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wives,<00:13:07.480><c> how</c><00:13:07.600><c> many</c><00:13:07.899><c> prophets</c><00:13:08.240><c> were</c><00:13:08.480><c> influenced</c><00:13:08.899><c> by</c><00:13:09.120><c> their</c><00:13:09.399><c> wives,</c><00:13:09.700><c> how</c>

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women,<00:13:31.000><c> when</c><00:13:31.080><c> in</c><00:13:31.320><c> actual</c><00:13:31.600><c> fact</c><00:13:31.799><c> our</c><00:13:32.139><c> responsibilities</c><00:13:32.799><c> are</c>

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Nehemiah<00:16:06.919><c> would</c><00:16:07.139><c> probably</c><00:16:07.500><c> be</c><00:16:07.639><c> wondering</c><00:16:08.000><c> how</c>

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are<00:16:29.779><c> you</c><00:16:29.919><c> sick?</c><00:16:31.039><c> And</c><00:16:31.179><c> the</c><00:16:31.379><c> opening</c><00:16:31.580><c> is</c><00:16:31.879><c> made,</c><00:16:32.220><c> Nehemiah</c><00:16:32.460><c> can</c><00:16:32.720><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:16:35.440><c> then</c><00:16:35.720><c> the</c><00:16:35.899><c> King</c><00:16:36.039><c> says,</c><00:16:36.440><c> what</c><00:16:36.559><c> shall</c><00:16:36.720><c> I</c><00:16:36.799><c> do</c><00:16:36.940><c> for</c><00:16:37.179><c> you?</c><00:16:38.000><c> And</c>

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Nehemiah<00:16:38.519><c> says,</c><00:16:38.799><c> send</c><00:16:39.080><c> me.</c>

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a<00:16:48.759><c> man</c><00:16:49.000><c> is</c><00:16:49.320><c> doing</c><00:16:49.539><c> the</c><00:16:49.960><c> will</c><00:16:50.059><c> of</c><00:16:50.299><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:09.160><c> I</c><00:17:09.339><c> believe,</c><00:17:09.559><c> as</c><00:17:09.680><c> I</c><00:17:09.859><c> said</c><00:17:10.180><c> the</c><00:17:10.440><c> other</c><00:17:10.660><c> day,</c><00:17:11.539><c> that</c><00:17:11.619><c> that</c><00:17:11.880><c> was</c>

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year.<00:17:21.579><c> Now</c><00:17:21.900><c> you'll</c><00:17:22.059><c> notice</c><00:17:22.240><c> also</c><00:17:22.640><c> that</c><00:17:22.839><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:23.319><c> prepares</c>

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himself<00:17:24.119><c> for</c><00:17:24.319><c> what</c><00:17:24.460><c> has</c><00:17:24.619><c> to</c><00:17:24.759><c> be</c><00:17:24.920><c> done.</c>

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He<00:17:27.019><c> takes</c><00:17:27.279><c> with</c><00:17:27.420><c> him</c><00:17:27.619><c> letters</c><00:17:27.859><c> of</c><00:17:28.240><c> authority.</c><00:17:28.660><c> He</c><00:17:28.900><c> knows</c><00:17:29.259><c> very</c>

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the<00:17:40.380><c> keeper</c><00:17:40.599><c> of</c><00:17:40.779><c> the</c><00:17:40.920><c> King's</c><00:17:41.259><c> forest,</c><00:17:42.220><c> that</c><00:17:42.319><c> he</c><00:17:42.400><c> might</c><00:17:42.640><c> have</c><00:17:42.980><c> timber.</c><00:17:44.339><c> Just</c><00:17:44.579><c> imagine</c><00:17:45.000><c> what</c><00:17:45.759><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:17:46.400><c> blessing</c>

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work,<00:17:52.619><c> say</c><00:17:53.099><c> next</c><00:17:53.740><c> Monday</c><00:17:54.039><c> or</c><00:17:54.279><c> so,</c>

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problems<00:18:30.420><c> which</c><00:18:31.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:32.200><c> encounters.</c>

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company<00:19:04.880><c> of</c><00:19:05.160><c> people.</c><00:19:08.599><c> Verse</c><00:19:09.319><c> one,</c><00:19:09.819><c> but</c><00:19:09.980><c> it</c><00:19:10.160><c> came</c><00:19:10.279><c> to</c><00:19:10.559><c> pass</c><00:19:10.839><c> that</c><00:19:11.059><c> when</c><00:19:11.380><c> Sanballet</c><00:19:12.039><c> heard</c><00:19:12.400><c> that</c><00:19:12.619><c> we</c>

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builded<00:19:13.220><c> the</c><00:19:13.460><c> wall</c><00:19:13.819><c> he</c><00:19:14.079><c> was</c><00:19:14.500><c> both</c><00:19:14.819><c> and</c><00:19:15.619><c> took</c><00:19:15.880><c> great</c><00:19:16.319><c> indignation</c><00:19:17.039><c> and</c><00:19:17.420><c> mocked</c><00:19:17.900><c> the</c>

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this<00:19:48.039><c> country</c><00:19:48.319><c> a</c><00:19:48.619><c> fall</c><00:19:48.880><c> guy.</c>

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He<00:19:51.000><c> is</c><00:19:51.140><c> the</c><00:19:51.259><c> man</c><00:19:51.380><c> who</c><00:19:51.519><c> is</c><00:19:51.660><c> in</c><00:19:51.880><c> front</c><00:19:52.240><c> but</c><00:19:53.200><c> the</c><00:19:53.319><c> man</c><00:19:53.480><c> who</c><00:19:53.700><c> pulls</c>

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begins<00:20:16.099><c> to</c><00:20:17.039><c> assess</c><00:20:17.720><c> the</c><00:20:17.960><c> situation</c><00:20:18.660><c> and</c><00:20:18.920><c> see</c><00:20:19.259><c> who</c><00:20:19.660><c> really</c><00:20:20.079><c> is</c>

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pulling<00:20:20.579><c> the</c><00:20:20.920><c> strings</c><00:20:21.259><c> the</c><00:20:21.859><c> whole</c><00:20:22.079><c> thing</c><00:20:22.259><c> changes</c>

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opposition<00:20:50.720><c> but</c><00:20:52.059><c> it</c><00:20:52.500><c> was</c><00:20:52.880><c> Tobiah</c>

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servant<00:21:01.000><c> as</c><00:21:01.980><c> though</c><00:21:02.099><c> Tobiah</c><00:21:02.799><c> is</c><00:21:03.259><c> a</c><00:21:03.500><c> high</c>

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ranking<00:21:04.099><c> civil</c><00:21:04.720><c> servant.</c><00:21:07.039><c> A</c><00:21:07.920><c> man</c><00:21:08.160><c> set</c><00:21:08.339><c> in</c><00:21:08.579><c> office</c><00:21:08.900><c> by</c><00:21:09.160><c> the</c><00:21:09.359><c> king</c><00:21:10.519><c> and</c>

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who<00:21:20.160><c> is</c><00:21:20.599><c> devious.</c><00:21:22.180><c> It</c><00:21:22.180><c> is</c><00:21:22.180><c> he</c><00:21:22.380><c> who</c><00:21:22.599><c> sorts</c><00:21:22.859><c> things</c><00:21:23.160><c> out.</c>

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It<00:21:24.660><c> is</c><00:21:24.660><c> he</c><00:21:24.839><c> who</c><00:21:25.059><c> makes</c><00:21:25.319><c> Sanballet</c><00:21:25.880><c> do</c><00:21:26.220><c> certain</c><00:21:26.480><c> things.</c><00:21:28.640><c> Now</c>

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the<00:21:28.980><c> dreadful</c><00:21:29.339><c> thing</c><00:21:29.539><c> is</c><00:21:29.920><c> that</c><00:21:30.200><c> both</c><00:21:31.160><c> Sanballet</c>

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and<00:21:34.160><c> Tobiah</c><00:21:34.740><c> intermarry</c><00:21:37.299><c> amongst</c><00:21:37.759><c> the</c><00:21:38.119><c> people</c><00:21:38.400><c> of</c><00:21:38.680><c> God</c><00:21:38.859><c> and</c><00:21:39.000><c> we'll</c><00:21:39.180><c> have</c><00:21:39.279><c> more</c><00:21:39.480><c> to</c><00:21:39.720><c> say</c><00:21:40.200><c> about</c><00:21:40.700><c> that</c><00:21:41.259><c> in</c><00:21:41.460><c> a</c><00:21:41.619><c> moment.</c>

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First<00:21:46.940><c> of</c><00:21:47.079><c> all</c><00:21:47.160><c> notice</c><00:21:47.500><c> what</c><00:21:47.660><c> we</c><00:21:47.900><c> have</c><00:21:48.700><c> a</c><00:21:49.799><c> Moabite</c>

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and<00:21:54.420><c> an</c><00:21:54.660><c> Ammonite.</c>

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We<00:22:00.259><c> know</c><00:22:00.619><c> how</c><00:22:00.779><c> the</c><00:22:00.980><c> Moabites</c><00:22:01.420><c> and</c><00:22:01.680><c> the</c><00:22:01.880><c> Ammonites</c><00:22:02.339><c> came</c><00:22:02.539><c> into</c><00:22:02.799><c> being.</c>

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We<00:22:06.599><c> know</c><00:22:06.920><c> how</c><00:22:07.259><c> Lot</c><00:22:07.599><c> who</c><00:22:08.720><c> had</c><00:22:09.000><c> been</c><00:22:09.279><c> a</c><00:22:09.640><c> wealthy</c><00:22:10.079><c> man</c><00:22:10.619><c> with</c><00:22:11.339><c> much</c>

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cattle<00:22:12.160><c> we</c><00:22:12.359><c> are</c><00:22:12.539><c> told</c><00:22:12.779><c> and</c><00:22:13.119><c> servants</c>

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had<00:22:14.460><c> gone</c><00:22:14.740><c> down</c><00:22:15.220><c> into</c><00:22:15.940><c> Sodom.</c>

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How<00:22:19.039><c> although</c><00:22:19.299><c> he</c><00:22:19.480><c> was</c><00:22:19.700><c> a</c><00:22:19.859><c> righteous</c><00:22:20.160><c> man</c><00:22:20.519><c> had</c><00:22:20.759><c> made</c><00:22:21.059><c> many</c><00:22:21.539><c> wrong</c><00:22:22.019><c> decisions</c><00:22:22.839><c> and</c>

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suffered<00:22:24.259><c> as</c><00:22:24.799><c> a</c><00:22:25.059><c> consequence.</c>

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We<00:22:27.819><c> mustn't</c><00:22:28.019><c> forget</c><00:22:28.440><c> that</c><00:22:28.599><c> he</c><00:22:28.740><c> is</c><00:22:28.900><c> described</c><00:22:29.299><c> in</c><00:22:29.460><c> the</c><00:22:29.559><c> New</c><00:22:29.720><c> Testament</c><00:22:30.140><c> as</c>

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a<00:22:30.660><c> righteous</c><00:22:30.960><c> man</c>

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that<00:22:33.039><c> he</c><00:22:33.400><c> vexed</c><00:22:33.900><c> his</c><00:22:34.119><c> righteous</c><00:22:34.539><c> soul</c><00:22:34.960><c> daily</c><00:22:35.420><c> with</c><00:22:35.700><c> the</c><00:22:36.200><c> filthy</c><00:22:36.519><c> conversation</c><00:22:37.220><c> of</c><00:22:37.420><c> the</c><00:22:37.579><c> people</c><00:22:38.059><c> in</c><00:22:38.460><c> Sodom.</c>

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But<00:22:41.339><c> we</c><00:22:41.420><c> must</c><00:22:41.599><c> not</c><00:22:41.779><c> forget</c><00:22:42.039><c> either</c><00:22:42.720><c> that</c><00:22:43.680><c> had</c><00:22:43.819><c> he</c><00:22:43.960><c> not</c><00:22:44.319><c> made</c>

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the<00:22:45.039><c> wrong</c><00:22:45.299><c> decisions</c>

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he<00:22:46.880><c> would</c><00:22:47.079><c> not</c><00:22:47.220><c> have</c><00:22:47.380><c> had</c><00:22:47.579><c> to</c><00:22:47.859><c> vex</c><00:22:48.119><c> his</c><00:22:48.420><c> righteous</c><00:22:48.859><c> soul</c><00:22:49.279><c> daily</c>

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amongst<00:22:50.880><c> those</c><00:22:51.200><c> people.</c>

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And<00:22:54.240><c> so</c><00:22:54.380><c> it</c><00:22:54.480><c> is</c><00:22:54.640><c> brethren</c><00:22:54.920><c> and</c><00:22:55.180><c> sisters</c><00:22:55.480><c> that</c><00:22:55.720><c> we</c><00:22:56.099><c> choose</c><00:22:56.519><c> for</c>

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ourselves<00:22:57.700><c> the</c><00:22:58.740><c> course</c><00:22:59.079><c> of</c><00:22:59.420><c> our</c><00:22:59.579><c> lives</c>

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and<00:23:01.819><c> we</c><00:23:02.019><c> may</c><00:23:02.259><c> very</c><00:23:02.599><c> often</c><00:23:02.980><c> choose</c><00:23:03.519><c> a</c><00:23:03.839><c> course</c><00:23:04.039><c> which</c><00:23:04.299><c> God</c><00:23:04.559><c> will</c>

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allow<00:23:05.299><c> and</c><00:23:05.859><c> although</c><00:23:06.119><c> we</c><00:23:06.420><c> may</c><00:23:06.680><c> still</c><00:23:07.099><c> remain</c>

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righteous<00:23:08.160><c> people</c><00:23:08.740><c> we</c><00:23:09.339><c> will</c><00:23:09.660><c> as</c><00:23:09.920><c> a</c><00:23:10.180><c> consequence</c><00:23:10.579><c> have</c><00:23:10.859><c> to</c><00:23:11.180><c> vex</c>

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our<00:23:12.019><c> souls</c><00:23:12.319><c> daily</c><00:23:12.859><c> with</c><00:23:13.359><c> what</c><00:23:13.519><c> we</c><00:23:13.819><c> see</c><00:23:14.079><c> and</c><00:23:14.460><c> hear.</c>

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There<00:23:16.660><c> is</c><00:23:16.940><c> such</c><00:23:17.180><c> a</c><00:23:17.319><c> thing</c><00:23:17.460><c> as</c><00:23:17.660><c> making</c><00:23:18.000><c> a</c><00:23:18.380><c> wrong</c><00:23:18.640><c> decision</c><00:23:19.420><c> even</c>

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though<00:23:20.799><c> we</c><00:23:21.059><c> may</c><00:23:21.819><c> remain</c><00:23:23.180><c> righteous</c>

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and<00:23:26.140><c> ultimately</c><00:23:26.680><c> Lot</c><00:23:26.980><c> comes</c><00:23:27.259><c> out</c><00:23:27.539><c> of</c><00:23:27.680><c> that</c><00:23:27.880><c> city</c><00:23:28.339><c> with</c><00:23:29.240><c> nothing.</c>

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No<00:23:32.680><c> wife,</c>

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no<00:23:36.019><c> cattle,</c><00:23:36.559><c> no</c><00:23:36.599><c> goods.</c><00:23:38.960><c> It</c><00:23:39.019><c> is</c><00:23:39.319><c> a</c><00:23:39.519><c> sad</c><00:23:39.759><c> figure</c><00:23:40.019><c> that</c><00:23:40.200><c> we</c><00:23:40.440><c> see,</c>

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in<00:23:41.819><c> fact</c><00:23:42.000><c> a</c><00:23:42.220><c> drunken</c><00:23:42.619><c> man</c><00:23:43.039><c> in</c><00:23:43.279><c> a</c><00:23:43.480><c> cave</c>

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and<00:23:46.460><c> his</c><00:23:46.579><c> two</c><00:23:46.799><c> daughters</c><00:23:47.500><c> take</c><00:23:48.740><c> him</c><00:23:48.940><c> and</c><00:23:49.140><c> delude</c><00:23:49.420><c> him</c><00:23:49.599><c> in</c><00:23:49.740><c> his</c><00:23:49.960><c> drunkenness</c>

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and<00:23:51.960><c> each</c><00:23:52.160><c> of</c><00:23:52.279><c> them</c><00:23:52.400><c> is</c><00:23:52.559><c> found</c><00:23:52.720><c> to</c><00:23:52.880><c> be</c><00:23:53.019><c> by</c><00:23:53.240><c> child</c><00:23:53.579><c> with</c><00:23:53.799><c> him.</c><00:23:55.740><c> One</c><00:23:56.039><c> is</c>

