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nothing</c><00:10:10.860><c> for</c><00:10:11.179><c> politeness</c> 00:10:11.659 --> 00:10:13.779 and<00:10:11.940><c> know</c><00:10:12.179><c> a</c><00:10:12.299><c> great</c><00:10:12.500><c> deal</c><00:10:12.740><c> about</c><00:10:13.039><c> vulgarity,</c> 00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:16.840 this<00:10:14.419><c> verse</c><00:10:14.779><c> makes</c><00:10:15.440><c> a</c><00:10:15.620><c> lot</c><00:10:15.860><c> of</c><00:10:16.080><c> sense.</c> 00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:19.860 You<00:10:17.659><c> see,</c><00:10:18.200><c> the</c><00:10:18.360><c> prophet</c><00:10:18.639><c> of</c><00:10:18.860><c> God,</c><00:10:19.139><c> it</c><00:10:19.139><c> doesn't</c><00:10:19.240><c> matter</c><00:10:19.399><c> who</c><00:10:19.580><c> he</c><00:10:19.759><c> is,</c> 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:23.200 whether<00:10:20.059><c> he's</c><00:10:20.240><c> a</c><00:10:21.139><c> preacher</c><00:10:21.379><c> today</c><00:10:21.879><c> or</c><00:10:22.320><c> a</c><00:10:22.519><c> preacher</c><00:10:22.820><c> then,</c> 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:25.899 he's<00:10:23.620><c> not</c><00:10:23.919><c> taken</c><00:10:24.259><c> out</c><00:10:24.559><c> of</c><00:10:24.679><c> the</c><00:10:24.919><c> world.</c> 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:29.080 Because<00:10:27.320><c> you're</c><00:10:27.779><c> a</c><00:10:27.899><c> man</c><00:10:28.059><c> or</c><00:10:28.220><c> a</c><00:10:28.340><c> woman</c><00:10:28.519><c> of</c><00:10:28.740><c> God,</c> 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:32.399 you're<00:10:29.519><c> not</c><00:10:29.639><c> going</c><00:10:29.759><c> to</c><00:10:29.879><c> be</c><00:10:30.080><c> protected</c><00:10:30.580><c> from</c><00:10:31.000><c> the</c><00:10:31.179><c> harsh</c><00:10:31.419><c> realities</c><00:10:31.940><c> of</c><00:10:32.179><c> life.</c> 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:34.159 That's<00:10:32.740><c> what</c><00:10:32.879><c> we</c><00:10:33.019><c> have</c><00:10:33.179><c> to</c><00:10:33.360><c> learn.</c> 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:37.940 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these</c><00:10:46.980><c> vulgar</c><00:10:47.379><c> louts</c> 00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:49.740 and<00:10:48.120><c> dropped</c><00:10:48.360><c> him</c><00:10:48.620><c> bang</c><00:10:48.820><c> in</c><00:10:49.000><c> the</c><00:10:49.000><c> middle</c><00:10:49.220><c> of</c><00:10:49.440><c> Bethel.</c> 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:51.519 There<00:10:50.120><c> he</c><00:10:50.240><c> might</c><00:10:50.440><c> have</c><00:10:50.559><c> been</c><00:10:50.679><c> a</c><00:10:50.799><c> little</c><00:10:50.940><c> more</c><00:10:51.240><c> safe,</c> 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:53.440 but<00:10:52.000><c> it</c><00:10:52.139><c> didn't,</c><00:10:52.379><c> it</c><00:10:52.559><c> doesn't</c><00:10:52.679><c> work</c><00:10:52.940><c> like</c><00:10:53.220><c> that.</c> 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:54.779 The<00:10:53.820><c> man</c><00:10:53.960><c> or</c><00:10:54.080><c> the</c><00:10:54.200><c> woman</c><00:10:54.379><c> of</c><00:10:54.600><c> God</c> 00:10:54.779 --> 00:10:57.580 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know</c><00:12:28.860><c> the</c><00:12:29.080><c> answer.</c> 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:34.740 It's<00:12:33.639><c> concerning</c><00:12:33.960><c> three</c><00:12:34.299><c> kingdoms,</c> 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:37.620 the<00:12:35.399><c> kingdom</c><00:12:35.659><c> of</c><00:12:35.879><c> Israel,</c><00:12:36.259><c> the</c><00:12:36.399><c> kingdom</c><00:12:36.600><c> of</c><00:12:36.879><c> Judah,</c> 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:39.440 and<00:12:37.899><c> the</c><00:12:38.120><c> king</c><00:12:38.360><c> of</c><00:12:38.720><c> Edom.</c> 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:44.080 What<00:12:40.220><c> had</c><00:12:40.419><c> happened</c><00:12:40.720><c> under</c><00:12:41.620><c> Ahab,</c><00:12:42.500><c> wicked</c><00:12:42.639><c> as</c><00:12:42.840><c> he</c><00:12:42.899><c> might</c><00:12:43.159><c> have</c><00:12:43.360><c> been,</c> 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:46.399 he<00:12:44.519><c> had</c><00:12:44.759><c> his</c><00:12:45.120><c> eye</c><00:12:45.279><c> for</c><00:12:45.399><c> the</c><00:12:45.519><c> main</c><00:12:45.720><c> chance,</c><00:12:46.159><c> did</c><00:12:46.179><c> Ahab,</c> 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:47.759 and<00:12:46.539><c> he</c><00:12:46.559><c> was</c><00:12:46.700><c> a</c><00:12:46.820><c> good</c><00:12:46.960><c> warrior.</c> 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:50.980 I<00:12:47.919><c> mean,</c><00:12:48.419><c> he</c><00:12:48.639><c> even</c><00:12:49.039><c> said</c><00:12:49.279><c> one</c><00:12:49.720><c> wise</c><00:12:50.120><c> thing,</c><00:12:50.559><c> didn't</c><00:12:50.759><c> he?</c> 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:52.179 Do<00:12:51.320><c> you</c><00:12:51.320><c> remember?</c> 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.220 Do<00:12:52.620><c> you</c><00:12:52.620><c> remember</c><00:12:53.120><c> what</c><00:12:53.379><c> he</c><00:12:53.559><c> said?</c> 00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:57.899 When<00:12:55.379><c> the</c><00:12:55.759><c> Syrians</c><00:12:56.120><c> came</c><00:12:56.379><c> against</c><00:12:56.700><c> him</c><00:12:56.899><c> and</c><00:12:57.080><c> they</c><00:12:57.259><c> said,</c> 00:12:57.919 --> 00:12:59.500 you're<00:12:58.340><c> a</c><00:12:58.679><c> dead</c><00:12:58.879><c> man,</c><00:12:59.159><c> Ahab,</c> 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.100 and<00:12:59.860><c> we're</c><00:13:00.039><c> going</c><00:13:00.120><c> to</c><00:13:00.419><c> walk</c><00:13:00.620><c> all</c><00:13:00.840><c> over</c><00:13:01.039><c> your</c><00:13:01.279><c> army.</c> 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.820 He<00:13:02.500><c> sent</c><00:13:02.659><c> a</c><00:13:02.820><c> message</c><00:13:03.120><c> to</c><00:13:03.340><c> Ben</c><00:13:03.519><c>-Hadad,</c> 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:05.980 it's<00:13:04.320><c> the</c><00:13:04.460><c> wisest</c><00:13:04.860><c> thing</c><00:13:05.019><c> this</c><00:13:05.240><c> idiot</c><00:13:05.460><c> ever</c><00:13:05.740><c> said.</c> 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:09.600 He<00:13:06.740><c> said,</c><00:13:07.539><c> let</c><00:13:07.759><c> not</c><00:13:08.019><c> him</c><00:13:08.200><c> boast</c><00:13:08.460><c> that</c><00:13:08.700><c> putteth</c><00:13:08.940><c> on</c><00:13:09.080><c> the</c><00:13:09.279><c> harness</c> 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.720 as<00:13:10.100><c> he</c><00:13:10.220><c> that</c><00:13:10.460><c> taketh</c><00:13:10.700><c> it</c><00:13:10.919><c> off.</c> 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.559 It's<00:13:12.799><c> a</c><00:13:12.899><c> creaking</c><00:13:13.279><c> saying,</c><00:13:13.759><c> you</c><00:13:13.759><c> know,</c><00:13:14.039><c> it's</c><00:13:14.279><c> jolly</c><00:13:14.539><c> good</c><00:13:14.740><c> saying.</c> 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:20.100 We<00:13:16.259><c> use</c><00:13:16.480><c> it</c><00:13:16.659><c> at</c><00:13:16.840><c> home</c><00:13:17.299><c> when</c><00:13:18.399><c> we</c><00:13:18.860><c> play</c><00:13:19.039><c> cricket</c><00:13:19.340><c> at</c><00:13:19.600><c> CYC,</c> 00:13:20.299 --> 00:13:22.299 when<00:13:20.460><c> the</c><00:13:20.639><c> opposition</c><00:13:21.000><c> is</c><00:13:21.200><c> going</c><00:13:21.320><c> to</c><00:13:21.480><c> walk</c><00:13:21.639><c> all</c><00:13:21.840><c> over</c><00:13:22.059><c> us</c><00:13:22.200><c> and</c> 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:23.059 we<00:13:22.419><c> say,</c> 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:27.379 ah,<00:13:23.519><c> let</c><00:13:23.820><c> not</c><00:13:24.000><c> him</c><00:13:24.259><c> boast</c><00:13:24.620><c> that</c><00:13:25.159><c> putteth</c><00:13:25.440><c> on</c><00:13:26.460><c> the</c><00:13:26.940><c> shin</c><00:13:27.100><c> guards</c> 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:28.220 as<00:13:27.580><c> he</c><00:13:27.759><c> that</c><00:13:27.960><c> taketh</c><00:13:28.179><c> them.</c> 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:30.419 In<00:13:28.580><c> other</c><00:13:28.759><c> words,</c><00:13:29.120><c> let's</c><00:13:29.340><c> wait</c><00:13:29.460><c> till</c><00:13:29.679><c> the</c><00:13:29.720><c> end</c><00:13:29.879><c> of</c><00:13:30.080><c> the</c><00:13:30.159><c> battle,</c> 00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:32.379 shall<00:13:30.620><c> we,</c><00:13:30.799><c> before</c><00:13:31.039><c> we</c><00:13:31.299><c> pass</c><00:13:31.419><c> judgment.</c> 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:35.879 And<00:13:33.820><c> of</c><00:13:34.000><c> course,</c><00:13:34.419><c> the</c><00:13:34.600><c> Syrians</c><00:13:34.840><c> were</c><00:13:35.039><c> defeated</c><00:13:35.419><c> as</c><00:13:35.620><c> we</c><00:13:35.740><c> know.</c> 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:38.679 But<00:13:36.740><c> Ahab</c><00:13:37.139><c> was</c><00:13:37.980><c> a</c><00:13:38.120><c> good</c><00:13:38.360><c> warrior.</c> 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:40.740 He<00:13:38.779><c> was</c><00:13:39.019><c> crafty</c><00:13:39.419><c> as</c><00:13:39.600><c> well.</c> 00:13:42.059 --> 00:13:44.840 Like<00:13:42.500><c> a</c><00:13:42.940><c> cartload</c><00:13:43.259><c> of</c><00:13:43.480><c> monkeys,</c><00:13:43.879><c> this</c><00:13:44.019><c> man,</c> 00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:48.379 when<00:13:45.860><c> he</c><00:13:46.000><c> came</c><00:13:46.860><c> into</c><00:13:47.059><c> the</c><00:13:47.200><c> battle,</c><00:13:47.419><c> he</c><00:13:47.440><c> said</c><00:13:47.620><c> to</c><00:13:47.799><c> Jehoshaphat,</c> 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:53.480 what<00:13:48.740><c> I</c><00:13:48.940><c> propose</c><00:13:49.240><c> we</c><00:13:49.480><c> do</c><00:13:49.700><c> is</c><00:13:50.139><c> we'll</c><00:13:51.679><c> do</c><00:13:51.919><c> this</c><00:13:52.039><c> a</c><00:13:52.139><c> little</c><00:13:52.379><c> craftily.</c> 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:57.759 I'll<00:13:53.980><c> dress</c><00:13:54.159><c> up</c><00:13:54.340><c> as</c><00:13:54.500><c> a</c><00:13:54.659><c> private</c><00:13:55.019><c> and</c><00:13:55.879><c> you</c><00:13:56.059><c> dress</c><00:13:56.279><c> up</c><00:13:56.500><c> as</c><00:13:56.620><c> the</c><00:13:56.779><c> king</c> 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:00.919 because<00:13:59.279><c> I've</c><00:13:59.720><c> heard</c><00:13:59.799><c> they</c><00:13:59.960><c> only</c><00:14:00.120><c> want</c><00:14:00.220><c> to</c><00:14:00.360><c> kill</c><00:14:00.440><c> the</c><00:14:00.620><c> king.</c> 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:04.600 So<00:14:01.399><c> I'll</c><00:14:02.440><c> take</c><00:14:02.659><c> all</c><00:14:02.799><c> my</c><00:14:02.980><c> stripes</c><00:14:03.240><c> off</c><00:14:03.639><c> and</c><00:14:03.980><c> put</c><00:14:04.159><c> the</c><00:14:04.340><c> ordinary</c> 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.299 uniform<00:14:05.100><c> on</c> 00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:06.639 and<00:14:05.419><c> you</c><00:14:05.740><c> get</c><00:14:06.000><c> in</c><00:14:06.120><c> your</c><00:14:06.340><c> chariot.</c> 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:08.659 And<00:14:06.960><c> of</c><00:14:07.120><c> course,</c><00:14:07.220><c> they</c><00:14:07.440><c> chased</c><00:14:07.700><c> after</c><00:14:07.960><c> Jehoshaphat</c> 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.840 thinking<00:14:09.080><c> it</c><00:14:09.240><c> was</c><00:14:09.460><c> Ahab.</c> 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of</c><00:14:19.759><c> course,</c><00:14:21.460><c> over</c><00:14:21.720><c> human</c><00:14:22.519><c> affairs.</c> 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:26.080 But<00:14:24.580><c> now</c><00:14:24.840><c> Ahab's</c><00:14:25.279><c> dead.</c> 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:30.360 His<00:14:26.320><c> wife</c><00:14:26.899><c> Jezebel</c><00:14:27.539><c> is</c><00:14:27.779><c> going</c><00:14:27.940><c> to</c><00:14:28.120><c> live</c><00:14:28.200><c> for</c><00:14:28.419><c> another</c><00:14:28.639><c> 14</c><00:14:29.220><c> years</c><00:14:29.620><c> yet</c> 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:33.620 while<00:14:30.899><c> her</c><00:14:31.200><c> sons</c><00:14:31.480><c> reign,</c><00:14:32.360><c> evil</c><00:14:32.740><c> woman.</c> 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:37.960 And<00:14:34.220><c> now</c><00:14:34.960><c> Misha,</c><00:14:36.139><c> the</c><00:14:36.320><c> king</c><00:14:36.799><c> of</c><00:14:37.139><c> Moab,</c> 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:42.059 realizing<00:14:39.399><c> that</c><00:14:39.740><c> Ahab</c><00:14:39.960><c> has</c><00:14:40.299><c> gone,</c><00:14:40.960><c> takes</c><00:14:41.259><c> the</c><00:14:41.440><c> opportunity</c> 00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:42.759 to<00:14:42.360><c> rebel</c> 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:46.080 because<00:14:43.539><c> a</c><00:14:43.720><c> very</c><00:14:43.980><c> heavy</c><00:14:44.179><c> burden</c><00:14:44.500><c> was</c><00:14:44.799><c> laid</c><00:14:44.960><c> upon</c><00:14:45.200><c> him.</c> 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:49.200 When<00:14:46.480><c> Ahab</c><00:14:46.940><c> said</c><00:14:47.200><c> to</c><00:14:47.399><c> Misha,</c><00:14:47.639><c> the</c><00:14:47.740><c> king</c><00:14:47.960><c> of</c><00:14:48.159><c> Moab,</c> 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:54.039 since<00:14:49.559><c> your</c><00:14:50.059><c> vassals,</c><00:14:50.960><c> since</c><00:14:51.340><c> we</c><00:14:53.259><c> control</c><00:14:53.740><c> you,</c> 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.419 what<00:14:54.240><c> I</c><00:14:54.360><c> want</c><00:14:54.519><c> you</c><00:14:54.679><c> to</c><00:14:54.820><c> give</c><00:14:54.940><c> me</c><00:14:55.259><c> on</c><00:14:55.440><c> an</c><00:14:55.659><c> annual</c><00:14:55.940><c> basis</c> 00:14:56.419 --> 00:15:00.980 is<00:14:56.960><c> 100</c><00:14:57.559><c>,000</c><00:14:58.279><c> lambs</c><00:14:58.860><c> and</c><00:14:59.340><c> 100</c><00:14:59.919><c>,000</c><00:15:00.500><c> rams</c> 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:03.379 and<00:15:01.320><c> don't</c><00:15:01.679><c> shear</c><00:15:01.960><c> them</c><00:15:02.159><c> before</c><00:15:02.440><c> you</c><00:15:02.659><c> give</c><00:15:02.779><c> them</c><00:15:03.019><c> to</c><00:15:03.200><c> me.</c> 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:05.000 I<00:15:03.500><c> want</c><00:15:03.679><c> the</c><00:15:03.860><c> wool</c><00:15:03.940><c> as</c><00:15:04.179><c> well.</c> 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.039 Now<00:15:05.379><c> that's</c><00:15:06.019><c> a</c><00:15:06.240><c> very,</c><00:15:06.779><c> very</c><00:15:07.360><c> hard</c><00:15:07.620><c> thing</c><00:15:07.919><c> for</c><00:15:08.320><c> a</c><00:15:08.600><c> small</c><00:15:08.860><c> country.</c> 00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:10.919 I<00:15:09.299><c> know</c><00:15:09.500><c> it</c><00:15:09.960><c> was</c><00:15:10.139><c> well</c><00:15:10.399><c> watered.</c> 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:12.679 I<00:15:11.100><c> know</c><00:15:11.159><c> it</c><00:15:11.299><c> was</c><00:15:11.440><c> a</c><00:15:11.519><c> very</c><00:15:11.899><c> fertile</c><00:15:12.340><c> land</c> 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:15.940 but<00:15:13.000><c> it's</c><00:15:13.379><c> a</c><00:15:13.519><c> very</c><00:15:13.860><c> hard</c><00:15:14.080><c> thing</c><00:15:14.460><c> every</c><00:15:14.980><c> year</c><00:15:15.220><c> to</c><00:15:15.519><c> produce.</c> 00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:17.700 And<00:15:16.399><c> they</c><00:15:16.639><c> struggled</c><00:15:17.039><c> to</c><00:15:17.320><c> do</c><00:15:17.440><c> it.</c> 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:19.480 Their<00:15:18.100><c> economy</c><00:15:18.519><c> was</c><00:15:18.759><c> in</c><00:15:19.039><c> ruins</c> 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:21.960 while<00:15:19.899><c> they</c><00:15:20.200><c> paid</c><00:15:20.480><c> this</c><00:15:20.759><c> ransom</c><00:15:21.179><c> to</c><00:15:21.379><c> king</c><00:15:21.600><c> Ahab.</c> 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:25.279 So<00:15:22.399><c> when</c><00:15:22.620><c> Ahab</c><00:15:22.899><c> was</c><00:15:23.200><c> gone,</c><00:15:23.879><c> Misha,</c><00:15:24.440><c> the</c><00:15:24.639><c> sheep</c><00:15:24.899><c> man,</c> 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.919 said<00:15:25.580><c> this</c><00:15:25.740><c> is</c><00:15:25.960><c> a</c><00:15:26.019><c> very</c><00:15:26.240><c> good</c><00:15:26.360><c> opportunity</c> 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:29.000 to<00:15:27.419><c> shake</c><00:15:27.700><c> off</c><00:15:27.919><c> the</c><00:15:28.120><c> shackles</c><00:15:28.419><c> of</c><00:15:28.559><c> Israel.</c> 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:30.279 And<00:15:29.320><c> they</c><00:15:29.500><c> did.</c> 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:32.919 And<00:15:30.720><c> the</c><00:15:30.860><c> sheep</c><00:15:31.039><c> and</c><00:15:31.200><c> the</c><00:15:31.320><c> rams</c><00:15:31.440><c> were</c><00:15:31.620><c> not</c><00:15:31.820><c> produced.</c> 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.460 And<00:15:33.759><c> in</c><00:15:33.879><c> the</c><00:15:34.039><c> first</c><00:15:34.279><c> year,</c> 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:36.340 Joram,<00:15:34.899><c> the</c><00:15:35.000><c> king</c><00:15:35.240><c> of</c><00:15:35.580><c> Israel,</c><00:15:35.899><c> let</c><00:15:36.059><c> it</c><00:15:36.200><c> go.</c> 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:38.799 He<00:15:36.419><c> was</c><00:15:36.559><c> too</c><00:15:36.759><c> busy</c><00:15:37.519><c> consolidating</c><00:15:38.340><c> his</c><00:15:38.580><c> kingdom.</c> 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:41.440 But<00:15:39.100><c> when</c><00:15:39.200><c> they</c><00:15:39.340><c> didn't</c><00:15:39.639><c> pitch</c><00:15:39.840><c> up</c><00:15:39.980><c> in</c><00:15:40.159><c> the</c><00:15:40.320><c> second</c><00:15:40.559><c> year</c><00:15:40.779><c> with</c><00:15:41.000><c> them,</c> 00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:43.559 he<00:15:41.840><c> said,</c><00:15:42.200><c> what's</c><00:15:42.919><c> going</c><00:15:43.200><c> on?</c> 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.440 Where<00:15:44.220><c> are</c><00:15:44.379><c> these</c><00:15:44.600><c> rams</c><00:15:44.860><c> and</c><00:15:45.059><c> where</c><00:15:45.159><c> are</c><00:15:45.340><c> these</c><00:15:45.539><c> lambs?</c> 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:48.440 We<00:15:47.159><c> want</c><00:15:47.480><c> them.</c> 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:50.919 And<00:15:49.320><c> Misha</c><00:15:49.519><c> said,</c><00:15:49.860><c> we're</c><00:15:49.919><c> not</c><00:15:50.059><c> going</c><00:15:50.179><c> to</c><00:15:50.320><c> pay</c><00:15:50.460><c> you.</c> 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:55.559 So<00:15:51.379><c> he</c><00:15:51.419><c> said,</c><00:15:51.639><c> then</c><00:15:51.679><c> we'll</c><00:15:51.799><c> go</c><00:15:51.980><c> to</c><00:15:52.159><c> war,</c><00:15:53.539><c> Israel</c><00:15:53.940><c> against</c><00:15:54.639><c> Moab.</c> 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.200 But<00:15:57.019><c> when</c><00:15:57.240><c> Joram</c><00:15:57.440><c> did</c><00:15:57.659><c> his</c><00:15:57.840><c> homework,</c> 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:01.799 he<00:15:58.379><c> realized</c><00:15:58.899><c> it</c><00:16:00.320><c> wasn't</c><00:16:00.620><c> going</c><00:16:00.799><c> to</c><00:16:00.940><c> be</c><00:16:01.059><c> such</c><00:16:01.200><c> an</c><00:16:01.360><c> easy</c><00:16:01.519><c> battle.</c> 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.940 So<00:16:02.179><c> he</c><00:16:02.220><c> said</c><00:16:02.440><c> to</c><00:16:02.620><c> Jehoshaphat,</c><00:16:03.320><c> the</c><00:16:03.399><c> king</c><00:16:03.600><c> of</c><00:16:03.779><c> Judah,</c> 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.440 will<00:16:04.299><c> you</c><00:16:04.460><c> join</c><00:16:04.679><c> me,</c><00:16:05.080><c> please?