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It<00:15:35.820><c> is</c><00:15:36.159><c> a</c><00:15:36.379><c> difficult</c><00:15:37.019><c> time</c><00:15:37.720><c> in</c><00:15:38.080><c> which</c><00:15:38.340><c> we</c><00:15:38.700><c> live.</c>

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comforts<00:15:53.679><c> of</c><00:15:53.940><c> living</c><00:15:54.220><c> the</c><00:15:55.100><c> way</c><00:15:55.399><c> this</c><00:15:55.799><c> present</c><00:15:56.120><c> generation</c><00:15:56.820><c> does.</c>

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We<00:15:58.460><c> are</c><00:15:58.960><c> very</c><00:15:59.379><c> fortunate</c><00:15:59.799><c> in</c><00:16:00.019><c> that</c><00:16:00.220><c> regard,</c><00:16:01.379><c> but</c><00:16:01.600><c> also</c><00:16:02.039><c> no</c><00:16:02.299><c> generation</c><00:16:02.899><c> before</c><00:16:03.279><c> us</c>

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has<00:16:03.820><c> known</c><00:16:04.019><c> the</c><00:16:04.279><c> level</c><00:16:04.500><c> of</c><00:16:04.879><c> sin</c><00:16:05.059><c> and</c><00:16:05.299><c> iniquity</c><00:16:05.820><c> as</c><00:16:06.340><c> God</c><00:16:06.860><c> compares</c><00:16:07.320><c> it</c><00:16:07.600><c> to</c>

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Sodom<00:16:08.139><c> and</c><00:16:08.279><c> Gomorrah.</c>

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total<00:16:19.379><c> level</c><00:16:19.879><c> of</c><00:16:20.259><c> disrespect</c><00:16:21.139><c> towards</c><00:16:22.419><c> our</c><00:16:22.679><c> president.</c>

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A<00:16:24.500><c> media</c><00:16:24.759><c> which</c><00:16:25.139><c> created</c><00:16:25.620><c> him</c><00:16:25.860><c> in</c><00:16:26.059><c> the</c><00:16:26.200><c> first</c><00:16:26.500><c> place,</c><00:16:27.940><c> whose</c>

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plan<00:16:28.519><c> has</c><00:16:28.820><c> backfired,</c><00:16:30.259><c> is</c><00:16:30.419><c> now</c><00:16:30.740><c> attacking</c><00:16:31.179><c> him</c><00:16:31.500><c> with</c><00:16:31.820><c> all</c><00:16:32.159><c> sorts</c><00:16:32.419><c> of</c><00:16:32.740><c> assault.</c>

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It<00:16:34.299><c> is</c><00:16:35.379><c> a</c><00:16:35.419><c> very</c><00:16:35.799><c> disrespectful</c><00:16:36.620><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:16:38.100><c> is</c><00:16:38.179><c> something</c><00:16:38.399><c> we</c><00:16:38.620><c> have</c><00:16:38.840><c> to</c><00:16:38.980><c> be</c><00:16:39.200><c> aware</c><00:16:39.480><c> of</c><00:16:39.720><c> because</c><00:16:40.440><c> we</c><00:16:41.039><c> are</c>

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If<00:16:48.919><c> Mr.</c><00:16:49.179><c> Trump</c><00:16:49.440><c> has</c><00:16:49.759><c> accomplished</c><00:16:50.200><c> nothing</c><00:16:50.559><c> else,</c><00:16:51.919><c> he</c><00:16:51.960><c> recognized</c><00:16:52.879><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:55.980><c> as</c><00:16:56.279><c> the</c>

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capital<00:16:57.039><c> of</c><00:16:57.259><c> the</c><00:16:57.320><c> state</c><00:16:57.620><c> of</c><00:16:58.039><c> Israel.</c>

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Nearly<00:16:59.860><c> every</c><00:17:00.179><c> president</c><00:17:00.539><c> before</c><00:17:00.919><c> him</c><00:17:01.179><c> talked</c><00:17:01.519><c> about</c><00:17:01.799><c> doing</c>

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it,<00:17:02.240><c> but</c><00:17:02.340><c> to</c><00:17:02.539><c> his</c><00:17:02.820><c> credit,</c><00:17:03.059><c> he</c><00:17:03.200><c> is</c><00:17:03.299><c> the</c><00:17:03.419><c> only</c><00:17:03.620><c> one</c><00:17:03.840><c> who</c><00:17:04.039><c> did.</c>

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have<00:17:08.660><c> credit</c><00:17:08.880><c> for</c><00:17:09.119><c> that.</c>

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But<00:17:11.539><c> irregardless</c><00:17:12.380><c> of</c><00:17:12.619><c> our</c><00:17:12.839><c> opinion</c><00:17:13.359><c> of</c><00:17:13.539><c> how</c><00:17:13.779><c> the</c><00:17:13.940><c> government</c>

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God<00:17:18.160><c> has</c><00:17:18.500><c> placed</c><00:17:18.880><c> men</c><00:17:19.279><c> in</c><00:17:19.660><c> control.</c>

