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understanding</c><00:14:23.820><c> of</c><00:14:24.539><c> the</c><00:14:24.740><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:25.059><c> in</c> 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:26.259 the<00:14:25.419><c> wilderness.</c> 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:29.960 So,<00:14:26.960><c> for</c><00:14:27.220><c> example,</c><00:14:27.700><c> we</c><00:14:27.820><c> can</c><00:14:28.019><c> say</c><00:14:28.200><c> that</c><00:14:28.419><c> chapters</c><00:14:28.700><c> 1</c><00:14:29.080><c> to</c><00:14:29.279><c> 4,</c> 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:34.100 which<00:14:30.620><c> involve</c><00:14:31.200><c> the</c><00:14:31.919><c> enrolling</c><00:14:32.480><c> of</c><00:14:32.779><c> the</c><00:14:32.940><c> men</c><00:14:33.120><c> of</c><00:14:33.340><c> Israel</c><00:14:33.759><c> into</c> 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:35.799 the<00:14:34.340><c> work</c><00:14:34.500><c> of</c><00:14:34.820><c> God,</c> 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:42.960 is<00:14:36.919><c> a</c><00:14:37.419><c> picture</c><00:14:37.820><c> of</c><00:14:38.080><c> the</c><00:14:38.460><c> calling</c><00:14:39.000><c> of</c><00:14:39.779><c> the</c><00:14:40.000><c> disciple</c><00:14:40.519><c> into</c><00:14:42.360><c> the</c> 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.820 Ecclesia<00:14:43.299><c> of</c><00:14:43.539><c> Christ,</c> 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.960 so<00:14:44.019><c> that</c><00:14:44.179><c> they</c><00:14:44.299><c> might</c><00:14:44.659><c> be</c><00:14:45.639><c> established</c><00:14:46.279><c> within</c><00:14:46.639><c> that</c><00:14:46.899><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:52.299 The<00:14:48.799><c> men</c><00:14:49.179><c> are</c><00:14:49.740><c> enrolled</c><00:14:50.080><c> in</c><00:14:50.259><c> the</c><00:14:50.519><c> army,</c><00:14:51.139><c> and</c><00:14:51.360><c> then</c><00:14:51.500><c> they're</c><00:14:51.700><c> told</c><00:14:51.879><c> how</c><00:14:52.039><c> to</c> 00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:53.100 set<00:14:52.460><c> up</c><00:14:52.740><c> camp,</c> 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:56.059 and<00:14:53.659><c> they're</c><00:14:54.000><c> told</c><00:14:54.240><c> their</c><00:14:54.740><c> arrangements</c><00:14:55.240><c> in</c><00:14:55.539><c> relation</c><00:14:55.879><c> to</c> 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:56.799 the<00:14:56.320><c> tabernacle,</c> 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:00.700 and<00:14:57.159><c> the</c><00:14:57.320><c> work</c><00:14:57.679><c> of</c><00:14:58.159><c> the</c><00:14:58.399><c> Levites</c><00:14:58.860><c> is</c><00:14:59.220><c> described</c><00:14:59.480><c> in</c><00:14:59.740><c> detail.</c> 00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:03.899 And<00:15:00.860><c> so</c><00:15:01.039><c> they're</c><00:15:01.440><c> called,</c><00:15:01.860><c> the</c><00:15:02.059><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:02.399><c> is</c><00:15:02.700><c> established.</c> 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:07.139 Then<00:15:04.980><c> in</c><00:15:05.200><c> chapter</c><00:15:05.440><c> 5,</c><00:15:05.919><c> although</c><00:15:06.080><c> we</c><00:15:06.220><c> don't</c><00:15:06.360><c> have</c><00:15:06.519><c> time</c><00:15:06.700><c> to</c><00:15:06.820><c> look</c><00:15:06.980><c> at</c> 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:09.039 it<00:15:07.679><c> in</c><00:15:08.139><c> detail,</c> 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.080 we<00:15:09.399><c> have</c><00:15:09.759><c> a</c><00:15:10.039><c> chapter</c><00:15:10.799><c> curious</c><00:15:11.539><c> in</c><00:15:11.779><c> many</c><00:15:12.080><c> ways.