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as<00:10:47.580><c> the</c><00:10:47.820><c> man</c><00:10:48.320><c> above</c><00:10:48.639><c> the</c><00:10:48.860><c> river</c><00:10:49.340><c> whose</c><00:10:49.779><c> voice</c><00:10:50.179><c> was</c><00:10:50.379><c> like</c><00:10:50.559><c> the</c><00:10:50.720><c> voice</c><00:10:51.200><c> of</c><00:10:51.539><c> a</c><00:10:51.700><c> multitude.</c>

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And<00:10:53.200><c> it</c><00:10:53.279><c> will</c><00:10:53.419><c> be</c><00:10:53.559><c> this</c><00:10:53.799><c> man</c><00:10:54.000><c> ultimately</c><00:10:54.899><c> and</c><00:10:55.440><c> not</c><00:10:55.759><c> the</c><00:10:56.059><c> proud</c>

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and<00:10:56.620><c> wicked</c><00:10:56.879><c> Gentile</c><00:10:57.659><c> who</c><00:10:58.200><c> prevails.</c>

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So<00:11:00.279><c> all</c><00:11:00.480><c> of</c><00:11:00.620><c> that</c><00:11:00.799><c> then</c><00:11:01.059><c> arises</c><00:11:01.519><c> out</c><00:11:02.159><c> of</c><00:11:02.299><c> those</c><00:11:02.500><c> simple</c><00:11:02.840><c> words</c>

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of<00:11:03.299><c> God</c><00:11:03.440><c> to</c><00:11:03.679><c> Abraham</c><00:11:04.120><c> in</c><00:11:04.700><c> Genesis</c><00:11:05.059><c> 15.</c>

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Well,<00:11:05.940><c> let's</c><00:11:06.039><c> go</c><00:11:06.279><c> back</c><00:11:06.480><c> there</c><00:11:06.740><c> now.</c>

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As<00:11:09.179><c> reassurance</c><00:11:09.820><c> to</c><00:11:10.100><c> Abraham</c><00:11:10.460><c> at</c><00:11:10.679><c> this</c><00:11:10.940><c> time,</c><00:11:11.399><c> the</c><00:11:11.559><c> promise</c>

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is<00:11:12.279><c> reiterated.</c>

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Verse<00:11:13.519><c> 7</c><00:11:13.899><c> of</c><00:11:14.080><c> the</c><00:11:14.179><c> chapter.</c>

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God<00:11:15.559><c> said</c><00:11:15.759><c> unto</c><00:11:16.000><c> him,</c><00:11:16.700><c> I</c><00:11:16.759><c> am</c><00:11:16.940><c> the</c><00:11:17.159><c> Lord</c><00:11:17.379><c> that</c><00:11:17.620><c> brought</c><00:11:17.860><c> the</c><00:11:18.080><c> out</c>

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of<00:11:18.419><c> Ur</c><00:11:18.639><c> of</c><00:11:18.759><c> the</c><00:11:18.960><c> Chaldees</c>

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to<00:11:19.919><c> give</c><00:11:20.320><c> thee</c><00:11:20.779><c> this</c><00:11:21.139><c> land</c><00:11:21.399><c> to</c><00:11:21.700><c> inherit</c><00:11:22.100><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:23.740><c> in</c><00:11:23.899><c> verse</c><00:11:24.159><c> 8</c><00:11:24.519><c> Abraham</c><00:11:25.019><c> said,</c><00:11:26.000><c> O</c><00:11:26.159><c> Lord</c><00:11:26.480><c> God,</c><00:11:27.159><c> whereby</c><00:11:27.580><c> shall</c><00:11:28.000><c> I</c><00:11:28.580><c> know</c><00:11:29.120><c> that</c><00:11:29.700><c> I</c>

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shall<00:11:30.580><c> inherit</c><00:11:31.179><c> it?</c>

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And<00:11:32.500><c> here</c><00:11:32.720><c> he</c><00:11:32.860><c> asks</c><00:11:33.200><c> God</c><00:11:33.419><c> for</c><00:11:33.639><c> a</c><00:11:33.960><c> sign.</c>

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Now<00:11:35.740><c> we've</c><00:11:35.960><c> just</c><00:11:36.220><c> read</c><00:11:36.440><c> in</c><00:11:36.620><c> verse</c><00:11:36.879><c> 6</c><00:11:37.440><c> that</c><00:11:37.799><c> Abraham</c><00:11:38.320><c> believed</c>

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the<00:11:39.120><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:11:40.320><c> when</c><00:11:40.460><c> he</c><00:11:40.679><c> then</c><00:11:40.899><c> goes</c><00:11:41.039><c> on</c><00:11:41.220><c> to</c><00:11:41.379><c> ask</c><00:11:41.580><c> God</c><00:11:41.799><c> for</c><00:11:42.159><c> a</c><00:11:42.299><c> sign,</c><00:11:43.139><c> it</c><00:11:43.299><c> doesn't</c><00:11:43.679><c> imply</c><00:11:44.179><c> that</c><00:11:44.379><c> he</c>

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doubted<00:11:45.019><c> God's</c><00:11:45.440><c> word.</c>

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As<00:11:46.940><c> a</c><00:11:47.019><c> matter</c><00:11:47.159><c> of</c><00:11:47.320><c> fact,</c><00:11:48.200><c> there</c><00:11:48.220><c> were</c><00:11:48.440><c> other</c><00:11:48.679><c> faithful</c><00:11:49.019><c> men</c><00:11:49.220><c> in</c>

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scripture<00:11:49.740><c> who</c><00:11:50.000><c> also</c><00:11:50.480><c> asked</c><00:11:50.879><c> for</c><00:11:51.620><c> signs.</c>

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Abraham's<00:11:53.639><c> servant</c><00:11:53.840><c> later</c><00:11:54.179><c> on</c><00:11:54.340><c> in</c><00:11:54.419><c> chapter</c><00:11:54.700><c> 24</c><00:11:55.240><c> who's</c><00:11:55.700><c> sent</c><00:11:55.700><c> to</c><00:11:55.860><c> find</c><00:11:56.019><c> a</c>

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wife<00:11:56.440><c> for</c><00:11:56.639><c> Isaac</c>

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asked<00:11:57.419><c> God</c><00:11:57.659><c> for</c><00:11:57.899><c> a</c><00:11:58.059><c> sign</c><00:11:58.379><c> and</c><00:11:58.659><c> he's</c><00:11:58.919><c> given</c><00:11:59.139><c> one.</c>

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Gideon<00:12:00.919><c> asked</c><00:12:01.360><c> for</c><00:12:01.580><c> a</c><00:12:01.799><c> sign</c><00:12:01.980><c> on</c><00:12:02.200><c> more</c><00:12:02.399><c> than</c><00:12:02.559><c> one</c><00:12:02.799><c> occasion.</c>

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Hezekiah<00:12:04.620><c> is</c><00:12:04.820><c> another</c><00:12:05.019><c> man</c><00:12:05.460><c> who</c><00:12:05.759><c> asked</c><00:12:06.019><c> for</c><00:12:06.220><c> a</c><00:12:06.399><c> sign.</c>

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But<00:12:08.539><c> there</c><00:12:08.759><c> were</c><00:12:08.980><c> people</c><00:12:09.360><c> in</c><00:12:09.600><c> scripture</c><00:12:09.960><c> who</c><00:12:10.320><c> sought</c><00:12:10.559><c> signs</c>

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with<00:12:11.679><c> different</c><00:12:12.039><c> motives</c>

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who<00:12:13.080><c> did</c><00:12:13.379><c> not</c><00:12:13.659><c> have</c><00:12:13.940><c> Abraham's</c><00:12:14.620><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:12:15.700><c> if</c><00:12:15.779><c> you</c><00:12:15.919><c> just</c><00:12:16.059><c> come</c><00:12:16.220><c> on</c><00:12:16.379><c> for</c><00:12:16.519><c> a</c><00:12:16.620><c> moment</c><00:12:16.799><c> to</c><00:12:17.000><c> Luke</c><00:12:17.220><c> chapter</c><00:12:17.679><c> 1.</c>

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Abraham<00:12:22.340><c> says,</c><00:12:22.759><c> you'll</c><00:12:22.980><c> remember</c><00:12:23.200><c> in</c><00:12:23.320><c> Genesis</c><00:12:23.679><c> 15,</c><00:12:24.200><c> whereby</c>

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shall<00:12:24.919><c> I</c><00:12:25.100><c> know</c><00:12:25.320><c> that</c><00:12:25.480><c> I</c><00:12:25.659><c> shall</c><00:12:25.820><c> inherit</c><00:12:26.240><c> it?</c>

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And<00:12:27.480><c> here</c><00:12:27.620><c> in</c><00:12:27.679><c> Luke</c><00:12:27.960><c> chapter</c><00:12:28.279><c> 1</c><00:12:28.500><c> you</c><00:12:28.600><c> have</c><00:12:28.799><c> a</c><00:12:29.019><c> man</c><00:12:29.539><c> who</c><00:12:29.980><c> utters</c>

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almost<00:12:30.779><c> the</c><00:12:31.039><c> same</c><00:12:31.279><c> words</c>

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but<00:12:32.720><c> not</c><00:12:33.059><c> with</c><00:12:33.240><c> the</c><00:12:33.460><c> same</c><00:12:33.720><c> faith</c><00:12:34.200><c> and</c><00:12:34.860><c> God</c><00:12:35.139><c> deals</c><00:12:35.720><c> with</c><00:12:36.039><c> him</c>

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rather<00:12:36.639><c> differently.</c>

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It's<00:12:37.940><c> Luke</c><00:12:38.159><c> chapter</c><00:12:38.580><c> 1</c><00:12:38.919><c> and</c><00:12:39.200><c> in</c><00:12:39.320><c> fact</c><00:12:39.480><c> we're</c><00:12:39.659><c> dealing</c><00:12:39.940><c> with</c><00:12:40.600><c> a</c>

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man<00:12:41.039><c> who</c><00:12:41.240><c> was</c><00:12:41.559><c> faithful</c><00:12:42.000><c> in</c><00:12:42.179><c> many</c><00:12:42.399><c> ways.</c>

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as<00:12:48.840><c> righteous</c><00:12:49.159><c> before</c><00:12:49.659><c> God</c>

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in<00:12:52.720><c> their</c><00:12:53.019><c> old</c><00:12:53.340><c> age,</c>

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much<00:12:54.039><c> like</c><00:12:54.279><c> Abraham</c><00:12:54.580><c> and</c><00:12:54.919><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:12:56.419><c> in</c><00:12:56.539><c> verse</c><00:12:56.779><c> 18</c><00:12:57.279><c> Zacharias</c><00:12:58.059><c> asks</c><00:12:58.659><c> almost</c><00:12:59.120><c> the</c><00:12:59.360><c> same</c><00:12:59.620><c> question</c><00:13:00.000><c> as</c><00:13:00.259><c> Abraham</c><00:13:00.759><c> had</c>

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done<00:13:01.580><c> in</c><00:13:01.779><c> Genesis</c><00:13:02.159><c> 15.</c>

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So<00:13:04.960><c> we're</c><00:13:05.580><c> verse</c><00:13:05.940><c> 18</c><00:13:06.600><c> of</c><00:13:07.000><c> Luke</c><00:13:07.279><c> chapter</c><00:13:07.700><c> 1.</c>

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Zacharias<00:13:09.059><c> said</c><00:13:09.240><c> unto</c><00:13:09.399><c> the</c><00:13:09.679><c> angel,</c><00:13:10.539><c> whereby</c><00:13:11.120><c> shall</c><00:13:11.600><c> I</c><00:13:11.840><c> know</c><00:13:12.159><c> this?</c>

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For<00:13:13.379><c> I</c><00:13:13.639><c> am</c><00:13:13.740><c> an</c><00:13:14.000><c> old</c><00:13:14.259><c> man</c><00:13:14.720><c> and</c><00:13:15.120><c> my</c><00:13:15.419><c> wife</c><00:13:15.820><c> well</c><00:13:16.220><c> stricken</c><00:13:16.539><c> in</c><00:13:16.820><c> years.</c>

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But<00:13:18.399><c> clearly</c><00:13:18.919><c> when</c><00:13:19.240><c> he</c><00:13:19.639><c> uttered</c><00:13:20.080><c> those</c><00:13:20.279><c> words</c><00:13:20.659><c> he</c><00:13:20.879><c> did</c><00:13:21.399><c> doubt</c>

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and<00:13:22.639><c> he</c><00:13:22.799><c> receives</c><00:13:23.340><c> from</c><00:13:23.600><c> God,</c><00:13:24.159><c> from</c><00:13:24.299><c> the</c><00:13:24.500><c> angel,</c><00:13:25.000><c> a</c><00:13:25.080><c> mild</c><00:13:25.480><c> rebuke.</c>

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Verse<00:13:26.419><c> 19,</c><00:13:27.679><c> I</c><00:13:28.039><c> am</c><00:13:28.299><c> Gabriel</c><00:13:28.740><c> that</c><00:13:29.019><c> stand</c><00:13:29.200><c> in</c><00:13:29.399><c> the</c><00:13:29.580><c> presence</c><00:13:29.799><c> of</c><00:13:30.100><c> God</c>

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and<00:13:30.820><c> am</c><00:13:31.080><c> sent</c><00:13:31.220><c> to</c><00:13:31.519><c> speak</c><00:13:31.720><c> unto</c><00:13:32.000><c> thee</c><00:13:32.340><c> and</c><00:13:32.659><c> to</c><00:13:32.919><c> show</c><00:13:33.080><c> thee</c><00:13:33.259><c> these</c>

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glad<00:13:33.960><c> tidings.</c>

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And<00:13:35.259><c> behold</c><00:13:35.519><c> thou</c><00:13:35.759><c> shalt</c><00:13:35.940><c> be</c><00:13:36.279><c> dumb</c><00:13:36.679><c> and</c><00:13:37.259><c> shall</c><00:13:37.460><c> not</c><00:13:37.639><c> be</c><00:13:37.820><c> able</c>

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because<00:13:41.379><c> thou</c><00:13:41.960><c> believest</c><00:13:42.480><c> not</c><00:13:43.320><c> my</c><00:13:43.919><c> words</c><00:13:44.539><c> which</c><00:13:45.240><c> shall</c><00:13:45.480><c> be</c><00:13:45.740><c> fulfilled</c><00:13:46.279><c> in</c>

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their<00:13:47.220><c> season.</c>

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So<00:13:48.879><c> there</c><00:13:49.500><c> Zacharias</c><00:13:50.360><c> asking</c><00:13:51.059><c> almost</c><00:13:51.440><c> the</c><00:13:51.600><c> same</c><00:13:51.840><c> question</c><00:13:52.220><c> as</c><00:13:52.440><c> Abraham</c>

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was<00:13:53.840><c> struck</c><00:13:54.059><c> dumb</c><00:13:54.279><c> for</c><00:13:54.580><c> a</c><00:13:54.679><c> time</c><00:13:54.940><c> because</c><00:13:55.299><c> in</c><00:13:55.500><c> fact</c><00:13:55.980><c> in</c><00:13:56.320><c> his</c><00:13:56.679><c> heart,</c>

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unlike<00:13:57.840><c> Abraham,</c><00:13:58.779><c> he</c><00:13:58.940><c> hadn't</c><00:13:59.240><c> fully</c><00:13:59.759><c> on</c><00:14:00.080><c> this</c><00:14:00.299><c> occasion</c>

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believed<00:14:01.179><c> God's</c><00:14:01.740><c> word.</c>

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Perhaps<00:14:04.600><c> more</c><00:14:05.000><c> serious</c><00:14:05.360><c> than</c><00:14:05.659><c> this</c><00:14:06.080><c> was</c><00:14:06.519><c> the</c><00:14:06.820><c> unrelenting</c><00:14:07.559><c> skepticism</c>

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Matthew's<00:14:13.379><c> gospel</c><00:14:13.720><c> in</c><00:14:13.919><c> chapter</c><00:14:14.279><c> 12.</c>

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They<00:14:17.259><c> too</c><00:14:17.759><c> sought</c><00:14:18.000><c> a</c><00:14:18.299><c> sign</c><00:14:18.820><c> but</c><00:14:19.500><c> they</c><00:14:19.679><c> had</c><00:14:19.879><c> no</c><00:14:20.120><c> intention</c><00:14:20.600><c> of</c><00:14:20.840><c> believing.</c>

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Nevertheless<00:14:23.059><c> it's</c><00:14:23.299><c> interesting</c><00:14:23.639><c> to</c><00:14:23.860><c> see</c><00:14:23.960><c> what</c><00:14:24.179><c> Jesus</c><00:14:24.419><c> says</c>

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to<00:14:24.899><c> them.</c>

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Matthew<00:14:27.100><c> chapter</c><00:14:27.419><c> 12</c><00:14:28.039><c> and</c><00:14:28.440><c> verse</c><00:14:28.759><c> 38.</c>

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Then<00:14:34.059><c> certain</c><00:14:34.419><c> of</c><00:14:34.600><c> the</c><00:14:34.879><c> scribes</c><00:14:35.200><c> and</c><00:14:35.340><c> of</c><00:14:35.480><c> the</c><00:14:35.679><c> Pharisees</c>

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answered<00:14:36.559><c> saying,</c>

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Master,<00:14:38.620><c> we</c><00:14:38.940><c> would</c><00:14:39.179><c> see</c><00:14:39.399><c> a</c><00:14:39.720><c> sign</c><00:14:40.120><c> from</c><00:14:40.580><c> thee.</c>

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Actually<00:14:42.240><c> by</c><00:14:42.500><c> this</c><00:14:42.759><c> stage</c><00:14:43.059><c> they'd</c><00:14:43.340><c> seen</c><00:14:43.519><c> lots</c><00:14:43.820><c> of</c><00:14:44.100><c> signs.</c>

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They'd<00:14:44.860><c> witnessed</c><00:14:45.100><c> many</c><00:14:45.480><c> miracles</c><00:14:45.860><c> that</c><00:14:46.039><c> he'd</c><00:14:46.320><c> performed</c>

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but<00:14:47.120><c> in</c><00:14:47.299><c> their</c><00:14:47.519><c> perversity</c><00:14:48.259><c> they</c><00:14:48.440><c> still</c><00:14:48.799><c> said,</c><00:14:49.539><c> give</c><00:14:49.559><c> us</c><00:14:49.779><c> a</c><00:14:50.000><c> sign.</c>

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I<00:14:52.159><c> think</c><00:14:52.639><c> that</c><00:14:53.100><c> really</c><00:14:53.639><c> what</c><00:14:53.899><c> they</c><00:14:54.100><c> were</c><00:14:54.259><c> doing</c><00:14:54.539><c> was</c><00:14:54.799><c> referring</c><00:14:55.179><c> him</c><00:14:55.419><c> back</c>

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to<00:14:55.919><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:56.399><c> 18</c><00:14:56.860><c> here</c>

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and<00:14:58.139><c> they</c><00:14:58.279><c> were</c><00:14:58.460><c> saying,</c><00:14:59.320><c> if</c><00:14:59.379><c> you</c><00:14:59.639><c> really</c><00:14:59.960><c> are</c><00:15:00.120><c> the</c><00:15:00.320><c> prophet</c>

