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them<00:10:22.740><c> in</c><00:10:22.899><c> verse</c><00:10:23.220><c> 2,</c><00:10:24.700><c> suppose</c><00:10:25.220><c> ye</c><00:10:25.840><c> that</c><00:10:27.059><c> these</c><00:10:27.460><c> Galileans</c><00:10:28.100><c> were</c>

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brothers<00:10:39.019><c> and</c><00:10:39.259><c> sisters,</c><00:10:39.759><c> is</c><00:10:39.759><c> this.</c><00:10:41.659><c> That</c><00:10:41.799><c> whatever</c><00:10:42.200><c> a</c><00:10:42.519><c> Galilean</c><00:10:42.799><c> had</c><00:10:43.039><c> done,</c><00:10:43.379><c> whether</c><00:10:43.559><c> they</c><00:10:43.860><c> died</c><00:10:44.100><c> in</c>

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sinners.<00:10:48.659><c> That's</c><00:10:48.940><c> what</c><00:10:49.100><c> he</c><00:10:49.320><c> said</c><00:10:49.519><c> you</c><00:10:49.960><c> think.</c>

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And<00:10:59.419><c> as</c><00:10:59.580><c> far</c><00:10:59.759><c> as</c><00:10:59.860><c> they</c><00:11:00.080><c> were</c><00:11:00.279><c> concerned,</c><00:11:01.039><c> they</c><00:11:01.240><c> were</c><00:11:01.700><c> all</c><00:11:02.139><c> sinners.</c><00:11:03.580><c> Can</c>

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that?<00:11:07.440><c> That</c><00:11:07.919><c> was</c><00:11:08.139><c> the</c><00:11:08.259><c> general</c><00:11:08.799><c> consensus,</c><00:11:10.240><c> brothers</c><00:11:10.440><c> and</c><00:11:10.679><c> sisters,</c><00:11:11.399><c> among</c><00:11:11.600><c> the</c><00:11:11.899><c> intelligentsia</c><00:11:12.700><c> of</c><00:11:13.120><c> those</c>

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withering<00:11:20.480><c> condemnation</c><00:11:21.120><c> that</c><00:11:21.240><c> they</c>

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boundary,<00:11:24.740><c> and</c><00:11:24.779><c> said,</c><00:11:25.080><c> over</c>

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that<00:11:25.519><c> side</c><00:11:25.659><c> of</c><00:11:25.779><c> the</c><00:11:25.919><c> boundary,</c><00:11:26.559><c> everyone's</c><00:11:27.419><c> a</c><00:11:27.539><c> sinner.</c><00:11:28.700><c> Who's</c>

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in<00:11:29.899><c> a</c><00:11:29.960><c> position</c><00:11:30.279><c> to</c><00:11:30.559><c> say</c><00:11:30.779><c> that?</c><00:11:35.240><c> Who</c><00:11:35.720><c> could</c>

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we?<00:11:38.639><c> Drawn,</c><00:11:39.179><c> perhaps,</c><00:11:39.639><c> for</c><00:11:39.820><c> good</c><00:11:40.019><c> reason.</c>

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ever<00:11:59.000><c> believe</c><00:11:59.580><c> that</c><00:12:00.179><c> everyone</c><00:12:00.840><c> behind</c><00:12:01.299><c> there</c><00:12:01.539><c> is</c><00:12:01.759><c> a</c><00:12:01.899><c> sinner?</c>

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know<00:13:16.059><c> one</c><00:13:16.279><c> who</c><00:13:16.500><c> did.</c><00:13:18.720><c> He</c><00:13:18.879><c> didn't</c><00:13:19.200><c> perish,</c>

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but<00:13:20.960><c> he</c><00:13:21.159><c> died.</c><00:13:23.100><c> And</c><00:13:23.320><c> he</c><00:13:23.360><c> was</c><00:13:23.559><c> totally</c><00:13:23.940><c> innocent.</c><00:13:26.220><c> And</c><00:13:26.360><c> there</c><00:13:26.460><c> were</c><00:13:26.519><c> a</c>

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lot<00:13:26.700><c> of</c><00:13:26.919><c> other</c><00:13:27.220><c> innocent</c><00:13:27.659><c> people,</c>

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brothers<00:13:28.519><c> and</c><00:13:28.740><c> sisters,</c><00:13:29.019><c> not</c><00:13:29.299><c> as</c><00:13:29.500><c> innocent</c><00:13:29.860><c> as</c><00:13:30.100><c> he,</c><00:13:31.539><c> but</c><00:13:31.700><c> in</c>

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God's<00:13:32.299><c> estimation</c><00:13:32.759><c> innocent</c><00:13:33.259><c> because</c><00:13:33.799><c> he</c>

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they're<00:13:37.039><c> dead</c><00:13:37.259><c> too,</c><00:13:37.460><c> but</c><00:13:37.539><c> they're</c><00:13:37.679><c> not</c><00:13:37.860><c> perished.</c>

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And<00:13:39.399><c> they</c><00:13:39.539><c> didn't</c><00:13:39.759><c> die</c><00:13:40.039><c> or</c><00:13:40.179><c> they</c><00:13:40.259><c> didn't</c><00:13:40.500><c> suffer</c><00:13:40.879><c> because</c><00:13:41.299><c> they</c><00:13:41.480><c> had</c>

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done<00:13:41.720><c> any</c><00:13:42.000><c> particular</c><00:13:42.440><c> wrong</c>

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in<00:13:43.039><c> every</c><00:13:43.279><c> instant.</c><00:13:44.179><c> It</c><00:13:44.320><c> was</c><00:13:44.620><c> false</c><00:13:45.059><c> doctrine.</c><00:13:46.899><c> Job</c><00:13:47.080><c> originally</c><00:13:47.659><c> believed</c>

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it.<00:13:49.419><c> He</c><00:13:49.940><c> believed</c><00:13:49.940><c> it.</c><00:13:49.940><c> He</c>

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believed<00:13:50.299><c> it.</c><00:13:50.299><c> But</c><00:13:50.340><c> as</c><00:13:50.559><c> he</c><00:13:50.740><c> experienced</c><00:13:51.419><c> things</c><00:13:51.779><c> in</c><00:13:51.960><c> himself,</c>

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not<00:13:53.480><c> believing</c><00:13:53.860><c> that</c><00:13:54.039><c> he</c><00:13:54.080><c> was</c><00:13:54.299><c> perfect,</c>

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but<00:13:56.220><c> seeing</c><00:13:56.480><c> that</c><00:13:56.659><c> he</c><00:13:56.759><c> was</c><00:13:56.960><c> certainly</c><00:13:57.360><c> no</c><00:13:57.639><c> worse</c><00:13:57.879><c> than</c><00:13:58.059><c> them,</c>

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Job<00:13:59.580><c> knew</c><00:13:59.860><c> within</c><00:14:00.159><c> himself</c><00:14:00.679><c> that</c><00:14:00.860><c> there</c>

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was<00:14:01.159><c> something</c><00:14:01.639><c> wrong</c><00:14:02.000><c> with</c><00:14:02.200><c> that</c><00:14:02.419><c> doctrine.</c><00:14:04.659><c> And</c><00:14:04.860><c> therefore</c>

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he<00:14:05.279><c> had</c><00:14:05.419><c> to</c><00:14:05.539><c> come</c><00:14:05.659><c> to</c><00:14:05.860><c> grapple</c><00:14:06.100><c> with</c><00:14:06.259><c> the</c>

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facts<00:14:06.620><c> of</c><00:14:06.840><c> the</c><00:14:06.940><c> case.</c><00:14:08.179><c> And</c><00:14:08.279><c> in</c><00:14:08.379><c> that</c><00:14:08.539><c> debate,</c><00:14:09.120><c> brothers</c><00:14:09.320><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:14:09.759><c> as</c><00:14:09.879><c> it</c><00:14:10.039><c> proceeded</c><00:14:10.379><c> in</c><00:14:10.580><c> the</c><00:14:10.600><c> book</c>

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of<00:14:11.039><c> Job,</c><00:14:12.080><c> the</c><00:14:12.299><c> telling</c><00:14:12.620><c> factor,</c><00:14:13.019><c> which</c><00:14:13.259><c> in</c><00:14:13.379><c> the</c><00:14:13.559><c> end</c><00:14:13.779><c> silenced</c>

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them,<00:14:15.320><c> was</c><00:14:15.480><c> that</c><00:14:15.700><c> Job</c><00:14:15.860><c> said,</c><00:14:16.240><c> hey,</c><00:14:16.440><c> wait</c>

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a<00:14:18.480><c> minute.</c><00:14:19.360><c> Experience</c><00:14:19.919><c> denies</c><00:14:20.759><c> that.</c><00:14:21.940><c> Whoever</c><00:14:22.279><c> perished</c><00:14:22.659><c> being</c><00:14:22.940><c> innocent.</c><00:14:23.500><c> And</c><00:14:23.639><c> he</c>

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drew<00:14:23.940><c> their</c>

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attention<00:14:24.559><c> to</c><00:14:24.779><c> facts</c><00:14:25.159><c> of</c><00:14:25.399><c> life,</c><00:14:25.820><c> not</c><00:14:25.960><c> theories,</c><00:14:27.399><c> facts</c><00:14:27.820><c> of</c><00:14:28.059><c> life</c><00:14:28.899><c> of</c>

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how<00:14:30.100><c> the</c><00:14:30.279><c> wicked</c><00:14:30.500><c> prosper,</c><00:14:32.519><c> how</c>

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evil<00:14:33.019><c> men</c><00:14:33.440><c> get</c><00:14:33.679><c> rich,</c><00:14:35.500><c> how</c><00:14:35.700><c> they</c><00:14:35.899><c> do</c><00:14:36.120><c> better</c><00:14:36.559><c> than</c><00:14:36.779><c> the</c><00:14:36.980><c> righteous.</c><00:14:37.379><c> They</c>

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were<00:14:37.840><c> facts</c><00:14:38.279><c> of</c><00:14:38.519><c> life.</c><00:14:39.360><c> And</c>

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the<00:14:39.720><c> three</c><00:14:39.960><c> friends</c><00:14:40.299><c> were</c><00:14:40.580><c> silenced</c><00:14:40.960><c> by</c><00:14:41.179><c> the</c><00:14:41.360><c> facts</c><00:14:41.580><c> of</c><00:14:41.840><c> life.</c>

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Didn't<00:14:43.440><c> answer</c><00:14:43.820><c> Job's</c><00:14:44.279><c> question</c><00:14:44.559><c> entirely,</c>

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but<00:14:46.620><c> it</c><00:14:46.840><c> brought</c><00:14:47.019><c> about,</c><00:14:47.379><c> brothers</c><00:14:47.639><c> and</c><00:14:47.879><c> sisters,</c><00:14:48.220><c> a</c><00:14:48.320><c> different</c><00:14:48.639><c> cast</c><00:14:48.940><c> of</c>

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thinking<00:14:49.460><c> about</c><00:14:50.419><c> whoever</c>

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perished<00:14:51.179><c> being</c><00:14:51.440><c> innocent.</c><00:14:53.419><c> We</c><00:14:53.480><c> go</c><00:14:53.720><c> back</c><00:14:53.919><c> through</c><00:14:54.120><c> the</c><00:14:54.299><c> divine</c><00:14:54.580><c> record</c><00:14:54.980><c> and</c>

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we<00:14:55.299><c> see</c><00:14:55.440><c> men</c><00:14:55.740><c> that</c><00:14:56.179><c> were</c>

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put<00:14:56.500><c> through</c><00:14:56.759><c> trials,</c><00:14:57.440><c> not</c><00:14:57.539><c> because</c><00:14:58.220><c> God</c><00:14:58.500><c> was</c><00:14:58.799><c> punishing</c><00:14:59.220><c> them,</c><00:15:01.000><c> but</c>

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that<00:15:01.340><c> God</c><00:15:01.539><c> was</c><00:15:01.820><c> refining</c><00:15:02.200><c> their</c><00:15:02.500><c> character.</c>

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God<00:15:04.399><c> was</c><00:15:04.659><c> shaping</c><00:15:04.960><c> them</c><00:15:05.179><c> and</c><00:15:05.399><c> polishing</c><00:15:05.700><c> them</c><00:15:05.899><c> for</c><00:15:06.059><c> the</c><00:15:06.240><c> kingdom</c><00:15:06.480><c> of</c>

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God.<00:15:08.120><c> And</c><00:15:08.220><c> their</c><00:15:08.399><c> trials,</c><00:15:08.860><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:15:09.279><c> sisters,</c><00:15:09.740><c> were</c><00:15:09.860><c> not</c><00:15:10.039><c> a</c><00:15:10.240><c> manifestation</c><00:15:10.759><c> of</c><00:15:10.940><c> God's</c><00:15:11.299><c> rejection,</c><00:15:13.179><c> but</c><00:15:13.539><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:15:14.120><c> manifestation</c><00:15:14.960><c> of</c>

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his<00:15:15.299><c> acceptance.</c><00:15:17.019><c> They</c><00:15:17.320><c> were</c><00:15:17.539><c> wrong.</c><00:15:18.679><c> They</c><00:15:18.820><c> had</c><00:15:19.080><c> false</c><00:15:19.500><c> doctrine.</c><00:15:21.759><c> Well,</c>

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says<00:15:22.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:24.019><c> I'm</c><00:15:24.240><c> telling</c>

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you<00:15:24.659><c> they</c><00:15:24.779><c> were</c><00:15:25.019><c> not</c><00:15:25.320><c> sinners</c><00:15:25.860><c> above</c><00:15:26.620><c> all</c><00:15:26.919><c> other</c><00:15:27.139><c> Galileans</c>

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or<00:15:27.879><c> one</c><00:15:27.960><c> of</c><00:15:28.059><c> the</c><00:15:28.240><c> sinners,</c><00:15:28.500><c> but</c><00:15:28.679><c> I'm</c><00:15:28.860><c> telling</c>

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you,<00:15:29.240><c> he</c><00:15:29.519><c> said,</c><00:15:30.759><c> unless</c><00:15:31.200><c> you</c><00:15:31.899><c> repent,</c><00:15:33.759><c> you</c><00:15:33.960><c> shall</c><00:15:34.559><c> likewise</c>

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perish.<00:15:37.259><c> You</c><00:15:37.399><c> know</c><00:15:37.539><c> something,</c><00:15:37.980><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:15:38.580><c> sisters,</c><00:15:39.240><c> they</c><00:15:39.480><c> did</c><00:15:40.220><c> likewise</c><00:15:40.960><c> perish.</c><00:15:43.340><c> And</c><00:15:43.539><c> it</c><00:15:43.600><c> was</c><00:15:43.779><c> the</c>

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troops<00:15:44.240><c> of</c><00:15:44.500><c> Rome</c><00:15:44.740><c> around</c><00:15:45.159><c> Jerusalem</c>

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that<00:15:45.840><c> in</c><00:15:45.980><c> the</c><00:15:46.159><c> end</c><00:15:46.279><c> went</c><00:15:46.539><c> in</c><00:15:47.100><c> and</c><00:15:48.440><c> the</c><00:15:48.740><c> blood</c><00:15:49.159><c> ran</c><00:15:49.500><c> in</c><00:15:49.700><c> the</c><00:15:49.919><c> streets</c><00:15:50.100><c> of</c>

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Jerusalem<00:15:50.860><c> along</c><00:15:51.500><c> with</c><00:15:51.679><c> the</c>

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blood<00:15:51.940><c> of</c><00:15:52.100><c> their</c><00:15:52.279><c> sacrifices.</c><00:15:53.080><c> They</c><00:15:53.419><c> suffered</c><00:15:53.799><c> exactly</c><00:15:54.799><c> the</c>

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same<00:15:55.299><c> way</c><00:15:55.799><c> because</c><00:15:56.980><c> they</c><00:15:57.200><c> didn't</c><00:15:57.440><c> see</c><00:15:57.720><c> themselves</c>

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in<00:15:58.379><c> that</c><00:15:58.620><c> role,</c><00:15:58.860><c> did</c><00:15:58.980><c> they?</c><00:15:59.679><c> And</c><00:15:59.879><c> they</c><00:16:00.059><c> didn't</c><00:16:00.340><c> heed</c><00:16:00.559><c> the</c><00:16:00.820><c> warning.</c><00:16:03.019><c> Warnings</c><00:16:03.480><c> from</c>

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Christ,<00:16:04.700><c> brothers</c><00:16:04.960><c> and</c><00:16:05.000><c> sisters,</c><00:16:05.620><c> belong</c><00:16:05.919><c> to</c><00:16:06.059><c> you</c><00:16:06.440><c> and</c><00:16:06.600><c> to</c><00:16:06.840><c> me</c>

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personally.<00:16:08.600><c> Let's</c><00:16:08.860><c> take</c><00:16:09.220><c> them</c><00:16:09.399><c> to</c><00:16:09.720><c> heart</c>

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and<00:16:10.740><c> never</c><00:16:11.000><c> mind</c><00:16:11.279><c> about</c><00:16:11.659><c> the</c><00:16:11.799><c> one</c><00:16:11.940><c> alongside</c><00:16:12.399><c> of</c><00:16:12.600><c> us.</c><00:16:13.600><c> All</c><00:16:13.940><c> of</c>

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us<00:16:14.220><c> need</c><00:16:14.539><c> God's</c><00:16:14.960><c> mercy.</c><00:16:15.820><c> We</c><00:16:16.000><c> all</c><00:16:16.399><c> need</c>

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to<00:16:16.860><c> repent</c><00:16:17.159><c> and</c><00:16:17.480><c> change</c><00:16:17.879><c> our</c><00:16:18.120><c> ways</c><00:16:18.460><c> or</c><00:16:19.039><c> we</c><00:16:19.179><c> will</c><00:16:19.639><c> likewise</c><00:16:20.320><c> perish.</c><00:16:21.399><c> But</c>

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there<00:16:21.840><c> was</c><00:16:22.100><c> another</c><00:16:22.539><c> incident</c><00:16:22.980><c> which</c>

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they<00:16:23.539><c> were</c><00:16:23.840><c> going</c><00:16:24.059><c> to</c><00:16:24.220><c> mention.</c><00:16:26.559><c> And</c><00:16:26.659><c> it</c><00:16:26.840><c> happened</c><00:16:27.039><c> around</c>

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about<00:16:27.519><c> the</c><00:16:27.700><c> same</c><00:16:27.980><c> time.</c><00:16:29.539><c> And</c><00:16:29.799><c> they</c><00:16:29.960><c> were</c>

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totally<00:16:30.620><c> silent</c><00:16:31.100><c> of</c><00:16:31.240><c> this</c><00:16:31.519><c> one</c><00:16:32.240><c> because</c><00:16:32.559><c> it</c><00:16:32.679><c> didn't</c><00:16:33.019><c> suit</c><00:16:33.279><c> their</c><00:16:33.500><c> purpose.</c><00:16:35.419><c> But</c>

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Jesus<00:16:35.799><c> knew</c><00:16:36.039><c> about</c><00:16:36.299><c> it</c>

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and<00:16:37.820><c> he</c><00:16:38.100><c> reminded</c><00:16:38.419><c> them.</c><00:16:39.720><c> In</c><00:16:39.879><c> verse</c><00:16:40.179><c> four,</c><00:16:41.440><c> there</c><00:16:41.440><c> were</c><00:16:41.639><c> eighteen</c><00:16:42.139><c> men</c>

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upon<00:16:44.200><c> whom</c><00:16:44.480><c> the</c><00:16:44.820><c> tower</c><00:16:45.059><c> in</c><00:16:45.500><c> Siloam</c>

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fell<00:16:46.259><c> and</c><00:16:46.559><c> slew</c><00:16:46.759><c> them.</c><00:16:47.419><c> And</c><00:16:47.600><c> brothers</c><00:16:47.779><c> and</c><00:16:48.059><c> sisters,</c><00:16:49.460><c> who</c><00:16:49.740><c> were</c><00:16:49.960><c> they?</c><00:16:51.899><c> Who</c>

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were<00:16:52.440><c> they?</c><00:16:53.580><c> Well,</c><00:16:53.840><c> the</c><00:16:53.960><c> end</c>

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of<00:16:54.340><c> verse</c><00:16:54.779><c> four</c><00:16:55.279><c> says,</c><00:16:56.639><c> they</c><00:16:57.080><c> dwelt</c><00:16:57.480><c> in</c><00:16:57.799><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:17:00.220><c> Oh</c><00:17:00.460><c> look</c>

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who<00:17:00.820><c> they</c><00:17:01.139><c> were.</c><00:17:02.500><c> Now</c><00:17:02.759><c> these</c><00:17:02.980><c> are</c><00:17:03.240><c> not</c><00:17:03.779><c> Galileans</c>

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behind<00:17:05.220><c> that</c><00:17:05.640><c> border</c><00:17:05.920><c> up</c><00:17:06.240><c> there</c><00:17:06.500><c> where</c><00:17:06.940><c> everyone's</c><00:17:07.720><c> a</c><00:17:07.819><c> sinner.</c><00:17:09.059><c> They're</c><00:17:09.339><c> not</c>

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even<00:17:09.799><c> Judeans.</c><00:17:12.359><c> They're</c>

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Jerusalemite<00:17:13.980><c> Judeans.</c><00:17:15.980><c> They're</c><00:17:16.259><c> at</c><00:17:16.380><c> the</c><00:17:16.759><c> center</c><00:17:17.240><c> of</c><00:17:17.680><c> Judea.</c>

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They<00:17:18.779><c> live</c><00:17:19.200><c> in</c><00:17:19.420><c> the</c><00:17:19.579><c> holy</c><00:17:19.859><c> city.</c><00:17:21.460><c> But</c>

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they<00:17:22.019><c> weren't</c><00:17:22.019><c> going</c><00:17:22.259><c> to</c><00:17:22.319><c> mention</c><00:17:22.559><c> that,</c><00:17:22.859><c> were</c><00:17:23.019><c> they?</c><00:17:25.039><c> Well,</c>

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he<00:17:25.339><c> says,</c><00:17:25.559><c> what</c><00:17:25.579><c> do</c><00:17:25.839><c> you</c><00:17:25.839><c> make</c><00:17:26.059><c> about</c>

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that<00:17:26.519><c> one?</c><00:17:29.039><c> A</c><00:17:29.339><c> tower</c><00:17:29.759><c> of</c><00:17:30.140><c> Siloam</c><00:17:31.359><c> fell</c><00:17:31.799><c> upon</c><00:17:32.099><c> them,</c><00:17:32.440><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:17:32.880><c> sisters.</c><00:17:34.700><c> Now</c><00:17:34.839><c> you</c><00:17:34.940><c> think</c><00:17:35.180><c> about</c>

