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Foolishly<00:11:35.639><c> so.</c>

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And<00:11:37.000><c> he</c><00:11:37.019><c> looks</c><00:11:37.179><c> at</c><00:11:37.340><c> the</c><00:11:37.480><c> Philistines</c><00:11:37.919><c> and</c><00:11:38.080><c> he</c><00:11:38.240><c> says,</c>

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Not<00:11:39.100><c> one</c><00:11:39.440><c> of</c><00:11:39.620><c> them</c><00:11:39.720><c> is</c><00:11:39.919><c> going</c><00:11:40.059><c> to</c><00:11:40.240><c> be</c><00:11:40.399><c> left</c><00:11:40.679><c> standing</c><00:11:40.980><c> until</c>

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the<00:11:42.360><c> Israelite</c><00:11:42.960><c> army</c><00:11:43.460><c> can</c><00:11:43.799><c> eat</c><00:11:44.320><c> once</c><00:11:44.740><c> again.</c>

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And<00:11:46.519><c> they're</c><00:11:46.679><c> going</c><00:11:46.740><c> to</c><00:11:46.919><c> fight</c><00:11:47.059><c> in</c><00:11:47.220><c> the</c><00:11:47.240><c> heat</c><00:11:47.419><c> of</c><00:11:47.559><c> the</c><00:11:47.700><c> battle,</c>

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20<00:11:48.340><c> or</c><00:11:48.519><c> 30</c><00:11:48.919><c> mile</c><00:11:49.279><c> stretch</c><00:11:49.659><c> of</c><00:11:49.860><c> land</c><00:11:50.039><c> they're</c><00:11:50.179><c> going</c><00:11:50.340><c> to</c><00:11:50.580><c> fight</c><00:11:50.799><c> over.</c>

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In<00:11:51.940><c> their</c><00:11:52.080><c> heavy</c><00:11:52.399><c> armor,</c><00:11:52.779><c> it</c><00:11:52.799><c> was</c><00:11:53.100><c> a</c><00:11:53.379><c> foolish,</c><00:11:53.820><c> foolish</c><00:11:54.460><c> oath.</c>

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But<00:11:55.919><c> look</c><00:11:56.139><c> at</c><00:11:56.299><c> the</c><00:11:56.580><c> words</c><00:11:57.039><c> that</c><00:11:57.480><c> Saul</c><00:11:57.700><c> uses.</c>

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Again,<00:11:59.100><c> remind</c><00:11:59.379><c> ourselves,</c><00:11:59.779><c> verse</c><00:12:00.039><c> 23,</c><00:12:00.820><c> it</c><00:12:00.919><c> was</c><00:12:01.240><c> Yahweh's</c><00:12:01.899><c> salvation.</c>

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This<00:12:02.740><c> was</c><00:12:03.120><c> Yahweh's</c><00:12:03.940><c> war.</c>

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But<00:12:06.379><c> then</c><00:12:06.559><c> verse</c><00:12:06.740><c> 24,</c>

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Cursed<00:12:08.840><c> be</c><00:12:08.980><c> the</c><00:12:09.100><c> man</c><00:12:09.220><c> that</c><00:12:09.399><c> eateth</c><00:12:09.620><c> any</c><00:12:09.840><c> food</c><00:12:09.980><c> until</c><00:12:10.279><c> evening,</c>

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that<00:12:11.279><c> I</c><00:12:11.940><c> may</c><00:12:12.299><c> be</c><00:12:12.539><c> avenged</c><00:12:13.059><c> on</c><00:12:13.440><c> mine</c><00:12:13.679><c> enemies.</c>

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Can<00:12:14.200><c> you</c><00:12:14.340><c> see</c><00:12:14.419><c> what</c><00:12:14.639><c> Saul</c><00:12:14.820><c> has</c><00:12:15.019><c> done?</c>

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He<00:12:15.539><c> has</c><00:12:15.759><c> made</c><00:12:16.019><c> this</c><00:12:16.240><c> a</c><00:12:16.460><c> personal</c><00:12:17.100><c> conquest.</c>

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Just<00:12:18.519><c> see</c><00:12:18.679><c> it</c><00:12:18.779><c> done</c><00:12:18.879><c> yesterday</c><00:12:19.320><c> with</c><00:12:19.559><c> Jonathan,</c>

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how<00:12:20.940><c> all</c><00:12:21.379><c> the</c><00:12:21.580><c> propaganda</c><00:12:21.919><c> across</c><00:12:22.200><c> Israel</c><00:12:22.519><c> had</c><00:12:22.720><c> heard</c><00:12:22.940><c> how</c>

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Jonathan<00:12:24.379><c> had</c><00:12:24.799><c> not</c><00:12:25.019><c> defeated</c><00:12:25.379><c> the</c><00:12:25.639><c> Philistines,</c><00:12:26.080><c> it</c><00:12:26.200><c> was</c><00:12:26.399><c> Saul.</c>

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Similarly,<00:12:28.080><c> these</c><00:12:28.240><c> are</c><00:12:28.679><c> mine</c><00:12:28.799><c> enemies</c><00:12:29.159><c> that</c><00:12:29.399><c> I</c><00:12:29.759><c> might</c><00:12:30.000><c> be</c><00:12:30.259><c> avenged.</c>

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Yet<00:12:31.860><c> we've</c><00:12:32.100><c> already</c><00:12:32.240><c> been</c><00:12:32.460><c> told</c><00:12:32.679><c> by</c><00:12:32.860><c> Brother</c><00:12:33.120><c> Carl,</c>

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Vengeance<00:12:34.019><c> is</c><00:12:34.220><c> the</c><00:12:34.419><c> Lord's,</c><00:12:35.279><c> I</c><00:12:35.539><c> shall</c><00:12:35.860><c> repay.</c>

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As<00:12:40.379><c> we've</c><00:12:40.600><c> already</c><00:12:40.759><c> mentioned</c><00:12:41.059><c> before,</c><00:12:41.440><c> he's</c><00:12:41.659><c> back</c><00:12:41.899><c> to</c><00:12:42.039><c> his</c>

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old<00:12:42.500><c> tricks,</c><00:12:43.039><c> isn't</c><00:12:43.320><c> he?</c>

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The<00:12:46.399><c> Lord</c><00:12:47.220><c> shall</c><00:12:48.080><c> save,</c><00:12:49.700><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:50.399><c> shall</c><00:12:50.980><c> save.</c>

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I'm<00:12:53.440><c> going</c><00:12:53.480><c> to</c><00:12:53.519><c> suggest</c><00:12:53.860><c> now</c><00:12:54.360><c> that</c><00:12:55.820><c> Saul</c><00:12:56.279><c> enters</c><00:12:57.139><c> another</c><00:12:57.980><c> act.</c>

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He's<00:13:00.519><c> failed.</c>

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He's<00:13:01.960><c> failed</c><00:13:02.080><c> at</c><00:13:02.279><c> Gideon.</c>

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He's<00:13:03.659><c> failed</c><00:13:03.879><c> at</c><00:13:04.200><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:13:06.500><c> there's</c><00:13:06.740><c> a</c><00:13:06.860><c> clue</c><00:13:07.000><c> here</c><00:13:07.600><c> in</c><00:13:08.019><c> verse</c><00:13:08.379><c> 23.</c>

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Who,<00:13:11.460><c> in</c><00:13:11.679><c> the</c><00:13:11.840><c> history</c><00:13:12.059><c> of</c><00:13:12.320><c> Israel,</c><00:13:13.440><c> had</c><00:13:13.720><c> the</c><00:13:13.980><c> Lord's</c><00:13:14.519><c> salvation</c><00:13:15.340><c> embodied</c><00:13:16.399><c> in</c><00:13:16.799><c> his</c><00:13:17.059><c> name?</c>

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Joshua,<00:13:21.080><c> Yahweh's</c><00:13:21.519><c> salvation.</c>

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They<00:13:25.139><c> were</c><00:13:25.840><c> supposed</c><00:13:26.399><c> to</c><00:13:26.620><c> wait</c><00:13:27.019><c> for</c><00:13:27.700><c> seven</c><00:13:27.980><c> days.</c>

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Just<00:13:30.240><c> the</c><00:13:30.519><c> seven</c><00:13:30.779><c> days</c><00:13:31.399><c> had</c><00:13:31.779><c> to</c><00:13:31.980><c> be</c><00:13:32.159><c> waited</c><00:13:32.580><c> for</c><00:13:32.940><c> the</c><00:13:33.120><c> destruction</c><00:13:34.059><c> of</c><00:13:34.639><c> Jericho.</c>

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And<00:13:36.679><c> what</c><00:13:36.799><c> I</c><00:13:36.980><c> want</c><00:13:37.259><c> you</c><00:13:38.259><c> to</c><00:13:38.440><c> think</c><00:13:38.679><c> about</c><00:13:38.940><c> now,</c>

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I<00:13:39.340><c> want</c><00:13:39.580><c> you</c><00:13:39.799><c> now</c><00:13:40.080><c> to</c><00:13:40.399><c> mentally</c><00:13:40.860><c> think</c><00:13:41.279><c> about</c><00:13:41.639><c> the</c><00:13:42.000><c> story</c><00:13:42.320><c> of</c><00:13:42.559><c> Jericho</c>

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and<00:13:43.480><c> Joshua,</c><00:13:44.259><c> the</c><00:13:44.539><c> Savior</c><00:13:44.919><c> of</c><00:13:45.120><c> Israel,</c>

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because<00:13:45.740><c> we're</c><00:13:45.980><c> about</c><00:13:46.279><c> now</c><00:13:46.779><c> to</c><00:13:47.279><c> enter</c><00:13:47.720><c> into</c><00:13:48.200><c> this</c><00:13:48.580><c> story,</c>

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into<00:13:49.600><c> this</c><00:13:49.980><c> historical</c><00:13:50.500><c> record</c><00:13:51.139><c> of</c><00:13:51.659><c> Joshua,</c><00:13:52.419><c> chapters</c><00:13:52.799><c> six</c>

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and<00:13:53.399><c> seven.</c>

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Now<00:13:56.279><c> you</c><00:13:56.320><c> might</c><00:13:56.480><c> be</c><00:13:56.679><c> thinking,</c><00:13:56.980><c> well,</c><00:13:57.120><c> I</c><00:13:57.179><c> think</c><00:13:57.340><c> you're</c><00:13:57.539><c> reading</c><00:13:57.820><c> into</c><00:13:58.179><c> this.</c>

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There<00:14:00.860><c> are</c><00:14:01.139><c> certain</c><00:14:01.340><c> words</c><00:14:01.820><c> that</c><00:14:02.240><c> totally</c><00:14:02.779><c> interlock</c><00:14:03.600><c> the</c>

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two<00:14:04.220><c> accounts.</c>

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And<00:14:07.179><c> we</c><00:14:07.320><c> can't</c><00:14:07.700><c> refute</c><00:14:08.120><c> what</c><00:14:08.299><c> we're</c><00:14:08.500><c> going</c><00:14:08.639><c> to</c><00:14:08.899><c> find</c><00:14:09.080><c> here.</c>

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The<00:14:10.980><c> first</c><00:14:11.299><c> clue,</c>

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we're<00:14:14.659><c> going</c><00:14:14.700><c> to</c><00:14:15.220><c> think</c><00:14:15.440><c> about</c><00:14:15.700><c> Joshua,</c><00:14:16.659><c> as</c><00:14:16.799><c> we</c><00:14:16.919><c> have</c><00:14:17.000><c> on</c><00:14:17.159><c> the</c><00:14:17.360><c> overhead.</c>

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The<00:14:18.940><c> first</c><00:14:19.500><c> clue.</c>

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Saul,<00:14:22.480><c> as</c><00:14:22.740><c> this</c><00:14:23.100><c> military</c><00:14:23.580><c> leader,</c>

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desiring<00:14:25.019><c> to</c><00:14:25.220><c> be</c><00:14:25.539><c> Joshua,</c><00:14:26.159><c> the</c><00:14:26.259><c> salvation</c><00:14:26.840><c> of</c><00:14:27.000><c> Israel,</c>

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he<00:14:27.860><c> says,</c><00:14:29.440><c> cursed</c><00:14:29.440><c> be</c><00:14:30.460><c> the</c><00:14:30.840><c> man.</c>

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There<00:14:32.700><c> in</c><00:14:32.879><c> verse</c><00:14:33.139><c> 24.</c>

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Now<00:14:35.279><c> we</c><00:14:35.419><c> remember</c><00:14:35.759><c> the</c><00:14:35.980><c> count,</c><00:14:36.320><c> well,</c><00:14:36.480><c> don't</c><00:14:36.639><c> we?</c>

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Do<00:14:37.259><c> you</c><00:14:37.259><c> remember?</c>

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There<00:14:38.259><c> they</c><00:14:38.360><c> go</c><00:14:38.539><c> out.</c>

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Jonathan's<00:14:40.139><c> doing</c><00:14:40.360><c> exactly</c><00:14:40.799><c> what</c><00:14:41.120><c> Saul</c><00:14:41.500><c> should</c><00:14:41.659><c> have</c><00:14:41.779><c> been</c><00:14:41.919><c> doing.</c>

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He's<00:14:42.360><c> fighting,</c><00:14:42.639><c> so</c><00:14:42.820><c> he</c><00:14:42.980><c> doesn't</c><00:14:43.259><c> hear</c><00:14:43.519><c> this</c><00:14:43.720><c> foolish</c><00:14:44.039><c> oath.</c>

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And<00:14:45.320><c> remember,</c><00:14:45.779><c> as</c><00:14:45.960><c> he</c><00:14:46.100><c> goes</c><00:14:46.379><c> and</c><00:14:46.559><c> he</c><00:14:46.720><c> fights</c><00:14:46.879><c> against</c><00:14:47.159><c> the</c><00:14:47.299><c> Philistines,</c>

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he<00:14:47.879><c> takes</c><00:14:48.379><c> from</c><00:14:48.539><c> the</c><00:14:48.799><c> tree</c><00:14:48.960><c> some</c><00:14:49.200><c> honey.</c>

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And<00:14:49.980><c> he</c><00:14:50.019><c> eats</c><00:14:50.240><c> the</c><00:14:50.399><c> honey</c><00:14:50.559><c> and</c><00:14:50.720><c> his</c><00:14:50.860><c> eyes</c><00:14:51.179><c> are</c><00:14:51.720><c> bright.</c>

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And<00:14:53.940><c> he</c><00:14:54.039><c> goes</c><00:14:54.259><c> in</c><00:14:54.399><c> the</c><00:14:54.620><c> strength</c><00:14:54.779><c> of</c><00:14:54.940><c> that</c><00:14:55.080><c> honey.</c>

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But<00:14:55.580><c> as</c><00:14:55.779><c> soon</c><00:14:55.899><c> as</c><00:14:56.039><c> he</c><00:14:56.120><c> eats</c><00:14:56.299><c> that</c><00:14:56.519><c> honey,</c>

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the<00:14:58.039><c> soldiers</c><00:14:58.240><c> say,</c><00:14:58.600><c> don't</c><00:14:58.840><c> you</c><00:14:59.159><c> know</c><00:14:59.460><c> that</c><00:14:59.700><c> that's</c><00:15:00.720><c> an</c><00:15:00.899><c> oath</c><00:15:01.120><c> broken?</c>

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Jonathan<00:15:03.759><c> didn't</c><00:15:03.980><c> even</c><00:15:04.320><c> know,</c><00:15:04.720><c> did</c><00:15:04.779><c> he?</c>

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Because<00:15:05.919><c> he</c><00:15:06.039><c> wasn't</c><00:15:06.259><c> there.</c>

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He<00:15:07.480><c> was</c><00:15:07.720><c> fighting</c><00:15:08.120><c> Saul's</c><00:15:08.679><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:15:10.139><c> on</c><00:15:10.679><c> hearing</c><00:15:11.120><c> this</c><00:15:11.480><c> news</c><00:15:12.100><c> that</c><00:15:12.639><c> he</c><00:15:12.820><c> had</c><00:15:13.139><c> broken</c><00:15:13.460><c> this</c>

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foolish<00:15:14.460><c> oath,</c>

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look<00:15:15.440><c> at</c><00:15:15.580><c> the</c><00:15:15.720><c> words</c><00:15:16.080><c> in</c><00:15:16.299><c> verse</c><00:15:16.580><c> 29,</c>

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immediately,<00:15:18.519><c> without</c><00:15:18.879><c> any</c><00:15:19.600><c> hesitation,</c>

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Jonathan<00:15:21.139><c> says,</c><00:15:22.240><c> my</c><00:15:22.259><c> father</c><00:15:22.779><c> hath</c><00:15:23.039><c> troubled</c><00:15:23.460><c> the</c><00:15:23.659><c> land.</c>

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So<00:15:25.059><c> there's</c><00:15:25.200><c> two</c><00:15:25.759><c> phrases</c><00:15:26.440><c> that</c><00:15:26.980><c> are</c><00:15:27.179><c> key</c><00:15:27.399><c> here.</c>

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Saul,<00:15:28.779><c> on</c><00:15:29.059><c> his</c><00:15:29.360><c> horse,</c><00:15:30.120><c> as</c><00:15:30.320><c> the</c><00:15:30.559><c> military</c><00:15:30.980><c> campaigner,</c>

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cursed<00:15:33.000><c> be</c><00:15:33.419><c> the</c><00:15:33.600><c> man.</c>

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Jonathan,<00:15:36.759><c> on</c><00:15:37.080><c> hearing</c><00:15:37.379><c> this</c><00:15:37.820><c> foolish</c><00:15:38.159><c> oath,</c>

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my<00:15:39.679><c> father</c><00:15:40.259><c> hath</c><00:15:40.659><c> troubled</c><00:15:41.100><c> the</c><00:15:41.360><c> land.</c>

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Now,<00:15:41.799><c> if</c><00:15:41.919><c> I</c><00:15:42.200><c> told</c><00:15:42.399><c> you</c><00:15:42.580><c> the</c><00:15:42.679><c> word</c><00:15:43.080><c> troubled</c><00:15:43.899><c> is</c><00:15:44.419><c> the</c><00:15:44.539><c> word</c><00:15:44.840><c> Achan,</c>

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I'm<00:15:46.720><c> sure</c><00:15:46.919><c> you'll</c><00:15:47.220><c> make</c><00:15:47.460><c> the</c><00:15:47.679><c> mental</c><00:15:48.039><c> connections</c><00:15:48.600><c> yourself.</c>

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Well,<00:15:50.240><c> let's</c><00:15:50.379><c> go</c><00:15:50.639><c> there.</c>

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Let's<00:15:51.500><c> go</c><00:15:51.759><c> back</c><00:15:52.320><c> to</c><00:15:53.460><c> Joshua,</c><00:15:55.080><c> Joshua</c><00:15:55.600><c> and</c><00:15:56.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:56.539><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:16:00.960><c> there,</c><00:16:01.740><c> on</c><00:16:01.980><c> the</c><00:16:02.220><c> overhead,</c>

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we're<00:16:03.440><c> reminding</c><00:16:03.759><c> ourselves</c><00:16:04.399><c> of</c><00:16:04.700><c> this</c><00:16:05.120><c> marvelous</c><00:16:05.679><c> scene,</c>

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how<00:16:06.320><c> God</c><00:16:06.679><c> wrought</c><00:16:07.000><c> a</c><00:16:07.460><c> great</c><00:16:07.740><c> salvation</c><00:16:08.480><c> in</c><00:16:09.259><c> Joshua</c>

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as<00:16:10.419><c> they</c><00:16:10.720><c> entered</c><00:16:11.179><c> into</c><00:16:11.799><c> the</c><00:16:12.059><c> land.</c>

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Now,<00:16:13.039><c> let's</c><00:16:13.179><c> pick</c><00:16:13.360><c> up</c><00:16:13.500><c> the</c><00:16:13.679><c> phrase,</c><00:16:14.340><c> when</c><00:16:14.539><c> Jericho</c><00:16:15.100><c> was</c><00:16:15.679><c> destroyed,</c>

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what<00:16:17.240><c> do</c><00:16:17.419><c> we</c><00:16:17.580><c> read?</c>

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Verse<00:16:20.039><c> 26,</c><00:16:21.139><c> and</c><00:16:21.559><c> Joshua</c><00:16:22.279><c> adjured</c><00:16:23.179><c> them</c><00:16:23.480><c> at</c><00:16:23.639><c> that</c><00:16:23.919><c> time</c><00:16:24.159><c> saying,</c>

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cursed<00:16:26.139><c> be</c><00:16:27.279><c> the</c><00:16:27.480><c> man.</c>

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There's<00:16:27.980><c> the</c><00:16:28.159><c> phrase,</c><00:16:29.259><c> the</c><00:16:29.419><c> very</c><00:16:29.639><c> phrase</c><00:16:29.879><c> of</c><00:16:30.200><c> Saul,</c>

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cursed<00:16:31.659><c> be</c><00:16:32.519><c> the</c><00:16:33.039><c> man.</c>

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But<00:16:35.399><c> what</c><00:16:35.600><c> happens</c><00:16:35.940><c> next?</c>

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Everything<00:16:38.600><c> was</c><00:16:39.059><c> to</c><00:16:39.279><c> be</c><00:16:39.539><c> devoted</c><00:16:40.059><c> to</c><00:16:40.460><c> God.</c>

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Nothing<00:16:43.080><c> was</c><00:16:43.440><c> to</c><00:16:43.720><c> survive</c><00:16:44.259><c> in</c><00:16:44.659><c> Jericho</c>

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except<00:16:46.220><c> Rahab</c><00:16:47.259><c> and</c><00:16:47.559><c> her</c><00:16:47.840><c> family</c><00:16:48.399><c> through</c><00:16:48.960><c> the</c><00:16:49.200><c> scarlet</c>

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colored<00:16:50.620><c> thread.</c>

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But<00:16:52.320><c> when</c><00:16:52.419><c> you</c><00:16:52.500><c> look</c><00:16:52.679><c> at</c><00:16:52.820><c> chapter</c><00:16:53.080><c> 7,</c>

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halfway<00:16:54.299><c> down</c><00:16:54.659><c> there,</c><00:16:55.220><c> again,</c><00:16:55.820><c> you</c><00:16:55.960><c> read</c><00:16:56.220><c> of</c><00:16:56.379><c> this</c><00:16:56.620><c> word,</c>

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the<00:16:57.580><c> accursed</c><00:16:58.080><c> thing,</c><00:16:59.379><c> cursed</c><00:16:59.620><c> be</c><00:17:00.200><c> the</c><00:17:00.419><c> man.</c>

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But<00:17:03.279><c> it</c><00:17:03.399><c> was</c><00:17:03.840><c> Achan,</c><00:17:04.220><c> wasn't</c><00:17:04.500><c> it,</c><00:17:04.740><c> who</c><00:17:04.960><c> took</c><00:17:05.180><c> of</c><00:17:05.380><c> this</c><00:17:05.660><c> accursed</c><00:17:06.059><c> thing.</c>

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Verse<00:17:07.519><c> 26</c><00:17:08.059><c> then,</c><00:17:08.839><c> and</c><00:17:09.059><c> they</c><00:17:09.539><c> raised</c><00:17:10.119><c> over</c><00:17:10.559><c> him,</c>

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Achan<00:17:11.299><c> who</c><00:17:11.480><c> took</c><00:17:11.660><c> of</c><00:17:11.839><c> the</c><00:17:12.079><c> goodly</c><00:17:12.440><c> Babylonish</c><00:17:13.119><c> garment,</c>

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and<00:17:14.079><c> they</c><00:17:14.359><c> raised</c><00:17:14.640><c> over</c><00:17:14.920><c> him</c><00:17:15.099><c> a</c><00:17:15.319><c> great</c><00:17:15.640><c> heap</c><00:17:15.880><c> of</c><00:17:16.140><c> stones</c><00:17:16.380><c> unto</c>

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this<00:17:16.859><c> day,</c>

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so<00:17:17.140><c> the</c><00:17:17.319><c> Lord</c><00:17:17.660><c> turned</c><00:17:18.279><c> from</c><00:17:18.539><c> the</c><00:17:18.799><c> fierceness</c><00:17:19.160><c> of</c><00:17:19.339><c> his</c><00:17:19.500><c> anger,</c>

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wherefore<00:17:20.579><c> the</c><00:17:20.740><c> name</c><00:17:20.920><c> of</c><00:17:21.059><c> that</c><00:17:21.240><c> place</c><00:17:21.700><c> was</c><00:17:22.720><c> called</c><00:17:23.220><c> the</c><00:17:23.440><c> Valley</c><00:17:23.640><c> of</c><00:17:23.859><c> Acre,</c>

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or<00:17:24.880><c> the</c><00:17:25.079><c> Valley</c><00:17:25.299><c> of</c><00:17:25.640><c> Troubling,</c><00:17:26.839><c> unto</c><00:17:27.019><c> this</c><00:17:27.319><c> day.</c>

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Now<00:17:27.660><c> where's</c><00:17:27.980><c> the</c><00:17:28.140><c> phrase</c><00:17:28.400><c> of</c><00:17:28.619><c> Jonathan?</c>

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We've<00:17:29.500><c> already</c><00:17:29.680><c> seen</c><00:17:29.940><c> the</c><00:17:30.140><c> phrase</c><00:17:30.380><c> of</c><00:17:30.599><c> Joshua,</c><00:17:31.319><c> cursed</c><00:17:31.460><c> be</c>

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the<00:17:31.779><c> man.</c>

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Look<00:17:32.259><c> at</c><00:17:32.380><c> verse</c><00:17:32.579><c> 25.</c>

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When<00:17:35.180><c> Achan</c><00:17:35.559><c> was</c><00:17:35.839><c> identified</c><00:17:36.500><c> as</c><00:17:36.720><c> being</c><00:17:36.960><c> the</c><00:17:37.220><c> troubler</c><00:17:37.519><c> of</c><00:17:37.779><c> Israel,</c>

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Joshua<00:17:39.180><c> says,</c><00:17:40.279><c> why</c><00:17:40.400><c> hast</c><00:17:40.859><c> thou</c><00:17:41.480><c> troubled</c><00:17:42.140><c> us?</c>

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Do<00:17:45.319><c> you</c><00:17:45.339><c> see</c><00:17:45.480><c> that?</c>

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There<00:17:46.720><c> Saul</c><00:17:47.099><c> cursed</c><00:17:47.640><c> be</c><00:17:47.940><c> the</c><00:17:48.099><c> man,</c><00:17:48.420><c> pretending</c><00:17:48.740><c> to</c><00:17:49.000><c> be</c><00:17:49.140><c> Joshua,</c>

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and<00:17:50.619><c> his</c><00:17:50.880><c> son</c><00:17:51.160><c> looks</c><00:17:51.400><c> at</c><00:17:51.579><c> him</c><00:17:51.720><c> and</c><00:17:51.799><c> says,</c>

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I<00:17:52.539><c> know</c><00:17:52.619><c> what</c><00:17:52.740><c> you're</c><00:17:52.940><c> trying</c><00:17:53.099><c> to</c><00:17:53.240><c> do,</c><00:17:53.680><c> Father,</c>

