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nerveless</c><00:13:27.779><c> Joab,</c><00:13:28.899><c> who</c> 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:31.320 didn't<00:13:29.399><c> have</c><00:13:29.639><c> a</c><00:13:29.759><c> nerve</c><00:13:29.980><c> in</c><00:13:30.159><c> his</c><00:13:30.399><c> body,</c> 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:34.659 who<00:13:31.799><c> would</c><00:13:32.000><c> walk</c><00:13:32.259><c> to</c><00:13:32.460><c> the</c><00:13:32.620><c> moon,</c><00:13:33.460><c> the</c><00:13:33.580><c> mighty</c><00:13:33.980><c> Joab,</c><00:13:34.519><c> brethren</c> 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:36.480 and<00:13:34.820><c> sisters,</c><00:13:35.000><c> in</c><00:13:35.299><c> the</c><00:13:35.580><c> end</c><00:13:35.779><c> was</c><00:13:36.000><c> reduced</c> 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:40.559 to<00:13:36.879><c> grabbing</c><00:13:37.120><c> hold</c><00:13:37.419><c> of</c><00:13:37.580><c> God's</c><00:13:38.100><c> power</c><00:13:38.279><c> and</c><00:13:38.500><c> saying,</c><00:13:39.080><c> save</c><00:13:39.480><c> me.</c> 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this</c><00:19:31.359><c> in</c><00:19:31.680><c> verse</c><00:19:31.960><c> 72,</c> 00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:38.960 to<00:19:33.859><c> perform</c><00:19:34.339><c> the</c><00:19:34.660><c> mercy</c><00:19:35.400><c> promised</c><00:19:36.220><c> to</c><00:19:36.460><c> our</c><00:19:36.680><c> fathers</c><00:19:37.200><c> and</c><00:19:38.759><c> to</c> 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:40.859 remember<00:19:39.319><c> his</c><00:19:39.579><c> holy</c><00:19:39.900><c> covenant,</c> 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.700 the<00:19:41.140><c> oath</c><00:19:41.359><c> which</c><00:19:41.599><c> he</c><00:19:41.819><c> sware</c><00:19:41.980><c> to</c><00:19:42.140><c> our</c><00:19:42.319><c> father</c><00:19:42.619><c> Abraham.</c><00:19:43.559><c> And</c> 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.779 we've<00:19:43.859><c> always</c><00:19:44.200><c> been</c><00:19:44.519><c> told,</c> 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:47.180 and<00:19:45.000><c> rightfully</c><00:19:45.460><c> so,</c><00:19:45.839><c> brethren</c><00:19:45.960><c> and</c><00:19:46.240><c> sisters,</c><00:19:46.680><c> that</c><00:19:46.779><c> here</c><00:19:46.980><c> is</c> 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:49.480 a<00:19:47.359><c> play</c><00:19:47.500><c> upon</c><00:19:47.680><c> the</c><00:19:47.920><c> names</c><00:19:48.099><c> of</c><00:19:48.259><c> his</c><00:19:48.440><c> family.</c> 00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:54.000 Zacharias,<00:19:50.740><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:51.039><c> has</c><00:19:51.339><c> remembered</c><00:19:51.859><c> to</c><00:19:52.180><c> remember</c><00:19:52.519><c> his</c><00:19:52.759><c> holy</c><00:19:53.000><c> covenant.</c> 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:57.339 Elizabeth,<00:19:55.200><c> the</c><00:19:55.380><c> oath</c><00:19:55.559><c> of</c><00:19:55.720><c> ale,</c><00:19:56.400><c> the</c><00:19:56.619><c> oath</c><00:19:56.819><c> which</c><00:19:57.019><c> he</c><00:19:57.160><c> swore</c> 00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:58.960 to<00:19:57.500><c> our</c><00:19:57.700><c> father</c><00:19:57.920><c> Abraham.</c> 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.720 John,<00:20:00.000><c> grace</c><00:20:00.339><c> or</c><00:20:00.559><c> mercy,</c><00:20:01.220><c> to</c><00:20:01.400><c> perform</c><00:20:01.740><c> the</c><00:20:02.019><c> mercy</c><00:20:02.440><c> promised</c> 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.660 to<00:20:02.940><c> our</c><00:20:03.140><c> fathers.</c><00:20:03.819><c> Of</c><00:20:04.119><c> course</c><00:20:04.400><c> there's</c> 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:08.480 a<00:20:04.779><c> play</c><00:20:04.880><c> on</c><00:20:05.079><c> names,</c><00:20:05.799><c> but</c><00:20:06.059><c> it's</c><00:20:06.299><c> more</c><00:20:06.740><c> deeper</c><00:20:07.099><c> than</c><00:20:07.299><c> you</c><00:20:07.680><c> think.</c> 00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:10.480 We'll<00:20:08.720><c> come</c><00:20:08.960><c> to</c><00:20:09.000><c> that</c><00:20:09.180><c> in</c><00:20:09.299><c> a</c><00:20:09.339><c> little</c><00:20:09.519><c> moment.</c> 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:16.160 But<00:20:11.059><c> 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a</c><00:20:40.819><c> god</c><00:20:40.980><c> like</c><00:20:41.359><c> that,</c> 00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:43.059 brethren<00:20:42.019><c> and</c><00:20:42.279><c> sisters?</c> 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:46.880 And<00:20:43.859><c> we</c><00:20:44.000><c> read</c><00:20:44.119><c> in</c><00:20:44.240><c> the</c><00:20:44.339><c> 21st</c><00:20:45.099><c> the</c><00:20:45.240><c> quotation</c><00:20:45.720><c> of</c><00:20:45.960><c> Zachariah.</c> 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:52.799 Thou<00:20:47.700><c> wilt</c><00:20:48.000><c> perform</c><00:20:48.660><c> the</c><00:20:49.019><c> truth</c><00:20:49.420><c> to</c><00:20:49.880><c> Jacob</c><00:20:50.400><c> and</c><00:20:51.680><c> the</c><00:20:52.059><c> mercy</c><00:20:52.480><c> to</c> 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:55.839 Abraham.<00:20:54.240><c> Or</c><00:20:54.500><c> as</c><00:20:54.819><c> Zacharias</c><00:20:55.279><c> put</c><00:20:55.519><c> it,</c> 00:20:55.940 --> 00:21:00.079 to<00:20:56.140><c> perform</c><00:20:56.599><c> 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might</c><00:22:22.640><c> glorify</c><00:22:23.500><c> God</c><00:22:23.819><c> for</c><00:22:24.099><c> his</c><00:22:24.720><c> mercy.</c><00:22:27.359><c> And</c><00:22:27.759><c> when</c> 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:30.059 you<00:22:28.140><c> see</c><00:22:28.259><c> that</c><00:22:28.519><c> put</c><00:22:28.640><c> like</c><00:22:29.000><c> that,</c><00:22:29.339><c> brethren</c><00:22:29.460><c> and</c><00:22:29.799><c> sisters,</c> 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:33.680 God<00:22:30.779><c> swore</c><00:22:31.200><c> the</c><00:22:31.579><c> truth</c><00:22:31.839><c> to</c><00:22:32.160><c> Jacob.</c><00:22:32.619><c> So</c><00:22:32.740><c> when</c><00:22:32.940><c> the</c><00:22:33.039><c> Lord</c><00:22:33.259><c> Jesus</c> 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:36.660 Christ<00:22:33.980><c> came</c><00:22:34.240><c> along,</c><00:22:34.819><c> what</c><00:22:34.980><c> did</c><00:22:35.119><c> he</c><00:22:35.180><c> do?</c><00:22:36.259><c> He</c><00:22:36.420><c> was</c> 00:22:36.660 --> 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mercy</c><00:23:07.599><c> is</c><00:23:07.920><c> so</c><00:23:08.279><c> wide</c><00:23:08.720><c> that</c><00:23:09.119><c> it</c><00:23:09.200><c> will</c><00:23:09.440><c> include</c><00:23:09.859><c> the</c> 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.099 Gentiles<00:23:10.859><c> also.</c> 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:15.839 What<00:23:12.880><c> a</c><00:23:13.119><c> remarkable</c><00:23:13.779><c> application</c><00:23:14.359><c> of</c><00:23:14.599><c> that</c><00:23:14.859><c> prophecy.</c><00:23:15.799><c> And</c> 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.279 so<00:23:16.059><c> Zacharias,</c><00:23:16.740><c> reaching</c><00:23:17.339><c> back</c><00:23:17.680><c> in</c><00:23:17.900><c> history,</c> 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:21.019 saw<00:23:18.759><c> that</c><00:23:19.079><c> reference,</c><00:23:19.579><c> brethren</c><00:23:19.740><c> and</c><00:23:20.000><c> sisters.</c><00:23:20.420><c> And</c><00:23:20.619><c> how</c><00:23:20.859><c> is</c> 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:24.319 God<00:23:21.200><c> 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have</c><00:23:34.920><c> compassion</c><00:23:35.420><c> upon</c><00:23:35.660><c> us.</c><00:23:36.740><c> He</c> 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:39.099 will<00:23:37.400><c> subdue</c><00:23:38.140><c> our</c><00:23:38.420><c> iniquities,</c> 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:43.000 and<00:23:39.819><c> they</c><00:23:40.019><c> will</c><00:23:40.240><c> cast</c><00:23:40.640><c> all</c><00:23:40.980><c> their</c><00:23:41.220><c> sins</c><00:23:41.700><c> into</c><00:23:42.339><c> the</c><00:23:42.599><c> depths</c><00:23:42.799><c> of</c> 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:48.099 the<00:23:43.240><c> sea.</c><00:23:45.299><c> Now</c><00:23:45.440><c> you</c><00:23:45.640><c> say,</c><00:23:46.259><c> well,</c><00:23:46.380><c> we</c><00:23:46.660><c> understand</c><00:23:47.140><c> that.</c> 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:51.440 It's<00:23:49.039><c> simply</c><00:23:49.319><c> telling</c><00:23:49.579><c> us</c><00:23:49.799><c> that</c><00:23:50.000><c> God's</c><00:23:50.400><c> mercy</c><00:23:50.559><c> is</c><00:23:50.799><c> so</c><00:23:51.140><c> great</c> 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:53.700 that<00:23:51.859><c> he'll</c><00:23:52.180><c> plunge</c><00:23:52.519><c> our</c><00:23:52.819><c> sins</c><00:23:52.980><c> out</c><00:23:53.160><c> of</c><00:23:53.420><c> sight.</c> 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:57.900 Well,<00:23:54.339><c> of</c><00:23:54.579><c> course</c><00:23:54.819><c> it</c><00:23:55.019><c> does.</c><00:23:56.579><c> But</c><00:23:56.680><c> you</c><00:23:56.859><c> see</c><00:23:57.059><c> the</c><00:23:57.299><c> implications</c> 00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:59.400 of<00:23:58.160><c> those</c><00:23:58.380><c> words.</c> 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:04.140 Jew<00:23:59.740><c> and</c><00:23:59.940><c> Gentile</c><00:24:00.279><c> are</c><00:24:00.380><c> going</c><00:24:00.480><c> to</c><00:24:00.579><c> be</c><00:24:00.819><c> saved.</c><00:24:01.460><c> How?</c><00:24:03.180><c> Well,</c><00:24:03.579><c> Micah</c><00:24:03.720><c> puts</c><00:24:03.940><c> it</c> 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.039 like<00:24:04.279><c> that,</c><00:24:04.500><c> brethren</c><00:24:04.759><c> and</c><00:24:04.980><c> sisters,</c> 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:07.940 to<00:24:05.299><c> tell</c><00:24:05.440><c> us</c><00:24:05.640><c> this</c><00:24:05.940><c> point.</c><00:24:06.619><c> And</c><00:24:06.759><c> this</c><00:24:06.880><c> is</c><00:24:06.980><c> what</c><00:24:07.180><c> Zacharias</c><00:24:07.680><c> is</c> 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:10.380 concentrating<00:24:08.519><c> upon,</c><00:24:09.220><c> that</c><00:24:09.380><c> the</c><00:24:09.640><c> restoration</c><00:24:10.140><c> of</c> 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:12.940 Israel.<00:24:10.779><c> Here</c><00:24:10.980><c> it</c><00:24:11.259><c> comes.</c><00:24:11.619><c> He's</c><00:24:11.920><c> standing</c><00:24:12.200><c> at</c><00:24:12.359><c> the</c><00:24:12.500><c> very</c><00:24:12.759><c> era</c> 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:15.160 it's<00:24:13.140><c> going</c><00:24:13.220><c> to</c><00:24:13.460><c> happen.</c><00:24:14.400><c> And</c><00:24:14.599><c> what</c><00:24:14.720><c> did</c><00:24:14.839><c> the</c><00:24:15.000><c> Jew</c> 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:19.299 believe?<00:24:15.720><c> He</c><00:24:15.980><c> believed</c><00:24:16.220><c> that</c><00:24:16.339><c> he</c><00:24:16.420><c> had</c><00:24:16.539><c> a</c><00:24:16.759><c> law.</c><00:24:17.440><c> And</c><00:24:17.559><c> the</c><00:24:17.680><c> law</c><00:24:17.900><c> said,</c><00:24:18.559><c> look,</c><00:24:19.000><c> I</c> 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.420 regulate<00:24:19.680><c> your</c><00:24:19.859><c> every</c><00:24:20.119><c> life,</c> 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:24.579 every<00:24:20.720><c> day</c><00:24:20.940><c> of</c><00:24:21.079><c> your</c><00:24:21.279><c> life.</c><00:24:21.599><c> I</c><00:24:21.720><c> regulate</c><00:24:22.119><c> it.</c><00:24:22.640><c> I</c><00:24:22.779><c> make</c><00:24:23.000><c> you</c><00:24:23.160><c> make</c><00:24:23.339><c> a</c><00:24:23.500><c> sin</c><00:24:23.619><c> offering</c><00:24:23.880><c> for</c><00:24:24.099><c> this</c><00:24:24.279><c> and</c><00:24:24.440><c> a</c> 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.000 sin<00:24:24.700><c> offering</c> 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:27.339 for<00:24:25.240><c> that,</c><00:24:25.599><c> a</c><00:24:25.779><c> burnt</c><00:24:25.980><c> offering,</c><00:24:26.440><c> a</c><00:24:26.559><c> trespass</c><00:24:26.920><c> offering,</c><00:24:27.180><c> a</c> 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:29.660 peace<00:24:27.519><c> offering,</c><00:24:27.880><c> for</c><00:24:28.019><c> whatever</c><00:24:28.220><c> you</c><00:24:28.519><c> do.</c><00:24:29.359><c> Whichever</c> 00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:33.099 way<00:24:29.819><c> you</c><00:24:30.099><c> turn,</c><00:24:30.799><c> I</c><00:24:31.019><c> regulate</c><00:24:31.359><c> your</c><00:24:31.640><c> life.</c><00:24:32.660><c> Whether</c><00:24:32.839><c> you</c><00:24:32.980><c> live</c> 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:36.240 to<00:24:33.279><c> be</c><00:24:33.599><c> 100</c><00:24:34.059><c> or</c><00:24:34.400><c> 50,</c><00:24:34.940><c> it</c><00:24:35.079><c> doesn't</c><00:24:35.359><c> matter.</c> 00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:40.440 The<00:24:36.640><c> law</c><00:24:36.819><c> regulated</c><00:24:37.380><c> your</c><00:24:37.720><c> life</c><00:24:38.019><c> so</c><00:24:38.339><c> that</c><00:24:38.500><c> you</c><00:24:38.680><c> sin,</c><00:24:39.099><c> you</c><00:24:39.339><c> sacrifice.</c><00:24:40.299><c> You</c> 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.319 sin<00:24:40.640><c> again,</c><00:24:40.900><c> you</c><00:24:41.160><c> sacrifice.</c><00:24:42.000><c> You</c><00:24:42.140><c> sin</c> 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:45.480 again<00:24:42.559><c> and</c><00:24:42.680><c> you</c><00:24:42.900><c> sacrifice.</c><00:24:43.539><c> And</c><00:24:43.720><c> you</c><00:24:43.880><c> lived</c><00:24:44.079><c> out</c><00:24:44.180><c> of</c><00:24:44.279><c> the</c><00:24:44.539><c> impression,</c><00:24:45.039><c> brethren</c><00:24:45.160><c> and</c> 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one</c><00:24:57.099><c> day</c><00:24:57.480><c> God</c><00:24:57.720><c> would</c><00:24:58.019><c> forgive</c> 00:24:58.339 --> 00:25:02.980 you.<00:25:00.119><c> And</c><00:25:00.359><c> along</c><00:25:00.579><c> comes</c><00:25:00.920><c> Micah</c><00:25:01.299><c> with</c><00:25:01.460><c> these</c><00:25:01.900><c> startling</c><00:25:02.319><c> words</c> 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:06.559 that<00:25:03.539><c> God,</c><00:25:04.660><c> with</c><00:25:05.039><c> one</c><00:25:05.519><c> subtle</c><00:25:05.920><c> reaction,</c> 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:12.119 picked<00:25:07.200><c> up</c><00:25:07.460><c> everyone's</c><00:25:08.059><c> sins</c><00:25:08.220><c> and</c><00:25:08.400><c> went,</c><00:25:09.359><c> whoop!