</c> 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:16.559 There<00:15:13.320><c> is</c><00:15:13.700><c> there</c><00:15:13.960><c> the</c><00:15:14.860><c> trial</c><00:15:15.279><c> of</c><00:15:15.559><c> jealousy.</c> 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:22.320 The<00:15:16.820><c> husband</c><00:15:17.500><c> who</c><00:15:18.440><c> was</c><00:15:18.759><c> jealous</c><00:15:19.080><c> of</c><00:15:19.299><c> his</c><00:15:19.519><c> wife,</c><00:15:19.720><c> who</c><00:15:19.919><c> suspected</c><00:15:20.379><c> her</c><00:15:20.659><c> of</c><00:15:20.940><c> unfaithfulness,</c> 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.360 is<00:15:22.679><c> told</c><00:15:22.779><c> what</c><00:15:22.940><c> he</c><00:15:23.139><c> should</c><00:15:23.240><c> do.</c> 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.840 He<00:15:23.440><c> had</c><00:15:23.559><c> to</c><00:15:23.720><c> bring</c><00:15:23.820><c> his</c><00:15:24.080><c> wife</c><00:15:24.340><c> to</c><00:15:25.440><c> the</c><00:15:25.639><c> tabernacle</c><00:15:26.059><c> and</c><00:15:26.179><c> to</c><00:15:26.279><c> the</c><00:15:26.519><c> priest,</c> 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:28.519 and<00:15:27.200><c> a</c><00:15:27.500><c> trial</c><00:15:27.759><c> took</c><00:15:28.059><c> place.</c> 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.659 Curious,<00:15:29.440><c> because</c><00:15:29.840><c> there</c><00:15:30.179><c> seems</c><00:15:30.399><c> to</c><00:15:30.519><c> be</c><00:15:30.620><c> no</c><00:15:30.820><c> example</c><00:15:31.360><c> of</c><00:15:31.500><c> it</c> 00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:34.720 ever<00:15:31.899><c> being</c><00:15:32.139><c> applied</c><00:15:32.740><c> in</c><00:15:33.440><c> the</c><00:15:33.679><c> scriptures.</c> 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:40.159 And<00:15:36.139><c> that</c><00:15:36.399><c> follows</c><00:15:36.740><c> on</c><00:15:37.100><c> from</c><00:15:38.279><c> verse</c><00:15:38.879><c> 2</c><00:15:39.159><c> of</c><00:15:39.340><c> chapter</c><00:15:39.679><c> 5,</c> 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:43.440 where<00:15:40.379><c> we're</c><00:15:40.580><c> told</c><00:15:40.799><c> that</c><00:15:41.019><c> the</c><00:15:41.200><c> leper,</c><00:15:42.399><c> the</c><00:15:42.480><c> one</c><00:15:42.679><c> that</c><00:15:42.899><c> hath</c><00:15:43.019><c> an</c><00:15:43.259><c> issue,</c> 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:45.759 and<00:15:43.700><c> the</c><00:15:43.799><c> one</c><00:15:43.899><c> who</c><00:15:43.960><c> is</c><00:15:44.179><c> defiled</c><00:15:44.480><c> by</c><00:15:44.700><c> the</c><00:15:44.860><c> dead,</c><00:15:45.120><c> were</c><00:15:45.220><c> excluded</c> 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:47.100 from<00:15:45.980><c> the</c><00:15:46.220><c> camp.</c> 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:51.659 And<00:15:48.779><c> you</c><00:15:48.879><c> wonder,</c><00:15:49.179><c> well,</c><00:15:49.200><c> why</c><00:15:49.460><c> are</c><00:15:49.539><c> those</c><00:15:50.340><c> things</c><00:15:50.700><c> put</c><00:15:51.059><c> together</c><00:15:51.460><c> in</c> 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.799 this<00:15:51.899><c> way?