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And<00:12:49.879><c> in</c><00:12:50.080><c> the</c><00:12:50.259><c> sixth</c><00:12:50.500><c> month</c><00:12:50.840><c> the</c><00:12:51.019><c> angel</c><00:12:51.379><c> Gabriel</c><00:12:51.840><c> was</c><00:12:52.080><c> sent</c><00:12:52.259><c> from</c><00:12:52.480><c> God</c>

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into<00:12:52.980><c> a</c><00:12:53.100><c> city</c><00:12:53.320><c> of</c><00:12:53.559><c> Galilee</c><00:12:53.899><c> named</c><00:12:54.320><c> Nazareth,</c>

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to<00:12:55.679><c> a</c><00:12:55.879><c> virgin</c><00:12:56.220><c> espoused</c><00:12:56.860><c> to</c><00:12:57.080><c> a</c><00:12:57.240><c> man</c><00:12:57.399><c> whose</c><00:12:57.639><c> name</c><00:12:57.860><c> was</c><00:12:58.120><c> Joseph</c>

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And<00:13:02.419><c> the</c><00:13:02.600><c> angel</c><00:13:02.980><c> came</c><00:13:03.299><c> in</c><00:13:03.500><c> unto</c><00:13:03.679><c> her</c><00:13:03.940><c> and</c><00:13:04.120><c> said,</c>

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Hail,<00:13:05.299><c> thou</c><00:13:05.539><c> that</c><00:13:05.720><c> art</c><00:13:05.940><c> highly</c><00:13:06.419><c> favored,</c>

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the<00:13:07.440><c> Lord</c><00:13:07.639><c> is</c><00:13:07.879><c> with</c><00:13:08.100><c> thee,</c><00:13:08.960><c> blessed</c><00:13:09.299><c> art</c><00:13:09.720><c> thou</c><00:13:10.179><c> among</c><00:13:10.539><c> women.</c>

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No<00:13:13.860><c> greater</c><00:13:14.179><c> honor</c><00:13:14.500><c> had</c><00:13:14.659><c> ever</c><00:13:14.919><c> come</c><00:13:15.159><c> to</c><00:13:15.379><c> a</c><00:13:15.500><c> woman</c><00:13:15.720><c> than</c><00:13:15.940><c> this,</c>

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but<00:13:17.580><c> it</c><00:13:17.700><c> was</c><00:13:17.860><c> an</c><00:13:18.080><c> honor</c><00:13:18.259><c> that</c><00:13:18.600><c> carried</c><00:13:18.879><c> an</c><00:13:19.179><c> awesome</c><00:13:19.580><c> responsibility.</c>

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And<00:13:21.980><c> we</c><00:13:22.120><c> read</c><00:13:22.299><c> in</c><00:13:22.419><c> verse</c><00:13:22.679><c> 29</c><00:13:23.460><c> that</c><00:13:24.200><c> when</c><00:13:24.879><c> she</c><00:13:25.240><c> saw</c><00:13:25.500><c> him,</c>

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she<00:13:25.980><c> was</c><00:13:26.320><c> troubled</c><00:13:26.620><c> at</c><00:13:26.779><c> his</c><00:13:27.039><c> saying,</c><00:13:28.019><c> and</c><00:13:28.299><c> she</c><00:13:28.659><c> cast</c><00:13:28.960><c> in</c><00:13:29.139><c> her</c><00:13:29.419><c> mind,</c>

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what<00:13:33.519><c> manner</c><00:13:33.840><c> of</c><00:13:34.179><c> salutation</c><00:13:34.740><c> this</c><00:13:35.019><c> was.</c>

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We<00:13:39.259><c> get</c><00:13:39.360><c> our</c><00:13:39.500><c> first</c><00:13:39.799><c> glimpse</c><00:13:40.120><c> here</c><00:13:40.360><c> of</c><00:13:40.480><c> the</c><00:13:40.700><c> character</c><00:13:41.059><c> of</c><00:13:41.340><c> Mary.</c>

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She<00:13:42.940><c> was</c><00:13:43.139><c> a</c><00:13:43.259><c> person</c><00:13:43.559><c> whom</c><00:13:43.740><c> we</c><00:13:43.919><c> might</c><00:13:44.139><c> call</c><00:13:44.759><c> a</c><00:13:45.639><c> great</c><00:13:46.320><c> spectator.</c>

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That<00:13:48.379><c> doesn't</c><00:13:48.659><c> mean</c><00:13:48.860><c> that</c><00:13:49.019><c> she</c><00:13:49.220><c> didn't</c><00:13:49.480><c> get</c><00:13:49.759><c> involved</c>

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in<00:13:50.659><c> the</c><00:13:50.860><c> affairs</c><00:13:51.159><c> around</c><00:13:51.580><c> her,</c>

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but<00:13:52.340><c> at</c><00:13:52.679><c> every</c><00:13:53.139><c> crucial</c><00:13:53.740><c> point</c><00:13:54.080><c> in</c><00:13:54.279><c> Mary's</c><00:13:54.740><c> life</c>

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we<00:13:55.740><c> read</c><00:13:56.059><c> in</c><00:13:56.220><c> the</c><00:13:56.419><c> Scriptures</c><00:13:56.820><c> that</c><00:13:57.480><c> she</c><00:13:57.879><c> considered</c>

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or<00:13:59.220><c> she</c><00:13:59.539><c> pondered</c><00:14:01.059><c> or</c><00:14:01.539><c> she</c><00:14:01.860><c> kept</c><00:14:02.059><c> these</c><00:14:02.460><c> things</c><00:14:02.820><c> stored</c><00:14:03.179><c> up</c>

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in<00:14:03.500><c> her</c><00:14:03.759><c> heart</c><00:14:04.220><c> and</c><00:14:05.539><c> meditated</c><00:14:06.039><c> on</c><00:14:06.279><c> them.</c>

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This<00:14:07.960><c> was</c><00:14:08.179><c> the</c><00:14:08.299><c> sort</c><00:14:08.440><c> of</c><00:14:08.600><c> person</c><00:14:08.860><c> Mary</c><00:14:09.139><c> was,</c>

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and<00:14:10.659><c> if</c><00:14:10.860><c> we</c><00:14:11.120><c> follow</c><00:14:11.419><c> her</c><00:14:11.700><c> through</c><00:14:11.940><c> this</c><00:14:12.299><c> story,</c>

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we<00:14:13.159><c> might</c><00:14:13.399><c> become</c><00:14:13.740><c> people</c><00:14:14.039><c> like</c><00:14:14.360><c> that.</c>

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Oh,<00:14:15.440><c> we're</c><00:14:15.620><c> so</c><00:14:15.919><c> caught</c><00:14:16.120><c> up,</c><00:14:16.419><c> aren't</c><00:14:16.500><c> we?</c>

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We<00:14:17.759><c> rush</c><00:14:18.100><c> headlong</c><00:14:18.740><c> from</c><00:14:18.940><c> one</c><00:14:19.240><c> thing</c><00:14:19.399><c> to</c><00:14:19.600><c> another.</c>

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All<00:14:20.379><c> of</c><00:14:20.519><c> our</c><00:14:20.639><c> lives</c><00:14:20.919><c> are</c><00:14:21.120><c> laid</c><00:14:21.279><c> out</c><00:14:21.600><c> for</c><00:14:21.759><c> us,</c>

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and<00:14:22.019><c> we</c><00:14:22.379><c> hardly</c><00:14:22.639><c> have</c><00:14:22.919><c> time</c><00:14:23.220><c> to</c><00:14:23.440><c> pause</c><00:14:23.759><c> and</c><00:14:24.080><c> consider</c>

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and<00:14:25.000><c> ask</c><00:14:25.299><c> ourselves</c><00:14:25.600><c> what</c><00:14:25.799><c> does</c><00:14:26.000><c> this</c><00:14:26.259><c> mean</c><00:14:26.559><c> or</c><00:14:27.000><c> that.</c>

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This<00:14:27.879><c> little</c><00:14:28.179><c> incident</c><00:14:28.580><c> that</c><00:14:28.860><c> happened,</c><00:14:29.620><c> should</c><00:14:29.860><c> I</c><00:14:30.019><c> consider</c><00:14:30.340><c> that?</c>

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Is<00:14:30.700><c> that</c><00:14:30.919><c> God's</c><00:14:31.340><c> hand</c><00:14:31.559><c> directing</c><00:14:31.960><c> me</c><00:14:32.220><c> in</c><00:14:32.360><c> another</c><00:14:32.519><c> way?</c>

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But<00:14:33.740><c> when</c><00:14:33.879><c> we</c><00:14:34.039><c> go</c><00:14:34.200><c> with</c><00:14:34.440><c> Mary</c><00:14:34.740><c> and</c><00:14:34.960><c> we</c><00:14:35.240><c> walk</c><00:14:35.460><c> through</c><00:14:35.779><c> her</c><00:14:36.120><c> life,</c>

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then<00:14:37.279><c> when</c><00:14:37.500><c> she</c><00:14:38.080><c> stops</c><00:14:38.559><c> to</c><00:14:38.820><c> consider</c><00:14:39.279><c> these</c><00:14:39.639><c> things,</c>

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then<00:14:40.500><c> we</c><00:14:40.740><c> have</c><00:14:40.940><c> to</c><00:14:41.200><c> stop</c><00:14:41.440><c> too,</c><00:14:42.500><c> and</c><00:14:42.720><c> we</c><00:14:42.879><c> have</c><00:14:43.059><c> to</c><00:14:43.279><c> ask</c><00:14:43.500><c> ourselves,</c>

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can<00:14:44.820><c> we</c><00:14:45.080><c> see</c><00:14:45.279><c> the</c><00:14:45.500><c> hand</c><00:14:45.679><c> of</c><00:14:45.879><c> God</c><00:14:46.220><c> acting</c><00:14:46.600><c> in</c><00:14:46.799><c> these</c><00:14:47.080><c> things?</c>

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Can<00:14:48.159><c> we</c><00:14:48.399><c> find</c><00:14:48.720><c> ourselves</c><00:14:49.279><c> motivated</c><00:14:49.940><c> by</c><00:14:50.220><c> these</c><00:14:50.539><c> considerations</c>

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to<00:14:51.980><c> see</c><00:14:52.220><c> the</c><00:14:52.500><c> example</c><00:14:52.820><c> of</c><00:14:53.059><c> Mary</c><00:14:53.320><c> and</c><00:14:53.500><c> live</c><00:14:53.639><c> as</c><00:14:53.799><c> she</c><00:14:54.019><c> did?</c>

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Mary's<00:14:57.700><c> attitude</c><00:14:58.299><c> is</c><00:14:58.639><c> one</c><00:14:58.960><c> of</c><00:14:59.519><c> infinite</c><00:15:00.080><c> wonder</c>

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at<00:15:01.879><c> the</c><00:15:02.120><c> workings</c><00:15:02.399><c> of</c><00:15:02.620><c> God.</c>

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It<00:15:03.840><c> is</c><00:15:04.039><c> an</c><00:15:04.259><c> attitude</c><00:15:04.639><c> that</c><00:15:04.960><c> comes</c><00:15:05.240><c> from</c><00:15:05.559><c> careful</c><00:15:05.899><c> Bible</c><00:15:06.360><c> study,</c>

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from<00:15:08.559><c> frequent</c><00:15:08.980><c> prayer.</c>

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Fear<00:15:16.440><c> not,</c><00:15:16.740><c> Mary,</c><00:15:17.600><c> for</c><00:15:17.779><c> thou</c><00:15:18.100><c> hast</c><00:15:18.340><c> found</c><00:15:18.899><c> favor</c><00:15:19.279><c> with</c><00:15:19.539><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:15:21.879><c> to</c><00:15:22.220><c> find</c><00:15:22.740><c> favor</c><00:15:23.059><c> with</c><00:15:23.320><c> God</c><00:15:23.620><c> is</c><00:15:23.779><c> at</c><00:15:23.919><c> least</c><00:15:24.100><c> an</c><00:15:24.360><c> implication</c>

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that<00:15:27.220><c> Mary</c><00:15:27.679><c> was</c><00:15:28.139><c> looking</c><00:15:28.659><c> for</c><00:15:28.960><c> something.</c>

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This<00:15:33.019><c> may</c><00:15:33.259><c> be</c><00:15:33.460><c> an</c><00:15:33.659><c> indication</c><00:15:34.200><c> that</c><00:15:34.980><c> Mary</c><00:15:36.340><c> was,</c><00:15:37.179><c> if</c><00:15:37.379><c> not</c><00:15:37.600><c> expecting</c><00:15:38.120><c> it,</c>

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at<00:15:38.799><c> least</c><00:15:39.200><c> praying</c><00:15:39.679><c> at</c><00:15:39.899><c> this</c><00:15:40.159><c> time,</c>

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may<00:15:41.179><c> I</c><00:15:41.600><c> be</c><00:15:41.759><c> the</c><00:15:41.980><c> one</c><00:15:42.179><c> who</c><00:15:42.320><c> is</c><00:15:42.500><c> the</c><00:15:42.639><c> mother</c><00:15:42.820><c> of</c><00:15:42.980><c> the</c><00:15:43.120><c> Messiah.</c>

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Now,<00:15:45.279><c> how</c><00:15:45.440><c> could</c><00:15:45.580><c> this</c><00:15:45.820><c> be?</c>

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Well,<00:15:46.659><c> we</c><00:15:46.960><c> should</c><00:15:47.179><c> say</c><00:15:47.460><c> here</c><00:15:47.700><c> that</c><00:15:48.200><c> the</c><00:15:48.919><c> general</c><00:15:49.679><c> notion</c><00:15:50.240><c> in</c><00:15:50.740><c> Israel</c>

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Despite<00:15:56.000><c> what</c><00:15:56.179><c> was</c><00:15:56.399><c> said</c><00:15:56.519><c> in</c><00:15:56.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:56.980><c> 7</c><00:15:57.320><c> and</c><00:15:57.480><c> 14,</c>

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that<00:15:58.200><c> a</c><00:15:58.340><c> virgin</c><00:15:58.620><c> shall</c><00:15:58.899><c> conceive</c><00:15:59.279><c> and</c><00:15:59.539><c> bear</c><00:15:59.700><c> a</c><00:15:59.919><c> son,</c>

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it<00:16:00.639><c> was</c><00:16:00.879><c> generally</c><00:16:01.279><c> taken</c><00:16:01.679><c> by</c><00:16:02.379><c> the</c><00:16:02.840><c> faithful</c><00:16:03.159><c> in</c><00:16:03.419><c> Israel</c>

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that<00:16:03.899><c> what</c><00:16:04.220><c> this</c><00:16:04.580><c> passage</c><00:16:04.940><c> meant</c><00:16:05.399><c> was</c><00:16:06.179><c> that</c><00:16:06.919><c> a</c><00:16:07.220><c> virgin</c><00:16:07.759><c> would</c><00:16:08.340><c> marry</c>

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a<00:16:10.059><c> man</c><00:16:10.399><c> who</c><00:16:10.600><c> was</c><00:16:10.720><c> of</c><00:16:10.840><c> the</c><00:16:11.000><c> house</c><00:16:11.200><c> of</c><00:16:11.340><c> David,</c>

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and<00:16:12.600><c> this</c><00:16:12.980><c> marriage</c><00:16:13.460><c> would</c><00:16:13.759><c> then</c><00:16:14.259><c> find</c><00:16:14.460><c> its</c><00:16:14.759><c> consummation</c>

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the<00:16:18.360><c> son</c><00:16:18.820><c> of</c><00:16:19.940><c> the</c><00:16:20.279><c> man</c><00:16:20.600><c> as</c><00:16:20.940><c> well</c><00:16:21.100><c> as</c><00:16:21.220><c> the</c><00:16:21.279><c> woman,</c>

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but<00:16:22.340><c> would</c><00:16:22.559><c> also</c><00:16:22.899><c> be</c><00:16:23.080><c> the</c><00:16:23.240><c> Messiah.</c>

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The<00:16:24.340><c> Jews</c><00:16:24.639><c> apparently</c><00:16:25.080><c> had</c><00:16:25.279><c> an</c><00:16:25.419><c> aversion,</c>

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and<00:16:26.240><c> of</c><00:16:26.559><c> course,</c><00:16:26.740><c> they</c><00:16:26.919><c> were</c><00:16:27.139><c> before</c><00:16:27.559><c> the</c><00:16:27.799><c> fact</c><00:16:28.039><c> instead</c><00:16:28.440><c> of</c><00:16:28.620><c> after,</c>

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but<00:16:29.340><c> they</c><00:16:29.519><c> had</c><00:16:29.720><c> an</c><00:16:29.899><c> aversion</c><00:16:30.320><c> to</c><00:16:30.539><c> this</c><00:16:30.720><c> idea</c>

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that<00:16:31.820><c> the</c><00:16:32.120><c> Messiah</c><00:16:32.500><c> would</c><00:16:32.799><c> literally</c><00:16:33.259><c> be</c><00:16:33.639><c> the</c><00:16:33.799><c> Son</c><00:16:33.940><c> of</c><00:16:34.100><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:34.759><c> the</c><00:16:35.000><c> passages</c><00:16:35.279><c> that</c><00:16:35.480><c> they</c><00:16:35.659><c> read,</c><00:16:36.039><c> like</c><00:16:36.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:36.500><c> 7</c><00:16:36.860><c> and</c><00:16:37.000><c> 14,</c>

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which<00:16:37.840><c> say</c><00:16:38.240><c> a</c><00:16:38.480><c> virgin</c><00:16:38.799><c> shall</c><00:16:39.059><c> conceive,</c>

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they<00:16:40.179><c> took</c><00:16:40.559><c> in</c><00:16:40.980><c> the</c><00:16:41.139><c> more</c><00:16:41.539><c> natural</c><00:16:42.019><c> way,</c>

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a<00:16:42.820><c> virgin</c><00:16:43.159><c> shall</c><00:16:43.440><c> marry</c><00:16:43.779><c> and</c><00:16:44.019><c> then</c><00:16:44.539><c> by</c><00:16:44.879><c> the</c><00:16:45.059><c> natural</c><00:16:45.360><c> means</c>

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conceive<00:16:46.240><c> and</c><00:16:46.500><c> bear</c><00:16:46.659><c> a</c><00:16:46.840><c> son.</c>

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So<00:16:48.100><c> perhaps</c><00:16:48.519><c> this</c><00:16:48.799><c> is</c><00:16:49.019><c> the</c><00:16:49.159><c> sort</c><00:16:49.320><c> of</c><00:16:49.600><c> prayer</c>

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that<00:16:50.580><c> Mary</c><00:16:50.820><c> would</c><00:16:51.039><c> have</c><00:16:51.259><c> in</c><00:16:51.440><c> her</c><00:16:51.639><c> heart,</c>

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that<00:16:52.639><c> she</c><00:16:52.960><c> might,</c><00:16:53.379><c> through</c><00:16:53.639><c> Joseph,</c>

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beget<00:16:54.480><c> the</c><00:16:54.740><c> man</c><00:16:55.340><c> who</c><00:16:55.700><c> would</c><00:16:55.879><c> be</c><00:16:56.080><c> the</c><00:16:56.240><c> Messiah.</c>

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We<00:17:01.740><c> continue,</c><00:17:02.340><c> though,</c><00:17:02.360><c> with</c><00:17:02.600><c> verse</c><00:17:02.879><c> 31.</c>

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Gabriel<00:17:04.839><c> speaks,</c>

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He<00:17:05.900><c> shall</c><00:17:06.119><c> be</c><00:17:06.440><c> great</c><00:17:06.660><c> and</c><00:17:06.920><c> shall</c><00:17:07.079><c> be</c><00:17:07.339><c> called</c><00:17:07.519><c> the</c><00:17:07.740><c> Son</c><00:17:07.920><c> of</c><00:17:08.039><c> the</c><00:17:08.200><c> Highest,</c>

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and<00:17:09.880><c> the</c><00:17:10.039><c> Lord</c><00:17:10.279><c> God</c><00:17:10.619><c> shall</c><00:17:10.819><c> give</c><00:17:11.019><c> unto</c><00:17:11.180><c> him</c>

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the<00:17:11.740><c> throne</c><00:17:11.900><c> of</c><00:17:12.079><c> his</c><00:17:12.240><c> father</c><00:17:12.519><c> David,</c>

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and<00:17:13.359><c> he</c><00:17:13.559><c> shall</c><00:17:13.700><c> reign</c><00:17:13.920><c> over</c><00:17:14.180><c> the</c><00:17:14.299><c> house</c><00:17:14.519><c> of</c><00:17:14.720><c> Jacob</c><00:17:15.039><c> forever,</c>

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and<00:17:16.240><c> of</c><00:17:16.339><c> his</c><00:17:16.579><c> kingdom</c><00:17:16.880><c> there</c><00:17:17.099><c> shall</c><00:17:17.259><c> be</c><00:17:17.480><c> no</c><00:17:17.759><c> end.</c>