</c><00:25:11.720><c> And</c><00:25:11.960><c> you</c> 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:16.319 stood<00:25:12.339><c> there</c><00:25:12.559><c> and</c><00:25:12.660><c> thought,</c><00:25:13.440><c> wow!</c><00:25:15.700><c> They're</c><00:25:15.960><c> gone.</c> 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:22.980 One<00:25:17.099><c> subtle</c><00:25:17.640><c> reaction</c><00:25:18.519><c> plunged</c><00:25:19.299><c> them</c><00:25:19.380><c> into</c><00:25:19.559><c> the</c><00:25:19.779><c> sea</c><00:25:20.180><c> and</c><00:25:21.019><c> that</c><00:25:21.200><c> went</c><00:25:21.480><c> right</c><00:25:21.920><c> against</c><00:25:22.599><c> all</c> 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.980 the<00:25:23.259><c> current</c><00:25:23.440><c> opinions</c> 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:27.920 about<00:25:24.539><c> how</c><00:25:24.819><c> sins</c><00:25:25.000><c> were</c><00:25:25.259><c> forgiven.</c><00:25:26.500><c> And</c><00:25:26.619><c> Zacharias</c><00:25:26.980><c> was</c><00:25:27.299><c> standing</c><00:25:27.579><c> there</c> 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.440 waiting<00:25:28.240><c> for</c><00:25:28.440><c> that</c><00:25:28.660><c> horn</c><00:25:28.859><c> to</c><00:25:29.140><c> bud</c> 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:33.339 on<00:25:30.160><c> the</c><00:25:30.319><c> 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for</c><00:27:16.680><c> the</c><00:27:16.839><c> day</c><00:27:17.039><c> spring</c><00:27:17.319><c> on</c><00:27:17.579><c> high</c><00:27:17.740><c> to</c> 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.900 visit<00:27:18.119><c> them</c><00:27:18.359><c> and</c><00:27:18.640><c> that</c><00:27:18.799><c> that</c><00:27:19.140><c> mercy</c><00:27:19.420><c> might</c><00:27:19.660><c> be</c> 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:24.400 manifest<00:27:20.279><c> in</c><00:27:20.660><c> that</c><00:27:21.140><c> marvelous</c><00:27:21.680><c> action</c><00:27:22.200><c> that</c><00:27:22.980><c> by</c><00:27:23.319><c> one</c><00:27:23.579><c> man,</c> 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:27.480 one<00:27:25.059><c> sacrifice</c><00:27:25.680><c> for</c><00:27:25.980><c> sins</c><00:27:26.240><c> forever,</c> 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:31.180 they<00:27:28.000><c> might</c><00:27:28.220><c> be</c><00:27:28.460><c> taken</c><00:27:28.680><c> out</c><00:27:28.859><c> of</c><00:27:28.960><c> the</c><00:27:29.099><c> way.</c><00:27:30.019><c> And</c><00:27:30.019><c> that's</c><00:27:30.359><c> why</c><00:27:30.660><c> later</c><00:27:30.960><c> on</c> 00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.680 he<00:27:31.299><c> said</c><00:27:31.619><c> concerning</c><00:27:32.140><c> John,</c> 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:37.799 John,<00:27:33.500><c> you've</c><00:27:33.720><c> got</c><00:27:34.099><c> to</c><00:27:34.279><c> go</c><00:27:34.359><c> and</c><00:27:34.599><c> tell</c><00:27:34.740><c> the</c><00:27:35.000><c> people</c><00:27:35.519><c> about</c><00:27:36.099><c> their</c><00:27:36.380><c> salvation</c><00:27:37.160><c> by</c> 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.059 the<00:27:37.980><c> remission</c><00:27:38.319><c> of</c><00:27:38.680><c> sins.</c> 00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:43.440 That's<00:27:39.819><c> what</c><00:27:39.980><c> they</c><00:27:40.220><c> didn't</c><00:27:40.440><c> understand.</c><00:27:42.839><c> That's</c><00:27:43.160><c> the</c><00:27:43.299><c> thing</c> 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:45.420 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going</c><00:27:53.960><c> to</c> 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:55.819 cause<00:27:54.339><c> the</c><00:27:54.680><c> restoration</c><00:27:55.380><c> of</c> 00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:59.339 God's<00:27:56.119><c> people.</c><00:27:56.819><c> Now</c><00:27:57.039><c> you</c><00:27:57.259><c> say</c><00:27:57.539><c> there's</c><00:27:57.880><c> a</c><00:27:58.039><c> play</c><00:27:58.160><c> on</c><00:27:58.359><c> names.</c><00:27:59.019><c> Of</c> 00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:01.880 course<00:27:59.359><c> there</c><00:27:59.640><c> is.</c><00:28:00.380><c> Remember</c><00:28:00.839><c> Zacharias,</c> 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:07.299 oath,<00:28:02.539><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:28:03.380><c> John,</c><00:28:03.799><c> the</c><00:28:03.960><c> grace</c><00:28:04.160><c> of</c><00:28:04.400><c> God.</c><00:28:04.799><c> But</c><00:28:04.920><c> he's</c><00:28:05.259><c> quoting</c><00:28:05.559><c> Psalm</c><00:28:05.900><c> 105.</c><00:28:07.200><c> Have</c><00:28:07.259><c> a</c> 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.579 look<00:28:07.440><c> at</c><00:28:07.559><c> this.</c> 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:12.019 There's<00:28:10.220><c> a</c><00:28:10.339><c> difference.</c><00:28:10.779><c> Look</c><00:28:10.900><c> at</c><00:28:11.000><c> this.</c><00:28:11.559><c> Look</c><00:28:11.680><c> what</c><00:28:11.700><c> he</c><00:28:11.799><c> does</c> 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.720 with<00:28:12.259><c> Psalm</c><00:28:12.440><c> 105.</c> 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:19.680 In<00:28:15.339><c> Psalm</c><00:28:15.579><c> 105,</c><00:28:16.400><c> we</c><00:28:16.480><c> find</c><00:28:16.700><c> those</c><00:28:16.940><c> expressions.</c><00:28:19.160><c> So</c><00:28:19.299><c> we</c><00:28:19.480><c> read</c> 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:23.099 in<00:28:20.019><c> Psalm</c><00:28:20.220><c> 105,</c><00:28:21.740><c> the</c><00:28:21.960><c> wonderful</c><00:28:22.259><c> expression</c><00:28:22.660><c> in</c><00:28:22.859><c> verse</c> 00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:29.200 eight,<00:28:24.160><c> he</c><00:28:24.599><c> hath</c><00:28:25.140><c> remembered</c><00:28:25.660><c> his</c><00:28:25.980><c> covenant</c><00:28:26.240><c> forever,</c><00:28:27.680><c> the</c><00:28:27.819><c> word</c><00:28:27.980><c> which</c><00:28:28.180><c> he</c><00:28:28.440><c> commanded</c><00:28:28.599><c> to</c><00:28:28.839><c> a</c><00:28:28.900><c> thousand</c> 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:32.799 generations,<00:28:30.960><c> which</c><00:28:31.259><c> covenant</c><00:28:31.519><c> he</c><00:28:31.700><c> made</c><00:28:31.859><c> unto</c><00:28:32.099><c> Abraham</c><00:28:32.539><c> and</c> 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:36.839 his<00:28:33.160><c> oath</c><00:28:33.460><c> unto</c><00:28:33.880><c> Isaac,</c><00:28:35.839><c> and</c><00:28:36.000><c> confirmed</c><00:28:36.420><c> the</c><00:28:36.700><c> same</c> 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:42.099 unto<00:28:37.039><c> Jacob</c><00:28:37.380><c> for</c><00:28:37.619><c> a</c><00:28:37.880><c> law.</c><00:28:39.500><c> So</c><00:28:39.859><c> Psalm</c><00:28:40.140><c> 105</c><00:28:40.740><c> has</c><00:28:41.180><c> the</c><00:28:41.420><c> three</c><00:28:41.619><c> words</c><00:28:41.900><c> with</c> 00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:45.460 a<00:28:42.259><c> difference.</c><00:28:44.220><c> He's</c><00:28:44.660><c> remembered</c><00:28:45.140><c> his</c> 00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:49.940 covenant,<00:28:47.319><c> the</c><00:28:47.500><c> oath</c><00:28:47.700><c> which</c><00:28:47.900><c> he</c><00:28:48.099><c> swore</c><00:28:48.259><c> to</c><00:28:48.420><c> Isaac,</c><00:28:49.720><c> and</c><00:28:49.819><c> which</c> 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:52.420 he<00:28:50.140><c> confirmed</c><00:28:50.500><c> to</c><00:28:50.700><c> Jacob</c><00:28:51.019><c> for</c><00:28:51.319><c> a</c><00:28:51.619><c> law,</c> 00:28:52.630 --> 00:28:55.819 but<00:28:52.960><c> you</c><00:28:53.200><c> see</c><00:28:53.339><c> the</c><00:28:53.559><c> point</c><00:28:53.720><c> that</c><00:28:53.960><c> Zacharias</c><00:28:54.420><c> is</c><00:28:54.680><c> making.</c><00:28:55.420><c> He's</c> 00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:59.119 got<00:28:56.420><c> remember,</c><00:28:57.220><c> oath,</c><00:28:58.220><c> grace.</c> 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:05.299 Psalm<00:29:00.660><c> 105</c><00:29:01.160><c> has</c><00:29:01.440><c> got</c><00:29:01.619><c> remember,</c><00:29:02.299><c> oath,</c><00:29:02.920><c> law.</c><00:29:04.799><c> And</c><00:29:04.980><c> the</c><00:29:05.140><c> point</c> 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:07.059 that<00:29:05.480><c> Zacharias</c><00:29:05.960><c> is</c><00:29:06.140><c> making</c><00:29:06.339><c> is</c><00:29:06.619><c> this.</c> 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.759 He's<00:29:07.880><c> in</c><00:29:08.019><c> Psalm</c><00:29:08.259><c> 105,</c><00:29:09.579><c> Zacharias,</c><00:29:10.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:10.559><c> has</c><00:29:10.740><c> remembered.</c> 00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:14.220 Elizabeth<00:29:12.819><c> is</c><00:29:13.079><c> in</c><00:29:13.220><c> Psalm</c><00:29:13.440><c> 105,</c> 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is.</c><00:29:35.480><c> And</c><00:29:35.579><c> the</c><00:29:35.819><c> great</c> 00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:38.339 Zacharias<00:29:36.700><c> who</c><00:29:37.019><c> stood</c><00:29:37.160><c> in</c><00:29:37.339><c> that</c><00:29:37.539><c> temple</c><00:29:37.880><c> dumb,</c> 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:40.839 who<00:29:38.859><c> would</c><00:29:39.019><c> have</c><00:29:39.279><c> previously,</c><00:29:39.920><c> brethren</c><00:29:40.079><c> and</c><00:29:40.359><c> sisters,</c><00:29:40.539><c> been</c> 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.339 ingrained<00:29:41.500><c> with</c><00:29:41.700><c> the</c><00:29:41.980><c> belief</c> 00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:47.960 in<00:29:42.740><c> the</c><00:29:42.920><c> law</c><00:29:43.079><c> of</c><00:29:43.240><c> Moses,</c><00:29:43.980><c> walking</c><00:29:44.400><c> blameless,</c><00:29:47.119><c> blameless</c><00:29:47.740><c> in</c> 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:52.019 that<00:29:48.259><c> law,</c><00:29:49.759><c> now</c><00:29:50.079><c> had</c><00:29:50.279><c> to</c><00:29:50.400><c> come</c><00:29:50.539><c> to</c><00:29:50.740><c> the</c><00:29:50.980><c> full</c> 00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:57.599 and<00:29:52.759><c> powerful</c><00:29:53.420><c> conviction</c><00:29:54.039><c> that</c><00:29:55.279><c> of</c><00:29:55.519><c> all</c><00:29:55.799><c> the</c><00:29:56.279><c> blamelessness</c> 00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:01.480 attributed<00:29:58.240><c> to</c><00:29:58.480><c> him</c><00:29:58.660><c> by</c><00:29:59.039><c> law</c><00:29:59.619><c> was</c><00:30:00.259><c> gone.</c> 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:04.599 And<00:30:01.839><c> if</c><00:30:01.980><c> God</c><00:30:02.220><c> remembered</c><00:30:02.720><c> anything,</c><00:30:03.640><c> he</c><00:30:03.799><c> would</c><00:30:03.980><c> remember</c><00:30:04.299><c> his</c> 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:08.119 oath<00:30:04.980><c> which</c><00:30:05.480><c> was</c><00:30:05.799><c> kept</c><00:30:06.059><c> by</c><00:30:06.339><c> his</c><00:30:06.799><c> grace.</c> 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fathers,</c><00:30:21.460><c> brethren</c><00:30:21.619><c> and</c><00:30:21.880><c> sisters.</c><00:30:22.480><c> What</c> 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.259 did<00:30:22.940><c> God</c><00:30:23.180><c> swear</c><00:30:23.460><c> to</c><00:30:23.660><c> our</c><00:30:23.900><c> fathers?</c> 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:27.900 Where<00:30:25.019><c> is</c><00:30:25.259><c> the</c><00:30:25.460><c> oath</c><00:30:25.640><c> that</c><00:30:25.900><c> he</c><00:30:26.099><c> swore</c><00:30:26.259><c> to</c><00:30:26.380><c> their</c><00:30:26.559><c> fathers?</c><00:30:27.259><c> What's</c><00:30:27.519><c> this</c><00:30:27.720><c> got</c> 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:29.400 to<00:30:28.039><c> do</c><00:30:28.160><c> with</c><00:30:28.319><c> Zacharias'</c><00:30:29.000><c> position,</c> 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:31.759 John<00:30:29.980><c> and</c><00:30:30.140><c> the</c><00:30:30.240><c> coming</c><00:30:30.380><c> of</c><00:30:30.519><c> the</c><00:30:30.599><c> Lord</c><00:30:30.740><c> Jesus</c><00:30:31.160><c> Christ?</c><00:30:31.559><c> Well,</c> 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:34.160 what<00:30:31.940><c> did</c><00:30:32.140><c> God</c><00:30:32.359><c> say?</c><00:30:33.319><c> When</c><00:30:33.460><c> the</c><00:30:33.640><c> knife</c><00:30:33.779><c> was</c><00:30:33.980><c> held</c> 00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:36.980 up<00:30:34.299><c> by</c><00:30:34.519><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:35.519><c> with</c><00:30:35.680><c> the</c><00:30:35.799><c> full</c><00:30:36.000><c> determination</c><00:30:36.619><c> to</c><00:30:36.799><c> bring</c> 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.900 it<00:30:37.119><c> down</c><00:30:37.420><c> with</c><00:30:37.619><c> one</c><00:30:38.019><c> swift</c><00:30:38.259><c> blow</c><00:30:38.779><c> and</c><00:30:39.660><c> to</c> 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.980 plunge<00:30:40.059><c> it</c><00:30:40.140><c> right</c><00:30:40.319><c> into</c><00:30:40.519><c> the</c><00:30:40.759><c> vitals</c><00:30:41.039><c> of</c><00:30:41.160><c> his</c><00:30:41.299><c> dearly</c><00:30:41.660><c> beloved</c> 00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:44.339 son,<00:30:42.640><c> what</c><00:30:43.000><c> was</c><00:30:43.259><c> the</c><00:30:43.440><c> declaration</c><00:30:43.839><c> of</c><00:30:44.039><c> God?</c> 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:48.940 As<00:30:44.640><c> the</c><00:30:44.839><c> angel</c><00:30:45.140><c> stayed</c><00:30:45.500><c> his</c><00:30:45.799><c> hand</c><00:30:46.079><c> and</c><00:30:46.380><c> God</c><00:30:46.720><c> said,</c><00:30:47.279><c> now</c><00:30:47.400><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:48.259><c> I</c><00:30:48.519><c> know</c> 00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:50.160 that<00:30:49.140><c> you</c><00:30:49.319><c> believe</c><00:30:49.640><c> me,</c> 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:53.519 seeing<00:30:50.619><c> you</c><00:30:50.880><c> have</c><00:30:51.160><c> not</c><00:30:51.420><c> withheld</c><00:30:51.759><c> thy</c><00:30:52.099><c> son,</c><00:30:52.599><c> thine</c><00:30:52.720><c> only</c><00:30:53.119><c> son.</c> 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:56.420 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embellishing<00:31:10.380><c> the</c><00:31:10.599><c> record</c> 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:14.259 unjustly.