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I'd<00:10:43.200><c> be</c><00:10:43.320><c> an</c><00:10:43.500><c> unfaithful</c><00:10:44.019><c> expositor.</c><00:10:44.860><c> I</c><00:10:45.100><c> really</c><00:10:45.340><c> would.</c>

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I'd<00:10:46.159><c> be</c><00:10:46.200><c> an</c><00:10:46.419><c> unfaithful</c><00:10:46.980><c> expositor</c><00:10:47.519><c> to</c><00:10:47.659><c> you</c><00:10:47.779><c> of</c><00:10:47.940><c> what</c><00:10:48.120><c> Ezekiel</c><00:10:48.500><c> says</c>

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We're<00:10:51.080><c> not</c><00:10:51.240><c> going</c><00:10:51.379><c> to</c><00:10:51.519><c> talk</c><00:10:51.679><c> about</c><00:10:51.899><c> this.</c>

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This<00:11:12.399><c> is</c><00:11:12.519><c> what</c><00:11:12.639><c> makes</c><00:11:12.840><c> it</c><00:11:13.159><c> so</c><00:11:13.159><c> much</c><00:11:13.500><c> more</c><00:11:13.740><c> difficult</c><00:11:13.980><c> to</c><00:11:14.259><c> accept</c><00:11:14.620><c> and</c>

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He's<00:11:15.379><c> not</c><00:11:15.659><c> angry</c><00:11:15.960><c> with</c><00:11:16.240><c> pagan</c><00:11:16.580><c> nations.</c>

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He's<00:11:18.159><c> not</c><00:11:18.419><c> angry,</c><00:11:18.980><c> to</c><00:11:19.440><c> a</c><00:11:19.580><c> point</c><00:11:19.700><c> later</c><00:11:20.039><c> he</c><00:11:20.179><c> is,</c><00:11:20.279><c> we're</c><00:11:20.379><c> not</c><00:11:20.500><c> on</c>

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He's<00:11:21.299><c> not</c><00:11:21.600><c> angry</c><00:11:21.980><c> with</c><00:11:22.539><c> Tyre</c><00:11:23.279><c> and</c><00:11:23.500><c> Sidon</c><00:11:23.940><c> and</c><00:11:24.200><c> Babylon.</c>

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It's<00:11:34.980><c> sort</c><00:11:35.100><c> of</c><00:11:35.580><c> easier</c><00:11:35.840><c> to</c><00:11:36.080><c> cope</c><00:11:36.320><c> with</c><00:11:36.519><c> when</c><00:11:36.740><c> you</c><00:11:37.000><c> hear</c><00:11:37.240><c> the</c><00:11:37.440><c> Lord</c><00:11:37.799><c> speaking</c><00:11:38.799><c> so</c><00:11:39.139><c> harshly</c>

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He's<00:11:52.799><c> talking</c><00:11:53.179><c> harshly</c><00:11:53.779><c> in</c><00:11:54.039><c> judgment,</c><00:11:55.059><c> severe,</c><00:11:55.399><c> severe</c><00:11:55.779><c> judgment</c><00:11:56.200><c> in</c><00:11:56.419><c> anger</c>

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who've<00:12:02.700><c> had</c><00:12:02.899><c> prophets,</c><00:12:04.639><c> but</c><00:12:04.840><c> abused</c><00:12:05.220><c> it,</c><00:12:06.799><c> haven't</c><00:12:07.039><c> risen</c><00:12:07.639><c> to</c>

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It's<00:12:20.340><c> very</c><00:12:20.759><c> hard</c><00:12:21.080><c> because</c><00:12:21.399><c> we</c><00:12:21.620><c> don't</c><00:12:21.919><c> want</c><00:12:22.340><c> to</c><00:12:22.580><c> hear</c><00:12:22.700><c> the</c><00:12:22.879><c> Lord</c>

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if<00:14:04.679><c> we're</c><00:14:04.919><c> not,</c><00:14:05.559><c> we</c><00:14:05.659><c> have</c><00:14:05.860><c> much</c><00:14:06.120><c> to</c><00:14:06.379><c> fear.</c>

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So<00:14:09.159><c> Ezekiel</c><00:14:09.539><c> chapter</c><00:14:09.860><c> 2,</c><00:14:13.240><c> what</c><00:14:13.419><c> do</c><00:14:13.539><c> we</c><00:14:13.659><c> find</c><00:14:13.820><c> in</c><00:14:14.000><c> verse</c><00:14:14.179><c> 1?</c>

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He<00:14:17.419><c> said</c><00:14:17.539><c> to</c><00:14:17.720><c> me,</c><00:14:17.980><c> son</c><00:14:18.000><c> of</c><00:14:18.259><c> man,</c><00:14:19.179><c> the</c><00:14:19.299><c> expression</c><00:14:19.580><c> son</c><00:14:19.820><c> of</c><00:14:19.980><c> man</c>

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is<00:14:20.480><c> a</c><00:14:20.799><c> great</c><00:14:21.000><c> feature</c><00:14:21.379><c> of</c><00:14:21.539><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:14:22.039><c> prophecy.</c>

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It<00:14:22.460><c> appears</c><00:14:23.240><c> 93</c><00:14:23.940><c> times,</c><00:14:25.159><c> 93</c><00:14:25.600><c> times</c><00:14:26.159><c> the</c><00:14:26.379><c> expression</c><00:14:26.700><c> son</c><00:14:26.940><c> of</c>

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man<00:14:27.620><c> in</c><00:14:29.000><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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clearly<00:14:30.039><c> giving</c><00:14:30.340><c> an</c><00:14:30.559><c> idea</c><00:14:30.899><c> of</c><00:14:31.279><c> messianic</c><00:14:32.059><c> messages</c><00:14:32.460><c> here.</c>

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The<00:14:34.840><c> term</c><00:14:35.019><c> son</c><00:14:35.220><c> of</c><00:14:35.419><c> man</c><00:14:36.519><c> occurs</c><00:14:36.940><c> quite</c><00:14:37.299><c> infrequently</c>

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elsewhere<00:14:38.179><c> in</c><00:14:38.340><c> the</c><00:14:38.419><c> Old</c><00:14:38.559><c> Testament.</c>

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Most<00:14:40.700><c> well</c><00:14:41.159><c> known</c><00:14:41.279><c> to</c><00:14:41.440><c> us</c><00:14:41.539><c> perhaps</c><00:14:41.759><c> is</c><00:14:41.899><c> in</c><00:14:42.100><c> Daniel's</c><00:14:42.519><c> prophecy.</c>

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But<00:14:44.179><c> then</c><00:14:44.539><c> interestingly</c><00:14:44.960><c> in</c><00:14:45.259><c> the</c><00:14:45.340><c> New</c><00:14:45.519><c> Testament,</c><00:14:46.080><c> as</c><00:14:46.120><c> I'm</c>

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sure<00:14:46.440><c> you</c><00:14:46.580><c> know,</c>

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particularly<00:14:47.120><c> in</c><00:14:47.340><c> Mark's</c><00:14:47.779><c> Gospel,</c><00:14:48.080><c> when</c><00:14:48.259><c> the</c><00:14:48.419><c> Lord</c><00:14:48.539><c> Jesus</c><00:14:48.899><c> Christ</c>

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speaks<00:14:49.600><c> about</c><00:14:49.860><c> himself,</c><00:14:51.539><c> he</c><00:14:51.659><c> often,</c><00:14:52.480><c> very,</c><00:14:53.019><c> very</c><00:14:53.019><c> often,</c>

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speaks<00:14:53.519><c> of</c><00:14:54.200><c> the</c><00:14:54.379><c> son</c><00:14:54.500><c> of</c><00:14:54.700><c> man.</c>

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The<00:14:55.019><c> son</c><00:14:55.200><c> of</c><00:14:55.340><c> man</c><00:14:55.519><c> says</c><00:14:55.759><c> to</c><00:14:55.980><c> you,</c><00:14:56.059><c> the</c><00:14:56.179><c> son</c><00:14:56.360><c> of</c><00:14:56.580><c> man.</c>

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So<00:14:57.720><c> the</c><00:14:58.139><c> concept</c><00:14:58.519><c> of</c><00:14:58.679><c> the</c><00:14:58.740><c> son</c><00:14:58.879><c> of</c><00:14:59.039><c> man</c><00:14:59.200><c> is</c><00:14:59.419><c> definitely</c><00:14:59.779><c> appropriated</c>

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by<00:15:00.639><c> Jesus</c><00:15:00.940><c> himself</c><00:15:01.519><c> when</c><00:15:02.220><c> he</c><00:15:02.360><c> speaks</c><00:15:02.720><c> to</c><00:15:02.919><c> him,</c>

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when<00:15:03.200><c> he</c><00:15:03.379><c> teaches</c><00:15:03.639><c> during</c><00:15:03.919><c> his</c><00:15:04.120><c> own</c><00:15:04.299><c> ministry.</c>

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And<00:15:05.159><c> so</c><00:15:05.299><c> son</c><00:15:05.460><c> of</c><00:15:05.659><c> man</c><00:15:05.879><c> is</c><00:15:06.799><c> very</c><00:15:07.279><c> uniquely</c><00:15:07.779><c> used</c><00:15:08.360><c> in</c><00:15:08.799><c> the</c><00:15:09.019><c> prophecy</c><00:15:09.279><c> of</c><00:15:09.500><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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93<00:15:10.419><c> times,</c><00:15:11.480><c> and</c><00:15:11.840><c> it</c><00:15:11.940><c> must</c><00:15:12.159><c> surely</c><00:15:12.440><c> be</c><00:15:12.679><c> linked</c><00:15:12.860><c> with</c><00:15:13.039><c> the</c><00:15:13.279><c> idea</c>

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that<00:15:13.620><c> here</c><00:15:13.840><c> is</c><00:15:14.100><c> something</c><00:15:14.360><c> very,</c><00:15:14.860><c> very</c><00:15:15.440><c> prescient,</c>

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very,<00:15:16.519><c> very</c><00:15:17.279><c> messianic</c><00:15:17.899><c> about</c><00:15:18.379><c> what</c><00:15:18.779><c> the</c><00:15:19.480><c> prophet</c><00:15:19.679><c> has</c><00:15:19.879><c> to</c><00:15:20.120><c> say.</c>

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Son<00:15:22.039><c> of</c><00:15:22.259><c> man,</c><00:15:22.480><c> stand</c><00:15:22.759><c> upon</c><00:15:23.019><c> your</c><00:15:23.299><c> feet,</c><00:15:23.480><c> he</c><00:15:23.639><c> says</c><00:15:23.820><c> here</c><00:15:24.039><c> in</c><00:15:24.179><c> verse</c><00:15:24.399><c> 1.</c>

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Don't<00:15:25.559><c> just</c><00:15:27.139><c> sort</c><00:15:27.600><c> of</c><00:15:28.600><c> kneel</c><00:15:29.000><c> in</c><00:15:29.240><c> wonder,</c><00:15:29.759><c> which</c><00:15:29.940><c> is</c><00:15:30.120><c> good</c><00:15:30.259><c> in</c><00:15:30.419><c> itself,</c>

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but<00:15:31.399><c> you</c><00:15:31.480><c> have</c><00:15:31.620><c> to</c><00:15:31.740><c> get</c><00:15:31.899><c> up.</c>

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You<00:15:32.139><c> have</c><00:15:32.320><c> a</c><00:15:32.600><c> tremendous</c><00:15:33.059><c> commission</c><00:15:33.500><c> to</c><00:15:33.759><c> do,</c><00:15:34.379><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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You<00:15:34.799><c> have</c><00:15:34.940><c> to</c><00:15:35.200><c> stand</c><00:15:35.399><c> on</c><00:15:35.559><c> your</c><00:15:35.779><c> feet.</c>

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And<00:15:36.799><c> I</c><00:15:36.879><c> will</c><00:15:37.059><c> speak</c><00:15:37.259><c> to</c><00:15:37.500><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:15:38.279><c> not</c><00:15:38.500><c> just</c><00:15:38.799><c> receiving</c><00:15:39.220><c> or</c><00:15:39.899><c> seeing</c><00:15:40.340><c> a</c><00:15:40.940><c> theophany,</c>

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no<00:15:42.080><c> matter</c><00:15:42.220><c> how</c><00:15:42.580><c> grand</c><00:15:42.799><c> and</c><00:15:43.039><c> overwhelming</c><00:15:43.480><c> the</c><00:15:44.120><c> whole</c><00:15:44.279><c> experience</c><00:15:44.840><c> was.</c>

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You<00:15:45.700><c> have</c><00:15:45.899><c> to</c><00:15:45.980><c> stand</c><00:15:46.179><c> up</c><00:15:46.419><c> and</c><00:15:46.539><c> you</c><00:15:46.600><c> have</c><00:15:46.740><c> to,</c><00:15:47.220><c> I'm</c><00:15:47.480><c> going</c><00:15:47.559><c> to</c><00:15:47.740><c> speak</c><00:15:47.879><c> to</c><00:15:48.000><c> you.</c>

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I'm<00:15:48.220><c> going</c><00:15:48.299><c> to</c><00:15:48.399><c> give</c><00:15:48.460><c> you</c><00:15:48.639><c> a</c><00:15:48.799><c> commission.</c>

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This<00:15:49.679><c> is</c><00:15:49.860><c> exactly</c><00:15:50.179><c> what's</c><00:15:50.440><c> happening</c><00:15:50.559><c> to</c><00:15:50.779><c> us.</c>

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We've<00:15:51.860><c> received</c><00:15:52.179><c> a</c><00:15:52.379><c> revelation</c><00:15:52.860><c> of</c><00:15:53.179><c> the</c><00:15:53.639><c> glory</c><00:15:53.860><c> of</c><00:15:54.120><c> God</c><00:15:54.279><c> and</c>

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his<00:15:54.559><c> promises.</c>

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And<00:15:56.179><c> we</c><00:15:56.320><c> just</c><00:15:56.500><c> don't</c><00:15:56.700><c> lie</c><00:15:57.500><c> in</c><00:15:58.279><c> wonder</c><00:15:58.740><c> at</c><00:16:00.059><c> the</c><00:16:01.179><c> vision</c><00:16:01.399><c> of</c><00:16:01.639><c> God.</c>

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We<00:16:02.240><c> have</c><00:16:02.360><c> to</c><00:16:02.539><c> stand</c><00:16:02.659><c> on</c><00:16:02.860><c> our</c><00:16:03.019><c> feet</c><00:16:03.120><c> because</c><00:16:03.340><c> we</c><00:16:03.639><c> too</c><00:16:03.759><c> have</c><00:16:03.940><c> received</c><00:16:04.179><c> a</c>

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great<00:16:04.519><c> commission.</c>

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We<00:16:05.059><c> have</c><00:16:05.240><c> to</c><00:16:05.379><c> witness,</c><00:16:05.840><c> we</c><00:16:05.940><c> have</c><00:16:06.080><c> to</c><00:16:06.259><c> tell</c><00:16:06.379><c> people</c><00:16:07.000><c> about</c>

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impending<00:16:08.000><c> judgment</c>

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about<00:16:09.299><c> the</c><00:16:09.639><c> oracles</c><00:16:10.019><c> later</c><00:16:10.360><c> on,</c><00:16:10.679><c> the</c><00:16:10.820><c> oracles</c><00:16:11.080><c> of</c><00:16:11.320><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:16:12.779><c> so</c><00:16:12.860><c> in</c><00:16:13.000><c> verse</c><00:16:13.200><c> 2</c><00:16:13.399><c> he</c><00:16:13.519><c> says,</c>

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When<00:16:13.720><c> he</c><00:16:14.179><c> spoke</c><00:16:14.440><c> to</c><00:16:14.559><c> me,</c><00:16:14.820><c> the</c><00:16:14.860><c> Spirit</c><00:16:15.080><c> entered</c><00:16:15.340><c> into</c><00:16:15.580><c> me</c><00:16:15.759><c> and</c>

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set<00:16:16.100><c> me</c><00:16:16.279><c> upon</c><00:16:16.480><c> my</c><00:16:16.779><c> feet.</c>

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And<00:16:17.059><c> I</c><00:16:17.159><c> heard</c><00:16:17.320><c> him.</c>

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Everything<00:16:17.779><c> was</c><00:16:17.960><c> done</c><00:16:18.100><c> by</c><00:16:18.279><c> God's</c><00:16:18.620><c> power</c><00:16:18.879><c> in</c><00:16:19.059><c> Ezekiel</c><00:16:19.480><c> here.</c>

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God<00:16:20.720><c> through</c><00:16:22.100><c> his</c><00:16:22.379><c> Spirit</c><00:16:22.580><c> entered</c><00:16:22.840><c> into</c><00:16:23.100><c> him</c><00:16:23.340><c> and</c><00:16:23.480><c> he</c><00:16:24.000><c> set</c>

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him<00:16:24.259><c> upon</c><00:16:24.440><c> his</c><00:16:24.700><c> feet.</c>

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And<00:16:25.460><c> I</c><00:16:25.559><c> heard</c><00:16:25.659><c> him</c><00:16:25.899><c> speaking</c><00:16:26.279><c> and</c><00:16:26.440><c> he</c><00:16:26.559><c> addresses</c><00:16:26.779><c> him,</c>

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Son<00:16:27.259><c> of</c><00:16:27.399><c> man,</c><00:16:28.399><c> I</c><00:16:28.500><c> will</c><00:16:28.720><c> send</c><00:16:28.960><c> you.</c>

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Here's<00:16:30.019><c> the</c><00:16:30.200><c> harsh</c><00:16:30.440><c> language.</c>

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It<00:16:31.100><c> starts</c><00:16:31.639><c> almost</c><00:16:32.360><c> unrelentingly</c><00:16:33.039><c> forward.</c>

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Son<00:16:34.080><c> of</c><00:16:34.220><c> man,</c><00:16:34.360><c> I</c><00:16:34.480><c> will</c><00:16:34.720><c> send</c><00:16:34.860><c> you</c><00:16:35.000><c> to</c><00:16:35.120><c> the</c><00:16:35.259><c> people</c><00:16:35.460><c> of</c><00:16:35.600><c> Israel,</c>

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to<00:16:36.480><c> a</c><00:16:36.600><c> nation</c><00:16:36.740><c> of</c><00:16:37.039><c> rebels</c><00:16:37.440><c> who</c><00:16:38.059><c> have</c><00:16:38.200><c> rebelled</c><00:16:38.539><c> against</c><00:16:38.899><c> me.</c>

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They<00:16:39.740><c> and</c><00:16:39.879><c> their</c><00:16:40.039><c> fathers</c><00:16:40.320><c> have</c><00:16:40.600><c> transgressed</c><00:16:41.240><c> against</c><00:16:41.500><c> me</c>

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to<00:16:41.759><c> this</c><00:16:41.899><c> very</c><00:16:42.240><c> day.</c>

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It's<00:16:42.580><c> not</c><00:16:42.720><c> a</c><00:16:42.860><c> day</c><00:16:43.019><c> in</c><00:16:43.139><c> which</c><00:16:43.279><c> they</c><00:16:43.440><c> haven't</c><00:16:43.659><c> rebelled.</c>

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The<00:16:45.600><c> people</c><00:16:45.860><c> who</c><00:16:46.059><c> are</c><00:16:46.279><c> impudent</c><00:16:46.779><c> and</c><00:16:47.179><c> stubborn,</c><00:16:47.659><c> I</c><00:16:49.519><c> send</c><00:16:49.639><c> you</c>

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to<00:16:49.960><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:16:51.120><c> very,</c><00:16:51.480><c> very</c><00:16:51.779><c> disparaging</c><00:16:52.480><c> about</c><00:16:52.960><c> the</c><00:16:53.299><c> state</c><00:16:53.460><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:16:54.039><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:16:55.740><c> you</c><00:16:55.879><c> shall</c><00:16:56.000><c> say</c><00:16:56.259><c> to</c><00:16:56.360><c> them,</c><00:16:57.240><c> Thus</c><00:16:57.519><c> says</c><00:16:58.000><c> Lord</c><00:16:58.340><c> Yahuwah.</c>

