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then<00:14:57.590><c> apply</c><00:14:58.009><c> that</c><00:14:58.330><c> to</c><00:14:58.490><c> Ezekiel</c><00:14:59.129><c> and</c><00:14:59.950><c> see</c><00:15:00.289><c> then</c><00:15:00.529><c> how</c>

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I<00:17:59.930><c> don't</c><00:18:00.109><c> know</c><00:18:00.210><c> how</c><00:18:00.329><c> you</c><00:18:00.509><c> pronounce</c><00:18:00.809><c> it</c><00:18:00.970><c> here,</c><00:18:01.049><c> we</c><00:18:01.269><c> call</c><00:18:01.430><c> it</c><00:18:01.589><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:18:02.089><c> some</c><00:18:02.329><c> call</c><00:18:02.569><c> it</c><00:18:02.730><c> Habakkuk,</c>

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prophets,<00:18:08.029><c> and</c><00:18:08.089><c> there</c><00:18:08.309><c> it</c><00:18:08.470><c> is</c><00:18:08.769><c> written</c><00:18:09.049><c> on</c><00:18:09.269><c> the</c>

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Chaldeans<00:18:22.529><c> were</c><00:18:23.150><c> coming</c><00:18:23.650><c> into</c><00:18:24.089><c> prominence</c>

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circumstances.<00:18:31.089><c> Therefore,</c><00:18:31.589><c> we</c><00:18:31.690><c> would</c><00:18:31.930><c> conclude</c><00:18:32.569><c> that</c><00:18:33.490><c> we</c>

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set<00:19:00.369><c> of</c><00:19:00.609><c> notes</c>

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around<00:19:01.150><c> that</c><00:19:01.410><c> purports</c><00:19:01.809><c> to</c><00:19:02.089><c> tell</c><00:19:02.210><c> us</c><00:19:02.910><c> the</c><00:19:03.410><c> very</c><00:19:03.730><c> day</c><00:19:04.349><c> of</c><00:19:05.009><c> the</c>

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month<00:19:05.549><c> of</c><00:19:06.029><c> the</c><00:19:06.230><c> year</c><00:19:06.630><c> in</c><00:19:07.190><c> which</c><00:19:07.349><c> the</c><00:19:07.529><c> book</c><00:19:07.670><c> of</c><00:19:07.869><c> Joel</c>

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is<00:19:08.250><c> written.</c><00:19:09.470><c> And</c><00:19:09.630><c> yet</c><00:19:09.730><c> when</c><00:19:09.910><c> you</c><00:19:10.130><c> open</c><00:19:10.289><c> the</c><00:19:10.470><c> book</c><00:19:10.589><c> of</c><00:19:10.789><c> Joel,</c>

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there<00:19:11.150><c> is</c><00:19:11.490><c> absolutely</c><00:19:11.910><c> nothing</c><00:19:12.250><c> in</c><00:19:12.470><c> there</c><00:19:12.589><c> that</c><00:19:12.849><c> tells</c><00:19:13.049><c> us</c>

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when<00:19:14.190><c> it</c><00:19:14.349><c> was</c><00:19:14.529><c> written.</c><00:19:15.789><c> We</c><00:19:16.309><c> submit,</c><00:19:16.829><c> brethren</c><00:19:16.930><c> and</c><00:19:17.170><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:19:17.789><c> therefore</c><00:19:18.190><c> that</c><00:19:18.490><c> book</c><00:19:18.789><c> must</c><00:19:19.049><c> be</c><00:19:19.369><c> studied</c>

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to<00:19:23.529><c> try</c><00:19:23.710><c> and</c><00:19:24.109><c> guess</c><00:19:24.369><c> when</c><00:19:24.650><c> it</c><00:19:24.809><c> was</c><00:19:24.970><c> written,</c>

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because<00:19:26.210><c> from</c><00:19:26.509><c> the</c><00:19:26.750><c> authorities</c><00:19:27.009><c> I've</c><00:19:27.369><c> looked</c><00:19:27.509><c> at,</c><00:19:27.710><c> they</c><00:19:27.950><c> vary</c><00:19:28.190><c> by</c>

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up<00:19:28.609><c> to</c><00:19:28.869><c> 200</c><00:19:29.170><c> years.</c><00:19:30.089><c> So</c><00:19:30.369><c> if</c><00:19:30.670><c> they're</c><00:19:30.930><c> going</c><00:19:31.089><c> to</c>

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base<00:19:31.470><c> their</c><00:19:31.750><c> study</c><00:19:32.009><c> upon</c><00:19:32.230><c> a</c><00:19:32.549><c> historical</c><00:19:32.950><c> background,</c><00:19:33.890><c> you're</c>

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going<00:19:34.329><c> to</c><00:19:34.490><c> have</c><00:19:34.589><c> at</c><00:19:34.769><c> least</c><00:19:35.069><c> three</c><00:19:35.309><c> or</c><00:19:35.450><c> four</c>

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different<00:19:36.369><c> points</c><00:19:36.769><c> of</c><00:19:36.910><c> view</c><00:19:36.990><c> on</c><00:19:37.190><c> the</c><00:19:37.349><c> book.</c><00:19:38.529><c> And</c><00:19:38.869><c> we</c><00:19:38.990><c> will</c><00:19:39.210><c> cover</c><00:19:39.710><c> the</c>

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later<00:19:42.130><c> points.</c><00:19:42.990><c> So</c><00:19:43.470><c> examine</c><00:19:43.690><c> the</c><00:19:43.930><c> background</c><00:19:44.329><c> of</c><00:19:44.490><c> the</c><00:19:44.609><c> book,</c>

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and<00:19:45.250><c> we'll</c><00:19:45.430><c> come</c><00:19:45.630><c> back</c><00:19:45.829><c> to</c><00:19:46.130><c> apply</c><00:19:46.430><c> all</c><00:19:46.730><c> of</c><00:19:46.869><c> this</c>

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to<00:19:47.309><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:47.650><c> in</c><00:19:47.809><c> just</c><00:19:48.130><c> a</c><00:19:48.289><c> moment.</c><00:19:49.970><c> The</c><00:19:50.210><c> second</c><00:19:50.470><c> thing</c><00:19:50.690><c> we</c><00:19:50.849><c> would</c><00:19:51.069><c> like</c>

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to<00:19:51.410><c> look</c><00:19:51.549><c> at,</c><00:19:51.670><c> of</c><00:19:51.849><c> course,</c><00:19:52.890><c> is</c><00:19:53.089><c> the</c>

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writer<00:19:53.769><c> himself.</c><00:19:55.529><c> And</c><00:19:55.670><c> there's</c><00:19:55.829><c> two</c><00:19:56.029><c> aspects</c><00:19:56.470><c> of</c><00:19:56.650><c> that.</c><00:19:57.789><c> What</c>

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do<00:19:58.210><c> we</c><00:19:58.329><c> know</c><00:19:58.490><c> of</c><00:19:58.650><c> the</c><00:19:59.089><c> personal</c><00:19:59.410><c> details</c><00:19:59.950><c> of</c><00:20:00.150><c> the</c>

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writer?<00:20:01.730><c> If</c><00:20:02.029><c> we</c><00:20:02.250><c> know</c><00:20:02.470><c> anything</c><00:20:02.809><c> of</c><00:20:02.950><c> the</c><00:20:03.230><c> personal</c><00:20:03.529><c> details,</c>

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then<00:20:04.630><c> we</c><00:20:04.789><c> need</c><00:20:04.930><c> to</c><00:20:05.170><c> take</c><00:20:05.269><c> that</c><00:20:05.470><c> into</c><00:20:05.670><c> account.</c>

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We're<00:20:08.710><c> currently</c><00:20:08.990><c> going</c><00:20:09.269><c> through</c><00:20:09.470><c> the</c><00:20:09.569><c> book</c><00:20:09.710><c> of</c><00:20:09.950><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:20:10.809><c> and</c><00:20:11.130><c> we</c><00:20:11.309><c> know</c><00:20:11.490><c> a</c>

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feelings<00:20:13.849><c> of</c><00:20:14.069><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:20:15.450><c> We</c><00:20:15.809><c> also</c><00:20:16.250><c> know</c><00:20:16.549><c> quite</c><00:20:16.849><c> a</c><00:20:16.950><c> bit</c><00:20:17.089><c> about</c>

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Ezekiel,<00:20:18.250><c> and</c><00:20:18.410><c> we've</c><00:20:18.690><c> mentioned</c><00:20:18.890><c> his</c><00:20:19.190><c> name</c><00:20:19.430><c> there</c>

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case.<00:20:35.190><c> That</c><00:20:35.430><c> is</c><00:20:35.690><c> the</c><00:20:35.930><c> meaning</c><00:20:36.250><c> of</c><00:20:36.490><c> the</c><00:20:36.670><c> name</c><00:20:36.869><c> of</c><00:20:37.089><c> the</c><00:20:37.269><c> person.</c>

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gloss<00:23:56.369><c> this</c><00:23:56.589><c> over</c><00:23:56.730><c> very</c><00:23:57.089><c> quickly,</c><00:23:57.750><c> because</c>

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this<00:23:58.269><c> is</c><00:23:58.490><c> where</c><00:23:58.950><c> people</c><00:23:59.329><c> start</c><00:23:59.650><c> to</c><00:23:59.829><c> get</c><00:24:00.029><c> frightened</c><00:24:00.309><c> off.</c><00:24:02.390><c> Well,</c><00:24:02.710><c> let's</c><00:24:03.029><c> take</c><00:24:03.309><c> the</c>

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obvious<00:24:03.849><c> one,</c><00:24:04.609><c> prose.</c>

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Prose<00:24:06.250><c> means</c><00:24:06.609><c> narrative.</c><00:24:07.390><c> It's</c><00:24:07.650><c> story.</c><00:24:08.829><c> I</c><00:24:09.210><c> suppose</c><00:24:09.430><c> I'm</c><00:24:09.690><c> speaking</c><00:24:10.029><c> prose</c><00:24:10.369><c> at</c>

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here<00:24:23.849><c> on</c><00:24:23.970><c> our</c><00:24:24.089><c> laps</c><00:24:24.230><c> this</c><00:24:24.470><c> morning.</c><00:24:24.650><c> Anyone</c><00:24:24.910><c> got</c><00:24:25.130><c> anything</c>

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other<00:24:25.690><c> than</c><00:24:25.829><c> the</c><00:24:26.029><c> King</c><00:24:26.190><c> James</c><00:24:26.490><c> here?</c><00:24:26.630><c> Just</c><00:24:26.849><c> put</c><00:24:27.029><c> your</c><00:24:27.170><c> hand</c>

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up.<00:24:27.869><c> What</c><00:24:28.009><c> have</c><00:24:28.109><c> you</c><00:24:28.269><c> got?</c><00:24:29.710><c> NIV.</c><00:24:30.650><c> Now,</c><00:24:31.029><c> you</c><00:24:31.250><c> would</c><00:24:31.509><c> find</c><00:24:31.809><c> that</c>

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if<00:24:32.349><c> you</c><00:24:32.809><c> happen</c><00:24:33.069><c> to</c><00:24:33.329><c> open</c><00:24:33.569><c> up</c><00:24:34.369><c> at</c><00:24:34.789><c> a</c><00:24:34.950><c> certain</c><00:24:35.190><c> part,</c>

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well,<00:24:36.069><c> we</c><00:24:36.289><c> won't</c><00:24:36.589><c> turn</c><00:24:36.809><c> it</c><00:24:36.849><c> up</c><00:24:36.950><c> at</c><00:24:37.089><c> the</c><00:24:37.170><c> moment,</c><00:24:37.609><c> but</c><00:24:37.750><c> in</c><00:24:37.990><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:24:38.509><c> for</c>

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example,<00:24:40.309><c> about</c><00:24:40.569><c> chapter</c><00:24:40.930><c> 19,</c>

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and<00:24:43.289><c> seeing</c><00:24:43.730><c> you're</c><00:24:44.009><c> close</c><00:24:44.210><c> to</c><00:24:44.289><c> it,</c><00:24:44.410><c> you</c><00:24:44.490><c> might</c><00:24:44.690><c> like</c><00:24:44.890><c> to</c><00:24:45.029><c> do</c>

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that<00:24:45.269><c> for</c><00:24:45.490><c> us.</c><00:24:45.910><c> When</c><00:24:46.109><c> you</c><00:24:46.390><c> turn,</c><00:24:46.549><c> for</c><00:24:46.829><c> example,</c>

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to<00:24:47.589><c> Ezekiel</c><00:24:48.190><c> chapter</c><00:24:48.549><c> 19,</c><00:24:50.109><c> do</c><00:24:50.309><c> you</c><00:24:50.450><c> happen</c><00:24:50.730><c> to</c><00:24:51.069><c> notice</c><00:24:51.410><c> that</c>

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it<00:24:52.089><c> seems</c><00:24:52.230><c> to</c><00:24:52.450><c> be</c><00:24:52.569><c> set</c><00:24:52.710><c> out</c><00:24:52.849><c> differently</c><00:24:53.230><c> from</c>

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some<00:24:54.029><c> of</c><00:24:54.170><c> the</c><00:24:54.250><c> earlier</c><00:24:54.490><c> chapters?</c><00:24:55.769><c> It's</c><00:24:56.230><c> poetry,</c><00:24:57.130><c> all</c><00:24:57.269><c> right?</c>

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Now,<00:24:58.210><c> we</c><00:24:58.430><c> might</c><00:24:58.670><c> be</c><00:24:58.950><c> surprised</c><00:24:59.470><c> to</c><00:24:59.710><c> know</c>

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that<00:25:00.210><c> something</c><00:25:00.529><c> like</c><00:25:00.910><c> in</c><00:25:01.190><c> excess</c><00:25:01.609><c> of</c><00:25:02.349><c> 75%,</c><00:25:03.670><c> that's</c><00:25:04.289><c> over</c><00:25:04.650><c> three</c><00:25:05.089><c> quarters</c><00:25:05.509><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:06.029><c> writings</c><00:25:06.349><c> of</c><00:25:06.569><c> the</c><00:25:06.789><c> prophets</c>

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are<00:25:07.150><c> in</c><00:25:07.349><c> poetry.</c><00:25:08.970><c> That</c><00:25:09.210><c> might</c><00:25:09.430><c> surprise</c><00:25:09.869><c> us,</c><00:25:10.849><c> but</c><00:25:11.309><c> of</c><00:25:11.509><c> course,</c>

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it's<00:25:11.930><c> not</c><00:25:12.089><c> English</c><00:25:12.470><c> poetry</c><00:25:12.950><c> where</c><00:25:13.190><c> you</c><00:25:13.430><c> get,</c>

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say,<00:25:14.049><c> rhyming</c><00:25:15.009><c> of</c><00:25:15.789><c> words</c><00:25:16.109><c> necessarily.</c><00:25:17.170><c> You</c><00:25:17.410><c> get</c><00:25:17.650><c> more</c><00:25:17.910><c> the</c>

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of<00:25:20.650><c> thing.</c><00:25:21.009><c> I</c><00:25:21.130><c> won't</c><00:25:21.289><c> digress</c><00:25:21.650><c> too</c><00:25:21.890><c> much</c><00:25:22.089><c> onto</c><00:25:22.269><c> that</c><00:25:22.450><c> for</c><00:25:22.609><c> the</c>

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moment,<00:25:23.250><c> except</c><00:25:23.650><c> to</c><00:25:23.910><c> point</c><00:25:24.109><c> out</c><00:25:24.390><c> that</c><00:25:24.789><c> we</c><00:25:25.049><c> should</c>

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look<00:25:25.470><c> for</c><00:25:26.069><c> the</c><00:25:26.690><c> literary</c><00:25:27.069><c> style,</c><00:25:28.049><c> because</c><00:25:28.150><c> you</c><00:25:28.390><c> see,</c><00:25:28.589><c> if</c><00:25:28.710><c> something's</c><00:25:29.150><c> written</c><00:25:29.329><c> in</c><00:25:29.630><c> poetry,</c>

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it<00:25:34.009><c> was</c><00:25:34.190><c> written</c><00:25:34.390><c> in</c><00:25:34.670><c> prose.</c>

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I<00:25:37.309><c> remember</c><00:25:37.589><c> reading</c><00:25:38.069><c> a</c><00:25:38.390><c> book</c><00:25:38.549><c> once</c><00:25:38.970><c> which</c><00:25:39.549><c> I</c><00:25:39.789><c> stumbled</c><00:25:40.029><c> across,</c><00:25:40.450><c> but</c><00:25:40.609><c> I</c>

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found<00:25:40.869><c> it</c><00:25:41.089><c> quite</c><00:25:41.269><c> useful,</c>

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was<00:25:50.750><c> passing</c><00:25:51.069><c> through</c><00:25:51.349><c> there</c><00:25:51.549><c> once,</c>

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and<00:25:52.029><c> I</c><00:25:52.230><c> was</c><00:25:52.470><c> fortunate</c><00:25:52.890><c> to</c><00:25:53.150><c> find</c><00:25:53.329><c> it.</c><00:25:53.970><c> I</c><00:25:54.150><c> came</c><00:25:54.369><c> across</c><00:25:54.730><c> this</c><00:25:54.950><c> book</c><00:25:55.089><c> called</c><00:25:55.349><c> A</c>

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Literary<00:25:55.869><c> Study</c><00:25:56.130><c> of</c><00:25:56.269><c> the</c><00:25:56.430><c> Bible</c>