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Now,<00:17:19.539><c> several</c><00:17:20.019><c> very</c><00:17:20.380><c> interesting</c><00:17:20.759><c> things</c><00:17:21.099><c> there.</c>

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Maybe<00:17:21.819><c> the</c><00:17:22.059><c> first</c><00:17:22.220><c> one</c><00:17:22.359><c> that</c><00:17:22.480><c> would</c><00:17:22.680><c> strike</c><00:17:22.900><c> Mary's</c><00:17:23.319><c> attention</c>

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would<00:17:23.779><c> be</c><00:17:23.920><c> this</c><00:17:24.319><c> awesome</c><00:17:24.859><c> statement.</c>

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He<00:17:26.539><c> shall</c><00:17:26.839><c> be</c><00:17:27.319><c> great</c><00:17:27.660><c> and</c><00:17:28.079><c> shall</c><00:17:28.279><c> be</c><00:17:28.599><c> called</c><00:17:28.819><c> the</c><00:17:29.119><c> Son</c><00:17:29.339><c> of</c><00:17:29.500><c> the</c><00:17:29.700><c> Highest.</c>

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What<00:17:30.759><c> did</c><00:17:30.880><c> that</c><00:17:31.119><c> mean?</c>

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Even<00:17:32.480><c> David,</c><00:17:33.599><c> the</c><00:17:33.779><c> great</c><00:17:34.079><c> ancestor</c><00:17:34.819><c> of</c><00:17:35.400><c> the</c><00:17:35.599><c> royal</c><00:17:35.940><c> line</c><00:17:36.259><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:17:37.119><c> and</c><00:17:37.359><c> Judah,</c>

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even<00:17:38.259><c> David</c><00:17:38.619><c> was</c><00:17:38.920><c> not</c><00:17:39.259><c> called</c><00:17:39.700><c> the</c><00:17:40.119><c> Son</c><00:17:40.400><c> of</c><00:17:40.539><c> the</c><00:17:40.740><c> Highest,</c>

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the<00:17:41.940><c> particular</c><00:17:42.880><c> singular</c><00:17:43.500><c> Son</c><00:17:44.359><c> of</c><00:17:44.960><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:46.319><c> we</c><00:17:46.400><c> can</c><00:17:46.559><c> imagine</c><00:17:46.799><c> at</c><00:17:46.960><c> this</c><00:17:47.180><c> point,</c>

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Mary<00:17:47.700><c> considers</c><00:17:48.180><c> again,</c><00:17:48.779><c> what</c><00:17:49.059><c> does</c><00:17:49.259><c> this</c><00:17:49.519><c> mean?</c>

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And<00:17:50.819><c> perhaps</c><00:17:51.059><c> she</c><00:17:51.380><c> even</c><00:17:52.099><c> misses</c><00:17:52.400><c> some</c><00:17:52.680><c> of</c><00:17:52.799><c> the</c><00:17:52.940><c> other</c><00:17:53.200><c> parts</c>

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of<00:17:53.960><c> Gabriel's</c><00:17:54.619><c> statement</c><00:17:54.859><c> where</c><00:17:55.059><c> he</c><00:17:55.359><c> says,</c>

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he<00:17:56.059><c> will</c><00:17:56.259><c> be</c><00:17:56.559><c> given</c><00:17:56.900><c> the</c><00:17:57.460><c> throne</c><00:17:57.740><c> of</c><00:17:57.920><c> his</c><00:17:58.119><c> father</c><00:17:58.460><c> David.</c>

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But<00:17:59.920><c> it's</c><00:18:00.119><c> true.</c>

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We<00:18:00.839><c> look</c><00:18:01.019><c> at</c><00:18:01.240><c> this</c><00:18:01.539><c> and</c><00:18:01.880><c> we</c><00:18:02.160><c> see</c><00:18:02.359><c> all</c><00:18:02.599><c> of</c><00:18:02.720><c> the</c><00:18:02.900><c> aspects</c><00:18:03.299><c> of</c><00:18:03.539><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:18:04.579><c> see</c><00:18:04.900><c> Christ</c><00:18:05.380><c> who</c><00:18:05.559><c> was</c><00:18:05.779><c> to</c><00:18:05.960><c> be</c><00:18:06.140><c> the</c><00:18:06.420><c> seed</c><00:18:06.619><c> of</c><00:18:06.779><c> the</c><00:18:06.920><c> woman,</c>

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the<00:18:08.000><c> first</c><00:18:08.440><c> great</c><00:18:08.819><c> promise</c><00:18:09.240><c> given</c><00:18:09.500><c> in</c><00:18:09.700><c> Genesis</c><00:18:10.039><c> 3</c><00:18:10.680><c> and</c><00:18:10.920><c> verse</c><00:18:11.220><c> 15,</c>

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that<00:18:12.380><c> the</c><00:18:12.700><c> seed</c><00:18:13.140><c> of</c><00:18:13.599><c> the</c><00:18:13.839><c> woman,</c><00:18:14.640><c> not</c><00:18:14.900><c> necessarily</c><00:18:15.500><c> the</c><00:18:15.740><c> man,</c>

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but<00:18:16.599><c> the</c><00:18:16.859><c> seed</c><00:18:17.119><c> of</c><00:18:17.279><c> the</c><00:18:17.400><c> woman</c><00:18:17.859><c> would</c><00:18:18.259><c> bruise</c><00:18:18.700><c> the</c><00:18:18.859><c> head</c><00:18:18.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:19.279><c> serpent,</c>

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would<00:18:19.839><c> destroy</c><00:18:20.400><c> the</c><00:18:20.700><c> power</c><00:18:21.019><c> of</c><00:18:21.400><c> sin</c><00:18:21.740><c> in</c><00:18:22.319><c> the</c><00:18:22.500><c> world.</c>

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We<00:18:24.900><c> see</c><00:18:25.180><c> that</c><00:18:25.380><c> his</c><00:18:25.680><c> name</c><00:18:26.299><c> would</c><00:18:27.180><c> be</c><00:18:27.440><c> Jesus.</c>

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We<00:18:28.079><c> read</c><00:18:28.279><c> this</c><00:18:28.500><c> in</c><00:18:28.619><c> verse</c><00:18:28.880><c> 31.</c>

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Thou<00:18:30.279><c> shalt</c><00:18:30.579><c> call</c><00:18:31.140><c> his</c><00:18:31.460><c> name</c><00:18:31.819><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:32.940><c> Gabriel</c><00:18:33.400><c> said.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:34.980><c> was</c><00:18:35.240><c> a</c><00:18:35.380><c> name</c><00:18:35.579><c> with</c><00:18:35.920><c> a</c><00:18:36.059><c> long...</c>

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Joshua,<00:18:37.880><c> we</c><00:18:38.359><c> might</c><00:18:38.599><c> say,</c>

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was<00:18:39.319><c> a</c><00:18:39.500><c> name</c><00:18:39.680><c> with</c><00:18:40.319><c> a</c><00:18:40.500><c> long</c><00:18:40.700><c> and</c><00:18:40.980><c> varied</c><00:18:41.200><c> history</c><00:18:41.619><c> in</c><00:18:41.779><c> Israel.</c>

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Joshua<00:18:43.279><c> had</c><00:18:43.619><c> delivered</c><00:18:44.079><c> his</c><00:18:44.640><c> people</c><00:18:44.920><c> after</c><00:18:45.220><c> Moses</c><00:18:45.640><c> died,</c>

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delivered<00:18:46.839><c> them</c><00:18:47.140><c> into</c><00:18:47.460><c> the</c><00:18:47.740><c> promised</c><00:18:47.980><c> land</c>

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and<00:18:49.019><c> established</c><00:18:49.640><c> them</c><00:18:49.940><c> in</c><00:18:50.140><c> that</c><00:18:50.359><c> land</c>

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and<00:18:50.900><c> paved</c><00:18:51.180><c> the</c><00:18:51.400><c> way</c><00:18:51.559><c> to</c><00:18:51.720><c> the</c><00:18:51.900><c> kingdom.</c>

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Joshua<00:18:53.480><c> means</c><00:18:54.099><c> the</c><00:18:54.660><c> salvation</c><00:18:55.420><c> of</c><00:18:55.819><c> God.</c>

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Or<00:18:57.079><c> if</c><00:18:57.160><c> we</c><00:18:57.319><c> put</c><00:18:57.440><c> it</c><00:18:57.599><c> in</c><00:18:57.740><c> a</c><00:18:57.859><c> verb</c><00:18:58.099><c> form,</c>

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he<00:18:59.299><c> who</c><00:18:59.740><c> will</c><00:19:00.220><c> save.</c>

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This<00:19:02.519><c> was</c><00:19:02.759><c> Joshua.</c>

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This<00:19:04.000><c> was</c><00:19:04.279><c> Jesus.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:05.799><c> would</c><00:19:06.119><c> be</c><00:19:06.920><c> a</c><00:19:07.319><c> Savior,</c>

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one<00:19:08.799><c> who</c><00:19:09.019><c> with</c><00:19:09.140><c> the</c><00:19:09.359><c> power</c><00:19:09.599><c> of</c><00:19:09.859><c> God</c><00:19:10.220><c> would</c><00:19:10.779><c> save</c><00:19:11.160><c> or</c><00:19:11.460><c> redeem</c>

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his<00:19:12.039><c> people.</c>

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He<00:19:13.819><c> would</c><00:19:14.039><c> be</c><00:19:14.319><c> called</c><00:19:14.539><c> the</c><00:19:14.819><c> Son</c><00:19:15.420><c> of</c><00:19:15.839><c> the</c><00:19:16.019><c> Highest.</c>

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This<00:19:19.059><c> leads</c><00:19:19.279><c> us</c><00:19:19.420><c> to</c><00:19:19.599><c> the</c><00:19:19.759><c> passage</c><00:19:20.099><c> in</c><00:19:20.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:20.960><c> 9,</c>

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which<00:19:22.400><c> gives</c><00:19:23.220><c> us</c><00:19:24.140><c> the</c><00:19:24.559><c> theme</c><00:19:24.819><c> for</c><00:19:25.059><c> our</c><00:19:25.319><c> studies.</c>

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Isaiah<00:19:28.640><c> 9,</c><00:19:30.819><c> verses</c><00:19:31.140><c> 6</c><00:19:31.559><c> and</c><00:19:31.740><c> 7.</c>

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For<00:19:38.000><c> unto</c><00:19:38.460><c> us</c><00:19:39.039><c> a</c><00:19:39.380><c> child</c><00:19:39.920><c> is</c><00:19:40.240><c> born.</c>

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Unto<00:19:41.799><c> us</c><00:19:42.099><c> a</c><00:19:42.259><c> son</c><00:19:42.539><c> is</c><00:19:42.819><c> given,</c>

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and<00:19:43.200><c> the</c><00:19:43.380><c> government</c><00:19:43.700><c> shall</c><00:19:43.940><c> be</c><00:19:44.099><c> upon</c><00:19:44.339><c> his</c><00:19:44.660><c> shoulder.</c>

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And<00:19:48.720><c> his</c><00:19:49.000><c> name</c><00:19:49.319><c> shall</c><00:19:49.559><c> be</c><00:19:49.880><c> called</c><00:19:50.240><c> Wonderful</c><00:19:50.960><c> Counselor,</c>

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the<00:19:52.259><c> Mighty</c><00:19:52.740><c> God,</c><00:19:53.779><c> the</c><00:19:54.039><c> Everlasting</c><00:19:54.640><c> Father,</c>

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the<00:19:55.960><c> Prince</c><00:19:56.240><c> of</c><00:19:56.380><c> Peace.</c>

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Of<00:19:57.559><c> the</c><00:19:57.779><c> increase</c><00:19:58.160><c> of</c><00:19:58.299><c> his</c><00:19:58.480><c> government</c><00:19:58.799><c> and</c><00:19:59.059><c> peace,</c>

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there<00:19:59.440><c> shall</c><00:19:59.619><c> be</c><00:19:59.819><c> no</c><00:20:00.000><c> end</c><00:20:00.180><c> upon</c><00:20:00.480><c> the</c><00:20:00.799><c> throne</c><00:20:01.039><c> of</c><00:20:01.299><c> David</c><00:20:01.579><c> his</c><00:20:01.819><c> father</c>

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to<00:20:02.779><c> order</c><00:20:03.079><c> it</c><00:20:03.299><c> and</c><00:20:03.460><c> to</c><00:20:03.759><c> establish</c><00:20:04.119><c> it</c>

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with<00:20:04.940><c> justice</c><00:20:05.359><c> and</c><00:20:05.559><c> with</c><00:20:05.819><c> judgment</c>

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from<00:20:06.759><c> henceforth</c><00:20:07.380><c> even</c><00:20:07.819><c> forever.</c>

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He<00:20:09.619><c> will</c><00:20:09.839><c> be</c><00:20:10.039><c> called</c><00:20:10.200><c> the</c><00:20:10.359><c> Wonderful</c><00:20:10.779><c> Counselor,</c>

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the<00:20:12.160><c> Mighty</c><00:20:12.579><c> God,</c>

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because<00:20:14.319><c> God</c><00:20:14.799><c> is</c><00:20:15.019><c> his</c><00:20:15.279><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:20:16.160><c> he</c><00:20:16.339><c> is</c><00:20:16.519><c> the</c><00:20:16.779><c> representative</c><00:20:17.240><c> of</c><00:20:17.599><c> God,</c>

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and<00:20:18.720><c> God</c><00:20:19.039><c> is</c><00:20:19.359><c> made</c><00:20:19.799><c> flesh</c><00:20:20.420><c> through</c><00:20:21.059><c> this</c><00:20:21.640><c> special</c><00:20:22.059><c> man,</c>

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and<00:20:23.900><c> he</c><00:20:24.059><c> will</c><00:20:24.240><c> be</c><00:20:24.420><c> given</c><00:20:24.599><c> the</c><00:20:24.940><c> throne</c><00:20:25.180><c> of</c><00:20:25.380><c> his</c><00:20:25.559><c> father</c><00:20:25.839><c> David</c>

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to<00:20:27.259><c> rule</c><00:20:27.599><c> over</c><00:20:27.940><c> the</c><00:20:28.119><c> nations</c><00:20:28.559><c> in</c><00:20:29.279><c> peace</c><00:20:29.579><c> and</c><00:20:29.859><c> righteousness.</c>

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We<00:20:34.940><c> notice</c><00:20:35.220><c> here</c><00:20:35.440><c> in</c><00:20:35.579><c> verse</c><00:20:35.839><c> 6</c><00:20:36.099><c> I</c><00:20:36.259><c> should</c><00:20:36.539><c> say,</c>

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notice<00:20:38.359><c> this,</c><00:20:39.700><c> unto</c><00:20:40.180><c> us</c><00:20:41.420><c> a</c><00:20:42.740><c> child</c><00:20:43.119><c> is</c><00:20:43.380><c> born.</c>

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Unto<00:20:45.420><c> us</c><00:20:45.960><c> a</c><00:20:47.019><c> son</c><00:20:47.299><c> is</c><00:20:47.559><c> given,</c>

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because<00:20:48.839><c> that</c><00:20:49.160><c> child,</c><00:20:49.720><c> that</c><00:20:50.019><c> son,</c>

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that<00:20:50.539><c> was</c><00:20:50.660><c> to</c><00:20:50.799><c> be</c><00:20:50.980><c> born</c><00:20:51.140><c> of</c><00:20:51.339><c> Mary</c>

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would<00:20:52.240><c> be</c><00:20:52.460><c> the</c><00:20:52.599><c> possession</c><00:20:52.960><c> of</c><00:20:53.180><c> all</c><00:20:53.400><c> men,</c>

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would<00:20:55.259><c> be</c><00:20:55.619><c> manifested</c><00:20:56.180><c> through</c><00:20:56.640><c> all</c><00:20:56.960><c> men</c>

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who<00:20:57.380><c> would</c><00:20:57.579><c> have</c><00:20:57.740><c> the</c><00:20:58.000><c> faith</c><00:20:58.579><c> in</c><00:20:59.099><c> his</c><00:20:59.359><c> God</c><00:20:59.700><c> and</c><00:20:59.819><c> his</c><00:21:00.059><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:21:02.019><c> we</c><00:21:02.160><c> have</c><00:21:02.339><c> to</c><00:21:02.640><c> feel</c><00:21:02.839><c> this</c><00:21:03.140><c> way.</c>

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We<00:21:03.420><c> have</c><00:21:03.599><c> to</c><00:21:03.819><c> feel</c><00:21:04.000><c> that</c><00:21:04.640><c> he</c><00:21:04.980><c> was</c><00:21:05.279><c> born</c><00:21:05.619><c> for</c><00:21:05.920><c> our</c><00:21:06.259><c> sakes,</c>

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that<00:21:07.740><c> we</c><00:21:07.940><c> can</c><00:21:08.160><c> enter</c><00:21:08.440><c> into</c><00:21:08.759><c> this</c><00:21:09.099><c> story</c>

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and<00:21:09.519><c> we</c><00:21:09.619><c> can</c><00:21:09.880><c> follow</c><00:21:10.500><c> the</c><00:21:10.960><c> events</c>

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leading<00:21:11.519><c> up</c><00:21:11.819><c> to</c><00:21:11.980><c> the</c><00:21:12.099><c> birth</c><00:21:12.279><c> of</c><00:21:12.500><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:21:13.220><c> following</c><00:21:13.539><c> after</c><00:21:13.960><c> it,</c>

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and<00:21:14.380><c> we</c><00:21:14.519><c> can</c><00:21:14.720><c> feel</c><00:21:14.960><c> that</c><00:21:15.119><c> he</c><00:21:15.240><c> was</c><00:21:15.500><c> born</c><00:21:15.839><c> for</c><00:21:16.160><c> us,</c>

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that<00:21:17.500><c> he</c><00:21:17.799><c> is</c><00:21:18.059><c> our</c><00:21:18.400><c> personal</c><00:21:18.839><c> possession,</c>

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that<00:21:20.339><c> even</c><00:21:20.539><c> as</c><00:21:20.759><c> a</c><00:21:20.960><c> child</c><00:21:21.420><c> we</c><00:21:21.920><c> can</c><00:21:22.180><c> almost</c><00:21:22.680><c> tangibly</c>

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pick<00:21:24.819><c> up</c><00:21:25.680><c> and</c><00:21:26.500><c> touch</c><00:21:27.000><c> and</c><00:21:28.099><c> love</c><00:21:28.640><c> this</c><00:21:29.380><c> child</c>

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who<00:21:30.680><c> exemplified</c><00:21:31.480><c> the</c><00:21:31.700><c> love</c><00:21:31.859><c> of</c><00:21:32.119><c> God</c><00:21:32.339><c> to</c><00:21:32.599><c> all</c><00:21:32.859><c> men.</c>

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He<00:21:33.599><c> was</c><00:21:33.900><c> born</c><00:21:34.819><c> to</c><00:21:36.400><c> us.</c>

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Back<00:21:40.480><c> over</c><00:21:40.799><c> to</c><00:21:40.980><c> Luke</c><00:21:41.480><c> chapter</c><00:21:42.160><c> 1.</c>

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We've<00:21:57.740><c> left</c><00:21:57.960><c> Mary</c><00:21:58.339><c> here,</c>

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gazing<00:22:00.480><c> in</c><00:22:00.759><c> amazement</c><00:22:01.240><c> upon</c><00:22:01.759><c> the</c><00:22:02.180><c> angel</c>

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as<00:22:02.660><c> he</c><00:22:02.880><c> brought</c><00:22:03.039><c> his</c><00:22:03.279><c> message.</c>

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And<00:22:05.440><c> the</c><00:22:05.700><c> angel</c><00:22:05.880><c> continues.</c>

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Well,<00:22:07.380><c> first</c><00:22:07.559><c> of</c><00:22:07.740><c> all,</c>

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we<00:22:08.000><c> find</c><00:22:08.299><c> Mary</c><00:22:08.599><c> asking</c><00:22:08.960><c> a</c><00:22:09.220><c> question.</c>

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Verse<00:22:10.160><c> 34,</c><00:22:10.660><c> she</c><00:22:10.880><c> finally</c><00:22:11.180><c> gets</c><00:22:11.359><c> a</c><00:22:11.539><c> chance</c><00:22:11.740><c> to</c><00:22:12.019><c> speak.</c>

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The<00:22:13.319><c> angel</c><00:22:13.700><c> has</c><00:22:14.019><c> said,</c>

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this<00:22:15.400><c> child</c><00:22:16.099><c> will</c><00:22:16.400><c> be</c><00:22:16.700><c> the</c><00:22:17.000><c> son</c><00:22:17.339><c> of</c><00:22:17.559><c> the</c><00:22:17.759><c> highest.</c>

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And<00:22:18.700><c> Mary</c><00:22:18.900><c> says,</c>

