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6</c><00:11:09.179><c> of</c><00:11:09.379><c> chapter</c><00:11:09.600><c> 13,</c><00:11:10.139><c> we</c><00:11:10.279><c> learn</c><00:11:10.480><c> that</c><00:11:10.639><c> he</c> 00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:12.320 was<00:11:10.919><c> twelve</c><00:11:11.200><c> years</c> 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:13.659 among<00:11:12.759><c> his</c><00:11:13.000><c> people</c><00:11:13.159><c> in</c><00:11:13.360><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:17.360 He<00:11:13.940><c> had</c><00:11:13.940><c> accomplished</c><00:11:14.480><c> a</c><00:11:14.720><c> remarkable</c><00:11:15.500><c> work</c><00:11:15.779><c> in</c><00:11:15.940><c> those</c><00:11:16.200><c> twelve</c><00:11:16.480><c> years.</c> 00:11:19.299 --> 00:11:21.580 Twelve<00:11:19.740><c> years</c><00:11:19.960><c> isn't</c><00:11:20.179><c> long</c><00:11:20.620><c> in</c><00:11:20.940><c> one</c><00:11:21.240><c> thing,</c> 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:25.200 but<00:11:22.480><c> when</c><00:11:22.639><c> you</c><00:11:22.860><c> 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everyone</c><00:16:24.860><c> that</c><00:16:25.120><c> saw</c><00:16:25.240><c> it</c><00:16:25.419><c> was</c><00:16:25.580><c> evil</c> 00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:27.179 is<00:16:25.980><c> good</c><00:16:26.220><c> in</c><00:16:26.440><c> the</c><00:16:26.559><c> sight</c><00:16:26.700><c> of</c><00:16:26.960><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.799 His<00:16:27.480><c> name</c><00:16:27.720><c> means</c><00:16:27.960><c> the</c><00:16:28.220><c> goodness</c><00:16:28.480><c> of</c><00:16:28.779><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.840 And<00:16:31.000><c> they</c><00:16:31.139><c> were</c><00:16:31.299><c> delighting</c><00:16:31.820><c> in</c><00:16:31.919><c> him.</c> 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.539 He<00:16:33.399><c> delighted</c><00:16:34.000><c> in</c><00:16:34.100><c> him.</c> 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:38.000 They<00:16:35.000><c> believed</c><00:16:35.279><c> that</c><00:16:35.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:35.919><c> did</c><00:16:36.500><c> mightily</c><00:16:36.940><c> Tobiah.</c> 00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.919 And<00:16:38.759><c> the</c><00:16:38.879><c> question</c><00:16:39.259><c> was,</c> 00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:44.840 where<00:16:40.820><c> is</c><00:16:41.539><c> the</c><00:16:41.820><c> criticism</c><00:16:42.360><c> of</c><00:16:42.820><c> these</c><00:16:43.220><c> pessimists?</c> 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:48.860 Where<00:16:45.639><c> is</c><00:16:46.120><c> the</c><00:16:46.399><c> criticism</c><00:16:46.940><c> of</c><00:16:47.360><c> these</c><00:16:47.700><c> pessimists?</c> 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:51.720 Who<00:16:49.620><c> tell</c><00:16:49.820><c> us</c><00:16:50.019><c> that</c><00:16:50.200><c> he's</c><00:16:50.379><c> not</c><00:16:50.740><c> good?</c> 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.940 Where<00:16:52.559><c> is</c><00:16:52.899><c> this</c><00:16:53.240><c> God</c><00:16:53.360><c> of</c><00:16:53.679><c> judgment</c> 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:55.679 who<00:16:54.259><c> will</c><00:16:54.659><c> deal</c><00:16:54.899><c> 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to<00:19:10.359><c> his</c><00:19:10.559><c> temple,</c><00:19:10.839><c> brothers</c><00:19:11.119><c> and</c><00:19:11.299><c> sisters.</c> 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:16.519 And<00:19:13.559><c> there</c><00:19:13.720><c> will</c><00:19:13.859><c> be</c><00:19:14.019><c> those</c><00:19:14.519><c> who</c><00:19:15.180><c> fear</c><00:19:15.579><c> his</c><00:19:15.880><c> name</c> 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:18.420 who<00:19:16.839><c> will</c><00:19:17.059><c> be</c><00:19:17.480><c> spared.</c> 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:21.819 And<00:19:19.960><c> we'll</c><00:19:20.119><c> come</c><00:19:20.319><c> to</c><00:19:20.420><c> the</c><00:19:20.500><c> meaning</c><00:19:20.680><c> of</c><00:19:20.839><c> that</c><00:19:21.039><c> later.</c> 00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:24.720 But<00:19:22.759><c> the</c><00:19:22.880><c> big</c><00:19:23.059><c> question</c><00:19:23.400><c> as</c><00:19:23.619><c> far</c><00:19:23.740><c> as</c><00:19:23.960><c> Malachi</c><00:19:24.240><c> was</c><00:19:24.460><c> concerned,</c> 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:26.400 as<00:19:24.859><c> he</c><00:19:25.079><c> walked</c><00:19:25.259><c> around</c><00:19:25.640><c> among</c><00:19:25.880><c> those</c><00:19:26.180><c> people,</c> 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.180 was<00:19:26.720><c> who</c><00:19:27.039><c> will</c><00:19:27.400><c> abide</c><00:19:27.819><c> the</c><00:19:28.000><c> day</c><00:19:28.160><c> of</c><00:19:28.259><c> his</c><00:19:28.420><c> coming?</c> 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.279 Who<00:19:30.460><c> will?</c> 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:33.440 And<00:19:32.119><c> Malachi</c><00:19:32.480><c> looked</c><00:19:32.740><c> around</c><00:19:33.019><c> upon</c><00:19:33.279><c> him,</c> 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.000 brothers<00:19:33.700><c> and</c><00:19:33.700><c> sisters,</c> 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:36.539 upon<00:19:34.259><c> all</c><00:19:34.680><c> those</c><00:19:35.079><c> broken</c><00:19:35.440><c> promises,</c> 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:39.220 fearful<00:19:37.700><c> broken</c><00:19:38.180><c> promises.</c> 00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:43.559 And<00:19:40.119><c> the</c><00:19:40.259><c> Book</c><00:19:40.420><c> of</c><00:19:40.619><c> Malachi</c><00:19:40.940><c> contains</c><00:19:41.640><c> 13</c><00:19:42.180><c> times,</c> 00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:46.079 13<00:19:44.779><c> times,</c> 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:48.859 the<00:19:46.839><c> fear</c><00:19:47.319><c> of</c><00:19:47.680><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:52.140 And<00:19:49.839><c> they</c><00:19:50.059><c> were</c><00:19:50.059><c> running</c><00:19:50.339><c> around,</c><00:19:50.900><c> brothers</c><00:19:50.900><c> and</c><00:19:51.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:55.059 as<00:19:53.259><c> if</c><00:19:53.519><c> God</c><00:19:53.779><c> were</c><00:19:53.980><c> some</c><00:19:54.180><c> benign</c><00:19:54.680><c> old</c><00:19:54.920><c> shepherd</c> 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:57.859 went<00:19:55.240><c> into</c><00:19:55.480><c> heaven</c><00:19:55.819><c> so</c><00:19:56.039><c> he</c><00:19:56.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:56.299><c> harm</c><00:19:56.519><c> his</c><00:19:56.819><c> life.</c> 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:01.779 And<00:19:59.779><c> Malachi</c><00:20:00.160><c> points</c><00:20:00.500><c> out</c> 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:03.559 that<00:20:02.640><c> there</c><00:20:02.779><c> will</c><00:20:02.880><c> be</c><00:20:03.039><c> a</c><00:20:03.140><c> discrimination</c> 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:06.000 between<00:20:03.900><c> the</c><00:20:04.140><c> righteous</c><00:20:04.319><c> and</c><00:20:04.500><c> the</c><00:20:04.579><c> wicked.</c> 00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:08.839 And<00:20:06.279><c> such</c><00:20:06.480><c> is</c><00:20:06.640><c> the</c><00:20:06.900><c> awesome</c><00:20:07.599><c> fearfulness</c> 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:11.519 of<00:20:09.559><c> the</c><00:20:09.740><c> Creator</c><00:20:10.019><c> whom</c><00:20:10.259><c> we</c><00:20:10.579><c> serve,</c><00:20:11.019><c> brothers</c><00:20:11.119><c> and</c><00:20:11.259><c> sisters,</c> 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.940 when<00:20:11.759><c> the</c><00:20:12.019><c> righteous</c><00:20:12.339><c> come,</c> 00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:16.559 they<00:20:13.539><c> won't</c><00:20:13.819><c> decide,</c><00:20:14.740><c> they'll</c><00:20:15.099><c> be</c><00:20:15.640><c> spared.</c> 00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:22.420 That<00:20:19.980><c> was</c><00:20:20.200><c> the</c><00:20:20.619><c> fear</c><00:20:20.839><c> he</c><00:20:21.079><c> was</c><00:20:21.259><c> kind</c><00:20:21.339><c> of</c><00:20:21.460><c> putting</c><00:20:21.559><c> to</c><00:20:21.720><c> them.</c> 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:24.819 Do<00:20:23.339><c> you</c><00:20:23.339><c> know</c><00:20:23.460><c> what</c><00:20:23.500><c> their</c><00:20:23.640><c> problem</c><00:20:23.920><c> was?</c> 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:27.619 They'd<00:20:26.039><c> broken</c><00:20:26.160><c> all</c><00:20:26.420><c> their</c><00:20:26.640><c> promises</c> 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:31.380 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compulsion.</c> 00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:01.160 Oh,<00:20:59.359><c> they</c><00:20:59.519><c> were</c><00:20:59.740><c> driven</c><00:20:59.960><c> to</c><00:21:00.200><c> great</c><00:21:00.400><c> heights</c><00:21:00.700><c> with</c><00:21:00.920><c> desert.</c> 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:03.039 Yes,<00:21:01.660><c> they</c><00:21:01.779><c> had</c><00:21:01.980><c> their</c><00:21:02.180><c> moments</c><00:21:02.420><c> of</c><00:21:02.759><c> triumph</c> 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:04.619 but<00:21:03.400><c> you,</c><00:21:03.819><c> these</c><00:21:03.819><c> people</c><00:21:03.960><c> themselves,</c> 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.779 take<00:21:05.099><c> away</c><00:21:05.339><c> their</c><00:21:05.559><c> leaders,</c> 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:08.200 take<00:21:06.119><c> away</c><00:21:06.319><c> the</c><00:21:06.579><c> inspiring</c><00:21:07.079><c> brothers</c><00:21:07.400><c> and</c><00:21:07.559><c> sisters</c><00:21:07.759><c> from</c><00:21:07.980><c> our</c><00:21:08.059><c> being.</c> 00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:10.319 You<00:21:08.720><c> stand</c><00:21:09.059><c> alone</c><00:21:09.359><c> with</c><00:21:09.500><c> your</c><00:21:09.680><c> back</c><00:21:09.900><c> to</c><00:21:10.019><c> the</c><00:21:10.160><c> wall,</c> 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.140 brothers<00:21:10.640><c> and</c><00:21:10.839><c> sisters,</c> 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:13.640 and<00:21:11.440><c> as</c><00:21:11.599><c> the</c><00:21:11.819><c> dark</c><00:21:12.039><c> cloud</c><00:21:12.299><c> of</c><00:21:12.559><c> gloom</c><00:21:12.839><c> comes</c><00:21:13.039><c> over</c><00:21:13.279><c> you,</c> 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:16.099 where<00:21:14.500><c> has</c><00:21:14.700><c> God</c><00:21:15.039><c> loved</c><00:21:15.279><c> me?</c> 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.960 It's<00:21:16.660><c> shown</c><00:21:16.779><c> from</c><00:21:17.000><c> here.</c> 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:20.579 At<00:21:18.980><c> the</c><00:21:19.119><c> end</c><00:21:19.339><c> of</c><00:21:19.539><c> verse</c><00:21:19.819><c> 6</c><00:21:19.960><c> they</c><00:21:20.259><c> said,</c> 00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.819 where<00:21:21.299><c> in</c><00:21:21.480><c> have</c><00:21:21.579><c> we</c><00:21:21.779><c> despised</c><00:21:22.259><c> thy</c><00:21:22.539><c> name?</c> 00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:24.000 Believe,<00:21:23.619><c> brothers</c><00:21:23.660><c> and</c><00:21:24.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:26.740 and<00:21:24.400><c> bless</c><00:21:24.640><c> his</c><00:21:25.019><c> glorious</c><00:21:25.579><c> name.</c> 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:29.400 They<00:21:27.359><c> still</c><00:21:27.619><c> thought</c><00:21:27.779><c> they</c><00:21:27.940><c> were</c><00:21:28.140><c> doing</c><00:21:28.279><c> that.</c> 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:33.339 They<00:21:30.319><c> couldn't</c><00:21:30.680><c> believe</c><00:21:30.940><c> where</c><00:21:31.140><c> they</c><00:21:31.400><c> had</c><00:21:31.640><c> despised</c><00:21:32.140><c> his</c><00:21:32.519><c> name.</c> 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we</c><00:21:50.440><c> despised</c><00:21:50.819><c> thy</c><00:21:51.059><c> name?</c> 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:55.160 They<00:21:53.460><c> had</c><00:21:53.640><c> created,</c><00:21:54.059><c> brothers</c><00:21:54.279><c> and</c><00:21:54.460><c> sisters,</c> 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.819 a<00:21:56.180><c> total</c><00:21:56.599><c> imbalance.