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age<00:11:39.299><c> we</c><00:11:39.480><c> live</c><00:11:39.659><c> in.</c><00:11:40.539><c> But</c><00:11:40.659><c> of</c><00:11:40.860><c> course</c><00:11:41.039><c> in</c><00:11:41.200><c> those</c><00:11:41.500><c> days,</c><00:11:41.860><c> communications</c><00:11:42.600><c> were</c><00:11:43.220><c> far</c>

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different.<00:11:44.860><c> And</c><00:11:45.000><c> Yahweh</c>

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says,<00:11:45.519><c> do</c><00:11:45.639><c> you</c><00:11:45.740><c> know</c><00:11:45.799><c> what's</c><00:11:46.100><c> happening</c><00:11:46.299><c> this</c><00:11:46.600><c> very</c><00:11:46.940><c> day,</c><00:11:47.259><c> Ezekiel?</c><00:11:48.320><c> On</c>

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this<00:11:48.779><c> very</c><00:11:49.159><c> day</c><00:11:49.460><c> over</c><00:11:49.759><c> in</c><00:11:49.940><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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so<00:12:00.460><c> he</c><00:12:00.799><c> was</c><00:12:01.120><c> told</c><00:12:01.539><c> that</c><00:12:02.379><c> the</c><00:12:02.620><c> judgments</c><00:12:03.039><c> of</c><00:12:03.259><c> God</c><00:12:03.539><c> were</c><00:12:03.759><c> to</c><00:12:03.879><c> be</c>

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poured<00:12:04.299><c> out.</c><00:12:05.120><c> He</c><00:12:05.120><c> describes</c><00:12:05.580><c> it</c><00:12:05.799><c> in</c>

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verse<00:12:06.159><c> 3</c><00:12:06.460><c> of</c><00:12:06.620><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:07.059><c> 24.</c><00:12:08.779><c> Utter</c><00:12:09.100><c> a</c><00:12:09.379><c> parable</c><00:12:09.700><c> unto</c><00:12:10.039><c> the</c><00:12:10.659><c> rebellious</c><00:12:11.200><c> house,</c><00:12:12.440><c> and</c>

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say<00:12:12.740><c> unto</c><00:12:12.940><c> them,</c><00:12:14.000><c> thus</c>

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saith<00:12:14.679><c> the</c><00:12:14.980><c> Lord</c><00:12:15.259><c> Yahweh,</c><00:12:16.620><c> set</c><00:12:16.720><c> on</c><00:12:16.919><c> a</c><00:12:17.120><c> pot,</c><00:12:18.100><c> set</c><00:12:18.279><c> it</c><00:12:18.480><c> on,</c><00:12:19.279><c> and</c>

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also<00:12:19.980><c> pour</c><00:12:20.419><c> water</c><00:12:20.879><c> into</c><00:12:21.279><c> it.</c><00:12:22.139><c> We're</c><00:12:22.480><c> not</c>

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going<00:12:22.840><c> to</c><00:12:22.960><c> go</c><00:12:23.179><c> through</c><00:12:23.440><c> the</c><00:12:23.820><c> details</c><00:12:24.399><c> of</c><00:12:25.139><c> this</c><00:12:25.379><c> particular</c><00:12:25.860><c> chapter</c><00:12:26.200><c> specifically,</c><00:12:27.620><c> but</c><00:12:27.919><c> the</c><00:12:28.200><c> symbol</c><00:12:28.399><c> of</c><00:12:29.720><c> the</c>

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chapter<00:12:40.500><c> develops</c><00:12:41.039><c> the</c><00:12:41.320><c> theme</c>

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that<00:12:42.000><c> here</c><00:12:42.240><c> was</c><00:12:42.440><c> a</c><00:12:42.700><c> pot,</c><00:12:43.740><c> here</c><00:12:43.940><c> was</c><00:12:44.159><c> a</c><00:12:44.399><c> vessel.</c><00:12:45.340><c> It</c><00:12:45.360><c> was</c><00:12:45.559><c> a</c><00:12:45.700><c> vessel</c><00:12:45.940><c> which</c><00:12:46.200><c> was</c>

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intended<00:12:47.399><c> to</c><00:12:47.580><c> be</c><00:12:47.759><c> used</c>

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find<00:12:54.259><c> that</c><00:12:54.519><c> this</c><00:12:54.820><c> vessel</c>

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coals<00:13:01.460><c> thereof,</c><00:13:02.600><c> that</c><00:13:02.659><c> the</c>

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brass<00:13:03.159><c> of</c><00:13:03.320><c> it</c><00:13:03.500><c> may</c><00:13:03.679><c> be</c><00:13:03.899><c> hot</c><00:13:04.259><c> and</c><00:13:04.940><c> may</c><00:13:05.220><c> burn,</c><00:13:06.259><c> and</c><00:13:06.320><c> that</c><00:13:06.480><c> the</c><00:13:06.720><c> filthiness</c><00:13:07.139><c> of</c>

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ready.<00:13:50.279><c> The</c><00:13:50.960><c> word</c><00:13:51.340><c> of</c><00:13:51.639><c> Yahweh,</c><00:13:52.279><c> verse</c><00:13:52.519><c> 15</c><00:13:53.019><c> of</c><00:13:53.179><c> Ezekiel</c><00:13:53.639><c> 24,</c><00:13:54.940><c> came</c><00:13:55.139><c> unto</c><00:13:55.399><c> me</c>

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saying,<00:13:57.019><c> Son</c><00:13:57.419><c> of</c><00:13:57.620><c> man,</c><00:13:59.279><c> behold</c>

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stroke.<00:14:05.740><c> He</c><00:14:06.039><c> says,</c><00:14:06.220><c> I'm</c><00:14:06.500><c> going</c><00:14:06.659><c> to</c>

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time.<00:14:15.659><c> Their</c><00:14:15.980><c> whole</c><00:14:16.279><c> work</c><00:14:16.820><c> was</c><00:14:17.460><c> embodied</c><00:14:17.879><c> in</c><00:14:18.100><c> their</c><00:14:18.320><c> whole</c>

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life.<00:14:20.059><c> The</c><00:14:20.259><c> prophet</c><00:14:20.480><c> Hosea</c><00:14:21.059><c> was</c><00:14:21.340><c> the</c><00:14:21.620><c> same.</c>

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schools<00:14:37.220><c> and</c><00:14:37.759><c> turn</c><00:14:38.179><c> off</c><00:14:38.360><c> when</c><00:14:38.519><c> we</c><00:14:38.659><c> go</c><00:14:38.899><c> away?</c><00:14:40.580><c> These</c><00:14:40.980><c> men</c><00:14:41.279><c> had</c>

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in<00:14:48.399><c> Ezekiel</c><00:14:48.759><c> 33</c><00:14:49.240><c> when</c><00:14:49.419><c> we</c><00:14:49.559><c> get</c><00:14:49.759><c> to</c><00:14:49.879><c> it</c><00:14:50.059><c> shortly</c>

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that<00:14:50.519><c> there</c><00:14:50.740><c> was</c><00:14:50.899><c> a</c><00:14:51.080><c> time</c><00:14:51.340><c> when</c><00:14:51.700><c> Ezekiel</c><00:14:52.139><c> did</c><00:14:52.379><c> get</c><00:14:52.600><c> a</c><00:14:52.799><c> response,</c><00:14:53.460><c> and</c><00:14:53.700><c> in</c>

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many<00:14:54.019><c> respects</c><00:14:54.399><c> that</c><00:14:54.620><c> was</c>

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worse<00:14:55.039><c> than</c><00:14:55.179><c> what</c><00:14:55.360><c> it</c><00:14:55.500><c> was</c><00:14:55.679><c> before.</c><00:14:57.360><c> Because</c><00:14:57.779><c> even</c><00:14:58.240><c> though</c><00:14:58.440><c> they</c><00:14:58.600><c> listened</c><00:14:58.799><c> to</c>

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him,<00:14:59.460><c> they</c><00:14:59.700><c> did</c><00:14:59.899><c> nothing</c>

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about<00:15:00.519><c> it.</c><00:15:01.879><c> At</c><00:15:02.120><c> least</c><00:15:02.340><c> at</c><00:15:02.559><c> this</c><00:15:02.799><c> stage</c><00:15:03.039><c> they</c><00:15:03.220><c> weren't</c><00:15:03.679><c> really</c>

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listening<00:15:04.519><c> to</c><00:15:04.720><c> him.</c><00:15:05.580><c> And</c><00:15:05.820><c> so</c><00:15:05.980><c> in</c><00:15:06.360><c> Ezekiel</c>

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24<00:15:07.539><c> and</c><00:15:07.759><c> verse</c><00:15:08.100><c> 15,</c><00:15:09.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:09.419><c> had</c><00:15:09.700><c> said,</c><00:15:10.340><c> I'm</c><00:15:10.500><c> going</c><00:15:10.600><c> to</c><00:15:10.799><c> take</c>

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away<00:15:11.220><c> the</c><00:15:11.500><c> desire</c><00:15:11.840><c> of</c><00:15:12.059><c> thine</c><00:15:12.179><c> eyes</c><00:15:12.440><c> with</c>

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a<00:15:12.879><c> stroke.</c><00:15:14.679><c> Yet</c><00:15:14.720><c> neither</c><00:15:15.340><c> shalt</c><00:15:15.740><c> thou</c><00:15:16.059><c> mourn</c><00:15:17.440><c> nor</c><00:15:17.899><c> weep,</c><00:15:19.179><c> neither</c><00:15:19.460><c> shall</c><00:15:19.820><c> thy</c>

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tears<00:15:20.679><c> run</c><00:15:21.019><c> down.</c><00:15:21.960><c> And</c>

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so<00:15:22.600><c> in</c><00:15:22.740><c> the</c><00:15:22.919><c> first</c><00:15:23.220><c> instance</c><00:15:23.620><c> this</c><00:15:24.120><c> alluded</c><00:15:24.620><c> to</c><00:15:24.940><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:15:25.779><c> own</c><00:15:26.000><c> wife.</c><00:15:27.039><c> But</c><00:15:27.299><c> it</c>

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was<00:15:27.659><c> designed</c><00:15:28.000><c> to</c><00:15:28.320><c> teach</c><00:15:28.659><c> a</c><00:15:28.980><c> lesson.</c>

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It<00:15:29.799><c> was</c><00:15:30.059><c> designed</c><00:15:30.360><c> to</c><00:15:30.620><c> teach</c><00:15:30.799><c> Israel</c><00:15:31.220><c> that</c><00:15:31.440><c> a</c><00:15:31.759><c> greater</c><00:15:32.080><c> catastrophe</c><00:15:32.820><c> was</c><00:15:33.700><c> about</c><00:15:33.960><c> to</c>

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happen.<00:15:34.860><c> And</c><00:15:35.179><c> that</c>

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greater<00:15:35.720><c> catastrophe</c><00:15:36.379><c> was</c><00:15:37.139><c> that</c><00:15:37.539><c> the</c><00:15:37.779><c> desire</c><00:15:38.139><c> of</c><00:15:38.539><c> Yahweh's</c>

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eyes,<00:15:40.039><c> even</c><00:15:40.360><c> his</c><00:15:40.600><c> own</c><00:15:40.919><c> wife,</c><00:15:43.519><c> was</c><00:15:43.580><c> to</c>

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be<00:15:44.059><c> taken</c><00:15:44.259><c> away.</c><00:15:45.759><c> And</c><00:15:45.799><c> so</c><00:15:45.940><c> look</c><00:15:46.080><c> what</c><00:15:46.299><c> Ezekiel</c><00:15:46.740><c> is</c><00:15:46.919><c> told</c><00:15:47.100><c> to</c><00:15:47.299><c> do.</c><00:15:48.539><c> Verse</c><00:15:48.659><c> 17.</c><00:15:50.480><c> Forbear</c><00:15:51.039><c> to</c>

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cry.<00:15:53.279><c> Make</c>

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no<00:15:53.940><c> mourning</c><00:15:54.179><c> for</c><00:15:54.379><c> the</c><00:15:54.539><c> dead.</c><00:15:56.179><c> Bind</c><00:15:56.519><c> the</c><00:15:56.779><c> tire</c><00:15:57.019><c> of</c><00:15:57.259><c> thine</c><00:15:57.460><c> head</c>

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upon<00:15:59.759><c> thy</c><00:16:00.080><c> feet,</c><00:16:00.940><c> and</c><00:16:01.120><c> cover</c><00:16:01.340><c> not</c><00:16:01.600><c> thy</c><00:16:01.799><c> lips,</c><00:16:02.779><c> and</c><00:16:02.960><c> eat</c><00:16:03.139><c> not</c><00:16:03.480><c> the</c><00:16:03.720><c> bread</c><00:16:03.840><c> of</c>

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men.<00:16:06.240><c> And</c><00:16:06.759><c> one</c><00:16:07.679><c> of</c><00:16:07.840><c> the</c><00:16:07.960><c> amazing</c>

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things<00:16:08.600><c> about</c><00:16:08.860><c> the</c><00:16:09.059><c> Bible</c><00:16:09.279><c> is</c><00:16:09.539><c> its</c><00:16:09.799><c> understatements,</c><00:16:10.500><c> isn't</c>

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it?<00:16:12.419><c> Read</c><00:16:12.620><c> the</c><00:16:12.779><c> next</c><00:16:13.000><c> verse.</c><00:16:14.539><c> So</c><00:16:14.639><c> I</c><00:16:14.899><c> spake</c>

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unto<00:16:15.360><c> the</c><00:16:15.580><c> people</c><00:16:15.799><c> in</c><00:16:15.940><c> the</c><00:16:16.080><c> morning,</c><00:16:17.799><c> and</c><00:16:17.899><c> had</c><00:16:18.019><c> even</c><00:16:18.200><c> my</c><00:16:18.440><c> wife</c>

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died,<00:16:19.759><c> and</c><00:16:19.940><c> I</c><00:16:20.080><c> did</c><00:16:20.139><c> in</c><00:16:20.299><c> the</c><00:16:20.440><c> morning</c><00:16:20.600><c> as</c>

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I<00:16:20.899><c> was</c><00:16:21.080><c> commanded.</c><00:16:22.600><c> If</c><00:16:23.019><c> that's</c><00:16:23.340><c> not</c><00:16:23.539><c> the</c><00:16:23.720><c> essence</c><00:16:23.899><c> of</c><00:16:24.179><c> understatement.</c><00:16:24.980><c> Imagine</c>

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Ezekiel's<00:16:26.340><c> position.</c>

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Here<00:16:27.399><c> was</c><00:16:27.679><c> a</c><00:16:27.860><c> race</c><00:16:28.019><c> of</c><00:16:28.259><c> people</c><00:16:28.480><c> that</c><00:16:28.720><c> didn't</c><00:16:28.980><c> want</c><00:16:29.220><c> to</c><00:16:29.399><c> hear</c><00:16:29.519><c> him.</c><00:16:29.960><c> They</c><00:16:30.100><c> weren't</c><00:16:30.399><c> prepared</c><00:16:30.759><c> to</c><00:16:30.960><c> listen</c>

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to<00:16:31.299><c> him.</c><00:16:31.820><c> Their</c><00:16:32.000><c> faces</c><00:16:32.360><c> were</c><00:16:32.639><c> as</c><00:16:32.879><c> hard</c><00:16:33.100><c> as</c><00:16:33.320><c> flint.</c><00:16:34.120><c> God</c><00:16:34.340><c> says,</c>

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I'm<00:16:35.019><c> going</c><00:16:35.139><c> to</c><00:16:35.399><c> make</c><00:16:35.580><c> your</c><00:16:36.000><c> face,</c><00:16:36.600><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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contrary<00:16:37.580><c> to</c><00:16:37.799><c> your</c><00:16:38.019><c> own</c><00:16:38.259><c> personal</c><00:16:38.679><c> nature,</c><00:16:39.360><c> as</c><00:16:39.620><c> hard</c><00:16:39.879><c> as</c><00:16:40.120><c> diamond</c><00:16:40.360><c> so</c>

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that<00:16:40.740><c> you</c><00:16:40.940><c> can</c><00:16:41.279><c> front</c><00:16:41.419><c> them</c><00:16:41.639><c> up</c><00:16:41.899><c> face</c>

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to<00:16:42.320><c> face.</c><00:16:42.899><c> And</c><00:16:43.159><c> on</c><00:16:43.360><c> top</c><00:16:43.480><c> of</c><00:16:43.659><c> that,</c><00:16:43.840><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:16:44.460><c> I'm</c><00:16:44.759><c> going</c><00:16:44.860><c> to</c><00:16:45.059><c> take</c><00:16:45.200><c> your</c><00:16:45.460><c> own</c><00:16:45.700><c> wife</c><00:16:45.960><c> away,</c><00:16:46.580><c> a</c>

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wife<00:16:47.000><c> to</c><00:16:47.240><c> whom</c>

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he<00:16:47.460><c> was</c><00:16:47.639><c> obviously</c><00:16:48.080><c> very</c><00:16:48.539><c> devoted</c><00:16:48.940><c> and</c><00:16:49.200><c> dedicated.</c><00:16:51.379><c> And</c><00:16:51.860><c> you're</c><00:16:52.080><c> not</c>

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to<00:16:52.500><c> mourn.</c><00:16:53.759><c> So</c><00:16:53.960><c> he</c><00:16:54.120><c> says,</c><00:16:54.360><c> I</c><00:16:54.500><c> spoke</c>

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in<00:16:54.919><c> the</c><00:16:55.000><c> morning.</c><00:16:56.019><c> At</c><00:16:56.100><c> evening</c><00:16:56.340><c> my</c><00:16:56.539><c> wife</c><00:16:56.759><c> died,</c><00:16:57.480><c> and</c><00:16:57.600><c> in</c><00:16:57.679><c> the</c><00:16:57.799><c> morning</c><00:16:57.960><c> I</c>

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carried<00:16:58.399><c> on</c><00:16:58.559><c> with</c><00:16:58.720><c> the</c><00:16:58.860><c> work.</c>

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Yes,<00:17:00.899><c> it</c><00:17:00.980><c> wasn't</c><00:17:01.299><c> easy,</c><00:17:01.720><c> was</c><00:17:01.799><c> it?</c><00:17:03.159><c> And</c><00:17:03.340><c> so</c><00:17:03.460><c> what</c><00:17:03.659><c> happened?</c><00:17:05.039><c> We</c>

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read<00:17:05.460><c> in</c><00:17:05.640><c> verse</c><00:17:05.859><c> 19,</c><00:17:07.160><c> the</c><00:17:07.319><c> people</c><00:17:07.759><c> said</c><00:17:08.000><c> unto</c>

