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could</c><00:10:55.580><c> for</c><00:10:55.779><c> wheat.</c> 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:59.559 Because<00:10:56.279><c> it</c><00:10:56.379><c> was</c><00:10:56.500><c> given</c><00:10:56.679><c> to</c><00:10:56.840><c> the</c><00:10:56.980><c> horses,</c><00:10:57.639><c> but</c><00:10:57.659><c> they</c><00:10:57.799><c> were</c><00:10:57.960><c> desperate</c><00:10:58.360><c> for</c><00:10:58.600><c> food.</c> 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:02.000 But<00:11:00.279><c> it</c><00:11:00.580><c> said</c><00:11:00.779><c> then,</c> 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:07.500 And<00:11:03.179><c> see</c><00:11:03.679><c> thou</c><00:11:03.980><c> hurt</c><00:11:04.399><c> not</c><00:11:04.919><c> the</c><00:11:05.240><c> oil</c><00:11:05.740><c> and</c><00:11:06.320><c> the</c><00:11:06.639><c> wine.</c> 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.679 Down<00:11:10.559><c> through</c><00:11:10.919><c> history,</c><00:11:12.340><c> there</c><00:11:12.360><c> might</c><00:11:12.679><c> be</c><00:11:12.860><c> a</c><00:11:13.019><c> famine</c><00:11:13.259><c> in</c><00:11:13.480><c> that,</c> 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:17.080 but<00:11:14.000><c> you</c><00:11:14.179><c> would</c><00:11:14.500><c> never</c><00:11:14.840><c> hurt</c><00:11:15.259><c> the</c><00:11:15.679><c> oil</c><00:11:16.019><c> or</c><00:11:16.299><c> the</c><00:11:16.580><c> wine.</c> 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:19.759 That<00:11:17.720><c> is,</c><00:11:17.980><c> you</c><00:11:18.019><c> would</c><00:11:18.360><c> not</c><00:11:18.620><c> touch</c><00:11:18.919><c> the</c><00:11:19.240><c> vines,</c> 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:21.899 and<00:11:20.080><c> you</c><00:11:20.240><c> wouldn't</c><00:11:20.600><c> touch</c><00:11:20.940><c> the</c><00:11:21.259><c> olive</c><00:11:21.620><c> trees.</c> 00:11:21.899 --> 00:11:23.460 Why<00:11:22.399><c> not?</c> 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:28.759 Why<00:11:27.419><c> would</c><00:11:27.600><c> that</c><00:11:27.840><c> be</c><00:11:28.100><c> said?</c> 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.159 Things<00:11:29.620><c> 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come</c><00:12:20.340><c> from,</c><00:12:20.679><c> there</c> 00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:21.440 are<00:12:20.779><c> vineyards</c><00:12:21.100><c> everywhere.</c> 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:24.360 It's<00:12:21.659><c> a</c><00:12:21.799><c> Mediterranean</c><00:12:22.179><c> climate</c><00:12:22.539><c> and</c><00:12:22.700><c> a</c><00:12:22.779><c> lot</c><00:12:22.879><c> of</c><00:12:23.059><c> olive</c><00:12:23.200><c> trees</c><00:12:23.440><c> everywhere.</c> 00:12:24.500 --> 00:12:27.860 So<00:12:24.820><c> you</c><00:12:25.139><c> plant</c><00:12:25.500><c> vines</c><00:12:25.940><c> and</c><00:12:26.360><c> olives</c><00:12:26.639><c> for</c><00:12:26.899><c> your</c><00:12:27.240><c> children</c><00:12:27.620><c> to</c> 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:29.940 benefit<00:12:28.320><c> from</c><00:12:28.799><c> the</c><00:12:29.039><c> produce.</c> 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:35.879 And<00:12:32.080><c> here's</c><00:12:32.960><c> an</c><00:12:33.179><c> emperor</c><00:12:33.620><c> who</c><00:12:34.500><c> says</c><00:12:34.860><c> to</c><00:12:35.059><c> this</c><00:12:35.299><c> little</c><00:12:35.580><c> town,</c> 00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:38.820 you<00:12:36.480><c> cut</c><00:12:36.779><c> down</c><00:12:37.200><c> half</c><00:12:37.620><c> your</c><00:12:37.879><c> vineyards.</c> 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:42.720 It<00:12:39.740><c> would</c><00:12:39.860><c> take</c><00:12:40.059><c> another</c><00:12:40.279><c> generation</c><00:12:41.000><c> to</c><00:12:41.240><c> restore</c><00:12:41.559><c> that,</c><00:12:42.360><c> even</c><00:12:42.600><c> if</c> 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:44.700 they<00:12:42.899><c> were</c><00:12:43.100><c> allowed</c><00:12:43.460><c> to</c><00:12:43.899><c> replant</c><00:12:44.360><c> them.</c> 00:12:44.700 --> 00:12:48.480 And<00:12:45.539><c> so</c><00:12:45.879><c> all</c><00:12:46.120><c> the</c><00:12:46.299><c> way</c><00:12:46.299><c> down</c><00:12:46.659><c> you</c><00:12:46.860><c> find</c><00:12:47.279><c> you</c><00:12:47.700><c> touch</c><00:12:48.039><c> not</c><00:12:48.279><c> the</c> 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:50.059 oil<00:12:48.759><c> and</c><00:12:48.960><c> you</c><00:12:49.100><c> touch</c><00:12:49.399><c> not</c><00:12:49.600><c> the</c><00:12:49.820><c> wine.</c> 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:55.639 But<00:12:50.559><c> here's</c><00:12:50.840><c> one</c><00:12:51.159><c> man</c><00:12:51.799><c> who</c><00:12:52.980><c> says,</c><00:12:54.120><c> rip</c><00:12:54.279><c> them</c><00:12:54.519><c> out.</c> 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:58.879 That<00:12:56.679><c> has</c><00:12:56.860><c> little</c><00:12:57.259><c> strength</c><00:12:57.639><c> in</c><00:12:57.840><c> that</c><00:12:58.100><c> town.</c> 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:01.879 They're<00:12:59.240><c> barely</c><00:12:59.500><c> able</c><00:12:59.759><c> to</c><00:12:59.940><c> exist</c><00:13:00.360><c> in</c><00:13:00.580><c> the</c><00:13:00.779><c> town.</c> 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:04.340 Difficult<00:13:03.299><c> time.</c> 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:06.879 That<00:13:05.659><c> has</c><00:13:05.899><c> little</c><00:13:06.419><c> strength.</c> 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:08.539 They<00:13:07.179><c> all</c><00:13:07.460><c> knew</c><00:13:07.659><c> what</c><00:13:07.860><c> was</c><00:13:08.120><c> happening.</c> 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:12.440 The<00:13:09.379><c> decree</c><00:13:09.740><c> had</c><00:13:10.000><c> gone</c><00:13:10.120><c> out</c><00:13:10.419><c> that</c><00:13:10.700><c> very</c><00:13:11.200><c> year</c><00:13:11.419><c> to</c><00:13:11.740><c> cut</c><00:13:12.019><c> down</c> 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:14.240 the<00:13:12.659><c> vines.</c> 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:17.299 And<00:13:16.080><c> the</c><00:13:16.340><c> earthquake.</c> 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:20.539 That<00:13:17.679><c> area</c><00:13:18.259><c> was</c><00:13:18.700><c> always</c><00:13:19.279><c> having</c><00:13:19.539><c> earthquakes.</c> 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.799 We<00:13:22.759><c> need</c><00:13:22.940><c> to</c><00:13:23.000><c> jump</c><00:13:23.279><c> around</c><00:13:23.539><c> a</c><00:13:23.679><c> little</c><00:13:23.820><c> bit</c><00:13:23.919><c> in</c><00:13:24.080><c> the</c><00:13:24.179><c> letter,</c><00:13:24.799><c> but</c><00:13:24.799><c> when</c><00:13:25.059><c> you</c><00:13:25.220><c> come</c><00:13:25.440><c> down</c><00:13:25.659><c> to</c> 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:27.659 the<00:13:25.940><c> end</c><00:13:26.159><c> of</c><00:13:26.299><c> that</c><00:13:26.500><c> letter,</c> 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:34.860 what<00:13:31.080><c> was</c><00:13:31.360><c> the</c><00:13:31.559><c> thing</c><00:13:31.779><c> that</c><00:13:32.019><c> Christ</c><00:13:32.399><c> always</c><00:13:33.000><c> gave</c><00:13:33.340><c> in</c><00:13:33.559><c> each</c><00:13:33.840><c> letter?</c> 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:40.080 He<00:13:38.399><c> said</c><00:13:38.700><c> whether</c><00:13:38.940><c> there</c><00:13:39.200><c> was</c><00:13:39.419><c> commendation.</c> 00:13:40.299 --> 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the</c><00:13:59.559><c> temple.</c> 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:07.500 What<00:14:00.059><c> would</c><00:14:03.120><c> that</c><00:14:03.299><c> mean</c><00:14:04.179><c> to</c><00:14:05.000><c> someone</c><00:14:05.460><c> who</c><00:14:05.820><c> lived</c><00:14:06.200><c> in</c><00:14:06.820><c> a</c><00:14:07.139><c> town</c> 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:09.559 that<00:14:07.860><c> was</c><00:14:08.039><c> always</c><00:14:08.340><c> having</c><00:14:08.519><c> earthquakes?</c> 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:14.840 What<00:14:12.259><c> would</c><00:14:12.480><c> you</c><00:14:12.779><c> conjure</c><00:14:13.080><c> up</c><00:14:13.220><c> in</c><00:14:13.399><c> your</c><00:14:13.600><c> mind</c><00:14:13.820><c> if</c><00:14:14.000><c> you</c><00:14:14.320><c> lived</c><00:14:14.480><c> in</c><00:14:14.639><c> a</c> 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:17.460 place<00:14:15.059><c> that</c><00:14:15.240><c> was</c><00:14:15.539><c> continually</c><00:14:16.080><c> having</c><00:14:16.399><c> earthquakes?</c> 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what</c><00:14:32.779><c> happened?</c> 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:34.980 People<00:14:33.379><c> ran</c><00:14:33.639><c> out</c><00:14:33.820><c> in</c><00:14:33.980><c> the</c><00:14:34.080><c> street.</c> 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:36.879 As<00:14:35.320><c> they</c><00:14:35.539><c> do</c><00:14:35.740><c> with</c><00:14:35.940><c> earthquakes.</c> 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:40.139 And<00:14:37.980><c> the</c><00:14:38.179><c> buildings</c><00:14:38.460><c> came</c><00:14:38.820><c> down</c><00:14:39.179><c> and</c><00:14:39.460><c> they</c><00:14:39.720><c> pitched</c><00:14:39.879><c> their</c> 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.840 little<00:14:40.360><c> tents,</c> 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.860 tying<00:14:41.639><c> them</c><00:14:41.899><c> to</c><00:14:42.080><c> the</c><00:14:42.279><c> pillars</c><00:14:42.519><c> and</c><00:14:42.799><c> so</c><00:14:42.919><c> on</c><00:14:43.019><c> that</c><00:14:43.120><c> had</c><00:14:43.320><c> fallen</c><00:14:43.500><c> down.</c> 00:14:44.179 --> 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building</c><00:15:36.759><c> was</c><00:15:37.080><c> shaking</c><00:15:37.399><c> and</c><00:15:37.600><c> the</c><00:15:37.759><c> lights</c><00:15:38.000><c> were</c><00:15:38.259><c> going.</c> 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:40.179 There<00:15:38.539><c> was</c><00:15:38.659><c> a</c><00:15:38.840><c> great</c><00:15:39.019><c> big</c><00:15:39.299><c> brick</c><00:15:39.399><c> wall</c><00:15:39.620><c> over</c><00:15:39.860><c> the</c><00:15:40.000><c> top.</c> 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:42.080 I<00:15:40.440><c> was</c><00:15:40.860><c> swaying</c><00:15:41.340><c> back</c><00:15:41.600><c> and</c><00:15:41.820><c> forth.