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by<00:25:56.950><c> a</c><00:25:57.009><c> man</c><00:25:57.190><c> by</c><00:25:57.390><c> the</c><00:25:57.410><c> name</c><00:25:57.589><c> of</c><00:25:57.849><c> Moulton.</c><00:25:58.650><c> I</c><00:25:58.730><c> thought,</c><00:25:59.069><c> well,</c><00:25:59.150><c> now,</c><00:25:59.470><c> Moulton</c><00:25:59.849><c> is</c>

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a<00:26:00.529><c> well</c><00:26:00.769><c>-known</c><00:26:00.910><c> writer.</c>

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I<00:26:01.430><c> think</c><00:26:01.630><c> he's</c><00:26:01.890><c> done</c><00:26:02.029><c> a</c><00:26:02.190><c> lexicon,</c><00:26:03.289><c> and</c><00:26:03.390><c> he's</c><00:26:03.650><c> got</c><00:26:03.789><c> a</c><00:26:03.890><c> Bible</c><00:26:04.230><c> called</c><00:26:04.990><c> The</c>

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Reader's<00:26:06.670><c> Bible.</c>

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literary<00:26:13.890><c> style.</c><00:26:14.690><c> He</c><00:26:14.910><c> illustrated</c><00:26:15.430><c> it</c><00:26:15.609><c> by</c><00:26:15.750><c> an</c><00:26:16.009><c> example</c><00:26:16.390><c> that</c>

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I<00:26:17.769><c> can't</c><00:26:18.109><c> quite</c><00:26:18.349><c> remember</c><00:26:18.630><c> the</c><00:26:18.950><c> exact</c><00:26:19.230><c> details</c>

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where<00:26:25.170><c> it</c><00:26:25.410><c> spoke</c><00:26:25.690><c> about</c><00:26:26.210><c> Lamech</c><00:26:27.309><c> and</c><00:26:27.809><c> Cain,</c><00:26:28.630><c> and</c><00:26:28.789><c> Lamech</c><00:26:29.170><c> being</c><00:26:29.470><c> involved,</c><00:26:31.450><c> Cain</c>

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being<00:26:32.930><c> involved,</c><00:26:35.049><c> being,</c>

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being,<00:26:36.170><c> what's</c><00:26:36.390><c> it,</c><00:26:37.190><c> Cain</c><00:26:37.490><c> shall</c><00:26:37.710><c> be</c><00:26:37.910><c> vindicated,</c><00:26:38.730><c> that's</c><00:26:39.009><c> the</c><00:26:39.170><c> word,</c><00:26:40.269><c> avenged,</c><00:26:41.109><c> sevenfold,</c><00:26:42.109><c> and</c><00:26:42.430><c> Lamech</c><00:26:42.710><c> would</c><00:26:42.930><c> do</c>

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certain<00:26:43.369><c> things</c><00:26:43.650><c> as</c><00:26:43.910><c> well.</c><00:26:44.450><c> But</c><00:26:44.609><c> it</c><00:26:44.789><c> says</c><00:26:44.930><c> something</c><00:26:45.250><c> to</c><00:26:45.390><c> the</c>

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and<00:26:49.450><c> a</c><00:26:49.690><c> young</c><00:26:49.930><c> man</c><00:26:50.269><c> to</c><00:26:50.549><c> my</c><00:26:50.970><c> wounding,</c><00:26:51.349><c> or</c><00:26:51.490><c> something</c><00:26:51.710><c> like</c><00:26:51.970><c> that.</c><00:26:52.529><c> Let's</c><00:26:52.869><c> not</c>

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worry<00:26:53.250><c> about</c><00:26:53.430><c> the</c><00:26:53.650><c> details.</c>

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this<00:26:56.589><c> as</c><00:26:57.910><c> prose,</c><00:27:00.089><c> the</c><00:27:00.329><c> authorities</c><00:27:00.829><c> then</c><00:27:01.130><c> work</c>

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through<00:27:01.470><c> and</c><00:27:01.549><c> they</c><00:27:01.710><c> say</c><00:27:01.789><c> there's</c><00:27:02.630><c> four</c><00:27:02.930><c> people</c><00:27:03.289><c> involved</c><00:27:03.710><c> in</c>

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this,<00:27:05.349><c> but</c><00:27:05.470><c> if</c><00:27:05.650><c> you</c><00:27:05.829><c> see</c><00:27:05.910><c> it</c><00:27:06.069><c> as</c><00:27:06.289><c> poetry,</c><00:27:06.789><c> there's</c><00:27:06.950><c> not,</c>

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there's<00:27:07.230><c> only</c><00:27:07.490><c> two,</c><00:27:08.710><c> because</c><00:27:09.109><c> poetry</c><00:27:09.630><c> in</c><00:27:09.849><c> the</c><00:27:10.029><c> Bible</c><00:27:10.490><c> tends</c><00:27:11.250><c> to</c><00:27:12.230><c> work</c><00:27:12.930><c> on</c><00:27:13.049><c> what</c><00:27:13.230><c> is</c><00:27:13.410><c> known</c><00:27:13.549><c> as</c><00:27:13.710><c> a</c>

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form<00:27:13.950><c> of</c><00:27:14.329><c> parallelism.</c>

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It<00:27:15.890><c> might</c><00:27:16.230><c> make</c><00:27:16.549><c> a</c><00:27:16.809><c> statement,</c><00:27:17.869><c> like</c><00:27:18.369><c> our</c><00:27:18.869><c> brother</c><00:27:19.109><c> Norm</c><00:27:19.450><c> quoted,</c><00:27:19.849><c> for</c>

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example,<00:27:20.990><c> from</c><00:27:21.309><c> Psalm</c><00:27:21.589><c> 1</c><00:27:21.869><c> this</c><00:27:22.130><c> morning,</c>

00:27:23.329 --> 00:27:26.349
and<00:27:23.470><c> Psalm</c><00:27:23.710><c> 1</c><00:27:23.890><c> would</c><00:27:24.109><c> say,</c><00:27:24.690><c> blessed</c><00:27:24.690><c> is</c><00:27:24.950><c> the</c><00:27:25.150><c> man</c><00:27:25.349><c> that</c><00:27:25.630><c> walketh</c><00:27:25.930><c> not</c><00:27:26.130><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:26.509><c> counsel</c><00:27:26.750><c> of</c><00:27:26.890><c> the</c><00:27:27.009><c> ungodly,</c><00:27:27.670><c> nor</c>

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standeth<00:27:28.470><c> in</c><00:27:28.630><c> the</c><00:27:28.730><c> way</c><00:27:28.910><c> of</c><00:27:29.089><c> sinners,</c><00:27:29.410><c> nor</c><00:27:29.549><c> sitteth</c><00:27:29.849><c> in</c><00:27:30.049><c> the</c><00:27:30.150><c> seat</c><00:27:30.269><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:30.609><c> scornful.</c><00:27:31.549><c> That</c><00:27:31.849><c> is</c><00:27:32.089><c> a</c><00:27:32.230><c> form</c><00:27:32.349><c> of</c><00:27:32.670><c> poetry,</c>

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three<00:27:33.950><c> lines</c><00:27:34.329><c> sort</c><00:27:34.529><c> of</c><00:27:34.869><c> paralleled,</c><00:27:35.589><c> increasing</c><00:27:36.130><c> in</c><00:27:36.430><c> intensity.</c><00:27:38.089><c> Sometimes</c><00:27:38.609><c> you</c><00:27:38.789><c> get</c>

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two<00:27:39.289><c> lines</c><00:27:39.549><c> which</c>

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are<00:27:40.089><c> parallel,</c><00:27:40.670><c> sometimes</c><00:27:41.269><c> they</c><00:27:41.490><c> are</c><00:27:41.869><c> contrasted.</c><00:27:43.089><c> Now,</c><00:27:43.269><c> I</c><00:27:43.390><c> said</c><00:27:43.470><c> I</c>

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wasn't<00:27:43.809><c> going</c><00:27:43.990><c> to</c><00:27:44.089><c> get</c><00:27:44.230><c> involved</c><00:27:44.529><c> in</c>

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this<00:27:44.769><c> and</c><00:27:44.890><c> I</c><00:27:45.109><c> deliberately</c><00:27:45.430><c> won't,</c><00:27:46.390><c> but</c><00:27:46.849><c> if</c><00:27:47.190><c> you</c><00:27:47.410><c> use</c><00:27:47.670><c> like</c><00:27:48.049><c> the</c><00:27:48.269><c> NIV</c><00:27:48.630><c> or</c>

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the<00:27:49.289><c> RSV</c><00:27:49.809><c> or</c><00:27:49.930><c> one</c><00:27:50.109><c> of</c><00:27:50.230><c> these</c><00:27:50.470><c> others,</c>

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when<00:27:51.710><c> you</c><00:27:51.930><c> come</c><00:27:52.089><c> to</c><00:27:52.349><c> poetry,</c><00:27:52.789><c> realise</c><00:27:53.390><c> that</c><00:27:53.569><c> you've</c><00:27:53.809><c> got</c><00:27:53.970><c> to</c>

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read<00:27:54.289><c> it</c><00:27:54.589><c> differently.</c>

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I<00:27:55.910><c> suppose</c><00:27:56.269><c> the</c><00:27:56.430><c> most</c><00:27:56.730><c> simplistic</c><00:27:57.210><c> way</c><00:27:57.450><c> of</c><00:27:57.630><c> saying</c><00:27:57.829><c> it</c><00:27:57.990><c> would</c>

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be<00:27:58.329><c> like</c><00:27:58.589><c> this,</c><00:27:59.190><c> and</c><00:27:59.369><c> I</c><00:27:59.490><c> think</c><00:27:59.609><c> we</c><00:27:59.769><c> were</c><00:27:59.950><c> taught</c>

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at<00:28:00.349><c> school</c><00:28:00.670><c> that</c><00:28:01.410><c> prose</c><00:28:01.869><c> expresses</c><00:28:02.609><c> fact,</c><00:28:03.769><c> whereas</c><00:28:04.029><c> poetry</c>

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expresses<00:28:05.190><c> feeling,</c><00:28:06.589><c> and</c><00:28:06.910><c> therefore</c><00:28:07.170><c> if</c><00:28:07.329><c> you</c>

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are<00:28:07.630><c> reading</c><00:28:07.930><c> the</c><00:28:08.230><c> feelings</c><00:28:08.549><c> of</c><00:28:08.809><c> somebody,</c><00:28:09.470><c> you've</c><00:28:09.730><c> got</c><00:28:09.849><c> to</c>

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be<00:28:10.210><c> careful</c><00:28:10.430><c> that</c><00:28:10.630><c> you</c><00:28:10.769><c> don't</c><00:28:11.049><c> take</c><00:28:11.250><c> it</c><00:28:11.589><c> necessarily,</c>

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specifically,<00:28:13.750><c> literally,</c><00:28:15.210><c> and</c><00:28:15.269><c> that</c><00:28:15.450><c> you</c><00:28:15.609><c> recognise</c><00:28:16.150><c> therefore</c><00:28:16.509><c> you</c>

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must<00:28:16.950><c> interpret</c><00:28:17.450><c> it</c><00:28:17.970><c> on</c><00:28:18.269><c> the</c><00:28:18.450><c> basis</c><00:28:18.710><c> of</c>

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poetry,<00:28:19.849><c> not</c><00:28:20.029><c> prose.</c><00:28:20.930><c> Let's</c><00:28:21.130><c> leave</c><00:28:21.349><c> it</c><00:28:21.509><c> at</c><00:28:21.609><c> that</c><00:28:21.750><c> for</c><00:28:21.910><c> the</c><00:28:22.089><c> moment.</c><00:28:24.029><c> Another</c><00:28:24.289><c> example</c><00:28:24.789><c> would</c><00:28:24.990><c> be</c><00:28:25.230><c> symbol,</c>

00:28:26.730 --> 00:28:29.849
and<00:28:26.890><c> chapters</c><00:28:27.210><c> like</c><00:28:27.609><c> Daniel</c><00:28:27.970><c> 2</c><00:28:28.269><c> and</c><00:28:28.470><c> Daniel</c><00:28:28.849><c> 7</c><00:28:29.170><c> and</c><00:28:29.329><c> Daniel</c><00:28:29.670><c> 8,</c>

00:28:29.950 --> 00:28:31.390
we<00:28:30.069><c> all</c><00:28:30.309><c> recognise</c><00:28:30.769><c> as</c><00:28:31.029><c> symbol,</c>

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and<00:28:31.869><c> we've</c><00:28:32.069><c> got</c><00:28:32.210><c> some</c><00:28:32.430><c> of</c><00:28:32.549><c> it</c><00:28:32.690><c> in</c><00:28:32.829><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:33.269><c> as</c><00:28:33.450><c> well.</c><00:28:34.869><c> The</c><00:28:35.109><c> other</c><00:28:35.309><c> one,</c>

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which<00:28:35.710><c> we'll</c><00:28:36.029><c> call</c><00:28:36.230><c> metaphor</c><00:28:36.769><c> or</c><00:28:37.130><c> figure,</c>

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well,<00:28:37.970><c> let's</c><00:28:38.210><c> just</c><00:28:38.569><c> leave</c><00:28:38.730><c> it</c><00:28:38.890><c> at</c><00:28:39.049><c> things</c><00:28:39.289><c> like</c><00:28:39.730><c> parables.</c><00:28:40.990><c> God</c><00:28:41.250><c> willing,</c><00:28:41.549><c> in</c>

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our<00:28:41.930><c> study</c><00:28:42.170><c> tomorrow,</c><00:28:43.170><c> we're</c><00:28:43.509><c> going</c>

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to<00:28:43.849><c> look</c><00:28:44.029><c> at</c><00:28:44.509><c> a</c><00:28:44.630><c> couple</c><00:28:44.829><c> of</c><00:28:45.190><c> parables</c><00:28:45.730><c> that</c><00:28:46.170><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:46.650><c> became</c>

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involved<00:28:47.450><c> in.</c><00:28:47.950><c> In</c><00:28:48.109><c> fact,</c><00:28:48.289><c> he</c><00:28:48.529><c> enacted</c><00:28:48.809><c> them</c>

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in<00:28:49.269><c> his</c><00:28:49.529><c> life.</c><00:28:50.470><c> We</c><00:28:50.670><c> just</c><00:28:51.089><c> mention</c><00:28:51.430><c> literary</c><00:28:52.569><c> style</c><00:28:52.869><c> as</c><00:28:53.289><c> a</c><00:28:53.529><c> cautionary</c><00:28:54.049><c> thing</c><00:28:54.150><c> at</c>

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this<00:28:54.609><c> stage</c><00:28:54.970><c> because</c><00:28:55.670><c> it</c><00:28:55.849><c> is</c>

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possible<00:28:56.569><c> to</c><00:28:56.789><c> come</c><00:28:56.950><c> to</c><00:28:57.150><c> a</c><00:28:57.309><c> wrong</c><00:28:57.509><c> conclusion</c><00:28:58.230><c> if</c><00:28:58.769><c> we</c><00:28:59.009><c> mistake,</c>

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for<00:28:59.710><c> example,</c><00:29:01.170><c> symbol</c><00:29:01.849><c> for</c><00:29:02.410><c> literal,</c>

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such<00:29:03.789><c> as</c><00:29:04.130><c> those</c><00:29:04.390><c> people</c><00:29:04.730><c> who</c><00:29:04.849><c> would</c><00:29:05.009><c> go</c><00:29:05.170><c> to</c><00:29:05.369><c> Revelation</c><00:29:05.809><c> and</c><00:29:06.089><c> say</c><00:29:06.309><c> there's</c><00:29:06.730><c> a</c>

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beast<00:29:07.130><c> with</c><00:29:07.369><c> a</c><00:29:07.589><c> tail</c><00:29:07.930><c> that</c><00:29:08.309><c> draws</c>

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a<00:29:08.730><c> third</c><00:29:08.910><c> part</c><00:29:09.170><c> of</c><00:29:09.309><c> the</c><00:29:09.450><c> stars</c><00:29:09.670><c> of</c><00:29:09.890><c> heaven,</c><00:29:10.529><c> and</c><00:29:10.589><c> because</c><00:29:10.950><c> of</c>

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their<00:29:11.289><c> particular</c><00:29:11.809><c> approach</c><00:29:12.130><c> to</c><00:29:12.309><c> the</c><00:29:12.450><c> Bible,</c>

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they've<00:29:12.910><c> got</c><00:29:13.009><c> to</c><00:29:13.150><c> take</c><00:29:13.250><c> it</c><00:29:13.450><c> literally.</c><00:29:14.890><c> Well,</c><00:29:15.089><c> of</c><00:29:15.309><c> course,</c><00:29:15.549><c> they</c><00:29:15.730><c> get</c><00:29:15.910><c> into</c><00:29:16.190><c> a</c>

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terrible<00:29:17.150><c> mess,</c><00:29:17.529><c> don't</c><00:29:17.730><c> they,</c>

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because<00:29:18.309><c> it's</c><00:29:18.710><c> symbol.</c><00:29:20.210><c> Leaving</c><00:29:20.529><c> that</c><00:29:20.849><c> then,</c><00:29:21.029><c> we</c><00:29:21.230><c> come</c><00:29:21.509><c> to</c><00:29:23.609><c> number</c><00:29:24.089><c> five,</c><00:29:24.430><c> which</c><00:29:24.609><c> we</c>

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would<00:29:24.990><c> call</c><00:29:25.150><c> the</c><00:29:25.470><c> structure,</c>

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the<00:29:26.630><c> telescopic</c><00:29:27.250><c> view,</c><00:29:28.009><c> looking</c><00:29:28.269><c> at</c><00:29:28.490><c> the</c><00:29:28.690><c> subheadings,</c><00:29:29.470><c> standing</c><00:29:29.890><c> back</c>

