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Hittites,<00:16:01.139><c> the</c><00:16:01.379><c> Peresites,</c>

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we<00:16:37.340><c> learn</c><00:16:37.559><c> lessons.</c><00:16:39.519><c> We</c><00:16:39.639><c> read</c><00:16:40.039><c> in</c><00:16:40.539><c> Paul's</c><00:16:41.139><c> writings</c>

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sleep.<00:17:01.799><c> Their</c><00:17:02.019><c> offerings</c><00:17:02.960><c> may</c><00:17:04.519><c> mentally,</c><00:17:05.019><c> brothers</c><00:17:05.259><c> and</c><00:17:05.440><c> sisters,</c><00:17:06.180><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:06.759><c> minds,</c><00:17:07.180><c> in</c><00:17:07.279><c> our</c><00:17:07.440><c> mental</c><00:17:07.700><c> attitude</c>

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in<00:17:15.140><c> actual</c><00:17:15.519><c> fact</c><00:17:16.180><c> awful</c><00:17:17.140><c> to</c><00:17:18.640><c> the</c><00:17:18.859><c> prayer</c><00:17:19.140><c> to</c><00:17:19.500><c> hear</c><00:17:20.039><c> in</c><00:17:20.819><c> our</c><00:17:21.059><c> prayers</c><00:17:21.380><c> because</c><00:17:22.759><c> we</c>

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their<00:17:39.140><c> dreadful</c><00:17:39.539><c> offerings,</c>

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anything<00:17:42.039><c> was</c><00:17:42.579><c> good</c><00:17:42.819><c> enough.</c><00:17:44.680><c> Same</c><00:17:45.039><c> today,</c><00:17:46.059><c> national</c><00:17:46.539><c> laws</c>

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being<00:17:47.839><c> passed,</c><00:17:48.460><c> liberating</c><00:17:49.140><c> moral</c><00:17:49.500><c> depravity,</c>

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it<00:18:56.900><c> wasn't</c><00:18:57.460><c> given</c><00:18:57.680><c> the</c><00:18:57.980><c> best</c><00:18:58.380><c> and</c><00:18:58.779><c> they</c><00:18:59.039><c> wasn't</c><00:18:59.480><c> given</c><00:18:59.759><c> the</c>

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best,<00:19:00.440><c> brothers</c><00:19:00.539><c> and</c><00:19:00.799><c> sisters,</c>

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they<00:19:02.160><c> brought</c><00:19:02.519><c> effectively</c><00:19:03.519><c> the</c><00:19:04.420><c> offer,</c><00:19:05.579><c> that</c><00:19:05.680><c> which</c><00:19:05.900><c> was</c>

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thrown<00:19:06.420><c> away,</c><00:19:07.480><c> oblivious</c><00:19:08.240><c> that</c><00:19:08.799><c> the</c><00:19:09.099><c> wretched</c><00:19:09.380><c> animal</c>

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think<00:19:24.319><c> Micah</c><00:19:24.740><c> brings</c>

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it<00:19:25.059><c> out</c><00:19:25.299><c> beautifully,</c><00:19:25.940><c> although</c><00:19:26.220><c> this</c><00:19:26.420><c> was</c><00:19:26.680><c> 200</c><00:19:26.960><c> years</c><00:19:27.319><c> previously,</c><00:19:28.460><c> but</c>

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things<00:19:29.039><c> hadn't</c><00:19:29.440><c> really</c><00:19:29.940><c> changed.</c>

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flay<00:20:00.599><c> their</c><00:20:00.880><c> skin</c><00:20:01.160><c> from</c><00:20:01.380><c> off</c><00:20:01.599><c> them</c><00:20:01.900><c> and</c><00:20:02.299><c> they</c><00:20:02.579><c> break</c><00:20:02.740><c> their</c><00:20:03.039><c> bones</c><00:20:03.319><c> and</c><00:20:03.640><c> chop</c><00:20:03.900><c> them</c><00:20:04.240><c> in</c>

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pieces,<00:20:05.220><c> ask</c><00:20:05.420><c> for</c><00:20:05.579><c> the</c><00:20:05.819><c> pot</c>

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butcher<00:20:12.299><c> language,</c><00:20:12.799><c> brothers</c><00:20:12.940><c> and</c><00:20:13.059><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:20:15.039><c> what</c><00:20:15.599><c> Micah</c><00:20:16.000><c> is</c><00:20:16.259><c> doing</c><00:20:16.660><c> is</c><00:20:17.140><c> very</c><00:20:17.519><c> similar</c><00:20:17.779><c> what</c><00:20:18.160><c> Malachi</c>

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appalling<00:20:22.480><c> state</c><00:20:22.900><c> of</c><00:20:23.119><c> the</c><00:20:23.380><c> priesthood,</c><00:20:24.720><c> instead</c><00:20:24.980><c> of</c><00:20:25.119><c> bringing</c><00:20:25.420><c> the</c>

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sacrifices<00:20:26.400><c> that</c><00:20:26.599><c> they</c><00:20:26.799><c> should</c><00:20:26.980><c> have</c>

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done,<00:20:27.880><c> the</c><00:20:28.079><c> condition</c><00:20:28.559><c> and</c><00:20:28.859><c> the</c><00:20:30.000><c> quality</c><00:20:30.460><c> of</c><00:20:30.720><c> those</c><00:20:30.960><c> sacrifices</c><00:20:31.579><c> and</c><00:20:32.279><c> the</c>

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mentality<00:20:33.099><c> of</c><00:20:33.380><c> the</c><00:20:33.619><c> priesthood</c>

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such<00:20:39.759><c> an</c><00:20:39.940><c> extent,</c>

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it<00:20:40.759><c> was</c><00:20:40.940><c> the</c><00:20:41.279><c> people</c><00:20:41.819><c> that</c><00:20:42.119><c> were</c><00:20:42.339><c> being</c><00:20:42.579><c> sacrificed,</c><00:20:43.319><c> it</c><00:20:43.440><c> was</c>

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people<00:20:46.220><c> that</c><00:20:46.359><c> were</c><00:20:46.519><c> going</c><00:20:46.680><c> on</c><00:20:46.839><c> the</c><00:20:47.039><c> altar</c><00:20:47.319><c> and</c><00:20:48.740><c> we</c><00:20:48.960><c> can</c><00:20:49.180><c> do</c><00:20:49.339><c> it</c>

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today,<00:20:50.220><c> brothers</c><00:20:50.380><c> and</c><00:20:50.680><c> sisters,</c><00:20:51.119><c> we</c><00:20:51.279><c> can</c><00:20:51.539><c> say</c><00:20:51.759><c> easy,</c>

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soft,<00:20:53.799><c> wonderful,</c><00:20:54.359><c> caring,</c><00:20:54.880><c> comforting</c><00:20:55.140><c> words.</c><00:20:57.660><c> I</c><00:20:57.700><c> know</c><00:20:57.859><c> one</c>

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thing,<00:20:58.319><c> brothers</c><00:20:58.480><c> and</c><00:20:58.619><c> sisters,</c><00:20:58.839><c> having</c><00:20:59.019><c> had</c><00:20:59.220><c> an</c>

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experience<00:20:59.779><c> these</c><00:20:59.940><c> last</c><00:21:00.180><c> 12</c><00:21:00.440><c> months</c><00:21:01.059><c> of</c><00:21:01.319><c> needing</c><00:21:01.640><c> good</c><00:21:02.720><c> consultancy</c><00:21:03.839><c> and</c><00:21:04.019><c> a</c>

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good<00:21:04.359><c> surgeon,</c><00:21:05.980><c> I'd</c><00:21:06.200><c> rather</c><00:21:06.240><c> go</c><00:21:06.460><c> into</c>

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a<00:21:07.279><c> consultancy</c><00:21:07.700><c> room</c><00:21:07.900><c> and</c><00:21:08.059><c> be</c><00:21:08.299><c> told</c><00:21:08.539><c> off,</c><00:21:10.000><c> knowing</c><00:21:10.099><c> that</c><00:21:10.339><c> the</c>

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man<00:21:10.539><c> who's</c><00:21:10.799><c> telling</c><00:21:10.920><c> me</c><00:21:11.079><c> off</c><00:21:11.200><c> knows</c><00:21:11.440><c> his</c><00:21:11.759><c> job</c>

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than<00:21:13.079><c> going</c><00:21:13.359><c> to</c><00:21:13.559><c> one</c><00:21:14.200><c> other</c><00:21:14.559><c> than</c><00:21:14.859><c> that</c><00:21:15.259><c> who</c><00:21:15.660><c> says</c><00:21:15.839><c> lovely</c><00:21:16.259><c> words</c><00:21:16.599><c> to</c>

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me<00:21:16.900><c> and</c><00:21:17.000><c> I</c><00:21:17.099><c> come</c><00:21:17.240><c> up</c><00:21:17.500><c> feeling,</c><00:21:17.720><c> you</c><00:21:17.940><c> know,</c>

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on<00:21:19.119><c> cloud</c><00:21:19.279><c> nine,</c><00:21:19.960><c> but</c><00:21:20.059><c> in</c><00:21:20.220><c> actual</c><00:21:20.460><c> fact</c><00:21:20.660><c> it's</c><00:21:20.920><c> disastrous</c><00:21:21.460><c> and</c>

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this<00:21:22.640><c> is</c><00:21:22.859><c> exactly</c><00:21:23.319><c> what</c><00:21:23.539><c> they</c><00:21:23.740><c> were</c><00:21:23.839><c> doing</c><00:21:24.039><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:21:25.759><c> 11</c><00:21:26.079><c> of</c><00:21:26.319><c> Micah</c><00:21:26.559><c> 3,</c><00:21:27.920><c> the</c><00:21:28.079><c> priests</c><00:21:28.500><c> thereof</c><00:21:29.119><c> teach</c><00:21:29.539><c> for</c>

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hire<00:21:30.180><c> and</c><00:21:30.839><c> the</c><00:21:31.079><c> prophets</c><00:21:31.299><c> thereof,</c>

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divine<00:21:32.440><c> for</c><00:21:32.799><c> money,</c><00:21:33.920><c> yet</c><00:21:33.960><c> will</c><00:21:34.119><c> they</c><00:21:34.259><c> not</c><00:21:34.539><c> lean</c><00:21:34.799><c> upon</c><00:21:35.079><c> Yahweh</c>

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and<00:21:35.559><c> say,</c><00:21:35.900><c> is</c><00:21:35.980><c> not</c><00:21:36.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:36.599><c> among</c><00:21:36.940><c> us?</c>

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No<00:21:41.089><c> evil</c><00:21:41.529><c> can</c><00:21:41.789><c> come</c><00:21:41.990><c> upon</c><00:21:42.230><c> us,</c><00:21:43.730><c> therefore</c><00:21:43.890><c> shall</c><00:21:44.150><c> Zion</c><00:21:44.450><c> for</c><00:21:44.630><c> your</c><00:21:44.869><c> sake</c><00:21:45.049><c> be</c>

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ploughed<00:21:45.569><c> as</c><00:21:45.789><c> a</c><00:21:45.910><c> field</c><00:21:46.069><c> and</c><00:21:46.289><c> Jerusalem</c>

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shall<00:21:46.890><c> become</c><00:21:47.130><c> heaps</c><00:21:47.809><c> and</c><00:21:48.170><c> the</c><00:21:48.430><c> mountain</c><00:21:48.750><c> of</c><00:21:48.970><c> the</c><00:21:49.150><c> house</c><00:21:49.369><c> of</c>

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what<00:21:52.829><c> Malachi</c><00:21:53.230><c> says</c><00:21:53.529><c> later.</c><00:21:55.150><c> It</c><00:21:55.329><c> was</c><00:21:55.589><c> a</c><00:21:55.990><c> spiritual</c><00:21:56.769><c> mafia,</c><00:21:57.750><c> brothers</c><00:21:57.890><c> and</c><00:21:58.069><c> sisters,</c><00:21:58.430><c> even</c><00:21:58.750><c> in</c>

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Malachi's<00:21:59.730><c> day.</c>

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Pay<00:22:02.509><c> up</c><00:22:03.089><c> and</c><00:22:04.089><c> you'll</c><00:22:04.269><c> have</c><00:22:04.390><c> a</c><00:22:04.509><c> nice</c><00:22:04.829><c> time.</c><00:22:05.950><c> I'll</c><00:22:06.430><c> give</c><00:22:06.529><c> you</c><00:22:06.650><c> what</c><00:22:06.809><c> you</c><00:22:07.069><c> want.</c>

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The<00:22:09.009><c> gates</c><00:22:09.430><c> of</c><00:22:09.650><c> their</c><00:22:09.890><c> hearts</c><00:22:10.490><c> had</c><00:22:11.150><c> not</c><00:22:11.369><c> been</c><00:22:11.670><c> penetrated.</c><00:22:13.809><c> So</c>

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now<00:22:14.150><c> Malachi</c><00:22:14.630><c> in</c><00:22:14.789><c> verse</c><00:22:14.990><c> 3</c><00:22:15.750><c> issues</c><00:22:16.410><c> a</c><00:22:16.769><c> direct</c><00:22:17.410><c> threat</c>

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to<00:22:17.990><c> the</c><00:22:18.150><c> nation.</c><00:22:20.849><c> Behold,</c><00:22:21.750><c> he</c><00:22:21.910><c> says</c><00:22:22.089><c> at</c><00:22:22.289><c> verse</c><00:22:22.549><c> 3,</c><00:22:23.450><c> I</c><00:22:23.609><c> will</c><00:22:23.849><c> corrupt</c><00:22:24.230><c> your</c><00:22:24.609><c> seed</c><00:22:24.789><c> and</c>

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spread<00:22:25.309><c> dung</c><00:22:25.710><c> upon</c><00:22:25.950><c> your</c><00:22:26.269><c> faces,</c>

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even<00:22:26.789><c> the</c><00:22:27.049><c> dung</c><00:22:27.250><c> of</c><00:22:27.430><c> your</c><00:22:27.710><c> solemn</c><00:22:27.950><c> face</c><00:22:28.329><c> and</c><00:22:28.910><c> one</c><00:22:29.130><c> shall</c><00:22:29.349><c> take</c>

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you<00:22:30.430><c> away</c><00:22:30.829><c> with</c><00:22:31.049><c> it.</c><00:22:31.130><c> This</c><00:22:31.349><c> was</c><00:22:31.730><c> God's</c><00:22:32.309><c> view</c><00:22:32.630><c> of</c><00:22:32.849><c> the</c>

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priesthood.<00:22:35.650><c> You</c><00:22:35.829><c> know,</c><00:22:36.289><c> the</c><00:22:36.349><c> high</c><00:22:36.630><c> priest,</c><00:22:37.130><c> holiness</c><00:22:37.549><c> to</c><00:22:37.950><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:38.289><c> on</c>

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his<00:22:38.609><c> mitre.</c>

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I<00:22:43.450><c> will</c><00:22:43.750><c> rebuke</c><00:22:44.130><c> your</c><00:22:44.470><c> seed</c><00:22:44.710><c> or</c><00:22:44.970><c> your</c><00:22:45.269><c> offspring.</c><00:22:46.069><c> So</c><00:22:46.230><c> the</c><00:22:46.430><c> rebuke</c><00:22:46.670><c> is</c>

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not<00:22:46.950><c> only</c><00:22:47.269><c> to</c><00:22:47.430><c> the</c><00:22:47.569><c> natural</c><00:22:47.829><c> seed</c><00:22:48.009><c> of</c><00:22:48.170><c> the</c>

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ground<00:22:48.509><c> but</c><00:22:48.809><c> also</c><00:22:49.269><c> to</c><00:22:49.470><c> the</c><00:22:49.609><c> generations</c><00:22:50.150><c> of</c><00:22:50.769><c> the</c><00:22:50.890><c> Levitical</c>

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priesthood.<00:22:51.710><c> And</c><00:22:51.829><c> he</c><00:22:51.970><c> was</c><00:22:52.390><c> cursed,</c>

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brothers<00:22:52.990><c> and</c><00:22:53.210><c> sisters,</c><00:22:53.289><c> he</c><00:22:53.329><c> went</c><00:22:53.549><c> into</c><00:22:53.750><c> non</c><00:22:54.009><c>-existence</c><00:22:54.470><c> after</c><00:22:54.710><c> AD</c><00:22:55.009><c> 17.</c>

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the<00:23:04.950><c> RSV,</c><00:23:06.170><c> and</c><00:23:06.390><c> spread</c><00:23:06.670><c> dung</c><00:23:07.089><c> upon</c>

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your<00:23:07.710><c> faces.</c><00:23:09.190><c> The</c><00:23:09.410><c> word</c><00:23:09.509><c> there</c><00:23:09.849><c> is</c><00:23:10.069><c> the</c><00:23:10.190><c> Hebrew</c><00:23:10.450><c> word</c><00:23:10.750><c> parish,</c>

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which<00:23:12.430><c> means</c><00:23:13.190><c> excrement.</c><00:23:16.690><c> Visualize</c><00:23:17.529><c> it,</c>

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brothers<00:23:18.250><c> and</c><00:23:18.549><c> sisters.</c><00:23:21.170><c> Filth,</c><00:23:22.369><c> which</c><00:23:22.470><c> was</c><00:23:22.730><c> represented</c><00:23:23.230><c> of</c>

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sin,<00:23:24.769><c> that</c><00:23:24.930><c> was</c><00:23:25.089><c> put</c><00:23:25.289><c> outside</c><00:23:25.829><c> of</c><00:23:26.029><c> the</c><00:23:26.390><c> camp.</c>

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rub<00:23:31.950><c> it</c><00:23:32.490><c> in</c><00:23:32.890><c> your</c><00:23:33.430><c> faces.</c><00:23:34.890><c> That's</c><00:23:35.289><c> what</c><00:23:35.490><c> God</c><00:23:35.809><c> thought</c>

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of<00:23:36.829><c> the</c><00:23:37.009><c> priesthood.</c><00:23:39.250><c> He</c><00:23:39.670><c> smears</c><00:23:40.089><c> the</c><00:23:40.349><c> dreadful</c><00:23:40.769><c> filth</c><00:23:41.950><c> over</c><00:23:42.349><c> them.</c>

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Just,<00:23:46.430><c> brothers</c><00:23:46.650><c> and</c><00:23:46.789><c> sisters,</c><00:23:46.829><c> when</c><00:23:46.970><c> you</c><00:23:47.130><c> look</c><00:23:47.369><c> at</c><00:23:47.549><c> the</c><00:23:47.869><c> history</c><00:23:48.089><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:48.789><c> way</c><00:23:48.970><c> Malachi</c><00:23:49.750><c> is</c><00:23:50.970><c> so</c><00:23:51.650><c> desperately</c>

00:23:52.430 --> 00:23:56.190
trying<00:23:52.910><c> to</c><00:23:53.089><c> get</c><00:23:53.190><c> this</c><00:23:53.430><c> message</c><00:23:53.690><c> across.</c><00:23:54.690><c> He</c><00:23:54.849><c> was</c><00:23:55.150><c> aware</c><00:23:55.450><c> it</c><00:23:55.589><c> was</c><00:23:55.750><c> coming</c><00:23:55.930><c> to</c>

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a<00:23:56.269><c> close,</c><00:23:57.730><c> brothers</c><00:23:57.829><c> and</c><00:23:58.049><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:23:59.069><c> can</c><00:23:59.329><c> tell</c><00:23:59.549><c> that</c><00:23:59.769><c> by</c><00:24:00.009><c> the</c><00:24:00.190><c> way</c><00:24:00.349><c> the</c><00:24:00.549><c> other</c><00:24:01.069><c> chapters,</c><00:24:01.490><c> it</c>

