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who<00:11:04.799><c> will</c><00:11:04.980><c> be</c><00:11:05.120><c> king</c><00:11:05.299><c> over</c><00:11:05.620><c> all</c><00:11:05.919><c> of</c><00:11:06.059><c> the</c><00:11:06.159><c> earth,</c>

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angel.<00:11:09.519><c> He</c><00:11:09.659><c> will</c><00:11:09.840><c> be</c><00:11:10.019><c> king</c><00:11:10.179><c> over</c><00:11:10.519><c> all</c><00:11:10.759><c> the</c><00:11:10.899><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:11:12.980><c> her</c><00:11:13.220><c> mind</c><00:11:13.299><c> went</c><00:11:13.539><c> back</c><00:11:13.840><c> to</c><00:11:14.019><c> the</c><00:11:14.139><c> first</c><00:11:14.379><c> person</c><00:11:14.700><c> to</c><00:11:14.919><c> speak</c>

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mind,<00:11:23.940><c> tremendous</c><00:11:24.340><c> vision</c><00:11:24.679><c> and</c><00:11:24.980><c> enthusiasm</c><00:11:25.500><c> as</c><00:11:25.659><c> she</c><00:11:25.919><c> quotes</c>

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uncertainty,<00:13:37.139><c> which</c><00:13:37.200><c> is</c><00:13:37.440><c> a</c><00:13:37.500><c> familiar</c><00:13:38.080><c> pattern</c><00:13:38.419><c> for</c><00:13:38.620><c> those</c><00:13:38.940><c> who</c><00:13:39.179><c> give</c><00:13:39.320><c> themselves</c><00:13:39.940><c> to</c>

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the<00:13:40.700><c> service</c><00:13:40.940><c> of</c><00:13:41.100><c> their</c><00:13:41.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:44.419><c> it's</c><00:13:44.620><c> remarkable</c><00:13:45.360><c> that</c><00:13:46.139><c> when</c><00:13:46.279><c> we</c><00:13:46.539><c> have</c><00:13:46.679><c> the</c><00:13:46.960><c> ancestry</c><00:13:47.379><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:47.700><c> Lord</c><00:13:47.840><c> Jesus</c><00:13:48.220><c> Christ</c><00:13:48.539><c> laid</c><00:13:48.759><c> out,</c>

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there<00:13:49.620><c> are</c><00:13:49.879><c> five</c><00:13:50.279><c> women</c><00:13:50.620><c> that</c><00:13:50.879><c> find</c><00:13:51.100><c> their</c><00:13:51.320><c> place</c><00:13:51.740><c> in</c><00:13:51.960><c> that</c>

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genealogy.<00:13:53.840><c> Interestingly</c><00:13:54.179><c> enough,</c>

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not<00:13:54.919><c> one</c><00:13:55.159><c> of</c><00:13:55.259><c> those</c><00:13:55.480><c> women</c><00:13:55.740><c> would</c><00:13:55.919><c> have</c><00:13:56.100><c> been</c><00:13:56.259><c> wanted</c><00:13:56.480><c> by</c><00:13:56.759><c> any</c>

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of<00:13:57.159><c> the</c><00:13:57.299><c> Jews</c><00:13:57.460><c> of</c><00:13:57.639><c> his</c><00:13:57.899><c> day</c><00:13:58.100><c> and</c><00:13:58.220><c> their</c><00:13:58.480><c> ancestry.</c>

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But<00:13:59.740><c> in</c><00:13:59.860><c> the</c><00:14:00.000><c> genealogy</c><00:14:00.460><c> of</c><00:14:00.600><c> Christ</c><00:14:00.860><c> given</c><00:14:01.080><c> in</c><00:14:01.259><c> Matthew</c><00:14:01.559><c> chapter</c><00:14:01.879><c> 1,</c>

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none<00:14:03.480><c> of</c><00:14:03.659><c> these</c><00:14:03.860><c> ancestors</c><00:14:04.460><c> you</c><00:14:04.639><c> would</c><00:14:04.820><c> want</c><00:14:05.000><c> to</c><00:14:05.240><c> have</c><00:14:05.559><c> when</c>

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it<00:14:06.139><c> came</c><00:14:06.320><c> to</c><00:14:06.480><c> the</c><00:14:06.700><c> side</c><00:14:06.860><c> of</c><00:14:07.000><c> the</c><00:14:07.139><c> women.</c>

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But<00:14:09.419><c> all</c><00:14:09.559><c> have</c><00:14:09.720><c> got</c><00:14:09.840><c> similar</c><00:14:10.179><c> patterns</c><00:14:10.519><c> in</c><00:14:10.720><c> their</c><00:14:10.879><c> life.</c><00:14:11.299><c> What</c>

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a<00:14:11.600><c> remarkable</c><00:14:12.159><c> coincidence,</c><00:14:12.860><c> the</c><00:14:12.980><c> patterns</c><00:14:13.259><c> of</c>

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in<00:14:19.460><c> law,</c><00:14:21.039><c> and</c><00:14:21.039><c> finally</c><00:14:21.399><c> accepted</c><00:14:21.899><c> as</c><00:14:22.120><c> mother</c><00:14:22.399><c> of</c><00:14:22.620><c> the</c><00:14:22.820><c> tribes</c>

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of<00:14:23.480><c> Judah.</c>

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Rahab,<00:14:25.259><c> the</c><00:14:25.500><c> outcast,</c><00:14:26.440><c> exploited</c><00:14:26.799><c> and</c><00:14:27.539><c> yet</c><00:14:27.740><c> redeemed.</c>

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Ruth,<00:14:29.820><c> desolate,</c><00:14:30.340><c> widowed,</c><00:14:31.299><c> outcast</c><00:14:31.700><c> as</c><00:14:31.899><c> a</c><00:14:32.019><c> Moabite,</c><00:14:33.159><c> and</c><00:14:33.240><c> yet</c><00:14:33.460><c> accepted</c><00:14:34.080><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:34.620><c> line</c><00:14:34.740><c> of</c><00:14:34.980><c> David.</c>

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Bathsheba,<00:14:37.419><c> exploited,</c><00:14:38.740><c> desolate</c><00:14:39.159><c> with</c><00:14:39.480><c> the</c><00:14:39.600><c> loss</c><00:14:39.720><c> of</c><00:14:39.899><c> her</c>

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husband<00:14:40.340><c> and</c><00:14:40.480><c> her</c><00:14:40.779><c> child,</c>

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and<00:14:42.200><c> finally</c><00:14:42.519><c> accepted</c><00:14:42.960><c> as</c><00:14:43.159><c> the</c><00:14:43.320><c> mother</c><00:14:43.480><c> of</c><00:14:43.759><c> Solomon</c><00:14:44.159><c> and</c><00:14:45.539><c> Mary,</c><00:14:45.879><c> who</c>

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was<00:14:46.220><c> misjudged</c><00:14:46.860><c> by</c><00:14:47.080><c> her</c><00:14:47.279><c> generation,</c>

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despised<00:14:49.120><c> in</c><00:14:49.379><c> Nazareth</c><00:14:49.679><c> as</c><00:14:49.820><c> we</c><00:14:49.960><c> will</c><00:14:50.159><c> shortly</c><00:14:50.480><c> see,</c><00:14:52.159><c> and</c><00:14:52.240><c> yet</c>

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above<00:14:52.620><c> all</c><00:14:52.799><c> was</c><00:14:53.019><c> blessed</c><00:14:53.240><c> by</c><00:14:53.519><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:53.860><c> the</c><00:14:54.019><c> principle</c><00:14:54.259><c> is</c><00:14:54.500><c> so</c><00:14:54.779><c> clear</c><00:14:54.960><c> that</c><00:14:55.100><c> the</c><00:14:55.379><c> development</c><00:14:55.679><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:14:57.480><c> in</c><00:14:57.679><c> the</c><00:14:57.919><c> seed</c><00:14:58.019><c> of</c><00:14:58.179><c> the</c><00:14:58.320><c> woman</c>

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will<00:14:59.480><c> be</c><00:14:59.779><c> accomplished</c><00:15:00.120><c> through</c><00:15:00.399><c> much</c><00:15:00.679><c> tribulation,</c><00:15:01.539><c> finally</c><00:15:01.879><c> leading</c><00:15:02.200><c> to</c>

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acceptance<00:15:02.779><c> with</c><00:15:03.000><c> God.</c>

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But<00:15:03.480><c> there's</c><00:15:03.679><c> a</c><00:15:03.919><c> process</c><00:15:04.360><c> of</c><00:15:04.659><c> travail</c><00:15:05.039><c> that</c><00:15:05.840><c> has</c><00:15:06.120><c> to</c><00:15:06.279><c> be</c><00:15:06.419><c> gone</c>

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through<00:15:06.899><c> before</c><00:15:07.139><c> we</c><00:15:07.419><c> bring</c><00:15:07.620><c> forth</c>

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the<00:15:08.960><c> seed</c><00:15:09.080><c> of</c><00:15:09.200><c> the</c><00:15:09.299><c> woman</c><00:15:09.480><c> in</c><00:15:09.679><c> ourselves.</c><00:15:12.279><c> You</c><00:15:12.440><c> think</c><00:15:12.580><c> of</c><00:15:12.720><c> the</c>

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issue<00:15:13.059><c> she</c><00:15:13.240><c> now</c><00:15:13.559><c> confronted</c><00:15:14.000><c> alone.</c>

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She<00:15:15.820><c> firstly</c><00:15:16.159><c> had</c><00:15:16.279><c> to</c><00:15:16.519><c> think</c><00:15:16.620><c> how</c><00:15:16.779><c> she</c><00:15:16.919><c> was</c><00:15:17.080><c> going</c><00:15:17.220><c> to</c><00:15:17.419><c> survive</c>

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and<00:15:18.419><c> feed</c><00:15:18.700><c> this</c><00:15:18.960><c> child.</c><00:15:19.279><c> There</c><00:15:19.299><c> was</c>

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no<00:15:19.720><c> social</c><00:15:19.980><c> security</c><00:15:20.419><c> in</c><00:15:20.580><c> those</c><00:15:20.879><c> days</c><00:15:21.440><c> for</c><00:15:21.700><c> unmarried</c><00:15:22.039><c> mothers.</c><00:15:23.500><c> She</c><00:15:23.700><c> lost</c><00:15:23.980><c> her</c><00:15:24.200><c> reputation.</c><00:15:25.340><c> What</c><00:15:25.519><c> a</c><00:15:25.740><c> hopeless</c>

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task<00:15:26.299><c> of</c><00:15:26.519><c> explaining</c><00:15:26.879><c> to</c><00:15:27.059><c> people</c><00:15:27.580><c> her</c><00:15:28.019><c> obvious</c><00:15:28.460><c> condition</c><00:15:29.159><c> in</c>

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a<00:15:30.080><c> small</c><00:15:30.279><c> village</c><00:15:30.580><c> like</c><00:15:30.860><c> Nazareth</c><00:15:31.220><c> where</c><00:15:31.480><c> it</c><00:15:31.600><c> was</c>

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despised<00:15:32.399><c> by</c><00:15:32.740><c> everybody.</c><00:15:34.659><c> Who's</c><00:15:34.940><c> going</c><00:15:35.159><c> to</c><00:15:35.320><c> accept</c><00:15:35.840><c> the</c><00:15:36.259><c> story</c><00:15:36.539><c> about</c><00:15:36.799><c> angels</c><00:15:37.159><c> visiting</c><00:15:37.539><c> and</c>

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virgin<00:15:38.600><c> birth?</c>

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the<00:15:43.759><c> woman</c><00:15:43.919><c> would</c><00:15:44.100><c> have</c><00:15:44.320><c> snubbed</c><00:15:44.620><c> her</c><00:15:44.799><c> as</c><00:15:44.879><c> she</c><00:15:45.019><c> came</c>

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there<00:15:45.480><c> day</c><00:15:45.700><c> by</c><00:15:45.919><c> day</c><00:15:46.080><c> to</c><00:15:46.259><c> draw</c><00:15:46.440><c> water,</c><00:15:47.080><c> the</c><00:15:47.259><c> cruel</c><00:15:47.419><c> comments</c><00:15:47.820><c> they</c><00:15:48.080><c> made</c><00:15:48.320><c> about</c><00:15:48.639><c> her.</c><00:15:51.080><c> Think</c><00:15:51.200><c> what</c><00:15:51.320><c> it</c>

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meant<00:15:51.740><c> to</c><00:15:51.940><c> be</c><00:15:52.120><c> a</c>

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pure<00:15:52.840><c> and</c><00:15:53.159><c> spiritually</c><00:15:53.500><c> minded</c><00:15:53.840><c> girl,</c><00:15:55.480><c> to</c><00:15:55.539><c> be</c><00:15:55.720><c> so</c><00:15:56.019><c> falsely</c><00:15:56.440><c> accused</c><00:15:56.759><c> and</c><00:15:56.899><c> have</c><00:15:57.039><c> your</c><00:15:57.200><c> reputation</c><00:15:57.820><c> destroyed</c><00:15:58.320><c> in</c><00:15:58.480><c> your</c>

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hometown.<00:16:01.240><c> No</c><00:16:01.440><c> one</c><00:16:01.559><c> would</c><00:16:01.779><c> believe</c><00:16:01.980><c> her</c><00:16:02.080><c> to</c><00:16:02.220><c> be</c><00:16:02.379><c> anything</c><00:16:02.740><c> except</c><00:16:03.299><c> a</c>

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fornicator.<00:16:04.840><c> For</c><00:16:05.080><c> all</c><00:16:05.360><c> of</c><00:16:05.500><c> her</c><00:16:05.659><c> life</c><00:16:05.980><c> they</c><00:16:06.240><c> said</c>

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that<00:16:06.580><c> of</c><00:16:06.720><c> her.</c><00:16:08.659><c> There's</c><00:16:08.820><c> no</c><00:16:09.019><c> doubt</c><00:16:09.179><c> that</c><00:16:09.379><c> generation</c><00:16:09.919><c> called</c>

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her<00:16:10.340><c> many</c><00:16:10.580><c> things</c><00:16:10.860><c> but</c><00:16:11.000><c> they</c><00:16:11.259><c> certainly</c><00:16:11.559><c> weren't</c>

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calling<00:16:12.019><c> her</c><00:16:12.240><c> blessed.</c><00:16:13.960><c> So</c><00:16:14.259><c> strong</c><00:16:14.460><c> was</c><00:16:14.659><c> the</c><00:16:14.820><c> gossip</c><00:16:15.200><c> that</c><00:16:16.080><c> 30</c>

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years<00:16:16.700><c> later</c><00:16:16.980><c> the</c><00:16:17.240><c> story</c><00:16:17.460><c> was</c><00:16:17.759><c> dragged</c><00:16:17.980><c> out</c>

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by<00:16:18.399><c> the</c><00:16:18.600><c> Pharisees.</c><00:16:19.019><c> They</c><00:16:19.159><c> did</c><00:16:19.379><c> their</c><00:16:19.600><c> homework</c><00:16:19.860><c> on</c><00:16:20.120><c> Jesus.</c>

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They<00:16:20.860><c> went</c><00:16:21.000><c> up</c><00:16:21.159><c> to</c><00:16:21.299><c> Nazareth</c><00:16:21.519><c> and</c><00:16:21.679><c> they</c><00:16:21.740><c> said</c>

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everybody's<00:16:22.440><c> got</c><00:16:22.600><c> a</c><00:16:22.840><c> skeleton</c><00:16:23.039><c> in</c><00:16:23.240><c> the</c><00:16:23.379><c> closet</c><00:16:23.580><c> somewhere.</c>

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We'll<00:16:24.759><c> find</c><00:16:24.960><c> out</c><00:16:25.179><c> something</c><00:16:25.399><c> on</c><00:16:25.620><c> him</c><00:16:25.820><c> and</c><00:16:25.980><c> so</c><00:16:26.179><c> they</c><00:16:26.379><c> did.</c>

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And<00:16:27.860><c> when</c><00:16:27.960><c> they</c><00:16:28.080><c> got</c><00:16:28.159><c> into</c><00:16:28.440><c> confrontation</c><00:16:29.019><c> they</c><00:16:29.340><c> threw</c><00:16:29.500><c> it</c><00:16:29.620><c> at</c>

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him.<00:16:30.519><c> In</c><00:16:30.720><c> John</c><00:16:30.960><c> chapter</c><00:16:31.259><c> 8</c><00:16:31.500><c> they</c><00:16:31.759><c> said,</c>

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well<00:16:33.580><c> so</c><00:16:33.840><c> much</c><00:16:34.039><c> for</c><00:16:34.279><c> your</c><00:16:34.519><c> words.</c><00:16:34.740><c> We</c><00:16:34.879><c> can</c><00:16:35.080><c> say</c><00:16:35.279><c> one</c><00:16:35.519><c> thing</c><00:16:35.659><c> about</c><00:16:35.899><c> us</c>

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and<00:16:36.259><c> our</c><00:16:36.460><c> genealogy.</c>