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how<00:22:19.619><c> shall</c><00:22:19.779><c> this</c><00:22:20.000><c> be</c><00:22:20.240><c> seeing</c><00:22:20.480><c> I</c><00:22:20.720><c> know</c><00:22:20.900><c> not</c><00:22:21.099><c> a</c><00:22:21.279><c> man?</c>

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Will<00:22:22.960><c> this</c><00:22:23.240><c> happen</c><00:22:23.519><c> immediately</c>

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or<00:22:24.220><c> will</c><00:22:24.359><c> it</c><00:22:24.559><c> happen</c><00:22:24.720><c> after</c><00:22:25.000><c> I'm</c><00:22:25.279><c> joined</c><00:22:25.539><c> to</c><00:22:25.839><c> Joseph?</c>

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And<00:22:26.759><c> how</c><00:22:26.980><c> will</c><00:22:27.140><c> this</c><00:22:27.400><c> be?</c>

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Mary<00:22:28.559><c> is</c><00:22:29.119><c> a</c><00:22:29.299><c> little</c><00:22:29.480><c> bewildered</c><00:22:30.000><c> at</c><00:22:30.160><c> the</c><00:22:30.339><c> prospect.</c>

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And<00:22:30.980><c> now</c><00:22:31.240><c> Gabriel</c><00:22:31.660><c> speaks</c><00:22:31.980><c> very</c><00:22:32.400><c> plainly</c>

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in<00:22:33.259><c> verse</c><00:22:33.539><c> 35.</c>

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And<00:22:35.299><c> the</c><00:22:35.440><c> angel</c><00:22:35.700><c> answered</c><00:22:36.079><c> and</c><00:22:36.279><c> said</c><00:22:36.400><c> unto</c><00:22:36.599><c> her,</c>

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the<00:22:37.400><c> Holy</c><00:22:37.799><c> Spirit</c><00:22:38.160><c> shall</c><00:22:38.339><c> come</c><00:22:38.559><c> upon</c><00:22:38.859><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:22:39.720><c> the</c><00:22:39.960><c> power</c><00:22:40.220><c> of</c><00:22:40.440><c> the</c><00:22:40.599><c> highest</c><00:22:40.940><c> shall</c><00:22:41.259><c> overshadow</c><00:22:41.920><c> thee.</c>

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Therefore<00:22:43.059><c> also</c><00:22:43.539><c> that</c><00:22:43.960><c> holy</c><00:22:44.420><c> thing,</c>

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an<00:22:46.019><c> extraordinary</c><00:22:46.680><c> expression</c><00:22:47.220><c> to</c><00:22:47.440><c> be</c><00:22:47.920><c> spoken</c><00:22:48.240><c> of</c>

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for<00:22:49.180><c> a</c><00:22:49.460><c> child</c><00:22:49.819><c> or</c><00:22:50.019><c> a</c><00:22:50.220><c> man,</c>

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therefore<00:22:51.279><c> that</c><00:22:51.720><c> holy</c><00:22:52.059><c> thing</c><00:22:52.359><c> which</c><00:22:52.579><c> shall</c><00:22:52.700><c> be</c><00:22:52.980><c> born</c><00:22:53.140><c> of</c><00:22:53.339><c> thee</c>

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will<00:22:54.079><c> be</c><00:22:54.440><c> called</c><00:22:54.880><c> the</c><00:22:55.319><c> son</c><00:22:55.579><c> of</c><00:22:55.799><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:22:58.660><c> Gabriel</c><00:22:58.940><c> uses</c><00:22:59.339><c> an</c><00:22:59.559><c> expression</c><00:22:59.980><c> here.</c>

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The<00:23:00.380><c> Holy</c><00:23:00.720><c> Spirit</c><00:23:01.059><c> shall</c><00:23:01.319><c> come</c><00:23:01.640><c> upon</c><00:23:01.980><c> thee.</c>

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It<00:23:02.779><c> isn't</c><00:23:03.039><c> immediately</c><00:23:03.460><c> obvious</c><00:23:03.900><c> in</c><00:23:04.200><c> the</c><00:23:04.400><c> English</c><00:23:04.720><c> version,</c>

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but<00:23:05.880><c> if</c><00:23:06.259><c> we</c><00:23:06.420><c> were</c><00:23:06.539><c> to</c><00:23:06.720><c> look</c><00:23:06.920><c> at</c><00:23:07.220><c> the</c><00:23:07.799><c> backup</c><00:23:08.119><c> words</c>

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in<00:23:08.680><c> the</c><00:23:08.819><c> Hebrew</c><00:23:09.160><c> and</c><00:23:09.420><c> the</c><00:23:09.680><c> Greek,</c>

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we'd<00:23:10.460><c> find</c><00:23:10.619><c> that</c><00:23:10.799><c> this</c><00:23:11.019><c> phrase,</c>

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the<00:23:12.019><c> Holy</c><00:23:12.319><c> Spirit</c><00:23:12.619><c> will</c><00:23:12.940><c> come</c><00:23:13.299><c> upon</c><00:23:13.700><c> thee,</c>

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is<00:23:14.920><c> reproduced</c><00:23:15.579><c> from</c><00:23:15.839><c> Genesis</c><00:23:16.259><c> chapter</c><00:23:16.720><c> 1</c>

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where<00:23:17.759><c> we</c><00:23:18.059><c> read</c><00:23:18.339><c> that</c><00:23:18.799><c> the</c><00:23:18.960><c> earth</c><00:23:19.240><c> was</c><00:23:19.500><c> covered</c><00:23:19.759><c> with</c><00:23:20.000><c> darkness</c>

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and<00:23:21.240><c> there</c><00:23:21.400><c> was</c><00:23:21.660><c> chaos</c><00:23:22.220><c> and</c><00:23:22.640><c> disorder,</c>

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and<00:23:23.740><c> the</c><00:23:24.099><c> Spirit</c><00:23:24.480><c> of</c><00:23:24.839><c> God</c><00:23:25.539><c> moved</c><00:23:26.259><c> upon</c><00:23:26.960><c> the</c><00:23:27.759><c> face</c><00:23:27.980><c> of</c><00:23:28.140><c> the</c><00:23:28.319><c> waters.</c>

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It's<00:23:30.400><c> a</c><00:23:30.539><c> picture</c><00:23:30.779><c> in</c><00:23:30.940><c> each</c><00:23:31.240><c> case</c><00:23:31.819><c> of</c><00:23:32.700><c> God</c><00:23:33.460><c> as</c><00:23:34.880><c> a</c><00:23:35.359><c> mother</c><00:23:35.819><c> bird,</c>

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a<00:23:37.160><c> hen</c><00:23:37.359><c> perhaps,</c><00:23:38.400><c> brooding</c><00:23:38.839><c> over</c><00:23:39.920><c> the</c><00:23:40.859><c> eggs</c>

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and<00:23:41.920><c> then</c><00:23:42.079><c> the</c><00:23:42.259><c> chicks</c><00:23:42.460><c> when</c><00:23:42.619><c> they're</c><00:23:42.920><c> hatched.</c>

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It's<00:23:44.700><c> a</c><00:23:44.819><c> picture</c><00:23:45.140><c> of</c><00:23:45.619><c> vast</c><00:23:46.039><c> creative</c><00:23:46.640><c> power,</c>

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the<00:23:48.019><c> Holy</c><00:23:48.339><c> Spirit</c><00:23:49.819><c> moving</c><00:23:50.920><c> upon</c><00:23:51.799><c> the</c><00:23:52.000><c> face</c><00:23:52.180><c> of</c><00:23:52.339><c> the</c><00:23:52.500><c> waters.</c>

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Vast<00:23:55.059><c> creative</c><00:23:55.559><c> power,</c>

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the<00:23:56.660><c> Holy</c><00:23:57.059><c> Spirit</c><00:23:57.859><c> moving</c><00:23:58.599><c> upon</c><00:23:59.400><c> Mary,</c>

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but<00:24:01.099><c> it's</c><00:24:01.339><c> a</c><00:24:01.480><c> picture</c><00:24:01.700><c> also</c><00:24:02.319><c> of</c><00:24:02.819><c> a</c><00:24:03.119><c> sensitive,</c>

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a<00:24:04.599><c> passionate</c><00:24:05.279><c> love,</c>

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the<00:24:07.099><c> love</c><00:24:07.339><c> that</c><00:24:07.519><c> a</c><00:24:07.660><c> mother</c><00:24:07.839><c> has</c><00:24:08.680><c> for</c><00:24:09.299><c> her</c><00:24:09.539><c> offspring,</c>

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the<00:24:11.279><c> tenderness</c><00:24:11.700><c> and</c><00:24:11.940><c> the</c><00:24:12.180><c> care,</c>

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and<00:24:13.660><c> the</c><00:24:13.920><c> Holy</c><00:24:14.180><c> Spirit</c><00:24:14.720><c> moved</c><00:24:15.240><c> upon</c><00:24:15.559><c> Mary</c>

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and<00:24:17.079><c> her</c><00:24:17.380><c> womb</c><00:24:17.619><c> was</c><00:24:18.299><c> empty,</c>

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and<00:24:19.819><c> the</c><00:24:20.039><c> Holy</c><00:24:20.299><c> Spirit</c><00:24:21.079><c> caused</c><00:24:21.779><c> that</c><00:24:22.119><c> a</c><00:24:22.359><c> new</c><00:24:22.539><c> creation</c>

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would<00:24:23.819><c> come</c><00:24:24.099><c> into</c><00:24:24.400><c> being.</c>

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The<00:24:27.579><c> Word</c><00:24:27.799><c> of</c><00:24:28.000><c> God</c><00:24:28.539><c> was</c><00:24:29.079><c> made</c><00:24:29.380><c> flesh.</c>

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God's<00:24:32.000><c> image</c><00:24:32.579><c> was</c><00:24:33.900><c> stamped</c><00:24:34.339><c> upon</c><00:24:35.079><c> human</c><00:24:35.640><c> nature.</c>

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Paul<00:24:39.200><c> talks</c><00:24:39.500><c> about</c><00:24:39.759><c> it</c><00:24:39.920><c> in</c><00:24:39.980><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:40.319><c> chapter</c><00:24:40.819><c> 1</c>

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when<00:24:41.279><c> he</c><00:24:41.519><c> says,</c>

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We<00:24:42.000><c> behold</c><00:24:42.480><c> Christ</c><00:24:43.200><c> who</c><00:24:43.779><c> was</c><00:24:44.180><c> the</c><00:24:44.660><c> express</c><00:24:45.279><c> image</c>

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of<00:24:46.579><c> his</c><00:24:46.819><c> Father's</c><00:24:47.359><c> person.</c>

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And<00:24:48.460><c> again,</c><00:24:48.619><c> there's</c><00:24:48.839><c> a</c><00:24:48.980><c> figure</c><00:24:49.220><c> of</c><00:24:49.480><c> speech</c><00:24:49.660><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:24:50.119><c> the</c><00:24:50.299><c> figure</c><00:24:50.460><c> of</c><00:24:50.720><c> speech</c><00:24:51.099><c> of</c><00:24:51.680><c> perhaps</c><00:24:51.940><c> the</c><00:24:52.240><c> stamping</c><00:24:52.460><c> out</c>

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of<00:24:53.019><c> coins</c>

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or<00:24:54.000><c> perhaps</c><00:24:54.279><c> an</c><00:24:54.539><c> impression</c><00:24:55.019><c> stamped</c><00:24:55.579><c> in</c><00:24:56.299><c> a</c><00:24:56.680><c> soft</c><00:24:57.000><c> clay</c>

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that<00:24:58.180><c> it</c><00:24:58.420><c> might</c><00:24:58.640><c> harden.</c>

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God<00:25:00.259><c> has</c><00:25:00.819><c> stamped</c><00:25:01.140><c> his</c><00:25:01.579><c> image</c><00:25:02.519><c> upon</c><00:25:03.059><c> human</c><00:25:03.400><c> nature,</c>

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and<00:25:04.440><c> this</c><00:25:04.660><c> is</c><00:25:04.940><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:25:06.440><c> express</c><00:25:07.079><c> character</c><00:25:07.859><c> or</c><00:25:08.220><c> image</c><00:25:08.480><c> of</c><00:25:08.660><c> the</c><00:25:08.839><c> Father's</c><00:25:09.240><c> person</c>

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stamped<00:25:10.960><c> upon</c><00:25:11.240><c> the</c><00:25:11.519><c> flesh.</c>

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The<00:25:13.019><c> Word</c><00:25:13.220><c> of</c><00:25:13.380><c> God</c><00:25:13.680><c> made</c><00:25:13.980><c> flesh</c><00:25:14.339><c> in</c><00:25:14.559><c> the</c><00:25:14.700><c> womb</c><00:25:14.819><c> of</c><00:25:15.079><c> Mary.</c>

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Verse<00:25:22.660><c> 36.</c>

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And,<00:25:23.740><c> behold,</c><00:25:23.920><c> thy</c><00:25:24.099><c> cousin</c><00:25:24.420><c> Elizabeth,</c>

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she<00:25:25.099><c> hath</c><00:25:25.240><c> also</c><00:25:25.640><c> conceived</c><00:25:26.140><c> a</c><00:25:26.279><c> son</c><00:25:26.559><c> in</c><00:25:26.720><c> her</c><00:25:26.960><c> old</c><00:25:27.220><c> age.</c>

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And<00:25:28.599><c> this</c><00:25:28.799><c> is</c><00:25:29.000><c> the</c><00:25:29.220><c> sixth</c><00:25:29.460><c> month</c><00:25:29.799><c> with</c><00:25:30.019><c> her</c><00:25:30.380><c> who</c><00:25:30.519><c> was</c><00:25:30.799><c> called</c><00:25:31.200><c> barren,</c>

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for<00:25:32.299><c> with</c><00:25:32.559><c> God</c><00:25:33.079><c> nothing</c><00:25:33.519><c> shall</c><00:25:33.799><c> be</c><00:25:34.039><c> impossible.</c>

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Now,<00:25:36.819><c> we</c><00:25:37.000><c> read</c><00:25:37.220><c> in</c><00:25:37.400><c> verse</c><00:25:37.619><c> 24</c><00:25:38.259><c> previous</c><00:25:38.759><c> to</c><00:25:38.980><c> this</c>

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that<00:25:39.319><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:25:39.880><c> when</c><00:25:40.079><c> she</c><00:25:40.259><c> had</c><00:25:40.480><c> conceived</c><00:25:41.059><c> the</c><00:25:41.940><c> child</c>

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who<00:25:42.579><c> would</c><00:25:42.759><c> become</c><00:25:43.000><c> John</c><00:25:43.319><c> the</c><00:25:43.500><c> Baptist,</c><00:25:44.220><c> had</c><00:25:44.380><c> hid</c><00:25:44.579><c> herself.</c>

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So<00:25:45.559><c> no</c><00:25:45.759><c> one</c><00:25:46.019><c> knew</c><00:25:46.240><c> of</c><00:25:46.440><c> these</c><00:25:46.599><c> circumstances.</c>

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She<00:25:47.460><c> had</c><00:25:47.619><c> been</c><00:25:47.819><c> hid</c><00:25:47.960><c> at</c><00:25:48.140><c> home</c><00:25:48.339><c> for</c><00:25:48.519><c> the</c><00:25:48.660><c> past</c><00:25:48.920><c> five</c><00:25:49.279><c> months.</c>

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Now,<00:25:51.200><c> it</c><00:25:51.220><c> is</c><00:25:51.500><c> as</c><00:25:51.680><c> though</c><00:25:51.980><c> Gabriel</c><00:25:52.480><c> is</c><00:25:52.779><c> saying</c><00:25:52.980><c> to</c><00:25:53.259><c> Mary,</c>

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we<00:25:54.380><c> will</c><00:25:54.660><c> confirm</c><00:25:55.180><c> this</c><00:25:55.460><c> great</c><00:25:55.779><c> promise</c><00:25:56.359><c> by</c><00:25:57.359><c> another</c><00:25:57.819><c> miracle.</c>

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And<00:25:58.880><c> when</c><00:25:59.059><c> I</c><00:25:59.279><c> am</c><00:25:59.440><c> gone</c><00:25:59.799><c> and</c><00:25:59.980><c> you</c><00:26:00.240><c> wonder,</c>

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did<00:26:01.019><c> I</c><00:26:01.220><c> really</c><00:26:01.480><c> see</c><00:26:01.680><c> a</c><00:26:01.839><c> vision?</c>

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Did<00:26:02.880><c> I</c><00:26:03.099><c> really</c><00:26:03.359><c> experience</c><00:26:03.940><c> this</c><00:26:04.240><c> great</c><00:26:04.500><c> thing?</c>

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Then<00:26:05.319><c> you</c><00:26:05.480><c> will</c><00:26:05.660><c> know</c><00:26:05.880><c> because</c><00:26:06.160><c> you</c><00:26:06.299><c> can</c><00:26:06.460><c> go</c><00:26:06.660><c> to</c><00:26:06.859><c> Elizabeth</c>

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and<00:26:07.359><c> you</c><00:26:07.480><c> will</c><00:26:07.720><c> see</c><00:26:07.920><c> this</c><00:26:08.220><c> older</c><00:26:08.519><c> woman</c>

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who<00:26:09.519><c> had</c><00:26:09.660><c> been</c><00:26:09.920><c> barren</c><00:26:10.259><c> for</c><00:26:10.440><c> all</c><00:26:10.619><c> of</c><00:26:10.720><c> her</c><00:26:10.900><c> life.</c>

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Now<00:26:11.759><c> she</c><00:26:11.900><c> is</c><00:26:12.160><c> pregnant</c><00:26:12.500><c> with</c><00:26:12.720><c> a</c><00:26:13.000><c> child</c><00:26:13.400><c> who</c><00:26:13.799><c> will</c><00:26:13.980><c> be</c><00:26:14.160><c> the</c><00:26:14.400><c> forerunner,</c>

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who<00:26:15.319><c> will</c><00:26:15.519><c> be</c><00:26:15.779><c> born</c><00:26:16.000><c> months</c><00:26:16.299><c> before</c>

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and<00:26:16.880><c> then</c><00:26:17.059><c> will</c><00:26:17.339><c> go</c><00:26:17.660><c> before</c><00:26:18.119><c> and</c><00:26:18.339><c> prepare</c><00:26:18.680><c> the</c><00:26:18.920><c> way</c>

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for<00:26:19.579><c> the</c><00:26:19.799><c> coming</c><00:26:20.000><c> of</c><00:26:20.200><c> your</c><00:26:20.440><c> son</c><00:26:20.700><c> when</c><00:26:20.819><c> he</c><00:26:21.000><c> is</c><00:26:21.099><c> revealed</c><00:26:21.460><c> to</c><00:26:21.700><c> Israel.</c>

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Because<00:26:25.400><c> with</c><00:26:25.920><c> God</c><00:26:26.619><c> nothing</c><00:26:27.480><c> is</c><00:26:27.700><c> impossible.</c>

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This<00:26:30.079><c> is</c><00:26:30.279><c> the</c><00:26:30.440><c> answer</c><00:26:30.740><c> to</c><00:26:30.940><c> verse</c><00:26:31.160><c> 34</c><00:26:31.680><c> when</c><00:26:31.900><c> Mary</c><00:26:32.240><c> said,</c>

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how<00:26:33.019><c> shall</c><00:26:33.259><c> this</c><00:26:33.500><c> be</c><00:26:33.759><c> seeing</c><00:26:34.000><c> I</c><00:26:34.220><c> know</c><00:26:34.380><c> not</c><00:26:34.579><c> a</c><00:26:34.740><c> man?</c>

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And<00:26:35.500><c> God</c><00:26:35.799><c> provides</c><00:26:36.220><c> the</c><00:26:36.420><c> answer</c><00:26:36.680><c> and</c><00:26:36.799><c> he</c><00:26:36.980><c> says,</c>

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with<00:26:37.500><c> God</c><00:26:38.039><c> nothing</c><00:26:38.740><c> is</c><00:26:39.000><c> impossible.</c>

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If<00:26:39.980><c> you</c><00:26:40.220><c> have</c><00:26:40.400><c> the</c><00:26:40.640><c> faith,</c><00:26:41.180><c> you</c><00:26:41.559><c> can</c><00:26:41.900><c> move</c><00:26:42.200><c> mountains.</c>

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God<00:26:43.619><c> will</c><00:26:43.900><c> work</c><00:26:44.160><c> through</c><00:26:44.460><c> you</c><00:26:44.700><c> to</c><00:26:44.880><c> the</c><00:26:45.160><c> accomplishment</c><00:26:45.539><c> of</c>

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his<00:26:45.839><c> purpose.</c>

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There<00:26:47.440><c> is</c><00:26:47.759><c> nothing</c><00:26:48.140><c> impossible</c><00:26:48.940><c> with</c><00:26:49.200><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:50.019><c> it</c><00:26:50.099><c> was</c><00:26:50.539><c> the</c><00:26:51.160><c> quotation</c><00:26:51.680><c> we</c><00:26:51.859><c> might</c><00:26:52.160><c> say</c><00:26:52.559><c> drawn</c><00:26:53.059><c> from</c><00:26:53.339><c> Genesis</c><00:26:53.720><c> 18</c>