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I<00:17:54.019><c> know</c><00:17:54.200><c> what</c><00:17:54.299><c> you're</c><00:17:54.559><c> trying</c><00:17:54.700><c> to</c><00:17:54.920><c> do</c><00:17:55.140><c> in</c><00:17:55.440><c> terms</c><00:17:55.700><c> of</c><00:17:55.920><c> reenacting</c><00:17:56.319><c> Joshua</c><00:17:56.680><c> chapter</c><00:17:57.019><c> 7</c>

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and<00:17:57.400><c> this</c><00:17:57.599><c> great</c><00:17:57.799><c> victory</c><00:17:58.059><c> in</c><00:17:58.279><c> Jericho,</c>

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and<00:17:59.099><c> you're</c><00:17:59.440><c> no</c><00:17:59.740><c> Joshua,</c><00:18:01.400><c> you're</c><00:18:02.079><c> Achan.</c>

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You're<00:18:05.859><c> the</c><00:18:06.059><c> troubler</c><00:18:06.339><c> of</c><00:18:06.539><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:18:06.960><c> we're</c><00:18:07.200><c> going</c><00:18:07.299><c> to</c><00:18:07.599><c> continue</c><00:18:08.099><c> that</c><00:18:08.640><c> theme</c><00:18:08.960><c> this</c><00:18:09.259><c> morning.</c>

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What<00:18:12.380><c> an</c><00:18:12.660><c> indictment</c><00:18:13.059><c> upon</c><00:18:13.339><c> Saul,</c><00:18:13.640><c> his</c><00:18:13.779><c> own</c><00:18:14.140><c> flesh</c><00:18:14.420><c> and</c><00:18:14.680><c> blood,</c>

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someone<00:18:15.440><c> who</c><00:18:15.660><c> was</c><00:18:16.059><c> very</c><00:18:16.400><c> loyal</c><00:18:16.880><c> and</c><00:18:18.059><c> loved</c><00:18:18.319><c> him,</c>

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someone<00:18:19.339><c> who</c><00:18:19.460><c> was</c><00:18:19.660><c> prepared</c><00:18:19.900><c> to</c><00:18:20.160><c> die</c><00:18:20.420><c> with</c><00:18:20.640><c> him</c><00:18:20.720><c> at</c><00:18:20.880><c> the</c><00:18:20.940><c> end</c>

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of<00:18:21.240><c> this</c><00:18:21.440><c> book,</c>

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yet<00:18:22.839><c> he</c><00:18:23.220><c> identified</c><00:18:23.779><c> him</c><00:18:24.279><c> as</c><00:18:24.920><c> the</c><00:18:25.339><c> troubler</c><00:18:25.799><c> of</c><00:18:26.220><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:18:28.279><c> on</c><00:18:28.420><c> this</c><00:18:28.559><c> particular</c><00:18:28.980><c> day,</c><00:18:30.039><c> Saul</c><00:18:30.140><c> finds</c><00:18:30.460><c> himself</c><00:18:30.799><c> to</c><00:18:30.980><c> be</c><00:18:31.160><c> Achan,</c>

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and<00:18:32.200><c> Joshua</c><00:18:32.839><c> is</c><00:18:35.099><c> being</c><00:18:35.339><c> acted</c><00:18:35.559><c> out</c><00:18:35.740><c> by</c><00:18:36.000><c> Jonathan.</c>

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It's<00:18:37.140><c> Jonathan</c><00:18:37.559><c> who</c><00:18:37.880><c> brings</c><00:18:38.200><c> the</c><00:18:38.480><c> salvation</c><00:18:39.079><c> to</c><00:18:39.559><c> the</c><00:18:39.740><c> people</c>

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of<00:18:40.480><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:18:43.220><c> go</c><00:18:43.380><c> back</c><00:18:43.519><c> with</c><00:18:43.720><c> me</c><00:18:43.920><c> to</c><00:18:44.140><c> 1</c><00:18:44.359><c> Samuel</c><00:18:44.700><c> chapter</c><00:18:45.200><c> 14.</c>

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Because<00:18:46.900><c> of</c><00:18:47.119><c> this</c><00:18:47.380><c> foolish</c><00:18:47.700><c> oath,</c>

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when<00:18:48.339><c> they</c><00:18:48.480><c> had</c><00:18:48.799><c> defeated</c><00:18:49.619><c> the</c><00:18:50.279><c> first</c><00:18:50.660><c> phase</c><00:18:51.039><c> here</c><00:18:51.519><c> of</c><00:18:51.859><c> the</c><00:18:52.059><c> Philistines,</c>

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the<00:18:53.579><c> Israelites</c><00:18:53.960><c> at</c><00:18:54.180><c> the</c><00:18:54.240><c> end</c><00:18:54.380><c> of</c><00:18:54.539><c> the</c><00:18:54.619><c> day</c><00:18:54.819><c> were</c><00:18:55.099><c> extremely</c><00:18:55.799><c> hungry.</c>

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Now<00:18:57.079><c> there</c><00:18:57.180><c> was</c><00:18:57.440><c> a</c><00:18:57.599><c> certain</c><00:18:57.920><c> law</c><00:18:58.220><c> in</c><00:18:58.400><c> the</c><00:18:58.579><c> land,</c>

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that<00:18:59.460><c> is</c><00:19:00.099><c> spelt</c><00:19:00.960><c> out</c><00:19:01.420><c> in</c><00:19:01.700><c> Leviticus</c><00:19:02.279><c> chapter</c><00:19:02.660><c> 7</c><00:19:03.099><c> and</c><00:19:03.299><c> verse</c><00:19:03.539><c> 27,</c>

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where<00:19:04.940><c> we</c><00:19:05.119><c> are</c><00:19:05.339><c> told</c><00:19:05.619><c> there</c><00:19:06.500><c> that</c><00:19:07.500><c> no</c><00:19:07.779><c> one</c><00:19:08.000><c> could</c><00:19:08.240><c> eat</c><00:19:08.539><c> any</c><00:19:08.920><c> blood.</c>

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But<00:19:12.119><c> because</c><00:19:12.720><c> they</c><00:19:12.940><c> were</c><00:19:13.180><c> not</c><00:19:13.519><c> allowed</c><00:19:13.960><c> to</c><00:19:14.319><c> eat,</c>

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verse<00:19:15.759><c> 32</c><00:19:16.400><c> of</c><00:19:16.640><c> chapter</c><00:19:16.880><c> 14,</c>

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at<00:19:18.759><c> the</c><00:19:18.859><c> end</c><00:19:19.059><c> of</c><00:19:19.140><c> the</c><00:19:19.140><c> first</c><00:19:19.420><c> day,</c><00:19:19.740><c> and</c><00:19:19.740><c> the</c><00:19:19.740><c> people</c><00:19:20.000><c> flew</c><00:19:20.319><c> upon</c>

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the<00:19:20.880><c> spoil</c>

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and<00:19:21.299><c> took</c><00:19:21.519><c> sheep</c><00:19:21.960><c> and</c><00:19:22.519><c> oxen</c><00:19:22.980><c> and</c><00:19:23.220><c> calves</c><00:19:23.519><c> and</c><00:19:23.799><c> slew</c><00:19:23.940><c> them</c><00:19:24.079><c> on</c>

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the<00:19:24.440><c> ground,</c>

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and<00:19:25.220><c> the</c><00:19:25.400><c> people</c><00:19:25.599><c> did</c><00:19:25.819><c> eat</c><00:19:26.000><c> them</c><00:19:26.240><c> with</c><00:19:26.440><c> the</c><00:19:26.680><c> blood,</c>

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so<00:19:27.119><c> the</c><00:19:27.259><c> blood</c><00:19:27.440><c> wasn't</c><00:19:27.799><c> drained</c><00:19:28.240><c> from</c><00:19:28.420><c> the</c><00:19:28.619><c> animals.</c>

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Because<00:19:29.920><c> of</c><00:19:30.400><c> Saul's</c><00:19:30.819><c> foolish</c><00:19:31.200><c> oath,</c><00:19:31.779><c> they</c><00:19:32.079><c> broke</c><00:19:32.720><c> God's</c><00:19:33.619><c> law.</c>

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Leviticus<00:19:35.339><c> 7</c><00:19:35.640><c> verse</c><00:19:35.859><c> 27,</c><00:19:38.039><c> because</c><00:19:38.160><c> they</c><00:19:38.279><c> were</c><00:19:38.500><c> faints.</c>

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Then<00:19:41.960><c> they</c><00:19:42.240><c> told</c><00:19:42.579><c> Saul,</c><00:19:43.059><c> saying,</c>

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Behold,<00:19:43.619><c> the</c><00:19:43.779><c> people</c><00:19:44.079><c> sin</c><00:19:44.420><c> against</c><00:19:44.779><c> the</c><00:19:45.000><c> Lord,</c>

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in<00:19:45.380><c> that</c><00:19:45.519><c> they</c><00:19:45.759><c> eat</c><00:19:46.220><c> with</c><00:19:46.740><c> the</c><00:19:47.000><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:19:47.700><c> he</c><00:19:47.900><c> said,</c><00:19:48.839><c> Ye</c><00:19:49.079><c> have</c><00:19:49.359><c> transgressed.</c>

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Saul<00:19:51.079><c> never</c><00:19:51.440><c> identified</c><00:19:51.980><c> himself</c><00:19:52.380><c> with</c><00:19:52.599><c> the</c><00:19:52.759><c> sin.</c>

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He<00:19:53.880><c> wasn't</c><00:19:54.079><c> like</c><00:19:54.319><c> Moses,</c><00:19:54.799><c> was</c><00:19:54.960><c> he?</c>

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Or<00:19:55.819><c> even</c><00:19:56.140><c> Daniel,</c><00:19:57.839><c> in</c><00:19:57.980><c> Daniel's</c><00:19:58.500><c> wonderful</c><00:19:58.839><c> prayer.</c>

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Ye<00:20:01.440><c> have</c><00:20:01.720><c> transgressed.</c>

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Roll<00:20:02.700><c> a</c><00:20:02.920><c> great</c><00:20:03.140><c> stone</c><00:20:03.779><c> unto</c><00:20:04.259><c> me</c><00:20:04.680><c> this</c><00:20:05.039><c> day.</c>

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And<00:20:05.500><c> so</c><00:20:05.759><c> what</c><00:20:06.099><c> then</c><00:20:06.440><c> happened?</c>

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Maybe<00:20:08.980><c> this</c><00:20:09.579><c> played</c><00:20:09.779><c> a</c><00:20:09.940><c> little</c><00:20:10.079><c> on</c><00:20:10.319><c> Saul's</c><00:20:10.720><c> conscience.</c>

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He<00:20:11.500><c> built</c><00:20:11.759><c> an</c><00:20:12.079><c> altar</c><00:20:12.299><c> to</c><00:20:12.640><c> atone</c><00:20:13.059><c> for</c><00:20:13.279><c> their</c><00:20:13.519><c> sins.</c>

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They<00:20:14.180><c> had</c><00:20:14.680><c> broken</c><00:20:15.220><c> God's</c><00:20:15.920><c> law.</c>

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They<00:20:16.619><c> had</c><00:20:16.960><c> eaten</c><00:20:17.400><c> of</c><00:20:17.900><c> the</c><00:20:18.180><c> blood.</c>

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It's<00:20:22.599><c> very</c><00:20:22.779><c> telling</c><00:20:22.960><c> again,</c><00:20:23.339><c> verse</c><00:20:23.559><c> 35,</c>

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And<00:20:24.519><c> Saul</c><00:20:24.880><c> built</c><00:20:25.259><c> an</c><00:20:25.519><c> altar</c><00:20:25.900><c> unto</c><00:20:26.200><c> Yahweh.</c>

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The<00:20:27.059><c> same</c><00:20:27.339><c> was</c><00:20:27.559><c> the</c><00:20:27.839><c> first</c><00:20:28.359><c> that</c><00:20:29.140><c> he</c><00:20:29.339><c> built</c><00:20:29.700><c> unto</c><00:20:30.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:20:30.940><c> he</c><00:20:31.079><c> had</c><00:20:31.180><c> never</c><00:20:31.400><c> built</c><00:20:31.660><c> an</c><00:20:31.839><c> altar</c><00:20:32.000><c> before.</c>

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But<00:20:34.880><c> he</c><00:20:34.980><c> feels</c><00:20:35.259><c> that</c><00:20:35.420><c> he</c><00:20:35.440><c> needs</c><00:20:35.740><c> to</c><00:20:35.980><c> now.</c>

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Maybe<00:20:37.019><c> he</c><00:20:37.240><c> felt</c><00:20:37.500><c> that</c><00:20:37.720><c> he</c><00:20:37.900><c> was</c><00:20:38.339><c> responsible,</c>

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or<00:20:39.420><c> at</c><00:20:39.519><c> the</c><00:20:39.680><c> very</c><00:20:39.920><c> least</c><00:20:40.240><c> partially</c><00:20:40.799><c> responsible</c><00:20:41.440><c> for</c><00:20:41.680><c> their</c><00:20:41.880><c> sin.</c>

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Look<00:20:42.500><c> in</c><00:20:42.619><c> your</c><00:20:42.859><c> margin,</c><00:20:43.180><c> it's</c><00:20:43.279><c> not</c><00:20:43.420><c> as</c><00:20:43.559><c> good</c><00:20:43.640><c> as</c><00:20:43.839><c> that,</c><00:20:45.640><c> is</c><00:20:45.799><c> it?</c>

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The<00:20:47.119><c> Hebrew</c><00:20:47.440><c> says</c><00:20:47.980><c> that</c><00:20:48.299><c> altar</c><00:20:48.660><c> he</c><00:20:48.980><c> began</c><00:20:49.400><c> to</c><00:20:49.759><c> build</c><00:20:50.079><c> unto</c><00:20:50.500><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:20:51.559><c> he'd</c><00:20:52.079><c> never</c><00:20:52.299><c> built</c><00:20:52.519><c> an</c><00:20:52.700><c> altar</c><00:20:52.839><c> before.</c>

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And<00:20:54.059><c> before</c><00:20:54.299><c> he</c><00:20:54.559><c> built</c><00:20:54.759><c> this</c><00:20:55.000><c> altar,</c><00:20:55.299><c> he</c><00:20:55.559><c> never</c><00:20:55.880><c> completed</c><00:20:56.299><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:20:56.640><c> we've</c><00:20:56.859><c> got</c><00:20:57.000><c> a</c><00:20:57.180><c> phrase</c><00:20:57.359><c> back</c><00:20:57.579><c> in</c><00:20:57.720><c> England</c><00:20:58.160><c> that</c><00:20:58.700><c> he's</c><00:20:59.140><c> a</c><00:20:59.400><c> finisher.</c>

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I<00:21:00.119><c> ask</c><00:21:00.319><c> you</c><00:21:00.420><c> young</c><00:21:00.619><c> people,</c><00:21:00.839><c> and</c><00:21:00.920><c> they</c><00:21:01.039><c> say</c><00:21:01.259><c> it's</c><00:21:01.720><c> a</c><00:21:01.839><c> similar</c>

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phrase<00:21:02.259><c> over</c><00:21:02.500><c> here.</c>

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He's<00:21:03.039><c> a</c><00:21:03.240><c> finisher.</c>

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And<00:21:04.099><c> when</c><00:21:04.220><c> we</c><00:21:04.420><c> give</c><00:21:04.559><c> that</c><00:21:04.759><c> phrase</c><00:21:05.000><c> to</c><00:21:05.259><c> someone,</c>

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and<00:21:06.460><c> it's</c><00:21:06.640><c> particularly</c><00:21:06.920><c> a</c><00:21:07.119><c> good</c><00:21:07.920><c> expression</c><00:21:08.539><c> and</c><00:21:08.759><c> term</c><00:21:08.839><c> to</c>

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give<00:21:09.099><c> someone</c><00:21:09.359><c> in</c><00:21:09.480><c> the</c><00:21:09.619><c> meeting,</c><00:21:09.940><c> isn't</c><00:21:10.059><c> it?</c>

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He's<00:21:10.619><c> someone</c><00:21:10.779><c> who's</c><00:21:10.940><c> going</c><00:21:11.059><c> to</c><00:21:11.200><c> do</c><00:21:11.400><c> it.</c><00:21:11.559><c> He's</c><00:21:11.740><c> going</c><00:21:11.880><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:21:12.420><c> something.</c>

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Now<00:21:13.680><c> Saul</c><00:21:13.799><c> never</c><00:21:14.079><c> delivered</c><00:21:14.359><c> anything.</c>

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He<00:21:14.940><c> never</c><00:21:15.319><c> finished</c><00:21:15.839><c> anything,</c><00:21:16.519><c> brothers</c><00:21:16.680><c> and</c><00:21:16.900><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:21:19.680><c> here's</c><00:21:19.960><c> another</c><00:21:20.240><c> good</c><00:21:20.519><c> example.</c>

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He<00:21:21.599><c> gets</c><00:21:21.880><c> distracted.</c>

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He<00:21:23.400><c> doesn't</c><00:21:23.920><c> finish</c><00:21:24.500><c> building</c><00:21:25.299><c> this</c><00:21:26.180><c> altar.</c>

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He's<00:21:28.220><c> aware</c><00:21:28.440><c> of</c><00:21:28.720><c> sin.</c>

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Now<00:21:29.579><c> do</c><00:21:29.779><c> you</c><00:21:29.940><c> remember</c><00:21:30.660><c> after</c><00:21:31.640><c> the</c><00:21:31.920><c> walls</c><00:21:32.160><c> of</c><00:21:32.440><c> Jericho</c><00:21:32.819><c> came</c>

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tumbling<00:21:33.619><c> down,</c>

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Joshua,<00:21:37.359><c> though</c><00:21:37.579><c> he</c><00:21:37.740><c> was</c><00:21:37.960><c> made</c><00:21:38.220><c> aware</c><00:21:38.539><c> of</c><00:21:38.859><c> the</c><00:21:39.180><c> sin,</c>

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the<00:21:40.720><c> nation</c><00:21:41.059><c> hadn't</c><00:21:41.400><c> fully</c><00:21:41.740><c> repented</c><00:21:42.200><c> to</c><00:21:42.480><c> God,</c>

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and<00:21:43.519><c> they</c><00:21:43.759><c> lost</c><00:21:44.140><c> a</c><00:21:44.359><c> battle</c><00:21:44.700><c> against</c><00:21:45.220><c> Ai.</c>

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Do<00:21:45.900><c> you</c><00:21:45.900><c> remember</c><00:21:46.079><c> that?</c>

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And<00:21:48.599><c> God</c><00:21:48.839><c> did</c><00:21:49.119><c> not</c><00:21:49.559><c> speak</c><00:21:50.039><c> to</c><00:21:50.420><c> them.</c>

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So<00:21:53.380><c> then</c><00:21:53.599><c> when</c><00:21:53.740><c> we</c><00:21:53.980><c> come</c><00:21:54.299><c> back</c><00:21:54.720><c> to</c><00:21:55.059><c> 1</c><00:21:55.319><c> Samuel</c><00:21:55.960><c> and</c><00:21:56.440><c> chapter</c><00:21:57.380><c> 14,</c>

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after<00:22:00.059><c> they</c><00:22:00.240><c> had</c><00:22:00.440><c> eaten</c><00:22:00.619><c> the</c><00:22:00.859><c> blood</c><00:22:01.240><c> and</c><00:22:01.900><c> after</c><00:22:02.220><c> they</c><00:22:02.400><c> had</c><00:22:02.700><c> not</c>

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atoned<00:22:03.799><c> for</c><00:22:04.099><c> their</c><00:22:04.400><c> sins,</c>

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just<00:22:05.619><c> like</c><00:22:05.880><c> the</c><00:22:06.079><c> story</c><00:22:06.420><c> of</c><00:22:06.579><c> Joshua</c><00:22:06.900><c> chapter</c><00:22:07.200><c> 6</c><00:22:07.619><c> continuing</c><00:22:08.220><c> to</c><00:22:08.539><c> Ai,</c>

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there<00:22:09.660><c> at</c><00:22:09.799><c> the</c><00:22:09.799><c> end</c><00:22:10.000><c> of</c><00:22:10.119><c> verse</c><00:22:10.299><c> 37,</c><00:22:11.579><c> God</c><00:22:11.619><c> did</c><00:22:12.299><c> not</c><00:22:12.720><c> answer</c><00:22:13.099><c> them</c>

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that<00:22:13.740><c> day.</c>

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God<00:22:14.420><c> was</c><00:22:14.779><c> silent</c><00:22:15.200><c> like</c><00:22:15.440><c> he</c><00:22:15.640><c> was</c><00:22:15.779><c> at</c><00:22:16.000><c> Ai.</c>

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So<00:22:19.539><c> Saul</c><00:22:19.779><c> now</c><00:22:20.000><c> is</c><00:22:20.200><c> aware</c><00:22:20.480><c> that</c><00:22:20.619><c> there</c><00:22:20.819><c> is</c><00:22:20.980><c> a</c><00:22:21.119><c> problem,</c><00:22:21.660><c> that</c><00:22:21.680><c> there</c><00:22:21.900><c> is</c>

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sin<00:22:22.339><c> within</c><00:22:22.640><c> the</c><00:22:22.880><c> camp.</c>

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And<00:22:24.980><c> so</c><00:22:25.279><c> then,</c><00:22:26.420><c> through</c><00:22:26.720><c> the</c><00:22:27.000><c> determining</c><00:22:27.339><c> of</c><00:22:27.940><c> lots,</c>

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he<00:22:29.460><c> seeks</c><00:22:29.759><c> to</c><00:22:30.019><c> discover</c><00:22:30.619><c> who</c><00:22:31.539><c> made</c><00:22:32.359><c> the</c><00:22:32.759><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:22:34.059><c> finally</c><00:22:34.299><c> the</c><00:22:34.500><c> lots</c><00:22:34.680><c> are</c><00:22:34.920><c> cast</c><00:22:35.279><c> and</c><00:22:36.319><c> Jonathan</c><00:22:36.859><c> is</c><00:22:37.460><c> identified.</c>

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Now<00:22:38.960><c> what</c><00:22:39.079><c> I</c><00:22:39.180><c> want</c><00:22:39.380><c> us</c><00:22:39.500><c> to</c><00:22:39.700><c> do</c><00:22:40.059><c> is</c><00:22:40.420><c> to</c><00:22:40.619><c> look</c><00:22:40.759><c> at</c><00:22:40.920><c> the</c><00:22:41.119><c> words</c><00:22:41.759><c> of</c>

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verse<00:22:43.220><c> 43</c><00:22:43.799><c> and</c><00:22:44.019><c> verse</c><00:22:44.440><c> 44.</c>

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Now<00:22:45.160><c> what</c><00:22:45.380><c> we</c><00:22:45.480><c> need</c><00:22:45.660><c> to</c><00:22:45.859><c> remember</c><00:22:46.319><c> as</c><00:22:46.599><c> we</c><00:22:46.839><c> read</c><00:22:47.140><c> these</c><00:22:47.480><c> verses</c>

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that<00:22:49.519><c> Jonathan</c><00:22:50.039><c> was</c><00:22:50.980><c> the</c><00:22:51.279><c> saviour</c><00:22:51.940><c> of</c><00:22:52.200><c> Israel.</c>

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Jonathan<00:22:53.660><c> was</c><00:22:54.059><c> the</c><00:22:54.339><c> Joshua</c><00:22:54.799><c> of</c><00:22:55.259><c> Jericho</c><00:22:55.779><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:22:58.500><c> 43</c><00:22:58.900><c> then</c><00:22:59.140><c> of</c><00:22:59.259><c> chapter</c><00:22:59.500><c> 14,</c>

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Then<00:23:00.480><c> Saul</c><00:23:00.859><c> said</c><00:23:01.140><c> to</c><00:23:01.319><c> Jonathan,</c><00:23:02.000><c> Tell</c><00:23:02.000><c> me</c><00:23:02.279><c> what</c><00:23:02.480><c> thou</c><00:23:02.720><c> hast</c><00:23:02.940><c> done.</c>

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And<00:23:03.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:23:03.779><c> told</c><00:23:04.140><c> him</c><00:23:04.319><c> and</c><00:23:04.339><c> said,</c><00:23:04.940><c> I</c><00:23:05.180><c> did</c><00:23:05.319><c> but</c><00:23:05.660><c> taste</c><00:23:05.960><c> a</c><00:23:06.099><c> little</c><00:23:06.380><c> honey</c><00:23:06.660><c> with</c><00:23:06.859><c> the</c>

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end<00:23:07.140><c> of</c><00:23:07.259><c> my</c><00:23:07.500><c> rod,</c>

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that<00:23:08.279><c> was</c><00:23:08.480><c> in</c><00:23:08.640><c> mine</c><00:23:08.740><c> hand,</c><00:23:09.299><c> and</c><00:23:09.579><c> lo,</c><00:23:09.740><c> I</c><00:23:09.839><c> must</c><00:23:10.099><c> die.</c>

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He<00:23:11.920><c> knew</c><00:23:12.119><c> that</c><00:23:12.279><c> he</c><00:23:12.440><c> had</c><00:23:12.559><c> breached</c><00:23:13.900><c> the</c><00:23:14.559><c> oath.</c>

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However<00:23:15.099><c> foolish</c><00:23:15.640><c> Jonathan</c><00:23:16.079><c> thought</c><00:23:16.400><c> it</c><00:23:16.660><c> was,</c><00:23:17.400><c> and</c><00:23:17.460><c> clearly</c>

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he<00:23:18.099><c> thought</c><00:23:18.299><c> it</c><00:23:18.500><c> was</c><00:23:18.700><c> a</c><00:23:18.880><c> foolish</c><00:23:19.200><c> oath,</c>

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nevertheless<00:23:20.640><c> his</c><00:23:22.579><c> life</c><00:23:23.039><c> had</c><00:23:23.380><c> to</c><00:23:23.559><c> go.</c>

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He<00:23:25.180><c> was</c><00:23:25.420><c> going</c><00:23:25.660><c> to</c><00:23:25.940><c> be</c><00:23:26.220><c> a</c><00:23:26.660><c> willing</c><00:23:27.480><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:28.500><c> for</c><00:23:28.839><c> his</c><00:23:29.079><c> people.</c>

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A<00:23:29.819><c> wonderful</c><00:23:30.039><c> figure</c><00:23:30.279><c> of</c><00:23:30.420><c> the</c><00:23:30.500><c> Lord</c><00:23:30.660><c> Jesus</c><00:23:31.000><c> there.</c>

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But<00:23:32.339><c> I</c><00:23:32.460><c> want</c><00:23:32.619><c> us</c><00:23:32.779><c> to</c><00:23:33.000><c> notice</c><00:23:33.380><c> what</c><00:23:33.740><c> Saul</c><00:23:34.019><c> says.</c>

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Saul<00:23:35.160><c> answered,</c><00:23:36.299><c> God</c><00:23:36.720><c> do</c><00:23:37.339><c> so,</c><00:23:37.960><c> and</c><00:23:38.220><c> more</c><00:23:38.640><c> also,</c><00:23:39.779><c> for</c><00:23:40.000><c> thou</c>