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son<00:17:26.099><c> comes</c><00:17:26.680><c> to</c><00:17:27.319><c> establish</c><00:17:27.819><c> a</c><00:17:28.079><c> kingdom</c><00:17:28.299><c> that</c><00:17:28.480><c> will</c><00:17:28.819><c> never</c><00:17:29.059><c> be</c><00:17:29.380><c> destroyed.</c>

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We<00:17:30.599><c> don't</c><00:17:30.759><c> have</c><00:17:30.980><c> to</c><00:17:31.140><c> worry</c><00:17:31.400><c> about</c><00:17:31.680><c> this</c><00:17:31.920><c> present</c><00:17:32.200><c> age.</c>

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It<00:17:32.539><c> is</c><00:17:32.680><c> not</c><00:17:32.900><c> going</c><00:17:33.160><c> to</c><00:17:33.380><c> last.</c>

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in<00:17:37.700><c> the</c><00:17:37.900><c> government</c><00:17:38.220><c> or</c><00:17:38.420><c> what</c><00:17:38.500><c> goes</c><00:17:38.819><c> on</c><00:17:39.079><c> in</c><00:17:39.240><c> our</c><00:17:39.460><c> nation.</c>

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to<00:17:43.460><c> last,</c><00:17:44.259><c> until</c><00:17:44.640><c> Christ</c><00:17:45.079><c> returns</c><00:17:45.720><c> to</c><00:17:46.019><c> raise</c><00:17:46.279><c> the</c><00:17:46.559><c> dead</c><00:17:46.880><c> and</c><00:17:47.339><c> establish</c><00:17:47.980><c> a</c>

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kingdom<00:17:48.519><c> that</c><00:17:48.660><c> will</c><00:17:48.880><c> never</c><00:17:49.119><c> be</c><00:17:49.440><c> destroyed.</c>

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That<00:17:51.200><c> statue</c><00:17:51.640><c> of</c><00:17:51.819><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:17:52.779><c> dream</c><00:17:53.059><c> is</c><00:17:53.339><c> about</c><00:17:53.640><c> to</c><00:17:53.960><c> fall.</c>

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We<00:17:54.900><c> are</c><00:17:55.160><c> living</c><00:17:55.460><c> in</c><00:17:55.660><c> the</c><00:17:55.819><c> days</c><00:17:56.079><c> of</c><00:17:56.299><c> those</c><00:17:56.660><c> feet</c><00:17:56.839><c> of</c><00:17:57.079><c> iron</c><00:17:57.319><c> and</c>

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clay,<00:17:59.640><c> and</c><00:17:59.960><c> those</c><00:18:00.259><c> days</c><00:18:00.519><c> are</c><00:18:00.839><c> quickly</c><00:18:01.240><c> flying.</c>

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And<00:18:02.880><c> even</c><00:18:03.200><c> if</c><00:18:03.420><c> it</c><00:18:03.759><c> is</c><00:18:04.220><c> still</c><00:18:04.700><c> a</c><00:18:04.839><c> long</c><00:18:05.160><c> time</c><00:18:05.700><c> until</c><00:18:06.079><c> Christ</c><00:18:06.619><c> comes</c><00:18:07.079><c> by</c>

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our<00:18:07.680><c> standard,</c><00:18:09.400><c> our</c><00:18:09.619><c> days</c><00:18:09.839><c> are</c><00:18:10.180><c> short.</c>

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Man's<00:18:12.279><c> average</c><00:18:12.539><c> life</c><00:18:12.980><c> expectancy</c><00:18:13.440><c> is,</c><00:18:13.920><c> what,</c><00:18:13.920><c> 80</c><00:18:14.160><c> years?</c>

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If<00:18:15.980><c> he</c><00:18:16.059><c> doesn't</c><00:18:16.339><c> come</c><00:18:16.599><c> in</c><00:18:16.720><c> our</c><00:18:16.940><c> lifetime,</c><00:18:18.119><c> so</c><00:18:18.420><c> be</c><00:18:18.579><c> it.</c>

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He<00:18:20.079><c> comes</c><00:18:20.380><c> in</c><00:18:20.579><c> the</c><00:18:20.779><c> twinkling</c><00:18:21.079><c> of</c><00:18:21.299><c> an</c><00:18:21.460><c> eye.</c>

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obey<00:18:27.000><c> his</c><00:18:27.319><c> commandments</c><00:18:27.940><c> and</c><00:18:28.819><c> await</c><00:18:29.200><c> his</c><00:18:29.500><c> coming.</c>

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perish,<00:18:45.579><c> and</c><00:18:45.859><c> Jesus</c><00:18:46.319><c> will</c><00:18:46.559><c> put</c><00:18:46.779><c> all</c><00:18:47.220><c> enemies</c><00:18:47.579><c> under</c><00:18:47.880><c> his</c><00:18:48.339><c> feet,</c><00:18:49.559><c> concluding</c><00:18:49.940><c> with</c>

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swallowed<00:19:03.400><c> up</c><00:19:03.640><c> in</c><00:19:03.819><c> victory.</c>

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the<00:19:17.359><c> law.</c>

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the<00:19:40.900><c> Lord.</c><00:19:41.819><c> Amen.</c>