</c> 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:00.480 As<00:21:59.039><c> far</c><00:21:59.259><c> as</c><00:21:59.400><c> that</c><00:21:59.559><c> name</c><00:21:59.740><c> was</c><00:22:00.000><c> concerned,</c> 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.799 they<00:22:00.960><c> come</c><00:22:01.119><c> to</c><00:22:01.240><c> verse</c><00:22:01.420><c> 7,</c> 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.539 where<00:22:02.319><c> in</c><00:22:02.460><c> have</c><00:22:02.599><c> we</c><00:22:02.779><c> polluted</c><00:22:03.240><c> thee,</c><00:22:03.420><c> they</c><00:22:03.720><c> said?</c> 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.420 Yeah,<00:22:05.180><c> they</c><00:22:05.299><c> said,</c> 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says,</c><00:24:52.259><c> you're</c><00:24:52.420><c> calling</c><00:24:52.559><c> evil</c><00:24:52.839><c> good</c><00:24:53.119><c> and</c><00:24:53.259><c> good</c><00:24:53.480><c> evil.</c> 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:55.660 He's<00:24:53.839><c> an</c><00:24:53.980><c> evil</c><00:24:54.099><c> man,</c><00:24:54.559><c> and</c><00:24:54.619><c> you</c><00:24:54.779><c> keep</c><00:24:55.000><c> saying</c><00:24:55.180><c> he's</c><00:24:55.460><c> good.</c> 00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:58.019 Rishon<00:24:56.160><c> kept</c><00:24:56.460><c> reporting</c><00:24:56.839><c> that</c><00:24:56.980><c> he</c><00:24:57.039><c> was</c><00:24:57.180><c> good</c><00:24:57.299><c> all</c><00:24:57.579><c> the</c><00:24:57.779><c> time.</c> 00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:00.759 He<00:24:58.339><c> kept</c><00:24:58.460><c> reporting</c><00:24:58.779><c> he</c><00:24:58.900><c> was</c><00:24:59.099><c> good,</c><00:24:59.599><c> and</c><00:24:59.700><c> God's</c><00:25:00.119><c> weary</c><00:25:00.319><c> of</c><00:25:00.500><c> it.</c> 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.960 God's<00:25:01.220><c> weary</c><00:25:01.640><c> of</c><00:25:02.460><c> it.</c> 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:06.000 Because<00:25:04.140><c> there's</c><00:25:04.400><c> only</c><00:25:04.619><c> one</c><00:25:04.799><c> good</c><00:25:05.059><c> class</c><00:25:05.240><c> of</c><00:25:05.420><c> good</c><00:25:05.559><c> people</c><00:25:05.799><c> in</c> 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.160 the<00:25:06.059><c> truth.</c> 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:09.019 And<00:25:06.400><c> those</c><00:25:06.559><c> of</c><00:25:06.660><c> you</c><00:25:06.839><c> who</c><00:25:06.960><c> have</c><00:25:07.220><c> built</c><00:25:07.539><c> the</c><00:25:07.799><c> world</c><00:25:07.960><c> of</c><00:25:08.140><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:12.000 with<00:25:10.619><c> solid</c><00:25:10.920><c> foundations.</c> 00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:15.839 And<00:25:13.240><c> God</c><00:25:13.400><c> is</c><00:25:13.700><c> weary</c><00:25:14.059><c> of</c><00:25:15.220><c> listening</c><00:25:15.440><c> to</c><00:25:15.680><c> people,</c> 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:18.839 justifying<00:25:16.519><c> people</c><00:25:16.920><c> who</c><00:25:17.160><c> want</c><00:25:17.359><c> to</c><00:25:17.519><c> please</c><00:25:17.700><c> themselves</c> 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.839 at<00:25:19.359><c> the</c><00:25:19.519><c> eclatious</c><00:25:19.920><c> expense.</c> 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:23.779 Malachi<00:25:22.160><c> told</c><00:25:22.380><c> them.</c> 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:27.960 Chapter<00:25:24.079><c> 3,</c><00:25:25.779><c> and</c><00:25:25.920><c> the</c><00:25:25.980><c> end</c><00:25:26.180><c> of</c><00:25:26.279><c> verse</c><00:25:26.460><c> 7.</c> 00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.700 God<00:25:28.359><c> said</c><00:25:28.539><c> to</c><00:25:28.700><c> them,</c><00:25:28.759><c> you</c><00:25:28.759><c> ought</c><00:25:28.940><c> to</c><00:25:29.000><c> return</c><00:25:29.319><c> unto</c><00:25:29.519><c> me.</c> 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:31.420 Malachi<00:25:30.180><c> said,</c><00:25:30.420><c> you've</c><00:25:30.460><c> got</c><00:25:30.519><c> to</c><00:25:30.599><c> return</c><00:25:30.880><c> unto</c><00:25:31.079><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.900 Do<00:25:31.700><c> you</c><00:25:31.700><c> know</c><00:25:31.740><c> what</c><00:25:31.819><c> they</c><00:25:31.960><c> said?</c> 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.119 We're<00:25:33.480><c> not</c><00:25:33.579><c> going</c><00:25:33.720><c> to</c><00:25:33.859><c> return.</c> 00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.319 You're<00:25:34.660><c> talking</c><00:25:34.700><c> about</c><00:25:34.900><c> returning.</c> 00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:37.160 We've<00:25:35.759><c> never</c><00:25:36.000><c> gone</c><00:25:36.259><c> away.</c> 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:40.099 And<00:25:38.359><c> you</c><00:25:38.480><c> can</c><00:25:38.579><c> see</c><00:25:38.680><c> people</c><00:25:38.980><c> turning</c><00:25:39.240><c> up</c><00:25:39.420><c> in</c><00:25:39.519><c> Malachi</c><00:25:39.839><c> and</c><00:25:40.019><c> saying,</c> 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.160 what<00:25:40.400><c> are</c><00:25:40.539><c> you</c><00:25:40.660><c> talking</c><00:25:40.799><c> about?</c> 00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.319 Returning<00:25:41.740><c> to</c><00:25:41.920><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:44.460 We've<00:25:42.660><c> never</c><00:25:42.960><c> left</c><00:25:43.160><c> the</c><00:25:43.420><c> truth.</c> 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:47.099 Revelation<00:25:45.759><c> says</c><00:25:46.019><c> it</c><00:25:46.140><c> was</c><00:25:46.440><c> tragic,</c> 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:50.640 because<00:25:48.039><c> they</c><00:25:48.480><c> knew</c><00:25:48.680><c> not</c><00:25:49.380><c> was</c><00:25:49.920><c> the</c><00:25:50.119><c> condemnation</c> 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.319 upon<00:25:50.900><c> this</c><00:25:51.039><c> generation.</c> 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:54.539 Because<00:25:52.579><c> in</c><00:25:52.740><c> verse</c><00:25:52.920><c> 8,</c><00:25:53.240><c> you've</c><00:25:53.400><c> robbed</c><00:25:53.500><c> God.</c> 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.319 Robbed<00:25:55.539><c> God?</c> 00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.779 Where<00:25:57.180><c> have</c><00:25:57.279><c> we</c><00:25:57.400><c> robbed</c><00:25:57.579><c> God?</c> 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.460 In<00:25:58.200><c> tithes</c><00:25:58.559><c> and</c><00:25:58.740><c> offerings.</c> 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:03.539 You<00:26:01.400><c> see,</c><00:26:01.539><c> they</c><00:26:01.619><c> haven't</c><00:26:01.859><c> paid</c><00:26:02.019><c> their</c><00:26:02.299><c> tithes.</c> 00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:05.200 They<00:26:03.980><c> were</c><00:26:04.039><c> simple</c><00:26:04.299><c> enough,</c><00:26:04.539><c> brothers</c><00:26:04.799><c> and</c><00:26:04.920><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.380 that<00:26:05.579><c> Malachi</c><00:26:05.880><c> could</c><00:26:06.099><c> have</c><00:26:06.220><c> easily</c><00:26:06.480><c> escaped.</c> 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.859 What<00:26:08.059><c> about</c><00:26:08.279><c> that</c><00:26:08.480><c> voluntary</c><00:26:08.980><c> offering</c><00:26:09.279><c> he's</c><00:26:09.440><c> going</c><00:26:09.559><c> to</c><00:26:09.680><c> make</c> 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.440 above<00:26:10.380><c> the</c><00:26:10.680><c> top?</c> 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.720 But<00:26:12.200><c> see,</c><00:26:12.339><c> God</c><00:26:12.539><c> didn't</c><00:26:12.799><c> call</c><00:26:12.980><c> an</c><00:26:13.220><c> inquisitor</c> 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:16.400 for<00:26:14.200><c> the</c><00:26:14.400><c> rapt</c><00:26:14.599><c> promise</c><00:26:15.019><c> of</c><00:26:15.380><c> doing</c><00:26:15.579><c> things</c><00:26:15.759><c> over</c><00:26:16.039><c> and</c><00:26:16.180><c> above</c> 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.680 the<00:26:16.539><c> law.</c> 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.880 God<00:26:17.059><c> doesn't</c><00:26:17.359><c> call</c><00:26:17.579><c> us</c><00:26:17.799><c> in</c><00:26:17.960><c> question,</c><00:26:18.420><c> brothers</c><00:26:18.500><c> and</c><00:26:18.680><c> sisters,</c> 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:21.559 for<00:26:19.160><c> what</c><00:26:19.339><c> we</c><00:26:19.619><c> might</c><00:26:19.839><c> promise</c><00:26:20.140><c> him</c><00:26:20.559><c> out</c><00:26:20.759><c> of</c><00:26:20.900><c> some</c><00:26:21.160><c> voluntary,</c> 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:23.259 spontaneous<00:26:22.279><c> reaction</c><00:26:22.619><c> of</c><00:26:22.839><c> our</c><00:26:23.039><c> heart.</c> 00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:25.920 He<00:26:23.519><c> will</c><00:26:23.819><c> call</c><00:26:24.039><c> us</c><00:26:24.279><c> in</c><00:26:24.440><c> question</c><00:26:24.900><c> about</c><00:26:25.339><c> the</c><00:26:25.640><c> principles</c> 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.779 we<00:26:26.220><c> ought</c><00:26:26.559><c> to</c><00:26:26.819><c> know.</c> 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:30.559 Not<00:26:28.839><c> the</c><00:26:29.000><c> ones</c><00:26:29.180><c> that</c><00:26:29.380><c> we</c><00:26:29.539><c> manufacture.</c> 00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:35.039 We<00:26:32.000><c> may</c><00:26:32.220><c> get</c><00:26:32.359><c> a</c><00:26:32.640><c> flash</c><00:26:32.920><c> sort</c><00:26:33.140><c> of</c><00:26:33.319><c> a</c><00:26:33.440><c> service</c><00:26:33.619><c> for</c><00:26:33.900><c> five</c><00:26:34.200><c> minutes.</c> 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.460 Some<00:26:35.619><c> flashy</c><00:26:36.019><c> service.</c> 00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.559 God's<00:26:36.940><c> not</c><00:26:37.140><c> concerned</c><00:26:37.500><c> about</c><00:26:37.740><c> that,</c><00:26:37.980><c> brothers</c><00:26:38.119><c> and</c><00:26:38.299><c> sisters.</c> 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:41.339 He<00:26:38.920><c> wants</c><00:26:39.200><c> a</c><00:26:39.359><c> consistent</c><00:26:39.940><c> performance</c><00:26:40.500><c> of</c><00:26:41.000><c> principles</c> 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:43.220 that<00:26:41.960><c> He</c><00:26:42.220><c> has</c><00:26:42.400><c> asked</c><00:26:42.599><c> us</c><00:26:42.779><c> to</c><00:26:42.960><c> keep.</c> 00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:45.779 Never<00:26:43.680><c> mind</c><00:26:43.920><c> about</c><00:26:44.240><c> the</c><00:26:44.400><c> suppressors.</c> 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:47.920 And<00:26:46.079><c> they</c><00:26:46.220><c> couldn't</c><00:26:46.460><c> do</c><00:26:46.720><c> that.</c> 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:50.259 So<00:26:48.420><c> much</c><00:26:48.599><c> for</c><00:26:48.779><c> the</c><00:26:48.940><c> promise</c><00:26:49.240><c> of</c><00:26:49.619><c> all</c><00:26:49.819><c> the</c><00:26:49.980><c> bonkers</c> 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.779 and<00:26:50.460><c> things</c><00:26:50.480><c> they're</c><00:26:50.740><c> going</c><00:26:50.740><c> to</c><00:26:50.920><c> do.</c> 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:55.220 And<00:26:52.579><c> lastly</c><00:26:52.880><c> in</c><00:26:53.079><c> chapter</c><00:26:53.279><c> 3</c><00:26:53.519><c> and</c><00:26:53.660><c> verse</c><00:26:53.900><c> 13,</c> 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.960 they<00:26:56.380><c> said</c><00:26:56.559><c> at</c><00:26:56.940><c> the</c><00:26:56.940><c> end</c><00:26:57.240><c> of</c><00:26:57.400><c> the</c><00:26:57.440><c> verse,</c> 00:26:58.420 --> 00:27:02.019 why<00:26:58.519><c> have</c><00:26:58.599><c> we</c><00:26:58.880><c> spoken</c><00:26:59.519><c> so</c><00:27:00.200><c> much</c><00:27:00.740><c> against</c><00:27:01.259><c> this?</c> 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:05.440 What<00:27:02.839><c> was</c><00:27:03.079><c> it</c><00:27:03.160><c> that</c><00:27:03.319><c> they'd</c><00:27:03.599><c> said</c><00:27:03.759><c> so</c><00:27:04.000><c> much</c><00:27:04.180><c> against</c><00:27:04.539><c> God?</c> 00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:10.339 Well,<00:27:08.400><c> dying</c><00:27:08.579><c> to</c><00:27:08.799><c> serve</c><00:27:09.039><c> God,</c><00:27:09.180><c> they</c><00:27:09.339><c> were</c><00:27:09.519><c> saying.