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says<00:10:06.139><c> to</c><00:10:06.320><c> Daniel,</c><00:10:06.639><c> if</c><00:10:06.740><c> you</c><00:10:06.879><c> can</c><00:10:07.039><c> read</c><00:10:07.220><c> the</c><00:10:07.419><c> writing</c><00:10:07.600><c> on</c><00:10:07.820><c> the</c><00:10:07.980><c> wall,</c><00:10:08.279><c> I'll</c><00:10:08.320><c> put</c><00:10:08.360><c> a</c>

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gold<00:10:08.779><c> chain</c><00:10:08.980><c> around</c><00:10:09.240><c> your</c><00:10:09.419><c> neck.</c>

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I'll<00:10:10.059><c> give</c><00:10:10.179><c> you</c><00:10:10.340><c> a</c><00:10:10.379><c> wonderful</c><00:10:10.759><c> raiment</c><00:10:11.039><c> and</c><00:10:11.159><c> I'll</c><00:10:11.299><c> make</c><00:10:11.419><c> you</c>

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tell<00:10:15.500><c> you</c><00:10:15.799><c> what</c><00:10:15.960><c> the</c><00:10:16.179><c> writing</c><00:10:16.419><c> says.</c>

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So<00:10:17.559><c> we've</c><00:10:17.879><c> got</c><00:10:18.059><c> a</c><00:10:18.220><c> contrast</c><00:10:18.600><c> between</c><00:10:18.960><c> two</c><00:10:19.220><c> young</c><00:10:19.440><c> men,</c><00:10:20.000><c> one</c><00:10:20.340><c> representing</c><00:10:21.019><c> the</c><00:10:21.679><c> principles</c><00:10:21.980><c> of</c>

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a<00:10:28.200><c> contrast</c><00:10:28.620><c> between</c><00:10:29.059><c> two</c><00:10:29.480><c> images.</c>

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head<00:10:35.759><c> of</c><00:10:35.960><c> gold,</c><00:10:36.200><c> chest</c><00:10:36.480><c> and</c><00:10:36.659><c> arms</c><00:10:36.820><c> of</c><00:10:37.059><c> silver,</c><00:10:37.379><c> belly</c><00:10:37.580><c> and</c><00:10:37.820><c> thighs,</c><00:10:38.059><c> etc.,</c><00:10:38.600><c> which</c><00:10:38.779><c> we'll</c><00:10:38.940><c> look</c><00:10:39.139><c> at</c>

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God<00:10:39.500><c> willing</c>

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tomorrow,<00:10:40.779><c> representing</c><00:10:41.200><c> the</c><00:10:41.460><c> kingdom</c><00:10:41.700><c> of</c><00:10:41.919><c> men.</c><00:10:43.000><c> But</c><00:10:43.200><c> in</c><00:10:43.360><c> Daniel</c><00:10:43.740><c> chapter</c><00:10:44.120><c> 10,</c>

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we've<00:10:45.700><c> got</c><00:10:45.860><c> another</c><00:10:46.139><c> image.</c>

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It's<00:10:47.759><c> the</c><00:10:47.899><c> image</c><00:10:48.120><c> of</c><00:10:48.299><c> what</c><00:10:48.440><c> is</c><00:10:48.679><c> called</c><00:10:48.899><c> the</c><00:10:49.120><c> man</c><00:10:49.379><c> of</c><00:10:49.580><c> the</c><00:10:49.720><c> one,</c>

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the<00:10:50.480><c> glorified</c><00:10:51.000><c> ecclesia,</c><00:10:51.720><c> all</c><00:10:51.980><c> of</c><00:10:52.139><c> those</c><00:10:52.299><c> things</c>

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associated<00:10:53.080><c> with</c><00:10:53.259><c> the</c><00:10:53.419><c> kingdom</c><00:10:53.620><c> of</c><00:10:53.879><c> God.</c><00:10:54.399><c> So</c><00:10:54.659><c> two</c><00:10:54.860><c> men</c><00:10:55.179><c> contrasted,</c><00:10:55.840><c> two</c>

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young<00:10:56.279><c> men.</c><00:10:57.259><c> We've</c><00:10:57.639><c> got</c><00:10:57.799><c> two</c><00:10:58.220><c> images</c>

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contrasted.<00:11:00.740><c> We've</c><00:11:01.100><c> got</c><00:11:01.320><c> two</c><00:11:01.960><c> dreams,</c><00:11:02.639><c> which</c><00:11:02.960><c> seem</c><00:11:03.159><c> to</c><00:11:03.340><c> be</c><00:11:03.519><c> speaking</c><00:11:03.740><c> on</c>

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the<00:11:04.080><c> same</c><00:11:04.299><c> subject,</c><00:11:05.279><c> contrasted.</c>

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representing<00:11:11.299><c> the</c><00:11:11.539><c> kingdom</c><00:11:11.779><c> of</c><00:11:12.000><c> men</c><00:11:12.220><c> as</c><00:11:12.539><c> seen</c><00:11:12.759><c> through</c>

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man's<00:11:14.360><c> eyes,</c><00:11:15.240><c> because</c><00:11:15.500><c> it</c><00:11:15.580><c> was</c><00:11:15.840><c> a</c><00:11:16.019><c> dream</c><00:11:16.799><c> by</c><00:11:17.019><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

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set<00:11:18.820><c> in</c><00:11:19.120><c> contrast</c><00:11:19.580><c> to</c><00:11:19.820><c> those</c><00:11:20.240><c> same</c><00:11:20.700><c> empires,</c>

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Babylon,<00:11:22.019><c> Medo</c><00:11:22.399><c>-Persia,</c><00:11:22.820><c> Greece</c><00:11:23.059><c> and</c><00:11:23.240><c> Rome,</c><00:11:24.360><c> depicted</c><00:11:24.580><c> in</c><00:11:24.840><c> chapter</c><00:11:25.120><c> 7</c>

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as<00:11:26.120><c> four</c><00:11:26.679><c> beasts.</c><00:11:28.259><c> But</c><00:11:28.379><c> who</c><00:11:28.539><c> saw</c><00:11:28.700><c> that</c><00:11:28.960><c> dream?</c>

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men<00:11:33.820><c> as</c><00:11:34.080><c> seen</c><00:11:34.259><c> through</c><00:11:34.539><c> man's</c><00:11:35.039><c> eyes,</c>

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a<00:11:35.700><c> mighty</c><00:11:36.159><c> warlike</c><00:11:36.840><c> glorious</c><00:11:37.240><c> image.</c><00:11:38.519><c> And</c><00:11:38.740><c> through</c><00:11:38.919><c> God's</c><00:11:39.460><c> eyes,</c><00:11:40.360><c> the</c><00:11:40.480><c> mind</c><00:11:40.639><c> of</c>

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he<00:11:43.120><c> saw</c><00:11:43.340><c> the</c><00:11:43.740><c> kingdom</c><00:11:44.000><c> of</c><00:11:44.240><c> men</c><00:11:44.500><c> as</c><00:11:45.240><c> but</c><00:11:45.440><c> beasts.</c><00:11:46.879><c> So</c><00:11:47.220><c> when</c><00:11:47.500><c> one</c>

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it's<00:11:49.659><c> not</c><00:11:49.899><c> a</c><00:11:50.059><c> book</c><00:11:50.200><c> that</c><00:11:50.399><c> just</c><00:11:50.600><c> seems</c><00:11:50.779><c> to</c><00:11:51.259><c> start</c><00:11:51.480><c> at</c><00:11:51.659><c> the</c><00:11:51.799><c> beginning</c><00:11:52.039><c> and</c>

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because<00:11:54.620><c> chapters</c><00:11:55.039><c> are</c><00:11:55.399><c> out</c><00:11:55.639><c> of</c><00:11:55.840><c> chronological</c><00:11:56.419><c> order.</c><00:11:57.179><c> There's</c><00:11:57.379><c> no</c>

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doubt<00:11:57.759><c> about</c><00:11:58.080><c> that.</c><00:11:59.720><c> And</c><00:11:59.860><c> we</c><00:12:00.019><c> say,</c><00:12:00.299><c> what</c><00:12:00.299><c> is</c>

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the<00:12:00.720><c> theme?</c><00:12:01.500><c> The</c><00:12:01.679><c> theme</c><00:12:01.860><c> jumps</c><00:12:02.139><c> from</c><00:12:02.320><c> a</c><00:12:02.580><c> character</c><00:12:02.840><c> study</c><00:12:03.100><c> in</c>

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image<00:12:05.860><c> in</c><00:12:06.019><c> chapter</c><00:12:06.320><c> 3,</c><00:12:07.019><c> to</c><00:12:07.220><c> a</c><00:12:07.440><c> fiery</c><00:12:07.659><c> furnace</c><00:12:08.039><c> and</c><00:12:08.240><c> all</c><00:12:08.419><c> of</c><00:12:08.519><c> those</c><00:12:08.679><c> sorts</c><00:12:08.940><c> of</c>

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things.<00:12:09.600><c> But</c><00:12:09.899><c> the</c><00:12:10.220><c> constant</c><00:12:10.700><c> theme</c><00:12:11.059><c> is</c>

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that<00:12:11.960><c> all</c><00:12:12.340><c> the</c><00:12:12.460><c> way</c><00:12:12.720><c> through</c><00:12:12.980><c> there</c><00:12:13.179><c> is</c><00:12:13.360><c> a</c><00:12:13.620><c> contest</c><00:12:14.100><c> between</c>

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two<00:12:14.919><c> powers.</c><00:12:16.740><c> And,</c><00:12:17.100><c> brethren</c><00:12:17.100><c> and</c><00:12:17.399><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:12:18.279><c> contest</c><00:12:18.720><c> still</c><00:12:19.019><c> goes</c><00:12:19.240><c> on</c><00:12:19.500><c> today.</c><00:12:20.779><c> I've</c><00:12:21.019><c> just</c><00:12:21.220><c> said</c><00:12:21.340><c> to</c>

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our<00:12:21.779><c> young</c><00:12:21.980><c> people,</c><00:12:22.559><c> the</c><00:12:22.740><c> book</c><00:12:23.059><c> of</c><00:12:23.360><c> Revelation,</c>

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the<00:12:24.980><c> word</c><00:12:25.320><c> apocalypse,</c><00:12:27.100><c> that</c><00:12:27.299><c> same</c><00:12:27.600><c> word</c><00:12:27.840><c> has</c><00:12:28.039><c> been</c><00:12:28.399><c> translated</c><00:12:28.840><c> as</c><00:12:29.259><c> manifestation</c><00:12:29.980><c> in</c><00:12:30.179><c> Romans</c><00:12:30.480><c> chapter</c><00:12:30.799><c> 8,</c>

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and<00:12:31.779><c> the</c><00:12:32.019><c> apocalypse</c><00:12:32.460><c> is</c><00:12:32.659><c> all</c><00:12:32.840><c> about</c><00:12:33.059><c> two</c><00:12:33.460><c> systems</c><00:12:34.080><c> of</c><00:12:34.659><c> manifestation.</c><00:12:36.360><c> And</c><00:12:36.500><c> a</c>

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whole<00:12:36.840><c> series</c><00:12:37.139><c> of</c><00:12:37.460><c> symbols</c>

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representing<00:12:38.360><c> the</c><00:12:38.639><c> flesh,</c><00:12:39.259><c> the</c><00:12:39.379><c> beast</c><00:12:39.559><c> of</c><00:12:39.740><c> the</c><00:12:39.899><c> sea,</c><00:12:40.120><c> the</c><00:12:40.240><c> beast</c><00:12:40.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:40.740><c> earth,</c><00:12:40.919><c> the</c><00:12:41.080><c> image</c><00:12:41.279><c> of</c><00:12:41.440><c> the</c><00:12:41.580><c> beast,</c>

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different<00:12:42.720><c> symbols</c><00:12:43.179><c> representing</c><00:12:43.720><c> different</c><00:12:44.120><c> aspects</c><00:12:44.559><c> of</c>

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what<00:12:45.500><c> Daniel</c><00:12:45.799><c> would</c><00:12:45.940><c> have</c><00:12:46.139><c> called</c><00:12:46.240><c> the</c><00:12:46.460><c> kingdom</c><00:12:46.659><c> of</c>

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men.<00:12:48.159><c> And</c><00:12:48.419><c> on</c><00:12:48.539><c> the</c><00:12:48.639><c> other</c><00:12:48.840><c> hand,</c><00:12:49.679><c> the</c><00:12:49.799><c> redeemed,</c><00:12:50.759><c> the</c><00:12:50.899><c> four</c><00:12:51.039><c> living</c><00:12:51.259><c> ones,</c><00:12:51.679><c> the</c><00:12:51.840><c> 24</c>

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elders,<00:12:53.980><c> the</c><00:12:54.340><c> 144</c><00:12:54.899><c>,000,</c>

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the<00:12:59.960><c> kingdom</c><00:13:00.340><c> of</c><00:13:00.639><c> God</c><00:13:00.940><c> and</c><00:13:01.139><c> those</c><00:13:01.480><c> who</c>

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will<00:13:01.799><c> be</c><00:13:01.960><c> part</c><00:13:02.179><c> of</c><00:13:02.320><c> it.</c><00:13:03.000><c> So</c><00:13:03.220><c> both</c><00:13:03.539><c> Daniel</c><00:13:03.919><c> and</c><00:13:04.299><c> Revelation</c><00:13:04.899><c> present</c><00:13:05.399><c> to</c>

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us<00:13:06.120><c> a</c><00:13:06.559><c> contrast</c><00:13:07.080><c> and</c><00:13:07.399><c> a</c><00:13:07.919><c> contest</c><00:13:08.419><c> between</c><00:13:09.639><c> two</c>

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systems.<00:13:11.720><c> And</c><00:13:12.019><c> I</c><00:13:12.220><c> know</c><00:13:12.419><c> the</c><00:13:12.580><c> hope</c><00:13:12.759><c> of</c><00:13:13.200><c> all</c><00:13:13.440><c> of</c><00:13:13.539><c> us</c><00:13:13.620><c> at</c><00:13:13.759><c> this</c><00:13:13.940><c> school</c><00:13:14.120><c> is</c>

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sisters,<00:13:23.120><c> we've</c><00:13:23.379><c> got</c><00:13:23.460><c> to</c><00:13:23.559><c> know</c><00:13:23.600><c> what</c><00:13:23.740><c> we're</c><00:13:24.000><c> fighting.</c><00:13:26.000><c> It's</c>

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want<00:13:57.879><c> to</c><00:13:57.980><c> get</c><00:13:58.080><c> out</c><00:13:58.240><c> of</c><00:13:58.340><c> the</c><00:13:58.419><c> book</c><00:13:58.580><c> of</c><00:13:58.700><c> Daniel</c><00:13:58.960><c> this</c><00:13:59.220><c> week.</c><00:13:59.799><c> There's</c><00:14:00.080><c> going</c><00:14:00.200><c> to</c><00:14:00.299><c> be</c><00:14:00.460><c> a</c>

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whole<00:14:00.759><c> lot</c><00:14:00.919><c> of</c><00:14:01.120><c> things</c><00:14:01.279><c> that</c><00:14:01.379><c> we're</c>

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going<00:14:01.679><c> to</c><00:14:01.820><c> have</c><00:14:01.960><c> to</c><00:14:02.100><c> leave</c><00:14:02.299><c> out.</c><00:14:02.879><c> But</c><00:14:03.100><c> we</c><00:14:03.259><c> want</c><00:14:03.419><c> to</c><00:14:03.559><c> go</c><00:14:03.779><c> away</c><00:14:03.960><c> better</c><00:14:04.320><c> equipped</c><00:14:04.559><c> to</c>

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You<00:14:07.860><c> know,</c><00:14:08.600><c> especially,</c><00:14:08.879><c> and</c><00:14:09.139><c> I</c><00:14:09.500><c> haven't</c><00:14:09.700><c> been</c><00:14:09.879><c> able</c><00:14:10.000><c> to</c><00:14:10.059><c> hear</c>

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Brother<00:14:10.440><c> Frank's</c><00:14:10.840><c> talks,</c><00:14:11.600><c> but</c><00:14:11.820><c> no</c><00:14:12.059><c> doubt</c><00:14:12.340><c> that</c>

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dreadful<00:14:13.639><c> and</c><00:14:13.980><c> terrible</c><00:14:14.379><c> fourth</c><00:14:14.740><c> beast.</c><00:14:15.500><c> So</c><00:14:15.879><c> bad</c><00:14:16.559><c> that</c><00:14:17.419><c> God</c>

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couldn't<00:14:18.000><c> find</c><00:14:18.200><c> an</c><00:14:18.519><c> animal</c><00:14:19.000><c> sufficiently</c><00:14:20.120><c> bad</c><00:14:20.460><c> enough</c>

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like.<00:14:24.500><c> We've</c><00:14:24.840><c> got</c><00:14:24.919><c> to</c><00:14:25.120><c> appreciate</c><00:14:25.500><c> that.</c>

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Well,<00:15:01.179><c> you</c><00:15:01.299><c> can</c><00:15:01.519><c> write</c><00:15:01.799><c> off</c><00:15:02.539><c> the</c><00:15:02.879><c> first</c><00:15:03.940><c> 1</c><00:15:04.240><c>,600</c><00:15:04.460><c> or</c><00:15:05.080><c> 1</c><00:15:05.460><c>,656</c><00:15:06.100><c> years</c><00:15:06.299><c> of</c>

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was<00:15:12.039><c> obviously</c><00:15:12.480><c> certain</c><00:15:12.820><c> things</c><00:15:13.159><c> that</c><00:15:13.480><c> happened</c>

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flood.<00:15:21.740><c> And</c><00:15:21.879><c> you've</c><00:15:22.019><c> got</c><00:15:22.139><c> three</c><00:15:22.440><c> sons,</c><00:15:23.059><c> Shem,</c><00:15:23.419><c> Ham</c><00:15:23.620><c> and</c>

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Japheth.<00:15:25.980><c> Shem</c><00:15:26.159><c> wasn't</c><00:15:26.840><c> the</c><00:15:27.159><c> oldest</c><00:15:28.860><c> of</c><00:15:29.059><c> the</c><00:15:29.200><c> sons</c><00:15:29.360><c> by</c><00:15:29.620><c> birth,</c>

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but<00:15:30.580><c> he</c><00:15:30.759><c> did</c><00:15:31.159><c> obtain</c><00:15:31.600><c> the</c><00:15:31.799><c> birthright.</c><00:15:32.480><c> So</c><00:15:32.480><c> let's</c>

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which<00:15:51.460><c> I</c><00:15:52.059><c> thought</c><00:15:52.440><c> was</c><00:15:53.940><c> worth</c><00:15:54.299><c> noting,</c><00:15:56.019><c> that</c><00:15:56.159><c> at</c><00:15:56.340><c> the</c><00:15:56.500><c> time</c><00:15:56.659><c> of</c>

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Cain's<00:15:58.799><c> race</c><00:15:58.980><c> became</c><00:15:59.379><c> utterly</c><00:15:59.899><c> extinct.</c><00:16:01.120><c> And</c><00:16:01.279><c> only</c><00:16:01.600><c> those</c><00:16:01.919><c> of</c>

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Seth<00:16:02.360><c> remained</c><00:16:02.820><c> who</c><00:16:02.980><c> were</c><00:16:03.299><c> upright</c><00:16:03.580><c> in</c><00:16:03.720><c> their</c>