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This<00:16:58.899><c> is</c><00:16:59.120><c> an</c><00:16:59.259><c> expression</c><00:16:59.639><c> Yahuwah.</c>

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Lord<00:17:01.179><c> Yahuwah</c><00:17:01.840><c> recurs</c><00:17:02.259><c> so</c><00:17:02.700><c> often</c><00:17:02.899><c> in</c><00:17:03.440><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:17:03.980><c> prophecy,</c>

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the<00:17:04.619><c> authority.</c>

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Ezekiel's<00:17:07.440><c> not</c><00:17:07.779><c> sort</c><00:17:07.980><c> of</c><00:17:08.140><c> just</c><00:17:08.400><c> coming</c><00:17:08.579><c> up</c><00:17:08.759><c> with</c><00:17:08.980><c> thoughts</c><00:17:09.220><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:09.539><c> own.</c>

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I'm<00:17:09.920><c> not</c><00:17:10.299><c> judging</c><00:17:10.640><c> you,</c><00:17:10.960><c> Israel,</c><00:17:11.299><c> just</c><00:17:11.500><c> because</c><00:17:11.700><c> I</c><00:17:11.839><c> don't</c>

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like<00:17:12.359><c> you.</c>

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I<00:17:13.220><c> have</c><00:17:13.400><c> the</c><00:17:13.640><c> authority</c><00:17:13.960><c> as</c><00:17:14.140><c> a</c><00:17:14.400><c> prophet</c><00:17:14.680><c> to</c><00:17:16.000><c> give</c><00:17:16.220><c> you</c><00:17:16.380><c> these</c>

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severe<00:17:17.000><c> judgments.</c>

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And<00:17:17.680><c> it's</c><00:17:17.880><c> not</c><00:17:18.119><c> overdrawn.</c>

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That<00:17:19.259><c> people</c><00:17:19.500><c> could</c><00:17:19.700><c> say,</c><00:17:20.119><c> well,</c><00:17:20.240><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:17:20.519><c> you're</c><00:17:20.700><c> just</c><00:17:21.259><c> going</c><00:17:21.460><c> to</c><00:17:21.720><c> pieces.</c>

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You're<00:17:22.559><c> using</c><00:17:22.920><c> extravagant</c><00:17:23.480><c> language.</c>

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This<00:17:24.420><c> is</c><00:17:24.579><c> ridiculous,</c><00:17:25.519><c> talking</c><00:17:25.859><c> to</c><00:17:26.579><c> the</c><00:17:26.799><c> priests</c><00:17:27.099><c> and</c><00:17:27.380><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:17:27.859><c> like</c><00:17:28.180><c> this.</c>

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He<00:17:30.480><c> had</c><00:17:31.079><c> the</c><00:17:31.539><c> authority</c><00:17:32.259><c> to</c><00:17:33.140><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:17:34.480><c> so</c><00:17:34.940><c> he</c><00:17:35.480><c> speaks,</c><00:17:36.019><c> Thus</c><00:17:36.319><c> says</c><00:17:36.819><c> the</c><00:17:37.019><c> Lord</c><00:17:37.220><c> Yahuwah.</c>

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Whether<00:17:39.180><c> they</c><00:17:39.480><c> hear</c><00:17:39.680><c> or</c><00:17:39.839><c> refuse</c><00:17:40.299><c> to</c><00:17:40.559><c> hear,</c><00:17:42.000><c> for</c><00:17:42.039><c> they</c><00:17:42.220><c> are</c><00:17:42.440><c> a</c>

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rebellious<00:17:42.779><c> house,</c>

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parenthetically,<00:17:44.359><c> always</c><00:17:44.940><c> indicting</c><00:17:45.380><c> them.</c>

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They're<00:17:46.720><c> rebellious.</c>

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Whether<00:17:47.440><c> they</c><00:17:47.640><c> hear</c><00:17:47.819><c> or</c><00:17:48.000><c> whether</c><00:17:48.099><c> they</c><00:17:48.359><c> refuse</c><00:17:48.619><c> to</c><00:17:48.819><c> hear,</c>

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they<00:17:49.279><c> will</c><00:17:49.480><c> know</c><00:17:49.700><c> that</c><00:17:49.839><c> there</c><00:17:49.920><c> has</c><00:17:50.000><c> been</c><00:17:50.160><c> a</c><00:17:50.380><c> prophet</c><00:17:50.539><c> amongst</c><00:17:50.900><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:52.079><c> you,</c><00:17:52.339><c> son</c><00:17:52.420><c> of</c><00:17:52.559><c> man,</c><00:17:52.680><c> don't</c><00:17:52.920><c> be</c><00:17:53.160><c> afraid.</c>

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Don't<00:17:53.559><c> be</c><00:17:53.819><c> frightened.</c>

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There'll<00:17:54.940><c> be</c><00:17:55.019><c> lots</c><00:17:55.259><c> of</c><00:17:55.420><c> vested</c><00:17:55.619><c> interests</c><00:17:55.960><c> who</c><00:17:56.099><c> won't</c><00:17:56.319><c> like</c>

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to<00:17:56.779><c> receive</c><00:17:56.960><c> this</c><00:17:57.200><c> message.</c>

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Don't<00:17:59.779><c> be</c><00:18:00.200><c> frightened</c><00:18:00.400><c> of</c><00:18:01.619><c> them.</c>

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Nor<00:18:02.619><c> be</c><00:18:02.900><c> afraid</c><00:18:03.119><c> of</c><00:18:03.240><c> their</c><00:18:03.420><c> words.</c>

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The<00:18:04.799><c> briars</c><00:18:05.319><c> and</c><00:18:05.599><c> thorns</c><00:18:05.920><c> are</c><00:18:06.119><c> with</c><00:18:06.359><c> you,</c><00:18:06.940><c> and</c><00:18:07.059><c> you</c><00:18:07.220><c> sit</c><00:18:07.359><c> upon</c><00:18:07.640><c> scorpions.</c>

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The<00:18:09.079><c> language</c><00:18:09.420><c> just</c><00:18:09.660><c> goes</c><00:18:09.779><c> on</c><00:18:10.039><c> and</c><00:18:10.200><c> on.</c>

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Don't<00:18:11.559><c> be</c><00:18:11.819><c> afraid</c><00:18:12.000><c> of</c><00:18:12.140><c> their</c><00:18:12.339><c> words,</c><00:18:12.759><c> nor</c><00:18:12.819><c> be</c><00:18:13.039><c> dismayed</c><00:18:13.359><c> of</c>

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their<00:18:13.640><c> looks,</c>

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for<00:18:14.940><c> they</c><00:18:15.160><c> are</c><00:18:15.380><c> a</c><00:18:15.519><c> rebellious</c><00:18:15.940><c> house.</c>

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This<00:18:16.440><c> is</c><00:18:16.640><c> not,</c><00:18:17.000><c> as</c><00:18:17.319><c> I</c><00:18:17.480><c> say,</c><00:18:17.980><c> Tyre</c><00:18:18.079><c> or</c><00:18:18.220><c> Babylon.</c>

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This<00:18:18.720><c> is</c><00:18:19.140><c> spiritual</c><00:18:19.500><c> Israel,</c><00:18:20.400><c> our</c><00:18:20.500><c> counterparts,</c><00:18:21.119><c> if</c><00:18:21.220><c> you</c><00:18:21.339><c> like,</c>

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back<00:18:22.819><c> before</c><00:18:23.240><c> the</c><00:18:23.420><c> Lord,</c><00:18:24.279><c> back</c><00:18:24.539><c> in</c><00:18:25.160><c> sixth</c><00:18:25.359><c> century</c><00:18:25.660><c> before</c>

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the<00:18:26.119><c> Lord.</c>

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You<00:18:27.880><c> shall</c><00:18:28.019><c> speak</c><00:18:28.400><c> my</c><00:18:28.839><c> words</c><00:18:29.099><c> to</c><00:18:29.240><c> them,</c><00:18:29.779><c> whether</c><00:18:29.980><c> they</c><00:18:30.279><c> hear</c>

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or<00:18:30.660><c> refuse</c><00:18:31.059><c> to</c><00:18:31.279><c> hear,</c>

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for<00:18:31.859><c> they</c><00:18:32.099><c> are</c><00:18:32.460><c> a</c><00:18:32.640><c> rebellious</c><00:18:32.940><c> house.</c>

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So<00:18:36.900><c> here,</c><00:18:37.339><c> look,</c><00:18:38.279><c> the</c><00:18:38.420><c> prophet</c><00:18:38.640><c> is</c><00:18:38.880><c> saying,</c>

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don't<00:18:40.559><c> be</c><00:18:40.799><c> constrained,</c><00:18:42.259><c> because</c><00:18:42.460><c> it's</c><00:18:42.640><c> an</c><00:18:42.779><c> unpleasant</c><00:18:43.099><c> message.</c>

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That's<00:18:43.799><c> essentially</c><00:18:44.099><c> what</c><00:18:44.220><c> he's</c><00:18:44.359><c> being</c><00:18:44.579><c> told.</c>

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Don't<00:18:46.319><c> be</c><00:18:46.599><c> constrained.</c>

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And<00:18:47.539><c> don't</c><00:18:47.700><c> even</c><00:18:47.940><c> be</c><00:18:48.119><c> constrained</c><00:18:48.700><c> whether</c><00:18:49.319><c> they</c><00:18:49.480><c> want</c><00:18:49.640><c> to</c><00:18:49.759><c> hear</c><00:18:49.839><c> or</c><00:18:50.079><c> not.</c>

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You've<00:18:50.440><c> got</c><00:18:50.500><c> to</c><00:18:50.720><c> speak.</c>

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That's<00:18:53.619><c> a</c><00:18:53.779><c> very,</c><00:18:54.000><c> very</c><00:18:54.240><c> important</c><00:18:54.619><c> lesson</c><00:18:54.880><c> for</c><00:18:55.099><c> us,</c><00:18:55.480><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:55.700><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:18:57.200><c> our</c><00:18:57.339><c> own</c><00:18:57.599><c> times.</c>

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It's<00:18:58.339><c> important</c><00:18:58.660><c> for</c><00:18:58.880><c> preaching</c><00:18:59.160><c> the</c><00:18:59.339><c> Gospel,</c>

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but<00:19:00.019><c> it's</c><00:19:00.220><c> even</c><00:19:00.539><c> more</c><00:19:00.759><c> important,</c><00:19:01.119><c> I</c><00:19:01.279><c> think,</c>

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when<00:19:01.980><c> it</c><00:19:02.079><c> comes</c><00:19:02.420><c> to</c><00:19:02.579><c> talking</c><00:19:02.799><c> about</c><00:19:04.079><c> the</c><00:19:04.539><c> wellbeing</c><00:19:04.859><c> and</c><00:19:05.140><c> the</c><00:19:05.259><c> welfare</c>

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and<00:19:05.839><c> the</c><00:19:06.019><c> responsibilities</c><00:19:06.500><c> of</c><00:19:06.700><c> the</c><00:19:06.839><c> brotherhood.</c>

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Whether<00:19:08.380><c> we</c><00:19:08.539><c> want</c><00:19:08.720><c> to</c><00:19:08.859><c> hear</c><00:19:08.940><c> it</c><00:19:09.119><c> or</c><00:19:09.220><c> not,</c><00:19:10.720><c> we</c><00:19:10.859><c> have</c><00:19:11.079><c> to</c><00:19:11.220><c> hear</c><00:19:11.339><c> the</c><00:19:11.440><c> words</c><00:19:11.599><c> of</c><00:19:11.779><c> God.</c>

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Whether<00:19:14.240><c> we</c><00:19:14.460><c> want</c><00:19:14.640><c> to</c><00:19:14.779><c> hear</c><00:19:14.880><c> it</c><00:19:15.059><c> or</c><00:19:15.160><c> whether</c><00:19:15.380><c> we</c><00:19:15.539><c> want</c><00:19:15.720><c> to</c><00:19:16.259><c> hear</c>

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something<00:19:16.640><c> more</c><00:19:16.960><c> pleasant,</c>

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you've<00:19:18.799><c> got</c><00:19:18.859><c> to</c><00:19:19.000><c> hear</c><00:19:19.160><c> it.</c>

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Whether<00:19:20.700><c> they</c><00:19:20.920><c> hear</c><00:19:21.059><c> or</c><00:19:21.180><c> refuse</c><00:19:21.559><c> to</c><00:19:21.799><c> hear,</c>

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and<00:19:23.359><c> more</c><00:19:23.579><c> so</c><00:19:23.819><c> if</c><00:19:23.940><c> they're</c><00:19:24.259><c> a</c><00:19:24.519><c> rebellious</c><00:19:24.779><c> house.</c>

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Verse<00:19:29.019><c> 8.</c>

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But<00:19:29.680><c> you,</c><00:19:30.039><c> son</c><00:19:30.099><c> of</c><00:19:30.240><c> man,</c><00:19:30.559><c> hear</c><00:19:30.640><c> what</c><00:19:30.819><c> I</c><00:19:31.000><c> say</c><00:19:31.160><c> to</c><00:19:31.380><c> you.</c>

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Be<00:19:32.279><c> not</c><00:19:32.480><c> rebellious</c><00:19:32.900><c> like</c><00:19:33.119><c> that</c><00:19:33.380><c> rebellious</c><00:19:33.819><c> house.</c>

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It's<00:19:35.599><c> just</c><00:19:35.660><c> iterating</c><00:19:36.339><c> that</c><00:19:36.599><c> they're</c><00:19:36.920><c> rebellious.</c>

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When<00:19:39.000><c> you</c><00:19:39.200><c> open</c><00:19:39.359><c> your</c><00:19:39.579><c> mouth,</c><00:19:40.619><c> eat</c><00:19:40.779><c> what</c><00:19:40.980><c> I</c><00:19:41.200><c> give</c><00:19:41.319><c> you.</c>

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And<00:19:42.920><c> here</c><00:19:43.119><c> is</c><00:19:43.380><c> one</c><00:19:43.819><c> of</c><00:19:43.980><c> the</c><00:19:44.200><c> many,</c><00:19:44.500><c> many</c><00:19:44.660><c> instances</c><00:19:45.180><c> in</c><00:19:45.420><c> Ezekiel</c>

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where<00:19:46.279><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:46.799><c> goes</c><00:19:47.039><c> much</c><00:19:47.440><c> further</c><00:19:47.839><c> than</c><00:19:48.279><c> just</c><00:19:48.640><c> symbolism</c>

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or<00:19:49.359><c> metaphor.</c>

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Here,<00:19:52.440><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:52.839><c> actually</c><00:19:53.519><c> eats</c><00:19:54.220><c> the</c><00:19:54.599><c> scroll.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:19:57.700><c> is</c><00:19:57.920><c> a</c><00:19:58.099><c> very</c><00:19:58.500><c> demonstrative</c><00:19:59.859><c> prophet.</c>

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He<00:20:03.819><c> does</c><00:20:04.200><c> all</c><00:20:04.460><c> sorts</c><00:20:04.619><c> of</c><00:20:04.799><c> spectacular</c><00:20:05.299><c> things.</c>

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And<00:20:06.140><c> here,</c><00:20:06.339><c> in</c><00:20:06.519><c> the</c><00:20:06.700><c> end</c><00:20:06.940><c> of</c><00:20:07.119><c> chapter</c><00:20:07.359><c> 2,</c>

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the<00:20:09.579><c> hand</c><00:20:09.900><c> is</c><00:20:10.380><c> stretched</c><00:20:10.559><c> out</c><00:20:10.819><c> to</c><00:20:10.920><c> him.</c>

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He's<00:20:11.859><c> given</c><00:20:12.019><c> a</c><00:20:12.220><c> written</c><00:20:12.380><c> scroll,</c>

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and<00:20:14.319><c> it's</c><00:20:14.980><c> written</c><00:20:15.160><c> on</c><00:20:15.339><c> the</c><00:20:15.539><c> front</c><00:20:15.660><c> and</c><00:20:15.799><c> the</c><00:20:15.940><c> back,</c><00:20:16.119><c> which</c><00:20:16.220><c> is</c><00:20:16.420><c> unusual.</c>

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It<00:20:17.900><c> was</c><00:20:18.119><c> like</c><00:20:18.240><c> an</c><00:20:18.480><c> overflowing</c><00:20:19.660><c> biblical</c><00:20:20.059><c> message</c><00:20:20.779><c> on</c><00:20:22.559><c> the</c>

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front<00:20:22.839><c> and</c><00:20:22.980><c> the</c><00:20:23.119><c> back,</c>

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and<00:20:24.099><c> on</c><00:20:24.240><c> it</c><00:20:24.420><c> was</c><00:20:25.380><c> lamentation</c><00:20:26.299><c> and</c><00:20:26.599><c> mourning</c><00:20:26.940><c> and</c><00:20:27.220><c> woe.</c>

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And<00:20:31.140><c> so</c><00:20:31.279><c> he</c><00:20:31.380><c> eats</c><00:20:31.579><c> it</c><00:20:31.960><c> in</c><00:20:32.180><c> chapter</c><00:20:33.000><c> 3,</c><00:20:34.680><c> verse</c><00:20:34.680><c> 1</c><00:20:35.819><c> through</c><00:20:36.059><c> to</c><00:20:36.180><c> verse</c><00:20:36.299><c> 3.</c>

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He<00:20:36.599><c> eats</c><00:20:36.859><c> the</c><00:20:37.119><c> scroll.</c><00:20:37.460><c> He</c><00:20:37.599><c> actually</c><00:20:37.880><c> eats</c><00:20:38.200><c> it.</c>

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He<00:20:39.819><c> eats</c><00:20:40.099><c> the</c><00:20:41.019><c> scroll,</c><00:20:41.440><c> and</c><00:20:41.619><c> it</c><00:20:41.779><c> becomes</c><00:20:42.059><c> part</c><00:20:42.339><c> of</c><00:20:42.539><c> him.</c>

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He's<00:20:43.599><c> absolutely</c><00:20:44.099><c> identified,</c><00:20:44.759><c> and</c><00:20:44.859><c> this</c><00:20:45.059><c> must</c><00:20:45.279><c> have</c><00:20:45.460><c> been</c>

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in<00:20:46.660><c> his</c><00:20:46.819><c> message,</c><00:20:47.500><c> and</c><00:20:47.640><c> this</c><00:20:47.819><c> must</c><00:20:47.960><c> have</c><00:20:48.079><c> been</c><00:20:48.279><c> seen</c><00:20:48.680><c> by</c><00:20:49.019><c> the</c><00:20:49.259><c> people</c>

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by<00:20:50.000><c> the</c><00:20:50.519><c> house</c><00:20:50.660><c> of</c><00:20:50.859><c> Israel.</c>

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This<00:20:52.299><c> prophet</c><00:20:52.619><c> is</c><00:20:52.880><c> crazy.</c><00:20:53.240><c> He's</c><00:20:53.740><c> actually</c><00:20:54.039><c> eating</c><00:20:54.359><c> pieces</c><00:20:54.700><c> of</c><00:20:55.380><c> papyrus,</c>

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a<00:20:59.440><c> symbol</c><00:20:59.880><c> of</c><00:21:00.359><c> how</c><00:21:00.759><c> Ezekiel</c><00:21:01.339><c> was</c><00:21:01.819><c> imbued</c><00:21:02.259><c> with</c><00:21:02.500><c> God's</c><00:21:03.059><c> teaching.</c>

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There<00:21:04.220><c> was</c><00:21:04.359><c> nothing</c><00:21:04.660><c> in</c><00:21:05.039><c> him,</c><00:21:05.359><c> really,</c><00:21:05.440><c> which</c><00:21:05.579><c> was</c><00:21:05.740><c> his</c><00:21:05.880><c> own</c><00:21:06.039><c> opinion.</c>

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He<00:21:07.119><c> was</c><00:21:07.380><c> expressing</c><00:21:07.819><c> a</c><00:21:08.119><c> judgment,</c><00:21:08.599><c> a</c><00:21:08.720><c> severe</c><00:21:08.980><c> judgment,</c>

