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antennae.<00:11:34.750><c> They</c><00:11:34.990><c> ravaged</c><00:11:35.330><c> the</c><00:11:35.570><c> ears</c><00:11:35.929><c> on</c><00:11:36.330><c> top.</c><00:11:38.669><c> They</c><00:11:39.049><c> tugged</c>

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chewing<00:11:49.029><c> jaws,</c><00:11:50.129><c> as</c><00:11:50.269><c> if</c><00:11:50.389><c> someone</c><00:11:50.710><c> was</c><00:11:51.090><c> scraping</c><00:11:51.509><c> a</c><00:11:51.990><c> carrot.</c><00:11:53.549><c> Now</c><00:11:53.789><c> with</c><00:11:53.929><c> this</c><00:11:54.230><c> vivid</c><00:11:54.470><c> description</c><00:11:55.029><c> in</c>

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even<00:13:07.019><c> to</c><00:13:07.220><c> the</c><00:13:07.399><c> years</c><00:13:07.620><c> of</c><00:13:07.820><c> many</c><00:13:08.039><c> generations.</c>

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Verse<00:13:09.019><c> 3.</c><00:13:13.019><c> A</c><00:13:13.179><c> fire</c><00:13:13.600><c> devoureth</c><00:13:14.220><c> before</c><00:13:14.559><c> them,</c><00:13:15.059><c> and</c><00:13:15.259><c> behind</c><00:13:15.700><c> them</c><00:13:15.960><c> a</c>

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flame<00:13:16.519><c> burneth.</c><00:13:17.419><c> The</c><00:13:17.620><c> land</c><00:13:17.860><c> is</c><00:13:18.059><c> as</c><00:13:18.220><c> the</c><00:13:18.379><c> garden</c>

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of<00:13:18.860><c> Eden</c><00:13:19.019><c> before</c><00:13:19.460><c> them,</c><00:13:20.139><c> and</c><00:13:20.340><c> behind</c><00:13:20.720><c> them</c><00:13:21.059><c> a</c><00:13:21.200><c> desolate</c><00:13:22.320><c> wilderness.</c><00:13:23.539><c> Yea,</c>

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and<00:13:24.100><c> nothing</c><00:13:24.480><c> shall</c><00:13:24.899><c> escape</c><00:13:25.279><c> them.</c>

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Verse<00:13:26.600><c> 4.</c><00:13:28.019><c> The</c><00:13:28.200><c> appearance</c><00:13:28.559><c> of</c><00:13:28.720><c> them</c><00:13:28.899><c> is</c><00:13:29.100><c> as</c><00:13:29.259><c> the</c><00:13:29.399><c> appearance</c>

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of<00:13:29.980><c> horses,</c><00:13:31.120><c> and</c><00:13:31.259><c> as</c><00:13:31.519><c> horsemen</c><00:13:32.100><c> so</c><00:13:32.419><c> shall</c><00:13:32.639><c> they</c><00:13:32.879><c> run.</c>

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fire<00:13:38.980><c> that</c><00:13:39.259><c> devoureth</c><00:13:39.960><c> the</c><00:13:40.179><c> stubble,</c><00:13:41.159><c> as</c><00:13:41.399><c> a</c><00:13:41.639><c> strong</c><00:13:42.019><c> people</c>

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set<00:13:43.519><c> in</c><00:13:43.879><c> battle</c><00:13:44.200><c> array.</c><00:13:45.580><c> Before</c><00:13:45.960><c> their</c><00:13:46.259><c> face</c>

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the<00:13:47.059><c> people</c><00:13:47.379><c> shall</c><00:13:47.600><c> be</c><00:13:47.820><c> much</c><00:13:48.139><c> pained,</c><00:13:48.700><c> all</c><00:13:48.980><c> faces</c><00:13:49.440><c> shall</c><00:13:49.759><c> get</c>

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their<00:13:50.179><c> blackness.</c><00:13:52.639><c> Verse</c><00:13:53.000><c> 7.</c>

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They<00:13:55.139><c> shall</c><00:13:55.399><c> run</c><00:13:55.820><c> like</c><00:13:56.340><c> mighty</c><00:13:56.720><c> men,</c><00:13:57.419><c> they</c><00:13:57.620><c> shall</c><00:13:57.860><c> climb</c><00:13:58.179><c> the</c>

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wall<00:13:58.820><c> like</c><00:13:59.139><c> men</c><00:13:59.340><c> of</c><00:13:59.620><c> war,</c><00:14:00.220><c> and</c><00:14:00.419><c> they</c><00:14:00.600><c> shall</c><00:14:00.759><c> march</c>