</c> 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:07.860 And<00:16:05.940><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:16:06.480><c> said,</c><00:16:06.759><c> my</c><00:16:06.840><c> horses</c><00:16:07.159><c> are</c><00:16:07.360><c> your</c><00:16:07.559><c> horses.</c> 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.080 My<00:16:08.320><c> people</c><00:16:08.519><c> are</c><00:16:08.679><c> your</c><00:16:08.879><c> people.</c> 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.899 My<00:16:09.519><c> wealth</c><00:16:09.700><c> is</c><00:16:09.879><c> your</c><00:16:10.100><c> wealth.</c> 00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:12.399 You<00:16:11.340><c> want</c><00:16:11.460><c> me</c><00:16:11.620><c> to</c><00:16:11.779><c> join</c><00:16:11.899><c> you</c><00:16:12.059><c> in</c><00:16:12.200><c> battle?</c> 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:13.700 Only<00:16:12.720><c> with</c><00:16:12.940><c> pleasure.</c> 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:16.899 Israel<00:16:14.440><c> and</c><00:16:14.580><c> Judah,</c><00:16:15.039><c> going</c><00:16:15.139><c> to</c><00:16:15.279><c> fight</c><00:16:15.460><c> the</c><00:16:15.600><c> way</c><00:16:15.659><c> you're</c><00:16:16.220><c> looking</c><00:16:16.480><c> at</c><00:16:16.659><c> it,</c> 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:18.539 going<00:16:17.139><c> to</c><00:16:17.299><c> fight</c><00:16:17.460><c> against</c><00:16:17.820><c> Moab.</c> 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:21.779 But<00:16:18.940><c> to</c><00:16:19.159><c> get</c><00:16:19.379><c> to</c><00:16:19.600><c> Moab,</c><00:16:20.320><c> of</c><00:16:20.440><c> necessity,</c><00:16:21.059><c> they</c><00:16:21.299><c> must</c><00:16:21.480><c> pass</c> 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.840 through<00:16:22.039><c> Edom.</c> 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:24.600 So<00:16:23.600><c> they</c><00:16:23.779><c> said</c><00:16:23.899><c> to</c><00:16:24.039><c> the</c><00:16:24.100><c> king</c><00:16:24.279><c> of</c><00:16:24.399><c> Edom,</c> 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:26.679 you<00:16:24.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:24.860><c> like</c><00:16:25.039><c> to</c><00:16:25.200><c> join</c><00:16:25.399><c> this</c><00:16:25.620><c> alliance,</c><00:16:26.100><c> would</c><00:16:26.240><c> you?</c> 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:28.759 And<00:16:27.360><c> help</c><00:16:27.419><c> us</c><00:16:27.639><c> walk</c><00:16:27.899><c> all</c><00:16:28.139><c> over</c><00:16:28.379><c> Moab.</c> 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.320 And<00:16:29.399><c> Edom,</c><00:16:30.000><c> whose</c><00:16:30.120><c> territory</c><00:16:30.700><c> adjoined</c><00:16:31.279><c> Moab,</c><00:16:31.980><c> said</c><00:16:32.080><c> only</c> 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:33.379 with<00:16:32.559><c> pleasure.</c> 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:36.240 He<00:16:33.759><c> recognized,</c><00:16:34.960><c> did</c><00:16:34.960><c> the</c><00:16:35.080><c> king</c><00:16:35.279><c> of</c><00:16:35.460><c> Edom,</c> 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:40.480 that<00:16:37.840><c> if</c><00:16:38.059><c> they</c><00:16:38.279><c> succeeded</c><00:16:38.759><c> in</c><00:16:39.039><c> defeating</c><00:16:39.620><c> Moab,</c> 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:43.059 he<00:16:41.139><c> would</c><00:16:41.320><c> just</c><00:16:41.559><c> take</c><00:16:41.759><c> over</c><00:16:41.940><c> the</c><00:16:42.139><c> territory.</c> 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:45.419 So<00:16:43.820><c> he</c><00:16:43.980><c> said,</c><00:16:44.220><c> yes,</c><00:16:44.500><c> I'll</c><00:16:44.620><c> come</c><00:16:44.759><c> with</c><00:16:44.899><c> you</c><00:16:44.980><c> with</c><00:16:45.200><c> pleasure.</c> 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.279 So<00:16:45.879><c> we</c><00:16:46.000><c> have</c><00:16:46.120><c> the</c><00:16:46.279><c> king</c><00:16:46.460><c> of</c><00:16:46.639><c> Israel,</c><00:16:47.279><c> we</c><00:16:47.320><c> have</c><00:16:47.500><c> the</c><00:16:47.600><c> king</c><00:16:47.779><c> of</c><00:16:48.000><c> Judah,</c> 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:52.419 and<00:16:48.559><c> we</c><00:16:48.620><c> have</c><00:16:48.779><c> the</c><00:16:48.879><c> king</c><00:16:49.019><c> of</c><00:16:49.220><c> Edom,</c><00:16:50.019><c> this</c><00:16:50.259><c> unholy</c><00:16:51.320><c> trinity</c><00:16:51.799><c> of</c><00:16:52.059><c> alliance</c> 00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:54.700 coming<00:16:52.980><c> together</c><00:16:53.399><c> to</c><00:16:53.559><c> fight</c><00:16:53.779><c> against</c><00:16:54.100><c> Moab.</c> 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:57.659 All<00:16:55.139><c> over</c><00:16:55.440><c> the</c><00:16:55.679><c> 200</c><00:16:56.039><c>,000</c><00:16:56.919><c> sheep</c><00:16:57.279><c> and</c><00:16:57.460><c> rams</c> 00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:59.960 that<00:16:57.799><c> were</c><00:16:57.940><c> not</c><00:16:58.159><c> paid</c><00:16:58.279><c> on</c><00:16:58.460><c> an</c><00:16:58.620><c> annual</c><00:16:58.860><c> basis.</c> 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.920 They<00:17:02.580><c> get</c><00:17:02.980><c> seven</c><00:17:03.360><c> days</c><00:17:03.740><c> into</c><00:17:04.079><c> the</c><00:17:04.319><c> campaign</c> 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.160 as<00:17:05.420><c> they</c><00:17:05.700><c> collect</c><00:17:05.920><c> their</c><00:17:06.160><c> armies</c><00:17:06.380><c> and</c><00:17:06.579><c> come</c><00:17:06.779><c> south,</c> 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:12.359 come<00:17:07.599><c> under</c><00:17:07.940><c> the</c><00:17:08.059><c> Dead</c><00:17:08.400><c> Sea,</c><00:17:09.380><c> through</c><00:17:09.579><c> the</c><00:17:09.799><c> wilderness</c><00:17:10.339><c> of</c><00:17:11.900><c> Edom,</c> 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.960 before<00:17:12.799><c> they</c><00:17:13.059><c> come</c><00:17:13.359><c> up</c><00:17:13.900><c> to</c><00:17:14.079><c> Moab.</c> 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:17.380 And<00:17:15.720><c> they</c><00:17:15.920><c> run</c><00:17:16.059><c> out</c><00:17:16.299><c> of</c><00:17:16.400><c> water.</c> 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.920 And<00:17:17.859><c> there's</c><00:17:18.019><c> a</c><00:17:18.160><c> drought.</c> 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:22.680 So<00:17:19.559><c> they</c><00:17:19.819><c> say,</c><00:17:20.720><c> the</c><00:17:20.819><c> king</c><00:17:21.039><c> of</c><00:17:21.200><c> Israel</c><00:17:21.660><c> says,</c> 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.839 I<00:17:22.759><c> know</c><00:17:23.140><c> what's</c><00:17:23.359><c> happened.</c> 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:26.460 The<00:17:24.339><c> Lord</c><00:17:24.559><c> has</c><00:17:24.839><c> called</c><00:17:25.019><c> these</c><00:17:25.359><c> three</c><00:17:25.599><c> kings</c><00:17:25.859><c> together</c><00:17:26.259><c> to</c> 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:26.940 deliver<00:17:26.680><c> them.</c> 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:29.619 And<00:17:27.319><c> Moab</c><00:17:27.400><c> won't</c><00:17:27.660><c> defeat</c><00:17:28.000><c> us,</c><00:17:28.339><c> but</c><00:17:28.480><c> thirst</c><00:17:28.759><c> will.</c> 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:36.700 And<00:17:32.480><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:17:33.019><c> says,</c><00:17:35.059><c> we</c><00:17:35.259><c> can't</c><00:17:35.519><c> just</c><00:17:35.779><c> talk</c><00:17:36.059><c> like</c><00:17:36.420><c> this.</c> 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:39.019 Isn't<00:17:37.140><c> there</c><00:17:37.339><c> a</c><00:17:37.460><c> prophet</c><00:17:37.680><c> of</c><00:17:37.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:38.180><c> here?</c> 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:41.799 Isn't<00:17:39.660><c> there</c><00:17:39.839><c> a</c><00:17:39.940><c> prophet</c><00:17:40.099><c> of</c><00:17:40.339><c> God</c><00:17:40.519><c> anywhere</c><00:17:40.900><c> about?</c> 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:43.859 And<00:17:42.380><c> they</c><00:17:42.480><c> said,</c><00:17:42.640><c> oh</c><00:17:42.839><c> yes,</c><00:17:43.000><c> there</c><00:17:43.119><c> is</c><00:17:43.339><c> actually.</c> 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.759 Elisha's<00:17:44.579><c> here.</c> 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:48.880 You<00:17:45.000><c> know</c><00:17:45.119><c> Elisha,</c><00:17:45.720><c> the</c><00:17:45.839><c> man</c><00:17:45.980><c> who</c><00:17:46.240><c> poured</c><00:17:46.480><c> water</c><00:17:46.900><c> on</c><00:17:47.339><c> the</c><00:17:47.660><c> hands</c><00:17:47.839><c> of</c><00:17:48.059><c> Elijah.</c> 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.420 He<00:17:49.400><c> was</c><00:17:49.559><c> Elijah's</c><00:17:50.119><c> servant.</c> 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.480 He's<00:17:50.920><c> actually</c><00:17:51.240><c> here.</c> 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.680 This<00:17:51.940><c> is</c><00:17:52.160><c> the</c><00:17:52.240><c> question.</c> 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.519 What<00:17:53.240><c> was</c><00:17:53.640><c> Elisha</c><00:17:53.680><c> doing</c><00:17:53.900><c> there</c><00:17:54.099><c> with</c><00:17:54.259><c> the</c><00:17:54.420><c> army?</c> 00:17:58.940 --> 00:18:04.599 What's<00:17:59.420><c> this</c><00:17:59.660><c> godly</c><00:18:00.019><c> man</c><00:18:00.599><c> doing</c><00:18:01.640><c> on</c><00:18:02.299><c> this</c><00:18:02.779><c> military</c><00:18:03.500><c> campaign?</c> 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.420 No,<00:18:05.519><c> I</c><00:18:05.519><c> don't</c><00:18:05.720><c> know.</c> 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.759 No<00:18:07.319><c> idea.</c> 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.200 I<00:18:08.079><c> was</c><00:18:08.220><c> hoping</c><00:18:08.400><c> he</c><00:18:08.539><c> might</c><00:18:08.660><c> be</c><00:18:08.700><c> able</c><00:18:08.839><c> to</c><00:18:08.960><c> tell</c><00:18:09.039><c> me,</c><00:18:09.140><c> but</c><00:18:09.259><c> he</c><00:18:09.420><c> can't.</c> 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:13.660 If<00:18:12.640><c> anybody</c><00:18:12.940><c> can,</c><00:18:13.160><c> I'll</c><00:18:13.240><c> be</c><00:18:13.420><c> delighted.</c> 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:18.740 I<00:18:13.960><c> can</c><00:18:14.140><c> only</c><00:18:14.460><c> imagine</c><00:18:15.440><c> that</c><00:18:16.519><c> he</c><00:18:17.000><c> was</c><00:18:17.640><c> directed</c><00:18:18.140><c> there</c><00:18:18.380><c> by</c><00:18:18.559><c> the</c> 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.460 power<00:18:18.920><c> of</c><00:18:19.160><c> God</c> 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:21.799 on<00:18:19.880><c> whom</c><00:18:20.019><c> he</c><00:18:20.160><c> constantly</c><00:18:20.720><c> depended.</c> 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:25.420 Certainly<00:18:22.559><c> his</c><00:18:22.880><c> services</c><00:18:23.200><c> were</c><00:18:23.480><c> needed,</c><00:18:24.119><c> as</c><00:18:24.339><c> we</c><00:18:24.500><c> shall</c><00:18:24.640><c> now</c><00:18:24.920><c> see.</c> 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:28.440 Because<00:18:26.220><c> they</c><00:18:26.400><c> come</c><00:18:26.660><c> to</c><00:18:27.259><c> Elisha</c><00:18:27.799><c> and</c><00:18:27.960><c> they</c><00:18:28.180><c> say,</c> 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:32.000 we're<00:18:28.880><c> in</c><00:18:29.259><c> desperate</c><00:18:29.700><c> trouble,</c><00:18:30.579><c> please</c><00:18:30.799><c> help</c><00:18:31.059><c> us.</c> 00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:35.480 And<00:18:32.339><c> Elisha</c><00:18:32.720><c> says,</c><00:18:34.160><c> a</c><00:18:34.240><c> tremendously</c><00:18:34.740><c> brave</c><00:18:35.140><c> man.</c> 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:37.720 He<00:18:35.799><c> looks</c><00:18:36.039><c> straight</c><00:18:36.339><c> at</c><00:18:36.500><c> the</c><00:18:36.579><c> king</c><00:18:36.740><c> of</c><00:18:36.900><c> Israel</c><00:18:37.180><c> and</c><00:18:37.339><c> he</c><00:18:37.519><c> says,</c> 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:40.400 I<00:18:38.039><c> don't</c><00:18:38.819><c> even</c><00:18:39.200><c> see</c><00:18:39.640><c> you.</c> 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:43.920 As<00:18:41.460><c> far</c><00:18:41.579><c> as</c><00:18:41.660><c> I'm</c><00:18:41.880><c> concerned,</c><00:18:42.240><c> you</c><00:18:42.359><c> don't</c><00:18:42.680><c> exist.</c> 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:47.240 Edom,<00:18:45.359><c> he</c><00:18:45.480><c> had</c><00:18:45.579><c> no</c><00:18:45.819><c> time</c><00:18:45.980><c> for</c><00:18:46.160><c> them</c><00:18:46.299><c> anyway.</c> 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:50.960 He<00:18:47.960><c> said,</c><00:18:48.319><c> were</c><00:18:48.519><c> it</c><00:18:48.720><c> not</c><00:18:48.960><c> that</c><00:18:49.539><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:18:50.259><c> is</c><00:18:50.519><c> here,</c> 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:54.819 I<00:18:51.700><c> wouldn't</c><00:18:52.200><c> even</c><00:18:52.440><c> be</c><00:18:52.779><c> speaking</c><00:18:53.160><c> to</c><00:18:53.440><c> you,</c><00:18:54.160><c> much</c><00:18:54.400><c> less</c><00:18:54.619><c> giving</c> 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:56.079 you<00:18:55.099><c> advice.</c> 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:58.339 But<00:18:56.380><c> now</c><00:18:56.579><c> this</c><00:18:56.720><c> is</c><00:18:56.819><c> what</c><00:18:56.940><c> you</c><00:18:57.079><c> must</c><00:18:57.240><c> do.</c> 00:18:59.380 --> 00:19:04.619 Because<00:18:59.900><c> if</c><00:19:00.420><c> you</c><00:19:00.660><c> follow</c><00:19:00.880><c> my</c><00:19:01.200><c> advice,</c><00:19:02.740><c> by</c><00:19:03.059><c> this</c><00:19:03.279><c> time</c><00:19:03.559><c> tomorrow,</c> 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.980 you'll<00:19:05.559><c> be</c><00:19:05.660><c> drinking</c><00:19:05.980><c> water</c><00:19:06.640><c> and</c><00:19:07.319><c> celebrating</c><00:19:07.779><c> victory.</c> 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:11.519 And<00:19:09.559><c> it</c><00:19:10.000><c> isn't</c><00:19:10.200><c> going</c><00:19:10.440><c> to</c><00:19:10.640><c> rain.</c> 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:15.220 Thinking<00:19:13.000><c> of</c><00:19:13.180><c> man</c><00:19:13.380><c> versus</c><00:19:13.720><c> the</c><00:19:13.980><c> thinking</c><00:19:14.220><c> of</c><00:19:14.420><c> God.</c> 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:17.200 Man<00:19:15.740><c> would</c><00:19:15.940><c> say,</c><00:19:16.279><c> that's</c><00:19:16.420><c> mad.</c> 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:19.140 God<00:19:17.539><c> says,</c><00:19:17.799><c> this</c><00:19:17.940><c> is</c><00:19:18.079><c> what</c><00:19:18.200><c> to</c><00:19:18.380><c> do.</c> 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:20.440 Dig<00:19:19.460><c> the</c><00:19:19.680><c> trenches.</c> 00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:24.119 Fill<00:19:21.539><c> this</c><00:19:22.019><c> valley</c><00:19:22.380><c> with</c><00:19:22.720><c> trenches,</c><00:19:23.200><c> as</c><00:19:23.400><c> many</c><00:19:23.599><c> as</c><00:19:23.700><c> you</c><00:19:23.880><c> can.</c> 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:26.380 Put<00:19:24.480><c> your</c><00:19:24.680><c> sword,</c><00:19:25.140><c> spears</c><00:19:25.279><c> and</c><00:19:25.420><c> bows</c><00:19:25.599><c> and</c><00:19:25.779><c> arrows</c><00:19:25.980><c> down</c> 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:28.680 and<00:19:26.619><c> get</c><00:19:26.799><c> the</c><00:19:27.000><c> spade</c><00:19:27.200><c> in</c><00:19:27.380><c> your</c><00:19:27.500><c> hand</c><00:19:27.779><c> and</c><00:19:28.019><c> dig</c><00:19:28.259><c> trenches.</c> 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:30.720 Not<00:19:29.039><c> a</c><00:19:29.259><c> few,</c><00:19:29.559><c> fill</c><00:19:29.759><c> it.</c> 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.160 There's<00:19:31.400><c> a</c><00:19:31.440><c> big</c><00:19:31.619><c> lesson</c><00:19:31.920><c> for</c><00:19:32.140><c> us,</c><00:19:32.299><c> you</c><00:19:32.299><c> see,</c><00:19:32.599><c> brethren</c><00:19:32.759><c> and</c><00:19:32.980><c> sisters.</c> 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:37.279 If<00:19:33.940><c> we</c><00:19:34.220><c> will</c><00:19:34.500><c> benefit</c><00:19:34.920><c> from</c><00:19:35.839><c> the</c><00:19:36.059><c> blessings</c><00:19:36.480><c> of</c><00:19:36.759><c> the</c><00:19:36.940><c> father,</c> 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.440 it<00:19:37.759><c> necessitates</c><00:19:38.480><c> work.</c> 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:41.619 Workers<00:19:39.980><c> are</c><00:19:40.259><c> always</c><00:19:40.660><c> needed.</c> 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.700 And<00:19:42.220><c> they</c><00:19:42.359><c> did.</c> 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:45.960 Although<00:19:43.079><c> they</c><00:19:43.359><c> didn't</c><00:19:43.619><c> understand,</c><00:19:44.160><c> why</c><00:19:44.579><c> are</c><00:19:44.740><c> we</c><00:19:45.500><c> doing</c><00:19:45.680><c> this?</c> 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:47.579 I've<00:19:46.119><c> got</c><00:19:46.220><c> the</c><00:19:46.400><c> faintest</c><00:19:46.779><c> idea,</c><00:19:47.099><c> said</c><00:19:47.220><c> Elisha.</c> 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:49.779 Just<00:19:48.380><c> do</c><00:19:48.660><c> it.</c> 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:52.539 Dig<00:19:50.880><c> another</c><00:19:51.119><c> one,</c><00:19:51.359><c> dig</c><00:19:51.579><c> as</c><00:19:51.759><c> many</c><00:19:51.920><c> as</c><00:19:51.980><c> you</c><00:19:52.180><c> can.</c> 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.799 Get<00:19:52.900><c> to</c><00:19:53.099><c> work</c><00:19:53.279><c> and</c><00:19:53.400><c> dig</c><00:19:53.619><c> them.</c> 00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:55.400 It<00:19:54.579><c> isn't</c><00:19:54.799><c> going</c><00:19:54.980><c> to</c><00:19:55.160><c> rain.</c> 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:57.599 And<00:19:55.779><c> yet</c><00:19:56.019><c> water</c><00:19:56.319><c> will</c><00:19:56.579><c> fill</c><00:19:56.740><c> these,</c><00:19:57.039><c> I</c><00:19:57.099><c> promise</c><00:19:57.380><c> you.</c> 00:19:57.779 --> 00:20:00.059 It's<00:19:58.039><c> as</c><00:19:58.220><c> dry</c><00:19:58.380><c> as</c><00:19:58.599><c> a</c><00:19:58.680><c> bone,</c><00:19:58.940><c> we're</c><00:19:59.019><c> digging</c><00:19:59.240><c> down</c><00:19:59.500><c> through</c><00:19:59.740><c> sand.</c> 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.859 It<00:20:00.500><c> is.</c> 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:04.019 You<00:20:01.140><c> drive</c><00:20:02.180><c> down</c><00:20:02.579><c> four</c><00:20:03.039><c> feet</c> 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:08.359 and<00:20:04.480><c> you</c><00:20:04.579><c> won't</c><00:20:04.799><c> find</c><00:20:05.640><c> a</c><00:20:05.880><c> spot</c><00:20:06.200><c> of</c><00:20:06.420><c> moisture</c><00:20:06.759><c> in</c><00:20:07.700><c> those</c><00:20:07.900><c> territories.</c> 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.740 You<00:20:08.599><c> will</c><00:20:08.859><c> not.</c> 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:15.039 And<00:20:10.619><c> yet,</c><00:20:11.279><c> at</c><00:20:12.140><c> the</c><00:20:12.359><c> bidding</c><00:20:12.579><c> of</c><00:20:12.819><c> Elisha,</c><00:20:13.900><c> they</c><00:20:14.019><c> did</c><00:20:14.240><c> just</c><00:20:14.519><c> that.</c> 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:17.099 And<00:20:15.420><c> they</c><00:20:15.880><c> dug</c><00:20:16.059><c> these</c><00:20:16.319><c> holes.</c> 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:21.000 Thirsty<00:20:17.819><c> soldiers,</c><00:20:18.680><c> tired,</c><00:20:19.480><c> didn't</c><00:20:19.700><c> want</c><00:20:19.960><c> to</c><00:20:20.119><c> do</c><00:20:20.240><c> it.</c> 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:23.059 Thinking<00:20:21.460><c> of</c><00:20:21.660><c> man</c><00:20:21.839><c> versus</c><00:20:22.140><c> the</c><00:20:22.400><c> thinking</c><00:20:22.640><c> of</c><00:20:22.799><c> God.