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like<00:15:00.899><c> unto</c><00:15:01.120><c> Moses</c>

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then<00:15:01.899><c> give</c><00:15:02.120><c> us</c><00:15:02.360><c> a</c><00:15:02.600><c> short</c><00:15:02.919><c>-term</c><00:15:03.240><c> prophecy</c><00:15:03.879><c> to</c><00:15:04.539><c> show</c><00:15:04.740><c> that</c><00:15:04.919><c> you</c>

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really<00:15:05.580><c> are</c><00:15:06.080><c> the</c><00:15:06.460><c> prophet</c>

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because<00:15:08.440><c> that's</c><00:15:08.639><c> what</c><00:15:08.759><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:09.159><c> 18</c><00:15:09.419><c> had</c><00:15:09.679><c> said.</c>

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If<00:15:10.259><c> the</c><00:15:10.480><c> prophet's</c><00:15:10.840><c> word</c><00:15:11.059><c> actually</c><00:15:11.480><c> came</c><00:15:11.659><c> to</c><00:15:11.919><c> pass</c><00:15:12.240><c> then</c><00:15:12.440><c> you</c>

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knew<00:15:12.720><c> he</c><00:15:12.840><c> was</c><00:15:13.039><c> a</c><00:15:13.220><c> genuine</c><00:15:13.480><c> prophet.</c>

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If<00:15:14.159><c> it</c><00:15:14.360><c> didn't</c><00:15:14.539><c> then</c><00:15:14.679><c> he</c><00:15:14.779><c> was</c><00:15:14.960><c> an</c><00:15:15.139><c> imposter.</c>

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So<00:15:16.600><c> they</c><00:15:16.860><c> say,</c><00:15:17.759><c> give</c><00:15:17.779><c> us</c><00:15:18.019><c> a</c><00:15:18.240><c> sign,</c><00:15:18.519><c> give</c><00:15:18.620><c> us</c><00:15:18.879><c> a</c><00:15:19.039><c> short</c><00:15:19.320><c>-term</c><00:15:19.580><c> prophecy</c>

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that<00:15:20.639><c> we</c><00:15:20.799><c> can</c><00:15:21.019><c> believe</c><00:15:21.299><c> on</c><00:15:21.559><c> you.</c>

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And<00:15:22.919><c> in</c><00:15:23.159><c> fact</c><00:15:23.419><c> Jesus</c><00:15:23.860><c> did</c><00:15:24.139><c> exactly</c><00:15:24.740><c> that.</c>

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He<00:15:25.720><c> went</c><00:15:26.000><c> on</c><00:15:26.259><c> to</c><00:15:26.440><c> give</c><00:15:26.559><c> them</c><00:15:26.720><c> a</c><00:15:26.980><c> short</c><00:15:27.220><c>-term</c><00:15:27.519><c> prophecy</c>

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because<00:15:29.039><c> he</c><00:15:29.320><c> says</c><00:15:29.600><c> in</c><00:15:29.779><c> verse</c><00:15:30.080><c> 40</c><00:15:30.720><c> or</c><00:15:30.980><c> verse</c><00:15:31.259><c> 39,</c>

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there<00:15:32.320><c> shall</c><00:15:32.559><c> no</c><00:15:32.940><c> sign</c><00:15:33.220><c> be</c><00:15:33.440><c> given</c><00:15:33.580><c> to</c><00:15:33.759><c> this</c><00:15:33.980><c> generation</c><00:15:34.620><c> except</c><00:15:35.559><c> the</c>

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sign<00:15:36.639><c> of</c><00:15:36.799><c> the</c><00:15:36.940><c> prophet</c><00:15:37.240><c> Jonah.</c>

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For<00:15:38.399><c> as</c><00:15:38.700><c> Jonah</c><00:15:38.919><c> was</c><00:15:39.200><c> three</c><00:15:39.440><c> days</c><00:15:39.740><c> and</c><00:15:39.919><c> three</c><00:15:40.200><c> nights</c><00:15:40.399><c> in</c><00:15:40.580><c> the</c>

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whale's<00:15:41.139><c> belly</c>

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so<00:15:42.100><c> shall</c><00:15:42.240><c> the</c><00:15:42.379><c> Son</c><00:15:42.559><c> of</c><00:15:42.759><c> Man</c><00:15:42.940><c> be</c><00:15:43.100><c> three</c><00:15:43.360><c> days</c><00:15:43.600><c> and</c><00:15:43.820><c> three</c><00:15:44.059><c> nights</c><00:15:44.480><c> in</c><00:15:45.139><c> the</c><00:15:45.399><c> heart</c><00:15:45.620><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:46.019><c> earth.</c>

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So<00:15:47.379><c> he</c><00:15:47.480><c> said</c><00:15:47.600><c> there's</c><00:15:47.980><c> the</c><00:15:48.220><c> short</c><00:15:48.480><c>-term</c><00:15:48.759><c> prophecy,</c><00:15:49.220><c> there</c><00:15:49.460><c> is</c>

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the<00:15:50.039><c> sign</c>

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although<00:15:51.179><c> of</c><00:15:51.399><c> course</c><00:15:51.600><c> he</c><00:15:51.759><c> knew</c><00:15:51.860><c> they</c><00:15:52.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:52.240><c> really</c><00:15:52.659><c> believe</c><00:15:52.879><c> it.</c>

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It<00:15:53.480><c> was</c><00:15:53.700><c> the</c><00:15:53.899><c> sign</c><00:15:54.000><c> of</c><00:15:54.179><c> the</c><00:15:54.299><c> prophet</c><00:15:54.559><c> Jonah.</c>

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Jonah<00:15:55.940><c> who</c><00:15:56.220><c> provided</c><00:15:56.559><c> a</c><00:15:56.879><c> clear</c><00:15:57.100><c> foreshadowing</c><00:15:57.840><c> of</c><00:15:58.019><c> the</c><00:15:58.159><c> Lord's</c><00:15:58.519><c> resurrection</c><00:15:58.919><c> on</c>

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That<00:16:01.179><c> prophet,</c><00:16:01.720><c> the</c><00:16:01.860><c> resurrected</c><00:16:02.320><c> prophet</c><00:16:02.720><c> was</c><00:16:02.940><c> a</c><00:16:03.220><c> sign</c>

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so<00:16:04.179><c> would</c><00:16:04.399><c> be</c><00:16:04.559><c> the</c><00:16:04.679><c> Lord</c><00:16:04.840><c> Jesus</c><00:16:05.240><c> Christ</c><00:16:05.799><c> when</c><00:16:06.159><c> he</c><00:16:06.320><c> was</c><00:16:06.539><c> raised</c>

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from<00:16:07.000><c> the</c><00:16:07.200><c> dead.</c>

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Well<00:16:09.960><c> there's</c><00:16:10.220><c> one</c><00:16:10.480><c> more</c><00:16:10.779><c> example</c><00:16:11.340><c> of</c><00:16:11.940><c> a</c><00:16:12.240><c> sign</c><00:16:12.480><c> in</c><00:16:12.779><c> scripture</c>

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that<00:16:13.159><c> I'd</c><00:16:13.279><c> just</c><00:16:13.480><c> like</c><00:16:13.620><c> to</c><00:16:13.799><c> look</c><00:16:14.000><c> at</c><00:16:14.139><c> before</c><00:16:14.360><c> we</c><00:16:14.500><c> get</c><00:16:14.740><c> back</c><00:16:15.039><c> to</c>

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and<00:16:16.740><c> it's</c><00:16:16.980><c> in</c><00:16:17.100><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:17.460><c> chapter</c><00:16:17.899><c> 7.</c>

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This<00:16:20.779><c> is</c><00:16:21.019><c> the</c><00:16:21.200><c> case</c><00:16:21.580><c> of</c><00:16:21.840><c> an</c><00:16:22.019><c> Old</c><00:16:22.240><c> Testament</c><00:16:22.600><c> king</c><00:16:23.039><c> Ahaz</c>

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who<00:16:24.360><c> was</c><00:16:24.580><c> actually</c><00:16:25.039><c> asked</c><00:16:25.480><c> by</c><00:16:25.960><c> God</c><00:16:26.340><c> to</c><00:16:26.820><c> seek</c><00:16:27.059><c> a</c><00:16:27.340><c> sign.</c>

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But<00:16:28.700><c> unlike</c><00:16:29.019><c> Abraham</c><00:16:29.539><c> he</c><00:16:29.720><c> wasn't</c><00:16:30.019><c> a</c><00:16:30.120><c> man</c><00:16:30.279><c> of</c><00:16:30.539><c> faith</c><00:16:30.799><c> and</c><00:16:30.980><c> he</c><00:16:31.279><c> refused.</c>

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And<00:16:34.940><c> it's</c><00:16:35.100><c> worth</c><00:16:35.259><c> looking</c><00:16:35.559><c> at</c><00:16:35.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:36.240><c> 7</c><00:16:36.620><c> because</c><00:16:37.259><c> of</c><00:16:37.600><c> the</c>

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contrasting<00:16:38.519><c> attitudes</c>

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that<00:16:39.620><c> we</c><00:16:39.879><c> find</c><00:16:40.240><c> between</c><00:16:40.679><c> Abraham</c><00:16:41.100><c> and</c><00:16:41.399><c> Ahaz.</c>

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And<00:16:42.940><c> the</c><00:16:43.039><c> other</c><00:16:43.279><c> interesting</c><00:16:43.759><c> thing</c><00:16:44.059><c> is</c><00:16:44.539><c> that</c><00:16:44.919><c> on</c><00:16:45.200><c> both</c><00:16:45.500><c> of</c>

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these<00:16:45.919><c> occasions</c>

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in<00:16:46.659><c> Genesis</c><00:16:47.039><c> 15</c><00:16:47.639><c> and</c><00:16:47.879><c> here</c><00:16:48.059><c> again</c><00:16:48.259><c> in</c><00:16:48.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:48.820><c> 7</c>

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God<00:16:50.200><c> gave</c><00:16:50.580><c> a</c><00:16:50.940><c> sign</c><00:16:51.399><c> concerning</c><00:16:52.039><c> the</c><00:16:52.320><c> coming</c><00:16:52.600><c> redeemer.</c>

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Well<00:16:54.620><c> the</c><00:16:55.039><c> background</c><00:16:55.779><c> to</c><00:16:56.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:56.399><c> 7</c><00:16:56.740><c> briefly</c><00:16:57.240><c> is</c>

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that<00:16:58.360><c> Rezin</c><00:16:58.779><c> king</c><00:16:59.100><c> of</c><00:16:59.320><c> Syria</c><00:16:59.759><c> and</c><00:17:00.379><c> Pekah</c><00:17:00.919><c> king</c><00:17:01.220><c> of</c><00:17:01.399><c> Israel</c><00:17:01.919><c> had</c>

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made<00:17:02.320><c> an</c><00:17:02.580><c> alliance.</c>

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And<00:17:03.899><c> these</c><00:17:04.079><c> two</c><00:17:04.359><c> kings</c><00:17:04.500><c> were</c><00:17:04.700><c> concerned</c><00:17:05.200><c> that</c><00:17:05.400><c> if</c><00:17:05.700><c> Ahaz</c><00:17:06.039><c> the</c>

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king<00:17:06.400><c> of</c><00:17:06.680><c> Judah</c>

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made<00:17:07.680><c> an</c><00:17:07.980><c> alliance</c><00:17:08.380><c> with</c><00:17:08.599><c> the</c><00:17:08.740><c> king</c><00:17:08.900><c> of</c><00:17:09.099><c> Assyria,</c><00:17:09.819><c> Tiglath</c><00:17:10.160><c>-Pileza</c>

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they<00:17:11.359><c> could</c><00:17:11.579><c> be</c><00:17:11.859><c> caught</c><00:17:12.019><c> in</c><00:17:12.880><c> an</c><00:17:13.059><c> attack</c><00:17:13.519><c> from</c><00:17:13.799><c> both</c><00:17:14.359><c> north</c><00:17:14.619><c> and</c><00:17:14.960><c> south.</c>

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So<00:17:16.579><c> these</c><00:17:16.799><c> two</c><00:17:17.079><c> kings</c><00:17:17.299><c> plotted</c><00:17:17.779><c> to</c><00:17:18.180><c> remove</c><00:17:18.500><c> Ahaz</c><00:17:18.940><c> from</c><00:17:19.160><c> the</c><00:17:19.440><c> throne</c>

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and<00:17:20.279><c> put</c><00:17:20.460><c> their</c><00:17:20.799><c> nominee</c><00:17:21.240><c> upon</c><00:17:21.740><c> it.</c>

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Verse<00:17:22.900><c> 6</c><00:17:23.259><c> of</c><00:17:23.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:24.039><c> chapter</c><00:17:24.579><c> 7.</c>

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So<00:17:36.180><c> these</c><00:17:36.400><c> two</c><00:17:36.759><c> kings</c><00:17:37.059><c> and</c><00:17:37.259><c> the</c><00:17:37.339><c> king</c><00:17:37.500><c> of</c><00:17:37.819><c> Syria</c><00:17:38.160><c> and</c><00:17:38.299><c> the</c><00:17:38.359><c> king</c>

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of<00:17:38.759><c> Israel</c>

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were<00:17:39.519><c> going</c><00:17:39.640><c> to</c><00:17:39.799><c> get</c><00:17:39.940><c> rid</c><00:17:40.180><c> of</c><00:17:40.400><c> Ahaz</c><00:17:40.619><c> king</c><00:17:40.859><c> of</c><00:17:41.119><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:17:41.779><c> put</c><00:17:41.960><c> their</c><00:17:42.279><c> own</c><00:17:42.539><c> man</c><00:17:42.859><c> on</c><00:17:43.240><c> the</c><00:17:43.500><c> throne</c><00:17:43.799><c> who'd</c><00:17:44.279><c> be</c><00:17:44.480><c> loyal</c><00:17:44.680><c> to</c><00:17:44.920><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:17:46.640><c> the</c><00:17:46.759><c> prophet</c><00:17:47.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:47.519><c> was</c><00:17:47.740><c> sent</c><00:17:47.900><c> to</c><00:17:48.220><c> speak</c><00:17:48.420><c> to</c><00:17:48.660><c> Ahaz</c>

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and<00:17:49.859><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:50.200><c> made</c><00:17:50.480><c> it</c><00:17:50.819><c> plain</c><00:17:51.259><c> that</c><00:17:51.619><c> these</c><00:17:51.980><c> two</c><00:17:52.200><c> kings</c><00:17:52.400><c> would</c>

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not<00:17:52.859><c> succeed</c><00:17:53.579><c> in</c><00:17:54.019><c> their</c><00:17:54.359><c> aim.</c>

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But<00:17:55.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:56.259><c> also</c><00:17:56.880><c> goes</c><00:17:57.119><c> on</c><00:17:57.400><c> to</c><00:17:57.660><c> rebuke</c><00:17:58.039><c> king</c><00:17:58.400><c> Ahaz</c>

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for<00:17:59.200><c> putting</c><00:17:59.539><c> so</c><00:17:59.859><c> much</c><00:18:00.140><c> trust</c><00:18:00.619><c> in</c><00:18:01.180><c> the</c><00:18:01.359><c> Assyrians.</c>

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In<00:18:02.660><c> fact</c><00:18:02.799><c> he</c><00:18:02.980><c> explains</c><00:18:03.460><c> that</c><00:18:03.619><c> it</c><00:18:03.740><c> would</c><00:18:03.960><c> lead</c><00:18:04.140><c> Ahaz</c><00:18:04.460><c> to</c><00:18:04.720><c> disaster.</c>

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And<00:18:06.420><c> then</c><00:18:06.559><c> in</c><00:18:06.680><c> verse</c><00:18:06.900><c> 11</c><00:18:07.460><c> Ahaz</c><00:18:08.200><c> the</c><00:18:08.359><c> king</c><00:18:08.539><c> is</c><00:18:08.799><c> invited</c><00:18:09.319><c> to</c><00:18:09.599><c> ask</c>

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for<00:18:10.240><c> a</c><00:18:10.380><c> sign.</c>

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You<00:18:11.920><c> see</c><00:18:12.319><c> the</c><00:18:12.519><c> prophet</c><00:18:12.799><c> says,</c>

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Ask<00:18:14.220><c> thee</c><00:18:14.559><c> a</c><00:18:14.920><c> sign</c><00:18:15.400><c> of</c><00:18:15.819><c> the</c><00:18:16.039><c> Lord</c><00:18:16.599><c> thy</c><00:18:17.200><c> God.</c>

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Well<00:18:19.980><c> God</c><00:18:20.200><c> should</c><00:18:20.460><c> have</c><00:18:20.619><c> been</c><00:18:20.799><c> Ahaz's</c><00:18:21.339><c> God</c>

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but<00:18:22.220><c> in</c><00:18:22.420><c> fact</c><00:18:22.680><c> Ahaz</c><00:18:23.039><c> was</c><00:18:23.220><c> not</c><00:18:23.420><c> a</c><00:18:23.579><c> faithful</c><00:18:23.880><c> man.</c>

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But<00:18:24.380><c> that's</c><00:18:24.519><c> what</c><00:18:24.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:25.039><c> said.</c>

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Ask<00:18:26.099><c> a</c><00:18:26.400><c> sign</c><00:18:26.539><c> of</c><00:18:26.720><c> the</c><00:18:26.900><c> Lord</c><00:18:27.240><c> thy</c><00:18:27.660><c> God.</c>

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He<00:18:28.900><c> was</c><00:18:29.160><c> encouraged</c><00:18:29.500><c> to</c><00:18:29.819><c> ask</c>

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but<00:18:30.759><c> he</c><00:18:31.140><c> refused</c><00:18:31.759><c> with</c><00:18:32.160><c> a</c><00:18:32.400><c> false</c><00:18:32.660><c> show</c><00:18:32.859><c> of</c><00:18:33.220><c> piety</c>

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and<00:18:34.200><c> in</c><00:18:34.380><c> doing</c><00:18:34.640><c> so</c><00:18:34.960><c> he</c><00:18:35.200><c> in</c><00:18:35.359><c> effect</c><00:18:35.779><c> rejected</c><00:18:36.599><c> the</c><00:18:37.019><c> authority</c>

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of<00:18:37.519><c> God</c><00:18:37.759><c> completely.</c>

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And<00:18:38.839><c> so</c><00:18:39.019><c> do</c><00:18:39.119><c> you</c><00:18:39.220><c> notice</c><00:18:39.680><c> that</c><00:18:40.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:40.920><c> replies,</c>

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Will<00:18:42.619><c> ye</c><00:18:42.920><c> weary</c><00:18:43.420><c> not</c><00:18:43.980><c> thy</c><00:18:44.400><c> God</c><00:18:44.799><c> but</c><00:18:45.619><c> my</c><00:18:46.359><c> God</c><00:18:47.059><c> also.</c>

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By<00:18:48.819><c> the</c><00:18:49.099><c> change</c><00:18:49.319><c> of</c><00:18:49.500><c> a</c><00:18:49.660><c> single</c><00:18:50.019><c> word</c><00:18:50.339><c> the</c><00:18:50.519><c> prophet</c><00:18:50.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:51.299><c> indicates</c>