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shalt<00:23:40.839><c> surely</c><00:23:41.440><c> die,</c><00:23:42.660><c> Jonathan.</c>

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Have<00:23:44.720><c> a</c><00:23:44.799><c> look</c><00:23:44.960><c> in</c><00:23:45.059><c> your</c><00:23:45.259><c> margin</c><00:23:45.519><c> again.</c>

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It's<00:23:47.740><c> an</c><00:23:47.880><c> unusual</c><00:23:48.259><c> phrase</c><00:23:48.579><c> isn't</c><00:23:48.799><c> it?</c><00:23:48.980><c> God</c><00:23:49.220><c> do</c><00:23:49.579><c> so</c><00:23:49.880><c> and</c><00:23:50.099><c> more</c><00:23:50.519><c> also.</c>

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It's<00:23:51.640><c> hard</c><00:23:51.900><c> to</c><00:23:52.119><c> read</c><00:23:52.339><c> it,</c><00:23:52.579><c> it's</c><00:23:52.680><c> quite</c><00:23:52.920><c> an</c><00:23:53.180><c> cumbersome</c><00:23:53.599><c> phrase.</c>

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God<00:23:54.220><c> do</c><00:23:54.559><c> so</c><00:23:54.819><c> and</c><00:23:55.160><c> more</c><00:23:55.640><c> also.</c>

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Have<00:23:56.720><c> a</c><00:23:56.799><c> look</c><00:23:56.940><c> in</c><00:23:57.039><c> your</c><00:23:57.259><c> margin</c><00:23:57.640><c> and</c><00:23:58.140><c> where</c><00:23:58.319><c> does</c><00:23:58.420><c> that</c><00:23:58.599><c> take</c>

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you<00:23:59.099><c> back</c><00:23:59.480><c> to?</c>

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Well<00:24:02.119><c> in</c><00:24:02.180><c> my</c><00:24:02.440><c> margin</c><00:24:02.799><c> it</c><00:24:03.400><c> takes</c><00:24:03.740><c> me</c><00:24:04.160><c> to</c><00:24:04.440><c> the</c><00:24:04.579><c> book</c><00:24:04.740><c> of</c><00:24:05.000><c> Ruth.</c>

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And<00:24:05.980><c> I'd</c><00:24:06.119><c> like</c><00:24:06.180><c> us</c><00:24:06.359><c> to</c><00:24:06.480><c> go</c><00:24:06.640><c> there,</c><00:24:06.900><c> the</c><00:24:06.980><c> book</c><00:24:07.140><c> of</c><00:24:07.339><c> Ruth.</c>

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And<00:24:09.240><c> what</c><00:24:09.420><c> we're</c><00:24:09.640><c> beginning</c><00:24:10.000><c> to</c><00:24:10.339><c> see</c><00:24:10.839><c> is</c><00:24:12.220><c> that</c><00:24:12.579><c> Saul</c><00:24:13.140><c> quoted</c>

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extensively<00:24:15.319><c> from</c><00:24:15.619><c> scripture.</c>

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In<00:24:17.279><c> fact,</c><00:24:17.839><c> he</c><00:24:18.039><c> said</c><00:24:18.240><c> very</c><00:24:18.700><c> few</c><00:24:18.940><c> words</c><00:24:19.460><c> of</c><00:24:19.799><c> his</c><00:24:20.059><c> own.</c>

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But<00:24:22.980><c> they</c><00:24:23.119><c> were</c><00:24:23.259><c> Bible</c><00:24:23.619><c> stories.</c>

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The<00:24:25.900><c> principles</c><00:24:26.720><c> and</c><00:24:27.099><c> the</c><00:24:27.299><c> scriptural</c><00:24:27.700><c> doctrine</c><00:24:28.099><c> never</c><00:24:28.500><c> entered</c><00:24:28.859><c> into</c>

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his<00:24:29.460><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:24:32.019><c> here</c><00:24:32.319><c> in</c><00:24:32.460><c> this</c><00:24:33.039><c> extremely</c><00:24:33.619><c> poignant</c><00:24:34.240><c> scene</c><00:24:34.640><c> between</c><00:24:35.039><c> Ruth</c><00:24:35.359><c> and</c><00:24:35.579><c> Naomi,</c>

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Ruth<00:24:36.440><c> who</c><00:24:36.519><c> was</c><00:24:36.740><c> going</c><00:24:36.859><c> to</c><00:24:36.940><c> be</c><00:24:37.059><c> the</c><00:24:37.319><c> great</c><00:24:37.559><c>-great</c><00:24:37.960><c>-grandmother</c>

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of<00:24:38.859><c> David,</c>

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the<00:24:39.359><c> irony</c><00:24:39.680><c> of</c><00:24:39.920><c> this,</c><00:24:41.059><c> there's</c><00:24:41.500><c> Saul</c><00:24:41.740><c> quoting</c><00:24:42.160><c> from</c><00:24:42.640><c> Ruth.</c>

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And<00:24:44.880><c> here</c><00:24:45.140><c> Ruth</c><00:24:45.380><c> is</c><00:24:45.579><c> prepared</c><00:24:45.920><c> to</c><00:24:46.099><c> leave</c><00:24:46.420><c> her</c><00:24:46.799><c> home</c><00:24:47.079><c> in</c><00:24:47.319><c> Moab,</c>

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her<00:24:48.480><c> family.</c>

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She's<00:24:50.259><c> taking</c><00:24:50.539><c> on</c><00:24:50.759><c> the</c><00:24:51.000><c> spirit</c><00:24:51.299><c> of</c><00:24:51.559><c> who?</c><00:24:52.400><c> Of</c><00:24:52.640><c> Abraham.</c>

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To<00:24:54.400><c> follow</c><00:24:54.640><c> after</c><00:24:54.920><c> the</c><00:24:55.059><c> God</c><00:24:55.180><c> of</c><00:24:55.299><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:24:57.799><c> here</c><00:24:57.940><c> then</c><00:24:58.140><c> in</c><00:24:58.619><c> Ruth</c><00:24:58.880><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.220><c> 1,</c><00:25:01.319><c> just</c><00:25:01.599><c> see</c><00:25:02.240><c> the</c><00:25:02.640><c> words</c>

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that<00:25:03.359><c> Ruth</c><00:25:03.920><c> expresses</c><00:25:04.660><c> to</c><00:25:05.039><c> Naomi.</c>

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You'll<00:25:05.859><c> see</c><00:25:06.059><c> it</c><00:25:06.259><c> immediately.</c>

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And<00:25:07.279><c> Ruth</c><00:25:07.559><c> said</c><00:25:07.799><c> in</c><00:25:07.960><c> verse</c><00:25:08.140><c> 16,</c><00:25:08.779><c> entreat</c><00:25:09.039><c> me</c><00:25:09.220><c> not</c><00:25:09.420><c> to</c><00:25:09.660><c> leave</c><00:25:09.900><c> thee,</c>

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or<00:25:10.539><c> to</c><00:25:11.079><c> return</c><00:25:11.539><c> from</c><00:25:11.819><c> following</c><00:25:12.059><c> after</c><00:25:12.319><c> thee.</c>

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For<00:25:12.700><c> whither</c><00:25:12.920><c> thou</c><00:25:13.220><c> goest,</c><00:25:13.460><c> I</c><00:25:13.680><c> will</c><00:25:13.900><c> go.</c>

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And<00:25:14.799><c> where</c><00:25:15.000><c> thou</c><00:25:15.220><c> lodgest,</c><00:25:15.500><c> I</c><00:25:15.700><c> will</c><00:25:15.980><c> lodge.</c>

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Thy<00:25:17.079><c> people</c><00:25:17.380><c> shall</c><00:25:17.539><c> be</c><00:25:17.740><c> my</c><00:25:17.960><c> people,</c><00:25:18.259><c> and</c><00:25:18.460><c> thy</c><00:25:18.640><c> God</c><00:25:18.859><c> my</c><00:25:19.180><c> God.</c>

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Where<00:25:20.500><c> thou</c><00:25:20.759><c> diest,</c><00:25:21.279><c> will</c><00:25:21.420><c> I</c><00:25:21.700><c> die,</c><00:25:21.980><c> and</c><00:25:22.259><c> there</c><00:25:22.500><c> will</c><00:25:22.640><c> I</c><00:25:22.759><c> be</c><00:25:22.920><c> buried.</c>

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Now<00:25:23.299><c> here</c><00:25:23.440><c> we</c><00:25:23.599><c> have</c><00:25:23.740><c> it.</c>

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Yahweh<00:25:28.099><c> do</c><00:25:28.579><c> so</c><00:25:29.180><c> to</c><00:25:29.519><c> me</c><00:25:30.339><c> and</c><00:25:31.000><c> more</c><00:25:31.680><c> also.</c>

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The<00:25:32.740><c> very</c><00:25:33.019><c> phrase</c><00:25:33.480><c> of</c><00:25:33.839><c> Saul</c><00:25:34.019><c> to</c><00:25:34.200><c> Jonathan.</c>

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And<00:25:35.839><c> the</c><00:25:35.940><c> context</c><00:25:36.740><c> of</c><00:25:37.539><c> Ruth</c><00:25:37.819><c> to</c><00:25:37.960><c> Naomi,</c><00:25:39.440><c> if</c><00:25:39.480><c> ought,</c><00:25:40.559><c> but</c><00:25:40.799><c> death</c>

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part<00:25:41.940><c> thee</c><00:25:42.500><c> and</c><00:25:43.359><c> me.</c>

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So<00:25:48.799><c> what</c><00:25:49.059><c> Ruth</c><00:25:49.319><c> was</c><00:25:49.579><c> saying</c><00:25:49.759><c> to</c><00:25:50.019><c> Naomi,</c><00:25:50.519><c> that</c><00:25:50.640><c> she</c><00:25:50.920><c> loved</c><00:25:51.099><c> her</c>

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mother<00:25:51.579><c>-in</c><00:25:51.799><c>-law</c><00:25:52.059><c> to</c><00:25:52.440><c> such</c><00:25:52.599><c> an</c><00:25:52.819><c> extent</c>

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that<00:25:53.460><c> in</c><00:25:53.740><c> her</c><00:25:54.059><c> own</c><00:25:54.359><c> mind</c><00:25:54.700><c> even</c><00:25:55.220><c> death</c><00:25:55.680><c> itself</c><00:25:56.619><c> would</c><00:25:57.500><c> not</c><00:25:57.819><c> separate</c><00:25:58.200><c> them</c>

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from<00:25:59.119><c> the</c><00:25:59.259><c> love</c><00:25:59.380><c> of</c><00:25:59.619><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:26:02.359><c> almost</c><00:26:02.700><c> scandalous,</c><00:26:03.680><c> isn't</c><00:26:03.680><c> it,</c><00:26:04.220><c> that</c><00:26:04.460><c> Saul</c><00:26:04.640><c> uses</c>

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these<00:26:05.339><c> words.</c>

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He's<00:26:07.059><c> saying</c><00:26:07.140><c> to</c><00:26:07.359><c> Jonathan,</c><00:26:08.660><c> you're</c><00:26:08.759><c> about</c><00:26:08.960><c> to</c><00:26:09.180><c> die.</c>

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But<00:26:10.980><c> not</c><00:26:11.160><c> even</c><00:26:11.539><c> death</c><00:26:11.940><c> will</c><00:26:12.279><c> separate</c><00:26:12.759><c> us.</c>

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Can<00:26:15.339><c> you</c><00:26:15.539><c> believe</c><00:26:15.980><c> that</c><00:26:16.240><c> brothers</c><00:26:16.500><c> and</c><00:26:16.759><c> sisters?</c>

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I<00:26:17.339><c> find</c><00:26:17.539><c> it</c><00:26:17.819><c> extremely</c><00:26:18.279><c> hard.</c>

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He<00:26:19.400><c> knew</c><00:26:19.539><c> his</c><00:26:19.759><c> scripture</c><00:26:20.160><c> at</c><00:26:20.960><c> a</c><00:26:21.220><c> superficial</c><00:26:21.680><c> level.</c>

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So<00:26:23.599><c> when</c><00:26:23.720><c> you</c><00:26:23.859><c> come</c><00:26:24.039><c> back</c><00:26:24.180><c> to</c><00:26:24.339><c> 1</c><00:26:24.500><c> Samuel</c><00:26:24.740><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.079><c> 14,</c>

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the<00:26:27.460><c> leaders</c><00:26:27.740><c> of</c><00:26:27.940><c> Israel</c><00:26:28.400><c> are</c><00:26:28.980><c> extremely</c><00:26:29.759><c> aware</c><00:26:30.339><c> of</c><00:26:30.660><c> what</c><00:26:31.039><c> Saul</c><00:26:31.380><c> is</c>

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trying<00:26:31.839><c> to</c><00:26:32.079><c> do</c><00:26:32.259><c> here.</c>

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Look<00:26:33.420><c> what</c><00:26:33.539><c> they</c><00:26:33.759><c> say</c><00:26:34.019><c> to</c><00:26:34.180><c> him</c><00:26:34.500><c> in</c><00:26:34.819><c> verse</c><00:26:35.079><c> 45</c><00:26:35.839><c> of</c><00:26:36.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:36.640><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:26:38.140><c> the</c><00:26:38.240><c> people</c><00:26:38.619><c> said</c><00:26:38.940><c> unto</c><00:26:39.299><c> Saul,</c><00:26:40.599><c> Shall</c><00:26:40.619><c> Jonathan</c><00:26:41.240><c> die,</c><00:26:42.299><c> who</c><00:26:42.440><c> hath</c><00:26:42.740><c> wrought</c><00:26:43.640><c> this</c><00:26:44.500><c> great</c><00:26:45.579><c> salvation</c><00:26:46.599><c> in</c><00:26:47.079><c> Israel?</c>

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Can<00:26:47.680><c> you</c><00:26:47.880><c> see</c><00:26:48.259><c> what</c><00:26:48.480><c> they</c><00:26:48.759><c> say?</c>

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They<00:26:49.940><c> identify</c><00:26:51.119><c> Saul</c><00:26:52.240><c> as</c><00:26:54.079><c> the</c><00:26:54.539><c> troubler,</c><00:26:56.000><c> and</c><00:26:56.079><c> they</c><00:26:56.299><c> identify</c>

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Jonathan<00:26:58.339><c> as</c><00:26:59.259><c> the</c><00:26:59.599><c> saviour</c><00:27:00.319><c> of</c><00:27:00.640><c> Israel.</c>

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God<00:27:03.059><c> forbid</c><00:27:03.440><c> by</c><00:27:03.720><c> no</c><00:27:03.980><c> means,</c><00:27:04.579><c> as</c><00:27:04.700><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:05.119><c> liveth,</c><00:27:05.640><c> there</c><00:27:05.680><c> shall</c>

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:08.259
not<00:27:06.220><c> one</c><00:27:06.480><c> hair</c><00:27:06.680><c> of</c><00:27:06.900><c> his</c><00:27:07.140><c> head</c><00:27:07.339><c> fall</c><00:27:07.539><c> to</c><00:27:07.720><c> the</c><00:27:07.880><c> ground,</c>

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:10.880
for<00:27:08.740><c> he</c><00:27:08.920><c> hath</c><00:27:09.019><c> wrought</c><00:27:09.220><c> with</c><00:27:09.420><c> God</c><00:27:09.660><c> this</c><00:27:09.940><c> day,</c><00:27:10.180><c> so</c><00:27:10.319><c> the</c><00:27:10.519><c> people</c>

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:15.440
rescued<00:27:11.400><c> Jonathan,</c><00:27:12.359><c> that</c><00:27:12.619><c> he</c><00:27:13.400><c> died</c><00:27:14.240><c> not.</c>

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.259
Now<00:27:18.079><c> they</c><00:27:18.180><c> could</c><00:27:18.420><c> all</c><00:27:18.759><c> die,</c><00:27:19.200><c> or</c><00:27:19.299><c> they</c><00:27:19.400><c> should</c><00:27:19.559><c> have</c><00:27:19.740><c> all</c><00:27:19.980><c> died</c>

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.819
under<00:27:20.519><c> the</c><00:27:20.720><c> law,</c>

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.779
because<00:27:23.660><c> this</c><00:27:23.859><c> was</c><00:27:24.059><c> an</c><00:27:24.220><c> edict</c><00:27:24.359><c> from</c><00:27:24.599><c> the</c><00:27:24.759><c> king.</c>

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:29.880
But<00:27:26.779><c> even</c><00:27:27.200><c> Saul</c><00:27:27.339><c> at</c><00:27:27.539><c> this</c><00:27:27.819><c> stage</c><00:27:28.259><c> realized</c><00:27:28.940><c> the</c><00:27:29.319><c> foolishness</c>

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:34.519
of<00:27:30.079><c> his</c><00:27:30.299><c> oath,</c><00:27:30.660><c> and</c><00:27:30.819><c> he</c><00:27:31.000><c> was</c><00:27:31.480><c> overturned</c><00:27:32.900><c> by</c><00:27:33.240><c> the</c><00:27:33.500><c> leaders.</c>

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:39.099
Suddenly,<00:27:36.279><c> Saul</c><00:27:36.720><c> has</c><00:27:37.279><c> no</c><00:27:37.980><c> credibility.</c>

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:41.960
He<00:27:39.380><c> has</c><00:27:39.640><c> lost</c><00:27:40.039><c> face</c><00:27:40.579><c> with</c><00:27:40.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:45.559
And<00:27:42.740><c> they</c><00:27:42.980><c> have</c><00:27:43.220><c> said,</c><00:27:43.740><c> Saul,</c><00:27:44.059><c> we've</c><00:27:44.220><c> seen</c><00:27:44.480><c> what</c><00:27:44.619><c> you</c><00:27:44.799><c> were</c><00:27:44.900><c> doing,</c><00:27:45.400><c> and</c><00:27:45.460><c> it</c>

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.880
was<00:27:45.880><c> Jonathan.</c>

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.619
Jonathan<00:27:47.579><c> was</c><00:27:48.180><c> Joshua.</c>

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:52.900
Jonathan<00:27:49.559><c> was</c><00:27:49.859><c> the</c><00:27:50.039><c> one</c><00:27:50.380><c> who</c><00:27:50.740><c> brought</c><00:27:51.200><c> salvation</c><00:27:52.019><c> to</c><00:27:52.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:58.400
So<00:27:53.539><c> when</c><00:27:53.680><c> we</c><00:27:53.880><c> come</c><00:27:54.039><c> then</c><00:27:54.240><c> to</c><00:27:54.380><c> chapter</c><00:27:54.680><c> 15,</c><00:27:55.339><c> you</c><00:27:55.539><c> could</c><00:27:55.859><c> say</c><00:27:56.579><c> that</c><00:27:57.819><c> Saul</c><00:27:58.079><c> was</c>

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.680
all<00:27:58.700><c> alone.</c>

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:02.940
His<00:27:59.980><c> leaders</c><00:28:00.500><c> had</c><00:28:01.380><c> rejected</c><00:28:01.859><c> him.</c>

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:07.200
You<00:28:04.059><c> could</c><00:28:04.240><c> imagine</c><00:28:04.700><c> that</c><00:28:04.839><c> they</c><00:28:05.000><c> were</c><00:28:05.200><c> supporting</c><00:28:05.599><c> Jonathan</c><00:28:06.079><c> now.</c>

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:11.279
But<00:28:08.140><c> God</c><00:28:08.579><c> was</c><00:28:08.940><c> still</c><00:28:09.279><c> with</c><00:28:09.700><c> Saul,</c><00:28:10.279><c> and</c><00:28:10.359><c> God</c><00:28:10.619><c> gives</c><00:28:10.880><c> him</c>

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.920
another<00:28:11.700><c> opportunity.</c>

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:15.440
Look<00:28:13.279><c> at</c><00:28:13.400><c> these</c><00:28:13.539><c> words</c><00:28:13.740><c> then</c><00:28:13.980><c> in</c><00:28:14.099><c> chapter</c><00:28:14.380><c> 15</c><00:28:14.799><c> and</c><00:28:14.980><c> verse</c><00:28:15.240><c> 1.</c>

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:18.980
Samuel<00:28:15.839><c> also</c><00:28:16.299><c> said</c><00:28:16.640><c> unto</c><00:28:16.880><c> Saul,</c><00:28:17.259><c> The</c><00:28:17.299><c> Lord</c><00:28:17.700><c> sent</c><00:28:18.240><c> me</c><00:28:18.539><c> anoint</c>

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.980
thee<00:28:19.119><c> to</c><00:28:19.200><c> be</c><00:28:19.380><c> king</c><00:28:19.640><c> over</c><00:28:19.880><c> his</c><00:28:20.119><c> people.</c>

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:24.640
So<00:28:21.339><c> there's</c><00:28:21.700><c> Saul</c><00:28:21.940><c> being</c><00:28:22.380><c> reminded</c><00:28:22.920><c> that</c><00:28:23.099><c> he</c><00:28:23.240><c> was</c><00:28:23.539><c> anointed.</c>

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:27.259
Act<00:28:25.599><c> like</c><00:28:25.819><c> a</c><00:28:26.019><c> king,</c><00:28:26.339><c> Saul.</c>

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:29.619
And<00:28:27.640><c> I'm</c><00:28:27.799><c> going</c><00:28:27.980><c> to</c><00:28:28.160><c> give</c><00:28:28.319><c> you</c><00:28:28.640><c> another</c><00:28:29.039><c> opportunity.</c>

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:32.519
Now<00:28:29.900><c> therefore,</c><00:28:30.779><c> hearken</c><00:28:30.960><c> thou</c><00:28:31.240><c> unto</c><00:28:31.480><c> the</c><00:28:31.720><c> voice</c><00:28:31.940><c> of</c><00:28:32.079><c> the</c><00:28:32.200><c> words</c><00:28:32.400><c> of</c>

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.920
the<00:28:32.640><c> Lord,</c>

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:35.920
Thus<00:28:33.359><c> saith</c><00:28:33.500><c> the</c><00:28:33.700><c> Lord</c><00:28:33.900><c> of</c><00:28:34.059><c> hosts,</c><00:28:34.240><c> I</c><00:28:34.420><c> remember</c><00:28:35.160><c> that</c><00:28:35.619><c> which</c>

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.359
Amalek<00:28:36.359><c> did</c><00:28:36.599><c> to</c><00:28:36.839><c> Israel,</c>

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:40.839
how<00:28:37.940><c> he</c><00:28:38.059><c> laid</c><00:28:38.279><c> wait</c><00:28:38.519><c> for</c><00:28:38.680><c> him</c><00:28:38.859><c> in</c><00:28:39.019><c> the</c><00:28:39.140><c> way</c><00:28:39.480><c> when</c><00:28:39.799><c> he</c><00:28:40.019><c> came</c><00:28:40.359><c> up</c>

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:43.000
from<00:28:41.740><c> Egypt.</c>

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.819
So<00:28:44.859><c> the</c><00:28:45.019><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:48.079
Now<00:28:46.279><c> the</c><00:28:46.440><c> saddest</c><00:28:46.660><c> thing</c><00:28:46.880><c> about</c><00:28:47.099><c> the</c><00:28:47.220><c> Amalekites,</c><00:28:47.960><c> brothers</c>

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.720
and<00:28:48.319><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:54.240
is<00:28:48.960><c> that</c><00:28:49.140><c> the</c><00:28:49.299><c> Amalekites</c><00:28:50.000><c> were</c><00:28:50.240><c> the</c><00:28:50.420><c> descendants</c><00:28:50.859><c> of</c><00:28:52.240><c> Esau.</c>

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:57.019
Genesis<00:28:54.619><c> chapter</c><00:28:54.960><c> 36,</c><00:28:55.700><c> verses</c><00:28:55.940><c> 6</c><00:28:56.299><c> and</c><00:28:56.460><c> 12.</c>

00:28:57.019 --> 00:29:00.940
So<00:28:57.480><c> here</c><00:28:57.880><c> now</c><00:28:58.259><c> we</c><00:28:58.599><c> have</c><00:28:58.980><c> a</c><00:28:59.279><c> warfare</c><00:28:59.599><c> that</c><00:28:59.859><c> has</c><00:29:00.140><c> continued</c><00:29:00.619><c> in</c>

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.799
every<00:29:01.220><c> single</c><00:29:01.539><c> generation.</c>

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:06.599
A<00:29:03.359><c> warfare</c><00:29:03.819><c> with</c><00:29:04.059><c> the</c><00:29:04.220><c> sons</c><00:29:04.400><c> of</c><00:29:04.579><c> Israel,</c><00:29:05.019><c> or</c><00:29:05.119><c> the</c><00:29:05.259><c> sons</c><00:29:05.400><c> of</c><00:29:05.619><c> Jacob,</c><00:29:06.420><c> and</c>

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:08.339
the<00:29:06.859><c> sons</c><00:29:07.099><c> of</c><00:29:07.380><c> Esau.</c>

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:11.920
There<00:29:09.519><c> could</c><00:29:09.799><c> not</c><00:29:09.960><c> be</c><00:29:10.119><c> a</c><00:29:10.420><c> grander</c><00:29:11.059><c> scale.</c>

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:16.700
This<00:29:14.539><c> was</c><00:29:15.119><c> the</c><00:29:15.619><c> stage.</c>

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:19.819
The<00:29:17.680><c> stage</c><00:29:18.259><c> was</c><00:29:18.759><c> set.</c>

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:24.099
Go<00:29:20.900><c> and</c><00:29:21.740><c> destroy</c><00:29:22.500><c> the</c><00:29:23.180><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:27.099
Now<00:29:24.859><c> there's</c><00:29:25.039><c> something</c><00:29:25.359><c> interesting</c><00:29:25.920><c> about</c><00:29:26.339><c> the</c><00:29:26.559><c> Amalekites,</c>

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:30.819
because<00:29:27.380><c> it</c><00:29:27.519><c> says</c><00:29:27.779><c> there</c><00:29:28.059><c> in</c><00:29:28.220><c> verse</c><00:29:28.519><c> 48</c><00:29:29.099><c> of</c><00:29:29.299><c> chapter</c><00:29:29.579><c> 14,</c>

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:34.299
they<00:29:31.079><c> are</c><00:29:31.420><c> identified</c><00:29:32.299><c> as</c><00:29:32.740><c> behaving</c><00:29:33.140><c> in</c><00:29:33.480><c> a</c><00:29:33.700><c> particular</c><00:29:34.019><c> way.</c>

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:39.380
You<00:29:34.720><c> see</c><00:29:34.859><c> at</c><00:29:34.960><c> the</c><00:29:34.960><c> end</c><00:29:35.119><c> of</c><00:29:35.240><c> verse</c><00:29:35.400><c> 48,</c><00:29:36.900><c> this</c><00:29:37.140><c> family</c><00:29:37.720><c> of</c><00:29:38.000><c> Esau,</c>

