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me<00:10:05.600><c> to</c><00:10:06.100><c> Isaiah</c><00:10:06.700><c> chapter</c><00:10:07.240><c> 55,</c><00:10:08.580><c> because</c><00:10:08.940><c> we</c><00:10:09.139><c> want</c><00:10:09.259><c> to</c><00:10:09.399><c> pick</c><00:10:09.519><c> up</c>

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this<00:10:09.919><c> idea</c><00:10:10.279><c> of</c><00:10:10.620><c> returning.</c>

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we<00:10:34.940><c> read</c><00:10:35.659><c> in</c><00:10:36.559><c> verse</c><00:10:36.779><c> 6.</c>

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Call<00:10:42.740><c> ye</c><00:10:42.960><c> upon</c><00:10:43.200><c> him</c><00:10:43.399><c> while</c><00:10:43.639><c> he</c><00:10:43.820><c> is</c><00:10:44.059><c> near.</c>

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while<00:10:49.840><c> he</c><00:10:50.299><c> letteth</c><00:10:50.879><c> himself</c><00:10:51.500><c> be</c><00:10:51.919><c> found.</c>

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And<00:10:54.419><c> verse</c><00:10:54.600><c> 7</c><00:10:54.899><c> says,</c><00:10:55.919><c> Let</c><00:10:55.919><c> the</c><00:10:56.340><c> wicked</c><00:10:56.700><c> forsake</c><00:10:57.460><c> his</c><00:10:57.779><c> way,</c><00:10:59.000><c> and</c>

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and<00:11:01.460><c> let</c><00:11:01.700><c> him</c><00:11:02.039><c> return</c><00:11:03.220><c> unto</c><00:11:03.700><c> the</c><00:11:03.940><c> Lord,</c><00:11:05.179><c> and</c><00:11:05.419><c> he</c><00:11:05.559><c> will</c><00:11:05.700><c> have</c><00:11:05.899><c> mercy</c><00:11:06.299><c> upon</c><00:11:06.659><c> him,</c><00:11:07.399><c> and</c><00:11:07.500><c> to</c>

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our<00:11:07.820><c> God,</c><00:11:08.120><c> for</c><00:11:08.200><c> he</c>

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will<00:11:08.639><c> abundantly</c><00:11:09.179><c> pardon.</c>

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Now<00:11:10.179><c> this</c><00:11:10.460><c> word</c><00:11:10.559><c> in</c><00:11:10.720><c> verse</c><00:11:10.899><c> 7,</c><00:11:11.440><c> return,</c><00:11:12.340><c> is</c><00:11:12.539><c> the</c><00:11:12.779><c> same</c><00:11:13.059><c> word</c><00:11:13.340><c> return</c><00:11:13.980><c> in</c>

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Ruth<00:11:14.500><c> chapter</c><00:11:14.899><c> 1</c><00:11:15.379><c> and</c><00:11:15.639><c> verse</c><00:11:15.879><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:11:18.120><c> so</c><00:11:18.240><c> perhaps</c><00:11:18.559><c> in</c><00:11:18.720><c> the</c><00:11:18.899><c> mind</c><00:11:19.080><c> of</c><00:11:19.340><c> Naomi,</c><00:11:19.840><c> in</c><00:11:20.159><c> her</c><00:11:20.480><c> state</c><00:11:20.740><c> of</c>

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destitution,<00:11:21.740><c> she</c><00:11:21.899><c> thinks,</c><00:11:23.500><c> I</c><00:11:23.820><c> know</c><00:11:24.580><c> that</c>

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he<00:11:28.840><c> will</c><00:11:29.179><c> abundantly</c><00:11:29.700><c> pardon.</c>

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It's<00:11:31.580><c> the</c><00:11:31.659><c> same</c><00:11:31.860><c> word</c><00:11:32.019><c> in</c><00:11:32.200><c> Ruth</c><00:11:32.600><c> chapter</c><00:11:33.019><c> 1</c><00:11:33.240><c> and</c><00:11:33.340><c> verse</c><00:11:33.519><c> 7</c><00:11:33.919><c> as</c>

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it<00:11:34.299><c> is</c><00:11:34.480><c> in</c><00:11:34.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:11:35.299><c> 55</c><00:11:35.899><c> and</c><00:11:36.059><c> verse</c><00:11:36.279><c> 7,</c><00:11:36.659><c> return.</c>

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It's<00:11:37.519><c> the</c><00:11:37.620><c> same</c><00:11:37.860><c> word.</c>

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His<00:11:43.419><c> word</c><00:11:43.679><c> says</c><00:11:44.019><c> that</c><00:11:44.200><c> he</c><00:11:44.320><c> will</c><00:11:44.600><c> abundantly</c><00:11:45.080><c> pardon.</c>

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And<00:11:49.539><c> continuing</c><00:11:49.779><c> in</c><00:11:49.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:11:50.320><c> chapter</c><00:11:50.620><c> 55,</c><00:11:51.419><c> verse</c><00:11:51.639><c> 10,</c><00:11:53.340><c> For</c><00:11:53.500><c> as</c>

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goeth<00:12:06.429><c> forth</c><00:12:06.590><c> out</c><00:12:06.809><c> of</c><00:12:06.929><c> my</c><00:12:07.230><c> mouth,</c><00:12:07.490><c> it</c><00:12:07.690><c> shall</c><00:12:07.909><c> not</c><00:12:08.269><c> return</c><00:12:08.629><c> unto</c>

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that<00:12:26.169><c> God</c><00:12:26.470><c> has</c><00:12:26.769><c> visited</c><00:12:27.190><c> his</c><00:12:27.610><c> people</c><00:12:27.990><c> in</c><00:12:28.269><c> giving</c><00:12:28.429><c> them</c><00:12:28.649><c> bread.</c>

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And<00:12:31.149><c> I</c><00:12:31.269><c> have</c><00:12:31.370><c> to</c><00:12:31.450><c> have</c><00:12:31.629><c> faith</c><00:12:31.789><c> that</c><00:12:31.929><c> that's</c><00:12:32.230><c> true.</c>

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when<00:12:36.269><c> God</c><00:12:36.549><c> says</c><00:12:36.789><c> in</c><00:12:36.929><c> Isaiah</c><00:12:37.289><c> chapter</c><00:12:37.629><c> 55,</c><00:12:38.169><c> verses</c>

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him<00:12:42.629><c> void,</c><00:12:42.870><c> we</c><00:12:43.029><c> have</c><00:12:43.169><c> to</c><00:12:43.269><c> have</c><00:12:43.429><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:12:46.190><c> the</c><00:12:46.289><c> same</c><00:12:46.429><c> principle</c><00:12:46.809><c> for</c><00:12:47.009><c> us,</c><00:12:47.330><c> brothers</c><00:12:47.470><c> and</c><00:12:47.690><c> sisters.</c>

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For<00:12:50.129><c> faith</c><00:12:50.350><c> cometh</c><00:12:50.570><c> by</c><00:12:50.830><c> hearing,</c><00:12:51.190><c> and</c><00:12:51.330><c> hearing</c><00:12:51.450><c> by</c><00:12:51.649><c> the</c><00:12:51.789><c> word</c>

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of<00:12:52.090><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:55.090><c> as</c><00:12:55.269><c> we</c><00:12:55.389><c> come</c><00:12:55.570><c> back,</c><00:12:55.850><c> brothers</c><00:12:55.990><c> and</c><00:12:56.250><c> sisters,</c><00:12:56.490><c> to</c><00:12:57.070><c> the</c><00:12:57.250><c> book</c><00:12:57.389><c> of</c>

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Ruth,<00:12:59.309><c> just</c><00:12:59.590><c> look</c><00:12:59.789><c> at</c><00:12:59.889><c> what</c><00:13:00.090><c> we're</c>

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part<00:13:03.230><c> of</c><00:13:03.370><c> me,</c><00:13:03.509><c> verse</c><00:13:03.710><c> 6</c><00:13:03.970><c> at</c><00:13:04.190><c> the</c><00:13:04.309><c> end.</c>

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It<00:13:06.330><c> says</c><00:13:06.529><c> that</c><00:13:06.809><c> for</c><00:13:07.230><c> Naomi</c><00:13:07.629><c> had</c><00:13:08.149><c> heard</c><00:13:08.710><c> in</c><00:13:08.929><c> the</c><00:13:09.049><c> country</c><00:13:09.370><c> of</c>

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Moab<00:13:09.990><c> how</c><00:13:11.070><c> that</c><00:13:11.230><c> the</c><00:13:11.389><c> Lord</c><00:13:11.509><c> had</c><00:13:11.750><c> visited</c><00:13:12.090><c> his</c>

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people<00:13:12.929><c> in</c><00:13:13.129><c> giving</c><00:13:13.269><c> them</c><00:13:13.490><c> bread.</c>

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There's<00:13:14.889><c> a</c><00:13:15.049><c> key</c><00:13:15.210><c> distinction</c><00:13:15.590><c> in</c><00:13:15.669><c> what</c><00:13:15.809><c> we're</c><00:13:15.909><c> being</c><00:13:16.110><c> told</c><00:13:16.309><c> there,</c><00:13:16.590><c> brothers</c><00:13:16.649><c> and</c><00:13:16.870><c> sisters,</c><00:13:17.429><c> is</c><00:13:17.610><c> that</c>

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Naomi<00:13:18.070><c> had</c><00:13:18.289><c> only</c><00:13:18.710><c> heard.</c>

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And<00:13:23.269><c> so</c><00:13:23.389><c> she</c><00:13:23.610><c> had</c><00:13:23.809><c> to</c><00:13:24.029><c> make</c><00:13:24.169><c> this</c><00:13:24.450><c> return</c><00:13:24.789><c> to</c><00:13:24.970><c> Bethlehem</c><00:13:25.350><c> Judah</c>

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on<00:13:26.429><c> faith.</c>

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faith.

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margin.

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Psalm<00:13:44.350><c> 103</c><00:13:44.769><c> verse</c><00:13:45.049><c> 12</c><00:13:45.330><c> says,</c><00:13:45.990><c> as</c><00:13:45.990><c> far</c><00:13:46.690><c> as</c><00:13:47.110><c> the</c><00:13:47.409><c> east</c><00:13:47.789><c> is</c><00:13:48.149><c> from</c>

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the<00:13:48.509><c> west,</c><00:13:48.929><c> so</c><00:13:49.370><c> far</c><00:13:49.649><c> hath</c><00:13:49.809><c> he</c><00:13:50.029><c> removed</c><00:13:50.330><c> our</c>

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transgressions<00:13:51.190><c> from</c><00:13:51.409><c> us.</c>

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And<00:13:53.750><c> we</c><00:13:53.850><c> look</c><00:13:53.970><c> at</c><00:13:54.090><c> that</c><00:13:54.230><c> verse</c><00:13:54.350><c> and</c><00:13:54.470><c> we</c><00:13:54.549><c> think,</c><00:13:54.730><c> oh</c><00:13:54.909><c> yes,</c><00:13:55.429><c> that's</c><00:13:55.769><c> true,</c><00:13:56.330><c> yep.</c>

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But<00:13:57.710><c> we</c><00:13:57.769><c> look</c><00:13:57.909><c> at</c><00:13:57.990><c> that</c><00:13:58.149><c> verse,</c><00:13:58.470><c> brothers</c><00:13:58.610><c> and</c><00:13:58.769><c> sisters,</c><00:13:58.909><c> and</c>

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we<00:13:59.190><c> think,</c><00:14:00.009><c> really?</c>

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God<00:14:03.570><c> is</c><00:14:03.789><c> going</c><00:14:03.889><c> to</c><00:14:04.110><c> forgive</c><00:14:04.309><c> me?</c>

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Doesn't<00:14:06.990><c> he</c><00:14:07.230><c> know</c><00:14:07.690><c> all</c><00:14:07.950><c> the</c><00:14:08.090><c> things</c><00:14:08.210><c> that</c><00:14:08.370><c> I've</c><00:14:08.590><c> done?</c>

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How<00:14:09.649><c> could</c><00:14:09.850><c> he</c><00:14:10.049><c> forgive</c><00:14:10.250><c> me?</c>

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And<00:14:12.809><c> so</c><00:14:12.889><c> we</c><00:14:12.990><c> have</c><00:14:13.149><c> to</c><00:14:13.230><c> have</c><00:14:13.389><c> faith,</c><00:14:13.669><c> brothers</c><00:14:13.830><c> and</c><00:14:14.009><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:14:14.330><c> God's</c><00:14:14.669><c> word</c><00:14:14.789><c> that</c><00:14:14.929><c> he</c><00:14:15.110><c> will</c><00:14:15.409><c> forgive</c>

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us<00:14:17.389><c> and</c><00:14:17.750><c> that</c><00:14:17.929><c> he</c><00:14:18.049><c> will</c><00:14:18.210><c> remember</c><00:14:18.509><c> our</c><00:14:18.769><c> iniquities</c><00:14:19.210><c> no</c><00:14:19.529><c> more.</c>

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How<00:14:21.590><c> about</c><00:14:21.850><c> our</c><00:14:22.169><c> brother</c><00:14:22.370><c> Peter</c><00:14:22.669><c> brought</c><00:14:22.830><c> this</c><00:14:23.029><c> up</c><00:14:23.110><c> in</c><00:14:23.309><c> Galatians</c><00:14:23.669><c> chapter</c><00:14:23.929><c> 6</c><00:14:24.269><c> and</c>

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verse<00:14:24.610><c> 7.</c>

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Paul<00:14:25.750><c> says,</c><00:14:26.289><c> be</c><00:14:26.289><c> not</c><00:14:26.570><c> deceived.</c>

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God<00:14:28.490><c> is</c><00:14:28.710><c> not</c><00:14:28.970><c> mocked,</c><00:14:29.230><c> for</c><00:14:29.289><c> whatsoever</c><00:14:29.649><c> a</c><00:14:29.850><c> man</c><00:14:30.009><c> soweth,</c><00:14:30.389><c> that</c>

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shall<00:14:30.830><c> he</c><00:14:30.990><c> also</c><00:14:31.210><c> reap.</c>

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And<00:14:31.509><c> we</c><00:14:31.710><c> think,</c><00:14:32.490><c> come</c><00:14:32.730><c> on,</c><00:14:34.429><c> no,</c><00:14:34.649><c> we</c><00:14:34.830><c> won't,</c><00:14:35.610><c> we</c><00:14:35.809><c> won't</c><00:14:36.049><c> reap</c><00:14:36.330><c> what</c><00:14:36.529><c> we</c><00:14:36.809><c> sow.</c>

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But<00:14:39.250><c> Paul</c><00:14:39.429><c> says</c><00:14:39.610><c> we</c><00:14:39.789><c> are</c><00:14:39.970><c> deceived,</c><00:14:41.409><c> because</c><00:14:41.629><c> he</c><00:14:41.830><c> says</c><00:14:41.929><c> be</c><00:14:42.169><c> not</c><00:14:42.409><c> deceived.</c>

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And<00:14:44.330><c> so</c><00:14:44.409><c> we</c><00:14:44.570><c> have</c><00:14:44.710><c> to</c><00:14:44.870><c> have</c><00:14:45.090><c> faith</c><00:14:45.370><c> in</c><00:14:45.610><c> God's</c><00:14:45.950><c> word</c><00:14:46.090><c> that</c><00:14:46.330><c> if</c><00:14:46.610><c> we</c>

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sow<00:14:47.690><c> a</c><00:14:47.950><c> certain</c><00:14:48.129><c> way,</c><00:14:48.389><c> we</c><00:14:48.529><c> will</c><00:14:48.750><c> reap</c>

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the<00:14:49.389><c> exact</c><00:14:49.610><c> same</c><00:14:49.870><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:14:52.549><c> how</c><00:14:52.649><c> about</c><00:14:52.710><c> this</c><00:14:52.909><c> last</c><00:14:53.090><c> one,</c><00:14:53.330><c> brothers</c><00:14:53.450><c> and</c><00:14:53.669><c> sisters,</c><00:14:54.149><c> a</c>

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very<00:14:54.710><c> famous</c><00:14:55.090><c> one.</c>

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Numbers<00:14:56.889><c> chapter</c><00:14:57.149><c> 14</c><00:14:57.549><c> and</c><00:14:57.750><c> 21,</c><00:14:59.289><c> God</c><00:14:59.490><c> says,</c><00:14:59.870><c> but</c><00:14:59.870><c> as</c><00:15:00.230><c> truly</c><00:15:00.509><c> as</c>

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I<00:15:01.110><c> live,</c><00:15:01.350><c> all</c><00:15:01.730><c> the</c><00:15:01.950><c> earth</c><00:15:02.110><c> shall</c><00:15:02.269><c> be</c><00:15:02.490><c> filled</c>

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with<00:15:02.789><c> the</c><00:15:02.970><c> glory</c><00:15:03.110><c> of</c><00:15:03.250><c> the</c><00:15:03.370><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:15:05.730><c> we</c><00:15:05.889><c> live</c><00:15:05.990><c> our</c><00:15:06.210><c> lives,</c><00:15:07.470><c> and</c><00:15:08.090><c> we</c><00:15:08.210><c> look</c><00:15:08.389><c> around</c><00:15:08.730><c> us,</c><00:15:09.710><c> and</c><00:15:10.730><c> we</c>

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see<00:15:10.970><c> the</c><00:15:11.190><c> immorality</c><00:15:12.049><c> and</c><00:15:13.230><c> the</c><00:15:13.509><c> sin</c>

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and<00:15:14.009><c> the</c><00:15:14.149><c> wickedness</c><00:15:14.529><c> of</c><00:15:14.710><c> this</c><00:15:14.970><c> world,</c><00:15:15.210><c> and</c><00:15:15.370><c> we</c><00:15:15.509><c> think</c><00:15:15.669><c> this</c>

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earth<00:15:16.590><c> is</c><00:15:16.909><c> going</c><00:15:17.009><c> to</c><00:15:17.169><c> be</c><00:15:17.370><c> filled</c><00:15:17.509><c> with</c><00:15:17.710><c> the</c>

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glory<00:15:18.049><c> of</c><00:15:18.190><c> the</c><00:15:18.289><c> Lord.</c>

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This<00:15:20.250><c> earth,</c><00:15:22.370><c> and</c><00:15:22.529><c> we</c><00:15:22.590><c> have</c><00:15:22.710><c> to</c><00:15:22.769><c> have</c><00:15:22.970><c> faith</c><00:15:23.230><c> that</c><00:15:23.370><c> it</c><00:15:23.490><c> will</c><00:15:23.649><c> be.</c>

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We<00:15:25.029><c> have</c><00:15:25.190><c> to</c><00:15:25.309><c> have</c><00:15:25.429><c> faith</c><00:15:25.629><c> that</c><00:15:25.809><c> the</c><00:15:25.909><c> Lord</c><00:15:26.070><c> Jesus</c><00:15:26.330><c> Christ</c><00:15:26.649><c> will</c>

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come<00:15:27.129><c> and</c><00:15:27.350><c> usher</c><00:15:27.649><c> in</c><00:15:28.090><c> an</c><00:15:28.289><c> age</c><00:15:28.509><c> of</c><00:15:28.850><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:15:29.789><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:15:31.090><c> this</c><00:15:31.389><c> earth,</c><00:15:32.929><c> its</c><00:15:33.070><c> present</c><00:15:33.289><c> order</c><00:15:33.570><c> of</c><00:15:33.750><c> things</c><00:15:33.909><c> will</c><00:15:34.049><c> be</c>

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done<00:15:34.330><c> away</c><00:15:34.570><c> with,</c><00:15:35.029><c> and</c><00:15:35.190><c> it</c><00:15:35.350><c> will</c><00:15:35.570><c> be</c><00:15:35.809><c> filled</c>

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with<00:15:36.210><c> the</c><00:15:36.429><c> glory</c><00:15:36.649><c> of</c><00:15:36.830><c> the</c><00:15:36.970><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:15:39.330><c> so</c><00:15:39.450><c> here,</c><00:15:39.730><c> brothers</c><00:15:39.830><c> and</c><00:15:40.049><c> sisters,</c><00:15:40.309><c> in</c><00:15:40.450><c> verse</c><00:15:40.710><c> 8,</c><00:15:41.429><c> we</c><00:15:41.570><c> continue</c><00:15:41.889><c> the</c>

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story,<00:15:43.029><c> and</c><00:15:43.730><c> we</c><00:15:43.909><c> read,</c><00:15:44.230><c> and</c>

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Now,<00:15:56.049><c> Naomi</c><00:15:56.429><c> had</c><00:15:56.669><c> made</c><00:15:56.830><c> up</c><00:15:57.009><c> her</c><00:15:57.190><c> mind.</c>

