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thy</c><00:29:32.299><c> mother</c><00:29:32.799><c> and</c><00:29:33.460><c> thy</c><00:29:33.799><c> brethren</c><00:29:34.539><c> indeed</c><00:29:35.579><c> come</c><00:29:35.920><c> to</c> 00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:38.200 x bow<00:29:36.339><c> down</c><00:29:36.599><c> ourselves</c><00:29:37.079><c> to</c><00:29:38.099><c> the</c> 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:48.220 x earth?<00:29:39.359><c> So</c><00:29:39.759><c> in</c><00:29:39.940><c> this</c><00:29:40.220><c> short</c><00:29:40.480><c> little</c><00:29:40.839><c> passage</c><00:29:41.380><c> in</c><00:29:41.700><c> which</c><00:29:42.500><c> we</c><00:29:43.859><c> find</c><00:29:45.019><c> Joseph's</c><00:29:45.720><c> father</c><00:29:47.000><c> inquiring</c><00:29:47.920><c> sort</c><00:29:48.119><c> of</c> 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.700 x with<00:29:48.420><c> a</c><00:29:48.500><c> bit</c> 00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:52.819 x of<00:29:49.140><c> disturbance</c><00:29:49.400><c> about</c><00:29:49.779><c> Joseph's</c><00:29:50.380><c> 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type</c><00:30:02.400><c> that</c><00:30:02.900><c> Israel</c><00:30:03.420><c> then</c> 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:06.819 x would<00:30:03.980><c> be</c><00:30:04.140><c> the</c><00:30:04.339><c> sun,</c><00:30:05.099><c> the</c><00:30:05.319><c> moon,</c><00:30:05.920><c> and</c><00:30:06.180><c> the</c><00:30:06.460><c> stars.</c> 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:10.259 x And<00:30:07.079><c> perhaps</c><00:30:07.460><c> it</c><00:30:07.599><c> would</c><00:30:07.779><c> be</c><00:30:08.160><c> that</c><00:30:08.480><c> the</c><00:30:08.680><c> sun</c><00:30:08.960><c> is</c><00:30:09.180><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:09.680><c> Isaac,</c><00:30:10.000><c> and</c> 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.980 x Jacob.<00:30:10.559><c> The</c><00:30:10.740><c> moon</c><00:30:10.900><c> are</c><00:30:11.039><c> the</c><00:30:11.200><c> 12</c><00:30:11.440><c> tribes</c><00:30:11.779><c> of</c> 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:18.480 x and<00:30:12.680><c> the</c><00:30:12.839><c> stars</c><00:30:13.319><c> are</c><00:30:13.819><c> all</c><00:30:14.019><c> those</c><00:30:14.799><c> luminaries</c><00:30:15.460><c> or</c><00:30:15.720><c> brethren</c><00:30:16.019><c> within</c><00:30:16.359><c> that,</c><00:30:17.220><c> let's</c><00:30:17.940><c> call</c><00:30:18.200><c> it</c> 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.440 x congregation<00:30:19.039><c> in</c><00:30:19.299><c> the</c> 00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:23.619 x wilderness<00:30:19.720><c> first</c><00:30:20.099><c> and</c><00:30:20.220><c> then</c><00:30:20.319><c> in</c><00:30:20.440><c> the</c><00:30:20.619><c> kingdom,</c><00:30:22.900><c> making</c><00:30:23.299><c> up</c> 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:27.740 x this<00:30:24.019><c> constellation</c><00:30:24.799><c> of</c><00:30:25.900><c> bright</c><00:30:26.380><c> things</c><00:30:26.900><c> in</c><00:30:27.420><c> world</c> 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:31.619 x affairs<00:30:28.579><c> wherein</c><00:30:29.319><c> God's</c><00:30:29.839><c> word</c><00:30:30.000><c> lies</c><00:30:30.339><c> and</c><00:30:30.740><c> therein</c><00:30:31.180><c> lies</c><00:30:31.339><c> the</c> 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:35.680 x light<00:30:31.839><c> that</c><00:30:32.099><c> emanates</c><00:30:32.519><c> from</c><00:30:32.740><c> it.