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because<00:21:11.700><c> it</c><00:21:11.839><c> was</c><00:21:11.960><c> God's</c><00:21:12.339><c> word,</c><00:21:12.539><c> and</c><00:21:12.660><c> it</c><00:21:12.759><c> was</c><00:21:13.039><c> actually</c><00:21:13.720><c> digested,</c>

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digested<00:21:15.400><c> into</c><00:21:15.640><c> his</c><00:21:15.920><c> being.</c>

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Every<00:21:18.099><c> faithful</c><00:21:18.400><c> brother</c><00:21:18.640><c> and</c><00:21:18.859><c> sister</c><00:21:19.059><c> would</c><00:21:19.240><c> wish</c><00:21:19.460><c> for</c><00:21:19.700><c> that.</c>

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Every<00:21:20.779><c> faithful</c><00:21:21.119><c> brother</c><00:21:21.440><c> and</c><00:21:21.680><c> sister</c><00:21:21.900><c> would</c><00:21:22.039><c> wish</c>

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that<00:21:22.259><c> we</c><00:21:22.380><c> won't</c><00:21:22.720><c> really</c><00:21:23.019><c> have</c><00:21:23.319><c> too</c><00:21:23.619><c> many</c><00:21:23.779><c> opinions</c><00:21:24.160><c> of</c><00:21:24.339><c> our</c><00:21:24.480><c> own.</c>

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Our<00:21:24.819><c> opinions</c><00:21:25.099><c> will</c><00:21:25.339><c> be</c><00:21:25.859><c> what</c><00:21:26.240><c> comes</c><00:21:26.579><c> from</c><00:21:26.779><c> what</c><00:21:26.960><c> we've</c><00:21:27.259><c> digested.</c>

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We're<00:21:28.559><c> spiritually</c><00:21:28.839><c> motivated,</c><00:21:30.079><c> and</c><00:21:30.299><c> what</c><00:21:30.440><c> we</c><00:21:30.700><c> say</c><00:21:30.839><c> and</c><00:21:30.960><c> what</c>

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we<00:21:31.299><c> teach</c>

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is<00:21:31.700><c> not</c><00:21:32.759><c> our</c><00:21:33.559><c> view</c><00:21:33.819><c> or</c><00:21:34.099><c> our</c><00:21:34.380><c> idea.</c>

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It's<00:21:35.119><c> what</c><00:21:35.319><c> we've</c><00:21:35.660><c> digested</c><00:21:36.779><c> by</c><00:21:37.480><c> taking</c><00:21:38.160><c> the</c><00:21:38.740><c> scrolls</c><00:21:39.119><c> of</c><00:21:39.279><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:21:40.980><c> true</c><00:21:41.220><c> teaching,</c><00:21:42.460><c> to</c><00:21:42.460><c> be</c><00:21:43.200><c> absolutely</c><00:21:43.660><c> biblical</c>

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in<00:21:44.819><c> our</c><00:21:45.039><c> views</c><00:21:45.259><c> and</c><00:21:45.500><c> in</c><00:21:45.599><c> our</c><00:21:45.740><c> approach.</c>

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Going<00:21:51.619><c> on</c><00:21:51.900><c> through</c><00:21:52.079><c> chapter</c><00:21:52.339><c> 3,</c><00:21:53.839><c> he</c><00:21:54.019><c> talks</c><00:21:54.680><c> about</c><00:21:55.019><c> the</c><00:21:55.279><c> hardness.</c>

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If<00:21:56.099><c> you</c><00:21:56.240><c> go</c><00:21:56.500><c> to</c><00:21:56.700><c> verse</c><00:21:56.960><c> 7,</c>

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the<00:21:58.640><c> house</c><00:21:58.960><c> of</c><00:21:59.140><c> Israel</c><00:21:59.319><c> won't</c><00:21:59.539><c> listen</c><00:21:59.779><c> to</c><00:21:59.960><c> you.</c>

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In<00:22:01.559><c> fact,</c><00:22:02.099><c> in</c><00:22:02.180><c> verse</c><00:22:02.339><c> 6,</c><00:22:02.759><c> he</c><00:22:02.759><c> says,</c>

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surely<00:22:04.119><c> if</c><00:22:04.380><c> I</c><00:22:04.500><c> had</c><00:22:04.740><c> sent</c><00:22:04.920><c> you</c><00:22:05.200><c> to</c><00:22:05.359><c> such,</c><00:22:05.680><c> that's</c><00:22:05.940><c> to</c><00:22:06.160><c> the</c><00:22:06.440><c> foreigners,</c>

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they<00:22:08.039><c> would</c><00:22:08.180><c> have</c><00:22:08.339><c> listened.</c>

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He's<00:22:09.359><c> even</c><00:22:09.660><c> saying,</c><00:22:10.180><c> this</c><00:22:10.319><c> is</c><00:22:10.740><c> really</c><00:22:11.180><c> remarkable,</c><00:22:12.160><c> I</c><00:22:12.299><c> suppose,</c>

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he's<00:22:13.319><c> saying</c><00:22:13.500><c> that</c><00:22:14.180><c> spiritual</c><00:22:14.539><c> Israel</c><00:22:14.859><c> was</c><00:22:15.140><c> worse</c><00:22:15.500><c> than,</c>

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worse<00:22:17.140><c> than</c><00:22:17.339><c> the</c><00:22:17.480><c> pagan</c><00:22:17.660><c> world.</c>

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At<00:22:19.000><c> least</c><00:22:19.420><c> the</c><00:22:19.759><c> pagan</c><00:22:19.940><c> world</c><00:22:20.500><c> would</c><00:22:20.960><c> have</c><00:22:21.099><c> listened,</c><00:22:22.339><c> verse</c><00:22:22.519><c> 6.</c>

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If<00:22:23.859><c> I</c><00:22:23.980><c> had</c><00:22:24.079><c> sent</c><00:22:24.180><c> you</c><00:22:24.319><c> to</c><00:22:24.519><c> such,</c><00:22:24.740><c> they</c><00:22:24.880><c> would</c><00:22:25.079><c> have</c><00:22:25.180><c> listened</c>

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to<00:22:25.579><c> me.</c>

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But<00:22:26.500><c> spiritual</c><00:22:26.799><c> Israel</c><00:22:27.140><c> is</c><00:22:27.299><c> so</c><00:22:27.519><c> decadent,</c><00:22:28.420><c> so</c><00:22:28.619><c> empty,</c>

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so<00:22:29.519><c> barren</c><00:22:29.799><c> spiritually,</c><00:22:30.299><c> they</c><00:22:30.460><c> won't</c><00:22:30.700><c> listen.</c>

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The<00:22:32.440><c> house</c><00:22:32.640><c> of</c><00:22:32.799><c> Israel</c><00:22:33.000><c> will</c><00:22:33.160><c> not</c><00:22:33.319><c> listen</c><00:22:33.500><c> to</c><00:22:33.720><c> you.</c>

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And<00:22:34.539><c> so</c><00:22:34.619><c> he's</c><00:22:34.779><c> been</c><00:22:35.019><c> made</c><00:22:35.259><c> hard,</c><00:22:35.940><c> a</c><00:22:36.059><c> hard</c><00:22:36.279><c> forehead,</c><00:22:36.740><c> verse</c><00:22:37.019><c> 7.</c>

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You're<00:22:38.099><c> going</c><00:22:38.119><c> to</c><00:22:38.200><c> have</c><00:22:38.279><c> a</c><00:22:38.460><c> hard</c><00:22:38.680><c> forehead,</c>

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you're<00:22:39.160><c> going</c><00:22:39.220><c> to</c><00:22:39.279><c> have</c><00:22:39.500><c> a</c><00:22:39.619><c> stubborn</c><00:22:39.819><c> heart.</c>

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Behold,<00:22:40.900><c> I've</c><00:22:41.079><c> made</c><00:22:41.279><c> your</c><00:22:41.500><c> face</c><00:22:41.779><c> hard</c><00:22:42.160><c> against</c><00:22:42.420><c> their</c><00:22:42.680><c> faces,</c>

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your<00:22:43.279><c> forehead</c><00:22:43.740><c> hard</c><00:22:44.220><c> against</c><00:22:44.519><c> their</c><00:22:44.759><c> forehead.</c>

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Like<00:22:46.259><c> adamant,</c><00:22:46.759><c> harder</c><00:22:46.940><c> than</c><00:22:47.220><c> flint,</c><00:22:47.420><c> you're</c><00:22:47.619><c> going</c><00:22:47.660><c> to</c><00:22:47.720><c> be</c><00:22:47.900><c> tough.</c>

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This<00:22:50.779><c> is</c><00:22:50.980><c> again</c><00:22:51.180><c> difficult</c><00:22:51.579><c> to</c><00:22:51.859><c> read.</c>

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We<00:22:52.259><c> just</c><00:22:52.619><c> like</c><00:22:52.819><c> to</c><00:22:53.220><c> sort</c><00:22:53.359><c> of</c><00:22:53.599><c> focus</c><00:22:53.839><c> on</c><00:22:54.180><c> softness</c><00:22:54.619><c> of</c><00:22:54.839><c> things,</c>

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the<00:22:56.079><c> gentle</c><00:22:56.680><c> word</c><00:22:57.099><c> that</c><00:22:57.900><c> turns</c><00:22:58.119><c> away</c><00:22:58.380><c> wrath.</c>

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When<00:23:00.819><c> it</c><00:23:01.019><c> comes</c><00:23:01.220><c> to</c><00:23:01.460><c> divine</c><00:23:01.759><c> principles,</c>

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it's<00:23:02.539><c> good</c><00:23:02.799><c> to</c><00:23:03.019><c> be</c><00:23:03.200><c> reminded</c><00:23:03.839><c> rather</c><00:23:04.180><c> than</c><00:23:04.319><c> just</c><00:23:04.480><c> to</c><00:23:04.559><c> say,</c>

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it<00:23:04.839><c> really</c><00:23:05.019><c> is</c><00:23:05.220><c> so</c><00:23:05.559><c> good</c><00:23:05.700><c> to</c><00:23:05.859><c> be</c><00:23:06.039><c> reminded</c><00:23:06.359><c> occasionally</c>

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that<00:23:07.500><c> we</c><00:23:07.680><c> can't</c><00:23:08.180><c> tamper</c><00:23:09.000><c> with</c><00:23:09.640><c> spiritual</c><00:23:10.119><c> things.</c>

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We<00:23:12.259><c> can't</c><00:23:12.740><c> sort</c><00:23:12.880><c> of</c><00:23:13.099><c> fashion</c><00:23:13.380><c> it.</c>

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We'd<00:23:13.740><c> like</c><00:23:13.839><c> it</c><00:23:13.960><c> to</c><00:23:14.059><c> be</c><00:23:14.119><c> like</c><00:23:14.420><c> that.</c>

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We<00:23:17.420><c> just</c><00:23:17.660><c> like</c><00:23:17.799><c> it</c><00:23:17.920><c> to</c><00:23:18.000><c> be</c><00:23:18.140><c> somehow</c><00:23:18.359><c> like</c><00:23:18.660><c> that.</c>

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We<00:23:18.920><c> don't</c><00:23:19.160><c> want</c><00:23:19.420><c> the</c><00:23:20.420><c> straightness</c><00:23:20.980><c> of</c><00:23:21.200><c> the</c><00:23:21.339><c> divine</c><00:23:21.640><c> way.</c>

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It's<00:23:23.119><c> unpleasant.</c>

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And<00:23:24.819><c> so</c><00:23:25.359><c> Ezekiel</c><00:23:25.779><c> is</c><00:23:25.839><c> made</c><00:23:26.079><c> hard.</c>

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He's<00:23:27.240><c> not</c><00:23:27.420><c> going</c><00:23:27.640><c> to</c><00:23:28.039><c> give</c><00:23:28.539><c> on</c><00:23:29.480><c> principle.</c>

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And<00:23:30.980><c> the</c><00:23:31.140><c> word</c><00:23:31.420><c> hard,</c><00:23:31.859><c> it's</c><00:23:31.980><c> amazing</c><00:23:32.339><c> how</c><00:23:32.519><c> often</c><00:23:32.720><c> it</c><00:23:32.759><c> comes</c><00:23:33.019><c> out</c><00:23:33.240><c> in</c><00:23:33.359><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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He's<00:23:34.500><c> hard,</c><00:23:34.839><c> he's</c><00:23:35.079><c> tough.</c>

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This<00:23:36.359><c> is</c><00:23:36.460><c> what</c><00:23:36.539><c> I</c><00:23:36.700><c> said</c><00:23:36.799><c> in</c><00:23:37.000><c> yesterday's</c><00:23:37.519><c> class.</c>

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He's<00:23:38.359><c> uncompromising</c><00:23:39.200><c> in</c><00:23:39.599><c> a</c><00:23:39.819><c> sense.</c>

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He's<00:23:41.859><c> tough.</c>

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His<00:23:44.259><c> language</c><00:23:44.619><c> couldn't</c><00:23:44.839><c> be</c><00:23:45.140><c> tougher.</c>

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You<00:23:46.640><c> read</c><00:23:46.799><c> any</c><00:23:47.079><c> commentary</c><00:23:47.380><c> and</c><00:23:47.539><c> you'll</c><00:23:47.799><c> find</c><00:23:47.819><c> there's</c><00:23:48.019><c> hardly</c><00:23:48.220><c> any</c><00:23:48.519><c> language</c>

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in<00:23:49.740><c> the</c><00:23:49.940><c> prophetic</c><00:23:50.220><c> scriptures</c><00:23:50.660><c> in</c><00:23:50.819><c> Old</c><00:23:50.980><c> Testament</c>

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which<00:23:51.339><c> is</c><00:23:51.539><c> tougher</c><00:23:51.740><c> than</c><00:23:51.920><c> Ezekiel</c><00:23:53.079><c> and</c><00:23:53.599><c> more</c><00:23:54.180><c> indicting.</c>

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Oh,<00:23:57.099><c> it's</c><00:23:57.200><c> so</c><00:23:57.400><c> difficult</c><00:23:57.599><c> to</c><00:23:57.900><c> read,</c><00:23:58.099><c> it</c><00:23:58.279><c> really</c><00:23:58.539><c> is.</c>

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And<00:23:59.240><c> you</c><00:23:59.319><c> can</c><00:23:59.519><c> only</c><00:23:59.779><c> ask</c><00:24:00.200><c> yourself,</c><00:24:01.259><c> is</c><00:24:01.319><c> anybody</c><00:24:01.700><c> here</c><00:24:02.019><c> even,</c>

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is<00:24:03.339><c> this</c><00:24:03.539><c> relevant</c><00:24:03.799><c> to</c><00:24:03.980><c> anybody?</c>

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Most<00:24:04.900><c> of</c><00:24:05.019><c> all</c><00:24:05.119><c> myself.</c>

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And<00:24:08.960><c> what</c><00:24:09.119><c> can</c><00:24:09.279><c> you</c><00:24:09.420><c> do?</c>

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You<00:24:09.680><c> can</c><00:24:09.859><c> only</c><00:24:10.019><c> just</c><00:24:10.240><c> sort</c><00:24:10.380><c> of,</c><00:24:10.859><c> in</c><00:24:10.980><c> your</c><00:24:11.200><c> conscience</c><00:24:11.579><c> you</c><00:24:11.700><c> can</c><00:24:11.940><c> say,</c>

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as<00:24:12.720><c> I</c><00:24:12.859><c> said</c><00:24:12.980><c> earlier,</c><00:24:13.339><c> you</c><00:24:13.380><c> can</c><00:24:13.539><c> only</c><00:24:13.720><c> say,</c>

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:16.400
well<00:24:14.200><c> look,</c><00:24:14.940><c> Lord,</c><00:24:15.759><c> protect</c><00:24:16.200><c> me.</c>

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:18.259
I<00:24:16.720><c> do</c><00:24:16.859><c> the</c><00:24:16.980><c> best</c><00:24:17.160><c> I</c><00:24:17.359><c> can.</c>

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But<00:24:18.799><c> I</c><00:24:19.099><c> know,</c><00:24:19.880><c> I</c><00:24:20.079><c> know</c><00:24:20.380><c> that</c><00:24:20.559><c> I</c><00:24:20.680><c> can't</c><00:24:20.980><c> bend</c><00:24:21.279><c> or</c><00:24:21.500><c> twist</c><00:24:21.880><c> your</c><00:24:22.160><c> principles.</c>

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I<00:24:24.720><c> can't.</c>

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Otherwise<00:24:26.039><c> it's</c><00:24:26.259><c> just</c><00:24:26.440><c> an</c><00:24:26.660><c> exercise</c><00:24:27.000><c> as</c><00:24:27.140><c> it</c><00:24:27.259><c> was</c><00:24:27.380><c> in</c><00:24:27.599><c> Israel,</c>

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:31.920
an<00:24:28.519><c> exercise</c><00:24:28.920><c> in</c><00:24:29.680><c> delusion.</c>

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:34.480
And<00:24:32.099><c> so</c><00:24:32.160><c> in</c><00:24:32.339><c> verse</c><00:24:32.480><c> 12</c><00:24:32.799><c> in</c><00:24:32.900><c> this</c><00:24:33.099><c> paragraph,</c><00:24:33.460><c> in</c><00:24:33.539><c> verse</c><00:24:33.740><c> 12,</c>

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.160
Ezekiel<00:24:35.200><c> is</c><00:24:35.420><c> lifted</c><00:24:35.559><c> up</c><00:24:35.900><c> in</c><00:24:36.220><c> spirit,</c>

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:40.059
lifted<00:24:37.480><c> up</c><00:24:37.779><c> and</c><00:24:37.980><c> he</c><00:24:38.680><c> hears</c><00:24:38.900><c> the</c><00:24:39.200><c> sound</c><00:24:39.380><c> in</c><00:24:39.559><c> verse</c><00:24:39.740><c> 13</c>

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:42.039
of<00:24:40.200><c> these</c><00:24:40.440><c> wings</c><00:24:40.700><c> of</c><00:24:40.880><c> the</c><00:24:40.940><c> living</c><00:24:41.160><c> creatures,</c>

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:44.059
this<00:24:42.440><c> sort</c><00:24:42.640><c> of</c><00:24:42.819><c> theophany</c><00:24:43.259><c> of</c><00:24:43.460><c> God</c><00:24:43.640><c> again.</c>

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It<00:24:44.539><c> recurs.</c>

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He<00:24:46.059><c> sees</c><00:24:46.220><c> this</c><00:24:47.039><c> vision.</c>

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He's<00:24:47.700><c> lifted</c><00:24:47.859><c> up</c><00:24:48.079><c> in</c><00:24:48.259><c> verse</c><00:24:48.460><c> 14</c>

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and<00:24:49.599><c> he's</c><00:24:49.839><c> taken</c><00:24:50.000><c> away</c><00:24:50.319><c> in</c><00:24:50.539><c> bitterness,</c>

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in<00:24:51.539><c> the</c><00:24:51.720><c> heat</c><00:24:52.380><c> of</c><00:24:54.440><c> my</c><00:24:54.660><c> spirit.</c>

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:57.700
Ezekiel<00:24:55.680><c> didn't,</c><00:24:56.180><c> in</c><00:24:56.339><c> the</c><00:24:56.599><c> picture</c><00:24:56.819><c> here</c><00:24:57.079><c> as</c><00:24:57.339><c> elsewhere,</c>

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:59.900
is<00:24:58.019><c> that</c><00:24:58.140><c> he</c><00:24:58.160><c> didn't</c><00:24:58.319><c> particularly</c><00:24:58.680><c> like</c><00:24:59.059><c> to</c><00:24:59.240><c> have</c><00:24:59.400><c> to</c><00:24:59.660><c> talk</c>

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like<00:25:00.200><c> this</c><00:25:00.359><c> to</c><00:25:00.559><c> people.</c>