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Moab<00:23:57.019><c> and</c><00:23:58.640><c> one</c><00:23:58.960><c> is</c><00:23:59.380><c> Amun.</c>

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That<00:24:01.299><c> is</c><00:24:01.480><c> the</c><00:24:01.660><c> beginning</c><00:24:01.920><c> of</c><00:24:02.140><c> the</c><00:24:02.319><c> Moabites</c><00:24:02.759><c> and</c><00:24:02.960><c> the</c><00:24:03.140><c> Ammonites</c><00:24:04.240><c> and</c><00:24:05.779><c> God</c>

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describes<00:24:06.559><c> those</c><00:24:06.859><c> people</c><00:24:07.279><c> as</c>

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accursed<00:24:08.380><c> people.</c><00:24:11.539><c> God</c><00:24:11.759><c> says</c><00:24:12.039><c> they</c><00:24:12.180><c> are</c><00:24:12.440><c> not</c><00:24:12.680><c> to</c><00:24:12.880><c> come</c><00:24:13.019><c> into</c>

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the<00:24:13.440><c> congregation</c><00:24:14.119><c> of</c><00:24:14.359><c> the</c><00:24:14.579><c> children</c><00:24:14.799><c> of</c><00:24:14.960><c> Israel</c>

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until<00:24:16.140><c> the</c><00:24:16.380><c> 10th</c><00:24:16.700><c> generation</c><00:24:17.400><c> even</c><00:24:17.940><c> forever.</c>

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There<00:24:22.519><c> were</c><00:24:22.740><c> outcasts</c>

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yet<00:24:26.079><c> we</c><00:24:26.339><c> find</c><00:24:26.599><c> here</c><00:24:27.680><c> a</c><00:24:28.160><c> Moabite</c><00:24:29.539><c> and</c><00:24:31.039><c> an</c><00:24:31.319><c> Ammonite</c>

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intermarrying<00:24:34.559><c> with</c><00:24:34.759><c> the</c><00:24:34.960><c> people</c><00:24:35.160><c> of</c><00:24:35.380><c> God</c><00:24:36.039><c> and</c><00:24:36.819><c> causing</c><00:24:37.180><c> great</c><00:24:37.539><c> distress</c><00:24:38.420><c> and</c>

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many<00:24:39.619><c> problems.</c>

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We'll<00:24:42.680><c> come</c><00:24:42.819><c> back</c><00:24:42.980><c> to</c><00:24:43.059><c> that</c><00:24:43.259><c> again</c><00:24:43.599><c> in</c><00:24:43.839><c> a</c><00:24:43.980><c> moment.</c>

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Perhaps<00:24:47.000><c> we</c><00:24:47.240><c> ought</c><00:24:47.359><c> to</c><00:24:47.519><c> remember</c><00:24:47.839><c> at</c><00:24:48.000><c> this</c><00:24:48.259><c> stage</c><00:24:48.640><c> that</c><00:24:48.880><c> there</c>

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was<00:24:49.759><c> just</c><00:24:50.339><c> one</c><00:24:50.940><c> Moabite</c><00:24:51.599><c> who</c><00:24:53.059><c> rose</c><00:24:53.779><c> above</c>

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her<00:24:55.299><c> citizenship</c><00:24:55.880><c> and</c><00:24:56.980><c> in</c><00:24:57.099><c> fact</c><00:24:57.240><c> changed</c><00:24:57.599><c> it.</c><00:24:59.480><c> It</c><00:24:59.599><c> was</c><00:24:59.740><c> Ruth.</c>

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Ruth<00:25:03.980><c> who</c><00:25:04.420><c> although</c><00:25:04.920><c> a</c><00:25:05.240><c> Moabites</c><00:25:05.880><c> and</c><00:25:06.240><c> therefore</c><00:25:06.640><c> under</c><00:25:06.980><c> this</c>

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curse<00:25:07.740><c> not</c><00:25:08.140><c> to</c><00:25:08.380><c> come</c><00:25:08.519><c> into</c><00:25:08.700><c> the</c><00:25:08.920><c> congregation</c>

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until<00:25:11.019><c> the</c><00:25:11.299><c> 10th</c><00:25:11.559><c> generation</c><00:25:12.500><c> did</c><00:25:13.500><c> so</c><00:25:14.299><c> and</c><00:25:15.619><c> through</c><00:25:15.920><c> her</c><00:25:16.279><c> we</c>

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have<00:25:16.920><c> the</c><00:25:17.180><c> lineage</c><00:25:17.559><c> of</c><00:25:18.059><c> the</c><00:25:18.140><c> Lord</c><00:25:18.339><c> Jesus</c><00:25:18.740><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:25:22.819><c> shows</c><00:25:23.180><c> to</c><00:25:23.500><c> us</c><00:25:24.640><c> that</c><00:25:25.960><c> God</c><00:25:26.420><c> does</c><00:25:26.779><c> not</c><00:25:27.339><c> work</c><00:25:27.920><c> by</c><00:25:28.380><c> the</c><00:25:28.660><c> letter</c>

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of<00:25:29.319><c> the</c><00:25:29.539><c> law</c><00:25:29.819><c> but</c><00:25:30.039><c> by</c><00:25:30.299><c> the</c><00:25:30.619><c> spirit</c><00:25:31.000><c> of</c><00:25:31.519><c> the</c><00:25:31.700><c> law.</c>

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That<00:25:35.819><c> God</c><00:25:36.000><c> does</c><00:25:36.299><c> not</c><00:25:36.680><c> condemn</c><00:25:37.200><c> all</c><00:25:37.779><c> Moabites</c><00:25:38.200><c> because</c><00:25:38.680><c> they</c>

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are<00:25:39.019><c> Moabites</c>

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but<00:25:42.119><c> condemns</c><00:25:42.640><c> Moabites</c><00:25:43.160><c> for</c><00:25:43.339><c> what</c><00:25:43.480><c> they</c><00:25:43.799><c> are</c><00:25:44.380><c> and</c><00:25:44.819><c> when</c><00:25:44.980><c> they</c>

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change<00:25:45.539><c> they</c><00:25:45.740><c> become</c><00:25:45.960><c> acceptable.</c>

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And<00:25:48.740><c> it</c><00:25:48.900><c> was</c><00:25:49.119><c> under</c><00:25:49.359><c> the</c><00:25:49.579><c> same</c><00:25:50.220><c> rule</c><00:25:50.839><c> that</c><00:25:52.740><c> God</c><00:25:52.920><c> was</c><00:25:53.160><c> able</c><00:25:53.460><c> to</c>

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accept<00:25:54.279><c> David</c>

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though<00:25:56.759><c> he</c><00:25:56.900><c> had</c><00:25:57.180><c> become</c><00:25:57.960><c> an</c><00:25:58.500><c> adulterer</c><00:25:59.460><c> and</c><00:26:00.720><c> a</c><00:26:00.940><c> murderer.</c>

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No<00:26:05.039><c> adulterer</c><00:26:05.539><c> we</c><00:26:05.720><c> read</c><00:26:05.980><c> in</c><00:26:06.140><c> the</c><00:26:06.240><c> book</c><00:26:06.380><c> of</c><00:26:06.579><c> Revelation</c><00:26:07.039><c> will</c>

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enter<00:26:07.559><c> the</c><00:26:07.740><c> kingdom</c><00:26:07.980><c> of</c><00:26:08.240><c> God,</c>

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no<00:26:09.259><c> murderer</c><00:26:10.039><c> and</c><00:26:11.059><c> yet</c><00:26:11.259><c> David</c><00:26:11.480><c> will</c><00:26:11.660><c> be</c><00:26:11.859><c> there.</c>

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And<00:26:14.240><c> the</c><00:26:14.359><c> reason</c><00:26:14.599><c> is</c><00:26:14.880><c> that</c><00:26:15.119><c> just</c><00:26:15.480><c> as</c><00:26:15.960><c> Ruth</c><00:26:16.619><c> ceased</c><00:26:17.339><c> to</c><00:26:17.680><c> be</c><00:26:17.980><c> a</c>

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Moabites<00:26:19.079><c> when</c><00:26:20.259><c> she</c><00:26:20.660><c> renounced</c><00:26:21.119><c> her</c><00:26:21.519><c> citizenship</c>

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and<00:26:22.140><c> went</c><00:26:24.180><c> with</c><00:26:24.380><c> her</c><00:26:24.640><c> mother</c><00:26:24.859><c>-in</c><00:26:25.079><c>-law</c><00:26:25.160><c> back</c><00:26:25.599><c> into</c><00:26:25.859><c> the</c><00:26:26.079><c> land</c><00:26:26.599><c> so</c>

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David<00:26:28.660><c> renounced</c><00:26:29.420><c> his</c><00:26:30.779><c> former</c><00:26:31.039><c> way</c><00:26:31.240><c> of</c><00:26:31.480><c> life</c>

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and<00:26:33.119><c> was</c><00:26:33.359><c> therefore</c><00:26:33.619><c> acceptable</c><00:26:34.500><c> unto</c><00:26:34.940><c> God.</c>

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Coming<00:26:37.720><c> back</c><00:26:37.980><c> into</c><00:26:38.160><c> verse</c><00:26:38.380><c> 10</c><00:26:38.599><c> of</c><00:26:38.779><c> chapter</c><00:26:39.059><c> 2</c><00:26:39.319><c> then</c><00:26:39.539><c> we</c><00:26:39.819><c> have</c><00:26:40.119><c> two,</c><00:26:41.940><c> a</c>

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devilish<00:26:43.200><c> duo</c><00:26:43.640><c> who</c><00:26:45.039><c> are</c><00:26:45.579><c> dead</c><00:26:45.960><c> set</c>

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against<00:26:47.359><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:48.500><c> before</c><00:26:49.039><c> the</c><00:26:49.279><c> work</c><00:26:49.480><c> commences.</c><00:26:51.140><c> You</c><00:26:51.240><c> will</c>

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notice<00:26:51.640><c> it</c><00:26:52.039><c> grieves</c><00:26:52.559><c> them</c>

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that<00:26:53.920><c> there</c><00:26:54.220><c> has</c><00:26:54.400><c> come</c><00:26:54.660><c> a</c><00:26:54.940><c> man</c><00:26:55.480><c> to</c><00:26:56.779><c> seek</c><00:26:57.059><c> the</c><00:26:57.420><c> welfare</c><00:26:57.900><c> of</c><00:26:58.640><c> the</c>

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children<00:26:59.000><c> of</c><00:26:59.279><c> Israel.</c>

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In<00:27:05.140><c> verse</c><00:27:05.259><c> 19</c><00:27:05.900><c> this</c><00:27:07.200><c> devilish</c><00:27:07.900><c> duo</c><00:27:08.220><c> is</c><00:27:08.640><c> joined</c><00:27:08.960><c> by</c><00:27:09.339><c> a</c><00:27:09.559><c> third</c><00:27:09.779><c> man.</c>

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We<00:27:15.609><c> read</c><00:27:15.950><c> of</c><00:27:16.609><c> Gesham,</c><00:27:18.809><c> Gesham</c><00:27:19.230><c> the</c><00:27:20.250><c> Arabian</c><00:27:21.230><c> and</c><00:27:22.589><c> again</c><00:27:22.789><c> we</c><00:27:22.930><c> know</c><00:27:23.089><c> very</c><00:27:23.309><c> little</c><00:27:23.430><c> about</c><00:27:23.690><c> him</c><00:27:23.930><c> except</c><00:27:24.289><c> he</c>

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seems<00:27:24.730><c> to</c>

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have<00:27:25.069><c> been</c><00:27:25.250><c> the</c><00:27:25.470><c> kind</c><00:27:25.710><c> of</c><00:27:26.190><c> Arabian</c><00:27:26.710><c> prince.</c><00:27:30.269><c> Each</c><00:27:30.609><c> of</c><00:27:30.789><c> them</c><00:27:30.930><c> was</c><00:27:31.210><c> therefore</c><00:27:31.589><c> a</c>

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man<00:27:32.210><c> of</c><00:27:32.690><c> authority,</c>

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a<00:27:35.130><c> man</c><00:27:35.390><c> of</c><00:27:35.809><c> influence</c><00:27:36.329><c> and</c><00:27:37.710><c> I</c><00:27:37.890><c> have</c><00:27:37.930><c> no</c><00:27:38.089><c> doubt</c><00:27:38.289><c> because</c><00:27:38.730><c> of</c><00:27:39.049><c> both</c><00:27:39.190><c> of</c>

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those<00:27:39.529><c> things</c>

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they<00:27:40.829><c> were</c><00:27:40.930><c> men</c><00:27:41.089><c> of</c><00:27:41.289><c> wealth</c><00:27:41.849><c> and</c><00:27:43.750><c> each</c><00:27:44.049><c> of</c><00:27:44.210><c> them</c><00:27:44.349><c> saw</c><00:27:44.769><c> in</c><00:27:45.710><c> the</c><00:27:45.930><c> coming</c><00:27:46.210><c> of</c><00:27:46.529><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:47.069><c> a</c><00:27:47.410><c> threat</c>

00:27:48.470 --> 00:27:54.829
to<00:27:48.809><c> their</c><00:27:49.150><c> own</c><00:27:49.470><c> authority</c><00:27:50.210><c> and</c><00:27:51.089><c> no</c><00:27:51.309><c> doubt</c><00:27:51.890><c> to</c><00:27:52.329><c> their</c><00:27:52.609><c> own</c><00:27:53.069><c> source</c><00:27:53.430><c> of</c><00:27:53.750><c> income.</c>

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We<00:27:57.490><c> find</c><00:27:57.829><c> that</c><00:27:58.130><c> time</c><00:27:58.390><c> and</c><00:27:58.750><c> time</c><00:27:59.009><c> again</c><00:27:59.529><c> throughout</c><00:27:59.849><c> scripture</c>

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that<00:28:02.390><c> it</c><00:28:02.609><c> is</c><00:28:02.809><c> the</c><00:28:03.410><c> rich</c><00:28:03.950><c> people</c><00:28:04.509><c> who</c><00:28:04.849><c> are</c><00:28:05.349><c> opposed</c><00:28:06.049><c> to</c><00:28:07.569><c> the</c><00:28:07.789><c> will</c><00:28:08.049><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:08.529><c> ways</c><00:28:08.769><c> of</c><00:28:09.089><c> God</c>

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and<00:28:12.369><c> it</c><00:28:12.490><c> is</c><00:28:12.569><c> not</c><00:28:12.650><c> always</c><00:28:12.910><c> the</c><00:28:13.069><c> rich</c><00:28:13.250><c> people,</c><00:28:13.630><c> those</c><00:28:13.970><c> who</c><00:28:14.289><c> are</c>

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in<00:28:14.930><c> authority,</c><00:28:15.849><c> those</c><00:28:16.150><c> who</c><00:28:16.450><c> have</c><00:28:16.769><c> influence.</c>

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The<00:28:20.109><c> scribes</c><00:28:20.410><c> and</c><00:28:20.549><c> the</c><00:28:20.730><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:21.289><c> saw</c><00:28:21.710><c> a</c><00:28:22.109><c> threat</c><00:28:22.430><c> to</c><00:28:23.630><c> their</c>

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own<00:28:24.089><c> standing</c><00:28:24.390><c> in</c><00:28:24.609><c> the</c><00:28:24.750><c> Lord</c><00:28:24.930><c> Jesus</c><00:28:25.269><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:28:27.329><c> rich</c><00:28:27.549><c> man</c><00:28:27.789><c> says</c><00:28:28.049><c> James</c><00:28:28.450><c> are</c><00:28:28.609><c> those</c><00:28:28.910><c> who</c><00:28:29.210><c> blaspheme</c><00:28:29.809><c> the</c>

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name<00:28:30.170><c> of</c><00:28:30.390><c> God,</c>

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the<00:28:32.230><c> very</c><00:28:32.369><c> name</c><00:28:32.630><c> by</c><00:28:32.849><c> which</c><00:28:32.990><c> we</c><00:28:33.170><c> are</c><00:28:33.289><c> saved</c><00:28:33.650><c> and</c><00:28:34.970><c> it</c><00:28:35.170><c> is</c><00:28:35.329><c> so</c><00:28:35.509><c> that</c>

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where<00:28:35.869><c> a</c><00:28:36.009><c> man</c><00:28:36.130><c> has</c><00:28:36.589><c> influence</c><00:28:36.970><c> or</c><00:28:37.269><c> standing</c>