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She<00:15:57.850><c> was</c><00:15:58.009><c> going</c><00:15:58.149><c> back</c><00:15:58.370><c> to</c><00:15:58.490><c> Bethlehem</c><00:15:58.830><c> Judah.</c>

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She<00:16:00.490><c> was</c><00:16:00.629><c> going</c><00:16:00.710><c> to</c><00:16:00.950><c> return</c><00:16:01.230><c> to</c><00:16:01.350><c> the</c><00:16:01.470><c> house</c><00:16:01.629><c> of</c><00:16:01.830><c> God,</c><00:16:02.289><c> but</c><00:16:02.450><c> she</c>

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could<00:16:02.990><c> not</c><00:16:03.210><c> make</c><00:16:03.350><c> that</c><00:16:03.529><c> decision</c><00:16:03.809><c> for</c><00:16:04.029><c> Orpah</c>

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and<00:16:04.529><c> Ruth.</c>

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And<00:16:05.970><c> so</c><00:16:06.009><c> what</c><00:16:06.110><c> she's</c><00:16:06.330><c> now</c><00:16:06.570><c> going</c><00:16:06.710><c> to</c><00:16:06.909><c> do</c><00:16:07.029><c> is</c><00:16:07.149><c> she's</c><00:16:07.370><c> going</c><00:16:07.509><c> to</c>

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give<00:16:08.149><c> four</c><00:16:08.769><c> petitions</c><00:16:09.450><c> to</c><00:16:09.690><c> her</c><00:16:09.889><c> two</c><00:16:10.090><c> daughters</c><00:16:10.389><c>-in</c><00:16:10.629><c>-law</c>

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in<00:16:11.409><c> this</c><00:16:11.690><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:16:12.110><c> I'd</c><00:16:12.210><c> just</c><00:16:12.429><c> like</c><00:16:12.570><c> to</c><00:16:13.330><c> list</c><00:16:13.610><c> them</c><00:16:13.850><c> for</c><00:16:14.070><c> you,</c><00:16:14.309><c> brothers</c><00:16:14.350><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:16:14.789><c> and</c><00:16:15.269><c> young</c><00:16:15.450><c> people,</c><00:16:15.690><c> and</c><00:16:15.850><c> perhaps</c>

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we'll<00:16:16.210><c> just</c><00:16:16.409><c> mark</c><00:16:16.649><c> them</c><00:16:16.870><c> into</c><00:16:17.110><c> our</c><00:16:17.350><c> margins.</c>

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her<00:16:21.330><c> two</c><00:16:21.549><c> daughters</c><00:16:21.850><c>-in</c><00:16:22.070><c>-law.</c>

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The<00:16:22.789><c> first</c><00:16:23.070><c> one</c><00:16:24.029><c> is</c><00:16:24.710><c> in</c><00:16:24.830><c> verses</c><00:16:25.129><c> 8</c><00:16:25.690><c> and</c><00:16:26.490><c> 9,</c><00:16:27.190><c> the</c><00:16:27.509><c> first</c><00:16:27.870><c> of</c><00:16:28.090><c> her</c>

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four<00:16:28.629><c> petitions</c><00:16:29.330><c> that</c><00:16:29.909><c> she</c><00:16:30.230><c> pleads</c><00:16:30.590><c> for</c>

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her<00:16:30.990><c> daughters</c><00:16:31.210><c>-in</c><00:16:31.429><c>-law</c><00:16:31.750><c> to</c><00:16:32.269><c> turn</c><00:16:32.470><c> back,</c><00:16:32.809><c> to</c><00:16:32.990><c> return.</c>

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Verses<00:16:35.610><c> 8</c><00:16:35.750><c> to</c><00:16:35.850><c> 9.</c>

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turns<00:16:43.370><c> to</c><00:16:43.629><c> her</c><00:16:44.090><c> two</c><00:16:44.429><c> daughters</c><00:16:44.669><c>-in</c><00:16:44.850><c>-law</c>

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and<00:16:45.129><c> asks</c><00:16:45.350><c> them</c><00:16:45.549><c> to</c><00:16:45.750><c> return.</c>

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where<00:16:53.769><c> Naomi</c><00:16:53.990><c> turns</c><00:16:54.330><c> to</c><00:16:54.549><c> her</c><00:16:54.710><c> daughters</c><00:16:54.929><c>-in</c><00:16:55.129><c>-law</c>

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And<00:16:59.090><c> then</c><00:16:59.289><c> lastly,</c><00:16:59.769><c> brothers</c><00:16:59.830><c> and</c><00:17:00.090><c> sisters</c><00:17:00.289><c> and</c><00:17:00.450><c> young</c><00:17:00.629><c> people,</c><00:17:01.769><c> the</c>

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four<00:17:02.389><c> of</c><00:17:02.529><c> her</c><00:17:02.769><c> four</c><00:17:03.029><c> petitions</c>

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is<00:17:03.830><c> in</c><00:17:04.109><c> verse</c><00:17:04.410><c> 15,</c><00:17:05.890><c> where</c><00:17:05.970><c> she</c><00:17:06.170><c> asks</c><00:17:06.410><c> her</c><00:17:06.609><c> daughters</c><00:17:06.869><c>-in</c><00:17:07.130><c>-law</c>

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to<00:17:07.470><c> return.</c>

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And<00:17:10.049><c> so</c><00:17:10.190><c> here,</c><00:17:10.589><c> brothers</c><00:17:10.710><c> and</c><00:17:10.930><c> sisters</c><00:17:11.250><c> and</c><00:17:11.410><c> young</c><00:17:11.529><c> people,</c>

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are<00:17:12.009><c> the</c><00:17:12.309><c> four</c><00:17:12.529><c> petitions</c><00:17:12.950><c> that</c><00:17:13.190><c> Naomi</c>

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makes<00:17:13.829><c> to</c><00:17:14.009><c> her</c><00:17:14.289><c> two</c><00:17:14.470><c> daughters</c><00:17:14.769><c>-in</c><00:17:14.990><c>-law.</c>

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Now<00:17:17.509><c> let's</c><00:17:17.730><c> cover</c><00:17:17.970><c> them.</c>

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The<00:17:19.970><c> first</c><00:17:20.190><c> one,</c><00:17:20.549><c> brothers</c><00:17:20.630><c> and</c><00:17:20.869><c> sisters</c><00:17:21.430><c> and</c><00:17:21.690><c> young</c><00:17:21.829><c> people,</c>

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verse<00:17:22.549><c> 8</c><00:17:22.869><c> to</c><00:17:22.930><c> 9.</c>

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Naomi<00:17:23.750><c> said</c><00:17:23.950><c> unto</c><00:17:24.150><c> her</c><00:17:24.309><c> two</c><00:17:24.509><c> daughters</c><00:17:24.730><c>-in</c><00:17:24.950><c>-law,</c><00:17:25.529><c> go,</c><00:17:25.910><c> return,</c>

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each<00:17:26.670><c> to</c><00:17:26.829><c> her</c><00:17:27.029><c> mother's</c><00:17:27.329><c> house.</c>

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The<00:17:28.329><c> Lord</c><00:17:28.509><c> deal</c><00:17:28.710><c> kindly</c><00:17:29.089><c> with</c><00:17:29.329><c> you,</c><00:17:29.470><c> as</c><00:17:29.650><c> you</c><00:17:29.769><c> have</c><00:17:29.930><c> dealt</c><00:17:30.069><c> with</c>

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the<00:17:30.509><c> dead,</c><00:17:30.809><c> and</c><00:17:31.009><c> with</c><00:17:31.230><c> me.</c>

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The<00:17:32.509><c> Lord</c><00:17:32.690><c> grant</c><00:17:33.130><c> you</c><00:17:33.410><c> that</c><00:17:33.589><c> you</c><00:17:33.829><c> may</c><00:17:34.069><c> find</c><00:17:34.329><c> rest,</c><00:17:34.890><c> each</c><00:17:35.170><c> of</c><00:17:35.369><c> you,</c><00:17:35.490><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:35.789><c> house</c><00:17:35.990><c> of</c><00:17:36.150><c> her</c><00:17:36.289><c> husband.</c>

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Then<00:17:37.690><c> she</c><00:17:37.849><c> kissed</c><00:17:38.150><c> them,</c><00:17:39.490><c> and</c><00:17:39.529><c> they</c><00:17:39.690><c> lift</c><00:17:39.829><c> up</c><00:17:40.009><c> their</c><00:17:40.230><c> voice</c>

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and<00:17:41.490><c> wept.</c>

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And<00:17:43.710><c> so</c><00:17:43.829><c> when</c><00:17:44.089><c> Naomi</c><00:17:44.309><c> says</c><00:17:44.569><c> in</c><00:17:44.690><c> verse</c><00:17:44.910><c> 9</c><00:17:45.230><c> that</c><00:17:45.369><c> they</c><00:17:45.549><c> may</c><00:17:45.849><c> find</c>

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rest,<00:17:46.849><c> the</c><00:17:46.910><c> word</c><00:17:47.210><c> means</c><00:17:48.029><c> shelter</c><00:17:48.829><c> or</c><00:17:49.490><c> security.</c>

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As<00:17:51.470><c> Naomi</c><00:17:52.089><c> is</c><00:17:52.630><c> asking</c><00:17:53.170><c> that</c><00:17:53.349><c> they</c><00:17:53.549><c> return</c><00:17:53.950><c> because</c><00:17:54.289><c> they</c><00:17:54.529><c> were</c>

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better<00:17:55.269><c> off</c><00:17:55.490><c> to</c><00:17:55.690><c> find</c><00:17:55.910><c> shelter</c><00:17:56.430><c> and</c><00:17:56.769><c> security.</c>

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She's<00:17:58.690><c> thinking</c><00:17:58.890><c> of</c><00:17:59.130><c> their</c><00:17:59.410><c> benefit.</c>

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And<00:18:01.329><c> so</c><00:18:01.450><c> she</c><00:18:01.890><c> pleads</c><00:18:02.250><c> with</c><00:18:02.430><c> them</c><00:18:02.609><c> that</c><00:18:02.730><c> they</c><00:18:02.930><c> may</c><00:18:03.190><c> find</c><00:18:03.450><c> shelter</c><00:18:03.809><c> and</c><00:18:04.109><c> security.</c>

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The<00:18:04.710><c> RV</c><00:18:05.089><c> has,</c><00:18:05.630><c> in</c><00:18:05.789><c> verse</c><00:18:05.950><c> 9,</c><00:18:06.170><c> that</c><00:18:06.250><c> they</c><00:18:06.349><c> might</c><00:18:06.630><c> find</c><00:18:07.029><c> a</c><00:18:07.430><c> home.</c>

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So<00:18:09.829><c> in</c><00:18:09.910><c> this</c><00:18:10.130><c> first</c><00:18:10.349><c> petition,</c><00:18:10.789><c> she's</c><00:18:11.210><c> fully</c><00:18:11.549><c> thinking</c><00:18:11.930><c> of</c><00:18:12.190><c> the</c><00:18:12.369><c> needs</c><00:18:12.630><c> of</c>

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her<00:18:13.049><c> two</c><00:18:13.210><c> daughters</c><00:18:13.509><c>-in</c><00:18:13.750><c>-law.</c>

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That<00:18:15.049><c> they</c><00:18:15.230><c> might</c><00:18:15.549><c> return</c><00:18:16.170><c> and</c><00:18:16.529><c> find</c><00:18:16.970><c> a</c><00:18:17.329><c> home</c><00:18:17.690><c> in</c><00:18:17.990><c> the</c><00:18:18.130><c> country</c>

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of<00:18:18.569><c> which</c><00:18:18.690><c> they</c><00:18:18.990><c> come</c><00:18:19.690><c> from.</c>

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Now<00:18:21.910><c> here's</c><00:18:22.109><c> the</c><00:18:22.250><c> response</c><00:18:22.690><c> of</c><00:18:22.890><c> the</c><00:18:23.009><c> two</c><00:18:23.150><c> daughters</c><00:18:23.369><c>-in</c><00:18:23.549><c>-law,</c>

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verse<00:18:23.890><c> 10.</c>

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They<00:18:26.710><c> said</c><00:18:26.849><c> unto</c><00:18:27.109><c> Naomi,</c><00:18:28.910><c> surely</c><00:18:29.170><c> we</c><00:18:29.390><c> will</c><00:18:29.589><c> return</c><00:18:29.910><c> with</c><00:18:30.250><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:18:32.589><c> unto</c><00:18:33.089><c> thy</c><00:18:34.170><c> people.</c>

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And<00:18:37.730><c> that's</c><00:18:37.950><c> interesting,</c><00:18:39.809><c> because</c><00:18:39.950><c> here</c><00:18:40.109><c> in</c><00:18:40.210><c> the</c><00:18:40.349><c> first</c><00:18:40.529><c> response</c><00:18:40.970><c> of</c>

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Ruth<00:18:41.829><c> and</c><00:18:42.089><c> Orpah,</c>

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we<00:18:43.849><c> have</c><00:18:44.049><c> the</c><00:18:44.190><c> response</c><00:18:44.569><c> and</c><00:18:44.789><c> says,</c><00:18:45.150><c> surely</c><00:18:45.410><c> we</c><00:18:45.589><c> will</c><00:18:45.730><c> return</c>

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with<00:18:46.210><c> thee</c><00:18:46.569><c> unto</c><00:18:47.130><c> thy</c><00:18:47.750><c> people.</c>

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But<00:18:48.490><c> they're</c><00:18:48.750><c> not</c><00:18:48.849><c> their</c><00:18:49.130><c> people,</c><00:18:50.349><c> not</c><00:18:51.210><c> yet.</c>

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And<00:18:54.170><c> so</c><00:18:54.369><c> Naomi,</c><00:18:54.789><c> in</c><00:18:54.910><c> her</c><00:18:55.089><c> wisdom,</c><00:18:55.369><c> she</c><00:18:55.609><c> says,</c><00:18:55.849><c> okay,</c><00:18:56.390><c> verse</c><00:18:56.589><c> 11.</c>

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Naomi<00:18:58.049><c> said,</c><00:18:58.890><c> turn</c><00:18:58.970><c> again,</c><00:18:59.869><c> my</c><00:18:59.990><c> daughters.</c>

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Why<00:19:01.829><c> will</c><00:19:02.190><c> you</c><00:19:02.450><c> go</c><00:19:02.789><c> with</c><00:19:03.109><c> me?</c>

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Are<00:19:05.329><c> there</c><00:19:05.490><c> yet</c><00:19:05.690><c> any</c><00:19:05.890><c> more</c><00:19:06.109><c> sons</c><00:19:06.349><c> in</c><00:19:06.549><c> my</c><00:19:06.789><c> womb</c><00:19:07.029><c> that</c><00:19:07.289><c> they</c><00:19:07.450><c> may</c>

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be<00:19:07.690><c> your</c><00:19:07.910><c> husbands?</c>

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And<00:19:11.650><c> so</c><00:19:12.009><c> Naomi</c><00:19:12.549><c> pleads</c><00:19:13.210><c> with</c><00:19:13.410><c> her</c><00:19:13.589><c> two</c><00:19:13.769><c> daughters</c><00:19:14.029><c>-in</c><00:19:14.230><c>-law</c><00:19:14.289><c> and</c>

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she<00:19:14.650><c> says,</c><00:19:15.069><c> look,</c>

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why<00:19:16.230><c> will</c><00:19:16.410><c> you</c><00:19:16.569><c> go</c><00:19:16.750><c> with</c><00:19:17.009><c> me?</c>

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What<00:19:17.950><c> is</c><00:19:18.150><c> your</c><00:19:18.309><c> motive?</c>

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Why<00:19:20.849><c> would,</c><00:19:21.190><c> why</c><00:19:21.369><c> do</c><00:19:21.509><c> you</c><00:19:21.589><c> want</c><00:19:21.690><c> to</c><00:19:21.829><c> go</c><00:19:21.950><c> with</c><00:19:22.150><c> me?</c>

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Think<00:19:23.109><c> about</c><00:19:23.369><c> this.</c>

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Naomi<00:19:25.630><c> is</c><00:19:25.809><c> asking</c><00:19:26.089><c> her</c><00:19:26.289><c> two</c><00:19:26.450><c> daughters</c><00:19:26.690><c>-in</c><00:19:26.910><c>-law,</c><00:19:27.390><c> what</c><00:19:27.529><c> is</c>

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your<00:19:28.150><c> motive?</c>

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Think<00:19:28.829><c> about</c><00:19:29.089><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:31.470><c> what</c><00:19:31.549><c> I</c><00:19:31.769><c> found</c><00:19:31.990><c> very</c><00:19:32.509><c> fascinating,</c><00:19:33.089><c> brothers</c><00:19:33.190><c> and</c><00:19:33.410><c> sisters</c><00:19:33.609><c> and</c>

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young<00:19:33.849><c> people,</c>

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is<00:19:36.049><c> the</c><00:19:36.190><c> response</c><00:19:36.670><c> of</c><00:19:36.869><c> Ruth</c><00:19:37.029><c> and</c><00:19:37.150><c> Orpah.</c>

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And<00:19:40.009><c> there</c><00:19:40.170><c> isn't</c><00:19:40.349><c> one.</c>

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Because<00:19:43.789><c> now</c><00:19:44.049><c> Ruth</c><00:19:44.230><c> and</c><00:19:44.349><c> Orpah</c><00:19:44.529><c> are</c><00:19:44.789><c> thinking.</c>

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And<00:19:47.349><c> they're</c><00:19:47.470><c> thinking,</c><00:19:48.769><c> what</c><00:19:49.009><c> is</c><00:19:49.210><c> my</c><00:19:49.390><c> motive?</c>

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Why<00:19:51.450><c> am</c><00:19:51.670><c> I</c><00:19:51.809><c> returning</c><00:19:52.109><c> with</c><00:19:52.849><c> Naomi?</c>

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Why<00:19:55.049><c> do</c><00:19:55.250><c> I</c><00:19:55.250><c> have</c><00:19:55.329><c> to</c><00:19:55.430><c> think</c><00:19:55.549><c> about</c><00:19:55.750><c> this?</c>

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Come<00:19:58.269><c> with</c><00:19:58.390><c> me,</c><00:19:58.589><c> brothers</c><00:19:58.670><c> and</c><00:19:58.869><c> sisters,</c><00:19:59.349><c> to</c><00:19:59.549><c> Luke</c><00:19:59.829><c> chapter</c><00:20:00.170><c> 14.</c>

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Because<00:20:02.869><c> we</c><00:20:03.150><c> have</c><00:20:03.549><c> perhaps,</c><00:20:03.930><c> I</c><00:20:04.049><c> think,</c><00:20:04.230><c> a</c><00:20:04.309><c> few</c><00:20:04.529><c> comments</c><00:20:05.130><c> about</c><00:20:05.869><c> this</c>

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situation<00:20:06.890><c> going</c><00:20:07.170><c> on</c><00:20:07.349><c> in</c><00:20:07.470><c> the</c><00:20:07.589><c> minds</c><00:20:07.750><c> of</c><00:20:08.029><c> Ruth</c>

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and<00:20:08.569><c> Orpah</c><00:20:09.130><c> thinking</c><00:20:09.690><c> about</c><00:20:09.950><c> their</c><00:20:10.150><c> motive</c><00:20:10.490><c> in</c><00:20:10.829><c> Luke</c><00:20:11.049><c> chapter</c><00:20:11.349><c> 14.</c>

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The<00:20:24.269><c> Lord</c><00:20:24.450><c> Jesus</c><00:20:24.789><c> Christ</c><00:20:25.289><c> in</c><00:20:25.630><c> Luke</c><00:20:25.829><c> chapter</c><00:20:26.089><c> 14</c><00:20:26.589><c> is</c><00:20:26.869><c> going</c><00:20:27.109><c> to</c>

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speak<00:20:27.890><c> about</c><00:20:28.109><c> a</c><00:20:28.250><c> few</c><00:20:28.430><c> parables,</c>

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about<00:20:30.069><c> taking</c><00:20:30.309><c> up</c><00:20:31.190><c> a</c><00:20:31.329><c> cross</c><00:20:31.869><c> and</c><00:20:32.430><c> carrying</c><00:20:32.609><c> it</c><00:20:32.869><c> and</c><00:20:33.089><c> following</c><00:20:33.349><c> him.</c>

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Luke<00:20:34.309><c> chapter</c><00:20:34.529><c> 14</c><00:20:34.950><c> verse</c><00:20:35.150><c> 27.</c>