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from<00:29:30.390><c> it</c><00:29:30.549><c> and</c><00:29:30.650><c> saying</c><00:29:30.789><c> what's</c><00:29:31.329><c> the</c>

00:29:31.670 --> 00:29:38.470
general<00:29:32.150><c> structure</c><00:29:33.049><c> of</c><00:29:33.250><c> the</c><00:29:33.390><c> book.</c><00:29:35.170><c> The</c><00:29:35.549><c> sixth</c><00:29:35.869><c> one</c><00:29:37.029><c> might</c><00:29:37.490><c> well</c><00:29:37.769><c> be</c>

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looking<00:29:39.009><c> at</c><00:29:40.069><c> citations</c><00:29:40.869><c> or</c><00:29:41.150><c> quotations,</c>

00:29:42.450 --> 00:29:45.849
places<00:29:42.769><c> where</c><00:29:43.190><c> the</c><00:29:43.430><c> Old</c><00:29:43.769><c> Testament</c><00:29:44.349><c> is</c><00:29:44.990><c> quoted</c><00:29:45.289><c> in</c><00:29:45.509><c> the</c><00:29:45.630><c> New</c>

00:29:45.849 --> 00:29:51.089
Testament.<00:29:46.990><c> Very</c><00:29:47.269><c> valuable.</c><00:29:49.430><c> Then</c><00:29:49.930><c> we're</c><00:29:50.630><c> ready</c><00:29:50.869><c> to</c>

00:29:51.089 --> 00:29:56.250
get<00:29:51.309><c> down</c><00:29:51.690><c> to</c><00:29:51.890><c> what</c><00:29:52.130><c> many</c><00:29:52.430><c> of</c><00:29:52.569><c> us</c><00:29:53.009><c> might</c><00:29:53.329><c> think</c><00:29:53.589><c> is</c><00:29:54.150><c> Bible</c><00:29:54.549><c> study</c><00:29:54.970><c> itself,</c><00:29:55.789><c> and</c>

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that's<00:29:56.549><c> the</c><00:29:56.769><c> seventh</c><00:29:57.009><c> step,</c><00:29:57.349><c> which</c>

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is<00:29:57.750><c> I've</c><00:29:58.210><c> called</c><00:29:58.349><c> it</c><00:29:58.509><c> the</c><00:29:58.769><c> microscopic</c><00:29:59.369><c> view.</c><00:30:00.109><c> I</c><00:30:00.150><c> suppose</c><00:30:00.490><c> it's</c><00:30:00.869><c> microscopic</c><00:30:01.529><c> as</c>

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distinct<00:30:02.170><c> from</c>

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macroscopic<00:30:03.150><c> or</c><00:30:03.369><c> telescopic.</c><00:30:04.230><c> It's</c><00:30:04.369><c> when</c><00:30:04.569><c> you</c><00:30:04.710><c> get</c><00:30:04.930><c> down</c><00:30:05.210><c> and</c>

00:30:05.470 --> 00:30:08.349
you<00:30:05.869><c> start</c><00:30:06.210><c> looking</c><00:30:06.470><c> at</c><00:30:06.650><c> each</c><00:30:06.849><c> verse</c><00:30:07.089><c> in</c><00:30:07.390><c> detail</c><00:30:07.809><c> and</c>

00:30:08.349 --> 00:30:12.690
you<00:30:08.730><c> say,</c><00:30:09.190><c> what</c><00:30:09.329><c> does</c><00:30:09.609><c> that</c><00:30:09.930><c> word</c><00:30:10.150><c> mean?</c><00:30:11.710><c> I'd</c><00:30:12.170><c> venture</c><00:30:12.329><c> to</c><00:30:12.569><c> say</c>

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there's<00:30:12.930><c> a</c><00:30:13.069><c> few</c><00:30:13.130><c> in</c><00:30:13.289><c> the</c><00:30:13.470><c> audience</c><00:30:13.769><c> that</c><00:30:13.950><c> have</c><00:30:14.089><c> done</c>

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what<00:30:14.470><c> I</c><00:30:14.750><c> did</c><00:30:15.190><c> at</c><00:30:15.990><c> least</c><00:30:16.250><c> one</c><00:30:16.569><c> stage</c><00:30:16.789><c> in</c><00:30:16.990><c> my</c><00:30:17.170><c> life,</c><00:30:18.210><c> and</c><00:30:18.430><c> I</c><00:30:18.630><c> started</c><00:30:18.950><c> marking</c><00:30:19.569><c> up</c><00:30:19.829><c> notes</c><00:30:20.009><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:20.329><c> margin</c><00:30:20.569><c> of</c><00:30:20.769><c> my</c><00:30:20.970><c> Bible,</c>

00:30:21.250 --> 00:30:23.369
and<00:30:21.410><c> I</c><00:30:21.529><c> got</c><00:30:21.690><c> a</c><00:30:21.809><c> lot</c><00:30:21.869><c> of</c><00:30:22.069><c> these</c><00:30:22.289><c> words</c><00:30:22.589><c> down,</c><00:30:22.829><c> and</c><00:30:22.930><c> I</c><00:30:22.970><c> was</c><00:30:23.130><c> quite</c>

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pleased<00:30:23.670><c> with</c><00:30:23.890><c> it</c><00:30:24.309><c> at</c><00:30:24.349><c> the</c><00:30:24.470><c> end.</c><00:30:25.130><c> A</c><00:30:25.269><c> few</c><00:30:25.369><c> weeks</c><00:30:25.630><c> later,</c>

00:30:25.930 --> 00:30:29.490
someone<00:30:26.190><c> might</c><00:30:26.450><c> say</c><00:30:26.690><c> to</c><00:30:26.809><c> you,</c><00:30:27.349><c> what</c><00:30:27.509><c> does</c><00:30:27.910><c> this</c><00:30:28.230><c> verse</c><00:30:28.509><c> mean?</c>

00:30:29.769 --> 00:30:31.609
You<00:30:30.089><c> say,</c><00:30:30.410><c> well,</c><00:30:30.509><c> in</c><00:30:30.670><c> this</c><00:30:30.930><c> verse,</c><00:30:31.250><c> the</c><00:30:31.329><c> word</c>

00:30:31.609 --> 00:30:34.329
and<00:30:31.990><c> is</c><00:30:32.250><c> a</c><00:30:32.410><c> conjunction,</c><00:30:32.970><c> and</c><00:30:33.069><c> it</c><00:30:33.230><c> means</c><00:30:33.410><c> so</c><00:30:33.730><c> and</c><00:30:33.869><c> so</c><00:30:34.089><c> and</c><00:30:34.150><c> so</c>

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and<00:30:34.470><c> so,</c><00:30:34.710><c> and</c><00:30:34.789><c> the</c><00:30:34.910><c> word</c><00:30:35.150><c> thou</c><00:30:35.490><c> is</c><00:30:36.150><c> the</c><00:30:36.589><c> second</c><00:30:37.250><c> person</c>

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singular<00:30:38.349><c> of</c><00:30:38.630><c> the</c><00:30:39.009><c> ...</c><00:30:39.690><c> Yes,</c><00:30:39.970><c> but</c><00:30:40.349><c> what's</c><00:30:40.849><c> the</c><00:30:41.049><c> verse</c><00:30:41.289><c> about?</c>

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We<00:30:43.869><c> can't</c><00:30:44.269><c> see</c><00:30:44.390><c> the</c><00:30:44.549><c> wood</c><00:30:44.630><c> for</c><00:30:44.829><c> the</c><00:30:45.029><c> trees,</c>

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as<00:30:45.430><c> they</c><00:30:45.670><c> say.</c><00:30:47.250><c> I</c><00:30:47.690><c> learned</c><00:30:47.930><c> from</c><00:30:48.150><c> that</c><00:30:48.369><c> that</c><00:30:48.490><c> it's</c><00:30:48.650><c> very</c><00:30:49.009><c> good,</c>

00:30:49.670 --> 00:30:51.769
and<00:30:49.869><c> I</c><00:30:50.009><c> try</c><00:30:50.150><c> to</c><00:30:50.329><c> do</c><00:30:50.569><c> three</c><00:30:50.970><c> things</c><00:30:51.269><c> if</c><00:30:51.450><c> I'm</c>

00:30:51.769 --> 00:30:56.470
marking<00:30:52.210><c> something</c><00:30:52.529><c> in</c><00:30:52.710><c> my</c><00:30:52.890><c> Bible.</c><00:30:54.049><c> I</c><00:30:54.269><c> can</c><00:30:54.490><c> see</c><00:30:54.549><c> it</c><00:30:54.670><c> on</c><00:30:54.730><c> the</c><00:30:54.890><c> page</c><00:30:55.069><c> I've</c><00:30:55.269><c> got</c><00:30:55.410><c> open</c><00:30:55.630><c> here.</c><00:30:56.289><c> At</c>

00:30:56.470 --> 00:30:57.289
the<00:30:56.609><c> top</c><00:30:56.750><c> of</c><00:30:56.930><c> the</c><00:30:57.089><c> page,</c>

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I<00:30:57.390><c> like</c><00:30:57.569><c> to</c><00:30:57.730><c> do</c><00:30:57.849><c> a</c><00:30:58.150><c> summary</c><00:30:58.490><c> of</c><00:30:58.690><c> the</c><00:30:58.849><c> whole</c><00:30:59.089><c> chapter.</c><00:31:01.009><c> Then</c><00:31:01.269><c> somewhere</c><00:31:01.529><c> other</c><00:31:01.730><c> in</c>

00:31:01.849 --> 00:31:03.089
the<00:31:02.029><c> margin,</c><00:31:02.269><c> I</c><00:31:02.369><c> like</c><00:31:02.529><c> to</c><00:31:02.789><c> break</c><00:31:02.930><c> it</c>

00:31:03.089 --> 00:31:07.190
up<00:31:03.250><c> into</c><00:31:03.769><c> subheadings</c><00:31:04.710><c> and</c><00:31:05.230><c> then</c><00:31:05.690><c> some</c><00:31:06.069><c> details</c><00:31:06.549><c> on</c><00:31:06.809><c> verses.</c>

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If<00:31:07.849><c> someone</c><00:31:08.170><c> says,</c><00:31:08.490><c> what</c><00:31:08.549><c> does</c><00:31:08.750><c> the</c><00:31:08.970><c> verse</c><00:31:09.150><c> mean?</c>

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Maybe<00:31:10.670><c> they've</c><00:31:10.990><c> got</c><00:31:11.150><c> to</c><00:31:11.529><c> wait</c><00:31:11.750><c> a</c><00:31:11.930><c> while</c><00:31:12.109><c> while</c><00:31:12.289><c> I</c><00:31:12.490><c> say,</c><00:31:12.869><c> well,</c>

00:31:13.009 --> 00:31:15.309
this<00:31:13.230><c> is</c><00:31:13.369><c> what</c><00:31:13.549><c> the</c><00:31:13.869><c> chapter</c><00:31:14.130><c> is</c><00:31:14.410><c> about.</c>

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This<00:31:16.849><c> verse</c><00:31:17.170><c> happens</c><00:31:17.549><c> to</c><00:31:17.710><c> be</c>

00:31:26.609 --> 00:31:37.130
which<00:31:26.609><c> is</c><00:31:31.170><c> verses</c><00:31:31.450><c> 11</c><00:31:31.829><c> to</c><00:31:31.990><c> 16,</c><00:31:33.930><c> and</c><00:31:33.950><c> verse</c><00:31:34.369><c> 11,</c><00:31:35.190><c> the</c><00:31:35.269><c> word</c><00:31:35.569><c> graves</c><00:31:36.069><c> happens</c><00:31:36.690><c> to</c><00:31:36.849><c> be</c><00:31:36.990><c> a</c>

00:31:37.130 --> 00:31:37.670
different<00:31:37.349><c> word,</c>

00:31:37.829 --> 00:31:40.170
and<00:31:37.930><c> I'm</c><00:31:38.089><c> open</c><00:31:38.190><c> on</c><00:31:38.369><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:38.750><c> 39.</c><00:31:39.289><c> That's</c><00:31:39.529><c> why</c><00:31:39.670><c> I</c><00:31:39.710><c> happen</c><00:31:39.849><c> to</c><00:31:40.009><c> be</c>

00:31:40.170 --> 00:31:41.109
saying<00:31:40.369><c> this.</c>

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So<00:31:42.849><c> the</c><00:31:43.329><c> microscopic</c><00:31:43.970><c> view</c><00:31:44.369><c> is</c><00:31:44.730><c> the</c><00:31:44.930><c> last</c><00:31:45.250><c> stage,</c><00:31:45.930><c> and</c><00:31:45.990><c> I</c><00:31:46.170><c> suppose</c><00:31:46.450><c> that's</c><00:31:46.829><c> the</c>

00:31:46.990 --> 00:31:47.950
point,<00:31:47.390><c> brethren</c><00:31:47.490><c> and</c><00:31:47.730><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:48.150 --> 00:31:51.450
at<00:31:48.230><c> which</c><00:31:48.430><c> many</c><00:31:48.710><c> of</c><00:31:48.869><c> us</c><00:31:49.009><c> then</c><00:31:49.210><c> would</c><00:31:49.450><c> divide</c><00:31:49.789><c> up</c><00:31:49.970><c> and</c><00:31:50.130><c> we'd</c><00:31:50.349><c> say,</c><00:31:50.549><c> well,</c><00:31:50.630><c> look,</c><00:31:51.150><c> I'm</c>

00:31:51.450 --> 00:31:53.250
not<00:31:51.670><c> the</c><00:31:51.849><c> sort</c><00:31:52.009><c> of</c><00:31:52.210><c> person</c><00:31:52.509><c> that</c>

00:31:53.329 --> 00:31:56.950
has<00:31:53.650><c> to</c><00:31:53.930><c> or</c><00:31:54.369><c> feels</c><00:31:54.650><c> inclined</c><00:31:55.170><c> to</c><00:31:55.650><c> go</c><00:31:55.849><c> into</c><00:31:56.009><c> a</c><00:31:56.250><c> great</c><00:31:56.450><c> depth</c><00:31:56.690><c> of</c>

00:31:56.950 --> 00:31:59.309
microscopic<00:31:57.509><c> study.</c><00:31:58.109><c> Fair</c><00:31:58.369><c> enough,</c>

00:31:59.390 --> 00:32:02.890
but<00:31:59.869><c> I</c><00:32:00.069><c> do</c><00:32:00.309><c> think</c><00:32:00.450><c> that</c><00:32:00.710><c> all</c><00:32:00.950><c> of</c><00:32:01.089><c> us</c><00:32:01.250><c> are</c><00:32:01.509><c> capable</c><00:32:01.930><c> in</c><00:32:02.289><c> the</c><00:32:02.490><c> course</c><00:32:02.690><c> even</c>

00:32:02.890 --> 00:32:04.029
of<00:32:03.049><c> our</c><00:32:03.289><c> daily</c><00:32:03.549><c> readings</c>

00:32:04.029 --> 00:32:08.450
of<00:32:04.589><c> doing</c><00:32:04.930><c> essentially</c><00:32:05.569><c> those</c><00:32:05.990><c> first</c><00:32:06.390><c> six.</c><00:32:07.690><c> We</c><00:32:07.970><c> can</c><00:32:08.150><c> do</c><00:32:08.230><c> all</c>

00:32:08.450 --> 00:32:12.190
of<00:32:08.630><c> those</c><00:32:09.029><c> and</c><00:32:09.609><c> the</c><00:32:09.849><c> seventh</c><00:32:10.069><c> one</c><00:32:10.529><c> we</c><00:32:10.970><c> do</c><00:32:11.390><c> to</c>

00:32:12.549 --> 00:32:16.289
whatever<00:32:13.150><c> ability</c><00:32:13.750><c> or</c><00:32:14.269><c> time</c><00:32:14.589><c> or</c><00:32:15.069><c> facilities</c><00:32:15.549><c> or</c><00:32:15.910><c> whatever</c>

00:32:16.289 --> 00:32:18.009
may<00:32:17.029><c> apply.</c>

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I<00:32:19.650><c> don't</c><00:32:19.970><c> mind</c><00:32:20.309><c> in</c><00:32:20.569><c> a</c><00:32:20.650><c> sense,</c><00:32:20.910><c> I</c><00:32:21.009><c> hope</c><00:32:21.049><c> it's</c><00:32:21.210><c> not</c><00:32:21.390><c> breaking</c><00:32:21.710><c> rules,</c><00:32:22.589><c> I</c>

00:32:22.710 --> 00:32:24.089
hope<00:32:22.849><c> we</c><00:32:22.970><c> don't</c><00:32:23.069><c> run</c><00:32:23.210><c> out</c><00:32:23.369><c> of</c><00:32:23.509><c> time</c><00:32:23.710><c> too,</c>

00:32:24.369 --> 00:32:26.970
to<00:32:24.670><c> have</c><00:32:24.829><c> any</c><00:32:25.150><c> comments</c><00:32:25.450><c> back</c><00:32:25.789><c> from</c><00:32:26.150><c> brethren</c><00:32:26.450><c> and</c><00:32:26.690><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:27.329 --> 00:32:28.569
In<00:32:27.589><c> the</c><00:32:27.789><c> course</c><00:32:27.930><c> of</c><00:32:28.109><c> your</c><00:32:28.329><c> studies,</c>

00:32:28.569 --> 00:32:31.130
is<00:32:28.789><c> there</c><00:32:28.990><c> anything</c><00:32:29.230><c> else</c><00:32:29.490><c> that</c><00:32:29.730><c> you</c><00:32:29.950><c> think</c><00:32:30.289><c> we</c><00:32:30.710><c> ought</c><00:32:30.809><c> to</c><00:32:30.970><c> put</c>

