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and<00:14:37.019><c> prepare</c><00:14:37.620><c> the</c><00:14:38.059><c> way</c><00:14:38.419><c> of</c><00:14:38.659><c> the</c><00:14:38.820><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:14:41.539><c> for</c><00:14:41.720><c> generation</c><00:14:42.340><c> upon</c><00:14:42.779><c> generation</c><00:14:43.559><c> upon</c><00:14:43.919><c> generation,</c>

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the<00:14:45.779><c> Jews</c><00:14:46.139><c> had</c><00:14:46.360><c> been</c><00:14:46.659><c> instructed</c><00:14:47.159><c> to</c><00:14:47.580><c> watch</c><00:14:47.919><c> for</c><00:14:48.159><c> this</c><00:14:48.519><c> day.</c>

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We<00:14:52.259><c> have</c><00:14:52.460><c> been</c><00:14:52.779><c> instructed</c><00:14:53.360><c> all</c><00:14:53.899><c> throughout</c><00:14:54.299><c> our</c><00:14:54.659><c> life,</c>

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from<00:14:55.580><c> generations</c><00:14:56.179><c> before</c><00:14:56.740><c> us,</c><00:14:57.779><c> generation</c><00:14:58.220><c> after</c><00:14:58.580><c> generation,</c>

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to<00:15:00.159><c> look</c><00:15:00.399><c> for</c><00:15:00.620><c> the</c><00:15:00.879><c> appearing</c><00:15:01.399><c> of</c><00:15:02.159><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:15:02.700><c> remember</c><00:15:03.059><c> reading</c><00:15:03.399><c> the</c><00:15:03.639><c> obituary</c><00:15:04.259><c> of</c><00:15:04.440><c> my</c><00:15:04.659><c> great</c><00:15:04.980><c>-grandfather,</c>

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brother<00:15:05.940><c> John</c><00:15:06.340><c> Eagles,</c><00:15:07.299><c> who</c><00:15:07.559><c> died</c><00:15:07.840><c> in</c><00:15:08.080><c> the</c><00:15:08.240><c> year</c><00:15:08.840><c> 1912.</c>

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He's<00:15:11.460><c> buried</c><00:15:11.759><c> up</c><00:15:12.080><c> in</c><00:15:12.639><c> Everett,</c><00:15:12.860><c> I</c><00:15:13.120><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:15:14.940><c> in</c><00:15:15.139><c> the</c><00:15:15.340><c> obituary,</c><00:15:16.159><c> the</c><00:15:16.419><c> recording</c><00:15:16.820><c> brother</c><00:15:17.139><c> at</c><00:15:17.320><c> the</c><00:15:17.539><c> time,</c>

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I<00:15:17.919><c> think</c><00:15:18.019><c> it</c><00:15:18.159><c> was</c><00:15:18.279><c> brother</c><00:15:18.519><c> Raleigh,</c><00:15:19.379><c> he</c><00:15:19.639><c> wrote</c><00:15:19.879><c> that</c><00:15:20.159><c> we</c><00:15:20.259><c> are</c>

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scanning<00:15:20.899><c> the</c><00:15:21.179><c> heavens,</c>

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looking<00:15:21.759><c> for</c><00:15:22.000><c> the</c><00:15:22.220><c> day</c><00:15:22.899><c> when</c><00:15:24.279><c> the</c><00:15:24.440><c> Lord</c><00:15:24.639><c> returns,</c>

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and<00:15:25.879><c> may</c><00:15:26.100><c> the</c><00:15:26.899><c> rest</c><00:15:27.179><c> of</c><00:15:27.419><c> our</c><00:15:27.639><c> brother</c><00:15:28.100><c> be</c><00:15:28.740><c> brief.</c>

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Well,<00:15:30.879><c> John's</c><00:15:31.200><c> rest</c><00:15:31.340><c> probably</c><00:15:32.019><c> will</c><00:15:32.419><c> be</c><00:15:32.740><c> brief.</c>

