jesus</c><00:43:38.539><c> Christ</c><00:43:39.179><c> was</c><00:43:40.780><c> of</c>

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human<00:43:41.980><c> origin.</c>

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That's<00:43:44.659><c> what</c><00:43:44.800><c> the</c><00:43:44.960><c> rod</c><00:43:45.199><c> of</c><00:43:45.360><c> the</c><00:43:45.500><c> stump</c><00:43:45.659><c> of</c><00:43:45.900><c> Jesse</c><00:43:46.260><c> tells</c><00:43:46.940><c> us.</c>

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But<00:43:49.019><c> then</c><00:43:49.199><c> it</c><00:43:49.400><c> says,</c><00:43:52.019><c> and</c><00:43:52.139><c> a</c><00:43:52.480><c> branch</c><00:43:52.940><c> shall</c><00:43:53.840><c> grow</c><00:43:54.079><c> out</c><00:43:54.260><c> of</c><00:43:54.360><c> its</c><00:43:54.559><c> roots.</c>

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The<00:43:55.599><c> branch</c><00:43:56.500><c> shall</c><00:43:57.699><c> grow</c><00:43:57.880><c> out</c><00:43:58.039><c> of</c><00:43:58.139><c> its</c><00:43:58.300><c> roots.</c>

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What<00:43:59.139><c> branch?</c>

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What<00:44:00.719><c> is</c><00:44:00.940><c> the</c><00:44:01.139><c> branch?</c>

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You<00:44:03.900><c> know</c><00:44:03.980><c> what</c><00:44:04.000><c> the</c><00:44:04.159><c> branch</c><00:44:04.400><c> is.</c>

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The<00:44:07.340><c> branch</c><00:44:07.579><c> is</c><00:44:07.760><c> that</c><00:44:07.840><c> he's</c><00:44:08.099><c> the</c><00:44:08.219><c> son</c><00:44:08.400><c> of</c><00:44:08.619><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:44:10.280><c> the</c><00:44:10.480><c> branch.</c>

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If<00:44:10.980><c> you</c><00:44:11.099><c> look</c><00:44:11.260><c> at</c><00:44:11.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:11.840><c> chapter</c><00:44:12.559><c> 4</c><00:44:12.960><c> verse</c><00:44:13.260><c> 2,</c><00:44:14.679><c> turn</c><00:44:14.800><c> over</c><00:44:14.960><c> quickly</c><00:44:15.260><c> to</c>

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Isaiah<00:44:15.719><c> chapter</c><00:44:16.000><c> 4</c><00:44:16.320><c> verse</c><00:44:16.579><c> 2.</c>

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You're<00:44:18.840><c> told</c><00:44:19.000><c> where</c><00:44:19.159><c> the</c><00:44:19.320><c> branch</c><00:44:19.559><c> comes</c><00:44:19.860><c> from.</c>

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Oh,<00:44:28.099><c> no,</c><00:44:28.340><c> I</c><00:44:28.599><c> think</c><00:44:28.739><c> I</c><00:44:28.900><c> have</c><00:44:28.920><c> the</c><00:44:29.019><c> wrong</c><00:44:29.179><c> verse.</c>

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Oh,<00:44:29.940><c> no,</c><00:44:30.300><c> I</c><00:44:30.400><c> flipped</c><00:44:30.539><c> over</c><00:44:30.699><c> to</c><00:44:30.840><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

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Oh,<00:44:31.599><c> no,</c><00:44:31.679><c> I</c><00:44:31.699><c> went</c><00:44:31.780><c> too</c><00:44:32.039><c> far.</c>

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Hold<00:44:36.099><c> on.</c>

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We<00:44:41.440><c> know</c><00:44:41.639><c> that</c><00:44:41.840><c> the</c><00:44:42.019><c> rod</c><00:44:42.179><c> of</c><00:44:42.440><c> Jesse</c><00:44:42.679><c> comes</c><00:44:42.960><c> from</c><00:44:43.400><c> a</c><00:44:43.719><c> statement</c>

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about<00:44:44.480><c> his</c><00:44:44.659><c> natural</c><00:44:45.699><c> birth.</c>

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And<00:44:47.099><c> that</c><00:44:47.420><c> day,</c>

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the<00:44:49.920><c> branch</c><00:44:50.400><c> of</c><00:44:50.679><c> the</c><00:44:50.880><c> Lord</c><00:44:51.539><c> shall</c><00:44:52.440><c> be</c><00:44:52.639><c> beautiful</c><00:44:53.019><c> and</c><00:44:53.280><c> glorious.</c>

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The<00:44:55.300><c> branch</c><00:44:55.519><c> of</c><00:44:55.679><c> the</c><00:44:55.840><c> Lord.</c>