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it.<00:17:37.339><c> I'm</c><00:17:37.559><c> rushing</c><00:17:37.799><c> up</c><00:17:38.019><c> about</c><00:17:38.259><c> these</c><00:17:38.539><c> Galileans</c><00:17:39.740><c> whom</c><00:17:40.539><c> pilots</c>

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slew,<00:17:42.039><c> a</c><00:17:42.200><c> Roman,</c><00:17:42.779><c> and</c><00:17:42.940><c> put</c><00:17:43.099><c> their</c><00:17:43.319><c> blood</c>

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with<00:17:43.660><c> their</c><00:17:43.920><c> sacrifices</c><00:17:44.400><c> and</c><00:17:44.559><c> they</c><00:17:44.740><c> reckon</c><00:17:44.900><c> they</c><00:17:45.119><c> were</c><00:17:45.299><c> sinners.</c><00:17:46.920><c> As</c><00:17:47.140><c> I</c>

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said,<00:17:48.279><c> that</c><00:17:48.480><c> could</c><00:17:48.660><c> have</c><00:17:48.799><c> been</c>

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read<00:17:49.140><c> differently.</c><00:17:50.359><c> But</c><00:17:50.460><c> they</c><00:17:50.559><c> were</c><00:17:50.779><c> martyrs</c><00:17:51.380><c> for</c><00:17:51.519><c> the</c><00:17:51.640><c> Jewish</c><00:17:51.900><c> cause.</c><00:17:53.380><c> It</c>

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could<00:17:53.720><c> have</c><00:17:53.859><c> been</c><00:17:53.900><c> read</c>

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like<00:17:54.380><c> that.</c><00:17:55.140><c> But</c><00:17:55.279><c> what</c><00:17:55.460><c> about</c><00:17:55.680><c> when</c><00:17:55.900><c> the</c><00:17:56.099><c> tower</c><00:17:56.319><c> of</c><00:17:56.539><c> Siloam</c><00:17:56.960><c> falls</c><00:17:57.299><c> on</c>

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Jerusalemite<00:17:58.539><c> Judeans?</c><00:18:00.319><c> That's</c>

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not<00:18:00.759><c> a</c><00:18:00.880><c> Roman.</c><00:18:03.220><c> They're</c><00:18:03.440><c> not</c><00:18:03.619><c> Galileans.</c><00:18:06.259><c> And</c><00:18:06.440><c> the</c><00:18:06.619><c> tower</c><00:18:07.160><c> of</c>

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Siloam,<00:18:08.420><c> brothers</c><00:18:08.799><c> and</c><00:18:08.980><c> sisters,</c><00:18:09.220><c> was</c>

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in<00:18:09.680><c> a</c><00:18:09.980><c> very</c><00:18:10.660><c> wonderful</c><00:18:11.140><c> spot</c><00:18:11.700><c> in</c><00:18:12.480><c> the</c><00:18:12.599><c> earth's</c><00:18:13.220><c> surface</c><00:18:13.220><c> that</c>

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had<00:18:13.579><c> been</c><00:18:14.460><c> garnished</c><00:18:14.880><c> by</c><00:18:15.140><c> biblical</c><00:18:15.559><c> history.</c>

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That's<00:18:17.119><c> more</c><00:18:17.380><c> like</c><00:18:17.640><c> the</c><00:18:17.859><c> providence</c><00:18:18.140><c> of</c><00:18:18.299><c> God,</c><00:18:18.619><c> isn't</c><00:18:18.720><c> it?</c><00:18:19.079><c> Said</c><00:18:19.180><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:19.539><c> Jesus</c><00:18:19.940><c> Christ.</c><00:18:20.400><c> Think</c><00:18:20.539><c> about</c>

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that<00:18:21.119><c> one.</c><00:18:21.440><c> And</c><00:18:21.640><c> that's</c><00:18:22.019><c> your</c><00:18:22.279><c> crowd.</c><00:18:24.019><c> What</c><00:18:24.140><c> do</c><00:18:24.279><c> you</c><00:18:24.299><c> think</c>

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about<00:18:24.720><c> them?</c><00:18:25.460><c> Were</c><00:18:25.559><c> they</c><00:18:25.859><c> sinners</c><00:18:26.259><c> above</c>

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all<00:18:26.920><c> the</c><00:18:27.079><c> other</c><00:18:27.420><c> those</c><00:18:28.099><c> who</c><00:18:28.299><c> lived</c><00:18:28.440><c> in</c><00:18:28.680><c> Jerusalem?</c><00:18:29.640><c> Were</c><00:18:29.880><c> they?</c><00:18:30.700><c> Oh,</c>

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nobody's<00:18:31.500><c> going</c><00:18:31.579><c> to</c><00:18:31.720><c> mention</c><00:18:31.940><c> that,</c>

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are<00:18:32.420><c> they?</c><00:18:32.819><c> Because</c><00:18:32.960><c> that's</c><00:18:33.339><c> our</c><00:18:33.619><c> crowd.</c><00:18:35.420><c> And</c><00:18:35.579><c> we</c><00:18:35.759><c> keep</c><00:18:35.980><c> that</c>

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quiet,<00:18:36.920><c> don't</c><00:18:36.980><c> we,</c><00:18:37.299><c> brothers</c><00:18:37.420><c> and</c><00:18:37.720><c> sisters?</c>

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We<00:18:39.779><c> don't</c><00:18:40.000><c> want</c><00:18:40.180><c> that</c><00:18:40.519><c> told</c><00:18:40.759><c> around</c><00:18:40.980><c> the</c><00:18:41.240><c> place</c><00:18:41.579><c> because</c><00:18:42.160><c> that</c>

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might<00:18:42.880><c> reflect</c><00:18:43.279><c> upon</c><00:18:43.519><c> the</c><00:18:43.700><c> fact</c><00:18:43.819><c> that</c><00:18:44.099><c> we</c><00:18:44.480><c> might</c>

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be<00:18:44.960><c> sinners.</c><00:18:45.380><c> Well,</c><00:18:45.799><c> Jesus</c><00:18:45.940><c> reminded</c><00:18:46.359><c> them</c><00:18:46.599><c> of</c><00:18:46.720><c> it.</c><00:18:48.420><c> Isn't</c>

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that<00:18:48.839><c> interesting?</c><00:18:50.519><c> They</c><00:18:50.740><c> were</c><00:18:51.559><c> the</c><00:18:52.660><c> best</c>

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of<00:18:53.279><c> the</c><00:18:53.440><c> Jews.</c><00:18:55.460><c> Now</c><00:18:55.599><c> this</c><00:18:55.799><c> tower</c><00:18:56.240><c> of</c><00:18:56.559><c> Siloam,</c><00:18:58.299><c> you</c><00:18:58.920><c> know,</c><00:18:59.099><c> it's</c>

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interesting<00:18:59.980><c> that</c><00:19:00.700><c> when</c><00:19:00.839><c> he</c><00:19:01.000><c> comes</c>

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to<00:19:01.400><c> verse</c><00:19:01.680><c> four,</c><00:19:02.720><c> notice</c><00:19:02.960><c> what</c><00:19:03.099><c> he</c><00:19:03.319><c> says.</c><00:19:04.700><c> He</c><00:19:04.740><c> said,</c><00:19:04.859><c> What</c><00:19:04.940><c> about</c><00:19:05.180><c> this</c><00:19:05.420><c> eighteen</c><00:19:05.700><c> upon</c><00:19:06.000><c> whom</c><00:19:06.240><c> the</c><00:19:06.480><c> tower</c>

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in<00:19:07.079><c> Siloam</c><00:19:07.559><c> fell</c><00:19:07.799><c> and</c><00:19:08.039><c> slew</c><00:19:08.299><c> them?</c><00:19:08.980><c> Think</c><00:19:09.220><c> ye</c><00:19:09.400><c> that</c><00:19:09.519><c> they</c><00:19:09.799><c> were</c>

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sinners.<00:19:10.880><c> Now</c><00:19:11.079><c> look</c><00:19:11.200><c> at</c><00:19:11.319><c> the</c><00:19:11.539><c> margin.</c>

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We've<00:19:12.079><c> got</c><00:19:12.180><c> a</c><00:19:12.319><c> different</c><00:19:12.539><c> word.</c><00:19:14.140><c> We've</c><00:19:14.480><c> got</c><00:19:14.559><c> a</c><00:19:14.720><c> word</c><00:19:14.900><c> here</c><00:19:15.180><c> for</c>

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debtor.<00:19:17.799><c> Why?</c><00:19:18.400><c> This</c><00:19:18.920><c> is</c><00:19:19.099><c> different</c><00:19:19.480><c> from</c>

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the<00:19:19.779><c> word</c><00:19:20.160><c> used</c><00:19:20.400><c> of</c><00:19:20.559><c> the</c><00:19:20.740><c> Galileans.</c><00:19:21.240><c> The</c><00:19:21.359><c> one</c><00:19:21.720><c> certainly</c><00:19:21.960><c> means</c><00:19:22.180><c> a</c>

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sinner,<00:19:22.559><c> but</c><00:19:22.720><c> now</c><00:19:22.960><c> these</c><00:19:23.180><c> people</c><00:19:23.380><c> were</c>

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debtors.<00:19:24.579><c> What's</c><00:19:24.859><c> the</c><00:19:25.019><c> difference?</c><00:19:26.559><c> Well,</c><00:19:26.720><c> you</c><00:19:26.799><c> see,</c><00:19:27.160><c> brothers</c><00:19:27.240><c> and</c><00:19:27.500><c> sisters,</c><00:19:28.539><c> it's</c><00:19:28.859><c> recorded</c><00:19:29.240><c> in</c><00:19:29.480><c> Josephus's</c>

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works,<00:19:32.119><c> very</c><00:19:32.480><c> plainly</c><00:19:32.960><c> recorded</c><00:19:33.240><c> in</c><00:19:33.420><c> his</c><00:19:33.640><c> works,</c><00:19:35.240><c> that</c><00:19:35.460><c> Pilate</c><00:19:37.180><c> had</c>

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guarded<00:19:37.920><c> the</c><00:19:38.240><c> priesthood,</c><00:19:39.980><c> the</c>

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Jerusalemites,<00:19:42.599><c> and</c><00:19:42.740><c> done</c><00:19:42.900><c> a</c><00:19:43.119><c> deal</c><00:19:43.299><c> with</c><00:19:43.519><c> them.</c><00:19:45.559><c> And</c><00:19:45.680><c> the</c><00:19:45.799><c> deal</c><00:19:46.019><c> was</c>

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that<00:19:46.400><c> he</c><00:19:46.440><c> was</c><00:19:46.579><c> going</c><00:19:46.720><c> to</c><00:19:46.980><c> improve</c>

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the<00:19:47.660><c> water</c><00:19:47.980><c> system</c><00:19:48.380><c> of</c><00:19:48.640><c> the</c><00:19:48.799><c> city</c><00:19:49.019><c> of</c><00:19:49.259><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:19:50.759><c> And</c><00:19:50.920><c> because</c><00:19:51.119><c> the</c><00:19:51.299><c> pool</c><00:19:51.480><c> of</c>

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Siloam<00:19:52.140><c> was</c><00:19:52.460><c> lower</c><00:19:53.000><c> than</c>

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the<00:19:53.500><c> city,</c><00:19:55.240><c> he</c><00:19:55.440><c> built</c><00:19:55.619><c> a</c><00:19:55.940><c> tower</c><00:19:56.220><c> to</c><00:19:56.500><c> raise</c><00:19:56.740><c> that</c><00:19:57.000><c> water</c><00:19:57.200><c> up</c><00:19:57.460><c> and</c>

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to<00:19:57.799><c> draw</c><00:19:57.940><c> it</c><00:19:58.059><c> up</c><00:19:58.259><c> there</c><00:19:58.680><c> and</c><00:19:59.720><c> to</c><00:19:59.920><c> run</c><00:20:00.039><c> it</c><00:20:00.240><c> then</c>

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into<00:20:00.539><c> the</c><00:20:00.779><c> city</c><00:20:00.920><c> like</c><00:20:01.099><c> an</c><00:20:01.359><c> aqueduct.</c><00:20:01.880><c> People</c><00:20:02.079><c> would</c><00:20:02.299><c> get</c><00:20:02.440><c> and</c>

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bucket<00:20:03.180><c> it</c><00:20:03.339><c> up</c><00:20:03.440><c> there,</c><00:20:03.700><c> however</c><00:20:03.940><c> they</c><00:20:04.200><c> got</c>

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up<00:20:04.660><c> by</c><00:20:04.940><c> some</c><00:20:05.539><c> mechanical</c><00:20:06.000><c> means</c><00:20:06.279><c> perhaps.</c><00:20:07.279><c> But</c><00:20:07.299><c> this</c><00:20:07.839><c> was</c><00:20:08.240><c> all</c>

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to<00:20:08.920><c> improve</c><00:20:09.380><c> the</c><00:20:09.779><c> water</c><00:20:10.039><c> system</c><00:20:10.359><c> of</c><00:20:10.579><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:20:11.380><c> he</c><00:20:11.480><c> made</c><00:20:11.740><c> a</c><00:20:12.059><c> deal</c><00:20:12.339><c> with</c><00:20:12.579><c> the</c><00:20:12.880><c> priests.</c><00:20:14.059><c> And</c><00:20:14.160><c> the</c><00:20:14.299><c> deal</c><00:20:14.519><c> was</c>

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that<00:20:15.700><c> they</c><00:20:15.880><c> would</c><00:20:16.119><c> use</c><00:20:16.480><c> the</c><00:20:16.720><c> money</c><00:20:17.200><c> that</c>

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was<00:20:18.059><c> given</c><00:20:18.559><c> for</c><00:20:19.000><c> the</c><00:20:19.200><c> temple</c><00:20:19.460><c> treasury</c><00:20:19.960><c> known</c><00:20:20.380><c> as</c><00:20:20.980><c> corbin,</c><00:20:22.380><c> which</c><00:20:22.539><c> simply</c><00:20:22.859><c> means</c><00:20:23.299><c> a</c>

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gift.<00:20:25.339><c> You</c><00:20:25.460><c> remember</c>

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the<00:20:25.859><c> matter</c><00:20:26.059><c> of</c><00:20:26.339><c> corbin</c><00:20:26.759><c> that</c><00:20:27.019><c> Jesus</c><00:20:27.339><c> spoke</c><00:20:27.640><c> of</c><00:20:27.819><c> earlier.</c><00:20:29.099><c> And</c>

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this<00:20:29.440><c> cost,</c><00:20:29.900><c> this</c><00:20:29.940><c> money</c><00:20:30.220><c> coming</c><00:20:30.519><c> into</c><00:20:30.759><c> the</c>

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temple,<00:20:31.480><c> various</c><00:20:31.700><c> gifts</c><00:20:32.039><c> for</c><00:20:32.819><c> the</c><00:20:32.960><c> various</c><00:20:33.299><c> functions</c><00:20:33.660><c> of</c><00:20:33.839><c> the</c><00:20:33.980><c> temple,</c><00:20:35.039><c> or</c>

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conscience<00:20:35.799><c> money</c><00:20:36.279><c> for</c><00:20:36.660><c> people</c>

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who<00:20:37.240><c> felt</c><00:20:37.480><c> that</c><00:20:37.920><c> that</c><00:20:38.200><c> bought</c><00:20:38.359><c> off</c><00:20:38.700><c> God's</c><00:20:39.160><c> wrath.</c><00:20:39.599><c> It</c><00:20:39.960><c> filled</c>

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the<00:20:40.539><c> coffers</c><00:20:41.039><c> of</c><00:20:41.420><c> the</c><00:20:41.599><c> Sadducees</c><00:20:42.240><c> and</c>

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Pilate<00:20:43.599><c> skinned</c><00:20:44.180><c> some</c><00:20:44.420><c> of</c><00:20:44.500><c> that</c><00:20:44.740><c> off</c><00:20:44.960><c> to</c><00:20:45.380><c> build</c><00:20:45.640><c> that</c><00:20:45.960><c> tower.</c>

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And<00:20:46.319><c> it</c><00:20:46.539><c> became,</c><00:20:47.119><c> says</c><00:20:47.299><c> Josephus,</c><00:20:48.660><c> a</c><00:20:48.799><c> raging</c>

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controversy<00:20:50.039><c> in</c><00:20:50.799><c> the</c><00:20:50.920><c> city</c><00:20:51.140><c> of</c><00:20:51.359><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:20:52.240><c> Well,</c><00:20:52.579><c> says</c><00:20:52.660><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:53.579><c> are</c>

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they<00:20:54.180><c> in</c><00:20:54.460><c> debt?</c><00:20:56.900><c> You</c><00:20:57.200><c> see,</c><00:20:57.700><c> there's</c>

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corruption<00:21:01.579><c> in</c><00:21:01.819><c> high</c><00:21:02.000><c> places.</c><00:21:04.319><c> There</c><00:21:04.460><c> would</c><00:21:04.599><c> be</c><00:21:04.779><c> a</c><00:21:04.900><c> good</c><00:21:05.099><c> case</c>

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if<00:21:05.640><c> someone</c><00:21:05.960><c> believed</c><00:21:06.359><c> in</c><00:21:06.539><c> the</c><00:21:06.700><c> doctrine,</c>

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whoever<00:21:08.819><c> perished</c><00:21:09.259><c> being</c><00:21:09.519><c> innocent,</c><00:21:12.099><c> would</c><00:21:12.200><c> be</c><00:21:12.380><c> a</c><00:21:12.579><c> powerful</c>

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case<00:21:13.319><c> to</c><00:21:13.519><c> say</c><00:21:13.660><c> that</c><00:21:13.859><c> the</c><00:21:13.960><c> 18</c><00:21:14.319><c> Judeans</c>

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were<00:21:16.140><c> very</c><00:21:16.579><c> guilty.</c><00:21:19.079><c> They'd</c><00:21:19.619><c> stuck</c><00:21:19.779><c> their</c><00:21:20.119><c> hands</c><00:21:20.480><c> in</c><00:21:20.680><c> the</c><00:21:20.900><c> bag</c>

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alongside<00:21:22.680><c> a</c><00:21:22.980><c> Roman</c><00:21:23.220><c> hand</c><00:21:23.859><c> to</c><00:21:25.799><c> improve</c>

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their<00:21:26.880><c> way</c><00:21:27.140><c> of</c><00:21:27.400><c> life</c><00:21:27.859><c> in</c><00:21:28.180><c> the</c><00:21:28.339><c> city</c><00:21:28.839><c> with</c><00:21:29.839><c> God's</c><00:21:30.420><c> money.</c><00:21:33.160><c> Well,</c>

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said<00:21:33.519><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:34.019><c> perhaps</c><00:21:34.319><c> we</c><00:21:34.500><c> might</c><00:21:34.900><c> then</c><00:21:35.500><c> conclude</c>

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that<00:21:36.859><c> they</c><00:21:37.180><c> were</c><00:21:37.480><c> debtors</c><00:21:38.200><c> above</c><00:21:38.619><c> all</c><00:21:38.940><c> those</c><00:21:39.240><c> that</c><00:21:39.759><c> dwelt</c><00:21:40.079><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:21:42.559><c> What</c><00:21:42.880><c> a</c><00:21:43.480><c> scathing</c><00:21:44.019><c> remark</c>

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that<00:21:44.720><c> was.</c><00:21:46.359><c> Isn't</c><00:21:46.599><c> it</c><00:21:47.180><c> very</c><00:21:47.500><c> embarrassing,</c><00:21:48.420><c> brethren</c><00:21:48.559><c> and</c><00:21:48.799><c> sisters,</c><00:21:49.059><c> if</c>

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for<00:21:49.480><c> any</c><00:21:49.779><c> political</c><00:21:50.339><c> reason</c><00:21:51.000><c> we</c>

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might<00:21:52.559><c> highlight</c><00:21:53.400><c> the</c><00:21:53.740><c> difficulties</c><00:21:54.140><c> of</c><00:21:54.420><c> others</c><00:21:54.740><c> to</c><00:21:55.240><c> prove</c>

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how<00:21:55.920><c> wrong</c><00:21:56.180><c> they</c><00:21:56.460><c> are</c><00:21:57.400><c> when</c><00:21:58.579><c> someone</c><00:21:58.980><c> puts</c>

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a<00:21:59.519><c> finger</c><00:21:59.819><c> on</c><00:22:00.079><c> something</c><00:22:00.299><c> that's</c><00:22:00.500><c> happened</c><00:22:00.640><c> to</c><00:22:00.880><c> us</c><00:22:01.079><c> that</c><00:22:01.200><c> we</c>

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haven't<00:22:01.680><c> told</c><00:22:02.079><c> anybody</c><00:22:02.460><c> about</c><00:22:02.779><c> because,</c>

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well,<00:22:04.720><c> it</c><00:22:04.900><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:05.180><c> be</c><00:22:05.799><c> expedient</c><00:22:06.240><c> to</c><00:22:06.420><c> do</c><00:22:06.579><c> that,</c><00:22:08.359><c> especially</c>

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while<00:22:08.880><c> we're</c><00:22:09.200><c> criticizing</c><00:22:09.539><c> others</c>

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for<00:22:10.480><c> their</c><00:22:10.759><c> problems.</c><00:22:12.619><c> But</c><00:22:12.799><c> all</c><00:22:13.079><c> it</c><00:22:13.279><c> hurts,</c><00:22:13.619><c> doesn't</c><00:22:13.779><c> it,</c><00:22:13.880><c> when</c><00:22:14.019><c> people</c><00:22:14.299><c> say,</c><00:22:15.160><c> what</c><00:22:15.240><c> about</c><00:22:15.519><c> yours?</c><00:22:17.640><c> And</c>

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they<00:22:18.319><c> dwelt</c><00:22:19.119><c> in</c><00:22:19.880><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:22:20.440><c> and</c><00:22:20.619><c> they</c><00:22:20.720><c> were</c><00:22:20.920><c> all</c><00:22:21.160><c> in</c><00:22:21.500><c> debt.</c><00:22:23.559><c> Incredible,</c><00:22:24.180><c> isn't</c><00:22:24.359><c> it?</c><00:22:25.759><c> Well,</c><00:22:25.980><c> a</c><00:22:26.259><c> tower</c>

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fell<00:22:26.799><c> on</c><00:22:27.000><c> them,</c><00:22:27.160><c> brothers</c><00:22:27.400><c> and</c><00:22:27.680><c> sisters,</c><00:22:28.640><c> and</c><00:22:28.799><c> Jesus'</c><00:22:29.140><c> point</c>