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everyone<00:14:01.620><c> on</c><00:14:02.080><c> his</c><00:14:02.360><c> way,</c><00:14:03.039><c> and</c><00:14:03.240><c> they</c><00:14:03.460><c> shall</c><00:14:03.659><c> not</c><00:14:04.059><c> break</c><00:14:04.519><c> their</c>

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ranks,<00:14:06.539><c> neither</c><00:14:06.759><c> shall</c><00:14:07.019><c> one</c><00:14:07.320><c> thrust</c><00:14:07.620><c> another.</c>

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They<00:14:09.259><c> shall</c><00:14:09.480><c> walk</c><00:14:09.840><c> everyone</c><00:14:10.379><c> in</c><00:14:10.600><c> his</c><00:14:10.860><c> path,</c><00:14:11.759><c> and</c><00:14:11.860><c> when</c><00:14:12.000><c> they</c>

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fall<00:14:12.460><c> upon</c><00:14:12.759><c> the</c><00:14:13.080><c> sword,</c><00:14:13.899><c> they</c><00:14:14.080><c> shall</c><00:14:14.340><c> not</c><00:14:14.860><c> be</c><00:14:15.500><c> wounded.</c>

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Verse<00:14:19.600><c> 9.</c><00:14:20.899><c> They</c><00:14:21.159><c> shall</c><00:14:21.399><c> run</c><00:14:21.720><c> to</c><00:14:22.019><c> and</c><00:14:22.220><c> fro</c><00:14:22.360><c> in</c><00:14:22.539><c> the</c><00:14:22.700><c> city,</c><00:14:22.960><c> they</c>

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shall<00:14:23.340><c> run</c><00:14:23.600><c> upon</c><00:14:23.899><c> the</c><00:14:24.220><c> wall,</c>

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they<00:14:25.139><c> shall</c><00:14:25.379><c> climb</c><00:14:25.740><c> up</c><00:14:26.080><c> upon</c><00:14:26.360><c> the</c><00:14:26.559><c> houses,</c><00:14:26.899><c> they</c><00:14:27.100><c> shall</c><00:14:27.340><c> enter</c>

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in<00:14:27.840><c> at</c><00:14:27.980><c> the</c><00:14:28.120><c> windows</c><00:14:28.379><c> like</c><00:14:28.720><c> a</c><00:14:28.940><c> thief.</c>

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tremble,<00:14:33.440><c> the</c><00:14:33.639><c> sun</c><00:14:33.940><c> and</c><00:14:34.100><c> the</c><00:14:34.259><c> moon</c><00:14:34.440><c> shall</c><00:14:34.639><c> be</c><00:14:34.899><c> dark,</c>

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and<00:14:35.639><c> the</c><00:14:35.860><c> stars</c><00:14:36.139><c> shall</c><00:14:36.379><c> withdraw</c><00:14:36.879><c> their</c><00:14:37.220><c> shining.</c><00:14:38.539><c> Verse</c><00:14:38.779><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:14:40.100><c> the</c><00:14:40.500><c> Lord</c><00:14:40.879><c> shall</c><00:14:41.179><c> utter</c><00:14:41.360><c> his</c><00:14:41.679><c> voice</c>

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before<00:14:42.720><c> his</c><00:14:43.039><c> army,</c><00:14:43.820><c> for</c><00:14:43.940><c> his</c><00:14:44.220><c> camp</c><00:14:44.440><c> is</c><00:14:44.620><c> very</c><00:14:45.000><c> great,</c><00:14:45.740><c> for</c><00:14:45.919><c> he</c>

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is<00:14:46.399><c> strong</c><00:14:46.700><c> that</c><00:14:47.039><c> executeth</c><00:14:47.840><c> his</c><00:14:48.139><c> word,</c>

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and<00:14:52.100><c> who</c><00:14:52.279><c> can</c><00:14:52.480><c> abide</c><00:14:52.779><c> it?</c>

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We<00:14:54.559><c> will</c><00:14:54.799><c> identify</c><00:14:55.440><c> and</c><00:14:55.820><c> put</c><00:14:56.120><c> context</c><00:14:56.700><c> to</c><00:14:57.139><c> this</c><00:14:57.419><c> army</c><00:14:57.740><c> later,</c>

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have<00:15:07.980><c> seen</c><00:15:08.539><c> from</c><00:15:09.139><c> the</c><00:15:09.279><c> previous</c><00:15:09.679><c> slide</c>

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compare<00:15:14.820><c> those</c><00:15:15.200><c> verses</c><00:15:15.840><c> with</c><00:15:16.340><c> that</c><00:15:16.620><c> of</c><00:15:16.740><c> the</c>

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national<00:15:17.559><c> geographic</c><00:15:18.320><c> description</c><00:15:18.879><c> of</c><00:15:19.059><c> the</c><00:15:19.240><c> locusts</c><00:15:19.639><c> struggling</c><00:15:20.000><c> for</c><00:15:20.379><c> room,</c><00:15:21.240><c> a</c>