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then<00:28:39.369><c> he</c><00:28:39.470><c> has</c><00:28:39.690><c> temptation</c><00:28:40.349><c> to</c><00:28:41.509><c> leave</c><00:28:42.170><c> the</c><00:28:42.589><c> God</c><00:28:42.769><c> of</c><00:28:42.970><c> Israel</c><00:28:43.450><c> and</c>

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to<00:28:44.289><c> depend</c><00:28:44.650><c> upon</c><00:28:45.109><c> himself.</c>

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Now<00:28:48.430><c> let's</c><00:28:48.609><c> look</c><00:28:48.849><c> how</c><00:28:49.049><c> these</c><00:28:49.309><c> three</c><00:28:49.509><c> men</c><00:28:50.150><c> began</c><00:28:50.730><c> to</c><00:28:51.009><c> exercise</c>

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their<00:28:51.970><c> authority</c><00:28:52.410><c> and</c><00:28:52.690><c> their</c><00:28:53.009><c> influence</c>

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against<00:28:54.890><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:28:58.049><c> Chapter</c><00:28:58.430><c> two,</c><00:29:00.029><c> verse</c><00:29:00.150><c> 19.</c>

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When<00:29:04.109><c> Sambarit</c><00:29:04.730><c> the</c><00:29:05.130><c> Horonite</c><00:29:05.990><c> and</c><00:29:07.069><c> Tobiah</c><00:29:07.789><c> the</c><00:29:08.210><c> servant,</c><00:29:09.549><c> the</c><00:29:09.890><c> Ammonite</c><00:29:10.589><c> and</c><00:29:11.950><c> the</c><00:29:12.069><c> Gessium</c><00:29:12.410><c> the</c><00:29:12.750><c> Arabian</c><00:29:13.150><c> heard</c><00:29:13.369><c> it</c>

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they<00:29:14.730><c> laughed</c><00:29:15.269><c> at</c><00:29:15.509><c> the</c><00:29:15.730><c> scorn</c><00:29:16.009><c> and</c><00:29:16.269><c> despised</c><00:29:16.789><c> us</c><00:29:16.970><c> and</c><00:29:17.109><c> said</c><00:29:17.369><c> what</c><00:29:17.869><c> is</c>

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this<00:29:18.329><c> thing</c><00:29:18.509><c> that</c><00:29:18.690><c> you</c><00:29:18.809><c> do?</c>

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Will<00:29:20.309><c> you</c><00:29:20.450><c> rebel</c><00:29:20.730><c> against</c><00:29:21.029><c> the</c><00:29:21.230><c> king?</c>

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The<00:29:24.329><c> first</c><00:29:24.690><c> thing</c><00:29:25.069><c> that</c><00:29:25.230><c> they</c><00:29:25.470><c> try</c><00:29:25.849><c> is</c><00:29:26.369><c> ridicule,</c><00:29:28.210><c> it</c><00:29:28.269><c> is</c><00:29:28.990><c> scorn</c>

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and<00:29:34.029><c> that</c><00:29:34.130><c> is</c><00:29:34.250><c> one</c><00:29:34.410><c> of</c><00:29:34.509><c> the</c><00:29:34.549><c> most</c><00:29:34.750><c> difficult</c><00:29:35.170><c> things</c><00:29:35.549><c> to</c><00:29:35.890><c> overcome.</c>

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When<00:29:41.990><c> we</c><00:29:42.390><c> tell</c><00:29:42.650><c> people</c><00:29:43.130><c> that</c><00:29:43.430><c> we</c><00:29:43.829><c> believe</c><00:29:44.369><c> in</c><00:29:44.769><c> God,</c><00:29:47.089><c> one</c><00:29:47.250><c> of</c><00:29:47.369><c> the</c><00:29:47.430><c> things</c><00:29:47.569><c> we're</c><00:29:47.789><c> afraid</c><00:29:48.269><c> of</c>

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is<00:29:48.730><c> being</c><00:29:49.109><c> laughed</c><00:29:49.529><c> at.</c>

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You<00:29:51.309><c> don't</c><00:29:51.549><c> really</c><00:29:51.890><c> believe</c><00:29:52.230><c> that</c><00:29:52.509><c> do</c><00:29:52.670><c> you?</c><00:29:53.930><c> Do</c><00:29:54.009><c> you</c><00:29:54.089><c> really</c><00:29:54.309><c> believe</c><00:29:54.589><c> that</c><00:29:54.730><c> there</c><00:29:54.849><c> is</c><00:29:54.990><c> a</c>

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God<00:29:55.349><c> in</c><00:29:55.589><c> heaven?</c>

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Do<00:29:57.130><c> you</c><00:29:57.210><c> really</c><00:29:57.430><c> believe</c><00:29:57.769><c> that</c><00:29:57.910><c> there</c><00:29:58.049><c> was</c><00:29:58.190><c> a</c><00:29:58.369><c> flood</c><00:29:58.529><c> and</c><00:29:58.690><c> that</c>

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these<00:29:59.009><c> things</c><00:29:59.210><c> happened?</c>

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And<00:30:01.609><c> you</c><00:30:01.730><c> know</c><00:30:01.910><c> the</c><00:30:02.109><c> best</c><00:30:02.529><c> way</c><00:30:02.769><c> to</c><00:30:03.089><c> answer</c><00:30:03.589><c> that</c><00:30:04.069><c> kind</c><00:30:04.509><c> of</c><00:30:05.210><c> criticism</c><00:30:05.809><c> is</c>

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to<00:30:07.690><c> see</c><00:30:07.950><c> things</c><00:30:08.369><c> as</c><00:30:08.670><c> they</c><00:30:08.950><c> really</c><00:30:09.410><c> are.</c>

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It<00:30:12.849><c> is</c><00:30:13.150><c> logical</c><00:30:13.730><c> to</c><00:30:14.029><c> believe</c><00:30:14.410><c> that</c><00:30:14.569><c> there</c><00:30:14.769><c> is</c><00:30:15.009><c> a</c><00:30:15.210><c> God</c><00:30:15.509><c> and</c><00:30:15.809><c> that</c>

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logical<00:30:19.170><c> to</c><00:30:19.490><c> believe</c><00:30:19.849><c> in</c><00:30:20.230><c> evolution</c><00:30:20.769><c> and</c><00:30:24.069><c> I</c><00:30:24.250><c> find</c><00:30:24.430><c> it</c><00:30:24.569><c> is</c><00:30:24.710><c> the</c>

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best<00:30:25.190><c> way</c><00:30:25.529><c> to</c><00:30:26.109><c> pour</c><00:30:26.329><c> scorn</c><00:30:27.069><c> upon</c><00:30:27.609><c> belief</c><00:30:28.130><c> in</c><00:30:28.410><c> evolution.</c>

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Do<00:30:30.630><c> you</c><00:30:30.730><c> really</c><00:30:30.990><c> believe</c><00:30:31.430><c> that</c><00:30:31.710><c> some</c><00:30:32.130><c> bit</c><00:30:32.309><c> of</c><00:30:32.589><c> protoplasm</c><00:30:33.150><c> said</c><00:30:33.349><c> to</c>

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itself<00:30:33.869><c> I'm</c><00:30:34.329><c> going</c><00:30:34.410><c> to</c><00:30:34.589><c> grow</c><00:30:34.710><c> an</c><00:30:35.009><c> arm</c><00:30:35.250><c> and</c><00:30:35.630><c> it</c>

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grew<00:30:35.990><c> an</c><00:30:36.250><c> arm?</c><00:30:38.049><c> Do</c><00:30:38.210><c> you</c><00:30:38.289><c> really</c><00:30:38.589><c> believe</c><00:30:38.849><c> that</c><00:30:39.049><c> a</c><00:30:39.109><c> bit</c><00:30:39.250><c> of</c><00:30:39.470><c> jelly</c><00:30:39.630><c> which</c><00:30:39.869><c> couldn't</c><00:30:40.150><c> see</c>

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a<00:30:40.650><c> thing</c><00:30:41.089><c> said</c><00:30:41.710><c> to</c><00:30:41.950><c> itself</c>

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and<00:30:42.950><c> incidentally</c><00:30:43.430><c> knew</c><00:30:43.589><c> nothing</c><00:30:43.890><c> at</c><00:30:44.150><c> all</c><00:30:44.309><c> of</c><00:30:44.470><c> the</c><00:30:44.650><c> world</c><00:30:44.849><c> outside</c><00:30:45.450><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:30:46.210><c> to</c><00:30:46.410><c> grow</c><00:30:46.589><c> eyes</c><00:30:47.049><c> that</c><00:30:47.230><c> I</c><00:30:47.390><c> can</c><00:30:47.670><c> see?</c>

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It<00:30:49.670><c> doesn't</c><00:30:49.849><c> even</c><00:30:50.069><c> know</c><00:30:50.170><c> what</c><00:30:50.289><c> it</c><00:30:50.390><c> can</c><00:30:50.690><c> see</c><00:30:50.869><c> or</c><00:30:50.990><c> what</c><00:30:51.069><c> that</c><00:30:51.369><c> is</c>

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or<00:30:52.190><c> the</c><00:30:52.369><c> mechanism</c><00:30:52.829><c> of</c><00:30:53.130><c> eyes.</c>

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It<00:30:55.609><c> is</c><00:30:55.829><c> yet</c><00:30:56.170><c> folly</c><00:30:56.529><c> to</c><00:30:56.809><c> think</c><00:30:57.170><c> of</c><00:30:57.970><c> the</c><00:30:58.269><c> system</c><00:30:58.589><c> of</c><00:30:58.849><c> evolution</c>

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and<00:31:01.549><c> so</c><00:31:01.630><c> the</c><00:31:01.809><c> best</c><00:31:01.970><c> way</c><00:31:02.150><c> to</c><00:31:02.369><c> treat</c><00:31:02.789><c> scorn</c><00:31:03.250><c> such</c><00:31:03.549><c> as</c><00:31:03.710><c> we</c><00:31:03.849><c> have</c><00:31:04.009><c> here</c><00:31:04.589><c> is</c>

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to<00:31:05.589><c> treat</c><00:31:05.710><c> it</c><00:31:05.829><c> with</c><00:31:06.089><c> scorn</c><00:31:06.789><c> because</c><00:31:07.789><c> we</c>

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have<00:31:08.410><c> truth</c><00:31:08.789><c> and</c><00:31:08.950><c> they</c><00:31:09.109><c> have</c><00:31:09.369><c> falsehood</c><00:31:10.130><c> and</c><00:31:11.710><c> so</c><00:31:11.809><c> we</c><00:31:11.950><c> are</c><00:31:11.990><c> not</c>

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going<00:31:12.569><c> to</c><00:31:12.690><c> be</c><00:31:12.849><c> put</c><00:31:13.049><c> off</c><00:31:13.190><c> by</c><00:31:13.410><c> people</c><00:31:13.670><c> who</c><00:31:13.950><c> laugh</c>

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when<00:31:14.710><c> we</c><00:31:14.950><c> say</c><00:31:15.089><c> that</c><00:31:15.269><c> we</c><00:31:15.430><c> believe</c><00:31:15.890><c> in</c><00:31:16.509><c> God.</c><00:31:18.069><c> Now</c><00:31:18.230><c> come</c><00:31:18.430><c> back</c>

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into<00:31:19.509><c> chapter</c><00:31:19.789><c> four.</c>

00:31:21.329 --> 00:31:23.910
It<00:31:21.329><c> came</c><00:31:21.569><c> to</c><00:31:21.750><c> pass</c><00:31:21.970><c> that</c><00:31:22.170><c> when</c><00:31:22.490><c> Sam</c><00:31:22.809><c> Barrett</c><00:31:23.069><c> heard</c><00:31:23.450><c> that</c><00:31:23.670><c> we'd</c>

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builded<00:31:24.089><c> the</c><00:31:24.269><c> wall</c>

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he<00:31:25.410><c> was</c><00:31:25.710><c> wroth</c><00:31:26.170><c> and</c><00:31:26.470><c> took</c><00:31:26.670><c> great</c><00:31:27.049><c> indignation</c><00:31:27.650><c> and</c><00:31:27.970><c> mocked</c><00:31:28.329><c> the</c><00:31:28.470><c> Jews</c><00:31:28.930><c> and</c><00:31:30.450><c> he</c>

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spake<00:31:30.910><c> before</c><00:31:31.210><c> his</c><00:31:31.450><c> brethren</c>

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He<00:31:56.329><c> didn't</c><00:31:56.549><c> understand</c><00:31:57.130><c> that</c><00:31:57.329><c> one</c><00:31:57.529><c> would</c><00:31:57.769><c> come</c><00:31:58.589><c> many</c><00:31:59.329><c> centuries</c><00:31:59.710><c> later</c>

00:32:00.289 --> 00:32:04.009
and<00:32:01.730><c> say</c><00:32:01.970><c> that</c><00:32:02.190><c> God</c><00:32:02.609><c> could</c><00:32:03.130><c> of</c><00:32:03.430><c> these</c>

00:32:04.009 --> 00:32:11.069
stones<00:32:04.650><c> raise</c><00:32:05.049><c> a</c><00:32:05.450><c> servant</c><00:32:05.869><c> to</c><00:32:06.150><c> himself.</c><00:32:08.809><c> It</c><00:32:09.549><c> was</c><00:32:09.829><c> a</c><00:32:09.950><c> much</c><00:32:10.230><c> simpler</c><00:32:10.529><c> thing</c><00:32:10.809><c> then</c>

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for<00:32:11.309><c> God</c><00:32:11.630><c> to</c><00:32:11.990><c> revive</c><00:32:12.569><c> through</c>

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these<00:32:13.750><c> stones</c><00:32:14.369><c> into</c><00:32:14.690><c> a</c><00:32:15.029><c> wall</c><00:32:15.609><c> and</c><00:32:18.130><c> so</c><00:32:18.309><c> although</c><00:32:18.589><c> they</c><00:32:18.849><c> could</c>

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pour<00:32:19.390><c> their</c><00:32:19.769><c> scorn</c><00:32:20.069><c> and</c><00:32:20.250><c> their</c><00:32:20.609><c> contempt</c>

00:32:21.869 --> 00:32:30.130
all<00:32:22.289><c> the</c><00:32:22.490><c> logic</c><00:32:23.109><c> was</c><00:32:23.589><c> in</c><00:32:23.910><c> fact</c><00:32:24.170><c> with</c><00:32:24.849><c> Nehemiah</c><00:32:28.049><c> and</c><00:32:29.589><c> so</c><00:32:29.690><c> we</c><00:32:29.890><c> read</c><00:32:29.990><c> in</c>

00:32:30.130 --> 00:32:33.089
verse<00:32:30.309><c> six.</c><00:32:30.890><c> So</c><00:32:30.990><c> we</c><00:32:31.410><c> built</c><00:32:31.690><c> the</c><00:32:31.990><c> wall</c>

00:32:34.029 --> 00:32:36.710
and<00:32:34.609><c> all</c><00:32:34.789><c> the</c><00:32:34.970><c> wall</c><00:32:35.109><c> was</c><00:32:35.349><c> joined</c><00:32:35.549><c> together</c><00:32:35.950><c> and</c><00:32:36.150><c> to</c><00:32:36.289><c> the</c><00:32:36.529><c> half</c>

00:32:36.710 --> 00:32:39.910
thereof<00:32:37.369><c> for</c><00:32:38.049><c> the</c><00:32:38.210><c> people</c><00:32:38.430><c> had</c><00:32:38.630><c> a</c><00:32:38.890><c> mind</c><00:32:39.190><c> to</c><00:32:39.549><c> work.</c>

00:32:39.910 --> 00:32:42.910
So<00:32:40.690><c> we</c><00:32:41.170><c> built</c><00:32:41.529><c> the</c><00:32:41.950><c> wall.</c>

00:32:45.990 --> 00:32:50.609
I<00:32:46.430><c> don't</c><00:32:46.609><c> know</c><00:32:46.710><c> if</c><00:32:46.769><c> you've</c><00:32:46.990><c> noticed</c><00:32:47.430><c> in</c><00:32:47.769><c> scripture</c><00:32:48.390><c> how</c><00:32:50.170><c> often</c>

00:32:50.609 --> 00:32:54.230
everything<00:32:51.269><c> seems</c><00:32:51.549><c> to</c><00:32:51.890><c> pivot</c><00:32:52.390><c> upon</c><00:32:53.730><c> that</c><00:32:53.930><c> little</c>