</c> 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.539 What<00:27:11.380><c> profit</c><00:27:11.640><c> is</c><00:27:11.819><c> this</c><00:27:11.980><c> that</c><00:27:12.079><c> we've</c><00:27:12.339><c> kept</c><00:27:12.420><c> His</c><00:27:12.700><c> ordinance?</c> 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:17.539 And<00:27:14.240><c> we've</c><00:27:14.559><c> worked</c><00:27:14.720><c> long</c><00:27:15.000><c> for</c><00:27:15.119><c> it</c><00:27:15.220><c> before</c><00:27:15.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:15.859><c> abandons</c><00:27:16.400><c> it.</c> 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:20.119 People<00:27:18.599><c> don't</c><00:27:18.819><c> say</c><00:27:19.039><c> those</c><00:27:19.200><c> things</c><00:27:19.500><c> outrightly.</c> 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.799 You<00:27:20.359><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:20.640><c> find</c><00:27:20.779><c> people</c><00:27:20.960><c> running</c><00:27:21.160><c> around</c><00:27:21.500><c> saying</c><00:27:21.640><c> to</c> 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.140 each<00:27:21.920><c> other,</c> 00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.559 what<00:27:22.460><c> profit</c><00:27:22.680><c> is</c><00:27:22.880><c> to</c><00:27:23.019><c> serve</c><00:27:23.140><c> Yahweh?</c> 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.240 Tobiah<00:27:24.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:24.359><c> know</c><00:27:24.480><c> it.</c> 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:28.700 His<00:27:26.680><c> name</c><00:27:26.900><c> is</c><00:27:27.119><c> the</c><00:27:27.279><c> goodness</c><00:27:27.500><c> of</c><00:27:27.720><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:32.160 He<00:27:29.539><c> would</c><00:27:29.680><c> come</c><00:27:29.960><c> forth</c><00:27:30.119><c> and</c><00:27:30.259><c> say,</c><00:27:30.480><c> bless</c><00:27:30.680><c> you,</c><00:27:30.960><c> my</c><00:27:31.180><c> children.</c> 00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.940 Let's<00:27:33.220><c> serve</c><00:27:33.460><c> the</c><00:27:33.660><c> living</c><00:27:33.920><c> God</c><00:27:34.140><c> with</c><00:27:34.299><c> all</c><00:27:34.400><c> our</c><00:27:34.599><c> hearts,</c> 00:27:35.079 --> 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Who<00:27:45.099><c> wants</c><00:27:45.299><c> to</c><00:27:45.440><c> walk</c><00:27:45.619><c> mournfully</c><00:27:46.039><c> when</c><00:27:46.220><c> there's</c><00:27:46.460><c> none</c><00:27:46.579><c> to</c><00:27:46.720><c> be</c><00:27:46.880><c> held?</c> 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:52.099 And<00:27:48.980><c> the</c><00:27:49.200><c> place</c><00:27:49.380><c> was</c><00:27:49.619><c> on</c><00:27:49.940><c> fire</c><00:27:50.160><c> with</c><00:27:50.420><c> activity</c><00:27:50.700><c> on</c><00:27:50.880><c> the</c><00:27:51.039><c> Sabbath</c><00:27:51.240><c> day.</c> 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:54.240 And<00:27:52.759><c> in</c><00:27:52.900><c> that</c><00:27:53.059><c> activity,</c><00:27:53.640><c> brothers</c><00:27:53.720><c> and</c><00:27:53.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.359 they<00:27:54.559><c> were</c><00:27:54.779><c> plainly</c><00:27:55.220><c> saying,</c> 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.740 it's<00:27:55.859><c> vain</c><00:27:56.039><c> to</c><00:27:56.279><c> serve</c><00:27:56.500><c> God.</c> 00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:59.039 Why<00:27:57.220><c> we</c><00:27:57.440><c> shouldn't</c><00:27:57.619><c> get</c><00:27:57.779><c> into</c><00:27:57.960><c> a</c><00:27:58.180><c> mournful</c><00:27:58.519><c> situation?</c> 00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.559 It's<00:27:59.480><c> a</c><00:27:59.619><c> joyous</c><00:27:59.960><c> situation</c><00:28:00.279><c> for</c><00:28:00.460><c> Him.</c> 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:02.339 We're<00:28:01.039><c> prepared</c><00:28:01.200><c> to</c><00:28:01.339><c> give</c><00:28:01.460><c> the</c><00:28:01.660><c> blessings</c><00:28:01.920><c> of</c><00:28:02.180><c> God.</c> 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.599 Let's<00:28:02.839><c> eat</c><00:28:02.839><c> and</c><00:28:02.980><c> drink</c><00:28:03.180><c> and</c><00:28:03.299><c> be</c><00:28:03.420><c> merry.</c> 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:05.380 Make<00:28:04.000><c> high</c><00:28:04.220><c> while</c><00:28:04.359><c> the</c><00:28:04.539><c> sunshine.</c> 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.799 That's<00:28:07.759><c> what</c><00:28:07.759><c> they</c><00:28:07.940><c> were</c><00:28:08.079><c> doing.</c> 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:12.480 And<00:28:10.099><c> it</c><00:28:10.240><c> doesn't</c><00:28:10.579><c> say</c><00:28:10.779><c> very</c><00:28:11.099><c> much.</c> 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:16.759 So<00:28:12.880><c> list</c><00:28:13.099><c> those</c><00:28:13.519><c> eight</c><00:28:13.960><c> questions</c><00:28:14.660><c> or</c><00:28:15.740><c> statements.</c> 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.660 Yet<00:28:17.079><c> you</c><00:28:17.400><c> say,</c> 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.660 it<00:28:18.099><c> doesn't</c><00:28:18.380><c> take</c><00:28:18.579><c> much</c><00:28:18.799><c> to</c><00:28:19.019><c> write</c><00:28:19.140><c> them</c><00:28:19.339><c> all</c><00:28:19.519><c> down,</c> 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.859 a<00:28:19.819><c> little</c><00:28:20.000><c> slip</c><00:28:20.140><c> of</c><00:28:20.319><c> white</c><00:28:20.539><c> paper.</c> 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.579 Brothers<00:28:21.140><c> and</c><00:28:21.359><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.039 put<00:28:21.960><c> them</c><00:28:22.180><c> in</c><00:28:22.259><c> front</c><00:28:22.400><c> of</c><00:28:22.500><c> you</c><00:28:22.539><c> on</c><00:28:22.660><c> your</c><00:28:22.839><c> desk,</c> 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.779 or<00:28:23.279><c> wherever</c><00:28:23.400><c> you</c><00:28:23.619><c> go,</c> 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.740 and<00:28:23.920><c> mirror</c><00:28:24.079><c> them</c><00:28:24.160><c> in</c><00:28:24.319><c> your</c><00:28:24.480><c> chair,</c> 00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.740 sit<00:28:25.059><c> down,</c><00:28:25.200><c> have</c><00:28:25.319><c> a</c><00:28:25.400><c> look</c><00:28:25.500><c> at</c><00:28:25.599><c> them.</c> 00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:28.259 It<00:28:25.940><c> doesn't</c><00:28:26.200><c> take</c><00:28:26.420><c> much</c><00:28:26.680><c> to</c><00:28:26.839><c> work</c><00:28:26.920><c> out</c><00:28:27.140><c> a</c><00:28:27.259><c> model</c><00:28:27.440><c> of</c><00:28:27.619><c> sin.</c> 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:31.420 And<00:28:29.279><c> think</c><00:28:29.440><c> about</c><00:28:29.640><c> our</c><00:28:29.839><c> attitudes</c><00:28:30.160><c> as</c><00:28:30.339><c> the</c><00:28:30.480><c> truth.</c> 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:34.539 And<00:28:32.720><c> surely</c><00:28:32.900><c> we</c><00:28:33.079><c> would</c><00:28:33.200><c> go</c><00:28:33.380><c> before</c><00:28:33.619><c> the</c><00:28:33.740><c> Lord</c><00:28:33.859><c> Jesus</c><00:28:34.200><c> Christ</c> 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:36.140 and<00:28:34.740><c> say,</c><00:28:35.180><c> where</c><00:28:35.240><c> is</c><00:28:35.380><c> that?</c> 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:39.319 Did<00:28:37.799><c> we</c><00:28:37.980><c> say</c><00:28:38.099><c> that?</c> 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.480 Did<00:28:39.660><c> we</c><00:28:39.819><c> think</c><00:28:40.059><c> that?</c> 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.200 Surely<00:28:40.839><c> not.</c> 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.079 Why? 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.400 It<00:28:42.200><c> wasn't</c><00:28:42.480><c> their</c><00:28:42.740><c> service.</c> 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.000 Because<00:28:45.180><c> brothers</c><00:28:45.519><c> and</c><00:28:45.680><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.119 He<00:28:46.339><c> might</c><00:28:46.460><c> call</c><00:28:46.660><c> us</c><00:28:46.859><c> in</c><00:28:46.960><c> specific,</c> 00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.299 but<00:28:47.400><c> anything</c><00:28:47.599><c> else,</c> 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:51.400 other<00:28:48.839><c> than</c><00:28:49.000><c> that</c><00:28:49.160><c> which</c><00:28:49.299><c> is</c><00:28:49.559><c> laid</c><00:28:49.759><c> down</c><00:28:50.000><c> very</c><00:28:50.500><c> clearly</c> 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:55.140 as<00:28:52.400><c> a</c><00:28:52.519><c> matter</c><00:28:52.700><c> of</c><00:28:52.900><c> divine</c><00:28:53.279><c> truth</c><00:28:53.599><c> and</c><00:28:53.799><c> divine</c><00:28:54.200><c> truthfulness,</c> 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:58.039 for<00:28:56.140><c> he</c><00:28:56.279><c> who</c><00:28:56.400><c> is</c><00:28:56.519><c> evil</c><00:28:56.700><c> is</c><00:28:56.859><c> doing</c><00:28:57.000><c> it</c><00:28:57.220><c> to</c><00:28:57.339><c> him.</c> 00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:00.799 Work<00:28:58.599><c> is</c><00:28:58.799><c> work</c><00:28:59.039><c> and</c><00:28:59.279><c> destruction</c><00:28:59.619><c> is</c><00:28:59.900><c> destruction.</c> 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:04.000 And<00:29:01.480><c> upon</c><00:29:01.660><c> those</c><00:29:01.900><c> simple</c><00:29:02.099><c> principles</c><00:29:02.480><c> he</c><00:29:02.700><c> will</c><00:29:02.839><c> judge</c><00:29:03.140><c> us.</c> 00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:07.720 Those<00:29:05.259><c> were</c><00:29:05.500><c> the</c><00:29:05.599><c> days</c><00:29:05.799><c> when</c><00:29:06.019><c> his</c><00:29:06.180><c> sisters</c><00:29:06.420><c> would</c><00:29:06.700><c> have</c><00:29:06.779><c> come.</c> 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.359 They<00:29:08.220><c> were</c><00:29:08.359><c> from</c><00:29:08.500><c> Manchester.</c> 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.460 Now<00:29:09.880><c> let's</c><00:29:10.059><c> come</c><00:29:10.240><c> back</c><00:29:10.400><c> to</c><00:29:10.559><c> Nehemiah.</c> 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.599 That's<00:29:12.440><c> only</c><00:29:12.559><c> the</c><00:29:12.759><c> outline.</c> 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:16.240 Let's<00:29:14.480><c> go</c><00:29:14.519><c> over</c><00:29:14.680><c> some</c><00:29:14.859><c> of</c><00:29:15.059><c> the</c><00:29:15.099><c> things</c><00:29:15.319><c> that</c><00:29:15.500><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:15.920><c> found</c> 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:18.859 when<00:29:16.400><c> he</c><00:29:16.579><c> got</c><00:29:16.680><c> in</c><00:29:16.839><c> the</c><00:29:16.980><c> train</c><00:29:17.099><c> to</c><00:29:17.279><c> his</c><00:29:17.460><c> tenter.</c> 00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.799 In<00:29:26.980><c> that</c><00:29:27.180><c> 13</c><00:29:27.460><c> chapter,</c> 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.819 which<00:29:27.980><c> we</c><00:29:28.160><c> had</c><00:29:28.240><c> read</c><00:29:28.380><c> in</c><00:29:28.519><c> our</c><00:29:28.640><c> hearings,</c> 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:30.220 brothers<00:29:29.019><c> and</c><00:29:29.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:32.660 we<00:29:30.579><c> read</c><00:29:30.740><c> that</c><00:29:30.859><c> on</c><00:29:31.099><c> that</c><00:29:31.380><c> day,</c> 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.960 and<00:29:33.480><c> of</c><00:29:33.619><c> course</c><00:29:33.779><c> that</c><00:29:34.039><c> was</c><00:29:34.220><c> the</c><00:29:34.380><c> day,</c><00:29:34.619><c> wasn't</c><00:29:34.819><c> it?</c> 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.559 Not<00:29:35.259><c> the</c><00:29:35.500><c> day,</c><00:29:35.880><c> literally</c><00:29:36.099><c> perhaps,</c> 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:39.839 but<00:29:36.740><c> the</c><00:29:36.940><c> epoch</c><00:29:37.980><c> when</c><00:29:38.319><c> he</c><00:29:38.519><c> had</c><00:29:38.700><c> returned</c><00:29:39.299><c> from</c><00:29:39.619><c> Persia</c> 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:42.579 and<00:29:40.099><c> found</c><00:29:40.240><c> all</c><00:29:40.839><c> those</c><00:29:41.259><c> broken</c><00:29:41.519><c> promises.