</c> 00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:26.220 And<00:20:23.460><c> they</c><00:20:23.539><c> had</c><00:20:23.700><c> the</c><00:20:24.059><c> sense</c><00:20:24.460><c> to</c><00:20:24.980><c> follow</c><00:20:25.259><c> Elisha.</c> 00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:29.259 And<00:20:27.779><c> you</c><00:20:28.599><c> know</c><00:20:28.720><c> what</c><00:20:28.880><c> happened?</c> 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:32.900 Water,<00:20:30.359><c> doubtless,</c><00:20:31.400><c> rained</c><00:20:31.819><c> a</c><00:20:32.000><c> long</c><00:20:32.220><c> way</c><00:20:32.480><c> away,</c> 00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:38.299 had<00:20:33.460><c> come</c><00:20:33.660><c> through</c><00:20:33.940><c> Edom</c><00:20:34.460><c> and</c><00:20:34.980><c> filled</c><00:20:35.700><c> the</c><00:20:37.819><c> trenches</c> 00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:40.200 which<00:20:38.599><c> they</c><00:20:38.799><c> had</c><00:20:38.960><c> dug</c><00:20:39.059><c> with</c><00:20:39.240><c> water.</c> 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:43.240 They<00:20:40.579><c> were</c><00:20:40.740><c> able</c><00:20:40.980><c> to</c><00:20:41.220><c> drink</c><00:20:41.500><c> and</c><00:20:41.839><c> in</c><00:20:41.980><c> the</c><00:20:42.119><c> morning</c><00:20:42.420><c> they</c><00:20:42.660><c> lay</c><00:20:42.839><c> low</c> 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:45.279 because<00:20:43.720><c> as</c><00:20:43.980><c> the</c><00:20:44.140><c> sun</c><00:20:44.259><c> came</c><00:20:44.519><c> out</c><00:20:44.759><c> in</c><00:20:44.920><c> the</c><00:20:45.059><c> east,</c> 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:49.640 the<00:20:45.599><c> great</c><00:20:46.000><c> red</c><00:20:46.480><c> ball</c><00:20:46.779><c> as</c><00:20:47.279><c> it</c><00:20:47.720><c> comes</c><00:20:48.079><c> over</c><00:20:48.559><c> the</c><00:20:48.779><c> burning</c><00:20:49.099><c> desert</c> 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:52.539 and<00:20:50.079><c> glistened</c><00:20:50.460><c> on</c><00:20:50.599><c> the</c><00:20:50.759><c> water</c><00:20:51.079><c> that</c><00:20:51.579><c> was</c><00:20:51.779><c> now</c><00:20:51.940><c> in</c><00:20:52.099><c> the</c><00:20:52.240><c> trenches.</c> 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:55.599 The<00:20:53.140><c> water</c><00:20:53.319><c> had</c><00:20:53.519><c> come</c><00:20:53.640><c> by</c><00:20:53.839><c> way</c><00:20:54.059><c> of</c><00:20:54.180><c> Edom,</c><00:20:54.640><c> a</c><00:20:54.819><c> flood.</c> 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.880 And<00:20:57.180><c> the</c><00:20:57.319><c> water</c><00:20:57.660><c> had</c><00:20:58.319><c> settled</c><00:20:58.660><c> in</c><00:20:59.400><c> the</c><00:20:59.599><c> trenches.</c> 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:02.880 And<00:21:00.420><c> the</c><00:21:00.440><c> men</c><00:21:00.619><c> of</c><00:21:00.819><c> Moab,</c><00:21:01.099><c> ready</c><00:21:01.299><c> to</c><00:21:01.539><c> start</c><00:21:01.700><c> the</c><00:21:01.839><c> battle,</c><00:21:02.140><c> said,</c> 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:05.500 Chimesh,<00:21:04.200><c> our</c><00:21:04.299><c> God,</c><00:21:04.539><c> has</c><00:21:04.640><c> certainly</c><00:21:05.000><c> blessed</c><00:21:05.240><c> us.</c> 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.980 Look<00:21:05.839><c> at</c><00:21:05.980><c> this.</c> 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:09.220 The<00:21:07.539><c> trenches</c><00:21:07.839><c> are</c><00:21:07.980><c> full</c><00:21:08.180><c> of</c><00:21:08.440><c> blood.</c> 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:12.119 The<00:21:09.740><c> unholy</c><00:21:10.200><c> alliance</c><00:21:10.539><c> have</c><00:21:10.819><c> fallen</c><00:21:11.019><c> out</c><00:21:11.299><c> between</c><00:21:11.579><c> themselves.</c> 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:15.200 Instead<00:21:12.799><c> of</c><00:21:13.000><c> being</c><00:21:13.480><c> a</c><00:21:13.660><c> unity,</c><00:21:14.180><c> instead</c><00:21:14.420><c> of</c><00:21:14.559><c> being</c><00:21:14.819><c> allies,</c> 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:17.240 they're<00:21:15.420><c> enemies</c><00:21:15.839><c> and</c><00:21:16.220><c> they've</c><00:21:16.460><c> killed</c><00:21:16.599><c> each</c><00:21:16.859><c> other.</c> 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:19.019 Come<00:21:17.700><c> on,</c><00:21:18.039><c> Moab,</c><00:21:18.240><c> this</c><00:21:18.359><c> is</c><00:21:18.539><c> the</c><00:21:18.599><c> way</c><00:21:18.740><c> in.</c> 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.980 Put<00:21:19.380><c> your</c><00:21:19.539><c> swords</c><00:21:19.759><c> away.</c> 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.920 All<00:21:20.140><c> we</c><00:21:20.299><c> need</c><00:21:20.460><c> to</c><00:21:20.599><c> do</c><00:21:20.660><c> is</c><00:21:20.759><c> go</c><00:21:20.920><c> and</c><00:21:21.160><c> pick</c><00:21:21.279><c> the</c><00:21:21.460><c> winnings</c><00:21:21.779><c> from</c> 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.980 the<00:21:22.099><c> battlefield.</c> 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:25.279 And<00:21:23.579><c> the</c><00:21:23.619><c> men</c><00:21:23.759><c> of</c><00:21:23.900><c> Israel,</c><00:21:24.319><c> Judah</c><00:21:24.460><c> and</c><00:21:24.660><c> Edom</c><00:21:24.799><c> were</c><00:21:25.000><c> waiting</c> 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.859 for<00:21:25.539><c> them.</c> 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:29.099 And<00:21:26.299><c> they</c><00:21:26.480><c> wrought</c><00:21:26.660><c> a</c><00:21:26.920><c> great</c><00:21:27.160><c> slaughter</c><00:21:27.559><c> on</c><00:21:27.779><c> Moab</c><00:21:28.079><c> that</c><00:21:28.339><c> day.</c> 00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:35.240 And<00:21:30.680><c> the</c><00:21:30.940><c> Misha,</c><00:21:31.759><c> the</c><00:21:32.359><c> king</c><00:21:32.559><c> of</c><00:21:32.759><c> Moab,</c><00:21:33.700><c> seeking</c><00:21:34.119><c> the</c><00:21:34.480><c> last</c><00:21:34.920><c> chance,</c> 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:39.299 he<00:21:36.000><c> thought,</c><00:21:36.180><c> I've</c><00:21:36.240><c> got</c><00:21:36.420><c> one</c><00:21:36.799><c> throw</c><00:21:37.259><c> to</c><00:21:38.059><c> get</c><00:21:38.279><c> my</c><00:21:38.619><c> God</c><00:21:38.759><c> back</c><00:21:39.039><c> on</c> 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:39.920 my<00:21:39.599><c> side.</c> 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of</c><00:22:22.200><c> these</c><00:22:22.380><c> verses.</c> 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:25.039 Remember<00:22:23.640><c> what's</c><00:22:24.059><c> just</c><00:22:24.279><c> happened.</c> 00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:28.839 Verse<00:22:27.279><c> 11</c><00:22:27.579><c> of</c><00:22:27.779><c> chapter</c><00:22:28.079><c> four.</c> 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:33.980 It<00:22:31.819><c> fell</c><00:22:32.039><c> on</c><00:22:32.240><c> a</c><00:22:32.380><c> day</c><00:22:32.579><c> that</c><00:22:32.880><c> Elisha</c><00:22:33.299><c> came</c><00:22:33.660><c> thither,</c> 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:36.599 and<00:22:34.220><c> he</c><00:22:34.440><c> turned</c><00:22:34.660><c> into</c><00:22:34.940><c> the</c><00:22:35.160><c> chamber</c><00:22:35.420><c> and</c><00:22:35.680><c> lay</c><00:22:35.839><c> there.</c> 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:40.839 And<00:22:37.559><c> he</c><00:22:37.740><c> said</c><00:22:37.920><c> to</c><00:22:38.119><c> Gehazi,</c><00:22:38.619><c> his</c><00:22:38.819><c> servant,</c><00:22:39.220><c> call</c><00:22:39.440><c> the</c><00:22:39.640><c> Shunammite.</c> 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:42.700 And<00:22:41.160><c> she</c><00:22:41.339><c> stood</c><00:22:41.519><c> before</c><00:22:41.980><c> him.</c> 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:47.259 Say<00:22:44.200><c> unto</c><00:22:44.480><c> her,</c><00:22:45.380><c> behold,</c><00:22:45.900><c> now</c><00:22:46.000><c> thou</c><00:22:46.160><c> hast</c><00:22:46.400><c> been</c><00:22:46.599><c> very</c><00:22:46.980><c> careful</c> 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:49.339 for<00:22:48.279><c> us</c><00:22:48.460><c> with</c><00:22:48.660><c> all</c><00:22:48.839><c> this</c><00:22:49.059><c> care.</c> 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:51.920 What<00:22:50.079><c> is</c><00:22:50.299><c> to</c><00:22:50.420><c> be</c><00:22:50.559><c> done</c><00:22:50.740><c> for</c><00:22:51.019><c> thee?</c> 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:56.339 Wouldest<00:22:52.259><c> thou</c><00:22:52.380><c> be</c><00:22:52.680><c> spoken</c><00:22:53.240><c> for</c><00:22:54.000><c> to</c><00:22:54.259><c> the</c><00:22:54.519><c> king</c><00:22:54.900><c> or</c><00:22:55.579><c> to</c><00:22:55.759><c> the</c><00:22:55.900><c> captain</c><00:22:56.140><c> of</c> 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.819 the<00:22:56.519><c> host?</c> 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.359 And<00:22:57.400><c> she</c><00:22:57.579><c> said,</c><00:22:57.680><c> I</c><00:22:57.779><c> don't</c><00:22:57.980><c> want</c><00:22:58.099><c> anything.</c> 00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.900 I'm<00:22:58.599><c> happy</c><00:22:58.799><c> to</c><00:22:58.940><c> dwell</c><00:22:59.059><c> with</c><00:22:59.279><c> my</c><00:22:59.440><c> own</c><00:22:59.599><c> people.</c> 00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:02.359 Strange<00:23:00.539><c> thing,</c><00:23:00.819><c> isn't</c><00:23:01.000><c> it,</c><00:23:01.200><c> that</c><00:23:01.359><c> Elisha,</c><00:23:01.839><c> the</c><00:23:02.019><c> prophet,</c> 00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:06.339 who<00:23:02.720><c> was</c><00:23:02.819><c> 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me</c><00:23:14.240><c> to</c><00:23:14.420><c> speak</c><00:23:14.559><c> to</c><00:23:14.700><c> the</c><00:23:14.819><c> captain</c><00:23:15.039><c> of</c><00:23:15.220><c> the</c><00:23:15.359><c> host?</c> 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:18.599 Would<00:23:16.579><c> you</c><00:23:16.720><c> like</c><00:23:16.880><c> some</c><00:23:17.099><c> assistance</c><00:23:17.519><c> from</c><00:23:17.759><c> him?</c> 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:21.019 She<00:23:19.180><c> said,</c><00:23:19.319><c> I</c><00:23:19.380><c> don't</c><00:23:19.579><c> need</c><00:23:19.819><c> any</c><00:23:20.059><c> help.</c> 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:22.900 Strange<00:23:21.359><c> that</c><00:23:21.640><c> Elisha</c><00:23:21.880><c> should</c><00:23:22.140><c> say</c><00:23:22.400><c> that</c> 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:24.759 until<00:23:23.359><c> you</c><00:23:23.579><c> remember</c><00:23:23.960><c> what</c><00:23:24.160><c> we've</c><00:23:24.380><c> just</c><00:23:24.599><c> done.</c> 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:27.200 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prophets,</c> 00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:20.039 and<00:24:17.359><c> said</c><00:24:17.460><c> to</c><00:24:17.619><c> Elisha,</c><00:24:17.960><c> thy</c><00:24:18.160><c> servant,</c><00:24:18.480><c> my</c><00:24:18.619><c> husband,</c><00:24:18.980><c> is</c><00:24:19.180><c> dead,</c> 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:22.200 and<00:24:20.279><c> thou</c><00:24:20.440><c> knowest</c><00:24:20.720><c> that</c><00:24:20.880><c> thy</c><00:24:21.079><c> servant</c><00:24:21.339><c> did</c><00:24:21.619><c> fear</c><00:24:21.819><c> the</c><00:24:22.000><c> Lord,</c> 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:24.400 and<00:24:22.380><c> the</c><00:24:22.539><c> creditor</c><00:24:22.880><c> is</c><00:24:23.140><c> come</c><00:24:23.259><c> to</c><00:24:23.480><c> take</c><00:24:23.700><c> unto</c><00:24:23.920><c> him</c> 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:26.240 my<00:24:24.839><c> two</c><00:24:25.079><c> sons</c><00:24:25.299><c> to</c><00:24:25.519><c> be</c><00:24:25.700><c> bondmen.</c> 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.099 Not<00:24:26.720><c> sure</c><00:24:26.880><c> where</c><00:24:27.099><c> this</c><00:24:27.319><c> city</c><00:24:27.559><c> was.</c> 00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:30.200 Not<00:24:28.759><c> sure</c><00:24:28.940><c> who</c><00:24:29.099><c> the</c><00:24:29.180><c> man</c><00:24:29.440><c> was.</c> 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.720 Let's<00:24:30.680><c> have</c><00:24:30.859><c> a</c><00:24:31.000><c> guess.</c> 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:35.220 I<00:24:32.380><c> propose</c><00:24:32.640><c> to</c><00:24:32.799><c> you</c><00:24:32.859><c> that</c><00:24:33.019><c> the</c><00:24:33.180><c> city</c><00:24:33.480><c> is</c><00:24:34.160><c> Jericho,</c> 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:39.880 the<00:24:36.519><c> city</c><00:24:36.900><c> of</c><00:24:37.500><c> one</c><00:24:37.619><c> of</c><00:24:37.759><c> the</c><00:24:37.900><c> cities</c><00:24:38.140><c> of</c><00:24:38.380><c> the</c><00:24:38.500><c> sons</c><00:24:38.660><c> of</c><00:24:38.859><c> the</c><00:24:39.039><c> prophets,</c> 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:41.500 about<00:24:40.079><c> whom</c><00:24:40.299><c> more</c><00:24:40.559><c> later.</c> 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:43.339 I<00:24:41.680><c> further</c><00:24:41.880><c> propose</c><00:24:42.319><c> to</c><00:24:42.519><c> you</c><00:24:42.640><c> that</c><00:24:42.880><c> the</c><00:24:43.059><c> servant,</c> 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:46.319 it<00:24:43.740><c> must</c><00:24:44.039><c> have</c><00:24:44.200><c> been</c><00:24:44.400><c> someone</c><00:24:44.759><c> who</c><00:24:44.940><c> was</c><00:24:45.200><c> known</c><00:24:45.460><c> to</c><00:24:45.740><c> Elisha,</c> 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:50.619 because<00:24:47.059><c> the</c><00:24:47.779><c> widow</c><00:24:48.059><c> woman</c><00:24:48.420><c> specifically</c><00:24:49.079><c> says</c><00:24:49.359><c> you</c><00:24:49.599><c> knew</c><00:24:49.839><c> him.</c> 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:54.759 How<00:24:52.799><c> about</c><00:24:53.200><c> then</c><00:24:53.480><c> if</c><00:24:53.619><c> it</c><00:24:53.819><c> were</c><00:24:54.099><c> Obadiah?</c> 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:58.900 You<00:24:55.140><c> remember</c><00:24:55.339><c> the</c><00:24:55.480><c> man</c><00:24:55.759><c> who</c><00:24:56.380><c> came,</c><00:24:57.079><c> who</c><00:24:57.259><c> met</c><00:24:57.579><c> Elijah</c><00:24:58.220><c> in</c><00:24:58.680><c> the</c><00:24:58.759><c> wilderness,</c> 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:01.180 when<00:24:59.420><c> Ahab</c><00:24:59.579><c> was</c><00:24:59.720><c> looking</c><00:25:00.019><c> for</c><00:25:00.259><c> him?</c> 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:03.279 He<00:25:01.640><c> was</c><00:25:01.859><c> a</c><00:25:02.019><c> godly</c><00:25:02.299><c> man,</c> 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:07.759 but<00:25:04.140><c> he'd</c><00:25:04.539><c> run</c><00:25:04.980><c> up</c><00:25:05.160><c> an</c><00:25:05.579><c> enormous</c><00:25:06.180><c> amount</c><00:25:06.579><c> of</c><00:25:06.779><c> debt.</c> 00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:10.480 Of<00:25:08.880><c> course,</c><00:25:09.039><c> there</c><00:25:09.079><c> was</c><00:25:09.180><c> no</c><00:25:09.319><c> such</c><00:25:09.480><c> thing</c><00:25:09.680><c> as</c><00:25:09.859><c> life</c><00:25:10.039><c> insurance.</c> 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:14.099 That's<00:25:11.160><c> a</c><00:25:11.339><c> fairly</c><00:25:11.519><c> modern</c><00:25:12.819><c> thing,</c><00:25:13.180><c> isn't</c><00:25:13.400><c> it?</c> 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:17.559 But<00:25:14.539><c> this</c><00:25:14.920><c> is</c><00:25:15.119><c> an</c><00:25:15.220><c> enormous</c><00:25:15.740><c> debt</c><00:25:16.220><c> to</c><00:25:16.980><c> die</c> 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:22.079 and<00:25:18.420><c> leave</c><00:25:18.799><c> your</c><00:25:19.500><c> wife</c><00:25:19.960><c> in</c><00:25:20.819><c> such</c><00:25:21.059><c> an</c><00:25:21.440><c> extremity</c> 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:24.759 that<00:25:22.460><c> she</c><00:25:22.700><c> believes</c><00:25:23.039><c> her</c><00:25:23.259><c> children</c><00:25:23.539><c> are</c><00:25:23.759><c> going</c><00:25:23.880><c> to</c><00:25:24.039><c> be</c><00:25:24.220><c> sold</c> 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.380 as<00:25:25.140><c> slaves</c> 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:27.140 to<00:25:25.559><c> pay</c><00:25:25.759><c> off</c><00:25:25.859><c> some</c><00:25:26.059><c> of</c><00:25:26.220><c> the</c><00:25:26.299><c> debt.</c> 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:30.799 Rather<00:25:28.200><c> reminiscent,</c><00:25:28.799><c> isn't</c><00:25:29.119><c> it,</c><00:25:29.420><c> of</c><00:25:29.940><c> the</c><00:25:30.059><c> Gospel</c><00:25:30.500><c> story</c> 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:33.839 when<00:25:30.960><c> the</c><00:25:31.059><c> Lord</c><00:25:31.299><c> Jesus</c><00:25:31.740><c> Christ</c><00:25:32.299><c> talks</c><00:25:32.819><c> about</c><00:25:33.119><c> the</c><00:25:33.359><c> man</c> 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:36.180 who<00:25:34.359><c> owed</c><00:25:34.579><c> $15</c><00:25:35.119><c> million?</c> 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.000 Remember<00:25:38.240><c> it?</c> 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.660 I<00:25:39.579><c> don't</c><00:25:39.720><c> know</c><00:25:39.819><c> about</c><00:25:39.940><c> your</c><00:25:40.160><c> bank</c><00:25:40.400><c> manager.</c> 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:45.059 Your<00:25:41.059><c> bank</c><00:25:41.299><c> manager</c><00:25:41.559><c> let</c><00:25:41.700><c> you</c><00:25:41.900><c> run</c><00:25:42.039><c> an</c><00:25:42.240><c> overdraft</c><00:25:42.619><c> of</c><00:25:43.200><c> $15</c><00:25:44.299><c> million?</c> 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:50.339 No,<00:25:48.779><c> he</c><00:25:49.259><c> couldn't,</c><00:25:49.940><c> could</c><00:25:50.119><c> he?</c> 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:53.099 I<00:25:50.680><c> mean,</c><00:25:51.420><c> he'd</c><00:25:51.819><c> have</c><00:25:51.900><c> you</c><00:25:52.079><c> into</c><00:25:52.200><c> his</c><00:25:52.420><c> office,</c><00:25:52.720><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:52.859><c> he,</c> 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.880 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00:26:05.279 $15<00:26:04.359><c> million.</c> 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:10.140 And<00:26:06.559><c> Jesus</c><00:26:06.740><c> says</c><00:26:06.960><c> there</c><00:26:07.099><c> was</c><00:26:07.619><c> a</c><00:26:07.619><c> man</c><00:26:07.900><c> who</c><00:26:08.339><c> had</c><00:26:08.559><c> this</c><00:26:09.619><c> debt</c><00:26:09.940><c> of</c> 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.279 $15<00:26:10.400><c> million</c> 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:15.339 and<00:26:12.059><c> he</c><00:26:12.299><c> was</c><00:26:12.539><c> forgiven,</c><00:26:13.640><c> straight</c><00:26:13.839><c> away</c><00:26:14.019><c> he</c><00:26:14.140><c> was</c><00:26:14.339><c> forgiven.</c> 00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.779 And<00:26:17.140><c> he</c><00:26:17.240><c> went</c><00:26:17.420><c> home</c><00:26:17.660><c> and</c><00:26:17.819><c> he</c><00:26:17.880><c> found</c><00:26:18.019><c> one</c><00:26:18.200><c> of</c><00:26:18.299><c> his</c><00:26:18.420><c> servants</c> 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:21.079 who<00:26:19.180><c> owed</c><00:26:19.259><c> him</c><00:26:19.539><c> 75</c><00:26:19.900><c> cents</c><00:26:20.460><c> and</c><00:26:20.779><c> he</c><00:26:20.940><c> said,</c> 00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:23.099 hey,<00:26:21.460><c> hey,</c><00:26:21.720><c> hey,</c><00:26:22.339><c> 75</c><00:26:22.579><c> cents,</c><00:26:23.000><c> please,</c> 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:25.799 and<00:26:23.240><c> if</c><00:26:23.299><c> you</c><00:26:23.380><c> don't</c><00:26:23.500><c> pay</c><00:26:23.680><c> me,</c><00:26:24.440><c> you're</c><00:26:24.700><c> in</c><00:26:25.039><c> big</c><00:26:25.339><c> trouble.</c> 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.819 And<00:26:26.380><c> the</c><00:26:26.420><c> man</c><00:26:26.559><c> said,</c><00:26:26.720><c> I</c><00:26:26.779><c> don't</c><00:26:26.940><c> have</c><00:26:27.099><c> 75</c><00:26:27.440><c> cents.