</c><00:30:33.799><c> So</c><00:30:34.279><c> that's</c><00:30:35.140><c> in</c><00:30:35.460><c> the</c> 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:39.180 x simplest<00:30:36.019><c> way,</c><00:30:36.480><c> an</c><00:30:36.660><c> easy</c><00:30:36.839><c> way</c><00:30:37.019><c> to</c><00:30:37.220><c> understand</c><00:30:37.660><c> something</c><00:30:38.119><c> that</c><00:30:38.319><c> Jesus</c><00:30:38.660><c> might</c><00:30:38.900><c> be</c> 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:41.259 x referring<00:30:39.480><c> to</c><00:30:40.119><c> when</c><00:30:40.440><c> he</c><00:30:40.680><c> says</c><00:30:40.900><c> the</c> 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:47.220 x sun<00:30:41.460><c> will</c><00:30:41.700><c> be</c><00:30:41.880><c> darkened.</c><00:30:42.220><c> That</c><00:30:42.339><c> would</c><00:30:42.500><c> be</c><00:30:42.619><c> Israel</c><00:30:43.119><c> and</c><00:30:43.940><c> the</c><00:30:44.079><c> moon</c><00:30:44.259><c> will</c><00:30:44.460><c> not</c><00:30:44.599><c> give</c><00:30:44.759><c> its</c><00:30:44.960><c> light.</c><00:30:46.279><c> Wherever</c><00:30:46.599><c> Israel</c><00:30:47.019><c> is</c> 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:49.960 x in<00:30:47.359><c> that</c><00:30:47.619><c> time,</c><00:30:48.059><c> the</c><00:30:48.180><c> lights</c><00:30:48.359><c> would</c><00:30:48.579><c> go</c><00:30:48.819><c> out</c><00:30:49.259><c> just</c><00:30:49.619><c> like</c><00:30:49.799><c> they</c> 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:52.700 x did<00:30:50.059><c> in</c><00:30:50.220><c> the</c><00:30:50.359><c> times</c><00:30:50.559><c> before</c><00:30:50.819><c> Christ</c><00:30:51.440><c> and</c><00:30:52.140><c> the</c><00:30:52.420><c> stars</c> 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:54.779 x would<00:30:52.960><c> fall</c><00:30:53.160><c> from</c><00:30:53.339><c> heaven.</c><00:30:53.599><c> Whatever</c><00:30:53.819><c> brightness</c><00:30:54.259><c> there</c><00:30:54.519><c> may</c> 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:59.740 x be<00:30:55.119><c> in</c><00:30:55.359><c> Israel</c><00:30:55.960><c> would</c><00:30:56.759><c> fall.</c><00:30:58.400><c> Now</c><00:30:58.599><c> look</c><00:30:58.779><c> at</c><00:30:58.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:59.180><c> 34</c> 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:09.160 x verses<00:31:00.079><c> one</c><00:31:00.319><c> through</c><00:31:00.539><c> six.</c><00:31:07.319><c> Beginning</c><00:31:07.519><c> at</c><00:31:07.759><c> verse</c><00:31:08.039><c> one,</c><00:31:09.039><c> the</c> 00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:11.420 x prophet<00:31:09.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:10.019><c> says</c><00:31:10.339><c> this,</c> 00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:14.460 x now<00:31:12.160><c> follow</c><00:31:12.519><c> the</c><00:31:12.759><c> language</c><00:31:13.099><c> carefully</c><00:31:13.539><c> because</c><00:31:13.900><c> this</c><00:31:14.119><c> is</c><00:31:14.259><c> a</c> 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:17.359 x very<00:31:14.859><c> clear</c><00:31:15.119><c> description</c><00:31:15.799><c> of</c><00:31:16.220><c> how</c><00:31:16.460><c> God</c><00:31:16.759><c> uses</c><00:31:17.140><c> the</c> 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:20.720 x word<00:31:17.559><c> heaven</c><00:31:17.940><c> to</c><00:31:18.500><c> describe</c><00:31:18.900><c> something</c><00:31:19.460><c> still</c><00:31:19.960><c> larger</c><00:31:20.420><c> than</c> 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:24.940 x Israel.