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generations<00:16:04.500><c> and</c><00:16:04.679><c> who</c><00:16:04.820><c> walked</c><00:16:04.940><c> with</c><00:16:05.200><c> God.</c><00:16:07.080><c> But</c><00:16:07.679><c> sin</c><00:16:08.159><c> in</c><00:16:08.360><c> the</c><00:16:08.539><c> flesh</c><00:16:09.059><c> still</c><00:16:09.740><c> survived.</c><00:16:10.940><c> A</c>

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principal<00:16:11.460><c> death</c><00:16:11.759><c> died</c>

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Semites.<00:16:25.360><c> I'm</c><00:16:25.700><c> looking</c><00:16:25.960><c> at</c><00:16:26.120><c> Genesis</c><00:16:26.500><c> chapter</c><00:16:26.940><c> 9.</c>

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We<00:16:34.519><c> read</c><00:16:34.820><c> in</c><00:16:35.039><c> verse</c><00:16:35.399><c> 26,</c><00:16:36.799><c> and</c><00:16:37.139><c> he</c><00:16:37.299><c> said,</c><00:16:37.820><c> blessed</c><00:16:38.179><c> be,</c><00:16:39.299><c> and</c><00:16:39.440><c> the</c>

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King<00:16:39.740><c> James</c><00:16:40.039><c> Version</c><00:16:40.379><c> simply</c><00:16:40.720><c> says,</c>

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the<00:16:41.220><c> Lord</c><00:16:41.519><c> God</c><00:16:41.740><c> of</c><00:16:41.980><c> Shem.</c><00:16:43.080><c> Most</c><00:16:43.299><c> of</c><00:16:43.440><c> us</c><00:16:43.519><c> would</c><00:16:43.720><c> appreciate</c><00:16:44.240><c> that</c><00:16:44.539><c> it's</c><00:16:45.659><c> actually</c><00:16:46.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:46.740><c> Elohim</c><00:16:47.179><c> of</c>

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Shem.<00:16:47.779><c> That's</c>

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very,<00:16:48.620><c> very</c><00:16:49.019><c> exclusive</c><00:16:49.519><c> title.</c><00:16:50.960><c> It's</c><00:16:51.179><c> not</c><00:16:51.419><c> used</c><00:16:51.620><c> of</c><00:16:51.759><c> many</c><00:16:52.000><c> people</c><00:16:52.299><c> at</c>

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all,<00:16:53.159><c> of</c><00:16:53.360><c> Abraham,</c><00:16:53.879><c> of</c><00:16:54.120><c> Isaac,</c><00:16:54.460><c> of</c><00:16:54.620><c> Jacob,</c>

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and<00:16:54.980><c> of</c><00:16:55.100><c> the</c><00:16:55.279><c> fathers.</c><00:16:56.659><c> He</c><00:16:56.860><c> who</c><00:16:57.019><c> will</c><00:16:57.299><c> be</c><00:16:57.460><c> manifested,</c><00:16:58.559><c> Yahweh,</c><00:16:59.259><c> in</c><00:16:59.379><c> the</c>

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mighty<00:16:59.820><c> ones</c><00:17:00.039><c> of</c><00:17:00.360><c> Shem</c><00:17:01.059><c> is</c><00:17:01.480><c> a</c><00:17:01.519><c> very</c>

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significant<00:17:02.299><c> blessing.</c><00:17:04.339><c> Japheth</c><00:17:04.720><c> is</c><00:17:05.000><c> told,</c><00:17:05.839><c> who</c><00:17:06.079><c> was</c><00:17:06.279><c> the</c><00:17:06.440><c> progenitor</c><00:17:06.859><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:07.160><c> Gentiles,</c><00:17:08.059><c> you</c><00:17:08.319><c> will</c><00:17:08.539><c> be</c><00:17:08.799><c> blessed</c>

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if<00:17:09.240><c> you</c><00:17:09.420><c> dwell</c><00:17:09.599><c> in</c><00:17:09.779><c> the</c><00:17:09.940><c> tents</c><00:17:10.079><c> of</c><00:17:10.339><c> Shem.</c><00:17:11.539><c> And</c><00:17:11.720><c> that</c><00:17:11.900><c> was</c><00:17:12.839><c> couched</c><00:17:13.220><c> in</c><00:17:13.400><c> terms</c><00:17:13.599><c> which</c><00:17:13.839><c> later</c><00:17:14.099><c> on</c>

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came<00:17:14.539><c> to</c><00:17:14.700><c> be</c><00:17:14.859><c> used</c>

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in<00:17:15.119><c> a</c><00:17:15.180><c> religious</c><00:17:15.619><c> sense.</c><00:17:16.500><c> The</c><00:17:16.559><c> words</c><00:17:16.900><c> ohel</c><00:17:17.339><c> and</c><00:17:17.519><c> the</c><00:17:17.559><c> words</c><00:17:17.900><c> mishkan</c><00:17:18.500><c> were</c><00:17:18.980><c> applied</c><00:17:19.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:19.619><c> tabernacle.</c>

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And<00:17:21.819><c> doubtless,</c><00:17:22.200><c> many</c><00:17:22.380><c> of</c><00:17:22.559><c> us</c><00:17:22.700><c> here</c><00:17:22.920><c> are</c><00:17:23.180><c> descendants</c><00:17:23.500><c> of</c><00:17:23.759><c> Japheth.</c><00:17:25.319><c> And</c>

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the<00:17:25.559><c> New</c><00:17:25.759><c> Testament</c><00:17:26.160><c> counterpart</c><00:17:26.700><c> says,</c>

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God<00:17:27.700><c> is</c><00:17:28.019><c> calling</c><00:17:28.259><c> out</c><00:17:28.599><c> of</c><00:17:28.779><c> the</c><00:17:29.039><c> nations,</c><00:17:29.700><c> the</c><00:17:29.940><c> Japhethites,</c><00:17:30.940><c> a</c>

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people<00:17:31.339><c> for</c><00:17:31.619><c> his</c><00:17:31.940><c> Shem.</c>

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You<00:17:33.900><c> see,</c><00:17:34.000><c> but</c><00:17:34.079><c> it</c><00:17:34.220><c> doesn't</c><00:17:34.380><c> say</c><00:17:34.640><c> that.</c><00:17:34.759><c> It</c><00:17:34.920><c> says</c><00:17:35.039><c> a</c><00:17:35.180><c> people</c>

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for<00:17:35.559><c> his</c><00:17:35.779><c> name.</c><00:17:36.859><c> Well,</c><00:17:37.000><c> that's</c><00:17:37.259><c> okay,</c>

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because<00:17:37.799><c> the</c><00:17:37.940><c> word</c><00:17:38.119><c> Shem</c><00:17:38.359><c> means</c><00:17:38.920><c> the</c><00:17:39.880><c> name.</c><00:17:41.000><c> So</c><00:17:41.279><c> here</c><00:17:41.500><c> was</c><00:17:41.680><c> a</c>

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man<00:17:42.259><c> immediately</c><00:17:42.980><c> after</c><00:17:43.279><c> the</c><00:17:43.500><c> flood,</c>

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and<00:17:44.220><c> God</c><00:17:44.539><c> was</c><00:17:44.819><c> going</c><00:17:45.019><c> to,</c><00:17:46.279><c> through</c><00:17:46.619><c> him,</c><00:17:47.799><c> manifest</c><00:17:48.259><c> his</c><00:17:48.539><c> glory</c>

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in<00:17:48.980><c> the</c><00:17:49.099><c> earth.</c><00:17:49.400><c> So</c><00:17:49.619><c> Abraham,</c><00:17:50.299><c> as</c><00:17:50.480><c> a</c><00:17:50.579><c> descendant</c>

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of<00:17:51.180><c> Shem,</c><00:17:51.680><c> had</c><00:17:52.039><c> these</c><00:17:52.640><c> promises</c><00:17:53.099><c> which</c><00:17:53.819><c> were</c><00:17:54.099><c> couched</c><00:17:54.480><c> there</c>

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in<00:17:54.799><c> one</c><00:17:55.000><c> verse,</c><00:17:55.920><c> tremendously</c><00:17:56.400><c> enlarged.</c><00:17:57.420><c> But</c>

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we'll<00:17:57.920><c> get</c><00:17:58.079><c> off</c><00:17:58.240><c> the</c><00:17:58.359><c> subject</c><00:17:58.660><c> of</c><00:17:58.859><c> Shem,</c><00:17:59.200><c> except</c><00:17:59.380><c> to</c><00:17:59.640><c> say</c><00:17:59.839><c> that</c>

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after<00:18:00.299><c> the</c><00:18:00.519><c> flood,</c><00:18:01.140><c> he</c><00:18:01.339><c> was</c><00:18:01.559><c> the</c><00:18:01.740><c> one</c><00:18:02.299><c> through</c><00:18:02.680><c> whom</c>

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the<00:18:03.259><c> seed</c><00:18:03.420><c> of</c><00:18:03.700><c> promise</c><00:18:03.859><c> would</c><00:18:04.140><c> come.</c><00:18:05.720><c> But</c><00:18:05.880><c> this</c><00:18:06.099><c> other</c><00:18:06.299><c> man</c><00:18:06.599><c> Ham,</c><00:18:07.440><c> and</c><00:18:07.660><c> we</c>

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go<00:18:07.900><c> to</c><00:18:08.119><c> Genesis</c><00:18:08.460><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.859><c> 10,</c>

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and<00:18:10.099><c> we</c><00:18:10.279><c> pick</c><00:18:10.500><c> up</c><00:18:10.660><c> in</c><00:18:10.859><c> Genesis</c><00:18:11.339><c> chapter</c><00:18:11.799><c> 10</c><00:18:12.819><c> and</c><00:18:13.259><c> verses</c><00:18:13.579><c> 8</c><00:18:13.980><c> to</c>

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12,<00:18:15.319><c> that</c><00:18:15.599><c> one</c><00:18:15.779><c> of</c><00:18:15.960><c> the</c><00:18:16.099><c> sons</c><00:18:16.460><c> of</c><00:18:16.819><c> Ham</c><00:18:17.000><c> was</c><00:18:17.240><c> a</c><00:18:17.380><c> man</c>

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by<00:18:17.720><c> the</c><00:18:17.720><c> name</c><00:18:17.900><c> of</c><00:18:18.279><c> Cush.</c><00:18:19.819><c> And</c><00:18:19.940><c> verse</c><00:18:20.180><c> 8</c><00:18:20.380><c> says</c><00:18:20.720><c> that</c><00:18:20.940><c> Cush</c><00:18:22.220><c> begat</c>

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Nimrod.<00:18:24.819><c> He</c><00:18:25.059><c> began</c><00:18:25.420><c> to</c><00:18:25.640><c> be</c><00:18:25.779><c> a</c><00:18:25.980><c> mighty</c><00:18:26.180><c> one</c><00:18:26.359><c> in</c><00:18:26.519><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:18:27.000><c> He</c><00:18:27.119><c> was</c><00:18:27.339><c> a</c><00:18:27.519><c> mighty</c><00:18:27.839><c> hunter</c><00:18:29.180><c> in</c><00:18:30.380><c> defiance</c><00:18:31.059><c> of,</c><00:18:31.420><c> the</c><00:18:31.720><c> word</c><00:18:31.900><c> before</c><00:18:32.160><c> means,</c><00:18:33.099><c> in</c>

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defiance<00:18:33.880><c> of</c><00:18:34.420><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Even<00:18:35.480><c> as</c><00:18:35.680><c> Nimrod,</c><00:18:37.079><c> even</c><00:18:37.579><c> as</c><00:18:37.779><c> it</c><00:18:37.859><c> is</c><00:18:38.059><c> said,</c><00:18:38.559><c> even</c><00:18:38.819><c> as</c><00:18:39.059><c> Nimrod,</c>

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the<00:18:39.920><c> mighty</c><00:18:40.259><c> hunter</c><00:18:40.539><c> before</c><00:18:40.920><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:18:42.359><c> the</c><00:18:42.660><c> beginning</c><00:18:43.180><c> of</c><00:18:43.640><c> his</c><00:18:43.940><c> kingdom</c><00:18:44.579><c> was</c><00:18:45.960><c> Babel.</c><00:18:47.500><c> So</c><00:18:47.720><c> it</c><00:18:47.819><c> doesn't</c><00:18:48.220><c> tell</c><00:18:48.480><c> us</c>

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in<00:18:48.880><c> chapter</c><00:18:49.220><c> 11</c><00:18:49.539><c> who</c><00:18:49.900><c> built</c>

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the<00:18:50.819><c> Tower</c><00:18:51.019><c> of</c><00:18:51.259><c> Babel,</c><00:18:51.880><c> but</c><00:18:52.079><c> it</c><00:18:52.180><c> does</c><00:18:52.420><c> here.</c><00:18:53.319><c> It</c><00:18:53.480><c> was</c><00:18:53.660><c> Nimrod.</c>

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The<00:18:55.200><c> beginning</c><00:18:55.480><c> of</c><00:18:55.640><c> his</c><00:18:55.859><c> kingdom</c><00:18:56.119><c> was</c><00:18:56.460><c> Babel,</c>

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and<00:18:58.059><c> Erek,</c><00:18:58.359><c> and</c><00:18:58.519><c> Akkad,</c><00:18:58.839><c> and</c><00:18:59.039><c> Kalna,</c><00:18:59.339><c> and</c><00:18:59.480><c> the</c><00:18:59.539><c> land</c><00:18:59.779><c> of</c><00:19:00.039><c> Sheinah,</c><00:19:01.579><c> and</c>

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picking<00:19:02.799><c> up</c><00:19:03.119><c> the</c><00:19:03.480><c> marginal</c><00:19:03.940><c> rendering,</c>

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which<00:19:04.500><c> is</c><00:19:04.700><c> more</c><00:19:04.980><c> correct.</c><00:19:06.240><c> Out</c><00:19:06.519><c> of</c><00:19:06.700><c> that</c><00:19:06.980><c> land,</c><00:19:07.299><c> he</c><00:19:07.440><c> went</c><00:19:07.759><c> forth</c><00:19:08.279><c> into</c>

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Asher<00:19:10.059><c> and</c><00:19:10.559><c> builded</c><00:19:10.960><c> Nineveh</c><00:19:11.859><c> and</c><00:19:12.160><c> the</c><00:19:12.279><c> city</c>

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Rehovot<00:19:13.700><c> and</c><00:19:14.299><c> Kalna.</c><00:19:15.259><c> Let's</c><00:19:15.740><c> just</c><00:19:16.180><c> look</c><00:19:16.539><c> at</c><00:19:16.660><c> this</c><00:19:17.460><c> on</c><00:19:17.779><c> a</c><00:19:17.940><c> map</c>

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so<00:19:18.400><c> we</c><00:19:19.019><c> can</c><00:19:19.200><c> just</c><00:19:19.440><c> remind</c><00:19:19.779><c> ourselves</c><00:19:20.339><c> of</c><00:19:21.099><c> the</c><00:19:21.319><c> situation</c>

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in<00:19:22.019><c> which</c><00:19:22.539><c> Daniel</c><00:19:22.980><c> found</c><00:19:23.400><c> himself.</c><00:19:25.680><c> Daniel,</c><00:19:26.019><c> as</c><00:19:26.200><c> we'll</c><00:19:26.440><c> read</c>

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in<00:19:26.720><c> a</c><00:19:26.819><c> few</c><00:19:27.000><c> moments</c><00:19:27.700><c> from</c><00:19:28.059><c> chapter</c><00:19:28.440><c> 1,</c><00:19:29.240><c> was</c><00:19:29.400><c> taken</c>

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as<00:19:30.319><c> a</c><00:19:30.539><c> captive</c><00:19:30.940><c> from</c><00:19:31.380><c> the</c><00:19:31.519><c> city</c><00:19:31.700><c> of</c><00:19:31.900><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:32.240><c> here</c><00:19:32.920><c> over</c><00:19:33.539><c> to</c>

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Babylon.<00:19:35.880><c> What</c><00:19:36.519><c> we've</c><00:19:36.759><c> just</c><00:19:36.940><c> read</c><00:19:37.079><c> here</c><00:19:37.299><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:19:37.819><c> chapter</c><00:19:38.180><c> 10</c><00:19:38.539><c> is</c><00:19:39.420><c> that</c><00:19:40.160><c> it</c><00:19:40.440><c> was</c><00:19:40.920><c> Nimrod</c><00:19:41.460><c> who</c><00:19:42.180><c> built</c><00:19:42.640><c> Babylon,</c><00:19:44.160><c> the</c><00:19:44.299><c> capital</c><00:19:44.579><c> of</c>

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Babylonia,<00:19:45.279><c> there's</c><00:19:45.480><c> Babylon,</c>

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and<00:19:46.839><c> Nineveh,</c><00:19:47.619><c> the</c><00:19:47.759><c> capital</c><00:19:48.039><c> of</c><00:19:48.240><c> Assyria.</c><00:19:49.740><c> Bearing</c><00:19:50.000><c> that</c><00:19:50.200><c> in</c>

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mind,<00:19:50.539><c> let's</c><00:19:50.740><c> go</c><00:19:50.940><c> to</c><00:19:51.180><c> Genesis</c><00:19:51.440><c> 11.</c>

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Genesis<00:19:54.559><c> 11,</c><00:19:55.039><c> the</c><00:19:55.140><c> building</c><00:19:55.380><c> of</c><00:19:55.579><c> the</c><00:19:55.720><c> Tower</c><00:19:55.940><c> of</c><00:19:56.180><c> Babel,</c><00:19:58.220><c> verse</c>

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1.<00:19:59.900><c> The</c><00:20:00.000><c> whole</c><00:20:00.279><c> earth</c><00:20:00.460><c> was</c><00:20:00.640><c> of</c><00:20:00.799><c> one</c><00:20:00.980><c> language</c>

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and<00:20:02.079><c> of</c><00:20:02.279><c> one</c><00:20:02.480><c> speech,</c><00:20:03.819><c> and</c><00:20:03.920><c> it</c><00:20:04.119><c> came</c><00:20:04.380><c> to</c><00:20:04.680><c> pass</c><00:20:04.940><c> as</c><00:20:05.259><c> they</c><00:20:05.599><c> journeyed.</c><00:20:06.400><c> Now,</c>

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once<00:20:06.900><c> again,</c><00:20:07.160><c> we've</c><00:20:07.460><c> got</c><00:20:07.640><c> to</c><00:20:07.960><c> correct</c>

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the<00:20:08.480><c> authorised</c><00:20:08.900><c> version,</c><00:20:09.279><c> although</c><00:20:09.519><c> the</c><00:20:09.759><c> margin</c><00:20:10.019><c> is</c><00:20:10.240><c> helpful,</c><00:20:10.920><c> as</c><00:20:11.299><c> they</c><00:20:11.640><c> journeyed</c><00:20:12.119><c> from</c><00:20:12.380><c> the</c><00:20:12.599><c> east.</c>

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Let's<00:20:13.220><c> just</c><00:20:13.440><c> look</c><00:20:13.559><c> at</c><00:20:13.660><c> our</c><00:20:13.839><c> map</c><00:20:14.000><c> for</c><00:20:14.180><c> a</c><00:20:14.200><c> moment.</c><00:20:15.079><c> This</c><00:20:15.420><c> area</c><00:20:15.799><c> down</c><00:20:16.059><c> here,</c><00:20:16.299><c> known</c><00:20:16.519><c> as</c>

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Ethiopia.<00:20:17.980><c> Ethiopia</c><00:20:18.460><c> used</c>