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was<00:22:29.779><c> this.</c><00:22:30.660><c> Neither</c><00:22:30.980><c> were</c><00:22:31.220><c> they</c><00:22:31.480><c> debtors</c>

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any<00:22:32.079><c> more</c><00:22:32.279><c> than</c><00:22:32.420><c> anybody</c><00:22:32.799><c> else</c><00:22:33.140><c> was</c><00:22:33.359><c> in</c><00:22:33.579><c> debt</c><00:22:33.720><c> in</c><00:22:33.920><c> that</c><00:22:34.160><c> city.</c>

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In<00:22:36.960><c> his</c><00:22:37.220><c> Discourse</c><00:22:37.640><c> Upon</c><00:22:37.900><c> the</c><00:22:38.099><c> Bound,</c>

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he<00:22:38.400><c> had</c><00:22:38.579><c> pointed</c><00:22:38.759><c> out</c><00:22:39.019><c> that</c><00:22:39.180><c> all</c><00:22:39.359><c> men</c><00:22:39.579><c> are</c><00:22:39.819><c> in</c><00:22:39.940><c> debt.</c><00:22:40.900><c> They're</c>

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in<00:22:41.299><c> debt</c><00:22:41.420><c> to</c><00:22:41.559><c> their</c><00:22:41.759><c> God,</c><00:22:42.480><c> and</c><00:22:42.660><c> they're</c>

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debt<00:22:43.170><c> to</c><00:22:43.329><c> each</c><00:22:43.630><c> other.</c><00:22:45.589><c> And</c><00:22:45.690><c> they've</c><00:22:45.869><c> got</c><00:22:45.869><c> to</c><00:22:46.049><c> forgive</c><00:22:46.430><c> each</c>

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one<00:22:46.970><c> their</c><00:22:47.190><c> debts,</c><00:22:48.250><c> both</c><00:22:48.490><c> to</c><00:22:48.630><c> their</c><00:22:48.809><c> fellow</c>

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man<00:22:49.309><c> and</c><00:22:49.650><c> to</c><00:22:49.789><c> their</c><00:22:49.970><c> God,</c><00:22:50.410><c> especially.</c><00:22:51.490><c> So</c><00:22:51.589><c> they</c><00:22:51.710><c> were</c><00:22:51.910><c> all</c><00:22:52.289><c> in</c>

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debt.<00:22:53.349><c> And</c><00:22:53.430><c> it's</c><00:22:53.630><c> not</c><00:22:53.789><c> a</c><00:22:53.950><c> question</c>

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of<00:22:54.410><c> these</c><00:22:54.670><c> being</c><00:22:54.930><c> greater</c><00:22:55.309><c> debtors.</c><00:22:55.950><c> All</c><00:22:56.289><c> the</c><00:22:56.589><c> dwellers</c><00:22:56.930><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:22:57.470><c> were</c><00:22:57.690><c> debtors.</c><00:22:58.349><c> And,</c><00:22:58.690><c> brethren</c><00:22:58.690><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:59.069><c> if</c><00:22:59.230><c> they</c><00:22:59.430><c> didn't</c><00:22:59.690><c> perish,</c><00:23:02.150><c> Jesus</c><00:23:02.529><c> said,</c><00:23:02.970><c> you</c><00:23:02.990><c> will</c>

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likewise<00:23:04.609><c> perish.</c><00:23:07.269><c> And</c><00:23:07.549><c> whilst</c><00:23:07.869><c> in</c><00:23:12.869><c> that</c>

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city,<00:23:13.130><c> there</c><00:23:13.130><c> were</c><00:23:13.130><c> Galileans</c><00:23:13.470><c> and</c><00:23:13.769><c> Judeans</c><00:23:14.569><c> laying</c><00:23:15.069><c> on</c><00:23:15.309><c> the</c>

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ground,<00:23:15.809><c> dead</c><00:23:16.009><c> bodies</c><00:23:16.309><c> piled</c><00:23:16.789><c> upon</c><00:23:17.049><c> dead</c>

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bodies,<00:23:17.789><c> brothers</c><00:23:17.910><c> and</c><00:23:18.109><c> sisters,</c><00:23:18.410><c> and</c><00:23:18.509><c> their</c><00:23:18.650><c> blood</c><00:23:18.930><c> running</c>

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into<00:23:19.490><c> the</c><00:23:19.690><c> gutter,</c><00:23:20.210><c> along</c><00:23:20.430><c> with</c><00:23:20.650><c> the</c><00:23:20.910><c> sacrifices</c>

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which<00:23:21.430><c> were</c><00:23:21.630><c> made</c><00:23:21.869><c> there,</c><00:23:23.650><c> there</c><00:23:23.849><c> were</c><00:23:24.049><c> many</c><00:23:24.329><c> towers</c><00:23:24.750><c> which</c>

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fell<00:23:25.230><c> in</c><00:23:25.410><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:25.809><c> in</c><00:23:26.089><c> 1870.</c><00:23:28.990><c> The</c><00:23:29.130><c> Roman</c>

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battering<00:23:29.990><c> rams</c><00:23:30.269><c> and</c><00:23:30.710><c> the</c><00:23:30.910><c> huge</c><00:23:31.190><c> stones</c><00:23:31.589><c> which</c><00:23:31.789><c> were</c><00:23:32.490><c> slung</c>

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over<00:23:32.970><c> the</c><00:23:33.210><c> walls.</c><00:23:33.690><c> And</c><00:23:33.690><c> when</c><00:23:33.990><c> the</c><00:23:34.230><c> Romans</c>

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finally<00:23:35.109><c> got</c><00:23:35.369><c> in</c><00:23:35.509><c> and</c><00:23:35.589><c> went</c><00:23:35.849><c> mad</c><00:23:36.170><c> and</c><00:23:36.390><c> in</c><00:23:36.470><c> a</c><00:23:36.549><c> frenzy,</c><00:23:36.950><c> there</c><00:23:36.990><c> would</c><00:23:37.130><c> have</c><00:23:37.230><c> been</c><00:23:37.329><c> a</c>

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lot<00:23:37.569><c> of</c><00:23:37.990><c> towers</c><00:23:38.329><c> falling.</c>

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And<00:23:40.589><c> when</c><00:23:40.730><c> the</c><00:23:40.970><c> fire</c><00:23:41.190><c> caught</c><00:23:41.529><c> on,</c><00:23:43.529><c> and</c><00:23:43.630><c> the</c><00:23:43.829><c> carnage</c><00:23:44.210><c> that</c><00:23:44.329><c> went</c><00:23:44.470><c> on</c>

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in<00:23:44.710><c> that</c><00:23:44.890><c> place,</c><00:23:45.289><c> brothers</c><00:23:45.410><c> and</c><00:23:45.650><c> sisters,</c>

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there<00:23:46.150><c> would</c><00:23:46.289><c> have</c><00:23:46.410><c> been</c><00:23:46.549><c> many</c><00:23:46.789><c> a</c><00:23:46.930><c> body</c><00:23:47.210><c> crushed</c><00:23:47.769><c> beneath</c><00:23:48.109><c> stone.</c><00:23:50.849><c> Likewise,</c><00:23:51.349><c> you</c>

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will<00:23:51.890><c> perish.</c>

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And<00:23:54.029><c> the</c><00:23:54.269><c> Lord's</c><00:23:54.690><c> words,</c><00:23:55.049><c> brothers</c><00:23:55.170><c> and</c><00:23:55.490><c> sisters,</c><00:23:56.430><c> had</c><00:23:56.549><c> an</c><00:23:56.950><c> awful</c><00:23:57.470><c> fulfilment</c><00:23:58.230><c> as</c>

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far<00:23:58.910><c> as</c><00:23:59.069><c> these</c><00:23:59.329><c> two</c>

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things<00:23:59.690><c> were</c><00:23:59.890><c> concerned.</c><00:24:01.089><c> Their</c><00:24:01.289><c> blood</c><00:24:01.509><c> was</c><00:24:01.829><c> mingled</c><00:24:02.069><c> with</c>

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their<00:24:02.509><c> sacrifices,</c><00:24:03.630><c> and</c><00:24:03.910><c> towers</c><00:24:04.349><c> fell</c><00:24:04.650><c> everywhere.</c>

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God's<00:24:07.549><c> judgments</c><00:24:07.930><c> were</c><00:24:08.269><c> meant</c><00:24:08.430><c> for</c><00:24:08.650><c> them,</c><00:24:09.670><c> and</c><00:24:09.730><c> they</c><00:24:09.869><c> were</c><00:24:10.089><c> there</c><00:24:10.329><c> at</c>

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that<00:24:11.049><c> season</c><00:24:11.490><c> and</c><00:24:11.769><c> didn't</c><00:24:12.069><c> see</c><00:24:12.369><c> it.</c>

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He<00:24:14.970><c> says,</c><00:24:15.230><c> you</c><00:24:15.230><c> can</c><00:24:15.490><c> discern</c><00:24:15.789><c> the</c><00:24:16.049><c> face</c><00:24:16.230><c> of</c><00:24:16.369><c> the</c><00:24:16.569><c> sky</c><00:24:16.750><c> under</c>

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the<00:24:17.250><c> season,</c><00:24:17.569><c> but</c><00:24:17.710><c> you</c><00:24:17.849><c> can't</c><00:24:18.210><c> see</c><00:24:18.470><c> this,</c>

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and<00:24:19.269><c> you</c><00:24:19.529><c> can't.</c><00:24:21.430><c> And</c><00:24:21.630><c> it's</c><00:24:21.769><c> an</c><00:24:22.009><c> incredible</c><00:24:22.309><c> thing,</c><00:24:22.750><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:24:23.029><c> sisters,</c><00:24:23.309><c> isn't</c><00:24:23.490><c> it?</c><00:24:24.509><c> We</c><00:24:25.029><c> talk</c><00:24:25.329><c> about</c>

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the<00:24:25.930><c> world.</c><00:24:26.349><c> We</c><00:24:26.369><c> say,</c><00:24:27.069><c> look</c><00:24:27.150><c> at</c><00:24:27.269><c> the</c><00:24:27.490><c> world.</c><00:24:29.009><c> And</c><00:24:29.349><c> we</c><00:24:29.589><c> talk</c><00:24:29.789><c> rightly.</c><00:24:30.349><c> It's</c><00:24:30.670><c> a</c><00:24:30.849><c> dreadful</c><00:24:31.250><c> place,</c><00:24:35.109><c> a</c>

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place<00:24:35.990><c> where</c><00:24:35.990><c> God's</c><00:24:36.329><c> judgments</c><00:24:36.930><c> must</c><00:24:37.269><c> come.</c><00:24:38.750><c> Well,</c><00:24:38.910><c> have</c><00:24:39.009><c> a</c>

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look<00:24:39.190><c> at</c><00:24:39.309><c> the</c><00:24:39.529><c> Ecclesiastes.</c><00:24:41.769><c> Have</c><00:24:42.009><c> you</c>

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noticed<00:24:42.490><c> lately,</c><00:24:43.029><c> brothers</c><00:24:43.130><c> and</c><00:24:43.309><c> sisters,</c><00:24:43.589><c> how</c><00:24:43.750><c> things</c><00:24:43.990><c> are</c>

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slipping?<00:24:45.750><c> If</c><00:24:45.950><c> you</c><00:24:46.170><c> haven't,</c><00:24:46.390><c> you</c><00:24:46.490><c> haven't</c>

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lived<00:24:46.970><c> long</c><00:24:47.269><c> enough</c><00:24:47.470><c> to</c><00:24:47.569><c> know</c><00:24:47.769><c> the</c><00:24:47.930><c> difference.</c><00:24:50.349><c> But</c><00:24:50.490><c> those</c><00:24:50.750><c> of</c><00:24:50.829><c> us</c><00:24:50.970><c> a</c>

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bit<00:24:51.170><c> older</c><00:24:51.710><c> noticed</c><00:24:52.349><c> very</c><00:24:53.349><c> markedly.</c>

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Very<00:24:57.230><c> markedly.</c><00:24:58.349><c> And</c><00:24:58.609><c> it's</c><00:24:58.990><c> high</c><00:24:59.269><c> time</c><00:24:59.690><c> that</c><00:24:59.950><c> we</c><00:25:00.069><c> took</c><00:25:00.250><c> a</c><00:25:00.450><c> greater</c><00:25:00.670><c> notice</c><00:25:00.970><c> of</c>

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it,<00:25:02.250><c> and</c><00:25:02.450><c> thought</c><00:25:02.589><c> about</c>

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the<00:25:03.029><c> judgments</c><00:25:03.309><c> of</c><00:25:03.549><c> God</c><00:25:03.789><c> that</c><00:25:03.950><c> will</c><00:25:04.069><c> come</c><00:25:04.210><c> upon</c><00:25:04.490><c> us</c><00:25:04.930><c> if</c><00:25:05.089><c> we're</c>

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not<00:25:05.450><c> careful.</c><00:25:07.210><c> Because</c><00:25:07.589><c> everywhere</c>

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I<00:25:08.329><c> see,</c><00:25:09.890><c> there</c><00:25:10.029><c> is</c><00:25:10.250><c> a</c><00:25:10.410><c> breaking</c><00:25:10.650><c> down</c><00:25:10.970><c> of</c><00:25:11.250><c> standards.</c><00:25:13.369><c> There</c><00:25:13.529><c> is</c><00:25:13.710><c> a</c>

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questioning<00:25:14.450><c> of</c><00:25:15.630><c> the</c><00:25:15.809><c> ancient</c><00:25:16.130><c> traditions,</c>

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good<00:25:18.309><c> traditions,</c><00:25:20.170><c> sound</c><00:25:20.509><c> traditions.</c><00:25:22.369><c> There</c><00:25:22.650><c> is</c><00:25:22.829><c> a</c><00:25:23.049><c> forgetting</c><00:25:23.490><c> of</c><00:25:24.029><c> the</c>

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things<00:25:24.390><c> we</c><00:25:24.609><c> stood</c><00:25:24.829><c> for.</c><00:25:27.170><c> Why?</c>

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Some<00:25:28.410><c> people</c><00:25:28.950><c> don't</c><00:25:29.509><c> even</c><00:25:29.849><c> know</c><00:25:30.150><c> about</c><00:25:30.490><c> the</c><00:25:30.650><c> things</c><00:25:30.809><c> we</c><00:25:31.009><c> stood</c>

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for,<00:25:31.450><c> to</c><00:25:31.670><c> forget</c><00:25:31.970><c> them.</c><00:25:34.029><c> And</c><00:25:34.130><c> the</c><00:25:34.250><c> very</c>

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basic<00:25:35.150><c> truths,</c><00:25:35.849><c> brothers</c><00:25:35.950><c> and</c><00:25:36.089><c> sisters,</c><00:25:36.369><c> which</c><00:25:36.529><c> we</c><00:25:36.710><c> were</c><00:25:36.930><c> brought</c><00:25:37.069><c> up</c>

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on,<00:25:38.630><c> we</c><00:25:38.849><c> scarcely</c><00:25:39.190><c> ever</c><00:25:39.549><c> hear.</c>

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And<00:25:39.789><c> that's</c><00:25:40.009><c> probably</c><00:25:40.349><c> our</c><00:25:40.609><c> fault.</c><00:25:42.509><c> Expositions</c><00:25:43.109><c> of</c><00:25:43.269><c> the</c><00:25:43.430><c> divine</c><00:25:43.769><c> name.</c><00:25:46.190><c> The</c>

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clear,<00:25:47.109><c> unmistakable</c>

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presentation<00:25:49.890><c> of</c><00:25:50.230><c> Bible</c><00:25:50.690><c> prophecy</c><00:25:51.250><c> as</c><00:25:52.690><c> set</c><00:25:52.950><c> forth</c><00:25:53.230><c> by</c><00:25:53.470><c> the</c>

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pioneer<00:25:54.009><c> writings.</c><00:25:56.089><c> The</c><00:25:56.430><c> need</c><00:25:56.809><c> for</c><00:25:57.049><c> young</c>

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people,<00:25:57.589><c> when</c><00:25:57.710><c> they</c><00:25:57.890><c> get</c><00:25:58.109><c> married,</c><00:25:58.650><c> to</c><00:25:59.009><c> stay</c><00:25:59.710><c> married.</c><00:26:01.230><c> And</c>

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the<00:26:01.450><c> reasons</c><00:26:01.910><c> for</c><00:26:02.210><c> that.</c><00:26:03.849><c> And</c><00:26:04.029><c> all</c><00:26:04.230><c> that</c><00:26:04.410><c> goes</c>

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with<00:26:04.869><c> that,</c><00:26:05.230><c> brothers</c><00:26:05.309><c> and</c><00:26:05.609><c> sisters,</c><00:26:06.069><c> respect</c><00:26:06.710><c> for</c><00:26:06.990><c> young,</c><00:26:07.349><c> for</c><00:26:07.509><c> the</c><00:26:07.750><c> elder.</c><00:26:09.910><c> That's</c><00:26:10.430><c> a</c>

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thing<00:26:10.769><c> of</c><00:26:11.349><c> the</c>

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past.<00:26:11.970><c> Not</c><00:26:12.130><c> altogether</c><00:26:12.549><c> here.</c><00:26:13.049><c> I'm</c><00:26:13.190><c> not</c><00:26:13.369><c> condemning</c><00:26:14.049><c> people</c>

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here.<00:26:14.670><c> I'm</c><00:26:14.869><c> saying</c><00:26:15.109><c> to</c><00:26:15.269><c> you,</c><00:26:15.589><c> beware</c><00:26:16.569><c> that</c>

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we<00:26:17.390><c> don't</c><00:26:17.690><c> see</c><00:26:17.950><c> judgments</c><00:26:18.349><c> coming</c><00:26:18.650><c> out</c><00:26:18.970><c> there</c><00:26:19.369><c> and</c><00:26:19.789><c> can't</c><00:26:20.250><c> see</c>

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them<00:26:20.890><c> coming</c><00:26:21.150><c> in</c><00:26:21.410><c> here.</c><00:26:21.869><c> Because</c><00:26:22.309><c> we</c>

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might<00:26:22.769><c> find</c><00:26:23.150><c> ourselves</c><00:26:23.630><c> likewise</c><00:26:24.569><c> involved</c><00:26:25.230><c> in</c><00:26:25.450><c> a</c><00:26:25.670><c> condemnation</c><00:26:26.170><c> with</c><00:26:26.349><c> the</c>

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world,<00:26:26.809><c> brothers</c><00:26:27.009><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:27.410><c> if</c><00:26:27.630><c> we</c><00:26:27.970><c> can't</c><00:26:28.589><c> see</c><00:26:29.250><c> inside</c><00:26:30.150><c> these</c><00:26:30.569><c> walls,</c><00:26:30.950><c> and</c><00:26:31.170><c> other</c><00:26:31.390><c> walls</c><00:26:31.650><c> as</c>

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well,<00:26:32.470><c> the</c><00:26:32.630><c> need</c><00:26:33.009><c> to</c><00:26:33.450><c> get</c><00:26:33.670><c> back,</c>

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to<00:26:34.829><c> retrace</c><00:26:35.170><c> our</c><00:26:35.390><c> steps,</c><00:26:36.630><c> and</c><00:26:36.769><c> to</c><00:26:36.910><c> live</c><00:26:36.990><c> as</c><00:26:37.130><c> if</c><00:26:37.250><c> Christ</c><00:26:37.509><c> was</c><00:26:37.690><c> coming</c><00:26:37.970><c> tomorrow</c><00:26:38.430><c> and</c><00:26:38.809><c> not</c><00:26:38.970><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:39.170><c> next</c><00:26:39.390><c> forty</c>

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years.<00:26:41.509><c> Well,</c><00:26:41.730><c> that's</c><00:26:42.069><c> the</c><00:26:42.230><c> lesson</c><00:26:42.609><c> of</c><00:26:43.049><c> this</c><00:26:43.309><c> early</c><00:26:44.049><c> section</c>

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about<00:26:44.769><c> the</c><00:26:45.029><c> slaughtered</c><00:26:45.609><c> Galileans,</c><00:26:46.410><c> never</c>

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mind<00:26:46.849><c> about</c><00:26:47.089><c> the</c><00:26:47.289><c> eighteen</c><00:26:47.589><c> upon</c><00:26:47.849><c> whom</c><00:26:48.089><c> the</c><00:26:48.289><c> tower</c><00:26:48.549><c> of</c><00:26:48.789><c> Ceylon</c>

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fell.<00:26:50.730><c> And</c><00:26:50.869><c> the</c><00:26:50.970><c> difference</c><00:26:51.210><c> was</c><00:26:51.509><c> marked,</c>

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wasn't<00:26:52.029><c> it,</c><00:26:52.309><c> brothers</c><00:26:52.589><c> and</c><00:26:52.769><c> sisters,</c><00:26:53.910><c> Galileans</c><00:26:54.410><c> who</c><00:26:54.549><c> could</c>

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have<00:26:54.910><c> been</c><00:26:55.109><c> seen</c><00:26:55.269><c> as</c><00:26:55.509><c> died</c><00:26:55.650><c> as</c><00:26:55.930><c> martyrs,</c>

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but<00:26:56.849><c> the</c><00:26:57.029><c> Judeans</c><00:26:57.730><c> couldn't</c><00:26:58.009><c> be</c><00:26:58.230><c> seen</c><00:26:58.430><c> to</c><00:26:58.549><c> do</c><00:26:58.690><c> like</c><00:26:58.990><c> that</c><00:26:59.670><c> because</c><00:27:00.650><c> a</c><00:27:00.990><c> tower</c><00:27:01.150><c> fell</c><00:27:01.390><c> on</c>

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them.<00:27:03.190><c> And</c><00:27:03.250><c> that</c>

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would<00:27:03.650><c> be</c><00:27:03.869><c> seen,</c><00:27:04.410><c> if</c><00:27:04.930><c> they</c><00:27:05.089><c> wanted</c><00:27:05.269><c> to</c><00:27:05.549><c> believe</c><00:27:05.730><c> in</c><00:27:06.369><c> exact</c><00:27:06.730><c> retribution,</c><00:27:08.250><c> that</c><00:27:08.390><c> could</c><00:27:08.609><c> be</c>

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seen<00:27:09.089><c> as</c><00:27:09.369><c> divine</c>

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judgment,<00:27:10.430><c> couldn't</c><00:27:10.650><c> it?</c><00:27:11.329><c> But</c><00:27:11.609><c> nobody</c><00:27:12.089><c> said</c><00:27:12.390><c> that</c><00:27:12.789><c> except</c><00:27:13.170><c> our</c><00:27:13.490><c> Lord.</c><00:27:15.730><c> Well,</c><00:27:15.970><c> then</c><00:27:16.109><c> he</c>

