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was<00:14:05.750><c> clearly</c><00:14:06.409><c> miraculous.</c><00:14:08.049><c> And</c><00:14:08.350><c> God</c><00:14:08.649><c> set</c><00:14:08.870><c> the</c><00:14:09.250><c> scene</c><00:14:09.549><c> at</c><00:14:09.850><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:17:42.529><c> now</c><00:17:42.950><c> to</c><00:17:43.210><c> Luke</c><00:17:43.450><c> chapter</c><00:17:44.130><c> 23,</c><00:17:45.130><c> see</c><00:17:45.349><c> how</c><00:17:45.650><c> Luke</c><00:17:45.910><c> portrays</c>

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this<00:17:46.990><c> moment</c><00:17:47.349><c> at</c><00:17:47.569><c> the</c><00:17:47.750><c> time</c><00:17:47.950><c> of</c><00:17:48.190><c> the</c><00:17:48.549><c> crucifixion</c>

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man<00:17:54.289><c> of</c><00:17:54.490><c> God.</c><00:17:55.049><c> Luke</c><00:17:55.269><c> chapter</c><00:17:55.529><c> 23</c><00:17:56.150><c> puts</c><00:17:56.490><c> it</c><00:17:56.630><c> this</c><00:17:56.829><c> way</c><00:17:57.069><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:17:57.450><c> sisters,</c><00:17:58.150><c> and</c><00:17:58.170><c> reading</c><00:17:58.430><c> from</c><00:17:59.930><c> verse</c><00:18:00.170><c> 46</c>

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it<00:18:02.410><c> says,</c><00:18:02.970><c> and</c><00:18:02.970><c> when</c><00:18:03.450><c> Jesus</c><00:18:04.170><c> had</c><00:18:04.690><c> cried</c><00:18:04.890><c> with</c><00:18:05.150><c> a</c><00:18:05.210><c> loud</c><00:18:05.390><c> voice</c><00:18:05.849><c> he</c><00:18:06.329><c> said,</c><00:18:06.710><c> father</c><00:18:07.190><c> into</c><00:18:07.650><c> thy</c><00:18:07.869><c> hands</c><00:18:08.210><c> I</c>

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spirit,<00:18:10.349><c> and</c><00:18:10.470><c> having</c><00:18:10.769><c> said</c><00:18:11.150><c> thus</c><00:18:11.509><c> he</c><00:18:11.730><c> gave</c><00:18:12.009><c> up</c><00:18:12.289><c> the</c><00:18:12.549><c> spirit.</c>

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he<00:18:19.769><c> saw,</c><00:18:20.269><c> he</c><00:18:20.410><c> witnessed,</c><00:18:21.569><c> he</c><00:18:22.009><c> noticed</c><00:18:22.349><c> the</c><00:18:22.589><c> public</c><00:18:22.849><c> display,</c>

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he<00:18:23.769><c> said</c><00:18:24.049><c> certainly</c><00:18:24.730><c> this</c><00:18:24.970><c> was</c><00:18:25.130><c> a</c><00:18:25.250><c> righteous</c>

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man.<00:18:26.170><c> Verse</c><00:18:26.390><c> 48,</c><00:18:27.109><c> and</c><00:18:27.390><c> all</c><00:18:27.990><c> the</c><00:18:28.210><c> people</c><00:18:28.470><c> that</c><00:18:28.750><c> came</c><00:18:28.970><c> together</c>

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that<00:18:39.549><c> were</c><00:18:39.670><c> done,</c><00:18:39.890><c> they</c><00:18:40.210><c> smoked</c><00:18:40.490><c> their</c><00:18:40.750><c> breasts</c><00:18:41.009><c> in</c><00:18:41.289><c> return,</c>

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and<00:18:42.829><c> all</c><00:18:42.950><c> his</c><00:18:43.170><c> acquaintance,</c><00:18:43.730><c> verse</c><00:18:43.990><c> 49,</c>

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and<00:18:44.630><c> the</c><00:18:44.769><c> women</c><00:18:44.990><c> that</c><00:18:45.309><c> followed</c><00:18:45.470><c> him</c><00:18:45.670><c> are</c><00:18:45.869><c> far</c><00:18:46.029><c> off</c><00:18:46.210><c> from</c><00:18:46.470><c> Galilee,</c><00:18:46.890><c> they</c>

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stood<00:18:47.349><c> afar</c><00:18:47.730><c> off</c><00:18:48.490><c> beholding</c><00:18:49.769><c> these</c><00:18:50.430><c> things.</c>

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all<00:18:58.730><c> a</c><00:18:59.170><c> matter</c><00:18:59.470><c> of</c><00:18:59.869><c> public</c><00:19:00.349><c> display,</c><00:19:01.250><c> brothers</c><00:19:01.369><c> and</c><00:19:01.589><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:19:02.589><c> story</c><00:19:02.869><c> of</c><00:19:03.029><c> the</c><00:19:03.170><c> death</c><00:19:03.329><c> of</c><00:19:03.529><c> our</c><00:19:03.690><c> Lord</c><00:19:03.890><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:19:06.369><c> and</c><00:19:06.509><c> that's</c><00:19:06.670><c> all</c><00:19:06.750><c> out</c><00:19:06.809><c> of</c><00:19:06.930><c> the</c><00:19:07.029><c> story</c><00:19:07.210><c> of</c><00:19:07.309><c> the</c><00:19:07.390><c> man</c><00:19:07.509><c> of</c>

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God,<00:19:07.970><c> isn't</c><00:19:08.130><c> it,</c><00:19:08.529><c> you</c><00:19:08.750><c> see.</c>

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When<00:19:13.049><c> you</c><00:19:13.150><c> come</c><00:19:13.329><c> back</c><00:19:13.529><c> to</c><00:19:13.670><c> the</c><00:19:13.769><c> first</c><00:19:13.950><c> of</c><00:19:14.150><c> Kings</c><00:19:14.569><c> 13</c><00:19:15.670><c> and</c><00:19:15.910><c> verse</c>

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28,<00:19:18.829><c> it</c><00:19:18.990><c> is</c><00:19:19.230><c> a</c><00:19:19.369><c> strange</c><00:19:19.650><c> story,</c><00:19:20.069><c> isn't</c><00:19:20.329><c> it,</c><00:19:20.630><c> because</c>

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we're<00:19:21.630><c> told</c><00:19:21.869><c> this,</c><00:19:24.349><c> it</c><00:19:24.410><c> says,</c><00:19:26.269><c> first</c><00:19:26.369><c> of</c><00:19:26.509><c> Kings</c><00:19:26.730><c> 13</c><00:19:27.109><c> and</c><00:19:27.130><c> 28,</c>

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he<00:19:27.849><c> went</c><00:19:28.049><c> and</c><00:19:28.269><c> found</c><00:19:28.430><c> his</c><00:19:28.670><c> carcass</c><00:19:29.049><c> cast</c><00:19:29.410><c> in</c><00:19:29.549><c> the</c><00:19:29.690><c> way,</c>

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and<00:19:29.970><c> the</c><00:19:30.130><c> ass</c><00:19:30.250><c> and</c><00:19:30.349><c> the</c><00:19:30.569><c> lion</c><00:19:30.710><c> standing</c><00:19:31.170><c> by</c><00:19:31.430><c> the</c><00:19:31.710><c> carcass,</c><00:19:32.829><c> the</c>

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lion<00:19:33.170><c> had</c><00:19:33.329><c> not</c><00:19:33.509><c> eaten</c><00:19:33.670><c> the</c><00:19:33.950><c> carcass</c><00:19:34.289><c> nor</c><00:19:34.549><c> torn</c><00:19:34.910><c> the</c>

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ass.<00:19:37.069><c> He</c><00:19:37.250><c> found</c><00:19:37.390><c> his</c><00:19:37.670><c> carcass</c><00:19:38.089><c> cast</c><00:19:38.470><c> in</c><00:19:38.630><c> the</c><00:19:38.769><c> way,</c><00:19:39.730><c> and</c><00:19:40.049><c> the</c><00:19:40.269><c> ass</c><00:19:40.549><c> and</c><00:19:40.910><c> the</c><00:19:41.150><c> lion</c><00:19:41.529><c> standing</c><00:19:42.109><c> by.</c><00:19:44.130><c> Well,</c><00:19:44.309><c> that's</c><00:19:44.490><c> how</c><00:19:44.529><c> it</c>

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works,<00:19:49.390><c> standing</c><00:19:49.390><c> by.</c><00:19:51.130><c> Now,</c><00:19:51.470><c> there's</c><00:19:51.630><c> something</c><00:19:51.849><c> unusual</c>

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about<00:19:52.690><c> this</c><00:19:52.970><c> brothers</c><00:19:53.210><c> and</c><00:19:53.430><c> sisters,</c>

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so<00:19:55.490><c> we</c><00:19:55.529><c> haven't</c><00:19:55.670><c> got</c><00:19:55.829><c> time</c><00:19:56.029><c> to</c><00:19:56.190><c> turn</c><00:19:56.309><c> these</c><00:19:56.589><c> passages</c><00:19:56.890><c> up,</c><00:19:57.289><c> but</c>

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screen,<00:20:00.569><c> maybe</c><00:20:00.849><c> we</c><00:20:01.029><c> will</c><00:20:01.210><c> understand</c><00:20:01.670><c> the</c><00:20:02.089><c> point</c><00:20:02.230><c> of</c><00:20:02.410><c> the</c><00:20:02.650><c> connection</c><00:20:03.190><c> here,</c><00:20:04.849><c> because</c><00:20:05.490><c> you</c>

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see<00:20:06.250><c> those</c><00:20:07.250><c> ideas</c><00:20:07.930><c> that</c>

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Israel.<00:20:26.069><c> In</c><00:20:26.190><c> Genesis</c><00:20:26.509><c> 49,</c><00:20:27.170><c> the</c><00:20:27.309><c> ass</c><00:20:27.529><c> is</c><00:20:27.869><c> Shiloh's</c><00:20:28.690><c> animal,</c><00:20:28.970><c> but</c><00:20:29.170><c> Shiloh</c><00:20:29.529><c> is</c>

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offering<00:20:34.829><c> of</c><00:20:35.009><c> a</c><00:20:35.089><c> lamb,</c><00:20:35.250><c> and</c><00:20:35.329><c> that's</c><00:20:35.650><c> the</c><00:20:35.809><c> ass,</c>

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gone<00:20:42.750><c> into</c><00:20:43.210><c> Assyria,</c><00:20:43.769><c> a</c><00:20:44.109><c> wild</c><00:20:44.730><c> ass</c><00:20:45.049><c> alone</c><00:20:45.589><c> by</c><00:20:45.930><c> himself,</c><00:20:46.650><c> says</c>

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rides<00:20:52.670><c> upon</c><00:20:53.730><c> the</c><00:20:55.509><c> fold</c><00:20:55.690><c> of</c><00:20:55.849><c> an</c><00:20:56.089><c> ass.</c>

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And<00:21:04.849><c> the</c><00:21:05.049><c> lion?</c><00:21:07.450><c> Well,</c><00:21:07.630><c> the</c><00:21:07.750><c> lion</c><00:21:07.990><c> is</c><00:21:08.210><c> a</c><00:21:08.309><c> symbol</c><00:21:08.450><c> of</c><00:21:08.609><c> the</c><00:21:08.710><c> Gentiles,</c><00:21:09.589><c> is</c><00:21:09.750><c> it</c><00:21:09.890><c> not?</c>

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Jeremiah<00:21:12.049><c> chapter</c><00:21:12.390><c> 4,</c><00:21:12.670><c> the</c><00:21:12.750><c> lion</c><00:21:13.069><c> has</c><00:21:13.250><c> come</c><00:21:13.410><c> up</c><00:21:13.569><c> from</c><00:21:13.710><c> his</c><00:21:13.890><c> thicket,</c><00:21:14.230><c> the</c>

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destroyer<00:21:14.930><c> of</c><00:21:15.130><c> the</c><00:21:15.309><c> Gentiles</c><00:21:16.130><c> is</c><00:21:16.309><c> on</c><00:21:16.410><c> his</c>

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way,<00:21:16.750><c> that's</c><00:21:16.950><c> who</c><00:21:17.069><c> the</c><00:21:17.230><c> lion</c><00:21:17.410><c> is.</c><00:21:18.730><c> Joel</c><00:21:18.910><c> chapter</c><00:21:19.150><c> 1,</c><00:21:19.569><c> a</c><00:21:19.710><c> nation,</c><00:21:20.269><c> a</c><00:21:20.410><c> foreign</c><00:21:20.609><c> nation</c><00:21:20.950><c> has</c>

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come<00:21:21.309><c> up</c><00:21:21.450><c> upon</c><00:21:21.630><c> my</c><00:21:21.910><c> land,</c>

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he's<00:21:23.589><c> like</c><00:21:23.789><c> a</c><00:21:23.990><c> lion</c><00:21:24.170><c> that</c><00:21:24.470><c> says.</c><00:21:26.029><c> 2</c><00:21:26.190><c> Timothy</c><00:21:26.470><c> chapter</c><00:21:26.789><c> 4,</c><00:21:27.390><c> that</c>

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by<00:21:27.730><c> me</c><00:21:27.930><c> the</c><00:21:28.170><c> preaching</c><00:21:28.569><c> might</c><00:21:28.950><c> be</c><00:21:29.230><c> fully</c><00:21:29.410><c> known,</c>

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says<00:21:29.970><c> the</c><00:21:30.210><c> apostle,</c><00:21:30.509><c> that</c><00:21:30.650><c> all</c><00:21:30.910><c> the</c><00:21:31.190><c> Gentiles</c><00:21:31.650><c> might</c><00:21:31.950><c> hear,</c><00:21:32.309><c> and</c><00:21:32.470><c> I</c>

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was<00:21:32.829><c> delivered</c><00:21:33.069><c> out</c><00:21:33.329><c> of</c><00:21:33.470><c> the</c><00:21:33.609><c> mouth</c><00:21:33.809><c> of</c><00:21:34.089><c> that</c><00:21:34.390><c> lion,</c>

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the<00:21:35.009><c> Gentile</c><00:21:35.829><c> authorities</c><00:21:36.509><c> in</c><00:21:36.950><c> Rome</c><00:21:37.230><c> before</c><00:21:37.670><c> whom</c><00:21:37.869><c> he</c><00:21:38.150><c> came,</c>

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which<00:21:39.329><c> incidentally</c><00:21:40.190><c> is</c><00:21:40.549><c> the</c><00:21:40.690><c> very</c><00:21:40.950><c> same</c><00:21:41.190><c> line</c>

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that<00:21:41.710><c> Peter</c><00:21:41.910><c> warns</c><00:21:42.289><c> about</c><00:21:42.509><c> in</c><00:21:42.670><c> the</c><00:21:42.789><c> first</c><00:21:42.990><c> of</c><00:21:43.170><c> Peter</c><00:21:43.329><c> chapter</c>

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5,<00:21:44.230><c> be</c><00:21:44.369><c> sober,</c><00:21:45.170><c> be</c><00:21:45.349><c> vigilant,</c><00:21:45.869><c> because</c><00:21:46.250><c> your</c>

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adversary,<00:21:47.589><c> the</c><00:21:47.750><c> devil,</c><00:21:48.109><c> as</c><00:21:48.329><c> a</c><00:21:48.509><c> roaring</c><00:21:48.809><c> lion,</c><00:21:49.529><c> it</c><00:21:49.690><c> was</c><00:21:49.930><c> a</c><00:21:50.109><c> warning</c><00:21:50.410><c> against</c><00:21:51.029><c> the</c>

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authorities<00:21:51.890><c> of</c><00:21:52.230><c> the</c><00:21:52.410><c> Roman</c>

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Empire,<00:21:54.430><c> who</c><00:21:54.509><c> at</c><00:21:54.670><c> that</c><00:21:54.849><c> very</c><00:21:55.130><c> time</c><00:21:55.410><c> had</c><00:21:55.630><c> launched</c><00:21:55.930><c> a</c><00:21:56.170><c> persecution</c><00:21:56.630><c> against</c>

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the<00:21:57.289><c> Christians,</c><00:21:57.890><c> beware</c><00:21:58.089><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:58.450><c> lion,</c><00:21:58.930><c> says</c><00:21:59.069><c> Peter.</c><00:21:59.809><c> Yes,</c><00:21:59.950><c> it's</c><00:22:00.130><c> a</c><00:22:00.230><c> reference</c><00:22:00.430><c> to</c><00:22:00.609><c> the</c><00:22:00.789><c> Gentiles,</c><00:22:01.589><c> so</c>

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what<00:22:01.930><c> we're</c><00:22:02.109><c> being</c><00:22:02.410><c> told</c><00:22:02.809><c> by</c><00:22:02.970><c> the</c><00:22:03.069><c> sisters</c>

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back<00:22:03.490><c> in</c><00:22:03.630><c> the</c><00:22:03.730><c> first</c><00:22:03.910><c> of</c><00:22:04.109><c> Kings</c><00:22:04.349><c> 13,</c><00:22:06.569><c> is</c><00:22:06.829><c> that</c><00:22:06.950><c> both</c><00:22:07.230><c> the</c><00:22:07.529><c> Jew,</c>

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the<00:22:08.910><c> ass,</c><00:22:10.750><c> and</c><00:22:11.170><c> the</c><00:22:11.390><c> Gentile,</c><00:22:12.349><c> the</c><00:22:12.609><c> lion,</c>

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would<00:22:14.829><c> be</c><00:22:15.190><c> associated</c><00:22:16.190><c> together</c><00:22:17.170><c> in</c><00:22:18.109><c> the</c><00:22:18.390><c> matter</c><00:22:18.710><c> of</c><00:22:19.089><c> the</c><00:22:19.289><c> death</c><00:22:19.650><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:20.329><c> burial</c><00:22:20.690><c> of</c><00:22:21.170><c> our</c><00:22:21.410><c> Lord</c><00:22:21.750><c> Jesus</c><00:22:22.210><c> Christ.</c>