</c> 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:32.519 He<00:26:28.240><c> said,</c><00:26:28.839><c> well,</c><00:26:29.940><c> you</c><00:26:30.240><c> better</c><00:26:30.819><c> find</c><00:26:31.140><c> it</c><00:26:31.299><c> because</c><00:26:31.420><c> I</c><00:26:31.579><c> want</c><00:26:31.779><c> it.</c> 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:36.279 And<00:26:33.240><c> because</c><00:26:33.779><c> he</c><00:26:33.980><c> didn't,</c><00:26:34.859><c> mercy</c><00:26:35.240><c> is</c><00:26:35.599><c> vital,</c><00:26:36.160><c> you</c><00:26:36.160><c> see,</c> 00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:37.160 as<00:26:36.400><c> we've</c><00:26:36.579><c> been</c><00:26:36.700><c> trying</c><00:26:36.819><c> to</c><00:26:36.960><c> say,</c> 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:39.859 because<00:26:37.559><c> he</c><00:26:37.680><c> didn't</c><00:26:37.880><c> show</c><00:26:38.099><c> mercy</c><00:26:38.480><c> for</c><00:26:38.799><c> the</c><00:26:38.940><c> little</c><00:26:39.099><c> debt,</c> 00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:42.759 the<00:26:40.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:40.880><c> that</c><00:26:41.180><c> had</c><00:26:41.420><c> previously</c><00:26:41.880><c> been</c><00:26:42.299><c> granted</c> 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:46.900 was<00:26:43.579><c> recanted</c><00:26:44.279><c> and</c><00:26:44.859><c> his</c><00:26:45.079><c> debt</c><00:26:45.200><c> was</c><00:26:45.559><c> reinstated.</c> 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:48.200 But<00:26:47.259><c> we</c><00:26:47.519><c> come</c><00:26:47.640><c> back</c><00:26:47.819><c> to</c><00:26:47.940><c> the</c><00:26:48.059><c> point,</c> 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:52.900 how<00:26:48.519><c> did</c><00:26:48.720><c> this</c><00:26:49.019><c> man</c><00:26:49.359><c> manage</c><00:26:49.819><c> to</c><00:26:50.059><c> run</c><00:26:50.180><c> up</c><00:26:50.319><c> a</c><00:26:50.480><c> debt</c><00:26:50.599><c> of</c><00:26:51.220><c> $15</c><00:26:51.779><c> million?</c> 00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:55.400 And<00:26:53.680><c> I</c><00:26:53.880><c> suggest</c><00:26:54.240><c> to</c><00:26:54.480><c> you,</c><00:26:54.700><c> brethren</c><00:26:54.799><c> and</c><00:26:55.059><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:58.099 that<00:26:55.819><c> it</c><00:26:55.920><c> wasn't</c><00:26:56.160><c> run</c><00:26:56.339><c> up</c><00:26:56.460><c> at</c><00:26:56.660><c> all,</c><00:26:56.779><c> it</c><00:26:56.859><c> was</c><00:26:57.140><c> inherited.</c> 00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:01.200 It's<00:26:59.180><c> a</c><00:26:59.220><c> bit</c><00:26:59.299><c> like</c><00:26:59.519><c> your</c><00:26:59.779><c> debt</c><00:26:59.900><c> and</c><00:27:00.140><c> mine.</c> 00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:06.180 I<00:27:01.799><c> owe</c><00:27:01.980><c> my</c><00:27:02.259><c> father</c><00:27:02.579><c> everything,</c><00:27:04.119><c> my</c><00:27:04.319><c> heavenly</c><00:27:04.700><c> father,</c><00:27:05.180><c> everything.</c> 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:09.079 It<00:27:06.579><c> isn't</c><00:27:06.880><c> the</c><00:27:07.039><c> debt</c><00:27:07.180><c> I've...</c><00:27:07.500><c> I've</c><00:27:08.160><c> added</c><00:27:08.299><c> to</c><00:27:08.619><c> the</c><00:27:08.839><c> debt</c> 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:11.539 but<00:27:09.420><c> I've</c><00:27:09.740><c> inherited</c><00:27:10.160><c> it</c><00:27:10.480><c> also.</c> 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:18.740 And<00:27:12.599><c> maybe</c><00:27:12.980><c> this</c><00:27:13.259><c> man</c><00:27:13.539><c> here,</c><00:27:15.660><c> the</c><00:27:16.440><c> husband</c><00:27:16.940><c> who</c><00:27:17.660><c> died,</c> 00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:23.500 left<00:27:19.019><c> his</c><00:27:19.599><c> widow,</c><00:27:20.220><c> maybe</c><00:27:20.559><c> he</c><00:27:20.940><c> had,</c><00:27:21.940><c> this</c><00:27:22.279><c> man</c><00:27:22.539><c> had</c><00:27:22.980><c> inherited</c> 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.079 a<00:27:23.759><c> debt</c> 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:27.059 and<00:27:24.640><c> seeking</c><00:27:25.059><c> to</c><00:27:25.359><c> pay</c><00:27:25.559><c> it</c><00:27:25.700><c> off</c><00:27:25.880><c> as</c><00:27:26.220><c> godly</c><00:27:26.660><c> people</c> 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:29.980 will<00:27:27.279><c> seek</c><00:27:27.680><c> to</c><00:27:27.920><c> pay</c><00:27:28.079><c> off</c><00:27:28.240><c> their</c><00:27:28.440><c> debts,</c><00:27:28.900><c> was</c><00:27:29.099><c> trying</c><00:27:29.380><c> to</c><00:27:29.599><c> do</c><00:27:29.759><c> so.</c> 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:32.460 And<00:27:30.299><c> before</c><00:27:30.619><c> he</c><00:27:30.720><c> could</c><00:27:30.920><c> do</c><00:27:31.099><c> it,</c><00:27:31.220><c> he</c><00:27:31.400><c> died.</c> 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:41.180 Now<00:27:35.400><c> his</c><00:27:35.839><c> wife</c><00:27:36.220><c> is</c><00:27:36.720><c> worried</c><00:27:37.000><c> about</c><00:27:37.299><c> her</c><00:27:39.220><c> children</c><00:27:39.759><c> being</c><00:27:40.420><c> taken</c><00:27:40.920><c> away</c> 00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.279 and<00:27:41.460><c> sold.</c> 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:45.759 What<00:27:43.759><c> shall</c><00:27:43.940><c> I</c><00:27:44.059><c> do</c><00:27:44.160><c> for</c><00:27:44.339><c> you,</c><00:27:44.519><c> says</c><00:27:44.660><c> Elisha?</c> 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:48.000 Tell<00:27:46.220><c> me</c><00:27:46.319><c> what</c><00:27:46.480><c> you</c><00:27:46.700><c> have</c><00:27:46.799><c> in</c><00:27:46.960><c> the</c><00:27:47.140><c> house.</c> 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:50.740 And<00:27:48.440><c> she</c><00:27:48.599><c> said,</c><00:27:48.839><c> thine</c><00:27:48.980><c> handmaid</c><00:27:49.480><c> hath</c><00:27:49.680><c> not</c><00:27:49.900><c> anything</c><00:27:50.240><c> in</c><00:27:50.460><c> the</c><00:27:50.579><c> house</c> 00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:52.220 save<00:27:51.000><c> a</c><00:27:51.160><c> pot</c><00:27:51.259><c> of</c><00:27:51.480><c> oil.</c> 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.619 Now<00:27:52.460><c> watch</c><00:27:52.640><c> this,</c><00:27:53.119><c> brethren</c><00:27:53.140><c> and</c><00:27:53.380><c> sisters.</c> 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:57.859 He<00:27:53.799><c> said,</c><00:27:54.980><c> go,</c><00:27:55.859><c> borrow</c><00:27:56.000><c> the</c><00:27:56.259><c> vessels</c><00:27:56.599><c> abroad</c><00:27:57.039><c> of</c><00:27:57.220><c> all</c><00:27:57.380><c> thy</c><00:27:57.539><c> neighbours,</c> 00:27:58.220 --> 00:28:00.700 even<00:27:58.500><c> empty</c><00:27:58.920><c> vessels,</c><00:27:59.519><c> borrow</c><00:27:59.920><c> not</c><00:28:00.420><c> a</c><00:28:00.579><c> few.</c> 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:03.500 Don't<00:28:01.400><c> scant,</c><00:28:02.039><c> is</c><00:28:02.299><c> what</c><00:28:02.460><c> it</c><00:28:02.619><c> means.</c> 00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:06.339 When<00:28:03.680><c> thou</c><00:28:03.859><c> art</c><00:28:04.059><c> coming,</c><00:28:04.400><c> shut</c><00:28:04.559><c> the</c><00:28:04.720><c> door</c><00:28:04.900><c> upon</c><00:28:05.220><c> thee</c><00:28:05.440><c> and</c><00:28:05.579><c> upon</c><00:28:05.759><c> thy</c><00:28:06.039><c> sons</c> 00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:09.099 and<00:28:06.680><c> thou</c><00:28:06.779><c> shall</c><00:28:07.019><c> pour</c><00:28:07.359><c> out</c><00:28:07.740><c> into</c><00:28:08.079><c> all</c><00:28:08.400><c> those</c><00:28:08.640><c> vessels</c> 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:12.119 and<00:28:09.619><c> thou</c><00:28:09.839><c> shall</c><00:28:10.059><c> set</c><00:28:10.359><c> aside</c><00:28:10.700><c> that</c><00:28:10.920><c> which</c><00:28:11.059><c> is</c><00:28:11.319><c> full.</c> 00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:16.839 Human<00:28:14.599><c> thinking</c><00:28:14.920><c> again</c><00:28:15.240><c> versus</c><00:28:15.559><c> God's</c><00:28:16.039><c> thinking.</c> 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.480 Sounds<00:28:22.019><c> crazy.</c> 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:26.200 I've<00:28:23.119><c> got</c><00:28:23.400><c> a</c><00:28:23.900><c> spot</c><00:28:24.019><c> of</c><00:28:24.200><c> oil</c><00:28:24.660><c> in</c><00:28:25.700><c> a</c><00:28:25.880><c> vessel</c> 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:30.420 and<00:28:26.960><c> you're</c><00:28:27.279><c> telling</c><00:28:27.460><c> me</c><00:28:27.640><c> to</c><00:28:27.779><c> go</c><00:28:27.920><c> and</c><00:28:28.140><c> bring</c><00:28:28.339><c> in</c><00:28:29.099><c> empty</c><00:28:29.440><c> ones.</c> 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:33.180 How<00:28:31.539><c> about</c><00:28:31.720><c> if</c><00:28:31.859><c> she'd</c><00:28:32.180><c> said</c><00:28:32.299><c> it</c><00:28:32.460><c> sounds</c><00:28:32.720><c> mad?</c> 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.779 Which<00:28:33.700><c> she</c><00:28:33.799><c> did.</c> 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:40.460 How<00:28:35.619><c> about</c><00:28:35.759><c> if</c><00:28:35.920><c> she'd</c><00:28:36.200><c> said,</c><00:28:38.380><c> tell</c><00:28:39.539><c> me</c><00:28:39.660><c> how</c><00:28:39.779><c> it's</c><00:28:39.960><c> going</c><00:28:40.039><c> to</c><00:28:40.240><c> work?</c> 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.339 She<00:28:40.640><c> didn't.</c> 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:45.259 He<00:28:42.940><c> said,</c><00:28:43.279><c> go</c><00:28:43.299><c> into</c><00:28:43.539><c> your</c><00:28:43.660><c> house,</c><00:28:43.900><c> not</c><00:28:44.099><c> right</c><00:28:44.380><c> then,</c><00:28:44.759><c> eventually.</c> 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.359 He<00:28:45.380><c> said,</c><00:28:45.599><c> go</c><00:28:45.660><c> into</c><00:28:45.819><c> your</c><00:28:45.920><c> house</c><00:28:46.480><c> and</c><00:28:47.500><c> pour</c><00:28:47.720><c> out</c><00:28:47.980><c> into</c><00:28:48.180><c> the</c> 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.920 empty<00:28:48.519><c> vessels.</c> 00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.039 Close<00:28:49.619><c> the</c><00:28:49.839><c> doors.</c> 00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:52.619 This<00:28:50.319><c> is</c><00:28:50.980><c> a</c><00:28:51.319><c> private</c><00:28:51.720><c> thing.</c> 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.420 And<00:28:53.940><c> she</c><00:28:54.119><c> did.</c> 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:58.460 And<00:28:54.700><c> she</c><00:28:54.880><c> poured</c><00:28:55.079><c> out</c><00:28:55.440><c> into</c><00:28:55.819><c> the</c><00:28:56.019><c> vessels,</c><00:28:57.119><c> into</c><00:28:57.359><c> the</c><00:28:57.579><c> vessels.</c> 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.619 Can<00:28:58.859><c> I</c><00:28:58.960><c> have</c><00:28:59.059><c> the</c><00:28:59.200><c> next</c><00:28:59.420><c> one?</c> 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.259 There<00:28:59.880><c> isn't</c><00:29:00.039><c> one.</c> 00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:02.400 And<00:29:00.859><c> just</c><00:29:01.279><c> what</c><00:29:01.720><c> a</c><00:29:01.960><c> coincidence.</c> 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:06.680 Just<00:29:03.140><c> as</c><00:29:03.339><c> the</c><00:29:03.559><c> last</c><00:29:03.759><c> one</c><00:29:03.940><c> was</c><00:29:04.140><c> full,</c><00:29:05.240><c> the</c><00:29:05.400><c> vessel</c><00:29:05.619><c> was</c><00:29:05.819><c> empty.</c> 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.019 Of<00:29:07.940><c> course,</c><00:29:08.480><c> if</c><00:29:08.660><c> there</c><00:29:08.859><c> had</c><00:29:09.019><c> been</c><00:29:09.299><c> one</c><00:29:09.559><c> less,</c> 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:12.920 the<00:29:10.660><c> oil</c><00:29:10.859><c> would</c><00:29:11.059><c> have</c><00:29:11.259><c> expired</c><00:29:11.660><c> that</c><00:29:11.900><c> much</c><00:29:12.119><c> sooner.</c> 00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.440 And<00:29:13.319><c> if</c><00:29:13.500><c> there'd</c><00:29:13.619><c> been</c><00:29:13.839><c> one</c><00:29:14.099><c> more,</c> 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.880 the<00:29:14.799><c> oil</c><00:29:14.980><c> would</c><00:29:15.200><c> have</c><00:29:15.380><c> lasted</c><00:29:15.619><c> that</c><00:29:15.859><c> much</c><00:29:16.019><c> longer.</c> 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.539 Strange<00:29:17.599><c> little</c><00:29:17.859><c> miracle,</c><00:29:18.279><c> isn't</c><00:29:18.420><c> it?</c> 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.480 What<00:29:18.720><c> are</c><00:29:18.799><c> we</c><00:29:18.920><c> being</c><00:29:19.140><c> taught?</c> 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:22.480 This<00:29:20.140><c> is</c><00:29:20.279><c> what</c><00:29:20.400><c> we're</c><00:29:20.599><c> being</c><00:29:20.880><c> taught,</c><00:29:21.259><c> brethren</c><00:29:21.460><c> and</c><00:29:21.660><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:25.859 Elijah<00:29:23.700><c> says</c><00:29:24.180><c> to</c><00:29:24.380><c> the</c><00:29:24.460><c> woman,</c><00:29:25.039><c> go</c><00:29:25.039><c> and</c><00:29:25.480><c> sell</c><00:29:25.680><c> the</c><00:29:25.819><c> oil.</c> 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.940 That's<00:29:26.380><c> the</c><00:29:26.559><c> priority.</c> 00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.500 Get<00:29:27.240><c> short</c><00:29:27.420><c> of</c><00:29:27.579><c> your</c><00:29:27.759><c> debt.</c> 00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:32.299 Before<00:29:30.819><c> you</c><00:29:31.039><c> enjoy</c><00:29:31.420><c> the</c><00:29:31.619><c> oil</c><00:29:31.779><c> yourself,</c> 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:35.099 before<00:29:32.759><c> you</c><00:29:32.980><c> start</c><00:29:33.160><c> making</c><00:29:33.599><c> cakes</c><00:29:34.000><c> and</c><00:29:34.140><c> having</c><00:29:34.319><c> a</c><00:29:34.480><c> nice</c><00:29:34.740><c> time,</c> 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.759 pay<00:29:35.599><c> off</c><00:29:35.799><c> your</c><00:29:36.019><c> debt.</c> 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:39.779 That's<00:29:37.559><c> where</c><00:29:37.799><c> our</c><00:29:38.160><c> priority</c><00:29:38.619><c> should</c><00:29:38.920><c> be.</c> 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:42.519 We<00:29:40.079><c> need</c><00:29:40.359><c> to</c><00:29:40.579><c> do</c><00:29:40.700><c> something</c><00:29:41.019><c> about</c><00:29:41.339><c> the</c><00:29:41.700><c> debt</c> 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:45.099 which<00:29:43.160><c> has</c><00:29:43.500><c> accrued</c><00:29:43.940><c> against</c><00:29:44.339><c> our</c><00:29:44.740><c> name,</c> 00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:47.319 against<00:29:45.900><c> the</c><00:29:46.140><c> Father's</c><00:29:46.559><c> credit.</c> 00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:49.059 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odd</c><00:30:00.660><c> things</c><00:30:01.000><c> in</c><00:30:01.140><c> the</c><00:30:01.299><c> Word</c><00:30:01.420><c> of</c><00:30:01.619><c> God.</c> 00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:05.799 Strange<00:30:03.039><c> that</c><00:30:03.700><c> wine</c><00:30:04.019><c> also</c><00:30:04.519><c> is</c><00:30:04.819><c> associated</c><00:30:05.339><c> with</c><00:30:05.599><c> joy.</c> 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:08.400 You<00:30:06.279><c> never</c><00:30:06.599><c> read</c><00:30:06.900><c> of</c><00:30:07.200><c> wine</c><00:30:07.480><c> in</c><00:30:07.680><c> the</c><00:30:07.799><c> Word</c><00:30:07.980><c> of</c><00:30:08.220><c> God</c> 00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:10.480 being<00:30:08.680><c> associated</c><00:30:09.359><c> with</c><00:30:09.940><c> anything</c> 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:14.900 other<00:30:11.140><c> than</c><00:30:11.480><c> curing</c><00:30:12.000><c> wounds</c><00:30:12.599><c> and</c><00:30:14.019><c> joy.</c> 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:19.500 It<00:30:15.960><c> was</c><00:30:16.279><c> poured</c><00:30:16.619><c> into</c><00:30:16.920><c> wounds</c><00:30:17.200><c> if</c><00:30:17.339><c> someone</c><00:30:17.740><c> had</c><00:30:18.180><c> a</c><00:30:18.200><c> sort</c><00:30:18.480><c> of</c><00:30:18.660><c> antiseptic</c> 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.799 and<00:30:19.839><c> it</c><00:30:19.920><c> was</c><00:30:20.180><c> drunk</c><00:30:20.420><c> in</c><00:30:20.660><c> joy.</c> 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:24.319 It<00:30:21.059><c> was</c><00:30:21.319><c> poured</c><00:30:21.579><c> out</c><00:30:21.799><c> at</c><00:30:21.980><c> the</c><00:30:22.059><c> base</c><00:30:22.200><c> of</c><00:30:22.359><c> the</c><00:30:22.460><c> great</c><00:30:22.640><c> altar</c><00:30:22.900><c> in</c><00:30:23.400><c> joy.</c> 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:27.740 Strange,<00:30:24.920><c> isn't</c><00:30:24.940><c> it,</c><00:30:25.039><c> that</c><00:30:25.259><c> the</c><00:30:25.400><c> Lord</c><00:30:25.539><c> should</c><00:30:25.779><c> 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you</c><00:31:09.779><c> want?</c> 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:14.200 How<00:31:12.259><c> much</c><00:31:12.440><c> are</c><00:31:12.539><c> you</c><00:31:12.680><c> prepared</c><00:31:12.980><c> to</c><00:31:13.220><c> receive?</c> 00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.500 How<00:31:15.019><c> much</c><00:31:15.200><c> do</c><00:31:15.500><c> you</c><00:31:15.500><c> want?</c> 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:20.240 You<00:31:16.319><c> say</c><00:31:16.640><c> when,</c><00:31:17.680><c> you</c><00:31:17.900><c> say</c><00:31:18.180><c> when</c><00:31:18.579><c> because</c><00:31:19.079><c> I've</c><00:31:19.359><c> got</c><00:31:19.480><c> the</c><00:31:19.720><c> capacity,</c> 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.759 this<00:31:20.940><c> is</c><00:31:21.160><c> the</c><00:31:21.259><c> Father</c><00:31:21.460><c> speaking,</c> 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:24.599 I've<00:31:22.299><c> got</c><00:31:22.440><c> the</c><00:31:22.599><c> capacity</c><00:31:23.079><c> to</c><00:31:23.319><c> give</c><00:31:23.440><c> you</c><00:31:23.579><c> as</c><00:31:23.759><c> much</c><00:31:23.900><c> as</c><00:31:24.039><c> you'd</c><00:31:24.319><c> like.</c> 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:26.099 Now,<00:31:25.400><c> how</c><00:31:25.539><c> much</c><00:31:25.680><c> do</c><00:31:25.880><c> you</c><00:31:25.900><c> want?</c> 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.099 That<00:31:26.500><c> much?</c><00:31:26.759><c> Finished?</c> 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.619 Are<00:31:27.539><c> you</c><00:31:27.539><c> sure?</c><00:31:27.960><c> You</c><00:31:28.039><c> don't</c><00:31:28.140><c> want</c><00:31:28.279><c> any</c><00:31:28.440><c> more?</c> 00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.920 Right,<00:31:29.140><c> then</c><00:31:29.279><c> it's</c><00:31:29.539><c> exhausted.</c> 00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:32.059 But<00:31:30.500><c> if</c><00:31:30.640><c> you'd</c><00:31:30.859><c> got</c><00:31:30.960><c> another</c><00:31:31.200><c> vessel,</c><00:31:31.579><c> I</c><00:31:31.599><c> would</c><00:31:31.759><c> have</c><00:31:31.920><c> poured</c> 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.299 some<00:31:32.240><c> more</c><00:31:32.400><c> in.</c> 00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:35.680 We<00:31:33.859><c> call</c><00:31:34.140><c> the</c><00:31:34.359><c> tune,</c><00:31:34.599><c> you</c><00:31:34.640><c> see,</c><00:31:34.920><c> brethren</c><00:31:35.119><c> and</c><00:31:35.359><c> sisters,</c> 00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:38.359 we<00:31:36.220><c> say</c><00:31:36.539><c> stop,</c><00:31:37.420><c> not</c><00:31:37.579><c> God.</c> 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:40.240 God<00:31:38.720><c> says,</c><00:31:39.000><c> I'll</c><00:31:39.099><c> give</c><00:31:39.220><c> you</c><00:31:39.359><c> as</c><00:31:39.579><c> much</c><00:31:39.759><c> as</c><00:31:39.920><c> you</c><00:31:40.079><c> like.