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Bitterness<00:25:03.539><c> in</c><00:25:03.839><c> the</c><00:25:04.000><c> heat</c><00:25:04.220><c> of</c><00:25:04.680><c> my</c><00:25:04.900><c> spirit,</c>

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I<00:25:05.140><c> don't</c><00:25:05.400><c> like</c><00:25:05.660><c> this.</c>

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Who<00:25:06.119><c> wants</c><00:25:06.380><c> to</c><00:25:06.960><c> judge</c><00:25:07.259><c> and</c><00:25:07.500><c> make</c><00:25:07.640><c> these</c><00:25:08.480><c> statements?</c>

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Isn't<00:25:09.240><c> it</c><00:25:09.500><c> nice,</c><00:25:10.119><c> much</c><00:25:10.319><c> more</c><00:25:11.200><c> pleasant</c><00:25:11.440><c> to</c><00:25:12.119><c> talk</c><00:25:12.359><c> softly,</c>

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:14.779
but<00:25:13.099><c> that</c><00:25:13.460><c> was</c><00:25:13.619><c> not</c><00:25:13.759><c> his</c><00:25:13.980><c> role.</c>

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In<00:25:15.960><c> fact,</c><00:25:16.200><c> to</c><00:25:16.380><c> the</c><00:25:16.539><c> point</c><00:25:16.660><c> at</c><00:25:16.839><c> the</c><00:25:16.880><c> end</c><00:25:17.019><c> of</c><00:25:17.140><c> verse</c><00:25:17.279><c> 15</c>

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where<00:25:17.740><c> he</c><00:25:17.839><c> just</c><00:25:18.099><c> overwhelmed,</c><00:25:18.640><c> the</c><00:25:18.759><c> whole</c><00:25:19.019><c> thing</c><00:25:19.200><c> is</c><00:25:19.359><c> just</c><00:25:19.579><c> overwhelming.</c>

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I'm<00:25:20.779><c> overwhelming</c><00:25:21.359><c> and</c><00:25:22.700><c> I</c><00:25:22.799><c> was</c><00:25:22.880><c> there</c><00:25:22.960><c> for</c><00:25:23.119><c> seven</c><00:25:23.339><c> days</c>

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by<00:25:24.339><c> the</c><00:25:24.480><c> River</c><00:25:24.660><c> Kiba.</c>

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The<00:25:25.460><c> whole</c><00:25:25.680><c> thing</c><00:25:25.920><c> was</c><00:25:26.119><c> just,</c>

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:30.180
not<00:25:28.059><c> just</c><00:25:28.400><c> the</c><00:25:28.859><c> theophany</c><00:25:29.140><c> which</c><00:25:29.299><c> was</c><00:25:29.559><c> grand</c><00:25:29.720><c> in</c><00:25:29.900><c> itself,</c>

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but<00:25:30.380><c> to</c><00:25:30.500><c> be</c><00:25:30.680><c> commissioned</c><00:25:31.059><c> and</c><00:25:31.339><c> told</c><00:25:31.500><c> that</c><00:25:31.640><c> he</c><00:25:31.740><c> had</c><00:25:31.819><c> to</c><00:25:31.940><c> be</c><00:25:32.079><c> so</c><00:25:32.279><c> tough,</c>

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it<00:25:34.799><c> just</c><00:25:35.200><c> was</c><00:25:35.880><c> just</c><00:25:36.140><c> overwhelming.</c>

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That's<00:25:37.180><c> the</c><00:25:37.319><c> phrase</c><00:25:37.460><c> that's</c><00:25:37.700><c> used.</c>

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Then<00:25:42.079><c> in</c><00:25:42.259><c> verse</c><00:25:42.380><c> 16</c><00:25:42.839><c> through</c><00:25:43.240><c> 21,</c>

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:46.000
he<00:25:43.740><c> comes</c><00:25:44.000><c> to</c><00:25:44.180><c> a</c><00:25:44.339><c> section</c><00:25:44.559><c> which</c><00:25:44.740><c> I</c><00:25:44.880><c> think</c><00:25:45.000><c> is</c><00:25:45.240><c> so</c><00:25:45.700><c> important</c>

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for<00:25:46.200><c> us.</c>

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We<00:25:46.480><c> can</c><00:25:46.680><c> try</c><00:25:46.920><c> and</c><00:25:47.119><c> somehow</c><00:25:47.539><c> identify</c><00:25:48.359><c> with</c><00:25:48.599><c> this</c>

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because<00:25:49.960><c> he</c><00:25:50.140><c> makes</c><00:25:50.279><c> a</c><00:25:50.519><c> principle</c><00:25:50.799><c> which</c><00:25:51.240><c> I</c><00:25:51.640><c> would</c><00:25:51.759><c> have</c><00:25:51.920><c> thought</c>

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is<00:25:52.359><c> very,</c><00:25:52.759><c> very</c><00:25:53.059><c> applicable</c><00:25:53.339><c> to</c><00:25:53.519><c> us</c><00:25:53.819><c> in</c><00:25:54.000><c> a</c><00:25:54.220><c> particular</c><00:25:54.519><c> sense.</c>

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He's<00:25:59.039><c> told</c><00:25:59.420><c> by</c><00:26:00.640><c> the</c><00:26:01.619><c> word</c><00:26:01.740><c> of</c><00:26:01.880><c> the</c><00:26:01.980><c> Lord</c><00:26:02.140><c> here</c>

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:05.380
that<00:26:02.980><c> he</c><00:26:03.059><c> has</c><00:26:03.279><c> to</c><00:26:04.500><c> speak</c><00:26:04.900><c> to</c><00:26:05.059><c> the</c><00:26:05.160><c> wicked.</c>

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:07.359
He<00:26:05.779><c> has</c><00:26:05.980><c> to</c><00:26:06.119><c> speak</c><00:26:06.240><c> to</c><00:26:06.420><c> the</c><00:26:06.519><c> righteous.</c>

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If<00:26:08.539><c> you</c><00:26:08.660><c> look</c><00:26:08.779><c> at</c><00:26:08.900><c> verse</c><00:26:09.079><c> 18,</c><00:26:09.460><c> what</c><00:26:09.579><c> does</c><00:26:09.779><c> he</c><00:26:10.000><c> specifically</c><00:26:10.480><c> say?</c>

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:14.200
If<00:26:11.960><c> I</c><00:26:12.160><c> say</c><00:26:12.380><c> to</c><00:26:12.519><c> the</c><00:26:12.700><c> wicked,</c><00:26:13.279><c> you</c><00:26:13.279><c> shall</c><00:26:13.539><c> surely</c><00:26:13.900><c> die</c>

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and<00:26:14.339><c> you</c><00:26:14.559><c> give</c><00:26:14.660><c> them</c><00:26:14.859><c> no</c><00:26:15.160><c> warning</c>

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.880
nor<00:26:15.720><c> speak</c><00:26:16.039><c> to</c><00:26:16.279><c> warn</c><00:26:16.380><c> the</c><00:26:16.579><c> wicked</c><00:26:16.740><c> from</c><00:26:16.920><c> his</c><00:26:17.180><c> wicked</c><00:26:17.380><c> way</c>

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.480
in<00:26:18.420><c> order</c><00:26:18.599><c> to</c><00:26:18.839><c> save</c><00:26:18.960><c> his</c><00:26:19.220><c> life,</c>

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:22.180
that<00:26:20.039><c> wicked</c><00:26:20.359><c> man</c><00:26:20.700><c> shall</c><00:26:20.960><c> die</c><00:26:21.259><c> in</c><00:26:21.420><c> his</c><00:26:21.619><c> iniquity,</c>

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:25.420
but<00:26:22.559><c> his</c><00:26:22.779><c> blood</c><00:26:23.119><c> I</c><00:26:23.380><c> will</c><00:26:23.500><c> require</c><00:26:23.859><c> at</c><00:26:24.039><c> your</c><00:26:24.240><c> hand.</c>

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.099
But<00:26:29.140><c> if</c><00:26:29.339><c> you</c><00:26:29.519><c> warn</c><00:26:29.720><c> the</c><00:26:29.920><c> wicked</c>

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:31.900
and<00:26:30.220><c> he</c><00:26:30.339><c> does</c><00:26:30.559><c> not</c><00:26:30.740><c> turn</c><00:26:30.920><c> from</c><00:26:31.079><c> his</c><00:26:31.279><c> wicked</c><00:26:31.460><c> way</c>

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.880
or<00:26:32.380><c> from</c><00:26:32.539><c> his</c><00:26:32.779><c> wickedness,</c>

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:36.480
he<00:26:34.759><c> shall</c><00:26:35.000><c> die</c><00:26:35.279><c> in</c><00:26:35.440><c> his</c><00:26:35.900><c> iniquity,</c>

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:38.859
but<00:26:36.880><c> you</c><00:26:37.019><c> will</c><00:26:37.220><c> have</c><00:26:37.420><c> saved</c><00:26:37.619><c> your</c><00:26:37.880><c> life.</c>

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:46.180
He<00:26:41.079><c> repeats</c><00:26:41.420><c> the</c><00:26:41.680><c> point</c><00:26:41.920><c> in</c><00:26:42.920><c> another</c><00:26:43.180><c> cycle</c><00:26:43.680><c> from</c><00:26:45.259><c> verse</c><00:26:45.440><c> 20.</c>

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:48.440
If<00:26:46.680><c> a</c><00:26:46.920><c> righteous</c><00:26:47.140><c> man</c><00:26:47.460><c> turns</c><00:26:47.740><c> from</c><00:26:47.940><c> his</c><00:26:48.119><c> righteousness</c>

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.380
and<00:26:48.559><c> commits</c><00:26:48.859><c> iniquity,</c>

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:52.200
if<00:26:49.759><c> he</c><00:26:50.119><c> slips</c><00:26:50.500><c> and</c><00:26:50.900><c> falls</c><00:26:51.119><c> and</c><00:26:51.259><c> I</c><00:26:51.420><c> lay</c><00:26:51.539><c> a</c><00:26:51.720><c> stumbling</c><00:26:51.940><c> block</c>

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.920
before<00:26:52.500><c> him,</c>

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he<00:26:53.240><c> shall</c><00:26:53.440><c> die</c><00:26:54.160><c> because</c><00:26:54.720><c> you</c><00:26:54.900><c> have</c><00:26:55.119><c> not</c><00:26:55.359><c> warned</c><00:26:55.559><c> him.</c>

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:58.279
He<00:26:56.319><c> shall</c><00:26:56.500><c> die</c><00:26:56.740><c> for</c><00:26:56.900><c> his</c><00:26:57.140><c> sin</c><00:26:57.319><c> and</c><00:26:57.480><c> his</c><00:26:57.660><c> righteous</c><00:26:57.920><c> deeds,</c>

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.900
which<00:26:58.480><c> he</c><00:26:58.619><c> has</c><00:26:58.779><c> done</c><00:26:58.960><c> shall</c><00:26:59.160><c> not</c><00:26:59.359><c> be</c><00:26:59.599><c> remembered,</c>

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:02.940
but<00:27:00.240><c> his</c><00:27:00.500><c> blood</c><00:27:00.680><c> I</c><00:27:00.900><c> will</c><00:27:01.119><c> require</c><00:27:01.460><c> at</c><00:27:01.619><c> your</c><00:27:01.799><c> hand.</c>

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.579
Nevertheless,<00:27:04.680><c> if</c><00:27:04.839><c> you</c><00:27:05.000><c> warn</c><00:27:05.140><c> the</c><00:27:05.319><c> righteous</c><00:27:05.599><c> man</c><00:27:05.920><c> not</c><00:27:06.220><c> to</c><00:27:06.420><c> sin</c>

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:09.160
and<00:27:06.700><c> he</c><00:27:06.819><c> does</c><00:27:07.079><c> not</c><00:27:07.299><c> sin,</c><00:27:08.000><c> he</c><00:27:08.180><c> shall</c><00:27:08.339><c> surely</c><00:27:08.660><c> die</c>

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:12.539
because<00:27:09.579><c> he</c><00:27:09.799><c> took</c><00:27:09.980><c> warning</c><00:27:10.299><c> and</c><00:27:10.519><c> you</c><00:27:10.960><c> will</c><00:27:11.099><c> have</c><00:27:11.299><c> saved</c><00:27:11.480><c> your</c><00:27:11.720><c> life.</c>

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:17.759
Now,<00:27:15.519><c> in</c><00:27:15.700><c> the</c><00:27:15.960><c> immediate</c><00:27:16.240><c> instance,</c>

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Ezekiel<00:27:18.380><c> is</c><00:27:18.519><c> being</c><00:27:18.819><c> told</c><00:27:19.059><c> that</c><00:27:19.200><c> if</c><00:27:19.319><c> you</c><00:27:19.539><c> don't</c><00:27:20.099><c> warn</c><00:27:20.400><c> a</c><00:27:20.640><c> person</c>

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about<00:27:21.660><c> the</c><00:27:22.559><c> situation,</c>

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:25.720
then<00:27:24.000><c> it's</c><00:27:24.180><c> not</c><00:27:24.259><c> just</c><00:27:24.480><c> him</c><00:27:24.720><c> that</c><00:27:24.859><c> has</c><00:27:25.000><c> to</c><00:27:25.119><c> be</c><00:27:25.259><c> concerned,</c>

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:28.799
it's<00:27:26.140><c> you</c><00:27:26.440><c> because</c><00:27:26.700><c> you're</c><00:27:27.079><c> an</c><00:27:27.279><c> unfaithful</c><00:27:27.680><c> watchman.</c>

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:33.480
Or<00:27:29.859><c> conversely,</c><00:27:31.019><c> if</c><00:27:31.759><c> you</c><00:27:32.059><c> preach</c><00:27:32.319><c> effectively,</c>

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:38.799
if<00:27:34.259><c> you</c><00:27:34.819><c> witness</c><00:27:35.319><c> as</c><00:27:35.839><c> a</c><00:27:36.000><c> watchman</c><00:27:36.779><c> and</c><00:27:37.720><c> you</c><00:27:37.960><c> warn,</c>

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:41.680
then<00:27:39.480><c> you</c><00:27:39.619><c> will</c><00:27:39.839><c> not</c><00:27:39.960><c> only</c><00:27:40.200><c> have</c><00:27:40.339><c> just</c><00:27:40.640><c> saved</c><00:27:40.880><c> his</c><00:27:41.119><c> life</c><00:27:41.519><c> in</c>

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.720
that<00:27:41.880><c> sense,</c>

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:45.539
but<00:27:42.980><c> you</c><00:27:43.099><c> will</c><00:27:43.299><c> have</c><00:27:43.539><c> saved</c><00:27:44.000><c> your</c><00:27:44.579><c> own.</c>

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:50.420
Do<00:27:47.380><c> you</c><00:27:47.440><c> think</c><00:27:47.579><c> that</c><00:27:47.720><c> has</c><00:27:47.920><c> any</c><00:27:48.160><c> relevance</c><00:27:48.539><c> to</c><00:27:49.619><c> our</c><00:27:49.779><c> preaching</c><00:27:50.079><c> now?</c>

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:53.099
I<00:27:50.660><c> know</c><00:27:50.819><c> it's</c><00:27:51.000><c> taken</c><00:27:51.240><c> outside</c><00:27:51.759><c> the</c><00:27:51.980><c> house</c><00:27:52.160><c> of</c><00:27:52.339><c> Israel</c><00:27:52.579><c> context,</c>

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:55.440
but<00:27:53.259><c> it</c><00:27:53.380><c> seems</c><00:27:53.559><c> to</c><00:27:53.660><c> me</c><00:27:53.720><c> this</c><00:27:53.920><c> is</c><00:27:54.140><c> a</c><00:27:54.259><c> divine</c><00:27:54.500><c> principle.</c>

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.400
And<00:27:56.000><c> I</c><00:27:56.119><c> believe</c><00:27:56.359><c> that.</c>

00:27:57.819 --> 00:28:01.420
I<00:27:57.960><c> believe</c><00:27:58.140><c> I</c><00:27:58.299><c> can't</c><00:27:58.640><c> distort</c><00:27:59.299><c> the</c><00:27:59.720><c> teaching</c><00:27:59.980><c> of</c><00:28:00.180><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:00.460><c> on</c><00:28:00.640><c> this.</c>

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:03.359
I<00:28:01.819><c> do</c><00:28:02.099><c> believe.</c>

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:07.440
I<00:28:04.319><c> believe</c><00:28:04.460><c> very</c><00:28:04.779><c> strongly</c><00:28:05.039><c> that</c><00:28:05.180><c> if</c><00:28:05.299><c> we</c><00:28:05.400><c> do</c><00:28:05.539><c> not</c><00:28:05.720><c> preach</c><00:28:06.180><c> to</c><00:28:06.500><c> people,</c>

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:11.759
if<00:28:08.339><c> we</c><00:28:08.480><c> do</c><00:28:08.619><c> not</c><00:28:08.759><c> preach</c><00:28:09.000><c> to</c><00:28:09.200><c> people</c><00:28:09.720><c> about</c><00:28:10.220><c> the</c><00:28:10.460><c> impending</c><00:28:10.819><c> doom,</c>

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:14.839
the<00:28:12.000><c> impending</c><00:28:12.160><c> disaster</c><00:28:12.700><c> which</c><00:28:12.980><c> is</c><00:28:13.180><c> shortly</c><00:28:13.339><c> to</c><00:28:13.519><c> come</c><00:28:13.660><c> upon</c><00:28:13.880><c> us,</c>

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:16.640
if<00:28:15.220><c> I</c><00:28:15.339><c> don't</c><00:28:15.519><c> say</c><00:28:15.700><c> anything,</c>

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:20.720
if<00:28:17.259><c> I</c><00:28:17.380><c> just</c><00:28:18.180><c> keep</c><00:28:18.619><c> the</c><00:28:18.880><c> message,</c><00:28:19.160><c> the</c><00:28:19.299><c> gospel</c><00:28:19.500><c> to</c><00:28:19.660><c> myself,</c>

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:26.440
then<00:28:21.700><c> that</c><00:28:21.980><c> person</c><00:28:22.480><c> is</c><00:28:23.079><c> not</c><00:28:23.359><c> doomed</c><00:28:23.599><c> only,</c><00:28:24.720><c> I'm</c><00:28:24.980><c> doomed</c><00:28:25.220><c> to.</c>

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:31.960
Contrawise,<00:28:30.079><c> if</c><00:28:30.240><c> I</c><00:28:30.519><c> preach</c><00:28:31.000><c> effectively,</c>

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:36.680
witnessing<00:28:33.059><c> of</c><00:28:34.220><c> the</c><00:28:34.799><c> impending</c><00:28:35.099><c> judgments</c><00:28:35.460><c> of</c><00:28:35.680><c> God,</c>

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:41.599
then<00:28:38.640><c> he</c><00:28:39.259><c> or</c><00:28:39.460><c> she</c><00:28:39.960><c> may</c><00:28:40.220><c> well</c><00:28:40.380><c> be</c><00:28:40.619><c> saved,</c>

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:45.980
but<00:28:42.240><c> what's</c><00:28:42.519><c> more,</c><00:28:43.740><c> I'll</c><00:28:43.980><c> be</c><00:28:44.140><c> saved</c><00:28:44.359><c> as</c><00:28:44.599><c> well.</c>

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:53.299
What<00:28:49.180><c> could</c><00:28:49.440><c> be</c><00:28:49.660><c> a</c><00:28:49.799><c> more</c><00:28:50.019><c> important</c><00:28:50.500><c> underscoring</c><00:28:51.259><c> of</c><00:28:51.960><c> the</c><00:28:52.180><c> need</c><00:28:52.700><c> to</c>

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preach<00:28:53.460><c> the</c><00:28:53.640><c> gospel?</c>

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Preaching<00:28:56.480><c> the</c><00:28:56.640><c> gospel,</c><00:28:57.079><c> brothers</c><00:28:57.200><c> and</c><00:28:57.339><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:02.599
as<00:28:58.559><c> I</c><00:28:58.700><c> read</c><00:28:58.880><c> it</c><00:28:59.019><c> here</c><00:28:59.099><c> from</c><00:28:59.279><c> scripture,</c><00:29:01.279><c> is</c><00:29:01.319><c> not</c><00:29:01.559><c> an</c><00:29:01.759><c> option.</c>