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It's<00:22:25.349><c> a</c><00:22:25.509><c> remarkable</c><00:22:25.849><c> thing</c><00:22:26.109><c> really,</c><00:22:26.450><c> because</c><00:22:26.990><c> Acts</c><00:22:27.349><c> 4</c><00:22:27.630><c> says,</c>

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for<00:22:28.390><c> of</c><00:22:28.569><c> a</c><00:22:28.750><c> truth</c><00:22:28.910><c> against</c><00:22:29.289><c> thy</c><00:22:29.730><c> holy</c><00:22:30.190><c> child</c><00:22:30.650><c> Jesus,</c>

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whom<00:22:32.029><c> thou</c><00:22:32.269><c> hast</c><00:22:32.529><c> anointed,</c><00:22:33.410><c> both</c><00:22:33.789><c> Herod</c><00:22:34.049><c> and</c><00:22:34.230><c> Pontius</c><00:22:34.670><c> Pilate,</c><00:22:35.210><c> with</c>

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the<00:22:35.849><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:36.690><c> and</c><00:22:37.430><c> the</c><00:22:37.609><c> people</c><00:22:37.849><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:22:38.390><c> were</c><00:22:38.650><c> gathered</c><00:22:38.930><c> together,</c><00:22:39.630><c> says</c><00:22:39.809><c> Acts</c><00:22:40.109><c> chapter</c><00:22:40.430><c> 4</c><00:22:40.670><c> verse</c><00:22:40.910><c> 27.</c><00:22:41.910><c> Reminds</c><00:22:42.269><c> us</c>

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of<00:22:42.529><c> the</c><00:22:42.650><c> words</c><00:22:42.789><c> of</c><00:22:43.009><c> our</c><00:22:43.150><c> hymn,</c>

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hymn<00:22:43.910><c> 243,</c><00:22:45.450><c> twas</c><00:22:45.630><c> on</c><00:22:45.869><c> that</c><00:22:46.170><c> dark</c><00:22:46.490><c> and</c><00:22:46.890><c> mournful</c><00:22:47.289><c> night</c><00:22:47.849><c> when</c>

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Jew<00:22:50.170><c> and</c><00:22:50.750><c> Gentile</c><00:22:51.569><c> joined</c><00:22:52.109><c> their</c><00:22:52.529><c> power</c><00:22:52.990><c> against</c>

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the<00:22:53.650><c> Son</c><00:22:53.849><c> of</c><00:22:54.049><c> God</c><00:22:54.309><c> to</c><00:22:54.589><c> fight,</c><00:22:55.049><c> to</c><00:22:55.069><c> mock</c><00:22:55.250><c> His</c><00:22:55.410><c> name,</c><00:22:56.289><c> His</c><00:22:56.509><c> life</c>

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devour.<00:22:59.250><c> That's</c><00:22:59.509><c> what</c><00:22:59.730><c> Mark</c><00:23:00.049><c> says,</c><00:23:00.509><c> you</c><00:23:00.609><c> see.</c>

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Mark<00:23:01.750><c> chapter</c><00:23:01.990><c> 10</c><00:23:02.309><c> verse</c><00:23:02.569><c> 33</c><00:23:03.029><c> says,</c><00:23:03.789><c> the</c><00:23:03.849><c> Son</c><00:23:04.089><c> of</c><00:23:04.210><c> Man</c><00:23:04.329><c> shall</c>

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be<00:23:04.710><c> delivered</c><00:23:04.910><c> unto</c><00:23:05.069><c> the</c><00:23:05.289><c> chief</c><00:23:05.509><c> priests</c><00:23:05.769><c> and</c>

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unto<00:23:06.109><c> the</c><00:23:06.349><c> scribes.</c><00:23:08.609><c> That's</c><00:23:09.089><c> Israel.</c><00:23:11.250><c> They</c><00:23:11.450><c> shall</c><00:23:11.630><c> condemn</c>

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Him<00:23:12.210><c> to</c><00:23:12.369><c> death</c><00:23:12.529><c> and</c><00:23:12.690><c> then</c><00:23:12.910><c> deliver</c><00:23:13.069><c> Him</c><00:23:13.150><c> to</c><00:23:13.309><c> the</c>

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Gentiles.<00:23:14.329><c> So</c><00:23:14.529><c> the</c><00:23:14.690><c> ass</c><00:23:14.829><c> was</c><00:23:15.009><c> the</c><00:23:15.309><c> instrument</c><00:23:15.509><c> of</c><00:23:15.769><c> delivery,</c>

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Israel,<00:23:18.190><c> and</c><00:23:19.769><c> the</c><00:23:19.990><c> lion</c><00:23:20.210><c> was</c><00:23:20.490><c> the</c><00:23:20.910><c> instrument</c><00:23:21.250><c> of</c>

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execution,<00:23:22.910><c> Rome,</c><00:23:24.950><c> the</c><00:23:25.130><c> Gentile</c><00:23:25.529><c> power</c><00:23:25.750><c> of</c><00:23:25.910><c> the</c><00:23:25.990><c> moon.</c><00:23:28.230><c> Now</c>

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it's<00:23:29.190><c> interesting,</c><00:23:29.829><c> brothers</c><00:23:29.990><c> and</c><00:23:30.089><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:23:30.869><c> the</c><00:23:31.170><c> divine</c><00:23:31.430><c> record</c><00:23:31.809><c> doesn't</c><00:23:32.130><c> just</c><00:23:32.490><c> tell</c><00:23:32.670><c> us</c><00:23:33.210><c> that</c>

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the<00:23:33.829><c> Jew</c><00:23:34.029><c> and</c><00:23:34.329><c> the</c><00:23:34.490><c> Gentile,</c><00:23:35.029><c> the</c><00:23:35.230><c> ass</c><00:23:35.329><c> and</c><00:23:35.430><c> the</c>

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lion<00:23:35.730><c> were</c><00:23:35.990><c> simply</c><00:23:36.430><c> associated</c><00:23:37.150><c> with</c><00:23:37.410><c> the</c><00:23:37.509><c> death</c><00:23:37.650><c> of</c><00:23:37.849><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:23:38.650><c> record</c><00:23:38.910><c> is</c><00:23:39.150><c> it</c><00:23:39.349><c> pains</c><00:23:39.609><c> to</c><00:23:39.890><c> tell</c><00:23:40.009><c> us</c><00:23:40.250><c> this,</c>

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see<00:23:40.789><c> that</c><00:23:41.049><c> verse,</c><00:23:41.269><c> verse</c><00:23:41.509><c> 28,</c><00:23:42.210><c> I</c><00:23:42.369><c> think</c><00:23:42.490><c> it's</c><00:23:42.769><c> it</c><00:23:42.930><c> pains</c><00:23:43.190><c> to</c><00:23:43.490><c> tell</c><00:23:43.589><c> us</c>

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that<00:23:44.130><c> the</c><00:23:44.410><c> ass</c><00:23:44.609><c> and</c><00:23:44.809><c> the</c><00:23:45.109><c> lion</c><00:23:45.450><c> stood</c><00:23:46.210><c> over</c><00:23:47.190><c> the</c>

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to<00:23:48.190><c> guard</c><00:23:48.650><c> it</c><00:23:49.069><c> between</c><00:23:49.450><c> them.</c><00:23:50.670><c> Now</c><00:23:51.049><c> when</c><00:23:51.309><c> did</c><00:23:51.509><c> that</c><00:23:51.930><c> moment</c><00:23:52.269><c> of</c>

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infamous<00:23:53.329><c> collusion</c><00:23:54.369><c> reach</c><00:23:54.890><c> its</c><00:23:55.210><c> climax</c>

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in<00:23:55.950><c> the</c><00:23:56.069><c> gospel</c><00:23:56.430><c> records?</c><00:23:57.410><c> Well</c><00:23:57.609><c> come</c><00:23:57.690><c> and</c><00:23:57.789><c> have</c><00:23:57.890><c> a</c><00:23:57.950><c> look</c><00:23:58.029><c> at</c>

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Matthew<00:23:58.450><c> chapter</c><00:23:58.789><c> 27,</c><00:23:59.670><c> because</c><00:23:59.910><c> here's</c><00:24:00.210><c> the</c><00:24:00.390><c> moment</c>

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where<00:24:01.130><c> that</c><00:24:01.410><c> came</c><00:24:01.890><c> to</c><00:24:02.410><c> the</c><00:24:02.549><c> very</c><00:24:02.950><c> drama</c><00:24:03.430><c> that</c><00:24:04.109><c> would</c><00:24:04.390><c> lead</c><00:24:04.589><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:05.349><c> wonder</c><00:24:05.670><c> of</c><00:24:05.950><c> the</c><00:24:06.170><c> resurrection</c><00:24:06.710><c> of</c><00:24:07.190><c> our</c><00:24:07.390><c> Lord</c><00:24:07.609><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:24:08.470><c> because</c><00:24:08.910><c> Matthew</c><00:24:09.390><c> 27</c><00:24:10.589><c> says</c><00:24:10.990><c> something</c><00:24:11.609><c> rather</c><00:24:12.190><c> interesting</c><00:24:12.730><c> about</c><00:24:13.009><c> the</c>

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arrangements<00:24:13.849><c> made</c><00:24:14.289><c> for</c><00:24:14.509><c> the</c>

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guardianship<00:24:15.589><c> of</c><00:24:15.789><c> the</c><00:24:16.009><c> body.</c><00:24:17.890><c> And</c><00:24:18.049><c> this</c><00:24:18.190><c> is</c><00:24:18.309><c> what</c><00:24:18.410><c> we're</c><00:24:18.630><c> told</c>

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in<00:24:19.049><c> Matthew</c><00:24:19.369><c> 27,</c><00:24:20.470><c> the</c><00:24:20.670><c> record</c><00:24:20.950><c> says</c><00:24:21.329><c> this,</c>

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reading<00:24:23.910><c> from</c><00:24:24.130><c> verse</c><00:24:24.390><c> 62,</c><00:24:25.750><c> the</c><00:24:25.829><c> next</c><00:24:26.150><c> day</c><00:24:26.349><c> that</c><00:24:26.569><c> followed</c><00:24:26.789><c> the</c>

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day<00:24:27.109><c> of</c><00:24:27.269><c> the</c><00:24:27.490><c> preparation,</c><00:24:28.450><c> the</c><00:24:28.549><c> chief</c><00:24:28.829><c> priests</c><00:24:29.170><c> and</c>

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Pharisees<00:24:29.910><c> came</c><00:24:30.170><c> together</c><00:24:30.549><c> unto</c><00:24:30.990><c> Pilate,</c><00:24:32.589><c> and</c><00:24:32.750><c> they</c><00:24:32.890><c> said,</c>

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sir,<00:24:33.430><c> we</c><00:24:33.670><c> remember</c><00:24:33.930><c> that</c><00:24:34.150><c> that</c><00:24:34.410><c> deceiver</c><00:24:34.829><c> said,</c>

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while<00:24:35.309><c> he</c><00:24:35.430><c> was</c><00:24:35.549><c> yet</c><00:24:35.750><c> alive,</c><00:24:35.970><c> after</c><00:24:36.309><c> three</c><00:24:36.650><c> days</c><00:24:36.950><c> I</c><00:24:37.089><c> will</c><00:24:37.309><c> rise</c>

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again.<00:24:38.609><c> Command</c><00:24:38.970><c> therefore</c><00:24:39.430><c> that</c><00:24:39.670><c> the</c><00:24:39.950><c> sepulcher</c>

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be<00:24:40.829><c> made</c><00:24:41.289><c> sure</c><00:24:41.650><c> until</c><00:24:42.430><c> the</c><00:24:42.670><c> third</c><00:24:42.930><c> day,</c><00:24:43.670><c> lest</c><00:24:43.849><c> his</c><00:24:44.109><c> disciples</c>

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come<00:24:44.829><c> by</c><00:24:45.109><c> night</c><00:24:45.309><c> and</c><00:24:45.569><c> steal</c><00:24:45.769><c> him</c><00:24:45.970><c> away</c>

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and<00:24:46.349><c> say</c><00:24:46.549><c> unto</c><00:24:46.710><c> the</c><00:24:46.930><c> people,</c><00:24:47.369><c> he's</c><00:24:47.670><c> risen</c><00:24:47.910><c> from</c><00:24:48.150><c> the</c><00:24:48.329><c> dead,</c><00:24:48.910><c> and</c><00:24:49.049><c> so</c>

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the<00:24:49.349><c> last</c><00:24:49.650><c> era</c><00:24:49.809><c> shall</c><00:24:49.990><c> be</c><00:24:50.190><c> worse</c><00:24:50.410><c> than</c><00:24:50.589><c> the</c><00:24:50.769><c> first.</c>

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Pilate<00:24:51.849><c> said</c><00:24:52.049><c> unto</c><00:24:52.269><c> them,</c><00:24:52.650><c> ye</c><00:24:52.769><c> have</c><00:24:52.930><c> a</c><00:24:53.089><c> watch,</c><00:24:53.390><c> go</c><00:24:53.549><c> your</c><00:24:53.789><c> way,</c>

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make<00:24:54.309><c> it</c><00:24:54.529><c> as</c><00:24:54.710><c> sure</c><00:24:54.890><c> as</c><00:24:55.190><c> ye</c><00:24:55.390><c> can.</c><00:24:55.809><c> So</c><00:24:55.950><c> they</c><00:24:56.130><c> went</c><00:24:56.410><c> and</c>

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made<00:24:57.029><c> the</c><00:24:57.230><c> sepulchre</c><00:24:57.670><c> sure,</c><00:24:58.569><c> sealing</c><00:24:58.829><c> the</c><00:24:59.269><c> stone</c><00:24:59.509><c> and</c><00:24:59.769><c> setting</c><00:25:00.029><c> the</c><00:25:00.269><c> watch,</c><00:25:00.849><c> and</c><00:25:01.130><c> by</c>

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deliberate<00:25:02.069><c> collaboration</c>

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between<00:25:03.210><c> the</c><00:25:03.490><c> Jewish</c><00:25:03.750><c> leaders</c><00:25:04.210><c> and</c><00:25:04.529><c> the</c><00:25:04.650><c> Roman</c><00:25:04.930><c> governor,</c>

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brothers<00:25:05.509><c> and</c><00:25:05.690><c> sisters,</c><00:25:06.089><c> they</c><00:25:06.250><c> both</c><00:25:06.549><c> stood</c><00:25:06.750><c> guard</c><00:25:07.049><c> over</c>

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the<00:25:07.529><c> dead</c><00:25:07.529><c> body</c><00:25:07.809><c> of</c><00:25:07.950><c> Christ,</c><00:25:08.569><c> and</c><00:25:08.609><c> they</c><00:25:08.829><c> each</c><00:25:09.069><c> did</c><00:25:09.210><c> it</c><00:25:09.329><c> for</c><00:25:09.410><c> their</c><00:25:09.670><c> own</c>

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interests.<00:25:12.569><c> But</c><00:25:12.710><c> they</c><00:25:12.910><c> ended</c><00:25:13.089><c> up</c><00:25:13.450><c> by</c>

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vindicating<00:25:14.069><c> the</c><00:25:14.390><c> story</c><00:25:14.609><c> of</c><00:25:14.769><c> the</c><00:25:14.950><c> empty</c><00:25:15.210><c> tomb</c><00:25:15.549><c> and</c><00:25:16.029><c> the</c><00:25:16.150><c> risen</c>

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Christ,<00:25:17.049><c> and</c><00:25:17.150><c> it</c><00:25:17.269><c> was</c><00:25:17.390><c> their</c><00:25:17.650><c> own</c><00:25:17.970><c> standing</c><00:25:18.309><c> over</c>

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the<00:25:18.769><c> body</c><00:25:18.950><c> that</c><00:25:19.210><c> made</c><00:25:19.349><c> it</c><00:25:19.529><c> impossible</c><00:25:19.930><c> to</c><00:25:20.150><c> deny.</c><00:25:24.329><c> So</c><00:25:24.589><c> this</c><00:25:24.710><c> is</c>

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what<00:25:24.910><c> actually</c><00:25:25.210><c> happened,</c><00:25:25.490><c> you</c><00:25:25.670><c> see.</c>

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They,<00:25:28.849><c> the</c><00:25:28.990><c> Jews,</c><00:25:29.269><c> went</c><00:25:29.430><c> and</c><00:25:29.630><c> made</c><00:25:29.750><c> the</c><00:25:29.970><c> sepulchre</c><00:25:30.329><c> sure,</c><00:25:31.309><c> the</c>

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ass<00:25:31.869><c> was</c><00:25:32.150><c> right</c><00:25:32.470><c> there</c><00:25:33.349><c> standing</c><00:25:33.930><c> over</c><00:25:34.170><c> the</c><00:25:34.329><c> carcass.</c>

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But<00:25:36.630><c> when</c><00:25:36.809><c> it</c><00:25:36.950><c> says</c><00:25:37.029><c> they</c><00:25:37.269><c> set</c><00:25:37.450><c> a</c><00:25:37.630><c> watch,</c><00:25:38.589><c> the</c><00:25:38.730><c> Greek</c><00:25:38.970><c> word</c><00:25:39.250><c> is</c>

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custodia,<00:25:40.490><c> which</c><00:25:40.670><c> is</c><00:25:40.869><c> the</c><00:25:41.009><c> Roman</c><00:25:41.329><c> guard,</c><00:25:42.690><c> the</c><00:25:42.789><c> Gentiles.</c>

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The<00:25:45.789><c> ass</c><00:25:46.069><c> and</c><00:25:46.369><c> the</c><00:25:46.609><c> lion</c><00:25:47.230><c> stood</c><00:25:47.930><c> guard</c><00:25:48.329><c> over</c><00:25:48.670><c> the</c><00:25:48.869><c> carcass,</c><00:25:49.289><c> brothers</c><00:25:49.410><c> and</c><00:25:49.609><c> sisters,</c><00:25:51.170><c> of</c>