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Not<00:44:57.280><c> a</c><00:44:57.440><c> natural</c><00:44:57.719><c> branch.</c>

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Spiritual<00:44:59.719><c> branch.</c>

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We<00:45:06.760><c> know</c><00:45:06.860><c> that</c><00:45:07.019><c> the</c><00:45:07.179><c> natural</c><00:45:07.460><c> man</c><00:45:07.679><c> was</c><00:45:07.900><c> not.</c>

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We're<00:45:08.780><c> told</c><00:45:08.880><c> specifically</c><00:45:09.420><c> in</c><00:45:09.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:09.800><c> 53</c><00:45:10.539><c> that</c><00:45:11.239><c> he</c><00:45:11.380><c> was</c><00:45:11.599><c> not.</c>

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And<00:45:14.840><c> then</c><00:45:15.019><c> consider</c><00:45:15.320><c> what</c><00:45:15.480><c> it</c><00:45:15.739><c> says</c><00:45:16.539><c> in</c><00:45:18.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:19.159><c> chapter</c><00:45:19.500><c> 11</c>

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verse<00:45:20.019><c> 2.</c>

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The<00:45:32.599><c> spirit</c><00:45:32.820><c> of</c><00:45:33.039><c> wisdom</c><00:45:33.320><c> and</c><00:45:33.539><c> understanding,</c><00:45:34.119><c> the</c><00:45:34.300><c> spirit</c><00:45:34.480><c> of</c>

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counsel<00:45:35.039><c> and</c><00:45:35.280><c> might,</c>

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the<00:45:35.639><c> spirit</c><00:45:35.860><c> of</c><00:45:36.099><c> knowledge</c><00:45:36.500><c> and</c><00:45:36.980><c> the</c><00:45:37.179><c> fear</c><00:45:37.280><c> of</c><00:45:37.440><c> the</c><00:45:37.599><c> Lord.</c>

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His<00:45:39.019><c> delight</c><00:45:39.340><c> is</c><00:45:39.519><c> in</c><00:45:39.619><c> the</c><00:45:39.760><c> fear</c><00:45:39.840><c> of</c><00:45:40.019><c> the</c><00:45:40.119><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:45:40.340><c> he</c><00:45:40.519><c> shall</c><00:45:40.840><c> not</c><00:45:41.099><c> judge</c><00:45:41.440><c> by</c><00:45:41.739><c> his</c><00:45:42.159><c> eyes,</c><00:45:43.679><c> neither</c><00:45:44.079><c> decide</c><00:45:44.579><c> by</c>

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the<00:45:45.019><c> hearing</c><00:45:45.239><c> of</c><00:45:45.480><c> his</c><00:45:45.880><c> ears.</c>

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But<00:45:47.219><c> with</c><00:45:47.519><c> righteousness</c><00:45:48.059><c> he</c><00:45:48.760><c> shall</c><00:45:49.019><c> judge</c><00:45:49.360><c> the</c><00:45:49.619><c> poor</c><00:45:50.000><c> and</c><00:45:50.619><c> decide</c><00:45:50.960><c> with</c><00:45:51.260><c> equity</c><00:45:51.599><c> for</c><00:45:51.820><c> the</c><00:45:51.940><c> meek</c><00:45:52.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:52.340><c> earth.</c>

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Righteousness<00:45:58.619><c> shall</c><00:45:58.780><c> be</c><00:45:59.000><c> the</c><00:45:59.159><c> belt</c><00:45:59.320><c> of</c><00:45:59.500><c> his</c><00:45:59.739><c> loins</c><00:45:59.960><c> and</c><00:46:00.260><c> faithfulness</c><00:46:00.780><c> the</c>

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belt<00:46:01.280><c> of</c><00:46:01.880><c> his</c><00:46:02.099><c> waist.</c>

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Who's<00:46:07.700><c> the</c><00:46:08.420><c> Father?</c>

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Who<00:46:09.699><c> is</c><00:46:10.039><c> God</c><00:46:10.619><c> in</c><00:46:11.280><c> this</c><00:46:11.559><c> passage</c><00:46:11.980><c> and</c><00:46:12.179><c> who</c><00:46:12.380><c> is</c><00:46:12.599><c> his</c><00:46:12.840><c> Son?</c>

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He<00:46:16.480><c> shall</c><00:46:16.699><c> not</c><00:46:16.960><c> judge</c><00:46:17.320><c> by</c><00:46:17.539><c> the</c><00:46:17.719><c> sight</c><00:46:17.840><c> of</c><00:46:18.000><c> his</c><00:46:18.340><c> eyes</c><00:46:19.179><c> nor</c><00:46:20.440><c> decide</c><00:46:21.019><c> by</c><00:46:21.260><c> the</c><00:46:21.480><c> hearing</c><00:46:21.699><c> of</c>