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It's<00:29:03.579><c> not</c><00:29:03.660><c> an</c><00:29:03.859><c> option.</c>

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It's<00:29:05.619><c> an</c><00:29:05.819><c> imperative.</c>

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:09.119
We<00:29:07.339><c> have</c><00:29:07.660><c> to</c><00:29:07.839><c> preach</c><00:29:08.059><c> the</c><00:29:08.240><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:29:09.380><c> our</c><00:29:09.579><c> judgment,</c><00:29:10.720><c> I</c><00:29:11.059><c> believe,</c>

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and<00:29:11.660><c> I</c><00:29:11.759><c> don't</c><00:29:12.039><c> think</c><00:29:12.220><c> I'm</c><00:29:12.440><c> distorting</c><00:29:13.420><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:29:13.900><c> message</c><00:29:14.119><c> here,</c>

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:17.220
our<00:29:14.599><c> judgment</c><00:29:15.000><c> in</c><00:29:15.720><c> the</c><00:29:15.839><c> last</c><00:29:16.099><c> day</c><00:29:16.339><c> when</c><00:29:16.480><c> the</c><00:29:16.579><c> Lord</c><00:29:16.720><c> is</c><00:29:16.920><c> here,</c>

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.680
I<00:29:17.720><c> gather</c><00:29:17.900><c> from</c><00:29:18.099><c> this,</c><00:29:18.759><c> will</c><00:29:18.859><c> be</c><00:29:19.079><c> partly</c><00:29:19.279><c> determined,</c>

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.819
if<00:29:19.839><c> not</c><00:29:20.039><c> wholly</c><00:29:20.220><c> determined,</c><00:29:20.680><c> who</c><00:29:20.779><c> knows,</c>

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:25.680
on<00:29:23.440><c> our</c><00:29:23.880><c> will,</c><00:29:24.619><c> our</c><00:29:24.799><c> desire</c><00:29:25.119><c> to</c><00:29:25.259><c> witness.</c>

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:31.059
If<00:29:26.680><c> we</c><00:29:26.839><c> witness</c><00:29:27.119><c> nothing</c><00:29:27.619><c> by</c><00:29:28.220><c> word</c><00:29:28.579><c> or</c><00:29:28.819><c> by</c><00:29:29.099><c> deed</c><00:29:29.319><c> or</c><00:29:30.099><c> whatever,</c>

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:38.960
then<00:29:31.859><c> it</c><00:29:31.980><c> seems</c><00:29:32.240><c> to</c><00:29:32.440><c> me</c><00:29:33.319><c> the</c><00:29:33.640><c> judgment</c><00:29:34.039><c> is</c><00:29:37.259><c> sort</c><00:29:37.420><c> of</c><00:29:37.700><c> stated</c><00:29:37.880><c> here.</c>

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:42.640
If<00:29:39.299><c> I</c><00:29:39.420><c> preach</c><00:29:39.599><c> nothing,</c><00:29:40.759><c> don't</c><00:29:41.180><c> give</c><00:29:41.380><c> much</c><00:29:41.599><c> attention</c><00:29:42.319><c> to</c>

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promulgating<00:29:43.099><c> God's</c><00:29:43.460><c> message,</c>

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:49.240
then<00:29:46.940><c> I</c><00:29:47.660><c> will</c><00:29:47.799><c> have</c><00:29:47.839><c> lost</c><00:29:48.059><c> my</c><00:29:48.319><c> life.</c>

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That's<00:29:50.779><c> preaching.</c>

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Whether<00:29:53.759><c> or</c><00:29:54.000><c> not</c><00:29:54.119><c> we</c><00:29:54.279><c> should</c><00:29:54.480><c> preach,</c><00:29:55.299><c> I</c><00:29:55.319><c> would</c><00:29:55.480><c> have</c><00:29:55.539><c> thought,</c>

00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:02.460
we<00:29:58.920><c> have</c><00:29:59.220><c> to</c><00:29:59.420><c> preach,</c><00:30:01.420><c> day</c><00:30:01.660><c> in,</c><00:30:01.859><c> day</c><00:30:02.039><c> out.</c>

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.000
We<00:30:02.799><c> have</c><00:30:02.960><c> to</c><00:30:03.079><c> be</c><00:30:03.240><c> witnesses</c><00:30:03.619><c> in</c><00:30:03.799><c> all</c><00:30:04.059><c> the</c><00:30:04.240><c> different</c><00:30:04.420><c> forms</c><00:30:04.799><c> in</c>

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which<00:30:05.339><c> witness</c><00:30:05.640><c> comes,</c>

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because<00:30:07.299><c> we</c><00:30:07.579><c> shall</c><00:30:07.680><c> be</c><00:30:07.839><c> saved</c><00:30:08.099><c> by</c><00:30:08.299><c> it.</c>

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:12.240
Not<00:30:09.119><c> in</c><00:30:09.619><c> the</c><00:30:09.799><c> sense</c><00:30:10.200><c> in</c><00:30:10.400><c> which</c><00:30:11.140><c> evangelical</c><00:30:11.660><c> perhaps</c><00:30:12.000><c> might</c>

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.099
put<00:30:12.420><c> the</c><00:30:12.700><c> point,</c>

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:18.319
but<00:30:13.500><c> it's</c><00:30:13.779><c> a</c><00:30:13.920><c> very,</c><00:30:14.339><c> very</c><00:30:14.940><c> relevant</c><00:30:15.700><c> issue</c><00:30:16.400><c> when</c><00:30:17.339><c> we</c><00:30:17.920><c> come</c><00:30:18.099><c> to</c>

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:20.700
think<00:30:18.539><c> of</c><00:30:19.500><c> final</c><00:30:19.700><c> judgment,</c>

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:22.880
the<00:30:21.119><c> judgment</c><00:30:21.420><c> of</c><00:30:21.619><c> the</c><00:30:21.740><c> last</c><00:30:21.980><c> day.</c>

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We<00:30:23.420><c> witness,</c><00:30:24.740><c> and</c><00:30:24.819><c> we</c><00:30:25.000><c> witness</c><00:30:25.279><c> whether</c><00:30:25.559><c> the</c><00:30:25.740><c> answer</c><00:30:26.039><c> is</c><00:30:26.220><c> yes</c>

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or<00:30:26.539><c> no,</c>

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whether<00:30:27.539><c> they</c><00:30:28.200><c> hear</c><00:30:28.339><c> or</c><00:30:29.720><c> whether</c><00:30:29.880><c> they</c><00:30:30.119><c> refuse</c><00:30:30.380><c> to</c><00:30:30.579><c> hear.</c>

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:32.839
We<00:30:30.920><c> preach,</c><00:30:31.460><c> we</c><00:30:31.640><c> teach,</c><00:30:32.299><c> we</c><00:30:32.420><c> witness,</c>

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:36.220
and<00:30:33.160><c> people</c><00:30:33.440><c> shall</c><00:30:33.660><c> know</c><00:30:34.180><c> that</c><00:30:34.440><c> a</c><00:30:34.619><c> prophet</c><00:30:34.779><c> has</c><00:30:34.940><c> been</c><00:30:35.119><c> amongst</c><00:30:35.400><c> them.</c>

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:39.180
If,<00:30:37.259><c> for</c><00:30:37.440><c> example,</c><00:30:37.640><c> we</c><00:30:37.839><c> are</c><00:30:37.940><c> at</c><00:30:38.119><c> a</c><00:30:38.299><c> place</c><00:30:38.460><c> of</c><00:30:38.660><c> work</c><00:30:38.799><c> and</c><00:30:38.960><c> nobody</c>

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.619
knows<00:30:39.519><c> that</c><00:30:39.720><c> a</c><00:30:39.819><c> prophet</c><00:30:39.960><c> is</c><00:30:40.059><c> amongst</c><00:30:40.319><c> them,</c>

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:44.019
nobody<00:30:41.240><c> at</c><00:30:41.420><c> a</c><00:30:41.460><c> workplace</c><00:30:41.839><c> or</c><00:30:42.680><c> street</c><00:30:43.039><c> or</c><00:30:43.240><c> school</c><00:30:43.539><c> or</c><00:30:43.599><c> whatever</c>

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:46.240
knows<00:30:44.700><c> what</c><00:30:45.680><c> we</c><00:30:45.920><c> have,</c>

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:48.460
the<00:30:46.380><c> gospel</c><00:30:46.660><c> we</c><00:30:46.920><c> have,</c><00:30:47.500><c> they</c><00:30:47.660><c> don't</c><00:30:47.819><c> know</c><00:30:48.019><c> a</c><00:30:48.180><c> prophet</c><00:30:48.339><c> has</c>

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.339
been<00:30:48.559><c> amongst</c><00:30:48.859><c> them,</c>

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:54.579
then<00:30:49.960><c> I</c><00:30:50.700><c> think</c><00:30:50.940><c> we</c><00:30:51.140><c> are</c><00:30:51.160><c> falling</c><00:30:51.440><c> down</c><00:30:52.819><c> against</c><00:30:53.619><c> this</c><00:30:53.920><c> set</c><00:30:54.019><c> of</c><00:30:54.279><c> principles,</c>

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:58.259
which<00:30:55.119><c> Ezekiel</c><00:30:55.680><c> is</c><00:30:56.680><c> outlining</c><00:30:57.019><c> for</c><00:30:57.279><c> us.</c>

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:03.460
So<00:31:00.420><c> then</c><00:31:00.640><c> we</c><00:31:00.779><c> come</c><00:31:00.940><c> to</c><00:31:01.420><c> the</c><00:31:01.539><c> latter</c><00:31:01.740><c> part</c><00:31:02.019><c> of</c><00:31:02.180><c> chapter</c><00:31:02.380><c> 3.</c>

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:06.740
The<00:31:03.920><c> hand</c><00:31:04.140><c> of</c><00:31:04.279><c> the</c><00:31:04.359><c> Lord</c><00:31:04.539><c> again</c><00:31:04.880><c> came</c><00:31:05.279><c> upon</c><00:31:05.740><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:10.680
In<00:31:07.319><c> verse</c><00:31:07.480><c> 23,</c><00:31:08.279><c> the</c><00:31:08.599><c> glory</c><00:31:08.900><c> of</c><00:31:09.000><c> the</c><00:31:09.079><c> Lord</c><00:31:09.240><c> stood</c><00:31:09.500><c> there</c><00:31:09.759><c> like</c><00:31:09.960><c> the</c><00:31:10.119><c> glory</c><00:31:10.380><c> which</c><00:31:10.579><c> I</c>

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.839
had<00:31:10.819><c> seen</c><00:31:11.019><c> by</c><00:31:11.200><c> the</c><00:31:11.240><c> river</c><00:31:11.460><c> Kibar.</c>

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:16.579
This<00:31:12.279><c> great</c><00:31:12.539><c> glory</c><00:31:13.000><c> reappeared,</c><00:31:13.740><c> if</c><00:31:13.859><c> you</c><00:31:14.019><c> like,</c><00:31:15.200><c> to</c><00:31:15.500><c> Ezekiel</c>

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.900
towards<00:31:16.839><c> the</c><00:31:16.960><c> end</c><00:31:17.019><c> of</c><00:31:17.119><c> this</c><00:31:17.279><c> first</c><00:31:17.519><c> vision.</c>

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:21.099
And<00:31:18.779><c> the</c><00:31:18.940><c> Spirit</c><00:31:19.140><c> entered</c><00:31:19.420><c> into</c><00:31:19.599><c> me</c><00:31:19.759><c> and</c><00:31:19.900><c> I</c><00:31:20.140><c> stood</c><00:31:20.319><c> upon</c><00:31:20.579><c> my</c><00:31:20.920><c> feet,</c>

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:24.079
the<00:31:21.400><c> sense</c><00:31:21.700><c> of</c><00:31:22.059><c> spiritual</c><00:31:22.420><c> confidence</c><00:31:22.920><c> that</c><00:31:23.240><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:23.740><c> had.</c>

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:26.019
He<00:31:24.519><c> spoke</c><00:31:24.799><c> with</c><00:31:25.000><c> me</c><00:31:25.140><c> and</c><00:31:25.259><c> said</c><00:31:25.420><c> to</c><00:31:25.559><c> me,</c>

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:28.380
shut<00:31:26.380><c> yourself</c><00:31:26.839><c> within</c><00:31:27.000><c> your</c><00:31:27.220><c> house</c><00:31:27.480><c> and</c><00:31:27.619><c> here's</c><00:31:27.779><c> the</c><00:31:27.940><c> beginning</c><00:31:28.119><c> of</c><00:31:28.339><c> a</c>

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.859
whole<00:31:28.720><c> series</c><00:31:29.119><c> of</c><00:31:29.380><c> peculiar,</c>

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:33.420
really<00:31:30.180><c> peculiar</c><00:31:30.799><c> things</c><00:31:31.420><c> that</c><00:31:31.599><c> seem</c><00:31:31.700><c> to</c><00:31:31.819><c> be</c><00:31:32.019><c> happening</c><00:31:32.220><c> to</c><00:31:32.420><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:37.299
After<00:31:34.480><c> being</c><00:31:34.720><c> told</c><00:31:34.900><c> he</c><00:31:35.000><c> had</c><00:31:35.119><c> to</c><00:31:35.420><c> speak,</c><00:31:35.819><c> this</c><00:31:35.980><c> is</c><00:31:36.180><c> almost</c><00:31:36.460><c> paradoxical,</c>

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:39.599
he<00:31:37.720><c> had</c><00:31:37.859><c> to</c><00:31:38.240><c> go</c><00:31:38.359><c> and</c><00:31:38.619><c> preach.</c>

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:44.619
He's,<00:31:41.660><c> in</c><00:31:41.799><c> verse</c><00:31:41.980><c> 25,</c><00:31:42.619><c> son</c><00:31:42.779><c> of</c><00:31:42.920><c> man,</c><00:31:43.240><c> put</c><00:31:43.359><c> cords,</c><00:31:44.019><c> be</c><00:31:44.440><c> placed</c>

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.119
upon<00:31:44.880><c> you,</c>

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:48.339
you<00:31:45.220><c> shall</c><00:31:45.299><c> be</c><00:31:45.700><c> bound,</c><00:31:46.859><c> you</c><00:31:46.960><c> cannot</c><00:31:47.119><c> go</c><00:31:47.380><c> out</c><00:31:47.559><c> amongst</c><00:31:47.799><c> the</c><00:31:48.039><c> people</c><00:31:48.200><c> and</c>

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.220
I'll<00:31:48.539><c> make</c><00:31:48.700><c> you</c><00:31:48.960><c> dumb.</c>

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:52.140
I<00:31:49.500><c> will</c><00:31:49.700><c> make</c><00:31:49.940><c> your</c><00:31:50.359><c> tongue</c><00:31:50.759><c> cleave,</c><00:31:51.339><c> verse</c><00:31:51.579><c> 26,</c>

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:54.359
to<00:31:52.559><c> the</c><00:31:52.660><c> roof</c><00:31:52.759><c> of</c><00:31:52.900><c> your</c><00:31:53.079><c> mouth</c><00:31:53.279><c> that</c><00:31:53.420><c> you</c><00:31:53.640><c> shall</c><00:31:53.759><c> be</c><00:31:54.039><c> dumb</c>

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:57.400
and<00:31:54.960><c> unable</c><00:31:55.259><c> to</c><00:31:55.539><c> reprove</c><00:31:55.819><c> them</c><00:31:56.079><c> for</c><00:31:56.240><c> they</c><00:31:56.460><c> are</c><00:31:56.619><c> a</c><00:31:56.740><c> rebellious</c><00:31:57.059><c> house.</c>

00:31:57.859 --> 00:32:00.819
Here's<00:31:58.279><c> a</c><00:31:58.579><c> strange</c><00:31:58.819><c> situation</c><00:31:59.279><c> where</c><00:32:00.059><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:00.339><c> is</c><00:32:00.500><c> told</c><00:32:00.599><c> to</c>

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.599
preach,<00:32:01.680><c> to</c><00:32:01.740><c> witness,</c>

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:06.359
and<00:32:03.140><c> yet</c><00:32:03.279><c> he's</c><00:32:03.480><c> made</c><00:32:03.740><c> dumb</c><00:32:04.299><c> to</c><00:32:05.279><c> reprove</c><00:32:05.619><c> them</c><00:32:05.759><c> because</c><00:32:06.039><c> they're</c><00:32:06.359><c> a</c>

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.940
rebellious<00:32:06.740><c> house.</c>

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:09.339
They're<00:32:07.200><c> so,</c><00:32:07.380><c> in</c><00:32:07.559><c> a</c><00:32:07.680><c> sense,</c><00:32:07.900><c> they're</c><00:32:08.019><c> so</c><00:32:08.319><c> rebellious</c><00:32:09.079><c> that</c>

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.880
they<00:32:09.440><c> won't</c><00:32:09.559><c> even</c><00:32:09.859><c> hear.</c>

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:14.160
But<00:32:11.960><c> he</c><00:32:12.220><c> clearly,</c><00:32:12.500><c> there's</c><00:32:12.619><c> a</c><00:32:12.740><c> way</c><00:32:12.859><c> in</c><00:32:12.960><c> which</c><00:32:13.039><c> one</c><00:32:13.240><c> has</c><00:32:13.460><c> to</c><00:32:13.619><c> understand,</c><00:32:13.920><c> I</c>

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.000
believe,<00:32:14.380><c> this</c><00:32:14.500><c> dumbness</c>

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:19.440
because<00:32:15.519><c> he</c><00:32:15.779><c> clearly</c><00:32:15.920><c> speaks</c><00:32:16.460><c> in</c><00:32:16.799><c> time,</c><00:32:19.019><c> during</c><00:32:19.119><c> part</c><00:32:19.339><c> of</c>

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.900
this<00:32:19.619><c> time,</c>

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:22.440
before<00:32:20.240><c> the</c><00:32:20.460><c> 33rd</c><00:32:20.880><c> chapter</c><00:32:21.119><c> when</c><00:32:21.279><c> his</c><00:32:21.480><c> dumbness</c><00:32:21.779><c> is</c><00:32:22.059><c> removed,</c>

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.460
there's<00:32:23.059><c> clearly</c><00:32:23.259><c> sort</c><00:32:23.460><c> of</c><00:32:23.599><c> intermittent</c><00:32:23.900><c> dumbness</c>

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:29.519
to<00:32:24.680><c> give</c><00:32:24.859><c> an</c><00:32:25.140><c> impression</c><00:32:25.740><c> of</c><00:32:26.819><c> the</c><00:32:27.039><c> worthlessness</c><00:32:27.420><c> of</c><00:32:27.680><c> teaching</c><00:32:28.000><c> to</c><00:32:28.480><c> people</c>

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:33.940
in<00:32:30.099><c> the</c><00:32:30.299><c> sense</c><00:32:30.559><c> if</c><00:32:30.960><c> they</c><00:32:31.480><c> are</c><00:32:31.759><c> not</c><00:32:32.660><c> responding</c><00:32:33.319><c> to</c><00:32:33.759><c> the</c><00:32:33.880><c> word</c>

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:35.099
of<00:32:34.200><c> God.</c>

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:38.880
Chapter<00:32:36.740><c> 4,</c><00:32:37.140><c> as</c><00:32:37.299><c> you</c><00:32:37.460><c> probably</c><00:32:37.720><c> know,</c><00:32:38.039><c> is</c><00:32:38.200><c> another</c><00:32:38.480><c> picture</c>

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:41.859
of<00:32:39.099><c> what</c><00:32:39.400><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:39.759><c> does</c><00:32:40.039><c> by</c><00:32:40.299><c> vision,</c><00:32:40.599><c> by</c><00:32:41.460><c> symbol.</c>