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our<00:25:51.490><c> Lord</c><00:25:51.650><c> Jesus</c><00:25:51.950><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:25:55.089><c> the</c><00:25:55.289><c> parable</c><00:25:55.509><c> of</c><00:25:55.630><c> the</c><00:25:55.750><c> man</c><00:25:55.869><c> of</c><00:25:56.069><c> God,</c><00:25:57.650><c> the</c><00:25:57.869><c> story</c><00:25:58.109><c> of</c><00:25:58.250><c> the</c>

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man<00:25:58.470><c> of</c><00:25:58.630><c> God</c><00:25:58.769><c> was</c><00:25:58.950><c> seen</c><00:25:59.190><c> again</c>

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in<00:26:01.369><c> the</c><00:26:01.529><c> Gospel</c><00:26:01.890><c> records.</c><00:26:04.329><c> Isn't</c><00:26:04.769><c> it</c><00:26:04.950><c> remarkable?</c><00:26:07.470><c> You</c><00:26:07.569><c> see</c><00:26:07.630><c> what</c><00:26:07.750><c> it</c><00:26:07.970><c> says</c><00:26:08.170><c> in</c><00:26:09.509><c> 1</c>

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Kings<00:26:10.109><c> 13</c><00:26:10.630><c> and</c><00:26:10.829><c> verse</c><00:26:11.190><c> 29.</c>

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It<00:26:13.549><c> says,</c><00:26:13.930><c> and</c><00:26:13.930><c> the</c><00:26:14.009><c> prophet</c><00:26:14.309><c> took</c><00:26:14.549><c> up</c><00:26:14.829><c> the</c><00:26:15.170><c> carcass</c><00:26:15.730><c> of</c><00:26:15.930><c> the</c>

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man<00:26:16.250><c> of</c><00:26:16.470><c> God</c><00:26:16.930><c> and</c><00:26:17.529><c> laid</c><00:26:17.670><c> it</c><00:26:17.809><c> upon</c><00:26:18.009><c> the</c><00:26:18.210><c> ass</c><00:26:18.390><c> and</c><00:26:18.589><c> brought</c>

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it<00:26:19.009><c> back,</c><00:26:19.549><c> and</c><00:26:19.869><c> the</c><00:26:20.049><c> old</c><00:26:20.250><c> prophet</c><00:26:20.430><c> came</c><00:26:20.690><c> to</c><00:26:20.849><c> the</c><00:26:21.009><c> city</c><00:26:21.190><c> to</c><00:26:21.450><c> mourn</c><00:26:21.769><c> and</c>

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to<00:26:22.109><c> bury</c><00:26:22.349><c> him.</c><00:26:23.329><c> He</c><00:26:23.509><c> took</c><00:26:23.650><c> up</c><00:26:23.890><c> the</c><00:26:24.109><c> carcass,</c>

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and<00:26:25.750><c> brought</c><00:26:26.069><c> it</c><00:26:26.289><c> back,</c><00:26:26.490><c> it</c><00:26:26.730><c> says.</c><00:26:29.490><c> Well,</c><00:26:29.690><c> he</c><00:26:29.730><c> couldn't</c><00:26:29.930><c> leave</c>

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it<00:26:30.230><c> on</c><00:26:30.349><c> the</c><00:26:30.509><c> roadside,</c><00:26:31.170><c> could</c><00:26:31.329><c> he?</c>

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So<00:26:34.450><c> what</c><00:26:34.609><c> we're</c><00:26:34.849><c> told</c><00:26:35.089><c> is</c><00:26:36.130><c> that</c><00:26:36.470><c> at</c><00:26:36.609><c> the</c><00:26:36.769><c> moment</c><00:26:36.950><c> of</c><00:26:37.750><c> the</c><00:26:37.890><c> man</c>

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of<00:26:38.230><c> God's</c><00:26:38.670><c> death,</c><00:26:40.509><c> someone</c><00:26:40.730><c> was</c><00:26:41.049><c> there</c><00:26:41.250><c> to</c><00:26:41.490><c> remove</c>

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the<00:26:42.210><c> corpse</c><00:26:42.589><c> so</c><00:26:43.349><c> that</c><00:26:43.470><c> it</c><00:26:43.569><c> would</c><00:26:43.769><c> not</c><00:26:44.029><c> be</c><00:26:44.230><c> desecrated.</c><00:26:46.789><c> The</c><00:26:47.029><c> old</c><00:26:47.289><c> prophet</c><00:26:47.549><c> of</c>

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Bethel<00:26:48.009><c> was</c><00:26:48.349><c> grieved</c><00:26:48.750><c> at</c><00:26:49.109><c> the</c><00:26:49.230><c> death</c><00:26:49.369><c> of</c>

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one<00:26:49.670><c> more</c><00:26:50.210><c> righteous</c><00:26:50.630><c> than</c><00:26:50.910><c> he,</c><00:26:51.250><c> and</c><00:26:51.450><c> so</c><00:26:51.609><c> his</c><00:26:51.910><c> salute</c><00:26:52.329><c> lay</c><00:26:52.670><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:53.170><c> action</c><00:26:53.549><c> of</c><00:26:54.130><c> removing</c><00:26:54.650><c> the</c><00:26:55.029><c> body</c><00:26:55.349><c> for</c><00:26:55.769><c> a</c><00:26:55.950><c> decent</c>

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burial.<00:26:57.049><c> And</c><00:26:57.170><c> so</c><00:26:57.250><c> what</c><00:26:57.369><c> we're</c><00:26:57.589><c> really</c><00:26:57.910><c> being</c><00:26:58.190><c> told</c><00:26:58.589><c> in</c><00:26:59.049><c> 1</c><00:26:59.390><c> Kings</c><00:26:59.809><c> 13</c>

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and<00:27:00.509><c> verse</c><00:27:00.750><c> 29</c><00:27:01.509><c> concerning</c><00:27:02.150><c> the</c><00:27:02.369><c> death</c><00:27:02.549><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:02.809><c> man</c><00:27:02.930><c> of</c><00:27:03.170><c> God</c><00:27:03.369><c> is</c><00:27:03.589><c> that</c><00:27:03.970><c> his</c><00:27:04.250><c> dead</c><00:27:04.490><c> body</c><00:27:04.769><c> was</c><00:27:05.069><c> taken</c><00:27:05.450><c> away</c><00:27:06.089><c> by</c><00:27:06.529><c> a</c>

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friend<00:27:07.329><c> and</c><00:27:07.829><c> removed</c><00:27:08.269><c> for</c><00:27:08.750><c> private</c><00:27:09.269><c> interment.</c>

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What<00:27:12.130><c> does</c><00:27:12.670><c> that</c><00:27:12.930><c> remind</c><00:27:13.309><c> us</c><00:27:13.549><c> of?</c><00:27:16.170><c> Well,</c><00:27:17.410><c> it</c><00:27:17.549><c> reminds</c><00:27:17.829><c> us</c><00:27:18.130><c> firstly</c><00:27:18.430><c> of</c>

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Mark<00:27:19.049><c> chapter</c><00:27:19.349><c> 15,</c><00:27:20.069><c> doesn't</c><00:27:20.170><c> it?</c><00:27:20.329><c> Joseph</c><00:27:20.710><c> of</c>

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Arimathea<00:27:21.690><c> craved</c><00:27:22.130><c> the</c><00:27:22.369><c> body.</c><00:27:22.950><c> The</c><00:27:23.069><c> word</c><00:27:23.170><c> actually</c><00:27:23.390><c> means</c><00:27:23.710><c> literally</c><00:27:24.069><c> the</c><00:27:24.289><c> corpse.</c><00:27:25.849><c> It</c>

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answers<00:27:26.410><c> to</c><00:27:26.650><c> the</c><00:27:26.710><c> word</c>

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carcass<00:27:27.509><c> here</c><00:27:27.670><c> in</c><00:27:27.789><c> 1</c><00:27:28.069><c> Kings</c><00:27:28.529><c> 13</c><00:27:29.029><c> and</c><00:27:29.210><c> verse</c><00:27:29.470><c> 28.</c><00:27:29.930><c> Joseph</c><00:27:30.329><c> craved</c><00:27:30.970><c> the</c>

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corpse<00:27:31.430><c> of</c><00:27:31.609><c> Jesus</c><00:27:31.910><c> and</c><00:27:32.069><c> took</c><00:27:32.230><c> him</c><00:27:32.390><c> down.</c>

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In<00:27:32.990><c> fact,</c><00:27:33.109><c> if</c><00:27:33.230><c> you</c><00:27:33.269><c> come</c><00:27:33.410><c> to</c><00:27:33.509><c> John</c><00:27:33.750><c> chapter</c><00:27:34.049><c> 19</c><00:27:34.650><c> in</c><00:27:35.109><c> your</c><00:27:35.549><c> right</c>

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hand,<00:27:36.710><c> let</c><00:27:36.890><c> me</c><00:27:36.990><c> just</c><00:27:37.190><c> show</c><00:27:37.269><c> you</c><00:27:37.369><c> what</c><00:27:37.529><c> John</c><00:27:37.869><c> says,</c>

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because<00:27:38.849><c> there's</c><00:27:39.210><c> a</c><00:27:39.369><c> sort</c><00:27:39.450><c> of,</c><00:27:39.670><c> again,</c><00:27:39.829><c> a</c><00:27:40.009><c> key</c><00:27:40.190><c> idea</c><00:27:40.549><c> here</c><00:27:40.769><c> where</c><00:27:40.930><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:27:41.509><c> record</c><00:27:42.069><c> echoes</c><00:27:42.690><c> and</c><00:27:43.490><c> chimes</c><00:27:43.869><c> back</c><00:27:44.210><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:44.569><c> story</c><00:27:44.789><c> of</c><00:27:44.930><c> the</c><00:27:45.049><c> man</c><00:27:45.190><c> of</c><00:27:45.450><c> God.</c><00:27:46.269><c> It</c><00:27:46.410><c> says</c><00:27:46.630><c> in</c><00:27:46.829><c> John</c><00:27:47.069><c> 19,</c><00:27:49.130><c> John</c>

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19<00:27:49.769><c> verse</c><00:27:50.670><c> 38,</c>

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and<00:27:53.750><c> after</c><00:27:54.069><c> this,</c><00:27:54.589><c> Joseph</c><00:27:54.730><c> of</c><00:27:54.930><c> Arimathea</c><00:27:55.529><c> being</c><00:27:55.950><c> a</c><00:27:56.150><c> disciple</c>

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of<00:27:56.670><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:57.130><c> but</c><00:27:57.369><c> secretly</c><00:27:57.869><c> for</c><00:27:58.069><c> fear</c><00:27:58.250><c> of</c><00:27:58.430><c> the</c>

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Jews,<00:27:59.009><c> besought</c><00:27:59.269><c> Pilate</c><00:27:59.589><c> that</c><00:27:59.730><c> he</c><00:27:59.789><c> might</c><00:28:00.029><c> take</c><00:28:00.329><c> away</c><00:28:00.630><c> the</c><00:28:00.809><c> body</c><00:28:01.009><c> of</c>

00:28:01.170 --> 00:28:02.589
Jesus,<00:28:01.569><c> and</c><00:28:01.730><c> Pilate</c><00:28:01.970><c> gave</c><00:28:02.190><c> him</c><00:28:02.410><c> leave,</c>

00:28:02.829 --> 00:28:05.470
and<00:28:03.009><c> so</c><00:28:03.130><c> he</c><00:28:03.289><c> came</c><00:28:03.569><c> therefore</c><00:28:03.910><c> and</c><00:28:04.069><c> he</c><00:28:04.369><c> took</c><00:28:04.569><c> away</c><00:28:04.950><c> the</c><00:28:05.190><c> body.</c>

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And<00:28:05.950><c> so</c><00:28:06.009><c> what</c><00:28:06.170><c> we're</c><00:28:06.309><c> being</c><00:28:06.609><c> told,</c>

00:28:06.970 --> 00:28:09.910
brothers<00:28:07.170><c> and</c><00:28:07.210><c> sisters,</c><00:28:07.509><c> in</c><00:28:07.670><c> the</c><00:28:07.789><c> gospel</c><00:28:08.109><c> of</c><00:28:08.309><c> John</c><00:28:08.809><c> is</c><00:28:09.670><c> that</c>

00:28:09.910 --> 00:28:12.539
what<00:28:10.089><c> the</c><00:28:10.289><c> old</c><00:28:10.509><c> prophet</c><00:28:10.809><c> did</c><00:28:11.089><c> for</c><00:28:11.289><c> the</c><00:28:11.410><c> man</c><00:28:11.569><c> of</c><00:28:11.789><c> God,</c>

00:28:14.089 --> 00:28:18.990
Joseph<00:28:14.349><c> of</c><00:28:14.549><c> Arimathea</c><00:28:15.150><c> did</c><00:28:15.390><c> for</c><00:28:15.589><c> the</c><00:28:15.730><c> Lord.</c><00:28:17.009><c> He</c><00:28:17.170><c> besought</c><00:28:17.730><c> Pilate</c><00:28:18.609><c> that</c><00:28:18.930><c> he</c>

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might<00:28:19.269><c> take</c><00:28:19.670><c> away</c>

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the<00:28:20.690><c> body,</c><00:28:21.349><c> the</c><00:28:21.589><c> carcass,</c><00:28:22.430><c> and</c><00:28:22.670><c> he</c><00:28:22.849><c> came</c><00:28:23.069><c> and</c><00:28:23.230><c> took</c><00:28:23.390><c> it.</c><00:28:23.829><c> And</c>

00:28:24.029 --> 00:28:26.829
that<00:28:24.170><c> word</c><00:28:24.410><c> came</c><00:28:24.750><c> to</c><00:28:25.009><c> take</c><00:28:25.269><c> means</c><00:28:25.650><c> to</c><00:28:26.009><c> bear</c><00:28:26.390><c> away</c>

00:28:26.829 --> 00:28:30.029
what's<00:28:27.130><c> been</c><00:28:27.410><c> lifted,</c><00:28:27.710><c> to</c><00:28:27.950><c> take</c><00:28:28.150><c> up.</c><00:28:28.509><c> And</c><00:28:28.609><c> so</c><00:28:28.950><c> just</c><00:28:29.349><c> as</c><00:28:29.529><c> the</c><00:28:29.690><c> man</c><00:28:29.809><c> of</c>

00:28:30.029 --> 00:28:32.990
God<00:28:30.190><c> was</c><00:28:30.549><c> raised</c><00:28:31.009><c> up</c><00:28:31.329><c> and</c><00:28:31.789><c> lifted</c><00:28:32.069><c> upon</c><00:28:32.450><c> the</c><00:28:32.710><c> ass,</c>

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so<00:28:33.529><c> Joseph</c><00:28:33.930><c> lifted</c><00:28:34.390><c> up</c><00:28:34.650><c> the</c><00:28:34.750><c> body</c><00:28:34.970><c> of</c><00:28:35.170><c> Jesus</c><00:28:35.529><c> to</c><00:28:35.809><c> bear</c><00:28:35.970><c> him</c><00:28:36.210><c> away,</c><00:28:37.029><c> and</c>

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Joseph's<00:28:37.809><c> intention</c><00:28:38.450><c> was</c><00:28:39.089><c> identical</c>

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to<00:28:40.210><c> the</c><00:28:40.470><c> spirit</c><00:28:40.690><c> of</c><00:28:40.890><c> the</c><00:28:41.009><c> old</c><00:28:41.309><c> prophet</c><00:28:41.930><c> of</c><00:28:42.789><c> the</c><00:28:42.910><c> first</c><00:28:43.130><c> of</c><00:28:43.289><c> Kings</c><00:28:43.509><c> 13.</c>

00:28:45.569 --> 00:28:47.630
He<00:28:45.829><c> wanted</c><00:28:46.109><c> to</c><00:28:46.390><c> prevent</c><00:28:46.650><c> the</c><00:28:47.009><c> destruction</c>

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of<00:28:48.470><c> the</c><00:28:48.670><c> body</c><00:28:49.049><c> that</c><00:28:49.490><c> no</c><00:28:49.710><c> doubt</c><00:28:49.869><c> the</c><00:28:50.210><c> authorities</c><00:28:50.630><c> intended.</c>

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You<00:28:53.869><c> see,</c><00:28:54.170><c> brothers</c><00:28:54.289><c> and</c><00:28:54.490><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:57.250 --> 00:29:04.230
Joseph<00:28:57.690><c> had</c><00:28:57.970><c> become</c><00:28:58.190><c> a</c><00:28:58.349><c> disciple,</c><00:29:01.190><c> and</c><00:29:01.190><c> so</c><00:29:01.349><c> he</c><00:29:01.490><c> faced</c><00:29:01.769><c> his</c><00:29:02.049><c> fear,</c><00:29:04.170><c> and</c>

00:29:04.230 --> 00:29:06.470
he<00:29:04.349><c> went</c><00:29:04.490><c> up</c><00:29:04.670><c> to</c><00:29:04.789><c> the</c><00:29:05.009><c> lion</c><00:29:05.450><c> power</c><00:29:05.849><c> of</c><00:29:06.190><c> Rome</c>

00:29:06.470 --> 00:29:11.509
that<00:29:06.670><c> was</c><00:29:06.890><c> guarding</c><00:29:07.210><c> the</c><00:29:07.430><c> body,</c><00:29:10.329><c> and</c><00:29:10.630><c> he</c><00:29:10.750><c> asked</c><00:29:10.950><c> that</c><00:29:11.069><c> he</c><00:29:11.109><c> might</c><00:29:11.329><c> take</c>

00:29:11.509 --> 00:29:16.109
it<00:29:11.690><c> away.</c><00:29:14.990><c> Just</c><00:29:15.309><c> like</c><00:29:15.490><c> the</c><00:29:15.650><c> old</c><00:29:15.869><c> prophet</c>

00:29:16.109 --> 00:29:19.609
had<00:29:16.289><c> got</c><00:29:16.410><c> down</c><00:29:16.630><c> off</c><00:29:16.809><c> his</c><00:29:16.970><c> ass</c><00:29:17.210><c> and</c><00:29:17.430><c> faced</c><00:29:17.690><c> the</c><00:29:17.950><c> lion</c><00:29:18.329><c> and</c><00:29:19.349><c> asked</c>