00:32:31.130 --> 00:32:33.930
in<00:32:31.329><c> there,</c><00:32:32.369><c> or</c><00:32:32.509><c> for</c><00:32:32.750><c> example,</c><00:32:33.369><c> take</c><00:32:33.690><c> out,</c>

00:32:34.029 --> 00:32:36.250
I<00:32:34.029><c> don't</c><00:32:34.230><c> mind.</c><00:32:35.029><c> Is</c><00:32:35.170><c> there</c><00:32:35.289><c> anything</c><00:32:35.450><c> else</c><00:32:35.670><c> that</c><00:32:35.849><c> you</c><00:32:35.990><c> think</c>

00:32:36.250 --> 00:32:37.329
you've<00:32:36.730><c> found</c><00:32:36.869><c> helpful</c>

00:32:37.329 --> 00:32:46.230
that<00:32:37.769><c> we</c><00:32:38.210><c> ought</c><00:32:38.369><c> to</c><00:32:38.509><c> add</c><00:32:38.609><c> to</c><00:32:38.809><c> that</c><00:32:39.069><c> list?</c><00:32:39.509><c> Please</c><00:32:39.990><c> say</c><00:32:40.450><c> so.</c><00:32:45.410><c> Yes.</c>

00:33:00.150 --> 00:33:15.630
Good.<00:33:12.009><c> I</c><00:33:12.509><c> will</c><00:33:12.730><c> just</c><00:33:12.990><c> repeat</c><00:33:13.289><c> that</c><00:33:13.529><c> because</c><00:33:13.869><c> probably</c><00:33:14.309><c> the</c><00:33:14.630><c> microphone</c><00:33:15.049><c> didn't</c><00:33:15.309><c> pick</c><00:33:15.509><c> it</c>

00:33:15.630 --> 00:33:17.789
up.<00:33:16.710><c> It's</c><00:33:17.230><c> probably</c>

00:33:17.789 --> 00:33:22.950
suggesting<00:33:18.609><c> that</c><00:33:18.829><c> in</c><00:33:19.009><c> our</c><00:33:19.269><c> background</c><00:33:19.730><c> here,</c><00:33:20.410><c> we</c><00:33:20.809><c> should</c><00:33:21.069><c> expand</c><00:33:21.470><c> that</c><00:33:21.710><c> a</c><00:33:21.769><c> little</c><00:33:22.029><c> bit</c><00:33:22.309><c> and</c><00:33:22.609><c> talk</c><00:33:22.869><c> a</c>

00:33:22.950 --> 00:33:23.329
little<00:33:23.190><c> bit</c>

00:33:23.329 --> 00:33:26.509
more<00:33:23.589><c> about</c><00:33:23.930><c> the</c><00:33:24.329><c> geography.</c><00:33:25.589><c> And</c><00:33:25.769><c> incidentally,</c><00:33:26.170><c> when</c><00:33:26.289><c> we</c>

00:33:26.509 --> 00:33:28.309
come<00:33:26.690><c> to</c><00:33:26.890><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:27.289><c> one</c><00:33:27.490><c> of</c><00:33:27.609><c> the</c><00:33:27.750><c> first</c><00:33:27.930><c> things</c><00:33:28.130><c> we</c>

00:33:28.309 --> 00:33:31.329
do<00:33:28.589><c> will</c><00:33:28.789><c> be</c><00:33:28.910><c> to</c><00:33:29.069><c> talk</c><00:33:29.190><c> about</c><00:33:29.369><c> the</c><00:33:29.609><c> geography.</c><00:33:30.369><c> And</c><00:33:30.470><c> guess</c><00:33:30.630><c> what?</c><00:33:31.210><c> I</c>

00:33:31.329 --> 00:33:33.289
forgot<00:33:31.549><c> to</c><00:33:31.750><c> put</c><00:33:31.829><c> the</c><00:33:32.029><c> map</c><00:33:32.170><c> in</c><00:33:32.549><c> for</c><00:33:32.849><c> my</c><00:33:33.069><c> overhead</c>

00:33:33.289 --> 00:33:36.250
transparency,<00:33:33.930><c> but</c><00:33:34.089><c> that</c><00:33:34.329><c> won't</c><00:33:34.490><c> matter.</c><00:33:35.190><c> And</c><00:33:35.289><c> the</c><00:33:35.490><c> other</c><00:33:35.650><c> one</c><00:33:35.930><c> is</c>

00:33:36.250 --> 00:33:39.369
the<00:33:36.529><c> idiom,</c><00:33:37.329><c> which</c><00:33:37.569><c> I</c><00:33:37.869><c> suppose</c><00:33:38.589><c> would</c><00:33:38.990><c> come</c>

00:33:39.369 --> 00:33:42.730
generally<00:33:39.869><c> into</c><00:33:40.130><c> the</c><00:33:40.349><c> literary</c><00:33:40.730><c> style.</c><00:33:41.750><c> But</c><00:33:42.029><c> I</c><00:33:42.329><c> think</c><00:33:42.529><c> you're</c>

00:33:42.730 --> 00:33:45.710
right.<00:33:43.009><c> I</c><00:33:43.069><c> think</c><00:33:43.269><c> we</c><00:33:43.650><c> ought</c><00:33:43.769><c> to</c><00:33:44.150><c> add</c><00:33:44.369><c> that</c><00:33:44.670><c> one</c><00:33:44.809><c> in.</c>

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It's<00:33:46.849><c> almost</c><00:33:47.089><c> like</c><00:33:47.329><c> a</c><00:33:47.529><c> subheading</c><00:33:47.890><c> of</c><00:33:48.029><c> a</c><00:33:48.210><c> subheading</c><00:33:48.670><c> there.</c>

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I<00:33:49.309><c> quite</c><00:33:49.529><c> agree</c><00:33:49.829><c> with</c><00:33:50.009><c> that.</c>

00:33:50.650 --> 00:33:54.130
We<00:33:50.769><c> must</c><00:33:51.049><c> understand</c><00:33:51.589><c> the</c><00:33:51.890><c> idiom.</c><00:33:52.789><c> Otherwise,</c><00:33:53.329><c> if</c><00:33:53.509><c> we</c><00:33:53.750><c> take</c>

00:33:54.130 --> 00:33:57.410
some<00:33:54.589><c> of</c><00:33:54.750><c> the</c><00:33:54.970><c> expressions</c><00:33:55.309><c> literally</c><00:33:56.069><c> like</c>

00:33:57.809 --> 00:34:04.670
Jesus<00:33:58.250><c> cast</c><00:33:58.650><c> out</c><00:33:58.930><c> demons,</c><00:34:00.809><c> did</c><00:34:00.950><c> he</c><00:34:01.210><c> cast</c><00:34:01.490><c> out</c><00:34:01.869><c> demons</c><00:34:02.430><c> literally,</c><00:34:04.210><c> or</c><00:34:04.450><c> was</c>

00:34:04.670 --> 00:34:05.930
it<00:34:04.809><c> a</c><00:34:04.950><c> figure</c><00:34:05.109><c> of</c><00:34:05.410><c> speech</c><00:34:05.630><c> which</c>

00:34:05.930 --> 00:34:08.570
indicated<00:34:06.390><c> the</c><00:34:06.630><c> person</c><00:34:06.869><c> had</c><00:34:07.049><c> a</c><00:34:07.190><c> certain</c><00:34:07.410><c> type</c><00:34:07.630><c> of</c><00:34:07.809><c> illness?</c>

00:34:08.750 --> 00:34:11.610
And<00:34:08.889><c> so</c><00:34:09.030><c> in</c><00:34:09.250><c> our</c><00:34:09.650><c> discussion</c><00:34:10.110><c> with</c><00:34:10.929><c> interested</c>

00:34:11.610 --> 00:34:13.989
friends,<00:34:11.989><c> we</c><00:34:12.130><c> have</c><00:34:12.269><c> a</c><00:34:12.329><c> lot</c><00:34:12.469><c> of</c><00:34:12.730><c> difficulty</c><00:34:13.050><c> sometimes</c><00:34:13.590><c> in</c><00:34:13.750><c> saying,</c><00:34:13.869><c> but</c>

00:34:13.989 --> 00:34:15.570
that's<00:34:14.369><c> the</c><00:34:14.530><c> idiom</c><00:34:14.750><c> of</c><00:34:14.949><c> the</c><00:34:15.090><c> language.</c>

00:34:15.989 --> 00:34:21.190
Much<00:34:16.269><c> like</c><00:34:16.530><c> we</c><00:34:16.710><c> might</c><00:34:17.010><c> talk</c><00:34:17.269><c> about,</c><00:34:17.889><c> and</c><00:34:18.030><c> you</c><00:34:18.130><c> know</c><00:34:18.269><c> the</c><00:34:18.489><c> story,</c><00:34:19.269><c> lunatics</c><00:34:19.630><c> today,</c><00:34:20.309><c> meaning</c><00:34:20.550><c> they've</c><00:34:20.809><c> been</c><00:34:20.989><c> struck</c>

00:34:21.190 --> 00:34:23.030
by<00:34:21.409><c> the</c><00:34:21.590><c> moon.</c><00:34:21.789><c> And</c><00:34:21.949><c> we</c><00:34:22.050><c> don't</c><00:34:22.250><c> believe</c><00:34:22.449><c> they've</c><00:34:22.670><c> been</c><00:34:22.829><c> struck</c>

00:34:23.030 --> 00:34:25.789
by<00:34:23.250><c> the</c><00:34:23.429><c> moon.</c><00:34:24.090><c> I</c><00:34:24.289><c> don't</c><00:34:24.409><c> think</c><00:34:24.530><c> we</c><00:34:24.690><c> do</c><00:34:24.869><c> anyway.</c>

00:34:36.250 --> 00:34:38.750
It's<00:34:36.849><c> a</c><00:34:36.869><c> figure</c><00:34:36.869><c> of</c><00:34:38.250><c> speech.</c>

00:34:45.590 --> 00:34:50.469
Right.<00:34:48.070><c> Yes,</c><00:34:48.610><c> I</c><00:34:48.809><c> think</c><00:34:49.130><c> probably</c><00:34:49.590><c> what</c><00:34:49.829><c> we</c><00:34:50.010><c> ought</c><00:34:50.110><c> to</c><00:34:50.230><c> do</c><00:34:50.349><c> is</c>

00:34:50.469 --> 00:34:52.730
have<00:34:50.650><c> another</c><00:34:50.989><c> transparency</c><00:34:51.650><c> which</c><00:34:51.989><c> takes</c>

00:34:52.730 --> 00:34:55.869
point<00:34:53.030><c> number</c><00:34:53.409><c> seven</c><00:34:53.849><c> and</c><00:34:54.210><c> says,</c><00:34:54.429><c> now</c><00:34:54.550><c> let's</c><00:34:54.949><c> see</c><00:34:55.269><c> how</c><00:34:55.449><c> we</c><00:34:55.670><c> go</c>

00:34:55.869 --> 00:34:59.789
about,<00:34:56.550><c> in</c><00:34:56.869><c> a</c><00:34:57.010><c> sense,</c><00:34:57.409><c> doing</c><00:34:57.550><c> that.</c><00:34:58.809><c> Yes,</c>

00:34:59.969 --> 00:35:07.190
I<00:35:00.130><c> would</c><00:35:00.329><c> be</c><00:35:01.369><c> a</c><00:35:01.710><c> great</c><00:35:01.949><c> supporter</c><00:35:03.230><c> of</c><00:35:03.429><c> that</c><00:35:03.610><c> idea.</c><00:35:04.309><c> At</c><00:35:04.449><c> the</c><00:35:04.690><c> same</c><00:35:04.989><c> time,</c><00:35:05.949><c> cautioning</c><00:35:06.690><c> that</c><00:35:07.030><c> we</c>

00:35:07.190 --> 00:35:07.929
must<00:35:07.369><c> be</c><00:35:07.550><c> very</c>

00:35:07.929 --> 00:35:13.150
careful<00:35:08.429><c> about</c><00:35:09.050><c> the</c><00:35:09.250><c> use</c><00:35:09.389><c> of</c><00:35:09.690><c> outside</c><00:35:10.150><c> writings.</c><00:35:12.610><c> In</c><00:35:12.949><c> fact,</c>

00:35:13.190 --> 00:35:14.710
it's<00:35:13.329><c> only</c><00:35:13.489><c> since</c><00:35:13.730><c> we've</c><00:35:13.889><c> been</c><00:35:14.030><c> up</c><00:35:14.170><c> at</c><00:35:14.329><c> this</c><00:35:14.510><c> camp</c>

00:35:14.710 --> 00:35:17.670
we<00:35:14.849><c> were</c><00:35:15.010><c> talking</c><00:35:15.289><c> about</c><00:35:15.550><c> a</c><00:35:15.750><c> particular</c><00:35:16.090><c> incident,</c><00:35:17.090><c> the</c><00:35:17.250><c> details</c><00:35:17.469><c> of</c>

00:35:17.670 --> 00:35:20.030
which<00:35:17.829><c> would</c><00:35:18.170><c> be</c><00:35:18.409><c> irrelevant</c><00:35:18.730><c> at</c><00:35:18.929><c> the</c><00:35:19.070><c> moment.</c>

00:35:21.570 --> 00:35:27.050
Of<00:35:22.070><c> some</c><00:35:22.570><c> people</c><00:35:22.909><c> who</c><00:35:23.250><c> have</c><00:35:23.769><c> been</c><00:35:24.769><c> perhaps</c><00:35:25.190><c> very</c><00:35:25.630><c> knowledgeable</c><00:35:26.050><c> in</c><00:35:26.250><c> the</c><00:35:26.469><c> truth</c><00:35:26.730><c> at</c>

00:35:27.050 --> 00:35:28.139
times<00:35:27.389><c> and</c>

00:35:28.530 --> 00:35:31.010
they've<00:35:29.030><c> turned</c><00:35:29.130><c> to</c><00:35:29.289><c> some</c><00:35:29.449><c> outside</c><00:35:29.849><c> commentators</c><00:35:30.489><c> and</c><00:35:30.710><c> it's</c>

00:35:31.010 --> 00:35:33.289
surprising<00:35:31.429><c> how</c><00:35:32.070><c> far</c><00:35:32.329><c> it</c><00:35:32.489><c> has</c><00:35:32.710><c> taken</c><00:35:32.929><c> them</c><00:35:33.170><c> away</c>

00:35:33.289 --> 00:35:37.309
from<00:35:33.489><c> the</c><00:35:33.730><c> truth.</c><00:35:34.369><c> They</c><00:35:34.570><c> have</c><00:35:34.730><c> eventually</c><00:35:35.489><c> left</c><00:35:36.050><c> the</c><00:35:36.449><c> truth.</c>

00:35:37.949 --> 00:35:40.389
And<00:35:38.449><c> the</c><00:35:39.110><c> particular</c><00:35:39.489><c> commentary</c><00:35:39.869><c> I</c><00:35:40.070><c> had</c><00:35:40.170><c> in</c>

00:35:40.389 --> 00:35:43.730
mind,<00:35:40.610><c> and</c><00:35:40.750><c> I</c><00:35:40.869><c> do</c><00:35:40.989><c> have</c><00:35:41.090><c> it</c><00:35:41.250><c> on</c><00:35:41.349><c> my</c><00:35:41.550><c> shelf</c><00:35:41.710><c> at</c><00:35:41.889><c> home,</c><00:35:42.030><c> but</c><00:35:42.150><c> I</c><00:35:42.309><c> don't</c><00:35:42.510><c> particularly</c><00:35:42.949><c> display</c><00:35:43.289><c> it,</c>

00:35:43.769 --> 00:35:44.489
was<00:35:43.929><c> Ellicott's</c>

00:35:44.489 --> 00:35:46.869
commentary.<00:35:45.329><c> And</c><00:35:45.530><c> it</c><00:35:45.650><c> happened</c><00:35:45.829><c> to</c><00:35:45.989><c> be</c><00:35:46.110><c> the</c><00:35:46.269><c> view</c><00:35:46.369><c> on</c><00:35:46.570><c> Romans</c>

00:35:46.869 --> 00:35:50.150
chapter<00:35:47.210><c> seven</c><00:35:47.869><c> that</c><00:35:48.389><c> led</c><00:35:48.690><c> a</c><00:35:49.269><c> very</c><00:35:49.710><c> significant</c>

00:35:50.150 --> 00:35:54.070
brother<00:35:50.429><c> in</c><00:35:50.690><c> the</c><00:35:50.929><c> truth,</c><00:35:51.570><c> in</c><00:35:51.690><c> our</c><00:35:51.909><c> country</c><00:35:52.190><c> anyway,</c><00:35:53.349><c> I</c><00:35:53.489><c> believe</c><00:35:53.789><c> away</c>

00:35:54.070 --> 00:35:56.090
from<00:35:54.409><c> understanding</c><00:35:55.110><c> the</c><00:35:55.730><c> basic</c>

00:35:56.090 --> 00:36:00.690
principles.<00:35:57.250><c> Now,</c><00:35:57.969><c> if</c><00:35:58.210><c> brethren</c><00:35:58.369><c> like</c><00:35:58.690><c> that</c><00:35:59.130><c> can</c><00:35:59.489><c> be</c><00:35:59.670><c> misled,</c>

00:36:00.710 --> 00:36:02.670
where<00:36:00.909><c> does</c><00:36:01.030><c> that</c><00:36:01.190><c> put</c><00:36:01.349><c> the</c><00:36:01.510><c> rest</c><00:36:01.690><c> of</c><00:36:01.869><c> us?</c>