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pushing,<00:15:22.019><c> kicking,</c><00:15:22.899><c> and</c>

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excited<00:15:26.840><c> antennae.</c><00:15:27.919><c> If</c><00:15:28.100><c> anything</c><00:15:28.559><c> but</c><00:15:28.960><c> that</c>

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leave<00:15:43.179><c> the</c><00:15:43.440><c> natural</c>

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locusts.<00:15:45.039><c> What</c><00:15:45.259><c> about</c><00:15:45.639><c> the</c><00:15:45.899><c> age</c><00:15:46.159><c>-old</c><00:15:46.360><c> question</c><00:15:46.980><c> of</c><00:15:47.500><c> what</c><00:15:47.639><c> is</c><00:15:47.899><c> the</c><00:15:48.120><c> difference</c><00:15:48.500><c> between</c><00:15:48.940><c> a</c>

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familiar<00:16:04.580><c> green</c><00:16:05.279><c> grasshoppers</c><00:16:06.039><c> of</c><00:16:06.460><c> the</c><00:16:06.779><c> African</c>

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and<00:16:07.700><c> Asian</c><00:16:08.100><c> bush</c><00:16:08.519><c> is</c><00:16:09.220><c> really</c><00:16:09.759><c> the</c><00:16:10.480><c> ravenous</c><00:16:11.019><c> locusts</c><00:16:11.740><c> in</c><00:16:11.899><c> another</c><00:16:12.179><c> disguise.</c><00:16:14.159><c> What</c>

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thousands<00:16:18.220><c> of</c><00:16:18.600><c> eggs</c><00:16:18.899><c> hatch</c><00:16:19.240><c> at</c><00:16:19.519><c> one</c><00:16:19.820><c> time.</c><00:16:20.879><c> The</c><00:16:21.139><c> young</c><00:16:21.559><c> hopper</c>

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locusts<00:16:22.700><c> would</c><00:16:22.919><c> constantly</c><00:16:23.460><c> touch</c><00:16:23.840><c> one</c><00:16:24.059><c> another,</c>

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fact,<00:16:30.279><c> the</c><00:16:30.460><c> young</c><00:16:30.679><c> locusts</c><00:16:31.100><c> would</c>

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red.<00:16:36.139><c> This</c><00:16:36.440><c> change</c><00:16:36.740><c> of</c><00:16:37.080><c> character</c><00:16:37.460><c> and</c><00:16:37.860><c> color</c><00:16:38.200><c> is</c>

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a<00:16:58.340><c> natural</c><00:16:58.740><c> disaster,</c><00:17:00.179><c> but</c><00:17:00.379><c> also</c><00:17:00.940><c> representative</c>

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of<00:17:02.100><c> a</c><00:17:02.340><c> foreign</c><00:17:02.559><c> invasion.</c><00:17:03.820><c> And</c><00:17:04.019><c> just</c><00:17:04.259><c> as</c><00:17:04.579><c> there</c><00:17:04.920><c> were</c><00:17:05.180><c> four</c><00:17:05.680><c> waves</c><00:17:06.019><c> of</c>

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locusts<00:17:06.700><c> mentioned</c><00:17:07.160><c> in</c><00:17:07.480><c> verse</c><00:17:07.960><c> 4,</c>

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there<00:17:09.440><c> were</c><00:17:09.779><c> four</c><00:17:10.160><c> waves</c><00:17:10.839><c> of</c><00:17:11.240><c> Babylonian</c><00:17:11.960><c> incursions</c><00:17:12.720><c> as</c><00:17:13.279><c> detailed</c><00:17:14.039><c> in</c>

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2<00:17:14.779><c> Kings</c><00:17:15.240><c> chapters</c><00:17:15.920><c> 24</c><00:17:16.539><c> and</c><00:17:16.980><c> 25.</c>

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Invasion<00:17:20.440><c> number</c><00:17:20.819><c> one</c><00:17:21.680><c> in</c><00:17:22.259><c> 2</c><00:17:22.559><c> Kings</c><00:17:22.859><c> 24</c><00:17:23.460><c> verse</c><00:17:23.799><c> 1.</c><00:17:25.019><c> In</c><00:17:25.259><c> the</c><00:17:25.480><c> days</c><00:17:25.720><c> of</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar,<00:17:26.599><c> king</c><00:17:26.819><c> of</c><00:17:27.119><c> Babylon</c><00:17:27.380><c> came</c><00:17:27.700><c> up,</c>

