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same<00:10:21.320><c> will</c><00:10:21.500><c> be</c><00:10:21.659><c> true</c><00:10:21.740><c> when</c><00:10:21.879><c> the</c><00:10:22.039><c> Lord</c><00:10:22.200><c> comes.</c>

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Oh,<00:10:24.759><c> my</c><00:10:24.840><c> dear</c><00:10:25.080><c> brothers</c><00:10:25.379><c> and</c><00:10:25.580><c> sisters,</c><00:10:25.820><c> when</c><00:10:26.019><c> the</c><00:10:26.200><c> Lord</c><00:10:26.379><c> comes,</c><00:10:27.159><c> look,</c>

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have<00:10:27.779><c> you</c><00:10:27.980><c> ever</c><00:10:28.200><c> lain</c><00:10:28.440><c> at</c><00:10:28.620><c> night</c><00:10:29.360><c> awake?</c>

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I've<00:10:30.559><c> done</c><00:10:30.759><c> this</c><00:10:31.000><c> for</c><00:10:31.279><c> hours</c><00:10:31.620><c> and</c><00:10:31.820><c> just</c><00:10:32.179><c> thought</c><00:10:32.500><c> what</c><00:10:32.940><c> the</c><00:10:33.200><c> Lord</c><00:10:33.399><c> will</c><00:10:33.759><c> literally</c><00:10:34.179><c> do</c>

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hotel<00:10:42.419><c> door</c><00:10:42.820><c> in</c><00:10:43.139><c> the</c><00:10:43.379><c> world.</c>

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And<00:10:45.320><c> if</c><00:10:45.460><c> you</c><00:10:45.559><c> don't</c><00:10:45.740><c> think</c><00:10:45.899><c> that's</c><00:10:46.240><c> going</c><00:10:46.379><c> to</c><00:10:46.519><c> take</c><00:10:46.659><c> some</c><00:10:46.840><c> doing,</c><00:10:47.480><c> and</c>

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if<00:10:47.679><c> you</c><00:10:47.799><c> don't</c><00:10:47.980><c> think</c><00:10:48.100><c> that's</c><00:10:48.519><c> going</c><00:10:48.659><c> to</c><00:10:48.799><c> cause</c>

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a<00:10:49.639><c> response</c><00:10:50.100><c> from</c><00:10:50.399><c> men,</c><00:10:50.940><c> have</c><00:10:51.019><c> another</c><00:10:51.379><c> think.</c><00:10:52.080><c> Because</c><00:10:52.559><c> that</c>

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captures<00:10:53.600><c> them.</c><00:10:54.120><c> They</c><00:10:54.399><c> love</c><00:10:54.740><c> it,</c>

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they<00:10:55.379><c> worship</c><00:10:55.639><c> it,</c><00:10:55.799><c> they</c><00:10:56.059><c> kiss</c><00:10:56.379><c> it,</c><00:10:56.679><c> they</c><00:10:56.820><c> bow</c><00:10:57.100><c> down</c><00:10:57.340><c> to</c><00:10:57.419><c> it,</c>

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they<00:10:58.039><c> work</c><00:10:58.440><c> for</c><00:10:58.679><c> it,</c><00:10:59.019><c> they</c><00:10:59.279><c> reject</c><00:10:59.740><c> their</c><00:11:00.100><c> wives,</c>

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their<00:11:00.659><c> children,</c><00:11:01.120><c> they</c><00:11:01.240><c> give</c><00:11:01.379><c> everything</c><00:11:01.940><c> for</c><00:11:02.279><c> it.</c><00:11:02.960><c> He's</c><00:11:03.259><c> going</c><00:11:03.399><c> to</c>

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close<00:11:03.840><c> every</c><00:11:04.600><c> hotel</c><00:11:05.340><c> door</c><00:11:05.659><c> in</c><00:11:05.919><c> the</c><00:11:06.139><c> world.</c>

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And<00:11:07.500><c> he'll</c><00:11:07.799><c> pull</c><00:11:08.139><c> that</c><00:11:08.440><c> down.</c><00:11:09.840><c> And</c><00:11:10.159><c> men</c><00:11:10.399><c> will</c><00:11:10.960><c> hate</c><00:11:11.159><c> it.</c><00:11:12.539><c> He's</c>

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going<00:11:13.139><c> to</c><00:11:13.320><c> take</c><00:11:13.519><c> every</c><00:11:14.279><c> paperback</c><00:11:14.860><c> novel</c>

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and<00:11:15.820><c> filthy</c><00:11:16.320><c> magazine</c><00:11:17.100><c> and</c><00:11:17.700><c> conspire</c><00:11:18.320><c> it</c><00:11:18.440><c> into</c><00:11:18.539><c> the</c><00:11:18.779><c> flames.</c>

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root<00:11:24.139><c> in</c><00:11:24.320><c> there,</c><00:11:25.440><c> deep</c><00:11:25.679><c> down</c><00:11:26.080><c> in</c><00:11:26.299><c> there.</c><00:11:27.120><c> And</c><00:11:27.320><c> it's</c><00:11:27.500><c> all</c><00:11:27.740><c> going</c>

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going<00:11:45.379><c> to</c><00:11:45.740><c> destroy</c><00:11:46.059><c> that</c><00:11:46.440><c> appeal</c><00:11:46.779><c> to</c><00:11:47.039><c> me.</c><00:11:49.860><c> There</c><00:11:50.159><c> are</c><00:11:50.480><c> many</c><00:11:50.840><c> things</c><00:11:51.360><c> that</c><00:11:51.620><c> appeal</c><00:11:51.899><c> to</c>

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me.<00:11:52.559><c> And</c><00:11:52.779><c> I</c><00:11:53.039><c> want</c><00:11:53.299><c> to</c><00:11:53.720><c> see</c><00:11:53.720><c> this</c>

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earth<00:11:54.139><c> rid</c><00:11:54.379><c> of</c><00:11:54.500><c> them.</c><00:11:55.659><c> Because</c><00:11:55.960><c> the</c><00:11:56.240><c> things</c><00:11:56.440><c> we</c><00:11:56.639><c> would</c><00:11:56.919><c> do</c><00:11:57.100><c> we</c>

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don't.<00:11:58.399><c> But,</c><00:11:58.720><c> said</c><00:11:58.799><c> the</c><00:11:59.019><c> Apostle</c><00:11:59.460><c> Paul,</c><00:12:00.179><c> the</c><00:12:00.360><c> things</c>

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hate.<00:12:04.940><c> And</c><00:12:05.200><c> we</c><00:12:05.440><c> do</c><00:12:05.700><c> hate</c><00:12:06.000><c> them</c><00:12:06.299><c> because</c><00:12:07.200><c> they're</c>

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And<00:12:49.059><c> they</c><00:12:49.259><c> were</c><00:12:49.379><c> to</c><00:12:49.539><c> never</c><00:12:49.820><c> lift</c><00:12:50.019><c> up</c><00:12:50.299><c> a</c><00:12:50.539><c> tool</c><00:12:50.799><c> upon</c><00:12:51.139><c> it.</c><00:12:51.740><c> For,</c><00:12:52.120><c> says</c><00:12:52.240><c> God,</c><00:12:52.600><c> if</c><00:12:52.779><c> you</c><00:12:52.980><c> lift</c><00:12:53.200><c> up</c><00:12:53.460><c> a</c>

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tool<00:12:53.799><c> upon</c><00:12:54.080><c> it,</c>

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it<00:12:54.559><c> is</c><00:12:54.980><c> polluted.</c><00:12:56.720><c> So</c><00:12:56.960><c> he</c><00:12:57.080><c> had</c><00:12:57.320><c> to</c><00:12:57.500><c> build</c><00:12:57.659><c> upon</c><00:12:57.960><c> the</c><00:12:58.340><c> fortress</c>

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stone,<00:13:06.879><c> brothers</c><00:13:07.000><c> and</c><00:13:07.159><c> sisters,</c><00:13:08.000><c> speaking</c><00:13:08.299><c> of</c><00:13:08.600><c> an</c><00:13:08.799><c> altar</c><00:13:08.919><c> which</c><00:13:09.240><c> God</c>

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made,<00:13:09.960><c> not</c><00:13:10.200><c> man.</c><00:13:12.139><c> And</c><00:13:12.320><c> Isaiah</c><00:13:12.759><c> the</c><00:13:13.100><c> prophet</c>

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condemned<00:13:14.000><c> Israel</c><00:13:14.759><c> in</c><00:13:15.379><c> the</c><00:13:15.559><c> 65th</c><00:13:16.019><c> chapter</c><00:13:16.639><c> for</c><00:13:17.039><c> making</c><00:13:17.480><c> altars</c><00:13:17.980><c> of</c><00:13:18.440><c> brick.</c><00:13:20.960><c> And</c><00:13:21.159><c> every</c><00:13:21.419><c> time</c><00:13:21.620><c> they</c><00:13:21.820><c> made</c><00:13:21.940><c> an</c>

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altar<00:13:22.299><c> of</c><00:13:22.600><c> brick,</c><00:13:24.399><c> there</c><00:13:24.679><c> was</c><00:13:25.019><c> a</c><00:13:25.259><c> standing</c><00:13:25.539><c> illustration</c><00:13:26.320><c> of</c>

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65<00:13:30.899><c> and</c><00:13:31.120><c> verse</c><00:13:31.399><c> 3</c><00:13:31.659><c> says,</c><00:13:32.379><c> they</c><00:13:32.379><c> made</c><00:13:32.740><c> altars</c><00:13:33.159><c> of</c><00:13:33.620><c> brick,</c><00:13:34.799><c> but</c>

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they<00:13:35.179><c> should</c><00:13:35.360><c> have</c><00:13:35.600><c> been</c><00:13:36.039><c> altars</c><00:13:36.779><c> of</c><00:13:37.159><c> unhewn</c><00:13:37.539><c> stone.</c>

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And<00:13:39.720><c> so</c><00:13:40.000><c> the</c><00:13:40.279><c> fortress</c><00:13:40.519><c> of</c><00:13:40.740><c> the</c><00:13:40.940><c> flesh</c><00:13:41.120><c> is</c><00:13:41.399><c> pulled</c><00:13:41.659><c> down.</c><00:13:43.019><c> Yahweh's</c><00:13:43.519><c> shalom</c><00:13:43.720><c> is</c>

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set<00:13:44.059><c> up</c><00:13:44.240><c> upon</c><00:13:44.419><c> it</c><00:13:44.559><c> in</c><00:13:44.700><c> the</c><00:13:44.860><c> night.</c>

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But<00:13:45.580><c> what</c><00:13:45.759><c> was</c><00:13:45.980><c> done</c><00:13:46.120><c> in</c><00:13:46.279><c> the</c><00:13:46.440><c> night,</c><00:13:46.759><c> brothers</c><00:13:46.879><c> and</c><00:13:46.940><c> sisters,</c>

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could<00:13:47.679><c> not</c><00:13:47.879><c> be</c><00:13:48.039><c> hid</c><00:13:48.120><c> in</c><00:13:48.259><c> the</c><00:13:48.419><c> morning.</c>

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And<00:13:49.720><c> Gideon</c><00:13:50.019><c> knew</c><00:13:50.220><c> that.</c><00:13:51.759><c> And</c><00:13:51.840><c> we</c><00:13:52.080><c> read</c><00:13:52.500><c> in</c><00:13:53.120><c> verse</c><00:13:53.340><c> 29,</c><00:13:55.120><c> and</c><00:13:55.379><c> they</c><00:13:55.620><c> said</c><00:13:55.799><c> one</c><00:13:56.000><c> to</c><00:13:56.200><c> another,</c>

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who<00:13:57.860><c> has</c><00:13:58.139><c> done</c><00:13:58.340><c> this</c><00:13:58.659><c> thing?</c><00:14:00.259><c> And</c><00:14:00.519><c> when</c><00:14:00.639><c> they</c><00:14:00.840><c> inquired</c><00:14:01.299><c> and</c>

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asked,<00:14:01.899><c> they</c><00:14:02.080><c> said,</c><00:14:03.539><c> Gideon</c><00:14:03.879><c> the</c><00:14:04.019><c> son</c><00:14:04.220><c> of</c><00:14:04.500><c> Joash</c>

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has<00:14:05.039><c> done</c><00:14:05.200><c> this</c><00:14:05.539><c> thing.</c><00:14:07.080><c> Now</c><00:14:07.259><c> no</c><00:14:07.480><c> one</c><00:14:07.600><c> would</c><00:14:07.779><c> have</c><00:14:07.860><c> seen</c><00:14:08.000><c> him</c>

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do<00:14:08.299><c> that.</c><00:14:09.539><c> He</c><00:14:09.700><c> would</c><00:14:09.860><c> have</c><00:14:10.000><c> done</c><00:14:10.139><c> that</c><00:14:10.320><c> in</c><00:14:10.440><c> the</c><00:14:10.639><c> secret</c>

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of<00:14:11.019><c> night.</c><00:14:11.200><c> He</c><00:14:11.240><c> had</c><00:14:11.419><c> 10</c><00:14:11.740><c> men</c><00:14:11.940><c> with</c><00:14:12.120><c> him,</c><00:14:12.500><c> sure,</c><00:14:12.700><c> and</c><00:14:12.799><c> they</c><00:14:12.860><c> were</c>

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his<00:14:13.259><c> servants.</c><00:14:14.559><c> But</c><00:14:14.720><c> I</c><00:14:15.000><c> believe</c><00:14:15.220><c> that</c><00:14:15.340><c> when</c><00:14:15.419><c> they</c>

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inquired<00:14:16.039><c> and</c><00:14:16.200><c> asked</c><00:14:16.399><c> among</c><00:14:16.659><c> themselves,</c><00:14:17.559><c> they</c><00:14:17.700><c> all</c><00:14:17.899><c> agreed</c>

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there's<00:14:18.340><c> only</c><00:14:18.580><c> one</c><00:14:18.879><c> man</c><00:14:19.059><c> who</c><00:14:19.179><c> could</c><00:14:19.240><c> be</c><00:14:19.440><c> responsible</c>

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for<00:14:20.100><c> that,</c><00:14:20.340><c> and</c><00:14:20.360><c> that</c><00:14:20.519><c> was</c><00:14:20.759><c> Gideon</c><00:14:21.080><c> the</c><00:14:21.159><c> son</c><00:14:21.340><c> of</c><00:14:21.580><c> Joash.</c><00:14:22.039><c> Why?</c>

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Because<00:14:23.179><c> he</c><00:14:23.320><c> had</c><00:14:23.580><c> a</c><00:14:23.759><c> reputation</c><00:14:24.419><c> for</c><00:14:24.860><c> being</c><00:14:25.460><c> a</c>

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contender<00:14:26.299><c> against</c><00:14:26.659><c> Baal.</c><00:14:27.179><c> He</c><00:14:27.379><c> had</c><00:14:27.500><c> been</c><00:14:27.740><c> known</c><00:14:28.000><c> by</c><00:14:28.279><c> it,</c><00:14:28.480><c> brothers</c><00:14:28.559><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:14:29.320><c> He</c><00:14:29.500><c> stood</c><00:14:29.700><c> up</c><00:14:29.940><c> against</c><00:14:30.299><c> it.</c>

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He<00:14:30.840><c> had</c><00:14:30.960><c> protested.</c><00:14:32.340><c> He</c><00:14:32.559><c> may</c><00:14:32.759><c> have</c><00:14:32.919><c> done</c><00:14:33.080><c> so</c><00:14:33.419><c> mildly</c><00:14:33.860><c> towards</c>

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his<00:14:34.460><c> father.</c><00:14:35.519><c> He</c><00:14:35.799><c> had</c><00:14:35.919><c> protested</c><00:14:36.379><c> to</c><00:14:36.539><c> his</c>

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countrymen,<00:14:37.480><c> but</c><00:14:37.620><c> perhaps</c><00:14:38.000><c> had</c><00:14:38.220><c> never</c><00:14:38.360><c> done</c><00:14:38.659><c> so</c><00:14:38.860><c> in</c><00:14:39.019><c> a</c><00:14:39.159><c> manner</c>

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which<00:14:39.799><c> would</c><00:14:40.139><c> cause</c><00:14:40.360><c> them</c><00:14:40.480><c> to</c><00:14:40.659><c> change</c><00:14:40.840><c> their</c>

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minds.<00:14:41.519><c> But</c><00:14:41.779><c> God</c><00:14:42.059><c> said</c><00:14:42.320><c> to</c><00:14:42.340><c> him,</c><00:14:42.620><c> look,</c><00:14:42.879><c> Gideon,</c><00:14:43.139><c> no</c><00:14:43.580><c> peace</c><00:14:43.980><c> until</c><00:14:44.419><c> that</c><00:14:44.700><c> comes</c><00:14:45.200><c> down.</c><00:14:46.399><c> Now</c><00:14:46.759><c> get</c><00:14:47.100><c> it</c>

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and<00:14:47.360><c> get</c><00:14:47.460><c> it</c><00:14:47.659><c> down.</c>

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No<00:14:48.580><c> good</c><00:14:48.759><c> protesting.</c><00:14:49.980><c> So</c><00:14:50.139><c> righto,</c><00:14:50.559><c> his</c><00:14:50.700><c> father's</c><00:14:51.159><c> bullet</c><00:14:51.279><c> hits</c><00:14:51.500><c> him</c><00:14:51.740><c> up,</c><00:14:52.460><c> over</c><00:14:52.580><c> it</c>

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goes.<00:14:53.639><c> And</c><00:14:53.799><c> in</c><00:14:53.919><c> the</c><00:14:54.039><c> morning,</c>

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who's<00:14:54.539><c> done</c><00:14:54.740><c> that?</c><00:14:55.039><c> One</c><00:14:55.279><c> man,</c><00:14:55.639><c> Gideon</c><00:14:55.879><c> the</c><00:14:56.019><c> son</c><00:14:56.159><c> of</c><00:14:56.320><c> Joash.</c><00:14:57.419><c> They</c><00:14:57.759><c> knew.</c><00:14:59.139><c> And</c><00:14:59.340><c> that's</c><00:14:59.580><c> why</c><00:14:59.720><c> he</c>

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was<00:15:00.019><c> a</c><00:15:00.159><c> mighty</c><00:15:00.360><c> man</c><00:15:00.600><c> of</c>

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Baal.<00:15:02.100><c> And</c><00:15:02.539><c> that's</c><00:15:02.720><c> why</c><00:15:02.899><c> the</c><00:15:03.100><c> angel</c><00:15:03.259><c> when</c><00:15:03.399><c> he</c><00:15:03.559><c> addressed</c><00:15:03.799><c> his</c>

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past<00:15:04.220><c> brethren</c><00:15:04.480><c> and</c><00:15:04.679><c> sisters</c><00:15:04.919><c> was</c><00:15:05.179><c> not</c><00:15:05.419><c> joking.</c>

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He<00:15:06.059><c> meant</c><00:15:06.259><c> it.</c><00:15:06.700><c> He</c><00:15:06.759><c> was</c><00:15:07.080><c> a</c><00:15:07.200><c> mighty</c><00:15:07.399><c> man</c><00:15:07.639><c> of</c><00:15:08.120><c> Baal.</c><00:15:09.200><c> But</c><00:15:09.399><c> he</c><00:15:09.519><c> needed</c><00:15:09.840><c> that</c>

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impetus<00:15:10.740><c> to</c><00:15:11.220><c> put</c><00:15:11.460><c> that</c><00:15:11.860><c> Baal</c><00:15:12.019><c> into</c><00:15:12.299><c> practice.</c>

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And<00:15:14.340><c> now</c><00:15:15.000><c> the</c><00:15:15.379><c> order</c><00:15:15.539><c> of</c><00:15:15.799><c> Baal</c><00:15:16.000><c> is</c><00:15:16.220><c> down.</c><00:15:17.039><c> They</c><00:15:17.139><c> want</c><00:15:17.379><c> to</c><00:15:17.500><c> kill</c>

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Gideon,<00:15:18.000><c> but</c><00:15:18.139><c> his</c><00:15:18.399><c> father</c><00:15:18.639><c> sees</c><00:15:18.879><c> the</c><00:15:19.100><c> wisdom</c><00:15:19.379><c> of</c><00:15:19.600><c> this</c>

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and<00:15:20.159><c> says,</c><00:15:20.759><c> look,</c><00:15:21.419><c> if</c><00:15:21.620><c> Baal's</c><00:15:22.019><c> a</c><00:15:22.120><c> god,</c><00:15:22.480><c> let</c><00:15:22.500><c> Baal</c><00:15:22.940><c> handle</c><00:15:23.299><c> him.</c>

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He'll<00:15:24.980><c> handle</c><00:15:25.259><c> him.</c><00:15:25.879><c> Don't</c><00:15:26.179><c> you</c><00:15:26.419><c> touch</c><00:15:26.639><c> him.</c><00:15:26.840><c> Let's</c>

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prove<00:15:27.399><c> Baal.</c><00:15:28.019><c> So</c><00:15:28.200><c> he</c><00:15:28.340><c> called</c><00:15:28.559><c> him</c><00:15:28.860><c> Jerob</c><00:15:29.200><c> Baal,</c><00:15:29.539><c> the</c><00:15:29.700><c> contender</c><00:15:30.059><c> with</c><00:15:30.259><c> Baal,</c><00:15:30.519><c> and</c>

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he<00:15:30.700><c> left</c><00:15:30.919><c> the</c><00:15:31.100><c> two</c><00:15:31.259><c> of</c><00:15:31.279><c> them</c>

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to<00:15:31.519><c> fight</c><00:15:31.759><c> it</c><00:15:32.000><c> out.</c><00:15:33.299><c> Well,</c><00:15:33.559><c> of</c><00:15:33.759><c> course,</c><00:15:34.000><c> the</c><00:15:34.080><c> victory</c><00:15:34.259><c> was</c><00:15:34.460><c> all</c>

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over<00:15:34.879><c> because</c><00:15:35.519><c> Gideon</c><00:15:35.659><c> had</c><00:15:35.860><c> no</c><00:15:36.000><c> one</c><00:15:36.139><c> to</c><00:15:36.379><c> fight.</c>

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Because<00:15:38.080><c> Baal</c><00:15:38.220><c> didn't</c><00:15:38.480><c> exist,</c><00:15:39.299><c> except</c><00:15:39.759><c> in</c><00:15:40.019><c> the</c><00:15:40.259><c> hearts</c><00:15:40.539><c> of</c><00:15:40.740><c> men</c><00:15:40.919><c> and</c><00:15:41.080><c> women.</c><00:15:42.399><c> And</c><00:15:42.620><c> there's</c><00:15:42.759><c> where</c><00:15:42.960><c> the</c><00:15:43.220><c> stronghold</c><00:15:43.539><c> of</c>

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Baal<00:15:44.000><c> is.</c><00:15:44.379><c> They</c><00:15:44.580><c> were</c><00:15:44.820><c> possessed</c><00:15:45.379><c> with</c><00:15:45.580><c> this</c><00:15:45.779><c> worker</c><00:15:46.340><c> because</c>

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it<00:15:47.379><c> appealed</c><00:15:47.679><c> to</c><00:15:47.799><c> their</c><00:15:48.000><c> flesh.</c><00:15:49.799><c> And</c><00:15:49.940><c> now,</c>

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brethren<00:15:50.519><c> and</c><00:15:50.820><c> sisters,</c><00:15:51.320><c> that</c><00:15:51.620><c> thing</c><00:15:51.799><c> is</c><00:15:52.080><c> removed.</c><00:15:53.179><c> The</c><00:15:53.360><c> barrier</c><00:15:53.639><c> now</c>

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to<00:15:54.139><c> peace</c><00:15:54.340><c> is</c><00:15:54.559><c> removed.</c><00:15:55.440><c> So</c><00:15:55.679><c> Gideon,</c>

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I<00:15:56.220><c> believe,</c><00:15:56.720><c> now</c><00:15:56.879><c> knows</c><00:15:57.120><c> that</c><00:15:57.299><c> he</c><00:15:57.379><c> can</c><00:15:57.580><c> move</c><00:15:58.000><c> now</c><00:15:58.440><c> to</c><00:15:58.840><c> lift</c><00:15:59.039><c> the</c>

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scourge<00:15:59.740><c> that</c><00:15:59.860><c> is</c><00:16:00.019><c> upon</c><00:16:00.259><c> the</c><00:16:00.379><c> nation,</c>

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the<00:16:00.840><c> Midianites.</c><00:16:02.740><c> Nothing</c><00:16:03.059><c> now</c><00:16:03.419><c> is</c><00:16:03.639><c> needed</c><00:16:03.779><c> to</c><00:16:03.960><c> be</c><00:16:04.120><c> done.</c><00:16:04.399><c> The</c>

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order<00:16:04.740><c> of</c><00:16:04.960><c> Baal</c><00:16:05.159><c> is</c><00:16:05.379><c> down.</c><00:16:06.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:06.320><c> Shalom</c>

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has<00:16:06.879><c> established,</c><00:16:07.700><c> right,</c><00:16:07.899><c> now</c><00:16:08.139><c> we</c><00:16:08.299><c> can</c><00:16:08.399><c> go</c><00:16:08.779><c> forward</c><00:16:09.080><c> because</c>

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everything's<00:16:10.080><c> right</c><00:16:10.279><c> in</c><00:16:10.440><c> the</c><00:16:10.639><c> household.</c>

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The<00:16:11.759><c> eclosion's</c><00:16:12.159><c> been</c><00:16:12.419><c> put</c><00:16:12.659><c> straight.</c><00:16:13.379><c> Let's</c><00:16:13.779><c> go</c><00:16:14.019><c> and</c><00:16:14.179><c> lift</c>

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the<00:16:14.659><c> scourge.</c><00:16:16.159><c> And</c><00:16:16.320><c> we</c><00:16:16.500><c> read</c><00:16:16.639><c> in</c><00:16:16.840><c> verse</c><00:16:17.100><c> 33,</c>

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that<00:16:19.779><c> all</c><00:16:20.000><c> the</c><00:16:20.120><c> Midianites</c><00:16:21.100><c> and</c><00:16:22.740><c> the</c><00:16:22.879><c> Amalekites,</c><00:16:23.480><c> that</c><00:16:23.700><c> means</c><00:16:23.899><c> Ben</c>

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-Kadim,<00:16:24.720><c> the</c><00:16:24.899><c> children</c><00:16:25.120><c> of</c><00:16:25.320><c> the</c><00:16:25.460><c> East,</c>

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gathered<00:16:26.200><c> together</c><00:16:26.799><c> and</c><00:16:27.059><c> went</c><00:16:27.159><c> over</c><00:16:27.500><c> and</c><00:16:27.879><c> pitched</c><00:16:28.000><c> in</c><00:16:28.259><c> the</c><00:16:28.419><c> valley</c><00:16:28.679><c> of</c><00:16:28.960><c> Jezreel.</c>

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They<00:16:31.279><c> pitched</c><00:16:31.500><c> in</c><00:16:31.740><c> the</c><00:16:32.000><c> valley</c><00:16:32.419><c> of</c><00:16:32.860><c> Jezreel.</c><00:16:34.679><c> What</c><00:16:34.919><c> a</c><00:16:35.159><c> wonderful</c><00:16:35.620><c> historical</c><00:16:36.120><c> spot</c>

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that<00:16:36.700><c> is.</c>

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You<00:16:38.460><c> know,</c><00:16:38.639><c> when</c><00:16:38.740><c> we</c><00:16:38.919><c> toured</c><00:16:39.039><c> the</c><00:16:39.259><c> Middle</c><00:16:39.460><c> East,</c><00:16:39.679><c> everybody</c>

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couldn't<00:16:40.259><c> understand</c><00:16:40.779><c> my</c><00:16:41.200><c> fervour</c>

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for<00:16:41.899><c> wanting</c><00:16:42.039><c> to</c><00:16:42.179><c> get</c><00:16:42.279><c> to</c><00:16:42.460><c> Jezreel.</c><00:16:43.120><c> But</c><00:16:43.259><c> look,</c><00:16:43.879><c> that</c><00:16:44.240><c> place</c>

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is<00:16:45.059><c> saturated</c><00:16:45.620><c> with</c><00:16:45.919><c> history.</c>

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And<00:16:47.299><c> I</c><00:16:47.419><c> can</c><00:16:47.639><c> picture</c><00:16:47.840><c> the</c><00:16:48.080><c> scene</c><00:16:48.220><c> before</c><00:16:48.480><c> I</c><00:16:48.639><c> ever</c><00:16:48.820><c> got</c><00:16:49.039><c> there</c>

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of<00:16:49.720><c> this</c><00:16:50.019><c> broad</c><00:16:50.379><c> plain,</c><00:16:50.980><c> 15</c><00:16:51.320><c> miles</c><00:16:51.679><c> long,</c>

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12<00:16:52.399><c> miles</c><00:16:52.799><c> broad,</c><00:16:53.419><c> running</c><00:16:53.720><c> from</c><00:16:53.879><c> the</c><00:16:54.019><c> Mediterranean</c><00:16:54.440><c> Sea</c><00:16:54.879><c> down</c><00:16:55.460><c> the</c><00:16:56.080><c> Great</c><00:16:56.399><c> Plain,</c><00:16:56.779><c> coming</c><00:16:56.980><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:57.299><c> Well</c><00:16:57.419><c> of</c>

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Parrot<00:16:57.960><c> and</c><00:16:58.299><c> then</c><00:16:58.539><c> dipping</c><00:16:58.720><c> steeply</c><00:16:59.220><c> in</c><00:16:59.360><c> the</c><00:16:59.480><c> River</c><00:16:59.679><c> Jordan.</c>

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And<00:17:01.440><c> there</c><00:17:01.600><c> they</c><00:17:01.820><c> were.</c><00:17:02.120><c> They</c><00:17:02.360><c> gathered</c>

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themselves<00:17:03.120><c> together.</c><00:17:03.580><c> The</c><00:17:03.799><c> grasshoppers</c><00:17:04.380><c> had</c><00:17:04.519><c> all</c><00:17:04.700><c> come</c><00:17:04.880><c> together</c><00:17:05.359><c> and</c><00:17:05.680><c> they</c><00:17:06.079><c> spread</c><00:17:06.259><c> along</c><00:17:06.500><c> the</c><00:17:06.759><c> plain</c><00:17:06.920><c> of</c>

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Jezreel.<00:17:07.539><c> You</c><00:17:07.619><c> can</c><00:17:07.779><c> just</c><00:17:08.019><c> picture</c><00:17:08.220><c> that</c><00:17:08.539><c> scene,</c><00:17:08.960><c> can't</c><00:17:09.119><c> you?</c>

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Jezreel.<00:17:12.599><c> And</c><00:17:12.900><c> that</c><00:17:13.180><c> means</c><00:17:13.579><c> God</c><00:17:14.519><c> saves.</c>

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And<00:17:17.480><c> there</c><00:17:17.720><c> in</c><00:17:17.880><c> the</c><00:17:18.119><c> Great</c><00:17:18.339><c> Valley</c><00:17:18.640><c> of</c><00:17:18.779><c> Jezreel,</c><00:17:19.319><c> which</c><00:17:19.500><c> of</c><00:17:19.740><c> course</c><00:17:19.920><c> was</c><00:17:20.119><c> the</c><00:17:20.339><c> granary</c><00:17:20.660><c> of</c><00:17:20.960><c> Israel,</c>

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where<00:17:22.359><c> God</c><00:17:22.859><c> sows,</c><00:17:23.599><c> brethren</c><00:17:23.740><c> and</c><00:17:23.940><c> sisters,</c><00:17:24.200><c> a</c><00:17:24.319><c> wonderful</c><00:17:24.859><c> wheat</c><00:17:25.140><c> land</c><00:17:25.460><c> fed</c>

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by<00:17:26.140><c> the</c><00:17:26.420><c> springs,</c>

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which<00:17:26.920><c> are</c><00:17:27.240><c> in</c><00:17:27.279><c> turn</c><00:17:27.539><c> fed</c><00:17:27.819><c> by</c><00:17:28.119><c> the</c><00:17:28.319><c> snows</c><00:17:28.539><c> of</c><00:17:28.859><c> permanent</c><00:17:29.160><c> Galilee.</c><00:17:30.400><c> Perennial</c><00:17:30.759><c> streams</c><00:17:31.279><c> run</c>

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down<00:17:31.819><c> there</c>

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and<00:17:33.680><c> saturate</c><00:17:34.220><c> that</c><00:17:34.460><c> wonderful</c><00:17:34.980><c> valley</c><00:17:35.279><c> floor.</c><00:17:35.960><c> And</c><00:17:36.220><c> there</c>

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God<00:17:37.039><c> sows.</c><00:17:37.920><c> And</c><00:17:38.119><c> here</c><00:17:38.299><c> in</c><00:17:38.500><c> the</c><00:17:38.799><c> pastures</c><00:17:39.359><c> of</c><00:17:39.640><c> God,</c>

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as<00:17:40.140><c> Psalm</c><00:17:40.339><c> 83</c><00:17:40.819><c> said,</c><00:17:41.599><c> were</c><00:17:41.700><c> all</c><00:17:41.980><c> the</c><00:17:42.319><c> grasshoppers</c><00:17:42.900><c> gathered.</c>

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And<00:17:44.700><c> when</c><00:17:44.920><c> Gideon</c><00:17:45.140><c> knew</c><00:17:45.359><c> that,</c>

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we<00:17:46.940><c> read</c><00:17:47.180><c> in</c><00:17:47.420><c> verse</c><00:17:47.619><c> 34,</c><00:17:48.839><c> the</c><00:17:48.960><c> Spirit</c><00:17:49.279><c> of</c><00:17:49.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:49.900><c> came</c><00:17:50.200><c> upon</c>

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Gideon.<00:17:51.319><c> Literally</c><00:17:51.819><c> the</c><00:17:52.099><c> Spirit</c><00:17:52.380><c> of</c><00:17:52.539><c> Yahweh</c>

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closed<00:17:53.599><c> him.</c><00:17:55.460><c> It</c><00:17:55.819><c> closed</c><00:17:56.099><c> him,</c><00:17:56.480><c> brethren</c><00:17:56.619><c> and</c><00:17:56.940><c> sisters.</c><00:17:57.480><c> And</c>

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as<00:17:57.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:58.180><c> the</c><00:17:58.480><c> prophet</c><00:17:58.700><c> spoke</c>

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of<00:17:59.579><c> the</c><00:17:59.779><c> coming</c><00:17:59.920><c> of</c><00:18:00.079><c> the</c><00:18:00.160><c> Lord</c><00:18:00.339><c> Jesus</c><00:18:00.759><c> Christ,</c><00:18:01.160><c> he</c><00:18:01.380><c> called</c><00:18:01.519><c> it</c>

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the<00:18:01.980><c> Day</c><00:18:02.259><c> of</c><00:18:02.539><c> Midian.</c>

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And<00:18:04.460><c> here's</c><00:18:04.720><c> this</c><00:18:04.960><c> great</c><00:18:05.220><c> warrior.</c><00:18:06.680><c> His</c><00:18:06.920><c> father's</c><00:18:07.500><c> house</c><00:18:07.660><c> is</c>

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an<00:18:08.000><c> apostasy.</c><00:18:09.619><c> In</c><00:18:09.920><c> the</c><00:18:10.200><c> darkness</c><00:18:10.559><c> of</c><00:18:10.759><c> that</c><00:18:10.960><c> gentile</c>

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night,<00:18:12.079><c> he</c><00:18:12.119><c> contends</c><00:18:12.460><c> against</c><00:18:12.819><c> confusion</c><00:18:13.279><c> and</c><00:18:13.619><c> shame</c><00:18:13.839><c> and</c><00:18:14.180><c> falls</c><00:18:14.500><c> down</c><00:18:14.859><c> the</c><00:18:15.099><c> stronghold</c><00:18:15.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:15.920><c> flesh.</c>

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Having<00:18:17.079><c> personally</c><00:18:17.700><c> established</c><00:18:18.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:18.759><c> Shalom</c><00:18:19.099><c> in</c><00:18:19.259><c> himself,</c><00:18:19.940><c> he</c><00:18:20.140><c> laid</c><00:18:20.299><c> the</c>

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foundation<00:18:21.140><c> in</c><00:18:21.380><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:18:22.700><c> having</c><00:18:22.859><c> laid</c><00:18:23.079><c> the</c><00:18:23.279><c> foundation</c><00:18:23.779><c> in</c><00:18:23.960><c> Israel,</c><00:18:24.539><c> he's</c><00:18:24.880><c> coming</c>

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back<00:18:25.500><c> to</c><00:18:25.759><c> remove</c><00:18:26.160><c> from</c><00:18:26.440><c> the</c><00:18:26.640><c> curse,</c>

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to<00:18:27.440><c> remove</c><00:18:27.799><c> rather</c><00:18:28.000><c> from</c><00:18:28.240><c> the</c><00:18:28.420><c> pastures</c><00:18:28.779><c> of</c><00:18:29.039><c> God</c><00:18:29.259><c> the</c><00:18:29.680><c> curse</c>

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of<00:18:30.259><c> the</c><00:18:30.460><c> earth.</c><00:18:31.359><c> And</c><00:18:31.640><c> he's</c><00:18:32.180><c> closed</c><00:18:32.640><c> with</c><00:18:32.839><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:18:33.240><c> of</c><00:18:33.480><c> Deity.</c><00:18:34.240><c> There's</c><00:18:34.500><c> a</c><00:18:34.680><c> wonderful</c><00:18:35.000><c> time</c><00:18:35.259><c> with</c><00:18:35.420><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:35.720><c> Jesus</c><00:18:36.059><c> Christ.</c><00:18:37.299><c> And</c><00:18:37.440><c> having</c><00:18:37.599><c> been</c><00:18:37.980><c> closed</c>

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with<00:18:38.640><c> the</c><00:18:38.819><c> Spirit</c><00:18:38.960><c> of</c><00:18:39.200><c> Deity,</c><00:18:40.019><c> he</c><00:18:40.119><c> blows</c><00:18:40.579><c> a</c><00:18:40.920><c> trumpet.</c><00:18:42.940><c> He</c><00:18:43.319><c> blows</c><00:18:43.519><c> a</c>

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trumpet.<00:18:44.099><c> And</c><00:18:44.279><c> how</c><00:18:44.480><c> significant</c><00:18:44.920><c> that</c><00:18:45.160><c> is.</c>

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You<00:18:46.960><c> know,</c><00:18:47.420><c> brethren</c><00:18:47.440><c> and</c><00:18:47.660><c> sisters,</c><00:18:47.980><c> the</c><00:18:48.200><c> trumpet</c><00:18:48.559><c> was</c><00:18:48.819><c> the</c>

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voice<00:18:49.299><c> of</c><00:18:49.539><c> Israel.</c>

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In<00:18:50.819><c> the</c><00:18:51.000><c> 10th</c><00:18:51.279><c> chapter</c><00:18:51.500><c> of</c><00:18:51.720><c> Numbers,</c><00:18:51.940><c> for</c><00:18:52.259><c> example,</c><00:18:54.000><c> a</c><00:18:54.140><c> beautiful</c><00:18:54.539><c> reference.</c><00:18:56.079><c> They</c>

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had<00:18:56.359><c> to</c><00:18:56.519><c> make</c><00:18:56.759><c> silver</c>

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trumpets,<00:18:57.559><c> two</c><00:18:57.779><c> of</c><00:18:57.980><c> them.</c><00:19:00.559><c> And</c><00:19:00.839><c> they</c><00:19:00.940><c> have</c><00:19:01.039><c> several</c><00:19:01.420><c> uses,</c><00:19:02.180><c> one</c><00:19:02.440><c> of</c>

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which<00:19:03.000><c> was</c><00:19:03.799><c> the</c><00:19:04.059><c> call</c><00:19:04.240><c> to</c><00:19:04.380><c> go</c><00:19:04.539><c> to</c><00:19:04.740><c> war.</c>

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And<00:19:06.319><c> the</c><00:19:06.480><c> words</c><00:19:06.759><c> of</c><00:19:07.000><c> Numbers,</c><00:19:07.240><c> I</c><00:19:07.440><c> believe,</c><00:19:07.720><c> are</c><00:19:07.980><c> very,</c><00:19:08.299><c> very</c><00:19:08.559><c> significant.</c>

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And<00:19:10.819><c> in</c><00:19:10.940><c> the</c><00:19:11.039><c> 10th</c><00:19:11.359><c> chapter</c><00:19:11.559><c> of</c><00:19:11.700><c> the</c><00:19:11.779><c> book</c><00:19:11.920><c> of</c><00:19:12.099><c> Numbers,</c><00:19:14.140><c> we</c><00:19:14.279><c> read</c><00:19:14.420><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:14.880><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:19:17.740><c> if</c><00:19:17.819><c> you</c><00:19:18.000><c> go</c><00:19:18.200><c> to</c><00:19:18.400><c> war</c><00:19:18.599><c> in</c><00:19:18.759><c> your</c><00:19:18.980><c> land</c><00:19:19.220><c> against</c><00:19:19.500><c> the</c><00:19:19.779><c> enemy</c>

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that<00:19:20.259><c> oppresseth</c><00:19:20.759><c> you,</c>

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then<00:19:22.200><c> ye</c><00:19:22.440><c> shall</c><00:19:22.640><c> blow</c><00:19:23.039><c> an</c><00:19:23.339><c> alarm</c><00:19:23.700><c> with</c><00:19:23.900><c> a</c><00:19:24.099><c> trumpet,</c><00:19:25.619><c> and</c><00:19:25.900><c> ye</c><00:19:26.160><c> shall</c><00:19:26.480><c> be</c>

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remembered<00:19:27.279><c> before</c><00:19:27.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:28.319><c> your</c><00:19:28.619><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:29.599><c> ye</c><00:19:29.799><c> shall</c><00:19:30.000><c> be</c><00:19:30.380><c> saved</c><00:19:30.700><c> from</c><00:19:30.900><c> your</c><00:19:31.140><c> enemies.</c><00:19:32.900><c> And</c><00:19:33.240><c> Gideon</c><00:19:33.700><c> blew</c><00:19:34.059><c> a</c>

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trumpet.<00:19:35.779><c> And</c><00:19:35.900><c> you</c><00:19:36.099><c> know,</c>

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brethren<00:19:36.400><c> and</c><00:19:36.700><c> sisters,</c><00:19:37.000><c> remarkably</c><00:19:37.400><c> enough,</c><00:19:37.900><c> those</c><00:19:38.000><c> two</c><00:19:38.259><c> silver</c><00:19:38.559><c> trumpets,</c><00:19:39.319><c> the</c><00:19:39.440><c> several</c><00:19:39.700><c> uses</c><00:19:40.000><c> of</c><00:19:40.180><c> them,</c>

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as<00:19:40.539><c> outlined</c><00:19:40.920><c> in</c><00:19:41.019><c> the</c><00:19:41.160><c> book</c><00:19:41.299><c> of</c><00:19:41.480><c> Numbers,</c><00:19:41.900><c> and</c><00:19:42.079><c> in</c><00:19:42.299><c> Chronicles,</c><00:19:42.759><c> and</c><00:19:42.960><c> in</c><00:19:43.180><c> the</c><00:19:43.319><c> Psalms,</c>

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they<00:19:44.819><c> were</c><00:19:44.980><c> voices.</c><00:19:45.960><c> They</c><00:19:46.099><c> were</c><00:19:46.259><c> the</c><00:19:46.420><c> voice</c><00:19:46.599><c> of</c><00:19:46.720><c> God</c><00:19:46.980><c> of</c><00:19:47.119><c> the</c>

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nation,<00:19:47.859><c> the</c><00:19:47.940><c> voice</c><00:19:48.140><c> of</c><00:19:48.279><c> the</c><00:19:48.440><c> nation</c><00:19:48.619><c> to</c><00:19:48.779><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:49.700><c> depending</c><00:19:50.160><c> upon</c><00:19:50.440><c> how</c><00:19:50.619><c> the</c><00:19:50.900><c> trumpets</c><00:19:51.079><c> were</c><00:19:51.299><c> blown,</c><00:19:51.680><c> the</c>

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nation<00:19:51.980><c> knew</c><00:19:52.200><c> that</c><00:19:52.359><c> either</c><00:19:52.559><c> God</c><00:19:52.799><c> was</c><00:19:53.019><c> calling</c><00:19:53.220><c> their</c>

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attention<00:19:53.799><c> to</c><00:19:53.980><c> something,</c><00:19:54.539><c> or</c><00:19:54.839><c> they</c><00:19:55.059><c> were</c><00:19:55.319><c> calling</c><00:19:55.480><c> his</c><00:19:55.720><c> attention</c><00:19:56.079><c> to</c>

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something.<00:19:56.740><c> And</c><00:19:56.960><c> when</c><00:19:57.039><c> those</c><00:19:57.440><c> trumpets</c>

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were<00:19:57.880><c> heard</c><00:19:58.119><c> in</c><00:19:58.319><c> the</c><00:19:58.500><c> camps</c><00:19:58.640><c> of</c><00:19:58.779><c> Israel,</c><00:19:59.759><c> blown</c><00:19:59.859><c> in</c><00:20:00.119><c> various</c>

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ways<00:20:00.819><c> and</c><00:20:01.019><c> at</c><00:20:01.180><c> various</c><00:20:01.420><c> times,</c><00:20:02.240><c> the</c><00:20:02.460><c> nation</c><00:20:02.779><c> knew</c>

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that<00:20:03.279><c> either</c><00:20:03.539><c> God</c><00:20:03.779><c> was</c><00:20:04.079><c> speaking</c><00:20:04.299><c> to</c><00:20:04.440><c> them,</c><00:20:04.700><c> or</c><00:20:04.759><c> they</c><00:20:04.960><c> were</c><00:20:05.180><c> speaking</c><00:20:05.400><c> to</c>

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God.<00:20:06.839><c> And</c><00:20:07.019><c> here</c><00:20:07.220><c> Gideon,</c><00:20:08.019><c> the</c><00:20:08.319><c> spirit</c><00:20:08.519><c> of</c>

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Yahweh,<00:20:09.519><c> closed</c><00:20:09.519><c> him,</c><00:20:10.019><c> and</c><00:20:10.279><c> he</c><00:20:10.799><c> blows</c><00:20:11.200><c> with</c><00:20:11.460><c> the</c><00:20:11.660><c> trumpet</c><00:20:11.859><c> because</c><00:20:12.160><c> they're</c><00:20:12.400><c> about</c><00:20:12.619><c> to</c>

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go<00:20:12.980><c> to</c><00:20:13.140><c> war.</c><00:20:13.940><c> And</c><00:20:14.079><c> it</c><00:20:14.140><c> was</c><00:20:14.380><c> a</c>

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clarion<00:20:14.940><c> call</c><00:20:15.220><c> to</c><00:20:15.359><c> the</c><00:20:15.500><c> nation</c><00:20:15.700><c> to</c><00:20:15.960><c> come</c><00:20:16.200><c> to</c><00:20:16.380><c> the</c><00:20:16.579><c> battle.</c><00:20:17.000><c> And</c>

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it<00:20:17.240><c> was</c><00:20:17.460><c> a</c><00:20:17.599><c> call</c><00:20:17.740><c> to</c><00:20:17.940><c> God</c><00:20:18.380><c> that</c><00:20:18.680><c> he</c><00:20:18.819><c> might</c><00:20:19.039><c> go</c><00:20:19.299><c> with</c>

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them<00:20:19.579><c> into</c><00:20:19.720><c> that</c><00:20:19.960><c> battle,</c><00:20:20.480><c> as</c><00:20:20.660><c> Numbers,</c><00:20:21.059><c> chapter</c><00:20:21.319><c> 10,</c><00:20:21.619><c> in</c><00:20:21.779><c> verse</c><00:20:21.960><c> 9</c>

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says.<00:20:23.500><c> And</c><00:20:23.740><c> who</c><00:20:24.000><c> came</c><00:20:24.319><c> first?</c><00:20:26.680><c> Well,</c>

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Abai<00:20:28.579><c>-Ezer.</c><00:20:29.480><c> Of</c><00:20:29.539><c> course</c><00:20:29.740><c> they</c><00:20:30.000><c> did.</c><00:20:31.460><c> You</c><00:20:31.619><c> remember</c><00:20:31.940><c> them,</c><00:20:32.160><c> brethren</c><00:20:32.339><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:20:33.119><c> Who</c><00:20:33.359><c> was</c><00:20:33.599><c> the</c><00:20:33.700><c> ones,</c>

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at<00:20:37.720><c> the</c><00:20:37.900><c> call</c><00:20:38.059><c> of</c><00:20:38.359><c> Beirat?</c>

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Maker,<00:20:39.859><c> the</c><00:20:39.940><c> family</c><00:20:40.240><c> of</c><00:20:40.480><c> Gilead</c><00:20:40.720><c> and</c><00:20:41.200><c> others.</c><00:20:42.079><c> Here,</c><00:20:42.519><c> of</c><00:20:42.519><c> course,</c><00:20:43.039><c> Abai</c>

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-Ezer,<00:20:43.700><c> the</c><00:20:43.859><c> son</c><00:20:43.980><c> of</c><00:20:44.079><c> Gilead,</c>

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who<00:20:44.559><c> was</c><00:20:44.740><c> the</c><00:20:44.799><c> son</c><00:20:45.000><c> of</c><00:20:45.200><c> Maker.</c><00:20:46.859><c> And</c><00:20:47.039><c> the</c><00:20:47.180><c> same</c><00:20:47.460><c> family</c><00:20:47.859><c> answers</c>

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the<00:20:48.559><c> call.</c><00:20:49.700><c> It's</c><00:20:50.019><c> always</c><00:20:50.420><c> the</c><00:20:50.680><c> way.</c>

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It's<00:20:52.480><c> always</c><00:20:52.839><c> the</c><00:20:53.099><c> way.</c><00:20:53.359><c> Little</c><00:20:53.640><c> families</c><00:20:54.079><c> in</c><00:20:54.279><c> Israel</c><00:20:54.720><c> that</c>

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show<00:20:55.619><c> faith</c><00:20:55.960><c> and</c><00:20:56.279><c> courage,</c><00:20:56.880><c> it's</c><00:20:57.079><c> always</c><00:20:57.819><c> that</c>

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they're<00:20:58.259><c> there</c><00:20:58.460><c> first.</c><00:20:59.539><c> You</c><00:20:59.720><c> know</c><00:21:00.000><c> as</c><00:21:00.220><c> well</c><00:21:00.359><c> as</c><00:21:00.579><c> I</c><00:21:00.779><c> do,</c><00:21:01.039><c> in</c><00:21:01.079><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:21:01.680><c> who</c><00:21:01.880><c> come,</c>

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you<00:21:03.900><c> can</c><00:21:04.079><c> name</c><00:21:04.319><c> them</c><00:21:04.440><c> before</c><00:21:04.720><c> they</c><00:21:04.900><c> get</c><00:21:05.119><c> there.</c><00:21:06.160><c> If</c><00:21:06.220><c> there's</c>

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trouble,<00:21:06.880><c> you</c><00:21:07.019><c> know</c><00:21:07.180><c> who</c><00:21:07.339><c> will</c><00:21:07.480><c> be</c><00:21:07.660><c> there.</c>

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If<00:21:08.900><c> there's</c><00:21:09.079><c> work</c><00:21:09.299><c> to</c><00:21:09.440><c> be</c><00:21:09.599><c> done,</c><00:21:09.799><c> you</c><00:21:09.940><c> know</c><00:21:10.039><c> who</c><00:21:10.200><c> will</c><00:21:10.319><c> be</c><00:21:10.539><c> there.</c><00:21:11.599><c> You</c>

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can<00:21:11.900><c> always</c><00:21:12.640><c> name</c><00:21:13.059><c> them,</c>

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because<00:21:15.359><c> they're</c><00:21:15.740><c> the</c><00:21:15.920><c> ones</c><00:21:16.119><c> that</c><00:21:16.279><c> are</c><00:21:16.380><c> the</c><00:21:16.640><c> call</c><00:21:16.799><c> of</c><00:21:16.980><c> the</c><00:21:17.160><c> truth.</c><00:21:18.059><c> And</c>

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there<00:21:18.359><c> they</c><00:21:18.559><c> were,</c><00:21:19.279><c> Abai</c><00:21:19.640><c>-Ezer.</c>

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My<00:21:20.579><c> father</c><00:21:20.920><c> will</c><00:21:21.220><c> help.</c><00:21:22.299><c> Is</c><00:21:22.380><c> there</c><00:21:22.519><c> a</c><00:21:22.640><c> meaning</c><00:21:22.759><c> of</c><00:21:22.920><c> that</c><00:21:23.099><c> word?</c>

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And<00:21:28.619><c> who</c><00:21:28.900><c> followed</c><00:21:29.160><c> them?</c><00:21:30.960><c> Well,</c><00:21:31.319><c> good</c><00:21:31.440><c> old</c><00:21:31.700><c> Zebulun</c>

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came<00:21:32.500><c> again.</c><00:21:33.319><c> And</c><00:21:33.579><c> Naphtali</c><00:21:34.039><c> rose</c><00:21:34.420><c> up</c><00:21:34.640><c> to</c><00:21:34.779><c> the</c><00:21:34.940><c> call,</c><00:21:35.319><c> brethren</c><00:21:35.460><c> and</c><00:21:35.720><c> sisters.</c><00:21:36.339><c> The</c>

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same<00:21:36.880><c> ones</c><00:21:37.279><c> that</c><00:21:37.579><c> answered</c>

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jeopardized<00:21:42.680><c> their</c><00:21:43.000><c> lives</c><00:21:43.200><c> in</c><00:21:43.380><c> the</c><00:21:43.519><c> high</c>