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:42.359
that<00:29:40.440><c> they</c><00:29:41.079><c> spoiled</c><00:29:41.660><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:45.240
And<00:29:42.839><c> I'm</c><00:29:42.980><c> sure</c><00:29:43.119><c> many</c><00:29:43.319><c> of</c><00:29:43.480><c> you</c><00:29:43.559><c> know</c><00:29:43.839><c> this,</c><00:29:44.480><c> the</c><00:29:44.619><c> teenagers</c><00:29:45.039><c> did,</c>

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.700
but<00:29:45.420><c> we're</c><00:29:45.539><c> going</c><00:29:45.660><c> to</c><00:29:45.740><c> go</c><00:29:45.900><c> through</c><00:29:46.000><c> it</c><00:29:46.119><c> all</c><00:29:46.240><c> the</c><00:29:46.420><c> same.</c>

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:49.660
They<00:29:47.400><c> spoiled</c><00:29:48.279><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:55.579
So<00:29:52.180><c> they</c><00:29:52.380><c> were</c><00:29:52.680><c> distinguished</c><00:29:53.339><c> against</c><00:29:54.440><c> all</c><00:29:54.920><c> the</c><00:29:55.140><c> nations</c>

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.900
round<00:29:55.940><c> about.</c>

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.240
But<00:29:57.359><c> this</c><00:29:57.559><c> was</c><00:29:57.720><c> the</c><00:29:57.839><c> nation,</c><00:29:58.000><c> not</c><00:29:58.180><c> the</c><00:29:58.339><c> Philistines,</c><00:29:59.039><c> the</c>

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:02.119
Amalekites,<00:30:00.859><c> that</c><00:30:01.119><c> spoiled</c><00:30:01.680><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:05.640
I'm<00:30:02.319><c> just</c><00:30:02.420><c> going</c><00:30:02.519><c> to</c><00:30:02.619><c> go</c><00:30:02.759><c> on</c><00:30:02.880><c> a</c><00:30:02.940><c> bit</c><00:30:03.079><c> of</c><00:30:03.940><c> a</c><00:30:04.140><c> history</c><00:30:04.700><c> story</c><00:30:05.440><c> here.</c>

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:08.859
Let's<00:30:05.900><c> just</c><00:30:06.119><c> go</c><00:30:06.299><c> back</c><00:30:06.480><c> then</c><00:30:06.720><c> to</c><00:30:07.019><c> Exodus</c><00:30:07.380><c> chapter</c><00:30:07.700><c> 17.</c>

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:14.240
Here<00:30:11.559><c> then,</c><00:30:12.220><c> this</c><00:30:12.460><c> marvellous</c><00:30:12.960><c> scene</c><00:30:13.180><c> of</c><00:30:13.440><c> water</c><00:30:13.740><c> coming</c><00:30:14.000><c> out</c>

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.380
of<00:30:14.339><c> the</c><00:30:14.500><c> rock</c><00:30:14.680><c> at</c><00:30:15.000><c> Horeb.</c>

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:20.839
You<00:30:18.799><c> see</c><00:30:19.359><c> there</c><00:30:19.700><c> at</c><00:30:19.819><c> the</c><00:30:20.000><c> middle</c><00:30:20.200><c> of</c><00:30:20.319><c> verse</c><00:30:20.519><c> 6,</c>

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.420
for<00:30:20.980><c> the</c><00:30:21.140><c> rock</c><00:30:21.319><c> was</c><00:30:21.640><c> smitten</c><00:30:21.920><c> at</c><00:30:22.220><c> Horeb,</c><00:30:22.640><c> and</c><00:30:22.720><c> water</c><00:30:23.099><c> flowed</c>

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:25.279
out<00:30:23.799><c> of</c><00:30:24.000><c> the</c><00:30:24.259><c> rock.</c>

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:32.779
Now<00:30:28.839><c> the</c><00:30:28.960><c> reason</c><00:30:29.380><c> why</c><00:30:29.720><c> God</c><00:30:29.980><c> was</c><00:30:30.279><c> angry</c><00:30:30.759><c> with</c><00:30:31.180><c> Amalek</c><00:30:31.579><c> and</c><00:30:31.900><c> the</c><00:30:32.140><c> Amalekites</c>

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:35.920
is<00:30:32.960><c> that</c><00:30:33.079><c> they</c><00:30:33.339><c> saw</c><00:30:33.680><c> the</c><00:30:34.019><c> glory</c><00:30:34.380><c> of</c><00:30:34.619><c> God,</c><00:30:34.799><c> they</c><00:30:35.000><c> saw</c><00:30:35.279><c> the</c><00:30:35.599><c> glory</c>

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.859
of<00:30:36.160><c> God,</c>

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:39.980
this<00:30:37.440><c> miraculous</c><00:30:38.160><c> event</c><00:30:38.579><c> of</c><00:30:38.779><c> water</c><00:30:39.119><c> coming</c><00:30:39.359><c> out</c><00:30:39.559><c> of</c><00:30:39.660><c> the</c><00:30:39.779><c> rock,</c>

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:44.859
yet<00:30:40.519><c> still</c><00:30:41.259><c> they</c><00:30:41.619><c> opposed</c><00:30:42.200><c> Israel</c><00:30:42.940><c> and</c><00:30:43.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:30:43.640><c> the</c><00:30:43.720><c> God</c><00:30:43.859><c> of</c><00:30:44.039><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:47.960
So<00:30:45.480><c> God</c><00:30:45.680><c> declared,</c><00:30:46.220><c> I'm</c><00:30:46.359><c> going</c><00:30:46.480><c> to</c><00:30:46.740><c> have</c><00:30:46.980><c> war</c><00:30:47.359><c> with</c><00:30:47.599><c> you</c><00:30:47.779><c> from</c>

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:50.039
generation<00:30:48.359><c> to</c><00:30:48.519><c> generation.</c>

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.920
So<00:30:52.140><c> verse</c><00:30:52.319><c> 13,</c><00:30:52.799><c> then,</c>

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.680
And<00:30:53.059><c> Joshua</c><00:30:53.440><c> discomforted</c><00:30:54.339><c> Amalek.</c>

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:57.460
So<00:30:54.940><c> remember,</c><00:30:55.240><c> that's</c><00:30:55.500><c> worth</c><00:30:55.839><c> noting</c><00:30:56.400><c> there,</c><00:30:56.740><c> it's</c><00:30:56.960><c> Joshua</c>

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:59.220
who<00:30:58.220><c> fights</c><00:30:58.559><c> this</c><00:30:58.880><c> battle.</c>

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:03.000
And<00:30:59.700><c> Joshua</c><00:31:00.279><c> discomforted</c><00:31:01.279><c> Amalek</c><00:31:01.759><c> and</c><00:31:01.980><c> his</c><00:31:02.160><c> people</c><00:31:02.460><c> with</c><00:31:02.640><c> the</c><00:31:02.740><c> edge</c><00:31:02.839><c> of</c>

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.019
the<00:31:03.160><c> sword.</c>

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:07.380
And<00:31:04.279><c> the</c><00:31:04.380><c> Lord</c><00:31:04.559><c> said</c><00:31:04.680><c> unto</c><00:31:04.839><c> Moses,</c><00:31:05.220><c> write</c><00:31:05.579><c> this</c><00:31:05.799><c> for</c><00:31:06.059><c> a</c><00:31:06.319><c> memorial</c><00:31:06.680><c> in</c><00:31:06.920><c> a</c><00:31:07.039><c> book,</c>

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.619
and<00:31:07.960><c> rehearse</c><00:31:08.519><c> it</c><00:31:08.680><c> in</c><00:31:08.779><c> the</c><00:31:08.900><c> ears</c><00:31:09.000><c> of</c><00:31:09.220><c> Joshua,</c>

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:13.660
for<00:31:09.819><c> I</c><00:31:10.740><c> will</c><00:31:11.079><c> utterly</c><00:31:11.559><c> put</c><00:31:11.900><c> out</c><00:31:12.180><c> the</c><00:31:12.559><c> remembrance</c><00:31:12.940><c> of</c><00:31:13.299><c> Amalek</c>

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.299
from<00:31:13.920><c> under</c><00:31:14.279><c> heaven.</c>

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:18.920
And<00:31:16.160><c> Moses</c><00:31:16.680><c> built</c><00:31:17.019><c> an</c><00:31:17.279><c> altar</c><00:31:17.539><c> and</c><00:31:17.940><c> called</c><00:31:18.180><c> the</c><00:31:18.380><c> name</c><00:31:18.539><c> of</c><00:31:18.700><c> it</c>

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.839
Yahweh<00:31:19.400><c>-Nissi,</c>

00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:24.079
for<00:31:20.019><c> he</c><00:31:20.319><c> said,</c><00:31:21.119><c> because</c><00:31:21.599><c> the</c><00:31:22.000><c> Lord</c><00:31:22.359><c> has</c><00:31:22.720><c> sworn</c><00:31:23.180><c> that</c><00:31:23.680><c> the</c><00:31:23.859><c> Lord</c>

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.400
would<00:31:24.259><c> have</c><00:31:24.480><c> war</c><00:31:24.680><c> with</c><00:31:24.960><c> Amalek</c>

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.980
from<00:31:25.700><c> generation</c><00:31:26.319><c> to</c><00:31:26.519><c> generation.</c>

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:33.180
So<00:31:27.279><c> this</c><00:31:27.579><c> is</c><00:31:28.039><c> a</c><00:31:28.359><c> battle</c><00:31:28.740><c> of</c><00:31:29.299><c> Yahweh,</c><00:31:30.839><c> from</c><00:31:31.180><c> generation</c><00:31:31.799><c> to</c><00:31:32.000><c> generation.</c>

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:37.240
Saul<00:31:33.819><c> now</c><00:31:34.079><c> has</c><00:31:34.319><c> the</c><00:31:34.740><c> responsibility</c><00:31:35.519><c> of</c><00:31:35.940><c> almost</c><00:31:36.460><c> finishing</c>

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.000
this<00:31:37.579><c> battle,</c>

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:40.660
to<00:31:38.619><c> destroy</c><00:31:39.099><c> the</c><00:31:39.299><c> Amalekites</c><00:31:39.740><c> utterly.</c>

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.960
Now<00:31:41.519><c> why</c><00:31:41.759><c> was</c><00:31:41.980><c> it,</c><00:31:42.299><c> brothers</c><00:31:42.299><c> and</c><00:31:42.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:47.380
that<00:31:43.599><c> the</c><00:31:44.160><c> Amalekites</c><00:31:44.839><c> were</c><00:31:45.119><c> highlighted</c><00:31:45.599><c> as</c><00:31:45.819><c> the</c><00:31:46.039><c> nation</c><00:31:46.339><c> that</c><00:31:46.539><c> God</c><00:31:46.799><c> was</c><00:31:47.000><c> going</c><00:31:47.160><c> to</c>

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.160
have<00:31:47.720><c> war</c>

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.319
from<00:31:48.380><c> generation</c><00:31:48.799><c> to</c><00:31:48.940><c> generation?</c>

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:52.599
Well,<00:31:49.480><c> we've</c><00:31:49.700><c> already</c><00:31:49.980><c> mentioned</c><00:31:50.700><c> that</c><00:31:51.740><c> they</c><00:31:52.039><c> saw</c><00:31:52.220><c> the</c><00:31:52.440><c> water</c>

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.259
come<00:31:52.779><c> out</c><00:31:52.880><c> of</c><00:31:52.980><c> the</c><00:31:53.119><c> rock</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.700
and<00:31:53.380><c> they</c><00:31:53.640><c> opposed</c><00:31:53.960><c> the</c><00:31:54.099><c> nation</c><00:31:54.299><c> of</c><00:31:54.500><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:56.680
But<00:31:55.079><c> look</c><00:31:55.299><c> a</c><00:31:55.380><c> little</c><00:31:55.559><c> more</c><00:31:55.960><c> carefully.</c>

00:31:56.680 --> 00:32:03.660
Look<00:31:57.740><c> at</c><00:31:57.980><c> verse</c><00:31:58.180><c> 16,</c><00:31:58.920><c> because</c><00:31:59.980><c> the</c><00:32:00.559><c> Lord</c><00:32:01.160><c> hath</c><00:32:02.039><c> sworn</c><00:32:02.579><c> that.</c>

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:06.900
Now<00:32:04.039><c> many</c><00:32:04.259><c> of</c><00:32:04.400><c> you,</c><00:32:04.740><c> again,</c><00:32:05.000><c> it's</c><00:32:05.140><c> worth</c><00:32:05.380><c> looking</c><00:32:05.700><c> in</c><00:32:05.859><c> your</c><00:32:06.059><c> margin.</c>

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:10.799
Many<00:32:07.259><c> of</c><00:32:07.460><c> you</c><00:32:07.559><c> may</c><00:32:07.900><c> have</c><00:32:08.420><c> this</c><00:32:09.079><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:09.539><c> rendering</c><00:32:10.059><c> against</c>

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:12.019
that<00:32:11.099><c> phrase,</c>

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:18.140
because<00:32:12.819><c> the</c><00:32:13.039><c> Lord</c><00:32:13.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:13.859><c> will</c><00:32:14.140><c> have</c><00:32:14.400><c> war</c><00:32:15.039><c> with</c><00:32:17.000><c> Amalek.</c>

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.920
I've<00:32:18.599><c> got</c><00:32:18.700><c> in</c><00:32:18.859><c> my</c><00:32:19.059><c> margin,</c><00:32:19.619><c> in</c><00:32:19.740><c> the</c><00:32:19.980><c> RV</c><00:32:20.299><c> margin,</c>

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:26.799
because<00:32:22.079><c> there</c><00:32:22.960><c> is</c><00:32:23.259><c> a</c><00:32:23.440><c> hand</c><00:32:23.740><c> against</c><00:32:24.359><c> the</c><00:32:24.819><c> throne</c><00:32:25.259><c> of</c><00:32:25.640><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:34.799
Or,<00:32:28.599><c> alternatively,</c><00:32:29.720><c> a</c><00:32:29.920><c> hand</c><00:32:30.480><c> is</c><00:32:31.140><c> lifted</c><00:32:31.380><c> up</c><00:32:31.960><c> upon</c><00:32:32.440><c> the</c><00:32:32.779><c> throne</c><00:32:33.279><c> of</c><00:32:34.019><c> Yah.</c>

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:38.160
So<00:32:35.339><c> the</c><00:32:35.480><c> Amalekites</c><00:32:36.019><c> were</c><00:32:36.200><c> different,</c><00:32:36.779><c> because</c><00:32:37.000><c> as</c><00:32:37.380><c> they</c><00:32:37.599><c> opposed</c><00:32:38.019><c> the</c>

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.039
nation<00:32:38.440><c> of</c><00:32:38.619><c> Israel,</c>

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:43.799
figuratively,<00:32:40.440><c> there</c><00:32:40.480><c> was</c><00:32:40.680><c> God</c><00:32:41.119><c> sat</c><00:32:41.519><c> upon</c><00:32:41.819><c> his</c><00:32:42.180><c> throne</c><00:32:42.420><c> as</c><00:32:42.819><c> king.</c>

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:48.559
And<00:32:45.720><c> the</c><00:32:45.859><c> Amalekites</c><00:32:46.460><c> have</c><00:32:46.619><c> the</c><00:32:46.839><c> audacity</c><00:32:47.279><c> to</c><00:32:47.559><c> approach</c><00:32:47.940><c> that</c><00:32:48.299><c> throne</c>

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:52.480
and<00:32:48.859><c> place</c><00:32:49.740><c> that</c><00:32:50.420><c> hand</c><00:32:50.759><c> upon</c><00:32:51.180><c> that</c><00:32:51.619><c> throne.</c>

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:56.119
Now<00:32:54.099><c> who</c><00:32:54.140><c> was</c><00:32:54.339><c> the</c><00:32:54.460><c> head</c><00:32:54.559><c> of</c><00:32:54.720><c> the</c><00:32:54.819><c> Amalekites?</c>

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.579
The<00:32:57.119><c> Caesars.</c><00:32:57.559><c> That</c><00:32:57.740><c> was</c><00:32:57.960><c> the</c><00:32:58.039><c> title,</c><00:32:58.240><c> wasn't</c><00:32:58.380><c> it?</c>

00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:00.680
The<00:32:59.019><c> Caesars</c><00:32:59.700><c> were</c><00:32:59.859><c> the</c><00:32:59.940><c> head</c><00:33:00.059><c> of</c><00:33:00.200><c> the</c><00:33:00.319><c> Romans.</c>

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:03.859
What<00:33:01.240><c> was</c><00:33:01.460><c> the</c><00:33:01.740><c> title</c><00:33:02.079><c> of</c><00:33:02.279><c> the</c><00:33:02.420><c> Amalekites?</c>

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:08.319
Agag,<00:33:06.380><c> I</c><00:33:06.799><c> shall</c><00:33:07.160><c> be</c><00:33:07.440><c> head.</c>

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:13.460
Many<00:33:09.299><c> translations</c><00:33:09.900><c> will</c><00:33:10.559><c> translate</c><00:33:11.000><c> that</c><00:33:11.220><c> word</c><00:33:11.460><c> Agag</c><00:33:11.839><c> as</c><00:33:12.779><c> Rosh,</c>

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:15.779
particularly<00:33:14.000><c> in</c><00:33:14.140><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:14.400><c> chapter</c><00:33:14.660><c> 38.</c>

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:22.660
So<00:33:19.519><c> there</c><00:33:19.759><c> was</c><00:33:20.059><c> Agag,</c><00:33:20.700><c> the</c><00:33:20.900><c> head</c><00:33:21.000><c> of</c><00:33:21.200><c> the</c><00:33:21.339><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:25.579
I<00:33:23.059><c> shall</c><00:33:23.420><c> be</c><00:33:23.720><c> head.</c><00:33:24.259><c> I</c><00:33:24.640><c> shall</c><00:33:25.000><c> be</c><00:33:25.279><c> king.</c>

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:28.859
He<00:33:26.319><c> desired</c><00:33:26.680><c> to</c><00:33:26.880><c> sit</c><00:33:27.000><c> upon</c><00:33:27.240><c> the</c><00:33:27.579><c> throne</c><00:33:27.779><c> of</c><00:33:28.200><c> God.</c>

00:33:28.910 --> 00:33:38.279
So<00:33:29.440><c> that's</c><00:33:32.779><c> why</c><00:33:33.059><c> God</c><00:33:33.579><c> had</c><00:33:33.940><c> war</c><00:33:34.500><c> with</c><00:33:34.740><c> the</c><00:33:34.859><c> Amalekites</c><00:33:35.700><c> from</c><00:33:36.339><c> generation</c><00:33:36.940><c> to</c><00:33:37.099><c> generation.</c>

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:43.700
They<00:33:38.579><c> were</c><00:33:38.779><c> the</c><00:33:38.980><c> only</c><00:33:39.220><c> nation</c><00:33:39.980><c> that</c><00:33:41.019><c> truly</c><00:33:41.700><c> threatened</c><00:33:42.759><c> the</c>

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:46.119
rulership<00:33:44.519><c> of</c><00:33:44.759><c> Almighty</c><00:33:45.140><c> God.</c>

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:53.279
Now<00:33:48.380><c> come</c><00:33:48.500><c> with</c><00:33:48.680><c> me</c><00:33:48.900><c> to</c><00:33:49.720><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:33:50.759><c> chapter</c><00:33:51.779><c> 25.</c>

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:56.970
Virtually<00:33:53.720><c> the</c><00:33:54.079><c> closing</c><00:33:54.519><c> words</c><00:33:55.119><c> of</c><00:33:55.480><c> Moses</c><00:33:55.940><c> here.</c>

00:33:57.849 --> 00:34:01.130
It<00:33:58.329><c> was</c><00:33:58.809><c> great,</c><00:33:59.210><c> again,</c><00:33:59.410><c> the</c><00:33:59.609><c> young</c><00:33:59.849><c> people,</c><00:34:00.289><c> they</c><00:34:00.589><c> knew</c><00:34:00.849><c> this</c>

00:34:01.130 --> 00:34:02.930
verse<00:34:01.289><c> at</c><00:34:01.470><c> the</c><00:34:01.529><c> top</c><00:34:01.670><c> of</c><00:34:01.809><c> their</c><00:34:02.009><c> head,</c>

00:34:03.009 --> 00:34:05.789
which<00:34:03.150><c> was</c><00:34:03.490><c> wonderful,</c><00:34:04.210><c> absolutely</c><00:34:04.509><c> wonderful.</c>

00:34:05.849 --> 00:34:08.250
Deuteronomy<00:34:06.190><c> chapter</c><00:34:06.450><c> 25</c><00:34:06.970><c> and</c><00:34:07.410><c> verse</c><00:34:07.690><c> 17.</c>

00:34:08.449 --> 00:34:11.030
Remember<00:34:08.750><c> what</c><00:34:09.130><c> Amalek</c><00:34:09.570><c> did</c><00:34:09.750><c> unto</c><00:34:09.969><c> thee</c><00:34:10.190><c> by</c><00:34:10.369><c> the</c><00:34:10.530><c> way,</c>

00:34:11.449 --> 00:34:13.010
when<00:34:11.650><c> ye</c><00:34:11.829><c> were</c><00:34:11.949><c> come</c><00:34:12.289><c> forth</c><00:34:12.449><c> out</c><00:34:12.710><c> of</c><00:34:12.829><c> Egypt.</c>

00:34:13.010 --> 00:34:16.570
That's<00:34:13.309><c> the</c><00:34:13.489><c> idea</c><00:34:13.670><c> of</c><00:34:13.889><c> the</c><00:34:14.269><c> spoil</c><00:34:14.630><c> that</c><00:34:15.409><c> we</c><00:34:15.650><c> saw</c><00:34:15.909><c> in</c><00:34:16.110><c> 1</c><00:34:16.349><c> Samuel</c>

00:34:16.570 --> 00:34:18.829
14<00:34:17.150><c> and</c><00:34:17.369><c> verse</c><00:34:17.630><c> 48.</c>

00:34:19.510 --> 00:34:23.150
How<00:34:19.750><c> he</c><00:34:19.889><c> met</c><00:34:20.150><c> thee</c><00:34:20.369><c> by</c><00:34:20.610><c> the</c><00:34:20.789><c> way,</c><00:34:21.170><c> and</c><00:34:21.349><c> smote</c><00:34:21.650><c> the</c><00:34:21.949><c> hindmost</c><00:34:22.510><c> of</c><00:34:22.789><c> thee,</c>

00:34:23.409 --> 00:34:24.849
even<00:34:23.690><c> all</c><00:34:23.929><c> that</c><00:34:24.050><c> were</c><00:34:24.269><c> feeble</c><00:34:24.510><c> against</c><00:34:24.730><c> thee.</c>

00:34:24.849 --> 00:34:28.170
They<00:34:25.130><c> were</c><00:34:25.610><c> absolute</c><00:34:26.230><c> cowards,</c><00:34:26.889><c> the</c><00:34:26.949><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:34:28.510 --> 00:34:32.230
They<00:34:28.690><c> just</c><00:34:29.070><c> picked</c><00:34:29.449><c> off</c><00:34:29.869><c> the</c><00:34:30.090><c> weak</c><00:34:30.250><c> and</c><00:34:30.369><c> the</c><00:34:30.489><c> feeble</c><00:34:30.710><c> at</c><00:34:30.829><c> the</c><00:34:30.969><c> back.</c>

00:34:33.150 --> 00:34:34.929
The<00:34:33.250><c> mothers</c><00:34:33.469><c> and</c><00:34:33.650><c> the</c><00:34:33.809><c> grandmothers</c><00:34:34.230><c> and</c><00:34:34.449><c> the</c><00:34:34.650><c> children,</c>

00:34:34.949 --> 00:34:35.889
they<00:34:35.130><c> did</c><00:34:35.369><c> that</c>

00:34:35.889 --> 00:34:38.429
so<00:34:36.369><c> that</c><00:34:36.550><c> the</c><00:34:36.690><c> strong</c><00:34:36.909><c> soldiers</c><00:34:37.230><c> at</c><00:34:37.389><c> the</c><00:34:37.570><c> front,</c>

00:34:38.590 --> 00:34:40.989
when<00:34:38.710><c> they</c><00:34:38.889><c> had</c><00:34:39.070><c> realized</c><00:34:39.369><c> that</c><00:34:39.570><c> their</c><00:34:39.809><c> wives</c><00:34:40.050><c> and</c><00:34:40.170><c> their</c><00:34:40.489><c> children</c><00:34:40.809><c> and</c>

00:34:40.989 --> 00:34:42.969
their<00:34:41.369><c> parents</c><00:34:41.789><c> had</c><00:34:41.969><c> been</c><00:34:42.369><c> slaughtered,</c>

00:34:43.050 --> 00:34:45.650
it<00:34:43.309><c> broke</c><00:34:43.670><c> their</c><00:34:44.250><c> spirits.</c>

00:34:47.610 --> 00:34:51.070
And<00:34:47.889><c> then</c><00:34:47.989><c> the</c><00:34:48.090><c> Amalekites</c><00:34:48.610><c> fought</c><00:34:48.809><c> them.</c><00:34:49.010><c> They</c><00:34:49.090><c> were</c><00:34:49.429><c> total</c><00:34:49.909><c> cowards.</c>

00:34:51.969 --> 00:34:52.989
That's<00:34:52.489><c> the</c><00:34:52.610><c> spoil.</c>

00:34:53.309 --> 00:34:55.730
When<00:34:53.510><c> there</c><00:34:53.710><c> was</c><00:34:53.989><c> faint</c><00:34:54.250><c> and</c><00:34:54.570><c> weary</c><00:34:54.789><c> and</c><00:34:54.929><c> ye</c><00:34:55.130><c> feared</c><00:34:55.250><c> not</c><00:34:55.510><c> God,</c>

00:34:55.789 --> 00:34:56.409
verse<00:34:55.929><c> 19,</c>

00:34:56.469 --> 00:35:00.289
therefore<00:34:57.010><c> it</c><00:34:57.389><c> shall</c><00:34:57.650><c> be</c><00:34:58.050><c> when</c><00:34:58.630><c> the</c><00:34:58.809><c> Lord</c><00:34:59.050><c> thy</c><00:34:59.250><c> God</c><00:34:59.530><c> hath</c><00:34:59.730><c> given</c><00:34:59.969><c> thee</c>

00:35:00.289 --> 00:35:02.010
rest<00:35:00.590><c> from</c><00:35:00.809><c> all</c><00:35:00.989><c> thine</c><00:35:01.190><c> enemies</c><00:35:01.510><c> round</c><00:35:01.809><c> about</c>

00:35:02.010 --> 00:35:04.750
in<00:35:02.150><c> the</c><00:35:02.289><c> land</c><00:35:02.449><c> which</c><00:35:02.710><c> the</c><00:35:03.170><c> Lord</c><00:35:03.489><c> thy</c><00:35:03.670><c> God</c><00:35:03.929><c> giveth</c><00:35:04.170><c> thee</c><00:35:04.349><c> for</c><00:35:04.530><c> an</c>

00:35:04.750 --> 00:35:06.809
inheritance<00:35:05.090><c> to</c><00:35:05.389><c> possess</c><00:35:05.690><c> it,</c>