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to<00:20:19.220><c> extend</c><00:20:19.220><c> right</c><00:20:19.500><c> across</c><00:20:19.799><c> here</c><00:20:20.099><c> as</c><00:20:20.240><c> well,</c><00:20:20.819><c> was</c><00:20:20.980><c> the</c><00:20:21.180><c> land</c><00:20:21.359><c> of</c>

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Kush.<00:20:22.900><c> So</c><00:20:23.220><c> some</c><00:20:23.420><c> of</c><00:20:23.559><c> the</c><00:20:23.740><c> descendants</c><00:20:24.140><c> of</c><00:20:24.380><c> Kush</c>

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journeyed<00:20:25.380><c> eastward,</c><00:20:27.279><c> and</c><00:20:27.460><c> they</c><00:20:27.740><c> found</c><00:20:27.940><c> a</c><00:20:28.279><c> plane</c><00:20:28.559><c> in</c><00:20:28.880><c> the</c><00:20:29.059><c> land</c><00:20:29.279><c> of</c>

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Shinar<00:20:30.099><c> over</c><00:20:31.900><c> here.</c><00:20:32.119><c> So</c><00:20:32.279><c> they</c><00:20:32.420><c> came</c><00:20:32.720><c> from</c>

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North<00:20:33.619><c> Africa,</c><00:20:34.380><c> they</c><00:20:34.619><c> journeyed</c><00:20:34.980><c> eastward,</c><00:20:35.660><c> and</c><00:20:35.819><c> they</c><00:20:36.099><c> found</c>

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a<00:20:36.579><c> plane</c><00:20:36.779><c> in</c><00:20:37.039><c> the</c><00:20:37.259><c> land</c><00:20:37.420><c> of</c><00:20:37.720><c> Shinar.</c><00:20:38.319><c> Let's</c><00:20:38.519><c> just</c>

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tuck<00:20:38.980><c> this</c><00:20:39.660><c> land</c><00:20:39.859><c> of</c><00:20:40.160><c> Shinar</c><00:20:40.460><c> away</c><00:20:40.799><c> for</c><00:20:40.980><c> a</c><00:20:41.079><c> moment,</c><00:20:41.759><c> because</c>

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as<00:20:42.180><c> we</c><00:20:42.380><c> probably</c><00:20:42.740><c> know,</c><00:20:43.200><c> we're</c><00:20:43.420><c> going</c><00:20:43.539><c> to</c><00:20:43.680><c> come</c><00:20:43.859><c> across</c><00:20:44.079><c> it</c>

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in<00:20:44.380><c> the</c><00:20:44.480><c> first</c><00:20:44.700><c> verses</c><00:20:45.019><c> of</c><00:20:45.519><c> the</c><00:20:45.619><c> Book</c><00:20:45.740><c> of</c><00:20:45.920><c> Daniel.</c><00:20:47.740><c> And</c><00:20:48.140><c> we</c><00:20:48.279><c> know</c><00:20:48.339><c> what</c><00:20:48.500><c> they</c><00:20:48.680><c> did.</c><00:20:49.960><c> They</c><00:20:50.160><c> said,</c><00:20:51.319><c> verse</c><00:20:51.460><c> 3,</c>

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That's<00:21:07.019><c> what</c><00:21:07.180><c> the</c><00:21:07.359><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:07.559><c> says.</c><00:21:08.880><c> Isn't</c><00:21:09.240><c> this</c><00:21:10.019><c> an</c><00:21:10.460><c> attempt</c><00:21:10.740><c> by</c>

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Nimrod?<00:21:12.099><c> We</c><00:21:12.359><c> know</c><00:21:12.500><c> it's</c><00:21:12.700><c> Nimrod</c><00:21:13.059><c> from</c>

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Genesis<00:21:13.619><c> 10</c><00:21:14.240><c> to</c><00:21:14.720><c> say,</c><00:21:15.279><c> I</c><00:21:15.279><c> know</c><00:21:15.799><c> that</c><00:21:16.180><c> God's</c><00:21:16.640><c> blessing</c><00:21:16.880><c> is</c><00:21:17.059><c> to</c>

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come<00:21:17.299><c> through</c><00:21:17.480><c> the</c><00:21:17.640><c> Shemites.</c><00:21:18.279><c> We</c><00:21:18.559><c> are</c><00:21:18.740><c> going</c><00:21:18.859><c> to</c><00:21:19.019><c> do</c>

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it<00:21:19.259><c> our</c><00:21:19.440><c> way.</c><00:21:20.559><c> We</c><00:21:20.759><c> are</c><00:21:20.940><c> going</c><00:21:21.039><c> to</c><00:21:21.259><c> make</c><00:21:21.440><c> a</c><00:21:21.859><c> Shem</c><00:21:22.160><c> or</c><00:21:22.500><c> a</c><00:21:22.759><c> name</c><00:21:22.940><c> for</c>

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ourselves.<00:21:23.799><c> And</c><00:21:24.000><c> I</c><00:21:24.099><c> don't</c><00:21:24.299><c> believe</c><00:21:24.500><c> in</c><00:21:24.680><c> any</c><00:21:24.880><c> shape</c>

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or<00:21:25.259><c> form</c><00:21:25.480><c> that's</c><00:21:25.960><c> stretching</c><00:21:26.180><c> it.</c><00:21:26.700><c> I</c><00:21:26.920><c> think</c><00:21:27.079><c> that's</c><00:21:27.359><c> quite</c><00:21:27.700><c> definitely</c><00:21:28.299><c> what</c><00:21:28.759><c> Nimrod</c><00:21:29.119><c> had</c><00:21:29.339><c> in</c><00:21:29.619><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:21:31.839><c> we</c><00:21:31.980><c> know</c><00:21:32.119><c> that</c><00:21:32.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:32.619><c> came</c><00:21:32.940><c> down,</c><00:21:33.700><c> he</c><00:21:34.019><c> confused</c><00:21:34.380><c> the</c><00:21:34.680><c> languages,</c><00:21:35.799><c> and</c><00:21:35.900><c> verse</c><00:21:36.140><c> 9</c>

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says,<00:21:37.559><c> Therefore</c><00:21:37.900><c> is</c><00:21:38.220><c> the</c><00:21:38.380><c> name</c>

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of<00:21:38.720><c> it</c><00:21:38.779><c> called</c><00:21:39.180><c> Babel,</c><00:21:40.279><c> because</c><00:21:40.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:41.160><c> did</c><00:21:41.359><c> there</c><00:21:41.619><c> confound</c>

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the<00:21:42.180><c> language</c><00:21:42.420><c> of</c><00:21:42.559><c> all</c><00:21:42.740><c> the</c><00:21:42.920><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:21:43.799><c> from</c><00:21:44.099><c> thence</c><00:21:44.420><c> did</c><00:21:44.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:44.940><c> scatter</c><00:21:45.240><c> them</c><00:21:45.500><c> abroad</c><00:21:45.740><c> upon</c>

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the<00:21:46.519><c> face</c><00:21:46.680><c> of</c><00:21:46.859><c> all</c><00:21:47.019><c> the</c><00:21:47.200><c> earth.</c>

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Now<00:21:48.619><c> with</c><00:21:48.759><c> that</c><00:21:48.880><c> as</c><00:21:49.079><c> a</c><00:21:49.200><c> background,</c><00:21:49.660><c> we're</c><00:21:50.079><c> equipped</c><00:21:50.460><c> to</c><00:21:51.299><c> understand</c><00:21:52.099><c> the</c>

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opening<00:21:52.859><c> of</c><00:21:53.059><c> the</c><00:21:53.160><c> Book</c><00:21:53.299><c> of</c><00:21:53.460><c> Daniel.</c>

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Just<00:21:54.440><c> explaining</c><00:21:54.799><c> it</c><00:21:55.019><c> from</c><00:21:55.200><c> our</c><00:21:55.480><c> map</c><00:21:55.599><c> once</c><00:21:55.940><c> again</c><00:21:56.180><c> and</c><00:21:56.839><c> trying</c>

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to<00:21:57.180><c> do</c><00:21:57.220><c> it</c><00:21:57.359><c> as</c><00:21:57.519><c> best</c><00:21:57.680><c> as</c><00:21:57.839><c> we</c><00:21:58.039><c> can</c><00:21:58.220><c> for</c>

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those<00:21:59.640><c> audio</c><00:22:00.019><c> tapes,</c><00:22:00.279><c> which</c><00:22:00.519><c> are</c><00:22:01.059><c> notoriously</c><00:22:01.500><c> blind</c><00:22:01.779><c> when</c>

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it<00:22:02.039><c> comes</c><00:22:02.279><c> to</c><00:22:03.759><c> seeing</c>

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videos,<00:22:04.660><c> seeing</c><00:22:05.460><c> the</c><00:22:06.500><c> overheads.</c><00:22:08.859><c> Cush</c><00:22:09.380><c> inhabited</c><00:22:09.920><c> the</c><00:22:10.180><c> area</c>

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of<00:22:10.660><c> Ethiopia.</c><00:22:11.960><c> One</c><00:22:12.220><c> of</c><00:22:12.339><c> his</c><00:22:12.599><c> descendants</c><00:22:12.960><c> at</c><00:22:13.240><c> least,</c>

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by<00:22:13.819><c> the</c><00:22:13.880><c> name</c><00:22:14.099><c> of</c><00:22:14.359><c> Nimrod,</c><00:22:15.259><c> travelled</c><00:22:15.640><c> eastward.</c><00:22:16.880><c> He</c><00:22:16.880><c> found</c><00:22:17.140><c> a</c>

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plain<00:22:17.700><c> in</c><00:22:17.960><c> the</c><00:22:18.079><c> land</c><00:22:18.279><c> of</c><00:22:18.579><c> Shinar,</c>

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and<00:22:19.799><c> he</c><00:22:20.039><c> built</c><00:22:20.240><c> there</c><00:22:20.500><c> the</c><00:22:20.680><c> Tower</c><00:22:20.960><c> of</c><00:22:21.240><c> Babel,</c><00:22:21.819><c> which</c><00:22:22.059><c> of</c><00:22:22.220><c> course</c><00:22:22.819><c> came</c>

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to<00:22:23.859><c> give</c><00:22:24.119><c> its</c><00:22:24.359><c> name</c><00:22:24.559><c> to</c><00:22:24.740><c> the</c><00:22:24.819><c> city</c><00:22:25.039><c> of</c>

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Babylon.<00:22:26.339><c> And</c><00:22:26.759><c> out</c><00:22:27.000><c> of</c><00:22:27.240><c> that</c><00:22:27.559><c> land,</c><00:22:28.420><c> he</c><00:22:28.579><c> went</c><00:22:28.839><c> into</c><00:22:29.079><c> the</c><00:22:29.240><c> territory</c><00:22:30.279><c> of</c><00:22:30.559><c> Asher,</c><00:22:31.359><c> or</c>

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Assyria<00:22:32.200><c> as</c><00:22:32.400><c> we</c><00:22:32.579><c> know</c><00:22:32.680><c> it,</c>

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and<00:22:33.460><c> he</c><00:22:33.660><c> built</c><00:22:33.880><c> Nineveh.</c><00:22:35.039><c> So</c><00:22:35.400><c> Babylon</c><00:22:35.660><c> became</c><00:22:36.119><c> the</c><00:22:36.319><c> capital</c>

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of<00:22:36.779><c> Babylonia,</c><00:22:37.920><c> Nineveh</c><00:22:39.059><c> became</c><00:22:39.359><c> the</c><00:22:39.500><c> capital</c>

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of<00:22:39.960><c> Assyria.</c><00:22:40.960><c> And</c><00:22:41.220><c> we're</c><00:22:41.440><c> going</c><00:22:41.599><c> to</c><00:22:41.740><c> be</c><00:22:41.940><c> talking</c><00:22:42.180><c> at</c><00:22:42.400><c> times</c>

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about<00:22:42.980><c> the</c><00:22:43.559><c> Assyro</c><00:22:44.640><c>-Babylonian</c><00:22:45.960><c> Empire.</c>

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The<00:22:47.420><c> head</c><00:22:47.559><c> of</c><00:22:47.779><c> gold</c><00:22:47.920><c> of</c><00:22:48.059><c> that</c><00:22:48.220><c> image</c><00:22:48.539><c> is</c><00:22:49.180><c> the</c><00:22:49.460><c> Assyro</c><00:22:50.019><c>-Babylonian.</c><00:22:50.779><c> So</c><00:22:51.079><c> with</c>

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that<00:22:51.400><c> as</c><00:22:51.539><c> a</c><00:22:51.619><c> very</c>

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brief<00:22:52.079><c> background,</c><00:22:52.500><c> let's</c><00:22:52.700><c> go</c><00:22:52.940><c> over</c><00:22:53.119><c> then</c><00:22:53.359><c> to</c><00:22:53.980><c> Daniel</c><00:22:54.420><c> chapter</c><00:22:54.859><c> 1.</c><00:22:55.920><c> And</c>

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we've<00:22:56.359><c> got</c><00:22:56.480><c> at</c><00:22:56.619><c> least</c><00:22:56.960><c> part</c><00:22:57.279><c> of</c><00:22:59.099><c> the</c>

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over<00:23:03.460><c> here</c><00:23:04.000><c> in</c><00:23:04.640><c> Babylon.</c><00:23:05.619><c> He'd</c><00:23:05.859><c> been</c><00:23:06.140><c> taken</c><00:23:06.500><c> captive.</c><00:23:08.539><c> He</c><00:23:08.720><c> finds</c><00:23:09.059><c> himself</c><00:23:09.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:10.700><c> land</c><00:23:11.039><c> of</c><00:23:11.380><c> Nimrod,</c>

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and<00:23:13.099><c> Daniel</c><00:23:13.400><c> being</c><00:23:13.680><c> the</c><00:23:13.859><c> sort</c><00:23:14.059><c> of</c><00:23:14.240><c> man</c><00:23:14.420><c> he</c><00:23:15.420><c> was,</c><00:23:17.079><c> recognises</c><00:23:17.400><c> that</c><00:23:17.660><c> there's</c><00:23:17.980><c> going</c><00:23:18.099><c> to</c><00:23:18.220><c> be</c><00:23:18.359><c> a</c><00:23:18.640><c> contest.</c>

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Just<00:23:19.980><c> as</c><00:23:20.279><c> Nimrod</c><00:23:20.759><c> says,</c><00:23:21.180><c> we're</c><00:23:21.299><c> going</c><00:23:21.400><c> to</c><00:23:21.519><c> make</c><00:23:21.660><c> our</c><00:23:21.859><c> own</c><00:23:22.119><c> shim,</c><00:23:22.940><c> and</c>

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right<00:23:23.480><c> back</c><00:23:23.759><c> there</c><00:23:24.000><c> in</c><00:23:24.119><c> that</c><00:23:24.319><c> period,</c>

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just<00:23:24.940><c> after</c><00:23:25.220><c> the</c><00:23:25.440><c> flood,</c><00:23:26.279><c> you've</c><00:23:26.460><c> got</c><00:23:26.599><c> two</c><00:23:26.940><c> sons,</c><00:23:28.079><c> just</c><00:23:28.299><c> as</c><00:23:28.420><c> there</c><00:23:28.559><c> was</c><00:23:28.720><c> a</c>

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cane<00:23:29.059><c> in</c><00:23:29.200><c> Abel.</c><00:23:30.180><c> So</c><00:23:30.380><c> there</c><00:23:30.539><c> became</c><00:23:30.859><c> now</c><00:23:31.140><c> a</c>

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shim<00:23:32.019><c> and</c><00:23:32.359><c> a</c><00:23:32.579><c> ham,</c><00:23:33.640><c> ham,</c><00:23:34.319><c> kush,</c><00:23:34.740><c> Nimrod.</c><00:23:39.619><c> But</c><00:23:39.619><c> there's</c><00:23:40.640><c> going</c>

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to<00:23:40.880><c> be</c><00:23:41.039><c> a</c><00:23:41.359><c> contest</c><00:23:41.559><c> here</c><00:23:41.880><c> between</c><00:23:42.440><c> these</c><00:23:42.779><c> two</c><00:23:42.960><c> men</c>

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in<00:23:43.339><c> particular.</c><00:23:44.319><c> So</c><00:23:44.599><c> in</c><00:23:44.819><c> Daniel</c><00:23:45.160><c> chapter</c><00:23:45.539><c> 1,</c><00:23:47.200><c> it</c><00:23:47.319><c> starts</c><00:23:47.559><c> with</c>

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these<00:23:48.079><c> words</c><00:23:48.400><c> that</c><00:23:48.579><c> in</c><00:23:48.779><c> the</c><00:23:49.059><c> third</c><00:23:49.480><c> year</c><00:23:50.059><c> of</c><00:23:51.000><c> the</c>

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reign<00:23:51.440><c> of</c><00:23:51.640><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:23:52.339><c> king</c><00:23:52.599><c> of</c><00:23:52.839><c> Judah,</c><00:23:54.059><c> came</c><00:23:54.259><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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king<00:23:55.859><c> of</c><00:23:56.500><c> Babylon</c><00:23:57.099><c> unto</c><00:23:57.940><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:23:58.539><c> and</c><00:23:58.940><c> he</c><00:23:59.299><c> besieged</c><00:23:59.779><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:01.500><c> the</c><00:24:01.819><c> Lord,</c><00:24:02.519><c> some</c><00:24:02.859><c> renderings</c><00:24:03.259><c> give</c><00:24:03.420><c> that</c><00:24:03.599><c> as</c><00:24:03.799><c> Yahweh,</c><00:24:04.200><c> but</c><00:24:04.299><c> we</c>

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won't<00:24:04.640><c> make</c><00:24:04.839><c> a</c><00:24:04.980><c> big</c><00:24:05.099><c> issue</c><00:24:05.339><c> out</c><00:24:05.559><c> of</c><00:24:05.700><c> that,</c>

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gave<00:24:06.839><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:24:07.720><c> king</c><00:24:07.960><c> of</c><00:24:08.220><c> Judah</c><00:24:08.480><c> into</c><00:24:09.119><c> his</c><00:24:09.440><c> hand</c><00:24:10.079><c> with</c><00:24:10.660><c> part</c>

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of<00:24:11.140><c> the</c><00:24:11.359><c> vessels</c><00:24:11.660><c> of</c><00:24:11.900><c> the</c><00:24:12.099><c> house</c><00:24:12.380><c> of</c><00:24:12.660><c> God,</c>

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which<00:24:13.779><c> he</c><00:24:14.119><c> carried</c><00:24:14.420><c> into</c><00:24:14.960><c> the</c><00:24:15.259><c> land</c><00:24:15.519><c> of</c><00:24:16.000><c> Shinar.</c><00:24:16.619><c> Isn't</c><00:24:16.880><c> it</c><00:24:17.099><c> interesting</c><00:24:17.500><c> that</c><00:24:17.640><c> he</c>

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should<00:24:17.980><c> say</c><00:24:18.180><c> that?</c><00:24:18.559><c> Very,</c>

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very<00:24:19.279><c> rarely</c><00:24:19.819><c> is</c><00:24:20.859><c> it</c><00:24:21.059><c> spoken</c><00:24:21.299><c> of</c><00:24:21.480><c> as</c><00:24:21.680><c> Shinar.</c><00:24:22.720><c> So</c><00:24:22.980><c> it's</c><00:24:23.420><c> telling</c><00:24:23.599><c> us</c><00:24:23.880><c> that</c><00:24:24.099><c> this</c><00:24:24.339><c> is</c>

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the<00:24:24.779><c> place</c>

