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passage,<00:12:26.120><c> and</c><00:12:26.419><c> cross</c><00:12:26.740><c> references.</c><00:12:27.279><c> Here's</c><00:12:27.519><c> where</c><00:12:27.700><c> your</c><00:12:27.879><c> marginal</c><00:12:28.240><c> cross</c><00:12:28.620><c> references</c><00:12:29.039><c> and</c>

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liar<00:12:45.460><c> and</c><00:12:45.740><c> a</c><00:12:45.980><c> murderer</c>

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nature,<00:12:53.960><c> and</c><00:12:53.980><c> you'll</c><00:12:54.320><c> see</c><00:12:54.399><c> that</c><00:12:54.740><c> in</c><00:12:54.919><c> the</c><00:12:55.000><c> equivalence</c><00:12:55.340><c> of</c><00:12:55.539><c> the</c>

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references<00:14:07.100><c> overlap.</c><00:14:09.799><c> And</c><00:14:10.039><c> inductively,</c><00:14:11.200><c> pardon</c><00:14:11.279><c> me,</c><00:14:11.539><c> deductively,</c><00:14:12.240><c> the</c>

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temptation<00:14:12.740><c> of</c><00:14:12.919><c> Jesus,</c>

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it's<00:14:14.759><c> from</c><00:14:15.360><c> within.</c><00:14:16.500><c> You</c><00:14:16.659><c> know,</c><00:14:16.740><c> he's</c><00:14:17.120><c> tempted</c><00:14:17.360><c> by</c><00:14:17.620><c> the</c><00:14:17.740><c> devil,</c><00:14:18.080><c> it</c><00:14:18.080><c> doesn't</c><00:14:18.240><c> say.</c><00:14:18.960><c> And</c><00:14:19.039><c> yet</c><00:14:19.159><c> we</c>

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Adam<00:15:43.440><c> was</c><00:15:43.879><c> the</c><00:15:44.019><c> one</c><00:15:44.259><c> that</c><00:15:44.559><c> brought</c><00:15:44.840><c> sin</c><00:15:45.120><c> into</c><00:15:45.379><c> the</c><00:15:45.519><c> world,</c><00:15:45.799><c> not</c>

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the<00:15:46.279><c> serpent</c><00:15:46.679><c> and</c><00:15:47.460><c> not</c><00:15:47.700><c> the</c><00:15:47.860><c> devil.</c>

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It's<00:15:50.220><c> a</c><00:15:50.740><c> well</c><00:15:51.000><c>-established</c><00:15:51.759><c> teaching,</c><00:15:52.480><c> I</c><00:15:52.480><c> think,</c><00:15:52.740><c> Romans</c><00:15:53.000><c> 5,</c>

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12<00:15:53.720><c> says</c><00:15:53.960><c> explicitly.</c><00:15:56.360><c> And</c><00:15:56.700><c> J,</c><00:15:57.720><c> it</c><00:15:58.100><c> doesn't</c><00:15:58.559><c> conflict</c>

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with<00:15:59.399><c> established</c><00:16:00.019><c> first</c><00:16:00.559><c> principles.</c><00:16:01.960><c> And</c><00:16:02.100><c> this</c><00:16:02.279><c> is</c><00:16:02.440><c> a</c><00:16:02.559><c> good</c>

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one,<00:16:02.860><c> the</c><00:16:02.940><c> illustration</c><00:16:03.320><c> here</c><00:16:03.500><c> is</c><00:16:03.639><c> we</c><00:16:03.820><c> know</c><00:16:04.000><c> that</c>

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God<00:16:04.720><c> takes</c><00:16:05.240><c> full</c><00:16:05.559><c> responsibility</c><00:16:06.299><c> for</c><00:16:06.600><c> all</c><00:16:06.860><c> the</c><00:16:07.159><c> evil</c><00:16:07.340><c> that's</c>

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in<00:16:07.700><c> the</c><00:16:07.860><c> world.</c><00:16:08.799><c> Not</c><00:16:09.039><c> sin,</c><00:16:09.379><c> but</c><00:16:09.580><c> all</c><00:16:09.820><c> the</c><00:16:10.080><c> evil</c>

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that's<00:16:10.480><c> in</c><00:16:10.639><c> the</c><00:16:10.799><c> world.</c><00:16:11.659><c> And</c><00:16:11.820><c> I</c><00:16:12.039><c> cited</c><00:16:12.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:12.659><c> 45,</c><00:16:13.299><c> 7,</c><00:16:13.720><c> which</c>

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in<00:16:13.940><c> the</c><00:16:14.139><c> authorizes</c><00:16:14.559><c> clear,</c><00:16:15.460><c> and</c><00:16:15.600><c> Amos</c><00:16:15.820><c> 3,</c><00:16:16.179><c> 6,</c>

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which<00:16:16.600><c> talks</c><00:16:16.860><c> about,</c><00:16:17.279><c> is</c><00:16:17.340><c> there</c><00:16:17.500><c> not</c><00:16:17.700><c> evil</c><00:16:17.899><c> in</c><00:16:18.100><c> the</c><00:16:18.179><c> city?</c><00:16:18.340><c> And</c>

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there's<00:16:18.600><c> a</c><00:16:18.740><c> number</c><00:16:18.899><c> of</c><00:16:19.159><c> passages</c><00:16:19.440><c> like</c><00:16:19.759><c> that.</c><00:16:20.399><c> God</c>

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says,<00:16:20.860><c> I</c><00:16:21.220><c> bring</c><00:16:21.580><c> evil</c><00:16:21.919><c> upon</c><00:16:22.240><c> mankind.</c><00:16:23.360><c> He</c><00:16:23.539><c> does</c><00:16:23.759><c> this</c><00:16:23.919><c> in</c><00:16:24.100><c> the</c>

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context<00:16:24.679><c> of</c><00:16:25.000><c> dualistic</c><00:16:26.220><c> deities</c><00:16:27.120><c> that</c><00:16:27.379><c> the</c><00:16:27.580><c> Persians</c>

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had,<00:16:28.559><c> a</c><00:16:28.659><c> God</c><00:16:28.759><c> of</c><00:16:28.940><c> good,</c><00:16:29.159><c> a</c><00:16:29.200><c> God</c><00:16:29.379><c> of</c><00:16:29.620><c> evil,</c><00:16:29.899><c> a</c><00:16:30.000><c> God</c><00:16:30.080><c> of</c><00:16:30.220><c> light,</c><00:16:30.440><c> a</c>

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God<00:16:30.659><c> of</c><00:16:30.820><c> darkness.</c><00:16:31.240><c> And</c><00:16:31.320><c> God</c><00:16:31.460><c> said,</c><00:16:31.759><c> uh</c><00:16:31.919><c>-uh,</c>

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there's<00:16:32.720><c> only</c><00:16:32.940><c> one</c><00:16:33.200><c> God,</c><00:16:33.519><c> and</c><00:16:33.820><c> I</c><00:16:34.019><c> do</c><00:16:34.139><c> them</c><00:16:34.320><c> both.</c><00:16:36.919><c> Therefore,</c>

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and<00:16:38.039><c> this</c><00:16:38.220><c> is</c><00:16:38.379><c> in</c><00:16:38.500><c> the</c><00:16:38.639><c> argumentation</c>

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isn't<00:16:42.919><c> any</c><00:16:43.279><c> devil</c><00:16:43.620><c> running</c><00:16:43.940><c> around</c><00:16:44.600><c> that</c><00:16:45.019><c> causes</c>

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evil<00:16:45.799><c> in</c><00:16:45.980><c> the</c><00:16:46.139><c> world.</c><00:16:46.659><c> God</c><00:16:46.940><c> says</c><00:16:47.200><c> he</c><00:16:47.419><c> does.</c><00:16:49.820><c> So,</c><00:16:50.720><c> points</c><00:16:50.840><c> A</c><00:16:51.379><c> through</c><00:16:51.679><c> J</c>

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are<00:16:52.700><c> some</c><00:16:53.299><c> ways</c><00:16:53.899><c> that</c><00:16:54.200><c> you</c><00:16:54.419><c> could</c><00:16:55.279><c> identify</c>

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valid<00:16:56.580><c> evidence</c><00:16:57.100><c> and</c><00:16:57.659><c> string</c><00:16:57.879><c> them</c><00:16:58.080><c> together</c><00:16:58.620><c> in</c><00:16:59.580><c> an</c><00:17:00.019><c> argument.</c><00:17:02.320><c> And</c><00:17:02.639><c> there</c><00:17:02.799><c> are</c>

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approaches,<00:17:04.460><c> and</c><00:17:04.680><c> I</c><00:17:04.819><c> know</c><00:17:05.500><c> virtually</c><00:17:05.980><c> all</c><00:17:06.359><c> of</c><00:17:06.480><c> them</c><00:17:06.660><c> I</c><00:17:06.920><c> got</c>

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here,<00:17:07.480><c> except</c><00:17:07.700><c> possibly</c><00:17:08.079><c> the</c><00:17:08.339><c> last</c><00:17:08.640><c> one,</c>

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have<00:17:09.619><c> been</c><00:17:09.980><c> discussed</c><00:17:10.640><c> here</c><00:17:11.460><c> at</c><00:17:11.880><c> the</c><00:17:12.420><c> Bible</c><00:17:12.619><c> School</c><00:17:12.839><c> over</c><00:17:13.059><c> the</c>

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years.<00:17:14.339><c> This</c><00:17:14.359><c> deductive</c><00:17:15.119><c> versus</c><00:17:15.440><c> inductive</c><00:17:16.200><c> reasoning</c>

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I<00:17:16.759><c> know</c><00:17:16.880><c> has</c><00:17:17.019><c> been</c><00:17:17.180><c> talked</c><00:17:17.400><c> about.</c><00:17:18.299><c> Who</c><00:17:18.480><c> will</c><00:17:18.759><c> forget</c><00:17:19.039><c> Brother</c>

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Todd<00:17:19.779><c> Treadway's</c><00:17:20.359><c> explicit</c><00:17:20.920><c> versus</c><00:17:21.319><c> implicit</c>

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classes?<00:17:24.720><c> Techniques,</c><00:17:25.720><c> asking</c><00:17:26.339><c> the</c><00:17:26.759><c> right</c><00:17:27.019><c> questions.</c><00:17:28.460><c> This</c>

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is<00:17:29.079><c> something</c><00:17:29.299><c> that</c><00:17:29.500><c> Brother</c><00:17:29.660><c> Whittaker</c><00:17:30.180><c> presents</c>

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in<00:17:31.059><c> his</c><00:17:31.359><c> exploring</c><00:17:31.799><c> the</c><00:17:32.079><c> Bible.</c><00:17:33.380><c> Using</c><00:17:33.819><c> the</c><00:17:34.279><c> right</c><00:17:34.519><c> model,</c><00:17:35.619><c> this</c><00:17:36.019><c> is</c>

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a<00:17:36.799><c> good</c><00:17:36.940><c> example</c><00:17:37.359><c> by</c><00:17:37.599><c> David</c><00:17:37.900><c> Levin.</c>

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Let<00:17:38.859><c> me</c><00:17:38.980><c> illustrate,</c><00:17:39.579><c> because</c><00:17:39.839><c> not</c><00:17:40.019><c> all</c><00:17:40.160><c> of</c><00:17:40.240><c> you</c><00:17:40.259><c> would</c><00:17:40.480><c> be</c><00:17:40.640><c> familiar</c><00:17:40.880><c> with</c><00:17:41.099><c> that.</c><00:17:41.279><c> He</c><00:17:41.500><c> said,</c>

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you've<00:17:43.200><c> got</c><00:17:43.660><c> right</c><00:17:43.920><c> doctrines</c><00:17:44.640><c> and</c><00:17:45.160><c> right</c><00:17:45.359><c> behavior,</c><00:17:47.019><c> and</c><00:17:47.160><c> they're</c><00:17:47.359><c> kind</c><00:17:47.539><c> of</c>

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falcon<00:17:49.019><c> in</c><00:17:49.200><c> the</c><00:17:49.299><c> middle.</c><00:17:50.000><c> Now,</c><00:17:50.240><c> which</c><00:17:50.339><c> is</c><00:17:50.519><c> more</c><00:17:50.779><c> important,</c>

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right<00:17:52.180><c> teaching</c><00:17:52.740><c> or</c><00:17:53.720><c> right</c><00:17:53.960><c> behavior?</c>

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as<00:18:10.720><c> behavior</c><00:18:11.420><c> and</c><00:18:11.859><c> beliefs.</c><00:18:12.720><c> Now,</c><00:18:12.819><c> it's</c><00:18:12.980><c> true</c><00:18:13.140><c> that</c><00:18:13.640><c> belief</c>

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and<00:18:13.960><c> behavior</c><00:18:14.279><c> are</c><00:18:14.500><c> together,</c><00:18:15.220><c> but</c><00:18:15.319><c> they're</c>

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not<00:18:15.740><c> put</c><00:18:15.900><c> in</c><00:18:16.099><c> a</c><00:18:16.200><c> balanced</c><00:18:16.359><c> situation.</c><00:18:17.599><c> Truth</c><00:18:18.059><c> is</c><00:18:18.420><c> presented</c><00:18:18.900><c> as</c><00:18:20.200><c> a</c>

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tree.<00:18:21.799><c> All</c><00:18:22.099><c> the</c><00:18:22.319><c> fruits</c><00:18:22.460><c> of</c><00:18:22.619><c> the</c>

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tree<00:18:22.920><c> are</c><00:18:23.039><c> out</c><00:18:23.059><c> here.</c><00:18:23.539><c> It's</c><00:18:23.700><c> rooted</c><00:18:23.900><c> and</c><00:18:24.180><c> grounded</c><00:18:24.380><c> in</c><00:18:24.680><c> love.</c>

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That's<00:18:26.119><c> a</c><00:18:26.339><c> model</c><00:18:26.619><c> or</c><00:18:26.880><c> the</c><00:18:27.140><c> picture</c><00:18:27.480><c> that</c><00:18:27.700><c> the</c><00:18:27.839><c> Bible</c>

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presents.<00:18:29.880><c> Although</c><00:18:30.359><c> it's</c><00:18:30.660><c> convenient</c><00:18:31.079><c> for</c><00:18:31.279><c> us</c><00:18:31.440><c> to</c><00:18:31.579><c> have</c><00:18:31.759><c> little</c><00:18:31.980><c> models</c><00:18:32.359><c> or</c>

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pictures<00:18:32.880><c> to</c><00:18:33.059><c> help</c><00:18:33.180><c> us</c><00:18:33.400><c> understand,</c>

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we<00:18:34.500><c> need</c><00:18:34.740><c> to</c><00:18:34.859><c> make</c><00:18:35.059><c> sure</c><00:18:35.440><c> that</c><00:18:35.619><c> we</c><00:18:35.740><c> are</c><00:18:35.839><c> not</c><00:18:36.079><c> introducing</c><00:18:36.859><c> an</c><00:18:38.160><c> inappropriate</c><00:18:38.920><c> model</c><00:18:39.500><c> or</c><00:18:39.880><c> a</c>

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skeleton<00:18:40.380><c> or</c><00:18:40.640><c> structure</c>

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come<00:18:44.140><c> to</c><00:18:44.380><c> look</c><00:18:44.579><c> at</c><00:18:44.900><c> scripture.</c>

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Now,<00:18:47.200><c> what</c><00:18:47.339><c> I've</c><00:18:47.619><c> done</c><00:18:48.220><c> is</c><00:18:49.299><c> I'm</c><00:18:49.420><c> now</c><00:18:49.660><c> going</c><00:18:49.839><c> to</c><00:18:50.119><c> introduce</c><00:18:50.559><c> a</c>

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from<00:18:53.380><c> my</c><00:18:53.940><c> Ezekiel</c><00:18:54.380><c> study,</c><00:18:55.140><c> but</c><00:18:55.339><c> it's</c><00:18:55.579><c> a</c><00:18:55.700><c> term</c><00:18:55.880><c> I</c><00:18:56.200><c> call</c><00:18:56.619><c> goodness</c><00:18:57.480><c> fit.</c>

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you're<00:19:02.619><c> proposing</c><00:19:03.160><c> or</c><00:19:04.180><c> argument</c><00:19:04.599><c> you're</c><00:19:04.859><c> proposing</c><00:19:05.400><c> fit</c><00:19:06.200><c> with</c><00:19:06.819><c> other</c><00:19:07.299><c> known</c><00:19:07.680><c> information?</c><00:19:09.339><c> Does</c><00:19:09.660><c> it</c><00:19:09.839><c> fit</c>

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the<00:19:10.119><c> pattern?</c><00:19:10.799><c> Is</c><00:19:10.859><c> it</c><00:19:11.019><c> the</c><00:19:11.240><c> same</c><00:19:11.400><c> as</c><00:19:11.640><c> others?</c><00:19:12.660><c> Does</c><00:19:12.920><c> it</c><00:19:13.420><c> ring</c>

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true?<00:19:15.119><c> And</c><00:19:15.319><c> there's</c><00:19:15.640><c> some</c><00:19:16.200><c> corollaries</c><00:19:16.680><c> to</c><00:19:16.880><c> this.</c>

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One<00:19:19.119><c> measure</c><00:19:19.420><c> of</c><00:19:19.579><c> it</c><00:19:19.779><c> is,</c><00:19:21.579><c> if</c><00:19:21.700><c> this</c><00:19:21.960><c> is</c><00:19:22.220><c> true,</c><00:19:22.440><c> does</c><00:19:22.599><c> it</c><00:19:23.140><c> lead</c>

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to<00:19:23.960><c> confusion</c><00:19:24.640><c> or</c><00:19:25.140><c> inconsistency</c><00:19:26.299><c> or</c><00:19:26.920><c> even</c><00:19:27.259><c> to</c>

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an<00:19:27.700><c> absurdity?</c><00:19:29.000><c> And</c><00:19:29.160><c> that's</c><00:19:29.380><c> one</c><00:19:29.599><c> logical</c><00:19:30.039><c> thing.</c><00:19:30.599><c> You</c><00:19:30.779><c> can</c>

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take<00:19:31.140><c> someone's</c><00:19:31.700><c> argument</c><00:19:32.420><c> and</c><00:19:32.700><c> syllogistically</c>

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go<00:19:33.599><c> through</c><00:19:33.779><c> the</c><00:19:34.079><c> logic</c><00:19:34.339><c> rules</c><00:19:34.680><c> and</c><00:19:35.079><c> end</c><00:19:35.259><c> up</c><00:19:35.460><c> with</c><00:19:35.700><c> an</c><00:19:36.099><c> absurdity</c><00:19:36.859><c> or</c><00:19:37.299><c> a</c>

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known<00:19:37.779><c> falseness.</c><00:19:38.680><c> You</c><00:19:38.859><c> can</c><00:19:38.980><c> say,</c>

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the<00:19:39.720><c> conclusion</c><00:19:40.160><c> is</c><00:19:40.559><c> false,</c><00:19:41.240><c> therefore</c><00:19:41.619><c> you</c><00:19:41.900><c> go</c><00:19:42.119><c> back</c><00:19:42.539><c> and</c>

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you<00:19:43.019><c> knock</c><00:19:43.180><c> out</c><00:19:43.319><c> the</c><00:19:43.519><c> initial</c><00:19:43.740><c> premise</c><00:19:44.680><c> and</c><00:19:45.339><c> defeat</c>

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a<00:19:45.779><c> person's</c><00:19:46.180><c> argument.</c><00:19:48.819><c> Is</c><00:19:49.240><c> the</c><00:19:49.680><c> explanation</c><00:19:50.519><c> unnecessarily</c>

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complicated?<00:19:55.440><c> If</c><00:19:56.000><c> it</c><00:19:56.220><c> is,</c><00:19:56.660><c> and</c><00:19:56.880><c> I</c><00:19:57.000><c> find</c><00:19:57.220><c> this</c><00:19:57.420><c> in</c><00:19:57.559><c> myself,</c>

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if<00:19:58.119><c> I</c><00:19:58.319><c> start</c><00:19:59.279><c> blathering</c><00:20:00.059><c> on</c><00:20:00.319><c> here</c><00:20:00.700><c> and</c><00:20:00.980><c> multiplying</c><00:20:01.460><c> words,</c>

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it<00:20:02.480><c> shows</c><00:20:02.720><c> that</c><00:20:02.920><c> I've</c><00:20:03.140><c> got</c><00:20:03.259><c> a</c><00:20:03.440><c> confused</c><00:20:03.779><c> mind,</c>

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which<00:20:04.339><c> is</c><00:20:05.079><c> true,</c><00:20:06.980><c> and</c><00:20:07.140><c> it</c><00:20:07.880><c> shows</c><00:20:08.079><c> that</c><00:20:08.279><c> I</c><00:20:08.359><c> don't</c><00:20:08.539><c> really</c><00:20:08.819><c> understand</c><00:20:09.299><c> it</c>

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that<00:20:10.160><c> well.</c><00:20:11.059><c> And</c><00:20:11.299><c> when</c><00:20:11.460><c> you</c><00:20:11.700><c> find</c>