00:32:54.230 --> 00:33:07.950
word<00:32:54.509><c> so.</c><00:32:59.210><c> We</c><00:32:59.390><c> read</c><00:32:59.930><c> so</c><00:33:00.809><c> I</c><00:33:01.650><c> came</c><00:33:02.089><c> to</c><00:33:02.509><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:03.190><c> and</c><00:33:07.670><c> we</c><00:33:07.769><c> think</c>

00:33:07.950 --> 00:33:10.230
of<00:33:08.109><c> all</c><00:33:08.289><c> the</c><00:33:08.670><c> mourning</c><00:33:09.009><c> the</c><00:33:09.329><c> fasting</c><00:33:09.670><c> the</c><00:33:09.950><c> weeping</c>

00:33:10.230 --> 00:33:16.950
and<00:33:10.430><c> the</c><00:33:10.650><c> long</c><00:33:11.069><c> journey</c><00:33:11.630><c> so</c><00:33:13.390><c> we</c><00:33:14.029><c> came</c><00:33:14.329><c> to</c><00:33:14.630><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:15.289><c> and</c><00:33:16.829><c> here</c>

00:33:16.950 --> 00:33:21.849
in<00:33:17.130><c> verse</c><00:33:17.309><c> six</c><00:33:17.789><c> so</c><00:33:19.049><c> built</c><00:33:19.509><c> we</c><00:33:20.130><c> the</c><00:33:20.490><c> wall</c><00:33:20.930><c> and</c><00:33:21.690><c> there</c>

00:33:21.849 --> 00:33:25.750
is<00:33:21.970><c> the</c><00:33:22.089><c> whole</c><00:33:22.509><c> history</c><00:33:23.089><c> the</c><00:33:23.289><c> whole</c><00:33:24.309><c> story</c><00:33:24.789><c> of</c><00:33:24.970><c> the</c><00:33:25.250><c> problems</c>

00:33:25.750 --> 00:33:28.650
which<00:33:26.109><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:26.829><c> had</c><00:33:27.049><c> to</c><00:33:27.329><c> experience</c><00:33:28.009><c> and</c>

00:33:28.650 --> 00:33:34.430
overcome<00:33:29.329><c> battling</c><00:33:31.109><c> against</c><00:33:31.589><c> enemies</c><00:33:32.309><c> moving</c><00:33:33.809><c> the</c><00:33:34.130><c> rubbish</c>

00:33:34.430 --> 00:33:36.769
out<00:33:34.609><c> of</c><00:33:34.769><c> the</c><00:33:34.930><c> way</c><00:33:35.369><c> building</c><00:33:36.170><c> up</c><00:33:36.390><c> the</c><00:33:36.569><c> walls</c>

00:33:36.769 --> 00:33:41.069
to<00:33:36.890><c> what</c><00:33:37.029><c> they</c><00:33:37.210><c> had</c><00:33:37.349><c> been</c><00:33:37.549><c> before</c><00:33:38.369><c> all</c><00:33:39.049><c> hidden</c><00:33:39.490><c> in</c><00:33:40.049><c> that</c><00:33:40.349><c> little</c><00:33:40.609><c> word</c>

00:33:41.069 --> 00:33:43.769
so<00:33:41.630><c> and</c><00:33:42.730><c> I</c><00:33:42.910><c> suppose</c><00:33:43.089><c> the</c><00:33:43.430><c> classic</c>

00:33:43.769 --> 00:33:49.450
illustration<00:33:44.349><c> is</c><00:33:44.569><c> in</c><00:33:44.789><c> John</c><00:33:45.029><c> chapter</c><00:33:45.349><c> 3.</c><00:33:46.450><c> God</c><00:33:47.410><c> so</c><00:33:48.470><c> loved</c><00:33:49.009><c> the</c>

00:33:49.450 --> 00:33:53.250
world<00:33:49.809><c> that</c><00:33:50.430><c> he</c><00:33:50.690><c> gave</c><00:33:51.009><c> his</c><00:33:51.490><c> only</c><00:33:51.849><c> begotten</c><00:33:52.450><c> son.</c>

00:33:53.289 --> 00:33:59.630
He<00:33:53.789><c> so</c><00:33:54.490><c> loved</c><00:33:55.069><c> the</c><00:33:55.650><c> world</c><00:33:55.890><c> the</c><00:33:56.450><c> manner</c><00:33:56.890><c> the</c><00:33:57.630><c> extent</c><00:33:58.390><c> of</c><00:33:59.130><c> the</c><00:33:59.309><c> love</c><00:33:59.430><c> of</c>

00:33:59.630 --> 00:34:03.910
God<00:34:00.009><c> all</c><00:34:01.609><c> built</c><00:34:02.210><c> into</c><00:34:02.490><c> that</c><00:34:02.750><c> little</c><00:34:03.049><c> word</c><00:34:03.410><c> so</c>

00:34:03.910 --> 00:34:08.090
and<00:34:04.650><c> reveals</c><00:34:05.130><c> the</c><00:34:06.390><c> basis</c><00:34:06.630><c> of</c><00:34:06.829><c> our</c><00:34:07.009><c> salvation.</c>

00:34:09.650 --> 00:34:14.329
Now<00:34:10.250><c> when</c><00:34:10.570><c> they</c><00:34:10.869><c> found</c><00:34:11.170><c> that</c><00:34:11.429><c> their</c><00:34:11.730><c> scorn</c><00:34:12.130><c> didn't</c><00:34:12.690><c> work</c><00:34:13.289><c> they</c>

00:34:14.329 --> 00:34:17.130
tried<00:34:14.550><c> something</c><00:34:14.829><c> else.</c><00:34:16.469><c> Verse</c><00:34:16.530><c> seven</c><00:34:16.750><c> of</c><00:34:16.909><c> chapter</c>

00:34:17.130 --> 00:34:22.090
four.<00:34:19.710><c> It</c><00:34:19.730><c> came</c><00:34:19.909><c> to</c><00:34:20.110><c> pass</c><00:34:20.409><c> that</c><00:34:20.630><c> when</c><00:34:20.869><c> Sanballat</c><00:34:21.389><c> and</c><00:34:21.570><c> Tobiah</c>

00:34:22.090 --> 00:34:24.670
and<00:34:22.389><c> the</c><00:34:22.590><c> Arabians</c><00:34:23.150><c> and</c><00:34:23.510><c> the</c><00:34:23.690><c> Ammonites</c><00:34:24.269><c> and</c>

00:34:24.670 --> 00:34:28.150
the<00:34:24.889><c> Ashdodites</c><00:34:25.710><c> heard</c><00:34:26.050><c> that</c><00:34:26.230><c> the</c><00:34:26.489><c> walls</c><00:34:26.969><c> of</c><00:34:27.510><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:27.909><c> were</c>

00:34:28.150 --> 00:34:30.369
made<00:34:28.409><c> up</c><00:34:28.769><c> and</c><00:34:28.949><c> that</c><00:34:29.110><c> the</c><00:34:29.230><c> breaches</c><00:34:29.510><c> began</c><00:34:29.909><c> to</c><00:34:30.110><c> be</c>

00:34:30.369 --> 00:34:33.849
stopped<00:34:30.789><c> then</c><00:34:31.590><c> they</c><00:34:31.809><c> were</c><00:34:31.929><c> very</c><00:34:32.250><c> rough</c><00:34:32.489><c> and</c><00:34:32.849><c> conspired</c><00:34:33.510><c> all</c>

00:34:33.849 --> 00:34:36.170
of<00:34:33.989><c> them</c><00:34:34.150><c> together</c><00:34:34.469><c> to</c><00:34:34.730><c> come</c><00:34:34.989><c> and</c><00:34:35.409><c> to</c><00:34:35.630><c> fight</c><00:34:35.829><c> against</c>

00:34:36.170 --> 00:34:40.889
Jerusalem<00:34:36.769><c> and</c><00:34:37.210><c> to</c><00:34:37.369><c> hinder</c><00:34:37.590><c> it.</c><00:34:39.289><c> There</c><00:34:40.010><c> is</c><00:34:40.170><c> a</c><00:34:40.250><c> show</c><00:34:40.429><c> of</c><00:34:40.630><c> might</c>

00:34:40.889 --> 00:34:44.969
there<00:34:42.050><c> is</c><00:34:42.449><c> a</c><00:34:42.889><c> confederacy</c><00:34:43.670><c> of</c><00:34:43.949><c> nations</c>

00:34:45.010 --> 00:34:51.489
and<00:34:45.369><c> we</c><00:34:45.550><c> are</c><00:34:45.690><c> reminded</c><00:34:46.190><c> because</c><00:34:46.610><c> of</c><00:34:46.869><c> this</c><00:34:47.769><c> of</c><00:34:49.829><c> the</c><00:34:50.170><c> confederacy</c><00:34:50.869><c> of</c><00:34:51.130><c> nations</c>

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which<00:34:51.789><c> will</c><00:34:52.190><c> occur</c><00:34:52.710><c> at</c>

00:34:53.190 --> 00:34:57.050
the<00:34:53.369><c> time</c><00:34:53.530><c> of</c><00:34:53.710><c> the</c><00:34:53.889><c> end</c><00:34:54.130><c> when</c><00:34:54.409><c> God</c><00:34:54.769><c> will</c><00:34:55.070><c> gather</c><00:34:55.769><c> all</c><00:34:56.530><c> nations</c>

00:34:57.050 --> 00:34:59.849
against<00:34:57.510><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:58.269><c> to</c><00:34:58.630><c> battle</c>

00:35:01.010 --> 00:35:03.469
and<00:35:01.730><c> how</c><00:35:01.969><c> again</c><00:35:02.210><c> they</c><00:35:02.349><c> will</c><00:35:02.570><c> fail.</c>

00:35:06.429 --> 00:35:14.010
Notice<00:35:06.969><c> the</c><00:35:07.230><c> strategy.</c><00:35:10.130><c> Scorn,</c><00:35:10.809><c> ridicule,</c><00:35:11.550><c> that</c><00:35:11.690><c> has</c><00:35:11.949><c> failed.</c><00:35:13.670><c> So</c><00:35:13.829><c> now</c>

00:35:14.010 --> 00:35:16.150
they<00:35:14.269><c> bring</c><00:35:14.469><c> up</c><00:35:14.690><c> their</c><00:35:14.909><c> big</c><00:35:15.150><c> guns.</c>

00:35:17.210 --> 00:35:22.010
Now<00:35:17.429><c> they</c><00:35:17.690><c> arrange</c><00:35:18.010><c> themselves</c><00:35:18.469><c> around</c><00:35:18.829><c> the</c><00:35:19.030><c> city.</c><00:35:20.690><c> It</c><00:35:20.789><c> is</c><00:35:20.969><c> fear.</c><00:35:21.909><c> It</c>

00:35:22.010 --> 00:35:24.449
is<00:35:22.269><c> fear</c><00:35:22.550><c> which</c><00:35:22.730><c> they</c><00:35:22.949><c> are</c><00:35:23.030><c> now</c><00:35:23.309><c> working</c><00:35:23.610><c> upon.</c>

00:35:26.190 --> 00:35:30.269
Turn<00:35:26.389><c> with</c><00:35:26.530><c> me</c><00:35:26.750><c> into</c><00:35:28.389><c> Psalm</c><00:35:28.989><c> 11.</c>

00:35:31.309 --> 00:35:37.829
The<00:35:32.030><c> most</c><00:35:32.230><c> delightful</c><00:35:32.650><c> Psalm</c><00:35:32.989><c> which</c><00:35:33.250><c> deals</c><00:35:34.150><c> with</c><00:35:35.769><c> this</c><00:35:36.090><c> subject</c><00:35:36.489><c> of</c><00:35:36.769><c> fear</c>

00:35:38.469 --> 00:35:43.010
because<00:35:39.190><c> we</c><00:35:39.550><c> each</c><00:35:39.809><c> have</c><00:35:40.070><c> to</c><00:35:40.429><c> face</c><00:35:40.809><c> this</c><00:35:41.190><c> sometime</c><00:35:41.670><c> or</c><00:35:41.929><c> another.</c>

00:35:45.929 --> 00:35:51.309
We<00:35:46.050><c> may</c><00:35:46.150><c> be</c><00:35:46.349><c> afraid</c><00:35:46.650><c> because</c><00:35:47.050><c> of</c><00:35:47.250><c> sickness.</c><00:35:49.849><c> We</c><00:35:49.949><c> may</c><00:35:50.110><c> be</c><00:35:50.369><c> afraid</c><00:35:50.590><c> because</c><00:35:51.010><c> of</c>

00:35:51.309 --> 00:35:53.050
advancing<00:35:51.769><c> years.</c>

00:35:54.130 --> 00:35:58.070
We<00:35:54.650><c> may</c><00:35:54.849><c> be</c><00:35:55.070><c> afraid</c><00:35:55.349><c> because</c><00:35:55.809><c> of</c><00:35:55.989><c> the</c><00:35:56.210><c> threat</c><00:35:56.449><c> of</c><00:35:56.789><c> redundancy.</c>

00:35:59.130 --> 00:36:00.469
We<00:35:59.170><c> may</c><00:35:59.369><c> be</c><00:35:59.630><c> afraid</c><00:35:59.849><c> because</c><00:36:00.170><c> of</c><00:36:00.309><c> the</c>

00:36:00.469 --> 00:36:04.070
stability<00:36:00.969><c> of</c><00:36:01.349><c> our</c><00:36:01.809><c> marriage,</c><00:36:03.190><c> though</c><00:36:03.230><c> that</c><00:36:03.409><c> ought</c><00:36:03.550><c> not</c><00:36:03.809><c> to</c>

00:36:04.070 --> 00:36:05.630
affect<00:36:04.269><c> us</c><00:36:04.409><c> in</c><00:36:04.570><c> the</c><00:36:04.750><c> truth.</c>

00:36:06.050 --> 00:36:08.750
Fear<00:36:06.369><c> is</c><00:36:06.610><c> something</c><00:36:06.969><c> which</c><00:36:07.230><c> will</c><00:36:07.610><c> come</c><00:36:07.869><c> to</c><00:36:08.070><c> each</c><00:36:08.309><c> one</c><00:36:08.469><c> of</c><00:36:08.590><c> us</c>

00:36:08.750 --> 00:36:13.250
in<00:36:09.110><c> one</c><00:36:09.510><c> form</c><00:36:09.730><c> or</c><00:36:10.050><c> another.</c><00:36:11.269><c> Now</c><00:36:11.530><c> look</c><00:36:11.809><c> at</c><00:36:12.690><c> the</c><00:36:12.829><c> psalmist</c>

00:36:13.250 --> 00:36:19.570
David<00:36:14.150><c> in</c><00:36:16.250><c> the</c><00:36:16.489><c> Lord</c><00:36:17.250><c> put</c><00:36:18.250><c> I</c><00:36:18.429><c> my</c><00:36:18.650><c> trust.</c>

00:36:20.010 --> 00:36:23.969
How<00:36:20.610><c> say</c><00:36:20.929><c> ye</c><00:36:21.110><c> to</c><00:36:21.289><c> my</c><00:36:21.530><c> soul</c><00:36:21.889><c> flee</c><00:36:22.349><c> as</c><00:36:22.630><c> a</c><00:36:22.849><c> bird</c><00:36:23.050><c> to</c><00:36:23.269><c> your</c><00:36:23.469><c> mountain</c>

00:36:23.969 --> 00:36:26.309
for<00:36:24.429><c> lo</c><00:36:24.710><c> the</c><00:36:24.889><c> wicked</c><00:36:25.190><c> bend</c><00:36:25.530><c> their</c><00:36:25.849><c> bow</c><00:36:26.050><c> and</c>

00:36:26.309 --> 00:36:29.190
make<00:36:26.550><c> ready</c><00:36:26.829><c> their</c><00:36:27.190><c> arrow</c><00:36:27.389><c> upon</c><00:36:27.630><c> the</c><00:36:27.949><c> string</c><00:36:28.230><c> that</c><00:36:28.730><c> they</c><00:36:28.949><c> may</c>

00:36:29.190 --> 00:36:32.989
privilege<00:36:29.670><c> shoot</c><00:36:30.190><c> at</c><00:36:30.789><c> the</c><00:36:31.369><c> upright</c><00:36:31.789><c> in</c><00:36:32.090><c> heart.</c>