</c> 00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:55.320 Well,<00:15:53.940><c> we</c><00:15:54.080><c> can</c><00:15:54.220><c> look</c><00:15:54.600><c> at</c><00:15:54.720><c> it</c><00:15:54.840><c> like</c><00:15:55.080><c> this.</c> 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.980 The<00:15:55.820><c> leper,</c><00:15:56.379><c> the</c><00:15:56.539><c> one</c><00:15:56.799><c> who</c><00:15:57.000><c> had</c><00:15:57.100><c> the</c><00:15:57.360><c> issue,</c><00:15:57.580><c> and</c><00:15:57.659><c> the</c><00:15:57.759><c> one</c><00:15:57.860><c> who</c> 00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:59.480 was<00:15:58.240><c> defiled</c><00:15:58.779><c> by</c><00:15:59.000><c> the</c><00:15:59.240><c> dead,</c> 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:05.259 all<00:16:00.399><c> speak</c><00:16:00.879><c> of</c><00:16:01.139><c> the</c><00:16:01.500><c> defilement</c><00:16:01.879><c> of</c><00:16:02.200><c> sin,</c><00:16:03.159><c> and</c><00:16:03.480><c> sin</c><00:16:03.639><c> which</c><00:16:03.980><c> is</c><00:16:04.559><c> manifest.</c> 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:07.820 The<00:16:05.700><c> leper</c><00:16:06.019><c> could</c><00:16:06.259><c> be</c><00:16:06.600><c> seen</c><00:16:06.860><c> to</c><00:16:07.080><c> be</c><00:16:07.320><c> diseased.</c> 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.799 The<00:16:08.220><c> one</c><00:16:08.379><c> who</c><00:16:08.519><c> had</c><00:16:08.659><c> the</c><00:16:08.940><c> issue</c><00:16:09.179><c> had</c><00:16:09.519><c> that</c><00:16:10.000><c> which</c><00:16:10.200><c> was</c><00:16:10.559><c> within</c> 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.200 the<00:16:11.039><c> heart</c><00:16:11.220><c> coming</c><00:16:11.600><c> out</c><00:16:11.980><c> and</c><00:16:12.279><c> defiling.</c> 00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:16.320 The<00:16:13.740><c> one</c><00:16:13.860><c> who</c><00:16:13.980><c> was</c><00:16:14.220><c> defiled</c><00:16:14.580><c> by</c><00:16:14.799><c> the</c><00:16:15.000><c> dead</c><00:16:15.159><c> had</c><00:16:15.559><c> a</c><00:16:15.960><c> conscience</c> 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:18.600 defiled<00:16:16.840><c> by</c><00:16:17.100><c> dead</c><00:16:17.379><c> works.</c> 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.220 And<00:16:19.240><c> that</c><00:16:19.440><c> puts</c><00:16:19.679><c> a</c><00:16:19.899><c> person</c><00:16:20.100><c> outside</c><00:16:20.539><c> the</c><00:16:20.799><c> camp</c><00:16:20.980><c> of</c><00:16:21.279><c> God.</c> 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.279 In<00:16:23.600><c> need</c><00:16:23.820><c> of</c><00:16:24.100><c> cleansing</c><00:16:24.460><c> before</c><00:16:24.820><c> they</c><00:16:24.960><c> can</c><00:16:25.200><c> return.</c> 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:31.100 But<00:16:26.600><c> there</c><00:16:26.840><c> are</c><00:16:27.080><c> sins</c><00:16:27.320><c> which</c><00:16:27.539><c> are</c><00:16:27.700><c> not</c><00:16:28.000><c> manifest</c><00:16:28.799><c> to</c><00:16:29.500><c> others</c><00:16:29.860><c> outside.</c> 00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:36.259 There<00:16:31.340><c> are</c><00:16:31.559><c> sins</c><00:16:31.759><c> of</c><00:16:31.980><c> the</c><00:16:32.200><c> heart</c><00:16:32.440><c> and</c><00:16:32.679><c> mind</c><00:16:33.059><c> which</c><00:16:33.320><c> no</c><00:16:33.519><c> one</c><00:16:33.639><c> else</c><00:16:33.919><c> knows</c><00:16:34.159><c> about</c><00:16:34.500><c> except</c><00:16:34.840><c> God</c><00:16:35.059><c> himself.