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Ahaz's<00:18:52.839><c> rejection</c><00:18:53.519><c> of</c><00:18:53.779><c> God's</c><00:18:54.420><c> authority</c><00:18:55.079><c> altogether.</c>

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But<00:18:57.799><c> when</c><00:18:57.960><c> you</c><00:18:58.119><c> look</c><00:18:58.380><c> at</c><00:18:58.799><c> verse</c><00:18:59.559><c> 10</c><00:19:00.279><c> Ahaz</c><00:19:01.160><c> is</c><00:19:01.500><c> asked</c><00:19:01.880><c> to</c><00:19:02.599><c> seek</c><00:19:03.180><c> a</c><00:19:03.500><c> sign</c>

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either<00:19:04.720><c> in</c><00:19:04.940><c> the</c><00:19:05.200><c> depth</c><00:19:05.700><c> or</c><00:19:06.460><c> in</c><00:19:06.619><c> the</c><00:19:06.779><c> height</c><00:19:07.000><c> above.</c>

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Now<00:19:09.519><c> why</c><00:19:09.640><c> did</c><00:19:09.799><c> the</c><00:19:10.019><c> prophet</c><00:19:10.160><c> ask</c><00:19:10.460><c> him</c><00:19:10.680><c> to</c><00:19:10.920><c> do</c><00:19:11.140><c> that?</c>

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Was<00:19:12.920><c> he</c><00:19:13.220><c> simply</c><00:19:13.559><c> saying</c><00:19:14.000><c> as</c><00:19:14.539><c> commentators</c><00:19:15.259><c> will</c><00:19:15.480><c> often</c><00:19:15.720><c> claim,</c>

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Ask<00:19:16.859><c> anything</c><00:19:17.279><c> you</c><00:19:17.599><c> like.</c>

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No<00:19:19.599><c> he</c><00:19:19.700><c> wasn't</c><00:19:20.000><c> brethren</c><00:19:20.299><c> and</c><00:19:20.500><c> sisters</c>

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because<00:19:21.740><c> this</c><00:19:22.180><c> is</c><00:19:22.720><c> the</c><00:19:22.900><c> language</c><00:19:23.259><c> of</c><00:19:23.579><c> redemption</c>

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and<00:19:24.940><c> we</c><00:19:25.240><c> find</c><00:19:25.579><c> it</c><00:19:25.839><c> throughout</c><00:19:26.200><c> scripture</c>

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whether<00:19:27.000><c> we're</c><00:19:27.180><c> looking</c><00:19:27.400><c> in</c><00:19:27.579><c> the</c><00:19:27.759><c> Old</c><00:19:27.980><c> Testament</c><00:19:28.279><c> or</c><00:19:28.500><c> the</c><00:19:28.680><c> New.</c>

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When<00:19:29.920><c> the</c><00:19:30.160><c> prophet</c><00:19:30.460><c> said</c><00:19:30.720><c> to</c><00:19:30.920><c> Ahaz,</c>

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Seek<00:19:31.900><c> a</c><00:19:32.059><c> sign</c><00:19:32.240><c> in</c><00:19:32.480><c> height</c><00:19:32.740><c> or</c><00:19:33.000><c> in</c><00:19:33.180><c> depth</c>

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he<00:19:33.819><c> was</c><00:19:34.000><c> actually</c><00:19:34.460><c> saying</c><00:19:34.720><c> to</c><00:19:34.900><c> him,</c>

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Seek<00:19:36.180><c> a</c><00:19:36.460><c> sign</c><00:19:36.779><c> about</c><00:19:37.160><c> the</c><00:19:37.400><c> coming</c><00:19:37.559><c> of</c><00:19:37.779><c> the</c><00:19:37.980><c> Redeemer.</c>

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Now<00:19:40.099><c> how</c><00:19:40.259><c> can</c><00:19:40.480><c> we</c><00:19:40.640><c> demonstrate</c><00:19:41.259><c> that</c><00:19:41.500><c> that</c><00:19:41.740><c> is</c><00:19:41.880><c> actually</c><00:19:42.240><c> what</c>

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was<00:19:42.660><c> being</c><00:19:42.980><c> said?</c>

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Well<00:19:45.519><c> just</c><00:19:45.920><c> think</c><00:19:46.160><c> back</c><00:19:46.480><c> if</c><00:19:46.700><c> you</c><00:19:46.960><c> will</c><00:19:47.240><c> to</c><00:19:47.539><c> the</c><00:19:47.700><c> words</c><00:19:47.960><c> of</c><00:19:48.140><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:48.440><c> Jesus</c><00:19:48.859><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:19:50.740><c> declared</c><00:19:51.180><c> in</c><00:19:51.359><c> John</c><00:19:51.599><c> chapter</c><00:19:51.940><c> 6,</c>

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I<00:19:53.420><c> came</c><00:19:53.779><c> down</c><00:19:54.119><c> from</c><00:19:54.380><c> heaven</c><00:19:54.980><c> not</c><00:19:55.539><c> to</c><00:19:55.720><c> do</c><00:19:55.839><c> mine</c><00:19:56.019><c> own</c><00:19:56.299><c> will</c>

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but<00:19:57.220><c> the</c><00:19:57.400><c> will</c><00:19:57.500><c> of</c><00:19:57.680><c> him</c><00:19:57.839><c> that</c><00:19:58.140><c> sent</c><00:19:58.339><c> me.</c>

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How<00:19:59.839><c> did</c><00:20:00.059><c> Jesus</c><00:20:00.339><c> come</c><00:20:00.619><c> down</c><00:20:00.799><c> from</c><00:20:01.039><c> heaven?</c>

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He<00:20:02.319><c> came</c><00:20:02.619><c> down</c><00:20:03.019><c> because</c><00:20:03.460><c> the</c><00:20:03.940><c> Spirit</c><00:20:04.240><c> of</c><00:20:04.519><c> God,</c>

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the<00:20:05.299><c> power</c><00:20:05.660><c> of</c><00:20:05.900><c> God</c><00:20:06.140><c> descended</c><00:20:06.740><c> from</c><00:20:07.039><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:20:08.119><c> operated</c><00:20:08.660><c> upon</c><00:20:09.059><c> Mary</c><00:20:09.680><c> and</c><00:20:10.640><c> produced</c><00:20:11.059><c> the</c><00:20:11.240><c> Lord</c><00:20:11.420><c> Jesus</c><00:20:11.799><c> Christ.</c>

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His<00:20:13.980><c> origin</c><00:20:14.480><c> in</c><00:20:14.700><c> that</c><00:20:15.000><c> sense</c><00:20:15.440><c> was</c><00:20:15.940><c> indeed</c><00:20:16.440><c> in</c><00:20:17.160><c> heaven.</c>

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God<00:20:18.279><c> in</c><00:20:18.619><c> heaven</c><00:20:19.079><c> was</c><00:20:19.740><c> his</c><00:20:20.039><c> father.</c>

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He<00:20:21.259><c> manifested</c><00:20:21.839><c> to</c><00:20:22.059><c> men</c><00:20:22.279><c> and</c><00:20:22.420><c> women</c><00:20:22.720><c> perfectly</c><00:20:23.500><c> his</c><00:20:24.240><c> father</c>

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so<00:20:24.920><c> that</c><00:20:25.059><c> he</c><00:20:25.140><c> could</c><00:20:25.359><c> say,</c>

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he<00:20:26.539><c> that</c><00:20:26.700><c> has</c><00:20:26.839><c> seen</c><00:20:27.059><c> me</c><00:20:27.319><c> has</c><00:20:27.480><c> seen</c><00:20:27.700><c> the</c><00:20:27.920><c> father</c>

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and<00:20:28.920><c> I</c><00:20:29.240><c> and</c><00:20:29.380><c> my</c><00:20:29.640><c> father</c><00:20:30.299><c> are</c><00:20:30.960><c> one.</c>

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And<00:20:32.859><c> then</c><00:20:33.039><c> later</c><00:20:33.299><c> on</c><00:20:33.599><c> also</c><00:20:33.880><c> in</c><00:20:34.039><c> John</c><00:20:34.299><c> chapter</c><00:20:34.599><c> 6,</c>

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Jesus<00:20:35.180><c> spoke</c><00:20:35.539><c> about</c><00:20:35.799><c> his</c><00:20:36.059><c> ascension</c><00:20:36.519><c> to</c><00:20:36.720><c> heaven.</c>

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What<00:20:37.880><c> and</c><00:20:38.019><c> if</c><00:20:38.160><c> you</c><00:20:38.319><c> shall</c><00:20:38.460><c> see</c><00:20:38.660><c> the</c><00:20:38.839><c> Son</c><00:20:39.019><c> of</c><00:20:39.160><c> Man</c><00:20:39.359><c> ascend</c><00:20:40.019><c> where</c>

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he<00:20:40.740><c> was</c><00:20:41.000><c> before?</c>

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So<00:20:42.559><c> he</c><00:20:42.640><c> was</c><00:20:42.940><c> taken</c><00:20:43.140><c> up</c><00:20:43.339><c> to</c><00:20:43.539><c> heaven,</c><00:20:44.039><c> no</c><00:20:44.220><c> longer</c><00:20:44.519><c> a</c><00:20:44.680><c> mortal</c><00:20:44.940><c> man</c>

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but<00:20:45.859><c> the</c><00:20:46.140><c> Son</c><00:20:46.299><c> of</c><00:20:46.660><c> God,</c><00:20:47.240><c> the</c><00:20:47.440><c> Son</c><00:20:47.640><c> of</c><00:20:47.839><c> Man</c><00:20:48.299><c> made</c><00:20:48.799><c> immortal.</c>

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So<00:20:50.599><c> in</c><00:20:50.779><c> that</c><00:20:51.099><c> sense</c><00:20:51.359><c> the</c><00:20:51.619><c> Spirit</c><00:20:51.920><c> of</c><00:20:52.079><c> God</c><00:20:52.240><c> ascended</c><00:20:52.720><c> where</c><00:20:52.920><c> it</c>

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had<00:20:53.099><c> been</c><00:20:53.240><c> before.</c>

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The<00:20:54.160><c> Spirit</c><00:20:54.480><c> of</c><00:20:54.619><c> God</c><00:20:54.880><c> came</c><00:20:55.279><c> down</c><00:20:55.640><c> at</c><00:20:55.779><c> the</c><00:20:55.960><c> time</c><00:20:56.180><c> of</c><00:20:56.380><c> Jesus'</c><00:20:57.140><c> birth</c>

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and<00:20:57.819><c> it</c><00:20:58.039><c> went</c><00:20:58.240><c> back</c><00:20:58.619><c> up</c><00:20:58.940><c> as</c><00:20:59.539><c> the</c><00:20:59.700><c> Son</c><00:20:59.920><c> of</c><00:21:00.160><c> Man</c><00:21:00.700><c> made</c><00:21:01.140><c> immortal.</c>

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So<00:21:03.059><c> this</c><00:21:03.460><c> coming</c><00:21:03.920><c> down</c><00:21:04.539><c> and</c><00:21:04.740><c> going</c><00:21:05.039><c> back</c><00:21:05.319><c> up</c><00:21:05.559><c> again,</c>

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this<00:21:06.000><c> language</c><00:21:06.359><c> of</c><00:21:06.579><c> redemption</c><00:21:07.019><c> which</c><00:21:07.220><c> you</c><00:21:07.400><c> find</c><00:21:07.559><c> in</c><00:21:07.700><c> the</c><00:21:07.799><c> New</c><00:21:08.000><c> Testament</c>

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is<00:21:09.220><c> based</c><00:21:09.819><c> entirely</c><00:21:10.660><c> on</c><00:21:10.880><c> the</c><00:21:11.099><c> Old</c><00:21:11.339><c> Testament</c><00:21:11.859><c> as</c><00:21:12.140><c> well.</c>

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And<00:21:13.299><c> we</c><00:21:13.359><c> can</c><00:21:13.500><c> go</c><00:21:13.660><c> right</c><00:21:13.880><c> back</c><00:21:14.039><c> to</c><00:21:14.180><c> Genesis</c><00:21:14.500><c> 15</c>

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and<00:21:15.819><c> those</c><00:21:16.099><c> words</c><00:21:16.579><c> that</c><00:21:16.819><c> God</c><00:21:17.319><c> speaks</c><00:21:17.740><c> to</c><00:21:18.039><c> Abraham</c><00:21:18.359><c> later</c><00:21:18.740><c> on</c>

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in<00:21:19.000><c> that</c><00:21:19.220><c> chapter</c><00:21:19.539><c> when</c><00:21:19.720><c> he</c><00:21:19.960><c> says,</c>

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Know<00:21:21.339><c> of</c><00:21:21.599><c> a</c><00:21:21.700><c> surety</c><00:21:22.500><c> that</c><00:21:22.920><c> thy</c><00:21:23.319><c> seed</c><00:21:23.579><c> shall</c><00:21:23.740><c> be</c><00:21:24.059><c> a</c><00:21:24.180><c> stranger</c>

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in<00:21:24.599><c> a</c><00:21:24.720><c> land</c><00:21:24.839><c> that</c><00:21:25.000><c> is</c><00:21:25.180><c> not</c><00:21:25.500><c> theirs</c><00:21:25.920><c> and</c><00:21:26.380><c> shall</c><00:21:26.619><c> serve</c><00:21:26.980><c> them</c>

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and<00:21:27.960><c> they</c><00:21:28.200><c> shall</c><00:21:28.339><c> afflict</c><00:21:28.640><c> them</c><00:21:28.980><c> four</c><00:21:29.180><c> hundred</c><00:21:29.440><c> years</c>

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and<00:21:30.799><c> also</c><00:21:31.099><c> that</c><00:21:31.380><c> nation</c><00:21:31.720><c> whom</c><00:21:31.920><c> they</c><00:21:32.319><c> serve</c><00:21:32.519><c> will</c><00:21:32.660><c> I</c><00:21:32.920><c> judge</c>

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and<00:21:33.900><c> afterwards</c><00:21:34.299><c> shall</c><00:21:34.480><c> they</c><00:21:34.680><c> come</c><00:21:34.859><c> out</c><00:21:35.259><c> with</c><00:21:35.660><c> great</c><00:21:36.000><c> substance.</c>

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And<00:21:37.779><c> every</c><00:21:38.180><c> single</c><00:21:38.700><c> part</c><00:21:39.099><c> of</c><00:21:39.319><c> that</c><00:21:39.759><c> promise</c>

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that<00:21:40.460><c> was</c><00:21:40.599><c> made</c><00:21:40.799><c> to</c><00:21:41.039><c> Abraham</c><00:21:41.380><c> in</c><00:21:41.599><c> Genesis</c><00:21:41.920><c> 15</c><00:21:42.579><c> came</c><00:21:43.160><c> to</c><00:21:43.440><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:21:44.900><c> we</c><00:21:45.039><c> move</c><00:21:45.160><c> on</c><00:21:45.339><c> to</c><00:21:45.460><c> Genesis</c><00:21:45.839><c> chapter</c><00:21:46.220><c> 50</c>

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and<00:21:47.359><c> we</c><00:21:47.599><c> find</c><00:21:47.940><c> there</c><00:21:48.880><c> Joseph,</c><00:21:49.920><c> this</c><00:21:50.059><c> is</c><00:21:50.240><c> Genesis</c><00:21:50.559><c> chapter</c><00:21:50.980><c> 50</c>

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and<00:21:53.279><c> verse</c><00:21:53.799><c> 24.</c>

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Joseph,<00:21:59.980><c> before</c><00:22:00.380><c> he</c><00:22:00.660><c> died,</c><00:22:01.779><c> knowing</c><00:22:02.099><c> the</c><00:22:02.440><c> promise</c><00:22:02.680><c> that</c><00:22:02.880><c> God</c>

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earlier<00:22:03.400><c> had</c><00:22:03.599><c> made</c><00:22:03.779><c> to</c><00:22:04.019><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:22:04.619><c> that</c><00:22:04.759><c> his</c><00:22:04.920><c> people</c><00:22:05.119><c> would</c><00:22:05.319><c> be</c><00:22:05.539><c> afflicted</c><00:22:05.980><c> and</c><00:22:06.099><c> then</c><00:22:06.339><c> delivered,</c>

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actually<00:22:08.220><c> says</c><00:22:08.519><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:22:11.539><c> Genesis</c><00:22:11.900><c> 50</c><00:22:12.660><c> verse</c><00:22:13.140><c> 24.</c>

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I<00:22:16.960><c> die,</c><00:22:18.039><c> but</c><00:22:18.279><c> God</c><00:22:18.559><c> will</c><00:22:18.859><c> surely</c><00:22:19.119><c> visit</c><00:22:19.539><c> you</c>

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and<00:22:20.440><c> bring</c><00:22:20.619><c> you</c><00:22:20.799><c> out</c><00:22:20.980><c> of</c><00:22:21.099><c> this</c><00:22:21.380><c> land</c>

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and<00:22:21.779><c> to</c><00:22:21.900><c> the</c><00:22:22.079><c> land</c><00:22:22.220><c> which</c><00:22:22.380><c> he</c><00:22:22.619><c> sware</c><00:22:22.779><c> to</c><00:22:22.980><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:23.680><c> to</c><00:22:23.839><c> Isaac</c>

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and<00:22:24.480><c> Jacob.</c>

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So,<00:22:26.819><c> God</c><00:22:27.140><c> was</c><00:22:27.400><c> going</c><00:22:27.559><c> to</c><00:22:27.940><c> visit</c><00:22:28.140><c> his</c><00:22:28.480><c> people</c>

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and<00:22:29.380><c> he</c><00:22:29.480><c> was</c><00:22:29.619><c> going</c><00:22:29.720><c> to</c><00:22:29.980><c> bring</c><00:22:30.079><c> them</c><00:22:30.279><c> out</c><00:22:30.819><c> of</c><00:22:31.420><c> the</c><00:22:31.660><c> land</c>

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into<00:22:32.680><c> which</c><00:22:32.839><c> they'd</c><00:22:33.019><c> been</c><00:22:33.279><c> delivered.</c>

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Over<00:22:34.920><c> a</c><00:22:35.119><c> page</c><00:22:35.319><c> to</c><00:22:35.519><c> Exodus</c><00:22:35.819><c> chapter</c><00:22:36.220><c> 3,</c>

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when<00:22:37.779><c> Moses</c><00:22:38.220><c> was</c><00:22:38.500><c> raised</c><00:22:38.819><c> up</c><00:22:39.059><c> to</c><00:22:39.299><c> perform</c><00:22:39.759><c> that</c><00:22:40.140><c> deliverance,</c>

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you<00:22:41.920><c> notice</c><00:22:42.279><c> in</c><00:22:42.539><c> Exodus</c><00:22:42.880><c> chapter</c><00:22:43.299><c> 3</c><00:22:44.019><c> and</c><00:22:44.799><c> verse</c><00:22:45.200><c> 8,</c>

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God<00:22:46.880><c> says</c><00:22:47.380><c> that</c><00:22:47.619><c> he's</c><00:22:47.839><c> seen</c><00:22:48.160><c> the</c><00:22:48.440><c> affliction</c><00:22:48.740><c> of</c><00:22:48.900><c> his</c><00:22:49.140><c> people</c>