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his<00:46:22.260><c> ears.</c>

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We<00:46:28.460><c> understand</c><00:46:29.179><c> who</c><00:46:30.639><c> the</c><00:46:30.840><c> Lord</c><00:46:31.059><c> Jesus</c><00:46:31.440><c> Christ</c><00:46:31.880><c> is.</c>

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And<00:46:35.260><c> so</c><00:46:35.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:35.940><c> says,</c><00:46:37.780><c> who</c><00:46:37.780><c> has</c><00:46:38.119><c> believed</c><00:46:38.460><c> our</c><00:46:38.699><c> report</c><00:46:39.119><c> and</c>

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to<00:46:39.599><c> whom</c><00:46:40.420><c> is</c><00:46:42.300><c> the</c><00:46:42.500><c> armor</c><00:46:42.619><c> of</c><00:46:42.780><c> the</c><00:46:42.900><c> Lord</c><00:46:43.099><c> revealed?</c>

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And<00:46:45.480><c> these</c><00:46:46.300><c> are</c><00:46:46.980><c> the</c><00:46:47.159><c> verses</c><00:46:47.739><c> that</c><00:46:48.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:49.199><c> is</c><00:46:49.440><c> talking</c><00:46:49.780><c> about.</c>

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Do<00:46:52.360><c> you</c><00:46:52.559><c> believe</c><00:46:52.860><c> it?</c>

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Well<00:46:55.239><c> of</c><00:46:55.360><c> course</c><00:46:55.559><c> you</c><00:46:55.739><c> do.</c>

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You<00:46:57.880><c> are</c><00:46:58.099><c> baptized</c><00:46:58.519><c> into</c><00:46:58.840><c> the</c><00:46:59.019><c> same</c><00:46:59.219><c> saving</c><00:46:59.679><c> name</c><00:46:59.940><c> of</c><00:47:00.119><c> Jesus</c><00:47:00.420><c> Christ.</c>

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You<00:47:01.920><c> are</c><00:47:02.219><c> baptized</c><00:47:02.980><c> into</c><00:47:03.460><c> belief</c><00:47:03.719><c> in</c><00:47:03.960><c> the</c><00:47:04.199><c> man,</c><00:47:05.539><c> Christ</c><00:47:05.699><c> Jesus.</c>

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Who<00:47:08.480><c> was</c><00:47:08.739><c> both</c><00:47:08.980><c> of</c><00:47:09.420><c> natural</c><00:47:09.880><c> birth,</c><00:47:11.719><c> who</c><00:47:11.880><c> had</c><00:47:12.039><c> a</c><00:47:12.199><c> divine</c><00:47:12.440><c> relationship</c><00:47:12.960><c> to</c>

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his<00:47:13.300><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:47:14.880><c> who</c><00:47:15.019><c> through</c><00:47:15.239><c> obedience</c><00:47:15.820><c> to</c><00:47:16.099><c> his</c><00:47:16.300><c> God</c><00:47:16.860><c> was</c><00:47:18.219><c> raised</c><00:47:18.579><c> from</c>

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the<00:47:18.980><c> dead.</c>

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You<00:47:21.500><c> understand</c><00:47:22.460><c> that</c><00:47:23.920><c> revelation.</c>

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So<00:47:25.579><c> when</c><00:47:25.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:26.239><c> says,</c><00:47:27.480><c> who</c><00:47:27.480><c> has</c><00:47:27.880><c> believed</c><00:47:28.679><c> our</c><00:47:29.320><c> report?</c>

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You<00:47:31.239><c> know</c><00:47:31.320><c> we</c><00:47:31.400><c> were</c><00:47:31.559><c> talking</c><00:47:31.840><c> about</c><00:47:32.099><c> how,</c><00:47:32.659><c> you</c><00:47:33.000><c> know,</c><00:47:33.519><c> how</c><00:47:33.679><c> do</c>

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we<00:47:33.860><c> know</c><00:47:34.019><c> the</c><00:47:34.159><c> Christadelphians</c><00:47:34.579><c> are</c><00:47:34.780><c> anything</c><00:47:35.039><c> at</c><00:47:35.320><c> all?</c>

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You<00:47:35.860><c> know</c><00:47:35.980><c> we</c><00:47:36.099><c> have</c><00:47:36.300><c> all</c><00:47:36.539><c> these</c><00:47:36.719><c> struggles</c><00:47:37.139><c> ourselves.</c>