00:36:02.829 --> 00:36:05.030
Therefore,<00:36:03.110><c> I</c><00:36:03.190><c> think</c><00:36:03.329><c> we</c><00:36:03.469><c> need</c><00:36:03.630><c> to</c><00:36:03.750><c> be</c><00:36:03.949><c> careful</c><00:36:04.210><c> about</c><00:36:04.510><c> the</c><00:36:04.650><c> use</c><00:36:04.769><c> of</c>

00:36:05.030 --> 00:36:06.570
outside<00:36:05.429><c> sources,</c>

00:36:06.710 --> 00:36:10.469
but<00:36:07.190><c> good</c><00:36:07.530><c> Bible</c><00:36:07.889><c> dictionaries</c><00:36:08.630><c> and</c><00:36:08.909><c> things</c><00:36:09.170><c> like</c><00:36:09.489><c> that</c><00:36:10.130><c> can</c>

00:36:10.469 --> 00:36:14.469
be<00:36:11.230><c> good.</c><00:36:12.769><c> Well,</c><00:36:13.170><c> we've</c><00:36:13.389><c> got</c><00:36:13.510><c> about</c><00:36:13.869><c> 12</c><00:36:14.210><c> minutes</c>

00:36:14.469 --> 00:36:19.650
left<00:36:15.030><c> and</c><00:36:16.309><c> I</c><00:36:16.469><c> want</c><00:36:16.610><c> to</c><00:36:16.889><c> apply</c><00:36:17.130><c> this</c><00:36:17.409><c> now</c><00:36:17.690><c> to</c><00:36:17.969><c> Ezekiel</c><00:36:18.510><c> and</c><00:36:19.349><c> see</c>

00:36:19.650 --> 00:36:22.030
how<00:36:19.949><c> then</c><00:36:20.170><c> we</c><00:36:20.309><c> can</c><00:36:20.489><c> pick</c><00:36:20.650><c> up</c><00:36:21.050><c> each</c><00:36:21.389><c> of</c><00:36:21.489><c> these</c><00:36:21.730><c> points</c>

00:36:22.030 --> 00:36:26.269
as<00:36:22.329><c> far</c><00:36:22.530><c> as</c><00:36:23.030><c> the</c><00:36:23.309><c> Prophet</c><00:36:23.510><c> Ezekiel</c><00:36:24.050><c> is</c><00:36:24.250><c> concerned.</c><00:36:25.110><c> Let's</c><00:36:25.389><c> take</c><00:36:25.730><c> first</c><00:36:26.070><c> of</c>

00:36:26.269 --> 00:36:27.809
all<00:36:26.510><c> the</c><00:36:26.769><c> background.</c>

00:36:30.670 --> 00:36:35.789
I've<00:36:30.889><c> got</c><00:36:31.110><c> on</c><00:36:31.429><c> the</c><00:36:31.849><c> screen</c><00:36:32.110><c> now</c><00:36:32.489><c> a</c><00:36:34.210><c> simple</c><00:36:34.610><c> chronology</c><00:36:35.269><c> chart</c>

00:36:35.789 --> 00:36:39.829
and<00:36:37.309><c> please</c><00:36:37.630><c> excuse</c><00:36:37.989><c> me</c><00:36:38.170><c> if</c><00:36:38.309><c> I</c><00:36:38.510><c> do</c><00:36:38.789><c> go</c><00:36:39.590><c> through</c>

00:36:39.829 --> 00:36:42.070
this<00:36:40.090><c> reasonably</c><00:36:40.510><c> quickly</c><00:36:40.909><c> because</c><00:36:41.230><c> I've</c><00:36:41.510><c> taken</c><00:36:41.690><c> a</c><00:36:41.869><c> little</c>

00:36:42.070 --> 00:36:44.190
longer<00:36:42.369><c> on</c><00:36:42.570><c> that</c><00:36:43.150><c> introductory</c><00:36:43.710><c> part</c><00:36:44.030><c> than</c>

00:36:44.190 --> 00:36:49.090
I<00:36:44.449><c> anticipated.</c><00:36:46.750><c> But</c><00:36:46.889><c> as</c><00:36:47.090><c> we</c><00:36:47.210><c> look</c><00:36:47.349><c> at</c><00:36:47.469><c> this</c><00:36:47.670><c> chronology</c><00:36:48.250><c> chart,</c><00:36:48.949><c> it</c>

00:36:49.090 --> 00:36:51.949
gives<00:36:49.309><c> us</c><00:36:49.550><c> some</c><00:36:49.809><c> idea</c><00:36:50.210><c> of</c><00:36:50.449><c> the</c><00:36:50.750><c> time</c><00:36:51.090><c> setting.</c>

00:36:52.610 --> 00:36:57.230
The<00:36:52.769><c> chronology</c><00:36:53.289><c> chart</c><00:36:53.909><c> runs</c><00:36:54.570><c> roughly</c><00:36:54.929><c> from</c><00:36:55.329><c> BC</c><00:36:55.809><c> 630</c><00:36:56.690><c> through</c>

00:36:57.230 --> 00:37:01.289
to<00:36:57.730><c> 510.</c><00:36:59.429><c> Notice</c><00:36:59.710><c> I</c><00:36:59.929><c> used</c><00:37:00.070><c> the</c><00:37:00.190><c> word</c><00:37:00.369><c> roughly.</c>

00:37:01.710 --> 00:37:05.389
That's<00:37:02.050><c> another</c><00:37:02.269><c> one</c><00:37:02.489><c> of</c><00:37:02.630><c> these</c><00:37:02.969><c> qualifying</c><00:37:03.590><c> words.</c><00:37:04.989><c> None</c><00:37:05.230><c> of</c>

00:37:05.389 --> 00:37:12.030
us<00:37:05.590><c> knows</c><00:37:05.989><c> with</c><00:37:06.650><c> exactness</c><00:37:07.590><c> when</c><00:37:08.230><c> any</c><00:37:08.489><c> of</c>

00:37:12.030 --> 00:37:18.730
these<00:37:12.190><c> things</c><00:37:12.190><c> are</c><00:37:12.369><c> concerned.</c><00:37:13.929><c> We</c><00:37:14.289><c> can,</c><00:37:14.969><c> generally</c><00:37:15.289><c> speaking,</c><00:37:16.650><c> get</c><00:37:16.989><c> these</c><00:37:17.389><c> events</c><00:37:17.829><c> relative</c><00:37:18.510><c> to</c>

00:37:18.730 --> 00:37:19.449
each<00:37:19.030><c> other</c>

00:37:19.449 --> 00:37:24.070
all<00:37:19.750><c> right.</c><00:37:20.789><c> In</c><00:37:20.929><c> other</c><00:37:21.250><c> words,</c><00:37:21.690><c> we</c><00:37:22.010><c> know</c><00:37:22.289><c> about</c><00:37:22.610><c> these</c><00:37:23.190><c> 70</c><00:37:23.530><c> years</c><00:37:23.809><c> of</c>

00:37:24.070 --> 00:37:26.150
captivity<00:37:24.550><c> and</c><00:37:24.809><c> 70</c><00:37:25.130><c> years</c><00:37:25.409><c> of</c><00:37:25.590><c> desolation</c>

00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:30.449
of<00:37:26.329><c> the</c><00:37:26.510><c> land</c><00:37:26.730><c> and</c><00:37:27.269><c> 70</c><00:37:27.630><c> years</c><00:37:27.869><c> of</c><00:37:28.070><c> desecration</c><00:37:28.630><c> of</c><00:37:28.789><c> the</c><00:37:28.949><c> temple.</c><00:37:29.429><c> We</c><00:37:29.610><c> know</c><00:37:29.849><c> where</c><00:37:30.010><c> they</c><00:37:30.190><c> are</c>

00:37:30.449 --> 00:37:31.150
in<00:37:30.710><c> relationship</c>

00:37:31.150 --> 00:37:34.090
to<00:37:31.349><c> each</c><00:37:31.590><c> other,</c><00:37:32.110><c> but</c><00:37:32.250><c> where</c><00:37:32.449><c> they</c><00:37:32.710><c> all</c><00:37:32.969><c> are</c><00:37:33.250><c> in</c><00:37:33.489><c> relationship</c>

00:37:34.090 --> 00:37:37.710
exactly<00:37:35.030><c> to</c><00:37:36.190><c> BC</c><00:37:36.590><c> datings,</c><00:37:37.130><c> we</c><00:37:37.230><c> don't</c><00:37:37.510><c> know.</c>

00:37:37.710 --> 00:37:41.909
So<00:37:38.170><c> Brother</c><00:37:38.449><c> Thomas</c><00:37:38.769><c> in</c><00:37:39.050><c> Chronicon,</c><00:37:39.610><c> Hebraicon</c><00:37:40.469><c> would</c><00:37:41.010><c> probably</c><00:37:41.449><c> make</c>

00:37:41.909 --> 00:37:44.769
this<00:37:42.929><c> year,</c><00:37:43.789><c> which</c><00:37:43.969><c> we've</c><00:37:44.250><c> got</c><00:37:44.329><c> as</c><00:37:44.510><c> about</c>

00:37:44.769 --> 00:37:52.230
BC<00:37:45.190><c> 606,</c><00:37:46.050><c> I</c><00:37:46.190><c> think</c><00:37:46.349><c> he</c><00:37:46.550><c> makes</c><00:37:46.670><c> it</c><00:37:46.909><c> 612.</c><00:37:48.570><c> Someone</c><00:37:48.889><c> else</c><00:37:49.250><c> might</c><00:37:49.550><c> make</c><00:37:49.750><c> it</c><00:37:50.030><c> 603.</c><00:37:51.730><c> There</c><00:37:51.929><c> was</c><00:37:52.130><c> a</c>

00:37:52.230 --> 00:37:52.929
bit<00:37:52.329><c> of</c><00:37:52.550><c> a</c><00:37:52.769><c> problem</c>

00:37:52.929 --> 00:37:55.750
principally<00:37:53.469><c> around</c><00:37:53.769><c> the</c><00:37:53.989><c> time</c><00:37:54.150><c> of</c><00:37:54.329><c> the</c><00:37:54.489><c> Persians,</c><00:37:55.329><c> just</c><00:37:55.590><c> a</c>

00:37:55.750 --> 00:37:58.929
little<00:37:55.909><c> bit</c><00:37:56.030><c> after</c><00:37:56.349><c> this,</c><00:37:57.289><c> which</c><00:37:57.570><c> means</c><00:37:57.849><c> we</c><00:37:58.150><c> don't</c><00:37:58.570><c> know</c>

00:37:58.929 --> 00:38:02.809
exactly<00:37:59.610><c> where</c><00:37:59.889><c> we</c><00:38:00.150><c> are</c><00:38:00.489><c> in</c><00:38:00.949><c> relationship</c><00:38:01.590><c> to</c><00:38:01.869><c> BC</c><00:38:02.210><c> datings.</c>

00:38:02.909 --> 00:38:05.190
So<00:38:03.210><c> if</c><00:38:03.449><c> you</c><00:38:03.650><c> get</c><00:38:03.769><c> another</c><00:38:04.090><c> chart</c><00:38:04.429><c> out</c><00:38:04.670><c> which</c><00:38:04.869><c> says,</c>

00:38:05.190 --> 00:38:08.769
wait<00:38:05.570><c> a</c><00:38:05.710><c> minute,</c><00:38:06.730><c> that's</c><00:38:07.070><c> about</c><00:38:07.670><c> 10</c><00:38:07.989><c> years</c><00:38:08.210><c> different</c><00:38:08.550><c> from</c>

00:38:08.769 --> 00:38:12.250
yours,<00:38:09.650><c> the</c><00:38:09.849><c> answer</c><00:38:10.130><c> will</c><00:38:10.409><c> be</c><00:38:10.769><c> yes,</c><00:38:11.269><c> probably,</c>

00:38:12.849 --> 00:38:16.090
but<00:38:13.329><c> if</c><00:38:13.809><c> you</c><00:38:14.010><c> shifted</c><00:38:14.210><c> it</c><00:38:14.449><c> all</c><00:38:14.610><c> 10</c><00:38:14.849><c> years,</c><00:38:15.269><c> everything</c><00:38:15.590><c> inside</c>

00:38:16.090 --> 00:38:17.829
there<00:38:16.230><c> would</c><00:38:16.429><c> still</c><00:38:16.630><c> be</c><00:38:16.789><c> the</c><00:38:16.969><c> same.</c>

00:38:18.170 --> 00:38:23.010
Just<00:38:18.489><c> a</c><00:38:18.630><c> little</c><00:38:18.809><c> word</c><00:38:18.969><c> of</c><00:38:19.210><c> warning</c><00:38:19.469><c> in</c><00:38:19.969><c> case</c><00:38:20.230><c> anybody</c><00:38:20.650><c> does</c><00:38:20.949><c> get</c><00:38:21.170><c> too</c><00:38:21.449><c> dogmatic</c><00:38:22.090><c> on</c>

00:38:23.010 --> 00:38:24.429
actual<00:38:23.489><c> BC</c><00:38:23.969><c> datings.</c>

00:38:24.550 --> 00:38:26.269
If<00:38:24.670><c> you</c><00:38:24.730><c> want</c><00:38:24.849><c> to</c><00:38:24.969><c> go</c><00:38:25.070><c> into</c><00:38:25.210><c> that</c><00:38:25.409><c> further,</c><00:38:25.690><c> we</c><00:38:25.809><c> can</c><00:38:26.050><c> perhaps</c>

00:38:26.269 --> 00:38:28.389
talk<00:38:26.489><c> about</c><00:38:26.730><c> it</c><00:38:26.889><c> in</c><00:38:26.989><c> the</c><00:38:27.150><c> question</c><00:38:27.489><c> session</c><00:38:27.809><c> later</c><00:38:28.130><c> on.</c>

00:38:28.389 --> 00:38:32.769
So<00:38:28.949><c> roughly</c><00:38:29.610><c> then</c><00:38:30.030><c> in</c><00:38:30.230><c> relation</c><00:38:30.630><c> to</c><00:38:30.869><c> BC</c><00:38:31.210><c> datings,</c><00:38:32.349><c> we've</c><00:38:32.630><c> got</c>

00:38:32.769 --> 00:38:34.769
this<00:38:32.969><c> particular</c><00:38:33.469><c> situation,</c>

00:38:34.869 --> 00:38:40.210
three<00:38:35.190><c> prophets</c><00:38:35.570><c> that</c><00:38:35.829><c> were</c><00:38:36.210><c> somewhat</c><00:38:36.590><c> contemporary,</c><00:38:37.849><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:38:38.610><c> Ezekiel</c><00:38:39.010><c> and</c><00:38:39.210><c> Daniel.</c>

00:38:40.989 --> 00:38:44.869
We've<00:38:41.510><c> got</c><00:38:41.670><c> down</c><00:38:41.949><c> here</c><00:38:42.170><c> the</c><00:38:42.750><c> Babylonian</c><00:38:43.449><c> kings</c><00:38:43.929><c> and</c><00:38:44.610><c> the</c><00:38:44.750><c> one</c>

00:38:44.869 --> 00:38:47.030
that<00:38:45.190><c> concerns</c><00:38:45.469><c> us</c><00:38:45.730><c> of</c><00:38:45.909><c> course</c><00:38:46.130><c> is</c><00:38:46.349><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

00:38:47.530 --> 00:38:51.429
and<00:38:47.869><c> we've</c><00:38:48.170><c> got</c><00:38:48.289><c> here</c><00:38:48.590><c> the</c><00:38:48.909><c> kings</c><00:38:49.130><c> of</c><00:38:49.429><c> Judah</c><00:38:49.789><c> such</c><00:38:50.389><c> as</c><00:38:50.690><c> Josiah,</c>

00:38:51.730 --> 00:38:55.449
Jehoiakim,<00:38:52.690><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:38:53.590><c> and</c><00:38:54.170><c> Zedekiah.</c>

00:38:55.550 --> 00:39:01.889
As<00:38:56.070><c> far</c><00:38:56.510><c> as</c><00:38:56.969><c> Ezekiel</c><00:38:57.469><c> was</c><00:38:57.750><c> concerned,</c><00:38:59.289><c> we're</c><00:38:59.550><c> told</c><00:38:59.650><c> in</c><00:38:59.809><c> the</c><00:39:00.030><c> opening</c><00:39:00.349><c> verse</c><00:39:00.769><c> of</c>

00:39:01.889 --> 00:39:03.670
Ezekiel<00:39:02.449><c> chapter</c><00:39:02.769><c> one,</c><00:39:03.130><c> in</c><00:39:03.289><c> fact</c><00:39:03.449><c> the</c>

00:39:03.670 --> 00:39:07.269
opening<00:39:03.969><c> two</c><00:39:04.389><c> verses,</c><00:39:04.889><c> verses</c><00:39:05.210><c> one</c><00:39:05.469><c> and</c><00:39:05.690><c> two,</c><00:39:06.769><c> that</c><00:39:06.909><c> it</c><00:39:07.070><c> came</c>

00:39:07.269 --> 00:39:10.030
to<00:39:07.550><c> pass</c><00:39:07.750><c> in</c><00:39:07.969><c> the</c><00:39:08.250><c> 30th</c><00:39:08.750><c> year,</c><00:39:09.050><c> in</c><00:39:09.289><c> the</c><00:39:09.469><c> fourth</c><00:39:09.710><c> month,</c>