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He's<00:15:33.639><c> been</c><00:15:33.860><c> dead</c><00:15:33.960><c> over</c><00:15:34.259><c> 100</c><00:15:34.519><c> years,</c><00:15:35.139><c> but</c><00:15:35.799><c> in</c><00:15:37.899><c> the</c><00:15:38.620><c> big</c><00:15:38.879><c> picture,</c>

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100<00:15:39.620><c> years</c><00:15:39.919><c> isn't</c><00:15:40.100><c> all</c><00:15:40.360><c> that</c><00:15:40.600><c> long</c><00:15:40.799><c> a</c><00:15:40.980><c> time.</c>

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There<00:15:41.379><c> are</c><00:15:41.399><c> people</c><00:15:41.679><c> walking</c><00:15:42.039><c> this</c><00:15:42.320><c> earth</c><00:15:42.519><c> today</c><00:15:42.879><c> that</c><00:15:43.039><c> are</c>

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over<00:15:43.440><c> 100</c><00:15:43.700><c> years</c><00:15:43.960><c> old.</c>

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I<00:15:44.279><c> think</c><00:15:44.460><c> I</c><00:15:44.580><c> just</c><00:15:44.799><c> saw</c><00:15:44.919><c> something</c><00:15:45.419><c> on</c><00:15:46.179><c> a</c><00:15:46.299><c> news</c><00:15:46.519><c> clip</c><00:15:46.639><c> today.</c>

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There's<00:15:47.179><c> a</c><00:15:47.279><c> woman</c><00:15:47.559><c> living</c><00:15:47.840><c> in</c><00:15:47.980><c> Japan</c><00:15:48.379><c> who's</c><00:15:48.659><c> 116</c><00:15:49.500><c> years</c><00:15:49.799><c> old.</c>

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So<00:15:51.620><c> 100</c><00:15:51.960><c> years</c><00:15:52.259><c> isn't</c><00:15:52.600><c> that</c><00:15:53.019><c> long.</c>

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But<00:15:54.000><c> the</c><00:15:54.200><c> brother</c><00:15:54.399><c> and</c><00:15:54.600><c> back</c><00:15:54.860><c> then</c><00:15:55.120><c> were</c><00:15:55.360><c> very</c><00:15:56.419><c> much</c><00:15:59.960><c> attuned</c>

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to<00:16:00.500><c> the</c><00:16:00.639><c> fact</c>

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that<00:16:00.960><c> Jesus</c><00:16:01.259><c> could</c><00:16:01.480><c> be</c><00:16:01.659><c> here</c><00:16:01.960><c> any</c><00:16:02.299><c> time</c><00:16:02.519><c> now,</c><00:16:03.080><c> just</c><00:16:03.360><c> like</c><00:16:03.580><c> we</c>

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are<00:16:03.919><c> today.</c>

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And<00:16:06.120><c> we</c><00:16:06.240><c> don't</c><00:16:06.460><c> want</c><00:16:06.620><c> to</c><00:16:06.879><c> lose</c><00:16:07.220><c> that</c><00:16:07.659><c> sense</c><00:16:08.200><c> of</c><00:16:09.940><c> interest,</c>

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that<00:16:10.940><c> sense</c><00:16:11.480><c> that</c><00:16:12.039><c> his</c><00:16:12.480><c> return</c><00:16:12.879><c> could</c><00:16:13.080><c> be</c><00:16:13.220><c> any</c><00:16:13.440><c> moment,</c>

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because<00:16:14.039><c> it</c><00:16:14.379><c> could</c><00:16:14.559><c> be</c><00:16:14.779><c> at</c><00:16:15.000><c> any</c><00:16:15.159><c> moment.</c>

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But<00:16:16.580><c> we</c><00:16:16.740><c> don't</c><00:16:16.980><c> want</c><00:16:17.120><c> to</c><00:16:17.240><c> let</c><00:16:17.360><c> our</c><00:16:17.659><c> guard</c><00:16:17.840><c> down,</c><00:16:18.419><c> because</c><00:16:18.539><c> it's</c>

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no<00:16:19.039><c> different</c><00:16:19.299><c> than</c><00:16:19.580><c> Zacharias.</c>