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and<00:17:28.680><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:17:29.339><c> became</c><00:17:29.940><c> his</c><00:17:30.259><c> servant</c><00:17:30.519><c> three</c><00:17:30.880><c> years.</c><00:17:31.960><c> Then</c><00:17:32.160><c> he</c>

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turned<00:17:32.740><c> and</c><00:17:33.220><c> rebelled</c><00:17:33.819><c> against</c><00:17:34.380><c> him.</c>

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This<00:17:35.900><c> was</c><00:17:36.180><c> the</c><00:17:36.440><c> action</c><00:17:36.779><c> of</c><00:17:37.000><c> the</c><00:17:37.259><c> palmer</c><00:17:37.579><c> worm,</c><00:17:38.420><c> which</c><00:17:38.700><c> lopped</c>

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off<00:17:39.259><c> the</c><00:17:39.440><c> head</c><00:17:39.640><c> of</c><00:17:39.900><c> Judah</c><00:17:40.180><c> when</c><00:17:40.920><c> he</c><00:17:41.259><c> placed</c>

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Jehoiakim<00:17:42.359><c> in</c><00:17:42.740><c> subjection.</c><00:17:44.099><c> An</c><00:17:44.299><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:44.640><c> word</c><00:17:45.119><c> for</c><00:17:45.400><c> palmer</c><00:17:45.880><c> worm</c><00:17:46.339><c> is</c>

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gazan,<00:17:48.420><c> G</c><00:17:49.000><c>-A</c><00:17:49.359><c>-Z</c><00:17:50.279><c>-A</c><00:17:50.759><c>-M,</c><00:17:51.680><c> meaning</c><00:17:52.440><c> loper.</c>

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Invasion<00:17:58.019><c> number</c><00:17:58.420><c> two,</c><00:17:59.180><c> 2</c><00:17:59.440><c> Kings</c><00:17:59.740><c> 24</c><00:18:00.940><c> verses</c><00:18:01.480><c> 2</c><00:18:01.819><c> and</c><00:18:01.940><c> 3.</c><00:18:02.900><c> And</c>

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the<00:18:03.319><c> Lord</c><00:18:03.559><c> sent</c><00:18:03.799><c> against</c><00:18:04.180><c> him</c>

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bands<00:18:05.140><c> of</c><00:18:05.400><c> Chaldees,</c><00:18:06.440><c> and</c><00:18:06.599><c> bands</c><00:18:06.859><c> of</c><00:18:07.039><c> the</c><00:18:07.200><c> Syrians,</c><00:18:07.660><c> and</c><00:18:07.819><c> bands</c><00:18:08.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:08.460><c> Moabites,</c>

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and<00:18:09.579><c> bands</c><00:18:09.920><c> of</c><00:18:10.099><c> the</c><00:18:10.279><c> children</c><00:18:10.579><c> of</c><00:18:10.859><c> Ammon,</c><00:18:11.559><c> and</c><00:18:11.920><c> sent</c><00:18:12.160><c> them</c><00:18:12.440><c> against</c><00:18:12.880><c> Judah</c><00:18:13.160><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:18:13.900><c> it,</c>

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according<00:18:14.920><c> to</c><00:18:15.160><c> the</c><00:18:15.339><c> word</c><00:18:15.460><c> of</c><00:18:15.619><c> the</c><00:18:15.799><c> Lord,</c><00:18:16.059><c> which</c><00:18:16.240><c> he</c><00:18:16.519><c> spake</c><00:18:16.700><c> by</c>

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his<00:18:17.200><c> servants,</c><00:18:17.579><c> the</c><00:18:17.839><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:18:19.880><c> the</c><00:18:20.440><c> description</c><00:18:20.799><c> here</c><00:18:21.160><c> is</c><00:18:21.440><c> one</c><00:18:21.640><c> of</c><00:18:21.779><c> a</c><00:18:21.980><c> multiplier,</c><00:18:23.099><c> which</c><00:18:23.400><c> increases</c><00:18:23.980><c> its</c>

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devastation<00:18:25.460><c> with</c><00:18:25.819><c> each</c><00:18:26.579><c> band.</c>

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And<00:18:27.880><c> the</c><00:18:28.019><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:28.359><c> word</c><00:18:28.940><c> for</c><00:18:29.339><c> locust</c><00:18:29.880><c> is</c><00:18:30.799><c> arbelam,</c><00:18:32.220><c> meaning</c><00:18:32.460><c> multiplier.</c>

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Invasion<00:18:36.039><c> number</c><00:18:36.420><c> three,</c><00:18:37.579><c> 2</c><00:18:37.819><c> Kings</c><00:18:38.119><c> 24,</c><00:18:39.039><c> 10</c><00:18:39.319><c> to</c><00:18:39.440><c> 17.</c><00:18:40.859><c> We're</c><00:18:41.000><c> just</c><00:18:41.240><c> going</c><00:18:41.380><c> to</c>