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The<00:20:37.190><c> Lord</c><00:20:37.289><c> Jesus</c><00:20:37.549><c> Christ</c><00:20:37.789><c> says,</c><00:20:38.329><c> and</c><00:20:38.549><c> whosoever</c><00:20:39.569><c> does</c><00:20:40.250><c> not</c><00:20:40.569><c> bear</c><00:20:40.769><c> his</c><00:20:41.029><c> cross</c><00:20:41.470><c> and</c><00:20:41.710><c> come</c><00:20:41.849><c> after</c><00:20:42.150><c> me</c>

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cannot<00:20:43.529><c> be</c><00:20:43.769><c> my</c><00:20:43.950><c> disciple.</c>

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For<00:20:45.690><c> which</c><00:20:45.910><c> of</c><00:20:46.109><c> you</c><00:20:46.329><c> intending</c><00:20:46.690><c> to</c><00:20:46.930><c> build</c><00:20:47.109><c> a</c><00:20:47.369><c> tower</c><00:20:47.650><c> sitteth</c>

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not<00:20:48.269><c> down</c><00:20:48.710><c> first</c><00:20:49.130><c> and</c><00:20:49.509><c> counteth</c><00:20:49.829><c> the</c><00:20:50.150><c> cost,</c>

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whether<00:20:51.210><c> he</c><00:20:51.470><c> have</c><00:20:51.609><c> sufficient</c><00:20:52.069><c> to</c><00:20:52.309><c> finish</c><00:20:52.529><c> it?</c>

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Lest<00:20:54.170><c> happily,</c><00:20:54.829><c> after</c><00:20:55.289><c> he</c><00:20:55.589><c> hath</c><00:20:55.849><c> laid</c><00:20:56.089><c> the</c><00:20:56.250><c> foundation</c><00:20:56.890><c> and</c>

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is<00:20:57.549><c> not</c><00:20:57.769><c> able</c><00:20:57.950><c> to</c><00:20:58.170><c> finish</c><00:20:58.369><c> it,</c>

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all<00:20:59.670><c> that</c><00:20:59.849><c> behold</c><00:21:00.150><c> it</c><00:21:00.509><c> begin</c><00:21:00.809><c> to</c><00:21:01.109><c> mock</c><00:21:01.309><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:02.690><c> so</c><00:21:02.769><c> the</c><00:21:02.890><c> Lord</c><00:21:03.089><c> Jesus</c><00:21:03.390><c> Christ,</c><00:21:03.849><c> in</c><00:21:04.089><c> speaking</c><00:21:04.269><c> about</c><00:21:04.490><c> the</c>

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cost<00:21:05.269><c> of</c><00:21:05.730><c> discipleship,</c>

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he<00:21:06.430><c> lays</c><00:21:06.650><c> down</c><00:21:07.069><c> the</c><00:21:07.470><c> first</c><00:21:07.710><c> of</c><00:21:07.910><c> his</c><00:21:08.170><c> two</c><00:21:08.490><c> parables.</c>

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And<00:21:09.849><c> the</c><00:21:10.009><c> first</c><00:21:10.190><c> one,</c><00:21:10.490><c> brothers</c><00:21:10.609><c> and</c><00:21:10.809><c> sisters,</c><00:21:11.009><c> he</c><00:21:11.210><c> says,</c><00:21:11.529><c> which</c><00:21:11.730><c> of</c><00:21:11.990><c> you?</c>

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Which<00:21:13.490><c> of</c><00:21:13.950><c> you?</c>

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And<00:21:15.069><c> the</c><00:21:15.289><c> first</c><00:21:15.549><c> of</c><00:21:15.690><c> these</c><00:21:15.869><c> two</c><00:21:16.130><c> parables,</c><00:21:16.529><c> brothers</c><00:21:16.650><c> and</c><00:21:16.849><c> sisters,</c><00:21:17.029><c> we</c>

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can<00:21:17.470><c> classify</c><00:21:17.970><c> them</c><00:21:18.289><c> in</c><00:21:18.509><c> this</c><00:21:18.769><c> way.</c>

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This<00:21:20.849><c> building,</c><00:21:22.309><c> the</c><00:21:22.769><c> tower,</c><00:21:23.829><c> is</c><00:21:23.990><c> a</c><00:21:24.190><c> controlled</c><00:21:24.750><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:21:26.549><c> a</c><00:21:26.710><c> tower</c><00:21:26.910><c> is</c><00:21:27.109><c> used</c><00:21:27.289><c> for</c><00:21:27.710><c> spiritual</c><00:21:28.490><c> foundations</c><00:21:29.250><c> and</c><00:21:29.549><c> defense.</c>

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So<00:21:31.470><c> here</c><00:21:31.609><c> the</c><00:21:31.730><c> Lord</c><00:21:31.930><c> Jesus</c><00:21:32.230><c> Christ</c><00:21:32.470><c> is</c><00:21:32.690><c> thinking,</c><00:21:33.789><c> you</c><00:21:33.970><c> have</c><00:21:34.130><c> a</c>

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controlled<00:21:34.589><c> situation,</c>

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you<00:21:36.230><c> have</c><00:21:36.269><c> to</c><00:21:36.410><c> make</c><00:21:36.529><c> a</c><00:21:36.809><c> spiritual</c><00:21:37.190><c> foundation,</c><00:21:38.410><c> and</c><00:21:38.670><c> you're</c>

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going<00:21:38.910><c> to</c><00:21:39.029><c> use</c><00:21:39.190><c> it</c><00:21:39.390><c> for</c><00:21:39.549><c> defending</c><00:21:39.890><c> the</c><00:21:40.190><c> truth.</c>

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Are<00:21:40.769><c> you</c><00:21:40.930><c> willing</c><00:21:41.089><c> to</c><00:21:41.289><c> count</c><00:21:41.430><c> that</c><00:21:41.690><c> cost?</c>

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And<00:21:43.589><c> then</c><00:21:43.730><c> he</c><00:21:43.809><c> goes</c><00:21:44.029><c> on,</c><00:21:44.390><c> brothers</c><00:21:44.490><c> and</c><00:21:44.710><c> sisters</c><00:21:44.890><c> and</c><00:21:45.069><c> young</c><00:21:45.230><c> people,</c><00:21:45.549><c> to</c><00:21:45.710><c> speak</c><00:21:45.910><c> a</c>

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second<00:21:46.410><c> parable</c><00:21:46.990><c> in</c><00:21:47.289><c> verse</c><00:21:47.529><c> 31.</c>

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He<00:21:49.730><c> says,</c><00:21:50.829><c> or</c><00:21:50.829><c> what</c><00:21:51.970><c> king,</c><00:21:52.970><c> going</c><00:21:53.430><c> to</c><00:21:53.589><c> make</c><00:21:53.750><c> war</c><00:21:54.069><c> against</c><00:21:54.470><c> another</c><00:21:54.849><c> king,</c><00:21:55.250><c> siteth</c><00:21:55.470><c> not</c>

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down<00:21:56.109><c> first,</c>

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and<00:21:57.450><c> consulteth</c><00:21:57.829><c> whether</c><00:21:58.089><c> he</c><00:21:58.369><c> be</c><00:21:58.569><c> able,</c><00:21:58.789><c> with</c><00:21:59.170><c> ten</c><00:21:59.490><c> thousand,</c>

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to<00:22:00.690><c> meet</c><00:22:00.869><c> him</c><00:22:01.089><c> that</c><00:22:01.369><c> cometh</c><00:22:01.609><c> against</c><00:22:01.930><c> him</c>

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with<00:22:02.390><c> twenty</c><00:22:02.670><c> thousand,</c><00:22:03.869><c> or</c><00:22:04.109><c> else</c><00:22:04.269><c> while</c><00:22:04.549><c> the</c><00:22:04.730><c> other</c><00:22:04.869><c> is</c><00:22:05.130><c> yet</c>

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a<00:22:05.589><c> great</c><00:22:05.750><c> way</c><00:22:06.009><c> off,</c><00:22:06.230><c> he</c><00:22:06.410><c> sendeth</c><00:22:06.609><c> an</c><00:22:06.809><c> embassage</c>

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and<00:22:07.789><c> desireth</c><00:22:08.349><c> conditions</c><00:22:08.930><c> of</c><00:22:09.549><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:22:11.829><c> so</c><00:22:11.930><c> here</c><00:22:12.109><c> in</c><00:22:12.230><c> the</c><00:22:12.390><c> second</c><00:22:12.650><c> parable,</c><00:22:13.069><c> brothers</c><00:22:13.210><c> and</c><00:22:13.450><c> sisters</c><00:22:13.609><c> and</c>

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young<00:22:13.930><c> people,</c>

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Lord<00:22:15.190><c> Jesus</c><00:22:15.390><c> says,</c><00:22:15.769><c> what</c><00:22:15.890><c> king?</c>

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And<00:22:18.089><c> this</c><00:22:18.309><c> king</c><00:22:18.549><c> has</c><00:22:18.769><c> to</c><00:22:18.910><c> decide,</c><00:22:19.609><c> in</c><00:22:19.710><c> an</c><00:22:19.829><c> uncontrolled</c><00:22:20.529><c> situation,</c><00:22:22.130><c> if</c><00:22:22.309><c> he</c>

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is<00:22:22.670><c> able</c><00:22:22.849><c> to</c><00:22:23.049><c> make</c><00:22:23.289><c> spiritual</c><00:22:23.809><c> warfare</c>

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and<00:22:25.529><c> go</c><00:22:25.769><c> on</c><00:22:25.950><c> the</c><00:22:26.190><c> offensive.</c>

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And<00:22:28.170><c> so</c><00:22:28.329><c> the</c><00:22:28.390><c> Lord</c><00:22:28.569><c> Jesus</c><00:22:28.869><c> Christ</c><00:22:29.230><c> really</c><00:22:29.609><c> has</c><00:22:30.009><c> all</c><00:22:30.549><c> aspects</c>

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of<00:22:31.130><c> the</c><00:22:31.349><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:22:32.289><c> the</c><00:22:32.410><c> first</c><00:22:32.609><c> one,</c><00:22:32.750><c> he</c><00:22:32.849><c> says,</c><00:22:33.069><c> look,</c><00:22:33.230><c> you</c><00:22:33.309><c> have</c><00:22:33.450><c> a</c><00:22:33.750><c> controlled</c><00:22:33.950><c> situation,</c><00:22:34.950><c> think</c>

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about<00:22:35.549><c> your</c><00:22:35.930><c> cost.</c>

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And<00:22:37.250><c> the</c><00:22:37.390><c> second,</c><00:22:37.589><c> he</c><00:22:37.670><c> says,</c><00:22:37.809><c> you</c><00:22:37.869><c> have</c><00:22:38.029><c> an</c><00:22:38.230><c> uncontrolled</c>

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situation,<00:22:39.289><c> someone's</c><00:22:39.569><c> coming</c><00:22:39.730><c> against</c><00:22:40.109><c> you,</c>

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think<00:22:40.970><c> about</c><00:22:41.269><c> the</c><00:22:41.569><c> cost.</c>

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foundation,<00:22:45.329><c> and</c><00:22:45.569><c> the</c><00:22:45.789><c> second,</c>

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you're<00:22:46.750><c> fighting</c><00:22:47.069><c> spiritual</c><00:22:47.670><c> warfare,</c><00:22:48.589><c> and</c><00:22:49.269><c> in</c><00:22:49.349><c> the</c><00:22:49.529><c> first,</c>

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he<00:22:49.890><c> says,</c><00:22:50.130><c> you</c><00:22:50.190><c> have</c><00:22:50.410><c> to</c><00:22:50.630><c> defend,</c>

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and<00:22:52.329><c> in</c><00:22:52.410><c> the</c><00:22:52.549><c> second,</c><00:22:52.730><c> you</c><00:22:52.829><c> have</c><00:22:53.009><c> to</c><00:22:53.150><c> go</c><00:22:53.289><c> on</c><00:22:53.410><c> the</c><00:22:53.650><c> offense.</c>

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And<00:22:55.210><c> the</c><00:22:55.269><c> Lord</c><00:22:55.430><c> Jesus</c><00:22:55.710><c> Christ</c><00:22:56.210><c> covers</c><00:22:56.690><c> all</c><00:22:57.150><c> the</c><00:22:57.390><c> aspects</c><00:22:57.730><c> of</c>

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our<00:22:58.089><c> discipleship</c><00:22:58.650><c> in</c><00:22:58.789><c> these</c><00:22:58.990><c> two</c><00:22:59.210><c> parables.</c>

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And<00:23:03.150><c> so</c><00:23:03.230><c> when</c><00:23:03.349><c> we</c><00:23:03.470><c> come</c><00:23:03.650><c> back,</c><00:23:03.970><c> brothers</c><00:23:04.069><c> and</c><00:23:04.289><c> sisters</c><00:23:04.450><c> and</c><00:23:04.630><c> young</c><00:23:04.750><c> people,</c><00:23:05.069><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:05.690><c> book</c><00:23:05.829><c> of</c><00:23:06.089><c> Ruth,</c>

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and<00:23:08.730><c> we</c><00:23:08.950><c> find</c><00:23:09.190><c> Ruth</c><00:23:09.829><c> and</c><00:23:10.109><c> Orpah</c><00:23:10.650><c> thinking</c><00:23:11.089><c> about</c><00:23:11.390><c> the</c><00:23:11.650><c> motive</c>

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in<00:23:12.150><c> their</c><00:23:12.390><c> head</c><00:23:12.730><c> to</c><00:23:13.390><c> follow</c><00:23:13.710><c> Naomi,</c>

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they<00:23:17.289><c> really</c><00:23:17.589><c> have</c><00:23:17.809><c> to</c><00:23:18.009><c> think,</c><00:23:18.509><c> am</c><00:23:18.609><c> I</c><00:23:18.769><c> willing</c><00:23:19.009><c> to</c><00:23:19.230><c> give</c><00:23:19.390><c> up</c><00:23:19.750><c> everything</c><00:23:20.250><c> to</c>

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go<00:23:21.730><c> to</c><00:23:21.869><c> Bethlehem</c><00:23:22.210><c> Judah?</c>

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So<00:23:28.970><c> Naomi</c><00:23:29.230><c> petitions</c><00:23:29.630><c> them</c><00:23:29.809><c> in</c><00:23:29.950><c> verse</c><00:23:30.109><c> 12,</c>

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turn<00:23:32.789><c> again,</c><00:23:33.250><c> my</c><00:23:33.349><c> daughters,</c><00:23:35.930><c> go</c><00:23:36.150><c> your</c><00:23:36.490><c> way.</c>

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You<00:23:39.250><c> notice</c><00:23:39.410><c> that,</c><00:23:39.609><c> brothers</c><00:23:39.809><c> and</c><00:23:40.029><c> sisters</c><00:23:40.170><c> and</c><00:23:40.349><c> young</c><00:23:40.450><c> people,</c><00:23:41.009><c> Naomi</c>

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says,<00:23:41.869><c> go</c><00:23:42.470><c> your</c><00:23:43.009><c> way.</c>

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For<00:23:45.700><c> I</c><00:23:45.839><c> am</c><00:23:45.960><c> too</c><00:23:46.240><c> old</c><00:23:46.440><c> to</c><00:23:46.680><c> have</c><00:23:46.799><c> a</c><00:23:47.000><c> husband.</c>

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If<00:23:48.579><c> I</c><00:23:48.759><c> should</c><00:23:48.900><c> say,</c><00:23:49.400><c> I</c><00:23:49.400><c> have</c><00:23:49.660><c> hope,</c><00:23:50.400><c> if</c><00:23:50.539><c> I</c><00:23:50.700><c> should</c><00:23:50.859><c> have</c><00:23:51.099><c> a</c><00:23:51.299><c> husband</c><00:23:51.460><c> also</c>

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tonight,<00:23:52.440><c> and</c><00:23:52.579><c> should</c><00:23:52.720><c> also</c><00:23:53.019><c> bear</c><00:23:53.259><c> sons,</c>

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would<00:23:54.240><c> you</c><00:23:54.440><c> tarry</c><00:23:54.740><c> for</c><00:23:54.880><c> them</c><00:23:55.079><c> till</c><00:23:55.240><c> they</c><00:23:55.460><c> were</c><00:23:55.640><c> grown?</c>

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Would<00:23:56.819><c> you</c><00:23:57.099><c> stay</c><00:23:57.259><c> for</c><00:23:57.400><c> them</c><00:23:57.599><c> from</c><00:23:57.839><c> having</c><00:23:58.059><c> husbands?</c>

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Nay,<00:23:58.940><c> my</c><00:23:59.200><c> daughters,</c><00:24:00.079><c> for</c><00:24:00.279><c> it</c><00:24:00.579><c> grieveth</c><00:24:00.900><c> me</c><00:24:01.119><c> much</c><00:24:01.380><c> for</c><00:24:01.619><c> your</c>

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sakes<00:24:02.160><c> that</c><00:24:02.319><c> the</c><00:24:02.559><c> hand</c><00:24:02.740><c> of</c><00:24:02.920><c> the</c><00:24:03.059><c> Lord</c><00:24:03.339><c> is</c><00:24:03.779><c> gone</c><00:24:04.059><c> out</c><00:24:04.819><c> against</c><00:24:05.299><c> me.</c>

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And<00:24:07.700><c> really</c><00:24:07.920><c> here</c><00:24:08.119><c> we</c><00:24:08.319><c> see</c><00:24:08.539><c> Naomi</c><00:24:08.920><c> is</c><00:24:09.380><c> so</c><00:24:09.880><c> selfless,</c>

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and<00:24:12.019><c> she</c><00:24:12.119><c> is</c><00:24:12.299><c> pleading</c><00:24:12.559><c> with</c><00:24:12.759><c> her</c><00:24:13.000><c> daughters</c><00:24:13.359><c> to</c><00:24:13.599><c> go</c><00:24:13.940><c> and</c><00:24:14.299><c> find,</c><00:24:14.519><c> even</c>

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in<00:24:14.940><c> this</c><00:24:15.160><c> instance,</c><00:24:15.579><c> a</c><00:24:15.700><c> husband.</c>

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Don't<00:24:17.640><c> come</c><00:24:17.859><c> with</c><00:24:18.059><c> me,</c><00:24:19.000><c> Ruth,</c><00:24:19.480><c> Orpah,</c><00:24:20.160><c> think</c><00:24:20.480><c> about</c><00:24:20.779><c> it.</c>

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I<00:24:22.619><c> cannot</c><00:24:22.960><c> have</c><00:24:23.220><c> a</c><00:24:23.359><c> husband</c><00:24:23.640><c> for</c><00:24:23.920><c> you,</c><00:24:24.200><c> and</c><00:24:24.480><c> I</c><00:24:24.660><c> know</c><00:24:24.859><c> that's</c>

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what<00:24:25.240><c> you</c><00:24:25.460><c> earnestly</c><00:24:25.839><c> desire.</c>

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:30.400
And<00:24:28.420><c> she</c><00:24:28.579><c> says,</c><00:24:28.920><c> go</c><00:24:29.119><c> your</c><00:24:29.440><c> way.</c>

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:34.500
Just<00:24:31.359><c> like</c><00:24:31.519><c> the</c><00:24:31.680><c> Lord</c><00:24:31.880><c> Jesus</c><00:24:32.180><c> Christ</c><00:24:32.500><c> in</c><00:24:32.640><c> the</c><00:24:32.799><c> Garden</c><00:24:32.980><c> of</c><00:24:33.180><c> Gethsemane,</c>

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when<00:24:34.920><c> he's</c><00:24:35.079><c> about</c><00:24:35.240><c> to</c><00:24:35.380><c> be</c><00:24:35.559><c> apprehended,</c><00:24:35.880><c> he</c><00:24:35.980><c> says,</c><00:24:36.819><c> let</c><00:24:37.119><c> these</c>

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go<00:24:38.220><c> their</c><00:24:38.779><c> way.</c>

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Selfless<00:24:40.019><c> ambition</c><00:24:40.700><c> is</c><00:24:41.380><c> what</c><00:24:41.579><c> Naomi</c><00:24:41.859><c> has</c><00:24:42.180><c> in</c><00:24:42.279><c> her</c><00:24:42.500><c> mind,</c><00:24:43.099><c> a</c><00:24:43.519><c> selfless</c><00:24:43.940><c> ambition,</c><00:24:44.779><c> thinking</c><00:24:45.059><c> of</c>

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.940
the<00:24:45.380><c> needs</c><00:24:45.619><c> of</c><00:24:45.859><c> others.</c>

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And<00:24:49.920><c> so</c><00:24:50.000><c> here's</c><00:24:50.200><c> the</c><00:24:50.319><c> response,</c><00:24:51.440><c> verse</c><00:24:51.579><c> 14.</c>