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talks<00:24:01.930><c> about</c><00:24:02.130><c> Elijah</c><00:24:02.549><c> the</c><00:24:02.789><c> prophet</c>

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and<00:24:04.150><c> the</c><00:24:04.269><c> coming</c><00:24:04.509><c> and</c><00:24:04.750><c> dreadful</c><00:24:05.069><c> day</c><00:24:05.349><c> of</c><00:24:05.690><c> Yahweh.</c><00:24:07.130><c> I</c><00:24:07.490><c> believe</c>

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he<00:24:07.869><c> was</c><00:24:08.109><c> aware,</c><00:24:08.529><c> brothers</c><00:24:08.650><c> and</c><00:24:08.869><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:24:10.369><c> so</c><00:24:10.650><c> it's</c><00:24:11.009><c> a</c><00:24:11.170><c> last</c><00:24:11.410><c> appeal.</c><00:24:13.430><c> One</c><00:24:13.509><c> of</c><00:24:13.609><c> the</c><00:24:13.750><c> great</c><00:24:14.269><c> men</c><00:24:14.829><c> of</c><00:24:15.130><c> scripture,</c>

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and<00:24:16.829><c> it</c><00:24:16.910><c> was</c><00:24:17.009><c> one</c><00:24:17.170><c> of</c><00:24:17.289><c> the</c><00:24:17.410><c> last</c><00:24:17.650><c> great</c><00:24:17.829><c> men</c><00:24:18.009><c> of</c><00:24:18.210><c> scripture</c><00:24:18.349><c> before</c><00:24:18.690><c> the</c>

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return<00:24:19.109><c> of</c><00:24:19.329><c> Christ.</c>

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Heroes,<00:24:24.470><c> they</c><00:24:24.809><c> stand</c><00:24:25.349><c> as</c><00:24:25.990><c> gladiators</c><00:24:26.750><c> on</c><00:24:26.970><c> the</c><00:24:27.150><c> pages</c><00:24:27.410><c> of</c><00:24:27.690><c> scripture,</c><00:24:28.109><c> brothers</c><00:24:28.250><c> and</c><00:24:28.490><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:24:30.250><c> sometimes</c><00:24:30.769><c> think,</c><00:24:31.509><c> you</c><00:24:31.769><c> know,</c><00:24:32.089><c> at</c><00:24:32.190><c> the</c><00:24:32.369><c> resurrection</c><00:24:33.130><c> standing</c><00:24:34.289><c> by</c><00:24:34.569><c> David,</c><00:24:35.470><c> I</c>

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think<00:24:35.769><c> he</c><00:24:35.970><c> might</c><00:24:36.109><c> be</c><00:24:36.250><c> a</c><00:24:36.250><c> bit</c>

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older<00:24:36.869><c> than</c><00:24:37.089><c> Wayne</c><00:24:37.210><c> and</c><00:24:37.329><c> myself,</c><00:24:38.089><c> but</c><00:24:38.230><c> he'll</c><00:24:38.470><c> be,</c><00:24:39.170><c> you</c><00:24:39.509><c> know.</c>

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And<00:24:41.029><c> well,</c><00:24:41.430><c> what</c><00:24:41.630><c> can</c><00:24:41.789><c> you</c><00:24:41.990><c> say?</c>

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These<00:24:43.369><c> wonderful</c><00:24:43.809><c> people.</c><00:24:45.529><c> And</c><00:24:45.769><c> so</c><00:24:45.970><c> you</c><00:24:46.190><c> find</c><00:24:46.430><c> here,</c><00:24:48.250><c> and</c><00:24:48.369><c> Moses</c><00:24:48.809><c> called</c><00:24:49.190><c> Michelle</c><00:24:49.769><c> and</c>

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Elizabeth<00:24:50.849><c> the</c><00:24:51.309><c> sons</c><00:24:51.890><c> of</c>

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Zeal.<00:24:53.109><c> I'm</c><00:24:53.569><c> reading</c><00:24:53.750><c> from</c><00:24:54.029><c> Leviticus,</c><00:24:54.730><c> needn't</c><00:24:55.109><c> go</c><00:24:55.289><c> there.</c>

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Uncle<00:24:56.930><c> of</c><00:24:57.150><c> Aaron</c><00:24:57.349><c> said</c><00:24:57.650><c> unto</c><00:24:57.829><c> them,</c><00:24:57.990><c> come</c><00:24:58.470><c> near,</c>

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carry<00:24:59.369><c> your</c><00:24:59.690><c> brethren</c><00:24:59.910><c> from</c><00:25:00.170><c> before</c><00:25:00.509><c> the</c><00:25:00.789><c> sanctuary</c><00:25:01.269><c> of</c><00:25:01.509><c> the</c>

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camp.<00:25:04.029><c> So</c><00:25:04.269><c> they</c><00:25:04.410><c> went</c><00:25:04.630><c> near</c><00:25:04.890><c> and</c><00:25:05.150><c> carried</c><00:25:05.390><c> them</c><00:25:05.589><c> in</c>

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coats<00:25:06.329><c> out</c><00:25:06.750><c> of</c><00:25:06.890><c> the</c><00:25:07.049><c> camp.</c><00:25:07.210><c> This</c><00:25:07.369><c> was</c><00:25:07.589><c> made</c><00:25:07.849><c> up</c><00:25:07.970><c> under</c><00:25:08.230><c> by</c><00:25:08.450><c> you,</c>

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brothers<00:25:08.930><c> and</c><00:25:09.170><c> sisters.</c><00:25:10.250><c> They</c><00:25:10.470><c> had</c><00:25:10.789><c> the</c>

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frontery,<00:25:14.329><c> the</c><00:25:14.549><c> presumption</c><00:25:15.450><c> to</c><00:25:17.250><c> clutch</c><00:25:17.730><c> at</c><00:25:17.910><c> the</c><00:25:18.089><c> high</c><00:25:18.410><c> priesthood</c><00:25:19.029><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:20.089><c> readings</c><00:25:20.329><c> in</c><00:25:20.869><c> Leviticus.</c><00:25:21.569><c> It</c><00:25:21.869><c> seems</c>

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that<00:25:22.309><c> they</c><00:25:22.490><c> actually</c><00:25:22.829><c> went</c><00:25:23.069><c> into</c><00:25:23.289><c> the</c><00:25:23.490><c> holy</c><00:25:23.769><c> of</c><00:25:23.910><c> holies</c><00:25:24.150><c> themselves.</c><00:25:26.990><c> The</c><00:25:27.509><c> power</c><00:25:27.789><c> of</c><00:25:28.089><c> God</c><00:25:28.630><c> to</c><00:25:30.230><c> teach</c><00:25:30.509><c> them</c><00:25:30.769><c> a</c>

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lesson.<00:25:33.069><c> And</c><00:25:33.430><c> they</c><00:25:33.710><c> carried</c><00:25:33.910><c> them</c><00:25:34.150><c> out,</c><00:25:34.329><c> it</c><00:25:34.529><c> says.</c><00:25:36.829><c> So</c><00:25:37.049><c> they</c>

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went<00:25:37.410><c> near</c><00:25:37.750><c> and</c><00:25:38.109><c> carried</c><00:25:38.390><c> them</c><00:25:38.609><c> out</c><00:25:38.910><c> in</c><00:25:39.190><c> their</c><00:25:39.509><c> coats</c>

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out<00:25:40.210><c> of</c><00:25:40.309><c> the</c><00:25:40.430><c> camp.</c><00:25:40.630><c> Have</c><00:25:40.809><c> you</c><00:25:40.890><c> ever</c><00:25:41.049><c> thought</c><00:25:41.210><c> of</c><00:25:41.329><c> that,</c><00:25:41.549><c> brothers</c><00:25:41.650><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:25:43.349><c> They</c><00:25:43.869><c> were</c><00:25:44.390><c> incinerated,</c>

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yet<00:25:48.769><c> they</c><00:25:48.910><c> were</c><00:25:49.150><c> carried</c><00:25:49.309><c> out</c><00:25:49.789><c> in</c><00:25:50.069><c> their</c><00:25:50.309><c> white</c><00:25:50.549><c> garments.</c>

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Their<00:25:53.150><c> white</c><00:25:53.470><c> garments</c><00:25:53.849><c> wasn't</c><00:25:54.410><c> touched.</c>

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This<00:25:57.710><c> outward</c><00:25:58.470><c> show</c><00:25:59.029><c> of</c><00:25:59.470><c> pharisaical</c><00:26:00.230><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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It's<00:26:06.049><c> flesh,</c><00:26:07.650><c> and</c><00:26:07.809><c> we've</c><00:26:07.990><c> got</c><00:26:08.049><c> to</c><00:26:08.150><c> be</c><00:26:08.349><c> aware</c><00:26:08.549><c> of</c><00:26:08.730><c> it.</c>

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And<00:26:10.430><c> we've</c><00:26:10.690><c> got</c><00:26:10.769><c> to</c><00:26:11.109><c> point</c><00:26:11.430><c> the</c><00:26:11.829><c> finger</c><00:26:12.410><c> at</c><00:26:12.970><c> ourselves.</c><00:26:14.869><c> Is</c>

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that<00:26:16.109><c> me?</c>

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Moses<00:26:21.630><c> said</c><00:26:21.869><c> unto</c><00:26:22.150><c> Aaron,</c><00:26:23.490><c> this</c><00:26:23.690><c> is</c><00:26:23.990><c> that,</c><00:26:24.450><c> that</c><00:26:24.609><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:24.950><c> spake</c><00:26:25.250><c> saying,</c><00:26:25.910><c> I</c><00:26:25.910><c> will</c><00:26:26.349><c> be</c>

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sanctified,<00:26:27.410><c> I</c><00:26:27.609><c> will</c><00:26:27.990><c> be</c>

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separated<00:26:29.089><c> in</c><00:26:29.369><c> them</c><00:26:29.609><c> that</c><00:26:29.869><c> come</c><00:26:30.170><c> nigh</c><00:26:30.430><c> to</c><00:26:30.670><c> me.</c><00:26:32.289><c> And</c><00:26:32.430><c> before</c><00:26:32.609><c> all</c><00:26:32.869><c> the</c><00:26:33.049><c> people</c><00:26:33.230><c> I</c>

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will<00:26:33.609><c> be</c><00:26:33.829><c> glorified,</c>

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and<00:26:34.589><c> Aaron</c><00:26:34.910><c> held</c><00:26:35.309><c> his</c><00:26:35.569><c> peace,</c><00:26:36.529><c> never</c><00:26:36.769><c> said</c><00:26:36.990><c> a</c><00:26:37.210><c> word.</c><00:26:37.690><c> His</c><00:26:37.829><c> two</c>

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sons<00:26:38.170><c> were</c><00:26:38.369><c> dead,</c><00:26:39.890><c> never</c><00:26:40.329><c> said</c><00:26:40.549><c> a</c><00:26:40.789><c> word.</c>

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Their<00:26:42.470><c> incinerated</c><00:26:43.529><c> blackened</c><00:26:44.130><c> corpses</c><00:26:44.750><c> were</c><00:26:46.130><c> taken</c><00:26:46.390><c> out</c><00:26:46.609><c> of</c>

00:26:46.730 --> 00:26:48.990
the<00:26:46.869><c> camp.</c><00:26:46.990><c> They</c><00:26:47.150><c> were</c><00:26:47.529><c> treated</c><00:26:48.029><c> as</c>

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dung,<00:26:51.170><c> brothers</c><00:26:51.309><c> and</c><00:26:51.470><c> sisters,</c><00:26:51.829><c> and</c><00:26:52.029><c> carried</c><00:26:52.230><c> out</c><00:26:52.450><c> of</c><00:26:52.630><c> the</c>

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camp.<00:26:54.329><c> This</c><00:26:54.730><c> hypocrisy,</c><00:26:57.430><c> raw,</c><00:26:58.650><c> rampant</c><00:26:59.369><c> hypocrisy</c>

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of<00:27:01.450><c> an</c><00:27:01.789><c> outward</c><00:27:02.329><c> show</c><00:27:02.910><c> of</c><00:27:03.390><c> righteousness,</c><00:27:04.769><c> but</c><00:27:04.910><c> in</c><00:27:05.130><c> reality</c>

00:27:05.609 --> 00:27:09.490
they<00:27:05.869><c> were</c><00:27:06.309><c> dead</c><00:27:06.710><c> men</c><00:27:07.289><c> and</c><00:27:08.130><c> treated</c><00:27:08.470><c> as</c><00:27:09.029><c> dung.</c>

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And<00:27:10.470><c> these</c><00:27:10.950><c> are</c><00:27:11.250><c> lessons</c><00:27:11.589><c> for</c><00:27:11.829><c> all</c><00:27:12.130><c> of</c><00:27:12.269><c> us,</c><00:27:12.609><c> brothers</c><00:27:12.630><c> and</c><00:27:12.829><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:27:22.069><c> have</c><00:27:22.529><c> to</c><00:27:22.990><c> come</c><00:27:23.289><c> to</c><00:27:23.470><c> the</c><00:27:23.710><c> point</c><00:27:24.369><c> of</c><00:27:25.789><c> the</c><00:27:25.950><c> fear</c><00:27:26.089><c> of</c><00:27:26.289><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:27:29.849><c> that</c><00:27:29.950><c> doesn't</c><00:27:30.150><c> mean,</c><00:27:30.529><c> you</c><00:27:30.750><c> know,</c><00:27:31.069><c> the</c><00:27:31.230><c> fear</c><00:27:31.369><c> in</c><00:27:31.589><c> the</c><00:27:31.750><c> way</c>

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of<00:27:32.150><c> the</c><00:27:32.349><c> world,</c><00:27:32.670><c> but</c><00:27:32.930><c> it's</c><00:27:33.190><c> a</c><00:27:33.309><c> reverential</c><00:27:33.930><c> fear.</c>

00:27:38.730 --> 00:27:45.509
We<00:27:39.430><c> have</c><00:27:39.730><c> to</c><00:27:39.970><c> fall</c><00:27:40.150><c> in</c><00:27:40.690><c> love</c><00:27:41.089><c> with</c><00:27:41.450><c> the</c><00:27:41.630><c> truth.</c><00:27:44.150><c> We</c><00:27:44.329><c> fall</c><00:27:44.950><c> in</c>

00:27:45.509 --> 00:27:49.250
love<00:27:46.170><c> with</c><00:27:46.970><c> the</c><00:27:47.230><c> truth,</c><00:27:47.970><c> brothers</c><00:27:48.089><c> and</c><00:27:48.329><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:27:50.349><c> as</c><00:27:50.569><c> simple</c><00:27:50.829><c> as</c><00:27:51.029><c> that.</c><00:27:52.190><c> You</c><00:27:52.410><c> fall</c><00:27:52.650><c> in</c><00:27:52.789><c> love</c><00:27:52.930><c> with</c><00:27:53.069><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:27:54.750><c> everything</c><00:27:55.089><c> falls</c><00:27:55.490><c> into</c><00:27:55.809><c> place.</c>

00:27:57.130 --> 00:28:02.329
Tendencies,<00:27:58.329><c> meetings,</c><00:27:59.650><c> visiting,</c><00:28:01.609><c> love</c><00:28:01.829><c> of</c><00:28:01.990><c> your</c><00:28:02.130><c> brothers</c>

00:28:02.329 --> 00:28:04.250
and<00:28:02.490><c> sisters,</c><00:28:02.849><c> not</c><00:28:03.089><c> sniping</c><00:28:03.549><c> and</c><00:28:03.769><c> sniping</c>

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them<00:28:04.849><c> as</c><00:28:05.250><c> if</c><00:28:05.369><c> they</c><00:28:05.549><c> don't</c><00:28:05.769><c> even</c><00:28:06.170><c> exist.</c><00:28:07.710><c> You</c><00:28:08.009><c> love</c><00:28:08.230><c> the</c><00:28:08.509><c> truth,</c>

00:28:08.809 --> 00:28:10.990
brothers<00:28:08.910><c> and</c><00:28:09.130><c> sisters.</c><00:28:10.049><c> You</c><00:28:10.250><c> love</c><00:28:10.470><c> everyone</c>

00:28:10.990 --> 00:28:20.170
who<00:28:11.250><c> loves</c><00:28:11.569><c> the</c><00:28:11.789><c> truth.</c><00:28:13.049><c> It</c><00:28:13.490><c> dovetails</c><00:28:14.650><c> beautifully.</c><00:28:17.230><c> And</c><00:28:17.349><c> when</c><00:28:17.470><c> someone</c><00:28:17.650><c> passes</c><00:28:17.990><c> away,</c><00:28:19.930><c> a</c>

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congregation<00:28:20.890><c> of</c>

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mourners<00:28:21.549><c> there,</c><00:28:22.269><c> not</c><00:28:22.430><c> in</c><00:28:22.650><c> the</c><00:28:22.769><c> sense</c><00:28:22.910><c> of</c><00:28:23.049><c> the</c><00:28:23.170><c> mourners</c><00:28:23.369><c> of</c>

00:28:23.529 --> 00:28:25.769
the<00:28:23.690><c> world,</c><00:28:23.910><c> but</c><00:28:24.049><c> in</c><00:28:24.230><c> recognition</c><00:28:24.910><c> of</c><00:28:25.410><c> that</c><00:28:25.549><c> dear</c>

00:28:25.769 --> 00:28:29.150
brother<00:28:26.029><c> or</c><00:28:26.269><c> sister</c><00:28:26.869><c> who's</c><00:28:27.789><c> fallen</c><00:28:28.109><c> into</c><00:28:28.390><c> the</c><00:28:28.589><c> abyss</c><00:28:28.809><c> of</c><00:28:28.950><c> the</c>

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grave,<00:28:31.029><c> but</c><00:28:31.250><c> look</c><00:28:31.410><c> for</c><00:28:31.589><c> the</c><00:28:31.730><c> great</c><00:28:31.910><c> day</c><00:28:32.150><c> of</c><00:28:32.309><c> the</c>

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resurrection.<00:28:37.029><c> For</c><00:28:37.029><c> he</c><00:28:37.170><c> that</c><00:28:37.309><c> eateth</c><00:28:37.630><c> and</c><00:28:37.809><c> drinketh</c><00:28:38.069><c> unworthily,</c><00:28:38.829><c> eateth</c>

00:28:39.069 --> 00:28:40.150
and<00:28:39.250><c> drinketh</c><00:28:39.529><c> damnation</c><00:28:39.990><c> to</c>

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himself,<00:28:40.509><c> not</c><00:28:40.809><c> discerning</c><00:28:41.250><c> the</c><00:28:41.490><c> Lord's</c><00:28:42.069><c> body,</c><00:28:43.609><c> reduced</c><00:28:44.170><c> the</c>

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sacrifice,<00:28:45.750><c> as</c><00:28:45.930><c> we</c><00:28:46.069><c> have</c><00:28:46.250><c> said,</c><00:28:47.609><c> to</c><00:28:47.750><c> the</c><00:28:47.990><c> sick,</c>

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the<00:28:48.450><c> lame,</c><00:28:48.890><c> and</c><00:28:49.150><c> the</c><00:28:49.410><c> blind.</c><00:28:51.190><c> If</c><00:28:51.549><c> we,</c><00:28:51.869><c> brothers</c><00:28:52.049><c> and</c><00:28:52.230><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:53.569 --> 00:28:56.930
in<00:28:53.769><c> an</c><00:28:54.130><c> attitude</c><00:28:54.710><c> of</c><00:28:55.269><c> sloppy,</c><00:28:55.950><c> sloppy</c><00:28:56.529><c> mentality,</c>

00:28:56.930 --> 00:29:03.269
brother<00:28:57.150><c> Paul</c><00:28:57.630><c> mentioned</c><00:28:58.109><c> this,</c><00:28:59.109><c> if</c><00:28:59.329><c> we</c><00:28:59.670><c> have</c><00:28:59.849><c> a</c><00:29:00.230><c> sloppy</c><00:29:00.730><c> mentality,</c><00:29:03.029><c> we</c>