00:29:19.609 --> 00:29:22.369
if<00:29:19.750><c> he</c><00:29:19.789><c> could</c><00:29:19.970><c> take</c><00:29:20.230><c> the</c><00:29:20.390><c> body</c><00:29:20.589><c> away.</c><00:29:21.930><c> The</c><00:29:22.109><c> old</c>

00:29:22.369 --> 00:29:24.890
prophet<00:29:22.690><c> had</c><00:29:23.029><c> become</c><00:29:23.190><c> a</c><00:29:23.349><c> disciple</c><00:29:23.670><c> of</c><00:29:23.849><c> the</c><00:29:23.950><c> man</c><00:29:24.089><c> of</c><00:29:24.309><c> God</c><00:29:24.569><c> and</c>

00:29:24.890 --> 00:29:27.150
his<00:29:25.089><c> message,</c><00:29:25.589><c> and</c><00:29:25.710><c> he</c><00:29:25.809><c> would</c><00:29:26.009><c> face</c><00:29:26.250><c> his</c><00:29:26.609><c> fear</c><00:29:26.829><c> and</c>

00:29:27.150 --> 00:29:29.990
the<00:29:27.329><c> lion</c><00:29:27.529><c> to</c><00:29:27.710><c> act</c><00:29:27.869><c> with</c><00:29:28.150><c> decency</c><00:29:28.569><c> and</c><00:29:28.869><c> courage</c><00:29:29.190><c> in</c><00:29:29.690><c> removing</c>

00:29:29.990 --> 00:29:31.210
the<00:29:30.250><c> body,</c><00:29:30.589><c> brothers</c><00:29:30.690><c> and</c><00:29:30.849><c> sisters.</c><00:29:31.029><c> Isn't</c>

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there<00:29:31.470><c> a</c><00:29:31.630><c> parallel</c><00:29:31.829><c> here?</c><00:29:32.670><c> I</c><00:29:32.890><c> think</c><00:29:33.109><c> so.</c><00:29:36.549><c> And</c><00:29:36.750><c> what</c><00:29:36.869><c> about</c><00:29:36.990><c> this</c><00:29:37.269><c> one</c>

00:29:37.630 --> 00:29:40.650
in<00:29:37.930><c> the</c><00:29:38.049><c> first</c><00:29:38.210><c> of</c><00:29:38.390><c> Kings</c><00:29:38.789><c> chapter</c><00:29:39.329><c> 13,</c>

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and<00:29:42.289><c> verse</c><00:29:42.609><c> 30?</c>

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He<00:29:45.670><c> laid</c><00:29:45.930><c> his</c><00:29:46.230><c> carcass</c><00:29:46.890><c> in</c><00:29:47.369><c> his</c><00:29:47.569><c> own</c><00:29:47.890><c> grave,</c><00:29:48.329><c> and</c><00:29:48.410><c> they</c><00:29:48.710><c> mourned</c><00:29:49.109><c> over</c>

00:29:49.390 --> 00:29:51.549
him,<00:29:49.650><c> saying,</c><00:29:49.950><c> Alas,</c><00:29:50.430><c> my</c><00:29:50.690><c> brother.</c>

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Now,<00:29:53.269><c> the</c><00:29:53.410><c> record</c><00:29:53.589><c> doesn't</c><00:29:53.869><c> seem</c><00:29:54.109><c> to</c><00:29:54.250><c> make</c><00:29:54.349><c> this</c><00:29:54.650><c> quite</c><00:29:54.970><c> clear,</c><00:29:55.289><c> but</c>

00:29:55.549 --> 00:29:56.609
there's<00:29:55.829><c> something</c><00:29:56.029><c> more</c><00:29:56.210><c> to</c><00:29:56.309><c> this</c><00:29:56.450><c> than</c>

00:29:56.609 --> 00:29:59.869
meets<00:29:56.950><c> the</c><00:29:57.190><c> eye.</c><00:29:58.670><c> We've</c><00:29:58.890><c> already</c><00:29:58.990><c> mentioned</c><00:29:59.410><c> that</c><00:29:59.569><c> the</c><00:29:59.670><c> word</c>

00:29:59.869 --> 00:30:01.970
grave<00:30:00.150><c> in</c><00:30:00.369><c> verse</c><00:30:00.630><c> 30</c><00:30:00.849><c> is</c><00:30:01.029><c> the</c><00:30:01.250><c> same</c><00:30:01.390><c> as</c><00:30:01.569><c> the</c><00:30:01.650><c> word</c>

00:30:01.970 --> 00:30:04.849
sepulcher<00:30:02.390><c> in</c><00:30:02.630><c> verse</c><00:30:03.049><c> 31,</c><00:30:03.450><c> but</c><00:30:03.650><c> the</c><00:30:03.950><c> interesting</c><00:30:04.230><c> thing,</c><00:30:04.589><c> the</c>

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unusual<00:30:05.430><c> thing,</c><00:30:06.329><c> is</c><00:30:06.529><c> that</c><00:30:06.710><c> the</c><00:30:06.890><c> old</c><00:30:07.130><c> prophet</c><00:30:07.450><c> already</c>

00:30:08.789 --> 00:30:14.809
owns<00:30:09.369><c> a</c><00:30:09.890><c> sepulcher</c><00:30:10.369><c> before</c><00:30:11.069><c> he's</c><00:30:11.650><c> dead.</c><00:30:13.670><c> I</c><00:30:13.849><c> draw</c><00:30:13.950><c> your</c><00:30:14.170><c> attention</c><00:30:14.589><c> to</c>

00:30:14.809 --> 00:30:16.849
that<00:30:15.250><c> because</c><00:30:16.089><c> there's</c><00:30:16.269><c> something</c><00:30:16.430><c> about</c>

00:30:16.849 --> 00:30:20.029
the<00:30:17.190><c> substance</c><00:30:17.630><c> of</c><00:30:17.829><c> this</c><00:30:18.049><c> man</c><00:30:18.470><c> that</c><00:30:18.990><c> you</c><00:30:19.269><c> need</c><00:30:19.410><c> to</c><00:30:19.609><c> realize.</c>

00:30:20.410 --> 00:30:22.650
You<00:30:20.509><c> see,</c><00:30:20.690><c> this</c><00:30:20.869><c> man,</c><00:30:21.269><c> the</c><00:30:21.410><c> old</c><00:30:21.650><c> prophet,</c>

00:30:23.450 --> 00:30:28.430
is<00:30:24.049><c> wealthy</c><00:30:24.369><c> enough</c><00:30:24.630><c> to</c><00:30:24.829><c> own</c><00:30:24.970><c> a</c><00:30:25.109><c> house,</c><00:30:25.529><c> verse</c><00:30:25.849><c> 19.</c><00:30:27.730><c> He</c><00:30:28.069><c> dines</c>

00:30:28.430 --> 00:30:31.569
at<00:30:28.650><c> a</c><00:30:28.829><c> table,</c><00:30:29.710><c> verse</c><00:30:30.049><c> 20,</c><00:30:30.410><c> which</c><00:30:30.710><c> ordinarily</c><00:30:31.230><c> only</c>

00:30:31.569 --> 00:30:34.990
kings<00:30:32.089><c> dine</c><00:30:32.529><c> there.</c><00:30:32.950><c> He</c><00:30:33.170><c> owns</c><00:30:33.410><c> at</c><00:30:33.630><c> least</c><00:30:33.910><c> two</c><00:30:34.210><c> asses,</c><00:30:34.690><c> verses</c>

00:30:34.990 --> 00:30:37.710
27<00:30:35.509><c> and</c><00:30:35.690><c> 28,</c><00:30:36.190><c> and</c><00:30:36.549><c> verse</c><00:30:36.789><c> 30</c><00:30:37.009><c> says</c><00:30:37.170><c> he's</c><00:30:37.369><c> got</c><00:30:37.490><c> his</c>

00:30:37.710 --> 00:30:42.549
own<00:30:38.029><c> sepulcher,</c><00:30:38.490><c> but</c><00:30:38.650><c> brothers</c><00:30:38.910><c> and</c><00:30:39.089><c> sisters,</c><00:30:39.730><c> ordinary</c><00:30:39.769><c> people</c><00:30:40.109><c> didn't</c><00:30:40.410><c> have</c><00:30:40.789><c> sepulchers</c><00:30:41.549><c> purchased</c><00:30:42.109><c> and</c><00:30:42.390><c> hewn</c>

00:30:42.549 --> 00:30:45.529
out<00:30:42.730><c> of</c><00:30:42.809><c> the</c><00:30:42.950><c> rock</c><00:30:43.089><c> before</c><00:30:43.490><c> their</c><00:30:43.789><c> death.</c><00:30:44.890><c> The</c><00:30:45.049><c> only</c><00:30:45.250><c> people</c>

00:30:45.529 --> 00:30:47.369
of<00:30:45.690><c> whom</c><00:30:45.829><c> the</c><00:30:46.250><c> scriptures</c><00:30:46.569><c> say</c><00:30:46.849><c> that</c><00:30:47.190><c> such</c>

00:30:47.369 --> 00:30:51.349
arrangements<00:30:47.789><c> were</c><00:30:48.049><c> made</c><00:30:48.250><c> were</c><00:30:48.430><c> the</c><00:30:48.569><c> wealthy.</c><00:30:50.109><c> Asa,</c><00:30:50.450><c> the</c><00:30:50.630><c> king,</c><00:30:51.210><c> had</c>

00:30:51.349 --> 00:30:53.269
a<00:30:51.589><c> sepulcher</c><00:30:51.950><c> carved</c><00:30:52.309><c> out</c><00:30:52.589><c> before</c><00:30:52.890><c> his</c><00:30:53.089><c> death</c>

00:30:53.269 --> 00:30:56.730
in<00:30:53.430><c> the</c><00:30:53.589><c> second</c><00:30:53.809><c> of</c><00:30:54.009><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:54.349><c> 16</c><00:30:54.869><c> and</c><00:30:55.069><c> verse</c><00:30:55.329><c> 14.</c><00:30:56.450><c> Shedner,</c>

00:30:56.869 --> 00:30:58.829
the<00:30:57.089><c> treasurer,</c><00:30:57.809><c> had</c><00:30:57.970><c> hewn</c><00:30:58.170><c> out</c><00:30:58.369><c> a</c><00:30:58.549><c> sepulcher</c>

00:30:58.829 --> 00:31:03.190
before<00:30:59.109><c> his</c><00:30:59.329><c> death</c><00:30:59.529><c> in</c><00:30:59.730><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:00.109><c> 22,</c><00:31:00.730><c> verse</c><00:31:00.950><c> 16.</c><00:31:02.130><c> Josiah</c><00:31:02.650><c> had</c><00:31:02.990><c> a</c>

00:31:03.190 --> 00:31:05.170
sepulcher<00:31:03.589><c> hewn</c><00:31:03.890><c> and</c><00:31:04.109><c> prepared</c><00:31:04.390><c> before</c><00:31:04.730><c> his</c><00:31:04.950><c> death</c>

00:31:05.170 --> 00:31:08.509
in<00:31:05.490><c> the</c><00:31:05.670><c> second</c><00:31:05.890><c> of</c><00:31:06.089><c> Kings</c><00:31:06.309><c> 23,</c><00:31:06.910><c> verse</c><00:31:07.210><c> 30.</c><00:31:07.809><c> Ordinary</c><00:31:08.210><c> people</c>

00:31:08.509 --> 00:31:10.150
didn't<00:31:08.769><c> have</c><00:31:09.069><c> sepulchers</c><00:31:09.509><c> like</c><00:31:09.869><c> that,</c>

00:31:10.250 --> 00:31:13.150
not<00:31:10.470><c> before</c><00:31:10.750><c> they</c><00:31:11.009><c> died,</c><00:31:11.470><c> but</c><00:31:11.630><c> this</c><00:31:11.849><c> old</c><00:31:12.069><c> prophet</c><00:31:12.349><c> did,</c><00:31:12.990><c> and</c>

00:31:13.150 --> 00:31:15.829
we're<00:31:13.329><c> led</c><00:31:13.430><c> to</c><00:31:13.609><c> the</c><00:31:13.789><c> conclusion,</c><00:31:14.470><c> brothers</c><00:31:14.589><c> and</c><00:31:14.809><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:18.230 --> 00:31:20.329
that<00:31:18.349><c> the</c><00:31:18.509><c> old</c><00:31:18.710><c> prophet</c><00:31:19.089><c> must</c><00:31:19.369><c> have</c><00:31:19.549><c> been</c>

00:31:21.829 --> 00:31:28.569
a<00:31:22.390><c> rich</c><00:31:22.690><c> man.</c><00:31:25.369><c> Oh</c><00:31:25.650><c> now,</c><00:31:26.230><c> what</c><00:31:26.450><c> does</c><00:31:26.650><c> that</c><00:31:27.029><c> remind</c><00:31:27.410><c> us</c><00:31:27.650><c> of?</c>

00:31:30.390 --> 00:31:34.630
Well,<00:31:31.089><c> come</c><00:31:31.250><c> and</c><00:31:31.329><c> have</c><00:31:31.430><c> a</c><00:31:31.549><c> look,</c><00:31:32.250><c> brothers</c><00:31:32.390><c> and</c><00:31:32.529><c> sisters,</c><00:31:34.529><c> at</c>

00:31:34.630 --> 00:31:36.470
what<00:31:34.730><c> the</c><00:31:34.970><c> record</c><00:31:35.190><c> will</c><00:31:35.450><c> tell</c><00:31:35.630><c> us</c>

00:31:38.490 --> 00:31:45.349
in<00:31:39.170><c> the</c><00:31:39.309><c> Gospel</c><00:31:39.869><c> of</c><00:31:40.650><c> Matthew,</c><00:31:42.890><c> because</c><00:31:43.170><c> Matthew</c><00:31:43.789><c> in</c><00:31:44.369><c> the</c><00:31:44.730><c> story</c><00:31:45.109><c> of</c>

00:31:45.349 --> 00:31:47.130
the<00:31:45.589><c> burial</c><00:31:45.869><c> of</c><00:31:46.150><c> Christ</c>

00:31:47.509 --> 00:31:55.150
and<00:31:48.190><c> only</c><00:31:48.769><c> Matthew's</c><00:31:49.410><c> Gospel</c><00:31:50.109><c> will</c><00:31:51.750><c> give</c><00:31:51.950><c> two</c><00:31:52.289><c> little</c><00:31:52.609><c> details</c><00:31:53.450><c> unique</c>

00:31:55.150 --> 00:31:56.650
to<00:31:55.289><c> his</c><00:31:55.529><c> account,</c>

00:31:57.309 --> 00:31:59.970
and<00:31:57.789><c> both</c><00:31:58.049><c> of</c><00:31:58.230><c> which</c><00:31:58.410><c> take</c><00:31:58.650><c> us</c><00:31:58.829><c> back</c><00:31:59.069><c> into</c><00:31:59.269><c> the</c><00:31:59.470><c> story</c><00:31:59.710><c> of</c><00:31:59.849><c> the</c>

00:31:59.970 --> 00:32:01.509
man<00:32:00.109><c> of</c><00:32:00.329><c> God,</c>

00:32:02.609 --> 00:32:04.970
because<00:32:03.089><c> in</c><00:32:03.309><c> Matthew's</c><00:32:03.730><c> account</c><00:32:03.990><c> of</c><00:32:04.170><c> the</c><00:32:04.309><c> burial</c><00:32:04.529><c> of</c><00:32:04.730><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:05.049 --> 00:32:07.309
Matthew<00:32:05.309><c> chapter</c><00:32:05.609><c> 27,</c><00:32:06.470><c> and</c><00:32:06.609><c> reading</c><00:32:06.809><c> from</c><00:32:07.049><c> verse</c>

00:32:07.309 --> 00:32:13.069
57,<00:32:07.890><c> it</c><00:32:08.089><c> says</c><00:32:08.250><c> this,</c><00:32:08.750><c> and</c><00:32:08.869><c> when</c><00:32:09.109><c> the</c><00:32:09.309><c> even</c><00:32:09.470><c> was</c><00:32:09.710><c> come,</c><00:32:10.069><c> there</c><00:32:10.230><c> came</c><00:32:11.329><c> a</c>

00:32:13.069 --> 00:32:16.970
rich<00:32:13.569><c> man</c><00:32:14.670><c> of</c><00:32:15.150><c> Arimathea</c><00:32:15.789><c> named</c><00:32:16.450><c> Joseph.</c>

00:32:17.089 --> 00:32:20.750
Only<00:32:17.309><c> Matthew</c><00:32:17.589><c> tells</c><00:32:17.890><c> us</c><00:32:18.089><c> that.</c><00:32:19.690><c> All</c><00:32:19.869><c> the</c><00:32:20.029><c> Gospels</c><00:32:20.269><c> say</c><00:32:20.549><c> that</c>

00:32:20.750 --> 00:32:23.529
Joseph<00:32:21.109><c> of</c><00:32:21.529><c> Arimathea</c><00:32:22.089><c> came,</c><00:32:22.809><c> only</c><00:32:22.970><c> Matthew</c><00:32:23.329><c> says</c>

00:32:23.529 --> 00:32:30.329
he<00:32:23.589><c> was</c><00:32:23.710><c> a</c><00:32:23.829><c> rich</c><00:32:24.150><c> man,</c><00:32:27.170><c> and</c><00:32:27.549><c> not</c><00:32:27.730><c> only</c><00:32:27.890><c> was</c><00:32:28.009><c> he</c><00:32:28.170><c> a</c><00:32:28.250><c> rich</c><00:32:28.470><c> man,</c><00:32:28.849><c> but</c><00:32:28.990><c> precisely</c><00:32:29.430><c> because</c><00:32:30.069><c> he</c>

00:32:30.329 --> 00:32:30.950
was<00:32:30.529><c> a</c><00:32:30.630><c> rich</c><00:32:30.829><c> man,</c>