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They<00:24:54.059><c> lift</c><00:24:54.400><c> up</c><00:24:54.599><c> their</c><00:24:54.819><c> voice</c><00:24:55.200><c> and</c><00:24:55.539><c> wept</c><00:24:55.799><c> again,</c><00:24:56.500><c> and</c><00:24:56.680><c> Orpah</c><00:24:57.019><c> kissed</c><00:24:57.440><c> her</c><00:24:57.680><c> mother</c><00:24:57.920><c>-in</c>

00:24:58.099 --> 00:25:01.500
-law,<00:24:59.839><c> but</c><00:25:00.019><c> Ruth</c><00:25:00.279><c> clave</c><00:25:00.539><c> unto</c><00:25:00.720><c> her.</c>

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Orpah<00:25:06.160><c> kissed</c><00:25:06.539><c> and</c><00:25:06.759><c> Ruth</c><00:25:07.019><c> clave.</c>

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The<00:25:07.960><c> word</c><00:25:08.220><c> clave</c><00:25:08.599><c> in</c><00:25:08.720><c> verse</c><00:25:08.940><c> 14,</c><00:25:09.720><c> it</c><00:25:10.220><c> means</c><00:25:10.720><c> to</c><00:25:10.960><c> be</c><00:25:11.200><c> joined</c><00:25:11.720><c> together.</c>

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It's<00:25:13.559><c> the</c><00:25:13.980><c> same</c><00:25:14.440><c> word</c><00:25:15.000><c> in</c><00:25:15.480><c> Genesis</c><00:25:15.900><c> 2</c><00:25:16.759><c> and</c><00:25:17.200><c> verse</c><00:25:17.460><c> 24,</c><00:25:19.200><c> when</c><00:25:19.339><c> it</c>

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says<00:25:19.720><c> of</c><00:25:19.980><c> Adam</c><00:25:20.240><c> and</c><00:25:20.440><c> Eve,</c><00:25:20.700><c> and</c><00:25:20.920><c> they</c><00:25:21.380><c> cleaved.</c>

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:26.579
It's<00:25:23.720><c> the</c><00:25:23.819><c> same</c><00:25:24.039><c> word</c><00:25:24.259><c> in</c><00:25:24.480><c> Genesis</c><00:25:24.740><c> 2</c><00:25:25.079><c> and</c><00:25:25.180><c> verse</c><00:25:25.339><c> 24.</c>

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:29.880
It<00:25:27.440><c> means</c><00:25:27.640><c> to</c><00:25:27.799><c> be</c><00:25:28.059><c> joined</c><00:25:28.539><c> together.</c>

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And<00:25:35.180><c> so</c><00:25:35.279><c> here's</c><00:25:35.480><c> what</c><00:25:35.559><c> we</c><00:25:35.700><c> find,</c><00:25:36.079><c> brothers</c><00:25:36.099><c> and</c><00:25:36.339><c> sisters</c><00:25:36.559><c> and</c>

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young<00:25:36.859><c> people,</c><00:25:37.079><c> in</c><00:25:37.200><c> verse</c><00:25:37.420><c> 15.</c>

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:42.240
Orpah<00:25:38.900><c> has</c><00:25:39.220><c> kissed,</c><00:25:39.859><c> Ruth</c><00:25:40.039><c> has</c><00:25:40.380><c> claved,</c><00:25:41.539><c> and</c><00:25:41.759><c> Naomi</c><00:25:41.960><c> makes</c>

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her<00:25:42.500><c> fourth</c><00:25:42.759><c> and</c><00:25:42.960><c> final</c><00:25:43.200><c> petition,</c>

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not<00:25:44.220><c> to</c><00:25:44.420><c> Orpah</c><00:25:44.700><c> and</c><00:25:44.900><c> Ruth,</c><00:25:45.900><c> just</c><00:25:46.140><c> to</c><00:25:46.359><c> Ruth.</c>

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.779
And<00:25:47.140><c> here's</c><00:25:47.220><c> what</c><00:25:47.339><c> she</c><00:25:47.500><c> says</c><00:25:47.700><c> in</c><00:25:47.799><c> verse</c><00:25:48.000><c> 15.</c>

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:54.559
Naomi<00:25:49.980><c> said,</c><00:25:50.440><c> behold,</c><00:25:52.279><c> thy</c><00:25:52.480><c> sister</c><00:25:52.839><c>-in</c><00:25:53.019><c>-law</c><00:25:53.119><c> is</c><00:25:53.339><c> gone</c><00:25:53.619><c> back</c>

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unto<00:25:55.140><c> her</c><00:25:55.380><c> people,</c><00:25:56.980><c> unto</c><00:25:57.160><c> her</c><00:25:57.400><c> gods.</c>

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Return<00:25:59.400><c> now</c><00:25:59.700><c> after</c><00:26:00.000><c> thy</c><00:26:00.220><c> sister</c><00:26:00.539><c>-in</c><00:26:00.740><c>-law.</c>

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And<00:26:03.500><c> so</c><00:26:03.660><c> Naomi</c><00:26:03.960><c> says</c><00:26:04.259><c> in</c><00:26:04.400><c> verse</c><00:26:04.579><c> 15</c><00:26:05.140><c> to</c><00:26:05.740><c> Ruth,</c><00:26:07.160><c> Orpah</c><00:26:07.240><c> has</c><00:26:07.500><c> gone</c>

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:12.180
to<00:26:08.119><c> one,</c><00:26:08.779><c> her</c><00:26:08.920><c> people,</c><00:26:10.220><c> and</c><00:26:10.539><c> two,</c><00:26:11.059><c> her</c><00:26:11.299><c> gods.</c>

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One,<00:26:13.119><c> her</c><00:26:13.220><c> way</c><00:26:13.420><c> of</c><00:26:13.599><c> living,</c><00:26:15.180><c> and</c><00:26:15.599><c> two,</c><00:26:15.859><c> her</c><00:26:16.000><c> way</c><00:26:16.200><c> of</c><00:26:16.380><c> worship.</c>

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:22.039
Orpah<00:26:19.079><c> has</c><00:26:19.299><c> gone</c><00:26:19.519><c> back</c><00:26:19.859><c> to</c><00:26:20.039><c> her</c><00:26:20.160><c> way</c><00:26:20.400><c> of</c><00:26:20.579><c> living,</c><00:26:20.900><c> her</c><00:26:21.099><c> people,</c>

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:24.880
her<00:26:23.180><c> way</c><00:26:23.339><c> of</c><00:26:23.579><c> worship,</c><00:26:23.859><c> her</c><00:26:24.039><c> gods.</c>

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:27.180
She's<00:26:25.700><c> gone</c><00:26:25.819><c> back</c><00:26:26.019><c> to</c><00:26:26.140><c> her</c><00:26:26.240><c> old</c><00:26:26.440><c> life.</c>

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:33.539
And<00:26:30.480><c> here's</c><00:26:30.680><c> what</c><00:26:30.859><c> Ruth</c><00:26:31.059><c> says</c><00:26:31.380><c> to</c><00:26:31.640><c> Naomi</c><00:26:31.980><c> in</c><00:26:32.500><c> verse</c><00:26:32.640><c> 16.</c>

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:40.859
And<00:26:36.420><c> treat</c><00:26:36.539><c> me</c><00:26:36.759><c> not</c><00:26:37.200><c> to</c><00:26:37.500><c> leave</c><00:26:37.779><c> thee,</c><00:26:39.839><c> or</c><00:26:40.099><c> to</c><00:26:40.319><c> return</c><00:26:40.599><c> from</c>

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following<00:26:41.119><c> after</c><00:26:41.500><c> thee.</c>

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For<00:26:43.039><c> whither</c><00:26:43.299><c> thou</c><00:26:43.599><c> goest,</c><00:26:43.960><c> I</c><00:26:44.180><c> will</c><00:26:44.380><c> go,</c><00:26:45.440><c> and</c><00:26:45.680><c> where</c><00:26:45.900><c> thou</c><00:26:46.119><c> lodgest,</c><00:26:46.480><c> I</c>

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will<00:26:46.960><c> lodge.</c>

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Thy<00:26:48.220><c> people</c><00:26:48.519><c> shall</c><00:26:48.700><c> be</c><00:26:48.940><c> my</c><00:26:49.220><c> people,</c><00:26:50.000><c> and</c><00:26:50.240><c> thy</c><00:26:50.500><c> God</c><00:26:50.740><c> my</c><00:26:51.019><c> God.</c>

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Where<00:26:52.440><c> thou</c><00:26:52.700><c> diest,</c><00:26:53.400><c> will</c><00:26:53.519><c> I</c><00:26:53.720><c> die,</c><00:26:54.799><c> and</c><00:26:55.059><c> there</c><00:26:55.240><c> will</c><00:26:55.400><c> I</c><00:26:55.539><c> be</c><00:26:55.720><c> buried.</c>

00:26:57.119 --> 00:27:03.240
And<00:26:57.579><c> you</c><00:26:57.680><c> just</c><00:26:57.920><c> see</c><00:26:58.160><c> the</c><00:26:58.460><c> passion</c><00:26:58.779><c> in</c><00:26:59.019><c> Ruth's</c><00:26:59.359><c> voice,</c><00:27:00.000><c> pleading</c><00:27:00.579><c> now</c><00:27:01.140><c> with</c><00:27:01.460><c> Naomi</c><00:27:01.839><c> to</c>

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stop<00:27:03.519><c> pleading</c><00:27:03.819><c> with</c><00:27:03.980><c> her.</c>

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And<00:27:06.480><c> so</c><00:27:06.599><c> here,</c><00:27:06.960><c> brothers</c><00:27:07.000><c> and</c><00:27:07.240><c> sisters</c><00:27:07.440><c> and</c><00:27:07.619><c> young</c><00:27:07.759><c> people,</c>

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:10.920
is<00:27:08.079><c> what</c><00:27:08.220><c> we</c><00:27:08.400><c> have</c><00:27:08.599><c> looked</c><00:27:08.799><c> at</c><00:27:08.960><c> in</c><00:27:09.099><c> these</c><00:27:09.339><c> four</c><00:27:09.559><c> petitions.</c>

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The<00:27:11.859><c> first</c><00:27:12.119><c> in</c><00:27:12.279><c> verses</c><00:27:12.460><c> 8</c><00:27:12.720><c> to</c><00:27:12.819><c> 9,</c><00:27:13.700><c> Naomi</c><00:27:13.700><c> petitions</c><00:27:14.460><c> her</c><00:27:14.700><c> daughters</c><00:27:14.940><c>-in</c><00:27:15.119><c>-law</c><00:27:15.140><c> to</c><00:27:15.359><c> return,</c>

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:19.579
to<00:27:15.859><c> find</c><00:27:16.180><c> safety</c><00:27:16.779><c> with</c><00:27:17.039><c> a</c><00:27:17.180><c> husband,</c><00:27:17.519><c> to</c><00:27:17.680><c> find</c><00:27:18.079><c> rest</c><00:27:18.420><c> in</c><00:27:18.619><c> a</c><00:27:18.740><c> home.</c>

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:25.960
And<00:27:20.700><c> then</c><00:27:20.819><c> in</c><00:27:20.940><c> verse</c><00:27:21.119><c> 11,</c><00:27:24.359><c> Naomi</c><00:27:24.599><c> says,</c><00:27:25.160><c> return,</c><00:27:25.619><c> for</c><00:27:25.740><c> I</c><00:27:25.839><c> have</c>

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not<00:27:25.960><c> yet</c><00:27:25.960><c> found</c><00:27:25.960><c> my</c><00:27:25.960><c> husband.</c>

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:28.339
I<00:27:25.980><c> have</c><00:27:25.980><c> no</c><00:27:26.359><c> sons</c><00:27:26.799><c> for</c><00:27:27.059><c> husbands.</c>

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:32.819
And<00:27:30.039><c> then</c><00:27:30.160><c> in</c><00:27:30.220><c> verses</c><00:27:30.380><c> 12</c><00:27:30.720><c> and</c><00:27:30.819><c> 13,</c><00:27:31.279><c> return,</c><00:27:31.819><c> I</c><00:27:31.980><c> am</c><00:27:32.119><c> too</c><00:27:32.460><c> old,</c><00:27:32.680><c> I</c>

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:35.220
have<00:27:33.000><c> no</c><00:27:33.140><c> husbands,</c><00:27:33.619><c> I</c><00:27:33.660><c> have</c><00:27:33.819><c> no</c><00:27:34.039><c> sons.</c>

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:40.079
And<00:27:37.640><c> then</c><00:27:37.759><c> last,</c><00:27:38.200><c> brothers</c><00:27:38.299><c> and</c><00:27:38.500><c> sisters,</c><00:27:38.940><c> in</c><00:27:39.059><c> verse</c><00:27:39.220><c> 15,</c><00:27:39.680><c> just</c><00:27:39.880><c> to</c>

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.599
Ruth,<00:27:40.460><c> return.</c>

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Be<00:27:41.859><c> with</c><00:27:42.119><c> a</c><00:27:42.299><c> people,</c><00:27:43.640><c> and</c><00:27:43.799><c> be</c><00:27:43.980><c> with</c><00:27:44.160><c> a</c><00:27:44.319><c> God.</c>

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:49.069
And<00:27:46.039><c> we</c><00:27:46.240><c> find</c><00:27:46.460><c> that</c><00:27:46.740><c> Orpah</c><00:27:47.160><c> kissed</c><00:27:47.619><c> in</c><00:27:47.980><c> Ruth's</c><00:27:48.339><c> clave.</c>

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:54.319
A<00:27:51.759><c> kiss</c><00:27:52.039><c> is</c><00:27:52.299><c> an</c><00:27:52.480><c> outward</c><00:27:52.819><c> sign</c><00:27:53.200><c> of</c><00:27:53.460><c> respect.</c>

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.680
But<00:27:56.519><c> an</c><00:27:56.819><c> inward</c><00:27:57.099><c> sign</c><00:27:57.519><c> of</c><00:27:57.799><c> refusal.</c>

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A<00:28:01.140><c> kiss</c><00:28:01.599><c> is</c><00:28:02.299><c> an</c><00:28:02.500><c> outward</c><00:28:02.819><c> sign</c><00:28:03.119><c> of</c><00:28:03.319><c> respect.</c>

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:07.720
But<00:28:05.660><c> an</c><00:28:05.880><c> inward</c><00:28:06.180><c> sign</c><00:28:06.460><c> of</c><00:28:06.720><c> refusal.</c>

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:11.599
And<00:28:08.480><c> Orpah,</c><00:28:08.720><c> in</c><00:28:08.900><c> this</c><00:28:09.079><c> instance,</c><00:28:09.640><c> uses</c><00:28:09.940><c> that</c><00:28:10.319><c> kiss,</c><00:28:10.680><c> but</c><00:28:10.859><c> Ruth</c><00:28:11.079><c> clave.</c>

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:14.579
She<00:28:12.220><c> wanted</c><00:28:12.440><c> to</c><00:28:12.619><c> be</c><00:28:12.819><c> joined</c><00:28:13.059><c> together</c><00:28:13.420><c> with</c><00:28:13.740><c> Naomi.</c>

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:17.559
And<00:28:16.019><c> we</c><00:28:16.160><c> can't</c><00:28:16.359><c> help</c><00:28:16.519><c> but</c><00:28:16.660><c> notice,</c><00:28:16.960><c> brothers</c><00:28:17.140><c> and</c><00:28:17.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:19.779
that<00:28:17.839><c> in</c><00:28:18.079><c> these</c><00:28:18.339><c> petitions</c><00:28:18.839><c> and</c><00:28:19.019><c> in</c><00:28:19.180><c> the</c><00:28:19.299><c> responses,</c>

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:21.180
here's<00:28:20.099><c> what</c><00:28:20.160><c> we</c><00:28:20.420><c> find.</c>

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:30.220
Both<00:28:23.299><c> Ruth</c><00:28:23.900><c> and</c><00:28:24.779><c> Orpah</c><00:28:25.799><c> said</c><00:28:26.160><c> that</c><00:28:28.839><c> they</c><00:28:28.960><c> would</c><00:28:29.460><c> arise</c><00:28:29.960><c> to</c>

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.980
return<00:28:30.740><c> with</c><00:28:31.079><c> Naomi.</c>

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:38.720
Both<00:28:33.599><c> Ruth</c><00:28:33.960><c> and</c><00:28:34.140><c> Orpah</c><00:28:34.599><c> went</c><00:28:35.059><c> on</c><00:28:35.440><c> the</c><00:28:35.640><c> way</c><00:28:36.240><c> to</c><00:28:36.940><c> return</c><00:28:37.480><c> with</c><00:28:37.799><c> Naomi.</c>

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:44.440
Both<00:28:40.259><c> Ruth</c><00:28:40.460><c> and</c><00:28:40.619><c> Orpah</c><00:28:41.240><c> said</c><00:28:41.799><c> they</c><00:28:42.259><c> would</c><00:28:42.680><c> return</c><00:28:43.119><c> with</c><00:28:43.440><c> Naomi.</c>

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:51.960
But<00:28:46.700><c> only</c><00:28:47.059><c> Ruth</c><00:28:47.759><c> actually</c><00:28:49.200><c> returned</c><00:28:49.880><c> with</c><00:28:50.559><c> Naomi.</c>

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:57.059
More<00:28:53.839><c> than</c><00:28:54.039><c> words,</c><00:28:54.420><c> brothers</c><00:28:54.519><c> and</c><00:28:54.759><c> sisters,</c><00:28:55.059><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:28:55.740><c> chapter</c><00:28:56.019><c> 5,</c><00:28:56.480><c> verses</c><00:28:56.720><c> 4</c>

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.619
and<00:28:57.140><c> 5</c><00:28:57.480><c> says</c><00:28:57.759><c> this.</c>

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When<00:28:59.160><c> thou</c><00:28:59.759><c> vowest</c><00:29:00.359><c> a</c><00:29:00.599><c> vow</c><00:29:00.859><c> unto</c><00:29:01.099><c> God,</c><00:29:01.960><c> defer</c><00:29:02.140><c> not</c><00:29:02.359><c> to</c><00:29:02.559><c> pay</c><00:29:02.680><c> it,</c>

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for<00:29:04.119><c> he</c><00:29:04.240><c> hath</c><00:29:04.319><c> no</c><00:29:04.619><c> pleasure</c><00:29:04.859><c> in</c><00:29:05.119><c> fools.</c>

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:10.539
Pay<00:29:07.180><c> that</c><00:29:07.400><c> which</c><00:29:07.599><c> thou</c><00:29:07.779><c> hast</c><00:29:08.019><c> vowed,</c><00:29:08.359><c> better</c><00:29:08.720><c> it</c><00:29:09.059><c> is</c><00:29:09.299><c> that</c><00:29:09.500><c> thou</c><00:29:09.720><c> shouldest</c><00:29:10.200><c> not</c>

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.960
vow<00:29:11.039><c> than</c><00:29:12.299><c> that</c><00:29:12.720><c> thou</c>

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shouldest<00:29:13.420><c> vow</c><00:29:13.700><c> and</c><00:29:13.960><c> not</c><00:29:14.200><c> pay.</c>

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:21.400
And<00:29:16.799><c> so</c><00:29:16.980><c> only</c><00:29:17.240><c> Ruth</c><00:29:17.559><c> had</c><00:29:17.779><c> the</c><00:29:18.019><c> resolve</c><00:29:18.539><c> and</c><00:29:18.799><c> the</c><00:29:19.039><c> determination</c><00:29:19.619><c> and</c><00:29:20.460><c> the</c><00:29:20.680><c> spiritual</c><00:29:21.039><c> mind</c>

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to<00:29:21.599><c> return</c>

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with<00:29:22.339><c> Naomi.</c>

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Orpah<00:29:24.740><c> really</c><00:29:25.079><c> only</c><00:29:25.400><c> confessed</c><00:29:26.000><c> and</c><00:29:26.519><c> professed</c><00:29:26.980><c> with</c><00:29:27.160><c> her</c>

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lips<00:29:27.559><c> that</c><00:29:27.700><c> she</c><00:29:27.920><c> would.</c>

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:34.240
And<00:29:31.799><c> so</c><00:29:31.980><c> Ruth</c><00:29:32.160><c> gives</c><00:29:32.420><c> this</c><00:29:32.720><c> wonderful</c><00:29:33.259><c> response,</c><00:29:34.099><c> brothers</c>

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:36.559
and<00:29:34.460><c> sisters,</c><00:29:35.279><c> in</c><00:29:35.359><c> verses</c><00:29:35.579><c> 16</c><00:29:35.980><c> and</c><00:29:36.140><c> 17,</c>