00:35:06.849 --> 00:35:10.429
that<00:35:06.949><c> thou</c><00:35:07.190><c> shalt</c><00:35:07.710><c> blot</c><00:35:08.110><c> out</c><00:35:08.690><c> the</c><00:35:09.230><c> remembrance</c><00:35:09.690><c> of</c><00:35:10.110><c> Amalek</c>

00:35:10.429 --> 00:35:11.190
from<00:35:10.610><c> under</c><00:35:10.829><c> heaven,</c>

00:35:11.590 --> 00:35:12.750
that<00:35:11.670><c> thou</c><00:35:11.909><c> shalt</c><00:35:12.190><c> not</c><00:35:12.369><c> forget</c><00:35:12.650><c> it.</c>

00:35:12.750 --> 00:35:17.250
So<00:35:13.050><c> this</c><00:35:13.429><c> is</c><00:35:14.710><c> a</c><00:35:15.190><c> statement</c><00:35:15.510><c> of</c><00:35:15.849><c> intent,</c><00:35:16.449><c> a</c><00:35:16.889><c> prophecy,</c>

00:35:17.250 --> 00:35:20.349
that<00:35:17.469><c> there</c><00:35:17.670><c> will</c><00:35:18.050><c> come</c><00:35:18.289><c> a</c><00:35:18.489><c> time</c><00:35:18.809><c> when</c><00:35:19.269><c> there</c><00:35:19.489><c> is</c><00:35:19.690><c> rest</c><00:35:20.010><c> in</c><00:35:20.230><c> the</c>

00:35:20.349 --> 00:35:21.989
nation<00:35:20.670><c> of</c><00:35:20.909><c> Israel</c>

00:35:22.670 --> 00:35:26.550
that<00:35:23.230><c> Israel</c><00:35:23.769><c> would</c><00:35:24.190><c> blot</c><00:35:24.449><c> out</c><00:35:24.849><c> all</c><00:35:25.269><c> remembrance</c><00:35:25.789><c> of</c><00:35:26.110><c> Amalek.</c>

00:35:26.630 --> 00:35:29.190
And<00:35:26.710><c> we</c><00:35:26.809><c> know</c><00:35:26.989><c> from</c><00:35:27.150><c> Ezekiel</c><00:35:27.449><c> 38</c><00:35:27.829><c> that</c><00:35:27.989><c> it's</c><00:35:28.130><c> going</c><00:35:28.230><c> to</c><00:35:28.329><c> be</c><00:35:28.510><c> finally</c><00:35:28.710><c> fulfilled</c><00:35:29.010><c> in</c>

00:35:29.190 --> 00:35:30.090
the<00:35:29.250><c> Lord</c><00:35:29.409><c> Jesus</c><00:35:29.690><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:30.469 --> 00:35:33.170
But<00:35:30.869><c> Saul</c><00:35:31.230><c> had</c><00:35:31.730><c> the</c><00:35:31.969><c> opportunity.</c>

00:35:34.789 --> 00:35:36.510
Can<00:35:35.070><c> you</c><00:35:35.269><c> imagine</c><00:35:35.690><c> that,</c><00:35:35.969><c> brothers</c><00:35:36.050><c> and</c><00:35:36.289><c> sisters?</c>

00:35:36.590 --> 00:35:40.670
Saul<00:35:36.989><c> had</c><00:35:37.329><c> failed,</c><00:35:37.849><c> failed,</c><00:35:38.329><c> failed,</c><00:35:38.789><c> failed,</c><00:35:39.269><c> failed,</c><00:35:39.730><c> failed.</c>

00:35:41.170 --> 00:35:48.590
And<00:35:41.789><c> still</c><00:35:42.389><c> God</c><00:35:42.829><c> gives</c><00:35:43.190><c> him</c><00:35:43.510><c> an</c><00:35:43.769><c> opportunity</c><00:35:44.449><c> to</c><00:35:45.829><c> fulfill</c><00:35:46.570><c> a</c><00:35:47.369><c> promise,</c><00:35:48.489><c> a</c>

00:35:48.590 --> 00:35:50.469
prophecy<00:35:49.050><c> of</c><00:35:49.469><c> Moses.</c>

00:35:51.050 --> 00:35:54.329
That's<00:35:51.269><c> the</c><00:35:51.369><c> God</c><00:35:51.789><c> whom</c><00:35:52.070><c> we</c><00:35:52.329><c> serve,</c><00:35:52.929><c> a</c><00:35:53.070><c> loving</c><00:35:53.369><c> and</c><00:35:53.809><c> patient</c>

00:35:54.329 --> 00:35:56.070
and<00:35:54.769><c> long</c><00:35:55.130><c>-suffering</c><00:35:55.630><c> God,</c>

00:35:56.389 --> 00:35:59.329
a<00:35:56.469><c> God</c><00:35:56.630><c> of</c><00:35:56.750><c> love</c><00:35:57.230><c> and</c><00:35:57.769><c> a</c><00:35:57.849><c> God</c><00:35:58.030><c> of</c><00:35:58.269><c> grace.</c>

00:36:00.130 --> 00:36:02.690
Now<00:36:00.250><c> come</c><00:36:00.369><c> back</c><00:36:00.510><c> then</c><00:36:00.670><c> to</c><00:36:00.769><c> 1</c><00:36:00.929><c> Samuel</c><00:36:01.170><c> chapter</c><00:36:01.489><c> 15</c><00:36:01.869><c> because</c><00:36:02.230><c> there's</c><00:36:02.570><c> a</c>

00:36:02.690 --> 00:36:05.469
few<00:36:02.809><c> other</c><00:36:03.070><c> clues</c><00:36:03.329><c> that</c><00:36:03.489><c> we've</c><00:36:03.670><c> got</c><00:36:03.750><c> to</c><00:36:03.889><c> pick</c><00:36:04.010><c> up</c><00:36:04.110><c> on</c><00:36:04.250><c> the</c><00:36:04.389><c> way.</c>

00:36:07.610 --> 00:36:10.869
So<00:36:08.210><c> he</c><00:36:08.449><c> has</c><00:36:08.690><c> the</c><00:36:08.829><c> opportunity</c><00:36:09.429><c> to</c><00:36:09.829><c> fulfill</c><00:36:10.230><c> to</c><00:36:10.429><c> the</c><00:36:10.570><c> letter</c>

00:36:10.869 --> 00:36:12.489
Deuteronomy<00:36:11.389><c> chapter</c><00:36:11.690><c> 25.</c>

00:36:14.090 --> 00:36:18.989
So<00:36:14.130><c> when</c><00:36:14.230><c> we</c><00:36:14.369><c> come</c><00:36:14.550><c> back</c><00:36:14.730><c> to</c><00:36:14.849><c> 1</c><00:36:15.030><c> Samuel</c><00:36:15.250><c> 15,</c><00:36:16.710><c> I</c><00:36:16.829><c> believe</c><00:36:17.230><c> God</c><00:36:17.570><c> was</c><00:36:17.829><c> totally</c><00:36:18.190><c> aware</c><00:36:18.590><c> of</c>

00:36:18.989 --> 00:36:21.329
Saul<00:36:19.130><c> and</c><00:36:19.449><c> his</c><00:36:19.730><c> mind</c><00:36:20.110><c> in</c><00:36:20.409><c> Jericho.</c>

00:36:22.449 --> 00:36:26.030
So<00:36:22.949><c> God,</c><00:36:23.710><c> as</c><00:36:23.969><c> he</c><00:36:24.090><c> has</c><00:36:24.210><c> done</c><00:36:24.329><c> before,</c><00:36:24.869><c> he</c><00:36:25.050><c> plays</c><00:36:25.250><c> along</c><00:36:25.690><c> to</c>

00:36:26.030 --> 00:36:27.590
encourage<00:36:26.570><c> Saul.</c>

00:36:28.050 --> 00:36:31.429
He<00:36:28.250><c> says</c><00:36:28.289><c> there</c><00:36:28.469><c> in</c><00:36:28.610><c> verse</c><00:36:28.809><c> 3,</c><00:36:29.289><c> Now</c><00:36:29.289><c> go</c><00:36:29.710><c> and</c><00:36:30.050><c> smite</c><00:36:30.730><c> Amalek,</c>

00:36:31.809 --> 00:36:34.030
and<00:36:31.989><c> notice</c><00:36:32.269><c> there,</c><00:36:32.989><c> and</c><00:36:33.090><c> utterly</c><00:36:33.550><c> devote.</c>

00:36:34.030 --> 00:36:38.010
It's<00:36:34.289><c> one</c><00:36:34.489><c> Hebrew</c><00:36:34.809><c> word,</c><00:36:35.409><c> utterly</c><00:36:35.530><c> devote,</c><00:36:36.690><c> or</c><00:36:36.889><c> utterly</c><00:36:37.070><c> destroy,</c><00:36:37.409><c> sorry,</c><00:36:37.889><c> it</c>

00:36:38.010 --> 00:36:40.710
literally<00:36:38.210><c> means</c><00:36:38.389><c> to</c><00:36:38.610><c> devote,</c><00:36:39.070><c> utterly</c><00:36:39.349><c> destroy,</c><00:36:40.449><c> devote.</c>

00:36:40.989 --> 00:36:44.889
It's<00:36:41.289><c> the</c><00:36:41.449><c> Hebrew</c><00:36:41.630><c> word,</c><00:36:42.190><c> harem,</c><00:36:43.150><c> to</c><00:36:43.349><c> utterly</c><00:36:43.869><c> devote.</c>

00:36:45.090 --> 00:36:49.210
The<00:36:45.269><c> idea</c><00:36:45.650><c> that</c><00:36:45.969><c> everything</c><00:36:46.590><c> is</c><00:36:47.050><c> a</c><00:36:47.389><c> burnt</c><00:36:47.650><c> offering</c><00:36:47.969><c> to</c><00:36:48.230><c> God.</c>

00:36:50.829 --> 00:36:52.829
So<00:36:51.030><c> nothing</c><00:36:51.329><c> was</c><00:36:51.570><c> to</c><00:36:51.730><c> be</c><00:36:51.969><c> spared.</c>

00:36:53.590 --> 00:36:56.570
All<00:36:53.849><c> the</c><00:36:53.989><c> Amalekites,</c><00:36:54.789><c> men,</c><00:36:55.050><c> women</c><00:36:55.230><c> and</c><00:36:55.389><c> children,</c><00:36:56.050><c> oxen</c><00:36:56.429><c> and</c>

00:36:56.570 --> 00:36:59.110
ass,<00:36:57.050><c> everything</c><00:36:57.469><c> was</c><00:36:57.829><c> to</c><00:36:58.010><c> be</c><00:36:58.269><c> utterly</c><00:36:58.670><c> destroyed.</c>

00:36:59.110 --> 00:37:05.070
And<00:36:59.630><c> God</c><00:37:00.210><c> specifically</c><00:37:01.449><c> uses</c><00:37:02.070><c> the</c><00:37:02.250><c> word</c><00:37:02.789><c> harem,</c><00:37:04.690><c> utterly</c>

00:37:05.070 --> 00:37:06.530
destroy<00:37:06.090><c> Saul.</c>

00:37:06.789 --> 00:37:12.610
Now<00:37:07.110><c> Saul,</c><00:37:07.510><c> knowing</c><00:37:07.949><c> Joshua</c><00:37:08.510><c> chapter</c><00:37:08.809><c> 6,</c><00:37:10.050><c> this</c><00:37:10.409><c> was</c><00:37:10.769><c> sufficient</c><00:37:11.349><c> for</c><00:37:11.650><c> Saul.</c>

00:37:12.670 --> 00:37:15.610
Come<00:37:12.869><c> back</c><00:37:12.989><c> then</c><00:37:13.269><c> to</c><00:37:13.530><c> Joshua</c><00:37:13.909><c> chapter</c><00:37:14.250><c> 6.</c>

00:37:23.170 --> 00:37:25.690
And<00:37:23.289><c> verse</c><00:37:23.949><c> 17.</c>

00:37:27.010 --> 00:37:29.070
Words<00:37:27.690><c> of</c><00:37:27.869><c> God.</c>

00:37:29.429 --> 00:37:36.369
And<00:37:29.710><c> the</c><00:37:30.050><c> city</c><00:37:30.909><c> shall</c><00:37:31.750><c> be</c><00:37:32.829><c> accursed,</c><00:37:34.190><c> even</c><00:37:34.530><c> it,</c><00:37:35.590><c> and</c><00:37:35.869><c> all</c><00:37:36.170><c> that</c>

00:37:36.369 --> 00:37:38.510
are<00:37:36.630><c> therein</c><00:37:37.030><c> except</c><00:37:37.429><c> for</c><00:37:37.710><c> Rahab</c><00:37:38.070><c> the</c><00:37:38.269><c> harlot.</c>

00:37:38.610 --> 00:37:42.030
The<00:37:38.730><c> word</c><00:37:39.010><c> accursed,</c><00:37:40.110><c> you'll</c><00:37:40.289><c> notice</c><00:37:40.550><c> in</c><00:37:40.690><c> your</c><00:37:40.949><c> margin,</c><00:37:41.489><c> is</c><00:37:41.610><c> devoted.</c>

00:37:42.230 --> 00:37:46.710
It<00:37:42.309><c> is</c><00:37:42.550><c> the</c><00:37:42.650><c> word</c><00:37:43.130><c> harem.</c><00:37:44.070><c> God</c><00:37:44.389><c> is</c><00:37:44.769><c> playing</c><00:37:45.050><c> along</c><00:37:45.409><c> with</c><00:37:45.630><c> this</c><00:37:45.929><c> scene.</c>

00:37:47.090 --> 00:37:52.710
You're<00:37:47.469><c> desperate,</c><00:37:48.750><c> Saul,</c><00:37:49.309><c> to</c><00:37:49.690><c> reenact</c><00:37:50.289><c> your</c><00:37:50.630><c> favourite</c><00:37:51.090><c> scene</c><00:37:51.409><c> of</c><00:37:51.670><c> Jericho.</c>

00:37:52.969 --> 00:37:55.230
I'm<00:37:53.489><c> going</c><00:37:53.750><c> to</c><00:37:53.949><c> give</c><00:37:54.130><c> you</c><00:37:54.429><c> everything</c><00:37:54.849><c> now.</c>

00:37:55.489 --> 00:37:58.530
And<00:37:55.610><c> not</c><00:37:55.730><c> only</c><00:37:55.969><c> that,</c><00:37:56.449><c> you</c><00:37:56.710><c> have</c><00:37:57.010><c> an</c><00:37:57.150><c> opportunity</c><00:37:57.690><c> to</c><00:37:58.030><c> fulfil</c>

00:37:58.530 --> 00:38:02.070
this<00:37:59.090><c> mosaic</c><00:38:00.329><c> prophecy.</c>

00:38:03.210 --> 00:38:06.010
What<00:38:03.429><c> more</c><00:38:03.769><c> did</c><00:38:04.110><c> he</c><00:38:04.110><c> need,</c><00:38:04.570><c> brothers</c><00:38:04.670><c> and</c><00:38:04.909><c> sisters?</c>

00:38:08.610 --> 00:38:09.610
Harem.

00:38:13.489 --> 00:38:16.550
Keep<00:38:13.690><c> a</c><00:38:13.809><c> hand</c><00:38:13.949><c> in</c><00:38:14.130><c> Joshua</c><00:38:14.449><c> because</c><00:38:14.809><c> we're</c><00:38:15.050><c> going</c><00:38:15.210><c> to</c><00:38:15.730><c> be</c><00:38:15.889><c> flitting</c><00:38:16.030><c> between</c><00:38:16.389><c> the</c>

00:38:16.550 --> 00:38:16.989
two<00:38:16.690><c> accounts.</c>

00:38:17.050 --> 00:38:19.469
Come<00:38:17.210><c> back</c><00:38:17.369><c> then</c><00:38:17.590><c> to</c><00:38:17.769><c> 1</c><00:38:18.010><c> Samuel</c><00:38:18.250><c> 15.</c>

00:38:20.510 --> 00:38:24.929
And<00:38:20.989><c> I</c><00:38:21.190><c> want</c><00:38:21.449><c> us</c><00:38:21.730><c> to</c><00:38:22.030><c> appreciate</c><00:38:22.510><c> that</c><00:38:22.789><c> there</c><00:38:22.949><c> was</c><00:38:23.090><c> real</c><00:38:23.409><c> effort</c><00:38:23.650><c> on</c><00:38:24.409><c> the</c><00:38:24.590><c> side,</c><00:38:24.929><c> on</c>

00:38:24.929 --> 00:38:25.630
the<00:38:24.989><c> part</c><00:38:25.230><c> of</c><00:38:25.530><c> Saul.</c>

00:38:25.730 --> 00:38:29.570
This<00:38:25.869><c> wasn't</c><00:38:27.210><c> a</c><00:38:27.530><c> travel</c><00:38:27.730><c> down</c><00:38:27.989><c> the</c><00:38:28.170><c> road</c><00:38:28.409><c> and</c><00:38:28.610><c> destroying</c><00:38:28.929><c> the</c><00:38:29.110><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:38:29.590 --> 00:38:31.489
It<00:38:29.670><c> was</c><00:38:29.849><c> over</c><00:38:30.010><c> in</c><00:38:30.110><c> a</c><00:38:30.170><c> couple</c><00:38:30.309><c> of</c><00:38:30.530><c> hours.</c>

00:38:31.829 --> 00:38:33.150
Look<00:38:31.969><c> at</c><00:38:32.110><c> the</c><00:38:32.329><c> overhead.</c>

00:38:33.889 --> 00:38:39.849
It<00:38:34.070><c> says</c><00:38:34.250><c> there</c><00:38:34.449><c> in</c><00:38:34.590><c> verse</c><00:38:34.849><c> 7,</c><00:38:35.329><c> and</c><00:38:35.329><c> Saul</c><00:38:35.909><c> smote</c><00:38:36.670><c> the</c><00:38:36.889><c> Amalekites</c><00:38:37.449><c> from</c><00:38:37.730><c> Havillah</c><00:38:38.269><c> until</c><00:38:38.730><c> thou</c><00:38:38.989><c> cameest</c><00:38:39.429><c> to</c><00:38:39.670><c> Shur.</c>

00:38:40.130 --> 00:38:42.489
Look<00:38:40.409><c> at</c><00:38:40.610><c> the</c><00:38:40.889><c> extent</c><00:38:41.269><c> of</c><00:38:41.590><c> the</c><00:38:41.889><c> territory</c><00:38:42.190><c> there.</c>

00:38:42.789 --> 00:38:46.150
There's<00:38:43.269><c> Havillah</c><00:38:43.929><c> on</c><00:38:44.369><c> the</c><00:38:44.570><c> right</c><00:38:44.809><c> hand</c><00:38:44.969><c> side</c><00:38:45.230><c> of</c><00:38:45.369><c> the</c><00:38:45.469><c> land</c><00:38:45.670><c> there.</c>

00:38:46.150 --> 00:38:51.110
And<00:38:46.889><c> Shur</c><00:38:47.210><c> is</c><00:38:47.489><c> by</c><00:38:47.789><c> Rephidim</c><00:38:48.269><c> on</c><00:38:49.409><c> your</c><00:38:49.869><c> left</c><00:38:50.110><c> hand</c><00:38:50.389><c> side,</c><00:38:50.889><c> not</c>

00:38:51.110 --> 00:38:52.469
far<00:38:51.329><c> away</c><00:38:51.590><c> from</c><00:38:51.929><c> Egypt.</c>

00:38:52.869 --> 00:38:55.630
It<00:38:53.070><c> is</c><00:38:53.369><c> a</c><00:38:53.489><c> thousand</c><00:38:54.190><c> kilometres.</c>

00:38:56.889 --> 00:39:02.090
On<00:38:57.190><c> horseback</c><00:38:57.650><c> and</c><00:38:57.849><c> on</c><00:38:58.110><c> foot,</c><00:38:59.530><c> Saul</c><00:38:59.730><c> pursued</c><00:39:00.690><c> the</c><00:39:01.110><c> Amalekites</c>

00:39:02.090 --> 00:39:05.230
over<00:39:03.309><c> such</c><00:39:03.730><c> a</c><00:39:04.090><c> long</c><00:39:04.510><c> distance.</c>

00:39:05.369 --> 00:39:10.710
This<00:39:05.670><c> required</c><00:39:06.389><c> tremendous</c><00:39:07.590><c> effort</c><00:39:08.210><c> and</c><00:39:09.030><c> determination</c><00:39:10.010><c> on</c>

00:39:10.710 --> 00:39:15.690
the<00:39:10.909><c> part</c><00:39:11.389><c> of</c><00:39:11.730><c> Saul</c><00:39:12.210><c> and</c><00:39:13.329><c> his</c><00:39:13.769><c> generals</c><00:39:14.309><c> and</c><00:39:14.730><c> his</c><00:39:15.150><c> army.</c>

00:39:15.690 --> 00:39:21.809
And<00:39:16.650><c> also</c><00:39:17.230><c> there</c><00:39:17.630><c> is</c><00:39:17.849><c> some</c><00:39:18.130><c> ironic</c><00:39:18.610><c> justice</c><00:39:19.170><c> here</c><00:39:19.750><c> as</c><00:39:20.010><c> well</c><00:39:20.250><c> because</c><00:39:21.170><c> he</c>

00:39:21.809 --> 00:39:23.929
pursues<00:39:22.449><c> them</c><00:39:22.889><c> from</c><00:39:23.349><c> Havillah</c>

00:39:23.929 --> 00:39:28.170
and<00:39:24.329><c> he</c><00:39:24.750><c> destroys</c><00:39:25.190><c> the</c><00:39:25.409><c> majority</c><00:39:25.929><c> in</c><00:39:26.349><c> Shur,</c><00:39:26.889><c> which</c><00:39:27.070><c> is</c><00:39:27.250><c> by</c><00:39:27.550><c> Rephidim.</c>

00:39:28.469 --> 00:39:32.090
And<00:39:28.650><c> so</c><00:39:28.909><c> then</c><00:39:29.090><c> it's</c><00:39:29.670><c> a</c><00:39:29.750><c> repeat</c><00:39:30.190><c> of</c><00:39:30.389><c> Exodus</c><00:39:30.610><c> chapter</c><00:39:30.889><c> 17.</c>

00:39:32.570 --> 00:39:36.949
When<00:39:32.849><c> Joshua</c><00:39:33.469><c> with</c><00:39:33.809><c> her</c><00:39:34.150><c> and</c><00:39:34.449><c> Moses</c><00:39:35.050><c> and</c><00:39:35.929><c> Aaron</c><00:39:36.170><c> on</c><00:39:36.369><c> the</c><00:39:36.550><c> mount</c>

00:39:36.949 --> 00:39:38.550
with<00:39:37.489><c> Moses'</c><00:39:38.190><c> staff,</c>

00:39:38.949 --> 00:39:43.289
they<00:39:39.230><c> destroy</c><00:39:39.789><c> them</c><00:39:39.969><c> at</c><00:39:40.210><c> Rephidim</c><00:39:41.090><c> by</c><00:39:41.949><c> Shur.</c>

00:39:45.289 --> 00:39:47.349
So<00:39:45.730><c> everything</c><00:39:46.090><c> was</c><00:39:46.329><c> going</c><00:39:46.630><c> for</c><00:39:47.130><c> Saul.</c>

00:39:47.429 --> 00:39:49.449
He<00:39:47.590><c> would</c><00:39:47.750><c> have</c><00:39:47.929><c> known</c><00:39:48.130><c> these</c><00:39:48.369><c> accounts</c><00:39:48.690><c> and</c><00:39:49.050><c> he</c><00:39:49.230><c> was</c>

00:39:49.449 --> 00:39:51.130
repeating<00:39:49.929><c> history.</c>

00:39:51.849 --> 00:39:55.969
How<00:39:52.130><c> marvellous</c><00:39:52.570><c> it</c><00:39:52.670><c> would</c><00:39:52.869><c> be</c><00:39:53.130><c> for</c><00:39:53.409><c> him</c><00:39:53.989><c> to</c><00:39:54.389><c> be</c><00:39:54.610><c> knowing</c><00:39:54.829><c> this.</c>

00:39:56.989 --> 00:39:58.789
But<00:39:57.130><c> look</c><00:39:57.289><c> at</c><00:39:57.409><c> verse</c><00:39:57.670><c> 9</c><00:39:58.010><c> of</c><00:39:58.170><c> chapter</c><00:39:58.449><c> 15.</c>

00:39:58.869 --> 00:40:01.130
We<00:39:59.070><c> know</c><00:39:59.269><c> this</c><00:39:59.489><c> account.</c><00:39:59.789><c> We</c><00:39:59.969><c> know</c><00:40:00.269><c> this</c><00:40:00.570><c> story,</c><00:40:00.869><c> don't</c><00:40:01.030><c> we?</c>

00:40:01.250 --> 00:40:04.929
But<00:40:01.389><c> Saul</c><00:40:01.909><c> and</c><00:40:02.449><c> the</c><00:40:02.750><c> people</c><00:40:03.130><c> spared</c><00:40:03.530><c> Agag</c><00:40:04.070><c> and</c><00:40:04.309><c> the</c><00:40:04.550><c> best</c><00:40:04.769><c> of</c>

00:40:04.929 --> 00:40:08.110
the<00:40:05.150><c> sheep</c><00:40:05.329><c> and</c><00:40:05.469><c> the</c><00:40:05.630><c> ox</c><00:40:05.809><c> and</c><00:40:05.889><c> the</c><00:40:06.070><c> fatlings</c><00:40:06.590><c> and</c><00:40:07.190><c> the</c><00:40:07.329><c> lambs.</c>

00:40:08.110 --> 00:40:13.710
And<00:40:08.630><c> all</c><00:40:09.170><c> that</c><00:40:09.730><c> was</c><00:40:10.170><c> good</c><00:40:10.550><c> and</c><00:40:10.949><c> would</c><00:40:11.309><c> not</c><00:40:11.889><c> harem,</c><00:40:13.130><c> utterly</c>

00:40:13.710 --> 00:40:15.929
destroy<00:40:14.750><c> them.</c>

00:40:17.869 --> 00:40:20.650
Can<00:40:18.050><c> you</c><00:40:18.210><c> remember</c><00:40:18.690><c> what</c><00:40:18.989><c> I</c><00:40:19.250><c> said</c><00:40:19.369><c> just</c><00:40:19.570><c> a</c><00:40:19.690><c> few</c><00:40:19.789><c> moments</c><00:40:20.090><c> ago?</c>

00:40:21.130 --> 00:40:23.610
That<00:40:21.210><c> it</c><00:40:21.269><c> was</c><00:40:21.489><c> Jonathan</c><00:40:21.809><c> said,</c><00:40:22.210><c> my</c><00:40:22.289><c> father</c><00:40:22.710><c> has</c><00:40:22.989><c> troubled</c><00:40:23.349><c> the</c>

00:40:23.610 --> 00:40:25.889
land.<00:40:23.909><c> My</c><00:40:24.190><c> father</c><00:40:24.610><c> is</c><00:40:24.989><c> Achan.</c>

