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save<00:11:02.580><c> the</c><00:11:02.899><c> family.</c>

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Brother<00:11:05.720><c> Jim</c><00:11:05.960><c> took</c><00:11:06.159><c> us</c><00:11:06.360><c> through</c><00:11:06.600><c> the</c><00:11:06.799><c> events</c><00:11:07.000><c> of</c><00:11:07.159><c> that</c><00:11:07.399><c> chapter</c><00:11:07.740><c> in</c><00:11:07.899><c> the</c>

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wrestling<00:11:08.320><c> with</c><00:11:08.539><c> the</c><00:11:08.779><c> angel.</c>

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And<00:11:10.480><c> when</c><00:11:10.559><c> he</c><00:11:10.759><c> comes</c><00:11:10.980><c> to</c><00:11:11.159><c> the</c><00:11:11.360><c> events</c><00:11:11.539><c> of</c><00:11:11.759><c> the</c><00:11:11.899><c> next</c><00:11:12.240><c> day,</c><00:11:12.820><c> Jacob</c><00:11:12.899><c> is</c>

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overwhelmed<00:11:13.840><c> to</c><00:11:14.179><c> see</c>

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that<00:11:14.600><c> God</c><00:11:14.820><c> has</c><00:11:15.159><c> rendered</c><00:11:15.600><c> the</c><00:11:16.120><c> enemy</c><00:11:16.740><c> powerless.</c>

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to<00:11:29.559><c> come</c><00:11:29.740><c> to</c><00:11:29.960><c> that</c><00:11:30.220><c> point</c>

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of<00:11:30.720><c> understanding</c><00:11:31.340><c> in</c><00:11:31.620><c> their</c><00:11:31.840><c> life,</c><00:11:32.379><c> and</c><00:11:32.639><c> that</c><00:11:32.899><c> is</c><00:11:33.139><c> how</c><00:11:33.419><c> we</c><00:11:33.860><c> enter</c><00:11:34.200><c> into</c><00:11:34.820><c> that</c><00:11:35.240><c> name</c><00:11:35.519><c> of</c>

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to<00:11:37.960><c> recognize</c><00:11:38.580><c> that</c><00:11:38.879><c> the</c><00:11:39.200><c> Esau's</c><00:11:39.639><c> of</c><00:11:39.779><c> the</c><00:11:39.980><c> world,</c><00:11:40.759><c> that</c><00:11:40.919><c> the</c>

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Haman's<00:11:41.740><c> of</c><00:11:41.879><c> the</c><00:11:42.059><c> world</c><00:11:42.259><c> can</c><00:11:42.539><c> only</c><00:11:42.919><c> be</c><00:11:43.240><c> overcome</c>

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God<00:11:50.340><c> and</c><00:11:51.419><c> obeying</c><00:11:51.940><c> him,</c>

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our<00:11:55.159><c> life.</c>

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He<00:11:56.679><c> will</c><00:11:57.000><c> then</c><00:11:57.360><c> intervene</c><00:11:58.019><c> and</c><00:11:58.539><c> overcome</c><00:11:58.980><c> the</c><00:11:59.419><c> power</c><00:11:59.740><c> that</c><00:11:59.940><c> has</c><00:12:00.259><c> the</c><00:12:00.539><c> ability</c><00:12:01.039><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:12:01.679><c> us</c>

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It<00:12:06.159><c> takes</c><00:12:06.480><c> our</c><00:12:06.860><c> whole</c><00:12:07.120><c> heart,</c><00:12:07.759><c> all</c><00:12:07.919><c> of</c><00:12:08.080><c> our</c><00:12:08.399><c> soul,</c><00:12:08.899><c> our</c><00:12:09.080><c> mind,</c>

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and<00:12:09.519><c> our</c><00:12:09.740><c> strength</c><00:12:10.059><c> in</c><00:12:10.279><c> doing</c><00:12:10.500><c> so.</c>

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But<00:12:11.899><c> make</c><00:12:12.080><c> no</c><00:12:12.360><c> mistake</c><00:12:12.700><c> about</c><00:12:13.000><c> it,</c><00:12:13.159><c> it</c><00:12:13.299><c> was</c><00:12:13.700><c> to</c><00:12:13.919><c> the</c><00:12:14.159><c> glory</c><00:12:14.480><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:12:15.200><c> that</c><00:12:15.500><c> the</c><00:12:15.740><c> power</c>

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and<00:13:05.419><c> they</c><00:13:05.539><c> will</c><00:13:05.799><c> learn</c><00:13:05.980><c> the</c><00:13:06.299><c> same</c><00:13:06.500><c> lessons</c>

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as<00:13:27.799><c> he</c><00:13:27.960><c> brought</c><00:13:28.179><c> Esau</c><00:13:28.659><c> into</c><00:13:28.899><c> the</c><00:13:29.039><c> life</c><00:13:29.279><c> of</c><00:13:29.460><c> Jacob,</c><00:13:29.820><c> as</c><00:13:29.980><c> he</c><00:13:30.120><c> brought</c><00:13:30.259><c> Haman</c><00:13:30.580><c> into</c>

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our<00:13:38.059><c> salvation.</c>

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Esther<00:13:41.519><c> doesn't</c><00:13:41.820><c> ask</c><00:13:42.159><c> for</c><00:13:42.399><c> a</c><00:13:42.700><c> second</c><00:13:42.980><c> banquet,</c><00:13:43.480><c> because</c><00:13:43.779><c> she</c>

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She<00:13:53.960><c> isn't</c><00:13:54.159><c> going</c><00:13:54.379><c> to</c><00:13:54.600><c> try</c><00:13:54.759><c> and</c><00:13:54.980><c> do</c><00:13:55.100><c> this</c><00:13:55.399><c> all</c><00:13:55.679><c> herself.</c>

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Twice<00:13:57.559><c> the</c><00:13:57.799><c> king</c><00:13:57.960><c> has</c><00:13:58.220><c> said,</c><00:13:58.399><c> I</c><00:13:58.399><c> will</c><00:13:58.639><c> give</c><00:13:58.779><c> you</c><00:13:58.980><c> up</c><00:13:59.100><c> to</c><00:13:59.259><c> half</c>

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of<00:13:59.620><c> the</c><00:13:59.779><c> kingdom,</c>

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and<00:14:01.179><c> she</c><00:14:01.379><c> doesn't</c><00:14:01.620><c> take</c><00:14:01.940><c> advantage</c><00:14:02.299><c> of</c><00:14:02.500><c> that</c><00:14:02.700><c> offer,</c><00:14:03.799><c> because</c>

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she<00:14:04.500><c> will</c><00:14:04.759><c> not</c><00:14:05.000><c> try</c>

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and<00:14:05.460><c> bring</c><00:14:05.600><c> Haman</c><00:14:05.919><c> down</c><00:14:06.679><c> in</c><00:14:07.220><c> her</c><00:14:07.539><c> own</c><00:14:08.000><c> power.</c>

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And<00:14:08.879><c> based</c><00:14:09.139><c> upon</c><00:14:09.460><c> her</c><00:14:09.779><c> own</c><00:14:10.179><c> appeal.</c>

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The<00:14:12.919><c> events</c><00:14:13.200><c> now</c><00:14:13.480><c> will</c><00:14:13.740><c> show</c><00:14:13.919><c> us</c><00:14:14.200><c> how</c><00:14:14.399><c> God</c><00:14:14.659><c> works</c><00:14:15.039><c> with</c><00:14:15.240><c> our</c><00:14:15.500><c> faith.</c>

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Because<00:14:16.639><c> she</c><00:14:17.120><c> waits</c><00:14:17.720><c> between</c><00:14:18.620><c> the</c><00:14:18.919><c> first</c><00:14:19.259><c> and</c><00:14:19.480><c> second</c><00:14:19.879><c> banquet,</c><00:14:21.720><c> chapter</c><00:14:22.059><c> six</c><00:14:22.480><c> happens.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:27.840><c> five</c><00:14:28.279><c> records</c><00:14:28.679><c> the</c><00:14:28.940><c> first</c><00:14:29.220><c> banquet.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:30.019><c> seven</c><00:14:30.379><c> records</c><00:14:30.799><c> the</c><00:14:31.080><c> second</c><00:14:31.320><c> banquet.</c>

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So<00:14:31.860><c> the</c><00:14:32.039><c> events</c><00:14:32.299><c> of</c><00:14:32.539><c> chapter</c><00:14:32.899><c> six</c><00:14:33.440><c> occur</c><00:14:34.240><c> because</c><00:14:36.159><c> Esther</c>

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waits<00:14:37.220><c> upon</c><00:14:37.679><c> God,</c>

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and<00:14:38.379><c> she</c><00:14:38.580><c> doesn't</c><00:14:39.019><c> jump</c><00:14:39.480><c> at</c><00:14:39.820><c> the</c><00:14:40.019><c> first</c><00:14:40.279><c> opportunity</c><00:14:40.879><c> of</c><00:14:41.059><c> the</c>

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king<00:14:41.539><c> when</c><00:14:41.960><c> he</c><00:14:42.139><c> says,</c><00:14:42.600><c> what</c><00:14:42.620><c> is</c><00:14:42.860><c> it,</c><00:14:43.120><c> Esther,</c>

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even<00:14:43.519><c> up</c><00:14:43.700><c> to</c><00:14:43.840><c> half</c><00:14:44.059><c> of</c><00:14:44.279><c> my</c><00:14:44.460><c> kingdom</c><00:14:44.679><c> I</c><00:14:44.840><c> will</c><00:14:45.039><c> give</c><00:14:45.179><c> to</c><00:14:45.340><c> you.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:47.039><c> six</c><00:14:47.320><c> is</c><00:14:47.580><c> the</c><00:14:47.759><c> key</c><00:14:47.940><c> to</c><00:14:48.179><c> Haman's</c><00:14:48.639><c> downfall.</c>

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He<00:14:49.220><c> left</c><00:14:49.519><c> the</c><00:14:49.799><c> first</c><00:14:50.039><c> banquet,</c><00:14:50.340><c> as</c><00:14:50.500><c> we</c><00:14:50.639><c> know,</c><00:14:50.960><c> boasting,</c><00:14:51.879><c> like</c>

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the<00:14:52.259><c> obnoxious</c><00:14:53.320><c> braggart</c><00:14:53.820><c> that</c><00:14:53.980><c> he</c><00:14:54.200><c> was.</c>

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He<00:14:55.600><c> enters</c><00:14:55.860><c> the</c><00:14:56.240><c> second</c><00:14:56.600><c> banquet</c><00:14:57.019><c> in</c><00:14:57.519><c> terrible</c><00:14:58.019><c> sorts,</c><00:14:59.340><c> his</c>

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own<00:14:59.759><c> people</c><00:15:00.039><c> having</c><00:15:00.320><c> warned</c><00:15:00.679><c> him,</c>

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he<00:15:01.139><c> will</c><00:15:01.419><c> fall</c><00:15:01.659><c> to</c><00:15:01.860><c> Mordecai</c><00:15:02.399><c> and</c><00:15:02.580><c> the</c><00:15:02.779><c> Jews.</c>

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So<00:15:04.259><c> that</c><00:15:04.379><c> when</c><00:15:04.539><c> Esther</c><00:15:04.759><c> will</c><00:15:04.980><c> lay</c><00:15:05.080><c> her</c><00:15:05.340><c> charge</c><00:15:05.600><c> of</c><00:15:05.860><c> treason,</c>

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he<00:15:06.340><c> will</c><00:15:06.519><c> be</c><00:15:06.799><c> terrified</c><00:15:07.299><c> and</c><00:15:07.500><c> come</c><00:15:07.679><c> apart</c>

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at<00:15:08.139><c> the</c><00:15:08.340><c> seams,</c><00:15:09.080><c> both</c><00:15:09.379><c> literally</c><00:15:09.799><c> and</c><00:15:10.539><c> figuratively.</c>

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And<00:15:11.879><c> this</c><00:15:12.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:12.500><c> have</c><00:15:12.820><c> happened</c><00:15:13.440><c> had</c><00:15:14.159><c> Esther</c><00:15:14.500><c> made</c><00:15:14.779><c> her</c>

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appeal<00:15:15.320><c> to</c><00:15:15.519><c> the</c><00:15:15.700><c> king</c><00:15:15.860><c> in</c><00:15:16.039><c> the</c><00:15:16.179><c> first</c><00:15:16.399><c> banquet.</c>

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And<00:15:17.679><c> recognize</c><00:15:18.360><c> that</c><00:15:18.700><c> when</c><00:15:18.879><c> we</c><00:15:19.120><c> walk</c><00:15:19.320><c> by</c><00:15:19.720><c> faith,</c><00:15:20.259><c> we</c><00:15:20.279><c> have</c><00:15:20.620><c> absolutely</c><00:15:21.299><c> no</c><00:15:21.759><c> control</c>

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over<00:15:23.480><c> the</c><00:15:23.820><c> events</c><00:15:24.039><c> that</c><00:15:24.340><c> take</c><00:15:24.480><c> place</c><00:15:24.759><c> in</c><00:15:24.940><c> our</c><00:15:25.100><c> life.</c>

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Esther<00:15:25.700><c> has</c><00:15:26.120><c> no</c><00:15:26.600><c> control</c><00:15:27.480><c> over</c><00:15:28.259><c> the</c><00:15:28.480><c> events</c><00:15:28.659><c> of</c><00:15:28.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:29.220><c> six.</c>

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She<00:15:31.799><c> can't</c><00:15:32.220><c> control</c><00:15:32.779><c> Haman's</c><00:15:33.399><c> actions</c><00:15:33.659><c> after</c><00:15:33.980><c> the</c><00:15:34.200><c> first</c><00:15:34.460><c> banquet.</c>

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She<00:15:35.740><c> can't</c><00:15:36.139><c> control</c><00:15:36.559><c> the</c><00:15:36.779><c> fact</c><00:15:36.940><c> that</c><00:15:37.100><c> he</c><00:15:37.120><c> goes</c><00:15:37.440><c> home</c><00:15:37.700><c> to</c><00:15:37.879><c> his</c>

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wife<00:15:38.340><c> and</c><00:15:38.480><c> his</c><00:15:38.740><c> friends</c>

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and<00:15:39.500><c> he</c><00:15:39.639><c> will</c><00:15:39.840><c> now</c><00:15:40.120><c> build</c><00:15:40.379><c> a</c><00:15:40.559><c> gallows</c><00:15:40.980><c> to</c><00:15:41.240><c> seek</c><00:15:41.440><c> to</c><00:15:41.899><c> Mordecai's</c><00:15:42.580><c> life.</c>

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She<00:15:43.460><c> can't</c><00:15:43.820><c> control</c><00:15:44.240><c> the</c><00:15:44.559><c> insomnia</c><00:15:45.039><c> that</c><00:15:45.279><c> comes</c><00:15:45.480><c> upon</c><00:15:45.759><c> the</c><00:15:46.000><c> king</c><00:15:46.340><c> or</c>

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the<00:15:47.159><c> fact</c>

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that<00:15:47.559><c> Haman</c><00:15:47.740><c> will</c><00:15:48.080><c> visit</c><00:15:48.340><c> the</c><00:15:48.580><c> king</c><00:15:48.740><c> at</c><00:15:48.940><c> the</c><00:15:49.080><c> very</c><00:15:49.360><c> moment</c><00:15:49.879><c> the</c>

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king<00:15:50.539><c> seeks</c><00:15:50.840><c> to</c><00:15:51.159><c> honor</c><00:15:51.320><c> Mordecai.</c>

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She<00:15:53.019><c> didn't</c><00:15:53.279><c> try</c><00:15:53.539><c> to</c><00:15:53.720><c> do</c><00:15:53.840><c> it</c><00:15:54.039><c> all.</c>

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She<00:15:54.559><c> couldn't</c><00:15:55.000><c> do</c><00:15:55.200><c> it</c><00:15:55.379><c> all.</c>