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:39.900
pleading<00:29:37.039><c> with</c><00:29:37.279><c> Naomi</c><00:29:37.500><c> to</c><00:29:37.859><c> stop</c><00:29:38.220><c> asking</c><00:29:38.559><c> her</c><00:29:38.720><c> to</c><00:29:38.980><c> return</c><00:29:39.440><c> from</c>

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:41.039
following<00:29:40.220><c> after</c><00:29:40.599><c> her.</c>

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:44.619
She<00:29:41.799><c> wanted</c><00:29:42.140><c> to</c><00:29:42.359><c> have</c><00:29:42.640><c> the</c><00:29:42.960><c> covenant</c><00:29:43.259><c> people</c><00:29:43.660><c> as</c><00:29:43.920><c> her</c><00:29:44.119><c> people.</c>

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:47.220
She<00:29:45.259><c> wanted</c><00:29:45.460><c> to</c><00:29:45.619><c> come</c><00:29:45.839><c> into</c><00:29:46.059><c> the</c><00:29:46.359><c> truth.</c>

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:49.859
She<00:29:47.660><c> was</c><00:29:47.839><c> willing</c><00:29:48.000><c> to</c><00:29:48.180><c> forsake</c><00:29:48.640><c> all</c><00:29:49.019><c> that</c><00:29:49.160><c> she</c><00:29:49.359><c> had</c><00:29:49.539><c> known</c><00:29:49.700><c> in</c>

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:51.940
her<00:29:50.079><c> people</c><00:29:50.279><c> and</c><00:29:50.460><c> her</c><00:29:50.700><c> gods</c><00:29:51.099><c> to</c><00:29:51.559><c> embrace</c>

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the<00:29:52.099><c> hope</c><00:29:52.220><c> of</c><00:29:52.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:59.920
I<00:29:55.980><c> recall</c><00:29:56.339><c> when</c><00:29:56.859><c> I</c><00:29:57.720><c> was</c><00:29:57.880><c> blessed</c><00:29:58.099><c> to</c><00:29:58.279><c> be</c><00:29:58.380><c> learning</c><00:29:58.579><c> the</c><00:29:58.900><c> truth,</c>

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:04.579
I<00:30:01.519><c> had</c><00:30:01.700><c> a</c><00:30:01.859><c> dilemma</c><00:30:02.119><c> because</c><00:30:02.640><c> I</c><00:30:02.980><c> had</c><00:30:03.440><c> friends,</c>

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:09.779
family,<00:30:06.440><c> activities</c><00:30:07.000><c> in</c><00:30:08.259><c> my</c><00:30:08.460><c> old</c><00:30:08.619><c> church.</c>

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:14.960
I<00:30:12.279><c> had</c><00:30:12.500><c> to</c><00:30:12.680><c> decide</c><00:30:13.099><c> what</c><00:30:13.279><c> was</c><00:30:13.480><c> going</c><00:30:13.799><c> on</c><00:30:14.119><c> because</c><00:30:14.339><c> I</c><00:30:14.500><c> couldn't</c>

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.339
continue<00:30:15.440><c> to</c><00:30:15.660><c> meet</c><00:30:15.900><c> with</c><00:30:16.180><c> them</c><00:30:16.720><c> and</c>

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meet<00:30:17.680><c> with</c><00:30:18.000><c> the</c><00:30:18.160><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:24.220
And<00:30:22.140><c> I</c><00:30:22.319><c> wrestled</c><00:30:22.579><c> in</c><00:30:22.680><c> my</c><00:30:22.859><c> mind,</c><00:30:23.059><c> what</c><00:30:23.180><c> do</c><00:30:23.400><c> I</c><00:30:23.500><c> do?</c>

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.119
But<00:30:26.579><c> as</c><00:30:26.740><c> we</c><00:30:26.819><c> all</c><00:30:26.960><c> know,</c><00:30:27.259><c> brothers</c><00:30:27.279><c> and</c><00:30:27.500><c> sisters,</c><00:30:27.839><c> that</c><00:30:27.900><c> being</c>

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:31.099
part<00:30:28.339><c> of</c><00:30:28.420><c> the</c><00:30:28.640><c> truth,</c><00:30:30.599><c> there's</c><00:30:30.920><c> new</c>

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:36.519
functions,<00:30:32.900><c> there's</c><00:30:33.119><c> new</c><00:30:33.299><c> friends,</c><00:30:34.900><c> there's</c><00:30:35.279><c> new</c><00:30:35.460><c> family.</c>

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:40.460
And<00:30:37.660><c> that,</c><00:30:38.059><c> brothers</c><00:30:38.180><c> and</c><00:30:38.380><c> sisters,</c><00:30:38.579><c> of</c><00:30:38.700><c> what</c><00:30:38.779><c> we</c><00:30:39.079><c> have</c><00:30:39.359><c> in</c><00:30:39.539><c> the</c><00:30:39.779><c> truth</c><00:30:39.980><c> makes</c><00:30:40.220><c> it</c>

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.160
so<00:30:40.640><c> much</c><00:30:40.859><c> easier</c>

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:45.839
to<00:30:41.460><c> leave</c><00:30:42.119><c> our</c><00:30:42.599><c> old</c><00:30:42.779><c> way</c><00:30:42.960><c> of</c><00:30:43.180><c> thinking</c><00:30:43.420><c> in</c><00:30:43.660><c> life</c><00:30:44.220><c> and</c><00:30:45.539><c> embrace</c>

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a<00:30:46.000><c> new</c><00:30:46.140><c> one.</c>

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We<00:30:48.160><c> don't</c><00:30:48.359><c> want</c><00:30:48.559><c> what</c><00:30:48.680><c> the</c><00:30:48.839><c> world</c><00:30:48.960><c> has</c><00:30:49.160><c> to</c><00:30:49.380><c> offer</c><00:30:50.140><c> because</c><00:30:51.640><c> we</c>

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:53.740
love<00:30:52.079><c> what</c><00:30:52.279><c> the</c><00:30:52.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:52.660><c> provides.</c>

00:30:55.940 --> 00:31:01.920
And<00:30:56.220><c> so</c><00:30:56.339><c> on</c><00:30:56.519><c> the</c><00:30:56.700><c> border</c><00:30:56.900><c> of</c><00:30:57.099><c> the</c><00:30:57.299><c> land,</c><00:30:57.619><c> we</c><00:30:57.779><c> find</c><00:30:58.599><c> Ruth</c><00:30:59.359><c> and</c><00:30:59.759><c> Naomi</c><00:31:00.319><c> about</c><00:31:01.380><c> to</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:04.019
embark<00:31:02.279><c> into</c><00:31:03.119><c> the</c><00:31:03.700><c> promised</c>

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land.

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And<00:31:04.420><c> here's</c><00:31:04.579><c> what</c><00:31:04.720><c> we</c><00:31:04.900><c> find,</c><00:31:05.339><c> brothers</c><00:31:05.460><c> and</c><00:31:05.660><c> sisters,</c><00:31:06.319><c> in</c><00:31:06.440><c> verse</c><00:31:06.640><c> 18.</c>

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:12.819
When<00:31:09.299><c> Naomi</c><00:31:09.599><c> saw</c><00:31:10.400><c> that</c><00:31:11.480><c> she</c><00:31:11.579><c> was</c><00:31:11.799><c> steadfastly</c><00:31:12.319><c> minded</c><00:31:12.460><c> to</c><00:31:12.599><c> go</c>

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:15.420
with<00:31:13.019><c> her,</c><00:31:13.279><c> that</c><00:31:13.279><c> is</c><00:31:13.440><c> Ruth,</c><00:31:14.000><c> then</c><00:31:14.480><c> she</c><00:31:15.019><c> left</c>

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:17.160
speaking<00:31:16.200><c> unto</c><00:31:16.539><c> her.</c>

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:21.920
Something<00:31:17.960><c> about</c><00:31:18.339><c> Ruth</c><00:31:19.039><c> was</c><00:31:19.900><c> captivating</c><00:31:20.420><c> the</c><00:31:20.619><c> eyes</c><00:31:20.799><c> of</c><00:31:21.000><c> Naomi</c><00:31:21.420><c> that</c>

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:25.660
she<00:31:22.180><c> said,</c><00:31:24.359><c> she's</c><00:31:24.640><c> convinced.</c>

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.759
Ruth<00:31:26.900><c> wants</c><00:31:27.140><c> to</c><00:31:27.339><c> embrace</c><00:31:27.579><c> the</c><00:31:27.819><c> truth.</c>

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:31.819
And<00:31:30.180><c> so</c><00:31:30.259><c> we</c><00:31:30.359><c> can</c><00:31:30.460><c> just</c><00:31:30.599><c> imagine,</c><00:31:31.140><c> brothers</c><00:31:31.220><c> and</c><00:31:31.480><c> sisters</c><00:31:31.640><c> and</c>

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.920
young<00:31:31.960><c> people,</c><00:31:32.200><c> that</c><00:31:32.339><c> on</c><00:31:32.519><c> the</c><00:31:32.700><c> banks</c>

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:37.640
of<00:31:33.039><c> the</c><00:31:33.200><c> Jordan</c><00:31:33.480><c> River,</c><00:31:33.900><c> coming</c><00:31:34.099><c> back</c><00:31:34.420><c> into</c><00:31:34.680><c> the</c><00:31:34.920><c> promised</c><00:31:35.099><c> land,</c><00:31:36.000><c> Ruth</c><00:31:36.119><c> goes</c><00:31:36.400><c> through</c><00:31:36.680><c> a</c><00:31:36.960><c> baptismal</c>

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.539
interview.

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And<00:31:38.920><c> here</c><00:31:39.079><c> is</c><00:31:39.200><c> her</c><00:31:39.400><c> confession</c><00:31:39.720><c> of</c><00:31:39.980><c> faith</c><00:31:40.140><c> in</c><00:31:40.299><c> verses</c><00:31:40.579><c> 16</c><00:31:40.980><c> and</c><00:31:41.099><c> 17.</c>

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:46.299
She<00:31:42.279><c> says</c><00:31:42.599><c> to</c><00:31:43.000><c> Naomi,</c><00:31:44.940><c> she</c><00:31:45.059><c> says,</c><00:31:45.440><c> whether</c><00:31:45.460><c> thou</c><00:31:45.740><c> goest,</c><00:31:46.059><c> I</c>

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.579
will<00:31:46.519><c> go.</c>

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.839
And<00:31:48.400><c> so</c><00:31:48.519><c> Ruth</c><00:31:48.720><c> understands</c><00:31:49.339><c> what</c><00:31:49.599><c> it</c><00:31:49.859><c> means</c><00:31:50.059><c> to</c><00:31:50.240><c> be</c><00:31:50.400><c> a</c><00:31:50.460><c> disciple.</c>

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:54.799
She<00:31:51.180><c> understands</c><00:31:51.740><c> discipleship</c><00:31:52.920><c> and</c><00:31:53.579><c> following</c><00:31:53.839><c> after.</c>

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:58.559
Ruth<00:31:56.799><c> says,</c><00:31:57.119><c> where</c><00:31:57.220><c> thou</c><00:31:57.460><c> lodgest,</c><00:31:57.839><c> I</c><00:31:58.039><c> will</c><00:31:58.240><c> lodge.</c>

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:02.720
Ruth<00:31:59.140><c> understands</c><00:31:59.799><c> what</c><00:31:59.980><c> it</c><00:32:00.240><c> means</c><00:32:00.579><c> to</c><00:32:01.000><c> have</c><00:32:01.319><c> companionship.</c>

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:08.539
Ruth<00:32:05.579><c> says,</c><00:32:06.140><c> thy</c><00:32:06.180><c> people</c><00:32:06.579><c> shall</c><00:32:06.779><c> be</c><00:32:07.000><c> my</c><00:32:07.319><c> people.</c>

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:12.579
Ruth<00:32:09.019><c> understood</c><00:32:09.500><c> what</c><00:32:09.700><c> it</c><00:32:09.920><c> means</c><00:32:10.460><c> to</c><00:32:10.859><c> be</c><00:32:10.960><c> in</c><00:32:11.059><c> the</c><00:32:11.220><c> bonds</c><00:32:11.440><c> of</c><00:32:11.660><c> fellowship.</c>

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:19.119
Ruth<00:32:15.140><c> says</c><00:32:15.400><c> to</c><00:32:15.640><c> Naomi,</c><00:32:16.259><c> thy</c><00:32:16.559><c> God</c><00:32:17.000><c> shall</c><00:32:17.859><c> be</c><00:32:18.039><c> my</c><00:32:18.279><c> God.</c>

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:22.900
Ruth<00:32:20.559><c> understood</c><00:32:20.980><c> what</c><00:32:21.119><c> it</c><00:32:21.299><c> meant</c><00:32:21.460><c> to</c><00:32:21.660><c> have</c><00:32:21.779><c> a</c><00:32:21.920><c> headship.</c>

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.660
And<00:32:25.019><c> lastly,</c><00:32:25.400><c> brothers</c><00:32:25.500><c> and</c><00:32:25.720><c> sisters,</c><00:32:25.980><c> in</c><00:32:26.059><c> her</c><00:32:26.299><c> confession</c>

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:28.380
of<00:32:26.920><c> faith,</c><00:32:27.480><c> Ruth</c><00:32:27.700><c> says</c><00:32:27.920><c> to</c><00:32:28.079><c> Naomi,</c>

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.880
where<00:32:28.900><c> thou</c><00:32:29.160><c> diest,</c><00:32:29.599><c> will</c><00:32:29.759><c> I</c><00:32:29.940><c> die?</c>

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:36.940
Ruth<00:32:31.799><c> understood</c><00:32:32.240><c> what</c><00:32:32.400><c> it</c><00:32:32.539><c> meant</c><00:32:32.660><c> to</c><00:32:32.859><c> have</c><00:32:33.640><c> airship,</c><00:32:36.079><c> airship</c><00:32:36.519><c> to</c><00:32:36.720><c> be</c>

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:38.180
realized<00:32:37.359><c> in</c><00:32:37.559><c> its</c><00:32:37.740><c> fullness</c><00:32:37.960><c> in</c>

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:39.400
the<00:32:38.299><c> kingdom.</c>

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:41.440
And<00:32:39.980><c> so</c><00:32:40.059><c> you</c><00:32:40.160><c> can</c><00:32:40.259><c> just</c><00:32:40.380><c> imagine,</c><00:32:40.960><c> brothers</c><00:32:40.960><c> and</c><00:32:41.200><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:43.859
Ruth<00:32:41.960><c> and</c><00:32:42.279><c> Naomi</c><00:32:42.680><c> venturing</c><00:32:43.339><c> back</c><00:32:43.660><c> from</c>

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:46.819
the<00:32:43.940><c> country</c><00:32:44.279><c> of</c><00:32:44.519><c> Moab</c><00:32:44.720><c> into</c><00:32:45.180><c> the</c><00:32:45.460><c> promised</c><00:32:45.660><c> land,</c><00:32:46.480><c> and</c><00:32:46.619><c> Ruth</c>

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:49.640
goes<00:32:47.099><c> through</c><00:32:47.440><c> a</c><00:32:47.660><c> symbolical</c><00:32:48.539><c> baptism</c>

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:51.839
into<00:32:50.380><c> the</c><00:32:50.619><c> covenant</c><00:32:50.819><c> people.</c>

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:55.880
And<00:32:52.539><c> in</c><00:32:52.700><c> her</c><00:32:52.880><c> confession</c><00:32:53.220><c> of</c><00:32:53.500><c> faith,</c><00:32:54.519><c> she</c><00:32:54.680><c> remarkably</c><00:32:55.319><c> exudes</c>

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:57.579
all<00:32:56.319><c> the</c><00:32:56.480><c> things</c><00:32:56.680><c> of</c><00:32:56.839><c> which</c><00:32:56.980><c> we</c><00:32:57.200><c> look</c><00:32:57.319><c> for,</c>

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.980
brothers<00:32:57.759><c> and</c><00:32:58.019><c> sisters,</c><00:32:58.420><c> in</c><00:32:58.420><c> a</c><00:32:58.440><c> young</c><00:32:58.640><c> person</c><00:32:58.980><c> embracing</c><00:32:59.480><c> the</c>

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:03.039
bonds<00:33:00.259><c> of</c><00:33:00.460><c> the</c><00:33:00.619><c> hope</c><00:33:01.220><c> in</c><00:33:01.619><c> baptism</c><00:33:01.960><c> into</c><00:33:02.200><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:09.180
And<00:33:05.400><c> Naomi</c><00:33:05.599><c> saw</c><00:33:06.099><c> and</c><00:33:06.339><c> not</c><00:33:06.519><c> just</c><00:33:06.720><c> heard</c><00:33:07.220><c> that</c><00:33:07.799><c> Ruth</c><00:33:07.980><c> was</c><00:33:08.279><c> steadfastly</c><00:33:08.940><c> minded</c>

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:11.339
to<00:33:09.380><c> go</c><00:33:09.819><c> with</c><00:33:10.200><c> her</c><00:33:10.900><c> into</c>

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.839
the<00:33:11.559><c> covenant</c><00:33:11.779><c> people.</c>

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:15.299
The<00:33:13.539><c> word</c><00:33:13.720><c> steadfastly</c><00:33:14.299><c> minded,</c><00:33:14.599><c> brothers</c><00:33:14.799><c> and</c><00:33:15.039><c> sisters</c><00:33:15.160><c> and</c>

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:17.640
young<00:33:15.420><c> people,</c><00:33:15.680><c> verse</c><00:33:15.900><c> 18,</c><00:33:17.019><c> it</c><00:33:17.240><c> means</c>

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:20.980
courageous,<00:33:19.839><c> established.</c>

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:25.640
So<00:33:22.019><c> here's</c><00:33:22.259><c> a</c><00:33:22.480><c> courageous</c><00:33:22.839><c> woman</c><00:33:23.240><c> established</c><00:33:23.839><c> in</c><00:33:24.019><c> her</c><00:33:24.220><c> faith,</c><00:33:25.640><c> and</c>

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:27.339
Ruth,<00:33:26.119><c> or</c><00:33:26.359><c> Naomi</c><00:33:26.660><c> sees</c><00:33:27.059><c> this</c>

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:30.980
in<00:33:27.440><c> Ruth,</c><00:33:28.539><c> that</c><00:33:28.660><c> she</c><00:33:28.819><c> is</c><00:33:29.019><c> courageous</c><00:33:29.519><c> and</c><00:33:29.819><c> established.</c>

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:34.660
Ruth<00:33:32.940><c> was</c><00:33:33.140><c> coming</c><00:33:33.339><c> into</c><00:33:33.539><c> the</c><00:33:33.759><c> truth,</c><00:33:34.000><c> and</c><00:33:34.059><c> she</c><00:33:34.200><c> had</c><00:33:34.400><c> impressed</c>

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:36.900
this<00:33:34.900><c> upon</c><00:33:35.140><c> Naomi,</c><00:33:36.099><c> and</c><00:33:36.319><c> that</c><00:33:36.579><c> was</c><00:33:36.779><c> her</c>

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.900
decision.