00:40:27.730 --> 00:40:30.050
I'm<00:40:28.050><c> sure</c><00:40:28.269><c> Saul</c><00:40:28.489><c> rejected</c><00:40:28.969><c> that.</c>

00:40:30.949 --> 00:40:33.070
What<00:40:31.090><c> had</c><00:40:31.289><c> happened,</c><00:40:31.710><c> brothers</c><00:40:31.789><c> and</c><00:40:32.030><c> sisters?</c>

00:40:33.630 --> 00:40:35.610
Jericho<00:40:34.030><c> was</c><00:40:34.369><c> supposed</c><00:40:34.710><c> to</c><00:40:34.909><c> be</c><00:40:35.130><c> devoted.</c>

00:40:35.610 --> 00:40:41.949
Who<00:40:36.730><c> took</c><00:40:37.110><c> of</c><00:40:37.389><c> the</c><00:40:38.389><c> goodly</c><00:40:39.489><c> Babylonish</c><00:40:40.789><c> garments?</c>

00:40:42.510 --> 00:40:46.469
It<00:40:42.610><c> was</c><00:40:42.909><c> Achan,</c><00:40:44.070><c> the</c><00:40:44.369><c> troubler</c><00:40:44.789><c> of</c><00:40:45.170><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:47.409 --> 00:40:49.170
What<00:40:47.530><c> has</c><00:40:47.769><c> Saul</c><00:40:47.989><c> spared?</c>

00:40:49.809 --> 00:40:51.630
All<00:40:50.130><c> that</c><00:40:50.329><c> was</c><00:40:50.710><c> good.</c>

00:40:51.789 --> 00:40:57.590
He<00:40:51.989><c> had</c><00:40:52.210><c> taken</c><00:40:52.489><c> out,</c><00:40:52.889><c> just</c><00:40:53.289><c> as</c><00:40:53.530><c> Achan,</c><00:40:54.510><c> the</c><00:40:54.730><c> goodly</c><00:40:55.590><c> Babylonish</c><00:40:56.489><c> garment.</c>

00:40:57.750 --> 00:41:00.429
The<00:40:58.130><c> act</c><00:40:58.570><c> was</c><00:40:59.489><c> over.</c>

00:41:01.050 --> 00:41:02.269
The<00:41:01.289><c> play</c><00:41:01.530><c> had</c><00:41:01.769><c> finished.</c>

00:41:02.269 --> 00:41:05.489
He<00:41:03.210><c> had</c><00:41:03.489><c> proven</c><00:41:03.789><c> himself</c><00:41:04.389><c> that</c><00:41:04.610><c> he</c><00:41:04.769><c> was</c><00:41:04.969><c> no</c><00:41:05.170><c> Joshua.</c>

00:41:05.670 --> 00:41:13.079
Though<00:41:05.969><c> he</c><00:41:06.250><c> had</c><00:41:06.570><c> been</c><00:41:06.769><c> given</c><00:41:07.210><c> the</c><00:41:07.590><c> opportunity</c><00:41:08.389><c> to</c><00:41:08.989><c> redeem</c><00:41:09.409><c> himself</c><00:41:10.170><c> and</c><00:41:10.730><c> bring</c><00:41:11.010><c> salvation</c><00:41:11.849><c> to</c><00:41:12.190><c> Israel,</c>

00:41:13.309 --> 00:41:17.469
just<00:41:13.570><c> as</c><00:41:13.989><c> was</c><00:41:14.230><c> achieved</c><00:41:14.730><c> through</c><00:41:15.050><c> Joshua</c><00:41:15.809><c> in</c><00:41:16.250><c> Joshua</c><00:41:16.710><c> chapter</c><00:41:17.010><c> 6,</c>

00:41:17.630 --> 00:41:23.670
he<00:41:17.849><c> had</c><00:41:18.269><c> proven</c><00:41:18.670><c> himself</c><00:41:19.530><c> once</c><00:41:20.449><c> again</c><00:41:21.250><c> to</c><00:41:21.750><c> be</c><00:41:21.929><c> the</c><00:41:22.090><c> enemy</c><00:41:22.289><c> of</c><00:41:22.530><c> God.</c>

00:41:26.389 --> 00:41:29.869
God<00:41:26.730><c> was</c><00:41:26.989><c> with</c><00:41:27.190><c> him</c><00:41:27.909><c> all</c><00:41:28.510><c> the</c><00:41:28.989><c> way.</c>

00:41:29.949 --> 00:41:36.050
When<00:41:30.510><c> you</c><00:41:30.690><c> look</c><00:41:30.929><c> at</c><00:41:31.889><c> chapter</c><00:41:32.409><c> 15</c><00:41:32.989><c> of</c><00:41:33.909><c> the</c><00:41:34.309><c> first</c><00:41:34.690><c> book</c><00:41:34.869><c> of</c><00:41:35.110><c> Samuel,</c>

00:41:36.570 --> 00:41:39.010
have<00:41:36.710><c> a</c><00:41:36.769><c> look</c><00:41:36.869><c> at</c><00:41:37.010><c> verse</c><00:41:37.230><c> 12.</c>

00:41:40.070 --> 00:41:44.550
Samuel<00:41:40.210><c> arrives</c><00:41:40.550><c> again</c><00:41:40.969><c> and</c><00:41:41.130><c> he's</c><00:41:41.409><c> going</c><00:41:41.630><c> to</c><00:41:42.769><c> chastise</c><00:41:44.090><c> Saul</c>

00:41:44.550 --> 00:41:46.449
as<00:41:44.869><c> he</c><00:41:45.050><c> had</c><00:41:45.110><c> done</c><00:41:45.269><c> before</c><00:41:45.690><c> at</c><00:41:45.929><c> Gilgal.</c>

00:41:46.889 --> 00:41:50.989
Now<00:41:47.130><c> the</c><00:41:47.250><c> phrase</c><00:41:47.489><c> I'd</c><00:41:47.690><c> like</c><00:41:47.750><c> you</c><00:41:48.489><c> to</c><00:41:48.530><c> notice</c><00:41:48.929><c> is</c><00:41:49.570><c> there</c><00:41:50.230><c> in</c><00:41:50.550><c> verse</c><00:41:50.710><c> 12,</c>

00:41:51.210 --> 00:41:53.530
and<00:41:51.349><c> Samuel</c><00:41:51.869><c> rose</c><00:41:52.429><c> early</c><00:41:52.909><c> to</c><00:41:53.090><c> meet</c><00:41:53.269><c> Saul.</c>

00:41:53.530 --> 00:41:56.630
Now<00:41:53.789><c> I'm</c><00:41:54.110><c> sure</c><00:41:54.650><c> Samuel</c><00:41:55.309><c> was</c><00:41:55.570><c> an</c><00:41:55.769><c> early</c><00:41:56.269><c> riser,</c>

00:41:56.710 --> 00:41:59.929
but<00:41:56.769><c> we</c><00:41:56.929><c> only</c><00:41:57.210><c> read</c><00:41:57.429><c> of</c><00:41:57.670><c> Samuel</c><00:41:58.010><c> rising</c><00:41:58.409><c> early</c><00:41:58.789><c> twice.</c>

00:42:01.210 --> 00:42:05.030
It's<00:42:01.489><c> in</c><00:42:01.650><c> chapter</c><00:42:01.929><c> 9</c><00:42:02.289><c> and</c><00:42:02.489><c> verse</c><00:42:02.750><c> 26</c><00:42:03.349><c> when</c><00:42:03.570><c> he</c><00:42:03.789><c> rises</c><00:42:04.190><c> early</c><00:42:04.690><c> to</c>

00:42:05.030 --> 00:42:07.409
anoint<00:42:06.050><c> King</c><00:42:06.590><c> Saul.</c>

00:42:08.590 --> 00:42:13.389
And<00:42:08.869><c> here</c><00:42:09.150><c> in</c><00:42:09.449><c> chapter</c><00:42:09.750><c> 15</c><00:42:10.309><c> and</c><00:42:10.610><c> verse</c><00:42:10.889><c> 12</c><00:42:11.309><c> we</c><00:42:11.530><c> read</c><00:42:11.849><c> once</c><00:42:12.250><c> more.</c>

00:42:13.429 --> 00:42:15.030
They're<00:42:13.530><c> like</c><00:42:13.710><c> bookends.</c>

00:42:15.969 --> 00:42:22.610
Samuel<00:42:16.269><c> rises</c><00:42:16.670><c> up</c><00:42:16.969><c> early</c><00:42:17.230><c> in</c><00:42:17.369><c> the</c><00:42:17.510><c> morning</c><00:42:18.010><c> to</c><00:42:18.630><c> utterly</c><00:42:19.610><c> reject</c><00:42:20.710><c> King</c><00:42:21.710><c> Saul.</c>

00:42:22.829 --> 00:42:25.389
He<00:42:23.349><c> had</c><00:42:23.630><c> proven</c><00:42:23.829><c> himself</c><00:42:24.309><c> to</c><00:42:24.469><c> be</c><00:42:24.650><c> the</c><00:42:24.909><c> troubler.</c>

00:42:25.829 --> 00:42:30.650
He<00:42:25.929><c> had</c><00:42:26.190><c> proven</c><00:42:26.389><c> himself</c><00:42:27.110><c> to</c><00:42:27.530><c> be</c><00:42:27.929><c> the</c><00:42:28.329><c> Achan</c><00:42:28.809><c> of</c><00:42:29.489><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:30.730 --> 00:42:33.769
Now<00:42:30.869><c> as</c><00:42:31.030><c> we</c><00:42:31.150><c> go</c><00:42:31.329><c> through</c><00:42:31.550><c> these</c><00:42:31.809><c> verses</c><00:42:32.190><c> we</c><00:42:32.530><c> feel</c><00:42:32.989><c> perplexed,</c>

00:42:33.789 --> 00:42:35.110
distressed,<00:42:34.769><c> don't</c><00:42:34.889><c> we?</c>

00:42:35.250 --> 00:42:37.929
Of<00:42:35.389><c> course</c><00:42:35.570><c> this</c><00:42:35.789><c> is</c><00:42:36.550><c> a</c><00:42:36.650><c> servant</c><00:42:36.889><c> of</c><00:42:37.070><c> God,</c><00:42:37.369><c> this</c><00:42:37.429><c> is</c><00:42:37.590><c> a</c><00:42:37.670><c> fellow</c>

00:42:37.929 --> 00:42:39.369
brother<00:42:38.289><c> of</c><00:42:38.489><c> us.</c>

00:42:39.989 --> 00:42:42.750
I<00:42:40.130><c> don't</c><00:42:40.250><c> delight</c><00:42:40.650><c> in</c><00:42:40.769><c> sharing</c><00:42:41.070><c> this</c><00:42:41.329><c> with</c><00:42:41.489><c> you</c><00:42:41.630><c> at</c><00:42:41.829><c> all.</c>

00:42:43.030 --> 00:42:45.869
I<00:42:43.230><c> would</c><00:42:43.489><c> so</c><00:42:43.849><c> much</c><00:42:44.130><c> love</c><00:42:44.429><c> to</c><00:42:44.630><c> have</c><00:42:44.730><c> a</c><00:42:44.949><c> different</c><00:42:45.289><c> account</c><00:42:45.650><c> to</c>

00:42:45.869 --> 00:42:47.289
read<00:42:46.010><c> to</c><00:42:46.230><c> you.</c>

00:42:47.809 --> 00:42:51.429
But<00:42:48.010><c> what</c><00:42:48.210><c> does</c><00:42:48.489><c> Saul</c><00:42:48.730><c> think</c><00:42:49.050><c> about</c><00:42:49.349><c> all</c><00:42:49.650><c> this,</c><00:42:50.110><c> brothers</c><00:42:50.210><c> and</c><00:42:50.469><c> sisters?</c>

00:42:51.469 --> 00:42:54.170
Do<00:42:51.989><c> you</c><00:42:52.210><c> think</c><00:42:52.610><c> Saul</c><00:42:52.929><c> was</c><00:42:53.130><c> aware</c><00:42:53.409><c> of</c><00:42:53.530><c> what</c><00:42:53.690><c> he</c><00:42:53.829><c> did?</c>

00:42:54.329 --> 00:42:55.809
No,<00:42:54.489><c> he</c><00:42:54.570><c> was</c><00:42:54.590><c> rather</c><00:42:54.909><c> pleased</c><00:42:55.170><c> with</c><00:42:55.369><c> himself.</c>

00:42:56.150 --> 00:43:00.070
He<00:42:56.429><c> thinks</c><00:42:56.809><c> that</c><00:42:57.030><c> he's</c><00:42:58.170><c> delivered</c><00:42:58.449><c> a</c><00:42:58.730><c> great</c><00:42:58.969><c> victory</c><00:42:59.389><c> for</c><00:42:59.570><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:00.230 --> 00:43:03.230
And<00:43:00.329><c> look</c><00:43:00.449><c> at</c><00:43:00.550><c> the</c><00:43:00.690><c> words</c><00:43:00.849><c> that</c><00:43:01.030><c> we</c><00:43:01.210><c> read</c><00:43:01.409><c> halfway</c><00:43:01.789><c> down,</c><00:43:02.269><c> verse</c><00:43:02.630><c> 12,</c>

00:43:03.489 --> 00:43:05.590
when<00:43:03.650><c> Samuel</c><00:43:04.030><c> rises</c><00:43:04.349><c> up</c><00:43:04.530><c> early</c><00:43:04.710><c> in</c><00:43:04.829><c> the</c><00:43:04.909><c> morning,</c><00:43:05.349><c> he</c><00:43:05.369><c> finds</c>

00:43:05.590 --> 00:43:08.329
Saul<00:43:06.269><c> at</c><00:43:06.829><c> Carmel,</c>

00:43:08.809 --> 00:43:14.510
where<00:43:08.929><c> we</c><00:43:09.130><c> read</c><00:43:09.469><c> halfway</c><00:43:09.829><c> down,</c><00:43:11.110><c> where</c><00:43:11.289><c> he</c><00:43:11.489><c> had</c><00:43:11.769><c> set</c><00:43:11.909><c> him</c><00:43:12.130><c> up</c><00:43:12.989><c> a</c><00:43:13.329><c> place.</c>

00:43:15.289 --> 00:43:19.150
So<00:43:15.610><c> at</c><00:43:15.750><c> the</c><00:43:15.889><c> end</c><00:43:16.750><c> of</c><00:43:17.190><c> this</c><00:43:17.469><c> battle</c><00:43:17.769><c> with</c><00:43:18.010><c> the</c><00:43:18.130><c> Amalekites,</c>

00:43:19.150 --> 00:43:25.710
Saul,<00:43:20.610><c> he</c><00:43:20.929><c> goes</c><00:43:21.130><c> off</c><00:43:21.329><c> to</c><00:43:21.570><c> Carmel</c><00:43:22.530><c> and</c><00:43:23.769><c> he</c><00:43:23.989><c> sets</c><00:43:24.150><c> him</c><00:43:24.309><c> up</c><00:43:24.449><c> a</c><00:43:24.670><c> place.</c>

00:43:26.530 --> 00:43:30.889
Now<00:43:26.929><c> again</c><00:43:27.570><c> in</c><00:43:27.889><c> my</c><00:43:28.230><c> margin</c><00:43:28.550><c> I</c><00:43:28.869><c> have</c><00:43:29.150><c> the</c><00:43:29.369><c> word</c><00:43:29.730><c> a</c><00:43:30.150><c> monument.</c>

00:43:31.070 --> 00:43:34.349
We<00:43:31.210><c> all</c><00:43:31.530><c> know</c><00:43:31.769><c> about</c><00:43:32.210><c> war</c><00:43:32.550><c> memorials.</c>

00:43:34.429 --> 00:43:37.369
They<00:43:34.610><c> are</c><00:43:34.809><c> to</c><00:43:35.010><c> commemorate</c><00:43:35.710><c> great</c><00:43:36.190><c> victories.</c>

00:43:38.110 --> 00:43:40.949
Upon<00:43:38.409><c> war</c><00:43:38.710><c> memorials</c><00:43:39.469><c> you</c><00:43:39.650><c> have</c><00:43:39.849><c> names</c><00:43:40.110><c> and</c><00:43:40.250><c> we</c><00:43:40.329><c> have</c><00:43:40.469><c> many</c><00:43:40.730><c> of</c><00:43:40.849><c> them</c>

00:43:40.949 --> 00:43:43.909
of<00:43:41.110><c> the</c><00:43:41.269><c> First</c><00:43:41.429><c> and</c><00:43:41.489><c> Second</c><00:43:41.769><c> World</c><00:43:42.010><c> War</c><00:43:42.190><c> back</c><00:43:42.510><c> home</c><00:43:42.769><c> in</c><00:43:42.969><c> England.</c>

00:43:44.269 --> 00:43:47.449
It's<00:43:44.489><c> the</c><00:43:44.610><c> same</c><00:43:44.809><c> idea</c><00:43:45.130><c> here</c><00:43:45.590><c> and</c><00:43:46.309><c> I</c><00:43:46.429><c> want</c><00:43:46.550><c> to</c><00:43:46.730><c> show</c><00:43:46.869><c> you</c><00:43:47.030><c> this.</c>

00:43:47.449 --> 00:43:50.090
I<00:43:47.949><c> want</c><00:43:48.070><c> you</c><00:43:48.250><c> to</c><00:43:48.369><c> go</c><00:43:48.489><c> to</c><00:43:48.650><c> a</c><00:43:48.789><c> man</c><00:43:48.969><c> who</c><00:43:49.170><c> possibly</c><00:43:49.510><c> loved</c><00:43:49.730><c> himself</c>

00:43:50.090 --> 00:43:51.710
a<00:43:50.210><c> little</c><00:43:50.369><c> more</c><00:43:50.570><c> than</c><00:43:50.750><c> Saul</c><00:43:51.050><c> did.</c>

00:43:51.929 --> 00:43:54.329
2<00:43:52.030><c> Samuel</c><00:43:52.289><c> chapter</c><00:43:52.650><c> 18,</c><00:43:53.130><c> it</c><00:43:53.190><c> was</c><00:43:53.389><c> Absalom.</c>

00:43:55.190 --> 00:43:57.690
Let's<00:43:55.449><c> go</c><00:43:55.670><c> there,</c><00:43:56.130><c> it's</c><00:43:56.369><c> the</c><00:43:56.510><c> same</c><00:43:56.730><c> word.</c>

00:43:57.710 --> 00:44:01.349
Now<00:43:57.929><c> Absalom</c><00:43:58.690><c> was</c><00:43:58.869><c> quite</c><00:43:59.130><c> distressed</c><00:43:59.610><c> because</c><00:43:59.909><c> he</c><00:44:00.070><c> was</c><00:44:00.090><c> so</c><00:44:00.289><c> beautiful</c>

00:44:01.369 --> 00:44:04.969
and<00:44:01.809><c> he</c><00:44:02.210><c> thought</c><00:44:02.329><c> himself</c><00:44:02.610><c> to</c><00:44:02.750><c> be</c><00:44:02.849><c> so</c><00:44:03.210><c> great</c><00:44:03.389><c> he</c><00:44:03.510><c> had</c><00:44:03.690><c> no</c><00:44:04.070><c> son.</c>

00:44:05.570 --> 00:44:08.489
And<00:44:05.809><c> he</c><00:44:05.849><c> wanted</c><00:44:06.110><c> a</c><00:44:06.230><c> son</c><00:44:06.449><c> so</c><00:44:06.789><c> that</c><00:44:06.949><c> his</c><00:44:07.150><c> name</c><00:44:07.369><c> could</c><00:44:07.590><c> be</c><00:44:07.929><c> continued.</c>

00:44:08.869 --> 00:44:09.630
So<00:44:09.050><c> what</c><00:44:09.190><c> did</c><00:44:09.329><c> he</c><00:44:09.389><c> do?</c>

00:44:09.650 --> 00:44:11.949
He<00:44:09.789><c> built</c><00:44:10.030><c> himself</c><00:44:10.389><c> a</c><00:44:10.550><c> monument</c><00:44:10.889><c> so</c><00:44:11.130><c> everyone</c><00:44:11.429><c> can</c><00:44:11.650><c> remember</c>

00:44:11.949 --> 00:44:14.889
how<00:44:12.269><c> beautiful</c><00:44:12.730><c> and</c><00:44:13.090><c> how</c><00:44:13.409><c> great</c><00:44:13.670><c> Absalom</c><00:44:14.110><c> once</c><00:44:14.489><c> was.</c>

00:44:14.889 --> 00:44:17.750
Verse<00:44:15.369><c> 18</c><00:44:15.769><c> of</c><00:44:15.969><c> 2</c><00:44:16.210><c> Samuel</c><00:44:16.469><c> 18.</c>

00:44:17.769 --> 00:44:20.969
Now<00:44:18.070><c> Absalom</c><00:44:18.550><c> in</c><00:44:18.750><c> his</c><00:44:19.110><c> lifetime</c><00:44:19.469><c> had</c><00:44:19.769><c> taken</c><00:44:20.030><c> and</c><00:44:20.230><c> reared</c><00:44:20.449><c> up</c><00:44:20.590><c> himself</c>

00:44:20.969 --> 00:44:23.849
a<00:44:21.269><c> pillar,</c><00:44:21.469><c> the</c><00:44:21.670><c> same</c><00:44:21.889><c> word,</c><00:44:22.690><c> the</c><00:44:22.929><c> same</c><00:44:23.309><c> word,</c>

00:44:24.130 --> 00:44:28.349
a<00:44:24.369><c> place</c><00:44:24.730><c> that</c><00:44:25.070><c> we</c><00:44:25.289><c> read</c><00:44:25.409><c> in</c><00:44:25.530><c> 1</c><00:44:25.690><c> Samuel</c><00:44:26.030><c> chapter</c><00:44:26.369><c> 15</c><00:44:26.789><c> and</c><00:44:27.030><c> verse</c><00:44:27.269><c> 12.</c>

00:44:29.070 --> 00:44:31.769
So<00:44:29.230><c> let's</c><00:44:29.449><c> get</c><00:44:29.769><c> an</c><00:44:29.969><c> idea</c><00:44:30.329><c> of</c><00:44:30.449><c> what</c><00:44:30.570><c> this</c><00:44:30.829><c> pillar</c><00:44:30.989><c> was</c><00:44:31.190><c> all</c><00:44:31.409><c> about</c>

00:44:31.769 --> 00:44:33.030
which<00:44:32.050><c> is</c><00:44:32.210><c> in</c><00:44:32.329><c> the</c><00:44:32.510><c> Kingsdale.</c>

00:44:33.110 --> 00:44:36.889
For<00:44:33.230><c> he</c><00:44:33.530><c> said,</c><00:44:33.750><c> I</c><00:44:33.750><c> have</c><00:44:33.949><c> no</c><00:44:34.190><c> son</c><00:44:34.449><c> to</c><00:44:34.670><c> keep</c><00:44:34.869><c> my</c><00:44:35.190><c> name</c><00:44:35.389><c> in</c><00:44:35.789><c> remembrance.</c>

00:44:36.909 --> 00:44:38.690
And<00:44:37.130><c> he</c><00:44:37.289><c> called</c><00:44:37.409><c> the</c><00:44:37.610><c> pillar</c><00:44:37.750><c> after</c><00:44:38.030><c> his</c><00:44:38.190><c> own</c><00:44:38.389><c> name</c>

00:44:38.690 --> 00:44:40.929
and<00:44:38.849><c> it</c><00:44:39.030><c> is</c><00:44:39.250><c> called</c><00:44:39.409><c> unto</c><00:44:39.550><c> this</c><00:44:39.809><c> day</c><00:44:40.110><c> Absalom's</c><00:44:40.809><c> place.</c>

00:44:40.929 --> 00:44:43.409
So<00:44:41.170><c> it</c><00:44:41.289><c> was</c><00:44:41.570><c> something</c><00:44:42.010><c> to</c><00:44:42.610><c> memorialize</c>

00:44:43.409 --> 00:44:45.730
the<00:44:43.769><c> greatness</c><00:44:44.250><c> of</c><00:44:44.590><c> Absalom.</c>

00:44:46.409 --> 00:44:47.329
So<00:44:46.489><c> there</c><00:44:46.750><c> he</c><00:44:46.889><c> is.</c>

00:44:47.789 --> 00:44:48.869
Saul<00:44:47.789><c> has</c><00:44:48.030><c> destroyed</c><00:44:48.309><c> the</c><00:44:48.449><c> Amalekites</c>

00:44:48.869 --> 00:44:50.210
but<00:44:49.050><c> he</c><00:44:49.230><c> spared</c><00:44:49.349><c> all</c><00:44:49.610><c> that</c><00:44:49.769><c> was</c><00:44:50.050><c> good.</c>

00:44:50.250 --> 00:44:53.050
He<00:44:50.329><c> goes</c><00:44:50.550><c> off</c><00:44:50.750><c> to</c><00:44:50.929><c> Carmel</c><00:44:51.210><c> where</c><00:44:51.590><c> the</c><00:44:52.349><c> prophets</c><00:44:52.610><c> of</c><00:44:52.809><c> Baal</c>

00:44:53.050 --> 00:44:55.329
a<00:44:53.230><c> little</c><00:44:53.409><c> later</c><00:44:53.730><c> are</c><00:44:53.929><c> going</c><00:44:54.030><c> to</c><00:44:54.210><c> be</c><00:44:54.630><c> jumping</c><00:44:54.949><c> around</c>

00:44:55.329 --> 00:44:56.989
in<00:44:55.550><c> a</c><00:44:55.630><c> frenzied</c><00:44:56.030><c> state.</c>

00:44:57.170 --> 00:44:59.909
And<00:44:57.329><c> he</c><00:44:57.510><c> builds</c><00:44:57.670><c> himself</c><00:44:58.070><c> a</c><00:44:58.329><c> monument</c><00:44:58.590><c> of</c><00:44:58.929><c> Saul.</c>

00:45:00.670 --> 00:45:02.730
The<00:45:01.010><c> greatness</c><00:45:01.409><c> of</c><00:45:01.769><c> Saul.</c>

00:45:03.710 --> 00:45:07.070
So<00:45:03.889><c> that</c><00:45:04.110><c> everyone</c><00:45:04.369><c> can</c><00:45:04.650><c> remember</c><00:45:05.070><c> the</c><00:45:05.489><c> greatness</c><00:45:05.889><c> of</c><00:45:06.210><c> Saul.</c>

00:45:07.150 --> 00:45:09.329
The<00:45:07.309><c> idea</c><00:45:07.650><c> of</c><00:45:07.869><c> the</c><00:45:07.989><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:08.230><c> is</c><00:45:08.409><c> a</c><00:45:08.469><c> little</c><00:45:08.630><c> more</c><00:45:08.929><c> than</c><00:45:09.130><c> that.</c>

00:45:09.329 --> 00:45:12.630
It<00:45:09.469><c> is</c><00:45:09.690><c> a</c><00:45:09.909><c> monument</c><00:45:10.550><c> of</c><00:45:11.510><c> hands.</c>