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spoke<00:27:16.470><c> a</c><00:27:16.710><c> parable</c>

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of<00:27:17.009><c> a</c><00:27:17.130><c> fig</c><00:27:17.309><c> tree.</c><00:27:17.769><c> Why</c><00:27:17.970><c> would</c><00:27:18.130><c> he</c><00:27:18.230><c> want</c><00:27:18.430><c> to</c><00:27:18.569><c> change</c><00:27:18.750><c> the</c><00:27:18.890><c> fig</c>

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tree?<00:27:21.430><c> What</c><00:27:21.549><c> was</c><00:27:21.730><c> the</c><00:27:21.829><c> point</c><00:27:21.950><c> about</c><00:27:22.130><c> the</c>

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fig<00:27:22.509><c> tree?</c><00:27:23.769><c> Well,</c><00:27:23.970><c> everybody</c><00:27:24.289><c> knew</c><00:27:24.529><c> about</c><00:27:24.789><c> the</c><00:27:24.970><c> fig</c><00:27:25.109><c> tree,</c>

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but<00:27:26.970><c> they</c><00:27:27.170><c> all</c><00:27:27.410><c> knew</c><00:27:27.670><c> that</c><00:27:27.849><c> the</c><00:27:27.970><c> Bible</c><00:27:28.190><c> was</c>

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full<00:27:28.849><c> of</c><00:27:29.089><c> references,</c><00:27:29.650><c> brothers</c><00:27:29.789><c> and</c><00:27:30.049><c> sisters,</c><00:27:30.329><c> to</c><00:27:30.490><c> the</c><00:27:30.690><c> fig</c>

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tree<00:27:31.009><c> being</c><00:27:31.250><c> a</c><00:27:31.430><c> symbol</c><00:27:31.589><c> of</c><00:27:31.829><c> Israel,</c>

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all<00:27:32.930><c> Israel,</c><00:27:33.609><c> neither</c><00:27:33.890><c> Galilean</c><00:27:34.490><c> or</c><00:27:34.809><c> Judean.</c><00:27:36.309><c> That</c><00:27:36.450><c> was</c><00:27:36.650><c> the</c>

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point.<00:27:38.349><c> And</c><00:27:38.509><c> here</c><00:27:38.589><c> comes</c><00:27:38.809><c> a</c><00:27:39.049><c> parable</c><00:27:39.250><c> of</c>

00:27:39.450 --> 00:27:42.849
the<00:27:39.569><c> fig</c><00:27:39.750><c> tree,</c><00:27:40.970><c> because</c><00:27:41.210><c> this</c><00:27:41.430><c> applies</c><00:27:41.829><c> to</c><00:27:42.049><c> all</c><00:27:42.589><c> of</c><00:27:42.750><c> them.</c>

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They<00:27:42.990><c> can't</c><00:27:43.470><c> separate</c><00:27:43.869><c> Galilean</c><00:27:44.450><c> and</c>

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Judean<00:27:44.960><c> now.</c><00:27:45.779><c> This</c><00:27:45.779><c> is</c><00:27:45.940><c> a</c><00:27:46.400><c> symbol</c><00:27:46.700><c> of</c><00:27:47.200><c> Israel</c><00:27:47.619><c> themselves.</c>

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You<00:27:49.660><c> know,</c><00:27:50.000><c> brothers</c><00:27:50.119><c> and</c><00:27:50.440><c> sisters,</c><00:27:50.579><c> about</c><00:27:50.819><c> that</c>

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:54.740
fig<00:27:51.180><c> tree,</c><00:27:51.680><c> why</c><00:27:51.940><c> was</c><00:27:52.160><c> it</c><00:27:52.279><c> such</c><00:27:52.440><c> an</c><00:27:52.700><c> important</c><00:27:52.980><c> symbol?</c><00:27:54.519><c> Why</c>

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was<00:27:54.960><c> it?</c><00:27:56.180><c> Well,</c><00:27:56.380><c> it's</c><00:27:56.519><c> like</c><00:27:56.700><c> this,</c><00:27:57.019><c> you</c><00:27:57.099><c> see.</c>

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You<00:27:59.259><c> have</c><00:27:59.380><c> it</c><00:27:59.640><c> way</c><00:28:00.200><c> back</c><00:28:00.559><c> in</c><00:28:00.720><c> the</c><00:28:00.839><c> Garden</c><00:28:01.099><c> of</c><00:28:01.319><c> Eden.</c><00:28:02.119><c> So</c><00:28:02.339><c> God</c><00:28:02.599><c> establishes</c><00:28:03.579><c> the</c><00:28:03.819><c> symbolism</c><00:28:04.200><c> of</c>

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this<00:28:04.720><c> way</c>

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back<00:28:05.480><c> in</c><00:28:05.619><c> the</c><00:28:05.799><c> Garden</c><00:28:06.000><c> of</c><00:28:06.200><c> Eden.</c><00:28:06.579><c> And</c><00:28:06.779><c> what</c><00:28:06.920><c> do</c><00:28:07.019><c> we</c><00:28:07.099><c> know</c><00:28:07.259><c> about</c>

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the<00:28:07.680><c> fig</c><00:28:07.819><c> tree</c><00:28:07.920><c> in</c><00:28:08.019><c> the</c><00:28:08.160><c> Garden</c><00:28:08.380><c> of</c><00:28:08.519><c> Eden?</c>

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What<00:28:08.900><c> do</c><00:28:09.039><c> we</c><00:28:09.200><c> learn</c><00:28:09.400><c> about</c><00:28:09.619><c> that?</c><00:28:10.559><c> We</c><00:28:10.740><c> only</c><00:28:10.900><c> learn</c><00:28:11.119><c> one</c><00:28:11.500><c> thing</c>

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about<00:28:12.400><c> the</c><00:28:12.619><c> fig</c><00:28:12.839><c> tree</c><00:28:12.980><c> in</c><00:28:13.099><c> the</c><00:28:13.259><c> Garden</c>

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of<00:28:13.660><c> Eden.</c><00:28:14.099><c> One</c><00:28:14.339><c> thing</c><00:28:14.700><c> only.</c><00:28:16.960><c> What</c><00:28:17.160><c> was</c><00:28:17.380><c> that?</c><00:28:18.960><c> I'll</c><00:28:19.180><c> tell</c><00:28:19.380><c> you</c>

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what<00:28:19.599><c> it</c><00:28:19.700><c> was,</c><00:28:20.019><c> and</c><00:28:20.160><c> this</c><00:28:20.299><c> is</c><00:28:20.480><c> the</c><00:28:20.619><c> point.</c>

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It<00:28:22.460><c> was</c><00:28:22.660><c> the</c><00:28:22.940><c> fact</c><00:28:23.640><c> that</c><00:28:24.359><c> it</c><00:28:24.579><c> provided</c><00:28:25.240><c> an</c><00:28:26.079><c> inadequate</c><00:28:26.579><c> covering</c><00:28:27.059><c> for</c><00:28:27.440><c> sin.</c><00:28:30.640><c> Think</c><00:28:30.920><c> about</c><00:28:31.299><c> that.</c><00:28:32.160><c> So</c><00:28:32.339><c> the</c>

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first<00:28:33.039><c> time</c><00:28:33.420><c> we</c><00:28:33.579><c> learn</c><00:28:33.740><c> about</c><00:28:34.000><c> the</c><00:28:34.200><c> fig</c><00:28:34.339><c> tree</c><00:28:34.480><c> in</c><00:28:34.779><c> God's</c><00:28:35.319><c> garden,</c><00:28:35.819><c> and</c>

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we're<00:28:36.079><c> going</c><00:28:36.180><c> to</c><00:28:36.259><c> learn</c><00:28:36.400><c> about</c>

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a<00:28:37.180><c> dresser</c><00:28:37.880><c> in</c><00:28:37.960><c> this</c><00:28:38.220><c> chapter.</c><00:28:40.440><c> So</c><00:28:40.579><c> it's</c><00:28:40.680><c> all</c><00:28:40.920><c> about</c><00:28:41.140><c> that</c><00:28:41.420><c> garden,</c><00:28:42.160><c> see?</c><00:28:42.579><c> Because</c><00:28:42.779><c> as</c>

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in<00:28:43.059><c> this</c><00:28:43.339><c> garden</c>

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here,<00:28:44.099><c> a</c><00:28:44.380><c> dresser</c><00:28:44.839><c> is</c><00:28:45.019><c> in</c><00:28:45.200><c> there,</c><00:28:45.400><c> and</c><00:28:45.500><c> he's</c><00:28:45.740><c> talking</c><00:28:46.019><c> with</c>

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God,<00:28:46.839><c> and</c><00:28:46.980><c> they're</c><00:28:47.500><c> cooperating</c><00:28:47.880><c> together.</c>

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This<00:28:49.700><c> is</c><00:28:49.900><c> the</c><00:28:50.099><c> second</c><00:28:50.319><c> Adam</c><00:28:50.519><c> here,</c><00:28:51.000><c> brothers</c><00:28:51.099><c> and</c><00:28:51.380><c> sisters.</c><00:28:51.700><c> It's</c><00:28:51.940><c> a</c>

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deliberate<00:28:52.460><c> attempt</c><00:28:52.980><c> by</c><00:28:53.240><c> our</c>

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Lord<00:28:53.599><c> to</c><00:28:53.920><c> reflect</c><00:28:54.319><c> upon</c><00:28:54.579><c> that.</c><00:28:55.640><c> God</c><00:28:55.880><c> addresses</c><00:28:56.259><c> the</c><00:28:56.640><c> dresser</c>

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of<00:28:57.279><c> the</c><00:28:57.440><c> vineyard.</c><00:28:58.079><c> Adam</c><00:28:58.319><c> was</c><00:28:58.519><c> put</c><00:28:58.640><c> in</c><00:28:58.779><c> the</c>

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Garden<00:28:59.140><c> of</c><00:28:59.299><c> Eden</c><00:28:59.460><c> to</c><00:28:59.819><c> dress</c><00:29:00.160><c> it,</c><00:29:00.819><c> and</c><00:29:01.019><c> made</c><00:29:01.200><c> a</c><00:29:01.319><c> mess</c><00:29:01.500><c> of</c><00:29:01.599><c> it,</c><00:29:01.799><c> didn't</c><00:29:01.980><c> he?</c><00:29:03.359><c> And</c><00:29:03.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:03.819><c> end,</c><00:29:04.039><c> stood</c><00:29:04.380><c> there</c>

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before<00:29:05.099><c> his</c><00:29:05.359><c> Creator</c><00:29:05.960><c> with</c><00:29:06.880><c> an</c><00:29:07.140><c> inadequate</c><00:29:07.720><c> covering</c><00:29:08.140><c> for</c><00:29:08.500><c> sin,</c><00:29:08.980><c> a</c>

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fig<00:29:09.519><c> leaf.</c><00:29:11.819><c> The</c><00:29:12.019><c> Lord</c><00:29:12.200><c> came</c><00:29:12.500><c> into</c><00:29:12.740><c> the</c>

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city<00:29:13.019><c> of</c><00:29:13.220><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:13.980><c> finally,</c><00:29:15.240><c> looking</c><00:29:15.500><c> for</c><00:29:15.720><c> little</c><00:29:15.980><c> figs,</c>

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and<00:29:17.819><c> found</c><00:29:18.099><c> nothing</c><00:29:18.579><c> but</c><00:29:19.119><c> leaves</c><00:29:19.579><c> only.</c><00:29:21.660><c> That</c>

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end<00:29:22.019><c> of</c><00:29:22.140><c> the</c><00:29:22.279><c> Bible</c><00:29:22.640><c> and</c><00:29:23.599><c> this</c><00:29:23.819><c> end</c><00:29:23.980><c> of</c><00:29:24.119><c> the</c><00:29:24.299><c> Bible</c><00:29:24.720><c> was</c><00:29:26.220><c> fruitless</c><00:29:26.859><c> trees</c>

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providing<00:29:28.259><c> inadequate</c>

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coverings<00:29:30.539><c> for</c><00:29:30.880><c> sin.</c><00:29:32.519><c> Here</c><00:29:32.799><c> he</c><00:29:33.019><c> was,</c><00:29:34.980><c> the</c><00:29:35.140><c> dresser</c><00:29:35.500><c> of</c><00:29:35.579><c> the</c><00:29:35.720><c> vineyard,</c><00:29:36.200><c> the</c><00:29:36.339><c> producer</c><00:29:36.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:37.220><c> fruit</c>

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that<00:29:37.579><c> God</c><00:29:37.779><c> was</c><00:29:38.000><c> looking</c><00:29:38.240><c> for,</c><00:29:40.240><c> and</c><00:29:40.279><c> more</c><00:29:40.579><c> than</c><00:29:40.779><c> adequate</c><00:29:41.119><c> covering</c><00:29:41.539><c> for</c>

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sin.<00:29:42.460><c> Nobody</c><00:29:42.759><c> wanted</c><00:29:43.099><c> it.</c><00:29:43.619><c> That's</c>

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why<00:29:44.460><c> we</c><00:29:44.740><c> get</c><00:29:44.859><c> the</c><00:29:45.079><c> fig</c><00:29:45.279><c> tree.</c><00:29:46.059><c> So</c><00:29:46.259><c> it</c><00:29:46.299><c> comes</c><00:29:46.619><c> right</c><00:29:47.119><c> down,</c><00:29:47.440><c> doesn't</c><00:29:47.720><c> it,</c>

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through<00:29:48.039><c> the</c><00:29:48.200><c> annals</c><00:29:48.359><c> of</c><00:29:48.599><c> history,</c>

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and<00:29:50.019><c> Genesis</c><00:29:50.400><c> gets</c><00:29:50.740><c> repeated</c><00:29:51.140><c> again,</c><00:29:51.460><c> doesn't</c><00:29:51.640><c> it?</c><00:29:52.779><c> And</c><00:29:52.980><c> they</c>

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all<00:29:53.500><c> stood</c><00:29:53.859><c> there,</c><00:29:54.160><c> brothers</c><00:29:54.319><c> and</c><00:29:54.539><c> sisters.</c>

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When<00:29:55.500><c> the</c><00:29:55.700><c> Romans</c><00:29:55.920><c> gathered</c><00:29:56.220><c> about</c><00:29:56.480><c> the</c><00:29:56.720><c> walls,</c><00:29:57.220><c> they</c><00:29:57.220><c> stood</c>

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there<00:29:58.200><c> all</c><00:29:58.700><c> naked,</c><00:29:59.819><c> all</c><00:30:00.059><c> except</c><00:30:00.400><c> their</c>

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fig<00:30:00.779><c> leaves.</c><00:30:01.079><c> Oh,</c><00:30:01.440><c> not</c><00:30:01.619><c> literally,</c><00:30:01.940><c> of</c><00:30:02.180><c> course,</c><00:30:03.019><c> but</c><00:30:03.140><c> that</c>

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was<00:30:03.500><c> the</c><00:30:03.700><c> symbolism.</c><00:30:04.759><c> And</c><00:30:04.920><c> they're</c><00:30:05.160><c> grabbing</c>

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at<00:30:05.799><c> Jewish</c><00:30:06.059><c> history,</c><00:30:07.740><c> Jewish</c><00:30:08.000><c> law,</c><00:30:09.319><c> Jewish</c><00:30:09.599><c> tradition,</c>

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Jewish<00:30:10.779><c> families,</c><00:30:11.759><c> Jewish</c><00:30:12.140><c> blood,</c><00:30:13.940><c> inadequate</c>

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to<00:30:14.819><c> cover</c><00:30:14.980><c> their</c><00:30:15.319><c> sin.</c><00:30:17.859><c> Behold</c><00:30:18.420><c> the</c><00:30:18.900><c> fig</c><00:30:19.099><c> tree.</c><00:30:20.400><c> Now</c><00:30:20.579><c> let's</c><00:30:20.700><c> have</c><00:30:20.900><c> a</c>

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look<00:30:21.039><c> at</c><00:30:21.180><c> the</c><00:30:21.299><c> symbol</c><00:30:21.500><c> of</c><00:30:21.640><c> the</c><00:30:21.779><c> fig</c>

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tree,<00:30:22.119><c> brothers</c><00:30:22.339><c> and</c><00:30:22.460><c> sisters,</c><00:30:22.880><c> just</c><00:30:23.440><c> that</c><00:30:24.279><c> this</c><00:30:24.660><c> was</c><00:30:24.900><c> the</c><00:30:24.940><c> biblical</c><00:30:25.259><c> aspect</c><00:30:25.740><c> of</c>

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it.<00:30:27.680><c> And</c><00:30:27.799><c> the</c><00:30:27.900><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:30:28.500><c> Christ</c><00:30:30.119><c> was</c><00:30:30.500><c> bringing</c><00:30:30.720><c> us</c><00:30:31.059><c> all</c><00:30:31.359><c> to</c><00:30:31.619><c> mind</c><00:30:31.859><c> of</c><00:30:32.039><c> these</c><00:30:32.299><c> people.</c><00:30:33.579><c> Now</c>

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you<00:30:33.839><c> just</c><00:30:34.119><c> think</c><00:30:34.519><c> about</c><00:30:34.980><c> the</c>

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fig<00:30:35.299><c> tree.</c><00:30:36.559><c> This</c><00:30:36.740><c> is</c><00:30:36.859><c> what</c><00:30:37.000><c> we</c><00:30:37.299><c> learn</c><00:30:37.579><c> from</c><00:30:37.779><c> the</c><00:30:37.980><c> Bible</c><00:30:38.259><c> about</c>

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:43.019
the<00:30:38.819><c> fig</c><00:30:38.980><c> tree.</c><00:30:40.319><c> That</c><00:30:40.420><c> the</c><00:30:40.579><c> tree</c><00:30:41.039><c> needs</c><00:30:42.460><c> fruitful</c>

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care.<00:30:43.880><c> For</c><00:30:44.119><c> the</c><00:30:44.299><c> tree</c><00:30:44.400><c> to</c><00:30:44.539><c> be</c><00:30:44.700><c> fruitful,</c><00:30:45.140><c> care</c><00:30:45.480><c> is</c><00:30:45.799><c> needed</c><00:30:45.980><c> in</c>

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its<00:30:46.519><c> early</c><00:30:47.359><c> cultivation.</c><00:30:49.000><c> It's</c><00:30:49.259><c> critical,</c>

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brothers<00:30:49.880><c> and</c><00:30:50.119><c> sisters,</c><00:30:50.519><c> to</c><00:30:50.700><c> the</c><00:30:50.859><c> fig</c><00:30:50.980><c> tree</c><00:30:51.339><c> its</c><00:30:51.880><c> early</c><00:30:52.319><c> cultivation.</c><00:30:54.720><c> Proverbs</c><00:30:54.980><c> tells</c>

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us<00:30:56.599><c> that</c>

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older<00:30:57.339><c> trees,</c><00:30:57.720><c> if</c><00:30:57.960><c> neglected,</c><00:30:58.519><c> will</c><00:30:58.779><c> degenerate.</c><00:31:01.839><c> So</c><00:31:01.960><c> we</c><00:31:02.059><c> need</c><00:31:02.220><c> to</c>

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be<00:31:02.500><c> quick</c><00:31:02.660><c> off</c><00:31:02.900><c> the</c><00:31:03.059><c> mark</c><00:31:03.299><c> in</c><00:31:03.440><c> the</c>

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truth<00:31:04.140><c> if</c><00:31:04.559><c> we're</c><00:31:04.759><c> going</c><00:31:04.839><c> to</c><00:31:04.960><c> produce</c><00:31:05.240><c> fruit.</c><00:31:06.420><c> And</c><00:31:06.559><c> as</c><00:31:06.779><c> the</c><00:31:06.940><c> tree</c><00:31:07.059><c> gets</c><00:31:07.299><c> older,</c><00:31:08.359><c> it</c>

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needs<00:31:08.859><c> constant</c>

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care.<00:31:10.039><c> If</c><00:31:10.200><c> it's</c><00:31:10.500><c> neglected,</c><00:31:10.980><c> it</c><00:31:11.500><c> will</c><00:31:11.680><c> degenerate.</c><00:31:13.160><c> What</c><00:31:13.400><c> Proverbs</c><00:31:13.720><c> says</c><00:31:13.900><c> about</c><00:31:14.079><c> the</c>

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fig<00:31:14.380><c> tree.</c><00:31:15.700><c> And</c>

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in<00:31:16.059><c> the</c><00:31:16.200><c> summer</c><00:31:16.460><c> the</c><00:31:16.779><c> foliage</c><00:31:17.099><c> is</c><00:31:17.440><c> thick</c><00:31:17.599><c> and</c><00:31:17.859><c> provides</c><00:31:18.299><c> deep</c>

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shade<00:31:19.240><c> from</c><00:31:19.480><c> the</c><00:31:19.640><c> heat.</c><00:31:20.619><c> Very</c><00:31:20.880><c> deep</c><00:31:21.259><c> shade</c>

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is<00:31:21.799><c> the</c><00:31:22.000><c> fig</c><00:31:22.140><c> tree.</c><00:31:23.880><c> And</c><00:31:24.099><c> so</c><00:31:24.259><c> that's</c><00:31:24.480><c> why</c><00:31:24.819><c> we</c><00:31:25.119><c> have</c><00:31:25.460><c> in</c><00:31:25.839><c> the</c><00:31:26.240><c> several</c><00:31:26.519><c> scriptures</c><00:31:26.859><c> here,</c><00:31:27.660><c> to</c>

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sit<00:31:27.960><c> under</c>

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the<00:31:28.460><c> vine</c><00:31:28.619><c> and</c><00:31:28.880><c> fig</c><00:31:29.039><c> tree</c><00:31:29.180><c> was</c><00:31:29.359><c> a</c><00:31:29.559><c> symbol</c><00:31:29.740><c> of</c><00:31:30.019><c> peace</c><00:31:30.359><c> and</c><00:31:30.700><c> prosperity.</c><00:31:31.839><c> You</c>

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.059
remember<00:31:32.200><c> the</c><00:31:32.380><c> one</c><00:31:32.519><c> in</c><00:31:32.839><c> Kings</c>

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:36.759
where<00:31:33.539><c> Solomon</c><00:31:33.920><c> became</c><00:31:34.400><c> the</c><00:31:35.059><c> monarch</c><00:31:35.299><c> of</c><00:31:35.500><c> the</c><00:31:35.619><c> then</c><00:31:35.799><c> known</c><00:31:36.019><c> world</c><00:31:36.359><c> and</c><00:31:36.579><c> in</c>