00:36:33.550 --> 00:36:39.849
If<00:36:34.150><c> the</c><00:36:34.409><c> foundations</c><00:36:35.070><c> be</c><00:36:35.389><c> destroyed,</c><00:36:36.710><c> what</c><00:36:37.070><c> can</c><00:36:37.349><c> the</c><00:36:37.570><c> righteous</c><00:36:37.909><c> do?</c><00:36:39.449><c> Here</c><00:36:39.650><c> is</c>

00:36:39.849 --> 00:36:41.670
a<00:36:40.050><c> situation</c><00:36:40.469><c> when</c><00:36:40.650><c> a</c><00:36:40.829><c> man</c><00:36:41.030><c> is</c>

00:36:41.670 --> 00:36:46.530
trodden<00:36:41.969><c> down.</c><00:36:42.969><c> Perhaps</c><00:36:43.190><c> it</c><00:36:43.349><c> is</c><00:36:43.570><c> David</c><00:36:43.809><c> is</c><00:36:43.989><c> a</c><00:36:44.170><c> fugitive.</c><00:36:46.409><c> His</c>

00:36:46.530 --> 00:36:48.849
whole<00:36:46.809><c> world</c><00:36:47.010><c> has</c><00:36:47.289><c> crumbled</c><00:36:47.590><c> around</c><00:36:47.949><c> him.</c>

00:36:50.269 --> 00:36:54.510
What<00:36:50.949><c> can</c><00:36:51.389><c> David</c><00:36:51.789><c> possibly</c><00:36:52.349><c> do</c><00:36:52.670><c> against</c><00:36:53.110><c> his</c><00:36:53.650><c> many</c><00:36:54.030><c> enemies</c>

00:36:54.510 --> 00:36:57.610
who<00:36:55.170><c> are</c><00:36:55.289><c> waiting</c><00:36:55.630><c> to</c><00:36:56.150><c> shoot</c><00:36:56.610><c> privilege</c><00:36:57.110><c> notice</c>

00:36:57.610 --> 00:37:03.489
or<00:36:58.230><c> shoot</c><00:36:58.610><c> in</c><00:36:59.070><c> darkness?</c><00:37:01.030><c> And</c><00:37:01.250><c> David</c><00:37:01.449><c> is</c><00:37:01.969><c> here</c><00:37:02.289><c> seen</c><00:37:02.650><c> as</c><00:37:02.849><c> a</c><00:37:02.989><c> man</c>

00:37:03.489 --> 00:37:06.389
hunted<00:37:03.909><c> and</c><00:37:05.010><c> out</c><00:37:05.130><c> of</c><00:37:05.250><c> the</c><00:37:05.429><c> darkness</c><00:37:05.769><c> there</c><00:37:06.010><c> are</c>

00:37:06.389 --> 00:37:09.610
pointing<00:37:06.710><c> at</c><00:37:07.010><c> him</c><00:37:07.329><c> the</c><00:37:07.610><c> bows</c><00:37:07.829><c> and</c><00:37:08.030><c> the</c><00:37:08.309><c> arrows</c><00:37:08.630><c> of</c><00:37:09.110><c> his</c><00:37:09.309><c> many</c>

00:37:09.610 --> 00:37:13.289
enemies.<00:37:10.989><c> And</c><00:37:11.130><c> the</c><00:37:11.349><c> counsel</c><00:37:11.690><c> in</c><00:37:11.869><c> verse</c><00:37:12.050><c> one</c><00:37:12.349><c> is</c>

00:37:13.289 --> 00:37:16.250
flee<00:37:14.369><c> as</c><00:37:15.090><c> a</c><00:37:15.389><c> bird</c>

00:37:17.989 --> 00:37:22.469
to<00:37:18.710><c> your</c><00:37:19.030><c> mountain.</c><00:37:20.650><c> Notice</c><00:37:21.050><c> David</c><00:37:21.389><c> says</c><00:37:21.610><c> your</c><00:37:21.949><c> mountain</c><00:37:22.289><c> he</c>

00:37:22.469 --> 00:37:24.210
means<00:37:22.829><c> their</c><00:37:23.110><c> mountain.</c>

00:37:25.469 --> 00:37:29.650
Take<00:37:25.670><c> refuge</c><00:37:26.070><c> with</c><00:37:26.329><c> me</c><00:37:27.289><c> is</c><00:37:27.969><c> what</c><00:37:28.110><c> they're</c><00:37:28.349><c> saying</c><00:37:28.550><c> to</c><00:37:28.789><c> David.</c>

00:37:30.829 --> 00:37:34.210
In<00:37:31.070><c> other</c><00:37:31.269><c> words</c><00:37:31.429><c> in</c><00:37:31.590><c> this</c><00:37:31.869><c> psalm</c><00:37:32.090><c> there</c><00:37:32.230><c> is</c><00:37:32.530><c> a</c><00:37:32.829><c> contrast</c><00:37:33.309><c> between</c><00:37:33.809><c> the</c>

00:37:34.210 --> 00:37:37.429
counsels<00:37:35.070><c> of</c><00:37:35.449><c> fear</c><00:37:35.809><c> and</c><00:37:36.369><c> faith.</c>

00:37:39.329 --> 00:37:43.070
Either<00:37:39.969><c> we</c><00:37:40.150><c> will</c><00:37:40.389><c> believe</c><00:37:40.630><c> in</c><00:37:40.989><c> God</c><00:37:41.230><c> in</c><00:37:41.550><c> this</c><00:37:41.710><c> situation</c>

00:37:44.829 --> 00:37:52.050
or<00:37:45.469><c> we</c><00:37:45.610><c> will</c><00:37:45.809><c> exhibit</c><00:37:46.170><c> fear</c><00:37:46.929><c> and</c><00:37:48.530><c> we</c><00:37:48.670><c> will</c><00:37:48.889><c> seek</c><00:37:49.130><c> to</c><00:37:49.389><c> take</c><00:37:49.630><c> shelter</c><00:37:50.210><c> in</c>

00:37:52.050 --> 00:37:54.090
their<00:37:53.070><c> mountain.</c>

00:37:56.550 --> 00:38:00.489
Look<00:37:56.750><c> at</c><00:37:56.929><c> David's</c><00:37:57.409><c> answer</c><00:37:57.550><c> in</c><00:37:57.610><c> verse</c><00:37:57.829><c> four.</c><00:37:59.570><c> The</c><00:37:59.610><c> Lord</c><00:37:59.969><c> is</c><00:38:00.269><c> in</c>

00:38:00.489 --> 00:38:03.570
his<00:38:00.889><c> holy</c><00:38:01.289><c> temple.</c><00:38:02.329><c> There's</c><00:38:02.550><c> another</c><00:38:02.789><c> mountain</c><00:38:03.190><c> David</c>

00:38:03.570 --> 00:38:09.650
saying<00:38:04.010><c> and</c><00:38:05.010><c> the</c><00:38:05.110><c> Lord</c><00:38:05.329><c> is</c><00:38:05.510><c> there.</c><00:38:08.670><c> The</c><00:38:08.690><c> Lord's</c><00:38:09.150><c> throne</c><00:38:09.289><c> is</c><00:38:09.510><c> in</c>

00:38:09.650 --> 00:38:14.230
heaven.<00:38:11.170><c> His</c><00:38:11.329><c> eyes</c><00:38:11.690><c> behold.</c><00:38:13.150><c> His</c><00:38:13.389><c> eyelids</c><00:38:13.769><c> try</c>

00:38:14.230 --> 00:38:16.610
the<00:38:14.469><c> children</c><00:38:14.670><c> of</c><00:38:14.929><c> men.</c><00:38:15.210><c> The</c><00:38:15.369><c> Lord</c><00:38:15.630><c> trieth</c><00:38:16.050><c> the</c><00:38:16.309><c> righteous</c>

00:38:16.610 --> 00:38:19.969
but<00:38:17.110><c> the</c><00:38:17.690><c> wicked</c><00:38:17.989><c> and</c><00:38:18.289><c> him</c><00:38:18.530><c> that</c><00:38:18.869><c> loveth</c><00:38:19.150><c> violence</c><00:38:19.670><c> his</c>

00:38:19.969 --> 00:38:25.789
soul<00:38:20.269><c> hateth.</c><00:38:22.710><c> It</c><00:38:23.070><c> is</c><00:38:23.250><c> a</c><00:38:23.369><c> matter</c><00:38:23.590><c> of</c><00:38:23.869><c> getting</c><00:38:24.329><c> our</c><00:38:25.230><c> priorities</c>

00:38:25.789 --> 00:38:28.190
right.<00:38:27.130><c> It</c><00:38:27.269><c> is</c><00:38:27.429><c> a</c><00:38:27.510><c> matter</c><00:38:27.710><c> of</c><00:38:27.989><c> seeing</c>

00:38:28.190 --> 00:38:33.750
things<00:38:28.590><c> as</c><00:38:28.849><c> they</c><00:38:29.170><c> really</c><00:38:29.670><c> are.</c><00:38:31.949><c> Either</c><00:38:32.210><c> being</c><00:38:32.570><c> influenced</c><00:38:33.289><c> by</c>

00:38:33.750 --> 00:38:37.289
fear<00:38:34.449><c> to</c><00:38:35.269><c> take</c><00:38:35.570><c> refuge</c><00:38:36.230><c> in</c><00:38:37.070><c> the</c>

00:38:37.289 --> 00:38:42.309
fortresses<00:38:37.789><c> which</c><00:38:37.949><c> the</c><00:38:38.230><c> world</c><00:38:38.489><c> provides</c><00:38:39.150><c> or</c><00:38:40.489><c> being</c><00:38:40.949><c> strengthened</c><00:38:41.449><c> by</c><00:38:41.889><c> faith</c>

00:38:42.309 --> 00:38:44.610
to<00:38:43.230><c> despise</c><00:38:43.869><c> the</c><00:38:44.110><c> fortresses</c>

00:38:44.610 --> 00:38:50.329
of<00:38:44.730><c> the</c><00:38:44.949><c> world</c><00:38:45.449><c> and</c><00:38:46.489><c> to</c><00:38:46.809><c> remember</c><00:38:47.190><c> that</c><00:38:48.030><c> God</c><00:38:48.409><c> is</c><00:38:48.809><c> in</c><00:38:49.030><c> heaven</c><00:38:49.349><c> and</c><00:38:50.010><c> he</c>

00:38:50.329 --> 00:38:53.750
is<00:38:50.690><c> in</c><00:38:50.969><c> control.</c><00:38:51.989><c> And</c><00:38:52.269><c> that</c><00:38:52.369><c> is</c><00:38:52.550><c> precisely</c><00:38:53.070><c> what</c>

00:38:53.750 --> 00:38:57.710
Nehemiah<00:38:54.190><c> did.</c><00:38:55.090><c> Go</c><00:38:55.230><c> back</c><00:38:55.469><c> into</c><00:38:55.650><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:56.530><c> chapter</c><00:38:56.869><c> four.</c>

00:39:04.349 --> 00:39:08.730
Now<00:39:04.489><c> because</c><00:39:04.630><c> that</c><00:39:04.829><c> didn't</c><00:39:05.050><c> work</c><00:39:05.829><c> they</c><00:39:06.690><c> tried</c><00:39:06.849><c> something</c><00:39:07.130><c> else.</c><00:39:08.630><c> We</c>

00:39:08.730 --> 00:39:10.829
will<00:39:08.909><c> move</c><00:39:09.250><c> over</c><00:39:09.530><c> into</c><00:39:09.730><c> chapter</c><00:39:09.989><c> six.</c>

00:39:16.250 --> 00:39:20.389
They<00:39:16.929><c> tried</c><00:39:17.349><c> to</c><00:39:17.670><c> make</c><00:39:17.889><c> a</c><00:39:18.489><c> false</c><00:39:19.010><c> alliance.</c>

00:39:22.170 --> 00:39:24.590
Verse<00:39:23.130><c> two.</c>

00:39:25.829 --> 00:39:30.289
That<00:39:26.130><c> Sanballet</c><00:39:26.909><c> and</c><00:39:27.369><c> Gesham</c><00:39:27.889><c> were</c><00:39:28.449><c> sent</c><00:39:28.750><c> unto</c><00:39:29.010><c> me</c><00:39:29.309><c> saying,</c>

00:39:30.590 --> 00:39:35.449
come<00:39:31.130><c> let</c><00:39:32.230><c> us</c><00:39:32.710><c> meet</c><00:39:33.130><c> together</c><00:39:33.630><c> in</c><00:39:34.150><c> some</c><00:39:34.510><c> one</c><00:39:34.730><c> of</c><00:39:34.969><c> the</c><00:39:35.130><c> villages</c>

00:39:35.449 --> 00:39:37.809
in<00:39:35.730><c> the</c><00:39:35.989><c> plain</c><00:39:36.309><c> of</c><00:39:36.769><c> Ono.</c>

00:39:38.130 --> 00:39:43.110
Notice<00:39:38.530><c> who</c><00:39:38.809><c> is</c><00:39:38.989><c> sent</c><00:39:39.510><c> Sanballet</c><00:39:41.349><c> and</c><00:39:42.130><c> Gesham.</c>

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Tobiah<00:39:45.329><c> is</c><00:39:45.550><c> the</c><00:39:45.670><c> one</c><00:39:45.929><c> who</c><00:39:46.110><c> is</c><00:39:46.530><c> thinking.</c><00:39:47.849><c> He</c><00:39:47.989><c> is</c><00:39:48.170><c> the</c><00:39:48.289><c> one</c><00:39:48.469><c> who</c>

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is<00:39:49.110><c> organizing.</c><00:39:50.590><c> It</c><00:39:50.710><c> is</c><00:39:50.929><c> Sanballet</c><00:39:51.610><c> and</c><00:39:51.789><c> it</c><00:39:51.929><c> is</c>

00:39:52.110 --> 00:39:56.550
Gesham<00:39:52.429><c> who</c><00:39:52.630><c> are</c><00:39:52.869><c> sent.</c><00:39:54.110><c> And</c><00:39:54.329><c> they</c><00:39:54.570><c> come</c><00:39:54.929><c> to</c><00:39:55.670><c> make</c><00:39:55.869><c> as</c><00:39:56.070><c> it</c><00:39:56.309><c> were</c>

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a<00:39:57.030><c> false</c><00:39:57.610><c> alliance</c><00:39:58.269><c> with</c><00:40:01.250><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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They<00:40:03.489><c> don't</c><00:40:03.670><c> want</c><00:40:03.809><c> to</c><00:40:03.949><c> help.</c><00:40:05.409><c> It</c><00:40:05.550><c> is</c><00:40:05.730><c> under</c><00:40:05.889><c> the</c><00:40:06.130><c> cover</c><00:40:06.369><c> of</c><00:40:06.690><c> seeking</c><00:40:06.929><c> to</c>

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help<00:40:07.409><c> and</c><00:40:07.590><c> to</c><00:40:07.730><c> make</c><00:40:07.849><c> this</c><00:40:08.170><c> kind</c><00:40:08.389><c> of</c><00:40:08.590><c> alliance</c>

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which<00:40:09.809><c> they</c><00:40:10.130><c> come</c><00:40:10.369><c> to</c><00:40:10.590><c> him</c><00:40:10.989><c> but</c><00:40:11.469><c> in</c><00:40:11.710><c> actual</c><00:40:11.969><c> fact</c><00:40:12.269><c> they</c><00:40:12.570><c> mean</c>

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mischief<00:40:13.769><c> and</c><00:40:14.469><c> Nehemiah</c><00:40:14.969><c> sees</c><00:40:15.269><c> through</c><00:40:15.510><c> it</c>

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and<00:40:16.289><c> will</c><00:40:16.429><c> have</c><00:40:16.590><c> none</c><00:40:16.809><c> of</c><00:40:17.010><c> it.</c><00:40:18.010><c> And</c><00:40:18.190><c> notice</c><00:40:18.389><c> now</c><00:40:18.670><c> because</c><00:40:19.269><c> they</c>

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can't<00:40:20.230><c> make</c><00:40:20.469><c> a</c><00:40:20.730><c> false</c><00:40:20.989><c> alliance</c><00:40:21.389><c> they</c><00:40:21.670><c> now</c><00:40:21.969><c> invent</c>

00:40:22.429 --> 00:40:26.989
a<00:40:22.610><c> rumor.</c><00:40:23.489><c> Verse</c><00:40:23.730><c> five.</c><00:40:25.230><c> Then</c><00:40:25.590><c> sent</c><00:40:25.929><c> Sanballet</c><00:40:26.469><c> his</c><00:40:26.690><c> servant</c>