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That<00:47:39.380><c> same</c><00:47:39.639><c> struggle</c><00:47:40.000><c> was</c><00:47:40.340><c> true</c><00:47:40.780><c> way</c><00:47:41.219><c> back</c><00:47:41.719><c> in</c><00:47:42.079><c> the</c><00:47:42.199><c> time</c><00:47:42.340><c> of</c><00:47:42.619><c> Isaiah.</c>

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The<00:47:43.639><c> reason</c><00:47:43.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:44.159><c> starts</c><00:47:44.480><c> off</c><00:47:44.639><c> chapter</c><00:47:44.880><c> 53</c><00:47:45.340><c> saying</c><00:47:45.719><c> who</c><00:47:46.079><c> has</c><00:47:46.320><c> believed</c><00:47:46.519><c> our</c><00:47:46.719><c> report</c><00:47:47.039><c> is</c>

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because<00:47:47.559><c> most</c><00:47:47.800><c> people</c><00:47:48.019><c> did</c><00:47:48.280><c> not</c><00:47:49.280><c> believe</c><00:47:49.739><c> it.</c>

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When<00:47:51.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:51.539><c> said</c><00:47:51.760><c> these</c><00:47:52.119><c> things.</c>

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Remember<00:47:53.260><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:53.519><c> prophesied</c><00:47:54.019><c> during</c><00:47:54.219><c> the</c><00:47:54.300><c> time</c><00:47:54.500><c> of</c><00:47:54.659><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:47:55.440><c> that</c>

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great<00:47:55.940><c> reformation.</c>

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No<00:47:57.139><c> sooner</c><00:47:57.360><c> did</c><00:47:57.539><c> Hezekiah</c><00:47:58.059><c> die</c><00:47:58.380><c> than</c><00:47:58.539><c> along</c><00:47:58.780><c> came</c><00:47:59.000><c> Manasseh</c>

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and<00:47:59.800><c> it</c><00:47:59.960><c> all</c><00:48:00.079><c> went</c><00:48:00.159><c> right</c><00:48:00.320><c> out</c><00:48:00.500><c> the</c><00:48:00.579><c> window.</c>

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Why?<00:48:01.260><c> Because</c><00:48:01.519><c> people</c><00:48:01.719><c> did</c><00:48:01.920><c> not</c><00:48:02.099><c> believe.</c>

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Because<00:48:05.699><c> they</c><00:48:05.880><c> didn't</c><00:48:06.039><c> understand</c><00:48:06.480><c> the</c><00:48:06.719><c> armor</c><00:48:06.860><c> of</c><00:48:07.059><c> the</c><00:48:07.139><c> Lord.</c>

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That's<00:48:07.860><c> why</c><00:48:07.980><c> chapter</c><00:48:08.239><c> 52</c><00:48:08.719><c> reaches</c><00:48:09.039><c> that</c><00:48:09.300><c> point</c><00:48:09.519><c> of</c><00:48:09.699><c> saying</c><00:48:09.940><c> that</c><00:48:10.400><c> you</c><00:48:10.820><c> tried</c><00:48:11.099><c> all</c><00:48:11.619><c> your</c><00:48:11.940><c> strength</c><00:48:12.300><c> to</c>

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do<00:48:12.679><c> it.</c>

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And<00:48:13.199><c> it's</c><00:48:13.500><c> not</c><00:48:13.760><c> about</c><00:48:14.079><c> strength.</c>

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It's<00:48:15.579><c> never</c><00:48:15.920><c> about</c><00:48:16.280><c> strength.</c><00:48:16.880><c> Why?</c>

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Because<00:48:18.119><c> strength</c><00:48:18.619><c> glorifies</c><00:48:19.400><c> the</c><00:48:19.760><c> human</c><00:48:19.980><c> being.</c>

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And<00:48:21.800><c> the</c><00:48:21.980><c> armor</c><00:48:22.219><c> of</c><00:48:22.400><c> the</c><00:48:22.579><c> Lord</c><00:48:23.539><c> glorifies</c><00:48:24.380><c> God.</c>

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And<00:48:25.400><c> that's</c><00:48:25.579><c> why</c><00:48:25.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:26.179><c> so</c><00:48:26.679><c> strongly</c><00:48:27.300><c> points</c><00:48:28.679><c> out</c><00:48:29.019><c> the</c><00:48:29.320><c> weakness</c><00:48:29.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:48:31.340><c> Messiah</c><00:48:31.679><c> to</c><00:48:31.920><c> come.</c>