<00:31:22.240><c> He</c><00:31:22.240><c> says</c><00:31:22.480><c> in</c><00:31:22.700><c> verse</c><00:31:22.920><c> one,</c><00:31:23.420><c> come</c><00:31:23.420><c> near</c><00:31:23.720><c> ye</c><00:31:23.880><c> nations</c> 00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:30.940 x to<00:31:25.460><c> hear</c><00:31:25.920><c> and</c><00:31:26.640><c> hearken</c><00:31:27.180><c> ye</c><00:31:27.619><c> people,</c><00:31:28.400><c> ye</c><00:31:28.579><c> nations,</c><00:31:29.759><c> ye</c><00:31:29.819><c> people.</c> 00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.859 x Let<00:31:31.160><c> the</c><00:31:31.359><c> whole</c><00:31:31.559><c> earth</c><00:31:31.799><c> hear,</c><00:31:32.359><c> I'm</c><00:31:32.599><c> adding</c> 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:35.900 x whole<00:31:33.140><c> there,</c><00:31:33.359><c> let</c><00:31:33.500><c> the</c><00:31:33.720><c> earth</c><00:31:33.900><c> hear</c><00:31:34.079><c> and</c><00:31:34.279><c> all</c><00:31:34.539><c> that</c><00:31:34.700><c> is</c><00:31:34.839><c> therein,</c><00:31:35.599><c> the</c> 00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:38.859 x world<00:31:36.559><c> and</c><00:31:37.220><c> all</c><00:31:37.559><c> things</c><00:31:37.980><c> that</c><00:31:38.240><c> come</c><00:31:38.539><c> forth</c> 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:42.819 x from<00:31:38.980><c> it.</c><00:31:40.160><c> For</c><00:31:40.279><c> the</c><00:31:40.500><c> indignation</c><00:31:41.119><c> of</c><00:31:41.519><c> the</c><00:31:41.640><c> Lord</c><00:31:41.819><c> is</c><00:31:42.059><c> upon</c><00:31:42.279><c> all</c> 00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:46.640 x nations<00:31:43.480><c> and</c><00:31:44.019><c> his</c><00:31:44.279><c> fury</c><00:31:44.539><c> upon</c><00:31:44.920><c> all</c><00:31:45.279><c> their</c><00:31:45.579><c> armies.</c> 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:49.279 x He<00:31:47.160><c> hath</c><00:31:47.359><c> utterly</c><00:31:47.700><c> destroyed</c><00:31:48.160><c> them,</c><00:31:48.440><c> he</c><00:31:48.559><c> hath</c><00:31:48.700><c> delivered</c><00:31:48.940><c> them</c><00:31:49.119><c> to</c> 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:51.240 x the<00:31:49.519><c> slaughter.</c><00:31:50.039><c> Their</c><00:31:50.299><c> slain</c><00:31:50.519><c> shall</c><00:31:50.680><c> also</c><00:31:50.980><c> be</c> 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:54.240 x cast<00:31:51.460><c> out</c><00:31:51.680><c> and</c><00:31:51.779><c> their</c><00:31:52.099><c> stink</c><00:31:52.299><c> shall</c><00:31:52.460><c> come</c><00:31:52.660><c> out</c><00:31:52.819><c> of</c><00:31:52.880><c> their</c><00:31:53.160><c> carcasses</c><00:31:53.779><c> and</c> 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:56.539 x the<00:31:54.480><c> mountains</c><00:31:54.779><c> shall</c><00:31:54.980><c> be</c><00:31:55.279><c> melted</c><00:31:55.700><c> with</c> 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:58.920 x their<00:31:56.779><c> blood.</c><00:31:57.299><c> Another</c><00:31:57.559><c> word</c><00:31:57.759><c> for</c><00:31:57.880><c> that</c><00:31:58.019><c> would</c><00:31:58.200><c> be</c><00:31:58.359><c> dissolved</c> 00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:02.059 x and<00:31:59.119><c> so</c><00:31:59.240><c> we</c><00:31:59.460><c> have</c><00:31:59.940><c> had</c><00:32:00.079><c> the</c><00:32:00.380><c> dissolving</c><00:32:00.859><c> of</c><00:32:01.180><c> people.</c> 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:05.440 x He<00:32:02.339><c> says</c><00:32:02.539><c> all</c><00:32:02.859><c> the</c><00:32:03.039><c> host</c><00:32:03.279><c> of</c><00:32:03.519><c> heaven</c><00:32:03.900><c> shall</c><00:32:04.220><c> be</c><00:32:04.500><c> dissolved.