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We<00:16:16.659><c> experience</c><00:16:17.519><c> the</c><00:16:17.799><c> consequence</c><00:16:18.720><c> of</c><00:16:20.000><c> sin</c><00:16:20.399><c> committed</c><00:16:20.960><c> by</c><00:16:21.340><c> others.</c>

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And<00:16:24.820><c> we</c><00:16:25.299><c> experience</c><00:16:25.960><c> the</c><00:16:26.399><c> disappointment</c><00:16:27.259><c> of</c><00:16:28.620><c> sin</c><00:16:29.139><c> in</c><00:16:30.559><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:16:47.940><c> remain</c><00:16:48.379><c> in</c><00:16:48.639><c> exile.</c><00:16:50.100><c> Even</c><00:16:50.440><c> while</c><00:16:50.679><c> we're</c><00:16:50.980><c> home,</c><00:16:52.460><c> in</c><00:16:52.740><c> some</c><00:16:53.019><c> ways,</c><00:16:53.620><c> we</c>

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human<00:16:57.600><c> condition.</c><00:16:59.480><c> And</c><00:16:59.740><c> that,</c><00:17:00.120><c> brothers</c><00:17:00.220><c> and</c><00:17:00.539><c> sisters,</c><00:17:01.139><c> makes</c><00:17:01.320><c> us</c>

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So<00:17:11.500><c> when</c><00:17:11.680><c> the</c><00:17:11.859><c> Old</c><00:17:12.039><c> Testament</c><00:17:12.440><c> came</c><00:17:12.839><c> to</c><00:17:13.079><c> an</c><00:17:13.279><c> end,</c><00:17:13.640><c> the</c><00:17:13.859><c> Jews</c><00:17:14.240><c> who</c><00:17:14.680><c> recognized</c><00:17:15.220><c> themselves</c><00:17:15.799><c> as</c>

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God's<00:17:16.920><c> chosen</c><00:17:17.319><c> people</c>

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were<00:17:19.599><c> miserable.</c><00:17:21.660><c> They</c><00:17:21.859><c> were</c><00:17:22.059><c> mistreated.</c><00:17:23.720><c> They</c><00:17:23.900><c> were</c><00:17:24.319><c> longing</c><00:17:24.880><c> for</c>

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Isaiah<00:17:29.940><c> spoke</c><00:17:30.319><c> about</c><00:17:30.579><c> that</c><00:17:30.900><c> promise.</c><00:17:31.460><c> He</c><00:17:31.599><c> foretold</c><00:17:32.240><c> of</c><00:17:32.420><c> a</c><00:17:32.700><c> time</c><00:17:33.039><c> when</c><00:17:33.319><c> despair</c><00:17:34.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:34.640><c> darkness</c><00:17:35.059><c> of</c><00:17:35.400><c> captivity</c>

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the<00:17:41.880><c> nations</c><00:17:42.240><c> in</c><00:17:42.599><c> righteousness</c><00:17:43.180><c> from</c><00:17:43.680><c> David's</c><00:17:44.440><c> throne.</c>

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It<00:17:59.299><c> begins,</c><00:18:00.299><c> the</c><00:18:00.900><c> prophecy</c><00:18:01.319><c> in</c><00:18:01.599><c> chapter</c><00:18:01.900><c> 9</c><00:18:02.220><c> begins</c><00:18:02.640><c> with</c><00:18:02.900><c> these</c><00:18:03.200><c> words.</c><00:18:03.680><c> It</c><00:18:03.680><c> says,</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:18:06.500><c> there</c><00:18:06.819><c> will</c><00:18:07.259><c> be</c><00:18:07.720><c> no</c><00:18:08.180><c> more</c><00:18:08.680><c> gloom</c><00:18:09.500><c> for</c><00:18:09.980><c> those</c>

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who<00:18:11.519><c> were</c><00:18:12.019><c> in</c><00:18:12.440><c> distress.</c>

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happy.<00:18:25.240><c> We're</c><00:18:25.460><c> supposed</c><00:18:26.000><c> to</c>