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typify<00:29:03.750><c> the</c><00:29:04.130><c> sick,</c><00:29:04.569><c> the</c><00:29:04.849><c> lame,</c><00:29:05.150><c> the</c><00:29:05.490><c> blind,</c>

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and<00:29:06.990><c> he</c><00:29:07.190><c> brings</c><00:29:07.529><c> with</c><00:29:07.730><c> it</c><00:29:07.890><c> a</c><00:29:08.170><c> criminal</c><00:29:08.630><c> offence.</c><00:29:09.069><c> That</c><00:29:09.250><c> word</c>

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discerning<00:29:10.369><c> literally</c><00:29:10.730><c> means</c>

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dimash,<00:29:13.390><c> a</c><00:29:13.450><c> crime.</c><00:29:15.109><c> We</c><00:29:15.349><c> bring</c><00:29:15.549><c> a</c><00:29:15.950><c> crime</c><00:29:16.490><c> in</c><00:29:17.650><c> our</c><00:29:17.950><c> prayers</c><00:29:18.309><c> if</c>

00:29:19.670 --> 00:29:23.470
our<00:29:19.990><c> mentality</c><00:29:20.609><c> is</c><00:29:21.609><c> of</c><00:29:21.730><c> the</c><00:29:21.930><c> sick,</c><00:29:22.309><c> the</c><00:29:22.490><c> lame,</c>

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and<00:29:23.869><c> the</c><00:29:24.069><c> blind.</c><00:29:26.630><c> Those</c><00:29:26.950><c> who</c><00:29:27.130><c> had</c><00:29:27.289><c> serious</c><00:29:27.769><c> jobs</c><00:29:28.130><c> where</c><00:29:28.430><c> dangers</c><00:29:28.789><c> were</c>

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involved<00:29:29.410><c> in</c><00:29:29.589><c> people's</c><00:29:30.109><c> lives</c><00:29:30.250><c> from</c><00:29:30.470><c> a</c>

00:29:30.630 --> 00:29:33.029
safety<00:29:30.829><c> point</c><00:29:31.069><c> of</c><00:29:31.190><c> view,</c><00:29:31.609><c> if</c><00:29:31.750><c> you</c><00:29:31.869><c> had</c><00:29:32.029><c> a</c><00:29:32.230><c> sloppy</c><00:29:32.450><c> mentality</c>

00:29:33.029 --> 00:29:34.650
over<00:29:33.289><c> that,</c><00:29:33.549><c> brothers</c><00:29:33.670><c> and</c><00:29:33.869><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:29:34.849><c> people</c><00:29:35.150><c> who</c><00:29:36.710><c> were</c><00:29:36.950><c> in</c><00:29:37.069><c> your</c><00:29:37.910><c> responsibility,</c><00:29:39.349><c> they</c><00:29:39.349><c> could</c><00:29:39.509><c> be</c>

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dead<00:29:39.829><c> men.</c>

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The<00:29:44.430><c> lesson's</c><00:29:44.769><c> here.</c><00:29:45.950><c> Paul</c><00:29:46.150><c> said,</c><00:29:47.329><c> Philippians</c><00:29:47.769><c> 3</c><00:29:48.089><c> verse</c><00:29:48.309><c> 8,</c>

00:29:49.329 --> 00:29:51.730
I<00:29:49.690><c> have</c><00:29:50.089><c> suffered</c><00:29:50.390><c> the</c><00:29:50.609><c> loss</c><00:29:50.750><c> of</c><00:29:50.970><c> all</c><00:29:51.190><c> things,</c>

00:29:51.730 --> 00:29:58.869
and<00:29:52.569><c> do</c><00:29:52.890><c> count</c><00:29:53.230><c> them</c><00:29:53.630><c> as</c><00:29:54.750><c> dong,</c><00:29:56.670><c> take</c><00:29:56.950><c> it</c><00:29:57.170><c> away,</c><00:29:58.430><c> that</c><00:29:58.609><c> I</c><00:29:58.789><c> may</c>

00:29:58.869 --> 00:30:03.869
win<00:29:59.109><c> Christ,</c><00:30:01.190><c> he</c><00:30:01.569><c> takes</c><00:30:01.910><c> out</c><00:30:02.410><c> of</c><00:30:02.769><c> his</c><00:30:03.029><c> mind.</c>

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In<00:30:04.549><c> other</c><00:30:04.769><c> words,</c><00:30:05.769><c> those</c><00:30:05.990><c> things</c><00:30:06.410><c> that</c><00:30:06.690><c> were</c><00:30:07.009><c> fleshly</c><00:30:07.690><c> and</c><00:30:07.890><c> unworthy,</c><00:30:09.569><c> get</c><00:30:09.650><c> it</c>

00:30:09.789 --> 00:30:11.190
out<00:30:09.930><c> of</c><00:30:10.049><c> my</c><00:30:10.190><c> mind.</c>

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That's<00:30:13.809><c> what</c><00:30:13.930><c> he's</c><00:30:14.109><c> saying.</c><00:30:15.589><c> So</c><00:30:15.750><c> Malachi</c><00:30:16.069><c> now</c><00:30:16.329><c> then</c><00:30:16.529><c> gives</c><00:30:16.789><c> them</c><00:30:16.990><c> an</c>

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historical<00:30:17.809><c> reminder</c>

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of<00:30:19.430><c> a</c><00:30:21.150><c> fine</c><00:30:21.430><c> example</c><00:30:22.170><c> of</c><00:30:22.690><c> a</c><00:30:22.690><c> Levitical</c><00:30:23.289><c> priesthood.</c>

00:30:28.609 --> 00:30:36.130
You<00:30:28.930><c> read</c><00:30:29.250><c> there</c><00:30:29.730><c> in</c><00:30:30.289><c> verses</c><00:30:30.630><c> 4</c><00:30:32.250><c> down</c><00:30:32.809><c> through</c><00:30:33.049><c> to</c><00:30:33.230><c> 6,</c><00:30:35.329><c> he</c><00:30:35.450><c> talks</c><00:30:35.650><c> about</c><00:30:35.910><c> that</c>

00:30:36.130 --> 00:30:39.410
my<00:30:36.529><c> covenant</c><00:30:36.910><c> was</c><00:30:37.750><c> with</c><00:30:38.250><c> Levi.</c>

00:30:40.490 --> 00:30:45.089
Verse<00:30:40.690><c> 5,</c><00:30:41.150><c> my</c><00:30:41.490><c> covenant</c><00:30:41.910><c> was</c><00:30:42.190><c> with</c><00:30:42.349><c> him</c><00:30:42.609><c> of</c><00:30:42.990><c> life</c><00:30:43.430><c> and</c><00:30:43.970><c> peace,</c>

00:30:45.809 --> 00:30:47.569
strange<00:30:46.089><c> expression</c>

00:30:47.630 --> 00:30:52.250
given<00:30:47.990><c> to</c><00:30:48.390><c> Levi.</c><00:30:49.809><c> Then</c><00:30:49.930><c> he</c><00:30:50.029><c> goes</c><00:30:50.250><c> on</c><00:30:50.430><c> at</c><00:30:50.569><c> verse</c><00:30:50.750><c> 6,</c><00:30:51.589><c> the</c><00:30:51.589><c> law</c><00:30:51.869><c> of</c>

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truth<00:30:52.430><c> was</c><00:30:52.690><c> in</c><00:30:53.009><c> his</c><00:30:53.349><c> mouth.</c>

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So<00:30:56.309><c> Levi</c><00:30:56.769><c> as</c><00:30:57.069><c> a</c><00:30:57.269><c> nation</c><00:30:57.650><c> is</c><00:30:58.049><c> reduced</c><00:30:58.390><c> to</c><00:30:58.569><c> the</c><00:30:58.690><c> personal</c><00:30:58.950><c> product,</c><00:30:59.529><c> him,</c>

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his,<00:31:01.710><c> and</c><00:31:02.130><c> his</c><00:31:02.349><c> iniquity</c><00:31:02.750><c> was</c><00:31:03.029><c> not</c><00:31:03.289><c> found</c>

00:31:03.490 --> 00:31:07.630
in<00:31:03.670><c> his</c><00:31:03.809><c> lips,</c><00:31:04.349><c> he</c><00:31:04.609><c> walked</c><00:31:04.930><c> with</c><00:31:05.289><c> me</c><00:31:05.650><c> in</c><00:31:06.069><c> peace</c><00:31:06.470><c> and</c><00:31:06.809><c> tranquility.</c><00:31:07.470><c> Brothers</c>

00:31:07.630 --> 00:31:08.970
and<00:31:07.890><c> sisters,</c><00:31:08.190><c> there</c><00:31:08.349><c> is</c><00:31:08.650><c> no</c>

00:31:08.970 --> 00:31:11.250
record<00:31:09.410><c> where</c><00:31:09.609><c> a</c><00:31:09.789><c> covenant</c><00:31:09.990><c> of</c><00:31:10.190><c> life</c><00:31:10.329><c> and</c><00:31:10.529><c> peace</c><00:31:10.750><c> was</c><00:31:11.069><c> given</c>

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with<00:31:11.529><c> Levi.</c>

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Now,<00:31:15.650><c> not</c><00:31:15.950><c> with</c><00:31:16.289><c> Levi</c><00:31:16.569><c> as</c><00:31:16.849><c> a</c><00:31:16.950><c> nation,</c><00:31:17.269><c> as</c><00:31:17.410><c> a</c><00:31:17.589><c> tribe,</c>

00:31:19.869 --> 00:31:25.609
but<00:31:20.029><c> as</c><00:31:20.190><c> I</c><00:31:20.369><c> said,</c><00:31:20.569><c> notice</c><00:31:20.910><c> how</c><00:31:21.170><c> the</c><00:31:22.650><c> personal</c><00:31:23.009><c> pronoun</c><00:31:23.410><c> is</c><00:31:23.670><c> used,</c><00:31:25.329><c> was</c>

00:31:25.609 --> 00:31:27.329
made<00:31:25.910><c> with</c><00:31:26.390><c> him.</c>

00:31:28.190 --> 00:31:31.150
Now<00:31:28.390><c> we</c><00:31:28.569><c> just</c><00:31:28.829><c> look</c><00:31:29.109><c> at</c><00:31:29.349><c> a</c><00:31:29.470><c> few</c><00:31:29.609><c> passages</c><00:31:29.990><c> of</c><00:31:30.230><c> scripture,</c><00:31:30.630><c> brothers</c><00:31:30.670><c> and</c><00:31:30.809><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:31.630 --> 00:31:35.829
regarding<00:31:31.890><c> what</c><00:31:32.349><c> is</c><00:31:33.509><c> Micah</c><00:31:33.869><c> referring</c><00:31:34.349><c> to</c><00:31:34.750><c> and</c><00:31:35.289><c> what</c><00:31:35.509><c> is</c><00:31:35.690><c> he</c>

00:31:35.829 --> 00:31:38.930
trying<00:31:35.950><c> to</c><00:31:36.089><c> do?</c><00:31:36.230><c> He's</c><00:31:36.609><c> trying</c><00:31:36.809><c> to</c><00:31:37.390><c> shame</c><00:31:37.809><c> the</c><00:31:38.250><c> priesthood</c>

00:31:38.930 --> 00:31:43.029
that<00:31:39.750><c> here</c><00:31:39.990><c> you</c><00:31:40.210><c> are,</c><00:31:40.730><c> the</c><00:31:41.069><c> state</c><00:31:41.269><c> you're</c><00:31:41.589><c> in,</c><00:31:42.369><c> the</c><00:31:42.369><c> debacle</c>

00:31:43.029 --> 00:31:45.250
to<00:31:43.190><c> what</c><00:31:43.369><c> you've</c><00:31:43.710><c> reduced</c><00:31:43.990><c> yourselves</c><00:31:44.490><c> to,</c>

00:31:45.910 --> 00:31:47.869
but<00:31:46.190><c> what</c><00:31:46.450><c> you</c><00:31:46.869><c> were.</c>

00:31:51.230 --> 00:31:56.130
And<00:31:51.589><c> so</c><00:31:51.750><c> he</c><00:31:51.930><c> goes</c><00:31:52.170><c> on</c><00:31:52.349><c> to</c><00:31:53.309><c> give</c><00:31:53.710><c> them</c><00:31:54.470><c> an</c><00:31:55.009><c> example.</c>

00:31:57.210 --> 00:31:59.890
And<00:31:57.329><c> so,</c><00:31:57.970><c> and</c><00:31:58.130><c> this</c><00:31:58.210><c> is</c><00:31:58.470><c> the,</c><00:31:58.910><c> and</c><00:31:59.069><c> I'm</c><00:31:59.230><c> watching</c><00:31:59.490><c> the</c><00:31:59.730><c> time,</c>

00:32:00.089 --> 00:32:01.549
it<00:32:00.329><c> seems</c><00:32:00.529><c> to</c><00:32:00.670><c> go</c><00:32:00.769><c> so</c><00:32:01.069><c> quickly,</c><00:32:01.269><c> but</c>

00:32:01.549 --> 00:32:07.809
you<00:32:01.910><c> find</c><00:32:02.269><c> that</c><00:32:02.690><c> you,</c><00:32:03.250><c> you,</c><00:32:04.769><c> you</c><00:32:05.390><c> go</c><00:32:05.750><c> back</c><00:32:06.029><c> to</c><00:32:06.230><c> the</c><00:32:06.490><c> time</c><00:32:06.990><c> of</c>

00:32:07.809 --> 00:32:09.390
the<00:32:08.009><c> golden</c><00:32:08.450><c> cough,</c>

00:32:10.750 --> 00:32:14.250
and<00:32:11.089><c> you</c><00:32:11.309><c> find</c><00:32:11.509><c> there,</c><00:32:11.869><c> Moses</c><00:32:12.150><c> stood</c><00:32:12.390><c> in</c><00:32:12.589><c> the</c><00:32:12.690><c> gate</c><00:32:12.829><c> of</c><00:32:13.009><c> the</c><00:32:13.210><c> camp,</c><00:32:13.490><c> Exodus</c><00:32:13.690><c> 32</c>

00:32:14.250 --> 00:32:15.930
verse<00:32:14.589><c> 26,</c>

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and<00:32:16.569><c> said,</c><00:32:17.089><c> who</c><00:32:17.170><c> is</c><00:32:17.349><c> on</c><00:32:17.529><c> your</c><00:32:17.769><c> way</c><00:32:18.049><c> side?</c><00:32:18.990><c> Let</c><00:32:19.069><c> him</c><00:32:19.210><c> come</c><00:32:19.430><c> unto</c>

00:32:19.690 --> 00:32:22.549
me,<00:32:20.009><c> and</c><00:32:20.150><c> all</c><00:32:20.529><c> the</c><00:32:20.869><c> sons</c><00:32:21.190><c> of</c><00:32:21.509><c> Levi</c><00:32:21.769><c> gather</c><00:32:22.109><c> themselves</c>

00:32:22.549 --> 00:32:24.690
together.<00:32:22.970><c> So</c><00:32:23.170><c> this</c><00:32:23.390><c> is</c><00:32:23.549><c> in</c><00:32:23.650><c> the</c><00:32:23.789><c> situation</c><00:32:24.190><c> of</c><00:32:24.369><c> the</c><00:32:24.430><c> golden</c>

00:32:24.690 --> 00:32:31.069
cough,<00:32:28.789><c> being</c><00:32:29.369><c> gone</c><00:32:29.609><c> away,</c><00:32:29.910><c> come</c><00:32:30.109><c> back</c><00:32:30.410><c> on</c><00:32:30.609><c> the</c><00:32:30.710><c> whole</c>

00:32:31.069 --> 00:32:39.289
thing,<00:32:32.190><c> was</c><00:32:32.809><c> in</c><00:32:33.009><c> a</c><00:32:33.230><c> state</c><00:32:33.410><c> of</c><00:32:33.650><c> apostasy.</c><00:32:38.450><c> And</c><00:32:38.569><c> then</c><00:32:38.710><c> he</c><00:32:38.710><c> calls</c>

00:32:39.289 --> 00:32:43.769
the<00:32:40.109><c> sons</c><00:32:40.369><c> of</c><00:32:40.670><c> Levi,</c><00:32:42.289><c> and</c><00:32:42.349><c> they</c><00:32:42.609><c> gather</c><00:32:42.789><c> to</c><00:32:43.009><c> him,</c>

00:32:44.750 --> 00:32:49.589
gather<00:32:45.009><c> round</c><00:32:45.309><c> him</c><00:32:45.450><c> as</c><00:32:45.630><c> one</c><00:32:45.869><c> man.</c><00:32:48.410><c> And</c><00:32:48.529><c> you</c><00:32:48.650><c> read</c><00:32:48.829><c> in</c><00:32:48.990><c> verse</c><00:32:49.170><c> 28</c>

00:32:49.589 --> 00:32:52.730
of<00:32:49.809><c> Exodus</c><00:32:49.990><c> 32,</c><00:32:51.470><c> and</c><00:32:51.589><c> the</c><00:32:51.710><c> children</c><00:32:51.970><c> of</c><00:32:52.230><c> Levi</c><00:32:52.490><c> did</c>

00:32:52.730 --> 00:32:55.430
according<00:32:53.130><c> to</c><00:32:53.369><c> the</c><00:32:53.569><c> word</c><00:32:53.789><c> of</c><00:32:54.009><c> Moses</c><00:32:54.390><c> and</c><00:32:54.750><c> the</c><00:32:54.950><c> fellow</c><00:32:55.109><c> of</c><00:32:55.289><c> the</c>

00:32:55.430 --> 00:32:59.990
people<00:32:55.589><c> that</c><00:32:55.789><c> day</c><00:32:56.130><c> about</c><00:32:56.549><c> 3</c><00:32:57.049><c>,000</c><00:32:57.490><c> men.</c><00:32:59.069><c> For</c><00:32:59.269><c> Moses</c><00:32:59.670><c> had</c>

00:32:59.990 --> 00:33:04.190
consecrate<00:33:01.130><c> yourselves</c><00:33:01.650><c> today</c><00:33:02.170><c> to</c><00:33:02.809><c> your</c><00:33:03.109><c> way,</c><00:33:03.329><c> even</c><00:33:03.650><c> every</c>

00:33:04.190 --> 00:33:06.150
man<00:33:04.390><c> upon</c><00:33:04.609><c> his</c><00:33:04.869><c> son</c><00:33:05.049><c> and</c><00:33:05.410><c> upon</c><00:33:05.630><c> his</c><00:33:05.890><c> brother,</c>

00:33:06.349 --> 00:33:12.190
that<00:33:06.630><c> he</c><00:33:06.970><c> may</c><00:33:07.309><c> bestow</c><00:33:08.210><c> upon</c><00:33:08.589><c> you</c><00:33:09.150><c> a</c><00:33:09.630><c> blessing</c><00:33:09.950><c> this</c><00:33:10.369><c> day.</c><00:33:11.930><c> And</c>

00:33:12.190 --> 00:33:14.509
there<00:33:12.210><c> was</c><00:33:12.390><c> a</c><00:33:12.710><c> loyalty</c><00:33:13.269><c> of</c><00:33:13.710><c> Levi,</c>

00:33:15.549 --> 00:33:19.190
and<00:33:15.769><c> there</c><00:33:16.029><c> was</c><00:33:16.190><c> a</c><00:33:16.450><c> blessing.</c><00:33:17.650><c> Well,</c><00:33:17.890><c> brethren</c><00:33:18.029><c> and</c><00:33:18.230><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:19.470 --> 00:33:22.450
it<00:33:19.670><c> was</c><00:33:19.910><c> not</c><00:33:20.490><c> the</c><00:33:20.869><c> blessing</c><00:33:21.130><c> of</c><00:33:21.390><c> a</c><00:33:21.569><c> covenant</c>