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We<00:16:38.299><c> be</c><00:16:38.519><c> not</c><00:16:38.720><c> born</c><00:16:38.899><c> of</c><00:16:39.120><c> fornication.</c><00:16:40.679><c> We</c><00:16:40.899><c> know</c><00:16:41.279><c> who</c><00:16:41.519><c> our</c><00:16:41.820><c> father</c>

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is<00:16:42.879><c> and</c><00:16:43.820><c> by</c><00:16:44.080><c> implication</c><00:16:44.600><c> the</c><00:16:44.779><c> question</c><00:16:45.139><c> was</c>

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do<00:16:45.820><c> you?</c><00:16:47.480><c> They'd</c><00:16:47.659><c> done</c><00:16:47.799><c> their</c><00:16:48.039><c> homework</c><00:16:48.320><c> at</c><00:16:48.559><c> Nazareth</c><00:16:48.899><c> and</c>

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Mary<00:16:49.779><c> and</c><00:16:50.039><c> Joseph</c><00:16:50.259><c> had</c><00:16:50.500><c> lived</c><00:16:50.620><c> with</c><00:16:50.820><c> that</c><00:16:51.080><c> shame</c>

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Joseph.<00:16:58.659><c> You</c><00:16:58.940><c> imagine</c><00:16:59.240><c> her</c><00:16:59.460><c> grieving</c><00:16:59.879><c> for</c><00:17:00.220><c> her</c><00:17:00.919><c> espoused</c><00:17:01.440><c> Joseph.</c><00:17:03.179><c> She</c>

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she<00:17:14.440><c> understood</c><00:17:14.880><c> how</c><00:17:15.279><c> hurt</c><00:17:15.420><c> he</c><00:17:15.519><c> would</c><00:17:15.740><c> be,</c><00:17:15.880><c> how</c>

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her.<00:17:28.420><c> For</c><00:17:28.539><c> her</c><00:17:28.740><c> there</c><00:17:28.819><c> was</c><00:17:29.019><c> no</c><00:17:29.240><c> grand</c><00:17:29.460><c> wedding,</c>

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now<00:17:41.160><c> faced</c><00:17:41.440><c> poverty.</c><00:17:42.319><c> There</c><00:17:42.460><c> would</c><00:17:42.619><c> be</c><00:17:42.819><c> no</c><00:17:42.980><c> wedding</c>

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brethren<00:18:00.779><c> and</c><00:18:01.039><c> sisters.</c><00:18:02.900><c> Working</c><00:18:03.180><c> with</c><00:18:03.400><c> God</c><00:18:03.579><c> will</c><00:18:03.740><c> often</c><00:18:04.000><c> bring</c><00:18:04.220><c> pain</c><00:18:04.599><c> to</c>

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Joseph.<00:19:04.500><c> We</c><00:19:04.720><c> find</c><00:19:04.920><c> that</c><00:19:05.079><c> it</c><00:19:05.240><c> also</c><00:19:05.579><c> says</c><00:19:05.839><c> that</c><00:19:06.019><c> when</c>

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bidden<00:19:39.579><c> him</c><00:19:39.779><c> and</c><00:19:39.900><c> he</c><00:19:40.000><c> took</c><00:19:40.180><c> under</c><00:19:40.460><c> him</c><00:19:40.880><c> his</c><00:19:41.380><c> wife.</c><00:19:45.460><c> He</c><00:19:45.559><c> took</c><00:19:45.759><c> a</c>

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had<00:20:09.279><c> that</c><00:20:09.599><c> child</c><00:20:10.240><c> he</c><00:20:11.299><c> called</c><00:20:11.519><c> his</c><00:20:11.779><c> name</c><00:20:12.039><c> Jesus.</c>

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scenario.<00:20:18.559><c> We</c><00:20:18.960><c> have</c><00:20:19.200><c> a</c><00:20:19.599><c> mission</c><00:20:19.859><c> to</c><00:20:20.099><c> call</c><00:20:20.339><c> this</c><00:20:20.660><c> name</c><00:20:21.039><c> of</c><00:20:21.720><c> this</c>

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child<00:20:22.160><c> the</c><00:20:22.319><c> salvation</c><00:20:22.819><c> of</c><00:20:23.079><c> God</c><00:20:23.559><c> and</c><00:20:24.480><c> besides</c><00:20:24.940><c> that</c>

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we<00:20:25.400><c> read</c><00:20:25.500><c> he</c><00:20:25.619><c> did</c><00:20:25.839><c> not</c><00:20:26.039><c> touch</c><00:20:26.339><c> that</c><00:20:26.559><c> woman</c><00:20:27.019><c> until</c><00:20:28.359><c> she</c><00:20:28.539><c> had</c><00:20:28.759><c> brought</c><00:20:28.960><c> forth</c><00:20:29.240><c> her</c>

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firstborn<00:20:29.920><c> son.</c><00:20:30.140><c> He</c><00:20:30.400><c> realized</c><00:20:30.859><c> that</c>

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child<00:20:31.859><c> had</c><00:20:32.119><c> to</c><00:20:32.299><c> be</c><00:20:32.480><c> born</c><00:20:32.700><c> of</c><00:20:32.880><c> a</c><00:20:33.019><c> virgin.</c><00:20:34.119><c> What</c><00:20:34.279><c> a</c><00:20:34.440><c> loving</c><00:20:34.680><c> caring</c><00:20:35.019><c> man</c>

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But<00:20:39.660><c> you</c><00:20:39.799><c> just</c><00:20:39.980><c> now</c><00:20:40.140><c> reflect</c><00:20:40.519><c> on</c><00:20:40.680><c> what</c><00:20:40.920><c> happened</c><00:20:41.140><c> as</c><00:20:41.279><c> they</c><00:20:41.440><c> went</c><00:20:41.720><c> with</c><00:20:42.539><c> that</c><00:20:42.819><c> child.</c><00:20:43.140><c> You</c>

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imagine<00:20:43.680><c> the</c><00:20:43.940><c> shame</c><00:20:44.180><c> they</c>

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both<00:20:44.680><c> shared,</c><00:20:44.960><c> the</c><00:20:45.119><c> taunts</c><00:20:45.299><c> of</c><00:20:45.480><c> their</c><00:20:45.640><c> neighbors,</c><00:20:45.980><c> the</c><00:20:46.099><c> loss</c>

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of<00:20:46.480><c> business.</c><00:20:47.900><c> Who's</c><00:20:48.200><c> going</c><00:20:48.299><c> to</c><00:20:48.420><c> give</c><00:20:48.519><c> work</c><00:20:48.779><c> to</c><00:20:49.000><c> Joseph?</c>

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And<00:20:51.299><c> then</c><00:20:51.400><c> the</c><00:20:51.599><c> child's</c><00:20:52.059><c> Jew.</c><00:20:52.920><c> They</c><00:20:53.180><c> were</c><00:20:53.380><c> obliged</c><00:20:53.640><c> to</c><00:20:53.920><c> travel</c>

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at<00:20:54.279><c> a</c><00:20:54.319><c> most</c><00:20:54.619><c> inconvenient</c><00:20:55.180><c> time</c><00:20:55.599><c> some</c><00:20:55.900><c> 80</c><00:20:56.160><c> miles</c>

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to<00:20:56.759><c> Bethlehem</c><00:20:57.779><c> probably</c><00:20:58.460><c> using</c><00:20:58.960><c> an</c><00:20:59.180><c> ass.</c><00:21:01.799><c> But</c><00:21:02.039><c> that</c><00:21:02.180><c> happened</c>

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right<00:21:02.640><c> at</c><00:21:02.799><c> the</c><00:21:02.980><c> time</c><00:21:03.220><c> that</c><00:21:03.480><c> child</c><00:21:03.700><c> was</c><00:21:04.019><c> Jew,</c>

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uncomfortable,<00:21:05.299><c> awkward</c><00:21:05.460><c> for</c><00:21:05.680><c> Mary.</c><00:21:06.140><c> Would</c><00:21:06.319><c> she</c><00:21:06.519><c> actually</c>

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make<00:21:07.119><c> it</c><00:21:07.220><c> or</c><00:21:07.259><c> would</c><00:21:07.440><c> she</c><00:21:07.640><c> like</c><00:21:07.839><c> Rachel</c>

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fall<00:21:08.779><c> short</c><00:21:09.079><c> of</c><00:21:09.240><c> Bethlehem</c><00:21:10.079><c> in</c><00:21:10.359><c> the</c><00:21:10.480><c> bringing</c><00:21:10.700><c> forth</c><00:21:10.940><c> of</c><00:21:11.140><c> the</c><00:21:11.240><c> Messiah?</c>

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But<00:21:13.980><c> she</c><00:21:14.119><c> arrived</c><00:21:14.420><c> in</c><00:21:14.559><c> a</c><00:21:14.779><c> strange</c><00:21:15.039><c> town.</c><00:21:16.160><c> The</c><00:21:16.420><c> place</c><00:21:16.559><c> was</c><00:21:16.839><c> overcrowded,</c><00:21:17.339><c> there</c><00:21:17.440><c> was</c>

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chaos<00:21:18.019><c> everywhere</c>

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and<00:21:19.039><c> she's</c><00:21:19.319><c> in</c><00:21:19.519><c> distressing</c><00:21:19.960><c> pangs</c><00:21:20.299><c> of</c><00:21:20.579><c> labor</c><00:21:20.980><c> and</c><00:21:22.099><c> repeatedly</c><00:21:22.559><c> Joseph</c><00:21:22.920><c> is</c>

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turned<00:21:23.359><c> away.</c>

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There's<00:21:24.920><c> no</c><00:21:25.160><c> room</c><00:21:25.559><c> anywhere</c><00:21:26.099><c> for</c><00:21:26.400><c> them.</c><00:21:26.700><c> He's</c><00:21:26.980><c> getting</c><00:21:27.339><c> frantic</c><00:21:27.640><c> because</c><00:21:28.019><c> her</c>

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labor<00:21:28.480><c> pains</c><00:21:28.759><c> are</c><00:21:29.019><c> increasing</c>

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and<00:21:30.220><c> finally</c><00:21:30.460><c> they</c><00:21:30.619><c> come</c><00:21:30.819><c> to</c><00:21:31.019><c> a</c><00:21:31.220><c> stable.</c><00:21:32.420><c> The</c><00:21:32.599><c> only</c><00:21:32.920><c> place</c><00:21:33.180><c> they</c><00:21:33.299><c> could</c><00:21:33.539><c> find</c><00:21:33.700><c> no</c>

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comforts<00:21:34.500><c> of</c><00:21:34.579><c> home</c><00:21:34.799><c> or</c><00:21:35.039><c> hospital,</c>

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no<00:21:35.980><c> hot</c><00:21:36.240><c> water,</c><00:21:37.220><c> no</c><00:21:37.440><c> clean</c><00:21:37.740><c> sheets,</c><00:21:38.279><c> no</c><00:21:38.440><c> nurses.</c><00:21:41.140><c> And</c><00:21:41.259><c> brethren</c><00:21:41.420><c> and</c><00:21:41.680><c> sisters</c><00:21:42.059><c> forget</c><00:21:42.579><c> all</c>

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the<00:21:42.980><c> romantic</c>

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pictures<00:21:43.640><c> you</c><00:21:44.000><c> see</c><00:21:44.539><c> of</c><00:21:46.200><c> lovely</c><00:21:46.559><c> clean</c><00:21:46.880><c> straw</c><00:21:47.279><c> and</c><00:21:47.440><c> little</c><00:21:47.660><c> bunny</c><00:21:47.900><c> rabbits</c><00:21:48.140><c> sitting</c><00:21:48.359><c> in</c>

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rafters.<00:21:53.460><c> This</c><00:21:53.700><c> was</c><00:21:53.940><c> the</c><00:21:54.099><c> lower</c><00:21:54.339><c> part</c><00:21:54.900><c> of</c><00:21:55.240><c> a</c><00:21:55.359><c> very</c><00:21:55.759><c> cheap</c><00:21:56.039><c> inn.</c>

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where<00:22:00.019><c> there</c><00:22:00.140><c> was</c><00:22:00.339><c> a</c><00:22:00.480><c> platform</c><00:22:00.779><c> and</c><00:22:00.940><c> people</c><00:22:01.220><c> just</c><00:22:02.140><c> lay</c><00:22:02.240><c> down</c>

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the<00:22:05.759><c> smell</c><00:22:05.960><c> and</c><00:22:06.339><c> the</c><00:22:06.640><c> muck</c><00:22:06.819><c> of</c><00:22:06.980><c> the</c><00:22:07.140><c> animals</c><00:22:07.380><c> down</c><00:22:07.700><c> below</c><00:22:08.319><c> underneath</c><00:22:08.920><c> them.</c><00:22:10.220><c> They</c>

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were<00:22:10.700><c> not</c><00:22:10.900><c> very</c><00:22:11.160><c> accommodating</c>

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places<00:22:12.000><c> at</c><00:22:12.220><c> all.</c><00:22:12.799><c> But</c><00:22:13.039><c> down</c><00:22:13.220><c> there</c><00:22:13.440><c> amongst</c><00:22:13.640><c> the</c><00:22:13.900><c> animals</c><00:22:14.119><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:14.519><c> camels</c><00:22:14.779><c> and</c><00:22:14.960><c> the</c><00:22:15.160><c> asses</c><00:22:15.339><c> that</c><00:22:15.440><c> were</c><00:22:15.680><c> there,</c>

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Joseph<00:22:17.099><c> forged</c><00:22:17.579><c> a</c><00:22:17.819><c> path</c><00:22:18.039><c> through</c><00:22:18.259><c> the</c><00:22:18.460><c> animals.</c><00:22:19.039><c> He</c><00:22:19.180><c> put</c><00:22:19.420><c> some</c>

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straw<00:22:19.960><c> down</c><00:22:20.200><c> and</c><00:22:20.359><c> there</c><00:22:20.579><c> his</c><00:22:20.759><c> wife</c><00:22:21.019><c> had</c><00:22:21.220><c> her</c><00:22:21.460><c> baby.</c>

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It<00:22:24.259><c> was</c><00:22:24.539><c> a</c><00:22:24.839><c> smelly,</c><00:22:25.359><c> unhygienic</c><00:22:26.119><c> and</c><00:22:26.519><c> impossibly</c><00:22:27.559><c> lacking</c><00:22:27.859><c> in</c><00:22:28.200><c> privacy</c>

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and<00:22:32.940><c> the</c><00:22:33.099><c> fear</c><00:22:33.259><c> of</c><00:22:33.460><c> facing</c><00:22:33.799><c> a</c><00:22:33.980><c> first</c><00:22:34.200><c> childbirth.</c><00:22:34.960><c> What</c><00:22:35.099><c> if</c>

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there<00:22:35.380><c> were</c><00:22:35.619><c> complications?</c><00:22:36.220><c> There</c><00:22:36.279><c> was</c>

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in<00:22:43.240><c> swaddling</c><00:22:43.519><c> clothes.</c><00:22:43.720><c> That's</c><00:22:43.940><c> when</c><00:22:44.079><c> they</c><00:22:44.240><c> got</c><00:22:44.680><c> a</c><00:22:44.740><c> whole</c><00:22:45.000><c> pack</c><00:22:45.140><c> of</c>

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do<00:22:49.759><c> that</c><00:22:49.940><c> quickly</c><00:22:50.220><c> in</c>

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a<00:22:50.599><c> stable?</c><00:22:51.920><c> The</c><00:22:52.059><c> only</c><00:22:52.400><c> clean</c><00:22:52.660><c> place</c><00:22:52.920><c> they</c><00:22:53.079><c> could</c><00:22:53.299><c> get</c><00:22:53.480><c> was</c><00:22:53.799><c> a</c>

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manger<00:22:54.240><c> where</c><00:22:54.440><c> the</c><00:22:54.720><c> animals</c><00:22:54.940><c> had</c><00:22:55.099><c> been</c><00:22:55.299><c> snuffling</c><00:22:55.759><c> around</c>

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in<00:22:56.779><c> the</c><00:22:57.039><c> grain.</c><00:23:00.200><c> And</c><00:23:00.519><c> I</c><00:23:00.599><c> think</c><00:23:00.759><c> our</c><00:23:00.980><c> sisters</c><00:23:01.220><c> can</c><00:23:01.480><c> probably</c>

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fully<00:23:02.000><c> understand</c><00:23:02.599><c> how</c><00:23:03.319><c> difficult</c><00:23:03.680><c> that</c><00:23:03.880><c> must</c><00:23:04.119><c> have</c><00:23:04.279><c> been</c>

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for<00:23:04.619><c> Mary</c><00:23:05.019><c> bringing</c><00:23:06.200><c> forth</c><00:23:06.579><c> a</c><00:23:06.799><c> son</c><00:23:07.019><c> in</c><00:23:07.380><c> those</c><00:23:07.640><c> conditions.</c><00:23:08.839><c> How</c><00:23:09.220><c> exhausted</c><00:23:09.640><c> she</c><00:23:09.839><c> would</c><00:23:10.019><c> be</c>

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after<00:23:10.440><c> that</c><00:23:10.700><c> long</c><00:23:10.960><c> day</c>