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:43.240
Now<00:33:38.599><c> come</c><00:33:38.759><c> with</c><00:33:38.920><c> me,</c><00:33:39.119><c> brothers</c><00:33:39.220><c> and</c><00:33:39.440><c> sisters,</c><00:33:39.660><c> to</c><00:33:39.900><c> Joshua</c><00:33:40.460><c> chapter</c><00:33:40.980><c> 1,</c>

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:49.619
because<00:33:48.579><c> we</c><00:33:48.779><c> have</c><00:33:48.900><c> a</c><00:33:49.039><c> very</c><00:33:49.359><c> similar</c>

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:52.599
incident<00:33:50.039><c> which</c><00:33:50.319><c> went</c><00:33:50.539><c> on</c><00:33:50.819><c> before</c><00:33:51.180><c> the</c><00:33:51.359><c> event</c><00:33:51.619><c> of</c><00:33:52.059><c> Naomi</c><00:33:52.380><c> and</c>

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:55.819
Ruth<00:33:52.980><c> in</c><00:33:53.279><c> Joshua</c><00:33:53.720><c> chapter</c><00:33:54.099><c> 1,</c><00:33:55.319><c> and</c><00:33:55.599><c> this</c>

00:33:55.819 --> 00:34:00.240
is<00:33:55.819><c> an</c><00:33:55.819><c> idea</c><00:33:56.079><c> about</c><00:33:56.519><c> being</c><00:33:56.819><c> steadfastly</c><00:33:57.440><c> minded,</c><00:33:57.880><c> or</c><00:33:58.059><c> courageous</c><00:33:58.579><c> and</c><00:33:58.980><c> established.</c>

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.819
Joshua<00:34:02.319><c> chapter</c><00:34:02.660><c> 1,</c><00:34:03.259><c> we</c><00:34:03.299><c> know</c><00:34:03.640><c> the</c><00:34:04.380><c> contents</c><00:34:04.819><c> of</c><00:34:04.980><c> this</c><00:34:05.220><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.500><c> quite</c>

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.700
well,<00:34:06.079><c> but</c><00:34:06.160><c> here's</c><00:34:06.359><c> what</c><00:34:06.480><c> we</c>

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:08.460
find<00:34:06.880><c> in</c><00:34:07.000><c> verse</c><00:34:07.180><c> 1.</c>

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:12.599
Now<00:34:09.420><c> after</c><00:34:10.119><c> the</c><00:34:10.340><c> death</c><00:34:10.579><c> of</c><00:34:10.780><c> Moses,</c><00:34:11.440><c> the</c><00:34:11.639><c> servant</c><00:34:11.840><c> of</c><00:34:12.019><c> the</c><00:34:12.139><c> Lord,</c><00:34:12.460><c> it</c>

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:14.699
came<00:34:12.820><c> to</c><00:34:13.059><c> pass</c><00:34:13.639><c> that</c><00:34:14.260><c> the</c><00:34:14.440><c> Lord</c>

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:20.519
spake<00:34:15.059><c> unto</c><00:34:15.260><c> Joshua</c><00:34:15.679><c> the</c><00:34:15.860><c> son</c><00:34:16.019><c> of</c><00:34:16.239><c> Nun,</c><00:34:17.380><c> Moses'</c><00:34:17.920><c> minister,</c><00:34:18.579><c> saying,</c><00:34:19.719><c> Moses,</c><00:34:20.280><c> my</c>

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.519
servant<00:34:20.800><c> is</c><00:34:21.039><c> dead.</c>

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:26.239
Now<00:34:22.360><c> therefore,</c><00:34:23.500><c> arise,</c><00:34:24.400><c> go</c><00:34:24.559><c> over</c><00:34:24.940><c> this</c><00:34:25.159><c> Jordan,</c><00:34:25.699><c> thou</c><00:34:25.940><c> and</c>

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:28.059
all<00:34:26.539><c> this</c><00:34:26.760><c> people,</c><00:34:27.380><c> unto</c><00:34:27.420><c> the</c><00:34:27.659><c> land</c><00:34:27.840><c> which</c>

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:32.139
I<00:34:28.380><c> do</c><00:34:28.559><c> give</c><00:34:28.719><c> to</c><00:34:28.900><c> them,</c><00:34:29.400><c> even</c><00:34:29.719><c> to</c><00:34:29.940><c> the</c><00:34:30.159><c> children</c><00:34:30.599><c> of</c><00:34:31.079><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:37.159
So<00:34:33.579><c> here</c><00:34:33.780><c> we</c><00:34:33.960><c> have</c><00:34:34.119><c> Joshua,</c><00:34:34.559><c> brothers</c><00:34:34.800><c> and</c><00:34:35.079><c> sisters,</c><00:34:35.280><c> and</c><00:34:35.460><c> young</c><00:34:35.599><c> people,</c><00:34:36.960><c> and</c>

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.079
we<00:34:37.300><c> have</c><00:34:37.440><c> to</c><00:34:37.619><c> really</c><00:34:37.880><c> think</c>

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.800
about<00:34:38.400><c> what</c><00:34:38.619><c> was</c><00:34:38.780><c> going</c><00:34:38.940><c> through</c><00:34:39.139><c> his</c><00:34:39.400><c> mind.</c>

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:43.860
We<00:34:40.199><c> think,</c><00:34:40.320><c> oh,</c><00:34:40.440><c> here's</c><00:34:40.760><c> Joshua,</c><00:34:41.440><c> he's</c><00:34:41.639><c> a</c><00:34:41.820><c> tower</c><00:34:42.000><c> of</c><00:34:42.320><c> strength,</c><00:34:43.420><c> he's</c><00:34:43.719><c> going</c><00:34:43.840><c> to</c>

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.559
lead<00:34:44.119><c> the</c><00:34:44.360><c> people</c>

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.079
and<00:34:44.760><c> fight</c><00:34:44.940><c> the</c><00:34:45.139><c> battles.</c>

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:48.539
But<00:34:47.000><c> he</c><00:34:47.119><c> was</c><00:34:47.219><c> just</c><00:34:47.400><c> like</c><00:34:47.579><c> you</c><00:34:47.719><c> and</c><00:34:47.860><c> I,</c><00:34:48.199><c> brothers</c><00:34:48.199><c> and</c><00:34:48.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.860
and<00:34:48.739><c> he</c><00:34:48.860><c> had</c><00:34:49.000><c> doubts.</c>

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:54.380
He<00:34:50.500><c> had</c><00:34:50.739><c> to</c><00:34:50.739><c> wrestle</c><00:34:51.059><c> with</c><00:34:51.260><c> his</c><00:34:51.539><c> faith,</c><00:34:52.860><c> because</c><00:34:52.940><c> here</c><00:34:53.119><c> we</c><00:34:53.199><c> have</c><00:34:53.340><c> Joshua,</c><00:34:54.000><c> brothers</c><00:34:54.000><c> and</c><00:34:54.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:58.920
on<00:34:54.619><c> the</c><00:34:55.380><c> border</c><00:34:55.579><c> of</c><00:34:55.800><c> the</c><00:34:56.000><c> land,</c><00:34:56.639><c> a</c><00:34:56.860><c> land</c><00:34:56.980><c> he</c><00:34:57.079><c> had</c><00:34:57.280><c> never</c><00:34:57.500><c> seen</c><00:34:57.760><c> before.</c>

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:03.599
He'd<00:35:01.039><c> only</c><00:35:01.260><c> viewed</c><00:35:01.559><c> it</c><00:35:02.019><c> 40</c><00:35:02.280><c> years</c><00:35:02.599><c> ago.</c>

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:07.800
He<00:35:05.599><c> had</c><00:35:05.739><c> a</c><00:35:05.960><c> difficult</c><00:35:06.219><c> task</c><00:35:06.559><c> before</c><00:35:06.940><c> him.</c>

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:11.519
He<00:35:08.940><c> had</c><00:35:09.119><c> a</c><00:35:09.260><c> big</c><00:35:09.440><c> responsibility</c><00:35:10.079><c> upon</c><00:35:10.360><c> his</c><00:35:10.599><c> shoulders.</c>

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:14.980
He<00:35:12.719><c> had</c><00:35:12.800><c> to</c><00:35:12.900><c> go</c><00:35:13.099><c> over</c><00:35:13.320><c> to</c><00:35:13.440><c> the</c><00:35:13.539><c> Jordan</c><00:35:13.739><c> and</c><00:35:13.960><c> fight</c><00:35:14.179><c> the</c><00:35:14.380><c> spiritual</c><00:35:14.739><c> fight</c>

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:17.139
of<00:35:15.139><c> the</c><00:35:15.360><c> truth,</c><00:35:16.619><c> and</c><00:35:16.860><c> many</c>

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:20.179
people<00:35:17.380><c> were</c><00:35:17.780><c> depending</c><00:35:18.159><c> upon</c><00:35:18.500><c> his</c><00:35:18.699><c> spiritual</c><00:35:19.059><c> leadership.</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:24.280
So<00:35:22.119><c> no</c><00:35:22.300><c> wonder</c><00:35:22.420><c> why</c><00:35:22.699><c> we</c><00:35:22.880><c> keep</c><00:35:23.079><c> reading,</c><00:35:23.679><c> brothers</c><00:35:23.699><c> and</c><00:35:23.920><c> sisters,</c><00:35:24.139><c> that</c>

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.760
on<00:35:24.440><c> the</c><00:35:24.599><c> banks</c><00:35:24.739><c> of</c><00:35:25.159><c> the</c><00:35:25.340><c> Jordan,</c>

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:30.440
that<00:35:26.239><c> Joshua</c><00:35:26.460><c> was</c><00:35:26.599><c> being</c><00:35:26.860><c> encouraged</c><00:35:27.679><c> to</c><00:35:29.800><c> be</c><00:35:30.000><c> strong</c><00:35:30.239><c> and</c><00:35:30.360><c> of</c>

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.099
a<00:35:30.619><c> good</c><00:35:30.760><c> courage.</c>

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.139
Verse<00:35:31.420><c> six.</c>

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:38.300
Joshua<00:35:33.920><c> was</c><00:35:34.099><c> told,</c><00:35:34.420><c> be</c><00:35:34.519><c> strong</c><00:35:35.480><c> and</c><00:35:36.079><c> of</c><00:35:36.199><c> a</c><00:35:36.420><c> good</c><00:35:36.599><c> courage,</c><00:35:38.219><c> for</c>

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.760
unto<00:35:38.500><c> this</c><00:35:38.760><c> people</c><00:35:39.079><c> shalt</c><00:35:39.420><c> thou</c>

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:42.780
divide<00:35:40.179><c> for</c><00:35:40.380><c> an</c><00:35:40.519><c> inheritance</c><00:35:40.800><c> of</c><00:35:40.960><c> land</c><00:35:41.079><c> which</c><00:35:41.360><c> I</c><00:35:42.079><c> swear</c><00:35:42.500><c> unto</c>

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.440
their<00:35:43.000><c> fathers</c><00:35:43.239><c> to</c><00:35:43.420><c> give</c><00:35:43.539><c> them.</c>

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:49.159
Only<00:35:45.059><c> be</c><00:35:45.340><c> thou</c><00:35:45.539><c> strong</c><00:35:46.000><c> and</c><00:35:46.239><c> very</c><00:35:46.539><c> courageous,</c><00:35:47.920><c> that</c><00:35:47.980><c> thou</c><00:35:48.199><c> mayest</c><00:35:48.559><c> observe</c><00:35:48.900><c> to</c>

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:50.320
do<00:35:49.420><c> all</c><00:35:49.980><c> the</c><00:35:50.119><c> law</c>

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:52.579
which<00:35:50.519><c> Moses</c><00:35:50.800><c> my</c><00:35:51.019><c> servant</c><00:35:51.239><c> commanded</c><00:35:51.619><c> thee.</c>

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:55.579
Turn<00:35:52.840><c> not</c><00:35:53.059><c> from</c><00:35:53.260><c> it</c><00:35:53.360><c> to</c><00:35:53.500><c> the</c><00:35:53.659><c> right</c><00:35:53.880><c> hand</c><00:35:54.059><c> or</c><00:35:54.280><c> to</c><00:35:54.480><c> the</c><00:35:54.599><c> left,</c>

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:57.320
that<00:35:55.719><c> thou</c><00:35:55.920><c> mayest</c><00:35:56.300><c> prosper</c><00:35:56.739><c> whithersoever</c>

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.679
thou<00:35:57.619><c> goest.</c>

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:01.960
And<00:35:59.860><c> here</c><00:35:59.980><c> we</c><00:36:00.199><c> find,</c><00:36:00.579><c> brothers</c><00:36:00.599><c> and</c><00:36:00.820><c> sisters,</c><00:36:01.099><c> in</c><00:36:01.320><c> verse</c><00:36:01.519><c> six,</c>

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:04.300
be<00:36:02.260><c> strong</c><00:36:02.679><c> and</c><00:36:02.840><c> of</c><00:36:02.940><c> a</c><00:36:03.079><c> good</c><00:36:03.199><c> courage.</c>

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:09.119
The<00:36:04.579><c> words</c><00:36:04.820><c> good</c><00:36:05.099><c> courage</c><00:36:05.519><c> is</c><00:36:05.860><c> the</c><00:36:06.139><c> exact</c><00:36:06.420><c> same</c><00:36:06.699><c> word</c><00:36:07.920><c> steadfastly</c><00:36:08.860><c> minded</c>

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.099
in<00:36:09.340><c> Ruth,</c><00:36:09.599><c> chapter</c><00:36:09.880><c> one,</c>

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.500
in<00:36:10.239><c> verse</c><00:36:10.400><c> 18.</c>

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.440
And<00:36:13.239><c> so</c><00:36:13.380><c> just</c><00:36:13.579><c> like</c><00:36:13.840><c> Joshua,</c><00:36:14.219><c> on</c><00:36:14.340><c> the</c><00:36:14.440><c> border</c><00:36:14.679><c> of</c><00:36:14.860><c> the</c><00:36:14.980><c> land,</c>

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:19.239
he<00:36:15.880><c> is</c><00:36:16.000><c> being</c><00:36:16.579><c> exhorted</c><00:36:17.340><c> to</c><00:36:18.760><c> have</c><00:36:18.960><c> good</c>

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:23.260
courage,<00:36:21.480><c> in</c><00:36:21.599><c> Ruth,</c><00:36:21.800><c> chapter</c><00:36:22.039><c> one,</c><00:36:22.280><c> in</c><00:36:22.360><c> verse</c><00:36:22.519><c> 18,</c><00:36:22.960><c> the</c><00:36:23.039><c> word</c>

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:24.920
steadfastly<00:36:23.860><c> minded</c><00:36:24.039><c> is</c><00:36:24.300><c> the</c><00:36:24.460><c> exact</c><00:36:24.699><c> same</c>

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.920
words.

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.719
Be<00:36:29.820><c> courageous.</c>

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:32.559
Be<00:36:31.659><c> established.</c>

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:36.340
So<00:36:34.940><c> here,</c><00:36:35.300><c> brothers</c><00:36:35.340><c> and</c><00:36:35.599><c> sisters</c><00:36:35.760><c> and</c><00:36:35.940><c> young</c><00:36:36.039><c> people,</c><00:36:36.219><c> when</c>

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:38.760
we<00:36:36.480><c> come</c><00:36:36.619><c> back</c><00:36:36.760><c> to</c><00:36:36.880><c> the</c><00:36:37.039><c> book</c><00:36:37.219><c> of</c><00:36:37.440><c> Ruth,</c><00:36:38.579><c> we</c>

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:45.940
have<00:36:38.940><c> Naomi</c><00:36:39.340><c> and</c><00:36:39.960><c> Ruth</c><00:36:40.639><c> sitting</c><00:36:42.559><c> on</c><00:36:42.739><c> the</c><00:36:42.900><c> border</c><00:36:43.039><c> of</c><00:36:43.179><c> the</c><00:36:43.380><c> promised</c><00:36:43.599><c> land,</c><00:36:45.519><c> a</c><00:36:45.679><c> land</c><00:36:45.800><c> of</c>

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.280
which<00:36:46.079><c> Ruth</c>

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:51.440
has<00:36:46.559><c> never</c><00:36:46.880><c> been</c><00:36:47.079><c> into,</c><00:36:48.860><c> a</c><00:36:49.039><c> land</c><00:36:49.139><c> of</c><00:36:49.280><c> which</c><00:36:49.360><c> she</c><00:36:49.500><c> has</c><00:36:49.599><c> only</c><00:36:49.820><c> heard</c><00:36:50.019><c> about,</c><00:36:51.280><c> a</c>

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.280
land<00:36:51.599><c> of</c><00:36:51.739><c> which</c><00:36:51.860><c> it</c><00:36:52.039><c> takes</c>

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:57.820
faith<00:36:52.760><c> to</c><00:36:53.000><c> enter</c><00:36:53.159><c> into</c><00:36:54.039><c> as</c><00:36:54.599><c> she's</c><00:36:54.780><c> being</c><00:36:55.340><c> of</c><00:36:55.920><c> a</c><00:36:56.159><c> mind</c><00:36:56.599><c> which</c><00:36:57.539><c> is</c>

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.420
established<00:36:58.260><c> and</c><00:36:58.539><c> courageous.</c>

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:03.679
What's<00:37:01.219><c> the</c><00:37:01.340><c> difference</c><00:37:01.539><c> for</c><00:37:01.699><c> you</c><00:37:01.860><c> and</c><00:37:01.960><c> I,</c><00:37:02.199><c> brothers</c><00:37:02.260><c> and</c><00:37:02.480><c> sisters?</c>

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:07.300
Hands<00:37:05.599><c> up</c><00:37:05.780><c> who's</c><00:37:06.039><c> been</c><00:37:06.139><c> in</c><00:37:06.260><c> the</c><00:37:06.420><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:12.460
We're<00:37:10.500><c> all</c><00:37:10.739><c> on</c><00:37:10.820><c> the</c><00:37:10.980><c> border</c><00:37:11.139><c> of</c><00:37:11.300><c> the</c><00:37:11.500><c> promised</c><00:37:11.719><c> land.</c>

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:15.619
We've<00:37:14.039><c> never</c><00:37:14.219><c> been</c><00:37:14.420><c> there.</c>

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:18.619
We've<00:37:16.719><c> only</c><00:37:16.920><c> heard</c><00:37:17.119><c> about</c><00:37:17.360><c> it.</c>

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:21.659
We've<00:37:19.199><c> been</c><00:37:19.360><c> asked</c><00:37:19.460><c> to</c><00:37:19.639><c> have</c><00:37:19.820><c> faith</c><00:37:20.380><c> that</c><00:37:21.139><c> it</c><00:37:21.260><c> will</c><00:37:21.380><c> be</c><00:37:21.500><c> in</c>

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.840
this<00:37:21.840><c> earth.</c>

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:28.300
We<00:37:24.000><c> have</c><00:37:24.119><c> to</c><00:37:24.219><c> be</c><00:37:24.500><c> established</c><00:37:24.900><c> and</c><00:37:25.199><c> courageous</c><00:37:25.539><c> to</c><00:37:25.920><c> enter</c><00:37:26.139><c> into</c><00:37:26.420><c> that</c><00:37:26.659><c> land</c><00:37:26.920><c> when</c><00:37:27.079><c> it</c><00:37:27.260><c> comes.</c>

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:38.380
And<00:37:32.039><c> so</c><00:37:32.119><c> verse</c><00:37:32.320><c> 19</c><00:37:32.699><c> says</c><00:37:33.139><c> in</c><00:37:33.300><c> Ruth,</c><00:37:33.480><c> chapter</c><00:37:33.699><c> one,</c><00:37:34.119><c> so</c><00:37:34.519><c> they</c><00:37:35.219><c> too</c><00:37:35.639><c> went</c><00:37:36.000><c> until</c><00:37:36.440><c> they</c><00:37:36.719><c> came</c><00:37:37.039><c> to</c><00:37:37.260><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:42.960
Bethlehem<00:37:40.099><c> means</c><00:37:40.539><c> the</c><00:37:41.380><c> house</c><00:37:41.780><c> of</c><00:37:42.179><c> bread.</c>

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:48.400
We<00:37:45.679><c> started</c><00:37:46.000><c> chapter</c><00:37:46.300><c> one,</c><00:37:46.699><c> brothers</c><00:37:46.760><c> and</c><00:37:47.000><c> sisters,</c><00:37:47.239><c> with</c><00:37:47.380><c> a</c><00:37:47.539><c> famine.</c>

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:52.460
And<00:37:49.460><c> now</c><00:37:49.679><c> Ruth</c><00:37:50.039><c> and</c><00:37:50.719><c> Naomi</c><00:37:51.019><c> have</c><00:37:51.260><c> come</c><00:37:51.559><c> back</c><00:37:51.780><c> to</c><00:37:51.920><c> the</c><00:37:52.059><c> house</c><00:37:52.199><c> of</c>

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:54.199
bread<00:37:52.599><c> in</c><00:37:52.820><c> verse</c><00:37:53.039><c> 19.</c>

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:56.280
They've<00:37:54.800><c> come</c><00:37:54.980><c> back</c><00:37:55.179><c> to</c><00:37:55.340><c> the</c><00:37:55.460><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:01.000
And<00:37:58.199><c> the</c><00:37:58.239><c> rest</c><00:37:58.420><c> of</c><00:37:58.539><c> verse</c><00:37:58.659><c> 19</c><00:37:59.039><c> says,</c><00:37:59.400><c> and</c><00:37:59.440><c> it</c><00:37:59.599><c> came</c><00:37:59.739><c> to</c><00:37:59.960><c> pass</c><00:38:00.159><c> when</c><00:38:00.320><c> they</c><00:38:00.480><c> were</c><00:38:00.659><c> come</c><00:38:00.800><c> to</c>

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.820
Bethlehem<00:38:01.599><c> that</c>

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:03.719
all<00:38:02.300><c> the</c><00:38:02.519><c> city</c><00:38:02.639><c> was</c><00:38:02.920><c> moved</c><00:38:03.139><c> about</c><00:38:03.400><c> them.</c>