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read<00:18:41.680><c> verse</c><00:18:41.980><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:18:43.039><c> at</c><00:18:43.220><c> that</c><00:18:43.559><c> time,</c><00:18:43.920><c> the</c><00:18:44.039><c> servants</c><00:18:44.279><c> of</c><00:18:44.460><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:18:45.279><c> king</c><00:18:45.460><c> of</c>

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Babylon,<00:18:46.059><c> came</c><00:18:46.240><c> up</c><00:18:46.519><c> against</c><00:18:46.819><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:18:48.200><c> the</c><00:18:48.480><c> city</c><00:18:48.700><c> was</c><00:18:49.099><c> besieged.</c><00:18:50.359><c> And</c><00:18:50.599><c> as</c><00:18:50.779><c> a</c><00:18:50.940><c> result,</c><00:18:51.740><c> the</c><00:18:51.859><c> temple</c><00:18:52.160><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:52.539><c> city</c><00:18:52.680><c> were</c><00:18:52.980><c> sacked,</c>

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and<00:18:53.700><c> the</c><00:18:53.859><c> cream</c><00:18:54.099><c> of</c><00:18:54.240><c> the</c><00:18:54.400><c> population</c><00:18:55.000><c> were</c><00:18:55.440><c> deported,</c><00:18:56.480><c> and</c><00:18:56.680><c> the</c><00:18:56.880><c> city</c><00:18:57.160><c> was</c><00:18:57.559><c> licked</c><00:18:57.960><c> clean</c><00:18:58.420><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:59.200><c> liquor.</c>

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And<00:19:00.279><c> the</c><00:19:00.420><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:00.680><c> word</c><00:19:00.940><c> for</c><00:19:01.200><c> canker</c><00:19:01.660><c> worm</c><00:19:01.980><c> is</c><00:19:03.500><c> yelek,</c><00:19:04.259><c> and</c><00:19:04.420><c> it</c>

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means<00:19:05.079><c> liquor.</c>

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In<00:19:07.900><c> invasion</c><00:19:08.279><c> number</c><00:19:08.680><c> four,</c><00:19:09.420><c> 2</c><00:19:09.599><c> Kings</c><00:19:10.079><c> chapter</c><00:19:10.680><c> 25,</c><00:19:11.619><c> verses</c><00:19:11.900><c> 1</c>

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to<00:19:12.359><c> 28,</c><00:19:13.400><c> we</c><00:19:13.579><c> have</c><00:19:13.759><c> this</c><00:19:14.059><c> description</c><00:19:14.519><c> of</c><00:19:14.700><c> the</c>

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final<00:19:15.299><c> siege,</c><00:19:16.299><c> and</c><00:19:16.839><c> we</c><00:19:17.319><c> see</c><00:19:17.599><c> its</c><00:19:17.900><c> fulfillment</c><00:19:18.420><c> in</c><00:19:18.839><c> the</c><00:19:19.039><c> finisher,</c><00:19:20.000><c> which</c>

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completed<00:19:20.980><c> the</c><00:19:21.299><c> project</c><00:19:21.720><c> begun</c><00:19:22.160><c> in</c>

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Kim's<00:19:23.359><c> reign</c><00:19:23.740><c> and</c><00:19:24.259><c> finished</c><00:19:24.559><c> with</c><00:19:24.839><c> Zedekiah.</c><00:19:26.440><c> And</c><00:19:26.660><c> the</c><00:19:26.740><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:26.940><c> word</c>

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for<00:19:27.740><c> caterpillar</c><00:19:28.420><c> is</c><00:19:29.440><c> chesil,</c><00:19:30.539><c> meaning</c>

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finisher.<00:19:33.519><c> So</c><00:19:33.779><c> scripture</c><00:19:34.279><c> supports</c><00:19:34.980><c> four</c><00:19:35.640><c> separate</c><00:19:36.059><c> invasions</c><00:19:37.220><c> by</c><00:19:37.819><c> Babylonian</c><00:19:38.519><c> armies,</c><00:19:39.400><c> which</c><00:19:39.700><c> Joel</c><00:19:40.240><c> sees</c>

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in<00:19:41.200><c> verse</c><00:19:41.500><c> four</c><00:19:42.160><c> as</c><00:19:42.599><c> four</c><00:19:42.920><c> stages</c><00:19:43.380><c> of</c><00:19:43.640><c> locusts,</c><00:19:44.720><c> and</c><00:19:44.940><c> which</c>

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the<00:19:45.319><c> newer</c><00:19:45.539><c> translations</c><00:19:46.180><c> have</c><00:19:46.599><c> differentiated</c>