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where<00:26:54.880><c> Sarah,</c><00:26:55.720><c> a</c><00:26:55.819><c> woman</c><00:26:56.019><c> of</c><00:26:56.279><c> 90</c><00:26:56.539><c> years,</c>

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was<00:26:57.599><c> told</c><00:26:57.900><c> that</c><00:26:58.059><c> she</c><00:26:58.200><c> would</c><00:26:58.339><c> have</c><00:26:58.519><c> a</c><00:26:58.660><c> child</c><00:26:59.000><c> of</c><00:26:59.259><c> promise</c><00:26:59.599><c> and</c>

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she<00:27:00.339><c> laughed.</c>

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She<00:27:01.400><c> wondered,</c><00:27:01.880><c> how</c><00:27:02.000><c> could</c><00:27:02.180><c> this</c><00:27:02.440><c> be?</c>

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And<00:27:03.579><c> she</c><00:27:03.720><c> was</c><00:27:04.000><c> told</c><00:27:04.559><c> by</c><00:27:05.099><c> the</c><00:27:05.319><c> angel,</c>

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is<00:27:05.700><c> anything</c><00:27:06.059><c> too</c><00:27:06.400><c> difficult</c><00:27:06.839><c> for</c><00:27:07.079><c> God?</c>

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Is<00:27:07.519><c> anything</c><00:27:07.799><c> too</c><00:27:08.119><c> hard</c><00:27:08.400><c> for</c><00:27:08.640><c> God?</c>

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And<00:27:09.920><c> now</c><00:27:10.240><c> we</c><00:27:10.500><c> have</c><00:27:10.900><c> that</c><00:27:11.359><c> same</c><00:27:11.700><c> question,</c>

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that<00:27:12.319><c> same</c><00:27:12.619><c> statement</c><00:27:13.019><c> made</c><00:27:13.440><c> in</c><00:27:13.579><c> the</c><00:27:13.720><c> most</c><00:27:14.240><c> forceful</c><00:27:14.859><c> form</c>

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is<00:27:16.099><c> not</c><00:27:16.339><c> only</c><00:27:16.599><c> not</c><00:27:16.839><c> too</c><00:27:17.119><c> hard</c><00:27:17.319><c> for</c><00:27:17.539><c> God,</c>

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there<00:27:18.299><c> is</c><00:27:18.579><c> nothing</c><00:27:18.819><c> that's</c><00:27:19.140><c> impossible</c><00:27:19.579><c> with</c><00:27:19.819><c> God.</c>

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God<00:27:20.519><c> can</c><00:27:20.839><c> do</c><00:27:21.160><c> anything</c><00:27:21.740><c> he</c><00:27:22.480><c> pleases</c><00:27:23.119><c> for</c><00:27:23.579><c> the</c><00:27:23.839><c> forwarding</c><00:27:24.240><c> of</c>

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his<00:27:24.519><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:27:28.079><c> Mary</c><00:27:28.380><c> said,</c><00:27:28.799><c> verse</c><00:27:29.019><c> 38,</c>

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Behold<00:27:30.400><c> the</c><00:27:30.579><c> handmaid</c><00:27:31.019><c> of</c><00:27:31.160><c> the</c><00:27:31.279><c> Lord,</c><00:27:31.680><c> be</c><00:27:31.759><c> it</c><00:27:31.880><c> unto</c><00:27:32.059><c> me</c><00:27:32.240><c> according</c><00:27:32.579><c> to</c><00:27:32.799><c> thy</c><00:27:32.980><c> word,</c>

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and<00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.559><c> angel</c><00:27:33.859><c> departed</c><00:27:34.319><c> from</c><00:27:34.619><c> her.</c>

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Mary<00:27:36.259><c> knew</c><00:27:36.500><c> the</c><00:27:36.740><c> scriptures.</c>

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There<00:27:37.680><c> are</c><00:27:37.859><c> two</c><00:27:38.079><c> passages</c><00:27:38.559><c> in</c><00:27:38.779><c> the</c><00:27:39.039><c> Psalms,</c>

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Psalm<00:27:39.980><c> 86</c><00:27:40.579><c> and</c><00:27:40.779><c> verse</c><00:27:41.019><c> 16,</c><00:27:42.079><c> Psalm</c><00:27:42.440><c> 116</c><00:27:43.619><c> and</c><00:27:44.099><c> verse</c><00:27:44.400><c> 16,</c>

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which<00:27:45.500><c> speak</c><00:27:45.859><c> of</c><00:27:46.019><c> the</c><00:27:46.220><c> Messiah</c><00:27:46.640><c> as</c><00:27:47.220><c> being</c><00:27:47.619><c> the</c><00:27:48.180><c> Son</c><00:27:48.579><c> of</c><00:27:48.799><c> God's</c><00:27:49.460><c> handmaid.</c>

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They're<00:27:50.660><c> rather</c><00:27:50.900><c> obscure</c><00:27:51.380><c> passages.</c>

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They're<00:27:52.339><c> not</c><00:27:52.559><c> passages</c><00:27:53.000><c> that</c><00:27:53.220><c> would</c><00:27:53.460><c> normally</c><00:27:53.819><c> be</c><00:27:54.440><c> understood</c>

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.859
and<00:27:55.279><c> quoted</c><00:27:55.480><c> by</c><00:27:55.779><c> the</c><00:27:55.980><c> Jews</c><00:27:56.160><c> at</c><00:27:56.359><c> this</c><00:27:56.599><c> time.</c>

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:59.200
And<00:27:57.259><c> yet</c><00:27:57.460><c> Mary</c><00:27:57.720><c> revealed</c><00:27:58.180><c> something</c><00:27:58.519><c> of</c><00:27:58.740><c> herself,</c>

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:01.400
the<00:27:59.660><c> fact</c><00:27:59.859><c> that</c><00:28:00.000><c> she</c><00:28:00.140><c> had</c><00:28:00.440><c> studied</c><00:28:00.680><c> these</c><00:28:00.960><c> scriptures,</c>

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:04.160
that<00:28:01.819><c> at</c><00:28:01.980><c> a</c><00:28:02.119><c> moment's</c><00:28:02.539><c> notice</c><00:28:02.720><c> she</c><00:28:02.880><c> could</c><00:28:03.119><c> reach</c><00:28:03.440><c> back</c>

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:06.259
into<00:28:04.740><c> the</c><00:28:05.059><c> treasure</c><00:28:05.319><c> house</c><00:28:05.619><c> of</c><00:28:05.880><c> scripture</c>

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:08.619
and<00:28:06.839><c> bring</c><00:28:07.079><c> out</c><00:28:07.400><c> just</c><00:28:07.660><c> the</c><00:28:07.839><c> right</c><00:28:08.059><c> passages</c>

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:11.579
that<00:28:09.079><c> she</c><00:28:09.299><c> could</c><00:28:09.480><c> see</c><00:28:09.680><c> the</c><00:28:09.859><c> purpose</c><00:28:10.119><c> of</c><00:28:10.359><c> God</c><00:28:10.579><c> being</c><00:28:10.859><c> worked</c><00:28:11.180><c> out.</c>

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And<00:28:11.880><c> so</c><00:28:12.099><c> Mary</c><00:28:12.619><c> reaches</c><00:28:13.119><c> into</c><00:28:13.539><c> the</c><00:28:13.779><c> scriptures</c>

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:17.460
and<00:28:14.660><c> pulls</c><00:28:15.039><c> out</c><00:28:15.339><c> the</c><00:28:15.559><c> passage</c><00:28:15.940><c> and</c><00:28:16.420><c> takes</c><00:28:16.619><c> it</c><00:28:16.859><c> to</c><00:28:17.039><c> herself</c>

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:24.119
and<00:28:18.119><c> says,</c><00:28:19.700><c> Lord,</c><00:28:20.420><c> behold</c><00:28:20.900><c> me,</c><00:28:21.880><c> the</c><00:28:22.200><c> handmaid</c><00:28:22.920><c> of</c><00:28:23.140><c> the</c><00:28:23.279><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:29.700
She<00:28:24.539><c> accepted</c><00:28:25.299><c> this</c><00:28:27.740><c> particular</c><00:28:28.559><c> proposal.</c>

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:32.440
It<00:28:30.019><c> was</c><00:28:30.319><c> necessary</c><00:28:30.880><c> that</c><00:28:31.059><c> she</c><00:28:31.279><c> give</c><00:28:31.500><c> her</c><00:28:31.740><c> consent</c>

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:37.319
before<00:28:33.579><c> the</c><00:28:33.839><c> Holy</c><00:28:34.039><c> Spirit</c><00:28:34.420><c> work</c><00:28:34.940><c> and</c><00:28:35.440><c> bring</c><00:28:35.720><c> forth</c><00:28:36.180><c> a</c><00:28:36.500><c> son.</c>

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It<00:28:37.819><c> was</c><00:28:38.079><c> essential.</c>

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:43.700
The<00:28:41.240><c> actual</c><00:28:41.799><c> account</c><00:28:42.160><c> of</c><00:28:42.359><c> the</c><00:28:42.599><c> conception</c><00:28:42.940><c> is,</c><00:28:43.279><c> of</c><00:28:43.400><c> course,</c>

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omitted<00:28:44.519><c> from</c><00:28:44.759><c> Luke.</c>

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It's<00:28:46.700><c> as</c><00:28:46.880><c> though</c><00:28:47.440><c> a</c><00:28:47.700><c> veil</c><00:28:47.920><c> is</c><00:28:48.200><c> drawn</c><00:28:48.480><c> across</c><00:28:48.839><c> the</c><00:28:49.059><c> picture.</c>

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:52.539
And<00:28:50.440><c> it's</c><00:28:50.640><c> a</c><00:28:50.759><c> great</c><00:28:50.960><c> mystery,</c><00:28:51.460><c> isn't</c><00:28:51.579><c> it?</c>

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:57.279
How<00:28:53.160><c> God</c><00:28:53.680><c> was</c><00:28:54.140><c> made</c><00:28:54.440><c> flesh</c><00:28:54.940><c> in</c><00:28:55.759><c> the</c><00:28:55.940><c> womb</c><00:28:56.079><c> of</c><00:28:56.339><c> Mary.</c>

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.460
A<00:28:58.200><c> great</c><00:28:58.359><c> mystery.</c>

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.299
But<00:29:00.200><c> really,</c><00:29:00.460><c> isn't</c><00:29:00.700><c> every</c><00:29:00.940><c> life</c><00:29:01.259><c> a</c><00:29:01.519><c> mystery?</c>

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:05.759
And<00:29:02.819><c> when</c><00:29:02.960><c> we</c><00:29:03.160><c> can't</c><00:29:03.619><c> explain,</c><00:29:04.720><c> even</c><00:29:05.119><c> scientifically,</c>

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:08.779
the<00:29:06.400><c> basis</c><00:29:06.759><c> for</c><00:29:07.039><c> life</c><00:29:07.359><c> as</c><00:29:07.519><c> we</c><00:29:07.700><c> see</c><00:29:07.900><c> it</c><00:29:08.119><c> around</c><00:29:08.339><c> us,</c>

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:12.559
how<00:29:09.299><c> can</c><00:29:09.539><c> we</c><00:29:09.819><c> begin</c><00:29:10.380><c> to</c><00:29:10.900><c> explain</c><00:29:11.240><c> how</c><00:29:12.000><c> it</c><00:29:12.200><c> was</c>

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:16.900
that<00:29:12.779><c> God</c><00:29:13.180><c> could</c><00:29:13.380><c> have</c><00:29:13.599><c> a</c><00:29:13.819><c> son</c><00:29:14.339><c> who</c><00:29:15.099><c> would</c><00:29:15.319><c> yet</c><00:29:15.500><c> be</c><00:29:15.799><c> man,</c>

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:20.420
who<00:29:17.240><c> would</c><00:29:17.519><c> yet</c><00:29:17.740><c> partake</c><00:29:18.160><c> of</c><00:29:18.319><c> the</c><00:29:18.579><c> frailties</c><00:29:19.420><c> of</c><00:29:19.740><c> human</c><00:29:19.960><c> nature</c>

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while<00:29:20.880><c> at</c><00:29:21.019><c> the</c><00:29:21.259><c> same</c><00:29:21.579><c> time</c><00:29:21.900><c> he</c><00:29:22.000><c> was</c><00:29:22.180><c> the</c><00:29:22.420><c> only</c><00:29:22.700><c> begotten</c><00:29:23.140><c> of</c>

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.819
the<00:29:23.460><c> Father</c>

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and<00:29:24.420><c> impressed</c><00:29:24.859><c> with</c><00:29:25.140><c> the</c><00:29:25.380><c> Father's</c><00:29:25.839><c> image</c>

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:30.359
that<00:29:27.220><c> he</c><00:29:27.619><c> was</c><00:29:28.039><c> God</c><00:29:28.700><c> manifest</c><00:29:29.640><c> in</c><00:29:29.819><c> the</c><00:29:30.000><c> flesh</c>

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with<00:29:30.839><c> a</c><00:29:31.099><c> perfect</c><00:29:31.440><c> moral</c><00:29:31.900><c> character</c>

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which<00:29:33.240><c> he</c><00:29:33.460><c> must</c><00:29:33.640><c> struggle</c><00:29:34.019><c> as</c><00:29:34.220><c> a</c><00:29:34.400><c> man</c><00:29:34.660><c> to</c><00:29:34.900><c> attain?</c>

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How<00:29:36.799><c> could</c><00:29:36.960><c> it</c><00:29:37.140><c> be?</c>

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We<00:29:38.380><c> don't</c><00:29:38.599><c> know.</c>

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We<00:29:39.940><c> accept</c><00:29:40.359><c> it.</c>

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:45.480
God<00:29:42.900><c> with</c><00:29:43.359><c> us,</c><00:29:43.940><c> the</c><00:29:44.180><c> Scriptures</c><00:29:44.500><c> say.</c>

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And<00:29:46.319><c> how</c><00:29:46.480><c> would</c><00:29:46.579><c> it</c><00:29:46.700><c> be</c><00:29:46.839><c> for</c><00:29:47.059><c> Mary</c><00:29:47.519><c> to</c><00:29:48.480><c> become</c><00:29:48.779><c> one</c><00:29:49.039><c> with</c><00:29:49.259><c> God</c><00:29:49.579><c> in</c><00:29:49.799><c> such</c><00:29:49.980><c> a</c><00:29:50.140><c> way,</c>

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:52.599
to<00:29:50.759><c> be</c><00:29:51.000><c> joined</c><00:29:51.240><c> together</c><00:29:51.619><c> in</c><00:29:51.779><c> a</c><00:29:52.000><c> perfect</c><00:29:52.240><c> union</c>

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:55.680
which<00:29:52.859><c> must</c><00:29:53.160><c> have</c><00:29:53.420><c> been</c><00:29:54.099><c> a</c><00:29:54.359><c> foretaste</c><00:29:54.859><c> or</c><00:29:55.099><c> a</c><00:29:55.319><c> preview</c>

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of<00:29:56.180><c> the</c><00:29:56.400><c> union</c><00:29:56.640><c> that</c><00:29:56.839><c> we</c><00:29:56.940><c> can</c><00:29:57.180><c> all</c><00:29:57.440><c> experience</c>

00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:00.779
when<00:29:58.720><c> Paul</c><00:29:59.059><c> says</c><00:29:59.299><c> in</c><00:29:59.420><c> 1</c><00:29:59.619><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:00.079><c> 15,</c>

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God<00:30:01.480><c> will</c><00:30:01.720><c> at</c><00:30:01.920><c> last</c><00:30:02.240><c> be</c><00:30:02.640><c> all</c><00:30:03.480><c> in</c><00:30:03.900><c> all,</c>

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:07.240
and<00:30:04.920><c> we</c><00:30:05.160><c> will</c><00:30:05.339><c> be</c><00:30:05.900><c> in</c><00:30:06.339><c> God.</c>

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How<00:30:09.599><c> did</c><00:30:10.079><c> this</c><00:30:10.240><c> come</c><00:30:10.440><c> about?</c>

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How<00:30:11.819><c> did</c><00:30:11.960><c> it</c><00:30:12.079><c> happen?</c>

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What<00:30:12.940><c> do</c><00:30:13.099><c> the</c><00:30:13.299><c> Scriptures</c><00:30:13.599><c> have</c><00:30:13.880><c> to</c><00:30:14.099><c> say?</c>

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I'd<00:30:15.240><c> like</c><00:30:15.299><c> to</c><00:30:15.480><c> read</c><00:30:15.579><c> a</c><00:30:15.680><c> few</c><00:30:15.880><c> verses,</c>

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and<00:30:16.380><c> I</c><00:30:16.640><c> brought</c><00:30:16.859><c> the</c><00:30:17.359><c> Revised</c><00:30:17.839><c> Standard</c><00:30:18.200><c> Version</c>

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because<00:30:19.019><c> I</c><00:30:19.380><c> like</c><00:30:19.559><c> it</c><00:30:19.660><c> better</c><00:30:19.859><c> in</c><00:30:20.000><c> this</c><00:30:20.160><c> instance,</c>

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:24.640
a<00:30:20.900><c> few</c><00:30:21.079><c> verses</c><00:30:21.460><c> from</c><00:30:21.779><c> Psalm</c><00:30:22.619><c> 139.</c>

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As<00:30:27.339><c> far</c><00:30:27.579><c> as</c><00:30:27.700><c> I</c><00:30:27.819><c> can</c><00:30:28.039><c> see</c><00:30:28.180><c> with</c><00:30:28.359><c> the</c><00:30:28.559><c> Scriptures,</c>

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this<00:30:29.140><c> is</c><00:30:29.599><c> a</c><00:30:29.819><c> unique</c><00:30:30.359><c> psalm,</c>

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and<00:30:32.259><c> it's</c><00:30:32.539><c> unique</c><00:30:32.819><c> in</c><00:30:33.000><c> two</c><00:30:33.200><c> ways.</c>

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We<00:30:34.880><c> may</c><00:30:35.140><c> have</c><00:30:35.359><c> occasion</c><00:30:35.700><c> here</c><00:30:35.940><c> just</c><00:30:36.119><c> to</c><00:30:36.299><c> mention</c>

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the<00:30:36.779><c> second</c><00:30:37.019><c> way</c><00:30:37.339><c> very</c><00:30:37.819><c> briefly,</c>

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but<00:30:40.539><c> it</c><00:30:41.079><c> is</c><00:30:41.359><c> unique</c><00:30:41.640><c> in</c><00:30:41.799><c> two</c><00:30:42.019><c> different</c><00:30:42.240><c> ways.</c>

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:47.299
It<00:30:43.460><c> is</c><00:30:43.920><c> a</c><00:30:44.319><c> psalm</c><00:30:45.019><c> which</c><00:30:45.359><c> portrays</c><00:30:46.059><c> the</c><00:30:46.279><c> words</c><00:30:46.519><c> of</c><00:30:46.740><c> Christ</c>

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even<00:30:47.960><c> before</c><00:30:48.420><c> he</c><00:30:48.539><c> was</c><00:30:48.839><c> born.</c>

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.359
Let's<00:30:50.740><c> look</c><00:30:50.940><c> at</c><00:30:51.079><c> this.</c>

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I'm<00:30:51.660><c> reading</c><00:30:51.900><c> from</c><00:30:52.099><c> the</c><00:30:52.299><c> RSV,</c><00:30:52.900><c> Psalm</c><00:30:53.140><c> 139,</c><00:30:55.059><c> verse</c><00:30:55.299><c> 13.</c>

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:59.720
We<00:30:56.779><c> could</c><00:30:57.019><c> call</c><00:30:57.220><c> it</c><00:30:57.740><c> the</c><00:30:58.079><c> Psalm</c><00:30:58.480><c> of</c><00:30:58.720><c> the</c><00:30:58.920><c> womb.</c>

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:03.980
For<00:31:01.279><c> thou</c><00:31:01.660><c> didst</c><00:31:02.160><c> form</c><00:31:02.460><c> my</c><00:31:02.900><c> inward</c><00:31:03.180><c> parts.</c>

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:07.680
Thou<00:31:04.539><c> didst</c><00:31:05.019><c> knit</c><00:31:05.180><c> me</c><00:31:05.500><c> together</c><00:31:05.900><c> in</c><00:31:06.099><c> my</c><00:31:06.380><c> mother's</c><00:31:06.779><c> womb.</c>

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:12.839
That<00:31:10.359><c> phrase,</c><00:31:11.059><c> thou</c><00:31:11.420><c> didst</c><00:31:11.940><c> knit</c><00:31:12.119><c> me</c><00:31:12.420><c> together,</c>

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:14.380
I<00:31:13.160><c> think</c><00:31:13.299><c> in</c><00:31:13.460><c> the</c><00:31:13.619><c> authorized</c><00:31:14.019><c> version,</c>