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he<00:16:25.759><c> knew</c><00:16:26.039><c> that</c><00:16:26.240><c> the</c><00:16:26.480><c> day</c><00:16:26.700><c> would</c><00:16:27.080><c> come</c><00:16:27.519><c> when</c><00:16:27.980><c> the</c><00:16:28.320><c> Messiah</c><00:16:28.840><c> had</c>

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And<00:16:31.899><c> yet</c><00:16:32.100><c> when</c><00:16:33.440><c> the</c><00:16:33.919><c> time</c><00:16:34.200><c> came,</c>

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and<00:16:35.659><c> he</c><00:16:35.779><c> was</c><00:16:35.980><c> actually</c><00:16:36.340><c> going</c><00:16:36.580><c> to</c><00:16:37.019><c> play</c><00:16:37.200><c> a</c><00:16:37.500><c> role</c><00:16:37.720><c> in</c><00:16:38.159><c> the</c><00:16:38.639><c> pending</c><00:16:38.919><c> birth</c>

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of<00:16:39.460><c> Messiah,</c>

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it<00:16:42.080><c> struck</c><00:16:42.500><c> him</c><00:16:44.500><c> completely</c><00:16:45.000><c> without</c><00:16:45.559><c> warning.</c>

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What<00:16:47.539><c> do</c><00:16:47.620><c> you</c><00:16:47.620><c> mean</c><00:16:47.720><c> my</c><00:16:47.980><c> wife's</c><00:16:48.399><c> going</c><00:16:48.460><c> to</c><00:16:48.559><c> have</c><00:16:48.700><c> a</c><00:16:48.919><c> child?</c>

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She's<00:16:50.120><c> too</c><00:16:50.399><c> old,</c><00:16:50.600><c> she's</c><00:16:50.940><c> barren,</c><00:16:51.220><c> she</c><00:16:51.340><c> can't</c><00:16:51.639><c> have</c><00:16:51.899><c> kids.</c>

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Is<00:16:54.799><c> there</c><00:16:55.019><c> anything</c><00:16:55.240><c> impossible</c><00:16:55.779><c> for</c><00:16:56.019><c> the</c><00:16:56.200><c> Lord?</c>

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Yes,<00:16:58.120><c> Elizabeth</c><00:16:58.480><c> did</c><00:16:58.820><c> conceive,</c><00:16:59.980><c> and</c><00:17:00.139><c> Elizabeth</c><00:17:00.539><c> did</c><00:17:00.820><c> bring</c>

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forth<00:17:01.379><c> a</c><00:17:01.639><c> son,</c>

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who<00:17:03.039><c> we</c><00:17:03.200><c> know</c><00:17:03.360><c> to</c><00:17:03.539><c> be</c><00:17:03.659><c> John</c><00:17:03.940><c> the</c><00:17:04.119><c> Baptist.</c>

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Elizabeth<00:17:07.039><c> is</c><00:17:07.240><c> also</c><00:17:07.579><c> the</c><00:17:07.799><c> cousin</c><00:17:08.039><c> of</c><00:17:08.319><c> Mary.</c>

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And<00:17:10.220><c> Mary,</c><00:17:10.839><c> as</c><00:17:11.119><c> we</c><00:17:11.279><c> continue</c><00:17:11.660><c> here</c><00:17:11.940><c> in</c><00:17:12.079><c> the</c><00:17:12.200><c> book</c><00:17:12.380><c> of</c><00:17:12.779><c> Luke</c><00:17:13.039><c> chapter</c><00:17:13.460><c> 1,</c>

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we<00:17:14.059><c> will</c><00:17:14.319><c> read</c><00:17:14.819><c> how</c><00:17:15.400><c> Mary</c><00:17:15.759><c> would</c><00:17:16.059><c> conceive</c><00:17:16.539><c> and</c><00:17:17.039><c> she</c><00:17:17.220><c> would</c>

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bring<00:17:17.619><c> forth</c><00:17:17.900><c> her</c><00:17:18.259><c> son,</c>

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the<00:17:19.440><c> Lord</c><00:17:19.680><c> Jesus.</c>