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:06.480
And<00:38:04.159><c> they</c><00:38:04.380><c> said,</c><00:38:05.260><c> is</c><00:38:05.420><c> this</c><00:38:05.639><c> Naomi?</c>

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:11.159
Now,<00:38:08.739><c> the</c><00:38:08.840><c> Hebrew</c><00:38:09.099><c> actually</c><00:38:09.559><c> renders</c><00:38:09.920><c> that</c><00:38:10.159><c> better,</c><00:38:10.559><c> brothers</c><00:38:10.659><c> and</c><00:38:10.840><c> sisters,</c><00:38:10.980><c> at</c>

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.420
the<00:38:11.260><c> end.</c>

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:14.599
It<00:38:11.539><c> says,</c><00:38:11.940><c> is</c><00:38:12.079><c> this</c><00:38:12.880><c> the</c><00:38:13.699><c> Naomi?</c>

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:19.480
And<00:38:15.659><c> so</c><00:38:15.800><c> all</c><00:38:15.980><c> the</c><00:38:16.179><c> city,</c><00:38:16.400><c> 10</c><00:38:16.659><c> years</c><00:38:16.940><c> after</c><00:38:17.219><c> the</c><00:38:17.480><c> fact,</c><00:38:18.179><c> recognizes</c><00:38:18.440><c> that</c><00:38:18.739><c> this</c><00:38:19.059><c> is</c>

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.860
the<00:38:19.659><c> Naomi,</c>

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:22.639
who<00:38:21.320><c> was</c><00:38:21.519><c> the</c><00:38:21.639><c> wife</c><00:38:21.880><c> of</c><00:38:22.079><c> Elimelech.</c>

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:25.460
She<00:38:23.119><c> is</c><00:38:23.380><c> a</c><00:38:23.599><c> recognizable</c><00:38:24.099><c> figure</c><00:38:24.480><c> in</c><00:38:24.659><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:28.079
And<00:38:25.960><c> they</c><00:38:26.059><c> think,</c><00:38:26.460><c> that's</c><00:38:27.659><c> Naomi.</c>

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:29.239
She<00:38:28.400><c> left</c><00:38:28.639><c> 10</c><00:38:28.840><c> years</c><00:38:29.099><c> ago.</c>

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:31.139
I<00:38:29.539><c> remember</c><00:38:29.880><c> her.</c>

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.960
And<00:38:34.940><c> here's</c><00:38:35.199><c> what</c><00:38:35.559><c> the</c><00:38:35.960><c> city</c><00:38:35.960><c> of</c><00:38:35.960><c> Bethlehem</c><00:38:35.960><c> looks</c><00:38:35.960><c> like.</c>

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.619
Naomi<00:38:36.340><c> says</c><00:38:36.739><c> to</c><00:38:37.079><c> the</c><00:38:37.219><c> people</c><00:38:37.500><c> in</c><00:38:37.659><c> verse</c><00:38:37.860><c> 20.</c>

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:46.800
She<00:38:40.900><c> said</c><00:38:41.099><c> unto</c><00:38:41.300><c> them,</c><00:38:43.119><c> call</c><00:38:43.300><c> me</c><00:38:43.460><c> not</c><00:38:43.619><c> Naomi,</c><00:38:45.719><c> call</c><00:38:45.800><c> me</c><00:38:46.039><c> Mara,</c>

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:51.179
for<00:38:48.460><c> the</c><00:38:48.659><c> Almighty</c><00:38:48.900><c> hath</c><00:38:49.139><c> dealt</c><00:38:49.320><c> very</c><00:38:49.599><c> bitterly</c><00:38:49.920><c> with</c><00:38:50.079><c> me.</c>

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:55.260
I<00:38:52.059><c> went</c><00:38:52.219><c> out</c><00:38:52.440><c> full,</c><00:38:54.079><c> and</c><00:38:54.360><c> the</c><00:38:54.500><c> Lord</c><00:38:54.619><c> hath</c><00:38:54.780><c> brought</c><00:38:54.980><c> me</c><00:38:55.139><c> home</c>

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:56.599
again<00:38:55.599><c> empty.</c>

00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:00.380
Why<00:38:58.800><c> then</c><00:38:59.059><c> call</c><00:38:59.219><c> you</c><00:38:59.340><c> me</c><00:38:59.500><c> Naomi?</c>

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:04.460
Seeing<00:39:01.360><c> the</c><00:39:01.500><c> Lord</c><00:39:01.699><c> hath</c><00:39:01.880><c> testified</c><00:39:02.360><c> against</c><00:39:02.699><c> me,</c><00:39:04.000><c> and</c><00:39:04.320><c> the</c>

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:06.440
Almighty<00:39:04.900><c> hath</c><00:39:05.179><c> afflicted</c><00:39:05.619><c> me.</c>

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:10.619
Now,<00:39:08.099><c> in</c><00:39:08.239><c> verse</c><00:39:08.400><c> 20,</c><00:39:08.659><c> when</c><00:39:08.860><c> she</c><00:39:09.099><c> says,</c><00:39:10.079><c> call</c><00:39:10.079><c> me</c><00:39:10.199><c> not</c><00:39:10.340><c> Naomi,</c>

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.400
call<00:39:10.860><c> me</c><00:39:11.099><c> Mara,</c>

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:14.739
the<00:39:11.619><c> word</c><00:39:11.800><c> Mara,</c><00:39:12.300><c> her</c><00:39:12.500><c> name,</c><00:39:13.380><c> it</c><00:39:13.539><c> means</c><00:39:13.699><c> bitterness.</c>

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:20.539
So<00:39:16.800><c> she</c><00:39:16.940><c> says</c><00:39:17.139><c> to</c><00:39:17.320><c> the</c><00:39:17.500><c> people,</c><00:39:18.019><c> call</c><00:39:18.179><c> me</c><00:39:18.360><c> not</c><00:39:18.940><c> pleasantness,</c>

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:22.659
call<00:39:21.239><c> me</c><00:39:21.440><c> bitterness.</c>

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:29.800
And<00:39:25.619><c> the</c><00:39:25.760><c> word</c><00:39:25.880><c> means</c><00:39:26.119><c> one</c><00:39:26.699><c> who</c><00:39:27.199><c> has</c><00:39:27.699><c> experienced</c><00:39:28.480><c> bitterness.</c>

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.880
I<00:39:32.400><c> couldn't</c><00:39:32.599><c> help</c><00:39:32.739><c> brothers</c><00:39:33.019><c> and</c><00:39:33.219><c> sisters</c><00:39:33.380><c> and</c><00:39:33.559><c> young</c><00:39:33.619><c> people</c>

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:35.639
when<00:39:34.300><c> preparing</c><00:39:34.760><c> for</c><00:39:34.960><c> these</c><00:39:35.159><c> classes,</c>

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:40.739
that<00:39:36.500><c> a</c><00:39:37.199><c> commentator</c><00:39:37.940><c> said</c><00:39:38.659><c> about</c><00:39:38.960><c> this</c><00:39:39.780><c> verse,</c><00:39:40.119><c> verse</c><00:39:40.400><c> 20,</c>

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.739
when<00:39:41.219><c> Naomi</c><00:39:41.460><c> says,</c>

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:44.000
don't<00:39:42.079><c> call</c><00:39:42.239><c> me</c><00:39:42.400><c> Naomi,</c><00:39:42.739><c> call</c><00:39:42.880><c> me</c><00:39:43.039><c> bitterness.</c>

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:47.739
And<00:39:44.300><c> the</c><00:39:44.460><c> commentator</c><00:39:44.719><c> says,</c><00:39:45.219><c> Naomi</c><00:39:45.579><c> is</c><00:39:46.119><c> now</c><00:39:46.380><c> bitter</c><00:39:46.639><c> at</c><00:39:46.880><c> God.</c>

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:51.280
I<00:39:50.199><c> don't</c><00:39:50.380><c> think</c><00:39:50.519><c> so.</c>

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:56.119
I<00:39:53.800><c> think</c><00:39:53.920><c> the</c><00:39:54.119><c> mind</c><00:39:54.340><c> of</c><00:39:54.559><c> Naomi</c><00:39:54.820><c> in</c><00:39:55.000><c> this</c><00:39:55.179><c> instance</c><00:39:55.539><c> is</c><00:39:55.739><c> saying,</c>

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:58.059
call<00:39:56.780><c> me</c><00:39:56.920><c> bitterness,</c>

00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:02.800
because<00:39:59.539><c> I</c><00:39:59.659><c> want</c><00:39:59.800><c> you</c><00:39:59.940><c> to</c><00:40:00.119><c> see</c><00:40:00.280><c> an</c><00:40:00.480><c> example</c><00:40:01.059><c> of</c><00:40:02.340><c> someone</c><00:40:02.579><c> who</c>

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:04.280
makes<00:40:02.960><c> poor</c><00:40:03.179><c> decisions.</c>

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:09.840
And<00:40:06.760><c> God</c><00:40:06.980><c> has,</c><00:40:07.400><c> in</c><00:40:07.579><c> his</c><00:40:07.820><c> mercy,</c><00:40:08.139><c> brought</c><00:40:08.280><c> me</c><00:40:08.440><c> back</c><00:40:08.639><c> to</c><00:40:08.820><c> the</c><00:40:08.940><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:14.820
And<00:40:11.639><c> I</c><00:40:11.739><c> want</c><00:40:11.840><c> you</c><00:40:11.980><c> to</c><00:40:12.039><c> look</c><00:40:12.199><c> at</c><00:40:12.300><c> me</c><00:40:12.440><c> in</c><00:40:12.559><c> an</c><00:40:12.639><c> example</c><00:40:13.039><c> of</c><00:40:13.219><c> what</c><00:40:13.519><c> not</c><00:40:13.699><c> to</c><00:40:13.900><c> do.</c>

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:19.500
I<00:40:16.380><c> think</c><00:40:16.500><c> Naomi</c><00:40:16.860><c> fully</c><00:40:17.199><c> realized</c><00:40:17.739><c> the</c><00:40:18.000><c> error</c><00:40:18.159><c> of</c><00:40:18.340><c> her</c><00:40:18.480><c> ways,</c>

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:23.619
and<00:40:20.019><c> she</c><00:40:20.179><c> did</c><00:40:20.400><c> not</c><00:40:20.639><c> want</c><00:40:20.960><c> others</c><00:40:21.500><c> to</c><00:40:21.840><c> make</c><00:40:21.980><c> the</c><00:40:22.219><c> exact</c><00:40:22.440><c> same</c><00:40:22.599><c> mistake.</c>

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:28.059
And<00:40:24.699><c> hence</c><00:40:24.840><c> why</c><00:40:25.019><c> she</c><00:40:25.219><c> says</c><00:40:25.400><c> to</c><00:40:25.579><c> the</c><00:40:25.739><c> people,</c><00:40:26.800><c> call</c><00:40:27.019><c> me</c><00:40:27.599><c> Mara,</c>

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:29.519
call<00:40:28.440><c> me</c><00:40:28.579><c> bitterness.</c>

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:33.019
Don't<00:40:30.760><c> forget</c><00:40:31.079><c> the</c><00:40:31.320><c> example</c><00:40:31.639><c> of</c><00:40:31.780><c> which</c><00:40:31.940><c> I</c><00:40:32.199><c> laid,</c><00:40:32.480><c> which</c><00:40:32.679><c> was</c><00:40:32.880><c> a</c>

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.880
bad<00:40:33.179><c> one.</c>

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:37.940
And<00:40:35.840><c> she</c><00:40:36.039><c> recognizes</c><00:40:36.539><c> fully</c><00:40:36.860><c> well,</c><00:40:37.300><c> brothers</c><00:40:37.360><c> and</c><00:40:37.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:39.539
that<00:40:38.340><c> it</c><00:40:38.519><c> was</c><00:40:38.760><c> actually</c><00:40:39.179><c> God,</c>

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:42.059
through<00:40:39.760><c> the</c><00:40:39.980><c> divine</c><00:40:40.260><c> providence,</c><00:40:40.820><c> that</c><00:40:41.119><c> made</c><00:40:41.440><c> her</c><00:40:41.699><c> come</c><00:40:41.920><c> to</c>

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:43.400
this<00:40:42.280><c> realization.</c>

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:47.719
And<00:40:45.239><c> we</c><00:40:45.340><c> can't</c><00:40:45.539><c> help</c><00:40:45.599><c> but</c><00:40:45.760><c> think,</c><00:40:45.920><c> brothers</c><00:40:46.139><c> and</c><00:40:46.380><c> sisters,</c><00:40:47.360><c> in</c>

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:49.659
our<00:40:48.000><c> Bibles,</c><00:40:48.400><c> there</c><00:40:48.639><c> are</c><00:40:48.880><c> numerous</c><00:40:49.199><c> examples,</c>

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:53.199
here<00:40:49.920><c> are</c><00:40:50.099><c> just</c><00:40:50.320><c> four,</c><00:40:51.199><c> of</c><00:40:51.420><c> those</c><00:40:51.780><c> who</c><00:40:51.940><c> were</c><00:40:52.159><c> made</c><00:40:52.519><c> empty</c><00:40:52.960><c> in</c>

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:54.239
the<00:40:53.380><c> Bible.</c>

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:57.280
But<00:40:55.619><c> that</c><00:40:55.900><c> good</c><00:40:56.139><c> came</c><00:40:56.440><c> about</c><00:40:56.719><c> from</c><00:40:56.940><c> it.</c>

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:59.019
We<00:40:57.760><c> think</c><00:40:57.860><c> of</c><00:40:58.099><c> Samson.</c>

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.639
Samson<00:41:00.199><c> had</c><00:41:00.380><c> many</c><00:41:00.679><c> issues</c><00:41:01.239><c> and</c><00:41:01.760><c> failings</c><00:41:02.079><c> and</c><00:41:02.280><c> shortcomings</c>

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.760
in<00:41:02.800><c> the</c><00:41:03.000><c> truth.</c>

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:08.480
But<00:41:04.219><c> at</c><00:41:04.440><c> his</c><00:41:04.760><c> point</c><00:41:05.000><c> of</c><00:41:05.639><c> complete</c><00:41:06.219><c> emptiness,</c><00:41:06.760><c> he</c><00:41:06.980><c> then</c><00:41:07.300><c> realized</c>

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:12.579
the<00:41:08.960><c> error</c><00:41:09.139><c> of</c><00:41:09.280><c> his</c><00:41:09.460><c> ways</c><00:41:09.940><c> in</c><00:41:10.400><c> Judges</c><00:41:10.639><c> 16</c><00:41:11.099><c> and</c><00:41:11.280><c> verse</c><00:41:11.460><c> 28.</c>

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:14.960
How<00:41:13.300><c> about</c><00:41:13.380><c> the</c><00:41:13.599><c> prodigal</c><00:41:13.880><c> son?</c>

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:17.460
Luke<00:41:15.280><c> chapter</c><00:41:15.579><c> 15</c><00:41:16.039><c> and</c><00:41:16.219><c> verse</c><00:41:16.380><c> 17.</c>

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:20.280
The<00:41:17.980><c> prodigal</c><00:41:18.300><c> son,</c><00:41:18.480><c> he</c><00:41:18.619><c> went</c><00:41:18.900><c> out</c><00:41:19.260><c> full</c><00:41:19.619><c> of</c><00:41:19.760><c> his</c><00:41:19.980><c> inheritance</c>

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:22.960
and<00:41:20.579><c> came</c><00:41:20.880><c> back</c><00:41:21.860><c> empty.</c>

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:26.119
But<00:41:23.860><c> he</c><00:41:24.019><c> came</c><00:41:24.139><c> back</c><00:41:24.360><c> with</c><00:41:24.579><c> a</c><00:41:24.699><c> renewed</c><00:41:25.039><c> appreciation</c><00:41:25.699><c> for</c><00:41:25.920><c> the</c>

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:27.519
truth<00:41:26.300><c> of</c><00:41:26.420><c> which</c><00:41:26.559><c> he</c><00:41:27.000><c> had,</c>

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:30.360
in<00:41:27.960><c> which</c><00:41:28.079><c> he</c><00:41:28.380><c> foolishly</c><00:41:28.820><c> gave</c><00:41:28.960><c> up</c><00:41:29.159><c> for</c><00:41:29.380><c> a</c><00:41:29.539><c> time.</c>

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:32.780
How<00:41:31.780><c> about</c><00:41:31.900><c> Jonah?</c>

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:38.219
Jonah,<00:41:34.039><c> after</c><00:41:34.400><c> fleeing</c><00:41:34.780><c> the</c><00:41:35.019><c> presence</c><00:41:35.440><c> of</c><00:41:35.639><c> the</c><00:41:35.739><c> Lord,</c><00:41:35.940><c> because</c><00:41:36.159><c> he</c><00:41:36.320><c> couldn't</c><00:41:36.639><c> forgive</c><00:41:37.019><c> the</c><00:41:37.239><c> Ninevites,</c>

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:41.719
the<00:41:38.539><c> whole</c><00:41:38.780><c> chapter</c><00:41:39.139><c> of</c><00:41:39.300><c> his</c><00:41:39.460><c> book</c><00:41:39.579><c> is</c><00:41:39.800><c> devoted</c><00:41:40.320><c> to</c><00:41:40.780><c> the</c><00:41:41.059><c> recognition</c><00:41:41.519><c> of</c>

00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.739
his<00:41:42.000><c> heir</c>

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:48.360
and<00:41:44.340><c> the</c><00:41:44.579><c> recommitment</c><00:41:45.079><c> to</c><00:41:45.260><c> God</c><00:41:45.760><c> in</c><00:41:46.559><c> his</c><00:41:46.800><c> prayer</c><00:41:46.980><c> in</c><00:41:47.159><c> Jonah</c><00:41:47.340><c> chapter</c><00:41:47.619><c> 2.</c>

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:53.559
How<00:41:50.300><c> about</c><00:41:50.420><c> one</c><00:41:50.639><c> of,</c><00:41:51.079><c> I</c><00:41:51.139><c> think,</c><00:41:52.519><c> one</c><00:41:52.599><c> of</c><00:41:52.679><c> the</c><00:41:52.840><c> clearest</c><00:41:53.159><c> ones</c>

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:55.940
in<00:41:54.079><c> Luke</c><00:41:54.320><c> chapter</c><00:41:54.599><c> 22</c><00:41:55.039><c> and</c><00:41:55.199><c> verse</c><00:41:55.400><c> 62.</c>

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:59.900
The<00:41:56.380><c> Apostle</c><00:41:56.800><c> Peter,</c><00:41:57.480><c> denying</c><00:41:58.079><c> Christ</c><00:41:58.599><c> three</c><00:41:58.900><c> times,</c><00:41:59.599><c> and</c><00:41:59.780><c> it</c>

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:01.460
says<00:42:00.019><c> that</c><00:42:00.199><c> the</c><00:42:00.340><c> Lord</c><00:42:00.639><c> Jesus</c><00:42:00.980><c> Christ</c>

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:03.960
fixed<00:42:02.119><c> his</c><00:42:02.420><c> gaze</c><00:42:02.840><c> at</c><00:42:03.179><c> Peter's.</c>

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:09.679
And<00:42:07.179><c> Peter</c><00:42:07.380><c> easily</c><00:42:07.800><c> could</c><00:42:07.940><c> have</c><00:42:08.079><c> ended</c><00:42:08.219><c> up</c><00:42:08.420><c> like</c><00:42:08.579><c> a</c><00:42:08.760><c> Judas,</c>

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:11.599
taking<00:42:10.300><c> his</c><00:42:10.480><c> own</c><00:42:10.659><c> life.</c>

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:15.860
But<00:42:12.860><c> through</c><00:42:13.000><c> that</c><00:42:13.320><c> state</c><00:42:13.579><c> of</c><00:42:13.840><c> emptiness,</c><00:42:14.719><c> Peter</c><00:42:14.960><c> became</c><00:42:15.440><c> a</c>

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:17.940
tower<00:42:16.139><c> in</c><00:42:16.380><c> the</c><00:42:16.579><c> early</c><00:42:16.820><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:21.159
bringing<00:42:18.420><c> many</c><00:42:18.860><c> to</c><00:42:19.159><c> the</c><00:42:19.340><c> hope</c><00:42:19.840><c> of</c><00:42:20.059><c> the</c><00:42:20.280><c> truth.</c>

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:23.559
And<00:42:21.880><c> so</c><00:42:22.000><c> here</c><00:42:22.139><c> we</c><00:42:22.300><c> have,</c><00:42:22.619><c> brothers</c><00:42:22.639><c> and</c><00:42:22.860><c> sisters,</c><00:42:23.239><c> the</c><00:42:23.400><c> word</c>