00:33:22.730 --> 00:33:28.390
of<00:33:23.009><c> life</c><00:33:23.289><c> and</c><00:33:23.529><c> peace.</c><00:33:25.450><c> So</c><00:33:25.609><c> where's</c><00:33:26.029><c> Malachi</c><00:33:26.529><c> coming</c><00:33:26.930><c> from?</c><00:33:27.910><c> What's</c><00:33:28.210><c> he</c>

00:33:28.390 --> 00:33:29.190
referring<00:33:28.750><c> to?</c>

00:33:29.529 --> 00:33:35.289
Where's<00:33:29.869><c> all</c><00:33:30.009><c> the</c><00:33:30.250><c> words</c><00:33:30.430><c> that</c><00:33:30.609><c> he's</c><00:33:30.890><c> directing</c><00:33:31.390><c> the</c><00:33:32.450><c> children</c><00:33:32.789><c> of</c><00:33:33.069><c> Israel?</c><00:33:34.910><c> Now</c>

00:33:35.289 --> 00:33:36.609
again,<00:33:35.890><c> a</c><00:33:35.990><c> little</c><00:33:36.230><c> bit</c><00:33:36.390><c> of</c>

00:33:36.609 --> 00:33:41.329
history.<00:33:37.730><c> You</c><00:33:37.970><c> remember</c><00:33:38.450><c> that</c><00:33:38.970><c> with</c><00:33:40.170><c> the</c><00:33:40.410><c> fire</c><00:33:40.670><c> of</c><00:33:40.890><c> Nadab</c><00:33:41.170><c> and</c>

00:33:41.329 --> 00:33:43.450
Abihu,<00:33:42.109><c> when</c><00:33:42.349><c> they</c><00:33:42.529><c> lost</c><00:33:42.750><c> their</c><00:33:43.029><c> lives,</c>

00:33:43.869 --> 00:33:46.609
Nadab<00:33:44.250><c> was</c><00:33:44.430><c> the</c><00:33:44.609><c> high</c><00:33:44.809><c> priest</c><00:33:45.009><c> elect,</c><00:33:45.269><c> he</c><00:33:45.369><c> was</c><00:33:45.549><c> Aaron's</c><00:33:45.990><c> eldest</c><00:33:46.230><c> son.</c>

00:33:46.789 --> 00:33:48.569
And<00:33:47.029><c> so</c><00:33:47.130><c> when</c><00:33:47.349><c> Nadab</c><00:33:47.750><c> lost</c><00:33:47.990><c> his</c><00:33:48.269><c> life</c><00:33:48.410><c> and</c>

00:33:48.569 --> 00:33:54.549
Abihu<00:33:48.990><c> lost</c><00:33:49.269><c> his</c><00:33:49.589><c> life,</c><00:33:50.250><c> suddenly</c><00:33:50.789><c> the</c><00:33:51.410><c> fourth</c><00:33:51.809><c> son</c><00:33:52.069><c> was</c><00:33:52.309><c> Eliezer,</c><00:33:54.349><c> and</c>

00:33:54.549 --> 00:33:57.130
Eliezer's<00:33:55.269><c> son</c><00:33:55.490><c> was</c><00:33:55.990><c> Phineas.</c>

00:33:59.990 --> 00:34:03.390
I<00:34:00.430><c> would</c><00:34:00.609><c> imagine</c><00:34:00.869><c> you</c><00:34:01.049><c> there</c><00:34:01.210><c> before</c><00:34:01.529><c> I</c><00:34:01.710><c> am,</c><00:34:01.890><c> brethren</c><00:34:02.069><c> and</c><00:34:02.170><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:05.509 --> 00:34:09.789
Numbers<00:34:06.049><c> 25,</c><00:34:07.170><c> just</c><00:34:07.390><c> turn</c><00:34:07.630><c> to</c><00:34:07.829><c> Numbers</c><00:34:08.070><c> 25,</c><00:34:09.269><c> and</c><00:34:09.389><c> we</c><00:34:09.469><c> just</c><00:34:09.650><c> have</c>

00:34:09.789 --> 00:34:12.570
a<00:34:10.090><c> brief</c><00:34:10.329><c> look</c><00:34:10.889><c> at</c><00:34:11.789><c> that</c><00:34:12.050><c> little</c><00:34:12.269><c> bit</c><00:34:12.409><c> of</c>

00:34:12.570 --> 00:34:17.170
historical<00:34:13.210><c> record</c><00:34:13.829><c> of</c><00:34:14.530><c> what</c><00:34:14.809><c> took</c><00:34:15.070><c> place.</c><00:34:16.429><c> And</c><00:34:16.630><c> of</c><00:34:16.889><c> course,</c>

00:34:17.230 --> 00:34:22.070
it's<00:34:17.489><c> to</c><00:34:17.670><c> do</c><00:34:18.269><c> with</c><00:34:19.010><c> Phineas.</c><00:34:21.230><c> Numbers</c><00:34:21.489><c> 25,</c>

00:34:22.170 --> 00:34:28.789
verse<00:34:22.429><c> 1.</c><00:34:25.010><c> And</c><00:34:25.030><c> Israel</c><00:34:25.469><c> abode</c><00:34:26.389><c> in</c><00:34:26.769><c> Shittim,</c><00:34:28.170><c> and</c><00:34:28.369><c> the</c><00:34:28.570><c> people</c>

00:34:28.789 --> 00:34:31.670
began<00:34:29.210><c> to</c><00:34:29.550><c> commit</c><00:34:29.869><c> whoredom</c><00:34:30.789><c> with</c><00:34:31.090><c> the</c><00:34:31.289><c> daughters</c>

00:34:31.670 --> 00:34:34.889
of<00:34:31.989><c> Moab.</c><00:34:32.449><c> This</c><00:34:32.789><c> was</c><00:34:33.110><c> happening,</c><00:34:33.510><c> of</c><00:34:33.809><c> course,</c><00:34:34.090><c> in</c><00:34:34.250><c> Malachi's</c>

00:34:34.889 --> 00:34:39.289
day.<00:34:36.090><c> And</c><00:34:36.349><c> Israel</c><00:34:36.690><c> joined</c><00:34:37.070><c> himself</c><00:34:37.530><c> onto</c><00:34:37.869><c> Baal</c><00:34:38.670><c>-Pehaw,</c>

00:34:39.289 --> 00:34:43.429
and<00:34:40.070><c> the</c><00:34:40.409><c> anger</c><00:34:40.869><c> of</c><00:34:41.190><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:41.489><c> was</c><00:34:41.869><c> kindled</c><00:34:42.329><c> against</c><00:34:42.949><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:43.630 --> 00:34:48.050
Baal<00:34:43.909><c>-Pehaw.</c><00:34:45.050><c> This</c><00:34:45.230><c> was</c><00:34:45.449><c> the</c><00:34:45.769><c> idol</c><00:34:46.309><c> of</c><00:34:47.269><c> moral</c>

00:34:48.510 --> 00:34:52.429
depravity,<00:34:50.289><c> a</c><00:34:50.329><c> licentious</c><00:34:51.070><c> worship.</c><00:34:51.590><c> And</c><00:34:51.710><c> you</c><00:34:51.809><c> can</c><00:34:51.989><c> imagine</c>

00:34:52.429 --> 00:34:54.710
what<00:34:52.650><c> goes</c><00:34:52.969><c> with</c><00:34:53.210><c> that,</c><00:34:53.510><c> brethren</c><00:34:53.630><c> and</c><00:34:53.769><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:55.429 --> 00:35:00.369
They<00:34:55.630><c> were</c><00:34:55.889><c> lined</c><00:34:56.170><c> with</c><00:34:56.489><c> Baal</c><00:34:57.269><c>-Pehaw.</c><00:34:58.510><c> And</c><00:34:58.630><c> Moses</c><00:34:58.989><c> said</c><00:34:59.349><c> at</c><00:34:59.590><c> verse</c><00:34:59.849><c> 5,</c>

00:35:00.389 --> 00:35:02.929
Numbers<00:35:00.690><c> 25,</c><00:35:01.849><c> unto</c><00:35:01.949><c> the</c><00:35:02.110><c> judges</c><00:35:02.369><c> of</c><00:35:02.610><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:02.929 --> 00:35:09.289
slay<00:35:03.969><c> ye</c><00:35:04.230><c> every</c><00:35:04.510><c> one</c><00:35:04.750><c> of</c><00:35:04.869><c> his</c><00:35:05.050><c> men</c><00:35:05.710><c> that</c><00:35:08.250><c> were</c><00:35:08.550><c> joined</c><00:35:08.889><c> onto</c>

00:35:09.289 --> 00:35:09.690
Baal<00:35:09.550><c>-Pehaw.</c>

00:35:09.909 --> 00:35:14.190
Now,<00:35:11.150><c> in</c><00:35:11.389><c> the</c><00:35:11.530><c> next</c><00:35:12.449><c> verse,</c><00:35:12.969><c> brethren</c><00:35:13.050><c> and</c><00:35:13.329><c> sisters,</c><00:35:13.710><c> it</c><00:35:13.949><c> is</c>

00:35:14.190 --> 00:35:19.730
an<00:35:14.429><c> astonishing</c><00:35:15.690><c> act</c><00:35:16.889><c> of</c><00:35:18.289><c> stupidity.</c>

00:35:20.730 --> 00:35:27.030
You<00:35:20.929><c> get</c><00:35:21.150><c> this</c><00:35:21.530><c> man,</c><00:35:21.789><c> a</c><00:35:21.909><c> Simeonite,</c><00:35:22.630><c> a</c><00:35:22.869><c> prince</c><00:35:23.349><c> of</c><00:35:24.050><c> the</c><00:35:24.210><c> Simeonites,</c><00:35:26.070><c> a</c><00:35:26.250><c> prince.</c>

00:35:27.710 --> 00:35:30.630
Now,<00:35:28.269><c> this</c><00:35:28.449><c> was</c><00:35:28.650><c> happening</c><00:35:28.869><c> in</c><00:35:29.150><c> the</c><00:35:29.349><c> highest</c><00:35:29.789><c> of</c><00:35:30.010><c> the</c><00:35:30.190><c> places</c>

00:35:30.630 --> 00:35:35.030
of<00:35:31.849><c> Israel.</c><00:35:33.429><c> And</c><00:35:33.710><c> what</c><00:35:33.829><c> does</c><00:35:33.989><c> he</c><00:35:34.130><c> do?</c>

00:35:36.030 --> 00:35:41.550
God's<00:35:36.389><c> already</c><00:35:36.989><c> going</c><00:35:37.510><c> to</c><00:35:37.829><c> slay</c><00:35:39.070><c> thousands</c><00:35:39.630><c> of</c><00:35:39.909><c> them</c><00:35:39.989><c> for</c><00:35:40.170><c> what</c><00:35:40.329><c> they're</c><00:35:40.550><c> doing.</c><00:35:41.469><c> And</c>

00:35:41.550 --> 00:35:43.230
then<00:35:41.690><c> you</c><00:35:41.829><c> read</c><00:35:42.050><c> at</c><00:35:42.309><c> verse</c><00:35:42.630><c> 6</c>

00:35:43.230 --> 00:35:47.190
of<00:35:43.550><c> Numbers</c><00:35:43.829><c> 25,</c><00:35:44.269><c> and</c><00:35:44.429><c> behold,</c><00:35:45.050><c> one</c><00:35:45.289><c> of</c><00:35:45.429><c> the</c><00:35:45.630><c> children</c><00:35:45.889><c> of</c><00:35:45.989><c> Israel</c><00:35:46.269><c> came</c><00:35:46.690><c> and</c>

00:35:47.190 --> 00:35:48.909
brought<00:35:47.489><c> unto</c><00:35:47.889><c> his</c><00:35:48.170><c> brethren</c><00:35:48.389><c> a</c>

00:35:48.909 --> 00:35:52.650
Midianite<00:35:49.510><c>-ish</c><00:35:49.710><c> woman</c><00:35:50.150><c> in</c><00:35:51.070><c> the</c><00:35:51.369><c> sight</c><00:35:51.670><c> of</c><00:35:52.030><c> Moses</c><00:35:52.190><c> and</c><00:35:52.349><c> in</c><00:35:52.489><c> the</c>

00:35:52.650 --> 00:35:56.510
sight<00:35:52.809><c> of</c><00:35:52.989><c> the</c><00:35:53.150><c> congregation,</c><00:35:53.710><c> the</c><00:35:53.869><c> children</c><00:35:54.170><c> of</c>

00:35:56.510 --> 00:36:00.170
the<00:35:56.889><c> tabernacle</c><00:35:57.530><c> of</c><00:35:57.809><c> the</c><00:35:58.030><c> congregation.</c><00:35:59.469><c> They</c><00:35:59.889><c> were</c><00:35:59.889><c> weeping</c>

00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:02.230
over<00:36:00.489><c> what</c><00:36:00.690><c> had</c><00:36:00.949><c> just</c><00:36:01.170><c> taken</c><00:36:01.449><c> place.</c>

00:36:04.449 --> 00:36:11.809
And<00:36:04.869><c> then</c><00:36:05.010><c> we</c><00:36:05.190><c> have</c><00:36:05.369><c> this,</c><00:36:07.190><c> again,</c><00:36:07.630><c> the</c><00:36:07.829><c> gladiator</c><00:36:08.510><c> of</c><00:36:09.050><c> the</c><00:36:09.309><c> truth,</c><00:36:11.170><c> verse</c><00:36:11.389><c> 7</c>

00:36:11.809 --> 00:36:13.610
of<00:36:12.030><c> Numbers</c><00:36:12.250><c> 25.</c>

00:36:13.809 --> 00:36:17.630
And<00:36:13.929><c> when</c><00:36:14.050><c> Phineas,</c><00:36:14.550><c> the</c><00:36:14.670><c> son</c><00:36:14.869><c> of</c><00:36:15.050><c> Eliezer,</c><00:36:15.510><c> the</c><00:36:15.750><c> son</c><00:36:15.969><c> of</c><00:36:16.230><c> Aaron,</c><00:36:16.449><c> the</c><00:36:16.550><c> priest,</c>

00:36:18.110 --> 00:36:22.909
so<00:36:18.389><c> Phineas</c><00:36:18.869><c> would</c><00:36:19.130><c> be</c><00:36:19.690><c> high</c><00:36:19.949><c> priest</c><00:36:20.190><c> elect,</c><00:36:21.550><c> he</c><00:36:21.989><c> rose</c><00:36:22.269><c> up,</c>

00:36:23.250 --> 00:36:24.949
and<00:36:23.309><c> from</c><00:36:23.570><c> among</c><00:36:23.989><c> the</c><00:36:24.289><c> congregation,</c>

00:36:24.949 --> 00:36:28.630
he<00:36:25.269><c> took</c><00:36:25.510><c> a</c><00:36:25.730><c> javelin</c><00:36:26.070><c> in</c><00:36:26.250><c> his</c><00:36:26.429><c> hand.</c><00:36:26.530><c> Now,</c><00:36:26.690><c> you've</c><00:36:27.030><c> got</c><00:36:27.170><c> to</c><00:36:27.429><c> visualize</c><00:36:27.909><c> this,</c><00:36:28.190><c> brothers</c><00:36:28.329><c> and</c><00:36:28.489><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:28.710 --> 00:36:30.989
You've<00:36:29.030><c> got</c><00:36:29.150><c> to</c><00:36:29.250><c> be</c><00:36:29.369><c> in</c><00:36:29.469><c> the</c><00:36:29.670><c> camp.</c><00:36:29.809><c> You've</c><00:36:30.010><c> got</c><00:36:30.110><c> to</c><00:36:30.210><c> see</c><00:36:30.409><c> Moses.</c><00:36:30.730><c> You've</c><00:36:30.889><c> got</c>

00:36:30.989 --> 00:36:32.949
to<00:36:31.130><c> see</c><00:36:31.329><c> Aaron.</c><00:36:31.670><c> You</c><00:36:31.869><c> see</c><00:36:31.949><c> all</c><00:36:32.750><c> the</c>

00:36:32.949 --> 00:36:35.929
slaughtering<00:36:33.289><c> that's</c><00:36:33.550><c> going</c><00:36:33.710><c> on.</c><00:36:34.269><c> And</c><00:36:34.469><c> this</c><00:36:34.989><c> unbelievably</c>

00:36:35.929 --> 00:36:39.530
silly<00:36:36.309><c> man</c><00:36:36.809><c> brings</c><00:36:37.349><c> in</c><00:36:38.070><c> this</c><00:36:38.369><c> woman,</c><00:36:38.750><c> this</c><00:36:38.889><c> Midianite</c><00:36:39.369><c>-ish</c>

00:36:39.530 --> 00:36:41.309
woman,<00:36:39.710><c> and</c><00:36:39.849><c> we</c><00:36:39.969><c> won't</c><00:36:40.170><c> go</c><00:36:40.409><c> there,</c><00:36:40.570><c> what</c><00:36:40.690><c> it</c><00:36:40.829><c> was</c><00:36:40.949><c> all</c><00:36:41.150><c> about,</c>

00:36:41.349 --> 00:36:42.969
but<00:36:41.489><c> we</c><00:36:41.690><c> know</c><00:36:41.829><c> what</c><00:36:41.989><c> it</c><00:36:42.110><c> was</c><00:36:42.250><c> all</c><00:36:42.489><c> about.</c><00:36:42.769><c> And</c>

00:36:42.969 --> 00:36:53.670
takes<00:36:43.250><c> her</c><00:36:43.409><c> to</c><00:36:43.469><c> his</c><00:36:43.690><c> tent.</c><00:36:48.230><c> And</c><00:36:48.630><c> Phineas,</c><00:36:51.590><c> in</c><00:36:51.710><c> righteous</c><00:36:52.170><c> indignation</c><00:36:53.190><c> and</c>

00:36:53.670 --> 00:36:56.869
fury<00:36:54.190><c> and</c><00:36:55.289><c> reverential</c><00:36:55.969><c> love</c><00:36:56.409><c> of</c><00:36:56.630><c> his</c>

00:36:56.869 --> 00:37:01.050
God<00:36:57.050><c> Yahweh,</c><00:36:58.090><c> he</c><00:36:58.429><c> looks</c><00:36:58.690><c> upon</c><00:36:59.030><c> this,</c><00:36:59.789><c> and</c><00:36:59.889><c> he</c><00:37:00.030><c> takes</c><00:37:00.250><c> the</c><00:37:00.550><c> matter</c><00:37:00.789><c> into</c>

00:37:01.050 --> 00:37:03.550
his<00:37:01.329><c> own</c><00:37:01.510><c> hands,</c><00:37:01.969><c> and</c><00:37:02.190><c> he</c><00:37:02.369><c> goes</c><00:37:02.710><c> after</c>

00:37:05.150 --> 00:37:09.110
Zimri<00:37:05.670><c> and</c><00:37:06.190><c> Cosby.</c><00:37:07.489><c> And</c><00:37:07.789><c> what</c><00:37:07.949><c> does</c><00:37:08.130><c> he</c><00:37:08.190><c> do,</c><00:37:08.429><c> verse</c><00:37:08.690><c> 8,</c><00:37:08.869><c> and</c><00:37:09.010><c> he</c>

00:37:09.110 --> 00:37:11.050
went<00:37:09.329><c> in</c><00:37:09.510><c> after</c><00:37:09.670><c> the</c><00:37:09.809><c> man</c><00:37:09.969><c> of</c><00:37:10.110><c> Israel</c><00:37:10.329><c> into</c><00:37:10.550><c> the</c><00:37:10.769><c> tent,</c>