<00:31:12.519><c> When</c><00:31:12.720><c> the</c><00:31:12.940><c> angel</c><00:31:13.200><c> stayed</c><00:31:13.599><c> that</c><00:31:13.759><c> hand</c><00:31:13.859><c> and</c><00:31:14.059><c> that</c> 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:16.759 oath<00:31:14.440><c> was</c><00:31:14.740><c> made,</c><00:31:15.059><c> what</c><00:31:15.299><c> God</c><00:31:15.480><c> was</c><00:31:15.700><c> saying</c><00:31:15.920><c> was</c><00:31:16.160><c> this,</c> 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:19.920 Abraham,<00:31:18.000><c> you</c><00:31:18.059><c> and</c><00:31:18.319><c> I,</c><00:31:18.680><c> this</c><00:31:18.859><c> is</c><00:31:19.059><c> a</c><00:31:19.180><c> covenant</c><00:31:19.299><c> between</c><00:31:19.579><c> me</c><00:31:19.839><c> and</c> 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:22.940 you,<00:31:20.180><c> I</c><00:31:20.440><c> have</c><00:31:20.660><c> made</c><00:31:20.940><c> 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that</c><00:31:50.460><c> agony.</c> 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:53.940 But<00:31:51.440><c> in</c><00:31:51.579><c> the</c><00:31:51.680><c> very</c><00:31:51.920><c> oath</c><00:31:52.099><c> that</c><00:31:52.259><c> he</c><00:31:52.440><c> gave,</c><00:31:52.700><c> God</c><00:31:53.099><c> bound</c><00:31:53.519><c> himself</c> 00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:56.140 with<00:31:54.119><c> a</c><00:31:54.279><c> determination</c><00:31:54.839><c> that</c><00:31:55.420><c> despite</c><00:31:55.859><c> his</c> 00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:58.740 love<00:31:56.339><c> for</c><00:31:56.500><c> his</c><00:31:56.759><c> son,</c><00:31:57.339><c> and</c><00:31:57.400><c> what</c><00:31:57.640><c> a</c><00:31:57.779><c> love</c><00:31:57.920><c> that</c><00:31:58.180><c> was,</c><00:31:58.599><c> brothers</c> 00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:01.059 and<00:31:59.039><c> sisters,</c><00:31:59.420><c> I</c><00:31:59.779><c> could</c><00:32:00.000><c> never</c><00:32:00.299><c> begin</c><00:32:00.799><c> to</c> 00:32:01.059 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of</c><00:35:32.159><c> immorality,</c><00:35:33.099><c> of</c><00:35:33.320><c> permissiveness,</c> 00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:40.219 and<00:35:35.239><c> when</c><00:35:35.320><c> you</c><00:35:35.519><c> use</c><00:35:35.699><c> that</c><00:35:35.980><c> word,</c><00:35:36.340><c> you</c><00:35:36.420><c> realize</c><00:35:36.940><c> that</c><00:35:37.099><c> the</c><00:35:37.260><c> world</c><00:35:37.780><c> permits</c><00:35:38.860><c> these</c><00:35:39.460><c> things.</c><00:35:39.980><c> It</c> 00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.159 not<00:35:40.360><c> only</c><00:35:40.679><c> condones</c> 00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:44.179 but<00:35:41.739><c> in</c><00:35:41.940><c> the</c><00:35:42.159><c> end,</c><00:35:42.460><c> you</c><00:35:42.619><c> know,</c><00:35:42.960><c> because</c><00:35:43.219><c> of</c><00:35:43.460><c> the</c><00:35:43.659><c> battering</c><00:35:44.000><c> of</c> 00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.639 the<00:35:44.340><c> psychology</c><00:35:44.840><c> of</c><00:35:45.239><c> humanism,</c> 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:52.400 it's<00:35:46.139><c> almost</c><00:35:46.559><c> immoral</c><00:35:47.920><c> not</c><00:35:49.159><c> to</c><00:35:49.519><c> be</c><00:35:49.840><c> immoral.</c><00:35:51.679><c> People</c><00:35:52.019><c> take</c> 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:54.500 that<00:35:52.699><c> grace</c><00:35:53.059><c> for</c><00:35:53.400><c> granted.</c> 00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:59.159 But<00:35:55.599><c> Zacharias</c><00:35:56.159><c> points</c><00:35:56.579><c> out</c><00:35:57.280><c> the</c><00:35:57.900><c> purpose</c><00:35:58.320><c> of</c><00:35:58.559><c> that</c><00:35:58.760><c> sort</c><00:35:59.019><c> of</c> 00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.320 love,<00:35:59.300><c> brothers</c><00:35:59.579><c> and</c><00:35:59.880><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:07.639 is<00:36:00.860><c> to</c><00:36:01.059><c> produce</c><00:36:01.519><c> a</c><00:36:01.820><c> walk</c><00:36:02.000><c> in</c><00:36:02.659><c> holiness</c><00:36:03.820><c> and</c><00:36:06.019><c> righteousness,</c> 00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:10.760 which<00:36:08.219><c> in</c><00:36:08.539><c> Ephesians,</c><00:36:09.639><c> Paul</c><00:36:09.920><c> points</c><00:36:10.360><c> out,</c> 00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:19.199 can<00:36:11.460><c> only</c><00:36:11.940><c> be</c><00:36:12.980><c> created</c><00:36:13.860><c> by</c><00:36:14.579><c> God.</c><00:36:16.420><c> He</c><00:36:16.659><c> uses</c><00:36:17.000><c> that</c><00:36:17.320><c> very</c><00:36:17.639><c> expression</c><00:36:18.239><c> that</c><00:36:18.559><c> we're</c><00:36:18.900><c> going</c><00:36:19.019><c> to</c> 00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.519 walk<00:36:19.360><c> in</c><00:36:19.860><c> holiness</c> 00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:24.619 and<00:36:21.400><c> in</c><00:36:21.659><c> righteousness</c><00:36:22.079><c> before</c><00:36:22.579><c> God.</c><00:36:23.159><c> Paul</c><00:36:23.440><c> told</c><00:36:23.739><c> the</c><00:36:24.000><c> Ephesians</c><00:36:24.380><c> that</c> 00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:27.340 there's<00:36:24.900><c> got</c><00:36:25.019><c> to</c><00:36:25.159><c> be</c><00:36:25.519><c> created</c><00:36:26.159><c> in</c><00:36:26.400><c> us.</c> 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:31.460 And<00:36:28.739><c> to</c><00:36:28.900><c> be</c><00:36:29.099><c> created</c><00:36:29.460><c> in</c><00:36:29.619><c> us,</c><00:36:29.880><c> brothers</c><00:36:30.000><c> and</c><00:36:30.179><c> sisters,</c><00:36:31.159><c> means</c> 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:33.000 that<00:36:31.599><c> we've</c><00:36:31.800><c> got</c><00:36:31.880><c> to</c><00:36:32.000><c> be</c><00:36:32.079><c> the</c><00:36:32.280><c> work</c><00:36:32.460><c> of</c><00:36:32.619><c> God's</c> 00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:36.619 fingers.<00:36:34.199><c> We've</c><00:36:34.639><c> got</c><00:36:34.679><c> to</c><00:36:34.800><c> be</c><00:36:35.059><c> straight</c><00:36:35.300><c> out</c><00:36:35.460><c> of</c><00:36:35.480><c> God's</c><00:36:35.900><c> hands,</c> 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:39.219 molded<00:36:37.219><c> by</c><00:36:37.440><c> his</c><00:36:37.679><c> law,</c><00:36:38.519><c> and</c><00:36:38.659><c> by</c><00:36:38.780><c> his</c><00:36:39.019><c> love,</c> 00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:43.260 and<00:36:39.460><c> by</c><00:36:39.460><c> his</c><00:36:39.739><c> grace,</c><00:36:40.639><c> not</c><00:36:40.880><c> to</c><00:36:41.159><c> take</c><00:36:41.300><c> it</c><00:36:41.480><c> for</c><00:36:41.679><c> granted,</c><00:36:42.860><c> not</c><00:36:43.039><c> to</c> 00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:46.980 risk<00:36:43.500><c> the</c><00:36:43.760><c> awful</c><00:36:44.179><c> danger</c><00:36:44.900><c> of</c><00:36:46.219><c> presuming</c><00:36:46.739><c> upon</c> 00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:51.260 God's<00:36:47.360><c> goodness,</c><00:36:48.380><c> but</c><00:36:48.519><c> to</c><00:36:48.980><c> straighten</c><00:36:49.260><c> up</c><00:36:49.519><c> in</c><00:36:49.719><c> life</c><00:36:50.300><c> and</c><00:36:50.940><c> to</c> 00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:54.840 stand<00:36:51.480><c> upright</c><00:36:51.840><c> in</c><00:36:52.159><c> decency,</c><00:36:53.739><c> in</c><00:36:53.960><c> honor,</c> 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:59.619 in<00:36:55.480><c> righteousness,</c><00:36:57.000><c> in</c><00:36:57.239><c> reverent</c><00:36:57.659><c> fear</c><00:36:58.019><c> of</c><00:36:58.239><c> him.</c><00:36:59.260><c> And</c><00:36:59.519><c> when</c> 00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.960 that<00:36:59.780><c> is</c><00:37:00.000><c> done,</c><00:37:00.380><c> brothers</c><00:37:00.480><c> and</c><00:37:00.760><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:04.820 it's<00:37:01.380><c> created</c><00:37:02.000><c> within</c><00:37:02.239><c> a</c><00:37:02.440><c> person,</c><00:37:02.960><c> as</c><00:37:03.119><c> Paul</c><00:37:03.340><c> told</c><00:37:03.579><c> the</c><00:37:03.820><c> Ephesians.</c><00:37:04.440><c> Those</c> 00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:06.139 sort<00:37:05.019><c> of</c><00:37:05.239><c> principles</c><00:37:05.539><c> can't</c><00:37:05.900><c> be</c><00:37:06.000><c> done</c> 00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:09.280 the<00:37:06.360><c> other</c><00:37:06.400><c> way,</c><00:37:06.760><c> but</c><00:37:06.840><c> by</c><00:37:07.079><c> God's</c><00:37:07.480><c> creation,</c><00:37:08.139><c> the</c><00:37:08.320><c> creative</c><00:37:08.719><c> power</c><00:37:09.099><c> of</c> 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:13.380 his<00:37:09.480><c> book,</c><00:37:11.119><c> built</c><00:37:11.480><c> into</c><00:37:11.739><c> our</c><00:37:11.980><c> very</c><00:37:12.420><c> fiber</c><00:37:12.900><c> by</c> 00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:19.860 external<00:37:14.099><c> forces,</c><00:37:16.019><c> created</c><00:37:16.440><c> within</c><00:37:16.719><c> us,</c><00:37:17.099><c> as</c><00:37:17.320><c> the</c><00:37:17.500><c> apostle</c><00:37:17.820><c> says,</c><00:37:18.900><c> all</c><00:37:19.239><c> the</c><00:37:19.420><c> days</c><00:37:19.619><c> of</c> 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:23.960 our<00:37:20.159><c> life.</c><00:37:21.980><c> What</c><00:37:22.219><c> about</c><00:37:22.440><c> that?</c> 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:27.420 All<00:37:24.559><c> the</c><00:37:24.860><c> days</c><00:37:25.159><c> of</c><00:37:25.400><c> our</c><00:37:25.599><c> life.</c><00:37:25.920><c> That's</c><00:37:26.300><c> taken</c><00:37:26.619><c> from</c><00:37:26.880><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:30.440 32,<00:37:28.500><c> brothers</c><00:37:28.639><c> and</c><00:37:28.719><c> sisters.</c><00:37:29.920><c> From</c><00:37:30.119><c> those</c> 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:34.460 chapters,<00:37:30.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:31.380><c> 31,</c><00:37:32.039><c> 32,</c><00:37:32.699><c> and</c><00:37:32.900><c> 33,</c><00:37:33.519><c> when</c><00:37:33.739><c> God</c><00:37:33.960><c> would</c><00:37:34.159><c> make</c><00:37:34.260><c> a</c> 00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.920 new<00:37:34.659><c> covenant</c><00:37:34.900><c> with</c><00:37:35.099><c> the</c><00:37:35.219><c> house</c><00:37:35.440><c> of</c><00:37:35.639><c> Israel,</c> 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:39.159 when<00:37:36.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:36.880><c> said</c><00:37:37.119><c> that</c><00:37:37.239><c> they</c><00:37:37.340><c> would</c><00:37:37.579><c> serve</c><00:37:37.920><c> him</c><00:37:38.440><c> all</c><00:37:38.940><c> the</c> 00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:41.900 days<00:37:39.420><c> of</c><00:37:39.599><c> their</c><00:37:39.820><c> life.</c><00:37:40.460><c> What</c><00:37:40.739><c> does</c><00:37:40.880><c> he</c><00:37:41.019><c> mean?</c> 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:46.179 Well,<00:37:43.300><c> you</c><00:37:43.440><c> see,</c><00:37:43.659><c> we</c><00:37:43.800><c> think</c><00:37:43.980><c> again,</c><00:37:44.400><c> it's</c><00:37:44.900><c> a</c><00:37:44.900><c> very</c><00:37:45.179><c> simple</c><00:37:45.519><c> expression.</c><00:37:46.000><c> Is</c> 00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:47.340 it<00:37:46.340><c> simple?</c> 00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:51.519 He's<00:37:48.300><c> talking</c><00:37:48.420><c> to</c><00:37:48.659><c> Jewish</c><00:37:49.000><c> minds,</c><00:37:50.480><c> and</c><00:37:50.780><c> this</c><00:37:50.900><c> is</c><00:37:51.039><c> what</c><00:37:51.219><c> Jews'</c> 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.480 minds,<00:37:51.920><c> how</c><00:37:52.019><c> they</c><00:37:52.320><c> work,</c> 00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:56.619 brothers<00:37:52.760><c> and</c><00:37:52.940><c> sisters.</c><00:37:53.579><c> Their</c><00:37:53.840><c> life,</c><00:37:54.179><c> again,</c><00:37:54.460><c> was</c><00:37:54.719><c> regulated</c><00:37:55.239><c> by</c><00:37:55.519><c> the</c><00:37:55.780><c> calendar.</c> 00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:01.039 So<00:37:58.440><c> come</c><00:37:58.780><c> the</c><00:37:59.320><c> seventh</c><00:37:59.639><c> month</c><00:37:59.900><c> of</c><00:38:00.059><c> the</c><00:38:00.199><c> Jewish</c><00:38:00.460><c> year,</c><00:38:00.679><c> on</c><00:38:00.860><c> the</c> 00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:03.300 tenth<00:38:01.179><c> day,</c><00:38:02.079><c> the</c><00:38:02.260><c> Lord</c><00:38:02.480><c> said,</c> 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:05.360 Remember<00:38:03.840><c> when</c><00:38:04.099><c> it</c><00:38:04.179><c> was</c><00:38:04.400><c> sad.</c> 00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:10.280 Five<00:38:07.059><c> days</c><00:38:07.320><c> went</c><00:38:07.539><c> by,</c><00:38:08.300><c> and</c><00:38:08.380><c> the</c><00:38:08.500><c> Lord</c><00:38:08.639><c> said,</c><00:38:09.199><c> be</c><00:38:09.340><c> happy.</c><00:38:09.840><c> That'll</c><00:38:09.960><c> be</c><00:38:10.019><c> what</c><00:38:10.139><c> it</c> 00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:11.300 was<00:38:10.440><c> happening.</c> 00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:15.340 Come<00:38:13.000><c> the</c><00:38:13.219><c> Passover,</c><00:38:13.619><c> and</c><00:38:13.719><c> the</c><00:38:13.840><c> Lord</c><00:38:14.019><c> said,</c><00:38:14.880><c> gather</c><00:38:15.000><c> together</c> 00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:17.280 and<00:38:15.500><c> eat</c><00:38:15.760><c> a</c><00:38:15.780><c> meal.</c><00:38:16.559><c> Everybody</c><00:38:16.860><c> got</c><00:38:17.039><c> together,</c> 00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:20.460 had<00:38:17.420><c> a</c><00:38:17.559><c> meal.</c><00:38:18.039><c> So</c><00:38:18.159><c> the</c><00:38:18.260><c> Lord</c><00:38:18.380><c> said</c><00:38:18.599><c> that.</c><00:38:19.860><c> You</c><00:38:19.960><c> go</c><00:38:20.059><c> on</c><00:38:20.260><c> and</c><00:38:20.340><c> on</c> 00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:24.039 and<00:38:20.579><c> on.