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where<00:24:25.779><c> Nimrod</c><00:24:26.279><c> built</c><00:24:26.619><c> the</c><00:24:26.880><c> tower</c><00:24:27.160><c> of</c><00:24:27.380><c> Babel</c><00:24:27.619><c> and</c><00:24:27.740><c> said,</c><00:24:28.460><c> let</c><00:24:28.720><c> us</c><00:24:29.220><c> make</c><00:24:29.559><c> us</c><00:24:30.000><c> a</c><00:24:30.380><c> name.</c>

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And<00:24:32.180><c> we're</c><00:24:32.279><c> not</c><00:24:32.440><c> finished</c><00:24:32.660><c> with</c><00:24:32.880><c> names</c><00:24:33.079><c> yet.</c><00:24:33.680><c> We're</c><00:24:33.900><c> not</c><00:24:34.039><c> finished</c><00:24:34.259><c> with</c>

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it<00:24:34.599><c> at</c><00:24:34.759><c> all.</c>

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Let<00:24:35.720><c> us</c><00:24:35.940><c> make</c><00:24:36.240><c> our</c><00:24:36.640><c> own</c><00:24:37.180><c> shim</c><00:24:37.400><c> there</c><00:24:37.819><c> in</c><00:24:38.180><c> the</c><00:24:38.420><c> land</c><00:24:38.619><c> of</c><00:24:39.079><c> Shinar.</c>

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One<00:24:40.660><c> of</c><00:24:40.880><c> the</c><00:24:41.259><c> authorities</c><00:24:41.680><c> tells</c><00:24:42.000><c> us</c><00:24:42.279><c> that</c><00:24:42.460><c> the</c>

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word<00:24:42.799><c> Shinar</c><00:24:43.279><c> means</c><00:24:43.839><c> the</c><00:24:44.700><c> enemy's</c><00:24:45.420><c> teeth.</c><00:24:46.180><c> He</c><00:24:46.339><c> went</c><00:24:46.539><c> into</c><00:24:46.740><c> the</c>

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teeth<00:24:47.299><c> of</c><00:24:47.500><c> the</c><00:24:47.660><c> enemy.</c><00:24:48.359><c> It</c><00:24:48.519><c> sounds</c><00:24:48.720><c> quite</c><00:24:48.980><c> dramatic.</c>

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I<00:24:49.579><c> don't</c><00:24:49.759><c> know</c><00:24:49.859><c> whether</c><00:24:49.960><c> it's</c><00:24:50.299><c> absolutely</c><00:24:50.599><c> correct.</c><00:24:51.140><c> There's</c>

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some<00:24:51.539><c> doubt</c><00:24:51.720><c> at</c><00:24:51.960><c> times</c><00:24:52.160><c> on</c><00:24:52.299><c> some</c><00:24:52.460><c> of</c><00:24:52.599><c> these</c><00:24:52.759><c> names,</c>

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but<00:24:53.440><c> it</c><00:24:53.579><c> seems</c><00:24:53.799><c> to</c><00:24:53.960><c> fit</c><00:24:54.079><c> the</c><00:24:54.259><c> picture</c><00:24:54.539><c> and</c><00:24:55.000><c> it</c><00:24:55.319><c> could</c><00:24:55.500><c> well</c><00:24:55.759><c> be</c>

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the<00:24:56.059><c> meaning.</c><00:24:56.619><c> He</c><00:24:56.880><c> knew</c><00:24:57.180><c> where</c><00:24:57.380><c> he</c><00:24:57.539><c> was</c><00:24:57.740><c> going.</c>

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And<00:24:58.440><c> the</c><00:24:58.519><c> Bible</c><00:24:58.839><c> doesn't</c><00:24:59.160><c> just</c><00:24:59.640><c> say</c><00:25:00.039><c> it</c><00:25:00.319><c> was</c><00:25:00.599><c> over</c><00:25:00.839><c> into</c><00:25:01.059><c> Babylon</c><00:25:01.539><c> or</c><00:25:02.000><c> Babylonia</c><00:25:02.880><c> or</c>

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to<00:25:03.420><c> the</c><00:25:03.599><c> east.</c><00:25:04.259><c> It</c><00:25:04.440><c> was</c><00:25:04.720><c> into</c>

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the<00:25:05.160><c> land</c><00:25:05.420><c> of</c><00:25:05.759><c> Shinar.</c><00:25:06.319><c> So</c><00:25:06.460><c> we're</c><00:25:06.640><c> immediately</c><00:25:07.140><c> told</c><00:25:07.640><c> this</c><00:25:08.180><c> is</c>

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where<00:25:08.720><c> the</c><00:25:09.000><c> tower</c><00:25:09.220><c> of</c><00:25:09.519><c> Babel</c><00:25:09.759><c> was.</c><00:25:10.359><c> Let</c><00:25:10.559><c> us</c><00:25:10.880><c> make</c><00:25:11.140><c> us</c>

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a<00:25:12.000><c> name.</c><00:25:13.640><c> But</c><00:25:13.799><c> there</c><00:25:14.000><c> was</c><00:25:14.180><c> some</c><00:25:14.400><c> more</c><00:25:14.660><c> recent</c><00:25:14.900><c> history</c><00:25:15.539><c> that</c>

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had<00:25:16.759><c> caused</c><00:25:17.380><c> Daniel</c><00:25:18.039><c> to</c><00:25:18.559><c> be</c><00:25:18.839><c> here.</c><00:25:19.779><c> And</c><00:25:20.039><c> here</c><00:25:20.200><c> comes</c><00:25:20.519><c> now</c>

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our<00:25:21.039><c> first</c><00:25:21.619><c> direct</c><00:25:22.240><c> exhortation</c><00:25:23.079><c> for</c><00:25:23.779><c> the</c><00:25:23.940><c> morning.</c><00:25:25.099><c> Why</c><00:25:25.400><c> was</c>

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Daniel<00:25:26.339><c> himself</c><00:25:27.220><c> here</c><00:25:27.839><c> in</c><00:25:28.339><c> Babylon</c><00:25:28.660><c> at</c><00:25:28.940><c> this</c><00:25:29.180><c> time?</c>

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Let's<00:25:30.279><c> go</c><00:25:30.480><c> back</c><00:25:30.680><c> to</c><00:25:30.839><c> the</c><00:25:31.019><c> words</c><00:25:31.259><c> of</c><00:25:31.500><c> Isaiah.</c><00:25:32.740><c> In</c><00:25:32.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:33.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:33.640><c> 39,</c>

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we<00:25:36.579><c> go</c><00:25:36.799><c> back</c><00:25:37.099><c> to</c><00:25:37.480><c> the</c><00:25:37.880><c> time</c><00:25:38.220><c> of</c><00:25:38.880><c> the</c><00:25:39.079><c> good</c><00:25:39.319><c> king</c><00:25:39.740><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:25:41.299><c> And</c>

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he<00:25:41.740><c> was</c><00:25:42.059><c> a</c><00:25:42.240><c> very</c><00:25:42.480><c> good</c><00:25:42.640><c> king.</c><00:25:43.539><c> And</c><00:25:43.680><c> the</c><00:25:43.859><c> summary</c><00:25:44.119><c> which</c>

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is<00:25:44.640><c> found</c><00:25:44.779><c> of</c><00:25:44.920><c> his</c><00:25:45.160><c> life</c><00:25:45.319><c> in</c><00:25:45.460><c> the</c><00:25:45.559><c> book</c><00:25:45.700><c> of</c><00:25:45.940><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:46.519><c> says</c><00:25:47.099><c> that</c><00:25:47.299><c> he</c><00:25:47.380><c> was</c><00:25:47.579><c> a</c>

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good<00:25:47.900><c> thing,</c><00:25:48.700><c> he</c><00:25:48.819><c> was</c><00:25:49.000><c> a</c><00:25:49.099><c> good</c>

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king<00:25:49.500><c> rather,</c><00:25:50.559><c> except</c><00:25:51.180><c> in</c><00:25:52.099><c> one</c><00:25:52.359><c> thing.</c><00:25:53.299><c> And</c><00:25:53.579><c> that</c><00:25:53.720><c> is</c><00:25:54.119><c> in</c><00:25:54.339><c> the</c>

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matter,<00:25:55.400><c> this</c><00:25:55.619><c> is</c><00:25:55.759><c> the</c><00:25:55.839><c> way</c><00:25:55.920><c> the</c><00:25:56.079><c> Bible</c><00:25:56.240><c> puts</c><00:25:56.539><c> it,</c>

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in<00:25:57.259><c> the</c><00:25:57.519><c> matter</c><00:25:57.839><c> of</c><00:25:58.200><c> the</c><00:25:58.460><c> embassy</c><00:25:58.839><c> that</c><00:25:59.099><c> came</c><00:25:59.299><c> from</c><00:25:59.539><c> Babylon.</c>

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So<00:26:00.980><c> let's</c><00:26:01.559><c> just</c><00:26:02.200><c> see</c><00:26:02.400><c> the</c><00:26:02.559><c> picture</c><00:26:02.839><c> with</c>

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Hezekiah.<00:26:05.759><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:26:06.480><c> back</c><00:26:06.619><c> in</c><00:26:06.799><c> the</c><00:26:06.920><c> days</c><00:26:07.079><c> of</c><00:26:07.359><c> Isaiah,</c><00:26:08.380><c> saw</c>

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which<00:26:08.759><c> power</c><00:26:09.140><c> is</c><00:26:09.279><c> the</c><00:26:09.420><c> world</c><00:26:09.579><c> empire.</c>

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It<00:26:11.920><c> was</c><00:26:12.119><c> the</c><00:26:12.259><c> Assyrians</c><00:26:12.720><c> up</c><00:26:12.960><c> here,</c><00:26:13.099><c> wasn't</c><00:26:13.380><c> it?</c><00:26:15.380><c> And</c><00:26:15.759><c> in</c><00:26:15.920><c> fact</c>

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you<00:26:16.140><c> might</c><00:26:16.400><c> remember</c><00:26:16.859><c> that</c><00:26:17.079><c> in</c><00:26:17.259><c> the</c><00:26:17.359><c> time</c><00:26:17.539><c> of</c><00:26:17.779><c> Ahaz</c>

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that<00:26:19.039><c> Israel</c><00:26:20.000><c> here</c><00:26:20.259><c> in</c><00:26:20.420><c> the</c><00:26:20.619><c> north</c><00:26:20.880><c> and</c><00:26:21.339><c> Syria</c><00:26:21.859><c> over</c><00:26:22.960><c> here</c><00:26:23.200><c> had</c>

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made<00:26:23.599><c> a</c><00:26:23.859><c> coalition.</c><00:26:25.539><c> So</c><00:26:25.720><c> weak</c><00:26:26.000><c> king</c><00:26:26.400><c> Ahaz</c><00:26:26.920><c> down</c><00:26:27.259><c> here</c>

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says,<00:26:28.160><c> well</c><00:26:28.319><c> I'll</c><00:26:28.640><c> make</c><00:26:28.880><c> a</c><00:26:29.160><c> coalition</c><00:26:29.539><c> or</c><00:26:29.799><c> a</c><00:26:29.980><c> confederacy</c><00:26:30.440><c> with</c><00:26:30.720><c> Assyria.</c><00:26:32.299><c> And</c>

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so<00:26:32.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:32.859><c> said</c><00:26:33.160><c> back</c><00:26:33.380><c> in</c><00:26:33.519><c> the</c>

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Immanuel<00:26:33.880><c> prophecy,</c><00:26:35.180><c> enough</c><00:26:35.380><c> of</c><00:26:35.559><c> these</c><00:26:35.799><c> confederacies.</c><00:26:37.980><c> Israel</c><00:26:38.380><c> and</c>

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Syria<00:26:39.200><c> against</c><00:26:40.000><c> Judah</c><00:26:40.460><c> and</c><00:26:40.759><c> Assyria,</c>

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where's<00:26:42.180><c> God</c><00:26:42.539><c> in</c><00:26:42.759><c> all</c><00:26:42.940><c> of</c><00:26:43.119><c> this?</c><00:26:45.480><c> So</c><00:26:45.559><c> Hezekiah</c><00:26:47.140><c> was</c><00:26:47.640><c> confronted</c><00:26:48.200><c> with</c><00:26:48.900><c> the</c>

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Assyrians.<00:26:50.019><c> And</c><00:26:50.160><c> when</c><00:26:50.319><c> the</c>

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Assyrians<00:26:51.019><c> came</c><00:26:51.339><c> down</c><00:26:51.700><c> and</c><00:26:51.960><c> attacked</c><00:26:52.259><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:53.980><c> Hezekiah</c>

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triumphed,<00:26:55.079><c> didn't</c><00:26:55.240><c> it?</c><00:26:55.960><c> He</c><00:26:56.140><c> saw</c><00:26:56.420><c> Rab</c><00:26:56.720><c> Sheikah</c>

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standing<00:26:57.500><c> out</c><00:26:57.759><c> there</c><00:26:57.880><c> on</c><00:26:58.019><c> the</c><00:26:58.200><c> virgin's</c><00:26:58.700><c> fountain,</c><00:26:59.359><c> he</c><00:26:59.640><c> remembered</c><00:26:59.920><c> the</c>

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Immanuel<00:27:00.440><c> prophecy</c><00:27:00.980><c> and</c><00:27:02.240><c> the</c><00:27:02.460><c> king</c>

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led<00:27:03.299><c> the</c><00:27:03.539><c> people</c><00:27:04.220><c> in</c><00:27:04.880><c> such</c><00:27:05.059><c> a</c><00:27:05.220><c> way</c><00:27:05.599><c> that</c><00:27:06.119><c> through</c><00:27:06.359><c> their</c><00:27:06.619><c> faith,</c><00:27:07.519><c> the</c>

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120<00:27:08.140><c>,000</c><00:27:09.099><c> Assyrians</c><00:27:09.720><c> were</c><00:27:10.359><c> all</c><00:27:10.559><c> dead</c><00:27:10.759><c> men</c>

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when<00:27:11.740><c> they,</c><00:27:12.539><c> that</c><00:27:12.700><c> is</c><00:27:12.859><c> the</c><00:27:13.099><c> Israelites,</c><00:27:13.859><c> woke</c><00:27:14.019><c> up</c><00:27:14.200><c> in</c><00:27:14.339><c> the</c><00:27:14.440><c> morning.</c><00:27:15.460><c> So</c>

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:17.640
in<00:27:15.940><c> the</c><00:27:16.160><c> face</c><00:27:16.380><c> of</c><00:27:16.660><c> adversity,</c>

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:22.200
Hezekiah<00:27:19.859><c> triumphed.</c><00:27:20.759><c> But</c><00:27:20.859><c> the</c><00:27:21.059><c> record</c><00:27:21.259><c> of</c><00:27:21.420><c> his</c><00:27:21.599><c> life</c><00:27:21.799><c> said</c>

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.480
everything<00:27:22.700><c> was</c><00:27:22.980><c> good,</c><00:27:23.279><c> except</c><00:27:23.819><c> when</c><00:27:24.299><c> he</c><00:27:25.140><c> accepted</c>

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:30.220
the<00:27:26.519><c> Babylonian</c><00:27:27.099><c> embassy.</c><00:27:27.859><c> Now</c><00:27:28.180><c> let's</c><00:27:28.519><c> see</c><00:27:28.720><c> the</c><00:27:28.900><c> picture.</c><00:27:29.960><c> In</c>

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:34.579
Isaiah<00:27:30.619><c> chapter</c><00:27:31.200><c> 39,</c><00:27:33.259><c> we've</c><00:27:33.420><c> got</c><00:27:33.559><c> a</c><00:27:33.759><c> story</c><00:27:34.019><c> which</c><00:27:34.279><c> says</c>

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:39.160
verse<00:27:35.160><c> one,</c><00:27:35.559><c> that</c><00:27:35.599><c> at</c><00:27:35.759><c> that</c><00:27:36.079><c> time,</c><00:27:37.099><c> Merodach</c><00:27:37.480><c> the</c><00:27:37.740><c> son</c><00:27:38.859><c> of</c><00:27:39.160><c> the</c>

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:42.039
Latin,<00:27:39.500><c> king</c><00:27:39.660><c> of</c><00:27:39.859><c> Babylon,</c><00:27:40.619><c> sent</c><00:27:40.920><c> letters</c><00:27:41.640><c> and</c><00:27:41.819><c> a</c>

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:44.660
present<00:27:42.220><c> to</c><00:27:42.420><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:27:43.420><c> for</c><00:27:43.579><c> he</c><00:27:43.720><c> had</c><00:27:43.940><c> heard</c><00:27:44.140><c> that</c><00:27:44.279><c> he'd</c><00:27:44.400><c> been</c>

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:47.460
sick<00:27:44.880><c> and</c><00:27:44.960><c> he</c><00:27:45.079><c> was</c><00:27:45.279><c> recovered.</c><00:27:46.660><c> And</c><00:27:46.839><c> Hezekiah</c><00:27:47.220><c> was</c>

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:52.640
glad<00:27:47.680><c> of</c><00:27:47.819><c> them</c><00:27:48.119><c> and</c><00:27:48.779><c> showed</c><00:27:49.279><c> them</c><00:27:50.079><c> the</c><00:27:51.039><c> house</c><00:27:51.359><c> of</c><00:27:51.519><c> his</c><00:27:51.759><c> precious</c><00:27:52.099><c> things,</c>

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:54.440
the<00:27:53.140><c> silver</c><00:27:53.500><c> and</c><00:27:53.660><c> the</c><00:27:53.859><c> gold</c><00:27:54.039><c> and</c><00:27:54.200><c> the</c>

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:57.339
spices<00:27:54.720><c> and</c><00:27:54.940><c> the</c><00:27:55.119><c> precious</c><00:27:55.380><c> ointment</c><00:27:55.920><c> and</c><00:27:56.319><c> all</c><00:27:56.859><c> the</c><00:27:57.059><c> house</c><00:27:57.200><c> of</c>

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:59.200
his<00:27:57.539><c> armour</c><00:27:57.700><c> and</c><00:27:57.920><c> all</c><00:27:58.220><c> that</c><00:27:58.319><c> was</c><00:27:58.599><c> found</c><00:27:58.759><c> in</c><00:27:58.920><c> his</c>

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:02.079
treasures.<00:27:59.779><c> There</c><00:28:00.099><c> was</c><00:28:00.500><c> nothing</c><00:28:00.859><c> in</c><00:28:01.079><c> his</c><00:28:01.339><c> house</c><00:28:01.579><c> nor</c><00:28:01.759><c> in</c><00:28:01.920><c> all</c>

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:04.680
his<00:28:02.259><c> dominion</c><00:28:02.759><c> that</c><00:28:03.000><c> Hezekiah</c><00:28:03.500><c> showed</c><00:28:03.740><c> them</c><00:28:03.960><c> not.</c>

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:09.420
So<00:28:06.740><c> this</c><00:28:06.980><c> embassy</c><00:28:07.339><c> had</c><00:28:07.559><c> come</c><00:28:07.740><c> from</c><00:28:07.960><c> Babylon.</c><00:28:08.559><c> Now</c><00:28:08.920><c> as</c><00:28:09.160><c> brother</c>

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.940
Harry<00:28:09.640><c> said</c><00:28:09.940><c> in</c><00:28:10.259><c> his</c><00:28:10.420><c> talk</c><00:28:10.559><c> this</c><00:28:10.740><c> morning,</c>