</c> 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.240 It<00:15:42.759><c> was</c><00:15:42.759><c> frightening.</c> 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:45.559 And<00:15:43.700><c> the</c><00:15:43.820><c> whole</c><00:15:44.120><c> building,</c><00:15:44.460><c> which</c><00:15:44.559><c> was</c><00:15:44.759><c> a</c><00:15:44.840><c> two</c><00:15:45.059><c>-storey</c><00:15:45.340><c> building,</c> 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00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.879 Everything<00:16:06.620><c> went</c><00:16:06.860><c> wrong.</c> 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.240 Frightening. 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:13.059 And<00:16:11.820><c> out</c><00:16:11.960><c> we</c><00:16:12.139><c> went.</c> 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:16.799 And<00:16:14.639><c> then</c><00:16:14.779><c> we</c><00:16:14.899><c> waited</c><00:16:15.179><c> for</c><00:16:15.460><c> a</c><00:16:15.720><c> secondary</c><00:16:15.980><c> one.</c> 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:19.860 And<00:16:18.000><c> that</c><00:16:18.179><c> afternoon</c><00:16:18.419><c> we</c><00:16:18.559><c> had</c><00:16:18.659><c> a</c><00:16:18.860><c> sports</c><00:16:19.059><c> afternoon</c><00:16:19.519><c> out</c><00:16:19.759><c> on</c> 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.240 the<00:16:20.120><c> oval.</c> 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:23.779 We<00:16:20.399><c> didn't</c><00:16:20.580><c> come</c><00:16:20.799><c> back</c><00:16:20.940><c> into</c><00:16:21.120><c> the</c><00:16:21.299><c> 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owned</c><00:16:58.559><c> by</c><00:16:58.779><c> Christadelphians,</c> 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:05.099 in<00:17:00.740><c> World</c><00:17:01.259><c> War</c><00:17:01.559><c> II</c><00:17:02.039><c> it</c><00:17:02.340><c> was</c><00:17:02.639><c> a</c><00:17:02.860><c> base</c><00:17:03.299><c> for</c><00:17:03.720><c> the</c><00:17:03.899><c> Air</c><00:17:04.079><c> Force.</c> 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:07.779 And<00:17:05.920><c> it's</c><00:17:06.079><c> on</c><00:17:06.200><c> a</c><00:17:06.359><c> huge</c><00:17:06.680><c> big</c><00:17:06.900><c> lake.</c> 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:11.000 And<00:17:08.140><c> it</c><00:17:08.240><c> was</c><00:17:08.420><c> the</c><00:17:08.619><c> base</c><00:17:08.900><c> for</c><00:17:09.279><c> the</c><00:17:09.940><c> planes</c><00:17:10.220><c> that</c><00:17:10.380><c> were</c><00:17:10.559><c> seaplanes.</c> 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.559 They<00:17:11.119><c> could</c><00:17:11.240><c> land</c><00:17:11.460><c> on</c><00:17:11.660><c> the</c><00:17:11.779><c> lake.</c> 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.619 And<00:17:13.180><c> here</c><00:17:13.339><c> was</c><00:17:13.500><c> the</c><00:17:13.660><c> building</c><00:17:13.859><c> where</c><00:17:14.059><c> the</c><00:17:14.259><c> quarters</c><00:17:14.420><c> were.</c> 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:20.140 And<00:17:15.140><c> so</c><00:17:15.339><c> this</c><00:17:15.660><c> building</c><00:17:16.000><c> has</c><00:17:16.500><c> massive</c><00:17:17.099><c> foundations</c><00:17:17.859><c> down</c><00:17:18.220><c> underneath</c><00:17:18.579><c> because</c><00:17:19.019><c> in</c><00:17:19.339><c> wartime,</c> 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:24.420 they<00:17:20.819><c> built</c><00:17:21.180><c> it</c><00:17:21.400><c> in</c><00:17:21.559><c> wartime,</c><00:17:22.400><c> so</c><00:17:22.619><c> you</c><00:17:22.740><c> would</c><00:17:22.940><c> have</c><00:17:23.279><c> underground</c><00:17:23.799><c> rooms</c><00:17:24.180><c> and</c> 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:24.720 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if</c><00:17:37.099><c> that</c><00:17:37.299><c> had</c><00:17:37.420><c> been</c><00:17:37.619><c> a</c> 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:39.359 normal<00:17:38.380><c> building.</c> 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:43.539 You<00:17:41.859><c> probably</c><00:17:42.119><c> could</c><00:17:42.240><c> have</c><00:17:42.380><c> had</c><00:17:42.480><c> an</c><00:17:42.660><c> audience</c><00:17:42.980><c> of</c><00:17:43.220><c> three</c><00:17:43.440><c> or</c> 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:46.220 four<00:17:43.740><c> hundred</c><00:17:43.980><c> underneath</c><00:17:44.579><c> the</c><00:17:45.119><c> whole</c><00:17:45.279><c> building.</c> 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.940 Put<00:17:47.400><c> some</c><00:17:47.660><c> cracks,</c><00:17:48.759><c> shifted</c><00:17:48.940><c> some</c><00:17:49.259><c> door</c><00:17:49.519><c> jams,</c><00:17:50.559><c> things</c><00:17:50.740><c> like</c> 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:53.059 that,<00:17:51.119><c> the</c><00:17:51.299><c> building</c><00:17:51.599><c> 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about</c><00:18:10.500><c> earthquakes</c><00:18:11.000><c> and</c><00:18:11.579><c> pillars</c><00:18:11.900><c> falling</c> 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.980 down<00:18:12.599><c> and</c><00:18:12.960><c> no</c><00:18:13.279><c> permanency</c><00:18:13.799><c> in</c><00:18:13.940><c> their</c><00:18:14.099><c> buildings</c><00:18:14.339><c> in</c><00:18:14.519><c> that</c><00:18:14.660><c> place.</c> 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:18.019 And<00:18:15.380><c> they</c><00:18:15.579><c> could</c><00:18:15.759><c> therefore</c><00:18:16.160><c> look</c><00:18:16.440><c> beyond</c><00:18:16.759><c> that</c><00:18:17.099><c> day</c><00:18:17.440><c> to</c><00:18:17.880><c> the</c> 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:20.079 day<00:18:18.240><c> of</c><00:18:18.380><c> the</c><00:18:18.539><c> Kingdom</c><00:18:18.759><c> when</c><00:18:19.019><c> the</c><00:18:19.299><c> whole</c><00:18:19.640><c> temple,</c> 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:23.579 the<00:18:20.480><c> house</c><00:18:20.799><c> of</c><00:18:21.079><c> God,</c><00:18:21.640><c> would</c><00:18:21.740><c> have</c><00:18:22.039><c> pillar</c><00:18:22.440><c> upon</c><00:18:22.880><c> pillar</c><00:18:23.279><c> going</c> 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:25.980 around<00:18:23.880><c> that</c><00:18:24.119><c> temple.</c> 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.619 Set<00:18:26.319><c> yours</c><00:18:26.559><c> on</c><00:18:26.740><c> line.</c> 00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:32.960 And<00:18:30.200><c> the</c><00:18:30.460><c> pillar</c><00:18:30.819><c> is</c><00:18:31.420><c> a</c><00:18:31.579><c> symbol</c><00:18:31.839><c> of</c><00:18:32.059><c> a</c><00:18:32.200><c> saint.</c> 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:36.460 These<00:18:34.619><c> are</c><00:18:34.900><c> palm</c><00:18:35.279><c>-like</c><00:18:35.539><c> pillars.</c> 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:39.299 This<00:18:36.960><c> is</c><00:18:37.200><c> the</c><00:18:37.380><c> inner</c><00:18:37.579><c> court,</c><00:18:37.839><c> the</c><00:18:38.000><c> circular</c><00:18:38.299><c> part.</c> 00:18:39.500 --> 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that</c><00:18:54.759><c> we'll</c><00:18:54.980><c> have,</c> 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:57.180 God<00:18:55.359><c> willing,</c><00:18:55.700><c> is</c><00:18:55.799><c> in</c><00:18:55.980><c> the</c><00:18:56.079><c> Rocky</c><00:18:56.259><c> Mountains.</c> 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:00.599 And<00:18:57.359><c> the</c><00:18:57.640><c> series</c><00:18:57.880><c> of</c><00:18:58.099><c> studies</c><00:18:58.279><c> of</c><00:18:58.460><c> God</c><00:18:58.579><c> is</c><00:18:58.759><c> the</c><00:18:58.960><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:19:00.319><c> the</c> 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.339 pillar<00:19:00.960><c> and</c><00:19:01.559><c> ground</c><00:19:01.980><c> of</c><00:19:02.220><c> the</c><00:19:02.460><c> truth.</c> 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:06.339 Taken<00:19:03.839><c> out</c><00:19:04.000><c> of</c><00:19:04.079><c> Timothy's</c><00:19:04.619><c> words,</c><00:19:04.839><c> Paul's</c><00:19:05.160><c> words</c><00:19:05.299><c> to</c><00:19:05.420><c> Timothy.</c> 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:09.960 Pillar,<00:19:07.680><c> the</c><00:19:07.880><c> Ecclesia</c><00:19:08.240><c> is</c><00:19:08.420><c> a</c><00:19:08.660><c> pillar</c><00:19:08.799><c> of</c><00:19:09.000><c> the</c><00:19:09.200><c> truth,</c><00:19:09.500><c> a</c><00:19:09.779><c> stay</c> 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:11.519 it<00:19:10.119><c> means,</c><00:19:10.539><c> an</c><00:19:10.680><c> anchor,</c><00:19:11.079><c> a</c><00:19:11.200><c> stay.</c> 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.819 That<00:19:12.380><c> which</c><00:19:12.599><c> is</c><00:19:12.859><c> upright.</c> 00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:16.599 And<00:19:13.859><c> each</c><00:19:14.140><c> one</c><00:19:14.279><c> of</c><00:19:14.420><c> us</c><00:19:14.859><c> will</c><00:19:15.440><c> be</c><00:19:15.740><c> in</c><00:19:15.900><c> the</c><00:19:16.099><c> day</c><00:19:16.240><c> of</c><00:19:16.299><c> the</c><00:19:16.420><c> Kingdom</c> 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.839 like<00:19:16.880><c> a</c><00:19:17.099><c> pillar.</c> 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:20.519 Go<00:19:18.940><c> and</c><00:19:19.140><c> see</c><00:19:19.299><c> a</c><00:19:19.519><c> palm</c><00:19:19.759><c> tree.</c> 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:24.160 You<00:19:21.119><c> usually</c><00:19:21.400><c> see</c><00:19:21.700><c> them</c><00:19:21.859><c> on</c><00:19:22.099><c> coastal</c><00:19:22.579><c> areas</c><00:19:22.859><c> and</c><00:19:23.099><c> so</c><00:19:23.220><c> on,</c><00:19:23.700><c> straight</c><00:19:23.980><c> up</c> 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.660 in<00:19:24.299><c> the</c><00:19:24.440><c> air,</c> 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:27.799 a<00:19:24.940><c> little</c><00:19:25.119><c> bit</c><00:19:25.339><c> of</c><00:19:25.480><c> foliage</c><00:19:25.680><c> on</c><00:19:25.920><c> the</c><00:19:26.019><c> top,</c><00:19:26.180><c> always</c><00:19:26.500><c> going</c><00:19:26.779><c> up.</c> 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.099 And<00:19:28.640><c> the</c><00:19:28.799><c> winds</c><00:19:29.019><c> and</c><00:19:29.180><c> the</c><00:19:29.400><c> storms</c><00:19:29.619><c> come</c><00:19:30.000><c> and</c><00:19:30.140><c> those</c><00:19:30.440><c> things</c><00:19:30.720><c> seem</c><00:19:30.980><c> to</c> 00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:32.339 be<00:19:31.180><c> able</c><00:19:31.299><c> to</c><00:19:31.460><c> still</c><00:19:31.680><c> stand</c><00:19:31.859><c> up</c><00:19:32.099><c> straight.