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me,<00:17:09.220><c> will</c><00:17:09.440><c> thou</c><00:17:09.640><c> not</c><00:17:09.880><c> tell</c><00:17:10.140><c> us</c><00:17:10.359><c> what</c><00:17:10.559><c> these</c><00:17:10.880><c> things</c><00:17:11.119><c> are</c><00:17:11.359><c> to</c><00:17:11.519><c> us?</c><00:17:12.299><c> What</c><00:17:12.539><c> you're</c><00:17:12.759><c> doing?</c><00:17:14.440><c> Then</c><00:17:14.720><c> I</c><00:17:14.900><c> answered</c>

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them,<00:17:16.359><c> the</c><00:17:16.480><c> word</c><00:17:16.700><c> of</c><00:17:16.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:17.220><c> came</c><00:17:17.500><c> unto</c><00:17:17.720><c> me</c><00:17:17.960><c> saying,</c><00:17:19.119><c> speak</c>

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unto<00:17:19.579><c> the</c><00:17:19.799><c> house</c><00:17:19.980><c> of</c><00:17:20.180><c> Israel.</c><00:17:21.579><c> Thus</c><00:17:21.779><c> saith</c>

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the<00:17:22.559><c> Lord</c><00:17:22.799><c> Yahweh,</c><00:17:24.160><c> behold,</c><00:17:24.579><c> I</c><00:17:24.700><c> will</c><00:17:24.980><c> profane</c><00:17:25.380><c> my</c><00:17:25.700><c> sanctuary,</c>

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the<00:17:27.420><c> excellency</c><00:17:27.920><c> of</c><00:17:28.099><c> your</c><00:17:28.359><c> strength,</c>

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the<00:17:29.960><c> desire</c><00:17:30.400><c> of</c><00:17:30.720><c> your</c><00:17:31.099><c> eyes,</c><00:17:32.279><c> and</c><00:17:32.480><c> that</c><00:17:32.700><c> which</c><00:17:32.940><c> your</c><00:17:33.220><c> soul</c><00:17:33.440><c> pettieth,</c><00:17:34.720><c> and</c>

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your<00:17:35.119><c> sons</c><00:17:35.400><c> and</c><00:17:35.619><c> your</c><00:17:35.900><c> daughters</c>

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whom<00:17:36.819><c> ye</c><00:17:37.059><c> have</c><00:17:37.259><c> left</c><00:17:37.579><c> shall</c><00:17:37.880><c> fall</c><00:17:38.259><c> by</c><00:17:38.519><c> the</c><00:17:38.740><c> sword,</c><00:17:39.920><c> and</c><00:17:40.279><c> ye</c><00:17:40.539><c> shall</c><00:17:40.740><c> do</c>

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as<00:17:41.420><c> I</c><00:17:41.700><c> have</c><00:17:41.880><c> done,</c><00:17:42.900><c> ye</c><00:17:43.119><c> shall</c><00:17:43.299><c> not</c>

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cover<00:17:43.819><c> your</c><00:17:44.079><c> lips</c><00:17:44.519><c> nor</c><00:17:44.779><c> eat</c><00:17:45.019><c> the</c><00:17:45.240><c> bread</c><00:17:45.339><c> of</c><00:17:45.559><c> men,</c><00:17:46.500><c> and</c><00:17:46.839><c> your</c><00:17:47.099><c> tires</c><00:17:47.660><c> shall</c><00:17:48.000><c> be</c>

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upon<00:17:48.480><c> your</c><00:17:48.779><c> heads,</c><00:17:49.859><c> and</c>

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your<00:17:50.299><c> shoes</c><00:17:50.680><c> upon</c><00:17:51.039><c> your</c><00:17:51.359><c> feet.</c><00:17:52.440><c> Ye</c><00:17:52.579><c> shall</c><00:17:52.819><c> not</c><00:17:53.240><c> mourn</c><00:17:53.579><c> nor</c><00:17:53.940><c> weep,</c><00:17:54.819><c> but</c>

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ye<00:17:55.220><c> shall</c><00:17:55.460><c> pine</c><00:17:55.799><c> away</c><00:17:56.200><c> for</c><00:17:56.519><c> your</c>

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iniquities<00:17:57.500><c> and</c><00:17:58.319><c> mourn</c><00:17:58.859><c> one</c><00:17:59.259><c> toward</c><00:17:59.599><c> another.</c><00:18:01.259><c> And</c><00:18:01.559><c> here</c><00:18:01.759><c> comes</c><00:18:02.099><c> now</c>

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sons<00:18:40.259><c> and</c><00:18:40.460><c> their</c><00:18:40.660><c> daughters,</c><00:18:42.039><c> that</c><00:18:42.160><c> he</c><00:18:42.380><c> that</c><00:18:42.680><c> escapeth</c><00:18:43.279><c> in</c><00:18:43.619><c> that</c><00:18:43.859><c> day</c><00:18:44.119><c> shall</c><00:18:44.339><c> come</c><00:18:44.680><c> unto</c><00:18:44.920><c> thee</c><00:18:45.420><c> to</c><00:18:46.160><c> cause</c>

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thee<00:18:46.660><c> to</c><00:18:46.839><c> hear</c><00:18:47.140><c> it</c><00:18:47.440><c> with</c><00:18:47.759><c> thine</c><00:18:48.039><c> ears.</c><00:18:48.759><c> In</c><00:18:49.019><c> that</c><00:18:49.480><c> day</c><00:18:49.740><c> shall</c><00:18:50.039><c> thy</c><00:18:50.259><c> mouth</c><00:18:50.519><c> be</c>

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escaped,<00:18:53.900><c> and</c><00:18:54.039><c> thou</c><00:18:54.279><c> shalt</c><00:18:54.559><c> speak</c><00:18:55.019><c> and</c><00:18:55.319><c> be</c><00:18:55.519><c> no</c><00:18:55.779><c> more</c><00:18:56.000><c> dumb,</c><00:18:57.059><c> and</c><00:18:57.279><c> thou</c><00:18:57.519><c> shalt</c><00:18:57.759><c> be</c>

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goodness.<00:19:47.740><c> And</c><00:19:47.880><c> so</c>

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concerned<00:21:02.960><c> and</c><00:21:03.119><c> we're</c><00:21:03.319><c> going</c><00:21:03.440><c> to</c><00:21:03.640><c> say</c><00:21:04.039><c> virtually</c><00:21:04.599><c> nothing</c><00:21:05.039><c> about</c><00:21:05.279><c> it</c>

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on<00:25:27.559><c> this</c><00:25:27.559><c> transparency.</c><00:25:28.539><c> It</c><00:25:29.180><c> tells</c><00:25:29.460><c> us</c><00:25:29.799><c> that</c><00:25:30.400><c> it</c><00:25:30.559><c> covers</c><00:25:30.819><c> the</c>

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chapters<00:25:33.980><c> 33</c><00:25:34.619><c> to</c><00:25:34.859><c> 39</c><00:25:35.759><c> known</c><00:25:36.400><c> as</c><00:25:36.640><c> the</c><00:25:36.859><c> prophecies</c><00:25:37.240><c> of</c><00:25:37.440><c> the</c><00:25:37.579><c> restoration</c><00:25:38.140><c> or</c>

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the<00:25:38.539><c> glory</c><00:25:38.799><c> prepares</c><00:25:39.420><c> and</c>

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it<00:25:41.019><c> contains</c><00:25:41.339><c> chapter</c><00:25:41.740><c> 33,</c><00:25:43.559><c> the</c><00:25:43.700><c> prophecy</c><00:25:44.000><c> of</c><00:25:44.200><c> the</c><00:25:44.359><c> watchman.</c>

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Ezekiel,<00:25:46.500><c> a</c><00:25:46.660><c> watchman</c><00:25:47.039><c> to</c><00:25:47.240><c> Israel.</c><00:25:48.960><c> Tomorrow</c>

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God<00:25:49.619><c> willing</c><00:25:49.839><c> we</c><00:25:50.039><c> want</c><00:25:50.240><c> to</c><00:25:50.359><c> look</c><00:25:50.500><c> at</c><00:25:50.640><c> chapter</c><00:25:50.940><c> 34,</c><00:25:52.440><c> the</c><00:25:52.740><c> responsibilities</c><00:25:53.619><c> of</c><00:25:54.460><c> shepherds</c><00:25:55.619><c> and</c><00:25:55.859><c> that's</c>

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going<00:25:56.220><c> to</c><00:25:56.440><c> include</c><00:25:56.660><c> all</c><00:25:56.900><c> of</c><00:25:56.980><c> us.</c><00:25:57.940><c> There</c><00:25:57.960><c> are</c><00:25:58.099><c> none</c><00:25:58.259><c> of</c><00:25:58.359><c> us</c><00:25:58.539><c> that</c>

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are<00:25:58.819><c> exempt</c><00:25:59.019><c> from</c><00:25:59.200><c> that.</c><00:25:59.980><c> There</c><00:26:00.039><c> are</c>

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none<00:26:00.359><c> of</c><00:26:00.480><c> us</c><00:26:00.680><c> that</c><00:26:00.819><c> are</c><00:26:00.960><c> exempt</c><00:26:01.180><c> from</c><00:26:01.420><c> being</c><00:26:01.680><c> watchmen.</c><00:26:03.180><c> Chapter</c><00:26:03.259><c> 35,</c>

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the<00:26:04.240><c> final</c><00:26:04.700><c> doom</c><00:26:04.980><c> of</c><00:26:05.240><c> Israel's</c><00:26:05.980><c> enemies</c>

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depicted<00:26:07.799><c> as</c><00:26:08.279><c> a</c><00:26:08.480><c> prophecy</c><00:26:08.799><c> against</c><00:26:09.279><c> Edom.</c><00:26:10.660><c> Chapter</c><00:26:10.759><c> 36,</c><00:26:11.819><c> a</c>

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transformed<00:26:12.420><c> land</c><00:26:12.839><c> and</c><00:26:13.140><c> people.</c><00:26:14.079><c> Chapter</c>

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37,<00:26:15.119><c> a</c><00:26:15.319><c> transformed</c><00:26:15.839><c> nation.</c><00:26:17.619><c> Chapter</c><00:26:17.859><c> 38,</c><00:26:19.200><c> the</c><00:26:19.359><c> Gentile</c><00:26:20.059><c> invasion</c><00:26:20.579><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:26:21.140><c> in</c><00:26:21.319><c> the</c><00:26:21.440><c> latter</c><00:26:21.619><c> days</c>

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and<00:26:23.140><c> then</c><00:26:23.400><c> chapter</c><00:26:23.799><c> 39,</c><00:26:25.160><c> the</c><00:26:25.460><c> event</c><00:26:25.700><c> subsequent</c><00:26:26.339><c> to</c><00:26:26.660><c> that</c><00:26:27.440><c> Gogian</c><00:26:27.900><c> invasion</c><00:26:28.500><c> as</c>

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flesh<00:26:29.599><c> is</c><00:26:29.980><c> humbled</c>

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Yahweh<00:26:31.519><c> exalted</c><00:26:32.119><c> and</c><00:26:32.839><c> the</c><00:26:33.079><c> land</c><00:26:33.380><c> cleansed</c><00:26:34.400><c> preparatory</c><00:26:35.059><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:35.539><c> final</c><00:26:35.839><c> stage</c><00:26:36.359><c> for</c><00:26:36.819><c> the</c><00:26:37.119><c> return</c><00:26:37.480><c> of</c><00:26:38.140><c> the</c><00:26:38.279><c> glory.</c>

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are<00:26:45.420><c> going</c><00:26:45.599><c> to</c><00:26:45.940><c> see</c><00:26:46.599><c> how</c><00:26:47.000><c> Ezekiel</c>

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chapter<00:26:47.819><c> 33</c><00:26:48.480><c> is</c><00:26:48.960><c> connected</c><00:26:49.599><c> with</c><00:26:50.319><c> what</c><00:26:50.480><c> we've</c><00:26:50.759><c> just</c><00:26:51.039><c> read</c><00:26:51.240><c> in</c>

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just<00:26:54.460><c> said,</c><00:26:55.099><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:55.559><c> chapter</c><00:26:55.940><c> 24</c><00:26:56.480><c> is</c><00:26:56.819><c> the</c><00:26:57.039><c> last</c><00:26:57.460><c> chapter</c><00:26:58.140><c> dealing</c><00:26:59.180><c> with</c><00:26:59.680><c> the</c>

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section<00:27:00.440><c> the</c><00:27:01.059><c> glory</c>

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departs.<00:27:02.920><c> Do</c><00:27:03.079><c> you</c><00:27:03.079><c> remember</c><00:27:03.279><c> how</c><00:27:03.480><c> that</c><00:27:03.740><c> chapter</c><00:27:03.960><c> started?</c>

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The<00:27:05.700><c> chapter</c><00:27:05.900><c> started</c><00:27:06.339><c> with</c><00:27:06.579><c> God</c><00:27:06.819><c> saying</c>

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to<00:27:07.259><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:07.759><c> note</c><00:27:08.279><c> this</c><00:27:08.660><c> day</c><00:27:08.859><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:27:09.980><c> take</c><00:27:10.220><c> a</c><00:27:10.380><c> note</c><00:27:10.460><c> of</c><00:27:10.619><c> the</c>

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day,<00:27:11.440><c> take</c><00:27:11.680><c> a</c><00:27:11.799><c> note</c><00:27:11.900><c> of</c><00:27:12.079><c> the</c><00:27:12.160><c> very</c><00:27:12.500><c> time</c><00:27:13.160><c> because</c>

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sometime<00:27:15.880><c> in</c><00:27:16.140><c> the</c><00:27:16.259><c> future</c><00:27:16.900><c> somebody</c><00:27:17.839><c> is</c><00:27:18.099><c> going</c><00:27:18.200><c> to</c><00:27:18.400><c> come</c><00:27:18.559><c> from</c>

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that<00:27:19.000><c> city</c><00:27:19.420><c> and</c><00:27:20.119><c> they</c><00:27:20.299><c> are</c><00:27:20.420><c> going</c><00:27:20.539><c> to</c>

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that<00:27:25.000><c> what</c><00:27:25.279><c> you</c><00:27:25.559><c> said</c><00:27:25.880><c> concerning</c><00:27:26.380><c> this</c>

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day<00:27:27.000><c> really</c><00:27:27.420><c> happened</c><00:27:27.839><c> because</c><00:27:28.759><c> the</c><00:27:28.980><c> people</c><00:27:29.180><c> didn't</c><00:27:29.460><c> believe.</c><00:27:30.380><c> They</c>

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didn't<00:27:30.779><c> believe</c><00:27:31.180><c> that</c><00:27:31.420><c> Jerusalem</c>

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could<00:27:32.059><c> be</c><00:27:32.200><c> destroyed.</c><00:27:32.779><c> God's</c><00:27:33.240><c> got</c><00:27:33.420><c> to</c><00:27:33.640><c> preserve</c><00:27:33.960><c> Jerusalem</c>

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because<00:27:34.680><c> it's</c><00:27:35.019><c> his</c><00:27:35.299><c> people.</c><00:27:37.779><c> And</c><00:27:37.920><c> so</c>

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was<00:27:44.519><c> done.</c><00:27:46.380><c> Immediately</c><00:27:46.859><c> of</c><00:27:47.079><c> course</c><00:27:47.359><c> after</c><00:27:47.680><c> receiving</c><00:27:48.019><c> that</c>

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a<00:27:55.380><c> symbol</c><00:27:55.579><c> of</c><00:27:56.079><c> something</c><00:27:56.380><c> that</c><00:27:56.519><c> was</c><00:27:56.720><c> going</c><00:27:56.859><c> to</c><00:27:57.140><c> happen</c><00:27:57.400><c> to</c><00:27:57.819><c> them.</c><00:27:59.700><c> So</c>

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when<00:27:59.920><c> we</c><00:28:00.119><c> come</c><00:28:00.299><c> to</c><00:28:00.559><c> chapter</c><00:28:01.059><c> 33</c><00:28:01.779><c> then</c>

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occasion<00:28:39.779><c> the</c><00:28:40.079><c> appointment</c><00:28:40.680><c> although</c>

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now<00:28:47.740><c> they</c><00:28:48.019><c> had</c>

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come<00:28:48.500><c> to</c><00:28:48.799><c> trust</c><00:28:49.099><c> and</c><00:28:49.380><c> lean</c><00:28:49.559><c> on</c><00:28:49.779><c> him</c><00:28:50.279><c> and</c><00:28:51.079><c> as</c><00:28:51.500><c> we</c><00:28:51.720><c> read</c><00:28:51.900><c> in</c><00:28:52.079><c> verse</c>

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children<00:29:03.140><c> of</c><00:29:03.319><c> thy</c><00:29:03.599><c> people</c><00:29:04.180><c> and</c><00:29:04.799><c> say</c><00:29:04.980><c> unto</c><00:29:05.140><c> them</c><00:29:05.500><c> when</c><00:29:06.400><c> I</c><00:29:06.640><c> bring</c>

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the<00:29:07.079><c> sword</c><00:29:07.240><c> upon</c><00:29:07.539><c> a</c><00:29:07.759><c> land</c><00:29:08.079><c> if</c><00:29:09.019><c> the</c><00:29:09.220><c> people</c>

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of<00:29:09.680><c> the</c><00:29:09.900><c> land</c><00:29:10.160><c> take</c><00:29:10.539><c> a</c><00:29:10.740><c> man</c><00:29:10.880><c> of</c><00:29:11.019><c> their</c><00:29:11.319><c> coasts</c><00:29:11.720><c> and</c><00:29:11.799><c> set</c><00:29:11.960><c> him</c><00:29:12.160><c> for</c><00:29:12.299><c> their</c><00:29:12.500><c> watchman</c><00:29:13.079><c> if</c>

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when<00:29:14.059><c> he</c><00:29:14.299><c> seeth</c>

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the<00:29:14.799><c> sword</c><00:29:15.019><c> come</c><00:29:15.299><c> upon</c><00:29:15.519><c> the</c><00:29:15.779><c> land</c><00:29:16.059><c> he</c><00:29:16.559><c> blow</c><00:29:16.779><c> the</c><00:29:17.019><c> trumpet</c><00:29:17.220><c> and</c>

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warn<00:29:17.559><c> the</c><00:29:17.799><c> people</c><00:29:18.420><c> then</c><00:29:18.900><c> whosoever</c><00:29:19.440><c> heareth</c>

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the<00:29:20.000><c> sound</c><00:29:20.160><c> of</c><00:29:20.319><c> the</c><00:29:20.500><c> trumpet</c><00:29:20.740><c> and</c><00:29:20.980><c> taketh</c><00:29:21.220><c> not</c><00:29:21.559><c> warning</c><00:29:21.980><c> if</c>