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and<00:22:50.339><c> I</c><00:22:50.839><c> am</c><00:22:51.259><c> come</c><00:22:51.819><c> down</c><00:22:52.539><c> from</c><00:22:53.420><c> heaven</c><00:22:53.839><c> to</c><00:22:54.619><c> deliver</c><00:22:54.920><c> them.</c>

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So<00:22:56.579><c> Joseph</c><00:22:56.880><c> had</c><00:22:57.160><c> said,</c><00:22:57.619><c> God</c><00:22:57.880><c> is</c><00:22:58.099><c> going</c><00:22:58.200><c> to</c><00:22:58.519><c> visit</c><00:22:58.779><c> you</c>

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and<00:22:59.299><c> bring</c><00:22:59.519><c> you</c><00:22:59.720><c> out</c><00:22:59.960><c> of</c><00:23:00.140><c> your</c><00:23:00.339><c> bondage.</c>

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And<00:23:01.920><c> when</c><00:23:02.079><c> the</c><00:23:02.319><c> time</c><00:23:02.440><c> was</c><00:23:02.680><c> right</c><00:23:02.940><c> for</c><00:23:03.059><c> that</c><00:23:03.259><c> to</c><00:23:03.539><c> happen,</c>

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Moses<00:23:04.680><c> says</c><00:23:05.119><c> that</c><00:23:05.400><c> God</c><00:23:06.019><c> came</c><00:23:06.920><c> down</c><00:23:07.440><c> from</c><00:23:07.799><c> heaven</c><00:23:08.279><c> to</c><00:23:09.039><c> deliver</c>

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his<00:23:10.039><c> people.</c>

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And<00:23:11.900><c> then</c><00:23:12.059><c> the</c><00:23:12.339><c> Psalmist</c><00:23:12.799><c> in</c><00:23:12.980><c> Psalm</c><00:23:13.279><c> 68</c>

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speaks<00:23:14.339><c> about</c><00:23:14.619><c> the</c><00:23:14.759><c> great</c><00:23:15.039><c> Exodus</c><00:23:15.519><c> from</c><00:23:15.779><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:23:17.180><c> in</c><00:23:17.359><c> Psalm</c><00:23:17.599><c> 68,</c><00:23:18.099><c> he</c><00:23:18.339><c> speaks</c><00:23:18.779><c> as</c><00:23:19.000><c> though</c><00:23:19.180><c> God</c><00:23:19.480><c> is</c><00:23:19.779><c> actually</c>

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on<00:23:20.980><c> the</c><00:23:21.200><c> earth</c>

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leading<00:23:22.200><c> his</c><00:23:22.579><c> people.</c>

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He<00:23:23.680><c> says,</c><00:23:24.859><c> Oh</c><00:23:25.079><c> God,</c><00:23:25.500><c> when</c><00:23:25.660><c> thou</c><00:23:25.900><c> wentest</c><00:23:26.400><c> forth</c><00:23:26.680><c> before</c><00:23:27.039><c> thy</c><00:23:27.319><c> people,</c>

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when<00:23:28.420><c> thou</c><00:23:28.799><c> didst</c><00:23:29.359><c> march</c><00:23:29.920><c> through</c><00:23:30.180><c> the</c><00:23:30.380><c> wilderness,</c>

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:35.700
the<00:23:31.539><c> earth</c><00:23:31.839><c> shook,</c><00:23:32.759><c> the</c><00:23:32.900><c> heavens</c><00:23:33.119><c> also</c><00:23:33.759><c> dropped</c><00:23:34.000><c> at</c><00:23:34.180><c> the</c><00:23:34.359><c> presence</c><00:23:34.619><c> of</c><00:23:34.859><c> God.</c>

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So<00:23:36.019><c> the</c><00:23:36.240><c> figure</c><00:23:36.440><c> is</c><00:23:36.799><c> continued.</c>

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God<00:23:37.920><c> comes</c><00:23:38.259><c> down</c><00:23:38.579><c> to</c><00:23:38.759><c> redeem</c><00:23:39.079><c> his</c><00:23:39.400><c> people.</c>

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He<00:23:40.400><c> marches</c><00:23:41.000><c> before</c><00:23:41.299><c> them</c><00:23:41.480><c> through</c><00:23:41.680><c> the</c><00:23:41.859><c> wilderness.</c>

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And<00:23:44.160><c> then,</c><00:23:44.980><c> verse</c><00:23:45.220><c> 18,</c><00:23:45.759><c> isn't</c><00:23:45.960><c> it,</c><00:23:46.140><c> of</c><00:23:46.319><c> Psalm</c><00:23:46.519><c> 68,</c>

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thou<00:23:48.000><c> hast</c><00:23:48.259><c> ascended</c><00:23:48.680><c> on</c><00:23:49.039><c> high.</c>

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:52.240
He<00:23:50.319><c> went</c><00:23:50.500><c> back</c><00:23:50.759><c> up</c><00:23:50.940><c> to</c><00:23:51.059><c> heaven</c><00:23:51.279><c> again.</c>

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So<00:23:52.519><c> that's</c><00:23:52.740><c> the</c><00:23:52.920><c> scripture</c><00:23:53.259><c> figure.</c>

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When<00:23:54.359><c> God</c><00:23:54.740><c> moved</c><00:23:55.339><c> to</c><00:23:55.519><c> help</c><00:23:55.740><c> his</c><00:23:56.039><c> people,</c>

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.599
he<00:23:56.480><c> said</c><00:23:56.660><c> to</c><00:23:56.799><c> have</c><00:23:56.980><c> come</c><00:23:57.200><c> down.</c>

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Once<00:23:58.339><c> the</c><00:23:58.640><c> deliverance</c><00:23:59.000><c> has</c><00:23:59.140><c> been</c><00:23:59.380><c> accomplished</c><00:23:59.980><c> using</c><00:24:00.279><c> the</c>

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same<00:24:00.839><c> figure,</c>

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God<00:24:01.900><c> is</c><00:24:02.160><c> said</c><00:24:02.319><c> to</c><00:24:02.579><c> have</c><00:24:03.140><c> gone</c><00:24:03.319><c> back</c><00:24:03.559><c> up</c><00:24:03.759><c> again,</c><00:24:04.559><c> ascended</c><00:24:04.960><c> again.</c>

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Now<00:24:06.839><c> we</c><00:24:06.880><c> know</c><00:24:07.220><c> that</c><00:24:07.519><c> the</c><00:24:07.839><c> great</c><00:24:08.059><c> Exodus</c><00:24:08.460><c> from</c><00:24:08.720><c> Egypt</c><00:24:08.980><c> in</c><00:24:09.200><c> the</c><00:24:09.400><c> past</c>

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:12.640
is<00:24:10.359><c> presented</c><00:24:10.720><c> in</c><00:24:11.019><c> scripture</c><00:24:11.440><c> as</c><00:24:11.720><c> foreshadowing</c>

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:15.460
God's<00:24:13.339><c> greater</c><00:24:13.640><c> work</c><00:24:13.960><c> through</c><00:24:14.180><c> the</c><00:24:14.319><c> Lord</c><00:24:14.519><c> Jesus</c><00:24:14.920><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:24:15.920><c> bringing</c><00:24:16.220><c> about</c><00:24:16.579><c> redemption</c><00:24:17.079><c> from</c><00:24:17.420><c> death.</c>

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And<00:24:18.880><c> so</c><00:24:18.980><c> in</c><00:24:19.140><c> the</c><00:24:19.200><c> New</c><00:24:19.400><c> Testament,</c><00:24:19.960><c> we</c><00:24:20.039><c> find</c><00:24:20.339><c> exactly</c><00:24:20.859><c> the</c><00:24:21.180><c> same</c>

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figures<00:24:22.099><c> being</c><00:24:22.680><c> used.</c>

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Zacharias,<00:24:24.619><c> the</c><00:24:24.799><c> father</c><00:24:25.079><c> of</c><00:24:25.180><c> John</c><00:24:25.460><c> the</c><00:24:25.640><c> Baptist,</c>

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:29.200
speaks<00:24:26.839><c> of</c><00:24:27.019><c> God's</c><00:24:27.359><c> great</c><00:24:27.640><c> work</c><00:24:27.819><c> of</c><00:24:28.019><c> salvation</c><00:24:28.559><c> through</c><00:24:28.839><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:24:29.319><c> he</c><00:24:29.460><c> puts</c><00:24:29.640><c> it</c><00:24:29.900><c> like</c><00:24:30.119><c> this.</c>

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Blessed<00:24:31.539><c> be</c><00:24:31.839><c> the</c><00:24:32.000><c> Lord</c><00:24:32.200><c> God</c><00:24:32.380><c> of</c><00:24:32.519><c> Israel,</c>

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for<00:24:33.740><c> he</c><00:24:34.079><c> hath</c><00:24:34.339><c> visited,</c><00:24:35.660><c> just</c><00:24:35.859><c> as</c><00:24:36.019><c> Joseph</c><00:24:36.380><c> had</c><00:24:36.579><c> said</c><00:24:36.700><c> in</c><00:24:36.900><c> the</c><00:24:37.039><c> past,</c>

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he<00:24:37.740><c> hath</c><00:24:38.039><c> visited</c><00:24:38.460><c> and</c><00:24:38.819><c> redeemed</c><00:24:39.200><c> his</c><00:24:39.500><c> people</c>

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and<00:24:40.420><c> hath</c><00:24:40.599><c> raised</c><00:24:40.960><c> up</c><00:24:41.099><c> a</c><00:24:41.259><c> horn</c><00:24:41.400><c> of</c><00:24:41.579><c> salvation</c><00:24:42.160><c> for</c><00:24:42.480><c> us.</c>

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The<00:24:43.559><c> day</c><00:24:43.880><c> springed</c><00:24:44.279><c> from</c><00:24:44.539><c> on</c><00:24:44.900><c> high,</c><00:24:46.039><c> hath</c><00:24:46.200><c> visited</c><00:24:46.579><c> us,</c>

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hath<00:24:47.819><c> come</c><00:24:48.119><c> down</c><00:24:48.400><c> and</c><00:24:48.640><c> visited</c><00:24:48.880><c> us.</c>

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So<00:24:50.119><c> in</c><00:24:50.319><c> the</c><00:24:50.480><c> birth</c><00:24:50.640><c> of</c><00:24:50.880><c> Christ</c><00:24:51.259><c> then,</c>

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.079
the<00:24:52.119><c> Almighty</c><00:24:52.740><c> revealed</c><00:24:53.339><c> himself</c><00:24:53.779><c> among</c><00:24:54.079><c> men</c><00:24:54.420><c> for</c><00:24:54.599><c> their</c><00:24:54.880><c> salvation.</c>

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:58.319
Just<00:24:56.279><c> as</c><00:24:56.559><c> God</c><00:24:56.839><c> had</c><00:24:57.019><c> come</c><00:24:57.220><c> down</c><00:24:57.400><c> in</c><00:24:57.559><c> the</c><00:24:57.779><c> past,</c>

00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:01.940
here<00:24:58.819><c> his</c><00:24:59.119><c> power</c><00:24:59.500><c> came</c><00:24:59.859><c> down</c><00:25:00.299><c> and</c><00:25:00.759><c> the</c><00:25:00.880><c> Lord</c><00:25:01.099><c> Jesus</c><00:25:01.539><c> Christ</c>

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was<00:25:02.240><c> born.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:03.660><c> spoke</c><00:25:03.940><c> the</c><00:25:04.160><c> words</c><00:25:04.440><c> of</c><00:25:04.579><c> his</c><00:25:04.799><c> father</c><00:25:05.200><c> and</c><00:25:05.640><c> did</c><00:25:05.799><c> his</c>

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father's<00:25:06.599><c> works.</c>

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And<00:25:07.500><c> God</c><00:25:07.720><c> raised</c><00:25:08.059><c> him</c><00:25:08.220><c> from</c><00:25:08.400><c> the</c><00:25:08.579><c> dead</c><00:25:08.720><c> and</c><00:25:08.900><c> he</c><00:25:09.160><c> ascended</c><00:25:09.440><c> on</c><00:25:09.839><c> high,</c>

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just<00:25:10.859><c> as</c><00:25:11.039><c> God</c><00:25:11.259><c> is</c><00:25:11.480><c> said</c><00:25:11.579><c> to</c><00:25:11.759><c> have</c><00:25:11.839><c> done</c><00:25:12.220><c> in</c><00:25:12.759><c> the</c><00:25:12.960><c> past.</c>

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Just<00:25:15.299><c> one</c><00:25:15.440><c> other</c><00:25:15.640><c> passage</c><00:25:15.940><c> on</c><00:25:16.140><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:25:16.579><c> in</c><00:25:16.759><c> the</c><00:25:16.940><c> Proverbs</c><00:25:17.440><c> and</c><00:25:17.680><c> chapter</c><00:25:18.019><c> 30,</c>

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where<00:25:19.200><c> the</c><00:25:19.420><c> same</c><00:25:19.680><c> idiom</c><00:25:20.319><c> can</c><00:25:20.680><c> be</c><00:25:20.980><c> seen.</c>

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:28.410
Proverbs<00:25:23.000><c> chapter</c><00:25:23.380><c> 30,</c><00:25:24.480><c> and</c><00:25:26.660><c> it's</c><00:25:26.980><c> at</c><00:25:27.180><c> verse</c><00:25:27.519><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:25:40.920><c> the</c><00:25:41.099><c> wise</c><00:25:41.299><c> man</c><00:25:41.579><c> says,</c>

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Who<00:25:42.839><c> hath</c><00:25:43.200><c> ascended</c><00:25:43.720><c> up</c><00:25:43.920><c> into</c><00:25:44.119><c> heaven,</c><00:25:45.160><c> or</c><00:25:45.359><c> descended?</c>

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Who<00:25:46.980><c> hath</c><00:25:47.220><c> gathered</c><00:25:47.539><c> the</c><00:25:47.779><c> wind</c><00:25:47.980><c> in</c><00:25:48.099><c> his</c><00:25:48.460><c> fists?</c>

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Who<00:25:49.420><c> hath</c><00:25:49.660><c> bound</c><00:25:49.940><c> the</c><00:25:50.240><c> waters</c><00:25:50.500><c> in</c><00:25:50.680><c> a</c><00:25:50.900><c> garment?</c>

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Who<00:25:51.759><c> hath</c><00:25:52.039><c> established</c><00:25:52.500><c> all</c><00:25:52.740><c> the</c><00:25:52.880><c> ends</c><00:25:53.039><c> of</c><00:25:53.220><c> the</c><00:25:53.359><c> earth?</c>

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What<00:25:53.819><c> is</c><00:25:54.000><c> his</c><00:25:54.220><c> name?</c>

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And<00:25:55.480><c> what</c><00:25:55.619><c> is</c><00:25:55.839><c> his</c><00:25:55.980><c> son's</c><00:25:56.400><c> name,</c><00:25:57.259><c> if</c><00:25:57.460><c> thou</c><00:25:57.660><c> canst</c><00:25:58.079><c> tell?</c>

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:01.539
Well,<00:25:59.759><c> what</c><00:25:59.960><c> is</c><00:26:00.200><c> his</c><00:26:00.420><c> name,</c><00:26:00.740><c> brethren</c><00:26:00.980><c> and</c><00:26:01.160><c> sisters?</c>

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:04.400
It<00:26:02.160><c> was</c><00:26:02.380><c> the</c><00:26:02.599><c> name</c><00:26:02.859><c> that</c><00:26:03.000><c> was</c><00:26:03.240><c> revealed</c><00:26:03.480><c> to</c><00:26:03.720><c> Moses</c><00:26:04.019><c> at</c><00:26:04.200><c> the</c>

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burning<00:26:04.700><c> bush.</c>

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I<00:26:06.099><c> will</c><00:26:06.339><c> be</c><00:26:06.799><c> who</c><00:26:07.440><c> I</c><00:26:07.839><c> will</c><00:26:08.059><c> be.</c>

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:11.859
That<00:26:08.940><c> is</c><00:26:09.200><c> the</c><00:26:09.400><c> name</c><00:26:09.640><c> of</c><00:26:09.859><c> the</c><00:26:10.079><c> one</c><00:26:10.440><c> who</c><00:26:10.920><c> descended</c><00:26:11.420><c> to</c><00:26:11.700><c> bring</c>

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about<00:26:12.140><c> redemption.</c>

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I<00:26:13.559><c> will</c><00:26:13.819><c> be</c><00:26:14.279><c> that</c><00:26:14.759><c> I</c><00:26:15.079><c> will</c><00:26:15.339><c> be.</c>

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And<00:26:16.799><c> that</c><00:26:17.019><c> expressed</c><00:26:17.799><c> God's</c><00:26:18.720><c> purpose,</c>

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that<00:26:19.660><c> he</c><00:26:19.779><c> would</c><00:26:20.039><c> accomplish</c><00:26:20.559><c> everything</c><00:26:21.279><c> that</c><00:26:21.759><c> he</c><00:26:21.880><c> had</c><00:26:22.099><c> set</c>

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.220
his<00:26:22.440><c> hand</c><00:26:22.700><c> to.</c>

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And<00:26:23.920><c> here</c><00:26:24.059><c> the</c><00:26:24.279><c> wise</c><00:26:24.480><c> man</c><00:26:24.720><c> says,</c>

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Well,<00:26:25.420><c> what</c><00:26:25.599><c> is</c><00:26:25.799><c> his</c><00:26:26.059><c> son's</c><00:26:26.500><c> name?</c>

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:29.700
And<00:26:27.940><c> that</c><00:26:28.140><c> eventually</c><00:26:28.500><c> was</c><00:26:28.740><c> revealed</c><00:26:29.059><c> also.</c>

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:33.220
It<00:26:30.319><c> was</c><00:26:30.539><c> to</c><00:26:30.779><c> be</c><00:26:31.460><c> Jesus</c><00:26:32.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:37.940
And<00:26:34.539><c> so</c><00:26:34.680><c> just</c><00:26:34.940><c> briefly</c><00:26:35.240><c> then,</c><00:26:35.460><c> we</c><00:26:35.619><c> come</c><00:26:35.779><c> back</c><00:26:36.059><c> to</c><00:26:36.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:36.779><c> chapter</c><00:26:37.119><c> 7.</c>

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:41.339
You<00:26:38.599><c> see,</c><00:26:38.759><c> the</c><00:26:39.059><c> sign</c><00:26:39.400><c> that</c><00:26:39.599><c> this</c><00:26:39.880><c> man</c><00:26:40.160><c> Ahaz</c><00:26:40.599><c> was</c><00:26:40.819><c> instructed</c>

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to<00:26:41.720><c> seek,</c>

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either<00:26:42.880><c> in</c><00:26:43.240><c> depth</c><00:26:43.460><c> or</c><00:26:43.660><c> the</c><00:26:43.880><c> height</c><00:26:44.099><c> above,</c>

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:48.680
concerned<00:26:45.420><c> God's</c><00:26:45.960><c> great</c><00:26:46.279><c> work</c><00:26:46.500><c> of</c><00:26:46.759><c> redemption</c><00:26:47.359><c> in</c><00:26:47.839><c> David's</c><00:26:48.460><c> son,</c>