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People<00:17:23.599><c> should</c><00:17:23.839><c> have</c><00:17:23.980><c> been</c><00:17:24.220><c> looking</c><00:17:24.519><c> and</c><00:17:24.880><c> watching</c><00:17:25.200><c> and</c><00:17:25.579><c> praying</c><00:17:25.779><c> for</c>

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this<00:17:26.259><c> miracle,</c>

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and<00:17:28.019><c> yet</c><00:17:28.140><c> when</c><00:17:28.319><c> the</c><00:17:28.539><c> time</c><00:17:28.740><c> came,</c><00:17:30.099><c> they</c><00:17:30.240><c> seemed</c><00:17:30.420><c> almost</c><00:17:30.700><c> completely</c><00:17:31.140><c> oblivious</c><00:17:31.680><c> to</c><00:17:31.880><c> it.</c>

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Are<00:17:34.460><c> we</c><00:17:34.740><c> going</c><00:17:34.940><c> to</c><00:17:35.140><c> be</c><00:17:35.279><c> completely</c><00:17:35.819><c> oblivious</c><00:17:36.839><c> when</c><00:17:37.700><c> Jesus</c><00:17:38.140><c> returns</c><00:17:38.579><c> to</c>

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this<00:17:38.980><c> earth?</c>

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Or<00:17:42.099><c> are</c><00:17:42.200><c> we</c><00:17:42.319><c> going</c><00:17:42.420><c> to</c><00:17:42.539><c> be</c><00:17:42.819><c> watching</c><00:17:43.259><c> and</c><00:17:44.400><c> praying?</c>

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Yes,<00:17:45.960><c> we</c><00:17:46.299><c> remember</c><00:17:46.640><c> him</c><00:17:46.940><c> at</c><00:17:47.160><c> his</c><00:17:47.440><c> table</c><00:17:47.859><c> of</c><00:17:48.240><c> remembrance.</c>

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We<00:17:49.519><c> come</c><00:17:49.700><c> before</c><00:17:50.059><c> this</c><00:17:50.339><c> communion</c><00:17:50.799><c> of</c><00:17:51.059><c> the</c><00:17:51.299><c> cup</c><00:17:51.759><c> and</c><00:17:52.440><c> the</c><00:17:52.660><c> loaf</c>

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to<00:17:53.559><c> remember</c><00:17:53.940><c> him</c><00:17:54.519><c> the</c><00:17:54.900><c> way</c><00:17:55.079><c> he</c><00:17:55.400><c> asked</c><00:17:55.660><c> to</c><00:17:55.900><c> be</c><00:17:56.339><c> remembered.</c>

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And<00:17:57.660><c> I</c><00:17:57.700><c> think</c><00:17:57.839><c> that's</c><00:17:58.119><c> a</c><00:17:58.299><c> wonderful</c><00:17:58.599><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:18:01.240><c> we</c><00:18:01.440><c> also</c><00:18:01.740><c> have</c><00:18:01.960><c> to</c><00:18:02.140><c> keep</c><00:18:02.299><c> out</c><00:18:02.559><c> that</c><00:18:02.880><c> watching</c><00:18:03.200><c> eye,</c><00:18:03.640><c> that</c>

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hearing<00:18:04.339><c> ear.</c>

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Because<00:18:07.059><c> one</c><00:18:07.279><c> of</c><00:18:07.440><c> these</c><00:18:07.720><c> days,</c><00:18:08.799><c> and</c><00:18:09.000><c> it</c><00:18:09.119><c> may</c><00:18:09.279><c> not</c><00:18:09.420><c> be</c><00:18:09.599><c> too</c><00:18:09.920><c> far</c>

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down<00:18:10.420><c> the</c><00:18:10.599><c> road,</c>

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here<00:18:13.619><c> today,</c><00:18:13.839><c> I</c><00:18:14.019><c> don't</c><00:18:14.319><c> know,</c>

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Jesus<00:18:16.140><c> is</c><00:18:16.440><c> going</c><00:18:16.579><c> to</c><00:18:16.819><c> appear</c><00:18:17.099><c> on</c><00:18:17.339><c> this</c><00:18:17.559><c> earth.</c>