</c> 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:39.179 And<00:16:37.139><c> that's</c><00:16:37.279><c> what</c><00:16:37.419><c> this</c><00:16:37.759><c> trial</c><00:16:37.980><c> of</c><00:16:38.200><c> jealousy</c><00:16:38.659><c> proved.</c> 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.000 The<00:16:39.620><c> man</c><00:16:39.840><c> suspected</c><00:16:40.460><c> his</c><00:16:40.740><c> poor</c><00:16:41.019><c> wife,</c><00:16:41.440><c> well,</c><00:16:41.559><c> she</c><00:16:41.700><c> may</c><00:16:41.879><c> have</c> 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.620 been<00:16:42.159><c> innocent.</c> 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:46.100 Who<00:16:43.100><c> would</c><00:16:43.440><c> say?</c><00:16:44.139><c> The</c><00:16:44.480><c> priest</c><00:16:44.879><c> couldn't.</c> 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:48.899 The<00:16:46.639><c> priest</c><00:16:46.840><c> could</c><00:16:47.019><c> look</c><00:16:47.200><c> at</c><00:16:47.399><c> a</c><00:16:47.500><c> leper</c><00:16:47.779><c> and</c><00:16:47.840><c> say,</c><00:16:48.000><c> you've</c><00:16:48.220><c> got</c><00:16:48.399><c> leprosy.</c> 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:51.440 But<00:16:49.200><c> he</c><00:16:49.340><c> couldn't</c><00:16:49.500><c> look</c><00:16:49.720><c> at</c><00:16:49.879><c> that</c><00:16:50.080><c> poor</c><00:16:50.259><c> woman</c><00:16:50.559><c> and</c><00:16:50.799><c> say</c><00:16:50.960><c> whether</c><00:16:51.240><c> she</c> 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.279 was<00:16:51.679><c> guilty</c><00:16:51.980><c> or</c><00:16:52.259><c> innocent.</c> 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:59.899 But<00:16:55.480><c> there</c><00:16:55.679><c> was</c><00:16:56.059><c> nevertheless</c><00:16:56.580><c> a</c><00:16:56.919><c> trial</c><00:16:57.399><c> and</c><00:16:58.700><c> a</c><00:16:58.919><c> verdict.</c> 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:06.119 And<00:17:01.720><c> the</c><00:17:01.820><c> only</c><00:17:01.919><c> one</c><00:17:02.039><c> who</c><00:17:02.080><c> could</c><00:17:02.320><c> make</c><00:17:02.500><c> that</c><00:17:03.379><c> verdict</c><00:17:03.799><c> correctly</c><00:17:04.480><c> was</c><00:17:04.779><c> God.</c> 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:10.619 And<00:17:07.019><c> so</c><00:17:07.180><c> chapter</c><00:17:07.460><c> 5</c><00:17:07.779><c> is</c><00:17:08.019><c> telling</c><00:17:08.160><c> us</c><00:17:08.700><c> that</c><00:17:09.000><c> God</c><00:17:09.380><c> knows.</c> 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:16.660 He<00:17:11.339><c> makes</c><00:17:11.779><c> the</c><00:17:12.240><c> decision</c><00:17:12.660><c> about</c><00:17:13.500><c> whether</c><00:17:13.920><c> we</c><00:17:14.319><c> are</c><00:17:14.940><c> guilty</c><00:17:15.339><c> or</c><00:17:15.599><c> innocent.</c> 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.160 Of<00:17:17.960><c> course</c><00:17:18.099><c> the</c><00:17:18.220><c> only</c><00:17:18.420><c> way</c><00:17:18.579><c> we</c><00:17:18.700><c> can</c><00:17:18.880><c> be</c><00:17:19.099><c> innocent</c><00:17:19.460><c> before</c><00:17:19.839><c> God</c> 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:21.960 is<00:17:20.380><c> by</c><00:17:20.599><c> the</c><00:17:20.839><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:21.180><c> of</c><00:17:21.599><c> sins.