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:13.839
don't<00:28:11.380><c> jump</c><00:28:11.680><c> ahead</c><00:28:11.960><c> and</c><00:28:12.259><c> preempt</c><00:28:12.440><c> what</c><00:28:12.619><c> we</c><00:28:12.839><c> already</c><00:28:13.119><c> know.</c><00:28:13.599><c> Make</c><00:28:13.779><c> up</c>

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:17.319
we<00:28:13.980><c> don't</c><00:28:14.220><c> know</c><00:28:14.400><c> this.</c><00:28:15.660><c> At</c><00:28:15.839><c> this</c><00:28:16.119><c> stage,</c>

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:22.920
Babylon<00:28:17.660><c> down</c><00:28:17.980><c> here</c><00:28:18.180><c> was</c><00:28:18.519><c> very</c><00:28:18.980><c> sort</c><00:28:19.180><c> of,</c><00:28:20.460><c> very</c><00:28:21.559><c> weak</c><00:28:21.960><c> really.</c>

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:25.259
The<00:28:23.180><c> Assyrians</c><00:28:23.640><c> were</c><00:28:23.920><c> in</c><00:28:24.160><c> control.</c><00:28:25.059><c> Whilst</c>

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:28.599
they<00:28:25.420><c> were</c><00:28:25.579><c> sort</c><00:28:25.759><c> of</c><00:28:26.019><c> related,</c><00:28:26.579><c> they</c><00:28:26.720><c> were</c><00:28:26.920><c> also</c><00:28:27.220><c> deadly</c><00:28:27.539><c> enemies.</c><00:28:28.319><c> And</c>

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:30.240
Babylon<00:28:28.880><c> was,</c><00:28:29.200><c> as</c><00:28:29.380><c> we</c><00:28:29.519><c> would</c><00:28:29.660><c> say</c><00:28:29.819><c> today,</c>

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:33.980
in<00:28:30.740><c> colloquial</c><00:28:31.099><c> language,</c><00:28:31.559><c> a</c><00:28:31.680><c> non</c><00:28:31.819><c>-event</c><00:28:32.119><c> at</c><00:28:32.339><c> that</c><00:28:32.559><c> time.</c><00:28:33.759><c> So</c>

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:36.700
Isaiah<00:28:34.500><c> in</c><00:28:35.380><c> verse</c><00:28:35.559><c> three</c><00:28:35.779><c> comes</c><00:28:36.059><c> to</c><00:28:36.279><c> Hezekiah</c><00:28:36.579><c> and</c>

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:40.880
said,<00:28:37.920><c> what</c><00:28:38.140><c> did</c><00:28:38.539><c> these</c><00:28:38.799><c> men</c><00:28:38.980><c> say</c><00:28:39.299><c> and</c><00:28:39.980><c> where</c><00:28:40.339><c> did</c><00:28:40.420><c> they</c><00:28:40.599><c> come</c>

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:44.380
from?<00:28:42.460><c> And</c><00:28:42.680><c> listen</c><00:28:42.900><c> to</c><00:28:43.240><c> what</c><00:28:43.539><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:28:44.079><c> really</c>

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:49.400
saying.<00:28:44.799><c> He's</c><00:28:45.039><c> saying,</c><00:28:45.880><c> oh,</c><00:28:46.920><c> they</c><00:28:47.160><c> came</c><00:28:47.519><c> from,</c><00:28:47.940><c> oh,</c><00:28:48.380><c> far</c><00:28:48.680><c> country,</c><00:28:49.220><c> long</c>

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:51.480
way<00:28:49.619><c> away.</c><00:28:49.880><c> They</c><00:28:50.099><c> came</c><00:28:50.299><c> from</c><00:28:50.579><c> Babylon.</c>

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:56.019
Now<00:28:52.079><c> you</c><00:28:52.200><c> see,</c><00:28:52.559><c> we</c><00:28:52.660><c> say,</c><00:28:53.119><c> well,</c><00:28:53.180><c> Babylon.</c><00:28:54.299><c> But</c><00:28:54.519><c> it</c><00:28:54.740><c> wasn't</c><00:28:54.980><c> like</c><00:28:55.400><c> that</c><00:28:55.799><c> at</c>

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.599
this<00:28:56.240><c> time.</c><00:28:56.680><c> Assyria</c><00:28:57.099><c> was</c><00:28:57.279><c> the</c><00:28:57.420><c> one</c><00:28:57.500><c> they</c>

00:28:57.599 --> 00:29:02.319
had<00:28:57.720><c> to</c><00:28:57.839><c> worry</c><00:28:58.160><c> about.</c><00:28:59.099><c> And</c><00:28:59.319><c> furthermore,</c><00:28:59.859><c> they're</c><00:28:59.940><c> lovely</c><00:29:00.259><c> people.</c><00:29:01.380><c> He</c><00:29:01.619><c> bought</c><00:29:01.819><c> me</c><00:29:02.119><c> a</c>

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.660
present<00:29:02.480><c> because</c>

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:06.339
he'd<00:29:02.940><c> heard</c><00:29:03.019><c> I'd</c><00:29:03.259><c> been</c><00:29:03.420><c> sick.</c><00:29:04.759><c> Now</c><00:29:05.200><c> what's</c><00:29:05.900><c> wrong</c><00:29:05.980><c> with</c><00:29:06.180><c> that?</c>

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:08.200
I<00:29:06.660><c> accepted</c><00:29:06.920><c> the</c><00:29:07.220><c> present.</c><00:29:07.940><c> You</c><00:29:08.079><c> know,</c>

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:10.059
maybe<00:29:08.440><c> we</c><00:29:08.660><c> can</c><00:29:08.900><c> convert</c><00:29:09.119><c> them</c><00:29:09.279><c> to</c><00:29:09.420><c> the</c><00:29:09.619><c> truth</c><00:29:09.799><c> or</c><00:29:09.940><c> something.</c>

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.460
I<00:29:10.180><c> don't</c><00:29:10.319><c> know</c><00:29:10.400><c> what</c><00:29:10.619><c> Hezekiah</c><00:29:10.980><c> thought</c><00:29:11.220><c> there.</c>

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:17.720
He<00:29:11.900><c> accepted</c><00:29:12.240><c> the</c><00:29:12.519><c> present.</c><00:29:13.079><c> He</c><00:29:13.180><c> let</c><00:29:13.380><c> them</c><00:29:13.599><c> in.</c><00:29:16.680><c> And</c><00:29:16.680><c> he</c><00:29:17.299><c> says,</c>

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:20.019
Isaiah<00:29:18.140><c> says,</c><00:29:18.480><c> and</c><00:29:18.599><c> what</c><00:29:18.759><c> have</c><00:29:18.819><c> they</c><00:29:19.099><c> seen?</c>

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:24.619
And<00:29:21.319><c> Hezekiah</c><00:29:21.799><c> says,</c><00:29:22.640><c> everything.</c><00:29:23.700><c> I've</c><00:29:24.059><c> showed</c><00:29:24.160><c> them</c><00:29:24.339><c> all</c>

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:26.579
that's<00:29:24.799><c> in</c><00:29:24.940><c> my</c><00:29:25.180><c> house.</c><00:29:25.539><c> There's</c><00:29:26.000><c> nothing</c><00:29:26.299><c> among</c>

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:30.380
my<00:29:26.880><c> treasures</c><00:29:27.079><c> that</c><00:29:27.279><c> I've</c><00:29:27.460><c> not</c><00:29:27.680><c> showed</c><00:29:27.880><c> them.</c><00:29:29.819><c> Verse</c><00:29:30.059><c> five,</c>

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.759
then<00:29:30.619><c> said</c><00:29:30.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:31.160><c> to</c><00:29:31.339><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:34.799
hear<00:29:32.000><c> the</c><00:29:32.160><c> word</c><00:29:32.279><c> of</c><00:29:32.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:32.740><c> of</c><00:29:32.900><c> hosts.</c><00:29:33.920><c> Behold,</c><00:29:34.240><c> the</c><00:29:34.359><c> day</c><00:29:34.559><c> has</c>

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:37.519
come<00:29:35.099><c> that</c><00:29:35.599><c> all</c><00:29:35.779><c> that</c><00:29:35.880><c> is</c><00:29:36.079><c> in</c><00:29:36.240><c> thine</c><00:29:36.339><c> house,</c>

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.279
and<00:29:37.880><c> that</c><00:29:38.019><c> which</c><00:29:38.180><c> thy</c><00:29:38.380><c> fathers</c><00:29:38.720><c> have</c><00:29:38.900><c> laid</c><00:29:39.059><c> up</c><00:29:39.259><c> in</c><00:29:39.500><c> store</c><00:29:39.660><c> until</c><00:29:40.019><c> this</c>

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.859
day<00:29:40.440><c> shall</c><00:29:40.660><c> be</c><00:29:41.019><c> carried</c><00:29:41.319><c> to</c><00:29:41.579><c> Babylon.</c>

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:45.240
Nothing<00:29:42.619><c> shall</c><00:29:42.880><c> be</c><00:29:43.099><c> left,</c><00:29:43.440><c> saith</c><00:29:43.480><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:44.160><c> and</c><00:29:44.460><c> of</c><00:29:44.700><c> your</c>

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:47.779
sons,<00:29:45.660><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:29:47.119><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:52.000
of<00:29:48.279><c> your</c><00:29:48.619><c> sons,</c><00:29:49.059><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:29:50.420><c> that</c><00:29:50.640><c> shall</c><00:29:50.940><c> issue</c><00:29:51.279><c> from</c><00:29:51.579><c> thee,</c>

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:55.000
which<00:29:52.640><c> thou</c><00:29:52.900><c> shall</c><00:29:53.200><c> beget,</c><00:29:54.019><c> they</c><00:29:54.259><c> shall</c><00:29:54.579><c> take</c>

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:58.339
away,<00:29:55.380><c> and</c><00:29:55.579><c> they</c><00:29:55.859><c> shall</c><00:29:56.140><c> be</c><00:29:56.599><c> eunuchs</c><00:29:57.019><c> in</c><00:29:57.359><c> the</c><00:29:57.559><c> palace</c><00:29:57.980><c> of</c><00:29:58.240><c> the</c>

00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:01.980
king<00:29:58.539><c> of</c><00:29:58.740><c> Babylon.</c><00:30:00.640><c> And</c><00:30:00.900><c> we</c><00:30:01.039><c> go</c><00:30:01.180><c> to</c><00:30:01.319><c> Daniel</c><00:30:01.599><c> chapter</c>

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:11.019
one,<00:30:03.880><c> and</c><00:30:04.019><c> we</c><00:30:04.200><c> read</c><00:30:04.420><c> in</c><00:30:04.660><c> verse</c><00:30:05.119><c> two,</c><00:30:06.420><c> the</c><00:30:06.619><c> latter</c><00:30:06.819><c> part,</c><00:30:10.480><c> Daniel</c><00:30:10.779><c> one</c>

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:14.559
verse<00:30:11.240><c> two,</c><00:30:12.059><c> and</c><00:30:12.480><c> he</c><00:30:12.700><c> brought</c><00:30:13.079><c> the</c><00:30:13.519><c> vessels</c>

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:22.259
of<00:30:14.920><c> the</c><00:30:15.079><c> house</c><00:30:15.259><c> of</c><00:30:15.500><c> God</c><00:30:15.900><c> into</c><00:30:16.819><c> the</c><00:30:17.119><c> treasure</c><00:30:17.359><c> house</c><00:30:17.660><c> of</c><00:30:17.900><c> his</c><00:30:18.240><c> God,</c><00:30:19.339><c> and</c><00:30:19.700><c> the</c><00:30:19.940><c> king</c><00:30:20.220><c> spake</c><00:30:20.660><c> unto</c><00:30:20.940><c> Ashpen</c><00:30:21.460><c> as</c>

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:28.180
the<00:30:22.880><c> master</c><00:30:23.319><c> of</c><00:30:23.779><c> his</c><00:30:24.660><c> eunuchs,</c><00:30:26.259><c> that</c><00:30:26.339><c> he</c><00:30:26.539><c> should</c><00:30:26.720><c> bring</c><00:30:27.079><c> certain</c><00:30:27.420><c> of</c><00:30:27.599><c> the</c><00:30:27.759><c> children</c><00:30:28.039><c> of</c>

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.940
Israel<00:30:28.480><c> and</c><00:30:28.740><c> of</c><00:30:28.980><c> the</c><00:30:29.200><c> king's</c>

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:34.019
seed,<00:30:31.619><c> and</c><00:30:32.119><c> he</c><00:30:32.220><c> was</c><00:30:32.400><c> going</c><00:30:32.500><c> to</c><00:30:32.660><c> do</c><00:30:32.900><c> three</c><00:30:33.259><c> things</c><00:30:33.519><c> with</c><00:30:33.779><c> them.</c>

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:36.839
So<00:30:34.400><c> we</c><00:30:34.559><c> see</c><00:30:34.700><c> the</c><00:30:34.880><c> picture.</c><00:30:35.900><c> The</c><00:30:36.059><c> picture</c><00:30:36.339><c> was</c><00:30:36.660><c> the</c>

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:40.079
great<00:30:37.039><c> man</c><00:30:37.259><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:30:38.599><c> and</c><00:30:38.880><c> here's</c><00:30:39.079><c> a</c><00:30:39.200><c> little</c><00:30:39.400><c> summary,</c><00:30:39.940><c> and</c>

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.539
I<00:30:40.180><c> like</c><00:30:40.279><c> to</c><00:30:40.400><c> give</c><00:30:40.420><c> little</c><00:30:40.700><c> summaries</c><00:30:41.039><c> because</c><00:30:41.279><c> I</c>

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:45.019
know<00:30:41.660><c> we</c><00:30:41.839><c> can't</c><00:30:42.180><c> all</c><00:30:42.400><c> listen</c><00:30:42.619><c> to</c><00:30:43.019><c> the</c><00:30:43.240><c> whole</c><00:30:43.420><c> lot</c><00:30:43.539><c> of</c><00:30:43.759><c> 45</c><00:30:44.099><c> minutes</c><00:30:44.400><c> we</c><00:30:44.700><c> tune</c><00:30:44.900><c> in</c>

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.220
and<00:30:45.119><c> we</c><00:30:45.299><c> tune</c><00:30:45.400><c> out</c><00:30:45.660><c> because</c><00:30:45.940><c> we're</c>

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:48.779
human,<00:30:46.859><c> but</c><00:30:47.019><c> every</c><00:30:47.200><c> now</c><00:30:47.299><c> and</c><00:30:47.440><c> again</c><00:30:47.500><c> there's</c><00:30:47.700><c> something</c><00:30:47.960><c> important.</c><00:30:48.619><c> So</c>

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:50.200
this<00:30:48.980><c> next</c><00:30:49.240><c> sentence</c><00:30:49.539><c> is</c><00:30:49.720><c> an</c><00:30:49.960><c> important</c>

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:56.460
one.<00:30:51.740><c> Hezekiah</c><00:30:52.200><c> triumphed</c><00:30:53.519><c> in</c><00:30:53.720><c> a</c><00:30:53.859><c> test</c><00:30:54.039><c> of</c><00:30:54.180><c> adversity.</c><00:30:56.299><c> When</c>

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:58.000
the<00:30:56.619><c> enemy</c><00:30:56.799><c> was</c><00:30:57.019><c> out</c><00:30:57.240><c> there</c><00:30:57.359><c> and</c><00:30:57.460><c> he</c><00:30:57.599><c> saw</c><00:30:57.759><c> it</c><00:30:57.880><c> for</c>

00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:07.420
what<00:30:58.180><c> it</c><00:30:58.279><c> was,</c><00:30:58.680><c> he</c><00:30:58.900><c> triumphed.</c><00:30:59.799><c> He</c><00:30:59.920><c> failed</c><00:31:00.619><c> in</c><00:31:01.519><c> a</c><00:31:01.740><c> test</c><00:31:02.019><c> of</c><00:31:02.440><c> prosperity,</c><00:31:04.279><c> except</c><00:31:04.500><c> this</c><00:31:05.240><c> gift.</c><00:31:05.819><c> Let's</c><00:31:06.039><c> be</c><00:31:06.259><c> friends.</c>

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:13.700
What<00:31:08.759><c> sort</c><00:31:09.059><c> of</c><00:31:09.259><c> tests</c><00:31:09.700><c> do</c><00:31:10.019><c> we</c><00:31:10.319><c> principally</c><00:31:10.779><c> face</c><00:31:11.059><c> today?</c><00:31:13.359><c> There</c><00:31:13.539><c> are</c>

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:17.019
very<00:31:13.980><c> few</c><00:31:14.160><c> of</c><00:31:14.279><c> us</c><00:31:14.500><c> that</c><00:31:14.700><c> are</c><00:31:15.259><c> really</c><00:31:16.500><c> facing</c>

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:21.420
tests<00:31:17.319><c> of</c><00:31:17.460><c> adversity.</c><00:31:18.579><c> Most</c><00:31:18.900><c> of</c><00:31:19.059><c> the</c><00:31:19.259><c> tests</c><00:31:19.640><c> are</c><00:31:20.240><c> prosperity,</c>

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:23.240
and<00:31:21.759><c> they're</c><00:31:21.980><c> probably</c><00:31:22.339><c> so</c><00:31:22.740><c> subtle</c><00:31:23.059><c> that</c>

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:27.660
we<00:31:23.359><c> can't</c><00:31:23.619><c> see</c><00:31:23.839><c> them.</c><00:31:24.980><c> So</c><00:31:24.980><c> lesson</c><00:31:25.519><c> number</c><00:31:26.000><c> one,</c><00:31:26.660><c> which</c><00:31:26.839><c> we</c><00:31:27.059><c> hope</c><00:31:27.240><c> will</c><00:31:27.420><c> go</c>

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.720
through,<00:31:27.900><c> I'm</c><00:31:28.039><c> sure</c><00:31:28.180><c> it'll</c><00:31:28.299><c> go</c><00:31:28.480><c> through</c>

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:31.599
everybody's<00:31:29.400><c> talks,</c><00:31:30.259><c> when</c><00:31:30.400><c> we</c><00:31:30.619><c> go</c><00:31:30.819><c> away</c><00:31:31.019><c> from</c><00:31:31.220><c> this</c><00:31:31.440><c> school,</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:34.359
we<00:31:31.799><c> want</c><00:31:31.980><c> to</c><00:31:32.099><c> be</c><00:31:32.180><c> able</c><00:31:32.359><c> to</c><00:31:32.680><c> recognise</c><00:31:33.380><c> the</c><00:31:33.960><c> test</c>

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:37.099
better<00:31:35.019><c> than</c><00:31:35.119><c> what</c><00:31:35.259><c> we</c><00:31:35.440><c> did</c><00:31:35.519><c> when</c><00:31:35.640><c> we</c><00:31:35.819><c> came</c><00:31:36.000><c> to</c><00:31:36.119><c> the</c><00:31:36.319><c> school.</c>

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:39.900
You<00:31:38.019><c> know,</c><00:31:38.160><c> those</c><00:31:38.460><c> nice</c><00:31:38.799><c> people</c><00:31:39.140><c> out</c><00:31:39.380><c> there,</c>

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:42.819
or<00:31:40.279><c> just</c><00:31:40.500><c> going</c><00:31:40.700><c> to</c><00:31:40.900><c> this</c><00:31:41.079><c> place</c><00:31:41.380><c> once,</c><00:31:42.039><c> or</c><00:31:42.180><c> just</c><00:31:42.400><c> having</c><00:31:42.619><c> one</c>