</c> 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:46.119 And<00:29:43.680><c> they</c><00:29:44.039><c> read,</c><00:29:45.259><c> the</c><00:29:45.460><c> margin</c><00:29:45.720><c> says,</c> 00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:49.799 there<00:29:46.779><c> was</c><00:29:47.099><c> read</c><00:29:47.599><c> in</c><00:29:49.079><c> the</c><00:29:49.240><c> Book</c><00:29:49.359><c> of</c><00:29:49.559><c> Moses</c> 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:51.000 and<00:29:49.980><c> the</c><00:29:50.200><c> Ordinance</c><00:29:50.359><c> of</c><00:29:50.480><c> the</c><00:29:50.599><c> People,</c> 00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.460 and<00:29:51.319><c> there</c><00:29:51.440><c> it</c><00:29:51.559><c> was</c><00:29:51.880><c> found</c><00:29:52.220><c> written</c> 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.819 that<00:29:52.680><c> the</c><00:29:52.859><c> Ammonite</c><00:29:53.200><c> and</c><00:29:53.359><c> the</c><00:29:53.480><c> Baalite</c> 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:57.240 should<00:29:54.079><c> not</c><00:29:54.420><c> come</c><00:29:54.599><c> into</c><00:29:54.779><c> the</c><00:29:55.000><c> congregation</c><00:29:55.380><c> of</c><00:29:55.619><c> God</c><00:29:55.880><c> forever.</c> 00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:00.099 You<00:29:58.579><c> see,</c><00:29:58.779><c> they</c><00:29:58.819><c> had</c><00:29:59.000><c> to</c><00:29:59.220><c> be</c><00:29:59.319><c> the</c><00:29:59.579><c> annual</c><00:29:59.920><c> reading</c> 00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:02.259 or<00:30:00.319><c> the</c><00:30:00.660><c> seventh</c><00:30:01.339><c> year</c><00:30:01.619><c> reading</c><00:30:01.799><c> of</c><00:30:01.980><c> the</c><00:30:02.119><c> law.</c> 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the</c><00:30:12.599><c> Book</c><00:30:12.740><c> of</c><00:30:12.859><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.599 because<00:30:13.380><c> that</c><00:30:13.700><c> was</c><00:30:13.920><c> the</c><00:30:13.940><c> book</c><00:30:14.160><c> that</c><00:30:14.240><c> was</c><00:30:14.359><c> put</c><00:30:14.559><c> beside</c><00:30:14.880><c> the</c><00:30:15.160><c> ark,</c> 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:19.079 which<00:30:16.180><c> Moses</c><00:30:16.440><c> said</c><00:30:16.640><c> every</c><00:30:16.920><c> seven</c><00:30:17.359><c> years</c><00:30:17.599><c> that</c><00:30:17.799><c> it</c><00:30:17.900><c> should</c><00:30:18.059><c> be</c><00:30:18.299><c> read.</c> 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.240 And<00:30:20.099><c> it</c><00:30:20.200><c> wasn't</c><00:30:20.420><c> in</c><00:30:20.680><c> Nehemiah</c> 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:25.000 that<00:30:21.539><c> they</c><00:30:21.539><c> found</c><00:30:21.619><c> a</c><00:30:21.900><c> version</c><00:30:22.180><c> of</c><00:30:22.420><c> Scripture</c><00:30:22.720><c> that</c><00:30:23.160><c> proved</c><00:30:23.380><c> it.</c> 00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:28.619 There<00:30:25.500><c> was</c><00:30:25.960><c> this</c><00:30:27.700><c> margin.</c> 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:31.900 While<00:30:29.599><c> they</c><00:30:29.779><c> were</c><00:30:29.940><c> reading,</c><00:30:30.460><c> they</c><00:30:30.660><c> stumbled</c><00:30:31.019><c> over.</c> 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:35.240 And<00:30:33.259><c> you</c><00:30:33.339><c> can</c><00:30:33.460><c> imagine</c><00:30:33.740><c> the</c><00:30:33.980><c> public</c><00:30:34.240><c> readers,</c> 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:40.440 but<00:30:36.039><c> an</c><00:30:36.220><c> Ammonite,</c><00:30:38.700><c> a</c><00:30:38.779><c> Baalite,</c> 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:42.559 or<00:30:40.900><c> rather</c><00:30:41.099><c> a</c><00:30:41.240><c> Sabine,</c> 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:44.359 and<00:30:43.079><c> a</c><00:30:43.240><c> Malabarite</c> 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:46.680 should<00:30:44.640><c> not</c><00:30:44.920><c> come</c><00:30:45.140><c> into</c><00:30:45.279><c> the</c><00:30:45.480><c> congregation</c><00:30:45.859><c> of</c><00:30:46.000><c> God</c><00:30:46.200><c> forever,</c> 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:50.140 reverences<00:30:47.420><c> as</c><00:30:47.799><c> he's</c><00:30:48.660><c> living,</c><00:30:49.119><c> living,</c> 00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:52.420 living<00:30:50.940><c> in</c><00:30:51.200><c> the</c><00:30:51.420><c> temple.</c> 00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:57.279 They<00:30:55.319><c> just</c><00:30:55.680><c> found</c><00:30:56.019><c> that.</c> 00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.880 Why<00:31:00.240><c> didn't</c><00:31:00.460><c> they</c><00:31:00.700><c> read</c><00:31:00.839><c> it</c><00:31:00.980><c> before?</c> 00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:06.779 Or,<00:31:03.400><c> if</c><00:31:03.619><c> it</c><00:31:03.700><c> had</c><00:31:03.839><c> been</c><00:31:04.039><c> read</c><00:31:04.180><c> before,</c><00:31:04.759><c> why</c><00:31:05.039><c> didn't</c><00:31:05.240><c> they</c><00:31:05.460><c> remember</c><00:31:05.799><c> it?</c> 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:09.660 You<00:31:07.740><c> know,</c><00:31:07.880><c> some</c><00:31:08.059><c> people</c><00:31:08.259><c> say</c><00:31:08.740><c> that</c><00:31:08.920><c> it</c><00:31:09.019><c> says</c><00:31:09.140><c> in</c><00:31:09.319><c> the</c><00:31:09.440><c> law</c> 00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:11.420 that<00:31:10.099><c> to</c><00:31:10.240><c> the</c><00:31:10.380><c> tenth</c><00:31:10.519><c> generation</c> 00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:13.759 that<00:31:11.980><c> an</c><00:31:12.059><c> Ammonite</c><00:31:12.359><c> and</c><00:31:12.480><c> a</c><00:31:12.599><c> Malabarite</c><00:31:13.000><c> should</c><00:31:13.039><c> not</c><00:31:13.339><c> come</c><00:31:13.480><c> into</c><00:31:13.660><c> the</c> 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.519 congregation<00:31:14.160><c> of</c><00:31:14.400><c> God.</c> 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:16.299 It<00:31:14.740><c> doesn't</c><00:31:14.740><c> say</c><00:31:14.900><c> that</c><00:31:15.019><c> here</c><00:31:15.220><c> it</c><00:31:15.259><c> is</c><00:31:15.339><c> forever.</c> 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:20.140 And<00:31:17.259><c> I</c><00:31:17.400><c> believe</c><00:31:17.579><c> it</c><00:31:17.720><c> means</c><00:31:17.880><c> that,</c><00:31:18.140><c> brothers</c><00:31:18.259><c> and</c><00:31:18.359><c> sisters,</c><00:31:18.779><c> forever.</c> 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:23.059 Ten<00:31:21.880><c> being</c><00:31:22.140><c> the</c><00:31:22.339><c> aggregate</c><00:31:22.740><c> number</c> 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.779 found<00:31:23.440><c> throughout</c><00:31:23.880><c> the</c><00:31:24.119><c> Scriptures</c> 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:26.859 as<00:31:25.299><c> being</c><00:31:25.519><c> the</c><00:31:25.700><c> aggregate</c><00:31:25.980><c> number.</c> 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:29.619 Later,<00:31:27.680><c> they</c><00:31:27.680><c> changed</c><00:31:27.960><c> Jacob's</c><00:31:28.480><c> 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to</c><00:31:38.420><c> the</c><00:31:38.579><c> Jew</c><00:31:38.680><c> in</c> 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.720 Zechariah<00:31:39.259><c> 14.</c> 00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:41.599 There<00:31:40.039><c> were</c><00:31:40.200><c> ten</c><00:31:40.539><c> versions.</c> 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.779 It<00:31:42.980><c> speaks</c><00:31:43.220><c> of</c><00:31:43.380><c> the</c><00:31:43.599><c> aggregate.</c> 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.980 He<00:31:44.119><c> shall</c><00:31:44.240><c> never</c><00:31:44.519><c> come</c><00:31:44.640><c> into</c><00:31:44.819><c> the</c><00:31:44.960><c> congregation</c><00:31:45.299><c> of</c><00:31:45.539><c> God</c><00:31:45.740><c> forever.</c> 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:51.759 And<00:31:48.279><c> people</c><00:31:48.720><c> say,</c><00:31:50.420><c> well,</c><00:31:50.480><c> what</c><00:31:50.599><c> about</c><00:31:50.880><c> Ruth?</c> 00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.460 Brothers<00:31:53.380><c> and</c><00:31:53.579><c> sisters,</c> 00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:57.940 Ruth<00:31:55.400><c> was</c><00:31:55.819><c> not</c><00:31:56.240><c> a</c><00:31:56.460><c> Malabarite</c> 00:31:58.099 --> 00:32:00.059 when<00:31:58.539><c> she</c><00:31:58.740><c> came</c><00:31:58.920><c> into</c><00:31:59.099><c> the</c><00:31:59.319><c> congregation</c><00:31:59.680><c> of</c><00:31:59.920><c> God.</c> 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:02.440 We<00:32:00.180><c> don't</c><00:32:00.359><c> have</c><00:32:00.480><c> to</c><00:32:00.619><c> find</c><00:32:00.759><c> any</c><00:32:01.680><c> summing</c><00:32:01.960><c> up</c><00:32:02.140><c> of</c><00:32:02.279><c> history.</c> 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.500 There<00:32:02.619><c> was</c><00:32:02.740><c> the</c><00:32:02.920><c> tenth</c><00:32:03.079><c> generation.</c> 00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:05.160 There's<00:32:03.740><c> no</c><00:32:03.940><c> need</c><00:32:04.099><c> for</c><00:32:04.339><c> that.</c> 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:08.140 If<00:32:06.039><c> Ruth</c><00:32:06.420><c> had</c><00:32:06.599><c> remained</c><00:32:07.099><c> a</c><00:32:07.299><c> Malabarite</c><00:32:07.759><c> in</c><00:32:07.980><c> spirit,</c> 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:10.599 she<00:32:08.319><c> would</c><00:32:08.680><c> never</c><00:32:09.019><c> come</c><00:32:09.240><c> into</c><00:32:09.339><c> that</c><00:32:09.599><c> congregation.</c> 00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.740 But<00:32:11.039><c> she</c><00:32:11.180><c> didn't.</c> 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.700 My<00:32:12.559><c> God</c><00:32:12.859><c> shall</c><00:32:13.059><c> be</c><00:32:13.220><c> thy</c><00:32:13.460><c> God.</c> 00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.380 Thy<00:32:14.180><c> God</c><00:32:14.380><c> shall</c><00:32:14.519><c> be</c><00:32:14.680><c> my</c><00:32:14.859><c> God,</c><00:32:14.980><c> she</c><00:32:15.220><c> said.</c> 00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:17.839 And<00:32:15.980><c> thy</c><00:32:16.259><c> people</c><00:32:16.619><c> shall</c><00:32:16.900><c> be</c><00:32:17.019><c> my</c><00:32:17.099><c> people.</c> 00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:20.099 Where<00:32:18.619><c> you</c><00:32:18.839><c> are</c><00:32:19.079><c> buried,</c><00:32:19.259><c> I</c><00:32:19.500><c> will</c><00:32:19.740><c> be</c><00:32:19.940><c> buried.</c> 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.420 I<00:32:20.339><c> will</c><00:32:20.700><c> never</c><00:32:20.940><c> leave</c><00:32:21.240><c> you.</c> 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:24.160 She's<00:32:21.920><c> not</c><00:32:22.039><c> a</c><00:32:22.160><c> Malabarite,</c><00:32:22.619><c> brothers</c><00:32:22.799><c> and</c><00:32:23.079><c> sisters,</c><00:32:23.099><c> anymore.</c> 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:28.140 But<00:32:25.740><c> Tobiah</c><00:32:26.299><c> hasn't</c><00:32:26.619><c> said</c><00:32:26.819><c> anything</c><00:32:27.059><c> like</c><00:32:27.299><c> that.</c> 00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:31.359 And<00:32:29.539><c> there</c><00:32:29.680><c> he</c><00:32:29.839><c> was,</c><00:32:30.319><c> installed</c> 00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:34.380 in<00:32:32.700><c> the</c><00:32:32.900><c> 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00:32:51.819 because<00:32:49.480><c> the</c><00:32:49.759><c> same</c><00:32:50.099><c> conditions</c><00:32:50.660><c> apply.</c> 00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.740 He<00:32:52.740><c> says,</c><00:32:53.059><c> I</c><00:32:53.059><c> don't</c><00:32:53.279><c> come</c><00:32:53.359><c> into</c><00:32:53.519><c> the</c><00:32:53.720><c> congregation</c><00:32:54.000><c> of</c><00:32:54.259><c> God</c><00:32:54.299><c> forever.</c> 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.039 Because. 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.220 Why? 00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:59.180 Because<00:32:57.619><c> they</c><00:32:57.940><c> met</c><00:32:58.140><c> not</c><00:32:58.400><c> the</c><00:32:58.640><c> children</c><00:32:58.880><c> of</c><00:32:59.180><c> Israel</c> 00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.940 with<00:32:59.460><c> bread</c><00:32:59.599><c> and</c><00:32:59.720><c> with</c><00:32:59.960><c> water,</c> 00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:04.420 but<00:33:02.039><c> hired</c><00:33:02.440><c> Salem</c><00:33:02.700><c> against</c><00:33:03.019><c> them</c><00:33:03.119><c> and</c><00:33:03.259><c> he</c><00:33:03.380><c> should</c><00:33:03.539><c> curse</c><00:33:03.900><c> them.