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as<00:19:48.519><c> the</c><00:19:48.859><c> gnawing</c><00:19:49.180><c> locust,</c><00:19:49.720><c> the</c><00:19:49.920><c> swarming</c><00:19:50.279><c> locust,</c><00:19:51.119><c> the</c><00:19:51.359><c> crawling</c><00:19:51.619><c> locust,</c><00:19:52.579><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:53.220><c> consuming</c><00:19:53.680><c> locust.</c>

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As<00:19:55.759><c> to</c><00:19:56.059><c> whether</c><00:19:56.319><c> we</c><00:19:56.700><c> can</c><00:19:56.900><c> take</c><00:19:57.160><c> this</c><00:19:57.700><c> a</c><00:19:57.940><c> further</c><00:19:58.220><c> step</c><00:19:58.740><c> to</c><00:19:59.420><c> four</c>

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separate<00:20:00.420><c> powers</c><00:20:01.039><c> that</c><00:20:01.519><c> come</c><00:20:01.720><c> from</c><00:20:01.980><c> the</c><00:20:02.160><c> north,</c>

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whose<00:20:03.279><c> armies</c><00:20:03.859><c> devastate</c><00:20:04.740><c> Israel</c><00:20:05.160><c> at</c><00:20:05.400><c> different</c><00:20:05.740><c> times,</c><00:20:06.660><c> is</c>

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a<00:20:07.000><c> question</c><00:20:07.359><c> that</c><00:20:07.599><c> really</c><00:20:07.880><c> needs</c><00:20:08.140><c> to</c><00:20:08.339><c> be</c><00:20:08.539><c> held</c><00:20:08.940><c> until</c>

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we<00:20:09.759><c> have</c><00:20:10.039><c> completed</c><00:20:10.400><c> this</c><00:20:10.680><c> amazing</c><00:20:11.160><c> prophecy.</c><00:20:12.279><c> At</c><00:20:12.559><c> this</c><00:20:12.839><c> stage,</c><00:20:13.359><c> we</c>

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will<00:20:13.740><c> simply</c><00:20:14.220><c> say</c><00:20:14.680><c> that</c><00:20:15.380><c> history</c><00:20:15.819><c> shows</c><00:20:16.319><c> that</c>

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there<00:20:16.720><c> were</c><00:20:17.000><c> three</c><00:20:17.299><c> powers</c><00:20:17.960><c> that</c><00:20:18.539><c> devastated</c><00:20:19.240><c> Judah,</c><00:20:20.079><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:20:20.559><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:20.880><c> Temple.</c>

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There<00:20:24.220><c> were</c><00:20:24.940><c> the</c><00:20:25.279><c> Babylonians,</c><00:20:27.059><c> the</c><00:20:27.240><c> Grecian</c><00:20:27.539><c> king</c><00:20:27.779><c> of</c><00:20:27.940><c> the</c><00:20:28.079><c> north</c><00:20:28.440><c> under</c><00:20:29.119><c> Antiochus</c><00:20:29.859><c> Epiphanes</c><00:20:30.579><c> in</c><00:20:30.900><c> 168</c><00:20:31.680><c> B</c><00:20:31.980><c>.C.,</c>

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and<00:20:32.880><c> the</c><00:20:33.039><c> Romans</c><00:20:33.480><c> in</c><00:20:33.839><c> AD</c><00:20:34.119><c> 70</c><00:20:34.660><c> and</c><00:20:35.380><c> 135</c><00:20:36.259><c> A</c><00:20:36.660><c>.D.</c><00:20:37.839><c> And</c><00:20:38.400><c> as</c><00:20:39.000><c> we</c><00:20:39.240><c> cover</c>

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Joel<00:20:39.980><c> chapter</c><00:20:40.559><c> 2</c><00:20:41.220><c> and</c><00:20:41.759><c> verse</c><00:20:42.140><c> 20,</c>

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there<00:20:43.700><c> is</c><00:20:44.039><c> described</c><00:20:44.460><c> there</c><00:20:45.259><c> a</c><00:20:45.500><c> future</c><00:20:45.980><c> king</c><00:20:46.500><c> of</c><00:20:46.720><c> the</c><00:20:46.900><c> north,</c>

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whose<00:20:47.859><c> armies</c><00:20:48.339><c> will</c><00:20:48.759><c> be</c><00:20:48.940><c> driven</c><00:20:49.200><c> into</c><00:20:49.559><c> a</c><00:20:49.839><c> desolate</c>

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land<00:20:50.720><c> between</c><00:20:51.339><c> the</c><00:20:51.640><c> sea.</c><00:20:52.980><c> But</c><00:20:53.299><c> coming</c><00:20:53.900><c> back</c><00:20:54.400><c> to</c><00:20:54.619><c> chapter</c><00:20:55.059><c> 1</c><00:20:55.920><c> and</c><00:20:56.559><c> 600</c><00:20:57.200><c> B</c>