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and<00:23:11.359><c> after</c><00:23:11.579><c> the</c><00:23:11.819><c> labor.</c><00:23:12.519><c> And</c><00:23:12.619><c> yet</c><00:23:12.700><c> it's</c><00:23:12.920><c> all</c><00:23:13.039><c> of</c><00:23:13.240><c> God</c><00:23:13.359><c> that</c><00:23:13.480><c> this</c><00:23:13.660><c> should</c><00:23:13.799><c> be</c>

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And<00:23:17.240><c> nobody</c><00:23:17.480><c> in</c><00:23:17.660><c> the</c><00:23:17.839><c> town</c><00:23:18.019><c> hardly</c><00:23:18.339><c> even</c><00:23:18.619><c> noticed.</c><00:23:18.980><c> Perhaps</c>

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complained<00:23:20.900><c> about</c><00:23:21.200><c> that</c><00:23:21.480><c> baby</c><00:23:21.759><c> whimpering</c><00:23:22.140><c> downstairs.</c><00:23:23.099><c> We</c>

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want<00:23:23.380><c> to</c><00:23:23.480><c> get</c><00:23:23.579><c> some</c><00:23:23.819><c> sleep.</c>

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But<00:23:27.960><c> heaven</c><00:23:28.140><c> was</c><00:23:28.400><c> alive</c><00:23:28.619><c> with</c><00:23:28.940><c> excitement</c><00:23:29.299><c> and</c><00:23:29.660><c> with</c><00:23:29.859><c> interest.</c><00:23:31.279><c> And</c><00:23:31.400><c> the</c>

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angels<00:23:31.700><c> were</c><00:23:31.940><c> singing</c><00:23:32.160><c> to</c><00:23:32.339><c> the</c>

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shepherds<00:23:32.740><c> over</c><00:23:32.960><c> the</c><00:23:33.119><c> hills</c><00:23:33.299><c> of</c><00:23:33.460><c> Bethlehem</c><00:23:33.920><c> because</c><00:23:35.059><c> their</c>

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Lord,<00:23:36.400><c> their</c><00:23:36.619><c> future</c><00:23:37.019><c> King</c><00:23:37.279><c> had</c><00:23:37.500><c> also</c><00:23:37.819><c> come</c><00:23:38.019><c> into</c><00:23:38.180><c> the</c>

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world.<00:23:39.940><c> And</c><00:23:40.279><c> later</c><00:23:40.440><c> that</c><00:23:40.660><c> night,</c><00:23:40.960><c> though</c><00:23:41.160><c> she</c><00:23:41.339><c> had</c><00:23:42.359><c> had</c><00:23:42.500><c> a</c><00:23:42.660><c> long</c><00:23:42.839><c> day</c>

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all<00:23:46.180><c> of</c><00:23:46.339><c> a</c><00:23:46.380><c> sudden</c><00:23:46.579><c> she's</c><00:23:46.819><c> got</c><00:23:47.000><c> excited</c><00:23:47.380><c> visitors</c><00:23:47.779><c> who</c><00:23:48.039><c> are</c><00:23:48.099><c> wanting</c><00:23:48.180><c> to</c>

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talk<00:23:48.599><c> to</c><00:23:48.720><c> her.</c>

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Could<00:23:50.000><c> you</c><00:23:50.119><c> have</c><00:23:50.299><c> had</c><00:23:50.420><c> visitors</c><00:23:50.799><c> after</c><00:23:51.180><c> all</c><00:23:51.420><c> of</c><00:23:51.579><c> that?</c><00:23:52.599><c> And</c><00:23:52.759><c> there's</c><00:23:52.920><c> these</c><00:23:53.160><c> shepherds</c><00:23:53.420><c> coming</c><00:23:53.640><c> in</c>

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with<00:23:54.000><c> stories</c>

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that<00:23:57.660><c> they've</c><00:23:57.920><c> heard.</c><00:23:59.539><c> And</c><00:23:59.640><c> do</c><00:23:59.720><c> you</c><00:23:59.720><c> know</c><00:23:59.799><c> what</c>

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says,<00:24:00.359><c> brethren</c><00:24:00.460><c> and</c><00:24:00.680><c> sisters?</c><00:24:01.420><c> She</c><00:24:01.799><c> kept</c><00:24:02.160><c> all</c><00:24:02.460><c> these</c><00:24:02.740><c> things</c>

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in<00:24:03.039><c> her</c><00:24:03.299><c> heart.</c><00:24:03.500><c> She</c><00:24:03.619><c> took</c><00:24:03.859><c> notice</c><00:24:04.180><c> of</c><00:24:04.299><c> what</c><00:24:04.440><c> they</c>

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said.<00:24:05.000><c> She</c><00:24:05.220><c> remembered</c><00:24:05.579><c> every</c><00:24:06.019><c> word</c><00:24:06.259><c> of</c><00:24:06.400><c> those</c><00:24:06.660><c> shepherds,</c>

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even<00:24:07.200><c> though</c><00:24:07.420><c> she</c><00:24:07.539><c> was</c><00:24:07.779><c> desperately</c><00:24:08.200><c> tired.</c>

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And<00:24:14.059><c> then</c><00:24:14.160><c> they</c><00:24:14.279><c> went</c><00:24:14.460><c> down</c><00:24:15.079><c> to</c><00:24:15.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:15.839><c> and</c><00:24:17.720><c> more</c><00:24:17.980><c> words</c>

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were<00:24:18.500><c> spoken</c><00:24:18.960><c> which</c><00:24:19.539><c> were</c><00:24:19.740><c> hard</c><00:24:20.099><c> for</c><00:24:20.240><c> her</c><00:24:20.519><c> to</c>

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understand.<00:24:21.920><c> The</c><00:24:22.140><c> wonderful</c><00:24:22.519><c> words</c><00:24:22.880><c> of</c><00:24:23.140><c> Simeon</c><00:24:23.519><c> and</c><00:24:23.799><c> Anna.</c>

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But<00:24:25.940><c> already</c><00:24:26.200><c> in</c><00:24:26.420><c> these</c><00:24:26.579><c> there</c><00:24:26.740><c> was</c><00:24:26.960><c> an</c><00:24:27.279><c> early</c>

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warning<00:24:27.819><c> of</c><00:24:28.019><c> the</c><00:24:28.220><c> grief</c><00:24:28.380><c> that</c><00:24:28.500><c> was</c><00:24:28.700><c> to</c><00:24:28.839><c> come</c><00:24:28.980><c> upon</c><00:24:29.259><c> her.</c><00:24:29.819><c> Trying</c><00:24:30.180><c> to</c>

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comprehend<00:24:30.859><c> how</c><00:24:31.059><c> this</c><00:24:31.400><c> glorious</c><00:24:31.740><c> little</c>

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child<00:24:32.359><c> that</c><00:24:32.480><c> she</c><00:24:32.660><c> had</c><00:24:33.180><c> would</c><00:24:33.740><c> be</c><00:24:33.960><c> a</c><00:24:34.119><c> sword</c><00:24:34.259><c> in</c><00:24:34.400><c> her</c><00:24:34.579><c> own</c><00:24:34.799><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:24:37.059><c> then</c><00:24:37.299><c> several</c><00:24:37.480><c> weeks</c><00:24:37.759><c> later,</c>

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they<00:24:39.259><c> had</c><00:24:39.440><c> to</c><00:24:39.619><c> make</c><00:24:39.740><c> that</c><00:24:40.039><c> desperate</c><00:24:40.359><c> journey</c><00:24:40.720><c> down</c><00:24:41.099><c> to</c><00:24:41.380><c> Egypt.</c><00:24:42.579><c> Traveling</c><00:24:42.940><c> with</c>

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babies<00:24:43.440><c> is</c><00:24:43.720><c> never</c><00:24:43.940><c> easy</c>

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Try<00:24:49.319><c> it</c><00:24:49.440><c> when</c><00:24:49.559><c> you're</c><00:24:49.900><c> poor.</c><00:24:51.180><c> Going</c><00:24:51.420><c> into</c><00:24:51.619><c> an</c>

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take<00:24:55.880><c> all</c><00:24:56.019><c> his</c><00:24:56.299><c> carpentry</c><00:24:56.799><c> equipment</c><00:24:57.140><c> with</c><00:24:57.460><c> him</c><00:24:57.619><c> down</c><00:24:57.779><c> to</c><00:24:57.960><c> Egypt.</c><00:24:58.619><c> They</c><00:24:58.779><c> made</c><00:24:58.920><c> a</c>

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quick<00:24:59.480><c> rush</c><00:24:59.759><c> down</c><00:25:00.000><c> to</c><00:25:00.180><c> Egypt.</c>

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have<00:25:11.940><c> heard</c><00:25:12.200><c> of</c><00:25:12.400><c> the</c><00:25:12.819><c> tragedy</c><00:25:13.119><c> of</c><00:25:13.279><c> Bethlehem.</c><00:25:15.460><c> Until</c><00:25:15.799><c> finally</c>

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supposed<00:25:22.759><c> sins.</c><00:25:24.059><c> How</c><00:25:24.500><c> much</c><00:25:24.740><c> all</c><00:25:24.940><c> of</c><00:25:25.039><c> them</c><00:25:25.160><c> must</c><00:25:25.400><c> have</c><00:25:25.599><c> endured.</c><00:25:26.380><c> Village</c>

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children<00:25:27.220><c> cruelly</c><00:25:27.759><c> repeating</c><00:25:28.119><c> the</c>

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child<00:25:43.279><c> that</c><00:25:43.480><c> must</c><00:25:43.619><c> have</c><00:25:43.819><c> existed.</c><00:25:44.779><c> Imagine</c><00:25:45.119><c> teaching</c><00:25:45.500><c> this</c>

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child<00:25:46.099><c> to</c><00:25:46.299><c> read</c><00:25:46.519><c> and</c><00:25:46.700><c> to</c><00:25:46.920><c> pray.</c><00:25:48.259><c> To</c><00:25:48.460><c> understand</c>

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understanding<00:25:53.220><c> and</c><00:25:53.420><c> the</c><00:25:53.559><c> fear</c><00:25:53.680><c> of</c><00:25:53.799><c> God.</c><00:25:55.819><c> And</c><00:25:55.940><c> this</c><00:25:56.140><c> family</c><00:25:56.480><c> loved</c><00:25:56.740><c> the</c><00:25:57.019><c> Proverbs</c><00:25:57.359><c> as</c>

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knew<00:26:03.259><c> their</c><00:26:03.500><c> Bible</c><00:26:03.779><c> stories.</c><00:26:04.779><c> Imagine</c><00:26:05.099><c> his</c><00:26:05.420><c> amazing</c><00:26:06.059><c> insights</c><00:26:06.619><c> in</c><00:26:06.799><c> this</c>

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young<00:26:07.240><c> child.</c><00:26:07.680><c> We</c><00:26:07.680><c> read</c><00:26:07.859><c> in</c><00:26:08.019><c> chapter</c>

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before<00:26:18.359><c> he</c><00:26:18.539><c> was</c><00:26:18.740><c> 12.</c><00:26:19.799><c> And</c><00:26:19.920><c> you</c><00:26:19.960><c> can</c><00:26:20.099><c> imagine</c>

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teaching<00:26:20.900><c> this</c><00:26:21.160><c> son</c><00:26:21.440><c> a</c><00:26:21.640><c> story</c><00:26:22.000><c> and</c><00:26:22.299><c> him</c><00:26:22.480><c> coming</c><00:26:22.720><c> back</c><00:26:23.000><c> and</c><00:26:23.160><c> saying,</c><00:26:23.579><c> yes,</c><00:26:23.779><c> I</c>

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also<00:26:24.299><c> read</c><00:26:24.700><c> mother</c><00:26:25.000><c> about</c><00:26:25.279><c> this,</c>

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this<00:26:25.720><c> and</c><00:26:25.859><c> this</c><00:26:26.059><c> and</c><00:26:26.059><c> this</c><00:26:26.200><c> and</c><00:26:26.380><c> this.</c><00:26:26.819><c> And</c><00:26:26.880><c> I</c><00:26:26.960><c> think</c><00:26:27.099><c> it</c><00:26:27.259><c> connects</c><00:26:27.460><c> to</c>

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that,<00:26:27.859><c> that</c><00:26:27.980><c> and</c><00:26:28.099><c> that.</c><00:26:28.680><c> And</c><00:26:28.880><c> she</c>

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would<00:26:29.099><c> have</c><00:26:29.180><c> been</c><00:26:29.460><c> staggered</c><00:26:29.819><c> at</c><00:26:29.940><c> this</c><00:26:34.519><c> child.</c><00:26:39.299><c> Time</c><00:26:39.539><c> soon</c><00:26:39.880><c> came</c><00:26:40.160><c> when</c><00:26:40.319><c> he</c>

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would<00:26:41.140><c> teach</c><00:26:41.599><c> her.</c><00:26:41.779><c> I'd</c><00:26:41.880><c> like</c>

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you<00:26:42.059><c> to</c><00:26:42.200><c> come</c><00:26:42.319><c> to</c><00:26:42.539><c> the</c><00:26:42.900><c> second</c><00:26:43.140><c> chapter</c><00:26:43.460><c> of</c><00:26:43.660><c> Luke</c><00:26:43.839><c> in</c><00:26:44.000><c> verse</c><00:26:44.279><c> 41.</c><00:26:45.819><c> When</c><00:26:46.160><c> he</c>

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began<00:26:46.759><c> to</c><00:26:47.079><c> teach</c><00:26:47.299><c> her</c><00:26:47.519><c> and</c><00:26:47.680><c> the</c>

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soul<00:26:49.640><c> as</c><00:26:50.460><c> had</c><00:26:50.640><c> been</c><00:26:50.900><c> predicted.</c><00:26:56.140><c> It</c><00:26:56.259><c> says</c><00:26:56.500><c> they</c><00:26:56.680><c> went</c><00:26:56.900><c> up</c><00:26:57.460><c> every</c><00:26:58.099><c> year.</c><00:27:00.900><c> I</c><00:27:00.980><c> want</c><00:27:01.119><c> you</c><00:27:01.259><c> to</c>

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notice<00:27:01.599><c> that</c><00:27:01.920><c> in</c><00:27:02.140><c> passing</c>

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that<00:27:02.539><c> they</c><00:27:02.759><c> went</c><00:27:02.940><c> up</c><00:27:03.380><c> every</c><00:27:03.960><c> year.</c><00:27:06.119><c> It</c><00:27:06.279><c> was</c><00:27:06.500><c> the</c><00:27:06.660><c> custom</c><00:27:07.059><c> in</c>

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Israel<00:27:07.819><c> that</c><00:27:09.440><c> there</c><00:27:10.759><c> were</c><00:27:10.940><c> three</c><00:27:11.240><c> feasts</c><00:27:11.579><c> that</c><00:27:11.720><c> were</c>

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held<00:27:12.150><c> in</c><00:27:12.210><c> the</c><00:27:12.349><c> Jewish</c><00:27:12.670><c> calendar.</c><00:27:16.069><c> The</c><00:27:16.230><c> law</c><00:27:16.410><c> said</c><00:27:16.650><c> only</c><00:27:16.950><c> the</c><00:27:17.130><c> males</c><00:27:17.490><c> had</c><00:27:17.769><c> to</c>

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go<00:27:18.630><c> three</c><00:27:19.829><c> times</c><00:27:20.190><c> a</c><00:27:20.410><c> year.</c>

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Mary<00:27:22.750><c> could</c><00:27:22.970><c> have</c><00:27:23.150><c> stayed</c><00:27:23.390><c> home</c><00:27:23.809><c> with</c><00:27:23.990><c> her</c><00:27:24.230><c> children</c><00:27:24.690><c> with</c><00:27:25.890><c> God's</c><00:27:26.289><c> heritage</c><00:27:26.869><c> back</c><00:27:28.009><c> in</c>

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Nazareth.<00:27:28.490><c> It</c><00:27:28.490><c> would</c>

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have<00:27:28.750><c> been</c><00:27:28.950><c> far,</c><00:27:29.349><c> far</c><00:27:29.569><c> easier</c><00:27:29.910><c> for</c><00:27:30.069><c> her</c><00:27:30.190><c> to</c><00:27:30.309><c> do</c><00:27:30.529><c> so.</c><00:27:31.730><c> But</c><00:27:31.869><c> what's</c><00:27:32.130><c> your</c>

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attitude<00:27:32.710><c> to</c><00:27:32.930><c> going</c><00:27:33.130><c> up</c><00:27:33.869><c> to</c><00:27:34.190><c> the</c><00:27:34.369><c> gathering</c>

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of<00:27:34.890><c> the</c><00:27:35.089><c> tribes</c><00:27:35.309><c> of</c><00:27:35.569><c> God?</c><00:27:36.390><c> What's</c><00:27:36.650><c> your</c><00:27:36.789><c> attitude</c><00:27:37.069><c> to</c><00:27:37.250><c> those</c>

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wonderful<00:27:37.829><c> occasions</c><00:27:38.289><c> where</c><00:27:38.470><c> we</c><00:27:38.529><c> can</c><00:27:38.730><c> leave</c><00:27:38.970><c> behind</c>