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:44.859
of<00:31:42.960><c> those</c><00:31:43.140><c> and</c><00:31:43.319><c> using</c><00:31:43.500><c> it</c><00:31:43.720><c> occasionally.</c><00:31:44.180><c> I</c><00:31:44.579><c> don't</c>

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:47.700
think<00:31:45.059><c> God</c><00:31:45.279><c> will</c><00:31:45.519><c> keep</c><00:31:45.680><c> me</c><00:31:45.859><c> out</c><00:31:45.980><c> of</c><00:31:46.039><c> the</c><00:31:46.220><c> kingdom</c><00:31:46.440><c> for</c><00:31:46.579><c> that.</c>

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:51.039
Well,<00:31:48.859><c> I'll</c><00:31:49.680><c> comment</c><00:31:49.859><c> on</c><00:31:50.000><c> that</c><00:31:50.240><c> last</c><00:31:50.680><c> statement</c>

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:53.480
later<00:31:51.359><c> on,</c><00:31:52.200><c> because</c><00:31:52.240><c> I</c><00:31:52.319><c> think</c><00:31:52.460><c> that's</c><00:31:52.700><c> a</c><00:31:52.799><c> bad</c><00:31:52.960><c> statement</c><00:31:53.279><c> in</c>

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:56.119
itself.<00:31:54.240><c> But</c><00:31:54.720><c> what</c><00:31:55.200><c> we're</c><00:31:55.400><c> saying</c><00:31:55.619><c> is</c><00:31:55.759><c> we</c><00:31:55.880><c> haven't</c>

00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:02.539
recognised<00:31:56.640><c> the</c><00:31:56.880><c> test,</c><00:31:57.980><c> but</c><00:31:58.220><c> Daniel</c><00:31:58.539><c> did.</c><00:32:00.059><c> Just</c><00:32:00.480><c> a</c><00:32:01.460><c> little</c><00:32:01.819><c> quick</c><00:32:02.140><c> look</c><00:32:02.339><c> at</c>

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.779
a<00:32:02.700><c> chronology</c><00:32:03.220><c> chart,</c>

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:07.359
and<00:32:04.380><c> we'll</c><00:32:04.519><c> come</c><00:32:04.700><c> back</c><00:32:04.900><c> to</c><00:32:04.940><c> this</c><00:32:05.180><c> one</c><00:32:05.319><c> later</c><00:32:05.660><c> because</c><00:32:06.059><c> we</c><00:32:06.880><c> don't</c><00:32:07.160><c> need</c>

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:09.220
to<00:32:07.460><c> look</c><00:32:07.579><c> at</c><00:32:07.740><c> all</c><00:32:07.880><c> this</c><00:32:08.039><c> this</c><00:32:08.279><c> morning,</c>

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:13.000
but<00:32:09.579><c> if</c><00:32:09.980><c> you</c><00:32:10.119><c> can</c><00:32:10.299><c> just</c><00:32:10.559><c> see</c><00:32:10.799><c> the</c><00:32:10.940><c> relevant</c><00:32:11.339><c> parts</c><00:32:11.720><c> here.</c><00:32:12.839><c> See</c>

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.279
these<00:32:13.259><c> three</c><00:32:13.559><c> black</c><00:32:13.779><c> lines?</c><00:32:14.960><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:32:15.740><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:16.140><c> and</c>

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:22.859
Daniel<00:32:16.759><c> were</c><00:32:17.519><c> a</c><00:32:17.660><c> sort</c><00:32:17.839><c> of</c><00:32:18.079><c> contemporary</c><00:32:18.519><c> prophets.</c><00:32:20.180><c> The</c><00:32:20.440><c> three</c><00:32:21.019><c> yellow</c><00:32:21.880><c> coloured,</c><00:32:22.519><c> gold</c>

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:24.380
coloured<00:32:23.160><c> lines</c><00:32:23.579><c> there</c>

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:29.920
represent<00:32:25.079><c> three</c><00:32:25.440><c> lots</c><00:32:25.680><c> of</c><00:32:26.000><c> 70</c><00:32:26.299><c> years.</c><00:32:27.480><c> There</c><00:32:27.579><c> was</c><00:32:27.819><c> the</c><00:32:28.019><c> 70</c><00:32:28.160><c> years</c><00:32:28.420><c> captivity,</c><00:32:29.579><c> the</c><00:32:29.759><c> 70</c>

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.059
years<00:32:30.160><c> desolation</c><00:32:30.720><c> of</c><00:32:30.880><c> the</c>

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:35.019
land,<00:32:31.720><c> the</c><00:32:31.859><c> 70</c><00:32:32.119><c> years</c><00:32:32.380><c> desecration</c><00:32:33.000><c> of</c><00:32:33.180><c> the</c><00:32:33.400><c> temple</c><00:32:33.779><c> that</c><00:32:34.220><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:34.700><c> had</c>

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:36.700
prophesied<00:32:35.380><c> about.</c><00:32:36.000><c> And</c><00:32:36.200><c> you'll</c><00:32:36.480><c> notice</c>

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:39.900
that<00:32:37.059><c> Daniel</c><00:32:37.460><c> appears</c><00:32:37.880><c> to</c><00:32:38.059><c> be</c><00:32:38.220><c> totally</c><00:32:38.660><c> contemporary</c><00:32:39.319><c> with</c>

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:43.640
that<00:32:40.119><c> first</c><00:32:40.440><c> 70</c><00:32:40.759><c> years.</c><00:32:41.799><c> He</c><00:32:42.019><c> was</c><00:32:42.319><c> 70</c><00:32:42.779><c> years</c><00:32:43.220><c> there</c>

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:48.220
in<00:32:44.619><c> Babylon,</c><00:32:45.319><c> the</c><00:32:45.519><c> period</c><00:32:45.700><c> of</c><00:32:45.839><c> the</c><00:32:46.019><c> captivity.</c><00:32:47.460><c> The</c><00:32:47.740><c> red</c><00:32:47.980><c> line</c>

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.920
down<00:32:48.519><c> here</c><00:32:48.779><c> shows</c><00:32:49.079><c> that</c><00:32:49.599><c> it</c><00:32:49.700><c> was</c><00:32:49.859><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:54.200
and<00:32:51.460><c> the</c><00:32:51.660><c> green</c><00:32:51.900><c> line</c><00:32:52.140><c> shows</c><00:32:52.380><c> it</c><00:32:52.579><c> was</c><00:32:52.740><c> Jehoiakim.</c><00:32:53.660><c> And</c><00:32:53.859><c> I</c><00:32:53.920><c> don't</c><00:32:54.079><c> want</c>

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.660
to<00:32:54.319><c> say</c><00:32:54.400><c> anything</c><00:32:54.599><c> more</c><00:32:54.819><c> about</c><00:32:55.039><c> that</c><00:32:55.279><c> at</c><00:32:55.480><c> the</c>

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:59.779
moment,<00:32:56.000><c> but</c><00:32:56.299><c> that</c><00:32:56.519><c> just</c><00:32:56.779><c> gives</c><00:32:56.940><c> us</c><00:32:57.180><c> a</c><00:32:57.319><c> little</c><00:32:57.480><c> bit</c><00:32:57.599><c> of</c><00:32:57.720><c> an</c><00:32:57.980><c> idea</c><00:32:58.220><c> of</c>

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:02.500
the<00:32:59.980><c> time</c><00:33:00.259><c> setting.</c><00:33:00.900><c> Now,</c><00:33:01.200><c> the</c><00:33:01.359><c> three</c><00:33:01.559><c> tests.</c>

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:07.680
What<00:33:02.880><c> were</c><00:33:03.140><c> the</c><00:33:03.259><c> three</c><00:33:03.559><c> tests</c><00:33:03.920><c> then</c><00:33:04.539><c> that</c><00:33:05.400><c> the</c><00:33:07.200><c> Babylonian</c>

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:10.680
power<00:33:08.579><c> subjected</c><00:33:09.299><c> these</c><00:33:09.880><c> three</c><00:33:10.099><c> men</c><00:33:10.400><c> to,</c>

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:14.059
or<00:33:10.880><c> to</c><00:33:11.039><c> which</c><00:33:11.180><c> they</c><00:33:11.400><c> subjected</c><00:33:11.799><c> these</c><00:33:12.119><c> three</c><00:33:12.299><c> men?</c><00:33:13.460><c> How</c><00:33:13.799><c> would</c>

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:16.160
we<00:33:14.240><c> have</c><00:33:14.500><c> responded</c><00:33:14.779><c> to</c><00:33:15.019><c> these?</c><00:33:15.880><c> Well,</c>

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:20.660
the<00:33:16.339><c> first</c><00:33:16.599><c> test</c><00:33:16.880><c> was</c><00:33:17.099><c> this.</c><00:33:18.420><c> The</c><00:33:18.539><c> first</c><00:33:18.799><c> test</c><00:33:19.140><c> is</c><00:33:19.900><c> in</c><00:33:20.359><c> verse</c>

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:22.579
4.<00:33:21.319><c> We</c><00:33:21.339><c> read</c><00:33:21.660><c> that</c><00:33:21.839><c> these</c><00:33:22.079><c> children,</c>

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:27.140
there<00:33:23.140><c> was</c><00:33:23.339><c> no</c><00:33:23.519><c> blemish</c><00:33:23.859><c> in</c><00:33:24.019><c> them,</c><00:33:24.640><c> they</c><00:33:24.920><c> were</c><00:33:25.140><c> well</c><00:33:25.420><c> favoured,</c><00:33:26.259><c> they</c><00:33:26.380><c> were</c><00:33:26.640><c> skillful</c><00:33:26.980><c> in</c>

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.900
all<00:33:27.319><c> wisdom</c><00:33:27.619><c> and</c>

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:31.079
knowledge<00:33:28.460><c> and</c><00:33:29.319><c> understanding</c><00:33:29.799><c> science,</c><00:33:30.460><c> and</c><00:33:30.559><c> such</c><00:33:30.740><c> as</c><00:33:30.940><c> had</c>

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:33.500
ability<00:33:31.519><c> in</c><00:33:31.700><c> them</c><00:33:32.039><c> to</c><00:33:32.359><c> stand</c><00:33:32.579><c> in</c><00:33:32.759><c> the</c><00:33:32.920><c> king's</c><00:33:33.299><c> palace</c>

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:36.160
in<00:33:33.680><c> whom</c><00:33:33.759><c> they</c><00:33:33.900><c> might</c><00:33:34.140><c> teach</c><00:33:34.579><c> the</c><00:33:35.119><c> learning</c><00:33:35.440><c> and</c><00:33:35.720><c> the</c><00:33:35.960><c> tongue</c>

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:39.279
of<00:33:36.380><c> the</c><00:33:36.519><c> Chaldeans.</c><00:33:37.839><c> So</c><00:33:38.140><c> he</c><00:33:38.259><c> says,</c><00:33:38.900><c> we're</c><00:33:39.099><c> going</c>

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:42.180
to<00:33:39.539><c> send</c><00:33:39.680><c> them</c><00:33:39.880><c> to</c><00:33:40.039><c> the</c><00:33:40.259><c> best</c><00:33:40.559><c> school,</c><00:33:41.259><c> and</c><00:33:41.480><c> we're</c><00:33:41.720><c> going</c><00:33:41.819><c> to</c>

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:45.000
educate<00:33:42.660><c> them</c><00:33:43.420><c> in</c><00:33:43.740><c> the</c><00:33:43.880><c> things</c><00:33:44.039><c> of</c><00:33:44.240><c> Babylon.</c>

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:49.400
As<00:33:46.619><c> has</c><00:33:46.859><c> often</c><00:33:47.119><c> been</c><00:33:47.440><c> said,</c><00:33:48.339><c> the</c><00:33:48.460><c> difference</c><00:33:48.759><c> between</c><00:33:49.200><c> the</c>

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:51.740
Assyrians<00:33:49.900><c> and</c><00:33:50.119><c> the</c><00:33:50.319><c> Babylonians,</c>

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:55.039
remember,<00:33:52.740><c> Hezekiah</c><00:33:53.240><c> triumphed</c><00:33:54.039><c> when</c><00:33:54.220><c> the</c><00:33:54.420><c> Assyrians</c><00:33:54.819><c> stood</c>

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:57.599
out<00:33:55.299><c> there,</c><00:33:56.039><c> but</c><00:33:56.279><c> he</c><00:33:56.539><c> failed</c><00:33:56.740><c> when</c><00:33:56.920><c> the</c><00:33:57.140><c> Babylonian</c>

00:33:57.599 --> 00:34:02.059
came<00:33:57.859><c> along</c><00:33:58.079><c> with</c><00:33:58.359><c> the</c><00:33:58.480><c> present.</c><00:34:00.160><c> The</c><00:34:00.319><c> Assyrians,</c><00:34:01.579><c> when</c><00:34:01.839><c> they</c>

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:04.460
captured<00:34:02.319><c> a</c><00:34:02.519><c> city,</c><00:34:03.500><c> they</c><00:34:03.700><c> cut</c><00:34:03.839><c> off</c><00:34:04.019><c> the</c><00:34:04.160><c> heads</c><00:34:04.299><c> of</c>

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:07.740
the<00:34:04.660><c> people</c><00:34:05.059><c> and</c><00:34:05.599><c> they</c><00:34:05.880><c> piled</c><00:34:06.059><c> them</c><00:34:06.200><c> in</c><00:34:06.299><c> a</c><00:34:06.380><c> big</c><00:34:06.579><c> pyramid</c><00:34:07.000><c> outside</c><00:34:07.539><c> the</c>

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:10.559
gate<00:34:07.859><c> of</c><00:34:08.019><c> the</c><00:34:08.159><c> city.</c><00:34:09.800><c> The</c><00:34:10.039><c> Babylonians,</c>

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.699
when<00:34:10.739><c> they</c><00:34:10.980><c> came</c><00:34:11.199><c> along,</c><00:34:11.500><c> they</c><00:34:11.719><c> said,</c><00:34:11.840><c> oh,</c><00:34:12.239><c> we'll</c><00:34:12.480><c> leave</c><00:34:12.559><c> your</c>

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:15.440
heads<00:34:12.880><c> on</c><00:34:13.360><c> and</c><00:34:13.780><c> we'll</c><00:34:14.059><c> change</c><00:34:14.199><c> what's</c><00:34:14.539><c> inside.</c>

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:21.019
We'll<00:34:16.800><c> send</c><00:34:16.980><c> them</c><00:34:17.119><c> to</c><00:34:17.219><c> the</c><00:34:17.360><c> right</c><00:34:17.559><c> school,</c><00:34:18.639><c> we'll</c><00:34:18.840><c> educate</c><00:34:19.260><c> them.</c><00:34:20.179><c> The</c><00:34:20.420><c> next</c><00:34:20.659><c> test</c><00:34:20.900><c> is</c>

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:22.780
we'll<00:34:21.219><c> change</c><00:34:21.500><c> their</c><00:34:21.739><c> names</c>

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:26.380
and<00:34:23.079><c> then</c><00:34:23.260><c> we'll</c><00:34:23.460><c> give</c><00:34:23.659><c> them</c><00:34:24.380><c> the</c><00:34:24.539><c> right</c><00:34:24.780><c> sort</c><00:34:24.940><c> of</c><00:34:25.119><c> food.</c><00:34:26.099><c> And</c>

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:28.280
that's<00:34:26.559><c> hard</c><00:34:26.820><c> to</c><00:34:27.039><c> detect,</c><00:34:27.380><c> isn't</c><00:34:27.480><c> it?</c>

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:31.699
And<00:34:29.019><c> I'm</c><00:34:29.300><c> quite</c><00:34:29.579><c> sure,</c><00:34:30.019><c> harking</c><00:34:30.300><c> back</c><00:34:30.480><c> to</c><00:34:30.739><c> Frank</c><00:34:30.760><c> again,</c><00:34:31.420><c> don't</c><00:34:31.559><c> be</c>

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:33.219
down<00:34:31.920><c> to</c><00:34:32.019><c> this</c><00:34:32.139><c> Frank,</c><00:34:32.539><c> I'm</c><00:34:32.679><c> sure</c><00:34:32.840><c> Frank</c><00:34:33.079><c> will</c>

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:35.440
be<00:34:33.320><c> talking</c><00:34:33.519><c> about</c><00:34:33.820><c> the</c><00:34:33.980><c> dangers</c><00:34:34.260><c> of</c><00:34:34.480><c> the</c><00:34:34.639><c> Babylonian</c><00:34:35.099><c> system</c>

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:39.500
today.<00:34:36.539><c> It's</c><00:34:36.980><c> subtle.</c><00:34:38.639><c> As</c><00:34:38.900><c> much</c><00:34:39.039><c> as</c><00:34:39.219><c> I</c><00:34:39.300><c> wouldn't</c>

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:41.340
like<00:34:39.699><c> to</c><00:34:39.940><c> have</c><00:34:39.940><c> my</c><00:34:40.059><c> head</c><00:34:40.219><c> chopped</c><00:34:40.440><c> off</c><00:34:40.619><c> and</c><00:34:40.820><c> piled</c><00:34:40.960><c> up</c><00:34:41.099><c> outside</c>

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.480
a<00:34:41.579><c> city,</c><00:34:41.820><c> although</c><00:34:41.940><c> I</c><00:34:41.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:42.199><c> know</c><00:34:42.280><c> much</c>

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:47.239
about<00:34:42.719><c> it</c><00:34:42.860><c> after</c><00:34:43.039><c> it</c><00:34:43.300><c> happened,</c><00:34:43.900><c> that's</c><00:34:44.199><c> much</c><00:34:44.380><c> easier</c><00:34:44.679><c> to</c><00:34:44.900><c> handle.</c><00:34:45.980><c> Much,</c><00:34:46.420><c> much</c><00:34:46.719><c> easier</c><00:34:47.000><c> to</c>

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:48.300
handle<00:34:47.639><c> than</c><00:34:48.079><c> the</c>

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:51.719
of<00:34:48.840><c> the</c><00:34:48.980><c> world</c><00:34:49.280><c> out</c><00:34:49.539><c> there.</c><00:34:50.139><c> And</c><00:34:50.280><c> I</c><00:34:50.420><c> suppose</c><00:34:50.679><c> if</c><00:34:50.800><c> there</c><00:34:50.940><c> was</c><00:34:51.079><c> one</c><00:34:51.300><c> word</c><00:34:51.480><c> to</c>

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:53.199
summarise<00:34:52.119><c> it</c><00:34:52.260><c> today,</c><00:34:52.559><c> it's</c><00:34:52.800><c> humanism,</c>

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:55.820
isn't<00:34:53.380><c> it?</c><00:34:53.960><c> It's</c><00:34:54.199><c> that</c><00:34:54.380><c> doctrine</c><00:34:54.679><c> of</c><00:34:55.000><c> humanism</c><00:34:55.360><c> that</c><00:34:55.579><c> sounds</c>

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:58.260
all<00:34:56.199><c> so</c><00:34:56.440><c> plausible.</c><00:34:57.179><c> And</c><00:34:57.440><c> I</c><00:34:57.619><c> would</c><00:34:57.820><c> guarantee</c>

00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:02.139
that<00:34:58.519><c> some</c><00:34:58.739><c> of</c><00:34:58.860><c> the</c><00:34:59.039><c> best</c><00:34:59.400><c> lecturers</c><00:34:59.880><c> and</c><00:35:00.199><c> professors</c><00:35:00.599><c> in</c><00:35:00.920><c> humanism</c><00:35:01.340><c> were</c><00:35:01.760><c> there</c><00:35:01.960><c> in</c>