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:38.119
Micah<00:31:37.119><c> 4</c><00:31:37.460><c> which</c><00:31:37.680><c> speaks</c><00:31:37.900><c> about</c>

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:40.980
the<00:31:38.359><c> kingdom</c><00:31:38.559><c> of</c><00:31:38.779><c> God</c><00:31:38.940><c> along</c><00:31:39.200><c> with</c><00:31:39.440><c> Zechariah</c><00:31:39.920><c> there,</c><00:31:40.500><c> that</c><00:31:40.579><c> it's</c><00:31:40.839><c> a</c>

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.660
symbol<00:31:41.140><c> of</c><00:31:41.460><c> peace</c><00:31:41.720><c> and</c><00:31:42.059><c> prosperity</c>

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:47.480
that<00:31:42.980><c> a</c><00:31:43.119><c> man</c><00:31:43.400><c> sits</c><00:31:43.680><c> under</c><00:31:43.940><c> his</c><00:31:44.259><c> vine</c><00:31:44.619><c> and</c><00:31:45.440><c> fig</c><00:31:45.660><c> tree.</c><00:31:47.240><c> But</c><00:31:47.339><c> the</c>

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:49.599
fig<00:31:47.660><c> tree</c><00:31:48.180><c> can</c><00:31:48.720><c> be</c><00:31:49.000><c> a</c><00:31:49.059><c> symbol,</c><00:31:49.480><c> brothers</c>

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:52.539
and<00:31:49.859><c> sisters,</c><00:31:50.160><c> of</c><00:31:50.259><c> that</c><00:31:50.440><c> which</c><00:31:50.599><c> is</c><00:31:50.799><c> positive.</c><00:31:51.900><c> And</c><00:31:52.019><c> often</c><00:31:52.319><c> we</c>

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:54.059
read<00:31:52.759><c> in</c><00:31:52.920><c> the</c><00:31:53.079><c> scripture</c><00:31:53.380><c> it's</c><00:31:53.700><c> linked</c>

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:57.859
with<00:31:54.440><c> the</c><00:31:54.640><c> vineyard.</c><00:31:55.819><c> The</c><00:31:55.940><c> 8th</c><00:31:56.180><c> chapter,</c><00:31:56.519><c> you</c><00:31:56.519><c> know</c><00:31:56.619><c> me,</c><00:31:57.059><c> Psalm</c><00:31:57.220><c> 105,</c>

00:31:57.980 --> 00:32:01.180
Jeremiah<00:31:58.299><c> 5,</c><00:31:58.799><c> Joel</c><00:31:58.960><c> 1,</c><00:31:59.400><c> etc.</c><00:32:01.099><c> The</c>

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:05.180
whole<00:32:01.539><c> point</c><00:32:01.819><c> was</c><00:32:02.299><c> that</c><00:32:02.880><c> in</c><00:32:03.099><c> the</c><00:32:03.359><c> summertime</c><00:32:03.680><c> when</c><00:32:04.059><c> the</c><00:32:04.279><c> grapes</c><00:32:04.500><c> became</c><00:32:04.920><c> ripe,</c>

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:06.099
brothers<00:32:05.440><c> and</c><00:32:05.720><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:08.940
then<00:32:06.680><c> of</c><00:32:06.839><c> course</c><00:32:06.900><c> it</c><00:32:07.000><c> was</c><00:32:07.220><c> hot.</c><00:32:08.019><c> And</c><00:32:08.220><c> so</c><00:32:08.319><c> they</c><00:32:08.480><c> used</c><00:32:08.660><c> to</c><00:32:08.839><c> grow</c>

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:11.099
these<00:32:09.259><c> fig</c><00:32:09.539><c> trees</c><00:32:09.920><c> in</c><00:32:10.559><c> the</c><00:32:10.680><c> midst</c><00:32:10.799><c> of</c><00:32:10.980><c> the</c>

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:14.180
vineyard<00:32:11.519><c> to</c><00:32:11.980><c> give</c><00:32:12.119><c> the</c><00:32:12.420><c> deep</c><00:32:12.720><c> shade</c><00:32:13.000><c> so</c><00:32:13.259><c> that</c><00:32:13.420><c> the</c><00:32:14.000><c> treader</c>

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.640
of<00:32:14.359><c> the</c><00:32:14.519><c> grapes</c><00:32:14.740><c> and</c><00:32:14.920><c> those</c><00:32:15.200><c> who</c><00:32:15.460><c> pruned</c>

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:19.079
the<00:32:15.920><c> vines</c><00:32:16.140><c> or</c><00:32:16.599><c> cut</c><00:32:16.880><c> the</c><00:32:17.099><c> fruit</c><00:32:17.220><c> off</c><00:32:17.440><c> the</c><00:32:17.599><c> vine</c><00:32:17.839><c> would</c><00:32:18.220><c> have</c><00:32:18.420><c> opportunity</c><00:32:18.880><c> to</c>

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:20.200
go<00:32:19.259><c> and</c><00:32:19.460><c> sit</c><00:32:19.559><c> under</c><00:32:19.799><c> the</c><00:32:20.000><c> vine</c>

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:23.819
and<00:32:20.400><c> fig</c><00:32:20.539><c> tree</c><00:32:20.779><c> and</c><00:32:21.440><c> be</c><00:32:21.779><c> refreshed</c><00:32:22.259><c> in</c><00:32:22.420><c> the</c><00:32:22.539><c> heat</c><00:32:22.660><c> of</c><00:32:22.940><c> summer</c><00:32:23.180><c> with</c><00:32:23.559><c> a</c>

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.400
heavy<00:32:24.119><c> laden</c><00:32:24.559><c> vine</c><00:32:24.819><c> before</c><00:32:25.220><c> him,</c>

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:28.619
a<00:32:25.839><c> symbol</c><00:32:26.039><c> of</c><00:32:26.579><c> prosperity</c><00:32:27.059><c> and</c><00:32:27.380><c> peace.</c><00:32:27.980><c> But,</c><00:32:28.140><c> brothers</c><00:32:28.279><c> and</c>

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:34.279
sisters,<00:32:29.420><c> that</c><00:32:29.660><c> could</c><00:32:29.839><c> only</c><00:32:30.200><c> be</c><00:32:30.440><c> done</c><00:32:33.019><c> if</c><00:32:33.920><c> that</c>

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:39.180
fig<00:32:34.480><c> tree</c><00:32:34.660><c> did</c><00:32:34.880><c> not</c><00:32:35.039><c> affect</c><00:32:35.319><c> the</c><00:32:35.559><c> vine.</c><00:32:37.839><c> Immediately</c><00:32:38.319><c> the</c><00:32:38.859><c> roots</c><00:32:39.039><c> of</c>

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.799
that<00:32:39.400><c> fig</c><00:32:39.599><c> tree</c><00:32:39.859><c> became</c><00:32:40.279><c> detrimental</c>

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:45.400
to<00:32:41.000><c> the</c><00:32:41.039><c> rest</c><00:32:41.299><c> of</c><00:32:41.460><c> the</c><00:32:41.599><c> vineyard</c><00:32:42.000><c> down</c><00:32:42.259><c> at</c><00:32:42.480><c> Cain.</c><00:32:44.619><c> Only</c><00:32:44.880><c> a</c><00:32:44.940><c> very</c>

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:47.559
prosperous<00:32:45.839><c> situation</c><00:32:46.819><c> could</c><00:32:47.400><c> bear</c>

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:54.380
that.<00:32:49.400><c> Now</c><00:32:49.559><c> in</c><00:32:49.660><c> the</c><00:32:49.880><c> springtime</c><00:32:50.700><c> they</c><00:32:51.740><c> put</c><00:32:51.960><c> forth</c><00:32:52.339><c> tender</c><00:32:52.779><c> leaf</c><00:32:53.059><c> bloods,</c><00:32:54.299><c> a</c>

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.740
sure<00:32:54.680><c> sign</c><00:32:55.059><c> of</c><00:32:55.240><c> approaching</c>

00:32:55.740 --> 00:33:00.480
summer.<00:32:57.000><c> Remember</c><00:32:57.279><c> the</c><00:32:57.539><c> prophecy</c><00:32:58.019><c> in</c><00:32:58.279><c> Luke</c><00:32:58.480><c> 21</c><00:32:59.759><c> concerning</c>

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:03.539
the<00:33:00.720><c> restoration</c><00:33:01.279><c> of</c><00:33:01.460><c> Israel,</c><00:33:02.759><c> behold</c><00:33:02.980><c> the</c><00:33:03.220><c> fig</c><00:33:03.359><c> tree</c>

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:06.900
and<00:33:03.720><c> all</c><00:33:03.900><c> the</c><00:33:04.099><c> trees,</c><00:33:04.299><c> he</c><00:33:04.539><c> says.</c><00:33:04.720><c> When</c><00:33:04.900><c> you</c><00:33:05.079><c> see</c><00:33:05.200><c> them</c><00:33:05.380><c> put</c><00:33:05.579><c> forth</c><00:33:05.819><c> their</c><00:33:06.000><c> leaves</c><00:33:06.420><c> you</c>

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.819
know<00:33:07.180><c> that</c><00:33:07.440><c> summer</c>

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:12.900
is<00:33:08.420><c> nigh</c><00:33:08.680><c> at</c><00:33:08.839><c> hand.</c><00:33:09.359><c> See</c><00:33:09.559><c> how</c><00:33:09.720><c> much</c><00:33:09.880><c> this</c><00:33:10.059><c> is</c><00:33:10.220><c> a</c><00:33:10.319><c> symbol</c><00:33:10.480><c> of</c><00:33:10.660><c> Israel.</c><00:33:12.700><c> Now</c>

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:14.299
at<00:33:13.039><c> this</c><00:33:13.319><c> time,</c><00:33:13.880><c> that</c><00:33:14.079><c> is</c><00:33:14.200><c> when</c>

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:17.440
they<00:33:14.539><c> put</c><00:33:14.680><c> forth</c><00:33:14.960><c> these</c><00:33:15.279><c> tender</c><00:33:15.539><c> leaf</c><00:33:15.799><c> bloods,</c><00:33:16.839><c> at</c><00:33:16.980><c> this</c><00:33:17.220><c> time</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:19.880
there's<00:33:17.640><c> some</c><00:33:17.980><c> tiny</c><00:33:18.500><c> figs</c><00:33:19.640><c> that</c><00:33:19.859><c> are</c>

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:23.400
produced<00:33:20.299><c> on</c><00:33:20.519><c> the</c><00:33:20.799><c> old</c><00:33:21.119><c> wood</c><00:33:21.279><c> of</c><00:33:21.500><c> the</c><00:33:21.599><c> former</c><00:33:21.900><c> season</c><00:33:22.259><c> and</c><00:33:23.259><c> are</c>

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.740
known<00:33:23.519><c> in</c><00:33:23.680><c> the</c><00:33:23.839><c> Song</c><00:33:23.980><c> of</c><00:33:24.119><c> Solomon,</c><00:33:24.619><c> brothers</c>

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:29.759
and<00:33:24.779><c> sisters,</c><00:33:25.259><c> as</c><00:33:25.759><c> green</c><00:33:26.119><c> figs.</c><00:33:26.500><c> That's</c><00:33:26.640><c> what</c><00:33:26.759><c> the</c><00:33:27.000><c> song</c><00:33:27.220><c> calls</c><00:33:27.599><c> them.</c><00:33:29.440><c> Now</c>

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.759
these<00:33:29.980><c> little</c><00:33:30.339><c> figs</c><00:33:30.579><c> are</c>

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:35.460
not<00:33:31.099><c> the</c><00:33:31.279><c> real</c><00:33:31.539><c> crop</c><00:33:31.819><c> that's</c><00:33:32.119><c> coming.</c><00:33:34.200><c> They</c><00:33:34.539><c> come</c><00:33:34.900><c> upon</c><00:33:35.180><c> the</c>

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:37.799
old<00:33:35.900><c> wood</c><00:33:36.079><c> of</c><00:33:36.279><c> the</c><00:33:36.400><c> former</c><00:33:36.700><c> season.</c><00:33:37.319><c> Now</c>

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:43.140
they<00:33:38.039><c> are</c><00:33:38.259><c> a</c><00:33:38.480><c> harbinger</c><00:33:39.819><c> of</c><00:33:40.619><c> the</c><00:33:41.779><c> major</c><00:33:42.180><c> crop</c><00:33:42.480><c> that</c><00:33:42.680><c> comes</c><00:33:42.960><c> a</c>

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:46.319
bit<00:33:43.279><c> later,</c><00:33:44.240><c> these</c><00:33:44.519><c> little</c><00:33:44.880><c> figs.</c><00:33:46.180><c> Now</c>

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:51.279
many<00:33:46.579><c> of</c><00:33:46.799><c> these</c><00:33:47.240><c> little</c><00:33:47.559><c> figs</c><00:33:48.579><c> fall</c><00:33:48.839><c> off</c><00:33:49.079><c> in</c><00:33:49.420><c> strong</c><00:33:49.660><c> winds</c><00:33:50.299><c> and</c><00:33:51.119><c> so</c>

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:55.220
they<00:33:51.480><c> are</c><00:33:51.720><c> called</c><00:33:52.559><c> untimely</c><00:33:53.480><c> figs.</c>

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:59.220
You<00:33:55.500><c> see</c><00:33:55.579><c> they're</c><00:33:55.720><c> not</c><00:33:55.900><c> rightly</c><00:33:56.240><c> fixed,</c><00:33:57.720><c> they're</c><00:33:57.980><c> untimely.</c>

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:01.779
So<00:33:59.759><c> in</c><00:33:59.920><c> a</c><00:34:00.119><c> strong</c><00:34:00.339><c> wind</c><00:34:00.539><c> they</c><00:34:00.740><c> fall.</c><00:34:01.380><c> Revelation</c>

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:09.059
calls<00:34:02.099><c> them</c><00:34:02.359><c> that.</c><00:34:05.759><c> However,</c><00:34:07.680><c> a</c><00:34:07.799><c> certain</c><00:34:08.059><c> amount</c><00:34:08.500><c> of</c><00:34:08.780><c> these</c>

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:11.460
small<00:34:09.460><c> figs</c><00:34:09.760><c> remain</c><00:34:10.239><c> on</c><00:34:10.420><c> the</c><00:34:10.679><c> tree</c><00:34:11.019><c> and</c>

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:17.280
ripen.<00:34:13.019><c> Then</c><00:34:13.280><c> they</c><00:34:13.579><c> become</c><00:34:13.920><c> known</c><00:34:14.639><c> as</c><00:34:14.980><c> the</c><00:34:15.219><c> first</c><00:34:15.780><c> ripe</c><00:34:16.239><c> fig.</c>

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:20.480
And<00:34:19.039><c> that's</c><00:34:19.300><c> what</c><00:34:19.539><c> Jesus</c><00:34:19.920><c> came</c><00:34:20.179><c> looking</c>

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:25.539
for,<00:34:20.860><c> brothers</c><00:34:20.980><c> and</c><00:34:21.159><c> sisters,</c><00:34:22.159><c> on</c><00:34:22.300><c> his</c><00:34:22.460><c> last</c><00:34:22.800><c> visit</c><00:34:23.059><c> to</c><00:34:23.219><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:34:25.280><c> I'll</c>

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.579
mention<00:34:25.679><c> in</c><00:34:25.940><c> those</c><00:34:26.139><c> references</c>

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:30.019
across<00:34:26.940><c> there.</c><00:34:27.519><c> I'll</c><00:34:27.639><c> turn</c><00:34:28.159><c> some</c><00:34:28.380><c> of</c><00:34:28.460><c> these</c><00:34:28.639><c> up</c><00:34:28.800><c> later</c><00:34:29.099><c> on</c><00:34:29.699><c> when</c><00:34:29.860><c> we</c>

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:33.320
come<00:34:30.260><c> to</c><00:34:30.980><c> that</c><00:34:31.239><c> point</c><00:34:31.480><c> again.</c><00:34:32.880><c> Now</c><00:34:33.059><c> these</c>

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:35.780
little<00:34:33.699><c> first</c><00:34:34.000><c> ripe</c><00:34:34.260><c> figs</c><00:34:34.599><c> that</c><00:34:34.800><c> hang</c><00:34:34.940><c> under</c><00:34:35.159><c> the</c><00:34:35.400><c> tree,</c><00:34:35.699><c> even</c>

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:37.139
though<00:34:35.940><c> others</c><00:34:36.159><c> may</c><00:34:36.440><c> fall</c><00:34:36.619><c> easily,</c>

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:40.300
they<00:34:37.800><c> are</c><00:34:37.980><c> of</c><00:34:38.039><c> a</c><00:34:38.219><c> delicate</c><00:34:38.579><c> flavour</c><00:34:39.019><c> and</c><00:34:39.280><c> are</c><00:34:39.440><c> harbingers</c><00:34:40.059><c> of</c>

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:46.119
a<00:34:40.539><c> good</c><00:34:41.059><c> main</c><00:34:41.559><c> crop.</c><00:34:42.840><c> No</c><00:34:43.179><c> small</c><00:34:43.579><c> figs,</c><00:34:45.360><c> no</c><00:34:45.840><c> bigger</c>

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:50.719
figs.<00:34:48.460><c> It</c><00:34:48.739><c> was</c><00:34:48.920><c> this</c><00:34:49.219><c> first</c><00:34:49.519><c> ripe</c><00:34:49.800><c> fruit</c><00:34:50.000><c> that</c><00:34:50.179><c> the</c><00:34:50.300><c> Lord</c><00:34:50.460><c> came</c>

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:53.119
looking<00:34:51.039><c> for</c><00:34:52.000><c> as</c><00:34:52.320><c> he</c><00:34:52.500><c> entered</c><00:34:52.559><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:57.500
for<00:34:53.280><c> the</c><00:34:53.400><c> last</c><00:34:53.800><c> time.</c><00:34:56.119><c> Incredible,</c><00:34:56.699><c> isn't</c><00:34:56.840><c> it,</c><00:34:57.019><c> brothers</c><00:34:57.219><c> and</c>

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:59.119
sisters?<00:34:58.119><c> And</c><00:34:58.260><c> he</c><00:34:58.340><c> didn't</c><00:34:58.579><c> find</c><00:34:58.820><c> them,</c><00:34:58.980><c> did</c>

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:04.440
he?<00:35:00.539><c> And</c><00:35:00.739><c> the</c><00:35:00.940><c> fig</c><00:35:00.980><c> tree</c><00:35:01.280><c> was</c><00:35:01.559><c> dried</c><00:35:01.739><c> up</c><00:35:01.980><c> from</c><00:35:02.139><c> the</c><00:35:02.280><c> roots.</c><00:35:04.280><c> Now</c>

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:06.000
you've<00:35:04.599><c> just</c><00:35:04.820><c> read</c><00:35:05.260><c> the</c><00:35:05.539><c> prophecy</c><00:35:05.820><c> of</c>

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:09.800
Hosea.<00:35:07.360><c> Come</c><00:35:07.579><c> back</c><00:35:07.800><c> to</c><00:35:07.960><c> chapters</c><00:35:08.239><c> 9</c><00:35:08.579><c> and</c><00:35:08.760><c> 10</c><00:35:09.019><c> of</c><00:35:09.179><c> Hosea</c><00:35:09.619><c> while</c>

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:12.960
we're<00:35:10.119><c> here.</c><00:35:12.079><c> And</c><00:35:12.219><c> I</c><00:35:12.340><c> wonder</c><00:35:12.460><c> how</c><00:35:12.639><c> many</c><00:35:12.860><c> of</c>

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.900
you<00:35:13.039><c> would</c><00:35:13.179><c> have</c><00:35:13.340><c> noticed</c><00:35:13.539><c> this</c><00:35:13.800><c> as</c><00:35:13.940><c> you</c><00:35:14.079><c> read</c><00:35:14.239><c> through</c><00:35:14.500><c> and</c>

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:17.900
read<00:35:15.079><c> that</c><00:35:15.400><c> carefully.</c><00:35:16.960><c> When</c><00:35:17.039><c> the</c><00:35:17.139><c> Lord</c><00:35:17.559><c> came</c>

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:22.340
to<00:35:18.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:18.440><c> looking</c><00:35:18.719><c> for</c><00:35:18.880><c> those</c><00:35:19.280><c> figs,</c><00:35:21.380><c> when</c><00:35:21.679><c> he</c><00:35:21.880><c> was</c><00:35:22.119><c> on</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.699
the<00:35:22.360><c> way</c><00:35:22.500><c> to</c><00:35:22.639><c> the</c><00:35:22.880><c> cross,</c><00:35:23.320><c> brothers</c><00:35:23.500><c> and</c>

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:26.679
sisters,<00:35:24.139><c> he</c><00:35:24.260><c> quoted</c><00:35:24.780><c> to</c><00:35:25.519><c> the</c><00:35:25.599><c> women</c><00:35:25.820><c> around</c><00:35:26.139><c> about</c><00:35:26.420><c> him</c><00:35:26.579><c> who</c>

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:28.260
were<00:35:26.860><c> weeping</c><00:35:27.159><c> for</c><00:35:27.420><c> him,</c><00:35:27.679><c> he</c><00:35:27.719><c> quoted</c><00:35:28.099><c> to</c>

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:34.539
them<00:35:28.820><c> the</c><00:35:30.059><c> last</c><00:35:30.400><c> words</c><00:35:30.739><c> of</c><00:35:30.980><c> chapter</c><00:35:31.300><c> 10</c><00:35:32.099><c> and</c><00:35:32.519><c> verse</c><00:35:32.820><c> 8.</c><00:35:34.519><c> They</c>

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.059
shall<00:35:34.760><c> say</c><00:35:35.019><c> to</c><00:35:35.159><c> the</c><00:35:35.320><c> mountains,</c><00:35:35.719><c> cover</c>

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:39.760
us,<00:35:37.219><c> and</c><00:35:37.360><c> to</c><00:35:37.480><c> the</c><00:35:37.659><c> hills,</c><00:35:38.320><c> fall</c><00:35:38.579><c> on</c><00:35:38.780><c> us.</c><00:35:39.000><c> And</c><00:35:39.119><c> in</c><00:35:39.219><c> your</c><00:35:39.460><c> margin</c>

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:42.019
you'll<00:35:40.019><c> see</c><00:35:40.159><c> that</c><00:35:40.320><c> that</c><00:35:40.460><c> is</c><00:35:40.739><c> cited</c><00:35:41.119><c> in</c><00:35:41.739><c> Luke</c>