00:32:31.029 --> 00:32:34.769
and<00:32:31.250><c> precisely</c><00:32:31.549><c> because</c><00:32:31.849><c> he</c><00:32:32.029><c> could</c><00:32:32.250><c> afford</c><00:32:32.670><c> it,</c><00:32:33.309><c> why</c><00:32:33.910><c> he</c><00:32:34.549><c> had</c>

00:32:34.769 --> 00:32:38.130
a<00:32:34.930><c> sepulcher</c><00:32:35.710><c> prepared</c><00:32:36.390><c> before</c><00:32:36.789><c> his</c><00:32:37.049><c> death,</c>

00:32:38.589 --> 00:32:42.150
and<00:32:38.789><c> so</c><00:32:38.970><c> verse</c><00:32:39.789><c> 59</c><00:32:40.349><c> says,</c><00:32:40.829><c> when</c><00:32:40.990><c> Joseph</c><00:32:41.329><c> had</c><00:32:41.569><c> taken</c><00:32:41.730><c> the</c><00:32:41.910><c> body,</c>

00:32:42.390 --> 00:32:43.950
he<00:32:42.509><c> wrapped</c><00:32:42.710><c> it</c><00:32:42.869><c> in</c><00:32:42.970><c> a</c><00:32:43.190><c> clean</c><00:32:43.390><c> linen</c><00:32:43.670><c> cloth,</c>

00:32:43.950 --> 00:32:53.349
and<00:32:44.049><c> he</c><00:32:44.230><c> laid</c><00:32:44.509><c> it</c><00:32:44.690><c> in</c><00:32:45.450><c> his</c><00:32:47.609><c> own</c><00:32:49.029><c> new</c><00:32:50.390><c> tomb,</c><00:32:52.869><c> and</c><00:32:52.950><c> the</c><00:32:53.069><c> first</c><00:32:53.190><c> of</c>

00:32:53.349 --> 00:32:56.799
Kings<00:32:53.569><c> 13</c><00:32:53.990><c> said</c><00:32:54.190><c> he</c><00:32:54.309><c> laid</c><00:32:54.509><c> the</c><00:32:54.789><c> carcass</c><00:32:55.089><c> in</c><00:32:55.210><c> his</c><00:32:56.069><c> own</c>

00:32:57.970 --> 00:33:01.970
sepulcher,<00:32:59.970><c> and</c><00:33:00.190><c> only</c><00:33:00.490><c> Matthew</c><00:33:00.789><c> will</c><00:33:01.049><c> tell</c><00:33:01.150><c> us</c><00:33:01.369><c> that</c><00:33:01.509><c> it</c><00:33:01.690><c> was</c>

00:33:01.970 --> 00:33:05.369
Joseph's<00:33:02.730><c> own</c><00:33:03.329><c> tomb,</c><00:33:04.130><c> or</c><00:33:04.230><c> as</c><00:33:04.329><c> Luke</c><00:33:04.509><c> 23</c><00:33:04.990><c> says,</c>

00:33:05.589 --> 00:33:07.710
he<00:33:05.690><c> took</c><00:33:05.849><c> it</c><00:33:05.970><c> down</c><00:33:06.170><c> and</c><00:33:06.289><c> laid</c><00:33:06.430><c> it</c><00:33:06.569><c> in</c><00:33:06.670><c> a</c><00:33:06.869><c> sepulcher</c><00:33:07.210><c> that</c><00:33:07.410><c> was</c>

00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:10.529
hewn<00:33:08.069><c> in</c><00:33:08.490><c> stone</c><00:33:08.690><c> where</c><00:33:08.930><c> an</c><00:33:09.430><c> never</c><00:33:09.630><c> man</c><00:33:09.890><c> before</c><00:33:10.269><c> was</c>

00:33:10.529 --> 00:33:14.230
laid,<00:33:10.769><c> and</c><00:33:10.910><c> we</c><00:33:11.089><c> suddenly</c><00:33:11.309><c> realize</c><00:33:11.710><c> that</c><00:33:11.890><c> the</c><00:33:11.990><c> whole</c><00:33:12.329><c> story</c><00:33:12.750><c> of</c>

00:33:14.230 --> 00:33:17.809
Matthew's<00:33:15.690><c> record</c><00:33:16.009><c> of</c><00:33:16.470><c> Joseph</c><00:33:16.849><c> of</c><00:33:17.089><c> Arimathea</c>

00:33:17.809 --> 00:33:21.190
matches<00:33:18.430><c> the</c><00:33:18.690><c> story</c><00:33:18.970><c> of</c><00:33:19.130><c> the</c><00:33:19.250><c> old</c><00:33:19.549><c> prophet,</c><00:33:20.029><c> you</c><00:33:20.210><c> see,</c><00:33:20.789><c> and</c><00:33:21.069><c> no</c>

00:33:21.190 --> 00:33:23.430
doubt<00:33:21.289><c> he</c><00:33:21.430><c> felt</c><00:33:21.609><c> the</c><00:33:21.809><c> same</c><00:33:22.089><c> grief</c><00:33:22.309><c> and</c><00:33:22.569><c> anguish</c>

00:33:23.869 --> 00:33:26.190
that<00:33:24.369><c> the</c><00:33:24.549><c> old</c><00:33:24.829><c> prophet</c><00:33:25.049><c> had</c><00:33:25.250><c> felt</c><00:33:25.369><c> at</c><00:33:25.529><c> the</c><00:33:25.609><c> death</c><00:33:25.789><c> of</c><00:33:25.930><c> the</c><00:33:26.049><c> man</c>

00:33:26.190 --> 00:33:28.710
of<00:33:26.430><c> God</c><00:33:26.750><c> as</c><00:33:27.089><c> Joseph</c><00:33:27.509><c> of</c><00:33:27.710><c> Arimathea</c><00:33:28.210><c> comes</c>

00:33:28.710 --> 00:33:34.849
mourning<00:33:29.329><c> for</c><00:33:29.609><c> the</c><00:33:29.769><c> burial</c><00:33:30.009><c> of</c><00:33:30.250><c> Christ,</c><00:33:31.170><c> what</c><00:33:31.329><c> amazingly</c><00:33:32.109><c> similar</c><00:33:32.970><c> circumstances,</c><00:33:34.069><c> brothers</c><00:33:34.230><c> and</c><00:33:34.450><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:34.849 --> 00:33:42.009
as<00:33:35.529><c> the</c><00:33:35.710><c> record</c><00:33:35.990><c> unfolds</c><00:33:37.670><c> in</c><00:33:38.069><c> the</c><00:33:38.190><c> life</c><00:33:38.349><c> of</c><00:33:38.569><c> our</c><00:33:38.710><c> Lord,</c><00:33:40.470><c> and</c><00:33:41.130><c> then</c><00:33:41.289><c> we're</c><00:33:41.509><c> told</c><00:33:41.589><c> this</c><00:33:41.869><c> in</c>

00:33:42.009 --> 00:33:42.910
the<00:33:42.109><c> first</c><00:33:42.269><c> of</c><00:33:42.470><c> Kings</c>

00:33:42.910 --> 00:33:51.809
13<00:33:43.849><c> in</c><00:33:44.109><c> verse</c><00:33:44.430><c> 31,</c><00:33:45.849><c> the</c><00:33:46.049><c> record</c><00:33:46.309><c> will</c><00:33:46.589><c> say</c><00:33:46.829><c> this,</c><00:33:49.289><c> it</c><00:33:49.569><c> says,</c><00:33:51.609><c> it</c>

00:33:51.809 --> 00:33:55.369
came<00:33:51.990><c> to</c><00:33:52.230><c> pass</c><00:33:52.470><c> that</c><00:33:52.890><c> after</c><00:33:53.410><c> he</c><00:33:53.650><c> had</c><00:33:53.970><c> buried</c><00:33:54.289><c> him,</c>

00:33:55.609 --> 00:34:00.589
that<00:33:55.730><c> he</c><00:33:55.930><c> spake</c><00:33:56.150><c> to</c><00:33:56.369><c> his</c><00:33:56.730><c> sons</c><00:33:57.450><c> saying,</c><00:33:58.589><c> when</c><00:33:58.710><c> I</c><00:33:58.869><c> am</c><00:33:59.069><c> dead,</c><00:33:59.609><c> then</c><00:34:00.029><c> bury</c><00:34:00.349><c> me</c>

00:34:00.589 --> 00:34:02.210
in<00:34:00.710><c> the</c><00:34:00.930><c> sepulcher</c><00:34:01.309><c> wherein</c><00:34:01.630><c> the</c><00:34:01.750><c> man</c><00:34:01.910><c> of</c>

00:34:02.210 --> 00:34:09.530
God<00:34:02.490><c> is</c><00:34:03.109><c> buried,</c><00:34:05.029><c> and</c><00:34:05.130><c> lay</c><00:34:05.289><c> my</c><00:34:05.529><c> bones</c><00:34:05.809><c> beside</c><00:34:06.190><c> his</c><00:34:06.470><c> bones,</c><00:34:08.989><c> so</c>

00:34:09.530 --> 00:34:16.849
what<00:34:10.510><c> he</c><00:34:10.769><c> says</c><00:34:11.250><c> is</c><00:34:13.250><c> to</c><00:34:14.809><c> put</c><00:34:15.269><c> his</c><00:34:15.510><c> bones</c><00:34:15.769><c> alongside</c><00:34:16.570><c> the</c>

00:34:16.849 --> 00:34:21.469
bones<00:34:17.550><c> of</c><00:34:18.190><c> the</c><00:34:18.329><c> man</c><00:34:18.489><c> of</c><00:34:18.710><c> God,</c><00:34:19.829><c> but</c><00:34:19.949><c> something</c><00:34:20.150><c> interesting</c><00:34:20.469><c> when</c><00:34:20.610><c> you</c><00:34:20.730><c> think</c><00:34:20.889><c> about</c><00:34:21.130><c> it</c>

00:34:21.469 --> 00:34:22.710
in<00:34:21.590><c> terms</c><00:34:21.789><c> of</c><00:34:21.929><c> what</c><00:34:22.090><c> the</c><00:34:22.469><c> old</c>

00:34:22.710 --> 00:34:26.530
prophet<00:34:22.989><c> says</c><00:34:23.449><c> in</c><00:34:23.769><c> verse</c><00:34:24.030><c> 31,</c><00:34:25.550><c> because</c><00:34:25.809><c> you</c><00:34:26.030><c> see</c><00:34:26.150><c> who</c><00:34:26.309><c> owned</c>

00:34:26.530 --> 00:34:29.730
that<00:34:26.849><c> sepulcher,</c><00:34:28.750><c> the</c><00:34:28.869><c> answer</c><00:34:29.090><c> is</c><00:34:29.250><c> it</c><00:34:29.269><c> was</c><00:34:29.449><c> the</c>

00:34:29.730 --> 00:34:32.809
prophets,<00:34:30.789><c> he</c><00:34:31.090><c> owned</c><00:34:31.289><c> it,</c><00:34:31.449><c> it</c><00:34:31.550><c> was</c><00:34:31.690><c> his</c><00:34:31.929><c> sepulcher,</c><00:34:32.570><c> but</c><00:34:32.670><c> he</c>

00:34:32.809 --> 00:34:37.030
doesn't<00:34:33.110><c> ask</c><00:34:33.449><c> his</c><00:34:33.769><c> sons</c><00:34:34.050><c> saying,</c><00:34:34.969><c> bury</c><00:34:35.269><c> me</c><00:34:35.809><c> in</c><00:34:36.150><c> my</c><00:34:36.610><c> own</c>

00:34:37.030 --> 00:34:43.510
sepulcher,<00:34:38.730><c> no,</c><00:34:38.909><c> he</c><00:34:39.170><c> asks</c><00:34:39.630><c> them</c><00:34:39.869><c> to</c><00:34:40.150><c> bury</c><00:34:40.309><c> him</c><00:34:40.789><c> in</c><00:34:41.250><c> the</c><00:34:41.630><c> sepulcher</c><00:34:42.570><c> wherein</c><00:34:42.869><c> the</c><00:34:43.110><c> man</c><00:34:43.269><c> of</c>

00:34:43.510 --> 00:34:44.650
God<00:34:43.849><c> is</c><00:34:44.269><c> buried,</c>

00:34:44.789 --> 00:34:47.730
it's<00:34:45.090><c> his</c><00:34:45.349><c> sepulcher</c><00:34:45.730><c> now,</c><00:34:46.190><c> but</c><00:34:46.369><c> I</c><00:34:46.530><c> want</c><00:34:46.710><c> to</c><00:34:46.889><c> be</c><00:34:47.070><c> buried</c><00:34:47.269><c> with</c>

00:34:47.730 --> 00:34:50.590
him,<00:34:48.309><c> says</c><00:34:48.530><c> the</c><00:34:48.889><c> old</c><00:34:49.230><c> prophet,</c><00:34:49.829><c> so</c><00:34:50.050><c> this</c><00:34:50.250><c> was</c><00:34:50.389><c> more</c>

00:34:50.590 --> 00:34:52.630
than<00:34:50.690><c> just</c><00:34:50.929><c> a</c><00:34:51.030><c> mark</c><00:34:51.190><c> of</c><00:34:51.409><c> respect,</c><00:34:52.090><c> brothers</c><00:34:52.190><c> and</c><00:34:52.289><c> sisters,</c><00:34:52.449><c> it</c>

00:34:52.630 --> 00:34:55.010
was<00:34:52.909><c> the</c><00:34:53.150><c> deliberate</c><00:34:53.489><c> act</c><00:34:53.750><c> of</c><00:34:54.070><c> identification,</c>

00:34:55.010 --> 00:34:58.210
and<00:34:55.650><c> so</c><00:34:55.730><c> what</c><00:34:55.949><c> we're</c><00:34:56.269><c> told</c><00:34:56.469><c> concerning</c><00:34:56.949><c> the</c><00:34:57.150><c> death</c><00:34:57.329><c> of</c><00:34:57.710><c> the</c><00:34:57.849><c> man</c><00:34:57.989><c> of</c>

00:34:58.210 --> 00:35:00.630
God<00:34:58.429><c> here</c><00:34:58.809><c> is</c><00:34:59.329><c> that</c><00:34:59.510><c> his</c><00:34:59.750><c> death</c><00:35:00.030><c> converted</c>

00:35:00.630 --> 00:35:06.469
others<00:35:01.289><c> who</c><00:35:01.989><c> wished</c><00:35:02.309><c> to</c><00:35:02.809><c> be</c><00:35:03.489><c> identified</c><00:35:04.349><c> with</c><00:35:04.809><c> his</c><00:35:05.289><c> death</c><00:35:05.750><c> and</c>

00:35:06.469 --> 00:35:10.550
burial,<00:35:08.429><c> well</c><00:35:08.690><c> isn't</c><00:35:09.010><c> that</c><00:35:09.369><c> Romans</c><00:35:09.690><c> chapter</c><00:35:10.030><c> 6?</c>

00:35:10.969 --> 00:35:13.610
No<00:35:11.130><c> you're</c><00:35:11.329><c> not,</c><00:35:11.510><c> that</c><00:35:11.610><c> so</c><00:35:11.750><c> many</c><00:35:11.889><c> of</c><00:35:12.010><c> us</c><00:35:12.269><c> are</c><00:35:12.750><c> baptized</c><00:35:13.369><c> into</c>

00:35:13.610 --> 00:35:16.250
Jesus<00:35:14.010><c> Christ,</c><00:35:14.429><c> are</c><00:35:14.610><c> baptized</c><00:35:15.090><c> into</c><00:35:15.710><c> his</c><00:35:16.010><c> death,</c>

00:35:16.250 --> 00:35:24.230
therefore<00:35:16.769><c> we</c><00:35:17.030><c> are</c><00:35:17.349><c> buried</c><00:35:17.969><c> with</c><00:35:19.550><c> him</c><00:35:20.489><c> by</c><00:35:21.949><c> baptism</c><00:35:22.329><c> into</c><00:35:22.570><c> death,</c><00:35:23.769><c> buried</c><00:35:24.010><c> with</c>

00:35:24.230 --> 00:35:25.710
him,<00:35:24.969><c> isn't</c><00:35:25.110><c> that</c><00:35:25.349><c> exactly</c><00:35:25.570><c> what</c>

00:35:25.710 --> 00:35:30.809
the<00:35:25.849><c> old</c><00:35:25.969><c> prophet</c><00:35:26.170><c> asked?</c><00:35:26.650><c> Bury</c><00:35:27.010><c> me</c><00:35:27.489><c> with</c><00:35:27.769><c> him,</c><00:35:30.130><c> lay</c><00:35:30.269><c> my</c><00:35:30.510><c> bones</c>

00:35:30.809 --> 00:35:33.010
with<00:35:31.030><c> the</c><00:35:31.170><c> bones</c><00:35:31.489><c> of</c><00:35:31.630><c> the</c><00:35:31.730><c> man</c><00:35:31.869><c> of</c><00:35:32.070><c> God,</c><00:35:32.710><c> and</c><00:35:32.809><c> so</c>

00:35:33.010 --> 00:35:37.429
Colossians<00:35:33.429><c> says</c><00:35:33.889><c> in</c><00:35:34.449><c> Colossians</c><00:35:34.889><c> chapter</c><00:35:35.150><c> 2,</c><00:35:35.690><c> you</c><00:35:35.849><c> are</c><00:35:36.130><c> complete</c><00:35:36.849><c> in</c>

00:35:37.429 --> 00:35:40.429
him<00:35:37.869><c> which</c><00:35:38.289><c> is</c><00:35:38.489><c> the</c><00:35:38.610><c> head</c><00:35:38.690><c> of</c><00:35:38.909><c> all</c><00:35:39.250><c> principality</c>

00:35:40.650 --> 00:35:47.230
because<00:35:41.030><c> you</c><00:35:41.289><c> are</c><00:35:41.650><c> buried</c><00:35:42.110><c> with</c><00:35:43.010><c> him</c><00:35:43.590><c> in</c><00:35:44.510><c> baptism,</c><00:35:45.210><c> that's</c><00:35:45.489><c> the</c><00:35:45.630><c> key,</c><00:35:45.969><c> brothers</c><00:35:45.969><c> and</c><00:35:46.210><c> sisters,</c><00:35:46.329><c> baptism</c><00:35:46.750><c> is</c><00:35:46.929><c> what</c>