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.880
He<00:32:42.440><c> makes</c><00:32:42.640><c> a</c><00:32:42.779><c> little</c><00:32:42.940><c> meccano</c><00:32:43.319><c> set,</c><00:32:43.559><c> if</c><00:32:43.640><c> you</c><00:32:43.779><c> like,</c>

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:47.220
a<00:32:43.980><c> little</c><00:32:44.160><c> meccano</c><00:32:44.480><c> set,</c><00:32:44.859><c> we</c><00:32:45.180><c> might</c><00:32:45.400><c> call</c><00:32:45.579><c> it,</c><00:32:45.859><c> of</c><00:32:46.079><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.319
The<00:32:48.140><c> first</c><00:32:48.440><c> paragraph</c><00:32:48.940><c> there.</c>

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:52.480
And<00:32:49.900><c> he</c><00:32:50.019><c> sort</c><00:32:50.220><c> of</c><00:32:50.319><c> plays</c><00:32:50.480><c> out</c><00:32:50.819><c> the</c><00:32:51.059><c> destruction</c><00:32:51.559><c> of</c><00:32:52.059><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:57.579
by<00:32:53.160><c> a</c><00:32:54.180><c> little</c><00:32:54.380><c> model,</c><00:32:55.960><c> a</c><00:32:56.059><c> little</c><00:32:56.200><c> symbolic</c><00:32:56.599><c> model</c><00:32:56.920><c> of</c><00:32:57.119><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.440
how<00:32:57.880><c> it's</c><00:32:58.039><c> going</c><00:32:58.160><c> to</c><00:32:58.299><c> be</c><00:32:58.500><c> destroyed.</c>

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:04.539
Then<00:33:00.380><c> he</c><00:33:00.519><c> lies</c><00:33:00.779><c> on</c><00:33:00.920><c> his</c><00:33:01.200><c> side</c><00:33:01.519><c> for,</c><00:33:02.119><c> as</c><00:33:02.359><c> we</c><00:33:02.519><c> told</c><00:33:02.740><c> there</c><00:33:03.079><c> in</c><00:33:03.779><c> verse</c><00:33:04.019><c> 5,</c>

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:09.019
lies<00:33:04.900><c> on</c><00:33:05.099><c> his</c><00:33:05.279><c> side</c><00:33:05.480><c> for</c><00:33:05.779><c> 390</c><00:33:06.740><c> days,</c><00:33:07.640><c> or</c><00:33:07.920><c> in</c><00:33:08.119><c> the</c><00:33:08.220><c> Septuagint</c><00:33:08.740><c> version,</c>

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:12.359
190<00:33:09.599><c> days,</c><00:33:10.039><c> he</c><00:33:10.079><c> just</c><00:33:10.359><c> lies</c><00:33:10.519><c> on</c><00:33:10.700><c> his</c><00:33:10.960><c> side.</c>

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:18.599
And<00:33:15.019><c> then</c><00:33:15.259><c> on</c><00:33:15.400><c> one</c><00:33:15.599><c> side,</c><00:33:15.960><c> and</c><00:33:15.960><c> then</c><00:33:16.099><c> 40</c><00:33:16.279><c> days</c><00:33:16.779><c> on</c><00:33:17.359><c> the</c><00:33:17.500><c> other</c><00:33:17.720><c> side.</c>

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:23.160
This<00:33:20.660><c> is</c><00:33:21.000><c> sort</c><00:33:21.180><c> of</c><00:33:21.259><c> a</c><00:33:21.259><c> spectacular</c><00:33:21.839><c> prophet,</c><00:33:22.440><c> really,</c><00:33:22.579><c> the</c><00:33:22.640><c> things</c><00:33:22.799><c> he</c><00:33:23.000><c> does.</c>

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:25.640
He's<00:33:23.359><c> eating</c><00:33:23.660><c> scrolls,</c><00:33:24.400><c> he's</c><00:33:24.779><c> doing</c><00:33:25.019><c> all</c><00:33:25.220><c> these</c><00:33:25.400><c> things,</c>

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:28.079
and<00:33:25.819><c> he's</c><00:33:26.240><c> making</c><00:33:26.539><c> meccano</c><00:33:26.900><c> sets</c><00:33:27.240><c> to</c><00:33:27.460><c> make</c><00:33:27.619><c> a</c><00:33:27.839><c> point,</c>

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:31.380
talking<00:33:28.559><c> about</c><00:33:28.740><c> a</c><00:33:28.920><c> visual</c><00:33:29.220><c> expert</c><00:33:29.900><c> in</c><00:33:30.519><c> preaching</c><00:33:30.740><c> a</c><00:33:31.019><c> message.</c>

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:34.519
And<00:33:32.079><c> here</c><00:33:32.180><c> he's</c><00:33:32.380><c> lying</c><00:33:32.519><c> on</c><00:33:32.700><c> his</c><00:33:32.859><c> side</c><00:33:32.960><c> for</c><00:33:33.140><c> 190</c><00:33:33.519><c> days.</c>

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:37.900
One<00:33:35.359><c> gathers</c><00:33:35.859><c> that</c><00:33:36.039><c> it</c><00:33:36.140><c> was</c><00:33:36.240><c> just</c><00:33:36.480><c> when</c><00:33:37.000><c> people</c><00:33:37.279><c> could</c><00:33:37.500><c> see</c><00:33:37.700><c> him</c>

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:39.660
that<00:33:38.039><c> he</c><00:33:38.160><c> rose</c><00:33:38.339><c> in</c><00:33:38.519><c> the</c><00:33:38.680><c> evening</c><00:33:39.059><c> and</c><00:33:39.339><c> so</c><00:33:39.539><c> on.</c>

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:42.019
It<00:33:39.700><c> was</c><00:33:39.819><c> just</c><00:33:39.980><c> in</c><00:33:40.099><c> the</c><00:33:40.279><c> daytime</c><00:33:40.640><c> one</c><00:33:41.299><c> gathers</c><00:33:41.619><c> from</c><00:33:41.839><c> this</c>

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:45.700
that<00:33:42.200><c> he</c><00:33:42.660><c> lay</c><00:33:42.779><c> on</c><00:33:42.940><c> his</c><00:33:43.180><c> side</c><00:33:43.319><c> as</c><00:33:43.500><c> a</c><00:33:43.700><c> symbol</c><00:33:44.079><c> of</c><00:33:44.740><c> a</c><00:33:44.940><c> long</c><00:33:45.240><c> period</c>

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:50.759
of<00:33:45.940><c> desolation,</c><00:33:46.839><c> of</c><00:33:46.859><c> inertia,</c><00:33:48.240><c> of</c><00:33:48.460><c> spiritual</c><00:33:49.380><c> inertia</c><00:33:49.980><c> of</c><00:33:50.160><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:56.319
followed<00:33:51.480><c> by</c><00:33:51.759><c> the</c><00:33:53.299><c> 40</c><00:33:53.539><c> days</c><00:33:53.920><c> of</c><00:33:54.500><c> inertia</c><00:33:55.079><c> for</c><00:33:55.500><c> the</c><00:33:55.640><c> other</c><00:33:56.039><c> part</c>

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.440
of<00:33:56.559><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:00.759
And<00:33:58.380><c> then</c><00:33:58.839><c> all</c><00:33:59.079><c> from</c><00:33:59.200><c> verse</c><00:33:59.480><c> 9</c><00:33:59.819><c> through</c><00:34:00.000><c> to</c><00:34:00.119><c> the</c><00:34:00.160><c> end</c><00:34:00.279><c> of</c><00:34:00.380><c> the</c><00:34:00.519><c> chapter,</c>

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:03.339
he's<00:34:00.980><c> eating</c><00:34:01.400><c> siege</c><00:34:02.019><c> food,</c><00:34:02.440><c> dreadful</c><00:34:02.940><c> food,</c>

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:07.140
even<00:34:04.039><c> eating</c><00:34:04.400><c> food</c><00:34:04.700><c> which</c><00:34:04.900><c> is</c><00:34:05.220><c> made</c><00:34:05.500><c> in</c><00:34:05.920><c> defiled</c><00:34:06.279><c> ways,</c>

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:11.440
like<00:34:07.380><c> made</c><00:34:07.599><c> from</c><00:34:08.420><c> the</c><00:34:08.739><c> heat</c><00:34:08.880><c> of</c><00:34:09.159><c> dung</c><00:34:09.420><c> and</c><00:34:09.599><c> all</c><00:34:09.780><c> things</c><00:34:09.960><c> like</c><00:34:10.260><c> this.</c>

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:14.460
Ezekiel<00:34:12.199><c> must</c><00:34:12.420><c> have</c><00:34:12.559><c> been</c><00:34:12.659><c> so</c><00:34:13.300><c> puzzled</c><00:34:13.719><c> by</c><00:34:13.920><c> all</c><00:34:14.139><c> this,</c>

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:17.880
making<00:34:15.000><c> food</c><00:34:15.659><c> in</c><00:34:16.099><c> a</c><00:34:16.280><c> contaminated</c><00:34:16.679><c> way,</c>

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:21.159
he<00:34:18.679><c> must</c><00:34:18.860><c> have</c><00:34:19.539><c> sort</c><00:34:19.739><c> of</c><00:34:20.059><c> taken</c><00:34:20.280><c> a</c><00:34:20.420><c> deep</c><00:34:20.659><c> breath</c><00:34:20.920><c> and</c><00:34:21.079><c> said,</c>

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:24.900
what<00:34:21.340><c> can</c><00:34:21.539><c> the</c><00:34:21.699><c> Lord</c><00:34:21.840><c> ever,</c><00:34:23.119><c> how</c><00:34:23.420><c> can</c><00:34:23.579><c> he</c><00:34:24.320><c> expect</c><00:34:24.519><c> me</c><00:34:24.679><c> to</c><00:34:24.800><c> do</c>

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.320
these<00:34:25.139><c> things</c>

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:27.760
which<00:34:25.460><c> are</c><00:34:25.619><c> against</c><00:34:25.880><c> the</c><00:34:26.500><c> priestly</c><00:34:26.719><c> tradition?</c>

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.960
But<00:34:28.579><c> surely</c><00:34:28.880><c> when</c><00:34:29.099><c> he</c><00:34:29.260><c> does</c><00:34:29.480><c> these</c><00:34:29.800><c> things,</c>

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:32.880
it's<00:34:30.239><c> a</c><00:34:30.380><c> symbol</c><00:34:30.619><c> of</c><00:34:30.880><c> how</c><00:34:31.219><c> Israel</c><00:34:31.679><c> had</c><00:34:32.280><c> profaned</c><00:34:32.619><c> everything</c>

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:34.059
that<00:34:33.019><c> was</c><00:34:33.199><c> holy.</c>

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:37.440
And<00:34:34.760><c> so</c><00:34:34.920><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:35.219><c> had</c><00:34:35.340><c> to</c><00:34:35.679><c> even</c><00:34:36.039><c> make</c><00:34:36.320><c> food,</c><00:34:36.880><c> what's</c><00:34:37.179><c> called</c>

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.460
siege<00:34:37.820><c> food</c><00:34:38.099><c> here,</c>

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:42.300
rudimentary<00:34:39.500><c> food,</c><00:34:40.400><c> just</c><00:34:40.400><c> the</c><00:34:40.960><c> Spartan</c><00:34:41.619><c> existence</c><00:34:42.019><c> over</c>

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:43.360
this<00:34:42.519><c> time.</c>

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:46.340
He<00:34:43.539><c> had</c><00:34:43.539><c> to</c><00:34:43.739><c> make</c><00:34:43.960><c> food</c><00:34:44.179><c> in</c><00:34:44.300><c> a</c><00:34:44.440><c> way</c><00:34:44.559><c> which</c><00:34:44.780><c> was</c><00:34:45.059><c> defiled,</c>

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:48.400
or<00:34:46.880><c> defiled</c><00:34:47.219><c> according</c><00:34:47.420><c> to</c><00:34:47.679><c> the</c><00:34:47.699><c> code</c><00:34:47.820><c> of</c><00:34:47.980><c> the</c><00:34:48.139><c> law.</c>

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:55.360
What<00:34:48.719><c> I</c><00:34:48.900><c> would</c><00:34:49.739><c> feel</c><00:34:50.019><c> is</c><00:34:50.599><c> a</c><00:34:50.800><c> symbol</c><00:34:51.099><c> of</c><00:34:53.099><c> the</c><00:34:53.579><c> defiled</c><00:34:54.099><c> state</c><00:34:54.300><c> of</c><00:34:54.539><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:57.320
Everything<00:34:56.159><c> about</c><00:34:56.460><c> it</c><00:34:56.599><c> was</c><00:34:56.860><c> defiled</c>

00:34:57.320 --> 00:35:02.380
because<00:34:57.679><c> of</c><00:34:59.039><c> failure</c><00:34:59.199><c> to</c><00:35:00.380><c> recognize</c><00:35:00.900><c> their</c><00:35:01.260><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:06.960
Chapter<00:35:04.340><c> 5</c><00:35:04.639><c> continues</c><00:35:05.159><c> with</c><00:35:05.420><c> these</c><00:35:06.039><c> constant</c><00:35:06.539><c> figures.</c>

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:10.219
He<00:35:07.539><c> cuts</c><00:35:07.940><c> his</c><00:35:08.380><c> hair</c><00:35:08.619><c> into</c><00:35:08.860><c> three</c><00:35:09.119><c> sections,</c>

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:12.820
and<00:35:10.320><c> it's</c><00:35:10.500><c> thrown</c><00:35:10.679><c> into</c><00:35:11.320><c> three</c><00:35:12.000><c> things</c><00:35:12.320><c> happen</c><00:35:12.659><c> to</c><00:35:12.739><c> it,</c>

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:17.360
as<00:35:12.920><c> you'll</c><00:35:13.159><c> see</c><00:35:13.260><c> there</c><00:35:13.440><c> in</c><00:35:13.559><c> the</c><00:35:13.679><c> beginning</c><00:35:13.860><c> of</c><00:35:14.199><c> the</c><00:35:14.639><c> fifth</c><00:35:14.820><c> chapter</c><00:35:15.619><c> of</c>

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.400
the<00:35:17.579><c> prophecy.</c>

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.699
And<00:35:20.019><c> this</c><00:35:20.179><c> is</c><00:35:20.360><c> symbolic.</c>

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:23.380
It's<00:35:20.900><c> all</c><00:35:21.039><c> symbolic</c><00:35:21.519><c> really</c><00:35:21.840><c> of</c><00:35:22.139><c> impending</c><00:35:22.699><c> disaster,</c>

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:26.760
a<00:35:23.760><c> cutting</c><00:35:23.900><c> in</c><00:35:24.179><c> pieces</c><00:35:24.440><c> of</c><00:35:24.659><c> the</c><00:35:24.780><c> city</c><00:35:25.000><c> of</c><00:35:25.179><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:26.119><c> desecration.</c>

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:29.340
In<00:35:27.300><c> fact,</c><00:35:27.380><c> he</c><00:35:27.579><c> says</c><00:35:27.719><c> that</c><00:35:27.960><c> very</c><00:35:28.300><c> clearly</c><00:35:28.539><c> in</c><00:35:28.719><c> verse</c><00:35:28.980><c> 5,</c>

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:32.559
that<00:35:29.500><c> these</c><00:35:29.760><c> symbols</c><00:35:30.260><c> are</c><00:35:30.840><c> all</c><00:35:31.400><c> a</c><00:35:31.519><c> symbol</c><00:35:31.800><c> of</c><00:35:32.159><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.860
This<00:35:33.139><c> is</c><00:35:33.400><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:36.780
I've<00:35:34.539><c> set</c><00:35:34.679><c> in</c><00:35:34.860><c> the</c><00:35:35.019><c> center</c><00:35:35.219><c> of</c><00:35:35.420><c> the</c><00:35:35.579><c> nations</c><00:35:35.960><c> with</c><00:35:36.460><c> countries</c>

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:38.079
around<00:35:37.139><c> her.</c>

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:40.960
She<00:35:39.260><c> has</c><00:35:39.559><c> wickedly,</c><00:35:40.119><c> it</c><00:35:40.119><c> goes</c><00:35:40.360><c> on</c><00:35:40.659><c> and</c><00:35:40.820><c> on,</c>

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:43.579
she<00:35:41.119><c> has</c><00:35:41.599><c> wickedly</c><00:35:42.019><c> rebelled</c><00:35:42.320><c> against</c><00:35:42.579><c> my</c><00:35:42.840><c> ordinances</c><00:35:43.300><c> more</c>

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.780
than<00:35:43.739><c> the</c><00:35:43.880><c> nations,</c>

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.659
more<00:35:45.139><c> than</c><00:35:45.320><c> the</c><00:35:45.440><c> nations.</c>

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.639
That<00:35:46.059><c> point</c><00:35:46.280><c> is</c><00:35:46.599><c> made</c><00:35:46.980><c> time</c><00:35:47.380><c> and</c><00:35:47.500><c> time</c><00:35:47.679><c> again.</c>

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:52.019
Against<00:35:49.460><c> my</c><00:35:49.800><c> statutes,</c><00:35:51.059><c> against</c><00:35:51.059><c> more</c><00:35:51.500><c> than</c><00:35:51.639><c> the</c><00:35:51.820><c> countries</c>

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.699
around<00:35:52.260><c> about</c><00:35:52.519><c> her,</c>

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:56.559
she's<00:35:52.980><c> rejected</c><00:35:53.340><c> my</c><00:35:53.679><c> ordinances,</c><00:35:54.139><c> she's</c><00:35:54.420><c> not</c><00:35:54.800><c> walking</c><00:35:55.039><c> in</c><00:35:55.199><c> my</c><00:35:55.460><c> statutes.</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:36:00.079
And<00:35:57.400><c> then</c><00:35:57.579><c> even</c><00:35:57.780><c> to</c><00:35:57.920><c> the</c><00:35:58.139><c> point</c><00:35:58.400><c> in</c><00:35:58.719><c> verse</c><00:35:58.960><c> 10,</c><00:35:59.260><c> inexplicably,</c>

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:02.940
and<00:36:00.380><c> it</c><00:36:00.760><c> just</c><00:36:00.880><c> sort</c><00:36:01.059><c> of</c><00:36:02.000><c> boggles</c><00:36:02.340><c> at</c><00:36:02.519><c> this,</c>

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:06.860
verse<00:36:03.659><c> 10,</c><00:36:04.440><c> cannibals,</c><00:36:05.179><c> fathers</c><00:36:05.619><c> shall</c><00:36:05.840><c> eat</c><00:36:06.079><c> their</c><00:36:06.360><c> sons</c>

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:08.139
in<00:36:07.300><c> the</c><00:36:07.440><c> midst</c><00:36:07.619><c> of</c><00:36:07.820><c> you.</c>

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:12.679
This<00:36:08.619><c> is</c><00:36:08.960><c> incredible</c><00:36:09.460><c> that</c><00:36:09.699><c> spiritual</c><00:36:10.059><c> Israel</c><00:36:10.480><c> reached</c><00:36:10.880><c> this</c><00:36:11.539><c> degradation.</c>

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:15.340
Fathers<00:36:13.760><c> shall</c><00:36:13.940><c> eat</c><00:36:14.099><c> their</c><00:36:14.360><c> sons</c><00:36:14.639><c> in</c><00:36:14.800><c> the</c><00:36:14.880><c> midst</c><00:36:15.059><c> of</c><00:36:15.199><c> you.</c>

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.699
Sons<00:36:15.639><c> shall</c><00:36:15.820><c> eat</c><00:36:16.000><c> their</c><00:36:16.239><c> fathers.</c>

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:20.139
I'll<00:36:17.199><c> execute</c><00:36:17.699><c> judgment</c><00:36:18.059><c> on</c><00:36:18.260><c> you</c><00:36:18.500><c> and</c><00:36:18.800><c> any</c><00:36:19.059><c> of</c><00:36:19.199><c> you</c><00:36:19.519><c> who</c><00:36:19.840><c> survive.</c>