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something<00:20:12.240><c> that</c><00:20:12.480><c> comes</c><00:20:12.680><c> across</c><00:20:13.259><c> complicatedly</c><00:20:14.519><c> all</c><00:20:14.759><c> the</c><00:20:15.039><c> time,</c><00:20:16.759><c> like</c><00:20:16.880><c> it</c>

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might<00:20:17.180><c> be</c><00:20:17.380><c> me</c><00:20:17.700><c> and</c><00:20:17.839><c> it</c><00:20:17.980><c> might</c><00:20:18.099><c> be</c><00:20:18.279><c> you,</c>

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but<00:20:18.559><c> if</c><00:20:18.740><c> all</c><00:20:18.900><c> the</c><00:20:19.119><c> time</c><00:20:19.240><c> is</c><00:20:19.460><c> that,</c><00:20:19.799><c> it</c><00:20:19.980><c> sort</c><00:20:20.119><c> of</c><00:20:20.359><c> says,</c><00:20:20.660><c> this</c><00:20:21.119><c> probably</c><00:20:21.819><c> isn't</c><00:20:22.440><c> quite</c><00:20:22.859><c> right.</c><00:20:24.099><c> It's</c><00:20:24.339><c> got</c><00:20:24.539><c> to</c><00:20:24.640><c> be</c>

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an<00:20:24.920><c> easier</c><00:20:25.119><c> way.</c><00:20:26.220><c> Now,</c><00:20:26.740><c> I</c><00:20:27.039><c> see</c><00:20:27.160><c> that</c><00:20:27.380><c> notwithstanding,</c><00:20:28.079><c> remember</c><00:20:28.299><c> we</c><00:20:28.420><c> had</c><00:20:28.559><c> yesterday,</c><00:20:29.599><c> truth</c><00:20:29.920><c> is</c><00:20:30.259><c> complex.</c>

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It's<00:20:31.460><c> got</c><00:20:31.640><c> many</c><00:20:32.019><c> angles,</c><00:20:33.740><c> many</c><00:20:33.920><c> approaches.</c><00:20:35.119><c> There's</c><00:20:35.460><c> only</c>

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one<00:20:36.160><c> truth</c><00:20:36.700><c> and</c><00:20:37.079><c> that</c><00:20:37.220><c> is</c><00:20:37.579><c> unchanging</c><00:20:38.140><c> because</c>

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God<00:20:38.779><c> is</c><00:20:39.039><c> one</c><00:20:39.160><c> and</c><00:20:39.299><c> he's</c><00:20:39.640><c> unchanging.</c><00:20:40.779><c> But</c><00:20:40.960><c> the</c><00:20:41.119><c> way</c><00:20:41.339><c> we</c><00:20:41.740><c> as</c><00:20:42.019><c> human</c><00:20:42.240><c> beings</c><00:20:42.480><c> approach</c><00:20:42.960><c> it</c>

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or<00:20:43.240><c> understand</c><00:20:43.640><c> it,</c>

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there's<00:20:45.079><c> a</c><00:20:45.220><c> multitude</c><00:20:45.539><c> of</c><00:20:45.740><c> ways</c><00:20:45.920><c> there.</c><00:20:48.099><c> So</c><00:20:48.779><c> you</c><00:20:49.660><c> can</c><00:20:49.960><c> still</c>

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find<00:20:50.740><c> simple</c><00:20:51.140><c> things</c><00:20:51.720><c> and</c><00:20:52.059><c> layer</c><00:20:52.220><c> them</c><00:20:52.460><c> on</c><00:20:52.640><c> and</c>

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with<00:20:53.180><c> a</c><00:20:53.519><c> complex</c><00:20:53.960><c> situation.</c><00:20:55.880><c> And</c><00:20:56.220><c> finally,</c><00:20:57.180><c> is</c><00:20:57.299><c> the</c><00:20:57.700><c> interpretation</c><00:20:58.519><c> dependent</c><00:20:59.359><c> on</c><00:21:00.240><c> information</c>

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outside<00:21:01.640><c> the</c><00:21:01.880><c> Bible</c><00:21:02.200><c> itself?</c><00:21:03.559><c> That's</c><00:21:03.759><c> what</c><00:21:03.880><c> I</c><00:21:04.059><c> mean</c><00:21:04.200><c> by</c><00:21:04.460><c> extra</c>

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biblical<00:21:05.579><c> information.</c><00:21:06.420><c> It</c><00:21:06.599><c> is</c><00:21:06.779><c> an</c><00:21:07.000><c> extra</c>

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Bible<00:21:07.660><c> information.</c><00:21:08.500><c> It's</c><00:21:08.900><c> information</c><00:21:09.319><c> outside</c><00:21:09.720><c> the</c><00:21:09.920><c> Bible.</c><00:21:12.119><c> So</c><00:21:12.700><c> I</c>

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tell<00:21:15.019><c> you</c><00:21:15.240><c> all</c><00:21:15.460><c> that</c>

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I<00:21:19.980><c> can</c><00:21:20.200><c> do</c><00:21:20.380><c> my</c><00:21:20.559><c> little</c><00:21:21.079><c> comparison</c><00:21:21.559><c> here.</c><00:21:22.160><c> Now,</c><00:21:22.259><c> those</c><00:21:22.519><c> of</c><00:21:22.680><c> you</c>

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who<00:21:23.000><c> weren't</c><00:21:23.220><c> here</c><00:21:23.579><c> to</c><00:21:23.799><c> get</c><00:21:23.900><c> in</c><00:21:24.039><c> the</c><00:21:24.240><c> introduction</c>

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talk,<00:21:25.339><c> I</c><00:21:25.460><c> will</c><00:21:25.640><c> try</c><00:21:26.019><c> in</c><00:21:26.259><c> four</c><00:21:26.579><c> minutes</c><00:21:26.960><c> or</c><00:21:27.180><c> less</c><00:21:27.400><c> to</c><00:21:27.880><c> describe</c>

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when<00:21:28.480><c> I'm</c><00:21:28.700><c> trying</c><00:21:28.819><c> to</c><00:21:29.019><c> stay</c><00:21:29.240><c> here.</c>

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This<00:21:30.079><c> was</c><00:21:30.259><c> some</c><00:21:30.519><c> of</c><00:21:30.740><c> the</c><00:21:31.240><c> conclusions</c><00:21:31.640><c> that</c><00:21:32.019><c> I</c><00:21:32.859><c> determined</c>

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after<00:21:33.680><c> reading</c><00:21:34.019><c> the</c><00:21:34.880><c> Columbus</c><00:21:35.400><c> article,</c>

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looking<00:21:36.579><c> for</c><00:21:36.880><c> the</c><00:21:37.079><c> true</c><00:21:37.319><c> landfall,</c><00:21:38.140><c> which</c><00:21:38.339><c> is</c><00:21:38.680><c> totally</c><00:21:39.000><c> inconsequential,</c><00:21:40.619><c> but</c><00:21:40.960><c> it's</c><00:21:41.400><c> not</c><00:21:41.660><c> a</c>

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bad<00:21:42.119><c> model</c><00:21:42.519><c> for</c>

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this.

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They<00:21:46.380><c> just</c><00:21:46.700><c> blew</c><00:21:46.880><c> the</c><00:21:47.079><c> other</c><00:21:47.279><c> guy</c><00:21:47.440><c> out</c><00:21:47.599><c> of</c><00:21:47.599><c> the</c><00:21:47.720><c> water</c><00:21:47.859><c> by</c><00:21:48.140><c> saying,</c><00:21:48.700><c> that's</c><00:21:48.980><c> obviously</c><00:21:49.339><c> wrong.</c><00:21:49.980><c> You</c>

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don't<00:21:50.180><c> even</c>

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have<00:21:50.539><c> to</c><00:21:50.779><c> consider</c><00:21:50.980><c> that.</c><00:21:52.339><c> They</c><00:21:52.519><c> brought</c><00:21:52.680><c> in</c><00:21:52.859><c> an</c><00:21:53.119><c> expert</c><00:21:53.380><c> who</c>

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was<00:21:53.779><c> a</c><00:21:53.920><c> biographer</c><00:21:54.400><c> of</c><00:21:54.660><c> Columbus</c><00:21:54.880><c> and</c><00:21:55.059><c> he</c><00:21:55.359><c> said,</c>

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there's<00:21:56.380><c> one</c><00:21:56.539><c> and</c><00:21:56.660><c> only</c><00:21:56.880><c> place,</c><00:21:57.319><c> it's</c><00:21:57.640><c> Watley.</c><00:21:58.960><c> He's</c><00:21:59.240><c> a</c><00:21:59.480><c> scholar.</c><00:22:00.299><c> He</c><00:22:00.500><c> published</c><00:22:00.640><c> the</c><00:22:00.960><c> stuff.</c><00:22:01.880><c> He</c>

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sailed<00:22:02.220><c> through</c>

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his<00:22:02.740><c> Bahama</c><00:22:03.160><c> tribe</c><00:22:03.480><c> once</c><00:22:04.059><c> and</c><00:22:04.859><c> he</c><00:22:05.140><c> looked</c><00:22:05.319><c> at</c><00:22:05.500><c> the</c><00:22:05.640><c> Ferris</c><00:22:05.880><c> wheel</c><00:22:06.000><c> calendar.</c><00:22:06.279><c> That</c><00:22:06.539><c> was</c>

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good.<00:22:06.900><c> That</c><00:22:07.079><c> was</c><00:22:07.259><c> good.</c>

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He<00:22:07.720><c> wrote</c><00:22:07.839><c> it</c><00:22:08.079><c> up</c><00:22:08.660><c> and</c><00:22:09.740><c> he</c><00:22:10.440><c> assumed</c><00:22:10.900><c> that</c><00:22:11.319><c> the</c><00:22:12.900><c> going</c><00:22:13.079><c> across</c>

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the<00:22:13.859><c> Atlantic</c><00:22:14.039><c> ocean,</c><00:22:14.940><c> that</c><00:22:15.160><c> there</c><00:22:15.359><c> was</c><00:22:15.740><c> negligible</c>

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effect<00:22:16.640><c> by</c><00:22:17.039><c> wind</c><00:22:17.400><c> and</c><00:22:17.799><c> current.</c><00:22:19.079><c> And</c><00:22:19.220><c> he</c><00:22:19.359><c> just</c><00:22:19.579><c> happened</c><00:22:19.839><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:20.859><c> an</c><00:22:21.119><c> animal.</c><00:22:22.180><c> And</c><00:22:22.259><c> there</c><00:22:22.319><c> are</c><00:22:22.440><c> two</c><00:22:22.559><c> other</c><00:22:23.599><c> guys</c><00:22:24.319><c> in</c><00:22:24.579><c> the</c>

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same<00:22:24.900><c> status</c><00:22:25.240><c> as</c><00:22:25.500><c> him.</c><00:22:26.359><c> So</c><00:22:26.660><c> the</c><00:22:26.920><c> case</c><00:22:27.220><c> was</c><00:22:28.460><c> shot.</c><00:22:30.160><c> Until</c><00:22:30.640><c> ordinary</c><00:22:31.220><c> people</c><00:22:32.220><c> came</c>

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that<00:22:35.299><c> isn't</c><00:22:35.900><c> right</c><00:22:36.619><c> for</c><00:22:37.700><c> these</c><00:22:37.920><c> reasons.</c><00:22:40.220><c> And</c><00:22:40.359><c> by</c><00:22:40.579><c> the</c><00:22:40.740><c> time</c>

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it<00:22:41.039><c> was</c><00:22:41.240><c> all</c><00:22:41.420><c> over,</c><00:22:42.059><c> their</c><00:22:42.200><c> proposal</c><00:22:42.619><c> said,</c>

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we'll<00:22:44.259><c> take</c><00:22:44.440><c> Columbus's</c><00:22:45.059><c> log</c><00:22:45.240><c> and</c><00:22:45.539><c> translate</c><00:22:45.859><c> it</c><00:22:46.059><c> for</c><00:22:46.200><c> ourselves</c><00:22:46.519><c> to</c><00:22:46.680><c> make</c><00:22:46.819><c> sure</c><00:22:46.960><c> we</c>

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got<00:22:47.240><c> all</c><00:22:47.480><c> the</c>

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right<00:22:48.079><c> base</c><00:22:48.460><c> information.</c><00:22:49.920><c> They</c><00:22:50.240><c> found</c><00:22:50.500><c> independently</c><00:22:51.400><c> two</c>

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sources<00:22:52.539><c> of</c><00:22:52.960><c> the</c><00:22:53.220><c> exact</c><00:22:53.480><c> measure</c><00:22:54.000><c> of</c><00:22:54.500><c> the</c><00:22:54.500><c> lead</c><00:22:54.640><c> in</c>

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terms<00:22:55.119><c> of</c><00:22:55.339><c> nautical</c><00:22:55.640><c> miles.</c><00:22:57.039><c> They</c><00:22:57.460><c> decided</c><00:22:57.839><c> you</c><00:22:58.200><c> have</c><00:22:58.440><c> to</c><00:22:58.720><c> account</c><00:22:59.240><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:00.140><c> current</c><00:23:00.420><c> and</c><00:23:01.099><c> the</c><00:23:01.299><c> lead</c><00:23:01.619><c> were</c>

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different.<00:23:03.099><c> I</c><00:23:03.259><c> mean,</c><00:23:03.559><c> that's</c><00:23:03.799><c> real</c><00:23:04.019><c> life.</c><00:23:04.500><c> You</c><00:23:04.640><c> can't</c><00:23:05.019><c> say</c><00:23:05.160><c> it's</c><00:23:05.440><c> inconsequential.</c><00:23:06.400><c> It</c>

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is.<00:23:07.500><c> So</c><00:23:07.900><c> they</c><00:23:08.099><c> took</c><00:23:08.240><c> all</c>

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their<00:23:08.740><c> figures</c><00:23:09.000><c> and</c><00:23:09.259><c> they</c><00:23:09.599><c> adjusted</c><00:23:09.680><c> them.</c><00:23:10.880><c> They</c><00:23:11.079><c> reconciled</c>

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by<00:23:12.140><c> all</c><00:23:12.380><c> the</c><00:23:12.900><c> compass</c><00:23:13.420><c> sightings</c><00:23:13.980><c> of</c><00:23:14.240><c> latitude</c><00:23:14.559><c> and</c>

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longitude.<00:23:16.640><c> They</c><00:23:17.039><c> used</c><00:23:17.220><c> computer</c><00:23:17.720><c> simulation</c><00:23:18.319><c> to</c><00:23:18.920><c> frame</c><00:23:19.079><c> up</c>

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these<00:23:19.539><c> numbers</c><00:23:19.759><c> and</c><00:23:20.039><c> also</c><00:23:20.240><c> they</c><00:23:20.400><c> had</c><00:23:20.500><c> these</c><00:23:20.799><c> masses</c>

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humiliating<00:23:21.539><c> where</c><00:23:21.759><c> the</c><00:23:21.940><c> atoms</c><00:23:22.200><c> were</c><00:23:22.680><c> or</c><00:23:23.240><c> probable</c><00:23:23.720><c> courses</c>

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were.<00:23:25.019><c> And</c><00:23:25.279><c> they</c><00:23:25.599><c> sailed</c><00:23:25.759><c> their</c><00:23:26.099><c> proposal</c><00:23:26.579><c> several</c>

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times<00:23:27.599><c> and</c><00:23:28.200><c> they</c><00:23:28.539><c> stopped,</c><00:23:29.240><c> got</c><00:23:29.279><c> off,</c><00:23:29.740><c> went</c><00:23:29.819><c> in</c><00:23:30.059><c> the</c><00:23:30.140><c> island,</c>

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took<00:23:30.680><c> the</c><00:23:30.880><c> sightings</c><00:23:31.220><c> from</c><00:23:31.940><c> the</c><00:23:32.460><c> beaches</c>

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and<00:23:33.799><c> dug</c><00:23:33.980><c> out</c><00:23:34.160><c> places</c><00:23:34.400><c> in</c><00:23:34.660><c> the</c><00:23:34.759><c> sand</c><00:23:34.980><c> to</c><00:23:35.119><c> see</c><00:23:35.259><c> whether</c><00:23:35.420><c> this</c><00:23:35.720><c> is</c>

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right.<00:23:36.859><c> They</c><00:23:37.380><c> cross</c><00:23:37.759><c> checked</c><00:23:37.960><c> all</c><00:23:38.440><c> of</c><00:23:38.599><c> this</c><00:23:38.839><c> from</c><00:23:39.259><c> the</c>

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certain<00:23:40.259><c> prospects</c><00:23:40.839><c> that</c><00:23:41.180><c> it</c><00:23:41.339><c> was</c><00:23:41.579><c> common</c><00:23:41.740><c> ground</c><00:23:42.059><c> with</c><00:23:42.319><c> everyone.</c><00:23:44.539><c> They</c>

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came<00:23:44.779><c> up</c><00:23:45.019><c> with</c><00:23:45.160><c> this</c><00:23:45.380><c> being</c><00:23:45.579><c> the</c><00:23:45.799><c> answer.</c>

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Plus,<00:23:48.440><c> what</c><00:23:48.539><c> they're</c><00:23:48.779><c> going</c><00:23:48.920><c> to</c><00:23:49.099><c> do</c><00:23:49.559><c> is</c><00:23:50.299><c> confirm</c><00:23:51.180><c> by</c><00:23:52.079><c> building</c>

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a<00:23:52.900><c> whole</c><00:23:53.019><c> new</c><00:23:53.380><c> map,</c><00:23:54.740><c> starting</c><00:23:54.960><c> off</c><00:23:55.319><c> from</c>

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Canary<00:23:56.119><c> Islands</c><00:23:57.039><c> and</c><00:23:57.279><c> sailing,</c><00:23:57.920><c> and</c><00:23:57.960><c> seeing</c><00:23:58.140><c> what</c><00:23:58.359><c> they</c><00:23:58.559><c> adopt.</c><00:23:59.059><c> They</c>

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might<00:23:59.480><c> hold</c><00:23:59.660><c> this</c><00:23:59.819><c> up</c><00:24:00.000><c> on</c><00:24:00.140><c> their</c><00:24:00.319><c> island.</c>

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They<00:24:00.880><c> don't</c><00:24:01.119><c> know</c><00:24:01.259><c> either.</c><00:24:01.460><c> But</c><00:24:01.599><c> they're</c><00:24:01.839><c> willing</c><00:24:01.960><c> to</c><00:24:02.140><c> have</c><00:24:02.299><c> it</c><00:24:02.440><c> checked</c><00:24:02.640><c> out.</c><00:24:03.640><c> And</c><00:24:03.799><c> what</c><00:24:03.940><c> I</c>

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was<00:24:04.240><c> trying</c><00:24:04.500><c> to</c><00:24:04.720><c> do</c>

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from<00:24:05.119><c> this</c><00:24:05.359><c> is</c><00:24:05.980><c> just</c><00:24:07.579><c> because</c><00:24:07.940><c> it's</c><00:24:08.259><c> imprinted</c><00:24:08.500><c> by</c><00:24:08.859><c> scholars</c>

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doesn't<00:24:09.539><c> make</c><00:24:09.779><c> it</c><00:24:10.000><c> right.</c><00:24:12.519><c> Now,</c><00:24:13.240><c> this</c><00:24:13.460><c> is</c><00:24:13.700><c> not</c><00:24:13.960><c> shabby</c><00:24:14.339><c> work.</c>

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Don't<00:24:15.559><c> get</c><00:24:15.740><c> me</c><00:24:15.940><c> wrong.</c><00:24:17.400><c> And</c><00:24:17.559><c> they</c><00:24:17.660><c> did</c><00:24:17.859><c> the</c><00:24:17.920><c> right</c><00:24:18.119><c> thing.</c><00:24:18.259><c> This</c><00:24:18.460><c> was</c>

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the<00:24:18.880><c> best</c><00:24:19.140><c> information</c><00:24:19.720><c> they</c><00:24:19.980><c> had</c><00:24:20.220><c> available.</c>

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And<00:24:22.059><c> they</c><00:24:22.420><c> fed</c><00:24:22.619><c> a</c><00:24:22.740><c> lot</c><00:24:22.980><c> of</c><00:24:23.119><c> the</c><00:24:23.299><c> points</c><00:24:23.500><c> to</c><00:24:23.779><c> it.</c><00:24:24.779><c> Not</c><00:24:24.940><c> even</c><00:24:25.220><c> out</c>

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of<00:24:25.579><c> the</c><00:24:25.779><c> check.</c><00:24:26.180><c> They</c><00:24:26.319><c> sailed</c><00:24:26.480><c> through</c><00:24:26.720><c> the</c><00:24:26.920><c> track.</c>

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That's<00:24:28.200><c> all</c><00:24:28.339><c> right.</c><00:24:30.140><c> But</c><00:24:30.619><c> it</c><00:24:33.119><c> turns</c><00:24:33.359><c> out</c><00:24:33.640><c> that</c><00:24:33.819><c> there</c><00:24:33.960><c> is</c><00:24:34.220><c> a</c><00:24:34.440><c> better</c><00:24:34.680><c> way</c><00:24:35.420><c> of</c>

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looking<00:24:37.240><c> at</c><00:24:37.480><c> the</c><00:24:37.579><c> situation.</c>