00:35:47.230 --> 00:35:50.869
identifies<00:35:47.909><c> us</c><00:35:48.289><c> with</c><00:35:48.769><c> the</c><00:35:49.230><c> one</c><00:35:49.550><c> man</c><00:35:49.750><c> of</c><00:35:49.989><c> God</c><00:35:50.130><c> that</c><00:35:50.349><c> can</c><00:35:50.630><c> save</c>

00:35:50.869 --> 00:35:55.630
us,<00:35:51.610><c> our</c><00:35:51.849><c> Lord</c><00:35:52.389><c> Jesus</c><00:35:52.969><c> Christ,</c><00:35:54.730><c> and</c><00:35:55.030><c> so</c><00:35:55.150><c> just</c><00:35:55.329><c> as</c><00:35:55.449><c> the</c>

00:35:55.630 --> 00:35:58.690
old<00:35:55.809><c> prophet</c><00:35:56.090><c> desired</c><00:35:56.610><c> to</c><00:35:56.969><c> be</c><00:35:57.230><c> identified</c><00:35:57.849><c> with</c><00:35:58.210><c> the</c><00:35:58.349><c> man</c><00:35:58.469><c> of</c>

00:35:58.690 --> 00:36:02.309
God<00:35:58.929><c> even</c><00:35:59.369><c> in</c><00:35:59.630><c> his</c><00:35:59.889><c> burial,</c><00:36:00.690><c> so</c><00:36:00.949><c> also</c><00:36:01.530><c> we're</c><00:36:01.949><c> told</c><00:36:02.130><c> in</c>

00:36:02.309 --> 00:36:05.829
the<00:36:02.409><c> New</c><00:36:02.590><c> Testament</c><00:36:02.989><c> record</c><00:36:03.489><c> that</c><00:36:03.889><c> the</c><00:36:04.230><c> spirit</c><00:36:04.489><c> of</c><00:36:04.989><c> laying</c><00:36:05.269><c> hold</c><00:36:05.650><c> of</c>

00:36:05.829 --> 00:36:07.710
the<00:36:06.110><c> power</c><00:36:06.389><c> of</c><00:36:06.690><c> Christ's</c><00:36:07.250><c> sacrifice</c>

00:36:07.710 --> 00:36:10.590
is<00:36:08.110><c> to</c><00:36:08.349><c> be</c><00:36:08.550><c> buried</c><00:36:08.710><c> with</c><00:36:08.969><c> him</c><00:36:09.309><c> and</c><00:36:09.630><c> that</c><00:36:09.769><c> we</c><00:36:09.989><c> accomplish</c><00:36:10.349><c> that</c>

00:36:10.590 --> 00:36:12.409
in<00:36:10.750><c> the</c><00:36:10.909><c> waters</c><00:36:11.110><c> of</c><00:36:11.409><c> baptism,</c>

00:36:13.670 --> 00:36:17.070
and<00:36:13.869><c> just</c><00:36:14.110><c> as</c><00:36:14.269><c> well</c><00:36:14.409><c> that</c><00:36:14.570><c> the</c><00:36:14.670><c> old</c><00:36:14.849><c> prophet</c><00:36:15.110><c> sought</c><00:36:15.449><c> so</c><00:36:15.949><c> earnestly</c><00:36:16.510><c> to</c><00:36:16.789><c> be</c>

00:36:17.070 --> 00:36:18.750
identified<00:36:17.610><c> with</c><00:36:18.010><c> the</c><00:36:18.190><c> man</c><00:36:18.309><c> that</c><00:36:18.469><c> he'd</c>

00:36:18.750 --> 00:36:21.809
buried<00:36:18.869><c> in</c><00:36:18.989><c> his</c><00:36:19.210><c> own</c><00:36:19.530><c> tomb</c><00:36:19.829><c> because</c><00:36:20.550><c> actually</c><00:36:21.050><c> there's</c><00:36:21.570><c> an</c>

00:36:21.809 --> 00:36:24.070
interesting<00:36:22.110><c> addition</c><00:36:22.630><c> that</c><00:36:22.869><c> the</c><00:36:23.110><c> Septuagint</c><00:36:23.750><c> adds</c>

00:36:24.070 --> 00:36:29.969
to<00:36:24.329><c> the</c><00:36:24.590><c> words</c><00:36:24.989><c> of</c><00:36:25.650><c> 1st</c><00:36:25.949><c> of</c><00:36:26.090><c> Kings</c><00:36:26.469><c> 13</c><00:36:27.250><c> verse</c><00:36:27.630><c> 31</c><00:36:28.210><c> because</c><00:36:29.789><c> this</c>

00:36:29.969 --> 00:36:32.070
is<00:36:30.070><c> what</c><00:36:30.230><c> the</c><00:36:30.429><c> Septuagint</c><00:36:31.050><c> says,</c>

00:36:32.130 --> 00:36:36.289
whenever<00:36:32.570><c> I</c><00:36:32.889><c> die,</c><00:36:34.349><c> bury</c><00:36:34.429><c> me</c><00:36:34.670><c> in</c><00:36:34.789><c> this</c><00:36:35.150><c> tomb</c><00:36:35.510><c> wherein</c><00:36:35.869><c> the</c><00:36:36.090><c> man</c>

00:36:36.289 --> 00:36:38.730
of<00:36:36.429><c> God</c><00:36:36.610><c> is</c><00:36:36.869><c> buried,</c><00:36:37.230><c> lay</c><00:36:37.409><c> me</c><00:36:37.570><c> by</c><00:36:37.829><c> his</c><00:36:38.150><c> bones</c><00:36:38.469><c> that</c>

00:36:38.730 --> 00:36:42.750
my<00:36:39.190><c> bones</c><00:36:39.650><c> might</c><00:36:40.070><c> be</c><00:36:40.469><c> preserved</c><00:36:41.070><c> with</c><00:36:41.309><c> his</c><00:36:41.630><c> bones,</c><00:36:42.070><c> that's</c><00:36:42.429><c> not</c><00:36:42.590><c> in</c>

00:36:42.750 --> 00:36:44.710
the<00:36:42.869><c> Hebrew,</c><00:36:43.630><c> it's</c><00:36:43.849><c> not</c><00:36:43.989><c> in</c><00:36:44.150><c> the</c><00:36:44.289><c> authorized</c>

00:36:44.710 --> 00:36:47.710
version,<00:36:45.710><c> we're</c><00:36:45.989><c> not</c><00:36:46.170><c> sure</c><00:36:46.369><c> where</c><00:36:46.550><c> the</c><00:36:46.710><c> Septuagint</c><00:36:47.190><c> got</c><00:36:47.449><c> that</c>

00:36:47.710 --> 00:36:49.670
from,<00:36:48.670><c> but</c><00:36:48.750><c> that's</c><00:36:48.929><c> an</c><00:36:49.110><c> interesting</c><00:36:49.349><c> thought</c>

00:36:49.670 --> 00:36:51.969
isn't<00:36:49.889><c> it</c><00:36:50.030><c> brothers</c><00:36:50.190><c> and</c><00:36:50.369><c> sisters</c><00:36:50.510><c> because</c><00:36:50.730><c> what</c><00:36:50.869><c> he's</c><00:36:51.010><c> really</c><00:36:51.409><c> saying</c><00:36:51.710><c> you</c>

00:36:51.969 --> 00:36:54.050
see<00:36:52.269><c> is</c><00:36:52.789><c> that</c><00:36:52.949><c> the</c><00:36:53.130><c> death</c><00:36:53.570><c> of</c><00:36:53.929><c> the</c>

00:36:54.050 --> 00:37:02.429
man<00:36:54.170><c> of</c><00:36:54.250><c> God</c><00:36:54.849><c> was</c><00:36:55.710><c> the</c><00:36:56.070><c> means</c><00:36:56.710><c> of</c><00:36:57.369><c> deliverance</c><00:36:57.949><c> from</c><00:36:58.369><c> destruction</c><00:36:59.429><c> for</c><00:37:00.289><c> those</c><00:37:00.570><c> associated</c><00:37:01.230><c> with</c><00:37:01.510><c> him,</c>

00:37:02.869 --> 00:37:05.690
bury<00:37:03.050><c> my</c><00:37:03.329><c> bones</c><00:37:03.530><c> with</c><00:37:03.769><c> him</c><00:37:04.130><c> says</c><00:37:04.329><c> the</c><00:37:04.530><c> old</c><00:37:04.710><c> prophet</c><00:37:04.969><c> so</c><00:37:05.429><c> that</c>

00:37:05.690 --> 00:37:09.969
my<00:37:05.989><c> bones</c><00:37:06.309><c> might</c><00:37:06.690><c> be</c><00:37:07.090><c> preserved</c><00:37:08.050><c> with</c><00:37:08.750><c> his</c><00:37:09.309><c> and</c>

00:37:09.969 --> 00:37:15.710
with<00:37:10.849><c> his</c><00:37:11.329><c> bones,</c><00:37:12.849><c> well</c><00:37:13.210><c> isn't</c><00:37:13.510><c> that</c><00:37:14.050><c> exactly</c><00:37:14.769><c> in</c><00:37:15.230><c> the</c><00:37:15.369><c> end</c>

00:37:15.710 --> 00:37:17.849
brothers<00:37:15.929><c> and</c><00:37:16.090><c> sisters</c><00:37:16.329><c> what</c><00:37:16.550><c> the</c><00:37:16.750><c> record</c><00:37:17.090><c> did</c><00:37:17.530><c> say</c>

00:37:17.849 --> 00:37:21.750
because<00:37:18.510><c> do</c><00:37:18.789><c> you</c><00:37:18.889><c> recall</c><00:37:19.389><c> in</c><00:37:19.650><c> the</c><00:37:19.750><c> 1st</c><00:37:20.090><c> of</c><00:37:20.329><c> 2nd</c><00:37:20.550><c> of</c><00:37:20.690><c> Kings</c><00:37:20.909><c> chapter</c><00:37:21.250><c> 23</c>

00:37:21.750 --> 00:37:24.789
in<00:37:21.929><c> verse</c><00:37:22.170><c> 18</c><00:37:22.710><c> that</c><00:37:23.309><c> Josiah</c><00:37:24.030><c> when</c><00:37:24.289><c> he</c><00:37:24.550><c> spied</c>

00:37:24.789 --> 00:37:27.849
this<00:37:25.050><c> very</c><00:37:25.269><c> place,</c><00:37:25.929><c> this</c><00:37:25.989><c> sepulcher,</c><00:37:26.510><c> he</c><00:37:26.510><c> said</c><00:37:26.730><c> let</c><00:37:27.050><c> him</c><00:37:27.190><c> alone,</c><00:37:27.730><c> let</c>

00:37:27.849 --> 00:37:29.489
no<00:37:28.090><c> man</c><00:37:28.269><c> move</c><00:37:28.489><c> his</c><00:37:28.710><c> bones</c><00:37:28.889><c> and</c><00:37:29.110><c> so</c><00:37:29.250><c> they</c><00:37:29.389><c> let</c>

00:37:29.489 --> 00:37:35.050
his<00:37:29.710><c> bones</c><00:37:30.030><c> alone</c><00:37:30.409><c> but</c><00:37:30.630><c> the</c><00:37:30.889><c> margin</c><00:37:31.269><c> says</c><00:37:31.650><c> let</c><00:37:32.130><c> his</c><00:37:32.369><c> bones</c><00:37:32.690><c> escape,</c><00:37:35.010><c> let</c>

00:37:35.050 --> 00:37:37.849
his<00:37:35.269><c> bones</c><00:37:35.489><c> escape,</c><00:37:36.429><c> escape</c><00:37:36.690><c> what?</c><00:37:37.369><c> Escape</c>

00:37:37.849 --> 00:37:41.789
the<00:37:38.309><c> coming</c><00:37:38.909><c> destruction</c><00:37:39.710><c> and</c><00:37:40.449><c> so</c><00:37:40.610><c> they</c><00:37:40.769><c> did</c><00:37:40.969><c> leave</c><00:37:41.210><c> the</c><00:37:41.409><c> bones</c><00:37:41.630><c> of</c>

00:37:41.789 --> 00:37:44.670
the<00:37:41.869><c> man</c><00:37:42.030><c> of</c><00:37:42.190><c> God</c><00:37:42.369><c> alone</c><00:37:42.710><c> with</c><00:37:43.530><c> the</c><00:37:43.909><c> bones</c><00:37:44.289><c> of</c>

00:37:44.670 --> 00:37:48.829
prophet<00:37:45.090><c> buried</c><00:37:45.510><c> with</c><00:37:45.829><c> him,</c><00:37:46.329><c> the</c><00:37:46.530><c> old</c><00:37:46.929><c> prophet</c><00:37:47.230><c> that</c><00:37:47.670><c> came</c><00:37:48.010><c> out</c><00:37:48.510><c> of</c>

00:37:48.829 --> 00:37:50.670
Bethel<00:37:49.210><c> and</c><00:37:49.610><c> that's</c><00:37:49.849><c> what</c><00:37:50.050><c> Romans</c><00:37:50.409><c> says</c>

00:37:50.670 --> 00:37:54.750
again<00:37:50.949><c> isn't</c><00:37:51.150><c> it,</c><00:37:51.550><c> knowing</c><00:37:51.789><c> this</c><00:37:52.030><c> that</c><00:37:52.170><c> our</c><00:37:52.469><c> old</c><00:37:52.849><c> man</c><00:37:53.230><c> is</c><00:37:53.730><c> crucified</c><00:37:54.409><c> with</c>

00:37:54.750 --> 00:37:58.130
him<00:37:55.130><c> for</c><00:37:55.909><c> if</c><00:37:56.449><c> we</c><00:37:56.809><c> be</c><00:37:57.130><c> dead</c><00:37:57.449><c> with</c><00:37:57.730><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:58.190 --> 00:38:05.090
we<00:37:58.469><c> believe</c><00:37:59.070><c> that</c><00:37:59.489><c> we</c><00:38:00.070><c> shall</c><00:38:00.369><c> also</c><00:38:01.090><c> live</c><00:38:01.750><c> with</c><00:38:02.090><c> him.</c><00:38:03.690><c> Deliverance</c><00:38:04.369><c> will</c><00:38:04.630><c> come</c><00:38:04.869><c> to</c>

00:38:05.090 --> 00:38:07.050
those<00:38:05.590><c> who</c><00:38:06.110><c> are</c><00:38:06.449><c> associated</c>

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with<00:38:07.570><c> the</c><00:38:07.769><c> man</c><00:38:07.949><c> of</c><00:38:08.190><c> God</c><00:38:08.710><c> thus</c><00:38:09.329><c> buried.</c><00:38:12.110><c> How</c><00:38:12.429><c> remarkable</c><00:38:12.909><c> brothers</c><00:38:13.170><c> and</c><00:38:13.389><c> sisters</c>

00:38:15.130 --> 00:38:18.530
at<00:38:15.610><c> the</c><00:38:15.730><c> way</c><00:38:15.829><c> in</c><00:38:15.909><c> which</c><00:38:16.070><c> a</c><00:38:16.309><c> story</c><00:38:16.730><c> can</c><00:38:17.349><c> be</c><00:38:17.570><c> taken</c><00:38:17.769><c> up</c><00:38:17.969><c> and</c><00:38:18.309><c> one</c>

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last<00:38:18.849><c> thing</c><00:38:19.269><c> while</c><00:38:19.469><c> we're</c><00:38:19.570><c> in</c><00:38:19.690><c> the</c><00:38:19.769><c> 1st</c><00:38:19.949><c> of</c><00:38:20.070><c> Kings</c>

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chapter<00:38:20.550><c> 13</c><00:38:21.090><c> we're</c><00:38:21.550><c> told</c><00:38:21.690><c> this</c><00:38:21.929><c> in</c><00:38:22.130><c> verse</c><00:38:22.349><c> 32</c><00:38:22.889><c> at</c><00:38:23.130><c> the</c><00:38:23.190><c> end</c><00:38:23.309><c> of</c>

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the<00:38:23.630><c> story</c><00:38:23.809><c> it's</c><00:38:24.030><c> going</c><00:38:24.150><c> to</c><00:38:24.389><c> say</c>

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bury<00:38:26.449><c> me</c><00:38:26.690><c> alongside</c><00:38:27.190><c> this</c><00:38:27.570><c> one</c><00:38:27.829><c> because</c><00:38:28.269><c> of</c><00:38:28.510><c> the</c><00:38:28.869><c> saying</c><00:38:29.150><c> which</c><00:38:29.489><c> he</c>

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cried<00:38:30.289><c> by</c><00:38:30.630><c> the</c><00:38:30.809><c> word</c><00:38:30.969><c> of</c><00:38:31.190><c> Yahweh,</c><00:38:32.070><c> that</c><00:38:32.329><c> saying</c>

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says<00:38:33.949><c> the</c><00:38:34.170><c> old</c><00:38:34.429><c> prophet</c><00:38:34.670><c> at</c><00:38:34.869><c> the</c><00:38:34.929><c> end</c><00:38:35.070><c> of</c><00:38:35.210><c> the</c><00:38:35.289><c> verse</c><00:38:35.809><c> shall</c><00:38:37.429><c> surely</c><00:38:37.829><c> come</c><00:38:38.070><c> to</c><00:38:38.269><c> pass.</c>

00:38:40.530 --> 00:38:45.030
The<00:38:40.730><c> saying</c><00:38:40.889><c> which</c><00:38:41.130><c> the</c><00:38:41.250><c> man</c><00:38:41.389><c> of</c><00:38:41.590><c> God</c><00:38:41.750><c> cried,</c><00:38:43.230><c> I</c><00:38:43.389><c> believe,</c><00:38:43.909><c> I</c><00:38:44.230><c> witness,</c><00:38:44.769><c> I</c>