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it's<00:31:14.660><c> something</c><00:31:14.839><c> like</c><00:31:16.640><c> curiously</c><00:31:17.579><c> wrought</c><00:31:17.980><c> or</c><00:31:18.380><c> worked.</c>

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:22.460
It<00:31:19.299><c> is</c><00:31:19.819><c> at</c><00:31:20.119><c> any</c><00:31:20.319><c> rate</c><00:31:20.539><c> the</c><00:31:21.119><c> particular</c><00:31:21.720><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:22.119><c> word</c>

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:25.400
that<00:31:22.660><c> had</c><00:31:22.839><c> to</c><00:31:23.059><c> do</c><00:31:23.339><c> with</c><00:31:23.759><c> the</c><00:31:24.039><c> weaving</c><00:31:24.359><c> of</c><00:31:24.720><c> the</c><00:31:25.019><c> threads</c>

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:27.839
into<00:31:26.079><c> the</c><00:31:26.339><c> curtains</c><00:31:26.619><c> that</c><00:31:26.920><c> hung</c><00:31:27.019><c> in</c><00:31:27.180><c> the</c><00:31:27.359><c> tabernacle</c>

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:30.799
where<00:31:28.180><c> they</c><00:31:28.339><c> were</c><00:31:28.559><c> very</c><00:31:29.000><c> cunningly</c><00:31:29.720><c> or</c><00:31:29.900><c> very</c><00:31:30.339><c> carefully</c>

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:34.039
worked<00:31:31.700><c> by</c><00:31:32.019><c> a</c><00:31:32.319><c> craftsman</c><00:31:32.859><c> into</c><00:31:33.400><c> the</c><00:31:33.680><c> fabric</c>

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:37.960
that<00:31:34.400><c> they</c><00:31:34.559><c> would</c><00:31:34.799><c> reflect</c><00:31:35.220><c> the</c><00:31:35.500><c> glory</c><00:31:35.779><c> of</c><00:31:36.019><c> God</c><00:31:36.319><c> in</c><00:31:36.720><c> this</c><00:31:37.000><c> fabric,</c>

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:40.000
which<00:31:38.440><c> symbolized</c><00:31:38.980><c> perhaps</c><00:31:39.400><c> human</c><00:31:39.660><c> nature.</c>

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:42.539
We're<00:31:40.460><c> told</c><00:31:40.740><c> that</c><00:31:40.960><c> the</c><00:31:41.119><c> veil</c><00:31:41.339><c> before</c><00:31:41.640><c> the</c><00:31:41.880><c> tabernacle</c>

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:46.039
symbolized<00:31:43.359><c> human</c><00:31:43.640><c> nature</c><00:31:43.960><c> because</c><00:31:44.299><c> it</c><00:31:44.599><c> cut</c><00:31:44.740><c> man</c><00:31:45.059><c> off</c><00:31:45.400><c> from</c><00:31:45.640><c> God.</c>

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:48.640
And<00:31:46.579><c> now</c><00:31:46.779><c> we</c><00:31:47.019><c> see</c><00:31:47.140><c> here</c><00:31:47.359><c> a</c><00:31:47.519><c> picture</c><00:31:47.759><c> of</c><00:31:48.039><c> Christ</c>

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:51.079
speaking<00:31:49.279><c> of</c><00:31:49.460><c> himself</c><00:31:49.819><c> as</c><00:31:50.059><c> being</c><00:31:50.359><c> knit</c><00:31:50.619><c> together</c>

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:54.420
in<00:31:51.279><c> this</c><00:31:51.579><c> same</c><00:31:52.240><c> special</c><00:31:53.039><c> craftsman</c><00:31:53.779><c>-like</c><00:31:54.019><c> way</c>

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:56.859
by<00:31:54.900><c> the</c><00:31:55.119><c> hand</c><00:31:55.299><c> of</c><00:31:55.539><c> God</c><00:31:55.740><c> in</c><00:31:55.880><c> his</c><00:31:56.099><c> mother's</c><00:31:56.539><c> womb</c>

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:59.880
where<00:31:57.579><c> the</c><00:31:58.099><c> image</c><00:31:58.339><c> of</c><00:31:58.619><c> God,</c><00:31:58.940><c> the</c><00:31:59.200><c> glory</c><00:31:59.460><c> of</c><00:31:59.680><c> God,</c>

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:03.940
was<00:32:00.099><c> being</c><00:32:00.440><c> worked</c><00:32:00.920><c> cunningly</c><00:32:01.779><c> into</c><00:32:02.019><c> the</c><00:32:02.259><c> fabric</c><00:32:02.579><c> of</c><00:32:02.859><c> human</c><00:32:03.019><c> nature.</c>

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:06.059
This<00:32:04.420><c> is</c><00:32:04.640><c> the</c><00:32:04.740><c> figure</c><00:32:04.920><c> of</c><00:32:05.160><c> speech</c><00:32:05.380><c> being</c><00:32:05.660><c> used.</c>

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.740
And<00:32:06.339><c> why?</c>

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:09.079
Because<00:32:07.440><c> God</c><00:32:07.839><c> was</c><00:32:08.119><c> making</c><00:32:08.400><c> his</c><00:32:08.799><c> tabernacle</c>

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.960
where<00:32:09.900><c> he</c><00:32:10.079><c> might</c><00:32:10.359><c> dwell</c><00:32:10.759><c> with</c><00:32:11.079><c> man.</c>

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:16.099
His<00:32:12.359><c> tabernacle</c><00:32:12.960><c> was</c><00:32:13.160><c> being</c><00:32:13.440><c> constructed</c><00:32:14.059><c> in</c><00:32:14.720><c> human</c><00:32:14.960><c> flesh.</c>

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:19.420
For<00:32:17.480><c> thou</c><00:32:17.740><c> didst</c><00:32:18.119><c> form</c><00:32:18.339><c> my</c><00:32:18.680><c> inward</c><00:32:18.960><c> parts.</c>

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:22.539
Thou<00:32:19.720><c> didst</c><00:32:20.200><c> knit</c><00:32:20.339><c> me</c><00:32:20.640><c> together</c><00:32:20.940><c> in</c><00:32:21.140><c> my</c><00:32:21.359><c> mother's</c><00:32:21.779><c> womb.</c>

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.839
I<00:32:23.019><c> praise</c><00:32:23.460><c> thee.</c>

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:27.359
For<00:32:24.380><c> thou</c><00:32:24.720><c> art</c><00:32:25.220><c> fearful</c><00:32:25.779><c> and</c><00:32:26.240><c> wonderful,</c>

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:29.599
wonderful<00:32:28.079><c> are</c><00:32:28.240><c> thy</c><00:32:28.420><c> works.</c>

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:31.279
Thou<00:32:30.039><c> knowest</c><00:32:30.420><c> me</c><00:32:30.599><c> right</c><00:32:30.900><c> well.</c>

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.839
My<00:32:32.180><c> frame</c><00:32:32.480><c> was</c><00:32:32.759><c> not</c><00:32:32.960><c> hidden</c><00:32:33.200><c> from</c><00:32:33.480><c> thee.</c>

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:37.259
When<00:32:34.400><c> I</c><00:32:34.680><c> was</c><00:32:34.859><c> being</c><00:32:35.240><c> made</c><00:32:35.680><c> in</c><00:32:36.140><c> secret,</c>

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:40.440
intricately<00:32:37.880><c> wrought,</c><00:32:38.900><c> the</c><00:32:39.200><c> same</c><00:32:39.500><c> phrase,</c>

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:42.559
the<00:32:40.680><c> same</c><00:32:40.940><c> expression</c><00:32:41.400><c> at</c><00:32:41.640><c> least,</c>

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:45.960
intricately<00:32:43.220><c> wrought</c><00:32:43.819><c> in</c><00:32:44.259><c> the</c><00:32:44.460><c> depths</c><00:32:44.680><c> of</c><00:32:44.900><c> the</c><00:32:45.079><c> earth,</c>

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:49.960
thy<00:32:46.779><c> eyes</c><00:32:47.380><c> beheld</c><00:32:47.880><c> my</c><00:32:48.259><c> unformed</c><00:32:48.799><c> substance.</c>

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.799
In<00:32:50.480><c> thy</c><00:32:50.640><c> book</c><00:32:50.859><c> were</c><00:32:51.079><c> written</c><00:32:51.500><c> every</c><00:32:52.059><c> one</c><00:32:52.240><c> of</c><00:32:52.440><c> them</c>

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:55.859
the<00:32:53.240><c> days</c><00:32:53.740><c> that</c><00:32:54.000><c> were</c><00:32:54.279><c> formed</c><00:32:54.559><c> for</c><00:32:54.839><c> me</c><00:32:55.099><c> when</c><00:32:55.299><c> as</c><00:32:55.500><c> yet</c>

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:58.220
there<00:32:56.460><c> was</c><00:32:56.660><c> none</c><00:32:56.819><c> of</c><00:32:57.000><c> them.</c>

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:01.779
How<00:32:59.180><c> precious</c><00:32:59.539><c> to</c><00:32:59.759><c> me</c><00:32:59.900><c> are</c><00:33:00.079><c> thy</c><00:33:00.259><c> thoughts,</c><00:33:00.720><c> O</c><00:33:00.900><c> God.</c>

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:04.339
How<00:33:02.240><c> vast</c><00:33:02.619><c> is</c><00:33:02.859><c> the</c><00:33:03.059><c> sum</c><00:33:03.160><c> of</c><00:33:03.380><c> them.</c>

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:06.759
If<00:33:04.539><c> I</c><00:33:04.720><c> would</c><00:33:04.980><c> count</c><00:33:05.200><c> them,</c><00:33:05.579><c> they</c><00:33:05.599><c> are</c><00:33:05.700><c> more</c><00:33:05.960><c> than</c><00:33:06.099><c> the</c><00:33:06.359><c> sand.</c>

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:10.380
When<00:33:07.279><c> I</c><00:33:07.599><c> awake,</c><00:33:08.559><c> I</c><00:33:08.759><c> am</c><00:33:09.000><c> still</c><00:33:09.279><c> with</c><00:33:09.579><c> thee.</c>

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:12.099
And<00:33:11.000><c> here</c><00:33:11.140><c> we're</c><00:33:11.240><c> just</c><00:33:11.420><c> going</c><00:33:11.519><c> to</c><00:33:11.579><c> have</c><00:33:11.700><c> to</c><00:33:11.880><c> mention</c>

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:15.279
very<00:33:12.500><c> briefly</c><00:33:12.819><c> in</c><00:33:13.119><c> passing,</c><00:33:13.880><c> but</c><00:33:14.019><c> there</c><00:33:14.279><c> is</c><00:33:14.559><c> linked</c><00:33:14.799><c> together</c>

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:18.019
these<00:33:15.640><c> two</c><00:33:16.500><c> beautifully</c><00:33:16.920><c> expressive</c><00:33:17.519><c> thoughts.</c>

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:20.299
We've<00:33:18.720><c> called</c><00:33:18.859><c> this</c><00:33:19.119><c> the</c><00:33:19.359><c> Psalm</c><00:33:19.640><c> of</c><00:33:19.839><c> the</c><00:33:20.019><c> womb</c>

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:23.099
where<00:33:20.740><c> Christ</c><00:33:21.099><c> speaks</c><00:33:21.480><c> of</c><00:33:21.720><c> being</c><00:33:22.079><c> intricately</c><00:33:22.640><c> wrought</c>

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.880
in<00:33:23.380><c> his</c><00:33:23.579><c> mother's</c><00:33:24.019><c> womb.</c>

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:29.480
It's<00:33:25.759><c> also</c><00:33:26.599><c> the</c><00:33:27.200><c> Psalm</c><00:33:27.619><c> of</c><00:33:28.240><c> the</c><00:33:28.500><c> tomb</c>

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:34.559
because<00:33:31.140><c> Christ</c><00:33:31.779><c> had</c><00:33:32.339><c> two</c><00:33:32.660><c> births.</c>

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:37.380
First<00:33:34.940><c> from</c><00:33:35.200><c> Mary,</c><00:33:35.519><c> his</c><00:33:35.720><c> mother,</c><00:33:36.220><c> in</c><00:33:36.380><c> the</c><00:33:36.579><c> natural</c><00:33:36.859><c> way</c>

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:39.039
and<00:33:37.740><c> yet</c><00:33:37.880><c> being</c><00:33:38.200><c> the</c><00:33:38.380><c> Son</c><00:33:38.500><c> of</c><00:33:38.700><c> God.</c>

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:43.180
And<00:33:39.619><c> secondly,</c><00:33:39.900><c> he</c><00:33:40.059><c> was</c><00:33:40.380><c> born</c><00:33:40.640><c> out</c><00:33:40.880><c> of</c><00:33:41.000><c> a</c><00:33:41.279><c> tomb</c><00:33:41.640><c> of</c><00:33:42.119><c> the</c><00:33:42.299><c> earth.</c>

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:45.759
His<00:33:43.940><c> life</c><00:33:44.279><c> was</c><00:33:44.599><c> crushed</c><00:33:44.900><c> from</c><00:33:45.180><c> him.</c>

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.920
And<00:33:46.200><c> in</c><00:33:46.440><c> the</c><00:33:46.599><c> silence</c><00:33:46.960><c> of</c><00:33:47.160><c> that</c><00:33:47.500><c> tomb,</c>

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:51.059
just<00:33:48.940><c> as</c><00:33:49.220><c> in</c><00:33:49.339><c> the</c><00:33:49.539><c> silence</c><00:33:49.819><c> of</c><00:33:50.019><c> the</c><00:33:50.180><c> womb,</c>

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:53.799
God<00:33:51.660><c> created</c><00:33:52.380><c> his</c><00:33:52.740><c> Son</c><00:33:53.099><c> again</c>

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:58.200
and<00:33:54.359><c> breathed</c><00:33:54.940><c> new</c><00:33:55.240><c> life</c><00:33:55.559><c> into</c><00:33:55.799><c> this</c><00:33:56.079><c> image</c><00:33:56.599><c> of</c><00:33:57.160><c> himself.</c>

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.759
And<00:33:59.460><c> so</c><00:33:59.599><c> we</c><00:33:59.819><c> have</c><00:34:00.059><c> a</c><00:34:00.279><c> Psalm</c><00:34:00.480><c> here</c>

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:04.380
which<00:34:01.299><c> blends</c><00:34:01.700><c> together</c><00:34:02.480><c> two</c><00:34:03.319><c> incidents.</c>

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:08.380
And<00:34:05.559><c> we</c><00:34:05.779><c> find</c><00:34:06.079><c> Christ</c><00:34:06.539><c> speaking</c><00:34:07.039><c> twice</c><00:34:07.599><c> in</c><00:34:07.819><c> this</c><00:34:08.079><c> Psalm.</c>

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:10.840
We<00:34:08.860><c> have</c><00:34:09.039><c> to</c><00:34:09.159><c> understand</c><00:34:09.519><c> its</c><00:34:09.800><c> figurative,</c><00:34:10.179><c> I</c><00:34:10.360><c> realize.</c>

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:13.219
But<00:34:11.420><c> we</c><00:34:11.639><c> find</c><00:34:11.840><c> Christ</c><00:34:12.139><c> speaking</c><00:34:12.539><c> when</c><00:34:12.739><c> he</c><00:34:12.840><c> was</c><00:34:13.079><c> yet</c>

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.280
in<00:34:13.320><c> his</c><00:34:13.519><c> mother's</c><00:34:13.960><c> womb.</c>

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.719
And<00:34:14.880><c> we</c><00:34:15.079><c> find</c><00:34:15.300><c> him</c><00:34:15.579><c> speaking</c><00:34:15.940><c> again</c>

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:20.539
when<00:34:17.440><c> he</c><00:34:17.619><c> was</c><00:34:17.860><c> in</c><00:34:18.099><c> the</c><00:34:18.320><c> tomb</c><00:34:18.840><c> and</c><00:34:19.639><c> dead.</c>

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:23.300
When<00:34:21.139><c> he</c><00:34:21.280><c> could</c><00:34:21.539><c> say</c><00:34:21.840><c> to</c><00:34:22.019><c> God,</c>

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:26.760
thy<00:34:23.960><c> eyes</c><00:34:24.559><c> behold</c><00:34:25.179><c> my</c><00:34:25.559><c> unformed</c><00:34:26.139><c> substance.</c>

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:29.179
You<00:34:27.400><c> knew</c><00:34:27.579><c> the</c><00:34:27.800><c> days</c><00:34:28.079><c> that</c><00:34:28.219><c> were</c><00:34:28.400><c> written</c><00:34:28.619><c> for</c><00:34:28.860><c> me.</c>

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:31.780
You<00:34:29.800><c> promised</c><00:34:30.179><c> that</c><00:34:30.340><c> you</c><00:34:30.460><c> would</c><00:34:30.659><c> raise</c><00:34:30.920><c> me</c><00:34:31.119><c> to</c><00:34:31.300><c> life.</c>

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:36.280
And<00:34:32.480><c> when</c><00:34:32.719><c> I</c><00:34:33.239><c> awake</c><00:34:33.760><c> and</c><00:34:34.440><c> come</c><00:34:34.719><c> forth</c><00:34:34.980><c> from</c><00:34:35.199><c> the</c><00:34:35.440><c> tomb,</c>

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:39.039
I<00:34:37.260><c> am</c><00:34:37.480><c> still</c><00:34:37.760><c> with</c><00:34:38.039><c> thee.</c>

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:43.519
It's<00:34:40.960><c> a</c><00:34:41.059><c> picture</c><00:34:41.300><c> of</c><00:34:41.480><c> a</c><00:34:41.659><c> man</c><00:34:42.179><c> who</c><00:34:42.460><c> was</c><00:34:42.699><c> totally</c><00:34:43.039><c> in</c><00:34:43.219><c> the</c><00:34:43.360><c> hands</c>

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.199
of<00:34:43.739><c> God</c>

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:47.920
before<00:34:44.800><c> he</c><00:34:44.920><c> was</c><00:34:45.199><c> born,</c><00:34:46.119><c> after</c><00:34:46.539><c> he</c><00:34:46.800><c> died.</c>

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:55.980
And<00:34:54.340><c> the</c><00:34:54.519><c> Psalm</c><00:34:54.699><c> concludes</c><00:34:55.239><c> with</c><00:34:55.500><c> the</c><00:34:55.619><c> words,</c>

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:59.000
search<00:34:56.659><c> me,</c><00:34:57.039><c> O</c><00:34:57.139><c> God,</c><00:34:57.539><c> and</c><00:34:57.679><c> know</c><00:34:57.840><c> my</c><00:34:58.199><c> heart.</c>

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:00.780
Try<00:34:59.480><c> me</c><00:34:59.760><c> and</c><00:34:59.880><c> know</c><00:35:00.059><c> my</c><00:35:00.400><c> thoughts</c>

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:03.659
and<00:35:01.300><c> see</c><00:35:01.519><c> if</c><00:35:01.679><c> there</c><00:35:01.860><c> be</c><00:35:02.039><c> any</c><00:35:02.360><c> wicked</c><00:35:02.619><c> way</c><00:35:02.920><c> in</c><00:35:03.199><c> me</c>

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:06.840
and<00:35:04.079><c> lead</c><00:35:04.400><c> me</c><00:35:04.880><c> in</c><00:35:05.260><c> the</c><00:35:05.460><c> way</c><00:35:05.739><c> everlasting.</c>

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:09.840
It's<00:35:07.639><c> a</c><00:35:07.760><c> Psalm</c><00:35:07.940><c> perhaps</c><00:35:08.300><c> that</c><00:35:08.480><c> we</c><00:35:08.619><c> could</c><00:35:08.800><c> sing,</c>

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:14.539
a<00:35:10.820><c> Psalm</c><00:35:11.039><c> that</c><00:35:11.219><c> we</c><00:35:11.400><c> could</c><00:35:11.880><c> recite</c><00:35:12.400><c> in</c><00:35:12.739><c> our</c><00:35:12.940><c> hearts</c><00:35:13.179><c> and</c><00:35:13.380><c> our</c><00:35:13.599><c> minds,</c>

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.780
knowing<00:35:15.340><c> that</c><00:35:15.619><c> God</c><00:35:15.900><c> has</c><00:35:16.139><c> been</c><00:35:16.260><c> our</c><00:35:16.539><c> God</c>

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:19.239
from<00:35:17.019><c> the</c><00:35:17.280><c> time</c><00:35:17.539><c> before</c><00:35:17.900><c> we</c><00:35:18.059><c> were</c><00:35:18.280><c> born,</c>

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:22.619
that<00:35:19.639><c> God</c><00:35:20.059><c> will</c><00:35:20.300><c> be</c><00:35:20.519><c> our</c><00:35:20.860><c> God</c><00:35:21.260><c> and</c><00:35:21.820><c> our</c><00:35:22.059><c> life</c>