</c> 00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.400 The<00:33:05.000><c> same</c><00:33:05.400><c> conditions</c><00:33:05.880><c> apply.</c> 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:08.359 Nehemiah<00:33:06.900><c> says,</c><00:33:07.180><c> you</c><00:33:07.299><c> tell</c><00:33:07.480><c> us,</c><00:33:07.819><c> Tobiah,</c> 00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:12.299 whether<00:33:08.720><c> he's</c><00:33:09.019><c> prepared</c><00:33:09.380><c> to</c><00:33:09.720><c> support</c><00:33:10.039><c> and</c><00:33:10.299><c> sustain</c><00:33:10.839><c> Israel.</c> 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:16.339 Is<00:33:14.119><c> that</c><00:33:14.400><c> his</c><00:33:14.640><c> purpose</c><00:33:15.119><c> in</c><00:33:15.339><c> the</c><00:33:15.500><c> temple</c><00:33:15.720><c> treasury,</c><00:33:16.099><c> brothers</c> 00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.440 and<00:33:16.619><c> 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was</c><00:33:54.180><c> separate</c><00:33:54.380><c> from</c><00:33:54.700><c> Paris.</c> 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.799 As<00:33:56.599><c> somebody</c><00:33:56.900><c> has.</c> 00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.660 And<00:33:59.039><c> on</c><00:33:59.240><c> the</c><00:33:59.359><c> basis</c><00:33:59.619><c> that</c><00:33:59.839><c> that</c><00:34:00.000><c> means</c><00:34:00.220><c> goodness,</c> 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.220 he's<00:34:01.319><c> installed</c><00:34:01.700><c> in</c><00:34:01.940><c> it.</c> 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:04.900 And<00:34:02.619><c> he's</c><00:34:02.839><c> no</c><00:34:03.160><c> more</c><00:34:03.420><c> prepared</c><00:34:03.799><c> to</c><00:34:04.039><c> sustain</c><00:34:04.359><c> Israel,</c> 00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:09.139 nor<00:34:05.640><c> is</c><00:34:05.900><c> he</c><00:34:06.220><c> beyond</c><00:34:06.880><c> hiring</c><00:34:07.619><c> someone</c><00:34:08.019><c> to</c><00:34:08.320><c> undermine</c><00:34:08.699><c> a</c><00:34:08.940><c> person</c> 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:12.000 who<00:34:09.380><c> seeks</c><00:34:09.539><c> their</c><00:34:09.840><c> wealthy,</c><00:34:10.300><c> just</c><00:34:10.599><c> like</c><00:34:10.920><c> Balaam</c><00:34:11.119><c> did.</c> 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.820 And<00:34:13.139><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:13.539><c> says,</c> 00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:18.440 how<00:34:15.260><c> did</c><00:34:15.400><c> our</c><00:34:15.719><c> God</c><00:34:16.260><c> turn</c><00:34:17.099><c> the</c><00:34:17.380><c> curse</c><00:34:17.639><c> into</c><00:34:17.920><c> a</c><00:34:18.079><c> blessing?</c> 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.719 He<00:34:19.159><c> turned</c><00:34:19.480><c> the</c><00:34:19.840><c> curse</c><00:34:20.380><c> of</c><00:34:20.820><c> Balaam</c><00:34:21.079><c> into</c><00:34:21.280><c> a</c><00:34:21.440><c> blessing.</c> 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.840 Come<00:34:22.380><c> back</c><00:34:22.559><c> to</c><00:34:22.659><c> Mr.</c><00:34:23.039><c> Malachi</c><00:34:23.199><c> again,</c><00:34:23.679><c> brothers</c><00:34:23.719><c> and</c><00:34:23.920><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:28.119 See<00:34:25.559><c> what</c><00:34:25.739><c> Malachi</c><00:34:26.079><c> had</c><00:34:26.239><c> to</c><00:34:26.460><c> say</c><00:34:26.739><c> about</c><00:34:27.159><c> God's</c><00:34:27.579><c> attitude</c><00:34:27.800><c> to</c><00:34:28.000><c> them</c> 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:30.559 because<00:34:28.820><c> they'd</c><00:34:29.219><c> forgotten</c><00:34:29.539><c> that.</c> 00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.980 And<00:34:31.800><c> he</c><00:34:31.900><c> says</c><00:34:32.159><c> in</c><00:34:32.360><c> chapter</c><00:34:32.579><c> two,</c> 00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:35.059 verse<00:34:33.980><c> two</c><00:34:34.320><c> of</c><00:34:34.460><c> Malachi,</c> 00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.739 which<00:34:35.599><c> says</c><00:34:35.739><c> in</c><00:34:35.880><c> verse</c><00:34:36.039><c> one,</c> 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:39.820 this<00:34:37.719><c> commandment</c><00:34:38.119><c> is</c><00:34:38.320><c> for</c><00:34:38.320><c> you.</c> 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:42.260 There's<00:34:40.639><c> a</c><00:34:40.780><c> special</c><00:34:41.039><c> commandment</c><00:34:41.519><c> here</c><00:34:41.659><c> for</c><00:34:41.800><c> the</c><00:34:42.000><c> priest,</c> 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.579 brothers<00:34:42.599><c> and</c><00:34:42.820><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.780 If<00:34:43.960><c> you</c><00:34:44.159><c> will</c><00:34:44.360><c> not</c><00:34:44.579><c> hear,</c> 00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:46.219 and<00:34:45.000><c> if</c><00:34:45.039><c> you</c><00:34:45.199><c> will</c><00:34:45.360><c> not</c><00:34:45.539><c> lay</c><00:34:45.639><c> it</c><00:34:45.760><c> to</c><00:34:45.960><c> heart,</c> 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.420 and<00:34:46.519><c> give</c><00:34:46.719><c> joy</c><00:34:46.880><c> to</c><00:34:47.000><c> my</c><00:34:47.199><c> name,</c> 00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.400 said<00:34:47.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:47.980><c> of</c><00:34:48.119><c> armies,</c> 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:50.619 I<00:34:48.780><c> will</c><00:34:48.980><c> even</c><00:34:49.300><c> send</c><00:34:49.480><c> a</c><00:34:49.699><c> curse</c><00:34:49.900><c> upon</c><00:34:50.159><c> you,</c> 00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:52.920 and<00:34:50.860><c> I</c><00:34:51.019><c> will</c><00:34:51.400><c> curse</c><00:34:51.719><c> your</c><00:34:52.119><c> blessing.</c> 00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:56.860 There<00:34:54.639><c> was</c><00:34:54.880><c> Balaam</c><00:34:55.239><c> hiring</c><00:34:55.639><c> someone,</c> 00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.760 or<00:34:57.559><c> being</c><00:34:57.820><c> hired</c><00:34:58.139><c> to</c><00:34:58.400><c> curse</c><00:34:58.599><c> him,</c> 00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.699 rather,<00:34:59.059><c> brothers</c><00:34:59.320><c> and</c><00:34:59.480><c> sisters.</c> 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.599 Here's<00:35:00.420><c> Deviah</c><00:35:00.679><c> hiring</c><00:35:00.980><c> another</c><00:35:01.340><c> seller</c> 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:03.559 to<00:35:01.940><c> undermine</c><00:35:02.460><c> the</c><00:35:02.699><c> man</c><00:35:02.860><c> who</c><00:35:03.019><c> seeks</c><00:35:03.159><c> the</c><00:35:03.320><c> welfare</c> 00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.280 of<00:35:03.780><c> the</c><00:35:03.820><c> children</c><00:35:03.960><c> of</c><00:35:04.179><c> Israel.</c> 00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:06.139 God<00:35:04.780><c> turned</c><00:35:05.099><c> his</c><00:35:05.380><c> curse</c><00:35:05.539><c> into</c><00:35:05.719><c> a</c><00:35:05.880><c> blessing.</c> 00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.880 Now,<00:35:06.500><c> they</c><00:35:06.659><c> want</c><00:35:06.880><c> to</c><00:35:07.019><c> reverse</c><00:35:07.219><c> God's</c><00:35:07.639><c> privilege,</c> 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:10.539 and<00:35:08.099><c> I'll</c><00:35:08.400><c> turn</c><00:35:08.500><c> your</c><00:35:08.820><c> blessing</c><00:35:09.139><c> into</c><00:35:09.380><c> a</c><00:35:09.659><c> curse.</c> 00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:12.119 That's<00:35:10.940><c> what</c><00:35:11.019><c> he'll</c><00:35:11.260><c> do.</c> 00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:15.159 And<00:35:13.679><c> up</c><00:35:13.780><c> in</c><00:35:13.880><c> the</c><00:35:13.980><c> New</c><00:35:14.159><c> Testament,</c> 00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.820 it<00:35:16.059><c> wasn't</c><00:35:16.440><c> beyond</c><00:35:16.699><c> the</c><00:35:16.840><c> Ecclesiastical</c><00:35:17.239><c> and</c><00:35:17.380><c> Oath</c><00:35:17.539><c> of</c><00:35:17.659><c> Mine</c> 00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:19.659 that<00:35:17.980><c> they</c><00:35:18.119><c> had</c><00:35:18.300><c> Balaam's</c><00:35:18.880><c> image.</c> 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.519 You<00:35:21.739><c> know,</c><00:35:22.039><c> brothers</c><00:35:22.260><c> and</c><00:35:22.380><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:25.239 one<00:35:22.699><c> of</c><00:35:22.800><c> the</c><00:35:22.980><c> old</c><00:35:23.219><c> principles</c><00:35:23.619><c> of</c><00:35:23.820><c> the</c><00:35:24.000><c> truth</c> 00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:29.820 is<00:35:26.980><c> our</c><00:35:27.420><c> sympathy</c><00:35:27.900><c> and</c><00:35:28.639><c> understanding</c> 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:32.039 of<00:35:30.599><c> the</c><00:35:30.800><c> Jewish</c><00:35:31.039><c> people.</c> 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:36.360 That<00:35:33.199><c> is</c><00:35:33.440><c> no</c><00:35:33.679><c> longer</c><00:35:34.079><c> paramount.</c> 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.400 In<00:35:36.679><c> some</c><00:35:36.960><c> places,</c><00:35:37.239><c> I</c><00:35:37.539><c> know.</c> 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:41.500 They<00:35:40.199><c> are</c><00:35:40.420><c> old</c><00:35:40.679><c> principles,</c> 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:44.139 and<00:35:42.420><c> they</c><00:35:42.579><c> happen</c><00:35:42.719><c> to</c><00:35:42.980><c> stumble</c><00:35:43.300><c> over</c><00:35:43.539><c> that</c><00:35:43.699><c> in</c><00:35:43.820><c> the</c><00:35:43.960><c> Word.</c> 00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.539 Do<00:35:44.440><c> you</c><00:35:44.460><c> know</c><00:35:44.559><c> what</c><00:35:44.719><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:45.019><c> doesn't</c><00:35:45.420><c> do?</c> 00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:47.500 He<00:35:45.780><c> doesn't</c><00:35:46.039><c> quote</c><00:35:46.280><c> the</c><00:35:46.460><c> next</c><00:35:46.719><c> verse</c><00:35:46.900><c> of</c><00:35:47.039><c> Deuteronomy.</c> 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.320 I've<00:35:48.219><c> got</c><00:35:48.260><c> it</c><00:35:48.420><c> written</c><00:35:48.519><c> in</c><00:35:48.739><c> my</c><00:35:48.960><c> margin</c> 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:52.179 so<00:35:50.099><c> I</c><00:35:50.219><c> can</c><00:35:50.539><c> sit</c><00:35:50.719><c> out</c><00:35:50.920><c> the</c><00:35:51.059><c> rest</c><00:35:51.280><c> of</c><00:35:51.480><c> it.</c> 00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:53.940 And<00:35:52.420><c> it</c><00:35:52.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:52.639><c> need</c><00:35:52.800><c> to</c><00:35:52.920><c> be</c><00:35:53.079><c> quoted,</c><00:35:53.380><c> brothers</c><00:35:53.500><c> and</c><00:35:53.519><c> sisters.</c> 00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:58.000 He<00:35:54.320><c> quoted</c><00:35:54.539><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:35:54.900><c> 23,</c><00:35:55.900><c> verses</c><00:35:56.139><c> 3</c><00:35:56.559><c> to</c><00:35:56.679><c> 5.</c> 00:35:58.019 --> 00:36:00.460 But<00:35:58.219><c> verse</c><00:35:58.679><c> 6</c><00:35:59.039><c> is</c><00:35:59.360><c> this.</c> 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:03.119 Thou<00:36:01.639><c> shalt</c><00:36:01.920><c> not</c><00:36:02.340><c> sit</c><00:36:02.480><c> their</c><00:36:02.800><c> feet,</c> 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:05.559 that<00:36:03.280><c> is</c><00:36:03.480><c> the</c><00:36:03.619><c> Moabite</c><00:36:04.000><c> and</c><00:36:04.139><c> the</c><00:36:04.219><c> Ammonites,</c> 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:08.099 nor<00:36:06.139><c> is</c><00:36:06.320><c> this</c><00:36:06.500><c> their</c><00:36:06.780><c> posterity,</c> 00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:10.619 all<00:36:09.219><c> the</c><00:36:09.420><c> days</c><00:36:09.619><c> forever.</c> 00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:15.920 And<00:36:12.239><c> the</c><00:36:12.380><c> word</c><00:36:12.539><c> for</c><00:36:12.719><c> posterity</c><00:36:13.380><c> is</c><00:36:13.780><c> tab,</c><00:36:15.079><c> good.