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Look<00:48:32.360><c> at</c><00:48:32.500><c> this</c><00:48:33.739><c> list</c><00:48:34.320><c> of</c><00:48:37.099><c> things</c><00:48:37.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:38.320><c> says</c><00:48:38.739><c> in</c><00:48:39.000><c> 53</c><00:48:39.579><c> about</c>

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this<00:48:40.780><c> Redeemer.</c>

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He<00:48:41.960><c> calls</c><00:48:42.199><c> them</c><00:48:42.380><c> a</c><00:48:42.699><c> tender</c><00:48:43.500><c> plant.</c>

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Why<00:48:45.639><c> do</c><00:48:45.659><c> they</c><00:48:45.699><c> call</c><00:48:45.840><c> them</c><00:48:45.980><c> a</c><00:48:46.159><c> tender</c><00:48:46.440><c> plant?</c>

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He<00:48:47.420><c> says,</c><00:48:48.119><c> you</c><00:48:48.119><c> would</c><00:48:48.239><c> believe</c><00:48:48.480><c> he</c><00:48:49.099><c> grew</c><00:48:49.260><c> before</c><00:48:49.599><c> him</c><00:48:49.739><c> as</c><00:48:49.960><c> a</c>

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tender<00:48:50.360><c> plant.</c>

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Do<00:48:52.219><c> you</c><00:48:52.219><c> see</c><00:48:52.380><c> Jesus</c><00:48:52.679><c> as</c><00:48:52.880><c> a</c><00:48:53.059><c> tender</c><00:48:53.320><c> plant?</c>

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Yes,<00:48:54.679><c> absolutely.</c><00:48:55.139><c> Why?</c>

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Because<00:48:55.780><c> he's</c><00:48:55.980><c> a</c><00:48:56.139><c> human</c><00:48:56.300><c> being</c><00:48:56.619><c> with</c><00:48:56.780><c> the</c><00:48:56.960><c> same</c><00:48:57.199><c> frailties</c><00:48:57.599><c> and</c><00:48:57.780><c> the</c><00:48:57.880><c> same</c><00:48:58.039><c> weaknesses</c><00:48:58.420><c> as</c>

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a<00:48:58.860><c> tender</c><00:48:59.079><c> plant.</c>

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And<00:49:00.039><c> he</c><00:49:00.139><c> grows</c><00:49:00.360><c> before</c><00:49:00.719><c> God</c><00:49:01.039><c> as</c><00:49:01.199><c> a</c><00:49:01.360><c> tender</c><00:49:01.539><c> plant.</c>

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He<00:49:02.059><c> wasn't</c><00:49:02.139><c> some</c><00:49:02.320><c> big</c><00:49:02.679><c> strong</c><00:49:03.099><c> guy.</c>

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They<00:49:03.800><c> had</c><00:49:03.920><c> that</c><00:49:04.579><c> Jesus</c><00:49:04.920><c> in</c><00:49:05.119><c> one</c><00:49:05.239><c> of</c><00:49:05.360><c> the</c><00:49:05.480><c> series</c><00:49:05.800><c> recently</c><00:49:06.199><c> where</c><00:49:06.340><c> they</c><00:49:06.500><c> call</c><00:49:06.619><c> him</c>

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the<00:49:06.940><c> macho</c><00:49:07.420><c> Jesus.</c>

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He's<00:49:07.940><c> like</c><00:49:08.079><c> this</c><00:49:08.300><c> big</c><00:49:09.159><c> hulk</c><00:49:09.519><c> of</c><00:49:09.699><c> a</c><00:49:09.820><c> guy.</c>

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He<00:49:11.980><c> wasn't</c><00:49:12.340><c> that.</c><00:49:13.119><c> He</c><00:49:13.300><c> didn't</c><00:49:13.440><c> have</c><00:49:13.659><c> to</c><00:49:13.800><c> be</c><00:49:13.960><c> that.</c>

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He<00:49:14.780><c> wasn't</c><00:49:15.199><c> that.</c>

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He<00:49:16.219><c> grew</c><00:49:16.360><c> before</c><00:49:16.599><c> the</c><00:49:16.800><c> Lord</c><00:49:16.960><c> as</c><00:49:17.179><c> a</c><00:49:17.420><c> tender</c><00:49:17.639><c> plant.</c>

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It<00:49:18.739><c> says</c><00:49:19.000><c> out</c><00:49:19.260><c> of</c><00:49:19.420><c> a</c><00:49:19.579><c> root</c><00:49:19.739><c> of</c><00:49:19.940><c> dry</c><00:49:20.599><c> ground.</c>

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What<00:49:21.699><c> dry</c><00:49:22.219><c> ground?</c>

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Well,<00:49:25.320><c> that</c><00:49:25.480><c> was</c><00:49:25.840><c> spiritual</c><00:49:26.219><c> Israel.</c>