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:51.880
the<00:26:49.099><c> one</c><00:26:49.279><c> who</c><00:26:49.400><c> was</c><00:26:49.579><c> to</c><00:26:49.759><c> sit</c><00:26:49.900><c> on</c><00:26:50.119><c> David's</c><00:26:50.640><c> throne</c><00:26:50.799><c> forever,</c>

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:54.920
he<00:26:52.740><c> who</c><00:26:52.859><c> was</c><00:26:53.079><c> also</c><00:26:53.319><c> to</c><00:26:53.460><c> be</c><00:26:53.559><c> the</c><00:26:53.720><c> son</c><00:26:53.839><c> of</c><00:26:54.019><c> God.</c>

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:58.519
I<00:26:55.059><c> will</c><00:26:55.240><c> be</c><00:26:55.359><c> his</c><00:26:55.640><c> father</c><00:26:56.119><c> and</c><00:26:56.619><c> he</c><00:26:56.839><c> shall</c><00:26:56.980><c> be</c><00:26:57.180><c> my</c><00:26:57.619><c> son.</c>

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:01.420
And<00:26:58.740><c> when</c><00:26:58.960><c> Ahaz</c><00:26:59.279><c> refused</c><00:26:59.980><c> to</c><00:27:00.279><c> ask</c><00:27:00.460><c> for</c><00:27:00.680><c> such</c><00:27:00.859><c> a</c><00:27:01.160><c> sign,</c>

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:03.480
he<00:27:01.759><c> was</c><00:27:02.019><c> given</c><00:27:02.220><c> one</c><00:27:02.460><c> anyway,</c>

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:06.279
but<00:27:03.700><c> a</c><00:27:03.900><c> sign</c><00:27:04.180><c> which</c><00:27:04.359><c> would</c><00:27:04.559><c> not</c><00:27:04.759><c> benefit</c><00:27:05.119><c> Ahaz</c><00:27:05.640><c> personally.</c>

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:09.019
And<00:27:06.859><c> we</c><00:27:06.980><c> know</c><00:27:07.160><c> the</c><00:27:07.319><c> words</c><00:27:07.500><c> of</c><00:27:07.660><c> the</c><00:27:07.859><c> sign,</c><00:27:08.059><c> don't</c><00:27:08.220><c> we,</c><00:27:08.420><c> so</c><00:27:08.779><c> well.</c>

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:10.799
Verse<00:27:09.359><c> 14</c><00:27:09.839><c> of</c><00:27:09.980><c> chapter</c><00:27:10.279><c> 7.</c>

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:14.599
Therefore<00:27:11.680><c> the</c><00:27:11.960><c> Lord</c><00:27:12.200><c> himself</c><00:27:12.700><c> shall</c><00:27:12.960><c> give</c><00:27:13.200><c> you</c><00:27:13.599><c> a</c><00:27:13.859><c> sign.</c>

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Behold,<00:27:15.420><c> a</c><00:27:15.619><c> virgin</c><00:27:15.920><c> shall</c><00:27:16.220><c> conceive</c><00:27:16.680><c> and</c><00:27:16.980><c> bear</c><00:27:17.220><c> a</c><00:27:17.519><c> son,</c>

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:21.119
and<00:27:18.339><c> shall</c><00:27:18.559><c> call</c><00:27:18.759><c> his</c><00:27:19.019><c> name</c><00:27:19.839><c> Emmanuel.</c>

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:23.980
And<00:27:21.900><c> in</c><00:27:22.079><c> those</c><00:27:22.420><c> so</c><00:27:22.799><c> well</c><00:27:23.160><c>-known</c><00:27:23.380><c> words,</c>

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:28.119
there<00:27:24.460><c> is</c><00:27:24.720><c> no</c><00:27:24.980><c> reference</c><00:27:25.460><c> to</c><00:27:25.680><c> the</c><00:27:25.920><c> father</c><00:27:26.519><c> naming</c><00:27:27.160><c> his</c><00:27:27.819><c> son,</c>

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:30.160
which<00:27:28.420><c> would</c><00:27:28.559><c> be</c><00:27:28.700><c> the</c><00:27:28.859><c> normal</c><00:27:29.079><c> practice.</c>

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:33.539
And<00:27:30.420><c> the</c><00:27:30.539><c> reason</c><00:27:30.819><c> is</c><00:27:31.039><c> that</c><00:27:31.200><c> this</c><00:27:31.460><c> son</c><00:27:31.640><c> had</c><00:27:31.900><c> no</c><00:27:32.200><c> human</c><00:27:32.579><c> father.</c>

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:37.019
He<00:27:33.779><c> was</c><00:27:34.059><c> named</c><00:27:34.359><c> by</c><00:27:34.640><c> a</c><00:27:34.819><c> father,</c><00:27:35.359><c> but</c><00:27:35.519><c> not</c><00:27:35.660><c> a</c><00:27:35.859><c> human</c><00:27:36.059><c> father.</c>

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:38.460
He<00:27:37.279><c> was</c><00:27:37.500><c> named</c><00:27:37.720><c> by</c><00:27:38.059><c> God.</c>

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:40.759
And<00:27:39.299><c> so</c><00:27:39.460><c> the</c><00:27:39.579><c> name</c><00:27:39.839><c> that</c><00:27:39.960><c> is</c><00:27:40.200><c> given</c><00:27:40.400><c> here,</c>

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Emmanuel,<00:27:41.799><c> is</c><00:27:41.940><c> God</c><00:27:42.339><c> with</c><00:27:42.579><c> us.</c>

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And<00:27:43.900><c> God</c><00:27:44.140><c> can</c><00:27:44.380><c> only</c><00:27:44.640><c> be</c><00:27:44.880><c> with</c><00:27:45.059><c> us,</c><00:27:45.319><c> brethren</c><00:27:45.539><c> and</c><00:27:45.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:48.039
if<00:27:46.380><c> he</c><00:27:46.519><c> has</c><00:27:46.740><c> come</c><00:27:47.019><c> down</c><00:27:47.440><c> from</c><00:27:47.680><c> heaven,</c>

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:51.460
if<00:27:48.500><c> he</c><00:27:48.640><c> has</c><00:27:48.920><c> manifested</c><00:27:49.460><c> himself</c><00:27:50.119><c> to</c><00:27:50.519><c> be</c><00:27:50.740><c> with</c><00:27:50.920><c> us.</c>

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:56.039
And<00:27:52.200><c> this</c><00:27:52.400><c> he</c><00:27:52.579><c> did</c><00:27:52.779><c> preeminently</c><00:27:53.740><c> in</c><00:27:54.259><c> the</c><00:27:54.480><c> person</c><00:27:54.740><c> of</c><00:27:54.900><c> his</c><00:27:55.180><c> son.</c>

00:27:57.740 --> 00:28:02.539
Well,<00:27:58.220><c> come</c><00:27:58.420><c> back</c><00:27:58.599><c> then</c><00:27:58.839><c> to</c><00:27:59.019><c> Genesis</c><00:27:59.420><c> 15</c><00:27:59.859><c> as</c><00:28:00.539><c> our</c><00:28:00.960><c> time</c><00:28:01.259><c> marches</c><00:28:01.759><c> on.</c>

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:05.440
The<00:28:02.960><c> skepticism</c><00:28:03.599><c> of</c><00:28:03.880><c> Ahaz</c><00:28:04.240><c> and</c><00:28:04.440><c> the</c><00:28:04.619><c> Jewish</c><00:28:04.859><c> leaders</c><00:28:05.119><c> of</c><00:28:05.279><c> the</c>

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first<00:28:05.640><c> century</c>

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was<00:28:06.380><c> far</c><00:28:06.759><c> removed</c><00:28:07.480><c> from</c><00:28:07.940><c> the</c><00:28:08.180><c> great</c><00:28:08.579><c> faith</c><00:28:09.079><c> of</c><00:28:09.660><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.339
He<00:28:10.759><c> asked</c><00:28:11.039><c> for</c><00:28:11.200><c> a</c><00:28:11.460><c> sign</c><00:28:11.619><c> in</c><00:28:12.000><c> faith,</c>

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:15.039
and<00:28:12.859><c> God</c><00:28:13.119><c> responded</c><00:28:13.839><c> here</c><00:28:14.140><c> in</c><00:28:14.279><c> chapter</c><00:28:14.599><c> 15</c>

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:17.140
by<00:28:15.299><c> making</c><00:28:15.599><c> a</c><00:28:15.859><c> covenant</c><00:28:16.099><c> with</c><00:28:16.339><c> him,</c>

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.480
the<00:28:17.680><c> equivalent,</c><00:28:17.920><c> if</c><00:28:18.059><c> you</c><00:28:18.279><c> like,</c>

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:22.799
of<00:28:18.680><c> putting</c><00:28:19.000><c> the</c><00:28:19.299><c> promise</c><00:28:19.700><c> in</c><00:28:20.099><c> writing</c><00:28:20.619><c> and</c><00:28:21.279><c> sealing</c><00:28:21.579><c> it</c><00:28:21.880><c> up.</c>

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:27.000
So<00:28:23.680><c> verse</c><00:28:23.940><c> 9</c><00:28:24.460><c> of</c><00:28:24.940><c> Genesis</c><00:28:25.339><c> chapter</c><00:28:25.740><c> 15.</c>

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:29.099
God<00:28:27.660><c> said</c><00:28:27.880><c> to</c><00:28:28.079><c> Abraham,</c>

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.920
take<00:28:29.279><c> me</c><00:28:29.500><c> an</c><00:28:29.680><c> heifer</c><00:28:29.920><c> of</c><00:28:30.119><c> three</c><00:28:30.400><c> years</c><00:28:30.680><c> old</c>

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:32.619
and<00:28:31.079><c> a</c><00:28:31.259><c> she</c><00:28:31.420><c>-goat</c><00:28:31.700><c> of</c><00:28:31.859><c> three</c><00:28:32.119><c> years</c><00:28:32.339><c> old</c>

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:34.400
and<00:28:33.000><c> a</c><00:28:33.240><c> ram</c><00:28:33.400><c> of</c><00:28:33.660><c> three</c><00:28:33.880><c> years</c><00:28:34.160><c> old</c>

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:37.299
and<00:28:34.539><c> a</c><00:28:34.740><c> turtle</c><00:28:35.079><c> dove</c><00:28:35.359><c> and</c><00:28:35.940><c> a</c><00:28:36.099><c> young</c><00:28:36.380><c> pigeon.</c>

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:40.619
And<00:28:38.019><c> you</c><00:28:38.140><c> find</c><00:28:38.319><c> that</c><00:28:38.539><c> later</c><00:28:38.779><c> on,</c><00:28:39.000><c> under</c><00:28:39.200><c> the</c><00:28:39.359><c> law</c><00:28:39.480><c> of</c><00:28:39.700><c> Moses,</c>

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:44.140
these<00:28:41.099><c> animals</c><00:28:41.480><c> and</c><00:28:41.819><c> birds</c><00:28:42.140><c> were</c><00:28:42.440><c> specifically</c><00:28:43.039><c> referred</c><00:28:43.599><c> to</c>

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:46.460
in<00:28:44.480><c> connection</c><00:28:44.839><c> with</c><00:28:45.240><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:50.900
So<00:28:47.619><c> these</c><00:28:48.160><c> sacrifices</c><00:28:48.900><c> then</c><00:28:49.259><c> surely</c><00:28:49.880><c> foreshadowed</c>

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:54.279
the<00:28:51.140><c> later</c><00:28:51.440><c> offering</c><00:28:51.960><c> of</c><00:28:52.460><c> the</c><00:28:52.579><c> Lord</c><00:28:52.759><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.160><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:59.259
Why<00:28:55.480><c> is</c><00:28:56.059><c> three</c><00:28:56.500><c> years</c><00:28:56.980><c> specified</c><00:28:57.720><c> in</c><00:28:57.960><c> verse</c><00:28:58.220><c> 9?</c>

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:01.519
Why<00:28:59.720><c> do</c><00:28:59.779><c> they</c><00:28:59.839><c> have</c><00:28:59.960><c> to</c><00:29:00.059><c> be</c><00:29:00.220><c> three</c><00:29:00.420><c> years</c><00:29:00.640><c> old?</c>

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:05.180
Well,<00:29:02.299><c> sometimes</c><00:29:02.900><c> it's</c><00:29:03.299><c> suggested</c><00:29:03.740><c> that</c><00:29:04.180><c> at</c><00:29:04.579><c> three</c><00:29:04.700><c> years</c><00:29:04.960><c> old</c>

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:07.819
they<00:29:05.359><c> were</c><00:29:05.599><c> in</c><00:29:05.900><c> full</c><00:29:06.099><c> maturity</c><00:29:06.720><c> and</c><00:29:07.000><c> vigor.</c>

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:10.380
But<00:29:08.500><c> perhaps</c><00:29:08.799><c> more</c><00:29:09.200><c> importantly,</c>

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:13.619
three<00:29:10.859><c> years</c><00:29:11.420><c> points</c><00:29:11.759><c> to</c><00:29:12.000><c> the</c><00:29:12.220><c> ministry</c><00:29:12.740><c> of</c><00:29:12.980><c> our</c><00:29:13.160><c> Lord</c>

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.740
prior<00:29:14.420><c> to</c><00:29:14.619><c> his</c><00:29:14.839><c> death.</c>

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:19.880
And<00:29:16.759><c> in</c><00:29:16.920><c> verse</c><00:29:17.140><c> 10,</c><00:29:17.900><c> Abraham</c><00:29:18.099><c> took</c><00:29:18.420><c> unto</c><00:29:18.720><c> him</c><00:29:19.000><c> all</c><00:29:19.460><c> these</c>

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.900
and<00:29:20.460><c> divided</c><00:29:20.980><c> them</c><00:29:21.200><c> in</c><00:29:21.400><c> the</c><00:29:21.539><c> midst</c>

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:26.480
and<00:29:22.480><c> laid</c><00:29:22.740><c> each</c><00:29:23.240><c> piece</c><00:29:23.900><c> one</c><00:29:24.640><c> against</c><00:29:25.380><c> another.</c>

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:29.539
Now<00:29:27.759><c> in</c><00:29:27.960><c> ancient</c><00:29:28.400><c> times,</c>

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:33.559
a<00:29:29.779><c> covenant</c><00:29:30.220><c> was</c><00:29:30.599><c> made</c><00:29:31.259><c> by</c><00:29:31.859><c> cutting</c><00:29:32.240><c> an</c><00:29:32.519><c> animal</c><00:29:32.740><c> in</c><00:29:33.079><c> half</c>

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:35.960
and<00:29:34.279><c> the</c><00:29:34.559><c> contracting</c><00:29:35.200><c> parties</c>

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:39.279
passed<00:29:36.700><c> through</c><00:29:36.980><c> the</c><00:29:37.279><c> parts</c><00:29:37.599><c> of</c><00:29:37.900><c> the</c><00:29:38.000><c> slain</c><00:29:38.319><c> animal.</c>

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:42.359
It<00:29:39.740><c> was</c><00:29:40.000><c> intended</c><00:29:40.299><c> to</c><00:29:40.619><c> show</c><00:29:40.859><c> that</c><00:29:41.059><c> the</c><00:29:41.259><c> parties</c><00:29:41.500><c> were</c><00:29:41.859><c> united</c>

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:44.680
by<00:29:42.779><c> the</c><00:29:43.000><c> bond</c><00:29:43.220><c> of</c><00:29:43.400><c> a</c><00:29:43.599><c> common</c><00:29:43.799><c> blood.</c>

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:48.880
The<00:29:45.920><c> birds,</c><00:29:46.380><c> you'll</c><00:29:46.700><c> notice,</c><00:29:47.240><c> were</c><00:29:47.440><c> not</c><00:29:47.700><c> divided.</c>

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:51.180
And<00:29:49.359><c> that's</c><00:29:49.640><c> in</c><00:29:49.819><c> harmony</c><00:29:50.099><c> with</c><00:29:50.299><c> the</c><00:29:50.440><c> later</c><00:29:50.660><c> instruction</c>

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:53.480
that's<00:29:51.460><c> given</c><00:29:51.819><c> in</c><00:29:52.180><c> the</c><00:29:52.259><c> Viticus</c><00:29:52.599><c> chapter</c><00:29:53.000><c> 1</c>

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.980
concerning<00:29:54.059><c> the</c><00:29:54.259><c> bringing</c><00:29:54.500><c> of</c><00:29:54.839><c> turtle</c><00:29:55.160><c> doves</c><00:29:55.380><c> or</c><00:29:55.640><c> pigeons</c>

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:57.160
as<00:29:56.240><c> offerings.</c>

00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.059
As<00:29:58.039><c> far</c><00:29:58.259><c> as</c><00:29:58.359><c> I</c><00:29:58.519><c> know,</c><00:29:58.839><c> the</c><00:29:58.940><c> Bible</c><00:29:59.220><c> doesn't</c><00:29:59.559><c> say</c>

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.839
why<00:30:00.539><c> they</c><00:30:00.720><c> were</c><00:30:00.859><c> not</c><00:30:01.019><c> to</c><00:30:01.140><c> be</c><00:30:01.380><c> divided.</c>

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.339
Presumably,<00:30:02.660><c> they</c><00:30:02.779><c> were</c><00:30:02.960><c> too</c><00:30:03.259><c> small.</c>

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.299
And<00:30:04.680><c> here,</c><00:30:04.920><c> anyway,</c><00:30:05.380><c> in</c><00:30:05.500><c> Genesis</c><00:30:05.839><c> 15,</c>

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.519
there<00:30:06.480><c> were</c><00:30:06.680><c> two</c><00:30:06.980><c> birds</c>

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:10.720
and<00:30:08.099><c> one</c><00:30:08.400><c> could</c><00:30:08.599><c> be</c><00:30:08.859><c> placed</c><00:30:09.119><c> on</c><00:30:09.420><c> each</c><00:30:09.819><c> side.</c>

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.880
And<00:30:11.700><c> then</c><00:30:11.799><c> as</c><00:30:11.880><c> we</c><00:30:11.980><c> go</c><00:30:12.119><c> down</c><00:30:12.299><c> the</c><00:30:12.500><c> chapter,</c>

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.140
which<00:30:13.140><c> we</c><00:30:13.359><c> read</c><00:30:13.500><c> earlier</c><00:30:13.880><c> on,</c>

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:16.339
we<00:30:14.359><c> find</c><00:30:14.559><c> the</c><00:30:14.859><c> carcasses</c><00:30:15.380><c> lying</c><00:30:15.759><c> out,</c>

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:18.460
waiting<00:30:16.819><c> for</c><00:30:17.039><c> the</c><00:30:17.220><c> covenant</c><00:30:17.420><c> to</c><00:30:17.619><c> be</c><00:30:17.799><c> ratified.</c>

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:21.660
Naturally,<00:30:19.259><c> in</c><00:30:19.380><c> verse</c><00:30:19.619><c> 11,</c><00:30:20.519><c> attracted</c><00:30:20.799><c> the</c><00:30:21.140><c> fowls.</c>