</c> 00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:18.460 And<00:36:17.139><c> there</c><00:36:17.320><c> he</c><00:36:17.380><c> is,</c> 00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.920 lounging<00:36:19.340><c> down</c><00:36:19.460><c> in</c><00:36:19.719><c> God's</c><00:36:20.079><c> town.</c> 00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:23.019 Thou<00:36:21.880><c> shalt</c><00:36:22.099><c> not</c><00:36:22.320><c> sit</c><00:36:22.480><c> their</c><00:36:22.739><c> feet,</c> 00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:25.900 and<00:36:23.159><c> he</c><00:36:23.300><c> didn't</c><00:36:23.420><c> hear</c><00:36:23.659><c> Ruth</c><00:36:23.860><c> saying</c><00:36:24.099><c> it,</c> 00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.940 the<00:36:26.079><c> city</c><00:36:26.300><c> of</c><00:36:26.519><c> peace,</c> 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.179 nor<00:36:27.659><c> their</c><00:36:27.880><c> good,</c> 00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:30.760 there<00:36:28.400><c> he</c><00:36:28.659><c> is,</c><00:36:29.199><c> Tabiah,</c><00:36:29.960><c> in</c><00:36:30.099><c> God's</c><00:36:30.460><c> town.</c> 00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:33.519 That's<00:36:31.260><c> what</c><00:36:31.400><c> the</c><00:36:31.539><c> next</c><00:36:31.719><c> verse</c><00:36:32.239><c> is.</c> 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:35.199 And<00:36:34.059><c> they,</c><00:36:34.300><c> brothers</c><00:36:34.440><c> and</c><00:36:34.659><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:38.219 I<00:36:35.820><c> believe,</c><00:36:36.179><c> were</c><00:36:36.280><c> expected</c><00:36:36.500><c> to</c><00:36:36.719><c> understand</c><00:36:37.159><c> it.</c> 00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:41.760 Now<00:36:40.199><c> before</c><00:36:40.719><c> that,</c> 00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:44.780 in<00:36:42.940><c> verse</c><00:36:43.159><c> 4</c><00:36:43.480><c> we</c><00:36:43.679><c> read,</c> 00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:47.239 before<00:36:45.920><c> this,</c><00:36:46.739><c> that</c><00:36:46.900><c> is,</c> 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.119 not<00:36:47.559><c> before</c><00:36:47.840><c> they</c><00:36:48.039><c> read</c><00:36:48.199><c> that</c><00:36:48.460><c> law</c><00:36:48.639><c> so</c><00:36:48.920><c> much,</c> 00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.900 brothers<00:36:49.340><c> and</c><00:36:49.579><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:52.440 but<00:36:50.199><c> during</c><00:36:50.539><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:36:51.260><c> absence,</c> 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:54.619 the<00:36:52.679><c> relationships</c><00:36:53.019><c> of</c><00:36:53.300><c> priests</c><00:36:53.460><c> having</c><00:36:53.739><c> the</c><00:36:54.139><c> oversight</c> 00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:57.579 of<00:36:54.900><c> the</c><00:36:55.139><c> chamber</c><00:36:55.619><c> of</c><00:36:56.539><c> the</c><00:36:56.739><c> house</c><00:36:56.920><c> of</c><00:36:57.079><c> our</c><00:36:57.280><c> God</c> 00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:59.920 was<00:36:58.099><c> allied</c><00:36:58.519><c> under</c><00:36:58.880><c> Tabiah.</c> 00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.159 Now<00:37:01.380><c> the</c><00:37:01.460><c> word</c><00:37:01.699><c> allied,</c> 00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.980 brothers<00:37:02.559><c> and</c><00:37:02.800><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:06.219 means<00:37:04.400><c> a</c><00:37:04.639><c> marriage</c><00:37:05.199><c> alliance.</c> 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.619 We<00:37:07.880><c> read</c><00:37:08.079><c> this</c><00:37:08.320><c> evening</c> 00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:10.519 over<00:37:08.900><c> the</c><00:37:09.059><c> end</c><00:37:09.320><c> of</c><00:37:09.519><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:09.880><c> chapter</c><00:37:10.179><c> 13</c> 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.500 and<00:37:10.679><c> in</c><00:37:10.840><c> verse</c><00:37:11.019><c> 28</c> 00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:14.079 that<00:37:11.739><c> the</c><00:37:12.039><c> grandson</c><00:37:12.800><c> of</c><00:37:13.280><c> Eliashib</c> 00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:18.079 had<00:37:14.420><c> married</c><00:37:15.340><c> the</c><00:37:16.780><c> daughter</c><00:37:17.099><c> of</c><00:37:17.420><c> Sam</c><00:37:17.780><c> Barak,</c> 00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.480 the<00:37:18.360><c> Horonite.</c> 00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:22.079 Now<00:37:20.679><c> we</c><00:37:20.900><c> learn</c><00:37:21.039><c> that</c><00:37:21.239><c> the</c><00:37:21.380><c> high</c><00:37:21.659><c> priest</c> 00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.480 is<00:37:23.320><c> related</c><00:37:23.699><c> in</c><00:37:24.019><c> marriage</c> 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:28.719 to<00:37:24.900><c> both</c><00:37:25.300><c> Sam</c><00:37:25.719><c> Barak</c><00:37:25.980><c> and</c><00:37:26.639><c> Tabiah.</c> 00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:31.320 Isn't<00:37:29.679><c> he</c><00:37:29.980><c> mixed</c><00:37:30.280><c> up?</c> 00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.619 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was</c><00:38:11.480><c> a</c><00:38:11.800><c> rocket</c><00:38:12.019><c> your</c><00:38:12.500><c> brother</c><00:38:12.840><c> on</c><00:38:13.079><c> a</c><00:38:13.300><c> principle</c> 00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:20.320 until<00:38:17.300><c> he</c><00:38:17.900><c> fell</c><00:38:18.119><c> over</c><00:38:18.719><c> in</c><00:38:19.420><c> a</c><00:38:19.639><c> marriage</c><00:38:19.900><c> alliance</c> 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:22.760 and<00:38:20.599><c> then</c><00:38:20.760><c> it</c><00:38:20.800><c> was</c><00:38:21.119><c> all</c><00:38:21.559><c> different.</c> 00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:27.440 Absolutely<00:38:26.300><c> remarkable.</c> 00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:31.860 And<00:38:28.619><c> we</c><00:38:28.900><c> say</c><00:38:29.579><c> that</c><00:38:31.199><c> flesh</c><00:38:31.460><c> and</c><00:38:31.659><c> blood</c> 00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.599 is<00:38:32.119><c> not</c><00:38:32.260><c> important,</c> 00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:34.940 it<00:38:32.980><c> is</c><00:38:33.239><c> important</c><00:38:33.559><c> to</c><00:38:33.840><c> spirit.</c> 00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.599 It's<00:38:35.860><c> true.</c> 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:41.179 But<00:38:37.440><c> oh</c><00:38:38.139><c> boy,</c><00:38:38.960><c> when</c><00:38:39.159><c> it</c><00:38:39.320><c> comes</c><00:38:39.639><c> to</c><00:38:39.980><c> actuality</c> 00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:44.179 and<00:38:41.780><c> reality,</c><00:38:42.599><c> oh</c><00:38:43.159><c> dear,</c> 00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:46.139 flesh<00:38:44.639><c> and</c><00:38:44.860><c> blood,</c><00:38:45.219><c> brothers</c><00:38:45.460><c> and</c><00:38:45.659><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.900 we<00:38:46.679><c> may</c><00:38:46.880><c> consider</c><00:38:47.219><c> them</c><00:38:47.440><c> immortal,</c> 00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.420 weak<00:38:48.480><c> and</c><00:38:48.800><c> corruptible,</c> 00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.619 but<00:38:49.739><c> in</c><00:38:49.980><c> other</c><00:38:50.179><c> respects,</c> 00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:53.139 it<00:38:50.820><c> is</c><00:38:51.119><c> all</c><00:38:51.940><c> powerful</c> 00:38:53.309 --> 00:38:57.239 and<00:38:53.679><c> it</c><00:38:53.840><c> is</c><00:38:54.179><c> a</c><00:38:54.559><c> driving</c><00:38:55.219><c> force</c><00:38:55.980><c> in</c><00:38:56.260><c> some</c><00:38:56.480><c> people's</c><00:38:57.019><c> lives</c> 00:38:57.239 --> 00:39:01.960 and<00:38:57.719><c> they</c><00:38:58.079><c> will</c><00:38:58.699><c> not</c><00:38:59.159><c> have</c><00:38:59.699><c> a</c><00:39:00.119><c> family</c><00:39:00.559><c> name</c><00:39:01.119><c> to</c><00:39:01.519><c> smirk,</c> 00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:04.900 not<00:39:02.699><c> even</c><00:39:03.099><c> for</c><00:39:03.460><c> God's</c><00:39:03.980><c> word.</c> 00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:08.599 And<00:39:05.860><c> this</c><00:39:06.159><c> man</c><00:39:06.519><c> is</c><00:39:06.940><c> related</c><00:39:07.199><c> to</c><00:39:07.559><c> so</c><00:39:07.920><c> much.</c> 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:12.320 What<00:39:10.099><c> chance</c><00:39:10.579><c> has</c><00:39:10.880><c> the</c><00:39:11.099><c> high</c><00:39:11.380><c> priests</c><00:39:11.719><c> of</c><00:39:11.900><c> Israel,</c> 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:12.940 brothers<00:39:12.599><c> and</c><00:39:12.659><c> sisters,</c> 00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:15.920 got<00:39:13.519><c> of</c><00:39:13.840><c> standing</c><00:39:14.139><c> for</c><00:39:14.579><c> any</c><00:39:14.960><c> principle?</c> 00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:19.920 Whatever<00:39:18.099><c> would</c><00:39:18.380><c> I</c><00:39:18.619><c> do</c><00:39:18.840><c> tonight?</c> 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.440 I'm<00:39:20.880><c> no</c><00:39:21.139><c> leader.</c> 00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:23.099 We've<00:39:21.980><c> got</c><00:39:22.139><c> no</c><00:39:22.420><c> leaders</c><00:39:22.619><c> as</c><00:39:22.900><c> such,</c> 00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:25.480 but<00:39:23.320><c> I'm</c><00:39:23.559><c> 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singers</c><00:40:42.639><c> and</c><00:40:42.840><c> the</c><00:40:42.980><c> fortunes</c> 00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:46.099 and<00:40:44.019><c> the</c><00:40:44.280><c> offerings</c><00:40:44.480><c> for</c><00:40:44.699><c> the</c><00:40:44.880><c> priests.</c> 00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:48.840 So<00:40:46.940><c> we</c><00:40:47.139><c> say,</c><00:40:47.500><c> well,</c><00:40:47.940><c> he</c><00:40:48.179><c> was</c><00:40:48.460><c> installed</c> 00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:51.119 where<00:40:49.059><c> they</c><00:40:50.079><c> stored</c><00:40:50.360><c> up</c><00:40:50.599><c> all</c><00:40:50.780><c> those</c><00:40:51.019><c> things.</c> 00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:52.780 That's<00:40:51.380><c> not</c><00:40:51.719><c> true.</c> 00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:56.440 He<00:40:54.880><c> was</c><00:40:55.179><c> installed,</c><00:40:55.780><c> brothers</c><00:40:55.920><c> and</c><00:40:56.059><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:56.900 --> 00:41:00.199 where<00:40:57.380><c> are</c><00:40:57.880><c> four</c><00:40:58.239><c> times</c><00:40:58.699><c> they</c><00:40:59.019><c> used</c><00:40:59.280><c> to</c><00:40:59.500><c> store</c><00:40:59.579><c> those</c><00:40:59.960><c> things.</c> 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.420 The<00:41:00.920><c> place</c><00:41:01.199><c> is</c><00:41:01.500><c> empty.</c> 00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:07.139 It's<00:41:04.539><c> not</c><00:41:04.760><c> stored</c><00:41:04.980><c> up</c><00:41:05.159><c> anymore</c><00:41:05.579><c> with</c><00:41:05.900><c> all</c><00:41:06.039><c> those</c><00:41:06.320><c> meal</c><00:41:06.679><c> offerings,</c> 00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:10.199 the<00:41:07.719><c> incense,</c><00:41:08.619><c> the</c><00:41:08.800><c> corn,</c><00:41:09.460><c> the</c><00:41:09.619><c> wine,</c><00:41:09.900><c> the</c><00:41:10.000><c> oil.</c> 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:12.719 It<00:41:10.480><c> was</c><00:41:10.820><c> a</c><00:41:11.139><c> four</c><00:41:11.480><c>-time</c><00:41:11.880><c> store.</c> 00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.840 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00:41:25.760 The<00:41:24.579><c> few</c><00:41:24.739><c> who</c><00:41:24.940><c> were</c><00:41:25.139><c> very</c><00:41:25.360><c> loyal</c><00:41:25.599><c> to</c><00:41:25.639><c> him.</c> 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:28.659 Who<00:41:26.179><c> led</c><00:41:26.400><c> the</c><00:41:26.679><c> people</c><00:41:26.820><c> in</c><00:41:26.960><c> a</c><00:41:27.099><c> great</c><00:41:27.380><c> prayer,</c><00:41:27.860><c> a</c><00:41:28.000><c> communal</c><00:41:28.260><c> prayer?