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places<00:21:43.980><c> of</c><00:21:44.240><c> the</c><00:21:44.299><c> field.</c><00:21:44.579><c> They're</c><00:21:44.640><c> there</c><00:21:44.859><c> again.</c><00:21:46.380><c> And</c><00:21:46.579><c> this</c>

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time,<00:21:47.440><c> Asher</c><00:21:47.519><c> gathered</c><00:21:47.900><c> strength.</c><00:21:48.759><c> Asher,</c><00:21:49.319><c> who</c>

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before<00:21:49.740><c> had</c><00:21:49.940><c> gone</c><00:21:50.019><c> up</c><00:21:50.200><c> the</c><00:21:50.460><c> creek,</c><00:21:51.019><c> had</c><00:21:51.119><c> now</c><00:21:51.420><c> gathered</c><00:21:51.579><c> a</c><00:21:51.740><c> little</c><00:21:51.960><c> strength.</c><00:21:53.140><c> And</c>

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perhaps<00:21:53.519><c> on</c><00:21:53.799><c> the</c><00:21:53.960><c> basis</c><00:21:54.119><c> of</c><00:21:54.279><c> the</c>

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very<00:21:54.700><c> powerful</c><00:21:55.079><c> exploitation</c><00:21:55.579><c> of</c><00:21:55.900><c> Deborah,</c><00:21:56.420><c> they</c><00:21:56.599><c> had</c><00:21:56.779><c> now</c>

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thought<00:21:57.339><c> it</c><00:21:57.500><c> was</c><00:21:57.680><c> time</c><00:21:57.819><c> to</c><00:21:57.960><c> put</c><00:21:58.099><c> their</c><00:21:58.299><c> lot</c><00:21:58.440><c> in</c><00:21:58.619><c> with</c>

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Gideon.<00:22:00.079><c> And</c><00:22:00.319><c> so</c><00:22:00.480><c> with</c><00:22:00.700><c> his</c><00:22:00.980><c> own</c><00:22:01.240><c> family,</c><00:22:02.700><c> from</c><00:22:02.839><c> across</c><00:22:03.180><c> the</c>

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and<00:22:06.700><c> no</c><00:22:06.980><c> others,</c><00:22:08.240><c> he</c><00:22:08.839><c> prepared</c><00:22:09.160><c> for</c><00:22:09.359><c> the</c><00:22:09.559><c> fight.</c><00:22:11.200><c> Who</c><00:22:11.460><c> followed</c><00:22:11.700><c> the</c>

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that<00:22:19.000><c> gathered</c><00:22:19.140><c> around</c>

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him.<00:22:21.579><c> And</c><00:22:21.759><c> here</c><00:22:21.940><c> in</c><00:22:22.359><c> the</c><00:22:22.559><c> type</c><00:22:22.779><c> of</c><00:22:22.980><c> Gideon,</c><00:22:23.400><c> we</c><00:22:23.680><c> see</c><00:22:23.799><c> it</c><00:22:24.039><c> beautifully</c><00:22:24.460><c> set</c>

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before<00:22:25.059><c> us.</c><00:22:26.200><c> And</c><00:22:26.400><c> they</c><00:22:26.519><c> were</c><00:22:26.700><c> now</c><00:22:26.920><c> ready,</c>

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brethren<00:22:27.420><c> and</c><00:22:27.720><c> sisters,</c><00:22:28.180><c> for</c><00:22:28.400><c> the</c><00:22:28.599><c> battle.</c><00:22:29.480><c> And</c><00:22:29.640><c> I</c><00:22:29.740><c> want</c><00:22:29.819><c> to</c><00:22:29.980><c> describe</c><00:22:30.299><c> this</c><00:22:30.619><c> battle.</c><00:22:30.900><c> And</c><00:22:31.039><c> I</c>

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want<00:22:31.279><c> to</c><00:22:31.380><c> show</c><00:22:31.480><c> you</c>

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what<00:22:31.619><c> happened.</c><00:22:32.779><c> Wonderful</c><00:22:33.220><c> story.</c><00:22:34.740><c> We</c><00:22:34.859><c> read,</c><00:22:35.039><c> for</c><00:22:35.259><c> example,</c>

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in<00:22:35.700><c> chapter</c><00:22:35.920><c> 7,</c>

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then<00:22:38.440><c> Jeroboil,</c><00:22:38.900><c> who</c><00:22:39.119><c> is</c><00:22:39.339><c> Gideon.</c><00:22:41.019><c> Notice</c><00:22:41.460><c> that.</c><00:22:42.539><c> His</c><00:22:42.619><c> two</c><00:22:42.819><c> names</c><00:22:43.019><c> are</c><00:22:43.220><c> given.</c><00:22:44.299><c> Chapter</c><00:22:44.539><c> 7</c>

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and<00:22:45.000><c> verse</c><00:22:45.180><c> 1</c><00:22:45.420><c> with</c>

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the<00:22:46.259><c> contender</c><00:22:46.539><c> with</c><00:22:46.880><c> Baal,</c><00:22:47.380><c> who</c><00:22:47.480><c> is</c><00:22:47.720><c> Gideon.</c><00:22:49.740><c> So</c><00:22:49.880><c> the</c><00:22:50.019><c> one</c><00:22:50.160><c> who</c><00:22:50.339><c> contended</c><00:22:50.740><c> with</c><00:22:51.079><c> Baal</c><00:22:51.240><c> is</c>

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now<00:22:51.599><c> going</c><00:22:51.740><c> to</c><00:22:51.839><c> be</c>

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the<00:22:52.160><c> Huadam.</c><00:22:53.779><c> The</c><00:22:54.000><c> one</c><00:22:54.200><c> who</c><00:22:54.359><c> is</c><00:22:54.500><c> defeated</c><00:22:54.799><c> to</c><00:22:55.140><c> flesh,</c><00:22:55.759><c> Peter</c><00:22:56.000><c> is</c><00:22:56.200><c> 2</c>

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.14,<00:22:57.099><c> is</c><00:22:57.279><c> the</c><00:22:57.400><c> one</c><00:22:57.480><c> who's</c><00:22:57.660><c> going</c><00:22:57.779><c> to</c><00:22:58.000><c> conquer</c>

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the<00:22:58.319><c> world.</c><00:23:00.140><c> Jeroboil,</c><00:23:00.599><c> who</c><00:23:00.799><c> is</c><00:23:01.000><c> Gideon,</c><00:23:01.559><c> and</c><00:23:01.640><c> all</c><00:23:01.880><c> the</c><00:23:01.980><c> people</c><00:23:02.200><c> that</c>

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.980
were<00:23:02.400><c> with</c><00:23:02.519><c> him,</c><00:23:03.019><c> rose</c><00:23:03.220><c> up</c><00:23:03.519><c> early</c><00:23:03.700><c> and</c>

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pitched<00:23:04.240><c> beside</c><00:23:04.720><c> the</c><00:23:05.000><c> well</c><00:23:05.140><c> of</c><00:23:05.440><c> Herod,</c><00:23:06.599><c> so</c><00:23:06.680><c> that</c><00:23:06.839><c> the</c><00:23:07.000><c> hosts</c>

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:09.220
of<00:23:07.339><c> the</c><00:23:07.460><c> Midianites</c><00:23:07.839><c> were</c><00:23:08.019><c> on</c><00:23:08.220><c> the</c><00:23:08.440><c> north</c><00:23:08.720><c> side</c><00:23:09.000><c> of</c><00:23:09.119><c> them</c>

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:14.559
by<00:23:09.460><c> the</c><00:23:09.619><c> hill</c><00:23:09.759><c> of</c><00:23:10.000><c> Mora</c><00:23:10.359><c> in</c><00:23:10.880><c> the</c><00:23:11.119><c> valley.</c><00:23:12.140><c> Now</c><00:23:12.400><c> I've</c><00:23:12.700><c> seen</c><00:23:12.960><c> that.</c><00:23:13.960><c> We've</c><00:23:14.299><c> seen</c>

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.700
that.<00:23:14.859><c> When</c><00:23:14.980><c> we</c><00:23:15.140><c> stood</c><00:23:15.240><c> upon</c><00:23:15.519><c> the</c>

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:19.299
tail<00:23:15.819><c> of</c><00:23:15.960><c> the</c><00:23:16.099><c> ghetto,</c><00:23:16.759><c> we</c><00:23:17.019><c> saw</c><00:23:17.279><c> the</c><00:23:17.619><c> side</c><00:23:17.819><c> of</c><00:23:18.039><c> Gideon's</c><00:23:18.619><c> army.</c>

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:23.420
And<00:23:20.559><c> you</c><00:23:20.640><c> know,</c><00:23:20.940><c> brethren</c><00:23:21.079><c> and</c><00:23:21.319><c> sisters,</c><00:23:22.099><c> if</c><00:23:23.180><c> you</c>

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:27.400
seen<00:23:23.920><c> that,</c><00:23:24.160><c> you</c><00:23:24.279><c> could</c><00:23:24.519><c> understand</c><00:23:25.279><c> this</c><00:23:25.599><c> story.</c><00:23:26.960><c> Because</c>

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look,<00:23:27.720><c> when</c><00:23:27.839><c> you</c><00:23:27.960><c> look</c><00:23:28.180><c> down</c><00:23:28.440><c> on</c><00:23:28.579><c> that</c><00:23:28.819><c> valley,</c>

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:34.059
standing<00:23:30.279><c> on</c><00:23:30.480><c> the</c><00:23:30.579><c> tail</c><00:23:30.680><c> of</c><00:23:30.819><c> the</c><00:23:30.880><c> ghetto</c><00:23:31.220><c> and</c><00:23:31.700><c> looking</c><00:23:32.000><c> eastward,</c><00:23:33.900><c> over</c>

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.759
on<00:23:34.200><c> your</c><00:23:34.400><c> right</c><00:23:34.619><c>-hand</c><00:23:34.940><c> side</c><00:23:35.400><c> would</c><00:23:35.599><c> be</c>

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:39.339
the<00:23:35.900><c> hills</c><00:23:36.180><c> of</c><00:23:36.400><c> Samaria</c><00:23:36.819><c> coming</c><00:23:37.099><c> along</c><00:23:37.519><c> and</c><00:23:37.960><c> Gilboa,</c><00:23:38.859><c> and</c><00:23:38.960><c> then</c><00:23:39.220><c> it</c>

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:42.000
dips<00:23:39.599><c> down</c><00:23:39.940><c> onto</c><00:23:40.119><c> the</c><00:23:40.279><c> valley</c><00:23:40.500><c> floor</c><00:23:40.740><c> like</c><00:23:41.059><c> that,</c>

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:44.160
and<00:23:42.200><c> a</c><00:23:42.319><c> few</c><00:23:42.480><c> hundred</c><00:23:42.799><c> yards</c><00:23:43.099><c> down</c><00:23:43.200><c> the</c><00:23:43.400><c> valley</c><00:23:43.640><c> floor</c><00:23:43.839><c> was</c><00:23:44.039><c> the</c>

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:46.599
well<00:23:44.240><c> of</c><00:23:44.500><c> Herod,</c><00:23:45.099><c> out</c><00:23:45.380><c> on</c><00:23:45.660><c> the</c><00:23:45.859><c> valley</c><00:23:46.119><c> floor.</c>

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Then<00:23:47.279><c> you</c><00:23:47.440><c> move</c><00:23:47.559><c> across</c><00:23:47.859><c> a</c><00:23:48.059><c> few</c><00:23:48.200><c> miles</c><00:23:48.500><c> to</c><00:23:48.660><c> this</c><00:23:48.839><c> way,</c><00:23:49.059><c> and</c><00:23:49.240><c> over</c><00:23:49.319><c> on</c>

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:51.059
your<00:23:49.539><c> left</c><00:23:49.740><c>-hand</c><00:23:49.980><c> side</c><00:23:50.279><c> you</c><00:23:50.420><c> see</c><00:23:50.559><c> the</c><00:23:50.720><c> hill</c><00:23:50.880><c> of</c>

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:55.319
Mora<00:23:51.380><c> rising,</c><00:23:52.319><c> and</c><00:23:52.480><c> Kabor</c><00:23:52.799><c> behind</c><00:23:53.180><c> that</c><00:23:53.460><c> again.</c><00:23:54.859><c> So</c><00:23:54.940><c> there's</c>

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Mora,<00:23:55.900><c> and</c><00:23:56.079><c> there</c><00:23:56.299><c> is</c><00:23:56.559><c> Gilboa,</c><00:23:57.220><c> and</c><00:23:57.380><c> there's</c><00:23:57.539><c> a</c><00:23:57.700><c> few</c>

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miles<00:23:58.200><c> between</c><00:23:58.660><c> them.</c><00:23:59.779><c> And</c><00:23:59.980><c> that's</c><00:24:00.299><c> the</c><00:24:00.519><c> pass,</c><00:24:01.420><c> right</c><00:24:01.680><c> at</c><00:24:01.859><c> this</c><00:24:01.940><c> end</c>

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:04.400
of<00:24:02.319><c> the</c><00:24:02.440><c> plain</c><00:24:02.619><c> here,</c><00:24:03.759><c> right</c><00:24:04.039><c> down</c><00:24:04.299><c> the</c>

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.839
end<00:24:04.500><c> of</c><00:24:04.559><c> the</c><00:24:04.740><c> plain</c><00:24:04.900><c> at</c><00:24:05.079><c> this</c><00:24:05.240><c> hill,</c><00:24:05.700><c> that's</c><00:24:06.140><c> the</c><00:24:06.259><c> pass</c><00:24:06.559><c> that</c>

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leads<00:24:07.059><c> straight</c><00:24:07.460><c> down</c><00:24:07.660><c> to</c><00:24:07.779><c> the</c><00:24:07.920><c> Jordan</c><00:24:08.160><c> floor.</c>

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So<00:24:09.880><c> I'm</c><00:24:10.220><c> going</c><00:24:10.279><c> to</c><00:24:10.420><c> picture,</c><00:24:10.859><c> for</c><00:24:11.359><c> example,</c><00:24:11.720><c> Gideon</c><00:24:12.259><c> on</c><00:24:12.640><c> the</c>

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:14.980
end<00:24:13.000><c> of</c><00:24:13.240><c> the</c><00:24:13.319><c> plain</c><00:24:13.539><c> of</c><00:24:13.799><c> the</c><00:24:13.940><c> hills</c><00:24:14.099><c> of</c><00:24:14.259><c> Samaria,</c><00:24:14.740><c> rather,</c>

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:20.599
the<00:24:15.839><c> hill</c><00:24:16.299><c> of</c><00:24:16.519><c> Gilboa.</c><00:24:18.059><c> Now</c><00:24:18.299><c> across</c><00:24:18.839><c> from</c><00:24:19.180><c> them,</c><00:24:19.779><c> and</c><00:24:19.900><c> straight</c><00:24:20.140><c> north,</c>

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over<00:24:21.119><c> against</c><00:24:21.400><c> Mora,</c>

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was<00:24:22.059><c> the</c><00:24:22.380><c> host</c><00:24:22.559><c> of</c><00:24:22.740><c> the</c><00:24:22.880><c> Midianites,</c><00:24:23.500><c> and</c><00:24:23.660><c> they</c><00:24:23.920><c> would</c><00:24:24.099><c> have</c>

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:26.400
seen<00:24:24.460><c> all</c><00:24:24.700><c> of</c><00:24:24.799><c> it.</c><00:24:25.500><c> But</c><00:24:25.660><c> where</c><00:24:25.799><c> they</c><00:24:25.960><c> were</c><00:24:26.220><c> standing,</c>

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:29.140
they<00:24:26.539><c> would</c><00:24:26.700><c> have</c><00:24:26.880><c> seen</c><00:24:26.980><c> the</c><00:24:27.299><c> whole</c><00:24:27.460><c> of</c><00:24:27.599><c> that</c><00:24:27.859><c> broad</c><00:24:28.079><c> plain,</c>

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:32.119
and<00:24:29.559><c> this</c><00:24:29.779><c> army</c><00:24:30.220><c> of</c><00:24:30.559><c> grasshoppers</c><00:24:31.480><c> stretching</c>

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along<00:24:32.460><c> that</c><00:24:32.759><c> valley</c><00:24:32.940><c> floor.</c><00:24:33.819><c> An</c><00:24:34.099><c> enormous</c><00:24:34.720><c> plain.</c><00:24:36.940><c> And</c><00:24:37.220><c> out</c>

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between<00:24:37.960><c> them</c><00:24:38.599><c> and</c><00:24:40.000><c> Gideon,</c><00:24:40.880><c> out</c><00:24:41.220><c> on</c><00:24:41.500><c> the</c>

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floor<00:24:42.559><c> of</c><00:24:42.779><c> the</c><00:24:42.960><c> valley,</c><00:24:44.720><c> was</c><00:24:44.759><c> water.</c><00:24:47.900><c> But</c><00:24:48.119><c> it</c><00:24:48.180><c> was</c><00:24:48.480><c> out</c><00:24:48.619><c> on</c><00:24:48.819><c> the</c>

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:51.980
valley<00:24:49.259><c> floor,</c><00:24:49.859><c> it</c><00:24:49.980><c> wasn't</c><00:24:50.319><c> at</c><00:24:50.500><c> the</c><00:24:50.519><c> foot</c><00:24:50.720><c> of</c><00:24:50.880><c> Gilboa,</c>

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:56.400
just<00:24:52.480><c> a</c><00:24:52.660><c> few</c><00:24:52.819><c> hundred</c><00:24:53.119><c> yards</c><00:24:53.460><c> away</c><00:24:53.819><c> from</c><00:24:54.079><c> it.</c><00:24:55.240><c> So</c><00:24:55.480><c> anybody</c><00:24:56.079><c> who</c>

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:58.059
got<00:24:56.720><c> thirsty</c>

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had<00:24:59.660><c> to</c><00:24:59.779><c> be</c><00:24:59.880><c> a</c><00:25:00.019><c> very</c><00:25:00.240><c> brave</c><00:25:00.539><c> man</c><00:25:00.799><c> to</c><00:25:00.940><c> get</c><00:25:01.039><c> it</c><00:25:01.299><c> through.</c>

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And<00:25:04.140><c> the</c><00:25:04.460><c> Well</c><00:25:04.460><c> of</c><00:25:04.740><c> Harrod,</c><00:25:05.079><c> brothers</c><00:25:05.259><c> and</c><00:25:05.400><c> sisters,</c><00:25:05.880><c> literally</c><00:25:06.240><c> means</c>

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the<00:25:06.900><c> Well</c><00:25:07.079><c> of</c><00:25:07.359><c> Treadmills.</c>

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That's<00:25:09.759><c> what</c><00:25:09.920><c> it</c><00:25:10.099><c> means.</c><00:25:11.500><c> The</c><00:25:11.619><c> Well</c><00:25:11.980><c> of</c><00:25:12.240><c> Treadmills.</c><00:25:13.059><c> And</c><00:25:13.119><c> the</c>

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:17.160
same<00:25:13.720><c> word</c><00:25:14.039><c> for</c><00:25:14.460><c> Harrod</c><00:25:14.779><c> is</c><00:25:15.279><c> used</c><00:25:15.720><c> in</c><00:25:16.000><c> verse</c><00:25:16.319><c> 3.</c>

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Whosoever<00:25:18.400><c> is</c><00:25:18.779><c> fearful</c><00:25:19.240><c> and</c><00:25:19.799><c> harrod,</c><00:25:20.259><c> afraid.</c><00:25:22.299><c> That's</c><00:25:22.619><c> the</c>

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:24.619
same<00:25:22.980><c> word</c><00:25:23.220><c> for</c><00:25:23.380><c> the</c><00:25:23.519><c> word</c><00:25:23.660><c> harrod.</c>

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:29.839
Now<00:25:25.640><c> there</c><00:25:25.839><c> they</c><00:25:25.960><c> are</c><00:25:26.180><c> gathered,</c><00:25:28.079><c> the</c><00:25:28.220><c> two</c><00:25:28.380><c> opposing</c><00:25:28.819><c> armies.</c>

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And<00:25:30.220><c> I</c><00:25:30.359><c> could</c><00:25:30.559><c> picture</c><00:25:30.759><c> Gideon</c><00:25:31.119><c> standing</c><00:25:31.500><c> on</c>

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:36.920
tip<00:25:32.380><c> of</c><00:25:32.619><c> Gilboa,</c><00:25:33.099><c> looking</c><00:25:33.339><c> over</c><00:25:33.619><c> that</c><00:25:33.900><c> valley</c><00:25:34.160><c> floor,</c><00:25:35.180><c> at</c><00:25:35.240><c> that</c><00:25:35.440><c> enormous</c><00:25:35.960><c> plain.</c><00:25:36.759><c> Now</c>

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he<00:25:37.039><c> was</c><00:25:37.240><c> in</c><00:25:37.319><c> an</c><00:25:37.539><c> excellent</c>

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:40.740
position,<00:25:38.740><c> because</c><00:25:38.940><c> Gilboa</c><00:25:39.539><c> rolled</c><00:25:39.819><c> off</c><00:25:40.079><c> onto</c><00:25:40.240><c> the</c><00:25:40.380><c> hills</c><00:25:40.539><c> of</c>

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.660
Samaria,<00:25:41.220><c> so</c><00:25:41.299><c> that</c><00:25:41.400><c> if</c><00:25:41.680><c> the</c><00:25:41.859><c> Midianites</c><00:25:42.259><c> attacked,</c>

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:46.240
they<00:25:42.819><c> could</c><00:25:43.000><c> quickly</c><00:25:43.319><c> whip</c><00:25:43.519><c> down</c><00:25:43.819><c> through</c><00:25:44.039><c> Samaria,</c><00:25:44.960><c> down</c><00:25:45.140><c> through</c><00:25:45.359><c> the</c><00:25:45.579><c> path</c><00:25:45.720><c> of</c><00:25:45.859><c> Megiddo,</c>

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:49.119
shoot<00:25:46.819><c> down</c><00:25:47.059><c> the</c><00:25:47.279><c> Shechem,</c><00:25:47.680><c> pass</c><00:25:47.940><c> Bethel</c><00:25:48.319><c> into</c><00:25:48.539><c> the</c><00:25:48.720><c> hills</c><00:25:48.940><c> of</c>

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Judea,<00:25:49.700><c> and</c><00:25:49.839><c> perhaps</c><00:25:50.200><c> disperse</c><00:25:50.680><c> before</c><00:25:51.000><c> the</c>

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:55.720
Midianites<00:25:51.480><c> could</c><00:25:51.640><c> get</c><00:25:51.759><c> hold</c><00:25:51.940><c> of</c><00:25:52.099><c> them.</c><00:25:52.480><c> So</c><00:25:52.599><c> he</c><00:25:52.700><c> was</c><00:25:52.839><c> in</c><00:25:52.980><c> an</c><00:25:53.059><c> excellent</c><00:25:53.380><c> strategic</c><00:25:53.880><c> position.</c><00:25:55.279><c> But</c><00:25:55.519><c> so</c>

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were<00:25:55.920><c> they.</c>

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They<00:25:57.500><c> also</c><00:25:58.019><c> were</c><00:25:58.440><c> in</c><00:25:58.519><c> a</c><00:25:58.640><c> good</c><00:25:58.880><c> strategic</c><00:25:59.279><c> position.</c><00:26:00.420><c> And</c><00:26:00.460><c> as</c>

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the<00:26:00.779><c> two</c><00:26:00.960><c> armies</c><00:26:01.220><c> faced</c><00:26:01.579><c> each</c><00:26:01.900><c> other,</c>

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Gideon<00:26:02.880><c> doubtless</c><00:26:03.319><c> was</c><00:26:03.519><c> thinking</c><00:26:03.740><c> of</c><00:26:03.900><c> how</c><00:26:04.000><c> they're</c><00:26:04.160><c> going</c><00:26:04.240><c> to</c>

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overcome<00:26:04.759><c> this</c><00:26:05.079><c> host.</c><00:26:06.220><c> And</c><00:26:06.420><c> while</c><00:26:06.559><c> he's</c><00:26:06.759><c> thinking</c>

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about<00:26:07.359><c> this,</c><00:26:08.059><c> he</c><00:26:08.140><c> gets</c><00:26:08.299><c> a</c><00:26:08.500><c> message</c><00:26:08.759><c> from</c><00:26:09.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:09.420><c> and</c><00:26:09.539><c> says,</c>

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Gideon,<00:26:10.160><c> look,</c><00:26:10.339><c> it's</c><00:26:10.500><c> no</c><00:26:10.740><c> good.</c><00:26:11.619><c> We</c><00:26:11.740><c> can't</c><00:26:12.059><c> beat</c><00:26:12.160><c> them</c>

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like<00:26:12.619><c> this.</c><00:26:13.460><c> Why?</c><00:26:14.240><c> Well,</c><00:26:14.539><c> we've</c><00:26:14.799><c> got</c><00:26:14.900><c> two</c><00:26:15.299><c> Midians</c><00:26:15.599><c> with</c><00:26:15.839><c> us.</c>

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Ah,<00:26:19.420><c> two</c><00:26:19.900><c> Midians?</c><00:26:21.380><c> You</c><00:26:21.599><c> know</c><00:26:21.700><c> what</c><00:26:21.839><c> the</c><00:26:22.019><c> numbers</c><00:26:22.259><c> will</c>

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be.<00:26:24.140><c> We</c><00:26:24.640><c> read,</c><00:26:25.000><c> for</c><00:26:25.140><c> example,</c><00:26:25.579><c> in</c><00:26:25.700><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.940><c> 7</c><00:26:26.259><c> and</c><00:26:26.420><c> verse</c><00:26:26.640><c> 3,</c>

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that<00:26:27.960><c> Israel</c><00:26:28.460><c> numbered</c><00:26:28.960><c> 32</c><00:26:29.619><c>,000.</c>

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But<00:26:32.119><c> if</c><00:26:32.180><c> you</c><00:26:32.259><c> look</c><00:26:32.380><c> at</c><00:26:32.440><c> chapter</c><00:26:32.720><c> 8</c><00:26:33.019><c> and</c><00:26:33.039><c> verse</c><00:26:33.319><c> 10</c><00:26:33.480><c> in</c><00:26:33.660><c> your</c><00:26:33.900><c> leisure,</c><00:26:34.319><c> your</c><00:26:34.559><c> five</c><00:26:34.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:34.980><c> Midianites</c><00:26:35.380><c> numbered</c>

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135<00:26:37.759><c>,000.</c><00:26:38.480><c> Now</c><00:26:38.759><c> the</c><00:26:38.859><c> odds</c><00:26:39.039><c> are</c><00:26:39.200><c> only</c><00:26:39.339><c> four</c><00:26:39.559><c> to</c><00:26:39.779><c> one.</c><00:26:40.940><c> But</c><00:26:41.140><c> it</c>

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:43.940
was<00:26:41.480><c> far</c><00:26:41.920><c> too</c><00:26:42.319><c> many</c><00:26:42.599><c> for</c><00:26:42.900><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:26:45.220><c> the</c><00:26:45.359><c> reason</c><00:26:45.960><c> is</c><00:26:47.019><c> that</c><00:26:47.180><c> he</c><00:26:47.380><c> did</c><00:26:47.640><c> not</c><00:26:47.920><c> want</c><00:26:48.099><c> Israel</c><00:26:48.640><c> to</c><00:26:49.059><c> have</c>

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bogged<00:26:49.460><c> themselves</c><00:26:49.720><c> against</c><00:26:50.180><c> him,</c><00:26:50.640><c> saying,</c>

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my<00:26:51.099><c> own</c><00:26:51.579><c> hand</c><00:26:51.819><c> has</c><00:26:52.140><c> saved</c><00:26:52.420><c> me.</c><00:26:52.839><c> This</c><00:26:53.160><c> was</c><00:26:53.380><c> going</c><00:26:53.480><c> to</c><00:26:53.579><c> be</c><00:26:53.680><c> a</c><00:26:53.779><c> victory</c><00:26:54.019><c> of</c>

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faith.<00:26:55.500><c> And</c><00:26:55.640><c> they</c><00:26:55.779><c> had</c><00:26:55.960><c> to</c><00:26:56.160><c> learn,</c>

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brethren<00:26:56.680><c> and</c><00:26:56.940><c> sisters,</c><00:26:57.140><c> the</c><00:26:57.319><c> principle</c><00:26:57.640><c> of</c><00:26:57.920><c> Psalm</c><00:26:58.140><c> 33</c><00:26:58.720><c> and</c>

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verse<00:26:59.180><c> 16,</c><00:27:00.039><c> that</c><00:27:00.259><c> no</c><00:27:00.779><c> king</c><00:27:01.119><c> is</c><00:27:01.539><c> saved</c><00:27:01.900><c> by</c><00:27:02.200><c> the</c>

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multitude<00:27:02.759><c> of</c><00:27:02.980><c> an</c><00:27:03.160><c> host.</c><00:27:04.480><c> And</c><00:27:04.700><c> I</c><00:27:04.799><c> can</c><00:27:04.960><c> well</c><00:27:05.119><c> and</c><00:27:05.259><c> truly</c><00:27:05.380><c> imagine</c><00:27:05.859><c> Gideon</c>

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.059
being<00:27:06.519><c> told</c><00:27:06.940><c> that</c><00:27:07.099><c> he</c><00:27:07.200><c> had</c><00:27:07.339><c> too</c><00:27:07.779><c> many</c>

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:13.660
men.<00:27:09.339><c> What</c><00:27:09.460><c> do</c><00:27:09.500><c> they</c><00:27:09.720><c> call</c><00:27:09.900><c> that</c><00:27:10.220><c> will?</c><00:27:10.859><c> The</c><00:27:11.099><c> will</c><00:27:11.220><c> of</c><00:27:11.519><c> trembling.</c><00:27:12.259><c> And</c><00:27:12.579><c> Gideon</c><00:27:12.940><c> was</c><00:27:13.299><c> frightened,</c>

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brethren<00:27:14.019><c> and</c><00:27:14.319><c> sisters.</c><00:27:14.779><c> The</c><00:27:14.980><c> record</c><00:27:15.200><c> goes</c><00:27:15.480><c> on</c><00:27:15.660><c> to</c><00:27:15.819><c> show</c><00:27:16.000><c> that.</c><00:27:16.779><c> Men</c>

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.140
of<00:27:17.319><c> faith</c><00:27:17.539><c> are</c><00:27:17.819><c> not</c><00:27:18.099><c> men</c><00:27:18.579><c> whose</c><00:27:18.859><c> faith</c>

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:23.099
cares<00:27:19.400><c> about</c><00:27:19.779><c> fear.</c><00:27:20.920><c> Fear</c><00:27:21.140><c> will</c><00:27:21.380><c> exist</c><00:27:21.720><c> in</c><00:27:21.920><c> them.</c><00:27:22.640><c> But</c><00:27:22.819><c> faith</c>

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:25.980
must<00:27:23.519><c> be</c><00:27:23.799><c> built</c><00:27:24.319><c> stronger</c><00:27:24.880><c> and</c><00:27:25.240><c> stronger</c><00:27:25.539><c> to</c>

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overcome<00:27:26.400><c> that</c><00:27:26.759><c> fear.</c><00:27:27.039><c> They</c><00:27:27.259><c> are</c><00:27:27.319><c> still</c><00:27:27.599><c> frightened</c><00:27:28.000><c> men.</c><00:27:29.839><c> And</c><00:27:29.940><c> he</c>

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was<00:27:30.400><c> frightened.</c><00:27:31.819><c> And</c><00:27:31.940><c> yet</c><00:27:32.099><c> the</c><00:27:32.299><c> word</c><00:27:32.460><c> of</c>

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:35.359
Yahweh<00:27:32.880><c> came</c><00:27:33.180><c> to</c><00:27:33.279><c> him</c><00:27:33.480><c> and</c><00:27:33.559><c> said,</c><00:27:34.180><c> you've</c><00:27:34.440><c> got</c><00:27:34.640><c> too</c><00:27:34.940><c> many</c><00:27:35.160><c> men</c>

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here,<00:27:35.700><c> Gideon.</c><00:27:37.259><c> So</c><00:27:37.619><c> first</c><00:27:38.019><c> and</c><00:27:38.240><c> foremost,</c>

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:42.640
the<00:27:39.059><c> principle</c><00:27:39.400><c> has</c><00:27:39.559><c> got</c><00:27:39.599><c> to</c><00:27:39.740><c> be</c><00:27:40.000><c> applied</c><00:27:40.380><c> of</c><00:27:40.980><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:41.480><c> chapter</c><00:27:41.720><c> 20.</c><00:27:42.039><c> Now</c><00:27:42.240><c> what</c><00:27:42.380><c> does</c><00:27:42.460><c> he</c>

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:44.880
say?<00:27:43.460><c> Verse</c><00:27:43.720><c> 3.</c>

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Now<00:27:45.880><c> therefore,</c><00:27:46.599><c> go</c><00:27:46.700><c> to</c><00:27:46.940><c> proclaim</c><00:27:47.440><c> in</c><00:27:47.619><c> the</c><00:27:47.740><c> years</c><00:27:47.859><c> of</c><00:27:48.019><c> this</c>

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people,<00:27:49.160><c> saying,</c>

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whosoever<00:27:50.000><c> is</c><00:27:50.339><c> fearful</c><00:27:50.619><c> and</c><00:27:50.819><c> afraid,</c><00:27:51.180><c> let</c><00:27:51.339><c> him</c><00:27:51.519><c> return.</c><00:27:53.400><c> And</c>

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there<00:27:53.759><c> was</c><00:27:53.900><c> an</c><00:27:54.119><c> offer,</c><00:27:54.480><c> brethren</c><00:27:54.599><c> and</c><00:27:54.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:59.680
for<00:27:55.599><c> anybody</c><00:27:56.019><c> who</c><00:27:56.220><c> was</c><00:27:56.480><c> fearful</c><00:27:56.700><c> and</c><00:27:56.920><c> afraid</c><00:27:57.220><c> to</c><00:27:57.539><c> return.</c><00:27:59.539><c> And</c>

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:04.740
of<00:27:59.779><c> the</c><00:28:00.039><c> 32</c><00:28:00.460><c>,000,</c><00:28:02.660><c> 22</c><00:28:03.079><c>,000</c><00:28:03.559><c> went</c><00:28:03.779><c> home.</c>

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:15.720
22<00:28:07.579><c>,000</c><00:28:08.059><c> went</c><00:28:08.299><c> home.</c><00:28:10.460><c> And</c><00:28:10.619><c> do</c><00:28:10.779><c> you</c><00:28:10.799><c> know</c><00:28:10.940><c> that</c><00:28:11.079><c> that</c><00:28:11.359><c> was</c><00:28:12.500><c> a</c><00:28:14.160><c> practical</c><00:28:14.700><c> application</c><00:28:15.420><c> of</c>

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one<00:28:15.839><c> of</c><00:28:15.920><c> the</c><00:28:16.079><c> laws</c><00:28:16.259><c> of</c>

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most?<00:28:17.660><c> And</c><00:28:17.880><c> you</c><00:28:18.019><c> have</c><00:28:18.119><c> a</c><00:28:18.200><c> look</c><00:28:18.319><c> at</c><00:28:18.480><c> this</c><00:28:18.700><c> in</c><00:28:18.980><c> the</c><00:28:19.140><c> 20th</c><00:28:19.480><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:28:19.859><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:28:20.619><c> Now</c><00:28:20.779><c> have</c><00:28:20.980><c> a</c><00:28:21.099><c> look</c><00:28:21.240><c> at</c><00:28:21.380><c> this.</c>

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:31.059
Why<00:28:23.700><c> did</c><00:28:23.920><c> they</c><00:28:24.220><c> go</c><00:28:24.539><c> home?</c><00:28:26.160><c> Why</c><00:28:26.559><c> did</c><00:28:26.799><c> the</c><00:28:26.980><c> law</c><00:28:27.119><c> provide</c><00:28:27.579><c> for</c><00:28:27.819><c> this?</c><00:28:29.259><c> Well,</c><00:28:29.420><c> here's</c><00:28:29.700><c> the</c><00:28:29.880><c> reason.</c>

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Here's<00:28:36.900><c> the</c><00:28:37.059><c> law</c><00:28:37.240><c> which</c><00:28:37.519><c> governed</c><00:28:37.759><c> the</c><00:28:38.380><c> men</c><00:28:38.599><c> going</c><00:28:38.880><c> into</c><00:28:39.480><c> the</c>

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:44.220
war<00:28:40.279><c> for</c><00:28:40.539><c> Israel.</c><00:28:42.680><c> This</c><00:28:42.839><c> was</c><00:28:43.099><c> Israel's</c><00:28:43.839><c> national</c>

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:48.519
service<00:28:44.819><c> act.</c><00:28:46.480><c> And</c><00:28:46.599><c> in</c><00:28:46.779><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:28:47.099><c> chapter</c><00:28:47.420><c> 20</c><00:28:47.740><c> and</c><00:28:47.940><c> at</c><00:28:48.059><c> verse</c><00:28:48.339><c> 8</c>

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:51.519
we<00:28:48.740><c> read,</c><00:28:49.900><c> and</c><00:28:50.019><c> the</c><00:28:50.259><c> officers</c><00:28:50.799><c> shall</c><00:28:51.119><c> speak</c>

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:54.039
further<00:28:51.940><c> unto</c><00:28:52.099><c> the</c><00:28:52.319><c> people,</c><00:28:52.640><c> and</c><00:28:52.660><c> they</c><00:28:52.920><c> shall</c><00:28:53.079><c> say,</c><00:28:53.460><c> what</c><00:28:53.680><c> man</c>

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:56.759
is<00:28:54.339><c> there</c><00:28:54.480><c> that</c><00:28:54.660><c> is</c><00:28:54.980><c> fearful</c><00:28:55.299><c> and</c><00:28:55.579><c> faint</c><00:28:55.920><c>-hearted?</c>

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Let<00:28:57.220><c> him</c><00:28:57.440><c> go</c><00:28:57.720><c> and</c><00:28:57.880><c> return</c><00:28:58.299><c> under</c><00:28:58.559><c> his</c><00:28:58.880><c> house.</c><00:29:00.039><c> Why?</c>

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:07.980
Let<00:29:02.880><c> his</c><00:29:03.400><c> brethren's</c><00:29:04.380><c> hearts</c><00:29:04.619><c> faint</c><00:29:05.119><c> as</c><00:29:05.680><c> well</c><00:29:06.119><c> as</c><00:29:06.359><c> his</c><00:29:07.000><c> heart.</c>

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:10.599
And<00:29:09.160><c> my</c><00:29:09.400><c> dear</c><00:29:09.579><c> brethren</c><00:29:09.900><c> and</c><00:29:10.240><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:15.980
there<00:29:11.279><c> is</c><00:29:11.599><c> a</c><00:29:11.700><c> tremendous</c><00:29:12.640><c> exhortation</c><00:29:13.839><c> because</c><00:29:15.359><c> there</c><00:29:15.599><c> was</c><00:29:15.819><c> a</c>

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:18.759
very<00:29:16.380><c> practical</c><00:29:16.779><c> reason</c><00:29:17.180><c> why</c><00:29:17.440><c> those</c><00:29:17.779><c> 22</c><00:29:18.160><c>,000</c>

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:23.819
were<00:29:19.140><c> not</c><00:29:19.640><c> wanted</c><00:29:19.920><c> in</c><00:29:20.279><c> that</c><00:29:20.680><c> army.</c><00:29:22.460><c> Because</c><00:29:22.920><c> there</c><00:29:23.339><c> were</c><00:29:23.619><c> in</c>

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:27.539
that<00:29:24.099><c> army</c><00:29:24.460><c> at</c><00:29:24.859><c> least</c><00:29:25.420><c> 10</c><00:29:25.900><c>,000</c><00:29:26.359><c> men</c><00:29:26.779><c> who</c><00:29:27.279><c> had</c>

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sufficient<00:29:28.140><c> courage</c><00:29:28.599><c> to</c><00:29:28.900><c> face</c><00:29:29.259><c> up</c><00:29:29.400><c> to</c><00:29:29.539><c> the</c><00:29:29.680><c> enormous</c><00:29:30.019><c> challenge</c><00:29:30.440><c> of</c><00:29:30.799><c> fate.</c><00:29:31.480><c> And</c>

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those<00:29:32.039><c> 10</c><00:29:32.380><c>,000</c><00:29:32.720><c> men</c><00:29:32.980><c> would</c>

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not<00:29:33.440><c> have</c><00:29:33.660><c> been</c><00:29:33.819><c> men,</c><00:29:34.279><c> brethren</c><00:29:34.440><c> and</c><00:29:34.720><c> sisters,</c><00:29:35.359><c> whose</c><00:29:35.579><c> courage,</c><00:29:35.980><c> as</c><00:29:36.160><c> I</c>

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said,<00:29:36.460><c> would</c><00:29:36.619><c> have</c><00:29:36.759><c> been</c><00:29:36.900><c> automatic.</c>

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undermine<00:29:42.400><c> them.</c><00:29:42.859><c> We</c><00:29:43.220><c> do</c><00:29:43.680><c> not</c><00:29:44.119><c> want</c><00:29:44.400><c> in</c><00:29:48.740><c> the</c>

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will<00:29:49.039><c> let</c><00:29:49.319><c> you</c><00:29:49.599><c> down</c><00:29:50.119><c> flat</c><00:29:50.400><c> on</c><00:29:50.640><c> your</c><00:29:50.839><c> face.</c><00:29:51.519><c> You're</c><00:29:52.099><c> better</c>

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without<00:29:53.000><c> them.</c><00:29:54.099><c> That's</c><00:29:54.319><c> what</c><00:29:54.539><c> God</c><00:29:54.779><c> was</c><00:29:55.000><c> telling</c>

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Gideon.<00:29:56.000><c> Get</c><00:29:56.299><c> rid</c><00:29:56.539><c> of</c><00:29:56.640><c> them,</c><00:29:56.940><c> Gideon,</c><00:29:58.680><c> lest</c><00:29:59.099><c> they</c><00:29:59.839><c> cause</c><00:30:00.359><c> the</c>

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heart<00:30:00.880><c> of</c><00:30:01.019><c> the</c><00:30:01.259><c> people</c><00:30:01.519><c> to</c><00:30:01.759><c> grow</c><00:30:02.039><c> faint</c><00:30:02.380><c>-hearted.</c>

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Don't<00:30:03.980><c> undermine</c><00:30:04.839><c> your</c><00:30:05.339><c> good</c><00:30:05.579><c> soldiers.</c><00:30:07.259><c> Get</c><00:30:07.619><c> rid</c><00:30:07.980><c> of</c><00:30:08.279><c> the</c><00:30:08.539><c> rubbish.</c><00:30:09.880><c> And</c><00:30:10.359><c> 22</c>

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,000<00:30:11.619><c> left.</c><00:30:13.019><c> What</c><00:30:13.359><c> must</c><00:30:13.700><c> have</c><00:30:13.880><c> been</c><00:30:14.059><c> the</c>

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thing<00:30:18.920><c> here,</c><00:30:19.140><c> don't</c><00:30:19.380><c> you?</c><00:30:20.180><c> You're</c><00:30:20.440><c> seeing</c><00:30:20.579><c> here</c><00:30:20.819><c> an</c><00:30:20.960><c> application</c><00:30:21.420><c> of</c><00:30:21.619><c> judgment</c><00:30:21.940><c> through</c><00:30:22.200><c> the</c><00:30:22.480><c> Christ.</c>

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Before<00:30:24.400><c> the</c><00:30:24.559><c> Lord</c><00:30:24.740><c> Jesus</c><00:30:25.160><c> Christ,</c><00:30:25.480><c> if</c><00:30:25.599><c> a</c><00:30:25.720><c> great</c><00:30:25.859><c> few</c><00:30:26.119><c> are</c><00:30:26.240><c> down,</c><00:30:26.539><c> goes</c>

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to<00:30:26.960><c> the</c><00:30:27.059><c> back</c><00:30:27.180><c> of</c><00:30:27.380><c> Armageddon,</c>

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this<00:30:28.299><c> is</c><00:30:28.480><c> the</c><00:30:28.599><c> sort</c><00:30:28.740><c> of</c><00:30:28.940><c> process</c><00:30:29.259><c> that's</c><00:30:29.480><c> going</c><00:30:29.579><c> to</c><00:30:29.700><c> go</c><00:30:29.940><c> on.</c><00:30:31.880><c> Many</c><00:30:32.059><c> are</c><00:30:32.200><c> going</c><00:30:32.299><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:32.660><c> called,</c><00:30:33.079><c> but</c><00:30:33.180><c> few</c><00:30:33.299><c> are</c><00:30:33.440><c> going</c><00:30:33.559><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:33.799><c> chosen.</c><00:30:35.359><c> And</c><00:30:35.519><c> there's</c><00:30:35.619><c> going</c><00:30:35.759><c> to</c><00:30:35.839><c> be</c><00:30:35.960><c> a</c><00:30:36.059><c> lot</c><00:30:36.259><c> of</c><00:30:36.440><c> people</c><00:30:36.539><c> afraid</c><00:30:37.039><c> in</c>

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that<00:30:37.460><c> time.</c><00:30:39.220><c> A</c><00:30:39.480><c> lot</c><00:30:39.740><c> of</c><00:30:39.960><c> people</c><00:30:40.079><c> afraid.</c>

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And<00:30:42.079><c> we</c><00:30:42.200><c> don't</c><00:30:42.480><c> want</c><00:30:42.759><c> that</c><00:30:43.000><c> sort</c><00:30:43.180><c> of</c><00:30:43.259><c> Christodobium</c><00:30:43.740><c> now,</c><00:30:44.359><c> and</c>

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.079
nor<00:30:44.640><c> will</c><00:30:44.759><c> the</c><00:30:44.859><c> Lord</c><00:30:45.019><c> Jesus</c><00:30:45.440><c> Christ</c><00:30:45.720><c> want</c><00:30:45.819><c> them</c><00:30:45.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:46.079><c> age</c><00:30:46.299><c> to</c><00:30:46.539><c> come.</c><00:30:47.259><c> You</c><00:30:47.339><c> know,</c><00:30:47.720><c> brethren</c><00:30:47.900><c> and</c><00:30:48.220><c> sisters,</c><00:30:48.579><c> this</c>

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is<00:30:48.900><c> going</c><00:30:49.019><c> to</c><00:30:49.079><c> be</c><00:30:49.220><c> an</c><00:30:49.319><c> age</c><00:30:49.460><c> of</c><00:30:49.619><c> courage.</c>

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Things<00:30:51.660><c> have</c><00:30:51.980><c> dawned</c><00:30:52.240><c> on</c><00:30:52.460><c> us,</c><00:30:53.980><c> and</c><00:30:54.019><c> we're</c><00:30:54.180><c> going</c><00:30:54.299><c> to</c><00:30:54.420><c> learn</c><00:30:54.559><c> the</c><00:30:54.799><c> principles</c><00:30:55.220><c> as</c>

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.059
how<00:30:56.400><c> we</c><00:30:56.559><c> learn</c><00:30:56.700><c> how</c><00:30:56.839><c> we're</c>

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going<00:30:57.059><c> to</c><00:30:57.079><c> perish,</c><00:30:57.740><c> one</c><00:30:57.839><c> of</c><00:30:58.000><c> the</c><00:30:58.160><c> two.</c><00:30:58.559><c> It's</c><00:30:58.579><c> just</c><00:30:58.819><c> as</c><00:30:59.160><c> plain</c>

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as<00:30:59.579><c> that.</c><00:31:00.019><c> We're</c><00:31:00.180><c> going</c><00:31:00.259><c> to</c><00:31:00.359><c> learn</c><00:31:00.460><c> the</c><00:31:00.700><c> principle</c>

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of<00:31:01.119><c> Gideon.</c><00:31:01.359><c> We're</c><00:31:01.619><c> going</c><00:31:01.680><c> to</c><00:31:01.900><c> act</c><00:31:02.160><c> in</c><00:31:02.319><c> the</c><00:31:02.480><c> future,</c><00:31:02.859><c> and</c><00:31:03.220><c> that's</c><00:31:03.640><c> going</c><00:31:03.819><c> to</c><00:31:04.039><c> cause</c><00:31:04.240><c> a</c>

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whole<00:31:05.059><c> lot</c><00:31:05.299><c> of</c><00:31:05.500><c> criticism,</c>

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a<00:31:06.339><c> ton</c><00:31:06.619><c> of</c><00:31:06.759><c> criticism.</c><00:31:08.279><c> And</c><00:31:08.619><c> you</c><00:31:08.799><c> don't</c><00:31:09.180><c> want</c><00:31:09.460><c> people</c><00:31:09.819><c> around</c>

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that<00:31:10.599><c> are</c><00:31:10.680><c> going</c><00:31:10.759><c> to</c><00:31:10.960><c> wink</c><00:31:11.119><c> in</c><00:31:11.200><c> your</c><00:31:11.460><c> hand</c><00:31:11.619><c> in</c>

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determination<00:31:12.619><c> to</c><00:31:12.859><c> keep</c><00:31:13.059><c> your</c><00:31:13.299><c> standards.</c><00:31:14.640><c> Let</c><00:31:14.900><c> them</c><00:31:15.019><c> go</c><00:31:15.299><c> home,</c><00:31:15.599><c> and</c>

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home<00:31:15.859><c> they</c><00:31:16.160><c> went.</c><00:31:17.200><c> Now</c><00:31:17.380><c> I</c><00:31:17.460><c> want</c><00:31:17.599><c> to</c><00:31:17.720><c> quote</c>

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you<00:31:18.039><c> a</c><00:31:18.119><c> New</c><00:31:18.319><c> Testament</c><00:31:18.619><c> reference</c><00:31:19.279><c> to</c><00:31:19.579><c> an</c><00:31:19.759><c> opposite</c><00:31:19.980><c> class</c><00:31:20.380><c> of</c>

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people.<00:31:20.940><c> In</c><00:31:21.079><c> Philippians</c><00:31:21.460><c> chapter</c><00:31:21.759><c> one</c><00:31:21.980><c> and</c><00:31:22.140><c> verse</c>

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28,<00:31:23.599><c> these</c><00:31:23.880><c> are</c><00:31:24.059><c> the</c><00:31:24.220><c> people</c><00:31:24.400><c> you</c><00:31:24.700><c> want.</c><00:31:27.579><c> These</c><00:31:27.839><c> are</c><00:31:28.039><c> the</c><00:31:28.180><c> crowd,</c><00:31:28.660><c> brethren</c><00:31:28.660><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:31:29.240><c> that</c><00:31:29.460><c> we</c><00:31:29.700><c> welcome</c><00:31:29.980><c> to</c>

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the<00:31:30.299><c> battle</c><00:31:30.519><c> of</c><00:31:30.740><c> faith.</c><00:31:34.299><c> And</c><00:31:34.480><c> in</c><00:31:34.619><c> Philippians</c><00:31:35.039><c> chapter</c><00:31:35.359><c> one</c>

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:41.059
and<00:31:35.819><c> verse</c><00:31:36.019><c> 28,</c><00:31:39.480><c> or</c><00:31:39.579><c> verse</c><00:31:39.819><c> 27,</c>

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and<00:31:43.380><c> I</c><00:31:43.539><c> want</c><00:31:43.759><c> you</c><00:31:43.920><c> to</c><00:31:44.039><c> know</c><00:31:44.220><c> who</c><00:31:44.559><c> the</c><00:31:44.779><c> apostle</c><00:31:45.119><c> Paul</c><00:31:45.400><c> is</c><00:31:45.660><c> talking</c><00:31:45.960><c> to.</c>

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The<00:31:47.980><c> Philippians,</c><00:31:48.759><c> the</c><00:31:48.859><c> best</c><00:31:49.279><c> ecclesiast</c>

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that<00:31:51.160><c> then</c><00:31:51.519><c> was.</c><00:31:52.819><c> No</c><00:31:52.960><c> doubt</c><00:31:53.079><c> about</c><00:31:53.339><c> that</c><00:31:53.500><c> at</c><00:31:53.700><c> all.</c><00:31:54.099><c> There's</c><00:31:54.180><c> no</c>

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question<00:31:54.960><c> of</c><00:31:55.180><c> that.</c><00:31:55.619><c> Paul</c><00:31:55.799><c> wrote</c><00:31:56.039><c> the</c><00:31:56.220><c> Philippians</c>

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as<00:31:56.660><c> his</c><00:31:57.000><c> crown</c><00:31:57.299><c> of</c><00:31:57.660><c> joy.</c><00:31:58.240><c> This</c><00:31:58.339><c> is</c><00:31:58.579><c> the</c><00:31:58.900><c> best</c><00:31:59.240><c> ecclesiast</c><00:32:00.000><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:32:00.720><c> knew.</c><00:32:01.839><c> And</c><00:32:01.960><c> this</c><00:32:02.099><c> is</c><00:32:02.200><c> what</c><00:32:02.279><c> he</c><00:32:02.500><c> told</c><00:32:02.740><c> them</c><00:32:02.940><c> in</c>

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Philippians<00:32:03.519><c> chapter</c><00:32:03.779><c> one</c><00:32:04.019><c> and</c><00:32:04.119><c> verse</c><00:32:04.299><c> 27.</c><00:32:05.259><c> He</c><00:32:05.279><c> said,</c><00:32:05.680><c> only</c>

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:07.859
lift<00:32:05.960><c> your</c><00:32:06.220><c> manner</c><00:32:06.440><c> of</c><00:32:06.720><c> life,</c><00:32:07.140><c> be</c><00:32:07.200><c> as</c><00:32:07.299><c> it</c><00:32:07.480><c> becomeeth</c>

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:11.859
the<00:32:08.240><c> gospel</c><00:32:08.339><c> of</c><00:32:08.599><c> Christ,</c><00:32:09.680><c> that</c><00:32:09.799><c> whether</c><00:32:09.900><c> I</c><00:32:10.079><c> come</c><00:32:10.299><c> and</c><00:32:10.519><c> see</c><00:32:10.660><c> you,</c><00:32:11.700><c> or</c>