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When<00:15:55.679><c> we</c><00:15:55.919><c> walk</c><00:15:56.059><c> by</c><00:15:56.460><c> faith,</c><00:15:56.679><c> we</c><00:15:56.960><c> can't</c><00:15:57.379><c> do</c><00:15:57.580><c> it</c><00:15:57.759><c> all,</c><00:15:57.879><c> as</c><00:15:58.080><c> we</c><00:15:58.220><c> know,</c><00:15:59.360><c> but</c>

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she<00:15:59.879><c> did</c><00:16:00.360><c> what</c><00:16:00.700><c> she</c><00:16:01.000><c> could.</c>

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Mordecai<00:16:03.139><c> did</c><00:16:03.759><c> what</c><00:16:04.100><c> he</c><00:16:04.419><c> could.</c>

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The<00:16:04.940><c> community</c><00:16:05.399><c> did</c><00:16:05.940><c> what</c><00:16:06.259><c> it</c><00:16:06.559><c> could</c><00:16:06.919><c> and</c><00:16:07.620><c> they</c><00:16:07.840><c> left</c><00:16:07.980><c> the</c><00:16:08.200><c> rest</c><00:16:08.399><c> to</c><00:16:08.620><c> God.</c>

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The<00:16:10.419><c> community</c><00:16:10.820><c> in</c><00:16:11.000><c> Shushan</c><00:16:11.340><c> has</c><00:16:11.539><c> been</c><00:16:11.720><c> fasting</c><00:16:12.080><c> and</c><00:16:12.320><c> praying</c>

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for<00:16:12.940><c> three</c><00:16:13.179><c> days.</c>

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Mordecai<00:16:14.360><c> has</c><00:16:14.620><c> returned</c><00:16:15.200><c> to</c><00:16:15.379><c> the</c><00:16:15.559><c> king's</c><00:16:15.919><c> gate</c><00:16:16.139><c> to</c><00:16:16.500><c> continue</c>

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his<00:16:17.559><c> opposition</c><00:16:18.000><c> to</c><00:16:18.259><c> Haman.</c>

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Now,<00:16:19.820><c> God</c><00:16:19.879><c> will</c><00:16:20.179><c> use,</c><00:16:20.379><c> as</c><00:16:20.620><c> we</c><00:16:20.799><c> know,</c><00:16:21.120><c> Mordecai's</c><00:16:21.980><c> faithful</c><00:16:22.419><c> and</c><00:16:22.779><c> loyal</c><00:16:23.100><c> actions</c><00:16:23.539><c> back</c><00:16:23.879><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:16:24.539><c> two,</c>

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a<00:16:25.980><c> seemingly</c><00:16:26.480><c> insignificant</c><00:16:27.440><c> detail</c><00:16:28.080><c> to</c><00:16:28.480><c> further</c><00:16:29.039><c> precipitate</c><00:16:30.519><c> Haman's</c><00:16:31.200><c> downfall,</c>

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further<00:16:33.100><c> proof</c><00:16:33.480><c> that</c><00:16:33.720><c> God</c><00:16:34.000><c> is</c><00:16:34.240><c> in</c><00:16:34.419><c> control</c><00:16:34.860><c> of</c><00:16:35.039><c> all</c><00:16:35.259><c> these</c><00:16:35.460><c> events.</c>

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He<00:16:36.500><c> uses</c><00:16:36.919><c> the</c><00:16:37.440><c> individual</c><00:16:38.000><c> pieces</c><00:16:38.460><c> of</c><00:16:38.679><c> the</c><00:16:38.860><c> members</c><00:16:39.139><c> of</c><00:16:39.360><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:16:40.639><c> the</c><00:16:40.899><c> individual</c><00:16:41.320><c> pieces</c>

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of<00:16:42.019><c> faithful</c><00:16:42.379><c> obedience</c><00:16:43.019><c> to</c><00:16:43.299><c> accomplish</c><00:16:43.659><c> his</c><00:16:43.940><c> will,</c><00:16:44.740><c> and</c><00:16:44.960><c> he</c>

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does<00:16:45.360><c> it</c><00:16:45.639><c> in</c><00:16:45.919><c> such</c><00:16:46.100><c> a</c><00:16:46.299><c> way</c>

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that<00:16:46.659><c> when</c><00:16:46.879><c> the</c><00:16:47.139><c> events</c><00:16:47.460><c> are</c><00:16:47.919><c> done,</c><00:16:49.240><c> none</c><00:16:49.519><c> look</c><00:16:49.860><c> back</c><00:16:50.399><c> and</c><00:16:50.620><c> can</c>

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take<00:16:51.139><c> any</c><00:16:51.620><c> personal</c><00:16:52.080><c> credit</c>

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for<00:16:52.919><c> the</c><00:16:53.179><c> great</c><00:16:53.460><c> things</c><00:16:53.879><c> that</c><00:16:54.100><c> God</c><00:16:54.320><c> has</c><00:16:54.639><c> able</c><00:16:54.899><c> to</c><00:16:55.179><c> accomplish.</c>

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Notice,<00:16:57.899><c> too,</c><00:16:58.019><c> that</c><00:16:58.259><c> following</c><00:16:58.500><c> the</c><00:16:58.759><c> first</c><00:16:59.019><c> banquet,</c><00:17:00.039><c> she's</c>

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not<00:17:00.759><c> out</c><00:17:01.259><c> of</c><00:17:01.419><c> the</c><00:17:01.620><c> hot</c><00:17:01.860><c> water.</c>

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She's<00:17:03.559><c> gone</c><00:17:03.759><c> from</c><00:17:04.099><c> one</c><00:17:04.480><c> trial</c><00:17:04.759><c> right</c><00:17:05.119><c> into</c><00:17:05.400><c> the</c><00:17:05.579><c> next.</c>

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She<00:17:06.039><c> woke</c><00:17:06.279><c> up</c><00:17:06.539><c> the</c><00:17:06.740><c> morning</c><00:17:07.339><c> of</c><00:17:08.259><c> the</c><00:17:08.400><c> day</c><00:17:08.559><c> when</c><00:17:08.740><c> she</c><00:17:08.960><c> appeared</c>

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before<00:17:09.579><c> the</c><00:17:09.799><c> king,</c>

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not<00:17:10.319><c> knowing</c><00:17:10.579><c> if</c><00:17:10.740><c> she</c><00:17:10.920><c> would</c><00:17:11.140><c> survive.</c>

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And<00:17:13.160><c> she</c><00:17:13.259><c> goes</c><00:17:13.480><c> before</c><00:17:13.819><c> the</c><00:17:14.019><c> king</c><00:17:14.140><c> and</c><00:17:14.279><c> she</c><00:17:14.440><c> has</c><00:17:14.619><c> the</c><00:17:14.940><c> royal</c><00:17:15.180><c> scepter</c><00:17:15.700><c> extended</c><00:17:16.200><c> to</c><00:17:16.460><c> her.</c>

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She<00:17:17.140><c> goes</c><00:17:17.420><c> to</c><00:17:17.700><c> bed</c><00:17:17.839><c> that</c><00:17:18.200><c> night</c><00:17:18.740><c> knowing</c><00:17:19.680><c> if</c><00:17:20.559><c> she</c><00:17:20.779><c> went</c><00:17:20.920><c> to</c><00:17:21.140><c> bed</c>

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that<00:17:21.579><c> night.</c>

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The<00:17:22.019><c> next</c><00:17:22.319><c> day,</c><00:17:22.660><c> she</c><00:17:22.799><c> has</c><00:17:23.019><c> to</c><00:17:23.240><c> appear</c><00:17:23.460><c> before</c><00:17:23.799><c> the</c><00:17:24.039><c> king</c><00:17:24.220><c> and</c>

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charge<00:17:24.940><c> the</c><00:17:25.160><c> prime</c><00:17:25.400><c> minister</c><00:17:25.759><c> with</c><00:17:26.019><c> treason.</c>

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Which<00:17:27.940><c> would</c><00:17:28.119><c> be</c><00:17:28.279><c> more</c><00:17:28.519><c> difficult,</c><00:17:29.839><c> to</c><00:17:30.319><c> stand</c><00:17:30.559><c> before</c><00:17:30.900><c> the</c><00:17:31.160><c> king</c><00:17:31.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:31.859><c> glory</c><00:17:32.099><c> and</c><00:17:32.279><c> the</c><00:17:32.460><c> beauty</c>

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of<00:17:32.799><c> the</c><00:17:32.980><c> empire</c><00:17:33.440><c> and</c><00:17:34.640><c> ask</c><00:17:34.880><c> for</c><00:17:35.079><c> him</c><00:17:35.200><c> to</c><00:17:35.500><c> extend</c><00:17:35.779><c> his</c><00:17:36.160><c> favor</c><00:17:36.359><c> towards</c><00:17:36.720><c> you</c>

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when<00:17:37.039><c> you</c><00:17:37.200><c> know</c><00:17:37.420><c> all</c><00:17:37.740><c> along</c>

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since<00:17:38.339><c> your</c><00:17:38.519><c> relationship</c><00:17:39.000><c> began,</c><00:17:39.859><c> he</c><00:17:40.059><c> has</c><00:17:40.359><c> always</c><00:17:41.059><c> shown</c>

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you<00:17:41.599><c> grace</c><00:17:41.819><c> and</c><00:17:42.059><c> favor?</c>

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Or<00:17:43.640><c> would</c><00:17:43.799><c> it</c><00:17:43.940><c> be</c><00:17:44.039><c> more</c><00:17:44.339><c> difficult</c><00:17:45.119><c> in</c><00:17:45.859><c> the</c><00:17:46.000><c> king's</c><00:17:46.440><c> presence</c>

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to<00:17:47.619><c> charge</c><00:17:48.119><c> the</c><00:17:48.299><c> prime</c><00:17:48.579><c> minister</c><00:17:48.920><c> with</c><00:17:49.200><c> treason?</c>

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In<00:17:51.019><c> many</c><00:17:51.359><c> ways,</c><00:17:52.660><c> charging</c><00:17:52.680><c> the</c><00:17:52.920><c> prime</c><00:17:53.119><c> minister</c><00:17:53.460><c> with</c><00:17:53.759><c> treason,</c><00:17:54.059><c> I</c><00:17:54.220><c> think,</c><00:17:54.460><c> would</c><00:17:54.599><c> be</c>

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more<00:17:55.019><c> difficult.</c>

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But<00:17:57.380><c> because</c><00:17:58.220><c> she</c><00:17:58.619><c> was</c><00:17:59.019><c> faithful</c><00:17:59.500><c> at</c><00:17:59.839><c> the</c><00:17:59.920><c> end</c><00:18:00.099><c> of</c><00:18:00.319><c> chapter</c><00:18:00.680><c> 4</c>

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and<00:18:02.980><c> agreed</c><00:18:03.460><c> to</c><00:18:03.660><c> go</c><00:18:03.920><c> before</c><00:18:04.339><c> the</c><00:18:04.619><c> king</c>

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and<00:18:05.240><c> face</c><00:18:05.500><c> that</c><00:18:05.900><c> trial,</c><00:18:07.799><c> she</c><00:18:08.079><c> now</c><00:18:08.420><c> has</c><00:18:08.819><c> the</c><00:18:09.160><c> privilege</c><00:18:09.779><c> of</c><00:18:10.940><c> the</c>

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next<00:18:11.559><c> day</c><00:18:11.859><c> charging</c><00:18:12.319><c> the</c><00:18:12.559><c> prime</c><00:18:12.859><c> minister</c>

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with<00:18:13.579><c> treason</c><00:18:13.920><c> in</c><00:18:14.079><c> the</c><00:18:14.299><c> presence</c><00:18:14.519><c> of</c><00:18:14.720><c> the</c><00:18:14.859><c> king.</c>

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So<00:18:17.660><c> do</c><00:18:17.859><c> you</c><00:18:17.940><c> see</c><00:18:18.099><c> how</c><00:18:18.339><c> her</c><00:18:18.680><c> faith</c><00:18:18.900><c> is</c><00:18:19.119><c> being</c><00:18:19.400><c> developed</c><00:18:19.819><c> by</c><00:18:20.079><c> God?</c>

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Because<00:18:20.819><c> of</c><00:18:21.019><c> her</c><00:18:21.299><c> faith</c><00:18:21.500><c> in</c><00:18:21.700><c> chapter</c><00:18:22.059><c> 4,</c><00:18:22.880><c> she's</c><00:18:23.240><c> presented</c><00:18:23.579><c> with</c><00:18:23.819><c> a</c>

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trial<00:18:24.220><c> at</c><00:18:24.420><c> the</c><00:18:24.519><c> beginning</c><00:18:24.740><c> of</c><00:18:24.960><c> chapter</c><00:18:25.240><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:18:26.319><c> because</c><00:18:26.599><c> she</c><00:18:27.039><c> faithfully</c><00:18:27.640><c> obeys</c><00:18:28.160><c> in</c><00:18:28.519><c> that</c><00:18:28.819><c> trial</c><00:18:29.119><c> at</c><00:18:29.319><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:18:29.680><c> of</c><00:18:29.900><c> chapter</c><00:18:30.180><c> 5,</c>

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she<00:18:31.140><c> will</c><00:18:31.359><c> have</c><00:18:31.519><c> an</c><00:18:31.660><c> even</c><00:18:31.880><c> greater</c><00:18:32.299><c> trial</c><00:18:32.839><c> at</c><00:18:33.539><c> the</c><00:18:33.619><c> end</c><00:18:33.759><c> of</c><00:18:33.960><c> chapter</c><00:18:34.220><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:18:35.920><c> that</c><00:18:36.079><c> is</c><00:18:36.299><c> charging</c><00:18:36.579><c> the</c><00:18:36.799><c> prime</c><00:18:36.980><c> minister</c><00:18:37.299><c> with</c><00:18:37.579><c> treason.</c>

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So<00:18:38.900><c> as</c><00:18:39.259><c> her</c><00:18:39.619><c> faith</c><00:18:39.859><c> is</c><00:18:40.220><c> growing,</c><00:18:40.700><c> her</c><00:18:41.000><c> trials</c><00:18:41.400><c> are</c><00:18:41.799><c> increasing.</c>

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And<00:18:43.880><c> in</c><00:18:44.359><c> her</c><00:18:44.599><c> case,</c><00:18:45.140><c> the</c><00:18:45.279><c> trials</c><00:18:45.500><c> are</c><00:18:45.740><c> coming</c><00:18:45.980><c> one</c><00:18:46.500><c> after</c><00:18:47.000><c> another.</c>

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She<00:18:48.319><c> doesn't</c><00:18:48.539><c> go</c><00:18:48.779><c> to</c><00:18:48.920><c> bed</c><00:18:49.019><c> that</c><00:18:49.259><c> first</c><00:18:49.579><c> night</c><00:18:49.779><c> and</c><00:18:49.960><c> say,</c><00:18:50.359><c> wow,</c>

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I<00:18:50.980><c> survived</c><00:18:51.400><c> the</c><00:18:51.660><c> presence</c><00:18:51.880><c> of</c><00:18:52.099><c> the</c><00:18:52.259><c> king.</c>

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I<00:18:52.579><c> got</c><00:18:52.779><c> through</c><00:18:52.980><c> the</c><00:18:53.140><c> first</c><00:18:53.380><c> banquet,</c><00:18:53.740><c> and</c><00:18:54.299><c> we're</c><00:18:54.539><c> on</c><00:18:54.740><c> easy</c><00:18:54.900><c> street.</c>

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The<00:18:56.859><c> decree</c><00:18:57.140><c> still</c><00:18:57.420><c> is</c><00:18:57.680><c> there.</c>