00:45:12.730 --> 00:45:14.429
Now<00:45:12.849><c> as</c><00:45:12.989><c> I</c><00:45:13.150><c> said,</c><00:45:13.449><c> the</c><00:45:13.510><c> reason</c><00:45:13.730><c> why</c><00:45:13.889><c> I</c><00:45:13.949><c> talked</c><00:45:14.190><c> to</c><00:45:14.309><c> you</c>

00:45:14.429 --> 00:45:17.530
about<00:45:14.610><c> a</c><00:45:14.849><c> war</c><00:45:15.070><c> memorial,</c><00:45:15.969><c> a</c><00:45:16.110><c> war</c><00:45:16.250><c> memorial</c><00:45:16.650><c> has</c><00:45:17.030><c> names</c>

00:45:17.530 --> 00:45:20.070
where<00:45:17.789><c> you</c><00:45:17.909><c> can</c><00:45:18.190><c> remember</c><00:45:19.070><c> certain</c><00:45:19.530><c> individuals</c>

00:45:20.070 --> 00:45:21.329
that<00:45:20.469><c> fought</c><00:45:20.690><c> in</c><00:45:20.869><c> that</c><00:45:21.050><c> battle.</c>

00:45:21.510 --> 00:45:23.929
The<00:45:21.630><c> same</c><00:45:21.849><c> idea</c><00:45:22.269><c> is</c><00:45:22.429><c> being</c><00:45:22.690><c> expressed.</c>

00:45:24.369 --> 00:45:26.489
But<00:45:24.510><c> in</c><00:45:24.730><c> ancient</c><00:45:24.909><c> Israel</c><00:45:25.289><c> you</c><00:45:25.449><c> would</c><00:45:25.690><c> place</c><00:45:25.929><c> hands</c>

00:45:26.489 --> 00:45:29.090
and<00:45:26.869><c> on</c><00:45:27.230><c> the</c><00:45:27.469><c> hands</c><00:45:27.789><c> there</c><00:45:28.030><c> would</c><00:45:28.170><c> be</c><00:45:28.329><c> the</c><00:45:28.570><c> signature</c>

00:45:29.090 --> 00:45:31.090
of<00:45:29.610><c> those</c><00:45:29.889><c> that</c><00:45:30.210><c> fought.</c>

00:45:32.050 --> 00:45:34.710
Quite<00:45:32.269><c> a</c><00:45:32.510><c> lovely</c><00:45:32.789><c> idea</c><00:45:33.150><c> really,</c><00:45:33.610><c> hands.</c>

00:45:36.909 --> 00:45:38.550
So<00:45:37.230><c> it</c><00:45:37.250><c> would</c><00:45:37.389><c> be</c><00:45:37.530><c> through</c><00:45:37.769><c> family</c><00:45:38.090><c> members,</c>

00:45:38.550 --> 00:45:40.030
it<00:45:38.690><c> would</c><00:45:38.909><c> be</c><00:45:38.989><c> sons</c><00:45:39.250><c> and</c><00:45:39.469><c> daughters.</c>

00:45:40.150 --> 00:45:43.409
They<00:45:40.349><c> would</c><00:45:40.610><c> commemorate</c><00:45:41.110><c> the</c><00:45:41.289><c> death</c><00:45:41.670><c> of</c><00:45:42.610><c> their</c><00:45:42.909><c> family</c>

00:45:43.409 --> 00:45:45.269
in<00:45:43.630><c> a</c><00:45:43.849><c> particular</c><00:45:44.250><c> war.</c>

00:45:45.309 --> 00:45:49.829
But<00:45:45.510><c> here</c><00:45:46.070><c> this</c><00:45:47.030><c> monument</c><00:45:47.510><c> was</c><00:45:47.909><c> full</c><00:45:48.150><c> of</c><00:45:48.389><c> Saul's</c><00:45:48.849><c> hands.</c>

00:45:50.590 --> 00:45:52.889
He'd<00:45:50.949><c> place</c><00:45:51.070><c> his</c><00:45:51.309><c> hand</c><00:45:51.610><c> all</c><00:45:52.010><c> over</c><00:45:52.289><c> this</c><00:45:52.570><c> monument</c>

00:45:52.889 --> 00:45:54.269
and<00:45:53.070><c> his</c><00:45:53.250><c> signature</c><00:45:53.650><c> everywhere</c>

00:45:54.269 --> 00:45:57.369
so<00:45:55.030><c> that</c><00:45:55.289><c> everyone</c><00:45:55.550><c> can</c><00:45:55.809><c> remember</c><00:45:56.150><c> the</c><00:45:56.469><c> greatness</c><00:45:56.750><c> of</c><00:45:56.969><c> King</c><00:45:57.150><c> Saul.</c>

00:45:57.429 --> 00:46:00.369
So<00:45:57.550><c> we're</c><00:45:57.750><c> beginning</c><00:45:58.170><c> to</c><00:45:58.670><c> see</c><00:45:59.030><c> that</c><00:45:59.650><c> this</c><00:45:59.889><c> is</c><00:46:00.090><c> a</c><00:46:00.210><c> man</c>

00:46:00.369 --> 00:46:03.050
who<00:46:00.769><c> never</c><00:46:01.210><c> ever</c><00:46:01.670><c> listened</c><00:46:01.949><c> to</c><00:46:02.230><c> God.</c>

00:46:03.070 --> 00:46:05.449
God<00:46:03.309><c> was</c><00:46:03.550><c> with</c><00:46:03.769><c> him</c><00:46:04.070><c> to</c><00:46:04.289><c> destroy</c><00:46:04.610><c> the</c><00:46:04.789><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:46:05.610 --> 00:46:07.329
He<00:46:05.949><c> spared</c><00:46:06.150><c> all</c><00:46:06.449><c> that</c><00:46:06.610><c> was</c><00:46:06.929><c> good.</c>

00:46:07.329 --> 00:46:10.230
And<00:46:08.090><c> he</c><00:46:08.250><c> becomes</c><00:46:08.570><c> convinced</c><00:46:09.070><c> that</c><00:46:09.250><c> he</c><00:46:09.389><c> is</c><00:46:09.489><c> this</c><00:46:09.710><c> great</c><00:46:09.909><c> leader</c>

00:46:10.230 --> 00:46:12.650
and<00:46:10.469><c> he</c><00:46:10.630><c> wants</c><00:46:10.849><c> an</c><00:46:11.090><c> entire</c><00:46:11.409><c> generation</c><00:46:11.949><c> of</c><00:46:12.269><c> people</c>

00:46:12.650 --> 00:46:16.449
to<00:46:13.130><c> remember</c><00:46:13.530><c> the</c><00:46:14.150><c> greatness</c><00:46:14.650><c> of</c><00:46:15.150><c> King</c><00:46:15.449><c> Saul.</c>

00:46:19.349 --> 00:46:21.449
Now<00:46:19.409><c> in</c><00:46:19.530><c> all</c><00:46:19.809><c> these</c><00:46:20.070><c> acts,</c><00:46:20.570><c> in</c><00:46:20.650><c> all</c><00:46:20.849><c> these</c><00:46:21.190><c> plays,</c>

00:46:21.590 --> 00:46:23.369
there's<00:46:21.630><c> always</c><00:46:21.949><c> been</c><00:46:22.150><c> a</c><00:46:22.369><c> question.</c>

00:46:24.510 --> 00:46:26.670
As<00:46:24.690><c> the</c><00:46:24.909><c> masks,</c><00:46:25.230><c> I</c><00:46:25.309><c> want</c><00:46:25.429><c> you</c><00:46:25.630><c> just</c><00:46:25.789><c> to</c><00:46:25.989><c> mentally</c><00:46:26.269><c> go</c><00:46:26.489><c> there</c>

00:46:26.670 --> 00:46:27.289
at<00:46:26.809><c> the</c><00:46:26.969><c> stage.</c>

00:46:27.690 --> 00:46:29.750
When<00:46:27.849><c> the</c><00:46:28.110><c> masks</c><00:46:28.429><c> are</c><00:46:28.690><c> taken</c><00:46:28.889><c> off,</c>

00:46:30.110 --> 00:46:31.789
the<00:46:30.210><c> question</c><00:46:30.510><c> of</c><00:46:30.670><c> the</c><00:46:30.769><c> audience,</c>

00:46:33.070 --> 00:46:34.789
who's<00:46:33.409><c> playing</c><00:46:33.690><c> the</c><00:46:33.969><c> savior?</c>

00:46:35.449 --> 00:46:37.590
And<00:46:36.010><c> we've</c><00:46:36.289><c> seen</c><00:46:36.429><c> against</c><00:46:36.750><c> the</c><00:46:36.969><c> Philistines,</c>

00:46:37.670 --> 00:46:39.250
it<00:46:37.750><c> was</c><00:46:37.929><c> often</c><00:46:38.210><c> Jonathan.</c>

00:46:41.070 --> 00:46:42.889
It's<00:46:41.309><c> later</c><00:46:41.489><c> going</c><00:46:41.670><c> to</c><00:46:41.809><c> be</c><00:46:42.010><c> David.</c>

00:46:44.289 --> 00:46:46.369
But<00:46:44.429><c> on</c><00:46:44.630><c> this</c><00:46:44.849><c> scene,</c><00:46:45.090><c> in</c><00:46:45.130><c> 1</c><00:46:45.309><c> Samuel</c><00:46:45.570><c> chapter</c><00:46:45.909><c> 15,</c>

00:46:46.590 --> 00:46:49.389
we<00:46:46.809><c> haven't</c><00:46:47.150><c> identified,</c><00:46:47.849><c> have</c><00:46:48.130><c> we,</c><00:46:48.250><c> the</c><00:46:48.449><c> savior?</c>

00:46:54.789 --> 00:46:57.929
Achan<00:46:55.349><c> was</c><00:46:55.909><c> seen</c><00:46:56.489><c> by</c><00:46:57.050><c> Saul.</c>

00:46:58.909 --> 00:47:00.670
Someone<00:46:59.150><c> else</c><00:46:59.429><c> was</c><00:46:59.650><c> seen</c><00:46:59.769><c> by</c><00:47:00.090><c> Saul.</c>

00:47:00.670 --> 00:47:04.250
Verse<00:47:01.590><c> 19</c><00:47:02.230><c> of</c><00:47:02.409><c> chapter</c><00:47:02.690><c> 15,</c>

00:47:04.449 --> 00:47:06.590
Wherefore<00:47:05.050><c> then</c><00:47:05.329><c> didst</c><00:47:06.030><c> thou,</c><00:47:06.289><c> Saul,</c>

00:47:06.690 --> 00:47:08.829
not<00:47:07.050><c> obey</c><00:47:07.510><c> the</c><00:47:07.789><c> voice</c><00:47:08.110><c> of</c><00:47:08.309><c> the</c><00:47:08.469><c> Lord,</c>

00:47:09.070 --> 00:47:11.429
but<00:47:09.409><c> didst</c><00:47:10.010><c> fly</c><00:47:10.329><c> upon</c><00:47:10.789><c> the</c><00:47:11.190><c> spoil?</c>

00:47:11.510 --> 00:47:14.750
Can<00:47:11.690><c> you</c><00:47:11.829><c> see</c><00:47:11.969><c> what</c><00:47:12.250><c> Samuel</c><00:47:12.630><c> is</c><00:47:12.929><c> saying</c><00:47:13.150><c> to</c><00:47:13.389><c> Saul</c><00:47:13.590><c> here?</c>

00:47:15.969 --> 00:47:19.550
Look<00:47:16.150><c> back</c><00:47:16.409><c> a</c><00:47:16.550><c> chapter</c><00:47:16.949><c> to</c><00:47:17.150><c> chapter</c><00:47:17.409><c> 14</c><00:47:17.929><c> and</c><00:47:18.150><c> verse</c><00:47:18.389><c> 48.</c>

00:47:20.530 --> 00:47:24.590
Who<00:47:20.809><c> flew</c><00:47:21.510><c> upon</c><00:47:22.530><c> the</c><00:47:23.730><c> spoil?</c>

00:47:25.929 --> 00:47:30.909
It<00:47:26.650><c> was</c><00:47:27.309><c> the</c><00:47:27.469><c> Amalekites</c><00:47:28.449><c> and</c><00:47:29.610><c> Agag.</c>

00:47:31.449 --> 00:47:34.590
So<00:47:31.610><c> Jonathan</c><00:47:31.929><c> says,</c><00:47:33.309><c> You're</c><00:47:33.429><c> no</c><00:47:33.630><c> Joshua.</c>

00:47:35.230 --> 00:47:37.909
You're<00:47:35.690><c> Achan,</c><00:47:36.250><c> the</c><00:47:36.550><c> troubler</c><00:47:36.989><c> of</c><00:47:37.250><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:38.349 --> 00:47:40.570
Then<00:47:38.590><c> the</c><00:47:38.769><c> mighty</c><00:47:39.070><c> Seer,</c><00:47:39.730><c> Judge,</c><00:47:40.110><c> and</c><00:47:40.269><c> Prophet</c>

00:47:40.570 --> 00:47:42.730
arrives<00:47:41.090><c> upon</c><00:47:41.389><c> the</c><00:47:41.570><c> scene</c><00:47:41.710><c> getting</c><00:47:41.989><c> up</c><00:47:42.250><c> early</c>

00:47:42.730 --> 00:47:46.190
to<00:47:43.369><c> reject</c><00:47:44.690><c> Saul.</c>

00:47:46.570 --> 00:47:49.449
And<00:47:46.789><c> Saul</c><00:47:47.210><c> hears</c><00:47:47.690><c> these</c><00:47:48.010><c> words</c><00:47:48.269><c> from</c><00:47:48.590><c> Samuel.</c>

00:47:50.309 --> 00:47:51.949
You're<00:47:50.889><c> a</c><00:47:51.050><c> spoiler.</c>

00:47:53.010 --> 00:47:54.630
You're<00:47:53.590><c> a</c><00:47:53.630><c> spoiler.</c>

00:47:55.309 --> 00:47:56.650
You're<00:47:55.650><c> Agag.</c>

00:47:57.250 --> 00:47:59.050
You're<00:47:57.489><c> just</c><00:47:57.769><c> as</c><00:47:57.989><c> bad</c><00:47:58.110><c> as</c><00:47:58.250><c> the</c><00:47:58.389><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:47:59.210 --> 00:48:00.690
The<00:47:59.369><c> very</c><00:47:59.690><c> words</c><00:48:00.050><c> of</c><00:48:00.329><c> Samuel.</c>

00:48:01.130 --> 00:48:02.750
Samuel<00:48:01.369><c> could</c><00:48:01.630><c> see</c><00:48:01.769><c> the</c><00:48:01.989><c> play.</c>

00:48:03.130 --> 00:48:05.510
Don't<00:48:03.610><c> kid</c><00:48:03.889><c> yourself,</c><00:48:04.730><c> Saul.</c>

00:48:05.590 --> 00:48:07.449
You<00:48:05.869><c> are</c><00:48:06.170><c> no</c><00:48:06.449><c> Joshua.</c>

00:48:08.489 --> 00:48:10.010
You're<00:48:09.070><c> Achan.</c>

00:48:10.230 --> 00:48:12.489
And<00:48:10.449><c> these</c><00:48:10.809><c> words,</c><00:48:11.190><c> if</c><00:48:11.409><c> you</c><00:48:11.630><c> are</c><00:48:11.710><c> being</c><00:48:11.969><c> referred</c><00:48:12.309><c> to</c>

00:48:12.489 --> 00:48:14.230
as<00:48:12.610><c> the</c><00:48:12.730><c> Amalekites,</c><00:48:13.630><c> remember,</c>

00:48:14.449 --> 00:48:17.349
from<00:48:14.650><c> Exodus</c><00:48:14.989><c> chapter</c><00:48:15.289><c> 17</c><00:48:15.750><c> and</c><00:48:15.989><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:48:16.389><c> chapter</c><00:48:16.650><c> 25,</c>

00:48:17.349 --> 00:48:20.889
God<00:48:18.170><c> identified</c><00:48:19.070><c> them</c><00:48:19.469><c> uniquely</c><00:48:20.090><c> as</c><00:48:20.409><c> a</c><00:48:20.570><c> nation</c>

00:48:20.889 --> 00:48:23.449
that<00:48:21.369><c> he</c><00:48:21.610><c> would</c><00:48:21.809><c> have</c><00:48:22.130><c> war</c><00:48:22.670><c> with</c><00:48:23.070><c> them</c>

00:48:23.449 --> 00:48:25.269
from<00:48:23.929><c> generation</c><00:48:24.550><c> to</c><00:48:24.769><c> generation.</c>

00:48:25.610 --> 00:48:28.889
This<00:48:25.829><c> is</c><00:48:26.110><c> not</c><00:48:26.309><c> a</c><00:48:26.650><c> title</c><00:48:26.949><c> that</c><00:48:27.309><c> Saul</c><00:48:27.550><c> wants.</c>

00:48:30.130 --> 00:48:32.489
He's<00:48:30.289><c> finding</c><00:48:30.510><c> it</c><00:48:30.829><c> hard</c><00:48:31.070><c> enough</c><00:48:31.349><c> to</c><00:48:31.590><c> fight</c><00:48:31.750><c> the</c><00:48:32.010><c> Philistines</c>

00:48:32.489 --> 00:48:34.309
and<00:48:32.650><c> the</c><00:48:32.730><c> Amalekites,</c>

00:48:34.730 --> 00:48:37.349
let<00:48:34.949><c> alone</c><00:48:35.289><c> Almighty</c><00:48:35.730><c> God</c><00:48:35.969><c> in</c><00:48:36.170><c> heaven.</c>

00:48:43.570 --> 00:48:47.010
So<00:48:44.090><c> the</c><00:48:44.190><c> question,</c><00:48:45.670><c> who</c><00:48:45.889><c> is</c><00:48:46.130><c> Joshua?</c>

00:48:47.969 --> 00:48:50.750
Who<00:48:48.250><c> is</c><00:48:48.530><c> the</c><00:48:48.829><c> salvation</c><00:48:49.469><c> of</c><00:48:49.849><c> Israel?</c>

00:48:51.510 --> 00:48:53.769
But<00:48:51.889><c> before</c><00:48:52.150><c> we</c><00:48:52.349><c> answer</c><00:48:52.550><c> that</c><00:48:52.769><c> question,</c>

00:48:54.329 --> 00:48:56.610
I<00:48:54.489><c> want</c><00:48:54.750><c> to</c><00:48:55.190><c> give</c><00:48:55.489><c> a</c><00:48:55.849><c> little</c><00:48:56.110><c> comparison.</c>

00:48:56.710 --> 00:48:59.210
Now,<00:48:56.989><c> I</c><00:48:57.269><c> believe</c><00:48:57.510><c> you've</c><00:48:57.889><c> had</c><00:48:58.409><c> kids</c><00:48:58.650><c> camp</c><00:48:58.909><c> here</c>

00:48:59.210 --> 00:49:00.969
and<00:48:59.730><c> considered</c><00:49:00.010><c> the</c><00:49:00.230><c> life</c><00:49:00.469><c> of</c><00:49:00.710><c> Jonathan</c>

00:49:00.969 --> 00:49:02.730
and<00:49:01.230><c> also,</c><00:49:01.489><c> I</c><00:49:01.590><c> think,</c><00:49:02.110><c> the</c><00:49:02.190><c> life</c><00:49:02.369><c> of</c><00:49:02.630><c> Esther.</c>

00:49:02.750 --> 00:49:04.369
So<00:49:02.969><c> most</c><00:49:03.170><c> of</c><00:49:03.309><c> the</c><00:49:03.469><c> class</c><00:49:03.670><c> knew</c><00:49:03.889><c> this.</c>

00:49:04.710 --> 00:49:06.250
They<00:49:05.070><c> stole</c><00:49:05.210><c> my</c><00:49:05.469><c> thunder.</c>

00:49:06.710 --> 00:49:06.829
And<00:49:06.829><c> I</c><00:49:06.829><c> believe</c><00:49:06.829><c> you've</c><00:49:06.829><c> had</c><00:49:06.829><c> kids</c><00:49:06.829><c> camp</c><00:49:06.829><c> here</c>

00:49:06.829 --> 00:49:09.949
which<00:49:07.369><c> I</c><00:49:07.530><c> don't</c><00:49:07.710><c> mind</c><00:49:07.949><c> at</c><00:49:08.150><c> all.</c>

00:49:10.710 --> 00:49:14.210
The<00:49:10.789><c> book</c><00:49:10.929><c> of</c><00:49:11.210><c> Esther,</c><00:49:13.090><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:49:15.469 --> 00:49:16.670
When<00:49:15.610><c> you</c><00:49:15.690><c> look</c><00:49:15.869><c> at</c><00:49:16.010><c> the</c><00:49:16.110><c> second</c><00:49:16.309><c> book,</c>

00:49:16.809 --> 00:49:17.909
the<00:49:17.010><c> second</c><00:49:17.210><c> chapter</c><00:49:17.510><c> of</c><00:49:17.730><c> Esther,</c>

00:49:18.050 --> 00:49:21.869
it<00:49:18.150><c> tells</c><00:49:18.550><c> us</c><00:49:19.849><c> that</c><00:49:20.929><c> Mordecai,</c>

00:49:22.030 --> 00:49:23.150
this<00:49:22.190><c> famous</c><00:49:22.650><c> Jew,</c>

00:49:23.469 --> 00:49:27.349
was<00:49:23.630><c> from</c><00:49:23.889><c> the</c><00:49:24.090><c> family</c><00:49:24.449><c> of</c><00:49:24.949><c> Kish,</c><00:49:25.989><c> of</c><00:49:26.210><c> Benjamite.</c>

00:49:27.909 --> 00:49:29.250
If<00:49:28.130><c> you</c><00:49:28.329><c> read</c><00:49:28.510><c> the</c><00:49:28.809><c> Talmud,</c>

00:49:29.650 --> 00:49:32.150
the<00:49:29.809><c> Talmud</c><00:49:30.070><c> tells</c><00:49:30.389><c> us</c><00:49:30.769><c> very</c><00:49:31.210><c> explicitly</c>

00:49:32.150 --> 00:49:36.449
that<00:49:33.389><c> Mordecai</c><00:49:34.309><c> came</c><00:49:34.750><c> from</c><00:49:34.949><c> the</c><00:49:35.030><c> family</c><00:49:35.369><c> of</c><00:49:35.730><c> Saul.</c>

00:49:37.489 --> 00:49:40.389
Mordecai,<00:49:38.369><c> one</c><00:49:38.550><c> of</c><00:49:38.670><c> the</c><00:49:38.789><c> meanings</c><00:49:39.110><c> of</c><00:49:39.309><c> his</c><00:49:39.489><c> name,</c>

00:49:40.730 --> 00:49:42.309
the<00:49:40.949><c> little</c><00:49:41.269><c> man.</c>

00:49:43.070 --> 00:49:45.409
Saul,<00:49:43.750><c> in</c><00:49:43.909><c> all</c><00:49:44.150><c> his</c><00:49:44.409><c> greatness,</c>

00:49:46.030 --> 00:49:49.429
was<00:49:46.130><c> a</c><00:49:46.329><c> man</c><00:49:46.590><c> who</c><00:49:46.969><c> was</c><00:49:47.510><c> head</c><00:49:48.090><c> and</c><00:49:48.829><c> shoulders</c>

00:49:49.429 --> 00:49:52.250
above<00:49:49.909><c> the</c><00:49:50.190><c> nation</c><00:49:50.690><c> of</c><00:49:51.050><c> Israel.</c>

00:49:53.230 --> 00:49:54.650
He<00:49:53.409><c> was</c><00:49:53.610><c> Haman.</c>

00:49:55.170 --> 00:49:56.829
He<00:49:55.309><c> was</c><00:49:55.530><c> an</c><00:49:55.730><c> Agagite,</c>

00:49:57.570 --> 00:50:01.369
an<00:49:57.710><c> Amalekite</c><00:49:58.710><c> from</c><00:49:59.409><c> the</c><00:49:59.590><c> family</c><00:49:59.949><c> of</c><00:50:00.349><c> Esau.</c>

00:50:01.869 --> 00:50:04.610
And<00:50:02.389><c> Mordecai,</c><00:50:03.309><c> this</c><00:50:03.570><c> little</c><00:50:04.130><c> man,</c>

00:50:04.789 --> 00:50:07.610
but<00:50:05.030><c> great</c><00:50:05.590><c> in</c><00:50:05.949><c> the</c><00:50:06.210><c> sight</c><00:50:06.469><c> of</c><00:50:06.829><c> God,</c>

00:50:08.070 --> 00:50:10.489
defeated<00:50:08.590><c> Haman.</c>

00:50:10.949 --> 00:50:15.969
Saul,<00:50:11.909><c> in</c><00:50:12.130><c> all</c><00:50:12.530><c> his</c><00:50:13.010><c> physical</c><00:50:13.670><c> splendour</c><00:50:14.590><c> and</c><00:50:14.889><c> beauty,</c>

00:50:16.909 --> 00:50:21.590
failed<00:50:17.389><c> to</c><00:50:17.849><c> defeat</c><00:50:18.829><c> the</c><00:50:19.349><c> Amalekites</c><00:50:20.070><c> and</c><00:50:20.510><c> Agag.</c>

00:50:21.869 --> 00:50:23.570
Now<00:50:22.269><c> remember</c><00:50:22.489><c> the</c><00:50:22.630><c> words</c><00:50:22.789><c> of</c><00:50:22.929><c> the</c><00:50:23.010><c> Lord</c><00:50:23.170><c> Jesus</c><00:50:23.369><c> Christ,</c>

00:50:23.570 --> 00:50:25.929
and<00:50:23.710><c> if</c><00:50:23.889><c> you</c><00:50:24.230><c> have</c><00:50:24.869><c> faith,</c>

00:50:26.289 --> 00:50:30.250
you<00:50:26.329><c> can</c><00:50:26.829><c> remove</c><00:50:28.090><c> mountains.</c>

00:50:31.269 --> 00:50:33.530
Haman,<00:50:32.369><c> to</c><00:50:32.550><c> little</c><00:50:32.949><c> Mordecai,</c>

00:50:33.630 --> 00:50:35.230
I<00:50:33.690><c> don't</c><00:50:33.889><c> know</c><00:50:34.050><c> whether</c><00:50:34.230><c> he</c><00:50:34.409><c> was</c><00:50:34.670><c> a</c><00:50:34.829><c> little</c><00:50:34.989><c> man,</c>

00:50:35.309 --> 00:50:37.349
but<00:50:35.389><c> that</c><00:50:35.530><c> was</c><00:50:35.769><c> certainly</c><00:50:36.010><c> his</c><00:50:36.250><c> name,</c>

00:50:38.650 --> 00:50:41.389
and<00:50:38.889><c> Agag,</c><00:50:39.510><c> I</c><00:50:39.889><c> shall</c><00:50:40.289><c> behead.</c>

00:50:42.050 --> 00:50:47.070
They<00:50:42.230><c> are</c><00:50:42.530><c> terms</c><00:50:43.150><c> that</c><00:50:43.750><c> describe</c><00:50:44.889><c> mountains.</c>