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unto<00:40:27.250><c> me</c><00:40:27.730><c> in</c><00:40:28.030><c> like</c><00:40:28.250><c> manner</c><00:40:28.650><c> in</c><00:40:29.230><c> the</c><00:40:29.349><c> fifth</c><00:40:29.510><c> time</c>

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with<00:40:29.909><c> an</c><00:40:30.210><c> open</c><00:40:30.389><c> letter</c><00:40:30.670><c> in</c><00:40:30.789><c> his</c><00:40:30.989><c> hand.</c><00:40:32.170><c> And</c><00:40:32.349><c> this</c><00:40:32.610><c> open</c><00:40:32.949><c> letter</c>

00:40:33.530 --> 00:40:36.309
and<00:40:34.110><c> you</c><00:40:34.210><c> know</c><00:40:34.449><c> the</c><00:40:35.230><c> reason</c><00:40:35.489><c> for</c><00:40:35.630><c> an</c><00:40:35.849><c> open</c><00:40:36.030><c> letter</c>

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is<00:40:36.690><c> that</c><00:40:36.889><c> everybody</c><00:40:37.369><c> can</c><00:40:37.650><c> read</c><00:40:37.889><c> it.</c><00:40:40.530><c> This</c><00:40:40.849><c> is</c><00:40:41.030><c> how</c><00:40:41.289><c> rumors</c><00:40:41.590><c> are</c>

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spread.<00:40:44.010><c> A</c><00:40:44.170><c> circular</c><00:40:44.610><c> is</c><00:40:44.969><c> sent</c><00:40:45.269><c> out</c><00:40:45.449><c> as</c><00:40:45.590><c> it</c><00:40:45.789><c> were.</c>

00:40:48.329 --> 00:41:01.630
And<00:40:48.449><c> in</c><00:40:48.630><c> this</c><00:40:49.010><c> open</c><00:40:49.329><c> letter</c><00:40:49.849><c> there</c><00:40:51.269><c> is</c><00:40:51.510><c> this</c><00:40:52.369><c> manufactured</c><00:40:53.730><c> story.</c><00:40:57.349><c> Verse</c><00:40:57.630><c> six.</c><00:40:59.369><c> The</c><00:40:59.429><c> Jews</c><00:40:59.849><c> think</c><00:41:00.210><c> to</c><00:41:00.489><c> rebel</c>

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for<00:41:02.510><c> which</c><00:41:02.769><c> cause</c><00:41:03.110><c> thou</c><00:41:03.610><c> buildest</c><00:41:04.190><c> the</c><00:41:04.369><c> wall</c><00:41:05.050><c> that</c><00:41:06.170><c> thou</c><00:41:06.429><c> must</c>

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be<00:41:06.829><c> their</c><00:41:07.050><c> king.</c>

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And<00:41:11.369><c> you'll</c><00:41:11.550><c> notice</c><00:41:11.730><c> also,</c><00:41:12.369><c> verse</c><00:41:12.489><c> seven,</c><00:41:13.929><c> they</c><00:41:14.150><c> even</c><00:41:14.449><c> accuse</c>

00:41:14.789 --> 00:41:18.289
Nehemiah<00:41:15.449><c> of</c><00:41:15.829><c> appointing</c><00:41:16.530><c> prophets</c><00:41:16.889><c> to</c><00:41:17.190><c> preach.</c>

00:41:19.550 --> 00:41:24.289
You<00:41:19.570><c> see</c><00:41:19.610><c> how</c><00:41:19.869><c> devious</c><00:41:20.170><c> this</c><00:41:20.429><c> is.</c><00:41:21.809><c> They're</c><00:41:22.030><c> saying</c><00:41:22.190><c> to</c><00:41:22.309><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:41:23.050><c> Nehemiah</c><00:41:23.650><c> you've</c>

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come<00:41:24.489><c> here</c><00:41:24.869><c> not</c><00:41:25.150><c> to</c><00:41:25.349><c> do</c>

00:41:25.469 --> 00:41:30.630
the<00:41:25.670><c> king's</c><00:41:26.070><c> work</c><00:41:26.230><c> but</c><00:41:26.389><c> to</c><00:41:26.550><c> be</c><00:41:26.670><c> a</c><00:41:26.829><c> king</c><00:41:26.969><c> yourself.</c><00:41:29.710><c> And</c><00:41:30.190><c> in</c><00:41:30.309><c> order</c><00:41:30.469><c> to</c>

00:41:30.630 --> 00:41:32.409
be<00:41:30.789><c> a</c><00:41:30.949><c> king</c><00:41:31.269><c> you've</c><00:41:31.869><c> actually</c>

00:41:32.409 --> 00:41:36.250
paid<00:41:33.150><c> for</c><00:41:33.610><c> prophets</c><00:41:34.010><c> to</c><00:41:34.329><c> prophesy</c><00:41:34.949><c> that</c><00:41:35.130><c> you</c><00:41:35.409><c> will</c><00:41:35.630><c> be</c><00:41:35.829><c> a</c><00:41:36.030><c> king</c>

00:41:36.250 --> 00:41:38.289
ruling<00:41:36.750><c> in</c><00:41:37.289><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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It's<00:41:40.130><c> all</c><00:41:40.269><c> rumour,</c><00:41:40.570><c> it's</c><00:41:40.690><c> all</c><00:41:40.849><c> manufactured.</c>

00:41:45.750 --> 00:41:52.429
It's<00:41:46.230><c> not</c><00:41:46.369><c> new.</c><00:41:48.190><c> You</c><00:41:48.349><c> remember</c><00:41:48.610><c> in</c><00:41:48.789><c> the</c><00:41:48.869><c> book</c><00:41:49.010><c> of</c><00:41:49.289><c> Job</c><00:41:49.530><c> that</c><00:41:51.010><c> although</c><00:41:51.309><c> God</c><00:41:51.610><c> declared</c><00:41:52.010><c> Job</c><00:41:52.289><c> to</c>

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be<00:41:52.570><c> a</c><00:41:52.710><c> righteous</c><00:41:53.070><c> man</c>

00:41:55.489 --> 00:41:59.050
the<00:41:56.050><c> three</c><00:41:56.250><c> friends</c><00:41:56.550><c> said</c><00:41:56.829><c> you</c><00:41:57.030><c> must</c><00:41:57.269><c> be</c><00:41:57.489><c> a</c><00:41:57.690><c> sinner</c><00:41:58.010><c> Job</c><00:41:58.389><c> otherwise</c><00:41:58.889><c> you</c>

00:41:59.050 --> 00:42:00.369
would<00:41:59.230><c> not</c><00:41:59.369><c> be</c><00:41:59.590><c> suffering.</c>

00:42:02.469 --> 00:42:05.710
They<00:42:03.030><c> say</c><00:42:03.150><c> it</c><00:42:03.309><c> is</c><00:42:03.429><c> only</c><00:42:03.710><c> wicked</c><00:42:03.969><c> people</c><00:42:04.510><c> whose</c><00:42:04.829><c> branches</c><00:42:05.309><c> are</c>

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burned<00:42:05.949><c> in</c><00:42:06.170><c> the</c><00:42:06.349><c> fire.</c>

00:42:08.789 --> 00:42:11.389
And<00:42:08.929><c> under</c><00:42:09.050><c> that</c><00:42:09.210><c> figure</c><00:42:09.489><c> are</c><00:42:09.710><c> saying</c><00:42:10.150><c> in</c><00:42:10.590><c> effect</c><00:42:10.849><c> because</c>

00:42:11.389 --> 00:42:13.489
you<00:42:11.650><c> are</c><00:42:11.969><c> wicked</c><00:42:12.230><c> your</c><00:42:12.570><c> children</c><00:42:13.070><c> have</c>

00:42:13.489 --> 00:42:19.889
been<00:42:13.809><c> destroyed.</c><00:42:15.230><c> They</c><00:42:15.710><c> manufactured</c><00:42:16.949><c> evidence</c><00:42:17.849><c> to</c><00:42:19.510><c> fit</c><00:42:19.730><c> in</c>

00:42:19.889 --> 00:42:22.329
with<00:42:20.070><c> their</c><00:42:20.269><c> own</c><00:42:20.610><c> concept</c><00:42:20.989><c> of</c><00:42:21.190><c> the</c><00:42:21.389><c> case.</c>

00:42:22.690 --> 00:42:28.170
And<00:42:23.269><c> so</c><00:42:23.389><c> it</c><00:42:23.550><c> was</c><00:42:23.690><c> in</c><00:42:23.849><c> the</c><00:42:23.989><c> time</c><00:42:24.170><c> of</c><00:42:24.309><c> Jesus</c><00:42:24.869><c> that</c><00:42:26.150><c> they</c><00:42:26.269><c> could</c><00:42:26.489><c> find</c><00:42:26.690><c> nothing</c><00:42:26.969><c> against</c><00:42:27.389><c> him</c><00:42:27.610><c> so</c>

00:42:28.170 --> 00:42:30.730
they<00:42:28.889><c> manufactured</c>

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evidence.

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And<00:42:35.710><c> then</c><00:42:35.809><c> we'll</c><00:42:36.010><c> do</c><00:42:36.150><c> this</c><00:42:36.750><c> and</c><00:42:37.929><c> the</c><00:42:38.110><c> most</c><00:42:38.269><c> difficult</c><00:42:38.690><c> thing</c>

00:42:38.949 --> 00:42:43.449
for<00:42:39.170><c> Nehemiah</c><00:42:39.630><c> here</c><00:42:40.530><c> was</c><00:42:41.690><c> to</c><00:42:41.969><c> weather</c><00:42:42.170><c> this</c><00:42:42.510><c> storm.</c>

00:42:44.369 --> 00:42:49.809
The<00:42:44.530><c> king</c><00:42:44.889><c> had</c><00:42:45.150><c> been</c><00:42:45.550><c> kind</c><00:42:46.070><c> to</c><00:42:46.309><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:42:48.269><c> The</c><00:42:48.670><c> king</c><00:42:48.949><c> had</c><00:42:49.530><c> sent</c>

00:42:49.809 --> 00:42:51.989
him<00:42:50.130><c> back</c><00:42:50.429><c> to</c><00:42:50.670><c> build</c><00:42:50.909><c> the</c><00:42:51.130><c> walls.</c>

00:42:52.789 --> 00:42:57.530
What<00:42:53.210><c> would</c><00:42:53.409><c> the</c><00:42:53.590><c> king</c><00:42:53.750><c> think</c><00:42:54.070><c> if</c><00:42:54.230><c> he</c><00:42:54.369><c> received</c><00:42:54.690><c> this</c><00:42:54.989><c> story</c><00:42:55.210><c> that</c><00:42:55.409><c> now</c><00:42:55.969><c> Nehemiah</c><00:42:56.429><c> was</c><00:42:56.630><c> wanting</c><00:42:56.849><c> to</c><00:42:57.010><c> be</c><00:42:57.150><c> a</c><00:42:57.289><c> king</c>

00:42:57.530 --> 00:43:03.369
in<00:42:57.710><c> his</c><00:42:57.869><c> own</c><00:42:58.070><c> right?</c><00:43:00.250><c> That</c><00:43:00.469><c> must</c><00:43:00.670><c> have</c><00:43:00.869><c> hurt</c><00:43:01.070><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:43:03.210><c> And</c>

00:43:03.369 --> 00:43:04.989
he<00:43:03.429><c> must</c><00:43:03.590><c> have</c><00:43:03.750><c> wanted</c><00:43:03.949><c> to</c><00:43:04.130><c> go</c><00:43:04.269><c> to</c><00:43:04.449><c> the</c><00:43:04.570><c> king</c><00:43:04.730><c> and</c>

00:43:04.989 --> 00:43:11.889
tell<00:43:05.090><c> him</c><00:43:05.170><c> this</c><00:43:05.289><c> is</c><00:43:05.489><c> not</c><00:43:05.730><c> true.</c><00:43:08.230><c> But</c><00:43:08.369><c> he</c><00:43:08.510><c> doesn't</c><00:43:08.710><c> do</c><00:43:08.969><c> that.</c><00:43:10.849><c> Now</c><00:43:11.190><c> therefore</c><00:43:11.590><c> oh</c>

00:43:11.889 --> 00:43:14.019
God<00:43:12.349><c> strengthen</c><00:43:12.969><c> my</c><00:43:13.309><c> hands.</c>

00:43:15.989 --> 00:43:20.369
He<00:43:16.349><c> knows</c><00:43:16.630><c> there</c><00:43:16.789><c> is</c><00:43:16.989><c> no</c><00:43:17.289><c> need</c><00:43:17.570><c> for</c><00:43:17.849><c> him</c><00:43:18.110><c> to</c><00:43:18.269><c> go</c><00:43:18.469><c> to</c><00:43:18.650><c> the</c><00:43:18.849><c> king</c><00:43:19.210><c> because</c><00:43:19.809><c> there</c><00:43:20.030><c> is</c><00:43:20.230><c> a</c>

00:43:20.369 --> 00:43:21.670
god<00:43:20.630><c> in</c><00:43:21.010><c> heaven</c><00:43:21.250><c> who</c><00:43:21.469><c> can</c>

00:43:21.670 --> 00:43:25.150
control<00:43:22.210><c> this</c><00:43:22.429><c> situation.</c><00:43:23.690><c> And</c><00:43:23.909><c> that</c><00:43:24.250><c> brethren</c><00:43:24.610><c> and</c><00:43:24.869><c> sisters</c>

00:43:25.150 --> 00:43:28.869
is<00:43:25.409><c> the</c><00:43:25.570><c> secret</c><00:43:25.949><c> of</c><00:43:26.349><c> prayer</c><00:43:26.869><c> and</c><00:43:27.670><c> of</c><00:43:27.969><c> faith.</c>

00:43:30.190 --> 00:43:35.170
The<00:43:30.429><c> things</c><00:43:30.610><c> we</c><00:43:30.929><c> can't</c><00:43:31.369><c> do</c><00:43:31.590><c> for</c><00:43:31.909><c> ourselves</c><00:43:32.570><c> God</c><00:43:33.050><c> can</c><00:43:33.670><c> do</c><00:43:33.989><c> for</c><00:43:34.329><c> us.</c>

00:43:36.789 --> 00:43:41.210
If<00:43:36.949><c> only</c><00:43:37.210><c> we</c><00:43:37.469><c> can</c><00:43:37.710><c> believe</c><00:43:38.489><c> that</c><00:43:39.309><c> God</c><00:43:39.590><c> will</c><00:43:39.889><c> do</c><00:43:40.130><c> those</c><00:43:40.409><c> things</c>

00:43:41.210 --> 00:43:45.150
instead<00:43:42.090><c> of</c><00:43:42.309><c> being</c><00:43:42.630><c> moved</c><00:43:43.090><c> by</c><00:43:43.570><c> fear</c><00:43:43.949><c> and</c><00:43:44.289><c> by</c>

00:43:45.289 --> 00:43:49.010
to<00:43:45.570><c> want</c><00:43:45.909><c> to</c><00:43:46.269><c> have</c><00:43:46.489><c> to</c><00:43:46.730><c> do</c><00:43:46.929><c> something</c><00:43:47.289><c> for</c><00:43:47.690><c> ourselves</c><00:43:48.369><c> to</c><00:43:48.769><c> set</c>

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the<00:43:49.289><c> record</c><00:43:49.610><c> straight.</c>

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The<00:43:54.690><c> next</c><00:43:54.849><c> thing</c><00:43:54.969><c> they</c><00:43:55.150><c> try</c><00:43:55.349><c> to</c><00:43:55.550><c> do</c><00:43:55.690><c> and</c><00:43:55.829><c> I</c><00:43:55.949><c> must</c><00:43:56.130><c> move</c><00:43:56.309><c> quickly</c>

00:43:56.650 --> 00:43:58.789
here<00:43:57.070><c> is</c><00:43:57.510><c> that</c><00:43:57.650><c> they</c><00:43:57.829><c> try</c><00:43:57.989><c> to</c><00:43:58.230><c> attack</c><00:43:58.469><c> his</c>

00:43:58.789 --> 00:44:04.690
faith.<00:44:00.469><c> He</c><00:44:00.550><c> shall</c><00:44:00.670><c> go</c><00:44:01.010><c> and</c><00:44:01.489><c> hide</c><00:44:01.789><c> in</c><00:44:02.010><c> the</c><00:44:02.190><c> temple.</c><00:44:04.230><c> That</c><00:44:04.369><c> again</c>