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else<00:32:12.079><c> be</c><00:32:12.279><c> absent,</c><00:32:12.880><c> I</c><00:32:13.059><c> may</c><00:32:13.319><c> hear</c><00:32:13.519><c> of</c><00:32:13.660><c> your</c>

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affairs,<00:32:15.140><c> that</c><00:32:15.279><c> ye</c><00:32:15.500><c> stand</c><00:32:15.859><c> fast</c><00:32:16.220><c> in</c><00:32:16.500><c> one</c><00:32:16.819><c> spirit,</c><00:32:18.099><c> with</c><00:32:18.339><c> one</c>

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mind,<00:32:19.460><c> striving</c><00:32:19.799><c> together</c><00:32:20.299><c> for</c><00:32:20.519><c> the</c><00:32:20.680><c> faith</c><00:32:20.839><c> of</c><00:32:21.000><c> the</c>

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gospel,<00:32:22.319><c> and</c><00:32:22.740><c> in</c><00:32:23.140><c> nothing</c><00:32:23.480><c> terrified</c><00:32:24.200><c> by</c><00:32:24.480><c> your</c><00:32:24.720><c> adversaries,</c>

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:27.759
which<00:32:26.279><c> is</c><00:32:26.519><c> to</c><00:32:26.619><c> them</c><00:32:26.839><c> an</c><00:32:27.000><c> evident</c><00:32:27.299><c> token</c><00:32:27.559><c> of</c>

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:32.339
submission,<00:32:28.960><c> but</c><00:32:29.160><c> to</c><00:32:29.420><c> you</c><00:32:29.900><c> of</c><00:32:30.339><c> salvation</c><00:32:30.940><c> and</c><00:32:31.119><c> that</c><00:32:31.279><c> of</c><00:32:31.420><c> God.</c>

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:34.980
I<00:32:33.140><c> want</c><00:32:33.319><c> to</c><00:32:33.420><c> read</c><00:32:33.579><c> that</c><00:32:33.819><c> to</c><00:32:34.000><c> you</c><00:32:34.220><c> from</c><00:32:34.599><c> another</c>

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:40.700
translation,<00:32:36.539><c> which</c><00:32:36.940><c> gives</c><00:32:37.200><c> the</c><00:32:37.440><c> sense.</c><00:32:38.039><c> He</c><00:32:38.740><c> alluded</c><00:32:39.400><c> that</c><00:32:40.480><c> I</c>

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.779
may<00:32:41.039><c> know</c><00:32:41.339><c> that</c><00:32:41.460><c> you</c><00:32:41.599><c> are</c><00:32:41.720><c> standing</c><00:32:42.099><c> fast</c><00:32:42.539><c> in</c>

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:47.920
one<00:32:43.079><c> spirit</c><00:32:43.500><c> and</c><00:32:43.779><c> with</c><00:32:44.000><c> one</c><00:32:44.240><c> mind,</c><00:32:45.420><c> fighting</c><00:32:45.519><c> shoulder</c><00:32:46.240><c> to</c><00:32:46.519><c> shoulder</c><00:32:47.019><c> for</c><00:32:47.259><c> the</c><00:32:47.519><c> faith</c><00:32:47.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:48.059><c> gospel.</c>

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Never<00:32:50.480><c> for</c><00:32:50.799><c> a</c><00:32:50.940><c> moment</c><00:32:51.279><c> quail</c><00:32:51.859><c> before</c><00:32:52.359><c> your</c><00:32:52.799><c> antagonists.</c><00:32:54.759><c> Your</c><00:32:55.460><c> fearlessness</c><00:32:56.359><c> will</c><00:32:57.680><c> be</c>

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.799
to<00:32:58.119><c> them</c><00:32:58.460><c> a</c><00:32:58.880><c> sure</c><00:32:59.180><c> token</c>

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of<00:33:00.279><c> the</c><00:33:00.460><c> impending</c><00:33:01.099><c> destruction,</c><00:33:02.200><c> and</c><00:33:02.559><c> to</c><00:33:02.859><c> you</c><00:33:03.640><c> a</c><00:33:04.200><c> token</c><00:33:04.500><c> from</c>

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God<00:33:05.200><c> of</c><00:33:05.480><c> your</c><00:33:05.839><c> salvation.</c>

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.779
Now<00:33:07.940><c> there</c><00:33:08.180><c> was</c><00:33:08.359><c> the</c><00:33:08.500><c> Philippians,</c><00:33:09.059><c> brothers</c><00:33:09.140><c> and</c><00:33:09.259><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:13.019
shoulder<00:33:10.599><c> to</c><00:33:10.859><c> shoulder,</c><00:33:12.299><c> right</c><00:33:12.480><c> alongside</c>

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:15.000
of<00:33:13.200><c> each</c><00:33:13.440><c> other.</c><00:33:13.579><c> You</c><00:33:13.660><c> could</c><00:33:13.900><c> feel</c><00:33:14.119><c> the</c><00:33:14.339><c> brother's</c><00:33:14.779><c> shoulder</c>

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.339
alongside<00:33:15.460><c> of</c><00:33:15.640><c> yours.</c><00:33:15.859><c> It</c><00:33:15.859><c> was</c><00:33:16.160><c> warm</c><00:33:16.599><c> and</c><00:33:16.940><c> vibrant,</c>

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:21.960
and<00:33:17.740><c> you</c><00:33:17.980><c> felt</c><00:33:18.220><c> like</c><00:33:18.460><c> you</c><00:33:18.579><c> had</c><00:33:18.839><c> power</c><00:33:19.400><c> in</c><00:33:20.099><c> the</c><00:33:20.299><c> fight</c><00:33:20.460><c> of</c><00:33:20.759><c> faith.</c><00:33:21.660><c> Brethren</c><00:33:21.779><c> that</c>

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.039
you<00:33:22.099><c> could</c><00:33:22.299><c> lean</c><00:33:22.480><c> upon</c>

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:26.279
in<00:33:23.579><c> times</c><00:33:23.900><c> of</c><00:33:24.160><c> trouble.</c><00:33:24.619><c> And</c><00:33:24.759><c> when</c><00:33:24.920><c> the</c><00:33:25.099><c> enemy</c><00:33:25.279><c> confronted</c><00:33:25.759><c> you,</c><00:33:26.099><c> on</c>

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.019
either<00:33:26.539><c> side</c><00:33:26.740><c> of</c><00:33:26.859><c> you,</c>

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:29.380
there<00:33:27.019><c> were</c><00:33:27.500><c> a</c><00:33:27.539><c> couple</c><00:33:27.779><c> of</c><00:33:28.059><c> bold</c><00:33:28.259><c> brethren</c><00:33:28.619><c> to</c><00:33:28.940><c> stare</c><00:33:29.079><c> there</c>

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.880
right<00:33:29.539><c> alongside</c><00:33:29.920><c> of</c><00:33:30.119><c> you</c><00:33:30.119><c> and</c><00:33:30.359><c> stare</c><00:33:30.559><c> the</c><00:33:30.740><c> enemy</c>

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:33.539
in<00:33:31.140><c> the</c><00:33:31.220><c> face.</c><00:33:31.519><c> And</c><00:33:31.740><c> there's</c><00:33:31.880><c> a</c><00:33:32.019><c> great</c><00:33:32.160><c> long</c><00:33:32.440><c> line</c><00:33:32.700><c> of</c><00:33:32.859><c> them.</c>

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:37.640
And<00:33:34.240><c> the</c><00:33:34.420><c> enemy</c><00:33:34.700><c> saw</c><00:33:35.160><c> that</c><00:33:35.500><c> nobody</c><00:33:36.119><c> was</c><00:33:36.599><c> frightened,</c>

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:44.000
and<00:33:38.660><c> he</c><00:33:38.900><c> backed</c><00:33:39.140><c> away</c><00:33:39.559><c> because</c><00:33:39.880><c> he</c><00:33:40.140><c> saw</c><00:33:40.339><c> facing</c><00:33:40.720><c> him</c><00:33:41.339><c> destruction.</c><00:33:43.539><c> And</c><00:33:43.799><c> the</c>

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.140
very<00:33:44.579><c> fearlessness</c>

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:51.700
of<00:33:45.839><c> that</c><00:33:46.140><c> rank</c><00:33:46.380><c> of</c><00:33:47.319><c> men</c><00:33:47.599><c> of</c><00:33:48.059><c> war</c><00:33:48.500><c> was</c><00:33:49.319><c> a</c><00:33:49.640><c> token</c><00:33:49.900><c> to</c><00:33:50.099><c> the</c><00:33:50.240><c> men</c><00:33:50.380><c> themselves</c><00:33:50.900><c> that</c><00:33:51.279><c> God</c>

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:53.420
was<00:33:52.019><c> working</c><00:33:52.299><c> with</c><00:33:52.579><c> them.</c>

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:57.059
Now<00:33:53.759><c> that's</c><00:33:54.259><c> the</c><00:33:54.359><c> sort</c><00:33:54.539><c> of</c><00:33:54.779><c> fighters</c><00:33:54.940><c> we</c><00:33:55.240><c> want,</c><00:33:56.599><c> and</c><00:33:56.599><c> they</c><00:33:56.819><c> did</c>

00:33:57.059 --> 00:34:00.140
not<00:33:57.240><c> exist</c><00:33:57.680><c> in</c><00:33:57.900><c> Israel</c><00:33:58.319><c> to</c><00:33:59.180><c> a</c><00:33:59.180><c> really</c><00:33:59.440><c> large</c><00:33:59.720><c> number.</c>

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:03.420
22<00:34:00.819><c>,000</c><00:34:01.359><c> couldn't</c><00:34:01.619><c> face</c><00:34:01.900><c> up</c><00:34:02.039><c> to</c><00:34:02.160><c> that</c><00:34:02.299><c> responsibility,</c><00:34:03.279><c> and</c>

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:05.220
they<00:34:03.539><c> left</c><00:34:03.859><c> Gideon.</c><00:34:04.460><c> They</c><00:34:04.500><c> were</c><00:34:04.660><c> not</c><00:34:04.880><c> shoulder</c><00:34:05.119><c> to</c>

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:07.440
shoulder<00:34:05.480><c> with</c><00:34:05.680><c> him,</c><00:34:06.000><c> and</c><00:34:06.140><c> they</c><00:34:06.279><c> went</c><00:34:06.480><c> home.</c><00:34:06.940><c> But</c><00:34:07.099><c> I</c><00:34:07.200><c> want</c><00:34:07.339><c> you</c>

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.280
to<00:34:07.539><c> notice</c><00:34:07.660><c> where</c><00:34:07.839><c> they</c><00:34:08.059><c> went.</c><00:34:08.739><c> You</c><00:34:08.840><c> come</c><00:34:09.000><c> back</c><00:34:09.119><c> to</c>

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:17.280
Judges<00:34:09.559><c> Chapter</c><00:34:09.820><c> 7.</c><00:34:10.440><c> Look</c><00:34:10.559><c> what</c><00:34:10.699><c> it</c><00:34:10.920><c> says.</c><00:34:15.539><c> In</c><00:34:15.659><c> verse</c><00:34:15.920><c> 3,</c><00:34:17.000><c> now</c>

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:19.320
therefore<00:34:17.719><c> go</c><00:34:18.079><c> to</c><00:34:18.280><c> proclaim</c><00:34:18.699><c> in</c><00:34:18.880><c> the</c><00:34:18.960><c> ears</c><00:34:19.059><c> of</c><00:34:19.179><c> the</c>

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:22.199
people,<00:34:19.500><c> saying,</c><00:34:19.820><c> Whoso</c><00:34:20.139><c> is</c><00:34:20.460><c> fearful</c><00:34:20.800><c> and</c><00:34:21.000><c> afraid,</c><00:34:21.739><c> let</c><00:34:21.980><c> him</c>

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:26.559
return<00:34:22.639><c> and</c><00:34:22.980><c> depart</c><00:34:23.579><c> early</c><00:34:24.159><c> from</c><00:34:25.079><c> Mount</c><00:34:25.559><c> Gilead.</c>

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:31.219
But<00:34:27.860><c> they</c><00:34:28.000><c> weren't</c><00:34:28.239><c> at</c><00:34:28.500><c> Mount</c><00:34:28.800><c> Gilead.</c><00:34:30.239><c> Mount</c><00:34:30.460><c> Gilead</c><00:34:30.840><c> is</c><00:34:31.059><c> all</c>

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:33.360
this<00:34:31.500><c> side</c><00:34:31.679><c> of</c><00:34:32.360><c> the</c><00:34:32.400><c> Jordan.</c>

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:37.119
Actually<00:34:34.500><c> in</c><00:34:34.739><c> the</c><00:34:34.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:35.139><c> it</c><00:34:35.320><c> says</c><00:34:35.440><c> they</c><00:34:35.599><c> would</c><00:34:35.900><c> return</c><00:34:36.619><c> via</c>

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:39.739
Mount<00:34:37.519><c> Gilead,</c><00:34:38.139><c> or</c><00:34:38.440><c> make</c><00:34:38.699><c> a</c><00:34:38.960><c> circuit</c><00:34:39.219><c> through</c><00:34:39.460><c> Mount</c>

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:45.199
Gilead.<00:34:40.340><c> Now</c><00:34:40.500><c> these</c><00:34:40.699><c> were</c><00:34:40.880><c> men</c><00:34:41.079><c> of</c><00:34:41.280><c> Zebulut</c><00:34:41.719><c> and</c><00:34:44.119><c> Naphtali</c><00:34:44.579><c> and</c><00:34:44.719><c> part</c><00:34:45.019><c> of</c>

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:47.019
Manasseh.<00:34:46.340><c> How</c><00:34:46.460><c> little</c><00:34:46.659><c> of</c><00:34:46.820><c> a</c><00:34:46.900><c> journey</c>

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:50.300
they<00:34:47.239><c> took.</c><00:34:48.219><c> They</c><00:34:48.239><c> came</c><00:34:48.460><c> down</c><00:34:48.719><c> from</c><00:34:48.920><c> between</c><00:34:49.199><c> the</c><00:34:49.420><c> Mount</c><00:34:49.619><c> Moriah</c><00:34:50.139><c> and</c>

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:53.119
Gilboa,<00:34:51.219><c> went</c><00:34:51.320><c> across</c><00:34:51.699><c> Jordan</c><00:34:52.460><c> and</c><00:34:52.679><c> made</c><00:34:52.860><c> a</c>

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:58.500
circuitous<00:34:53.659><c> route</c><00:34:53.960><c> right</c><00:34:54.539><c> around</c><00:34:55.019><c> Mount</c><00:34:55.360><c> Gilead</c><00:34:55.599><c> and</c><00:34:55.760><c> came</c><00:34:55.900><c> up</c><00:34:56.059><c> the</c><00:34:56.119><c> other</c><00:34:56.360><c> way.</c><00:34:58.159><c> I</c>

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.099
believe<00:34:58.639><c> there</c><00:34:58.760><c> were</c><00:34:58.860><c> two</c>

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:05.320
reasons<00:34:59.440><c> for</c><00:34:59.679><c> that.</c><00:35:01.679><c> One</c><00:35:01.900><c> was,</c><00:35:02.219><c> I</c><00:35:02.400><c> believe,</c><00:35:03.480><c> that</c><00:35:03.539><c> to</c><00:35:03.760><c> get</c><00:35:03.920><c> away</c><00:35:04.400><c> those</c><00:35:04.800><c> fearful</c><00:35:05.119><c> and</c>

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.320
afraid<00:35:05.559><c> men,</c><00:35:05.960><c> they</c><00:35:06.039><c> of</c><00:35:06.139><c> course</c>

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:11.599
needed<00:35:06.619><c> to</c><00:35:06.900><c> make</c><00:35:07.059><c> a</c><00:35:07.219><c> circuitous</c><00:35:07.739><c> route</c><00:35:07.960><c> right</c><00:35:08.400><c> around</c><00:35:09.179><c> Gilead,</c><00:35:11.039><c> so</c><00:35:11.099><c> they</c><00:35:11.239><c> would</c><00:35:11.420><c> not</c>

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.500
run<00:35:11.719><c> into</c><00:35:11.840><c> any</c><00:35:12.059><c> trouble.</c>

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:16.320
And<00:35:13.239><c> secondly,</c><00:35:13.920><c> I</c><00:35:14.039><c> believe</c><00:35:14.440><c> that</c><00:35:14.760><c> God</c><00:35:15.059><c> didn't</c><00:35:15.360><c> want</c><00:35:15.719><c> me</c><00:35:15.960><c> in</c><00:35:16.119><c> to</c>

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.679
know<00:35:16.440><c> that</c><00:35:16.619><c> they'd</c><00:35:16.960><c> gone.</c>

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:22.139
Because<00:35:19.840><c> we</c><00:35:20.079><c> learn</c><00:35:20.260><c> later</c><00:35:20.539><c> on</c><00:35:20.800><c> that</c><00:35:21.000><c> Gideon,</c><00:35:21.559><c> before</c><00:35:21.840><c> he</c><00:35:22.059><c> sent</c>

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:23.619
those<00:35:22.360><c> men</c><00:35:22.539><c> away,</c><00:35:22.960><c> put</c><00:35:23.000><c> all</c><00:35:23.199><c> his</c><00:35:23.360><c> relevant</c>

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:25.780
tits<00:35:23.980><c> with</c><00:35:24.139><c> their</c><00:35:24.380><c> weapons</c><00:35:24.679><c> and</c><00:35:24.880><c> their</c><00:35:25.059><c> victuals</c><00:35:25.440><c> so</c><00:35:25.559><c> that</c>

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.360
the<00:35:25.840><c> host</c><00:35:26.039><c> living</c><00:35:26.280><c> across</c><00:35:26.599><c> would</c><00:35:26.739><c> have</c><00:35:26.920><c> understood,</c>

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:31.039
I<00:35:27.659><c> believe,</c><00:35:28.280><c> that</c><00:35:28.380><c> at</c><00:35:28.500><c> least</c><00:35:28.699><c> they</c><00:35:28.820><c> had</c><00:35:28.960><c> to</c><00:35:29.099><c> face</c><00:35:29.260><c> 32</c><00:35:29.699><c>,000</c><00:35:30.199><c> men.</c>

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:34.059
But<00:35:32.059><c> they</c><00:35:32.260><c> didn't</c><00:35:32.440><c> really.</c><00:35:32.940><c> 22</c><00:35:33.340><c>,000</c><00:35:33.699><c> of</c><00:35:33.820><c> them</c><00:35:33.840><c> were</c>

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:38.380
gone.<00:35:35.960><c> Okay,</c><00:35:36.360><c> so</c><00:35:36.619><c> Gideon's</c><00:35:37.000><c> got</c><00:35:37.119><c> rid</c><00:35:37.219><c> of</c><00:35:37.340><c> the</c><00:35:37.480><c> fearful</c><00:35:37.619><c> and</c><00:35:37.800><c> afraid.</c><00:35:38.159><c> No</c>

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:42.199
one<00:35:38.519><c> there</c><00:35:38.659><c> now</c><00:35:39.019><c> to</c><00:35:39.139><c> make</c><00:35:39.219><c> him</c><00:35:39.440><c> afraid.</c><00:35:41.760><c> He</c>

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:46.980
says<00:35:42.400><c> to</c><00:35:42.559><c> him,</c><00:35:42.739><c> you</c><00:35:42.739><c> know</c><00:35:42.900><c> what,</c><00:35:43.199><c> Gideon,</c><00:35:44.119><c> we've</c><00:35:44.420><c> got</c><00:35:44.500><c> too</c><00:35:44.719><c> many</c><00:35:44.960><c> men.</c><00:35:46.840><c> You</c>

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:49.920
know<00:35:47.079><c> what,</c><00:35:48.059><c> we've</c><00:35:48.420><c> got</c><00:35:48.500><c> too</c><00:35:48.760><c> many</c><00:35:48.940><c> men.</c>

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:55.599
The<00:35:50.880><c> odds</c><00:35:51.119><c> now,</c><00:35:51.599><c> brethren</c><00:35:51.699><c> and</c><00:35:51.960><c> sisters,</c><00:35:52.260><c> are</c><00:35:52.539><c> 14</c><00:35:53.119><c> to</c><00:35:53.340><c> 1.</c><00:35:55.099><c> Gideon's</c><00:35:55.440><c> got</c>

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:57.539
10<00:35:55.880><c>,000</c><00:35:56.139><c> men</c><00:35:56.420><c> left.</c><00:35:56.860><c> But</c><00:35:57.019><c> you</c><00:35:57.139><c> know</c><00:35:57.340><c> what,</c>

00:35:57.699 --> 00:36:00.599
among<00:35:57.980><c> those</c><00:35:58.199><c> 10</c><00:35:58.539><c>,000</c><00:35:58.840><c> men</c><00:35:59.159><c> that</c><00:35:59.460><c> the</c><00:35:59.639><c> great</c><00:35:59.860><c> Gideon</c><00:36:00.159><c> was</c><00:36:00.320><c> going</c><00:36:00.440><c> to</c>

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.719
take<00:36:00.719><c> into</c><00:36:00.880><c> the</c><00:36:01.139><c> battle,</c><00:36:01.320><c> which</c><00:36:01.500><c> was</c>

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:04.280
typical<00:36:01.980><c> of</c><00:36:02.219><c> Armageddon,</c><00:36:02.960><c> there</c><00:36:03.059><c> were</c><00:36:03.420><c> still</c><00:36:03.719><c> people</c><00:36:04.099><c> who</c>

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:06.360
were<00:36:04.460><c> not</c><00:36:04.800><c> fit</c><00:36:04.900><c> for</c><00:36:05.159><c> that</c><00:36:05.480><c> battle.</c>

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:13.139
And<00:36:07.400><c> 10</c><00:36:07.800><c>,000</c><00:36:08.260><c> were</c><00:36:08.460><c> too</c><00:36:08.780><c> many.</c><00:36:10.380><c> So</c><00:36:10.480><c> God</c><00:36:10.739><c> says</c><00:36:11.019><c> in</c><00:36:11.199><c> verse</c><00:36:11.519><c> 4,</c><00:36:12.619><c> I</c>

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:18.780
will<00:36:13.599><c> try</c><00:36:14.280><c> them</c><00:36:14.780><c> for</c><00:36:15.079><c> thee.</c><00:36:17.059><c> I'll</c><00:36:17.320><c> put</c><00:36:17.420><c> them</c><00:36:17.539><c> to</c><00:36:17.639><c> the</c><00:36:17.900><c> test.</c>

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:22.400
And<00:36:20.059><c> how</c><00:36:20.199><c> did</c><00:36:20.260><c> he</c><00:36:20.320><c> put</c><00:36:20.480><c> them</c><00:36:20.539><c> to</c><00:36:20.699><c> the</c><00:36:20.880><c> test?</c><00:36:21.920><c> Well,</c><00:36:22.139><c> he</c><00:36:22.239><c> brought</c>

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.420
them<00:36:22.460><c> to</c><00:36:22.599><c> the</c><00:36:22.760><c> water</c><00:36:22.940><c> in</c><00:36:23.099><c> verse</c><00:36:23.420><c> 5.</c>

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:27.519
So<00:36:25.340><c> he</c><00:36:25.460><c> brought</c><00:36:25.619><c> the</c><00:36:25.800><c> other</c><00:36:25.940><c> people</c><00:36:26.179><c> under</c><00:36:26.320><c> the</c><00:36:26.519><c> water.</c><00:36:27.380><c> Now,</c>

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:29.980
the<00:36:27.659><c> word,</c><00:36:27.980><c> the</c><00:36:28.340><c> word</c><00:36:28.760><c> try</c><00:36:29.280><c> in</c><00:36:29.480><c> meek</c><00:36:29.719><c> and</c><00:36:29.840><c> mean</c>

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:32.659
fought,<00:36:30.300><c> brethren</c><00:36:30.780><c> and</c><00:36:31.039><c> sisters,</c><00:36:31.719><c> is</c><00:36:31.860><c> a</c><00:36:32.039><c> word</c><00:36:32.199><c> which</c><00:36:32.480><c> means</c>

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:35.139
to<00:36:32.860><c> refine</c><00:36:33.260><c> metals.</c><00:36:34.320><c> It's</c><00:36:34.679><c> rendered</c><00:36:34.820><c> in</c><00:36:35.000><c> the</c>

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:40.119
refined,<00:36:36.340><c> to</c><00:36:36.440><c> melt,</c><00:36:36.800><c> to</c><00:36:36.940><c> purify.</c><00:36:38.559><c> So</c><00:36:38.820><c> here</c><00:36:39.000><c> was</c><00:36:39.199><c> a</c><00:36:39.380><c> process</c><00:36:39.860><c> of</c>

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:42.199
refining<00:36:40.480><c> metals</c><00:36:40.739><c> and</c><00:36:40.900><c> God</c><00:36:41.179><c> said</c><00:36:41.400><c> to</c><00:36:41.539><c> Gideon,</c><00:36:41.880><c> look,</c>

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:45.480
amongst<00:36:42.719><c> those</c><00:36:43.039><c> 10</c><00:36:43.280><c>,000</c><00:36:43.579><c> men,</c><00:36:43.980><c> Gideon,</c><00:36:44.440><c> there's</c><00:36:44.719><c> a</c><00:36:44.980><c> class</c><00:36:45.199><c> that</c><00:36:45.400><c> are</c>

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.179
not<00:36:45.679><c> fit</c><00:36:45.820><c> for</c><00:36:46.039><c> this</c><00:36:46.300><c> fight.</c><00:36:46.460><c> I'll</c><00:36:46.739><c> test</c><00:36:47.019><c> them</c>

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:50.500
for<00:36:47.340><c> you.</c><00:36:48.480><c> I'll</c><00:36:48.780><c> bring</c><00:36:48.920><c> them</c><00:36:49.099><c> through</c><00:36:49.260><c> the</c><00:36:49.480><c> fire,</c><00:36:49.760><c> Gideon,</c>

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:52.800
and<00:36:50.860><c> I'll</c><00:36:51.079><c> show</c><00:36:51.400><c> you</c><00:36:51.599><c> that</c><00:36:51.679><c> they're</c><00:36:51.900><c> not</c><00:36:52.179><c> fit</c><00:36:52.340><c> for</c><00:36:52.559><c> this</c>

00:36:52.800 --> 00:37:01.059
battle.<00:36:54.960><c> And</c><00:36:55.079><c> so</c><00:36:55.360><c> Job</c><00:36:55.579><c> says,</c><00:36:55.980><c> when</c><00:36:56.059><c> I</c><00:36:56.280><c> am</c><00:36:56.539><c> tried,</c><00:36:57.199><c> I</c><00:36:57.400><c> shall</c><00:36:57.500><c> come</c><00:36:57.880><c> forth</c><00:36:58.059><c> like</c><00:36:58.380><c> gold.</c><00:37:00.000><c> Gold,</c><00:37:00.440><c> brethren</c><00:37:00.679><c> and</c><00:37:00.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:05.719
produced<00:37:01.639><c> by</c><00:37:02.280><c> intense</c><00:37:03.039><c> heat.</c><00:37:04.519><c> And</c><00:37:04.639><c> the</c><00:37:04.880><c> drop</c><00:37:05.099><c> is</c><00:37:05.440><c> separated</c>

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:07.320
from<00:37:05.920><c> the</c><00:37:06.159><c> precious</c><00:37:06.480><c> metal.</c>

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:11.340
And<00:37:08.260><c> it's</c><00:37:08.420><c> only</c><00:37:08.599><c> that</c><00:37:08.860><c> which</c><00:37:09.179><c> is</c><00:37:09.539><c> able</c><00:37:09.719><c> to</c><00:37:10.280><c> abide</c><00:37:10.800><c> that</c><00:37:11.159><c> heat</c>

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.980
that<00:37:11.500><c> will</c><00:37:11.639><c> come</c><00:37:12.019><c> forth</c><00:37:12.179><c> in</c><00:37:12.320><c> the</c><00:37:12.420><c> latter</c><00:37:12.539><c> days</c>

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:17.400
as<00:37:13.440><c> pure</c><00:37:13.659><c> gold.</c><00:37:14.659><c> Among</c><00:37:14.920><c> that</c><00:37:15.179><c> 10</c><00:37:15.500><c>,000</c><00:37:15.860><c> men,</c><00:37:16.559><c> there</c><00:37:16.679><c> were</c><00:37:16.880><c> a</c><00:37:17.019><c> whole</c><00:37:17.280><c> lot</c>

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.539
of<00:37:17.500><c> them</c><00:37:17.599><c> that</c><00:37:17.719><c> were</c><00:37:17.820><c> not</c><00:37:18.059><c> fit</c><00:37:18.159><c> for</c><00:37:18.320><c> that</c>

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:20.639
battle.<00:37:19.019><c> God</c><00:37:19.179><c> says,</c><00:37:19.420><c> I'll</c><00:37:19.579><c> test</c><00:37:19.800><c> them</c><00:37:19.940><c> out</c><00:37:20.119><c> for</c><00:37:20.199><c> you,</c><00:37:20.460><c> Gideon.</c>

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:22.619
I'll<00:37:21.340><c> bring</c><00:37:21.519><c> them</c><00:37:21.719><c> down</c><00:37:21.920><c> to</c><00:37:22.039><c> the</c><00:37:22.260><c> water.</c>

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:26.659
We're<00:37:23.500><c> wondering.</c><00:37:24.760><c> Right</c><00:37:24.980><c> out</c><00:37:25.099><c> on</c><00:37:25.219><c> that</c><00:37:25.420><c> valley</c><00:37:25.679><c> floor.</c>

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:31.119
So<00:37:28.320><c> 10</c><00:37:28.559><c>,000</c><00:37:28.900><c> men</c><00:37:29.139><c> are</c><00:37:29.300><c> going</c><00:37:29.380><c> to</c><00:37:29.539><c> go</c><00:37:29.699><c> across</c><00:37:30.099><c> that</c><00:37:30.480><c> few</c><00:37:30.739><c> hundred</c>

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:33.639
yards<00:37:31.579><c> from</c><00:37:32.159><c> your</c><00:37:32.400><c> bar,</c><00:37:32.800><c> to</c><00:37:32.840><c> the</c><00:37:32.980><c> foot</c><00:37:33.039><c> of</c><00:37:33.199><c> your</c><00:37:33.480><c> bar,</c>

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:39.360
across<00:37:34.139><c> that</c><00:37:34.440><c> valley</c><00:37:34.719><c> floor,</c><00:37:35.400><c> almost</c><00:37:35.719><c> as</c><00:37:36.099><c> quick</c><00:37:36.340><c> as</c><00:37:36.519><c> possible.</c><00:37:39.239><c> Do</c><00:37:39.360><c> you</c>

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:41.820
like<00:37:39.519><c> to</c><00:37:39.639><c> be</c><00:37:39.760><c> near</c><00:37:39.940><c> them?</c><00:37:41.159><c> And</c><00:37:41.639><c> you</c>

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:45.280
see<00:37:41.980><c> all</c><00:37:42.159><c> those</c><00:37:42.400><c> camels</c><00:37:42.960><c> with</c><00:37:43.460><c> the</c><00:37:43.639><c> crescent</c><00:37:43.960><c>-shaped</c><00:37:44.719><c> things</c>

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:46.880
hanging<00:37:45.639><c> from</c><00:37:45.780><c> their</c><00:37:46.019><c> necks</c><00:37:46.219><c> and</c><00:37:46.420><c> the</c><00:37:46.579><c> golden</c>

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:52.900
chains<00:37:47.280><c> and</c><00:37:47.539><c> the</c><00:37:47.599><c> purple</c><00:37:47.920><c> apparel</c><00:37:48.539><c> and</c><00:37:48.880><c> this</c><00:37:49.480><c> huge</c><00:37:50.300><c> house,</c><00:37:50.940><c> 135</c><00:37:51.539><c>,000</c><00:37:52.719><c> of</c>

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:55.760
them,<00:37:53.539><c> just</c><00:37:53.880><c> a</c><00:37:53.980><c> few</c><00:37:54.320><c> miles</c><00:37:54.699><c> away,</c>

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:58.960
in<00:37:56.659><c> a</c><00:37:56.820><c> very</c><00:37:57.019><c> strategic</c><00:37:57.300><c> position,</c><00:37:58.179><c> looking</c><00:37:58.179><c> straight</c><00:37:58.719><c> down</c>

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.820
on<00:37:59.039><c> top</c><00:37:59.159><c> of</c><00:37:59.239><c> the</c><00:37:59.340><c> Well</c><00:37:59.420><c> of</c><00:37:59.659><c> Harris,</c>

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:03.260
and<00:38:00.400><c> you're</c><00:38:00.639><c> going</c><00:38:00.760><c> to</c><00:38:00.880><c> go</c><00:38:00.920><c> out</c><00:38:00.960><c> there</c><00:38:01.119><c> and</c><00:38:01.159><c> get</c><00:38:01.320><c> a</c><00:38:01.500><c> drink.</c><00:38:03.139><c> And</c>

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:06.179
so<00:38:03.460><c> 10</c><00:38:03.940><c>,000</c><00:38:04.420><c> brave</c><00:38:04.739><c> men</c><00:38:05.079><c> come</c><00:38:05.320><c> down</c><00:38:05.639><c> the</c><00:38:05.800><c> slope</c><00:38:05.980><c> of</c>

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:10.420
Gilbert,<00:38:06.880><c> and</c><00:38:07.139><c> they</c><00:38:07.420><c> go</c><00:38:07.639><c> across</c><00:38:08.059><c> the</c><00:38:09.079><c> Well</c><00:38:09.280><c> of</c><00:38:09.480><c> Harris,</c><00:38:10.300><c> the</c>

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:14.639
Well<00:38:10.659><c> of</c><00:38:10.900><c> Trembley,</c><00:38:12.780><c> and</c><00:38:12.940><c> Gideon</c><00:38:13.219><c> watches</c><00:38:13.639><c> them.</c>

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:21.579
And<00:38:16.360><c> 9</c><00:38:16.840><c>,700</c><00:38:18.179><c> bog</c><00:38:20.039><c> their</c><00:38:20.280><c> heads</c><00:38:20.559><c> down</c><00:38:20.880><c> into</c><00:38:21.039><c> the</c><00:38:21.199><c> water</c><00:38:21.340><c> to</c><00:38:21.480><c> have</c>

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:26.199
a<00:38:21.780><c> drink.</c><00:38:23.699><c> And</c><00:38:23.980><c> 300</c><00:38:24.400><c> men</c><00:38:25.059><c> kept</c><00:38:25.420><c> their</c><00:38:25.719><c> eyes</c><00:38:25.860><c> on</c><00:38:26.039><c> the</c>

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:28.679
million<00:38:26.340><c> eyes,</c><00:38:27.059><c> never</c><00:38:27.260><c> looked</c><00:38:27.500><c> down,</c><00:38:28.139><c> and</c><00:38:28.239><c> they</c><00:38:28.360><c> brought</c><00:38:28.480><c> the</c>

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:30.599
water<00:38:28.840><c> up</c><00:38:29.000><c> with</c><00:38:29.119><c> their</c><00:38:29.380><c> hands.</c>

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:38.380
Watching<00:38:34.679><c> all</c><00:38:35.019><c> the</c><00:38:35.260><c> time.</c><00:38:36.840><c> God</c><00:38:37.079><c> says,</c><00:38:37.760><c> they're</c><00:38:37.860><c> the</c><00:38:37.960><c> ones</c><00:38:38.099><c> you</c>

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.480
want<00:38:38.619><c> to</c><00:38:38.760><c> hear.</c>

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:49.760
And<00:38:41.139><c> 9</c><00:38:41.719><c>,700</c><00:38:42.440><c> are</c><00:38:42.880><c> dismissed.</c><00:38:44.440><c> They're</c><00:38:44.559><c> too</c><00:38:44.800><c> rash</c><00:38:45.099><c> for</c><00:38:45.340><c> them.</c><00:38:46.880><c> Their</c><00:38:47.460><c> courage</c><00:38:48.019><c> is</c><00:38:48.320><c> based</c><00:38:48.599><c> upon</c><00:38:49.239><c> a</c>

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:51.199
fast,<00:38:50.340><c> really.</c>

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:55.219
They're<00:38:52.159><c> not</c><00:38:52.360><c> men</c><00:38:52.579><c> that</c><00:38:52.780><c> are</c><00:38:53.000><c> alert.</c><00:38:54.099><c> They</c><00:38:54.340><c> don't</c><00:38:54.760><c> know</c><00:38:55.019><c> the</c>

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:58.280
dangers<00:38:55.639><c> that</c><00:38:55.860><c> they're</c><00:38:56.019><c> facing.</c><00:38:57.480><c> They're</c><00:38:57.679><c> men</c><00:38:58.099><c> that</c>

00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:01.460
can<00:38:58.460><c> be</c><00:38:58.719><c> caught</c><00:38:58.840><c> easily.</c><00:38:59.880><c> You</c><00:38:59.880><c> don't</c><00:38:59.940><c> want</c><00:39:00.139><c> them.</c><00:39:01.099><c> You</c><00:39:01.260><c> want</c>

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:04.460
300<00:39:01.980><c> men</c><00:39:02.559><c> whose</c><00:39:02.900><c> eyes</c><00:39:03.139><c> are</c><00:39:03.400><c> never</c><00:39:03.659><c> off</c><00:39:03.900><c> the</c><00:39:04.119><c> enemy,</c>

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:08.920
and<00:39:04.719><c> as</c><00:39:04.900><c> the</c><00:39:05.099><c> water</c><00:39:05.280><c> comes</c><00:39:05.539><c> up</c><00:39:05.739><c> with</c><00:39:05.880><c> their</c><00:39:06.059><c> hands.</c><00:39:07.400><c> Don't</c><00:39:07.860><c> take</c><00:39:08.219><c> those</c><00:39:08.579><c> that</c><00:39:08.739><c> put</c>

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.039
their<00:39:09.179><c> nose</c><00:39:09.460><c> in</c><00:39:09.599><c> the</c><00:39:09.719><c> water</c><00:39:09.880><c> like</c>

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:14.079
a<00:39:10.219><c> dog.</c><00:39:11.320><c> You</c><00:39:11.579><c> get</c><00:39:11.719><c> rid</c><00:39:11.920><c> of</c><00:39:12.019><c> it.</c><00:39:12.940><c> And</c><00:39:13.019><c> so</c><00:39:13.239><c> Gideon</c><00:39:13.579><c> has</c><00:39:13.780><c> reduced,</c>

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:16.699
brethren<00:39:14.380><c> and</c><00:39:14.579><c> sisters,</c><00:39:14.820><c> to</c><00:39:15.159><c> 300</c><00:39:15.820><c> men.</c>

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:21.820
Do<00:39:17.239><c> you</c><00:39:17.280><c> know</c><00:39:17.380><c> what</c><00:39:17.500><c> that</c><00:39:17.820><c> represented,</c><00:39:19.420><c> as</c><00:39:19.599><c> far</c><00:39:19.780><c> as</c><00:39:19.920><c> percentage</c><00:39:20.239><c> is</c><00:39:20.420><c> concerned?</c><00:39:21.300><c> One</c>

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:23.440
percent<00:39:22.639><c> of</c><00:39:23.260><c> his</c>

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:29.139
original<00:39:23.860><c> force.</c><00:39:26.059><c> And</c><00:39:26.440><c> this</c><00:39:26.860><c> is</c><00:39:27.239><c> typical</c><00:39:27.780><c> of</c><00:39:28.300><c> the</c><00:39:28.599><c> great</c><00:39:28.840><c> work</c>

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:34.239
of<00:39:29.340><c> the</c><00:39:29.500><c> Lord</c><00:39:29.699><c> Jesus</c><00:39:30.039><c> Christ.</c><00:39:31.340><c> This</c><00:39:31.599><c> is</c><00:39:31.760><c> what's</c>

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:37.840
going<00:39:34.480><c> to</c><00:39:34.599><c> be</c><00:39:34.739><c> taken</c><00:39:34.820><c> to</c><00:39:34.980><c> the</c><00:39:35.139><c> judgment</c><00:39:35.380><c> seat.</c><00:39:37.099><c> There's</c><00:39:37.280><c> a</c><00:39:37.480><c> fight</c><00:39:37.639><c> to</c>

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:41.000
be<00:39:38.059><c> fought.</c><00:39:39.400><c> There's</c><00:39:39.579><c> a</c><00:39:39.739><c> war</c><00:39:39.880><c> to</c><00:39:40.019><c> be</c><00:39:40.219><c> won.</c>

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:43.199
There's<00:39:41.500><c> a</c><00:39:41.659><c> battle</c><00:39:41.860><c> to</c><00:39:42.019><c> be</c><00:39:42.219><c> pulled</c><00:39:42.400><c> down.</c><00:39:42.659><c> There's</c><00:39:42.840><c> a</c><00:39:43.019><c> world</c>

00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:44.760
to<00:39:43.380><c> be</c><00:39:43.579><c> cleansed,</c><00:39:44.039><c> brethren</c><00:39:44.179><c> and</c><00:39:44.480><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:47.320
And<00:39:45.199><c> there's</c><00:39:45.360><c> going</c><00:39:45.460><c> to</c><00:39:45.539><c> be</c><00:39:45.780><c> a</c><00:39:45.920><c> lot</c><00:39:46.079><c> of</c><00:39:46.340><c> people</c><00:39:46.519><c> at</c><00:39:46.679><c> the</c><00:39:46.860><c> judgment</c><00:39:47.119><c> seat</c>

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.900
of<00:39:47.639><c> Christ.</c><00:39:48.059><c> And</c><00:39:48.260><c> there's</c><00:39:48.460><c> going</c><00:39:48.599><c> to</c><00:39:48.760><c> be</c>

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:53.760
a<00:39:49.280><c> bulk</c><00:39:49.539><c> of</c><00:39:49.699><c> them</c><00:39:49.860><c> reduced.</c><00:39:51.440><c> Many</c><00:39:51.719><c> are</c><00:39:52.059><c> called,</c><00:39:52.599><c> says</c><00:39:52.619><c> the</c><00:39:52.860><c> Lord,</c><00:39:53.440><c> but</c>

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:56.400
few<00:39:54.059><c> are</c><00:39:54.340><c> chosen.</c><00:39:55.739><c> There</c><00:39:55.880><c> are</c><00:39:56.079><c> three</c>

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:59.559
classes<00:39:56.760><c> of</c><00:39:57.000><c> humanity.</c><00:39:58.400><c> They</c><00:39:58.559><c> that</c><00:39:58.739><c> sleep</c><00:39:58.960><c> in</c><00:39:59.099><c> the</c><00:39:59.219><c> dust</c><00:39:59.420><c> of</c>

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:02.599
the<00:39:59.679><c> earth,</c><00:40:01.039><c> some</c><00:40:01.320><c> shall</c><00:40:01.539><c> awake.</c><00:40:02.300><c> Some</c>

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:04.880
who<00:40:02.800><c> everlasting</c><00:40:03.219><c> live,</c><00:40:03.659><c> and</c><00:40:03.760><c> some</c><00:40:03.940><c> who</c><00:40:04.139><c> shall</c><00:40:04.280><c> everlasting</c>

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:08.900
contend.<00:40:07.380><c> And</c><00:40:07.460><c> so</c><00:40:07.579><c> you</c><00:40:07.679><c> see</c><00:40:07.800><c> that</c><00:40:08.019><c> there</c><00:40:08.119><c> are</c><00:40:08.340><c> many</c><00:40:08.639><c> that</c>

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:12.320
sleep<00:40:09.039><c> in</c><00:40:09.159><c> the</c><00:40:09.260><c> dust</c><00:40:09.460><c> of</c><00:40:09.619><c> the</c><00:40:09.760><c> earth.</c><00:40:10.719><c> Some</c><00:40:11.159><c> shall</c><00:40:11.539><c> awake,</c><00:40:11.960><c> not</c>

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:15.719
all.<00:40:13.820><c> So</c><00:40:14.059><c> the</c><00:40:14.320><c> bulk</c><00:40:14.519><c> of</c><00:40:14.780><c> humanity</c><00:40:15.059><c> is</c><00:40:15.340><c> guided</c><00:40:15.500><c> to</c>

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:18.260
oblivion.<00:40:16.260><c> But</c><00:40:16.400><c> there</c><00:40:16.579><c> are</c><00:40:16.820><c> some</c><00:40:17.139><c> of</c><00:40:17.360><c> them</c><00:40:17.460><c> who</c><00:40:17.599><c> will</c><00:40:17.780><c> be</c><00:40:17.960><c> brought</c><00:40:18.079><c> to</c>

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:20.619
the<00:40:18.460><c> grave.</c><00:40:18.840><c> And</c><00:40:19.000><c> of</c><00:40:19.199><c> that</c><00:40:19.679><c> some,</c>

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:24.440
some<00:40:21.719><c> will</c><00:40:21.960><c> go</c><00:40:22.139><c> to</c><00:40:22.320><c> honor,</c><00:40:22.780><c> and</c><00:40:22.980><c> some</c><00:40:23.199><c> will</c><00:40:23.420><c> go</c><00:40:23.539><c> to</c><00:40:23.739><c> dishonor.</c>

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.960
And<00:40:24.860><c> if</c><00:40:24.960><c> this</c><00:40:25.099><c> is</c><00:40:25.280><c> any</c><00:40:25.460><c> indication,</c>

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brethren<00:40:26.340><c> and</c><00:40:26.619><c> sisters,</c><00:40:27.159><c> not</c><00:40:27.400><c> a</c><00:40:27.599><c> very</c><00:40:27.900><c> great</c><00:40:28.119><c> pathetic</c><00:40:28.480><c> of</c><00:40:28.699><c> those</c><00:40:28.980><c> brought</c><00:40:29.159><c> to</c>

00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:30.460
the<00:40:29.500><c> ground</c><00:40:29.699><c> will</c><00:40:29.900><c> go</c><00:40:30.159><c> forward</c>

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:33.300
with<00:40:30.699><c> Christ</c><00:40:30.960><c> to</c><00:40:31.199><c> fight</c><00:40:31.360><c> the</c><00:40:31.519><c> battle</c><00:40:31.719><c> of</c><00:40:32.000><c> faith.</c><00:40:32.579><c> Gideon</c><00:40:32.780><c> finished</c><00:40:33.119><c> up</c>

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:35.920
with<00:40:33.679><c> one</c><00:40:34.039><c> percent</c><00:40:34.880><c> of</c><00:40:35.260><c> his</c><00:40:35.480><c> original</c>

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:41.000
force.<00:40:37.460><c> You</c><00:40:37.719><c> think</c><00:40:38.159><c> of</c><00:40:38.360><c> that</c><00:40:38.599><c> and</c><00:40:38.800><c> ponder.</c><00:40:39.920><c> And</c><00:40:40.219><c> now</c><00:40:40.519><c> God</c><00:40:40.719><c> is</c>

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:43.300
ready<00:40:41.260><c> to</c><00:40:41.719><c> fight</c><00:40:41.920><c> the</c><00:40:42.119><c> battle</c><00:40:42.300><c> of</c><00:40:42.579><c> faith</c><00:40:42.880><c> through</c>

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:47.219
Gideon.<00:40:44.820><c> But</c><00:40:44.920><c> you</c><00:40:45.039><c> see</c><00:40:45.199><c> Gideon</c><00:40:45.599><c> is</c><00:40:45.719><c> still</c><00:40:45.960><c> fearful</c><00:40:46.199><c> of</c><00:40:46.440><c> himself.</c><00:40:47.059><c> There</c>

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:48.460
is<00:40:47.360><c> still</c><00:40:47.619><c> fear</c><00:40:47.820><c> in</c><00:40:48.039><c> this</c><00:40:48.239><c> man.</c>

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:52.099
Now<00:40:48.780><c> on</c><00:40:48.940><c> the</c><00:40:49.039><c> first</c><00:40:49.420><c> night,</c><00:40:50.940><c> we</c><00:40:51.119><c> read</c><00:40:51.340><c> here,</c>

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:56.019
And<00:40:53.800><c> it</c><00:40:53.960><c> came</c><00:40:54.139><c> to</c><00:40:54.300><c> pass</c><00:40:54.559><c> the</c><00:40:54.780><c> same</c><00:40:55.059><c> night</c><00:40:55.320><c> that</c><00:40:55.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:55.840><c> said</c>

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:58.420
unto<00:40:56.219><c> him,</c><00:40:56.659><c> Arise,</c><00:40:57.179><c> get</c><00:40:57.239><c> thee</c><00:40:57.460><c> down</c><00:40:57.719><c> under</c><00:40:57.940><c> the</c><00:40:58.139><c> host,</c>

00:40:58.659 --> 00:41:04.199
for<00:40:58.820><c> I</c><00:40:58.980><c> have</c><00:40:59.099><c> delivered</c><00:40:59.300><c> it</c><00:40:59.460><c> in</c><00:40:59.579><c> thine</c><00:40:59.699><c> hand.</c><00:41:01.840><c> But</c><00:41:02.360><c> if</c><00:41:03.559><c> thou</c><00:41:03.780><c> fear</c><00:41:04.059><c> to</c>

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:07.800
go<00:41:04.480><c> down,</c><00:41:05.800><c> go</c><00:41:06.000><c> thou</c><00:41:06.239><c> with</c><00:41:06.559><c> Führer,</c><00:41:07.099><c> thy</c><00:41:07.400><c> servant,</c>

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:13.159
down<00:41:08.340><c> to</c><00:41:08.539><c> the</c><00:41:08.699><c> host,</c><00:41:10.320><c> and</c><00:41:10.539><c> thou</c><00:41:10.820><c> shall</c><00:41:11.139><c> hear</c><00:41:11.460><c> what</c><00:41:11.780><c> they</c><00:41:12.300><c> say.</c>

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:16.099
You<00:41:14.099><c> know</c><00:41:14.239><c> brethren</c><00:41:14.519><c> and</c><00:41:14.699><c> sisters,</c><00:41:15.519><c> in</c><00:41:15.639><c> his</c><00:41:15.760><c> opening</c>

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:19.119
prayer<00:41:16.400><c> our</c><00:41:16.780><c> brother</c><00:41:17.079><c> Germans</c><00:41:17.460><c> mentioned</c><00:41:17.960><c> this</c><00:41:18.300><c> fact,</c><00:41:19.119><c> that</c>

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:21.960
Gideon<00:41:19.320><c> was</c><00:41:19.599><c> not</c><00:41:19.800><c> a</c><00:41:19.940><c> man</c><00:41:20.119><c> who</c><00:41:21.139><c> was,</c><00:41:21.219><c> a</c><00:41:21.440><c> man</c><00:41:21.619><c> who</c>

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:24.500
automatically<00:41:22.420><c> was</c><00:41:22.780><c> brave.</c><00:41:23.159><c> He</c><00:41:23.360><c> was</c><00:41:23.559><c> a</c><00:41:23.760><c> man,</c><00:41:24.039><c> just</c><00:41:24.199><c> like</c><00:41:24.360><c> you</c>

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:26.400
and<00:41:24.659><c> I,</c><00:41:25.019><c> of</c><00:41:25.019><c> like</c><00:41:25.239><c>-passion.</c><00:41:25.760><c> He</c><00:41:25.880><c> needed</c><00:41:25.960><c> to</c><00:41:26.179><c> have</c><00:41:26.280><c> a</c>

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:29.780
tongue<00:41:26.579><c> like</c><00:41:26.760><c> this.</c><00:41:27.800><c> He</c><00:41:28.260><c> sought</c><00:41:28.500><c> assurances</c><00:41:29.000><c> from</c><00:41:29.280><c> God</c><00:41:29.539><c> with</c>

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:31.940
the<00:41:29.920><c> pleaders</c><00:41:30.159><c> and</c><00:41:30.380><c> so</c><00:41:30.659><c> forth.</c><00:41:31.260><c> But</c><00:41:31.320><c> our</c><00:41:31.539><c> Heavenly</c>

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:36.000
Father<00:41:32.340><c> is</c><00:41:32.659><c> far</c><00:41:32.940><c> more</c><00:41:33.300><c> compassionate</c><00:41:33.760><c> even</c><00:41:34.079><c> than</c><00:41:34.440><c> Gideon</c><00:41:34.800><c> ever</c><00:41:35.159><c> realized.</c><00:41:35.820><c> And</c>

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:37.360
without<00:41:36.280><c> Gideon</c><00:41:36.619><c> even</c><00:41:36.940><c> asking</c>

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:39.699
for<00:41:37.599><c> another</c><00:41:37.820><c> sign,</c><00:41:38.059><c> God</c><00:41:38.420><c> offered</c><00:41:38.679><c> it</c><00:41:38.900><c> to</c><00:41:39.019><c> him</c><00:41:39.199><c> brethren</c><00:41:39.460><c> and</c>

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:41.940
sisters.<00:41:40.079><c> And</c><00:41:40.260><c> I</c><00:41:40.519><c> believe</c><00:41:40.920><c> there</c><00:41:41.059><c> were</c><00:41:41.199><c> two</c><00:41:41.500><c> reasons</c>

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:47.599
why<00:41:42.119><c> God</c><00:41:42.340><c> offered</c><00:41:42.500><c> him</c><00:41:42.679><c> that</c><00:41:42.980><c> sign.</c><00:41:44.719><c> And</c><00:41:45.000><c> here's</c><00:41:45.300><c> where</c><00:41:45.559><c> another</c><00:41:45.840><c> marvelous</c><00:41:46.559><c> lesson</c><00:41:46.860><c> comes</c><00:41:47.199><c> in.</c>