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our<00:27:40.029><c> daily</c><00:27:40.450><c> life</c><00:27:40.809><c> and</c><00:27:40.970><c> come</c><00:27:41.109><c> around</c><00:27:41.369><c> the</c><00:27:41.490><c> word</c><00:27:41.630><c> of</c><00:27:41.829><c> God</c><00:27:42.069><c> and</c><00:27:42.509><c> drink</c><00:27:42.750><c> deeply</c><00:27:43.109><c> from</c><00:27:43.349><c> the</c><00:27:43.490><c> wells</c><00:27:43.650><c> of</c><00:27:43.869><c> salvation?</c>

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Well,<00:27:46.569><c> we</c><00:27:46.630><c> know</c><00:27:46.809><c> what</c><00:27:46.990><c> Mary's</c><00:27:47.309><c> attitude</c><00:27:47.630><c> was.</c><00:27:48.930><c> It</c><00:27:48.930><c> says</c><00:27:49.250><c> in</c><00:27:49.410><c> verse</c><00:27:49.650><c> 41,</c><00:27:50.130><c> now</c><00:27:50.309><c> his</c><00:27:50.690><c> parents</c><00:27:51.150><c> went</c><00:27:51.450><c> to</c><00:27:51.670><c> Jerusalem</c>

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every<00:27:52.769><c> year</c><00:27:53.049><c> at</c><00:27:53.230><c> the</c><00:27:53.430><c> feast</c><00:27:53.670><c> of</c><00:27:53.950><c> the</c><00:27:54.170><c> Passover.</c><00:27:56.990><c> She</c><00:27:57.150><c> was</c><00:27:57.349><c> quite</c><00:27:57.569><c> prepared</c><00:27:57.890><c> to</c>

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organize<00:27:58.470><c> seven</c><00:27:58.829><c> children</c><00:27:59.210><c> to</c><00:27:59.410><c> walk</c>

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50<00:27:59.930><c> miles</c><00:28:00.309><c> and</c><00:28:00.569><c> back.</c><00:28:02.289><c> Quite</c><00:28:02.549><c> prepared</c><00:28:02.930><c> to</c><00:28:03.109><c> think</c><00:28:03.250><c> about</c><00:28:03.529><c> providing</c><00:28:03.990><c> food</c>

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for<00:28:04.509><c> them</c><00:28:04.869><c> on</c><00:28:05.269><c> that</c><00:28:05.470><c> long</c><00:28:05.769><c> journey</c><00:28:06.190><c> and</c>

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that<00:28:07.049><c> week</c><00:28:07.289><c> in</c><00:28:07.490><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:28:08.809><c> All</c><00:28:08.970><c> because</c><00:28:09.329><c> she</c><00:28:09.549><c> loved</c><00:28:09.769><c> the</c><00:28:09.970><c> gates</c><00:28:10.150><c> of</c>

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Zion.<00:28:11.369><c> She</c><00:28:11.529><c> loved</c><00:28:11.750><c> the</c><00:28:11.950><c> gathering</c><00:28:12.130><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:12.509><c> tribes.</c><00:28:12.769><c> She</c><00:28:12.950><c> made</c><00:28:13.250><c> the</c><00:28:13.390><c> effort</c><00:28:13.569><c> to</c><00:28:13.750><c> be</c><00:28:13.970><c> there.</c><00:28:14.369><c> And</c><00:28:14.490><c> we</c>

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need<00:28:14.869><c> that</c><00:28:15.130><c> dedicated</c><00:28:15.569><c> spirit</c><00:28:15.930><c> of</c><00:28:16.089><c> the</c><00:28:16.230><c> things</c><00:28:16.430><c> of</c><00:28:16.670><c> God.</c>

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And<00:28:19.430><c> so</c><00:28:19.569><c> they</c><00:28:19.690><c> went</c><00:28:19.829><c> to</c><00:28:19.950><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:20.289><c> for</c><00:28:20.450><c> the</c><00:28:20.670><c> Passover.</c><00:28:22.150><c> But</c>

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this<00:28:22.690><c> time,</c><00:28:23.109><c> brethren</c><00:28:23.210><c> and</c><00:28:23.470><c> sisters,</c>

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they<00:28:25.349><c> lost</c><00:28:25.829><c> Jesus</c><00:28:26.589><c> in</c><00:28:27.390><c> the</c><00:28:27.609><c> crown.</c><00:28:29.250><c> We</c><00:28:29.369><c> know</c><00:28:29.490><c> where</c><00:28:29.630><c> he</c><00:28:29.750><c> was.</c><00:28:29.990><c> He</c><00:28:30.109><c> was</c><00:28:30.309><c> asking</c><00:28:30.630><c> questions.</c><00:28:31.769><c> They</c><00:28:31.970><c> had</c><00:28:32.130><c> created</c><00:28:32.450><c> a</c><00:28:32.710><c> son</c>

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that<00:28:33.049><c> had</c><00:28:33.609><c> an</c><00:28:33.950><c> inquiring</c><00:28:34.450><c> mind,</c><00:28:36.150><c> who</c><00:28:36.349><c> was</c><00:28:36.609><c> opening</c><00:28:36.910><c> his</c><00:28:37.230><c> ears.</c>

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It<00:28:37.490><c> was</c><00:28:37.650><c> allowing</c><00:28:37.950><c> God</c><00:28:38.250><c> to</c><00:28:38.490><c> dig</c><00:28:38.730><c> his</c><00:28:38.930><c> ears</c><00:28:39.269><c> deeply.</c>

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And<00:28:40.849><c> we</c><00:28:40.910><c> should</c><00:28:41.109><c> create</c><00:28:41.369><c> inquiring</c><00:28:41.890><c> minds</c><00:28:42.109><c> in</c><00:28:42.269><c> our</c><00:28:42.450><c> children.</c>

00:28:43.809 --> 00:28:46.859
But<00:28:43.890><c> they'd</c><00:28:44.170><c> lost</c><00:28:44.349><c> him.</c><00:28:45.470><c> But</c><00:28:45.630><c> we</c><00:28:45.750><c> read</c><00:28:45.950><c> in</c><00:28:46.130><c> verse</c>

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44<00:28:48.950><c> that</c><00:28:49.210><c> they</c><00:28:49.390><c> had</c><00:28:49.630><c> gone</c><00:28:49.750><c> a</c><00:28:49.930><c> whole</c><00:28:50.170><c> day's</c><00:28:50.569><c> journey</c><00:28:50.750><c> before</c><00:28:51.029><c> they</c><00:28:51.230><c> noticed</c><00:28:51.450><c> he</c>

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wasn't<00:28:51.930><c> there.</c>

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He<00:28:54.210><c> was</c><00:28:54.369><c> a</c><00:28:54.490><c> good</c><00:28:54.670><c> son.</c><00:28:54.890><c> They</c><00:28:55.009><c> had</c><00:28:55.190><c> six</c><00:28:55.490><c> younger</c><00:28:55.750><c> children</c><00:28:56.150><c> to</c>

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worry<00:28:56.569><c> about.</c>

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And<00:28:58.849><c> perhaps</c><00:28:59.049><c> only</c><00:28:59.309><c> Christadelphians</c><00:29:00.009><c> can</c><00:29:00.250><c> fully</c><00:29:00.490><c> understand</c><00:29:00.930><c> verse</c><00:29:01.210><c> 44.</c>

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You<00:29:01.910><c> go</c><00:29:02.130><c> home</c><00:29:02.289><c> from</c><00:29:02.430><c> the</c>

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Sunday<00:29:03.250><c> mornings,</c><00:29:03.670><c> you</c><00:29:03.789><c> look</c><00:29:03.930><c> in</c><00:29:04.029><c> the</c><00:29:04.130><c> back</c><00:29:04.309><c> seat</c><00:29:04.430><c> of</c><00:29:04.549><c> the</c><00:29:04.710><c> car,</c><00:29:05.450><c> and</c>

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there's<00:29:05.630><c> a</c><00:29:05.750><c> mixed</c><00:29:05.930><c> multitude</c><00:29:06.369><c> there.</c>

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Sometimes<00:29:09.069><c> you</c><00:29:09.170><c> only</c><00:29:09.470><c> find</c><00:29:09.670><c> your</c><00:29:09.849><c> own</c><00:29:10.009><c> children</c><00:29:10.269><c> after</c><00:29:10.549><c> the</c>

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lecture<00:29:10.970><c> on</c><00:29:11.130><c> Sunday</c><00:29:11.430><c> night.</c>

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And<00:29:13.190><c> you're</c><00:29:13.309><c> quite</c><00:29:13.589><c> confident</c><00:29:13.890><c> they've</c><00:29:14.029><c> been</c><00:29:14.190><c> with</c><00:29:14.369><c> somebody</c>

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that's<00:29:14.910><c> looking</c><00:29:15.069><c> after</c><00:29:15.349><c> them</c><00:29:15.509><c> properly.</c>

00:29:16.630 --> 00:29:19.049
You<00:29:16.730><c> go</c><00:29:16.869><c> to</c><00:29:17.009><c> the</c><00:29:17.130><c> Glenlock</c><00:29:17.390><c> Bible</c><00:29:17.750><c> Camp</c><00:29:18.009><c> where</c><00:29:18.170><c> there</c><00:29:18.309><c> are</c><00:29:18.910><c> 1</c>

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,200<00:29:19.230><c> people</c><00:29:19.630><c> sometimes.</c><00:29:21.170><c> And</c><00:29:21.329><c> you</c><00:29:21.430><c> just</c><00:29:21.589><c> put</c><00:29:21.769><c> out</c><00:29:21.869><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:22.170><c> table</c><00:29:22.430><c> food</c><00:29:22.789><c> and</c><00:29:22.930><c> a</c><00:29:22.990><c> whole</c><00:29:23.150><c> bunch</c><00:29:23.349><c> of</c><00:29:23.609><c> orphans</c><00:29:23.910><c> and</c><00:29:24.170><c> strangers</c><00:29:24.470><c> want</c>

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to<00:29:24.869><c> buy</c><00:29:25.009><c> and</c><00:29:25.150><c> eat</c><00:29:25.230><c> your</c><00:29:25.430><c> food.</c><00:29:25.670><c> And</c><00:29:25.769><c> you</c>

00:29:25.849 --> 00:29:29.269
never<00:29:26.069><c> see</c><00:29:26.250><c> your</c><00:29:26.430><c> own</c><00:29:26.589><c> children</c><00:29:26.869><c> for</c><00:29:27.049><c> days</c><00:29:27.289><c> on</c><00:29:27.509><c> end.</c><00:29:28.670><c> Now</c><00:29:28.869><c> somewhere</c><00:29:29.089><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:29.450><c> camp</c><00:29:29.609><c> and</c><00:29:29.750><c> you're</c><00:29:29.890><c> sure</c><00:29:30.029><c> that</c>

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they're<00:29:32.750><c> in</c><00:29:32.910><c> good</c><00:29:33.130><c> company.</c><00:29:33.630><c> So</c><00:29:33.990><c> you</c><00:29:34.390><c> just</c><00:29:34.589><c> sort</c><00:29:34.690><c> of</c><00:29:34.809><c> take</c><00:29:34.930><c> it</c>

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for<00:29:35.210><c> granted.</c><00:29:35.369><c> We</c><00:29:35.509><c> can</c><00:29:35.730><c> understand</c><00:29:36.170><c> that</c><00:29:36.329><c> they</c><00:29:36.470><c> would</c>

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not<00:29:37.150><c> necessarily</c><00:29:37.450><c> look</c><00:29:37.609><c> for</c><00:29:37.769><c> him</c><00:29:37.890><c> for</c><00:29:38.049><c> the</c><00:29:38.210><c> first</c><00:29:38.450><c> day.</c><00:29:38.569><c> They</c>

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probably<00:29:38.829><c> thought,</c><00:29:39.089><c> oh,</c><00:29:39.089><c> he's</c><00:29:39.210><c> with</c><00:29:39.349><c> the</c><00:29:39.549><c> cousins</c>

00:29:39.809 --> 00:29:44.049
or<00:29:39.970><c> he's</c><00:29:40.190><c> with</c><00:29:40.410><c> the</c><00:29:40.569><c> family</c><00:29:40.849><c> from</c><00:29:41.029><c> down</c><00:29:41.230><c> the</c><00:29:41.410><c> road.</c><00:29:43.750><c> But</c><00:29:43.890><c> when</c>

00:29:44.049 --> 00:29:47.230
it<00:29:44.190><c> came</c><00:29:44.349><c> time</c><00:29:44.630><c> to</c><00:29:44.809><c> camp</c><00:29:44.930><c> for</c><00:29:45.130><c> the</c><00:29:45.250><c> night,</c><00:29:45.390><c> he's</c><00:29:46.730><c> missing.</c>

00:29:48.609 --> 00:29:51.109
And<00:29:48.970><c> it</c><00:29:49.130><c> came</c><00:29:49.230><c> very</c><00:29:49.549><c> obviously</c><00:29:49.829><c> somewhere</c><00:29:50.230><c> back</c><00:29:50.470><c> in</c><00:29:50.630><c> the</c><00:29:50.789><c> city.</c><00:29:50.990><c> And</c>

00:29:51.109 --> 00:29:52.490
that<00:29:51.289><c> city</c><00:29:51.450><c> was</c><00:29:51.690><c> crowded</c><00:29:52.049><c> with</c><00:29:52.250><c> over</c>

00:29:52.490 --> 00:29:55.589
a<00:29:52.650><c> million</c><00:29:52.849><c> pilgrims,</c><00:29:53.369><c> sometimes</c><00:29:53.730><c> up</c><00:29:53.930><c> to</c><00:29:54.130><c> two</c><00:29:54.269><c> million,</c><00:29:54.529><c> says</c><00:29:54.650><c> Edesheim.</c>

00:29:56.910 --> 00:29:59.170
They<00:29:57.089><c> had</c><00:29:57.170><c> to</c><00:29:57.269><c> then</c><00:29:57.410><c> arrange</c><00:29:57.730><c> care</c><00:29:58.029><c> for</c><00:29:58.230><c> six</c><00:29:58.490><c> children</c><00:29:58.809><c> on</c><00:29:58.990><c> the</c>

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side<00:29:59.269><c> of</c><00:29:59.430><c> the</c><00:29:59.569><c> road.</c>

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Go<00:30:00.750><c> a</c><00:30:00.950><c> whole</c><00:30:01.269><c> day's</c><00:30:01.549><c> journey</c><00:30:01.769><c> back</c><00:30:02.009><c> to</c><00:30:02.190><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:02.710><c> and</c><00:30:03.910><c> then</c><00:30:04.089><c> conduct</c><00:30:04.410><c> a</c>

00:30:04.650 --> 00:30:06.009
frantic<00:30:04.950><c> search</c><00:30:05.250><c> in</c><00:30:05.430><c> a</c><00:30:05.569><c> city</c><00:30:05.710><c> that's</c>

00:30:06.009 --> 00:30:07.910
full<00:30:06.170><c> of</c><00:30:06.289><c> all</c><00:30:06.549><c> kinds</c><00:30:06.809><c> of</c><00:30:07.009><c> people.</c><00:30:07.170><c> And</c><00:30:07.289><c> when</c><00:30:07.410><c> you</c><00:30:07.549><c> get</c><00:30:07.690><c> a</c><00:30:07.829><c> crowd</c>

00:30:07.910 --> 00:30:09.289
of<00:30:08.089><c> a</c><00:30:08.170><c> million</c><00:30:08.289><c> people,</c><00:30:08.609><c> there</c><00:30:08.730><c> are</c><00:30:08.910><c> all</c><00:30:09.029><c> kinds</c>

00:30:09.289 --> 00:30:17.130
of<00:30:09.569><c> murderers,</c><00:30:10.289><c> thieves</c><00:30:10.609><c> and</c><00:30:11.069><c> worse</c><00:30:11.569><c> in</c><00:30:12.150><c> that</c><00:30:12.410><c> crowd.</c><00:30:16.769><c> And</c><00:30:16.970><c> I</c>

00:30:17.130 --> 00:30:18.930
believe<00:30:17.289><c> only</c><00:30:17.569><c> a</c><00:30:17.769><c> parent</c><00:30:17.990><c> who's</c><00:30:18.269><c> lost</c><00:30:18.430><c> a</c><00:30:18.690><c> child</c>

00:30:18.930 --> 00:30:23.710
in<00:30:19.130><c> a</c><00:30:19.329><c> crowd,</c><00:30:20.349><c> in</c><00:30:20.529><c> a</c><00:30:20.670><c> public</c><00:30:20.910><c> place,</c><00:30:22.750><c> understands</c><00:30:23.230><c> the</c><00:30:23.529><c> fear</c>

00:30:23.710 --> 00:30:25.609
that<00:30:23.829><c> would</c><00:30:23.970><c> have</c><00:30:24.069><c> gone</c><00:30:24.230><c> through</c><00:30:24.430><c> their</c><00:30:24.650><c> hearts.</c>