00:44:04.690 --> 00:44:07.809
he<00:44:04.949><c> says</c><00:44:05.250><c> should</c><00:44:05.849><c> a</c><00:44:06.010><c> man</c><00:44:06.190><c> such</c><00:44:06.409><c> as</c><00:44:06.610><c> I</c><00:44:06.889><c> do</c><00:44:07.070><c> this?</c>

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A<00:44:08.769><c> man</c><00:44:09.030><c> who</c><00:44:09.210><c> is</c><00:44:09.349><c> on</c><00:44:09.489><c> the</c><00:44:10.590><c> in</c><00:44:11.170><c> the</c><00:44:11.369><c> service</c><00:44:11.610><c> of</c><00:44:11.869><c> God</c><00:44:12.050><c> should</c><00:44:12.210><c> he</c>

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go<00:44:12.630><c> and</c><00:44:12.869><c> hide</c><00:44:13.050><c> himself?</c>

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So<00:44:15.449><c> they</c><00:44:15.630><c> can't</c><00:44:15.889><c> do</c><00:44:16.130><c> that.</c><00:44:17.530><c> And</c><00:44:17.690><c> you</c><00:44:17.849><c> know</c><00:44:18.090><c> the</c><00:44:18.250><c> most</c><00:44:20.329><c> devious</c>

00:44:20.869 --> 00:44:22.769
thing<00:44:21.150><c> which</c><00:44:21.369><c> they</c><00:44:21.590><c> do</c>

00:44:23.690 --> 00:44:30.389
and<00:44:24.250><c> the</c><00:44:24.590><c> greatest</c><00:44:24.989><c> success</c><00:44:25.670><c> which</c><00:44:25.889><c> they</c><00:44:26.170><c> achieve</c><00:44:27.030><c> is</c><00:44:29.349><c> in</c><00:44:29.769><c> following</c><00:44:30.010><c> the</c>

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council<00:44:31.190><c> of</c><00:44:32.289><c> Balaam.</c>

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It's<00:44:35.469><c> rather</c><00:44:35.750><c> strange</c><00:44:35.989><c> that</c><00:44:36.170><c> we</c><00:44:36.329><c> ought</c><00:44:36.489><c> to</c><00:44:36.690><c> be</c><00:44:36.969><c> considering</c><00:44:37.289><c> Balaam</c>

00:44:38.429 --> 00:44:43.250
along<00:44:38.929><c> with</c><00:44:39.170><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:40.369><c> because</c><00:44:41.090><c> the</c><00:44:41.369><c> council</c><00:44:41.670><c> of</c><00:44:41.889><c> Balaam</c><00:44:42.230><c> runs</c><00:44:42.570><c> right</c><00:44:43.050><c> the</c>

00:44:43.250 --> 00:44:44.829
way<00:44:43.409><c> through</c><00:44:43.750><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:44:47.329 --> 00:44:50.590
You<00:44:47.469><c> turn</c><00:44:47.610><c> with</c><00:44:47.710><c> me</c><00:44:47.909><c> back</c><00:44:48.090><c> into</c><00:44:48.269><c> Numbers</c><00:44:48.570><c> 22</c><00:44:49.090><c> and</c><00:44:49.590><c> with</c><00:44:49.809><c> this</c>

00:44:52.250 --> 00:44:56.889
final<00:44:52.809><c> little</c><00:44:53.369><c> list</c><00:44:53.570><c> of</c><00:44:53.769><c> verses</c><00:44:54.190><c> we</c><00:44:55.190><c> will</c><00:44:55.369><c> have</c><00:44:55.510><c> to</c><00:44:55.730><c> conclude.</c>

00:45:03.590 --> 00:45:08.690
Brother<00:45:04.250><c> Harry</c><00:45:04.429><c> has</c><00:45:04.750><c> outlined</c><00:45:05.090><c> a</c><00:45:05.329><c> story</c><00:45:05.550><c> which</c><00:45:05.849><c> saves</c><00:45:06.030><c> me</c><00:45:07.829><c> spending</c><00:45:08.170><c> time</c><00:45:08.489><c> in</c>

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doing<00:45:08.869><c> that.</c>

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But<00:45:11.469><c> here</c><00:45:11.590><c> we</c><00:45:11.809><c> have</c><00:45:12.090><c> Balaam</c><00:45:13.809><c> who</c><00:45:14.789><c> is</c><00:45:15.289><c> wanting</c><00:45:15.710><c> to</c><00:45:16.309><c> make</c><00:45:16.690><c> money</c><00:45:17.190><c> quickly</c>

00:45:19.150 --> 00:45:23.269
and<00:45:19.809><c> knows</c><00:45:20.090><c> that</c><00:45:20.250><c> he</c><00:45:20.389><c> can't</c><00:45:20.730><c> do</c><00:45:20.929><c> it</c><00:45:21.829><c> unless</c><00:45:22.269><c> he</c><00:45:22.489><c> can</c><00:45:22.769><c> prophesy</c>

00:45:23.269 --> 00:45:25.150
the<00:45:23.429><c> destruction</c><00:45:23.889><c> of</c><00:45:24.110><c> Israel.</c>

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Remember<00:45:27.010><c> also</c><00:45:27.530><c> verse</c><00:45:27.869><c> 6</c><00:45:28.329><c> the</c><00:45:28.429><c> end</c><00:45:28.670><c> of</c><00:45:28.849><c> verse</c><00:45:29.010><c> 6</c><00:45:29.289><c> of</c><00:45:29.429><c> chapter</c><00:45:29.630><c> 22</c><00:45:30.889><c> Balaam</c><00:45:31.809><c> says</c><00:45:32.389><c> for</c><00:45:32.789><c> I</c>

00:45:33.289 --> 00:45:34.550
want<00:45:33.570><c> that</c><00:45:33.909><c> he</c><00:45:34.309><c> whom</c>

00:45:34.550 --> 00:45:38.070
thou<00:45:34.929><c> blessest</c><00:45:35.429><c> is</c><00:45:35.730><c> blessed</c><00:45:36.130><c> and</c><00:45:36.389><c> he</c><00:45:36.590><c> whom</c><00:45:36.750><c> thou</c><00:45:37.190><c> cursest</c><00:45:37.690><c> is</c>

00:45:38.070 --> 00:45:41.690
cursed.<00:45:40.030><c> In</c><00:45:40.329><c> other</c><00:45:40.570><c> words</c><00:45:40.869><c> he's</c><00:45:41.070><c> putting</c><00:45:41.230><c> the</c><00:45:41.530><c> cart</c>

00:45:41.690 --> 00:45:46.250
before<00:45:42.030><c> the</c><00:45:42.289><c> horse.</c><00:45:43.789><c> Because</c><00:45:44.230><c> the</c><00:45:44.590><c> prophecies</c><00:45:44.969><c> of</c><00:45:45.269><c> Balaam</c><00:45:45.489><c> have</c><00:45:45.750><c> come</c><00:45:45.929><c> to</c>

00:45:46.250 --> 00:45:49.190
pass<00:45:46.769><c> he</c><00:45:47.250><c> is</c><00:45:47.530><c> saying</c><00:45:47.630><c> to</c><00:45:47.789><c> himself</c><00:45:48.210><c> if</c><00:45:48.849><c> only</c>

00:45:49.190 --> 00:45:52.570
Balaam<00:45:49.530><c> will</c><00:45:49.949><c> prophesy</c><00:45:50.449><c> the</c><00:45:50.670><c> downfall</c><00:45:51.150><c> of</c><00:45:51.329><c> Israel</c><00:45:51.909><c> then</c><00:45:52.329><c> it's</c>

00:45:52.570 --> 00:45:55.989
bound<00:45:52.650><c> to</c><00:45:52.909><c> happen.</c><00:45:54.630><c> He</c><00:45:54.929><c> doesn't</c><00:45:55.170><c> realize</c><00:45:55.710><c> that</c>

00:45:56.389 --> 00:45:59.869
a<00:45:56.969><c> prophet</c><00:45:57.250><c> is</c><00:45:57.489><c> only</c><00:45:57.949><c> looking</c><00:45:58.309><c> into</c><00:45:58.650><c> the</c><00:45:58.869><c> future</c><00:45:59.269><c> and</c><00:45:59.630><c> seeing</c>

00:45:59.869 --> 00:46:02.809
what<00:46:00.190><c> will</c><00:46:00.469><c> happen</c><00:46:00.929><c> by</c><00:46:01.389><c> the</c><00:46:01.570><c> power</c><00:46:01.750><c> of</c><00:46:02.010><c> God</c>

00:46:03.989 --> 00:46:06.969
and<00:46:04.590><c> Balaam</c><00:46:04.909><c> is</c><00:46:05.469><c> not</c><00:46:05.650><c> able</c><00:46:05.849><c> to</c><00:46:06.050><c> do</c><00:46:06.170><c> it.</c>

00:46:08.750 --> 00:46:11.550
Brother<00:46:08.869><c> Harry</c><00:46:09.050><c> said</c><00:46:09.250><c> there</c><00:46:09.369><c> were</c><00:46:09.550><c> two</c><00:46:09.829><c> asses</c><00:46:10.110><c> in</c><00:46:10.289><c> Numbers</c><00:46:10.469><c> 22.</c><00:46:11.409><c> In</c>

00:46:11.550 --> 00:46:13.889
actual<00:46:11.849><c> fact</c><00:46:12.190><c> what</c><00:46:12.530><c> I</c><00:46:12.710><c> think</c><00:46:12.829><c> happens</c><00:46:13.190><c> is</c><00:46:13.550><c> Balaam</c>

00:46:13.889 --> 00:46:18.030
becomes<00:46:14.210><c> the</c><00:46:14.510><c> ass</c><00:46:14.730><c> and</c><00:46:15.050><c> the</c><00:46:15.210><c> ass</c><00:46:15.329><c> becomes</c><00:46:15.630><c> the</c><00:46:15.849><c> man</c><00:46:16.449><c> because</c>

00:46:18.030 --> 00:46:20.889
the<00:46:18.269><c> man</c><00:46:18.530><c> speaks</c><00:46:18.969><c> with</c><00:46:19.349><c> good</c><00:46:19.690><c> sense.</c>

00:46:21.309 --> 00:46:25.769
The<00:46:21.869><c> ass</c><00:46:22.030><c> says</c><00:46:22.389><c> have</c><00:46:22.690><c> I</c><00:46:22.929><c> ever</c><00:46:23.409><c> done</c><00:46:23.730><c> this</c><00:46:23.929><c> sort</c><00:46:24.050><c> of</c><00:46:24.170><c> thing</c><00:46:24.269><c> to</c><00:46:24.489><c> you?</c>

00:46:25.809 --> 00:46:29.829
Have<00:46:25.909><c> you</c><00:46:26.010><c> noticed</c><00:46:26.309><c> what</c><00:46:27.130><c> Balaam</c><00:46:27.469><c> says</c><00:46:27.909><c> in</c><00:46:28.750><c> the</c><00:46:29.289><c> authorized</c>

00:46:29.829 --> 00:46:33.349
version?<00:46:31.090><c> All</c><00:46:31.210><c> Balaam</c><00:46:31.550><c> can</c><00:46:31.789><c> say</c><00:46:32.090><c> is</c><00:46:32.570><c> nay.</c>

00:46:38.750 --> 00:46:40.969
I<00:46:39.030><c> don't</c><00:46:39.230><c> suppose</c><00:46:39.329><c> that</c><00:46:39.489><c> comes</c><00:46:39.730><c> out</c><00:46:39.969><c> in</c><00:46:40.090><c> the</c><00:46:40.190><c> new</c><00:46:40.329><c> versions</c><00:46:40.690><c> and</c><00:46:40.829><c> it</c>

00:46:40.969 --> 00:46:43.389
just<00:46:41.170><c> shows</c><00:46:41.369><c> how</c><00:46:41.750><c> faulty</c><00:46:41.909><c> the</c><00:46:42.090><c> new</c><00:46:42.250><c> versions</c><00:46:42.610><c> are.</c>

00:46:48.070 --> 00:46:51.389
Now<00:46:48.750><c> to</c><00:46:48.929><c> cut</c><00:46:49.030><c> this</c><00:46:49.650><c> story</c><00:46:49.889><c> short</c><00:46:50.409><c> you</c><00:46:50.570><c> will</c><00:46:50.769><c> notice</c><00:46:51.030><c> in</c><00:46:51.250><c> verse</c>

00:46:51.389 --> 00:46:53.309
25<00:46:51.929><c> of</c><00:46:52.110><c> chapter</c><00:46:52.349><c> 24</c>

00:46:56.969 --> 00:47:01.349
that<00:46:57.650><c> Balaam</c><00:46:57.869><c> has</c><00:46:58.150><c> not</c><00:46:58.369><c> been</c><00:46:58.590><c> successful.</c><00:47:00.349><c> He</c><00:47:00.530><c> rose</c><00:47:00.829><c> up</c><00:47:01.130><c> and</c>

00:47:01.349 --> 00:47:04.150
went<00:47:01.570><c> and</c><00:47:01.929><c> returned</c><00:47:02.409><c> to</c><00:47:02.750><c> his</c><00:47:03.050><c> place</c><00:47:03.409><c> and</c><00:47:03.769><c> Balaam</c>

00:47:04.150 --> 00:47:10.389
also<00:47:04.710><c> went</c><00:47:05.170><c> his</c><00:47:05.670><c> way.</c><00:47:07.329><c> They've</c><00:47:07.690><c> parted.</c><00:47:09.210><c> There's</c><00:47:09.389><c> enmity.</c>

00:47:10.789 --> 00:47:12.130
Balaam<00:47:10.989><c> hasn't</c><00:47:11.329><c> got</c><00:47:11.510><c> the</c><00:47:11.769><c> prophecy.</c>

00:47:12.130 --> 00:47:18.550
Balaam<00:47:12.809><c> hasn't</c><00:47:13.030><c> got</c><00:47:13.250><c> the</c><00:47:13.409><c> money</c><00:47:13.769><c> and</c><00:47:14.190><c> they've</c><00:47:14.650><c> parted</c><00:47:15.550><c> angrily</c><00:47:16.889><c> and</c><00:47:17.269><c> yet</c><00:47:17.349><c> the</c><00:47:17.610><c> very</c><00:47:17.849><c> next</c><00:47:18.130><c> thing</c><00:47:18.289><c> we</c>

00:47:18.550 --> 00:47:18.949
read<00:47:18.750><c> in</c>

00:47:18.949 --> 00:47:26.750
chapter<00:47:19.210><c> 25</c><00:47:20.030><c> is</c><00:47:20.929><c> and</c><00:47:22.349><c> Israel</c><00:47:22.909><c> abode</c><00:47:23.550><c> in</c><00:47:24.030><c> Shittim</c><00:47:24.710><c> and</c><00:47:25.389><c> the</c><00:47:25.650><c> people</c><00:47:25.969><c> began</c><00:47:26.429><c> to</c>

00:47:26.750 --> 00:47:29.309
commit<00:47:27.070><c> whoredom</c><00:47:27.949><c> with</c><00:47:28.409><c> the</c><00:47:28.829><c> daughters</c>

00:47:29.309 --> 00:47:35.610
of<00:47:30.190><c> Moab</c><00:47:31.289><c> and</c><00:47:33.309><c> they</c><00:47:33.570><c> called</c><00:47:33.730><c> the</c><00:47:33.929><c> people</c><00:47:34.210><c> unto</c><00:47:34.429><c> the</c><00:47:34.750><c> sacrifices</c><00:47:35.210><c> of</c><00:47:35.409><c> their</c>

00:47:35.610 --> 00:47:37.230
gods<00:47:35.969><c> and</c><00:47:36.489><c> the</c><00:47:36.630><c> people</c><00:47:36.789><c> did</c><00:47:36.949><c> eat</c>

00:47:37.230 --> 00:47:40.489
and<00:47:37.510><c> barred</c><00:47:37.869><c> down</c><00:47:38.090><c> their</c><00:47:38.329><c> gods</c><00:47:38.550><c> and</c><00:47:38.750><c> Israel</c><00:47:39.230><c> joined</c><00:47:39.769><c> himself</c>

00:47:40.489 --> 00:47:43.710
unto<00:47:41.050><c> Baal</c><00:47:41.590><c> Peor</c><00:47:42.090><c> and</c><00:47:42.989><c> the</c><00:47:43.170><c> anger</c><00:47:43.409><c> of</c><00:47:43.590><c> the</c>

00:47:43.710 --> 00:47:47.929
Lord<00:47:43.849><c> was</c><00:47:44.110><c> kindled</c><00:47:44.489><c> against</c><00:47:44.789><c> Israel.</c><00:47:47.030><c> It</c><00:47:47.190><c> doesn't</c><00:47:47.329><c> take</c><00:47:47.630><c> much</c>