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the<00:29:22.920><c> sword</c><00:29:23.099><c> come</c><00:29:23.460><c> and</c><00:29:23.819><c> take</c><00:29:24.019><c> him</c><00:29:24.200><c> away</c><00:29:24.599><c> his</c><00:29:25.180><c> blood</c>

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shall<00:29:25.619><c> be</c><00:29:25.779><c> upon</c><00:29:25.980><c> his</c><00:29:26.240><c> own</c><00:29:26.500><c> head.</c><00:29:27.480><c> And</c><00:29:27.759><c> he</c><00:29:27.880><c> goes</c><00:29:28.059><c> on</c><00:29:28.240><c> to</c><00:29:28.460><c> speak</c><00:29:28.619><c> about</c><00:29:28.920><c> the</c><00:29:29.279><c> responsibilities</c><00:29:29.880><c> of</c><00:29:30.119><c> a</c><00:29:30.259><c> watchman.</c>

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I'm<00:29:31.619><c> not</c><00:29:31.839><c> going</c><00:29:32.019><c> to</c><00:29:32.099><c> develop</c><00:29:32.339><c> that</c><00:29:32.619><c> theme</c><00:29:32.779><c> from</c><00:29:33.000><c> there.</c><00:29:33.559><c> We're</c>

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going<00:29:33.900><c> to</c><00:29:34.099><c> slip</c><00:29:34.240><c> over</c><00:29:34.460><c> in</c><00:29:34.599><c> a</c><00:29:34.700><c> few</c><00:29:34.799><c> minutes</c>

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and<00:29:35.619><c> pick</c><00:29:35.799><c> up</c><00:29:35.960><c> the</c><00:29:36.180><c> counterpart</c><00:29:36.480><c> from</c><00:29:36.759><c> the</c><00:29:36.880><c> New</c><00:29:37.059><c> Testament.</c>

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But<00:29:38.859><c> we</c><00:29:39.059><c> note</c><00:29:39.240><c> though</c><00:29:39.480><c> that</c><00:29:39.599><c> in</c><00:29:39.799><c> these</c><00:29:40.059><c> first</c><00:29:40.299><c> 20</c>

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verses<00:29:41.019><c> it</c><00:29:41.500><c> speaks</c><00:29:41.779><c> of</c><00:29:41.940><c> the</c><00:29:42.279><c> responsibility</c><00:29:42.859><c> of</c><00:29:43.059><c> a</c><00:29:43.240><c> watchman</c>

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and<00:29:43.700><c> we've</c><00:29:43.940><c> all</c><00:29:44.079><c> read</c><00:29:44.180><c> it</c><00:29:44.339><c> this</c><00:29:44.559><c> morning</c>

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and<00:29:44.920><c> we've</c><00:29:45.099><c> all</c><00:29:45.299><c> picked</c><00:29:45.519><c> up</c><00:29:45.740><c> the</c><00:29:46.019><c> general</c><00:29:46.380><c> tenor</c><00:29:46.640><c> of</c><00:29:46.740><c> what</c><00:29:46.880><c> it's</c><00:29:47.180><c> about.</c><00:29:48.220><c> And</c>

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we've<00:29:48.660><c> got</c><00:29:48.759><c> to</c><00:29:48.920><c> have</c>

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watchman<00:29:49.519><c> in</c><00:29:49.680><c> our</c><00:29:49.920><c> days.</c><00:29:51.359><c> Not</c><00:29:51.619><c> just</c><00:29:51.839><c> the</c><00:29:52.039><c> arranging</c><00:29:52.440><c> brethren.</c><00:29:53.799><c> Not</c><00:29:54.039><c> just</c>

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those<00:29:54.539><c> that</c><00:29:54.740><c> are</c><00:29:55.000><c> appointed</c>

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a<00:29:55.480><c> special</c><00:29:55.799><c> task.</c><00:29:56.680><c> Every</c><00:29:57.000><c> one</c><00:29:57.200><c> of</c><00:29:57.299><c> us</c><00:29:57.480><c> has</c><00:29:57.740><c> to</c><00:29:57.960><c> be</c><00:29:58.579><c> watching.</c>

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Watching<00:30:01.259><c> what?</c><00:30:03.339><c> The</c><00:30:03.839><c> signs</c><00:30:04.119><c> of</c><00:30:04.299><c> the</c>

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times?<00:30:06.279><c> Well,</c><00:30:06.759><c> in</c><00:30:07.019><c> a</c><00:30:07.160><c> sense.</c><00:30:08.900><c> Do</c><00:30:09.059><c> we</c><00:30:09.140><c> have</c><00:30:09.279><c> to</c><00:30:09.460><c> pour</c><00:30:09.660><c> over</c><00:30:11.039><c> Time</c>

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magazine<00:30:12.059><c> and</c><00:30:13.460><c> whatever</c><00:30:13.839><c> the</c><00:30:14.420><c> daily</c>

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papers<00:30:14.920><c> might</c><00:30:15.160><c> be</c><00:30:15.440><c> here</c><00:30:15.680><c> and</c><00:30:16.059><c> the</c><00:30:16.180><c> Daily</c><00:30:16.420><c> Telegraph</c><00:30:16.940><c> in</c><00:30:17.099><c> England</c><00:30:17.420><c> and</c><00:30:18.480><c> I</c>

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don't<00:30:18.660><c> think</c><00:30:18.779><c> there's</c><00:30:18.900><c> any</c>

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papers<00:30:19.319><c> worth</c><00:30:19.579><c> quoting</c><00:30:19.859><c> in</c><00:30:20.099><c> Australia.</c><00:30:21.819><c> We</c><00:30:22.059><c> get</c><00:30:22.160><c> the</c><00:30:22.359><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:22.700><c> Post.</c>

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That's<00:30:23.279><c> the</c><00:30:23.359><c> only</c><00:30:23.500><c> one</c><00:30:23.579><c> we</c>

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get<00:30:23.980><c> and</c><00:30:24.079><c> that's</c><00:30:24.539><c> not</c><00:30:24.740><c> bad.</c><00:30:25.880><c> Is</c><00:30:26.079><c> that</c><00:30:26.319><c> what</c><00:30:26.660><c> watching</c><00:30:26.960><c> is</c><00:30:27.160><c> all</c>

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about?<00:30:28.599><c> No,</c><00:30:28.900><c> not</c><00:30:29.119><c> really.</c><00:30:30.180><c> And</c><00:30:30.319><c> whilst</c><00:30:30.480><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:30:30.880><c> deprecating</c><00:30:31.420><c> it</c><00:30:31.660><c> at</c><00:30:31.759><c> all</c><00:30:31.859><c> because</c><00:30:32.220><c> it</c><00:30:32.980><c> is</c><00:30:33.119><c> of</c><00:30:33.299><c> great</c><00:30:33.500><c> value</c><00:30:33.880><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:34.380><c> interested</c><00:30:34.819><c> in</c><00:30:34.960><c> what's</c><00:30:35.259><c> happening,</c>

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we've<00:30:36.519><c> got</c><00:30:36.579><c> to</c><00:30:36.720><c> watch</c><00:30:36.900><c> each</c><00:30:37.160><c> other.</c><00:30:38.779><c> And</c><00:30:38.960><c> I</c><00:30:39.019><c> don't</c><00:30:39.200><c> mean</c><00:30:39.420><c> that</c>

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in<00:30:39.859><c> some</c><00:30:40.140><c> sort</c><00:30:40.339><c> of</c><00:30:40.440><c> insidious</c><00:30:41.500><c> spying</c>

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or<00:30:42.559><c> if</c><00:30:42.859><c> you'd</c><00:30:43.059><c> like</c><00:30:43.140><c> to</c><00:30:43.339><c> use</c><00:30:43.500><c> the</c><00:30:43.640><c> expression</c><00:30:44.140><c> witch</c><00:30:44.500><c> hunting</c>

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term,<00:30:46.319><c> we</c><00:30:46.700><c> have</c><00:30:47.119><c> responsibilities</c><00:30:47.880><c> as</c>

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watchmen<00:30:49.400><c> to</c><00:30:49.900><c> each</c><00:30:50.119><c> other.</c><00:30:52.440><c> Now</c><00:30:52.619><c> just</c><00:30:52.779><c> before</c><00:30:53.039><c> we</c><00:30:53.240><c> pick</c><00:30:53.420><c> that</c>

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up,<00:30:54.440><c> let's</c><00:30:54.700><c> see</c><00:30:54.900><c> what</c><00:30:55.160><c> the</c><00:30:55.440><c> sequel</c><00:30:55.680><c> to</c>

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:59.619
the<00:30:56.299><c> story</c><00:30:56.579><c> of</c><00:30:56.779><c> Ezekiel</c><00:30:57.160><c> 24</c><00:30:57.700><c> is</c><00:30:58.180><c> in</c><00:30:58.720><c> the</c><00:30:58.859><c> latter</c><00:30:59.019><c> part</c><00:30:59.259><c> of</c><00:30:59.400><c> this</c>

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chapter.<00:31:00.220><c> So</c><00:31:00.400><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:01.000><c> 33</c><00:31:01.680><c> is</c><00:31:02.079><c> divided</c>

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into<00:31:02.740><c> two</c><00:31:03.079><c> parts.</c><00:31:04.140><c> The</c><00:31:04.359><c> first</c><00:31:04.660><c> part,</c><00:31:05.019><c> verses</c><00:31:05.359><c> 1</c><00:31:05.700><c>-20,</c><00:31:06.920><c> Ezekiel</c>

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recommissioned<00:31:08.220><c> as</c><00:31:08.440><c> a</c><00:31:08.619><c> watchman</c><00:31:09.019><c> and</c><00:31:09.319><c> he's</c>

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told<00:31:09.880><c> what</c><00:31:10.119><c> the</c><00:31:10.420><c> responsibilities</c><00:31:11.000><c> are.</c><00:31:12.500><c> But</c><00:31:12.700><c> in</c><00:31:12.859><c> the</c><00:31:13.059><c> second</c>

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half,<00:31:13.640><c> which</c><00:31:13.859><c> goes</c><00:31:14.180><c> from</c><00:31:14.859><c> verses</c><00:31:15.279><c> 21</c>

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to<00:31:16.460><c> 33,</c><00:31:31.279><c> I'm</c><00:31:31.420><c> going</c><00:31:31.519><c> to</c><00:31:31.660><c> read</c><00:31:31.960><c> the</c><00:31:32.299><c> opening</c><00:31:32.559><c> verses</c><00:31:32.940><c> of</c><00:31:33.140><c> this</c>

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section<00:31:33.660><c> in</c><00:31:34.539><c> chapter</c><00:31:34.779><c> 33</c><00:31:35.180><c> verse</c><00:31:35.500><c> 21</c><00:31:35.980><c> from</c>

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the<00:31:37.779><c> NIV,</c><00:31:38.240><c> the</c><00:31:38.339><c> New</c><00:31:38.480><c> International</c><00:31:38.960><c> Version,</c><00:31:39.339><c> which</c><00:31:39.759><c> isn't</c><00:31:40.160><c> all</c><00:31:40.400><c> that</c><00:31:40.599><c> different</c><00:31:40.859><c> but</c><00:31:40.980><c> I</c>

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.680
think<00:31:41.279><c> it</c><00:31:41.480><c> brings</c>

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:48.740
out<00:31:41.900><c> the</c><00:31:42.119><c> drama</c><00:31:42.440><c> just</c><00:31:42.960><c> that</c><00:31:43.220><c> little</c><00:31:43.440><c> bit</c><00:31:43.599><c> more.</c><00:31:47.660><c> In</c><00:31:48.339><c> Ezekiel</c>

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:52.720
chapter<00:31:49.119><c> 33</c><00:31:49.880><c> and</c><00:31:51.019><c> in</c><00:31:51.319><c> the</c><00:31:51.960><c> 21st</c><00:31:52.539><c> verse,</c>

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:57.079
we<00:31:52.920><c> read</c><00:31:53.180><c> that</c><00:31:53.640><c> in</c><00:31:53.940><c> the</c><00:31:54.180><c> twelfth</c><00:31:54.680><c> year</c><00:31:55.000><c> of</c><00:31:55.240><c> our</c><00:31:55.480><c> exile,</c><00:31:56.720><c> in</c><00:31:56.900><c> the</c>

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tenth<00:31:57.299><c> month</c><00:31:57.700><c> on</c><00:31:57.900><c> the</c><00:31:58.079><c> fifth</c><00:31:58.339><c> day,</c><00:31:59.720><c> a</c><00:31:59.799><c> man</c>

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who<00:32:00.420><c> had</c><00:32:00.619><c> escaped</c><00:32:01.079><c> from</c><00:32:01.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:02.000><c> came</c><00:32:02.960><c> to</c><00:32:03.220><c> me</c><00:32:03.619><c> and</c><00:32:04.000><c> said,</c>

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the<00:32:05.319><c> city</c><00:32:05.799><c> has</c><00:32:06.559><c> fallen.</c><00:32:08.519><c> Now</c><00:32:08.660><c> the</c><00:32:08.819><c> evening</c>

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:12.799
before<00:32:09.519><c> the</c><00:32:09.720><c> man</c><00:32:09.960><c> arrived,</c><00:32:11.319><c> the</c><00:32:11.319><c> hand</c><00:32:11.720><c> of</c><00:32:11.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:12.299><c> was</c><00:32:12.539><c> upon</c>

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me<00:32:13.619><c> and</c><00:32:13.920><c> he</c><00:32:14.279><c> opened</c><00:32:14.579><c> my</c><00:32:14.980><c> mouth</c><00:32:15.500><c> before</c>

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the<00:32:16.480><c> man</c><00:32:16.700><c> came</c><00:32:16.980><c> to</c><00:32:17.140><c> me</c><00:32:17.279><c> in</c><00:32:17.380><c> the</c><00:32:17.500><c> morning,</c><00:32:18.500><c> so</c><00:32:18.640><c> my</c><00:32:19.019><c> mouth</c><00:32:19.339><c> was</c><00:32:19.660><c> opened</c><00:32:20.059><c> and</c><00:32:20.799><c> I</c>

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was<00:32:21.599><c> no</c><00:32:21.900><c> longer</c><00:32:22.359><c> silent.</c><00:32:23.779><c> So</c>

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this<00:32:24.220><c> was</c><00:32:24.460><c> the</c><00:32:24.640><c> first</c><00:32:24.900><c> sign.</c><00:32:25.640><c> God</c><00:32:25.880><c> had</c><00:32:26.140><c> said,</c><00:32:26.319><c> I</c><00:32:26.420><c> will</c><00:32:26.720><c> open</c><00:32:27.000><c> your</c><00:32:27.279><c> mouth</c><00:32:27.579><c> at</c>

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that<00:32:28.119><c> time</c><00:32:28.319><c> when</c><00:32:28.500><c> that</c><00:32:28.740><c> man</c>

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comes<00:32:29.460><c> to</c><00:32:30.440><c> vindicate</c><00:32:31.160><c> you,</c><00:32:31.880><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:32:33.200><c> Now</c><00:32:33.480><c> of</c><00:32:33.619><c> course</c><00:32:33.799><c> it</c><00:32:33.980><c> wasn't</c><00:32:34.279><c> so</c>

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much<00:32:34.980><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:35.559><c> the</c><00:32:35.799><c> person</c><00:32:36.119><c> that</c>

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said,<00:32:38.039><c> any</c><00:32:38.039><c> more</c><00:32:38.160><c> than</c><00:32:38.279><c> we</c><00:32:38.539><c> want</c><00:32:38.759><c> to</c><00:32:38.880><c> be</c><00:32:39.000><c> vindicated</c><00:32:39.440><c> when</c><00:32:39.579><c> we</c>

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go<00:32:39.960><c> to</c><00:32:40.140><c> work</c><00:32:40.259><c> and</c><00:32:40.440><c> say,</c><00:32:40.660><c> see</c><00:32:41.140><c> we</c><00:32:41.299><c> told</c><00:32:41.599><c> you</c>

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:44.339
these<00:32:42.039><c> things</c><00:32:42.279><c> would</c><00:32:42.460><c> happen</c><00:32:42.740><c> in</c><00:32:42.980><c> Europe,</c><00:32:43.599><c> see</c><00:32:43.740><c> we</c><00:32:43.940><c> told</c><00:32:44.160><c> you</c>

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.680
Israel<00:32:44.640><c> would</c><00:32:44.839><c> go</c><00:32:45.059><c> back</c><00:32:45.240><c> to</c><00:32:45.400><c> the</c><00:32:45.539><c> land.</c>

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:50.140
We're<00:32:46.119><c> not</c><00:32:46.259><c> looking</c><00:32:46.480><c> for</c><00:32:46.740><c> self</c><00:32:46.960><c>-vindication</c><00:32:47.500><c> but</c><00:32:47.940><c> we</c><00:32:48.420><c> represent</c><00:32:48.880><c> God.</c><00:32:49.900><c> And</c><00:32:49.940><c> in</c>

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.960
this<00:32:50.339><c> sense</c><00:32:50.519><c> of</c><00:32:50.720><c> course</c>

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:55.740
Ezekiel<00:32:51.539><c> representing</c><00:32:52.119><c> the</c><00:32:52.359><c> word</c><00:32:52.500><c> of</c><00:32:52.740><c> God</c><00:32:53.160><c> was</c><00:32:53.619><c> to</c><00:32:53.900><c> be</c><00:32:54.420><c> vindicated.</c><00:32:55.519><c> It</c><00:32:55.539><c> was</c>

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.579
going<00:32:55.839><c> to</c><00:32:55.980><c> be</c><00:32:56.180><c> shown</c><00:32:56.380><c> that</c>

00:32:56.579 --> 00:33:02.839
what<00:32:56.799><c> he</c><00:32:57.079><c> said</c><00:32:57.460><c> was</c><00:32:58.160><c> right.</c><00:33:00.299><c> And</c><00:33:00.359><c> so</c><00:33:00.700><c> from</c><00:33:00.900><c> verse</c><00:33:01.220><c> 23</c><00:33:01.819><c> onwards,</c>

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:06.700
they<00:33:03.799><c> were</c><00:33:04.039><c> told</c><00:33:04.559><c> that</c><00:33:05.680><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:06.359><c> was</c>

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:11.839
proved<00:33:06.920><c> to</c><00:33:06.920><c> be</c><00:33:07.099><c> right.</c><00:33:08.220><c> The</c><00:33:08.359><c> city</c><00:33:08.720><c> had</c><00:33:09.079><c> been</c><00:33:09.559><c> invaded</c><00:33:10.539><c> and</c><00:33:11.059><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:33:11.619><c> had</c>

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.299
laid<00:33:12.059><c> siege</c><00:33:12.359><c> to</c><00:33:12.599><c> it</c><00:33:12.960><c> and</c>