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Are<00:18:18.980><c> we</c><00:18:19.220><c> going</c><00:18:19.420><c> to</c><00:18:19.700><c> be</c><00:18:20.099><c> ready</c><00:18:20.339><c> and</c><00:18:20.640><c> watching?</c>

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Or<00:18:22.119><c> are</c><00:18:22.299><c> we</c><00:18:22.440><c> going</c><00:18:22.619><c> to</c><00:18:22.859><c> laugh</c><00:18:23.160><c> as</c><00:18:23.920><c> Zacharias</c><00:18:24.619><c> did?</c>

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Now,<00:18:27.000><c> Zacharias</c><00:18:27.380><c> wasn't</c><00:18:27.740><c> condemned.</c>

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Okay,<00:18:29.279><c> he</c><00:18:29.279><c> was</c><00:18:29.759><c> rendered</c><00:18:30.019><c> dumb</c><00:18:30.359><c> for</c><00:18:30.579><c> the</c><00:18:30.640><c> next</c><00:18:30.900><c> nine</c><00:18:31.160><c> months,</c>

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couldn't<00:18:32.680><c> speak.</c>

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But<00:18:36.519><c> nevertheless,</c><00:18:38.579><c> it</c><00:18:38.660><c> is</c><00:18:38.859><c> something</c><00:18:39.079><c> that</c><00:18:39.299><c> we</c><00:18:39.519><c> have</c><00:18:39.720><c> to</c><00:18:39.880><c> be</c>

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because<00:18:42.559><c> you</c><00:18:42.819><c> just</c><00:18:43.180><c> never</c><00:18:43.519><c> know</c><00:18:44.119><c> when</c><00:18:44.440><c> the</c><00:18:44.660><c> moment</c><00:18:44.900><c> is</c><00:18:45.140><c> going</c>

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to<00:18:45.579><c> come.</c>

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Zacharias<00:18:47.099><c> didn't</c><00:18:47.480><c> know</c><00:18:47.680><c> when</c><00:18:47.859><c> he</c><00:18:48.079><c> was</c><00:18:48.380><c> back</c><00:18:48.680><c> there</c><00:18:49.700><c> in</c><00:18:50.359><c> the</c><00:18:50.579><c> tabernacle,</c>

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when<00:18:51.660><c> he</c><00:18:51.819><c> was</c><00:18:52.019><c> preparing</c><00:18:52.359><c> the</c><00:18:52.680><c> incense</c><00:18:53.039><c> that</c><00:18:53.279><c> all</c><00:18:53.440><c> of</c><00:18:53.680><c> a</c><00:18:53.700><c> sudden</c><00:18:53.980><c> this</c>

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angel<00:18:54.920><c> is</c><00:18:55.140><c> going</c><00:18:55.319><c> to</c><00:18:55.559><c> appear</c><00:18:55.799><c> before</c><00:18:56.259><c> me</c>

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and<00:18:56.980><c> the</c><00:18:57.259><c> whole</c><00:18:57.579><c> world</c><00:18:57.779><c> is</c><00:18:58.039><c> going</c><00:18:58.180><c> to</c><00:18:58.480><c> change</c><00:18:58.680><c> in</c><00:18:58.900><c> a</c><00:18:59.059><c> split</c><00:18:59.259><c> second.</c>

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Who<00:19:01.359><c> expects</c><00:19:01.839><c> something</c><00:19:02.180><c> like</c><00:19:02.480><c> that</c><00:19:02.660><c> to</c><00:19:02.940><c> happen?</c>

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That's<00:19:05.460><c> the</c><00:19:05.619><c> point.</c>

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We<00:19:06.599><c> have</c><00:19:06.920><c> to</c><00:19:07.259><c> be</c><00:19:07.859><c> watching</c><00:19:08.279><c> and</c><00:19:08.640><c> waiting</c><00:19:08.859><c> because</c><00:19:09.359><c> that</c><00:19:09.680><c> day</c>

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is<00:19:10.180><c> going</c><00:19:10.400><c> to</c><00:19:10.660><c> come.</c>