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There<00:49:26.920><c> was</c><00:49:27.199><c> no</c><00:49:27.880><c> ground.</c>

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There<00:49:29.539><c> was</c><00:49:29.739><c> a</c><00:49:30.420><c> small</c><00:49:31.000><c> remnant</c><00:49:31.519><c> up</c><00:49:31.760><c> in</c><00:49:32.019><c> Galilee</c><00:49:32.420><c> who</c><00:49:32.619><c> were</c><00:49:32.739><c> looking</c><00:49:33.039><c> for</c>

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the<00:49:33.360><c> Messiah.</c>

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There<00:49:34.260><c> was</c><00:49:34.460><c> one</c><00:49:34.659><c> or</c><00:49:34.760><c> two</c><00:49:34.940><c> people</c><00:49:35.219><c> in</c><00:49:35.400><c> the</c><00:49:35.539><c> temple,</c><00:49:36.019><c> Simeon</c><00:49:36.219><c> and</c><00:49:36.480><c> Anna.</c>

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And<00:49:37.179><c> other</c><00:49:37.300><c> than</c><00:49:37.539><c> that,</c><00:49:37.800><c> there</c><00:49:37.920><c> was</c><00:49:38.139><c> virtually</c><00:49:38.440><c> no</c><00:49:38.800><c> one</c>

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who<00:49:41.320><c> was</c><00:49:41.760><c> seeking</c><00:49:42.340><c> Christ</c><00:49:43.000><c> the</c><00:49:43.340><c> way</c><00:49:43.539><c> he</c><00:49:43.719><c> was</c><00:49:43.960><c> to</c><00:49:44.139><c> be</c><00:49:44.380><c> sought.</c>

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Just<00:49:47.440><c> a</c><00:49:47.840><c> small</c><00:49:48.219><c> dry</c><00:49:48.719><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:49:49.940><c> it</c><00:49:50.059><c> says</c><00:49:50.199><c> he</c><00:49:50.320><c> has</c><00:49:50.619><c> no</c><00:49:50.940><c> form</c><00:49:51.300><c> nor</c><00:49:51.760><c> comeliness.</c>

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So<00:49:54.019><c> he</c><00:49:54.219><c> had</c><00:49:55.139><c> no</c><00:49:55.860><c> outward</c><00:49:56.460><c> beauty.</c>

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I<00:49:57.059><c> was</c><00:49:57.679><c> very</c><00:49:57.900><c> happy.</c>

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Steve<00:49:58.440><c> showed</c><00:49:58.639><c> a</c><00:49:58.800><c> picture</c><00:49:59.059><c> of</c><00:49:59.900><c> Jesus</c><00:50:00.239><c> in</c><00:50:00.420><c> his</c><00:50:00.639><c> class</c><00:50:00.880><c> last</c><00:50:01.119><c> Sunday</c><00:50:01.400><c> in</c>

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Sunday<00:50:01.739><c> School.</c>

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He<00:50:02.159><c> showed</c><00:50:02.260><c> just</c><00:50:02.519><c> a</c><00:50:02.719><c> Jewish</c><00:50:03.059><c> man</c><00:50:03.699><c> with</c><00:50:04.260><c> a</c><00:50:04.460><c> beard.</c>

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You<00:50:05.400><c> know,</c><00:50:05.539><c> we're</c><00:50:05.800><c> used</c><00:50:06.159><c> to</c><00:50:07.139><c> seeing</c><00:50:07.480><c> this</c><00:50:07.760><c> sort</c><00:50:07.980><c> of</c><00:50:08.159><c> Renaissance</c><00:50:09.079><c> handsome</c><00:50:10.579><c> Jesus.</c>

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You<00:50:12.340><c> know,</c><00:50:13.019><c> that</c><00:50:13.019><c> you</c><00:50:13.619><c> look</c><00:50:13.880><c> at</c><00:50:14.000><c> and</c><00:50:14.079><c> you</c><00:50:14.139><c> go,</c><00:50:14.360><c> wow,</c><00:50:14.500><c> that's</c><00:50:15.099><c> a</c>

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really<00:50:15.559><c> good</c><00:50:15.760><c> looking</c><00:50:15.920><c> guy.</c>

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When<00:50:17.000><c> I</c><00:50:17.099><c> do</c><00:50:17.659><c> presentations</c><00:50:18.239><c> and</c><00:50:18.480><c> stuff,</c><00:50:18.599><c> I</c><00:50:18.960><c> never</c><00:50:19.420><c> show</c><00:50:19.739><c> a</c><00:50:19.900><c> picture</c><00:50:20.119><c> of</c><00:50:20.260><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:50:21.500><c> can</c><00:50:21.659><c> show</c><00:50:21.780><c> pictures</c><00:50:22.059><c> of</c><00:50:22.280><c> others</c><00:50:22.460><c> because</c><00:50:22.699><c> it</c><00:50:22.820><c> won't</c><00:50:23.039><c> stick</c>