</c><00:38:21.679><c> Do</c><00:38:21.920><c> this</c><00:38:22.139><c> on</c><00:38:22.300><c> that</c><00:38:22.500><c> day,</c><00:38:23.019><c> do</c><00:38:23.260><c> that</c><00:38:23.400><c> on</c><00:38:23.599><c> that</c><00:38:23.760><c> day,</c> 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:27.219 be<00:38:24.420><c> happy</c><00:38:24.639><c> on</c><00:38:24.780><c> that</c><00:38:25.039><c> day,</c><00:38:25.599><c> sad</c><00:38:25.719><c> on</c><00:38:25.860><c> that</c><00:38:26.099><c> day,</c><00:38:26.619><c> solemn</c><00:38:26.780><c> on</c><00:38:26.940><c> that</c> 00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:29.320 day,<00:38:27.739><c> joyful</c><00:38:27.940><c> on</c><00:38:28.159><c> that</c><00:38:28.380><c> day.</c> 00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:36.340 Paul<00:38:31.039><c> says,</c><00:38:31.579><c> I</c><00:38:31.579><c> fear</c><00:38:32.139><c> for</c><00:38:32.659><c> you,</c><00:38:32.860><c> he</c><00:38:33.039><c> said,</c><00:38:34.579><c> days,</c><00:38:35.219><c> months,</c><00:38:35.699><c> years,</c><00:38:36.159><c> and</c> 00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:38.980 times.<00:38:37.880><c> Your</c><00:38:38.079><c> life,</c><00:38:38.500><c> your</c><00:38:38.659><c> attitude,</c> 00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:43.340 your<00:38:39.280><c> emotions,</c><00:38:40.920><c> your</c><00:38:41.079><c> disposition</c><00:38:41.539><c> towards</c><00:38:41.900><c> God</c><00:38:42.320><c> is</c><00:38:42.719><c> according</c><00:38:42.980><c> to</c><00:38:43.139><c> the</c> 00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:47.179 day.<00:38:46.019><c> But</c><00:38:46.380><c> here</c><00:38:46.599><c> is</c><00:38:46.800><c> the</c><00:38:46.980><c> power,</c> 00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:51.219 brothers<00:38:47.480><c> and</c><00:38:47.760><c> sisters,</c><00:38:48.119><c> that</c><00:38:48.360><c> sees</c><00:38:48.559><c> as</c><00:38:48.800><c> a</c><00:38:48.920><c> person</c><00:38:49.639><c> all</c><00:38:50.980><c> the</c> 00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:57.800 days<00:38:51.420><c> of</c><00:38:51.559><c> their</c><00:38:51.719><c> life.</c><00:38:53.840><c> This</c><00:38:54.099><c> is</c><00:38:54.219><c> something</c><00:38:54.420><c> that's</c> 00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:00.400 regulated<00:38:58.280><c> by</c><00:38:58.539><c> the</c><00:38:58.699><c> fact</c><00:38:58.920><c> we'll</c><00:38:59.280><c> have</c><00:38:59.380><c> a</c><00:38:59.559><c> marvelous</c><00:38:59.920><c> time</c><00:39:00.179><c> at</c> 00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:03.960 Glenlock.<00:39:01.239><c> Come</c><00:39:01.599><c> next</c><00:39:01.940><c> year,</c><00:39:02.579><c> we'll</c><00:39:02.639><c> be</c><00:39:02.860><c> spiritual.</c> 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:09.519 But<00:39:05.480><c> in</c><00:39:05.679><c> the</c><00:39:05.800><c> meantime,</c><00:39:06.380><c> we'll</c><00:39:06.480><c> be</c><00:39:06.760><c> spiritual</c><00:39:07.239><c> Sunday,</c><00:39:08.619><c> spiritual</c><00:39:08.920><c> Wednesday</c><00:39:09.219><c> night,</c><00:39:09.360><c> the</c> 00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.340 Bible<00:39:09.800><c> class,</c> 00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:13.079 and<00:39:10.780><c> what</c><00:39:10.900><c> happens</c><00:39:11.059><c> during</c><00:39:11.340><c> the</c><00:39:11.519><c> week,</c><00:39:11.820><c> we'll</c><00:39:11.980><c> toss</c><00:39:12.059><c> a</c><00:39:12.239><c> coin.</c> 00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:16.840 All<00:39:15.099><c> the</c><00:39:15.320><c> days</c><00:39:15.519><c> of</c><00:39:15.719><c> our</c><00:39:15.940><c> life.</c> 00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:21.579 It's<00:39:18.139><c> the</c><00:39:18.380><c> inspiring</c><00:39:19.079><c> power</c><00:39:19.420><c> of</c><00:39:19.579><c> God's</c><00:39:19.960><c> Word</c><00:39:20.099><c> that's</c><00:39:20.420><c> necessary,</c><00:39:21.019><c> brothers</c><00:39:21.099><c> and</c><00:39:21.300><c> sisters,</c> 00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:25.019 and<00:39:21.880><c> that's</c><00:39:22.219><c> taken</c><00:39:22.480><c> right</c><00:39:22.760><c> from</c><00:39:22.980><c> the</c><00:39:23.340><c> heart</c><00:39:23.659><c> of</c><00:39:24.019><c> those</c><00:39:24.340><c> prophecies</c><00:39:24.739><c> of</c><00:39:24.880><c> the</c> 00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.699 New<00:39:25.340><c> Covenant,</c> 00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:28.500 when<00:39:26.039><c> God</c><00:39:26.300><c> says,</c><00:39:26.579><c> I</c><00:39:26.579><c> will</c><00:39:26.840><c> write</c><00:39:27.119><c> my</c><00:39:27.420><c> law</c><00:39:27.559><c> in</c><00:39:27.699><c> their</c><00:39:27.960><c> hearts</c><00:39:28.219><c> and</c><00:39:28.400><c> in</c> 00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.699 their<00:39:28.719><c> minds.</c> 00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:33.639 You<00:39:30.780><c> say</c><00:39:30.940><c> to</c><00:39:31.079><c> yourself,</c><00:39:32.280><c> well,</c><00:39:32.380><c> that's</c><00:39:32.639><c> a</c><00:39:32.739><c> simple</c><00:39:32.960><c> truth,</c><00:39:33.500><c> is</c> 00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:37.599 it?<00:39:35.900><c> How</c><00:39:36.099><c> do</c><00:39:36.159><c> you</c><00:39:36.340><c> write</c><00:39:36.460><c> God's</c><00:39:36.780><c> law</c><00:39:36.940><c> in</c><00:39:37.159><c> hearts</c><00:39:37.360><c> and</c> 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:40.900 minds?<00:39:38.400><c> Ask</c><00:39:38.679><c> yourself</c><00:39:38.980><c> the</c><00:39:39.159><c> question.</c><00:39:40.380><c> We're</c><00:39:40.599><c> no</c><00:39:40.739><c> different</c> 00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:42.719 than<00:39:41.059><c> Israel.</c><00:39:41.679><c> Brethren</c><00:39:42.000><c> keep</c><00:39:42.219><c> telling</c><00:39:42.480><c> us</c> 00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:45.099 that.<00:39:42.920><c> I</c><00:39:43.039><c> suppose</c><00:39:43.219><c> we've</c><00:39:43.380><c> got</c><00:39:43.440><c> to</c><00:39:43.619><c> believe</c><00:39:43.840><c> them.</c><00:39:44.019><c> I</c><00:39:44.300><c> do.</c><00:39:44.780><c> We're</c><00:39:44.980><c> no</c> 00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.960 different<00:39:45.300><c> than</c><00:39:45.440><c> that</c><00:39:45.579><c> people</c><00:39:45.719><c> in</c><00:39:45.840><c> the</c> 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:47.880 wilderness.<00:39:46.460><c> Why</c><00:39:46.679><c> couldn't</c><00:39:46.920><c> God</c><00:39:47.119><c> write</c><00:39:47.360><c> the</c><00:39:47.500><c> law</c><00:39:47.539><c> in</c><00:39:47.659><c> their</c> 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:51.280 hearts<00:39:48.099><c> and</c><00:39:48.320><c> minds?</c><00:39:49.739><c> Why</c><00:39:49.960><c> did</c><00:39:50.159><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:50.480><c> say</c><00:39:50.960><c> that</c><00:39:51.199><c> it</c> 00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:55.699 needs<00:39:51.420><c> a</c><00:39:51.559><c> new</c><00:39:51.800><c> covenant?</c><00:39:53.079><c> Is</c><00:39:53.199><c> it</c><00:39:53.280><c> because</c><00:39:53.500><c> people</c><00:39:53.760><c> like</c><00:39:54.059><c> change?</c><00:39:55.079><c> But</c><00:39:55.159><c> if</c><00:39:55.239><c> we</c><00:39:55.360><c> have</c><00:39:55.500><c> a</c> 00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.380 change,<00:39:56.019><c> then</c><00:39:56.079><c> people</c><00:39:56.219><c> will</c> 00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:59.179 listen<00:39:56.619><c> perhaps.</c><00:39:57.440><c> If</c><00:39:57.579><c> they</c><00:39:57.760><c> don't</c><00:39:57.880><c> listen</c><00:39:58.059><c> to</c><00:39:58.199><c> that</c><00:39:58.360><c> covenant,</c><00:39:58.639><c> we'll</c><00:39:58.880><c> change</c><00:39:59.019><c> it</c> 00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:00.260 again.<00:39:59.860><c> They</c><00:40:00.059><c> might</c> 00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:02.579 listen<00:40:00.480><c> to</c><00:40:00.619><c> that</c><00:40:00.719><c> one.</c><00:40:01.139><c> What</c><00:40:01.380><c> is</c><00:40:01.599><c> it,</c><00:40:01.840><c> brothers</c><00:40:01.960><c> and</c><00:40:02.239><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.440 that<00:40:02.940><c> gets</c><00:40:03.179><c> one</c><00:40:03.460><c> law</c><00:40:03.579><c> written</c><00:40:03.840><c> on</c><00:40:04.159><c> hearts</c> 00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:06.500 when<00:40:04.739><c> another</c><00:40:05.000><c> law</c><00:40:05.199><c> couldn't</c><00:40:05.400><c> be</c><00:40:05.619><c> written</c><00:40:05.760><c> on</c><00:40:06.019><c> hearts,</c><00:40:06.340><c> when</c> 00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:09.079 the<00:40:06.719><c> hearts</c><00:40:06.900><c> are</c><00:40:07.139><c> exactly</c><00:40:07.480><c> the</c><00:40:07.760><c> same?</c><00:40:08.539><c> What's</c><00:40:08.940><c> the</c> 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:13.579 difference?<00:40:11.079><c> Well,</c><00:40:11.219><c> you</c><00:40:11.320><c> see,</c><00:40:11.400><c> you</c><00:40:11.579><c> take</c><00:40:11.739><c> the</c><00:40:11.920><c> first</c><00:40:12.099><c> covenant.</c><00:40:13.219><c> This</c><00:40:13.460><c> is</c> 00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.820 what<00:40:13.739><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:40:14.320><c> saying.</c><00:40:14.579><c> This</c> 00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:17.579 is<00:40:15.000><c> the</c><00:40:15.199><c> heart</c><00:40:15.360><c> of</c><00:40:15.519><c> this</c><00:40:15.719><c> man's</c><00:40:16.039><c> mind</c><00:40:16.260><c> as</c><00:40:16.559><c> he</c><00:40:16.760><c> draws</c><00:40:16.920><c> our</c><00:40:17.099><c> attention</c><00:40:17.420><c> to</c> 00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:19.760 that<00:40:17.679><c> very</c><00:40:17.980><c> prophecy.</c><00:40:19.219><c> You</c><00:40:19.420><c> take</c><00:40:19.539><c> what</c> 00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:25.920 Jeremiah<00:40:20.119><c> was</c><00:40:20.400><c> saying.</c><00:40:21.699><c> Israel</c><00:40:21.980><c> came</c><00:40:22.219><c> out</c><00:40:22.360><c> of</c><00:40:22.460><c> Egypt.</c><00:40:23.599><c> God</c><00:40:23.940><c> slew.</c><00:40:25.480><c> He</c> 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:27.880 slew<00:40:26.340><c> other</c><00:40:26.559><c> men's</c><00:40:26.980><c> sons</c><00:40:27.239><c> to</c><00:40:27.480><c> deliver</c><00:40:27.699><c> them.</c> 00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:31.179 They<00:40:28.099><c> should</c><00:40:28.280><c> have</c><00:40:28.380><c> been</c><00:40:28.519><c> grateful.</c><00:40:28.980><c> They</c><00:40:29.019><c> weren't.</c><00:40:30.500><c> When</c><00:40:30.659><c> they</c><00:40:30.820><c> walked</c><00:40:31.039><c> in</c> 00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:32.000 the<00:40:31.300><c> wilderness,</c><00:40:31.679><c> their</c><00:40:31.760><c> shoes</c> 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.119 didn't<00:40:32.260><c> wear</c><00:40:32.500><c> out.</c><00:40:33.000><c> Marvelous.</c><00:40:33.559><c> We</c><00:40:33.619><c> don't</c><00:40:33.719><c> have</c><00:40:33.820><c> to</c><00:40:33.900><c> buy</c><00:40:34.039><c> any</c> 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:36.900 more<00:40:34.260><c> leather.</c><00:40:35.679><c> If</c><00:40:35.800><c> they</c><00:40:35.980><c> wanted</c><00:40:36.219><c> food,</c><00:40:36.480><c> it</c><00:40:36.599><c> fell</c><00:40:36.739><c> out</c> 00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:43.260 of<00:40:36.980><c> the</c><00:40:37.199><c> sky.</c><00:40:38.699><c> Quails</c><00:40:39.079><c> fell</c><00:40:39.260><c> around</c><00:40:39.480><c> the</c><00:40:39.739><c> camp.</c><00:40:40.679><c> Menna</c><00:40:40.880><c> was</c><00:40:40.980><c> there</c><00:40:41.159><c> every</c><00:40:41.400><c> morning.</c><00:40:43.099><c> If</c> 00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:44.500 things<00:40:43.460><c> got</c><00:40:43.739><c> too</c><00:40:44.079><c> bad</c><00:40:44.280><c> for</c> 00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:47.599 them,<00:40:44.800><c> God</c><00:40:45.039><c> covered</c><00:40:45.300><c> them</c><00:40:45.440><c> with</c><00:40:45.539><c> a</c><00:40:45.760><c> cloud,</c><00:40:47.139><c> protecting</c><00:40:47.400><c> them</c> 00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:50.719 from<00:40:47.699><c> their</c><00:40:47.880><c> enemies.</c><00:40:48.980><c> Water</c><00:40:49.239><c> came</c><00:40:49.460><c> out</c><00:40:49.599><c> of</c><00:40:49.679><c> a</c><00:40:49.820><c> rock.</c> 00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:55.079 The<00:40:51.500><c> Jordan</c><00:40:51.719><c> was</c><00:40:52.039><c> split.</c><00:40:53.119><c> Nay,</c><00:40:53.440><c> the</c><00:40:53.559><c> waters</c><00:40:53.860><c> tumbled</c><00:40:54.260><c> back</c><00:40:54.480><c> over</c><00:40:54.679><c> the</c><00:40:54.820><c> top</c><00:40:54.940><c> of</c> 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.940 each<00:40:55.239><c> other,</c><00:40:55.579><c> and</c><00:40:55.659><c> the</c><00:40:55.760><c> river</c> 00:40:55.940 --> 00:41:00.099 flowed<00:40:56.340><c> backwards</c><00:40:56.519><c> uphill,</c><00:40:58.179><c> and</c><00:40:58.400><c> they</c><00:40:58.519><c> got</c><00:40:58.659><c> into</c><00:40:58.820><c> the</c><00:40:59.019><c> land,</c> 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.659 and<00:41:00.500><c> they</c><00:41:00.719><c> conquered</c><00:41:00.980><c> seven</c><00:41:01.219><c> nations.</c> 00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:04.699 God<00:41:02.280><c> put</c><00:41:02.639><c> His</c><00:41:02.840><c> hand</c><00:41:03.019><c> out,</c><00:41:03.539><c> got</c><00:41:03.719><c> out</c><00:41:03.820><c> of</c><00:41:03.940><c> the</c><00:41:04.079><c> sun,</c><00:41:04.340><c> and</c><00:41:04.539><c> stopped</c> 00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:06.599 it,<00:41:05.079><c> and</c><00:41:05.380><c> stopped</c><00:41:05.500><c> it</c><00:41:05.659><c> in</c><00:41:05.739><c> mid</c><00:41:05.860><c>-heaven,</c> 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:10.900 and<00:41:07.300><c> the</c><00:41:07.440><c> moon,</c><00:41:08.480><c> and</c><00:41:08.679><c> it</c><00:41:08.860><c> stayed</c><00:41:09.019><c> there,</c><00:41:09.960><c> never</c><00:41:10.199><c> before</c><00:41:10.679><c> seen</c> 00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:14.119 on<00:41:11.079><c> the</c><00:41:11.239><c> earth.</c><00:41:13.039><c> But</c><00:41:13.300><c> the</c><00:41:13.440><c> law</c><00:41:13.579><c> didn't</c><00:41:13.780><c> get</c><00:41:13.960><c> written</c> 00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:17.719 in<00:41:14.260><c> their</c><00:41:14.500><c> hearts.</c><00:41:14.840><c> What's</c><00:41:15.119><c> the</c><00:41:15.179><c> difference?