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to<00:18:29.059><c> feel</c><00:18:29.240><c> how</c><00:18:29.599><c> wonderful</c><00:18:30.059><c> the</c><00:18:30.480><c> season</c><00:18:30.799><c> is,</c><00:18:31.500><c> or</c><00:18:31.640><c> these</c><00:18:31.920><c> things.</c>

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there<00:18:35.119><c> will</c><00:18:35.579><c> be</c><00:18:35.880><c> no</c><00:18:36.180><c> more</c><00:18:36.440><c> gloom</c><00:18:37.339><c> for</c><00:18:37.819><c> those</c><00:18:38.220><c> who</c><00:18:38.420><c> are</c><00:18:38.599><c> in</c><00:18:38.759><c> distress.</c>

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sisters,<00:18:49.980><c> were</c><00:18:50.099><c> the</c><00:18:50.259><c> northern</c><00:18:50.640><c> tribes.</c><00:18:51.259><c> They</c><00:18:51.400><c> were</c>

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They<00:18:56.200><c> were</c><00:18:56.480><c> humbled.</c><00:18:58.440><c> But</c><00:18:58.579><c> in</c><00:18:58.759><c> the</c><00:18:59.000><c> future,</c>

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he<00:19:00.980><c> will</c><00:19:01.380><c> honor</c><00:19:01.900><c> Galilee</c><00:19:02.640><c> of</c><00:19:03.160><c> the</c><00:19:03.460><c> nations.</c><00:19:05.259><c> Some</c><00:19:05.460><c> versions</c>

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say,<00:19:06.160><c> Galilee</c><00:19:06.680><c> of</c><00:19:06.940><c> the</c><00:19:07.240><c> Gentiles</c>

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in.<00:19:13.380><c> Because</c><00:19:13.700><c> God</c><00:19:14.059><c> has</c><00:19:14.539><c> chosen</c><00:19:14.940><c> the</c><00:19:15.279><c> Jews</c>

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as<00:19:16.019><c> his</c><00:19:16.500><c> special</c><00:19:16.859><c> people.</c><00:19:18.819><c> But</c><00:19:18.960><c> he's</c><00:19:19.480><c> chosen</c><00:19:19.799><c> them</c><00:19:20.079><c> so</c><00:19:20.299><c> that</c>

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all<00:19:22.480><c> the</c><00:19:22.759><c> families</c><00:19:23.140><c> of</c><00:19:23.319><c> the</c><00:19:23.480><c> world</c><00:19:23.700><c> could</c><00:19:23.920><c> be</c><00:19:24.279><c> blessed</c><00:19:24.559><c> through</c><00:19:24.799><c> them.</c>

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will<00:19:33.480><c> be</c><00:19:33.799><c> blessed.</c><00:19:35.519><c> Verse</c><00:19:35.859><c> two,</c>

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The<00:19:37.220><c> people</c><00:19:37.640><c> walking</c><00:19:38.160><c> in</c><00:19:38.440><c> darkness</c><00:19:38.859><c> have</c><00:19:39.180><c> seen</c><00:19:39.519><c> a</c><00:19:39.819><c> great</c><00:19:40.019><c> light.</c>

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On<00:19:41.599><c> those</c><00:19:41.859><c> living</c><00:19:42.140><c> in</c><00:19:42.359><c> the</c><00:19:42.539><c> land</c><00:19:42.759><c> of</c><00:19:43.000><c> deep</c><00:19:43.480><c> darkness,</c><00:19:44.400><c> a</c><00:19:44.640><c> light</c>

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has<00:19:45.279><c> dawned.</c><00:19:46.740><c> You</c><00:19:46.920><c> have</c><00:19:47.299><c> enlarged</c><00:19:48.039><c> the</c><00:19:48.319><c> nation.</c>

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not<00:19:55.539><c> only</c><00:19:55.940><c> the</c><00:19:56.259><c> physical</c><00:19:56.799><c> nation</c><00:19:57.220><c> of</c><00:19:57.440><c> Israel,</c>

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part<00:20:02.720><c> of</c><00:20:03.019><c> spiritual</c><00:20:03.420><c> Israel.</c>