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It<00:19:12.359><c> doesn't</c><00:19:12.500><c> matter</c><00:19:12.779><c> where</c><00:19:13.039><c> we</c><00:19:13.339><c> are</c><00:19:13.559><c> or</c><00:19:13.720><c> what</c><00:19:13.920><c> we're</c><00:19:14.160><c> doing.</c>

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It's<00:19:16.099><c> going</c><00:19:16.380><c> to</c><00:19:16.779><c> come.</c>

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So<00:19:21.380><c> let</c><00:19:21.539><c> us</c><00:19:21.740><c> consider</c><00:19:22.119><c> now</c><00:19:22.400><c> for</c><00:19:22.640><c> a</c><00:19:22.759><c> moment</c><00:19:23.119><c> the</c><00:19:24.259><c> parallels</c><00:19:24.619><c> between</c><00:19:25.299><c> the</c>

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Old<00:19:26.160><c> and</c><00:19:26.759><c> the</c><00:19:26.980><c> New</c><00:19:27.160><c> Testament.</c>

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That's<00:19:27.839><c> why</c><00:19:28.099><c> I</c><00:19:28.799><c> decided</c><00:19:29.160><c> to</c><00:19:29.500><c> have</c><00:19:29.839><c> part</c><00:19:30.059><c> of</c><00:19:30.220><c> the</c><00:19:30.359><c> Old</c><00:19:30.559><c> Testament</c><00:19:30.940><c> reading</c>

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from<00:19:31.519><c> the</c><00:19:31.779><c> Psalm</c>

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and<00:19:33.140><c> part</c><00:19:33.359><c> of</c><00:19:33.599><c> the</c><00:19:33.819><c> New</c><00:19:34.019><c> Testament</c><00:19:34.400><c> reading</c><00:19:35.059><c> from</c><00:19:35.940><c> Luke.</c>

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Because<00:19:37.220><c> as</c><00:19:37.500><c> we</c><00:19:37.680><c> know,</c><00:19:37.880><c> the</c><00:19:37.980><c> New</c><00:19:38.220><c> Testament</c><00:19:38.640><c> is</c><00:19:38.880><c> a</c><00:19:39.059><c> fulfillment</c><00:19:39.480><c> of</c><00:19:39.700><c> the</c><00:19:39.859><c> Old</c><00:19:40.039><c> Testament.</c>

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All<00:19:41.180><c> the</c><00:19:41.420><c> things</c><00:19:41.619><c> that</c><00:19:41.900><c> David</c><00:19:42.160><c> wrote</c><00:19:42.420><c> about</c><00:19:42.779><c> or</c><00:19:43.039><c> the</c><00:19:43.299><c> author</c>

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of<00:19:43.660><c> the</c><00:19:43.920><c> Psalm</c><00:19:44.079><c> wrote</c><00:19:44.380><c> about,</c>

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we<00:19:45.180><c> see</c><00:19:45.559><c> fulfilled</c><00:19:46.440><c> in</c><00:19:47.480><c> the</c><00:19:47.640><c> New</c><00:19:47.880><c> Testament.</c>

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So<00:19:49.380><c> many</c><00:19:49.740><c> things,</c><00:19:50.660><c> over</c><00:19:51.099><c> and</c><00:19:51.259><c> over</c><00:19:51.640><c> and</c><00:19:51.759><c> over</c><00:19:52.079><c> again.</c>

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Not<00:19:52.440><c> just</c><00:19:52.700><c> the</c><00:19:52.880><c> birth</c><00:19:53.079><c> of</c><00:19:53.319><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:54.539><c> but</c><00:19:54.779><c> so</c><00:19:55.220><c> many</c><00:19:55.460><c> things</c><00:19:55.759><c> that</c>

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will<00:19:56.180><c> just</c><00:19:56.440><c> take</c><00:19:56.700><c> place</c><00:19:57.039><c> over</c><00:19:57.380><c> and</c><00:19:57.539><c> over.</c>