</c> 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:34.380 And<00:19:32.539><c> other</c><00:19:32.700><c> trees</c><00:19:32.940><c> get</c><00:19:33.220><c> uprooted</c><00:19:33.759><c> and</c><00:19:33.960><c> so</c><00:19:34.119><c> on.</c> 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:36.799 And<00:19:34.660><c> there's</c><00:19:34.839><c> the</c><00:19:35.140><c> palm</c><00:19:35.519><c> still</c><00:19:35.819><c> there.</c> 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:42.380 When<00:19:38.900><c> Christ</c><00:19:39.279><c> came</c><00:19:39.539><c> into</c><00:19:39.759><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:40.319><c> what</c><00:19:40.519><c> did</c><00:19:40.720><c> they</c><00:19:40.880><c> do?</c> 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:47.920 Riding<00:19:43.619><c> upon,</c><00:19:45.319><c> they</c><00:19:45.480><c> laid</c><00:19:45.720><c> palm</c><00:19:46.119><c> leaves.</c><00:19:46.339><c> Why</c><00:19:46.660><c> palm</c><00:19:46.980><c> leaves?</c> 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.940 Why<00:19:54.700><c> palm</c><00:19:55.140><c> leaves?</c> 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:59.839 In<00:19:56.940><c> the</c><00:19:57.039><c> book</c><00:19:57.180><c> of</c><00:19:57.380><c> Revelation,</c><00:19:57.940><c> we</c><00:19:58.019><c> keep</c><00:19:58.140><c> coming</c><00:19:58.380><c> back</c><00:19:58.599><c> to</c><00:19:58.740><c> Revelation.</c> 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:02.980 We<00:20:01.259><c> probably</c><00:20:01.599><c> thought</c><00:20:01.839><c> it</c><00:20:01.900><c> was</c><00:20:02.059><c> a</c><00:20:02.220><c> pretty</c><00:20:02.480><c> difficult</c><00:20:02.720><c> book.</c> 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:05.319 All<00:20:03.220><c> these</c><00:20:03.539><c> signs</c><00:20:03.819><c> and</c><00:20:03.980><c> symbols,</c><00:20:04.259><c> not</c><00:20:04.400><c> quite</c><00:20:04.640><c> so</c><00:20:04.859><c> bad</c><00:20:05.019><c> after</c> 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:06.440 all,<00:20:05.420><c> is</c><00:20:05.539><c> it?</c> 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:09.259 Yesterday<00:20:07.420><c> one</c><00:20:07.700><c> girl</c><00:20:07.880><c> said</c><00:20:08.019><c> to</c><00:20:08.119><c> me,</c><00:20:08.200><c> I</c><00:20:08.319><c> can't</c><00:20:08.599><c> wait</c><00:20:08.839><c> until</c><00:20:09.059><c> we</c> 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.359 do<00:20:09.400><c> the</c><00:20:09.559><c> readings</c><00:20:09.779><c> with</c><00:20:09.980><c> my</c><00:20:10.220><c> parents.</c> 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.160 I'm<00:20:10.640><c> going</c><00:20:10.660><c> to</c><00:20:10.740><c> tell</c><00:20:10.839><c> them</c><00:20:10.960><c> all</c><00:20:11.099><c> about</c><00:20:11.339><c> these</c><00:20:11.579><c> letters</c><00:20:11.779><c> because</c><00:20:11.980><c> they</c> 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:14.319 won't<00:20:12.299><c> know</c><00:20:12.420><c> anything</c><00:20:12.660><c> about</c><00:20:12.900><c> this.</c> 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:18.079 But<00:20:14.559><c> yes,</c><00:20:15.980><c> not</c><00:20:16.180><c> so</c><00:20:16.400><c> hard</c><00:20:16.559><c> after</c><00:20:16.900><c> all.</c> 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:21.180 Further<00:20:18.740><c> on</c><00:20:18.940><c> in</c><00:20:19.140><c> Revelation</c><00:20:19.539><c> it</c><00:20:19.759><c> says,</c><00:20:19.980><c> talking</c><00:20:20.319><c> about</c><00:20:20.660><c> the</c><00:20:20.920><c> saints,</c> 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:23.859 talking<00:20:21.779><c> about</c><00:20:22.079><c> those</c><00:20:22.380><c> like</c><00:20:22.680><c> out</c><00:20:22.839><c> of</c><00:20:22.980><c> Philadelphia</c><00:20:23.480><c> who</c><00:20:23.720><c> will</c> 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.640 be<00:20:23.980><c> in</c><00:20:24.099><c> that</c><00:20:24.319><c> Kingdom,</c> 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:30.720 it<00:20:25.339><c> says</c><00:20:25.700><c> the</c><00:20:26.480><c> saints</c><00:20:26.759><c> will</c><00:20:26.980><c> be</c><00:20:27.140><c> there</c><00:20:27.319><c> with</c><00:20:27.740><c> palms</c><00:20:28.539><c> in</c><00:20:30.099><c> their</c><00:20:30.359><c> hands.</c> 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:34.380 Palm<00:20:31.539><c> leaves</c><00:20:31.819><c> in</c><00:20:32.039><c> their</c><00:20:32.200><c> hands.</c><00:20:33.200><c> What's</c><00:20:33.559><c> the</c><00:20:33.700><c> symbol</c><00:20:33.980><c> of</c><00:20:34.160><c> a</c> 00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.380 palm<00:20:34.680><c> leaf?</c> 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:38.240 What<00:20:35.759><c> did</c><00:20:35.980><c> the</c><00:20:36.160><c> people</c><00:20:36.359><c> think</c><00:20:36.619><c> Christ</c><00:20:37.000><c> was</c><00:20:37.220><c> going</c><00:20:37.440><c> to</c><00:20:37.660><c> do</c><00:20:37.920><c> when</c> 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.259 he<00:20:38.420><c> rode</c><00:20:38.619><c> into</c><00:20:38.859><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.700 and<00:20:39.400><c> they</c><00:20:39.720><c> laid</c><00:20:39.740><c> all</c><00:20:39.920><c> those</c><00:20:40.140><c> palms</c><00:20:40.420><c> down?</c> 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:42.940 What<00:20:40.980><c> did</c><00:20:41.059><c> they</c><00:20:41.339><c> say?</c><00:20:41.660><c> What</c><00:20:41.759><c> did</c><00:20:42.019><c> they</c><00:20:42.019><c> think?</c> 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:47.660 They<00:20:44.880><c> thought</c><00:20:45.000><c> he</c><00:20:45.099><c> was</c><00:20:45.180><c> going</c><00:20:45.319><c> to</c><00:20:45.519><c> come,</c><00:20:46.539><c> set</c><00:20:46.700><c> himself</c><00:20:46.980><c> up</c><00:20:47.160><c> as</c><00:20:47.339><c> king,</c> 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:50.279 because<00:20:47.980><c> what</c><00:20:48.259><c> did</c><00:20:48.380><c> they</c><00:20:48.599><c> really</c><00:20:48.920><c> want</c><00:20:49.180><c> to</c><00:20:49.720><c> have</c><00:20:49.920><c> happen</c><00:20:50.140><c> in</c> 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.259 that<00:20:50.480><c> land?</c> 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:53.119 Get<00:20:51.779><c> rid</c><00:20:51.980><c> of</c><00:20:52.119><c> the</c><00:20:52.299><c> Romans.</c> 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:56.039 They<00:20:54.000><c> thought</c><00:20:54.279><c> he</c><00:20:54.579><c> was</c><00:20:54.779><c> going</c><00:20:54.960><c> to</c><00:20:55.119><c> establish</c><00:20:55.420><c> himself</c><00:20:55.779><c> as</c><00:20:55.960><c> king.</c> 00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:58.200 Here's<00:20:56.319><c> the</c><00:20:56.460><c> man</c><00:20:56.640><c> who</c><00:20:56.779><c> was</c><00:20:56.819><c> doing</c><00:20:56.960><c> miracles</c><00:20:57.400><c> all</c><00:20:57.660><c> around</c><00:20:57.819><c> the</c><00:20:58.000><c> place.</c> 00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:59.880 He<00:20:58.500><c> had</c><00:20:58.720><c> powers</c><00:20:58.980><c> that</c><00:20:59.220><c> no</c><00:20:59.279><c> other</c><00:20:59.440><c> man</c><00:20:59.640><c> had.</c> 00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:01.960 They<00:21:00.200><c> thought</c><00:21:00.400><c> he'd</c><00:21:00.599><c> make</c><00:21:00.779><c> himself</c><00:21:01.119><c> king.</c> 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:03.779 As<00:21:02.339><c> he</c><00:21:02.500><c> rode</c><00:21:02.720><c> in</c><00:21:02.900><c> upon</c><00:21:03.059><c> it,</c><00:21:03.140><c> they</c><00:21:03.319><c> laid</c><00:21:03.500><c> it</c><00:21:03.640><c> down.</c> 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:05.660 It<00:21:03.839><c> was</c><00:21:04.059><c> a</c><00:21:04.200><c> symbol</c><00:21:04.359><c> of</c><00:21:04.539><c> the</c><00:21:04.680><c> victory.</c> 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:09.019 They<00:21:06.640><c> thought</c><00:21:06.759><c> he</c><00:21:06.920><c> would</c><00:21:07.359><c> set</c><00:21:07.539><c> himself</c><00:21:07.799><c> up</c><00:21:08.019><c> as</c><00:21:08.160><c> king</c><00:21:08.359><c> and</c><00:21:08.720><c> send</c> 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:11.000 the<00:21:09.220><c> Romans</c><00:21:09.460><c> out</c><00:21:09.680><c> of</c><00:21:09.759><c> the</c><00:21:09.880><c> country.</c> 00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:14.539 He<00:21:11.960><c> went</c><00:21:12.180><c> to</c><00:21:12.400><c> a</c><00:21:12.559><c> cross</c><00:21:12.859><c> instead.</c> 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:18.480 The<00:21:16.799><c> disciples</c><00:21:17.359><c> fled.</c> 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:24.180 All<00:21:20.079><c> their</c><00:21:20.279><c> hopes</c><00:21:20.559><c> were</c><00:21:20.940><c> dashed.</c> 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:26.480 It<00:21:24.799><c> was</c><00:21:25.019><c> a</c><00:21:25.160><c> symbol</c><00:21:25.359><c> of</c><00:21:25.539><c> victory.</c> 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:28.519 So<00:21:26.759><c> here's</c><00:21:27.039><c> the</c><00:21:27.279><c> palm,</c><00:21:27.680><c> a</c><00:21:27.839><c> symbol</c><00:21:28.000><c> of</c><00:21:28.140><c> victory.</c> 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:32.059 And<00:21:29.220><c> in</c><00:21:29.420><c> this</c><00:21:29.740><c> building,</c><00:21:30.559><c> when</c><00:21:30.720><c> you</c><00:21:30.859><c> look</c><00:21:31.059><c> at</c><00:21:31.200><c> all</c><00:21:31.480><c> the</c><00:21:31.700><c> courts,</c><00:21:31.880><c> let's</c> 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.539 take<00:21:32.279><c> this</c><00:21:32.440><c> one.</c> 00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:34.059 Here's<00:21:32.880><c> it</c><00:21:33.440><c> inside</c><00:21:33.839><c> here.</c> 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:37.700 You<00:21:34.220><c> go</c><00:21:34.339><c> up</c><00:21:34.599><c> the</c><00:21:35.380><c> pillars</c><00:21:35.740><c> and</c><00:21:36.319><c> the</c><00:21:36.599><c> arches</c><00:21:36.859><c> are</c><00:21:37.059><c> on</c><00:21:37.200><c> the</c><00:21:37.420><c> top.</c> 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.839 Pillar<00:21:38.299><c> and</c><00:21:38.480><c> an</c><00:21:38.720><c> arch,</c><00:21:38.980><c> pillar</c><00:21:39.240><c> and</c><00:21:39.420><c> an</c><00:21:39.660><c> arch.