</c> 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:26.259 By<00:17:23.119><c> our</c><00:17:23.480><c> faith,</c><00:17:24.039><c> be</c><00:17:24.180><c> reckoned</c><00:17:24.579><c> to</c><00:17:24.740><c> us</c><00:17:24.940><c> for</c><00:17:25.160><c> righteousness.</c> 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:32.119 So<00:17:27.500><c> then</c><00:17:27.660><c> chapter</c><00:17:27.940><c> 5</c><00:17:28.319><c> is</c><00:17:28.500><c> saying,</c><00:17:29.140><c> look,</c><00:17:29.400><c> sin</c><00:17:29.700><c> puts</c><00:17:30.299><c> one</c><00:17:30.519><c> outside</c><00:17:30.980><c> the</c><00:17:31.259><c> camp.</c> 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:35.460 Chapter<00:17:32.539><c> 6</c><00:17:33.079><c> gives</c><00:17:33.319><c> us</c><00:17:33.519><c> the</c><00:17:33.720><c> positive</c><00:17:34.220><c> aspect</c><00:17:34.759><c> of</c><00:17:34.980><c> that.</c> 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:38.559 See,<00:17:36.079><c> chapter</c><00:17:36.200><c> 5</c><00:17:37.000><c> was</c><00:17:37.400><c> negative.</c> 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:43.660 If<00:17:39.440><c> you</c><00:17:39.680><c> have</c><00:17:40.019><c> certain</c><00:17:40.519><c> things</c><00:17:40.960><c> like</c><00:17:41.240><c> leprosy,</c><00:17:42.160><c> then</c><00:17:42.400><c> you're</c><00:17:42.700><c> out.</c> 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.700 But<00:17:45.279><c> that's</c><00:17:45.519><c> not</c><00:17:45.700><c> what</c><00:17:45.880><c> ecclesial</c><00:17:46.220><c> life</c><00:17:46.460><c> is</c><00:17:46.700><c> about.</c> 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:53.220 Ecclesial<00:17:49.160><c> life</c><00:17:49.380><c> is</c><00:17:49.640><c> about</c><00:17:50.000><c> Numbers</c><00:17:50.279><c> chapter</c><00:17:50.599><c> 6,</c><00:17:52.759><c> which</c><00:17:52.900><c> is</c> 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:55.319 the<00:17:53.440><c> law</c><00:17:53.599><c> of</c><00:17:53.839><c> the</c><00:17:54.079><c> Nazarite.</c> 00:17:55.599 --> 00:18:01.859 This<00:17:55.900><c> chapter</c><00:17:56.200><c> is</c><00:17:56.480><c> also</c><00:17:56.859><c> about</c><00:17:58.799><c> holiness,</c><00:17:59.640><c> but</c><00:17:59.880><c> in</c><00:18:00.079><c> 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if</c><00:21:21.400><c> we</c><00:21:21.599><c> persist</c><00:21:21.900><c> in</c><00:21:22.019><c> them,</c><00:21:22.319><c> put</c><00:21:22.500><c> us</c><00:21:22.700><c> outside</c><00:21:23.099><c> the</c><00:21:23.380><c> camp.</c> 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:26.279 But<00:21:24.720><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:25.099><c> life</c><00:21:25.380><c> is</c><00:21:25.660><c> about</c> 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:29.259 dedicating<00:21:27.039><c> ourselves</c><00:21:27.619><c> to</c><00:21:27.940><c> doing</c><00:21:28.200><c> the</c><00:21:28.480><c> positive</c> 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.839 things<00:21:29.819><c> that</c><00:21:30.079><c> we</c><00:21:30.359><c> know</c> 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:35.000 will<00:21:31.759><c> honour</c><00:21:32.059><c> the</c><00:21:32.240><c> Lord</c><00:21:32.460><c> Jesus</c><00:21:32.940><c> Christ,</c><00:21:33.259><c> who</c><00:21:33.480><c> is</c><00:21:33.740><c> our</c><00:21:34.059><c> head.