</c><00:32:05.140><c> So</c> 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:08.200 x what's<00:32:05.619><c> he</c><00:32:05.839><c> talking</c><00:32:06.039><c> about</c><00:32:06.359><c> here?</c><00:32:07.200><c> He</c><00:32:07.579><c> says</c><00:32:07.880><c> their</c> 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:13.839 x carcasses,<00:32:08.920><c> the</c><00:32:09.119><c> people,</c><00:32:09.500><c> their</c><00:32:09.720><c> armies</c><00:32:10.200><c> will</c><00:32:10.680><c> be</c><00:32:10.900><c> melted</c><00:32:11.220><c> with</c><00:32:11.500><c> their</c><00:32:11.740><c> blood</c><00:32:12.019><c> and</c><00:32:12.339><c> then</c><00:32:12.759><c> following</c><00:32:13.119><c> on</c><00:32:13.519><c> that,</c> 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:17.839 x he<00:32:14.400><c> flips</c><00:32:14.700><c> into</c><00:32:15.539><c> a</c><00:32:15.960><c> metaphorical</c><00:32:16.640><c> usage</c><00:32:17.039><c> of</c><00:32:17.240><c> the</c><00:32:17.339><c> word</c><00:32:17.519><c> heaven</c> 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:20.460 x 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00:32:34.460 x political<00:32:31.940><c> and</c><00:32:33.099><c> religious</c><00:32:33.579><c> high</c><00:32:34.000><c> places,</c> 00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:38.380 x philosophical<00:32:35.460><c> high</c><00:32:36.140><c> places</c><00:32:36.500><c> of</c><00:32:36.740><c> this</c><00:32:37.019><c> world.</c><00:32:37.859><c> He</c><00:32:37.880><c> continues</c> 00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:39.519 x and<00:32:38.579><c> says</c><00:32:38.720><c> the</c><00:32:38.900><c> heavens</c><00:32:39.099><c> shall</c><00:32:39.299><c> be</c> 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:42.700 x rolled<00:32:39.680><c> together</c><00:32:40.000><c> as</c><00:32:40.200><c> a</c><00:32:40.460><c> scroll</c><00:32:40.779><c> and</c><00:32:41.359><c> all</c><00:32:41.619><c> their</c><00:32:41.880><c> hosts</c><00:32:42.339><c> shall</c> 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:44.779 x fall.<00:32:43.640><c> There</c><00:32:43.740><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:43.900><c> be</c><00:32:44.079><c> a</c><00:32:44.200><c> Christadelphian</c> 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in</c><00:32:55.599><c> this</c><00:32:56.059><c> rather</c><00:32:56.359><c> remarkable</c><00:32:56.920><c> definition</c><00:32:57.660><c> of</c><00:32:58.140><c> the</c> 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:02.460 x usage<00:32:58.579><c> of</c><00:32:58.900><c> heavens</c><00:32:59.200><c> as</c><00:32:59.700><c> God</c><00:32:59.980><c> does</c><00:33:00.819><c> in</c><00:33:01.660><c> his</c><00:33:01.940><c> parables</c> 00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:06.319 x in<00:33:02.660><c> the</c><00:33:02.799><c> Bible.</c><00:33:04.259><c> He</c><00:33:04.440><c> continues,</c><00:33:04.960><c> as</c><00:33:05.079><c> the</c><00:33:05.279><c> leaf</c><00:33:05.460><c> falls</c><00:33:05.839><c> off</c><00:33:06.079><c> the</c> 00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:09.140 x vine<00:33:06.619><c> and</c><00:33:06.880><c> as</c><00:33:07.039><c> the</c><00:33:07.279><c> falling</c><00:33:07.559><c> fig</c><00:33:07.900><c> from</c><00:33:08.119><c> the</c><00:33:08.400><c> tree,</c> 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:15.779 x 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with</c><00:33:22.140><c> fatness</c><00:33:22.480><c> and</c> 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:25.440 x with<00:33:22.720><c> the</c><00:33:22.900><c> blood</c><00:33:23.000><c> of</c><00:33:23.220><c> lambs</c><00:33:23.519><c> and</c><00:33:23.680><c> goats,</c><00:33:24.240><c> with</c><00:33:24.420><c> the</c><00:33:24.579><c> fat</c><00:33:24.660><c> of</c><00:33:24.900><c> kidneys</c><00:33:25.140><c> of</c> 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:27.200 x rams.