</c> 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.440 And<00:21:40.099><c> around</c><00:21:40.559><c> the</c><00:21:40.819><c> building</c><00:21:41.019><c> it</c><00:21:41.259><c> goes.</c> 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:44.559 Every<00:21:42.319><c> arch</c><00:21:42.619><c> is</c><00:21:42.839><c> joined</c><00:21:43.039><c> to</c><00:21:43.240><c> another</c><00:21:43.420><c> pillar</c><00:21:43.759><c> and</c><00:21:44.220><c> another</c> 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.839 pillar<00:21:44.880><c> and</c><00:21:45.200><c> another</c><00:21:45.599><c> pillar.</c> 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:48.559 In<00:21:46.220><c> the</c><00:21:46.400><c> day</c><00:21:46.539><c> of</c><00:21:46.640><c> the</c><00:21:46.759><c> kingdom,</c><00:21:47.240><c> we're</c><00:21:47.480><c> all</c><00:21:47.720><c> one.</c> 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:53.759 This<00:21:50.599><c> saint</c><00:21:51.019><c> joined</c><00:21:51.440><c> to</c><00:21:51.619><c> the</c><00:21:51.720><c> next</c><00:21:51.980><c> one,</c><00:21:52.339><c> joined</c><00:21:52.480><c> to</c><00:21:52.640><c> the</c><00:21:52.740><c> next</c><00:21:53.019><c> one.</c> 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:56.240 Arch<00:21:54.319><c> is</c><00:21:54.599><c> the</c><00:21:54.740><c> symbol</c><00:21:54.920><c> of</c><00:21:55.240><c> strength.</c> 00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:57.740 We're<00:21:56.819><c> immortal.</c> 00:21:58.019 --> 00:22:00.299 Christ<00:21:58.299><c> and</c><00:21:58.519><c> the</c><00:21:58.660><c> saints</c><00:21:58.900><c> are</c><00:21:59.259><c> one</c><00:21:59.519><c> in</c><00:21:59.740><c> the</c><00:21:59.880><c> day</c><00:21:59.980><c> of</c><00:22:00.079><c> the</c><00:22:00.180><c> kingdom.</c> 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:02.500 That<00:22:00.619><c> was</c><00:22:00.799><c> their</c><00:22:01.019><c> hope.</c><00:22:01.220><c> That</c><00:22:01.319><c> was</c><00:22:01.460><c> their</c><00:22:01.599><c> promise.</c> 00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:05.019 No<00:22:03.960><c> more</c><00:22:04.359><c> go</c><00:22:04.660><c> out.</c> 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:07.400 None<00:22:05.619><c> of</c><00:22:05.819><c> those</c><00:22:06.119><c> pillars</c><00:22:06.400><c> will</c><00:22:06.640><c> come</c><00:22:06.839><c> tumbling</c><00:22:07.140><c> down.</c> 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:09.940 There'll<00:22:07.680><c> be</c><00:22:07.839><c> no</c><00:22:08.039><c> earthquakes</c><00:22:08.500><c> in</c><00:22:08.720><c> that</c><00:22:08.960><c> day</c><00:22:09.140><c> to</c><00:22:09.440><c> wipe</c><00:22:09.680><c> out</c> 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:11.000 that<00:22:10.160><c> building.</c> 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:17.160 There'd<00:22:12.920><c> be</c><00:22:13.119><c> stability</c><00:22:13.779><c> in</c><00:22:14.059><c> their</c><00:22:15.059><c> environment</c><00:22:15.799><c> at</c><00:22:16.119><c> last.</c> 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:19.240 The<00:22:17.700><c> day</c><00:22:17.940><c> of</c><00:22:18.119><c> the</c><00:22:18.299><c> kingdom.</c> 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.539 Related<00:22:20.960><c> to</c><00:22:21.359><c> their</c><00:22:21.640><c> area.</c> 00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:29.759 Do<00:22:24.500><c> you</c><00:22:24.599><c> know</c><00:22:24.859><c> that</c><00:22:25.039><c> at</c><00:22:25.220><c> one</c><00:22:25.440><c> stage,</c><00:22:26.579><c> this</c><00:22:26.900><c> town</c><00:22:27.960><c> or</c><00:22:28.160><c> city,</c><00:22:29.519><c> you</c> 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.960 wonder<00:22:29.980><c> why,</c> 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:34.539 they<00:22:32.000><c> built</c><00:22:32.200><c> a</c><00:22:32.319><c> lot</c><00:22:32.559><c> of</c><00:22:32.759><c> buildings</c><00:22:33.059><c> with</c><00:22:33.319><c> pillars.</c> 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:38.680 When<00:22:36.700><c> came</c><00:22:36.940><c> an</c><00:22:37.140><c> earthquake,</c><00:22:37.660><c> down</c><00:22:38.019><c> they</c><00:22:38.180><c> would</c><00:22:38.380><c> come.</c> 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.059 Build<00:22:39.420><c> them</c><00:22:39.599><c> up</c><00:22:39.779><c> again.</c> 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:45.019 At<00:22:40.500><c> one</c><00:22:40.779><c> stage,</c><00:22:43.359><c> place</c><00:22:43.599><c> Little</c><00:22:44.059><c> Athens.</c> 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.299 Do<00:22:45.240><c> you</c><00:22:45.240><c> know</c><00:22:45.420><c> why?</c> 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:51.900 Because<00:22:48.960><c> Athens</c><00:22:49.420><c> of</c><00:22:49.700><c> old</c><00:22:50.039><c> was</c><00:22:50.839><c> a</c><00:22:51.039><c> place</c><00:22:51.220><c> full</c><00:22:51.480><c> of</c><00:22:51.619><c> buildings</c> 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:53.079 with<00:22:52.220><c> pillars.</c> 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:55.619 There<00:22:53.319><c> were</c><00:22:53.539><c> so</c><00:22:53.839><c> many</c><00:22:54.059><c> buildings</c><00:22:54.460><c> that</c><00:22:54.700><c> they</c><00:22:55.000><c> used</c><00:22:55.200><c> pillars</c> 00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:57.039 for<00:22:56.079><c> in</c><00:22:56.460><c> Philadelphia,</c> 00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:59.279 they<00:22:57.500><c> called</c><00:22:57.759><c> it</c><00:22:58.019><c> Little</c><00:22:58.279><c> Athens.</c> 00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:01.460 That's<00:22:59.660><c> an</c><00:22:59.839><c> artist's</c><00:23:00.859><c> reconstruction.</c> 00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:04.720 There's<00:23:01.819><c> the</c><00:23:02.039><c> Parthenon</c><00:23:02.440><c> up</c><00:23:02.640><c> on</c><00:23:02.819><c> the</c><00:23:02.980><c> top</c><00:23:03.240><c> and</c><00:23:03.799><c> Mars</c><00:23:04.180><c> Hill</c><00:23:04.519><c> in</c> 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.519 the<00:23:04.819><c> vicinity</c><00:23:05.160><c> here</c> 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:09.000 where<00:23:05.720><c> Paul</c><00:23:06.000><c> spoke</c><00:23:06.359><c> and</c><00:23:06.799><c> down</c><00:23:07.039><c> in</c><00:23:07.240><c> the</c><00:23:07.400><c> Agora</c><00:23:07.759><c> and</c><00:23:07.940><c> the</c><00:23:08.180><c> marketplace</c><00:23:08.579><c> and</c><00:23:08.819><c> so</c><00:23:08.900><c> on.</c> 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.299 All<00:23:09.200><c> these</c><00:23:09.420><c> buildings</c><00:23:09.720><c> had</c><00:23:09.960><c> pillars.</c> 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:12.660 You<00:23:10.880><c> go</c><00:23:11.019><c> there</c><00:23:11.200><c> today</c><00:23:11.460><c> and</c><00:23:11.559><c> they've</c><00:23:11.779><c> got</c><00:23:11.880><c> one</c><00:23:12.099><c> of</c><00:23:12.180><c> these</c><00:23:12.440><c> great</c> 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:14.200 big<00:23:12.859><c> buildings</c> 00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:18.799 reconstructed<00:23:15.900><c> as</c><00:23:15.980><c> it</c><00:23:16.220><c> was</c><00:23:16.359><c> and</c><00:23:16.500><c> you</c><00:23:17.960><c> go</c><00:23:18.099><c> right</c><00:23:18.420><c> down</c><00:23:18.640><c> the</c> 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:20.599 great<00:23:19.099><c> corridor,</c> 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:23.140 pillars<00:23:21.299><c> upon</c><00:23:21.779><c> pillars.</c> 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:25.660 Little<00:23:23.619><c> Athens,</c><00:23:24.279><c> they</c><00:23:24.319><c> called</c><00:23:24.480><c> Philadelphia.</c> 00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:28.680 The<00:23:26.279><c> earthquake</c><00:23:26.539><c> came,</c><00:23:27.119><c> down</c><00:23:27.420><c> came</c><00:23:27.680><c> the</c><00:23:27.900><c> pillars.</c> 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:32.420 Build<00:23:29.440><c> it</c><00:23:29.599><c> up</c><00:23:29.759><c> again,</c><00:23:30.539><c> down</c><00:23:30.799><c> they</c><00:23:30.940><c> would</c><00:23:31.099><c> come</c><00:23:31.220><c> again.</c> 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:37.140 But<00:23:32.740><c> in</c><00:23:32.920><c> the</c><00:23:33.079><c> day</c><00:23:33.240><c> of</c><00:23:33.339><c> the</c><00:23:33.440><c> kingdom,</c><00:23:34.700><c> no</c><00:23:34.980><c> more</c><00:23:35.200><c> go</c><00:23:35.460><c> out</c><00:23:36.059><c> again.</c> 00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:40.740 Marvelous.<00:23:39.539><c> Faithful</c><00:23:40.059><c> Philadelphia.</c> 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:45.240 Now<00:23:41.059><c> Philadelphia</c><00:23:41.839><c> is</c><00:23:42.400><c> a</c><00:23:42.559><c> bit</c><00:23:42.720><c> like</c><00:23:43.039><c> Christadelfia.</c> 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:50.599 Now<00:23:48.200><c> what's</c><00:23:48.859><c> phila?</c> 00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:56.319 Philos,<00:23:53.859><c> philia,</c><00:23:55.420><c> love.</c> 00:23:56.619 --> 00:24:01.680 What's<00:23:57.099><c> Delphia?</c><00:23:57.940><c> Delphos,</c><00:23:59.380><c> brother,</c><00:24:00.119><c> brotherly</c><00:24:00.700><c> love.</c> 00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:09.859 And<00:24:06.019><c> the</c><00:24:06.220><c> original</c><00:24:06.660><c> name,</c><00:24:07.240><c> Philadelphia,</c><00:24:07.779><c> was</c><00:24:08.000><c> given</c><00:24:08.339><c> by</c><00:24:09.119><c> a</c><00:24:09.400><c> king</c> 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:13.799 out<00:24:10.420><c> of</c><00:24:10.619><c> regard</c><00:24:11.180><c> for</c><00:24:11.480><c> the</c><00:24:11.680><c> love</c><00:24:11.960><c> of</c><00:24:12.140><c> his</c><00:24:12.400><c> brother.</c> 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:16.339 And<00:24:15.059><c> hence</c><00:24:15.259><c> the</c><00:24:15.460><c> name.</c> 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.160 And<00:24:17.220><c> what</c><00:24:17.440><c> about</c><00:24:17.619><c> this</c><00:24:17.819><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:20.859 Was<00:24:18.420><c> there</c><00:24:18.660><c> brotherly</c><00:24:19.180><c> love</c><00:24:19.460><c> in</c><00:24:19.660><c> this</c><00:24:19.880><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:25.960 Or<00:24:23.420><c> was</c><00:24:23.599><c> it</c><00:24:23.859><c> dead</c><00:24:24.119><c> like</c><00:24:24.519><c> Sardis?