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.280
that<00:35:02.380><c> college</c><00:35:02.599><c> or</c><00:35:02.860><c> university</c>

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:08.099
in<00:35:03.519><c> Babylon.</c><00:35:04.960><c> But</c><00:35:05.199><c> Daniel</c><00:35:05.360><c> went</c><00:35:05.539><c> there.</c><00:35:06.780><c> Now,</c><00:35:07.019><c> I'm</c><00:35:07.239><c> not</c><00:35:07.639><c> saying</c><00:35:07.860><c> that</c>

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:09.960
therefore<00:35:08.280><c> we</c><00:35:08.480><c> should</c><00:35:08.659><c> send</c><00:35:08.940><c> our</c><00:35:09.559><c> children</c>

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:13.440
to<00:35:10.219><c> a</c><00:35:10.360><c> theological</c><00:35:10.860><c> seminary</c><00:35:11.380><c> because</c><00:35:11.840><c> these</c><00:35:12.440><c> Chaldeans,</c><00:35:13.280><c> as</c>

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:15.000
they<00:35:13.599><c> were</c><00:35:13.800><c> called</c><00:35:13.920><c> at</c><00:35:14.119><c> the</c><00:35:14.179><c> end</c><00:35:14.380><c> of</c><00:35:14.500><c> verse</c><00:35:14.739><c> four,</c>

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.619
the<00:35:15.500><c> Chaldeans</c><00:35:16.039><c> appear</c><00:35:16.360><c> to</c><00:35:16.519><c> be</c><00:35:16.619><c> what</c><00:35:16.780><c> would</c><00:35:17.019><c> be</c><00:35:17.219><c> called</c><00:35:17.360><c> the</c>

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:20.400
clergy<00:35:17.940><c> of</c><00:35:18.139><c> Babylon.</c><00:35:19.280><c> So</c><00:35:19.420><c> in</c><00:35:19.579><c> effect,</c><00:35:20.139><c> Daniel</c><00:35:20.159><c> was</c>

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:23.519
sent<00:35:20.519><c> to</c><00:35:21.139><c> a</c><00:35:21.380><c> theological</c><00:35:21.840><c> college.</c><00:35:22.579><c> And</c><00:35:22.659><c> we'd</c><00:35:22.840><c> say,</c><00:35:23.159><c> oh,</c><00:35:23.199><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:23.340><c> let</c>

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:25.900
my<00:35:23.760><c> child</c><00:35:23.900><c> go</c><00:35:24.119><c> there.</c><00:35:25.460><c> Well,</c><00:35:25.619><c> of</c><00:35:25.739><c> course,</c>

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:29.440
Daniel<00:35:26.219><c> didn't</c><00:35:26.420><c> have</c><00:35:26.639><c> a</c><00:35:26.880><c> lot</c><00:35:27.039><c> of</c><00:35:27.260><c> choice</c><00:35:27.440><c> in</c><00:35:27.599><c> this</c><00:35:27.800><c> matter.</c><00:35:28.539><c> But</c><00:35:28.539><c> without</c><00:35:28.880><c> building</c><00:35:29.159><c> that</c><00:35:29.320><c> up</c>

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.000
too<00:35:29.719><c> much,</c>

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:33.500
that<00:35:30.539><c> was</c><00:35:30.739><c> the</c><00:35:30.900><c> first</c><00:35:31.119><c> test.</c><00:35:31.940><c> How</c><00:35:32.099><c> would</c><00:35:32.159><c> he</c><00:35:32.300><c> withstand</c><00:35:32.699><c> it?</c>

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:35.960
Well,<00:35:33.739><c> of</c><00:35:33.920><c> course,</c><00:35:34.840><c> the</c><00:35:34.980><c> word</c><00:35:35.119><c> was</c><00:35:35.380><c> obviously</c><00:35:35.780><c> in</c>

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:39.340
his<00:35:36.059><c> mind,</c><00:35:36.920><c> and</c><00:35:36.960><c> he</c><00:35:37.059><c> was</c><00:35:37.219><c> able</c><00:35:37.400><c> to</c><00:35:37.500><c> see</c><00:35:37.739><c> it</c><00:35:37.900><c> for</c><00:35:38.000><c> what</c><00:35:38.139><c> it</c><00:35:38.280><c> is.</c>

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:41.190
The<00:35:39.820><c> second</c><00:35:40.179><c> test</c><00:35:40.480><c> was</c>

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:46.539
verse<00:35:43.340><c> six.</c><00:35:44.440><c> Now,</c><00:35:44.659><c> among</c><00:35:45.099><c> these</c><00:35:45.500><c> were</c><00:35:45.679><c> of</c><00:35:45.840><c> the</c><00:35:46.019><c> children</c><00:35:46.300><c> of</c>

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:48.460
Judah,<00:35:47.480><c> Daniel,</c><00:35:47.960><c> Hananiah,</c>

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:52.760
Michelle<00:35:48.940><c> and</c><00:35:49.199><c> Azariah.</c><00:35:51.099><c> And</c><00:35:51.199><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:35:52.280><c> oh,</c><00:35:52.579><c> I'm</c><00:35:52.659><c> getting</c>

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.159
Hezekiah<00:35:53.199><c> and</c><00:35:53.360><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:35:53.760><c> mixed</c><00:35:54.019><c> up.</c>

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:59.820
Can<00:35:54.320><c> you</c><00:35:54.480><c> fix</c><00:35:54.639><c> all</c><00:35:54.760><c> that</c><00:35:54.840><c> up</c><00:35:54.980><c> on</c><00:35:55.099><c> the</c><00:35:55.260><c> tape</c><00:35:55.380><c> later</c><00:35:55.659><c> on?</c><00:35:59.000><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:35:59.420><c> said,</c>

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:01.159
what<00:36:00.340><c> we'll</c><00:36:00.559><c> do</c><00:36:00.699><c> is</c><00:36:00.880><c> we'll</c>

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:06.119
change<00:36:01.400><c> their</c><00:36:01.599><c> names.</c><00:36:03.199><c> And</c><00:36:03.320><c> so</c><00:36:03.659><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:36:04.739><c> changed</c><00:36:05.159><c> their</c><00:36:05.420><c> names.</c><00:36:05.780><c> I've</c><00:36:05.980><c> no</c>

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.039
doubt<00:36:06.340><c> that</c>

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:10.099
many<00:36:07.219><c> of</c><00:36:07.340><c> you</c><00:36:07.420><c> have</c><00:36:07.519><c> seen</c><00:36:07.679><c> this</c><00:36:07.900><c> before,</c><00:36:08.219><c> but</c><00:36:08.420><c> it's</c><00:36:08.980><c> a</c><00:36:09.099><c> good</c><00:36:09.300><c> setting</c><00:36:09.679><c> to</c>

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:12.619
the<00:36:10.219><c> book.</c><00:36:11.000><c> He</c><00:36:11.260><c> changed</c><00:36:11.679><c> their</c><00:36:12.000><c> names</c><00:36:12.300><c> from</c>

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:16.699
names<00:36:12.980><c> which</c><00:36:13.440><c> honoured</c><00:36:14.280><c> the</c><00:36:14.559><c> God</c><00:36:14.719><c> of</c><00:36:14.880><c> Israel</c><00:36:15.380><c> to</c><00:36:15.960><c> names</c><00:36:16.300><c> which</c>

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:19.559
honoured<00:36:17.340><c> the</c><00:36:17.659><c> gods</c><00:36:17.920><c> of</c><00:36:18.199><c> Babylon.</c><00:36:18.920><c> And</c><00:36:19.099><c> I</c><00:36:19.219><c> will</c>

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.800
read<00:36:19.820><c> them</c><00:36:20.119><c> all</c><00:36:20.320><c> out</c><00:36:20.659><c> so</c><00:36:20.920><c> that</c><00:36:21.659><c> the</c><00:36:21.860><c> hearers</c><00:36:22.139><c> and</c><00:36:22.320><c> seers</c><00:36:22.519><c> alike</c>

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.960
can<00:36:23.019><c> see</c><00:36:23.159><c> what</c><00:36:23.280><c> we've</c><00:36:23.539><c> got</c><00:36:23.699><c> here.</c>

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:29.159
For<00:36:24.539><c> example,</c><00:36:25.840><c> notice</c><00:36:26.059><c> Daniel.</c><00:36:27.659><c> The</c><00:36:27.920><c> El</c><00:36:28.199><c> on</c><00:36:28.420><c> the</c><00:36:28.659><c> end</c><00:36:28.780><c> is</c><00:36:28.960><c> one</c>

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:31.519
of<00:36:29.380><c> the</c><00:36:29.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:36:30.139><c> forms</c><00:36:30.480><c> of</c><00:36:30.699><c> the</c><00:36:30.820><c> word</c><00:36:31.119><c> commonly</c>

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:35.420
translated<00:36:32.039><c> God,</c><00:36:32.940><c> and</c><00:36:33.059><c> it</c><00:36:33.280><c> means</c><00:36:33.500><c> God</c><00:36:33.780><c> is</c><00:36:34.039><c> judge</c><00:36:34.300><c> or</c><00:36:34.519><c> the</c><00:36:34.800><c> judgment</c><00:36:35.159><c> of</c>

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:37.400
God.<00:36:35.920><c> And</c><00:36:36.159><c> it</c><00:36:36.280><c> is</c><00:36:36.440><c> what</c><00:36:36.639><c> the</c><00:36:36.800><c> book</c><00:36:36.940><c> of</c><00:36:37.139><c> Daniel</c>

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.460
is<00:36:37.619><c> all</c><00:36:37.880><c> about,</c><00:36:38.099><c> as</c><00:36:38.260><c> we</c><00:36:38.400><c> shall</c><00:36:38.599><c> see.</c><00:36:39.280><c> His</c><00:36:39.579><c> name</c><00:36:39.800><c> was</c><00:36:40.119><c> changed</c>

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:44.219
to<00:36:40.780><c> Baal,</c><00:36:41.559><c> to</c><00:36:41.920><c> Shaza,</c><00:36:43.440><c> keeper</c><00:36:43.780><c> of</c><00:36:43.960><c> the</c><00:36:44.059><c> head</c>

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:48.800
treasure<00:36:44.480><c> of</c><00:36:44.780><c> Baal.</c><00:36:45.900><c> Although</c><00:36:46.119><c> it's</c><00:36:46.440><c> spelled</c><00:36:46.619><c> B</c><00:36:46.960><c>-E</c><00:36:47.119><c>-L</c><00:36:47.219><c> in</c><00:36:47.440><c> Babylon,</c><00:36:47.719><c> it</c><00:36:47.820><c> was</c><00:36:48.019><c> the</c><00:36:48.179><c> same</c><00:36:48.300><c> as</c><00:36:48.440><c> the</c><00:36:48.619><c> B</c>

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.920
-A<00:36:48.960><c>-L</c><00:36:49.260><c> at</c><00:36:49.659><c> the</c>

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:56.539
times,<00:36:50.739><c> and</c><00:36:50.739><c> so</c><00:36:51.159><c> forth.</c><00:36:53.139><c> Hananiah,</c><00:36:54.559><c> Yah</c><00:36:54.960><c> has</c><00:36:55.139><c> been</c><00:36:55.400><c> gracious,</c>

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:59.400
became<00:36:56.860><c> Shadrach,</c><00:36:58.039><c> inspiration</c><00:36:58.579><c> of</c><00:36:59.179><c> the</c>

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:03.820
sun.<00:37:01.019><c> Mishael,</c><00:37:01.659><c> and</c><00:37:01.780><c> we've</c><00:37:01.980><c> got</c><00:37:02.139><c> the</c><00:37:02.400><c> E</c><00:37:02.539><c>-L</c><00:37:02.659><c> there</c><00:37:02.940><c> again,</c><00:37:03.579><c> who</c>

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:07.960
is<00:37:04.099><c> like</c><00:37:04.400><c> El,</c><00:37:05.400><c> became</c><00:37:05.880><c> Meshach,</c><00:37:06.880><c> he</c><00:37:07.079><c> who</c><00:37:07.320><c> belongs</c><00:37:07.679><c> to</c>

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:13.340
the<00:37:08.079><c> goddess</c><00:37:08.659><c> Shaka.</c><00:37:10.280><c> And</c><00:37:10.539><c> Azariah,</c><00:37:12.420><c> so</c><00:37:12.659><c> we</c><00:37:12.820><c> see</c><00:37:12.980><c> that</c><00:37:13.139><c> we've</c>

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:15.940
got<00:37:13.500><c> El</c><00:37:13.800><c> and</c><00:37:14.179><c> Yah</c><00:37:14.460><c> and</c><00:37:14.659><c> El</c><00:37:14.940><c> and</c><00:37:15.139><c> Yah,</c><00:37:15.300><c> these</c><00:37:15.500><c> were</c><00:37:15.699><c> names</c>

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:21.559
which<00:37:16.199><c> honoured</c><00:37:17.280><c> the</c><00:37:17.639><c> god</c><00:37:18.019><c> of</c><00:37:18.280><c> Israel.</c><00:37:20.059><c> His</c><00:37:20.239><c> name,</c><00:37:20.880><c> Azariah,</c>

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:25.079
means<00:37:21.940><c> helped</c><00:37:22.260><c> of</c><00:37:22.579><c> Yahweh,</c><00:37:24.099><c> and</c><00:37:24.260><c> Abednego,</c>

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:27.800
or<00:37:25.300><c> Abednego,</c><00:37:26.079><c> however</c><00:37:26.199><c> you</c><00:37:26.320><c> might</c><00:37:26.519><c> like</c><00:37:26.739><c> to</c><00:37:26.860><c> pronounce</c><00:37:27.099><c> it,</c>

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:30.679
generally<00:37:28.659><c> considered</c><00:37:29.039><c> to</c><00:37:29.219><c> be</c><00:37:29.440><c> servant</c><00:37:29.739><c> of</c><00:37:30.539><c> the</c>

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:35.039
shining<00:37:31.019><c> fire,</c><00:37:31.940><c> or</c><00:37:32.139><c> something</c><00:37:32.579><c> similar</c><00:37:33.219><c> to</c><00:37:33.460><c> that.</c><00:37:34.559><c> So</c><00:37:34.820><c> things</c>

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:37.780
like<00:37:35.380><c> fire</c><00:37:35.860><c> and</c><00:37:36.059><c> the</c><00:37:36.239><c> goddess</c><00:37:36.500><c> Shaka</c><00:37:37.059><c> and</c><00:37:37.500><c> the</c>

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:42.219
sun<00:37:38.079><c> and</c><00:37:38.559><c> Baal</c><00:37:38.960><c> were</c><00:37:39.260><c> all</c><00:37:39.559><c> the</c><00:37:39.739><c> gods</c><00:37:39.940><c> of</c><00:37:40.159><c> Babylon.</c><00:37:41.699><c> What</c><00:37:42.059><c> did</c>

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:46.159
he<00:37:42.340><c> do?</c><00:37:43.219><c> What</c><00:37:43.360><c> did</c><00:37:43.519><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:37:44.039><c> do?</c><00:37:44.619><c> He</c><00:37:44.980><c> changed</c>

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:52.920
their<00:37:47.400><c> names.</c><00:37:48.639><c> Who</c><00:37:48.980><c> started</c><00:37:49.360><c> that?</c><00:37:50.639><c> Nimrod</c><00:37:50.940><c> did.</c><00:37:52.039><c> Nimrod</c><00:37:52.360><c> says</c><00:37:52.519><c> we're</c><00:37:52.739><c> going</c><00:37:52.820><c> to</c>

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.440
make<00:37:53.039><c> our</c><00:37:53.239><c> own</c><00:37:53.519><c> name.</c>

00:37:55.119 --> 00:38:00.639
See,<00:37:55.320><c> nothing's</c><00:37:55.699><c> changed.</c><00:37:57.880><c> Babylon</c><00:37:58.139><c> is</c><00:37:59.059><c> still</c><00:37:59.300><c> Babylon,</c><00:38:00.500><c> and</c>

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.599
it's<00:38:01.079><c> still</c><00:38:01.300><c> Babylon</c><00:38:01.619><c> today.</c>

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:05.739
And<00:38:03.119><c> it's</c><00:38:03.360><c> out</c><00:38:03.519><c> there</c><00:38:03.760><c> trying</c><00:38:04.039><c> to</c><00:38:04.480><c> not</c><00:38:04.679><c> chop</c><00:38:04.900><c> our</c><00:38:05.099><c> heads</c><00:38:05.219><c> off,</c>

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:09.280
but<00:38:06.159><c> affect</c><00:38:06.380><c> what's</c><00:38:06.800><c> inside.</c><00:38:08.159><c> And</c><00:38:08.440><c> that's</c><00:38:09.079><c> the</c>

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:14.000
danger,<00:38:10.219><c> and</c><00:38:10.480><c> we've</c><00:38:10.719><c> got</c><00:38:10.800><c> to</c><00:38:10.920><c> be</c><00:38:11.079><c> equipped</c><00:38:11.260><c> to</c><00:38:11.440><c> be</c><00:38:11.500><c> able</c><00:38:11.599><c> to</c><00:38:11.760><c> see</c><00:38:11.840><c> it.</c><00:38:12.019><c> And</c><00:38:12.300><c> Daniel</c><00:38:12.659><c> was.</c><00:38:13.739><c> So</c>

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.920
what<00:38:14.199><c> did</c><00:38:14.360><c> Daniel</c><00:38:14.599><c> do</c>

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:17.360
and<00:38:15.380><c> by</c><00:38:15.539><c> the</c><00:38:15.739><c> way</c><00:38:15.860><c> just</c><00:38:16.079><c> down</c><00:38:16.280><c> the</c><00:38:16.440><c> bottom</c><00:38:16.579><c> there</c><00:38:16.780><c> you'll</c><00:38:16.960><c> notice</c><00:38:17.139><c> I've</c>

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:19.079
got<00:38:17.480><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:38:18.340><c> name</c><00:38:18.460><c> means</c><00:38:18.699><c> Nebo</c>

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:23.440
defends<00:38:19.440><c> the</c><00:38:19.679><c> borders</c><00:38:19.940><c> for</c><00:38:20.219><c> interest,</c><00:38:21.539><c> Shinar</c><00:38:21.679><c> means</c><00:38:21.920><c> the</c><00:38:22.159><c> enemy's</c><00:38:22.599><c> tooth,</c><00:38:22.860><c> and</c><00:38:23.039><c> we're</c><00:38:23.239><c> going</c><00:38:23.320><c> to</c>

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.960
be<00:38:23.619><c> introduced</c>

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:28.340
to<00:38:24.179><c> a</c><00:38:24.719><c> person</c><00:38:25.119><c> who</c><00:38:25.579><c> is</c><00:38:25.739><c> styled</c><00:38:25.980><c> Melzar,</c><00:38:27.079><c> which</c><00:38:27.179><c> means</c><00:38:27.519><c> the</c><00:38:28.059><c> the</c>

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:31.480
steward.<00:38:29.800><c> So</c><00:38:29.980><c> the</c><00:38:30.179><c> first</c><00:38:30.400><c> two</c><00:38:30.619><c> tests</c><00:38:30.940><c> I'm</c><00:38:31.179><c> going</c><00:38:31.300><c> to</c>

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:34.460
send<00:38:31.599><c> you</c><00:38:31.719><c> to</c><00:38:31.820><c> the</c><00:38:31.980><c> best</c><00:38:32.139><c> college,</c><00:38:33.699><c> and</c><00:38:33.840><c> I'm</c><00:38:34.000><c> going</c><00:38:34.039><c> to</c><00:38:34.260><c> change</c>