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:26.820
even<00:35:23.340><c> after</c><00:35:24.480><c> we</c><00:35:24.719><c> are</c><00:35:24.760><c> laid</c><00:35:24.980><c> in</c><00:35:25.320><c> tombs.</c>

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:28.780
So<00:35:27.179><c> it</c><00:35:27.320><c> was</c><00:35:27.539><c> with</c><00:35:27.760><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:33.000
so<00:35:29.500><c> it</c><00:35:29.639><c> will</c><00:35:29.820><c> be</c><00:35:30.019><c> with</c><00:35:30.219><c> those</c><00:35:30.900><c> who</c><00:35:31.320><c> are</c><00:35:31.500><c> in</c><00:35:31.760><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:41.599
In<00:35:37.719><c> Luke</c><00:35:38.059><c> chapter</c><00:35:38.519><c> 1,</c><00:35:39.699><c> we</c><00:35:39.840><c> now</c><00:35:40.079><c> return</c><00:35:40.500><c> to</c><00:35:40.719><c> Mary.</c>

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:46.880
As<00:35:42.599><c> for</c><00:35:42.860><c> Mary,</c><00:35:45.039><c> what</c><00:35:45.400><c> doubts</c><00:35:45.840><c> would</c><00:35:46.059><c> be</c><00:35:46.179><c> in</c><00:35:46.239><c> her</c><00:35:46.480><c> mind?</c>

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.320
How<00:35:47.320><c> would</c><00:35:47.519><c> she</c><00:35:47.739><c> explain?</c>

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:50.420
Who<00:35:48.880><c> would</c><00:35:49.079><c> she</c><00:35:49.260><c> go</c><00:35:49.460><c> to</c><00:35:49.699><c> and</c><00:35:49.940><c> tell</c><00:35:50.159><c> now</c>

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:52.539
this<00:35:50.639><c> wonderful</c><00:35:51.079><c> thing</c><00:35:51.360><c> that</c><00:35:51.500><c> had</c><00:35:51.699><c> happened?</c>

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:55.519
Pretty<00:35:52.980><c> soon</c><00:35:53.119><c> it</c><00:35:53.219><c> would</c><00:35:53.460><c> become</c><00:35:53.760><c> obvious</c><00:35:54.159><c> to</c><00:35:54.380><c> all</c><00:35:54.579><c> around</c><00:35:54.880><c> her.</c>

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:58.960
But<00:35:55.980><c> who</c><00:35:56.280><c> would</c><00:35:56.539><c> believe,</c><00:35:57.300><c> who</c><00:35:57.820><c> could</c><00:35:58.179><c> believe,</c>

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:02.480
that<00:36:00.039><c> this</c><00:36:00.559><c> miracle</c><00:36:01.099><c> had</c><00:36:01.559><c> taken</c><00:36:01.880><c> hold</c><00:36:02.280><c> of</c><00:36:02.420><c> this</c><00:36:02.480><c> world</c>

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:06.039
and<00:36:02.739><c> this</c><00:36:02.739><c> little</c><00:36:02.820><c> girl,</c><00:36:03.360><c> this</c><00:36:03.780><c> young</c><00:36:04.059><c> woman,</c><00:36:05.119><c> Mary?</c>

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:08.239
Would<00:36:06.320><c> even</c><00:36:06.619><c> Joseph</c><00:36:07.019><c> believe?</c>

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:10.380
And<00:36:08.760><c> all</c><00:36:08.960><c> the</c><00:36:09.099><c> time</c><00:36:09.420><c> in</c><00:36:09.659><c> the</c><00:36:09.800><c> background</c>

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:12.820
there<00:36:10.760><c> must</c><00:36:11.000><c> have</c><00:36:11.159><c> been</c><00:36:11.360><c> echoing</c><00:36:12.119><c> these</c><00:36:12.440><c> statements,</c>

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.019
the<00:36:13.159><c> pledge</c><00:36:13.380><c> of</c><00:36:13.659><c> purity,</c>

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:18.099
thou<00:36:14.639><c> art</c><00:36:14.900><c> pure</c><00:36:15.179><c> and</c><00:36:15.480><c> perfect,</c><00:36:16.079><c> my</c><00:36:16.320><c> bride,</c><00:36:16.960><c> my</c><00:36:17.179><c> wife.</c>

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:24.340
The<00:36:21.099><c> calling</c><00:36:21.360><c> of</c><00:36:21.539><c> the</c><00:36:21.659><c> Lord</c><00:36:21.860><c> is</c><00:36:22.199><c> seldom</c><00:36:22.440><c> an</c><00:36:22.719><c> unmixed</c><00:36:23.139><c> pleasure.</c>

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:28.340
Blessings<00:36:26.380><c> are</c><00:36:26.559><c> not</c><00:36:26.780><c> always</c><00:36:27.260><c> enjoyable.</c>

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.260
Mary<00:36:29.380><c> was</c><00:36:29.659><c> most</c><00:36:30.099><c> blessed</c><00:36:30.440><c> among</c><00:36:30.780><c> women,</c>

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:35.119
and<00:36:31.820><c> yet</c><00:36:32.039><c> her</c><00:36:32.360><c> path</c><00:36:32.679><c> through</c><00:36:32.980><c> life</c><00:36:33.320><c> became</c><00:36:33.760><c> infinitely</c><00:36:34.280><c> more</c><00:36:34.539><c> difficult,</c>

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.480
and<00:36:35.599><c> the</c><00:36:35.760><c> things</c><00:36:36.000><c> that</c><00:36:36.179><c> she</c><00:36:36.340><c> had</c><00:36:36.480><c> looked</c><00:36:36.679><c> forward</c><00:36:37.099><c> to,</c>

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:39.420
a<00:36:37.880><c> quiet</c><00:36:38.219><c> home</c><00:36:38.539><c> and</c><00:36:38.760><c> family</c><00:36:39.119><c> life,</c>

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:41.780
were<00:36:40.039><c> rudely</c><00:36:40.579><c> ripped</c><00:36:40.840><c> away</c><00:36:41.139><c> from</c><00:36:41.360><c> her,</c>

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:44.139
and<00:36:41.940><c> she</c><00:36:42.099><c> was</c><00:36:42.300><c> given</c><00:36:42.539><c> something</c><00:36:42.900><c> else</c><00:36:43.239><c> altogether</c><00:36:43.719><c> different,</c>

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:46.059
and<00:36:44.440><c> it</c><00:36:44.579><c> was</c><00:36:44.780><c> called</c><00:36:45.019><c> a</c><00:36:45.219><c> blessing.</c>

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:49.579
Blessings<00:36:47.980><c> are</c><00:36:48.139><c> not</c><00:36:48.260><c> always</c><00:36:48.579><c> enjoyable.</c>

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:53.960
Sometimes<00:36:51.059><c> the</c><00:36:51.280><c> blessing</c><00:36:51.519><c> of</c><00:36:51.679><c> the</c><00:36:51.800><c> Lord</c><00:36:51.960><c> can</c><00:36:52.159><c> be</c><00:36:52.480><c> downright</c><00:36:52.860><c> unpleasant</c>

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.960
when<00:36:54.480><c> he</c><00:36:54.760><c> calls</c><00:36:55.139><c> us</c><00:36:55.360><c> to</c><00:36:55.500><c> his</c><00:36:55.679><c> truth</c>

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:58.599
and<00:36:56.119><c> expects</c><00:36:56.500><c> us</c><00:36:56.760><c> to</c><00:36:56.900><c> do</c><00:36:57.059><c> something</c><00:36:57.400><c> in</c><00:36:57.639><c> return.</c>

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.860
Oh,<00:36:59.559><c> we</c><00:36:59.800><c> say</c><00:37:00.000><c> to</c><00:37:00.179><c> ourselves</c><00:37:00.599><c> to</c><00:37:00.760><c> do</c><00:37:00.980><c> some</c><00:37:01.239><c> great</c><00:37:01.599><c> work</c><00:37:01.880><c> for</c><00:37:02.079><c> God.</c>

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.039
If<00:37:03.300><c> God</c><00:37:03.639><c> just</c><00:37:03.920><c> gave</c><00:37:04.139><c> me</c><00:37:04.360><c> the</c><00:37:04.539><c> opportunity,</c>

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:06.719
what<00:37:05.360><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:05.619><c> I</c><00:37:05.900><c> do</c><00:37:06.119><c> for</c><00:37:06.280><c> him?</c>

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:09.219
And<00:37:07.280><c> we</c><00:37:07.460><c> forget</c><00:37:07.719><c> as</c><00:37:07.900><c> we</c><00:37:08.019><c> read</c><00:37:08.219><c> the</c><00:37:08.360><c> pages</c><00:37:08.619><c> of</c><00:37:08.880><c> Scripture</c>

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:13.260
that<00:37:09.579><c> the</c><00:37:09.960><c> great</c><00:37:10.320><c> works</c><00:37:10.960><c> so</c><00:37:11.840><c> called</c><00:37:12.260><c> in</c><00:37:12.619><c> the</c><00:37:12.800><c> Bible</c>

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:15.599
involve<00:37:13.920><c> things</c><00:37:14.199><c> like</c><00:37:14.539><c> imprisonment,</c>

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:19.579
involve<00:37:16.440><c> things</c><00:37:16.800><c> like</c><00:37:17.179><c> scandal</c><00:37:17.659><c> and</c><00:37:17.900><c> gossip</c><00:37:18.280><c> and</c><00:37:18.579><c> torture,</c>

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:21.940
involve<00:37:20.219><c> things</c><00:37:20.500><c> like</c><00:37:20.880><c> slavery.</c>

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:24.659
This<00:37:22.420><c> was</c><00:37:22.619><c> to</c><00:37:22.800><c> do</c><00:37:22.900><c> a</c><00:37:23.079><c> great</c><00:37:23.280><c> work</c><00:37:23.519><c> for</c><00:37:23.760><c> God,</c>

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:26.659
to<00:37:24.880><c> find</c><00:37:25.099><c> yourself</c><00:37:25.539><c> sold</c><00:37:25.960><c> into</c><00:37:26.239><c> slavery</c>

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:28.420
like<00:37:26.920><c> Joseph</c><00:37:27.340><c> was</c><00:37:27.679><c> into</c><00:37:27.920><c> Egypt,</c>

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:31.219
to<00:37:29.119><c> find</c><00:37:29.340><c> yourself</c><00:37:30.119><c> cruelly</c><00:37:30.760><c> tortured</c>

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:32.719
and<00:37:31.440><c> then</c><00:37:31.880><c> taken</c><00:37:32.099><c> with</c><00:37:32.400><c> ropes</c>

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:37.360
and<00:37:33.079><c> dipped</c><00:37:33.280><c> down</c><00:37:33.679><c> into</c><00:37:33.960><c> a</c><00:37:34.199><c> pit</c><00:37:34.420><c> of</c><00:37:34.940><c> mud</c><00:37:35.260><c> and</c><00:37:35.539><c> mire</c><00:37:35.920><c> like</c><00:37:36.340><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:36.920><c> was.</c>

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:39.500
Oh,<00:37:37.760><c> they</c><00:37:37.880><c> were</c><00:37:38.059><c> doing</c><00:37:38.260><c> great</c><00:37:38.619><c> works</c><00:37:38.880><c> for</c><00:37:39.139><c> God,</c>

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:41.440
but<00:37:39.980><c> they</c><00:37:40.380><c> suffered</c><00:37:40.619><c> along</c><00:37:40.980><c> the</c><00:37:41.139><c> way.</c>

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:43.320
Are<00:37:42.039><c> we</c><00:37:42.280><c> prepared</c><00:37:42.579><c> to</c><00:37:42.739><c> do</c><00:37:42.920><c> that?</c>

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:46.159
Perhaps<00:37:44.039><c> the</c><00:37:44.280><c> reason</c><00:37:44.579><c> that</c><00:37:44.780><c> we</c><00:37:44.940><c> are</c><00:37:45.099><c> not</c><00:37:45.320><c> doing</c><00:37:45.559><c> great</c><00:37:45.880><c> works</c>

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.800
for<00:37:46.400><c> God</c>

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:51.280
is<00:37:47.119><c> because</c><00:37:47.500><c> we</c><00:37:47.719><c> are</c><00:37:47.860><c> not</c><00:37:48.099><c> prepared</c><00:37:48.539><c> for</c><00:37:48.719><c> what</c><00:37:49.340><c> all</c><00:37:49.820><c> it</c><00:37:50.340><c> entails.</c>

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:56.659
Oh,<00:37:53.440><c> we</c><00:37:53.480><c> see</c><00:37:53.760><c> the</c><00:37:54.039><c> cheers,</c><00:37:55.280><c> but</c><00:37:55.440><c> not</c><00:37:55.639><c> the</c><00:37:55.840><c> tears.</c>

00:37:57.619 --> 00:38:01.099
We<00:37:57.820><c> see</c><00:37:58.039><c> the</c><00:37:58.320><c> crown,</c><00:37:59.639><c> but</c><00:37:59.800><c> not</c><00:38:00.000><c> the</c><00:38:00.219><c> cross.</c>

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:05.719
We<00:38:02.420><c> see</c><00:38:02.659><c> the</c><00:38:02.960><c> spotlight,</c><00:38:03.800><c> and</c><00:38:04.219><c> we</c><00:38:04.420><c> love</c><00:38:04.599><c> that,</c>

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:07.920
but<00:38:06.380><c> we</c><00:38:06.500><c> don't</c><00:38:06.619><c> like</c><00:38:06.840><c> the</c><00:38:07.099><c> shadows.</c>

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:11.320
We'd<00:38:09.139><c> like</c><00:38:09.239><c> to</c><00:38:09.460><c> sit</c><00:38:09.579><c> with</c><00:38:09.820><c> Christ</c><00:38:10.179><c> on</c><00:38:10.360><c> a</c><00:38:10.559><c> mountaintop</c>

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:13.239
and<00:38:11.719><c> all</c><00:38:11.940><c> the</c><00:38:12.119><c> people</c><00:38:12.360><c> gather</c><00:38:12.679><c> around</c>

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:17.440
and<00:38:14.159><c> listen</c><00:38:14.559><c> in</c><00:38:14.980><c> rapture</c><00:38:15.400><c> to</c><00:38:15.519><c> what</c><00:38:15.659><c> we</c><00:38:15.880><c> have</c><00:38:16.039><c> to</c><00:38:16.280><c> say.</c>

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:20.340
But<00:38:19.099><c> then</c><00:38:19.340><c> we</c><00:38:19.519><c> read</c><00:38:19.739><c> in</c><00:38:20.039><c> Scripture,</c>

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:24.500
and<00:38:20.559><c> we</c><00:38:20.760><c> walk</c><00:38:21.000><c> with</c><00:38:21.239><c> Christ</c><00:38:21.860><c> as</c><00:38:22.280><c> He</c><00:38:22.420><c> goes</c><00:38:22.699><c> into</c><00:38:22.940><c> a</c><00:38:23.119><c> dark</c><00:38:23.360><c> garden</c>

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:28.960
where<00:38:25.900><c> men</c><00:38:26.099><c> are</c><00:38:26.420><c> afraid</c><00:38:26.719><c> and</c><00:38:27.039><c> flee</c><00:38:27.239><c> in</c><00:38:27.440><c> the</c><00:38:27.579><c> night.</c>

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:33.619
We<00:38:30.460><c> watch</c><00:38:30.739><c> a</c><00:38:30.960><c> man</c><00:38:31.179><c> weep</c><00:38:32.099><c> bitter</c><00:38:32.539><c> tears.</c>

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:37.019
We<00:38:34.059><c> watch</c><00:38:34.300><c> him</c><00:38:34.579><c> wrestle</c><00:38:34.940><c> with</c><00:38:35.199><c> the</c><00:38:35.420><c> serpent</c><00:38:35.699><c> in</c><00:38:35.920><c> himself,</c>

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.219
and<00:38:37.880><c> we're</c><00:38:38.139><c> afraid.</c>

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:41.320
We're<00:38:39.840><c> afraid</c><00:38:40.179><c> to</c><00:38:40.360><c> go</c><00:38:40.519><c> into</c><00:38:40.719><c> that</c><00:38:40.980><c> garden.</c>

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:47.019
We<00:38:42.239><c> are</c><00:38:42.579><c> afraid</c><00:38:43.079><c> to</c><00:38:43.320><c> face</c><00:38:43.559><c> the</c><00:38:43.920><c> trials</c><00:38:44.360><c> that</c><00:38:45.260><c> perfect</c><00:38:45.659><c> our</c><00:38:46.019><c> faith.</c>

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:50.639
And<00:38:47.860><c> oh,</c><00:38:48.019><c> perhaps</c><00:38:48.340><c> if</c><00:38:48.539><c> we</c><00:38:48.619><c> could</c><00:38:48.880><c> choose</c><00:38:49.539><c> the</c><00:38:50.099><c> way</c><00:38:50.340><c> in</c><00:38:50.480><c> which</c>

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.579
we<00:38:50.880><c> serve</c><00:38:51.119><c> God</c>

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:54.300
and<00:38:52.219><c> maybe</c><00:38:52.460><c> even</c><00:38:52.679><c> if</c><00:38:52.780><c> we</c><00:38:52.900><c> could</c><00:38:53.059><c> choose</c><00:38:53.360><c> the</c><00:38:53.539><c> sort</c><00:38:53.679><c> of</c><00:38:53.960><c> trials</c>

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:57.159
that<00:38:54.659><c> we</c><00:38:55.119><c> would</c><00:38:55.380><c> face</c><00:38:55.739><c> and</c><00:38:56.480><c> pick</c><00:38:56.739><c> them</c><00:38:56.960><c> out</c>

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:58.559
and<00:38:57.380><c> circle</c><00:38:57.639><c> the</c><00:38:57.800><c> day</c><00:38:57.880><c> on</c><00:38:58.079><c> the</c><00:38:58.280><c> calendar</c>

00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:01.920
and<00:38:58.760><c> say</c><00:38:58.920><c> this</c><00:38:59.159><c> particular</c><00:38:59.659><c> day</c><00:39:00.079><c> I</c><00:39:00.480><c> will</c><00:39:00.699><c> go</c><00:39:00.960><c> and</c><00:39:01.179><c> give</c><00:39:01.360><c> testimony</c>

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:04.219
on<00:39:02.400><c> behalf</c><00:39:02.739><c> of</c><00:39:02.980><c> Christ,</c><00:39:03.320><c> and</c><00:39:03.460><c> I</c><00:39:03.579><c> might</c><00:39:03.800><c> suffer,</c>

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:06.260
and<00:39:04.619><c> I'll</c><00:39:04.880><c> prepare</c><00:39:05.159><c> myself</c><00:39:05.659><c> and</c><00:39:05.800><c> be</c><00:39:06.019><c> ready.</c>

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.920
Maybe<00:39:06.780><c> we</c><00:39:06.940><c> could</c><00:39:07.119><c> accomplish</c><00:39:07.559><c> that,</c>

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.679
but<00:39:08.280><c> it</c><00:39:08.440><c> never</c><00:39:08.619><c> works</c><00:39:08.860><c> that</c><00:39:09.099><c> way,</c><00:39:09.360><c> does</c><00:39:09.480><c> it?</c>

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:12.679
We<00:39:10.000><c> always</c><00:39:10.420><c> find</c><00:39:10.760><c> that</c><00:39:10.940><c> as</c><00:39:11.019><c> we</c><00:39:11.179><c> go</c><00:39:11.360><c> about</c><00:39:11.619><c> making</c><00:39:11.880><c> our</c><00:39:12.119><c> own</c><00:39:12.380><c> plans,</c>

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:16.000
doing<00:39:12.960><c> whatever</c><00:39:13.280><c> we</c><00:39:13.619><c> please,</c><00:39:14.260><c> then</c><00:39:14.420><c> all</c><00:39:14.619><c> of</c><00:39:14.840><c> a</c><00:39:14.900><c> sudden</c><00:39:15.119><c> God</c><00:39:15.420><c> intervenes</c>

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:19.000
and<00:39:16.179><c> presents</c><00:39:16.480><c> us</c><00:39:16.800><c> with</c><00:39:17.280><c> a</c><00:39:17.500><c> proposition</c><00:39:17.940><c> or</c><00:39:18.179><c> an</c><00:39:18.400><c> opportunity</c>

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.900
that<00:39:19.340><c> we</c><00:39:19.539><c> might</c><00:39:19.780><c> serve</c><00:39:20.079><c> Him.</c>

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:23.539
And<00:39:21.099><c> as</c><00:39:21.260><c> often</c><00:39:21.500><c> as</c><00:39:21.699><c> not,</c><00:39:21.880><c> and</c><00:39:22.019><c> I</c><00:39:22.099><c> can</c><00:39:22.320><c> speak</c><00:39:22.440><c> for</c><00:39:22.599><c> myself</c><00:39:23.000><c> at</c><00:39:23.219><c> least,</c>