00:38:45.030 --> 00:38:46.650
testify<00:38:45.610><c> says</c><00:38:45.929><c> the</c><00:38:46.150><c> old</c><00:38:46.369><c> prophet,</c>

00:38:46.789 --> 00:38:49.429
it<00:38:47.010><c> shall</c><00:38:47.170><c> surely</c><00:38:47.530><c> come</c><00:38:47.789><c> to</c><00:38:47.989><c> pass</c><00:38:48.329><c> and</c><00:38:48.710><c> so</c><00:38:48.829><c> what</c><00:38:49.010><c> we're</c><00:38:49.110><c> being</c>

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told<00:38:49.849><c> is</c><00:38:50.449><c> that</c><00:38:50.630><c> the</c><00:38:50.909><c> story</c><00:38:51.190><c> of</c><00:38:51.349><c> the</c><00:38:51.469><c> man</c><00:38:51.630><c> of</c><00:38:51.769><c> God</c>

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was<00:38:52.170><c> taken</c><00:38:52.429><c> up</c><00:38:53.210><c> in</c><00:38:53.610><c> witness</c><00:38:53.869><c> by</c><00:38:54.170><c> others</c><00:38:54.730><c> after</c><00:38:55.949><c> his</c><00:38:56.610><c> untimely</c>

00:38:57.250 --> 00:39:00.190
death.<00:38:58.170><c> The</c><00:38:58.309><c> man</c><00:38:58.469><c> of</c><00:38:58.650><c> God</c><00:38:58.809><c> had</c><00:38:59.030><c> died</c><00:38:59.409><c> but</c><00:38:59.949><c> the</c>

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message<00:39:00.949><c> would</c><00:39:01.329><c> carry</c><00:39:01.630><c> on</c><00:39:01.929><c> through</c><00:39:02.090><c> the</c><00:39:02.250><c> voice</c><00:39:02.429><c> of</c><00:39:02.610><c> the</c><00:39:02.730><c> old</c>

00:39:02.929 --> 00:39:04.469
prophet<00:39:03.150><c> and</c><00:39:03.309><c> then</c><00:39:03.530><c> through</c><00:39:03.690><c> the</c><00:39:03.769><c> voice</c><00:39:03.949><c> of</c><00:39:04.130><c> the</c><00:39:04.269><c> old</c>

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prophet's<00:39:04.929><c> sons</c><00:39:05.230><c> and</c><00:39:05.550><c> then</c><00:39:05.789><c> through</c><00:39:06.010><c> others</c><00:39:06.289><c> who</c><00:39:06.530><c> would</c><00:39:06.690><c> have</c>

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heard<00:39:06.929><c> the</c><00:39:07.170><c> story</c><00:39:07.369><c> to</c><00:39:08.050><c> pass</c><00:39:08.230><c> the</c><00:39:08.469><c> message</c><00:39:08.750><c> on</c>

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and<00:39:09.429><c> that's</c><00:39:09.730><c> the</c><00:39:09.889><c> spirit</c><00:39:10.030><c> of</c><00:39:10.269><c> Acts</c><00:39:10.429><c> isn't</c><00:39:10.630><c> it.</c><00:39:11.070><c> Go</c><00:39:11.369><c> speak</c><00:39:11.769><c> says</c>

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Acts<00:39:12.289><c> chapter</c><00:39:12.550><c> 5,</c><00:39:12.869><c> all</c><00:39:13.090><c> the</c><00:39:13.309><c> words</c><00:39:13.530><c> of</c><00:39:13.710><c> this</c><00:39:13.969><c> life</c>

00:39:14.829 --> 00:39:19.190
we<00:39:15.170><c> ought</c><00:39:15.269><c> to</c><00:39:15.409><c> obey</c><00:39:15.610><c> God</c><00:39:15.909><c> rather</c><00:39:16.190><c> than</c><00:39:16.550><c> men</c><00:39:16.769><c> says</c><00:39:17.090><c> Peter</c><00:39:17.489><c> because</c><00:39:18.130><c> him,</c>

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this<00:39:20.070><c> man</c><00:39:20.269><c> of</c><00:39:20.530><c> God</c><00:39:20.869><c> has</c><00:39:21.090><c> been</c><00:39:21.369><c> exalted</c><00:39:21.789><c> by</c>

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God's<00:39:22.510><c> right</c><00:39:22.750><c> hand</c><00:39:23.030><c> and</c><00:39:23.530><c> we</c><00:39:24.329><c> are</c><00:39:25.170><c> witnesses</c><00:39:25.730><c> of</c><00:39:26.469><c> these</c><00:39:26.849><c> things</c>

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he<00:39:27.610><c> says</c><00:39:27.969><c> and</c><00:39:28.449><c> likewise</c><00:39:28.829><c> in</c><00:39:29.010><c> Acts</c><00:39:29.190><c> chapter</c><00:39:29.489><c> 10</c>

00:39:29.889 --> 00:39:33.349
and<00:39:30.150><c> we</c><00:39:30.329><c> are</c><00:39:30.469><c> witnesses</c><00:39:30.769><c> of</c><00:39:30.989><c> all</c><00:39:31.309><c> things</c><00:39:31.570><c> which</c><00:39:31.789><c> he</c><00:39:31.949><c> did.</c><00:39:32.610><c> Witnesses,</c><00:39:33.170><c> we</c>

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he<00:39:33.590><c> says,</c><00:39:33.909><c> chosen</c><00:39:34.250><c> by</c><00:39:34.550><c> God,</c>

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even<00:39:35.409><c> us</c><00:39:35.670><c> who</c><00:39:35.869><c> did</c><00:39:36.090><c> eat</c><00:39:36.429><c> and</c><00:39:36.949><c> drink</c><00:39:37.369><c> with</c><00:39:37.849><c> him.</c><00:39:39.090><c> We</c><00:39:39.489><c> who</c><00:39:39.769><c> did</c>

00:39:39.949 --> 00:39:42.050
eat<00:39:40.170><c> and</c><00:39:40.469><c> drink</c><00:39:40.690><c> with</c><00:39:40.949><c> him,</c><00:39:41.550><c> that's</c><00:39:41.690><c> what</c><00:39:41.769><c> the</c><00:39:41.889><c> old</c>

00:39:42.050 --> 00:39:44.989
prophet<00:39:42.269><c> had</c><00:39:42.429><c> done,</c><00:39:43.030><c> he'd</c><00:39:43.250><c> eaten</c><00:39:43.369><c> and</c><00:39:43.650><c> drunk</c><00:39:43.849><c> with</c><00:39:44.210><c> the</c><00:39:44.849><c> man</c>

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of<00:39:45.210><c> God,</c><00:39:45.510><c> now</c><00:39:45.690><c> he</c><00:39:45.789><c> goes</c><00:39:46.010><c> forth</c><00:39:46.269><c> to</c><00:39:46.489><c> witness</c><00:39:46.829><c> to</c><00:39:47.090><c> the</c>

00:39:47.269 --> 00:39:52.449
truth<00:39:47.409><c> of</c><00:39:47.590><c> his</c><00:39:47.849><c> story.</c><00:39:50.670><c> Now</c><00:39:51.170><c> isn't</c><00:39:51.469><c> it</c><00:39:51.730><c> astonishing</c><00:39:52.110><c> brothers</c>

00:39:52.449 --> 00:39:56.389
and<00:39:52.650><c> sisters</c><00:39:53.329><c> that</c><00:39:55.349><c> the</c><00:39:55.570><c> story</c><00:39:55.769><c> of</c><00:39:55.929><c> the</c><00:39:56.090><c> nameless</c>

00:39:56.389 --> 00:40:03.949
man<00:39:56.610><c> of</c><00:39:56.809><c> God</c><00:39:57.389><c> which</c><00:39:58.769><c> seems</c><00:39:59.289><c> so</c><00:40:00.489><c> tragic</c><00:40:00.849><c> in</c><00:40:01.050><c> its</c><00:40:01.269><c> end,</c><00:40:03.010><c> his</c><00:40:03.329><c> death</c><00:40:03.690><c> and</c>

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his<00:40:04.530><c> mournful</c><00:40:05.110><c> burial,</c><00:40:06.969><c> suddenly</c><00:40:07.309><c> moves</c><00:40:07.789><c> to</c>

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the<00:40:08.170><c> matter</c><00:40:08.369><c> of</c><00:40:08.610><c> his</c><00:40:08.809><c> memorial</c><00:40:09.289><c> grave,</c><00:40:11.630><c> to</c><00:40:11.710><c> his</c><00:40:11.909><c> escape</c><00:40:12.190><c> from</c>

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the<00:40:12.630><c> ultimate</c><00:40:12.989><c> destruction</c><00:40:13.590><c> of</c><00:40:13.769><c> the</c><00:40:13.949><c> bones</c>

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and<00:40:16.170><c> to</c><00:40:16.289><c> this</c><00:40:16.550><c> glorious</c><00:40:17.670><c> foreshadowing</c><00:40:18.570><c> brothers</c><00:40:18.889><c> and</c><00:40:19.030><c> sisters,</c><00:40:19.389><c> this</c>

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foreshadowing<00:40:20.369><c> of</c><00:40:20.530><c> the</c><00:40:20.650><c> work</c><00:40:20.789><c> of</c><00:40:21.050><c> Christ</c>

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so<00:40:21.849><c> rich</c><00:40:22.190><c> and</c><00:40:22.489><c> so</c><00:40:22.809><c> detailed</c><00:40:23.329><c> that</c><00:40:23.809><c> it</c><00:40:24.070><c> takes</c><00:40:24.349><c> our</c><00:40:24.610><c> breath</c><00:40:24.849><c> away.</c><00:40:27.010><c> It's</c>

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like<00:40:27.389><c> this</c><00:40:28.329><c> whole</c><00:40:28.929><c> new</c><00:40:29.289><c> story</c>

00:40:29.969 --> 00:40:34.809
lying<00:40:30.630><c> underneath</c><00:40:31.130><c> the</c><00:40:31.409><c> story,</c><00:40:33.329><c> the</c><00:40:33.570><c> parable</c><00:40:34.010><c> of</c><00:40:34.349><c> the</c><00:40:34.469><c> man</c><00:40:34.610><c> of</c>

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God<00:40:35.230><c> and</c><00:40:36.130><c> all</c><00:40:36.349><c> this</c><00:40:36.550><c> out</c><00:40:36.670><c> of</c><00:40:36.769><c> the</c><00:40:36.869><c> life</c><00:40:37.030><c> of</c><00:40:37.210><c> a</c><00:40:37.309><c> man</c>

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who<00:40:38.010><c> on</c><00:40:38.150><c> the</c><00:40:38.369><c> surface</c><00:40:38.670><c> appears</c><00:40:39.090><c> as</c><00:40:39.429><c> an</c><00:40:39.630><c> example</c><00:40:39.909><c> of</c><00:40:40.070><c> a</c><00:40:40.269><c> good</c><00:40:40.469><c> man</c><00:40:40.769><c> who</c><00:40:40.949><c> made</c><00:40:41.090><c> a</c>

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bad<00:40:41.489><c> mistake</c><00:40:41.889><c> and</c><00:40:42.130><c> paid</c><00:40:42.269><c> a</c><00:40:42.429><c> heavy</c>

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penalty<00:40:43.070><c> and</c><00:40:43.610><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:43.809><c> it</c><00:40:43.949><c> be</c><00:40:44.130><c> true</c><00:40:44.269><c> brothers</c><00:40:44.510><c> and</c><00:40:44.670><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:40:44.949><c> as</c><00:40:45.130><c> we</c><00:40:45.289><c> read</c><00:40:45.429><c> this</c><00:40:45.730><c> story</c><00:40:45.909><c> together</c>

00:40:46.349 --> 00:40:50.650
did<00:40:46.769><c> you</c><00:40:46.989><c> feel</c><00:40:47.170><c> the</c><00:40:47.389><c> same</c><00:40:47.590><c> thing</c><00:40:47.789><c> that</c><00:40:47.989><c> I</c><00:40:48.170><c> did</c><00:40:48.329><c> when</c><00:40:48.469><c> I</c><00:40:48.769><c> first</c><00:40:49.010><c> read</c><00:40:49.230><c> the</c><00:40:49.530><c> story</c><00:40:49.750><c> that</c><00:40:50.010><c> there</c><00:40:50.170><c> was</c><00:40:50.329><c> a</c><00:40:50.449><c> sense</c>

00:40:50.650 --> 00:40:53.510
that<00:40:50.909><c> there</c><00:40:50.909><c> was</c><00:40:51.070><c> a</c><00:40:51.110><c> bit</c><00:40:51.269><c> of</c><00:40:51.469><c> injustice</c><00:40:51.929><c> done</c><00:40:52.309><c> to</c><00:40:52.570><c> this</c><00:40:53.130><c> man</c><00:40:53.309><c> of</c>

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God,<00:40:53.809><c> don't</c><00:40:53.969><c> you</c><00:40:54.150><c> think?</c>

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And<00:40:57.210><c> now</c><00:40:57.389><c> even</c><00:40:57.610><c> the</c><00:40:57.809><c> injustice</c><00:40:58.190><c> makes</c><00:40:58.510><c> sense</c><00:40:58.949><c> doesn't</c><00:40:59.190><c> it?</c>

00:41:01.909 --> 00:41:05.730
Who<00:41:02.090><c> would</c><00:41:02.289><c> doubt</c><00:41:02.469><c> that</c><00:41:02.690><c> our</c><00:41:02.909><c> Lord</c><00:41:03.409><c> experienced</c><00:41:04.610><c> injustice</c>

00:41:05.730 --> 00:41:09.389
and<00:41:07.489><c> far</c><00:41:07.730><c> worse</c><00:41:07.949><c> than</c><00:41:08.110><c> the</c><00:41:08.230><c> man</c><00:41:08.329><c> of</c><00:41:08.530><c> God,</c>

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he<00:41:09.750><c> who</c><00:41:10.050><c> endured</c><00:41:10.369><c> such</c><00:41:10.789><c> contradiction</c><00:41:11.489><c> of</c><00:41:11.869><c> sinners</c><00:41:12.110><c> against</c>

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himself,<00:41:13.150><c> was</c><00:41:13.349><c> there</c><00:41:13.530><c> injustice</c><00:41:14.030><c> in</c><00:41:14.230><c> the</c><00:41:14.429><c> story</c>

00:41:14.610 --> 00:41:23.050
of<00:41:14.789><c> the</c><00:41:14.849><c> Lord's</c><00:41:16.010><c> trial</c><00:41:16.309><c> and</c><00:41:16.710><c> crucifixion?</c><00:41:17.869><c> Oh</c><00:41:18.030><c> yes</c><00:41:18.190><c> there</c><00:41:18.369><c> was.</c><00:41:22.869><c> So</c>

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who<00:41:23.190><c> was</c><00:41:23.469><c> the</c><00:41:23.590><c> nameless</c><00:41:23.869><c> man</c><00:41:24.110><c> of</c><00:41:24.289><c> God,</c>

00:41:24.690 --> 00:41:36.380
brothers<00:41:24.829><c> and</c><00:41:25.050><c> sisters?</c><00:41:28.489><c> Why</c><00:41:28.929><c> was</c><00:41:29.130><c> he</c><00:41:29.309><c> nameless?</c><00:41:33.170><c> Well</c><00:41:33.409><c> I</c><00:41:33.429><c> think</c><00:41:33.570><c> he's</c><00:41:33.849><c> deliberately</c><00:41:34.449><c> nameless</c><00:41:35.369><c> you</c><00:41:35.630><c> see</c>

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:45.139
because<00:41:38.559><c> he</c><00:41:38.719><c> must</c><00:41:38.980><c> represent</c><00:41:39.880><c> all</c><00:41:41.840><c> those</c><00:41:42.079><c> who</c><00:41:42.320><c> follow</c><00:41:42.500><c> Christ,</c><00:41:44.579><c> all</c><00:41:44.780><c> we</c>

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:47.179
who<00:41:45.380><c> are</c><00:41:45.659><c> the</c><00:41:45.739><c> nameless</c><00:41:46.480><c> saints,</c>

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:53.019
men<00:41:47.659><c> and</c><00:41:47.840><c> women</c><00:41:48.019><c> alike,</c><00:41:48.380><c> in</c><00:41:48.480><c> our</c><00:41:48.659><c> weakness,</c><00:41:50.300><c> and</c><00:41:50.460><c> our</c><00:41:50.699><c> smallness,</c><00:41:52.659><c> in</c><00:41:52.820><c> our</c>

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:56.559
folly,<00:41:55.219><c> in</c><00:41:55.380><c> our</c><00:41:55.639><c> failure.</c>

00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:01.039
You<00:41:58.699><c> see</c><00:41:58.820><c> compared</c><00:41:59.139><c> to</c><00:41:59.380><c> Christ</c><00:41:59.699><c> who's</c><00:41:59.880><c> been</c><00:42:00.079><c> given</c><00:42:00.260><c> a</c><00:42:00.460><c> name</c><00:42:00.659><c> which</c><00:42:00.840><c> is</c>

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:02.400
above<00:42:01.159><c> every</c><00:42:01.519><c> name</c><00:42:01.800><c> that</c><00:42:01.940><c> at</c><00:42:02.039><c> the</c><00:42:02.199><c> name</c>

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:07.880
of<00:42:02.539><c> Jesus</c><00:42:02.880><c> every</c><00:42:03.239><c> knee</c><00:42:03.440><c> should</c><00:42:03.719><c> bow,</c><00:42:05.480><c> we're</c><00:42:06.860><c> just</c><00:42:07.440><c> nameless</c>

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:12.699
ones<00:42:08.659><c> aren't</c><00:42:09.239><c> we?</c><00:42:11.179><c> Whose</c><00:42:11.519><c> exploits</c><00:42:12.260><c> fall</c>

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:18.500
so<00:42:13.059><c> far</c><00:42:13.320><c> short</c><00:42:13.559><c> of</c><00:42:13.760><c> his</c><00:42:14.139><c> that</c><00:42:15.699><c> we</c><00:42:15.840><c> do</c><00:42:16.039><c> not</c><00:42:16.159><c> even</c><00:42:16.380><c> deserve</c><00:42:17.320><c> a</c><00:42:18.079><c> mention</c><00:42:18.340><c> in</c>