</c><00:41:17.079><c> And</c><00:41:17.300><c> over</c><00:41:17.500><c> the</c> 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:19.400 centuries,<00:41:18.099><c> God</c><00:41:18.340><c> did</c><00:41:18.599><c> this,</c><00:41:18.840><c> and</c><00:41:18.940><c> He</c><00:41:19.000><c> did</c><00:41:19.199><c> that,</c> 00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:23.360 and<00:41:19.480><c> He</c><00:41:19.519><c> did</c><00:41:19.699><c> something</c><00:41:20.039><c> else.</c><00:41:21.480><c> But,</c><00:41:21.719><c> brethren</c><00:41:21.960><c> and</c><00:41:22.199><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:29.000 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was</c><00:41:43.199><c> the</c><00:41:43.360><c> affinity.</c><00:41:44.860><c> And</c><00:41:45.000><c> when</c><00:41:45.139><c> God</c><00:41:45.360><c> hung</c><00:41:45.639><c> him</c><00:41:45.880><c> up</c> 00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:51.239 by<00:41:48.239><c> brutal</c><00:41:48.579><c> hands,</c><00:41:49.320><c> by</c><00:41:49.559><c> His</c><00:41:49.760><c> own</c><00:41:50.039><c> determinate</c><00:41:50.559><c> counsel</c><00:41:50.940><c> and</c> 00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:55.079 foreknowledge,<00:41:52.880><c> He</c><00:41:53.280><c> expects</c><00:41:53.940><c> that</c> 00:41:55.300 --> 00:42:01.920 to<00:41:55.940><c> get</c><00:41:56.340><c> that</c><00:41:56.760><c> law</c><00:41:57.619><c> written</c><00:41:58.519><c> and</c><00:41:59.199><c> inscribed</c><00:42:00.179><c> deeply</c><00:42:01.000><c> cut</c><00:42:01.619><c> into</c> 00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:04.559 your<00:42:02.239><c> heart</c><00:42:02.440><c> and</c><00:42:02.500><c> my</c><00:42:02.820><c> heart.</c><00:42:03.300><c> And</c><00:42:03.480><c> if</c><00:42:03.659><c> it</c><00:42:03.960><c> doesn't,</c> 00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:09.340 there's<00:42:05.380><c> nothing</c><00:42:05.880><c> more</c><00:42:06.219><c> He</c><00:42:06.400><c> can</c><00:42:06.679><c> do.</c><00:42:07.380><c> That's</c><00:42:07.880><c> what</c><00:42:08.260><c> that</c><00:42:08.719><c> prophecy</c><00:42:09.039><c> was</c> 00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.039 all<00:42:09.659><c> about.</c> 00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:13.079 And<00:42:10.760><c> Zechariah</c><00:42:11.199><c> drew</c><00:42:11.480><c> attention</c><00:42:11.980><c> that</c><00:42:12.079><c> we</c><00:42:12.300><c> should</c><00:42:12.480><c> serve</c><00:42:12.820><c> Him</c> 00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:15.219 all<00:42:13.400><c> the</c><00:42:13.639><c> days</c><00:42:13.840><c> of</c><00:42:14.039><c> our</c><00:42:14.280><c> life,</c> 00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:18.199 because<00:42:15.980><c> the</c><00:42:16.239><c> new</c><00:42:16.500><c> 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He</c><00:42:28.280><c> gave</c><00:42:28.579><c> His</c><00:42:28.760><c> only</c><00:42:29.000><c> begotten</c> 00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:31.599 Son.<00:42:29.760><c> You</c><00:42:30.019><c> think</c><00:42:30.280><c> about</c><00:42:30.559><c> that.</c><00:42:31.000><c> And</c><00:42:31.159><c> if</c><00:42:31.300><c> that</c> 00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:34.539 doesn't<00:42:31.860><c> get</c><00:42:32.139><c> that</c><00:42:32.420><c> law</c><00:42:32.579><c> in</c><00:42:32.800><c> our</c><00:42:32.980><c> hearts,</c><00:42:33.320><c> brothers</c><00:42:33.480><c> and</c><00:42:33.800><c> sisters,</c><00:42:34.320><c> give</c> 00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:38.159 up<00:42:34.940><c> the</c><00:42:35.199><c> truth,</c><00:42:36.460><c> because</c><00:42:36.659><c> there's</c><00:42:37.139><c> nothing</c> 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:41.420 more<00:42:38.679><c> that</c><00:42:39.119><c> God</c><00:42:39.340><c> could</c><00:42:39.639><c> do.</c><00:42:40.199><c> And</c><00:42:40.340><c> that's</c><00:42:40.559><c> what's</c><00:42:40.900><c> expected</c><00:42:41.239><c> of</c> 00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:44.019 us,<00:42:41.840><c> that</c><00:42:41.980><c> we</c><00:42:42.199><c> should</c><00:42:42.420><c> serve</c><00:42:42.699><c> Him</c><00:42:43.019><c> all</c><00:42:43.460><c> the</c><00:42:43.619><c> days</c><00:42:43.840><c> of</c> 00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:49.599 our<00:42:44.260><c> life.</c><00:42:45.820><c> And</c><00:42:46.079><c> there</c><00:42:46.260><c> was</c><00:42:46.440><c> a</c><00:42:46.639><c> summary</c><00:42:46.860><c> of</c><00:42:47.119><c> some</c><00:42:47.340><c> of</c><00:42:47.480><c> the</c><00:42:47.699><c> prophets,</c><00:42:48.179><c> which</c><00:42:48.340><c> I</c><00:42:48.559><c> haven't</c><00:42:48.719><c> touched</c><00:42:49.000><c> upon</c><00:42:49.199><c> all</c><00:42:49.420><c> of</c><00:42:49.519><c> them</c> 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:52.820 that<00:42:49.639><c> He</c><00:42:49.900><c> quoted,</c><00:42:51.039><c> 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burden</c><00:43:15.219><c> of</c><00:43:15.480><c> John's</c><00:43:16.019><c> purpose,</c> 00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:18.179 of<00:43:16.719><c> John's</c><00:43:17.119><c> preaching,</c><00:43:17.519><c> brothers</c><00:43:17.639><c> and</c><00:43:17.880><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:31.920 was<00:43:18.599><c> to</c><00:43:18.900><c> tell</c><00:43:19.159><c> Israel</c><00:43:19.639><c> the</c><00:43:19.960><c> terms</c><00:43:20.380><c> of</c><00:43:20.639><c> forgiveness,</c><00:43:22.739><c> to</c><00:43:22.920><c> explain</c><00:43:23.559><c> to</c><00:43:23.679><c> them</c><00:43:23.960><c> what</c><00:43:24.239><c> I've</c><00:43:24.519><c> just</c><00:43:24.699><c> been</c><00:43:24.880><c> trying</c><00:43:25.039><c> to</c> 00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:35.920 And<00:43:32.880><c> thou,</c><00:43:33.340><c> child,</c><00:43:33.739><c> He</c><00:43:33.739><c> said</c><00:43:33.960><c> in</c><00:43:34.099><c> verse</c><00:43:34.360><c> 76,</c><00:43:35.440><c> shalt</c><00:43:35.539><c> be</c><00:43:35.699><c> called</c> 00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:38.300 the<00:43:36.119><c> prophet</c><00:43:36.460><c> of</c><00:43:36.699><c> the</c><00:43:36.960><c> highest.</c><00:43:37.599><c> If</c><00:43:37.780><c> Jesus</c><00:43:38.119><c> were</c> 00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:40.579 the<00:43:38.420><c> son</c><00:43:38.639><c> of</c><00:43:38.760><c> the</c><00:43:38.900><c> highest,</c><00:43:39.340><c> and</c><00:43:39.460><c> this</c><00:43:39.599><c> was</c><00:43:39.820><c> the</c><00:43:39.960><c> last</c><00:43:40.300><c> prophet</c> 00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:42.500 who<00:43:40.840><c> was</c><00:43:41.079><c> more</c><00:43:41.420><c> than</c><00:43:41.559><c> a</c><00:43:41.760><c> prophet,</c><00:43:41.980><c> because</c><00:43:42.099><c> He</c> 00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:46.800 shared<00:43:42.920><c> His</c><00:43:43.179><c> life,</c><00:43:44.099><c> they</c><00:43:44.300><c> were</c><00:43:44.440><c> six</c><00:43:44.679><c> months</c><00:43:45.000><c> apart,</c><00:43:45.800><c> and</c><00:43:46.099><c> Daniel</c><00:43:46.380><c> said</c> 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:48.500 that<00:43:47.099><c> Messiah</c><00:43:47.440><c> would</c><00:43:47.639><c> be</c><00:43:47.820><c> cut</c><00:43:47.960><c> off</c><00:43:48.099><c> in</c><00:43:48.300><c> one</c> 00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:51.619 half<00:43:48.679><c> of</c><00:43:48.820><c> the</c><00:43:48.980><c> week,</c><00:43:50.139><c> and</c><00:43:50.420><c> would</c><00:43:50.619><c> share</c><00:43:50.780><c> the</c><00:43:50.980><c> other</c><00:43:51.159><c> half</c><00:43:51.400><c> with</c> 00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:54.059 John.<00:43:52.579><c> He</c><00:43:52.699><c> was</c><00:43:52.920><c> more</c><00:43:53.239><c> than</c><00:43:53.400><c> a</c><00:43:53.599><c> prophet,</c><00:43:53.980><c> brothers</c> 00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:58.820 and<00:43:54.260><c> sisters,</c><00:43:54.659><c> and</c><00:43:54.880><c> He</c><00:43:55.019><c> had</c><00:43:55.280><c> 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Ephraim,</c><00:47:24.280><c> he</c><00:47:24.440><c> says,</c> 00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:29.980 my<00:47:25.239><c> bowels</c><00:47:25.699><c> have</c><00:47:25.960><c> moved</c><00:47:26.139><c> for</c><00:47:26.380><c> you.</c><00:47:27.280><c> That</c><00:47:27.599><c> was</c><00:47:27.880><c> the</c><00:47:28.179><c> last</c><00:47:29.019><c> prophet</c><00:47:29.519><c> to</c> 00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:32.960 Israel,<00:47:31.380><c> and</c><00:47:31.579><c> away</c><00:47:31.760><c> they</c><00:47:32.059><c> went.</c> 00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:38.820 And<00:47:34.039><c> 130</c><00:47:34.719><c> years</c><00:47:35.219><c> later,</c><00:47:36.960><c> when</c><00:47:37.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:47:37.659><c> stood</c><00:47:37.980><c> in</c><00:47:38.219><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:47:38.820 --> 00:47:41.440 in<00:47:39.360><c> the</c><00:47:39.559><c> last</c><00:47:39.980><c> hours</c><00:47:40.139><c> of</c><00:47:40.280><c> that</c><00:47:40.519><c> city,</c> 00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:45.039 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00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:58.079 oh<00:47:53.940><c> Ephraim,</c><00:47:54.599><c> he</c><00:47:54.599><c> says,</c><00:47:55.199><c> how</c><00:47:55.380><c> will</c><00:47:55.539><c> I</c><00:47:55.639><c> give</c><00:47:55.820><c> you</c><00:47:56.059><c> up?</c><00:47:57.059><c> My</c><00:47:57.400><c> bowels</c><00:47:57.880><c> have</c> 00:47:58.079 --> 00:47:59.599 moved<00:47:58.280><c> for</c><00:47:58.539><c> you.</c><00:47:59.019><c> And</c><00:47:59.199><c> the</c><00:47:59.320><c> way</c><00:47:59.460><c> they</c> 00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:02.500 went<00:47:59.780><c> to</c><00:47:59.980><c> Babylon,</c><00:48:00.440><c> brethren</c><00:48:00.599><c> and</c><00:48:00.880><c> sisters,</c><00:48:01.840><c> they</c><00:48:02.159><c> weren't</c> 00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:05.599 moved<00:48:02.920><c> by</c><00:48:03.179><c> God's</c><00:48:03.619><c> movement.</c><00:48:04.920><c> God's</c><00:48:05.400><c> feelings</c> 00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:09.559 were<00:48:05.840><c> greater</c><00:48:06.119><c> than</c><00:48:06.340><c> theirs.</c><00:48:06.940><c> They</c><00:48:07.219><c> never</c><00:48:07.500><c> responded</c><00:48:07.960><c> to</c><00:48:08.139><c> their</c><00:48:08.300><c> father.</c><00:48:09.360><c> And</c> 00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:10.679 when<00:48:09.760><c> Zechariah</c><00:48:10.219><c> speaks</c><00:48:10.519><c> of</c> 00:48:10.679 --> 00:48:13.920 the<00:48:10.980><c> tender</c><00:48:11.340><c> mercies</c><00:48:11.800><c> of</c><00:48:11.960><c> our</c><00:48:12.179><c> God</c><00:48:12.440><c> and</c><00:48:12.780><c> the</c><00:48:13.159><c> restoration</c><00:48:13.699><c> of</c> 00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:16.139 Israel,<00:48:14.440><c> he's</c><00:48:14.719><c> got</c><00:48:14.820><c> in</c><00:48:14.940><c> his</c><00:48:15.139><c> mind</c><00:48:15.340><c> two</c><00:48:15.679><c> prophets,</c> 00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:19.199 one<00:48:16.719><c> quoting</c><00:48:17.000><c> the</c><00:48:17.239><c> other</c><00:48:17.519><c> standing</c><00:48:18.000><c> at</c><00:48:18.219><c> the</c><00:48:18.440><c> end</c><00:48:18.639><c> of</c><00:48:18.780><c> the</c><00:48:18.860><c> very</c> 00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:21.019 epoch<00:48:19.619><c> of</c><00:48:19.800><c> both</c><00:48:19.980><c> Israel</c><00:48:20.360><c> and</c><00:48:20.760><c> Judah,</c> 00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:23.719 and<00:48:21.300><c> God</c><00:48:21.619><c> wringing</c><00:48:21.920><c> his</c><00:48:22.159><c> hands,</c><00:48:22.599><c> as</c><00:48:22.780><c> it</c><00:48:22.940><c> were,</c><00:48:23.199><c> to</c><00:48:23.219><c> use</c><00:48:23.420><c> human</c> 00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:25.719 language<00:48:24.079><c> and</c><00:48:24.300><c> say,</c><00:48:24.539><c> I</c><00:48:24.639><c> don't</c><00:48:24.920><c> want</c><00:48:25.099><c> to</c><00:48:25.300><c> give</c><00:48:25.460><c> you</c> 00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:30.579 up.<00:48:26.480><c> But</c><00:48:26.619><c> away</c><00:48:27.019><c> they</c><00:48:27.320><c> went.</c><00:48:28.360><c> But</c><00:48:28.480><c> now,</c><00:48:29.000><c> brothers</c><00:48:29.119><c> and</c><00:48:29.380><c> sisters,</c><00:48:30.260><c> a</c><00:48:30.360><c> new</c> 00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:32.360 motive<00:48:30.860><c> force</c><00:48:31.179><c> is</c><00:48:31.420><c> coming</c> 00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:35.679 beyond<00:48:33.119><c> law,</c><00:48:34.199><c> where</c><00:48:34.300><c> God</c><00:48:34.559><c> won't</c><00:48:34.760><c> have</c><00:48:35.019><c> to</c><00:48:35.119><c> give</c><00:48:35.219><c> his</c><00:48:35.420><c> people</c> 00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:37.940 up.<00:48:36.179><c> And</c><00:48:36.400><c> when</c><00:48:36.500><c> the</c><00:48:36.619><c> Lord</c><00:48:36.800><c> Jesus</c><00:48:37.199><c> Christ</c><00:48:37.500><c> comes,</c> 00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:40.400 and<00:48:38.380><c> they're</c><00:48:38.519><c> gathered</c><00:48:38.760><c> around</c><00:48:39.059><c> him</c><00:48:39.179><c> in</c><00:48:39.360><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:48:40.079><c> and</c><00:48:40.239><c> the</c> 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:42.099 Russian<00:48:40.659><c> hordes</c><00:48:41.039><c> are</c><00:48:41.219><c> laying</c><00:48:41.420><c> dead</c><00:48:41.679><c> upon</c><00:48:41.940><c> the</c> 00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:45.300 mountains<00:48:42.260><c> of</c><00:48:42.480><c> Israel,</c><00:48:42.980><c> and</c><00:48:43.139><c> the</c><00:48:43.380><c> smoke</c><00:48:43.539><c> of</c><00:48:43.800><c> war</c><00:48:43.960><c> has</c><00:48:44.199><c> gone</c><00:48:44.340><c> away,</c><00:48:44.760><c> who</c><00:48:45.039><c> is</c> 00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:46.900 this<00:48:45.460><c> king</c><00:48:45.639><c> of</c><00:48:45.940><c> glory?</c> 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:51.099 And<00:48:48.659><c> they'll</c><00:48:48.920><c> look</c><00:48:49.000><c> at</c><00:48:49.139><c> those</c><00:48:49.440><c> hands.</c><00:48:50.500><c> They</c><00:48:50.559><c> won't</c><00:48:50.800><c> believe</c> 00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:54.170 their<00:48:51.320><c> eyes.</c><00:48:52.820><c> And</c><00:48:52.940><c> they'll</c><00:48:53.280><c> disperse</c> 00:48:54.440 --> 00:49:00.420 every<00:48:55.079><c> man</c><00:48:55.360><c> apart,</c><00:48:56.820><c> every</c><00:48:57.059><c> family</c><00:48:57.519><c> apart.