</c> 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:37.380 Well,<00:21:35.779><c> 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00:28:05.920 and<00:28:03.880><c> it's</c><00:28:04.079><c> a</c><00:28:04.240><c> short</c><00:28:04.599><c> journey</c><00:28:05.000><c> to</c><00:28:05.440><c> the</c><00:28:05.599><c> kingdom</c> 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:07.839 of<00:28:06.200><c> God.</c><00:28:06.900><c> And</c><00:28:07.059><c> there's</c><00:28:07.200><c> three</c><00:28:07.440><c> chapters</c> 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:09.279 about<00:28:08.220><c> complaining.</c> 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.599 It's<00:28:12.859><c> remarkable,</c><00:28:13.420><c> isn't</c><00:28:13.519><c> it?</c> 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:15.440 In<00:28:13.819><c> chapter</c><00:28:14.220><c> eleven</c> 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:17.880 we're<00:28:15.880><c> told</c><00:28:16.119><c> in</c><00:28:16.279><c> verse</c><00:28:16.539><c> four</c> 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:21.359 well<00:28:20.039><c> let's</c><00:28:20.200><c> just</c><00:28:20.380><c> look</c><00:28:20.500><c> at</c><00:28:20.579><c> verse</c><00:28:20.819><c> one.</c> 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:24.059 And<00:28:21.720><c> when</c><00:28:21.880><c> the</c><00:28:22.160><c> people</c><00:28:22.519><c> complained</c> 00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:26.359 it<00:28:24.680><c> displeased</c><00:28:25.200><c> the</c><00:28:25.440><c> Lord.</c> 00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:28.220 And<00:28:26.940><c> the</c><00:28:27.059><c> Lord</c><00:28:27.220><c> heard</c><00:28:27.519><c> it</c><00:28:27.720><c> and</c><00:28:27.880><c> his</c><00:28:28.039><c> anger</c> 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:30.039 was<00:28:28.539><c> kindled</c><00:28:28.839><c> and</c><00:28:28.980><c> the</c><00:28:29.200><c> fire</c><00:28:29.460><c> of</c><00:28:29.640><c> the</c><00:28:29.759><c> Lord</c> 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:32.160 burned<00:28:30.519><c> among</c><00:28:30.839><c> them</c><00:28:31.000><c> and</c><00:28:31.220><c> consumed</c><00:28:31.799><c> them</c> 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:34.000 that<00:28:32.599><c> were</c><00:28:32.779><c> in</c><00:28:32.900><c> the</c><00:28:32.960><c> uttermost</c><00:28:33.460><c> parts</c><00:28:33.799><c> of</c> 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.559 the<00:28:34.259><c> camp.</c> 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.279 That's<00:28:36.500><c> an</c><00:28:36.619><c> interesting</c><00:28:36.880><c> point.</c> 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:39.920 The<00:28:37.940><c> fire</c><00:28:38.500><c> consumed</c><00:28:39.279><c> those</c><00:28:39.660><c> that</c> 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:42.339 were<00:28:40.099><c> on</c><00:28:40.339><c> the</c><00:28:40.500><c> edge</c><00:28:40.660><c> of</c><00:28:40.880><c> the</c><00:28:41.039><c> camp.</c> 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:49.940 Is<00:28:48.220><c> that</c><00:28:48.460><c> because</c><00:28:48.720><c> that's</c><00:28:49.079><c> where</c><00:28:49.200><c> the</c><00:28:49.400><c> complaining</c> 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.859 was<00:28:50.559><c> the</c><00:28:50.839><c> greatest?