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:17.119
it<00:33:13.380><c> was</c><00:33:13.599><c> going</c><00:33:13.740><c> to</c><00:33:13.859><c> be</c><00:33:14.119><c> destroyed.</c><00:33:16.119><c> But</c><00:33:16.220><c> we</c><00:33:16.420><c> come</c><00:33:16.599><c> down</c><00:33:16.859><c> then</c>

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:19.200
to<00:33:17.299><c> the</c><00:33:17.460><c> last</c><00:33:17.700><c> part</c><00:33:18.039><c> of</c><00:33:18.359><c> the</c><00:33:18.700><c> chapter,</c>

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:25.680
verses<00:33:19.900><c> 30</c><00:33:20.359><c> to</c><00:33:20.500><c> 33.</c><00:33:22.900><c> They</c><00:33:23.059><c> now</c><00:33:23.500><c> recognise</c><00:33:24.240><c> that</c><00:33:24.779><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:25.299><c> is</c>

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:29.519
their<00:33:25.960><c> watchman.</c><00:33:27.660><c> And</c><00:33:27.799><c> as</c><00:33:27.940><c> we</c><00:33:28.119><c> said</c><00:33:28.240><c> in</c><00:33:29.279><c> those</c>

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:33.380
remarks<00:33:29.859><c> a</c><00:33:30.039><c> few</c><00:33:30.160><c> moments</c><00:33:30.519><c> ago,</c><00:33:32.000><c> one</c><00:33:32.240><c> would</c><00:33:32.420><c> have</c><00:33:32.579><c> thought</c><00:33:32.839><c> well</c><00:33:33.099><c> now</c>

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:35.000
Ezekiel<00:33:33.900><c> would</c><00:33:34.039><c> be</c><00:33:34.299><c> happy</c><00:33:34.500><c> because</c>

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:40.319
now<00:33:35.359><c> they've</c><00:33:35.680><c> accepted</c><00:33:36.019><c> him.</c><00:33:36.940><c> In</c><00:33:36.980><c> accepting</c><00:33:37.380><c> him</c><00:33:37.660><c> they've</c><00:33:38.079><c> accepted</c><00:33:38.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:39.140><c> but</c><00:33:40.079><c> in</c>

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some<00:33:40.579><c> respects</c>

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the<00:33:41.880><c> situation</c><00:33:42.539><c> was</c><00:33:42.920><c> worse.</c><00:33:44.359><c> Let's</c><00:33:44.559><c> read</c><00:33:44.900><c> verses</c><00:33:45.400><c> 30</c><00:33:46.519><c> to</c><00:33:46.720><c> 33.</c>

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Also<00:33:49.900><c> thou</c><00:33:50.200><c> son</c><00:33:50.500><c> of</c><00:33:50.680><c> man,</c><00:33:52.160><c> the</c><00:33:52.299><c> children</c>

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:56.220
of<00:33:52.880><c> Israel</c><00:33:53.259><c> are</c><00:33:53.559><c> still</c><00:33:53.960><c> talking</c><00:33:54.319><c> against</c><00:33:54.759><c> thee</c><00:33:54.900><c> by</c><00:33:55.119><c> the</c><00:33:55.339><c> walls.</c><00:33:55.779><c> Not</c><00:33:56.079><c> a</c>

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:58.240
good<00:33:56.380><c> translation.</c><00:33:57.200><c> The</c><00:33:57.920><c> margin</c>

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tries<00:33:58.539><c> to</c><00:33:58.740><c> help</c><00:33:58.920><c> out.</c><00:33:59.799><c> Once</c><00:33:59.799><c> again</c><00:34:00.039><c> I'll</c><00:34:00.380><c> revert</c><00:34:00.640><c> to</c><00:34:00.880><c> the</c><00:34:01.140><c> NIV.</c>

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:06.500
As<00:34:03.019><c> for</c><00:34:03.339><c> you</c><00:34:03.740><c> son</c><00:34:04.079><c> of</c><00:34:04.319><c> man,</c><00:34:05.640><c> your</c><00:34:05.779><c> countrymen</c>

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:12.420
are<00:34:06.880><c> talking</c><00:34:07.220><c> together</c><00:34:08.039><c> about</c><00:34:09.019><c> you</c><00:34:09.840><c> by</c><00:34:10.519><c> the</c><00:34:10.780><c> walls</c><00:34:11.119><c> and</c><00:34:11.400><c> at</c><00:34:11.619><c> the</c><00:34:11.820><c> doors</c><00:34:12.119><c> of</c>

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:14.199
the<00:34:12.559><c> houses</c><00:34:13.039><c> and</c><00:34:13.960><c> saying</c>

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:17.880
to<00:34:14.400><c> each</c><00:34:14.639><c> other</c><00:34:15.059><c> come</c><00:34:15.679><c> and</c><00:34:16.059><c> hear</c><00:34:16.239><c> the</c><00:34:16.559><c> message</c><00:34:17.039><c> that</c><00:34:17.420><c> has</c><00:34:17.760><c> come</c>

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.519
to<00:34:18.059><c> us</c><00:34:18.500><c> from</c><00:34:18.760><c> Yahweh.</c><00:34:19.800><c> So</c><00:34:20.099><c> they</c><00:34:20.300><c> weren't</c>

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:24.539
talking<00:34:21.019><c> against</c><00:34:21.679><c> him</c><00:34:21.920><c> as</c><00:34:22.199><c> the</c><00:34:22.400><c> King</c><00:34:22.860><c> James</c><00:34:23.219><c> version</c><00:34:23.559><c> implies.</c><00:34:24.340><c> They</c>

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.480
were<00:34:24.739><c> talking</c><00:34:25.019><c> about</c><00:34:25.400><c> him.</c><00:34:26.119><c> Right,</c>

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:30.639
this<00:34:26.760><c> man</c><00:34:27.139><c> is</c><00:34:27.519><c> the</c><00:34:27.719><c> prophet</c><00:34:28.000><c> after</c><00:34:28.460><c> all.</c><00:34:29.380><c> Let's</c><00:34:29.440><c> go</c><00:34:29.679><c> and</c><00:34:29.900><c> listen</c><00:34:30.119><c> to</c><00:34:30.239><c> what</c><00:34:30.420><c> he</c>

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:36.780
says.<00:34:34.840><c> Verse</c><00:34:34.840><c> 31.</c><00:34:36.780><c> And</c>

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:41.940
they<00:34:37.000><c> come</c><00:34:37.239><c> unto</c><00:34:37.440><c> thee</c><00:34:37.880><c> as</c><00:34:38.139><c> the</c><00:34:38.320><c> people</c><00:34:38.579><c> cometh,</c><00:34:39.260><c> and</c><00:34:40.639><c> they</c><00:34:40.920><c> sit</c><00:34:41.039><c> before</c><00:34:41.500><c> thee</c><00:34:41.719><c> as</c>

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.960
my<00:34:42.159><c> people,</c><00:34:43.960><c> and</c>

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:49.340
they<00:34:44.219><c> hear</c><00:34:44.400><c> thy</c><00:34:44.639><c> words,</c><00:34:46.480><c> but</c><00:34:46.880><c> they</c><00:34:47.039><c> will</c><00:34:47.219><c> not</c><00:34:47.360><c> do</c><00:34:47.599><c> them.</c><00:34:48.940><c> For</c>

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:52.159
with<00:34:49.579><c> their</c><00:34:49.800><c> mouth</c><00:34:50.380><c> they</c><00:34:51.659><c> show</c><00:34:51.880><c> much</c>

00:34:52.159 --> 00:35:00.579
love,<00:34:53.900><c> but</c><00:34:53.920><c> their</c><00:34:54.239><c> heart</c><00:34:55.360><c> goeth</c><00:34:55.980><c> after</c><00:34:56.280><c> their</c><00:34:56.519><c> own</c><00:34:56.840><c> covetousness.</c><00:34:59.079><c> And</c><00:34:59.239><c> lo</c><00:34:59.460><c> thou</c><00:34:59.679><c> art</c><00:34:59.900><c> unto</c><00:35:00.199><c> them</c><00:35:00.400><c> as</c>

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:04.900
a<00:35:00.679><c> very</c><00:35:01.000><c> lovely</c><00:35:01.300><c> song</c><00:35:01.880><c> of</c><00:35:02.639><c> one</c><00:35:02.880><c> that</c><00:35:03.099><c> hath</c><00:35:03.199><c> a</c><00:35:03.460><c> pleasant</c><00:35:03.739><c> voice,</c>

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:07.619
and<00:35:05.400><c> can</c><00:35:05.619><c> play</c><00:35:05.960><c> well</c><00:35:06.280><c> on</c><00:35:06.480><c> an</c><00:35:06.719><c> instrument,</c>

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:14.099
for<00:35:08.059><c> they</c><00:35:08.380><c> hear</c><00:35:08.679><c> thy</c><00:35:08.940><c> words,</c><00:35:10.219><c> but</c><00:35:10.559><c> they</c><00:35:10.940><c> do</c><00:35:11.159><c> them</c><00:35:11.440><c> not.</c><00:35:13.579><c> Would</c>

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:15.440
it<00:35:14.239><c> be</c><00:35:14.440><c> right</c><00:35:14.599><c> to</c><00:35:14.860><c> suggest,</c><00:35:15.360><c> brethren</c>

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:19.960
and<00:35:15.659><c> sisters,</c><00:35:15.900><c> that</c><00:35:16.079><c> that</c><00:35:16.380><c> situation</c><00:35:16.940><c> was</c><00:35:17.179><c> in</c><00:35:17.400><c> some</c><00:35:17.639><c> ways</c><00:35:18.139><c> worse</c><00:35:18.920><c> than</c><00:35:19.619><c> what</c><00:35:19.800><c> it</c>

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.719
was<00:35:20.059><c> at</c><00:35:20.199><c> the</c><00:35:20.380><c> beginning?</c>

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:24.579
I<00:35:21.300><c> think</c><00:35:21.460><c> it</c><00:35:21.559><c> would</c><00:35:21.719><c> have</c><00:35:21.860><c> been</c><00:35:22.000><c> more</c><00:35:22.320><c> disheartening</c><00:35:23.260><c> for</c><00:35:23.619><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:35:24.400><c> At</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.360
least<00:35:24.860><c> in</c><00:35:25.159><c> the</c><00:35:25.440><c> beginning</c><00:35:25.820><c> when</c>

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:30.440
it<00:35:26.579><c> was</c><00:35:26.920><c> Flint</c><00:35:27.219><c> facing</c><00:35:27.980><c> Diamond,</c><00:35:28.880><c> he</c><00:35:29.019><c> knew</c><00:35:29.199><c> where</c><00:35:29.400><c> he</c><00:35:29.639><c> stood.</c>

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.880
But<00:35:30.800><c> now</c><00:35:31.059><c> they're</c><00:35:31.260><c> coming</c><00:35:31.500><c> along</c><00:35:31.760><c> and</c>

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:38.559
saying,<00:35:32.179><c> look,</c><00:35:32.179><c> tell</c><00:35:32.440><c> us</c><00:35:32.739><c> more.</c><00:35:33.860><c> We</c><00:35:34.099><c> want</c><00:35:34.320><c> more</c><00:35:34.679><c> Bible</c><00:35:35.159><c> schools.</c><00:35:36.159><c> We</c><00:35:36.320><c> want</c><00:35:36.579><c> more</c><00:35:37.039><c> dramatic</c><00:35:37.579><c> events</c><00:35:38.000><c> at</c><00:35:38.320><c> Bible</c>

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:41.860
schools.<00:35:39.219><c> We</c><00:35:39.340><c> want</c><00:35:39.599><c> dramatic</c><00:35:40.159><c> speakers.</c><00:35:40.659><c> We</c><00:35:40.760><c> want</c><00:35:41.000><c> dramatic</c>

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:44.280
activities<00:35:42.619><c> so</c><00:35:43.139><c> we</c><00:35:43.300><c> can</c><00:35:43.460><c> go</c><00:35:43.679><c> away</c><00:35:43.980><c> feeling</c>

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:48.239
good.<00:35:46.239><c> And</c><00:35:46.400><c> two</c><00:35:46.519><c> weeks</c><00:35:46.739><c> after</c><00:35:47.019><c> the</c><00:35:47.239><c> school</c><00:35:47.400><c> if</c><00:35:47.599><c> someone</c><00:35:47.920><c> said,</c>

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:50.820
what<00:35:49.000><c> were</c><00:35:49.139><c> the</c><00:35:49.400><c> studies</c><00:35:49.619><c> at</c><00:35:49.820><c> the</c><00:35:50.039><c> school?</c>

00:35:50.900 --> 00:36:00.679
Oh,<00:35:51.820><c> they</c><00:35:51.940><c> were</c><00:35:52.199><c> marvellous.</c><00:35:57.480><c> I</c><00:35:58.000><c> remember</c><00:35:58.380><c> he</c><00:35:58.579><c> was,</c><00:36:00.159><c> and</c><00:36:00.420><c> it's</c>

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:02.900
gone,<00:36:01.420><c> there's</c><00:36:01.920><c> nothing</c><00:36:02.179><c> of</c><00:36:02.480><c> substance.</c>

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:07.039
We<00:36:03.400><c> enjoyed</c><00:36:03.760><c> it.</c><00:36:04.019><c> It</c><00:36:04.019><c> was</c><00:36:04.199><c> a</c><00:36:04.739><c> lovely</c><00:36:05.239><c> environment.</c><00:36:06.519><c> But</c><00:36:06.739><c> what</c>

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:09.179
was<00:36:07.320><c> it</c><00:36:07.480><c> that</c><00:36:07.599><c> we</c><00:36:07.840><c> thought</c><00:36:08.059><c> was</c><00:36:08.320><c> lovely?</c>

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:13.219
I'm<00:36:10.460><c> quite</c><00:36:10.760><c> sure</c><00:36:10.940><c> some</c><00:36:11.179><c> of</c><00:36:11.320><c> the</c><00:36:11.440><c> words</c><00:36:11.699><c> here</c><00:36:12.579><c> don't</c><00:36:12.800><c> apply</c><00:36:13.059><c> to</c>

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.579
my<00:36:13.480><c> talks.</c><00:36:13.860><c> I</c><00:36:13.860><c> don't</c><00:36:14.119><c> think</c><00:36:14.280><c> you</c><00:36:14.420><c> think</c>

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:16.739
it's<00:36:14.780><c> a</c><00:36:14.880><c> lovely</c><00:36:15.119><c> song</c><00:36:15.380><c> like</c><00:36:15.599><c> one</c><00:36:15.840><c> playing</c><00:36:16.059><c> on</c><00:36:16.280><c> instrument</c><00:36:16.599><c> or</c>

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:19.059
something<00:36:17.059><c> like</c><00:36:17.380><c> that.</c><00:36:17.860><c> But</c><00:36:18.260><c> you</c><00:36:18.400><c> can</c><00:36:18.659><c> understand</c>

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:22.360
what<00:36:19.199><c> we're</c><00:36:19.380><c> saying,</c><00:36:19.760><c> can't</c><00:36:20.079><c> you?</c><00:36:20.719><c> You</c><00:36:20.719><c> know,</c><00:36:20.940><c> the</c><00:36:21.219><c> charismatics</c><00:36:21.820><c> are</c><00:36:21.980><c> looking</c><00:36:22.179><c> for</c>

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.900
that<00:36:22.599><c> sort</c><00:36:22.780><c> of</c>

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:25.400
thing<00:36:23.019><c> in</c><00:36:23.159><c> the</c><00:36:23.260><c> world.</c><00:36:23.440><c> They</c><00:36:23.480><c> get</c><00:36:23.679><c> all</c><00:36:23.940><c> stirred</c><00:36:24.179><c> up</c><00:36:24.400><c> with</c><00:36:24.599><c> emotion.</c><00:36:25.239><c> Now</c>

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.960
look,<00:36:25.960><c> I</c><00:36:26.099><c> am</c><00:36:26.300><c> not</c><00:36:26.519><c> saying</c><00:36:26.739><c> that</c>

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.539
emotion<00:36:27.300><c> doesn't</c><00:36:27.619><c> have</c><00:36:27.860><c> a</c><00:36:28.019><c> part</c><00:36:28.139><c> in</c><00:36:28.300><c> the</c><00:36:28.500><c> truth.</c><00:36:28.920><c> It's</c><00:36:29.139><c> got</c><00:36:29.340><c> a</c>

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:31.460
vitally<00:36:29.940><c> important</c><00:36:30.400><c> part.</c><00:36:31.079><c> Knowing</c>

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:37.780
Yahweh<00:36:31.960><c> is</c><00:36:32.239><c> emotion.</c><00:36:33.860><c> It's</c><00:36:34.079><c> an</c><00:36:34.260><c> emotion</c><00:36:34.699><c> based</c><00:36:35.099><c> upon</c><00:36:35.380><c> understanding.</c><00:36:36.380><c> It's</c><00:36:36.820><c> definitely</c><00:36:37.239><c> an</c><00:36:37.480><c> emotion.</c>

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:41.039
It's<00:36:38.079><c> an</c><00:36:38.440><c> experiential</c><00:36:39.059><c> knowledge.</c><00:36:40.059><c> But</c><00:36:40.219><c> if</c><00:36:40.380><c> all</c><00:36:40.579><c> we</c><00:36:40.719><c> get</c><00:36:40.840><c> out</c>

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:43.760
of<00:36:41.139><c> a</c><00:36:41.320><c> Bible</c><00:36:41.619><c> school</c><00:36:41.880><c> is,</c><00:36:42.440><c> oh,</c><00:36:43.260><c> the</c><00:36:43.480><c> talks</c>

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:48.239
were<00:36:43.940><c> wonderful</c><00:36:44.360><c> or</c><00:36:44.619><c> the</c><00:36:45.019><c> sports</c><00:36:45.320><c> were</c><00:36:45.559><c> wonderful</c><00:36:45.940><c> or</c><00:36:46.199><c> the</c><00:36:46.579><c> evening</c><00:36:46.920><c> activities</c><00:36:47.420><c> were</c><00:36:47.659><c> wonderful</c><00:36:48.039><c> or</c>

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:51.059
the<00:36:48.500><c> food</c><00:36:48.559><c> was</c><00:36:48.760><c> wonderful,</c><00:36:49.860><c> and</c><00:36:49.920><c> there's</c><00:36:50.119><c> not</c><00:36:50.380><c> something</c><00:36:50.699><c> of</c>

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.699
substance<00:36:51.480><c> there</c><00:36:51.760><c> that's</c><00:36:52.019><c> going</c><00:36:52.139><c> to</c><00:36:52.420><c> change</c>

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:57.199
our<00:36:52.960><c> lives,</c><00:36:54.519><c> then</c><00:36:54.780><c> can</c><00:36:55.000><c> you</c><00:36:55.239><c> imagine</c><00:36:55.619><c> how</c><00:36:55.980><c> frustrated</c><00:36:56.639><c> God</c><00:36:56.920><c> is</c>