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:47.739
23<00:35:42.639><c> and</c><00:35:43.300><c> verse</c><00:35:43.739><c> 30.</c><00:35:45.059><c> So</c><00:35:45.139><c> on</c><00:35:45.320><c> the</c><00:35:45.400><c> way</c><00:35:45.559><c> to</c><00:35:45.719><c> the</c><00:35:45.920><c> cross,</c><00:35:46.840><c> he</c><00:35:46.900><c> quotes</c><00:35:47.219><c> that</c>

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:50.460
to<00:35:47.940><c> them.</c><00:35:49.179><c> But</c><00:35:49.360><c> just</c><00:35:49.739><c> listen</c><00:35:50.179><c> to</c>

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:56.719
this.<00:35:51.739><c> Let's</c><00:35:51.900><c> go</c><00:35:52.099><c> back</c><00:35:52.320><c> to</c><00:35:52.460><c> chapter</c><00:35:52.679><c> 9.</c><00:35:54.699><c> Verse</c><00:35:54.719><c> 7.</c><00:35:56.119><c> The</c><00:35:56.219><c> days</c>

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:59.920
of<00:35:57.059><c> visitation</c><00:35:57.900><c> are</c><00:35:58.320><c> come.</c><00:35:59.579><c> He</c><00:35:59.739><c> wrote</c>

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:07.559
in<00:36:00.119><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:00.460><c> and</c><00:36:00.679><c> said,</c><00:36:01.300><c> if</c><00:36:01.440><c> only</c><00:36:01.760><c> you</c><00:36:02.059><c> knew</c><00:36:02.300><c> the</c><00:36:02.659><c> day</c><00:36:03.039><c> of</c><00:36:03.260><c> your</c><00:36:03.480><c> visitation.</c><00:36:05.119><c> Verse</c><00:36:05.420><c> 10.</c><00:36:06.980><c> I</c><00:36:07.219><c> found</c>

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:10.940
Israel<00:36:08.019><c> like</c><00:36:08.360><c> grapes</c><00:36:08.639><c> in</c><00:36:08.820><c> the</c><00:36:08.940><c> wilderness.</c><00:36:09.739><c> I</c><00:36:09.739><c> saw</c><00:36:10.019><c> your</c><00:36:10.360><c> fathers</c><00:36:10.699><c> as</c>

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:12.719
the<00:36:11.280><c> first</c><00:36:11.679><c> ripe</c><00:36:12.059><c> fig</c><00:36:12.360><c> tree</c><00:36:12.519><c> at</c>

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:18.760
her<00:36:12.900><c> first</c><00:36:13.360><c> time.</c><00:36:13.679><c> And</c><00:36:13.860><c> he</c><00:36:14.059><c> came</c><00:36:14.320><c> looking</c><00:36:14.719><c> for</c><00:36:14.960><c> the</c><00:36:15.239><c> first</c><00:36:15.519><c> ripe</c><00:36:15.820><c> figs.</c><00:36:18.199><c> When</c><00:36:18.599><c> he</c>

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.380
couldn't<00:36:18.960><c> find</c><00:36:19.260><c> them,</c>

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:21.420
he<00:36:19.480><c> went</c><00:36:19.599><c> into</c><00:36:19.780><c> the</c><00:36:19.980><c> temple</c><00:36:20.260><c> and</c><00:36:20.440><c> he</c><00:36:20.639><c> drove</c><00:36:20.860><c> them</c><00:36:21.039><c> out</c><00:36:21.119><c> of</c><00:36:21.239><c> the</c>

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.300
temple.<00:36:21.619><c> In</c><00:36:21.699><c> the</c><00:36:21.800><c> middle</c><00:36:21.960><c> of</c><00:36:22.119><c> verse</c>

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:28.000
15<00:36:22.760><c> says,</c><00:36:23.260><c> I</c><00:36:23.440><c> will</c><00:36:23.699><c> drive</c><00:36:24.039><c> them</c><00:36:24.239><c> out</c><00:36:24.340><c> of</c><00:36:24.480><c> my</c><00:36:24.659><c> house.</c><00:36:27.579><c> When</c><00:36:27.780><c> he</c>

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.280
came<00:36:28.139><c> out</c><00:36:28.420><c> from</c><00:36:28.579><c> that</c><00:36:28.800><c> temple,</c><00:36:29.000><c> brothers</c>

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:31.920
and<00:36:29.500><c> sisters,</c><00:36:29.719><c> they</c><00:36:29.900><c> were</c><00:36:30.139><c> amazed</c><00:36:30.619><c> that</c><00:36:31.059><c> the</c><00:36:31.280><c> fig</c><00:36:31.460><c> tree</c><00:36:31.659><c> was</c>

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:33.980
dried<00:36:32.119><c> up</c><00:36:32.280><c> from</c><00:36:32.460><c> the</c><00:36:32.639><c> roots.</c><00:36:33.059><c> Verse</c><00:36:33.199><c> 16.</c>

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:40.000
Ephraim<00:36:34.659><c> is</c><00:36:34.840><c> smitten.</c><00:36:35.480><c> Their</c><00:36:35.679><c> root</c><00:36:35.980><c> is</c><00:36:36.400><c> dried</c><00:36:36.579><c> up.</c><00:36:39.239><c> And</c><00:36:39.340><c> because</c><00:36:39.639><c> that</c>

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.559
fig<00:36:40.159><c> tree</c><00:36:40.440><c> was</c><00:36:40.780><c> destitute</c><00:36:41.300><c> of</c>

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:45.079
fruit,<00:36:43.039><c> they</c><00:36:43.280><c> stood</c><00:36:43.579><c> in</c><00:36:43.800><c> the</c><00:36:44.000><c> streets</c><00:36:44.179><c> of</c><00:36:44.400><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:44.739><c> and</c><00:36:44.920><c> in</c>

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:47.599
the<00:36:45.179><c> words</c><00:36:45.440><c> of</c><00:36:45.659><c> chapter</c><00:36:45.920><c> 10</c><00:36:46.280><c> and</c><00:36:46.480><c> verse</c><00:36:46.739><c> 3.</c>

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:51.139
For<00:36:48.099><c> now</c><00:36:48.420><c> they</c><00:36:48.639><c> shall</c><00:36:48.780><c> say,</c><00:36:49.420><c> we</c><00:36:49.460><c> have</c><00:36:49.739><c> no</c><00:36:50.019><c> king.</c><00:36:50.500><c> And</c><00:36:50.679><c> we're</c><00:36:50.860><c> all</c><00:36:50.980><c> going</c><00:36:51.059><c> to</c>

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.239
put<00:36:51.320><c> there</c><00:36:51.500><c> as</c><00:36:51.639><c> two</c><00:36:51.860><c> words,</c>

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:57.440
but<00:36:52.760><c> Caesar.</c><00:36:55.159><c> And</c><00:36:55.300><c> on</c><00:36:55.460><c> the</c><00:36:55.559><c> way</c><00:36:55.639><c> to</c><00:36:55.780><c> the</c><00:36:55.960><c> cross,</c><00:36:56.139><c> he</c><00:36:56.280><c> said,</c><00:36:57.360><c> the</c>

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.760
hills<00:36:57.659><c> will</c><00:36:57.900><c> fall</c><00:36:58.059><c> on</c><00:36:58.179><c> us</c><00:36:58.280><c> and</c><00:36:58.400><c> the</c><00:36:58.579><c> mountains</c>

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:00.500
will<00:36:58.940><c> fall.</c><00:36:58.960><c> That's</c><00:36:59.119><c> what</c><00:36:59.219><c> you</c><00:36:59.360><c> want</c><00:36:59.480><c> to</c><00:36:59.679><c> say.</c><00:37:00.159><c> The</c><00:37:00.260><c> mountains</c>

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:03.960
are<00:37:00.719><c> going</c><00:37:00.719><c> to</c><00:37:00.880><c> fall</c><00:37:01.019><c> on</c><00:37:01.179><c> you.</c><00:37:03.559><c> That's</c>

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:06.300
how<00:37:04.280><c> visitation</c><00:37:04.559><c> had</c><00:37:04.780><c> come.</c><00:37:05.340><c> He'd</c><00:37:05.579><c> come</c><00:37:05.699><c> looking</c><00:37:05.940><c> for</c><00:37:06.119><c> the</c>

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:08.059
first<00:37:06.500><c> ripe</c><00:37:06.760><c> figs,</c><00:37:07.219><c> didn't</c><00:37:07.500><c> find</c><00:37:07.780><c> it,</c>

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:10.639
drove<00:37:08.460><c> them</c><00:37:08.619><c> out</c><00:37:08.699><c> of</c><00:37:08.760><c> his</c><00:37:08.960><c> house,</c><00:37:09.579><c> walked</c><00:37:09.760><c> out.</c><00:37:10.199><c> The</c><00:37:10.440><c> fig</c><00:37:10.539><c> tree</c>

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.920
was<00:37:10.920><c> dried</c><00:37:11.079><c> up</c><00:37:11.219><c> from</c><00:37:11.360><c> the</c><00:37:11.519><c> roots</c><00:37:11.659><c> and</c><00:37:11.760><c> they</c>

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:17.019
were<00:37:12.179><c> chanting</c><00:37:12.440><c> in</c><00:37:12.639><c> the</c><00:37:12.820><c> streets,</c><00:37:13.480><c> we</c><00:37:13.579><c> have</c><00:37:13.840><c> no</c><00:37:14.179><c> king</c><00:37:14.420><c> but</c><00:37:14.679><c> Caesar.</c><00:37:16.760><c> So</c>

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.840
brothers<00:37:17.239><c> and</c><00:37:17.460><c> sisters,</c><00:37:17.699><c> when</c>

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:21.840
he<00:37:18.059><c> came</c><00:37:18.239><c> looking</c><00:37:18.539><c> for</c><00:37:18.760><c> that</c><00:37:19.019><c> fruit</c><00:37:19.219><c> there,</c><00:37:20.480><c> all</c><00:37:20.800><c> of</c><00:37:20.960><c> those</c><00:37:21.239><c> prophecies</c><00:37:21.699><c> of</c>

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.940
that<00:37:22.099><c> fig</c><00:37:22.280><c> tree,</c><00:37:22.579><c> especially</c>

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:26.219
this<00:37:23.199><c> one</c><00:37:23.360><c> here,</c><00:37:24.760><c> would</c><00:37:24.900><c> be</c><00:37:25.099><c> embedded</c><00:37:25.360><c> in</c><00:37:25.579><c> our</c><00:37:25.739><c> Lord's</c><00:37:26.139><c> mind.</c>

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:28.110
And<00:37:26.380><c> he</c><00:37:26.440><c> would</c><00:37:26.739><c> know</c><00:37:26.980><c> his</c><00:37:27.239><c> rejection</c><00:37:27.619><c> by</c><00:37:27.880><c> the</c>

00:37:28.110 --> 00:37:32.030
every<00:37:28.389><c> tenor</c><00:37:28.670><c> of</c><00:37:28.869><c> those</c><00:37:29.110><c> words,</c><00:37:29.909><c> indisperse</c><00:37:30.570><c> as</c><00:37:30.769><c> they</c><00:37:30.989><c> were,</c>

00:37:32.369 --> 00:37:34.349
among<00:37:32.510><c> some</c><00:37:32.730><c> very</c><00:37:33.389><c> complex</c><00:37:33.929><c> prophecy</c>

00:37:34.349 --> 00:37:36.469
here.<00:37:34.869><c> But</c><00:37:35.010><c> the</c><00:37:35.210><c> words,</c><00:37:35.510><c> when</c><00:37:35.630><c> you</c><00:37:35.750><c> look</c><00:37:35.909><c> at</c><00:37:35.989><c> them</c><00:37:36.150><c> and</c><00:37:36.329><c> colour</c>

00:37:36.469 --> 00:37:37.670
them<00:37:36.650><c> in,</c><00:37:37.050><c> stand</c><00:37:37.309><c> out</c><00:37:37.530><c> and</c><00:37:37.590><c> they're</c>

00:37:37.670 --> 00:37:41.190
all<00:37:37.869><c> in</c><00:37:38.070><c> order.</c><00:37:39.349><c> And</c><00:37:39.489><c> the</c><00:37:39.630><c> Lord,</c><00:37:40.170><c> quoting</c><00:37:40.389><c> that</c><00:37:40.769><c> verse</c><00:37:41.010><c> there</c>

00:37:41.190 --> 00:37:42.489
on<00:37:41.309><c> his</c><00:37:41.489><c> way</c><00:37:41.610><c> to</c><00:37:41.730><c> the</c><00:37:41.929><c> cross,</c><00:37:42.210><c> would</c><00:37:42.329><c> know</c>

00:37:42.489 --> 00:37:47.090
that<00:37:42.650><c> all</c><00:37:42.849><c> that</c><00:37:42.969><c> went</c><00:37:43.150><c> before</c><00:37:43.590><c> that,</c><00:37:44.309><c> understanding,</c><00:37:45.250><c> because</c><00:37:45.389><c> he</c><00:37:45.510><c> couldn't</c><00:37:45.809><c> find</c><00:37:46.110><c> that</c><00:37:46.369><c> first</c><00:37:46.610><c> ripe</c><00:37:46.869><c> fig</c>

00:37:47.090 --> 00:37:50.769
tree.<00:37:48.349><c> Now</c><00:37:48.590><c> of</c><00:37:48.670><c> course</c><00:37:48.849><c> the</c><00:37:49.170><c> fig</c><00:37:49.349><c> tree</c><00:37:49.449><c> was</c><00:37:49.650><c> a</c><00:37:49.889><c> common</c><00:37:50.130><c> symbol</c>

00:37:50.769 --> 00:37:51.829
of<00:37:50.909><c> the</c><00:37:51.010><c> nation</c><00:37:51.250><c> of</c><00:37:51.449><c> Israel.</c><00:37:51.650><c> They've</c><00:37:51.750><c> only</c>

00:37:51.829 --> 00:37:53.809
got<00:37:51.969><c> one</c><00:37:52.250><c> quotation</c><00:37:52.690><c> there,</c><00:37:52.889><c> it's</c><00:37:53.010><c> all</c><00:37:53.190><c> you</c><00:37:53.389><c> need,</c><00:37:53.550><c> but</c><00:37:53.650><c> there</c>

00:37:53.809 --> 00:37:56.030
are<00:37:53.949><c> plenty</c><00:37:54.190><c> of</c><00:37:54.469><c> them.</c><00:37:55.329><c> He</c><00:37:55.550><c> said,</c><00:37:55.869><c> brothers</c>

00:37:56.030 --> 00:37:59.389
and<00:37:56.170><c> sisters,</c><00:37:56.630><c> the</c><00:37:56.809><c> fig</c><00:37:56.969><c> leaves</c><00:37:57.329><c> provided</c><00:37:57.769><c> an</c><00:37:58.090><c> inadequate</c><00:37:58.530><c> covering</c><00:37:58.849><c> for</c><00:37:59.130><c> sin</c><00:37:59.230><c> in</c>

00:37:59.389 --> 00:38:01.250
the<00:37:59.530><c> Garden</c><00:37:59.750><c> of</c><00:37:59.929><c> Eden.</c><00:38:01.050><c> And</c>

00:38:01.250 --> 00:38:05.409
the<00:38:01.489><c> earth</c><00:38:01.769><c> was</c><00:38:02.050><c> then</c><00:38:02.349><c> cursed</c><00:38:02.489><c> by</c><00:38:02.789><c> Yahweh,</c><00:38:03.170><c> wasn't</c><00:38:03.269><c> it?</c><00:38:05.230><c> The</c>

00:38:05.409 --> 00:38:08.550
earth<00:38:05.650><c> was</c><00:38:05.969><c> cursed</c><00:38:06.449><c> because</c><00:38:07.210><c> of</c><00:38:07.389><c> the</c><00:38:07.829><c> symbolism</c>

00:38:08.550 --> 00:38:12.190
of<00:38:09.070><c> the</c><00:38:09.449><c> fig</c><00:38:09.789><c> tree.</c><00:38:11.269><c> And</c><00:38:11.429><c> that's</c><00:38:11.550><c> what</c><00:38:11.650><c> the</c><00:38:11.789><c> Lord</c><00:38:11.889><c> is</c><00:38:12.050><c> trying</c>

00:38:12.190 --> 00:38:14.889
to<00:38:12.369><c> tell</c><00:38:12.449><c> them.</c><00:38:12.969><c> Never</c><00:38:13.110><c> mind</c><00:38:13.269><c> about</c><00:38:13.670><c> Galileans</c>

00:38:15.309 --> 00:38:18.710
or<00:38:15.829><c> Jerusalemites</c><00:38:16.349><c> or</c><00:38:16.590><c> Judeans,</c><00:38:17.389><c> never</c><00:38:17.590><c> mind</c><00:38:17.809><c> about</c><00:38:18.429><c> where</c>

00:38:18.710 --> 00:38:20.889
you<00:38:18.909><c> belong</c><00:38:19.210><c> to</c><00:38:19.389><c> or</c><00:38:19.530><c> who</c><00:38:19.809><c> you</c><00:38:19.929><c> belong</c><00:38:20.289><c> to,</c>

00:38:20.889 --> 00:38:24.150
brothers<00:38:21.210><c> and</c><00:38:21.510><c> sisters,</c><00:38:21.789><c> we</c><00:38:21.949><c> are</c><00:38:22.250><c> all</c><00:38:22.630><c> the</c><00:38:22.829><c> Israel</c><00:38:23.030><c> of</c><00:38:23.250><c> God.</c>

00:38:24.969 --> 00:38:26.869
Because<00:38:25.269><c> in</c><00:38:25.570><c> the</c><00:38:25.710><c> beginning</c><00:38:26.150><c> it</c><00:38:26.429><c> was</c><00:38:26.690><c> an</c>

00:38:26.869 --> 00:38:29.610
inadequate<00:38:27.510><c> covering</c><00:38:27.809><c> for</c><00:38:28.150><c> sin,</c><00:38:28.510><c> the</c><00:38:28.670><c> ground</c><00:38:28.909><c> was</c><00:38:29.289><c> cursed.</c>

00:38:29.809 --> 00:38:31.170
Well<00:38:30.010><c> here</c><00:38:30.150><c> it</c><00:38:30.250><c> is</c><00:38:30.369><c> again,</c><00:38:30.710><c> it's</c><00:38:30.949><c> got</c><00:38:31.050><c> an</c>

00:38:31.170 --> 00:38:33.530
inadequate<00:38:31.610><c> covering</c><00:38:31.949><c> for</c><00:38:32.250><c> sin.</c><00:38:32.610><c> They</c><00:38:32.730><c> want</c><00:38:32.909><c> the</c><00:38:33.170><c> law,</c><00:38:33.530><c> it</c>

00:38:33.530 --> 00:38:35.429
won't<00:38:33.829><c> cover</c><00:38:34.110><c> their</c><00:38:34.409><c> sins.</c><00:38:34.929><c> What</c><00:38:35.150><c> happened?</c>

00:38:35.730 --> 00:38:39.309
He<00:38:36.050><c> cursed</c><00:38:36.250><c> the</c><00:38:36.489><c> Jewish</c><00:38:36.690><c> earth,</c><00:38:37.090><c> didn't</c><00:38:37.250><c> he?</c><00:38:38.289><c> The</c><00:38:38.469><c> Lord</c><00:38:38.670><c> cursed</c><00:38:39.030><c> the</c>

00:38:39.309 --> 00:38:40.369
fig<00:38:39.389><c> tree</c><00:38:39.469><c> which</c><00:38:39.670><c> produced</c><00:38:40.010><c> no</c>

00:38:40.369 --> 00:38:43.269
fruit<00:38:40.570><c> but</c><00:38:40.889><c> leaves</c><00:38:41.190><c> only.</c><00:38:42.190><c> And</c><00:38:42.329><c> that's</c><00:38:42.750><c> a</c><00:38:42.750><c> symbol</c><00:38:42.849><c> of</c><00:38:42.969><c> those</c>

00:38:43.269 --> 00:38:45.449
who<00:38:43.489><c> rejected</c><00:38:43.769><c> his</c><00:38:44.010><c> covering</c><00:38:44.349><c> for</c><00:38:44.690><c> sin.</c>

00:38:46.050 --> 00:38:49.369
Now<00:38:46.530><c> I</c><00:38:46.630><c> thought</c><00:38:46.730><c> it</c><00:38:46.789><c> would</c><00:38:46.989><c> be</c><00:38:47.250><c> profitable</c><00:38:47.489><c> just</c><00:38:47.789><c> to</c><00:38:47.929><c> go</c><00:38:48.070><c> through</c><00:38:48.789><c> that</c>

00:38:49.369 --> 00:38:51.130
parable<00:38:49.750><c> of</c><00:38:49.909><c> the</c><00:38:50.050><c> fig</c><00:38:50.190><c> tree,</c>

00:38:51.570 --> 00:38:53.449
so<00:38:51.630><c> that</c><00:38:51.750><c> you</c><00:38:51.829><c> might</c><00:38:52.030><c> appreciate</c><00:38:52.590><c> the</c><00:38:52.889><c> point</c><00:38:53.050><c> that</c><00:38:53.210><c> the</c><00:38:53.329><c> Lord</c>

00:38:53.449 --> 00:38:56.869
is<00:38:53.690><c> making</c><00:38:54.150><c> when</c><00:38:54.929><c> he</c><00:38:55.170><c> says</c><00:38:55.429><c> in</c><00:38:55.650><c> that</c><00:38:56.409><c> 13th</c>

00:38:56.869 --> 00:39:02.030
chapter<00:38:57.090><c> of</c><00:38:57.289><c> Luke,</c><00:38:57.849><c> after</c><00:38:58.110><c> he's</c><00:38:58.409><c> finished</c><00:38:58.630><c> with</c><00:38:58.829><c> their</c><00:38:59.369><c> trying</c><00:38:59.710><c> to</c><00:39:00.010><c> dodge</c><00:39:00.230><c> the</c><00:39:00.489><c> judgments</c><00:39:00.789><c> of</c><00:39:01.030><c> God,</c>

00:39:03.750 --> 00:39:05.630
might<00:39:03.929><c> appreciate,</c><00:39:04.650><c> brothers</c><00:39:04.789><c> and</c><00:39:05.010><c> sisters,</c><00:39:05.210><c> just</c><00:39:05.469><c> having</c>

00:39:05.630 --> 00:39:08.510
an<00:39:05.889><c> overview</c><00:39:06.110><c> of</c><00:39:06.309><c> that.</c><00:39:07.909><c> So</c><00:39:08.190><c> that</c><00:39:08.250><c> when</c><00:39:08.329><c> he</c>