</c><00:48:58.860><c> Nay,</c><00:48:59.820><c> husband</c><00:49:00.199><c> and</c> 00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:02.559 wife<00:49:00.760><c> apart,</c><00:49:01.199><c> says</c><00:49:01.300><c> Zechariah.</c> 00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:07.360 And<00:49:02.920><c> for</c><00:49:03.039><c> the</c><00:49:03.360><c> first</c><00:49:03.760><c> time</c><00:49:04.199><c> in</c><00:49:04.519><c> Jewish</c><00:49:05.139><c> history,</c><00:49:06.940><c> there</c><00:49:07.139><c> will</c> 00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:10.199 be<00:49:07.539><c> a</c><00:49:08.000><c> private</c><00:49:08.880><c> mourning,</c> 00:49:10.780 --> 00:49:17.820 as<00:49:11.440><c> for</c><00:49:11.719><c> their</c><00:49:11.980><c> only</c><00:49:12.679><c> begotten</c><00:49:13.500><c> son.</c><00:49:15.460><c> And</c><00:49:15.679><c> the</c><00:49:15.920><c> Jews,</c><00:49:16.159><c> brothers</c><00:49:16.440><c> and</c><00:49:16.699><c> sisters,</c> 00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:21.340 characteristically<00:49:18.500><c> go</c><00:49:18.820><c> down</c><00:49:19.179><c> in</c><00:49:19.360><c> the</c><00:49:19.539><c> annals</c><00:49:19.719><c> of</c><00:49:19.980><c> men's</c><00:49:20.460><c> histories</c><00:49:20.800><c> as</c> 00:49:21.340 --> 00:49:23.579 those<00:49:21.719><c> who</c><00:49:22.059><c> have</c><00:49:22.179><c> the</c><00:49:22.539><c> greatest</c><00:49:22.960><c> display</c> 00:49:23.579 --> 00:49:28.960 of<00:49:24.139><c> public</c><00:49:24.880><c> mourning</c><00:49:25.360><c> among</c><00:49:25.860><c> any</c><00:49:26.320><c> people.</c><00:49:28.019><c> And</c><00:49:28.260><c> now</c><00:49:28.539><c> for</c><00:49:28.719><c> the</c> 00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:31.440 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00:49:44.619 one<00:49:43.900><c> to</c><00:49:44.099><c> tell</c><00:49:44.159><c> I</c><00:49:44.400><c> fast</c> 00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:50.480 twice<00:49:44.980><c> in</c><00:49:45.199><c> the</c><00:49:45.320><c> week,</c><00:49:46.159><c> ringing</c><00:49:46.300><c> his</c><00:49:46.699><c> hands</c><00:49:47.260><c> for</c><00:49:48.300><c> his</c><00:49:48.539><c> only</c><00:49:48.820><c> begotten</c><00:49:49.539><c> son.</c><00:49:50.059><c> At</c> 00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:52.380 last,<00:49:51.280><c> at</c><00:49:51.780><c> last,</c> 00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:56.219 God's<00:49:52.780><c> got</c><00:49:52.960><c> through</c><00:49:53.199><c> to</c><00:49:53.340><c> him</c><00:49:53.679><c> by</c><00:49:54.000><c> his</c><00:49:54.239><c> tender</c><00:49:54.539><c> mercies.</c><00:49:56.059><c> And</c> 00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:59.119 the<00:49:56.360><c> words</c><00:49:56.579><c> of</c><00:49:56.800><c> Hosea</c><00:49:57.179><c> and</c><00:49:57.440><c> Jeremiah</c><00:49:58.059><c> would</c><00:49:58.840><c> ring</c> 00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:02.739 echo<00:49:59.420><c> and</c><00:49:59.739><c> hollow</c><00:50:00.019><c> against</c><00:50:00.599><c> the</c><00:50:00.920><c> appeal</c><00:50:01.219><c> of</c><00:50:01.420><c> those</c><00:50:01.699><c> hands.</c> 00:50:03.320 --> 00:50:05.420 When<00:50:03.559><c> they</c><00:50:03.760><c> realize</c><00:50:04.139><c> it's</c><00:50:04.360><c> God's</c><00:50:04.800><c> own</c><00:50:05.019><c> son,</c> 00:50:05.420 --> 00:50:11.199 brothers<00:50:05.619><c> and</c><00:50:05.860><c> sisters,</c><00:50:07.000><c> the</c><00:50:07.199><c> tender</c><00:50:07.639><c> mercy</c><00:50:08.079><c> of</c><00:50:08.420><c> God</c><00:50:09.039><c> hath</c><00:50:09.420><c> visited,</c><00:50:10.159><c> whereby</c><00:50:10.659><c> he</c><00:50:10.940><c> says,</c> 00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:14.980 oh<00:50:11.519><c> what</c><00:50:11.679><c> a</c><00:50:11.960><c> beautiful</c><00:50:12.320><c> expression,</c><00:50:13.260><c> whereby</c><00:50:13.820><c> he</c><00:50:14.159><c> says,</c><00:50:14.760><c> the</c> 00:50:14.980 --> 00:50:18.719 day<00:50:15.340><c> spring</c><00:50:15.679><c> from</c><00:50:15.960><c> on</c><00:50:16.280><c> high</c><00:50:16.539><c> hath</c><00:50:17.179><c> visited</c><00:50:17.619><c> us.</c> 00:50:19.480 --> 00:50:23.280 Oh<00:50:20.039><c> dear,</c><00:50:20.500><c> oh</c><00:50:20.519><c> dear,</c><00:50:20.900><c> you</c><00:50:21.099><c> know</c><00:50:21.219><c> where</c><00:50:21.360><c> he</c><00:50:21.480><c> is</c><00:50:21.699><c> now?</c><00:50:22.719><c> Well,</c><00:50:22.920><c> he's</c><00:50:23.119><c> in</c> 00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:25.679 about<00:50:23.880><c> four</c><00:50:24.280><c> or</c><00:50:24.420><c> five</c><00:50:24.699><c> prophecies.</c> 00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:29.800 See,<00:50:27.739><c> Hosea</c><00:50:28.000><c> said</c><00:50:28.239><c> this,</c><00:50:28.599><c> brothers</c><00:50:28.739><c> and</c><00:50:29.000><c> sisters,</c><00:50:29.239><c> about</c><00:50:29.539><c> the</c> 00:50:29.800 --> 00:50:32.159 day<00:50:30.059><c> spring,</c><00:50:30.579><c> quoting</c><00:50:30.880><c> him</c><00:50:31.260><c> from</c><00:50:31.519><c> Rotherham's</c> 00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:36.119 translation,<00:50:33.460><c> come,</c><00:50:34.179><c> let</c><00:50:34.300><c> us</c><00:50:34.480><c> return</c><00:50:34.800><c> unto</c><00:50:35.019><c> Yahweh,</c><00:50:35.739><c> for</c><00:50:35.900><c> he</c> 00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:38.559 hath<00:50:36.400><c> torn,</c><00:50:37.199><c> and</c><00:50:37.239><c> he</c><00:50:37.380><c> will</c><00:50:37.599><c> heal</c><00:50:37.820><c> us,</c> 00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:42.920 smitten,<00:50:39.840><c> but</c><00:50:39.900><c> he</c><00:50:40.000><c> will</c><00:50:40.179><c> bind</c><00:50:40.400><c> us</c><00:50:40.639><c> up.</c><00:50:42.099><c> He</c><00:50:42.159><c> will</c><00:50:42.400><c> bring</c><00:50:42.519><c> us</c><00:50:42.719><c> to</c> 00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:45.260 life<00:50:43.139><c> after</c><00:50:43.440><c> two</c><00:50:43.719><c> days.</c><00:50:44.199><c> On</c><00:50:44.360><c> the</c><00:50:44.599><c> third</c><00:50:44.820><c> day,</c> 00:50:45.340 --> 00:50:48.739 he<00:50:45.500><c> will</c><00:50:45.760><c> raise</c><00:50:45.980><c> us</c><00:50:46.219><c> up</c><00:50:46.420><c> that</c><00:50:46.619><c> we</c><00:50:46.760><c> may</c><00:50:46.960><c> live</c><00:50:47.260><c> before</c><00:50:47.659><c> him.</c><00:50:48.539><c> Then</c> 00:50:48.739 --> 00:50:51.880 let<00:50:48.920><c> us</c><00:50:49.139><c> know,</c><00:50:50.179><c> let</c><00:50:50.380><c> us</c><00:50:50.619><c> press</c><00:50:50.880><c> on</c><00:50:51.119><c> to</c><00:50:51.260><c> know</c><00:50:51.440><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:50:52.139 --> 00:50:57.739 like<00:50:52.360><c> the</c><00:50:52.699><c> dawn</c><00:50:53.159><c> is</c><00:50:53.559><c> coming</c><00:50:53.860><c> forth</c><00:50:54.219><c> as</c><00:50:54.420><c> assured.</c><00:50:55.900><c> And</c><00:50:56.099><c> Hosea</c><00:50:56.440><c> depicts</c><00:50:56.780><c> Israel</c><00:50:57.219><c> like</c><00:50:57.539><c> a</c> 00:50:57.739 --> 00:50:58.820 dead<00:50:57.940><c> body</c><00:50:58.239><c> raised</c><00:50:58.599><c> up</c> 00:50:58.820 --> 00:51:02.079 from<00:50:58.920><c> the</c><00:50:59.099><c> ground.</c><00:51:00.460><c> And</c><00:51:00.639><c> of</c><00:51:00.940><c> course,</c><00:51:01.179><c> I</c><00:51:01.280><c> don't</c><00:51:01.519><c> believe</c><00:51:01.719><c> there's</c><00:51:01.880><c> any</c> 00:51:02.079 --> 00:51:03.539 real<00:51:02.360><c> symbolism</c><00:51:02.739><c> in</c><00:51:02.900><c> the</c><00:51:03.099><c> three</c><00:51:03.300><c> days.</c> 00:51:03.719 --> 00:51:05.840 What<00:51:03.840><c> he's</c><00:51:04.039><c> talking</c><00:51:04.219><c> about</c><00:51:04.340><c> in</c><00:51:04.519><c> a</c><00:51:04.659><c> relatively</c><00:51:05.079><c> short</c><00:51:05.420><c> time,</c> 00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:07.559 God<00:51:06.239><c> will</c><00:51:06.539><c> revive</c><00:51:06.860><c> that</c><00:51:07.139><c> nation,</c> 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:10.360 just<00:51:08.179><c> like</c><00:51:08.320><c> he</c><00:51:08.480><c> revived</c><00:51:08.800><c> his</c><00:51:09.059><c> son.</c><00:51:09.659><c> And</c><00:51:09.760><c> they'll</c><00:51:09.960><c> get</c><00:51:10.099><c> up</c><00:51:10.239><c> from</c> 00:51:10.360 --> 00:51:13.019 the<00:51:10.519><c> ground</c><00:51:10.659><c> and</c><00:51:10.880><c> say,</c><00:51:11.400><c> oh,</c><00:51:12.119><c> we've</c><00:51:12.420><c> been</c><00:51:12.619><c> torn,</c> 00:51:13.380 --> 00:51:16.000 ripped<00:51:13.480><c> to</c><00:51:13.699><c> bits,</c><00:51:14.059><c> but</c><00:51:14.159><c> he's</c><00:51:14.420><c> healed</c><00:51:14.559><c> us.</c><00:51:15.139><c> He</c><00:51:15.360><c> does</c><00:51:15.639><c> love</c><00:51:15.820><c> us,</c> 00:51:16.079 --> 00:51:17.619 and<00:51:16.260><c> the</c><00:51:16.480><c> rosy</c><00:51:16.800><c> dawn</c><00:51:16.980><c> will</c><00:51:17.139><c> be</c><00:51:17.380><c> coming.</c> 00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:20.300 Let<00:51:18.119><c> us</c><00:51:18.340><c> press</c><00:51:18.519><c> on</c><00:51:18.739><c> to</c><00:51:18.880><c> know</c><00:51:19.059><c> Yahweh,</c><00:51:19.500><c> and</c><00:51:19.679><c> then</c><00:51:19.840><c> walk</c><00:51:20.099><c> into</c> 00:51:20.300 --> 00:51:23.400 the<00:51:20.519><c> sun.</c><00:51:21.800><c> Because</c><00:51:22.099><c> you</c><00:51:22.320><c> see,</c><00:51:22.619><c> brothers</c><00:51:22.719><c> and</c><00:51:22.980><c> sisters,</c> 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:26.880 he's<00:51:24.059><c> quoting</c><00:51:24.280><c> Lamentations.</c><00:51:25.539><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:51:25.940><c> in</c><00:51:26.059><c> the</c><00:51:26.159><c> ruins</c><00:51:26.639><c> of</c> 00:51:26.880 --> 00:51:29.000 Jerusalem.<00:51:27.980><c> He's</c><00:51:28.260><c> just</c><00:51:28.420><c> quoted</c><00:51:28.599><c> the</c><00:51:28.820><c> words</c> 00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:31.599 from<00:51:29.239><c> Hosea.</c><00:51:29.800><c> Oh,</c><00:51:29.980><c> Ephraim,</c><00:51:30.320><c> how</c><00:51:30.579><c> will</c><00:51:30.760><c> I</c><00:51:30.800><c> give</c><00:51:30.960><c> you</c><00:51:31.139><c> up?</c><00:51:31.480><c> And</c> 00:51:31.599 --> 00:51:33.139 he<00:51:31.820><c> stands</c><00:51:32.059><c> in</c><00:51:32.239><c> the</c><00:51:32.360><c> ruins</c><00:51:32.539><c> of</c><00:51:32.840><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:51:33.280 --> 00:51:36.480 He<00:51:33.440><c> looks</c><00:51:33.639><c> at</c><00:51:33.800><c> the</c><00:51:33.980><c> dust.</c><00:51:34.579><c> He</c><00:51:34.699><c> hears</c><00:51:34.900><c> the</c><00:51:35.119><c> voice</c><00:51:35.320><c> of</c><00:51:35.460><c> the</c><00:51:35.619><c> bridegroom</c><00:51:36.039><c> gone.</c> 00:51:36.659 --> 00:51:37.900 The<00:51:36.840><c> voice</c><00:51:37.059><c> of</c><00:51:37.239><c> the</c><00:51:37.360><c> bride</c><00:51:37.539><c> is</c><00:51:37.719><c> no</c> 00:51:37.900 --> 00:51:40.579 longer<00:51:38.159><c> heard.</c><00:51:38.659><c> The</c><00:51:38.860><c> solemn</c><00:51:39.099><c> feasts</c><00:51:39.460><c> are</c><00:51:39.679><c> finished.</c><00:51:40.079><c> The</c><00:51:40.380><c> joy</c> 00:51:40.579 --> 00:51:42.219 and<00:51:40.800><c> gladness</c><00:51:41.079><c> of</c><00:51:41.280><c> the</c><00:51:41.380><c> feast</c><00:51:41.500><c> of</c><00:51:41.780><c> tabernacles,</c> 00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:45.099 and<00:51:42.579><c> all</c><00:51:42.820><c> the</c><00:51:43.079><c> festive</c><00:51:43.320><c> occasions.</c><00:51:43.920><c> It's</c><00:51:44.099><c> silence,</c><00:51:44.679><c> and</c><00:51:44.840><c> the</c> 00:51:45.099 --> 00:51:47.079 smoke<00:51:45.280><c> is</c><00:51:45.480><c> rising</c><00:51:45.760><c> up</c><00:51:45.960><c> in</c><00:51:46.079><c> the</c><00:51:46.260><c> ruin,</c><00:51:46.559><c> and</c><00:51:46.719><c> the</c><00:51:46.920><c> ashes</c> 00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:52.000 of<00:51:47.219><c> Jerusalem</c><00:51:47.639><c> are</c><00:51:47.780><c> in</c><00:51:47.840><c> his</c><00:51:48.079><c> feet.</c><00:51:48.559><c> And</c><00:51:48.559><c> he</c><00:51:48.780><c> said,</c><00:51:50.579><c> every</c><00:51:50.579><c> day,</c> 00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.099 his<00:51:52.579><c> mercy</c><00:51:52.980><c> is</c><00:51:53.260><c> renewed</c><00:51:53.519><c> like</c><00:51:53.820><c> the</c><00:51:54.039><c> morning.</c> 00:51:56.079 --> 00:52:02.219 And<00:51:56.320><c> he's</c><00:51:56.559><c> standing</c><00:51:56.840><c> in</c><00:51:57.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:51:57.480><c> saying</c><00:51:57.820><c> that.</c><00:51:59.639><c> Every</c><00:52:00.119><c> day,</c><00:52:02.019><c> his</c> 00:52:02.219 --> 00:52:04.480 mercy<00:52:02.599><c> is</c><00:52:02.860><c> renewed</c><00:52:03.159><c> like</c><00:52:03.380><c> the</c><00:52:03.619><c> morning.</c> 00:52:05.019 --> 00:52:09.920 One<00:52:05.380><c> translator</c><00:52:05.880><c> puts</c><00:52:06.119><c> it,</c><00:52:06.719><c> thanks</c><00:52:07.119><c> be</c><00:52:07.380><c> to</c><00:52:07.559><c> God,</c><00:52:09.380><c> who</c><00:52:09.539><c> causes</c> 00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:12.679 his<00:52:10.219><c> mercy</c><00:52:10.500><c> to</c><00:52:10.800><c> visit</c><00:52:11.019><c> us</c><00:52:11.219><c> like</c><00:52:11.460><c> the</c><00:52:11.719><c> dawn.</c> 00:52:13.260 --> 00:52:16.760 And<00:52:13.739><c> Jeremiah</c><00:52:14.219><c> watched</c><00:52:14.519><c> the</c><00:52:14.760><c> sun</c><00:52:14.940><c> come</c><00:52:15.179><c> up,</c><00:52:15.460><c> and</c><00:52:15.460><c> as</c><00:52:15.559><c> it</c><00:52:15.880><c> slanted</c><00:52:16.159><c> across</c><00:52:16.559><c> the</c> 00:52:16.760 --> 00:52:18.139 ruins<00:52:16.900><c> of</c><00:52:17.039><c> that</c><00:52:17.219><c> city,</c> 00:52:18.260 --> 00:52:21.280 he<00:52:18.420><c> saw</c><00:52:18.619><c> in</c><00:52:18.800><c> the</c><00:52:18.940><c> rays</c><00:52:19.099><c> of</c><00:52:19.280><c> that</c><00:52:19.500><c> sun</c><00:52:19.860><c> the</c><00:52:20.360><c> promise</c><00:52:20.659><c> of</c><00:52:20.860><c> eternal</c> 00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:23.380 God,<00:52:21.719><c> brothers</c><00:52:21.820><c> and</c><00:52:22.000><c> sisters,</c><00:52:22.860><c> and</c><00:52:23.059><c> the</c><00:52:23.239><c> oath</c> 00:52:23.380 --> 00:52:27.699 which<00:52:23.559><c> he</c><00:52:23.780><c> swore</c><00:52:23.920><c> to</c><00:52:24.059><c> the</c><00:52:24.219><c> fathers.</c><00:52:25.519><c> And</c><00:52:25.719><c> it</c><00:52:25.780><c> was</c><00:52:26.119><c> never</c><00:52:26.380><c> ending.