00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:00.300
as<00:36:57.320><c> he</c><00:36:57.460><c> looks</c><00:36:57.739><c> down</c><00:36:58.300><c> upon</c><00:36:59.440><c> such</c><00:36:59.780><c> activities</c>

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:04.920
as<00:37:00.579><c> this?</c><00:37:01.780><c> Now,</c><00:37:02.039><c> what's</c><00:37:02.320><c> the</c><00:37:02.440><c> remedy?</c><00:37:03.880><c> Well,</c><00:37:04.079><c> the</c><00:37:04.239><c> remedy</c><00:37:04.519><c> is</c>

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:07.539
we've<00:37:05.239><c> all</c><00:37:05.420><c> got</c><00:37:05.559><c> to</c><00:37:05.840><c> become</c><00:37:06.239><c> watchmen.</c>

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:13.679
And<00:37:07.860><c> if</c><00:37:08.059><c> we</c><00:37:08.280><c> are</c><00:37:08.380><c> busy</c><00:37:08.960><c> watching</c><00:37:09.599><c> other</c><00:37:10.139><c> people,</c><00:37:11.920><c> then</c><00:37:12.119><c> really,</c><00:37:13.340><c> they're</c><00:37:13.619><c> going</c>

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.300
to<00:37:13.820><c> be</c><00:37:14.039><c> watching</c>

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:18.340
us.<00:37:15.159><c> And</c><00:37:15.420><c> we're</c><00:37:15.619><c> all</c><00:37:15.880><c> going</c><00:37:16.000><c> to</c><00:37:16.119><c> be</c><00:37:16.280><c> helping</c><00:37:16.539><c> each</c><00:37:16.900><c> other.</c><00:37:17.820><c> And</c>

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:20.300
the<00:37:18.519><c> truth</c><00:37:18.699><c> will</c><00:37:18.880><c> be</c><00:37:19.059><c> much</c><00:37:19.300><c> more</c><00:37:19.579><c> substantial</c>

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:25.380
than<00:37:20.900><c> just</c><00:37:21.260><c> listening</c><00:37:21.619><c> to</c><00:37:22.139><c> pleasant</c><00:37:22.480><c> songs</c><00:37:23.059><c> and</c><00:37:23.719><c> pleasant</c><00:37:24.059><c> sounds.</c><00:37:25.380><c> We</c>

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:26.519
will<00:37:25.639><c> become,</c><00:37:26.000><c> as</c><00:37:26.219><c> James</c>

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:31.900
says,<00:37:27.900><c> doers</c><00:37:28.199><c> of</c><00:37:28.360><c> the</c><00:37:28.539><c> word,</c><00:37:29.539><c> not</c><00:37:29.840><c> hearers</c><00:37:30.239><c> only.</c><00:37:31.500><c> Now,</c><00:37:31.639><c> I'd</c>

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:33.420
like<00:37:31.980><c> to</c><00:37:32.179><c> leave</c><00:37:32.300><c> Ezekiel</c><00:37:32.699><c> momentarily.</c>

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:35.800
In<00:37:33.599><c> fact,</c><00:37:33.820><c> we're</c><00:37:33.980><c> going</c><00:37:34.039><c> to</c><00:37:34.159><c> leave</c><00:37:34.280><c> it</c><00:37:34.480><c> probably</c><00:37:34.780><c> for</c><00:37:35.059><c> the</c><00:37:35.320><c> rest</c><00:37:35.579><c> of</c>

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.280
this<00:37:36.059><c> talk,</c><00:37:36.300><c> which</c><00:37:36.440><c> is</c><00:37:36.639><c> about</c>

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:43.280
I'd<00:37:38.139><c> like</c><00:37:38.139><c> to</c><00:37:38.260><c> go</c><00:37:38.400><c> over</c><00:37:38.579><c> to</c><00:37:38.679><c> Matthew</c><00:37:38.960><c> 24.</c><00:37:42.059><c> Matthew</c><00:37:42.260><c> chapter</c><00:37:42.679><c> 24</c>

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:45.559
is<00:37:43.659><c> part</c><00:37:43.940><c> of</c><00:37:44.099><c> that</c><00:37:44.900><c> section</c><00:37:45.199><c> of</c><00:37:45.360><c> the</c>

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:50.480
scripture,<00:37:46.039><c> which</c><00:37:46.039><c> is</c><00:37:46.300><c> known</c><00:37:46.519><c> as</c><00:37:47.340><c> the</c><00:37:47.719><c> Olivet</c><00:37:48.139><c> Prophecy.</c><00:37:50.360><c> And</c>

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.900
like<00:37:50.679><c> all</c><00:37:51.039><c> prophecies,</c><00:37:52.000><c> prophecies</c><00:37:52.420><c> are</c><00:37:52.760><c> a</c>

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:56.500
means<00:37:53.099><c> to</c><00:37:53.300><c> an</c><00:37:53.440><c> end.</c><00:37:54.940><c> You</c><00:37:55.039><c> know,</c><00:37:55.159><c> it's</c><00:37:55.400><c> unfortunate</c><00:37:55.920><c> at</c><00:37:56.139><c> times,</c>

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:58.179
isn't<00:37:56.719><c> it,</c><00:37:56.920><c> that</c><00:37:57.119><c> when</c><00:37:57.280><c> we</c><00:37:57.500><c> turn</c><00:37:57.659><c> to</c><00:37:57.900><c> passages</c>

00:37:58.179 --> 00:38:02.599
like<00:37:58.480><c> Matthew</c><00:37:58.820><c> 24,</c><00:37:59.820><c> the</c><00:37:59.960><c> first</c><00:38:00.260><c> thing</c><00:38:00.480><c> we</c><00:38:00.739><c> say</c><00:38:00.980><c> is,</c><00:38:01.460><c> what's</c><00:38:02.039><c> your</c><00:38:02.280><c> view</c><00:38:02.440><c> on</c>

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:04.539
Matthew<00:38:02.860><c> 24?</c><00:38:03.780><c> Do</c><00:38:04.019><c> you</c><00:38:04.260><c> believe</c>

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:07.179
that<00:38:04.699><c> it</c><00:38:04.739><c> all</c><00:38:05.079><c> applies</c><00:38:05.320><c> to</c><00:38:05.579><c> AD</c><00:38:05.820><c> 70</c><00:38:06.139><c> and</c><00:38:06.300><c> some</c><00:38:06.480><c> of</c><00:38:06.599><c> it</c><00:38:06.739><c> to</c><00:38:06.900><c> today,</c>

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:09.019
or<00:38:07.619><c> all</c><00:38:07.760><c> of</c><00:38:07.860><c> it</c><00:38:08.000><c> to</c><00:38:08.159><c> AD</c><00:38:08.360><c> 70</c><00:38:08.719><c> and</c><00:38:08.920><c> none</c>

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:11.380
of<00:38:09.119><c> it</c><00:38:09.239><c> today,</c><00:38:09.719><c> or</c><00:38:09.840><c> all</c><00:38:09.980><c> of</c><00:38:10.059><c> it</c><00:38:10.159><c> today?</c><00:38:10.639><c> You</c><00:38:10.820><c> know</c><00:38:10.960><c> the</c><00:38:11.199><c> story?</c>

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:14.119
It<00:38:11.519><c> goes</c><00:38:11.739><c> on</c><00:38:11.960><c> and</c><00:38:12.039><c> on</c><00:38:12.179><c> and</c><00:38:12.260><c> on.</c><00:38:13.719><c> And</c><00:38:13.960><c> it's</c>

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:19.280
a<00:38:14.199><c> lovely</c><00:38:14.440><c> song.</c><00:38:16.420><c> But</c><00:38:16.699><c> Matthew</c><00:38:17.099><c> 24</c><00:38:17.639><c> is</c><00:38:17.840><c> all</c><00:38:18.059><c> about</c><00:38:18.360><c> doing.</c><00:38:18.880><c> It's</c><00:38:19.139><c> not</c>

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:22.500
about<00:38:19.559><c> hearing.</c><00:38:21.360><c> Matthew</c><00:38:21.780><c> 24</c>

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:27.880
and<00:38:22.840><c> Matthew</c><00:38:23.280><c> 25</c><00:38:24.099><c> are</c><00:38:25.099><c> all</c><00:38:25.420><c> part</c><00:38:25.659><c> of</c><00:38:25.780><c> the</c><00:38:25.960><c> one</c><00:38:26.159><c> discourse.</c><00:38:27.659><c> And</c>

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:31.320
so<00:38:28.079><c> that</c><00:38:28.320><c> Matthew</c><00:38:28.739><c> chapter</c><00:38:29.179><c> 24</c><00:38:30.320><c> lays</c><00:38:30.760><c> the</c><00:38:31.019><c> basis</c>

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:37.219
and<00:38:31.500><c> says,</c><00:38:33.679><c> three</c><00:38:33.880><c> things</c><00:38:34.119><c> are</c><00:38:34.300><c> going</c><00:38:34.420><c> to</c><00:38:34.599><c> happen.</c><00:38:35.239><c> Verse</c><00:38:35.460><c> three.</c><00:38:37.000><c> It</c>

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:38.659
comes<00:38:37.519><c> in</c><00:38:37.699><c> answer</c><00:38:37.920><c> to</c><00:38:38.079><c> the</c><00:38:38.260><c> question,</c>

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:41.300
when<00:38:39.340><c> shall</c><00:38:39.559><c> these</c><00:38:39.860><c> things</c><00:38:40.119><c> be?</c><00:38:40.440><c> That</c><00:38:40.539><c> is</c><00:38:40.760><c> the</c><00:38:40.880><c> destruction</c>

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:43.659
of<00:38:41.480><c> the</c><00:38:41.659><c> temple.</c><00:38:42.519><c> What's</c><00:38:42.920><c> going</c><00:38:43.019><c> to</c><00:38:43.159><c> be</c><00:38:43.320><c> the</c><00:38:43.480><c> sign</c>

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:48.539
of<00:38:43.880><c> thy</c><00:38:44.139><c> coming,</c><00:38:44.679><c> thy</c><00:38:44.840><c> perusia,</c><00:38:45.599><c> thy</c><00:38:45.900><c> presence?</c><00:38:47.679><c> And</c><00:38:48.000><c> when</c><00:38:48.139><c> will</c><00:38:48.320><c> be</c>

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:51.260
the<00:38:48.699><c> end</c><00:38:48.880><c> of</c><00:38:49.119><c> this</c><00:38:49.480><c> age?</c><00:38:51.079><c> And</c>

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:56.780
so<00:38:51.559><c> from</c><00:38:51.960><c> verse</c><00:38:52.239><c> three</c><00:38:52.619><c> down</c><00:38:52.940><c> to</c><00:38:53.219><c> verse</c><00:38:53.900><c> 29,</c><00:38:54.780><c> the</c><00:38:54.900><c> Lord</c><00:38:55.500><c> describes</c><00:38:56.539><c> to</c>

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:58.280
these<00:38:57.000><c> people</c><00:38:57.460><c> events</c><00:38:58.039><c> that</c>

00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:02.840
are<00:38:58.280><c> going</c><00:38:58.500><c> to</c><00:38:58.719><c> happen.</c><00:38:59.219><c> Like</c><00:38:59.480><c> Ezekiel</c><00:39:00.039><c> described</c><00:39:00.500><c> it,</c><00:39:00.860><c> almost</c><00:39:01.260><c> identical.</c><00:39:02.699><c> The</c>

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.539
temple<00:39:03.199><c> is</c><00:39:03.380><c> going</c>

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:08.659
to<00:39:03.679><c> be</c><00:39:03.820><c> destroyed.</c><00:39:05.559><c> Luke</c><00:39:05.880><c> in</c><00:39:06.139><c> his</c><00:39:06.420><c> gospel,</c><00:39:07.039><c> because</c><00:39:07.460><c> he</c><00:39:07.940><c> is</c><00:39:08.139><c> writing</c><00:39:08.380><c> to</c>

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:10.800
Gentiles,<00:39:09.840><c> adds</c><00:39:10.000><c> in</c><00:39:10.219><c> the</c><00:39:10.460><c> comment</c>

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:14.039
that<00:39:11.480><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:11.980><c> will</c><00:39:12.219><c> be</c><00:39:12.380><c> trodden</c><00:39:12.699><c> down</c><00:39:12.920><c> of</c><00:39:13.099><c> the</c><00:39:13.280><c> Gentiles</c>

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:16.079
until<00:39:14.519><c> the</c><00:39:14.780><c> times</c><00:39:14.980><c> of</c><00:39:15.199><c> the</c><00:39:15.320><c> Gentiles</c><00:39:15.800><c> be</c>

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:21.639
fulfilled.<00:39:18.039><c> I</c><00:39:18.079><c> don't</c><00:39:18.239><c> want</c><00:39:18.380><c> to</c><00:39:18.519><c> digress</c><00:39:18.900><c> onto</c><00:39:19.659><c> my</c><00:39:20.800><c> view</c><00:39:21.239><c> of</c>

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:23.500
Matthew<00:39:21.960><c> chapter</c><00:39:22.260><c> 24,</c><00:39:23.000><c> which</c><00:39:23.280><c> happens</c>

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:27.000
to<00:39:23.679><c> be</c><00:39:23.699><c> a</c><00:39:24.000><c> very</c><00:39:24.380><c> orthodox</c><00:39:24.840><c> view.</c><00:39:25.820><c> But</c><00:39:26.039><c> we</c><00:39:26.239><c> would</c><00:39:26.440><c> submit</c><00:39:26.739><c> that</c>

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:28.840
in<00:39:27.340><c> reading</c><00:39:27.599><c> Matthew's</c><00:39:28.260><c> record,</c>

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:32.159
Matthew<00:39:29.380><c> is</c><00:39:29.639><c> only</c><00:39:29.880><c> concerned</c><00:39:30.260><c> with</c><00:39:30.480><c> the</c><00:39:30.659><c> Jewish</c><00:39:30.860><c> aspect.</c><00:39:31.800><c> That's</c><00:39:31.980><c> why</c>

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:33.619
when<00:39:32.300><c> we</c><00:39:32.500><c> come</c><00:39:32.679><c> to</c><00:39:32.800><c> verse</c><00:39:33.019><c> 29,</c>

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:37.280
for<00:39:33.860><c> example,</c><00:39:34.300><c> he</c><00:39:34.519><c> says,</c><00:39:35.539><c> immediately</c><00:39:35.579><c> after</c><00:39:36.119><c> the</c><00:39:36.360><c> tribulation</c><00:39:36.860><c> of</c><00:39:37.039><c> those</c>

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:38.460
days<00:39:37.579><c> shall</c><00:39:37.820><c> the</c><00:39:38.019><c> sun</c><00:39:38.239><c> be</c>

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:41.099
dark<00:39:38.699><c> and</c><00:39:38.840><c> the</c><00:39:39.000><c> moon</c><00:39:39.159><c> not</c><00:39:39.400><c> give</c><00:39:39.639><c> her</c><00:39:39.860><c> light</c><00:39:40.099><c> and</c><00:39:40.639><c> the</c><00:39:40.880><c> stars</c>

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:42.480
shall<00:39:41.280><c> fall</c><00:39:41.539><c> from</c><00:39:41.760><c> heaven</c><00:39:41.940><c> and</c><00:39:42.119><c> the</c><00:39:42.280><c> powers</c>

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:45.860
of<00:39:42.639><c> the</c><00:39:42.780><c> heavens</c><00:39:42.940><c> shall</c><00:39:43.139><c> be</c><00:39:43.340><c> shaken.</c><00:39:44.840><c> Jews</c><00:39:45.039><c> as</c><00:39:45.380><c> commonwealth</c>

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:48.019
will<00:39:46.059><c> come</c><00:39:46.300><c> to</c><00:39:46.500><c> an</c><00:39:46.639><c> end.</c><00:39:47.280><c> And</c><00:39:47.440><c> if</c><00:39:47.500><c> you</c><00:39:47.639><c> haven't</c><00:39:47.820><c> read</c>

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:50.380
it,<00:39:48.159><c> there's</c><00:39:48.400><c> an</c><00:39:48.559><c> excellent</c><00:39:48.739><c> little</c><00:39:49.000><c> booklet</c><00:39:49.420><c> consisting</c><00:39:50.179><c> of</c>

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:52.139
a<00:39:50.519><c> series</c><00:39:50.739><c> of</c><00:39:51.000><c> articles</c><00:39:51.300><c> from</c><00:39:51.480><c> one</c><00:39:51.639><c> of</c><00:39:51.760><c> the</c><00:39:51.940><c> old</c>

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:55.699
heralds<00:39:53.000><c> entitled</c><00:39:53.360><c> The</c><00:39:53.579><c> Last</c><00:39:53.860><c> Days</c><00:39:54.119><c> of</c><00:39:54.320><c> Judas</c><00:39:54.599><c> Commonwealth.</c>

00:39:57.119 --> 00:40:01.900
It<00:39:57.159><c> will</c><00:39:57.340><c> come</c><00:39:57.500><c> to</c><00:39:57.659><c> an</c><00:39:57.780><c> end.</c><00:39:59.360><c> Luke</c><00:39:59.699><c> would</c><00:40:00.079><c> add</c><00:40:00.340><c> in,</c>

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:04.059
Jerusalem<00:40:01.940><c> shall</c><00:40:02.239><c> be</c><00:40:02.440><c> trodden</c><00:40:02.719><c> down</c><00:40:02.920><c> of</c><00:40:03.099><c> the</c><00:40:03.239><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:03.719><c> until</c>

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:06.039
the<00:40:04.300><c> times</c><00:40:04.539><c> of</c><00:40:04.739><c> the</c><00:40:04.880><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:05.320><c> be</c><00:40:05.579><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:09.059
That's<00:40:06.900><c> part</c><00:40:07.260><c> three</c><00:40:07.599><c> of</c><00:40:07.780><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:40:08.199><c> isn't</c><00:40:08.420><c> it?</c><00:40:08.579><c> You</c><00:40:08.699><c> know,</c><00:40:08.840><c> the</c>

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:11.579
glory<00:40:09.300><c> hidden.</c><00:40:10.639><c> But</c><00:40:10.920><c> Matthew</c><00:40:11.239><c> is</c><00:40:11.400><c> not</c>

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:14.440
writing<00:40:11.840><c> to</c><00:40:12.079><c> Gentiles,</c><00:40:12.440><c> he's</c><00:40:12.679><c> writing</c><00:40:12.960><c> to</c><00:40:13.260><c> Jews.</c><00:40:13.800><c> So</c><00:40:14.000><c> as</c><00:40:14.199><c> far</c>