00:39:08.510 --> 00:39:12.590
comes<00:39:08.710><c> to</c><00:39:08.849><c> this</c><00:39:09.050><c> parable</c><00:39:09.389><c> in</c><00:39:09.550><c> verse</c><00:39:09.809><c> 6,</c><00:39:11.570><c> he</c><00:39:11.769><c> spake</c><00:39:12.030><c> also</c><00:39:12.309><c> this</c>

00:39:12.590 --> 00:39:14.929
parable,<00:39:13.030><c> a</c><00:39:13.210><c> certain</c><00:39:13.530><c> man</c><00:39:13.829><c> had</c><00:39:13.949><c> a</c><00:39:14.170><c> fig</c><00:39:14.369><c> tree</c><00:39:14.670><c> at</c>

00:39:14.929 --> 00:39:20.070
planted<00:39:15.369><c> in</c><00:39:15.710><c> his</c><00:39:16.050><c> vineyard</c><00:39:16.929><c> and</c><00:39:18.750><c> he</c><00:39:18.969><c> came</c><00:39:19.289><c> and</c><00:39:19.550><c> sought</c><00:39:19.750><c> fruit</c>

00:39:20.070 --> 00:39:24.429
thereon<00:39:20.610><c> and</c><00:39:21.030><c> found</c><00:39:21.349><c> gun.</c><00:39:23.610><c> Now</c><00:39:23.849><c> that</c><00:39:24.150><c> certain</c>

00:39:24.429 --> 00:39:29.210
man,<00:39:24.849><c> of</c><00:39:24.969><c> course,</c><00:39:25.289><c> in</c><00:39:25.409><c> this</c><00:39:25.670><c> parable,</c><00:39:25.989><c> brothers</c><00:39:26.230><c> and</c><00:39:26.489><c> sisters,</c><00:39:27.909><c> is</c><00:39:28.190><c> God.</c>

00:39:30.730 --> 00:39:31.769
And<00:39:30.889><c> he</c><00:39:30.989><c> had</c><00:39:31.070><c> it</c><00:39:31.449><c> planted</c>

00:39:31.769 --> 00:39:41.130
in<00:39:32.349><c> his</c><00:39:33.170><c> vineyard.</c><00:39:33.869><c> Like</c><00:39:34.050><c> I</c><00:39:34.289><c> said,</c><00:39:35.409><c> that's</c><00:39:35.730><c> fine.</c><00:39:37.050><c> That's</c><00:39:37.329><c> just</c><00:39:37.610><c> fine.</c><00:39:39.610><c> Providing</c><00:39:40.230><c> that</c><00:39:40.550><c> that</c><00:39:40.929><c> fig</c>

00:39:41.130 --> 00:39:47.250
tree<00:39:41.449><c> doesn't</c><00:39:43.550><c> endanger</c><00:39:44.269><c> the</c><00:39:44.590><c> vine.</c><00:39:45.469><c> If</c><00:39:45.590><c> they</c><00:39:45.730><c> can</c><00:39:45.889><c> live</c><00:39:46.090><c> harmoniously</c><00:39:46.630><c> together,</c><00:39:47.230><c> if</c>

00:39:47.250 --> 00:39:47.789
there's<00:39:47.389><c> sufficient</c>

00:39:47.789 --> 00:39:51.989
moisture,<00:39:49.250><c> sufficient</c><00:39:49.929><c> goodness</c><00:39:50.269><c> in</c><00:39:50.489><c> the</c><00:39:50.690><c> soil,</c><00:39:51.369><c> fertilizer</c>

00:39:51.989 --> 00:39:54.489
to<00:39:52.769><c> provide</c><00:39:53.210><c> for</c><00:39:53.429><c> both,</c><00:39:53.889><c> well</c><00:39:54.110><c> and</c><00:39:54.329><c> good.</c>

00:39:54.550 --> 00:40:01.150
So<00:39:54.710><c> we've</c><00:39:54.949><c> got</c><00:39:55.130><c> fruit</c><00:39:55.449><c> and</c><00:39:55.909><c> shade,</c><00:39:57.670><c> symbol</c><00:39:57.869><c> of</c><00:39:58.030><c> peace</c><00:39:58.329><c> and</c><00:39:58.590><c> prosperity.</c><00:39:59.489><c> Prosperity</c><00:39:59.949><c> with</c><00:40:00.130><c> the</c><00:40:00.329><c> vine,</c>

00:40:01.670 --> 00:40:04.989
peacefulness<00:40:02.090><c> under</c><00:40:02.329><c> the</c><00:40:02.889><c> shade</c><00:40:03.090><c> from</c><00:40:03.309><c> the</c><00:40:03.510><c> heat</c><00:40:03.670><c> of</c><00:40:03.849><c> the</c><00:40:04.030><c> sun.</c><00:40:04.789><c> Go</c>

00:40:04.989 --> 00:40:07.769
together,<00:40:05.429><c> don't</c><00:40:05.510><c> they?</c><00:40:06.489><c> But</c><00:40:06.730><c> let</c><00:40:07.050><c> that</c><00:40:07.590><c> fig</c>

00:40:07.769 --> 00:40:10.710
tree<00:40:07.989><c> be</c><00:40:08.329><c> detrimental</c><00:40:08.829><c> to</c><00:40:09.030><c> the</c><00:40:09.190><c> vine</c><00:40:09.329><c> and</c><00:40:09.469><c> see</c><00:40:09.630><c> what</c><00:40:09.789><c> happens.</c>

00:40:11.070 --> 00:40:12.570
Far<00:40:11.230><c>-Makana</c><00:40:11.610><c> preferred</c><00:40:11.969><c> to</c><00:40:12.130><c> have</c><00:40:12.230><c> it</c><00:40:12.369><c> there,</c>

00:40:12.710 --> 00:40:15.170
brothers<00:40:12.829><c> and</c><00:40:13.070><c> sisters.</c><00:40:13.429><c> That's</c><00:40:13.710><c> what's</c><00:40:13.949><c> going</c><00:40:14.110><c> to</c><00:40:14.250><c> happen.</c>

00:40:15.730 --> 00:40:18.190
And<00:40:15.849><c> Israel</c><00:40:16.070><c> were</c><00:40:16.309><c> a</c><00:40:16.469><c> fig</c><00:40:16.610><c> tree</c><00:40:17.070><c> in</c><00:40:17.789><c> God's</c>

00:40:18.190 --> 00:40:23.630
vineyard.<00:40:19.889><c> My</c><00:40:20.130><c> beloved</c><00:40:20.510><c> hath</c><00:40:20.769><c> a</c><00:40:20.949><c> vineyard</c><00:40:21.349><c> in</c><00:40:21.530><c> a</c><00:40:21.710><c> very</c><00:40:22.090><c> fruitful</c><00:40:22.469><c> hill.</c>

00:40:24.010 --> 00:40:26.570
Planted<00:40:24.250><c> a</c><00:40:24.510><c> vine,</c><00:40:25.769><c> dug</c><00:40:25.869><c> a</c><00:40:26.090><c> wine</c><00:40:26.369><c> press,</c>

00:40:26.710 --> 00:40:30.869
built<00:40:26.909><c> a</c><00:40:27.150><c> tower,</c><00:40:27.610><c> fenced</c><00:40:27.809><c> it</c><00:40:28.010><c> about.</c><00:40:28.349><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:28.670><c> 5.</c><00:40:29.909><c> The</c><00:40:30.010><c> vineyard</c><00:40:30.469><c> was</c><00:40:30.710><c> a</c>

00:40:30.869 --> 00:40:32.769
long<00:40:31.130><c> time</c><00:40:31.369><c> in</c><00:40:31.630><c> preparing.</c><00:40:32.070><c> It</c><00:40:32.110><c> takes</c>

00:40:32.769 --> 00:40:35.190
years,<00:40:33.449><c> brothers</c><00:40:33.730><c> and</c><00:40:33.969><c> sisters,</c><00:40:34.289><c> for</c><00:40:34.409><c> a</c><00:40:34.590><c> vineyard</c><00:40:34.849><c> to</c><00:40:35.010><c> come</c>

00:40:35.190 --> 00:40:39.070
to<00:40:35.409><c> fruition.</c><00:40:37.309><c> And</c><00:40:37.769><c> if</c><00:40:38.170><c> it</c><00:40:38.289><c> can</c><00:40:38.610><c> stand</c><00:40:38.769><c> it,</c>

00:40:39.289 --> 00:40:43.789
a<00:40:39.449><c> fig</c><00:40:39.530><c> tree</c><00:40:39.889><c> is</c><00:40:40.190><c> ideal.</c><00:40:42.130><c> However,</c><00:40:42.869><c> let's</c><00:40:43.070><c> be</c><00:40:43.309><c> careful</c><00:40:43.550><c> about</c>

00:40:43.789 --> 00:40:46.550
that<00:40:44.050><c> fig</c><00:40:44.230><c> tree.</c><00:40:45.389><c> And</c><00:40:45.469><c> when</c><00:40:45.610><c> this</c><00:40:45.989><c> certain</c><00:40:46.230><c> man</c>

00:40:46.550 --> 00:40:50.829
came<00:40:46.849><c> and</c><00:40:46.969><c> found</c><00:40:47.309><c> no</c><00:40:47.590><c> fruit,</c><00:40:47.789><c> verse</c><00:40:48.070><c> 7,</c><00:40:49.010><c> he</c><00:40:49.130><c> said</c><00:40:49.309><c> unto</c><00:40:49.510><c> the</c><00:40:49.829><c> dresser</c><00:40:50.610><c> of</c>

00:40:50.829 --> 00:40:52.869
his<00:40:51.250><c> vineyard,</c><00:40:51.730><c> you</c><00:40:51.849><c> can't</c><00:40:52.210><c> miss</c><00:40:52.469><c> the</c><00:40:52.670><c> point,</c>

00:40:53.130 --> 00:40:58.210
can<00:40:53.130><c> you?</c><00:40:55.010><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:55.489><c> Elohim</c><00:40:56.210><c> planted</c><00:40:56.750><c> a</c><00:40:56.969><c> garden</c><00:40:57.369><c> eastward</c><00:40:58.050><c> in</c>

00:40:58.210 --> 00:41:01.730
Eden<00:40:58.889><c> wherein</c><00:40:59.710><c> he</c><00:40:59.969><c> put</c><00:41:00.110><c> the</c><00:41:00.329><c> man</c><00:41:00.489><c> that</c><00:41:00.610><c> he</c><00:41:00.750><c> might</c><00:41:01.210><c> dress</c>

00:41:01.730 --> 00:41:05.010
it,<00:41:01.949><c> brothers</c><00:41:02.369><c> and</c><00:41:02.369><c> sisters.</c><00:41:03.409><c> Not</c><00:41:03.610><c> that</c><00:41:03.849><c> that</c><00:41:04.010><c> was</c><00:41:04.150><c> a</c><00:41:04.269><c> vineyard,</c><00:41:04.590><c> that</c><00:41:04.730><c> was</c><00:41:04.989><c> a</c>

00:41:05.010 --> 00:41:07.369
complete<00:41:05.670><c> garden.</c><00:41:06.750><c> Both</c><00:41:07.070><c> flowers</c>

00:41:07.369 --> 00:41:10.130
and<00:41:07.630><c> fruit</c><00:41:07.949><c> would</c><00:41:08.150><c> have</c><00:41:08.289><c> been</c><00:41:08.429><c> abundant</c><00:41:08.750><c> in</c><00:41:08.889><c> that</c><00:41:09.150><c> one.</c><00:41:10.070><c> It</c>

00:41:10.130 --> 00:41:12.789
was<00:41:10.329><c> God's</c><00:41:10.710><c> garden,</c><00:41:11.349><c> nonetheless.</c><00:41:12.150><c> And</c><00:41:12.150><c> the</c><00:41:12.489><c> flowers</c>

00:41:12.789 --> 00:41:16.309
and<00:41:12.969><c> the</c><00:41:13.190><c> fruit,</c><00:41:13.510><c> brothers</c><00:41:13.610><c> and</c><00:41:13.909><c> sisters,</c><00:41:14.130><c> in</c><00:41:14.269><c> that</c><00:41:14.610><c> innocency</c><00:41:15.289><c> of</c><00:41:15.730><c> the</c>

00:41:16.309 --> 00:41:17.869
primordial<00:41:16.809><c> creation,</c><00:41:17.389><c> brothers</c><00:41:17.610><c> and</c>

00:41:17.869 --> 00:41:22.010
sisters,<00:41:18.150><c> spoke</c><00:41:18.510><c> of</c><00:41:18.650><c> the</c><00:41:18.929><c> glory</c><00:41:19.329><c> and</c><00:41:19.690><c> majesty</c><00:41:20.110><c> of</c><00:41:20.309><c> their</c><00:41:20.489><c> Maker.</c><00:41:21.849><c> There</c><00:41:21.849><c> was</c>

00:41:22.010 --> 00:41:23.650
nothing<00:41:22.329><c> there</c><00:41:22.869><c> in</c><00:41:23.050><c> that</c><00:41:23.289><c> garden,</c>

00:41:23.690 --> 00:41:27.050
detrimental<00:41:24.190><c> at</c><00:41:24.369><c> that</c><00:41:24.690><c> stage</c><00:41:25.210><c> to</c><00:41:25.710><c> the</c><00:41:25.929><c> production</c><00:41:26.349><c> of</c><00:41:26.650><c> beauty</c>

00:41:27.050 --> 00:41:29.809
and<00:41:27.690><c> fruitfulness.</c><00:41:28.849><c> And</c><00:41:29.090><c> Adam</c><00:41:29.269><c> had</c><00:41:29.530><c> the</c>

00:41:29.809 --> 00:41:36.210
privilege<00:41:30.730><c> of</c><00:41:31.389><c> being</c><00:41:31.789><c> Lord</c><00:41:32.210><c> of</c><00:41:32.369><c> the</c><00:41:32.550><c> Sabbath.</c><00:41:33.690><c> For</c><00:41:33.889><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:34.190><c> made</c><00:41:34.510><c> the</c><00:41:34.750><c> earth</c><00:41:34.949><c> and</c><00:41:35.130><c> the</c><00:41:35.269><c> heavens</c><00:41:35.409><c> and</c><00:41:35.550><c> the</c><00:41:35.690><c> earth</c><00:41:35.809><c> in</c>

00:41:36.210 --> 00:41:41.309
six<00:41:36.610><c> days</c><00:41:37.289><c> come</c><00:41:37.769><c> the</c><00:41:38.050><c> first</c><00:41:38.369><c> Sabbath.</c><00:41:39.150><c> And</c><00:41:39.269><c> Adam</c><00:41:39.409><c> had</c><00:41:39.829><c> dominion.</c><00:41:40.769><c> He</c><00:41:40.909><c> was</c>

00:41:41.309 --> 00:41:44.150
Lord<00:41:41.829><c> of</c><00:41:42.030><c> the</c><00:41:42.269><c> Sabbath</c><00:41:42.750><c> because</c><00:41:43.889><c> God</c>

00:41:44.150 --> 00:41:52.510
rested<00:41:44.469><c> and</c><00:41:44.610><c> put</c><00:41:44.750><c> him</c><00:41:44.909><c> in</c><00:41:45.130><c> charge.</c><00:41:46.969><c> And</c><00:41:47.150><c> he</c><00:41:47.289><c> made</c><00:41:47.449><c> an</c><00:41:47.650><c> awful</c><00:41:47.889><c> mess,</c><00:41:49.329><c> didn't</c><00:41:49.469><c> he?</c><00:41:50.969><c> Way</c><00:41:51.250><c> down</c><00:41:51.550><c> the</c><00:41:51.849><c> annals</c><00:41:52.030><c> of</c><00:41:52.250><c> history</c>

00:41:52.510 --> 00:41:57.710
comes<00:41:52.789><c> a</c><00:41:52.989><c> man,</c><00:41:53.309><c> brothers</c><00:41:53.409><c> and</c><00:41:53.670><c> sisters,</c><00:41:54.050><c> who</c><00:41:54.190><c> on</c><00:41:54.429><c> Sabbath</c><00:41:54.670><c> days</c><00:41:54.989><c> went</c><00:41:55.150><c> around</c><00:41:55.489><c> working.</c><00:41:56.250><c> Why?</c><00:41:57.429><c> Not</c>

00:41:57.710 --> 00:41:58.510
only<00:41:57.909><c> because</c><00:41:58.250><c> he</c>

00:41:58.510 --> 00:42:02.250
said,<00:41:58.889><c> my</c><00:41:59.090><c> father</c><00:41:59.590><c> worketh</c><00:42:00.070><c> hitherto</c><00:42:00.429><c> and</c><00:42:00.650><c> I</c><00:42:00.889><c> work.</c><00:42:01.909><c> But</c><00:42:02.070><c> you</c>

00:42:02.250 --> 00:42:05.010
see,<00:42:03.050><c> he</c><00:42:03.070><c> never</c><00:42:03.369><c> made</c><00:42:03.630><c> a</c><00:42:03.809><c> mess</c><00:42:04.030><c> of</c><00:42:04.230><c> things.</c><00:42:04.550><c> And</c><00:42:04.690><c> it</c><00:42:04.710><c> was</c>

00:42:05.010 --> 00:42:11.929
always<00:42:05.630><c> God's</c><00:42:06.190><c> intention</c><00:42:06.730><c> that</c><00:42:07.969><c> he</c><00:42:08.170><c> rests</c><00:42:08.710><c> and</c><00:42:09.630><c> that</c><00:42:09.869><c> he</c><00:42:10.309><c> delegate</c><00:42:10.949><c> authority</c><00:42:11.630><c> and</c>

00:42:11.929 --> 00:42:13.489
power<00:42:12.349><c> to</c><00:42:12.730><c> the</c><00:42:12.889><c> Son</c><00:42:13.050><c> of</c><00:42:13.230><c> Man.</c>

00:42:13.550 --> 00:42:17.250
Here<00:42:13.690><c> he</c><00:42:13.909><c> is.</c><00:42:15.070><c> Which</c><00:42:15.369><c> of</c><00:42:15.570><c> you</c><00:42:15.750><c> convinces</c><00:42:16.170><c> me</c><00:42:16.429><c> of</c><00:42:16.570><c> sin?</c><00:42:16.909><c> Who</c><00:42:17.070><c> can</c>

00:42:17.250 --> 00:42:19.110
say<00:42:17.449><c> to</c><00:42:17.489><c> him,</c><00:42:17.829><c> cease</c><00:42:18.190><c> working</c><00:42:18.570><c> on</c><00:42:18.750><c> the</c><00:42:18.929><c> Sabbath?</c>

00:42:19.309 --> 00:42:23.989
Nobody<00:42:19.670><c> could</c><00:42:20.329><c> because</c><00:42:21.289><c> he's</c><00:42:21.449><c> not</c><00:42:21.630><c> making</c><00:42:21.909><c> a</c><00:42:22.050><c> mess</c><00:42:22.210><c> of</c><00:42:22.369><c> it.</c><00:42:23.389><c> And</c><00:42:23.650><c> here</c><00:42:23.849><c> he</c>

00:42:23.989 --> 00:42:27.309
is<00:42:24.849><c> when</c><00:42:25.309><c> the</c><00:42:25.690><c> Lord</c><00:42:25.969><c> of</c><00:42:26.130><c> heaven</c><00:42:26.309><c> and</c><00:42:27.230><c> the</c>

00:42:27.309 --> 00:42:30.090
vineyard<00:42:27.710><c> and</c><00:42:27.909><c> sees</c><00:42:28.110><c> that</c><00:42:28.510><c> fig</c><00:42:28.630><c> tree</c><00:42:28.969><c> is</c><00:42:29.289><c> dangerous</c><00:42:29.710><c> to</c><00:42:29.909><c> the</c>

00:42:30.090 --> 00:42:32.909
vine.<00:42:31.230><c> It's</c><00:42:31.570><c> the</c><00:42:31.829><c> dresser</c><00:42:32.190><c> that</c><00:42:32.409><c> appeals,</c>

00:42:33.090 --> 00:42:38.050
brothers<00:42:33.190><c> and</c><00:42:33.429><c> sisters,</c><00:42:34.829><c> for</c><00:42:35.030><c> the</c><00:42:35.110><c> life</c><00:42:35.349><c> of</c><00:42:35.530><c> that</c><00:42:35.730><c> tree.</c><00:42:37.949><c> You</c>

00:42:38.050 --> 00:42:41.750
know,<00:42:38.630><c> the</c><00:42:38.690><c> word</c><00:42:38.989><c> dresser</c><00:42:39.409><c> here</c><00:42:39.550><c> means</c><00:42:39.769><c> a</c><00:42:40.190><c> vine</c><00:42:40.809><c> worker.</c>

00:42:42.769 --> 00:42:47.090
He<00:42:42.909><c> was</c><00:42:43.110><c> working</c><00:42:43.409><c> for</c><00:42:43.610><c> the</c><00:42:43.809><c> vine</c><00:42:44.210><c> but</c><00:42:45.909><c> he</c><00:42:46.110><c> wanted</c><00:42:46.349><c> to</c><00:42:46.630><c> save</c><00:42:46.829><c> the</c>

00:42:47.090 --> 00:42:56.429
tree.<00:42:49.349><c> He</c><00:42:49.610><c> didn't</c><00:42:49.809><c> want</c><00:42:49.989><c> it</c><00:42:50.110><c> to</c><00:42:50.250><c> be</c><00:42:50.429><c> cut</c><00:42:50.630><c> down.</c><00:42:55.909><c> Why</c>

00:42:56.429 --> 00:43:00.610
you<00:42:56.610><c> see,</c><00:42:57.789><c> it's</c><00:42:57.989><c> got</c><00:42:58.070><c> to</c><00:42:58.190><c> be</c><00:42:58.349><c> cut</c><00:42:58.510><c> down,</c><00:42:58.710><c> he</c><00:42:58.869><c> says</c><00:42:59.090><c> in</c><00:42:59.250><c> verse</c><00:42:59.489><c> 7.</c>

00:43:00.969 --> 00:43:05.750
Why<00:43:01.449><c> cumberth</c><00:43:02.210><c> it</c><00:43:02.590><c> to</c><00:43:02.769><c> the</c><00:43:02.969><c> ground?</c><00:43:04.829><c> Now</c><00:43:05.050><c> the</c><00:43:05.130><c> word</c>

00:43:05.750 --> 00:43:12.050
cumberth,<00:43:06.489><c> brothers</c><00:43:06.630><c> and</c><00:43:06.889><c> sisters,</c><00:43:07.190><c> means</c><00:43:07.650><c> to</c><00:43:08.670><c> render</c><00:43:09.030><c> useless.</c><00:43:11.489><c> That's</c><00:43:11.750><c> how</c>