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:25.799
Now,<00:30:22.599><c> that</c><00:30:22.799><c> word,</c><00:30:23.200><c> fowls,</c><00:30:23.940><c> as</c><00:30:24.160><c> the</c><00:30:24.339><c> revised</c><00:30:24.640><c> version</c><00:30:25.180><c> shows,</c>

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:28.960
is<00:30:26.339><c> better</c><00:30:26.660><c> rendered</c><00:30:27.160><c> birds</c><00:30:27.720><c> of</c><00:30:28.099><c> prey.</c>

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:31.640
So<00:30:29.559><c> you've</c><00:30:29.680><c> got</c><00:30:29.859><c> the</c><00:30:30.339><c> parts</c><00:30:30.660><c> of</c><00:30:30.920><c> the</c><00:30:31.119><c> carcasses</c>

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:34.180
laid<00:30:32.039><c> out</c><00:30:32.539><c> in</c><00:30:32.880><c> two</c><00:30:33.220><c> parts.</c>

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.700
And<00:30:34.480><c> while</c><00:30:34.700><c> Abraham</c><00:30:34.960><c> was</c><00:30:35.220><c> waiting,</c>

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:37.500
birds<00:30:36.240><c> of</c><00:30:36.599><c> prey</c><00:30:36.880><c> were</c><00:30:37.160><c> attracted.</c>

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:40.700
The<00:30:37.839><c> vultures</c><00:30:38.680><c> hovered</c><00:30:39.200><c> over</c><00:30:39.460><c> the</c><00:30:39.759><c> parts.</c>

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:44.480
And<00:30:41.160><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:41.480><c> it</c><00:30:41.660><c> says,</c><00:30:41.980><c> kept</c><00:30:42.180><c> watch,</c><00:30:42.640><c> and</c><00:30:42.740><c> he</c><00:30:42.960><c> drove</c><00:30:43.140><c> them</c><00:30:43.359><c> away.</c>

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:46.819
Until,<00:30:45.619><c> in</c><00:30:45.900><c> verse</c><00:30:46.180><c> 12,</c>

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:49.720
a<00:30:47.339><c> deep</c><00:30:47.940><c> sleep</c><00:30:48.440><c> fell</c><00:30:48.779><c> upon</c><00:30:49.160><c> him</c>

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:53.880
and<00:30:50.400><c> an</c><00:30:50.799><c> horror</c><00:30:51.299><c> of</c><00:30:51.880><c> great</c><00:30:52.579><c> darkness.</c>

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:56.019
And<00:30:54.759><c> in</c><00:30:54.920><c> this,</c><00:30:55.460><c> brethren</c><00:30:55.519><c> and</c><00:30:55.759><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:56.079 --> 00:31:00.059
we<00:30:56.279><c> have</c><00:30:56.539><c> in</c><00:30:56.940><c> figure</c><00:30:57.220><c> death</c><00:30:58.299><c> and</c><00:30:58.920><c> resurrection.</c>

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.960
And<00:31:00.460><c> in</c><00:31:00.759><c> type,</c><00:31:00.960><c> it</c><00:31:01.180><c> points</c><00:31:01.539><c> forward</c>

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:04.220
to<00:31:02.140><c> the</c><00:31:02.319><c> death</c><00:31:02.480><c> and</c><00:31:02.680><c> the</c><00:31:02.900><c> resurrection</c><00:31:03.240><c> of</c><00:31:03.420><c> the</c><00:31:03.519><c> Lord</c><00:31:03.700><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:06.880
Sleep<00:31:04.940><c> is</c><00:31:05.140><c> often</c><00:31:05.460><c> used</c><00:31:05.740><c> in</c><00:31:06.000><c> Scripture,</c><00:31:06.339><c> isn't</c><00:31:06.559><c> it,</c>

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.119
as<00:31:07.220><c> a</c><00:31:07.440><c> figure</c><00:31:07.619><c> of</c><00:31:07.900><c> death,</c>

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:10.059
right<00:31:08.640><c> from</c><00:31:08.859><c> Genesis</c><00:31:09.240><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.660><c> 2,</c>

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:12.519
when<00:31:10.220><c> we're</c><00:31:10.440><c> told</c><00:31:10.599><c> that</c><00:31:10.839><c> God</c><00:31:11.079><c> caused</c><00:31:11.440><c> a</c><00:31:11.660><c> deep</c><00:31:12.000><c> sleep</c>

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.400
to<00:31:13.019><c> fall</c><00:31:13.180><c> upon</c><00:31:13.460><c> Adam.</c>

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:17.359
And<00:31:15.180><c> that</c><00:31:15.440><c> word</c><00:31:15.819><c> horror</c><00:31:16.339><c> that</c><00:31:16.579><c> is</c><00:31:16.880><c> there</c>

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:21.319
is<00:31:17.799><c> the</c><00:31:18.079><c> very</c><00:31:18.500><c> term</c><00:31:19.059><c> later</c><00:31:19.740><c> used</c><00:31:20.079><c> by</c><00:31:20.380><c> the</c><00:31:20.640><c> psalmist</c>

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:25.039
in<00:31:22.119><c> Psalm</c><00:31:22.380><c> 55</c><00:31:23.460><c> and</c><00:31:24.079><c> verse</c><00:31:24.420><c> 4,</c>

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:29.059
when<00:31:25.319><c> he</c><00:31:25.579><c> said,</c><00:31:26.940><c> the</c><00:31:26.940><c> terrors,</c><00:31:28.079><c> that's</c><00:31:28.500><c> the</c><00:31:28.619><c> word,</c>

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:33.220
the<00:31:29.740><c> terrors</c><00:31:30.299><c> of</c><00:31:30.579><c> death</c><00:31:30.980><c> are</c><00:31:31.660><c> fallen</c><00:31:31.880><c> upon</c><00:31:32.259><c> me.</c>

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.799
So<00:31:33.640><c> it's</c><00:31:33.880><c> a</c><00:31:34.019><c> figure</c><00:31:34.200><c> of</c><00:31:34.460><c> death.</c>

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.940
And<00:31:35.299><c> again,</c><00:31:35.960><c> Job</c><00:31:36.039><c> uses</c><00:31:36.400><c> the</c><00:31:36.660><c> same</c><00:31:36.960><c> idea</c><00:31:37.220><c> of</c><00:31:37.480><c> darkness</c>

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.559
in<00:31:38.180><c> chapter</c><00:31:38.500><c> 10</c><00:31:38.779><c> of</c><00:31:38.960><c> his</c><00:31:39.240><c> book,</c>

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.480
when<00:31:39.960><c> he</c><00:31:40.240><c> speaks</c><00:31:40.460><c> of</c><00:31:40.660><c> going</c><00:31:40.900><c> to</c><00:31:41.099><c> the</c><00:31:41.259><c> land</c><00:31:41.480><c> of</c><00:31:41.859><c> darkness</c>

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.619
and<00:31:43.059><c> the</c><00:31:43.299><c> shadow</c><00:31:43.519><c> of</c><00:31:43.799><c> death.</c>

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.259
So<00:31:45.220><c> there's</c><00:31:45.319><c> no</c><00:31:45.519><c> doubt</c><00:31:45.740><c> about</c><00:31:46.059><c> it</c>

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.279
that<00:31:46.420><c> what</c><00:31:46.420><c> was</c><00:31:46.720><c> happening</c><00:31:47.039><c> here,</c><00:31:47.400><c> brethren</c><00:31:47.640><c> and</c><00:31:47.859><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:53.099
was<00:31:48.819><c> that</c><00:31:49.079><c> Abraham</c><00:31:49.559><c> figuratively</c><00:31:50.740><c> experienced</c><00:31:52.299><c> death</c>

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:56.259
and<00:31:53.640><c> the</c><00:31:53.960><c> intense</c><00:31:54.279><c> darkness</c><00:31:54.799><c> of</c><00:31:55.039><c> the</c><00:31:55.259><c> grave.</c>

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:59.660
And<00:31:57.039><c> it's</c><00:31:57.200><c> at</c><00:31:57.359><c> this</c><00:31:57.660><c> point</c><00:31:58.160><c> that</c><00:31:58.640><c> God</c><00:31:58.900><c> revealed</c><00:31:59.380><c> to</c><00:31:59.519><c> him</c>

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:03.619
in<00:31:59.799><c> a</c><00:31:59.960><c> detailed</c><00:32:00.440><c> prophecy</c><00:32:01.079><c> what</c><00:32:01.599><c> would</c><00:32:01.900><c> befall</c><00:32:02.180><c> his</c><00:32:02.480><c> descendants.</c>

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.940
They<00:32:03.859><c> would</c><00:32:04.140><c> sojourn</c><00:32:04.759><c> 400</c><00:32:05.259><c> years,</c>

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.920
including<00:32:06.700><c> bondage</c><00:32:07.200><c> and</c><00:32:07.400><c> affliction.</c>

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:09.980
They<00:32:08.319><c> would</c><00:32:08.579><c> subsequently</c><00:32:09.119><c> be</c><00:32:09.519><c> delivered</c>

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:12.599
and<00:32:10.420><c> returned</c><00:32:10.759><c> to</c><00:32:10.940><c> the</c><00:32:10.980><c> land</c><00:32:11.220><c> of</c><00:32:11.500><c> Canaan</c><00:32:11.720><c> once</c><00:32:12.099><c> again.</c>

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:16.160
But<00:32:13.680><c> the</c><00:32:13.940><c> fulfillment</c><00:32:14.539><c> of</c><00:32:14.720><c> God's</c><00:32:15.180><c> promise</c><00:32:15.420><c> to</c><00:32:15.680><c> Abraham</c>

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:18.880
was<00:32:16.599><c> not</c><00:32:16.920><c> going</c><00:32:17.079><c> to</c><00:32:17.240><c> be</c><00:32:17.440><c> seen</c><00:32:17.619><c> immediately.</c>

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.759
Remember<00:32:19.640><c> in</c><00:32:19.759><c> chapter</c><00:32:20.079><c> 13,</c>

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:24.720
God<00:32:21.359><c> had</c><00:32:21.660><c> promised</c><00:32:21.980><c> that</c><00:32:22.160><c> he</c><00:32:22.240><c> would</c><00:32:22.519><c> give</c><00:32:22.759><c> Abraham</c><00:32:23.220><c> the</c><00:32:23.440><c> land</c><00:32:23.640><c> forever.</c>

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:27.160
Here<00:32:25.200><c> in</c><00:32:25.339><c> chapter</c><00:32:25.640><c> 15</c><00:32:26.160><c> in</c><00:32:26.339><c> verse</c><00:32:26.640><c> 7,</c>

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.880
again<00:32:27.859><c> Abraham</c><00:32:28.200><c> is</c><00:32:28.460><c> told</c><00:32:28.660><c> he</c><00:32:28.779><c> will</c><00:32:29.000><c> inherit</c><00:32:29.299><c> the</c><00:32:29.480><c> land.</c>

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.720
And<00:32:30.559><c> then</c><00:32:30.660><c> when</c><00:32:30.880><c> Abraham</c><00:32:31.200><c> says,</c>

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:34.700
whereby<00:32:32.640><c> shall</c><00:32:32.960><c> I</c><00:32:33.160><c> know</c><00:32:33.400><c> that</c><00:32:33.619><c> I</c><00:32:33.779><c> shall</c><00:32:33.940><c> inherit</c><00:32:34.319><c> it?</c>

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:36.619
What<00:32:35.339><c> does</c><00:32:35.500><c> God</c><00:32:35.740><c> say?</c>

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.819
You're<00:32:37.099><c> going</c><00:32:37.200><c> to</c><00:32:37.460><c> die,</c><00:32:38.059><c> Abraham,</c>

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:41.559
and<00:32:39.019><c> be</c><00:32:39.279><c> buried</c><00:32:39.599><c> in</c><00:32:40.059><c> a</c><00:32:40.220><c> good</c><00:32:40.359><c> old</c><00:32:40.619><c> age.</c>

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:45.859
So<00:32:42.599><c> implicit</c><00:32:43.279><c> in</c><00:32:43.440><c> all</c><00:32:43.700><c> of</c><00:32:43.940><c> that</c><00:32:44.559><c> was</c><00:32:45.119><c> the</c><00:32:45.460><c> belief</c>

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:49.099
and<00:32:46.180><c> the</c><00:32:46.480><c> assurance</c><00:32:46.940><c> of</c><00:32:47.599><c> resurrection</c><00:32:48.180><c> from</c><00:32:48.480><c> the</c><00:32:48.680><c> dead.</c>

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:52.839
Resurrection,<00:32:50.059><c> in</c><00:32:50.319><c> fact,</c><00:32:51.019><c> through</c><00:32:51.180><c> the</c><00:32:51.680><c> Redeemer</c><00:32:52.299><c> who</c><00:32:52.619><c> was</c>

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.000
to<00:32:53.140><c> come.</c>

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:56.539
Now<00:32:55.059><c> there's</c><00:32:55.240><c> another</c><00:32:55.480><c> detail</c><00:32:56.019><c> here</c>

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:58.680
which<00:32:57.140><c> also</c><00:32:57.640><c> directs</c><00:32:58.079><c> our</c><00:32:58.279><c> thinking</c>

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:01.640
towards<00:32:59.200><c> the</c><00:32:59.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:59.660><c> Jesus</c><00:33:00.000><c> Christ,</c><00:33:00.440><c> the</c><00:33:00.680><c> Redeemer.</c>

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:05.920
Just<00:33:02.039><c> notice</c><00:33:02.519><c> that</c><00:33:02.720><c> the</c><00:33:03.039><c> exact</c><00:33:03.339><c> time</c><00:33:03.779><c> of</c><00:33:04.140><c> day</c><00:33:04.599><c> is</c><00:33:05.200><c> specified,</c>

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:07.740
and<00:33:06.359><c> this</c><00:33:06.539><c> is</c><00:33:06.740><c> most</c><00:33:07.039><c> important.</c>

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:10.859
In<00:33:08.519><c> verse</c><00:33:08.819><c> 12,</c><00:33:09.839><c> we</c><00:33:09.960><c> read,</c>

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.200
when<00:33:11.180><c> the</c><00:33:11.539><c> sun</c><00:33:11.900><c> was</c><00:33:12.220><c> going</c><00:33:12.559><c> down,</c>

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:15.920
a<00:33:13.859><c> deep</c><00:33:14.220><c> sleep</c><00:33:14.460><c> fell</c><00:33:14.740><c> upon</c><00:33:15.299><c> Abraham.</c>

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.759
When<00:33:16.480><c> the</c><00:33:16.700><c> sun</c><00:33:16.819><c> was</c><00:33:17.039><c> going</c><00:33:17.279><c> down.</c>

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:20.779
And<00:33:18.240><c> then</c><00:33:18.400><c> in</c><00:33:18.579><c> verse</c><00:33:18.799><c> 17,</c><00:33:19.519><c> it</c><00:33:19.599><c> came</c><00:33:19.859><c> to</c><00:33:20.140><c> pass</c><00:33:20.440><c> that</c>

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:24.480
when<00:33:21.460><c> the</c><00:33:21.779><c> sun</c><00:33:22.079><c> went</c><00:33:22.519><c> down</c><00:33:23.160><c> and</c><00:33:23.579><c> it</c><00:33:23.700><c> was</c><00:33:23.940><c> dark,</c>

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:27.059
there<00:33:25.000><c> was</c><00:33:25.119><c> the</c><00:33:25.380><c> smoking</c><00:33:25.660><c> furnace</c><00:33:26.059><c> and</c><00:33:26.279><c> the</c><00:33:26.480><c> burning</c><00:33:26.720><c> lamp.</c>

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:30.359
So<00:33:27.579><c> you've</c><00:33:27.700><c> got</c><00:33:27.940><c> two</c><00:33:28.660><c> indications</c><00:33:29.259><c> of</c><00:33:29.440><c> the</c><00:33:29.619><c> time</c><00:33:29.779><c> of</c><00:33:30.000><c> day.</c>

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:33.720
First<00:33:31.180><c> of</c><00:33:31.359><c> all,</c><00:33:31.460><c> when</c><00:33:31.619><c> the</c><00:33:31.839><c> sun</c><00:33:31.960><c> was</c><00:33:32.259><c> going</c><00:33:32.559><c> down,</c>

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.799
and<00:33:34.019><c> then</c><00:33:34.339><c> when</c><00:33:34.599><c> the</c><00:33:34.819><c> sun</c><00:33:35.000><c> went</c><00:33:35.319><c> down.</c>

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:39.539
And<00:33:36.880><c> this</c><00:33:37.220><c> is</c><00:33:37.640><c> probably</c><00:33:38.079><c> equivalent</c><00:33:38.839><c> to</c><00:33:39.279><c> something</c>

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:41.440
that<00:33:39.700><c> we</c><00:33:39.940><c> find</c><00:33:40.140><c> in</c><00:33:40.279><c> the</c><00:33:40.440><c> next</c><00:33:40.619><c> book</c><00:33:40.759><c> of</c><00:33:40.900><c> the</c><00:33:41.059><c> Bible,</c>

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:45.079
Exodus<00:33:42.240><c> and</c><00:33:43.339><c> chapter</c><00:33:43.779><c> 12.</c>

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:47.079
The<00:33:45.500><c> time</c><00:33:45.660><c> of</c><00:33:45.799><c> the</c><00:33:46.039><c> Passover.</c>

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:51.660
Exodus<00:33:47.740><c> chapter</c><00:33:48.079><c> 12</c><00:33:49.039><c> and</c><00:33:49.599><c> verse</c><00:33:49.940><c> 6.</c>

00:33:56.619 --> 00:34:00.480
Just<00:33:56.940><c> before</c><00:33:57.299><c> the</c><00:33:57.859><c> Israelites</c><00:33:58.200><c> went</c><00:33:58.420><c> out</c><00:33:59.140><c> of</c><00:33:59.480><c> Egypt,</c>

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:03.000
they<00:34:01.339><c> had</c><00:34:01.539><c> to</c><00:34:01.819><c> slay</c><00:34:02.079><c> the</c><00:34:02.519><c> lambs,</c>

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.579
and<00:34:03.140><c> in</c><00:34:03.319><c> verse</c><00:34:03.559><c> 6</c><00:34:03.880><c> it</c><00:34:04.140><c> says,</c>

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:08.619
ye<00:34:05.240><c> shall</c><00:34:05.519><c> keep</c><00:34:05.839><c> it</c><00:34:06.180><c> up</c><00:34:06.380><c> until</c><00:34:06.640><c> the</c><00:34:06.920><c> 14th</c><00:34:07.380><c> day</c><00:34:07.599><c> of</c><00:34:07.720><c> the</c><00:34:07.900><c> same</c><00:34:08.139><c> month,</c>

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:11.659
and<00:34:09.119><c> the</c><00:34:09.340><c> whole</c><00:34:09.639><c> assembly</c><00:34:10.139><c> of</c><00:34:10.340><c> the</c><00:34:10.500><c> congregation</c><00:34:11.000><c> of</c><00:34:11.179><c> Israel</c>

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:14.760
shall<00:34:12.019><c> kill</c><00:34:12.320><c> it</c><00:34:13.019><c> in</c><00:34:13.440><c> the</c><00:34:13.739><c> evening.</c>