00:30:28.210 --> 00:30:32.670
I<00:30:28.690><c> lost</c><00:30:28.990><c> my</c><00:30:29.369><c> two</c><00:30:29.609><c>-year</c><00:30:29.789><c>-old</c><00:30:29.890><c> daughter</c><00:30:30.450><c> for</c><00:30:31.509><c> about</c><00:30:31.809><c> three</c><00:30:31.990><c> minutes</c><00:30:32.349><c> in</c><00:30:32.509><c> a</c>

00:30:32.670 --> 00:30:34.829
crowded<00:30:32.990><c> public</c><00:30:33.450><c> park</c>

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near<00:30:35.450><c> a</c><00:30:35.670><c> deep</c><00:30:36.069><c> pond</c><00:30:36.410><c> of</c><00:30:36.650><c> water.</c><00:30:39.309><c> I</c><00:30:39.410><c> know</c><00:30:39.569><c> the</c><00:30:39.769><c> fear</c><00:30:39.869><c> that</c><00:30:40.009><c> went</c>

00:30:40.130 --> 00:30:42.009
through<00:30:40.309><c> my</c><00:30:40.670><c> heart</c><00:30:40.829><c> as</c><00:30:40.990><c> I</c><00:30:41.150><c> ran</c><00:30:41.289><c> back</c><00:30:41.529><c> to</c><00:30:41.670><c> look</c><00:30:41.789><c> for</c>

00:30:42.009 --> 00:30:51.029
my<00:30:42.170><c> daughter.</c><00:30:44.970><c> They</c><00:30:45.329><c> had</c><00:30:45.569><c> lost</c><00:30:46.190><c> the</c><00:30:46.690><c> son</c><00:30:46.849><c> of</c><00:30:47.069><c> God.</c><00:30:50.509><c> You</c><00:30:50.829><c> think</c>

00:30:51.029 --> 00:30:54.470
about<00:30:51.230><c> how</c><00:30:51.430><c> they</c><00:30:51.690><c> feel.</c><00:30:52.990><c> And</c><00:30:53.309><c> they</c><00:30:53.490><c> looked</c><00:30:53.730><c> for</c><00:30:53.970><c> 72</c>

00:30:54.470 --> 00:30:58.650
hours<00:30:55.329><c> to</c><00:30:56.809><c> find</c><00:30:57.049><c> the</c><00:30:57.170><c> son</c><00:30:57.390><c> of</c><00:30:57.549><c> God</c><00:30:57.750><c> who</c><00:30:57.829><c> was</c><00:30:57.990><c> given</c><00:30:58.190><c> into</c><00:30:58.410><c> their</c>

00:30:58.650 --> 00:31:01.529
charge.<00:31:00.690><c> They</c><00:31:00.730><c> would</c><00:31:00.869><c> have</c><00:31:00.950><c> been</c><00:31:01.109><c> totally</c>

00:31:01.529 --> 00:31:04.230
exhausted.<00:31:02.190><c> They</c><00:31:02.190><c> could</c><00:31:02.490><c> not</c><00:31:02.630><c> have</c><00:31:02.789><c> lain</c><00:31:02.970><c> down</c><00:31:03.250><c> to</c><00:31:03.509><c> sleep.</c>

00:31:04.369 --> 00:31:05.990
They<00:31:04.390><c> would</c><00:31:04.549><c> have</c><00:31:04.650><c> gone</c><00:31:04.789><c> through</c><00:31:05.009><c> every</c><00:31:05.490><c> house</c><00:31:05.789><c> and</c>

00:31:05.990 --> 00:31:11.529
doorway<00:31:06.450><c> and</c><00:31:06.890><c> stairway</c><00:31:07.470><c> in</c><00:31:07.849><c> the</c><00:31:07.910><c> city</c><00:31:08.130><c> of</c><00:31:08.269><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:31:10.829><c> And</c><00:31:10.930><c> perhaps</c><00:31:11.269><c> in</c>

00:31:11.529 --> 00:31:12.829
the<00:31:11.650><c> end,</c><00:31:11.990><c> when</c><00:31:12.089><c> they</c><00:31:12.210><c> were</c><00:31:12.430><c> totally</c>

00:31:12.829 --> 00:31:16.569
and<00:31:13.130><c> utterly</c><00:31:13.470><c> desperate,</c><00:31:14.930><c> utterly</c><00:31:15.329><c> fatigued,</c><00:31:15.869><c> they</c><00:31:15.990><c> went</c><00:31:16.210><c> down</c><00:31:16.430><c> to</c>

00:31:16.569 --> 00:31:18.069
the<00:31:16.750><c> temple</c><00:31:16.930><c> to</c><00:31:17.170><c> throw</c><00:31:17.410><c> themselves</c><00:31:17.869><c> on</c>

00:31:18.069 --> 00:31:25.269
mercy<00:31:18.509><c> of</c><00:31:18.690><c> God</c><00:31:18.890><c> in</c><00:31:20.849><c> prayer.</c><00:31:22.049><c> And</c><00:31:22.190><c> there</c><00:31:22.329><c> he</c><00:31:22.470><c> was,</c><00:31:24.309><c> sitting</c><00:31:24.789><c> there</c><00:31:25.009><c> with</c><00:31:25.109><c> the</c>

00:31:25.269 --> 00:31:25.950
doctors<00:31:25.490><c> of</c><00:31:25.670><c> the</c><00:31:25.789><c> law</c>

00:31:25.950 --> 00:31:29.990
and<00:31:26.130><c> asking</c><00:31:26.410><c> them</c><00:31:26.630><c> questions.</c><00:31:29.049><c> And</c><00:31:29.210><c> we</c><00:31:29.230><c> can</c><00:31:29.430><c> understand</c><00:31:29.910><c> the</c>

00:31:29.990 --> 00:31:32.049
very<00:31:30.309><c> natural</c><00:31:30.630><c> parental</c><00:31:30.990><c> reaction,</c><00:31:31.529><c> can't</c><00:31:31.750><c> we?</c><00:31:31.890><c> The</c>

00:31:32.049 --> 00:31:34.490
mixture<00:31:32.309><c> of</c><00:31:32.529><c> anger</c><00:31:32.730><c> and</c><00:31:33.049><c> joy</c><00:31:33.210><c> and</c><00:31:33.390><c> relief</c><00:31:33.670><c> that</c><00:31:33.890><c> parents</c><00:31:34.190><c> go</c>

00:31:34.490 --> 00:31:38.910
through.<00:31:36.970><c> As</c><00:31:37.130><c> with</c><00:31:37.329><c> joyful</c><00:31:37.630><c> hearts</c><00:31:38.029><c> and</c><00:31:38.269><c> tears</c><00:31:38.609><c> of</c><00:31:38.789><c> joy</c>

00:31:38.910 --> 00:31:41.009
running<00:31:39.150><c> down</c><00:31:39.390><c> their</c><00:31:39.630><c> face,</c><00:31:39.910><c> they</c><00:31:40.089><c> try</c><00:31:40.309><c> to</c><00:31:40.450><c> admonish</c><00:31:40.769><c> their</c>

00:31:41.009 --> 00:31:44.910
children.<00:31:43.750><c> And</c><00:31:43.950><c> Mary's</c><00:31:44.250><c> rebuke</c><00:31:44.430><c> was</c><00:31:44.609><c> quite</c>

00:31:44.910 --> 00:31:48.829
understandable,<00:31:45.589><c> but</c><00:31:45.710><c> so</c><00:31:45.930><c> inaccurate,</c><00:31:46.410><c> so</c><00:31:46.589><c> full</c><00:31:46.769><c> of</c><00:31:46.910><c> maternal</c><00:31:47.269><c> instinct,</c><00:31:48.009><c> thy</c><00:31:48.230><c> father</c><00:31:48.670><c> and</c>

00:31:48.829 --> 00:31:49.410
I<00:31:48.970><c> have</c><00:31:49.250><c> sought</c>

00:31:49.410 --> 00:31:54.730
thee<00:31:49.670><c> sorrowing.</c><00:31:52.190><c> And</c><00:31:52.490><c> Jesus</c><00:31:52.789><c> just</c><00:31:53.109><c> had</c><00:31:53.289><c> to</c><00:31:53.490><c> make</c><00:31:53.650><c> the</c><00:31:53.829><c> point.</c>

00:31:55.210 --> 00:31:58.230
He<00:31:55.349><c> had</c><00:31:55.549><c> been</c><00:31:55.750><c> with</c><00:31:55.990><c> his</c><00:31:56.309><c> father</c><00:31:56.630><c> all</c><00:31:57.029><c> the</c><00:31:57.230><c> time.</c>

00:31:58.250 --> 00:32:00.049
They<00:31:58.430><c> should</c><00:31:58.630><c> have</c><00:31:58.710><c> looked</c><00:31:58.910><c> in</c><00:31:59.049><c> the</c><00:31:59.230><c> temple</c><00:31:59.470><c> in</c><00:31:59.650><c> the</c><00:31:59.730><c> very</c>

00:32:00.049 --> 00:32:01.529
first<00:32:00.349><c> place.</c>

00:32:03.670 --> 00:32:06.869
He<00:32:03.829><c> wasn't</c><00:32:04.150><c> insensitive</c><00:32:04.690><c> or</c><00:32:04.950><c> ungrateful</c><00:32:05.410><c> to</c><00:32:05.609><c> his</c><00:32:05.829><c> parents,</c>

00:32:08.069 --> 00:32:11.009
but<00:32:08.470><c> already</c><00:32:08.789><c> the</c><00:32:09.049><c> sword</c><00:32:09.210><c> was</c><00:32:09.470><c> beginning</c><00:32:09.769><c> to</c><00:32:10.049><c> turn.</c>

00:32:11.690 --> 00:32:15.170
Spiritual<00:32:12.109><c> bonds</c><00:32:12.470><c> had</c><00:32:12.829><c> to</c><00:32:12.990><c> take</c><00:32:13.250><c> priority.</c><00:32:14.529><c> She</c><00:32:14.650><c> had</c><00:32:14.890><c> to</c><00:32:15.049><c> see</c>

00:32:15.170 --> 00:32:16.589
beyond<00:32:15.369><c> the</c><00:32:15.529><c> fact</c><00:32:15.650><c> that</c><00:32:15.809><c> it</c><00:32:15.869><c> was</c><00:32:16.089><c> her</c><00:32:16.329><c> son,</c>

00:32:16.630 --> 00:32:20.470
that<00:32:16.769><c> his</c><00:32:16.930><c> greatest</c><00:32:17.289><c> work</c><00:32:17.509><c> was</c><00:32:17.690><c> to</c><00:32:17.769><c> be</c><00:32:17.890><c> the</c><00:32:18.049><c> son</c><00:32:18.170><c> of</c><00:32:18.329><c> God.</c><00:32:20.390><c> And</c>

00:32:20.470 --> 00:32:22.250
later<00:32:20.670><c> that</c><00:32:20.950><c> sword</c><00:32:21.170><c> would</c><00:32:21.390><c> become</c><00:32:21.630><c> more</c><00:32:21.970><c> and</c><00:32:21.970><c> more</c>

00:32:22.250 --> 00:32:24.950
painful.<00:32:23.109><c> Spirituality</c><00:32:23.529><c> and</c><00:32:23.670><c> maternal</c><00:32:23.990><c> instinct</c><00:32:24.369><c> had</c><00:32:24.569><c> to</c><00:32:24.750><c> be</c>

00:32:24.950 --> 00:32:28.509
cut<00:32:25.130><c> asunder.</c><00:32:27.089><c> But</c><00:32:27.170><c> for</c><00:32:27.329><c> now</c><00:32:27.450><c> we</c><00:32:27.569><c> read</c><00:32:27.730><c> in</c><00:32:27.890><c> verse</c><00:32:28.089><c> 51,</c>

00:32:28.589 --> 00:32:34.130
he<00:32:28.609><c> went</c><00:32:28.809><c> back</c><00:32:29.089><c> to</c><00:32:29.250><c> Nazareth</c><00:32:29.529><c> and</c><00:32:29.710><c> was</c><00:32:29.970><c> subject</c><00:32:30.529><c> to</c><00:32:31.210><c> them.</c><00:32:33.890><c> What</c><00:32:34.009><c> a</c>

00:32:34.130 --> 00:32:37.410
witness<00:32:34.369><c> to</c><00:32:34.630><c> Joseph.</c><00:32:36.450><c> From</c><00:32:36.690><c> Joseph</c><00:32:37.029><c> he</c><00:32:37.250><c> learned</c>

00:32:37.410 --> 00:32:40.390
very<00:32:37.670><c> good</c><00:32:37.869><c> habits.</c><00:32:38.349><c> He</c><00:32:38.349><c> learned</c><00:32:38.589><c> to</c><00:32:38.890><c> trade.</c><00:32:39.930><c> He</c><00:32:39.990><c> learned</c><00:32:40.230><c> as</c>

00:32:40.390 --> 00:32:43.069
boys<00:32:40.650><c> did</c><00:32:40.890><c> from</c><00:32:41.049><c> their</c><00:32:41.329><c> fathers.</c><00:32:42.470><c> We</c><00:32:42.509><c> read</c><00:32:42.750><c> in</c><00:32:42.829><c> chapter</c>

00:32:43.069 --> 00:32:46.150
four<00:32:43.369><c> and</c><00:32:43.509><c> verse</c><00:32:43.690><c> 16</c><00:32:44.089><c> of</c><00:32:44.289><c> Luke</c><00:32:44.410><c> that</c><00:32:44.549><c> it</c><00:32:44.589><c> was</c><00:32:44.789><c> the</c><00:32:44.950><c> family</c><00:32:45.309><c> custom</c><00:32:45.750><c> to</c>

00:32:46.150 --> 00:32:48.410
go<00:32:46.410><c> every</c><00:32:47.049><c> Sabbath</c><00:32:47.430><c> day</c><00:32:47.710><c> to</c><00:32:47.869><c> the</c><00:32:48.029><c> synagogue</c>

00:32:48.410 --> 00:32:53.009
and<00:32:48.750><c> to</c><00:32:49.029><c> read</c><00:32:49.269><c> in</c><00:32:49.470><c> the</c><00:32:49.609><c> scriptures.</c><00:32:51.369><c> He</c><00:32:51.490><c> went</c><00:32:51.670><c> as</c><00:32:51.809><c> was</c><00:32:51.950><c> his</c><00:32:52.269><c> custom.</c><00:32:52.670><c> That</c><00:32:52.789><c> was</c>

00:32:53.009 --> 00:32:54.670
learned<00:32:53.250><c> from</c><00:32:53.450><c> the</c><00:32:53.730><c> family.</c><00:32:54.009><c> They</c><00:32:54.210><c> were</c>

00:32:54.670 --> 00:32:58.529
a<00:32:55.089><c> Bible</c><00:32:55.490><c>-based</c><00:32:55.930><c> family.</c><00:32:57.190><c> And</c><00:32:57.289><c> it</c><00:32:57.549><c> says</c><00:32:57.710><c> there</c><00:32:57.869><c> he</c><00:32:57.990><c> increased</c>

00:32:58.529 --> 00:33:00.789
in<00:32:58.789><c> wisdom</c><00:32:59.049><c> and</c><00:32:59.349><c> stature.</c><00:32:59.710><c> He</c><00:32:59.789><c> Josephed.</c>

00:33:01.269 --> 00:33:04.250
He<00:33:01.549><c> as</c><00:33:01.730><c> a</c><00:33:01.970><c> child,</c><00:33:02.289><c> as</c><00:33:02.349><c> he</c><00:33:02.450><c> from</c><00:33:02.569><c> 12</c><00:33:02.970><c> until</c><00:33:03.269><c> his</c><00:33:03.529><c> father</c><00:33:03.890><c> died,</c>

00:33:04.529 --> 00:33:06.750
he<00:33:04.789><c> Josephed</c><00:33:05.369><c> in</c><00:33:05.549><c> wisdom</c><00:33:05.849><c> and</c><00:33:06.130><c> stature</c><00:33:06.369><c> and</c><00:33:06.549><c> in</c>

00:33:06.750 --> 00:33:12.089
favour<00:33:06.950><c> with</c><00:33:07.130><c> God</c><00:33:07.329><c> and</c><00:33:07.490><c> men.</c><00:33:08.630><c> And</c><00:33:08.690><c> he</c><00:33:08.750><c> became</c><00:33:09.170><c> a</c><00:33:09.450><c> carpenter</c><00:33:09.789><c> and</c><00:33:09.950><c> builder.</c><00:33:11.930><c> And</c><00:33:12.029><c> it</c>

00:33:12.089 --> 00:33:13.410
seems<00:33:12.349><c> that</c><00:33:12.549><c> Joseph</c><00:33:12.829><c> died</c><00:33:13.190><c> while</c>

00:33:13.410 --> 00:33:16.970
Jesus<00:33:13.710><c> was</c><00:33:13.890><c> between</c><00:33:14.250><c> 15</c><00:33:14.609><c> and</c><00:33:14.710><c> 20.</c><00:33:15.750><c> And</c><00:33:15.890><c> now</c><00:33:16.230><c> God</c><00:33:16.430><c> opened</c><00:33:16.730><c> his</c>