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We<00:24:40.299><c> got</c><00:24:40.480><c> computers</c><00:24:40.960><c> down</c><00:24:41.259><c> here.</c><00:24:41.579><c> We</c><00:24:41.680><c> didn't</c><00:24:41.819><c> have</c><00:24:41.960><c> any</c><00:24:42.220><c> computers</c><00:24:42.539><c> back</c>

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then.<00:24:43.079><c> We</c><00:24:43.180><c> didn't</c><00:24:43.279><c> have</c><00:24:43.519><c> simulation</c><00:24:44.119><c> graphics.</c>

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But<00:24:47.440><c> we</c><00:24:47.700><c> got</c><00:24:47.839><c> better</c><00:24:48.339><c> tools.</c><00:24:48.759><c> So</c><00:24:48.980><c> why</c><00:24:49.160><c> not</c><00:24:49.339><c> use</c><00:24:49.599><c> them?</c><00:24:51.200><c> The</c><00:24:51.319><c> truth</c><00:24:51.480><c> invites</c><00:24:51.859><c> investigation.</c><00:24:52.960><c> So</c>

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here<00:24:53.339><c> was</c><00:24:53.500><c> something</c><00:24:53.759><c> good.</c>

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He<00:24:55.240><c> didn't</c><00:24:55.420><c> have</c><00:24:55.599><c> that</c><00:24:55.859><c> before.</c><00:24:56.640><c> Morrison</c><00:24:56.859><c> didn't.</c><00:24:57.400><c> Now</c><00:24:57.700><c> they've</c><00:24:57.900><c> got</c>

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some<00:24:58.279><c> real</c><00:24:58.460><c> measures.</c><00:24:58.740><c> They've</c><00:24:58.980><c> got</c><00:24:59.200><c> a</c>

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critical<00:24:59.640><c> piece</c><00:24:59.920><c> of</c><00:25:00.140><c> information</c><00:25:00.599><c> that</c><00:25:00.819><c> was</c><00:25:01.039><c> missing</c><00:25:01.319><c> before.</c><00:25:03.740><c> One</c><00:25:03.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:04.299><c> reasons</c><00:25:04.539><c> why</c><00:25:04.859><c> he</c><00:25:05.039><c> didn't</c><00:25:05.200><c> want</c><00:25:05.359><c> to</c>

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make<00:25:05.599><c> an</c><00:25:05.740><c> adjustment.</c><00:25:06.039><c> That's</c><00:25:06.359><c> a</c><00:25:06.500><c> lot</c><00:25:06.619><c> of</c><00:25:06.779><c> hard</c><00:25:06.940><c> work</c><00:25:07.079><c> to</c><00:25:07.299><c> go</c>

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through<00:25:07.720><c> every</c><00:25:08.079><c> one</c><00:25:08.279><c> of</c><00:25:08.400><c> those</c><00:25:08.700><c> daily</c><00:25:08.980><c> sightings</c><00:25:09.380><c> and</c>

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work<00:25:10.339><c> aside.</c><00:25:11.099><c> It's</c><00:25:11.359><c> a</c><00:25:11.579><c> lot</c><00:25:11.880><c> of</c><00:25:12.000><c> work</c><00:25:12.059><c> to</c><00:25:12.299><c> do.</c><00:25:13.180><c> He</c><00:25:13.299><c> said</c><00:25:13.640><c> negligible,</c><00:25:15.140><c> but</c><00:25:15.339><c> it</c>

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isn't.<00:25:16.079><c> So</c><00:25:16.279><c> we</c><00:25:16.619><c> got</c><00:25:16.819><c> the</c><00:25:16.980><c> tools</c><00:25:17.220><c> to</c><00:25:17.460><c> do</c><00:25:17.619><c> that.</c>

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Hard<00:25:19.619><c> evidence.</c><00:25:20.039><c> They</c><00:25:20.140><c> went</c><00:25:20.299><c> through</c><00:25:20.579><c> several</c><00:25:21.000><c> times</c><00:25:21.380><c> to</c><00:25:21.579><c> do</c>

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it.<00:25:21.880><c> Check</c><00:25:22.119><c> it</c><00:25:22.400><c> out.</c>

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And<00:25:23.880><c> what</c><00:25:25.220><c> this</c><00:25:26.140><c> in</c><00:25:26.559><c> my</c><00:25:26.799><c> mind</c><00:25:27.119><c> is</c><00:25:27.980><c> a</c><00:25:28.200><c> demonstration</c><00:25:28.660><c> of</c><00:25:29.579><c> goodness</c><00:25:30.140><c> fit.</c><00:25:31.759><c> This</c><00:25:32.319><c> fits</c><00:25:32.920><c> a</c>

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lot<00:25:33.299><c> better</c><00:25:33.599><c> than</c><00:25:33.819><c> this.</c>

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With<00:25:35.450><c> a</c><00:25:35.690><c> caveat</c><00:25:36.009><c> that</c><00:25:36.750><c> maybe</c><00:25:37.289><c> when</c><00:25:37.549><c> they</c><00:25:37.809><c> do</c><00:25:38.029><c> it</c><00:25:38.789><c> from</c><00:25:39.309><c> the</c><00:25:39.529><c> original,</c><00:25:40.130><c> all</c>

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the<00:25:40.930><c> parameters</c><00:25:41.289><c> are</c><00:25:41.549><c> the</c><00:25:41.769><c> same.</c>

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They<00:25:43.029><c> might</c><00:25:43.250><c> even</c><00:25:43.569><c> find</c><00:25:43.789><c> a</c><00:25:44.049><c> better</c><00:25:44.309><c> side.</c><00:25:45.730><c> Now</c><00:25:45.910><c> there's</c><00:25:46.170><c> a</c><00:25:46.210><c> difference</c><00:25:46.670><c> in</c>

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that<00:25:47.109><c> case.</c>

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So<00:25:48.349><c> they're</c><00:25:48.589><c> still</c><00:25:48.849><c> willing</c><00:25:49.170><c> to</c><00:25:49.490><c> investigate</c><00:25:49.990><c> the</c><00:25:50.170><c> matter.</c>

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Well,<00:25:53.529><c> now</c><00:25:53.849><c> is</c><00:25:54.009><c> where</c><00:25:54.130><c> I'm</c><00:25:54.329><c> going</c><00:25:54.470><c> to</c><00:25:54.750><c> get</c><00:25:55.029><c> some</c><00:25:55.549><c> participation</c><00:25:56.250><c> from</c><00:25:56.549><c> yourselves.</c><00:25:57.529><c> This</c><00:25:57.809><c> is</c><00:25:58.089><c> why</c>

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I<00:25:58.430><c> wanted</c><00:25:58.549><c> you</c><00:25:58.869><c> not</c><00:25:59.109><c> to</c><00:25:59.349><c> turn</c><00:25:59.470><c> over</c><00:25:59.650><c> the</c><00:25:59.829><c> sheet.</c><00:26:00.150><c> So</c><00:26:00.329><c> if</c><00:26:00.470><c> you've</c>

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turned<00:26:00.869><c> it</c><00:26:01.130><c> over</c><00:26:01.349><c> and</c><00:26:01.509><c> are</c><00:26:01.690><c> peeking</c><00:26:02.009><c> at</c><00:26:02.170><c> it,</c>

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turn<00:26:04.150><c> it</c><00:26:04.349><c> back</c><00:26:04.529><c> over</c><00:26:04.809><c> so</c><00:26:04.990><c> you</c><00:26:05.150><c> won't</c><00:26:05.349><c> know</c><00:26:05.529><c> this.</c>

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I'm<00:26:09.569><c> going</c><00:26:09.690><c> to</c><00:26:09.890><c> apply</c><00:26:10.170><c> this</c><00:26:10.549><c> goodness</c><00:26:11.049><c> fit</c><00:26:11.349><c> model</c><00:26:11.990><c> to</c><00:26:13.130><c> understanding</c><00:26:13.789><c> some</c><00:26:14.349><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:14.630><c> things</c><00:26:14.970><c> in</c><00:26:15.210><c> the</c><00:26:15.349><c> book</c><00:26:15.509><c> of</c>

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revelation.<00:26:17.289><c> So</c><00:26:17.470><c> you</c><00:26:17.569><c> ready?</c><00:26:20.250><c> First</c><00:26:20.490><c> question.</c><00:26:23.930><c> And</c><00:26:24.009><c> this</c><00:26:24.170><c> is</c>

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one<00:26:24.430><c> of</c><00:26:24.529><c> our</c><00:26:24.690><c> guidelines.</c><00:26:25.349><c> What</c><00:26:25.750><c> did</c><00:26:26.109><c> the</c><00:26:26.430><c> book</c><00:26:26.930><c> mean</c>

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to<00:26:28.069><c> the</c><00:26:28.349><c> original</c><00:26:29.150><c> recipients?</c><00:26:31.349><c> That's</c><00:26:31.829><c> my</c><00:26:32.089><c> general</c><00:26:32.410><c> question.</c><00:26:34.369><c> And</c><00:26:34.710><c> actually</c><00:26:35.250><c> you</c>

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don't<00:26:35.549><c> have</c><00:26:35.750><c> to</c><00:26:35.910><c> answer</c>

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a<00:26:36.430><c> couple</c><00:26:36.589><c> of</c><00:26:36.769><c> these</c><00:26:36.910><c> things</c><00:26:37.089><c> here.</c><00:26:37.490><c> These</c><00:26:37.650><c> are</c><00:26:37.809><c> going</c><00:26:37.930><c> to</c><00:26:38.029><c> be</c>

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more<00:26:38.410><c> rhetorical</c><00:26:38.829><c> for</c><00:26:39.029><c> the</c><00:26:39.170><c> first</c><00:26:39.349><c> part.</c>

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Verse<00:26:43.109><c> 11</c><00:26:43.630><c> in</c><00:26:43.829><c> chapter</c><00:26:44.150><c> one</c><00:26:45.349><c> says</c><00:26:46.529><c> that</c><00:26:46.769><c> the</c><00:26:47.029><c> whole</c><00:26:47.569><c> book,</c><00:26:47.970><c> it</c>

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isn't<00:26:48.329><c> just</c>

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seven<00:26:49.630><c> letters</c><00:26:50.029><c> that</c><00:26:50.190><c> were</c><00:26:50.309><c> sent</c><00:26:50.470><c> to</c><00:26:50.710><c> the</c><00:26:50.829><c> seven</c><00:26:51.069><c> ecclesiastes,</c><00:26:51.910><c> write</c><00:26:52.309><c> in</c><00:26:52.609><c> a</c>

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book<00:26:53.269><c> and</c><00:26:53.829><c> send</c><00:26:54.009><c> it</c>

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to<00:26:54.309><c> the</c><00:26:54.470><c> seven</c><00:26:54.809><c> churches.</c><00:26:57.210><c> It</c><00:26:57.390><c> was</c><00:26:57.990><c> events</c><00:26:58.349><c> that</c><00:26:58.589><c> would</c><00:26:58.849><c> soon</c>

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take<00:26:59.329><c> place.</c><00:27:00.369><c> Verse</c><00:27:00.650><c> one</c><00:27:00.930><c> in</c><00:27:01.089><c> chapter</c><00:27:01.349><c> one.</c>

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And<00:27:03.390><c> that</c><00:27:03.529><c> in</c><00:27:03.690><c> fact</c><00:27:03.910><c> the</c><00:27:04.170><c> whole</c><00:27:04.509><c> book</c><00:27:05.009><c> had</c><00:27:05.829><c> to</c><00:27:06.009><c> be</c><00:27:06.250><c> understood</c>

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and<00:27:07.470><c> applied</c><00:27:07.849><c> by</c><00:27:08.289><c> the</c><00:27:08.509><c> seven</c>

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ecclesiastes<00:27:09.190><c> is</c><00:27:09.490><c> confirmed</c><00:27:09.809><c> by</c><00:27:10.130><c> revelation</c><00:27:10.710><c> chapter</c><00:27:11.650><c> 22</c>

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verse<00:27:12.990><c> 16.</c><00:27:14.650><c> Testimony</c><00:27:15.269><c> for</c><00:27:15.589><c> the</c><00:27:15.809><c> churches.</c>

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All<00:27:18.549><c> right.</c><00:27:19.869><c> The</c><00:27:20.289><c> evidence</c><00:27:20.549><c> there,</c><00:27:20.930><c> the</c><00:27:21.190><c> whole</c><00:27:21.569><c> book</c><00:27:21.869><c> is</c><00:27:22.210><c> relevant</c><00:27:22.549><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:22.970><c> initial</c><00:27:23.309><c> hears.</c>

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Since<00:27:27.210><c> that's</c><00:27:27.930><c> true,</c>

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if<00:27:31.529><c> the</c><00:27:32.250><c> traditional</c><00:27:33.250><c> continual</c><00:27:34.369><c> historical</c><00:27:34.829><c> approach</c><00:27:35.309><c> is</c>

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correct,<00:27:38.190><c> then</c><00:27:38.589><c> the</c><00:27:39.230><c> original</c><00:27:40.170><c> recipient</c><00:27:41.130><c> of</c><00:27:41.710><c> the</c><00:27:42.009><c> book,</c>

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his<00:27:44.349><c> understanding</c><00:27:44.789><c> of</c><00:27:45.150><c> revelation</c><00:27:45.650><c> would</c><00:27:45.930><c> be</c><00:27:47.049><c> the</c><00:27:47.670><c> futurist</c>

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interpretation,<00:27:49.789><c> right?</c>

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That's<00:27:52.930><c> syllogistic</c><00:27:53.369><c> logic</c><00:27:53.769><c> and</c><00:27:53.990><c> you</c><00:27:54.150><c> can't</c><00:27:54.390><c> get</c><00:27:54.569><c> out</c><00:27:54.690><c> of</c><00:27:54.809><c> it.</c>

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But<00:27:58.630><c> so</c><00:27:58.849><c> what?</c><00:27:59.170><c> I</c><00:27:59.190><c> mean,</c><00:27:59.309><c> what</c><00:27:59.450><c> have</c><00:27:59.569><c> I</c><00:27:59.769><c> proven</c><00:27:59.950><c> there?</c><00:28:00.269><c> All</c><00:28:00.349><c> I've</c><00:28:00.569><c> done</c><00:28:00.650><c> is</c>

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taken<00:28:01.069><c> maybe</c><00:28:01.289><c> a</c><00:28:01.470><c> little</c><00:28:01.990><c> point</c><00:28:02.210><c> and</c><00:28:02.470><c> said,</c>

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right,<00:28:03.470><c> the</c><00:28:03.630><c> guys</c><00:28:03.750><c> who</c><00:28:03.910><c> first</c><00:28:04.089><c> got</c><00:28:04.289><c> it,</c><00:28:04.670><c> if</c><00:28:04.869><c> everything</c><00:28:05.170><c> is</c><00:28:05.390><c> really</c><00:28:05.609><c> all</c><00:28:05.869><c> future,</c><00:28:06.869><c> as</c>

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demanded<00:28:07.289><c> by</c><00:28:07.630><c> continuous</c>

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historical,<00:28:09.509><c> then</c><00:28:09.670><c> they</c><00:28:09.849><c> have</c><00:28:10.009><c> a</c><00:28:10.190><c> futurist</c><00:28:10.529><c> outlook.</c><00:28:12.349><c> Oh,</c><00:28:12.589><c> that</c><00:28:12.730><c> says,</c><00:28:13.750><c> well,</c><00:28:13.869><c> of</c><00:28:14.029><c> course,</c>

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there's<00:28:15.789><c> nothing</c><00:28:16.069><c> wrong</c><00:28:16.569><c> with</c><00:28:16.769><c> a</c><00:28:17.009><c> label</c><00:28:17.230><c> called</c><00:28:17.710><c> futurist</c><00:28:18.450><c> or</c>

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praetorist<00:28:19.529><c> or</c><00:28:19.930><c> continuous</c><00:28:20.309><c> historical.</c>

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Because<00:28:21.970><c> you</c><00:28:22.190><c> have</c><00:28:22.329><c> any</c><00:28:22.589><c> one</c><00:28:22.690><c> of</c><00:28:22.789><c> those</c><00:28:23.029><c> interpretations,</c><00:28:24.230><c> doesn't</c><00:28:24.329><c> make</c><00:28:24.529><c> you</c><00:28:24.789><c> right</c><00:28:25.289><c> or</c>

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wrong.<00:28:26.509><c> We</c><00:28:26.789><c> just</c><00:28:27.009><c> use</c><00:28:27.130><c> it</c>

00:28:27.309 --> 00:28:31.349
for<00:28:27.490><c> convenience.</c><00:28:28.730><c> But</c><00:28:28.930><c> sometimes,</c><00:28:29.670><c> and</c><00:28:30.130><c> it's</c><00:28:30.230><c> been</c><00:28:30.430><c> in</c><00:28:30.690><c> print</c><00:28:30.910><c> that</c>

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they<00:28:31.609><c> say,</c><00:28:31.710><c> whoever</c><00:28:32.069><c> is</c><00:28:32.329><c> a</c><00:28:32.509><c> futurist,</c>

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it's<00:28:34.490><c> bad.</c><00:28:35.809><c> And</c><00:28:36.029><c> they</c><00:28:36.130><c> got</c><00:28:36.210><c> all</c><00:28:36.369><c> these</c><00:28:36.589><c> connotations</c><00:28:37.150><c> that</c><00:28:37.329><c> they</c><00:28:37.509><c> built</c><00:28:37.609><c> on</c>

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it.<00:28:38.750><c> Well,</c><00:28:39.690><c> brothers</c><00:28:39.730><c> and</c><00:28:39.990><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:28:40.849><c> original</c><00:28:41.130><c> recipients,</c><00:28:42.170><c> if</c><00:28:42.390><c> continuous</c><00:28:42.829><c> historical</c><00:28:43.210><c> is</c>

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right,<00:28:43.950><c> were</c><00:28:44.089><c> all</c><00:28:44.349><c> futures</c><00:28:44.670><c> at</c><00:28:44.849><c> the</c><00:28:45.069><c> beginning.</c>

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They<00:28:46.789><c> had</c><00:28:46.970><c> to</c><00:28:47.109><c> be.</c><00:28:49.569><c> That's</c><00:28:50.130><c> what</c><00:28:50.269><c> logic</c><00:28:50.630><c> will</c><00:28:50.990><c> lead</c><00:28:51.170><c> you</c><00:28:51.390><c> to</c><00:28:51.609><c> anyhow.</c>

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But<00:28:54.470><c> much</c><00:28:54.869><c> more</c><00:28:55.170><c> relevant,</c><00:28:56.690><c> what</c><00:28:56.970><c> information?</c><00:28:57.710><c> Here's</c><00:28:57.950><c> where</c><00:28:58.109><c> you</c>

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can<00:28:58.490><c> participate.</c><00:28:59.730><c> If</c><00:28:59.930><c> you</c><00:29:00.210><c> were</c><00:29:00.430><c> a</c><00:29:00.670><c> believer</c>

00:29:01.130 --> 00:29:08.190
in<00:29:01.170><c> Ephesus</c><00:29:02.670><c> in</c><00:29:03.349><c> the</c><00:29:03.349><c> first</c><00:29:03.490><c> century,</c><00:29:05.509><c> regardless</c><00:29:05.769><c> of</c><00:29:06.029><c> the</c><00:29:06.210><c> date,</c><00:29:06.849><c> that's</c><00:29:07.289><c> because</c><00:29:07.490><c> there's</c><00:29:07.710><c> two</c><00:29:07.930><c> in</c><00:29:08.029><c> the</c>

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80s,<00:29:08.549><c> 70s,</c><00:29:08.950><c> 80s,</c><00:29:09.130><c> 90s,</c><00:29:09.529><c> 60s,</c><00:29:09.910><c> because</c><00:29:09.910><c> it's</c><00:29:10.109><c> a</c><00:29:10.250><c> time</c><00:29:10.349><c> of</c><00:29:10.529><c> persecution.</c><00:29:11.509><c> What</c>

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information<00:29:12.349><c> would</c><00:29:12.630><c> you</c><00:29:12.930><c> have</c>

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to<00:29:14.970><c> understand</c><00:29:15.450><c> this</c><00:29:15.769><c> book</c><00:29:15.910><c> when</c><00:29:16.109><c> you</c><00:29:16.250><c> got</c><00:29:16.369><c> it?</c><00:29:16.549><c> See,</c><00:29:16.690><c> you've</c>

00:29:16.809 --> 00:29:17.990
got<00:29:16.809><c> the</c><00:29:17.009><c> book,</c><00:29:17.329><c> it</c><00:29:17.329><c> comes</c><00:29:17.609><c> in.</c>

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What<00:29:18.750><c> other</c><00:29:18.990><c> information</c><00:29:19.529><c> would</c><00:29:19.750><c> you</c><00:29:19.970><c> have</c><00:29:20.109><c> in</c><00:29:20.309><c> your</c><00:29:20.529><c> individual</c><00:29:20.910><c> book</c><00:29:21.269><c> stall</c><00:29:21.690><c> or</c>

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in<00:29:22.109><c> your</c><00:29:22.170><c> own</c><00:29:22.289><c> library</c>