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:37.179
your<00:38:34.619><c> names.</c><00:38:35.880><c> Did</c><00:38:36.059><c> Daniel</c><00:38:36.360><c> say</c><00:38:36.599><c> I</c><00:38:36.760><c> won't</c><00:38:36.940><c> go</c><00:38:37.099><c> to</c>

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:40.639
that<00:38:37.360><c> college?</c><00:38:38.320><c> No</c><00:38:38.719><c> he</c><00:38:38.900><c> didn't.</c><00:38:39.780><c> I</c><00:38:39.960><c> think</c><00:38:40.079><c> I</c><00:38:40.280><c> might</c><00:38:40.400><c> have</c><00:38:40.579><c> said</c>

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:44.460
or<00:38:40.840><c> refused</c><00:38:41.019><c> to</c><00:38:41.260><c> go.</c><00:38:43.059><c> Did</c><00:38:43.280><c> Daniel</c><00:38:43.619><c> say</c><00:38:43.920><c> if</c><00:38:44.079><c> you</c><00:38:44.340><c> call</c>

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:50.980
Bill<00:38:44.780><c> to</c><00:38:44.940><c> Shazza</c><00:38:45.239><c> I'll</c><00:38:45.800><c> refuse</c><00:38:46.039><c> to</c><00:38:46.280><c> answer?</c><00:38:47.820><c> No.</c><00:38:49.420><c> I</c><00:38:49.500><c> suspect</c><00:38:49.840><c> if</c><00:38:50.039><c> I'd</c><00:38:50.219><c> have</c><00:38:50.360><c> been</c><00:38:50.679><c> there</c><00:38:50.840><c> I</c>

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.119
might<00:38:51.179><c> have</c><00:38:51.699><c> said</c>

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:57.480
I<00:38:52.659><c> won't</c><00:38:52.880><c> answer.</c><00:38:54.500><c> But</c><00:38:54.639><c> we</c><00:38:54.800><c> come</c><00:38:54.960><c> to</c><00:38:55.119><c> the</c><00:38:55.300><c> third</c><00:38:55.539><c> test,</c><00:38:57.139><c> and</c><00:38:57.380><c> it</c>

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.940
could<00:38:57.639><c> well</c><00:38:57.880><c> be</c><00:38:58.059><c> that</c><00:38:58.179><c> I</c><00:38:58.280><c> would</c><00:38:58.400><c> have</c><00:38:58.500><c> said</c><00:38:58.639><c> oh</c><00:38:58.820><c> well</c>

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:02.639
there's<00:38:59.059><c> nothing</c><00:38:59.260><c> wrong</c><00:38:59.400><c> with</c><00:38:59.539><c> this</c><00:38:59.739><c> one.</c><00:39:01.300><c> And</c><00:39:01.699><c> you</c><00:39:02.000><c> see</c><00:39:02.119><c> I</c><00:39:02.179><c> was</c><00:39:02.380><c> wrong</c><00:39:02.480><c> at</c>

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:05.039
every<00:39:02.860><c> count</c><00:39:03.260><c> because</c><00:39:04.280><c> the</c><00:39:04.539><c> third</c><00:39:04.760><c> test</c>

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:08.820
was<00:39:05.599><c> look</c><00:39:06.139><c> we're</c><00:39:06.420><c> going</c><00:39:06.539><c> to</c><00:39:06.679><c> give</c><00:39:06.760><c> you</c><00:39:06.900><c> the</c><00:39:06.980><c> best</c><00:39:07.179><c> food</c><00:39:07.420><c> to</c><00:39:07.639><c> eat.</c><00:39:08.559><c> We're</c><00:39:08.699><c> going</c><00:39:08.800><c> to</c>

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:10.639
give<00:39:08.940><c> you</c><00:39:09.059><c> the</c><00:39:09.159><c> best</c><00:39:09.400><c> food</c><00:39:09.639><c> to</c><00:39:09.840><c> eat.</c>

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:15.559
So<00:39:11.519><c> in</c><00:39:11.820><c> verse</c><00:39:12.079><c> eight</c><00:39:12.280><c> we</c><00:39:12.500><c> read</c><00:39:13.159><c> that</c><00:39:14.320><c> Daniel</c><00:39:14.659><c> purposed</c><00:39:15.139><c> in</c><00:39:15.280><c> his</c>

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:19.079
heart<00:39:16.139><c> that</c><00:39:17.059><c> he</c><00:39:17.159><c> would</c><00:39:17.440><c> not</c><00:39:17.760><c> defile</c><00:39:18.460><c> himself</c>

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:22.219
with<00:39:19.300><c> the</c><00:39:19.500><c> portion</c><00:39:19.739><c> of</c><00:39:19.920><c> the</c><00:39:20.059><c> king's</c><00:39:20.380><c> meat</c><00:39:20.900><c> nor</c><00:39:21.639><c> with</c><00:39:21.860><c> the</c><00:39:22.059><c> wine</c>

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:24.840
which<00:39:22.440><c> he</c><00:39:22.639><c> drank.</c><00:39:23.719><c> Therefore</c><00:39:23.940><c> he</c><00:39:24.159><c> requested</c><00:39:24.619><c> of</c>

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:28.659
the<00:39:24.980><c> prince</c><00:39:25.219><c> of</c><00:39:25.480><c> the</c><00:39:25.679><c> eunuchs</c><00:39:26.019><c> that</c><00:39:26.400><c> he</c><00:39:26.519><c> might</c><00:39:26.860><c> not</c><00:39:27.320><c> defile</c><00:39:27.760><c> himself.</c><00:39:28.380><c> Now</c><00:39:28.539><c> we</c>

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.559
all<00:39:28.800><c> know</c><00:39:28.920><c> the</c><00:39:29.119><c> story.</c>

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:35.619
The<00:39:30.059><c> prince</c><00:39:30.239><c> of</c><00:39:30.400><c> the</c><00:39:30.539><c> eunuchs</c><00:39:31.380><c> found</c><00:39:32.539><c> Daniel</c><00:39:33.139><c> a</c><00:39:33.559><c> very</c><00:39:33.940><c> fine</c><00:39:34.139><c> young</c><00:39:34.320><c> man</c><00:39:34.760><c> and</c><00:39:35.400><c> he</c>

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:37.659
said<00:39:35.699><c> well</c><00:39:35.880><c> look</c><00:39:36.119><c> I</c><00:39:36.820><c> could</c><00:39:37.099><c> be</c>

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:42.199
life<00:39:38.079><c> in</c><00:39:38.719><c> jeopardy</c><00:39:39.079><c> here</c><00:39:39.519><c> but</c><00:39:40.079><c> I'll</c><00:39:40.519><c> accept</c><00:39:40.800><c> your</c><00:39:41.039><c> request</c><00:39:41.480><c> and</c><00:39:42.059><c> I</c>

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:44.280
will<00:39:42.400><c> give</c><00:39:42.619><c> you</c><00:39:42.880><c> food</c><00:39:43.139><c> which</c><00:39:43.400><c> is</c><00:39:43.739><c> acceptable</c><00:39:44.059><c> to</c>

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:48.679
you.<00:39:44.719><c> Now</c><00:39:44.960><c> what</c><00:39:45.099><c> was</c><00:39:45.300><c> the</c><00:39:45.440><c> reason?</c><00:39:46.079><c> Was</c><00:39:46.300><c> it</c><00:39:46.500><c> that</c><00:39:46.980><c> it</c><00:39:47.400><c> was</c><00:39:47.639><c> defiled</c><00:39:48.099><c> according</c><00:39:48.480><c> to</c>

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.719
the<00:39:48.800><c> law</c><00:39:48.900><c> of</c><00:39:49.119><c> Moses?</c><00:39:49.420><c> Hadn't</c>

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:53.199
been<00:39:49.920><c> killed</c><00:39:50.159><c> the</c><00:39:50.380><c> right</c><00:39:50.599><c> way</c><00:39:50.760><c> or</c><00:39:50.940><c> something</c><00:39:51.219><c> or</c><00:39:51.380><c> other?</c><00:39:52.780><c> Well</c>

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that's<00:39:53.800><c> possibly</c><00:39:54.119><c> true</c><00:39:54.519><c> but</c><00:39:54.760><c> I</c><00:39:54.920><c> don't</c><00:39:55.079><c> think</c><00:39:55.179><c> that</c>

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defile<00:40:46.320><c> himself.</c><00:40:47.320><c> What</c><00:40:47.480><c> does</c><00:40:47.699><c> it</c><00:40:47.820><c> mean</c>

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he<00:40:48.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:48.219><c> defile</c><00:40:48.519><c> himself?</c><00:40:49.059><c> Why</c><00:40:49.460><c> didn't</c><00:40:49.980><c> Daniel</c><00:40:50.260><c> eat</c><00:40:50.500><c> that</c><00:40:50.719><c> meat?</c><00:40:51.820><c> Because</c><00:40:52.079><c> it</c>

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meat<00:40:53.519><c> is</c><00:40:53.699><c> meat.</c><00:40:57.239><c> Well</c><00:40:57.639><c> let's</c><00:40:58.460><c> go</c><00:40:58.679><c> to</c><00:40:58.840><c> 1st</c><00:40:59.019><c> of</c><00:40:59.179><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:59.659><c> chapter</c><00:41:00.539><c> 8</c>

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it<00:41:13.199><c> opens</c><00:41:13.519><c> with</c><00:41:13.900><c> some</c><00:41:14.099><c> verses</c><00:41:14.420><c> which</c><00:41:14.800><c> must</c><00:41:15.079><c> be</c><00:41:15.340><c> understood</c><00:41:15.659><c> in</c>

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very<00:41:22.840><c> badly</c><00:41:23.340><c> misinterpreted.</c><00:41:24.780><c> Daniel</c><00:41:24.880><c> chapter</c>

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1st<00:41:25.860><c> of</c><00:41:25.860><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:26.199><c> chapter</c><00:41:26.559><c> 8</c><00:41:26.820><c> and</c><00:41:26.980><c> verse</c><00:41:27.159><c> 1</c><00:41:27.460><c> says,</c><00:41:28.400><c> now</c><00:41:28.460><c> as</c>

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touching<00:41:29.280><c> things</c><00:41:30.039><c> offered</c><00:41:30.440><c> unto</c><00:41:30.980><c> idols,</c><00:41:32.099><c> path</c><00:41:32.280><c> bag,</c>

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we<00:41:34.159><c> know</c><00:41:34.559><c> that</c><00:41:34.760><c> we</c><00:41:34.940><c> all</c><00:41:35.179><c> have</c><00:41:35.360><c> knowledge.</c><00:41:36.760><c> Now</c><00:41:37.000><c> he's</c><00:41:37.219><c> going</c><00:41:37.360><c> to</c>

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a<00:41:42.280><c> specific</c><00:41:42.719><c> knowledge.</c><00:41:44.139><c> It's</c><00:41:44.559><c> the</c><00:41:44.860><c> knowledge</c><00:41:45.440><c> that</c>

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that<00:41:46.619><c> idol</c><00:41:46.920><c> is</c><00:41:47.460><c> nothing.</c><00:41:48.119><c> It's</c><00:41:48.360><c> a</c><00:41:48.440><c> lump</c><00:41:48.519><c> of</c><00:41:48.780><c> metal</c><00:41:48.980><c> or</c><00:41:49.139><c> it's</c><00:41:49.260><c> a</c>

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lump<00:41:49.440><c> of</c><00:41:49.699><c> stone.</c><00:41:50.659><c> That's</c><00:41:50.960><c> the</c><00:41:51.139><c> knowledge.</c><00:41:51.500><c> It's</c><00:41:51.780><c> a</c>

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specific<00:41:52.500><c> knowledge</c><00:41:53.039><c> and</c><00:41:54.199><c> Daniel</c><00:41:54.559><c> knew</c><00:41:54.860><c> that</c><00:41:55.139><c> meat</c><00:41:55.320><c> was</c><00:41:55.519><c> meat</c>

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was<00:41:55.980><c> meat.</c><00:41:57.860><c> So</c><00:41:58.039><c> he</c><00:41:58.239><c> says</c><00:41:58.500><c> in</c><00:41:58.699><c> the</c><00:41:58.820><c> latter</c><00:41:59.000><c> part</c><00:41:59.260><c> of</c>

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edifies.<00:42:05.800><c> The</c><00:42:06.199><c> NIV</c><00:42:06.500><c> says</c><00:42:06.780><c> knowledge</c><00:42:07.199><c> puffs</c><00:42:07.619><c> up</c><00:42:07.719><c> but</c>

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builds<00:42:08.420><c> up.</c><00:42:09.460><c> Now</c><00:42:09.539><c> if</c><00:42:09.659><c> any</c><00:42:09.900><c> man</c><00:42:10.039><c> think</c><00:42:10.280><c> that</c><00:42:10.420><c> he</c><00:42:10.500><c> knows</c><00:42:10.780><c> anything</c><00:42:11.139><c> he</c><00:42:11.320><c> knows</c><00:42:11.599><c> nothing</c><00:42:11.940><c> yet</c>

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as<00:42:12.239><c> he</c><00:42:12.360><c> ought</c><00:42:12.500><c> to</c><00:42:12.659><c> know</c>

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but<00:42:13.699><c> if</c><00:42:13.880><c> any</c><00:42:14.099><c> man</c><00:42:14.260><c> loved</c><00:42:14.500><c> God</c><00:42:14.739><c> the</c><00:42:14.940><c> same</c><00:42:15.119><c> is</c><00:42:15.360><c> known</c><00:42:15.539><c> of</c><00:42:15.699><c> him.</c><00:42:16.239><c> As</c>

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concerning<00:42:17.360><c> therefore</c><00:42:17.820><c> the</c><00:42:18.039><c> eating</c><00:42:18.219><c> of</c><00:42:18.460><c> those</c>

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things<00:42:18.960><c> that</c><00:42:19.139><c> are</c><00:42:19.420><c> offered</c><00:42:19.559><c> in</c><00:42:19.820><c> sacrifice</c><00:42:20.320><c> unto</c><00:42:20.599><c> idols,</c><00:42:22.340><c> we</c>

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know<00:42:23.619><c> that</c><00:42:24.440><c> an</c><00:42:24.679><c> idol</c><00:42:24.800><c> is</c><00:42:25.019><c> nothing</c><00:42:25.260><c> in</c><00:42:25.440><c> the</c><00:42:25.599><c> world</c>

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and<00:42:27.320><c> that</c><00:42:27.420><c> there</c><00:42:27.559><c> is</c><00:42:27.719><c> no</c><00:42:27.900><c> other</c><00:42:28.059><c> God</c><00:42:28.239><c> but</c><00:42:28.500><c> one.</c><00:42:28.800><c> So</c><00:42:29.019><c> that's</c><00:42:29.280><c> the</c>

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knowledge<00:42:29.679><c> he's</c><00:42:29.940><c> talking</c><00:42:30.159><c> about.</c><00:42:30.619><c> Now</c><00:42:30.800><c> he</c><00:42:30.900><c> says</c><00:42:31.019><c> be</c>

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careful<00:42:31.860><c> that</c><00:42:32.420><c> whilst</c><00:42:32.800><c> you</c><00:42:33.000><c> are</c><00:42:33.219><c> quite</c><00:42:33.480><c> correct</c><00:42:33.760><c> with</c><00:42:33.940><c> your</c>

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knowledge<00:42:34.679><c> don't</c><00:42:35.940><c> let</c><00:42:36.199><c> that</c><00:42:36.539><c> knowledge</c><00:42:36.840><c> puff</c><00:42:37.079><c> you</c>

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up<00:42:37.360><c> to</c><00:42:37.539><c> the</c><00:42:37.679><c> point</c><00:42:38.199><c> where</c><00:42:39.300><c> your</c><00:42:39.880><c> partaking</c><00:42:40.679><c> of</c><00:42:41.119><c> that</c><00:42:41.500><c> meat,</c><00:42:42.360><c> and</c><00:42:42.500><c> you</c><00:42:42.559><c> know</c><00:42:42.639><c> how</c><00:42:42.739><c> it's</c><00:42:42.880><c> going</c><00:42:43.019><c> to</c>

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finish<00:42:43.380><c> don't</c><00:42:43.699><c> you,</c>

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can<00:42:44.719><c> become</c><00:42:45.059><c> a</c><00:42:45.440><c> stumbling</c><00:42:45.940><c> block</c><00:42:46.380><c> to</c><00:42:47.400><c> others</c><00:42:47.880><c> because</c><00:42:49.440><c> he</c><00:42:49.679><c> says</c><00:42:49.900><c> in</c>

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verse<00:42:50.300><c> 7,</c>

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how<00:42:51.559><c> be</c><00:42:51.699><c> it</c><00:42:51.800><c> there</c><00:42:51.940><c> is</c><00:42:52.099><c> not</c><00:42:52.280><c> in</c><00:42:52.420><c> every</c><00:42:52.639><c> man</c><00:42:52.820><c> that</c><00:42:53.059><c> knowledge</c><00:42:53.519><c> for</c><00:42:54.179><c> some</c><00:42:54.500><c> with</c><00:42:54.840><c> conscience</c><00:42:55.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:55.880><c> idol</c><00:42:56.139><c> unto</c><00:42:56.420><c> this</c>

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hour<00:42:57.300><c> eat</c><00:42:57.800><c> it</c><00:42:57.960><c> as</c><00:42:58.119><c> a</c><00:42:58.260><c> thing</c><00:42:58.519><c> offered</c><00:42:58.739><c> unto</c><00:42:59.019><c> an</c><00:42:59.239><c> idol</c><00:42:59.380><c> and</c><00:42:59.840><c> their</c>

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conscience<00:43:00.480><c> being</c><00:43:00.800><c> weak</c><00:43:01.059><c> is</c><00:43:01.460><c> defiled.</c>

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Meat<00:43:03.159><c> commended</c><00:43:03.579><c> us</c><00:43:03.739><c> not</c><00:43:03.960><c> to</c><00:43:04.079><c> God</c><00:43:04.320><c> for</c><00:43:04.500><c> neither</c><00:43:04.820><c> if</c><00:43:05.000><c> we</c><00:43:05.199><c> eat</c><00:43:05.360><c> are</c><00:43:05.539><c> we</c>

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the<00:43:05.860><c> better,</c>

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neither<00:43:06.880><c> if</c><00:43:07.099><c> we</c><00:43:07.300><c> eat</c><00:43:07.420><c> not</c><00:43:07.639><c> are</c><00:43:07.780><c> we</c><00:43:07.900><c> the</c><00:43:08.059><c> worse,</c><00:43:08.539><c> but</c><00:43:08.880><c> take</c><00:43:09.280><c> heed</c>

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lest<00:43:09.940><c> by</c><00:43:10.400><c> any</c><00:43:10.659><c> means</c><00:43:10.940><c> this</c><00:43:11.340><c> liberty</c><00:43:11.719><c> of</c><00:43:12.039><c> yours</c>

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become<00:43:13.579><c> a</c><00:43:13.840><c> stumbling</c><00:43:14.059><c> block</c><00:43:14.300><c> to</c><00:43:14.460><c> the</c><00:43:14.599><c> weak.</c><00:43:15.300><c> Now</c><00:43:15.559><c> can</c><00:43:15.739><c> we</c><00:43:16.019><c> summarise</c><00:43:16.519><c> that</c>

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