</c> 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:28.660 Well<00:24:26.460><c> we</c><00:24:26.539><c> read</c><00:24:26.740><c> on</c><00:24:26.960><c> in</c><00:24:27.119><c> the</c><00:24:27.200><c> letter</c><00:24:27.359><c> and</c><00:24:27.440><c> you</c><00:24:27.599><c> can</c><00:24:27.799><c> imagine</c><00:24:28.180><c> them.</c> 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:30.279 Assembled,<00:24:29.420><c> this</c><00:24:29.640><c> little</c><00:24:29.920><c> group.</c> 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:34.299 Little<00:24:31.339><c> strength,</c><00:24:32.160><c> struggling</c><00:24:32.759><c> to</c><00:24:33.039><c> exist.</c> 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:37.039 And<00:24:35.000><c> they</c><00:24:35.099><c> read</c><00:24:35.319><c> this</c><00:24:35.539><c> letter</c><00:24:35.740><c> from</c><00:24:36.000><c> Christ.</c> 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:42.099 And<00:24:38.000><c> so</c><00:24:38.220><c> in</c><00:24:38.400><c> chapter</c><00:24:38.680><c> 3</c><00:24:39.119><c> we</c><00:24:39.259><c> go</c><00:24:39.480><c> back</c><00:24:39.839><c> to</c><00:24:40.279><c> verse</c><00:24:40.660><c> 8.</c> 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.119 Thanks. 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.500 Ladies. 00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.920 We'll<00:24:47.480><c> do</c><00:24:47.619><c> verse</c><00:24:47.859><c> 8</c><00:24:48.039><c> again.</c> 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:51.319 You<00:24:49.880><c> haven't</c><00:24:50.039><c> read,</c><00:24:50.319><c> have</c><00:24:50.339><c> you?</c> 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:04.460 Positive<00:25:01.740><c> things?</c><00:25:03.460><c> Yes.</c> 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:10.799 Why<00:25:06.279><c> say,</c><00:25:08.400><c> I</c><00:25:08.500><c> have</c><00:25:08.759><c> set</c><00:25:08.980><c> thee</c><00:25:09.279><c> an</c><00:25:09.559><c> open</c><00:25:09.920><c> door?</c> 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:13.700 What<00:25:11.759><c> do</c><00:25:12.039><c> you</c><00:25:12.099><c> conjure</c><00:25:12.440><c> up</c><00:25:12.599><c> with</c><00:25:12.759><c> an</c><00:25:12.920><c> open</c><00:25:13.279><c> door?</c> 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.440 Way<00:25:14.319><c> of</c><00:25:14.559><c> escape.</c> 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.180 But<00:25:18.859><c> also</c><00:25:19.380><c> another</c><00:25:19.720><c> aspect.</c> 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:22.400 That's<00:25:20.740><c> a</c><00:25:20.839><c> negative.</c><00:25:21.079><c> What's</c><00:25:21.359><c> a</c><00:25:21.539><c> positive?</c> 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.799 Way<00:25:23.660><c> of</c><00:25:23.880><c> invitation.</c> 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:28.859 And<00:25:26.460><c> the</c><00:25:26.599><c> next</c><00:25:27.000><c> letter,</c><00:25:27.200><c> the</c><00:25:27.400><c> last</c><00:25:27.859><c> letter,</c> 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:31.660 they<00:25:29.660><c> had</c><00:25:29.799><c> the</c><00:25:29.980><c> door</c><00:25:30.200><c> shut.</c> 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:37.160 And<00:25:32.819><c> Christ</c><00:25:33.119><c> is</c><00:25:33.359><c> knocking</c><00:25:33.720><c> on</c><00:25:34.019><c> the</c><00:25:34.220><c> door</c><00:25:34.660><c> and</c><00:25:34.960><c> they</c><00:25:35.259><c> won't</c><00:25:35.700><c> open</c><00:25:36.119><c> it.</c> 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:40.400 This<00:25:37.579><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:37.980><c> had</c><00:25:38.160><c> their</c><00:25:38.400><c> doors</c><00:25:38.640><c> open.</c> 00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:44.920 Encouraging<00:25:42.359><c> people</c><00:25:42.740><c> to</c><00:25:42.940><c> come</c><00:25:43.140><c> in</c><00:25:43.420><c> and</c><00:25:43.579><c> learn</c><00:25:43.839><c> the</c><00:25:44.059><c> Gospel.</c> 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.880 The<00:25:45.900><c> next</c><00:25:46.160><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:46.599><c> had</c><00:25:46.799><c> them</c><00:25:47.059><c> shut.</c> 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:53.140 And<00:25:50.460><c> it</c><00:25:50.700><c> said,</c><00:25:51.519><c> they</c><00:25:51.680><c> had</c><00:25:51.859><c> kept</c><00:25:52.019><c> the</c><00:25:52.259><c> word.</c> 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:55.000 They<00:25:53.839><c> hadn't</c><00:25:54.000><c> denied</c><00:25:54.380><c> the</c><00:25:54.599><c> name.</c> 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:58.500 Little<00:25:56.039><c> strength,</c><00:25:57.059><c> but</c><00:25:57.160><c> they</c><00:25:57.279><c> were</c><00:25:57.500><c> working</c><00:25:57.839><c> their</c><00:25:58.160><c> hearts</c> 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.460 out<00:25:58.759><c> for</c><00:25:58.900><c> the</c><00:25:59.079><c> truth.</c> 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:03.400 And<00:25:59.940><c> then</c><00:26:00.140><c> in</c><00:26:00.259><c> verse</c><00:26:00.440><c> 9.</c><00:26:02.900><c> Thanks.</c> 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.480 Next. 00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:25.619 I'll<00:26:23.460><c> just</c><00:26:24.099><c> stop</c><00:26:24.380><c> there.</c> 00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:30.240 Because<00:26:26.460><c> they</c><00:26:26.839><c> had</c><00:26:27.180><c> patience,</c><00:26:27.880><c> kept</c><00:26:28.220><c> the</c><00:26:28.500><c> name,</c><00:26:29.740><c> etc.</c> 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:33.619 Christ<00:26:31.059><c> said</c><00:26:31.299><c> he</c><00:26:31.339><c> would</c><00:26:31.539><c> keep</c><00:26:31.839><c> them</c><00:26:32.119><c> from</c><00:26:32.359><c> the</c><00:26:32.680><c> hour</c><00:26:32.960><c> of</c><00:26:33.180><c> temptation.</c> 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:36.059 What<00:26:34.039><c> conjures</c><00:26:34.440><c> up</c><00:26:34.660><c> in</c><00:26:34.799><c> your</c><00:26:35.019><c> mind?</c> 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:39.099 About<00:26:37.099><c> an</c><00:26:37.299><c> hour</c><00:26:37.640><c> of</c><00:26:37.880><c> temptation.</c> 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:41.819 You<00:26:39.859><c> know,</c><00:26:40.619><c> Roman</c><00:26:40.859><c> world.</c> 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.960 Yes. 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:52.160 Yes,<00:26:49.839><c> doesn't</c><00:26:50.079><c> say</c><00:26:50.500><c> what</c><00:26:50.680><c> it</c><00:26:50.859><c> is.</c> 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.960 But<00:26:52.579><c> it</c><00:26:52.640><c> would</c><00:26:52.799><c> be</c><00:26:52.920><c> an</c><00:26:53.119><c> hour</c><00:26:53.259><c> of</c><00:26:53.619><c> trial.</c> 00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:56.500 An<00:26:54.559><c> hour</c><00:26:54.859><c> of</c><00:26:55.140><c> difficult</c><00:26:55.440><c> times.</c> 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:59.519 They're<00:26:56.799><c> already</c><00:26:57.140><c> under</c><00:26:57.519><c> trial</c><00:26:58.099><c> in</c><00:26:58.500><c> trying</c><00:26:58.759><c> to</c><00:26:58.920><c> eke</c><00:26:59.079><c> out</c><00:26:59.240><c> an</c> 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.440 existence<00:26:59.880><c> in</c><00:27:00.059><c> their</c><00:27:00.240><c> living.</c> 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.559 Their<00:27:01.019><c> vineyards</c><00:27:01.420><c> are</c><00:27:01.700><c> gone.</c> 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.839 Life<00:27:03.720><c> is</c><00:27:03.940><c> difficult.</c> 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:07.359 The<00:27:05.720><c> Romans</c><00:27:05.960><c> could</c><00:27:06.200><c> make</c><00:27:06.359><c> it</c><00:27:06.500><c> even</c><00:27:06.700><c> more</c><00:27:06.940><c> difficult.</c> 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:10.579 But<00:27:07.359><c> he</c><00:27:08.660><c> says,</c><00:27:08.960><c> I'll</c><00:27:09.059><c> keep</c><00:27:09.279><c> you</c><00:27:09.519><c> from</c><00:27:09.660><c> that</c><00:27:09.940><c> hour</c><00:27:10.099><c> of</c><00:27:10.380><c> trial.</c> 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:12.839 I<00:27:10.720><c> won't</c><00:27:10.940><c> put</c><00:27:11.140><c> any</c><00:27:11.440><c> more</c><00:27:11.640><c> difficulties</c><00:27:12.039><c> upon</c><00:27:12.400><c> you</c><00:27:12.539><c> than</c><00:27:12.619><c> what</c> 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:14.480 you've<00:27:13.000><c> already</c><00:27:13.279><c> got.</c> 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.400 Next<00:27:17.460><c> verse.</c> 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:24.920 Hang<00:27:23.599><c> on</c><00:27:23.839><c> to</c><00:27:24.000><c> your</c><00:27:24.200><c> crown.</c> 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:27.480 Don't<00:27:25.920><c> let</c><00:27:26.140><c> anyone</c><00:27:26.480><c> take</c><00:27:26.759><c> it</c><00:27:26.880><c> away</c><00:27:27.099><c> from</c><00:27:27.259><c> you.</c> 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.819 You<00:27:27.819><c> mightn't</c><00:27:28.259><c> have</c><00:27:28.380><c> much</c><00:27:28.660><c> strength</c><00:27:29.019><c> in</c><00:27:29.180><c> your</c><00:27:29.359><c> daily</c><00:27:29.559><c> life.</c> 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:32.099 You<00:27:29.940><c> might</c><00:27:30.140><c> be</c><00:27:30.400><c> struggling</c><00:27:30.799><c> to</c><00:27:31.099><c> live</c><00:27:31.299><c> day</c><00:27:31.619><c> by</c><00:27:31.839><c> day.</c> 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:34.779 But<00:27:32.500><c> hang</c><00:27:32.759><c> on</c><00:27:32.920><c> to</c><00:27:33.039><c> the</c><00:27:33.259><c> truth</c><00:27:33.460><c> and</c><00:27:33.680><c> don't</c><00:27:33.960><c> let</c><00:27:34.140><c> anyone</c><00:27:34.500><c> take</c> 00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:36.640 that<00:27:35.019><c> away</c><00:27:35.279><c> from</c><00:27:35.480><c> you.</c> 00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:41.480 Because<00:27:37.500><c> that</c><00:27:37.799><c> will</c><00:27:38.059><c> give</c><00:27:38.220><c> you</c><00:27:38.480><c> a</c><00:27:38.740><c> crown</c><00:27:39.259><c> of</c><00:27:39.720><c> life</c><00:27:40.400><c> forever.