</c> 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:42.200 Now,<00:31:40.440><c> you</c><00:31:40.640><c> say</c><00:31:40.839><c> when</c><00:31:41.160><c> and</c><00:31:41.400><c> I'll</c><00:31:41.619><c> stop</c><00:31:41.819><c> pouring.</c> 00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:44.579 But<00:31:42.900><c> it's</c><00:31:43.140><c> you</c><00:31:43.259><c> who'll</c><00:31:43.519><c> say</c><00:31:43.640><c> it,</c><00:31:43.799><c> not</c><00:31:43.819><c> me.</c> 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:51.039 And<00:31:46.299><c> so</c><00:31:46.460><c> the</c><00:31:48.519><c> oil</c><00:31:48.859><c> is</c><00:31:50.160><c> sold</c> 00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:57.380 and<00:31:52.579><c> a</c><00:31:52.680><c> woman's</c><00:31:54.319><c> terrible</c><00:31:54.680><c> condition</c><00:31:55.339><c> is</c><00:31:56.359><c> relieved.</c> 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:02.319 Chapter<00:32:00.460><c> four,</c><00:32:00.779><c> verse</c><00:32:00.960><c> 18,</c><00:32:01.559><c> please.</c> 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:06.180 We<00:32:03.480><c> don't</c><00:32:03.680><c> have</c><00:32:03.859><c> time</c><00:32:04.079><c> to</c><00:32:04.259><c> talk</c><00:32:04.460><c> about</c><00:32:04.680><c> the</c><00:32:05.140><c> miraculous</c><00:32:05.619><c> conception</c> 00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:08.759 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the</c><00:32:27.400><c> detail</c><00:32:27.619><c> of</c><00:32:27.779><c> it,</c> 00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:33.619 except<00:32:28.759><c> to</c><00:32:29.019><c> say</c><00:32:29.200><c> that</c><00:32:29.740><c> his</c><00:32:30.059><c> mother</c><00:32:30.480><c> seems</c><00:32:30.839><c> to</c><00:32:31.019><c> be</c><00:32:31.160><c> made</c><00:32:31.359><c> of</c><00:32:31.599><c> different</c><00:32:31.920><c> stuff</c><00:32:32.160><c> from</c><00:32:32.359><c> his</c><00:32:32.660><c> father.</c> 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.980 The<00:32:34.519><c> boy</c><00:32:34.740><c> is</c><00:32:35.140><c> sick.</c> 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:40.900 He<00:32:36.400><c> says,</c><00:32:36.980><c> I've</c><00:32:37.039><c> got</c><00:32:37.200><c> a</c><00:32:37.660><c> blinding,</c><00:32:38.579><c> I</c><00:32:38.839><c> have</c><00:32:39.039><c> a</c><00:32:39.599><c> blinding</c><00:32:40.180><c> pain.</c> 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.740 Would<00:32:42.680><c> you,</c><00:32:42.859><c> would</c><00:32:42.980><c> you,</c><00:32:43.579><c> why</c><00:32:43.700><c> don't</c><00:32:43.759><c> you</c><00:32:43.859><c> do</c><00:32:43.980><c> it?</c> 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:46.859 Richard,<00:32:45.140><c> if</c><00:32:45.259><c> it</c><00:32:45.680><c> were</c><00:32:45.859><c> your</c><00:32:46.160><c> son,</c> 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:49.960 he'd<00:32:47.180><c> come</c><00:32:47.339><c> out</c><00:32:47.559><c> to</c><00:32:47.660><c> the</c><00:32:47.859><c> field</c><00:32:48.099><c> and</c><00:32:48.720><c> you</c><00:32:48.980><c> say,</c><00:32:49.259><c> he</c><00:32:49.279><c> said,</c> 00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:54.420 Dad,<00:32:50.920><c> I</c><00:32:51.200><c> feel</c><00:32:51.539><c> so,</c><00:32:52.480><c> I've</c><00:32:52.480><c> never</c><00:32:52.740><c> felt</c><00:32:53.000><c> like</c><00:32:53.299><c> this</c><00:32:53.460><c> before.</c> 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:56.359 I<00:32:54.759><c> don't</c><00:32:54.980><c> have</c><00:32:55.160><c> to</c><00:32:55.299><c> ask</c><00:32:55.460><c> you,</c><00:32:55.579><c> I</c><00:32:55.660><c> know</c><00:32:55.720><c> what</c><00:32:55.900><c> you</c><00:32:56.079><c> do.</c> 00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:59.019 Whatever<00:32:56.980><c> you</c><00:32:57.160><c> were</c><00:32:57.299><c> doing,</c><00:32:57.619><c> you'd</c><00:32:57.839><c> put</c><00:32:57.960><c> down</c><00:32:58.220><c> the</c><00:32:58.380><c> reaping</c><00:32:58.819><c> tools</c> 00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:02.839 and<00:32:59.500><c> your</c><00:32:59.720><c> father,</c><00:33:00.519><c> as</c><00:33:00.759><c> a</c><00:33:00.960><c> father,</c><00:33:01.440><c> your</c><00:33:01.559><c> son</c><00:33:01.740><c> would</c><00:33:01.980><c> be</c><00:33:02.200><c> in</c> 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.339 your<00:33:03.140><c> arms</c> 00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.980 and<00:33:03.539><c> you'd</c><00:33:03.839><c> carry</c><00:33:03.980><c> him</c><00:33:04.180><c> home.</c> 00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:07.579 I<00:33:05.440><c> don't</c><00:33:05.619><c> quite</c><00:33:05.859><c> know</c><00:33:05.980><c> what's</c><00:33:06.279><c> the</c><00:33:06.339><c> matter</c><00:33:06.440><c> with</c><00:33:06.599><c> this</c><00:33:06.839><c> man.</c> 00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:10.119 He<00:33:08.279><c> says</c><00:33:08.440><c> to</c><00:33:08.619><c> a</c><00:33:08.720><c> boy,</c><00:33:09.039><c> look</c><00:33:09.200><c> after</c><00:33:09.400><c> my</c><00:33:09.599><c> lad,</c><00:33:09.799><c> will</c><00:33:09.900><c> you?</c> 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:12.460 I'm<00:33:10.579><c> a</c><00:33:10.579><c> bit</c><00:33:10.779><c> busy</c><00:33:11.000><c> in</c><00:33:11.180><c> the</c><00:33:11.299><c> field</c><00:33:11.500><c> here.</c> 00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:15.559 Get<00:33:13.059><c> our</c><00:33:13.359><c> priorities</c><00:33:13.779><c> wrong</c><00:33:14.119><c> sometimes,</c><00:33:14.839><c> brethren</c><00:33:14.960><c> and</c><00:33:15.200><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:18.759 with<00:33:16.359><c> catastrophic</c><00:33:17.259><c> results.</c> 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:22.700 And<00:33:20.200><c> even,</c><00:33:20.859><c> even</c><00:33:21.299><c> when</c><00:33:21.480><c> he</c><00:33:21.720><c> is</c><00:33:22.000><c> home,</c> 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:29.299 when<00:33:24.859><c> he</c><00:33:25.019><c> does</c><00:33:25.259><c> contact</c><00:33:26.099><c> his</c><00:33:27.079><c> wife,</c><00:33:28.559><c> verse</c><00:33:28.839><c> 22,</c> 00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.960 she<00:33:29.680><c> called</c><00:33:29.920><c> unto</c><00:33:30.180><c> her</c><00:33:30.319><c> husband</c><00:33:30.619><c> and</c><00:33:30.819><c> said,</c> 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:33.500 send<00:33:31.200><c> me,</c><00:33:31.380><c> I</c><00:33:31.460><c> pray,</c><00:33:31.960><c> one</c><00:33:32.160><c> of</c><00:33:32.279><c> the</c><00:33:32.400><c> young</c><00:33:32.559><c> men</c><00:33:32.700><c> and</c><00:33:32.799><c> one</c><00:33:32.900><c> of</c><00:33:33.000><c> the</c><00:33:33.140><c> asses</c> 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:36.160 that<00:33:33.779><c> I</c><00:33:33.920><c> may</c><00:33:34.039><c> run</c><00:33:34.240><c> to</c><00:33:34.400><c> the</c><00:33:34.500><c> man</c><00:33:34.579><c> of</c><00:33:34.779><c> God</c><00:33:34.900><c> and</c><00:33:35.079><c> come</c><00:33:35.240><c> again.</c> 00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:38.500 And<00:33:36.839><c> he</c><00:33:37.000><c> said,</c><00:33:37.220><c> what</c><00:33:37.539><c> do</c><00:33:37.700><c> you</c><00:33:37.720><c> want</c><00:33:37.839><c> to</c><00:33:37.980><c> go</c><00:33:38.119><c> for?</c> 00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:40.819 It<00:33:39.039><c> isn't</c><00:33:39.259><c> a</c><00:33:39.480><c> new</c><00:33:39.640><c> moon</c><00:33:39.880><c> or</c><00:33:40.099><c> a</c><00:33:40.319><c> Sabbath.</c> 00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:43.299 What<00:33:41.500><c> do</c><00:33:41.640><c> you</c><00:33:41.759><c> want</c><00:33:41.819><c> to</c><00:33:41.920><c> go</c><00:33:42.019><c> running</c><00:33:42.220><c> off</c><00:33:42.359><c> to</c><00:33:42.519><c> Elisha</c><00:33:42.960><c> for?</c> 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:45.119 Strange<00:33:44.200><c> man.</c> 00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:47.980 Anyway,<00:33:45.519><c> she's</c><00:33:45.799><c> a</c><00:33:46.180><c> strong</c><00:33:46.420><c>-minded</c><00:33:46.700><c> woman,</c><00:33:47.019><c> she</c><00:33:47.200><c> saddles</c><00:33:47.480><c> the</c><00:33:47.680><c> ass,</c> 00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:50.059 says<00:33:48.259><c> to</c><00:33:48.480><c> a</c><00:33:48.619><c> servant,</c><00:33:48.920><c> drive</c><00:33:49.299><c> and</c><00:33:49.480><c> go</c><00:33:49.779><c> forward,</c> 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:53.819 slack<00:33:50.559><c> not</c><00:33:50.859><c> thy</c><00:33:51.019><c> riding</c><00:33:51.359><c> for</c><00:33:52.079><c> me,</c><00:33:52.400><c> except</c><00:33:52.660><c> I</c><00:33:52.920><c> bid</c><00:33:53.059><c> thee.</c> 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:57.059 And<00:33:54.099><c> so</c><00:33:54.299><c> Elisha</c><00:33:55.059><c> sees</c><00:33:55.259><c> her</c><00:33:55.420><c> coming</c><00:33:55.640><c> and</c><00:33:56.279><c> he</c><00:33:56.420><c> says</c><00:33:56.519><c> to</c><00:33:56.740><c> Gehazi,</c> 00:33:57.160 --> 00:34:00.420 strange<00:33:57.480><c> man,</c><00:33:58.220><c> you</c><00:33:58.599><c> know,</c><00:33:59.259><c> sometimes</c><00:33:59.680><c> we</c><00:33:59.880><c> meet</c><00:34:00.059><c> characters</c> 00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:02.880 in<00:34:00.579><c> the</c><00:34:00.700><c> word</c><00:34:00.799><c> of</c><00:34:01.000><c> God,</c><00:34:01.400><c> we</c><00:34:01.680><c> love</c><00:34:01.859><c> them</c><00:34:01.980><c> or</c><00:34:02.039><c> hate</c><00:34:02.279><c> them</c><00:34:02.440><c> right</c><00:34:02.680><c> away,</c> 00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.220 don't<00:34:03.059><c> we?</c> 00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:05.720 Sometimes<00:34:03.559><c> we</c><00:34:03.799><c> prove</c><00:34:03.940><c> wrong,</c><00:34:04.240><c> we</c><00:34:04.279><c> have</c><00:34:04.380><c> to</c><00:34:04.599><c> change</c><00:34:04.759><c> our</c><00:34:04.960><c> minds.</c> 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.880 I<00:34:06.059><c> hope</c><00:34:06.240><c> I</c><00:34:06.420><c> will</c><00:34:06.519><c> be</c><00:34:06.640><c> about</c><00:34:06.859><c> Gehazi,</c><00:34:07.380><c> but</c><00:34:07.500><c> I</c><00:34:07.640><c> don't</c><00:34:07.779><c> like</c><00:34:08.019><c> the</c><00:34:08.159><c> guy.</c> 00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:10.940 Shifty<00:34:09.500><c> sort</c><00:34:09.780><c> of</c><00:34:10.000><c> character,</c><00:34:10.400><c> it</c><00:34:10.400><c> seems</c><00:34:10.619><c> to</c><00:34:10.739><c> me,</c> 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:13.840 which<00:34:11.199><c> is</c><00:34:11.380><c> all</c><00:34:11.539><c> the</c><00:34:11.659><c> more</c><00:34:11.940><c> strange</c><00:34:12.380><c> since</c><00:34:12.860><c> he's</c><00:34:13.039><c> been</c><00:34:13.199><c> in</c><00:34:13.360><c> the</c><00:34:13.519><c> company</c> 00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:15.699 of<00:34:14.039><c> Elisha</c><00:34:14.320><c> for</c><00:34:14.519><c> such</c><00:34:14.699><c> a</c><00:34:14.800><c> long</c><00:34:15.000><c> time.</c> 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:19.059 I<00:34:17.300><c> think</c><00:34:17.440><c> he's</c><00:34:17.619><c> looking</c><00:34:17.800><c> for</c><00:34:17.940><c> the</c><00:34:18.059><c> main</c><00:34:18.219><c> chance.</c> 00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:22.079 Not<00:34:19.300><c> only</c><00:34:19.539><c> is</c><00:34:19.619><c> he</c><00:34:19.739><c> looking</c><00:34:19.940><c> to</c><00:34:20.199><c> handle</c><00:34:21.000><c> a</c><00:34:21.139><c> bit</c><00:34:21.760><c> of</c><00:34:21.920><c> this,</c> 00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:26.480 I<00:34:22.380><c> think</c><00:34:22.480><c> he's</c><00:34:23.119><c> looking</c><00:34:23.559><c> to</c><00:34:23.719><c> have</c><00:34:23.860><c> his</c><00:34:24.000><c> name</c><00:34:24.139><c> in</c><00:34:25.039><c> the</c><00:34:25.119><c> headlines</c><00:34:25.440><c> as</c><00:34:25.679><c> well</c> 00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:30.320 because<00:34:27.340><c> Elisha</c><00:34:27.739><c> sees</c><00:34:28.000><c> the</c><00:34:28.159><c> woman</c><00:34:28.340><c> coming</c><00:34:28.739><c> and</c><00:34:29.159><c> he</c><00:34:29.400><c> says,</c> 00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.860 go<00:34:30.519><c> and</c><00:34:31.139><c> see</c><00:34:31.420><c> what</c><00:34:31.599><c> she</c><00:34:31.780><c> wants.</c> 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:33.360 She<00:34:31.980><c> won't</c><00:34:32.159><c> speak</c><00:34:32.400><c> to</c><00:34:32.559><c> Gehazi.</c> 00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:35.920 She<00:34:33.840><c> comes</c><00:34:34.079><c> in</c><00:34:34.280><c> and</c><00:34:34.400><c> she</c><00:34:34.599><c> speaks</c><00:34:34.719><c> to</c><00:34:34.880><c> Elisha</c><00:34:35.380><c> and</c><00:34:35.599><c> she</c><00:34:35.820><c> said,</c> 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:37.320 did<00:34:36.099><c> I</c><00:34:36.300><c> ask</c><00:34:36.519><c> you</c><00:34:36.639><c> for</c><00:34:36.780><c> a</c><00:34:37.000><c> child?</c> 00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:39.079 Did<00:34:37.780><c> I</c><00:34:37.920><c> ask</c><00:34:38.179><c> you</c><00:34:38.320><c> to</c><00:34:38.420><c> give</c><00:34:38.519><c> me</c><00:34:38.679><c> the</c><00:34:38.840><c> child?</c> 00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:41.820 Didn't<00:34:39.539><c> I</c><00:34:39.719><c> say</c><00:34:39.860><c> unto</c><00:34:40.099><c> you</c><00:34:40.260><c> it</c><00:34:40.320><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:40.519><c> be</c><00:34:40.699><c> a</c><00:34:40.780><c> good</c><00:34:40.940><c> thing?</c> 00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:46.019 Can't<00:34:44.039><c> get</c><00:34:44.239><c> the</c><00:34:44.400><c> words</c><00:34:44.519><c> out</c><00:34:44.780><c> quickly</c><00:34:45.119><c> enough.</c> 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:50.780 Elisha<00:34:48.739><c> doesn't</c><00:34:49.059><c> need</c><00:34:49.380><c> to</c><00:34:49.559><c> be</c><00:34:49.739><c> told</c><00:34:49.900><c> that</c><00:34:50.079><c> the</c><00:34:50.219><c> child</c><00:34:50.420><c> is</c><00:34:50.619><c> dead.</c> 00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:54.460 He<00:34:51.199><c> says</c><00:34:51.380><c> to</c><00:34:51.559><c> Gehazi,</c><00:34:51.900><c> I</c><00:34:51.980><c> take</c><00:34:52.179><c> myself</c><00:34:52.760><c> and</c><00:34:53.460><c> go</c><00:34:53.739><c> back</c><00:34:54.000><c> quickly</c> 00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.679 and<00:34:54.980><c> lay</c><00:34:55.139><c> it</c><00:34:55.260><c> on</c><00:34:55.320><c> the</c><00:34:55.519><c> child.</c> 00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.360 Will<00:34:55.820><c> you</c><00:34:55.960><c> do</c><00:34:56.099><c> that?</c> 00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:58.260 Oh,<00:34:56.960><c> my</c><00:34:57.159><c> big</c><00:34:57.400><c> chance.</c> 00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:00.139 Now<00:34:58.980><c> watch</c><00:34:59.199><c> this.</c> 00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.280 Don't<00:35:00.380><c> speak</c><00:35:00.579><c> to</c><00:35:00.760><c> anybody</c><00:35:00.980><c> in</c><00:35:01.139><c> the</c><00:35:01.219><c> way.</c> 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:04.139 Don't<00:35:01.599><c> salute</c><00:35:01.900><c> anybody</c><00:35:02.260><c> because</c><00:35:02.639><c> salutations</c><00:35:03.539><c> in</c><00:35:03.760><c> those</c><00:35:03.940><c> days</c> 00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:09.159 a<00:35:04.780><c> good</c><00:35:05.059><c> morning</c><00:35:05.460><c> on</c><00:35:05.900><c> the</c><00:35:06.059><c> way</c><00:35:06.420><c> to</c><00:35:07.260><c> the</c><00:35:07.400><c> pavilion</c><00:35:07.699><c> or</c><00:35:07.960><c> down</c><00:35:08.119><c> to</c><00:35:08.280><c> breakfast.</c> 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:12.780 Take<00:35:10.559><c> about</c><00:35:10.800><c> four</c><00:35:11.039><c> hours</c><00:35:11.440><c> by</c><00:35:11.820><c> the</c><00:35:11.980><c> time</c><00:35:12.099><c> you've</c><00:35:12.239><c> said</c><00:35:12.420><c> hello</c> 00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:14.099 and<00:35:12.940><c> how</c><00:35:13.139><c> are</c><00:35:13.340><c> you</c><00:35:13.460><c> and</c><00:35:13.519><c> how's</c><00:35:13.780><c> your</c><00:35:13.900><c> mother</c> 00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:16.239 and<00:35:14.260><c> I</c><00:35:14.380><c> haven't</c><00:35:14.539><c> seen</c><00:35:14.719><c> your</c><00:35:14.900><c> dog</c><00:35:15.039><c> for</c><00:35:15.239><c> a</c><00:35:15.320><c> long</c><00:35:15.480><c> time.</c> 00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:18.400 And<00:35:16.679><c> so</c><00:35:17.340><c> he</c><00:35:17.420><c> said,</c><00:35:17.559><c> don't</c><00:35:17.800><c> salute</c><00:35:18.099><c> anybody.</c> 00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:21.219 Just<00:35:19.059><c> head</c><00:35:19.320><c> on</c><00:35:19.599><c> straight</c><00:35:19.780><c> for</c><00:35:19.920><c> this</c><00:35:20.059><c> woman's</c><00:35:20.460><c> house.</c> 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:22.860 And<00:35:21.559><c> he</c><00:35:21.679><c> gets</c><00:35:21.840><c> there.</c> 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.539 Big<00:35:23.079><c> chance</c><00:35:23.360><c> now.</c> 00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.739 Everybody<00:35:23.739><c> watching</c><00:35:24.000><c> this?</c> 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:28.179 Puts<00:35:26.099><c> the</c><00:35:26.320><c> staff</c><00:35:26.440><c> on</c><00:35:27.139><c> the</c><00:35:27.340><c> child.</c> 00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.880 Nothing<00:35:29.039><c> happens.</c> 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:33.019 We<00:35:31.239><c> don't</c><00:35:31.480><c> ask</c><00:35:31.699><c> now</c><00:35:32.019><c> has</c><00:35:32.199><c> it</c><00:35:32.360><c> happened</c><00:35:32.500><c> before.</c> 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:35.719 We<00:35:33.599><c> ask,</c><00:35:34.159><c> has</c><00:35:34.260><c> it</c><00:35:34.400><c> happened</c><00:35:34.679><c> since?</c> 00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.639 And<00:35:35.940><c> it</c><00:35:36.000><c> did,</c><00:35:36.139><c> you</c><00:35:36.340><c> remember?</c> 00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:39.360 The<00:35:37.159><c> woman</c><00:35:37.340><c> who</c><00:35:37.519><c> had</c><00:35:37.639><c> an</c><00:35:37.820><c> issue</c><00:35:37.980><c> of</c><00:35:38.159><c> blood</c><00:35:38.280><c> for</c><00:35:38.460><c> 12</c><00:35:38.699><c> years</c> 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:41.239 and<00:35:39.900><c> she</c><00:35:40.019><c> was</c><00:35:40.179><c> on</c><00:35:40.320><c> her</c><00:35:40.380><c> hands</c><00:35:40.599><c> and</c><00:35:40.880><c> knees.</c> 00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:43.519 She<00:35:41.840><c> touched</c><00:35:42.159><c> the</c><00:35:42.260><c> hem</c><00:35:42.340><c> of</c><00:35:42.480><c> his</c><00:35:42.699><c> garment.</c> 00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:48.059 Some<00:35:43.820><c> people</c><00:35:44.099><c> will</c><00:35:44.380><c> tell</c><00:35:44.579><c> you</c><00:35:44.739><c> she</c><00:35:44.900><c> did</c><00:35:45.099><c> it</c><00:35:45.300><c> out</c><00:35:45.860><c> of</c><00:35:46.699><c> humbleness,</c> 00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:51.659 out<00:35:48.719><c> of</c><00:35:49.099><c> godliness,</c><00:35:50.059><c> wanted</c><00:35:50.159><c> to</c><00:35:50.460><c> touch</c><00:35:50.559><c> the</c><00:35:50.780><c> very</c><00:35:51.079><c> hem</c><00:35:51.179><c> of</c><00:35:51.340><c> his</c><00:35:51.519><c> garment,</c> 00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:53.920 out<00:35:51.880><c> of</c><00:35:52.059><c> meekness,</c><00:35:52.699><c> nothing</c><00:35:52.940><c> to</c><00:35:53.199><c> do</c><00:35:53.300><c> with</c><00:35:53.500><c> it.</c> 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:56.559 She<00:35:54.239><c> was</c><00:35:54.420><c> on</c><00:35:54.559><c> her</c><00:35:54.579><c> hands</c><00:35:54.840><c> and</c><00:35:55.059><c> knees</c><00:35:55.199><c> with</c><00:35:55.480><c> sickness</c> 00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:58.260 and<00:35:57.099><c> she</c><00:35:57.360><c> touched</c><00:35:57.559><c> the</c><00:35:57.719><c> hem</c><00:35:57.780><c> of</c><00:35:57.940><c> his</c><00:35:58.119><c> garment.