<00:33:25.660><c> Now</c><00:33:25.880><c> he's</c><00:33:26.140><c> calling</c><00:33:26.420><c> all</c><00:33:26.640><c> these</c><00:33:26.819><c> nations</c> 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:30.460 x and<00:33:27.460><c> worldly</c><00:33:27.660><c> people</c><00:33:27.980><c> and</c><00:33:28.220><c> armies</c><00:33:28.599><c> and</c><00:33:29.099><c> religious</c><00:33:29.640><c> bodies</c> 00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:33.460 x and<00:33:31.099><c> political</c><00:33:31.740><c> powers,</c><00:33:32.319><c> he's</c><00:33:32.380><c> calling</c><00:33:32.700><c> them</c> 00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:37.279 x as<00:33:34.220><c> they</c><00:33:34.619><c> appear</c><00:33:35.019><c> to</c><00:33:35.220><c> be</c><00:33:35.339><c> to</c><00:33:35.400><c> him</c><00:33:35.660><c> beasts</c><00:33:36.200><c> of</c><00:33:36.380><c> the</c><00:33:36.480><c> world,</c><00:33:36.779><c> animals</c><00:33:37.119><c> that</c> 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.079 x are<00:33:37.440><c> fit</c><00:33:37.539><c> for</c><00:33:37.779><c> nothing</c> 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:41.279 x but<00:33:38.519><c> the</c><00:33:38.700><c> judgment</c><00:33:38.900><c> of</c><00:33:39.119><c> fire</c><00:33:39.460><c> in</c><00:33:39.759><c> sacrifice.</c><00:33:40.660><c> Only</c><00:33:40.680><c> in</c><00:33:41.039><c> that</c> 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:43.380 x day<00:33:41.539><c> when</c><00:33:41.880><c> Christ</c><00:33:42.220><c> implements</c><00:33:42.700><c> this</c><00:33:43.000><c> judgment,</c> 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:46.660 x 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land</c><00:33:54.599><c> of</c> 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.920 x Idumea.<00:33:55.660><c> Well</c><00:33:55.880><c> this</c><00:33:56.079><c> is</c><00:33:56.259><c> God's</c><00:33:56.599><c> judgment</c><00:33:56.839><c> against</c><00:33:57.180><c> the</c><00:33:57.359><c> nations</c><00:33:57.660><c> as</c><00:33:57.819><c> it</c> 00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:59.500 x will<00:33:58.099><c> be</c><00:33:58.279><c> implemented</c><00:33:58.720><c> by</c><00:33:59.000><c> Christ</c> 00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:02.859 x and<00:33:59.940><c> you</c><00:34:00.160><c> see</c><00:34:00.359><c> here</c><00:34:00.740><c> in</c><00:34:01.180><c> context</c><00:34:01.640><c> he's</c><00:34:01.920><c> speaking</c><00:34:02.220><c> about</c><00:34:02.599><c> the</c> 00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:05.740 x heavens.<00:34:04.019><c> So</c><00:34:04.259><c> the</c><00:34:04.440><c> sun</c><00:34:04.619><c> and</c><00:34:04.740><c> the</c><00:34:04.859><c> moon</c><00:34:04.980><c> and</c><00:34:05.140><c> the</c><00:34:05.380><c> stars</c> 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:09.760 x may<00:34:06.039><c> also</c><00:34:06.440><c> refer</c><00:34:06.900><c> to</c><00:34:07.339><c> the</c><00:34:07.700><c> political</c><00:34:08.119><c> luminaries</c><00:34:08.800><c> in</c><00:34:09.420><c> those</c> 00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:13.260 x political<00:34:10.420><c> heavens</c><00:34:10.719><c> or</c><00:34:10.980><c> high</c><00:34:11.260><c> places</c><00:34:11.719><c> of</c><00:34:12.260><c> the</c><00:34:12.440><c> world.