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:54.199
The<00:41:48.380><c> first</c><00:41:48.659><c> reason</c><00:41:48.920><c> I</c><00:41:49.219><c> believe</c><00:41:49.500><c> was</c><00:41:49.719><c> for</c><00:41:50.000><c> Gideon's</c><00:41:50.719><c> own</c><00:41:51.039><c> personal</c><00:41:52.079><c> assurance.</c><00:41:54.039><c> But,</c>

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:55.579
and<00:41:54.519><c> this</c><00:41:54.840><c> is</c><00:41:55.079><c> a</c><00:41:55.239><c> thing</c><00:41:55.380><c> I</c>

00:41:55.579 --> 00:42:00.780
want<00:41:55.739><c> you</c><00:41:55.920><c> to</c><00:41:56.179><c> grasp.</c><00:41:57.440><c> Secondly,</c><00:41:58.139><c> God</c><00:41:58.519><c> was</c><00:41:58.840><c> going</c><00:41:59.039><c> to</c><00:41:59.400><c> show</c><00:41:59.579><c> him</c><00:41:59.860><c> something</c><00:42:00.199><c> which</c><00:42:00.480><c> he</c>

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:02.239
wanted<00:42:01.139><c> Gideon</c><00:42:01.659><c> to</c><00:42:01.960><c> take</c>

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:07.340
notice<00:42:02.599><c> of</c><00:42:02.880><c> and</c><00:42:03.139><c> act</c><00:42:03.360><c> upon.</c><00:42:04.000><c> And</c><00:42:04.219><c> Gideon</c><00:42:04.599><c> did.</c><00:42:05.679><c> Because</c><00:42:06.000><c> in</c><00:42:06.199><c> the</c><00:42:06.260><c> very</c><00:42:06.659><c> circumstance</c><00:42:07.159><c> of</c>

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:08.380
going<00:42:07.519><c> down</c><00:42:07.739><c> to</c><00:42:07.880><c> that</c><00:42:08.079><c> camp,</c>

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:13.719
God<00:42:09.079><c> was</c><00:42:09.400><c> telling</c><00:42:09.659><c> him</c><00:42:09.900><c> the</c><00:42:10.260><c> strategy</c><00:42:10.599><c> to</c><00:42:10.920><c> adopt.</c><00:42:12.079><c> Not</c><00:42:12.159><c> in</c><00:42:13.579><c> so</c>

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:16.760
many<00:42:13.960><c> words.</c><00:42:15.239><c> But</c><00:42:15.340><c> in</c><00:42:15.500><c> what</c><00:42:15.719><c> Gideon</c><00:42:16.000><c> heard</c><00:42:16.380><c> and</c>

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:19.940
saw,<00:42:17.300><c> he</c><00:42:17.579><c> knew</c><00:42:17.980><c> the</c><00:42:18.340><c> strategy</c><00:42:18.539><c> he</c><00:42:18.719><c> must</c><00:42:18.940><c> adopt.</c><00:42:19.619><c> And</c><00:42:19.679><c> what</c><00:42:19.820><c> do</c>

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:23.900
we<00:42:20.079><c> do?</c><00:42:20.800><c> We</c><00:42:21.139><c> blunder</c><00:42:21.500><c> along</c><00:42:21.760><c> in</c><00:42:22.079><c> life.</c><00:42:23.199><c> Paul</c><00:42:23.480><c> says</c><00:42:23.739><c> to</c>

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acknowledge<00:42:24.239><c> God</c><00:42:24.440><c> in</c><00:42:24.639><c> all</c><00:42:24.760><c> our</c><00:42:24.980><c> ways.</c><00:42:25.260><c> What</c><00:42:25.420><c> do</c><00:42:25.559><c> we</c><00:42:25.699><c> do?</c><00:42:26.139><c> We</c><00:42:26.480><c> blunder</c><00:42:26.880><c> along</c><00:42:27.159><c> in</c>

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:29.460
life.<00:42:27.880><c> We</c><00:42:28.019><c> pray</c><00:42:28.300><c> for</c><00:42:28.579><c> a</c><00:42:28.699><c> sin.</c>

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:33.900
We<00:42:30.119><c> come</c><00:42:30.400><c> back</c><00:42:30.820><c> later</c><00:42:31.239><c> on</c><00:42:31.400><c> and</c><00:42:31.519><c> say</c><00:42:31.619><c> it</c><00:42:31.840><c> never</c><00:42:32.059><c> happened.</c><00:42:33.780><c> We</c>

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didn't<00:42:34.139><c> get</c><00:42:34.280><c> what</c><00:42:34.480><c> we</c><00:42:34.699><c> asked</c><00:42:34.900><c> for.</c><00:42:35.199><c> God</c><00:42:35.420><c> didn't</c><00:42:35.780><c> bless</c>

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:38.800
us.<00:42:36.739><c> And</c><00:42:36.900><c> then</c><00:42:37.059><c> perhaps</c><00:42:37.420><c> months</c><00:42:37.760><c> later</c><00:42:38.059><c> when</c><00:42:38.219><c> we</c><00:42:38.400><c> think</c><00:42:38.559><c> back</c>

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:41.519
upon<00:42:39.039><c> the</c><00:42:39.219><c> incident,</c><00:42:39.920><c> we</c><00:42:40.079><c> suddenly</c><00:42:40.519><c> come</c><00:42:40.800><c> to</c><00:42:41.000><c> realize</c>

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:44.820
it's<00:42:42.119><c> like</c><00:42:42.260><c> an</c><00:42:42.539><c> express</c><00:42:42.780><c> train</c><00:42:43.039><c> hitting</c><00:42:43.219><c> us</c><00:42:43.619><c> that</c><00:42:43.940><c> God</c><00:42:44.199><c> was</c><00:42:44.420><c> trying</c><00:42:44.619><c> to</c>

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:46.679
tell<00:42:44.940><c> us</c><00:42:45.079><c> something</c><00:42:45.260><c> that</c><00:42:45.460><c> we</c><00:42:45.719><c> would</c><00:42:46.099><c> not</c><00:42:46.400><c> see</c>

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:49.320
it.<00:42:47.559><c> And</c><00:42:47.780><c> even</c><00:42:47.940><c> when</c><00:42:48.059><c> we</c><00:42:48.239><c> do</c><00:42:48.480><c> see</c><00:42:48.639><c> it</c><00:42:48.780><c> brethren</c><00:42:49.019><c> and</c><00:42:49.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:51.960
what<00:42:49.559><c> do</c><00:42:49.699><c> we</c><00:42:49.820><c> do?</c><00:42:50.159><c> We</c><00:42:50.480><c> absolutely</c><00:42:51.300><c> disregard</c>

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:54.539
the<00:42:52.199><c> providence</c><00:42:52.480><c> of</c><00:42:52.679><c> God</c><00:42:52.719><c> in</c><00:42:52.860><c> our</c><00:42:53.079><c> lives.</c><00:42:53.420><c> And</c><00:42:53.599><c> we</c><00:42:53.719><c> go</c><00:42:53.860><c> a</c><00:42:54.039><c> different</c><00:42:54.260><c> way</c>

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:56.619
because<00:42:54.840><c> brethren</c><00:42:55.300><c> say</c><00:42:55.760><c> you</c><00:42:56.059><c> should</c><00:42:56.300><c> do</c>

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:59.159
this.<00:42:57.039><c> Or</c><00:42:57.280><c> brethren</c><00:42:57.559><c> say</c><00:42:57.840><c> you</c><00:42:58.039><c> should</c><00:42:58.300><c> do</c><00:42:58.500><c> that.</c><00:42:58.760><c> And</c><00:42:58.960><c> you</c><00:42:59.039><c> get</c>

00:42:59.159 --> 00:43:02.019
pieces<00:42:59.559><c> of</c><00:42:59.800><c> advice</c><00:43:00.039><c> from</c><00:43:00.300><c> everywhere.</c><00:43:01.059><c> And</c><00:43:01.340><c> the</c><00:43:01.699><c> clear</c>

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:04.679
evidence<00:43:02.440><c> of</c><00:43:02.659><c> God</c><00:43:02.840><c> we</c><00:43:02.980><c> do</c><00:43:03.219><c> not</c><00:43:03.400><c> follow</c><00:43:03.699><c> against</c><00:43:04.099><c> everybody.</c>

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:06.820
Oh<00:43:04.980><c> no.</c><00:43:05.360><c> We</c><00:43:05.460><c> want</c><00:43:05.539><c> to</c><00:43:05.639><c> listen</c><00:43:05.780><c> to</c><00:43:05.900><c> what</c><00:43:06.000><c> the</c><00:43:06.239><c> flesh</c><00:43:06.400><c> has</c><00:43:06.659><c> to</c>

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:10.360
say.<00:43:07.239><c> Now</c><00:43:07.460><c> Gideon</c><00:43:07.639><c> better</c><00:43:07.860><c> go</c><00:43:08.059><c> down.</c><00:43:08.960><c> He's</c><00:43:09.260><c> going</c><00:43:09.360><c> to</c><00:43:09.539><c> hear</c><00:43:09.699><c> something</c><00:43:09.980><c> that</c><00:43:10.179><c> is</c>

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:11.920
going<00:43:10.599><c> to</c><00:43:10.739><c> go</c><00:43:10.840><c> into</c><00:43:10.980><c> his</c><00:43:11.219><c> ears.</c><00:43:11.719><c> And</c>

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:15.320
upon<00:43:12.139><c> what</c><00:43:12.360><c> he</c><00:43:12.659><c> heard,</c><00:43:13.079><c> he</c><00:43:13.300><c> was</c><00:43:13.500><c> going</c><00:43:13.579><c> to</c><00:43:13.639><c> have</c><00:43:13.780><c> to</c><00:43:14.000><c> act.</c><00:43:14.699><c> There</c><00:43:15.079><c> was</c>

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:17.159
the<00:43:15.579><c> message</c><00:43:15.820><c> of</c><00:43:16.019><c> God</c><00:43:16.239><c> to</c><00:43:16.460><c> him.</c><00:43:16.619><c> Could</c><00:43:16.780><c> he</c><00:43:17.019><c> see</c>

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:19.699
it?<00:43:17.360><c> He</c><00:43:17.579><c> saw</c><00:43:17.780><c> it</c><00:43:18.000><c> all</c><00:43:18.119><c> right.</c><00:43:18.420><c> And</c><00:43:18.599><c> he</c><00:43:18.739><c> acted</c><00:43:18.900><c> upon</c><00:43:19.199><c> it</c><00:43:19.380><c> almost</c>

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:23.119
as<00:43:19.960><c> a</c><00:43:20.099><c> letter.</c><00:43:21.519><c> Because</c><00:43:21.860><c> in</c><00:43:22.239><c> this</c><00:43:22.440><c> he</c><00:43:22.659><c> saw</c><00:43:22.840><c> the</c>

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:26.840
providence<00:43:23.380><c> of</c><00:43:23.679><c> God.</c><00:43:24.840><c> Now</c><00:43:24.940><c> he's</c><00:43:25.139><c> going</c><00:43:25.239><c> to</c><00:43:25.300><c> go</c><00:43:25.539><c> down.</c><00:43:26.480><c> And</c><00:43:26.579><c> he's</c><00:43:26.699><c> going</c><00:43:26.780><c> to</c>

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:28.300
have<00:43:26.960><c> a</c><00:43:27.000><c> look</c><00:43:27.139><c> at</c><00:43:27.260><c> this</c><00:43:27.420><c> host.</c>

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:33.139
And<00:43:29.159><c> he</c><00:43:29.300><c> goes</c><00:43:29.539><c> down</c><00:43:29.820><c> and</c><00:43:29.980><c> dressed</c><00:43:30.159><c> for</c><00:43:30.340><c> all</c><00:43:30.460><c> we've</c><00:43:30.780><c> told.</c><00:43:33.039><c> And</c>

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:34.980
the<00:43:33.320><c> Midianites</c><00:43:33.719><c> and</c><00:43:33.860><c> the</c><00:43:33.980><c> Amalekites</c><00:43:34.440><c> and</c><00:43:34.639><c> all</c><00:43:34.820><c> the</c>

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:40.340
children<00:43:35.179><c> of</c><00:43:35.340><c> the</c><00:43:35.460><c> East</c><00:43:35.840><c> lay</c><00:43:36.619><c> along</c><00:43:37.019><c> the</c><00:43:37.239><c> valley.</c><00:43:39.139><c> Like</c><00:43:39.440><c> grasshoppers</c><00:43:40.119><c> for</c>

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:42.860
multitude.<00:43:41.920><c> And</c><00:43:42.059><c> their</c><00:43:42.320><c> camels</c><00:43:42.659><c> were</c>

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:48.039
without<00:43:43.219><c> number.</c><00:43:44.500><c> As</c><00:43:44.659><c> was</c><00:43:44.920><c> seen</c><00:43:45.159><c> by</c><00:43:45.400><c> the</c><00:43:45.639><c> seaside</c><00:43:46.039><c> for</c><00:43:46.239><c> multitude.</c><00:43:47.920><c> Now</c>

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:49.099
can<00:43:48.159><c> you</c><00:43:48.159><c> imagine</c><00:43:48.440><c> him</c><00:43:48.780><c> going</c><00:43:48.780><c> down</c>

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:55.519
in<00:43:49.239><c> the</c><00:43:49.519><c> night</c><00:43:52.039><c> with</c><00:43:52.300><c> this</c><00:43:52.539><c> man?</c><00:43:54.079><c> Führer.</c><00:43:55.039><c> Or</c><00:43:55.179><c> perhaps</c><00:43:55.340><c> it</c>

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:57.000
wasn't<00:43:55.800><c> night.</c><00:43:55.940><c> We're</c><00:43:56.099><c> not</c><00:43:56.280><c> told</c><00:43:56.500><c> that.</c><00:43:56.780><c> That's</c><00:43:56.940><c> because</c>

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:59.500
we<00:43:57.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:57.340><c> have</c><00:43:57.559><c> seen</c><00:43:57.599><c> the</c><00:43:57.820><c> host.</c><00:43:58.320><c> But</c><00:43:58.760><c> there</c><00:43:58.960><c> they</c><00:43:59.219><c> were,</c>

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:01.980
laying<00:44:00.099><c> along</c><00:44:00.360><c> the</c><00:44:00.579><c> valley</c><00:44:00.739><c> like</c><00:44:01.000><c> grasshoppers.</c>

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:05.119
Now<00:44:03.000><c> isn't</c><00:44:03.219><c> it</c><00:44:03.380><c> significant,</c><00:44:04.079><c> brothers</c><00:44:04.099><c> and</c><00:44:04.280><c> sisters,</c><00:44:04.940><c> that</c>

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.599
he<00:44:05.320><c> sees</c><00:44:05.519><c> the</c><00:44:05.820><c> host</c><00:44:06.099><c> and</c><00:44:06.360><c> they</c><00:44:06.619><c> are</c><00:44:06.860><c> called</c><00:44:07.099><c> in</c><00:44:07.260><c> this</c>

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:12.039
place<00:44:08.059><c> like</c><00:44:08.880><c> grasshoppers.</c><00:44:10.340><c> And</c><00:44:10.639><c> he's</c><00:44:10.960><c> got</c><00:44:11.159><c> a</c><00:44:11.340><c> man</c><00:44:11.579><c> with</c><00:44:11.860><c> him</c>

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:15.760
by<00:44:12.280><c> the</c><00:44:12.420><c> name</c><00:44:12.699><c> of</c><00:44:13.280><c> Führer.</c><00:44:14.380><c> Well</c><00:44:14.719><c> that's</c><00:44:15.179><c> interesting.</c>

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:22.699
Because<00:44:16.500><c> Führer</c><00:44:17.019><c> happens</c><00:44:17.380><c> to</c><00:44:17.699><c> mean</c><00:44:18.380><c> foliage.</c><00:44:22.179><c> And</c><00:44:22.480><c> when</c><00:44:22.579><c> you</c>

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:24.460
get<00:44:22.860><c> a</c><00:44:23.019><c> plague</c><00:44:23.159><c> of</c><00:44:23.440><c> grasshoppers,</c>

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:31.539
you<00:44:25.300><c> don't</c><00:44:25.519><c> have</c><00:44:25.719><c> any</c><00:44:26.179><c> foliage</c><00:44:26.679><c> left.</c><00:44:28.679><c> And</c><00:44:28.800><c> so</c><00:44:28.940><c> what</c><00:44:29.139><c> I</c><00:44:29.280><c> believe</c><00:44:29.460><c> God</c><00:44:29.679><c> was</c><00:44:29.900><c> telling</c><00:44:30.119><c> him</c><00:44:30.280><c> was</c><00:44:30.500><c> this.</c><00:44:31.199><c> You</c><00:44:31.260><c> go</c>

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:35.480
down<00:44:31.860><c> and</c><00:44:31.960><c> have</c><00:44:32.119><c> a</c><00:44:32.280><c> look</c><00:44:32.420><c> at</c><00:44:32.579><c> the</c><00:44:32.780><c> grasshoppers.</c><00:44:33.780><c> But</c><00:44:33.880><c> right</c><00:44:34.079><c> alongside</c><00:44:34.699><c> of</c><00:44:34.920><c> him</c><00:44:35.019><c> was</c><00:44:35.340><c> a</c>

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.780
fellow<00:44:35.699><c> by</c><00:44:35.940><c> the</c><00:44:36.000><c> name</c><00:44:36.239><c> of</c>

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:40.880
foliage.<00:44:37.639><c> And</c><00:44:37.820><c> what</c><00:44:37.880><c> did</c><00:44:37.980><c> he</c><00:44:38.199><c> represent?</c><00:44:38.960><c> He</c><00:44:39.280><c> represented</c><00:44:39.659><c> the</c><00:44:39.880><c> only</c><00:44:40.280><c> greenery</c><00:44:40.739><c> in</c>

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:43.159
Israel.<00:44:41.679><c> There</c><00:44:41.679><c> were</c><00:44:41.920><c> 300</c><00:44:42.340><c> men</c>

00:44:43.699 --> 00:44:47.559
lost.<00:44:44.539><c> And</c><00:44:44.659><c> whilst</c><00:44:44.820><c> the</c><00:44:45.019><c> land</c><00:44:45.159><c> may</c><00:44:45.360><c> have</c><00:44:45.559><c> been</c><00:44:45.760><c> denuded,</c><00:44:47.280><c> laid</c>

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:53.940
bare<00:44:47.900><c> by</c><00:44:48.199><c> these</c><00:44:48.719><c> multitudinous</c><00:44:49.420><c> people</c><00:44:49.699><c> with</c><00:44:53.519><c> their</c>

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:58.300
foliage.<00:44:54.699><c> And</c><00:44:54.980><c> where</c><00:44:55.059><c> was</c><00:44:55.340><c> it?</c><00:44:55.760><c> Right</c><00:44:56.079><c> alongside</c><00:44:56.519><c> of</c><00:44:56.800><c> Gideon.</c>

00:44:58.440 --> 00:45:00.239
And<00:44:58.579><c> I</c><00:44:58.800><c> believe</c><00:44:59.000><c> in</c><00:44:59.260><c> that.</c><00:44:59.739><c> Gideon</c><00:44:59.960><c> would</c><00:45:00.099><c> have</c>

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:03.280
been<00:45:00.440><c> reassured.</c><00:45:00.980><c> Why</c><00:45:01.260><c> take</c><00:45:01.659><c> Führer?</c><00:45:02.360><c> Why</c><00:45:02.599><c> is</c><00:45:02.760><c> he</c><00:45:02.980><c> mentioned</c>

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:05.559
by<00:45:03.619><c> name?</c><00:45:04.079><c> I</c><00:45:04.280><c> believe</c><00:45:04.460><c> it's</c><00:45:04.699><c> at</c><00:45:04.760><c> the</c><00:45:05.099><c> height</c><00:45:05.280><c> of</c>

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:08.280
significance<00:45:05.960><c> that</c><00:45:06.139><c> he's</c><00:45:06.420><c> there.</c><00:45:07.340><c> So</c><00:45:07.440><c> that</c><00:45:07.579><c> Gideon</c><00:45:07.880><c> is</c><00:45:08.119><c> told</c>

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:10.619
not<00:45:08.500><c> all</c><00:45:08.739><c> is</c><00:45:08.920><c> not</c><00:45:09.179><c> lost.</c><00:45:09.659><c> There's</c><00:45:09.940><c> still</c><00:45:10.219><c> greenery</c>

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:13.920
in<00:45:10.800><c> Israel.</c><00:45:12.280><c> So</c><00:45:12.400><c> down</c><00:45:12.539><c> he</c><00:45:12.739><c> goes.</c><00:45:12.940><c> Look</c><00:45:13.079><c> at</c><00:45:13.179><c> the</c><00:45:13.380><c> grasshoppers</c>

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:16.639
with<00:45:14.199><c> this</c><00:45:14.460><c> man</c><00:45:14.619><c> Führer.</c><00:45:15.500><c> And</c><00:45:15.659><c> look,</c><00:45:15.860><c> I</c><00:45:16.159><c> reckon</c><00:45:16.340><c> this</c><00:45:16.519><c> is</c>

00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:20.420
one<00:45:16.780><c> of</c><00:45:16.900><c> the</c><00:45:17.400><c> classic</c><00:45:17.719><c> scenes</c><00:45:18.000><c> of</c><00:45:18.179><c> the</c><00:45:18.360><c> Bible.</c><00:45:19.280><c> Can</c><00:45:19.460><c> you</c><00:45:19.699><c> picture</c><00:45:20.000><c> this?</c>

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.900
You<00:45:21.039><c> know</c><00:45:21.119><c> what</c><00:45:21.219><c> these</c><00:45:21.480><c> people</c><00:45:21.659><c> were</c>

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:26.079
from<00:45:22.239><c> Gideon?</c><00:45:23.239><c> They</c><00:45:23.239><c> were</c><00:45:24.119><c> extremely</c><00:45:24.840><c> superstitious.</c><00:45:26.019><c> Here</c>

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:28.099
were<00:45:26.199><c> these</c><00:45:26.480><c> crescent</c><00:45:26.820><c> or</c><00:45:27.039><c> moon</c><00:45:27.440><c>-shaped</c><00:45:27.679><c> ornaments</c>

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:30.880
around<00:45:28.400><c> their</c><00:45:28.659><c> necks</c><00:45:28.820><c> as</c><00:45:29.019><c> the</c><00:45:29.139><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:29.340><c> word</c><00:45:29.539><c> has</c><00:45:29.840><c> it.</c><00:45:30.739><c> Here</c>

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:33.360
were<00:45:31.000><c> their</c><00:45:31.179><c> gorgeous</c><00:45:31.579><c> apparel.</c><00:45:32.300><c> There</c><00:45:32.500><c> were</c><00:45:32.619><c> their</c>

00:45:33.539 --> 00:45:35.820
multitudinous<00:45:34.059><c> worship</c><00:45:34.519><c> with</c><00:45:34.820><c> the</c><00:45:35.059><c> host</c><00:45:35.239><c> of</c><00:45:35.420><c> the</c><00:45:35.579><c> heavens</c>

00:45:35.820 --> 00:45:37.920
and<00:45:36.219><c> everything</c><00:45:36.539><c> else.</c><00:45:36.940><c> Everything</c><00:45:37.360><c> that</c><00:45:37.559><c> these</c><00:45:37.739><c> people</c>

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:41.739
had<00:45:38.039><c> of</c><00:45:38.179><c> significance.</c><00:45:38.840><c> They</c><00:45:38.980><c> were</c><00:45:39.159><c> the</c><00:45:39.219><c> most</c><00:45:39.639><c> superstitious,</c><00:45:40.519><c> generally</c><00:45:40.760><c> nervous</c><00:45:41.179><c> people</c><00:45:41.360><c> you</c><00:45:41.480><c> could</c>

00:45:41.739 --> 00:45:44.099
possibly<00:45:42.019><c> understand.</c><00:45:42.900><c> And</c><00:45:43.039><c> here's</c><00:45:43.360><c> Gideon</c><00:45:43.599><c> and</c><00:45:43.820><c> Führer</c>

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:47.179
and<00:45:44.340><c> they</c><00:45:44.639><c> creeped</c><00:45:44.960><c> out</c><00:45:45.139><c> and</c><00:45:45.480><c> two</c><00:45:45.780><c> fellows</c><00:45:45.980><c> are</c><00:45:46.239><c> talking.</c>

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:53.579
And<00:45:47.880><c> one</c><00:45:48.079><c> fellow</c><00:45:48.239><c> says,</c><00:45:48.900><c> I</c><00:45:49.219><c> had</c><00:45:49.880><c> a</c><00:45:50.079><c> dream</c><00:45:50.320><c> last</c><00:45:50.659><c> night.</c><00:45:51.900><c> Oh</c><00:45:52.300><c> look,</c><00:45:53.400><c> a</c>

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:55.900
little<00:45:54.079><c> barley</c><00:45:54.320><c> cake</c><00:45:54.659><c> like</c><00:45:55.019><c> that</c><00:45:55.539><c> come</c>

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:59.300
rolling<00:45:56.420><c> along.</c><00:45:57.099><c> And</c><00:45:57.260><c> it</c><00:45:57.340><c> went</c><00:45:57.440><c> along</c><00:45:57.800><c> bopping</c><00:45:58.579><c> over</c><00:45:58.880><c> all</c><00:45:59.099><c> the</c>

00:45:59.300 --> 00:46:00.539
tips<00:45:59.380><c> of</c><00:45:59.539><c> the</c><00:45:59.639><c> mini</c><00:45:59.760><c>-note.</c><00:46:00.059><c> And</c><00:46:00.179><c> you</c><00:46:00.239><c> can</c><00:46:00.420><c> sit</c>

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:03.980
picture<00:46:00.699><c> this</c><00:46:00.840><c> little</c><00:46:01.199><c> barley</c><00:46:01.500><c> cake</c><00:46:01.920><c> rolling</c><00:46:02.480><c> down</c><00:46:02.760><c> the</c><00:46:02.920><c> plain</c><00:46:03.079><c> of</c><00:46:03.280><c> Jezreel.</c><00:46:03.820><c> A</c>

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.920
little<00:46:04.119><c> piece</c><00:46:04.360><c> of</c><00:46:04.579><c> bread,</c>

00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:09.460
dong,<00:46:06.079><c> dong,</c><00:46:07.119><c> dong.</c><00:46:07.460><c> And</c><00:46:07.699><c> right</c><00:46:07.860><c> down</c><00:46:08.079><c> that</c><00:46:08.280><c> valley,</c><00:46:08.719><c> flapping</c><00:46:09.000><c> all</c><00:46:09.280><c> the</c>

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:10.460
tips<00:46:09.559><c> of</c><00:46:09.679><c> the</c><00:46:09.780><c> mini</c><00:46:09.940><c>-note.</c><00:46:10.199><c> And</c><00:46:10.380><c> he</c>

00:46:10.460 --> 00:46:13.420
was<00:46:10.579><c> as</c><00:46:10.940><c> jittery</c><00:46:11.480><c> as</c><00:46:11.480><c> he</c><00:46:11.659><c> could</c><00:46:11.800><c> come</c><00:46:11.980><c> telling</c><00:46:12.260><c> this</c><00:46:12.559><c> story.</c>

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:17.019
And<00:46:14.639><c> he</c><00:46:14.800><c> said</c><00:46:15.079><c> in</c><00:46:15.420><c> the</c><00:46:15.579><c> hearing</c><00:46:15.780><c> of</c><00:46:16.059><c> Gideon,</c>

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:23.699
this<00:46:17.500><c> is</c><00:46:17.699><c> nothing</c><00:46:17.860><c> else.</c><00:46:18.980><c> Look,</c><00:46:19.500><c> I</c><00:46:19.659><c> tell</c><00:46:19.780><c> you,</c><00:46:20.840><c> it's</c><00:46:21.500><c> the</c><00:46:21.639><c> story</c><00:46:21.880><c> of</c><00:46:22.039><c> Gideon.</c><00:46:23.639><c> I</c>

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.659
mean<00:46:23.780><c> Gideon,</c><00:46:24.000><c> listen</c><00:46:24.239><c> to</c><00:46:24.420><c> this.</c>

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:28.400
Listen<00:46:25.179><c> to</c><00:46:25.400><c> this.</c><00:46:25.840><c> Now</c><00:46:26.000><c> what's</c><00:46:26.340><c> the</c><00:46:26.539><c> strategy?</c><00:46:27.900><c> Obviously</c>

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:30.619
the<00:46:28.760><c> strategy,</c><00:46:29.340><c> brothers</c><00:46:29.500><c> and</c><00:46:29.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:34.980
is<00:46:31.360><c> surprise</c><00:46:31.880><c> attack.</c><00:46:33.039><c> That's</c><00:46:33.539><c> the</c><00:46:33.760><c> mind</c><00:46:33.980><c> of</c><00:46:34.179><c> all</c><00:46:34.420><c> that</c><00:46:34.719><c> can.</c>

00:46:35.340 --> 00:46:37.230
God's<00:46:35.840><c> revealing</c><00:46:36.079><c> it</c><00:46:36.360><c> to</c><00:46:36.420><c> you.</c><00:46:36.719><c> In</c><00:46:36.980><c> the</c>

00:46:37.230 --> 00:46:41.610
providence<00:46:37.590><c> of</c><00:46:37.789><c> God,</c><00:46:38.610><c> only</c><00:46:38.909><c> two</c><00:46:39.210><c> men</c><00:46:39.409><c> are</c><00:46:39.630><c> talking,</c><00:46:40.110><c> but</c><00:46:40.230><c> there's</c><00:46:40.590><c> 135</c>

00:46:41.610 --> 00:46:44.849
,000<00:46:42.309><c> men</c><00:46:42.570><c> all</c><00:46:42.849><c> like</c><00:46:43.170><c> that.</c><00:46:44.369><c> That's</c><00:46:44.710><c> what</c>

00:46:44.849 --> 00:46:48.150
God's<00:46:45.190><c> telling</c><00:46:45.409><c> him.</c><00:46:46.250><c> They're</c><00:46:46.429><c> all</c><00:46:46.710><c> jittery</c><00:46:47.030><c> in</c><00:46:47.170><c> the</c><00:46:47.289><c> brain.</c>

00:46:48.349 --> 00:46:49.650
And<00:46:48.449><c> now</c><00:46:48.610><c> I</c><00:46:48.690><c> want</c><00:46:48.769><c> to</c><00:46:48.869><c> tell</c><00:46:48.949><c> you</c><00:46:49.030><c> something</c><00:46:49.230><c> which</c><00:46:49.409><c> I</c><00:46:49.550><c> think</c>

00:46:49.650 --> 00:46:53.030
is<00:46:49.869><c> wonderful.</c><00:46:51.250><c> What</c><00:46:51.530><c> was</c><00:46:51.829><c> it</c><00:46:51.989><c> that</c><00:46:52.210><c> knocked</c><00:46:52.389><c> over</c><00:46:52.710><c> the</c><00:46:52.889><c> tips</c>

00:46:53.030 --> 00:46:56.949
of<00:46:53.190><c> the</c><00:46:53.230><c> mini</c><00:46:53.369><c>-note?</c><00:46:55.190><c> Well,</c><00:46:55.530><c> a</c><00:46:55.730><c> cake</c><00:46:55.889><c> of</c><00:46:56.269><c> barley.</c>

00:46:57.469 --> 00:47:00.210
Well,<00:46:57.909><c> I'll</c><00:46:58.190><c> tell</c><00:46:58.250><c> you.</c><00:46:59.090><c> Now</c><00:46:59.329><c> I'm</c><00:46:59.449><c> not</c><00:46:59.510><c> going</c><00:46:59.630><c> to</c><00:46:59.730><c> turn</c><00:46:59.849><c> up</c><00:47:00.030><c> all</c>

00:47:00.210 --> 00:47:02.489
these<00:47:00.389><c> references.</c><00:47:01.469><c> You</c><00:47:01.690><c> can</c><00:47:01.869><c> go</c><00:47:02.050><c> home</c><00:47:02.190><c> and</c><00:47:02.269><c> get</c><00:47:02.349><c> a</c>

00:47:02.489 --> 00:47:04.969
concordance<00:47:02.889><c> if</c><00:47:03.010><c> you</c><00:47:03.130><c> like.</c><00:47:03.349><c> And</c><00:47:03.429><c> look,</c><00:47:03.670><c> every</c><00:47:03.869><c> reference</c><00:47:04.110><c> you</c><00:47:04.250><c> can</c><00:47:04.489><c> find</c><00:47:04.730><c> a</c>

00:47:04.969 --> 00:47:06.030
barley<00:47:05.190><c> and</c><00:47:05.309><c> you'll</c><00:47:05.510><c> come</c><00:47:05.670><c> up</c><00:47:05.809><c> with</c><00:47:05.849><c> some</c>

00:47:06.030 --> 00:47:09.570
very<00:47:06.250><c> interesting</c><00:47:06.750><c> things.</c><00:47:08.210><c> But</c><00:47:08.289><c> we've</c><00:47:08.530><c> got</c><00:47:08.630><c> a</c><00:47:08.730><c> lot</c><00:47:08.829><c> to</c><00:47:08.929><c> say</c><00:47:09.130><c> tonight</c><00:47:09.389><c> and</c><00:47:09.510><c> I</c>

00:47:09.570 --> 00:47:10.849
want<00:47:09.710><c> to</c><00:47:09.849><c> just</c><00:47:10.150><c> quote</c><00:47:10.369><c> the</c><00:47:10.590><c> references</c>

00:47:10.849 --> 00:47:14.010
and<00:47:11.030><c> you</c><00:47:11.130><c> can</c><00:47:11.269><c> look</c><00:47:11.369><c> them</c><00:47:11.469><c> up</c><00:47:11.630><c> later.</c><00:47:13.070><c> This</c><00:47:13.269><c> is</c><00:47:13.489><c> what</c><00:47:13.769><c> barley</c>

00:47:14.010 --> 00:47:16.130
is<00:47:14.210><c> significant</c><00:47:14.590><c> of,</c><00:47:14.909><c> brothers</c><00:47:15.050><c> and</c><00:47:15.230><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:16.730 --> 00:47:23.449
The<00:47:16.969><c> barley,</c><00:47:17.250><c> of</c><00:47:17.510><c> course,</c><00:47:17.869><c> came</c><00:47:18.170><c> to</c><00:47:18.670><c> fruition.</c><00:47:19.190><c> It</c><00:47:19.250><c> came</c><00:47:19.449><c> to</c><00:47:19.690><c> harvest</c><00:47:20.090><c> at</c><00:47:20.869><c> the</c><00:47:21.130><c> time</c><00:47:21.329><c> of</c><00:47:21.510><c> the</c><00:47:21.690><c> Exodus,</c><00:47:22.590><c> Exodus</c><00:47:23.050><c> 9</c>

00:47:23.449 --> 00:47:28.349
and<00:47:23.610><c> verse</c><00:47:23.849><c> 31.</c><00:47:26.090><c> And</c><00:47:26.409><c> because</c><00:47:26.849><c> it</c><00:47:26.989><c> was</c><00:47:27.250><c> the</c><00:47:27.510><c> barley</c><00:47:27.789><c> that</c><00:47:28.010><c> was</c>

00:47:28.349 --> 00:47:29.989
ripe<00:47:28.510><c> at</c><00:47:28.710><c> the</c><00:47:28.849><c> time</c><00:47:28.969><c> of</c><00:47:29.130><c> the</c><00:47:29.250><c> Exodus</c><00:47:29.489><c> when</c><00:47:29.670><c> they</c><00:47:29.849><c> held</c>

00:47:29.989 --> 00:47:36.730
part<00:47:30.510><c> over</c><00:47:30.909><c> and</c><00:47:31.449><c> they</c><00:47:31.789><c> waved</c><00:47:32.250><c> one</c><00:47:32.949><c> sheet</c><00:47:33.550><c> before</c><00:47:35.050><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:35.449><c> of</c><00:47:35.750><c> which</c><00:47:35.909><c> they</c><00:47:36.210><c> made</c><00:47:36.469><c> a</c>

00:47:36.730 --> 00:47:38.889
loaf<00:47:36.909><c> that</c><00:47:37.409><c> was</c><00:47:37.889><c> obviously</c><00:47:38.630><c> a</c>

00:47:38.889 --> 00:47:45.070
barley<00:47:39.110><c> loaf.</c><00:47:39.710><c> And</c><00:47:39.829><c> Leviticus</c><00:47:40.190><c> 23</c><00:47:40.670><c> says</c><00:47:40.989><c> it</c><00:47:41.250><c> was.</c><00:47:43.010><c> So</c><00:47:43.230><c> the</c><00:47:43.429><c> loaf</c><00:47:43.650><c> they</c><00:47:43.909><c> offered,</c><00:47:44.929><c> the</c>

00:47:45.070 --> 00:47:46.210
loaf<00:47:45.250><c> of</c><00:47:45.449><c> unleavened</c><00:47:46.090><c> bread</c>

00:47:46.210 --> 00:47:50.889
which<00:47:46.429><c> they</c><00:47:46.730><c> kept</c><00:47:46.969><c> the</c><00:47:47.289><c> feast</c><00:47:47.530><c> of</c><00:47:47.909><c> part</c><00:47:48.150><c> over</c><00:47:48.449><c> with</c><00:47:48.590><c> was</c><00:47:49.010><c> barley.</c><00:47:50.530><c> And</c>

00:47:50.889 --> 00:47:52.710
we<00:47:51.090><c> do</c><00:47:51.230><c> that</c><00:47:51.469><c> Sunday</c><00:47:51.809><c> morning</c><00:47:52.150><c> by</c><00:47:52.369><c> Sunday</c>

00:47:52.710 --> 00:47:56.849
morning.<00:47:54.130><c> Now</c><00:47:54.369><c> what</c><00:47:54.610><c> was</c><00:47:54.849><c> barley?</c><00:47:55.869><c> We</c><00:47:56.190><c> learn,</c><00:47:56.389><c> for</c><00:47:56.610><c> example,</c>

00:47:56.889 --> 00:47:58.289
from<00:47:57.050><c> the</c><00:47:57.190><c> second</c><00:47:57.349><c> of</c><00:47:57.530><c> Kings</c><00:47:57.730><c> chapter</c><00:47:58.010><c> seven</c>

00:47:58.289 --> 00:48:01.809
verse<00:47:58.710><c> one</c><00:47:59.070><c> that</c><00:47:59.369><c> barley</c><00:47:59.650><c> was</c><00:47:59.949><c> exactly</c><00:48:00.670><c> half</c><00:48:01.030><c> the</c><00:48:01.190><c> price</c><00:48:01.510><c> of</c>

00:48:01.809 --> 00:48:05.449
wheat.<00:48:02.969><c> It</c><00:48:03.090><c> was</c><00:48:03.369><c> considered</c><00:48:03.769><c> of</c><00:48:04.170><c> half</c><00:48:04.489><c> the</c><00:48:04.730><c> value</c><00:48:05.130><c> of</c>

00:48:05.449 --> 00:48:08.329
wheat.<00:48:06.469><c> We</c><00:48:06.630><c> learn</c><00:48:06.889><c> from</c><00:48:07.050><c> the</c><00:48:07.150><c> second</c><00:48:07.349><c> of</c><00:48:07.530><c> Kings</c><00:48:07.730><c> chapter</c><00:48:08.090><c> four</c>

00:48:08.329 --> 00:48:11.469
and<00:48:08.510><c> verse</c><00:48:08.690><c> 28</c><00:48:09.110><c> that</c><00:48:09.409><c> Solomon</c><00:48:09.809><c> fed</c><00:48:10.030><c> it</c><00:48:10.210><c> to</c><00:48:10.369><c> his</c><00:48:10.670><c> horses.</c>

00:48:12.570 --> 00:48:16.730
Was<00:48:12.730><c> it</c><00:48:12.989><c> fit</c><00:48:13.190><c> for</c><00:48:13.449><c> human</c><00:48:13.710><c> consumption?</c><00:48:15.610><c> And</c><00:48:15.849><c> we</c><00:48:16.070><c> learn,</c><00:48:16.550><c> brothers</c><00:48:16.550><c> and</c>

00:48:16.730 --> 00:48:18.550
sisters,<00:48:17.010><c> that</c><00:48:17.170><c> when</c><00:48:17.369><c> Ezekiel</c><00:48:17.869><c> was</c><00:48:18.170><c> told</c>

00:48:18.550 --> 00:48:22.989
that<00:48:18.889><c> he</c><00:48:18.969><c> must</c><00:48:19.289><c> eat</c><00:48:19.610><c> defiled</c><00:48:20.369><c> bread</c><00:48:20.769><c> to</c><00:48:21.710><c> indicate</c><00:48:22.230><c> that</c><00:48:22.449><c> Israel</c><00:48:22.789><c> would</c>

00:48:22.989 --> 00:48:24.630
go<00:48:23.230><c> through</c><00:48:23.449><c> the</c><00:48:23.550><c> most</c><00:48:23.869><c> extreme</c>

00:48:24.630 --> 00:48:29.769
conditions<00:48:25.010><c> of</c><00:48:25.349><c> siege,</c><00:48:25.949><c> he</c><00:48:26.070><c> was</c><00:48:26.449><c> given</c><00:48:26.969><c> barley</c><00:48:27.530><c> bread</c><00:48:27.969><c> to</c><00:48:28.329><c> eat.</c><00:48:29.590><c> So</c>

00:48:29.769 --> 00:48:31.230
what<00:48:29.909><c> is</c><00:48:30.190><c> barley</c><00:48:30.489><c> significant</c><00:48:30.989><c> of?</c>

00:48:31.570 --> 00:48:36.929
It's<00:48:31.909><c> significant</c><00:48:32.369><c> of</c><00:48:32.610><c> this,</c><00:48:33.090><c> of</c><00:48:33.309><c> what</c><00:48:33.530><c> men</c><00:48:33.889><c> consider</c><00:48:34.889><c> of</c><00:48:35.530><c> little</c><00:48:35.809><c> value</c><00:48:36.469><c> fit</c>

00:48:36.929 --> 00:48:39.929
only<00:48:37.409><c> for</c><00:48:37.809><c> horses</c><00:48:38.269><c> and</c><00:48:39.210><c> far</c>

00:48:39.929 --> 00:48:43.329
too<00:48:40.210><c> inferior</c><00:48:40.789><c> for</c><00:48:41.070><c> man.</c><00:48:41.630><c> And</c><00:48:41.989><c> that's</c><00:48:42.369><c> the</c><00:48:42.489><c> bread</c><00:48:42.630><c> of</c><00:48:42.909><c> God</c><00:48:43.050><c> that</c><00:48:43.210><c> he</c>

00:48:43.329 --> 00:48:46.530
fed<00:48:43.510><c> Israel</c><00:48:43.929><c> with</c><00:48:44.289><c> on</c><00:48:44.710><c> the</c><00:48:44.969><c> day</c><00:48:45.230><c> of</c><00:48:45.530><c> Passover.</c>

00:48:47.630 --> 00:48:52.829
Now<00:48:47.809><c> isn't</c><00:48:48.070><c> that</c><00:48:48.289><c> wonderful?</c><00:48:49.670><c> And</c><00:48:50.010><c> that</c><00:48:50.250><c> little</c><00:48:50.690><c> cake</c><00:48:50.929><c> of</c><00:48:51.269><c> barley</c><00:48:51.570><c> though,</c><00:48:51.869><c> that</c><00:48:52.050><c> which</c><00:48:52.269><c> is</c>

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despised<00:48:53.489><c> among</c><00:48:53.809><c> men</c>

00:48:54.269 --> 00:48:58.369
went<00:48:54.730><c> rolling</c><00:48:55.289><c> down</c><00:48:55.690><c> the</c><00:48:56.010><c> plain</c><00:48:56.250><c> of</c><00:48:56.469><c> Jezreel</c><00:48:57.329><c> knocking</c><00:48:57.909><c> over</c>

00:48:58.369 --> 00:49:00.309
all<00:48:58.690><c> the</c><00:48:58.849><c> tents</c><00:48:58.969><c> of</c><00:48:59.150><c> the</c><00:48:59.269><c> Midianites.</c>

00:49:01.329 --> 00:49:05.329
What<00:49:01.610><c> a</c><00:49:01.829><c> tremendous</c><00:49:02.530><c> lesson</c><00:49:02.889><c> came</c><00:49:03.210><c> home</c><00:49:03.429><c> to</c><00:49:03.550><c> Gideon.</c><00:49:04.469><c> On</c><00:49:04.849><c> the</c>

00:49:05.329 --> 00:49:07.730
slopes<00:49:05.550><c> of</c><00:49:05.829><c> Gilbar</c><00:49:06.369><c> there</c><00:49:06.769><c> was</c><00:49:07.030><c> a</c><00:49:07.150><c> little</c><00:49:07.489><c> cake</c>

00:49:07.730 --> 00:49:11.289
of<00:49:08.050><c> barley</c><00:49:08.329><c> bread</c><00:49:08.650><c> despised</c><00:49:09.570><c> among</c><00:49:09.869><c> men</c><00:49:10.170><c> considered</c><00:49:10.550><c> of</c><00:49:10.929><c> no</c>

00:49:11.289 --> 00:49:13.489
value.<00:49:11.809><c> They</c><00:49:12.030><c> wouldn't</c><00:49:12.610><c> feed</c><00:49:12.869><c> it</c><00:49:13.010><c> to</c><00:49:13.090><c> anything</c><00:49:13.269><c> else</c>

00:49:13.489 --> 00:49:17.510
than<00:49:13.730><c> horses.</c><00:49:14.989><c> But</c><00:49:15.150><c> it</c><00:49:15.269><c> was</c><00:49:15.469><c> sufficient</c><00:49:15.849><c> for</c><00:49:16.150><c> God</c><00:49:16.469><c> to</c><00:49:17.050><c> roll</c><00:49:17.250><c> it</c>

00:49:17.510 --> 00:49:19.949
down<00:49:17.690><c> along</c><00:49:17.929><c> the</c><00:49:18.150><c> plain</c><00:49:18.309><c> of</c><00:49:18.510><c> Jezreel</c><00:49:19.030><c> and</c><00:49:19.489><c> knock</c><00:49:19.670><c> over</c>

00:49:19.949 --> 00:49:22.829
the<00:49:20.250><c> tents</c><00:49:20.530><c> of</c><00:49:20.650><c> the</c><00:49:20.769><c> Midianites.</c><00:49:21.510><c> And</c><00:49:21.590><c> the</c><00:49:21.829><c> man</c><00:49:22.250><c> from</c><00:49:22.510><c> Midian</c>

00:49:22.829 --> 00:49:24.469
told<00:49:23.190><c> Gideon</c><00:49:23.429><c> the</c><00:49:23.670><c> significant</c><00:49:23.929><c> of</c><00:49:24.130><c> it.</c><00:49:24.309><c> He</c><00:49:24.309><c> said</c>

00:49:24.469 --> 00:49:29.650
this<00:49:24.650><c> is</c><00:49:25.090><c> nothing</c><00:49:25.329><c> more</c><00:49:25.869><c> than</c><00:49:26.269><c> the</c><00:49:26.730><c> sword</c><00:49:26.929><c> of</c><00:49:27.250><c> Gideon.</c><00:49:28.809><c> What</c><00:49:29.369><c> a</c>

00:49:29.650 --> 00:49:32.349
wonderful<00:49:29.989><c> thing</c><00:49:30.289><c> that</c><00:49:30.570><c> was.</c><00:49:31.929><c> And</c><00:49:32.070><c> do</c><00:49:32.170><c> you</c><00:49:32.250><c> know,</c>

00:49:32.469 --> 00:49:36.449
brothers<00:49:32.610><c> and</c><00:49:32.889><c> sisters,</c><00:49:33.829><c> what</c><00:49:34.070><c> Gideon</c><00:49:34.429><c> did?</c><00:49:35.550><c> He</c><00:49:35.849><c> took</c><00:49:36.150><c> that</c>

00:49:36.449 --> 00:49:39.989
up.<00:49:37.769><c> He</c><00:49:38.050><c> knew,</c><00:49:38.610><c> see</c><00:49:38.909><c> he</c><00:49:39.050><c> was</c><00:49:39.190><c> one</c><00:49:39.369><c> of</c><00:49:39.409><c> those</c><00:49:39.690><c> brethren</c>

00:49:39.989 --> 00:49:42.309
in<00:49:40.170><c> the</c><00:49:40.449><c> truth</c><00:49:40.789><c> that</c><00:49:41.289><c> watched</c><00:49:41.469><c> everything</c><00:49:41.869><c> that</c><00:49:42.110><c> happened</c><00:49:42.190><c> in</c>

00:49:42.309 --> 00:49:46.789
his<00:49:42.590><c> life.</c><00:49:44.130><c> He</c><00:49:44.550><c> saw</c><00:49:44.769><c> the</c><00:49:44.929><c> hand</c><00:49:45.130><c> of</c><00:49:45.309><c> God.</c><00:49:46.289><c> He</c><00:49:46.510><c> didn't</c>

00:49:46.789 --> 00:49:48.949
make<00:49:47.070><c> the</c><00:49:47.230><c> hand</c><00:49:47.489><c> of</c><00:49:47.570><c> God</c><00:49:47.730><c> in</c><00:49:47.769><c> his</c><00:49:47.969><c> life.</c><00:49:48.150><c> We</c><00:49:48.210><c> can</c><00:49:48.349><c> do</c><00:49:48.510><c> that</c><00:49:48.789><c> of</c>

00:49:48.949 --> 00:49:50.230
course.<00:49:49.150><c> We</c><00:49:49.190><c> can</c><00:49:49.369><c> say</c><00:49:49.489><c> that</c><00:49:49.650><c> God's</c><00:49:49.889><c> in</c><00:49:50.010><c> everything</c>

00:49:50.230 --> 00:49:52.889
when<00:49:50.369><c> he's</c><00:49:50.630><c> not.</c><00:49:51.070><c> But</c><00:49:51.190><c> you</c><00:49:51.329><c> know,</c><00:49:51.489><c> there</c><00:49:51.570><c> are</c><00:49:51.789><c> times</c><00:49:52.090><c> in</c><00:49:52.309><c> our</c><00:49:52.530><c> lives,</c><00:49:52.730><c> and</c><00:49:52.869><c> I</c>

00:49:52.889 --> 00:49:54.349
know<00:49:53.110><c> all</c><00:49:53.369><c> of</c><00:49:53.489><c> you</c><00:49:53.570><c> will</c><00:49:53.769><c> say</c><00:49:53.889><c> amen</c><00:49:54.170><c> to</c>

00:49:54.349 --> 00:50:00.070
this,<00:49:54.829><c> when</c><00:49:55.090><c> unmistakably</c><00:49:56.269><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:56.789><c> is</c><00:49:57.090><c> moving</c><00:49:57.510><c> in</c><00:49:57.909><c> our</c><00:49:58.230><c> lives.</c><00:49:59.849><c> But</c>

00:50:00.070 --> 00:50:01.570
we've<00:50:00.309><c> got</c><00:50:00.369><c> to</c><00:50:00.510><c> be</c><00:50:00.750><c> alert</c><00:50:01.050><c> to</c><00:50:01.309><c> that.</c>

00:50:01.949 --> 00:50:05.489
I<00:50:02.170><c> can</c><00:50:02.429><c> tell</c><00:50:02.550><c> you</c><00:50:02.710><c> some</c><00:50:02.949><c> stories</c><00:50:03.329><c> of</c><00:50:03.690><c> my</c><00:50:03.949><c> own</c><00:50:04.210><c> personal</c><00:50:04.469><c> experiences</c><00:50:05.050><c> where</c>

00:50:05.489 --> 00:50:06.929
I've<00:50:05.829><c> not</c><00:50:06.130><c> been</c><00:50:06.369><c> alert</c><00:50:06.650><c> to</c><00:50:06.829><c> it,</c>

00:50:06.969 --> 00:50:09.969
but<00:50:07.389><c> unquestionably</c><00:50:08.309><c> when</c><00:50:08.449><c> I</c><00:50:08.510><c> look</c><00:50:08.650><c> back</c><00:50:08.909><c> upon</c><00:50:09.110><c> it,</c><00:50:09.530><c> God</c><00:50:09.690><c> has</c>

00:50:09.969 --> 00:50:12.889
answered<00:50:10.150><c> my</c><00:50:10.550><c> prayers</c><00:50:10.730><c> that</c><00:50:10.969><c> I</c><00:50:11.469><c> was</c><00:50:11.849><c> not</c><00:50:12.190><c> ready</c><00:50:12.550><c> for</c>

00:50:12.889 --> 00:50:16.989
that.<00:50:13.349><c> Now</c><00:50:13.869><c> we've</c><00:50:14.110><c> got</c><00:50:14.210><c> to</c><00:50:14.329><c> be</c><00:50:14.510><c> alert.</c><00:50:15.329><c> Now</c><00:50:15.550><c> Gideon</c><00:50:15.869><c> saw</c><00:50:16.510><c> God</c>

00:50:16.989 --> 00:50:19.590
moving<00:50:17.329><c> in</c><00:50:17.510><c> his</c><00:50:17.730><c> life.</c><00:50:18.230><c> He</c><00:50:18.409><c> went</c><00:50:18.750><c> straight</c><00:50:19.190><c> back,</c>

00:50:19.809 --> 00:50:22.150
and<00:50:19.869><c> he</c><00:50:20.070><c> ordered</c><00:50:20.210><c> the</c><00:50:20.489><c> whole</c><00:50:20.869><c> strategy</c><00:50:21.210><c> on</c><00:50:21.489><c> the</c><00:50:21.730><c> basis</c><00:50:21.989><c> of</c>

00:50:22.150 --> 00:50:24.050
that<00:50:22.369><c> man's</c><00:50:23.050><c> conversation.</c>