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to<00:29:23.430><c> check</c><00:29:23.730><c> this</c><00:29:24.029><c> out?</c><00:29:26.869><c> These</c><00:29:27.349><c> are</c><00:29:27.869><c> the</c><00:29:27.869><c> early</c><00:29:28.109><c> gospels,</c><00:29:28.670><c> I</c><00:29:28.869><c> think,</c><00:29:29.569><c> which</c><00:29:29.849><c> means</c><00:29:29.990><c> you</c><00:29:30.150><c> have</c>

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a<00:29:30.789><c> prophecy.</c><00:29:32.490><c> What</c><00:29:32.970><c> else</c><00:29:33.190><c> would</c><00:29:33.349><c> you</c><00:29:33.509><c> have?</c><00:29:38.009><c> You</c><00:29:38.490><c> know</c><00:29:38.750><c> this</c>

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from<00:29:39.190><c> your</c><00:29:39.670><c> Bibles.</c>

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You<00:29:42.289><c> have</c><00:29:42.470><c> people</c><00:29:42.690><c> with</c><00:29:42.890><c> a</c><00:29:43.069><c> spirit.</c><00:29:43.710><c> If</c><00:29:43.930><c> you</c><00:29:43.970><c> find</c><00:29:44.150><c> the</c><00:29:44.349><c> inspired</c><00:29:44.750><c> people</c>

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around<00:29:45.230><c> that</c><00:29:45.349><c> could</c><00:29:45.509><c> help</c><00:29:45.670><c> you</c><00:29:45.809><c> check</c>

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it<00:29:46.150><c> out.</c><00:29:47.410><c> Right?</c><00:29:48.609><c> Apostolic</c><00:29:49.089><c> input.</c><00:29:50.930><c> So</c><00:29:51.410><c> there</c><00:29:51.589><c> might</c><00:29:51.769><c> be</c><00:29:51.950><c> some</c><00:29:52.190><c> people</c><00:29:52.490><c> that</c><00:29:52.650><c> will</c><00:29:52.809><c> help</c><00:29:53.049><c> you</c>

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understand<00:29:54.309><c> it.</c>

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I'm<00:29:55.029><c> thinking</c><00:29:55.250><c> of</c><00:29:55.529><c> some</c><00:29:56.730><c> tangible</c><00:29:58.789><c> evidence.</c>

00:30:02.390 --> 00:30:04.690
Go<00:30:02.529><c> through</c><00:30:02.750><c> the</c><00:30:02.910><c> 66</c><00:30:03.309><c> books</c><00:30:03.609><c> of</c><00:30:03.769><c> the</c><00:30:03.890><c> Bible,</c><00:30:04.390><c> starting</c><00:30:04.470><c> from</c>

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the<00:30:04.730><c> New</c><00:30:04.950><c> Testament,</c><00:30:05.390><c> and</c><00:30:05.509><c> there</c><00:30:05.549><c> is</c><00:30:05.710><c> one</c><00:30:06.049><c> thing</c>

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there<00:30:06.490><c> that</c><00:30:06.589><c> would</c><00:30:06.849><c> probably</c><00:30:07.150><c> be</c><00:30:07.410><c> really</c><00:30:07.609><c> good.</c><00:30:10.549><c> There</c><00:30:10.730><c> are</c>

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all<00:30:11.029><c> two</c><00:30:11.289><c> of</c><00:30:11.470><c> the</c><00:30:11.529><c> agents</c><00:30:11.750><c> and</c><00:30:11.950><c> he</c><00:30:12.109><c> got</c><00:30:12.269><c> to</c><00:30:12.390><c> be</c><00:30:12.549><c> staffed.</c>

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And<00:30:15.589><c> an</c><00:30:15.990><c> event</c><00:30:16.190><c> took</c><00:30:16.410><c> place</c><00:30:16.730><c> in</c><00:30:17.009><c> Acts</c><00:30:17.269><c> where</c><00:30:17.650><c> your</c><00:30:18.029><c> elders</c><00:30:18.710><c> went</c><00:30:19.269><c> to</c>

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talk<00:30:19.750><c> to</c><00:30:20.049><c> Paul,</c><00:30:20.769><c> right?</c><00:30:22.029><c> Acts</c><00:30:22.390><c> chapter</c><00:30:22.730><c> 20,</c>

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where<00:30:23.930><c> Paul</c><00:30:24.190><c> tells</c><00:30:24.589><c> him</c><00:30:24.849><c> things</c><00:30:25.170><c> that</c><00:30:25.390><c> are</c><00:30:25.509><c> going</c><00:30:25.630><c> to</c><00:30:25.750><c> happen</c>

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in<00:30:26.089><c> the</c><00:30:26.230><c> future.</c>

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So<00:30:28.509><c> if</c><00:30:28.609><c> you've</c><00:30:28.849><c> got</c><00:30:28.990><c> the</c><00:30:29.170><c> Old</c><00:30:29.329><c> Testament</c><00:30:29.650><c> prophets,</c><00:30:30.369><c> and</c><00:30:30.490><c> if</c>

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you've<00:30:31.490><c> got</c><00:30:32.269><c> them</c><00:30:32.529><c> on</c><00:30:32.670><c> all</c><00:30:32.789><c> of</c><00:30:32.890><c> the</c><00:30:33.029><c> prophecy,</c>

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you've<00:30:34.269><c> got</c><00:30:34.630><c> apostolic</c><00:30:35.150><c> input</c><00:30:35.490><c> from</c><00:30:35.670><c> Paul</c><00:30:36.130><c> who's</c><00:30:36.450><c> given</c><00:30:36.630><c> a</c><00:30:36.829><c> warning,</c><00:30:37.630><c> and</c><00:30:37.750><c> he's</c><00:30:37.990><c> got</c><00:30:38.109><c> that</c><00:30:38.289><c> in</c>

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a<00:30:38.549><c> letter</c><00:30:38.789><c> that</c><00:30:39.130><c> he's</c>

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written<00:30:39.250><c> to</c><00:30:39.529><c> you,</c><00:30:40.150><c> and</c><00:30:40.329><c> he's</c><00:30:40.609><c> got</c><00:30:40.809><c> the</c><00:30:41.150><c> advice</c><00:30:41.410><c> to</c><00:30:41.609><c> your</c><00:30:41.829><c> elders</c><00:30:42.130><c> who</c>

00:30:42.410 --> 00:30:44.849
are<00:30:42.569><c> there,</c><00:30:43.309><c> and</c><00:30:43.609><c> you</c><00:30:43.789><c> may</c><00:30:43.990><c> have</c><00:30:44.150><c> had</c><00:30:44.269><c> Timothy</c>

00:30:44.849 --> 00:30:48.630
on<00:30:45.269><c> or</c><00:30:45.430><c> off</c><00:30:45.569><c> the</c><00:30:45.769><c> spot,</c><00:30:47.410><c> you've</c><00:30:47.750><c> got</c><00:30:47.849><c> a</c><00:30:47.950><c> lot</c><00:30:48.089><c> of</c><00:30:48.230><c> things</c><00:30:48.369><c> going</c>

00:30:48.630 --> 00:30:51.910
for<00:30:48.910><c> you.</c><00:30:50.230><c> And</c><00:30:50.670><c> suddenly</c><00:30:50.869><c> you</c><00:30:51.009><c> get</c><00:30:51.210><c> this</c><00:30:51.450><c> book.</c>

00:30:51.910 --> 00:30:55.170
It's<00:30:52.529><c> got</c><00:30:52.730><c> specific</c><00:30:53.349><c> information</c><00:30:53.950><c> for</c><00:30:54.230><c> you,</c><00:30:54.710><c> and</c><00:30:54.849><c> you're</c><00:30:55.029><c> a</c>

00:30:55.170 --> 00:30:56.349
pleasure,<00:30:55.430><c> you're</c><00:30:55.670><c> the</c><00:30:55.789><c> first</c><00:30:55.990><c> one,</c>

00:30:56.589 --> 00:31:01.950
but<00:30:56.710><c> the</c><00:30:56.869><c> whole</c><00:30:57.029><c> book.</c><00:30:59.230><c> How</c><00:30:59.650><c> do</c><00:30:59.930><c> you</c><00:31:00.210><c> fit</c><00:31:00.450><c> that</c><00:31:00.869><c> information?</c>

00:31:02.710 --> 00:31:04.890
Things<00:31:03.049><c> shortly</c><00:31:03.450><c> to</c><00:31:03.690><c> come</c><00:31:03.869><c> to</c><00:31:04.069><c> pass.</c>

00:31:05.829 --> 00:31:10.529
Well,<00:31:06.170><c> I</c><00:31:06.529><c> think</c><00:31:07.069><c> that</c><00:31:08.910><c> their</c><00:31:09.109><c> connection,</c><00:31:09.849><c> say,</c><00:31:09.990><c> with</c><00:31:10.309><c> the</c>

00:31:10.529 --> 00:31:15.230
monolic<00:31:10.970><c> prophecy</c><00:31:11.509><c> and</c><00:31:11.970><c> how</c><00:31:12.170><c> Jesus</c><00:31:12.869><c> outlined</c><00:31:14.109><c> that,</c>

00:31:15.250 --> 00:31:20.849
he<00:31:15.569><c> talked</c><00:31:15.910><c> about</c><00:31:16.789><c> a</c><00:31:18.250><c> lot</c><00:31:18.450><c> of</c><00:31:18.589><c> things</c><00:31:18.829><c> that</c><00:31:19.130><c> appear</c><00:31:19.289><c> in</c><00:31:19.410><c> the</c><00:31:19.529><c> book</c><00:31:19.650><c> of</c><00:31:19.849><c> Revelation,</c>

00:31:21.930 --> 00:31:25.029
in<00:31:22.009><c> a</c><00:31:22.009><c> very</c><00:31:22.349><c> abbreviated</c><00:31:22.890><c> form.</c><00:31:23.829><c> And</c><00:31:23.970><c> one</c><00:31:24.089><c> of</c><00:31:24.210><c> the</c><00:31:24.390><c> things</c><00:31:24.569><c> he</c>

00:31:25.029 --> 00:31:26.430
obviously<00:31:25.569><c> talked</c><00:31:25.869><c> about</c>

00:31:26.430 --> 00:31:29.910
in<00:31:26.869><c> the</c><00:31:26.990><c> monolic</c><00:31:27.349><c> prophecy</c><00:31:27.849><c> was</c><00:31:28.849><c> the</c><00:31:29.089><c> impending</c><00:31:29.470><c> overthrow</c>

00:31:29.910 --> 00:31:31.349
of<00:31:30.190><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:31:31.789 --> 00:31:38.349
and<00:31:32.430><c> all</c><00:31:32.630><c> the</c><00:31:32.829><c> ramifications</c><00:31:33.569><c> of</c><00:31:33.809><c> that.</c><00:31:35.130><c> So</c><00:31:35.609><c> one</c><00:31:36.170><c> piece</c><00:31:36.650><c> of</c><00:31:36.950><c> information,</c><00:31:37.529><c> and</c><00:31:37.730><c> you'll</c><00:31:37.950><c> see</c><00:31:38.029><c> this</c><00:31:38.210><c> in</c>

00:31:38.349 --> 00:31:38.829
my<00:31:38.490><c> notes,</c>

00:31:38.829 --> 00:31:44.869
this<00:31:39.609><c> might</c><00:31:40.089><c> be</c><00:31:40.670><c> a</c><00:31:40.930><c> good</c><00:31:41.210><c> point</c><00:31:41.569><c> to</c><00:31:41.990><c> consider</c><00:31:42.690><c> if</c><00:31:43.970><c> you</c><00:31:44.309><c> were</c><00:31:44.670><c> a</c>

00:31:44.869 --> 00:31:45.910
first<00:31:45.029><c> century</c><00:31:45.390><c> believer</c>

00:31:45.910 --> 00:31:50.869
to<00:31:46.750><c> understand</c><00:31:47.269><c> what</c><00:31:47.630><c> this</c><00:31:47.890><c> book</c><00:31:48.069><c> meant,</c><00:31:49.710><c> and</c><00:31:50.130><c> may</c><00:31:50.369><c> in</c><00:31:50.609><c> fact</c>

00:31:50.869 --> 00:31:53.250
help<00:31:51.289><c> determine</c><00:31:51.950><c> how</c><00:31:52.509><c> we</c><00:31:52.730><c> should</c><00:31:52.950><c> date</c>

00:31:53.250 --> 00:31:57.089
the<00:31:53.589><c> writing</c><00:31:53.970><c> of</c><00:31:54.250><c> Revelation,</c><00:31:54.789><c> whether</c><00:31:54.990><c> it</c><00:31:55.170><c> was</c><00:31:55.309><c> an</c><00:31:55.549><c> early</c><00:31:56.609><c> AD</c>

00:31:57.089 --> 00:31:59.509
70<00:31:57.390><c> date,</c><00:31:58.210><c> which</c><00:31:58.450><c> would</c><00:31:58.690><c> then</c><00:31:58.950><c> allow</c><00:31:59.210><c> for</c>

00:31:59.509 --> 00:32:02.650
the<00:31:59.630><c> fall</c><00:31:59.849><c> of</c><00:32:00.029><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:00.470><c> interpretation,</c><00:32:01.750><c> or</c><00:32:02.049><c> whether</c><00:32:02.230><c> it</c><00:32:02.329><c> was</c><00:32:02.529><c> a</c>

00:32:02.650 --> 00:32:05.890
later<00:32:02.869><c> one.</c><00:32:03.670><c> Which</c><00:32:04.130><c> interpretation</c><00:32:05.109><c> better</c>

00:32:05.890 --> 00:32:13.509
fits<00:32:06.150><c> the</c><00:32:06.490><c> evidence?</c><00:32:08.549><c> Now,</c><00:32:09.289><c> the</c><00:32:09.529><c> second</c><00:32:09.750><c> area.</c><00:32:11.789><c> We</c><00:32:11.950><c> know</c><00:32:12.390><c> that</c>

00:32:13.509 --> 00:32:16.369
Revelation<00:32:14.089><c> is</c><00:32:14.730><c> a</c><00:32:14.890><c> book</c><00:32:15.029><c> of</c><00:32:15.150><c> symbols.</c>

00:32:17.849 --> 00:32:23.809
Apocalyptics<00:32:18.569><c> is</c><00:32:18.950><c> a</c><00:32:19.089><c> term</c><00:32:19.230><c> for</c><00:32:19.450><c> use.</c><00:32:22.289><c> If</c><00:32:22.630><c> you</c><00:32:22.990><c> were</c><00:32:23.190><c> to</c><00:32:23.450><c> pick</c>

00:32:23.809 --> 00:32:29.990
one<00:32:25.849><c> prophet</c><00:32:26.869><c> or</c><00:32:27.569><c> book</c><00:32:27.990><c> in</c><00:32:28.529><c> the</c><00:32:28.690><c> Old</c><00:32:28.910><c> Testament</c>

00:32:30.210 --> 00:32:36.309
that<00:32:30.549><c> provides</c><00:32:31.309><c> the</c><00:32:31.809><c> most</c><00:32:32.670><c> clues</c><00:32:33.329><c> or</c><00:32:34.490><c> keys</c><00:32:35.029><c> to</c><00:32:35.309><c> understanding</c>

00:32:36.309 --> 00:32:38.089
the<00:32:36.690><c> book</c><00:32:36.890><c> of</c><00:32:37.089><c> Revelation,</c>

00:32:39.410 --> 00:32:43.509
what<00:32:39.890><c> would</c><00:32:40.309><c> you</c><00:32:40.549><c> choose?</c><00:32:41.630><c> I'll</c><00:32:41.829><c> listen</c><00:32:42.009><c> to</c><00:32:42.190><c> some</c><00:32:42.349><c> suggestions.</c>

00:32:43.710 --> 00:32:49.509
Daniel?<00:32:45.789><c> And</c><00:32:46.269><c> who</c><00:32:46.410><c> is</c><00:32:46.630><c> not</c><00:32:46.769><c> another?</c><00:32:47.849><c> Ezekiel?</c><00:32:48.430><c> Oh</c><00:32:48.730><c> my,</c><00:32:49.190><c> do</c><00:32:49.369><c> I</c>

00:32:49.509 --> 00:32:53.809
like<00:32:49.710><c> you.</c><00:32:51.430><c> Daniel,</c><00:32:52.309><c> lots</c><00:32:52.730><c> and</c><00:32:52.930><c> lots</c><00:32:53.049><c> of</c><00:32:53.329><c> Daniels</c>

00:32:53.809 --> 00:32:57.569
and<00:32:53.990><c> one</c><00:32:54.589><c> lone</c><00:32:54.890><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:55.349><c> voice,</c><00:32:55.690><c> and</c><00:32:55.809><c> you</c><00:32:55.910><c> weren't</c><00:32:56.049><c> even</c><00:32:56.329><c> at</c><00:32:56.529><c> Wilmington.</c><00:32:57.170><c> Oh,</c><00:32:57.269><c> do</c><00:32:57.450><c> I</c>

00:32:57.569 --> 00:32:58.849
like<00:32:57.789><c> you.</c>

00:33:00.309 --> 00:33:04.490
Well,<00:33:01.029><c> it's</c><00:33:01.410><c> so</c><00:33:01.670><c> good</c><00:33:01.849><c> because</c><00:33:02.210><c> you're</c><00:33:02.690><c> going</c><00:33:02.910><c> to</c><00:33:03.869><c> lead</c><00:33:04.210><c> into</c>

00:33:04.490 --> 00:33:07.549
my<00:33:04.769><c> point</c><00:33:04.930><c> here.</c><00:33:05.829><c> Obviously,</c><00:33:06.509><c> Daniel</c><00:33:06.730><c> is</c><00:33:06.990><c> a</c><00:33:07.250><c> source.</c>

00:33:07.869 --> 00:33:10.430
I<00:33:07.910><c> mean,</c><00:33:08.109><c> you</c><00:33:08.170><c> got</c><00:33:08.369><c> the</c><00:33:08.609><c> beast,</c><00:33:08.829><c> they</c><00:33:08.930><c> come</c><00:33:09.170><c> right</c><00:33:09.329><c> out</c><00:33:09.430><c> of</c><00:33:09.589><c> Daniel,</c><00:33:10.170><c> and</c>

00:33:10.430 --> 00:33:12.250
you<00:33:10.549><c> got</c><00:33:10.690><c> the</c><00:33:10.970><c> time</c><00:33:11.150><c> periods,</c>

00:33:12.630 --> 00:33:16.049
Michael<00:33:12.910><c> the</c><00:33:13.190><c> archangel,</c><00:33:14.269><c> got</c><00:33:14.410><c> these</c><00:33:14.609><c> pictures</c><00:33:15.009><c> of</c><00:33:15.670><c> angels,</c>

00:33:16.269 --> 00:33:17.529
the<00:33:16.490><c> manifestations</c><00:33:16.990><c> of</c><00:33:17.210><c> the</c><00:33:17.369><c> angels,</c>

00:33:17.549 --> 00:33:21.369
whether<00:33:17.710><c> it's</c><00:33:17.910><c> from</c><00:33:18.049><c> chapter</c><00:33:18.289><c> one</c><00:33:18.630><c> or</c><00:33:18.849><c> chapter</c><00:33:19.130><c> 10.</c><00:33:20.470><c> And</c><00:33:20.950><c> by</c>

00:33:21.369 --> 00:33:23.250
the<00:33:21.529><c> way,</c><00:33:21.750><c> if</c><00:33:21.890><c> you're</c><00:33:22.089><c> not</c><00:33:22.269><c> too</c><00:33:22.490><c> familiar</c><00:33:22.769><c> with</c><00:33:22.990><c> the</c>

00:33:23.250 --> 00:33:26.630
contents<00:33:23.450><c> of</c><00:33:23.630><c> the</c><00:33:23.750><c> book</c><00:33:23.890><c> of</c><00:33:24.089><c> Revelation,</c><00:33:25.109><c> that</c><00:33:25.390><c> doesn't</c><00:33:25.670><c> matter.</c><00:33:26.349><c> You</c>

00:33:26.630 --> 00:33:28.569
don't<00:33:26.869><c> have</c><00:33:27.109><c> to</c><00:33:27.329><c> know</c><00:33:27.490><c> that</c><00:33:27.809><c> to</c><00:33:28.029><c> understand</c>

00:33:28.569 --> 00:33:33.670
what<00:33:28.769><c> I'm</c><00:33:29.009><c> saying</c><00:33:29.250><c> here.</c><00:33:32.069><c> But</c><00:33:32.390><c> after</c><00:33:32.710><c> that,</c><00:33:33.150><c> there's</c><00:33:33.289><c> not</c><00:33:33.450><c> a</c>

00:33:33.670 --> 00:33:36.089
whole<00:33:33.869><c> lot</c><00:33:34.210><c> that</c><00:33:34.470><c> Daniel</c><00:33:34.769><c> really</c><00:33:35.049><c> says</c>

00:33:36.509 --> 00:33:39.769
that<00:33:37.029><c> is</c><00:33:37.470><c> explicitly</c><00:33:37.910><c> or</c><00:33:38.289><c> even</c><00:33:38.609><c> implicitly</c><00:33:39.190><c> brought</c><00:33:39.349><c> up</c><00:33:39.569><c> in</c>