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:15.840
as<00:40:14.559><c> he's</c><00:40:14.960><c> concerned,</c><00:40:15.239><c> the</c><00:40:15.400><c> next</c><00:40:15.679><c> thing</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:22.239
as<00:40:16.079><c> far</c><00:40:16.219><c> as</c><00:40:16.400><c> the</c><00:40:16.579><c> Jews</c><00:40:16.739><c> are</c><00:40:16.980><c> concerned</c><00:40:17.400><c> is</c><00:40:17.800><c> verse</c><00:40:18.059><c> 30.</c><00:40:19.440><c> And</c><00:40:19.960><c> then</c><00:40:21.199><c> shall</c><00:40:21.679><c> appear</c><00:40:22.019><c> the</c>

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:22.639
sign<00:40:22.380><c> of</c><00:40:22.539><c> the</c>

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son<00:40:22.800><c> of</c><00:40:22.920><c> man</c><00:40:23.119><c> in</c><00:40:23.320><c> heaven.</c><00:40:24.599><c> So</c><00:40:24.599><c> whilst</c><00:40:24.920><c> verse</c><00:40:25.199><c> 29</c><00:40:25.739><c> says</c><00:40:25.980><c> immediately,</c><00:40:27.400><c> it</c>

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:28.920
means<00:40:27.659><c> immediately</c><00:40:28.219><c> after</c><00:40:28.619><c> those</c>

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:32.219
events<00:40:29.219><c> of</c><00:40:29.420><c> the</c><00:40:29.619><c> destruction</c><00:40:29.980><c> of</c><00:40:30.219><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:40:31.199><c> Judas</c><00:40:31.380><c> Commonwealth</c><00:40:31.960><c> shall</c>

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.039
be,<00:40:32.420><c> if</c><00:40:32.559><c> you</c><00:40:32.760><c> like,</c><00:40:33.039><c> politically</c>

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:38.639
eclipsed.<00:40:35.340><c> The</c><00:40:35.539><c> and</c><00:40:35.900><c> then</c><00:40:36.239><c> of</c><00:40:36.699><c> verse</c><00:40:37.019><c> 30</c><00:40:37.559><c> spans</c><00:40:37.940><c> a</c><00:40:38.199><c> period</c><00:40:38.400><c> of</c>

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:41.119
nearly<00:40:38.900><c> 2000</c><00:40:39.340><c> years</c><00:40:39.739><c> because</c><00:40:40.420><c> in</c><00:40:40.980><c> the</c>

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:44.199
last<00:40:41.260><c> 2000</c><00:40:41.840><c> years,</c><00:40:42.320><c> there's</c><00:40:42.460><c> been</c><00:40:42.679><c> no</c><00:40:42.880><c> Jewish</c><00:40:43.199><c> Commonwealth.</c>

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:46.360
And<00:40:44.739><c> therefore,</c><00:40:45.079><c> as</c><00:40:45.300><c> in</c><00:40:45.460><c> many</c><00:40:45.619><c> other</c><00:40:45.900><c> places</c><00:40:46.179><c> of</c>

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:49.239
the<00:40:46.519><c> Bible,</c><00:40:47.360><c> a</c><00:40:47.480><c> God</c><00:40:47.639><c> can</c><00:40:47.920><c> jump</c><00:40:48.159><c> from</c><00:40:48.380><c> one</c><00:40:48.679><c> verse</c><00:40:48.840><c> to</c><00:40:49.019><c> another</c>

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:52.099
and<00:40:49.460><c> leave</c><00:40:49.840><c> 2000</c><00:40:50.460><c> years</c><00:40:50.719><c> in</c><00:40:50.940><c> between</c><00:40:51.239><c> them.</c>

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:56.519
As<00:40:52.440><c> I</c><00:40:52.659><c> said,</c><00:40:53.199><c> Luke</c><00:40:53.480><c> includes</c><00:40:54.099><c> it,</c><00:40:54.800><c> Matthew</c><00:40:55.039><c> omits</c><00:40:55.340><c> it.</c><00:40:55.960><c> But</c><00:40:56.059><c> that's</c><00:40:56.360><c> by</c>

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:58.900
the<00:40:56.659><c> way.</c><00:40:58.159><c> Having</c><00:40:58.380><c> given</c><00:40:58.619><c> the</c>

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:03.059
prophecy,<00:40:59.219><c> we</c><00:40:59.420><c> come</c><00:40:59.599><c> then</c><00:40:59.780><c> to</c><00:40:59.920><c> verse</c><00:41:00.119><c> 42.</c><00:41:01.099><c> And</c><00:41:01.260><c> here's</c><00:41:01.519><c> the</c><00:41:01.739><c> exhortation.</c><00:41:02.940><c> In</c>

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.960
view<00:41:03.280><c> of</c><00:41:03.500><c> these</c><00:41:03.739><c> things,</c>

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:06.719
brethren<00:41:04.300><c> and</c><00:41:04.559><c> sisters,</c><00:41:04.820><c> that</c><00:41:05.019><c> we</c><00:41:05.260><c> know,</c><00:41:05.980><c> or</c><00:41:06.199><c> at</c><00:41:06.360><c> least</c><00:41:06.519><c> that</c>

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:08.139
we<00:41:06.920><c> should</c><00:41:07.119><c> know,</c><00:41:07.420><c> because</c><00:41:07.699><c> there</c><00:41:07.900><c> are</c>

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:10.820
so<00:41:08.539><c> many</c><00:41:08.539><c> writings</c><00:41:08.900><c> available</c><00:41:09.440><c> to</c><00:41:09.599><c> help</c><00:41:09.800><c> us.</c><00:41:10.460><c> What</c><00:41:10.579><c> are</c><00:41:10.739><c> we</c>

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:18.780
doing<00:41:11.059><c> about</c><00:41:11.360><c> it?</c><00:41:13.639><c> Verse</c><00:41:13.780><c> 42.</c><00:41:15.820><c> Watch.</c><00:41:18.400><c> Watch</c>

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:22.880
therefore.<00:41:20.579><c> For</c><00:41:20.719><c> you</c><00:41:21.000><c> know</c><00:41:21.219><c> not</c><00:41:21.559><c> what</c><00:41:21.940><c> hour</c><00:41:22.199><c> your</c><00:41:22.420><c> Lord</c><00:41:22.679><c> doth</c>

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:25.000
come.<00:41:23.440><c> Now,</c><00:41:23.739><c> what's</c><00:41:24.000><c> that</c><00:41:24.219><c> watching?</c>

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:28.659
As<00:41:25.280><c> we</c><00:41:25.460><c> said,</c><00:41:25.639><c> getting</c><00:41:25.880><c> out</c><00:41:26.500><c> Time</c><00:41:26.820><c> magazine,</c><00:41:27.539><c> Newsweek</c><00:41:27.880><c> magazine,</c><00:41:28.539><c> the</c>

00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:30.019
Daily<00:41:28.940><c> Telegraph,</c><00:41:29.480><c> the</c><00:41:29.639><c> New</c><00:41:29.780><c> York</c>

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:36.019
Times,<00:41:30.579><c> whatever</c><00:41:30.900><c> it</c><00:41:31.119><c> is,</c><00:41:31.599><c> what</c><00:41:31.760><c> are</c><00:41:31.880><c> we</c><00:41:32.019><c> watching?</c><00:41:33.539><c> Well,</c><00:41:33.780><c> the</c><00:41:33.860><c> Lord</c><00:41:34.039><c> tells</c><00:41:34.380><c> us,</c><00:41:35.739><c> he</c>

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.219
says,<00:41:36.320><c> know</c><00:41:36.599><c> this,</c>

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:41.639
that<00:41:37.880><c> if</c><00:41:38.039><c> the</c><00:41:38.280><c> good</c><00:41:38.460><c> man</c><00:41:38.699><c> of</c><00:41:38.820><c> the</c><00:41:39.039><c> house</c><00:41:39.940><c> had</c><00:41:40.599><c> known</c><00:41:40.920><c> in</c><00:41:41.280><c> what</c>

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:44.360
watch<00:41:42.000><c> the</c><00:41:42.440><c> thief</c><00:41:42.619><c> would</c><00:41:42.880><c> come,</c><00:41:44.099><c> he</c><00:41:44.179><c> would</c>

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:48.559
have<00:41:44.559><c> watched</c><00:41:45.039><c> and</c><00:41:46.079><c> would</c><00:41:46.340><c> not</c><00:41:46.500><c> have</c><00:41:46.760><c> suffered</c><00:41:47.000><c> his</c><00:41:47.320><c> house</c><00:41:47.920><c> to</c>

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:51.599
be<00:41:48.760><c> broken</c><00:41:49.019><c> up.</c><00:41:50.440><c> Therefore,</c><00:41:50.719><c> be</c><00:41:50.960><c> ye</c><00:41:51.159><c> also</c>

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:55.280
ready<00:41:51.900><c> for</c><00:41:52.119><c> in</c><00:41:52.420><c> such</c><00:41:52.599><c> an</c><00:41:52.820><c> hour</c><00:41:52.980><c> as</c><00:41:53.219><c> ye</c><00:41:53.440><c> think</c><00:41:53.639><c> not,</c><00:41:54.659><c> the</c><00:41:54.820><c> son</c><00:41:55.019><c> of</c>

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:58.239
man<00:41:55.659><c> cometh.</c><00:41:57.059><c> So</c><00:41:57.360><c> he's</c><00:41:57.639><c> talking</c><00:41:57.960><c> now</c>

00:41:58.239 --> 00:42:03.079
about<00:41:58.460><c> a</c><00:41:58.800><c> householder.</c><00:42:00.539><c> And</c><00:42:00.780><c> the</c><00:42:00.940><c> word</c><00:42:01.159><c> watch</c><00:42:01.539><c> comes</c><00:42:01.940><c> consistently</c><00:42:02.659><c> through</c>

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:05.300
here.<00:42:03.639><c> It</c><00:42:03.880><c> means</c><00:42:04.300><c> to</c><00:42:05.019><c> be</c>

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:08.159
alert.<00:42:05.440><c> The</c><00:42:05.599><c> Greek</c><00:42:05.840><c> word</c><00:42:06.099><c> Gregorio,</c><00:42:06.880><c> to</c><00:42:07.219><c> be</c><00:42:07.480><c> alert.</c><00:42:07.960><c> He</c><00:42:07.960><c> says,</c>

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:11.099
you've<00:42:08.320><c> got</c><00:42:08.400><c> to</c><00:42:08.519><c> be</c><00:42:08.760><c> alert.</c><00:42:10.519><c> Alert</c><00:42:10.840><c> for</c>

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:17.860
what?<00:42:12.519><c> Well,</c><00:42:13.320><c> verse</c><00:42:13.539><c> 45</c><00:42:14.019><c> is</c><00:42:14.219><c> the</c><00:42:14.360><c> key</c><00:42:14.500><c> to</c><00:42:14.659><c> it.</c><00:42:15.739><c> Who</c><00:42:15.920><c> then</c><00:42:16.639><c> is</c><00:42:17.579><c> a</c>

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:21.699
faithful<00:42:18.340><c> and</c><00:42:19.539><c> a</c><00:42:19.820><c> wise</c><00:42:20.099><c> servant</c><00:42:20.840><c> whom</c>

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:25.559
his<00:42:22.000><c> Lord</c><00:42:22.219><c> hath</c><00:42:22.500><c> made</c><00:42:22.820><c> ruler</c><00:42:23.119><c> over</c><00:42:23.519><c> his</c><00:42:23.820><c> household</c><00:42:24.340><c> to</c><00:42:25.340><c> give</c>

00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:30.539
them<00:42:25.980><c> meat</c><00:42:26.320><c> in</c><00:42:26.699><c> due</c><00:42:26.900><c> season?</c><00:42:29.380><c> That</c><00:42:29.980><c> rendering</c>

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:35.340
gives<00:42:30.920><c> the</c><00:42:31.139><c> wrong</c><00:42:31.320><c> impression.</c><00:42:33.380><c> It</c><00:42:33.380><c> would</c><00:42:33.579><c> be</c><00:42:34.320><c> more</c><00:42:34.659><c> correctly</c><00:42:35.039><c> rendered</c>

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:36.840
something<00:42:35.679><c> like</c><00:42:36.019><c> this.</c><00:42:36.639><c> Who</c>

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:43.280
then<00:42:37.199><c> is</c><00:42:37.739><c> a</c><00:42:38.059><c> faithful</c><00:42:38.460><c> and</c><00:42:39.780><c> a</c><00:42:40.179><c> wise</c><00:42:40.659><c> servant</c><00:42:41.119><c> or</c><00:42:41.519><c> slave</c><00:42:42.159><c> whom</c>

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:46.639
the<00:42:43.559><c> Lord</c><00:42:43.860><c> has</c><00:42:44.340><c> appointed</c><00:42:44.920><c> in</c><00:42:45.360><c> the</c><00:42:45.619><c> household</c>

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:50.920
to<00:42:47.559><c> give</c><00:42:47.739><c> meat</c><00:42:48.039><c> or</c><00:42:48.519><c> food</c><00:42:48.800><c> in</c><00:42:49.000><c> due</c><00:42:49.159><c> season?</c><00:42:49.679><c> So</c><00:42:49.860><c> it's</c><00:42:50.039><c> not</c><00:42:50.320><c> talking</c><00:42:50.559><c> about</c>

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rulers.<00:42:52.059><c> It's</c><00:42:52.420><c> talking</c><00:42:52.659><c> about</c>

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an<00:42:53.260><c> appointment</c><00:42:53.719><c> of</c><00:42:54.239><c> certain</c><00:42:54.579><c> ones</c><00:42:55.139><c> to</c><00:42:56.019><c> minister</c><00:42:56.480><c> meat</c><00:42:56.940><c> in</c>

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:59.619
due<00:42:57.400><c> season.</c><00:42:57.900><c> Now,</c><00:42:58.099><c> who</c><00:42:58.300><c> are</c><00:42:58.440><c> those</c><00:42:58.659><c> ones?</c>

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Let's<00:43:01.780><c> put</c><00:43:02.000><c> the</c><00:43:02.139><c> question</c><00:43:02.420><c> the</c><00:43:02.619><c> other</c><00:43:02.800><c> way.</c><00:43:03.780><c> Who</c><00:43:03.940><c> are</c><00:43:04.159><c> the</c><00:43:04.239><c> ones</c><00:43:04.480><c> that</c><00:43:04.639><c> are</c>

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exempt<00:43:05.099><c> from</c><00:43:05.340><c> it?</c><00:43:06.920><c> Now,</c>

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that's<00:43:07.260><c> different,</c><00:43:07.659><c> isn't</c><00:43:07.780><c> it?</c><00:43:09.099><c> None</c><00:43:09.300><c> of</c><00:43:09.480><c> us</c><00:43:09.699><c> are</c><00:43:09.980><c> exempt</c><00:43:10.280><c> from</c><00:43:10.519><c> it.</c>

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And<00:43:12.079><c> one</c><00:43:12.179><c> of</c><00:43:12.280><c> the</c><00:43:12.400><c> beauties</c><00:43:12.760><c> of</c>

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:16.019
that<00:43:13.119><c> verse,</c><00:43:13.320><c> which</c><00:43:13.780><c> you</c><00:43:14.000><c> may</c><00:43:14.119><c> or</c><00:43:14.239><c> may</c><00:43:14.420><c> not</c><00:43:14.519><c> have</c><00:43:14.679><c> noticed</c><00:43:14.980><c> before,</c><00:43:15.840><c> is</c>

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that<00:43:16.280><c> word</c><00:43:16.460><c> household.</c><00:43:17.840><c> Because</c>

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the<00:43:18.400><c> word</c><00:43:18.599><c> household</c><00:43:19.139><c> there</c><00:43:19.380><c> is</c><00:43:19.599><c> quite</c><00:43:19.820><c> a</c><00:43:20.099><c> unique</c><00:43:20.340><c> word.</c><00:43:21.280><c> It</c>

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only<00:43:21.699><c> occurs</c><00:43:22.099><c> four</c><00:43:22.480><c> times</c><00:43:23.219><c> in</c><00:43:23.860><c> the</c><00:43:23.960><c> New</c>

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:29.199
Testament.<00:43:25.460><c> Twice</c><00:43:25.840><c> it's</c><00:43:26.579><c> translated</c><00:43:26.940><c> as</c><00:43:27.280><c> household</c><00:43:27.800><c> and</c><00:43:29.019><c> the</c>

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other<00:43:29.400><c> two</c><00:43:29.679><c> times</c><00:43:30.099><c> it's</c><00:43:30.719><c> translated</c><00:43:31.219><c> as</c>

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healing.<00:43:34.280><c> It's</c><00:43:34.599><c> actually</c><00:43:34.940><c> the</c><00:43:35.320><c> Greek</c><00:43:35.539><c> word</c><00:43:35.980><c> therapeutic</c><00:43:36.639><c> from</c><00:43:37.699><c> which,</c><00:43:38.039><c> of</c>

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course,<00:43:38.320><c> we</c><00:43:38.460><c> get</c><00:43:38.699><c> our</c><00:43:38.960><c> English,</c>

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Canadian,<00:43:41.519><c> American,</c><00:43:42.840><c> Australian,</c><00:43:43.599><c> whatever</c><00:43:43.780><c> words</c><00:43:44.000><c> you</c><00:43:44.219><c> like,</c><00:43:44.780><c> therapy.</c><00:43:45.480><c> I</c>

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presume<00:43:45.760><c> it's</c><00:43:45.980><c> in</c><00:43:46.079><c> all</c><00:43:46.219><c> of</c>

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:52.800
those<00:43:46.519><c> languages.</c><00:43:48.760><c> It</c><00:43:49.039><c> speaks</c><00:43:49.460><c> here</c><00:43:49.840><c> of</c><00:43:50.099><c> the</c><00:43:50.420><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:51.059><c> of</c><00:43:52.179><c> the</c><00:43:52.340><c> body</c><00:43:52.599><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:43:53.059><c> as</c><00:43:53.300><c> a</c><00:43:53.480><c> group</c><00:43:53.599><c> of</c><00:43:53.960><c> therapy.</c>

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You<00:43:54.579><c> see,</c><00:43:55.019><c> there's</c><00:43:55.239><c> many</c><00:43:55.519><c> ways</c><00:43:55.840><c> we</c><00:43:56.000><c> can</c><00:43:56.239><c> describe</c><00:43:56.579><c> our</c><00:43:56.840><c> community,</c><00:43:57.579><c> can't</c>

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we?<00:43:58.099><c> With</c><00:43:58.260><c> the</c><00:43:58.360><c> body</c><00:43:58.619><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:43:59.199><c> with</c><00:43:59.360><c> the</c><00:43:59.519><c> sons</c><00:43:59.719><c> and</c><00:43:59.920><c> daughters</c><00:44:00.119><c> of</c><00:44:00.360><c> God,</c><00:44:01.000><c> with</c><00:44:01.159><c> the</c>