00:50:25.510 --> 00:50:30.630
Because<00:50:25.809><c> the</c><00:50:26.150><c> strategy</c><00:50:26.530><c> was</c><00:50:26.909><c> based</c><00:50:27.170><c> upon</c><00:50:27.630><c> superstitious</c><00:50:28.409><c> figure.</c><00:50:30.369><c> Now</c>

00:50:30.630 --> 00:50:33.190
look<00:50:30.750><c> what</c><00:50:30.909><c> he</c><00:50:31.110><c> did.</c><00:50:32.289><c> He</c><00:50:32.809><c> says</c><00:50:32.949><c> look,</c>

00:50:33.230 --> 00:50:36.690
I<00:50:33.250><c> want</c><00:50:33.510><c> you</c><00:50:33.650><c> all</c><00:50:34.130><c> to</c><00:50:34.309><c> get</c><00:50:34.550><c> urban</c><00:50:34.929><c> wear</c><00:50:35.190><c> pictures</c><00:50:35.670><c> and</c><00:50:36.269><c> lights</c>

00:50:36.690 --> 00:50:42.710
and<00:50:36.929><c> a</c><00:50:37.150><c> trumpet.</c><00:50:39.309><c> 300</c><00:50:39.829><c> men,</c><00:50:40.170><c> and</c><00:50:40.309><c> they</c><00:50:40.389><c> had</c><00:50:42.710><c> these</c>

00:50:42.710 --> 00:50:46.510
bushels<00:50:43.110><c> in</c><00:50:43.250><c> effect.</c><00:50:44.090><c> They</c><00:50:44.130><c> put</c><00:50:44.269><c> them</c><00:50:44.389><c> under</c><00:50:44.590><c> these</c><00:50:44.869><c> urban</c><00:50:45.070><c> wear</c><00:50:45.289><c> beds,</c><00:50:45.929><c> and</c><00:50:46.230><c> they</c><00:50:46.309><c> had</c><00:50:46.409><c> a</c>

00:50:46.510 --> 00:50:47.670
nice<00:50:46.789><c> big</c><00:50:47.050><c> loud</c><00:50:47.389><c> trumpet.</c>

00:50:47.730 --> 00:50:53.809
You<00:50:47.809><c> know</c><00:50:47.969><c> the</c><00:50:48.170><c> type</c><00:50:48.329><c> they</c><00:50:48.570><c> use</c><00:50:48.710><c> in</c><00:50:48.849><c> the</c><00:50:48.949><c> splits</c><00:50:49.130><c> of</c><00:50:49.409><c> kites.</c><00:50:50.090><c> And</c><00:50:50.369><c> they</c><00:50:50.449><c> had</c><00:50:50.590><c> these</c><00:50:50.849><c> nice</c><00:50:51.170><c> big</c><00:50:51.369><c> trumpets,</c><00:50:52.070><c> and</c><00:50:52.150><c> at</c><00:50:52.409><c> these</c>

00:50:53.809 --> 00:50:57.329
strategic<00:50:54.389><c> moments,</c><00:50:55.309><c> they'd</c><00:50:55.670><c> break</c><00:50:55.869><c> those</c><00:50:56.230><c> pictures,</c><00:50:56.829><c> all</c><00:50:57.070><c> of</c><00:50:57.250><c> a</c>

00:50:57.329 --> 00:50:59.050
sudden<00:50:57.510><c> they</c><00:50:57.610><c> would</c><00:50:57.789><c> appear</c><00:50:58.090><c> around</c><00:50:58.449><c> the</c><00:50:58.670><c> camp</c><00:50:58.849><c> of</c>

00:50:59.050 --> 00:51:03.369
Gideon,<00:51:00.070><c> 300</c><00:51:00.369><c> lights,</c><00:51:00.849><c> and</c><00:51:00.929><c> then</c><00:51:01.829><c> blast</c><00:51:02.230><c> on</c><00:51:02.429><c> the</c><00:51:02.650><c> trumpet.</c>

00:51:03.429 --> 00:51:06.070
And<00:51:03.630><c> everybody</c><00:51:03.889><c> was</c><00:51:04.670><c> thinking</c><00:51:04.889><c> about</c><00:51:05.090><c> the</c><00:51:05.329><c> dream</c><00:51:05.829><c> that</c>

00:51:06.070 --> 00:51:08.170
the<00:51:06.190><c> fellow</c><00:51:06.349><c> had.</c><00:51:06.869><c> This</c><00:51:06.969><c> is</c><00:51:07.130><c> nothing</c><00:51:07.269><c> else.</c><00:51:07.550><c> It</c><00:51:07.570><c> was</c><00:51:07.690><c> sort</c><00:51:08.010><c> of</c>

00:51:08.170 --> 00:51:10.690
Gideon.<00:51:08.969><c> And</c><00:51:09.090><c> you</c><00:51:09.170><c> see</c><00:51:09.289><c> the</c><00:51:09.369><c> very</c><00:51:09.750><c> strategy</c><00:51:10.150><c> he</c><00:51:10.429><c> adopted</c>

00:51:10.690 --> 00:51:13.630
on<00:51:10.989><c> the</c><00:51:11.210><c> basis</c><00:51:11.530><c> of</c><00:51:11.750><c> the</c><00:51:11.909><c> superstitious</c><00:51:12.489><c> fear.</c><00:51:13.190><c> But</c><00:51:13.309><c> look</c><00:51:13.469><c> what</c>

00:51:13.630 --> 00:51:16.289
he<00:51:13.909><c> said</c><00:51:14.409><c> in</c><00:51:15.010><c> verse</c><00:51:15.250><c> 20.</c>

00:51:16.909 --> 00:51:19.750
When<00:51:17.070><c> they</c><00:51:17.309><c> eventually</c><00:51:17.769><c> broke</c><00:51:17.969><c> those</c><00:51:18.269><c> pictures,</c><00:51:19.530><c> they</c><00:51:19.610><c> were</c>

00:51:19.750 --> 00:51:23.869
the<00:51:20.050><c> cry,</c><00:51:21.130><c> the</c><00:51:21.570><c> sword</c><00:51:21.829><c> of</c><00:51:22.210><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:22.710><c> and</c><00:51:23.230><c> of</c><00:51:23.530><c> Gideon.</c>

00:51:24.050 --> 00:51:27.449
He<00:51:24.250><c> took</c><00:51:24.369><c> up</c><00:51:24.590><c> the</c><00:51:24.750><c> words</c><00:51:24.889><c> of</c><00:51:25.070><c> the</c><00:51:25.170><c> man</c><00:51:25.309><c> himself.</c><00:51:26.989><c> You</c><00:51:27.190><c> see</c><00:51:27.269><c> he</c>

00:51:27.449 --> 00:51:30.929
acted<00:51:27.769><c> upon</c><00:51:28.110><c> the</c><00:51:28.389><c> providence</c><00:51:28.670><c> of</c><00:51:29.070><c> God.</c><00:51:29.949><c> Now</c><00:51:30.210><c> he</c><00:51:30.409><c> did</c><00:51:30.690><c> so,</c>

00:51:31.070 --> 00:51:34.989
but<00:51:31.210><c> notice</c><00:51:31.510><c> this.</c><00:51:32.090><c> He</c><00:51:32.449><c> added</c><00:51:32.789><c> a</c><00:51:33.050><c> word</c><00:51:33.269><c> that</c><00:51:33.469><c> the</c><00:51:33.630><c> man</c><00:51:33.809><c> had</c><00:51:34.030><c> didn't</c><00:51:34.269><c> mention.</c><00:51:34.809><c> The</c>

00:51:34.989 --> 00:51:36.150
man<00:51:35.190><c> just</c><00:51:35.429><c> said</c><00:51:35.550><c> this</c><00:51:35.769><c> is</c><00:51:35.969><c> the</c>

00:51:36.150 --> 00:51:40.389
Gideon.<00:51:36.809><c> But</c><00:51:36.989><c> Gideon</c><00:51:37.230><c> wasn't</c><00:51:37.510><c> prepared</c><00:51:37.849><c> to</c><00:51:38.070><c> say</c><00:51:38.269><c> that.</c><00:51:39.090><c> He</c><00:51:39.530><c> would</c><00:51:39.690><c> have</c><00:51:39.929><c> liked,</c><00:51:40.170><c> I</c>

00:51:40.389 --> 00:51:41.909
believe,<00:51:40.829><c> to</c><00:51:40.909><c> say</c><00:51:41.309><c> in</c><00:51:41.429><c> verbatim</c>

00:51:41.909 --> 00:51:45.550
what<00:51:42.090><c> that</c><00:51:42.309><c> man</c><00:51:42.530><c> said,</c><00:51:43.210><c> so</c><00:51:43.309><c> that</c><00:51:43.409><c> there</c><00:51:43.510><c> would</c><00:51:43.670><c> be</c><00:51:43.829><c> a</c><00:51:43.949><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:44.349><c> of</c><00:51:44.510><c> his</c><00:51:44.769><c> dream.</c><00:51:44.969><c> It</c><00:51:45.050><c> would</c><00:51:45.190><c> have</c><00:51:45.289><c> been</c><00:51:45.409><c> a</c>

00:51:45.550 --> 00:51:48.110
great<00:51:45.750><c> temptation</c><00:51:46.309><c> for</c><00:51:46.510><c> Gideon</c><00:51:46.710><c> to</c><00:51:46.889><c> use</c><00:51:47.170><c> those</c><00:51:47.409><c> very</c><00:51:47.730><c> words.</c>

00:51:48.349 --> 00:51:50.989
But<00:51:48.489><c> he</c><00:51:48.690><c> couldn't</c><00:51:48.969><c> on</c><00:51:49.289><c> principle,</c><00:51:50.590><c> because</c><00:51:50.849><c> it</c>

00:51:50.989 --> 00:51:55.210
was<00:51:51.269><c> not</c><00:51:51.510><c> only</c><00:51:51.929><c> the</c><00:51:52.150><c> sword</c><00:51:52.250><c> of</c><00:51:52.389><c> Gideon.</c><00:51:53.909><c> It</c><00:51:54.130><c> was</c><00:51:54.409><c> the</c><00:51:54.710><c> sword</c><00:51:54.909><c> of</c>

00:51:55.210 --> 00:51:57.449
Yahweh.<00:51:56.389><c> And</c><00:51:56.590><c> although</c><00:51:56.829><c> it</c><00:51:56.909><c> would</c><00:51:57.070><c> have</c><00:51:57.170><c> been,</c><00:51:57.250><c> I</c>

00:51:57.449 --> 00:52:00.610
believe,<00:51:57.809><c> a</c><00:51:57.949><c> great</c><00:51:58.150><c> temptation</c><00:51:58.710><c> in</c><00:51:58.889><c> the</c><00:51:59.110><c> strategy</c><00:51:59.389><c> that</c><00:52:00.090><c> he</c>

00:52:00.610 --> 00:52:03.210
undertook<00:52:00.949><c> at</c><00:52:01.110><c> this</c><00:52:01.349><c> time</c><00:52:01.650><c> to</c><00:52:01.929><c> say</c><00:52:02.190><c> that</c><00:52:02.510><c> word</c><00:52:02.750><c> for</c><00:52:02.929><c> word,</c>

00:52:03.210 --> 00:52:07.309
he<00:52:03.630><c> felt</c><00:52:03.929><c> constrained</c><00:52:04.750><c> in</c><00:52:05.070><c> principle</c><00:52:05.409><c> to</c><00:52:05.650><c> add</c><00:52:05.889><c> Yahweh's</c><00:52:06.530><c> name.</c><00:52:06.989><c> But</c>

00:52:07.309 --> 00:52:08.329
nonetheless<00:52:07.809><c> he</c><00:52:08.090><c> tried</c>

00:52:08.329 --> 00:52:10.889
as<00:52:08.590><c> carefully</c><00:52:08.869><c> as</c><00:52:09.070><c> he</c><00:52:09.190><c> could</c><00:52:09.329><c> to</c><00:52:09.710><c> repeat</c><00:52:10.030><c> that</c><00:52:10.349><c> man's</c><00:52:10.750><c> words.</c>

00:52:11.070 --> 00:52:12.590
Now<00:52:11.230><c> you</c><00:52:11.329><c> can</c><00:52:11.489><c> imagine</c><00:52:11.909><c> that</c><00:52:12.150><c> having</c><00:52:12.369><c> known</c>

00:52:12.590 --> 00:52:17.110
that<00:52:12.889><c> dream</c><00:52:13.110><c> and</c><00:52:13.309><c> knowing</c><00:52:13.650><c> that</c><00:52:13.869><c> Yahweh</c><00:52:14.130><c> was</c><00:52:14.369><c> telling</c><00:52:14.489><c> him</c><00:52:14.710><c> that</c><00:52:14.909><c> this</c><00:52:15.170><c> dream</c><00:52:15.630><c> was</c><00:52:15.989><c> perhaps</c><00:52:16.349><c> repeated</c><00:52:16.710><c> in</c><00:52:16.989><c> that</c>

00:52:17.110 --> 00:52:21.010
camp,<00:52:18.030><c> or</c><00:52:18.329><c> at</c><00:52:18.710><c> least</c><00:52:18.929><c> that</c><00:52:19.210><c> one</c><00:52:19.469><c> dream</c><00:52:19.869><c> had</c><00:52:20.190><c> been</c><00:52:20.429><c> repeated</c><00:52:20.750><c> in</c>

00:52:21.010 --> 00:52:22.750
the<00:52:21.110><c> camp,</c><00:52:21.369><c> maybe</c><00:52:21.670><c> they</c><00:52:21.889><c> all</c><00:52:22.070><c> had</c><00:52:22.250><c> that</c><00:52:22.489><c> dream.</c><00:52:22.710><c> We</c>

00:52:22.750 --> 00:52:26.389
don't<00:52:23.050><c> know.</c><00:52:23.489><c> But</c><00:52:23.670><c> whatever</c><00:52:24.010><c> it</c><00:52:24.190><c> was,</c><00:52:24.530><c> Gideon</c><00:52:24.670><c> understood</c><00:52:25.309><c> that</c><00:52:25.550><c> the</c><00:52:25.789><c> camp</c><00:52:25.969><c> was</c><00:52:26.210><c> in</c>

00:52:26.389 --> 00:52:28.309
that<00:52:26.690><c> frame</c><00:52:26.989><c> of</c><00:52:27.329><c> mind.</c><00:52:27.929><c> Now</c><00:52:28.090><c> you</c>

00:52:28.309 --> 00:52:31.489
can<00:52:28.309><c> imagine,</c><00:52:29.030><c> 300</c><00:52:29.329><c> voices.</c><00:52:30.150><c> And</c><00:52:30.329><c> it</c><00:52:30.389><c> was</c><00:52:30.590><c> an</c><00:52:30.849><c> excellent</c><00:52:31.090><c> spot</c>

00:52:31.489 --> 00:52:33.889
for<00:52:31.849><c> the</c><00:52:32.030><c> echo</c><00:52:32.250><c> of</c><00:52:32.409><c> the</c><00:52:32.550><c> voices</c><00:52:32.829><c> between</c><00:52:33.170><c> the</c><00:52:33.389><c> two</c>

00:52:33.889 --> 00:52:37.210
mountain<00:52:34.449><c> ranges,</c><00:52:35.250><c> and</c><00:52:35.349><c> the</c><00:52:35.690><c> voices</c><00:52:36.090><c> booming</c><00:52:36.550><c> across</c><00:52:36.969><c> there,</c>

00:52:37.349 --> 00:52:39.449
saying<00:52:37.530><c> in</c><00:52:37.750><c> effect</c><00:52:37.949><c> almost</c><00:52:38.590><c> what</c><00:52:38.809><c> that</c><00:52:39.050><c> man</c><00:52:39.269><c> said</c>

00:52:39.449 --> 00:52:42.389
in<00:52:39.570><c> his</c><00:52:39.829><c> dream.</c><00:52:40.269><c> Oh,</c><00:52:40.610><c> can</c><00:52:40.809><c> you</c><00:52:40.949><c> imagine</c><00:52:41.230><c> it?</c><00:52:42.030><c> But</c><00:52:42.190><c> you</c><00:52:42.210><c> know,</c>

00:52:42.530 --> 00:52:45.829
Gideon<00:52:42.670><c> did</c><00:52:42.809><c> more</c><00:52:43.070><c> than</c><00:52:43.269><c> that.</c><00:52:44.269><c> Look</c><00:52:44.369><c> at</c><00:52:44.449><c> verse</c><00:52:44.730><c> 19.</c>

00:52:47.409 --> 00:52:49.829
So<00:52:47.610><c> Gideon</c><00:52:47.969><c> and</c><00:52:48.070><c> the</c><00:52:48.210><c> hundred</c><00:52:48.449><c> men</c><00:52:48.769><c> that</c><00:52:48.909><c> were</c><00:52:49.110><c> with</c><00:52:49.289><c> him</c><00:52:49.530><c> came</c>

00:52:49.829 --> 00:52:51.789
under<00:52:50.050><c> the</c><00:52:50.210><c> outside</c><00:52:50.469><c> of</c><00:52:50.710><c> the</c><00:52:50.809><c> camp</c><00:52:50.949><c> in</c><00:52:51.230><c> the</c><00:52:51.349><c> beginning</c>

00:52:51.789 --> 00:52:56.510
of<00:52:52.050><c> the</c><00:52:52.329><c> middle</c><00:52:52.650><c> watch,</c><00:52:53.769><c> and</c><00:52:54.090><c> they</c><00:52:54.570><c> had</c><00:52:54.829><c> but</c><00:52:55.230><c> newly</c><00:52:55.789><c> set</c><00:52:56.130><c> the</c>

00:52:56.510 --> 00:52:59.429
watch.<00:52:57.429><c> Now</c><00:52:57.750><c> look</c><00:52:58.030><c> how</c><00:52:58.309><c> this</c><00:52:58.590><c> man</c><00:52:58.909><c> carefully</c>

00:52:59.429 --> 00:53:03.630
follows<00:52:59.769><c> the</c><00:53:00.070><c> providence</c><00:53:00.349><c> of</c><00:53:00.690><c> God.</c><00:53:01.710><c> The</c><00:53:01.889><c> man</c><00:53:02.170><c> he's</c><00:53:02.710><c> heard</c><00:53:02.849><c> talking</c><00:53:03.309><c> has</c>

00:53:03.630 --> 00:53:04.949
been<00:53:03.889><c> talking</c><00:53:04.130><c> about</c><00:53:04.389><c> a</c><00:53:04.750><c> dream.</c>

00:53:05.010 --> 00:53:10.409
When<00:53:05.230><c> do</c><00:53:05.309><c> you</c><00:53:05.389><c> have</c><00:53:05.570><c> dreams?</c><00:53:07.570><c> I</c><00:53:07.869><c> generally</c><00:53:08.130><c> have</c><00:53:08.409><c> mine</c><00:53:08.530><c> at</c><00:53:08.769><c> night.</c><00:53:09.929><c> There</c><00:53:10.170><c> are</c>

00:53:10.409 --> 00:53:12.090
people<00:53:10.769><c> who</c><00:53:11.030><c> daydream,</c><00:53:11.530><c> but</c>

00:53:12.090 --> 00:53:15.789
generally<00:53:12.590><c> speaking</c><00:53:12.969><c> we</c><00:53:13.150><c> have</c><00:53:13.409><c> dreams</c><00:53:13.730><c> at</c><00:53:14.070><c> night.</c><00:53:15.409><c> So</c><00:53:15.630><c> what</c>

00:53:15.789 --> 00:53:19.150
does<00:53:15.949><c> Gideon</c><00:53:16.289><c> do?</c><00:53:17.710><c> He's</c><00:53:17.969><c> going</c><00:53:18.110><c> to</c><00:53:18.329><c> wait</c>

00:53:19.269 --> 00:53:22.889
until<00:53:19.789><c> the</c><00:53:20.090><c> beginning</c><00:53:20.409><c> of</c><00:53:20.630><c> the</c><00:53:20.750><c> middle</c><00:53:21.030><c> watch.</c><00:53:22.610><c> There</c><00:53:22.690><c> were</c>

00:53:22.889 --> 00:53:24.150
three<00:53:23.190><c> watches,</c>

00:53:24.630 --> 00:53:31.090
what<00:53:24.630><c> they</c><00:53:25.670><c> called</c><00:53:25.909><c> the</c><00:53:26.170><c> morning</c><00:53:26.510><c> watch</c><00:53:26.769><c> from</c><00:53:27.150><c> sunset,</c><00:53:28.909><c> or</c><00:53:29.070><c> the</c><00:53:29.250><c> evening</c><00:53:29.449><c> watch</c><00:53:29.670><c> rather,</c><00:53:30.269><c> from</c><00:53:30.469><c> sunset</c><00:53:30.849><c> to</c>

00:53:31.090 --> 00:53:32.329
10<00:53:31.489><c> pm.</c>

00:53:32.989 --> 00:53:39.210
Then<00:53:33.250><c> there</c><00:53:33.389><c> was</c><00:53:33.550><c> the</c><00:53:33.670><c> middle</c><00:53:33.909><c> watch</c><00:53:34.289><c> from</c><00:53:34.670><c> 10</c><00:53:35.150><c> pm</c><00:53:35.469><c> to</c><00:53:35.630><c> 2</c><00:53:36.010><c> am,</c><00:53:37.650><c> and</c><00:53:37.789><c> the</c><00:53:37.889><c> morning</c><00:53:38.269><c> watch</c><00:53:38.530><c> from</c><00:53:38.829><c> 2</c>

00:53:39.210 --> 00:53:40.670
am<00:53:39.429><c> to</c><00:53:39.670><c> sunrise.</c>

00:53:41.769 --> 00:53:44.969
So<00:53:41.909><c> the</c><00:53:42.050><c> middle</c><00:53:42.329><c> watch</c><00:53:42.550><c> came</c><00:53:42.889><c> on</c><00:53:43.150><c> at</c><00:53:43.329><c> 10</c><00:53:43.510><c> o</c><00:53:43.650><c>'clock</c><00:53:43.710><c> at</c><00:53:43.969><c> night,</c>

00:53:46.050 --> 00:53:47.429
and<00:53:46.130><c> you</c><00:53:46.170><c> know</c><00:53:46.389><c> the</c><00:53:46.570><c> people</c><00:53:46.769><c> of</c><00:53:46.989><c> the</c><00:53:47.150><c> East,</c>

00:53:47.429 --> 00:53:51.670
and<00:53:47.710><c> in</c><00:53:47.889><c> those</c><00:53:48.250><c> days</c><00:53:48.510><c> they</c><00:53:48.630><c> didn't</c><00:53:48.849><c> have</c><00:53:49.190><c> television.</c><00:53:50.969><c> So</c><00:53:51.130><c> they</c><00:53:51.230><c> didn't</c><00:53:51.489><c> sit</c>

00:53:51.670 --> 00:53:53.130
up<00:53:51.949><c> late</c><00:53:52.150><c> looking</c><00:53:52.389><c> at</c><00:53:52.690><c> television.</c>

00:53:53.389 --> 00:53:56.730
Jesus<00:53:53.789><c> said</c><00:53:54.050><c> the</c><00:53:54.269><c> night</c><00:53:54.630><c> cometh</c><00:53:54.889><c> when</c><00:53:55.130><c> no</c><00:53:55.449><c> man</c><00:53:55.690><c> can</c><00:53:55.989><c> work,</c><00:53:56.630><c> and</c>

00:53:56.730 --> 00:53:58.309
in<00:53:56.889><c> a</c><00:53:57.010><c> sense</c><00:53:57.130><c> that</c><00:53:57.250><c> was</c><00:53:57.469><c> a</c><00:53:57.570><c> very</c><00:53:57.769><c> good</c><00:53:57.989><c> thing.</c>

00:53:58.550 --> 00:54:00.510
Today<00:53:58.750><c> we</c><00:53:58.949><c> have</c><00:53:59.190><c> shift</c><00:53:59.469><c> points.</c><00:53:59.670><c> They</c><00:53:59.730><c> didn't</c><00:53:59.929><c> have</c><00:54:00.150><c> it</c><00:54:00.289><c> those</c>

00:54:00.510 --> 00:54:02.610
days.<00:54:01.070><c> But</c><00:54:01.150><c> they</c><00:54:01.289><c> used</c><00:54:01.489><c> to</c><00:54:01.590><c> go</c><00:54:01.690><c> to</c><00:54:01.969><c> bed</c><00:54:02.110><c> strangely</c>

00:54:02.610 --> 00:54:05.730
enough<00:54:02.889><c> when</c><00:54:03.010><c> it</c><00:54:03.150><c> got</c><00:54:03.349><c> dark.</c><00:54:04.550><c> And</c><00:54:04.730><c> you</c><00:54:04.809><c> can</c><00:54:04.949><c> imagine</c><00:54:05.349><c> that</c><00:54:05.590><c> the</c>

00:54:05.730 --> 00:54:08.070
middle<00:54:06.030><c> watch</c><00:54:06.230><c> would</c><00:54:06.449><c> always</c><00:54:06.869><c> go</c><00:54:07.110><c> to</c><00:54:07.289><c> bed,</c><00:54:07.409><c> I</c><00:54:07.730><c> believe,</c>

00:54:08.409 --> 00:54:11.130
so<00:54:08.469><c> that</c><00:54:08.570><c> they</c><00:54:08.650><c> would</c><00:54:08.849><c> be</c><00:54:09.090><c> alert</c><00:54:09.389><c> when</c><00:54:09.530><c> they</c><00:54:09.829><c> came</c><00:54:10.050><c> on</c><00:54:10.309><c> at</c><00:54:10.550><c> 10</c><00:54:10.849><c> o</c>

00:54:11.130 --> 00:54:14.349
'clock.<00:54:12.369><c> Now</c><00:54:12.710><c> Gideon</c><00:54:13.070><c> understanding</c><00:54:13.769><c> the</c><00:54:14.050><c> providence</c>

00:54:14.349 --> 00:54:17.130
of<00:54:14.449><c> God,</c><00:54:15.289><c> this</c><00:54:15.469><c> man</c><00:54:15.730><c> was</c><00:54:16.030><c> talking</c><00:54:16.190><c> about</c><00:54:16.429><c> the</c><00:54:16.630><c> interpretation</c>

00:54:17.130 --> 00:54:19.909
of<00:54:17.369><c> a</c><00:54:17.710><c> dream.</c><00:54:19.289><c> Gideon</c><00:54:19.550><c> knew,</c>

00:54:19.989 --> 00:54:22.409
brothers<00:54:20.210><c> and</c><00:54:20.449><c> sisters,</c><00:54:20.769><c> that</c><00:54:20.949><c> if</c><00:54:21.090><c> God</c><00:54:21.309><c> was</c><00:54:21.630><c> faithful</c><00:54:21.909><c> to</c><00:54:22.150><c> his</c>

00:54:22.409 --> 00:54:25.349
words,<00:54:23.010><c> that</c><00:54:23.389><c> dream</c><00:54:23.710><c> would</c><00:54:23.969><c> be</c><00:54:24.250><c> repeated.</c>

00:54:25.849 --> 00:54:29.090
And<00:54:26.030><c> when</c><00:54:26.170><c> they</c><00:54:26.389><c> got</c><00:54:26.570><c> out</c><00:54:26.809><c> of</c><00:54:26.949><c> bed</c><00:54:27.570><c> at</c><00:54:27.769><c> 10</c><00:54:27.929><c> o</c><00:54:28.150><c>'clock,</c><00:54:28.610><c> with</c><00:54:28.710><c> that</c>

00:54:29.090 --> 00:54:31.070
dream<00:54:29.550><c> vivid</c><00:54:29.849><c> in</c><00:54:30.010><c> their</c><00:54:30.309><c> minds,</c><00:54:30.869><c> they'd</c>

00:54:31.070 --> 00:54:33.570
no<00:54:31.230><c> sooner</c><00:54:31.369><c> got</c><00:54:31.510><c> their</c><00:54:31.769><c> clothes</c><00:54:32.010><c> on</c><00:54:32.309><c> and</c><00:54:32.550><c> come</c><00:54:32.710><c> outside</c><00:54:33.210><c> and</c>

00:54:33.570 --> 00:54:35.929
bang!<00:54:34.489><c> Blast</c><00:54:34.690><c> with</c><00:54:34.849><c> the</c><00:54:34.989><c> trumpet!</c><00:54:35.449><c> The</c><00:54:35.610><c> sword</c><00:54:35.769><c> of</c>

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the<00:54:35.989><c> Lord</c><00:54:36.130><c> of</c><00:54:36.250><c> the</c><00:54:36.369><c> Gideons!</c><00:54:36.869><c> And</c><00:54:36.969><c> away</c><00:54:37.150><c> they</c><00:54:37.389><c> went</c><00:54:37.530><c> like</c><00:54:37.869><c> slashes</c><00:54:38.090><c> down</c>

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the<00:54:38.449><c> body</c><00:54:38.650><c> of</c><00:54:38.769><c> Jesus.</c><00:54:39.929><c> But</c><00:54:40.230><c> you</c><00:54:40.449><c> see</c><00:54:40.690><c> the</c>

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position<00:54:41.590><c> that</c><00:54:41.750><c> he</c><00:54:41.949><c> adopted.</c><00:54:43.429><c> And</c><00:54:43.530><c> I</c><00:54:43.730><c> believe</c><00:54:43.989><c> in</c><00:54:44.250><c> that.</c><00:54:44.550><c> Gideon</c><00:54:44.869><c> cooperated</c><00:54:45.550><c> with</c>

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God.<00:54:46.570><c> And</c><00:54:46.889><c> that's</c><00:54:47.150><c> how</c><00:54:47.409><c> we</c>

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should<00:54:47.849><c> act.</c><00:54:49.289><c> We</c><00:54:49.429><c> should</c><00:54:49.710><c> try</c><00:54:50.030><c> our</c><00:54:50.369><c> best</c><00:54:50.610><c> to</c><00:54:50.809><c> read</c><00:54:51.050><c> the</c><00:54:51.230><c> word</c>

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of<00:54:51.590><c> God</c><00:54:51.750><c> and</c><00:54:51.829><c> to</c><00:54:52.010><c> understand</c><00:54:52.449><c> divine</c><00:54:52.789><c> principles.</c>

00:54:53.769 --> 00:54:55.889
If<00:54:53.889><c> we</c><00:54:54.130><c> can't</c><00:54:54.489><c> understand</c><00:54:54.849><c> the</c><00:54:55.030><c> divine</c><00:54:55.230><c> principle,</c><00:54:55.789><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:54:56.050><c> sisters,</c><00:54:56.630><c> then</c><00:54:56.989><c> feel</c><00:54:57.210><c> it</c><00:54:57.489><c> out.</c><00:54:58.510><c> Test</c><00:54:58.869><c> it</c>

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by<00:54:59.349><c> practice.</c><00:55:00.329><c> Try</c><00:55:00.590><c> under</c><00:55:00.869><c> God</c><00:55:01.309><c> to</c><00:55:01.630><c> be</c><00:55:01.869><c> forgiven</c><00:55:02.170><c> for</c><00:55:02.710><c> anything</c><00:55:02.989><c> that</c><00:55:03.230><c> you</c><00:55:03.409><c> may</c><00:55:03.650><c> be</c>

00:55:03.849 --> 00:55:05.030
doing<00:55:04.050><c> amiss.</c><00:55:04.329><c> But</c><00:55:04.570><c> do</c><00:55:04.789><c> what</c>

00:55:05.030 --> 00:55:08.190
you<00:55:05.469><c> think</c><00:55:05.489><c> is</c><00:55:05.710><c> right</c><00:55:05.929><c> anyway</c><00:55:06.309><c> and</c><00:55:06.730><c> pray</c><00:55:07.010><c> to</c><00:55:07.190><c> God</c><00:55:07.369><c> for</c><00:55:07.650><c> God</c><00:55:07.829><c> and</c>

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watch<00:55:08.650><c> what</c><00:55:08.909><c> he</c><00:55:09.210><c> does.</c><00:55:10.909><c> If</c><00:55:11.050><c> God</c><00:55:11.329><c> blesses</c><00:55:11.789><c> that</c>

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manoeuvre,<00:55:12.750><c> continue</c><00:55:13.369><c> in</c><00:55:13.550><c> it.</c><00:55:14.050><c> If</c><00:55:14.210><c> he</c><00:55:14.469><c> blocks</c><00:55:14.750><c> you,</c><00:55:15.190><c> give</c><00:55:15.429><c> up.</c>

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And<00:55:16.809><c> this</c><00:55:16.969><c> is</c><00:55:17.130><c> what</c><00:55:17.329><c> Gideon</c><00:55:17.630><c> did.</c><00:55:18.630><c> And</c><00:55:18.789><c> he</c><00:55:19.130><c> followed</c>

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that<00:55:19.829><c> dream</c><00:55:20.090><c> out</c><00:55:20.369><c> to</c><00:55:20.550><c> its</c><00:55:20.730><c> letter.</c><00:55:21.789><c> He</c><00:55:22.090><c> saw</c><00:55:22.409><c> the</c><00:55:22.710><c> providence</c><00:55:22.969><c> of</c><00:55:23.269><c> God</c><00:55:23.469><c> and</c><00:55:23.849><c> he</c><00:55:24.050><c> acted</c><00:55:24.190><c> upon</c><00:55:24.469><c> it.</c><00:55:24.650><c> And</c><00:55:24.769><c> I</c>

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think<00:55:25.030><c> in</c><00:55:25.210><c> that</c>

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there's<00:55:25.710><c> a</c><00:55:25.869><c> marvellous</c><00:55:26.269><c> lesson</c><00:55:26.469><c> for</c><00:55:26.710><c> us</c><00:55:26.869><c> all.</c><00:55:28.170><c> Now</c><00:55:28.349><c> look</c><00:55:28.469><c> at</c>

00:55:28.570 --> 00:55:31.269
the<00:55:28.670><c> weapons</c><00:55:28.969><c> of</c><00:55:29.170><c> war</c><00:55:29.309><c> he</c><00:55:29.610><c> chose.</c><00:55:30.690><c> They</c><00:55:30.829><c> had</c><00:55:31.010><c> trumpets,</c>

00:55:31.269 --> 00:55:37.989
they<00:55:31.929><c> had</c><00:55:33.050><c> pitchers</c><00:55:34.230><c> and</c><00:55:34.570><c> they</c><00:55:34.590><c> had</c><00:55:34.789><c> lamps.</c><00:55:37.130><c> And</c><00:55:37.329><c> Gideon</c><00:55:37.630><c> told</c>

00:55:37.989 --> 00:55:41.230
them<00:55:38.170><c> in</c><00:55:38.309><c> verse</c><00:55:38.570><c> 16,</c><00:55:39.969><c> he</c><00:55:40.030><c> divided</c><00:55:40.429><c> the</c><00:55:40.710><c> 300</c><00:55:41.010><c> men</c>

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into<00:55:41.449><c> three</c><00:55:41.750><c> companies</c><00:55:42.010><c> and</c><00:55:42.210><c> put</c><00:55:42.409><c> a</c><00:55:42.610><c> trumpet</c><00:55:42.750><c> in</c><00:55:42.829><c> every</c><00:55:43.130><c> man's</c>

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hand<00:55:43.889><c> with</c><00:55:44.329><c> empty</c><00:55:44.670><c> pitchers</c><00:55:45.070><c> and</c><00:55:45.210><c> lamps</c><00:55:45.429><c> within</c>

00:55:45.650 --> 00:55:50.570
the<00:55:45.909><c> pitchers.</c><00:55:47.349><c> And</c><00:55:47.469><c> he</c><00:55:47.590><c> said</c><00:55:47.769><c> unto</c><00:55:47.929><c> them,</c><00:55:48.269><c> look</c><00:55:48.329><c> on</c><00:55:48.570><c> me</c><00:55:48.809><c> and</c><00:55:48.969><c> do</c><00:55:49.150><c> likewise</c><00:55:49.630><c> and</c><00:55:49.849><c> behold</c><00:55:50.190><c> when</c><00:55:50.369><c> I</c>

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come<00:55:50.750><c> to</c><00:55:50.869><c> the</c><00:55:51.010><c> outside</c>

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of<00:55:51.510><c> a</c><00:55:51.650><c> camp</c><00:55:51.750><c> it</c><00:55:52.030><c> shall</c><00:55:52.269><c> be</c><00:55:52.769><c> as</c><00:55:53.130><c> I</c><00:55:53.550><c> do</c><00:55:53.909><c> so</c><00:55:54.329><c> shall</c><00:55:54.710><c> ye</c><00:55:55.090><c> do.</c><00:55:57.070><c> In</c><00:55:57.309><c> the</c>

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great<00:55:57.789><c> battle</c><00:55:58.050><c> of</c><00:55:58.329><c> faith,</c><00:55:58.670><c> brothers</c><00:55:58.789><c> and</c><00:55:59.030><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:55:59.329><c> the</c><00:55:59.550><c> overcoming</c><00:56:00.010><c> of</c><00:56:00.289><c> the</c><00:56:00.510><c> sins</c><00:56:00.690><c> of</c><00:56:00.869><c> this</c><00:56:01.150><c> world</c><00:56:01.389><c> and</c><00:56:02.210><c> the</c>

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arrogance<00:56:02.929><c> of</c><00:56:03.289><c> men,</c><00:56:03.989><c> we've</c><00:56:04.130><c> got</c><00:56:04.250><c> to</c><00:56:04.650><c> follow</c><00:56:04.909><c> our</c><00:56:05.250><c> leader.</c>

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What<00:56:06.250><c> did</c><00:56:06.309><c> he</c><00:56:06.510><c> do?</c><00:56:07.989><c> Well</c><00:56:08.269><c> there</c><00:56:08.510><c> were</c><00:56:08.670><c> the</c><00:56:08.750><c> weapons</c><00:56:08.929><c> of</c><00:56:09.110><c> his</c><00:56:09.329><c> warfare.</c><00:56:09.750><c> He</c>

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had<00:56:09.909><c> a</c><00:56:10.110><c> trumpet,</c><00:56:11.269><c> he</c><00:56:11.510><c> had</c><00:56:11.710><c> a</c><00:56:11.869><c> picture</c><00:56:12.150><c> and</c>

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he<00:56:12.389><c> had</c><00:56:12.590><c> a</c><00:56:12.710><c> light.</c><00:56:14.909><c> Now</c><00:56:15.070><c> we've</c><00:56:15.210><c> already</c><00:56:15.489><c> seen</c><00:56:15.690><c> what</c><00:56:15.869><c> the</c><00:56:16.070><c> trumpet</c><00:56:16.289><c> was.</c>

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It<00:56:17.829><c> could</c><00:56:18.050><c> be</c><00:56:18.309><c> interpreted</c><00:56:18.690><c> according</c><00:56:19.070><c> to</c>

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its<00:56:19.429><c> sound</c><00:56:19.829><c> as</c><00:56:20.210><c> whether</c><00:56:20.289><c> it</c><00:56:20.449><c> was</c><00:56:20.570><c> the</c><00:56:20.670><c> voice</c><00:56:20.849><c> of</c><00:56:21.010><c> man</c><00:56:21.250><c> or</c><00:56:21.449><c> God</c><00:56:21.809><c> speaking</c><00:56:22.349><c> to</c><00:56:22.530><c> each</c><00:56:22.789><c> other.</c><00:56:22.989><c> In</c><00:56:23.110><c> this</c><00:56:23.369><c> case</c><00:56:23.550><c> I</c><00:56:23.730><c> believe</c>

00:56:23.869 --> 00:56:27.190
it<00:56:23.869><c> was</c><00:56:24.070><c> the</c><00:56:24.190><c> voice</c><00:56:24.389><c> of</c><00:56:24.690><c> man.</c><00:56:25.969><c> And</c><00:56:26.050><c> with</c><00:56:26.190><c> that</c><00:56:26.449><c> trumpet</c><00:56:26.650><c> he</c><00:56:26.809><c> lifted</c><00:56:26.969><c> up</c>

00:56:27.190 --> 00:56:29.829
his<00:56:27.349><c> voice</c><00:56:27.610><c> to</c><00:56:27.809><c> God</c><00:56:28.050><c> and</c><00:56:28.369><c> called</c><00:56:28.710><c> upon</c><00:56:29.250><c> God</c><00:56:29.530><c> for</c>

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help.<00:56:31.050><c> God</c><00:56:31.250><c> gave</c><00:56:31.489><c> him</c><00:56:31.730><c> a</c><00:56:31.869><c> light</c><00:56:32.110><c> but</c><00:56:33.210><c> that</c><00:56:33.530><c> light</c><00:56:33.789><c> was</c><00:56:34.210><c> hidden</c>

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in<00:56:34.789><c> a</c><00:56:35.070><c> picture.</c><00:56:35.869><c> The</c><00:56:35.969><c> word</c><00:56:36.150><c> in</c><00:56:36.269><c> the</c><00:56:36.369><c> Hebrew</c>

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signifies<00:56:37.550><c> a</c><00:56:38.050><c> household</c><00:56:38.530><c> basin</c><00:56:38.909><c> and</c><00:56:39.110><c> they</c><00:56:39.329><c> were</c><00:56:39.670><c> urban</c><00:56:40.170><c> ware</c>

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vessels.<00:56:41.190><c> What's</c><00:56:41.469><c> an</c><00:56:41.610><c> urban</c><00:56:41.789><c> ware</c><00:56:41.949><c> vessel?</c><00:56:42.650><c> Paul</c>

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says<00:56:43.250><c> we</c><00:56:43.849><c> have</c><00:56:44.349><c> this</c><00:56:44.909><c> treasure</c><00:56:45.289><c> in</c><00:56:46.010><c> urban</c><00:56:46.550><c> vessels.</c><00:56:47.690><c> 2</c><00:56:47.809><c> Corinthians</c><00:56:48.349><c> chapter</c><00:56:48.869><c> 4.</c><00:56:50.809><c> And</c>

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we've<00:56:51.090><c> got</c><00:56:51.210><c> a</c><00:56:51.409><c> light</c>

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brothers<00:56:51.869><c> and</c><00:56:51.889><c> sisters</c><00:56:52.289><c> and</c><00:56:52.989><c> there's</c><00:56:53.250><c> only</c><00:56:53.489><c> one</c><00:56:53.889><c> way</c><00:56:54.250><c> that</c><00:56:54.550><c> that</c><00:56:54.829><c> light's</c><00:56:55.150><c> ever</c><00:56:55.590><c> going</c><00:56:55.789><c> to</c>

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be<00:56:56.289><c> seen</c>

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and<00:56:58.230><c> that</c><00:56:58.389><c> is</c><00:56:58.650><c> to</c><00:56:59.030><c> break</c><00:56:59.230><c> the</c><00:56:59.510><c> vessel.</c><00:57:01.929><c> And</c><00:57:02.070><c> when</c><00:57:02.329><c> the</c><00:57:02.670><c> vessel's</c><00:57:03.110><c> broken</c>

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the<00:57:03.929><c> light</c><00:57:04.329><c> will</c><00:57:04.769><c> shine</c>

00:57:06.550 --> 00:57:12.190
and<00:57:07.190><c> so</c><00:57:07.389><c> that's</c><00:57:07.690><c> what</c><00:57:07.969><c> Gideon</c><00:57:08.269><c> was</c><00:57:08.469><c> telling</c><00:57:08.710><c> them.</c><00:57:09.130><c> You</c><00:57:09.469><c> do</c><00:57:09.730><c> what</c><00:57:09.969><c> I've</c><00:57:10.429><c> done.</c><00:57:11.969><c> No</c>

00:57:12.190 --> 00:57:14.869
man<00:57:12.550><c> says</c><00:57:12.750><c> Jesus</c><00:57:13.510><c> having</c><00:57:13.929><c> a</c><00:57:14.230><c> light</c>

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would<00:57:15.510><c> hide</c><00:57:15.809><c> it</c><00:57:16.030><c> under</c><00:57:16.349><c> a</c><00:57:16.550><c> vessel.</c><00:57:18.969><c> And</c><00:57:19.269><c> why</c><00:57:19.489><c> do</c><00:57:19.570><c> we</c><00:57:19.710><c> do</c><00:57:19.889><c> that?</c>

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Because<00:57:20.469><c> we're</c><00:57:20.909><c> flesh.</c><00:57:21.670><c> So</c><00:57:21.869><c> God's</c><00:57:22.210><c> given</c><00:57:22.309><c> us</c><00:57:22.590><c> a</c><00:57:22.710><c> light</c>

00:57:22.949 --> 00:57:25.510
and<00:57:23.289><c> the</c><00:57:23.449><c> opportunity</c><00:57:23.889><c> comes</c><00:57:24.269><c> to</c><00:57:24.469><c> shine</c><00:57:24.730><c> that</c><00:57:24.989><c> light.</c><00:57:25.190><c> But</c><00:57:25.269><c> what</c><00:57:25.369><c> do</c>

00:57:25.510 --> 00:57:27.289
we<00:57:25.650><c> do?</c><00:57:25.909><c> We</c><00:57:26.170><c> stick</c><00:57:26.389><c> this</c><00:57:26.690><c> flesh</c><00:57:26.909><c> over</c><00:57:27.170><c> the</c>

00:57:27.289 --> 00:57:28.750
top<00:57:27.389><c> of</c><00:57:27.449><c> it.</c><00:57:27.489><c> We</c><00:57:27.570><c> don't</c><00:57:27.750><c> want</c><00:57:27.849><c> anybody</c><00:57:27.969><c> to</c><00:57:28.210><c> see</c><00:57:28.329><c> it</c><00:57:28.510><c> because</c>

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it's<00:57:29.309><c> embarrassing.</c><00:57:31.329><c> And</c><00:57:31.570><c> it's</c><00:57:31.789><c> not</c><00:57:31.909><c> until</c><00:57:32.190><c> that</c><00:57:32.610><c> flesh</c>

00:57:32.849 --> 00:57:36.090
is<00:57:33.130><c> broken</c><00:57:33.489><c> brothers</c><00:57:33.789><c> and</c><00:57:34.050><c> sisters</c><00:57:34.170><c> and</c><00:57:34.329><c> got</c><00:57:34.570><c> rid</c><00:57:34.929><c> of</c><00:57:35.230><c> and</c><00:57:35.570><c> opened</c><00:57:35.909><c> up</c>

00:57:36.090 --> 00:57:37.690
that<00:57:36.230><c> that</c><00:57:36.489><c> light</c><00:57:36.630><c> will</c><00:57:36.989><c> ever</c><00:57:37.309><c> appear.</c>

00:57:37.869 --> 00:57:41.550
And<00:57:38.110><c> that</c><00:57:38.329><c> word</c><00:57:38.550><c> lamp</c><00:57:38.909><c> there</c><00:57:39.070><c> by</c><00:57:39.250><c> the</c><00:57:39.409><c> way</c><00:57:39.530><c> in</c><00:57:39.690><c> the</c><00:57:39.809><c> Hebrew</c><00:57:39.989><c> means</c><00:57:40.250><c> a</c><00:57:40.530><c> burning</c><00:57:40.789><c> lamp</c><00:57:41.090><c> and</c><00:57:41.250><c> it's</c><00:57:41.429><c> a</c>

00:57:41.550 --> 00:57:42.429
very<00:57:41.690><c> word</c><00:57:41.969><c> used</c>

00:57:42.429 --> 00:57:46.789
for<00:57:42.670><c> the</c><00:57:42.809><c> light</c><00:57:42.949><c> of</c><00:57:43.070><c> the</c><00:57:43.309><c> cherubim</c><00:57:43.690><c> by</c><00:57:43.889><c> the</c><00:57:44.070><c> way.</c><00:57:45.630><c> And</c><00:57:45.710><c> the</c><00:57:45.889><c> cherubim</c><00:57:46.369><c> light</c><00:57:46.610><c> as</c>

00:57:46.789 --> 00:57:48.050
you'll<00:57:46.989><c> go</c><00:57:47.250><c> forth</c><00:57:47.469><c> to</c><00:57:47.670><c> enlighten</c>

00:57:48.050 --> 00:57:51.070
this<00:57:48.230><c> whole</c><00:57:48.429><c> world</c><00:57:48.590><c> in</c><00:57:48.769><c> the</c><00:57:48.869><c> future</c><00:57:49.170><c> age</c><00:57:49.550><c> will</c><00:57:49.849><c> be</c><00:57:50.150><c> seen</c><00:57:50.449><c> because</c><00:57:50.789><c> it's</c>

00:57:51.070 --> 00:57:54.349
no<00:57:51.230><c> longer</c><00:57:51.449><c> flesh.</c><00:57:52.889><c> It's</c><00:57:53.090><c> spirit.</c><00:57:54.030><c> It's</c>

00:57:54.349 --> 00:57:58.309
power.<00:57:55.510><c> And</c><00:57:55.630><c> they</c><00:57:55.829><c> were</c><00:57:55.989><c> the</c><00:57:56.130><c> weapons</c><00:57:56.429><c> of</c><00:57:56.630><c> their</c><00:57:56.789><c> wars.</c><00:57:57.909><c> It</c><00:57:58.030><c> was</c><00:57:58.190><c> a</c>

00:57:58.309 --> 00:58:00.690
tremendous<00:57:58.769><c> story</c><00:57:59.230><c> and</c><00:57:59.789><c> they</c><00:58:00.130><c> birthed</c><00:58:00.510><c> those</c>

00:58:00.690 --> 00:58:05.590
pictures.<00:58:01.789><c> And</c><00:58:01.909><c> we</c><00:58:02.050><c> read</c><00:58:02.289><c> for</c><00:58:02.550><c> example</c><00:58:02.809><c> in</c><00:58:03.010><c> verse</c><00:58:03.190><c> 21</c><00:58:04.309><c> or</c><00:58:05.090><c> verse</c><00:58:05.349><c> 20</c>

00:58:05.590 --> 00:58:07.690
of<00:58:05.710><c> the</c><00:58:05.889><c> three</c><00:58:06.050><c> companies</c><00:58:06.369><c> blew</c><00:58:06.650><c> the</c><00:58:06.909><c> trumpet</c>

00:58:07.989 --> 00:58:12.150
and<00:58:08.329><c> they</c><00:58:08.550><c> broke</c><00:58:08.929><c> the</c><00:58:09.230><c> pictures</c><00:58:09.449><c> and</c><00:58:09.809><c> held</c><00:58:10.050><c> the</c><00:58:10.349><c> lamps</c><00:58:10.650><c> in</c><00:58:11.230><c> their</c><00:58:11.449><c> left</c><00:58:11.789><c> hands</c><00:58:11.989><c> and</c>

00:58:12.150 --> 00:58:12.829
the<00:58:12.329><c> trumpets</c><00:58:12.590><c> in</c><00:58:12.650><c> their</c>

00:58:12.829 --> 00:58:17.030
right<00:58:13.110><c> hands</c><00:58:13.289><c> to</c><00:58:13.550><c> blow</c><00:58:13.789><c> with</c><00:58:14.050><c> all.</c><00:58:14.750><c> And</c><00:58:14.909><c> they</c><00:58:15.230><c> cried</c><00:58:15.690><c> the</c><00:58:16.469><c> sword</c><00:58:16.750><c> of</c>

00:58:17.030 --> 00:58:19.409
Yahweh<00:58:17.389><c> and</c><00:58:17.550><c> of</c><00:58:17.750><c> Gideon</c><00:58:18.210><c> and</c><00:58:18.570><c> they</c><00:58:19.090><c> stood</c>

00:58:19.409 --> 00:58:27.269
every<00:58:20.250><c> man</c><00:58:20.809><c> in</c><00:58:21.289><c> his</c><00:58:21.710><c> place.</c><00:58:22.869><c> Nobody</c><00:58:23.250><c> moved.</c><00:58:25.570><c> Nobody</c><00:58:26.130><c> moved.</c>

00:58:27.610 --> 00:58:30.769
And<00:58:27.889><c> they</c><00:58:28.250><c> stood</c><00:58:28.570><c> still</c><00:58:29.070><c> and</c><00:58:29.909><c> God</c><00:58:30.150><c> did</c><00:58:30.349><c> the</c><00:58:30.530><c> rest.</c>

00:58:30.769 --> 00:58:36.750
Nobody<00:58:31.489><c> moved.</c><00:58:33.309><c> And</c><00:58:33.389><c> we</c><00:58:33.590><c> read</c><00:58:33.989><c> in</c><00:58:34.210><c> a</c><00:58:34.309><c> very</c><00:58:34.650><c> dramatic</c><00:58:35.130><c> statement</c><00:58:35.789><c> and</c><00:58:36.570><c> all</c>

00:58:36.750 --> 00:58:38.090
the<00:58:36.889><c> host</c><00:58:37.070><c> ran</c>

00:58:38.349 --> 00:58:44.610
and<00:58:38.610><c> they</c><00:58:38.869><c> cried</c><00:58:39.449><c> and</c><00:58:40.190><c> they</c><00:58:40.610><c> fled.</c><00:58:42.349><c> And</c><00:58:42.449><c> in</c><00:58:42.829><c> those</c><00:58:43.150><c> three</c><00:58:43.670><c> words</c><00:58:44.150><c> you</c>

00:58:44.610 --> 00:58:45.769
get<00:58:44.809><c> a,</c><00:58:45.010><c> I</c><00:58:45.269><c> do</c><00:58:45.429><c> anyway,</c>

00:58:46.050 --> 00:58:49.750
get<00:58:46.170><c> a</c><00:58:46.510><c> mental</c><00:58:46.690><c> picture</c><00:58:47.030><c> of</c><00:58:47.170><c> what</c><00:58:47.489><c> happened.</c><00:58:48.909><c> Now</c><00:58:49.070><c> look,</c><00:58:49.590><c> you</c>