</c> 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:54.019 Is<00:28:52.460><c> it</c><00:28:52.660><c> the</c><00:28:52.839><c> case</c><00:28:53.059><c> that</c><00:28:53.220><c> in</c><00:28:53.339><c> the</c><00:28:53.559><c> ecclesia</c> 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.880 the<00:28:54.480><c> complaints</c><00:28:54.779><c> are</c><00:28:55.180><c> loudest</c> 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:58.400 from<00:28:56.319><c> those</c><00:28:56.660><c> who</c><00:28:56.900><c> are</c><00:28:56.920><c> least</c><00:28:57.200><c> involved?</c> 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:02.240 Is<00:29:00.220><c> that</c><00:29:00.480><c> right?</c><00:29:00.880><c> Is</c><00:29:01.039><c> that</c><00:29:01.319><c> right</c><00:29:01.559><c> that</c><00:29:01.700><c> the</c><00:29:01.960><c> biggest</c> 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.900 critics<00:29:02.759><c> are</c><00:29:03.000><c> the</c><00:29:03.119><c> ones</c><00:29:03.279><c> who</c><00:29:03.460><c> are</c><00:29:03.480><c> not</c><00:29:03.640><c> actually</c> 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.720 engaged<00:29:04.319><c> in</c><00:29:04.500><c> the</c><00:29:04.700><c> work?</c> 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:09.660 Is<00:29:07.880><c> that</c><00:29:08.000><c> what</c><00:29:08.119><c> verse</c><00:29:08.400><c> one</c><00:29:08.539><c> is</c><00:29:08.839><c> telling</c><00:29:09.000><c> us</c><00:29:09.279><c> that</c> 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:11.920 the<00:29:10.119><c> fire</c><00:29:10.539><c> consumed</c><00:29:11.240><c> them</c><00:29:11.640><c> that</c> 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:14.519 were<00:29:12.119><c> in</c><00:29:12.279><c> the</c><00:29:12.440><c> uttermost</c><00:29:12.920><c> parts</c><00:29:13.200><c> of</c><00:29:13.400><c> the</c><00:29:13.579><c> camp?</c> 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.920 Those<00:29:15.440><c> that</c><00:29:15.619><c> were</c> 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.019 furthest<00:29:16.359><c> away</c><00:29:16.920><c> from</c> 00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.180 the<00:29:18.259><c> truth?</c> 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:22.019 Well<00:29:20.799><c> I</c><00:29:21.039><c> put</c><00:29:21.220><c> it</c><00:29:21.380><c> as</c><00:29:21.500><c> a</c><00:29:21.660><c> question.</c> 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:24.940 Is<00:29:22.200><c> that</c><00:29:22.460><c> our</c><00:29:22.700><c> experience</c><00:29:23.180><c> in</c><00:29:23.420><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:23.799><c> life?</c> 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.920 It's<00:29:26.079><c> hard</c><00:29:26.259><c> to</c><00:29:26.480><c> criticize</c><00:29:26.900><c> something.</c><00:29:27.400><c> You're</c><00:29:27.539><c> actually</c><00:29:27.720><c> doing</c> 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:30.400 yourself,<00:29:28.500><c> isn't</c><00:29:28.700><c> it?</c> 00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.460 Well<00:29:32.099><c> what</c><00:29:32.180><c> were</c><00:29:32.339><c> they</c><00:29:32.599><c> complaining</c><00:29:32.940><c> about?</c> 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:35.559 Verse<00:29:33.880><c> four.</c> 00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:37.900 And<00:29:36.180><c> the</c><00:29:36.339><c> mixed</c><00:29:36.759><c> multitude</c><00:29:37.380><c> that</c><00:29:37.680><c> was</c> 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:40.400 among<00:29:38.279><c> them</c><00:29:38.700><c> fell</c><00:29:39.279><c> a</c><00:29:39.519><c>-lusting.