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The<00:18:58.400><c> charge</c><00:18:58.599><c> of</c><00:18:58.839><c> treason</c><00:18:59.160><c> still</c><00:18:59.420><c> needs</c><00:18:59.680><c> to</c><00:18:59.819><c> be</c><00:18:59.980><c> made.</c>

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But<00:19:02.400><c> we</c><00:19:02.539><c> need</c><00:19:02.660><c> to</c><00:19:02.900><c> teach</c><00:19:03.079><c> our</c><00:19:03.319><c> young</c><00:19:03.539><c> people,</c><00:19:03.880><c> as</c><00:19:04.019><c> we</c><00:19:04.140><c> have</c><00:19:04.319><c> come</c><00:19:04.460><c> to</c>

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see<00:19:04.720><c> in</c><00:19:04.859><c> our</c><00:19:05.019><c> own</c><00:19:05.240><c> lives,</c>

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that<00:19:07.119><c> as</c><00:19:07.460><c> our</c><00:19:07.819><c> faith</c><00:19:08.039><c> increases,</c><00:19:09.019><c> our</c><00:19:09.319><c> trials</c><00:19:09.799><c> will</c><00:19:10.140><c> increase.</c>

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Trials<00:19:12.960><c> are</c><00:19:13.079><c> something</c><00:19:13.400><c> we</c><00:19:13.700><c> endure</c><00:19:14.000><c> and</c><00:19:14.180><c> then</c><00:19:14.299><c> have</c><00:19:14.440><c> this</c><00:19:14.700><c> long</c><00:19:14.980><c> period</c><00:19:15.240><c> of</c><00:19:15.440><c> time</c>

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where<00:19:15.700><c> we</c><00:19:15.799><c> don't</c><00:19:15.940><c> have</c><00:19:16.119><c> another</c><00:19:16.420><c> one.</c>

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God<00:19:18.099><c> is</c><00:19:18.420><c> heaping</c><00:19:19.019><c> trials</c><00:19:19.400><c> upon</c><00:19:19.880><c> Esther</c><00:19:20.259><c> in</c><00:19:20.460><c> this</c><00:19:20.640><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:19:22.279><c> he's</c><00:19:22.500><c> doing</c><00:19:22.720><c> it</c><00:19:22.960><c> not</c><00:19:23.140><c> out</c><00:19:23.339><c> of</c><00:19:23.559><c> punishment</c><00:19:23.940><c> in</c><00:19:24.140><c> any</c><00:19:24.319><c> way</c><00:19:24.440><c> or</c><00:19:24.680><c> chastening.</c>

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It's<00:19:25.240><c> because</c><00:19:25.500><c> this</c><00:19:25.859><c> young</c><00:19:26.059><c> woman,</c><00:19:27.279><c> who</c><00:19:27.460><c> is</c><00:19:27.759><c> taking</c><00:19:28.000><c> her</c><00:19:28.339><c> counsel</c><00:19:28.680><c> from</c>

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Mordecai<00:19:29.559><c> in</c><00:19:29.799><c> chapter</c><00:19:30.140><c> 4,</c>

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and<00:19:31.339><c> willingly</c><00:19:31.700><c> committed</c><00:19:32.160><c> her</c><00:19:32.500><c> life,</c><00:19:33.079><c> laying</c><00:19:33.259><c> down</c><00:19:33.579><c> her</c><00:19:33.779><c> life</c><00:19:33.960><c> for</c>

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her<00:19:34.380><c> people,</c>

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is<00:19:35.700><c> now</c><00:19:36.220><c> taking</c><00:19:36.660><c> her</c><00:19:36.980><c> counsel</c><00:19:37.380><c> from</c><00:19:37.619><c> God</c><00:19:37.859><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:19:39.799><c> it</c><00:19:39.960><c> is</c><00:19:40.180><c> God</c><00:19:40.539><c> who</c><00:19:40.759><c> is</c><00:19:41.039><c> working</c><00:19:41.359><c> in</c><00:19:41.680><c> the</c><00:19:41.880><c> events</c><00:19:42.079><c> of</c><00:19:42.380><c> Esther's</c><00:19:42.740><c> life,</c>

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directly<00:19:44.420><c> with</c><00:19:44.819><c> her,</c>

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bringing<00:19:45.579><c> her</c><00:19:46.140><c> along</c><00:19:46.619><c> the</c><00:19:47.000><c> path</c><00:19:47.380><c> of</c><00:19:47.720><c> faith.</c>

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To<00:19:51.160><c> see</c><00:19:51.279><c> the</c><00:19:51.500><c> power</c><00:19:51.740><c> of</c><00:19:52.119><c> prayer</c><00:19:52.380><c> at</c><00:19:52.660><c> work</c><00:19:52.839><c> in</c><00:19:53.019><c> this</c><00:19:53.200><c> book.</c>

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Again,<00:19:55.000><c> I</c><00:19:55.259><c> realize</c><00:19:55.579><c> the</c><00:19:55.799><c> word</c><00:19:55.940><c> never</c><00:19:56.319><c> appears.</c>

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But<00:19:58.279><c> is</c><00:19:58.480><c> there</c><00:19:58.799><c> any</c><00:19:59.200><c> doubt</c><00:19:59.539><c> what</c><00:19:59.839><c> Esther</c><00:20:00.220><c> did</c><00:20:00.519><c> when</c><00:20:00.680><c> she</c><00:20:00.900><c> went</c>

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home<00:20:01.220><c> that</c><00:20:01.500><c> night?</c>

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Banquet<00:20:05.759><c> two</c><00:20:06.099><c> comes</c><00:20:06.420><c> up</c><00:20:06.700><c> tomorrow</c><00:20:07.000><c> night.</c>

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The<00:20:10.339><c> charge</c><00:20:10.660><c> of</c><00:20:10.940><c> treason</c><00:20:11.359><c> will</c><00:20:11.640><c> be</c><00:20:11.900><c> leveled</c><00:20:12.299><c> against</c><00:20:12.579><c> the</c>

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prime<00:20:12.960><c> minister</c><00:20:13.380><c> tomorrow</c><00:20:13.839><c> night.</c>

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I<00:20:16.680><c> doubt</c><00:20:16.859><c> she</c><00:20:17.059><c> slept.</c>

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Not<00:20:18.839><c> because</c><00:20:19.160><c> she</c><00:20:19.339><c> was</c><00:20:19.599><c> panicked.</c>

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But<00:20:21.779><c> because</c><00:20:22.099><c> this</c><00:20:22.319><c> had</c><00:20:22.640><c> been,</c><00:20:23.059><c> the</c><00:20:23.319><c> events</c><00:20:23.640><c> had</c><00:20:23.940><c> come</c><00:20:24.079><c> to</c><00:20:24.299><c> a</c>

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very<00:20:24.740><c> momentous</c><00:20:25.539><c> point.</c>

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She<00:20:27.259><c> would</c><00:20:27.460><c> again</c><00:20:27.779><c> seek</c><00:20:28.099><c> God's</c><00:20:28.740><c> intervention,</c><00:20:29.400><c> only</c><00:20:29.700><c> this</c><00:20:30.059><c> time</c><00:20:30.339><c> on</c>

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behalf<00:20:30.920><c> of</c><00:20:31.119><c> her</c><00:20:31.359><c> appeal</c>

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to<00:20:31.920><c> the</c><00:20:32.140><c> king</c><00:20:32.440><c> against</c><00:20:32.880><c> Haman.</c>

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God<00:20:33.799><c> had</c><00:20:34.200><c> spared</c><00:20:34.420><c> her</c><00:20:34.720><c> life</c><00:20:34.900><c> that</c><00:20:35.200><c> morning.</c>

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And<00:20:36.160><c> no</c><00:20:36.339><c> doubt</c><00:20:36.500><c> the</c><00:20:36.700><c> day</c><00:20:36.900><c> before,</c><00:20:37.299><c> the</c><00:20:37.420><c> night</c><00:20:37.559><c> before</c><00:20:37.900><c> she</c><00:20:38.039><c> went</c><00:20:38.220><c> in</c>

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to<00:20:38.420><c> see</c><00:20:38.579><c> the</c><00:20:38.799><c> king,</c>

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she<00:20:39.240><c> slept</c><00:20:39.519><c> very</c><00:20:39.920><c> little</c><00:20:40.339><c> and</c><00:20:40.740><c> prayed</c><00:20:40.980><c> earnestly.</c>

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That<00:20:42.519><c> night,</c><00:20:43.039><c> she</c><00:20:43.380><c> is</c><00:20:43.759><c> faced</c><00:20:43.960><c> with</c><00:20:44.160><c> the</c><00:20:44.359><c> prospect</c><00:20:44.740><c> of</c><00:20:44.880><c> going</c>

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before<00:20:45.420><c> the</c><00:20:45.559><c> king</c><00:20:45.740><c> again.</c>

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And<00:20:47.079><c> this</c><00:20:47.259><c> is</c><00:20:47.380><c> where</c><00:20:47.480><c> we</c><00:20:47.640><c> need</c><00:20:47.819><c> to</c><00:20:48.119><c> picture</c><00:20:48.420><c> the</c><00:20:48.700><c> scene.</c>

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I<00:20:49.039><c> like</c><00:20:49.240><c> to</c><00:20:49.440><c> write</c><00:20:49.619><c> the</c><00:20:49.980><c> letters</c><00:20:50.279><c> PTS</c><00:20:51.279><c> in</c><00:20:52.220><c> places</c><00:20:52.460><c> in</c><00:20:52.740><c> my</c><00:20:52.880><c> Bible,</c><00:20:53.160><c> just</c>

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to<00:20:53.799><c> remind</c><00:20:54.160><c> myself,</c>

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picture<00:20:55.440><c> what's</c><00:20:56.039><c> happening</c><00:20:56.420><c> in</c><00:20:56.779><c> Shushan.</c>

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Because<00:20:58.359><c> there</c><00:20:58.539><c> is</c><00:20:58.779><c> concurrent</c><00:20:59.339><c> activity</c><00:21:00.000><c> taking</c><00:21:00.359><c> place</c><00:21:01.059><c> in</c>

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three<00:21:01.779><c> areas</c><00:21:02.140><c> of</c><00:21:02.339><c> Shushan.</c>

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There<00:21:03.019><c> is</c><00:21:03.319><c> Esther</c><00:21:03.779><c> in</c><00:21:04.460><c> her</c><00:21:04.740><c> chamber,</c><00:21:05.779><c> praying</c><00:21:05.940><c> to</c><00:21:06.220><c> God</c><00:21:06.460><c> by</c><00:21:06.880><c> faith</c><00:21:07.359><c> for</c>

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his<00:21:08.200><c> help</c><00:21:08.440><c> and</c><00:21:08.819><c> intervention.</c>

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Where<00:21:10.079><c> is</c><00:21:10.319><c> the</c><00:21:10.539><c> king?</c>

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The<00:21:13.759><c> king</c><00:21:13.960><c> is</c><00:21:14.160><c> in</c><00:21:14.279><c> his</c><00:21:14.539><c> chamber.</c>

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Only<00:21:16.579><c> he</c><00:21:16.720><c> has</c><00:21:16.960><c> a</c><00:21:17.160><c> problem.</c>

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What<00:21:18.319><c> is</c><00:21:18.500><c> his</c><00:21:18.740><c> problem?</c>

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He<00:21:21.240><c> can't</c><00:21:21.660><c> sleep.</c>

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She's<00:21:24.119><c> praying</c><00:21:24.299><c> for</c><00:21:24.559><c> God's</c><00:21:25.039><c> intervention</c><00:21:25.500><c> and</c><00:21:25.819><c> he</c><00:21:26.079><c> can't</c><00:21:26.519><c> sleep</c><00:21:26.680><c> in</c>

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his<00:21:27.059><c> chamber.</c>

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Her<00:21:29.220><c> prayer</c><00:21:29.680><c> is</c><00:21:30.000><c> being</c><00:21:30.440><c> answered.</c>

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As<00:21:32.819><c> she's</c><00:21:33.140><c> offering</c><00:21:33.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:36.380><c> where</c><00:21:36.559><c> is</c><00:21:36.700><c> Haman?</c>

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Haman<00:21:39.039><c> is</c><00:21:39.279><c> back</c><00:21:39.519><c> home,</c><00:21:41.019><c> gloating</c><00:21:41.519><c> over</c><00:21:41.960><c> all</c><00:21:42.180><c> his</c><00:21:42.400><c> accomplishments</c><00:21:43.099><c> and</c><00:21:44.039><c> calling</c>

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for<00:21:44.559><c> a</c><00:21:44.779><c> 75</c><00:21:45.259><c>-foot</c><00:21:45.640><c> high</c><00:21:47.000><c> cross,</c><00:21:47.839><c> as</c><00:21:48.200><c> it</c><00:21:48.440><c> were,</c><00:21:48.900><c> gallows</c><00:21:49.500><c> to</c><00:21:49.779><c> be</c><00:21:49.980><c> erected</c>

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for<00:21:51.460><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:51.980><c> to</c><00:21:52.460><c> be</c><00:21:52.619><c> put</c><00:21:52.779><c> to</c><00:21:52.980><c> death.</c>

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That's<00:21:55.059><c> what's</c><00:21:55.319><c> happening,</c><00:21:55.740><c> brethren</c><00:21:55.839><c> and</c><00:21:56.019><c> sisters,</c><00:21:56.299><c> in</c><00:21:56.460><c> Chapter</c><00:21:56.759><c> 6.</c>

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Now,<00:21:57.240><c> I</c><00:21:57.440><c> realize</c><00:21:57.720><c> it</c><00:21:57.859><c> doesn't</c><00:21:58.160><c> say</c><00:21:58.519><c> Esther</c><00:21:58.740><c> went</c><00:21:58.920><c> home</c><00:21:59.099><c> to</c><00:21:59.339><c> pray.</c>

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But<00:22:00.819><c> you</c><00:22:01.019><c> don't</c><00:22:01.240><c> have</c><00:22:01.460><c> to</c><00:22:01.640><c> even</c><00:22:01.900><c> use</c><00:22:02.220><c> your</c><00:22:02.539><c> imagination.</c>

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It's<00:22:04.880><c> still</c><00:22:05.359><c> in</c><00:22:05.700><c> the</c><00:22:05.940><c> process</c><00:22:06.359><c> of</c><00:22:06.539><c> the</c><00:22:06.799><c> three</c><00:22:06.960><c>-day</c><00:22:07.200><c> fast</c><00:22:07.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:08.759><c> brethren</c><00:22:09.019><c> and</c><00:22:09.259><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:22:10.140><c> believers,</c><00:22:10.480><c> as</c><00:22:10.720><c> it</c><00:22:10.880><c> were,</c><00:22:11.079><c> in</c><00:22:11.339><c> Shushan.</c>

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God<00:22:13.400><c> is</c><00:22:13.920><c> responding</c><00:22:14.539><c> to</c><00:22:14.799><c> the</c><00:22:15.019><c> prayers</c><00:22:15.259><c> of</c><00:22:15.559><c> Esther.</c>

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He's<00:22:16.099><c> responding</c><00:22:16.680><c> to</c><00:22:16.940><c> the</c><00:22:17.180><c> prayers</c><00:22:17.359><c> of</c><00:22:17.559><c> the</c><00:22:17.759><c> community.</c>

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This<00:22:19.640><c> is</c><00:22:19.920><c> not</c><00:22:20.140><c> all</c><00:22:20.420><c> just</c><00:22:20.799><c> happening</c><00:22:21.200><c> by</c><00:22:21.599><c> chance.</c>

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We<00:22:24.359><c> must</c><00:22:24.660><c> never</c><00:22:25.119><c> underestimate</c><00:22:25.900><c> the</c><00:22:26.279><c> power</c><00:22:26.599><c> of</c><00:22:26.980><c> prayer</c><00:22:27.180><c> in</c>