</c> 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:45.180 And<00:27:41.779><c> here,</c><00:27:42.680><c> in</c><00:27:42.859><c> Philadelphia,</c><00:27:43.579><c> they</c><00:27:43.799><c> held</c><00:27:43.980><c> the</c><00:27:44.240><c> games.</c> 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:51.160 And<00:27:48.779><c> the</c><00:27:48.940><c> great</c><00:27:49.180><c> sportsmen</c><00:27:49.740><c> came</c><00:27:50.099><c> from</c><00:27:50.299><c> all</c><00:27:50.519><c> over</c><00:27:50.700><c> the</c><00:27:50.880><c> world</c> 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.579 to<00:27:51.319><c> Philadelphia.</c> 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:54.180 To<00:27:52.759><c> the</c><00:27:52.880><c> big</c><00:27:53.140><c> games.</c> 00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:58.700 And<00:27:56.579><c> on</c><00:27:56.740><c> some</c><00:27:56.880><c> of</c><00:27:56.980><c> the</c><00:27:57.200><c> inscriptions</c><00:27:57.640><c> on</c><00:27:57.880><c> the</c><00:27:58.099><c> coins,</c><00:27:58.359><c> some</c><00:27:58.599><c> of</c> 00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:00.680 the<00:27:58.839><c> greatest</c><00:27:59.500><c> athletes</c> 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:03.420 came<00:28:01.500><c> out</c><00:28:01.740><c> of</c><00:28:01.880><c> Philadelphia</c><00:28:02.559><c> in</c><00:28:02.920><c> that</c><00:28:03.119><c> era.</c> 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:05.740 They<00:28:04.500><c> all</c><00:28:04.779><c> knew</c><00:28:04.980><c> about</c><00:28:05.240><c> the</c><00:28:05.460><c> games.</c> 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:09.200 And<00:28:05.960><c> the</c><00:28:06.059><c> victor</c><00:28:06.480><c> received</c><00:28:06.859><c> the</c><00:28:07.180><c> crown</c><00:28:07.579><c> of</c><00:28:08.200><c> leaves.</c> 00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:16.000 But<00:28:13.200><c> a</c><00:28:13.319><c> few</c><00:28:13.400><c> days</c><00:28:13.680><c> later,</c><00:28:13.980><c> those</c><00:28:14.359><c> leaves</c><00:28:14.680><c> just</c><00:28:15.019><c> withered</c><00:28:15.220><c> up.</c> 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:18.319 And<00:28:16.400><c> that</c><00:28:16.519><c> was</c><00:28:16.680><c> the</c><00:28:16.759><c> end</c><00:28:16.900><c> of</c><00:28:16.980><c> it.</c> 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:22.400 Why<00:28:19.960><c> do</c><00:28:20.079><c> the</c><00:28:20.299><c> leaves</c><00:28:20.579><c> wither?</c> 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:28.200 Why<00:28:27.059><c> do</c><00:28:27.240><c> they</c><00:28:27.440><c> die?</c> 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.859 Don't<00:28:29.240><c> expect</c><00:28:29.559><c> anything</c><00:28:29.839><c> difficult</c><00:28:30.259><c> in</c><00:28:30.440><c> this</c><00:28:30.660><c> answer.</c> 00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.700 It's<00:28:30.980><c> a</c><00:28:31.039><c> very</c><00:28:31.200><c> simple</c><00:28:31.500><c> thing.</c> 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.960 Why<00:28:31.940><c> do</c><00:28:32.039><c> they</c><00:28:32.240><c> die?</c> 00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:38.099 Specifically,<00:28:36.700><c> why</c><00:28:36.920><c> do</c><00:28:37.079><c> they</c><00:28:37.200><c> perish?</c> 00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.980 The<00:28:40.819><c> branches</c><00:28:41.059><c> have</c><00:28:41.259><c> been</c><00:28:41.440><c> taken</c><00:28:41.680><c> off.</c> 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:44.519 Well,<00:28:42.700><c> what's</c><00:28:43.039><c> the</c><00:28:43.140><c> problem</c><00:28:43.400><c> with</c><00:28:43.579><c> that?</c> 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:47.880 There's<00:28:45.859><c> nothing</c><00:28:46.059><c> to</c><00:28:46.339><c> support</c><00:28:46.660><c> it.</c> 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.619 There's<00:28:48.960><c> no</c><00:28:49.200><c> plant.</c> 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.319 There's<00:28:50.160><c> no</c><00:28:50.359><c> tree.</c> 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:56.220 Where's<00:28:53.640><c> our</c><00:28:53.920><c> crown</c><00:28:54.539><c> linked</c><00:28:54.940><c> to?</c> 00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:03.359 We're<00:28:59.460><c> one</c><00:28:59.539><c> with</c><00:28:59.779><c> Christ</c><00:29:00.299><c> on</c><00:29:00.500><c> the</c><00:29:00.619><c> Day</c><00:29:00.779><c> of</c><00:29:00.880><c> the</c><00:29:01.000><c> Kingdom.</c> 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.539 One,<00:29:04.559><c> together.</c> 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:09.059 Not<00:29:05.940><c> little</c><00:29:06.240><c> bits</c><00:29:06.700><c> taken</c><00:29:07.339><c> away</c><00:29:07.759><c> from</c><00:29:08.019><c> the</c><00:29:08.279><c> plant.</c> 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:11.400 Here's<00:29:09.799><c> the</c><00:29:09.980><c> root</c><00:29:10.099><c> that</c><00:29:10.240><c> came</c><00:29:10.480><c> out</c><00:29:10.660><c> of</c><00:29:10.880><c> dry</c><00:29:11.099><c> ground.</c> 00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:13.319 Christ.<00:29:12.059><c> Remember</c><00:29:12.259><c> in</c><00:29:12.500><c> Scripture?</c> 00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:16.799 The<00:29:13.539><c> root</c><00:29:13.700><c> out</c><00:29:13.900><c> of</c><00:29:14.119><c> dry</c><00:29:14.319><c> ground</c><00:29:14.680><c> of</c><00:29:15.000><c> the</c><00:29:15.440><c> stump</c><00:29:15.700><c> of</c><00:29:16.079><c> David,</c><00:29:16.640><c> of</c> 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.299 the<00:29:16.940><c> son</c><00:29:17.160><c> of</c><00:29:17.420><c> Jesse.</c> 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.400 There<00:29:18.819><c> was</c><00:29:19.079><c> the</c><00:29:19.259><c> root.</c> 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.880 There<00:29:19.599><c> was</c><00:29:19.839><c> the</c><00:29:20.079><c> trunk</c><00:29:20.220><c> down</c><00:29:20.500><c> in</c><00:29:20.640><c> the</c><00:29:20.779><c> ground.</c> 00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.500 A<00:29:21.099><c> little</c><00:29:21.339><c> shoot</c><00:29:21.619><c> shoots</c><00:29:21.900><c> out</c><00:29:22.140><c> of</c><00:29:22.220><c> it.</c> 00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.519 A<00:29:23.099><c> dry</c><00:29:23.299><c> ground.</c> 00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:25.319 It<00:29:23.619><c> was</c><00:29:23.759><c> like</c><00:29:24.000><c> a</c><00:29:24.039><c> wilderness</c><00:29:24.319><c> time</c><00:29:24.720><c> in</c><00:29:24.920><c> Israel.</c> 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:27.740 The<00:29:26.119><c> truth</c><00:29:26.380><c> was</c><00:29:26.859><c> just</c><00:29:27.140><c> about</c><00:29:27.400><c> gone.</c> 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.440 And<00:29:27.819><c> out</c><00:29:28.039><c> of</c><00:29:28.140><c> it</c><00:29:28.180><c> comes</c><00:29:28.380><c> a</c><00:29:28.539><c> little</c><00:29:28.759><c> shoot</c><00:29:28.940><c> out</c><00:29:29.119><c> of</c><00:29:29.240><c> the</c><00:29:29.359><c> stump.</c> 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.960 And<00:29:29.519><c> it's</c><00:29:29.640><c> Christ.</c> 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:33.799 With<00:29:31.920><c> the</c><00:29:32.140><c> stump</c><00:29:32.319><c> still</c><00:29:32.579><c> in</c><00:29:32.740><c> the</c><00:29:32.920><c> ground.</c> 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:36.819 The<00:29:34.799><c> promises</c><00:29:35.079><c> made</c><00:29:35.359><c> under</c><00:29:35.559><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:36.059><c> Isaac,</c><00:29:36.440><c> Jacob.</c> 00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:38.140 The<00:29:37.019><c> promises</c><00:29:37.359><c> made</c><00:29:37.579><c> under</c><00:29:37.799><c> David.</c> 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:40.359 All<00:29:38.599><c> those</c><00:29:38.819><c> things</c><00:29:39.000><c> were</c><00:29:39.240><c> there,</c><00:29:39.440><c> if</c><00:29:39.579><c> you</c><00:29:39.680><c> like,</c><00:29:39.839><c> in</c><00:29:39.960><c> the</c><00:29:40.200><c> stump.</c> 00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:44.880 What<00:29:41.059><c> are</c><00:29:41.559><c> we</c><00:29:42.079><c> in</c><00:29:42.559><c> relation</c><00:29:43.039><c> to</c><00:29:43.420><c> the</c><00:29:43.720><c> Israel</c><00:29:44.180><c> olive</c><00:29:44.500><c> tree,</c><00:29:44.700><c> if</c> 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.720 you<00:29:45.000><c> like?</c> 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:47.559 What's<00:29:46.240><c> happened</c><00:29:46.359><c> to</c><00:29:46.559><c> us?</c> 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:49.880 We've<00:29:48.079><c> grafted</c><00:29:48.519><c> in,</c><00:29:48.779><c> aren't</c><00:29:48.920><c> we?</c> 00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:52.079 How<00:29:50.299><c> do</c><00:29:50.400><c> you</c><00:29:50.619><c> graft</c><00:29:50.859><c> something</c><00:29:51.220><c> in?</c> 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.799 Cut<00:29:53.579><c> a</c><00:29:53.740><c> little</c><00:29:53.960><c> slit.</c> 00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:56.299 Take<00:29:55.339><c> a</c><00:29:55.539><c> little</c><00:29:55.779><c> twig.</c> 00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.160 Stick<00:29:56.720><c> it</c><00:29:56.900><c> in.</c> 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.700 Bind<00:29:57.519><c> it</c><00:29:57.700><c> up.</c> 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.160 And<00:29:59.160><c> then</c><00:29:59.299><c> eventually</c><00:29:59.720><c> that</c><00:30:00.119><c> joins</c><00:30:00.480><c> on.</c> 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:03.160 The<00:30:01.640><c> sap</c><00:30:01.880><c> links</c><00:30:02.319><c> it</c><00:30:02.539><c> up.</c> 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:05.000 Takes<00:30:03.940><c> hold.</c> 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:06.740 And<00:30:05.180><c> this</c><00:30:05.359><c> little</c><00:30:05.640><c> shoot</c><00:30:05.819><c> grows.</c> 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:09.980 At<00:30:07.259><c> one</c><00:30:07.440><c> stage</c><00:30:07.680><c> I</c><00:30:07.740><c> had</c><00:30:07.940><c> at</c><00:30:08.000><c> home</c><00:30:08.359><c> three</c><00:30:09.059><c> different</c><00:30:09.480><c> apples</c><00:30:09.779><c> on</c> 00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.220 one<00:30:10.200><c> apple</c><00:30:10.480><c> tree.</c> 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.579 Again<00:30:11.920><c> with</c><00:30:12.119><c> one</c><00:30:12.339><c> stock.