</c> 00:35:58.340 --> 00:36:00.239 I<00:35:58.460><c> just</c><00:35:58.820><c> need</c><00:35:59.079><c> to</c><00:35:59.340><c> touch</c><00:35:59.539><c> him.</c> 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.019 And<00:36:00.760><c> she</c><00:36:00.880><c> didn't.</c> 00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.840 She<00:36:01.159><c> was</c><00:36:01.340><c> made</c><00:36:01.500><c> whole.</c> 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:04.420 And<00:36:02.280><c> Jesus</c><00:36:02.639><c> calls</c><00:36:03.019><c> her</c><00:36:03.159><c> before</c><00:36:03.400><c> him</c><00:36:03.539><c> and</c><00:36:03.659><c> makes</c><00:36:03.900><c> her</c><00:36:04.099><c> confess</c> 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:08.179 the<00:36:04.699><c> whole</c><00:36:05.639><c> rigid</c><00:36:06.039><c> story</c><00:36:06.599><c> about</c><00:36:07.280><c> her</c><00:36:07.599><c> uncleanness.</c> 00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:10.099 So<00:36:08.659><c> embarrassing.</c> 00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:15.420 But<00:36:11.340><c> she</c><00:36:11.559><c> had</c><00:36:11.800><c> to</c><00:36:12.139><c> learn</c><00:36:12.659><c> that</c><00:36:14.119><c> the</c><00:36:14.440><c> source</c><00:36:14.760><c> of</c><00:36:15.000><c> the</c><00:36:15.219><c> cure</c> 00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:18.599 lay<00:36:15.719><c> not</c><00:36:15.940><c> in</c><00:36:16.159><c> his</c><00:36:16.420><c> garment,</c><00:36:17.039><c> but</c><00:36:17.219><c> in</c><00:36:17.400><c> her</c><00:36:17.719><c> face.</c> 00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:21.659 And<00:36:19.840><c> that's</c><00:36:20.079><c> why</c><00:36:20.260><c> she</c><00:36:20.440><c> had</c><00:36:20.599><c> to</c><00:36:20.840><c> confess.</c> 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:24.599 And<00:36:22.699><c> Gehazi</c><00:36:23.119><c> made</c><00:36:23.639><c> the</c><00:36:23.980><c> same</c><00:36:24.199><c> mistake</c> 00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:28.159 that<00:36:24.820><c> that</c><00:36:25.039><c> woman</c><00:36:25.239><c> is</c><00:36:25.480><c> going</c><00:36:25.619><c> to</c><00:36:25.820><c> make</c><00:36:26.239><c> hundreds</c><00:36:26.780><c> of</c><00:36:27.019><c> years</c><00:36:27.159><c> later.</c> 00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:31.420 Gehazi<00:36:29.199><c> thinks</c><00:36:29.699><c> that</c><00:36:30.159><c> the</c><00:36:30.380><c> power</c><00:36:30.599><c> is</c><00:36:30.800><c> in</c><00:36:30.920><c> the</c><00:36:31.139><c> staff</c> 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:33.420 and<00:36:31.760><c> it</c><00:36:31.800><c> wasn't,</c><00:36:32.260><c> it</c><00:36:32.260><c> was</c><00:36:32.380><c> in</c><00:36:32.519><c> the</c><00:36:32.639><c> man.</c> 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:37.840 And<00:36:35.119><c> Elisha</c><00:36:35.440><c> comes</c><00:36:35.820><c> and</c><00:36:36.239><c> the</c><00:36:36.320><c> boy</c><00:36:36.460><c> is</c><00:36:36.539><c> still</c><00:36:36.780><c> dead.</c> 00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.260 And<00:36:39.019><c> you</c><00:36:39.099><c> know</c><00:36:39.159><c> what</c><00:36:39.260><c> he</c><00:36:39.380><c> does?</c> 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:44.860 He<00:36:40.639><c> gives</c><00:36:40.840><c> the</c><00:36:41.340><c> boy</c><00:36:41.500><c> back</c><00:36:41.760><c> his</c><00:36:42.019><c> life</c><00:36:42.420><c> after</c><00:36:42.920><c> urgent</c><00:36:43.420><c> prayer</c><00:36:43.719><c> to</c><00:36:43.940><c> God.</c> 00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:51.199 And<00:36:46.579><c> the</c><00:36:46.840><c> boy</c><00:36:47.019><c> wakes</c><00:36:47.260><c> up</c><00:36:48.960><c> and</c><00:36:49.500><c> sneezes</c><00:36:49.900><c> seven</c><00:36:50.219><c> times.</c> 00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:54.219 Did<00:36:51.780><c> you</c><00:36:51.980><c> know</c><00:36:52.219><c> that</c><00:36:52.739><c> in</c><00:36:53.059><c> the</c><00:36:53.219><c> days</c><00:36:53.420><c> of</c><00:36:53.699><c> Baal</c> 00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:57.019 to<00:36:54.599><c> sneeze</c><00:36:54.860><c> seven</c><00:36:55.360><c> times</c><00:36:55.659><c> was</c><00:36:55.900><c> a</c><00:36:56.079><c> sign</c><00:36:56.219><c> of</c><00:36:56.480><c> certain</c><00:36:56.659><c> death?</c> 00:36:57.480 --> 00:37:01.579 Oh,<00:36:58.139><c> they</c><00:36:58.539><c> said,</c><00:37:00.019><c> if</c><00:37:00.199><c> you</c><00:37:00.559><c> sneeze</c><00:37:00.860><c> and</c><00:37:01.059><c> you</c><00:37:01.139><c> can't</c><00:37:01.420><c> stop</c> 00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:04.000 and<00:37:01.760><c> you</c><00:37:01.860><c> sneeze</c><00:37:02.039><c> seven</c><00:37:02.420><c> times,</c><00:37:02.760><c> you're</c><00:37:02.920><c> a</c><00:37:03.000><c> goner.</c> 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:06.300 It's<00:37:04.360><c> Baal's</c><00:37:04.599><c> way</c><00:37:04.800><c> of</c><00:37:05.000><c> saying</c><00:37:05.320><c> he's</c><00:37:05.820><c> got</c><00:37:05.940><c> the</c><00:37:06.139><c> death,</c> 00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.840 the<00:37:06.599><c> hand</c><00:37:06.760><c> of</c><00:37:06.980><c> death</c><00:37:07.139><c> is</c><00:37:07.300><c> upon</c><00:37:07.519><c> you.</c> 00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:09.699 It<00:37:08.340><c> was</c><00:37:08.539><c> Baal</c><00:37:08.860><c> worship.</c> 00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:11.800 They<00:37:10.300><c> were</c><00:37:10.500><c> fanatical.</c> 00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:14.900 And<00:37:12.619><c> of</c><00:37:12.780><c> course</c><00:37:12.920><c> it</c><00:37:13.099><c> works</c><00:37:13.300><c> the</c><00:37:13.440><c> other</c><00:37:13.619><c> way</c><00:37:13.760><c> with</c><00:37:13.980><c> our</c><00:37:14.199><c> God.</c> 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:17.340 The<00:37:15.059><c> child</c><00:37:15.300><c> sneezes</c><00:37:15.719><c> seven</c><00:37:16.000><c> times</c><00:37:16.300><c> and</c><00:37:16.500><c> lives.</c> 00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:25.619 And<00:37:18.980><c> the</c><00:37:19.260><c> woman,</c><00:37:19.980><c> the</c><00:37:20.219><c> woman,</c><00:37:20.500><c> of</c><00:37:20.659><c> course,</c><00:37:22.440><c> is</c><00:37:24.239><c> joyous.</c> 00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:28.280 We<00:37:26.559><c> have</c><00:37:26.960><c> a</c><00:37:27.119><c> few</c><00:37:27.239><c> minutes</c><00:37:27.440><c> left,</c><00:37:27.820><c> brothers</c><00:37:27.860><c> and</c><00:37:28.039><c> sisters.</c> 00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:31.320 Will<00:37:28.480><c> you</c><00:37:28.820><c> come</c><00:37:29.079><c> with</c><00:37:29.280><c> me</c><00:37:29.739><c> to</c><00:37:29.920><c> chapter</c><00:37:30.239><c> six?</c> 00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:37.360 To<00:37:31.900><c> read</c><00:37:32.280><c> what</c><00:37:32.599><c> is</c><00:37:32.940><c> probably,</c><00:37:35.400><c> we'll</c><00:37:36.219><c> go</c><00:37:36.380><c> back</c><00:37:36.539><c> to</c><00:37:36.719><c> chapter</c><00:37:36.940><c> five.</c> 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:39.360 We<00:37:37.559><c> shall</c><00:37:37.679><c> have</c><00:37:37.840><c> time</c><00:37:38.059><c> today,</c><00:37:38.420><c> but</c><00:37:38.619><c> by</c><00:37:38.860><c> God's</c><00:37:39.199><c> grace</c> 00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:41.699 and<00:37:39.519><c> with</c><00:37:39.699><c> your</c><00:37:39.940><c> patience,</c><00:37:40.280><c> we'll</c><00:37:40.460><c> do</c><00:37:40.599><c> it</c><00:37:40.760><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:44.460 But<00:37:42.400><c> we</c><00:37:42.599><c> come</c><00:37:42.699><c> now</c><00:37:42.880><c> to</c><00:37:43.019><c> chapter</c><00:37:43.280><c> six</c><00:37:43.579><c> to</c><00:37:43.760><c> read</c> 00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:50.119 what<00:37:45.980><c> is</c><00:37:46.260><c> perhaps</c><00:37:47.099><c> one</c><00:37:48.519><c> of</c><00:37:48.679><c> the</c><00:37:49.059><c> strangest</c><00:37:49.599><c> miracles</c> 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:52.460 in<00:37:50.760><c> the</c><00:37:50.880><c> whole</c><00:37:51.019><c> of</c><00:37:51.199><c> the</c><00:37:51.300><c> word</c><00:37:51.440><c> of</c><00:37:51.639><c> God.</c> 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.019 You<00:37:53.500><c> know</c><00:37:53.659><c> it,</c><00:37:53.760><c> so</c><00:37:53.880><c> we</c><00:37:53.940><c> don't</c><00:37:54.099><c> have</c><00:37:54.260><c> to</c><00:37:54.360><c> read</c><00:37:54.460><c> all</c><00:37:54.679><c> the</c><00:37:54.760><c> verses.</c> 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:57.059 Except<00:37:55.760><c> to</c><00:37:55.960><c> say</c><00:37:56.119><c> that</c><00:37:56.280><c> the</c><00:37:56.380><c> sons</c><00:37:56.539><c> of</c><00:37:56.699><c> the</c><00:37:56.860><c> prophets</c> 00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:59.179 say<00:37:57.320><c> unto</c><00:37:57.460><c> Elisha,</c><00:37:58.239><c> the</c><00:37:58.320><c> place</c><00:37:58.599><c> where</c><00:37:58.760><c> we</c><00:37:58.900><c> now</c><00:37:59.059><c> dwell</c> 00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:00.820 is<00:37:59.360><c> too</c><00:37:59.659><c> straight</c><00:38:00.000><c> for</c><00:38:00.300><c> us.</c> 00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:02.920 What<00:38:01.480><c> they</c><00:38:01.679><c> mean</c><00:38:01.820><c> is</c><00:38:02.000><c> it's</c><00:38:02.079><c> cramping</c><00:38:02.400><c> our</c><00:38:02.659><c> style.</c> 00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:04.679 We<00:38:03.059><c> need</c><00:38:03.239><c> somewhere</c><00:38:03.480><c> a</c><00:38:03.539><c> bit</c><00:38:03.860><c> bigger.</c> 00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:08.039 We're<00:38:05.780><c> a</c><00:38:05.880><c> bit</c><00:38:06.159><c> more</c><00:38:07.579><c> wealthy</c><00:38:07.860><c> now.</c> 00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.260 We'd<00:38:08.219><c> like</c><00:38:08.320><c> a</c><00:38:08.440><c> bigger</c><00:38:08.559><c> meeting</c><00:38:08.920><c> room.</c> 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:11.599 And<00:38:09.820><c> so</c><00:38:09.980><c> they</c><00:38:10.119><c> went</c><00:38:10.260><c> down</c><00:38:10.500><c> to</c><00:38:10.699><c> the</c><00:38:10.840><c> Jordan</c><00:38:11.219><c> Valley.</c> 00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:13.280 So<00:38:11.920><c> I'll</c><00:38:12.000><c> tell</c><00:38:12.099><c> you</c><00:38:12.199><c> something,</c><00:38:12.619><c> brothers</c><00:38:12.739><c> and</c><00:38:12.960><c> sisters.</c> 00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:17.400 You<00:38:13.940><c> never</c><00:38:14.360><c> ever</c><00:38:15.019><c> hear</c><00:38:15.420><c> again</c><00:38:15.760><c> of</c><00:38:16.019><c> the</c><00:38:16.159><c> sons</c><00:38:16.300><c> of</c><00:38:16.440><c> the</c><00:38:16.659><c> prophets.</c> 00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:19.900 End<00:38:18.400><c> of</c><00:38:18.519><c> the</c><00:38:18.639><c> sons</c><00:38:18.840><c> of</c><00:38:18.960><c> the</c><00:38:19.159><c> prophets</c> 00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:21.679 when<00:38:20.500><c> they</c><00:38:20.659><c> go</c><00:38:20.780><c> down</c><00:38:20.940><c> to</c><00:38:21.059><c> the</c><00:38:21.179><c> Jordan</c><00:38:21.420><c> Valley.</c> 00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:24.639 And<00:38:22.039><c> you</c><00:38:22.099><c> don't</c><00:38:22.300><c> have</c><00:38:22.480><c> to</c><00:38:22.619><c> be</c><00:38:22.960><c> an</c><00:38:23.519><c> expert</c><00:38:23.860><c> to</c><00:38:24.079><c> see</c><00:38:24.199><c> why.</c> 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:27.159 The<00:38:25.440><c> Jordan</c><00:38:25.780><c> Valley</c><00:38:26.039><c> is</c><00:38:26.340><c> death.</c> 00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:30.440 If<00:38:28.019><c> you</c><00:38:28.219><c> question</c><00:38:28.519><c> the</c><00:38:28.719><c> validity</c><00:38:29.099><c> of</c><00:38:29.239><c> what</c><00:38:29.420><c> I'm</c><00:38:29.599><c> saying,</c> 00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:32.440 speak<00:38:30.760><c> a</c><00:38:30.940><c> lot</c><00:38:31.079><c> when</c><00:38:31.260><c> you</c><00:38:31.360><c> have</c><00:38:31.500><c> a</c><00:38:31.619><c> chance.</c> 00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:35.039 And<00:38:33.659><c> you'll</c><00:38:33.920><c> find</c><00:38:34.059><c> that</c><00:38:34.400><c> he'll</c><00:38:34.679><c> tell</c><00:38:34.860><c> you</c> 00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:37.360 that<00:38:35.519><c> when</c><00:38:35.719><c> he</c><00:38:35.960><c> separated</c><00:38:36.300><c> from</c><00:38:36.579><c> Abraham,</c> 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:39.280 he<00:38:37.519><c> had</c><00:38:37.699><c> to</c><00:38:37.780><c> look</c><00:38:37.900><c> at</c><00:38:38.099><c> the</c><00:38:38.579><c> whole</c><00:38:38.860><c> desert.</c> 00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:40.039 Thank<00:38:39.719><c> you.</c> 00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:42.719 And<00:38:40.360><c> then</c><00:38:40.460><c> to</c><00:38:40.619><c> the</c><00:38:40.800><c> well</c><00:38:41.000><c>-watered</c><00:38:41.400><c> plains</c><00:38:41.559><c> of</c><00:38:41.760><c> Jordan,</c> 00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:45.559 Uncle<00:38:43.679><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:44.159><c> I'll</c><00:38:44.619><c> go</c><00:38:44.820><c> this</c><00:38:45.159><c> way.</c> 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:47.360 And<00:38:46.079><c> Abraham</c><00:38:46.260><c> says,</c><00:38:46.639><c> yes,</c><00:38:46.940><c> I'll</c><00:38:47.019><c> go.</c> 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.440 Then<00:38:47.539><c> I'll</c><00:38:47.719><c> go</c><00:38:47.860><c> this</c><00:38:48.119><c> way.</c> 00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:50.800 And<00:38:49.019><c> he</c><00:38:49.079><c> goes</c><00:38:49.280><c> down</c><00:38:49.500><c> to</c><00:38:49.659><c> the</c><00:38:49.860><c> well</c><00:38:50.079><c>-watered</c><00:38:50.539><c> plains</c> 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.780 and<00:38:50.980><c> there</c><00:38:51.199><c> are</c><00:38:51.320><c> the</c><00:38:51.440><c> cities.</c> 00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:54.880 And<00:38:52.380><c> you</c><00:38:52.480><c> hear</c><00:38:52.699><c> him,</c><00:38:53.639><c> the</c><00:38:53.780><c> first</c><00:38:54.000><c> thing</c><00:38:54.159><c> you</c><00:38:54.300><c> hear</c><00:38:54.460><c> about</c><00:38:54.719><c> him</c> 00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.880 is<00:38:55.360><c> he's</c><00:38:55.559><c> in</c><00:38:55.780><c> the</c><00:38:55.920><c> valley.</c> 00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:59.940 Next<00:38:57.400><c> thing</c><00:38:57.579><c> you</c><00:38:57.679><c> read</c><00:38:57.880><c> about</c><00:38:58.099><c> him,</c><00:38:58.559><c> he's</c><00:38:58.639><c> outside</c> 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:01.840 the<00:39:00.539><c> city</c><00:39:00.780><c> of</c><00:39:00.980><c> Sodom.</c> 00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:05.460 Next<00:39:02.340><c> time</c><00:39:02.519><c> you</c><00:39:02.639><c> read</c><00:39:02.840><c> about</c><00:39:03.079><c> him,</c><00:39:03.659><c> he's</c><00:39:03.920><c> on</c><00:39:04.099><c> the</c><00:39:04.280><c> council.</c> 00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:09.539 And<00:39:07.059><c> he's</c><00:39:07.480><c> in</c><00:39:07.739><c> big,</c><00:39:08.119><c> big</c><00:39:08.500><c> trouble.</c> 00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:13.179 You<00:39:10.139><c> see,</c><00:39:10.900><c> you</c><00:39:11.139><c> cannot</c><00:39:11.500><c> flirt</c><00:39:12.059><c> with</c><00:39:12.400><c> sin.</c> 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.659 Why<00:39:13.699><c> was</c><00:39:13.960><c> Abraham</c><00:39:14.260><c> blessed?</c> 00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:16.440 Because<00:39:15.139><c> he</c><00:39:15.340><c> turned</c><00:39:15.619><c> his</c><00:39:15.800><c> back</c><00:39:15.980><c> on</c><00:39:16.179><c> it.</c> 00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:18.460 It's<00:39:17.079><c> inhospitable</c><00:39:17.780><c> over</c><00:39:18.139><c> here.</c> 00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:21.360 There's<00:39:18.960><c> no</c><00:39:19.280><c> grazing</c><00:39:19.719><c> and</c><00:39:20.099><c> no</c><00:39:20.380><c> water.</c> 00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:25.840 And<00:39:23.340><c> he</c><00:39:23.639><c> was</c><00:39:23.900><c> blessed</c><00:39:24.320><c> because</c><00:39:24.900><c> he</c><00:39:25.079><c> lived</c><00:39:25.219><c> in</c><00:39:25.599><c> tents.</c> 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.599 Now,<00:39:26.420><c> there</c><00:39:26.500><c> is</c><00:39:26.780><c> no</c><00:39:27.119><c> virtue.</c> 00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.820 Hebrews<00:39:28.219><c> tells</c><00:39:28.500><c> us</c><00:39:28.659><c> this.</c> 00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:31.480 There<00:39:29.179><c> is</c><00:39:29.460><c> no</c><00:39:29.739><c> virtue</c><00:39:30.059><c> in</c><00:39:30.239><c> living</c><00:39:30.400><c> in</c><00:39:30.659><c> a</c><00:39:30.760><c> tent.</c> 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:33.960 Otherwise,<00:39:32.099><c> I'd</c><00:39:32.280><c> sell</c><00:39:32.360><c> my</c><00:39:32.480><c> house</c><00:39:32.639><c> and</c><00:39:32.800><c> buy</c><00:39:33.000><c> one.</c> 00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:36.619 And<00:39:34.679><c> I</c><00:39:34.760><c> don't</c><00:39:34.860><c> know</c><00:39:34.980><c> anybody</c><00:39:35.260><c> who's</c><00:39:35.420><c> ever</c><00:39:35.619><c> done</c><00:39:35.739><c> it.</c> 00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:41.579 But<00:39:38.559><c> if</c><00:39:39.000><c> the</c><00:39:39.219><c> alternative</c><00:39:39.699><c> is</c><00:39:39.960><c> living</c><00:39:40.199><c> in</c><00:39:40.639><c> Sodom,</c> 00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:44.780 then<00:39:42.320><c> there</c><00:39:42.480><c> is</c><00:39:42.679><c> great</c><00:39:42.980><c> virtue</c><00:39:43.400><c> in</c><00:39:43.599><c> living</c><00:39:43.760><c> in</c><00:39:44.019><c> a</c><00:39:44.079><c> tent.</c> 00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:47.780 And<00:39:46.179><c> Abraham</c><00:39:46.340><c> knew</c><00:39:46.519><c> it</c><00:39:47.099><c> and</c><00:39:47.219><c> he</c><00:39:47.380><c> did</c><00:39:47.500><c> it.</c> 00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:49.300 And<00:39:48.059><c> that's</c><00:39:48.199><c> why</c><00:39:48.420><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:48.659><c> said</c><00:39:48.840><c> he</c><00:39:48.900><c> was</c><00:39:49.119><c> blessed</c> 00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.880 because<00:39:49.579><c> he</c><00:39:49.739><c> lived</c><00:39:49.840><c> in</c><00:39:50.039><c> a</c><00:39:50.159><c> tent.</c> 00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:54.920 And<00:39:52.119><c> Lot</c><00:39:52.199><c> went</c><00:39:52.460><c> downhill</c><00:39:52.920><c> from</c><00:39:53.239><c> then</c><00:39:53.440><c> on,</c><00:39:53.739><c> literally,</c> 00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:58.179 and<00:39:56.099><c> escaped</c><00:39:56.460><c> by</c><00:39:57.239><c> the</c><00:39:57.440><c> skin</c><00:39:57.559><c> of</c><00:39:57.699><c> his</c><00:39:57.880><c> teeth</c> 00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:59.340 and<00:39:58.380><c> by</c><00:39:58.559><c> the</c><00:39:58.719><c> grace</c><00:39:58.860><c> of</c><00:39:59.079><c> God</c> 00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:02.260 and<00:39:59.679><c> by</c><00:39:59.880><c> the</c><00:40:00.119><c> force</c><00:40:00.539><c> of</c><00:40:00.840><c> angelic</c><00:40:01.280><c> intervention.</c> 00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.260 And<00:40:03.460><c> the</c><00:40:03.619><c> prophets</c><00:40:03.840><c> say,</c> 00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:06.880 we'd<00:40:05.059><c> like</c><00:40:05.059><c> to</c><00:40:05.199><c> build</c><00:40:05.300><c> a</c><00:40:05.440><c> new</c><00:40:05.579><c> meeting</c><00:40:05.860><c> room.