00:33:39.769 --> 00:33:41.150
Revelation<00:33:40.170><c> except</c><00:33:40.549><c> that</c><00:33:40.730><c> there's</c><00:33:40.970><c> going</c><00:33:41.069><c> to</c>

00:33:41.150 --> 00:33:45.210
be<00:33:41.269><c> a</c><00:33:41.410><c> kingdom</c><00:33:41.609><c> and</c><00:33:41.829><c> so</c><00:33:41.930><c> on.</c><00:33:42.670><c> However,</c><00:33:44.009><c> when</c><00:33:44.250><c> you</c><00:33:44.549><c> look</c><00:33:44.750><c> at</c><00:33:45.009><c> the</c>

00:33:45.210 --> 00:33:48.710
book<00:33:45.450><c> of</c><00:33:45.710><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:47.130><c> you</c><00:33:47.450><c> start</c><00:33:47.730><c> at</c><00:33:47.910><c> chapter</c><00:33:48.230><c> one,</c>

00:33:48.730 --> 00:33:52.490
two,<00:33:49.150><c> and</c><00:33:49.390><c> three,</c><00:33:49.609><c> and</c><00:33:49.789><c> suddenly</c><00:33:50.009><c> you</c><00:33:50.210><c> get</c><00:33:50.630><c> whole</c><00:33:51.210><c> chapters,</c>

00:33:52.710 --> 00:33:55.109
multitudes<00:33:53.289><c> of</c><00:33:53.609><c> references.</c><00:33:54.630><c> In</c><00:33:54.869><c> fact,</c>

00:33:55.109 --> 00:34:00.890
my<00:33:55.509><c> study</c><00:33:55.990><c> on</c><00:33:56.170><c> it,</c><00:33:56.509><c> there</c><00:33:56.509><c> is</c><00:33:56.670><c> probably</c><00:33:57.349><c> only</c><00:33:58.329><c> five</c><00:33:58.890><c> or</c><00:33:59.150><c> six</c><00:33:59.670><c> chapters</c><00:34:00.309><c> out</c><00:34:00.630><c> of</c>

00:34:00.890 --> 00:34:03.589
48<00:34:01.410><c> in</c><00:34:01.789><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:02.250><c> that</c><00:34:02.710><c> did</c><00:34:03.069><c> not</c>

00:34:03.589 --> 00:34:07.529
have<00:34:03.930><c> a</c><00:34:04.369><c> specific</c><00:34:05.109><c> tie</c><00:34:05.609><c> in</c><00:34:06.250><c> with</c><00:34:06.630><c> the</c><00:34:06.750><c> book</c><00:34:06.930><c> of</c><00:34:07.089><c> Revelation.</c>

00:34:07.829 --> 00:34:10.099
And<00:34:08.050><c> one</c><00:34:08.250><c> real</c><00:34:08.610><c> good</c><00:34:08.809><c> example</c><00:34:09.230><c> is</c>

00:34:12.010 --> 00:34:18.929
John<00:34:12.750><c> is</c><00:34:12.949><c> in</c><00:34:13.150><c> Patmos</c><00:34:13.849><c> in</c><00:34:14.409><c> exile.</c><00:34:16.809><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:17.269><c> is</c><00:34:17.449><c> in</c><00:34:17.590><c> exile,</c><00:34:17.989><c> isn't</c><00:34:18.110><c> he?</c>

00:34:19.150 --> 00:34:24.670
We<00:34:19.530><c> know</c><00:34:19.650><c> what</c><00:34:19.789><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:34:20.289><c> message</c><00:34:20.489><c> is.</c><00:34:23.929><c> He's</c>

00:34:24.670 --> 00:34:28.230
also<00:34:24.909><c> outside</c><00:34:25.489><c> the</c><00:34:25.730><c> land.</c><00:34:26.510><c> Now</c><00:34:26.710><c> what's</c><00:34:26.929><c> his</c><00:34:27.070><c> subject</c><00:34:27.329><c> matter?</c>

00:34:29.510 --> 00:34:33.309
The<00:34:29.969><c> impending</c><00:34:31.030><c> fall</c><00:34:31.630><c> of</c><00:34:32.090><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:34:35.090 --> 00:34:40.769
the<00:34:35.210><c> Gentile</c><00:34:35.750><c> overthrow,</c><00:34:38.050><c> the</c><00:34:38.130><c> repentance,</c><00:34:38.889><c> and</c><00:34:38.989><c> the</c><00:34:39.170><c> restoration</c><00:34:39.590><c> of</c><00:34:39.849><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:42.829 --> 00:34:44.789
He's<00:34:43.349><c> caught</c><00:34:43.449><c> up</c><00:34:43.530><c> in</c><00:34:43.630><c> the</c><00:34:43.849><c> spirit</c><00:34:44.030><c> of</c><00:34:44.210><c> the</c><00:34:44.329><c> Lord's</c><00:34:44.570><c> Day.</c><00:34:44.730><c> You</c>

00:34:44.789 --> 00:34:46.809
see<00:34:44.889><c> all</c><00:34:45.130><c> these</c><00:34:45.349><c> visions</c><00:34:45.650><c> of</c><00:34:45.849><c> the</c><00:34:46.050><c> caravan.</c>

00:34:48.190 --> 00:34:51.570
He<00:34:48.369><c> sees</c><00:34:48.590><c> heavenly</c><00:34:48.889><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:34:49.409><c> Later</c><00:34:49.670><c> on,</c><00:34:49.909><c> he</c><00:34:50.030><c> sees</c><00:34:50.409><c> this</c><00:34:50.730><c> temple.</c>

00:34:51.809 --> 00:34:55.710
Just<00:34:52.449><c> multitudes</c><00:34:53.090><c> of</c><00:34:53.289><c> things.</c><00:34:54.570><c> John</c>

00:34:57.510 --> 00:35:02.929
writes<00:34:58.150><c> to</c><00:34:58.530><c> Ecclesius,</c><00:34:59.530><c> who</c><00:34:59.630><c> are</c><00:34:59.769><c> outside</c><00:35:00.269><c> the</c><00:35:00.530><c> land,</c><00:35:01.650><c> and</c><00:35:01.829><c> now</c><00:35:01.989><c> this</c><00:35:02.190><c> might</c><00:35:02.449><c> begin</c><00:35:02.690><c> to</c>

00:35:02.929 --> 00:35:03.710
be<00:35:03.050><c> the</c><00:35:03.309><c> pattern</c>

00:35:03.710 --> 00:35:09.409
what<00:35:04.670><c> can</c><00:35:05.269><c> be,</c><00:35:05.929><c> what</c><00:35:06.190><c> could</c><00:35:06.429><c> be,</c><00:35:06.909><c> his</c><00:35:07.190><c> subject</c><00:35:07.510><c> matter.</c><00:35:08.289><c> It</c><00:35:08.570><c> could</c><00:35:08.809><c> be,</c><00:35:09.230><c> if</c>

00:35:09.409 --> 00:35:10.969
he's<00:35:09.750><c> patterned</c><00:35:09.949><c> off</c><00:35:10.190><c> of</c><00:35:10.389><c> Ezekiel,</c>

00:35:11.230 --> 00:35:15.909
talking<00:35:11.550><c> about</c><00:35:11.949><c> the</c><00:35:12.250><c> impending</c><00:35:12.949><c> destruction</c><00:35:13.949><c> of</c><00:35:14.510><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:35:16.929 --> 00:35:21.610
and<00:35:17.610><c> the</c><00:35:17.750><c> Gentile</c><00:35:18.250><c> oppressor</c><00:35:19.289><c> and</c><00:35:19.809><c> the</c><00:35:20.050><c> repentance</c><00:35:20.510><c> and</c>

00:35:21.610 --> 00:35:23.369
their<00:35:21.829><c> eventual</c><00:35:22.170><c> restoration.</c>

00:35:23.730 --> 00:35:30.409
And<00:35:24.409><c> I</c><00:35:24.590><c> think</c><00:35:24.710><c> there</c><00:35:24.949><c> is</c><00:35:25.230><c> a</c><00:35:25.590><c> much</c><00:35:25.949><c> better</c><00:35:26.829><c> goodness</c><00:35:27.429><c> fit</c><00:35:27.949><c> between</c><00:35:28.750><c> Ezekiel</c><00:35:29.909><c> and</c>

00:35:30.409 --> 00:35:32.130
Revelation<00:35:30.969><c> than</c><00:35:31.789><c> Daniel.</c>

00:35:32.190 --> 00:35:35.150
Daniel<00:35:32.510><c> isn't</c><00:35:32.809><c> inconsequential,</c><00:35:33.650><c> don't</c><00:35:33.869><c> get</c><00:35:34.050><c> me</c><00:35:34.210><c> wrong,</c><00:35:34.949><c> but</c>

00:35:35.150 --> 00:35:37.449
Ezekiel<00:35:35.530><c> is</c><00:35:35.710><c> a</c><00:35:35.969><c> much</c><00:35:36.289><c> better</c><00:35:36.610><c> fit,</c>

00:35:37.489 --> 00:35:41.889
provides<00:35:37.670><c> what</c><00:35:37.829><c> I</c><00:35:38.010><c> think</c><00:35:38.130><c> a</c><00:35:38.449><c> much</c><00:35:38.809><c> better</c><00:35:39.230><c> pattern,</c><00:35:39.710><c> and</c><00:35:40.309><c> we</c><00:35:40.489><c> will</c><00:35:40.710><c> see</c><00:35:40.929><c> this</c><00:35:41.309><c> in</c><00:35:41.670><c> a</c>

00:35:41.889 --> 00:35:43.329
moment<00:35:42.090><c> or</c><00:35:42.409><c> three.</c>

00:35:44.869 --> 00:35:49.610
The<00:35:45.389><c> conclusion</c><00:35:45.769><c> of</c><00:35:45.949><c> that</c><00:35:46.289><c> point,</c><00:35:46.610><c> however,</c><00:35:48.010><c> is</c><00:35:48.010><c> there's</c><00:35:49.369><c> a</c>

00:35:49.610 --> 00:35:52.469
pattern<00:35:50.030><c> that</c><00:35:51.269><c> is</c><00:35:51.510><c> helpful.</c>

00:35:53.190 --> 00:35:56.369
Just<00:35:53.530><c> like</c><00:35:53.809><c> the</c><00:35:53.949><c> Mount</c><00:35:54.170><c> Olivet</c><00:35:54.530><c> prophecy</c><00:35:54.989><c> has</c><00:35:55.289><c> at</c><00:35:55.610><c> least</c><00:35:56.030><c> two</c>

00:35:56.369 --> 00:35:58.849
applications,<00:35:57.650><c> whether</c><00:35:57.869><c> you</c><00:35:58.110><c> take</c><00:35:58.429><c> the</c><00:35:58.630><c> whole</c>

00:35:58.849 --> 00:36:03.550
prophecy<00:35:59.449><c> and</c><00:36:00.230><c> apply</c><00:36:00.610><c> it</c><00:36:01.170><c> twice,</c><00:36:02.070><c> first</c><00:36:02.409><c> to</c><00:36:02.650><c> the</c><00:36:02.929><c> initial</c><00:36:03.150><c> years</c><00:36:03.409><c> and</c>

00:36:03.550 --> 00:36:05.530
then<00:36:03.690><c> to</c><00:36:03.849><c> the</c><00:36:03.949><c> last</c><00:36:04.170><c> days,</c><00:36:04.929><c> or</c><00:36:05.050><c> only</c><00:36:05.170><c> go</c><00:36:05.329><c> through</c>

00:36:05.530 --> 00:36:07.969
part<00:36:05.809><c> of</c><00:36:05.969><c> it</c><00:36:06.449><c> and</c><00:36:06.670><c> say</c><00:36:06.750><c> that</c><00:36:07.010><c> applied</c><00:36:07.250><c> to</c><00:36:07.429><c> the</c><00:36:07.530><c> first</c><00:36:07.690><c> century</c>

00:36:07.969 --> 00:36:09.510
and<00:36:08.110><c> the</c><00:36:08.269><c> last</c><00:36:08.469><c> part,</c><00:36:08.849><c> the</c><00:36:08.989><c> last</c><00:36:09.190><c> days.</c>

00:36:09.510 --> 00:36:15.730
So,<00:36:10.469><c> that's</c><00:36:13.409><c> the</c><00:36:14.150><c> pracy</c><00:36:14.489><c> of</c><00:36:14.630><c> the</c><00:36:14.750><c> book</c><00:36:14.889><c> of</c><00:36:15.070><c> Revelation.</c><00:36:15.510><c> It's</c>

00:36:15.730 --> 00:36:17.829
Jesus'<00:36:16.150><c> prophecy,</c><00:36:16.889><c> the</c><00:36:17.010><c> book</c><00:36:17.210><c> of</c><00:36:17.429><c> Revelation,</c>

00:36:18.150 --> 00:36:20.630
and<00:36:18.349><c> there's</c><00:36:18.610><c> all</c><00:36:18.849><c> kinds</c><00:36:19.110><c> of</c><00:36:19.389><c> correspondences</c><00:36:20.070><c> between</c><00:36:20.409><c> the</c>

00:36:20.630 --> 00:36:22.809
two.<00:36:21.090><c> We</c><00:36:21.349><c> would</c><00:36:21.670><c> expect,</c><00:36:22.210><c> therefore,</c>

00:36:23.090 --> 00:36:27.949
to<00:36:23.329><c> have</c><00:36:23.570><c> more</c><00:36:24.050><c> than</c><00:36:24.329><c> one</c><00:36:24.570><c> application</c><00:36:25.289><c> of</c><00:36:25.949><c> the</c><00:36:26.090><c> book</c><00:36:26.329><c> of</c><00:36:26.570><c> Revelation,</c><00:36:27.650><c> and</c>

00:36:27.949 --> 00:36:29.090
Ezekiel,<00:36:28.730><c> therefore,</c>

00:36:29.090 --> 00:36:36.230
is<00:36:29.389><c> supportive</c><00:36:29.630><c> of</c><00:36:29.849><c> the</c><00:36:30.030><c> all</c><00:36:30.150><c> the</c><00:36:30.409><c> prophecy,</c><00:36:31.309><c> which</c><00:36:31.570><c> makes</c><00:36:32.090><c> that</c><00:36:33.550><c> dual</c><00:36:34.050><c> application</c><00:36:34.909><c> a</c>

00:36:36.230 --> 00:36:37.289
good<00:36:36.449><c> fit.</c>

00:36:37.510 --> 00:36:43.329
Now,<00:36:40.190><c> here's</c><00:36:40.590><c> something</c><00:36:40.889><c> for</c><00:36:41.110><c> you</c><00:36:41.250><c> to</c><00:36:41.449><c> answer.</c><00:36:42.690><c> In</c><00:36:43.010><c> the</c><00:36:43.170><c> book</c>

00:36:43.329 --> 00:36:47.289
of<00:36:43.530><c> Revelation,</c><00:36:45.230><c> who</c><00:36:45.489><c> is</c><00:36:45.829><c> the</c><00:36:46.170><c> real</c><00:36:46.670><c> enemy</c>

00:36:47.289 --> 00:36:55.489
of<00:36:47.590><c> the</c><00:36:47.849><c> believer?</c><00:36:51.510><c> What</c><00:36:52.190><c> is</c><00:36:52.469><c> the</c><00:36:52.849><c> enemy</c><00:36:53.510><c> defined</c><00:36:54.449><c> as</c><00:36:55.050><c> being</c>

00:36:55.489 --> 00:36:57.469
in<00:36:56.070><c> the</c><00:36:56.170><c> book</c><00:36:56.369><c> of</c><00:36:56.670><c> Revelation?</c>

00:36:59.130 --> 00:37:04.130
The<00:36:59.469><c> beast,</c><00:37:00.110><c> that's</c><00:37:00.329><c> one</c><00:37:00.489><c> candidate.</c><00:37:02.869><c> Anybody</c><00:37:03.110><c> else?</c><00:37:03.929><c> The</c>

00:37:04.130 --> 00:37:06.070
beast<00:37:04.309><c> persecutes</c><00:37:04.969><c> the</c><00:37:05.230><c> saints.</c>

00:37:07.590 --> 00:37:10.650
That's<00:37:08.030><c> a</c><00:37:08.050><c> good</c><00:37:08.269><c> choice.</c><00:37:09.150><c> Any</c><00:37:09.369><c> other</c><00:37:09.590><c> suggestions?</c>

00:37:13.670 --> 00:37:17.670
Dragon.<00:37:15.929><c> And</c><00:37:16.030><c> I</c><00:37:16.170><c> believe</c><00:37:16.369><c> that's</c><00:37:16.650><c> right.</c><00:37:17.010><c> It's</c><00:37:17.250><c> in</c><00:37:17.389><c> chapter</c>

00:37:17.670 --> 00:37:21.789
12.<00:37:18.309><c> In</c><00:37:18.469><c> fact,</c><00:37:18.789><c> the</c><00:37:18.849><c> text</c><00:37:19.590><c> says</c><00:37:19.969><c> so</c><00:37:20.550><c> explicitly.</c>

00:37:22.469 --> 00:37:24.570
And<00:37:22.550><c> the</c><00:37:22.690><c> reason</c><00:37:22.929><c> I</c><00:37:23.210><c> felt</c><00:37:23.429><c> that</c><00:37:23.610><c> this</c><00:37:23.769><c> was</c><00:37:23.969><c> a</c><00:37:24.070><c> fair</c><00:37:24.190><c> question</c>

00:37:24.570 --> 00:37:27.030
is<00:37:24.789><c> we</c><00:37:24.949><c> just</c><00:37:25.269><c> went</c><00:37:25.469><c> through</c><00:37:25.769><c> all</c><00:37:26.090><c> the</c><00:37:26.309><c> references</c><00:37:26.590><c> in</c><00:37:26.869><c> the</c>

00:37:27.030 --> 00:37:29.989
handout<00:37:27.250><c> on</c><00:37:27.489><c> the</c><00:37:27.610><c> front</c><00:37:27.829><c> side,</c><00:37:28.050><c> right?</c><00:37:28.590><c> What</c><00:37:28.809><c> does</c><00:37:29.030><c> it</c><00:37:29.170><c> say?</c>

00:37:32.349 --> 00:37:34.030
It's<00:37:32.789><c> talking</c><00:37:32.949><c> about</c><00:37:33.150><c> the</c><00:37:33.369><c> war</c><00:37:33.510><c> in</c><00:37:33.670><c> heaven,</c>

00:37:34.030 --> 00:37:37.869
verse<00:37:34.809><c> 9,</c><00:37:35.190><c> and</c><00:37:35.329><c> the</c><00:37:35.449><c> great</c><00:37:35.789><c> dragon</c><00:37:36.130><c> was</c><00:37:36.469><c> thrown</c><00:37:36.650><c> down,</c><00:37:37.610><c> that</c>

00:37:37.869 --> 00:37:41.530
ancient<00:37:38.429><c> serpent</c><00:37:39.050><c> who</c><00:37:39.789><c> is</c><00:37:40.130><c> called</c><00:37:40.610><c> the</c><00:37:41.110><c> devil</c>

00:37:41.530 --> 00:37:46.710
and<00:37:41.949><c> Satan,</c><00:37:43.110><c> the</c><00:37:43.269><c> deceiver</c><00:37:43.869><c> of</c><00:37:44.130><c> the</c><00:37:44.349><c> whole</c><00:37:44.650><c> world,</c><00:37:45.530><c> he</c><00:37:45.769><c> was</c><00:37:46.050><c> thrown</c><00:37:46.250><c> down</c><00:37:46.530><c> to</c>

00:37:46.710 --> 00:37:48.530
the<00:37:46.849><c> earth.</c><00:37:47.610><c> And</c><00:37:47.849><c> he's</c><00:37:48.190><c> described</c>

00:37:48.530 --> 00:37:52.369
further<00:37:48.869><c> in</c><00:37:49.050><c> verse</c><00:37:49.230><c> 10,</c><00:37:50.070><c> the</c><00:37:50.449><c> accuser</c><00:37:51.150><c> of</c><00:37:51.429><c> our</c><00:37:51.750><c> brethren</c><00:37:52.050><c> has</c>

00:37:52.369 --> 00:37:55.210
been<00:37:52.650><c> thrown</c><00:37:52.849><c> down.</c><00:37:53.510><c> He</c><00:37:53.750><c> accuses</c><00:37:54.269><c> him</c><00:37:54.449><c> day</c><00:37:54.730><c> and</c><00:37:54.849><c> night.</c>

00:37:55.530 --> 00:38:00.289
And<00:37:55.829><c> how</c><00:37:56.070><c> was</c><00:37:56.309><c> this</c><00:37:56.869><c> dragon,</c><00:37:57.409><c> devil,</c><00:37:58.130><c> serpent</c><00:37:58.449><c> conquered?</c><00:37:59.869><c> By</c>

00:38:00.289 --> 00:38:03.789
the<00:38:00.590><c> blood</c><00:38:00.909><c> of</c><00:38:01.269><c> the</c><00:38:01.489><c> lamb</c><00:38:01.869><c> and</c><00:38:02.690><c> by</c><00:38:02.989><c> the</c><00:38:03.210><c> word</c><00:38:03.409><c> of</c><00:38:03.570><c> their</c>