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.300
I<00:36:20.320><c> will</c><00:36:20.440><c> scatter</c><00:36:20.699><c> to</c><00:36:20.880><c> the</c><00:36:21.019><c> winds.</c>

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:24.239
This<00:36:21.599><c> is</c><00:36:21.800><c> an</c><00:36:22.039><c> angry,</c><00:36:22.579><c> an</c><00:36:22.920><c> angry</c><00:36:23.199><c> God.</c>

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:29.480
Verse<00:36:24.440><c> 13,</c><00:36:25.000><c> thus</c><00:36:25.559><c> shall</c><00:36:25.980><c> my</c><00:36:26.340><c> anger</c><00:36:27.199><c> spend</c><00:36:28.980><c> itself.</c>

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:33.039
I'll<00:36:30.219><c> vent</c><00:36:30.360><c> my</c><00:36:30.800><c> fury</c><00:36:31.380><c> upon</c><00:36:32.599><c> them.</c>

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:35.599
Verse<00:36:33.579><c> 13,</c><00:36:34.579><c> and</c><00:36:34.780><c> satisfy</c><00:36:35.119><c> myself.</c>

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:39.539
They<00:36:35.800><c> shall</c><00:36:36.019><c> know</c><00:36:36.480><c> that</c><00:36:36.800><c> I,</c><00:36:37.639><c> the</c><00:36:37.900><c> Lord,</c><00:36:38.099><c> have</c><00:36:38.320><c> spoken</c><00:36:38.639><c> in</c><00:36:38.860><c> my</c><00:36:39.039><c> jealousy,</c>

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:41.500
and<00:36:39.820><c> I</c><00:36:40.139><c> spend</c><00:36:40.239><c> my</c><00:36:40.639><c> fury</c><00:36:40.960><c> upon</c><00:36:41.260><c> them.</c>

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:43.219
It's<00:36:41.820><c> a</c><00:36:42.000><c> furious</c><00:36:42.340><c> God.</c>

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.699
I<00:36:45.699><c> can't</c><00:36:45.960><c> repeat</c><00:36:46.260><c> that</c><00:36:46.480><c> enough.</c>

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:52.119
He's<00:36:47.019><c> furious</c><00:36:47.500><c> with</c><00:36:48.159><c> this</c><00:36:48.400><c> idea</c><00:36:48.940><c> of</c><00:36:50.159><c> desecrating</c><00:36:50.800><c> holy</c><00:36:51.059><c> things.</c>

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:55.300
These<00:36:53.559><c> things</c><00:36:53.760><c> are</c><00:36:54.059><c> supremely</c><00:36:54.539><c> holy</c><00:36:54.760><c> to</c><00:36:55.019><c> God.</c>

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:59.960
The<00:36:55.940><c> promises,</c><00:36:56.820><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:36:57.920><c> the</c><00:36:58.059><c> priesthood,</c><00:36:59.300><c> sacrifices,</c>

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:01.239
they're<00:37:00.539><c> all</c><00:37:00.920><c> holy.</c>

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:05.039
And<00:37:01.440><c> to</c><00:37:01.619><c> see</c><00:37:01.900><c> it</c><00:37:02.360><c> abused</c><00:37:02.780><c> or</c><00:37:03.679><c> whatever,</c>

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:08.659
the<00:37:06.099><c> spiritual</c><00:37:06.420><c> potential</c><00:37:06.880><c> hardly</c><00:37:07.300><c> even</c><00:37:07.719><c> started,</c>

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:11.980
God's<00:37:10.179><c> furious</c><00:37:10.539><c> with</c><00:37:10.760><c> it.</c>

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:14.980
And<00:37:13.059><c> he</c><00:37:13.099><c> says</c><00:37:13.280><c> in</c><00:37:13.420><c> verse</c><00:37:13.619><c> 15,</c><00:37:14.000><c> you</c><00:37:14.019><c> shall</c><00:37:14.179><c> be</c><00:37:14.360><c> reproached,</c>

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:16.719
a<00:37:15.179><c> taunt,</c><00:37:15.780><c> a</c><00:37:15.880><c> warning,</c><00:37:16.260><c> a</c><00:37:16.400><c> horror.</c>

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:18.699
Oh,<00:37:17.440><c> this</c><00:37:17.579><c> language.</c>

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.480
To<00:37:20.000><c> the</c><00:37:20.139><c> nations</c><00:37:20.420><c> around</c><00:37:20.760><c> about</c><00:37:21.079><c> you,</c>

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:25.260
when<00:37:21.940><c> I</c><00:37:22.139><c> execute</c><00:37:22.480><c> judgment</c><00:37:22.860><c> on</c><00:37:23.059><c> you</c><00:37:23.280><c> in</c><00:37:23.500><c> anger</c><00:37:23.880><c> and</c><00:37:24.059><c> in</c><00:37:24.320><c> fury,</c>

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:27.719
and<00:37:26.159><c> with</c><00:37:26.420><c> furious</c><00:37:26.860><c> chastisements,</c>

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:31.179
it<00:37:28.179><c> gets</c><00:37:28.820><c> stronger</c><00:37:29.119><c> and</c><00:37:29.440><c> stronger</c><00:37:29.659><c> as</c><00:37:29.800><c> you</c><00:37:29.860><c> get</c><00:37:30.019><c> on</c><00:37:30.179><c> here.</c>

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:33.619
I,<00:37:32.179><c> Yahweh,</c><00:37:32.280><c> have</c><00:37:32.500><c> spoken.</c>

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:35.920
It's<00:37:34.320><c> absolutely,</c><00:37:34.780><c> it's</c><00:37:35.199><c> incontrovertible.</c>

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.820
This<00:37:36.079><c> is</c><00:37:36.280><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:36.500><c> speaking</c><00:37:36.860><c> now.</c>

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:41.059
When<00:37:38.159><c> I</c><00:37:38.360><c> loose</c><00:37:38.559><c> against</c><00:37:38.820><c> you</c><00:37:38.940><c> my</c><00:37:39.199><c> deadly</c><00:37:39.519><c> arrows</c><00:37:39.900><c> of</c><00:37:40.159><c> famine,</c>

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:44.380
arrows<00:37:41.300><c> for</c><00:37:41.559><c> destruction,</c><00:37:42.079><c> which</c><00:37:42.260><c> I</c><00:37:42.500><c> will</c><00:37:42.719><c> loose</c><00:37:42.900><c> to</c><00:37:43.139><c> destroy</c><00:37:43.440><c> you.</c>

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:47.460
And<00:37:44.820><c> when</c><00:37:44.920><c> I</c><00:37:45.159><c> bring</c><00:37:45.300><c> more</c><00:37:45.639><c> and</c><00:37:45.639><c> more</c><00:37:45.900><c> famine</c><00:37:46.139><c> upon</c><00:37:46.440><c> you,</c>

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:49.099
and<00:37:47.699><c> break</c><00:37:47.920><c> your</c><00:37:48.400><c> staff</c><00:37:48.639><c> of</c><00:37:48.940><c> bread,</c>

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:51.440
and<00:37:49.260><c> I</c><00:37:49.320><c> will</c><00:37:49.480><c> send</c><00:37:49.639><c> famine</c><00:37:49.980><c> and</c><00:37:50.239><c> wild</c><00:37:50.440><c> beasts</c><00:37:50.719><c> against</c><00:37:51.039><c> you,</c>

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:54.380
and<00:37:52.300><c> they</c><00:37:52.500><c> will</c><00:37:52.699><c> rob</c><00:37:52.880><c> you</c><00:37:53.039><c> of</c><00:37:53.159><c> your</c><00:37:53.420><c> children,</c><00:37:53.980><c> pestilence</c>

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.880
and<00:37:54.599><c> blood</c>

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:56.219
shall<00:37:55.460><c> pass</c><00:37:55.820><c> through</c><00:37:56.019><c> you.</c>

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:57.960
And<00:37:56.280><c> I</c><00:37:56.420><c> will</c><00:37:56.639><c> bring</c><00:37:56.820><c> the</c><00:37:57.079><c> sword</c><00:37:57.199><c> upon</c><00:37:57.480><c> you.</c>

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:59.599
I,<00:37:58.239><c> the</c><00:37:58.320><c> Lord,</c><00:37:58.440><c> have</c><00:37:58.639><c> spoken.</c>

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:01.280
And<00:38:00.079><c> it's</c><00:38:00.199><c> not</c><00:38:00.519><c> stopped.</c><00:38:00.739><c> There's</c><00:38:00.880><c> more</c><00:38:01.079><c> of</c><00:38:01.219><c> it.</c>

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:04.880
There's<00:38:01.400><c> two</c><00:38:01.599><c> more</c><00:38:01.739><c> chapters</c><00:38:02.119><c> of</c><00:38:02.239><c> this</c><00:38:03.340><c> to</c><00:38:03.579><c> go</c><00:38:03.780><c> on.</c>

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:10.559
Set<00:38:08.139><c> your,</c><00:38:08.780><c> verse,</c><00:38:09.460><c> chapter</c><00:38:09.679><c> six,</c><00:38:10.159><c> verse</c><00:38:10.300><c> one,</c>

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:13.099
set<00:38:10.840><c> your</c><00:38:11.380><c> face</c><00:38:11.679><c> against</c><00:38:11.960><c> the</c><00:38:12.179><c> mountains,</c>

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:15.539
against<00:38:13.539><c> all</c><00:38:13.760><c> these</c><00:38:14.099><c> authors</c><00:38:14.480><c> in</c><00:38:14.780><c> verse</c><00:38:15.139><c> four,</c>

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:17.659
these<00:38:15.880><c> high</c><00:38:16.179><c> places,</c><00:38:16.579><c> these</c><00:38:16.820><c> idols.</c>

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:21.539
They're<00:38:18.300><c> all</c><00:38:18.440><c> going</c><00:38:18.500><c> to</c><00:38:18.599><c> be</c><00:38:18.780><c> wiped</c><00:38:18.960><c> out</c><00:38:19.539><c> and</c><00:38:20.980><c> so</c><00:38:21.260><c> on.</c>

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:25.940
Stamp<00:38:22.059><c> your</c><00:38:22.360><c> feet,</c><00:38:22.780><c> verse</c><00:38:23.039><c> 11,</c><00:38:24.539><c> and</c><00:38:24.739><c> on</c><00:38:24.900><c> and</c><00:38:25.079><c> on.</c>

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:32.000
And<00:38:28.800><c> so</c><00:38:28.960><c> finally,</c><00:38:29.460><c> chapter</c><00:38:29.539><c> seven,</c>

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:37.739
end<00:38:32.920><c> of</c><00:38:33.039><c> this,</c><00:38:34.519><c> I</c><00:38:35.139><c> really</c><00:38:35.360><c> can't</c><00:38:35.659><c> think</c><00:38:36.360><c> of</c><00:38:36.940><c> a</c><00:38:37.039><c> more</c><00:38:37.219><c> severe</c>

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:39.440
series<00:38:38.179><c> of</c><00:38:38.519><c> chapters</c><00:38:38.780><c> in</c><00:38:39.019><c> scripture</c>

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:43.460
of<00:38:40.300><c> the</c><00:38:40.559><c> anger</c><00:38:40.760><c> of</c><00:38:40.960><c> God</c><00:38:41.099><c> against</c><00:38:41.500><c> unspirituality.</c>

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:46.119
The<00:38:44.139><c> word</c><00:38:44.320><c> of</c><00:38:44.440><c> the</c><00:38:44.539><c> Lord</c><00:38:44.699><c> came</c><00:38:44.940><c> to</c><00:38:45.079><c> me,</c><00:38:45.280><c> O</c><00:38:45.440><c> you</c><00:38:45.599><c> son</c><00:38:45.760><c> of</c><00:38:45.960><c> man,</c>

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:48.239
thus<00:38:46.440><c> says</c><00:38:46.639><c> the</c><00:38:46.840><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.039><c> God</c><00:38:47.420><c> to</c><00:38:47.739><c> the</c><00:38:47.900><c> land</c><00:38:47.940><c> of</c><00:38:48.119><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:50.719
The<00:38:48.480><c> end,</c><00:38:48.780><c> the</c><00:38:48.980><c> finish,</c><00:38:49.900><c> the</c><00:38:50.079><c> end</c><00:38:50.239><c> has</c><00:38:50.460><c> come,</c>

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:52.559
the<00:38:51.000><c> four</c><00:38:51.239><c> corners</c><00:38:51.519><c> of</c><00:38:51.699><c> the</c><00:38:51.820><c> land,</c><00:38:52.099><c> it's</c><00:38:52.139><c> finished.</c>

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.079
The<00:38:53.059><c> end</c><00:38:53.159><c> has</c><00:38:53.440><c> come.</c>

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:57.860
Play<00:38:54.539><c> on</c><00:38:54.699><c> the</c><00:38:55.059><c> repetition</c><00:38:56.159><c> of</c><00:38:56.340><c> the</c><00:38:56.400><c> word</c><00:38:56.519><c> end.</c>

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:59.059
It's<00:38:58.519><c> end,</c><00:38:58.699><c> it's</c><00:38:58.840><c> finished.</c>

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:01.219
You've<00:38:59.320><c> had</c><00:38:59.420><c> your</c><00:38:59.599><c> chance</c><00:38:59.880><c> and</c><00:39:00.000><c> that's</c><00:39:00.239><c> gone.</c>

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:04.400
Disaster<00:39:02.639><c> upon</c><00:39:02.860><c> disaster,</c><00:39:03.519><c> verse</c><00:39:03.659><c> five,</c>

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:08.079
behold<00:39:04.960><c> it</c><00:39:05.199><c> ends,</c><00:39:05.559><c> the</c><00:39:05.699><c> end</c><00:39:05.840><c> has</c><00:39:06.119><c> come,</c><00:39:06.639><c> end</c><00:39:06.920><c> has</c><00:39:07.219><c> come.</c>

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:10.599
Your<00:39:08.940><c> doom,</c><00:39:09.260><c> verse</c><00:39:09.480><c> 10.</c>

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:16.400
And<00:39:12.000><c> then,</c><00:39:12.440><c> verse</c><00:39:12.539><c> 19,</c><00:39:14.579><c> chapter</c><00:39:15.219><c> seven,</c><00:39:15.760><c> verse</c><00:39:15.860><c> 19,</c>

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:19.500
something<00:39:16.739><c> which</c><00:39:17.039><c> is</c><00:39:17.360><c> very,</c><00:39:18.019><c> I</c><00:39:19.260><c> think,</c>

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:21.900
important<00:39:19.920><c> for</c><00:39:20.079><c> us</c><00:39:20.260><c> to</c><00:39:20.480><c> note</c><00:39:20.659><c> here.</c>

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:25.219
They<00:39:23.320><c> cast</c><00:39:23.699><c> their</c><00:39:24.039><c> silver</c><00:39:24.320><c> into</c><00:39:24.599><c> the</c><00:39:24.940><c> streets.</c>

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:27.840
This<00:39:25.780><c> is</c><00:39:26.019><c> the</c><00:39:26.159><c> worthlessness</c><00:39:26.599><c> of</c><00:39:26.900><c> wealth.</c>

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:35.619
Fancy,<00:39:29.679><c> just</c><00:39:29.960><c> fancy,</c><00:39:31.019><c> substituting</c><00:39:32.380><c> spiritual</c><00:39:33.099><c> things</c><00:39:33.719><c> to</c><00:39:34.739><c> wealth.</c>

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.300
It's<00:39:36.420><c> stupid.</c>

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:40.019
They<00:39:37.679><c> cast</c><00:39:37.960><c> their</c><00:39:38.239><c> silver</c><00:39:38.679><c> into</c><00:39:39.480><c> the</c><00:39:39.800><c> streets</c>

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:41.920
and<00:39:40.239><c> their</c><00:39:40.400><c> gold</c><00:39:40.639><c> is</c><00:39:40.860><c> like</c><00:39:41.059><c> an</c><00:39:41.280><c> unclean</c><00:39:41.739><c> thing.</c>

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:45.039
All<00:39:42.179><c> this</c><00:39:42.519><c> ill</c><00:39:42.820><c>-gotten</c><00:39:43.199><c> wealth,</c><00:39:43.599><c> it</c><00:39:43.639><c> doesn't</c><00:39:43.880><c> mean</c><00:39:44.159><c> anything.</c>

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:48.340
Their<00:39:46.099><c> silver</c><00:39:46.420><c> and</c><00:39:46.619><c> their</c><00:39:46.780><c> gold</c><00:39:46.900><c> are</c><00:39:47.059><c> not</c><00:39:47.260><c> able</c><00:39:47.440><c> to</c><00:39:47.719><c> deliver</c><00:39:47.960><c> them.</c>

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:50.099
We<00:39:49.099><c> need</c><00:39:49.300><c> to</c><00:39:49.500><c> remember</c><00:39:49.780><c> that.</c>

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:52.340
Their<00:39:50.340><c> silver</c><00:39:50.599><c> and</c><00:39:50.760><c> their</c><00:39:50.960><c> gold</c><00:39:51.059><c> are</c><00:39:51.219><c> not</c><00:39:51.360><c> able</c><00:39:51.619><c> to</c><00:39:51.900><c> deliver</c><00:39:52.119><c> them</c>

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:54.800
in<00:39:52.519><c> the</c><00:39:52.659><c> day</c><00:39:53.059><c> of</c><00:39:53.280><c> the</c><00:39:53.440><c> wrath</c><00:39:53.659><c> of</c><00:39:53.920><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:57.880
It's<00:39:54.960><c> not</c><00:39:55.119><c> a</c><00:39:55.300><c> worth</c><00:39:55.679><c> of</c><00:39:56.380><c> gold</c><00:39:56.659><c> and</c><00:39:56.860><c> silver.</c>

00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:00.380
Our<00:39:58.360><c> financial</c><00:39:58.780><c> accounts,</c><00:39:59.679><c> our</c><00:39:59.860><c> bank</c><00:40:00.039><c> balances,</c>

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:02.780
our<00:40:00.980><c> physical</c><00:40:01.420><c> trappings</c><00:40:01.900><c> are</c><00:40:02.360><c> not,</c>

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:05.840
they<00:40:03.340><c> mean</c><00:40:03.519><c> nothing</c><00:40:03.980><c> in</c><00:40:04.260><c> terms</c><00:40:04.539><c> of</c><00:40:04.739><c> final</c><00:40:04.920><c> judgement.</c>

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.860
They're<00:40:06.199><c> not</c><00:40:06.360><c> going</c><00:40:06.519><c> to</c><00:40:06.679><c> save</c><00:40:06.780><c> us.</c>

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:11.179
They're<00:40:08.960><c> not</c><00:40:09.119><c> going</c><00:40:09.260><c> to</c><00:40:09.440><c> satisfy</c><00:40:09.780><c> us.</c>

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:13.639
Four,<00:40:11.800><c> in</c><00:40:11.960><c> fact,</c><00:40:12.159><c> we're</c><00:40:12.320><c> told</c><00:40:12.679><c> specifically</c><00:40:13.340><c> there</c>

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:14.599
at<00:40:13.719><c> the</c><00:40:13.739><c> end</c><00:40:13.900><c> of</c><00:40:14.019><c> verse</c><00:40:14.159><c> 19,</c>

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:17.039
it<00:40:14.840><c> was</c><00:40:15.079><c> a</c><00:40:15.300><c> stumbling</c><00:40:15.619><c> block</c><00:40:16.039><c> of</c><00:40:16.320><c> their</c><00:40:16.519><c> iniquity.</c>

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:20.340
A<00:40:17.599><c> stumbling</c><00:40:17.940><c> block</c><00:40:18.320><c> with</c><00:40:18.699><c> materialism.</c>

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:24.679
This<00:40:22.360><c> was</c><00:40:22.619><c> in</c><00:40:22.900><c> a,</c><00:40:23.880><c> their</c><00:40:23.880><c> beautiful</c><00:40:24.260><c> ornaments,</c>

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:28.099
verse<00:40:25.119><c> 20,</c><00:40:25.920><c> they're</c><00:40:26.219><c> used</c><00:40:26.480><c> for</c><00:40:26.719><c> vain</c><00:40:26.900><c> glory</c>