00:39:10.050 --> 00:39:13.730
in<00:39:10.230><c> the</c><00:39:10.349><c> fifth</c><00:39:10.590><c> day</c><00:39:10.789><c> of</c><00:39:10.969><c> the</c><00:39:11.130><c> month,</c><00:39:12.050><c> as</c><00:39:12.329><c> I</c><00:39:12.489><c> was</c><00:39:12.610><c> among</c><00:39:12.849><c> the</c><00:39:13.130><c> captives</c><00:39:13.489><c> by</c>

00:39:13.730 --> 00:39:16.110
the<00:39:13.869><c> river</c><00:39:14.090><c> of</c><00:39:14.349><c> Kiba,</c><00:39:15.510><c> that</c><00:39:15.670><c> the</c><00:39:15.889><c> heavens</c>

00:39:16.110 --> 00:39:20.489
were<00:39:16.429><c> opened</c><00:39:16.750><c> and</c><00:39:16.909><c> I</c><00:39:17.170><c> saw</c><00:39:17.389><c> visions</c><00:39:17.769><c> of</c><00:39:18.030><c> God,</c><00:39:18.309><c> visions</c><00:39:18.610><c> of</c><00:39:18.909><c> Elohim,</c><00:39:20.230><c> in</c>

00:39:20.489 --> 00:39:22.489
the<00:39:20.710><c> fifth</c><00:39:20.949><c> day</c><00:39:21.190><c> of</c><00:39:21.329><c> the</c><00:39:21.489><c> month,</c><00:39:21.989><c> which</c><00:39:22.269><c> was</c>

00:39:22.489 --> 00:39:26.849
the<00:39:22.710><c> fifth</c><00:39:22.949><c> year</c><00:39:23.349><c> of</c><00:39:23.610><c> King</c><00:39:23.949><c> Jehoiakim's</c><00:39:25.130><c> captivity.</c><00:39:26.269><c> So</c><00:39:26.429><c> there</c><00:39:26.670><c> it</c>

00:39:26.849 --> 00:39:29.130
is,<00:39:27.369><c> here's</c><00:39:27.710><c> King</c><00:39:27.969><c> Jehoiakim,</c><00:39:28.730><c> he</c><00:39:28.869><c> didn't</c>

00:39:29.130 --> 00:39:32.969
reign<00:39:29.329><c> for</c><00:39:29.550><c> very</c><00:39:29.889><c> long</c><00:39:30.349><c> but</c><00:39:30.929><c> if</c><00:39:31.090><c> you</c><00:39:31.309><c> take</c><00:39:31.590><c> five</c><00:39:32.050><c> years</c><00:39:32.449><c> after</c>

00:39:32.969 --> 00:39:36.369
that<00:39:33.590><c> then</c><00:39:34.750><c> you</c><00:39:34.909><c> can</c><00:39:35.170><c> see</c><00:39:35.369><c> that</c><00:39:35.570><c> we've</c><00:39:35.769><c> got</c><00:39:35.909><c> Ezekiel</c>

00:39:36.369 --> 00:39:40.750
up<00:39:36.630><c> here</c><00:39:37.369><c> commencing</c><00:39:37.909><c> his</c><00:39:38.269><c> prophesying</c><00:39:39.170><c> five</c><00:39:39.949><c> years</c><00:39:40.309><c> after</c>

00:39:40.750 --> 00:39:44.150
the<00:39:40.989><c> time</c><00:39:41.230><c> of</c><00:39:41.769><c> Jehoiakim's</c><00:39:42.710><c> captivity.</c><00:39:43.949><c> There</c>

00:39:44.150 --> 00:39:47.530
were<00:39:44.389><c> about</c><00:39:44.750><c> six</c><00:39:45.110><c> stages</c><00:39:45.550><c> in</c><00:39:45.789><c> the</c><00:39:46.010><c> captivity</c><00:39:46.489><c> and</c><00:39:47.130><c> many</c><00:39:47.389><c> of</c>

00:39:47.530 --> 00:39:50.769
these<00:39:47.769><c> events</c><00:39:48.110><c> are</c><00:39:48.869><c> dated</c><00:39:49.110><c> from</c><00:39:49.510><c> say</c><00:39:50.030><c> the</c><00:39:50.429><c> first</c>

00:39:50.769 --> 00:39:53.710
invasion<00:39:51.230><c> of</c><00:39:51.409><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:39:52.070><c> in</c><00:39:52.190><c> his</c><00:39:52.409><c> first</c><00:39:52.730><c> year,</c><00:39:53.489><c> the</c><00:39:53.630><c> one</c>

00:39:53.710 --> 00:39:56.429
in<00:39:53.889><c> the</c><00:39:54.090><c> 19th</c><00:39:54.670><c> year,</c><00:39:55.070><c> the</c><00:39:55.230><c> one</c><00:39:55.349><c> in</c><00:39:55.510><c> the</c><00:39:55.670><c> 23rd</c><00:39:56.170><c> year</c><00:39:56.289><c> and</c>

00:39:56.429 --> 00:39:59.949
so<00:39:56.630><c> it</c><00:39:56.769><c> goes</c><00:39:56.969><c> on.</c><00:39:58.050><c> But</c><00:39:58.230><c> just</c><00:39:58.530><c> for</c><00:39:58.730><c> the</c><00:39:58.949><c> sake</c><00:39:59.150><c> of</c><00:39:59.349><c> our</c><00:39:59.590><c> study</c><00:39:59.769><c> at</c>

00:39:59.949 --> 00:40:02.769
the<00:40:00.110><c> moment,</c><00:40:00.590><c> here's</c><00:40:00.889><c> where</c><00:40:01.289><c> Ezekiel</c><00:40:01.889><c> generally</c><00:40:02.429><c> fits</c>

00:40:02.769 --> 00:40:11.050
in<00:40:03.389><c> with</c><00:40:03.730><c> the</c><00:40:03.949><c> other</c><00:40:05.130><c> prophets</c><00:40:05.889><c> and</c><00:40:07.389><c> the</c><00:40:07.949><c> kings</c><00:40:08.349><c> of</c><00:40:09.190><c> Judah.</c><00:40:10.730><c> So</c>

00:40:11.050 --> 00:40:15.269
that<00:40:11.230><c> Ezekiel</c><00:40:12.150><c> would</c><00:40:13.630><c> have</c><00:40:13.849><c> been</c><00:40:14.190><c> familiar</c><00:40:14.530><c> with</c>

00:40:15.489 --> 00:40:20.550
and<00:40:15.789><c> with</c><00:40:16.309><c> Daniel.</c><00:40:17.429><c> Daniel</c><00:40:17.849><c> tells</c><00:40:18.250><c> us</c><00:40:18.690><c> that</c><00:40:19.550><c> he</c><00:40:20.110><c> was</c><00:40:20.309><c> reading</c>

00:40:20.550 --> 00:40:22.130
the<00:40:20.670><c> book</c><00:40:20.809><c> of</c><00:40:21.050><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:40:24.030 --> 00:40:26.889
Daniel<00:40:24.250><c> chapter</c><00:40:24.530><c> 9</c><00:40:24.769><c> says</c><00:40:24.949><c> I</c><00:40:25.110><c> studied</c><00:40:25.389><c> the</c><00:40:25.489><c> book</c><00:40:25.670><c> of</c><00:40:25.909><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:40:27.289 --> 00:40:29.469
Ezekiel<00:40:27.570><c> on</c><00:40:27.769><c> one</c><00:40:27.949><c> occasion</c><00:40:28.429><c> says</c><00:40:28.789><c> though</c><00:40:29.110><c> Noah,</c>

00:40:29.570 --> 00:40:35.889
Daniel<00:40:29.869><c> and</c><00:40:30.090><c> Job</c><00:40:30.329><c> were</c><00:40:30.630><c> here,</c><00:40:31.690><c> nothing</c><00:40:31.949><c> would</c><00:40:32.250><c> change.</c><00:40:33.050><c> So</c><00:40:33.510><c> Ezekiel</c><00:40:33.989><c> was</c><00:40:34.210><c> familiar</c><00:40:34.510><c> with</c><00:40:34.750><c> Daniel.</c><00:40:35.329><c> So</c><00:40:35.570><c> although</c>

00:40:35.889 --> 00:40:39.769
Jeremiah<00:40:36.409><c> was</c><00:40:36.650><c> in</c><00:40:36.829><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:40:37.769><c> Daniel</c><00:40:38.150><c> in</c><00:40:38.389><c> Babylon</c><00:40:38.730><c> and</c><00:40:39.010><c> Ezekiel</c><00:40:39.530><c> at</c>

00:40:39.769 --> 00:40:41.610
some<00:40:39.969><c> spot</c><00:40:40.230><c> just</c><00:40:40.590><c> outside</c><00:40:41.050><c> of</c><00:40:41.329><c> Babylon,</c>

00:40:41.610 --> 00:40:45.230
they<00:40:42.210><c> must</c><00:40:42.650><c> have</c><00:40:42.869><c> been</c><00:40:43.190><c> familiar</c><00:40:43.530><c> with</c><00:40:43.710><c> each</c><00:40:43.989><c> other.</c><00:40:44.869><c> There's</c>

00:40:45.230 --> 00:40:46.789
the<00:40:45.630><c> background</c><00:40:46.090><c> of</c><00:40:46.309><c> the</c><00:40:46.449><c> book</c>

00:40:46.789 --> 00:40:51.590
as<00:40:47.590><c> far</c><00:40:47.929><c> as</c><00:40:48.110><c> we</c><00:40:48.650><c> are</c><00:40:49.150><c> concerned</c><00:40:49.590><c> just</c><00:40:50.010><c> at</c><00:40:50.170><c> this</c><00:40:50.389><c> present</c><00:40:50.630><c> moment.</c>

00:40:54.550 --> 00:40:57.130
We<00:40:54.670><c> come</c><00:40:54.949><c> then</c><00:40:55.190><c> to</c><00:40:55.469><c> the</c><00:40:55.750><c> next</c><00:40:55.949><c> thing</c><00:40:56.150><c> which</c><00:40:56.329><c> was</c><00:40:56.570><c> the</c><00:40:56.829><c> writer</c>

00:40:57.130 --> 00:40:59.449
and<00:40:57.469><c> the</c><00:40:57.710><c> theme</c><00:40:58.070><c> and</c><00:40:58.650><c> I'm</c><00:40:58.809><c> going</c><00:40:58.929><c> to</c><00:40:59.130><c> combine</c>

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these<00:40:59.750><c> two</c><00:40:59.969><c> together</c><00:41:00.570><c> and</c><00:41:04.429><c> I</c><00:41:04.570><c> want</c><00:41:04.710><c> to</c><00:41:05.730><c> probably</c><00:41:06.389><c> go</c><00:41:06.769><c> not</c><00:41:06.929><c> much</c>

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further<00:41:07.530><c> than</c><00:41:07.750><c> this</c><00:41:07.949><c> this</c><00:41:08.210><c> morning.</c>

00:41:08.969 --> 00:41:11.530
I<00:41:09.409><c> did</c><00:41:09.750><c> check</c><00:41:10.050><c> with</c><00:41:10.309><c> one</c><00:41:10.489><c> of</c><00:41:10.610><c> the</c><00:41:10.690><c> members</c><00:41:10.929><c> of</c><00:41:11.130><c> the</c><00:41:11.269><c> committee</c>

00:41:11.530 --> 00:41:13.809
last<00:41:11.929><c> night</c><00:41:12.170><c> and</c><00:41:12.369><c> said</c><00:41:12.550><c> that</c><00:41:13.050><c> if</c><00:41:13.230><c> my</c><00:41:13.550><c> talks</c>

00:41:13.809 --> 00:41:18.969
during<00:41:14.389><c> the</c><00:41:14.570><c> week</c><00:41:14.730><c> didn't</c><00:41:15.030><c> follow</c><00:41:15.329><c> the</c><00:41:15.630><c> exact</c><00:41:15.989><c> subtitles,</c><00:41:17.210><c> would</c><00:41:17.389><c> that</c><00:41:17.650><c> matter</c><00:41:17.869><c> too</c><00:41:18.170><c> much</c><00:41:18.469><c> and</c><00:41:18.809><c> I</c>

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was<00:41:19.150><c> assured</c><00:41:19.369><c> it</c>

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would<00:41:19.630><c> be</c><00:41:19.849><c> okay.</c><00:41:20.710><c> So</c><00:41:20.969><c> I</c><00:41:21.210><c> can</c><00:41:21.449><c> tell</c><00:41:21.570><c> you</c><00:41:21.670><c> that</c><00:41:21.829><c> whatever</c><00:41:22.050><c> the</c><00:41:22.309><c> program</c><00:41:22.630><c> says</c><00:41:22.849><c> for</c><00:41:23.090><c> tomorrow,</c><00:41:23.849><c> I</c>

00:41:23.949 --> 00:41:24.510
won't<00:41:24.110><c> be</c><00:41:24.349><c> doing</c>

00:41:24.510 --> 00:41:27.409
that<00:41:24.809><c> one.</c><00:41:25.210><c> We've</c><00:41:25.449><c> got</c><00:41:25.530><c> a</c><00:41:25.610><c> little</c><00:41:25.730><c> bit</c><00:41:25.869><c> more</c><00:41:26.050><c> to</c><00:41:26.250><c> do</c><00:41:26.389><c> in</c><00:41:26.570><c> the</c><00:41:26.750><c> early</c><00:41:26.969><c> part</c><00:41:27.230><c> of</c>

00:41:27.409 --> 00:41:30.590
Ezekiel<00:41:27.789><c> first,</c><00:41:28.489><c> but</c><00:41:29.329><c> I</c><00:41:30.230><c> think</c><00:41:30.389><c> it</c><00:41:30.510><c> will</c>

00:41:30.590 --> 00:41:33.989
be<00:41:30.789><c> all</c><00:41:30.929><c> right</c><00:41:31.070><c> in</c><00:41:31.269><c> the</c><00:41:31.409><c> end.</c><00:41:32.630><c> Now</c><00:41:32.949><c> this</c><00:41:33.210><c> I</c><00:41:33.429><c> think</c><00:41:33.550><c> is</c><00:41:33.690><c> one</c><00:41:33.889><c> of</c>

00:41:33.989 --> 00:41:35.809
the<00:41:34.130><c> most</c><00:41:34.329><c> important</c><00:41:34.829><c> things</c><00:41:35.070><c> we're</c><00:41:35.329><c> going</c><00:41:35.449><c> to</c><00:41:35.630><c> be</c>

00:41:35.809 --> 00:41:42.889
considering<00:41:36.269><c> this</c><00:41:36.510><c> morning.</c><00:41:38.150><c> We're</c><00:41:38.389><c> looking</c><00:41:38.650><c> at</c><00:41:39.030><c> the</c><00:41:39.909><c> writer,</c><00:41:42.590><c> his</c>

00:41:42.889 --> 00:41:45.750
name<00:41:43.389><c> and</c><00:41:44.010><c> the</c><00:41:44.349><c> implied</c><00:41:44.650><c> theme.</c>

00:41:47.670 --> 00:41:51.510
Ezekiel<00:41:48.110><c> is</c><00:41:48.389><c> only</c><00:41:48.750><c> mentioned</c><00:41:49.190><c> twice</c><00:41:49.730><c> by</c><00:41:50.150><c> name</c><00:41:50.550><c> in</c><00:41:51.210><c> the</c><00:41:51.349><c> whole</c>

00:41:51.510 --> 00:41:54.690
of<00:41:51.670><c> his</c><00:41:51.869><c> book.</c><00:41:53.349><c> It's</c><00:41:53.690><c> mentioned</c><00:41:53.949><c> in</c><00:41:54.110><c> chapter</c><00:41:54.409><c> one</c>

00:41:54.690 --> 00:41:59.769
verse<00:41:54.969><c> three</c><00:41:55.329><c> where</c><00:41:55.550><c> we</c><00:41:55.750><c> read</c><00:41:55.949><c> that</c><00:41:56.150><c> the</c><00:41:56.269><c> word</c><00:41:56.489><c> of</c><00:41:56.730><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:57.070><c> came</c><00:41:57.489><c> expressly</c><00:41:58.630><c> unto</c><00:41:58.969><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:59.570><c> the</c>

00:41:59.769 --> 00:42:01.460
priest<00:42:00.269><c> and</c><00:42:01.110><c> he's</c>

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:06.139
there<00:42:01.980><c> as</c><00:42:02.719><c> Ezekiel</c><00:42:03.179><c> the</c><00:42:03.380><c> priest.</c><00:42:04.599><c> The</c><00:42:04.820><c> other</c><00:42:05.059><c> occasion</c><00:42:05.539><c> is</c><00:42:05.860><c> in</c>

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:09.380
chapter<00:42:06.360><c> 24</c><00:42:06.940><c> verse</c><00:42:07.219><c> 24</c><00:42:07.900><c> where</c><00:42:08.639><c> it</c><00:42:08.840><c> says</c><00:42:09.019><c> thus</c>

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:14.500
Ezekiel<00:42:10.300><c> is</c><00:42:10.699><c> unto</c><00:42:11.039><c> you</c><00:42:11.300><c> a</c><00:42:11.559><c> sign.</c><00:42:12.860><c> That's</c><00:42:13.099><c> why</c><00:42:13.280><c> we</c><00:42:13.539><c> call</c><00:42:13.719><c> him</c><00:42:13.960><c> man</c><00:42:14.199><c> of</c>

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:19.059
sign,<00:42:16.219><c> but</c><00:42:16.780><c> he</c><00:42:16.960><c> is</c><00:42:17.199><c> never</c><00:42:17.460><c> addressed</c><00:42:18.139><c> by</c><00:42:18.619><c> God</c>