00:58:49.750 --> 00:58:51.530
take<00:58:49.909><c> the</c><00:58:50.030><c> word</c><00:58:50.250><c> ran</c><00:58:50.530><c> and</c><00:58:50.690><c> the</c><00:58:50.710><c> word</c><00:58:51.050><c> fled.</c><00:58:51.449><c> Well,</c>

00:58:51.530 --> 00:58:53.909
it's<00:58:51.690><c> the</c><00:58:51.769><c> same</c><00:58:51.989><c> thing</c><00:58:52.190><c> in</c><00:58:52.409><c> effect.</c><00:58:53.170><c> But</c><00:58:53.289><c> you</c><00:58:53.389><c> can</c><00:58:53.590><c> see</c><00:58:53.750><c> what</c>

00:58:53.909 --> 00:58:56.469
is<00:58:54.030><c> happening.</c><00:58:54.670><c> There</c><00:58:54.769><c> were</c><00:58:54.949><c> two</c><00:58:55.210><c> types</c><00:58:55.429><c> of</c><00:58:55.710><c> running.</c>

00:58:56.690 --> 00:59:00.570
In<00:58:56.989><c> between</c><00:58:57.369><c> there</c><00:58:57.590><c> was</c><00:58:57.769><c> a</c><00:58:57.989><c> shriek</c><00:58:58.190><c> of</c><00:58:58.369><c> a</c><00:58:58.469><c> laugh.</c><00:58:59.809><c> So</c><00:58:59.989><c> I</c><00:59:00.070><c> believe</c><00:59:00.230><c> what</c>

00:59:00.570 --> 00:59:01.909
happened<00:59:00.769><c> was</c><00:59:01.050><c> this,</c>

00:59:02.070 --> 00:59:05.550
that<00:59:02.269><c> with</c><00:59:02.469><c> the</c><00:59:02.769><c> blast</c><00:59:03.090><c> of</c><00:59:03.289><c> the</c><00:59:03.489><c> trumpets</c><00:59:03.949><c> everybody</c><00:59:05.110><c> woke</c>

00:59:05.550 --> 00:59:09.130
up.<00:59:07.010><c> And</c><00:59:07.269><c> the</c><00:59:07.650><c> first</c><00:59:08.010><c> thing</c><00:59:08.250><c> that</c><00:59:08.389><c> came</c><00:59:08.670><c> into</c><00:59:08.869><c> the</c>

00:59:09.130 --> 00:59:11.750
enlightened<00:59:09.510><c> minds</c><00:59:09.929><c> of</c><00:59:10.170><c> all</c><00:59:10.389><c> those</c><00:59:10.690><c> superstitious</c><00:59:11.190><c> people</c>

00:59:11.750 --> 00:59:14.949
was<00:59:12.309><c> that</c><00:59:12.650><c> cake</c><00:59:12.869><c> of</c><00:59:13.130><c> barley</c><00:59:13.309><c> breads.</c><00:59:14.590><c> And</c><00:59:14.769><c> they</c>

00:59:14.949 --> 00:59:17.349
heard<00:59:15.070><c> the</c><00:59:15.349><c> blast</c><00:59:15.769><c> of</c><00:59:15.869><c> the</c><00:59:16.010><c> trumpets</c><00:59:16.150><c> and</c><00:59:16.369><c> the</c><00:59:16.550><c> first</c><00:59:17.090><c> thing</c>

00:59:17.349 --> 00:59:19.710
of<00:59:17.570><c> course</c><00:59:17.690><c> they</c><00:59:17.829><c> wanted</c><00:59:17.969><c> to</c><00:59:18.170><c> do</c><00:59:18.369><c> was</c><00:59:18.710><c> run</c><00:59:19.150><c> anywhere.</c>

00:59:19.710 --> 00:59:23.150
Run!<00:59:20.409><c> So</c><00:59:20.469><c> they</c><00:59:20.730><c> ran</c><00:59:21.050><c> and</c><00:59:21.389><c> then</c><00:59:21.530><c> they</c><00:59:21.989><c> cried</c><00:59:22.510><c> and</c><00:59:22.869><c> then</c><00:59:23.010><c> they</c>

00:59:23.150 --> 00:59:25.389
got<00:59:23.369><c> organized</c><00:59:23.829><c> and</c><00:59:24.269><c> they</c><00:59:24.510><c> fled.</c>

00:59:26.130 --> 00:59:29.809
And<00:59:26.190><c> in</c><00:59:26.369><c> those</c><00:59:26.670><c> three</c><00:59:26.989><c> words</c><00:59:27.289><c> I</c><00:59:27.530><c> believe</c><00:59:28.070><c> the</c><00:59:28.610><c> record</c><00:59:28.929><c> of</c><00:59:29.230><c> scripture</c><00:59:29.469><c> is</c>

00:59:29.809 --> 00:59:31.969
showing<00:59:30.010><c> us</c><00:59:30.289><c> quite</c><00:59:30.690><c> clearly</c><00:59:31.269><c> the</c>

00:59:31.969 --> 00:59:34.570
utter<00:59:32.349><c> panic</c><00:59:32.750><c> that</c><00:59:33.010><c> gripped</c><00:59:33.130><c> that</c><00:59:33.389><c> host.</c><00:59:33.809><c> What</c><00:59:33.969><c> was</c><00:59:34.190><c> Gideon's</c>

00:59:34.570 --> 00:59:35.989
three<00:59:34.650><c> hundred</c><00:59:34.809><c> men</c><00:59:35.010><c> doing?</c><00:59:35.710><c> They</c><00:59:35.750><c> stood</c>

00:59:35.989 --> 00:59:41.130
rooted<00:59:36.250><c> in</c><00:59:36.449><c> one</c><00:59:36.610><c> position</c><00:59:36.989><c> holding</c><00:59:37.309><c> a</c><00:59:37.550><c> lamp.</c><00:59:39.510><c> Nothing</c><00:59:39.750><c> else</c><00:59:40.250><c> in</c><00:59:40.369><c> that</c><00:59:40.510><c> was</c><00:59:40.650><c> holding</c><00:59:40.929><c> a</c>

00:59:41.130 --> 00:59:42.389
lamp.<00:59:41.730><c> And</c><00:59:41.869><c> as</c><00:59:42.030><c> this</c><00:59:42.250><c> host,</c>

00:59:42.449 --> 00:59:44.670
I<00:59:42.590><c> could</c><00:59:42.750><c> picture</c><00:59:42.869><c> them</c><00:59:42.989><c> coming</c><00:59:43.210><c> out</c><00:59:43.389><c> of</c><00:59:43.469><c> their</c><00:59:43.690><c> tents,</c><00:59:44.570><c> like</c>

00:59:44.670 --> 00:59:46.809
ants<00:59:44.929><c> out</c><00:59:45.130><c> of</c><00:59:45.230><c> their</c><00:59:45.449><c> hole,</c><00:59:46.110><c> screaming</c><00:59:46.510><c> out,</c>

00:59:46.809 --> 00:59:49.449
rushing<00:59:47.250><c> around</c><00:59:47.610><c> and</c><00:59:47.809><c> they</c><00:59:47.909><c> all</c><00:59:47.989><c> got</c><00:59:48.170><c> organized.</c><00:59:48.789><c> They</c><00:59:48.909><c> poured</c><00:59:49.110><c> down</c>

00:59:49.449 --> 00:59:50.250
the<00:59:49.590><c> valley</c><00:59:49.789><c> of</c><00:59:49.949><c> the</c><00:59:50.050><c> Jordan.</c>

00:59:50.610 --> 00:59:56.289
They<00:59:50.769><c> took</c><00:59:50.969><c> the</c><00:59:51.309><c> path</c><00:59:51.690><c> between</c><00:59:52.090><c> the</c><00:59:52.309><c> two</c><00:59:52.449><c> mountains,</c><00:59:53.389><c> ran</c><00:59:53.449><c> down</c><00:59:53.829><c> past</c><00:59:54.150><c> Bethshan,</c><00:59:54.750><c> where</c><00:59:54.949><c> Saul's</c><00:59:55.389><c> body</c><00:59:55.489><c> later</c><00:59:55.789><c> on</c>

00:59:56.289 --> 00:59:59.369
hung<00:59:56.469><c> near</c><00:59:56.670><c> a</c><00:59:56.889><c> course,</c><00:59:57.369><c> ran</c><00:59:57.610><c> past</c><00:59:58.030><c> Bethshan,</c><00:59:58.869><c> down</c><00:59:59.090><c> into</c><00:59:59.269><c> the</c>

00:59:59.369 --> 01:00:01.670
valley<00:59:59.550><c> of</c><00:59:59.690><c> the</c><00:59:59.829><c> Jordan</c><01:00:00.070><c> and</c><01:00:00.489><c> got</c><01:00:00.869><c> shooting</c><01:00:01.130><c> along,</c>

01:00:02.110 --> 01:00:04.210
right<01:00:02.250><c> down</c><01:00:02.510><c> this</c><01:00:02.769><c> way.</c><01:00:03.070><c> They</c><01:00:03.429><c> were</c><01:00:03.590><c> shooting</c><01:00:03.590><c> along</c><01:00:03.809><c> me</c><01:00:03.949><c> like</c>

01:00:04.210 --> 01:00:07.789
that.<01:00:06.030><c> And</c><01:00:06.190><c> as</c><01:00:06.309><c> they</c><01:00:06.530><c> went</c><01:00:06.889><c> down</c><01:00:07.329><c> that</c><01:00:07.530><c> valley,</c>

01:00:07.969 --> 01:00:10.949
brethren<01:00:08.110><c> and</c><01:00:08.329><c> sisters,</c><01:00:08.469><c> they</c><01:00:08.670><c> were</c><01:00:08.989><c> beating</c><01:00:09.190><c> each</c><01:00:09.550><c> other</c><01:00:09.710><c> down.</c><01:00:10.389><c> Oh,</c><01:00:10.909><c> I</c>

01:00:10.949 --> 01:00:12.630
can<01:00:11.230><c> picture</c><01:00:11.409><c> that</c><01:00:11.769><c> scene.</c><01:00:12.190><c> I</c><01:00:12.309><c> can</c>

01:00:12.630 --> 01:00:15.550
just<01:00:13.110><c> see</c><01:00:13.369><c> that</c><01:00:13.670><c> as</c><01:00:14.070><c> they</c><01:00:14.210><c> were</c><01:00:14.590><c> screaming</c><01:00:15.030><c> and</c><01:00:15.230><c> running</c><01:00:15.409><c> at</c>

01:00:15.550 --> 01:00:16.670
the<01:00:15.630><c> end</c><01:00:15.630><c> of</c><01:00:15.730><c> the</c><01:00:15.909><c> day.</c><01:00:16.070><c> Everybody</c><01:00:16.289><c> would</c><01:00:16.469><c> be</c><01:00:16.550><c> hitting</c>

01:00:16.670 --> 01:00:18.550
everybody<01:00:17.010><c> else</c><01:00:17.190><c> on</c><01:00:17.269><c> the</c><01:00:17.429><c> head</c><01:00:17.550><c> with</c><01:00:17.710><c> his</c><01:00:17.969><c> sword</c><01:00:18.170><c> thinking</c><01:00:18.389><c> it</c>

01:00:18.550 --> 01:00:20.010
was<01:00:18.769><c> Gideon.</c><01:00:19.050><c> It</c><01:00:19.130><c> was</c><01:00:19.349><c> the</c><01:00:19.510><c> sword</c><01:00:19.610><c> of</c><01:00:19.769><c> the</c><01:00:19.829><c> Lord</c>

01:00:20.010 --> 01:00:23.050
and<01:00:20.389><c> Gideon.</c><01:00:20.969><c> And</c><01:00:21.090><c> all</c><01:00:21.230><c> Gideon's</c><01:00:21.590><c> doing</c><01:00:21.750><c> is</c><01:00:22.030><c> standing</c><01:00:22.250><c> there.</c>

01:00:23.710 --> 01:00:26.969
Now<01:00:23.909><c> I'm</c><01:00:24.190><c> losing.</c><01:00:25.550><c> And</c><01:00:25.849><c> they</c><01:00:26.030><c> just</c><01:00:26.289><c> went</c><01:00:26.429><c> off,</c>

01:00:27.329 --> 01:00:31.110
beating<01:00:27.349><c> each</c><01:00:27.590><c> other</c><01:00:27.710><c> down.</c><01:00:28.050><c> And</c><01:00:28.329><c> they</c><01:00:28.650><c> lost</c><01:00:28.989><c> in</c><01:00:29.190><c> that</c><01:00:29.429><c> initial</c><01:00:29.809><c> struggle</c><01:00:30.369><c> one</c>

01:00:31.110 --> 01:00:32.269
hundred<01:00:31.489><c> and</c><01:00:31.690><c> twenty</c><01:00:31.869><c> thousand</c>

01:00:32.269 --> 01:00:35.969
of<01:00:32.550><c> them.</c><01:00:33.789><c> A</c><01:00:34.110><c> hundred</c><01:00:34.409><c> and</c><01:00:34.670><c> twenty</c><01:00:34.889><c> thousand</c><01:00:35.230><c> men</c><01:00:35.489><c> were</c><01:00:35.710><c> lost</c>

01:00:35.969 --> 01:00:38.190
in<01:00:36.130><c> that</c><01:00:36.269><c> original</c><01:00:36.710><c> panic</c><01:00:37.050><c> and</c><01:00:37.429><c> only</c><01:00:37.750><c> fifteen</c>

01:00:38.190 --> 01:00:43.269
thousand<01:00:38.670><c> of</c><01:00:38.869><c> them</c><01:00:38.969><c> got</c><01:00:39.210><c> away.</c><01:00:40.510><c> Now</c><01:00:40.690><c> we</c><01:00:40.889><c> come</c><01:00:40.989><c> to</c><01:00:41.130><c> another</c><01:00:41.289><c> interesting</c><01:00:41.789><c> picture.</c><01:00:43.090><c> We</c>

01:00:43.269 --> 01:00:44.289
read<01:00:43.469><c> the</c><01:00:43.769><c> path</c><01:00:43.989><c> that</c><01:00:44.150><c> they</c>

01:00:44.289 --> 01:00:48.010
took<01:00:44.469><c> in</c><01:00:44.650><c> verse</c><01:00:44.829><c> twenty</c><01:00:45.170><c> one.</c><01:00:46.949><c> We</c><01:00:47.030><c> read</c><01:00:47.170><c> that</c><01:00:47.329><c> the</c><01:00:47.489><c> three</c><01:00:47.630><c> hundred</c><01:00:47.809><c> blew</c>

01:00:48.010 --> 01:00:49.550
the<01:00:48.269><c> trumpets</c><01:00:48.530><c> and</c><01:00:48.789><c> Yahweh</c><01:00:49.110><c> said</c><01:00:49.289><c> every</c>

01:00:49.550 --> 01:00:52.050
man<01:00:49.829><c> saw</c><01:00:50.010><c> it</c><01:00:50.110><c> against</c><01:00:50.329><c> his</c><01:00:50.570><c> fellows,</c><01:00:51.449><c> even</c><01:00:51.650><c> throughout</c><01:00:51.789><c> all</c>

01:00:52.050 --> 01:00:54.610
the<01:00:52.230><c> hosts.</c><01:00:52.429><c> And</c><01:00:52.570><c> the</c><01:00:52.690><c> host</c><01:00:52.869><c> fled</c><01:00:53.230><c> to</c><01:00:53.829><c> the</c><01:00:54.150><c> house</c><01:00:54.369><c> of</c>

01:00:54.610 --> 01:00:59.989
the<01:00:54.809><c> Acacia</c><01:00:55.690><c> and</c><01:00:56.730><c> to</c><01:00:57.590><c> Zerathran</c><01:00:58.429><c> and</c><01:00:58.789><c> at</c><01:00:58.909><c> the</c><01:00:59.070><c> border</c><01:00:59.329><c> of</c><01:00:59.650><c> Abel</c>

01:00:59.989 --> 01:01:03.309
Mahola<01:01:00.349><c> and</c><01:01:00.650><c> to</c><01:01:00.889><c> Tabath.</c><01:01:01.889><c> Now</c><01:01:02.289><c> in</c><01:01:02.610><c> those</c><01:01:03.030><c> names,</c>

01:01:03.309 --> 01:01:05.829
of<01:01:03.469><c> course,</c><01:01:04.190><c> he's</c><01:01:04.510><c> showing</c><01:01:04.590><c> us</c><01:01:04.809><c> a</c><01:01:04.889><c> few</c><01:01:05.090><c> directions</c><01:01:05.510><c> they're</c>

01:01:05.829 --> 01:01:07.489
taking<01:01:06.010><c> and</c><01:01:06.190><c> they're</c><01:01:06.349><c> coming</c><01:01:06.510><c> down</c><01:01:06.869><c> south</c>

01:01:07.489 --> 01:01:11.170
because<01:01:07.869><c> those</c><01:01:08.269><c> four</c><01:01:08.489><c> towns</c><01:01:08.769><c> are</c><01:01:09.090><c> right</c><01:01:09.269><c> almost</c><01:01:09.789><c> in</c><01:01:10.010><c> line</c><01:01:10.230><c> down</c><01:01:10.530><c> the</c>

01:01:11.170 --> 01:01:13.110
western<01:01:11.550><c> side</c><01:01:11.869><c> of</c><01:01:11.989><c> the</c><01:01:12.070><c> River</c><01:01:12.230><c> Jordan.</c>

01:01:13.269 --> 01:01:15.849
So<01:01:13.429><c> they</c><01:01:13.750><c> were</c><01:01:13.769><c> a</c><01:01:14.090><c> race</c><01:01:14.250><c> to</c><01:01:14.389><c> the</c><01:01:14.590><c> Jordan</c><01:01:14.949><c> but</c><01:01:15.329><c> of</c><01:01:15.530><c> course</c><01:01:15.670><c> they</c>

01:01:15.849 --> 01:01:17.750
got<01:01:16.030><c> the</c><01:01:16.170><c> great</c><01:01:16.409><c> natural</c><01:01:16.829><c> barrier,</c><01:01:17.409><c> the</c><01:01:17.530><c> River</c>

01:01:17.750 --> 01:01:20.650
Jordan.<01:01:18.389><c> And</c><01:01:18.570><c> they</c><01:01:19.010><c> swerved</c><01:01:19.510><c> around</c><01:01:19.789><c> like</c><01:01:20.030><c> that.</c><01:01:20.130><c> They</c><01:01:20.250><c> were</c>

01:01:20.650 --> 01:01:23.110
racing<01:01:21.130><c> down</c><01:01:21.449><c> the</c><01:01:21.610><c> banks</c><01:01:21.769><c> of</c><01:01:21.889><c> the</c><01:01:21.969><c> River</c><01:01:22.150><c> Jordan.</c>

01:01:23.349 --> 01:01:26.409
And<01:01:23.429><c> of</c><01:01:23.510><c> course</c><01:01:23.630><c> Gideon's</c><01:01:24.070><c> got</c><01:01:24.150><c> to</c><01:01:24.269><c> get</c><01:01:24.429><c> them.</c><01:01:25.150><c> He</c><01:01:25.369><c> wants</c><01:01:25.630><c> every</c><01:01:26.250><c> one</c>

01:01:26.409 --> 01:01:28.510
of<01:01:26.550><c> them</c><01:01:26.969><c> for</c><01:01:27.449><c> a</c><01:01:27.670><c> reason</c><01:01:27.829><c> as</c><01:01:27.969><c> we'll</c><01:01:28.130><c> see</c><01:01:28.250><c> in</c><01:01:28.349><c> a</c>

01:01:28.510 --> 01:01:34.429
moment.<01:01:29.130><c> But</c><01:01:29.349><c> he</c><01:01:29.489><c> can't</c><01:01:29.929><c> catch</c><01:01:30.269><c> them.</c><01:01:31.349><c> So</c><01:01:31.590><c> he</c><01:01:31.769><c> shoots</c><01:01:32.130><c> a</c><01:01:32.369><c> message</c><01:01:33.670><c> via</c><01:01:34.190><c> a</c>

01:01:34.429 --> 01:01:36.070
shortcut<01:01:34.809><c> straight</c><01:01:35.289><c> through</c><01:01:35.550><c> to</c><01:01:35.710><c> Ephraim.</c>

01:01:36.230 --> 01:01:39.210
How<01:01:36.449><c> he</c><01:01:36.550><c> done</c><01:01:36.630><c> it,</c><01:01:36.730><c> I</c><01:01:36.909><c> don't</c><01:01:37.250><c> know.</c><01:01:37.530><c> But</c><01:01:37.630><c> evidently</c><01:01:37.949><c> he</c><01:01:38.050><c> got</c><01:01:38.269><c> this</c><01:01:38.610><c> message</c><01:01:38.809><c> through</c><01:01:39.050><c> to</c>

01:01:39.210 --> 01:01:40.809
Ephraim.<01:01:39.869><c> Now</c><01:01:40.130><c> Ephraim</c><01:01:40.610><c> was</c>

01:01:40.809 --> 01:01:43.989
in<01:01:40.889><c> a</c><01:01:41.070><c> glorious</c><01:01:41.610><c> position</c><01:01:41.989><c> to</c><01:01:42.250><c> cut</c><01:01:42.369><c> them</c><01:01:42.610><c> off.</c><01:01:43.590><c> So</c><01:01:43.670><c> they</c><01:01:43.750><c> were</c>

01:01:43.989 --> 01:01:46.570
racing<01:01:44.369><c> down</c><01:01:44.809><c> here.</c><01:01:45.269><c> Ephraim</c><01:01:45.710><c> was</c><01:01:45.969><c> just</c><01:01:46.269><c> there.</c>

01:01:46.789 --> 01:01:53.210
So<01:01:46.989><c> he</c><01:01:47.150><c> got</c><01:01:47.329><c> Ephraim</c><01:01:48.550><c> to</c><01:01:48.969><c> shoot</c><01:01:49.329><c> across</c><01:01:49.750><c> to</c><01:01:49.949><c> the</c><01:01:50.110><c> forbs</c><01:01:50.409><c> of</c><01:01:51.210><c> Beth</c><01:01:51.730><c> Barah.</c><01:01:52.269><c> Notice</c><01:01:52.610><c> that</c><01:01:52.989><c> in</c>

01:01:53.210 --> 01:01:54.710
verse<01:01:53.469><c> twenty</c><01:01:53.849><c> four.</c>

01:01:56.289 --> 01:02:01.250
That's<01:01:56.829><c> where</c><01:01:56.949><c> Jesus</c><01:01:57.349><c> was</c><01:01:57.570><c> that</c><01:01:57.889><c> time.</c><01:02:00.449><c> So</c><01:02:00.550><c> in</c><01:02:00.690><c> verse</c><01:02:00.869><c> twenty</c>

01:02:01.250 --> 01:02:02.849
four<01:02:01.369><c> we</c><01:02:01.550><c> read</c><01:02:01.690><c> and</c><01:02:01.889><c> Gideon</c><01:02:02.230><c> sent</c><01:02:02.469><c> messages</c>

01:02:02.849 --> 01:02:04.929
throughout<01:02:03.130><c> all</c><01:02:03.369><c> Mount</c><01:02:03.550><c> Ephraim</c><01:02:03.829><c> saying</c><01:02:04.090><c> come</c><01:02:04.449><c> down</c><01:02:04.690><c> against</c>

01:02:04.929 --> 01:02:06.690
the<01:02:05.070><c> Midianites</c><01:02:05.429><c> and</c><01:02:05.650><c> take</c><01:02:05.929><c> them</c><01:02:06.150><c> before</c><01:02:06.469><c> the</c>

01:02:06.690 --> 01:02:10.690
waters<01:02:06.989><c> unto</c><01:02:07.570><c> Beth</c><01:02:07.889><c> Barah</c><01:02:08.449><c> and</c><01:02:08.909><c> Jordan.</c><01:02:10.150><c> Then</c><01:02:10.289><c> all</c><01:02:10.469><c> the</c><01:02:10.570><c> men</c>

01:02:10.690 --> 01:02:12.429
of<01:02:10.829><c> Ephraim</c><01:02:11.190><c> gathered</c><01:02:11.469><c> themselves</c><01:02:11.829><c> together</c><01:02:12.230><c> and</c>

01:02:12.429 --> 01:02:15.730
took<01:02:12.650><c> the</c><01:02:12.909><c> waters</c><01:02:13.070><c> unto</c><01:02:13.289><c> Beth</c><01:02:13.650><c> Barah</c><01:02:14.130><c> and</c><01:02:14.570><c> Jordan.</c><01:02:15.349><c> So</c><01:02:15.530><c> they</c>

01:02:15.730 --> 01:02:18.510
shot<01:02:15.949><c> across</c><01:02:16.369><c> the</c><01:02:16.590><c> Beth</c><01:02:16.789><c> Barah.</c><01:02:17.469><c> Now</c><01:02:17.750><c> Beth</c><01:02:18.050><c> Barah</c>

01:02:18.510 --> 01:02:23.389
literally<01:02:18.949><c> means</c><01:02:19.550><c> the</c><01:02:20.030><c> house</c><01:02:20.469><c> of</c><01:02:20.829><c> the</c><01:02:21.050><c> forbs.</c><01:02:22.949><c> And</c><01:02:23.150><c> brothers</c>

01:02:23.389 --> 01:02:26.409
and<01:02:23.550><c> sisters</c><01:02:23.809><c> it</c><01:02:24.130><c> was</c><01:02:25.269><c> several</c><01:02:25.809><c> miles</c><01:02:26.150><c> up</c>

01:02:26.409 --> 01:02:29.809
from<01:02:26.550><c> the</c><01:02:26.690><c> Dead</c><01:02:26.869><c> Sea</c><01:02:27.489><c> and</c><01:02:28.090><c> in</c><01:02:28.250><c> a</c><01:02:28.409><c> place</c><01:02:28.590><c> where</c><01:02:28.769><c> the</c><01:02:28.829><c> River</c><01:02:29.050><c> Jordan</c><01:02:29.429><c> is</c>

01:02:29.809 --> 01:02:32.190
easily<01:02:30.389><c> affordable.</c><01:02:31.530><c> Now</c><01:02:31.710><c> Gideon</c><01:02:31.929><c> wanted</c>

01:02:32.190 --> 01:02:35.230
to<01:02:32.309><c> get</c><01:02:32.550><c> Ephraim</c><01:02:32.829><c> across</c><01:02:33.309><c> there</c><01:02:33.610><c> before</c><01:02:33.909><c> the</c><01:02:34.090><c> Midianites</c><01:02:34.489><c> reached</c><01:02:34.710><c> there</c><01:02:34.909><c> because</c><01:02:35.070><c> he</c>

01:02:35.230 --> 01:02:35.789
knew<01:02:35.289><c> that</c><01:02:35.409><c> once</c><01:02:35.530><c> they</c><01:02:35.690><c> got</c>

01:02:35.789 --> 01:02:38.630
across<01:02:36.130><c> the</c><01:02:36.329><c> forbs</c><01:02:36.650><c> of</c><01:02:36.789><c> Jordan</c><01:02:37.150><c> into</c><01:02:37.730><c> Gilead</c><01:02:38.010><c> they'd</c><01:02:38.250><c> be</c><01:02:38.309><c> very</c>

01:02:38.630 --> 01:02:41.230
difficult<01:02:38.909><c> to</c><01:02:39.150><c> catch.</c><01:02:39.989><c> Because</c><01:02:40.210><c> Gilead</c><01:02:40.510><c> is</c><01:02:40.750><c> renowned</c>

01:02:41.230 --> 01:02:44.750
in<01:02:41.409><c> the</c><01:02:41.570><c> scripture</c><01:02:41.849><c> for</c><01:02:42.250><c> a</c><01:02:42.469><c> hiding</c><01:02:42.630><c> place.</c><01:02:44.010><c> Time</c><01:02:44.269><c> and</c><01:02:44.469><c> again</c>

01:02:44.750 --> 01:02:47.050
men<01:02:45.070><c> fled</c><01:02:45.349><c> into</c><01:02:45.550><c> Gilead</c><01:02:45.989><c> to</c><01:02:46.429><c> flee</c><01:02:46.630><c> from</c><01:02:46.829><c> their</c>

01:02:47.050 --> 01:02:50.289
because<01:02:47.550><c> it</c><01:02:47.730><c> was</c><01:02:47.949><c> a</c><01:02:48.010><c> difficult</c><01:02:48.369><c> place</c><01:02:48.650><c> to</c><01:02:48.909><c> find</c><01:02:49.090><c> them.</c><01:02:49.590><c> And</c><01:02:49.809><c> Gideon</c><01:02:50.030><c> one</c><01:02:50.210><c> of</c>

01:02:50.289 --> 01:02:52.150
them<01:02:50.530><c> stopped</c><01:02:50.889><c> at</c><01:02:51.090><c> those</c><01:02:51.389><c> forbs.</c>

01:02:52.429 --> 01:03:00.409
So<01:02:52.590><c> he</c><01:02:52.789><c> sent</c><01:02:52.949><c> a</c><01:02:53.110><c> message</c><01:02:53.630><c> to</c><01:02:54.090><c> the</c><01:02:54.449><c> mighty</c><01:02:54.909><c> Ecclesia</c><01:02:55.670><c> of</c><01:02:56.010><c> Ephraim.</c><01:02:57.909><c> And</c><01:02:58.130><c> Ephraim</c><01:02:59.469><c> went</c><01:02:59.889><c> across</c><01:03:00.269><c> to</c>

01:03:00.409 --> 01:03:01.030
the<01:03:00.610><c> forbs</c><01:03:00.829><c> of</c>

01:03:01.030 --> 01:03:05.409
Jordan<01:03:01.309><c> and</c><01:03:01.969><c> cut</c><01:03:02.090><c> them</c><01:03:02.349><c> off</c><01:03:02.670><c> and</c><01:03:02.869><c> there</c><01:03:03.050><c> was</c><01:03:03.250><c> a</c><01:03:03.429><c> dreadful</c><01:03:03.829><c> slaughter.</c><01:03:05.269><c> And</c>

01:03:05.409 --> 01:03:07.250
look<01:03:05.489><c> what</c><01:03:05.610><c> they</c><01:03:05.829><c> did.</c><01:03:06.690><c> Verse</c><01:03:06.869><c> twenty</c>

01:03:07.250 --> 01:03:11.489
five.<01:03:09.449><c> And</c><01:03:09.510><c> they</c><01:03:09.710><c> took</c><01:03:09.889><c> two</c><01:03:10.210><c> princes</c><01:03:10.530><c> of</c><01:03:10.690><c> Midianite,</c><01:03:11.429><c> Orib</c>

01:03:11.489 --> 01:03:15.010
and<01:03:11.650><c> Zeen.</c><01:03:11.989><c> And</c><01:03:12.110><c> what</c><01:03:12.210><c> did</c><01:03:12.469><c> they</c><01:03:12.469><c> do?</c><01:03:13.989><c> Well</c><01:03:14.510><c> they</c>

01:03:15.010 --> 01:03:21.710
slew<01:03:15.489><c> Orib</c><01:03:15.750><c> upon</c><01:03:16.190><c> the</c><01:03:16.570><c> rock</c><01:03:16.949><c> Orib</c><01:03:17.409><c> and</c><01:03:18.530><c> Zeen</c><01:03:18.889><c> they</c><01:03:19.230><c> slew</c><01:03:19.570><c> at</c><01:03:19.849><c> the</c><01:03:20.190><c> winepress</c><01:03:21.070><c> of</c>

01:03:21.710 --> 01:03:24.750
Zeen.<01:03:23.050><c> Now</c><01:03:23.349><c> where</c><01:03:23.710><c> have</c><01:03:23.889><c> you</c><01:03:24.110><c> heard</c>

01:03:24.750 --> 01:03:29.449
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01:03:29.449 --> 01:03:31.030
wasn't<01:03:29.690><c> any</c><01:03:29.949><c> significance</c><01:03:30.449><c> that</c><01:03:30.829><c> when</c>

01:03:31.030 --> 01:03:33.489
Gideon<01:03:31.329><c> was</c><01:03:31.570><c> flushing</c><01:03:31.849><c> wheat</c><01:03:32.070><c> at</c><01:03:32.190><c> the</c><01:03:32.409><c> winepress</c><01:03:32.969><c> with</c><01:03:33.269><c> the</c>

01:03:33.489 --> 01:03:36.349
two<01:03:33.730><c> rocks,</c><01:03:34.449><c> Zer</c><01:03:34.650><c> and</c><01:03:34.909><c> Sila.</c><01:03:35.550><c> Wasn't</c><01:03:35.710><c> any</c><01:03:35.969><c> significance</c>

01:03:36.349 --> 01:03:39.190
in<01:03:36.590><c> that?</c><01:03:37.150><c> Have</c><01:03:37.269><c> a</c><01:03:37.389><c> look</c><01:03:37.510><c> what</c><01:03:37.750><c> the</c><01:03:38.030><c> Ephraimites</c><01:03:38.469><c> called</c><01:03:38.829><c> this</c>

01:03:39.190 --> 01:03:43.030
place.<01:03:39.789><c> The</c><01:03:40.150><c> Zer</c><01:03:40.650><c> of</c><01:03:40.809><c> Orib</c><01:03:41.309><c> and</c><01:03:41.829><c> the</c><01:03:42.289><c> winepress</c>

01:03:43.030 --> 01:03:46.730
of<01:03:43.369><c> Zeen.</c><01:03:44.090><c> And</c><01:03:44.170><c> of</c><01:03:44.369><c> course</c><01:03:44.550><c> the</c><01:03:44.829><c> winepress</c><01:03:45.369><c> would</c><01:03:45.550><c> be</c><01:03:45.809><c> the</c><01:03:45.989><c> upper</c><01:03:46.170><c> rock.</c><01:03:46.590><c> Of</c>

01:03:46.730 --> 01:03:47.530
course<01:03:46.730><c> it</c><01:03:46.909><c> would</c><01:03:47.010><c> because</c><01:03:47.230><c> that's</c>

01:03:47.530 --> 01:03:51.369
where<01:03:47.610><c> they</c><01:03:47.889><c> pressed</c><01:03:48.110><c> the</c><01:03:48.369><c> wine.</c><01:03:49.550><c> So</c><01:03:49.710><c> when</c><01:03:49.869><c> they</c><01:03:50.230><c> slew</c><01:03:50.429><c> the</c><01:03:50.610><c> two</c><01:03:50.889><c> princes</c><01:03:51.150><c> of</c>

01:03:51.369 --> 01:03:53.150
Midian<01:03:51.690><c> they</c><01:03:52.150><c> slew</c><01:03:52.489><c> one</c><01:03:52.710><c> on</c><01:03:52.809><c> the</c><01:03:52.929><c> upper</c>

01:03:53.150 --> 01:03:56.949
rock<01:03:53.309><c> and</c><01:03:53.409><c> one</c><01:03:53.550><c> on</c><01:03:53.670><c> the</c><01:03:53.690><c> lower</c><01:03:53.969><c> rock.</c><01:03:55.329><c> And</c><01:03:55.489><c> they</c><01:03:55.750><c> were</c><01:03:56.030><c> enacting</c><01:03:56.510><c> out,</c><01:03:56.710><c> I</c>

01:03:56.949 --> 01:03:59.630
believe,<01:03:58.289><c> part</c><01:03:58.349><c> of</c><01:03:58.530><c> the</c><01:03:58.690><c> great</c><01:03:58.989><c> sacrifice</c>

01:03:59.630 --> 01:04:05.269
that<01:03:59.929><c> came</c><01:04:00.150><c> for</c><01:04:00.449><c> Gideon.</c><01:04:01.730><c> Peace</c><01:04:01.769><c> with</c><01:04:02.170><c> God.</c><01:04:03.670><c> Because</c><01:04:04.150><c> he</c><01:04:04.389><c> had</c>

01:04:05.269 --> 01:04:08.269
a<01:04:05.610><c> mercy</c><01:04:05.949><c> for</c><01:04:06.349><c> God.</c><01:04:06.510><c> His</c><01:04:06.809><c> rejection</c><01:04:07.489><c> of</c><01:04:07.969><c> error.</c>

01:04:08.269 --> 01:04:12.289
His<01:04:08.650><c> rejection</c><01:04:09.389><c> of</c><01:04:09.670><c> apostasy.</c><01:04:10.610><c> His</c><01:04:10.670><c> rejection</c><01:04:11.250><c> of</c><01:04:11.449><c> immorality.</c><01:04:12.050><c> And</c><01:04:12.070><c> there</c>

01:04:12.289 --> 01:04:14.130
they<01:04:12.530><c> were</c><01:04:12.809><c> Orib</c><01:04:13.150><c> and</c><01:04:13.389><c> Zeen</c>

01:04:14.530 --> 01:04:18.230
slain<01:04:15.010><c> upon</c><01:04:15.250><c> those</c><01:04:15.489><c> two</c><01:04:15.750><c> rocks.</c><01:04:16.929><c> What</c><01:04:17.130><c> a</c><01:04:17.449><c> marvellous</c><01:04:17.949><c> tie</c><01:04:18.150><c>-up</c>

01:04:18.230 --> 01:04:21.730
there<01:04:18.489><c> is</c><01:04:18.869><c> in</c><01:04:19.530><c> those</c><01:04:19.809><c> facts.</c><01:04:21.150><c> And</c><01:04:21.329><c> showing</c><01:04:21.489><c> us</c>

01:04:21.730 --> 01:04:24.630
that<01:04:21.869><c> there</c><01:04:22.070><c> must</c><01:04:22.429><c> have</c><01:04:22.650><c> been</c><01:04:22.989><c> some</c><01:04:23.349><c> tremendous</c><01:04:23.789><c> significance</c><01:04:24.269><c> in</c><01:04:24.469><c> that</c>

01:04:24.630 --> 01:04:25.750
act.<01:04:24.989><c> Even</c><01:04:25.289><c> though</c><01:04:25.530><c> these</c>

01:04:25.750 --> 01:04:27.789
two<01:04:25.989><c> men</c><01:04:26.150><c> of</c><01:04:26.289><c> course</c><01:04:26.489><c> would</c><01:04:26.750><c> not</c><01:04:26.909><c> have</c><01:04:27.070><c> been</c><01:04:27.269><c> slain</c><01:04:27.429><c> anywhere</c>

01:04:27.789 --> 01:04:31.329
near<01:04:28.829><c> the</c><01:04:29.329><c> winepress</c><01:04:29.630><c> of</c><01:04:29.809><c> Gideon.</c><01:04:30.449><c> Nevertheless</c><01:04:30.829><c> it's</c>

01:04:31.329 --> 01:04:35.010
called<01:04:31.570><c> that.</c><01:04:32.250><c> The</c><01:04:32.570><c> rock</c><01:04:32.769><c> Orib</c><01:04:33.150><c> and</c><01:04:33.570><c> the</c><01:04:33.750><c> winepress</c><01:04:34.210><c> of</c><01:04:34.449><c> Zeen.</c>

01:04:35.210 --> 01:04:37.369
So<01:04:35.429><c> the</c><01:04:35.650><c> raven</c><01:04:35.829><c> and</c><01:04:35.969><c> the</c><01:04:36.170><c> wolf</c><01:04:36.329><c> came</c><01:04:36.610><c> to</c><01:04:36.750><c> their</c><01:04:36.909><c> end.</c>

01:04:37.369 --> 01:04:43.889
And<01:04:38.030><c> to</c><01:04:38.190><c> forge</c><01:04:38.429><c> a</c><01:04:38.650><c> better</c><01:04:38.809><c> bar.</c><01:04:40.849><c> Now</c><01:04:41.110><c> then,</c><01:04:43.250><c> Ephraim</c><01:04:43.530><c> was</c><01:04:43.710><c> one</c>

01:04:43.889 --> 01:04:45.710
of<01:04:43.969><c> those</c><01:04:44.309><c> ecclesians,</c><01:04:44.969><c> brothers</c><01:04:45.130><c> and</c><01:04:45.329><c> sisters,</c>

01:04:46.110 --> 01:04:48.329
that<01:04:46.329><c> thought</c><01:04:46.550><c> it</c><01:04:46.869><c> was</c><01:04:47.190><c> the</c><01:04:47.429><c> biggest,</c><01:04:47.690><c> one</c><01:04:47.849><c> of</c><01:04:47.929><c> the</c><01:04:48.070><c> biggest</c>

01:04:48.329 --> 01:04:49.889
ecclesians<01:04:48.849><c> in</c><01:04:49.130><c> the</c><01:04:49.329><c> land,</c><01:04:49.630><c> you</c><01:04:49.730><c> know,</c>

01:04:49.949 --> 01:04:53.769
because<01:04:50.110><c> it</c><01:04:50.289><c> was.</c><01:04:50.570><c> It</c><01:04:50.690><c> was</c><01:04:50.789><c> a</c><01:04:50.809><c> very</c><01:04:51.130><c> big</c><01:04:51.289><c> ecclesian.</c><01:04:52.050><c> I</c><01:04:52.250><c> call</c><01:04:52.409><c> it</c><01:04:52.570><c> an</c><01:04:52.690><c> ecclesian</c><01:04:53.070><c> because</c><01:04:53.349><c> I</c>

01:04:53.769 --> 01:04:54.269
hope<01:04:53.969><c> to</c><01:04:54.150><c> make</c>

01:04:54.269 --> 01:04:57.550
the<01:04:54.489><c> point</c><01:04:54.670><c> to</c><01:04:54.829><c> you.</c><01:04:55.750><c> These</c><01:04:55.969><c> were</c><01:04:56.190><c> not</c><01:04:56.429><c> people</c><01:04:57.130><c> who</c><01:04:57.289><c> were</c><01:04:57.409><c> made</c>

01:04:57.550 --> 01:04:58.949
of<01:04:57.809><c> steel.</c><01:04:57.989><c> They</c><01:04:58.130><c> were</c><01:04:58.130><c> made</c><01:04:58.309><c> of</c><01:04:58.449><c> flesh</c><01:04:58.630><c> and</c><01:04:58.849><c> blood.</c>

01:04:59.090 --> 01:05:01.710
They<01:04:59.210><c> were</c><01:04:59.349><c> called</c><01:04:59.489><c> by</c><01:04:59.829><c> Stephen</c><01:05:00.090><c> the</c><01:05:00.289><c> ecclesian</c><01:05:00.750><c> in</c><01:05:00.869><c> the</c><01:05:00.949><c> wilderness.</c><01:05:01.510><c> He</c>

01:05:01.710 --> 01:05:02.949
is<01:05:01.849><c> the</c><01:05:01.929><c> biggest</c><01:05:02.250><c> ecclesian</c><01:05:02.670><c> in</c><01:05:02.829><c> the</c>

01:05:02.949 --> 01:05:06.929
land.<01:05:03.369><c> And</c><01:05:03.690><c> it's</c><01:05:03.889><c> very</c><01:05:04.329><c> smart.</c><01:05:05.670><c> It's</c><01:05:05.949><c> been</c><01:05:06.170><c> asked</c><01:05:06.349><c> by</c><01:05:06.690><c> Gideon</c>

01:05:06.929 --> 01:05:08.849
to<01:05:07.130><c> come</c><01:05:07.349><c> down</c><01:05:07.650><c> and</c><01:05:07.889><c> to</c><01:05:08.289><c> chop</c><01:05:08.429><c> off</c><01:05:08.710><c> the</c>

01:05:08.849 --> 01:05:13.369
Midianites<01:05:09.130><c> and</c><01:05:09.269><c> it</c><01:05:09.449><c> did</c><01:05:09.630><c> that.</c><01:05:11.389><c> But</c><01:05:11.630><c> they</c><01:05:11.849><c> were</c><01:05:12.030><c> very</c><01:05:12.289><c> upset.</c>

01:05:14.130 --> 01:05:15.989
And<01:05:14.250><c> in</c><01:05:14.449><c> chapter</c><01:05:14.710><c> 8</c><01:05:14.929><c> and</c><01:05:15.050><c> verse</c><01:05:15.289><c> 1</c><01:05:15.550><c> the</c><01:05:15.650><c> men</c><01:05:15.829><c> of</c>

01:05:15.989 --> 01:05:21.730
Ephraim<01:05:16.250><c> said</c><01:05:16.429><c> under</c><01:05:16.650><c> Gideon,</c><01:05:17.469><c> Why</c><01:05:17.670><c> hast</c><01:05:17.969><c> thou</c><01:05:18.170><c> served</c><01:05:18.570><c> us</c><01:05:18.909><c> thus?</c><01:05:20.530><c> That</c><01:05:20.610><c> thou</c><01:05:20.889><c> callest</c><01:05:21.349><c> us</c>

01:05:21.730 --> 01:05:22.949
not<01:05:22.150><c> when</c><01:05:22.590><c> thou</c><01:05:22.750><c> went</c>

01:05:22.949 --> 01:05:25.610
us<01:05:23.150><c> to</c><01:05:23.329><c> fight</c><01:05:23.449><c> with</c><01:05:23.590><c> the</c><01:05:23.710><c> Midianites.</c><01:05:24.630><c> And</c><01:05:24.869><c> they</c><01:05:25.130><c> did</c><01:05:25.389><c> chide</c>

01:05:25.610 --> 01:05:29.570
with<01:05:25.769><c> him</c><01:05:25.989><c> sharply.</c><01:05:27.610><c> Mind</c><01:05:27.849><c> you,</c><01:05:29.190><c> the</c><01:05:29.349><c> fighting</c>

01:05:29.570 --> 01:05:35.489
was<01:05:29.710><c> all</c><01:05:29.989><c> over</c><01:05:30.349><c> when</c><01:05:31.170><c> they</c><01:05:31.409><c> sent</c><01:05:31.630><c> him.</c><01:05:33.349><c> All</c><01:05:33.610><c> over.</c><01:05:35.210><c> And</c><01:05:35.349><c> they</c>

01:05:35.489 --> 01:05:37.989
came<01:05:35.769><c> to</c><01:05:35.909><c> him</c><01:05:36.050><c> and</c><01:05:36.110><c> said,</c><01:05:37.309><c> Look,</c><01:05:37.690><c> what</c><01:05:37.849><c> an</c>

01:05:37.989 --> 01:05:42.150
audacity<01:05:38.630><c> you've</c><01:05:38.969><c> got</c><01:05:39.210><c> to</c><01:05:40.469><c> call</c><01:05:40.869><c> after</c><01:05:41.110><c> the</c><01:05:41.429><c> time</c><01:05:41.610><c> like</c><01:05:41.909><c> this.</c>

01:05:42.389 --> 01:05:45.210
Why<01:05:42.710><c> were</c><01:05:42.929><c> we</c><01:05:43.190><c> not</c><01:05:43.570><c> called</c><01:05:44.070><c> to</c><01:05:44.670><c> go</c><01:05:44.869><c> with</c><01:05:45.030><c> you</c><01:05:45.130><c> to</c>

01:05:45.210 --> 01:05:49.909
the<01:05:45.409><c> war?</c><01:05:46.269><c> Now</c><01:05:46.570><c> Gideon</c><01:05:46.809><c> could</c><01:05:46.969><c> have</c><01:05:47.050><c> given</c><01:05:47.210><c> a</c><01:05:47.309><c> very</c><01:05:47.530><c> good</c><01:05:47.730><c> answer.</c><01:05:49.389><c> He</c>

01:05:49.909 --> 01:05:52.429
could<01:05:50.050><c> have</c><01:05:50.150><c> given</c><01:05:50.469><c> an</c><01:05:50.750><c> unanswerable</c><01:05:51.510><c> answer.</c>

01:05:53.630 --> 01:05:55.989
But<01:05:53.769><c> you</c><01:05:53.869><c> know,</c><01:05:54.130><c> the</c><01:05:54.289><c> Proverb</c><01:05:54.650><c> says</c><01:05:54.909><c> a</c><01:05:55.130><c> soft</c><01:05:55.409><c> answer</c><01:05:55.730><c> sounds</c>

01:05:55.989 --> 01:05:59.210
the<01:05:56.150><c> way</c><01:05:56.289><c> wrong.</c><01:05:58.190><c> And</c><01:05:58.329><c> Gideon</c><01:05:58.630><c> knowing</c><01:05:58.889><c> the</c>

01:05:59.210 --> 01:06:02.789
nature<01:05:59.389><c> of</c><01:05:59.510><c> these</c><01:05:59.710><c> men,</c><01:05:59.929><c> he</c><01:05:59.929><c> said,</c><01:06:00.630><c> Listen.</c><01:06:01.610><c> And</c><01:06:01.690><c> he</c><01:06:01.769><c> said</c><01:06:01.949><c> unto</c><01:06:02.110><c> them,</c><01:06:02.309><c> What</c><01:06:02.510><c> have</c><01:06:02.630><c> I</c>

01:06:02.789 --> 01:06:04.469
done<01:06:03.010><c> now</c><01:06:03.550><c> in</c><01:06:04.030><c> comparison</c>

01:06:04.469 --> 01:06:10.429
of<01:06:04.750><c> you?</c><01:06:06.269><c> Now</c><01:06:06.710><c> he</c><01:06:07.210><c> knew</c><01:06:07.389><c> the</c><01:06:07.670><c> type</c><01:06:07.849><c> of</c><01:06:08.070><c> men,</c><01:06:08.230><c> very</c><01:06:08.650><c> proud.</c><01:06:10.030><c> Well,</c><01:06:10.329><c> he</c>

01:06:10.429 --> 01:06:12.630
said,<01:06:10.630><c> Look,</c><01:06:11.389><c> you</c><01:06:11.829><c> weren't</c><01:06:12.070><c> there</c><01:06:12.289><c> with</c><01:06:12.429><c> us</c>

01:06:12.630 --> 01:06:16.750
at<01:06:12.750><c> the</c><01:06:12.949><c> initial</c><01:06:13.289><c> fight.</c><01:06:13.750><c> Look</c><01:06:14.050><c> what</c><01:06:14.309><c> you've</c><01:06:14.750><c> done.</c><01:06:15.269><c> Look</c><01:06:15.369><c> what</c><01:06:15.530><c> I've</c><01:06:15.750><c> done.</c><01:06:16.130><c> Nothing</c><01:06:16.570><c> to</c>

01:06:16.750 --> 01:06:17.329
what<01:06:16.849><c> you've</c><01:06:17.090><c> done.</c>

01:06:17.590 --> 01:06:22.590
Why,<01:06:18.010><c> he</c><01:06:18.250><c> said,</c><01:06:18.869><c> the</c><01:06:19.489><c> gleaning</c><01:06:20.030><c> of</c><01:06:20.289><c> Ephraim</c><01:06:21.130><c> is</c><01:06:22.010><c> better</c><01:06:22.409><c> than</c>

01:06:22.590 --> 01:06:24.530
the<01:06:22.809><c> whole</c><01:06:23.190><c> vintage</c><01:06:23.530><c> of</c><01:06:23.809><c> having</c>

01:06:25.150 --> 01:06:29.210
Now<01:06:25.630><c> there</c><01:06:25.869><c> was</c><01:06:26.070><c> the</c><01:06:26.269><c> answer</c><01:06:26.389><c> to</c><01:06:26.510><c> a</c><01:06:26.590><c> very</c><01:06:26.789><c> humble</c><01:06:27.030><c> man,</c><01:06:27.429><c> brethren</c><01:06:27.550><c> and</c><01:06:27.750><c> sisters.</c><01:06:29.110><c> And</c><01:06:29.170><c> he</c>

01:06:29.210 --> 01:06:30.789
said,<01:06:29.449><c> Look,</c><01:06:30.030><c> I'm</c><01:06:30.510><c> sorry</c>

01:06:30.789 --> 01:06:33.849
for<01:06:30.949><c> not</c><01:06:31.190><c> calling</c><01:06:31.389><c> you,</c><01:06:31.889><c> but</c><01:06:32.010><c> look</c><01:06:32.449><c> what</c><01:06:32.710><c> you've</c><01:06:32.989><c> done.</c><01:06:33.429><c> Why,</c>

01:06:33.849 --> 01:06:36.369
he<01:06:34.050><c> said,</c><01:06:34.570><c> your</c><01:06:34.809><c> little</c><01:06:35.230><c> gleaning</c>

01:06:36.809 --> 01:06:40.349
are<01:06:37.289><c> far</c><01:06:37.690><c> better</c><01:06:37.929><c> than</c><01:06:38.130><c> all</c><01:06:38.530><c> the</c><01:06:38.690><c> vintage</c><01:06:38.909><c> of</c><01:06:39.210><c> Abba</c><01:06:39.510><c> Ezer.</c><01:06:39.949><c> Oh,</c>

01:06:40.449 --> 01:06:43.030
thank<01:06:40.690><c> you,</c><01:06:40.969><c> Gideon.</c><01:06:41.610><c> Yes,</c><01:06:42.090><c> you're</c><01:06:42.369><c> quite</c><01:06:42.690><c> right.</c>

01:06:43.449 --> 01:06:46.389
I<01:06:43.530><c> suppose</c><01:06:43.949><c> when</c><01:06:44.050><c> you</c><01:06:44.130><c> look</c><01:06:44.230><c> at</c><01:06:44.329><c> it,</c><01:06:44.570><c> we</c><01:06:44.710><c> were</c><01:06:44.929><c> the</c><01:06:45.389><c> main</c><01:06:45.769><c> factor</c><01:06:46.190><c> in</c>

01:06:46.389 --> 01:06:49.429
this<01:06:46.690><c> victory.</c><01:06:47.269><c> Well,</c><01:06:47.550><c> we're</c><01:06:48.329><c> very</c><01:06:48.590><c> grateful</c>