</c> 00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:30.960 Wasn't<00:41:29.099><c> that</c><00:41:29.239><c> the</c><00:41:29.440><c> Levites</c><00:41:29.880><c> and</c><00:41:30.139><c> certain</c><00:41:30.400><c> of</c><00:41:30.559><c> the</c><00:41:30.719><c> priests?</c> 00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:33.340 Not<00:41:31.360><c> all</c><00:41:31.539><c> of</c><00:41:31.619><c> them,</c><00:41:32.039><c> but</c><00:41:32.139><c> certain</c><00:41:32.460><c> of</c><00:41:32.619><c> them?</c> 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:36.099 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was</c><00:41:47.820><c> easy.</c> 00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:51.139 Are<00:41:49.159><c> you</c><00:41:49.380><c> Nehemiah?</c> 00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:52.760 Of<00:41:51.579><c> course</c><00:41:51.719><c> I</c><00:41:51.739><c> was.</c> 00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:54.800 So<00:41:53.420><c> they</c><00:41:53.579><c> had</c><00:41:53.659><c> Nehemiah.</c> 00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:58.219 And<00:41:55.619><c> all</c><00:41:55.800><c> the</c><00:41:55.980><c> loyal</c><00:41:56.239><c> supporters</c><00:41:56.619><c> of</c><00:41:56.820><c> Nehemiah</c> 00:41:58.219 --> 00:42:02.039 are<00:41:58.780><c> put</c><00:41:58.940><c> back</c><00:41:59.199><c> to</c><00:41:59.420><c> work,</c><00:42:00.579><c> pre</c><00:42:00.719><c>-occupied,</c> 00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:03.820 taken<00:42:02.239><c> out</c><00:42:02.420><c> of</c><00:42:02.480><c> the</c><00:42:02.699><c> firing</c><00:42:02.900><c> line.</c> 00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:06.260 And<00:42:05.159><c> because</c><00:42:05.440><c> 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4,</c><00:42:19.500><c> in</c><00:42:19.659><c> verse</c><00:42:19.880><c> 16.</c> 00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:23.659 You<00:42:22.199><c> don't</c><00:42:22.360><c> think</c><00:42:22.500><c> you</c><00:42:22.539><c> know</c><00:42:22.639><c> what</c><00:42:22.699><c> he</c><00:42:22.820><c> was</c><00:42:22.900><c> doing?</c> 00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:31.440 Who<00:42:27.760><c> was</c><00:42:28.000><c> it</c><00:42:28.739><c> that</c><00:42:29.940><c> was</c><00:42:30.139><c> a</c><00:42:30.400><c> supervisor</c> 00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:34.059 over<00:42:32.300><c> that</c><00:42:32.579><c> part</c><00:42:32.820><c> of</c><00:42:33.000><c> his</c><00:42:33.139><c> store?</c> 00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:37.500 Here<00:42:35.460><c> are</c><00:42:35.579><c> the</c><00:42:35.599><c> Numbers,</c><00:42:36.019><c> Chapter</c><00:42:36.260><c> 4,</c><00:42:36.639><c> in</c><00:42:36.820><c> verse</c><00:42:36.940><c> 16,</c> 00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:39.440 brothers<00:42:37.739><c> 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just</c><00:43:09.179><c> before</c><00:43:09.559><c> I</c><00:43:09.760><c> make</c><00:43:09.900><c> my</c><00:43:10.179><c> point</c><00:43:10.300><c> about</c><00:43:10.559><c> Shabaya,</c> 00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:13.099 let's<00:43:11.519><c> just</c><00:43:11.739><c> listen</c><00:43:11.960><c> to</c><00:43:12.199><c> this.</c> 00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:17.159 There<00:43:13.679><c> was</c><00:43:13.980><c> in</c><00:43:14.219><c> Israel</c><00:43:14.579><c> Aaron</c><00:43:14.860><c> and</c><00:43:15.159><c> the</c><00:43:15.340><c> high</c><00:43:15.639><c> priest</c><00:43:15.860><c> elect.</c> 00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:23.579 And<00:43:19.400><c> he</c><00:43:19.619><c> had</c><00:43:19.840><c> charge</c><00:43:20.239><c> of</c><00:43:21.739><c> the</c><00:43:22.099><c> oil</c><00:43:22.260><c> for</c><00:43:22.440><c> the</c><00:43:22.619><c> light,</c> 00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:25.940 because<00:43:24.239><c> he</c><00:43:24.320><c> was</c><00:43:24.460><c> the</c><00:43:24.599><c> 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bread</c><00:43:35.320><c> of</c><00:43:35.579><c> life.</c> 00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:38.920 He's<00:43:37.719><c> got</c><00:43:37.920><c> charge</c><00:43:38.099><c> of</c><00:43:38.260><c> the</c><00:43:38.420><c> anointing</c><00:43:38.820><c> oil</c> 00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:41.320 because<00:43:39.179><c> he</c><00:43:39.539><c> alone</c><00:43:39.900><c> is</c><00:43:40.139><c> anointed</c><00:43:40.360><c> by</c><00:43:40.579><c> the</c><00:43:40.780><c> Spirit</c><00:43:40.940><c> of</c><00:43:41.219><c> God</c> 00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:42.659 in<00:43:41.460><c> that</c><00:43:41.719><c> sense.</c> 00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:45.179 And<00:43:43.619><c> he's</c><00:43:43.760><c> got</c><00:43:43.820><c> the</c><00:43:44.039><c> oversight</c><00:43:44.340><c> of</c><00:43:44.519><c> all</c><00:43:44.679><c> the</c><00:43:44.880><c> tabernacles</c> 00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:47.480 as<00:43:45.340><c> he</c><00:43:45.539><c> walks</c><00:43:45.719><c> in</c><00:43:45.880><c> 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sisters,</c> 00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:38.079 it<00:44:35.960><c> was</c><00:44:36.239><c> a</c><00:44:36.460><c> dreadful</c><00:44:36.900><c> conspiracy.</c> 00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:40.760 Meir<00:44:39.679><c> Meir</c><00:44:39.940><c> saw</c><00:44:40.179><c> that,</c><00:44:40.480><c> you</c><00:44:40.539><c> know,</c> 00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:42.460 in<00:44:41.000><c> verse</c><00:44:41.320><c> 6.</c> 00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:45.000 He<00:44:43.719><c> pointed</c><00:44:43.900><c> out</c><00:44:44.119><c> that</c><00:44:44.260><c> all</c><00:44:44.500><c> this</c><00:44:44.800><c> time</c> 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.780 that<00:44:45.159><c> this</c><00:44:45.320><c> happened,</c> 00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:47.559 I<00:44:46.320><c> was</c><00:44:46.519><c> in</c><00:44:46.699><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:44:49.059 --> 00:44:50.320 I<00:44:49.280><c> was</c><00:44:49.460><c> not</c><00:44:49.619><c> in</c><00:44:49.820><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:44:50.139><c> rather.</c> 00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:51.719 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margin</c><00:45:12.360><c> doesn't</c><00:45:12.559><c> indicate</c><00:45:12.960><c> that.</c> 00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:16.000 At<00:45:14.840><c> the</c><00:45:15.039><c> end</c><00:45:15.380><c> of</c><00:45:15.480><c> days,</c> 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:19.000 at<00:45:16.320><c> a</c><00:45:16.380><c> given</c><00:45:16.500><c> time,</c><00:45:17.139><c> I</c><00:45:17.519><c> earnestly</c><00:45:18.099><c> requested.</c> 00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:21.619 He<00:45:20.820><c> knew,</c><00:45:21.059><c> brothers</c><00:45:21.280><c> and</c><00:45:21.460><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:23.320 if<00:45:21.820><c> Han</c><00:45:22.000><c> and</c><00:45:22.199><c> I</c><00:45:22.300><c> had</c><00:45:22.519><c> reported</c><00:45:22.840><c> before</c> 00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:24.559 that<00:45:23.480><c> the</c><00:45:23.639><c> walls</c><00:45:23.860><c> were</c><00:45:24.119><c> broken</c><00:45:24.300><c> down,</c> 00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:26.059 the<00:45:24.800><c> 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Nehemiah</c><00:46:44.280><c> left,</c> 00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:46.480 they<00:46:44.619><c> said,</c><00:46:44.880><c> we're</c><00:46:45.079><c> going</c><00:46:45.159><c> to</c><00:46:45.980><c> leave</c><00:46:46.159><c> the</c><00:46:46.400><c> truth</c> 00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:47.300 and<00:46:46.639><c> go</c><00:46:46.760><c> to</c><00:46:46.860><c> the</c><00:46:46.980><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:48.659 I<00:46:47.699><c> don't</c><00:46:47.880><c> believe</c><00:46:48.079><c> it</c><00:46:48.280><c> happened</c><00:46:48.400><c> at</c><00:46:48.559><c> all.</c> 00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:50.340 I<00:46:48.960><c> believe</c><00:46:49.179><c> that</c><00:46:49.380><c> they</c><00:46:49.480><c> thought</c><00:46:49.639><c> they</c><00:46:49.820><c> were</c><00:46:49.980><c> sincere.</c> 00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:52.860 When<00:46:50.719><c> Malachi</c><00:46:51.039><c> came</c><00:46:51.280><c> along,</c><00:46:51.539><c> they</c><00:46:51.639><c> said,</c><00:46:51.860><c> why?</c> 00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:54.739 They<00:46:53.920><c> weren't</c><00:46:54.099><c> brothers</c><00:46:54.380><c> and</c><00:46:54.559><c> sisters</c> 00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:56.960 who<00:46:54.920><c> are</c><00:46:55.000><c> god</c><00:46:55.179><c> of</c><00:46:55.340><c> the</c><00:46:55.420><c> world</c><00:46:55.579><c> in</c><00:46:55.800><c> that</c><00:46:56.139><c> sense,</c> 00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:59.940 who<00:46:57.739><c> are</c><00:46:57.820><c> curbing</c><00:46:58.099><c> the</c><00:46:58.360><c> truth</c><00:46:58.480><c> in</c><00:46:58.719><c> that</c><00:46:59.039><c> sense.</c> 00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:01.519 They<00:47:00.260><c> believe</c><00:47:00.579><c> they</c><00:47:00.739><c> were</c><00:47:00.900><c> still</c><00:47:01.059><c> strong.</c> 00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:03.860 They<00:47:01.880><c> believe</c><00:47:02.039><c> they</c><00:47:02.159><c> were</c><00:47:02.500><c> kind</c><00:47:02.719><c> and</c><00:47:03.000><c> good</c><00:47:03.219><c> to</c><00:47:03.400><c> these</c><00:47:03.519><c> people.</c> 00:47:03.860 --> 00:47:05.340 They<00:47:04.179><c> couldn't</c><00:47:04.480><c> see</c><00:47:04.760><c> through</c><00:47:05.000><c> them.</c> 00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:08.800 He<00:47:05.659><c> said,</c><00:47:05.679><c> I</c><00:47:05.880><c> understood.</c><00:47:06.860><c> They</c><00:47:07.119><c> didn't.</c> 00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:12.900 And<00:47:10.260><c> they</c><00:47:10.500><c> had</c><00:47:10.739><c> disappointed</c><00:47:11.260><c> the</c><00:47:11.639><c> entire</c><00:47:11.880><c> society.</c> 00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:14.099 And<00:47:13.519><c> it</c><00:47:13.719><c> says</c><00:47:13.920><c> that</c> 00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:15.739 they'd<00:47:14.260><c> given</c><00:47:14.380><c> him</c><00:47:14.619><c> a</c><00:47:14.800><c> chamber</c><00:47:15.019><c> in</c><00:47:15.199><c> the</c><00:47:15.519><c> courts</c> 00:47:15.739 --> 00:47:17.780 of<00:47:15.960><c> the</c><00:47:16.239><c> house</c><00:47:16.599><c> of</c><00:47:16.900><c> God.</c> 00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:19.840 A<00:47:18.860><c> chamber</c><00:47:19.199><c> in</c><00:47:19.400><c> the</c><00:47:19.659><c> courts</c> 00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:22.400 of<00:47:20.059><c> the</c><00:47:20.199><c> house</c><00:47:20.500><c> of</c><00:47:20.739><c> God,</c><00:47:21.219><c> brothers</c><00:47:21.320><c> and</c><00:47:21.519><c> sisters.</c> 00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:24.400 And<00:47:23.280><c> there</c><00:47:23.440><c> isn't</c><00:47:23.519><c> a</c><00:47:23.699><c> house</c><00:47:24.000><c> of</c><00:47:24.119><c> God</c> 00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:26.219 there,<00:47:24.699><c> for</c><00:47:24.980><c> honor</c><00:47:25.420><c> and</c><00:47:25.820><c> dishonor.</c> 00:47:26.380 --> 00:47:28.420 And<00:47:26.500><c> there's</c><00:47:26.619><c> one</c><00:47:26.800><c> for</c><00:47:27.000><c> dishonor.</c> 00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:30.239 He<00:47:28.739><c> should</c><00:47:28.800><c> never</c><00:47:29.099><c> be</c><00:47:29.280><c> in</c><00:47:29.440><c> there.</c> 00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:31.719 He<00:47:30.920><c> should</c><00:47:31.219><c> never</c> 00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:33.500 be<00:47:31.900><c> in</c><00:47:32.119><c> that</c><00:47:32.599><c> house.