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:18.940
Now,<00:34:15.679><c> if</c><00:34:15.840><c> you</c><00:34:16.059><c> have</c><00:34:16.219><c> an</c><00:34:16.440><c> authorized</c><00:34:16.860><c> version</c><00:34:17.679><c> with</c><00:34:18.320><c> a</c><00:34:18.500><c> margin,</c>

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:21.980
it<00:34:19.199><c> will</c><00:34:19.460><c> tell</c><00:34:19.659><c> you</c><00:34:19.920><c> that</c><00:34:20.239><c> in</c><00:34:20.659><c> the</c><00:34:20.940><c> evening,</c>

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.219
literally<00:34:22.420><c> in</c><00:34:22.639><c> the</c><00:34:22.820><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:23.139><c> means,</c>

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:26.860
between<00:34:24.880><c> the</c><00:34:25.420><c> two</c><00:34:26.119><c> evenings.</c>

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:29.780
That's<00:34:27.539><c> when</c><00:34:27.699><c> the</c><00:34:27.960><c> Passover</c><00:34:28.340><c> lamb</c><00:34:28.579><c> had</c><00:34:28.780><c> to</c><00:34:29.000><c> be</c><00:34:29.219><c> slain.</c>

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:32.260
Between<00:34:30.480><c> the</c><00:34:30.860><c> two</c><00:34:31.159><c> evenings.</c>

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:36.860
Now,<00:34:33.860><c> the</c><00:34:34.019><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:34.360><c> expression</c><00:34:34.960><c> apparently</c><00:34:35.739><c> signifies</c>

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:39.800
between<00:34:37.639><c> mid</c><00:34:37.900><c>-afternoon</c><00:34:38.480><c> and</c><00:34:38.719><c> sunset.</c>

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:42.000
That's<00:34:40.179><c> what</c><00:34:40.239><c> is</c><00:34:40.440><c> meant</c><00:34:40.659><c> by</c><00:34:40.940><c> between</c><00:34:41.300><c> the</c><00:34:41.500><c> two</c><00:34:41.659><c> evenings.</c>

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:45.960
From<00:34:42.239><c> that</c><00:34:42.559><c> time,</c><00:34:43.159><c> mid</c><00:34:43.320><c>-afternoon</c><00:34:44.039><c> up</c><00:34:44.639><c> to</c><00:34:44.920><c> sunset.</c>

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:50.139
This<00:34:47.320><c> was</c><00:34:47.539><c> the</c><00:34:47.760><c> time</c><00:34:47.980><c> when</c><00:34:48.320><c> Abraham</c><00:34:48.679><c> fell</c><00:34:48.960><c> into</c><00:34:49.239><c> a</c><00:34:49.420><c> deep</c><00:34:49.699><c> sleep,</c>

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:52.780
the<00:34:50.639><c> period</c><00:34:50.940><c> between</c><00:34:51.280><c> the</c><00:34:51.539><c> two</c><00:34:51.719><c> evenings.</c>

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:55.539
And<00:34:53.400><c> this,</c><00:34:53.659><c> brethren</c><00:34:53.820><c> and</c><00:34:54.000><c> sisters,</c><00:34:54.300><c> was</c><00:34:54.460><c> also</c><00:34:54.760><c> the</c><00:34:54.980><c> time</c>

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:59.019
when<00:34:55.860><c> the</c><00:34:55.980><c> Lord</c><00:34:56.159><c> Jesus</c><00:34:56.539><c> Christ</c><00:34:57.260><c> died</c><00:34:57.739><c> on</c><00:34:57.940><c> the</c><00:34:58.139><c> cross.</c>

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:01.300
And<00:34:59.440><c> the</c><00:34:59.639><c> Gospels</c><00:35:00.320><c> tell</c><00:35:00.679><c> us</c><00:35:00.980><c> that</c>

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:05.079
because<00:35:01.699><c> we</c><00:35:01.900><c> come</c><00:35:02.019><c> into</c><00:35:02.239><c> Mark's</c><00:35:02.679><c> Gospel</c><00:35:03.239><c> and</c><00:35:03.599><c> chapter</c><00:35:03.880><c> 15,</c>

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:11.480
and<00:35:07.159><c> again</c><00:35:07.440><c> the</c><00:35:07.800><c> time</c><00:35:08.480><c> is</c><00:35:09.380><c> specifically</c><00:35:09.880><c> pointed</c><00:35:10.239><c> out</c><00:35:10.599><c> to</c><00:35:10.800><c> us.</c>

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:16.719
Mark<00:35:12.260><c> chapter</c><00:35:12.559><c> 15</c><00:35:13.760><c> and</c><00:35:15.019><c> verse</c><00:35:15.320><c> 33.</c>

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:20.719
Jesus<00:35:18.699><c> is</c><00:35:19.059><c> placed</c><00:35:19.300><c> on</c><00:35:19.480><c> the</c><00:35:19.739><c> cross,</c>

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:23.320
and<00:35:21.139><c> here</c><00:35:21.260><c> at</c><00:35:21.420><c> verse</c><00:35:21.619><c> 33</c><00:35:22.179><c> of</c><00:35:22.360><c> Mark</c><00:35:22.659><c> 15,</c>

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:25.039
when<00:35:23.820><c> the</c><00:35:24.119><c> sixth</c><00:35:24.360><c> hour</c><00:35:24.619><c> has</c><00:35:24.880><c> come,</c>

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:28.659
there<00:35:25.219><c> was</c><00:35:25.500><c> darkness</c><00:35:26.300><c> over</c><00:35:27.099><c> the</c><00:35:27.300><c> whole</c><00:35:27.539><c> land</c><00:35:27.980><c> until</c><00:35:28.360><c> the</c>

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:29.340
ninth<00:35:28.960><c> hour.</c>

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:31.599
So<00:35:29.500><c> you</c><00:35:29.500><c> have</c><00:35:29.699><c> the</c><00:35:30.019><c> darkness</c><00:35:30.460><c> there.</c>

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:34.679
The<00:35:32.119><c> ninth</c><00:35:32.440><c> hour</c><00:35:32.739><c> takes</c><00:35:33.019><c> you</c><00:35:33.219><c> up</c><00:35:33.360><c> to</c><00:35:33.559><c> mid</c><00:35:33.780><c>-afternoon,</c>

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:37.440
and<00:35:35.179><c> Jesus</c><00:35:35.539><c> cries</c><00:35:35.940><c> out</c><00:35:36.179><c> with</c><00:35:36.380><c> a</c><00:35:36.480><c> loud</c><00:35:36.699><c> voice.</c>

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:41.719
And<00:35:37.980><c> in</c><00:35:38.099><c> verse</c><00:35:38.360><c> 37,</c><00:35:39.239><c> he</c><00:35:39.360><c> gives</c><00:35:39.599><c> up</c><00:35:39.840><c> the</c><00:35:40.079><c> spirit,</c><00:35:40.500><c> he</c><00:35:40.719><c> dies.</c>

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:43.900
And<00:35:42.099><c> then</c><00:35:42.239><c> in</c><00:35:42.400><c> verse</c><00:35:42.599><c> 42,</c>

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:47.119
and<00:35:44.000><c> now</c><00:35:44.579><c> when</c><00:35:45.000><c> the</c><00:35:45.460><c> even</c><00:35:45.780><c> was</c><00:35:46.199><c> come,</c>

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:51.860
Joseph<00:35:47.559><c> came</c><00:35:47.880><c> along</c><00:35:48.340><c> and</c><00:35:48.800><c> took</c><00:35:49.119><c> the</c><00:35:49.380><c> body</c><00:35:49.860><c> of</c><00:35:50.679><c> the</c><00:35:50.920><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:55.340
And<00:35:52.880><c> so,</c><00:35:53.340><c> coming</c><00:35:53.400><c> back</c><00:35:53.699><c> to</c><00:35:53.900><c> Genesis</c><00:35:54.239><c> 15</c><00:35:54.900><c> then,</c>

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:58.159
in<00:35:56.079><c> Genesis</c><00:35:56.500><c> it</c><00:35:56.619><c> was</c><00:35:56.900><c> at</c><00:35:57.260><c> this</c><00:35:57.599><c> time,</c>

00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:01.340
when<00:35:58.619><c> the</c><00:35:58.880><c> sun</c><00:35:59.099><c> went</c><00:35:59.420><c> down,</c><00:35:59.940><c> it</c><00:36:00.039><c> says</c><00:36:00.219><c> in</c><00:36:00.400><c> verse</c><00:36:00.659><c> 17,</c>

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:04.880
or<00:36:01.639><c> when</c><00:36:01.880><c> the</c><00:36:02.159><c> even</c><00:36:02.400><c> was</c><00:36:02.760><c> come,</c><00:36:03.019><c> it</c><00:36:03.139><c> says</c><00:36:03.300><c> in</c><00:36:03.500><c> Mark</c><00:36:03.739><c> chapter</c><00:36:04.079><c> 15,</c>

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:09.559
at<00:36:05.280><c> this</c><00:36:05.619><c> time,</c><00:36:06.460><c> God</c><00:36:06.940><c> passed</c><00:36:07.780><c> between</c><00:36:08.280><c> the</c><00:36:08.599><c> divided</c><00:36:08.880><c> animals,</c>

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:13.599
represented<00:36:10.519><c> here</c><00:36:10.980><c> by</c><00:36:11.440><c> the</c><00:36:11.780><c> smoking</c><00:36:12.079><c> furnace</c><00:36:12.519><c> and</c><00:36:12.699><c> the</c><00:36:12.900><c> burning</c><00:36:13.139><c> lamp.</c>

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:16.460
These<00:36:14.340><c> were</c><00:36:14.519><c> the</c><00:36:14.739><c> symbols</c><00:36:15.079><c> of</c><00:36:15.260><c> the</c><00:36:15.460><c> divine</c><00:36:15.760><c> presence,</c>

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:19.639
and<00:36:17.179><c> the</c><00:36:17.440><c> covenant</c><00:36:17.780><c> was</c><00:36:18.460><c> ratified.</c>

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:23.739
Here,<00:36:20.199><c> God</c><00:36:20.579><c> met</c><00:36:20.880><c> Abraham</c><00:36:21.380><c> between</c><00:36:21.800><c> the</c><00:36:22.039><c> pieces</c><00:36:22.260><c> of</c><00:36:22.460><c> the</c><00:36:22.659><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.719
making<00:36:24.059><c> a</c><00:36:24.400><c> covenant</c><00:36:24.639><c> with</c><00:36:24.920><c> him.</c>

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:28.099
But<00:36:26.619><c> of</c><00:36:26.840><c> course,</c><00:36:27.199><c> as</c><00:36:27.460><c> we</c><00:36:27.699><c> know,</c>

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:30.840
what<00:36:28.619><c> was</c><00:36:28.940><c> happening</c><00:36:29.260><c> here</c><00:36:29.559><c> in</c><00:36:29.719><c> Genesis</c><00:36:30.119><c> 15</c>

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:35.579
was<00:36:31.360><c> only</c><00:36:31.739><c> the</c><00:36:32.039><c> typical</c><00:36:32.840><c> ratification</c><00:36:33.940><c> of</c><00:36:34.480><c> the</c><00:36:34.719><c> covenant.</c>

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.400
It's<00:36:36.000><c> real</c><00:36:36.300><c> ratification</c><00:36:36.960><c> we've</c><00:36:37.139><c> just</c><00:36:37.360><c> been</c><00:36:37.539><c> looking</c><00:36:37.820><c> at,</c>

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:40.340
came<00:36:38.840><c> much</c><00:36:39.219><c> later,</c>

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:42.659
as<00:36:40.679><c> the</c><00:36:40.800><c> Lord</c><00:36:40.980><c> Jesus</c><00:36:41.380><c> Christ</c><00:36:41.659><c> said</c><00:36:41.739><c> in</c><00:36:41.900><c> the</c><00:36:42.039><c> upper</c><00:36:42.300><c> room,</c>

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:45.119
this<00:36:43.239><c> is</c><00:36:43.539><c> my</c><00:36:43.780><c> blood</c><00:36:44.019><c> of</c><00:36:44.199><c> the</c><00:36:44.360><c> new</c><00:36:44.579><c> covenant,</c>

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:49.039
which<00:36:45.739><c> is</c><00:36:45.960><c> shed</c><00:36:46.099><c> for</c><00:36:46.360><c> many</c><00:36:46.719><c> for</c><00:36:47.340><c> the</c><00:36:47.500><c> remission</c><00:36:47.840><c> of</c><00:36:48.119><c> sins.</c>

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:51.860
And<00:36:50.000><c> Paul</c><00:36:50.179><c> tells</c><00:36:50.480><c> us</c><00:36:50.659><c> in</c><00:36:50.760><c> Romans</c><00:36:51.079><c> 15,</c>

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:55.139
that<00:36:52.280><c> Jesus</c><00:36:52.820><c> Christ</c><00:36:53.219><c> was</c><00:36:53.400><c> a</c><00:36:53.559><c> minister</c><00:36:53.820><c> of</c><00:36:54.039><c> the</c><00:36:54.219><c> circumcision</c>

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:58.639
for<00:36:55.440><c> the</c><00:36:55.679><c> truth</c><00:36:55.860><c> of</c><00:36:56.079><c> God</c><00:36:56.440><c> to</c><00:36:57.079><c> confirm</c><00:36:57.800><c> the</c><00:36:58.139><c> promises</c>

00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.960
made<00:36:59.440><c> unto</c><00:36:59.719><c> the</c><00:36:59.980><c> fathers.</c>

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:06.119
Well,<00:37:03.099><c> finally,</c><00:37:03.619><c> there's</c><00:37:03.840><c> an</c><00:37:04.139><c> interesting</c><00:37:04.579><c> echo</c><00:37:04.940><c> of</c><00:37:05.179><c> Genesis</c><00:37:05.500><c> 15</c>

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:10.559
in<00:37:06.559><c> one</c><00:37:06.780><c> of</c><00:37:06.920><c> the</c><00:37:07.079><c> later</c><00:37:07.320><c> prophets,</c><00:37:08.039><c> it's</c><00:37:08.219><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:08.719><c> and</c><00:37:09.000><c> chapter</c><00:37:09.360><c> 34.</c>

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:15.619
We<00:37:12.460><c> see</c><00:37:12.679><c> the</c><00:37:12.860><c> way</c><00:37:12.980><c> in</c><00:37:13.079><c> which</c><00:37:13.199><c> it</c><00:37:13.380><c> all</c><00:37:13.659><c> points</c><00:37:13.920><c> forward</c><00:37:14.280><c> to</c><00:37:14.539><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:17.300
and<00:37:15.900><c> here</c><00:37:16.039><c> in</c><00:37:16.219><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:16.639><c> 34,</c>

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:19.360
the<00:37:17.559><c> language</c><00:37:18.059><c> of</c><00:37:18.320><c> the</c><00:37:18.500><c> making</c><00:37:18.699><c> of</c><00:37:18.900><c> the</c><00:37:19.099><c> covenant</c>

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:21.400
that<00:37:19.480><c> we've</c><00:37:19.699><c> just</c><00:37:20.019><c> seen</c><00:37:20.199><c> in</c><00:37:20.599><c> Genesis</c><00:37:20.980><c> 15</c>

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:23.800
is<00:37:21.659><c> picked</c><00:37:21.920><c> up</c><00:37:22.059><c> by</c><00:37:22.300><c> this</c><00:37:22.519><c> prophet.</c>

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:31.800
Jeremiah<00:37:28.760><c> 34</c><00:37:29.579><c> and</c><00:37:30.079><c> verse</c><00:37:30.460><c> 18,</c>

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:36.599
and<00:37:32.579><c> here</c><00:37:32.760><c> God</c><00:37:32.960><c> is</c><00:37:33.300><c> speaking</c><00:37:33.579><c> against</c><00:37:34.739><c> the</c><00:37:35.239><c> people</c><00:37:35.760><c> of</c><00:37:36.280><c> Judah</c>

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:39.659
who<00:37:37.199><c> had</c><00:37:37.639><c> transgressed</c><00:37:38.360><c> his</c><00:37:38.679><c> covenant.</c>

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:41.099
Verse<00:37:40.400><c> 18,</c>

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:44.360
I<00:37:41.699><c> will</c><00:37:41.940><c> give</c><00:37:42.099><c> the</c><00:37:42.320><c> men</c><00:37:42.539><c> that</c><00:37:42.699><c> have</c><00:37:42.980><c> transgressed</c><00:37:43.639><c> my</c><00:37:43.900><c> covenant,</c>

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:47.059
which<00:37:44.940><c> have</c><00:37:45.179><c> not</c><00:37:45.440><c> performed</c><00:37:45.860><c> the</c><00:37:46.099><c> words</c><00:37:46.380><c> of</c><00:37:46.559><c> the</c><00:37:46.780><c> covenant</c>

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.679
which<00:37:47.260><c> they</c><00:37:47.460><c> had</c><00:37:47.699><c> made</c><00:37:47.940><c> before</c><00:37:48.340><c> me,</c>

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:51.980
when<00:37:49.260><c> they</c><00:37:49.679><c> cut</c><00:37:49.920><c> the</c><00:37:50.340><c> calf</c><00:37:50.800><c> in</c><00:37:51.340><c> twain</c>

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:54.719
and<00:37:52.559><c> passed</c><00:37:52.960><c> between</c><00:37:53.380><c> the</c><00:37:53.659><c> parts</c><00:37:53.960><c> thereof</c>

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:57.820
the<00:37:55.460><c> princes</c><00:37:55.840><c> of</c><00:37:56.139><c> Judah</c><00:37:56.380><c> and</c><00:37:56.559><c> the</c><00:37:56.679><c> princes</c><00:37:56.980><c> of</c><00:37:57.239><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:00.739
the<00:37:58.420><c> eunuchs</c><00:37:58.760><c> and</c><00:37:58.940><c> the</c><00:37:59.199><c> priests</c><00:37:59.420><c> and</c><00:37:59.579><c> all</c><00:37:59.800><c> the</c><00:37:59.960><c> people</c><00:38:00.139><c> of</c><00:38:00.300><c> the</c><00:38:00.460><c> land</c>

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:04.820
which<00:38:01.400><c> passed</c><00:38:01.820><c> between</c><00:38:02.360><c> the</c><00:38:02.699><c> parts</c><00:38:03.199><c> of</c><00:38:03.679><c> the</c><00:38:03.940><c> calf.</c>

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:08.300
And<00:38:05.460><c> so</c><00:38:05.659><c> there</c><00:38:05.920><c> God</c><00:38:06.179><c> is</c><00:38:06.500><c> reminding</c><00:38:07.300><c> his</c><00:38:07.780><c> people</c>

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:11.239
that<00:38:08.719><c> a</c><00:38:08.960><c> covenant</c><00:38:09.280><c> once</c><00:38:09.760><c> made</c><00:38:10.139><c> should</c><00:38:10.440><c> not</c><00:38:10.599><c> be</c><00:38:10.860><c> broken,</c>

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:13.659
it<00:38:11.659><c> should</c><00:38:11.820><c> be</c><00:38:12.119><c> binding</c><00:38:12.400><c> unto</c><00:38:12.679><c> death.</c>