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:26.380
we<00:39:23.880><c> come</c><00:39:24.099><c> to</c><00:39:24.239><c> that</c><00:39:24.440><c> time</c><00:39:24.639><c> and</c><00:39:24.820><c> we</c><00:39:25.039><c> say,</c><00:39:25.500><c> oh,</c><00:39:25.599><c> I'm</c><00:39:25.699><c> just</c><00:39:25.860><c> not</c><00:39:26.059><c> ready.</c>

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:28.159
Maybe<00:39:26.880><c> another</c><00:39:27.139><c> time.</c>

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:30.659
Now<00:39:28.739><c> if</c><00:39:28.840><c> someone</c><00:39:29.159><c> appointed</c><00:39:29.539><c> to</c><00:39:29.719><c> me</c><00:39:29.860><c> a</c><00:39:30.000><c> Sunday</c><00:39:30.260><c> evening</c>

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:32.019
and<00:39:30.860><c> said</c><00:39:30.960><c> you</c><00:39:31.099><c> will</c><00:39:31.239><c> go</c><00:39:31.360><c> to</c><00:39:31.500><c> this</c><00:39:31.679><c> place</c>

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:34.360
and<00:39:32.440><c> you</c><00:39:32.599><c> will</c><00:39:32.780><c> lecture</c><00:39:33.079><c> on</c><00:39:33.280><c> the</c><00:39:33.500><c> truth,</c>

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.920
that<00:39:34.699><c> would</c><00:39:34.820><c> be</c><00:39:35.039><c> wonderful.</c>

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:37.880
I'd<00:39:36.360><c> be</c><00:39:36.619><c> perfectly</c><00:39:36.940><c> happy</c><00:39:37.199><c> to</c><00:39:37.360><c> do</c><00:39:37.539><c> that.</c>

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:41.579
But<00:39:38.260><c> if</c><00:39:38.960><c> instead</c><00:39:39.679><c> I</c><00:39:40.159><c> find</c><00:39:40.480><c> on</c><00:39:40.699><c> a</c><00:39:40.800><c> Friday</c><00:39:41.059><c> afternoon</c>

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:44.099
when<00:39:41.739><c> I'm</c><00:39:41.920><c> tired,</c><00:39:42.820><c> when</c><00:39:42.960><c> I'm</c><00:39:43.119><c> not</c><00:39:43.300><c> feeling</c><00:39:43.579><c> good,</c>

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:47.340
when<00:39:44.940><c> I'm</c><00:39:45.340><c> thinking</c><00:39:45.880><c> of</c><00:39:46.039><c> what</c><00:39:46.179><c> I'm</c><00:39:46.360><c> going</c><00:39:46.480><c> to</c><00:39:46.599><c> do</c><00:39:46.679><c> for</c><00:39:46.840><c> the</c><00:39:46.980><c> weekend</c>

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:49.000
and<00:39:47.460><c> all</c><00:39:47.659><c> of</c><00:39:47.820><c> a</c><00:39:47.880><c> sudden</c><00:39:48.019><c> I'm</c><00:39:48.280><c> presented</c><00:39:48.559><c> immediately</c>

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:50.940
with<00:39:49.179><c> this</c><00:39:49.340><c> opportunity</c><00:39:49.900><c> to</c><00:39:50.119><c> preach</c><00:39:50.340><c> the</c><00:39:50.619><c> truth,</c>

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:53.360
as<00:39:51.340><c> often</c><00:39:51.619><c> as</c><00:39:51.840><c> not,</c><00:39:52.239><c> I</c><00:39:52.500><c> might</c><00:39:52.719><c> turn</c><00:39:52.980><c> away</c>

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:56.480
and<00:39:53.579><c> I'd</c><00:39:53.860><c> say,</c><00:39:54.760><c> oh,</c><00:39:55.239><c> another</c><00:39:55.559><c> time.</c>

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:59.920
If<00:39:56.900><c> we</c><00:39:57.139><c> could</c><00:39:57.340><c> choose</c><00:39:57.699><c> our</c><00:39:58.019><c> own</c><00:39:58.699><c> methods</c><00:39:59.000><c> of</c><00:39:59.239><c> serving</c><00:39:59.500><c> God,</c>

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.980
then<00:40:00.099><c> it</c><00:40:00.239><c> might</c><00:40:00.400><c> be</c><00:40:00.659><c> easy.</c>

00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:03.340
But<00:40:01.579><c> God</c><00:40:01.840><c> has</c><00:40:02.099><c> prepared</c><00:40:02.440><c> for</c><00:40:02.599><c> each</c><00:40:02.920><c> one</c><00:40:03.059><c> of</c><00:40:03.179><c> us</c>

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:07.239
a<00:40:03.519><c> very</c><00:40:03.820><c> special</c><00:40:04.340><c> plan</c><00:40:04.880><c> that</c><00:40:05.539><c> we</c><00:40:05.719><c> must</c><00:40:05.920><c> fit</c><00:40:06.159><c> into.</c>

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:09.480
We<00:40:07.980><c> can't</c><00:40:08.380><c> lay</c><00:40:08.539><c> it</c><00:40:08.719><c> out</c><00:40:08.860><c> for</c><00:40:09.039><c> ourselves.</c>

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:13.780
We<00:40:09.719><c> must</c><00:40:09.980><c> follow</c><00:40:10.420><c> and</c><00:40:11.179><c> be</c><00:40:11.559><c> directed</c><00:40:12.019><c> by</c><00:40:12.300><c> God's</c><00:40:12.820><c> providence.</c>

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:15.420
This<00:40:14.059><c> was</c><00:40:14.280><c> Mary.</c>

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:18.659
Mary<00:40:16.320><c> had</c><00:40:16.579><c> prepared</c><00:40:16.980><c> herself</c><00:40:17.480><c> by</c><00:40:17.840><c> long</c><00:40:18.139><c> prayer</c>

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:20.880
and<00:40:19.360><c> meditation</c><00:40:19.860><c> and</c><00:40:20.119><c> reading</c><00:40:20.300><c> of</c><00:40:20.559><c> Scripture.</c>

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:22.960
All<00:40:21.380><c> we</c><00:40:21.500><c> have</c><00:40:21.639><c> to</c><00:40:21.739><c> do</c><00:40:21.800><c> is</c><00:40:21.920><c> look</c><00:40:22.099><c> at</c><00:40:22.280><c> Mary's</c><00:40:22.760><c> song</c>

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:25.440
from<00:40:23.179><c> verses</c><00:40:23.780><c> 46</c><00:40:24.519><c> through</c><00:40:24.840><c> 55,</c>

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:28.860
and<00:40:25.619><c> we</c><00:40:25.840><c> see</c><00:40:25.980><c> that</c><00:40:26.139><c> she</c><00:40:26.440><c> quotes</c><00:40:26.739><c> in</c><00:40:27.139><c> this</c><00:40:27.360><c> short</c><00:40:27.599><c> span</c><00:40:27.920><c> of</c><00:40:28.119><c> 10</c><00:40:28.360><c> verses</c>

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:31.800
from<00:40:29.320><c> approximately</c><00:40:29.880><c> 10</c><00:40:30.320><c> different</c><00:40:30.679><c> Old</c><00:40:30.960><c> Testament</c><00:40:31.340><c> books.</c>

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:34.119
And<00:40:32.239><c> we've</c><00:40:32.460><c> got</c><00:40:32.579><c> to</c><00:40:32.780><c> remember</c><00:40:33.000><c> that</c><00:40:33.179><c> this</c><00:40:33.360><c> was</c><00:40:33.559><c> a</c><00:40:33.719><c> woman</c>

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:37.480
of<00:40:34.539><c> probably</c><00:40:34.980><c> 14</c><00:40:35.500><c> or</c><00:40:35.679><c> 15</c><00:40:36.099><c> or</c><00:40:36.360><c> 16</c><00:40:36.820><c> at</c><00:40:37.000><c> the</c><00:40:37.199><c> oldest</c>

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:40.440
because<00:40:38.320><c> Jewish</c><00:40:38.699><c> women</c><00:40:39.059><c> married</c><00:40:39.340><c> at</c><00:40:39.480><c> that</c><00:40:39.659><c> age</c><00:40:39.880><c> in</c><00:40:40.019><c> Israel,</c>

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:42.639
and<00:40:40.840><c> here</c><00:40:41.000><c> was</c><00:40:41.179><c> a</c><00:40:41.420><c> young</c><00:40:41.659><c> unmarried</c><00:40:42.260><c> girl</c>

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.300
who<00:40:42.980><c> had</c><00:40:43.239><c> so</c><00:40:43.480><c> prepared</c><00:40:43.800><c> herself</c><00:40:44.179><c> from</c><00:40:44.400><c> the</c><00:40:44.559><c> reading</c><00:40:44.719><c> of</c><00:40:45.000><c> Scripture.</c>

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:48.159
Oh,<00:40:45.840><c> I</c><00:40:45.980><c> agree</c><00:40:46.460><c> that</c><00:40:46.659><c> very</c><00:40:46.980><c> likely</c><00:40:47.260><c> she</c><00:40:47.420><c> was</c><00:40:47.679><c> inspired</c>

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:51.059
to<00:40:48.380><c> say</c><00:40:48.539><c> these</c><00:40:48.780><c> words,</c><00:40:49.360><c> but</c><00:40:49.579><c> God</c><00:40:49.880><c> doesn't</c><00:40:50.239><c> inspire</c><00:40:50.699><c> people</c>

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:53.619
unless<00:40:51.619><c> His</c><00:40:52.099><c> truth</c><00:40:52.360><c> is</c><00:40:52.559><c> in</c><00:40:52.659><c> their</c><00:40:52.880><c> minds</c><00:40:53.179><c> anyway.</c>

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:56.480
And<00:40:54.199><c> Mary</c><00:40:54.380><c> had</c><00:40:54.719><c> prepared</c><00:40:55.019><c> herself</c><00:40:55.440><c> by</c><00:40:55.639><c> the</c><00:40:55.800><c> reading</c><00:40:55.960><c> of</c><00:40:56.219><c> Scripture</c>

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:59.860
to<00:40:56.719><c> understand</c><00:40:57.260><c> how</c><00:40:57.519><c> God</c><00:40:57.800><c> worked,</c><00:40:58.480><c> to</c><00:40:58.679><c> be</c><00:40:58.960><c> ready,</c>

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:03.000
to<00:41:00.639><c> wait</c><00:41:01.039><c> for</c><00:41:01.519><c> the</c><00:41:01.739><c> time</c><00:41:01.960><c> when</c><00:41:02.079><c> He</c><00:41:02.199><c> would</c><00:41:02.400><c> reveal</c><00:41:02.639><c> Himself.</c>

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:04.880
And<00:41:03.300><c> she</c><00:41:03.519><c> didn't</c><00:41:03.860><c> know.</c>

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:06.940
Mary<00:41:05.260><c> was</c><00:41:05.420><c> an</c><00:41:05.699><c> ordinary</c><00:41:06.059><c> girl</c><00:41:06.380><c> in</c><00:41:06.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:09.579
She<00:41:07.500><c> didn't</c><00:41:07.719><c> know</c><00:41:07.900><c> there</c><00:41:08.019><c> was</c><00:41:08.280><c> anything</c><00:41:08.579><c> special</c><00:41:09.059><c> about</c><00:41:09.320><c> her.</c>

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:13.360
She<00:41:10.000><c> had</c><00:41:10.300><c> no</c><00:41:10.639><c> notion</c><00:41:10.980><c> whatsoever</c><00:41:11.500><c> that</c><00:41:11.800><c> one</c><00:41:12.099><c> day</c><00:41:12.519><c> all</c><00:41:12.960><c> nations</c>

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.960
would<00:41:13.579><c> call</c><00:41:13.760><c> her</c><00:41:14.039><c> blessed</c><00:41:14.320><c> among</c><00:41:14.619><c> women.</c>

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:16.440
She<00:41:15.619><c> didn't</c><00:41:15.840><c> know</c><00:41:16.099><c> this.</c>

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:19.539
She<00:41:17.039><c> was</c><00:41:17.219><c> an</c><00:41:17.460><c> ordinary</c><00:41:17.800><c> girl,</c><00:41:18.139><c> but</c><00:41:18.300><c> she</c><00:41:18.480><c> had</c><00:41:18.699><c> prepared</c><00:41:19.039><c> herself,</c>

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:22.400
and<00:41:20.000><c> she</c><00:41:20.159><c> had</c><00:41:20.400><c> said,</c><00:41:20.820><c> no</c><00:41:20.860><c> doubt,</c><00:41:21.480><c> if</c><00:41:21.599><c> the</c><00:41:21.860><c> time</c><00:41:22.079><c> comes</c>

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:25.099
that<00:41:22.539><c> I</c><00:41:22.679><c> can</c><00:41:22.800><c> do</c><00:41:22.980><c> some</c><00:41:23.219><c> work</c><00:41:23.420><c> for</c><00:41:23.599><c> God,</c><00:41:24.219><c> I</c><00:41:24.519><c> will</c><00:41:24.679><c> be</c><00:41:24.880><c> ready.</c>

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:27.599
And<00:41:25.579><c> whatever</c><00:41:25.880><c> it</c><00:41:26.119><c> is</c><00:41:26.320><c> and</c><00:41:26.480><c> whatever</c><00:41:26.800><c> form</c><00:41:27.059><c> it</c><00:41:27.280><c> takes,</c>

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:29.820
I<00:41:28.019><c> will</c><00:41:28.239><c> step</c><00:41:28.480><c> forward</c><00:41:28.860><c> and</c><00:41:29.019><c> I</c><00:41:29.099><c> will</c><00:41:29.360><c> say,</c>

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:31.980
behold<00:41:30.619><c> me,</c><00:41:30.940><c> the</c><00:41:31.159><c> servant</c><00:41:31.380><c> of</c><00:41:31.579><c> God.</c>

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:34.599
And<00:41:32.579><c> she</c><00:41:32.760><c> found</c><00:41:33.059><c> it</c><00:41:33.300><c> in</c><00:41:33.440><c> an</c><00:41:33.760><c> extraordinary</c><00:41:34.179><c> way.</c>

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:38.039
As<00:41:35.059><c> God</c><00:41:35.420><c> in</c><00:41:35.559><c> His</c><00:41:35.880><c> providence</c><00:41:36.340><c> was</c><00:41:36.820><c> preparing</c><00:41:37.239><c> to</c><00:41:37.440><c> bring</c><00:41:37.599><c> His</c><00:41:37.880><c> Son</c>

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:41.239
into<00:41:38.219><c> the</c><00:41:38.420><c> world,</c><00:41:38.980><c> He</c><00:41:39.199><c> looked</c><00:41:39.480><c> about</c><00:41:39.840><c> for</c><00:41:40.079><c> the</c><00:41:40.320><c> instrument,</c>

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:46.340
for<00:41:42.260><c> the</c><00:41:42.480><c> receptacle</c><00:41:43.239><c> to</c><00:41:43.880><c> bear</c><00:41:44.099><c> that</c><00:41:44.400><c> Son,</c><00:41:45.300><c> and</c><00:41:45.519><c> He</c><00:41:45.679><c> found</c><00:41:45.940><c> her.</c>

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:50.519
And<00:41:46.760><c> that</c><00:41:46.960><c> very</c><00:41:47.260><c> ordinary</c><00:41:47.739><c> girl</c><00:41:48.340><c> became</c><00:41:48.840><c> an</c><00:41:49.239><c> extraordinary</c><00:41:49.719><c> woman.</c>

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:58.559
Verse<00:41:57.559><c> 51.</c>

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.519
He<00:41:58.780><c> hath</c><00:41:59.000><c> showed</c><00:41:59.360><c> strength</c><00:41:59.860><c> with</c><00:42:00.079><c> His</c><00:42:00.320><c> arm.</c>

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:02.780
He<00:42:00.679><c> hath</c><00:42:00.880><c> scattered</c><00:42:01.239><c> the</c><00:42:01.559><c> proud</c><00:42:01.780><c> and</c><00:42:01.980><c> the</c><00:42:02.239><c> imaginations</c><00:42:02.659><c> of</c>

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.340
their<00:42:03.019><c> heart.</c>

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:05.579
He<00:42:03.820><c> hath</c><00:42:03.960><c> put</c><00:42:04.199><c> down</c><00:42:04.480><c> the</c><00:42:04.699><c> mighty</c><00:42:04.920><c> from</c><00:42:05.099><c> their</c><00:42:05.380><c> seats</c>

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:07.739
and<00:42:05.840><c> exalted</c><00:42:06.179><c> them</c><00:42:06.400><c> of</c><00:42:06.599><c> low</c><00:42:06.820><c> degree.</c>

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:09.739
He<00:42:07.880><c> hath</c><00:42:08.059><c> filled</c><00:42:08.400><c> the</c><00:42:08.679><c> hungry</c><00:42:08.880><c> with</c><00:42:09.099><c> good</c><00:42:09.380><c> things,</c>

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:12.000
and<00:42:09.920><c> the</c><00:42:10.099><c> rich</c><00:42:10.320><c> He</c><00:42:10.559><c> hath</c><00:42:10.679><c> sent</c><00:42:10.980><c> empty</c><00:42:11.480><c> away.</c>

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:15.619
These<00:42:12.760><c> were</c><00:42:12.980><c> the</c><00:42:13.039><c> words</c><00:42:13.320><c> of</c><00:42:13.579><c> Mary</c><00:42:13.840><c> in</c><00:42:14.000><c> her</c><00:42:14.139><c> beautiful</c><00:42:14.559><c> song.</c>

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:18.280
There<00:42:16.719><c> were</c><00:42:16.900><c> no</c><00:42:17.119><c> kings</c><00:42:17.500><c> in</c><00:42:17.800><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:21.099
There<00:42:19.639><c> were</c><00:42:19.860><c> no</c><00:42:20.099><c> generals.</c>

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:23.679
There<00:42:21.900><c> were</c><00:42:22.079><c> no</c><00:42:22.260><c> great</c><00:42:22.599><c> scholars.</c>

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:27.019
There<00:42:24.559><c> were</c><00:42:24.760><c> ordinary</c><00:42:25.199><c> people</c><00:42:25.559><c> like</c><00:42:25.800><c> you</c><00:42:25.980><c> and</c><00:42:26.179><c> me.</c>

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:33.219
God<00:42:29.079><c> chose</c><00:42:29.500><c> them,</c><00:42:30.280><c> and</c><00:42:31.739><c> He</c><00:42:32.019><c> chooses</c><00:42:32.340><c> us,</c>

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:37.980
not<00:42:33.920><c> because</c><00:42:34.260><c> we're</c><00:42:34.500><c> special,</c><00:42:36.239><c> but</c><00:42:36.380><c> because</c><00:42:36.659><c> we're</c><00:42:36.880><c> ordinary.</c>

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:41.699
And<00:42:39.039><c> He</c><00:42:39.159><c> chooses</c><00:42:39.559><c> us</c><00:42:39.920><c> and</c><00:42:40.019><c> He</c><00:42:40.239><c> works</c><00:42:40.579><c> through</c><00:42:40.920><c> us,</c>

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:44.500
and<00:42:41.960><c> He</c><00:42:42.380><c> invests</c><00:42:43.400><c> these</c><00:42:43.659><c> ordinary</c><00:42:44.159><c> people</c>

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:48.320
with<00:42:45.460><c> the</c><00:42:45.739><c> most</c><00:42:46.199><c> extraordinary</c><00:42:47.139><c> truth</c><00:42:47.619><c> and</c><00:42:47.880><c> holiness</c>

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:52.699
so<00:42:49.400><c> that</c><00:42:49.679><c> no</c><00:42:50.019><c> flesh</c><00:42:50.500><c> would</c><00:42:51.199><c> glory</c><00:42:51.519><c> in</c><00:42:51.679><c> the</c><00:42:51.860><c> presence</c><00:42:52.079><c> of</c><00:42:52.340><c> God,</c>

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:57.300
so<00:42:53.280><c> that</c><00:42:53.480><c> to</c><00:42:53.780><c> God</c><00:42:54.099><c> belongs</c><00:42:54.699><c> the</c><00:42:55.280><c> glory</c><00:42:55.539><c> for</c><00:42:55.860><c> all</c><00:42:56.159><c> accomplishments.</c>

00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:00.760
And<00:42:58.380><c> we</c><00:42:58.460><c> will</c><00:42:58.679><c> never</c><00:42:58.960><c> say</c><00:42:59.360><c> that</c><00:42:59.719><c> we</c><00:42:59.860><c> are</c><00:42:59.980><c> the</c><00:43:00.199><c> wisest,</c>

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:02.500
that<00:43:01.239><c> we</c><00:43:01.420><c> are</c><00:43:01.559><c> the</c><00:43:01.699><c> most</c><00:43:02.000><c> numerous,</c>

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:04.599
that<00:43:03.019><c> we</c><00:43:03.179><c> are</c><00:43:03.300><c> the</c><00:43:03.440><c> most</c><00:43:03.739><c> mighty</c><00:43:04.039><c> of</c><00:43:04.280><c> people.</c>