00:37:11.050 --> 00:37:14.369
and<00:37:11.730><c> thrust</c><00:37:12.110><c> both</c><00:37:12.469><c> of</c><00:37:12.650><c> them</c><00:37:12.789><c> through,</c><00:37:13.750><c> the</c><00:37:13.789><c> man</c><00:37:13.989><c> of</c><00:37:14.110><c> Israel</c>

00:37:14.369 --> 00:37:15.590
and<00:37:14.590><c> the</c><00:37:14.690><c> woman</c><00:37:14.869><c> through</c><00:37:15.130><c> her</c><00:37:15.309><c> belly.</c>

00:37:16.050 --> 00:37:17.989
So<00:37:16.150><c> the</c><00:37:16.389><c> plague</c><00:37:16.670><c> was</c><00:37:16.989><c> stayed</c><00:37:17.170><c> from</c><00:37:17.329><c> the</c><00:37:17.530><c> children</c><00:37:17.710><c> of</c><00:37:17.849><c> Israel.</c>

00:37:18.230 --> 00:37:20.849
Now,<00:37:18.550><c> brethren</c><00:37:18.710><c> and</c><00:37:18.929><c> sisters,</c><00:37:19.269><c> this</c><00:37:19.449><c> was</c><00:37:19.630><c> a</c><00:37:19.829><c> priest,</c>

00:37:21.210 --> 00:37:27.449
high<00:37:21.429><c> priest</c><00:37:21.670><c> elect.</c><00:37:25.070><c> He</c><00:37:25.550><c> becomes</c><00:37:25.789><c> a</c><00:37:26.070><c> military</c><00:37:26.389><c> warrior.</c>

00:37:30.730 --> 00:37:36.469
And<00:37:31.050><c> I'm</c><00:37:31.269><c> going</c><00:37:31.409><c> to</c><00:37:31.530><c> suggest</c><00:37:31.869><c> to</c><00:37:32.190><c> you</c><00:37:33.110><c> that</c><00:37:34.110><c> he</c><00:37:34.710><c> becomes</c><00:37:35.369><c> effectively</c><00:37:36.170><c> like</c>

00:37:36.469 --> 00:37:38.090
a<00:37:36.650><c> king</c><00:37:36.889><c>-priest.</c>

00:37:39.630 --> 00:37:43.710
He<00:37:40.210><c> brought</c><00:37:40.489><c> this</c><00:37:40.849><c> Midianite</c><00:37:41.329><c>-ish</c><00:37:41.469><c> woman</c><00:37:41.949><c> in</c><00:37:42.949><c> front</c><00:37:43.190><c> of</c><00:37:43.389><c> the</c>

00:37:43.710 --> 00:37:45.429
entire<00:37:44.210><c> nation.</c>

00:37:46.050 --> 00:37:49.349
That's<00:37:46.469><c> how</c><00:37:46.789><c> far</c><00:37:47.070><c> and</c><00:37:47.369><c> how</c><00:37:47.590><c> depraved</c><00:37:48.210><c> they'd</c><00:37:48.590><c> been</c><00:37:48.769><c> in</c><00:37:49.090><c> that</c>

00:37:49.349 --> 00:37:53.179
day.<00:37:51.230><c> And</c><00:37:51.309><c> Numbers</c><00:37:51.550><c> 25,</c><00:37:52.210><c> verse</c><00:37:52.389><c> 10,</c>

00:37:53.590 --> 00:37:57.630
And<00:37:53.829><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:54.130><c> spake</c><00:37:54.449><c> unto</c><00:37:54.610><c> Moses,</c><00:37:54.969><c> saying,</c><00:37:56.190><c> Phineas,</c><00:37:57.309><c> the</c><00:37:57.429><c> son</c>

00:37:57.630 --> 00:37:59.690
of<00:37:57.750><c> Eleazar,</c><00:37:58.230><c> the</c><00:37:58.369><c> son</c><00:37:58.590><c> of</c><00:37:58.809><c> Aaron,</c><00:37:59.030><c> the</c><00:37:59.210><c> priest,</c>

00:37:59.929 --> 00:38:03.289
hath<00:38:00.170><c> turned</c><00:38:00.610><c> my</c><00:38:00.989><c> wrath</c><00:38:01.130><c> away</c><00:38:01.630><c> from</c><00:38:02.030><c> the</c><00:38:02.250><c> children</c><00:38:02.429><c> of</c><00:38:02.650><c> Israel,</c><00:38:02.909><c> while</c>

00:38:03.289 --> 00:38:05.400
he<00:38:03.469><c> was</c><00:38:03.650><c> jealous</c><00:38:04.070><c> for</c><00:38:04.389><c> my</c><00:38:04.630><c> sake</c><00:38:04.849><c> among</c><00:38:05.110><c> him,</c>

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:13.059
that<00:38:05.400><c> I</c><00:38:06.619><c> consumed</c><00:38:07.199><c> not</c><00:38:07.659><c> the</c><00:38:07.880><c> children</c><00:38:08.079><c> of</c><00:38:08.300><c> Israel</c><00:38:08.559><c> in</c><00:38:08.880><c> my</c><00:38:09.340><c> jealousy.</c><00:38:11.860><c> Verse</c><00:38:12.079><c> 12,</c>

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:20.380
Wherefore,<00:38:14.800><c> say,</c><00:38:16.400><c> behold,</c><00:38:17.619><c> I</c><00:38:17.880><c> gave</c><00:38:18.039><c> unto</c><00:38:18.300><c> him</c><00:38:18.940><c> my</c><00:38:19.760><c> covenant</c>

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:22.119
of<00:38:20.940><c> peace,</c>

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:29.099
and<00:38:24.059><c> he</c><00:38:24.300><c> shall</c><00:38:24.440><c> have</c><00:38:24.619><c> it,</c><00:38:25.619><c> and</c><00:38:25.880><c> he'll</c><00:38:26.119><c> see</c><00:38:26.239><c> it</c><00:38:26.400><c> after</c><00:38:26.579><c> him,</c><00:38:28.039><c> even</c><00:38:28.619><c> the</c>

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:32.480
covenant<00:38:29.579><c> of</c><00:38:30.260><c> an</c><00:38:30.420><c> everlasting</c><00:38:31.199><c> priesthood.</c>

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:37.920
Now,<00:38:34.500><c> Levi</c><00:38:34.780><c> was</c><00:38:35.320><c> not</c><00:38:35.780><c> an</c><00:38:36.039><c> everlasting</c><00:38:36.659><c> priesthood.</c>

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:43.219
He<00:38:39.760><c> was</c><00:38:40.099><c> promised</c><00:38:40.679><c> the</c><00:38:41.659><c> Melchizedek</c><00:38:42.300><c> Priesthood.</c><00:38:42.679><c> He</c><00:38:42.760><c> was</c><00:38:42.940><c> going</c><00:38:43.059><c> to</c>

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:46.440
be<00:38:43.800><c> part</c><00:38:44.219><c> of</c><00:38:44.380><c> that</c><00:38:44.599><c> Melchizedek</c><00:38:45.940><c> Priesthood</c>

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:53.440
because<00:38:46.920><c> he</c><00:38:47.119><c> was</c><00:38:47.420><c> pretty</c><00:38:48.139><c> zealous</c><00:38:48.860><c> for</c><00:38:49.719><c> his</c><00:38:50.719><c> God.</c><00:38:52.699><c> And</c><00:38:53.039><c> so</c><00:38:53.219><c> he</c>

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:57.780
shames<00:38:53.760><c> the</c><00:38:54.099><c> priests,</c><00:38:55.280><c> this</c><00:38:55.579><c> great</c><00:38:55.920><c> man,</c><00:38:56.400><c> this</c><00:38:56.539><c> archetype</c>

00:38:57.780 --> 00:39:07.719
of<00:38:58.280><c> Israel,</c><00:39:02.139><c> a</c><00:39:02.320><c> wonderful</c><00:39:02.579><c> man,</c><00:39:03.119><c> a</c><00:39:03.179><c> type</c><00:39:03.380><c> of</c><00:39:03.639><c> Christ.</c><00:39:05.159><c> The</c><00:39:05.400><c> Psalmist</c><00:39:05.820><c> says</c><00:39:06.500><c> in</c>

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.760
Psalm<00:39:08.000><c> 106,</c>

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:12.699
Then<00:39:09.099><c> stood</c><00:39:09.360><c> up</c><00:39:09.820><c> Phineas,</c><00:39:11.380><c> and</c><00:39:11.440><c> what</c><00:39:11.639><c> he</c><00:39:11.780><c> did</c><00:39:11.940><c> was</c><00:39:12.320><c> counted</c>

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:14.659
unto<00:39:12.980><c> him</c><00:39:13.199><c> for</c><00:39:13.599><c> righteousness,</c>

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:21.119
unto<00:39:15.000><c> all</c><00:39:15.539><c> generations</c><00:39:16.280><c> for</c><00:39:16.780><c> evermore,</c><00:39:17.519><c> an</c><00:39:17.739><c> everlasting</c><00:39:18.380><c> priesthood,</c><00:39:19.739><c> to</c><00:39:19.920><c> Phineas.</c>

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:29.059
I<00:39:24.079><c> think</c><00:39:24.619><c> Paul</c><00:39:25.059><c> in</c><00:39:25.179><c> writing</c><00:39:25.380><c> Timothy</c><00:39:25.880><c> alludes</c><00:39:26.460><c> to</c><00:39:26.559><c> it.</c><00:39:27.579><c> He</c><00:39:28.059><c> says,</c><00:39:28.599><c> War</c>

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:32.340
of<00:39:29.360><c> warfare,</c><00:39:31.320><c> God</c><00:39:31.659><c> the</c><00:39:31.880><c> deposit,</c>

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:37.719
war<00:39:33.340><c> of</c><00:39:33.559><c> warfare,</c><00:39:34.000><c> he</c><00:39:34.280><c> says.</c><00:39:35.860><c> So</c><00:39:36.239><c> Phineas</c><00:39:36.559><c> then</c><00:39:36.860><c> stands</c><00:39:37.219><c> as</c><00:39:37.519><c> an</c>

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:40.019
archetype<00:39:38.260><c> of</c><00:39:38.420><c> Messiah,</c><00:39:38.760><c> I</c><00:39:38.860><c> would</c><00:39:39.039><c> suggest</c><00:39:39.460><c> to</c><00:39:39.739><c> you,</c>

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:44.800
in<00:39:40.579><c> the</c><00:39:40.820><c> history</c><00:39:41.320><c> of</c><00:39:42.420><c> the</c><00:39:42.920><c> Levites.</c><00:39:43.699><c> And</c><00:39:43.860><c> so</c><00:39:43.980><c> they</c><00:39:44.199><c> malachize</c>

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:47.360
them.<00:39:45.519><c> He</c><00:39:45.519><c> comes</c><00:39:45.800><c> now,</c><00:39:46.340><c> he's</c><00:39:46.719><c> already</c><00:39:47.119><c> given</c>

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:49.599
them<00:39:47.519><c> a</c><00:39:47.719><c> right</c><00:39:48.019><c> cross,</c><00:39:48.519><c> and</c><00:39:48.639><c> now</c><00:39:48.719><c> he's</c><00:39:48.860><c> going</c><00:39:49.019><c> to</c><00:39:49.199><c> give</c><00:39:49.300><c> them</c><00:39:49.480><c> a</c>

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.539
left<00:39:49.840><c> one.</c><00:39:50.320><c> He</c><00:39:50.500><c> says,</c><00:39:50.800><c> for</c><00:39:50.800><c> the</c><00:39:51.099><c> priesthood</c>

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:55.000
should<00:39:51.800><c> keep</c><00:39:52.199><c> knowledge,</c><00:39:53.300><c> and</c><00:39:53.440><c> they</c><00:39:53.619><c> should</c><00:39:54.019><c> seek</c><00:39:54.320><c> the</c><00:39:54.679><c> law</c>

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:57.219
of<00:39:55.139><c> his</c><00:39:55.380><c> mouth,</c><00:39:56.260><c> for</c><00:39:56.400><c> he</c><00:39:56.599><c> is</c><00:39:56.780><c> the</c><00:39:56.940><c> messenger,</c>

00:39:57.440 --> 00:40:00.000
he<00:39:57.599><c> is</c><00:39:57.780><c> the</c><00:39:58.119><c> Malachi,</c><00:39:58.639><c> he</c><00:39:58.800><c> is</c><00:39:58.980><c> the</c><00:39:59.219><c> Malach,</c><00:39:59.480><c> or</c><00:39:59.639><c> should</c><00:39:59.800><c> have</c>

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:03.849
been,<00:40:01.380><c> of</c><00:40:01.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:01.840><c> of</c><00:40:02.079><c> armies.</c><00:40:02.900><c> Play</c><00:40:03.119><c> on</c>

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:10.400
Malachi's<00:40:06.079><c> name.</c><00:40:07.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:07.840><c> said,</c><00:40:08.380><c> Who</c><00:40:08.659><c> shall</c><00:40:08.880><c> he</c><00:40:09.099><c> teach</c><00:40:09.320><c> knowledge,</c><00:40:10.139><c> and</c>

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:12.539
whom<00:40:10.760><c> shall</c><00:40:10.960><c> he</c><00:40:11.159><c> make</c><00:40:11.340><c> to</c><00:40:11.619><c> understand</c>

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:19.880
them<00:40:13.260><c> that</c><00:40:13.639><c> are</c><00:40:13.960><c> weaned</c><00:40:15.780><c> from</c><00:40:16.099><c> the</c><00:40:17.059><c> milk</c><00:40:17.420><c> and</c><00:40:17.780><c> drawn</c><00:40:18.059><c> from</c><00:40:18.360><c> the</c><00:40:18.619><c> breasts,</c>

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:24.000
but<00:40:20.460><c> with</c><00:40:20.760><c> stammering</c><00:40:21.219><c> lips</c><00:40:21.679><c> and</c><00:40:22.000><c> another</c><00:40:22.219><c> tongue</c><00:40:22.920><c> will</c><00:40:23.760><c> he</c>

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:25.599
speak<00:40:24.239><c> to</c><00:40:24.440><c> the</c><00:40:24.619><c> people.</c>

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:33.360
In<00:40:27.059><c> other</c><00:40:27.300><c> words,</c><00:40:31.079><c> you</c><00:40:31.260><c> could</c><00:40:31.940><c> associate</c><00:40:32.780><c> that</c><00:40:32.980><c> with</c><00:40:33.139><c> an</c>

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alcoholic<00:40:33.840><c> stupor,</c>

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but<00:40:35.099><c> it's</c><00:40:35.539><c> really</c><00:40:35.739><c> also</c><00:40:36.099><c> speaking</c><00:40:36.360><c> of</c><00:40:36.579><c> a</c><00:40:36.699><c> doctrinal</c><00:40:37.320><c> stupor,</c>

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those<00:40:38.019><c> incoherent,</c>

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you<00:40:39.500><c> know,</c><00:40:40.340><c> I've</c><00:40:40.519><c> got</c><00:40:40.639><c> a</c><00:40:40.800><c> problem,</c><00:40:41.760><c> you</c><00:40:41.820><c> go</c><00:40:41.940><c> to</c><00:40:42.079><c> the</c><00:40:42.159><c> priesthood,</c><00:40:42.699><c> oh</c><00:40:42.960><c> well,</c>

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oh<00:40:44.320><c> I</c><00:40:44.440><c> don't</c><00:40:44.699><c> know</c><00:40:44.900><c> about</c><00:40:45.099><c> that.</c>

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Have<00:40:46.820><c> a</c><00:40:46.920><c> word</c><00:40:47.039><c> with</c><00:40:47.199><c> so</c><00:40:47.360><c> and</c><00:40:47.480><c> so.</c><00:40:48.840><c> This</c><00:40:48.960><c> was</c><00:40:49.139><c> the</c><00:40:49.320><c> same</c><00:40:49.400><c> they</c>

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got<00:40:49.800><c> two</c><00:40:50.039><c> brothers</c><00:40:50.260><c> and</c><00:40:50.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:55.480
no<00:40:51.400><c> one</c><00:40:51.559><c> had</c><00:40:51.739><c> got</c><00:40:51.900><c> any</c><00:40:52.099><c> knowledge.</c><00:40:53.400><c> Verse</c><00:40:53.619><c> 8</c><00:40:53.820><c> of</c><00:40:53.980><c> Malachi,</c><00:40:55.300><c> We</c>

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.860
are<00:40:55.679><c> departed</c><00:40:56.059><c> out</c><00:40:56.300><c> of</c><00:40:56.420><c> the</c><00:40:56.619><c> way,</c>

00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:00.619
ye<00:40:57.079><c> have</c><00:40:57.280><c> caused</c><00:40:57.599><c> many</c><00:40:57.980><c> to</c><00:40:58.280><c> stumble</c><00:40:58.480><c> at</c><00:40:58.659><c> the</c><00:40:58.860><c> law,</c><00:40:59.139><c> ye</c><00:40:59.260><c> have</c><00:40:59.400><c> corrupted</c><00:40:59.760><c> the</c><00:41:00.059><c> covenant</c><00:41:00.340><c> of</c>

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.780
Levi<00:41:00.900><c> saith</c><00:41:01.280><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:01.619><c> of</c>

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:06.119
armies,<00:41:02.539><c> therefore</c><00:41:02.820><c> I</c><00:41:03.179><c> also</c><00:41:04.219><c> made</c><00:41:04.579><c> you</c><00:41:04.980><c> contemptible</c><00:41:05.739><c> and</c>

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base<00:41:06.320><c> before</c><00:41:06.559><c> all</c><00:41:06.820><c> the</c><00:41:06.980><c> people</c><00:41:07.219><c> according,</c>

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as<00:41:08.139><c> ye</c><00:41:08.260><c> have</c><00:41:08.440><c> not</c><00:41:08.679><c> kept</c><00:41:08.840><c> my</c><00:41:09.139><c> ways,</c><00:41:09.679><c> but</c><00:41:09.860><c> have</c><00:41:10.039><c> been</c><00:41:10.380><c> partial</c><00:41:11.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:41:11.880><c> law,</c><00:41:12.179><c> and</c><00:41:12.320><c> this</c><00:41:12.420><c> was</c><00:41:12.739><c> a</c><00:41:12.920><c> very</c><00:41:13.500><c> serious</c>

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:17.280
offense,<00:41:14.099><c> brothers</c><00:41:14.239><c> and</c><00:41:14.420><c> sisters,</c><00:41:15.659><c> a</c><00:41:16.039><c> stone</c><00:41:16.460><c> of</c><00:41:16.800><c> stumbling</c>

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:22.139
to<00:41:18.239><c> the</c><00:41:18.440><c> sons</c><00:41:18.659><c> of</c><00:41:19.099><c> God.</c><00:41:20.900><c> That's</c><00:41:21.380><c> very</c><00:41:21.820><c> serious,</c>

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:24.460
brothers<00:41:22.420><c> and</c><00:41:22.559><c> sisters,</c><00:41:22.739><c> when</c><00:41:22.900><c> we</c><00:41:23.119><c> start</c><00:41:23.619><c> putting</c><00:41:24.039><c> ourselves</c>

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:26.199
in<00:41:24.639><c> a</c><00:41:24.820><c> situation</c><00:41:25.360><c> where</c><00:41:25.599><c> we're</c><00:41:25.820><c> causing</c>

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:29.280
a<00:41:26.500><c> problem</c><00:41:26.699><c> for</c><00:41:26.880><c> a</c><00:41:27.039><c> brother</c><00:41:27.239><c> or</c><00:41:27.440><c> sister,</c><00:41:27.679><c> a</c><00:41:27.820><c> stone</c><00:41:28.099><c> of</c><00:41:28.360><c> stumbling,</c><00:41:28.980><c> making</c>