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:16.420
And<00:38:14.039><c> Abraham</c><00:38:14.440><c> in</c><00:38:14.619><c> Genesis</c><00:38:14.980><c> 15</c><00:38:15.420><c> did</c><00:38:15.699><c> his</c><00:38:16.139><c> part,</c>

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:20.320
he<00:38:16.579><c> kept</c><00:38:16.920><c> watch</c><00:38:17.400><c> and</c><00:38:17.760><c> he</c><00:38:18.039><c> drove</c><00:38:18.239><c> away</c><00:38:18.639><c> the</c><00:38:18.840><c> birds</c><00:38:19.099><c> of</c><00:38:19.420><c> prey.</c>

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.840
But<00:38:21.539><c> here</c><00:38:21.679><c> in</c><00:38:21.780><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:38:22.500><c> day,</c>

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:25.460
the<00:38:23.340><c> people</c><00:38:23.579><c> had</c><00:38:23.940><c> broken</c><00:38:24.219><c> the</c><00:38:24.519><c> covenant,</c>

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:29.360
and<00:38:25.940><c> so</c><00:38:26.119><c> the</c><00:38:26.239><c> birds</c><00:38:26.539><c> of</c><00:38:26.860><c> prey</c><00:38:27.280><c> were</c><00:38:27.679><c> going</c><00:38:27.900><c> to</c><00:38:28.159><c> have</c><00:38:28.539><c> their</c><00:38:28.940><c> prey.</c>

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:31.059
Verse<00:38:29.860><c> 20,</c>

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:34.019
I<00:38:31.320><c> will</c><00:38:31.539><c> even</c><00:38:31.860><c> give</c><00:38:32.099><c> them</c><00:38:32.460><c> into</c><00:38:32.780><c> the</c><00:38:33.000><c> hand</c><00:38:33.119><c> of</c><00:38:33.320><c> their</c><00:38:33.539><c> enemies</c>

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:36.780
and<00:38:34.639><c> into</c><00:38:34.840><c> the</c><00:38:35.019><c> hand</c><00:38:35.239><c> of</c><00:38:35.340><c> them</c><00:38:35.500><c> that</c><00:38:35.800><c> seek</c><00:38:35.960><c> their</c><00:38:36.280><c> life,</c>

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:41.139
and<00:38:37.340><c> their</c><00:38:37.699><c> dead</c><00:38:38.079><c> bodies</c><00:38:38.739><c> shall</c><00:38:39.079><c> be</c><00:38:39.340><c> for</c><00:38:39.559><c> meat</c><00:38:39.940><c> unto</c><00:38:40.480><c> the</c><00:38:40.780><c> fowls,</c>

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:42.739
the<00:38:41.440><c> vultures</c><00:38:41.840><c> of</c><00:38:42.059><c> the</c><00:38:42.239><c> heavens,</c>

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:45.940
and<00:38:43.340><c> to</c><00:38:43.500><c> the</c><00:38:43.679><c> beasts</c><00:38:44.219><c> of</c><00:38:44.840><c> the</c><00:38:45.059><c> earth.</c>

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:48.840
So<00:38:46.460><c> here</c><00:38:46.719><c> God</c><00:38:46.900><c> is</c><00:38:47.219><c> saying,</c><00:38:47.780><c> using</c><00:38:48.019><c> the</c><00:38:48.260><c> same</c><00:38:48.539><c> figure,</c>

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:51.679
the<00:38:49.179><c> vultures</c><00:38:49.739><c> would</c><00:38:50.000><c> actually</c><00:38:50.599><c> devour</c><00:38:50.920><c> their</c><00:38:51.320><c> prey,</c>

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:55.420
the<00:38:52.320><c> nation</c><00:38:52.659><c> would</c><00:38:52.920><c> be</c><00:38:53.059><c> delivered</c><00:38:53.300><c> into</c><00:38:53.579><c> the</c><00:38:53.760><c> hands</c><00:38:54.079><c> of</c><00:38:54.320><c> its</c><00:38:54.519><c> enemies.</c>

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.800
And<00:38:55.820><c> it</c><00:38:55.980><c> came</c><00:38:56.119><c> to</c><00:38:56.320><c> pass,</c>

00:38:57.059 --> 00:39:00.239
the<00:38:57.219><c> Chaldeans</c><00:38:57.920><c> led</c><00:38:58.300><c> by</c><00:38:58.539><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:38:59.199><c> overran</c><00:38:59.719><c> the</c><00:38:59.920><c> land</c>

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:03.320
and<00:39:00.780><c> the</c><00:39:00.960><c> people</c><00:39:01.179><c> were</c><00:39:01.440><c> carted</c><00:39:01.719><c> off</c><00:39:01.880><c> into</c><00:39:02.119><c> captivity.</c>

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.480
And<00:39:04.440><c> years</c><00:39:04.760><c> later,</c>

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:09.519
the<00:39:06.179><c> people's</c><00:39:06.739><c> rejection</c><00:39:07.219><c> of</c><00:39:07.440><c> the</c><00:39:07.639><c> one</c><00:39:07.820><c> who</c><00:39:08.000><c> was</c><00:39:08.440><c> sent</c><00:39:08.659><c> to</c><00:39:09.059><c> seal</c>

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:12.880
and<00:39:10.219><c> to</c><00:39:10.480><c> confirm</c><00:39:11.019><c> the</c><00:39:11.340><c> promises</c><00:39:11.659><c> made</c><00:39:12.059><c> to</c><00:39:12.239><c> the</c><00:39:12.480><c> fathers</c>

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:16.739
led<00:39:13.719><c> to</c><00:39:14.000><c> this</c><00:39:14.380><c> stern</c><00:39:14.639><c> warning</c><00:39:15.179><c> from</c><00:39:15.559><c> Jesus,</c>

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wheresoever<00:39:18.099><c> the</c><00:39:18.440><c> carcasses,</c>

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:24.860
there<00:39:20.280><c> will</c><00:39:20.559><c> the</c><00:39:20.840><c> eagles,</c><00:39:21.860><c> the</c><00:39:22.079><c> vultures,</c><00:39:23.320><c> be</c><00:39:23.480><c> gathered</c><00:39:23.699><c> together.</c>

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:26.300
And<00:39:25.260><c> once</c><00:39:25.460><c> again</c><00:39:25.659><c> it</c><00:39:25.820><c> happened,</c>

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:29.559
the<00:39:26.840><c> vultures</c><00:39:27.300><c> of</c><00:39:27.539><c> Rome</c><00:39:28.019><c> did</c><00:39:28.539><c> gather</c><00:39:29.000><c> over</c>

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:34.400
and<00:39:30.159><c> devour</c><00:39:30.760><c> the</c><00:39:31.199><c> carcass</c><00:39:32.099><c> of</c><00:39:32.340><c> Israel</c><00:39:32.820><c> in</c><00:39:33.119><c> AD</c><00:39:33.400><c> 17.</c>

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:38.840
Well,<00:39:36.000><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:36.579><c> unlike</c><00:39:37.219><c> so</c><00:39:37.480><c> many</c><00:39:37.639><c> of</c><00:39:37.739><c> his</c><00:39:37.880><c> natural</c><00:39:38.280><c> descendants,</c>

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:41.719
did<00:39:39.139><c> remain</c><00:39:39.639><c> faithful</c><00:39:40.139><c> to</c><00:39:40.360><c> God's</c><00:39:40.820><c> covenant.</c>

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:44.460
And<00:39:41.900><c> so</c><00:39:42.099><c> nothing</c><00:39:42.400><c> can</c><00:39:42.719><c> prevent</c><00:39:42.980><c> his</c><00:39:43.300><c> resurrection</c><00:39:43.760><c> from</c><00:39:44.000><c> the</c><00:39:44.199><c> death</c>

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:46.119
when<00:39:45.079><c> Jesus</c><00:39:45.460><c> returns.</c>

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:49.460
And<00:39:46.619><c> the</c><00:39:46.860><c> fulfillment</c><00:39:47.260><c> of</c><00:39:47.480><c> those</c><00:39:47.679><c> words</c><00:39:47.920><c> of</c><00:39:48.079><c> the</c><00:39:48.159><c> New</c><00:39:48.340><c> Testament,</c>

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:51.639
I<00:39:50.539><c> say</c><00:39:50.719><c> unto</c><00:39:50.960><c> you,</c>

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:54.000
that<00:39:52.019><c> many</c><00:39:52.300><c> shall</c><00:39:52.539><c> come</c><00:39:52.860><c> from</c><00:39:53.059><c> the</c><00:39:53.260><c> east</c><00:39:53.480><c> and</c><00:39:53.619><c> the</c><00:39:53.800><c> west</c>

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:57.219
and<00:39:54.179><c> shall</c><00:39:54.460><c> sit</c><00:39:54.800><c> down</c><00:39:55.219><c> with</c><00:39:55.420><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:56.260><c> Isaac,</c><00:39:56.579><c> and</c><00:39:56.860><c> Jacob</c>

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:59.280
in<00:39:57.820><c> the</c><00:39:58.000><c> kingdom</c><00:39:58.199><c> of</c><00:39:58.500><c> God.</c>

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:02.059
And<00:39:59.920><c> it's</c><00:40:00.099><c> this</c><00:40:00.280><c> event</c><00:40:00.539><c> that</c><00:40:00.780><c> we</c><00:40:01.039><c> eagerly</c><00:40:01.559><c> anticipate,</c>

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isn't<00:40:02.260><c> it,</c><00:40:02.460><c> brethren</c><00:40:02.619><c> and</c><00:40:02.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:06.840
as<00:40:03.860><c> we</c><00:40:04.119><c> journey</c><00:40:04.360><c> together</c><00:40:05.099><c> towards</c><00:40:05.579><c> that</c><00:40:05.900><c> kingdom.</c>

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:14.440
Thank<00:40:13.480><c> you</c><00:40:13.719><c> very</c><00:40:13.880><c> much.</c>

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:20.679
We<00:40:16.000><c> have</c><00:40:16.260><c> one</c><00:40:16.760><c> brief</c><00:40:17.019><c> announcement</c><00:40:17.599><c> before</c><00:40:18.099><c> the</c><00:40:19.400><c> closing</c><00:40:19.739><c> prayer.</c>

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:24.480
There<00:40:21.719><c> is</c><00:40:22.119><c> on</c><00:40:22.360><c> the</c><00:40:22.699><c> table</c><00:40:22.960><c> at</c><00:40:23.199><c> the</c><00:40:23.340><c> rear</c><00:40:23.480><c> of</c><00:40:23.659><c> the</c><00:40:23.860><c> hall</c><00:40:24.079><c> an</c>

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.840
address<00:40:24.960><c> list.</c>

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:29.559
We<00:40:26.460><c> have</c><00:40:26.639><c> asked</c><00:40:26.940><c> that</c><00:40:27.119><c> you</c><00:40:27.320><c> would</c><00:40:27.579><c> please</c><00:40:27.900><c> check</c><00:40:28.460><c> the</c><00:40:29.360><c> list</c>

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:33.320
to<00:40:29.800><c> see</c><00:40:30.000><c> if</c><00:40:30.199><c> the</c><00:40:31.079><c> information</c><00:40:31.699><c> on</c><00:40:31.940><c> it</c><00:40:32.119><c> is</c><00:40:32.380><c> correct.</c>

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:36.000
If<00:40:33.960><c> it</c><00:40:34.159><c> is</c><00:40:34.460><c> correct,</c><00:40:34.900><c> put</c><00:40:35.079><c> a</c><00:40:35.219><c> little</c><00:40:35.519><c> check</c><00:40:35.760><c> mark</c>

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:38.239
to<00:40:36.260><c> show</c><00:40:36.440><c> that</c><00:40:36.619><c> you</c><00:40:36.900><c> have</c><00:40:37.159><c> checked</c><00:40:37.420><c> it.</c>

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:41.579
And<00:40:38.500><c> if</c><00:40:38.599><c> it</c><00:40:38.860><c> is</c><00:40:39.039><c> not</c><00:40:39.519><c> correct,</c><00:40:40.039><c> please</c><00:40:40.360><c> correct</c><00:40:40.780><c> it</c>

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:45.639
so<00:40:41.800><c> that</c><00:40:42.179><c> the</c><00:40:43.699><c> author</c><00:40:44.059><c> of</c><00:40:44.340><c> the</c><00:40:44.800><c> list</c><00:40:45.019><c> will</c><00:40:45.239><c> be</c><00:40:45.460><c> able</c>

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.480
to<00:40:45.880><c> make</c><00:40:46.019><c> those</c><00:40:46.400><c> corrections.</c>

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:52.500
We<00:40:49.400><c> will</c><00:40:49.559><c> now</c><00:40:50.239><c> conclude</c><00:40:50.679><c> our</c><00:40:51.679><c> morning</c><00:40:52.019><c> classes</c>

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:55.420
with<00:40:52.860><c> prayer</c><00:40:53.260><c> by</c><00:40:53.659><c> Brother</c><00:40:54.420><c> Clarence</c><00:40:55.000><c> Thomas</c>

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:58.119
of<00:40:55.860><c> the</c><00:40:56.119><c> Baltimore</c><00:40:56.579><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:10.239
O<00:41:05.739><c> Lord</c><00:41:06.000><c> God,</c><00:41:08.420><c> our</c><00:41:08.619><c> Heavenly</c><00:41:09.019><c> Father,</c>

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:15.659
I<00:41:12.820><c> will</c><00:41:12.980><c> be</c><00:41:13.099><c> thy</c><00:41:13.260><c> great</c><00:41:13.599><c> and</c><00:41:14.099><c> glorious</c><00:41:14.539><c> name.</c>

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:20.119
We<00:41:18.059><c> thy</c><00:41:18.300><c> servants</c><00:41:18.739><c> thank</c><00:41:19.159><c> thee</c>

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:23.760
for<00:41:21.719><c> the</c><00:41:21.960><c> nourishment</c><00:41:22.320><c> of</c><00:41:22.980><c> thy</c><00:41:23.320><c> word,</c>

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:28.079
which<00:41:25.000><c> we</c><00:41:25.260><c> have</c><00:41:25.500><c> received</c><00:41:26.199><c> this</c><00:41:26.739><c> morning.</c>

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:33.099
For<00:41:29.179><c> it</c><00:41:29.340><c> is</c><00:41:29.539><c> our</c><00:41:29.719><c> purpose</c><00:41:30.500><c> to</c><00:41:32.460><c> do</c><00:41:32.639><c> the</c><00:41:32.860><c> work</c>

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:37.780
of<00:41:33.400><c> our</c><00:41:33.599><c> Heavenly</c><00:41:33.940><c> Father</c><00:41:34.920><c> through</c><00:41:35.880><c> the</c><00:41:36.019><c> Lord</c><00:41:36.179><c> Jesus</c><00:41:36.579><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:46.139
We<00:41:40.519><c> thank</c><00:41:40.739><c> thee</c><00:41:41.000><c> for</c><00:41:42.900><c> bringing</c><00:41:43.639><c> to</c><00:41:44.119><c> this</c><00:41:44.420><c> Bible</c><00:41:44.760><c> school</c>

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:53.360
the<00:41:47.099><c> teachers</c><00:41:47.679><c> which</c><00:41:50.440><c> have</c><00:41:52.099><c> helped</c><00:41:53.019><c> us</c>

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:56.000
to<00:41:53.460><c> know</c><00:41:53.679><c> the</c><00:41:54.019><c> height</c><00:41:54.340><c> and</c><00:41:54.619><c> the</c><00:41:54.880><c> depth</c>

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:59.480
of<00:41:56.980><c> the</c><00:41:57.219><c> peril</c><00:41:57.400><c> of</c><00:41:57.739><c> great</c><00:41:58.079><c> price</c>

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:04.960
which<00:42:00.380><c> thou</c><00:42:00.559><c> have</c><00:42:00.820><c> caused</c><00:42:01.219><c> us</c><00:42:01.679><c> to</c><00:42:01.960><c> find</c><00:42:02.659><c> and</c><00:42:03.739><c> to</c><00:42:04.019><c> know.</c>

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:12.659
Through<00:42:07.920><c> that</c><00:42:08.420><c> we</c><00:42:08.880><c> pray</c><00:42:09.360><c> that</c><00:42:09.639><c> thou</c><00:42:09.760><c> would</c><00:42:10.500><c> guide</c><00:42:10.980><c> our</c><00:42:11.360><c> path,</c>

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:17.440
a<00:42:14.960><c> path</c><00:42:15.260><c> which</c><00:42:15.579><c> shall</c><00:42:15.960><c> lead</c><00:42:16.300><c> towards</c><00:42:16.760><c> thy</c><00:42:17.000><c> kingdom</c>

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:20.320
that<00:42:17.760><c> we</c><00:42:18.079><c> may</c><00:42:18.280><c> not</c><00:42:18.559><c> stray</c><00:42:18.820><c> from</c><00:42:19.039><c> it,</c>

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:27.480
that<00:42:22.280><c> we</c><00:42:22.500><c> may</c><00:42:22.940><c> continually</c><00:42:23.639><c> be</c><00:42:24.079><c> built</c><00:42:24.300><c> up</c><00:42:25.460><c> by</c><00:42:25.920><c> thy</c><00:42:26.119><c> word.</c>

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:31.699
And<00:42:29.500><c> now</c><00:42:29.739><c> Heavenly</c><00:42:30.019><c> Father,</c>

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:36.380
we<00:42:34.300><c> ask</c><00:42:34.500><c> that</c><00:42:34.699><c> thou</c><00:42:34.880><c> would</c><00:42:35.079><c> bless</c><00:42:35.739><c> the</c><00:42:36.079><c> meal</c>

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:40.900
that<00:42:36.619><c> has</c><00:42:36.840><c> been</c><00:42:37.159><c> prepared</c><00:42:38.019><c> through</c><00:42:39.500><c> thy</c><00:42:39.719><c> hand,</c>

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:44.820
that<00:42:42.199><c> we</c><00:42:42.420><c> may</c><00:42:42.599><c> be</c><00:42:42.960><c> strengthened</c><00:42:43.340><c> by</c><00:42:43.739><c> it,</c>

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:49.320
and<00:42:45.880><c> that</c><00:42:46.059><c> we</c><00:42:46.300><c> may</c><00:42:46.679><c> walk</c><00:42:47.039><c> worthily</c><00:42:47.519><c> before</c><00:42:48.000><c> thee,</c>

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:53.079
using<00:42:50.300><c> it</c><00:42:50.619><c> to</c><00:42:50.800><c> thy</c><00:42:51.079><c> arm</c><00:42:51.440><c> and</c><00:42:51.639><c> to</c><00:42:51.760><c> thy</c><00:42:51.940><c> glory.</c>

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:57.159
Hear<00:42:54.159><c> now</c><00:42:54.400><c> this</c><00:42:54.639><c> our</c><00:42:54.840><c> prayer</c><00:42:55.039><c> and</c><00:42:55.239><c> accept</c><00:42:55.679><c> our</c><00:42:56.000><c> thanks,</c>

00:42:57.579 --> 00:43:00.179
for<00:42:57.699><c> we</c><00:42:57.960><c> ask</c><00:42:58.239><c> it</c><00:42:58.360><c> in</c><00:42:58.539><c> Jesus'</c><00:42:59.300><c> name.</c>

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:01.340
Amen.

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:16.019
Amen.