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.719
the<00:42:18.599><c> book.</c>

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And<00:42:21.820><c> yet</c><00:42:21.900><c> if</c><00:42:22.019><c> you</c><00:42:22.119><c> come</c><00:42:22.280><c> to</c><00:42:22.440><c> the</c><00:42:22.559><c> first</c><00:42:22.760><c> of</c><00:42:22.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:23.340><c> in</c><00:42:23.579><c> chapter</c><00:42:23.960><c> one,</c><00:42:26.340><c> we</c>

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:29.940
have<00:42:27.260><c> a</c><00:42:28.440><c> few</c><00:42:28.579><c> words</c><00:42:29.159><c> of</c><00:42:29.539><c> wonderment</c>

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:34.300
from<00:42:30.119><c> the</c><00:42:30.320><c> apostle</c><00:42:30.619><c> Paul</c><00:42:31.340><c> that</c><00:42:33.139><c> captures</c><00:42:33.519><c> the</c><00:42:33.719><c> very</c><00:42:34.000><c> spirit</c>

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:38.519
of<00:42:34.500><c> this</c><00:42:34.780><c> man</c><00:42:35.659><c> whose</c><00:42:37.000><c> life's</c><00:42:37.840><c> story</c><00:42:38.059><c> we</c><00:42:38.300><c> have</c>

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:43.440
considered<00:42:39.139><c> and</c><00:42:41.679><c> that</c><00:42:41.960><c> we</c><00:42:42.099><c> might</c><00:42:42.300><c> in</c><00:42:42.440><c> the</c><00:42:42.539><c> end</c><00:42:42.639><c> be</c><00:42:42.940><c> satisfied</c>

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:45.309
that<00:42:43.719><c> he</c><00:42:43.900><c> has</c><00:42:44.219><c> no</c><00:42:44.519><c> name</c>

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:53.460
so<00:42:47.519><c> that</c><00:42:47.679><c> he</c><00:42:47.880><c> can</c><00:42:48.099><c> be</c><00:42:48.659><c> all</c><00:42:49.280><c> of</c><00:42:49.599><c> our</c><00:42:49.960><c> experience.</c><00:42:52.739><c> Because</c><00:42:53.079><c> Paul</c>

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.860
said<00:42:53.719><c> this</c><00:42:54.099><c> in</c><00:42:54.360><c> the</c><00:42:54.480><c> first</c><00:42:54.659><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:42:55.619><c> one</c><00:42:57.099><c> in</c><00:42:57.840><c> verse</c><00:42:58.000><c> 26.</c>

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For<00:43:01.139><c> ye</c><00:43:01.400><c> see</c><00:43:01.559><c> your</c><00:43:01.840><c> calling,</c><00:43:03.659><c> brethren,</c><00:43:04.659><c> now</c><00:43:04.719><c> that</c><00:43:04.880><c> not</c><00:43:05.079><c> many</c>

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:07.800
wise<00:43:05.840><c> men</c><00:43:06.320><c> after</c><00:43:06.699><c> the</c><00:43:06.940><c> flesh,</c>

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:12.599
not<00:43:08.219><c> many</c><00:43:08.420><c> mighty,</c><00:43:08.880><c> not</c><00:43:09.039><c> many</c><00:43:09.340><c> high</c><00:43:09.699><c> born</c><00:43:10.179><c> are</c><00:43:10.539><c> called,</c><00:43:12.380><c> but</c>

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:17.480
God<00:43:13.119><c> hath</c><00:43:13.340><c> chosen</c><00:43:14.039><c> the</c><00:43:15.320><c> foolish</c><00:43:15.639><c> things</c><00:43:16.119><c> of</c><00:43:16.420><c> the</c><00:43:16.619><c> world</c>

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:24.340
to<00:43:19.099><c> confound</c><00:43:19.559><c> the</c><00:43:19.760><c> wise.</c><00:43:22.340><c> God</c><00:43:22.579><c> hath</c><00:43:22.760><c> chosen</c><00:43:23.159><c> the</c><00:43:23.599><c> weak</c><00:43:23.920><c> things</c>

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.960
of<00:43:24.480><c> the</c><00:43:24.679><c> world</c><00:43:24.840><c> to</c><00:43:25.019><c> confound</c><00:43:25.380><c> the</c><00:43:25.559><c> things</c><00:43:25.739><c> which</c>

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:30.539
are<00:43:26.239><c> mighty</c><00:43:27.079><c> and</c><00:43:29.039><c> base</c><00:43:29.300><c> things</c><00:43:29.679><c> of</c><00:43:29.840><c> the</c><00:43:30.000><c> world,</c><00:43:30.139><c> and</c><00:43:30.280><c> things</c>

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:32.920
which<00:43:30.880><c> are</c><00:43:31.139><c> despised</c><00:43:32.059><c> hath</c><00:43:32.300><c> God</c><00:43:32.599><c> chosen.</c>

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Yea,<00:43:33.159><c> and</c><00:43:33.380><c> things</c><00:43:33.579><c> which</c><00:43:33.820><c> are</c><00:43:33.980><c> not</c><00:43:34.119><c> to</c><00:43:34.320><c> bring</c><00:43:34.539><c> to</c><00:43:34.739><c> naught</c><00:43:34.920><c> things</c><00:43:35.320><c> that</c>

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:37.179
are,<00:43:36.119><c> that's</c><00:43:36.380><c> us,</c><00:43:36.699><c> brethren,</c><00:43:36.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:41.119
we<00:43:37.800><c> are</c><00:43:38.019><c> the</c><00:43:38.199><c> foolish,</c><00:43:38.739><c> we</c><00:43:39.079><c> are</c><00:43:39.300><c> the</c><00:43:39.460><c> weak,</c><00:43:39.920><c> we</c><00:43:40.260><c> are</c><00:43:40.480><c> the</c><00:43:40.880><c> base,</c>

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:44.599
we<00:43:41.639><c> are</c><00:43:41.780><c> the</c><00:43:42.019><c> despised,</c><00:43:42.820><c> we</c><00:43:43.099><c> are</c><00:43:43.340><c> the</c><00:43:43.559><c> sinners.</c>

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:49.619
And<00:43:45.699><c> yet,</c><00:43:46.239><c> God</c><00:43:46.659><c> astonishingly</c><00:43:47.599><c> has</c><00:43:47.820><c> chosen</c><00:43:48.179><c> all</c><00:43:48.599><c> of</c><00:43:48.780><c> us,</c><00:43:49.219><c> brothers</c><00:43:49.380><c> and</c>

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:52.039
sisters,<00:43:50.480><c> verse</c><00:43:50.719><c> 29,</c>

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:57.519
so<00:43:53.000><c> that</c><00:43:53.239><c> no</c><00:43:53.639><c> flesh</c><00:43:54.019><c> should</c><00:43:54.360><c> glory</c><00:43:54.820><c> in</c><00:43:55.239><c> his</c><00:43:55.599><c> presence,</c><00:43:57.000><c> but</c><00:43:57.119><c> of</c>

00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.000
him<00:43:58.000><c> are</c><00:43:58.380><c> ye</c><00:43:58.679><c> in</c><00:43:59.039><c> Christ</c><00:43:59.420><c> Jesus,</c>

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:03.579
who<00:44:00.500><c> of</c><00:44:00.719><c> God</c><00:44:00.940><c> has</c><00:44:01.179><c> made</c><00:44:01.400><c> unto</c><00:44:01.659><c> us</c><00:44:01.960><c> wisdom</c><00:44:02.460><c> and</c><00:44:02.960><c> righteousness</c>

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:06.420
and<00:44:04.239><c> sanctification</c><00:44:05.219><c> and</c><00:44:05.760><c> redemption,</c>

00:44:06.780 --> 00:44:11.340
that<00:44:06.920><c> according</c><00:44:07.360><c> as</c><00:44:07.599><c> it</c><00:44:07.719><c> is</c><00:44:07.900><c> written,</c><00:44:08.420><c> he</c><00:44:08.559><c> that</c><00:44:08.920><c> glorieth,</c><00:44:09.659><c> let</c><00:44:09.719><c> him</c><00:44:09.980><c> glory</c><00:44:10.699><c> in</c>

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:12.579
the<00:44:11.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:15.519
And<00:44:13.199><c> the</c><00:44:13.360><c> wonder</c><00:44:13.599><c> of</c><00:44:13.760><c> the</c><00:44:13.960><c> truth,</c><00:44:14.340><c> brothers</c><00:44:14.400><c> and</c><00:44:14.519><c> sisters,</c><00:44:14.739><c> the</c><00:44:14.920><c> wonder</c><00:44:15.199><c> of</c>

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.679
all<00:44:15.820><c> that</c><00:44:15.980><c> the</c><00:44:16.159><c> truth</c><00:44:16.300><c> is</c><00:44:16.519><c> about,</c>

00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:19.179
is<00:44:16.860><c> that</c><00:44:17.000><c> God</c><00:44:17.199><c> has</c><00:44:17.460><c> called</c><00:44:17.619><c> us</c><00:44:17.920><c> men</c><00:44:18.119><c> and</c><00:44:18.320><c> women</c><00:44:18.519><c> stricken</c><00:44:18.940><c> with</c>

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:21.800
our<00:44:19.420><c> sin,</c><00:44:19.960><c> and</c><00:44:20.179><c> asked</c><00:44:20.460><c> us</c><00:44:20.719><c> to</c><00:44:20.980><c> manifest</c><00:44:21.380><c> him,</c>

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:25.579
and<00:44:22.320><c> asked</c><00:44:22.539><c> us</c><00:44:22.780><c> to</c><00:44:23.019><c> show</c><00:44:23.239><c> forth</c><00:44:23.639><c> the</c><00:44:24.039><c> spirit</c><00:44:24.320><c> of</c><00:44:24.579><c> his</c><00:44:24.900><c> son</c><00:44:25.219><c> in</c>

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:27.739
our<00:44:25.820><c> lives.</c><00:44:26.440><c> And</c><00:44:26.719><c> that's</c><00:44:26.980><c> the</c><00:44:27.119><c> thing</c><00:44:27.260><c> you</c><00:44:27.519><c> see,</c>

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:32.199
in<00:44:28.280><c> the</c><00:44:28.519><c> nameless</c><00:44:29.000><c> man</c><00:44:29.280><c> of</c><00:44:29.539><c> God,</c><00:44:30.179><c> we</c><00:44:30.380><c> see</c><00:44:30.579><c> the</c><00:44:30.940><c> spirit</c><00:44:31.159><c> of</c><00:44:31.420><c> Christ</c><00:44:31.820><c> in</c><00:44:32.000><c> a</c>

00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:34.119
life<00:44:32.519><c> that</c><00:44:32.880><c> was</c><00:44:33.219><c> not</c><00:44:33.579><c> perfect.</c>

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:39.900
And<00:44:34.699><c> in</c><00:44:35.199><c> his</c><00:44:35.659><c> story,</c><00:44:36.579><c> we</c><00:44:36.880><c> find</c><00:44:37.519><c> hope</c><00:44:37.980><c> to</c><00:44:38.579><c> believe</c><00:44:38.940><c> that</c><00:44:39.340><c> the</c><00:44:39.619><c> spirit</c><00:44:39.760><c> of</c>

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.980
the<00:44:40.039><c> Lord</c><00:44:40.199><c> might</c><00:44:40.440><c> be</c><00:44:40.719><c> seen</c>

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:46.900
in<00:44:41.260><c> our</c><00:44:41.619><c> lives</c><00:44:42.179><c> as</c><00:44:42.719><c> well,</c><00:44:44.960><c> despite</c><00:44:45.380><c> our</c><00:44:45.840><c> inability</c><00:44:46.300><c> to</c><00:44:46.579><c> remove</c>

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:48.840
sin<00:44:47.159><c> altogether</c><00:44:47.699><c> in</c><00:44:47.960><c> this</c><00:44:48.179><c> present</c><00:44:48.440><c> life.</c>

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:53.000
What<00:44:49.340><c> the</c><00:44:49.519><c> man</c><00:44:49.679><c> of</c><00:44:49.860><c> God</c><00:44:50.039><c> teaches</c><00:44:50.659><c> is</c><00:44:51.260><c> that</c><00:44:51.480><c> despite</c><00:44:52.079><c> the</c><00:44:52.340><c> weakness</c><00:44:52.679><c> of</c>

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:54.980
our<00:44:53.199><c> nature,</c><00:44:53.960><c> and</c><00:44:54.159><c> despite</c><00:44:54.599><c> the</c>

00:44:54.980 --> 00:45:03.280
frequency<00:44:55.500><c> of</c><00:44:55.760><c> our</c><00:44:55.980><c> sin,</c><00:44:57.860><c> we</c><00:44:58.059><c> are</c><00:44:58.380><c> all</c><00:44:59.320><c> able</c><00:45:00.400><c> to</c><00:45:01.440><c> manifest</c><00:45:02.079><c> the</c>

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:06.880
spirit<00:45:03.559><c> of</c><00:45:03.840><c> Christ</c><00:45:04.440><c> in</c><00:45:05.699><c> our</c><00:45:05.920><c> lives.</c>

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:13.900
So<00:45:09.800><c> let's</c><00:45:10.079><c> be</c><00:45:10.300><c> thankful</c><00:45:10.539><c> to</c><00:45:10.699><c> God,</c><00:45:11.059><c> brothers</c><00:45:11.159><c> and</c><00:45:11.380><c> sisters,</c><00:45:12.760><c> and</c><00:45:13.739><c> go</c>

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:16.059
home<00:45:14.280><c> and</c><00:45:14.639><c> do</c><00:45:14.760><c> just</c><00:45:15.000><c> that</c><00:45:15.219><c> and</c><00:45:15.519><c> testify</c>

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:20.699
beforehand<00:45:16.559><c> in</c><00:45:16.880><c> our</c><00:45:17.139><c> own</c><00:45:17.400><c> lives,</c><00:45:19.599><c> that</c><00:45:19.739><c> which</c><00:45:19.980><c> pertains</c><00:45:20.460><c> to</c>

00:45:20.699 --> 00:45:25.559
our<00:45:20.920><c> Savior.</c><00:45:23.739><c> And</c><00:45:24.039><c> let's</c><00:45:24.280><c> be</c><00:45:24.500><c> thankful</c><00:45:24.840><c> to</c><00:45:25.079><c> our</c><00:45:25.260><c> Father</c>

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in<00:45:25.679><c> heaven</c><00:45:26.559><c> for</c><00:45:28.699><c> the</c><00:45:28.920><c> story</c><00:45:29.760><c> of</c><00:45:31.480><c> the</c><00:45:31.659><c> nameless</c><00:45:32.780><c> man</c><00:45:34.179><c> of</c><00:45:35.579><c> God.</c>

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I'd<00:45:59.739><c> just</c><00:45:59.739><c> like</c><00:45:59.880><c> to</c><00:46:00.059><c> take</c><00:46:00.280><c> a</c><00:46:00.380><c> moment</c><00:46:00.699><c> to</c><00:46:01.099><c> thank</c><00:46:01.380><c> our</c><00:46:01.619><c> brother</c><00:46:01.800><c> Roger,</c>

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Sister<00:46:02.679><c> Pauline,</c><00:46:03.139><c> for</c><00:46:03.300><c> their</c><00:46:03.480><c> work</c><00:46:03.639><c> this</c><00:46:03.900><c> week.</c><00:46:04.780><c> As</c><00:46:04.900><c> you've</c>

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often<00:46:05.480><c> said,</c><00:46:05.800><c> good</c><00:46:05.920><c> Bible</c><00:46:06.260><c> study</c><00:46:06.559><c> begins</c><00:46:06.940><c> with</c>

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good<00:46:07.659><c> Bible</c><00:46:07.940><c> reading,</c><00:46:09.000><c> and</c><00:46:09.079><c> we</c><00:46:09.280><c> thank</c><00:46:09.480><c> you</c><00:46:09.780><c> for</c><00:46:10.159><c> taking</c><00:46:10.440><c> us</c>

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through<00:46:10.900><c> the</c><00:46:11.159><c> story</c><00:46:11.519><c> with</c><00:46:11.880><c> good</c><00:46:12.079><c> Bible</c><00:46:12.380><c> reading,</c>

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bringing<00:46:12.920><c> it</c><00:46:13.179><c> alive,</c><00:46:14.000><c> and</c><00:46:14.219><c> helping</c><00:46:14.440><c> us</c><00:46:14.739><c> to</c><00:46:14.900><c> see</c><00:46:15.000><c> the</c><00:46:15.199><c> lessons</c>

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that<00:46:15.980><c> come</c><00:46:16.179><c> forward</c><00:46:16.460><c> for</c><00:46:16.639><c> each</c><00:46:16.860><c> and</c><00:46:16.980><c> every</c>

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one<00:46:17.340><c> of</c><00:46:17.440><c> us</c><00:46:17.639><c> to</c><00:46:17.840><c> take</c><00:46:18.099><c> on</c><00:46:18.280><c> that</c><00:46:18.440><c> opportunity</c><00:46:19.000><c> to</c><00:46:20.119><c> really</c><00:46:20.880><c> become</c><00:46:21.440><c> the</c>

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best<00:46:22.699><c> manifestation</c><00:46:23.340><c> that</c><00:46:23.579><c> we</c><00:46:23.780><c> can</c><00:46:24.000><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:46:24.679><c> in</c><00:46:24.840><c> our</c><00:46:25.000><c> lives.</c><00:46:25.780><c> So</c><00:46:25.780><c> thank</c><00:46:25.960><c> you</c><00:46:26.079><c> very</c><00:46:26.280><c> much,</c><00:46:26.619><c> and</c><00:46:26.659><c> God</c>

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be<00:46:26.940><c> with</c><00:46:27.099><c> you</c><00:46:27.239><c> on</c><00:46:27.360><c> your</c><00:46:27.539><c> continued</c><00:46:27.820><c> journeys.</c>