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our<00:22:27.579><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:22:28.059><c> how</c><00:22:28.460><c> God</c><00:22:28.759><c> works</c><00:22:29.299><c> with</c><00:22:29.559><c> us.</c>

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So<00:22:31.380><c> Esther</c><00:22:31.599><c> went</c><00:22:31.759><c> home</c><00:22:31.980><c> that</c><00:22:32.259><c> night</c><00:22:32.440><c> after</c><00:22:32.680><c> the</c><00:22:32.900><c> first</c><00:22:33.099><c> banquet</c><00:22:33.400><c> to</c><00:22:33.740><c> pray.</c>

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Haman<00:22:34.619><c> went</c><00:22:34.819><c> home</c><00:22:35.119><c> to</c><00:22:35.380><c> boast,</c><00:22:36.019><c> a</c><00:22:36.079><c> further</c><00:22:36.339><c> insight</c><00:22:36.859><c> into</c><00:22:37.140><c> his</c><00:22:37.440><c> character.</c>

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Remember,<00:22:39.839><c> God</c><00:22:40.279><c> uses</c><00:22:40.779><c> Haman</c><00:22:41.220><c> in</c><00:22:41.480><c> this</c><00:22:41.839><c> story</c><00:22:42.180><c> to</c><00:22:42.599><c> teach</c><00:22:42.859><c> us</c>

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about<00:22:43.799><c> sin</c><00:22:44.259><c> and</c><00:22:45.019><c> what</c><00:22:45.380><c> each</c>

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of<00:22:45.880><c> us</c><00:22:46.099><c> are</c><00:22:46.440><c> like</c><00:22:46.740><c> by</c><00:22:47.180><c> our</c><00:22:47.420><c> nature,</c><00:22:48.299><c> the</c><00:22:48.740><c> egotistical</c><00:22:49.579><c> preoccupation</c><00:22:50.579><c> with</c><00:22:50.799><c> ourself,</c>

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seeing<00:22:52.319><c> the</c><00:22:52.579><c> world</c><00:22:52.880><c> only</c><00:22:53.359><c> through</c><00:22:53.680><c> our</c><00:22:53.960><c> own</c><00:22:54.440><c> achievements.</c>

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In<00:22:56.240><c> Verse</c><00:22:56.599><c> 9</c><00:22:57.019><c> of</c><00:22:57.240><c> Chapter</c><00:22:57.640><c> 5,</c><00:22:58.279><c> he</c><00:22:58.279><c> is</c><00:22:58.500><c> at</c><00:22:58.640><c> the</c><00:22:58.819><c> top</c><00:22:59.299><c> of</c><00:22:59.559><c> the</c><00:22:59.759><c> world.</c>

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He<00:23:00.940><c> went</c><00:23:01.059><c> home,</c><00:23:01.859><c> he</c><00:23:01.980><c> went</c><00:23:02.099><c> out</c><00:23:02.299><c> that</c><00:23:02.539><c> day,</c><00:23:02.940><c> joyful</c><00:23:03.380><c> and</c><00:23:03.880><c> glad</c>

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of<00:23:04.559><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:23:05.920><c> the</c><00:23:06.059><c> word</c><00:23:06.380><c> joyful</c><00:23:07.079><c> is</c><00:23:07.880><c> gleeful.</c>

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He<00:23:09.259><c> was</c><00:23:09.579><c> full</c><00:23:10.039><c> of</c><00:23:10.519><c> glee</c><00:23:10.980><c> over</c><00:23:11.619><c> what</c><00:23:12.119><c> he</c><00:23:12.380><c> had</c><00:23:12.519><c> been</c><00:23:12.759><c> able</c><00:23:13.079><c> to</c><00:23:13.460><c> accomplish.</c>

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And<00:23:16.160><c> then</c><00:23:16.299><c> he</c><00:23:16.380><c> sees</c><00:23:16.579><c> Mordecai</c><00:23:17.099><c> at</c><00:23:17.339><c> the</c><00:23:17.519><c> gate</c><00:23:17.720><c> and</c><00:23:17.920><c> his</c><00:23:18.119><c> disposition</c><00:23:18.680><c> changes</c><00:23:19.339><c> immediately.</c>

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And<00:23:20.440><c> he</c><00:23:20.539><c> is</c><00:23:20.880><c> filled,</c><00:23:21.200><c> it</c><00:23:21.500><c> says,</c><00:23:21.859><c> with</c><00:23:22.200><c> indignation.</c>

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He<00:23:23.559><c> had</c><00:23:23.740><c> been</c><00:23:24.019><c> oh</c><00:23:24.380><c> so</c><00:23:24.619><c> proud</c><00:23:24.900><c> of</c><00:23:25.059><c> himself</c><00:23:25.619><c> and</c><00:23:26.279><c> then</c><00:23:26.420><c> he</c><00:23:26.599><c> sees</c><00:23:26.740><c> Mordecai.</c>

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You<00:23:27.559><c> see,</c><00:23:27.900><c> men</c><00:23:27.980><c> and</c><00:23:28.119><c> women</c><00:23:28.359><c> of</c><00:23:28.579><c> the</c><00:23:28.880><c> flesh</c><00:23:29.559><c> allow</c><00:23:30.420><c> their</c><00:23:30.940><c> character</c>

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to<00:23:31.920><c> change</c><00:23:32.259><c> according</c><00:23:32.680><c> to</c><00:23:32.940><c> the</c><00:23:33.240><c> circumstances,</c><00:23:33.920><c> but</c><00:23:35.160><c> not</c><00:23:35.599><c> men</c>

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and<00:23:36.059><c> women</c><00:23:36.400><c> of</c><00:23:36.660><c> the</c><00:23:36.920><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:23:40.940><c> goes</c><00:23:41.180><c> home</c><00:23:41.400><c> and</c><00:23:41.519><c> he</c><00:23:41.700><c> calls</c><00:23:41.880><c> his</c><00:23:42.119><c> wife</c><00:23:42.359><c> and</c><00:23:42.559><c> friends</c><00:23:42.779><c> together</c>

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for<00:23:43.400><c> the</c><00:23:43.640><c> purpose</c><00:23:44.160><c> of</c><00:23:44.539><c> reviewing</c><00:23:44.980><c> his</c><00:23:45.960><c> greatness.</c>

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Verse<00:23:47.759><c> 11,</c><00:23:48.059><c> we've</c><00:23:48.339><c> looked</c><00:23:48.480><c> at</c><00:23:48.619><c> it</c><00:23:48.759><c> once</c><00:23:48.960><c> already.</c>

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He<00:23:49.519><c> recounted</c><00:23:50.220><c> to</c><00:23:50.480><c> them</c><00:23:50.839><c> or</c><00:23:51.140><c> told</c><00:23:51.460><c> them</c><00:23:52.200><c> of</c><00:23:53.359><c> the</c><00:23:53.700><c> splendor,</c><00:23:54.220><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:54.740><c> riches.</c>

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And<00:23:55.440><c> as</c><00:23:55.599><c> Brother</c><00:23:55.839><c> Robby</c><00:23:56.160><c> pointed</c><00:23:56.440><c> out</c><00:23:56.660><c> to</c><00:23:56.799><c> me,</c><00:23:56.900><c> notice</c><00:23:57.240><c> the</c><00:23:57.619><c> six</c><00:23:58.000><c> indications</c><00:23:58.740><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:59.579><c> and</c><00:24:00.240><c> him.</c>

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His<00:24:01.420><c> riches,</c><00:24:02.059><c> his</c><00:24:02.500><c> sons,</c><00:24:03.440><c> his</c><00:24:03.880><c> promotions</c><00:24:04.539><c> with</c><00:24:04.859><c> which</c><00:24:05.079><c> the</c>

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king<00:24:05.519><c> honored</c><00:24:05.920><c> him,</c>

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and<00:24:06.900><c> how</c><00:24:07.059><c> he</c><00:24:07.319><c> advanced</c><00:24:07.680><c> him</c><00:24:08.200><c> above</c><00:24:08.440><c> the</c><00:24:08.700><c> princes</c><00:24:09.000><c> and</c><00:24:09.299><c> the</c><00:24:09.539><c> servants</c><00:24:09.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:10.220><c> king.</c>

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The<00:24:11.579><c> word</c><00:24:11.799><c> told</c><00:24:12.160><c> there</c><00:24:12.420><c> means</c><00:24:12.660><c> to</c><00:24:12.960><c> recount.</c>

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He<00:24:13.480><c> goes</c><00:24:13.740><c> through</c><00:24:14.019><c> a</c><00:24:14.200><c> checklist</c><00:24:14.740><c> of</c><00:24:15.559><c> all</c><00:24:15.819><c> his</c><00:24:16.079><c> accomplishments.</c>

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I'd<00:24:18.799><c> like</c><00:24:18.900><c> you</c><00:24:19.039><c> to</c><00:24:19.220><c> all</c><00:24:19.420><c> come</c><00:24:19.640><c> to</c><00:24:19.839><c> our</c><00:24:20.119><c> cabin</c><00:24:20.380><c> tonight</c><00:24:20.740><c> because</c>

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we're<00:24:21.259><c> going</c><00:24:21.420><c> to</c><00:24:21.619><c> have</c><00:24:21.759><c> a</c><00:24:22.039><c> party.</c>

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And<00:24:25.220><c> the</c><00:24:25.380><c> subject</c><00:24:25.599><c> of</c><00:24:25.759><c> the</c><00:24:26.000><c> party</c><00:24:26.259><c> is</c><00:24:26.599><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:28.819><c> we're</c><00:24:28.960><c> going</c><00:24:29.059><c> to</c><00:24:29.160><c> talk</c><00:24:29.400><c> about</c><00:24:29.960><c> all</c><00:24:30.559><c> the</c><00:24:30.839><c> great</c><00:24:31.059><c> things</c><00:24:31.400><c> I</c>

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have<00:24:31.880><c> done</c><00:24:32.099><c> and</c><00:24:32.359><c> I</c><00:24:32.579><c> get</c><00:24:32.720><c> to</c><00:24:32.880><c> go</c><00:24:33.079><c> first.</c>

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That's<00:24:37.099><c> who</c><00:24:37.259><c> he</c><00:24:37.400><c> is.</c>

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That's<00:24:38.400><c> what</c><00:24:38.519><c> he</c><00:24:38.680><c> is.</c>

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And<00:24:40.220><c> he's</c><00:24:40.380><c> filled</c><00:24:40.640><c> with</c><00:24:40.859><c> indignation.</c>

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And<00:24:43.099><c> Zeresh</c><00:24:43.440><c> steps</c><00:24:43.880><c> forward.</c>

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And<00:24:48.680><c> instead</c><00:24:49.440><c> of</c><00:24:49.759><c> responding</c><00:24:50.380><c> with,</c><00:24:51.119><c> Heyman,</c><00:24:51.759><c> you</c><00:24:51.759><c> are</c><00:24:52.299><c> so</c><00:24:52.660><c> full</c><00:24:52.839><c> of</c>

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yourself,<00:24:54.480><c> you</c><00:24:54.759><c> make</c><00:24:54.940><c> me</c><00:24:55.240><c> sick.</c>

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She<00:24:57.640><c> adds</c><00:24:58.059><c> fuel</c><00:24:58.519><c> to</c><00:24:58.740><c> the</c><00:24:58.920><c> fire.</c>

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It's<00:25:02.740><c> critical,</c><00:25:03.200><c> sisters,</c><00:25:04.519><c> when</c><00:25:05.299><c> your</c><00:25:05.539><c> husbands</c><00:25:06.180><c> are</c><00:25:07.160><c> in</c><00:25:07.420><c> these</c><00:25:07.759><c> kinds</c><00:25:07.980><c> of</c><00:25:08.299><c> situations</c>

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that<00:25:09.099><c> you</c><00:25:09.400><c> bring</c><00:25:09.599><c> an</c><00:25:10.059><c> Abigail</c><00:25:10.420><c>-type</c><00:25:10.880><c> spirit</c><00:25:11.519><c> to</c><00:25:12.119><c> the</c><00:25:12.339><c> situation</c>

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because<00:25:13.160><c> you</c><00:25:13.400><c> can</c><00:25:13.720><c> pour</c><00:25:14.400><c> fuel</c><00:25:15.019><c> on</c><00:25:15.259><c> the</c><00:25:15.480><c> fire</c><00:25:15.900><c> in</c><00:25:16.640><c> the</c><00:25:16.740><c> way</c><00:25:16.859><c> she</c><00:25:17.059><c> did.</c>

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So<00:25:18.640><c> the</c><00:25:18.880><c> gallows</c><00:25:19.059><c> are</c><00:25:19.240><c> built</c><00:25:19.480><c> for</c><00:25:19.700><c> Mordecai's</c><00:25:20.339><c> execution.</c>

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This<00:25:22.220><c> would</c><00:25:22.460><c> likely</c><00:25:22.720><c> be</c><00:25:23.140><c> a</c><00:25:23.359><c> crucifixion,</c><00:25:24.839><c> not</c><00:25:25.119><c> a</c><00:25:25.279><c> hanging</c>

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because<00:25:25.859><c> the</c><00:25:26.099><c> Persians</c><00:25:26.460><c> were</c><00:25:26.680><c> not</c><00:25:28.339><c> accustomed</c><00:25:29.319><c> to</c><00:25:29.740><c> hanging</c><00:25:30.099><c> individuals.</c>

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In<00:25:31.059><c> fact,</c><00:25:31.720><c> if</c><00:25:31.720><c> you</c><00:25:31.920><c> trace</c><00:25:32.900><c> through</c><00:25:33.160><c> the</c><00:25:33.380><c> word,</c><00:25:34.180><c> the</c><00:25:34.319><c> Hebrew</c>

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word<00:25:34.819><c> for</c><00:25:35.079><c> hang</c><00:25:35.259><c> means</c><00:25:35.619><c> suspend.</c>

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The<00:25:36.839><c> gallows</c><00:25:37.259><c> means</c><00:25:37.660><c> tree.</c>

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If<00:25:38.720><c> you</c><00:25:38.839><c> look</c><00:25:39.019><c> in</c><00:25:40.119><c> the</c><00:25:40.380><c> Septuagint</c><00:25:41.240><c> in</c><00:25:41.500><c> Acts</c><00:25:41.779><c> 5</c><00:25:42.220><c> verse</c><00:25:42.480><c> 30</c><00:25:42.980><c> and</c>

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Acts<00:25:44.660><c> 10</c><00:25:44.900><c> verse</c><00:25:45.160><c> 39,</c>

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you<00:25:45.920><c> find</c><00:25:46.119><c> the</c><00:25:46.380><c> same</c><00:25:46.660><c> Greek</c><00:25:46.940><c> word</c><00:25:47.559><c> applied</c><00:25:48.220><c> to</c><00:25:48.380><c> the</c><00:25:48.579><c> cross</c><00:25:48.759><c> of</c><00:25:48.980><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:25:50.079><c> we</c><00:25:50.339><c> see</c><00:25:50.480><c> used</c><00:25:50.759><c> in</c><00:25:50.940><c> the</c><00:25:51.099><c> Septuagint</c><00:25:51.819><c> in</c><00:25:52.059><c> these</c><00:25:52.240><c> events.</c>

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It's<00:25:53.559><c> built</c><00:25:53.680><c> at</c><00:25:53.940><c> 75</c><00:25:55.140><c> feet</c><00:25:55.539><c> high.</c>

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This<00:25:56.079><c> is</c><00:25:56.299><c> going</c><00:25:56.420><c> to</c><00:25:56.619><c> be</c><00:25:56.819><c> a</c><00:25:57.259><c> public</c><00:25:57.859><c> execution.</c>

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Mordecai<00:26:00.099><c> is</c><00:26:00.319><c> going</c><00:26:00.440><c> to</c><00:26:00.579><c> be</c><00:26:00.759><c> portrayed</c><00:26:01.180><c> as</c><00:26:01.460><c> a</c><00:26:01.700><c> criminal</c><00:26:02.099><c> to</c><00:26:02.960><c> shame</c><00:26:03.259><c> him</c><00:26:03.579><c> and</c><00:26:03.900><c> to</c>