</c> 00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:14.339 Grafted<00:30:13.180><c> in</c><00:30:13.319><c> one</c><00:30:13.579><c> branch</c><00:30:13.839><c> of</c><00:30:14.059><c> Jonathan.</c> 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:16.440 One<00:30:14.920><c> a</c><00:30:15.079><c> Granny</c><00:30:15.279><c> Smith</c><00:30:15.559><c> and</c><00:30:15.740><c> one</c><00:30:15.920><c> another</c><00:30:16.200><c> one.</c> 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:18.299 And<00:30:16.619><c> in</c><00:30:16.720><c> the</c><00:30:16.799><c> end</c><00:30:16.920><c> you</c><00:30:17.000><c> had</c><00:30:17.059><c> an</c><00:30:17.279><c> apple</c><00:30:17.480><c> tree</c><00:30:17.619><c> with</c><00:30:17.799><c> three</c><00:30:18.059><c> types</c> 00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.799 of<00:30:18.539><c> apples</c><00:30:18.759><c> on</c><00:30:18.940><c> it.</c> 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:24.539 Except<00:30:22.400><c> the</c><00:30:22.680><c> Granny</c><00:30:22.839><c> Smith</c><00:30:23.059><c> took</c><00:30:23.319><c> control</c><00:30:23.779><c> and</c><00:30:23.880><c> it</c><00:30:24.019><c> was</c><00:30:24.200><c> stronger.</c> 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.579 And<00:30:24.720><c> its</c><00:30:24.900><c> branch</c><00:30:25.180><c> came</c><00:30:25.440><c> out</c><00:30:25.680><c> and</c><00:30:25.759><c> got</c><00:30:25.980><c> thicker</c><00:30:26.200><c> and</c><00:30:26.440><c> thicker.</c> 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.319 And<00:30:26.740><c> the</c><00:30:26.880><c> other</c><00:30:27.039><c> two</c><00:30:27.200><c> couldn't</c><00:30:27.480><c> cope.</c> 00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:30.940 So<00:30:28.720><c> you</c><00:30:28.839><c> always</c><00:30:29.099><c> had</c><00:30:29.359><c> a</c><00:30:29.619><c> lot</c><00:30:29.759><c> of</c><00:30:29.920><c> Granny</c><00:30:30.140><c> Smiths</c><00:30:30.519><c> and</c><00:30:30.599><c> not</c><00:30:30.779><c> too</c> 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.720 many<00:30:31.180><c> Jonathans</c><00:30:31.759><c> on</c><00:30:31.920><c> it.</c> 00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.779 But<00:30:33.019><c> it's</c><00:30:33.380><c> grafted</c><00:30:33.700><c> in.</c> 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:36.119 We<00:30:34.059><c> are</c><00:30:34.440><c> grafted</c><00:30:35.099><c> in</c><00:30:35.259><c> to</c><00:30:35.380><c> the</c><00:30:35.539><c> hope</c><00:30:35.680><c> of</c><00:30:35.920><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.579 It's<00:30:36.400><c> like</c><00:30:36.539><c> an</c><00:30:36.740><c> olive</c><00:30:36.940><c> tree</c><00:30:37.140><c> of</c><00:30:37.339><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.980 The<00:30:37.799><c> symbol</c><00:30:38.019><c> of</c><00:30:38.200><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.759 We're<00:30:39.660><c> grafted</c><00:30:40.059><c> into</c><00:30:40.299><c> it.</c> 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:42.000 But<00:30:41.059><c> the</c><00:30:41.339><c> stock</c><00:30:41.559><c> is</c><00:30:41.779><c> there.</c> 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.240 The<00:30:42.480><c> roots</c><00:30:42.640><c> are</c><00:30:42.819><c> down</c><00:30:42.920><c> in</c><00:30:43.039><c> the</c><00:30:43.160><c> ground.</c> 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.579 You<00:30:43.380><c> ought</c><00:30:43.480><c> to</c><00:30:43.480><c> see</c><00:30:43.660><c> the</c><00:30:43.940><c> Israelis</c><00:30:44.240><c> out</c><00:30:44.460><c> there.</c> 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.420 It's<00:30:44.880><c> incredible.</c> 00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:47.640 You<00:30:45.920><c> go</c><00:30:46.079><c> into</c><00:30:46.240><c> the</c><00:30:46.359><c> land</c><00:30:46.539><c> today.</c> 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:51.839 You<00:30:48.160><c> know</c><00:30:48.339><c> how</c><00:30:48.900><c> they</c><00:30:49.119><c> have</c><00:30:50.140><c> orange</c><00:30:50.579><c> groves</c><00:30:50.940><c> of</c><00:30:51.140><c> Jaffa</c><00:30:51.440><c> oranges</c> 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.140 and<00:30:52.160><c> grapefruits</c><00:30:52.660><c> and</c><00:30:52.799><c> so</c><00:30:52.960><c> on.</c> 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:56.700 As<00:30:53.460><c> soon</c><00:30:53.680><c> as</c><00:30:53.799><c> a</c><00:30:54.019><c> tree</c><00:30:54.539><c> is</c><00:30:55.140><c> not</c><00:30:55.460><c> giving</c><00:30:55.660><c> enough</c><00:30:56.019><c> fruit</c><00:30:56.220><c> they</c><00:30:56.460><c> cut</c> 00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:59.339 it<00:30:56.920><c> off</c><00:30:57.319><c> about</c><00:30:57.759><c> a</c><00:30:57.920><c> foot</c><00:30:58.039><c> from</c><00:30:58.259><c> the</c><00:30:58.440><c> ground.</c> 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:03.240 And<00:31:00.480><c> then</c><00:31:00.700><c> immediately</c><00:31:01.099><c> in</c><00:31:01.339><c> that</c><00:31:01.579><c> stock</c><00:31:01.920><c> they</c><00:31:02.519><c> splice</c><00:31:02.960><c> it</c><00:31:03.140><c> in</c> 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.279 about<00:31:03.559><c> twelve</c><00:31:03.900><c> spots.</c> 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:07.559 And<00:31:04.460><c> they</c><00:31:04.579><c> put</c><00:31:04.779><c> in</c><00:31:05.000><c> little</c><00:31:05.539><c> snippets</c><00:31:06.259><c> of</c><00:31:06.519><c> grapefruit.</c> 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:09.200 In<00:31:07.960><c> an</c><00:31:08.099><c> orange</c><00:31:08.380><c> tree.</c> 00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:11.319 In<00:31:09.460><c> one</c><00:31:09.619><c> years</c><00:31:09.839><c> time</c><00:31:10.160><c> you've</c><00:31:10.359><c> got</c><00:31:10.380><c> a</c><00:31:10.480><c> big</c><00:31:10.640><c> grapefruit</c><00:31:11.019><c> tree.</c> 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.839 Because<00:31:12.039><c> the</c><00:31:12.259><c> base</c><00:31:12.500><c> is</c><00:31:12.700><c> there.</c> 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.900 The<00:31:13.079><c> roots</c><00:31:13.279><c> are</c><00:31:13.500><c> all</c><00:31:13.700><c> there.</c> 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:17.619 In<00:31:14.299><c> goes</c><00:31:14.579><c> the</c><00:31:14.779><c> goodness</c><00:31:15.000><c> into</c><00:31:15.220><c> these</c><00:31:15.460><c> twelve</c><00:31:15.880><c> little</c><00:31:16.859><c> grafted</c><00:31:17.339><c> pieces.</c> 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.019 By<00:31:17.960><c> the</c><00:31:18.079><c> end</c><00:31:18.200><c> of</c><00:31:18.380><c> the</c><00:31:18.440><c> first</c><00:31:18.700><c> season</c><00:31:18.880><c> you've</c><00:31:19.039><c> got</c><00:31:19.180><c> twelve</c><00:31:19.619><c> branches.</c> 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.059 Next<00:31:20.319><c> year</c><00:31:20.460><c> you've</c><00:31:20.579><c> got</c><00:31:20.700><c> fruit.</c> 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.279 They<00:31:21.619><c> don't</c><00:31:21.779><c> miss</c><00:31:21.960><c> a</c><00:31:22.160><c> trick.</c> 00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:25.420 We<00:31:22.559><c> would</c><00:31:22.900><c> chop</c><00:31:23.079><c> it</c><00:31:23.220><c> down</c><00:31:23.420><c> and</c><00:31:23.599><c> dig</c><00:31:23.680><c> it</c><00:31:23.839><c> out</c><00:31:23.980><c> and</c><00:31:24.160><c> plant</c><00:31:24.299><c> a</c><00:31:24.460><c> little</c><00:31:24.599><c> one.</c> 00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.819 They<00:31:26.420><c> don't.</c> 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:28.380 Don't<00:31:27.220><c> miss</c><00:31:27.400><c> a</c><00:31:27.559><c> thing.</c> 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.700 Maximum<00:31:29.680><c> efficiency</c><00:31:30.079><c> in</c><00:31:30.240><c> that</c><00:31:30.440><c> land.</c> 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.700 All<00:31:31.180><c> the</c><00:31:31.359><c> time.</c> 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:34.200 The<00:31:32.299><c> drip</c><00:31:32.500><c> system</c><00:31:32.900><c> with</c><00:31:33.140><c> their</c><00:31:33.359><c> water.</c> 00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:37.259 Obviously<00:31:35.380><c> you</c><00:31:35.420><c> can't</c><00:31:35.599><c> have</c><00:31:35.819><c> any</c><00:31:36.099><c> water</c><00:31:36.460><c> over</c><00:31:36.720><c> the</c><00:31:36.940><c> top</c><00:31:37.079><c> of</c> 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.660 the<00:31:37.440><c> land.</c> 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.500 It<00:31:37.819><c> just</c><00:31:38.059><c> evaporates.</c> 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.660 It's<00:31:38.599><c> so</c><00:31:38.819><c> hot.</c> 00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:42.839 But<00:31:40.140><c> they</c><00:31:40.359><c> haven't</c><00:31:40.500><c> got</c><00:31:40.680><c> too</c><00:31:40.900><c> much</c><00:31:41.119><c> water</c><00:31:41.279><c> as</c><00:31:41.440><c> we</c><00:31:41.559><c> saw</c><00:31:41.740><c> last</c><00:31:42.059><c> night.</c> 00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:44.099 Everything<00:31:43.259><c> is</c><00:31:43.480><c> drip</c><00:31:43.720><c> system.</c> 00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:46.359 And<00:31:44.619><c> in</c><00:31:44.720><c> that</c><00:31:44.940><c> water</c><00:31:45.140><c> they</c><00:31:45.299><c> put</c><00:31:45.460><c> all</c><00:31:45.740><c> the</c><00:31:45.960><c> ingredients.</c> 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:48.000 All<00:31:46.720><c> the</c><00:31:46.960><c> nutrients.</c><00:31:47.599><c> Everything.</c> 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.720 And<00:31:48.339><c> it</c><00:31:48.380><c> drips</c><00:31:48.539><c> at</c><00:31:48.720><c> the</c><00:31:48.920><c> plant</c><00:31:49.099><c> of</c><00:31:49.259><c> each</c><00:31:49.539><c> one.</c> 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:53.400 Exactly<00:31:50.420><c> the</c><00:31:50.740><c> maximum</c><00:31:51.319><c> amount</c><00:31:51.759><c> of</c><00:31:52.539><c> efficiency.</c> 00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.779 Don't<00:31:54.579><c> waste</c><00:31:54.819><c> a</c><00:31:55.079><c> drop.</c> 00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.920 You<00:31:56.220><c> go</c><00:31:56.279><c> into</c><00:31:56.440><c> that</c><00:31:56.599><c> kibbutz</c><00:31:56.980><c> that</c><00:31:57.119><c> we</c><00:31:57.220><c> had</c><00:31:57.359><c> a</c><00:31:57.359><c> look</c><00:31:57.500><c> last</c><00:31:57.740><c> night.