00:38:03.789 --> 00:38:10.469
testimony,<00:38:04.750><c> for</c><00:38:04.969><c> they</c><00:38:05.250><c> love</c><00:38:05.449><c> not</c><00:38:05.650><c> their</c><00:38:05.889><c> lives</c><00:38:06.250><c> even</c><00:38:06.650><c> unto</c><00:38:06.969><c> death.</c><00:38:09.730><c> Now</c><00:38:10.250><c> if</c>

00:38:10.469 --> 00:38:12.170
you<00:38:10.590><c> can</c><00:38:10.849><c> get</c><00:38:11.030><c> out</c><00:38:11.269><c> of</c><00:38:11.409><c> your</c><00:38:11.690><c> mind</c>

00:38:12.170 --> 00:38:17.449
whatever<00:38:12.809><c> you</c><00:38:13.070><c> think</c><00:38:13.250><c> chapter</c><00:38:13.610><c> 12</c><00:38:14.030><c> means,</c><00:38:15.289><c> because</c><00:38:15.630><c> it's</c><00:38:15.929><c> highly</c><00:38:16.110><c> symbolic,</c><00:38:17.309><c> you</c>

00:38:17.449 --> 00:38:19.409
don't<00:38:17.670><c> have</c><00:38:17.869><c> a</c><00:38:18.050><c> great</c><00:38:18.250><c> red</c><00:38:18.449><c> dragon</c>

00:38:19.550 --> 00:38:23.170
with<00:38:20.070><c> these</c><00:38:20.590><c> seven</c><00:38:20.829><c> heads</c><00:38:21.150><c> and</c><00:38:21.409><c> horns</c><00:38:21.829><c> and</c><00:38:22.530><c> throwing</c><00:38:22.710><c> down</c><00:38:23.070><c> a</c>

00:38:23.170 --> 00:38:24.909
third<00:38:23.269><c> of</c><00:38:23.449><c> the</c><00:38:23.630><c> stars</c><00:38:23.829><c> in</c><00:38:24.050><c> heaven,</c><00:38:24.389><c> it's</c><00:38:24.550><c> obviously</c>

00:38:24.909 --> 00:38:28.369
a<00:38:25.090><c> symbol</c><00:38:25.289><c> of</c><00:38:25.489><c> something.</c><00:38:26.449><c> But</c><00:38:26.710><c> we</c><00:38:26.829><c> got</c><00:38:27.010><c> the</c><00:38:27.269><c> text</c><00:38:27.650><c> defining</c>

00:38:28.369 --> 00:38:30.369
what<00:38:28.650><c> it</c><00:38:28.809><c> is.</c><00:38:28.949><c> It</c><00:38:29.070><c> says</c><00:38:29.230><c> it's</c><00:38:29.510><c> the</c><00:38:29.730><c> ancient</c><00:38:30.030><c> serpent,</c>

00:38:30.369 --> 00:38:33.769
it's<00:38:30.550><c> the</c><00:38:30.730><c> Genesis</c><00:38:31.170><c> servant.</c><00:38:31.989><c> By</c><00:38:32.550><c> the</c><00:38:32.829><c> way,</c><00:38:33.130><c> it's</c><00:38:33.309><c> called</c><00:38:33.570><c> the</c>

00:38:33.769 --> 00:38:35.690
devil.<00:38:34.369><c> Oh,</c><00:38:34.650><c> it's</c><00:38:34.789><c> also</c><00:38:35.030><c> called</c><00:38:35.269><c> Satan,</c>

00:38:35.989 --> 00:38:40.590
as<00:38:36.210><c> the</c><00:38:36.409><c> accuser</c><00:38:36.829><c> of</c><00:38:36.989><c> our</c><00:38:37.130><c> brethren,</c><00:38:37.809><c> and</c><00:38:38.650><c> this</c><00:38:39.789><c> is</c><00:38:40.309><c> a</c><00:38:40.409><c> symbol</c>

00:38:40.590 --> 00:38:44.230
for<00:38:40.829><c> sin,</c><00:38:41.090><c> isn't</c><00:38:41.250><c> it?</c><00:38:42.630><c> So</c><00:38:43.190><c> the</c><00:38:43.449><c> real</c><00:38:43.929><c> enemy</c>

00:38:44.230 --> 00:38:49.409
in<00:38:44.409><c> the</c><00:38:44.550><c> book</c><00:38:44.710><c> of</c><00:38:44.909><c> Revelation</c><00:38:45.230><c> is</c><00:38:46.349><c> sin.</c><00:38:47.829><c> Where's</c><00:38:48.369><c> sin</c><00:38:48.630><c> dwell?</c>

00:38:50.389 --> 00:38:53.349
Right<00:38:50.949><c> here.</c><00:38:52.210><c> That's</c><00:38:52.769><c> the</c><00:38:52.869><c> enemy,</c>

00:38:53.809 --> 00:38:58.010
the<00:38:54.110><c> real</c><00:38:54.489><c> enemy</c><00:38:54.949><c> in</c><00:38:55.230><c> the</c><00:38:55.449><c> book</c><00:38:55.630><c> of</c><00:38:55.849><c> Revelation.</c><00:38:57.250><c> It's</c><00:38:57.610><c> always</c>

00:38:58.010 --> 00:38:59.329
been<00:38:58.230><c> that</c><00:38:58.409><c> way</c><00:38:58.510><c> from</c><00:38:58.750><c> Genesis,</c>

00:38:59.329 --> 00:39:03.949
is<00:38:59.730><c> that</c><00:39:00.010><c> way</c><00:39:00.110><c> in</c><00:39:00.210><c> the</c><00:39:00.269><c> book</c><00:39:00.429><c> of</c><00:39:00.630><c> Revelation.</c><00:39:03.130><c> Why</c><00:39:03.510><c> then</c><00:39:03.769><c> do</c>

00:39:03.949 --> 00:39:05.909
you<00:39:04.150><c> think</c><00:39:04.409><c> that</c><00:39:04.670><c> someone</c><00:39:04.909><c> would</c><00:39:05.190><c> take</c><00:39:05.369><c> Revelation</c>

00:39:05.909 --> 00:39:13.429
chapter<00:39:06.289><c> 12</c><00:39:07.170><c> and</c><00:39:09.710><c> not</c><00:39:10.630><c> emphasize</c><00:39:11.269><c> that</c><00:39:11.610><c> point?</c><00:39:12.849><c> This</c><00:39:13.030><c> is</c><00:39:13.329><c> the</c>

00:39:13.429 --> 00:39:15.849
first<00:39:13.670><c> principle,</c><00:39:14.949><c> isn't</c><00:39:15.090><c> it?</c>

00:39:18.550 --> 00:39:20.809
So<00:39:19.070><c> they</c><00:39:19.510><c> certainly</c><00:39:19.769><c> could</c><00:39:19.929><c> have</c><00:39:20.090><c> understood</c><00:39:20.369><c> it</c><00:39:20.510><c> that</c><00:39:20.690><c> way</c>

00:39:20.809 --> 00:39:22.269
in<00:39:20.909><c> the</c><00:39:20.969><c> first</c><00:39:21.130><c> century.</c><00:39:21.550><c> We</c><00:39:21.809><c> can</c><00:39:22.050><c> certainly</c>

00:39:22.269 --> 00:39:26.929
understand<00:39:22.750><c> it</c><00:39:22.909><c> that</c><00:39:23.110><c> way.</c><00:39:23.690><c> And</c><00:39:23.929><c> alternative</c><00:39:24.769><c> interpretations</c><00:39:25.849><c> are</c><00:39:26.630><c> not</c><00:39:26.769><c> going</c>

00:39:26.929 --> 00:39:27.449
to<00:39:27.110><c> speak</c><00:39:27.190><c> whether</c>

00:39:27.449 --> 00:39:31.929
they're<00:39:27.449><c> right</c><00:39:27.809><c> or</c><00:39:28.050><c> wrong.</c><00:39:30.409><c> If</c><00:39:30.489><c> they</c><00:39:30.750><c> don't</c><00:39:31.090><c> get</c><00:39:31.289><c> this</c><00:39:31.690><c> first</c>

00:39:31.929 --> 00:39:35.210
principle<00:39:32.690><c> emphasized</c><00:39:33.829><c> and</c><00:39:34.110><c> say</c><00:39:34.309><c> here's</c><00:39:35.070><c> the</c>

00:39:35.210 --> 00:39:37.670
real<00:39:35.409><c> enemy,</c><00:39:35.769><c> not</c><00:39:35.949><c> the</c><00:39:36.230><c> beast,</c><00:39:36.530><c> not</c><00:39:36.690><c> some</c><00:39:36.929><c> political</c><00:39:37.210><c> power,</c>

00:39:37.889 --> 00:39:41.050
not<00:39:38.170><c> some</c><00:39:38.949><c> perhaps</c><00:39:39.469><c> arguable</c><00:39:40.070><c> religious</c><00:39:40.570><c> system,</c>

00:39:41.269 --> 00:39:43.829
that's<00:39:41.670><c> not</c><00:39:41.869><c> the</c><00:39:42.010><c> enemy</c><00:39:42.230><c> of</c><00:39:42.409><c> the</c><00:39:42.550><c> saints.</c><00:39:43.150><c> The</c><00:39:43.289><c> enemy</c><00:39:43.530><c> of</c><00:39:43.670><c> the</c>

00:39:43.829 --> 00:39:45.570
saints,<00:39:44.130><c> the</c><00:39:44.230><c> enemy</c><00:39:44.449><c> of</c><00:39:44.650><c> the</c><00:39:44.670><c> believers</c><00:39:44.849><c> is</c>

00:39:46.409 --> 00:39:51.010
Joseph.<00:39:48.570><c> And</c><00:39:48.889><c> that's</c><00:39:49.210><c> what's</c><00:39:49.610><c> conquered</c><00:39:49.809><c> in</c><00:39:50.030><c> this</c><00:39:50.230><c> book.</c>

00:39:52.929 --> 00:39:57.789
So<00:39:53.309><c> what</c><00:39:53.489><c> I'm</c><00:39:53.630><c> saying,</c><00:39:55.550><c> of</c><00:39:55.989><c> all</c><00:39:56.230><c> the</c><00:39:56.449><c> chapters,</c><00:39:57.010><c> I</c><00:39:57.030><c> think</c><00:39:57.230><c> chapter</c><00:39:57.530><c> 12</c>

00:39:57.789 --> 00:39:59.949
is<00:39:57.929><c> one</c><00:39:58.130><c> of</c><00:39:58.150><c> the</c><00:39:58.190><c> most</c><00:39:58.469><c> symbolic</c><00:39:58.849><c> ones,</c>

00:40:00.389 --> 00:40:06.349
but<00:40:00.510><c> it</c><00:40:00.670><c> defines</c><00:40:01.030><c> itself.</c><00:40:02.769><c> I</c><00:40:02.829><c> mean,</c><00:40:03.329><c> the</c><00:40:03.570><c> definition</c><00:40:04.010><c> is</c><00:40:04.409><c> really</c><00:40:04.730><c> clear</c><00:40:05.030><c> there,</c><00:40:05.230><c> I</c><00:40:05.409><c> think.</c><00:40:06.030><c> And</c><00:40:06.230><c> we</c>

00:40:06.349 --> 00:40:06.730
don't<00:40:06.530><c> have</c>

00:40:06.730 --> 00:40:11.130
to<00:40:06.849><c> go</c><00:40:06.989><c> outside</c><00:40:07.550><c> the</c><00:40:07.789><c> Bible</c><00:40:08.050><c> to</c><00:40:08.309><c> figure</c><00:40:08.510><c> out</c><00:40:08.710><c> what</c><00:40:08.789><c> this</c><00:40:09.030><c> is</c><00:40:09.269><c> talking</c><00:40:09.469><c> about.</c><00:40:10.909><c> It</c>

00:40:11.130 --> 00:40:12.889
tells<00:40:11.429><c> us</c><00:40:11.849><c> itself.</c>

00:40:18.170 --> 00:40:25.289
But<00:40:18.650><c> you</c><00:40:18.929><c> might</c><00:40:19.150><c> be</c><00:40:19.409><c> thinking,</c><00:40:21.210><c> what</c><00:40:21.750><c> about</c><00:40:22.829><c> the</c><00:40:23.429><c> harlot</c><00:40:23.909><c> and</c>

00:40:25.289 --> 00:40:27.610
the<00:40:25.530><c> persecution</c><00:40:26.309><c> of</c><00:40:26.929><c> the</c><00:40:27.150><c> saints?</c>

00:40:28.030 --> 00:40:30.409
It's<00:40:28.190><c> got</c><00:40:28.289><c> the</c><00:40:28.469><c> blood</c><00:40:28.710><c> of</c><00:40:28.989><c> the</c><00:40:29.150><c> saints</c><00:40:29.369><c> in</c><00:40:29.489><c> her.</c><00:40:30.369><c> That's</c><00:40:30.369><c> what</c>

00:40:30.409 --> 00:40:33.349
it<00:40:30.590><c> says.</c><00:40:32.190><c> The</c><00:40:32.369><c> beast</c><00:40:32.409><c> is</c><00:40:32.670><c> also</c><00:40:32.929><c> persecuted</c>

00:40:33.349 --> 00:40:36.429
saints,<00:40:33.670><c> by</c><00:40:33.889><c> the</c><00:40:34.010><c> way.</c><00:40:35.010><c> And</c><00:40:35.210><c> the</c><00:40:35.369><c> harlot</c><00:40:35.550><c> is</c><00:40:35.769><c> never</c><00:40:36.090><c> said</c><00:40:36.269><c> to</c>

00:40:36.429 --> 00:40:38.489
be<00:40:36.550><c> in</c><00:40:36.710><c> alliance</c><00:40:36.989><c> with</c><00:40:37.170><c> the</c><00:40:37.369><c> beast,</c><00:40:37.849><c> although</c><00:40:38.030><c> it</c>

00:40:38.489 --> 00:40:45.050
fornicates<00:40:38.969><c> with</c><00:40:39.250><c> it</c><00:40:39.429><c> and</c><00:40:39.610><c> the</c><00:40:39.789><c> kings.</c><00:40:42.050><c> And</c><00:40:42.530><c> there's</c><00:40:44.889><c> this,</c>

00:40:45.050 --> 00:40:45.550
you<00:40:45.050><c> know,</c><00:40:45.050><c> in</c><00:40:45.050><c> the</c><00:40:45.050><c> book</c><00:40:45.050><c> of</c><00:40:45.050><c> Revelation,</c>

00:40:46.909 --> 00:40:49.909
about<00:40:47.349><c> the</c><00:40:47.789><c> harlot.</c><00:40:48.670><c> And</c><00:40:48.769><c> I'm</c><00:40:48.949><c> going</c><00:40:49.030><c> to</c><00:40:49.190><c> cite</c><00:40:49.369><c> some</c><00:40:49.610><c> verses</c>

00:40:49.909 --> 00:40:54.030
here.<00:40:52.309><c> Chapter</c><00:40:52.409><c> 17,</c><00:40:53.030><c> verse</c><00:40:53.230><c> 5,</c>

00:40:56.210 --> 00:40:58.550
actually<00:40:56.409><c> it's</c><00:40:56.530><c> verse</c><00:40:56.730><c> 6,</c><00:40:57.150><c> saw</c><00:40:57.289><c> the</c><00:40:57.409><c> woman</c><00:40:57.710><c> drunk</c><00:40:58.070><c> with</c><00:40:58.369><c> the</c>

00:40:58.550 --> 00:41:00.369
blood<00:40:58.630><c> of</c><00:40:58.829><c> the</c><00:40:59.010><c> saints</c><00:40:59.329><c> and</c><00:40:59.789><c> the</c><00:40:59.989><c> blood</c><00:41:00.090><c> of</c><00:41:00.250><c> the</c>

00:41:00.369 --> 00:41:04.889
martyrs<00:41:00.710><c> of</c><00:41:00.809><c> Jesus.</c><00:41:02.449><c> And</c><00:41:02.650><c> verse</c><00:41:02.869><c> 24</c><00:41:03.269><c> in</c><00:41:03.449><c> chapter</c><00:41:03.710><c> 18,</c><00:41:04.570><c> in</c><00:41:04.730><c> her</c>

00:41:04.889 --> 00:41:07.710
was<00:41:05.110><c> found</c><00:41:05.309><c> the</c><00:41:05.530><c> blood</c><00:41:05.730><c> of</c><00:41:06.190><c> prophets</c><00:41:06.650><c> and</c><00:41:07.070><c> of</c><00:41:07.329><c> saints</c>

00:41:07.710 --> 00:41:10.429
and<00:41:08.130><c> of</c><00:41:08.349><c> all</c><00:41:08.590><c> who've</c><00:41:08.869><c> been</c><00:41:08.969><c> slain</c><00:41:09.289><c> on</c><00:41:09.610><c> earth.</c>

00:41:12.869 --> 00:41:18.489
Where<00:41:13.510><c> must</c><00:41:14.150><c> every</c><00:41:14.929><c> prophet</c><00:41:15.510><c> be</c><00:41:15.989><c> killed,</c><00:41:16.929><c> according</c><00:41:17.309><c> to</c><00:41:17.590><c> Jesus?</c>

00:41:20.070 --> 00:41:23.530
He<00:41:20.309><c> said</c><00:41:20.489><c> a</c><00:41:20.710><c> prophet,</c><00:41:21.989><c> it</c><00:41:22.010><c> cannot</c><00:41:22.170><c> be</c><00:41:22.429><c> that</c><00:41:22.590><c> a</c><00:41:22.809><c> prophet</c><00:41:23.130><c> die</c>

00:41:23.530 --> 00:41:24.710
away<00:41:23.889><c> from</c>

00:41:25.949 --> 00:41:35.469
Jerusalem.<00:41:27.389><c> Matthew</c><00:41:27.750><c> 23,</c><00:41:28.489><c> verse</c><00:41:28.690><c> 37,</c><00:41:29.550><c> confirmed</c><00:41:29.750><c> in</c><00:41:29.989><c> Luke</c><00:41:30.210><c> 11,</c><00:41:30.570><c> verse</c><00:41:30.889><c> 50,</c><00:41:31.730><c> and</c><00:41:32.030><c> 1333.</c><00:41:33.969><c> Now,</c><00:41:34.269><c> this</c><00:41:34.510><c> great</c><00:41:34.769><c> city</c><00:41:35.150><c> in</c>

00:41:35.469 --> 00:41:38.349
the<00:41:35.530><c> book</c><00:41:35.730><c> of</c><00:41:35.949><c> Revelation</c><00:41:36.389><c> described</c><00:41:37.030><c> in</c><00:41:37.329><c> chapter</c><00:41:37.690><c> 11,</c><00:41:38.349><c> verse</c>

00:41:38.349 --> 00:41:42.849
18<00:41:38.829><c> says,</c><00:41:40.989><c> actually</c><00:41:41.269><c> verse</c><00:41:41.510><c> 8,</c><00:41:42.190><c> sorry,</c><00:41:42.590><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.730><c> 11,</c>

00:41:42.849 --> 00:41:45.750
verse<00:41:43.030><c> 8,</c><00:41:44.010><c> and</c><00:41:44.230><c> their</c><00:41:44.369><c> dead</c><00:41:44.550><c> bodies</c><00:41:44.929><c> will</c><00:41:45.130><c> lie</c><00:41:45.269><c> in</c><00:41:45.429><c> the</c><00:41:45.590><c> street</c>

00:41:45.750 --> 00:41:47.429
of<00:41:45.929><c> the</c><00:41:46.050><c> great</c><00:41:46.210><c> city.</c><00:41:46.570><c> And</c><00:41:46.769><c> this</c><00:41:46.909><c> is</c><00:41:47.150><c> where</c><00:41:47.269><c> the</c>

00:41:47.429 --> 00:41:51.289
two<00:41:47.630><c> prophets</c><00:41:48.050><c> were</c><00:41:48.349><c> killed.</c><00:41:49.769><c> Chapter</c><00:41:49.989><c> 11,</c><00:41:50.309><c> the</c><00:41:50.449><c> two</c><00:41:50.570><c> witnesses,</c><00:41:51.030><c> the</c><00:41:51.110><c> two</c>

00:41:51.289 --> 00:41:53.590
prophets<00:41:51.670><c> lie</c><00:41:52.849><c> in</c><00:41:53.010><c> the</c><00:41:53.289><c> street</c><00:41:53.429><c> of</c>

00:41:53.590 --> 00:41:56.969
the<00:41:53.730><c> great</c><00:41:53.869><c> city,</c><00:41:54.210><c> which</c><00:41:54.329><c> is</c><00:41:54.710><c> allegorically</c><00:41:55.389><c> called</c><00:41:56.150><c> Sodom</c>

00:41:56.969 --> 00:42:01.309
and<00:41:57.190><c> Egypt,</c><00:41:58.190><c> allegorically</c><00:41:58.829><c> called</c><00:41:59.130><c> Sodom</c><00:41:59.610><c> and</c>