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The<00:19:59.180><c> last</c><00:19:59.599><c> verse</c><00:20:00.140><c> that</c><00:20:00.420><c> we</c><00:20:00.579><c> had</c><00:20:00.720><c> read</c><00:20:00.859><c> this</c><00:20:01.140><c> morning,</c><00:20:01.480><c> the</c><00:20:01.640><c> 32nd</c><00:20:02.200><c> and</c>

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33rd<00:20:02.920><c> verses.</c>

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He<00:20:04.039><c> shall</c><00:20:04.359><c> be</c><00:20:04.660><c> great,</c><00:20:05.200><c> speaking</c><00:20:05.460><c> of</c><00:20:05.700><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:20:06.240><c> shall</c><00:20:06.480><c> be</c><00:20:06.799><c> great.</c>

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He<00:20:07.539><c> shall</c><00:20:07.720><c> be</c><00:20:08.000><c> called</c><00:20:08.160><c> the</c><00:20:08.380><c> Son</c><00:20:08.539><c> of</c><00:20:08.680><c> the</c><00:20:08.859><c> Highest.</c>

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And<00:20:09.759><c> the</c><00:20:09.940><c> Lord</c><00:20:10.180><c> God</c><00:20:10.500><c> shall</c><00:20:10.700><c> give</c><00:20:10.880><c> unto</c><00:20:11.079><c> him</c><00:20:11.319><c> the</c><00:20:11.579><c> throne</c><00:20:11.799><c> of</c>

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his<00:20:12.220><c> father</c><00:20:12.579><c> David.</c>

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And<00:20:13.880><c> he</c><00:20:14.259><c> shall</c><00:20:14.539><c> reign</c><00:20:14.839><c> over</c><00:20:15.099><c> the</c><00:20:15.299><c> house</c><00:20:15.539><c> of</c><00:20:15.740><c> Israel</c><00:20:16.259><c> forever.</c>

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And<00:20:17.420><c> of</c><00:20:17.579><c> his</c><00:20:17.859><c> kingdom</c><00:20:18.160><c> there</c><00:20:18.440><c> shall</c><00:20:18.640><c> be</c><00:20:18.920><c> no</c><00:20:19.220><c> end.</c>

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Where<00:20:20.259><c> did</c><00:20:20.400><c> we</c><00:20:20.539><c> hear</c><00:20:20.700><c> that</c><00:20:20.980><c> before?</c>

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Of<00:20:21.839><c> course,</c><00:20:22.000><c> back</c><00:20:22.279><c> in</c><00:20:22.400><c> the</c><00:20:22.500><c> Old</c><00:20:22.660><c> Testament</c><00:20:23.140><c> in</c><00:20:23.440><c> Daniel.</c>

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Second<00:20:24.900><c> chapter,</c><00:20:25.380><c> verse</c><00:20:26.259><c> 40</c><00:20:27.319><c> something,</c><00:20:27.859><c> 44.</c>

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Let's<00:20:30.640><c> see</c><00:20:30.819><c> here.</c>

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Yes.

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And<00:20:37.460><c> in</c><00:20:37.640><c> the</c><00:20:37.880><c> days</c><00:20:38.180><c> of</c><00:20:38.420><c> these</c><00:20:38.740><c> kings</c><00:20:39.259><c> shall</c><00:20:40.500><c> the</c><00:20:40.700><c> God</c><00:20:40.980><c> of</c><00:20:41.140><c> heaven</c><00:20:41.460><c> set</c><00:20:41.759><c> up</c><00:20:41.980><c> a</c>

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kingdom<00:20:42.480><c> which</c><00:20:42.759><c> shall</c><00:20:42.960><c> never</c><00:20:43.200><c> be</c><00:20:43.440><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:20:46.160><c> the</c><00:20:46.559><c> kingdom</c><00:20:47.039><c> shall</c><00:20:47.779><c> not</c><00:20:48.220><c> be</c><00:20:48.460><c> left</c><00:20:48.599><c> to</c><00:20:48.859><c> other</c><00:20:49.039><c> people,</c><00:20:49.460><c> but</c><00:20:49.559><c> it</c>

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shall<00:20:49.960><c> break</c><00:20:50.279><c> in</c><00:20:50.519><c> pieces</c><00:20:50.779><c> and</c><00:20:51.039><c> consume</c><00:20:51.519><c> all</c><00:20:51.819><c> these</c><00:20:52.079><c> kingdoms.</c>