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They<00:20:09.079><c> rejoice</c><00:20:09.759><c> before</c><00:20:10.240><c> you</c><00:20:10.440><c> as</c><00:20:10.660><c> people</c><00:20:11.059><c> rejoice</c><00:20:11.720><c> at</c>

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battle,<00:20:20.119><c> every</c><00:20:20.380><c> garment</c><00:20:20.819><c> rolled</c><00:20:21.279><c> in</c><00:20:21.519><c> blood</c><00:20:21.720><c> will</c><00:20:21.940><c> be</c>

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destined<00:20:22.539><c> for</c><00:20:22.960><c> burning</c><00:20:23.319><c> and</c><00:20:23.599><c> will</c><00:20:23.759><c> be</c><00:20:24.059><c> fuel</c><00:20:24.299><c> for</c><00:20:25.240><c> the</c><00:20:25.539><c> fire.</c>

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How<00:20:29.900><c> is</c><00:20:30.160><c> it</c><00:20:30.259><c> that</c><00:20:30.400><c> the</c><00:20:30.720><c> gloom</c><00:20:30.980><c> will</c><00:20:31.279><c> disappear?</c><00:20:33.339><c> The</c><00:20:33.539><c> answer</c>

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showed<00:25:47.240><c> love</c><00:25:47.619><c> to</c><00:25:47.880><c> God.</c>

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glimpses<00:26:09.460><c> of</c><00:26:10.180><c> the</c><00:26:10.400><c> coming</c><00:26:10.759><c> kingdom.</c><00:26:12.640><c> And</c><00:26:12.759><c> that,</c><00:26:13.440><c> brothers</c><00:26:13.519><c> and</c><00:26:13.839><c> sisters,</c><00:26:14.559><c> allows</c><00:26:14.880><c> us</c>

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be<00:26:24.660><c> home.</c>

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witness<00:27:05.200><c> the</c><00:27:05.559><c> poverty</c><00:27:05.980><c> and</c><00:27:06.180><c> the</c><00:27:06.500><c> tragedy</c>

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that<00:27:07.119><c> is</c><00:27:07.339><c> our</c><00:27:07.640><c> human</c><00:27:07.900><c> experience.</c><00:27:10.079><c> No</c><00:27:10.380><c> longer</c><00:27:10.720><c> will</c><00:27:10.960><c> we</c><00:27:11.220><c> suffer</c><00:27:11.539><c> under</c>

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unjust<00:27:12.440><c> governments.</c><00:27:14.359><c> Instead,</c>

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we<00:27:17.160><c> will</c><00:27:17.400><c> live</c><00:27:18.180><c> and</c><00:27:19.240><c> reign</c><00:27:19.660><c> in</c><00:27:20.339><c> a</c><00:27:20.579><c> kingdom</c><00:27:20.920><c> ruled</c><00:27:21.500><c> by</c><00:27:22.160><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:27:23.819><c> man</c><00:27:24.700><c> whom</c><00:27:24.980><c> we</c><00:27:25.279><c> remember</c><00:27:25.619><c> today.</c>

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no<00:27:32.079><c> end.</c><00:27:33.900><c> He</c><00:27:34.059><c> will</c><00:27:34.299><c> reign</c><00:27:34.500><c> on</c><00:27:34.720><c> David's</c><00:27:35.259><c> throne</c>

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and<00:27:35.740><c> over</c><00:27:35.940><c> his</c><00:27:36.200><c> kingdom,</c><00:27:37.019><c> establishing</c><00:27:37.339><c> and</c><00:27:37.700><c> upholding</c><00:27:38.200><c> it</c>

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on<00:27:42.240><c> and</c><00:27:42.500><c> forever.</c><00:27:44.099><c> The</c><00:27:44.319><c> zeal</c><00:27:45.420><c> of</c><00:27:45.980><c> the</c><00:27:46.160><c> Lord</c><00:27:46.339><c> Almighty</c><00:27:46.880><c> will</c>

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accomplish<00:27:49.319><c> this.</c><00:27:51.180><c> Even</c><00:27:51.480><c> so,</c><00:27:51.859><c> come,</c><00:27:52.619><c> Lord</c><00:27:52.759><c> Jesus.</c>