00:33:16.970 --> 00:33:20.049
ears<00:33:17.309><c> to</c><00:33:17.509><c> take</c><00:33:17.750><c> in</c><00:33:17.910><c> the</c><00:33:18.029><c> word,</c><00:33:18.210><c> to</c><00:33:18.410><c> breathe</c><00:33:18.690><c> in</c><00:33:18.910><c> the</c><00:33:19.029><c> word.</c>

00:33:20.509 --> 00:33:23.349
God<00:33:20.809><c> digged</c><00:33:21.170><c> his</c><00:33:21.349><c> ears</c><00:33:21.650><c> and</c><00:33:21.809><c> Jesus</c><00:33:22.210><c> became</c><00:33:22.549><c> a</c><00:33:22.829><c> father</c><00:33:23.029><c> figure</c>

00:33:23.349 --> 00:33:25.970
to<00:33:24.269><c> that</c><00:33:24.470><c> family,</c><00:33:24.849><c> to</c><00:33:24.970><c> a</c><00:33:25.109><c> mother</c><00:33:25.269><c> and</c><00:33:25.470><c> six</c><00:33:25.710><c> younger</c>

00:33:25.970 --> 00:33:29.289
children.<00:33:27.109><c> No</c><00:33:27.329><c> wonder</c><00:33:27.509><c> he</c><00:33:27.710><c> loved</c><00:33:27.910><c> little</c><00:33:28.210><c> children</c><00:33:28.690><c> to</c><00:33:29.109><c> come</c>

00:33:29.289 --> 00:33:30.890
to<00:33:29.410><c> him</c><00:33:29.630><c> because</c><00:33:29.950><c> he</c><00:33:30.150><c> had</c><00:33:30.170><c> grown</c><00:33:30.390><c> up</c><00:33:30.589><c> with</c><00:33:30.690><c> little</c>

00:33:30.890 --> 00:33:34.450
brothers<00:33:31.109><c> and</c><00:33:31.369><c> sisters</c><00:33:31.609><c> that</c><00:33:31.829><c> depended</c><00:33:32.170><c> upon</c><00:33:32.410><c> him</c><00:33:32.650><c> for</c><00:33:32.849><c> guidance.</c><00:33:34.289><c> And</c>

00:33:34.450 --> 00:33:36.250
Mary<00:33:34.730><c> relied</c><00:33:35.190><c> upon</c><00:33:35.450><c> him.</c><00:33:35.690><c> We</c><00:33:35.730><c> saw</c><00:33:35.910><c> at</c><00:33:36.029><c> the</c>

00:33:36.250 --> 00:33:38.789
meeting<00:33:36.410><c> of</c><00:33:36.490><c> Cana,</c><00:33:37.069><c> whatever</c><00:33:37.369><c> he</c><00:33:37.609><c> says,</c><00:33:38.150><c> do</c><00:33:38.150><c> it.</c><00:33:38.269><c> She</c><00:33:38.450><c> trusted</c>

00:33:38.789 --> 00:33:41.930
in<00:33:38.990><c> him</c><00:33:39.190><c> implicitly.</c><00:33:41.130><c> He</c><00:33:41.230><c> provided</c><00:33:41.609><c> for</c><00:33:41.769><c> the</c>

00:33:41.930 --> 00:33:45.250
family<00:33:42.230><c> guidance</c><00:33:42.690><c> and</c><00:33:42.990><c> support</c><00:33:43.289><c> and</c><00:33:43.450><c> leadership.</c><00:33:44.789><c> But</c><00:33:44.849><c> all</c><00:33:45.009><c> of</c><00:33:45.190><c> a</c>

00:33:45.250 --> 00:33:47.069
sudden<00:33:45.410><c> at</c><00:33:45.589><c> the</c><00:33:45.670><c> age</c><00:33:45.890><c> of</c><00:33:46.089><c> 30,</c><00:33:46.390><c> when</c><00:33:46.509><c> the</c><00:33:46.849><c> other</c>

00:33:47.069 --> 00:33:50.069
brothers<00:33:47.289><c> are</c><00:33:47.470><c> now</c><00:33:47.609><c> old</c><00:33:47.809><c> enough</c><00:33:47.990><c> to</c><00:33:48.109><c> run</c><00:33:48.309><c> the</c><00:33:48.410><c> family</c><00:33:48.690><c> business,</c><00:33:49.589><c> he</c><00:33:49.750><c> goes</c>

00:33:50.069 --> 00:33:51.769
off<00:33:50.309><c> on</c><00:33:50.509><c> this</c><00:33:51.009><c> mission,</c><00:33:51.450><c> this</c>

00:33:51.769 --> 00:33:56.490
preaching<00:33:52.109><c> tour.</c><00:33:53.750><c> And</c><00:33:53.910><c> the</c><00:33:54.069><c> natural</c><00:33:54.349><c> fears</c><00:33:54.609><c> of</c><00:33:54.789><c> a</c><00:33:54.910><c> mother</c><00:33:55.089><c> arose.</c><00:33:56.269><c> She</c>

00:33:56.490 --> 00:33:58.049
heard<00:33:56.690><c> of</c><00:33:56.829><c> the</c><00:33:56.970><c> unpopularity,</c><00:33:57.670><c> of</c><00:33:57.829><c> the</c>

00:33:58.049 --> 00:34:01.329
threats.<00:33:58.910><c> She</c><00:33:59.109><c> saw</c><00:33:59.329><c> the</c><00:33:59.569><c> Pharisees</c><00:33:59.910><c> come</c><00:34:00.109><c> to</c><00:34:00.269><c> the</c><00:34:00.450><c> town</c><00:34:00.630><c> seeking</c><00:34:01.009><c> the</c>

00:34:01.329 --> 00:34:03.130
scandal<00:34:01.630><c> about</c><00:34:01.930><c> their</c><00:34:02.109><c> background.</c>

00:34:04.589 --> 00:34:08.690
And<00:34:04.990><c> we</c><00:34:05.150><c> read</c><00:34:05.369><c> in</c><00:34:05.509><c> the</c><00:34:05.589><c> Gospel</c><00:34:05.890><c> of</c><00:34:06.130><c> Mark,</c><00:34:06.450><c> chapter</c><00:34:06.710><c> three,</c><00:34:07.269><c> very</c><00:34:07.369><c> incredible</c><00:34:07.990><c> words</c><00:34:08.349><c> that</c><00:34:08.510><c> the</c>

00:34:08.690 --> 00:34:09.590
family<00:34:09.050><c> sent</c><00:34:09.369><c> to</c>

00:34:09.590 --> 00:34:12.670
bring<00:34:09.789><c> him</c><00:34:09.969><c> home.</c><00:34:11.030><c> Matthew</c><00:34:11.150><c> three,</c><00:34:11.530><c> Mark</c><00:34:11.670><c> three,</c><00:34:11.909><c> verse</c><00:34:12.130><c> 21.</c>

00:34:13.150 --> 00:34:15.050
And<00:34:13.170><c> when</c><00:34:13.369><c> his</c><00:34:13.789><c> kinsmen</c><00:34:14.250><c> heard</c><00:34:14.489><c> of</c><00:34:14.630><c> it,</c><00:34:14.789><c> says</c><00:34:14.869><c> the</c>

00:34:15.050 --> 00:34:17.090
margin,<00:34:15.349><c> they</c><00:34:15.409><c> went</c><00:34:15.530><c> out</c><00:34:15.730><c> to</c><00:34:15.889><c> lay</c><00:34:16.030><c> hold</c><00:34:16.289><c> on</c><00:34:16.429><c> him,</c><00:34:16.510><c> but</c><00:34:16.630><c> they</c><00:34:16.869><c> said</c><00:34:16.949><c> he</c>

00:34:17.090 --> 00:34:19.769
was<00:34:17.269><c> beside</c><00:34:17.590><c> himself.</c><00:34:18.989><c> And</c><00:34:19.110><c> Mary</c><00:34:19.329><c> and</c><00:34:19.429><c> the</c><00:34:19.570><c> older</c>

00:34:19.769 --> 00:34:23.389
boys<00:34:20.010><c> of</c><00:34:20.150><c> the</c><00:34:20.349><c> family</c><00:34:20.590><c> came</c><00:34:20.869><c> down</c><00:34:21.130><c> looking</c><00:34:21.349><c> for</c><00:34:21.550><c> Jesus.</c><00:34:22.590><c> And</c><00:34:22.650><c> here</c><00:34:22.809><c> he</c><00:34:22.969><c> was</c><00:34:23.090><c> in</c><00:34:23.250><c> a</c>

00:34:23.389 --> 00:34:24.610
house<00:34:23.610><c> crowded</c><00:34:23.909><c> with</c><00:34:24.190><c> people.</c>

00:34:25.010 --> 00:34:27.250
And<00:34:25.030><c> they</c><00:34:25.269><c> said,</c><00:34:25.449><c> look,</c><00:34:25.730><c> he's</c><00:34:26.170><c> gone</c><00:34:26.349><c> a</c><00:34:26.510><c> little</c><00:34:26.590><c> bit</c><00:34:26.949><c> strange.</c>

00:34:27.409 --> 00:34:30.349
He's<00:34:27.610><c> not</c><00:34:27.789><c> himself.</c><00:34:29.369><c> We</c><00:34:29.630><c> have</c><00:34:29.849><c> to</c><00:34:30.010><c> take</c><00:34:30.150><c> him</c>

00:34:30.349 --> 00:34:35.530
home<00:34:30.769><c> and</c><00:34:30.889><c> make</c><00:34:31.230><c> him</c><00:34:31.409><c> well</c><00:34:31.570><c> again.</c><00:34:34.010><c> And</c><00:34:34.409><c> he</c><00:34:34.489><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:34.670><c> even</c><00:34:34.929><c> come</c><00:34:35.110><c> out</c><00:34:35.309><c> to</c>

00:34:35.530 --> 00:34:37.809
see<00:34:35.670><c> her.</c><00:34:37.250><c> You</c><00:34:37.309><c> know,</c><00:34:37.449><c> we</c><00:34:37.449><c> read</c><00:34:37.650><c> in</c>

00:34:37.809 --> 00:34:42.849
verse<00:34:38.030><c> 31,</c><00:34:38.710><c> he</c><00:34:38.710><c> sent</c><00:34:38.949><c> a</c><00:34:39.150><c> message.</c><00:34:40.909><c> They</c><00:34:41.070><c> came</c><00:34:41.289><c> in</c><00:34:41.449><c> verse</c><00:34:41.630><c> 31</c><00:34:41.989><c> and</c><00:34:42.090><c> they</c><00:34:42.369><c> arrived</c><00:34:42.670><c> at</c>

00:34:42.849 --> 00:34:44.090
the<00:34:42.949><c> place</c><00:34:43.070><c> where</c><00:34:43.210><c> he</c><00:34:43.389><c> was</c>

00:34:44.469 --> 00:34:48.389
and<00:34:44.869><c> he</c><00:34:45.070><c> sent</c><00:34:45.190><c> a</c><00:34:45.309><c> message</c><00:34:45.530><c> out</c><00:34:45.690><c> to</c><00:34:45.789><c> them.</c><00:34:46.230><c> And</c><00:34:46.349><c> the</c><00:34:46.489><c> message</c><00:34:46.730><c> you</c><00:34:46.969><c> imagine,</c><00:34:47.309><c> them</c><00:34:47.489><c> standing</c><00:34:47.769><c> outside</c><00:34:48.250><c> of</c>

00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:48.710
the<00:34:48.550><c> crowd</c>

00:34:48.710 --> 00:34:51.869
and<00:34:48.869><c> the</c><00:34:49.010><c> message</c><00:34:49.210><c> comes</c><00:34:49.510><c> out.</c><00:34:50.570><c> Jesus</c><00:34:50.929><c> said</c><00:34:51.190><c> this,</c><00:34:51.550><c> he</c><00:34:51.690><c> said,</c>

00:34:51.869 --> 00:34:54.210
whosoever<00:34:52.409><c> does</c><00:34:52.690><c> the</c><00:34:52.889><c> will</c><00:34:53.030><c> of</c><00:34:53.210><c> my</c><00:34:53.449><c> father,</c>

00:34:54.250 --> 00:35:02.150
of<00:34:54.489><c> my</c><00:34:54.869><c> father,</c><00:34:56.590><c> are</c><00:34:56.730><c> the</c><00:34:56.889><c> same</c><00:34:57.130><c> as</c><00:34:57.289><c> my</c><00:34:57.469><c> brother</c><00:34:57.909><c> and</c><00:34:58.150><c> sister</c><00:34:59.050><c> and</c><00:34:59.750><c> mother.</c><00:35:01.409><c> Oh,</c><00:35:01.650><c> what</c><00:35:01.889><c> a</c>

00:35:02.150 --> 00:35:02.829
sword<00:35:02.269><c> in</c><00:35:02.369><c> her</c><00:35:02.630><c> heart,</c>

00:35:02.929 --> 00:35:07.150
brethren<00:35:03.070><c> and</c><00:35:03.369><c> sisters.</c><00:35:03.949><c> What</c><00:35:04.150><c> a</c><00:35:04.449><c> sword</c><00:35:04.590><c> in</c><00:35:04.690><c> her</c><00:35:04.969><c> heart</c><00:35:05.170><c> to</c><00:35:05.289><c> hear</c><00:35:05.510><c> that.</c><00:35:06.090><c> Whoever</c><00:35:06.309><c> does</c><00:35:06.570><c> the</c><00:35:06.849><c> will</c><00:35:06.949><c> of</c>

00:35:07.150 --> 00:35:07.909
my<00:35:07.570><c> father</c>

00:35:07.909 --> 00:35:12.489
is<00:35:08.170><c> my</c><00:35:08.449><c> mother.</c><00:35:10.909><c> All</c><00:35:11.170><c> these</c><00:35:11.349><c> here</c><00:35:11.510><c> sitting</c><00:35:11.690><c> at</c><00:35:11.909><c> my</c><00:35:12.170><c> feet</c><00:35:12.309><c> have</c>

00:35:12.489 --> 00:35:14.449
got<00:35:12.610><c> my</c><00:35:12.849><c> attention.</c><00:35:13.670><c> I'm</c><00:35:13.889><c> sorry,</c><00:35:14.230><c> mother,</c>

00:35:14.469 --> 00:35:18.869
I'm<00:35:14.590><c> not</c><00:35:14.750><c> coming</c><00:35:14.969><c> out</c><00:35:15.210><c> to</c><00:35:15.349><c> see</c><00:35:15.530><c> you.</c><00:35:16.070><c> What</c><00:35:16.230><c> a</c><00:35:16.309><c> public</c><00:35:16.969><c> humiliation</c><00:35:17.570><c> and</c><00:35:17.829><c> rejection.</c>

00:35:20.909 --> 00:35:23.750
And<00:35:21.349><c> for</c><00:35:21.510><c> the</c><00:35:21.570><c> next</c><00:35:21.829><c> three</c><00:35:22.030><c> years,</c><00:35:22.730><c> she</c><00:35:22.909><c> must</c><00:35:23.170><c> have</c><00:35:23.389><c> wavered</c>

00:35:23.750 --> 00:35:26.329
incredibly<00:35:24.210><c> between</c><00:35:25.190><c> natural</c><00:35:25.610><c> fear</c><00:35:25.869><c> and</c><00:35:26.110><c> sadness.</c>

00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:29.469
You<00:35:26.530><c> imagine</c><00:35:26.769><c> her</c><00:35:27.090><c> crying</c><00:35:27.309><c> all</c><00:35:27.670><c> the</c><00:35:27.809><c> way</c><00:35:28.010><c> home</c><00:35:28.230><c> from</c><00:35:28.369><c> that</c><00:35:28.550><c> occasion</c><00:35:29.010><c> as</c>

00:35:29.469 --> 00:35:32.030
she<00:35:29.769><c> realized</c><00:35:30.329><c> that</c><00:35:31.329><c> it</c><00:35:31.429><c> was</c><00:35:31.650><c> her</c>

00:35:32.030 --> 00:35:34.809
maternal<00:35:32.409><c> instinct</c><00:35:32.809><c> that</c><00:35:33.070><c> had</c><00:35:33.269><c> to</c><00:35:33.449><c> be</c><00:35:33.610><c> subdued</c><00:35:34.230><c> and</c><00:35:34.369><c> she</c><00:35:34.610><c> had</c>

00:35:34.809 --> 00:35:37.929
to<00:35:35.110><c> support</c><00:35:35.269><c> his</c><00:35:35.570><c> work,</c><00:35:37.230><c> struggling</c><00:35:37.409><c> to</c><00:35:37.670><c> remind</c>

00:35:37.929 --> 00:35:40.489
herself<00:35:38.269><c> of</c><00:35:38.550><c> the</c><00:35:39.030><c> reason</c><00:35:39.309><c> for</c><00:35:39.489><c> the</c><00:35:39.650><c> fact</c><00:35:39.769><c> that</c><00:35:39.909><c> this</c><00:35:40.110><c> son</c><00:35:40.250><c> was</c>