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ecclesia,<00:44:01.860><c> with</c><00:44:02.059><c> the</c><00:44:02.280><c> saints,</c><00:44:02.619><c> with</c><00:44:02.739><c> the</c>

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holy<00:44:03.159><c> ones.</c><00:44:03.800><c> But</c><00:44:04.019><c> here</c><00:44:04.460><c> in</c><00:44:04.679><c> this</c><00:44:04.960><c> context,</c><00:44:05.719><c> a</c><00:44:05.780><c> most</c><00:44:06.119><c> unique</c><00:44:06.480><c> description.</c><00:44:08.880><c> He</c>

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says,<00:44:09.500><c> who</c><00:44:09.719><c> then</c><00:44:09.920><c> is</c><00:44:10.099><c> the</c>

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faithful<00:44:10.559><c> and</c><00:44:10.800><c> wise</c><00:44:11.099><c> servant</c><00:44:11.519><c> whom</c><00:44:11.980><c> the</c><00:44:12.219><c> Lord</c><00:44:12.440><c> has</c><00:44:12.800><c> appointed</c>

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to<00:44:14.639><c> give</c><00:44:14.780><c> a</c><00:44:15.039><c> certain</c><00:44:15.260><c> responsibility</c>

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in<00:44:16.960><c> that</c><00:44:17.219><c> group</c><00:44:17.420><c> of</c><00:44:17.699><c> people</c><00:44:17.920><c> which</c><00:44:18.159><c> are</c><00:44:18.460><c> a</c><00:44:18.619><c> group</c><00:44:18.760><c> of</c><00:44:19.099><c> therapists?</c><00:44:20.360><c> Now,</c><00:44:20.519><c> what</c><00:44:20.699><c> are</c>

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:21.800
we<00:44:21.000><c> watching?</c>

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We're<00:44:22.380><c> watching</c><00:44:22.760><c> for</c><00:44:23.079><c> each</c><00:44:23.400><c> other's</c><00:44:23.820><c> state</c><00:44:23.960><c> of</c><00:44:24.179><c> health.</c><00:44:26.480><c> I</c><00:44:26.679><c> didn't</c><00:44:26.920><c> give</c><00:44:27.119><c> you</c><00:44:27.760><c> the</c><00:44:28.420><c> references</c><00:44:28.820><c> as</c>

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to<00:44:29.400><c> where</c>

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the<00:44:30.099><c> word</c><00:44:30.239><c> occurs</c><00:44:30.559><c> in</c><00:44:30.760><c> other</c><00:44:30.920><c> places,</c><00:44:31.260><c> but</c><00:44:31.579><c> just</c><00:44:31.800><c> out</c><00:44:31.980><c> of</c><00:44:32.179><c> interest,</c><00:44:32.960><c> it</c>

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occurs<00:44:33.539><c> here</c><00:44:33.880><c> and</c><00:44:34.079><c> in</c><00:44:34.199><c> Luke</c>

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chapter<00:44:34.719><c> 12</c><00:44:35.039><c> verse</c><00:44:35.300><c> 42</c><00:44:36.019><c> by</c><00:44:36.960><c> the</c><00:44:37.099><c> word</c><00:44:37.239><c> household.</c><00:44:38.579><c> It's</c><00:44:38.860><c> also</c>

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in<00:44:39.320><c> Luke</c><00:44:39.500><c> 9</c><00:44:39.840><c> 11</c><00:44:40.699><c> by</c><00:44:41.260><c> the</c><00:44:41.440><c> word</c><00:44:41.599><c> healing.</c>

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But<00:44:43.000><c> the</c><00:44:43.199><c> other</c><00:44:43.340><c> one</c><00:44:43.539><c> which,</c><00:44:44.059><c> and</c><00:44:44.239><c> we</c><00:44:44.380><c> won't</c><00:44:44.519><c> look</c><00:44:44.699><c> it</c><00:44:44.840><c> up,</c><00:44:44.980><c> which</c><00:44:45.139><c> is</c>

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very<00:44:45.659><c> interesting,</c><00:44:46.679><c> is</c><00:44:46.840><c> that</c>

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in<00:44:47.159><c> Revelation</c><00:44:47.619><c> 22</c><00:44:48.800><c> and</c><00:44:49.920><c> verse</c><00:44:50.260><c> 2</c><00:44:50.480><c> where</c><00:44:50.659><c> it</c><00:44:50.860><c> speaks</c><00:44:51.099><c> about</c><00:44:51.400><c> the</c><00:44:51.780><c> tree</c><00:44:51.900><c> of</c>

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life,<00:44:53.119><c> more</c><00:44:53.340><c> literally</c><00:44:53.719><c> the</c>

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trees<00:44:54.400><c> of</c><00:44:54.679><c> life,</c><00:44:55.920><c> and</c><00:44:56.139><c> it</c><00:44:56.360><c> says</c><00:44:56.559><c> there,</c><00:44:57.000><c> the</c><00:44:57.179><c> leaves</c><00:44:57.800><c> of</c><00:44:58.199><c> those</c>

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trees<00:44:58.940><c> are</c><00:44:59.260><c> for</c><00:44:59.380><c> the</c><00:44:59.599><c> healing</c><00:44:59.780><c> of</c><00:44:59.960><c> the</c>

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nations.<00:45:00.719><c> And</c><00:45:01.000><c> those</c><00:45:01.320><c> trees</c><00:45:01.639><c> represent</c><00:45:02.719><c> our</c><00:45:03.300><c> role,</c><00:45:03.739><c> God</c><00:45:03.940><c> willing,</c><00:45:04.199><c> in</c>

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the<00:45:04.559><c> kingdom</c><00:45:04.800><c> as</c><00:45:05.139><c> the</c><00:45:05.440><c> saints,</c>

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as<00:45:06.559><c> the</c><00:45:06.880><c> trees</c><00:45:07.099><c> of</c><00:45:07.400><c> life.</c><00:45:07.960><c> Many</c><00:45:08.320><c> trees</c><00:45:08.760><c> bearing</c><00:45:09.039><c> the</c><00:45:09.320><c> one</c><00:45:09.539><c> life,</c><00:45:09.980><c> but</c>

00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:11.699
the<00:45:10.460><c> leaves</c><00:45:10.679><c> of</c><00:45:10.880><c> those</c><00:45:11.219><c> trees</c><00:45:11.480><c> are</c>

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the<00:45:12.039><c> healing</c><00:45:12.139><c> of</c><00:45:12.320><c> the</c><00:45:12.460><c> nations.</c><00:45:13.059><c> So</c><00:45:13.260><c> what</c><00:45:13.440><c> is</c><00:45:13.739><c> our</c><00:45:14.059><c> role,</c><00:45:14.719><c> God</c>

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willing,<00:45:15.219><c> in</c><00:45:15.380><c> the</c><00:45:15.539><c> kingdom?</c><00:45:17.019><c> We've</c><00:45:17.400><c> got</c>

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to<00:45:17.719><c> go</c><00:45:17.920><c> out</c><00:45:18.619><c> to</c><00:45:19.219><c> heal</c><00:45:19.400><c> the</c><00:45:19.639><c> nations.</c><00:45:21.179><c> But</c><00:45:21.320><c> you</c><00:45:21.420><c> know,</c><00:45:21.639><c> God</c><00:45:21.880><c> isn't</c><00:45:22.139><c> going</c><00:45:22.340><c> to</c>

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make<00:45:22.679><c> some</c><00:45:22.900><c> miraculous</c><00:45:23.460><c> change</c>

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in<00:45:24.000><c> us</c><00:45:24.619><c> at</c><00:45:25.099><c> the</c><00:45:25.320><c> judgement</c><00:45:25.639><c> seat.</c><00:45:27.099><c> There</c><00:45:27.260><c> will</c><00:45:27.400><c> be</c><00:45:27.579><c> a</c><00:45:27.760><c> change</c>

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of<00:45:28.139><c> nature</c><00:45:28.380><c> which</c><00:45:28.599><c> is</c><00:45:28.860><c> miraculous,</c><00:45:29.320><c> but</c>

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not<00:45:29.820><c> a</c><00:45:30.039><c> basic</c><00:45:30.579><c> change</c><00:45:31.000><c> in</c><00:45:31.360><c> character.</c><00:45:31.940><c> There</c><00:45:32.119><c> will</c><00:45:32.300><c> be</c><00:45:32.440><c> a</c><00:45:32.679><c> refining</c><00:45:33.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:33.460><c> character,</c><00:45:34.099><c> but</c><00:45:34.300><c> if</c><00:45:34.519><c> the</c>

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basis<00:45:35.099><c> of</c><00:45:35.300><c> it</c><00:45:35.460><c> isn't</c><00:45:35.659><c> here</c><00:45:35.920><c> now,</c><00:45:37.179><c> then</c><00:45:37.320><c> it</c><00:45:37.519><c> can't</c><00:45:37.699><c> be</c><00:45:37.920><c> changed</c>

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at<00:45:38.260><c> the</c><00:45:38.460><c> judgement</c><00:45:38.719><c> seat.</c><00:45:39.219><c> Do</c><00:45:39.559><c> we</c><00:45:39.860><c> see</c>

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ourselves<00:45:40.500><c> as</c><00:45:40.719><c> a</c><00:45:40.800><c> group</c><00:45:40.940><c> of</c><00:45:41.219><c> therapists?</c><00:45:42.719><c> That's</c><00:45:43.280><c> what</c><00:45:43.760><c> a</c><00:45:44.179><c> watchman</c><00:45:44.639><c> is</c>

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all<00:45:45.219><c> about.</c><00:45:46.300><c> Not</c><00:45:46.539><c> the</c><00:45:46.719><c> one</c>

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:49.840
that<00:45:47.099><c> stands</c><00:45:47.320><c> up</c><00:45:47.519><c> and</c><00:45:47.599><c> gives</c><00:45:47.780><c> the</c><00:45:48.099><c> outstanding</c><00:45:48.679><c> public</c><00:45:49.119><c> lecture</c><00:45:49.500><c> and</c>

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can<00:45:50.019><c> list</c><00:45:50.179><c> off</c><00:45:50.320><c> all</c><00:45:50.559><c> the</c><00:45:50.739><c> facts</c><00:45:50.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:51.219><c> events</c><00:45:51.380><c> that</c><00:45:51.500><c> have</c><00:45:51.639><c> happened</c><00:45:51.820><c> in</c><00:45:52.039><c> 1991</c><00:45:52.860><c> and</c><00:45:53.900><c> prove</c><00:45:54.039><c> that</c>

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the<00:45:54.320><c> Bible</c><00:45:54.500><c> is</c><00:45:54.739><c> true.</c><00:45:55.679><c> Important</c><00:45:56.039><c> as</c>

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it<00:45:56.400><c> is,</c><00:45:56.860><c> that's</c><00:45:57.300><c> not</c><00:45:57.539><c> the</c><00:45:57.760><c> role</c><00:45:57.900><c> of</c><00:45:58.059><c> the</c><00:45:58.219><c> watchman</c><00:45:58.539><c> of</c><00:45:58.699><c> Ezekiel</c>

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33<00:45:59.780><c> or</c><00:46:00.239><c> Matthew</c><00:46:00.579><c> 24.</c><00:46:01.619><c> It's</c><00:46:01.920><c> watching</c>

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each<00:46:02.900><c> other,</c><00:46:03.619><c> intent</c><00:46:04.300><c> on</c><00:46:04.699><c> making</c><00:46:05.019><c> sure</c><00:46:05.519><c> we're</c><00:46:05.880><c> all</c><00:46:06.179><c> in</c><00:46:06.440><c> good</c>

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spiritual<00:46:07.119><c> health.</c><00:46:07.980><c> Who</c><00:46:08.400><c> then</c><00:46:08.679><c> is</c><00:46:08.940><c> the</c>

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faithful<00:46:09.539><c> and</c><00:46:09.880><c> the</c><00:46:10.119><c> wise</c><00:46:10.420><c> servant</c><00:46:10.840><c> who's</c><00:46:11.320><c> doing</c><00:46:11.579><c> this?</c><00:46:12.400><c> Blessed</c><00:46:12.900><c> is</c>

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:14.579
that<00:46:13.420><c> servant</c><00:46:13.780><c> whom</c><00:46:13.980><c> his</c><00:46:14.219><c> Lord,</c>

00:46:14.780 --> 00:46:19.780
when<00:46:15.059><c> he</c><00:46:15.320><c> cometh,</c><00:46:16.139><c> shall</c><00:46:16.260><c> find</c><00:46:16.820><c> so</c><00:46:17.300><c> doing.</c><00:46:18.659><c> That's</c><00:46:19.260><c> the</c><00:46:19.500><c> role</c>

00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:22.840
of<00:46:20.019><c> the</c><00:46:20.179><c> watchman.</c><00:46:21.659><c> It</c><00:46:21.679><c> was</c><00:46:21.980><c> there</c><00:46:22.239><c> implicit</c>

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:28.880
in<00:46:23.719><c> Ezekiel</c><00:46:24.239><c> chapter</c><00:46:24.639><c> 33,</c><00:46:25.960><c> but</c><00:46:26.980><c> it's</c><00:46:27.639><c> stated</c><00:46:27.820><c> much</c><00:46:28.119><c> more</c><00:46:28.420><c> clearly</c><00:46:28.659><c> here</c>

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:31.239
in<00:46:28.960><c> Matthew</c><00:46:29.320><c> chapter</c><00:46:30.059><c> 24.</c>

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:36.380
And<00:46:31.460><c> so</c><00:46:31.719><c> how</c><00:46:31.980><c> do</c><00:46:32.260><c> we</c><00:46:32.559><c> minister</c><00:46:32.900><c> food?</c><00:46:33.579><c> We</c><00:46:33.860><c> minister</c><00:46:34.219><c> it,</c><00:46:35.059><c> in</c><00:46:35.340><c> the</c><00:46:35.519><c> first</c><00:46:35.780><c> instance</c><00:46:36.139><c> of</c>

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:36.800
course,<00:46:36.619><c> through</c>

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:41.659
the<00:46:37.639><c> word.</c><00:46:37.760><c> Not</c><00:46:38.239><c> just</c><00:46:38.639><c> the</c><00:46:38.760><c> word</c><00:46:39.059><c> heard,</c><00:46:39.860><c> but</c><00:46:40.000><c> the</c><00:46:40.099><c> word</c><00:46:40.619><c> done.</c>

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:44.460
The<00:46:42.860><c> actions</c><00:46:43.280><c> of</c><00:46:43.500><c> life</c><00:46:43.760><c> based</c><00:46:44.139><c> upon</c>

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:47.599
the<00:46:44.820><c> spirit</c><00:46:45.000><c> of</c><00:46:45.159><c> the</c><00:46:45.360><c> truth.</c><00:46:45.960><c> But</c><00:46:46.079><c> essentially,</c><00:46:46.800><c> brethren</c><00:46:46.940><c> and</c><00:46:47.179><c> sisters,</c><00:46:47.420><c> it</c>

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:48.619
is<00:46:47.880><c> spiritual</c><00:46:48.360><c> health</c>

00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:52.380
that<00:46:48.760><c> we're</c><00:46:49.039><c> concerned</c><00:46:49.320><c> about.</c><00:46:50.699><c> Physical</c><00:46:51.199><c> needs,</c><00:46:51.940><c> material</c>

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:53.960
needs,<00:46:52.780><c> yes</c><00:46:53.039><c> they</c><00:46:53.199><c> are</c><00:46:53.420><c> important.</c><00:46:53.780><c> We</c>

00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:57.360
don't<00:46:54.199><c> decry</c><00:46:54.539><c> them.</c><00:46:55.659><c> But</c><00:46:55.860><c> if</c><00:46:56.039><c> we</c><00:46:56.260><c> aren't</c><00:46:56.420><c> a</c><00:46:56.679><c> community</c><00:46:57.079><c> that</c>

00:46:57.360 --> 00:47:00.019
is<00:46:57.559><c> in</c><00:46:57.760><c> good</c><00:46:57.980><c> spiritual</c><00:46:58.480><c> health,</c><00:46:59.719><c> then</c><00:46:59.840><c> we</c>

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:02.840
are<00:47:00.219><c> not</c><00:47:00.420><c> the</c><00:47:00.619><c> glory</c><00:47:00.900><c> bearers</c><00:47:01.219><c> of</c><00:47:01.440><c> Yahweh.</c><00:47:02.239><c> And</c><00:47:02.420><c> whose</c><00:47:02.599><c> fault</c>

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:06.039
is<00:47:03.019><c> it?</c><00:47:03.900><c> It's</c><00:47:04.239><c> your</c><00:47:04.519><c> fault.</c><00:47:05.179><c> It's</c><00:47:05.519><c> my</c><00:47:05.840><c> fault</c>

00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:09.360
as<00:47:06.340><c> individuals,</c><00:47:07.460><c> as</c><00:47:07.480><c> members</c><00:47:07.800><c> of</c><00:47:07.940><c> this</c><00:47:08.159><c> community.</c><00:47:08.900><c> But</c><00:47:09.079><c> the</c>

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:10.820
blessing<00:47:09.599><c> will</c><00:47:09.800><c> be</c><00:47:09.980><c> to</c><00:47:10.119><c> that</c><00:47:10.400><c> servant</c>

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:16.019
whom<00:47:11.260><c> when</c><00:47:11.420><c> his</c><00:47:11.659><c> Lord</c><00:47:11.900><c> cometh,</c><00:47:13.579><c> doesn't</c><00:47:13.840><c> matter</c><00:47:14.019><c> when</c><00:47:14.219><c> the</c><00:47:14.420><c> Lord</c><00:47:14.579><c> comes,</c><00:47:15.219><c> he's</c><00:47:15.380><c> not</c><00:47:15.599><c> going</c><00:47:15.780><c> to</c><00:47:15.900><c> go</c>

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:19.820
up<00:47:16.139><c> onto</c><00:47:16.300><c> the</c><00:47:16.460><c> top</c><00:47:16.559><c> of</c><00:47:16.780><c> a</c><00:47:16.880><c> mountain</c><00:47:17.119><c> and</c><00:47:17.539><c> wait</c><00:47:17.800><c> for</c><00:47:18.059><c> a</c><00:47:18.139><c> very</c><00:47:18.380><c> day.</c><00:47:19.360><c> He's</c><00:47:19.599><c> going</c><00:47:19.679><c> to</c>