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:32.139
and<00:40:29.300><c> they</c><00:40:29.500><c> made</c><00:40:29.719><c> what</c><00:40:29.960><c> was</c><00:40:30.400><c> clean</c><00:40:30.679><c> unclean.</c>

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:34.739
Materialism,<00:40:33.639><c> wealth,</c><00:40:34.059><c> gold,</c><00:40:34.460><c> silver,</c>

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:38.300
were<00:40:35.039><c> just</c><00:40:35.599><c> an</c><00:40:35.820><c> illusion,</c><00:40:37.099><c> a</c><00:40:37.340><c> distraction.</c>

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:42.300
Verse<00:40:39.880><c> 22,</c><00:40:40.519><c> I</c><00:40:40.599><c> will</c><00:40:40.900><c> turn</c><00:40:41.139><c> my</c><00:40:41.380><c> face</c><00:40:41.639><c> from</c><00:40:41.840><c> them</c>

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:45.400
and<00:40:42.980><c> they</c><00:40:43.400><c> may</c><00:40:43.800><c> profane</c><00:40:44.340><c> my</c><00:40:44.699><c> precious</c><00:40:45.019><c> place.</c>

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:48.079
Robbers<00:40:46.000><c> shall</c><00:40:46.239><c> enter</c><00:40:46.800><c> and</c><00:40:47.219><c> profane</c><00:40:47.539><c> it</c>

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:50.579
and<00:40:48.480><c> make</c><00:40:48.659><c> it</c><00:40:48.800><c> a</c><00:40:48.940><c> desolation.</c>

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:55.599
And<00:40:51.199><c> finally,</c><00:40:52.300><c> verse</c><00:40:52.519><c> 28,</c><00:40:54.539><c> verse</c><00:40:54.760><c> 26,</c><00:40:55.320><c> I'm</c><00:40:55.440><c> sorry,</c>

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:59.460
disaster<00:40:56.239><c> comes</c><00:40:56.739><c> upon</c><00:40:57.119><c> disaster,</c><00:40:57.900><c> rumor</c><00:40:58.079><c> against</c><00:40:58.500><c> rumor.</c>

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:02.320
They<00:41:00.579><c> seek</c><00:41:00.760><c> a</c><00:41:00.940><c> vision</c><00:41:01.119><c> from</c><00:41:01.300><c> the</c><00:41:01.480><c> prophet,</c>

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:04.019
but<00:41:02.559><c> the</c><00:41:02.739><c> law</c><00:41:02.880><c> perishes</c><00:41:03.380><c> from</c><00:41:03.579><c> the</c><00:41:03.820><c> priest</c>

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:05.739
and<00:41:04.260><c> counsel</c><00:41:04.579><c> from</c><00:41:04.820><c> the</c><00:41:04.940><c> elders.</c>

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:11.179
In<00:41:06.239><c> other</c><00:41:06.320><c> words,</c><00:41:07.019><c> the</c><00:41:07.920><c> spiritual</c><00:41:08.880><c> foundations</c><00:41:09.860><c> of</c><00:41:10.519><c> Israel</c>

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:13.500
were<00:41:12.679><c> lost.</c>

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:15.500
The<00:41:14.039><c> law</c><00:41:14.260><c> had</c><00:41:14.539><c> perished</c><00:41:14.820><c> from</c><00:41:15.000><c> the</c><00:41:15.219><c> priest</c>

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:17.840
and<00:41:16.159><c> the</c><00:41:16.360><c> counsel</c><00:41:16.679><c> from</c><00:41:16.880><c> the</c><00:41:17.059><c> elders.</c>

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:20.960
And<00:41:18.619><c> so</c><00:41:18.760><c> in</c><00:41:18.980><c> verse</c><00:41:19.179><c> 27</c><00:41:19.679><c> there,</c><00:41:19.980><c> the</c><00:41:20.000><c> king</c><00:41:20.260><c> mourns,</c>

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:23.059
the<00:41:21.599><c> prince</c><00:41:21.880><c> is</c><00:41:22.139><c> wrapped</c><00:41:22.340><c> in</c><00:41:22.539><c> despair</c>

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:25.039
and<00:41:23.539><c> the</c><00:41:23.719><c> hands</c><00:41:23.900><c> of</c><00:41:24.099><c> the</c><00:41:24.320><c> people</c><00:41:24.559><c> of</c><00:41:24.719><c> the</c><00:41:24.880><c> land</c>

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:27.239
are<00:41:25.480><c> palsied</c><00:41:25.940><c> by</c><00:41:26.199><c> terror.</c>

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:30.659
According<00:41:29.000><c> to</c><00:41:29.199><c> their</c><00:41:29.380><c> way,</c><00:41:29.619><c> I</c><00:41:29.780><c> will</c><00:41:29.940><c> do</c><00:41:30.119><c> to</c><00:41:30.320><c> them</c>

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:32.599
and<00:41:31.460><c> according</c><00:41:31.739><c> to</c><00:41:31.900><c> their</c><00:41:32.079><c> own</c><00:41:32.300><c> judgments,</c>

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:35.019
I<00:41:32.860><c> will</c><00:41:32.980><c> judge</c><00:41:33.239><c> them</c><00:41:33.659><c> and</c><00:41:34.119><c> they</c><00:41:34.320><c> shall</c><00:41:34.500><c> know</c>

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:36.699
that<00:41:35.440><c> I</c><00:41:35.659><c> am</c><00:41:35.820><c> the</c><00:41:35.980><c> Lord.</c>

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:39.940
And<00:41:38.360><c> then</c><00:41:38.460><c> we</c><00:41:38.639><c> come</c><00:41:38.780><c> into</c><00:41:38.980><c> the</c><00:41:39.219><c> second</c><00:41:39.420><c> vision</c>

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:42.260
of<00:41:40.619><c> the</c><00:41:40.820><c> departing</c><00:41:41.260><c> glory.</c>

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:46.260
In<00:41:44.980><c> the</c><00:41:45.119><c> last</c><00:41:45.440><c> two</c><00:41:45.900><c> or</c><00:41:45.940><c> three</c><00:41:46.079><c> minutes,</c>

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:47.940
what<00:41:46.440><c> do</c><00:41:46.559><c> we</c><00:41:46.659><c> make</c><00:41:46.820><c> of</c><00:41:46.920><c> all</c><00:41:47.079><c> this?</c>

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:53.260
In<00:41:49.380><c> a</c><00:41:49.460><c> way,</c><00:41:49.659><c> I'm</c><00:41:50.320><c> sorry</c><00:41:50.659><c> to</c><00:41:50.860><c> have</c><00:41:51.039><c> to</c><00:41:52.840><c> say</c><00:41:53.119><c> it,</c>

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:54.400
but<00:41:53.360><c> it's</c><00:41:53.559><c> scripture.</c>

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:57.480
I<00:41:56.019><c> can't</c><00:41:56.300><c> avoid</c><00:41:56.500><c> it.</c>

00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:00.619
There<00:41:58.960><c> is</c><00:41:59.360><c> a</c><00:41:59.579><c> bottom</c><00:41:59.820><c> line</c><00:42:00.099><c> to</c><00:42:00.219><c> all</c><00:42:00.380><c> this,</c>

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:02.360
brothers<00:42:00.880><c> and</c><00:42:01.059><c> sisters,</c><00:42:01.340><c> which</c><00:42:01.519><c> I</c><00:42:01.719><c> think</c><00:42:01.900><c> is</c><00:42:02.059><c> something</c>

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:04.400
which<00:42:02.539><c> we</c><00:42:02.739><c> should</c><00:42:03.159><c> have</c><00:42:03.380><c> written</c><00:42:03.619><c> in</c><00:42:03.820><c> our</c><00:42:04.019><c> hearts,</c>

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:06.320
written<00:42:05.139><c> in</c><00:42:05.360><c> our</c><00:42:05.519><c> hearts</c><00:42:05.719><c> constantly,</c>

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:10.739
that<00:42:06.860><c> if,</c><00:42:08.280><c> and</c><00:42:08.519><c> here</c><00:42:08.699><c> is</c><00:42:09.820><c> the</c><00:42:10.179><c> message</c><00:42:10.440><c> I</c><00:42:10.599><c> think</c>

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:15.139
of<00:42:10.900><c> this</c><00:42:11.840><c> angry</c><00:42:13.400><c> section,</c><00:42:14.380><c> two</c><00:42:14.579><c> through</c><00:42:14.780><c> seven,</c>

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:19.760
if<00:42:16.079><c> we</c><00:42:16.719><c> make</c><00:42:16.900><c> no</c><00:42:17.199><c> effort,</c><00:42:17.719><c> no</c><00:42:17.980><c> effort</c><00:42:18.440><c> to</c><00:42:19.219><c> serve</c><00:42:19.420><c> God</c>

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:24.199
when<00:42:19.940><c> we</c><00:42:20.179><c> have</c><00:42:20.320><c> the</c><00:42:20.480><c> gospel,</c><00:42:22.079><c> when</c><00:42:22.280><c> we</c><00:42:22.500><c> have</c><00:42:22.659><c> the</c><00:42:22.980><c> great</c><00:42:23.260><c> promises,</c>

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:26.619
but<00:42:24.719><c> worse</c><00:42:24.940><c> than</c><00:42:25.119><c> that,</c><00:42:25.260><c> if</c><00:42:25.320><c> we</c><00:42:25.480><c> just</c><00:42:25.920><c> tread</c><00:42:26.059><c> it</c><00:42:26.199><c> under</c><00:42:26.460><c> foot</c>

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:29.000
and<00:42:26.860><c> treat</c><00:42:27.139><c> these</c><00:42:27.440><c> holy</c><00:42:27.659><c> things,</c><00:42:28.039><c> these</c><00:42:28.360><c> wonderful</c><00:42:28.760><c> things</c>

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:32.460
that<00:42:29.139><c> we</c><00:42:29.340><c> have,</c><00:42:29.920><c> if</c><00:42:30.059><c> we</c><00:42:30.239><c> treat</c><00:42:30.420><c> them</c><00:42:30.639><c> as</c><00:42:30.760><c> though</c><00:42:30.900><c> they're</c><00:42:31.960><c> nothing,</c>

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:37.239
just<00:42:34.320><c> trivialize</c><00:42:34.840><c> the</c><00:42:35.059><c> great</c><00:42:35.320><c> promises</c><00:42:35.840><c> to</c><00:42:36.800><c> Israel</c>

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:39.639
and<00:42:37.539><c> the</c><00:42:37.800><c> wonderful</c><00:42:38.179><c> sacrifice</c><00:42:38.719><c> of</c><00:42:38.880><c> the</c><00:42:38.960><c> Lord</c><00:42:39.059><c> Jesus</c><00:42:39.340><c> Christ,</c>

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:41.639
trivialize<00:42:40.280><c> it</c><00:42:40.480><c> in</c><00:42:40.679><c> one</c><00:42:40.940><c> form</c><00:42:41.119><c> or</c><00:42:41.260><c> another,</c>

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:44.380
either<00:42:42.019><c> by</c><00:42:42.219><c> action</c><00:42:42.539><c> or</c><00:42:42.679><c> by</c><00:42:43.000><c> word</c><00:42:43.219><c> or</c><00:42:43.880><c> deformation</c>

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:45.280
or<00:42:44.559><c> whatever</c><00:42:44.760><c> it</c><00:42:44.940><c> might</c><00:42:45.079><c> be.</c>

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:48.599
If<00:42:45.400><c> we</c><00:42:45.559><c> just</c><00:42:45.780><c> sort</c><00:42:45.900><c> of</c><00:42:46.699><c> treat</c><00:42:47.059><c> the</c><00:42:47.860><c> wonderful</c><00:42:48.260><c> calling</c>

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:51.840
we<00:42:48.860><c> have</c><00:42:49.019><c> in</c><00:42:49.280><c> Christ</c><00:42:49.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:42:50.480><c> the</c><00:42:50.719><c> supreme</c><00:42:51.139><c> hope</c><00:42:51.400><c> we</c><00:42:51.679><c> have,</c>

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:53.559
if<00:42:52.019><c> we</c><00:42:52.260><c> treat</c><00:42:52.420><c> it</c><00:42:52.800><c> indifferently,</c>

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:56.260
it<00:42:54.159><c> doesn't</c><00:42:54.340><c> become</c><00:42:54.659><c> part</c><00:42:54.860><c> of</c><00:42:55.539><c> our</c><00:42:55.880><c> soul</c>

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:58.539
and<00:42:56.500><c> of</c><00:42:56.679><c> our</c><00:42:57.320><c> whole</c><00:42:57.579><c> mind</c><00:42:57.880><c> and</c><00:42:58.059><c> our</c><00:42:58.320><c> thought,</c>

00:42:58.539 --> 00:43:03.260
if<00:42:59.119><c> we</c><00:42:59.300><c> treat</c><00:42:59.519><c> it</c><00:43:01.000><c> so</c><00:43:01.440><c> badly</c><00:43:01.920><c> as</c><00:43:02.420><c> they</c><00:43:02.800><c> clearly</c><00:43:03.079><c> did</c>

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:06.440
in<00:43:04.199><c> these</c><00:43:04.599><c> circumstances</c><00:43:05.300><c> here,</c>

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:09.159
then<00:43:07.059><c> we</c><00:43:07.199><c> just</c><00:43:07.440><c> have</c><00:43:07.699><c> to</c><00:43:07.900><c> recognize</c>

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:13.260
that<00:43:09.960><c> it's</c><00:43:10.380><c> a</c><00:43:10.539><c> fearful</c><00:43:10.820><c> thing</c><00:43:11.599><c> to</c><00:43:12.340><c> fall</c><00:43:12.559><c> into</c><00:43:12.760><c> the</c><00:43:12.980><c> hands</c>

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:14.719
of<00:43:13.460><c> the</c><00:43:13.519><c> living</c><00:43:13.699><c> God.</c>

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.260
It's<00:43:15.340><c> fearful.</c>

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:19.340
And<00:43:17.659><c> it's</c><00:43:17.820><c> no</c><00:43:18.000><c> good</c><00:43:18.320><c> cutting</c><00:43:18.599><c> out</c><00:43:18.940><c> scripture</c>

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:22.380
and<00:43:20.260><c> saying</c><00:43:20.400><c> that's</c><00:43:20.599><c> not</c><00:43:20.840><c> there</c><00:43:21.059><c> because</c><00:43:21.260><c> it's</c><00:43:21.480><c> there.</c>

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:28.280
On<00:43:23.420><c> the</c><00:43:23.480><c> other</c><00:43:23.679><c> hand,</c><00:43:25.059><c> and</c><00:43:25.179><c> this</c><00:43:25.340><c> is</c><00:43:25.579><c> where</c><00:43:26.219><c> the</c><00:43:27.880><c> balance</c>

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:30.440
in<00:43:28.380><c> these</c><00:43:28.599><c> prophecies</c><00:43:28.940><c> is</c><00:43:29.079><c> so</c><00:43:29.400><c> wonderful,</c><00:43:29.940><c> I</c><00:43:30.119><c> believe,</c>

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:33.519
that<00:43:30.699><c> if</c><00:43:31.639><c> we're</c><00:43:32.139><c> warned</c><00:43:32.219><c> by</c><00:43:32.460><c> this,</c>

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:40.619
if<00:43:35.400><c> we</c><00:43:35.679><c> realize</c><00:43:36.099><c> that</c><00:43:37.099><c> worship</c><00:43:38.340><c> in</c><00:43:38.559><c> a</c><00:43:39.039><c> true</c><00:43:39.280><c> heart,</c>

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:42.860
coming<00:43:41.300><c> to</c><00:43:41.519><c> God</c><00:43:41.699><c> and</c><00:43:41.960><c> venerating</c><00:43:42.400><c> all</c><00:43:42.619><c> the</c><00:43:42.760><c> things</c>

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:44.760
he's<00:43:43.079><c> given</c><00:43:43.260><c> to</c><00:43:43.480><c> us,</c><00:43:44.079><c> if</c><00:43:44.239><c> we</c><00:43:44.420><c> do</c><00:43:44.539><c> that,</c>

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:47.340
then<00:43:44.980><c> I</c><00:43:45.239><c> really</c><00:43:45.500><c> believe,</c><00:43:46.139><c> I</c><00:43:46.440><c> believe</c><00:43:46.679><c> in</c><00:43:46.980><c> a</c><00:43:47.139><c> sense,</c>

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:50.579
these<00:43:47.619><c> chapters</c><00:43:47.880><c> have</c><00:43:48.119><c> no</c><00:43:48.320><c> bearing</c><00:43:48.539><c> on</c><00:43:48.699><c> us</c><00:43:48.840><c> at</c><00:43:49.039><c> all.</c>

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:54.400
Because<00:43:52.900><c> we're</c><00:43:53.360><c> taken</c><00:43:53.579><c> out</c><00:43:53.820><c> of</c><00:43:53.940><c> this</c><00:43:54.139><c> mold,</c>

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:56.599
we're<00:43:54.699><c> taken</c><00:43:54.900><c> out</c><00:43:55.099><c> of</c><00:43:55.219><c> this</c><00:43:55.599><c> context</c><00:43:56.059><c> of</c><00:43:56.260><c> thinking,</c>

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:59.199
we're<00:43:57.119><c> taken</c><00:43:57.360><c> out</c><00:43:57.599><c> of</c><00:43:57.699><c> all</c><00:43:57.880><c> this.</c>

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:02.179
And<00:44:00.699><c> we</c><00:44:00.820><c> don't</c><00:44:00.980><c> have</c><00:44:01.179><c> to</c><00:44:01.360><c> worry.</c>

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:05.960
But<00:44:03.639><c> it's,</c><00:44:04.579><c> what</c><00:44:04.780><c> can</c><00:44:04.920><c> you</c><00:44:05.039><c> say,</c><00:44:05.360><c> it's</c><00:44:05.539><c> sobering.</c>

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:07.099
It's<00:44:06.460><c> very</c><00:44:06.780><c> sobering.</c>

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:09.360
It's<00:44:07.280><c> not</c><00:44:07.980><c> discouraging</c><00:44:08.679><c> in</c><00:44:08.860><c> the</c><00:44:08.980><c> sense</c>

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:12.059
that<00:44:09.820><c> we</c><00:44:09.940><c> cannot</c><00:44:10.380><c> cope</c><00:44:10.820><c> with</c><00:44:11.019><c> it,</c>

00:44:12.360 --> 00:44:13.260
but<00:44:12.599><c> it's</c><00:44:12.920><c> sobering.</c>

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:15.099
We<00:44:13.460><c> have</c><00:44:13.679><c> to</c><00:44:13.960><c> think.</c>

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:17.760
Think<00:44:15.619><c> of</c><00:44:15.760><c> the</c><00:44:16.000><c> implications</c><00:44:16.579><c> of</c><00:44:16.800><c> it</c><00:44:16.920><c> all.</c>

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:21.039
God<00:44:18.440><c> is</c><00:44:18.980><c> a</c><00:44:19.119><c> God</c><00:44:19.579><c> of</c><00:44:20.039><c> goodness</c>

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:24.420
and<00:44:22.019><c> he's</c><00:44:22.219><c> a</c><00:44:22.340><c> God</c><00:44:22.840><c> of</c><00:44:23.440><c> severity.</c>

00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:27.320
And<00:44:25.780><c> we</c><00:44:25.920><c> have</c><00:44:26.099><c> to</c><00:44:26.300><c> think.</c>

00:44:27.340 --> 00:44:28.900
We<00:44:27.539><c> really</c><00:44:27.780><c> do.</c>

00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:32.099
Because<00:44:29.340><c> the</c><00:44:29.500><c> word</c><00:44:29.659><c> of</c><00:44:29.840><c> the</c><00:44:29.940><c> Lord,</c><00:44:30.420><c> Yahuwah,</c><00:44:31.000><c> has</c><00:44:31.280><c> spoken.</c>