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life<00:41:29.619><c> difficult</c><00:41:30.059><c> when</c><00:41:30.219><c> we</c>

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:33.619
need<00:41:30.579><c> not</c><00:41:30.840><c> necessarily</c><00:41:31.260><c> do</c><00:41:31.519><c> so,</c><00:41:31.920><c> when</c><00:41:32.059><c> we</c><00:41:32.219><c> can</c><00:41:32.400><c> say</c><00:41:32.539><c> kind</c><00:41:32.920><c> words</c><00:41:33.139><c> instead</c><00:41:33.400><c> of</c>

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harsh<00:41:33.840><c> words.</c>

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This<00:41:38.900><c> is</c><00:41:39.079><c> what</c><00:41:39.219><c> the</c><00:41:39.380><c> Brotherhood's</c><00:41:39.800><c> about.</c><00:41:41.219><c> You</c><00:41:41.280><c> get</c><00:41:41.420><c> the</c><00:41:41.599><c> JWs</c>

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:43.840
coming<00:41:42.119><c> in,</c><00:41:42.300><c> and</c><00:41:43.179><c> they're</c><00:41:43.840><c> using</c>

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:51.579
JW<00:41:44.760><c> this,</c><00:41:45.460><c> JW</c><00:41:45.800><c> this,</c><00:41:46.079><c> and</c><00:41:46.280><c> JW</c><00:41:46.500><c> that.</c><00:41:49.420><c> By</c><00:41:49.639><c> and</c><00:41:49.960><c> large,</c><00:41:51.360><c> they</c><00:41:51.480><c> do</c>

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look<00:41:51.800><c> impeccable,</c><00:41:52.400><c> brothers</c><00:41:52.579><c> and</c><00:41:52.760><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:58.019 --> 00:42:02.559
You<00:41:58.500><c> know,</c><00:41:59.440><c> I</c><00:42:00.000><c> think</c><00:42:00.159><c> we</c><00:42:00.380><c> need</c><00:42:00.559><c> to</c><00:42:00.760><c> start</c><00:42:00.880><c> learning</c><00:42:01.179><c> a</c><00:42:01.380><c> few</c><00:42:01.519><c> lessons.</c>

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:07.099
Ye<00:42:04.239><c> are</c><00:42:04.760><c> departed</c><00:42:05.300><c> out</c><00:42:05.559><c> of</c><00:42:05.699><c> the</c><00:42:05.880><c> way,</c><00:42:06.159><c> and</c><00:42:06.280><c> caused</c><00:42:06.400><c> them</c><00:42:06.579><c> to</c><00:42:06.780><c> stumble</c><00:42:06.940><c> at</c>

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:09.460
the<00:42:07.300><c> law.</c><00:42:07.420><c> This</c><00:42:07.599><c> was</c><00:42:07.780><c> a</c><00:42:08.039><c> serious</c><00:42:08.320><c> offense,</c>

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:14.739
as<00:42:09.760><c> causing</c><00:42:10.400><c> Yahweh's</c><00:42:11.260><c> sons</c><00:42:11.440><c> and</c><00:42:11.860><c> daughters</c><00:42:12.500><c> to</c><00:42:14.219><c> leave</c><00:42:14.480><c> the</c>

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:18.880
truth.<00:42:16.780><c> Brethren</c><00:42:17.260><c> and</c><00:42:17.659><c> sisters</c><00:42:17.980><c> causing</c><00:42:18.380><c> other</c>

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:22.800
brethren<00:42:19.219><c> and</c><00:42:19.539><c> sisters</c><00:42:19.900><c> to</c><00:42:20.599><c> leave</c><00:42:20.800><c> the</c><00:42:21.099><c> truth</c><00:42:21.380><c> by</c><00:42:21.679><c> their</c><00:42:22.079><c> attitude</c><00:42:22.559><c> and</c>

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:24.760
behavior.<00:42:23.599><c> Instead</c><00:42:23.880><c> of</c><00:42:24.039><c> being</c><00:42:24.280><c> fathers</c>

00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:27.500
in<00:42:24.920><c> Israel,</c><00:42:25.400><c> brothers</c><00:42:25.539><c> and</c><00:42:25.659><c> sisters,</c><00:42:26.059><c> though</c><00:42:26.219><c> I</c><00:42:26.360><c> have</c><00:42:26.519><c> 10</c><00:42:27.139><c>,000</c>

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:29.400
instructions<00:42:27.900><c> in</c><00:42:28.119><c> Christ,</c><00:42:28.539><c> I</c><00:42:28.739><c> have</c><00:42:28.960><c> not</c><00:42:29.159><c> many</c>

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:33.619
That<00:42:30.059><c> is</c><00:42:30.719><c> true,</c><00:42:31.239><c> brothers</c><00:42:31.239><c> and</c><00:42:31.360><c> sisters.</c><00:42:31.780><c> A</c><00:42:31.880><c> father</c><00:42:32.079><c> conceives.</c>

00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:42.139
Where<00:42:36.760><c> are</c><00:42:37.019><c> our</c><00:42:37.219><c> fathers?</c><00:42:39.019><c> Oh,</c><00:42:39.599><c> we</c><00:42:39.960><c> can</c><00:42:40.579><c> talk,</c><00:42:41.800><c> brothers</c><00:42:42.000><c> and</c>

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:44.239
sisters,<00:42:42.239><c> we</c><00:42:42.300><c> can</c><00:42:42.539><c> talk</c><00:42:42.719><c> till</c><00:42:42.880><c> the</c><00:42:43.079><c> cows</c><00:42:43.260><c> come</c><00:42:43.500><c> out.</c>

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:51.780
Can<00:42:45.539><c> we</c><00:42:45.699><c> be</c><00:42:45.880><c> fathers</c><00:42:46.699><c> and</c><00:42:48.300><c> mothers</c><00:42:48.619><c> in</c><00:42:48.820><c> Israel?</c><00:42:51.119><c> A</c><00:42:51.320><c> stone</c><00:42:51.559><c> of</c>

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:53.440
stumbling,<00:42:52.320><c> says</c><00:42:52.420><c> Peter.</c>

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In<00:42:54.500><c> Micah</c><00:42:54.920><c> 3,</c><00:42:56.739><c> they</c><00:42:57.000><c> judge</c><00:42:57.300><c> for</c><00:42:57.579><c> reward,</c><00:42:58.760><c> and</c><00:42:58.920><c> the</c><00:42:59.159><c> priests</c>

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:01.239
thereof<00:42:59.760><c> teach</c><00:43:00.079><c> for</c><00:43:00.320><c> hire,</c>

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:03.880
and<00:43:01.559><c> the</c><00:43:01.739><c> prophets</c><00:43:01.980><c> thereof</c><00:43:02.619><c> divine</c><00:43:03.039><c> for</c><00:43:03.300><c> money.</c><00:43:03.480><c> And</c><00:43:03.619><c> we</c><00:43:03.719><c> can</c>

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:06.059
do<00:43:04.039><c> that</c><00:43:04.260><c> spiritually,</c><00:43:04.940><c> brothers</c><00:43:05.039><c> and</c><00:43:05.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:10.559
to<00:43:06.679><c> get</c><00:43:06.880><c> the</c><00:43:07.219><c> right</c><00:43:07.380><c> to</c><00:43:07.659><c> claim</c><00:43:07.920><c> from</c><00:43:08.179><c> those</c><00:43:08.519><c> around</c><00:43:08.940><c> us.</c><00:43:10.059><c> We</c><00:43:10.219><c> need</c><00:43:10.440><c> to</c>

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:12.619
be<00:43:10.840><c> strong</c><00:43:11.099><c> enough</c><00:43:11.340><c> to</c><00:43:11.659><c> meet</c><00:43:11.860><c> the</c><00:43:12.219><c> challenges</c>

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:22.380
of<00:43:12.840><c> ecclesial</c><00:43:13.420><c> life.</c><00:43:18.539><c> This</c><00:43:19.079><c> is</c><00:43:19.320><c> a</c><00:43:19.639><c> sensitive</c><00:43:20.019><c> issue.</c><00:43:22.039><c> And</c><00:43:22.199><c> of</c>

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:24.659
course,<00:43:22.679><c> it's</c><00:43:22.840><c> to</c><00:43:23.019><c> do</c><00:43:23.280><c> with</c><00:43:23.500><c> that</c><00:43:24.280><c> wretched</c>

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:29.980
problem<00:43:25.159><c> of</c><00:43:25.420><c> divorce</c><00:43:25.719><c> and</c><00:43:25.900><c> remarriage.</c><00:43:27.900><c> And</c><00:43:28.119><c> I</c><00:43:28.300><c> can</c><00:43:28.460><c> only</c><00:43:28.699><c> give</c><00:43:28.940><c> you</c>

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:32.239
what<00:43:30.260><c> I</c><00:43:30.639><c> believe</c><00:43:30.900><c> to</c><00:43:31.159><c> be</c><00:43:31.400><c> the</c><00:43:31.699><c> scriptural</c>

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:37.059
injunction<00:43:32.780><c> on</c><00:43:33.019><c> divorce</c><00:43:33.420><c> and</c><00:43:33.599><c> remarriage.</c><00:43:36.380><c> Because</c><00:43:36.659><c> you</c><00:43:36.800><c> can</c>

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:40.550
see<00:43:37.239><c> here,</c><00:43:39.159><c> as</c><00:43:39.340><c> you</c><00:43:39.559><c> read</c><00:43:39.780><c> it,</c>

00:43:41.710 --> 00:43:47.210
Malachi<00:43:42.269><c> is</c><00:43:42.650><c> not</c><00:43:43.349><c> drawing</c><00:43:43.889><c> his</c><00:43:44.349><c> punches.</c><00:43:46.309><c> And</c><00:43:46.630><c> I'm</c><00:43:46.869><c> speaking</c>

00:43:47.210 --> 00:43:49.230
of<00:43:47.409><c> Malachi.</c><00:43:48.389><c> I'm</c><00:43:48.510><c> using</c><00:43:48.690><c> God's</c><00:43:49.070><c> word</c>

00:43:49.230 --> 00:43:54.269
through<00:43:49.449><c> Malachi.</c><00:43:51.030><c> And</c><00:43:51.250><c> therefore,</c><00:43:51.429><c> I</c><00:43:51.530><c> must</c><00:43:51.829><c> do</c><00:43:52.070><c> them</c><00:43:52.230><c> justice.</c><00:43:54.050><c> Verse</c>

00:43:54.269 --> 00:43:57.070
10.<00:43:55.710><c> Have</c><00:43:55.929><c> we</c><00:43:56.190><c> not</c><00:43:56.510><c> one</c><00:43:56.710><c> father,</c>

00:43:57.070 --> 00:44:00.809
which<00:43:57.349><c> was,</c><00:43:57.550><c> of</c><00:43:57.750><c> course,</c><00:43:58.090><c> Yahweh?</c><00:43:59.070><c> That's</c><00:43:59.329><c> not</c><00:43:59.489><c> one</c><00:43:59.650><c> God</c><00:43:59.989><c> created</c><00:44:00.510><c> us,</c>

00:44:00.809 --> 00:44:02.630
so<00:44:01.230><c> he</c><00:44:01.789><c> believed</c><00:44:02.010><c> in</c><00:44:02.269><c> creation.</c>

00:44:03.110 --> 00:44:05.889
Why<00:44:03.329><c> do</c><00:44:03.510><c> we</c><00:44:03.829><c> deal</c><00:44:04.250><c> treacherously,</c><00:44:04.849><c> every</c><00:44:05.130><c> man,</c><00:44:05.449><c> against</c><00:44:05.650><c> his</c>

00:44:05.889 --> 00:44:08.150
brother<00:44:06.170><c> by</c><00:44:06.590><c> profane</c><00:44:07.070><c> in</c><00:44:07.210><c> the</c><00:44:07.449><c> covenant</c><00:44:07.690><c> of</c><00:44:07.949><c> our</c>

00:44:08.150 --> 00:44:12.590
fathers?<00:44:09.769><c> Judah</c><00:44:10.230><c> hath</c><00:44:10.530><c> dealt</c><00:44:10.849><c> treacherously,</c><00:44:12.210><c> and</c><00:44:12.309><c> an</c>

00:44:12.590 --> 00:44:15.849
abomination,<00:44:13.670><c> something</c><00:44:14.070><c> obnoxious,</c>

00:44:15.869 --> 00:44:21.929
is<00:44:16.090><c> committed</c><00:44:16.449><c> in</c><00:44:16.630><c> Israel</c><00:44:17.070><c> and</c><00:44:17.349><c> in</c><00:44:17.630><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:44:18.510><c> For</c><00:44:18.750><c> Judah</c><00:44:19.170><c> hath</c><00:44:19.530><c> profaned</c><00:44:20.170><c> the</c><00:44:20.469><c> holiness</c><00:44:20.869><c> of</c><00:44:21.110><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:44:22.650 --> 00:44:25.889
Profaned<00:44:23.289><c> the</c><00:44:23.449><c> holiness,</c><00:44:24.050><c> Judah,</c><00:44:24.570><c> you've</c><00:44:24.750><c> profaned</c><00:44:25.170><c> the</c><00:44:25.309><c> holiness</c><00:44:25.710><c> of</c>

00:44:25.889 --> 00:44:29.650
Yahweh,<00:44:27.050><c> which</c><00:44:27.210><c> he</c><00:44:27.469><c> loved,</c><00:44:28.769><c> and</c><00:44:29.329><c> hath</c>

00:44:29.650 --> 00:44:33.610
married<00:44:29.989><c> the</c><00:44:30.289><c> daughter</c><00:44:30.710><c> of</c><00:44:30.949><c> a</c><00:44:31.230><c> strange</c><00:44:31.510><c> God.</c><00:44:33.050><c> Now,</c><00:44:33.309><c> we</c><00:44:33.429><c> know</c>

00:44:33.610 --> 00:44:35.710
where<00:44:33.750><c> this</c><00:44:33.949><c> is</c><00:44:34.050><c> leading,</c><00:44:34.489><c> brothers</c><00:44:34.570><c> and</c><00:44:34.789><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:36.210 --> 00:44:40.670
That<00:44:36.690><c> abomination</c><00:44:37.170><c> is</c><00:44:37.429><c> a</c><00:44:37.610><c> strong</c><00:44:37.750><c> word.</c><00:44:38.050><c> It</c><00:44:38.050><c> means</c><00:44:38.289><c> disgusting,</c><00:44:39.429><c> an</c><00:44:39.489><c> abhorrence.</c>

00:44:41.409 --> 00:44:46.869
To<00:44:41.650><c> God,</c><00:44:42.150><c> it</c><00:44:42.510><c> is</c><00:44:43.110><c> an</c><00:44:43.389><c> abhorrence,</c><00:44:44.590><c> brothers</c><00:44:44.730><c> and</c><00:44:45.010><c> sisters.</c><00:44:46.690><c> He</c>

00:44:46.869 --> 00:44:48.650
says<00:44:47.110><c> at</c><00:44:47.289><c> verse</c><00:44:47.489><c> 12,</c>

00:44:49.210 --> 00:44:54.230
I<00:44:49.429><c> will</c><00:44:49.690><c> cut</c><00:44:49.929><c> off</c><00:44:50.110><c> the</c><00:44:50.309><c> man</c><00:44:50.769><c> that</c><00:44:51.090><c> doeth</c><00:44:51.349><c> this,</c><00:44:53.530><c> excommunicate</c>

00:44:54.230 --> 00:44:56.570
him,<00:44:55.690><c> take</c><00:44:55.909><c> him</c><00:44:56.050><c> out</c><00:44:56.170><c> of</c><00:44:56.269><c> the</c><00:44:56.429><c> camp</c>

00:44:56.570 --> 00:45:00.949
like<00:44:56.789><c> a</c><00:44:56.929><c> leper,</c><00:44:58.530><c> disfellowship</c><00:44:59.210><c> him.</c><00:44:59.510><c> That's</c><00:44:59.789><c> what</c><00:44:59.929><c> he's</c><00:45:00.309><c> saying,</c><00:45:00.449><c> brothers</c><00:45:00.769><c> and</c>

00:45:00.949 --> 00:45:01.929
sisters.<00:45:01.190><c> You</c><00:45:01.349><c> can't</c>

00:45:01.929 --> 00:45:08.130
bulk<00:45:02.389><c> from</c><00:45:02.650><c> what's</c><00:45:02.969><c> being</c><00:45:03.269><c> said.</c><00:45:04.789><c> That</c><00:45:04.989><c> doeth</c><00:45:05.289><c> this,</c><00:45:06.250><c> the</c><00:45:06.429><c> master,</c><00:45:08.050><c> no</c>

00:45:08.130 --> 00:45:09.469
matter<00:45:08.269><c> what</c><00:45:08.429><c> your</c><00:45:08.650><c> position</c><00:45:08.929><c> you're</c><00:45:09.130><c> in,</c>

00:45:09.730 --> 00:45:12.150
the<00:45:09.969><c> scholar,</c><00:45:10.409><c> doesn't</c><00:45:10.610><c> matter</c><00:45:10.829><c> what</c><00:45:11.010><c> position</c><00:45:11.309><c> you're</c><00:45:11.550><c> in,</c>

00:45:12.489 --> 00:45:14.929
out<00:45:12.750><c> of</c><00:45:12.909><c> the</c><00:45:13.070><c> tabernacles</c><00:45:13.469><c> of</c><00:45:13.769><c> Jacob</c><00:45:13.969><c> and</c><00:45:14.369><c> him</c><00:45:14.610><c> that</c>

00:45:14.929 --> 00:45:18.409
often<00:45:15.190><c> offering</c><00:45:15.469><c> unto</c><00:45:15.730><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:16.110><c> of</c><00:45:16.349><c> armies.</c><00:45:17.389><c> The</c><00:45:17.670><c> man</c><00:45:17.929><c> that</c><00:45:18.150><c> is</c>

00:45:18.409 --> 00:45:21.550
guilty<00:45:18.670><c> of</c><00:45:18.909><c> such</c><00:45:19.309><c> treachery,</c><00:45:20.829><c> wickedness,</c>

00:45:22.010 --> 00:45:25.610
will<00:45:22.090><c> be</c><00:45:22.369><c> put</c><00:45:22.530><c> out</c><00:45:22.730><c> of</c><00:45:22.869><c> the</c><00:45:23.070><c> camp,</c><00:45:24.289><c> effectively</c><00:45:24.750><c> treated</c><00:45:25.269><c> as</c><00:45:25.489><c> a</c>

00:45:25.610 --> 00:45:28.469
leper.<00:45:26.010><c> That's</c><00:45:26.530><c> what's</c><00:45:26.969><c> being</c><00:45:27.309><c> said.</c>

00:45:31.929 --> 00:45:38.349
And<00:45:31.929><c> it</c><00:45:31.989><c> was</c><00:45:33.769><c> a</c><00:45:33.969><c> disgraceful</c><00:45:34.929><c> disregard,</c><00:45:36.110><c> brothers</c><00:45:36.250><c> and</c><00:45:36.449><c> sisters,</c><00:45:38.190><c> for</c>

00:45:38.349 --> 00:45:41.389
the<00:45:38.630><c> explicit</c><00:45:39.309><c> command</c><00:45:39.969><c> of</c><00:45:40.349><c> God,</c>

00:45:41.929 --> 00:45:48.010
they<00:45:42.030><c> were</c><00:45:42.289><c> guilty</c><00:45:43.150><c> of</c><00:45:43.869><c> marrying</c><00:45:44.250><c> wives</c><00:45:45.110><c> of</c><00:45:46.949><c> the</c><00:45:47.230><c> world.</c>