</c> 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:09.000 And<00:40:07.059><c> we're</c><00:40:07.219><c> going</c><00:40:07.340><c> to</c><00:40:07.539><c> build</c><00:40:07.659><c> it</c><00:40:07.900><c> in</c><00:40:08.079><c> the</c><00:40:08.320><c> Jordan</c><00:40:08.619><c> Valley.</c> 00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.980 We've<00:40:09.599><c> got</c><00:40:09.739><c> the</c><00:40:09.920><c> site.</c> 00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.920 There<00:40:12.480><c> are</c><00:40:12.480><c> plenty</c><00:40:12.719><c> of</c><00:40:12.920><c> trees</c><00:40:13.079><c> down</c><00:40:13.340><c> there.</c> 00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:16.199 And<00:40:14.420><c> we</c><00:40:14.559><c> can</c><00:40:15.019><c> dismantle</c><00:40:15.619><c> this</c><00:40:15.860><c> place</c> 00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:18.019 and<00:40:16.619><c> carry</c><00:40:16.880><c> some</c><00:40:17.099><c> of</c><00:40:17.219><c> the</c><00:40:17.340><c> beams</c><00:40:17.519><c> with</c><00:40:17.739><c> us.</c> 00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:20.360 We'll<00:40:18.619><c> build</c><00:40:18.880><c> a</c><00:40:19.380><c> cracking</c><00:40:19.679><c> meeting</c><00:40:20.099><c> room.</c> 00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:22.280 Don't<00:40:20.840><c> doubt</c><00:40:21.059><c> for</c><00:40:21.239><c> a</c><00:40:21.320><c> minute</c><00:40:21.420><c> they</c><00:40:21.599><c> did.</c> 00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:24.539 Don't<00:40:23.099><c> hear</c><00:40:23.340><c> any</c><00:40:23.500><c> more</c><00:40:23.619><c> about</c><00:40:23.860><c> it.</c> 00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:27.420 End<00:40:25.820><c> of</c><00:40:25.940><c> the</c><00:40:26.119><c> School</c><00:40:26.260><c> of</c><00:40:26.420><c> the</c><00:40:26.579><c> Prophets.</c> 00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:29.739 What<00:40:27.820><c> an</c><00:40:28.119><c> ignominious</c><00:40:28.719><c> end.</c> 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.739 And<00:40:32.380><c> of</c><00:40:32.579><c> course,</c><00:40:33.420><c> they're</c><00:40:33.820><c> going</c><00:40:33.940><c> to</c><00:40:34.079><c> use</c><00:40:34.179><c> their</c><00:40:34.340><c> own</c><00:40:34.519><c> labor.</c> 00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:36.579 We're<00:40:35.360><c> doing</c><00:40:35.460><c> our</c><00:40:35.699><c> own</c><00:40:35.880><c> ecclesias,</c><00:40:36.260><c> don't</c><00:40:36.400><c> we?</c> 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.820 It<00:40:36.940><c> would</c><00:40:36.940><c> be</c><00:40:37.079><c> nice</c><00:40:37.219><c> to</c><00:40:37.360><c> get</c><00:40:37.539><c> a</c><00:40:37.780><c> set</c><00:40:37.960><c> of</c><00:40:38.159><c> builders</c><00:40:38.340><c> in</c> 00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:41.900 and<00:40:39.139><c> say</c><00:40:39.559><c> to</c><00:40:39.679><c> the</c><00:40:39.800><c> builders</c><00:40:40.099><c> from</c><00:40:41.420><c> Jericho,</c> 00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.739 give<00:40:42.059><c> us</c><00:40:42.219><c> a</c><00:40:42.380><c> quote,</c><00:40:42.579><c> would</c><00:40:42.659><c> you,</c> 00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:45.239 for<00:40:42.900><c> building</c><00:40:43.099><c> a</c><00:40:43.260><c> meeting</c><00:40:43.440><c> room</c><00:40:43.639><c> down</c><00:40:44.480><c> in</c><00:40:44.639><c> the</c><00:40:44.760><c> Jordan</c><00:40:45.000><c> Valley?</c> 00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.000 And<00:40:45.579><c> they</c><00:40:45.639><c> would</c><00:40:45.780><c> have</c><00:40:45.900><c> done.</c> 00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:48.599 But<00:40:46.260><c> they</c><00:40:46.380><c> could</c><00:40:46.559><c> do</c><00:40:46.699><c> it</c><00:40:46.820><c> cheaper</c><00:40:47.039><c> themselves,</c><00:40:47.460><c> so</c><00:40:47.639><c> they</c><00:40:47.780><c> did.</c> 00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:51.539 And<00:40:49.219><c> there</c><00:40:49.340><c> were</c><00:40:49.440><c> more</c><00:40:49.659><c> workers</c><00:40:50.000><c> than</c><00:40:50.239><c> they</c><00:40:50.300><c> had</c><00:40:50.599><c> implements.</c> 00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:53.599 So<00:40:52.099><c> they</c><00:40:52.199><c> have</c><00:40:52.360><c> to</c><00:40:52.460><c> go</c><00:40:52.599><c> around</c><00:40:52.840><c> and</c><00:40:53.019><c> borrow</c><00:40:53.179><c> things.</c> 00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:55.099 And<00:40:54.000><c> one</c><00:40:54.159><c> guy</c><00:40:54.360><c> said</c><00:40:54.559><c> to</c><00:40:54.719><c> his</c><00:40:54.860><c> neighbor,</c> 00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:57.039 can<00:40:55.719><c> I</c><00:40:55.800><c> borrow</c><00:40:55.920><c> your</c><00:40:56.320><c> axe,</c><00:40:56.619><c> please?</c> 00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.679 Don't<00:40:57.380><c> have</c><00:40:57.599><c> one.</c> 00:40:57.679 --> 00:40:58.800 I'm<00:40:57.820><c> going</c><00:40:57.980><c> to</c><00:40:58.079><c> build</c><00:40:58.179><c> a</c><00:40:58.320><c> new</c><00:40:58.460><c> meeting</c><00:40:58.679><c> room.</c> 00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:00.059 Come<00:40:58.920><c> down</c><00:40:59.139><c> and</c><00:40:59.179><c> help</c><00:40:59.340><c> us</c><00:40:59.500><c> if</c><00:40:59.619><c> you</c><00:40:59.780><c> like.</c> 00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:01.679 Eli,<00:41:00.480><c> she</c><00:41:00.599><c> will</c><00:41:00.739><c> be</c><00:41:00.960><c> there.</c> 00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:02.539 Come<00:41:01.840><c> down</c><00:41:02.059><c> and</c><00:41:02.159><c> help</c><00:41:02.300><c> us.</c> 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:04.219 And<00:41:02.739><c> then</c><00:41:03.019><c> come</c><00:41:03.360><c> to</c><00:41:03.500><c> our</c><00:41:03.639><c> special</c><00:41:03.920><c> talks</c> 00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:05.739 in<00:41:04.719><c> our</c><00:41:04.940><c> new</c><00:41:05.159><c> meeting</c><00:41:05.539><c> room.</c> 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.739 You'll<00:41:06.199><c> enjoy</c><00:41:06.440><c> it.</c> 00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.920 But<00:41:06.980><c> meanwhile,</c><00:41:07.340><c> I</c><00:41:07.400><c> don't</c><00:41:07.559><c> have</c><00:41:07.699><c> an</c><00:41:07.840><c> axe.</c> 00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.860 Can<00:41:08.039><c> I</c><00:41:08.039><c> borrow</c><00:41:08.199><c> your</c><00:41:08.440><c> axe,</c><00:41:08.619><c> please?</c> 00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:11.159 And<00:41:09.420><c> this</c><00:41:09.619><c> guy</c><00:41:09.739><c> was</c><00:41:09.940><c> a</c><00:41:10.059><c> Baal</c><00:41:10.320><c> worshipper.</c> 00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:13.139 And<00:41:12.019><c> so</c><00:41:12.139><c> he</c><00:41:12.239><c> says,</c><00:41:12.380><c> you</c><00:41:12.460><c> can</c><00:41:12.639><c> borrow</c><00:41:12.760><c> my</c><00:41:13.019><c> axe.</c> 00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:14.400 Of<00:41:13.320><c> course</c><00:41:13.480><c> you</c><00:41:13.599><c> can.</c> 00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.659 You<00:41:14.679><c> will</c><00:41:14.760><c> look</c><00:41:14.880><c> after</c><00:41:15.099><c> it,</c><00:41:15.179><c> won't</c><00:41:15.300><c> you?</c> 00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.139 Please. 00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:19.320 We're<00:41:16.900><c> not</c><00:41:17.059><c> talking</c><00:41:17.300><c> about</c><00:41:17.659><c> a</c><00:41:17.920><c> little</c><00:41:18.579><c> hand</c><00:41:18.900><c> axe</c> 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:22.460 that<00:41:19.980><c> you</c><00:41:20.119><c> and</c><00:41:20.300><c> I</c><00:41:20.519><c> make</c><00:41:20.900><c> kindling</c><00:41:21.340><c> wood</c><00:41:21.960><c> with.</c> 00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.199 Say<00:41:22.699><c> it</c><00:41:22.840><c> slowly.</c> 00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:24.559 Kindling<00:41:23.920><c> wood</c><00:41:24.280><c> with.</c> 00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.739 That's<00:41:24.860><c> it.</c> 00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:29.039 No,<00:41:27.480><c> that</c><00:41:27.659><c> ends</c><00:41:27.860><c> a</c><00:41:28.079><c> sentence</c><00:41:28.280><c> with</c><00:41:28.519><c> a</c><00:41:28.619><c> preposition.</c> 00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:30.960 I<00:41:29.199><c> still</c><00:41:29.340><c> have</c><00:41:29.440><c> the</c><00:41:29.659><c> English</c><00:41:29.840><c> people</c><00:41:30.159><c> telling</c><00:41:30.340><c> me</c><00:41:30.519><c> off</c><00:41:30.659><c> afterwards.</c> 00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:32.619 With<00:41:31.420><c> which</c><00:41:31.619><c> we</c><00:41:31.840><c> make</c><00:41:32.000><c> kindling</c><00:41:32.420><c> wood.</c> 00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:34.019 Thank<00:41:32.960><c> you.</c> 00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:37.059 A<00:41:35.179><c> preposition</c><00:41:35.619><c> is</c><00:41:35.800><c> a</c><00:41:35.940><c> sentence</c><00:41:36.199><c> you</c><00:41:36.340><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:36.619><c> end</c><00:41:36.820><c> as.</c> 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:39.800 A<00:41:37.619><c> preposition</c><00:41:38.000><c> is</c><00:41:38.239><c> a</c><00:41:38.340><c> word</c><00:41:38.480><c> you</c><00:41:38.619><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:38.920><c> end</c><00:41:39.059><c> a</c><00:41:39.239><c> sentence</c><00:41:39.519><c> with.</c> 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:41.139 Is<00:41:40.179><c> that</c><00:41:40.360><c> right?</c> 00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:44.039 Thank<00:41:43.159><c> you.</c> 00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:47.219 And<00:41:44.420><c> so</c><00:41:44.739><c> he</c><00:41:45.000><c> borrows</c><00:41:45.599><c> the</c><00:41:46.360><c> axe</c><00:41:46.519><c> from</c><00:41:46.739><c> his</c><00:41:47.019><c> pal</c> 00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:49.179 who<00:41:47.500><c> happens</c><00:41:47.699><c> to</c><00:41:47.900><c> be</c><00:41:48.159><c> a</c><00:41:48.360><c> Baal</c><00:41:48.539><c> worshipper.</c> 00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:51.159 So<00:41:49.760><c> the</c><00:41:50.099><c> Baal</c><00:41:50.300><c> worshipper</c><00:41:50.639><c> says...</c> 00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:52.159 Let<00:41:51.380><c> me</c><00:41:51.480><c> look</c><00:41:51.619><c> at</c><00:41:51.739><c> the</c><00:41:51.900><c> time.</c> 00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.599 No,<00:41:52.679><c> the</c><00:41:52.699><c> Baal</c><00:41:52.960><c> worshipper</c><00:41:53.199><c> didn't</c><00:41:53.460><c> say</c><00:41:53.539><c> that.</c> 00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.739 I<00:41:53.639><c> said</c><00:41:53.840><c> that.</c> 00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:56.940 The<00:41:55.079><c> Baal</c><00:41:55.900><c> worshipper</c><00:41:56.500><c> said,</c> 00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:58.199 you<00:41:57.500><c> will</c><00:41:57.659><c> look</c><00:41:57.820><c> after</c><00:41:58.019><c> it,</c><00:41:58.159><c> won't</c><00:41:58.159><c> you?</c> 00:41:58.300 --> 00:42:00.599 Because<00:41:58.440><c> I've</c><00:41:58.699><c> taken</c><00:41:58.940><c> this</c><00:41:59.480><c> off</c><00:41:59.659><c> the</c><00:41:59.860><c> top</c><00:42:00.000><c> of</c><00:42:00.239><c> the</c><00:42:00.320><c> altar.</c> 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.500 Off<00:42:01.059><c> the</c><00:42:01.179><c> top</c><00:42:01.360><c> of</c><00:42:01.519><c> the</c><00:42:01.619><c> altar</c><00:42:01.920><c> of</c><00:42:02.239><c> Baal.</c> 00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.539 And<00:42:02.800><c> they</c><00:42:02.900><c> were</c><00:42:03.019><c> whacking</c><00:42:03.280><c> things.</c> 00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:05.199 If<00:42:03.900><c> you</c><00:42:04.099><c> question</c><00:42:04.420><c> what</c><00:42:04.579><c> I'm</c><00:42:04.780><c> saying,</c> 00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:09.260 that<00:42:05.820><c> there</c><00:42:06.139><c> is</c><00:42:06.400><c> a</c><00:42:06.519><c> facsimile</c><00:42:07.199><c> in</c><00:42:08.079><c> the</c><00:42:08.340><c> British</c><00:42:08.679><c> Museum</c> 00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:12.340 and<00:42:09.559><c> there</c><00:42:09.739><c> is</c><00:42:09.880><c> a</c><00:42:10.179><c> better</c><00:42:10.480><c> one</c><00:42:10.800><c> in</c><00:42:11.420><c> Paris.</c> 00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:14.960 They're<00:42:13.199><c> whacking</c><00:42:13.480><c> big</c><00:42:13.719><c> things</c><00:42:13.960><c> like</c><00:42:14.219><c> this.</c> 00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:18.059 The<00:42:17.139><c> haft</c><00:42:17.320><c> was</c><00:42:17.519><c> not</c><00:42:17.760><c> on.</c> 00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:20.059 It<00:42:18.539><c> was</c><00:42:18.739><c> just</c><00:42:19.019><c> the</c><00:42:19.239><c> blade</c><00:42:19.480><c> of</c><00:42:19.699><c> the</c><00:42:19.820><c> axe</c> 00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:22.579 and<00:42:20.400><c> that</c><00:42:20.519><c> was</c><00:42:20.800><c> beautifully</c><00:42:21.300><c> decorated.</c> 00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:24.340 Fabulous<00:42:23.239><c> work</c><00:42:23.639><c> of</c><00:42:23.800><c> art</c><00:42:23.960><c> on</c><00:42:24.099><c> it.</c> 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.420 Painted<00:42:24.880><c> exquisitely</c><00:42:25.559><c> well.</c> 00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:30.400 And<00:42:26.500><c> it</c><00:42:27.019><c> was</c><00:42:27.219><c> the</c><00:42:27.500><c> top</c><00:42:28.260><c> piece</c><00:42:28.699><c> of</c><00:42:29.119><c> the</c><00:42:29.239><c> altar</c><00:42:29.440><c> of</c><00:42:29.659><c> Baal.</c> 00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.699 Read<00:42:31.079><c> all</c><00:42:31.300><c> about</c><00:42:31.519><c> it.</c> 00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:34.260 You<00:42:31.719><c> don't</c><00:42:31.900><c> have</c><00:42:32.760><c> to</c><00:42:32.840><c> be</c><00:42:33.000><c> a</c><00:42:33.139><c> genius</c><00:42:33.400><c> to</c><00:42:33.619><c> find</c><00:42:33.760><c> this</c><00:42:34.039><c> out.</c> 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.840 Just<00:42:34.760><c> have</c><00:42:34.900><c> to</c><00:42:35.019><c> be</c><00:42:35.119><c> a</c><00:42:35.119><c> bit</c><00:42:35.380><c> inquisitive</c> 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:37.340 when<00:42:36.000><c> you're</c><00:42:36.159><c> going</c><00:42:36.300><c> to</c><00:42:36.480><c> museums.</c> 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.820 And<00:42:37.780><c> it's</c><00:42:37.960><c> there.</c> 00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.800 And<00:42:40.219><c> the</c><00:42:40.420><c> guys</c><00:42:40.599><c> say,</c> 00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:43.239 you<00:42:41.159><c> can</c><00:42:41.920><c> borrow</c><00:42:42.139><c> it,</c><00:42:42.380><c> but</c><00:42:42.380><c> look,</c><00:42:42.619><c> I'll</c><00:42:42.699><c> tell</c><00:42:42.860><c> you</c><00:42:43.000><c> what.</c> 00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:44.079 Look<00:42:43.539><c> after</c><00:42:43.760><c> it,</c><00:42:43.940><c> won't</c><00:42:43.960><c> you?</c> 00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.519 There's<00:42:44.219><c> a</c><00:42:44.280><c> good</c><00:42:44.400><c> chap.</c> 00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.639 This<00:42:44.719><c> is</c><00:42:45.199><c> our</c><00:42:45.340><c> god.</c> 00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:47.920 And<00:42:46.300><c> try</c><00:42:46.420><c> not</c><00:42:46.579><c> to</c><00:42:46.820><c> scratch</c><00:42:47.000><c> it</c><00:42:47.159><c> too</c><00:42:47.400><c> much,</c><00:42:47.679><c> eh,</c><00:42:47.699><c> Randy?</c> 00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:51.340 If<00:42:48.539><c> you</c><00:42:49.820><c> could</c><00:42:49.960><c> sort</c><00:42:50.179><c> of</c><00:42:50.320><c> give</c><00:42:50.480><c> it</c><00:42:50.599><c> a</c><00:42:50.659><c> bit</c><00:42:50.760><c> of</c><00:42:51.079><c> a</c><00:42:51.179><c> polish</c> 00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.280 when<00:42:51.719><c> you</c><00:42:51.880><c> come</c><00:42:52.059><c> back.</c> 00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:55.780 And<00:42:52.960><c> so</c><00:42:53.159><c> on</c><00:42:53.920><c> his</c><00:42:54.119><c> way</c><00:42:54.360><c> to</c><00:42:55.019><c> the</c><00:42:55.099><c> Jordan</c><00:42:55.360><c> Valley,</c> 00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:58.179 gets<00:42:56.360><c> a</c><00:42:56.519><c> nice</c><00:42:56.760><c> haft</c><00:42:57.000><c> and</c><00:42:57.519><c> he</c><00:42:57.719><c> puts</c><00:42:57.840><c> it</c><00:42:58.019><c> in</c> 00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:59.219 and<00:42:58.340><c> he</c><00:42:58.539><c> ties</c><00:42:58.699><c> it</c><00:42:58.940><c> on.</c> 00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:02.219 Sharp,<00:43:00.280><c> sharp</c><00:43:00.619><c> as</c><00:43:00.900><c> a</c><00:43:01.059><c> razor,</c><00:43:01.420><c> eh?</c> 00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:04.239 And<00:43:02.639><c> he</c><00:43:02.739><c> just</c><00:43:02.940><c> lays</c><00:43:03.099><c> it</c><00:43:03.380><c> into</c><00:43:03.659><c> the</c><00:43:03.960><c> trees</c> 00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:06.440 and<00:43:04.699><c> they</c><00:43:04.860><c> go</c><00:43:05.019><c> down</c><00:43:05.199><c> like</c><00:43:05.400><c> matchwood.</c> 00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.320 Fabulous. 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.800 Unfortunately,<00:43:08.079><c> it</c><00:43:08.119><c> made</c><00:43:08.280><c> a</c><00:43:08.360><c> very</c><00:43:08.519><c> good</c><00:43:08.639><c> job</c> 00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.840 of<00:43:08.920><c> putting</c><00:43:09.099><c> the</c><00:43:09.239><c> head</c><00:43:09.320><c> on</c><00:43:09.500><c> the</c><00:43:09.639><c> haft.</c> 00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:13.360 And<00:43:10.599><c> he</c><00:43:10.780><c> went,</c><00:43:11.820><c> uh</c><00:43:12.079><c>-oh,</c><00:43:12.780><c> splash.</c> 00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:15.519 And<00:43:13.539><c> he</c><00:43:13.619><c> goes,</c><00:43:14.199><c> it's</c><00:43:14.440><c> in</c><00:43:14.659><c> Jordan.</c> 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:18.900 And<00:43:16.260><c> they</c><00:43:16.440><c> say</c><00:43:16.619><c> to,</c><00:43:17.380><c> say</c><00:43:17.679><c> to,</c><00:43:18.260><c> Elisha,</c> 00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:21.199 alas,<00:43:19.800><c> master,</c><00:43:20.260><c> for</c><00:43:20.420><c> it</c><00:43:20.579><c> was</c><00:43:20.780><c> borrowed.</c> 00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:23.139 Oh,<00:43:22.019><c> it</c><00:43:22.139><c> wasn't</c><00:43:22.460><c> half</c><00:43:22.780><c> borrowed.</c> 00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:26.260 You've<00:43:23.599><c> only</c><00:43:23.739><c> got</c><00:43:24.239><c> to</c><00:43:24.360><c> lost</c><00:43:24.460><c> the</c><00:43:24.679><c> local</c><00:43:24.920><c> god,</c><00:43:25.300><c> that's</c><00:43:25.559><c> all.</c> 00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:30.380 But<00:43:27.599><c> Baal,</c><00:43:27.840><c> you</c><00:43:28.099><c> see,</c><00:43:28.699><c> was</c><00:43:29.699><c> a</c><00:43:29.940><c> god</c><00:43:30.119><c> of,</c> 00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:31.980 who<00:43:30.500><c> could</c><00:43:30.619><c> look</c><00:43:30.780><c> after</c><00:43:30.980><c> himself?</c> 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.340 Who<00:43:32.480><c> could</c><00:43:32.679><c> protect</c><00:43:32.940><c> himself?</c> 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:36.780 Can<00:43:33.880><c> we</c><00:43:34.000><c> have</c><00:43:34.119><c> a</c><00:43:34.219><c> little</c><00:43:34.840><c> one</c><00:43:35.380><c> minute</c><00:43:35.659><c> digression</c><00:43:36.260><c> from</c><00:43:36.619><c> here?