00:35:40.489 --> 00:35:42.329
born<00:35:40.690><c> and</c><00:35:40.869><c> brought</c><00:35:40.969><c> into</c><00:35:41.150><c> the</c><00:35:41.369><c> world.</c>

00:35:43.610 --> 00:35:48.210
But<00:35:43.789><c> she</c><00:35:43.889><c> was</c><00:35:44.110><c> there</c><00:35:44.210><c> at</c><00:35:44.349><c> the</c><00:35:44.489><c> foot</c><00:35:44.570><c> of</c><00:35:44.730><c> the</c><00:35:44.929><c> cross</c><00:35:45.349><c> and</c><00:35:45.889><c> the</c><00:35:46.130><c> sword</c><00:35:46.349><c> cut</c><00:35:46.590><c> deepest</c><00:35:47.030><c> of</c><00:35:47.369><c> all.</c>

00:35:49.090 --> 00:35:54.130
How<00:35:49.590><c> would</c><00:35:49.809><c> any</c><00:35:50.030><c> natural</c><00:35:50.329><c> mother</c><00:35:50.610><c> feel</c><00:35:50.969><c> to</c><00:35:51.150><c> see</c><00:35:51.289><c> her</c><00:35:51.590><c> son</c><00:35:52.250><c> going</c><00:35:53.070><c> through</c><00:35:53.329><c> those</c><00:35:53.690><c> agonies</c><00:35:54.010><c> as</c>

00:35:54.130 --> 00:35:54.849
he<00:35:54.309><c> hung</c><00:35:54.489><c> there</c><00:35:54.710><c> in</c>

00:35:54.849 --> 00:35:59.010
the<00:35:55.010><c> blazing</c><00:35:55.449><c> sun,</c><00:35:56.909><c> his</c><00:35:57.030><c> body</c><00:35:57.389><c> wracked</c><00:35:57.730><c> with</c><00:35:57.969><c> pain,</c><00:35:58.690><c> scarred</c>

00:35:59.010 --> 00:36:00.710
with<00:35:59.429><c> the</c><00:35:59.690><c> scourging</c><00:36:00.110><c> that</c><00:36:00.230><c> he</c><00:36:00.309><c> received,</c>

00:36:00.929 --> 00:36:04.070
his<00:36:00.989><c> face</c><00:36:01.289><c> buffeted</c><00:36:01.670><c> with</c><00:36:01.869><c> the</c><00:36:02.110><c> sticks</c><00:36:02.269><c> that</c><00:36:02.469><c> hit</c><00:36:02.630><c> him</c><00:36:02.829><c> with,</c>

00:36:04.630 --> 00:36:06.630
pummeled<00:36:04.909><c> by</c><00:36:05.130><c> the</c><00:36:05.369><c> soldiers,</c><00:36:05.769><c> his</c><00:36:05.909><c> beard</c><00:36:06.130><c> plucked</c>

00:36:06.630 --> 00:36:11.110
out,<00:36:08.090><c> writhing</c><00:36:08.510><c> there</c><00:36:08.710><c> in</c><00:36:08.969><c> agony,</c><00:36:09.349><c> hour</c><00:36:09.610><c> after</c><00:36:09.969><c> hour,</c><00:36:10.730><c> trying</c>

00:36:11.110 --> 00:36:12.809
to<00:36:11.329><c> breathe.</c><00:36:11.670><c> How</c><00:36:11.829><c> would</c><00:36:12.010><c> any</c><00:36:12.210><c> mother</c><00:36:12.429><c> feel</c>

00:36:12.809 --> 00:36:19.130
watching<00:36:13.150><c> that</c><00:36:13.429><c> happen?</c><00:36:17.530><c> And</c><00:36:17.590><c> once</c><00:36:17.809><c> again,</c><00:36:18.190><c> in</c><00:36:18.289><c> her</c><00:36:18.469><c> great</c><00:36:18.730><c> hour</c><00:36:18.889><c> of</c>

00:36:19.130 --> 00:36:22.150
need,<00:36:19.329><c> God</c><00:36:19.530><c> provided</c><00:36:20.510><c> another</c><00:36:21.070><c> Joseph</c>

00:36:22.170 --> 00:36:26.090
to<00:36:22.510><c> care</c><00:36:22.730><c> for</c><00:36:22.829><c> his</c><00:36:23.050><c> body,</c><00:36:24.250><c> John</c><00:36:24.570><c> the</c><00:36:24.829><c> spiritual</c><00:36:25.269><c> son</c><00:36:25.630><c> to</c><00:36:25.829><c> care</c>

00:36:26.090 --> 00:36:29.869
for<00:36:26.289><c> her,</c><00:36:27.610><c> faithful</c><00:36:27.909><c> women</c><00:36:28.250><c> that</c><00:36:29.190><c> were</c><00:36:29.429><c> able</c><00:36:29.610><c> to</c>

00:36:29.869 --> 00:36:38.110
take<00:36:30.030><c> her</c><00:36:30.909><c> in</c><00:36:31.889><c> her</c><00:36:32.110><c> great</c><00:36:32.409><c> time</c><00:36:32.610><c> of</c><00:36:32.849><c> need.</c><00:36:35.909><c> And</c><00:36:36.409><c> we</c><00:36:36.510><c> know</c><00:36:36.650><c> how</c><00:36:36.849><c> after</c><00:36:37.110><c> her</c><00:36:37.329><c> death,</c><00:36:37.550><c> she</c><00:36:37.730><c> found</c><00:36:37.949><c> a</c>

00:36:38.110 --> 00:36:38.610
very<00:36:38.369><c> prominent</c>

00:36:38.610 --> 00:36:42.070
place<00:36:38.989><c> in</c><00:36:39.150><c> the</c><00:36:39.269><c> early</c><00:36:39.550><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:39.989><c> with</c><00:36:40.230><c> James</c><00:36:40.750><c> and</c><00:36:41.010><c> Jude,</c><00:36:41.750><c> her</c>

00:36:42.070 --> 00:36:44.769
sons,<00:36:42.489><c> with</c><00:36:42.670><c> her</c><00:36:43.309><c> in</c><00:36:43.530><c> the</c><00:36:43.690><c> faith.</c>

00:36:46.570 --> 00:36:49.329
We<00:36:46.710><c> can</c><00:36:46.909><c> only</c><00:36:47.150><c> but</c><00:36:47.269><c> imagine,</c><00:36:47.769><c> veteran</c><00:36:47.909><c> and</c><00:36:48.150><c> sisters,</c><00:36:49.210><c> that</c>

00:36:49.329 --> 00:36:52.130
incredible<00:36:49.849><c> scene</c><00:36:50.190><c> when</c><00:36:50.389><c> the</c><00:36:50.530><c> risen</c><00:36:50.750><c> Christ</c>

00:36:52.690 --> 00:36:54.650
met<00:36:53.230><c> his</c><00:36:53.530><c> mother.</c>

00:36:57.469 --> 00:37:00.909
Perhaps<00:36:57.829><c> it</c><00:36:57.929><c> was</c><00:36:58.150><c> so</c><00:36:58.409><c> full</c><00:36:58.949><c> of</c><00:36:59.210><c> joy</c><00:36:59.469><c> and</c><00:36:59.789><c> so</c><00:37:00.130><c> intense</c><00:37:00.469><c> in</c><00:37:00.650><c> its</c>

00:37:00.909 --> 00:37:03.449
feeling.<00:37:02.050><c> Perhaps</c><00:37:02.329><c> it</c><00:37:02.449><c> was</c><00:37:02.670><c> far</c><00:37:02.889><c> too</c><00:37:03.210><c> private</c>

00:37:03.449 --> 00:37:06.010
and<00:37:03.809><c> personal</c><00:37:04.010><c> for</c><00:37:04.230><c> it</c><00:37:04.289><c> to</c><00:37:04.409><c> be</c><00:37:04.650><c> recorded,</c><00:37:05.230><c> but</c><00:37:05.449><c> it</c><00:37:05.590><c> must</c><00:37:05.849><c> have</c>

00:37:06.010 --> 00:37:08.730
happened.<00:37:07.269><c> We</c><00:37:07.369><c> know</c><00:37:07.570><c> that</c><00:37:07.750><c> Jesus</c><00:37:08.030><c> had</c><00:37:08.250><c> a</c><00:37:08.389><c> personal</c>

00:37:08.730 --> 00:37:13.289
interview<00:37:09.070><c> with</c><00:37:09.250><c> James,</c><00:37:09.750><c> his</c><00:37:09.949><c> oldest</c><00:37:10.309><c> brother.</c><00:37:12.690><c> He</c><00:37:12.829><c> must</c><00:37:13.070><c> at</c>

00:37:13.289 --> 00:37:15.949
some<00:37:13.530><c> stage</c><00:37:13.789><c> have</c><00:37:13.989><c> had</c><00:37:14.090><c> to</c><00:37:14.269><c> face</c><00:37:14.530><c> his</c><00:37:14.769><c> own</c><00:37:15.050><c> mother</c>

00:37:16.010 --> 00:37:23.090
in<00:37:16.250><c> a</c><00:37:16.530><c> similar</c><00:37:16.750><c> way.</c><00:37:19.349><c> And</c><00:37:19.469><c> the</c><00:37:19.590><c> relationship</c><00:37:20.030><c> now</c><00:37:20.289><c> was</c><00:37:20.550><c> totally</c><00:37:20.889><c> different.</c><00:37:22.610><c> She</c><00:37:22.750><c> had</c><00:37:22.889><c> to</c>

00:37:23.090 --> 00:37:23.730
accept<00:37:23.329><c> him</c><00:37:23.530><c> now,</c>

00:37:23.730 --> 00:37:27.949
not<00:37:23.929><c> as</c><00:37:24.170><c> her</c><00:37:24.429><c> son,</c><00:37:24.710><c> but</c><00:37:24.849><c> as</c><00:37:25.070><c> her</c><00:37:25.309><c> saviour,</c><00:37:27.150><c> to</c><00:37:27.329><c> realise</c><00:37:27.670><c> fully</c>

00:37:27.949 --> 00:37:30.789
that<00:37:28.170><c> he</c><00:37:28.449><c> was</c><00:37:29.230><c> the</c><00:37:29.769><c> seed</c><00:37:29.969><c> of</c><00:37:30.170><c> the</c><00:37:30.309><c> woman</c><00:37:30.590><c> through</c>

00:37:30.789 --> 00:37:37.010
salvation<00:37:31.469><c> would</c><00:37:31.710><c> come.</c><00:37:32.389><c> And</c><00:37:32.510><c> she</c><00:37:32.730><c> had</c><00:37:32.969><c> been</c><00:37:33.190><c> that</c><00:37:33.389><c> woman</c><00:37:34.130><c> that</c><00:37:36.429><c> through</c><00:37:36.670><c> her</c>

00:37:37.010 --> 00:37:38.889
sufferings,<00:37:37.949><c> life</c><00:37:38.210><c> would</c><00:37:38.449><c> come</c><00:37:38.690><c> to</c>

00:37:38.889 --> 00:37:43.929
millions<00:37:39.170><c> of</c><00:37:39.409><c> people</c><00:37:40.010><c> to</c><00:37:41.449><c> comprehend</c><00:37:42.210><c> what</c><00:37:42.969><c> her</c><00:37:43.409><c> son</c><00:37:43.630><c> would</c>

00:37:43.929 --> 00:37:46.190
mean<00:37:44.090><c> for</c><00:37:44.289><c> the</c><00:37:44.489><c> whole</c><00:37:44.670><c> of</c><00:37:44.849><c> the</c><00:37:44.969><c> human</c><00:37:45.130><c> race,</c>

00:37:46.269 --> 00:37:48.849
for<00:37:46.369><c> all</c><00:37:46.590><c> of</c><00:37:46.750><c> those</c><00:37:46.989><c> dead</c><00:37:47.269><c> and</c><00:37:47.469><c> all</c><00:37:47.590><c> of</c><00:37:47.750><c> those</c><00:37:47.949><c> yet</c><00:37:48.210><c> unborn</c><00:37:48.650><c> and</c>

00:37:48.849 --> 00:37:50.809
generations<00:37:49.349><c> to</c><00:37:49.670><c> come.</c>

00:37:51.989 --> 00:37:55.409
No<00:37:52.150><c> wonder</c><00:37:52.349><c> she</c><00:37:52.550><c> was</c><00:37:52.750><c> greatly</c><00:37:53.090><c> respected</c><00:37:53.570><c> in</c><00:37:53.750><c> the</c><00:37:53.889><c> early</c><00:37:54.150><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:37:56.070 --> 00:37:58.550
And<00:37:56.550><c> what</c><00:37:56.789><c> wonderful</c><00:37:57.150><c> memories</c><00:37:57.510><c> she</c><00:37:57.750><c> would</c><00:37:57.949><c> treasure,</c><00:37:58.309><c> as</c><00:37:58.469><c> a</c>

00:37:58.550 --> 00:38:00.329
mother<00:37:58.710><c> always</c><00:37:59.170><c> does,</c><00:37:59.670><c> treasure</c><00:37:59.789><c> memories</c><00:38:00.150><c> of</c>

00:38:00.329 --> 00:38:03.329
children,<00:38:01.409><c> the</c><00:38:01.489><c> memories</c><00:38:01.789><c> of</c><00:38:02.050><c> that</c><00:38:02.309><c> young</c><00:38:02.650><c> child</c><00:38:02.949><c> she</c><00:38:03.150><c> held</c>

00:38:03.329 --> 00:38:06.130
in<00:38:03.489><c> her</c><00:38:03.710><c> arms.</c><00:38:05.090><c> What</c><00:38:05.409><c> wonderful</c><00:38:05.809><c> memories</c>

00:38:06.130 --> 00:38:10.510
she<00:38:06.329><c> would</c><00:38:06.510><c> treasure</c><00:38:06.769><c> into</c><00:38:07.070><c> old</c><00:38:07.369><c> age.</c><00:38:09.590><c> You</c><00:38:09.750><c> imagine</c><00:38:10.030><c> her</c><00:38:10.349><c> in</c>

00:38:10.510 --> 00:38:12.630
her<00:38:10.730><c> prayers,</c><00:38:11.130><c> brethren</c><00:38:11.250><c> and</c><00:38:11.469><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:13.110 --> 00:38:18.389
closing<00:38:13.409><c> her</c><00:38:13.769><c> prayer,</c><00:38:16.429><c> thinking</c><00:38:16.829><c> of</c><00:38:17.030><c> the</c><00:38:17.210><c> son</c><00:38:17.429><c> she</c><00:38:17.610><c> once</c><00:38:17.909><c> cradled</c><00:38:18.230><c> in</c>

00:38:18.389 --> 00:38:21.110
her<00:38:18.630><c> arms</c><00:38:19.150><c> and</c><00:38:20.190><c> saying,</c>

00:38:21.889 --> 00:38:28.170
Please<00:38:22.449><c> hear</c><00:38:22.710><c> my</c><00:38:22.949><c> prayer</c><00:38:23.550><c> through</c><00:38:24.690><c> our</c><00:38:25.230><c> Lord</c><00:38:25.809><c> Jesus</c><00:38:26.269><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:28.489 --> 00:38:30.210
thy<00:38:28.710><c> beloved</c><00:38:29.190><c> Son.</c>

00:38:31.670 --> 00:38:33.750
Not<00:38:31.829><c> many</c><00:38:32.010><c> of</c><00:38:32.090><c> us</c><00:38:32.190><c> could</c><00:38:32.409><c> pray</c><00:38:32.650><c> with</c><00:38:32.849><c> the</c><00:38:33.030><c> fervency</c><00:38:33.409><c> that</c><00:38:33.610><c> she</c>

00:38:33.750 --> 00:38:36.090
would<00:38:33.989><c> use</c><00:38:34.349><c> in</c><00:38:34.730><c> those</c><00:38:34.969><c> words.</c>

00:38:36.809 --> 00:38:41.349
Truly<00:38:37.070><c> God</c><00:38:37.369><c> had</c><00:38:37.570><c> well</c><00:38:37.829><c> chosen</c><00:38:38.190><c> his</c><00:38:38.510><c> handmaiden.</c><00:38:41.030><c> And</c><00:38:41.190><c> Mary</c>

00:38:41.349 --> 00:38:42.909
now<00:38:41.650><c> sleeps,</c><00:38:42.250><c> brethren</c><00:38:42.349><c> and</c><00:38:42.590><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:42.989 --> 00:38:48.590
in<00:38:43.150><c> the</c><00:38:43.269><c> dust</c><00:38:43.469><c> of</c><00:38:43.969><c> the</c><00:38:44.269><c> of</c><00:38:44.269><c> the</c><00:38:44.550><c> nation</c><00:38:44.829><c> of</c><00:38:45.010><c> Israel.</c><00:38:47.489><c> How</c><00:38:48.050><c> luckily</c><00:38:48.369><c> no</c>

00:38:48.590 --> 00:38:50.170
one<00:38:48.730><c> knows</c><00:38:49.030><c> where</c><00:38:49.170><c> her</c><00:38:49.409><c> grave</c><00:38:49.610><c> is.</c>