00:42:01.309 --> 00:42:06.289
the<00:42:01.349><c> Old</c><00:42:01.590><c> Testament,</c><00:42:02.349><c> where</c><00:42:02.510><c> city</c><00:42:02.710><c> is</c><00:42:02.989><c> called</c><00:42:03.230><c> Sodom</c><00:42:04.309><c> or</c><00:42:04.750><c> Egypt.</c><00:42:06.170><c> You</c>

00:42:06.289 --> 00:42:08.289
might<00:42:06.489><c> look</c><00:42:06.750><c> at</c><00:42:07.090><c> the</c><00:42:07.369><c> reference</c><00:42:07.650><c> in</c><00:42:07.909><c> Isaiah</c>

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chapter<00:42:08.650><c> one</c><00:42:08.829><c> of</c><00:42:08.969><c> that.</c><00:42:09.230><c> But</c><00:42:09.530><c> in</c><00:42:09.750><c> case</c><00:42:10.010><c> we</c><00:42:10.170><c> couldn't</c><00:42:10.389><c> find</c><00:42:10.630><c> those,</c><00:42:11.170><c> it</c>

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says,<00:42:12.070><c> where</c><00:42:12.610><c> their</c><00:42:13.409><c> Lord</c><00:42:13.849><c> was</c><00:42:14.550><c> crucified.</c>

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And<00:42:16.869><c> what's</c><00:42:17.110><c> the</c><00:42:17.210><c> answer</c><00:42:17.369><c> to</c><00:42:17.570><c> that?</c>

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Okay,<00:42:20.449><c> that</c><00:42:20.670><c> was</c><00:42:20.849><c> pretty</c><00:42:21.070><c> easy,</c><00:42:21.329><c> and</c><00:42:21.530><c> you're</c><00:42:21.750><c> right.</c><00:42:23.489><c> Now,</c><00:42:24.010><c> regardless</c><00:42:24.469><c> of</c>

00:42:24.710 --> 00:42:26.030
any<00:42:24.929><c> interpretation</c><00:42:25.489><c> of</c><00:42:25.670><c> the</c><00:42:25.829><c> book,</c>

00:42:26.030 --> 00:42:31.329
you've<00:42:26.409><c> got</c><00:42:26.610><c> these</c><00:42:27.269><c> facts.</c><00:42:28.210><c> I</c><00:42:28.309><c> mean,</c><00:42:28.309><c> these</c><00:42:28.449><c> are</c><00:42:28.650><c> facts,</c><00:42:29.590><c> Bible</c><00:42:29.989><c> facts,</c><00:42:30.710><c> and</c>

00:42:31.329 --> 00:42:33.170
you<00:42:31.530><c> need</c><00:42:31.750><c> to</c><00:42:32.030><c> fit</c><00:42:32.170><c> your</c><00:42:32.449><c> interpretation</c>

00:42:33.170 --> 00:42:41.090
around<00:42:33.690><c> them.</c><00:42:38.369><c> If</c><00:42:38.849><c> you're</c><00:42:39.030><c> just</c><00:42:39.289><c> reading</c><00:42:39.630><c> the</c><00:42:39.909><c> book</c><00:42:40.349><c> and</c><00:42:40.969><c> you</c>

00:42:41.090 --> 00:42:43.730
come<00:42:41.230><c> to</c><00:42:41.389><c> chapter</c><00:42:41.710><c> 17,</c><00:42:42.269><c> you</c><00:42:42.429><c> come</c><00:42:42.690><c> across</c>

00:42:44.110 --> 00:42:48.989
a<00:42:44.469><c> woman,</c><00:42:44.909><c> verse</c><00:42:45.489><c> three,</c><00:42:46.869><c> sitting</c><00:42:47.150><c> on</c><00:42:47.409><c> a</c><00:42:47.590><c> scarlet</c><00:42:47.929><c> beast</c><00:42:48.230><c> which</c><00:42:48.690><c> was</c>

00:42:48.989 --> 00:42:50.989
full<00:42:49.409><c> of</c><00:42:49.650><c> blasphemous</c><00:42:50.110><c> names.</c><00:42:50.650><c> It</c><00:42:50.650><c> had</c><00:42:50.769><c> seven</c>

00:42:50.989 --> 00:42:54.369
heads<00:42:51.210><c> and</c><00:42:51.329><c> ten</c><00:42:51.530><c> horns.</c><00:42:52.889><c> And</c><00:42:53.070><c> John,</c><00:42:53.250><c> to</c><00:42:53.429><c> see</c><00:42:53.530><c> this,</c><00:42:53.809><c> is</c><00:42:54.010><c> carried</c><00:42:54.150><c> away</c>

00:42:54.369 --> 00:42:55.570
into<00:42:54.550><c> the</c><00:42:54.690><c> wilderness,</c>

00:42:57.110 --> 00:43:01.909
where,<00:42:58.489><c> if</c><00:42:58.710><c> at</c><00:42:58.909><c> all,</c><00:42:59.590><c> you</c><00:42:59.690><c> encounter</c><00:43:00.369><c> a</c><00:43:01.170><c> woman</c><00:43:01.449><c> in</c><00:43:01.650><c> the</c><00:43:01.750><c> book</c>

00:43:01.909 --> 00:43:04.909
of<00:43:02.090><c> Revelation,</c><00:43:03.429><c> previous</c><00:43:03.730><c> days.</c>

00:43:06.110 --> 00:43:08.969
It's<00:43:06.510><c> in</c><00:43:06.670><c> chapter</c><00:43:06.849><c> 12.</c><00:43:07.869><c> And</c><00:43:08.090><c> you</c><00:43:08.170><c> left</c><00:43:08.349><c> a</c><00:43:08.510><c> woman</c><00:43:08.650><c> in</c><00:43:08.730><c> chapter</c>

00:43:08.969 --> 00:43:10.849
12<00:43:09.329><c> fleeing</c><00:43:09.610><c> into</c><00:43:09.829><c> the</c><00:43:10.010><c> wilderness.</c>

00:43:11.110 --> 00:43:13.630
So<00:43:11.329><c> you</c><00:43:11.469><c> pick</c><00:43:11.610><c> her</c><00:43:11.690><c> up</c><00:43:11.829><c> again</c><00:43:12.010><c> in</c><00:43:12.190><c> chapter</c><00:43:12.610><c> 17</c><00:43:13.090><c> as</c><00:43:13.289><c> being</c><00:43:13.449><c> in</c>

00:43:13.630 --> 00:43:14.849
the<00:43:13.750><c> wilderness,</c>

00:43:16.630 --> 00:43:20.670
and<00:43:16.750><c> it's</c><00:43:16.929><c> a</c><00:43:17.050><c> woman.</c><00:43:17.949><c> You</c><00:43:18.170><c> would</c><00:43:18.389><c> think</c><00:43:18.510><c> then</c><00:43:18.710><c> there's</c><00:43:18.989><c> an</c><00:43:19.210><c> obvious</c><00:43:19.550><c> connection</c><00:43:19.989><c> between</c><00:43:20.349><c> the</c><00:43:20.550><c> two,</c>

00:43:20.670 --> 00:43:25.489
there<00:43:20.889><c> are.</c><00:43:21.530><c> So</c><00:43:21.710><c> again,</c><00:43:22.070><c> any</c><00:43:22.269><c> interpretation</c><00:43:22.949><c> must</c><00:43:23.250><c> make</c><00:43:23.469><c> that</c><00:43:23.789><c> connection.</c><00:43:25.250><c> How</c>

00:43:25.489 --> 00:43:27.349
was<00:43:25.690><c> the</c><00:43:25.889><c> woman</c><00:43:26.090><c> described</c>

00:43:27.469 --> 00:43:32.210
in<00:43:27.829><c> chapter</c><00:43:28.170><c> 12?</c><00:43:29.789><c> Well,</c><00:43:29.949><c> you</c><00:43:30.030><c> take</c><00:43:30.170><c> the</c><00:43:30.449><c> symbolism</c><00:43:30.869><c> of</c><00:43:31.070><c> chapter</c><00:43:31.329><c> 12,</c>

00:43:34.929 --> 00:43:40.369
hold<00:43:35.449><c> with</c><00:43:35.969><c> the</c><00:43:37.030><c> sun,</c><00:43:37.710><c> moon</c><00:43:37.869><c> under</c><00:43:38.130><c> her</c><00:43:38.230><c> feet,</c><00:43:39.130><c> 12</c><00:43:39.329><c> stars</c><00:43:39.630><c> associated</c><00:43:40.210><c> with</c>

00:43:40.369 --> 00:43:41.849
her.<00:43:40.789><c> Where</c><00:43:41.130><c> in</c><00:43:41.329><c> the</c><00:43:41.449><c> Bible</c>

00:43:41.849 --> 00:43:45.750
do<00:43:42.170><c> you</c><00:43:42.250><c> start</c><00:43:42.469><c> getting</c><00:43:42.590><c> that</c><00:43:42.889><c> terminology?</c><00:43:43.590><c> And</c><00:43:43.789><c> you</c><00:43:43.889><c> can</c><00:43:44.369><c> see,</c><00:43:44.769><c> again,</c><00:43:45.309><c> there's</c><00:43:45.570><c> at</c>

00:43:45.750 --> 00:43:47.050
least<00:43:46.010><c> an</c><00:43:46.210><c> Israel</c><00:43:46.570><c> connection.</c>

00:43:47.050 --> 00:43:50.869
There<00:43:47.449><c> might</c><00:43:47.670><c> be</c><00:43:47.889><c> more,</c><00:43:48.210><c> but</c><00:43:48.210><c> there's</c><00:43:48.510><c> at</c><00:43:48.670><c> least</c><00:43:48.849><c> that.</c><00:43:49.909><c> Now,</c>

00:43:51.409 --> 00:43:55.610
one<00:43:51.590><c> other</c><00:43:51.849><c> thing.</c><00:43:53.409><c> When</c><00:43:53.690><c> the</c><00:43:54.090><c> harlot</c><00:43:54.550><c> is</c><00:43:55.070><c> destroyed</c>

00:43:55.610 --> 00:44:00.289
in<00:43:55.789><c> chapter</c><00:43:56.110><c> 17,</c><00:43:57.090><c> it's</c><00:43:57.349><c> destroyed</c><00:43:57.769><c> by</c><00:43:58.250><c> the</c><00:43:58.610><c> beast</c><00:43:58.949><c> and</c><00:43:59.269><c> the</c><00:43:59.469><c> horns.</c><00:44:00.170><c> It</c>

00:44:00.289 --> 00:44:02.909
says<00:44:00.329><c> so</c><00:44:00.730><c> in</c><00:44:00.889><c> verse</c><00:44:01.250><c> 16.</c><00:44:02.230><c> They're</c><00:44:02.429><c> devoured,</c>

00:44:03.130 --> 00:44:09.630
desolated,<00:44:03.809><c> burned</c><00:44:03.929><c> with</c><00:44:04.170><c> fire.</c><00:44:07.289><c> However,</c><00:44:07.809><c> in</c><00:44:07.969><c> chapter</c><00:44:08.269><c> 16,</c>

00:44:10.250 --> 00:44:13.349
the<00:44:10.409><c> great</c><00:44:10.650><c> city</c><00:44:11.050><c> is</c><00:44:11.710><c> destroyed</c><00:44:12.210><c> by</c><00:44:12.750><c> the</c><00:44:13.150><c> great</c>

00:44:13.349 --> 00:44:18.510
earthquake,<00:44:14.469><c> which</c><00:44:14.690><c> splits</c><00:44:15.010><c> it</c><00:44:15.269><c> into</c><00:44:15.469><c> three</c><00:44:15.869><c> parts.</c><00:44:16.789><c> God</c><00:44:17.050><c> remembers</c><00:44:17.590><c> great</c><00:44:17.889><c> Babylon</c><00:44:18.269><c> to</c>

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make<00:44:18.670><c> her</c><00:44:18.869><c> drain</c><00:44:19.030><c> the</c><00:44:19.269><c> cup</c>

00:44:19.389 --> 00:44:28.929
of<00:44:19.570><c> the</c><00:44:19.730><c> fury</c><00:44:19.909><c> of</c><00:44:20.110><c> his</c><00:44:20.269><c> wrath.</c><00:44:22.170><c> Now</c><00:44:22.329><c> the</c><00:44:22.449><c> question</c><00:44:22.789><c> to</c><00:44:23.110><c> ask,</c><00:44:24.610><c> are</c><00:44:24.869><c> these</c><00:44:25.309><c> destructions</c><00:44:26.309><c> the</c><00:44:26.710><c> same</c><00:44:27.230><c> or</c>

00:44:28.929 --> 00:44:29.449
are<00:44:29.250><c> they</c>

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different?<00:44:32.710><c> If</c><00:44:33.309><c> they're</c><00:44:33.650><c> different,</c><00:44:34.610><c> then</c><00:44:34.829><c> how</c><00:44:35.030><c> do</c><00:44:35.190><c> you</c><00:44:35.369><c> account</c><00:44:35.590><c> for</c>

00:44:35.829 --> 00:44:40.570
the<00:44:36.090><c> difference?</c><00:44:39.429><c> Well,</c><00:44:40.030><c> I'll</c><00:44:40.309><c> leave</c><00:44:40.389><c> you</c>

00:44:40.570 --> 00:44:53.650
hanging<00:44:40.889><c> on</c><00:44:41.090><c> that</c><00:44:41.289><c> one.</c><00:44:48.849><c> Babylon</c><00:44:49.510><c> is</c><00:44:50.150><c> said</c><00:44:50.769><c> to</c><00:44:51.769><c> clearly</c><00:44:52.269><c> represent</c><00:44:53.170><c> Rome</c>

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because<00:44:54.550><c> of</c><00:44:56.110><c> the</c><00:44:56.309><c> seven</c><00:44:56.489><c> hills</c>

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characteristic.<00:44:58.590><c> Rome</c><00:44:58.909><c> is</c><00:44:59.150><c> the</c><00:44:59.349><c> only</c><00:44:59.650><c> reasonable</c><00:45:00.010><c> city</c><00:45:00.650><c> that</c>

00:45:01.050 --> 00:45:03.789
has<00:45:01.289><c> that</c><00:45:01.590><c> characteristic.</c><00:45:02.949><c> And</c><00:45:03.110><c> notwithstanding</c>

00:45:03.789 --> 00:45:06.230
what<00:45:04.030><c> some</c><00:45:04.269><c> brother</c><00:45:04.530><c> has</c><00:45:04.789><c> suggested</c><00:45:05.170><c> that</c><00:45:05.429><c> Jerusalem</c><00:45:05.909><c> might</c>

00:45:06.230 --> 00:45:08.210
be<00:45:06.429><c> sitted</c><00:45:06.570><c> on</c><00:45:06.909><c> hills</c><00:45:07.210><c> and</c><00:45:07.469><c> tries</c><00:45:07.809><c> to</c><00:45:08.010><c> scrounge</c>

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seven,<00:45:09.070><c> that</c><00:45:09.650><c> doesn't</c><00:45:10.090><c> satisfy</c><00:45:10.670><c> nearly</c><00:45:11.150><c> enough</c><00:45:11.650><c> as</c><00:45:12.110><c> Rome</c><00:45:12.409><c> being</c><00:45:13.050><c> probably</c><00:45:13.510><c> the</c>

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best<00:45:14.010><c> candidate.</c>

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Mind<00:45:15.909><c> you,</c><00:45:16.150><c> that</c><00:45:16.289><c> interpretation</c><00:45:16.809><c> of</c><00:45:17.110><c> Rome</c><00:45:17.269><c> being</c><00:45:17.550><c> that</c><00:45:17.829><c> characteristic,</c><00:45:18.710><c> I</c>

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think,<00:45:19.630><c> happened</c><00:45:20.269><c> many</c><00:45:21.050><c> years</c><00:45:21.769><c> after</c>

00:45:22.230 --> 00:45:27.429
the<00:45:22.289><c> book</c><00:45:22.510><c> of</c><00:45:22.730><c> Revelation</c><00:45:23.130><c> was</c><00:45:23.389><c> set.</c><00:45:24.570><c> But</c><00:45:24.630><c> look</c><00:45:26.590><c> at</c><00:45:26.809><c> what</c><00:45:27.170><c> the</c>

00:45:27.429 --> 00:45:33.329
book<00:45:27.650><c> says.</c><00:45:32.190><c> It</c><00:45:32.469><c> says</c>

00:45:35.510 --> 00:45:43.090
seven<00:45:36.230><c> hills</c><00:45:36.949><c> represent</c><00:45:38.429><c> seven</c><00:45:38.829><c> hills.</c><00:45:40.510><c> They</c><00:45:40.849><c> also</c><00:45:41.210><c> represent</c><00:45:41.849><c> seven</c><00:45:42.329><c> kings</c><00:45:42.730><c> or</c>

00:45:43.090 --> 00:45:44.769
king<00:45:43.309><c>-hills.</c><00:45:44.530><c> It</c><00:45:44.530><c> says</c>

00:45:44.769 --> 00:45:50.389
five<00:45:45.150><c> are</c><00:45:45.389><c> past,</c><00:45:45.789><c> one</c><00:45:45.989><c> is,</c><00:45:46.329><c> and</c><00:45:46.469><c> one</c><00:45:46.630><c> is</c><00:45:46.849><c> future.</c><00:45:49.610><c> It</c><00:45:49.889><c> goes</c><00:45:50.150><c> on</c>

00:45:50.389 --> 00:45:57.170
to<00:45:50.570><c> say,</c><00:45:52.050><c> because</c><00:45:52.630><c> the</c><00:45:52.969><c> woman</c><00:45:53.250><c> is</c><00:45:53.690><c> seated</c><00:45:54.010><c> on</c><00:45:55.789><c> the</c><00:45:56.230><c> hills,</c>

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it's<00:45:59.869><c> equivalent</c><00:46:00.289><c> to</c><00:46:00.550><c> many</c><00:46:00.750><c> waters,</c><00:46:02.610><c> which</c><00:46:02.849><c> are</c><00:46:03.250><c> interpreted</c>

00:46:03.989 --> 00:46:06.630
in<00:46:04.409><c> your</c><00:46:04.650><c> text</c><00:46:04.889><c> to</c><00:46:05.170><c> mean</c><00:46:05.909><c> peoples,</c>

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multitudes,<00:46:07.710><c> nations,</c><00:46:08.070><c> and</c><00:46:08.289><c> times.</c><00:46:10.929><c> In</c><00:46:11.449><c> other</c><00:46:11.730><c> words,</c><00:46:12.989><c> the</c>

00:46:13.269 --> 00:46:15.710
text<00:46:13.730><c> in</c><00:46:14.230><c> talking</c><00:46:14.570><c> about</c><00:46:14.849><c> seven</c><00:46:15.210><c> hills</c>

00:46:15.710 --> 00:46:22.530
is<00:46:16.349><c> not</c><00:46:16.590><c> referring</c><00:46:17.090><c> to</c><00:46:17.329><c> topography</c><00:46:17.949><c> at</c><00:46:18.269><c> all.</c><00:46:18.789><c> It</c><00:46:19.090><c> is</c><00:46:19.250><c> not</c><00:46:19.489><c> talking</c><00:46:19.750><c> about</c><00:46:20.070><c> seven</c><00:46:20.510><c> provisional</c><00:46:21.070><c> hills.</c><00:46:21.969><c> These</c><00:46:22.269><c> are</c>

00:46:22.530 --> 00:46:25.269
symbolic<00:46:23.130><c> of</c><00:46:23.369><c> something.</c><00:46:23.750><c> And</c><00:46:23.969><c> what</c><00:46:24.050><c> are</c><00:46:24.210><c> they</c><00:46:24.369><c> symbolic</c><00:46:24.849><c> of?</c>

00:46:25.530 --> 00:46:28.750
The<00:46:25.789><c> text</c><00:46:26.010><c> says</c><00:46:26.489><c> many</c><00:46:26.989><c> waters,</c><00:46:27.849><c> that</c><00:46:28.070><c> is,</c><00:46:28.550><c> peoples,</c>

00:46:28.750 --> 00:46:33.750
multitudes,<00:46:29.869><c> nations,</c><00:46:30.030><c> and</c><00:46:30.190><c> times</c><00:46:30.570><c> as</c><00:46:31.150><c> distinct</c><00:46:31.570><c> from</c><00:46:32.250><c> Israel.</c><00:46:33.409><c> These</c>

00:46:33.750 --> 00:46:37.030
are<00:46:33.949><c> genotypes.</c><00:46:36.050><c> Well,</c><00:46:36.349><c> how</c><00:46:36.570><c> does</c><00:46:36.730><c> that</c>

00:46:37.030 --> 00:46:41.690
fit<00:46:37.210><c> with</c><00:46:37.409><c> these</c><00:46:37.710><c> seven</c><00:46:37.989><c> kingdoms</c><00:46:38.269><c> or</c><00:46:38.429><c> kingdoms?</c><00:46:39.429><c> Five</c><00:46:39.750><c> pasts.</c><00:46:41.429><c> It's</c>

00:46:41.690 --> 00:46:43.710
not<00:46:41.849><c> too</c><00:46:42.090><c> difficult</c><00:46:42.550><c> to</c><00:46:42.909><c> find</c>