01:06:49.429 --> 01:06:54.010
that<01:06:49.869><c> we</c><01:06:50.210><c> were</c><01:06:50.389><c> able</c><01:06:50.530><c> to</c><01:06:50.710><c> help</c><01:06:50.849><c> at</c><01:06:50.969><c> a</c><01:06:51.170><c> time</c><01:06:51.349><c> like</c><01:06:51.630><c> this</c><01:06:51.989><c> in</c><01:06:52.289><c> great</c><01:06:52.530><c> need.</c><01:06:53.829><c> And</c>

01:06:54.010 --> 01:06:56.369
they<01:06:54.130><c> went</c><01:06:54.369><c> back,</c><01:06:54.889><c> all</c><01:06:55.250><c> puffed</c><01:06:55.769><c> up</c><01:06:55.949><c> with</c>

01:06:56.369 --> 01:07:01.650
pride.<01:06:57.570><c> You</c><01:06:57.690><c> know,</c><01:06:58.110><c> brethren</c><01:06:58.269><c> and</c><01:06:58.530><c> sisters,</c><01:06:59.150><c> retribution</c><01:06:59.670><c> came</c><01:07:00.050><c> upon</c><01:07:00.329><c> that</c><01:07:00.610><c> tribe</c><01:07:00.989><c> in</c>

01:07:01.650 --> 01:07:03.869
a<01:07:01.949><c> most</c><01:07:02.369><c> poetic</c><01:07:03.090><c> way,</c>

01:07:04.789 --> 01:07:08.389
that<01:07:04.929><c> the</c><01:07:05.250><c> lesson</c><01:07:05.489><c> of</c><01:07:05.949><c> pride</c><01:07:06.230><c> was</c><01:07:06.630><c> driven</c><01:07:06.889><c> home</c><01:07:07.170><c> by</c><01:07:07.570><c> Yahweh</c><01:07:08.070><c> in</c>

01:07:08.389 --> 01:07:10.670
a<01:07:08.530><c> manner</c><01:07:08.650><c> that</c><01:07:08.809><c> would</c><01:07:09.090><c> never</c><01:07:09.409><c> be</c><01:07:09.710><c> forgotten.</c>

01:07:11.570 --> 01:07:14.550
And<01:07:11.730><c> I</c><01:07:11.829><c> want</c><01:07:11.969><c> to</c><01:07:12.130><c> show</c><01:07:12.230><c> you</c><01:07:12.389><c> what</c><01:07:12.730><c> happens</c><01:07:13.010><c> to</c><01:07:13.269><c> people</c><01:07:13.730><c> who</c><01:07:14.170><c> come</c><01:07:14.369><c> in</c>

01:07:14.550 --> 01:07:15.869
with<01:07:14.670><c> the</c><01:07:14.889><c> fight</c><01:07:15.090><c> all</c><01:07:15.510><c> over</c>

01:07:15.869 --> 01:07:19.489
and<01:07:16.429><c> moaned</c><01:07:16.849><c> and</c><01:07:17.030><c> groaned</c><01:07:17.349><c> because</c><01:07:17.510><c> they've</c><01:07:17.809><c> missed</c><01:07:17.989><c> out</c><01:07:18.170><c> upon</c><01:07:18.349><c> the</c><01:07:18.610><c> Gloria.</c>

01:07:20.289 --> 01:07:25.610
And<01:07:20.489><c> what</c><01:07:20.750><c> Gideon</c><01:07:21.070><c> did,</c><01:07:21.690><c> he</c><01:07:21.909><c> preferred</c><01:07:22.389><c> that</c><01:07:23.929><c> charge</c><01:07:24.449><c> to</c><01:07:24.789><c> Yahweh.</c><01:07:25.389><c> He</c>

01:07:25.610 --> 01:07:27.650
gave<01:07:25.849><c> into</c><01:07:26.110><c> his</c><01:07:26.429><c> brethren.</c><01:07:26.849><c> He</c><01:07:27.309><c> said,</c>

01:07:27.789 --> 01:07:30.369
Look,<01:07:27.949><c> oh,</c><01:07:28.210><c> well,</c><01:07:28.349><c> you're</c><01:07:28.730><c> proud</c><01:07:28.889><c> men.</c><01:07:29.170><c> Well,</c><01:07:29.329><c> look</c><01:07:29.469><c> what</c><01:07:29.570><c> you've</c><01:07:29.929><c> done.</c><01:07:30.150><c> Aren't</c><01:07:30.230><c> you</c>

01:07:30.369 --> 01:07:31.150
wonderful?<01:07:30.889><c> Yes,</c>

01:07:31.210 --> 01:07:35.070
they<01:07:31.369><c> said,</c><01:07:31.570><c> we're</c><01:07:31.670><c> wonderful.</c><01:07:32.170><c> And</c><01:07:32.369><c> he</c><01:07:32.469><c> left</c><01:07:32.670><c> it</c><01:07:32.889><c> to</c><01:07:33.030><c> God.</c><01:07:33.489><c> And</c><01:07:33.610><c> God,</c><01:07:34.150><c> brethren</c><01:07:34.309><c> and</c><01:07:34.670><c> sisters,</c><01:07:34.769><c> he</c>

01:07:35.070 --> 01:07:36.369
never<01:07:35.449><c> forgets.</c>

01:07:37.090 --> 01:07:41.010
And<01:07:37.389><c> the</c><01:07:37.610><c> retribution</c><01:07:38.210><c> came</c><01:07:38.510><c> upon</c><01:07:38.809><c> Ephraim</c><01:07:39.309><c> in</c><01:07:39.510><c> a</c><01:07:39.829><c> manner</c><01:07:40.010><c> which</c><01:07:40.289><c> could</c><01:07:40.710><c> not</c>

01:07:41.010 --> 01:07:42.989
be<01:07:41.210><c> mistaken.</c><01:07:41.929><c> Now</c><01:07:42.190><c> look</c><01:07:42.389><c> what</c><01:07:42.730><c> happened</c>

01:07:42.989 --> 01:07:50.909
in<01:07:43.150><c> chapter</c><01:07:43.429><c> 12.</c><01:07:47.010><c> Several</c><01:07:47.449><c> years</c><01:07:47.809><c> later,</c><01:07:49.949><c> the</c><01:07:50.090><c> mills</c><01:07:50.489><c> of</c><01:07:50.590><c> God</c>

01:07:50.909 --> 01:07:54.210
grind<01:07:51.289><c> very</c><01:07:51.949><c> slowly,</c><01:07:52.250><c> but</c><01:07:52.449><c> they</c><01:07:52.809><c> grind</c><01:07:53.190><c> exceedingly</c>

01:07:54.210 --> 01:08:02.150
small.<01:07:56.429><c> And</c><01:07:56.610><c> we</c><01:07:56.829><c> read</c><01:07:57.429><c> in</c><01:07:58.630><c> chapter</c><01:07:58.969><c> 12</c><01:07:59.369><c> and</c><01:07:59.550><c> verse</c><01:07:59.889><c> 1,</c><01:08:01.849><c> And</c><01:08:02.050><c> the</c>

01:08:02.150 --> 01:08:04.869
men<01:08:02.429><c> of</c><01:08:02.550><c> Ephraim</c><01:08:03.590><c> gathered</c><01:08:03.969><c> themselves</c><01:08:04.469><c> together</c>

01:08:04.869 --> 01:08:07.489
and<01:08:05.010><c> went</c><01:08:05.250><c> northward</c><01:08:05.690><c> and</c><01:08:05.829><c> said</c><01:08:05.969><c> unto</c><01:08:06.190><c> Jephthah,</c><01:08:06.949><c> Wherefore</c>

01:08:07.489 --> 01:08:09.010
passest<01:08:08.010><c> thou</c><01:08:08.110><c> over</c><01:08:08.349><c> to</c><01:08:08.489><c> fight</c><01:08:08.730><c> against</c>

01:08:09.010 --> 01:08:12.010
the<01:08:09.250><c> children</c><01:08:09.329><c> of</c><01:08:09.530><c> Ammon,</c><01:08:10.190><c> and</c><01:08:10.190><c> did</c><01:08:10.570><c> not</c><01:08:10.909><c> call</c><01:08:11.130><c> us</c><01:08:11.429><c> to</c><01:08:11.590><c> go</c><01:08:11.750><c> with</c>

01:08:12.010 --> 01:08:15.030
you?<01:08:12.750><c> We</c><01:08:13.030><c> will</c><01:08:13.389><c> burn</c><01:08:13.750><c> your</c><01:08:13.949><c> house</c><01:08:14.250><c> upon</c><01:08:14.510><c> you</c><01:08:14.769><c> with</c>

01:08:15.030 --> 01:08:19.010
fire.<01:08:15.630><c> Same</c><01:08:16.069><c> spirit.</c><01:08:17.210><c> Mind</c><01:08:17.470><c> you,</c><01:08:17.710><c> once</c><01:08:18.029><c> again,</c><01:08:18.510><c> the</c><01:08:18.649><c> war's</c>

01:08:19.010 --> 01:08:22.590
all<01:08:19.270><c> over.</c><01:08:21.289><c> And</c><01:08:21.430><c> while</c><01:08:21.550><c> the</c><01:08:21.789><c> war's</c><01:08:22.149><c> being</c><01:08:22.409><c> fought,</c>

01:08:22.789 --> 01:08:26.149
there's<01:08:22.909><c> not</c><01:08:23.130><c> a</c><01:08:23.449><c> word</c><01:08:23.770><c> from</c><01:08:23.949><c> this</c><01:08:24.189><c> big</c><01:08:24.329><c> meeting,</c><01:08:25.130><c> not</c><01:08:25.390><c> a</c><01:08:25.789><c> word</c>

01:08:26.149 --> 01:08:28.229
from<01:08:26.369><c> the</c><01:08:26.630><c> great</c><01:08:26.909><c> big</c><01:08:27.390><c> tribe</c><01:08:27.590><c> of</c><01:08:27.810><c> Ephraim,</c>

01:08:28.329 --> 01:08:32.170
who<01:08:28.510><c> were</c><01:08:28.689><c> so</c><01:08:29.069><c> proud</c><01:08:29.350><c> and</c><01:08:29.670><c> mighty.</c><01:08:30.189><c> No</c><01:08:30.390><c> one</c><01:08:30.609><c> said</c><01:08:30.810><c> boo</c><01:08:31.329><c> when</c><01:08:31.630><c> the</c><01:08:31.909><c> heat</c><01:08:32.050><c> of</c>

01:08:32.170 --> 01:08:33.789
the<01:08:32.350><c> battle's</c><01:08:32.710><c> on.</c><01:08:33.050><c> When</c><01:08:33.189><c> it's</c><01:08:33.369><c> all</c><01:08:33.590><c> over,</c>

01:08:33.810 --> 01:08:37.949
they<01:08:33.989><c> come</c><01:08:34.189><c> out</c><01:08:34.350><c> with</c><01:08:34.489><c> the</c><01:08:34.649><c> same</c><01:08:34.890><c> complaint</c><01:08:35.270><c> as</c><01:08:35.470><c> Jephthah.</c><01:08:36.210><c> What</c><01:08:36.470><c> have</c><01:08:36.550><c> you</c><01:08:36.770><c> got</c><01:08:36.970><c> the</c><01:08:37.149><c> audacity</c><01:08:37.789><c> to</c>

01:08:37.949 --> 01:08:38.689
go<01:08:38.210><c> to</c><01:08:38.409><c> war</c>

01:08:38.689 --> 01:08:45.430
and<01:08:39.050><c> not</c><01:08:39.569><c> call</c><01:08:39.909><c> us?</c><01:08:42.130><c> Did</c><01:08:42.270><c> you</c><01:08:42.350><c> know</c><01:08:43.130><c> the</c><01:08:44.210><c> contention</c><01:08:44.810><c> was</c><01:08:45.050><c> so</c>

01:08:45.430 --> 01:08:48.250
sharp<01:08:46.010><c> that</c><01:08:46.989><c> this</c><01:08:47.229><c> broke</c><01:08:47.489><c> out</c><01:08:47.689><c> in</c><01:08:47.789><c> the</c><01:08:47.909><c> open</c>

01:08:48.250 --> 01:08:50.689
conflict<01:08:48.729><c> between</c><01:08:49.130><c> the</c><01:08:49.210><c> men</c><01:08:49.430><c> of</c><01:08:49.670><c> Jephthah</c><01:08:50.050><c> and</c><01:08:50.229><c> the</c><01:08:50.289><c> men</c><01:08:50.529><c> of</c>

01:08:50.689 --> 01:08:52.680
Ephraim.<01:08:50.970><c> And</c><01:08:51.130><c> we</c><01:08:51.270><c> read</c><01:08:51.489><c> in</c><01:08:51.670><c> verse</c><01:08:51.890><c> 4,</c>

01:08:53.470 --> 01:08:55.890
Then<01:08:53.550><c> Jephthah</c><01:08:54.130><c> gathered</c><01:08:54.449><c> together</c><01:08:54.890><c> all</c><01:08:55.210><c> the</c><01:08:55.250><c> men</c><01:08:55.449><c> of</c><01:08:55.609><c> Gilead</c>

01:08:55.890 --> 01:08:57.810
and<01:08:56.189><c> fought</c><01:08:56.369><c> with</c><01:08:56.649><c> Ephraim.</c>

01:08:58.229 --> 01:09:01.149
And<01:08:58.369><c> the</c><01:08:58.449><c> men</c><01:08:58.689><c> of</c><01:08:58.689><c> Gilead</c><01:08:59.090><c> snowed</c><01:08:59.529><c> Ephraim</c><01:08:59.850><c> because</c><01:09:00.250><c> they</c><01:09:00.529><c> said</c><01:09:00.850><c> the</c>

01:09:01.149 --> 01:09:02.970
Gileadites<01:09:01.649><c> are</c><01:09:02.029><c> fugitives</c><01:09:02.470><c> of</c><01:09:02.649><c> Ephraim</c>

01:09:02.970 --> 01:09:06.010
and<01:09:03.090><c> among</c><01:09:03.170><c> the</c><01:09:03.390><c> Ephraimites</c><01:09:03.930><c> and</c><01:09:04.310><c> among</c><01:09:04.569><c> the</c><01:09:04.670><c> Manassehites.</c>

01:09:06.270 --> 01:09:08.470
And<01:09:06.529><c> the</c><01:09:06.710><c> Gileadites</c><01:09:07.210><c> took</c><01:09:07.750><c> the</c>

01:09:08.470 --> 01:09:15.649
passages<01:09:09.210><c> of</c><01:09:09.930><c> Jordan,</c><01:09:11.130><c> Bethphari,</c><01:09:13.010><c> before</c><01:09:13.569><c> the</c><01:09:13.850><c> Ephraimites.</c><01:09:15.010><c> And</c><01:09:15.130><c> it</c><01:09:15.329><c> was</c>

01:09:15.649 --> 01:09:16.850
so<01:09:16.130><c> that</c><01:09:16.310><c> when</c><01:09:16.569><c> those</c>

01:09:16.850 --> 01:09:20.289
Ephraimites,<01:09:17.470><c> which</c><01:09:17.569><c> were</c><01:09:17.890><c> escaped</c><01:09:18.250><c> there,</c><01:09:18.689><c> let</c><01:09:18.689><c> me</c><01:09:18.949><c> go</c><01:09:19.149><c> over,</c><01:09:20.170><c> that</c>

01:09:20.289 --> 01:09:21.689
the<01:09:20.449><c> men</c><01:09:20.550><c> of</c><01:09:20.649><c> Gilead</c><01:09:20.970><c> said</c><01:09:21.149><c> unto</c><01:09:21.329><c> him,</c>

01:09:21.890 --> 01:09:25.069
Hark<01:09:22.130><c> thou,</c><01:09:22.390><c> Ephraimites.</c><01:09:23.069><c> And</c><01:09:23.229><c> he</c><01:09:23.390><c> said,</c><01:09:23.850><c> No.</c><01:09:24.510><c> Then</c><01:09:24.890><c> said</c>

01:09:25.069 --> 01:09:27.510
they<01:09:25.270><c> unto</c><01:09:25.470><c> him,</c><01:09:26.270><c> Say,</c><01:09:26.350><c> Sibyleth.</c>

01:09:27.670 --> 01:09:32.789
And<01:09:28.229><c> he</c><01:09:28.470><c> said,</c><01:09:29.350><c> Sibyleth.</c><01:09:30.470><c> For</c><01:09:30.689><c> he</c><01:09:30.850><c> could</c><01:09:31.210><c> not</c><01:09:31.609><c> claim</c><01:09:31.890><c> to</c><01:09:32.109><c> pronounce</c><01:09:32.449><c> it</c>

01:09:32.789 --> 01:09:34.729
right.<01:09:33.350><c> And</c><01:09:33.510><c> they</c><01:09:33.770><c> took</c><01:09:34.029><c> him</c><01:09:34.350><c> and</c>

01:09:34.729 --> 01:09:38.409
slew<01:09:35.109><c> him</c><01:09:35.750><c> at</c><01:09:36.010><c> the</c><01:09:36.329><c> passages</c><01:09:36.789><c> of</c><01:09:37.149><c> Jordan.</c><01:09:37.789><c> And</c><01:09:37.909><c> there</c><01:09:38.210><c> fell</c><01:09:38.310><c> at</c>

01:09:38.409 --> 01:09:42.130
that<01:09:38.750><c> time</c><01:09:38.869><c> of</c><01:09:39.029><c> the</c><01:09:39.189><c> Ephraimites</c><01:09:39.930><c> 42</c><01:09:40.630><c>,000.</c>

01:09:42.329 --> 01:09:46.590
Where?<01:09:43.710><c> At</c><01:09:44.090><c> the</c><01:09:44.369><c> very</c><01:09:44.750><c> place,</c><01:09:45.449><c> brothers</c><01:09:45.569><c> and</c><01:09:45.770><c> sisters,</c><01:09:46.390><c> where</c>

01:09:46.590 --> 01:09:48.930
they<01:09:46.930><c> slew</c><01:09:47.170><c> the</c><01:09:47.350><c> medium.</c><01:09:48.109><c> And</c><01:09:48.449><c> where</c><01:09:48.590><c> they</c>

01:09:48.930 --> 01:09:51.829
haunted<01:09:49.090><c> themselves</c><01:09:49.609><c> in</c><01:09:49.890><c> pride</c><01:09:50.050><c> against</c><01:09:50.369><c> Gilead.</c><01:09:50.989><c> Look,</c><01:09:51.289><c> brothers</c><01:09:51.590><c> and</c>

01:09:51.829 --> 01:09:53.810
sisters,<01:09:52.329><c> the</c><01:09:52.590><c> mills</c><01:09:53.010><c> of</c><01:09:53.090><c> God</c><01:09:53.409><c> grind</c>

01:09:53.810 --> 01:09:59.590
seem<01:09:54.630><c> small.</c><01:09:56.170><c> And</c><01:09:56.390><c> yet</c><01:09:56.510><c> they</c><01:09:56.810><c> grind</c><01:09:57.050><c> ever</c><01:09:57.390><c> so</c><01:09:57.689><c> slowly.</c><01:09:59.390><c> You</c>

01:09:59.590 --> 01:10:02.170
know<01:09:59.789><c> what?</c><01:10:00.170><c> I've</c><01:10:00.569><c> seen</c><01:10:00.869><c> this</c><01:10:01.170><c> happen.</c>

01:10:02.710 --> 01:10:05.289
In<01:10:02.890><c> my</c><01:10:03.130><c> own</c><01:10:03.350><c> limited</c><01:10:03.609><c> experience,</c><01:10:04.390><c> I've</c><01:10:04.510><c> seen</c><01:10:04.750><c> this</c><01:10:04.989><c> happen.</c>

01:10:05.529 --> 01:10:07.489
I've<01:10:05.890><c> seen</c><01:10:06.149><c> brethren</c><01:10:06.529><c> fought</c><01:10:06.890><c> themselves</c>

01:10:07.489 --> 01:10:11.909
in<01:10:07.829><c> situations</c><01:10:08.369><c> which</c><01:10:08.630><c> they</c><01:10:08.909><c> think</c><01:10:09.050><c> are</c><01:10:09.270><c> made</c><01:10:09.550><c> just</c><01:10:09.930><c> for</c><01:10:10.310><c> them.</c><01:10:11.510><c> In</c>

01:10:11.909 --> 01:10:14.350
situations<01:10:12.489><c> where</c><01:10:12.750><c> they</c><01:10:13.130><c> feel</c><01:10:13.590><c> that</c><01:10:13.930><c> they</c><01:10:14.090><c> can</c>

01:10:14.350 --> 01:10:18.970
move<01:10:14.750><c> in.</c><01:10:16.210><c> Because</c><01:10:16.750><c> they</c><01:10:17.170><c> are</c><01:10:17.390><c> now</c><01:10:17.590><c> in</c><01:10:17.729><c> a</c><01:10:17.829><c> position</c><01:10:18.310><c> to</c><01:10:18.689><c> take</c>

01:10:18.970 --> 01:10:22.029
over.<01:10:19.949><c> And</c><01:10:20.149><c> I've</c><01:10:20.550><c> seen</c><01:10:20.689><c> brethren</c><01:10:21.170><c> level</c><01:10:21.630><c> before</c>

01:10:22.029 --> 01:10:25.130
those<01:10:22.270><c> other</c><01:10:22.569><c> brethren</c><01:10:22.890><c> and</c><01:10:23.430><c> take</c><01:10:23.630><c> it</c><01:10:23.789><c> on</c><01:10:23.930><c> the</c><01:10:24.149><c> chin.</c><01:10:24.810><c> And</c><01:10:24.890><c> the</c>

01:10:25.130 --> 01:10:29.569
years<01:10:25.590><c> roll</c><01:10:26.050><c> by.</c><01:10:27.850><c> Yahweh</c><01:10:28.210><c> never</c><01:10:28.689><c> forgets.</c>

01:10:31.270 --> 01:10:36.810
And<01:10:31.529><c> pride</c><01:10:31.649><c> goes</c><01:10:32.010><c> before</c><01:10:32.430><c> a</c><01:10:32.609><c> fall.</c><01:10:34.670><c> Pride</c><01:10:35.050><c> goes</c><01:10:35.409><c> before</c><01:10:35.890><c> a</c><01:10:36.069><c> fall,</c><01:10:36.489><c> brothers</c><01:10:36.569><c> and</c>

01:10:36.810 --> 01:10:38.310
sisters.<01:10:37.550><c> And</c><01:10:37.710><c> the</c><01:10:37.970><c> justice</c>

01:10:38.310 --> 01:10:43.510
that<01:10:38.649><c> comes</c><01:10:38.890><c> is</c><01:10:39.189><c> generally</c><01:10:39.590><c> very</c><01:10:40.069><c> poetic.</c><01:10:42.029><c> And</c><01:10:42.390><c> we've</c><01:10:42.710><c> experienced</c><01:10:43.170><c> that</c>

01:10:43.510 --> 01:10:46.109
personally.<01:10:45.170><c> We've</c><01:10:45.510><c> seen</c><01:10:45.710><c> others</c>

01:10:46.109 --> 01:10:49.829
experience<01:10:46.590><c> that.</c><01:10:47.369><c> And</c><01:10:47.630><c> it'll</c><01:10:47.829><c> go</c><01:10:48.149><c> on</c><01:10:48.310><c> until</c><01:10:48.590><c> Christ</c><01:10:48.949><c> comes.</c>

01:10:49.909 --> 01:10:51.770
And<01:10:50.029><c> there's</c><01:10:50.310><c> plenty</c><01:10:50.550><c> of</c><01:10:50.750><c> Ephraimites.</c>

01:10:51.829 --> 01:10:54.210
They<01:10:52.350><c> want</c><01:10:52.510><c> to</c><01:10:52.630><c> make</c><01:10:52.789><c> the</c><01:10:52.949><c> most</c><01:10:53.130><c> of</c><01:10:53.270><c> a</c><01:10:53.430><c> situation</c><01:10:53.869><c> that</c><01:10:54.010><c> they</c>

01:10:54.210 --> 01:10:56.109
think<01:10:54.289><c> is</c><01:10:54.590><c> made</c><01:10:54.930><c> for</c><01:10:55.189><c> them.</c>

01:10:57.210 --> 01:11:00.909
But<01:10:57.390><c> the</c><01:10:57.949><c> mills</c><01:10:58.449><c> of</c><01:10:58.550><c> God</c><01:10:58.789><c> go</c><01:10:59.109><c> on</c><01:10:59.409><c> grinding.</c><01:11:00.149><c> And</c><01:11:00.289><c> those</c><01:11:00.670><c> few</c>

01:11:00.909 --> 01:11:03.630
years<01:11:01.210><c> rolled</c><01:11:01.569><c> by.</c><01:11:02.229><c> And</c><01:11:02.470><c> there</c><01:11:02.670><c> they</c><01:11:02.909><c> were</c><01:11:03.229><c> caught</c>

01:11:03.630 --> 01:11:09.609
at<01:11:03.909><c> the</c><01:11:04.189><c> passages</c><01:11:04.630><c> of</c><01:11:05.090><c> Jordan.</c><01:11:06.210><c> What</c><01:11:06.489><c> a</c><01:11:06.670><c> tremendous</c><01:11:07.090><c> mess.</c><01:11:08.430><c> But</c><01:11:08.829><c> Gideon</c><01:11:09.090><c> went</c><01:11:09.310><c> on</c>

01:11:09.609 --> 01:11:10.550
fighting.<01:11:09.909><c> The</c><01:11:10.050><c> good</c><01:11:10.250><c> fighters</c>

01:11:10.550 --> 01:11:13.270
fight.<01:11:10.850><c> He</c><01:11:10.949><c> didn't</c><01:11:11.270><c> allow,</c><01:11:11.550><c> brothers</c><01:11:11.850><c> and</c><01:11:11.989><c> sisters,</c><01:11:12.350><c> the</c><01:11:12.449><c> criticism</c><01:11:12.689><c> of</c>

01:11:13.270 --> 01:11:14.350
Ephraim<01:11:13.489><c> to</c><01:11:13.609><c> get</c><01:11:13.770><c> the</c><01:11:13.869><c> better</c><01:11:14.010><c> of</c><01:11:14.189><c> him.</c>

01:11:14.350 --> 01:11:16.590
And<01:11:14.710><c> we</c><01:11:14.869><c> read</c><01:11:15.170><c> in</c><01:11:15.350><c> the</c><01:11:15.390><c> seventh</c><01:11:15.649><c> or</c><01:11:15.850><c> the</c><01:11:15.970><c> eighth</c><01:11:16.149><c> chapter,</c><01:11:16.409><c> for</c>

01:11:16.590 --> 01:11:22.489
example,<01:11:18.329><c> that</c><01:11:18.510><c> Gideon</c><01:11:20.189><c> was</c><01:11:20.529><c> absolutely</c><01:11:21.109><c> determined</c>

01:11:24.909 --> 01:11:27.949
to<01:11:25.390><c> rid</c><01:11:25.529><c> the</c><01:11:25.789><c> land</c><01:11:25.949><c> of</c><01:11:26.149><c> the</c><01:11:26.369><c> curse</c><01:11:26.569><c> once</c><01:11:26.909><c> and</c><01:11:27.050><c> for</c><01:11:27.270><c> all.</c><01:11:27.609><c> He</c><01:11:27.710><c> was</c>

01:11:27.949 --> 01:11:29.729
a<01:11:28.149><c> man</c><01:11:28.350><c> of</c><01:11:28.630><c> principle.</c><01:11:28.970><c> And</c><01:11:29.050><c> we</c><01:11:29.130><c> read</c><01:11:29.329><c> in</c><01:11:29.489><c> chapter</c>

01:11:29.729 --> 01:11:32.890
eight<01:11:29.989><c> and</c><01:11:30.170><c> verse</c><01:11:30.409><c> four</c><01:11:30.970><c> that</c><01:11:31.289><c> Gideon</c><01:11:31.670><c> came</c><01:11:32.010><c> to</c><01:11:32.210><c> Jordan</c><01:11:32.489><c> and</c>

01:11:32.890 --> 01:11:35.550
passed<01:11:33.270><c> over.</c><01:11:34.310><c> He</c><01:11:34.369><c> and</c><01:11:34.529><c> the</c><01:11:34.789><c> three</c><01:11:34.989><c> hundred</c><01:11:35.170><c> men</c><01:11:35.409><c> that</c>

01:11:35.550 --> 01:11:40.829
were<01:11:35.710><c> with</c><01:11:35.869><c> him</c><01:11:36.350><c> faint</c><01:11:36.869><c> yet</c><01:11:37.470><c> pursuing.</c><01:11:39.069><c> What</c><01:11:39.310><c> a</c><01:11:39.590><c> praise.</c><01:11:40.609><c> I</c>

01:11:40.829 --> 01:11:43.210
can<01:11:41.029><c> well</c><01:11:41.270><c> remember,</c><01:11:41.729><c> brethren</c><01:11:42.130><c> and</c><01:11:42.470><c> sisters,</c><01:11:43.029><c> our</c>

01:11:43.210 --> 01:11:45.229
brother<01:11:43.470><c> Perth</c><01:11:43.789><c> when</c><01:11:43.930><c> he</c><01:11:44.050><c> dealt</c><01:11:44.229><c> with</c><01:11:44.409><c> the</c><01:11:44.489><c> book</c><01:11:44.630><c> of</c><01:11:44.850><c> Judges.</c>

01:11:45.489 --> 01:11:47.829
I<01:11:45.489><c> can</c><01:11:45.750><c> always</c><01:11:46.310><c> remember</c><01:11:46.909><c> him</c><01:11:47.189><c> quoting</c><01:11:47.449><c> those</c>

01:11:47.829 --> 01:11:53.170
words.<01:11:48.750><c> Faint</c><01:11:49.050><c> yet</c><01:11:49.390><c> pursuing.</c><01:11:50.090><c> And</c><01:11:50.250><c> I</c><01:11:50.390><c> can</c><01:11:50.569><c> understand</c><01:11:51.050><c> the</c><01:11:51.250><c> reason</c><01:11:51.489><c> for</c><01:11:51.710><c> that.</c><01:11:52.409><c> Because</c><01:11:52.550><c> he</c><01:11:52.750><c> was</c><01:11:52.989><c> a</c>

01:11:53.170 --> 01:11:53.630
man<01:11:53.329><c> of</c>

01:11:53.630 --> 01:11:57.250
principle.<01:11:54.470><c> He</c><01:11:54.590><c> was</c><01:11:55.050><c> tired</c><01:11:55.329><c> out.</c><01:11:55.930><c> He</c><01:11:56.090><c> had</c><01:11:56.250><c> come</c><01:11:56.470><c> a</c><01:11:56.630><c> long</c><01:11:56.829><c> way.</c>

01:11:57.609 --> 01:11:59.270
They'd<01:11:57.710><c> raced</c><01:11:58.050><c> down</c><01:11:58.229><c> from</c><01:11:58.369><c> the</c><01:11:58.550><c> plain</c><01:11:58.670><c> of</c><01:11:58.890><c> Jezreel.</c>

01:11:59.270 --> 01:12:01.029
They'd<01:11:59.550><c> gone</c><01:11:59.630><c> down</c><01:11:59.869><c> the</c><01:12:00.050><c> east,</c><01:12:00.149><c> the</c><01:12:00.350><c> western</c><01:12:00.609><c> bank</c><01:12:00.850><c> of</c><01:12:00.989><c> the</c>

01:12:01.029 --> 01:12:03.189
river<01:12:01.210><c> Jordan.</c><01:12:01.649><c> They'd</c><01:12:01.930><c> gone</c><01:12:02.050><c> halfway</c><01:12:02.489><c> down</c><01:12:02.770><c> that,</c>

01:12:03.210 --> 01:12:08.850
I'd<01:12:03.510><c> say</c><01:12:03.609><c> 25,</c><01:12:04.329><c> 30</c><01:12:04.649><c> miles.</c><01:12:05.210><c> It</c><01:12:05.369><c> was</c><01:12:05.590><c> a</c><01:12:05.710><c> long</c><01:12:05.970><c> distance</c><01:12:06.270><c> to</c><01:12:06.409><c> be</c><01:12:06.529><c> chasing</c><01:12:06.770><c> your</c><01:12:06.949><c> enemy.</c><01:12:07.689><c> Ephraim</c><01:12:08.010><c> had</c><01:12:08.210><c> got</c><01:12:08.369><c> most</c><01:12:08.689><c> of</c><01:12:08.789><c> them</c>

01:12:08.850 --> 01:12:12.289
forward<01:12:09.250><c> to</c><01:12:09.470><c> Jordan,</c><01:12:09.850><c> but</c><01:12:10.029><c> 15</c><01:12:10.529><c>,000</c><01:12:10.850><c> had</c><01:12:11.029><c> got</c><01:12:11.149><c> across.</c><01:12:11.649><c> Now</c><01:12:11.810><c> what</c><01:12:11.909><c> would</c><01:12:12.090><c> you</c>

01:12:12.289 --> 01:12:15.390
do?<01:12:12.489><c> What</c><01:12:12.590><c> would</c><01:12:12.710><c> I</c><01:12:12.970><c> do?</c><01:12:13.050><c> I'd</c><01:12:13.430><c> say,</c>

01:12:15.590 --> 01:12:21.590
well,<01:12:15.850><c> good</c><01:12:15.989><c> riddance.</c><01:12:17.350><c> Across</c><01:12:17.649><c> the</c><01:12:17.850><c> Jordan</c><01:12:18.149><c> they</c><01:12:18.310><c> went.</c><01:12:18.689><c> Good</c><01:12:19.010><c> riddance.</c><01:12:19.770><c> That's</c><01:12:20.109><c> what</c><01:12:20.250><c> I</c><01:12:20.529><c> would</c><01:12:20.689><c> do.</c><01:12:21.130><c> And</c><01:12:21.289><c> I</c><01:12:21.409><c> would</c>

01:12:21.590 --> 01:12:30.930
go<01:12:21.909><c> home</c><01:12:22.130><c> and</c><01:12:22.270><c> I'd</c><01:12:22.510><c> go</c><01:12:22.710><c> to</c><01:12:22.949><c> bed.</c><01:12:24.789><c> Not</c><01:12:25.029><c> Gideon.</c><01:12:26.590><c> Those</c><01:12:27.050><c> 15</c><01:12:27.810><c>,000</c><01:12:28.229><c> men</c><01:12:28.529><c> to</c><01:12:28.710><c> Gideon</c><01:12:29.130><c> represented</c><01:12:29.770><c> a</c><01:12:30.050><c> danger.</c>

01:12:31.289 --> 01:12:34.869
He<01:12:31.569><c> didn't</c><01:12:31.970><c> want</c><01:12:32.289><c> that</c><01:12:32.729><c> curse</c><01:12:32.989><c> back</c><01:12:33.270><c> again,</c><01:12:33.689><c> brethren</c><01:12:33.829><c> and</c><01:12:34.090><c> sisters.</c><01:12:34.489><c> And</c><01:12:34.710><c> he</c>

01:12:34.869 --> 01:12:36.670
had<01:12:35.090><c> in</c><01:12:35.229><c> his</c><01:12:35.529><c> mind</c><01:12:35.810><c> a</c><01:12:36.050><c> very</c><01:12:36.430><c> clear</c>

01:12:36.670 --> 01:12:39.710
principle.<01:12:37.210><c> I</c><01:12:37.210><c> want</c><01:12:37.369><c> to</c><01:12:37.369><c> show</c><01:12:37.689><c> you.</c><01:12:38.489><c> A</c><01:12:38.710><c> wonderful</c><01:12:39.270><c> principle.</c>

01:12:40.109 --> 01:12:42.270
He'd<01:12:40.310><c> never</c><01:12:40.609><c> forgotten</c><01:12:41.069><c> it.</c><01:12:41.550><c> And</c><01:12:41.750><c> he</c><01:12:41.829><c> was</c>

01:12:42.270 --> 01:12:45.449
absolutely<01:12:42.989><c> and</c><01:12:43.270><c> ruthlessly</c><01:12:43.789><c> determined</c><01:12:44.270><c> to</c><01:12:44.470><c> get</c><01:12:44.590><c> those</c><01:12:44.970><c> 15</c>

01:12:45.449 --> 01:12:47.750
,000<01:12:45.890><c> in</c><01:12:46.090><c> Zebra</c><01:12:46.350><c> and</c><01:12:46.510><c> Zalmata.</c><01:12:46.890><c> He</c><01:12:47.090><c> wasn't</c><01:12:47.430><c> going</c><01:12:47.590><c> to</c><01:12:47.609><c> let</c>

01:12:47.750 --> 01:12:51.109
one<01:12:47.949><c> of</c><01:12:48.029><c> them</c><01:12:48.130><c> get</c><01:12:48.310><c> away.</c><01:12:49.270><c> And</c><01:12:49.430><c> so</c><01:12:49.569><c> he</c><01:12:49.890><c> crosses</c><01:12:50.189><c> the</c><01:12:50.409><c> river</c><01:12:50.609><c> Jordan.</c><01:12:51.050><c> You</c>

01:12:51.109 --> 01:12:53.930
don't<01:12:51.289><c> need</c><01:12:51.529><c> to</c><01:12:51.750><c> do</c><01:12:51.810><c> that.</c><01:12:53.069><c> He</c><01:12:53.270><c> goes</c><01:12:53.489><c> across</c>

01:12:53.930 --> 01:12:56.789
that<01:12:54.210><c> Jordan,</c><01:12:55.170><c> up</c><01:12:55.170><c> through</c><01:12:55.310><c> the</c><01:12:55.510><c> veins</c><01:12:55.710><c> of</c><01:12:55.970><c> Gideon.</c><01:12:56.390><c> And</c><01:12:56.609><c> now</c>

01:12:56.789 --> 01:13:00.130
he's<01:12:56.989><c> got</c><01:12:57.109><c> to</c><01:12:57.390><c> find</c><01:12:57.670><c> them</c><01:12:57.930><c> somewhere.</c><01:12:59.109><c> In</c><01:12:59.350><c> all</c><01:12:59.710><c> the</c>

01:13:00.130 --> 01:13:03.090
divisions<01:13:00.449><c> of</c><01:13:00.710><c> Reuben,</c><01:13:01.210><c> as</c><01:13:01.329><c> it</c><01:13:01.430><c> was</c><01:13:01.670><c> called,</c><01:13:02.289><c> where</c><01:13:02.369><c> the</c><01:13:02.550><c> water</c><01:13:02.810><c> course</c><01:13:02.970><c> was</c>

01:13:03.090 --> 01:13:04.970
coming<01:13:03.390><c> down,</c><01:13:03.989><c> the</c><01:13:04.170><c> land</c><01:13:04.590><c> divided,</c>

01:13:04.970 --> 01:13:07.949
the<01:13:05.170><c> hills</c><01:13:05.489><c> and</c><01:13:05.770><c> valleys</c><01:13:06.050><c> was</c><01:13:06.569><c> wooded</c><01:13:06.810><c> in</c><01:13:06.949><c> those</c><01:13:07.229><c> days.</c><01:13:07.609><c> He's</c>

01:13:07.949 --> 01:13:11.470
got<01:13:08.029><c> to</c><01:13:08.250><c> find</c><01:13:08.529><c> them.</c><01:13:10.350><c> And</c><01:13:10.510><c> of</c><01:13:10.670><c> course,</c><01:13:11.229><c> he's</c><01:13:11.390><c> going</c>

01:13:11.470 --> 01:13:14.909
to<01:13:11.670><c> find</c><01:13:11.869><c> them,</c><01:13:12.489><c> come</c><01:13:12.609><c> what</c><01:13:12.829><c> may.</c><01:13:13.010><c> And</c><01:13:13.130><c> he</c><01:13:13.229><c> found</c><01:13:13.489><c> them,</c><01:13:13.710><c> in</c><01:13:13.890><c> verse</c><01:13:14.130><c> 10,</c><01:13:14.729><c> at</c>

01:13:14.909 --> 01:13:17.829
a<01:13:15.069><c> place</c><01:13:15.210><c> called</c><01:13:15.590><c> Karkor,</c><01:13:17.270><c> which</c><01:13:17.510><c> means</c>

01:13:17.829 --> 01:13:20.890
rest.<01:13:18.930><c> And</c><01:13:19.130><c> that's</c><01:13:19.289><c> what</c><01:13:19.510><c> Zebra</c><01:13:19.850><c> and</c><01:13:19.970><c> Zalmata</c><01:13:20.310><c> thought</c><01:13:20.550><c> they</c>

01:13:20.890 --> 01:13:23.630
had.<01:13:22.630><c> But</c><01:13:22.729><c> you</c><01:13:22.850><c> know,</c><01:13:23.229><c> brethren</c><01:13:23.229><c> and</c><01:13:23.489><c> sisters,</c>

01:13:23.649 --> 01:13:26.449
before<01:13:24.010><c> he</c><01:13:24.170><c> got</c><01:13:24.350><c> there,</c><01:13:24.590><c> he</c><01:13:24.729><c> had</c><01:13:24.930><c> to</c><01:13:25.090><c> pass</c><01:13:25.369><c> through</c><01:13:25.689><c> two</c><01:13:26.029><c> very</c>

01:13:26.449 --> 01:13:31.250
renowned<01:13:26.949><c> townships.</c><01:13:29.050><c> A</c><01:13:29.270><c> place</c><01:13:29.369><c> called</c><01:13:30.050><c> Zakon</c>

01:13:31.689 --> 01:13:37.210
and<01:13:32.189><c> a</c><01:13:32.369><c> place</c><01:13:32.630><c> called</c><01:13:33.090><c> Penual.</c><01:13:34.949><c> Both</c><01:13:35.390><c> of</c><01:13:35.590><c> them</c><01:13:35.770><c> renowned,</c><01:13:37.149><c> and</c>

01:13:37.210 --> 01:13:39.390
they<01:13:37.489><c> figured</c><01:13:37.609><c> in</c><01:13:37.890><c> the</c><01:13:37.989><c> life</c><01:13:38.149><c> of</c><01:13:38.409><c> one</c><01:13:38.569><c> very</c><01:13:38.949><c> important</c>

01:13:39.390 --> 01:13:44.050
man.<01:13:41.409><c> They</c><01:13:41.630><c> figured</c><01:13:41.810><c> in</c><01:13:42.029><c> the</c><01:13:42.109><c> life</c><01:13:42.289><c> of</c><01:13:42.529><c> Jacob,</c><01:13:43.149><c> the</c><01:13:43.430><c> father</c><01:13:43.829><c> of</c>

01:13:44.050 --> 01:13:47.550
the<01:13:44.250><c> twelve</c><01:13:44.529><c> tribes.</c><01:13:46.149><c> A</c><01:13:46.210><c> man</c><01:13:46.449><c> of</c><01:13:46.710><c> great</c><01:13:46.989><c> faith</c><01:13:47.229><c> and</c><01:13:47.409><c> of</c>

01:13:47.550 --> 01:13:50.630
great<01:13:47.750><c> courage.</c><01:13:48.789><c> And</c><01:13:48.930><c> when</c><01:13:49.210><c> Jacob</c><01:13:49.569><c> had</c><01:13:49.829><c> returned</c><01:13:50.350><c> from</c><01:13:50.569><c> the</c>

01:13:50.630 --> 01:13:52.470
land<01:13:50.909><c> of</c><01:13:51.170><c> Pate</c><01:13:51.350><c> and</c><01:13:51.449><c> Aram,</c><01:13:51.750><c> and</c><01:13:51.890><c> he</c><01:13:51.930><c> was</c><01:13:52.130><c> about</c><01:13:52.329><c> to</c>

01:13:52.470 --> 01:13:56.949
meet<01:13:52.550><c> his</c><01:13:52.789><c> brother</c><01:13:52.970><c> Esau,</c><01:13:53.689><c> he</c><01:13:53.970><c> prayed</c><01:13:54.250><c> to</c><01:13:54.470><c> God</c><01:13:54.590><c> of</c><01:13:54.850><c> Penual.</c><01:13:56.310><c> And</c><01:13:56.630><c> he</c>

01:13:56.949 --> 01:13:58.949
saw<01:13:57.170><c> the</c><01:13:57.390><c> strength</c><01:13:57.729><c> of</c><01:13:57.970><c> God</c><01:13:58.170><c> was</c><01:13:58.430><c> absolutely</c>

01:13:58.949 --> 01:14:01.949
necessary<01:13:59.449><c> for</c><01:13:59.770><c> him</c><01:13:59.949><c> to</c><01:14:00.130><c> overcome</c><01:14:00.409><c> all</c><01:14:00.630><c> the</c><01:14:00.810><c> problems</c><01:14:01.069><c> of</c><01:14:01.350><c> life.</c><01:14:01.770><c> And</c>

01:14:01.949 --> 01:14:03.970
he<01:14:02.090><c> no</c><01:14:02.350><c> longer</c><01:14:02.649><c> could</c><01:14:02.909><c> rest</c><01:14:03.109><c> upon</c><01:14:03.430><c> the</c>

01:14:03.970 --> 01:14:07.810
wily<01:14:04.489><c> departure</c><01:14:05.069><c> of</c><01:14:05.390><c> Jacob.</c><01:14:06.289><c> He</c><01:14:06.529><c> knew,</c><01:14:07.010><c> brethren</c><01:14:07.149><c> and</c><01:14:07.350><c> sisters,</c><01:14:07.670><c> that</c>

01:14:07.810 --> 01:14:09.850
once<01:14:08.109><c> and</c><01:14:08.270><c> for</c><01:14:08.470><c> all,</c><01:14:08.710><c> God</c><01:14:08.970><c> must</c><01:14:09.289><c> be</c><01:14:09.489><c> his</c>

01:14:09.850 --> 01:14:12.109
strength.<01:14:10.329><c> And</c><01:14:10.529><c> in</c><01:14:10.689><c> wrestling</c><01:14:11.010><c> with</c><01:14:11.229><c> the</c><01:14:11.449><c> angel</c><01:14:11.609><c> all</c><01:14:11.930><c> night,</c>

01:14:12.369 --> 01:14:14.710
and<01:14:12.510><c> the</c><01:14:12.630><c> angel</c><01:14:12.909><c> touched</c><01:14:13.229><c> his</c><01:14:13.609><c> thigh,</c><01:14:13.989><c> and</c><01:14:14.130><c> he</c><01:14:14.270><c> became</c><01:14:14.510><c> a</c>

01:14:14.710 --> 01:14:18.090
cripple.<01:14:15.430><c> So</c><01:14:15.569><c> in</c><01:14:15.729><c> the</c><01:14:15.949><c> morning</c><01:14:16.149><c> when</c><01:14:16.329><c> he</c><01:14:16.550><c> arose,</c><01:14:17.729><c> he</c><01:14:17.909><c> had</c><01:14:18.010><c> sent</c>

01:14:18.090 --> 01:14:20.229
his<01:14:18.409><c> children</c><01:14:18.649><c> and</c><01:14:18.789><c> his</c><01:14:19.090><c> wives</c><01:14:19.350><c> and</c><01:14:19.470><c> his</c><01:14:19.750><c> men</c><01:14:19.970><c> ahead</c>

01:14:20.229 --> 01:14:23.270
of<01:14:20.350><c> him.</c><01:14:20.850><c> He</c><01:14:21.069><c> had</c><01:14:21.369><c> struggled</c><01:14:21.590><c> with</c><01:14:21.789><c> the</c><01:14:21.989><c> angel,</c><01:14:22.409><c> and</c><01:14:22.590><c> all</c><01:14:22.909><c> night</c><01:14:23.109><c> as</c>

01:14:23.270 --> 01:14:24.949
he<01:14:23.529><c> struggled,</c><01:14:23.890><c> his</c><01:14:24.050><c> family</c><01:14:24.289><c> went</c><01:14:24.550><c> towards</c>

01:14:24.949 --> 01:14:27.449
the<01:14:25.590><c> angel,</c><01:14:25.590><c> and</c><01:14:25.590><c> the</c><01:14:25.590><c> distance</c><01:14:25.989><c> between</c><01:14:26.350><c> them</c><01:14:26.550><c> grew</c><01:14:26.829><c> further</c>

01:14:27.449 --> 01:14:29.369
and<01:14:27.489><c> further</c><01:14:27.810><c> and</c><01:14:28.029><c> further.</c><01:14:28.710><c> And</c><01:14:28.850><c> Gideon's</c>

01:14:29.369 --> 01:14:32.390
face<01:14:29.529><c> was</c><01:14:29.789><c> being</c><01:14:30.170><c> tested.</c><01:14:30.750><c> He</c><01:14:30.949><c> knew</c><01:14:31.250><c> he</c><01:14:31.430><c> had</c><01:14:31.630><c> to</c><01:14:31.770><c> be</c><01:14:31.909><c> there</c><01:14:32.149><c> to</c>

01:14:32.390 --> 01:14:35.029
save<01:14:32.609><c> them.</c><01:14:33.029><c> Could</c><01:14:33.250><c> he</c><01:14:33.529><c> save</c><01:14:33.729><c> them?</c><01:14:34.189><c> The</c><01:14:34.409><c> wily</c><01:14:34.670><c> Jacob</c>

01:14:35.029 --> 01:14:37.970
could<01:14:35.250><c> do</c><01:14:35.409><c> it?</c><01:14:35.590><c> No,</c><01:14:35.970><c> God</c><01:14:36.289><c> can</c><01:14:36.529><c> only</c><01:14:36.689><c> do</c><01:14:36.890><c> it.</c><01:14:37.310><c> So</c><01:14:37.409><c> he</c><01:14:37.649><c> hung</c><01:14:37.869><c> to</c>

01:14:37.970 --> 01:14:39.869
the<01:14:38.170><c> angel,</c><01:14:38.409><c> and</c><01:14:38.510><c> his</c><01:14:38.689><c> family</c><01:14:38.850><c> was</c><01:14:39.069><c> getting</c><01:14:39.170><c> further</c><01:14:39.609><c> and</c>

01:14:39.869 --> 01:14:43.630
further<01:14:40.130><c> away</c><01:14:40.430><c> from</c><01:14:40.670><c> him.</c><01:14:41.970><c> Until</c><01:14:42.350><c> in</c><01:14:42.529><c> the</c><01:14:42.630><c> morning</c><01:14:42.890><c> he</c><01:14:43.130><c> arose,</c>

01:14:43.890 --> 01:14:45.310
and<01:14:44.090><c> the</c><01:14:44.270><c> record</c><01:14:44.449><c> of</c><01:14:44.649><c> the</c><01:14:44.729><c> scripture</c><01:14:44.949><c> says,</c>

01:14:45.329 --> 01:14:54.930
and<01:14:45.470><c> I</c><01:14:45.689><c> think</c><01:14:45.810><c> this</c><01:14:46.010><c> is</c><01:14:46.210><c> the</c><01:14:46.350><c> answer</c><01:14:46.510><c> of</c><01:14:46.630><c> the</c><01:14:46.850><c> elephant,</c><01:14:47.930><c> it</c><01:14:48.149><c> says</c><01:14:48.329><c> the</c><01:14:48.689><c> sun</c><01:14:49.050><c> had</c><01:14:49.310><c> risen</c><01:14:49.489><c> upon</c><01:14:49.810><c> him,</c><01:14:50.289><c> and</c><01:14:54.930><c> he</c>

01:14:54.930 --> 01:15:00.470
couldn't<01:14:55.569><c> have</c><01:14:55.710><c> it.</c><01:14:57.489><c> And</c><01:14:57.689><c> when</c><01:14:57.729><c> he</c><01:14:57.949><c> got</c><01:14:58.189><c> there,</c><01:14:59.310><c> God</c><01:14:59.550><c> had</c><01:14:59.909><c> controlled</c><01:15:00.210><c> the</c>

01:15:00.470 --> 01:15:02.310
whole<01:15:00.729><c> situation,</c><01:15:01.829><c> and</c><01:15:01.970><c> he</c><01:15:02.149><c> was</c>

01:15:02.310 --> 01:15:06.609
there.<01:15:03.750><c> And</c><01:15:03.890><c> so</c><01:15:03.989><c> he</c><01:15:04.069><c> called</c><01:15:04.350><c> the</c><01:15:04.550><c> place</c><01:15:04.970><c> Pennuel.</c><01:15:05.810><c> He</c><01:15:05.989><c> saw</c><01:15:06.250><c> the</c>

01:15:06.609 --> 01:15:10.710
faces<01:15:06.890><c> of</c><01:15:07.210><c> God,</c><01:15:07.850><c> the</c><01:15:08.130><c> faces</c><01:15:08.510><c> of</c><01:15:08.890><c> strength,</c><01:15:09.710><c> Pennuel.</c>

01:15:11.210 --> 01:15:14.210
And<01:15:11.649><c> after</c><01:15:12.069><c> that</c><01:15:12.270><c> incident,</c><01:15:12.649><c> he</c><01:15:12.770><c> came</c><01:15:13.069><c> to</c><01:15:13.289><c> Succoth,</c><01:15:13.890><c> and</c><01:15:14.010><c> he</c>

01:15:14.210 --> 01:15:16.689
built<01:15:14.510><c> booths</c><01:15:15.229><c> at</c><01:15:15.369><c> Succoth.</c><01:15:16.109><c> And</c><01:15:16.229><c> what</c><01:15:16.369><c> are</c><01:15:16.510><c> the</c>

01:15:16.689 --> 01:15:19.149
booths,<01:15:17.010><c> significant</c><01:15:17.470><c> old</c><01:15:17.770><c> brethren</c><01:15:17.970><c> and</c><01:15:18.170><c> sisters?</c><01:15:18.430><c> The</c><01:15:18.609><c> vows</c><01:15:18.829><c> of</c>

01:15:19.149 --> 01:15:21.930
trees<01:15:19.310><c> put</c><01:15:19.569><c> together</c><01:15:19.850><c> to</c><01:15:20.069><c> make</c><01:15:20.409><c> a</c><01:15:20.789><c> very,</c><01:15:21.210><c> very</c>