</c> 00:47:34.219 --> 00:47:35.579 And<00:47:34.320><c> it</c><00:47:34.519><c> greedily</c><00:47:34.980><c> saw,</c><00:47:35.219><c> he</c><00:47:35.380><c> said,</c> 00:47:35.719 --> 00:47:37.159 and<00:47:35.840><c> you</c><00:47:35.920><c> know</c><00:47:36.019><c> those</c><00:47:36.380><c> words,</c><00:47:36.760><c> brothers</c><00:47:36.820><c> and</c><00:47:37.159><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:39.599 greedily<00:47:37.739><c> saw</c><00:47:38.000><c> as</c><00:47:38.360><c> the</c><00:47:38.539><c> same</c><00:47:38.820><c> Hebrew</c><00:47:39.239><c> word</c> 00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:41.239 as<00:47:39.940><c> when</c><00:47:40.179><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:40.599><c> come</c><00:47:40.840><c> and</c><00:47:41.099><c> said,</c> 00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:43.360 and<00:47:41.599><c> they</c><00:47:41.760><c> were</c><00:47:41.960><c> greatly</c><00:47:42.280><c> upset,</c><00:47:42.860><c> very</c><00:47:43.179><c> angry</c> 00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:45.579 that<00:47:43.539><c> a</c><00:47:43.679><c> man</c><00:47:43.800><c> had</c><00:47:44.000><c> come</c><00:47:44.159><c> to</c><00:47:44.320><c> seek</c><00:47:44.440><c> the</c><00:47:44.659><c> welfare</c><00:47:44.860><c> of</c><00:47:44.960><c> the</c><00:47:45.159><c> children</c><00:47:45.340><c> of</c><00:47:45.519><c> Israel.</c> 00:47:45.780 --> 00:47:47.659 Now<00:47:46.039><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:47:46.880><c> upset.</c> 00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:50.119 He's<00:47:49.340><c> very</c><00:47:49.699><c> upset.</c> 00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:52.199 Same<00:47:50.679><c> expression</c><00:47:51.139><c> in</c><00:47:51.300><c> the</c><00:47:51.480><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:54.460 And<00:47:53.300><c> what</c><00:47:53.460><c> did</c><00:47:53.500><c> he</c><00:47:53.719><c> do?</c> 00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:56.280 He<00:47:55.179><c> threw</c><00:47:55.260><c> all</c><00:47:55.480><c> the</c><00:47:55.780><c> household</c> 00:47:56.280 --> 00:47:58.739 stuff<00:47:56.619><c> of</c><00:47:56.820><c> society</c><00:47:57.179><c> out</c><00:47:57.500><c> of</c><00:47:57.639><c> the</c><00:47:57.840><c> chamber.</c> 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.840 All<00:48:00.639><c> right.</c> 00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:02.500 So<00:48:01.079><c> that</c><00:48:01.340><c> means</c><00:48:01.559><c> he</c><00:48:01.780><c> threw</c><00:48:01.920><c> out</c><00:48:02.059><c> his</c><00:48:02.219><c> furniture.</c> 00:48:02.739 --> 00:48:04.159 Yes,<00:48:02.920><c> it</c><00:48:03.119><c> did.</c> 00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:06.320 But<00:48:04.800><c> you</c><00:48:04.880><c> see,</c><00:48:05.000><c> the</c><00:48:05.139><c> word</c><00:48:05.239><c> is</c><00:48:05.480><c> chosen</c><00:48:05.719><c> very</c><00:48:06.059><c> 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no</c><00:48:20.139><c> religious</c> 00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:21.699 significance,<00:48:21.440><c> whatever.</c> 00:48:21.960 --> 00:48:23.400 It<00:48:22.099><c> was</c><00:48:22.280><c> house</c><00:48:22.599><c> stuff.</c> 00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:26.380 You<00:48:24.659><c> never</c><00:48:24.940><c> found</c><00:48:25.159><c> any</c><00:48:25.400><c> household</c><00:48:25.840><c> stuff</c> 00:48:26.380 --> 00:48:28.139 in<00:48:27.179><c> the</c><00:48:27.420><c> temple.</c> 00:48:28.599 --> 00:48:29.559 They<00:48:28.599><c> were</c><00:48:28.860><c> holy</c><00:48:29.159><c> furniture.</c> 00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:31.320 Holy<00:48:30.280><c> furniture.</c> 00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:33.679 Furniture<00:48:32.360><c> was</c><00:48:32.599><c> thanks</c><00:48:32.840><c> to</c><00:48:33.000><c> brothers</c><00:48:33.260><c> and</c><00:48:33.539><c> sisters</c> 00:48:33.679 --> 00:48:35.760 not<00:48:33.960><c> because</c><00:48:34.239><c> it</c><00:48:34.320><c> was</c><00:48:34.519><c> material,</c><00:48:34.960><c> but</c><00:48:35.099><c> because</c><00:48:35.340><c> it</c><00:48:35.659><c> spoke</c> 00:48:35.760 --> 00:48:37.480 of<00:48:35.900><c> spiritual</c><00:48:36.360><c> value.</c> 00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:40.440 But<00:48:38.420><c> that's</c><00:48:39.239><c> simply</c><00:48:39.320><c> furniture.</c> 00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:43.739 And<00:48:42.340><c> he</c><00:48:42.559><c> threw</c><00:48:42.619><c> it</c><00:48:42.800><c> out.</c> 00:48:44.420 --> 00:48:44.920 And<00:48:44.519><c> then</c><00:48:44.659><c> he</c><00:48:44.780><c> called</c> 00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:47.119 the<00:48:45.119><c> Levi's</c><00:48:45.420><c> and</c><00:48:45.460><c> said,</c><00:48:45.760><c> clean</c><00:48:45.860><c> that</c><00:48:46.119><c> place</c><00:48:46.260><c> up.</c> 00:48:48.019 --> 00:48:48.659 And<00:48:48.139><c> you</c><00:48:48.239><c> can</c><00:48:48.360><c> imagine</c> 00:48:48.659 --> 00:48:50.699 a<00:48:48.840><c> fellow</c><00:48:48.960><c> 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brothers</c><00:50:59.760><c> and</c><00:50:59.960><c> sisters.</c> 00:51:09.539 --> 00:51:10.760 And<00:51:09.579><c> in</c><00:51:09.780><c> verse</c><00:51:09.940><c> 7</c><00:51:10.159><c> he</c><00:51:10.340><c> pointed</c><00:51:10.559><c> out</c> 00:51:10.760 --> 00:51:12.639 that<00:51:10.900><c> they'd</c><00:51:11.079><c> offered</c><00:51:11.239><c> polluted</c><00:51:11.679><c> bread</c><00:51:11.940><c> upon</c><00:51:12.239><c> God's</c> 00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:14.880 altar.<00:51:13.599><c> They'd</c><00:51:13.880><c> robbed</c><00:51:13.940><c> Him</c><00:51:14.079><c> with</c><00:51:14.199><c> the</c><00:51:14.420><c> sacrifices</c> 00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:17.239 and<00:51:15.119><c> so</c><00:51:15.340><c> on.</c><00:51:15.619><c> And</c><00:51:15.760><c> we</c><00:51:15.900><c> come</c><00:51:16.059><c> to</c><00:51:16.219><c> verse</c><00:51:16.380><c> 11.</c> 00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:19.239 And<00:51:18.579><c> though</c><00:51:18.820><c> Israel</c> 00:51:19.239 --> 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01:09:49.640 --> 01:09:50.340 forever<01:09:49.979><c> condemned.</c> 01:09:50.819 --> 01:09:52.699 And<01:09:50.979><c> our</c><01:09:51.220><c> dear</c><01:09:51.359><c> little</c><01:09:51.560><c> Aquinas</c><01:09:51.939><c> is</c><01:09:52.180><c> going</c><01:09:52.260><c> to</c><01:09:52.359><c> be</c> 01:09:52.699 --> 01:09:54.020 over<01:09:52.960><c> of</c><01:09:53.140><c> a</c><01:09:53.279><c> distance.</c> 01:09:55.300 --> 01:09:57.439 We<01:09:55.739><c> seek</c><01:09:56.060><c> the</c><01:09:56.279><c> welfare</c><01:09:56.560><c> of</c><01:09:56.859><c> the</c><01:09:56.859><c> children</c><01:09:57.000><c> of</c><01:09:57.159><c> Israel.</c> 01:09:57.859 --> 01:10:00.119 We<01:09:57.939><c> say</c><01:09:58.199><c> to</c><01:09:58.319><c> God,</c><01:09:58.579><c> oh</c><01:09:58.659><c> God,</c><01:09:59.020><c> you</c><01:09:59.180><c> know.</c> 01:10:00.420 --> 01:10:02.960 Men<01:10:00.600><c> may</c><01:10:00.840><c> not</c><01:10:01.039><c> 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That's<01:10:29.460><c> our</c><01:10:29.659><c> confidence</c><01:10:30.119><c> in</c><01:10:30.420><c> God.</c> 01:10:32.000 --> 01:10:34.119 But<01:10:32.220><c> when</c><01:10:32.460><c> we</c><01:10:32.659><c> do,</c><01:10:32.960><c> brethren</c><01:10:33.100><c> and</c><01:10:33.319><c> sisters,</c> 01:10:34.340 --> 01:10:35.340 if<01:10:34.619><c> a</c><01:10:34.739><c> man</c><01:10:34.880><c> like</c><01:10:35.119><c> me</c> 01:10:35.340 --> 01:10:37.539 and<01:10:35.500><c> I</c><01:10:35.619><c> is</c><01:10:35.840><c> going</c><01:10:35.960><c> to</c><01:10:36.079><c> be</c><01:10:36.699><c> speaking,</c> 01:10:39.079 --> 01:10:41.000 you<01:10:39.319><c> can</c><01:10:39.560><c> just</c><01:10:39.880><c> imagine</c> 01:10:41.100 --> 01:10:43.020 the<01:10:41.579><c> process</c><01:10:42.060><c> by</c><01:10:42.340><c> which</c><01:10:42.500><c> we</c><01:10:42.659><c> will</c> 01:10:43.020 --> 01:10:44.899 finally,<01:10:43.600><c> tremblingly,</c><01:10:44.659><c> enter</c> 01:10:44.899 --> 01:10:46.979 into<01:10:45.119><c> that</c><01:10:45.340><c> joy.</c> 01:10:47.600 --> 01:10:49.060 And<01:10:48.079><c> everything</c> 01:10:49.439 --> 01:10:50.560 that<01:10:49.920><c> puffs</c><01:10:50.220><c> us</c><01:10:50.380><c> up</c> 01:10:50.560 --> 01:10:53.220 with<01:10:50.840><c> egotism</c><01:10:51.479><c> native</c><01:10:51.819><c> to</c><01:10:52.119><c> our</c><01:10:52.340><c> body</c> 01:10:53.380 --> 01:10:55.199 will<01:10:53.859><c> be</c><01:10:54.220><c> swept</c> 01:10:55.199 --> 01:10:56.659 cleanly<01:10:55.680><c> and</c><01:10:55.960><c> scoured</c><01:10:56.319><c> out</c><01:10:56.520><c> of</c> 01:10:56.659 --> 01:10:58.300 our<01:10:57.079><c> soul.</c> 01:10:58.460 --> 01:10:59.779 And<01:10:58.539><c> we'll</c><01:10:58.720><c> be</c><01:10:59.020><c> spared.</c> 01:11:01.000 --> 01:11:02.720 I<01:11:01.239><c> look</c><01:11:01.460><c> forward</c><01:11:01.619><c> to</c><01:11:01.800><c> seeing</c><01:11:01.960><c> it.</c><01:11:02.300><c> We</c><01:11:02.300><c> all</c><01:11:02.539><c> did.</c> 01:11:03.220 --> 01:11:04.800 Our<01:11:03.420><c> chairman</c><01:11:03.739><c> praised</c><01:11:04.140><c> him</c><01:11:04.319><c> a</c><01:11:04.439><c> couple</c><01:11:04.520><c> of</c><01:11:04.640><c> times.</c> 01:11:04.960 --> 01:11:07.000 We<01:11:05.020><c> always</c><01:11:05.220><c> got</c><01:11:05.319><c> our</c><01:11:05.539><c> brethren</c><01:11:05.800><c> armed</c><01:11:06.079><c> in</c><01:11:06.239><c> us.</c> 01:11:07.220 --> 01:11:08.140 We<01:11:07.300><c> couldn't</c><01:11:07.460><c> do</c><01:11:07.579><c> any</c><01:11:07.760><c> else.</c> 01:11:08.140 --> 01:11:09.979 It's<01:11:08.699><c> all</c><01:11:08.800><c> that's</c><01:11:08.979><c> left</c><01:11:09.199><c> for</c><01:11:09.359><c> us</c><01:11:09.520><c> in</c><01:11:09.720><c> this</c><01:11:09.720><c> world.</c> 01:11:10.140 --> 01:11:12.579 There's<01:11:10.239><c> nothing</c><01:11:10.460><c> left,</c><01:11:10.779><c> brethren</c><01:11:11.039><c> and</c><01:11:11.279><c> sisters,</c><01:11:11.340><c> but</c><01:11:11.680><c> that.</c> 01:11:13.220 --> 01:11:14.220 But<01:11:13.460><c> we</c><01:11:13.600><c> must</c> 01:11:14.220 --> 01:11:15.760 look<01:11:14.960><c> at</c><01:11:15.100><c> that</c><01:11:15.340><c> day</c> 01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:18.159 in<01:11:16.619><c> the</c><01:11:16.939><c> fear</c><01:11:17.220><c> of</c><01:11:17.659><c> God.</c> 01:11:18.779 --> 01:11:20.380 Because<01:11:18.859><c> we're</c><01:11:19.039><c> going</c><01:11:19.100><c> to</c><01:11:19.199><c> be</c><01:11:19.460><c> saved.</c> 01:11:21.560 --> 01:11:23.000 It's<01:11:21.840><c> our</c><01:11:21.979><c> other</c><01:11:22.220><c> problem.</c> 01:11:24.140 --> 01:11:24.859 Look<01:11:24.340><c> at</c><01:11:24.500><c> the</c><01:11:24.720><c> problems</c> 01:11:24.859 --> 01:11:25.899 we<01:11:25.159><c> saw.</c> 01:11:26.260 --> 01:11:28.399 Verse<01:11:26.500><c> 23.</c><01:11:27.300><c> In</c><01:11:27.439><c> those</c><01:11:27.760><c> days</c><01:11:27.979><c> also</c> 01:11:28.399 --> 01:11:30.020 I<01:11:28.640><c> saw</c><01:11:28.800><c> Jews.</c> 01:11:30.479 --> 01:11:32.359 Now,<01:11:30.739><c> the</c><01:11:30.979><c> very</c><01:11:30.979><c> fact</c><01:11:31.199><c> that</c><01:11:31.340><c> he</c><01:11:31.479><c> uses</c><01:11:31.699><c> the</c><01:11:31.880><c> expression</c> 01:11:32.359 --> 01:11:33.899 Jews,<01:11:33.180><c> brethren</c><01:11:33.420><c> and</c><01:11:33.680><c> sisters,</c> 01:11:34.180 --> 01:11:36.039 rather<01:11:34.460><c> than</c><01:11:34.640><c> the</c><01:11:34.859><c> children</c><01:11:35.100><c> of</c><01:11:35.159><c> Israel</c><01:11:35.500><c> or</c><01:11:35.720><c> Judah</c> 01:11:36.039 --> 01:11:38.539 would<01:11:36.479><c> indicate</c><01:11:36.979><c> to</c><01:11:37.159><c> my</c><01:11:37.500><c> mind</c><01:11:37.739><c> that</c><01:11:37.899><c> there</c><01:11:37.979><c> was</c><01:11:38.159><c> a</c><01:11:38.260><c> little</c> 01:11:38.539 --> 01:11:40.159 isolated<01:11:39.100><c> pocket</c><01:11:39.420><c> of</c><01:11:39.800><c> Jews</c> 01:11:40.159 --> 01:11:42.279 who<01:11:40.579><c> had</c><01:11:40.760><c> a</c><01:11:40.899><c> special</c><01:11:41.479><c> way</c><01:11:41.939><c> of</c> 01:11:42.279 --> 01:11:44.079 social<01:11:42.760><c> behaviour.</c> 01:11:45.720 --> 01:11:47.399 Why<01:11:45.960><c> do</c><01:11:46.199><c> I</c><01:11:46.199><c> say</c><01:11:46.399><c> that?</c> 01:11:48.060 --> 01:11:48.859 Because<01:11:48.359><c> the</c><01:11:48.539><c> word</c> 01:11:48.859 --> 01:11:50.960 married<01:11:49.359><c> in</c><01:11:49.539><c> verse</c><01:11:49.760><c> 23</c> 01:11:51.060 --> 01:11:52.460 and<01:11:51.539><c> in</c><01:11:51.659><c> verse</c><01:11:51.939><c> 27</c> 01:11:52.460 --> 01:11:53.619 the<01:11:52.619><c> word</c><01:11:53.140><c> married</c> 01:11:53.619 --> 01:11:55.579 are<01:11:54.100><c> 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