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.C.,<00:20:59.119><c> we</c><00:20:59.299><c> read</c><00:20:59.759><c> about</c><00:21:02.180><c> this</c><00:21:02.500><c> nation</c><00:21:02.759><c> of</c>

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Babylon<00:21:03.339><c> and</c><00:21:04.039><c> the</c><00:21:04.319><c> description</c><00:21:04.660><c> of</c><00:21:04.920><c> locusts</c><00:21:05.460><c> with</c><00:21:05.759><c> their</c><00:21:06.039><c> great</c><00:21:06.299><c> numbers,</c><00:21:07.319><c> and</c>

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it's<00:21:07.640><c> a</c><00:21:07.700><c> most</c><00:21:07.980><c> fitting</c>

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description.<00:21:09.680><c> In</c><00:21:09.779><c> fact,</c><00:21:10.200><c> the</c><00:21:10.380><c> interpretation</c><00:21:11.000><c> is</c><00:21:11.299><c> given</c><00:21:11.519><c> with</c><00:21:11.880><c> the</c>

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comment<00:21:12.539><c> that</c><00:21:13.279><c> the</c><00:21:13.619><c> cheek</c><00:21:13.940><c> teeth</c>

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are<00:21:14.839><c> as</c><00:21:15.140><c> a</c><00:21:15.319><c> great</c><00:21:15.559><c> lion.</c><00:21:17.099><c> Babylon,</c><00:21:17.599><c> as</c><00:21:17.759><c> we</c><00:21:17.960><c> know</c><00:21:18.140><c> in</c><00:21:18.380><c> scripture,</c><00:21:19.240><c> as</c><00:21:19.359><c> well</c>

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as<00:21:19.680><c> in</c><00:21:19.859><c> secular</c><00:21:20.259><c> history,</c>

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is<00:21:21.539><c> known</c><00:21:21.880><c> as</c><00:21:22.240><c> the</c><00:21:22.480><c> great</c><00:21:22.819><c> lion.</c><00:21:24.140><c> To</c><00:21:24.319><c> help</c><00:21:24.619><c> establish</c><00:21:25.279><c> this,</c>

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these<00:21:26.799><c> pictures</c><00:21:27.200><c> were</c><00:21:27.559><c> taken</c><00:21:27.940><c> by</c><00:21:28.339><c> an</c><00:21:28.559><c> Iraqi</c><00:21:28.980><c> Kurd</c>

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who<00:21:30.160><c> worked</c><00:21:30.400><c> for</c><00:21:30.660><c> me,</c><00:21:32.059><c> and</c><00:21:32.059><c> he</c><00:21:32.460><c> was</c><00:21:32.640><c> showing</c><00:21:32.779><c> me</c><00:21:32.980><c> some</c><00:21:33.200><c> pictures</c><00:21:33.559><c> of</c><00:21:33.759><c> his</c>

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family<00:21:34.319><c> at</c><00:21:34.519><c> one</c><00:21:34.740><c> time,</c>

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and<00:21:35.240><c> I</c><00:21:35.480><c> said,</c><00:21:35.819><c> oh,</c><00:21:36.039><c> can</c><00:21:36.220><c> I</c><00:21:36.440><c> have</c><00:21:36.799><c> a</c><00:21:37.180><c> copy</c><00:21:37.420><c> of</c><00:21:37.660><c> those?</c><00:21:38.599><c> And</c><00:21:38.839><c> this</c>

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is<00:21:39.240><c> a</c><00:21:39.339><c> picture,</c><00:21:40.359><c> and</c><00:21:40.759><c> I</c><00:21:41.019><c> can</c><00:21:41.240><c> see</c><00:21:41.319><c> we've</c>

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missed<00:21:41.759><c> his</c><00:21:42.059><c> family,</c><00:21:42.380><c> it's</c><00:21:42.579><c> down</c><00:21:42.759><c> on</c><00:21:42.920><c> the</c><00:21:43.119><c> bottom,</c><00:21:43.680><c> but</c><00:21:44.099><c> it's</c>

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the<00:21:45.059><c> top</c><00:21:45.259><c> part</c><00:21:45.460><c> of</c><00:21:45.579><c> the</c><00:21:45.700><c> picture</c><00:21:45.960><c> I'm</c><00:21:46.140><c> most</c>

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interested<00:21:46.900><c> in</c><00:21:47.140><c> showing,</c><00:21:47.880><c> because</c><00:21:48.220><c> you</c><00:21:48.359><c> can</c><00:21:48.579><c> see</c><00:21:48.720><c> all</c><00:21:49.019><c> the</c><00:21:49.240><c> lions</c><00:21:49.640><c> upon</c><00:21:50.619><c> this</c><00:21:50.980><c> gate</c><00:21:51.539><c> in</c><00:21:52.099><c> Babylon.</c>