</c> 00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:18.079 x Now<00:34:13.920><c> let's</c><00:34:14.099><c> look</c><00:34:14.300><c> a</c><00:34:14.360><c> little</c><00:34:14.539><c> bit</c><00:34:14.760><c> further</c><00:34:15.260><c> in</c><00:34:16.739><c> Joel.</c><00:34:17.380><c> Joel</c><00:34:17.719><c> kind</c><00:34:17.940><c> of</c> 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.900 x brings<00:34:18.260><c> it</c><00:34:18.440><c> all</c><00:34:18.559><c> together</c><00:34:19.099><c> specifically</c> 00:34:19.900 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days</c><00:34:38.219><c> I</c> 00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:39.659 x will<00:34:38.559><c> pour</c><00:34:38.719><c> out</c><00:34:38.940><c> my</c><00:34:39.159><c> spirit</c> 00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:42.179 x and<00:34:40.199><c> I</c><00:34:40.340><c> will</c><00:34:40.519><c> show</c><00:34:40.780><c> wonders</c><00:34:41.239><c> in</c><00:34:41.500><c> heavens</c><00:34:41.659><c> and</c><00:34:41.820><c> in</c><00:34:41.920><c> the</c><00:34:42.059><c> earth,</c> 00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:44.019 x blood,<00:34:42.699><c> fire,</c><00:34:43.159><c> pillars</c><00:34:43.440><c> of</c><00:34:43.719><c> smoke.</c> 00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.679 x So<00:34:44.480><c> now</c><00:34:44.679><c> where</c><00:34:45.039><c> are</c><00:34:45.119><c> these</c><00:34:45.320><c> wonders?</c><00:34:46.079><c> They're</c><00:34:46.239><c> in</c><00:34:46.400><c> heaven</c><00:34:46.539><c> and</c> 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:48.320 x the<00:34:46.840><c> earth,</c><00:34:47.059><c> that</c><00:34:47.260><c> means</c><00:34:47.519><c> heaven</c> 00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:51.019 x which<00:34:49.139><c> is</c><00:34:49.579><c> in</c><00:34:49.840><c> the</c><00:34:50.039><c> earth.</c> 00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:54.539 x The<00:34:52.599><c> sun</c><00:34:52.880><c> shall</c><00:34:53.059><c> be</c><00:34:53.280><c> turned</c><00:34:53.460><c> to</c><00:34:53.659><c> darkness.</c><00:34:54.159><c> Well</c><00:34:54.300><c> where</c><00:34:54.420><c> would</c> 00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:56.280 x that<00:34:54.739><c> be</c><00:34:54.860><c> if</c><00:34:54.960><c> it's</c><00:34:55.159><c> not</c><00:34:55.280><c> in</c><00:34:55.440><c> those</c><00:34:55.639><c> same</c><00:34:55.880><c> heavens</c> 00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:59.079 x and<00:34:56.699><c> the</c><00:34:56.860><c> moon</c><00:34:57.000><c> into</c><00:34:57.199><c> blood</c><00:34:57.539><c> before</c><00:34:58.260><c> the</c><00:34:58.440><c> great</c><00:34:58.639><c> and</c><00:34:58.840><c> terrible</c> 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.099 x 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at</c><00:35:18.480><c> the</c><00:35:18.639><c> third</c><00:35:18.840><c> chapter,</c> 00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:23.099 x just<00:35:19.420><c> a</c><00:35:19.579><c> few</c><00:35:19.679><c> verses</c><00:35:19.980><c> here</c><00:35:20.460><c> to</c><00:35:20.699><c> pick</c><00:35:20.860><c> up</c><00:35:21.019><c> the</c><00:35:21.300><c> same</c><00:35:21.639><c> thing.