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:24.780
the<00:42:23.780><c> Almighty,</c>

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:28.460
taken<00:42:25.179><c> from</c><00:42:25.559><c> the</c><00:42:25.780><c> Hebrew</c><00:42:25.980><c> El</c><00:42:26.340><c> Shaddai,</c><00:42:27.519><c> which</c><00:42:27.820><c> really</c><00:42:28.159><c> can</c><00:42:28.300><c> be</c>

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.800
divided<00:42:28.780><c> into</c><00:42:29.059><c> two</c><00:42:29.480><c> things,</c>

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:34.059
the<00:42:30.579><c> two</c><00:42:30.780><c> primary</c><00:42:31.280><c> characteristics</c><00:42:31.739><c> of</c><00:42:31.940><c> the</c><00:42:32.000><c> Lord</c><00:42:33.059><c> of</c><00:42:33.440><c> God,</c>

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:38.300
Shadd,<00:42:34.579><c> meaning</c><00:42:34.739><c> the</c><00:42:35.000><c> breast,</c><00:42:35.360><c> or</c><00:42:35.380><c> to</c><00:42:35.559><c> nourish,</c><00:42:36.139><c> and</c><00:42:36.300><c> Shaddad,</c><00:42:37.059><c> strength,</c><00:42:37.519><c> or</c><00:42:37.719><c> to</c><00:42:38.039><c> destroy.</c>

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:41.000
The<00:42:38.500><c> two</c><00:42:38.800><c> primary</c><00:42:39.260><c> characteristics</c><00:42:39.699><c> of</c><00:42:39.920><c> God.</c>

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:44.900
Romans<00:42:42.239><c> chapter</c><00:42:42.519><c> 11</c><00:42:42.739><c> and</c><00:42:42.880><c> verse</c><00:42:43.039><c> 22</c><00:42:43.400><c> says</c><00:42:43.719><c> both</c><00:42:44.039><c> his</c><00:42:44.420><c> goodness</c>

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:46.900
and<00:42:45.559><c> his</c><00:42:45.900><c> severity.</c>

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.860
And<00:42:48.440><c> we</c><00:42:48.579><c> have</c><00:42:48.760><c> the</c><00:42:48.880><c> opportunity,</c><00:42:49.400><c> brothers</c><00:42:49.519><c> and</c><00:42:49.659><c> sisters,</c><00:42:49.860><c> each</c><00:42:50.059><c> and</c><00:42:50.239><c> every</c><00:42:50.400><c> day</c><00:42:50.599><c> to</c>

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:53.119
choose<00:42:51.539><c> which</c><00:42:51.980><c> one</c>

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:55.039
to<00:42:54.019><c> receive.</c>

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:58.800
If<00:42:56.380><c> we</c><00:42:56.559><c> choose</c><00:42:56.699><c> to</c><00:42:56.920><c> obey</c><00:42:57.179><c> him,</c><00:42:58.119><c> his</c><00:42:58.360><c> goodness.</c>

00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:01.719
If<00:42:59.340><c> we</c><00:42:59.440><c> choose</c><00:42:59.559><c> to</c><00:42:59.780><c> disobey</c><00:43:00.099><c> him,</c><00:43:00.380><c> his</c><00:43:00.519><c> severity.</c>

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:05.940
And<00:43:03.280><c> so</c><00:43:03.420><c> here</c><00:43:03.719><c> Naomi</c><00:43:04.059><c> has</c><00:43:04.380><c> said</c><00:43:04.559><c> to</c><00:43:04.739><c> the</c><00:43:04.900><c> people</c><00:43:05.119><c> of</c><00:43:05.320><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:43:06.179 --> 00:43:08.719
the<00:43:06.280><c> Almighty</c><00:43:07.019><c> hath</c><00:43:07.800><c> brought</c><00:43:08.059><c> me</c><00:43:08.340><c> back.</c>

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:11.099
She<00:43:09.099><c> has</c><00:43:09.340><c> recognized</c><00:43:09.920><c> the</c><00:43:10.119><c> error</c><00:43:10.300><c> of</c><00:43:10.420><c> her</c><00:43:10.559><c> ways,</c><00:43:10.800><c> and</c><00:43:10.960><c> through</c>

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:11.880
her<00:43:11.340><c> state</c><00:43:11.460><c> of</c><00:43:11.679><c> emptiness,</c>

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:15.219
she<00:43:12.119><c> has</c><00:43:12.340><c> come</c><00:43:12.619><c> back</c><00:43:13.260><c> into</c><00:43:13.760><c> the</c><00:43:13.980><c> house</c><00:43:14.139><c> of</c><00:43:14.400><c> God.</c>

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:20.360
Here's<00:43:17.480><c> our</c><00:43:17.599><c> last</c><00:43:17.880><c> verse,</c><00:43:18.159><c> brothers</c><00:43:18.300><c> and</c><00:43:18.500><c> sisters,</c><00:43:18.719><c> verse</c><00:43:18.960><c> 22.</c>

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.679
So<00:43:22.239><c> Naomi</c><00:43:22.539><c> returned.</c>

00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:27.980
Ten<00:43:27.039><c> years.</c>

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:33.400
And<00:43:29.880><c> we</c><00:43:29.980><c> can</c><00:43:30.139><c> read</c><00:43:30.300><c> those</c><00:43:30.500><c> three</c><00:43:30.719><c> words,</c><00:43:31.079><c> brothers</c><00:43:31.179><c> and</c><00:43:31.380><c> sisters,</c><00:43:31.659><c> with</c>

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:35.400
speed,<00:43:34.280><c> and</c><00:43:34.360><c> we</c><00:43:34.539><c> think,</c>

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:37.980
when<00:43:36.000><c> it</c><00:43:36.079><c> says</c><00:43:36.219><c> in</c><00:43:36.320><c> verse</c><00:43:36.440><c> 22,</c><00:43:36.980><c> so</c><00:43:37.119><c> Naomi</c><00:43:37.380><c> returned.</c>

00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:39.460
That's<00:43:38.480><c> ten</c><00:43:38.739><c> years.</c>

00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:43.699
And<00:43:42.340><c> Ruth</c><00:43:42.599><c> the</c><00:43:42.780><c> Moabitess.</c>

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:49.039
That's<00:43:47.099><c> the</c><00:43:47.159><c> first</c><00:43:47.340><c> time</c><00:43:47.559><c> that</c><00:43:47.739><c> Ruth</c><00:43:47.900><c> is</c><00:43:48.280><c> now</c><00:43:48.519><c> being</c><00:43:48.719><c> called</c>

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:50.099
the<00:43:49.219><c> Moabitess.</c>

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:54.880
Why<00:43:52.920><c> is</c><00:43:53.000><c> she</c><00:43:53.039><c> being</c><00:43:53.199><c> called</c><00:43:53.380><c> the</c><00:43:53.519><c> Moabitess?</c>

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:59.400
We<00:43:57.780><c> see</c><00:43:57.860><c> Ruth</c><00:43:58.059><c> is</c><00:43:58.199><c> now</c><00:43:58.300><c> being</c><00:43:58.460><c> called</c><00:43:58.639><c> the</c><00:43:58.780><c> Moabitess</c><00:43:59.159><c> because</c>

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:01.119
she's<00:43:59.639><c> in</c><00:43:59.739><c> the</c><00:43:59.820><c> house</c><00:43:59.940><c> of</c><00:44:00.159><c> God,</c>

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:03.039
and<00:44:01.739><c> she's</c><00:44:02.000><c> different.</c>

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:07.219
And<00:44:04.760><c> the</c><00:44:04.900><c> people</c><00:44:05.059><c> in</c><00:44:05.219><c> that</c><00:44:05.360><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:05.699><c> know</c><00:44:05.960><c> that</c><00:44:06.099><c> she's</c><00:44:06.320><c> different.</c>

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:12.320
Oh<00:44:08.400><c> yes,</c><00:44:08.739><c> Naomi</c><00:44:09.019><c> knows</c><00:44:09.380><c> of</c><00:44:09.559><c> her</c><00:44:09.760><c> steadfast</c><00:44:10.139><c> mind</c><00:44:10.539><c> and</c><00:44:10.739><c> her</c><00:44:10.960><c> courageous</c><00:44:11.619><c> demeanor</c><00:44:12.159><c> to</c>

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:13.159
come<00:44:12.460><c> into</c><00:44:12.599><c> the</c><00:44:12.860><c> truth,</c>

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:16.139
but<00:44:13.639><c> the</c><00:44:13.880><c> house</c><00:44:14.219><c> of</c><00:44:14.480><c> God</c><00:44:14.679><c> in</c><00:44:14.820><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:44:15.199><c> they</c><00:44:15.340><c> don't</c><00:44:15.539><c> know</c><00:44:15.699><c> that.</c>

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:20.639
To<00:44:16.519><c> them,</c><00:44:18.599><c> that's</c><00:44:19.460><c> a</c><00:44:19.559><c> Moabite.</c>

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:27.320
And<00:44:26.000><c> that's</c><00:44:26.260><c> unfortunate.</c>

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:31.719
That's<00:44:29.519><c> unfortunate</c><00:44:29.940><c> when</c><00:44:30.380><c> Ruth</c><00:44:30.780><c> has</c><00:44:30.980><c> come</c><00:44:31.139><c> into</c><00:44:31.360><c> the</c><00:44:31.599><c> truth</c>

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:32.599
and<00:44:31.820><c> she</c><00:44:31.960><c> has</c><00:44:32.139><c> embraced</c><00:44:32.420><c> it,</c>

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:35.920
she<00:44:32.880><c> still</c><00:44:33.380><c> has</c><00:44:33.739><c> this</c><00:44:34.059><c> stigma</c><00:44:34.320><c> in</c><00:44:34.619><c> the</c><00:44:34.739><c> eyes</c><00:44:34.900><c> of</c><00:44:35.039><c> the</c><00:44:35.159><c> people.</c>

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:39.119
She's<00:44:38.000><c> a</c><00:44:38.099><c> Moabite.</c>

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:43.920
When<00:44:41.500><c> someone</c><00:44:41.699><c> comes</c><00:44:41.960><c> into</c><00:44:42.219><c> the</c><00:44:42.420><c> bonds</c><00:44:42.619><c> of</c><00:44:42.780><c> the</c><00:44:42.920><c> truth,</c><00:44:43.179><c> brothers</c><00:44:43.300><c> and</c><00:44:43.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:46.920
they<00:44:44.280><c> are</c><00:44:44.579><c> a</c><00:44:44.739><c> brother</c><00:44:44.980><c> or</c><00:44:45.260><c> sister</c><00:44:45.500><c> in</c><00:44:45.800><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:50.940
Not<00:44:48.460><c> an</c><00:44:48.780><c> XXX</c><00:44:50.059><c> something.</c>

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:53.760
But<00:44:51.940><c> as</c><00:44:52.139><c> we're</c><00:44:52.280><c> going</c><00:44:52.380><c> to</c><00:44:52.420><c> see,</c><00:44:52.800><c> brothers</c><00:44:52.800><c> and</c><00:44:53.019><c> sisters,</c><00:44:53.179><c> going</c><00:44:53.440><c> forward</c><00:44:53.619><c> in</c>

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:54.159
this<00:44:53.940><c> week,</c>

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:57.039
that<00:44:54.519><c> that</c><00:44:54.760><c> stigma</c><00:44:55.099><c> is</c><00:44:55.460><c> not</c><00:44:55.659><c> going</c><00:44:55.820><c> to</c><00:44:56.019><c> last.</c>

00:44:57.840 --> 00:45:00.300
Because<00:44:58.000><c> just</c><00:44:58.260><c> as</c><00:44:58.460><c> Naomi</c><00:44:58.719><c> has</c><00:44:59.000><c> seen</c><00:44:59.300><c> the</c><00:44:59.480><c> steadfast</c><00:44:59.840><c> mind</c><00:45:00.119><c> of</c>

00:45:00.300 --> 00:45:02.139
Ruth,<00:45:00.619><c> so</c><00:45:00.820><c> are</c><00:45:00.960><c> the</c><00:45:01.139><c> people.</c>

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:09.500
In<00:45:05.099><c> verse</c><00:45:05.300><c> 22,</c><00:45:05.780><c> the</c><00:45:05.800><c> rest</c><00:45:06.019><c> of</c><00:45:06.139><c> it</c><00:45:06.360><c> says</c><00:45:06.920><c> that</c><00:45:07.880><c> they</c><00:45:08.079><c> came,</c><00:45:09.280><c> both</c>

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:11.139
Naomi<00:45:09.860><c> and</c><00:45:10.079><c> Ruth,</c><00:45:10.480><c> her</c><00:45:10.639><c> daughter</c><00:45:10.820><c>-in</c><00:45:11.019><c>-law,</c>

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:13.260
with<00:45:11.400><c> her,</c><00:45:11.880><c> which</c><00:45:12.079><c> returned</c><00:45:12.400><c> out</c><00:45:12.539><c> of</c><00:45:12.599><c> the</c><00:45:12.699><c> country</c><00:45:12.940><c> of</c><00:45:13.119><c> Moab,</c>

00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:14.840
and<00:45:13.360><c> they</c><00:45:13.599><c> came</c><00:45:13.900><c> to</c><00:45:14.099><c> Bethlehem</c>

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:17.039
in<00:45:15.079><c> the</c><00:45:15.280><c> beginning</c><00:45:15.440><c> of</c><00:45:15.679><c> barley</c><00:45:15.900><c> harvest.</c>

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:19.519
Now<00:45:17.780><c> as</c><00:45:18.000><c> we're</c><00:45:18.159><c> going</c><00:45:18.199><c> to</c><00:45:18.239><c> look</c><00:45:18.440><c> at</c><00:45:18.599><c> tomorrow,</c><00:45:19.079><c> God</c><00:45:19.260><c> willing,</c>

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.500
brothers<00:45:19.780><c> and</c><00:45:20.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:24.239
barley<00:45:21.000><c> harvest</c><00:45:21.619><c> was</c><00:45:22.239><c> just</c><00:45:22.500><c> in</c><00:45:22.780><c> time</c><00:45:22.960><c> for</c><00:45:23.119><c> the</c><00:45:23.300><c> Passover.</c>

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:29.039
Barley<00:45:26.039><c> harvest</c><00:45:26.360><c> was</c><00:45:26.559><c> about</c><00:45:27.079><c> the</c><00:45:27.619><c> early</c><00:45:27.960><c> days</c><00:45:28.519><c> of</c><00:45:28.760><c> the</c><00:45:28.880><c> month</c>

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:30.079
of<00:45:29.199><c> Nisan,</c><00:45:29.579><c> or</c><00:45:29.739><c> Abib,</c>

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:33.000
and<00:45:30.460><c> Passover</c><00:45:30.780><c> was</c><00:45:31.059><c> about</c><00:45:31.239><c> the</c><00:45:31.480><c> middle</c><00:45:31.739><c> of</c><00:45:31.940><c> that</c><00:45:32.159><c> month.</c>

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:35.139
And<00:45:33.380><c> so</c><00:45:33.460><c> when</c><00:45:33.559><c> we're</c><00:45:33.719><c> told</c><00:45:33.900><c> at</c><00:45:34.039><c> the</c><00:45:34.179><c> end</c><00:45:34.239><c> of</c><00:45:34.300><c> verse</c><00:45:34.460><c> 22</c><00:45:34.860><c> that</c><00:45:35.019><c> it</c>

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:36.559
was<00:45:35.320><c> the</c><00:45:35.539><c> beginning</c><00:45:35.699><c> of</c><00:45:35.920><c> barley</c><00:45:36.139><c> harvest,</c>

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:39.320
we<00:45:37.019><c> know</c><00:45:37.260><c> that</c><00:45:37.400><c> they're</c><00:45:37.619><c> just</c><00:45:37.860><c> in</c><00:45:38.119><c> time</c><00:45:38.219><c> for</c><00:45:38.460><c> Passover.</c>

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:42.539
And<00:45:41.000><c> when</c><00:45:41.099><c> we</c><00:45:41.260><c> think</c><00:45:41.400><c> of</c><00:45:41.539><c> Passover,</c><00:45:41.920><c> brothers</c><00:45:42.159><c> and</c><00:45:42.400><c> sisters</c>

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.019
and<00:45:42.679><c> young</c><00:45:42.800><c> people,</c>

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:44.739
we<00:45:43.159><c> should</c><00:45:43.280><c> think</c><00:45:43.440><c> of</c><00:45:43.599><c> new</c><00:45:43.800><c> beginnings.</c>

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:48.960
We<00:45:46.699><c> should</c><00:45:46.860><c> think</c><00:45:47.019><c> of</c><00:45:47.340><c> being</c><00:45:47.539><c> taken</c><00:45:47.719><c> out</c><00:45:47.860><c> of</c><00:45:47.980><c> a</c><00:45:48.059><c> state</c><00:45:48.179><c> of</c><00:45:48.320><c> bondage</c><00:45:48.800><c> and</c>

00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:50.460
into<00:45:49.099><c> a</c><00:45:49.260><c> state</c><00:45:49.360><c> of</c><00:45:49.619><c> freedom.</c>

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:54.039
And<00:45:52.699><c> as</c><00:45:52.840><c> we're</c><00:45:52.980><c> going</c><00:45:53.039><c> to</c><00:45:53.119><c> look</c><00:45:53.280><c> at</c><00:45:53.400><c> brothers</c><00:45:53.619><c> and</c><00:45:53.860><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:55.300
God<00:45:54.260><c> willing,</c><00:45:54.480><c> in</c><00:45:54.619><c> our</c><00:45:54.780><c> class</c><00:45:54.960><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:57.320
we're<00:45:55.539><c> going</c><00:45:55.619><c> to</c><00:45:55.719><c> see</c><00:45:55.860><c> that</c><00:45:56.019><c> this</c><00:45:56.239><c> new</c><00:45:56.440><c> beginning</c><00:45:56.739><c> is</c><00:45:56.980><c> a</c><00:45:57.119><c> fresh</c>

00:45:57.320 --> 00:46:01.039
start<00:45:57.780><c> for</c><00:45:59.099><c> Naomi</c><00:45:59.460><c> and</c><00:45:59.820><c> for</c><00:46:00.159><c> Ruth.</c>

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:04.440
It<00:46:01.980><c> is</c><00:46:02.179><c> a</c><00:46:02.320><c> time</c><00:46:02.460><c> where</c><00:46:02.619><c> the</c><00:46:02.840><c> past</c><00:46:03.300><c> heirs</c><00:46:03.539><c> of</c><00:46:03.739><c> their</c><00:46:03.900><c> ways</c><00:46:04.199><c> can</c>

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:06.659
be<00:46:05.179><c> washed</c><00:46:05.519><c> away,</c>

00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:10.820
and<00:46:08.159><c> their</c><00:46:08.280><c> new</c><00:46:08.519><c> journey</c><00:46:08.860><c> in</c><00:46:09.059><c> the</c><00:46:09.179><c> house</c><00:46:09.300><c> of</c><00:46:09.519><c> God</c><00:46:09.659><c> can</c><00:46:09.880><c> begin.</c>

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:14.460
And<00:46:11.440><c> God</c><00:46:11.559><c> willing,</c><00:46:11.920><c> brothers</c><00:46:12.019><c> and</c><00:46:12.239><c> sisters</c><00:46:12.519><c> and</c><00:46:12.719><c> young</c><00:46:12.840><c> people,</c><00:46:13.139><c> tomorrow</c><00:46:13.579><c> we</c><00:46:13.840><c> will</c><00:46:13.960><c> look</c><00:46:14.119><c> at</c><00:46:14.260><c> that</c>

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:18.440
new<00:46:14.460><c> journey</c><00:46:14.679><c> as</c><00:46:15.000><c> it</c><00:46:15.159><c> is</c><00:46:15.400><c> with</c><00:46:15.719><c> Naomi</c><00:46:16.000><c> and</c><00:46:16.239><c> Ruth,</c><00:46:17.679><c> as</c><00:46:17.760><c> they</c><00:46:17.980><c> take</c><00:46:18.179><c> up</c>

00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:19.639
the<00:46:18.679><c> workload</c>

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:22.519
at<00:46:20.320><c> the</c><00:46:20.460><c> time</c><00:46:20.619><c> of</c><00:46:20.860><c> Passover</c><00:46:21.159><c> and</c><00:46:21.460><c> begin</c><00:46:21.679><c> their</c><00:46:21.940><c> new</c><00:46:22.199><c> time</c><00:46:22.380><c> in</c>

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:23.599
the<00:46:22.599><c> house</c><00:46:22.699><c> of</c><00:46:22.920><c> God.</c>