00:43:12.050 --> 00:43:14.570
Rotherham<00:43:12.530><c> renders</c><00:43:12.929><c> it,</c><00:43:13.869><c> to</c><00:43:14.170><c> render</c>

00:43:14.570 --> 00:43:19.710
useless.<00:43:15.909><c> The</c><00:43:16.130><c> RSV</c><00:43:16.769><c> follows</c><00:43:17.090><c> that,</c><00:43:17.349><c> another</c><00:43:17.550><c> good</c><00:43:17.849><c> translation.</c><00:43:19.329><c> Which</c><00:43:19.530><c> the</c>

00:43:19.710 --> 00:43:20.989
word<00:43:19.869><c> cumberth,</c><00:43:20.289><c> of</c><00:43:20.469><c> course,</c>

00:43:20.989 --> 00:43:24.329
gives<00:43:21.449><c> the</c><00:43:21.690><c> same</c><00:43:21.969><c> sense.</c><00:43:22.929><c> But</c><00:43:23.110><c> it's</c><00:43:23.329><c> rendering</c><00:43:23.730><c> the</c><00:43:24.030><c> ground</c>

00:43:24.329 --> 00:43:27.610
useless.<00:43:26.150><c> Brothers</c><00:43:26.269><c> and</c><00:43:26.489><c> sisters,</c><00:43:27.090><c> people</c><00:43:27.329><c> in</c>

00:43:27.610 --> 00:43:35.849
the<00:43:27.809><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:29.789><c> throwing</c><00:43:30.449><c> out</c><00:43:30.710><c> a</c><00:43:30.809><c> big</c><00:43:31.070><c> shade</c><00:43:31.889><c> might</c><00:43:33.369><c> make</c><00:43:33.570><c> a</c><00:43:33.750><c> big</c><00:43:33.929><c> show</c><00:43:34.469><c> but</c><00:43:35.670><c> if</c>

00:43:35.849 --> 00:43:38.050
they're<00:43:36.110><c> unfruitful</c><00:43:37.329><c> in</c><00:43:37.690><c> the</c><00:43:37.849><c> works</c>

00:43:38.050 --> 00:43:40.590
of<00:43:38.230><c> their</c><00:43:38.389><c> Lord,</c><00:43:39.150><c> it's</c><00:43:39.269><c> not</c><00:43:39.429><c> only</c><00:43:39.590><c> going</c><00:43:39.750><c> to</c><00:43:39.909><c> be</c><00:43:40.130><c> that</c><00:43:40.289><c> they</c>

00:43:40.590 --> 00:43:42.929
will<00:43:40.869><c> stand</c><00:43:41.070><c> judgment</c><00:43:41.469><c> for</c><00:43:41.690><c> that</c><00:43:42.050><c> but</c><00:43:42.469><c> they</c><00:43:42.670><c> are</c>

00:43:42.929 --> 00:43:48.010
detrimental<00:43:43.429><c> to</c><00:43:43.809><c> everyone</c><00:43:44.409><c> in</c><00:43:44.610><c> the</c><00:43:44.769><c> meeting.</c><00:43:47.449><c> Everyone</c><00:43:47.829><c> in</c>

00:43:48.010 --> 00:43:49.849
the<00:43:48.130><c> meeting</c><00:43:48.309><c> is</c><00:43:48.530><c> going</c><00:43:48.610><c> to</c><00:43:48.750><c> be</c><00:43:49.030><c> sucked</c><00:43:49.329><c> from</c><00:43:49.670><c> the</c>

00:43:49.849 --> 00:43:54.929
ground,<00:43:51.449><c> robbed</c><00:43:51.690><c> of</c><00:43:51.849><c> its</c><00:43:52.070><c> fertility</c><00:43:52.610><c> by</c><00:43:53.809><c> the</c><00:43:54.050><c> huge</c><00:43:54.429><c> roots</c><00:43:54.769><c> of</c>

00:43:54.929 --> 00:43:58.409
those<00:43:55.269><c> who</c><00:43:55.469><c> stand</c><00:43:55.829><c> doing</c><00:43:56.170><c> nothing</c><00:43:56.630><c> in</c><00:43:56.889><c> God's</c><00:43:57.369><c> service</c>

00:43:58.489 --> 00:44:01.690
and<00:43:58.829><c> others</c><00:43:59.090><c> are</c><00:43:59.289><c> affected</c><00:43:59.590><c> by</c><00:43:59.829><c> that.</c><00:44:00.909><c> They're</c><00:44:01.110><c> affected</c><00:44:01.469><c> by</c>

00:44:01.690 --> 00:44:03.429
their<00:44:02.010><c> bad</c><00:44:02.289><c> example.</c>

00:44:04.809 --> 00:44:08.210
Put<00:44:04.989><c> these</c><00:44:05.230><c> people</c><00:44:05.690><c> who</c><00:44:06.170><c> give</c><00:44:06.449><c> shade</c><00:44:06.969><c> from</c><00:44:07.170><c> the</c><00:44:07.329><c> heat</c><00:44:07.690><c> in</c><00:44:08.110><c> the</c>

00:44:08.210 --> 00:44:10.750
midst<00:44:08.329><c> of</c><00:44:08.510><c> the</c><00:44:08.630><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:09.250><c> where</c><00:44:09.909><c> nobody</c><00:44:10.369><c> suffers</c>

00:44:10.750 --> 00:44:14.690
and<00:44:10.929><c> people</c><00:44:11.230><c> shelter,</c><00:44:12.050><c> they're</c><00:44:12.269><c> wonderful</c><00:44:12.650><c> to</c><00:44:12.929><c> have.</c><00:44:14.489><c> When</c>

00:44:14.690 --> 00:44:17.510
they<00:44:15.050><c> cease</c><00:44:15.250><c> in</c><00:44:15.369><c> their</c><00:44:15.630><c> lives,</c><00:44:16.010><c> brothers</c><00:44:16.170><c> and</c>

00:44:17.510 --> 00:44:22.070
sisters,<00:44:17.889><c> meet</c><00:44:18.210><c> for</c><00:44:18.550><c> repentance,</c><00:44:19.670><c> they</c><00:44:19.829><c> are</c><00:44:20.150><c> a</c><00:44:20.230><c> menace</c><00:44:20.510><c> to</c><00:44:20.670><c> the</c><00:44:20.849><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:44:21.849><c> an</c>

00:44:22.070 --> 00:44:23.289
absolute<00:44:22.489><c> menace.</c>

00:44:23.949 --> 00:44:27.269
And<00:44:24.090><c> as</c><00:44:24.250><c> I</c><00:44:24.449><c> say,</c><00:44:24.690><c> they</c><00:44:25.030><c> become</c><00:44:25.429><c> detrimental</c><00:44:26.090><c> to</c><00:44:26.710><c> the</c><00:44:26.869><c> body</c><00:44:27.090><c> of</c>

00:44:27.269 --> 00:44:31.489
Christ<00:44:27.829><c> and</c><00:44:29.730><c> obnoxious</c><00:44:30.369><c> to</c><00:44:30.590><c> the</c><00:44:30.710><c> judgments</c><00:44:31.010><c> of</c><00:44:31.230><c> God</c>

00:44:31.489 --> 00:44:35.449
because<00:44:32.090><c> he</c><00:44:32.610><c> cares</c><00:44:33.050><c> for</c><00:44:33.250><c> the</c><00:44:33.409><c> people</c><00:44:33.590><c> in</c><00:44:33.750><c> his</c><00:44:33.889><c> meeting.</c><00:44:35.110><c> So</c><00:44:35.309><c> if</c>

00:44:35.449 --> 00:44:37.010
we're<00:44:35.610><c> going</c><00:44:35.690><c> to</c><00:44:35.789><c> be</c><00:44:35.909><c> in</c><00:44:35.989><c> that</c><00:44:36.269><c> state,</c><00:44:37.010><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:44:37.349><c> sisters,</c><00:44:37.909><c> let</c><00:44:37.989><c> we</c><00:44:38.329><c> wear,</c><00:44:39.429><c> lest</c><00:44:39.590><c> we</c><00:44:39.949><c> should</c><00:44:40.449><c> likewise</c><00:44:41.610><c> perish.</c><00:44:43.210><c> But</c>

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the<00:44:43.630><c> dresser</c><00:44:43.949><c> of</c><00:44:43.969><c> the</c><00:44:44.150><c> vineyard</c><00:44:44.409><c> appeals</c>

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for<00:44:45.050><c> it.</c><00:44:46.690><c> You</c><00:44:46.750><c> see,</c><00:44:47.550><c> this</c><00:44:47.670><c> man</c><00:44:47.889><c> that</c><00:44:48.030><c> had</c><00:44:48.190><c> come,</c><00:44:48.590><c> brothers</c><00:44:48.750><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:44:49.309><c> in</c><00:44:49.389><c> verse</c><00:44:49.650><c> seven</c><00:44:50.010><c> had</c><00:44:50.389><c> come</c><00:44:50.630><c> looking</c><00:44:50.849><c> for</c>

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this<00:44:51.510><c> tree</c><00:44:51.750><c> for</c><00:44:52.489><c> three</c><00:44:53.269><c> years.</c><00:44:55.130><c> I</c><00:44:55.130><c> mean,</c><00:44:55.750><c> you'd</c><00:44:55.969><c> have</c><00:44:56.050><c> to</c><00:44:56.309><c> be</c>

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less<00:44:57.150><c> than</c><00:44:57.389><c> intelligent</c><00:44:57.849><c> not</c><00:44:58.469><c> to</c><00:44:58.710><c> see</c><00:44:58.989><c> that</c><00:44:59.329><c> here</c><00:44:59.550><c> we</c>

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are<00:44:59.909><c> in</c><00:45:00.110><c> the</c><00:45:00.289><c> last</c><00:45:00.849><c> six</c><00:45:01.269><c> months</c><00:45:01.610><c> of</c><00:45:01.769><c> the</c><00:45:01.929><c> Lord's</c><00:45:02.429><c> life.</c><00:45:03.250><c> Three</c>

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years<00:45:04.190><c> on</c><00:45:04.510><c> we</c><00:45:04.789><c> are.</c><00:45:06.329><c> And</c><00:45:06.550><c> what</c><00:45:06.650><c> did</c><00:45:06.750><c> we</c><00:45:06.889><c> learn</c><00:45:07.090><c> about</c>

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the<00:45:07.570><c> tree</c><00:45:07.769><c> back</c><00:45:08.030><c> in</c><00:45:08.170><c> Matthew</c><00:45:08.510><c> chapter</c><00:45:08.809><c> three?</c><00:45:09.070><c> You</c><00:45:09.170><c> remember</c>

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the<00:45:09.469><c> way</c><00:45:10.190><c> back</c><00:45:10.409><c> in</c><00:45:10.550><c> that</c><00:45:10.670><c> lesson</c><00:45:10.909><c> in</c><00:45:11.030><c> Matthew</c>

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three,<00:45:11.889><c> brothers</c><00:45:11.909><c> and</c><00:45:12.030><c> sisters,</c><00:45:12.429><c> about</c><00:45:12.630><c> John</c><00:45:12.909><c> the</c><00:45:13.070><c> Baptist?</c>

00:45:14.130 --> 00:45:16.449
Remember<00:45:14.409><c> that</c><00:45:14.630><c> one?</c><00:45:15.630><c> Had</c><00:45:15.789><c> he</c><00:45:15.949><c> warned</c><00:45:16.150><c> these</c>

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people<00:45:16.650><c> at</c><00:45:17.010><c> the</c><00:45:17.110><c> beginning</c><00:45:17.449><c> of</c><00:45:17.630><c> the</c><00:45:17.809><c> three</c><00:45:17.989><c> years</c><00:45:18.269><c> what</c><00:45:18.429><c> would</c>

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happen?<00:45:20.610><c> A</c><00:45:20.750><c> long</c><00:45:20.929><c> time</c><00:45:21.190><c> ago</c><00:45:21.369><c> we</c><00:45:21.550><c> considered</c><00:45:21.869><c> this</c>

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together.<00:45:23.409><c> But</c><00:45:23.550><c> my</c><00:45:23.849><c> word,</c><00:45:24.070><c> it</c><00:45:24.070><c> has</c><00:45:24.289><c> a</c><00:45:24.469><c> mighty</c><00:45:24.789><c> connection</c><00:45:25.210><c> here.</c><00:45:27.550><c> And</c>

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so<00:45:27.789><c> in</c><00:45:27.869><c> Matthew</c><00:45:28.250><c> chapter</c><00:45:28.550><c> three,</c><00:45:29.150><c> verses</c><00:45:29.190><c> eight</c>

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to<00:45:29.650><c> ten,</c><00:45:31.150><c> John</c><00:45:31.409><c> told</c><00:45:31.650><c> them</c><00:45:31.789><c> to</c><00:45:31.949><c> bring</c><00:45:32.170><c> forth</c><00:45:32.510><c> therefore</c><00:45:32.889><c> fruits,</c><00:45:33.650><c> meat</c>

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for<00:45:33.909><c> repentance</c><00:45:34.230><c> and</c><00:45:34.429><c> think</c><00:45:34.710><c> not</c><00:45:35.030><c> to</c><00:45:35.250><c> say</c>

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stones<00:45:41.730><c> to</c><00:45:41.969><c> raise</c><00:45:42.190><c> up</c><00:45:42.429><c> children</c><00:45:42.690><c> unto</c><00:45:42.969><c> Abraham</c><00:45:43.550><c> and</c><00:45:43.929><c> now</c><00:45:44.250><c> also</c>

00:45:44.650 --> 00:45:47.929
the<00:45:45.090><c> axe</c><00:45:45.510><c> is</c><00:45:45.869><c> laid</c><00:45:46.070><c> under</c><00:45:46.289><c> the</c><00:45:46.550><c> root</c><00:45:46.670><c> of</c><00:45:46.849><c> the</c><00:45:47.030><c> trees.</c>

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Therefore<00:45:48.630><c> every</c><00:45:49.110><c> tree</c><00:45:49.329><c> which</c><00:45:49.610><c> bringeth</c><00:45:49.909><c> not</c><00:45:50.170><c> forth</c><00:45:50.409><c> good</c><00:45:50.750><c> fruit</c><00:45:51.050><c> is</c>

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hewn<00:45:52.050><c> down</c><00:45:52.429><c> and</c><00:45:52.789><c> cast</c><00:45:53.050><c> into</c><00:45:53.210><c> the</c><00:45:53.469><c> fire.</c>

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John<00:45:54.510><c> said</c><00:45:54.809><c> the</c><00:45:55.449><c> mighty</c><00:45:56.289><c> husbandmen</c><00:45:57.110><c> of</c><00:45:57.789><c> the</c><00:45:57.969><c> heavens</c><00:45:58.329><c> laid</c>

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sisters,<00:46:05.170><c> three</c><00:46:05.550><c> years</c><00:46:05.849><c> on</c><00:46:06.389><c> and</c><00:46:07.070><c> it's</c>

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into<00:46:11.869><c> the</c><00:46:11.989><c> kingdom</c><00:46:12.250><c> of</c><00:46:12.550><c> God.</c><00:46:12.789><c> That's</c><00:46:12.969><c> what</c>

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it's<00:46:13.250><c> doing.</c><00:46:14.289><c> It's</c><00:46:14.510><c> time</c><00:46:14.670><c> it</c><00:46:14.849><c> came</c><00:46:15.130><c> down.</c><00:46:16.130><c> Remember</c><00:46:16.349><c> the</c><00:46:16.550><c> lesson?</c><00:46:16.750><c> We</c>

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won't<00:46:17.030><c> turn</c><00:46:17.210><c> it</c><00:46:17.329><c> up</c><00:46:17.429><c> now.</c><00:46:17.829><c> Back</c><00:46:18.010><c> in</c><00:46:18.150><c> the</c>

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they<00:46:20.989><c> went</c><00:46:21.150><c> into</c><00:46:21.329><c> the</c><00:46:21.570><c> land</c><00:46:21.730><c> and</c><00:46:22.030><c> planted</c><00:46:22.230><c> their</c><00:46:22.489><c> trees</c>

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and<00:46:23.269><c> they</c><00:46:23.590><c> said</c><00:46:23.849><c> that</c><00:46:24.070><c> the</c><00:46:24.210><c> fruit</c><00:46:24.369><c> of</c><00:46:24.469><c> those</c><00:46:24.710><c> trees</c><00:46:24.929><c> would</c><00:46:25.170><c> be</c>

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uncircumcised<00:46:26.469><c> for</c><00:46:26.730><c> three</c><00:46:27.050><c> years.</c>

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Three<00:46:29.869><c> years</c><00:46:30.349><c> and</c><00:46:31.670><c> they</c><00:46:31.909><c> could</c><00:46:32.110><c> not</c><00:46:32.289><c> eat</c><00:46:32.630><c> fruit</c><00:46:32.889><c> till</c><00:46:33.150><c> the</c><00:46:33.510><c> fifth</c><00:46:33.929><c> year.</c><00:46:34.929><c> What</c><00:46:35.130><c> happened</c><00:46:35.289><c> to</c>

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the<00:46:35.550><c> fruit</c><00:46:35.670><c> of</c><00:46:35.809><c> the</c><00:46:35.989><c> four?</c>

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You<00:46:37.909><c> know</c><00:46:38.070><c> what</c><00:46:38.090><c> they</c><00:46:38.210><c> did</c><00:46:38.329><c> with</c><00:46:38.550><c> it?</c><00:46:39.750><c> They</c><00:46:40.030><c> plucked</c><00:46:40.329><c> it</c><00:46:40.429><c> off</c>

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the<00:46:40.789><c> tree</c><00:46:41.110><c> and</c><00:46:42.070><c> glorified</c><00:46:42.789><c> God</c><00:46:43.050><c> with</c><00:46:43.309><c> it.</c>

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So<00:46:45.170><c> for</c><00:46:45.429><c> three</c><00:46:45.829><c> years</c><00:46:46.449><c> the</c><00:46:46.750><c> tree</c><00:46:46.989><c> was</c><00:46:47.230><c> preparing</c><00:46:47.750><c> and</c><00:46:49.050><c> it</c><00:46:49.329><c> produced</c><00:46:49.550><c> enough</c><00:46:49.909><c> fruit</c><00:46:50.210><c> to</c>

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glorify<00:46:51.150><c> God</c>

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and<00:46:52.730><c> then</c><00:46:53.030><c> and</c><00:46:53.130><c> then</c><00:46:53.349><c> only</c><00:46:53.570><c> they</c><00:46:53.789><c> could</c><00:46:53.929><c> eat</c><00:46:54.150><c> of</c><00:46:54.409><c> the</c><00:46:55.050><c> tree</c><00:46:55.190><c> of</c>

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the<00:46:55.590><c> fifth</c><00:46:55.809><c> year.</c><00:46:55.989><c> God's</c><00:46:56.409><c> grace</c>

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was<00:46:57.150><c> then</c><00:46:57.530><c> open</c><00:46:57.809><c> to</c><00:46:58.030><c> them.</c><00:46:58.590><c> Well</c><00:46:58.730><c> that's</c><00:46:59.010><c> exactly</c><00:46:59.289><c> the</c><00:46:59.449><c> point</c>

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here,<00:46:59.869><c> isn't</c><00:46:59.929><c> it?</c><00:47:00.550><c> So</c><00:47:00.710><c> here's</c><00:47:00.989><c> John</c><00:47:01.210><c> standing</c>

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at<00:47:01.750><c> the</c><00:47:01.869><c> beginning</c><00:47:02.030><c> of</c><00:47:02.190><c> the</c><00:47:02.369><c> three</c><00:47:02.550><c> years.</c><00:47:02.769><c> He</c><00:47:02.909><c> said</c><00:47:03.030><c> there's</c>

00:47:03.349 --> 00:47:06.690
the<00:47:03.550><c> axe.</c><00:47:05.889><c> That's</c><00:47:06.130><c> what's</c><00:47:06.269><c> going</c><00:47:06.349><c> to</c><00:47:06.510><c> happen</c>

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if<00:47:06.789><c> you</c><00:47:06.909><c> don't</c><00:47:07.130><c> bring</c><00:47:07.349><c> forth</c><00:47:07.690><c> fruit</c><00:47:07.969><c> and</c><00:47:08.630><c> positively</c><00:47:09.130><c> if</c><00:47:09.250><c> they</c>

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sisters<00:47:11.289><c> in</c><00:47:11.809><c> those</c><00:47:12.050><c> years</c><00:47:12.409><c> when</c><00:47:12.570><c> they</c><00:47:12.829><c> may</c><00:47:12.989><c> have</c><00:47:13.150><c> been</c><00:47:13.570><c> uncircumcised</c><00:47:14.429><c> in</c><00:47:14.590><c> that</c><00:47:14.849><c> sense</c><00:47:15.030><c> but</c>

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learning<00:47:15.849><c> by</c><00:47:16.289><c> the</c>

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time<00:47:16.590><c> they</c><00:47:16.769><c> come</c><00:47:16.969><c> to</c><00:47:17.110><c> the</c><00:47:17.289><c> third</c><00:47:17.530><c> year</c><00:47:17.730><c> if</c><00:47:17.789><c> they'd</c><00:47:18.090><c> accepted</c>

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the<00:47:18.469><c> Lord</c><00:47:18.650><c> Jesus</c><00:47:19.110><c> Christ</c><00:47:19.510><c> why</c><00:47:19.949><c> they</c><00:47:20.130><c> could</c><00:47:20.309><c> have</c><00:47:20.449><c> been</c>

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glory<00:47:25.690><c> to</c><00:47:25.909><c> God</c><00:47:26.050><c> and</c><00:47:26.570><c> glorified</c><00:47:27.269><c> him</c><00:47:27.530><c> with</c><00:47:27.809><c> the</c><00:47:28.090><c> fruit</c><00:47:28.230><c> that</c><00:47:28.349><c> was</c><00:47:28.550><c> produced</c><00:47:28.889><c> in</c>

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their<00:47:29.250><c> lives</c><00:47:29.769><c> and</c><00:47:30.769><c> then</c><00:47:30.969><c> spent</c>

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the<00:47:31.510><c> rest</c><00:47:31.510><c> of</c><00:47:31.670><c> their</c><00:47:31.829><c> time</c><00:47:32.630><c> enjoying</c><00:47:33.349><c> the</c><00:47:33.690><c> fruits</c><00:47:33.969><c> of</c><00:47:34.170><c> his</c><00:47:34.369><c> work</c><00:47:34.889><c> and</c>

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