</c> 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.839 I<00:29:41.319><c> just</c> 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.880 put<00:29:42.140><c> up</c><00:29:42.339><c> on</c><00:29:42.559><c> the</c><00:29:42.779><c> board</c><00:29:43.000><c> there</c><00:29:43.400><c> the</c> 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:45.920 Hebrew<00:29:44.500><c> expression</c><00:29:45.400><c> for</c><00:29:45.700><c> fell</c> 00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:48.000 a<00:29:46.059><c>-lusting.</c><00:29:46.859><c> It</c><00:29:47.220><c> literally</c><00:29:47.400><c> is</c><00:29:47.640><c> lusted</c> 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.640 a<00:29:48.200><c>-lust.</c> 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:51.339 And<00:29:49.839><c> you</c><00:29:50.019><c> may</c><00:29:50.299><c> recognize</c><00:29:50.759><c> this</c> 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:53.039 form<00:29:51.660><c> of</c><00:29:52.079><c> expression.</c> 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.960 We've<00:29:53.519><c> seen</c><00:29:53.680><c> it</c><00:29:53.940><c> in</c><00:29:54.359><c> warring</c><00:29:54.740><c> the</c> 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.900 warfare,<00:29:56.200><c> working</c><00:29:56.559><c> the</c> 00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:59.000 work,<00:29:58.640><c> serving</c> 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.940 the<00:29:59.339><c> service,</c><00:29:59.779><c> and</c><00:30:00.000><c> now</c><00:30:00.200><c> on</c><00:30:00.460><c> the</c><00:30:00.579><c> negative</c> 00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:03.619 side,<00:30:01.559><c> lusting</c><00:30:01.819><c> a</c><00:30:02.059><c>-lust.</c> 00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:07.079 It's<00:30:05.220><c> emphasizing</c><00:30:05.720><c> an</c><00:30:06.519><c> involvement</c> 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:09.000 in<00:30:07.579><c> this</c><00:30:07.940><c> lusting.</c> 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.920 And<00:30:09.980><c> it</c><00:30:10.140><c> was</c><00:30:10.359><c> first</c><00:30:10.680><c> of</c><00:30:10.839><c> all</c> 00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:12.839 the<00:30:11.119><c> mixed</c><00:30:11.400><c> multitude.</c><00:30:12.039><c> There</c><00:30:12.039><c> were</c><00:30:12.240><c> Gentiles</c> 00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:15.099 who<00:30:13.000><c> had</c><00:30:13.099><c> come</c><00:30:13.259><c> out</c><00:30:13.500><c> of</c><00:30:13.680><c> Egypt</c><00:30:14.220><c> with</c><00:30:14.559><c> Israel</c> 00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:16.980 associating<00:30:16.279><c> themselves</c><00:30:16.700><c> with</c> 00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.740 recognizing<00:30:17.960><c> that</c><00:30:18.240><c> God</c><00:30:18.420><c> was</c><00:30:18.640><c> with</c><00:30:18.839><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.359 They<00:30:20.579><c> had</c><00:30:20.799><c> come</c><00:30:21.000><c> along</c> 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.339 with<00:30:21.700><c> them.</c> 00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.799 But<00:30:23.039><c> they</c><00:30:23.240><c> were</c><00:30:23.440><c> the</c><00:30:23.599><c> ones</c> 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.140 who<00:30:25.880><c> remembered</c><00:30:26.440><c> best</c> 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