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discredit<00:26:04.519><c> him</c>

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as<00:26:05.420><c> a</c><00:26:05.680><c> worthless</c><00:26:06.059><c> man</c><00:26:06.500><c> fit</c><00:26:06.740><c> only</c><00:26:07.119><c> for</c><00:26:07.519><c> public</c><00:26:07.779><c> ridicule.</c>

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And<00:26:08.519><c> the</c><00:26:08.759><c> parallels</c><00:26:09.200><c> with</c><00:26:09.859><c> the</c><00:26:10.019><c> Lord</c><00:26:10.180><c> Jesus</c><00:26:10.539><c> Christ</c><00:26:11.180><c> and</c><00:26:11.960><c> the</c>

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Haman<00:26:12.359><c>-like</c><00:26:12.819><c> egotism</c>

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that<00:26:13.680><c> the</c><00:26:13.900><c> religious</c><00:26:14.220><c> leaders</c><00:26:14.519><c> of</c><00:26:14.720><c> his</c><00:26:15.059><c> day</c><00:26:15.859><c> manifested</c><00:26:16.880><c> become</c><00:26:17.680><c> self</c><00:26:18.079><c>-evident.</c>

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But<00:26:18.859><c> we'll</c><00:26:19.079><c> leave</c><00:26:19.240><c> that</c><00:26:19.500><c> for</c><00:26:19.660><c> your</c><00:26:19.839><c> own</c><00:26:20.160><c> consideration.</c>

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What<00:26:22.319><c> we</c><00:26:22.539><c> want</c><00:26:22.660><c> to</c><00:26:22.799><c> focus</c><00:26:23.140><c> on</c><00:26:23.539><c> is</c><00:26:23.880><c> the</c><00:26:24.059><c> next</c><00:26:24.400><c> 24</c><00:26:24.900><c> hours,</c><00:26:25.880><c> and</c><00:26:26.299><c> we</c>

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don't<00:26:26.859><c> want</c>

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to<00:26:27.460><c> miss</c><00:26:27.720><c> the</c><00:26:28.059><c> hand</c><00:26:28.420><c> of</c><00:26:28.700><c> God</c><00:26:29.059><c> at</c><00:26:29.440><c> work</c><00:26:29.700><c> in</c><00:26:29.960><c> these</c><00:26:30.160><c> events.</c>

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The<00:26:32.339><c> Prime</c><00:26:32.720><c> Minister</c><00:26:33.180><c> has</c><00:26:33.660><c> already</c><00:26:34.799><c> scheduled</c><00:26:35.759><c> Mordecai's</c>

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execution<00:26:37.859><c> for</c><00:26:38.220><c> the</c><00:26:38.319><c> next</c><00:26:38.619><c> day.</c>

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All<00:26:40.339><c> he</c><00:26:40.599><c> needs,</c><00:26:41.500><c> all</c><00:26:41.799><c> he</c><00:26:42.000><c> needs</c><00:26:42.440><c> is</c><00:26:42.740><c> the</c><00:26:42.920><c> king's</c><00:26:43.259><c> permission.</c>

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And<00:26:45.460><c> that</c><00:26:45.700><c> very</c><00:26:46.000><c> night,</c><00:26:46.660><c> it</c><00:26:46.720><c> just</c><00:26:47.339><c> so</c><00:26:47.819><c> happens</c><00:26:48.339><c> that</c><00:26:48.779><c> the</c><00:26:49.039><c> king</c>

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can't<00:26:50.119><c> sleep.</c>

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And<00:26:51.519><c> if</c><00:26:51.579><c> you</c><00:26:51.700><c> look</c><00:26:51.839><c> in</c><00:26:51.960><c> the</c><00:26:52.119><c> margin</c><00:26:52.319><c> of</c><00:26:52.500><c> the</c><00:26:52.720><c> authorized</c><00:26:53.079><c> version,</c>

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it<00:26:53.680><c> says</c><00:26:53.880><c> that</c><00:26:54.119><c> his</c><00:26:54.779><c> sleep</c><00:26:55.000><c> was</c><00:26:55.420><c> driven</c><00:26:55.740><c> away</c><00:26:56.440><c> from</c><00:26:56.859><c> him.</c>

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His<00:26:58.119><c> sleep</c><00:26:58.460><c> fled.</c>

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And<00:27:00.000><c> it</c><00:27:00.319><c> just</c><00:27:01.000><c> so</c><00:27:01.539><c> happens</c><00:27:01.940><c> that</c><00:27:02.160><c> he</c><00:27:02.259><c> calls</c><00:27:02.599><c> for</c><00:27:02.859><c> the</c><00:27:03.099><c> Chronicles</c><00:27:03.539><c> to</c><00:27:03.759><c> be</c><00:27:03.980><c> read.</c>

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And<00:27:05.539><c> it</c><00:27:05.900><c> just</c><00:27:06.259><c> so</c><00:27:06.660><c> happens</c><00:27:07.039><c> that</c><00:27:07.279><c> in</c><00:27:07.519><c> reviewing</c><00:27:07.880><c> the</c><00:27:08.200><c> Chronicles,</c><00:27:09.000><c> they</c><00:27:09.160><c> come</c><00:27:09.339><c> across</c><00:27:09.680><c> an</c><00:27:09.920><c> incident</c>

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from<00:27:10.539><c> five</c><00:27:10.880><c> years</c><00:27:11.160><c> earlier</c><00:27:11.619><c> involving</c><00:27:12.099><c> Mordecai</c><00:27:12.940><c> having</c><00:27:13.619><c> saved</c><00:27:14.099><c> the</c>

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king's<00:27:14.700><c> life.</c>

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And<00:27:16.420><c> it</c><00:27:16.660><c> just</c><00:27:16.900><c> so</c><00:27:17.180><c> happens</c><00:27:17.480><c> that</c><00:27:17.680><c> he</c><00:27:17.859><c> inquires</c><00:27:18.299><c> what</c><00:27:18.640><c> reward</c>

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was<00:27:19.519><c> given</c><00:27:19.779><c> to</c><00:27:20.119><c> faithful</c><00:27:20.440><c> Mordecai,</c>

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and<00:27:21.380><c> he</c><00:27:21.579><c> learns</c><00:27:22.160><c> that</c><00:27:22.599><c> nothing</c><00:27:22.980><c> was</c><00:27:23.920><c> ever</c><00:27:24.180><c> done</c><00:27:24.440><c> for</c><00:27:24.640><c> the</c><00:27:24.799><c> man</c>

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who<00:27:25.259><c> saved</c><00:27:25.400><c> your</c><00:27:25.640><c> life.</c>

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And<00:27:27.819><c> the</c><00:27:27.980><c> king</c><00:27:28.200><c> just</c><00:27:28.539><c> so</c><00:27:28.799><c> happens</c><00:27:29.059><c> to</c><00:27:29.319><c> decide,</c><00:27:29.720><c> well,</c><00:27:29.880><c> if</c><00:27:30.039><c> nothing</c><00:27:30.259><c> has</c>

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been<00:27:30.720><c> done</c><00:27:30.839><c> to</c><00:27:31.099><c> honor</c><00:27:31.240><c> him,</c>

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then<00:27:32.279><c> today</c><00:27:32.740><c> will</c><00:27:32.960><c> be</c><00:27:33.160><c> the</c><00:27:33.319><c> day</c><00:27:33.779><c> that</c><00:27:34.619><c> we</c><00:27:34.960><c> honor</c><00:27:35.240><c> this</c><00:27:35.599><c> man</c><00:27:35.920><c> for</c>

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having<00:27:36.359><c> saved</c><00:27:36.700><c> my</c><00:27:37.019><c> life.</c>

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And<00:27:40.240><c> it</c><00:27:40.420><c> just</c><00:27:40.619><c> so</c><00:27:40.880><c> happens</c><00:27:41.339><c> at</c><00:27:41.539><c> that</c><00:27:41.799><c> very</c><00:27:42.019><c> moment</c><00:27:42.660><c> that</c><00:27:43.579><c> Haman</c>

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walks<00:27:44.240><c> into</c><00:27:44.500><c> the</c><00:27:44.660><c> king's</c><00:27:45.039><c> court.</c>

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And<00:27:48.900><c> the</c><00:27:49.000><c> king</c><00:27:49.160><c> asks,</c><00:27:50.759><c> Haman,</c><00:27:52.000><c> what</c><00:27:52.380><c> should</c><00:27:52.640><c> we</c><00:27:52.940><c> do</c><00:27:53.440><c> to</c><00:27:54.359><c> the</c><00:27:54.539><c> man</c>

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in<00:27:55.160><c> whom</c><00:27:55.279><c> the</c><00:27:55.559><c> king</c><00:27:55.980><c> delights</c><00:27:56.759><c> to</c><00:27:57.099><c> honor</c><00:27:57.579><c> without</c><00:27:58.420><c> revealing</c>

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the<00:27:59.119><c> identity</c><00:27:59.420><c> of</c><00:27:59.579><c> the</c><00:27:59.700><c> man?</c>

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And<00:28:01.960><c> Haman,</c><00:28:02.359><c> with</c><00:28:02.559><c> all</c><00:28:02.960><c> his</c><00:28:03.420><c> egotism,</c><00:28:04.799><c> concludes,</c><00:28:06.339><c> who</c><00:28:06.660><c> else</c>

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would<00:28:07.259><c> you</c><00:28:07.519><c> want</c><00:28:07.700><c> to</c><00:28:08.059><c> honor</c><00:28:08.500><c> but</c><00:28:10.079><c> me?</c>

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And<00:28:13.819><c> it</c><00:28:13.960><c> just</c><00:28:14.180><c> so</c><00:28:14.480><c> happens</c><00:28:15.319><c> that</c><00:28:16.440><c> the</c><00:28:16.640><c> king</c><00:28:16.880><c> then</c><00:28:17.240><c> tells</c><00:28:17.859><c> Haman</c>

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that<00:28:20.299><c> it</c><00:28:20.460><c> won't</c><00:28:20.700><c> be</c><00:28:21.019><c> he</c><00:28:21.740><c> that</c><00:28:22.119><c> is</c><00:28:22.339><c> to</c><00:28:22.480><c> be</c><00:28:22.680><c> honored,</c>

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but<00:28:24.119><c> Mordecai</c><00:28:24.779><c> the</c><00:28:25.279><c> Jew.</c>

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So<00:28:27.160><c> Haman</c><00:28:27.359><c> had</c><00:28:27.599><c> come</c><00:28:27.799><c> to</c><00:28:27.960><c> the</c><00:28:28.160><c> king's</c><00:28:28.559><c> court</c><00:28:28.759><c> that</c><00:28:29.119><c> day</c><00:28:29.420><c> seeking</c><00:28:29.839><c> Mordecai's</c><00:28:30.880><c> death,</c>

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and<00:28:31.839><c> he</c><00:28:32.140><c> leaves</c><00:28:32.500><c> charged</c><00:28:32.980><c> with</c><00:28:33.240><c> the</c><00:28:33.559><c> responsibility</c><00:28:34.279><c> to</c><00:28:34.700><c> honor</c><00:28:34.960><c> and</c>

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publicly<00:28:36.000><c> extol</c>

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the<00:28:37.740><c> wonder</c><00:28:38.319><c> and</c><00:28:38.900><c> the</c><00:28:39.220><c> loyal</c><00:28:39.460><c> service</c><00:28:39.960><c> of</c><00:28:40.220><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:46.519
The<00:28:42.059><c> fingerprints</c><00:28:42.700><c> of</c><00:28:43.200><c> God</c><00:28:43.599><c> are</c><00:28:44.160><c> all</c><00:28:44.619><c> over</c><00:28:45.079><c> these</c><00:28:45.359><c> events.</c>

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:51.519
If<00:28:47.599><c> we</c><00:28:47.859><c> have</c><00:28:48.079><c> the</c><00:28:48.440><c> eye</c><00:28:48.799><c> of</c><00:28:49.180><c> faith,</c><00:28:50.200><c> and</c><00:28:50.400><c> we</c><00:28:50.539><c> can</c><00:28:50.799><c> see</c><00:28:50.920><c> it.</c>

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:54.700
He<00:28:52.140><c> doesn't</c><00:28:52.460><c> leave</c><00:28:52.799><c> his</c><00:28:53.160><c> people</c><00:28:53.539><c> alone</c><00:28:54.019><c> in</c><00:28:54.220><c> the</c><00:28:54.359><c> midst</c><00:28:54.539><c> of</c>

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their<00:28:54.940><c> trials</c>

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when<00:28:55.619><c> they</c><00:28:55.920><c> have</c><00:28:56.220><c> committed</c><00:28:56.619><c> themselves</c><00:28:57.500><c> to</c><00:28:58.299><c> serving</c><00:28:58.599><c> him</c>

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by<00:28:59.819><c> prayer</c><00:29:00.339><c> and</c><00:29:00.640><c> fasting</c><00:29:01.019><c> and</c><00:29:01.319><c> mourning</c><00:29:01.599><c> and</c><00:29:01.859><c> acknowledging</c>

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their<00:29:02.740><c> sins</c>

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:06.700
and<00:29:03.740><c> chastening</c><00:29:04.200><c> their</c><00:29:04.519><c> souls</c><00:29:04.839><c> and</c><00:29:05.119><c> seeking</c><00:29:05.380><c> his</c><00:29:05.660><c> intervention.</c>

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.920
And<00:29:07.279><c> we</c><00:29:07.420><c> need</c><00:29:07.539><c> to</c><00:29:07.859><c> see</c><00:29:08.019><c> the</c><00:29:08.259><c> hand</c><00:29:08.400><c> of</c><00:29:08.599><c> God</c><00:29:08.740><c> at</c><00:29:09.019><c> work</c><00:29:09.279><c> in</c><00:29:09.440><c> the</c><00:29:09.680><c> faithful</c><00:29:10.079><c> lives</c><00:29:10.579><c> of</c>

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these<00:29:11.220><c> people</c>

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so<00:29:12.619><c> we</c><00:29:12.859><c> can</c><00:29:13.160><c> believe</c><00:29:13.720><c> and</c><00:29:13.940><c> can</c><00:29:14.299><c> see</c><00:29:14.500><c> the</c><00:29:14.799><c> hand</c><00:29:14.940><c> of</c><00:29:15.220><c> God</c><00:29:15.460><c> at</c><00:29:15.819><c> work</c>

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in<00:29:16.359><c> our</c><00:29:16.720><c> life.</c>

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When<00:29:18.180><c> we</c><00:29:18.539><c> are</c><00:29:18.960><c> faced</c><00:29:19.420><c> with</c><00:29:19.759><c> the</c><00:29:20.039><c> Haman</c><00:29:20.299><c>-like</c><00:29:20.640><c> trials</c><00:29:21.440><c> that</c><00:29:22.279><c> others</c><00:29:22.599><c> may</c>

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have<00:29:23.099><c> no</c><00:29:23.420><c> idea</c><00:29:23.900><c> exist</c><00:29:24.420><c> in</c><00:29:24.599><c> our</c><00:29:24.779><c> life,</c>

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:30.720
but<00:29:26.140><c> we</c><00:29:26.480><c> turn</c><00:29:26.720><c> to</c><00:29:26.920><c> him</c><00:29:27.180><c> in</c><00:29:27.599><c> prayer,</c><00:29:28.660><c> pleading</c><00:29:29.240><c> with</c><00:29:29.480><c> him</c><00:29:29.660><c> to</c><00:29:29.960><c> intervene</c><00:29:30.359><c> to</c>

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save<00:29:30.960><c> us</c>