00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:20.659
be<00:47:20.019><c> taken</c><00:47:20.239><c> away</c><00:47:20.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:47:20.780><c> middle</c><00:47:20.920><c> of</c><00:47:21.099><c> his</c><00:47:21.340><c> work.</c><00:47:21.639><c> And</c><00:47:21.699><c> that</c><00:47:21.980><c> work</c><00:47:22.179><c> was</c><00:47:22.739><c> making</c><00:47:23.519><c> sure</c>

00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:26.880
that<00:47:24.139><c> the</c><00:47:24.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:47:24.739><c> is</c><00:47:25.059><c> in</c><00:47:25.599><c> good</c><00:47:25.840><c> health.</c>

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:30.119
Doing<00:47:27.320><c> everything</c><00:47:27.679><c> he</c><00:47:27.980><c> possibly</c><00:47:28.360><c> can</c><00:47:28.679><c> to</c><00:47:29.039><c> tie</c><00:47:29.380><c> the</c><00:47:29.619><c> body</c><00:47:29.900><c> of</c>

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:32.539
Christ<00:47:30.539><c> tightly</c><00:47:31.219><c> knit</c><00:47:31.420><c> together.</c><00:47:32.199><c> Oh</c><00:47:32.360><c> no,</c>

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:35.019
we<00:47:32.760><c> don't</c><00:47:32.960><c> overlook</c><00:47:33.400><c> faults</c><00:47:33.719><c> and</c><00:47:33.960><c> failings.</c><00:47:34.599><c> We</c><00:47:34.599><c> don't</c><00:47:34.820><c> say</c>

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:36.440
we<00:47:35.159><c> won't</c><00:47:35.380><c> worry</c><00:47:35.679><c> about</c><00:47:35.940><c> that</c><00:47:36.179><c> problem.</c>

00:47:36.679 --> 00:47:40.420
We<00:47:36.860><c> handle</c><00:47:37.260><c> problems.</c><00:47:37.960><c> We</c><00:47:38.199><c> handle</c><00:47:38.500><c> them</c><00:47:38.780><c> positively.</c><00:47:40.039><c> And</c><00:47:40.219><c> we</c>

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:42.639
handle<00:47:40.659><c> them</c><00:47:40.820><c> in</c><00:47:41.000><c> a</c><00:47:41.139><c> way</c><00:47:41.400><c> in</c><00:47:41.599><c> which</c><00:47:41.860><c> the</c><00:47:42.280><c> body</c>

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:47.619
can<00:47:43.139><c> be</c><00:47:43.539><c> drawn</c><00:47:43.719><c> together,</c><00:47:44.679><c> tightly</c><00:47:44.920><c> knit</c><00:47:45.099><c> together,</c><00:47:46.019><c> that</c><00:47:46.079><c> when</c><00:47:46.260><c> the</c><00:47:46.440><c> Lord</c><00:47:46.619><c> returns,</c><00:47:47.380><c> he</c>

00:47:47.619 --> 00:47:48.380
meets<00:47:47.860><c> a</c><00:47:48.179><c> group</c>

00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:52.820
of<00:47:48.639><c> people.</c><00:47:49.099><c> Oh</c><00:47:49.360><c> yes,</c><00:47:49.480><c> we</c><00:47:49.679><c> all</c><00:47:49.840><c> have</c><00:47:49.980><c> to</c><00:47:50.179><c> answer</c><00:47:50.420><c> for</c><00:47:50.659><c> ourselves</c><00:47:51.159><c> in</c><00:47:51.480><c> a</c><00:47:51.679><c> sense.</c><00:47:52.519><c> In</c>

00:47:52.820 --> 00:47:53.800
a<00:47:53.059><c> sense</c><00:47:53.239><c> when</c><00:47:53.380><c> we</c><00:47:53.639><c> stand</c>

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before<00:47:54.099><c> the</c><00:47:54.340><c> judgement</c><00:47:54.639><c> seat.</c><00:47:55.440><c> But</c><00:47:55.619><c> there's</c><00:47:55.880><c> another</c><00:47:56.179><c> sense</c>

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:58.579
in<00:47:56.619><c> which</c><00:47:56.760><c> we</c><00:47:57.019><c> stand</c><00:47:57.239><c> there</c><00:47:57.500><c> as</c><00:47:57.760><c> a</c><00:47:57.940><c> body</c><00:47:58.199><c> and</c>

00:47:58.579 --> 00:48:02.280
we<00:47:58.760><c> answer</c><00:47:59.199><c> for</c><00:47:59.440><c> what</c><00:47:59.719><c> we</c><00:47:59.920><c> have</c><00:48:00.099><c> done</c><00:48:00.460><c> for</c><00:48:01.039><c> each</c><00:48:01.340><c> other.</c><00:48:01.780><c> Because</c><00:48:01.940><c> if</c><00:48:02.119><c> we</c>

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:03.480
can't<00:48:02.500><c> do</c><00:48:02.619><c> it</c><00:48:02.739><c> now,</c><00:48:03.139><c> brethren</c><00:48:03.239><c> and</c>

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:05.860
sisters,<00:48:04.059><c> don't</c><00:48:04.320><c> let's</c><00:48:04.659><c> fool</c><00:48:04.739><c> ourselves</c><00:48:05.159><c> that</c><00:48:05.300><c> we</c><00:48:05.460><c> can</c><00:48:05.599><c> do</c><00:48:05.760><c> it</c>

00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:08.059
to<00:48:06.019><c> the</c><00:48:06.179><c> nations</c><00:48:06.460><c> in</c><00:48:06.659><c> the</c><00:48:06.780><c> age</c><00:48:06.980><c> to</c><00:48:07.199><c> come.</c>

00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:11.539
If<00:48:08.460><c> we</c><00:48:08.739><c> aren't</c><00:48:09.000><c> intent</c><00:48:09.420><c> on</c><00:48:09.760><c> healing</c><00:48:10.039><c> now,</c><00:48:11.019><c> then</c><00:48:11.119><c> there's</c><00:48:11.280><c> no</c>

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:14.559
role<00:48:11.699><c> for</c><00:48:11.880><c> us</c><00:48:12.039><c> in</c><00:48:12.159><c> the</c><00:48:12.340><c> kingdom.</c><00:48:13.719><c> And</c><00:48:13.880><c> as</c><00:48:14.039><c> we</c><00:48:14.260><c> probably</c>

00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:18.940
well<00:48:14.900><c> know,</c><00:48:15.099><c> that</c><00:48:15.360><c> question</c><00:48:15.739><c> in</c><00:48:15.920><c> verse</c><00:48:16.219><c> 45,</c><00:48:17.219><c> who</c><00:48:17.480><c> then</c><00:48:17.639><c> is</c><00:48:17.820><c> a</c><00:48:18.059><c> faithful</c><00:48:18.420><c> and</c><00:48:18.739><c> a</c>

00:48:18.940 --> 00:48:20.719
wise<00:48:19.199><c> servant</c><00:48:19.559><c> is</c><00:48:20.360><c> answered</c>

00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:24.900
in<00:48:20.940><c> chapter</c><00:48:21.239><c> 25</c><00:48:22.059><c> when</c><00:48:22.539><c> the</c><00:48:22.699><c> Lord</c><00:48:22.860><c> gives</c><00:48:23.119><c> two</c><00:48:23.420><c> parables.</c><00:48:24.659><c> The</c>

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:27.079
parable<00:48:25.260><c> of</c><00:48:25.440><c> the</c><00:48:25.659><c> 10</c><00:48:25.880><c> virgins</c><00:48:26.340><c> to</c><00:48:26.639><c> illustrate</c>

00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:31.219
the<00:48:27.900><c> characteristic</c><00:48:27.900><c> of</c><00:48:28.139><c> the</c><00:48:28.320><c> wise</c><00:48:28.619><c> servant</c><00:48:29.039><c> and</c><00:48:30.300><c> the</c><00:48:30.539><c> parable</c><00:48:30.800><c> of</c><00:48:31.019><c> the</c>

00:48:31.219 --> 00:48:33.099
talents<00:48:31.699><c> to</c><00:48:32.380><c> illustrate</c><00:48:32.820><c> the</c>

00:48:33.099 --> 00:48:36.559
characteristic<00:48:33.679><c> of</c><00:48:34.000><c> the</c><00:48:34.159><c> faithful</c><00:48:34.539><c> servant.</c><00:48:36.099><c> I</c><00:48:36.099><c> only</c><00:48:36.360><c> want</c>

00:48:36.559 --> 00:48:38.119
to<00:48:36.639><c> look</c><00:48:36.820><c> at</c><00:48:36.980><c> the</c><00:48:37.260><c> conclusion</c><00:48:37.639><c> of</c><00:48:37.920><c> the</c>

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:41.699
first<00:48:38.340><c> of</c><00:48:38.460><c> those</c><00:48:38.780><c> parables.</c><00:48:39.760><c> The</c><00:48:39.940><c> rest</c><00:48:40.119><c> you</c><00:48:40.300><c> can</c><00:48:41.159><c> do</c><00:48:41.380><c> at</c><00:48:41.559><c> your</c>

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leisure.<00:48:42.860><c> The</c><00:48:43.059><c> parable</c><00:48:43.360><c> then</c><00:48:43.539><c> of</c><00:48:43.679><c> the</c>

00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:47.420
10<00:48:44.039><c> virgins.</c><00:48:45.159><c> They</c><00:48:45.340><c> were</c><00:48:45.619><c> wise.</c><00:48:46.280><c> They</c><00:48:46.460><c> took</c><00:48:46.719><c> oil</c><00:48:47.039><c> in</c><00:48:47.239><c> their</c>

00:48:47.420 --> 00:48:49.579
lamps.<00:48:48.159><c> They</c><00:48:48.340><c> were</c><00:48:48.659><c> showing</c><00:48:48.960><c> the</c><00:48:49.219><c> way</c>

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:53.880
to<00:48:49.980><c> those</c><00:48:50.380><c> who</c><00:48:50.860><c> wanted</c><00:48:51.079><c> to</c><00:48:51.320><c> see</c><00:48:51.480><c> the</c><00:48:51.679><c> way.</c><00:48:53.039><c> But</c><00:48:53.179><c> there</c><00:48:53.280><c> were</c><00:48:53.440><c> five</c><00:48:53.739><c> of</c>

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:55.119
them<00:48:54.019><c> that</c><00:48:54.320><c> didn't</c><00:48:54.599><c> see</c><00:48:54.800><c> the</c><00:48:54.960><c> need</c>

00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:57.840
for<00:48:55.280><c> it.</c><00:48:56.099><c> But</c><00:48:56.280><c> you</c><00:48:56.460><c> know,</c><00:48:56.840><c> they</c><00:48:56.960><c> knew</c><00:48:57.119><c> where</c><00:48:57.280><c> to</c><00:48:57.420><c> go,</c><00:48:57.659><c> didn't</c>

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they?<00:48:58.760><c> When</c><00:48:58.980><c> it</c><00:48:59.099><c> was</c><00:48:59.219><c> too</c><00:48:59.480><c> late.</c><00:49:00.559><c> They</c>

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were<00:49:00.960><c> like</c><00:49:01.119><c> the</c><00:49:01.320><c> people</c><00:49:01.519><c> in</c><00:49:01.699><c> Ezekiel</c><00:49:02.099><c> 33</c><00:49:02.599><c> that</c><00:49:02.840><c> says,</c><00:49:03.340><c> look,</c>

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tell<00:49:03.679><c> us</c><00:49:03.820><c> more</c><00:49:04.039><c> of</c><00:49:04.199><c> these</c><00:49:04.420><c> things</c><00:49:04.599><c> and</c><00:49:05.039><c> give</c>

00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:09.119
us<00:49:05.559><c> the</c><00:49:05.880><c> drama</c><00:49:06.340><c> and</c><00:49:06.940><c> make</c><00:49:07.320><c> your</c><00:49:07.519><c> speeches</c><00:49:07.800><c> exciting.</c><00:49:08.739><c> We</c><00:49:08.900><c> love</c>

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to<00:49:09.360><c> hear</c><00:49:09.500><c> it.</c><00:49:10.800><c> But</c><00:49:11.179><c> we</c><00:49:11.360><c> don't</c><00:49:11.539><c> do</c><00:49:11.719><c> it.</c><00:49:13.380><c> And</c>

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it<00:49:13.699><c> might</c><00:49:13.840><c> be</c><00:49:14.079><c> fair</c><00:49:14.179><c> to</c><00:49:14.400><c> say</c><00:49:14.559><c> that</c><00:49:14.780><c> the</c><00:49:15.500><c> five</c><00:49:15.760><c> foolish</c><00:49:16.099><c> virgins</c>

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perhaps<00:49:16.880><c> fitted</c><00:49:17.059><c> into</c><00:49:17.320><c> that</c><00:49:17.599><c> category</c>

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because<00:49:18.239><c> they</c><00:49:18.420><c> were</c><00:49:18.599><c> virgins.</c><00:49:19.139><c> They</c><00:49:19.159><c> were</c><00:49:19.320><c> part</c><00:49:19.539><c> of</c><00:49:19.719><c> the</c><00:49:19.880><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:49:20.679><c> They</c>

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had<00:49:21.079><c> lamps,</c><00:49:21.599><c> but</c><00:49:22.539><c> there</c>

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was<00:49:22.960><c> no</c><00:49:22.960><c> light</c><00:49:23.199><c> coming</c><00:49:23.519><c> out.</c><00:49:25.340><c> And</c><00:49:25.360><c> so</c><00:49:25.780><c> what</c><00:49:26.199><c> was</c><00:49:26.400><c> the</c><00:49:26.559><c> moral</c><00:49:26.739><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:27.119><c> story?</c><00:49:28.139><c> Well,</c><00:49:28.260><c> in</c><00:49:28.380><c> Matthew</c><00:49:28.719><c> chapter</c>

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25<00:49:30.440><c> and</c><00:49:30.920><c> at</c><00:49:31.079><c> verse</c><00:49:31.300><c> 13,</c><00:49:33.659><c> watch</c><00:49:33.960><c> therefore,</c><00:49:36.300><c> for</c><00:49:36.519><c> you</c><00:49:36.760><c> know,</c><00:49:37.260><c> neither</c><00:49:37.260><c> the</c><00:49:37.559><c> day</c><00:49:37.719><c> nor</c><00:49:37.920><c> the</c><00:49:38.159><c> hour</c><00:49:38.340><c> were</c><00:49:38.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:49:38.820><c> son</c><00:49:38.940><c> of</c><00:49:39.059><c> man</c><00:49:39.360><c> cometh.</c><00:49:40.840><c> So</c><00:49:41.320><c> first</c><00:49:41.619><c> of</c><00:49:41.739><c> all,</c><00:49:41.860><c> it</c><00:49:42.019><c> says</c><00:49:42.199><c> to</c><00:49:42.400><c> us,</c><00:49:42.519><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:49:42.940><c> matter</c><00:49:43.139><c> when</c><00:49:43.300><c> he</c><00:49:43.539><c> comes.</c>

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It<00:49:44.480><c> doesn't</c><00:49:44.739><c> matter</c><00:49:44.960><c> whether</c><00:49:45.159><c> you</c><00:49:45.420><c> can</c><00:49:45.599><c> or</c><00:49:45.860><c> can't</c><00:49:46.219><c> predict</c><00:49:46.480><c> the</c><00:49:46.679><c> day</c><00:49:46.880><c> of</c>

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his<00:49:47.340><c> coming.</c><00:49:47.940><c> But</c><00:49:48.320><c> when</c><00:49:48.599><c> he</c>

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If<00:49:49.800><c> he</c><00:49:50.000><c> finds</c><00:49:50.380><c> you</c><00:49:50.699><c> watching</c><00:49:51.099><c> within</c><00:49:51.400><c> that</c><00:49:51.719><c> household,</c><00:49:53.079><c> then</c>

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you're<00:49:53.539><c> doing</c><00:49:53.840><c> the</c><00:49:54.280><c> work</c><00:49:54.440><c> of</c><00:49:54.619><c> a</c><00:49:54.760><c> true</c><00:49:54.920><c> watchman.</c>

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And<00:49:56.519><c> we've</c><00:49:56.840><c> understood,</c><00:49:57.679><c> at</c><00:49:57.719><c> least</c><00:49:57.960><c> in</c><00:49:58.139><c> measure,</c><00:49:58.539><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:49:58.900><c> sisters,</c><00:49:59.239><c> those</c><00:49:59.500><c> things</c><00:50:00.079><c> that</c><00:50:00.619><c> Ezekiel</c>

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as<00:50:01.380><c> a</c><00:50:01.559><c> man</c><00:50:01.719><c> of</c><00:50:01.960><c> sign</c><00:50:02.260><c> has</c><00:50:02.980><c> presented</c><00:50:03.360><c> to</c><00:50:03.679><c> us</c><00:50:04.059><c> in</c><00:50:04.239><c> that</c><00:50:04.460><c> wonderful</c><00:50:04.780><c> book.</c><00:50:05.659><c> And</c><00:50:05.880><c> we've</c><00:50:06.099><c> been</c><00:50:06.219><c> able</c><00:50:06.380><c> to</c><00:50:06.659><c> transpose</c>

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from<00:50:07.400><c> the</c><00:50:07.579><c> days</c><00:50:07.760><c> of</c><00:50:07.980><c> old</c><00:50:08.119><c> and</c><00:50:08.260><c> the</c><00:50:08.420><c> days</c><00:50:08.559><c> of</c><00:50:08.760><c> Israel</c><00:50:09.300><c> through</c>

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to<00:50:10.079><c> the</c><00:50:10.260><c> time</c><00:50:10.400><c> of</c><00:50:10.619><c> Christ,</c><00:50:11.280><c> through</c><00:50:11.400><c> to</c>

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our<00:50:11.800><c> own</c><00:50:12.039><c> days,</c><00:50:12.679><c> those</c><00:50:13.039><c> eternal</c><00:50:13.679><c> principles.</c><00:50:14.840><c> May</c><00:50:14.960><c> each</c><00:50:15.260><c> one</c>

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or<00:50:18.300><c> the</c><00:50:18.519><c> hour,</c><00:50:19.340><c> but</c><00:50:19.340><c> may</c><00:50:19.559><c> we</c><00:50:19.760><c> minister</c><00:50:20.179><c> to</c><00:50:20.400><c> each</c><00:50:20.679><c> other</c><00:50:21.159><c> food</c>

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in<00:50:22.019><c> due</c><00:50:22.280><c> season.</c><00:50:23.619><c> Blessed</c><00:50:24.000><c> is</c><00:50:24.280><c> that</c><00:50:24.659><c> servant</c>

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whom<00:50:26.119><c> the</c><00:50:26.340><c> Lord</c><00:50:26.639><c> when</c><00:50:26.880><c> he</c><00:50:27.099><c> cometh</c><00:50:27.659><c> shall</c><00:50:28.039><c> find</c><00:50:28.380><c> so</c><00:50:28.719><c> doing.</c>