00:45:51.449 --> 00:45:54.670
Deuteronomy,<00:45:52.369><c> when</c><00:45:52.670><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:53.090><c> thy</c><00:45:53.289><c> God</c><00:45:53.530><c> shall</c><00:45:53.730><c> bring</c><00:45:54.030><c> thee</c><00:45:54.150><c> into</c><00:45:54.389><c> the</c>

00:45:54.670 --> 00:45:56.389
land,<00:45:55.010><c> whither</c><00:45:55.030><c> thou</c><00:45:55.289><c> goest</c><00:45:55.570><c> to</c><00:45:55.789><c> possess</c><00:45:56.050><c> it,</c>

00:45:56.389 --> 00:46:00.510
Deuteronomy<00:45:56.849><c> 7,</c><00:45:57.909><c> thou</c><00:45:58.070><c> shalt</c><00:45:58.309><c> make</c><00:45:58.610><c> no</c><00:45:59.010><c> covenant</c><00:45:59.369><c> with</c><00:45:59.650><c> them,</c>

00:46:00.929 --> 00:46:04.070
nor<00:46:01.150><c> show</c><00:46:01.429><c> mercy</c><00:46:01.769><c> unto</c><00:46:02.010><c> them.</c><00:46:03.730><c> Thank</c><00:46:03.929><c> you,</c>

00:46:04.190 --> 00:46:09.409
Phineas.<00:46:06.289><c> Neither</c><00:46:06.610><c> shalt</c><00:46:06.929><c> thou</c><00:46:07.130><c> make</c><00:46:07.510><c> marriages</c><00:46:08.010><c> with</c><00:46:08.449><c> them.</c>

00:46:09.730 --> 00:46:12.849
This<00:46:10.090><c> they</c><00:46:10.610><c> brazenly</c><00:46:12.170><c> disregarded,</c>

00:46:12.989 --> 00:46:17.130
brothers<00:46:13.130><c> and</c><00:46:13.349><c> sisters.</c><00:46:14.469><c> They</c><00:46:14.849><c> brazenly</c><00:46:15.610><c> disregarded.</c><00:46:16.829><c> And</c>

00:46:17.130 --> 00:46:19.510
so<00:46:17.329><c> now,</c><00:46:17.670><c> from</c><00:46:17.889><c> verse</c><00:46:18.170><c> 11</c><00:46:18.469><c> to</c><00:46:18.610><c> verse</c><00:46:18.809><c> 16,</c>

00:46:19.510 --> 00:46:27.170
we<00:46:20.349><c> find</c><00:46:21.170><c> Malachi's</c><00:46:22.289><c> utter</c><00:46:22.789><c> condemnation</c><00:46:24.010><c> on</c><00:46:24.690><c> this</c><00:46:24.929><c> appalling,</c><00:46:26.130><c> abominable</c><00:46:26.690><c> act</c><00:46:27.010><c> that</c>

00:46:27.170 --> 00:46:28.510
was<00:46:27.329><c> taking</c><00:46:27.670><c> place</c>

00:46:28.690 --> 00:46:33.289
at<00:46:29.090><c> that</c><00:46:29.329><c> time.</c><00:46:30.469><c> Verse</c><00:46:30.489><c> 13,</c><00:46:31.769><c> and</c><00:46:31.809><c> this</c><00:46:32.090><c> have</c><00:46:32.289><c> ye</c><00:46:32.389><c> done</c><00:46:32.530><c> again,</c>

00:46:33.750 --> 00:46:36.070
covering<00:46:33.949><c> the</c><00:46:34.329><c> altar</c><00:46:34.690><c> of</c><00:46:34.949><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:35.250><c> with</c><00:46:35.510><c> tears,</c>

00:46:36.469 --> 00:46:40.269
with<00:46:36.710><c> weeping,</c><00:46:37.250><c> with</c><00:46:37.590><c> crying</c><00:46:37.809><c> out,</c><00:46:38.190><c> insomuch</c><00:46:38.929><c> that</c><00:46:39.130><c> he</c><00:46:39.469><c> regardeth</c><00:46:39.989><c> not</c>

00:46:40.269 --> 00:46:41.289
the<00:46:40.469><c> offering</c><00:46:40.710><c> any</c><00:46:41.010><c> more,</c>

00:46:41.289 --> 00:46:49.789
and<00:46:41.769><c> receive</c><00:46:42.369><c> it</c><00:46:42.650><c> with</c><00:46:42.989><c> good</c><00:46:43.789><c> at</c><00:46:44.429><c> your</c><00:46:45.190><c> hand.</c><00:46:48.610><c> Weeping,</c>

00:46:50.469 --> 00:46:52.650
dripping,<00:46:51.530><c> overflowing.</c>

00:46:53.110 --> 00:46:56.510
This<00:46:53.230><c> was</c><00:46:53.469><c> the</c><00:46:53.710><c> altar,</c><00:46:53.829><c> brothers</c><00:46:54.030><c> and</c><00:46:54.190><c> sisters.</c><00:46:55.750><c> The</c><00:46:56.010><c> tears</c>

00:46:56.510 --> 00:47:00.170
of<00:46:56.769><c> the</c><00:46:57.030><c> altars</c><00:46:57.929><c> was</c><00:46:58.550><c> flooded</c><00:46:58.849><c> with</c><00:46:59.250><c> tears,</c>

00:47:00.329 --> 00:47:04.090
with<00:47:00.489><c> water.</c><00:47:01.909><c> Ezra</c><00:47:02.210><c> had</c><00:47:02.429><c> said,</c><00:47:03.150><c> the</c><00:47:03.250><c> people</c><00:47:03.510><c> of</c><00:47:03.610><c> Israel</c><00:47:03.889><c> and</c>

00:47:04.090 --> 00:47:06.230
the<00:47:04.269><c> priests</c><00:47:04.409><c> and</c><00:47:04.590><c> the</c><00:47:04.730><c> Levites</c><00:47:04.989><c> have</c><00:47:05.309><c> not</c><00:47:05.650><c> separated</c>

00:47:06.230 --> 00:47:08.809
themselves<00:47:06.690><c> from</c><00:47:06.889><c> the</c><00:47:07.110><c> people</c><00:47:07.369><c> of</c><00:47:07.570><c> the</c><00:47:07.690><c> land.</c><00:47:08.030><c> He</c><00:47:08.030><c> was</c><00:47:08.250><c> beside</c>

00:47:08.809 --> 00:47:10.829
himself.<00:47:10.050><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:10.329><c> had</c><00:47:10.590><c> said,</c>

00:47:11.010 --> 00:47:14.570
and<00:47:11.170><c> their</c><00:47:11.329><c> children</c><00:47:11.630><c> spake</c><00:47:11.969><c> half</c><00:47:12.190><c> in</c><00:47:12.349><c> the</c><00:47:12.550><c> speech</c><00:47:12.769><c> of</c><00:47:12.969><c> Ashdod,</c><00:47:13.570><c> and</c><00:47:13.610><c> could</c><00:47:13.849><c> not</c><00:47:14.150><c> speak</c><00:47:14.409><c> in</c>

00:47:14.570 --> 00:47:16.230
the<00:47:14.710><c> Jews'</c><00:47:14.949><c> language.</c>

00:47:19.250 --> 00:47:20.789
The<00:47:19.429><c> godly</c><00:47:19.769><c> seed</c><00:47:19.849><c> had</c><00:47:20.070><c> gone.</c>

00:47:25.309 --> 00:47:31.250
It<00:47:25.489><c> is</c><00:47:25.710><c> our</c><00:47:25.869><c> responsibility.</c><00:47:28.030><c> We</c><00:47:28.349><c> can't</c><00:47:28.750><c> bulk</c><00:47:28.869><c> it.</c><00:47:30.489><c> The</c><00:47:30.650><c> brethren</c><00:47:30.889><c> can't</c>

00:47:31.250 --> 00:47:32.550
bulk<00:47:31.389><c> the</c><00:47:31.590><c> responsibility</c><00:47:32.130><c> of</c><00:47:32.309><c> being</c>

00:47:32.989 --> 00:47:35.730
head<00:47:33.349><c> of</c><00:47:33.489><c> the</c><00:47:33.670><c> home.</c><00:47:34.190><c> And</c><00:47:34.469><c> you</c><00:47:34.650><c> know</c><00:47:34.869><c> what</c><00:47:35.050><c> I</c><00:47:35.230><c> mean</c><00:47:35.349><c> by</c><00:47:35.550><c> that,</c>

00:47:35.789 --> 00:47:37.170
brothers<00:47:35.889><c> and</c><00:47:36.030><c> sisters.</c><00:47:36.309><c> I'm</c><00:47:36.469><c> not</c><00:47:36.630><c> the</c><00:47:36.750><c> head</c><00:47:36.829><c> of</c><00:47:37.030><c> our</c>

00:47:37.170 --> 00:47:44.510
house.<00:47:40.130><c> I</c><00:47:40.150><c> might</c><00:47:40.389><c> think</c><00:47:40.630><c> I</c><00:47:40.789><c> am,</c><00:47:41.010><c> but</c><00:47:41.250><c> I</c><00:47:41.489><c> don't</c><00:47:41.650><c> know.</c><00:47:43.869><c> But</c><00:47:44.090><c> on</c>

00:47:44.510 --> 00:47:47.090
ecclesial<00:47:44.969><c> matters,</c><00:47:45.650><c> then,</c><00:47:45.809><c> of</c><00:47:46.050><c> course,</c><00:47:46.210><c> you</c><00:47:46.349><c> have</c><00:47:46.590><c> to</c>

00:47:47.090 --> 00:47:50.690
just<00:47:47.389><c> show</c><00:47:47.530><c> a</c><00:47:47.710><c> little</c><00:47:47.889><c> bit</c><00:47:48.110><c> of</c><00:47:48.329><c> grit</c><00:47:48.449><c> and</c><00:47:48.630><c> determination.</c><00:47:50.210><c> Many</c><00:47:50.469><c> of</c>

00:47:50.690 --> 00:47:51.530
the<00:47:50.690><c> time</c><00:47:50.809><c> when</c><00:47:50.909><c> I</c><00:47:51.030><c> was</c><00:47:51.150><c> recording,</c><00:47:51.469><c> well,</c>

00:47:51.530 --> 00:47:53.329
that<00:47:51.690><c> phone</c><00:47:51.829><c> went</c><00:47:51.989><c> off.</c><00:47:52.210><c> Oh,</c><00:47:52.489><c> I</c><00:47:52.570><c> do</c><00:47:52.670><c> wish</c><00:47:52.829><c> Eunice</c><00:47:53.010><c> could</c><00:47:53.210><c> pick</c>

00:47:53.329 --> 00:47:55.250
it<00:47:53.469><c> up.</c><00:47:54.349><c> You</c><00:47:54.469><c> know,</c><00:47:54.670><c> it</c><00:47:54.710><c> was</c><00:47:54.750><c> on</c><00:47:54.889><c> the</c><00:47:54.929><c> other</c><00:47:55.110><c> end,</c>

00:47:55.250 --> 00:47:59.190
and<00:47:55.389><c> you're</c><00:47:55.590><c> going</c><00:47:55.650><c> to</c><00:47:55.710><c> have</c><00:47:55.809><c> an</c><00:47:55.949><c> earful.</c><00:47:57.510><c> It's</c><00:47:57.869><c> not</c><00:47:58.070><c> something</c><00:47:58.449><c> all</c><00:47:58.690><c> brethren</c><00:47:58.949><c> want</c>

00:47:59.190 --> 00:48:00.949
to<00:47:59.349><c> do,</c><00:47:59.889><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:01.260 --> 00:48:06.730
but<00:48:01.590><c> it</c><00:48:01.929><c> is</c><00:48:02.650><c> a</c><00:48:02.829><c> doctrinal</c><00:48:03.650><c> principle.</c><00:48:05.730><c> And</c><00:48:05.829><c> so</c><00:48:05.989><c> we</c><00:48:06.130><c> have</c><00:48:06.389><c> to,</c>

00:48:07.170 --> 00:48:08.510
the<00:48:07.309><c> husband,</c><00:48:07.769><c> along</c><00:48:07.929><c> with</c><00:48:08.090><c> his</c><00:48:08.250><c> wife,</c>

00:48:08.630 --> 00:48:11.530
has<00:48:08.750><c> to</c><00:48:08.969><c> provide</c><00:48:09.250><c> a</c><00:48:09.550><c> spiritual</c><00:48:09.869><c> home</c><00:48:10.230><c> and</c><00:48:10.409><c> make</c><00:48:10.610><c> every</c><00:48:11.090><c> effort</c>

00:48:11.530 --> 00:48:16.920
that<00:48:13.170><c> they</c><00:48:13.630><c> mix</c><00:48:14.190><c> in</c><00:48:14.630><c> the</c><00:48:15.070><c> royal</c><00:48:15.809><c> courts</c><00:48:16.289><c> of</c><00:48:16.590><c> the</c>

00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:30.260
truth.<00:48:21.719><c> Think</c><00:48:22.219><c> on</c><00:48:22.380><c> those</c><00:48:22.659><c> words,</c><00:48:24.099><c> that</c><00:48:24.260><c> they</c><00:48:24.639><c> mix</c><00:48:25.079><c> with</c><00:48:26.019><c> royalty,</c><00:48:29.800><c> called</c><00:48:29.980><c> to</c><00:48:30.159><c> be</c>

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:31.500
kings<00:48:30.440><c> and</c><00:48:30.619><c> priests,</c>

00:48:32.699 --> 00:48:35.440
that<00:48:32.860><c> they</c><00:48:33.099><c> are</c><00:48:33.340><c> raised</c><00:48:33.659><c> not</c><00:48:34.000><c> to</c><00:48:34.199><c> speak</c><00:48:34.420><c> the</c><00:48:34.659><c> language</c><00:48:35.019><c> of</c><00:48:35.219><c> the</c>

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:37.619
truth,<00:48:36.219><c> but</c><00:48:36.219><c> the,</c><00:48:36.519><c> not</c><00:48:36.760><c> to</c><00:48:37.000><c> speak</c><00:48:37.139><c> the</c><00:48:37.360><c> language</c>

00:48:37.619 --> 00:48:42.860
of<00:48:37.800><c> the</c><00:48:38.000><c> world,</c><00:48:38.320><c> but</c><00:48:38.380><c> the</c><00:48:38.699><c> truth,</c><00:48:39.280><c> brothers</c><00:48:39.480><c> and</c><00:48:39.599><c> sisters,</c><00:48:40.679><c> that</c><00:48:41.019><c> they</c><00:48:41.260><c> understand</c><00:48:41.900><c> the</c><00:48:42.159><c> need</c><00:48:42.340><c> not</c><00:48:42.599><c> to</c>

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.840
follow<00:48:43.019><c> the</c>

00:48:44.260 --> 00:48:48.760
sporty<00:48:44.780><c> and</c><00:48:45.260><c> fashionable</c><00:48:45.940><c> allurements.</c><00:48:48.079><c> Point</c><00:48:48.360><c> out</c><00:48:48.559><c> the</c>

00:48:48.760 --> 00:48:51.099
danger.<00:48:50.280><c> Less</c><00:48:50.519><c> dress</c>

00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:57.139
sends<00:48:51.960><c> the</c><00:48:52.199><c> wrong</c><00:48:52.360><c> message.</c><00:48:53.840><c> And</c><00:48:54.099><c> I</c><00:48:54.360><c> say</c><00:48:54.539><c> this</c><00:48:54.739><c> with</c><00:48:55.000><c> love.</c><00:48:56.860><c> I've</c><00:48:56.920><c> got</c><00:48:56.980><c> a</c>

00:48:57.139 --> 00:48:58.400
daughter<00:48:57.280><c> of</c><00:48:57.460><c> my</c><00:48:57.639><c> own.</c><00:48:58.119><c> I've</c><00:48:58.119><c> got</c><00:48:58.119><c> three</c>

00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:05.699
granddaughters.<00:49:01.260><c> And</c><00:49:01.679><c> so</c><00:49:02.460><c> we</c><00:49:03.980><c> see</c><00:49:04.239><c> here,</c><00:49:04.639><c> brothers</c><00:49:04.780><c> and</c><00:49:04.980><c> sisters,</c><00:49:05.440><c> the</c>

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:07.900
importance<00:49:06.039><c> of</c><00:49:06.260><c> the</c><00:49:06.440><c> words</c><00:49:06.699><c> of</c><00:49:06.920><c> Malachi.</c>

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:14.500
And<00:49:08.380><c> it</c><00:49:08.519><c> is</c><00:49:08.880><c> strange</c><00:49:09.800><c> as</c><00:49:10.659><c> the,</c><00:49:11.900><c> you</c><00:49:12.000><c> see,</c><00:49:12.239><c> under</c><00:49:12.380><c> the</c><00:49:12.579><c> law,</c><00:49:14.360><c> the</c>

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:18.659
wife<00:49:14.760><c> hadn't</c><00:49:15.119><c> got</c><00:49:16.260><c> a</c><00:49:16.659><c> means</c><00:49:17.039><c> of</c><00:49:17.880><c> putting</c><00:49:18.139><c> away</c><00:49:18.440><c> a</c>

00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:24.619
husband,<00:49:20.159><c> but</c><00:49:20.280><c> the</c><00:49:20.420><c> husband</c><00:49:20.599><c> could</c><00:49:20.780><c> put</c><00:49:20.860><c> away</c><00:49:21.199><c> the</c><00:49:21.420><c> wife</c><00:49:22.239><c> under</c><00:49:22.880><c> certain</c><00:49:23.139><c> circumstances,</c><00:49:24.460><c> if</c>

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:25.360
he'd<00:49:24.940><c> found</c><00:49:25.079><c> any</c>

00:49:25.360 --> 00:49:34.380
sort<00:49:25.860><c> of</c><00:49:26.679><c> cleanness</c><00:49:27.679><c> before</c><00:49:28.340><c> the</c><00:49:28.519><c> marriage.</c><00:49:31.579><c> But</c><00:49:31.719><c> the</c><00:49:31.840><c> wife</c><00:49:31.900><c> couldn't</c><00:49:32.139><c> do</c><00:49:32.420><c> that.</c><00:49:34.000><c> And</c><00:49:34.219><c> I</c>

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believe<00:49:34.579><c> the</c><00:49:34.699><c> reason</c>

00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:36.500
for<00:49:35.059><c> that,</c><00:49:35.199><c> brothers</c><00:49:35.380><c> and</c><00:49:35.500><c> sisters,</c><00:49:35.599><c> is</c><00:49:35.739><c> the</c><00:49:35.739><c> simple</c><00:49:35.980><c> reason</c>

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:38.800
that<00:49:36.960><c> the</c><00:49:37.179><c> husband</c><00:49:37.599><c> represents</c><00:49:38.239><c> Christ.</c><00:49:38.639><c> And</c>

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:41.719
Christ<00:49:38.960><c> is</c><00:49:39.219><c> always</c><00:49:39.719><c> faithful.</c><00:49:40.559><c> We'll</c><00:49:40.800><c> never</c><00:49:41.079><c> have</c><00:49:41.239><c> a</c><00:49:41.380><c> reason</c>

00:49:41.719 --> 00:49:43.639
for<00:49:41.920><c> putting</c><00:49:42.159><c> away</c><00:49:42.440><c> the</c><00:49:42.619><c> master.</c>

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:50.599
He<00:49:46.179><c> was</c><00:49:46.320><c> supposed</c><00:49:46.599><c> to</c><00:49:46.800><c> represent</c><00:49:47.159><c> Christ.</c><00:49:49.960><c> But</c><00:49:50.079><c> the</c><00:49:50.300><c> right</c><00:49:50.420><c> of</c>