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in<00:50:23.400><c> your</c><00:50:23.639><c> mind.</c>

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But<00:50:24.760><c> we</c><00:50:25.159><c> have,</c><00:50:25.519><c> because</c><00:50:26.039><c> of</c><00:50:26.360><c> our</c><00:50:26.679><c> culture</c><00:50:27.179><c> and</c><00:50:28.219><c> the</c><00:50:28.880><c> world</c><00:50:29.079><c> around</c><00:50:29.360><c> us,</c>

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our<00:50:30.559><c> idea</c><00:50:31.079><c> of</c><00:50:31.280><c> what</c><00:50:31.500><c> this</c><00:50:31.739><c> man</c><00:50:31.880><c> looks</c><00:50:32.219><c> like.</c>

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And<00:50:34.039><c> it</c><00:50:34.119><c> has</c><00:50:34.280><c> nothing</c><00:50:34.500><c> to</c><00:50:34.659><c> do</c><00:50:34.739><c> with</c><00:50:34.920><c> reality.</c>

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Because<00:50:36.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:37.179><c> tells</c><00:50:37.420><c> us</c><00:50:37.619><c> the</c><00:50:37.800><c> reality.</c>

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He<00:50:39.119><c> says</c><00:50:39.199><c> he</c><00:50:39.280><c> has</c><00:50:39.599><c> no</c><00:50:40.179><c> form</c><00:50:40.579><c> nor</c><00:50:40.940><c> comeliness</c><00:50:41.440><c> that</c><00:50:42.039><c> when</c><00:50:42.219><c> we</c><00:50:42.440><c> see</c><00:50:42.559><c> him,</c><00:50:42.800><c> we</c>

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would<00:50:43.320><c> desire</c><00:50:43.679><c> him.</c>

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We<00:50:44.059><c> don't</c><00:50:44.420><c> look</c><00:50:44.699><c> upon</c><00:50:45.000><c> him</c><00:50:45.199><c> and</c><00:50:45.380><c> say,</c><00:50:45.960><c> wow,</c><00:50:46.420><c> that's</c><00:50:47.519><c> a</c><00:50:47.780><c> really</c>

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striking<00:50:48.940><c> guy.</c>

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We<00:50:49.739><c> were</c><00:50:50.039><c> at</c><00:50:50.800><c> my</c><00:50:52.119><c> mother</c><00:50:52.360><c>-in</c><00:50:52.539><c>-law's</c><00:50:52.659><c> house</c><00:50:52.880><c> last</c><00:50:53.159><c> night</c><00:50:53.300><c> and</c>

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she<00:50:53.539><c> was</c><00:50:53.739><c> mentioning</c>

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the<00:50:56.519><c> priest</c><00:50:57.079><c> at</c><00:50:57.260><c> the</c><00:50:57.400><c> Greek</c><00:50:57.559><c> Orthodox</c><00:50:58.039><c> Church.</c>

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And<00:50:59.360><c> she</c><00:50:59.460><c> said</c><00:50:59.619><c> he's</c><00:51:00.059><c> gorgeous.</c>

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He's<00:51:02.860><c> a</c><00:51:03.420><c> gorgeous</c><00:51:03.719><c> man.</c>

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Jesus<00:51:05.260><c> was</c><00:51:05.559><c> not.</c>

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How<00:51:06.260><c> did</c><00:51:06.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:06.659><c> know</c><00:51:06.880><c> that,</c><00:51:07.840><c> by</c><00:51:08.039><c> the</c><00:51:08.179><c> way?</c>

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How<00:51:08.420><c> did</c><00:51:08.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:08.820><c> know</c><00:51:09.079><c> that</c><00:51:09.440><c> this</c><00:51:09.679><c> man</c><00:51:09.840><c> would</c><00:51:10.079><c> not</c><00:51:10.300><c> be?</c>

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His<00:51:11.300><c> heritage,</c><00:51:11.960><c> his</c><00:51:12.440><c> lineage</c><00:51:12.980><c> comes</c><00:51:13.280><c> from</c><00:51:13.519><c> David,</c><00:51:14.239><c> right?</c>

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David<00:51:14.760><c> was</c><00:51:15.000><c> considered</c><00:51:15.360><c> a</c><00:51:15.579><c> spectacularly</c><00:51:16.320><c> good</c><00:51:16.460><c> looking</c><00:51:16.659><c> man.</c>