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:28.099
by<00:42:19.800><c> the</c><00:42:19.940><c> name</c><00:42:20.059><c> of</c><00:42:20.280><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:42:22.539><c> The</c><00:42:22.780><c> name</c><00:42:23.019><c> Ezekiel</c><00:42:23.659><c> means</c><00:42:24.539><c> ale</c><00:42:25.900><c> will</c><00:42:26.920><c> strengthen.</c><00:42:27.940><c> So</c>

00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:29.480
we've<00:42:28.360><c> got</c><00:42:28.559><c> Ezek,</c>

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:33.380
Yale.<00:42:30.500><c> Like</c><00:42:30.719><c> so</c><00:42:31.039><c> many</c><00:42:31.219><c> of</c><00:42:31.400><c> the</c><00:42:31.579><c> writers</c><00:42:31.860><c> of</c><00:42:32.099><c> the</c><00:42:32.239><c> Old</c><00:42:32.420><c> Testament,</c><00:42:33.260><c> their</c>

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:34.780
name<00:42:33.659><c> embodies</c><00:42:34.059><c> either</c><00:42:34.380><c> the</c><00:42:34.559><c> name</c>

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:38.440
of<00:42:35.000><c> God</c><00:42:35.179><c> or</c><00:42:35.739><c> some</c><00:42:36.019><c> of</c><00:42:36.179><c> the</c><00:42:36.380><c> titles.</c><00:42:37.059><c> So</c><00:42:37.199><c> what</c><00:42:37.360><c> are</c><00:42:37.440><c> some</c><00:42:37.659><c> of</c><00:42:37.780><c> those</c><00:42:37.980><c> that</c><00:42:38.239><c> end</c>

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in<00:42:38.639><c> ale?</c><00:42:40.159><c> Ezekiel,</c>

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:50.579
Danielle,<00:42:46.719><c> Mike</c><00:42:47.119><c> ale,</c><00:42:48.260><c> Joe</c><00:42:48.579><c> ale.</c><00:42:49.320><c> I'll</c><00:42:49.699><c> just</c><00:42:50.000><c> emphasize</c><00:42:50.420><c> the</c>

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:52.400
other<00:42:50.679><c> part.</c><00:42:51.219><c> All</c><00:42:51.340><c> right,</c><00:42:51.519><c> we've</c><00:42:51.800><c> got</c><00:42:51.960><c> quite</c><00:42:52.179><c> a</c><00:42:52.280><c> few.</c>

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:59.559
Some<00:42:52.639><c> start</c><00:42:53.000><c> with</c><00:42:53.280><c> ale,</c><00:42:53.519><c> don't</c><00:42:53.760><c> they?</c><00:42:54.639><c> Elijah,</c><00:42:56.320><c> Elisha,</c><00:42:58.039><c> Eliakim.</c><00:42:59.260><c> So</c>

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:02.179
you'll<00:43:00.000><c> quite</c><00:43:00.280><c> often</c><00:43:00.579><c> get</c><00:43:00.800><c> this</c><00:43:01.320><c> El,</c>

00:43:02.739 --> 00:43:06.820
one<00:43:02.940><c> of</c><00:43:03.099><c> the</c><00:43:03.260><c> Hebrew</c><00:43:03.519><c> words</c><00:43:03.880><c> which</c><00:43:04.159><c> we</c><00:43:04.500><c> translate</c><00:43:04.900><c> as</c><00:43:05.219><c> God</c><00:43:05.659><c> embodied</c><00:43:06.360><c> into</c><00:43:06.619><c> the</c>

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:09.900
name<00:43:07.179><c> and</c><00:43:08.320><c> the</c><00:43:08.920><c> Ezek</c><00:43:09.159><c> part</c><00:43:09.519><c> at</c><00:43:09.719><c> the</c>

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:14.559
front<00:43:10.059><c> somewhat</c><00:43:10.360><c> like</c><00:43:10.639><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:43:12.940><c> Hezekiah</c><00:43:13.539><c> of</c><00:43:14.099><c> course</c><00:43:14.340><c> has</c>

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:17.820
the<00:43:14.780><c> name</c><00:43:14.940><c> on</c><00:43:15.139><c> the</c><00:43:15.280><c> end</c><00:43:15.400><c> of</c><00:43:15.500><c> it.</c><00:43:16.380><c> So</c><00:43:16.780><c> Ezekiel</c><00:43:17.440><c> means</c>

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:23.960
ale<00:43:18.239><c> will</c><00:43:18.579><c> strengthen.</c><00:43:19.460><c> This</c><00:43:19.619><c> is</c><00:43:19.820><c> going</c><00:43:19.960><c> to</c><00:43:20.099><c> be</c><00:43:20.380><c> important</c><00:43:20.920><c> for</c><00:43:21.420><c> our</c><00:43:21.699><c> theme.</c><00:43:23.079><c> The</c><00:43:23.139><c> meaning</c><00:43:23.440><c> then</c><00:43:23.719><c> of</c>

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.739
his<00:43:24.199><c> name</c><00:43:24.460><c> is</c>

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:30.300
Ezekiel.<00:43:26.460><c> But</c><00:43:26.619><c> what</c><00:43:26.820><c> does</c><00:43:27.019><c> God</c><00:43:27.239><c> call</c><00:43:27.539><c> him?</c><00:43:29.039><c> Every</c><00:43:29.539><c> time</c><00:43:29.820><c> he</c><00:43:30.000><c> is</c>

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:34.019
addressed<00:43:30.579><c> by</c><00:43:30.960><c> God</c><00:43:31.320><c> in</c><00:43:32.320><c> the</c><00:43:32.519><c> book,</c><00:43:33.079><c> he's</c><00:43:33.400><c> addressed</c><00:43:33.719><c> by</c>

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:39.579
the<00:43:34.239><c> title</c><00:43:34.679><c> son</c><00:43:35.380><c> of</c><00:43:35.679><c> man.</c><00:43:37.900><c> Now</c><00:43:38.099><c> that's</c><00:43:38.420><c> a</c><00:43:38.599><c> rather</c><00:43:38.860><c> exclusive</c>

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:44.039
title.<00:43:41.099><c> In</c><00:43:41.280><c> fact,</c><00:43:41.679><c> essentially</c><00:43:42.320><c> it's</c><00:43:42.719><c> only</c><00:43:43.099><c> used</c><00:43:43.500><c> of</c><00:43:43.760><c> two</c>

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:46.880
individuals,<00:43:44.719><c> essentially.</c><00:43:46.059><c> And</c><00:43:46.280><c> essentially</c><00:43:46.559><c> is</c><00:43:46.739><c> another</c>

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:48.159
one<00:43:47.019><c> of</c><00:43:47.099><c> these</c><00:43:47.320><c> qualifying</c><00:43:47.860><c> words,</c>

00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:52.980
which<00:43:48.380><c> means</c><00:43:48.639><c> it's</c><00:43:49.159><c> almost</c><00:43:49.679><c> totally</c><00:43:50.260><c> true.</c><00:43:52.119><c> The</c><00:43:52.280><c> Lord</c><00:43:52.519><c> Jesus</c>

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:55.940
Christ<00:43:53.380><c> appropriated</c><00:43:54.119><c> the</c><00:43:54.400><c> title</c><00:43:54.639><c> to</c><00:43:54.900><c> Himself.</c>

00:43:57.460 --> 00:44:01.360
God<00:43:58.019><c> addressed</c><00:43:58.579><c> Ezekiel</c><00:43:59.159><c> by</c><00:43:59.440><c> that</c><00:43:59.739><c> title.</c><00:44:00.719><c> Now</c><00:44:00.940><c> Daniel</c><00:44:01.059><c> was</c>

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:03.159
called<00:44:01.659><c> son</c><00:44:01.960><c> of</c><00:44:02.139><c> man</c><00:44:02.280><c> on</c><00:44:02.480><c> one</c><00:44:02.659><c> occasion</c>

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:06.460
in<00:44:03.719><c> a</c><00:44:03.920><c> vision</c><00:44:04.099><c> very</c><00:44:04.500><c> similar</c><00:44:04.760><c> to</c><00:44:04.940><c> Ezekiel</c><00:44:05.400><c> chapter</c><00:44:05.739><c> one.</c><00:44:06.139><c> But</c>

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:09.059
by<00:44:06.860><c> and</c><00:44:07.059><c> large,</c><00:44:07.360><c> there</c><00:44:07.519><c> are</c><00:44:07.699><c> only</c><00:44:07.980><c> two</c><00:44:08.239><c> individuals</c>

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:13.980
who<00:44:09.539><c> are</c><00:44:09.840><c> addressed</c><00:44:10.019><c> by</c><00:44:10.320><c> this</c><00:44:10.619><c> title</c><00:44:10.920><c> or</c><00:44:12.300><c> who</c><00:44:12.820><c> appropriate</c><00:44:13.280><c> the</c><00:44:13.579><c> title</c><00:44:13.780><c> to</c>

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.980
themselves.<00:44:14.760><c> So</c>

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:17.219
we're<00:44:15.219><c> going</c><00:44:15.360><c> to</c><00:44:15.579><c> see</c><00:44:15.780><c> straight</c><00:44:16.119><c> away</c><00:44:16.360><c> that</c><00:44:16.519><c> there's</c><00:44:16.820><c> a</c><00:44:17.000><c> sense</c>

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:20.260
in<00:44:17.380><c> which</c><00:44:17.599><c> this</c><00:44:17.960><c> man</c><00:44:18.360><c> is</c><00:44:19.159><c> going</c><00:44:19.380><c> to</c><00:44:19.559><c> be</c><00:44:19.739><c> a</c><00:44:20.039><c> type</c>

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:24.619
or<00:44:20.539><c> a</c><00:44:20.739><c> figure</c><00:44:21.059><c> of</c><00:44:22.000><c> the</c><00:44:22.139><c> Lord</c><00:44:22.300><c> Jesus</c><00:44:22.739><c> Christ.</c><00:44:23.900><c> And</c><00:44:24.239><c> of</c><00:44:24.440><c> course</c>

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:27.300
we<00:44:24.840><c> know,</c><00:44:25.199><c> don't</c><00:44:25.300><c> we,</c><00:44:25.679><c> concerning</c><00:44:25.960><c> the</c><00:44:26.219><c> Lord</c><00:44:26.400><c> Jesus</c><00:44:26.840><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:31.219
that<00:44:27.699><c> He</c><00:44:28.000><c> was</c><00:44:28.219><c> the</c><00:44:28.519><c> man</c><00:44:28.820><c> that</c><00:44:29.099><c> God</c><00:44:29.460><c> made</c><00:44:29.960><c> strong</c><00:44:30.440><c> for</c><00:44:30.719><c> Himself.</c>

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:33.440
He<00:44:31.880><c> was</c><00:44:32.219><c> strengthened</c><00:44:32.679><c> to</c><00:44:32.940><c> perform</c><00:44:33.139><c> a</c>

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:38.800
particular<00:44:33.760><c> work.</c><00:44:35.780><c> Ezekiel</c><00:44:36.300><c> is</c><00:44:36.539><c> going</c><00:44:36.719><c> to</c><00:44:36.940><c> act</c><00:44:37.119><c> out</c><00:44:37.400><c> in</c><00:44:37.780><c> sign,</c>

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:42.840
in<00:44:39.639><c> parable,</c><00:44:40.920><c> in</c><00:44:41.179><c> prophecy,</c><00:44:42.360><c> in</c><00:44:42.460><c> the</c><00:44:42.639><c> visions</c>

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:46.659
he<00:44:43.059><c> received,</c><00:44:44.679><c> many</c><00:44:45.000><c> of</c><00:44:45.179><c> the</c><00:44:45.380><c> things</c><00:44:45.639><c> that</c><00:44:45.840><c> the</c><00:44:45.960><c> Lord</c><00:44:46.199><c> Jesus</c>

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:50.619
Christ<00:44:46.980><c> later</c><00:44:47.320><c> on</c><00:44:48.199><c> enacted</c><00:44:48.860><c> in</c><00:44:49.579><c> reality.</c><00:44:50.500><c> And</c>

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:53.599
although<00:44:50.820><c> I</c><00:44:51.000><c> won't</c><00:44:51.119><c> be</c><00:44:51.260><c> able</c><00:44:51.460><c> to</c><00:44:51.619><c> hear</c><00:44:51.800><c> Uncle,</c><00:44:52.380><c> Uncle,</c><00:44:53.599><c> Uncle,</c>

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:57.340
Brother<00:44:54.159><c> Bob's</c><00:44:55.960><c> next</c><00:44:56.320><c> talk,</c><00:44:56.739><c> because</c><00:44:57.019><c> I</c><00:44:57.219><c> will</c>

00:44:57.340 --> 00:45:01.420
with<00:44:57.619><c> the</c><00:44:58.079><c> with</c><00:44:58.079><c> the</c><00:44:58.380><c> teenagers,</c><00:44:59.719><c> it's</c><00:45:00.019><c> quite</c><00:45:00.280><c> likely</c><00:45:00.699><c> that</c>

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:03.760
by<00:45:01.860><c> undesigned</c><00:45:02.380><c> coincidence</c><00:45:02.940><c> that</c><00:45:03.460><c> there</c><00:45:03.619><c> will</c>

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:06.159
be<00:45:03.880><c> a</c><00:45:03.980><c> number</c><00:45:04.159><c> of</c><00:45:04.360><c> things</c><00:45:04.539><c> coming</c><00:45:04.840><c> out</c><00:45:05.139><c> there</c><00:45:05.360><c> which</c><00:45:05.760><c> you</c><00:45:05.980><c> may</c>

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:08.280
see<00:45:06.340><c> as</c><00:45:06.480><c> the</c><00:45:06.760><c> anti</c><00:45:07.039><c>-type</c><00:45:07.460><c> to</c><00:45:07.760><c> the</c><00:45:07.920><c> things</c><00:45:08.039><c> we're</c>

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:11.059
talking<00:45:08.519><c> about</c><00:45:08.780><c> in</c><00:45:08.920><c> the</c><00:45:09.059><c> book</c><00:45:09.199><c> of</c><00:45:09.380><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:45:09.920><c> It</c><00:45:10.079><c> will</c><00:45:10.219><c> be</c><00:45:10.420><c> interesting</c><00:45:10.800><c> to</c>

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:14.360
watch<00:45:11.280><c> for</c><00:45:11.519><c> it.</c><00:45:12.780><c> So</c><00:45:13.179><c> Ael</c><00:45:13.519><c> will</c><00:45:13.840><c> strengthen</c>

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:19.360
is<00:45:14.880><c> his</c><00:45:15.099><c> name</c><00:45:15.539><c> and</c><00:45:16.280><c> he</c><00:45:16.460><c> is</c><00:45:16.599><c> to</c><00:45:16.739><c> be</c><00:45:16.880><c> the</c><00:45:17.079><c> son</c><00:45:17.179><c> of</c><00:45:17.420><c> man.</c><00:45:18.900><c> The</c><00:45:19.139><c> title</c>

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:22.219
son<00:45:19.619><c> of</c><00:45:19.840><c> man,</c><00:45:21.000><c> son</c><00:45:21.079><c> of</c><00:45:21.300><c> man,</c><00:45:21.639><c> son</c><00:45:21.800><c> of</c><00:45:22.039><c> God,</c>

00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:27.480
son<00:45:22.519><c> of</c><00:45:22.639><c> David,</c><00:45:23.420><c> they</c><00:45:23.440><c> were</c><00:45:23.639><c> not</c><00:45:23.800><c> titles</c><00:45:24.159><c> used</c><00:45:24.519><c> indiscriminately.</c><00:45:27.000><c> When</c><00:45:27.159><c> the</c><00:45:27.340><c> Lord</c>

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:28.139
used<00:45:27.780><c> those</c>

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:33.380
titles<00:45:28.639><c> of</c><00:45:28.960><c> Himself,</c><00:45:29.780><c> they</c><00:45:29.940><c> were</c><00:45:30.159><c> used</c><00:45:30.360><c> for</c><00:45:30.559><c> specific</c><00:45:31.019><c> purposes.</c><00:45:32.079><c> In</c><00:45:32.300><c> brief,</c><00:45:33.139><c> son</c>

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:35.139
of<00:45:33.599><c> God</c><00:45:34.079><c> relates</c><00:45:34.679><c> to</c><00:45:34.840><c> His</c>

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:39.820
power.<00:45:35.739><c> It's</c><00:45:35.900><c> the</c><00:45:36.079><c> son</c><00:45:36.260><c> of</c><00:45:36.480><c> God</c><00:45:36.659><c> that</c><00:45:36.920><c> raises</c><00:45:37.340><c> the</c><00:45:37.599><c> dead.</c><00:45:39.500><c> Son</c>

00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:43.260
of<00:45:40.039><c> man,</c><00:45:40.940><c> it's</c><00:45:41.139><c> the</c><00:45:41.260><c> son</c><00:45:41.420><c> of</c><00:45:41.579><c> man</c><00:45:41.739><c> that</c><00:45:42.000><c> judges</c><00:45:42.280><c> them.</c>

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:46.880
What<00:45:44.760><c> is</c><00:45:44.980><c> man</c><00:45:45.139><c> that</c><00:45:45.300><c> thou</c><00:45:45.480><c> art</c><00:45:45.679><c> mindful</c><00:45:46.039><c> of</c><00:45:46.179><c> him</c><00:45:46.320><c> and</c><00:45:46.460><c> the</c><00:45:46.719><c> son</c>

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:48.309
of<00:45:47.079><c> man</c><00:45:47.219><c> that</c><00:45:47.380><c> thou</c><00:45:47.579><c> visitest</c><00:45:48.059><c> him,</c>