</c><00:52:27.599><c> It</c> 00:52:27.699 --> 00:52:29.619 was<00:52:27.980><c> constantly</c><00:52:28.460><c> renewed</c><00:52:28.840><c> like</c><00:52:29.059><c> the</c><00:52:29.320><c> dawn,</c> 00:52:29.980 --> 00:52:34.539 and<00:52:30.179><c> up</c><00:52:30.320><c> it</c><00:52:30.539><c> came.</c><00:52:31.760><c> And</c><00:52:31.920><c> he</c><00:52:32.059><c> raised</c><00:52:32.400><c> up</c><00:52:32.639><c> that</c><00:52:32.880><c> horn</c><00:52:33.119><c> of</c><00:52:33.360><c> salvation</c><00:52:33.920><c> in</c><00:52:34.340><c> the</c> 00:52:34.539 --> 00:52:35.860 house<00:52:34.699><c> of</c><00:52:34.880><c> his</c><00:52:34.980><c> servant</c><00:52:35.280><c> David,</c> 00:52:35.860 --> 00:52:38.360 brothers<00:52:36.139><c> and</c><00:52:36.400><c> sisters.</c><00:52:36.920><c> And</c><00:52:37.099><c> David</c><00:52:37.440><c> said,</c><00:52:37.719><c> didn't</c><00:52:37.960><c> he,</c><00:52:38.239><c> the</c> 00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:41.099 man<00:52:38.639><c> who</c><00:52:38.760><c> was</c><00:52:39.019><c> raised</c><00:52:39.280><c> up</c><00:52:39.500><c> on</c><00:52:39.739><c> high,</c><00:52:40.679><c> the</c><00:52:40.840><c> anointed</c> 00:52:41.099 --> 00:52:43.840 of<00:52:41.260><c> the</c><00:52:41.300><c> God</c><00:52:41.500><c> of</c><00:52:41.719><c> Jacob</c><00:52:42.059><c> said,</c><00:52:42.760><c> his</c><00:52:42.980><c> spirit</c><00:52:43.239><c> was</c><00:52:43.460><c> within</c><00:52:43.679><c> me,</c> 00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:46.360 he<00:52:44.000><c> said,</c><00:52:44.440><c> and</c><00:52:44.800><c> speaking</c><00:52:45.079><c> in</c><00:52:45.400><c> words</c><00:52:45.780><c> tumbling</c><00:52:46.179><c> out</c> 00:52:46.360 --> 00:52:49.260 of<00:52:46.460><c> his</c><00:52:46.639><c> lips</c><00:52:46.820><c> to</c><00:52:47.159><c> emphasize</c><00:52:47.739><c> that</c><00:52:48.079><c> God</c><00:52:48.320><c> was</c><00:52:48.539><c> speaking</c><00:52:48.739><c> by</c><00:52:49.000><c> the</c> 00:52:49.260 --> 00:52:52.539 spirit,<00:52:49.539><c> he</c><00:52:49.539><c> said,</c><00:52:49.659><c> he</c><00:52:49.840><c> shall</c><00:52:50.039><c> come</c><00:52:50.559><c> like</c><00:52:51.239><c> the</c><00:52:51.480><c> dawn,</c> 00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:56.679 like<00:52:53.559><c> a</c><00:52:53.719><c> morning</c><00:52:53.960><c> without</c><00:52:54.340><c> clouds</c><00:52:55.000><c> in</c><00:52:55.940><c> the</c><00:52:56.159><c> clear</c><00:52:56.360><c> shining</c> 00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:59.539 after<00:52:57.000><c> the</c><00:52:57.260><c> rain.</c><00:52:58.519><c> You</c><00:52:58.559><c> know,</c><00:52:58.739><c> brothers</c><00:52:58.980><c> and</c><00:52:59.260><c> sisters,</c> 00:52:59.579 --> 00:53:02.639 there's<00:52:59.800><c> a</c><00:53:00.099><c> marvelous</c><00:53:00.599><c> point</c><00:53:00.920><c> about</c><00:53:01.119><c> all</c><00:53:01.340><c> that.</c><00:53:02.239><c> And</c><00:53:02.380><c> every</c> 00:53:02.639 --> 00:53:04.539 morning<00:53:02.920><c> we</c><00:53:03.099><c> wake</c><00:53:03.340><c> up</c><00:53:03.500><c> and</c><00:53:03.619><c> the</c><00:53:03.719><c> sun</c><00:53:03.980><c> slants,</c> 00:53:04.539 --> 00:53:08.300 it<00:53:04.780><c> rays</c><00:53:04.980><c> across</c><00:53:05.320><c> the</c><00:53:05.559><c> sky</c><00:53:05.940><c> and</c><00:53:06.539><c> begins</c><00:53:06.780><c> to</c><00:53:07.059><c> lighten</c><00:53:07.400><c> the</c><00:53:07.559><c> earth.</c><00:53:07.980><c> We</c> 00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:10.059 know<00:53:08.519><c> that</c><00:53:08.719><c> there</c><00:53:08.900><c> is</c><00:53:09.159><c> an</c><00:53:09.340><c> absolute</c> 00:53:10.059 --> 00:53:15.800 guarantee<00:53:10.920><c> that</c><00:53:11.460><c> God's</c><00:53:11.960><c> mercy</c><00:53:12.199><c> will</c><00:53:12.500><c> come.</c><00:53:13.019><c> It's</c><00:53:13.500><c> renewed</c><00:53:13.719><c> every</c><00:53:14.119><c> day</c><00:53:14.300><c> like</c><00:53:14.539><c> the</c><00:53:14.739><c> morning.</c><00:53:15.219><c> And</c><00:53:15.320><c> as</c><00:53:15.539><c> David</c> 00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:18.800 depicts<00:53:16.219><c> in</c><00:53:16.380><c> his</c><00:53:16.599><c> own</c><00:53:16.920><c> mind</c><00:53:17.159><c> that</c><00:53:17.599><c> he</c><00:53:17.719><c> said,</c><00:53:18.019><c> my</c><00:53:18.079><c> house</c><00:53:18.340><c> is</c><00:53:18.519><c> not</c> 00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:20.940 so<00:53:18.940><c> with</c><00:53:19.159><c> God,</c><00:53:19.599><c> but</c><00:53:19.699><c> he</c><00:53:19.940><c> knew</c><00:53:19.960><c> it</c><00:53:20.119><c> would</c><00:53:20.260><c> be</c><00:53:20.500><c> established</c> 00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:23.699 that<00:53:21.280><c> God's</c><00:53:21.699><c> mercy</c><00:53:21.900><c> like</c><00:53:22.139><c> that</c><00:53:22.400><c> sun</c><00:53:22.659><c> would</c><00:53:22.840><c> come</c><00:53:23.099><c> up</c><00:53:23.280><c> and</c><00:53:23.500><c> be</c> 00:53:23.699 --> 00:53:26.059 renewed.<00:53:24.500><c> If</c><00:53:24.599><c> Israel</c><00:53:24.980><c> fell</c><00:53:25.239><c> into</c><00:53:25.480><c> darkness,</c> 00:53:26.300 --> 00:53:28.880 if<00:53:26.480><c> the</c><00:53:26.739><c> evil</c><00:53:26.900><c> of</c><00:53:27.159><c> darkness</c><00:53:27.460><c> came</c><00:53:27.739><c> about</c><00:53:27.980><c> them,</c><00:53:28.500><c> there</c><00:53:28.699><c> would</c> 00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:31.559 be<00:53:29.139><c> a</c><00:53:29.340><c> morning.</c><00:53:30.219><c> And</c><00:53:30.440><c> if</c><00:53:30.699><c> darkness</c><00:53:31.000><c> came</c><00:53:31.300><c> again,</c> 00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:34.980 there<00:53:31.760><c> would</c><00:53:31.960><c> be</c><00:53:32.139><c> another</c><00:53:32.480><c> morning.</c><00:53:33.800><c> Never</c><00:53:34.159><c> ever</c><00:53:34.559><c> would</c><00:53:34.719><c> there</c><00:53:34.840><c> be</c> 00:53:34.980 --> 00:53:36.920 not<00:53:35.199><c> another</c><00:53:35.400><c> morning.</c><00:53:36.039><c> And</c><00:53:36.219><c> the</c><00:53:36.440><c> mercy</c><00:53:36.679><c> of</c> 00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:39.659 God<00:53:36.980><c> was</c><00:53:37.199><c> like</c><00:53:37.579><c> that.</c><00:53:37.800><c> And</c><00:53:37.960><c> the</c><00:53:38.099><c> day</c><00:53:38.360><c> spring</c><00:53:38.599><c> on</c><00:53:38.900><c> high</c><00:53:39.199><c> visited</c> 00:53:39.659 --> 00:53:41.280 them,<00:53:40.019><c> brothers</c><00:53:40.119><c> and</c><00:53:40.400><c> sisters.</c> 00:53:41.340 --> 00:53:43.619 And<00:53:41.460><c> when</c><00:53:41.639><c> the</c><00:53:41.840><c> apostle</c><00:53:42.139><c> Paul</c><00:53:42.440><c> was</c><00:53:42.659><c> speaking</c><00:53:42.880><c> about</c><00:53:43.099><c> the</c><00:53:43.280><c> birth</c><00:53:43.460><c> of</c> 00:53:43.619 --> 00:53:44.800 our<00:53:43.739><c> Lord</c><00:53:43.920><c> Jesus</c><00:53:44.340><c> Christ,</c> 00:53:45.019 --> 00:53:49.800 he<00:53:45.159><c> said,</c><00:53:45.460><c> our</c><00:53:45.539><c> Lord</c><00:53:45.840><c> sprang</c><00:53:46.860><c> out</c><00:53:47.159><c> of</c><00:53:47.360><c> Judah.</c><00:53:49.300><c> And</c><00:53:49.440><c> the</c><00:53:49.559><c> very</c> 00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:51.460 word<00:53:50.000><c> he</c><00:53:50.199><c> used,</c><00:53:50.579><c> Anatolia,</c><00:53:50.960><c> means</c> 00:53:51.460 --> 00:53:58.920 to<00:53:52.079><c> rise</c><00:53:52.460><c> like</c><00:53:52.780><c> the</c><00:53:52.980><c> dawn.</c><00:53:53.960><c> Exactly</c><00:53:54.360><c> the</c><00:53:54.599><c> same</c><00:53:54.800><c> word</c><00:53:55.039><c> here.</c><00:53:56.019><c> Our</c><00:53:56.260><c> Lord</c><00:53:56.579><c> sprang</c><00:53:57.559><c> out</c><00:53:57.800><c> of</c><00:53:58.019><c> Judah.</c> 00:53:59.699 --> 00:54:04.800 And<00:53:59.840><c> with</c><00:54:00.000><c> all</c><00:54:00.239><c> the</c><00:54:00.460><c> faults</c><00:54:00.679><c> of</c><00:54:00.960><c> Judah,</c><00:54:02.059><c> the</c><00:54:02.199><c> morning</c><00:54:02.539><c> came</c><00:54:03.079><c> and</c><00:54:03.679><c> the</c><00:54:03.840><c> Lord</c><00:54:04.079><c> rose</c><00:54:04.519><c> out</c><00:54:04.699><c> of</c> 00:54:04.800 --> 00:54:05.539 that<00:54:05.039><c> tribe</c><00:54:05.280><c> from</c> 00:54:05.539 --> 00:54:08.019 David's<00:54:06.099><c> house</c><00:54:06.239><c> like</c><00:54:06.500><c> a</c><00:54:06.699><c> horn</c><00:54:06.920><c> growing</c><00:54:07.280><c> out</c><00:54:07.460><c> of</c><00:54:07.579><c> the</c><00:54:07.719><c> horns</c><00:54:07.840><c> of</c> 00:54:08.019 --> 00:54:10.679 the<00:54:08.139><c> altar,</c><00:54:08.880><c> establishing</c><00:54:09.360><c> the</c><00:54:09.760><c> power</c><00:54:09.980><c> of</c><00:54:10.300><c> mercy</c> 00:54:10.679 --> 00:54:14.360 and<00:54:11.559><c> the</c><00:54:11.960><c> slanting</c><00:54:12.280><c> the</c><00:54:12.539><c> rays</c><00:54:12.739><c> of</c><00:54:12.920><c> God's</c><00:54:13.320><c> love</c><00:54:13.659><c> across</c><00:54:14.039><c> his</c> 00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:17.980 people<00:54:14.599><c> despite</c><00:54:15.480><c> the</c><00:54:15.860><c> darkness.</c><00:54:17.199><c> And</c><00:54:17.380><c> that's</c><00:54:17.760><c> the</c> 00:54:17.980 --> 00:54:21.199 wonder,<00:54:19.019><c> the</c><00:54:19.360><c> wonder</c><00:54:19.699><c> of</c><00:54:19.900><c> Zacharias'</c><00:54:20.639><c> prophecy,</c><00:54:20.960><c> brothers</c> 00:54:21.199 --> 00:54:23.539 and<00:54:21.400><c> sisters.</c><00:54:21.960><c> And</c><00:54:22.159><c> John's</c><00:54:22.559><c> got</c><00:54:22.639><c> to</c><00:54:22.900><c> tell</c><00:54:23.059><c> the</c><00:54:23.320><c> people</c> 00:54:23.539 --> 00:54:27.920 that<00:54:23.780><c> God's</c><00:54:24.260><c> mercy</c><00:54:24.480><c> is</c><00:54:24.940><c> ever</c><00:54:25.320><c> renewed.</c><00:54:27.159><c> Malachi</c><00:54:27.440><c> added</c><00:54:27.639><c> his</c> 00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:30.300 testimony,<00:54:28.280><c> did</c><00:54:28.400><c> he</c><00:54:28.599><c> not?</c><00:54:29.280><c> That</c><00:54:29.440><c> unto</c><00:54:29.699><c> you</c><00:54:29.880><c> that</c><00:54:30.099><c> fear</c> 00:54:30.300 --> 00:54:33.760 my<00:54:30.500><c> name</c><00:54:30.820><c> shall</c><00:54:31.019><c> the</c><00:54:31.300><c> Son</c><00:54:31.440><c> of</c><00:54:31.619><c> Righteousness</c><00:54:32.159><c> arise</c><00:54:32.480><c> with</c><00:54:33.000><c> healing</c><00:54:33.480><c> in</c> 00:54:33.760 --> 00:54:38.000 his<00:54:34.179><c> extremities,</c><00:54:36.440><c> his</c><00:54:36.820><c> beams,</c><00:54:37.480><c> his</c><00:54:37.739><c> wings,</c> 00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:41.019 the<00:54:38.199><c> authorized</c><00:54:38.599><c> version</c><00:54:38.960><c> says.</c><00:54:39.440><c> You</c><00:54:39.599><c> know</c><00:54:39.719><c> why</c><00:54:39.920><c> it</c><00:54:40.039><c> says</c><00:54:40.179><c> wings,</c><00:54:40.760><c> brothers</c><00:54:40.860><c> and</c> 00:54:41.019 --> 00:54:42.219 sisters?<00:54:41.739><c> Because</c><00:54:41.980><c> it's</c> 00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:46.579 speaking<00:54:42.500><c> about</c><00:54:42.800><c> the</c><00:54:43.119><c> tips</c><00:54:43.360><c> of</c><00:54:43.559><c> the</c><00:54:43.679><c> rays.</c><00:54:45.980><c> And</c><00:54:46.159><c> it's</c><00:54:46.320><c> talking</c> 00:54:46.579 --> 00:54:48.300 about<00:54:46.800><c> those</c><00:54:47.079><c> who</c><00:54:47.199><c> will</c><00:54:47.440><c> be</c><00:54:47.760><c> spared</c><00:54:48.079><c> in</c><00:54:48.239><c> the</c> 00:54:48.300 --> 00:54:52.619 day<00:54:48.460><c> of</c><00:54:48.679><c> judgment.</c><00:54:50.320><c> And</c><00:54:50.559><c> Malachi</c><00:54:50.860><c> speaks</c><00:54:51.239><c> at</c><00:54:51.400><c> the</c><00:54:51.599><c> dawn,</c><00:54:52.480><c> but</c> 00:54:52.619 --> 00:54:55.139 he<00:54:52.840><c> speaks</c><00:54:52.980><c> about</c><00:54:53.260><c> two</c><00:54:53.699><c> great</c><00:54:54.079><c> concentrations</c><00:54:54.880><c> of</c> 00:54:55.139 --> 00:55:01.840 heat.<00:54:56.139><c> The</c><00:54:56.360><c> wicked</c><00:54:56.579><c> are</c><00:54:56.860><c> burned</c><00:54:57.039><c> in</c><00:54:57.179><c> an</c><00:54:57.380><c> oven</c><00:54:57.679><c> and</c><00:54:59.559><c> the</c><00:54:59.820><c> righteous,</c><00:55:01.159><c> the</c><00:55:01.380><c> saints</c><00:55:01.579><c> of</c> 00:55:01.840 --> 00:55:03.699 God<00:55:02.360><c> are</c><00:55:03.139><c> spared</c> 00:55:03.699 --> 00:55:08.719 because<00:55:04.639><c> in</c><00:55:04.840><c> the</c><00:55:05.000><c> other</c><00:55:05.179><c> great</c><00:55:05.559><c> concentration</c><00:55:06.400><c> of</c><00:55:06.699><c> heat</c><00:55:07.159><c> which</c><00:55:07.820><c> rises</c><00:55:08.199><c> above</c><00:55:08.500><c> the</c> 00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:10.039 horizon,<00:55:09.239><c> brothers</c><00:55:09.320><c> and</c><00:55:09.579><c> sisters,</c> 00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:14.940 when<00:55:10.460><c> the</c><00:55:10.599><c> Lord</c><00:55:10.800><c> shines</c><00:55:11.159><c> upon</c><00:55:11.480><c> us,</c><00:55:11.940><c> he</c><00:55:12.139><c> will</c><00:55:12.440><c> spare</c><00:55:12.659><c> us</c><00:55:12.940><c> the</c><00:55:13.159><c> center</c><00:55:13.639><c> and</c><00:55:14.760><c> we</c> 00:55:14.940 --> 00:55:17.260 will<00:55:15.099><c> be</c><00:55:15.300><c> healed</c><00:55:15.480><c> by</c><00:55:15.780><c> the</c><00:55:15.960><c> extremities.</c> 00:55:18.059 --> 00:55:21.719 And<00:55:18.300><c> the</c><00:55:18.420><c> wicked</c><00:55:18.559><c> will</c><00:55:18.800><c> find</c><00:55:18.960><c> themselves</c><00:55:19.400><c> in</c><00:55:19.719><c> the</c><00:55:19.980><c> oven</c><00:55:20.460><c> and</c> 00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:23.659 the<00:55:21.940><c> saints</c><00:55:22.099><c> will</c><00:55:22.360><c> find</c><00:55:22.500><c> themselves</c><00:55:22.920><c> 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9,</c><00:56:08.219><c> and</c><00:56:08.380><c> turning</c><00:56:08.639><c> our</c><00:56:08.980><c> feet</c><00:56:09.079><c> into</c><00:56:09.260><c> the</c><00:56:09.400><c> way</c><00:56:09.579><c> of</c> 00:56:09.800 --> 00:56:10.159 peace<00:56:09.920><c> is</c> 00:56:10.159 --> 00:56:14.280 Isaiah<00:56:10.539><c> 59.</c><00:56:11.420><c> Let</c><00:56:11.619><c> me</c><00:56:11.719><c> put</c><00:56:11.860><c> them</c><00:56:12.019><c> together.</c><00:56:13.159><c> No,</c><00:56:13.420><c> I</c><00:56:13.619><c> haven't</c><00:56:13.719><c> got</c><00:56:13.880><c> time</c><00:56:14.099><c> to</c> 00:56:14.280 --> 00:56:15.239 turn<00:56:14.400><c> them</c><00:56:14.500><c> up,</c><00:56:14.739><c> brothers</c><00:56:14.900><c> and</c><00:56:15.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:20.380 but<00:56:15.360><c> this</c><00:56:15.599><c> is</c><00:56:15.739><c> what</c><00:56:15.860><c> they</c><00:56:16.199><c> say.