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imagination<00:47:48.510><c> to</c><00:47:48.730><c> put</c><00:47:48.889><c> together</c><00:47:49.250><c> all</c><00:47:49.550><c> the</c><00:47:49.690><c> verses</c>

00:47:49.869 --> 00:47:57.090
we<00:47:50.170><c> find</c><00:47:50.329><c> in</c><00:47:50.590><c> scripture.</c><00:47:54.510><c> Balaam</c><00:47:54.789><c> had</c><00:47:55.050><c> prophesied</c><00:47:56.210><c> Israel</c>

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shall<00:47:57.610><c> dwell</c><00:47:58.070><c> alone.</c><00:47:59.630><c> Remember</c><00:47:59.889><c> brother</c>

00:48:00.150 --> 00:48:04.750
underlined<00:48:01.090><c> that</c><00:48:01.730><c> verse</c><00:48:02.050><c> yesterday.</c><00:48:03.710><c> Israel</c><00:48:04.050><c> shall</c><00:48:04.409><c> dwell</c>

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alone.<00:48:06.250><c> Israel</c><00:48:06.710><c> had</c><00:48:06.989><c> to</c><00:48:07.210><c> be</c><00:48:07.449><c> separate.</c>

00:48:08.969 --> 00:48:15.289
There<00:48:09.190><c> was</c><00:48:09.570><c> only</c><00:48:10.050><c> one</c><00:48:10.449><c> way</c><00:48:10.809><c> therefore</c><00:48:11.409><c> that</c><00:48:11.769><c> Balaam</c><00:48:12.110><c> could</c><00:48:12.469><c> make</c><00:48:12.730><c> his</c><00:48:12.969><c> money.</c><00:48:15.070><c> If</c>

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he<00:48:15.829><c> caused</c><00:48:16.650><c> Israel</c><00:48:17.530><c> to</c>

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intermarry<00:48:19.010><c> with</c><00:48:19.730><c> the</c><00:48:19.949><c> people</c><00:48:20.150><c> of</c><00:48:20.369><c> the</c><00:48:20.530><c> land</c><00:48:20.989><c> God</c><00:48:22.210><c> would</c><00:48:22.489><c> punish</c><00:48:22.769><c> and</c>

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destroy<00:48:23.409><c> them</c><00:48:23.969><c> and</c><00:48:25.230><c> so</c><00:48:25.550><c> we</c><00:48:25.829><c> read</c><00:48:26.010><c> here</c>

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not<00:48:28.800><c> of</c><00:48:29.000><c> the</c><00:48:29.179><c> council</c><00:48:29.480><c> of</c><00:48:29.760><c> Balaam</c><00:48:29.980><c> that</c><00:48:30.159><c> he</c><00:48:30.480><c> talked</c><00:48:30.739><c> this</c><00:48:31.340><c> but</c>

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of<00:48:31.900><c> the</c><00:48:32.139><c> outcome</c><00:48:32.699><c> that</c><00:48:33.840><c> they</c><00:48:34.119><c> did</c><00:48:34.460><c> intermarry</c><00:48:35.300><c> that</c>

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they<00:48:35.900><c> did</c><00:48:36.179><c> commit</c><00:48:36.480><c> whoredom</c><00:48:36.840><c> with</c><00:48:37.019><c> the</c><00:48:37.239><c> nations</c><00:48:37.420><c> of</c><00:48:37.619><c> the</c><00:48:37.780><c> land</c>

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the<00:48:40.559><c> council</c><00:48:41.079><c> of</c><00:48:41.400><c> Balaam.</c><00:48:44.539><c> This</c><00:48:45.099><c> was</c><00:48:45.380><c> insidious.</c><00:48:47.800><c> He</c><00:48:48.099><c> taught</c>

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intermarriage<00:48:49.380><c> to</c><00:48:50.500><c> bring</c><00:48:50.840><c> down</c><00:48:51.179><c> the</c><00:48:51.400><c> people</c><00:48:51.599><c> of</c><00:48:51.880><c> God</c><00:48:52.079><c> that</c>

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he<00:48:52.579><c> himself</c><00:48:53.400><c> might</c><00:48:54.820><c> be</c><00:48:55.119><c> rewarded</c><00:48:55.579><c> from</c><00:48:56.300><c> Balak.</c><00:48:58.340><c> I</c><00:48:58.659><c> don't</c><00:48:58.820><c> think</c><00:48:58.900><c> he</c>

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ever<00:48:59.199><c> got</c><00:48:59.320><c> his</c><00:48:59.519><c> money,</c><00:49:00.099><c> at</c><00:49:00.099><c> least</c><00:49:00.300><c> we're</c><00:49:00.539><c> not</c>

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success.<00:49:08.219><c> When</c><00:49:08.360><c> we</c><00:49:08.559><c> come</c><00:49:08.760><c> to</c><00:49:08.920><c> the</c>

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book<00:49:09.300><c> of</c><00:49:09.739><c> Nehemiah</c><00:49:10.219><c> again</c><00:49:10.760><c> and</c><00:49:11.400><c> we</c><00:49:11.480><c> shall</c><00:49:11.599><c> pick</c><00:49:11.780><c> this</c><00:49:11.960><c> up</c><00:49:12.119><c> again</c><00:49:12.440><c> tomorrow</c><00:49:13.019><c> and</c>

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the<00:49:13.559><c> day</c><00:49:13.739><c> after</c><00:49:14.239><c> we</c><00:49:14.719><c> shall</c><00:49:14.940><c> find</c>

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there<00:49:15.460><c> is</c><00:49:15.900><c> intrigue,</c><00:49:16.440><c> there</c><00:49:16.440><c> is</c><00:49:17.119><c> intermarriage.</c><00:49:19.460><c> Sanballet</c>

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and<00:49:20.579><c> Tobiah</c><00:49:21.440><c> have</c><00:49:21.920><c> intermarried</c><00:49:22.519><c> and</c><00:49:22.820><c> worked</c>

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themselves<00:49:23.420><c> into</c><00:49:23.800><c> the</c><00:49:24.119><c> priesthood</c><00:49:24.860><c> and</c><00:49:27.280><c> in</c><00:49:27.440><c> this</c><00:49:27.619><c> way</c><00:49:27.760><c> are</c><00:49:27.960><c> seeking</c><00:49:28.159><c> to</c>

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his<00:49:32.420><c> work.</c><00:49:35.539><c> And</c><00:49:35.699><c> so</c><00:49:35.960><c> their</c><00:49:36.360><c> methods</c><00:49:36.760><c> were</c><00:49:37.179><c> scorn,</c>

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fear,<00:49:42.739><c> false</c><00:49:43.079><c> alliance,</c><00:49:45.579><c> inventing</c><00:49:46.119><c> a</c><00:49:46.280><c> rumour,</c><00:49:47.980><c> attacking</c>

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his<00:49:48.780><c> faith</c>

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people,<00:49:55.460><c> they</c><00:49:55.719><c> intermarried</c><00:49:56.300><c> with</c><00:49:56.559><c> the</c><00:49:56.800><c> people</c>

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and<00:49:58.239><c> you</c><00:49:58.280><c> will</c><00:49:58.519><c> see</c><00:49:58.719><c> in</c><00:49:58.920><c> the</c><00:49:59.139><c> last</c><00:49:59.360><c> chapter</c><00:49:59.639><c> of</c><00:49:59.800><c> the</c><00:49:59.800><c> book</c><00:50:00.059><c> of</c>

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Nehemiah<00:50:00.960><c> how</c><00:50:01.340><c> successful</c><00:50:01.960><c> they</c><00:50:02.280><c> were</c>

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all<00:50:39.539><c> done.</c>

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was<00:50:51.239><c> done</c><00:50:51.860><c> with</c><00:50:53.719><c> a</c><00:50:53.860><c> willing</c><00:50:54.039><c> heart.</c>

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High<00:50:58.099><c> and</c><00:50:58.380><c> lifted</c><00:50:58.539><c> up</c><00:50:58.800><c> indeed,</c><00:51:00.539><c> first</c><00:51:00.739><c> king</c><00:51:00.960><c> of</c><00:51:01.199><c> righteousness</c><00:51:01.880><c> and</c><00:51:03.980><c> then</c><00:51:04.599><c> king</c><00:51:04.840><c> of</c><00:51:05.119><c> peace.</c>

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That's<00:51:07.800><c> the</c><00:51:07.940><c> picture.</c><00:51:09.460><c> So</c><00:51:09.599><c> come</c><00:51:09.800><c> back</c><00:51:09.920><c> to</c><00:51:10.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:10.480><c> now</c><00:51:10.820><c> and</c><00:51:10.940><c> look</c><00:51:11.059><c> at</c>

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it<00:51:11.980><c> and</c><00:51:12.719><c> you'll</c><00:51:12.980><c> see</c><00:51:13.059><c> that</c><00:51:13.539><c> it</c><00:51:13.719><c> is</c><00:51:13.920><c> just</c><00:51:14.159><c> as</c><00:51:14.300><c> it</c>

00:51:14.420 --> 00:51:18.300
was<00:51:14.639><c> said</c><00:51:15.119><c> and</c><00:51:16.079><c> that</c><00:51:16.179><c> there</c><00:51:16.380><c> is</c><00:51:16.619><c> more.</c><00:51:17.300><c> Now</c><00:51:17.639><c> you'll</c><00:51:17.980><c> see</c><00:51:18.099><c> the</c>

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was<00:51:34.519><c> in</c><00:51:34.659><c> the</c><00:51:34.780><c> year</c><00:51:34.900><c> that</c><00:51:35.119><c> king</c><00:51:35.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:35.619><c> died</c>

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that<00:51:37.480><c> was</c><00:51:37.679><c> the</c><00:51:37.860><c> leper,</c><00:51:40.159><c> that</c><00:51:40.239><c> was</c><00:51:40.420><c> the</c><00:51:40.519><c> man</c><00:51:40.659><c> who</c><00:51:40.860><c> dared</c><00:51:41.199><c> to</c><00:51:41.500><c> stretch</c><00:51:41.659><c> forth</c><00:51:41.860><c> his</c>

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hand<00:51:42.239><c> you</c><00:51:42.420><c> remember</c>

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and<00:51:45.380><c> to</c><00:51:45.599><c> meddle</c><00:51:45.820><c> with</c><00:51:46.000><c> the</c><00:51:46.079><c> work</c><00:51:46.260><c> of</c><00:51:46.539><c> priests</c><00:51:47.360><c> and</c><00:51:48.659><c> was</c><00:51:48.820><c> rebuked</c><00:51:49.239><c> by</c><00:51:49.519><c> them</c><00:51:50.380><c> and</c>

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he<00:51:51.940><c> left</c>

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smitten<00:51:53.760><c> with</c><00:51:53.960><c> leprosy</c><00:51:54.320><c> by</c><00:51:54.579><c> God.</c><00:51:56.340><c> When</c><00:51:56.619><c> he</c><00:51:56.880><c> died</c><00:51:57.639><c> then</c><00:51:59.320><c> Isaiah</c>

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had<00:51:59.900><c> the</c><00:52:00.059><c> vision</c>

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and<00:52:03.920><c> I</c><00:52:04.119><c> saw</c><00:52:04.280><c> the</c><00:52:04.460><c> Lord</c><00:52:05.219><c> and</c><00:52:06.340><c> now</c><00:52:06.559><c> we</c><00:52:06.659><c> know</c><00:52:06.800><c> it's</c><00:52:07.059><c> Christ</c><00:52:08.059><c> sitting</c><00:52:09.679><c> upon</c><00:52:10.000><c> a</c>

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throne<00:52:11.000><c> high</c>

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and<00:52:14.059><c> lifted</c><00:52:14.539><c> up.</c>

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part<00:52:21.380><c> but</c><00:52:22.000><c> when</c><00:52:22.239><c> God</c><00:52:22.500><c> lifted</c><00:52:22.820><c> him</c><00:52:23.039><c> up</c><00:52:23.239><c> and</c>

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highly<00:52:23.760><c> exalted</c><00:52:24.239><c> him</c><00:52:24.460><c> and</c><00:52:24.639><c> gave</c><00:52:24.820><c> him</c><00:52:25.019><c> the</c><00:52:25.219><c> name</c><00:52:25.619><c> that</c><00:52:25.880><c> is</c><00:52:26.019><c> above</c><00:52:26.199><c> every</c><00:52:26.639><c> name</c>

00:52:27.260 --> 00:52:30.280
then<00:52:28.559><c> this</c><00:52:28.860><c> is</c><00:52:29.420><c> who</c><00:52:29.599><c> he</c><00:52:29.820><c> became</c>

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and<00:52:30.860><c> now</c><00:52:31.099><c> he's</c><00:52:31.300><c> sitting</c><00:52:31.500><c> on</c><00:52:31.679><c> his</c><00:52:31.960><c> throne.</c><00:52:35.380><c> But</c><00:52:35.539><c> the</c><00:52:35.739><c> throne's</c>

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in<00:52:36.119><c> a</c><00:52:36.159><c> temple.</c>

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peace<00:52:43.900><c> you'll</c><00:52:44.139><c> be</c><00:52:44.280><c> between</c><00:52:44.559><c> them</c><00:52:44.820><c> both,</c>

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00:52:57.460 --> 00:53:00.940
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00:53:12.420 --> 00:53:15.849
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00:53:18.460 --> 00:53:25.199
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compresses<00:53:43.500><c> it</c><00:53:44.099><c> and</c><00:53:44.440><c> allows</c><00:53:44.699><c> it</c><00:53:44.940><c> to</c><00:53:45.159><c> ease</c><00:53:45.360><c> itself</c><00:53:45.739><c> out</c><00:53:46.599><c> as</c><00:53:47.340><c> far</c>

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00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:59.380
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train<00:54:00.079><c> filled</c><00:54:00.539><c> the</c><00:54:00.760><c> temple</c>

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who<00:54:27.380><c> went</c><00:54:27.619><c> in,</c><00:54:28.039><c> you</c><00:54:28.179><c> remember</c><00:54:28.559><c> on</c><00:54:28.739><c> the</c><00:54:28.820><c> day</c><00:54:29.000><c> of</c><00:54:29.199><c> atonement,</c><00:54:29.940><c> took</c><00:54:30.099><c> off</c><00:54:30.699><c> all</c><00:54:31.679><c> the</c><00:54:31.920><c> regalia</c><00:54:32.340><c> of</c>

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the<00:54:32.820><c> priesthood</c>

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in.<00:54:40.119><c> There</c><00:54:40.199><c> was</c><00:54:40.320><c> no</c><00:54:40.539><c> other</c>

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priest<00:54:41.079><c> inside</c><00:54:41.500><c> the</c><00:54:41.719><c> tabernacle</c><00:54:42.099><c> when</c><00:54:42.260><c> he</c><00:54:42.360><c> went</c><00:54:42.599><c> in,</c><00:54:43.260><c> none</c><00:54:43.420><c> at</c>

00:54:43.679 --> 00:54:46.480
all.<00:54:44.199><c> The</c><00:54:44.360><c> whole</c><00:54:44.579><c> place</c><00:54:44.780><c> was</c><00:54:45.139><c> swept</c><00:54:45.340><c> clean.</c>

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00:56:04.340 --> 00:56:06.760
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00:56:06.760 --> 00:56:12.360
there<00:56:07.440><c> because</c><00:56:09.260><c> despite</c><00:56:09.719><c> the</c><00:56:09.900><c> fact</c><00:56:10.019><c> that</c><00:56:10.199><c> the</c><00:56:10.400><c> Aaronic</c><00:56:10.800><c> priesthood</c><00:56:11.420><c> regalia</c><00:56:11.980><c> was</c>

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00:56:22.619 --> 00:56:25.539
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00:56:25.539 --> 00:56:29.639
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00:56:52.360 --> 00:57:00.019
complexity<00:56:53.059><c> it</c><00:56:53.900><c> is</c><00:56:54.159><c> just</c><00:56:54.900><c> complex</c><00:56:55.400><c> only</c><00:56:55.760><c> because</c><00:56:56.440><c> all</c><00:56:56.960><c> the</c><00:56:57.219><c> simple</c><00:56:57.559><c> things</c><00:56:57.960><c> have</c><00:56:58.179><c> been</c><00:56:58.360><c> brought</c><00:56:58.599><c> in</c><00:56:59.039><c> together.</c>

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