00:38:50.170 --> 00:38:52.969
You<00:38:50.769><c> can</c><00:38:50.949><c> imagine</c><00:38:51.250><c> what</c><00:38:51.389><c> they</c><00:38:51.550><c> would</c><00:38:51.710><c> do</c><00:38:51.869><c> if</c><00:38:52.030><c> they</c><00:38:52.210><c> did.</c>

00:38:55.070 --> 00:38:57.230
She<00:38:55.170><c> now</c><00:38:55.449><c> sleeps</c><00:38:55.670><c> in</c><00:38:55.829><c> the</c><00:38:55.929><c> dust</c><00:38:56.090><c> of</c><00:38:56.250><c> Israel</c><00:38:56.489><c> awaiting</c><00:38:56.789><c> the</c><00:38:57.050><c> day</c>

00:38:57.230 --> 00:38:58.409
when<00:38:57.389><c> her</c><00:38:57.650><c> son</c>

00:38:58.429 --> 00:39:02.909
shall<00:38:58.949><c> once</c><00:38:59.250><c> again</c><00:38:59.530><c> stand</c><00:38:59.889><c> upon</c><00:39:00.190><c> the</c><00:39:00.389><c> earth</c><00:39:01.070><c> and</c><00:39:02.469><c> she</c><00:39:02.710><c> shall</c>

00:39:02.909 --> 00:39:07.329
see<00:39:03.190><c> the</c><00:39:03.429><c> end</c><00:39:04.070><c> when</c><00:39:05.309><c> God</c><00:39:05.570><c> shall</c><00:39:05.769><c> exalt</c><00:39:06.070><c> his</c><00:39:06.309><c> Messiah.</c>

00:39:09.590 --> 00:39:13.869
She's<00:39:09.989><c> dead,</c><00:39:10.329><c> brethren</c><00:39:10.349><c> and</c><00:39:10.570><c> sisters.</c><00:39:12.269><c> Her</c><00:39:12.510><c> example</c><00:39:12.909><c> isn't.</c>

00:39:14.349 --> 00:39:16.289
What<00:39:14.630><c> can</c><00:39:14.789><c> we</c><00:39:14.969><c> learn</c><00:39:15.190><c> from</c><00:39:15.429><c> this</c><00:39:15.769><c> glorious</c>

00:39:16.289 --> 00:39:21.329
young<00:39:16.550><c> woman</c><00:39:16.809><c> that</c><00:39:16.969><c> God</c><00:39:17.210><c> chose</c><00:39:17.610><c> to</c><00:39:17.829><c> raise</c><00:39:18.070><c> his</c><00:39:18.329><c> son?</c><00:39:20.289><c> Well,</c><00:39:20.449><c> let's</c><00:39:20.650><c> learn</c><00:39:20.809><c> the</c><00:39:20.989><c> lesson</c><00:39:21.150><c> of</c>

00:39:21.329 --> 00:39:21.909
submission<00:39:21.710><c> to</c>

00:39:21.909 --> 00:39:28.289
the<00:39:22.030><c> will</c><00:39:22.110><c> of</c><00:39:22.349><c> God.</c><00:39:24.730><c> Let's</c><00:39:25.130><c> accept</c><00:39:25.489><c> whatever</c><00:39:25.889><c> it</c><00:39:26.210><c> takes</c><00:39:26.889><c> for</c>

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Christ<00:39:28.690><c> to</c><00:39:28.909><c> be</c><00:39:29.170><c> formed</c><00:39:29.530><c> in</c><00:39:29.809><c> us.</c>

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The<00:39:33.489><c> word</c><00:39:33.670><c> tells</c><00:39:33.969><c> us</c><00:39:34.269><c> there</c><00:39:34.389><c> will</c><00:39:34.590><c> be</c><00:39:34.789><c> pain.</c><00:39:36.809><c> There</c><00:39:37.010><c> will</c><00:39:37.190><c> be</c>

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worry.<00:39:39.170><c> There</c><00:39:39.429><c> will</c><00:39:39.630><c> be</c><00:39:39.829><c> care.</c>

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There<00:39:42.130><c> will</c><00:39:42.369><c> be</c><00:39:42.530><c> a</c><00:39:42.650><c> cost</c><00:39:42.969><c> to</c><00:39:43.170><c> our</c><00:39:43.329><c> respect</c><00:39:43.869><c> in</c><00:39:44.090><c> this</c><00:39:44.309><c> life.</c>

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Our<00:39:46.869><c> pride</c><00:39:47.130><c> and</c><00:39:47.289><c> our</c><00:39:47.449><c> reputation</c><00:39:47.989><c> may</c><00:39:48.250><c> well</c><00:39:48.530><c> suffer</c><00:39:48.829><c> because</c>

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of<00:39:49.289><c> our</c><00:39:49.530><c> association</c><00:39:50.190><c> with</c><00:39:50.369><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:39:55.849><c> in</c><00:39:55.989><c> the</c><00:39:56.090><c> end,</c><00:39:56.349><c> brethren</c><00:39:56.449><c> and</c><00:39:56.670><c> sisters,</c><00:39:57.530><c> it</c><00:39:57.610><c> will</c><00:39:57.829><c> all</c><00:39:58.030><c> be</c>

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worth<00:39:58.409><c> it.</c><00:39:58.590><c> Christ</c><00:39:58.969><c> will</c><00:39:59.250><c> be</c><00:39:59.489><c> formed</c><00:39:59.809><c> in</c><00:40:00.050><c> us.</c>

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Let<00:40:02.110><c> us</c><00:40:02.289><c> learn</c><00:40:02.489><c> from</c><00:40:02.710><c> Mary</c><00:40:03.010><c> to</c><00:40:03.230><c> believe</c><00:40:03.590><c> in</c><00:40:03.789><c> the</c><00:40:04.010><c> humanly</c><00:40:04.489><c> impossible.</c>

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That<00:40:06.550><c> God</c><00:40:06.809><c> will</c><00:40:07.150><c> sweep</c><00:40:07.389><c> away</c><00:40:08.070><c> all</c><00:40:08.429><c> this</c><00:40:08.590><c> society</c><00:40:09.070><c> that</c><00:40:09.210><c> we</c><00:40:09.409><c> currently</c><00:40:09.710><c> live</c><00:40:09.869><c> in</c>

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and<00:40:10.130><c> replace</c><00:40:10.489><c> it</c><00:40:10.650><c> with</c><00:40:10.750><c> a</c><00:40:11.010><c> glorious</c>

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kingdom.<00:40:13.690><c> That</c><00:40:13.849><c> Jesus</c><00:40:14.309><c> Christ</c><00:40:14.710><c> will</c><00:40:14.909><c> again</c><00:40:15.210><c> stand</c><00:40:15.630><c> upon</c><00:40:15.909><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:40:18.230><c> That</c><00:40:18.349><c> the</c><00:40:18.489><c> dead</c><00:40:18.610><c> will</c><00:40:18.849><c> be</c><00:40:19.050><c> raised.</c>

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That<00:40:21.110><c> there</c><00:40:21.289><c> is</c><00:40:21.449><c> an</c><00:40:21.630><c> eternity</c><00:40:21.969><c> for</c><00:40:22.190><c> you</c><00:40:22.329><c> and</c><00:40:22.510><c> me</c><00:40:22.829><c> to</c><00:40:23.090><c> inherit.</c>

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And<00:40:26.010><c> that</c><00:40:26.130><c> God</c><00:40:26.309><c> can</c><00:40:26.650><c> forgive</c><00:40:26.849><c> our</c><00:40:27.150><c> sins</c><00:40:27.409><c> no</c><00:40:27.610><c> matter</c><00:40:27.809><c> how</c><00:40:28.130><c> bad</c>

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we<00:40:29.449><c> think</c><00:40:29.610><c> they</c><00:40:29.789><c> may</c><00:40:30.050><c> be.</c>

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Let<00:40:31.010><c> us</c><00:40:31.250><c> believe</c><00:40:31.730><c> in</c><00:40:31.909><c> the</c><00:40:32.130><c> humanly</c><00:40:32.469><c> impossible.</c>

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For<00:40:35.329><c> if</c><00:40:35.489><c> we</c><00:40:35.650><c> likewise</c><00:40:36.130><c> believe,</c><00:40:38.530><c> there</c><00:40:38.789><c> will</c><00:40:39.110><c> be</c><00:40:39.789><c> a</c><00:40:40.010><c> performance</c><00:40:40.590><c> of</c><00:40:40.989><c> those</c>

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things<00:40:41.929><c> that</c><00:40:43.289><c> God</c><00:40:43.489><c> can</c><00:40:43.690><c> work</c><00:40:43.929><c> in</c>

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us.<00:40:47.949><c> Let</c><00:40:48.150><c> us</c><00:40:48.309><c> learn</c><00:40:48.449><c> from</c><00:40:48.650><c> Mary</c><00:40:48.969><c> the</c><00:40:49.110><c> need</c><00:40:49.289><c> to</c><00:40:49.610><c> educate</c><00:40:49.929><c> the</c>

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godly<00:40:50.590><c> seed</c><00:40:50.809><c> that</c><00:40:50.989><c> God</c><00:40:51.170><c> has</c><00:40:51.449><c> placed</c><00:40:52.329><c> into</c><00:40:53.869><c> our</c><00:40:54.190><c> charge.</c>

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To<00:40:57.309><c> teach</c><00:40:57.530><c> them</c><00:40:57.670><c> to</c><00:40:57.929><c> read.</c><00:40:59.849><c> To</c><00:41:00.190><c> talk</c><00:41:00.429><c> the</c><00:41:00.570><c> language</c><00:41:00.889><c> of</c><00:41:01.070><c> the</c><00:41:01.230><c> scriptures.</c>

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Let<00:41:05.070><c> us</c><00:41:05.150><c> try</c><00:41:05.449><c> as</c><00:41:05.610><c> much</c><00:41:05.769><c> as</c><00:41:06.010><c> possible</c><00:41:06.289><c> to</c><00:41:06.429><c> go</c><00:41:06.690><c> to</c><00:41:06.909><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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wherever<00:41:07.650><c> the</c><00:41:07.869><c> word</c>

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is<00:41:09.469><c> being</c><00:41:09.809><c> unveiled.</c><00:41:11.230><c> Wherever</c><00:41:11.469><c> the</c><00:41:11.789><c> tribes</c><00:41:11.989><c> gather</c><00:41:12.349><c> around</c>

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the<00:41:12.889><c> things</c><00:41:13.050><c> of</c><00:41:13.289><c> God,</c><00:41:14.269><c> as</c><00:41:14.489><c> often</c><00:41:14.829><c> as</c><00:41:15.110><c> we</c><00:41:15.309><c> can,</c>

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it<00:41:16.829><c> was</c><00:41:17.070><c> their</c><00:41:17.289><c> custom</c><00:41:17.670><c> to</c><00:41:17.869><c> go</c><00:41:18.050><c> every</c><00:41:18.449><c> year.</c><00:41:21.190><c> They</c><00:41:21.369><c> went</c><00:41:21.550><c> to</c>

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the<00:41:21.849><c> synagogue</c><00:41:22.170><c> every</c><00:41:22.630><c> Sabbath.</c>

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God<00:41:25.769><c> loves</c><00:41:26.110><c> to</c><00:41:26.309><c> work</c><00:41:26.969><c> with</c><00:41:27.849><c> parents</c><00:41:28.250><c> like</c><00:41:28.570><c> Mary</c><00:41:28.929><c> and</c><00:41:29.190><c> Joseph.</c>

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Creating<00:41:31.869><c> your</c><00:41:32.210><c> children</c><00:41:32.449><c> and</c><00:41:32.670><c> inquiring</c><00:41:33.110><c> mind</c><00:41:33.429><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:41:34.010><c> things</c><00:41:34.170><c> of</c><00:41:34.409><c> God.</c>

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Give<00:41:35.550><c> them</c><00:41:35.809><c> projects</c><00:41:36.250><c> to</c><00:41:36.489><c> research.</c><00:41:37.929><c> Get</c><00:41:38.110><c> them</c><00:41:38.250><c> to</c><00:41:38.550><c> think</c><00:41:38.730><c> about</c><00:41:39.010><c> the</c>

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great<00:41:39.429><c> and</c><00:41:39.650><c> wonderful</c><00:41:39.929><c> ways</c><00:41:40.210><c> of</c>

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God<00:41:40.610><c> that</c><00:41:40.750><c> they</c><00:41:40.969><c> might</c><00:41:41.210><c> develop</c><00:41:41.630><c> in</c><00:41:41.769><c> themselves</c><00:41:42.150><c> that</c><00:41:42.510><c> love</c>

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of<00:41:43.010><c> the</c><00:41:43.190><c> things</c><00:41:43.329><c> of</c><00:41:43.489><c> the</c><00:41:43.730><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:41:47.789><c> above</c><00:41:47.949><c> all</c><00:41:48.130><c> brethren</c><00:41:48.329><c> and</c><00:41:48.570><c> sisters,</c><00:41:50.730><c> that</c><00:41:50.789><c> every</c><00:41:50.989><c> one</c><00:41:51.130><c> of</c>

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us<00:41:51.550><c> make</c><00:41:51.769><c> time</c><00:41:52.250><c> to</c><00:41:52.550><c> ponder</c><00:41:52.750><c> the</c><00:41:53.070><c> sayings</c><00:41:53.570><c> of</c><00:41:53.869><c> God</c>

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deeply<00:41:55.769><c> in</c><00:41:56.030><c> our</c><00:41:56.289><c> hearts.</c><00:41:58.849><c> That's</c><00:41:59.170><c> the</c><00:41:59.309><c> only</c><00:41:59.510><c> way</c><00:41:59.809><c> you</c><00:41:59.929><c> can</c><00:42:00.170><c> learn</c><00:42:00.849><c> to</c>

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separate<00:42:02.429><c> the</c><00:42:02.730><c> natural</c>

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from<00:42:05.389><c> the</c><00:42:05.670><c> spiritual.</c><00:42:06.889><c> The</c><00:42:06.949><c> word</c><00:42:07.170><c> of</c><00:42:07.309><c> God</c><00:42:07.489><c> is</c><00:42:07.750><c> living</c><00:42:07.909><c> and</c><00:42:08.130><c> energetic,</c>

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says<00:42:09.010><c> Hebrews</c><00:42:09.269><c> 4</c><00:42:09.630><c> and</c><00:42:09.769><c> verse</c><00:42:09.929><c> 12,</c><00:42:11.349><c> dividing</c><00:42:11.590><c> asunder</c><00:42:12.469><c> the</c><00:42:13.670><c> soulish,</c><00:42:14.210><c> the</c>

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natural<00:42:14.789><c> and</c><00:42:15.030><c> the</c><00:42:15.389><c> spiritual.</c>

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It's<00:42:16.349><c> the</c><00:42:16.550><c> only</c><00:42:16.909><c> way</c><00:42:17.190><c> we've</c><00:42:17.429><c> got</c><00:42:17.510><c> to</c><00:42:17.590><c> let</c><00:42:17.690><c> those</c><00:42:18.050><c> words</c><00:42:18.250><c> sink</c>

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deeply<00:42:18.989><c> into</c><00:42:19.250><c> our</c><00:42:19.530><c> heart,</c>

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to<00:42:20.269><c> think</c><00:42:20.469><c> upon</c><00:42:20.750><c> these</c><00:42:21.030><c> things,</c><00:42:21.570><c> to</c><00:42:21.730><c> weigh</c><00:42:21.909><c> up</c><00:42:22.130><c> the</c><00:42:22.329><c> facts,</c><00:42:22.570><c> to</c>

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add<00:42:22.909><c> in</c><00:42:23.050><c> other</c><00:42:23.250><c> facts.</c>

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And<00:42:25.250><c> brethren</c><00:42:25.409><c> and</c><00:42:25.630><c> sisters,</c><00:42:27.409><c> if</c><00:42:27.510><c> we</c><00:42:27.650><c> can</c><00:42:27.809><c> develop</c><00:42:28.090><c> that</c><00:42:28.570><c> spirituality</c><00:42:29.110><c> that</c>

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Mary<00:42:29.710><c> had,</c>

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then<00:42:32.530><c> whatever</c><00:42:32.889><c> God</c><00:42:33.110><c> brings</c><00:42:33.389><c> upon</c><00:42:33.650><c> us,</c><00:42:33.949><c> we</c><00:42:33.969><c> can</c><00:42:34.250><c> say</c><00:42:34.889><c> in</c><00:42:36.849><c> that</c>

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wonderful<00:42:37.469><c> submission</c><00:42:37.929><c> to</c><00:42:38.150><c> his</c><00:42:38.369><c> will,</c>

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Behold<00:42:40.630><c> me,</c><00:42:42.789><c> the</c><00:42:43.010><c> handmaid,</c><00:42:44.469><c> the</c><00:42:44.690><c> servant</c><00:42:45.030><c> of</c><00:42:45.590><c> the</c><00:42:45.690><c> Lord.</c>