01:15:21.930 --> 01:15:25.689
big<01:15:22.210><c> habitation</c><01:15:23.010><c> for</c><01:15:23.250><c> man.</c><01:15:23.909><c> The</c><01:15:24.210><c> booth</c><01:15:24.350><c> was</c><01:15:24.609><c> significant</c><01:15:25.210><c> of</c>

01:15:25.689 --> 01:15:28.710
that<01:15:25.970><c> which</c><01:15:26.189><c> is</c><01:15:26.970><c> without</c><01:15:27.569><c> protection,</c>

01:15:29.130 --> 01:15:30.949
because<01:15:29.210><c> when</c><01:15:29.449><c> Israel</c><01:15:29.729><c> came</c><01:15:29.970><c> out</c><01:15:30.149><c> of</c><01:15:30.289><c> Egypt,</c><01:15:30.590><c> they</c><01:15:30.810><c> brought</c>

01:15:30.949 --> 01:15:32.729
in<01:15:31.310><c> booze.</c><01:15:31.970><c> And</c><01:15:32.149><c> the</c><01:15:32.390><c> whole</c>

01:15:32.729 --> 01:15:35.670
significance<01:15:33.270><c> of</c><01:15:33.430><c> that</c><01:15:33.630><c> was</c><01:15:33.909><c> that</c><01:15:34.270><c> God</c><01:15:34.609><c> alone</c><01:15:35.050><c> was</c><01:15:35.289><c> there</c><01:15:35.529><c> to</c>

01:15:35.670 --> 01:15:37.989
protect<01:15:35.850><c> them.</c><01:15:36.250><c> Now</c><01:15:36.430><c> in</c><01:15:36.569><c> these</c><01:15:36.850><c> two</c><01:15:37.130><c> townships,</c>

01:15:38.029 --> 01:15:41.289
which<01:15:38.250><c> spoke</c><01:15:38.489><c> of</c><01:15:38.649><c> a</c><01:15:38.810><c> man's</c><01:15:39.310><c> face</c><01:15:39.550><c> of</c><01:15:39.949><c> his</c><01:15:40.210><c> un</c><01:15:40.409><c>-trusting</c><01:15:40.850><c> God,</c>

01:15:41.729 --> 01:15:45.670
Gideon<01:15:42.130><c> came</c><01:15:42.449><c> expecting</c><01:15:43.210><c> to</c><01:15:43.649><c> find</c><01:15:43.909><c> the</c><01:15:44.189><c> same</c><01:15:44.550><c> spirit.</c>

01:15:46.090 --> 01:15:50.369
And<01:15:46.270><c> he</c><01:15:46.369><c> said</c><01:15:46.510><c> to</c><01:15:46.630><c> the</c><01:15:46.729><c> men</c><01:15:46.890><c> of</c><01:15:47.069><c> Zion,</c><01:15:48.909><c> give</c><01:15:49.090><c> us</c><01:15:49.270><c> loads</c><01:15:49.569><c> of</c><01:15:49.829><c> bread</c><01:15:49.949><c> under</c><01:15:50.149><c> the</c>

01:15:50.369 --> 01:15:51.529
people<01:15:50.529><c> of</c><01:15:50.789><c> Solomon.</c>

01:15:51.930 --> 01:15:57.310
For<01:15:52.470><c> they</c><01:15:52.689><c> are</c><01:15:52.930><c> faint,</c><01:15:53.289><c> and</c><01:15:53.289><c> I</c><01:15:53.390><c> am</c><01:15:53.550><c> pursuing</c><01:15:53.909><c> Zebra</c><01:15:54.409><c> and</c><01:15:54.569><c> Zalmanah.</c><01:15:56.250><c> Oh,</c>

01:15:57.989 --> 01:16:00.710
and<01:15:58.430><c> why</c><01:15:58.930><c> should</c><01:15:59.149><c> we</c><01:15:59.409><c> give</c><01:15:59.670><c> you</c><01:15:59.890><c> bread?</c>

01:16:02.470 --> 01:16:06.649
Look,<01:16:03.569><c> where</c><01:16:03.649><c> are</c><01:16:03.770><c> Zebra</c><01:16:04.109><c> and</c><01:16:04.149><c> Zalmanah?</c><01:16:05.289><c> You</c><01:16:05.510><c> haven't</c><01:16:05.869><c> caught</c><01:16:06.149><c> them.</c>

01:16:07.069 --> 01:16:09.229
Who<01:16:07.170><c> do</c><01:16:07.310><c> you</c><01:16:07.489><c> think</c><01:16:07.750><c> you</c><01:16:08.109><c> are?</c><01:16:08.649><c> When</c><01:16:08.869><c> you've</c>

01:16:09.229 --> 01:16:12.970
got<01:16:09.430><c> those</c><01:16:09.689><c> two</c><01:16:09.949><c> fellows,</c><01:16:10.529><c> come</c><01:16:10.829><c> back.</c><01:16:11.550><c> Gideon</c><01:16:11.789><c> said,</c><01:16:12.689><c> I'll</c>

01:16:12.970 --> 01:16:17.909
be<01:16:13.170><c> back.</c><01:16:15.949><c> And</c><01:16:16.229><c> the</c><01:16:16.510><c> spirit</c><01:16:16.750><c> of</c><01:16:17.029><c> Jacob</c><01:16:17.210><c> was</c><01:16:17.510><c> not</c><01:16:17.649><c> in</c><01:16:17.789><c> the</c>

01:16:17.909 --> 01:16:21.090
Zuckos.<01:16:18.890><c> And</c><01:16:19.010><c> he</c><01:16:19.109><c> said,</c><01:16:19.369><c> when</c><01:16:19.449><c> I</c><01:16:19.630><c> come</c><01:16:19.909><c> back,</c><01:16:20.350><c> I</c><01:16:20.369><c> want</c><01:16:20.609><c> to</c><01:16:20.869><c> tear</c>

01:16:21.090 --> 01:16:24.069
your<01:16:21.550><c> flesh</c><01:16:21.949><c> with</c><01:16:22.710><c> thorns</c><01:16:23.029><c> of</c><01:16:23.210><c> the</c><01:16:23.350><c> wilderness</c><01:16:23.710><c> and</c>

01:16:24.069 --> 01:16:31.170
with<01:16:24.329><c> drives.</c><01:16:26.149><c> He</c><01:16:26.550><c> was</c><01:16:26.829><c> back.</c><01:16:28.829><c> He</c><01:16:29.029><c> came</c><01:16:29.329><c> back,</c><01:16:29.689><c> and</c><01:16:29.750><c> he</c><01:16:29.810><c> had</c><01:16:30.029><c> Zebra</c><01:16:30.329><c> and</c><01:16:30.470><c> Zalmanah</c><01:16:30.770><c> with</c><01:16:30.930><c> him.</c><01:16:31.050><c> He</c>

01:16:31.170 --> 01:16:31.829
said,<01:16:31.189><c> here</c><01:16:31.329><c> they</c><01:16:31.489><c> are.</c>

01:16:31.989 --> 01:16:37.130
They're<01:16:32.170><c> in</c><01:16:32.350><c> my</c><01:16:32.590><c> hand.</c><01:16:34.510><c> Now</c><01:16:34.710><c> you'll</c><01:16:34.949><c> get</c><01:16:35.090><c> a</c><01:16:35.189><c> lesson</c><01:16:35.409><c> from</c><01:16:35.609><c> them.</c><01:16:36.729><c> And</c>

01:16:37.130 --> 01:16:39.050
you<01:16:37.329><c> see,</c><01:16:37.529><c> he</c><01:16:37.770><c> had</c><01:16:37.989><c> Zebra</c><01:16:38.390><c> and</c><01:16:38.449><c> Zalmanah.</c>

01:16:39.250 --> 01:16:42.930
There<01:16:39.449><c> was</c><01:16:39.710><c> a</c><01:16:39.909><c> thorn,</c><01:16:40.350><c> and</c><01:16:40.569><c> there</c><01:16:40.750><c> was</c><01:16:40.949><c> a</c><01:16:41.149><c> briar.</c><01:16:42.250><c> And</c><01:16:42.649><c> he</c><01:16:42.750><c> was</c>

01:16:42.930 --> 01:16:44.670
going<01:16:43.050><c> to</c><01:16:43.210><c> teach</c><01:16:43.390><c> the</c><01:16:43.550><c> men</c><01:16:43.710><c> of</c><01:16:43.909><c> Zuckos</c><01:16:44.229><c> a</c><01:16:44.470><c> lesson.</c>

01:16:44.670 --> 01:16:48.989
And<01:16:44.850><c> here's</c><01:16:45.550><c> a</c><01:16:45.670><c> lesson</c><01:16:45.829><c> for</c><01:16:46.069><c> Custodelius.</c><01:16:47.130><c> Here's</c><01:16:47.369><c> a</c><01:16:47.489><c> glorious</c><01:16:48.109><c> lesson.</c>

01:16:49.590 --> 01:16:50.909
Now<01:16:49.810><c> what</c><01:16:50.050><c> was</c><01:16:50.310><c> the</c><01:16:50.449><c> lesson</c><01:16:50.630><c> of</c>

01:16:50.909 --> 01:16:55.989
Thorns<01:16:51.090><c> and</c><01:16:51.390><c> Briar?</c><01:16:52.710><c> Three</c><01:16:53.109><c> men</c><01:16:53.529><c> had</c><01:16:53.989><c> warned</c><01:16:54.289><c> about</c><01:16:54.689><c> this</c><01:16:55.229><c> previous</c><01:16:55.789><c> to</c>

01:16:55.989 --> 01:16:57.550
this<01:16:56.250><c> incident.</c><01:16:56.770><c> I</c><01:16:56.829><c> want</c><01:16:56.989><c> to</c><01:16:57.130><c> show</c><01:16:57.229><c> you</c><01:16:57.369><c> the</c>

01:16:57.550 --> 01:16:59.710
reference<01:16:57.750><c> list.</c><01:16:58.430><c> I</c><01:16:58.449><c> want</c><01:16:58.630><c> to</c><01:16:58.750><c> show</c><01:16:58.829><c> you</c><01:16:59.050><c> 1st</c><01:16:59.210><c> of</c><01:16:59.289><c> all,</c><01:16:59.449><c> number</c>

01:16:59.710 --> 01:17:03.609
33.<01:17:02.350><c> We</c><01:17:02.449><c> won't</c><01:17:02.590><c> go</c><01:17:02.789><c> too</c><01:17:03.069><c> far</c><01:17:03.189><c> with</c><01:17:03.250><c> this.</c><01:17:03.470><c> I'll</c>

01:17:03.609 --> 01:17:05.890
finish<01:17:03.729><c> on</c><01:17:03.909><c> this</c><01:17:04.170><c> note.</c><01:17:04.569><c> But</c><01:17:04.890><c> I</c><01:17:04.989><c> want</c><01:17:05.130><c> you</c><01:17:05.229><c> to</c><01:17:05.390><c> see</c><01:17:05.510><c> at</c><01:17:05.689><c> least</c>

01:17:05.890 --> 01:17:12.409
this<01:17:06.189><c> lesson.</c><01:17:07.949><c> Here</c><01:17:08.109><c> was</c><01:17:08.329><c> the</c><01:17:08.470><c> lesson</c><01:17:08.649><c> that</c><01:17:08.789><c> the</c>

01:17:12.409 --> 01:17:16.770
forget<01:17:12.949><c> this.</c><01:17:14.609><c> And</c><01:17:14.890><c> this</c><01:17:15.149><c> is</c><01:17:15.409><c> the</c><01:17:15.529><c> reason</c><01:17:15.869><c> that</c><01:17:16.189><c> Gideon</c><01:17:16.449><c> was</c>

01:17:16.770 --> 01:17:18.970
pursuing<01:17:17.069><c> those</c><01:17:17.489><c> men</c><01:17:17.590><c> to</c><01:17:17.750><c> the</c><01:17:17.949><c> bitter</c><01:17:18.210><c> end.</c>

01:17:20.569 --> 01:17:26.409
Moses<01:17:20.869><c> had</c><01:17:21.170><c> said</c><01:17:21.310><c> this</c><01:17:22.350><c> in</c><01:17:24.630><c> the</c><01:17:24.829><c> 33rd</c><01:17:25.369><c> chapter</c><01:17:25.630><c> of</c><01:17:25.850><c> Numbers</c><01:17:26.130><c> and</c><01:17:26.250><c> at</c>

01:17:26.409 --> 01:17:28.029
verse<01:17:26.630><c> 55.</c>

01:17:31.029 --> 01:17:33.529
But<01:17:31.130><c> if</c><01:17:31.369><c> ye</c><01:17:31.550><c> will</c><01:17:31.729><c> not</c><01:17:32.050><c> drive</c><01:17:32.369><c> out</c><01:17:32.670><c> the</c><01:17:32.890><c> inhabitants</c><01:17:33.210><c> of</c><01:17:33.350><c> the</c>

01:17:33.529 --> 01:17:35.250
land<01:17:33.710><c> from</c><01:17:33.930><c> before</c><01:17:34.289><c> you,</c><01:17:34.590><c> then</c><01:17:34.670><c> it</c><01:17:34.829><c> shall</c><01:17:34.970><c> come</c>

01:17:35.250 --> 01:17:39.229
to<01:17:35.250><c> pass</c><01:17:35.750><c> that</c><01:17:37.189><c> those</c><01:17:37.550><c> which</c><01:17:37.810><c> ye</c><01:17:38.010><c> let</c><01:17:38.170><c> remain</c><01:17:38.550><c> of</c><01:17:38.810><c> them</c><01:17:38.989><c> shall</c>

01:17:39.229 --> 01:17:42.310
be<01:17:39.569><c> pricks</c><01:17:39.909><c> in</c><01:17:40.090><c> your</c><01:17:40.430><c> eyes</c><01:17:40.829><c> and</c><01:17:41.270><c> thorns</c><01:17:41.729><c> in</c><01:17:41.909><c> your</c>

01:17:42.310 --> 01:17:46.689
sides,<01:17:42.710><c> and</c><01:17:42.850><c> shall</c><01:17:43.149><c> vex</c><01:17:43.409><c> you</c><01:17:43.569><c> in</c><01:17:43.689><c> the</c><01:17:43.850><c> land</c><01:17:44.029><c> wherein</c><01:17:44.250><c> ye</c><01:17:44.590><c> dwell.</c><01:17:45.750><c> Moreover,</c><01:17:46.430><c> now</c>

01:17:46.689 --> 01:17:48.630
notice<01:17:47.069><c> this,</c><01:17:48.189><c> moreover,</c>

01:17:48.890 --> 01:17:55.390
it<01:17:48.949><c> shall</c><01:17:49.170><c> come</c><01:17:49.689><c> to</c><01:17:50.010><c> pass</c><01:17:50.609><c> that</c><01:17:51.970><c> I</c><01:17:52.409><c> shall</c><01:17:52.750><c> do</c><01:17:53.329><c> unto</c><01:17:53.850><c> you</c><01:17:54.590><c> as</c><01:17:54.970><c> I</c>

01:17:55.390 --> 01:18:02.949
thought<01:17:55.630><c> to</c><01:17:56.029><c> do</c><01:17:56.489><c> unto</c><01:17:57.069><c> them.</c><01:18:01.470><c> Now</c><01:18:02.149><c> the</c><01:18:02.609><c> words</c><01:18:02.829><c> of</c><01:18:02.890><c> the</c>

01:18:02.949 --> 01:18:06.029
mother.<01:18:03.770><c> You</c><01:18:03.770><c> haven't</c><01:18:04.130><c> got</c><01:18:04.409><c> them.</c><01:18:04.750><c> Don't</c><01:18:05.090><c> come</c><01:18:05.390><c> here</c><01:18:05.689><c> asking</c>

01:18:06.029 --> 01:18:08.369
for<01:18:06.409><c> bread.</c><01:18:06.750><c> Don't</c><01:18:07.090><c> think</c><01:18:07.270><c> about</c><01:18:07.630><c> taking</c><01:18:07.989><c> these</c>

01:18:08.369 --> 01:18:15.270
people.<01:18:08.670><c> Look,</c><01:18:08.930><c> it's</c><01:18:09.050><c> nothing</c><01:18:09.229><c> to</c><01:18:09.449><c> do</c><01:18:09.590><c> with</c><01:18:09.770><c> us.</c><01:18:10.050><c> It's</c><01:18:10.270><c> your</c><01:18:10.649><c> fight.</c><01:18:11.949><c> I'll</c><01:18:12.250><c> be</c><01:18:12.430><c> back.</c><01:18:14.970><c> When</c><01:18:15.069><c> I</c>

01:18:15.270 --> 01:18:15.770
come<01:18:15.550><c> back,</c>

01:18:15.949 --> 01:18:18.029
I'll<01:18:16.109><c> bring</c><01:18:16.329><c> those</c><01:18:16.630><c> two</c><01:18:16.829><c> friends</c><01:18:17.069><c> here</c><01:18:17.229><c> and</c><01:18:17.529><c> you're</c><01:18:17.829><c> going</c><01:18:17.930><c> to</c>

01:18:18.029 --> 01:18:19.909
learn<01:18:18.149><c> a</c><01:18:18.270><c> lesson.</c><01:18:19.050><c> And</c><01:18:19.189><c> what</c><01:18:19.329><c> did</c><01:18:19.430><c> God</c><01:18:19.590><c> say?</c>

01:18:20.170 --> 01:18:23.090
If<01:18:20.390><c> you</c><01:18:20.649><c> leave</c><01:18:20.770><c> any</c><01:18:21.090><c> of</c><01:18:21.210><c> those</c><01:18:21.409><c> people,</c><01:18:22.090><c> they'll</c><01:18:22.229><c> be</c><01:18:22.430><c> like</c><01:18:22.789><c> thorns</c><01:18:22.890><c> in</c>

01:18:23.090 --> 01:18:24.729
your<01:18:23.449><c> eyes.</c><01:18:23.930><c> You</c><01:18:24.109><c> know</c><01:18:24.189><c> that'll</c><01:18:24.470><c> be</c><01:18:24.609><c> nice,</c>

01:18:24.869 --> 01:18:31.310
don't<01:18:25.050><c> you?</c><01:18:25.609><c> Thorns</c><01:18:26.050><c> in</c><01:18:26.250><c> your</c><01:18:26.590><c> side.</c><01:18:27.130><c> And</c><01:18:27.289><c> if</c><01:18:27.430><c> you</c><01:18:27.550><c> let</c><01:18:27.670><c> them</c><01:18:27.850><c> go,</c><01:18:28.189><c> says</c><01:18:28.250><c> God,</c><01:18:28.770><c> I'll</c><01:18:29.149><c> do</c><01:18:29.550><c> unto</c><01:18:29.930><c> you</c><01:18:30.550><c> as</c><01:18:30.829><c> I</c><01:18:31.130><c> thought</c>

01:18:31.310 --> 01:18:34.229
to<01:18:31.529><c> do</c><01:18:31.750><c> unto</c><01:18:32.050><c> them.</c><01:18:32.770><c> That's</c><01:18:33.010><c> exactly</c><01:18:33.390><c> what</c><01:18:33.710><c> Gideon</c><01:18:33.869><c> was</c><01:18:34.050><c> going</c>

01:18:34.229 --> 01:18:37.649
to<01:18:34.329><c> show</c><01:18:34.489><c> us.</c><01:18:35.609><c> Now</c><01:18:35.789><c> in</c><01:18:35.970><c> Joshua</c><01:18:36.270><c> chapter</c><01:18:36.649><c> 23,</c>

01:18:38.529 --> 01:18:43.569
Joshua<01:18:38.729><c> repeated</c><01:18:39.170><c> that</c><01:18:39.430><c> warning.</c><01:18:41.189><c> He</c><01:18:41.489><c> repeated</c><01:18:41.890><c> that</c><01:18:42.130><c> warning,</c><01:18:42.529><c> brothers</c><01:18:42.649><c> and</c><01:18:42.750><c> sisters.</c>

01:18:48.329 --> 01:18:50.529
Nobody<01:18:48.850><c> could</c><01:18:49.130><c> misunderstand</c><01:18:49.729><c> this.</c>

01:18:58.350 --> 01:19:03.090
And<01:18:58.949><c> in</c><01:18:59.109><c> the</c><01:18:59.229><c> 23rd</c><01:18:59.770><c> chapter</c><01:19:00.069><c> of</c><01:19:00.229><c> Joshua</c><01:19:00.770><c> and</c><01:19:01.430><c> verse</c><01:19:01.810><c> 13,</c>

01:19:04.010 --> 01:19:07.689
know<01:19:04.470><c> for</c><01:19:04.869><c> a</c><01:19:04.930><c> certainty</c><01:19:05.390><c> that</c><01:19:06.189><c> the</c><01:19:06.369><c> Lord</c><01:19:06.609><c> your</c><01:19:06.829><c> God</c><01:19:07.130><c> will</c><01:19:07.369><c> no</c>

01:19:07.689 --> 01:19:09.729
more<01:19:07.890><c> drive</c><01:19:08.170><c> out</c><01:19:08.350><c> any</c><01:19:08.529><c> of</c><01:19:08.609><c> these</c><01:19:08.789><c> nations</c><01:19:09.130><c> from</c><01:19:09.369><c> before</c>

01:19:09.729 --> 01:19:13.069
you,<01:19:09.989><c> but</c><01:19:10.149><c> they</c><01:19:10.430><c> shall</c><01:19:10.630><c> be</c><01:19:10.970><c> snares</c><01:19:11.310><c> and</c><01:19:11.529><c> traps</c><01:19:11.710><c> unto</c><01:19:12.069><c> you</c><01:19:12.430><c> and</c>

01:19:13.069 --> 01:19:16.489
scourges<01:19:13.729><c> in</c><01:19:13.949><c> your</c><01:19:14.369><c> sides</c><01:19:14.750><c> and</c><01:19:15.109><c> thorns</c><01:19:15.529><c> in</c><01:19:15.789><c> your</c><01:19:16.189><c> eyes</c>

01:19:16.489 --> 01:19:20.130
until<01:19:16.829><c> you</c><01:19:17.069><c> perish</c><01:19:17.470><c> from</c><01:19:17.710><c> off</c><01:19:17.850><c> this</c><01:19:18.050><c> woodland</c><01:19:18.989><c> which</c><01:19:19.770><c> Yahweh</c>

01:19:20.130 --> 01:19:21.590
your<01:19:20.250><c> God</c><01:19:20.470><c> has</c><01:19:20.649><c> given</c><01:19:20.850><c> you.</c>

01:19:21.869 --> 01:19:25.250
Know<01:19:22.130><c> for</c><01:19:22.369><c> a</c><01:19:22.729><c> certainty,</c><01:19:23.350><c> said</c><01:19:23.350><c> Joshua.</c><01:19:24.630><c> But</c><01:19:24.789><c> his</c><01:19:24.909><c> God</c><01:19:24.989><c> didn't</c>

01:19:25.250 --> 01:19:28.270
believe<01:19:25.609><c> that.</c><01:19:27.189><c> Again,</c><01:19:27.609><c> they</c><01:19:27.850><c> were</c><01:19:28.090><c> warned,</c>

01:19:28.409 --> 01:19:31.770
brothers<01:19:28.550><c> and</c><01:19:28.609><c> sisters,</c><01:19:28.989><c> in</c><01:19:29.149><c> the</c><01:19:29.310><c> second</c><01:19:29.569><c> chapter</c><01:19:29.810><c> of</c><01:19:30.050><c> Judges.</c><01:19:31.149><c> In</c><01:19:31.550><c> the</c>

01:19:31.770 --> 01:19:32.829
second<01:19:31.989><c> chapter</c><01:19:32.270><c> of</c><01:19:32.529><c> Judges,</c>

01:19:32.890 --> 01:19:36.550
when<01:19:33.029><c> an</c><01:19:33.250><c> angel</c><01:19:33.390><c> of</c><01:19:33.630><c> Yahweh</c><01:19:34.010><c> came</c><01:19:34.289><c> up</c><01:19:34.510><c> from</c><01:19:34.750><c> Gilgoth</c><01:19:35.270><c> of</c><01:19:35.510><c> Bochim,</c><01:19:35.890><c> we</c><01:19:36.109><c> read</c><01:19:36.329><c> in</c>

01:19:36.550 --> 01:19:39.210
verse<01:19:36.850><c> 1,</c><01:19:38.329><c> and</c><01:19:38.470><c> he</c><01:19:38.670><c> told</c><01:19:38.909><c> them</c><01:19:39.109><c> in</c>

01:19:39.210 --> 01:19:42.609
verse<01:19:39.529><c> 2</c><01:19:39.729><c> that</c><01:19:39.850><c> they</c><01:19:40.109><c> had</c><01:19:40.189><c> not</c><01:19:40.390><c> obeyed</c><01:19:40.689><c> Yahweh's</c><01:19:41.310><c> voice.</c><01:19:42.409><c> And</c>

01:19:42.609 --> 01:19:45.069
then<01:19:42.789><c> in</c><01:19:42.930><c> verse</c><01:19:43.189><c> 3,</c><01:19:43.510><c> he</c><01:19:43.630><c> said,</c><01:19:44.050><c> wherefore</c><01:19:44.409><c> I</c><01:19:44.670><c> also</c>

01:19:45.069 --> 01:19:48.630
will<01:19:45.470><c> not</c><01:19:45.949><c> drive</c><01:19:46.270><c> them</c><01:19:46.449><c> out</c><01:19:46.630><c> from</c><01:19:46.810><c> before</c><01:19:47.130><c> you,</c><01:19:47.729><c> but</c><01:19:47.770><c> they</c><01:19:48.069><c> shall</c><01:19:48.250><c> be</c>

01:19:48.630 --> 01:19:50.670
as<01:19:48.829><c> thorns</c><01:19:49.130><c> in</c><01:19:49.329><c> your</c><01:19:49.770><c> sides,</c><01:19:50.130><c> and</c><01:19:50.310><c> their</c><01:19:50.489><c> God</c>

01:19:50.670 --> 01:19:53.689
shall<01:19:50.829><c> be</c><01:19:51.069><c> a</c><01:19:51.170><c> snare</c><01:19:51.329><c> unto</c><01:19:51.649><c> you.</c><01:19:52.170><c> And</c><01:19:52.649><c> the</c><01:19:52.750><c> men</c><01:19:52.970><c> of</c><01:19:53.170><c> Zachoth</c><01:19:53.510><c> had</c>

01:19:53.689 --> 01:19:56.029
the<01:19:53.930><c> words</c><01:19:54.130><c> of</c><01:19:54.409><c> Moses,</c><01:19:55.029><c> they</c><01:19:55.189><c> were</c><01:19:55.430><c> repeated</c><01:19:55.689><c> by</c>

01:19:56.029 --> 01:19:59.609
Joshua,<01:19:56.750><c> and</c><01:19:56.930><c> they</c><01:19:57.050><c> were</c><01:19:57.289><c> repeated</c><01:19:57.569><c> by</c><01:19:57.850><c> the</c><01:19:58.010><c> angel</c><01:19:58.250><c> of</c><01:19:58.489><c> Bochim.</c><01:19:59.329><c> They</c>

01:19:59.609 --> 01:20:01.869
had<01:19:59.850><c> those</c><01:20:00.350><c> three</c><01:20:00.789><c> warnings</c><01:20:01.189><c> ringing</c><01:20:01.649><c> in</c>

01:20:01.869 --> 01:20:06.210
their<01:20:02.149><c> ears,</c><01:20:02.590><c> and</c><01:20:02.810><c> they</c><01:20:03.069><c> had</c><01:20:03.409><c> not</c><01:20:03.750><c> learned</c><01:20:03.909><c> that</c><01:20:04.270><c> lesson.</c><01:20:05.850><c> And</c>

01:20:06.210 --> 01:20:08.829
that<01:20:06.470><c> came</c><01:20:07.170><c> Gideon.</c><01:20:08.130><c> And</c><01:20:08.310><c> I</c><01:20:08.409><c> want</c><01:20:08.529><c> you</c><01:20:08.609><c> to</c><01:20:08.710><c> notice</c>

01:20:08.829 --> 01:20:13.090
what<01:20:08.949><c> he</c><01:20:09.069><c> did</c><01:20:09.289><c> in</c><01:20:09.489><c> chapter</c><01:20:09.750><c> 8.</c><01:20:11.029><c> You</c><01:20:11.109><c> look,</c><01:20:11.250><c> for</c><01:20:11.510><c> example,</c><01:20:12.609><c> over</c>

01:20:13.090 --> 01:20:15.949
in<01:20:14.510><c> verse</c><01:20:14.789><c> 13.</c>

01:20:18.310 --> 01:20:20.630
And<01:20:18.449><c> Gideon,</c><01:20:18.869><c> the</c><01:20:18.949><c> son</c><01:20:19.109><c> of</c><01:20:19.329><c> Joash,</c><01:20:19.729><c> returned</c><01:20:20.090><c> from</c><01:20:20.350><c> battle</c>

01:20:20.630 --> 01:20:22.489
before<01:20:20.970><c> the</c><01:20:21.189><c> sun</c><01:20:21.329><c> was</c><01:20:21.590><c> up.</c>

01:20:23.390 --> 01:20:25.529
And<01:20:23.550><c> he</c><01:20:23.729><c> caught</c><01:20:23.869><c> a</c><01:20:24.010><c> young</c><01:20:24.210><c> man</c><01:20:24.449><c> of</c><01:20:24.569><c> the</c><01:20:24.689><c> men</c><01:20:24.829><c> of</c><01:20:24.989><c> Zachoth</c><01:20:25.329><c> and</c>

01:20:25.529 --> 01:20:28.289
inquired<01:20:26.010><c> of</c><01:20:26.149><c> him,</c><01:20:27.050><c> and</c><01:20:27.250><c> he</c><01:20:27.569><c> described</c><01:20:27.890><c> unto</c><01:20:28.109><c> him</c>

01:20:28.289 --> 01:20:31.310
the<01:20:28.550><c> princes</c><01:20:28.770><c> of</c><01:20:29.029><c> Zachoth.</c><01:20:29.930><c> Notice</c><01:20:30.329><c> the</c><01:20:30.590><c> marginal</c><01:20:31.010><c> rendering</c>

01:20:31.310 --> 01:20:33.770
for<01:20:31.489><c> the</c><01:20:31.609><c> word</c><01:20:31.829><c> described.</c><01:20:33.229><c> He</c><01:20:33.470><c> wrote</c>

01:20:33.770 --> 01:20:39.550
them.<01:20:35.390><c> And</c><01:20:35.909><c> he</c><01:20:36.069><c> wrote</c><01:20:36.250><c> down</c><01:20:36.529><c> the</c><01:20:36.670><c> names</c><01:20:36.930><c> of</c><01:20:37.270><c> 77</c><01:20:37.810><c> men.</c><01:20:38.949><c> Now</c><01:20:39.149><c> I</c><01:20:39.350><c> want</c><01:20:39.369><c> you</c><01:20:39.489><c> to</c>

01:20:39.550 --> 01:20:40.409
notice<01:20:39.649><c> what</c><01:20:39.949><c> Gideon</c><01:20:40.149><c> did,</c>

01:20:40.710 --> 01:20:44.449
brethren<01:20:40.710><c> and</c><01:20:40.909><c> sisters.</c><01:20:41.470><c> He</c><01:20:41.729><c> came</c><01:20:42.270><c> back</c><01:20:42.670><c> to</c><01:20:42.970><c> Zachoth</c><01:20:43.569><c> before</c>

01:20:44.449 --> 01:20:50.409
dawn,<01:20:47.289><c> before</c><01:20:47.829><c> anybody</c><01:20:48.689><c> was</c><01:20:49.189><c> aware</c><01:20:49.710><c> that</c><01:20:49.890><c> he</c><01:20:50.010><c> was</c>

01:20:50.409 --> 01:20:54.390
there.<01:20:51.670><c> And</c><01:20:51.949><c> they</c><01:20:52.130><c> were</c><01:20:52.270><c> perhaps</c><01:20:52.630><c> all</c><01:20:53.029><c> in</c><01:20:53.369><c> bed.</c><01:20:53.789><c> And</c><01:20:53.970><c> there</c><01:20:54.069><c> was</c><01:20:54.250><c> a</c>

01:20:54.390 --> 01:20:56.229
young<01:20:54.710><c> fellow,</c><01:20:55.210><c> for</c><01:20:55.250><c> some</c><01:20:55.569><c> reason</c><01:20:55.890><c> or</c><01:20:56.069><c> other,</c>

01:20:56.489 --> 01:20:59.489
wandering<01:20:56.689><c> around</c><01:20:56.989><c> outside</c><01:20:57.470><c> of</c><01:20:57.670><c> Zachoth,</c><01:20:58.250><c> and</c><01:20:58.430><c> he</c><01:20:58.670><c> got</c><01:20:58.890><c> him.</c>

01:20:59.829 --> 01:21:03.350
He<01:20:59.829><c> said,</c><01:21:00.090><c> come</c><01:21:00.170><c> here.</c><01:21:02.050><c> What's</c><01:21:02.569><c> the</c><01:21:02.689><c> name</c><01:21:02.949><c> you're</c>

01:21:03.350 --> 01:21:11.590
looking<01:21:03.350><c> for?</c><01:21:06.670><c> 77.</c><01:21:09.069><c> It's</c><01:21:09.270><c> brother</c><01:21:09.590><c> Smith,</c><01:21:10.210><c> brother</c><01:21:10.470><c> Jones,</c>

01:21:11.850 --> 01:21:13.710
brother<01:21:12.090><c> Brown,</c><01:21:12.789><c> and</c><01:21:12.789><c> so</c><01:21:12.850><c> on.</c><01:21:13.369><c> And</c><01:21:13.489><c> he</c><01:21:13.609><c> wrote</c>

01:21:13.710 --> 01:21:19.130
them<01:21:13.890><c> all</c><01:21:14.130><c> down.</c><01:21:15.630><c> But</c><01:21:15.789><c> the</c><01:21:16.069><c> dawn</c><01:21:16.350><c> had</c><01:21:16.630><c> come,</c><01:21:18.489><c> and</c><01:21:18.670><c> they</c><01:21:18.869><c> were</c>

01:21:19.130 --> 01:21:22.770
all<01:21:19.430><c> written</c><01:21:19.710><c> down</c><01:21:20.130><c> for</c><01:21:20.409><c> judgment.</c><01:21:22.130><c> And</c><01:21:22.270><c> when</c><01:21:22.489><c> the</c>

01:21:22.770 --> 01:21:25.590
sun<01:21:22.909><c> had</c><01:21:23.090><c> risen</c><01:21:23.390><c> and</c><01:21:23.789><c> the</c><01:21:23.949><c> men</c><01:21:24.090><c> of</c><01:21:24.250><c> Zachoth</c><01:21:24.550><c> got</c><01:21:24.770><c> up,</c><01:21:25.369><c> Gideon</c>

01:21:25.590 --> 01:21:27.949
presented<01:21:26.010><c> to</c><01:21:26.170><c> them</c><01:21:26.649><c> Zeba</c><01:21:27.090><c> and</c><01:21:27.289><c> Zermanah.</c>

01:21:27.949 --> 01:21:34.170
Now<01:21:28.630><c> I</c><01:21:28.930><c> want</c><01:21:29.189><c> to</c><01:21:29.369><c> follow.</c><01:21:31.229><c> Brother</c><01:21:31.529><c> Smith,</c><01:21:32.949><c> brother</c><01:21:33.170><c> Brown,</c>

01:21:34.250 --> 01:21:36.109
brother<01:21:34.609><c> Jones,</c><01:21:35.149><c> and</c><01:21:35.329><c> so</c><01:21:35.449><c> on</c><01:21:35.649><c> and</c><01:21:35.810><c> so</c><01:21:35.930><c> on.</c><01:21:36.109><c> He</c>

01:21:36.109 --> 01:21:40.090
had<01:21:36.350><c> 77</c><01:21:36.970><c> of</c><01:21:37.229><c> them.</c><01:21:37.949><c> And</c><01:21:38.029><c> he</c><01:21:38.210><c> had</c><01:21:38.390><c> with</c><01:21:38.609><c> him,</c><01:21:39.329><c> in</c><01:21:39.449><c> his</c><01:21:39.689><c> hands,</c><01:21:39.949><c> in</c>

01:21:40.090 --> 01:21:42.569
the<01:21:40.170><c> hands</c><01:21:40.390><c> of</c><01:21:40.510><c> his</c><01:21:40.729><c> men,</c><01:21:41.930><c> glorious</c><01:21:42.130><c> bushes,</c>

01:21:42.829 --> 01:21:46.229
brethren<01:21:42.970><c> and</c><01:21:43.210><c> sisters,</c><01:21:43.590><c> were</c><01:21:43.770><c> formed,</c><01:21:44.229><c> I</c><01:21:44.229><c> suppose,</c><01:21:44.609><c> like</c><01:21:44.930><c> that.</c><01:21:46.090><c> And</c><01:21:46.170><c> he</c>

01:21:46.229 --> 01:21:47.250
said,<01:21:46.329><c> I</c><01:21:46.329><c> want</c><01:21:46.510><c> to</c><01:21:46.670><c> see</c><01:21:46.770><c> you</c><01:21:46.810><c> outside</c>

01:21:47.250 --> 01:21:53.029
the<01:21:47.550><c> camp.</c><01:21:48.029><c> And</c><01:21:48.229><c> the</c><01:21:48.430><c> record</c><01:21:48.729><c> says</c><01:21:49.149><c> he</c><01:21:49.569><c> taught</c><01:21:49.909><c> them</c><01:21:50.170><c> a</c><01:21:50.390><c> statute.</c><01:21:52.369><c> And</c><01:21:52.529><c> I'll</c><01:21:52.789><c> bet</c><01:21:52.890><c> he</c>

01:21:53.029 --> 01:21:55.109
did.<01:21:54.529><c> And</c><01:21:54.770><c> there</c><01:21:54.869><c> were</c>

01:21:55.109 --> 01:21:57.829
77<01:21:55.670><c> men</c><01:21:56.069><c> that</c><01:21:56.390><c> night.</c><01:21:56.670><c> I</c><01:21:57.029><c> don't</c><01:21:57.270><c> think</c><01:21:57.390><c> he</c><01:21:57.449><c> would</c><01:21:57.550><c> have</c><01:21:57.689><c> been</c>

01:21:57.829 --> 01:21:59.770
able<01:21:57.989><c> to</c><01:21:58.170><c> lay</c><01:21:58.329><c> down</c><01:21:58.609><c> in</c><01:21:58.829><c> their</c><01:21:58.970><c> beds.</c>

01:21:59.989 --> 01:22:02.829
But<01:22:00.210><c> one</c><01:22:00.529><c> thing</c><01:22:00.829><c> they</c><01:22:00.989><c> would</c><01:22:01.130><c> have</c><01:22:01.329><c> understood,</c><01:22:02.470><c> that</c><01:22:02.569><c> when</c>

01:22:02.829 --> 01:22:05.189
Yahweh<01:22:03.289><c> said,</c><01:22:04.149><c> you</c><01:22:04.229><c> leave</c><01:22:04.489><c> any</c><01:22:04.789><c> of</c><01:22:04.909><c> those</c>

01:22:05.189 --> 01:22:07.270
inhabitants<01:22:05.609><c> in</c><01:22:05.869><c> your</c><01:22:06.130><c> land,</c><01:22:06.409><c> and</c><01:22:06.489><c> there'll</c><01:22:06.670><c> be</c><01:22:06.890><c> thorns</c><01:22:07.090><c> in</c>

01:22:07.270 --> 01:22:09.550
your<01:22:07.609><c> side,</c><01:22:08.310><c> that</c><01:22:08.569><c> lesson</c><01:22:08.850><c> would</c><01:22:09.029><c> have</c><01:22:09.250><c> been</c>

01:22:09.550 --> 01:22:11.949
learned<01:22:09.970><c> reverences</c><01:22:10.470><c> in</c><01:22:10.710><c> a</c><01:22:10.890><c> manner</c><01:22:10.989><c> which</c><01:22:11.189><c> would</c><01:22:11.409><c> never</c><01:22:11.670><c> be</c>

01:22:11.949 --> 01:22:14.970
forgotten.<01:22:12.630><c> And</c><01:22:13.090><c> that's</c><01:22:13.609><c> what</c><01:22:13.869><c> we're</c><01:22:14.289><c> going</c><01:22:14.430><c> to</c><01:22:14.670><c> have</c>

01:22:14.970 --> 01:22:23.470
to<01:22:15.250><c> do</c><01:22:15.529><c> today.</c><01:22:18.689><c> It</c><01:22:19.010><c> isn't</c><01:22:19.550><c> any</c><01:22:19.970><c> good</c><01:22:20.310><c> any</c><01:22:20.909><c> longer.</c><01:22:21.989><c> And</c><01:22:22.289><c> I</c><01:22:22.670><c> don't</c><01:22:23.069><c> care</c>

01:22:23.470 --> 01:22:25.029
what<01:22:23.810><c> any</c><01:22:24.050><c> of</c><01:22:24.170><c> you</c><01:22:24.250><c> think</c><01:22:24.449><c> about</c><01:22:24.750><c> this.</c>

01:22:25.109 --> 01:22:29.789
I<01:22:25.649><c> don't</c><01:22:25.909><c> think</c><01:22:26.109><c> it's</c><01:22:26.470><c> any</c><01:22:26.710><c> good</c><01:22:26.930><c> any</c><01:22:27.409><c> longer</c><01:22:27.810><c> anybody</c><01:22:28.630><c> standing</c><01:22:29.050><c> up</c><01:22:29.310><c> here</c><01:22:29.510><c> and</c>

01:22:29.789 --> 01:22:30.670
saying<01:22:29.970><c> these</c><01:22:30.329><c> are</c><01:22:30.510><c> the</c>

01:22:30.670 --> 01:22:35.369
principles<01:22:31.029><c> of</c><01:22:31.250><c> the</c><01:22:31.489><c> word.</c><01:22:32.130><c> I</c><01:22:32.310><c> think</c><01:22:32.569><c> it's</c><01:22:33.090><c> high</c><01:22:33.510><c> time</c><01:22:33.989><c> that</c>

01:22:35.369 --> 01:22:37.710
we<01:22:35.550><c> took</c><01:22:35.689><c> our</c><01:22:36.109><c> courage</c><01:22:36.409><c> in</c><01:22:36.670><c> our</c><01:22:36.949><c> hands</c>

01:22:37.949 --> 01:22:42.449
and<01:22:38.470><c> said</c><01:22:38.630><c> if</c><01:22:38.850><c> we</c><01:22:39.090><c> can't</c><01:22:39.569><c> match</c><01:22:39.810><c> the</c><01:22:40.109><c> standards</c><01:22:40.369><c> of</c><01:22:40.689><c> the</c><01:22:40.789><c> truth,</c><01:22:42.369><c> then</c>

01:22:42.449 --> 01:22:44.449
if<01:22:42.649><c> we're</c><01:22:42.850><c> not</c><01:22:43.029><c> prepared</c><01:22:43.430><c> to</c><01:22:43.770><c> stand</c><01:22:44.069><c> up</c><01:22:44.270><c> for</c>

01:22:44.449 --> 01:22:50.350
them,<01:22:45.149><c> then</c><01:22:45.550><c> don't</c><01:22:46.090><c> come.</c><01:22:49.010><c> And</c><01:22:49.329><c> I</c><01:22:49.430><c> don't</c><01:22:49.649><c> care</c><01:22:49.829><c> what</c><01:22:50.069><c> anybody</c>

01:22:50.350 --> 01:22:52.270
thinks<01:22:50.649><c> about</c><01:22:50.890><c> that.</c><01:22:51.189><c> I</c><01:22:51.369><c> think</c><01:22:51.550><c> the</c><01:22:51.829><c> day</c><01:22:52.010><c> has</c>

01:22:52.270 --> 01:22:57.350
come.<01:22:53.069><c> And</c><01:22:53.510><c> I</c><01:22:53.689><c> think</c><01:22:53.890><c> the</c><01:22:54.130><c> day</c><01:22:54.310><c> has</c><01:22:54.609><c> come</c><01:22:54.909><c> when</c><01:22:55.250><c> all</c><01:22:55.590><c> those</c><01:22:55.970><c> words</c><01:22:56.289><c> Moses</c><01:22:57.029><c> had</c>

01:22:57.350 --> 01:22:58.989
told<01:22:57.510><c> them,</c><01:22:58.069><c> Joshua</c><01:22:58.390><c> had</c><01:22:58.710><c> told</c><01:22:58.829><c> them,</c>

01:22:59.149 --> 01:23:01.850
the<01:22:59.310><c> angel</c><01:22:59.590><c> of</c><01:22:59.890><c> Yahweh</c><01:23:00.210><c> had</c><01:23:00.470><c> told</c><01:23:00.590><c> them,</c><01:23:00.930><c> and</c><01:23:01.109><c> they</c><01:23:01.270><c> did</c><01:23:01.569><c> not</c>

01:23:01.850 --> 01:23:04.569
learn<01:23:01.930><c> that</c><01:23:02.229><c> lesson</c><01:23:02.470><c> until</c><01:23:03.130><c> the</c><01:23:03.390><c> day</c><01:23:03.649><c> came</c><01:23:04.090><c> when</c><01:23:04.390><c> they</c>

01:23:04.569 --> 01:23:10.430
had<01:23:04.789><c> those</c><01:23:05.189><c> thorns</c><01:23:05.350><c> in</c><01:23:05.729><c> their</c><01:23:06.149><c> side.</c><01:23:07.310><c> And</c><01:23:07.510><c> they</c><01:23:07.770><c> were</c><01:23:08.170><c> sore</c><01:23:08.670><c> and</c><01:23:09.010><c> bruised.</c><01:23:09.789><c> And</c><01:23:10.010><c> then</c><01:23:10.189><c> I</c>

01:23:10.430 --> 01:23:12.630
believe<01:23:11.050><c> 77</c><01:23:11.829><c> men</c><01:23:12.270><c> were</c><01:23:12.550><c> at</c>

01:23:12.630 --> 01:23:17.369
least<01:23:12.970><c> impressed</c><01:23:13.390><c> with</c><01:23:13.750><c> one</c><01:23:14.149><c> principle</c><01:23:14.550><c> gospel.</c><01:23:16.109><c> And</c><01:23:16.470><c> in</c><01:23:16.670><c> that,</c><01:23:17.069><c> brothers</c><01:23:17.170><c> and</c>

01:23:17.369 --> 01:23:22.250
sisters,<01:23:17.930><c> I</c><01:23:18.149><c> think</c><01:23:18.329><c> we</c><01:23:18.510><c> have</c><01:23:18.670><c> a</c>

01:23:22.250 --> 01:23:27.109
time.<01:23:22.430><c> And</c><01:23:22.430><c> as</c><01:23:22.569><c> I</c><01:23:22.789><c> say,</c><01:23:24.170><c> this</c><01:23:24.329><c> was</c><01:23:24.590><c> a</c><01:23:24.729><c> man</c><01:23:25.090><c> who</c><01:23:26.329><c> not</c><01:23:26.489><c> only</c><01:23:26.850><c> saw</c>

01:23:27.109 --> 01:23:29.770
the<01:23:27.310><c> providence</c><01:23:27.670><c> of</c><01:23:27.890><c> God,</c><01:23:28.789><c> but</c><01:23:28.949><c> was</c><01:23:29.170><c> prepared</c><01:23:29.550><c> to</c>

01:23:29.770 --> 01:23:33.850
accept<01:23:30.210><c> what</c><01:23:30.489><c> God</c><01:23:30.829><c> was</c><01:23:31.050><c> trying</c><01:23:31.310><c> to</c><01:23:31.409><c> direct</c><01:23:31.670><c> him</c><01:23:31.829><c> to</c><01:23:31.989><c> do</c><01:23:32.369><c> and</c><01:23:32.770><c> put</c><01:23:32.989><c> that</c><01:23:33.170><c> into</c><01:23:33.430><c> practice</c><01:23:33.670><c> in</c>

01:23:33.850 --> 01:23:35.229
his<01:23:34.109><c> life.</c><01:23:34.550><c> And</c><01:23:34.829><c> here</c><01:23:35.029><c> was</c>

01:23:35.229 --> 01:23:39.670
a<01:23:35.390><c> man,</c><01:23:35.630><c> brothers</c><01:23:35.810><c> and</c><01:23:36.010><c> sisters,</c><01:23:36.810><c> to</c><01:23:36.989><c> whom</c><01:23:37.149><c> the</c><01:23:37.510><c> theory</c><01:23:37.729><c> of</c><01:23:37.949><c> the</c><01:23:38.149><c> word</c><01:23:38.369><c> was</c><01:23:38.590><c> only</c><01:23:38.970><c> powerful</c><01:23:39.449><c> when</c><01:23:39.609><c> it</c>

01:23:39.670 --> 01:23:40.069
was<01:23:39.829><c> put</c><01:23:39.909><c> into</c>

01:23:40.069 --> 01:23:43.069
practice.<01:23:41.350><c> And</c><01:23:41.609><c> that's</c><01:23:42.029><c> the</c><01:23:42.130><c> sort</c><01:23:42.270><c> of</c><01:23:42.470><c> man</c><01:23:42.649><c> we're</c><01:23:42.850><c> going</c><01:23:42.949><c> to</c>

01:23:43.069 --> 01:23:46.109
meet<01:23:43.149><c> in</c><01:23:43.250><c> the</c><01:23:43.409><c> kingdom</c><01:23:43.630><c> of</c><01:23:43.850><c> God.</c><01:23:44.569><c> And</c><01:23:44.810><c> remember</c><01:23:45.189><c> this,</c>

01:23:46.329 --> 01:23:51.329
he<01:23:46.630><c> said</c><01:23:46.869><c> over</c><01:23:47.069><c> his</c><01:23:47.350><c> followers,</c><01:23:48.310><c> as</c><01:23:48.350><c> ye</c><01:23:48.710><c> see</c><01:23:49.010><c> me</c><01:23:49.409><c> do,</c><01:23:50.670><c> you</c><01:23:51.069><c> do</c>

01:23:51.329 --> 01:23:54.670
likewise.<01:23:52.270><c> And</c><01:23:52.829><c> one</c><01:23:53.270><c> percent</c>

01:23:55.770 --> 01:23:59.850
of<01:23:56.329><c> all</c><01:23:56.609><c> the</c><01:23:56.829><c> people,</c><01:23:58.229><c> not</c><01:23:58.510><c> that</c><01:23:58.729><c> fellow</c><01:23:58.869><c> right</c><01:23:59.109><c> there,</c><01:23:59.649><c> but</c>

01:23:59.850 --> 01:24:01.869
one<01:24:00.210><c> percent</c><01:24:00.550><c> of</c><01:24:00.829><c> all</c><01:24:01.069><c> the</c><01:24:01.270><c> people</c><01:24:01.430><c> who</c><01:24:01.710><c> followed</c>

01:24:01.869 --> 01:24:06.729
him,<01:24:02.149><c> brothers</c><01:24:02.250><c> and</c><01:24:02.510><c> sisters,</c><01:24:03.170><c> were</c><01:24:03.270><c> prepared</c><01:24:03.609><c> to</c><01:24:03.829><c> do</c><01:24:03.989><c> so.</c><01:24:04.430><c> Now</c><01:24:04.609><c> the</c><01:24:04.729><c> big</c><01:24:04.989><c> question</c><01:24:05.430><c> comes.</c><01:24:06.609><c> We</c>

01:24:06.729 --> 01:24:07.569
have<01:24:06.930><c> a</c><01:24:06.989><c> very</c><01:24:07.310><c> large</c>

01:24:07.569 --> 01:24:11.789
audience<01:24:07.909><c> here.</c><01:24:08.609><c> How</c><01:24:09.010><c> many,</c><01:24:09.470><c> what</c><01:24:09.670><c> percentage</c><01:24:10.090><c> of</c><01:24:10.390><c> us</c><01:24:10.789><c> are</c><01:24:11.350><c> going</c><01:24:11.550><c> to</c>

01:24:11.789 --> 01:24:13.909
be<01:24:11.930><c> prepared</c><01:24:12.270><c> in</c><01:24:12.850><c> the</c><01:24:13.010><c> days</c><01:24:13.250><c> to</c><01:24:13.510><c> come</c><01:24:13.649><c> before</c>

01:24:13.909 --> 01:24:18.829
coming<01:24:14.250><c> of</c><01:24:14.449><c> the</c><01:24:14.569><c> Lord</c><01:24:14.810><c> to</c><01:24:15.310><c> do</c><01:24:15.649><c> what</c><01:24:15.869><c> our</c><01:24:16.189><c> Lord</c><01:24:16.449><c> would</c><01:24:16.770><c> do?</c><01:24:18.170><c> Because</c><01:24:18.449><c> it's</c>

01:24:18.829 --> 01:24:20.329
that<01:24:18.970><c> percentage</c><01:24:19.569><c> that</c><01:24:19.909><c> are</c><01:24:20.050><c> going</c><01:24:20.149><c> to</c>

01:24:20.329 --> 01:24:22.930
go<01:24:20.470><c> with</c><01:24:20.729><c> him</c><01:24:21.010><c> in</c><01:24:21.350><c> the</c><01:24:21.569><c> great</c><01:24:21.770><c> day</c><01:24:22.010><c> when</c><01:24:22.149><c> he</c><01:24:22.310><c> goes</c><01:24:22.510><c> to</c><01:24:22.710><c> perform</c>

01:24:22.930 --> 01:24:25.670
what<01:24:23.170><c> Isaiah</c><01:24:23.590><c> calls</c><01:24:24.109><c> the</c><01:24:24.529><c> Day</c><01:24:24.789><c> of</c><01:24:24.949><c> News.</c>