00:49:50.599 --> 00:49:51.980
course,<00:49:50.780><c> which</c><00:49:50.940><c> we</c><00:49:51.179><c> all</c><00:49:51.400><c> are</c><00:49:51.559><c> the</c><00:49:51.760><c> brain,</c>

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have<00:49:52.260><c> our</c><00:49:52.480><c> failings.</c><00:49:54.900><c> And</c><00:49:55.239><c> so</c><00:49:55.340><c> we</c><00:49:55.480><c> find</c><00:49:55.719><c> here,</c><00:49:55.940><c> brothers</c><00:49:56.079><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:49:57.400><c> and</c><00:49:57.579><c> it's</c><00:49:57.739><c> happening</c><00:49:58.000><c> today,</c><00:49:58.539><c> as</c><00:49:58.699><c> I</c>

00:49:59.139 --> 00:50:05.260
bring<00:49:59.360><c> to</c><00:49:59.579><c> a</c><00:49:59.760><c> close</c><00:50:00.199><c> very</c><00:50:00.639><c> quickly.</c><00:50:03.500><c> You</c><00:50:03.500><c> can</c><00:50:03.739><c> have</c><00:50:03.900><c> a</c><00:50:04.820><c> brother</c>

00:50:05.260 --> 00:50:08.199
who<00:50:05.599><c> will</c><00:50:06.300><c> divorce</c><00:50:06.619><c> his</c><00:50:06.900><c> wife.</c><00:50:07.840><c> She's</c><00:50:08.039><c> got</c>

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children.<00:50:11.159><c> He</c><00:50:11.539><c> remarries,</c><00:50:12.440><c> has</c><00:50:12.460><c> other</c><00:50:12.659><c> children.</c><00:50:14.820><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:50:15.280><c> now</c><00:50:15.559><c> seem</c>

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to<00:50:16.119><c> accept</c><00:50:16.400><c> this</c><00:50:16.579><c> situation.</c>

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He'll<00:50:19.760><c> join,</c><00:50:20.219><c> and</c><00:50:20.360><c> can</c><00:50:20.559><c> join,</c><00:50:20.980><c> an</c><00:50:21.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:50:21.360><c> where</c><00:50:21.599><c> his</c><00:50:21.820><c> first</c>

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:23.239
wife's<00:50:22.440><c> there,</c>

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having<00:50:25.519><c> the</c><00:50:25.780><c> breaking</c><00:50:26.000><c> of</c><00:50:26.320><c> bread.</c><00:50:27.719><c> His</c><00:50:27.920><c> first</c><00:50:28.199><c> wife's</c><00:50:28.539><c> over</c>

00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:30.559
there<00:50:28.960><c> with</c><00:50:29.159><c> children</c><00:50:29.440><c> on</c><00:50:29.659><c> the</c><00:50:29.800><c> lap.</c>

00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:32.860
His<00:50:31.059><c> second</c><00:50:31.280><c> wife's</c><00:50:31.579><c> there,</c><00:50:31.760><c> and</c><00:50:31.840><c> he's</c><00:50:31.940><c> with</c><00:50:32.099><c> his</c><00:50:32.280><c> second</c><00:50:32.440><c> wife,</c><00:50:32.679><c> the</c>

00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:34.340
children<00:50:33.079><c> on</c><00:50:33.280><c> the</c><00:50:33.440><c> lap.</c>

00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:37.679
And<00:50:34.880><c> the</c><00:50:35.019><c> children</c><00:50:35.199><c> of</c><00:50:35.360><c> the</c><00:50:35.480><c> first</c><00:50:35.760><c> wife,</c><00:50:36.780><c> he's</c><00:50:36.880><c> looking</c><00:50:37.079><c> across,</c><00:50:37.599><c> and</c>

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it's<00:50:37.739><c> an</c><00:50:37.880><c> old</c><00:50:38.079><c> daddy.</c>

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:45.659
I<00:50:39.980><c> do</c><00:50:40.119><c> love</c><00:50:40.320><c> you,</c><00:50:40.539><c> daddy.</c><00:50:42.940><c> And</c><00:50:43.159><c> the</c><00:50:43.320><c> wife.</c><00:50:45.159><c> The</c><00:50:45.320><c> brother</c><00:50:45.420><c> gets</c>

00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:47.619
up,<00:50:46.119><c> and</c><00:50:46.199><c> he</c><00:50:46.280><c> gives</c><00:50:46.400><c> a</c><00:50:46.619><c> prayer.</c>

00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:54.000
Is<00:50:51.519><c> it</c><00:50:51.699><c> the</c><00:50:51.920><c> tears</c><00:50:52.139><c> on</c><00:50:52.380><c> the</c><00:50:52.559><c> altar</c><00:50:52.840><c> that</c><00:50:53.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:53.420><c> listens</c><00:50:53.719><c> to,</c>

00:50:54.239 --> 00:50:55.320
brothers<00:50:54.260><c> and</c><00:50:54.440><c> sisters?</c>

00:50:58.420 --> 00:51:03.159
Or<00:50:58.860><c> is</c><00:50:59.079><c> it</c><00:50:59.219><c> the</c><00:50:59.380><c> brother</c><00:50:59.940><c> who's</c><00:51:01.320><c> brought</c><00:51:01.460><c> about</c><00:51:01.679><c> that</c><00:51:01.940><c> situation?</c>

00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:09.539
I've<00:51:07.119><c> got</c><00:51:07.139><c> a</c><00:51:07.260><c> lot</c><00:51:07.380><c> of</c><00:51:07.380><c> things</c><00:51:07.420><c> to</c><00:51:07.639><c> say,</c><00:51:07.860><c> but</c><00:51:07.980><c> I</c><00:51:08.079><c> must</c><00:51:08.239><c> close,</c><00:51:08.579><c> because</c><00:51:08.780><c> of</c>

00:51:09.539 --> 00:51:13.639
time.<00:51:11.619><c> I'll</c><00:51:11.840><c> just</c><00:51:11.980><c> make</c><00:51:12.139><c> this</c><00:51:12.440><c> point.</c>

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:18.699
Malachi<00:51:16.460><c> said,</c><00:51:16.880><c> she's</c><00:51:17.000><c> the</c><00:51:17.199><c> companion</c><00:51:17.559><c> of</c><00:51:17.800><c> thy</c><00:51:17.960><c> youth.</c>

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:23.739
When<00:51:20.980><c> a</c><00:51:21.119><c> brother</c><00:51:21.340><c> gets</c><00:51:21.639><c> married</c><00:51:21.920><c> to</c><00:51:22.139><c> a</c><00:51:22.239><c> sister</c><00:51:22.460><c> or</c><00:51:22.619><c> vice</c><00:51:22.860><c> versa,</c>

00:51:25.579 --> 00:51:31.019
you<00:51:26.059><c> have</c><00:51:26.219><c> these</c><00:51:26.500><c> words,</c><00:51:27.719><c> brother</c><00:51:28.039><c> and</c><00:51:28.320><c> sister.</c><00:51:30.179><c> In</c><00:51:30.460><c> the</c><00:51:30.659><c> presence</c><00:51:30.840><c> of</c>

00:51:31.019 --> 00:51:31.880
the<00:51:31.119><c> God</c><00:51:31.219><c> of</c><00:51:31.340><c> Israel,</c>

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:36.960
and<00:51:32.239><c> of</c><00:51:32.340><c> his</c><00:51:32.579><c> son,</c><00:51:33.000><c> the</c><00:51:33.119><c> Lord</c><00:51:33.360><c> Jesus</c><00:51:33.699><c> Christ,</c><00:51:34.980><c> I</c><00:51:35.199><c> call</c><00:51:35.380><c> upon</c><00:51:35.659><c> these</c><00:51:35.900><c> persons</c><00:51:36.239><c> here</c><00:51:36.480><c> present</c><00:51:36.699><c> to</c>

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:38.300
witness<00:51:37.219><c> that</c><00:51:37.559><c> I,</c>

00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:42.300
or<00:51:38.659><c> female</c><00:51:39.119><c> person,</c><00:51:39.760><c> to</c><00:51:39.980><c> take</c><00:51:40.340><c> thee,</c><00:51:41.179><c> the</c><00:51:41.440><c> person</c><00:51:41.639><c> to</c><00:51:41.860><c> be</c><00:51:42.019><c> my</c>

00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:44.679
lawful<00:51:42.659><c> wedded</c><00:51:42.960><c> wife,</c><00:51:43.260><c> to</c><00:51:43.440><c> love,</c><00:51:44.000><c> honor,</c><00:51:44.139><c> and</c><00:51:44.239><c> cherish,</c>

00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:48.980
until<00:51:45.420><c> Christ</c><00:51:45.719><c> shall</c><00:51:45.960><c> come,</c><00:51:46.280><c> and</c><00:51:46.400><c> until</c><00:51:46.679><c> death</c><00:51:47.079><c> do</c><00:51:47.500><c> us</c><00:51:47.980><c> part.</c>

00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:54.440
That's<00:51:51.440><c> done</c><00:51:51.599><c> with</c><00:51:51.780><c> the</c><00:51:51.940><c> brother</c><00:51:52.440><c> taking</c><00:51:52.960><c> the</c><00:51:53.219><c> service.</c><00:51:54.320><c> And,</c>

00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:56.320
brothers<00:51:54.599><c> and</c><00:51:54.820><c> sisters,</c><00:51:55.099><c> the</c><00:51:55.159><c> witnesses,</c>

00:51:57.780 --> 00:52:02.780
baptismal<00:51:58.260><c> thou.</c><00:52:00.380><c> Do</c><00:52:00.679><c> you</c><00:52:00.860><c> believe</c><00:52:01.159><c> in</c><00:52:01.300><c> the</c><00:52:01.420><c> things</c><00:52:01.599><c> concerning</c><00:52:01.960><c> the</c><00:52:02.159><c> kingdom</c><00:52:02.380><c> of</c><00:52:02.599><c> God,</c>

00:52:02.780 --> 00:52:06.019
in<00:52:02.860><c> the</c><00:52:02.980><c> name</c><00:52:03.159><c> of</c><00:52:03.340><c> the</c><00:52:03.380><c> Lord</c><00:52:03.519><c> Jesus</c><00:52:03.760><c> Christ?</c><00:52:04.199><c> I</c><00:52:04.420><c> do.</c><00:52:05.739><c> And</c><00:52:05.840><c> upon</c>

00:52:06.019 --> 00:52:07.880
this,<00:52:06.619><c> my,</c><00:52:06.619><c> thy</c><00:52:06.800><c> confession,</c>

00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:11.219
I<00:52:08.380><c> baptize</c><00:52:09.079><c> you</c><00:52:09.320><c> into</c><00:52:09.539><c> the</c><00:52:09.719><c> name</c><00:52:09.900><c> of</c><00:52:10.079><c> the</c><00:52:10.280><c> Father,</c><00:52:10.679><c> the</c><00:52:10.840><c> Son,</c>

00:52:11.239 --> 00:52:13.780
and<00:52:11.420><c> the</c><00:52:11.619><c> Holy</c><00:52:11.860><c> Spirit,</c><00:52:12.880><c> for</c><00:52:13.019><c> the</c><00:52:13.159><c> remission</c><00:52:13.480><c> of</c>

00:52:13.780 --> 00:52:18.980
sins,<00:52:14.699><c> and</c><00:52:14.920><c> to</c><00:52:15.079><c> unite</c><00:52:15.559><c> you</c><00:52:15.980><c> to</c><00:52:16.260><c> Christ,</c><00:52:16.800><c> brothers</c><00:52:17.000><c> and</c><00:52:17.219><c> sisters.</c><00:52:18.719><c> And,</c>

00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:22.340
you<00:52:19.159><c> know,</c><00:52:20.360><c> we</c><00:52:21.079><c> read</c><00:52:21.659><c> that,</c>

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When<00:52:22.500><c> thou</c><00:52:22.739><c> takest</c><00:52:23.239><c> a</c><00:52:23.500><c> vow,</c><00:52:24.460><c> make</c><00:52:24.699><c> sure</c><00:52:25.219><c> that</c><00:52:25.980><c> thou</c><00:52:26.519><c> doest.</c>

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He<00:52:31.039><c> goes</c><00:52:31.300><c> on</c><00:52:31.500><c> to</c><00:52:31.659><c> say,</c><00:52:31.980><c> we're</c><00:52:32.159><c> in</c><00:52:32.360><c> one.</c><00:52:33.679><c> Why</c><00:52:33.980><c> didn't</c><00:52:34.159><c> you</c><00:52:34.300><c> just</c>

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make<00:52:34.559><c> one,</c><00:52:34.840><c> brother</c><00:52:34.900><c> and</c><00:52:35.199><c> sister?</c>

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If<00:52:35.820><c> you</c><00:52:35.940><c> wanted</c><00:52:36.199><c> replace</c><00:52:36.599><c> and</c><00:52:36.800><c> multiply</c><00:52:37.099><c> upon</c><00:52:37.300><c> the</c><00:52:37.460><c> earth,</c><00:52:37.639><c> why</c><00:52:37.719><c> not</c><00:52:37.860><c> have</c><00:52:38.000><c> a</c><00:52:38.139><c> harem?</c>

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After<00:52:40.579><c> 12</c><00:52:40.840><c> months,</c><00:52:41.179><c> 10</c><00:52:41.340><c> wives,</c><00:52:41.599><c> 10</c><00:52:41.800><c> children.</c><00:52:43.920><c> One</c><00:52:44.139><c> wife</c><00:52:44.500><c> after</c><00:52:44.679><c> 10</c>

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months,<00:52:45.360><c> one</c><00:52:45.519><c> child.</c>

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To<00:52:48.619><c> create</c><00:52:48.860><c> the</c><00:52:49.159><c> right</c><00:52:49.400><c> environment</c><00:52:49.980><c> for</c><00:52:50.280><c> generating</c><00:52:50.800><c> a</c>

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godly<00:52:51.380><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:52:54.539><c> so,</c><00:52:54.820><c> brothers</c><00:52:55.039><c> and</c><00:52:55.280><c> sisters,</c><00:52:55.559><c> he</c><00:52:55.559><c> said</c><00:52:55.639><c> of</c><00:52:55.860><c> Abram,</c><00:52:56.179><c> I</c><00:52:56.179><c> know</c><00:52:56.360><c> him,</c><00:52:57.440><c> that</c><00:52:57.559><c> he</c>

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will<00:52:57.860><c> command</c><00:52:58.239><c> his</c><00:52:58.480><c> children</c><00:52:58.840><c> on</c>

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his<00:52:59.219><c> household</c><00:52:59.599><c> after</c><00:52:59.880><c> him,</c><00:53:00.559><c> that</c><00:53:00.659><c> they</c><00:53:00.860><c> shall</c><00:53:01.019><c> keep</c><00:53:01.460><c> the</c><00:53:01.699><c> way</c>

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of<00:53:02.260><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:02.460><c> to</c><00:53:02.639><c> do</c><00:53:02.840><c> justice</c><00:53:03.340><c> and</c><00:53:05.119><c> judgment.</c>

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So<00:53:07.360><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:07.739><c> said,</c><00:53:08.780><c> I</c><00:53:09.159><c> hateth</c><00:53:09.880><c> putting</c><00:53:10.420><c> away.</c><00:53:12.340><c> That</c><00:53:12.559><c> word</c><00:53:12.800><c> hateth,</c><00:53:13.440><c> we</c>

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read<00:53:13.840><c> it</c><00:53:14.039><c> in</c><00:53:14.320><c> this</c><00:53:14.539><c> morning,</c>

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regarding<00:53:17.320><c> Edom.</c><00:53:17.719><c> I</c><00:53:18.000><c> hate</c><00:53:18.239><c> Edom.</c><00:53:19.079><c> I</c><00:53:19.440><c> hate</c><00:53:19.739><c> Esau.</c><00:53:21.420><c> It</c><00:53:21.659><c> means</c><00:53:21.920><c> to</c>

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hate.<00:53:22.440><c> It's</c><00:53:22.579><c> an</c><00:53:22.800><c> enemy,</c><00:53:23.380><c> a</c><00:53:23.460><c> foe,</c><00:53:23.920><c> it's</c><00:53:24.440><c> odious.</c>

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It<00:53:26.980><c> breaks</c><00:53:27.280><c> the</c><00:53:27.719><c> hearts</c><00:53:28.039><c> of</c><00:53:28.460><c> everybody</c><00:53:28.920><c> concerned,</c><00:53:29.539><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:53:29.900><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:53:33.260><c> woman</c><00:53:33.440><c> and</c><00:53:33.559><c> the,</c><00:53:34.019><c> the</c><00:53:34.420><c> woman</c><00:53:34.619><c> and</c><00:53:34.780><c> the</c><00:53:35.000><c> children,</c><00:53:35.320><c> the</c>

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man<00:53:35.760><c> and</c><00:53:35.880><c> his</c><00:53:36.119><c> children,</c>

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the<00:53:36.579><c> women</c><00:53:36.579><c> and</c><00:53:37.860><c> the</c><00:53:37.860><c> children,</c><00:53:37.980><c> moms</c><00:53:38.460><c> and</c><00:53:38.840><c> dads,</c><00:53:39.420><c> grandpas.</c>

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It<00:53:41.940><c> cannot</c><00:53:42.059><c> be</c><00:53:42.300><c> right.</c><00:53:43.559><c> It</c><00:53:43.760><c> happens,</c><00:53:44.239><c> we</c><00:53:44.300><c> know.</c>

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That's<00:53:46.599><c> a</c><00:53:46.619><c> different</c><00:53:46.780><c> set</c><00:53:46.940><c> of</c><00:53:47.179><c> circumstances,</c><00:53:48.619><c> but</c><00:53:48.659><c> we</c><00:53:48.820><c> can't</c>

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endorse<00:53:49.420><c> it.</c><00:53:51.039><c> And</c><00:53:51.260><c> so</c><00:53:51.420><c> God</c><00:53:51.679><c> says</c><00:53:52.320><c> to</c><00:53:52.960><c> Malachi,</c>

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or<00:53:53.599><c> Malachi</c><00:53:53.960><c> says</c><00:53:54.320><c> to</c><00:53:54.519><c> the</c><00:53:54.659><c> people,</c><00:53:57.019><c> oh,</c><00:53:57.440><c> you</c><00:53:57.559><c> have</c><00:53:57.760><c> weirded,</c>

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you<00:53:58.699><c> have</c><00:53:58.940><c> weirded</c><00:53:59.280><c> Yahweh,</c><00:53:59.699><c> verse</c><00:53:59.920><c> 17,</c>

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with<00:54:00.940><c> your</c><00:54:01.179><c> words.</c><00:54:02.719><c> Yet</c><00:54:02.840><c> you</c><00:54:03.059><c> say,</c><00:54:03.699><c> wherein</c><00:54:03.920><c> have</c><00:54:04.159><c> we</c><00:54:04.360><c> weirded</c><00:54:04.719><c> thee?</c>

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When<00:54:06.239><c> ye</c><00:54:06.519><c> say,</c><00:54:06.920><c> every</c><00:54:07.320><c> one</c><00:54:07.599><c> that</c><00:54:07.820><c> doeth</c><00:54:08.119><c> evil</c><00:54:08.300><c> is</c><00:54:08.579><c> good</c><00:54:09.179><c> in</c><00:54:10.179><c> the</c>

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sight<00:54:10.579><c> of</c><00:54:10.840><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:54:13.239><c> we</c><00:54:13.400><c> start</c><00:54:13.639><c> chapter</c><00:54:13.900><c> three,</c><00:54:15.079><c> who</c><00:54:15.260><c> will</c><00:54:15.539><c> abide</c><00:54:15.980><c> the</c><00:54:16.420><c> day</c><00:54:16.940><c> of</c>

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his<00:54:17.280><c> coming.</c><00:54:17.659><c> Thank</c><00:54:17.900><c> you.</c>