</c> 00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.440 Hang<00:31:58.119><c> a</c><00:31:58.240><c> shrimp.</c> 00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.819 And<00:31:58.839><c> they</c><00:31:58.900><c> have</c><00:31:58.920><c> these</c><00:31:59.160><c> great</c><00:31:59.319><c> big</c><00:31:59.519><c> pipes.</c> 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:01.819 An<00:31:59.980><c> old</c><00:32:00.160><c> pipe.</c><00:32:00.460><c> No</c><00:32:00.640><c> need</c><00:32:01.059><c> for</c><00:32:01.299><c> use</c><00:32:01.500><c> anymore.</c> 00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.980 There<00:32:02.339><c> it</c><00:32:02.400><c> is</c><00:32:02.500><c> in</c><00:32:02.599><c> the</c><00:32:02.759><c> garden.</c> 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.619 And<00:32:03.420><c> strawberry</c><00:32:03.700><c> plants</c><00:32:04.039><c> growing</c><00:32:04.279><c> out</c><00:32:04.460><c> of</c><00:32:04.519><c> it.</c> 00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.839 And<00:32:04.619><c> there's</c><00:32:04.880><c> a</c><00:32:05.019><c> little</c><00:32:05.220><c> drip</c><00:32:05.339><c> in</c><00:32:05.519><c> the</c><00:32:05.680><c> top.</c> 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.640 In<00:32:05.980><c> each</c><00:32:06.160><c> little</c><00:32:06.460><c> hole</c><00:32:06.799><c> there's</c><00:32:07.160><c> a</c><00:32:07.279><c> little</c><00:32:07.500><c> drip.</c> 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.259 And<00:32:07.839><c> it</c><00:32:07.940><c> waters</c><00:32:08.079><c> the</c><00:32:08.359><c> strawberries.</c> 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.319 It's<00:32:10.200><c> incredible</c><00:32:10.779><c> that</c><00:32:11.099><c> place.</c> 00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:14.200 They<00:32:12.019><c> don't</c><00:32:12.400><c> waste</c><00:32:12.799><c> a</c><00:32:13.259><c> thing.</c> 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.980 Right<00:32:16.559><c> on</c><00:32:16.720><c> we</c><00:32:16.880><c> go.</c> 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:18.339 Next<00:32:17.339><c> verse.</c> 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.180 To<00:32:21.240><c> him.</c> 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.740 Where<00:32:22.640><c> are</c><00:32:22.700><c> we</c><00:32:22.799><c> up</c><00:32:22.940><c> to?</c> 00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.920 Somewhere<00:32:24.420><c> in</c><00:32:24.579><c> the</c><00:32:24.680><c> middle.</c> 00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.880 Speak<00:32:31.059><c> up</c><00:32:31.279><c> please</c><00:32:31.740><c> so</c><00:32:31.920><c> we</c><00:32:32.039><c> can</c><00:32:32.220><c> hear.</c> 00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.980 Right. 00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:45.240 Speaking<00:32:43.619><c> of</c><00:32:43.980><c> the</c><00:32:44.299><c> spiritual</c><00:32:44.799><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:47.319 Here<00:32:45.519><c> it</c><00:32:45.759><c> says</c><00:32:45.900><c> a</c><00:32:46.099><c> pillar</c><00:32:46.259><c> in</c><00:32:46.440><c> the</c><00:32:46.599><c> temple</c><00:32:46.779><c> of</c><00:32:46.960><c> my</c><00:32:47.180><c> God.</c> 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.940 And<00:32:47.380><c> we</c><00:32:47.519><c> know</c><00:32:47.680><c> there</c><00:32:47.799><c> will</c><00:32:47.920><c> be</c><00:32:48.079><c> a</c><00:32:48.259><c> literal</c><00:32:48.579><c> temple</c> 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.839 in<00:32:49.119><c> the</c><00:32:49.279><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:49.519><c> Arch.</c> 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.619 Promises<00:32:51.740><c> today</c><00:32:52.160><c> that</c><00:32:52.319><c> David</c> 00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.240 has<00:32:52.960><c> promised</c><00:32:53.380><c> that.</c> 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:56.460 There<00:32:54.940><c> will</c><00:32:55.039><c> also</c><00:32:55.200><c> be</c><00:32:55.380><c> a</c><00:32:55.619><c> spiritual</c><00:32:56.059><c> temple</c> 00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.400 made<00:32:56.880><c> up</c><00:32:57.059><c> of</c><00:32:57.180><c> brethren</c><00:32:57.440><c> and</c><00:32:57.680><c> sisters</c><00:32:57.940><c> who</c><00:32:58.119><c> will</c><00:32:58.299><c> be</c> 00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.740 one<00:32:58.559><c> with</c><00:32:58.799><c> Christ</c><00:32:59.160><c> in</c><00:32:59.339><c> that</c><00:32:59.559><c> day.</c> 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.059 There's<00:32:59.960><c> the</c><00:33:00.259><c> spiritual</c><00:33:00.660><c> temple.</c> 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:03.299 In<00:33:01.700><c> the</c><00:33:01.920><c> later</c><00:33:02.200><c> chapters</c><00:33:02.619><c> of</c><00:33:02.900><c> Revelation</c> 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:05.759 it<00:33:03.420><c> speaks</c><00:33:03.720><c> about</c><00:33:03.980><c> this</c><00:33:04.200><c> heavenly</c><00:33:04.700><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:07.500 It's<00:33:06.039><c> really</c><00:33:06.359><c> the</c><00:33:06.519><c> language</c><00:33:07.079><c> of</c> 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:09.380 a<00:33:07.839><c> spiritual</c><00:33:08.319><c> group</c><00:33:08.660><c> of</c><00:33:08.900><c> people</c> 00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:11.700 in<00:33:10.279><c> places</c><00:33:10.779><c> of</c><00:33:11.299><c> power</c> 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:14.119 and<00:33:11.920><c> authority</c><00:33:12.319><c> where</c><00:33:12.559><c> they</c><00:33:12.720><c> will</c><00:33:12.859><c> control</c><00:33:13.240><c> the</c><00:33:13.420><c> earth.</c> 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.700 But<00:33:14.299><c> there's</c><00:33:14.480><c> a</c><00:33:14.619><c> literal</c><00:33:14.839><c> temple</c><00:33:15.119><c> as</c><00:33:15.380><c> well.</c> 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.200 So<00:33:16.200><c> to</c><00:33:16.359><c> him</c><00:33:16.539><c> that</c><00:33:16.779><c> overcometh</c> 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:19.000 there<00:33:17.299><c> will</c><00:33:17.339><c> be</c><00:33:17.519><c> a</c><00:33:17.740><c> pillar</c><00:33:17.839><c> in</c><00:33:18.019><c> the</c><00:33:18.200><c> temple.</c> 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.619 Spiritual<00:33:19.640><c> pillar.</c> 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.700 In<00:33:21.160><c> a</c><00:33:21.339><c> literal</c><00:33:21.680><c> temple</c><00:33:22.000><c> as</c><00:33:22.319><c> well.</c> 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:24.859 I'll<00:33:23.440><c> write</c><00:33:23.579><c> on</c><00:33:23.680><c> him</c><00:33:23.880><c> the</c><00:33:24.019><c> name</c><00:33:24.240><c> of</c><00:33:24.460><c> my</c><00:33:24.660><c> God</c> 00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:26.380 the<00:33:25.000><c> name</c><00:33:25.279><c> of</c><00:33:25.440><c> the</c><00:33:25.599><c> city</c><00:33:25.839><c> of</c><00:33:26.019><c> my</c><00:33:26.220><c> God</c> 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.880 which<00:33:26.559><c> 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00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.819 So<00:34:00.720><c> here's</c><00:34:00.940><c> a</c><00:34:01.059><c> little</c><00:34:01.200><c> bit</c><00:34:01.299><c> of</c><00:34:01.440><c> a</c><00:34:01.559><c> summary</c> 00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:04.519 for<00:34:02.180><c> our</c><00:34:02.500><c> sheet</c><00:34:02.880><c> of</c><00:34:03.319><c> Philadelphia.</c> 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:10.500 Fifty<00:34:09.199><c> kilometres</c><00:34:09.780><c> upstream</c> 00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:13.500 so<00:34:10.760><c> that's</c><00:34:11.019><c> five,</c><00:34:11.280><c> six,</c><00:34:11.619><c> that's</c><00:34:11.860><c> thirty</c><00:34:12.079><c> miles.</c> 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.860 Thirty<00:34:15.079><c> miles</c><00:34:15.519><c> upstream</c> 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:18.260 from<00:34:16.760><c> Sardis.</c> 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.300 Brother<00:34:21.119><c> Love.</c> 00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.519 At<00:34:24.119><c> Tullus</c><00:34:24.400><c> the</c><00:34:24.659><c> 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finally</c><00:39:09.929><c> seen</c> 00:39:10.809 --> 00:39:12.710 wow,<00:39:11.230><c> look</c><00:39:11.389><c> at</c><00:39:11.510><c> that.</c> 00:39:13.429 --> 00:39:14.090 What<00:39:13.610><c> about</c><00:39:13.769><c> this</c> 00:39:14.090 --> 00:39:16.110 lukewarm<00:39:14.510><c> water?</c><00:39:15.530><c> What's</c><00:39:15.849><c> that</c> 00:39:16.110 --> 00:39:17.929 got<00:39:16.329><c> to</c><00:39:16.510><c> do</c><00:39:16.690><c> with</c><00:39:16.869><c> Laodicea?</c> 00:39:19.090 --> 00:39:20.250 What<00:39:19.389><c> about</c><00:39:19.610><c> the</c><00:39:19.789><c> fact</c><00:39:19.909><c> that</c><00:39:20.090><c> the</c> 00:39:20.250 --> 00:39:22.170 gate<00:39:20.429><c> is</c><00:39:20.710><c> shut?</c><00:39:21.550><c> What</c><00:39:21.750><c> does</c><00:39:21.909><c> that</c> 00:39:22.170 --> 00:39:24.110 mean?<00:39:23.710><c> Why</c><00:39:24.010><c> were</c> 00:39:24.110 --> 00:39:25.909 they<00:39:24.250><c> considered</c><00:39:24.550><c> to</c><00:39:24.690><c> be</c><00:39:24.909><c> blind?</c> 00:39:26.269 --> 00:39:28.030 Some<00:39:26.469><c> of</c><00:39:26.590><c> those</c><00:39:26.789><c> things.</c><00:39:27.030><c> They're</c><00:39:27.150><c> there</c><00:39:27.309><c> in</c><00:39:27.429><c> that</c><00:39:27.610><c> letter.</c><00:39:27.809><c> Now</c> 00:39:28.030 --> 00:39:30.210 what's<00:39:28.329><c> Christ</c><00:39:28.590><c> getting</c><00:39:28.829><c> at?</c><00:39:29.050><c> Why</c><00:39:29.309><c> should</c><00:39:29.469><c> he</c><00:39:29.690><c> mention</c><00:39:29.929><c> that</c> 00:39:30.210 --> 00:39:31.489 sort<00:39:30.349><c> of</c><00:39:30.449><c> a</c><00:39:30.550><c> language?</c> 00:39:32.550 --> 00:39:34.090 Let's<00:39:32.650><c> see</c><00:39:32.809><c> what</c><00:39:32.929><c> we</c><00:39:33.090><c> can</c><00:39:33.210><c> come</c><00:39:33.369><c> up</c><00:39:33.530><c> with</c><00:39:33.670><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:39:34.190 --> 00:39:35.349 Thanks<00:39:34.489><c> Seth.</c> 00:39:48.409 --> 00:39:50.309 Thanks<00:39:49.809><c> Seth.</c>