00:45:48.309 --> 00:45:55.110
says<00:45:49.090><c> Psalm</c><00:45:49.449><c> 8.</c><00:45:50.489><c> So</c><00:45:50.610><c> son</c><00:45:50.829><c> of</c><00:45:51.070><c> man</c><00:45:51.309><c> is</c><00:45:51.610><c> not</c><00:45:51.969><c> just</c><00:45:52.329><c> merely</c><00:45:52.610><c> a</c><00:45:53.070><c> title</c><00:45:53.429><c> which</c><00:45:54.469><c> says</c>

00:45:55.110 --> 00:45:56.829
that<00:45:55.429><c> this</c><00:45:55.730><c> person</c><00:45:56.070><c> is</c><00:45:56.309><c> a</c><00:45:56.409><c> descendant</c>

00:45:56.829 --> 00:46:03.989
of<00:45:57.070><c> Adam,</c><00:45:58.369><c> but</c><00:45:58.469><c> as</c><00:45:58.750><c> far</c><00:45:58.929><c> as</c><00:45:59.110><c> the</c><00:45:59.269><c> Lord</c><00:45:59.449><c> Jesus</c><00:45:59.889><c> Christ</c><00:46:00.210><c> is</c><00:46:00.550><c> concerned</c><00:46:00.889><c> in</c><00:46:01.289><c> reality</c><00:46:01.809><c> and</c><00:46:02.389><c> Ezekiel</c><00:46:02.929><c> in</c><00:46:03.170><c> type,</c>

00:46:05.010 --> 00:46:08.630
son<00:46:05.250><c> of</c><00:46:05.510><c> man</c><00:46:05.789><c> indicates</c><00:46:06.389><c> that</c><00:46:06.630><c> this</c><00:46:06.869><c> is</c><00:46:07.070><c> the</c><00:46:07.250><c> one</c><00:46:07.429><c> who</c><00:46:07.769><c> has</c><00:46:08.190><c> had</c>

00:46:08.630 --> 00:46:12.070
the<00:46:09.210><c> dominion</c><00:46:09.710><c> over</c><00:46:10.050><c> the</c><00:46:10.289><c> flesh.</c><00:46:11.510><c> In</c><00:46:11.690><c> other</c><00:46:11.909><c> words,</c>

00:46:12.070 --> 00:46:17.550
what<00:46:12.250><c> God</c><00:46:12.650><c> designed</c><00:46:13.170><c> for</c><00:46:13.510><c> Adam</c><00:46:13.750><c> to</c><00:46:13.989><c> do,</c><00:46:15.570><c> the</c><00:46:15.630><c> Lord</c><00:46:15.869><c> Jesus</c><00:46:16.309><c> Christ</c><00:46:16.590><c> accomplished.</c><00:46:17.469><c> What</c>

00:46:17.550 --> 00:46:18.150
is<00:46:17.829><c> man</c><00:46:17.989><c> that</c>

00:46:18.150 --> 00:46:23.309
thou<00:46:18.369><c> art</c><00:46:18.550><c> mindful</c><00:46:18.909><c> of</c><00:46:19.070><c> him,</c><00:46:19.250><c> the</c><00:46:19.469><c> son</c><00:46:19.610><c> of</c><00:46:19.809><c> man</c><00:46:19.969><c> that</c><00:46:20.130><c> thou</c><00:46:21.090><c> visitest</c><00:46:21.670><c> him,</c><00:46:22.510><c> thou</c><00:46:22.710><c> madeest</c><00:46:23.170><c> him</c>

00:46:23.309 --> 00:46:24.269
to<00:46:23.510><c> have</c><00:46:23.690><c> dominion</c>

00:46:24.269 --> 00:46:27.250
over<00:46:24.829><c> the</c><00:46:25.610><c> fish</c><00:46:25.769><c> of</c><00:46:25.949><c> the</c><00:46:26.110><c> sea,</c><00:46:26.329><c> the</c><00:46:26.489><c> fowl</c><00:46:26.690><c> of</c><00:46:26.829><c> the</c><00:46:26.929><c> air,</c><00:46:27.050><c> the</c>

00:46:27.250 --> 00:46:28.750
cattle,<00:46:27.510><c> the</c><00:46:27.690><c> birds,</c><00:46:27.909><c> the</c><00:46:28.070><c> creeping</c><00:46:28.369><c> things,</c>

00:46:28.969 --> 00:46:36.010
all<00:46:29.429><c> those</c><00:46:29.750><c> things</c><00:46:30.010><c> that</c><00:46:30.309><c> represent</c><00:46:30.769><c> the</c><00:46:31.250><c> flesh.</c><00:46:33.150><c> So</c><00:46:33.550><c> think</c><00:46:33.869><c> about</c><00:46:34.170><c> that.</c><00:46:34.829><c> And</c><00:46:35.030><c> again,</c><00:46:35.210><c> I'm</c><00:46:35.409><c> sorry</c><00:46:35.670><c> it's</c><00:46:35.929><c> a</c>

00:46:36.010 --> 00:46:38.630
little<00:46:36.150><c> bit</c><00:46:36.389><c> rushed,</c><00:46:36.650><c> but</c><00:46:36.849><c> just</c><00:46:37.090><c> for</c><00:46:37.289><c> the</c><00:46:37.449><c> moment,</c><00:46:38.289><c> we</c><00:46:38.429><c> will</c>

00:46:38.630 --> 00:46:41.030
notice<00:46:38.989><c> that</c><00:46:39.230><c> son</c><00:46:39.449><c> of</c><00:46:39.690><c> man</c><00:46:39.869><c> does</c><00:46:40.170><c> not</c><00:46:40.469><c> just</c><00:46:40.789><c> mean</c>

00:46:41.030 --> 00:46:44.670
he's<00:46:41.429><c> a</c><00:46:41.550><c> descendant</c><00:46:41.969><c> of</c><00:46:42.170><c> Adam,</c><00:46:43.150><c> but</c><00:46:43.469><c> that</c><00:46:43.610><c> in</c><00:46:43.809><c> a</c><00:46:44.010><c> figure</c><00:46:44.190><c> he</c><00:46:44.409><c> is</c>

00:46:44.670 --> 00:46:47.989
going<00:46:44.809><c> to</c><00:46:45.050><c> show</c><00:46:45.210><c> to</c><00:46:45.449><c> us</c><00:46:46.190><c> the</c><00:46:46.650><c> way</c><00:46:47.010><c> to</c><00:46:47.429><c> overcome</c>

00:46:47.989 --> 00:46:54.869
the<00:46:48.349><c> flesh</c><00:46:48.829><c> and</c><00:46:49.690><c> ultimately</c><00:46:50.269><c> come</c><00:46:50.670><c> to</c><00:46:51.130><c> know</c><00:46:51.449><c> God.</c><00:46:53.030><c> So</c><00:46:53.289><c> our</c><00:46:53.670><c> third</c><00:46:54.110><c> point</c><00:46:54.530><c> is</c>

00:46:54.869 --> 00:46:57.809
this,<00:46:56.590><c> that</c><00:46:56.730><c> in</c><00:46:56.909><c> chapter</c><00:46:57.190><c> 1</c><00:46:57.409><c> and</c><00:46:57.550><c> verse</c>

00:46:57.809 --> 00:47:06.170
1<00:46:58.050><c> we</c><00:46:58.230><c> are</c><00:46:58.530><c> told</c><00:46:59.269><c> that</c><00:47:01.389><c> Ezekiel</c><00:47:02.329><c> was</c><00:47:02.969><c> strengthened</c><00:47:03.469><c> by</c><00:47:03.869><c> God</c><00:47:04.289><c> with</c><00:47:04.969><c> visions</c><00:47:05.510><c> of</c>

00:47:06.170 --> 00:47:11.010
Elohim.<00:47:06.789><c> Let's</c><00:47:07.010><c> just</c><00:47:07.309><c> leave</c><00:47:07.449><c> the</c>

00:47:11.010 --> 00:47:15.969
message<00:47:11.329><c> of</c><00:47:11.510><c> the</c><00:47:11.670><c> book,</c><00:47:12.789><c> the</c><00:47:13.010><c> recurring</c><00:47:13.449><c> phrase,</c><00:47:15.230><c> they</c><00:47:15.570><c> shall</c>

00:47:15.969 --> 00:47:20.269
know<00:47:16.389><c> that</c><00:47:16.670><c> I</c><00:47:17.070><c> am</c><00:47:17.329><c> Yahweh.</c><00:47:19.230><c> Now</c><00:47:19.469><c> I'm</c><00:47:19.610><c> not</c><00:47:19.889><c> normally</c>

00:47:20.269 --> 00:47:23.070
given<00:47:20.590><c> to</c><00:47:21.070><c> stringing</c><00:47:21.489><c> things</c><00:47:21.670><c> together</c><00:47:22.070><c> in</c><00:47:22.369><c> sentences</c><00:47:22.769><c> which</c>

00:47:23.070 --> 00:47:26.289
might<00:47:23.289><c> be</c><00:47:23.630><c> regarded</c><00:47:23.889><c> as</c><00:47:24.610><c> real,</c><00:47:25.309><c> imaginary</c><00:47:25.670><c> or</c>

00:47:26.289 --> 00:47:29.550
somewhat<00:47:26.650><c> hypothetical</c><00:47:27.369><c> or</c><00:47:27.730><c> at</c><00:47:27.809><c> the</c><00:47:27.969><c> least</c><00:47:28.210><c> dubious.</c><00:47:29.170><c> But</c><00:47:29.369><c> I</c>

00:47:29.550 --> 00:47:31.369
do<00:47:29.789><c> think,</c><00:47:30.130><c> brethren</c><00:47:30.250><c> and</c><00:47:30.489><c> sisters,</c><00:47:30.750><c> when</c><00:47:30.909><c> we</c><00:47:31.090><c> look</c><00:47:31.230><c> at</c>

00:47:31.369 --> 00:47:34.289
those<00:47:31.690><c> four</c><00:47:31.929><c> things,</c><00:47:32.590><c> we've</c><00:47:32.889><c> got</c><00:47:33.070><c> there</c><00:47:33.289><c> the</c><00:47:33.510><c> key</c><00:47:33.670><c> to</c><00:47:33.849><c> the</c><00:47:33.969><c> book</c><00:47:34.110><c> of</c>

00:47:34.289 --> 00:47:38.610
Ezekiel.<00:47:35.889><c> His</c><00:47:36.190><c> name</c><00:47:36.449><c> means</c><00:47:36.929><c> God</c><00:47:37.329><c> will</c><00:47:37.630><c> strengthen.</c>

00:47:39.429 --> 00:47:44.110
God<00:47:40.010><c> will</c><00:47:40.369><c> strengthen</c><00:47:40.909><c> the</c><00:47:41.110><c> son</c><00:47:41.349><c> of</c><00:47:41.510><c> man</c><00:47:42.750><c> through</c><00:47:43.389><c> visions</c><00:47:43.849><c> of</c>

00:47:44.110 --> 00:47:48.070
Elohim<00:47:44.769><c> that</c><00:47:45.670><c> he</c><00:47:45.949><c> might</c><00:47:46.230><c> know</c><00:47:46.530><c> that</c><00:47:46.730><c> I</c><00:47:46.849><c> am</c><00:47:47.030><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:48.130 --> 00:47:51.469
And<00:47:48.710><c> that</c><00:47:48.909><c> can</c><00:47:49.170><c> apply</c><00:47:49.769><c> and</c><00:47:50.230><c> should</c><00:47:50.489><c> apply</c><00:47:50.789><c> to</c><00:47:51.030><c> every</c><00:47:51.210><c> one</c><00:47:51.349><c> of</c>

00:47:51.469 --> 00:47:54.630
us<00:47:52.130><c> gathered</c><00:47:52.550><c> here</c><00:47:52.869><c> this</c><00:47:53.150><c> week</c><00:47:53.489><c> to</c><00:47:53.969><c> study</c><00:47:54.250><c> the</c><00:47:54.469><c> book</c>

00:47:54.630 --> 00:48:00.409
of<00:47:54.809><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:47:56.130><c> God</c><00:47:56.550><c> will</c><00:47:57.070><c> strengthen</c><00:47:57.570><c> any</c><00:47:57.989><c> one</c><00:47:58.130><c> of</c><00:47:58.289><c> us,</c><00:47:59.550><c> the</c><00:47:59.710><c> means</c><00:47:59.969><c> which</c><00:48:00.210><c> he</c>

00:48:00.409 --> 00:48:02.829
has<00:48:00.630><c> employed</c><00:48:01.090><c> essentially</c><00:48:01.769><c> is</c><00:48:02.070><c> his</c>

00:48:02.769 --> 00:48:07.389
the<00:48:03.070><c> Bible,</c><00:48:04.190><c> those</c><00:48:04.449><c> visions</c><00:48:04.769><c> which</c><00:48:04.989><c> he</c><00:48:05.130><c> has</c><00:48:05.289><c> given</c><00:48:05.449><c> us,</c><00:48:06.369><c> in</c><00:48:06.650><c> order</c><00:48:06.949><c> that</c><00:48:07.190><c> we</c>

00:48:07.389 --> 00:48:09.550
might<00:48:07.769><c> overcome</c><00:48:08.449><c> the</c><00:48:08.769><c> flesh</c><00:48:08.989><c> and</c><00:48:09.250><c> be</c>

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son<00:48:09.730><c> of</c><00:48:10.070><c> man</c><00:48:10.369><c> in</c><00:48:10.829><c> the</c><00:48:11.050><c> truest</c><00:48:11.269><c> sense</c><00:48:11.510><c> of</c><00:48:11.730><c> the</c><00:48:11.869><c> term,</c><00:48:12.309><c> not</c><00:48:12.550><c> imperfection</c><00:48:13.130><c> of</c>

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course,<00:48:14.329><c> but</c><00:48:14.550><c> identifying</c><00:48:15.070><c> with</c><00:48:15.269><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:48:15.570><c> Jesus</c><00:48:15.969><c> Christ</c><00:48:16.550><c> and</c><00:48:17.150><c> that</c><00:48:17.429><c> ultimately</c><00:48:18.050><c> we</c><00:48:19.030><c> might</c><00:48:19.349><c> come</c>

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to<00:48:20.190><c> know</c><00:48:20.590><c> Yahweh.</c><00:48:22.090><c> We</c><00:48:22.530><c> suggest</c><00:48:22.969><c> then</c><00:48:23.269><c> that</c><00:48:23.469><c> the</c><00:48:23.670><c> key</c>

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in<00:48:24.369><c> the</c><00:48:24.510><c> book</c><00:48:24.889><c> is</c><00:48:25.449><c> chapter</c><00:48:25.809><c> 24</c><00:48:26.710><c> and</c><00:48:27.150><c> verse</c><00:48:27.429><c> 24</c><00:48:27.949><c> where</c><00:48:28.230><c> it</c><00:48:28.409><c> says</c>

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thus<00:48:29.769><c> Ezekiel</c><00:48:30.530><c> is</c><00:48:30.889><c> unto</c><00:48:31.150><c> you</c><00:48:31.469><c> a</c><00:48:31.769><c> sign</c><00:48:32.329><c> according</c>

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to<00:48:33.409><c> all</c><00:48:33.650><c> that</c><00:48:33.889><c> he</c><00:48:34.050><c> hath</c><00:48:34.289><c> done</c><00:48:34.869><c> shall</c><00:48:35.369><c> ye</c><00:48:35.630><c> do</c><00:48:36.110><c> and</c><00:48:36.769><c> when</c><00:48:37.030><c> this</c><00:48:37.369><c> cometh</c><00:48:38.210><c> ye</c>

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shall<00:48:38.849><c> know</c><00:48:39.429><c> that</c><00:48:39.809><c> I</c><00:48:40.230><c> am</c><00:48:40.570><c> Adonai</c><00:48:41.289><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:48:42.869><c> at</c><00:48:43.030><c> that</c><00:48:43.230><c> point,</c><00:48:43.550><c> brethren</c><00:48:43.690><c> and</c><00:48:43.889><c> sisters,</c><00:48:44.110><c> we</c><00:48:44.329><c> will</c><00:48:44.550><c> leave</c><00:48:44.789><c> our</c>

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study<00:48:45.710><c> for</c><00:48:45.949><c> this</c><00:48:46.210><c> morning</c><00:48:46.570><c> having</c><00:48:47.050><c> looked</c><00:48:47.230><c> at</c>

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the<00:48:47.550><c> foundation</c><00:48:48.070><c> and</c><00:48:48.829><c> I</c><00:48:49.030><c> want</c><00:48:49.150><c> to</c><00:48:49.309><c> pick</c><00:48:49.409><c> it</c><00:48:49.530><c> up,</c><00:48:49.690><c> God</c><00:48:49.909><c> willing,</c>

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tomorrow<00:48:50.710><c> and</c><00:48:51.269><c> look</c><00:48:51.469><c> at</c><00:48:51.630><c> the</c><00:48:51.829><c> first</c><00:48:52.110><c> incident</c>

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where<00:48:53.210><c> Ezekiel</c><00:48:53.650><c> was</c><00:48:53.909><c> strengthened</c><00:48:54.349><c> and</c><00:48:54.989><c> to</c><00:48:55.190><c> see</c><00:48:55.329><c> the</c><00:48:55.550><c> many</c><00:48:55.730><c> wonderful</c><00:48:56.190><c> exhortations</c><00:48:56.909><c> which</c><00:48:57.190><c> come</c><00:48:57.349><c> to</c><00:48:57.610><c> us</c>

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from<00:48:58.730><c> these</c><00:48:59.130><c> early</c><00:48:59.489><c> chapters</c><00:48:59.889><c> of</c><00:49:00.170><c> the</c><00:49:00.309><c> book.</c>