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How<00:51:17.099><c> did</c><00:51:17.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:17.559><c> know</c><00:51:17.900><c> he</c><00:51:18.260><c> was</c><00:51:18.480><c> not</c><00:51:18.619><c> good</c><00:51:18.800><c> looking?</c>

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Or<00:51:19.800><c> would</c><00:51:20.019><c> not</c><00:51:20.219><c> be</c><00:51:20.340><c> good</c><00:51:20.519><c> looking?</c>

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You<00:51:21.880><c> know</c><00:51:21.900><c> how</c><00:51:22.019><c> he</c><00:51:22.179><c> knew?</c>

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Because<00:51:24.239><c> Israel</c><00:51:24.639><c> is</c><00:51:24.880><c> not.</c>

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Because<00:51:28.360><c> Israel</c><00:51:28.820><c> is</c><00:51:29.139><c> not</c><00:51:30.139><c> attractive</c><00:51:31.139><c> to</c><00:51:31.360><c> the</c><00:51:31.599><c> eye.</c>

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In<00:51:32.380><c> fact,</c><00:51:32.579><c> if</c><00:51:32.760><c> you</c><00:51:32.920><c> look</c><00:51:33.119><c> at</c><00:51:33.340><c> everything</c><00:51:33.679><c> that</c><00:51:33.920><c> is</c><00:51:34.179><c> listed</c><00:51:34.440><c> in</c>

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Isaiah<00:51:34.960><c> 53,</c>

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and<00:51:36.480><c> you</c><00:51:36.760><c> look</c><00:51:37.019><c> at</c><00:51:37.260><c> it</c><00:51:37.480><c> and</c><00:51:37.639><c> wonder</c><00:51:37.860><c> how</c><00:51:38.119><c> it</c><00:51:38.340><c> reflects</c><00:51:38.619><c> Israel,</c>

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you<00:51:39.260><c> will</c><00:51:39.480><c> see</c><00:51:39.559><c> a</c><00:51:39.800><c> remarkable</c><00:51:40.320><c> reflection</c><00:51:40.900><c> of</c><00:51:41.619><c> Israel</c><00:51:41.940><c> itself.</c>

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Look<00:51:43.019><c> what</c><00:51:43.079><c> it</c><00:51:43.340><c> says.</c>

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It<00:51:43.820><c> says,</c><00:51:44.440><c> it</c><00:51:44.440><c> calls</c><00:51:44.639><c> them</c><00:51:45.179><c> desireless,</c><00:51:47.780><c> despised,</c>

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rejected,<00:51:50.500><c> sorrowful,</c>

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acquainted<00:51:51.980><c> with</c><00:51:52.400><c> grief,</c><00:51:53.320><c> without</c><00:51:53.539><c> esteem,</c><00:51:54.739><c> stricken,</c><00:51:55.360><c> smitten,</c>

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afflicted,<00:51:56.559><c> wounded,</c><00:51:57.139><c> bruised,</c><00:51:57.639><c> oppressed.</c>

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That<00:52:00.780><c> is</c><00:52:00.980><c> the</c><00:52:01.199><c> history</c><00:52:02.159><c> of</c><00:52:02.760><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:52:06.139><c> he</c><00:52:06.300><c> is</c><00:52:07.880><c> the</c><00:52:08.659><c> son</c><00:52:08.880><c> of</c><00:52:09.079><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:52:11.340><c> is</c><00:52:11.579><c> the</c><00:52:11.739><c> child</c><00:52:12.280><c> of</c><00:52:12.639><c> Israel.</c>

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Our<00:52:13.760><c> faith</c><00:52:14.400><c> takes</c><00:52:15.619><c> that</c><00:52:15.860><c> into</c><00:52:16.079><c> account.</c>

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Isn't<00:52:18.199><c> that</c><00:52:18.400><c> incredible?</c>

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Isn't<00:52:20.800><c> it</c><00:52:21.000><c> amazing?</c>

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And<00:52:23.679><c> so</c><00:52:23.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:24.139><c> gives</c><00:52:24.420><c> us</c><00:52:25.059><c> this</c><00:52:26.019><c> man,</c><00:52:26.960><c> this</c><00:52:27.239><c> oppressed</c><00:52:27.860><c> man,</c>

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this<00:52:30.039><c> man</c><00:52:30.199><c> without</c><00:52:30.500><c> esteem,</c><00:52:31.920><c> this</c><00:52:32.139><c> man</c><00:52:32.340><c> of</c><00:52:32.599><c> sorrows</c><00:52:33.039><c> and</c><00:52:33.320><c> grief.</c>