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:34.900
in<00:29:32.259><c> the</c><00:29:32.500><c> same</c><00:29:32.680><c> way</c><00:29:32.839><c> that</c><00:29:33.019><c> we</c><00:29:33.200><c> see</c><00:29:33.319><c> him</c><00:29:33.619><c> saving</c><00:29:33.900><c> his</c><00:29:34.220><c> people</c><00:29:34.500><c> back</c><00:29:34.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:35.000><c> days</c><00:29:35.180><c> of</c><00:29:35.500><c> Esther.</c>

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So<00:29:37.400><c> that</c><00:29:37.539><c> we</c><00:29:37.619><c> can</c><00:29:37.839><c> learn</c><00:29:38.039><c> to</c><00:29:38.339><c> trust</c><00:29:38.599><c> him</c><00:29:39.200><c> as</c><00:29:39.779><c> Esther</c><00:29:40.180><c> and</c><00:29:40.400><c> Mordecai</c><00:29:40.920><c> came</c>

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to<00:29:41.500><c> trust</c><00:29:41.740><c> him,</c>

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:46.059
even<00:29:42.819><c> in</c><00:29:43.160><c> the</c><00:29:43.339><c> darkest</c><00:29:43.660><c> moments,</c><00:29:44.819><c> believing</c><00:29:45.259><c> that</c><00:29:45.519><c> he</c><00:29:45.680><c> is</c><00:29:45.859><c> at</c>

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.640
work<00:29:46.319><c> behind</c><00:29:46.700><c> the</c><00:29:46.940><c> scenes.</c>

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The<00:29:49.000><c> king</c><00:29:49.380><c> desires</c><00:29:49.880><c> to</c><00:29:50.240><c> honor</c><00:29:50.460><c> Mordecai.</c>

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Five<00:29:53.259><c> times</c><00:29:54.079><c> the</c><00:29:54.359><c> word</c><00:29:54.539><c> is</c><00:29:54.779><c> used</c><00:29:55.039><c> in</c><00:29:55.200><c> verses</c><00:29:55.480><c> six</c><00:29:55.819><c> to</c><00:29:55.940><c> nine,</c>

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highlighting<00:29:57.299><c> how</c><00:29:57.579><c> the</c><00:29:57.759><c> king's</c><00:29:58.119><c> mind</c><00:29:58.279><c> is</c><00:29:58.519><c> now</c><00:29:58.759><c> focused</c><00:29:59.140><c> on</c>

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this<00:29:59.680><c> single</c><00:30:00.059><c> objective</c>

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of<00:30:01.420><c> honoring</c><00:30:01.759><c> the</c><00:30:02.000><c> man</c><00:30:02.339><c> in</c><00:30:02.559><c> whom</c><00:30:02.660><c> the</c><00:30:02.859><c> king</c><00:30:03.559><c> delighteth</c><00:30:04.740><c> to</c><00:30:05.039><c> honor.</c>

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In<00:30:06.160><c> chapter</c><00:30:06.460><c> two</c><00:30:06.700><c> at</c><00:30:06.859><c> verse</c><00:30:07.079><c> 14,</c><00:30:07.640><c> he</c><00:30:07.940><c> delighted</c><00:30:08.599><c> in</c><00:30:09.019><c> Esther</c><00:30:09.180><c> because</c><00:30:09.539><c> of</c>

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her<00:30:09.900><c> character.</c>

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And<00:30:10.779><c> now</c><00:30:10.980><c> in</c><00:30:11.160><c> chapter</c><00:30:11.460><c> six,</c><00:30:11.839><c> he</c><00:30:11.940><c> is</c><00:30:12.380><c> delighting</c><00:30:12.980><c> in</c>

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Mordecai's<00:30:14.059><c> character.</c>

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Both<00:30:15.220><c> men,</c><00:30:15.960><c> both</c><00:30:16.259><c> the</c><00:30:16.440><c> man</c><00:30:16.619><c> and</c><00:30:16.700><c> the</c><00:30:16.839><c> woman,</c><00:30:17.220><c> Esther</c><00:30:17.359><c> and</c><00:30:17.559><c> Mordecai,</c><00:30:18.640><c> living</c><00:30:18.740><c> by</c>

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the<00:30:19.200><c> same</c><00:30:19.400><c> principles.</c>

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In<00:30:20.980><c> verse</c><00:30:21.240><c> three,</c><00:30:21.619><c> when</c><00:30:21.740><c> it</c><00:30:21.940><c> talks</c><00:30:22.180><c> about</c><00:30:22.559><c> honor</c><00:30:23.000><c> and</c><00:30:23.359><c> dignity,</c>

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:26.799
it's<00:30:24.240><c> the</c><00:30:24.380><c> same</c><00:30:24.619><c> two</c><00:30:24.920><c> words</c><00:30:25.420><c> that</c><00:30:25.660><c> we</c><00:30:25.819><c> saw</c><00:30:26.000><c> back</c><00:30:26.259><c> in</c><00:30:26.460><c> chapter</c>

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one<00:30:27.180><c> at</c><00:30:27.380><c> verse</c><00:30:27.680><c> four.</c>

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You<00:30:28.700><c> see,</c><00:30:28.980><c> what</c><00:30:29.140><c> Mordecai,</c><00:30:29.900><c> what</c><00:30:30.160><c> the</c><00:30:30.359><c> king</c><00:30:30.559><c> is</c><00:30:30.940><c> doing</c>

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:36.279
is<00:30:32.720><c> he</c><00:30:32.920><c> is</c><00:30:33.180><c> not</c><00:30:33.440><c> going</c><00:30:33.700><c> to</c><00:30:33.940><c> just</c><00:30:34.200><c> give</c><00:30:34.420><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:35.299><c> a</c><00:30:35.599><c> key</c><00:30:35.839><c> to</c><00:30:36.039><c> the</c>

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city<00:30:36.740><c> and</c><00:30:37.500><c> say,</c>

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:40.039
well,<00:30:37.779><c> let's</c><00:30:38.119><c> see,</c><00:30:38.359><c> today's</c><00:30:38.759><c> August</c><00:30:39.000><c> 28th</c><00:30:39.599><c> or</c><00:30:39.619><c> whatever</c><00:30:39.839><c> the</c>

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day<00:30:40.200><c> is,</c><00:30:40.579><c> let's</c><00:30:41.119><c> honor</c><00:30:41.319><c> him</c>

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because<00:30:42.460><c> I've</c><00:30:42.680><c> got</c><00:30:42.819><c> room</c><00:30:43.019><c> in</c><00:30:43.140><c> my</c><00:30:43.400><c> schedule</c><00:30:43.720><c> to</c><00:30:43.920><c> do</c><00:30:44.119><c> so.</c>

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:49.380
The<00:30:44.559><c> king</c><00:30:44.839><c> is</c><00:30:45.119><c> going</c><00:30:45.259><c> to</c><00:30:45.480><c> take</c><00:30:45.680><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:46.519><c> and</c><00:30:47.960><c> take</c><00:30:48.319><c> the</c><00:30:48.799><c> emblems</c><00:30:49.279><c> and</c>

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:51.039
the<00:30:49.619><c> symbols</c><00:30:50.039><c> of</c><00:30:50.339><c> the</c><00:30:50.539><c> empire</c>

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:57.359
and<00:30:51.559><c> wrap</c><00:30:52.019><c> them</c><00:30:52.539><c> around</c><00:30:52.980><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:54.380><c> and</c><00:30:54.740><c> then</c><00:30:55.039><c> have</c><00:30:55.200><c> him</c><00:30:55.460><c> paraded</c><00:30:56.079><c> around</c><00:30:56.579><c> the</c><00:30:56.880><c> city</c>

00:30:57.359 --> 00:31:02.759
because<00:30:58.220><c> he</c><00:30:58.400><c> wants</c><00:30:58.680><c> all</c><00:30:59.119><c> to</c><00:30:59.500><c> see</c><00:31:00.039><c> this</c><00:31:00.859><c> man's</c><00:31:01.819><c> character.</c>

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:06.500
And<00:31:03.200><c> his</c><00:31:03.460><c> faithful</c><00:31:04.019><c> loyal</c><00:31:04.539><c> service</c><00:31:04.960><c> to</c><00:31:05.160><c> the</c><00:31:05.400><c> throne</c><00:31:05.779><c> is</c><00:31:06.299><c> what</c>

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.839
we<00:31:06.720><c> are</c><00:31:06.940><c> honoring</c><00:31:07.319><c> today.</c>

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:13.960
And<00:31:08.140><c> we</c><00:31:08.400><c> want</c><00:31:08.740><c> all</c><00:31:09.539><c> Persian</c><00:31:10.380><c> citizens</c><00:31:11.440><c> to</c><00:31:12.519><c> take</c><00:31:12.779><c> this</c><00:31:13.220><c> man</c><00:31:13.619><c> as</c>

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.359
their<00:31:14.220><c> example.</c>

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:21.680
That's<00:31:16.680><c> the</c><00:31:16.880><c> purpose</c><00:31:17.619><c> of</c><00:31:18.559><c> taking</c><00:31:19.079><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:19.880><c> and</c><00:31:20.700><c> clothing</c><00:31:21.059><c> him</c><00:31:21.440><c> in</c>

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.680
the<00:31:21.900><c> royal</c><00:31:22.160><c> robes</c>

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:27.019
and<00:31:22.900><c> putting</c><00:31:23.160><c> him</c><00:31:23.559><c> on</c><00:31:23.779><c> the</c><00:31:24.000><c> royal</c><00:31:24.220><c> horse</c><00:31:24.720><c> with</c><00:31:25.519><c> the</c><00:31:25.819><c> royal</c><00:31:26.059><c> crown</c><00:31:26.420><c> and</c>

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:29.480
marching<00:31:27.420><c> him</c><00:31:27.880><c> around</c><00:31:28.279><c> the</c><00:31:28.539><c> city.</c>

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:33.779
Wonderful<00:31:31.460><c> how</c><00:31:31.720><c> God</c><00:31:32.039><c> is</c><00:31:32.359><c> working</c><00:31:32.640><c> out</c><00:31:32.940><c> these</c><00:31:33.200><c> events.</c>

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:37.460
Mordecai<00:31:35.099><c> was</c><00:31:35.460><c> a</c><00:31:35.759><c> model</c><00:31:36.339><c> citizen.</c>

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:42.380
We<00:31:38.180><c> can</c><00:31:38.420><c> see</c><00:31:38.559><c> the</c><00:31:38.799><c> contrast</c><00:31:39.299><c> in</c><00:31:39.539><c> the</c><00:31:39.700><c> king's</c><00:31:40.099><c> high</c><00:31:40.339><c> regard</c><00:31:40.759><c> for</c><00:31:40.960><c> Mordecai</c>

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:45.980
and<00:31:43.279><c> Haman's</c><00:31:44.019><c> total</c><00:31:44.259><c> disregard</c><00:31:44.920><c> of</c><00:31:45.240><c> him.</c>

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:51.339
Haman<00:31:47.259><c> has</c><00:31:47.519><c> a</c><00:31:47.819><c> 75</c><00:31:48.319><c>-foot</c><00:31:48.619><c> high</c><00:31:48.900><c> gallows</c><00:31:49.279><c> built</c><00:31:49.640><c> to</c><00:31:50.019><c> publicly</c><00:31:50.440><c> shame</c><00:31:50.799><c> him</c><00:31:51.059><c> as</c>

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.559
a<00:31:51.539><c> criminal</c>

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:58.960
and<00:31:53.039><c> the</c><00:31:53.200><c> king</c><00:31:53.539><c> orders</c><00:31:54.000><c> a</c><00:31:54.559><c> one</c><00:31:54.960><c>-man</c><00:31:55.880><c> royal</c><00:31:56.579><c> parade</c><00:31:57.240><c> so</c><00:31:58.640><c> that</c>

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.200
all<00:31:59.339><c> will</c><00:31:59.660><c> see</c>

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:05.319
this<00:32:00.940><c> is</c><00:32:01.539><c> the</c><00:32:01.839><c> man</c><00:32:02.259><c> in</c><00:32:02.460><c> whom</c><00:32:02.599><c> the</c><00:32:02.859><c> king</c><00:32:03.359><c> delights</c><00:32:04.099><c> to</c><00:32:04.420><c> honor.</c>

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:12.700
Haman's<00:32:08.839><c> problem</c><00:32:09.119><c> was</c><00:32:09.380><c> that</c><00:32:09.500><c> he</c><00:32:09.579><c> didn't</c><00:32:09.900><c> use</c><00:32:11.519><c> character</c><00:32:11.960><c> or</c>

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right<00:32:12.940><c> conduct</c><00:32:13.460><c> to</c><00:32:13.700><c> make</c><00:32:13.839><c> his</c><00:32:14.140><c> decisions.</c>

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:19.200
And<00:32:15.839><c> again</c><00:32:16.000><c> the</c><00:32:16.279><c> parallels</c><00:32:16.720><c> between</c><00:32:17.240><c> Christ</c><00:32:17.759><c> and</c><00:32:18.299><c> sin.</c>

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:24.279
So<00:32:19.799><c> long</c><00:32:19.980><c> as</c><00:32:20.339><c> Christ</c><00:32:20.680><c> remains</c><00:32:21.160><c> sinless,</c><00:32:22.140><c> sin</c><00:32:22.359><c> had</c><00:32:22.660><c> no</c><00:32:23.200><c> independent</c><00:32:23.759><c> power</c>

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.619
over<00:32:24.660><c> him.</c>

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:28.559
Sin<00:32:26.200><c> could</c><00:32:26.440><c> do</c><00:32:26.700><c> nothing</c><00:32:27.140><c> to</c><00:32:27.460><c> Christ</c><00:32:27.880><c> eternally.</c>

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.720
It<00:32:28.660><c> could</c><00:32:28.839><c> bring</c><00:32:29.019><c> about</c><00:32:29.259><c> his</c><00:32:29.559><c> death</c><00:32:29.900><c> but</c><00:32:30.039><c> it</c><00:32:30.240><c> couldn't</c><00:32:30.460><c> keep</c>

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.140
him<00:32:31.019><c> in</c><00:32:31.180><c> the</c><00:32:31.359><c> grave.</c>

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:35.279
The<00:32:32.900><c> king</c><00:32:33.079><c> examines</c><00:32:33.559><c> the</c><00:32:33.799><c> record</c><00:32:34.039><c> and</c><00:32:34.279><c> finds</c><00:32:34.519><c> that</c><00:32:34.759><c> Mordecai</c>

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:37.940
is<00:32:35.640><c> not</c><00:32:35.940><c> guilty</c><00:32:36.420><c> of</c><00:32:36.799><c> sin</c><00:32:37.059><c> or</c><00:32:37.380><c> treason</c>

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:41.480
but<00:32:38.380><c> he</c><00:32:38.599><c> is</c><00:32:38.859><c> worthy</c><00:32:39.160><c> to</c><00:32:39.400><c> be</c><00:32:39.680><c> praised</c><00:32:40.019><c> and</c><00:32:40.279><c> to</c><00:32:40.420><c> be</c><00:32:40.640><c> honored.</c>

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:44.839
Just<00:32:41.900><c> as</c><00:32:42.079><c> when</c><00:32:42.240><c> the</c><00:32:42.380><c> Lord</c><00:32:42.619><c> God</c><00:32:43.059><c> examined</c><00:32:43.539><c> the</c><00:32:43.759><c> record</c><00:32:43.940><c> of</c><00:32:44.119><c> Christ's</c><00:32:44.599><c> life</c>

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:48.680
and<00:32:45.119><c> found</c><00:32:45.319><c> him</c><00:32:45.740><c> to</c><00:32:45.940><c> be</c><00:32:46.160><c> worthy</c><00:32:46.720><c> of</c><00:32:47.279><c> praise</c><00:32:47.539><c> and</c><00:32:47.900><c> honor.</c>