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And<00:20:53.640><c> it</c><00:20:53.980><c> shall</c><00:20:54.220><c> stand</c><00:20:55.220><c> forever.</c>

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Now<00:20:59.920><c> this</c><00:21:00.039><c> is</c><00:21:00.279><c> back</c><00:21:00.420><c> in</c><00:21:00.579><c> the</c><00:21:00.599><c> day</c><00:21:00.779><c> of</c><00:21:00.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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Remember<00:21:04.460><c> the</c><00:21:05.019><c> dreamy</c><00:21:05.500><c> head,</c><00:21:06.599><c> seeing</c><00:21:06.900><c> the</c><00:21:07.500><c> great</c><00:21:07.799><c> enormous</c>

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statue,<00:21:09.599><c> head</c><00:21:09.740><c> of</c><00:21:10.000><c> gold,</c><00:21:10.420><c> breast</c><00:21:10.680><c> of</c><00:21:10.960><c> silver,</c><00:21:11.400><c> on</c><00:21:11.599><c> and</c><00:21:11.799><c> on,</c><00:21:11.940><c> right</c><00:21:12.160><c> down</c><00:21:12.400><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:12.680><c> feet</c><00:21:12.779><c> of</c><00:21:13.079><c> clay.</c>

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And<00:21:15.880><c> all</c><00:21:16.119><c> through</c><00:21:16.319><c> history</c><00:21:17.240><c> that</c><00:21:19.440><c> vision</c><00:21:19.900><c> has</c><00:21:20.539><c> been</c><00:21:20.819><c> being</c><00:21:21.140><c> fulfilled</c><00:21:21.920><c> through</c><00:21:23.359><c> the</c><00:21:23.559><c> Roman</c><00:21:23.839><c> Empire</c><00:21:24.460><c> and</c><00:21:24.660><c> the</c><00:21:24.859><c> Greek</c><00:21:25.160><c> Empire,</c><00:21:25.900><c> right</c><00:21:26.160><c> down</c><00:21:26.420><c> to</c>

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today,<00:21:27.039><c> right</c><00:21:27.319><c> down</c><00:21:27.500><c> to</c><00:21:27.619><c> the</c><00:21:27.799><c> feet</c><00:21:27.900><c> of</c><00:21:28.240><c> clay.</c>

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And<00:21:29.539><c> we</c><00:21:29.839><c> stand</c><00:21:30.339><c> right</c><00:21:30.700><c> now,</c><00:21:31.000><c> no</c><00:21:31.240><c> pun</c><00:21:31.420><c> intended,</c><00:21:32.079><c> in</c><00:21:32.220><c> those</c><00:21:32.579><c> feet</c><00:21:32.759><c> of</c><00:21:33.019><c> clay.</c>

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When<00:21:35.640><c> that</c><00:21:35.940><c> rock</c><00:21:36.180><c> is</c><00:21:36.400><c> going</c><00:21:36.599><c> to</c><00:21:37.059><c> strike</c><00:21:37.339><c> that</c><00:21:37.819><c> statue</c><00:21:38.200><c> and</c><00:21:38.400><c> knock</c><00:21:38.619><c> it</c>

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flat<00:21:39.099><c> to</c><00:21:39.359><c> the</c><00:21:39.519><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:21:41.460><c> that</c><00:21:41.660><c> rock,</c><00:21:42.460><c> which</c><00:21:42.619><c> is</c><00:21:42.819><c> Christ,</c><00:21:43.220><c> is</c><00:21:43.279><c> going</c><00:21:43.480><c> to</c><00:21:43.720><c> fill</c><00:21:43.880><c> the</c><00:21:44.079><c> earth.</c>

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That's<00:21:46.720><c> why</c><00:21:46.920><c> we</c><00:21:47.119><c> meet</c><00:21:47.279><c> here</c><00:21:47.519><c> today,</c><00:21:47.859><c> brothers</c><00:21:48.059><c> and</c><00:21:48.339><c> sisters.</c>

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