</c> 00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:38.179 And<00:43:36.860><c> then</c><00:43:36.920><c> we'll</c><00:43:37.000><c> come</c><00:43:37.159><c> straight</c><00:43:37.380><c> back.</c> 00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:44.119 What<00:43:39.679><c> Baal</c><00:43:40.159><c> worshipers</c><00:43:40.739><c> used</c><00:43:41.000><c> to</c><00:43:41.239><c> do</c><00:43:41.699><c> at</c><00:43:42.280><c> the</c><00:43:42.579><c> year</c><00:43:42.960><c> end</c> 00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:47.300 was<00:43:44.840><c> celebrate</c><00:43:45.320><c> the</c><00:43:45.599><c> death</c><00:43:45.840><c> of</c><00:43:46.079><c> the</c><00:43:46.199><c> old</c><00:43:46.480><c> year.</c> 00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:50.019 And<00:43:47.500><c> then</c><00:43:47.800><c> immediately,</c><00:43:48.719><c> when</c><00:43:48.840><c> the</c><00:43:49.000><c> clock</c><00:43:49.119><c> went</c><00:43:49.360><c> past</c><00:43:49.639><c> midnight,</c> 00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:53.320 would<00:43:50.619><c> celebrate</c><00:43:51.079><c> the</c><00:43:51.280><c> birth</c><00:43:51.480><c> of</c><00:43:51.739><c> the</c><00:43:51.820><c> new</c><00:43:52.059><c> year,</c><00:43:52.880><c> okay?</c> 00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:56.800 Now<00:43:53.820><c> they</c><00:43:53.920><c> would</c><00:43:54.139><c> all</c><00:43:54.380><c> assemble</c><00:43:54.920><c> at</c><00:43:55.639><c> a</c><00:43:55.860><c> place</c><00:43:56.019><c> of</c><00:43:56.260><c> plenty</c><00:43:56.480><c> of</c><00:43:56.659><c> water,</c> 00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:58.179 because<00:43:57.059><c> Baal</c><00:43:57.260><c> was</c><00:43:57.420><c> a</c><00:43:57.519><c> god</c><00:43:57.579><c> of</c><00:43:57.800><c> fruitfulness,</c> 00:43:58.559 --> 00:44:01.320 and<00:43:58.699><c> they</c><00:43:58.840><c> would</c><00:43:59.039><c> assemble</c><00:43:59.360><c> at</c><00:43:59.739><c> where</c><00:44:00.199><c> there</c><00:44:00.360><c> was</c><00:44:00.539><c> plenty</c><00:44:00.840><c> of</c><00:44:01.000><c> water.</c> 00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:05.019 And<00:44:01.860><c> the</c><00:44:01.980><c> high</c><00:44:02.159><c> priest</c><00:44:02.420><c> of</c><00:44:02.579><c> Baal</c><00:44:03.099><c> would</c><00:44:03.340><c> get</c><00:44:03.539><c> an</c><00:44:03.780><c> axe,</c> 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:06.659 right<00:44:05.420><c> as</c><00:44:05.639><c> it</c><00:44:05.800><c> came</c><00:44:05.980><c> up</c><00:44:06.139><c> to</c><00:44:06.280><c> midnight,</c> 00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:08.960 and<00:44:07.400><c> he'd</c><00:44:07.639><c> get</c><00:44:07.659><c> the</c><00:44:07.880><c> axe,</c><00:44:08.539><c> and</c><00:44:08.599><c> he'd</c><00:44:08.800><c> say,</c> 00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:13.260 this<00:44:09.239><c> axe</c><00:44:09.900><c> represents</c><00:44:10.840><c> the</c><00:44:11.599><c> death</c><00:44:11.800><c> of</c><00:44:12.000><c> the</c><00:44:12.119><c> old</c><00:44:12.380><c> year.</c> 00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:16.599 And<00:44:13.860><c> he'd</c><00:44:14.239><c> splash</c><00:44:14.440><c> it</c><00:44:14.619><c> into</c><00:44:14.760><c> the</c><00:44:14.940><c> water,</c><00:44:15.380><c> and</c><00:44:15.440><c> there</c><00:44:15.519><c> it</c><00:44:15.559><c> was</c><00:44:15.719><c> gone.</c> 00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:18.860 And<00:44:17.500><c> then</c><00:44:17.699><c> he</c><00:44:17.840><c> would</c><00:44:18.119><c> say,</c> 00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:22.639 and<00:44:19.860><c> Baal</c><00:44:20.539><c> will</c><00:44:21.079><c> raise</c><00:44:21.380><c> himself</c> 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:24.260 at<00:44:23.280><c> the</c><00:44:23.380><c> beginning</c><00:44:23.719><c> of</c><00:44:23.900><c> the</c><00:44:24.019><c> new</c><00:44:24.159><c> year,</c> 00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:25.480 which<00:44:24.460><c> is</c><00:44:24.699><c> 10</c><00:44:24.880><c> seconds</c><00:44:25.179><c> later.</c> 00:44:25.739 --> 00:44:29.059 And<00:44:25.960><c> 10</c><00:44:26.159><c> seconds</c><00:44:26.579><c> later,</c><00:44:27.420><c> blow</c><00:44:27.639><c> me</c><00:44:28.119><c> up</c><00:44:28.320><c> to</c><00:44:28.500><c> the</c><00:44:28.659><c> surface,</c> 00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:30.739 bubble<00:44:29.659><c> the</c><00:44:29.900><c> axe.</c> 00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:35.099 Absolutely,<00:44:32.679><c> I</c><00:44:32.940><c> promise</c><00:44:33.559><c> you,</c><00:44:33.960><c> that's</c><00:44:34.320><c> factual.</c> 00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:37.440 And<00:44:36.059><c> then</c><00:44:36.280><c> he</c><00:44:36.380><c> took</c><00:44:36.539><c> it</c><00:44:36.739><c> out,</c> 00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:40.579 if<00:44:39.260><c> there</c><00:44:39.420><c> was</c><00:44:39.559><c> a</c><00:44:39.659><c> haft</c><00:44:39.800><c> on,</c><00:44:39.980><c> he</c><00:44:40.000><c> took</c><00:44:40.159><c> it</c><00:44:40.340><c> off,</c> 00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:43.420 and<00:44:40.980><c> then</c><00:44:41.079><c> he'd</c><00:44:41.300><c> place</c><00:44:41.420><c> it</c><00:44:41.639><c> back</c><00:44:41.960><c> on</c><00:44:42.199><c> the</c><00:44:42.300><c> altar</c><00:44:42.519><c> of</c><00:44:42.719><c> Baal.</c> 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:45.639 And<00:44:44.000><c> I</c><00:44:44.579><c> promise</c><00:44:44.920><c> you,</c><00:44:45.039><c> oh</c><00:44:45.199><c> dear</c><00:44:45.440><c> me,</c> 00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:49.699 I<00:44:46.159><c> promise</c><00:44:46.500><c> you</c><00:44:47.119><c> that</c><00:44:48.000><c> that</c><00:44:48.219><c> is</c><00:44:48.320><c> what</c><00:44:48.480><c> used</c><00:44:48.699><c> to</c><00:44:48.900><c> happen.</c> 00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:54.500 The<00:44:50.719><c> old</c><00:44:50.960><c> year</c><00:44:51.079><c> was</c><00:44:51.300><c> ended</c><00:44:51.960><c> with</c><00:44:53.599><c> the</c><00:44:53.800><c> death</c><00:44:53.880><c> in</c><00:44:54.059><c> the</c><00:44:54.219><c> water,</c> 00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:57.480 and<00:44:55.000><c> the</c><00:44:55.119><c> new</c><00:44:55.300><c> year</c><00:44:55.440><c> was</c><00:44:55.699><c> begun</c><00:44:55.920><c> when</c><00:44:56.219><c> the</c><00:44:56.420><c> axe</c><00:44:56.659><c> floated</c><00:44:57.300><c> to</c> 00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.900 the<00:44:57.639><c> surface.</c> 00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:59.840 Of<00:44:58.280><c> course,</c><00:44:58.340><c> they</c><00:44:58.420><c> were</c><00:44:58.559><c> clever</c><00:44:58.739><c> chaps.</c> 00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:03.519 Wasn't<00:45:01.179><c> a</c><00:45:01.320><c> metal</c><00:45:01.500><c> axe,</c><00:45:02.139><c> it</c><00:45:02.340><c> was</c><00:45:02.420><c> a</c><00:45:02.519><c> wooden</c><00:45:02.679><c> one.</c> 00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:06.940 The<00:45:05.079><c> one</c><00:45:05.239><c> that</c><00:45:05.340><c> was</c><00:45:05.539><c> used</c><00:45:05.739><c> in</c><00:45:05.920><c> the</c><00:45:06.099><c> service,</c><00:45:06.360><c> it</c><00:45:06.400><c> was</c><00:45:06.500><c> a</c><00:45:06.599><c> wooden</c><00:45:06.739><c> one.</c> 00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:09.179 It<00:45:07.179><c> was</c><00:45:07.420><c> painted</c><00:45:07.800><c> with</c><00:45:08.000><c> a</c><00:45:08.019><c> bit</c><00:45:08.179><c> of</c><00:45:08.340><c> silver</c><00:45:08.599><c> on</c><00:45:08.800><c> it</c> 00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:12.179 to<00:45:09.659><c> make</c><00:45:09.840><c> it</c><00:45:10.059><c> look</c><00:45:10.260><c> like,</c><00:45:10.460><c> and</c><00:45:10.699><c> it</c><00:45:10.900><c> fooled</c><00:45:11.079><c> the</c><00:45:11.280><c> people.</c> 00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:15.119 It<00:45:13.019><c> fooled</c><00:45:13.199><c> the</c><00:45:13.440><c> people,</c><00:45:13.599><c> I</c><00:45:13.800><c> promise</c><00:45:13.980><c> you</c><00:45:14.139><c> it</c><00:45:14.260><c> did.</c> 00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:17.480 When<00:45:15.480><c> the</c><00:45:15.679><c> axe</c><00:45:15.820><c> went</c><00:45:16.059><c> in,</c><00:45:16.619><c> they</c><00:45:16.780><c> thought</c><00:45:16.940><c> it</c><00:45:17.059><c> was</c><00:45:17.199><c> metal,</c> 00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:19.360 and<00:45:17.900><c> then</c><00:45:18.039><c> it</c><00:45:18.139><c> rose</c><00:45:18.400><c> to</c><00:45:18.579><c> the</c><00:45:18.760><c> surface</c><00:45:19.039><c> again.</c> 00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:22.280 Look<00:45:19.739><c> at</c><00:45:19.900><c> this,</c><00:45:20.659><c> Baal</c><00:45:20.780><c> is</c><00:45:20.980><c> a</c><00:45:21.179><c> tremendous</c><00:45:21.960><c> god,</c> 00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:24.760 and<00:45:22.719><c> he</c><00:45:22.840><c> takes</c><00:45:23.059><c> it</c><00:45:23.219><c> up</c><00:45:23.619><c> and</c><00:45:24.019><c> puts</c><00:45:24.199><c> it</c><00:45:24.300><c> on</c><00:45:24.440><c> the</c><00:45:24.599><c> altar.</c> 00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:27.820 Now<00:45:25.420><c> the</c><00:45:25.659><c> one,</c><00:45:26.599><c> that</c><00:45:26.820><c> was</c><00:45:27.039><c> the</c><00:45:27.260><c> main</c><00:45:27.440><c> altar,</c> 00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:30.360 around<00:45:28.679><c> the</c><00:45:28.900><c> country</c><00:45:29.139><c> where</c><00:45:29.280><c> there</c><00:45:29.440><c> are</c><00:45:29.500><c> other</c><00:45:29.760><c> altars,</c> 00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:33.119 and<00:45:30.659><c> the</c><00:45:30.860><c> poor</c><00:45:31.059><c> people</c><00:45:31.480><c> didn't</c><00:45:31.780><c> realize</c><00:45:32.219><c> that</c><00:45:32.380><c> on</c><00:45:32.500><c> the</c><00:45:32.659><c> main</c><00:45:32.840><c> altar</c> 00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:36.480 it<00:45:33.119><c> was</c><00:45:33.639><c> a</c><00:45:33.880><c> wooden</c><00:45:34.119><c> axe</c><00:45:34.559><c> made</c><00:45:34.980><c> to</c><00:45:35.159><c> look</c><00:45:35.340><c> like</c><00:45:35.599><c> metal.</c> 00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:38.579 And<00:45:36.739><c> on</c><00:45:36.880><c> the</c><00:45:37.039><c> others,</c><00:45:37.800><c> it</c><00:45:37.800><c> was</c><00:45:38.079><c> really</c><00:45:38.360><c> metal,</c> 00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:41.219 and<00:45:38.780><c> the</c><00:45:38.840><c> one</c><00:45:38.980><c> that</c><00:45:39.599><c> Elisha's</c><00:45:40.179><c> pallet</c><00:45:40.380><c> borrowed</c><00:45:40.800><c> was</c><00:45:41.099><c> the</c> 00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:42.239 metal<00:45:41.400><c> one.</c> 00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:43.980 But<00:45:42.539><c> when</c><00:45:42.699><c> he</c><00:45:42.900><c> goes</c><00:45:43.179><c> splashing</c><00:45:43.500><c> to</c><00:45:43.739><c> the</c><00:45:43.880><c> pool,</c> 00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:45.219 they<00:45:44.139><c> don't</c><00:45:44.280><c> have</c><00:45:44.400><c> to</c><00:45:44.519><c> worry</c><00:45:44.699><c> about</c><00:45:44.960><c> it.</c> 00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:46.239 Just<00:45:45.559><c> watch</c><00:45:45.739><c> this.</c> 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:49.099 Just<00:45:46.860><c> watch</c><00:45:47.019><c> this</c><00:45:47.179><c> come</c><00:45:47.360><c> back</c><00:45:47.500><c> to,</c><00:45:47.820><c> our</c><00:45:48.039><c> priests</c><00:45:48.320><c> do</c><00:45:48.519><c> it</c><00:45:48.639><c> every</c><00:45:48.860><c> year.</c> 00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:51.260 Just<00:45:49.599><c> watch</c><00:45:49.739><c> this</c><00:45:49.960><c> float</c><00:45:50.139><c> up</c><00:45:50.340><c> again.</c> 00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:55.300 You<00:45:53.440><c> just</c><00:45:53.639><c> keep</c><00:45:53.820><c> your</c><00:45:53.940><c> eyes</c><00:45:54.019><c> on</c><00:45:54.199><c> that,</c><00:45:54.480><c> where</c><00:45:54.500><c> it</c><00:45:54.639><c> went.</c> 00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:57.579 You<00:45:55.760><c> just</c><00:45:55.920><c> watch</c><00:45:56.079><c> this,</c><00:45:56.280><c> it'll</c><00:45:56.460><c> be</c><00:45:56.579><c> there</c><00:45:56.760><c> shortly.</c> 00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:00.139 It'll<00:45:58.940><c> be</c><00:45:59.119><c> there,</c><00:45:59.300><c> it'll</c><00:45:59.480><c> be</c><00:45:59.619><c> there</c><00:45:59.780><c> shortly.</c> 00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:01.820 And<00:46:00.440><c> of</c><00:46:00.539><c> course</c><00:46:00.579><c> it</c><00:46:00.699><c> wasn't,</c><00:46:01.199><c> because</c><00:46:01.420><c> it</c><00:46:01.519><c> was</c><00:46:01.639><c> metal,</c> 00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:04.400 and<00:46:02.179><c> it</c><00:46:02.260><c> was</c><00:46:02.480><c> stuck</c><00:46:02.599><c> down</c><00:46:02.860><c> six</c><00:46:03.079><c> inches</c><00:46:03.320><c> in</c><00:46:03.519><c> mud</c><00:46:03.639><c> anyway.</c> 00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:08.019 And<00:46:05.860><c> so</c><00:46:05.940><c> they</c><00:46:06.099><c> say</c><00:46:06.280><c> to</c><00:46:07.099><c> Elisha,</c> 00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:11.960 Master,<00:46:09.519><c> for</c><00:46:09.960><c> it</c><00:46:10.860><c> was</c><00:46:11.119><c> borrowed.</c> 00:46:13.219 --> 00:46:15.900 And<00:46:13.659><c> Elisha,</c><00:46:14.360><c> cutting</c><00:46:14.880><c> a</c><00:46:15.179><c> stick,</c> 00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:17.900 holds,<00:46:16.960><c> says,</c><00:46:17.119><c> where</c><00:46:17.239><c> was</c><00:46:17.440><c> it?</c> 00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:19.659 And<00:46:18.199><c> he</c><00:46:18.239><c> holds</c><00:46:18.420><c> and</c><00:46:18.579><c> he</c><00:46:18.659><c> puts</c><00:46:18.820><c> it</c><00:46:18.960><c> onto</c><00:46:19.139><c> the</c><00:46:19.360><c> water,</c> 00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:21.760 and<00:46:20.260><c> the</c><00:46:20.460><c> axe</c><00:46:20.599><c> head</c><00:46:20.739><c> floats.</c> 00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:24.559 We<00:46:22.440><c> would</c><00:46:22.699><c> call</c><00:46:22.860><c> it</c><00:46:23.059><c> magnetism</c><00:46:23.599><c> today.</c> 00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:27.460 What<00:46:24.800><c> we</c><00:46:24.980><c> must</c><00:46:25.179><c> be</c><00:46:25.440><c> careful</c><00:46:25.699><c> of</c><00:46:25.880><c> is</c><00:46:26.360><c> explaining</c><00:46:26.699><c> away</c><00:46:27.000><c> miracles,</c> 00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:28.920 brothers<00:46:27.820><c> and</c><00:46:28.059><c> sisters.</c> 00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:32.079 It<00:46:29.300><c> was</c><00:46:29.519><c> the</c><00:46:29.639><c> power</c><00:46:29.840><c> of</c><00:46:30.079><c> God</c><00:46:30.219><c> that</c><00:46:30.440><c> raised</c><00:46:30.659><c> the</c><00:46:30.940><c> iron</c><00:46:31.119><c> axe</c><00:46:31.360><c> head.</c> 00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:34.840 Just<00:46:32.659><c> imagine</c><00:46:33.099><c> then</c><00:46:33.360><c> the</c><00:46:33.500><c> joy</c><00:46:33.780><c> with</c><00:46:34.019><c> which</c><00:46:34.199><c> the</c><00:46:34.380><c> man</c> 00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:36.940 reached<00:46:35.300><c> out</c><00:46:35.559><c> and</c><00:46:35.699><c> took</c><00:46:35.900><c> the</c><00:46:36.099><c> axe</c><00:46:36.219><c> head.</c> 00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:40.639 That<00:46:38.480><c> saved</c><00:46:38.840><c> me</c><00:46:39.059><c> doing</c><00:46:39.219><c> a</c><00:46:39.380><c> lot</c><00:46:39.579><c> of</c><00:46:39.920><c> explaining</c><00:46:40.159><c> when</c><00:46:40.400><c> I</c><00:46:40.539><c> got</c> 00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:41.280 back<00:46:40.940><c> home.</c> 00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:43.420 And<00:46:41.739><c> he</c><00:46:41.880><c> doubtless</c><00:46:42.239><c> cleaned</c><00:46:42.420><c> it</c><00:46:42.579><c> up</c><00:46:42.659><c> and</c><00:46:42.840><c> polished</c><00:46:43.039><c> it</c><00:46:43.219><c> up</c><00:46:43.340><c> and</c> 00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:44.619 used<00:46:43.539><c> another</c><00:46:43.820><c> axe.</c> 00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:48.300 But<00:46:45.679><c> you</c><00:46:45.880><c> see</c><00:46:45.980><c> the</c><00:46:46.199><c> point</c><00:46:46.519><c> of</c><00:46:47.380><c> Elisha's</c><00:46:47.900><c> ministry,</c> 00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:49.179 brethren<00:46:48.619><c> and</c><00:46:48.920><c> sisters.</c> 00:46:49.599 --> 00:46:53.400 This<00:46:49.800><c> little</c><00:46:50.820><c> incident</c><00:46:51.380><c> about</c><00:46:51.679><c> which</c><00:46:51.860><c> we</c><00:46:52.119><c> read</c><00:46:52.320><c> in</c><00:46:52.760><c> the</c><00:46:52.980><c> second</c><00:46:53.179><c> book</c> 00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:53.800 of<00:46:53.599><c> Kings,</c> 00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:57.360 chapter<00:46:54.159><c> six,</c><00:46:55.159><c> isn't</c><00:46:55.579><c> just</c><00:46:55.960><c> a</c><00:46:56.239><c> fun</c><00:46:56.480><c> thing.</c> 00:46:57.599 --> 00:47:01.619 It<00:46:57.760><c> was</c><00:46:57.960><c> Elisha</c><00:46:58.480><c> saying,</c><00:46:59.480><c> my</c><00:46:59.760><c> God,</c><00:47:00.460><c> he's</c><00:47:00.699><c> so</c><00:47:01.079><c> powerful,</c> 00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:05.980 he<00:47:01.900><c> can</c><00:47:02.119><c> even</c><00:47:02.440><c> look</c><00:47:02.679><c> after</c><00:47:03.059><c> your</c><00:47:03.380><c> God</c><00:47:03.679><c> who</c><00:47:04.139><c> cannot</c><00:47:04.460><c> save</c><00:47:04.780><c> himself.</c> 00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:09.099 And<00:47:07.079><c> that</c><00:47:07.179><c> was</c><00:47:07.360><c> the</c><00:47:07.460><c> lesson</c><00:47:07.699><c> of</c><00:47:07.880><c> Elisha.</c> 00:47:09.260 --> 00:47:14.820 My<00:47:09.519><c> God</c><00:47:09.780><c> is</c><00:47:09.960><c> more</c><00:47:10.260><c> powerful</c><00:47:10.679><c> than</c><00:47:11.360><c> Kimosh,</c><00:47:12.619><c> the</c><00:47:12.739><c> God</c><00:47:12.860><c> of</c><00:47:13.039><c> the</c><00:47:13.639><c> Moabites,</c> 00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:17.860 because<00:47:15.079><c> he</c><00:47:15.199><c> can</c><00:47:15.420><c> bring</c><00:47:15.659><c> water</c><00:47:16.139><c> and</c><00:47:16.480><c> your</c><00:47:16.739><c> God</c><00:47:16.960><c> cannot.</c> 00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:20.900 And<00:47:18.199><c> my</c><00:47:18.420><c> God</c><00:47:18.639><c> is</c><00:47:19.019><c> stronger</c><00:47:19.280><c> than</c><00:47:19.519><c> your</c><00:47:19.880><c> God</c><00:47:20.219><c> Baal,</c> 00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:25.400 because<00:47:21.679><c> even</c><00:47:22.079><c> my</c><00:47:22.360><c> God</c><00:47:22.719><c> has</c><00:47:23.019><c> to</c><00:47:23.179><c> be</c><00:47:23.380><c> called</c><00:47:23.559><c> upon</c><00:47:24.000><c> to</c><00:47:24.440><c> save</c><00:47:24.719><c> your</c><00:47:25.059><c> God</c> 00:47:25.400 --> 00:47:27.920 who<00:47:25.739><c> is</c><00:47:26.079><c> powerless</c><00:47:26.380><c> to</c><00:47:26.659><c> save</c><00:47:26.860><c> himself.</c> 00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:32.579 And<00:47:29.619><c> by</c><00:47:29.980><c> God's</c><00:47:30.219><c> grace</c><00:47:30.440><c> and</c><00:47:30.719><c> with</c><00:47:30.940><c> your</c><00:47:31.579><c> patience,</c> 00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:35.760 we'll<00:47:32.900><c> wind</c><00:47:33.039><c> this</c><00:47:33.219><c> up</c><00:47:33.380><c> tomorrow</c><00:47:33.719><c> with</c><00:47:34.099><c> some</c><00:47:34.360><c> more</c><00:47:34.800><c> confrontations</c> 00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:38.980 between<00:47:36.559><c> Baal</c><00:47:37.280><c> and</c><00:47:37.820><c> Yahweh.</c>