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:52.039
Well<00:32:50.000><c> Haman</c><00:32:50.140><c> walks</c><00:32:50.440><c> in</c><00:32:50.660><c> and</c><00:32:50.759><c> hears</c><00:32:50.940><c> the</c><00:32:51.160><c> king's</c><00:32:51.500><c> request</c><00:32:51.859><c> and</c>

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.140
immediately<00:32:52.519><c> concludes</c>

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:59.640
the<00:32:53.380><c> king</c><00:32:53.680><c> must</c><00:32:53.960><c> be</c><00:32:54.259><c> thinking</c><00:32:54.539><c> about</c><00:32:55.079><c> me</c><00:32:55.960><c> exactly</c><00:32:56.660><c> how</c><00:32:56.880><c> the</c><00:32:57.180><c> flesh</c><00:32:57.740><c> tends</c><00:32:58.400><c> to</c><00:32:58.740><c> think.</c>

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:05.440
And<00:33:02.000><c> when</c><00:33:02.140><c> the</c><00:33:02.299><c> king</c><00:33:02.440><c> tells</c><00:33:02.960><c> Haman</c><00:33:03.380><c> that</c><00:33:03.859><c> it</c><00:33:03.960><c> will</c><00:33:04.160><c> be</c><00:33:04.359><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:04.980><c> that</c><00:33:05.240><c> we</c>

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.420
are<00:33:05.660><c> to</c><00:33:05.940><c> honor</c>

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:12.559
it<00:33:07.099><c> likely</c><00:33:07.640><c> hit</c><00:33:08.059><c> Haman</c><00:33:08.599><c> as</c><00:33:09.059><c> a</c><00:33:09.299><c> ton</c><00:33:09.519><c> of</c><00:33:09.900><c> bricks</c><00:33:10.339><c> because</c><00:33:11.259><c> not</c><00:33:11.599><c> only</c><00:33:11.920><c> was</c><00:33:12.160><c> he</c>

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:14.920
not<00:33:13.039><c> to</c><00:33:13.220><c> be</c><00:33:13.420><c> the</c><00:33:13.559><c> one</c><00:33:13.740><c> to</c><00:33:13.920><c> be</c><00:33:14.140><c> honored</c>

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:19.140
and<00:33:15.619><c> not</c><00:33:15.859><c> only</c><00:33:16.039><c> will</c><00:33:16.200><c> he</c><00:33:16.420><c> not</c><00:33:16.680><c> walk</c><00:33:17.000><c> out</c><00:33:17.700><c> with</c><00:33:18.019><c> the</c><00:33:18.220><c> king's</c><00:33:18.660><c> approval</c><00:33:18.920><c> to</c>

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:21.099
put<00:33:19.319><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:19.940><c> to</c><00:33:20.220><c> death</c>

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:24.779
but<00:33:21.720><c> he</c><00:33:21.900><c> will</c><00:33:22.119><c> now</c><00:33:22.339><c> be</c><00:33:22.539><c> the</c><00:33:22.700><c> one</c><00:33:22.980><c> appointed</c><00:33:23.680><c> to</c><00:33:24.079><c> bestow</c><00:33:24.460><c> the</c>

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:26.140
honor<00:33:24.980><c> the</c><00:33:25.279><c> royal</c><00:33:25.680><c> honor</c>

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:30.619
according<00:33:26.819><c> to</c><00:33:27.279><c> or</c><00:33:27.460><c> upon</c><00:33:27.720><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:28.460><c> according</c><00:33:29.460><c> to</c><00:33:29.740><c> the</c><00:33:30.240><c> to</c><00:33:30.420><c> the</c>

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:33.579
king's<00:33:31.299><c> command</c><00:33:31.519><c> down</c><00:33:31.900><c> to</c><00:33:32.099><c> the</c><00:33:32.299><c> very</c><00:33:32.559><c> last</c><00:33:32.920><c> detail</c>

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:35.720
provided<00:33:34.480><c> by</c><00:33:34.819><c> Haman</c><00:33:35.000><c> himself.</c>

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:41.039
You<00:33:36.819><c> couldn't</c><00:33:37.180><c> have</c><00:33:37.519><c> designed</c><00:33:38.160><c> a</c><00:33:38.900><c> worse</c><00:33:39.460><c> scenario</c><00:33:40.180><c> for</c><00:33:40.619><c> Haman.</c>

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:45.579
He<00:33:41.980><c> entered</c><00:33:42.240><c> the</c><00:33:42.519><c> king's</c><00:33:42.859><c> court</c><00:33:42.980><c> that</c><00:33:43.380><c> morning</c><00:33:43.720><c> so</c><00:33:44.559><c> convinced</c>

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:48.079
that<00:33:46.519><c> he</c><00:33:46.759><c> had</c><00:33:46.960><c> it</c><00:33:47.220><c> all</c>

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:52.839
and<00:33:48.660><c> he</c><00:33:48.799><c> walks</c><00:33:49.119><c> out</c><00:33:49.980><c> devastated</c><00:33:50.619><c> but</c><00:33:51.660><c> God</c><00:33:51.960><c> had</c><00:33:52.339><c> purposely</c>

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:55.519
rendered<00:33:53.500><c> Haman</c><00:33:54.019><c> powerless</c><00:33:54.680><c> before</c>

00:33:56.039 --> 00:34:01.119
before<00:33:56.119><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:56.819><c> just</c><00:33:57.660><c> as</c><00:33:58.180><c> sin</c><00:33:58.380><c> would</c><00:33:58.619><c> be</c><00:33:58.900><c> rendered</c><00:33:59.200><c> powerless</c><00:33:59.779><c> before</c><00:34:00.279><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:06.019
Let<00:34:01.799><c> him</c><00:34:02.099><c> array</c><00:34:02.500><c> him</c><00:34:03.019><c> Haman</c><00:34:03.480><c> said</c><00:34:03.880><c> so</c><00:34:04.400><c> Haman</c><00:34:04.619><c> would</c><00:34:04.880><c> dress</c><00:34:05.180><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:05.859><c> in</c>

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.359
the<00:34:06.220><c> royal</c><00:34:06.500><c> robes.</c>

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:11.800
Let<00:34:07.940><c> him</c><00:34:08.199><c> conduct</c><00:34:08.619><c> him</c><00:34:08.900><c> as</c><00:34:09.099><c> the</c><00:34:09.260><c> new</c><00:34:09.420><c> king</c><00:34:09.639><c> James</c><00:34:09.960><c> has</c><00:34:10.260><c> so</c><00:34:10.519><c> Haman</c><00:34:10.699><c> would</c><00:34:11.000><c> parade</c><00:34:11.300><c> him</c>

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:13.059
through<00:34:12.079><c> the</c><00:34:12.320><c> city</c><00:34:12.539><c> square</c>

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:17.099
and<00:34:13.739><c> let</c><00:34:13.940><c> him</c><00:34:14.179><c> proclaim</c><00:34:14.639><c> before</c><00:34:15.159><c> him</c><00:34:15.639><c> and</c><00:34:16.480><c> what</c><00:34:16.599><c> we're</c><00:34:16.820><c> being</c>

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:19.760
shown<00:34:17.360><c> here</c><00:34:17.659><c> is</c><00:34:17.800><c> that</c><00:34:18.079><c> sin</c><00:34:18.400><c> will</c><00:34:18.679><c> be</c><00:34:19.000><c> brought</c><00:34:19.280><c> down</c>

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:23.519
before<00:34:20.079><c> the</c><00:34:20.219><c> Lord</c><00:34:20.440><c> Jesus</c><00:34:20.780><c> Christ</c><00:34:22.219><c> on</c><00:34:22.639><c> the</c><00:34:22.800><c> virtue</c><00:34:23.099><c> of</c><00:34:23.340><c> the</c>

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.820
same<00:34:23.699><c> principles.</c>

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:28.639
In<00:34:25.119><c> verse</c><00:34:25.440><c> 11</c><00:34:25.980><c> of</c><00:34:26.280><c> chapter</c><00:34:26.619><c> 6</c><00:34:26.980><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:27.659><c> will</c><00:34:27.860><c> be</c><00:34:28.139><c> taken</c><00:34:28.360><c> back</c>

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:31.800
to<00:34:28.840><c> the</c><00:34:29.219><c> exact</c><00:34:29.699><c> same</c><00:34:30.480><c> spot</c><00:34:30.920><c> that</c><00:34:31.139><c> he</c><00:34:31.239><c> had</c><00:34:31.400><c> been</c><00:34:31.559><c> four</c>

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:35.519
days<00:34:32.019><c> earlier</c><00:34:32.599><c> back</c><00:34:33.480><c> to</c><00:34:33.679><c> the</c><00:34:33.900><c> open</c><00:34:34.280><c> square</c><00:34:34.719><c> of</c><00:34:34.960><c> the</c><00:34:35.179><c> city</c><00:34:35.340><c> now</c>

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:37.719
I<00:34:35.579><c> know</c><00:34:35.760><c> in</c><00:34:35.920><c> the</c><00:34:36.079><c> AV</c><00:34:36.340><c> it</c><00:34:36.579><c> reads</c><00:34:36.760><c> the</c><00:34:36.980><c> word</c><00:34:37.199><c> street</c>

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:41.539
but<00:34:38.320><c> he's</c><00:34:38.539><c> going</c><00:34:38.760><c> back</c><00:34:39.019><c> to</c><00:34:39.199><c> the</c><00:34:39.599><c> exact</c><00:34:39.920><c> same</c><00:34:40.300><c> spot</c><00:34:40.679><c> that</c><00:34:41.260><c> four</c>

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:43.940
days<00:34:41.840><c> earlier</c><00:34:42.300><c> he</c><00:34:42.480><c> had</c><00:34:42.679><c> been</c><00:34:42.920><c> weeping</c><00:34:43.340><c> and</c><00:34:43.659><c> wailing</c>

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:48.639
to<00:34:44.179><c> get</c><00:34:44.400><c> Esther's</c><00:34:44.960><c> attention</c><00:34:45.500><c> only</c><00:34:46.360><c> this</c><00:34:46.659><c> time</c><00:34:46.880><c> he</c><00:34:47.039><c> is</c><00:34:47.260><c> not</c><00:34:47.500><c> weeping</c><00:34:47.960><c> and</c><00:34:48.199><c> wailing</c><00:34:48.420><c> he</c>

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:50.199
is<00:34:48.840><c> being</c><00:34:49.199><c> paraded</c>

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:55.559
before<00:34:50.800><c> all</c><00:34:51.119><c> to</c><00:34:51.400><c> see</c><00:34:51.719><c> he</c><00:34:53.099><c> is</c><00:34:53.280><c> now</c><00:34:53.460><c> being</c><00:34:53.780><c> elevated</c><00:34:54.340><c> and</c><00:34:54.800><c> glorified</c><00:34:55.300><c> and</c><00:34:55.440><c> if</c>

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:57.179
we<00:34:55.719><c> can</c><00:34:55.840><c> get</c><00:34:56.039><c> a</c><00:34:56.219><c> hold</c><00:34:56.380><c> of</c><00:34:56.619><c> that</c><00:34:56.860><c> picture</c>

00:34:57.179 --> 00:35:01.719
brethren<00:34:57.500><c> and</c><00:34:57.760><c> sisters</c><00:34:58.159><c> and</c><00:34:58.860><c> believe</c><00:34:59.099><c> it</c><00:34:59.360><c> with</c><00:34:59.639><c> all</c><00:34:59.860><c> our</c><00:35:00.119><c> heart</c><00:35:00.679><c> then</c>

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:04.800
we<00:35:01.880><c> can</c><00:35:02.119><c> come</c><00:35:02.340><c> to</c><00:35:02.739><c> see</c><00:35:03.199><c> sin</c><00:35:03.679><c> in</c><00:35:04.039><c> our</c><00:35:04.260><c> life</c>

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:10.179
and<00:35:05.539><c> how</c><00:35:05.820><c> Mordecai</c><00:35:06.739><c> saw</c><00:35:07.519><c> Haman's</c><00:35:08.579><c> decree</c><00:35:08.880><c> it</c><00:35:09.500><c> was</c><00:35:09.760><c> one</c><00:35:09.960><c> that</c>

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:12.519
you<00:35:10.380><c> wail</c><00:35:10.699><c> over</c><00:35:11.000><c> and</c><00:35:11.260><c> you</c><00:35:11.579><c> plead</c><00:35:11.719><c> with</c><00:35:11.980><c> God</c><00:35:12.199><c> to</c>

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.500
intervene<00:35:12.860><c> to</c><00:35:13.199><c> save</c><00:35:13.360><c> us</c><00:35:13.840><c> and</c><00:35:14.260><c> we</c><00:35:14.460><c> have</c><00:35:14.599><c> the</c><00:35:14.880><c> assurance</c><00:35:15.219><c> that</c>

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:18.300
God<00:35:15.780><c> will</c><00:35:16.320><c> intervene</c><00:35:16.760><c> to</c><00:35:17.099><c> save</c><00:35:17.260><c> us</c><00:35:17.579><c> and</c><00:35:17.920><c> he</c><00:35:18.059><c> will</c>

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:21.760
deliver<00:35:18.679><c> us</c><00:35:18.940><c> from</c><00:35:19.099><c> that</c><00:35:19.380><c> power</c><00:35:19.820><c> and</c><00:35:20.320><c> he</c><00:35:20.440><c> will</c><00:35:20.780><c> array</c><00:35:21.119><c> us</c><00:35:21.400><c> in</c><00:35:21.599><c> a</c>

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:24.239
royal<00:35:21.960><c> garment</c><00:35:22.360><c> and</c><00:35:22.800><c> he</c><00:35:22.960><c> will</c><00:35:23.260><c> elevate</c><00:35:23.619><c> us</c><00:35:23.960><c> and</c><00:35:24.139><c> he</c>

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:27.739
will<00:35:24.480><c> glorify</c><00:35:25.019><c> us</c><00:35:25.219><c> in</c><00:35:25.360><c> the</c><00:35:25.460><c> name</c><00:35:25.619><c> of</c><00:35:25.840><c> Lord</c><00:35:26.019><c> the</c><00:35:26.119><c> Lord</c><00:35:26.380><c> God</c><00:35:26.780><c> but</c>

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:31.840
it<00:35:27.980><c> only</c><00:35:28.320><c> comes</c><00:35:29.239><c> in</c><00:35:29.619><c> Mordecai's</c><00:35:30.360><c> life</c><00:35:30.780><c> because</c><00:35:31.480><c> he</c>

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:36.719
wailed<00:35:32.840><c> that</c><00:35:33.420><c> decree</c><00:35:33.880><c> of</c><00:35:34.119><c> Haman</c><00:35:34.619><c> and</c><00:35:35.440><c> now</c><00:35:35.679><c> he</c><00:35:35.860><c> is</c><00:35:36.119><c> glorified</c>

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of<00:35:40.500><c> the</c><00:35:40.699><c> one</c><00:35:40.920><c>-man</c><00:35:41.159><c> parade</c><00:35:41.739><c> on</c><00:35:42.079><c> the</c><00:35:42.260><c> Jewish</c><00:35:42.500><c> community</c><00:35:43.099><c> in</c><00:35:43.360><c> Shushan</c><00:35:44.500><c> the</c>

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you<00:35:51.559><c> have</c><00:35:51.699><c> been</c><00:35:52.000><c> fasting</c><00:35:52.639><c> and</c><00:35:53.559><c> praying</c><00:35:53.940><c> for</c><00:35:54.519><c> three</c><00:35:54.800><c> days</c>

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proclaiming<00:36:10.239><c> him</c><00:36:10.480><c> to</c><00:36:10.699><c> be</c><00:36:10.820><c> the</c><00:36:11.000><c> one</c><00:36:11.260><c> in</c><00:36:11.440><c> whom</c><00:36:11.559><c> the</c><00:36:11.800><c> king</c><00:36:12.119><c> delights</c><00:36:12.719><c> to</c><00:36:13.079><c> honor</c><00:36:13.539><c> there</c><00:36:14.739><c> is</c>