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:06.179
We<00:43:05.139><c> can</c><00:43:05.360><c> never</c><00:43:05.559><c> say</c><00:43:05.800><c> that.</c>

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:09.420
All<00:43:06.880><c> we</c><00:43:07.019><c> can</c><00:43:07.219><c> say</c><00:43:07.460><c> is</c><00:43:07.719><c> that</c><00:43:07.920><c> God</c><00:43:08.239><c> chose</c><00:43:08.579><c> us</c>

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:13.659
despite<00:43:10.000><c> our</c><00:43:10.400><c> imperfections,</c><00:43:11.900><c> despite</c><00:43:12.320><c> our</c><00:43:12.659><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:18.929
It's<00:43:16.579><c> not</c><00:43:16.699><c> difficult</c><00:43:17.179><c> to</c><00:43:17.420><c> believe</c><00:43:17.679><c> that</c><00:43:17.920><c> God</c><00:43:18.099><c> exists,</c>

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:24.019
but<00:43:21.199><c> sometimes</c><00:43:21.780><c> it</c><00:43:21.940><c> is</c><00:43:22.239><c> difficult</c><00:43:23.079><c> to</c><00:43:23.579><c> believe</c>

00:43:24.019 --> 00:43:28.539
that<00:43:24.519><c> God</c><00:43:24.800><c> takes</c><00:43:25.159><c> personal</c><00:43:25.599><c> notice</c><00:43:26.159><c> of</c><00:43:26.920><c> you</c><00:43:27.099><c> and</c><00:43:27.260><c> me.</c>

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:32.300
Sometimes<00:43:29.480><c> it's</c><00:43:29.679><c> difficult</c><00:43:30.139><c> to</c><00:43:30.360><c> believe</c><00:43:30.599><c> that</c><00:43:30.780><c> the</c><00:43:30.960><c> same</c><00:43:31.179><c> God</c>

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:35.900
who<00:43:33.659><c> keeps</c><00:43:33.920><c> the</c><00:43:34.260><c> stars</c><00:43:34.579><c> in</c><00:43:34.699><c> their</c><00:43:34.980><c> courses,</c>

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:38.800
the<00:43:36.559><c> same</c><00:43:36.880><c> God</c><00:43:37.280><c> who</c><00:43:37.599><c> rules</c><00:43:38.000><c> the</c><00:43:38.260><c> nations</c>

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:41.019
and<00:43:39.480><c> causes</c><00:43:39.880><c> them</c><00:43:40.079><c> to</c><00:43:40.300><c> do</c><00:43:40.400><c> His</c><00:43:40.679><c> will,</c>

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:44.340
that<00:43:41.639><c> same</c><00:43:42.260><c> God</c><00:43:42.760><c> is</c><00:43:43.219><c> also</c><00:43:43.679><c> a</c><00:43:44.000><c> Father</c>

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:47.380
who<00:43:44.960><c> steps</c><00:43:45.360><c> into</c><00:43:45.739><c> the</c><00:43:45.960><c> lives</c><00:43:46.239><c> of</c><00:43:46.440><c> each</c><00:43:46.619><c> one</c><00:43:46.780><c> of</c><00:43:46.940><c> us,</c>

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:49.960
who<00:43:47.980><c> cares</c><00:43:48.400><c> for</c><00:43:48.599><c> each</c><00:43:48.840><c> one</c><00:43:48.980><c> of</c><00:43:49.099><c> us</c><00:43:49.320><c> individually,</c>

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:52.039
as<00:43:50.500><c> He</c><00:43:50.679><c> did</c><00:43:50.860><c> for</c><00:43:51.099><c> Mary,</c>

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:55.380
who<00:43:52.679><c> causes</c><00:43:53.099><c> us</c><00:43:53.599><c> from</c><00:43:53.860><c> among</c><00:43:54.139><c> all</c><00:43:54.519><c> people</c><00:43:54.739><c> of</c><00:43:54.920><c> the</c><00:43:55.059><c> world</c>

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:57.119
to<00:43:55.820><c> be</c><00:43:56.039><c> blessed</c><00:43:56.300><c> with</c><00:43:56.500><c> the</c><00:43:56.699><c> truth</c>

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:59.739
and<00:43:57.579><c> to</c><00:43:57.739><c> be</c><00:43:57.920><c> given</c><00:43:58.099><c> a</c><00:43:58.400><c> great</c><00:43:58.619><c> commission.</c>

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:04.519
That,<00:44:02.239><c> brothers</c><00:44:02.260><c> and</c><00:44:02.539><c> sisters,</c><00:44:02.820><c> is</c><00:44:03.039><c> very</c><00:44:03.360><c> difficult</c><00:44:03.840><c> to</c><00:44:04.159><c> believe.</c>

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:08.420
That<00:44:04.860><c> He</c><00:44:07.079><c> yearns</c><00:44:07.460><c> for</c><00:44:07.739><c> us</c>

00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:11.699
as<00:44:09.000><c> a</c><00:44:09.219><c> Father</c><00:44:09.480><c> does</c><00:44:09.820><c> for</c><00:44:10.039><c> His</c><00:44:10.300><c> children.</c>

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:19.800
Psalm<00:44:13.260><c> 103,</c><00:44:18.380><c> verse</c><00:44:18.420><c> 13.</c>

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:22.099
Like<00:44:20.260><c> as</c><00:44:20.460><c> a</c><00:44:20.659><c> Father</c><00:44:20.960><c> pityeth</c><00:44:21.380><c> His</c><00:44:21.599><c> children,</c>

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:25.480
so<00:44:22.739><c> the</c><00:44:22.920><c> Lord</c><00:44:23.239><c> pityeth</c><00:44:23.800><c> them</c><00:44:24.000><c> that</c><00:44:24.300><c> fear</c><00:44:24.440><c> Him.</c>

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:27.199
For<00:44:26.059><c> He</c><00:44:26.260><c> knoweth</c><00:44:26.519><c> our</c><00:44:26.800><c> frame,</c>

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:29.579
He<00:44:27.860><c> remembereth</c><00:44:28.260><c> that</c><00:44:28.440><c> we</c><00:44:28.559><c> are</c><00:44:28.699><c> dust.</c>

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:31.920
As<00:44:30.219><c> for</c><00:44:30.440><c> man,</c><00:44:30.820><c> his</c><00:44:31.000><c> days</c><00:44:31.260><c> or</c><00:44:31.440><c> his</c><00:44:31.679><c> grass</c>

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:34.300
is<00:44:32.079><c> a</c><00:44:32.119><c> flower</c><00:44:32.480><c> of</c><00:44:32.659><c> the</c><00:44:32.860><c> field,</c><00:44:33.199><c> so</c><00:44:33.400><c> he</c><00:44:33.679><c> flourisheth.</c>

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:37.099
For<00:44:34.960><c> the</c><00:44:35.139><c> wind</c><00:44:35.340><c> passeth</c><00:44:35.760><c> over</c><00:44:36.059><c> it,</c><00:44:36.280><c> and</c><00:44:36.380><c> it</c><00:44:36.480><c> is</c><00:44:36.719><c> gone.</c>

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:39.320
And<00:44:37.579><c> the</c><00:44:37.760><c> place</c><00:44:37.980><c> thereof</c><00:44:38.380><c> shall</c><00:44:38.559><c> know</c><00:44:38.739><c> it</c><00:44:38.880><c> no</c><00:44:39.099><c> more,</c>

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:40.619
but<00:44:39.480><c> the</c><00:44:39.699><c> mercy</c><00:44:39.960><c> of</c><00:44:40.119><c> the</c><00:44:40.280><c> Lord</c>

00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:42.920
is<00:44:41.139><c> from</c><00:44:41.400><c> everlasting</c><00:44:42.019><c> to</c><00:44:42.380><c> everlasting</c>

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:44.500
upon<00:44:43.280><c> them</c><00:44:43.579><c> that</c><00:44:43.820><c> fear</c><00:44:44.019><c> Him</c>

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:47.340
and<00:44:44.960><c> His</c><00:44:45.219><c> righteousness</c><00:44:45.760><c> unto</c><00:44:46.099><c> children's</c><00:44:46.780><c> children,</c>

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:49.019
to<00:44:47.840><c> such</c><00:44:48.000><c> as</c><00:44:48.199><c> keep</c><00:44:48.360><c> His</c><00:44:48.659><c> covenant</c>

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:52.679
and<00:44:49.599><c> to</c><00:44:49.739><c> those</c><00:44:50.059><c> that</c><00:44:50.320><c> remember</c><00:44:50.599><c> His</c><00:44:50.900><c> commandments</c><00:44:51.400><c> to</c><00:44:51.659><c> do</c><00:44:51.840><c> them.</c>

00:44:53.099 --> 00:44:55.780
God<00:44:53.619><c> cares</c><00:44:54.059><c> for</c><00:44:54.340><c> us</c><00:44:54.639><c> as</c><00:44:54.820><c> a</c><00:44:55.000><c> Father</c><00:44:55.239><c> does</c>

00:44:55.780 --> 00:44:59.179
in<00:44:56.360><c> a</c><00:44:56.500><c> pitying,</c><00:44:57.199><c> merciful</c><00:44:57.460><c> way</c><00:44:57.800><c> for</c><00:44:57.960><c> His</c><00:44:58.219><c> children.</c>

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:03.059
Not<00:45:00.079><c> a</c><00:45:00.480><c> sparrow</c><00:45:00.840><c> falls</c><00:45:01.260><c> unnoticed</c><00:45:01.739><c> to</c><00:45:01.940><c> the</c><00:45:02.099><c> ground,</c>

00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:05.260
but<00:45:03.360><c> God</c><00:45:03.699><c> recognizes</c><00:45:04.340><c> it,</c>

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:09.539
and<00:45:05.880><c> we</c><00:45:06.119><c> are</c><00:45:06.280><c> told</c><00:45:06.559><c> that</c><00:45:06.800><c> we</c><00:45:06.920><c> are</c><00:45:07.119><c> worth</c><00:45:07.619><c> many</c><00:45:08.159><c> sparrows.</c>

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:15.900
We<00:45:11.000><c> look</c><00:45:11.179><c> at</c><00:45:11.340><c> the</c><00:45:11.599><c> simple,</c><00:45:12.119><c> quiet,</c><00:45:13.539><c> faithful</c><00:45:13.860><c> life</c><00:45:14.559><c> of</c><00:45:15.500><c> Mary,</c>

00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:17.460
this<00:45:16.500><c> little</c><00:45:16.860><c> sparrow,</c>

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:20.920
this<00:45:17.940><c> little</c><00:45:18.340><c> insignificant</c><00:45:19.179><c> girl</c><00:45:19.539><c> in</c><00:45:19.699><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:26.139
and<00:45:21.960><c> we</c><00:45:22.219><c> are</c><00:45:22.440><c> reminded</c><00:45:23.079><c> that</c><00:45:23.460><c> God</c><00:45:23.760><c> cares</c><00:45:24.239><c> for</c><00:45:24.460><c> every</c><00:45:24.719><c> one</c><00:45:24.840><c> of</c><00:45:24.960><c> us.</c>

00:45:26.739 --> 00:45:30.139
The<00:45:27.380><c> angel</c><00:45:27.739><c> says</c><00:45:28.300><c> to</c><00:45:28.739><c> every</c><00:45:29.019><c> one</c><00:45:29.139><c> of</c><00:45:29.300><c> us,</c>

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:34.139
Thou<00:45:31.480><c> hast</c><00:45:32.119><c> found</c><00:45:32.440><c> favor</c><00:45:32.760><c> with</c><00:45:33.000><c> God</c>

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:37.780
almost<00:45:35.599><c> before</c><00:45:35.920><c> we</c><00:45:36.159><c> ask</c><00:45:36.380><c> for</c><00:45:36.599><c> it.</c>

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:40.280
Even<00:45:38.420><c> if</c><00:45:38.599><c> we</c><00:45:38.780><c> don't</c><00:45:39.059><c> deserve</c><00:45:39.460><c> it,</c>

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:43.239
we<00:45:40.719><c> have</c><00:45:40.980><c> found</c><00:45:41.320><c> favor</c><00:45:41.699><c> with</c><00:45:41.920><c> God,</c>

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:45.659
and<00:45:43.579><c> God</c><00:45:43.840><c> has</c><00:45:44.159><c> called</c><00:45:44.340><c> us</c><00:45:44.579><c> to</c><00:45:44.739><c> His</c><00:45:45.000><c> truth,</c>

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:49.380
and<00:45:46.480><c> we</c><00:45:46.739><c> learn</c><00:45:46.940><c> the</c><00:45:47.139><c> lesson</c><00:45:47.440><c> that</c><00:45:47.619><c> we</c><00:45:47.820><c> are</c><00:45:47.960><c> worth</c><00:45:48.199><c> many</c><00:45:48.559><c> sparrows</c>

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.800
in<00:45:49.800><c> God's</c><00:45:50.400><c> sight,</c>

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:54.719
that<00:45:51.739><c> we</c><00:45:51.980><c> are</c><00:45:52.159><c> in</c><00:45:52.340><c> fact</c><00:45:52.880><c> God's</c><00:45:53.719><c> children.</c>

00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:59.039
Mary<00:45:56.920><c> returns</c><00:45:57.380><c> to</c><00:45:57.579><c> her</c><00:45:57.739><c> house,</c>

00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:01.340
not<00:45:59.460><c> yet</c><00:45:59.659><c> to</c><00:45:59.840><c> Joseph's</c><00:46:00.239><c> house.</c>

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:04.199
She<00:46:01.840><c> has</c><00:46:02.099><c> received</c><00:46:02.619><c> a</c><00:46:02.860><c> wonderful</c><00:46:03.159><c> blessing,</c>

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:08.440
but<00:46:04.659><c> her</c><00:46:04.940><c> path</c><00:46:05.239><c> through</c><00:46:05.539><c> life</c><00:46:05.860><c> has</c><00:46:06.139><c> become</c><00:46:06.699><c> much</c><00:46:07.159><c> more</c><00:46:07.420><c> difficult.</c>

00:46:09.260 --> 00:46:12.840
An<00:46:09.500><c> unwed</c><00:46:09.820><c> mother,</c><00:46:11.119><c> an</c><00:46:11.340><c> adulteress,</c>

00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:16.320
we<00:46:13.519><c> will</c><00:46:13.760><c> see</c><00:46:14.000><c> tomorrow</c><00:46:14.480><c> that</c><00:46:14.880><c> serious</c><00:46:15.280><c> problems</c><00:46:15.840><c> await</c><00:46:16.139><c> her</c>

00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:18.719
when<00:46:16.460><c> she</c><00:46:16.719><c> returns</c><00:46:17.159><c> from</c><00:46:17.400><c> Elizabeth's</c><00:46:17.940><c> house</c>

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:23.059
back<00:46:19.280><c> to</c><00:46:19.539><c> Nazareth</c><00:46:20.059><c> to</c><00:46:20.760><c> face</c><00:46:21.000><c> her</c><00:46:21.300><c> friends</c><00:46:21.579><c> and</c><00:46:21.900><c> family.</c>

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:29.059
But<00:46:26.400><c> Mary</c><00:46:26.820><c> said</c><00:46:27.079><c> some</c><00:46:27.320><c> extraordinary</c><00:46:27.960><c> words,</c><00:46:28.460><c> didn't</c><00:46:28.639><c> she?</c>

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:31.400
When<00:46:29.440><c> the</c><00:46:29.599><c> angel</c><00:46:29.880><c> came</c><00:46:30.219><c> to</c><00:46:30.500><c> her</c><00:46:30.760><c> and</c><00:46:30.920><c> presented</c><00:46:31.179><c> her</c>

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:32.980
with<00:46:31.599><c> this</c><00:46:31.860><c> great</c><00:46:32.239><c> opportunity</c>

00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:36.260
that<00:46:33.800><c> involves</c><00:46:34.239><c> suffering</c><00:46:34.659><c> and</c><00:46:34.900><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:39.380
Mary<00:46:38.360><c> said,</c>

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:42.639
Be<00:46:40.119><c> it</c><00:46:40.300><c> unto</c><00:46:40.440><c> me</c><00:46:40.679><c> according</c><00:46:41.159><c> to</c><00:46:41.440><c> thy</c><00:46:41.659><c> word.</c>

00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:46.679
We<00:46:45.679><c> said</c><00:46:45.820><c> at</c><00:46:45.980><c> the</c><00:46:46.159><c> beginning,</c>

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:49.599
the<00:46:47.260><c> words</c><00:46:47.500><c> of</c><00:46:47.659><c> the</c><00:46:47.780><c> rabbi,</c><00:46:48.219><c> remember</c><00:46:48.579><c> them?</c>

00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:52.659
There<00:46:49.860><c> are</c><00:46:50.079><c> some</c><00:46:50.400><c> who</c><00:46:50.639><c> marry</c><00:46:50.960><c> and</c><00:46:51.179><c> live</c><00:46:51.400><c> for</c><00:46:51.599><c> the</c><00:46:51.739><c> glory</c><00:46:51.960><c> of</c><00:46:52.159><c> God.</c>

00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:55.699
Their<00:46:53.820><c> children</c><00:46:54.260><c> will</c><00:46:54.460><c> be</c><00:46:54.599><c> righteous.</c>

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:58.659
Their<00:46:56.320><c> children</c><00:46:56.780><c> will</c><00:46:57.019><c> preserve</c><00:46:57.480><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:02.139
Mary<00:46:59.619><c> married</c><00:47:00.000><c> and</c><00:47:00.260><c> lived</c><00:47:00.480><c> for</c><00:47:00.699><c> the</c><00:47:00.860><c> glory</c><00:47:01.099><c> of</c><00:47:01.320><c> God.</c>

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:07.260
One<00:47:02.780><c> special</c><00:47:03.300><c> child</c><00:47:03.739><c> of</c><00:47:03.900><c> hers</c><00:47:04.320><c> was</c><00:47:05.780><c> totally</c><00:47:06.179><c> righteous.</c>

00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:11.699
We<00:47:09.300><c> go</c><00:47:09.619><c> forward</c><00:47:10.219><c> 30</c><00:47:10.900><c> some</c><00:47:11.139><c> odd</c><00:47:11.300><c> years,</c>

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:13.460
and<00:47:11.900><c> we</c><00:47:12.059><c> find</c><00:47:12.239><c> him</c><00:47:12.380><c> in</c><00:47:12.440><c> a</c><00:47:12.599><c> garden.</c>

00:47:13.659 --> 00:47:17.280
We<00:47:13.820><c> find</c><00:47:14.139><c> him</c><00:47:15.440><c> face</c><00:47:15.820><c> to</c><00:47:15.920><c> face</c><00:47:16.239><c> with</c><00:47:16.400><c> the</c><00:47:16.599><c> greatest</c><00:47:16.920><c> trial</c>

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:18.699
that<00:47:17.460><c> a</c><00:47:17.579><c> man</c><00:47:17.739><c> could</c><00:47:18.000><c> face,</c>

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:23.019
and<00:47:19.599><c> we</c><00:47:19.840><c> find</c><00:47:20.119><c> him</c><00:47:20.420><c> using</c><00:47:20.940><c> the</c><00:47:21.719><c> words</c><00:47:21.960><c> that</c><00:47:22.179><c> his</c><00:47:22.360><c> mother</c><00:47:22.599><c> used</c>

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:24.099
when<00:47:23.179><c> the</c><00:47:23.420><c> angel</c><00:47:23.679><c> came.</c>

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:27.940
She<00:47:24.780><c> had</c><00:47:25.139><c> said,</c><00:47:25.719><c> Be</c><00:47:25.980><c> it</c><00:47:26.179><c> unto</c><00:47:26.380><c> me</c><00:47:26.619><c> according</c><00:47:27.039><c> to</c><00:47:27.320><c> thy</c><00:47:27.559><c> will,</c>

00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:30.000
according<00:47:28.619><c> to</c><00:47:28.880><c> thy</c><00:47:29.099><c> word.</c>

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:33.579
And<00:47:30.639><c> her</c><00:47:30.940><c> son,</c><00:47:31.800><c> 33</c><00:47:32.199><c> years</c><00:47:32.619><c> later,</c>

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:36.159
kneeled<00:47:34.039><c> in</c><00:47:34.239><c> a</c><00:47:34.360><c> garden</c><00:47:34.719><c> and</c><00:47:35.780><c> said,</c>

00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:42.440
Father,<00:47:38.039><c> not</c><00:47:38.360><c> my</c><00:47:38.679><c> will,</c><00:47:40.219><c> but</c><00:47:40.420><c> thine</c><00:47:41.159><c> be</c><00:47:41.440><c> done.</c>

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:47.280
And<00:47:44.119><c> Mary's</c><00:47:44.579><c> son</c><00:47:45.559><c> preserved</c><00:47:46.260><c> Israel.</c>