</c><00:35:22.739><c> This</c><00:35:22.900><c> is</c> 00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:25.800 x now<00:35:23.340><c> speaking</c><00:35:23.719><c> about</c><00:35:24.559><c> specifically</c><00:35:25.360><c> about</c> 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:31.739 x that<00:35:26.179><c> battle</c><00:35:26.860><c> that</c><00:35:27.739><c> will</c><00:35:29.079><c> take</c><00:35:29.320><c> place</c><00:35:29.699><c> when</c><00:35:29.880><c> Christ</c><00:35:31.219><c> actually</c> 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:33.139 x gathers<00:35:31.980><c> all</c><00:35:32.260><c> the</c><00:35:32.420><c> nations</c><00:35:32.719><c> to</c><00:35:32.980><c> 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nations</c><00:36:05.139><c> and</c><00:36:05.739><c> parted</c><00:36:06.099><c> my</c><00:36:06.340><c> land.</c><00:36:07.460><c> Then</c><00:36:07.719><c> in</c> 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:11.000 x the<00:36:07.940><c> 15th</c><00:36:08.519><c> verse</c><00:36:08.719><c> he</c><00:36:08.880><c> continues</c><00:36:09.440><c> once</c><00:36:09.840><c> again</c><00:36:10.460><c> putting</c><00:36:10.820><c> the</c> 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:13.420 x sun<00:36:11.239><c> moon</c><00:36:11.420><c> and</c><00:36:11.579><c> the</c><00:36:11.719><c> stars</c><00:36:11.960><c> and</c><00:36:12.480><c> the</c><00:36:12.659><c> heavens</c><00:36:12.880><c> together</c> 00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:19.280 x in<00:36:13.840><c> the</c><00:36:14.099><c> same</c><00:36:14.280><c> way</c><00:36:14.440><c> that</c><00:36:14.639><c> Jesus</c><00:36:14.920><c> does</c><00:36:15.239><c> in</c><00:36:15.420><c> Matthew</c><00:36:15.739><c> 24</c><00:36:16.820><c> with</c><00:36:17.880><c> specific</c><00:36:18.539><c> reference</c><00:36:19.059><c> to</c> 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:21.579 x the<00:36:19.500><c> battle</c><00:36:20.000><c> at</c><00:36:20.539><c> Armageddon.</c> 00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:25.840 x Beginning<00:36:22.900><c> at</c><00:36:23.099><c> verse</c><00:36:23.260><c> 15,</c><00:36:23.980><c> the</c><00:36:24.119><c> sun</c><00:36:24.559><c> and</c><00:36:24.860><c> the</c><00:36:25.059><c> moon</c><00:36:25.320><c> shall</c><00:36:25.539><c> be</c> 00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:28.320 x darkened<00:36:26.460><c> and</c><00:36:27.039><c> the</c><00:36:27.360><c> stars</c><00:36:27.679><c> shall</c><00:36:27.900><c> withdraw</c> 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:31.500 x their<00:36:28.659><c> shining.</c><00:36:29.579><c> The</c><00:36:29.780><c> Lord</c><00:36:29.920><c> also</c><00:36:30.360><c> shall</c><00:36:30.559><c> roar</c><00:36:30.880><c> out</c><00:36:31.079><c> of</c><00:36:31.280><c> Zion</c> 00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.980 x and<00:36:31.719><c> 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stars</c><00:38:49.480><c> forever</c><00:38:50.239><c> and</c><00:38:50.440><c> ever.</c><00:38:51.280><c> So</c> 00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:55.400 x now<00:38:52.380><c> we</c><00:38:53.599><c> find</c><00:38:53.900><c> in</c><00:38:54.179><c> Daniel's</c><00:38:54.719><c> prophecy</c><00:38:55.059><c> that</c> 00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:59.519 x elect<00:38:55.920><c> are</c><00:38:56.199><c> referred</c><00:38:56.559><c> to</c><00:38:56.860><c> as</c><00:38:57.139><c> stars</c><00:38:57.440><c> also</c><00:38:58.300><c> which</c><00:38:59.099><c> would</c><00:38:59.320><c> raise</c> 00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:01.280 x the<00:38:59.739><c> question</c><00:39:00.019><c> they're</c><00:39:00.380><c> the</c><00:39:00.579><c> stars</c><00:39:00.800><c> what's</c><00:39:01.139><c> the</c> 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:05.880 x sun<00:39:01.420><c> and</c><00:39:01.559><c> what's</c><00:39:01.760><c> the</c><00:39:01.900><c> moon</c><00:39:02.599><c> right.</c><00:39:04.619><c> So</c><00:39:04.659><c> 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