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no<00:36:15.360><c> doubt</c><00:36:15.880><c> in</c><00:36:16.219><c> the</c><00:36:16.420><c> minds</c>

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of<00:36:17.059><c> the</c><00:36:17.400><c> community</c><00:36:17.960><c> in</c><00:36:18.239><c> Shushan</c><00:36:19.300><c> that</c><00:36:19.780><c> God</c><00:36:20.019><c> has</c><00:36:20.219><c> been</c><00:36:20.380><c> at</c><00:36:20.579><c> work</c>

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in<00:36:20.980><c> this</c><00:36:21.179><c> situation</c><00:36:21.960><c> Mordecai</c><00:36:23.500><c> is</c><00:36:23.800><c> now</c><00:36:24.119><c> recognized</c>

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as<00:36:25.079><c> an</c><00:36:25.480><c> imperial</c><00:36:26.260><c> hero</c><00:36:27.199><c> in</c><00:36:27.920><c> the</c><00:36:28.079><c> eyes</c><00:36:28.199><c> of</c><00:36:28.400><c> the</c><00:36:28.519><c> king</c><00:36:29.019><c> and</c><00:36:30.559><c> one</c>

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of<00:36:30.860><c> the</c><00:36:31.159><c> greatest</c><00:36:31.599><c> unrecorded</c><00:36:32.780><c> scenes</c><00:36:33.119><c> in</c><00:36:33.400><c> scripture</c>

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you<00:36:34.039><c> won't</c><00:36:34.320><c> find</c><00:36:34.639><c> it</c><00:36:34.820><c> in</c><00:36:34.960><c> chapter</c><00:36:35.219><c> six</c><00:36:35.900><c> but</c><00:36:37.440><c> again</c><00:36:37.699><c> you</c><00:36:37.900><c> don't</c>

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have<00:36:38.440><c> to</c><00:36:38.699><c> use</c><00:36:38.940><c> your</c><00:36:39.260><c> imagination</c>

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is<00:36:42.780><c> when</c><00:36:43.000><c> word</c><00:36:43.239><c> came</c><00:36:43.539><c> to</c><00:36:43.780><c> Esther</c><00:36:44.619><c> either</c><00:36:46.400><c> she</c><00:36:46.659><c> opened</c><00:36:46.920><c> the</c><00:36:47.179><c> doors</c><00:36:47.739><c> of</c>

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her<00:36:48.360><c> chamber</c><00:36:48.760><c> and</c><00:36:49.079><c> looked</c><00:36:49.239><c> outside</c><00:36:49.840><c> to</c><00:36:50.039><c> see</c>

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the<00:36:55.400><c> news</c><00:36:55.579><c> came</c>

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that<00:36:57.820><c> the</c><00:36:58.099><c> king</c><00:36:58.280><c> has</c><00:36:58.679><c> decreed</c><00:37:00.099><c> that</c><00:37:00.639><c> this</c><00:37:01.179><c> will</c><00:37:01.380><c> be</c><00:37:01.539><c> a</c><00:37:01.840><c> special</c>

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day<00:37:02.639><c> in</c><00:37:02.980><c> Shushan</c>

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Mordecai<00:37:06.320><c> is</c><00:37:06.760><c> to</c><00:37:06.960><c> be</c><00:37:07.159><c> made</c><00:37:07.440><c> an</c><00:37:07.880><c> imperial</c><00:37:08.460><c> hero</c><00:37:09.099><c> and</c><00:37:09.800><c> he</c><00:37:09.980><c> is</c><00:37:10.179><c> being</c><00:37:10.519><c> paraded</c><00:37:11.179><c> around</c><00:37:11.820><c> the</c>

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city<00:37:12.639><c> as</c><00:37:13.400><c> a</c><00:37:13.760><c> model</c><00:37:14.039><c> citizen</c>

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by<00:37:15.719><c> Haman</c>

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do<00:37:25.059><c> you</c><00:37:25.179><c> think</c><00:37:25.340><c> for</c><00:37:25.679><c> a</c><00:37:26.000><c> moment</c><00:37:26.519><c> she</c><00:37:27.000><c> doubted</c><00:37:28.320><c> that</c><00:37:28.619><c> God</c><00:37:28.960><c> was</c><00:37:29.239><c> at</c>

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work<00:37:29.840><c> in</c><00:37:30.099><c> this</c><00:37:30.300><c> situation</c>

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she<00:37:32.780><c> hasn't</c><00:37:33.239><c> asked</c><00:37:33.599><c> the</c><00:37:33.840><c> king</c><00:37:34.119><c> for</c><00:37:34.519><c> anything</c>

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and<00:37:38.719><c> before</c><00:37:39.119><c> she</c><00:37:39.340><c> will</c><00:37:39.559><c> walk</c><00:37:39.840><c> into</c><00:37:40.159><c> the</c><00:37:40.480><c> second</c><00:37:40.739><c> banquet</c>

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the<00:37:43.760><c> issue</c><00:37:44.099><c> is</c><00:37:44.440><c> over</c>

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the<00:37:47.519><c> king</c><00:37:47.800><c> says</c><00:37:48.260><c> that</c><00:37:48.760><c> man</c><00:37:49.400><c> is</c><00:37:49.599><c> a</c><00:37:49.760><c> hero</c>

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it's<00:37:58.219><c> wonderful</c><00:37:58.719><c> to</c><00:37:59.099><c> see</c><00:37:59.380><c> how</c><00:37:59.679><c> God</c><00:38:00.019><c> is</c><00:38:00.260><c> at</c><00:38:00.480><c> work</c><00:38:00.719><c> in</c><00:38:01.000><c> these</c><00:38:01.179><c> events</c>

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her<00:38:04.000><c> faith</c><00:38:04.340><c> is</c><00:38:04.739><c> confirmed</c><00:38:05.420><c> that</c><00:38:05.900><c> morning</c>

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God's<00:38:09.059><c> principles,</c><00:38:09.739><c> God's</c><00:38:10.739><c> ways</c><00:38:11.099><c> are</c><00:38:11.480><c> not</c><00:38:11.840><c> some</c><00:38:12.239><c> set</c><00:38:12.519><c> of</c><00:38:12.940><c> cold</c>

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facts<00:38:13.880><c> to</c><00:38:14.139><c> be</c><00:38:14.440><c> studied</c><00:38:14.800><c> and</c><00:38:15.199><c> analyzed</c>

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they<00:38:17.599><c> are</c><00:38:17.960><c> principles</c><00:38:18.559><c> to</c><00:38:18.900><c> be</c><00:38:19.159><c> lived</c><00:38:19.800><c> Esther</c><00:38:20.480><c> didn't</c><00:38:20.800><c> just</c>

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know<00:38:21.719><c> about</c><00:38:22.179><c> faith</c>

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she<00:38:24.280><c> put</c><00:38:24.460><c> her</c><00:38:24.820><c> faith</c><00:38:25.139><c> on</c><00:38:25.460><c> the</c><00:38:25.699><c> line</c><00:38:26.260><c> she</c><00:38:27.440><c> stood</c><00:38:27.739><c> up</c><00:38:27.960><c> to</c><00:38:28.139><c> that</c><00:38:28.400><c> man</c><00:38:29.059><c> she</c><00:38:30.059><c> was</c><00:38:30.260><c> willing</c><00:38:30.480><c> to</c>

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risk<00:38:31.079><c> her</c><00:38:31.360><c> life</c><00:38:31.599><c> and</c>

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did<00:38:32.159><c> what</c><00:38:32.380><c> she</c><00:38:32.699><c> could</c><00:38:33.260><c> even</c><00:38:34.559><c> though</c><00:38:34.900><c> it</c><00:38:35.059><c> was</c><00:38:35.360><c> not</c><00:38:35.719><c> much</c><00:38:36.059><c> by</c><00:38:36.280><c> the</c>

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world's<00:38:36.860><c> standards</c><00:38:37.280><c> but</c><00:38:37.980><c> God</c><00:38:38.360><c> takes</c><00:38:38.800><c> that</c><00:38:39.320><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:38:40.199><c> Esther</c><00:38:40.460><c> and</c><00:38:41.219><c> he</c><00:38:41.420><c> is</c><00:38:41.639><c> able</c><00:38:41.840><c> to</c><00:38:42.159><c> accomplish</c><00:38:42.699><c> great</c><00:38:43.119><c> things</c>

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and<00:38:44.300><c> brothers</c><00:38:44.500><c> and</c><00:38:44.739><c> sisters</c><00:38:45.000><c> we</c><00:38:45.280><c> need</c><00:38:45.559><c> to</c>

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bring<00:38:45.980><c> the</c><00:38:46.280><c> principles</c><00:38:46.739><c> of</c><00:38:47.059><c> God</c><00:38:47.360><c> to</c><00:38:47.699><c> work</c><00:38:47.960><c> in</c><00:38:48.159><c> our</c><00:38:48.400><c> life</c><00:38:48.880><c> and</c>

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we<00:38:49.699><c> need</c><00:38:49.960><c> to</c><00:38:50.239><c> make</c><00:38:50.400><c> them</c><00:38:50.800><c> live</c><00:38:51.239><c> in</c><00:38:51.539><c> our</c><00:38:51.780><c> life</c><00:38:52.239><c> as</c><00:38:52.460><c> Esther</c>

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did<00:38:53.739><c> God</c><00:38:55.739><c> will</c><00:38:56.039><c> purposely</c><00:38:56.460><c> put</c><00:38:56.699><c> us</c><00:38:56.920><c> in</c><00:38:57.139><c> situations</c><00:38:57.920><c> which</c><00:38:58.500><c> will</c><00:38:58.800><c> encourage</c><00:38:59.199><c> us</c>

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to<00:38:59.960><c> put</c><00:39:00.159><c> the</c><00:39:00.519><c> principles</c><00:39:00.900><c> we</c><00:39:01.219><c> learn</c>

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into<00:39:01.940><c> practice</c><00:39:02.519><c> don't</c><00:39:02.900><c> be</c><00:39:03.239><c> surprised</c><00:39:03.800><c> this</c><00:39:04.139><c> week</c><00:39:05.079><c> if</c><00:39:05.800><c> God</c><00:39:06.000><c> works</c><00:39:06.260><c> in</c>

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he<00:39:09.260><c> works</c><00:39:09.440><c> in</c><00:39:09.679><c> my</c><00:39:09.820><c> life</c><00:39:10.239><c> that</c><00:39:11.159><c> the</c><00:39:11.420><c> things</c><00:39:11.599><c> that</c><00:39:11.820><c> you</c><00:39:11.980><c> have</c><00:39:12.219><c> learned</c><00:39:12.539><c> this</c><00:39:13.019><c> week</c><00:39:13.619><c> he</c>

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will<00:39:14.980><c> test</c><00:39:15.300><c> you</c><00:39:15.579><c> on</c>

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in<00:39:16.599><c> the</c><00:39:16.739><c> days</c><00:39:16.880><c> ahead</c><00:39:17.420><c> if</c><00:39:18.719><c> you</c><00:39:18.920><c> have</c><00:39:19.139><c> examined</c><00:39:19.719><c> your</c><00:39:20.059><c> relationship</c><00:39:20.619><c> with</c><00:39:20.880><c> your</c>

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spouse<00:39:21.519><c> or</c><00:39:21.820><c> your</c><00:39:22.099><c> contribution</c>

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to<00:39:22.860><c> the</c><00:39:23.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:23.539><c> or</c><00:39:24.119><c> your</c><00:39:24.440><c> commitment</c><00:39:24.840><c> to</c><00:39:25.099><c> God</c><00:39:25.360><c> or</c><00:39:25.619><c> whatever</c>

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it<00:39:26.099><c> is</c><00:39:26.840><c> and</c><00:39:27.679><c> we</c><00:39:27.840><c> have</c><00:39:28.079><c> sat</c><00:39:28.260><c> here</c><00:39:28.500><c> this</c><00:39:28.800><c> week</c>

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and<00:39:29.159><c> said</c><00:39:29.239><c> I</c><00:39:29.360><c> need</c><00:39:29.619><c> to</c><00:39:29.739><c> do</c><00:39:29.880><c> a</c><00:39:30.039><c> better</c><00:39:30.219><c> job</c><00:39:30.559><c> I</c><00:39:30.679><c> need</c><00:39:30.900><c> to</c><00:39:31.019><c> go</c><00:39:31.139><c> home</c>

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and<00:39:31.519><c> re</c><00:39:31.760><c>-examine</c><00:39:32.039><c> that</c><00:39:32.340><c> or</c><00:39:32.579><c> refocus</c><00:39:33.119><c> my</c><00:39:33.420><c> life</c>

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God<00:39:34.960><c> hears</c><00:39:35.260><c> those</c><00:39:35.599><c> thoughts</c><00:39:35.920><c> and</c><00:39:36.079><c> he</c><00:39:36.219><c> will</c><00:39:36.400><c> give</c><00:39:36.559><c> you</c><00:39:36.840><c> opportunity</c><00:39:37.940><c> likely</c>

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situation<00:40:50.239><c> and</c><00:40:51.980><c> once</c><00:40:52.340><c> more</c><00:40:52.619><c> god's</c><00:40:53.019><c> hand</c><00:40:53.280><c> moves</c><00:40:53.659><c> in</c><00:40:53.980><c> precise</c>

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it's<00:41:02.340><c> time</c><00:41:02.619><c> for</c><00:41:02.940><c> esther's</c><00:41:03.519><c> second</c><00:41:03.739><c> banquet</c>

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she<00:41:04.400><c> had</c><00:41:04.519><c> put</c><00:41:04.699><c> a</c><00:41:05.019><c> space</c><00:41:05.579><c> by</c><00:41:06.260><c> faith</c><00:41:06.639><c> between</c><00:41:07.179><c> the</c><00:41:07.440><c> first</c><00:41:07.739><c> and</c>

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was<00:41:19.139><c> now</c><00:41:19.460><c> guaranteed</c><00:41:20.139><c> before</c><00:41:20.960><c> the</c><00:41:21.360><c> second</c><00:41:21.679><c> banquet</c><00:41:22.199><c> even</c><00:41:23.079><c> begins</c>

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him<00:41:39.780><c> because</c><00:41:40.179><c> at</c><00:41:40.599><c> this</c><00:41:40.900><c> second</c><00:41:41.179><c> banquet</c>

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morta<00:42:24.099><c> ki</c><00:42:24.300><c> took</c><00:42:24.900><c> and</c><00:42:25.480><c> standing</c><00:42:25.679><c> up</c><00:42:25.940><c> to</c><00:42:26.099><c> Haman</c><00:42:26.320><c> and</c>

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behavior<00:47:55.840><c> the</c><00:47:57.340><c> details</c><00:47:57.719><c> recorded</c><00:47:58.239><c> about</c>

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a<00:48:22.920><c> very</c><00:48:23.239><c> fitting</c><00:48:23.480><c> one</c><00:48:24.400><c> Haman</c><00:48:24.780><c> is</c><00:48:25.139><c> now</c><00:48:25.539><c> pleading</c><00:48:26.019><c> with</c><00:48:26.460><c> ester</c><00:48:26.860><c> to</c><00:48:27.139><c> save</c><00:48:27.480><c> his</c><00:48:27.800><c> life</c><00:48:28.380><c> he</c><00:48:28.920><c> needs</c><00:48:29.280><c> a</c>

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jew<00:48:30.099><c> to</c><00:48:30.840><c> intervene</c>

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sentence<00:48:37.980><c> against</c><00:48:38.440><c> him</c>

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brethren<00:49:32.039><c> and</c><00:49:32.219><c> sisters</c><00:49:32.579><c> sin</c><00:49:32.820><c> will</c>

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