</c><00:56:17.599><c> But</c><00:56:17.699><c> in</c><00:56:17.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:56:18.239><c> 42,</c><00:56:19.719><c> it</c><00:56:19.780><c> depicts</c><00:56:20.159><c> the</c> 00:56:20.380 --> 00:56:22.079 Lord<00:56:20.579><c> Jesus</c><00:56:21.000><c> Christ</c><00:56:21.320><c> that</c><00:56:21.500><c> God</c><00:56:21.739><c> will</c><00:56:21.960><c> give</c> 00:56:22.079 --> 00:56:24.840 us<00:56:22.239><c> a</c><00:56:22.420><c> covenant</c><00:56:22.599><c> for</c><00:56:22.780><c> the</c><00:56:22.980><c> people</c><00:56:23.239><c> that</c><00:56:23.460><c> he</c><00:56:23.599><c> might</c><00:56:23.760><c> be</c><00:56:23.960><c> the</c><00:56:24.139><c> salvation</c><00:56:24.599><c> to</c> 00:56:24.840 --> 00:56:26.940 the<00:56:25.179><c> ends</c><00:56:25.480><c> of</c><00:56:25.719><c> the</c><00:56:25.900><c> earth.</c> 00:56:27.460 --> 00:56:30.539 And<00:56:27.699><c> people</c><00:56:27.940><c> who</c><00:56:28.179><c> live</c><00:56:28.260><c> at</c><00:56:28.400><c> the</c><00:56:28.579><c> ends</c><00:56:28.699><c> of</c><00:56:28.880><c> the</c><00:56:28.980><c> earth</c><00:56:29.119><c> in</c><00:56:29.380><c> Gentile</c><00:56:29.900><c> times</c> 00:56:30.539 --> 00:56:33.500 sit<00:56:31.480><c> in</c><00:56:32.300><c> darkness</c> 00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:37.760 because<00:56:34.679><c> they</c><00:56:34.840><c> don't</c><00:56:35.059><c> know</c><00:56:35.300><c> the</c><00:56:35.539><c> truth.</c><00:56:36.900><c> They're</c><00:56:37.239><c> devoid</c><00:56:37.559><c> of</c> 00:56:37.760 --> 00:56:40.239 it.<00:56:38.480><c> And</c><00:56:38.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:56:39.039><c> adds</c><00:56:39.420><c> the</c><00:56:39.760><c> expression,</c> 00:56:40.239 --> 00:56:44.659 they're<00:56:40.920><c> in</c><00:56:41.019><c> a</c><00:56:41.199><c> prison</c><00:56:41.440><c> house,</c><00:56:42.639><c> and</c><00:56:42.980><c> they're</c><00:56:43.280><c> sitting.</c><00:56:44.079><c> And</c><00:56:44.340><c> when</c><00:56:44.500><c> a</c> 00:56:44.659 --> 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and</c><00:57:17.260><c> sisters,</c><00:57:17.639><c> speaks</c><00:57:17.880><c> about</c><00:57:18.079><c> the</c> 00:57:18.340 --> 00:57:22.860 light<00:57:18.539><c> coming</c><00:57:18.840><c> upon</c><00:57:19.599><c> Israel</c><00:57:20.500><c> who</c><00:57:21.099><c> were</c><00:57:21.539><c> walking</c> 00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:28.360 but<00:57:24.599><c> in</c><00:57:24.780><c> the</c><00:57:24.960><c> shadow</c><00:57:25.139><c> of</c><00:57:25.440><c> death.</c><00:57:27.159><c> And</c><00:57:27.679><c> they</c><00:57:27.800><c> were</c><00:57:27.920><c> walking</c><00:57:28.139><c> in</c> 00:57:28.360 --> 00:57:30.059 a<00:57:28.460><c> way</c><00:57:28.559><c> which</c><00:57:28.840><c> seemed</c><00:57:29.099><c> to</c><00:57:29.159><c> them</c><00:57:29.340><c> to</c><00:57:29.460><c> be</c><00:57:29.659><c> right,</c> 00:57:30.500 --> 00:57:33.260 as<00:57:30.679><c> the</c><00:57:30.900><c> proverb</c><00:57:31.119><c> says,</c><00:57:31.840><c> but</c><00:57:32.000><c> their</c><00:57:32.199><c> ways</c><00:57:32.460><c> were</c><00:57:32.639><c> the</c><00:57:32.760><c> ways</c><00:57:32.940><c> of</c> 00:57:33.260 --> 00:57:36.440 death.<00:57:34.300><c> And</c><00:57:34.699><c> while</c><00:57:34.920><c> Gentiles</c><00:57:35.480><c> sat</c><00:57:35.860><c> in</c><00:57:36.079><c> hopeless</c> 00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:40.739 despair,<00:57:37.860><c> Jews</c><00:57:38.199><c> rode</c><00:57:38.699><c> out</c><00:57:39.059><c> in</c><00:57:39.380><c> confidence</c><00:57:39.679><c> but</c><00:57:40.300><c> stumbled</c><00:57:40.559><c> in</c> 00:57:40.739 --> 00:57:43.519 the<00:57:40.880><c> darkness.</c><00:57:42.380><c> And</c><00:57:42.480><c> the</c><00:57:42.719><c> dawn</c><00:57:42.960><c> that</c><00:57:43.219><c> enlightened</c> 00:57:43.519 --> 00:57:47.800 them<00:57:43.780><c> all,</c><00:57:44.159><c> brothers</c><00:57:44.280><c> and</c><00:57:44.480><c> sisters,</c><00:57:45.079><c> as</c><00:57:45.280><c> the</c><00:57:45.500><c> sun</c><00:57:45.739><c> came</c><00:57:46.059><c> up</c><00:57:46.619><c> and</c><00:57:47.099><c> threw</c><00:57:47.260><c> its</c><00:57:47.460><c> light</c><00:57:47.619><c> on</c> 00:57:47.800 --> 00:57:48.300 the<00:57:47.980><c> world,</c> 00:57:48.579 --> 00:57:50.280 they<00:57:48.679><c> were</c><00:57:48.880><c> all</c><00:57:49.079><c> caught</c><00:57:49.239><c> out,</c><00:57:49.559><c> weren't</c><00:57:49.659><c> they?</c><00:57:49.820><c> The</c><00:57:49.960><c> whole</c><00:57:50.159><c> lot</c> 00:57:50.280 --> 00:57:51.900 of<00:57:50.420><c> them.</c><00:57:50.739><c> And</c><00:57:50.940><c> they</c><00:57:51.039><c> looked</c><00:57:51.219><c> at</c><00:57:51.360><c> each</c><00:57:51.639><c> other.</c> 00:57:52.099 --> 00:57:54.239 And<00:57:52.239><c> the</c><00:57:52.400><c> Jews</c><00:57:52.579><c> suddenly</c><00:57:53.079><c> saw</c><00:57:53.280><c> he</c><00:57:53.420><c> was</c><00:57:53.539><c> going</c><00:57:53.760><c> in</c><00:57:53.900><c> the</c><00:57:54.059><c> wrong</c> 00:57:54.239 --> 00:57:56.340 way.<00:57:54.860><c> And</c><00:57:55.019><c> the</c><00:57:55.139><c> Gentiles</c><00:57:55.559><c> saw</c><00:57:55.699><c> he</c><00:57:55.840><c> had</c><00:57:55.980><c> no</c><00:57:56.159><c> longer</c> 00:57:56.340 --> 00:57:58.659 to<00:57:56.539><c> sit</c><00:57:56.639><c> in</c><00:57:56.820><c> despair.</c><00:57:57.219><c> And</c><00:57:57.400><c> he</c><00:57:57.500><c> stood</c><00:57:57.659><c> to</c><00:57:57.800><c> his</c><00:57:58.019><c> feet.</c><00:57:58.460><c> And</c><00:57:58.619><c> they</c> 00:57:58.659 --> 00:58:01.320 looked<00:57:58.840><c> at</c><00:57:58.960><c> each</c><00:57:59.179><c> other.</c><00:57:59.659><c> And</c><00:57:59.780><c> Isaiah</c><00:58:00.139><c> 49</c><00:58:00.679><c> depicts</c> 00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:05.760 both<00:58:01.860><c> of</c><00:58:02.059><c> them</c><00:58:02.460><c> being</c><00:58:02.780><c> directed</c><00:58:03.159><c> 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he</c><00:58:15.900><c> would</c><00:58:16.059><c> bring</c> 00:58:16.260 --> 00:58:18.260 them,<00:58:16.619><c> he</c><00:58:16.880><c> says,</c><00:58:17.260><c> and</c><00:58:17.340><c> he</c><00:58:17.400><c> would</c><00:58:17.579><c> make</c><00:58:17.800><c> the</c><00:58:18.019><c> crooked</c> 00:58:18.260 --> 00:58:23.739 ways<00:58:18.699><c> straight.</c><00:58:21.239><c> And</c><00:58:21.360><c> the</c><00:58:21.480><c> very</c><00:58:21.739><c> man</c><00:58:21.940><c> he</c><00:58:22.159><c> chose,</c><00:58:22.579><c> brothers</c><00:58:22.699><c> and</c><00:58:22.980><c> sisters,</c><00:58:23.500><c> a</c> 00:58:23.739 --> 00:58:26.159 Jew<00:58:23.940><c> who</c><00:58:24.320><c> walked</c><00:58:24.679><c> in</c><00:58:24.980><c> darkness,</c> 00:58:26.360 --> 00:58:29.559 who'd<00:58:26.800><c> be</c><00:58:26.940><c> struck</c><00:58:27.099><c> to</c><00:58:27.280><c> the</c><00:58:27.460><c> ground</c><00:58:27.599><c> by</c><00:58:27.860><c> a</c><00:58:28.039><c> brilliant</c><00:58:28.380><c> light,</c> 00:58:29.940 --> 00:58:31.639 and<00:58:30.000><c> forever</c><00:58:30.420><c> after</c><00:58:30.840><c> sent</c><00:58:31.019><c> him</c><00:58:31.139><c> to</c><00:58:31.280><c> get</c><00:58:31.380><c> people</c> 00:58:31.639 --> 00:58:34.860 who<00:58:31.800><c> were</c><00:58:32.119><c> sitting</c><00:58:32.380><c> in</c><00:58:32.619><c> darkness,</c><00:58:33.840><c> the</c><00:58:34.079><c> first</c><00:58:34.360><c> thing</c><00:58:34.500><c> he</c><00:58:34.679><c> did</c> 00:58:34.860 --> 00:58:36.900 with<00:58:35.099><c> him</c><00:58:35.440><c> was</c><00:58:35.739><c> to</c><00:58:36.000><c> take</c><00:58:36.139><c> him</c><00:58:36.280><c> into</c><00:58:36.460><c> a</c><00:58:36.639><c> city,</c> 00:58:37.159 --> 00:58:42.579 into<00:58:37.360><c> a</c><00:58:37.659><c> street</c><00:58:37.800><c> which</c><00:58:37.980><c> was</c><00:58:38.239><c> called</c><00:58:38.519><c> straight.</c><00:58:41.400><c> And</c><00:58:41.739><c> from</c><00:58:42.000><c> then</c><00:58:42.280><c> on,</c> 00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:44.619 he<00:58:43.199><c> went</c><00:58:43.340><c> out</c><00:58:43.599><c> and</c><00:58:43.820><c> put</c><00:58:43.920><c> that</c><00:58:44.199><c> light</c><00:58:44.360><c> around</c> 00:58:44.619 --> 00:58:47.659 everywhere.<00:58:46.159><c> Whether</c><00:58:46.280><c> people</c><00:58:46.599><c> were</c><00:58:46.780><c> walking</c><00:58:47.079><c> or</c><00:58:47.360><c> sitting,</c> 00:58:48.079 --> 00:58:49.320 they<00:58:48.300><c> all</c><00:58:48.500><c> found</c><00:58:48.699><c> out</c><00:58:48.880><c> they</c><00:58:48.920><c> didn't</c><00:58:49.139><c> know</c> 00:58:49.320 --> 00:58:51.380 where<00:58:49.500><c> they</c><00:58:49.679><c> were</c><00:58:49.860><c> going.</c><00:58:50.300><c> Some</c><00:58:50.619><c> didn't</c><00:58:50.900><c> know</c><00:58:51.099><c> where</c><00:58:51.219><c> they</c> 00:58:51.380 --> 00:58:52.800 were<00:58:51.539><c> going.</c><00:58:51.760><c> And</c><00:58:51.900><c> some</c><00:58:52.019><c> weren't</c><00:58:52.219><c> going</c><00:58:52.440><c> anywhere</c> 00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:54.960 at<00:58:52.800><c> all.</c><00:58:53.420><c> And</c><00:58:53.460><c> the</c><00:58:53.639><c> light</c><00:58:53.860><c> shone</c><00:58:54.159><c> upon</c><00:58:54.400><c> them,</c><00:58:54.619><c> and</c><00:58:54.619><c> they</c><00:58:54.800><c> all</c> 00:58:54.960 --> 00:58:56.599 knew<00:58:55.119><c> where</c><00:58:55.320><c> they</c><00:58:55.480><c> were</c><00:58:55.659><c> going.</c><00:58:56.039><c> And</c><00:58:56.139><c> he</c><00:58:56.280><c> put</c><00:58:56.420><c> them</c> 00:58:56.599 --> 00:59:00.320 all<00:58:56.860><c> straight.</c><00:58:58.539><c> And</c><00:58:58.699><c> Zechariah,</c><00:58:59.280><c> speaking</c><00:58:59.519><c> of</c><00:58:59.659><c> that</c><00:58:59.940><c> sun's</c> 00:59:00.320 --> 00:59:03.320 rising,<00:59:01.119><c> draws</c><00:59:01.340><c> those</c><00:59:01.719><c> three</c><00:59:01.980><c> prophecies</c><00:59:02.400><c> together.</c> 00:59:03.460 --> 00:59:07.760 But<00:59:03.619><c> our</c><00:59:03.900><c> feet</c><00:59:04.059><c> may</c><00:59:04.340><c> be</c><00:59:04.739><c> brought</c><00:59:04.920><c> into</c><00:59:05.079><c> the</c><00:59:05.219><c> way</c><00:59:05.360><c> of</c><00:59:05.780><c> peace.</c><00:59:07.420><c> There</c><00:59:07.539><c> is</c> 00:59:07.760 --> 00:59:10.280 no<00:59:08.039><c> peace</c><00:59:08.519><c> for</c><00:59:08.800><c> the</c><00:59:08.920><c> wicked,</c><00:59:09.239><c> says</c><00:59:09.360><c> God.</c> 00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:14.500 And<00:59:10.860><c> the</c><00:59:11.079><c> way</c><00:59:11.340><c> of</c><00:59:11.659><c> peace</c><00:59:11.920><c> they</c><00:59:12.139><c> have</c><00:59:12.420><c> not</c><00:59:12.780><c> known.</c><00:59:13.360><c> That's</c><00:59:13.800><c> Isaiah</c><00:59:13.900><c> 59.</c> 00:59:14.619 --> 00:59:16.400 That's<00:59:15.059><c> in</c><00:59:15.179><c> the</c><00:59:15.300><c> negative.</c><00:59:15.780><c> But</c><00:59:15.960><c> Zechariah</c> 00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:18.119 is<00:59:16.519><c> putting</c><00:59:16.739><c> it</c><00:59:16.880><c> in</c><00:59:16.960><c> the</c><00:59:17.119><c> positive,</c><00:59:17.420><c> brothers</c><00:59:17.659><c> and</c><00:59:17.900><c> sisters,</c> 00:59:18.280 --> 00:59:19.519 because<00:59:18.519><c> he</c><00:59:18.699><c> said</c><00:59:18.800><c> the</c><00:59:19.000><c> day</c><00:59:19.179><c> would</c><00:59:19.360><c> come</c> 00:59:19.519 --> 00:59:23.119 when<00:59:19.599><c> they</c><00:59:19.739><c> would</c><00:59:19.920><c> walk</c><00:59:20.099><c> in</c><00:59:20.400><c> peace.</c><00:59:20.900><c> Listen</c><00:59:20.960><c> to</c><00:59:21.179><c> this.</c><00:59:22.420><c> You</c><00:59:22.679><c> listen</c><00:59:22.920><c> to</c> 00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:24.739 this.<00:59:23.719><c> Where</c><00:59:23.920><c> do</c><00:59:24.059><c> you</c><00:59:24.119><c> find</c><00:59:24.320><c> this</c><00:59:24.559><c> word</c> 00:59:24.739 --> 00:59:28.199 peace?<00:59:25.539><c> It's</c><00:59:25.599><c> in</c><00:59:25.780><c> the</c><00:59:25.960><c> context</c><00:59:26.219><c> of</c><00:59:26.400><c> those</c><00:59:26.659><c> prophecies.</c><00:59:27.320><c> If</c><00:59:27.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:59:27.940><c> are</c><00:59:28.039><c> going</c><00:59:28.099><c> to</c> 00:59:28.199 --> 00:59:29.679 be<00:59:28.400><c> stood</c><00:59:28.559><c> up</c><00:59:28.900><c> in</c><00:59:29.219><c> darkness</c> 00:59:29.679 --> 00:59:32.099 and<00:59:30.039><c> in</c><00:59:30.239><c> light,</c><00:59:30.760><c> and</c><00:59:30.940><c> Jews</c><00:59:31.119><c> are</c><00:59:31.260><c> going</c><00:59:31.300><c> to</c><00:59:31.380><c> be</c><00:59:31.599><c> walking</c><00:59:31.760><c> in</c><00:59:31.940><c> the</c> 00:59:32.099 --> 00:59:33.300 right<00:59:32.280><c> 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one,</c><00:59:42.579><c> brethren</c><00:59:42.719><c> and</c><00:59:43.000><c> sisters.</c><00:59:43.719><c> And</c><00:59:43.940><c> how</c><00:59:44.099><c> do</c><00:59:44.179><c> you</c> 00:59:44.300 --> 00:59:46.440 think<00:59:44.380><c> the</c><00:59:44.679><c> prophets</c><00:59:44.820><c> are</c><00:59:44.820><c> using</c><00:59:45.159><c> it?</c><00:59:45.699><c> They</c><00:59:45.940><c> use</c><00:59:46.059><c> it</c><00:59:46.199><c> in</c><00:59:46.320><c> the</c> 00:59:46.440 --> 00:59:48.400 sense<00:59:46.579><c> that</c><00:59:46.760><c> all</c><00:59:46.920><c> men</c><00:59:47.159><c> now</c><00:59:47.500><c> see</c><00:59:47.840><c> where</c><00:59:47.960><c> they're</c><00:59:48.179><c> going,</c> 00:59:48.400 --> 00:59:52.219 they<00:59:48.599><c> walk</c><00:59:48.880><c> in</c><00:59:49.139><c> oneness.</c><00:59:50.360><c> Peace.</c><00:59:50.739><c> Peace,</c><00:59:51.320><c> says</c><00:59:51.400><c> Isaiah,</c><00:59:52.000><c> to</c> 00:59:52.219 --> 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speak<01:00:05.639><c> peace</c><01:00:06.679><c> to</c><01:00:07.019><c> the</c><01:00:07.219><c> heathen.</c><01:00:08.199><c> And</c><01:00:08.260><c> when</c><01:00:08.420><c> they</c> 01:00:08.639 --> 01:00:11.460 went<01:00:08.719><c> to</c><01:00:08.920><c> get</c><01:00:09.039><c> that</c><01:00:09.320><c> ass,</c><01:00:09.800><c> they</c><01:00:09.980><c> found</c><01:00:10.300><c> him</c><01:00:10.480><c> in</c><01:00:10.619><c> a</c><01:00:10.800><c> place</c><01:00:11.000><c> where</c> 01:00:11.460 --> 01:00:15.159 two<01:00:11.840><c> ways</c><01:00:12.119><c> met.</c><01:00:13.039><c> He</c><01:00:13.039><c> sent</c><01:00:13.360><c> two</c><01:00:13.800><c> disciples</c><01:00:14.360><c> to</c><01:00:14.860><c> get</c> 01:00:15.159 --> 01:00:18.820 two<01:00:15.440><c> animals,</c><01:00:16.300><c> and</c><01:00:16.320><c> the</c><01:00:16.500><c> Lord</c><01:00:16.760><c> rode</c><01:00:17.039><c> the</c><01:00:17.440><c> unbroken</c><01:00:17.980><c> 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