00:50:49.170 --> 00:50:51.090
And<00:50:49.389><c> Mordecai,</c><00:50:50.090><c> with</c><00:50:50.250><c> the</c><00:50:50.389><c> help</c><00:50:50.570><c> of</c><00:50:50.849><c> Esther,</c>

00:50:51.090 --> 00:50:54.190
achieved<00:50:51.670><c> great</c><00:50:52.150><c> things</c><00:50:52.530><c> in</c><00:50:52.730><c> God's</c><00:50:54.130><c> strength</c>

00:50:54.190 --> 00:50:56.150
because<00:50:54.530><c> they</c><00:50:54.730><c> had</c><00:50:54.989><c> faith.</c>

00:50:57.250 --> 00:50:59.590
And<00:50:57.489><c> Saul,</c><00:50:57.730><c> in</c><00:50:58.389><c> comparison,</c>

00:51:00.010 --> 00:51:03.030
had<00:51:00.190><c> no</c><00:51:00.550><c> faith</c><00:51:01.110><c> at</c><00:51:02.030><c> all.</c>

00:51:03.329 --> 00:51:04.530
But<00:51:03.429><c> the</c><00:51:03.610><c> question,</c>

00:51:05.289 --> 00:51:07.289
the<00:51:05.650><c> climate,</c><00:51:06.469><c> if</c><00:51:06.630><c> I</c><00:51:06.789><c> may</c><00:51:06.969><c> say,</c>

00:51:07.469 --> 00:51:09.750
at<00:51:07.650><c> the</c><00:51:07.750><c> end</c><00:51:07.909><c> of</c><00:51:08.090><c> the</c><00:51:08.289><c> Acts,</c>

00:51:10.969 --> 00:51:13.150
there<00:51:11.489><c> is</c><00:51:12.030><c> Acan.</c>

00:51:13.409 --> 00:51:15.510
Once<00:51:13.650><c> again,</c><00:51:14.210><c> Saul,</c><00:51:14.670><c> you</c><00:51:14.730><c> can</c><00:51:14.889><c> imagine</c><00:51:15.190><c> him</c>

00:51:15.510 --> 00:51:16.690
stamping<00:51:15.789><c> his</c><00:51:16.090><c> feet,</c>

00:51:17.070 --> 00:51:19.190
I'd<00:51:17.670><c> so</c><00:51:17.809><c> love</c><00:51:17.949><c> to</c><00:51:18.110><c> be</c><00:51:18.230><c> Joshua</c><00:51:18.570><c> or</c><00:51:18.849><c> Gideon</c>

00:51:19.190 --> 00:51:20.269
or<00:51:19.469><c> someone</c><00:51:19.750><c> great.</c>

00:51:20.550 --> 00:51:23.110
Sorry,<00:51:20.909><c> Saul,</c><00:51:21.710><c> you</c><00:51:21.969><c> haven't</c><00:51:22.170><c> got</c><00:51:22.349><c> their</c><00:51:22.650><c> heart.</c>

00:51:23.449 --> 00:51:25.170
To<00:51:23.590><c> be</c><00:51:23.750><c> Joshua,</c><00:51:24.570><c> to</c><00:51:24.670><c> be</c><00:51:24.829><c> Gideon,</c>

00:51:25.230 --> 00:51:27.349
is<00:51:25.409><c> to</c><00:51:25.590><c> be</c><00:51:25.769><c> them</c><00:51:26.130><c> in</c><00:51:26.550><c> the</c><00:51:26.710><c> inside,</c>

00:51:27.650 --> 00:51:28.969
not<00:51:27.869><c> the</c><00:51:28.110><c> out.</c>

00:51:29.110 --> 00:51:31.329
But<00:51:29.349><c> who</c><00:51:29.849><c> is</c><00:51:30.829><c> Joshua?</c>

00:51:31.510 --> 00:51:33.070
There<00:51:31.670><c> was</c><00:51:31.809><c> only</c><00:51:32.010><c> one</c><00:51:32.190><c> man.</c>

00:51:34.469 --> 00:51:36.389
Let's<00:51:34.769><c> look</c><00:51:35.190><c> at</c><00:51:35.510><c> Joshua.</c>

00:51:37.949 --> 00:51:40.230
The<00:51:38.090><c> young</c><00:51:38.269><c> people</c><00:51:38.530><c> like</c><00:51:38.670><c> that</c><00:51:38.929><c> picture</c><00:51:39.150><c> as</c><00:51:39.409><c> well.</c>

00:51:42.010 --> 00:51:43.030
Look<00:51:42.210><c> at</c><00:51:42.329><c> this,</c><00:51:42.650><c> then.</c>

00:51:43.170 --> 00:51:44.210
Verse<00:51:43.590><c> 32,</c>

00:51:44.210 --> 00:51:47.309
Then<00:51:44.489><c> Samuel</c><00:51:45.070><c> bring</c><00:51:45.449><c> ye</c><00:51:45.789><c> hither</c><00:51:46.190><c> me</c><00:51:46.869><c> Agag,</c>

00:51:47.389 --> 00:51:49.309
the<00:51:47.489><c> king</c><00:51:47.710><c> of</c><00:51:47.829><c> the</c><00:51:47.929><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:51:50.429 --> 00:51:52.730
And<00:51:50.730><c> Agag</c><00:51:50.949><c> came</c><00:51:51.210><c> unto</c><00:51:51.429><c> him</c><00:51:51.630><c> delicately</c><00:51:52.130><c> or</c><00:51:52.409><c> cheerfully.</c>

00:51:52.789 --> 00:51:55.369
There<00:51:53.050><c> he</c><00:51:53.190><c> is,</c><00:51:53.409><c> all</c><00:51:53.630><c> casual,</c><00:51:53.989><c> all</c><00:51:54.250><c> relaxed.</c>

00:51:55.750 --> 00:51:56.650
He's<00:51:55.989><c> quite</c><00:51:56.250><c> comfortable.</c>

00:51:56.869 --> 00:51:58.469
Saul<00:51:57.050><c> had</c><00:51:57.289><c> quite</c><00:51:57.590><c> a</c><00:51:57.849><c> nice</c><00:51:58.030><c> relationship.</c>

00:51:58.530 --> 00:52:00.150
I'm<00:51:58.690><c> sure</c><00:51:58.849><c> they</c><00:51:59.070><c> were</c><00:51:59.369><c> already</c><00:51:59.730><c> arranging</c>

00:52:00.150 --> 00:52:03.150
to<00:52:00.829><c> intermarry</c><00:52:01.409><c> between</c><00:52:01.710><c> the</c><00:52:01.909><c> two</c><00:52:02.070><c> kingdoms.</c>

00:52:04.150 --> 00:52:06.389
It<00:52:04.329><c> was</c><00:52:04.550><c> a</c><00:52:04.630><c> political</c><00:52:05.230><c> strategy.</c>

00:52:08.170 --> 00:52:11.449
There<00:52:08.389><c> he</c><00:52:08.510><c> is</c><00:52:08.670><c> coming</c><00:52:08.889><c> up</c><00:52:09.250><c> to</c><00:52:09.809><c> old</c><00:52:10.190><c> Samuel</c><00:52:10.710><c> cheerfully,</c>

00:52:11.449 --> 00:52:12.429
and<00:52:11.750><c> Agag</c><00:52:12.170><c> said,</c>

00:52:12.429 --> 00:52:14.949
Surely<00:52:12.929><c> the</c><00:52:13.170><c> bitterness</c><00:52:13.429><c> of</c><00:52:13.670><c> death</c><00:52:13.909><c> is</c><00:52:14.170><c> past.</c>

00:52:15.110 --> 00:52:18.190
Samuel<00:52:15.170><c> had</c><00:52:15.449><c> a</c><00:52:15.789><c> very</c><00:52:16.250><c> different</c><00:52:16.670><c> point</c><00:52:17.010><c> of</c><00:52:17.210><c> view.</c>

00:52:18.829 --> 00:52:19.289
Samuel<00:52:19.010><c> said,</c>

00:52:19.389 --> 00:52:22.369
As<00:52:19.690><c> thy</c><00:52:20.090><c> sword</c><00:52:20.710><c> hath</c><00:52:21.030><c> made</c><00:52:21.329><c> women</c><00:52:21.690><c> childless,</c>

00:52:22.809 --> 00:52:25.329
so<00:52:23.070><c> shall</c><00:52:23.329><c> thy</c><00:52:23.610><c> mother</c><00:52:23.929><c> be</c><00:52:24.250><c> childless</c><00:52:24.730><c> among</c><00:52:24.929><c> women.</c>

00:52:25.809 --> 00:52:29.530
And<00:52:26.090><c> Samuel</c><00:52:26.909><c> hewed</c><00:52:27.710><c> Agag</c><00:52:28.289><c> in</c><00:52:29.010><c> pieces</c>

00:52:29.530 --> 00:52:31.469
before<00:52:29.929><c> the</c><00:52:30.150><c> Lord</c><00:52:30.449><c> in</c><00:52:30.869><c> Gilgal.</c>

00:52:31.650 --> 00:52:33.130
Now,<00:52:31.929><c> the</c><00:52:32.090><c> first</c><00:52:32.289><c> thing</c><00:52:32.409><c> I'd</c><00:52:32.570><c> like</c><00:52:32.690><c> us</c><00:52:32.849><c> to</c><00:52:32.969><c> notice</c>

00:52:33.130 --> 00:52:35.010
is<00:52:33.349><c> that</c><00:52:33.630><c> phrase</c><00:52:33.909><c> hewed.</c>

00:52:35.170 --> 00:52:37.329
It's<00:52:35.809><c> only</c><00:52:36.030><c> found</c><00:52:36.309><c> here.</c>

00:52:37.750 --> 00:52:39.949
He<00:52:38.130><c> utterly</c><00:52:38.630><c> destroyed</c><00:52:39.349><c> Agag.</c>

00:52:39.949 --> 00:52:43.030
There<00:52:40.530><c> was</c><00:52:40.730><c> such</c><00:52:40.969><c> a</c><00:52:41.190><c> bloody</c><00:52:41.530><c> mess</c><00:52:41.889><c> at</c><00:52:42.110><c> the</c><00:52:42.250><c> end</c><00:52:42.469><c> of</c><00:52:42.650><c> this,</c>

00:52:43.230 --> 00:52:43.909
brothers<00:52:43.349><c> and</c><00:52:43.610><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:44.150 --> 00:52:45.670
that<00:52:44.289><c> you</c><00:52:44.449><c> couldn't</c><00:52:44.829><c> even</c><00:52:45.230><c> recognize</c>

00:52:45.670 --> 00:52:48.449
that<00:52:45.849><c> a</c><00:52:46.030><c> man</c><00:52:46.230><c> once</c><00:52:46.650><c> stood</c><00:52:46.869><c> there.</c>

00:52:49.730 --> 00:52:51.429
He<00:52:49.969><c> didn't</c><00:52:50.210><c> just</c><00:52:50.570><c> slither</c><00:52:50.750><c> off</c><00:52:50.969><c> a</c><00:52:51.050><c> finger,</c>

00:52:51.469 --> 00:52:53.349
or<00:52:51.610><c> an</c><00:52:51.769><c> arm,</c><00:52:52.030><c> or</c><00:52:52.210><c> a</c><00:52:52.469><c> leg.</c>

00:52:55.289 --> 00:52:58.469
He<00:52:55.769><c> brutally</c><00:52:56.250><c> dispatched</c><00:52:56.969><c> of</c><00:52:57.150><c> this</c><00:52:57.389><c> man,</c>

00:52:59.070 --> 00:53:00.530
old<00:52:59.550><c> Samuel.</c>

00:53:00.769 --> 00:53:02.469
Where<00:53:00.989><c> did</c><00:53:01.150><c> he</c><00:53:01.230><c> do</c><00:53:01.389><c> it?</c>

00:53:03.610 --> 00:53:05.710
He<00:53:03.989><c> did</c><00:53:04.110><c> it</c><00:53:04.269><c> in</c><00:53:04.449><c> Gilgal,</c>

00:53:06.230 --> 00:53:09.269
the<00:53:06.610><c> rolling</c><00:53:07.090><c> away</c><00:53:07.630><c> of</c><00:53:07.849><c> Joshua</c><00:53:08.289><c> chapter</c><00:53:08.590><c> 6.</c>

00:53:09.269 --> 00:53:11.489
And<00:53:09.730><c> who</c><00:53:09.949><c> ensured</c><00:53:10.590><c> that</c><00:53:10.809><c> the</c><00:53:10.809><c> children</c><00:53:11.070><c> of</c><00:53:11.130><c> Israel</c>

00:53:11.489 --> 00:53:13.269
cut<00:53:11.809><c> off</c><00:53:12.010><c> the</c><00:53:12.250><c> flesh?</c>

00:53:14.650 --> 00:53:15.750
It<00:53:14.829><c> was</c><00:53:14.829><c> Joshua.</c>

00:53:16.349 --> 00:53:18.789
All<00:53:16.630><c> along,</c><00:53:17.210><c> brothers</c><00:53:17.489><c> and</c><00:53:17.750><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:18.829 --> 00:53:21.250
it<00:53:19.010><c> was</c><00:53:19.230><c> this</c><00:53:19.530><c> man,</c><00:53:20.369><c> Samuel.</c>

00:53:21.449 --> 00:53:25.269
Samuel<00:53:22.090><c> was</c><00:53:22.730><c> always</c><00:53:24.010><c> Joshua,</c>

00:53:25.670 --> 00:53:29.210
the<00:53:25.929><c> rolling</c><00:53:26.510><c> away</c><00:53:27.449><c> of</c><00:53:28.409><c> the</c><00:53:28.889><c> flesh.</c>

00:53:29.530 --> 00:53:30.469
Whilst<00:53:29.690><c> we're</c><00:53:29.809><c> in</c><00:53:29.969><c> 1</c><00:53:30.190><c> Samuel,</c>

00:53:30.530 --> 00:53:34.949
come<00:53:30.690><c> back</c><00:53:30.849><c> with</c><00:53:31.010><c> me</c><00:53:31.250><c> to</c><00:53:31.769><c> 1</c><00:53:32.030><c> Samuel</c><00:53:32.630><c> and</c><00:53:33.010><c> chapter</c><00:53:33.449><c> 7.</c>

00:53:38.849 --> 00:53:41.829
1<00:53:39.369><c> Samuel</c><00:53:39.769><c> and</c><00:53:39.949><c> chapter</c><00:53:40.250><c> 7.</c>

00:53:43.090 --> 00:53:44.449
Don't<00:53:43.110><c> you</c><00:53:43.289><c> think</c><00:53:43.449><c> that</c><00:53:43.590><c> this</c><00:53:43.710><c> is</c><00:53:43.869><c> a</c><00:53:43.909><c> telling</c><00:53:44.130><c> verse?</c>

00:53:44.650 --> 00:53:47.369
They<00:53:44.690><c> called</c><00:53:44.949><c> upon</c><00:53:45.230><c> a</c><00:53:45.369><c> king</c><00:53:45.510><c> to</c><00:53:45.750><c> judge</c><00:53:45.969><c> them.</c>

00:53:49.469 --> 00:53:51.030
But<00:53:49.590><c> there</c><00:53:49.789><c> we</c><00:53:49.989><c> read</c><00:53:50.130><c> in</c><00:53:50.289><c> verse</c><00:53:50.510><c> 15,</c>

00:53:51.130 --> 00:53:53.929
and<00:53:51.269><c> Samuel</c><00:53:51.750><c> judged</c><00:53:52.210><c> Israel</c><00:53:52.630><c> all</c><00:53:52.969><c> the</c><00:53:53.130><c> days</c><00:53:53.349><c> of</c><00:53:53.489><c> his</c><00:53:53.670><c> life,</c>

00:53:54.050 --> 00:53:56.889
irrespective<00:53:54.730><c> of</c><00:53:54.849><c> whether</c><00:53:55.130><c> Saul</c><00:53:55.409><c> was</c><00:53:55.610><c> on</c><00:53:55.750><c> that</c><00:53:56.030><c> throne.</c>

00:53:58.030 --> 00:54:00.489
All<00:53:58.369><c> along,</c><00:53:59.030><c> brothers</c><00:53:59.050><c> and</c><00:53:59.329><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:01.170 --> 00:54:03.230
Samuel<00:54:01.690><c> was</c><00:54:02.210><c> Joshua.</c>

00:54:03.389 --> 00:54:04.690
All<00:54:03.849><c> along.</c>

00:54:05.110 --> 00:54:08.590
Until<00:54:05.750><c> David</c><00:54:06.349><c> becomes</c><00:54:06.949><c> the</c><00:54:07.230><c> true</c><00:54:07.469><c> king.</c>

00:54:08.730 --> 00:54:10.869
So<00:54:09.010><c> there's</c><00:54:09.389><c> the</c><00:54:09.510><c> picture.</c>

00:54:12.889 --> 00:54:16.150
Samuel<00:54:13.530><c> slaughters</c><00:54:14.170><c> Agak,</c><00:54:14.909><c> I</c><00:54:15.210><c> shall</c><00:54:15.570><c> behead,</c>

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who<00:54:16.929><c> placed</c><00:54:17.369><c> metaphorically</c><00:54:18.309><c> his</c><00:54:18.630><c> hand</c>

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upon<00:54:19.190><c> the</c><00:54:19.369><c> throne</c><00:54:19.530><c> of</c><00:54:19.730><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:54:21.489 --> 00:54:24.150
And<00:54:21.789><c> Samuel</c><00:54:22.289><c> picks</c><00:54:22.829><c> up</c><00:54:23.130><c> this</c><00:54:23.429><c> heavy</c><00:54:23.789><c> sword</c>

00:54:24.150 --> 00:54:26.769
and<00:54:24.590><c> cuts</c><00:54:24.909><c> him</c><00:54:25.190><c> to</c><00:54:25.429><c> pieces</c><00:54:25.909><c> at</c><00:54:26.269><c> Gilgal,</c>

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the<00:54:27.050><c> rolling</c><00:54:27.269><c> away.</c>

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It's<00:54:28.530><c> as</c><00:54:28.630><c> if</c><00:54:28.789><c> Samuel's</c><00:54:29.110><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:54:29.650><c> know</c><00:54:30.030><c> Joshua</c><00:54:30.510><c> chapter</c><00:54:30.789><c> 6</c><00:54:31.090><c> and</c><00:54:31.250><c> 7</c><00:54:31.530><c> also,</c><00:54:32.130><c> Saul.</c>

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You're<00:54:32.610><c> not</c><00:54:32.750><c> the</c><00:54:32.949><c> only</c><00:54:33.230><c> one</c><00:54:33.369><c> who</c><00:54:33.449><c> knows</c><00:54:33.690><c> the</c><00:54:33.909><c> accounts,</c>

00:54:34.710 --> 00:54:35.949
and<00:54:34.889><c> I'll</c><00:54:35.170><c> finish</c><00:54:35.409><c> it</c><00:54:35.690><c> through.</c>

00:54:36.230 --> 00:54:37.809
I'm<00:54:36.530><c> the</c><00:54:36.769><c> finisher.</c>

00:54:39.230 --> 00:54:41.250
Once<00:54:39.409><c> again,</c><00:54:39.989><c> Samuel</c><00:54:40.409><c> was</c><00:54:40.670><c> their</c><00:54:40.909><c> savior,</c>

00:54:41.429 --> 00:54:42.829
just<00:54:41.630><c> like</c><00:54:41.809><c> Joshua.</c>

00:54:43.789 --> 00:54:47.909
And<00:54:43.809><c> once</c><00:54:44.070><c> again,</c><00:54:44.849><c> Saul</c><00:54:45.190><c> proves</c><00:54:45.610><c> himself</c><00:54:46.230><c> to</c><00:54:46.550><c> be</c><00:54:46.909><c> Achan,</c>

00:54:47.969 --> 00:54:49.989
the<00:54:48.230><c> troubler</c><00:54:48.650><c> of</c><00:54:48.909><c> Israel.</c>

00:54:51.590 --> 00:54:53.590
I<00:54:51.829><c> just</c><00:54:52.010><c> want</c><00:54:52.130><c> to</c><00:54:52.230><c> go</c><00:54:52.369><c> to</c><00:54:52.530><c> one</c><00:54:52.829><c> final</c><00:54:53.230><c> reference</c>

00:54:53.590 --> 00:54:55.190
before<00:54:53.889><c> we</c><00:54:54.170><c> close.</c>

00:54:55.949 --> 00:54:57.130
And<00:54:56.110><c> I</c><00:54:56.230><c> believe</c><00:54:56.349><c> the</c><00:54:56.550><c> Apostle</c><00:54:56.869><c> Paul</c>

00:54:57.130 --> 00:54:58.869
was<00:54:57.429><c> reflecting</c><00:54:57.789><c> back</c><00:54:58.190><c> upon</c><00:54:58.429><c> this</c><00:54:58.670><c> account.</c>

00:54:58.929 --> 00:55:01.510
Come<00:54:59.070><c> with</c><00:54:59.250><c> me</c><00:54:59.469><c> to</c><00:55:00.170><c> Romans</c><00:55:00.710><c> chapter</c><00:55:01.230><c> 2.</c>

00:55:01.510 --> 00:55:05.190
And<00:55:01.630><c> I</c><00:55:01.730><c> think</c><00:55:01.909><c> these</c><00:55:02.210><c> words</c><00:55:02.949><c> summarize</c><00:55:03.550><c> so</c><00:55:04.030><c> beautifully</c>

00:55:05.510 --> 00:55:08.929
our<00:55:06.010><c> considerations</c><00:55:06.650><c> this</c><00:55:06.989><c> morning.</c>

00:55:14.489 --> 00:55:16.650
Romans<00:55:14.769><c> chapter</c><00:55:15.110><c> 2.</c>

00:55:17.670 --> 00:55:20.309
And<00:55:18.349><c> we</c><00:55:18.489><c> began</c><00:55:19.070><c> our</c><00:55:19.789><c> talk</c>

00:55:20.309 --> 00:55:23.869
about<00:55:20.989><c> the</c><00:55:21.289><c> token</c><00:55:21.929><c> of</c><00:55:23.150><c> circumcision.</c>

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Remember<00:55:24.250><c> that?</c>

00:55:25.869 --> 00:55:28.110
How<00:55:26.090><c> Jonathan</c><00:55:26.550><c> looked</c><00:55:27.070><c> at</c><00:55:27.449><c> the</c><00:55:27.590><c> enemy</c><00:55:27.789><c> of</c><00:55:27.969><c> God</c>

00:55:28.110 --> 00:55:31.789
and<00:55:28.289><c> said,</c><00:55:28.869><c> you</c><00:55:28.869><c> uncircumcised.</c>

00:55:32.110 --> 00:55:33.030
And<00:55:32.269><c> the</c><00:55:32.409><c> Apostle</c><00:55:32.809><c> Paul</c>

00:55:33.030 --> 00:55:34.710
brings<00:55:33.429><c> all</c><00:55:33.710><c> these</c><00:55:33.969><c> thoughts</c><00:55:34.250><c> together.</c>

00:55:34.750 --> 00:55:39.030
Verse<00:55:35.050><c> 27,</c><00:55:35.949><c> then,</c><00:55:36.050><c> of</c><00:55:36.730><c> Romans</c><00:55:37.030><c> chapter</c><00:55:37.389><c> 2.</c>

00:55:53.929 --> 00:55:56.489
That<00:55:54.530><c> was</c><00:55:55.130><c> the</c><00:55:55.329><c> problem</c><00:55:55.530><c> Saul,</c><00:55:55.829><c> wasn't</c><00:55:56.150><c> it?</c>

00:55:56.489 --> 00:55:58.349
He<00:55:57.010><c> was</c><00:55:57.170><c> an</c><00:55:57.369><c> actor.</c>

00:55:58.789 --> 00:55:59.630
He<00:55:58.829><c> loved</c><00:55:59.030><c> the</c><00:55:59.309><c> stage.</c>

00:55:59.730 --> 00:56:00.590
What<00:55:59.869><c> he</c><00:55:59.969><c> didn't</c><00:56:00.190><c> realize,</c>

00:56:00.630 --> 00:56:02.570
he<00:56:00.750><c> was</c><00:56:00.949><c> a</c><00:56:01.090><c> terrible</c><00:56:01.530><c> actor.</c>

00:56:02.710 --> 00:56:03.730
Terrible.

00:56:05.989 --> 00:56:08.570
For<00:56:06.130><c> he</c><00:56:06.389><c> is</c><00:56:06.510><c> not</c><00:56:06.750><c> a</c><00:56:06.949><c> Jew,</c><00:56:07.170><c> which</c><00:56:07.349><c> is</c><00:56:07.550><c> one</c><00:56:07.730><c> outwardly,</c>

00:56:08.809 --> 00:56:10.469
neither<00:56:09.130><c> is</c><00:56:09.389><c> that</c><00:56:09.789><c> circumcision,</c>

00:56:10.750 --> 00:56:12.730
which<00:56:10.750><c> is</c><00:56:11.130><c> outward</c><00:56:11.389><c> in</c><00:56:11.570><c> the</c><00:56:11.769><c> flesh.</c>

00:56:13.730 --> 00:56:15.849
But<00:56:13.989><c> this</c><00:56:14.170><c> is</c><00:56:14.289><c> what</c><00:56:14.590><c> Samuel</c><00:56:14.849><c> knew.</c>

00:56:16.590 --> 00:56:18.690
And<00:56:16.769><c> this</c><00:56:16.889><c> is</c><00:56:17.030><c> what</c><00:56:17.190><c> Saul</c><00:56:17.449><c> failed</c><00:56:17.909><c> to</c><00:56:18.210><c> appreciate</c>

00:56:18.690 --> 00:56:20.769
throughout<00:56:19.090><c> all</c><00:56:19.469><c> his</c><00:56:19.690><c> life.</c>

00:56:21.090 --> 00:56:22.769
But<00:56:21.329><c> he</c><00:56:21.530><c> is</c><00:56:21.670><c> a</c><00:56:21.849><c> Jew,</c>

00:56:22.949 --> 00:56:24.329
which<00:56:23.090><c> is</c><00:56:23.389><c> inwardly.</c>

00:56:24.329 --> 00:56:27.869
And<00:56:25.170><c> circumcision</c><00:56:25.909><c> is</c><00:56:26.269><c> that</c><00:56:26.469><c> of</c><00:56:26.670><c> the</c><00:56:26.889><c> heart,</c>

00:56:28.309 --> 00:56:29.769
in<00:56:28.449><c> the</c><00:56:28.730><c> spirit,</c>

00:56:30.030 --> 00:56:31.690
and<00:56:30.170><c> not</c><00:56:30.349><c> in</c><00:56:30.530><c> the</c><00:56:30.630><c> letter,</c>

00:56:32.190 --> 00:56:35.510
whose<00:56:32.670><c> praise</c><00:56:33.150><c> is</c><00:56:34.070><c> not</c><00:56:34.269><c> of</c><00:56:34.469><c> men,</c>

00:56:35.949 --> 00:56:36.949
but<00:56:36.050><c> of</c><00:56:36.210><c> God.</c>