00:46:44.429 --> 00:46:48.710
five<00:46:45.030><c> kingdoms</c><00:46:45.530><c> or</c><00:46:45.929><c> empires</c><00:46:47.250><c> are</c><00:46:47.730><c> to</c><00:46:47.949><c> Rome.</c><00:46:48.090><c> Rome</c><00:46:48.389><c> would</c><00:46:48.550><c> be</c>

00:46:48.710 --> 00:46:51.230
the<00:46:48.849><c> one</c><00:46:48.989><c> that</c><00:46:49.250><c> is.</c><00:46:49.909><c> If</c><00:46:50.070><c> you</c><00:46:50.250><c> start</c><00:46:50.469><c> going</c><00:46:50.710><c> backwards,</c>

00:46:51.230 --> 00:46:58.449
what<00:46:51.369><c> would</c><00:46:51.570><c> they</c><00:46:51.769><c> be?</c><00:46:53.010><c> Eagle</c><00:46:53.190><c> Persia,</c><00:46:54.389><c> Greece</c><00:46:54.909><c> Eagle</c><00:46:55.389><c> Persia,</c><00:46:56.849><c> Babylon,</c><00:46:58.030><c> Syria,</c>

00:46:58.849 --> 00:47:02.130
Egypt,<00:47:00.210><c> all</c><00:47:00.429><c> gentile</c><00:47:01.170><c> oppressors.</c>

00:47:03.030 --> 00:47:05.909
One<00:47:03.210><c> future,</c><00:47:03.809><c> one</c><00:47:03.869><c> to</c><00:47:04.090><c> come,</c><00:47:04.409><c> one</c><00:47:04.550><c> last</c><00:47:04.869><c> application</c><00:47:05.469><c> that</c><00:47:05.750><c> we</c>

00:47:05.909 --> 00:47:07.039
don't<00:47:06.170><c> know.</c>

00:47:07.869 --> 00:47:11.849
And<00:47:08.010><c> a</c><00:47:08.349><c> critical</c><00:47:08.750><c> point</c><00:47:09.150><c> that</c><00:47:09.409><c> is</c><00:47:09.630><c> often</c><00:47:09.809><c> not</c><00:47:10.130><c> perceived.</c><00:47:10.989><c> Where</c><00:47:11.429><c> is</c>

00:47:11.849 --> 00:47:14.949
the<00:47:12.070><c> harlot</c><00:47:13.030><c> seated?</c><00:47:14.269><c> It's</c><00:47:14.389><c> on</c><00:47:14.610><c> the</c><00:47:14.789><c> beach,</c>

00:47:14.949 --> 00:47:20.610
right?<00:47:16.170><c> On</c><00:47:16.469><c> the</c><00:47:16.610><c> back</c><00:47:16.750><c> of</c><00:47:16.849><c> the</c><00:47:16.969><c> beach,</c><00:47:17.190><c> right?</c><00:47:18.909><c> Wrong.</c><00:47:20.329><c> It's</c>

00:47:20.610 --> 00:47:24.170
on<00:47:20.969><c> the</c><00:47:21.210><c> hills.</c><00:47:22.469><c> But</c><00:47:22.590><c> the</c><00:47:22.769><c> hills</c><00:47:22.889><c> are</c><00:47:23.130><c> the</c><00:47:23.289><c> hills.</c>

00:47:24.250 --> 00:47:30.630
The<00:47:24.489><c> woman's</c><00:47:24.949><c> on</c><00:47:25.150><c> the</c><00:47:25.429><c> hills.</c><00:47:26.789><c> Where</c><00:47:26.929><c> the</c><00:47:27.250><c> horns</c><00:47:27.550><c> are.</c><00:47:28.610><c> And</c><00:47:28.809><c> that's</c><00:47:29.210><c> what</c><00:47:29.289><c> destroyed</c><00:47:29.730><c> her.</c><00:47:30.530><c> It</c>

00:47:30.630 --> 00:47:32.070
is<00:47:31.010><c> not</c><00:47:31.409><c> a</c><00:47:31.710><c> picture</c>

00:47:32.070 --> 00:47:37.449
of<00:47:32.469><c> a</c><00:47:32.670><c> harlot</c><00:47:33.010><c> woman</c><00:47:33.449><c> in</c><00:47:33.889><c> control</c><00:47:34.309><c> of</c><00:47:34.489><c> the</c><00:47:34.769><c> beast,</c><00:47:35.550><c> but</c><00:47:35.769><c> a</c><00:47:36.010><c> harlot</c><00:47:36.269><c> woman</c><00:47:36.650><c> who's</c><00:47:37.030><c> about</c><00:47:37.289><c> to</c>

00:47:37.449 --> 00:47:38.610
be<00:47:37.690><c> destroyed</c><00:47:38.050><c> by</c><00:47:38.369><c> her</c>

00:47:38.610 --> 00:47:44.409
brothers.<00:47:39.329><c> And</c><00:47:39.510><c> that's</c><00:47:39.829><c> a</c><00:47:40.110><c> very</c><00:47:40.570><c> different</c><00:47:40.909><c> picture.</c><00:47:42.190><c> The</c><00:47:42.449><c> text</c><00:47:42.969><c> says</c><00:47:43.369><c> so.</c><00:47:43.969><c> This</c><00:47:44.150><c> is</c>

00:47:44.409 --> 00:47:46.030
not<00:47:44.710><c> my</c><00:47:44.929><c> interpretation.</c>

00:47:47.889 --> 00:47:54.349
So,<00:47:49.710><c> given</c><00:47:49.889><c> those</c><00:47:50.369><c> facts,</c><00:47:52.010><c> what</c><00:47:52.210><c> is</c><00:47:52.469><c> a</c><00:47:52.650><c> goodness</c><00:47:52.949><c> fit?</c><00:47:54.110><c> Well,</c>

00:47:54.349 --> 00:47:58.369
let's<00:47:54.570><c> look</c><00:47:54.809><c> at</c><00:47:55.010><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:47:56.710><c> Ezekiel</c><00:47:57.369><c> says</c><00:47:57.969><c> something</c>

00:47:58.369 --> 00:48:03.869
about<00:47:58.750><c> harlots</c><00:47:59.309><c> and</c><00:48:00.409><c> the</c><00:48:00.650><c> land</c><00:48:00.849><c> being</c><00:48:01.130><c> the</c><00:48:01.289><c> mother</c><00:48:01.469><c> of</c><00:48:01.710><c> harlots</c><00:48:02.110><c> in</c><00:48:02.369><c> chapter</c><00:48:02.690><c> 16.</c>

00:48:03.889 --> 00:48:05.610
Ezekiel<00:48:04.349><c> says</c><00:48:04.570><c> a</c><00:48:04.750><c> lot</c><00:48:04.909><c> about</c>

00:48:05.610 --> 00:48:09.070
a<00:48:06.010><c> harlot</c><00:48:06.289><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:06.789><c> being</c><00:48:07.090><c> destroyed</c><00:48:07.530><c> by</c><00:48:07.750><c> her</c><00:48:07.949><c> lovers.</c><00:48:08.889><c> So</c>

00:48:09.070 --> 00:48:10.969
there's<00:48:09.329><c> at</c><00:48:09.449><c> least</c><00:48:09.590><c> two</c><00:48:10.010><c> real</c><00:48:10.289><c> clear</c><00:48:10.449><c> connections</c>

00:48:10.969 --> 00:48:17.690
with<00:48:11.510><c> that.</c><00:48:13.329><c> Jeremiah</c><00:48:13.570><c> 25</c><00:48:14.289><c> talks</c><00:48:14.650><c> about</c><00:48:14.869><c> a</c><00:48:15.130><c> cup,</c><00:48:16.110><c> a</c><00:48:16.269><c> cup</c><00:48:16.469><c> of</c><00:48:16.750><c> abominations,</c><00:48:17.610><c> a</c>

00:48:17.690 --> 00:48:19.170
cup<00:48:17.949><c> of</c><00:48:18.170><c> fury</c><00:48:18.389><c> that</c>

00:48:19.170 --> 00:48:23.730
starts<00:48:19.550><c> first</c><00:48:20.050><c> with</c><00:48:20.489><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:21.190><c> and</c><00:48:22.570><c> is</c><00:48:22.829><c> handed</c><00:48:23.050><c> around</c><00:48:23.469><c> to</c>

00:48:23.730 --> 00:48:26.110
all<00:48:23.869><c> the</c><00:48:24.170><c> gentile</c><00:48:24.590><c> nations,</c><00:48:25.110><c> and</c><00:48:25.309><c> Babylon</c><00:48:25.670><c> is</c><00:48:25.909><c> the</c>

00:48:26.110 --> 00:48:29.510
last<00:48:26.369><c> one</c><00:48:26.630><c> to</c><00:48:26.869><c> drink</c><00:48:27.030><c> it.</c><00:48:28.050><c> Ah,</c><00:48:28.369><c> so</c><00:48:28.550><c> there's</c><00:48:28.849><c> a</c><00:48:29.130><c> distinction</c>

00:48:29.510 --> 00:48:33.309
between<00:48:30.030><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:30.650><c> and</c><00:48:30.650><c> Babylon.</c><00:48:31.750><c> And</c><00:48:32.010><c> that's</c><00:48:32.289><c> right.</c>

00:48:33.690 --> 00:48:38.150
It<00:48:34.030><c> certainly</c><00:48:34.349><c> was</c><00:48:34.590><c> historically,</c><00:48:36.030><c> but</c><00:48:36.570><c> it</c><00:48:36.849><c> gives</c><00:48:36.989><c> us</c><00:48:37.309><c> a</c><00:48:37.570><c> clue</c>

00:48:38.150 --> 00:48:42.170
as<00:48:39.010><c> to</c><00:48:39.170><c> the</c><00:48:39.469><c> two</c><00:48:40.050><c> destructions</c><00:48:40.909><c> of</c><00:48:41.150><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:48:42.710 --> 00:48:49.889
Because<00:48:43.090><c> if</c><00:48:43.289><c> you've</c><00:48:43.570><c> got</c><00:48:43.929><c> a</c><00:48:44.510><c> Jewish</c><00:48:44.989><c> occupied</c><00:48:46.309><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:47.289><c> that's</c><00:48:49.250><c> destroyed</c><00:48:49.670><c> by</c>

00:48:49.889 --> 00:48:50.570
her<00:48:50.110><c> lovers,</c>

00:48:50.849 --> 00:48:55.110
as<00:48:51.050><c> one</c><00:48:51.230><c> in</c><00:48:51.469><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:48:52.710><c> then</c><00:48:52.849><c> the</c><00:48:52.989><c> beast</c><00:48:53.110><c> takes</c><00:48:53.409><c> over.</c><00:48:54.550><c> The</c><00:48:54.769><c> throne</c><00:48:54.949><c> of</c>

00:48:55.110 --> 00:48:59.010
the<00:48:55.250><c> beast</c><00:48:55.409><c> is</c><00:48:55.630><c> set</c><00:48:55.809><c> up.</c><00:48:56.869><c> It's</c><00:48:57.250><c> gentile</c><00:48:57.969><c> occupied.</c>

00:49:00.309 --> 00:49:05.750
It's<00:49:00.909><c> Babylon,</c><00:49:02.030><c> Babylon</c><00:49:02.610><c> aspect,</c><00:49:03.550><c> and</c><00:49:03.710><c> is</c><00:49:03.949><c> now</c><00:49:04.530><c> not</c><00:49:04.829><c> Jewish,</c>

00:49:05.949 --> 00:49:09.250
but<00:49:06.110><c> gentile.</c><00:49:07.030><c> When</c><00:49:07.269><c> Christ</c><00:49:07.590><c> comes</c><00:49:07.929><c> back,</c>

00:49:09.469 --> 00:49:13.710
Man<00:49:09.590><c> of</c><00:49:09.690><c> Olives,</c><00:49:10.730><c> split,</c><00:49:12.269><c> it</c><00:49:12.429><c> is</c><00:49:12.710><c> the</c><00:49:12.929><c> throne</c><00:49:13.090><c> of</c><00:49:13.269><c> the</c><00:49:13.469><c> beast</c>

00:49:13.710 --> 00:49:15.889
that's<00:49:14.050><c> destroyed.</c><00:49:14.489><c> It's</c><00:49:14.670><c> the</c><00:49:14.869><c> gentile</c><00:49:15.409><c> aspect</c>

00:49:15.889 --> 00:49:22.010
Jerusalem,<00:49:16.550><c> and</c><00:49:16.690><c> that's</c><00:49:16.989><c> the</c><00:49:17.130><c> chapter</c><00:49:17.449><c> 16</c><00:49:17.849><c> destruction.</c><00:49:20.829><c> There's</c><00:49:21.070><c> other</c><00:49:21.269><c> things</c><00:49:21.590><c> that</c><00:49:21.809><c> I</c>

00:49:22.010 --> 00:49:22.710
could<00:49:22.150><c> deduce</c><00:49:22.389><c> to</c><00:49:22.570><c> that,</c>

00:49:22.710 --> 00:49:27.869
but<00:49:22.869><c> basically,</c><00:49:25.150><c> I</c><00:49:26.449><c> think</c><00:49:26.690><c> I'm</c><00:49:26.869><c> one</c><00:49:26.989><c> minute</c><00:49:27.250><c> over</c><00:49:27.530><c> time.</c><00:49:27.670><c> Let</c>

00:49:27.869 --> 00:49:30.070
me<00:49:28.090><c> take</c><00:49:28.329><c> one</c><00:49:28.510><c> more</c><00:49:28.730><c> minute</c><00:49:28.949><c> here.</c>

00:49:31.150 --> 00:49:34.050
Those<00:49:31.389><c> are</c><00:49:31.550><c> some</c><00:49:31.789><c> facts</c><00:49:32.050><c> to</c><00:49:32.329><c> fit.</c><00:49:32.670><c> I</c><00:49:32.809><c> think</c><00:49:32.949><c> there's</c><00:49:33.230><c> a</c><00:49:33.349><c> goodness</c><00:49:33.630><c> fit</c>

00:49:34.050 --> 00:49:36.650
for<00:49:34.989><c> Jerusalem</c><00:49:35.590><c> and</c><00:49:35.809><c> the</c><00:49:36.010><c> harlot</c><00:49:36.250><c> here.</c>

00:49:37.110 --> 00:49:40.849
But<00:49:37.250><c> the</c><00:49:37.489><c> point</c><00:49:37.630><c> of</c><00:49:37.789><c> it,</c><00:49:38.090><c> the</c><00:49:38.210><c> real</c><00:49:38.489><c> enemy</c><00:49:38.829><c> then,</c><00:49:39.869><c> is</c><00:49:40.070><c> not</c><00:49:40.449><c> some</c>

00:49:40.849 --> 00:49:42.730
system.<00:49:41.449><c> It's</c><00:49:41.630><c> not</c><00:49:41.849><c> a</c><00:49:42.070><c> political</c><00:49:42.369><c> system,</c>

00:49:42.769 --> 00:49:47.409
it's<00:49:42.949><c> not</c><00:49:43.130><c> a</c><00:49:43.269><c> religious</c><00:49:43.590><c> system.</c><00:49:45.050><c> It's</c><00:49:45.530><c> in</c><00:49:45.690><c> ourselves.</c><00:49:46.449><c> Jesus,</c><00:49:47.030><c> Mano,</c>

00:49:47.550 --> 00:49:50.550
the<00:49:47.710><c> prophecy,</c><00:49:48.329><c> Matthew</c><00:49:48.590><c> 24,</c><00:49:49.750><c> Luke</c><00:49:49.909><c> 21.</c>

00:49:50.550 --> 00:49:56.289
Matthew<00:49:51.210><c> 24</c><00:49:51.730><c> three</c><00:49:52.190><c> times</c><00:49:52.489><c> says,</c><00:49:54.289><c> watch</c><00:49:54.309><c> out</c><00:49:54.710><c> for</c><00:49:54.989><c> false</c><00:49:55.369><c> prophets.</c><00:49:56.070><c> They</c>

00:49:56.289 --> 00:49:58.130
can<00:49:56.610><c> deceive,</c><00:49:57.210><c> even</c><00:49:57.590><c> the</c><00:49:57.849><c> elect,</c>

00:49:58.550 --> 00:50:02.369
and<00:49:58.730><c> I'm</c><00:49:58.949><c> not</c><00:49:59.369><c> trying</c><00:49:59.650><c> to</c><00:49:59.929><c> minimize</c><00:50:00.250><c> that.</c><00:50:01.010><c> There</c><00:50:01.329><c> are</c><00:50:01.949><c> false</c>

00:50:02.369 --> 00:50:05.190
religious<00:50:03.130><c> political</c><00:50:03.690><c> systems.</c><00:50:04.469><c> There</c><00:50:04.710><c> are</c>

00:50:05.190 --> 00:50:08.889
apostate<00:50:05.789><c> people.</c><00:50:06.269><c> I'm</c><00:50:06.550><c> not</c><00:50:06.829><c> trying</c><00:50:06.969><c> to</c><00:50:07.230><c> say</c><00:50:07.369><c> there's</c><00:50:07.730><c> not.</c><00:50:08.489><c> What</c><00:50:08.690><c> I</c>

00:50:08.889 --> 00:50:11.070
am<00:50:09.150><c> trying</c><00:50:09.329><c> to</c><00:50:09.590><c> point</c><00:50:09.769><c> out</c><00:50:10.010><c> is</c><00:50:10.230><c> the</c><00:50:10.550><c> personal</c>

00:50:11.070 --> 00:50:16.949
application<00:50:11.909><c> to</c><00:50:12.190><c> ourselves,</c><00:50:12.969><c> and</c><00:50:13.110><c> Jesus</c><00:50:13.550><c> in</c><00:50:13.710><c> his</c><00:50:13.829><c> Luke</c><00:50:14.010><c> 21</c><00:50:15.530><c> discourse</c><00:50:16.570><c> put</c><00:50:16.809><c> it</c>

00:50:16.949 --> 00:50:18.030
this<00:50:17.190><c> way.</c>

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But<00:50:18.849><c> take</c><00:50:19.309><c> heed</c><00:50:19.630><c> to</c><00:50:20.170><c> yourselves,</c><00:50:21.110><c> lest</c><00:50:22.309><c> your</c><00:50:22.690><c> hearts</c><00:50:22.909><c> be</c><00:50:23.190><c> weighed</c><00:50:23.369><c> down</c>

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with<00:50:23.949><c> dissipation</c><00:50:24.750><c> and</c><00:50:25.090><c> drunkenness</c>

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and<00:50:25.929><c> cares</c><00:50:26.130><c> of</c><00:50:26.309><c> this</c><00:50:26.530><c> life,</c><00:50:27.349><c> and</c><00:50:27.570><c> that</c><00:50:27.809><c> day</c><00:50:27.969><c> come</c><00:50:28.210><c> upon</c><00:50:28.449><c> you</c><00:50:28.730><c> suddenly</c><00:50:28.989><c> like</c><00:50:29.309><c> a</c>

00:50:29.510 --> 00:50:31.590
snare,<00:50:30.309><c> for</c><00:50:30.550><c> it</c><00:50:30.849><c> will</c><00:50:31.050><c> come</c><00:50:31.309><c> upon</c>

00:50:31.590 --> 00:50:34.889
all<00:50:31.969><c> who</c><00:50:32.170><c> dwell</c><00:50:32.309><c> upon</c><00:50:32.610><c> the</c><00:50:32.829><c> face</c><00:50:33.010><c> of</c><00:50:33.190><c> the</c><00:50:33.289><c> whole</c><00:50:33.510><c> earth.</c><00:50:34.670><c> In</c>

00:50:34.889 --> 00:50:38.010
other<00:50:35.010><c> words,</c><00:50:35.730><c> watch</c><00:50:35.969><c> the</c><00:50:36.130><c> real</c><00:50:36.389><c> enemy</c><00:50:36.809><c> yourself.</c>

00:50:38.369 --> 00:50:43.429
How<00:50:38.610><c> do</c><00:50:38.829><c> you</c><00:50:38.929><c> watch</c><00:50:39.150><c> it?</c><00:50:40.510><c> Watch</c><00:50:40.969><c> at</c><00:50:41.170><c> all</c><00:50:41.409><c> times,</c><00:50:42.769><c> praying</c><00:50:42.949><c> that</c>

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you<00:50:43.630><c> may</c><00:50:43.750><c> have</c><00:50:43.989><c> strength</c><00:50:44.170><c> to</c><00:50:44.349><c> escape</c><00:50:44.590><c> all</c><00:50:44.849><c> these</c>

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things<00:50:45.250><c> that</c><00:50:45.489><c> will</c><00:50:45.690><c> take</c><00:50:45.969><c> place</c><00:50:47.050><c> and</c><00:50:47.389><c> to</c><00:50:47.530><c> stand</c><00:50:47.769><c> before</c><00:50:48.210><c> the</c>

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Son<00:50:48.590><c> of</c><00:50:48.809><c> Man.</c><00:50:50.849><c> You</c><00:50:50.869><c> can</c><00:50:51.050><c> turn</c><00:50:51.230><c> over</c><00:50:51.389><c> your</c><00:50:51.550><c> sheets</c><00:50:51.750><c> now</c>

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and<00:50:52.150><c> see</c><00:50:52.289><c> what</c><00:50:52.409><c> I</c><00:50:52.570><c> say.</c>