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We<00:21:54.500><c> also</c><00:21:54.720><c> have</c><00:21:54.880><c> another</c><00:21:55.140><c> picture</c><00:21:55.519><c> here</c><00:21:55.859><c> that</c><00:21:56.119><c> we</c><00:21:56.380><c> have</c><00:21:56.599><c> the</c>

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three<00:21:57.240><c>-dimensional</c><00:21:57.740><c> lion,</c>

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and<00:21:59.000><c> I</c><00:21:59.140><c> can</c><00:21:59.440><c> see</c><00:21:59.599><c> it's</c><00:21:59.920><c> three</c><00:22:00.059><c>-dimensional,</c><00:22:00.819><c> all</c><00:22:00.819><c> right,</c><00:22:01.059><c> in</c>

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more<00:22:01.259><c> ways</c><00:22:01.460><c> than</c><00:22:01.660><c> one.</c><00:22:03.359><c> But</c><00:22:03.880><c> we</c><00:22:04.680><c> can</c><00:22:04.940><c> make</c><00:22:05.140><c> out</c><00:22:05.339><c> here</c>

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that<00:22:05.759><c> this</c><00:22:06.079><c> is</c><00:22:06.279><c> a</c><00:22:06.500><c> lion,</c><00:22:07.220><c> and</c><00:22:07.240><c> some</c><00:22:07.559><c> of</c><00:22:07.759><c> his</c><00:22:08.000><c> brothers</c><00:22:08.400><c> and</c><00:22:08.740><c> cousins</c><00:22:09.319><c> were</c><00:22:10.220><c> climbing</c><00:22:10.619><c> on</c>

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top<00:22:11.079><c> of</c><00:22:11.259><c> it</c><00:22:11.339><c> to</c><00:22:11.539><c> have</c>

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their<00:22:11.819><c> picture</c><00:22:12.079><c> taken.</c><00:22:13.299><c> But</c><00:22:13.880><c> what</c><00:22:14.420><c> I'm</c><00:22:14.599><c> showing</c><00:22:14.900><c> here</c><00:22:15.420><c> is</c><00:22:16.079><c> that</c><00:22:16.599><c> this</c><00:22:17.180><c> is</c>

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a<00:22:17.599><c> very</c><00:22:18.019><c> well</c><00:22:18.460><c>-known</c><00:22:18.740><c> symbol</c><00:22:19.220><c> of</c><00:22:20.079><c> the</c><00:22:20.299><c> nation</c>

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of<00:22:20.880><c> Babylon,</c><00:22:21.900><c> and</c><00:22:22.180><c> this</c><00:22:22.420><c> is</c><00:22:22.759><c> paralleled</c><00:22:23.259><c> actually</c><00:22:23.500><c> in</c><00:22:23.799><c> scripture.</c><00:22:24.480><c> In</c><00:22:24.619><c> fact,</c><00:22:24.940><c> Joel</c><00:22:25.319><c> in</c>

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this<00:22:25.819><c> particular</c>

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time<00:22:26.619><c> period</c><00:22:27.039><c> is</c><00:22:27.619><c> paralleled</c><00:22:28.559><c> by</c><00:22:29.160><c> the</c><00:22:29.380><c> prophet</c><00:22:29.720><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:22:31.519><c> and</c><00:22:31.700><c> his</c><00:22:32.000><c> description</c><00:22:32.720><c> of</c>

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Babylon<00:22:33.559><c> is</c><00:22:33.880><c> this</c><00:22:34.299><c> in</c><00:22:34.680><c> chapter</c>

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four<00:22:35.579><c> and</c><00:22:35.859><c> verse</c><00:22:36.099><c> seven.</c><00:22:38.240><c> The</c><00:22:38.319><c> lion</c><00:22:38.740><c> has</c><00:22:39.079><c> come</c><00:22:39.240><c> up</c><00:22:39.420><c> from</c><00:22:39.619><c> his</c>

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sticket,<00:22:40.759><c> and</c><00:22:40.940><c> the</c><00:22:41.160><c> destroyer</c><00:22:41.720><c> of</c><00:22:41.859><c> the</c><00:22:42.039><c> Gentiles</c>

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is<00:22:43.099><c> on</c><00:22:43.339><c> his</c><00:22:43.559><c> way.</c><00:22:44.940><c> He</c><00:22:45.380><c> has</c><00:22:45.740><c> gone</c><00:22:46.059><c> forth</c><00:22:46.440><c> from</c><00:22:46.720><c> his</c><00:22:47.000><c> place</c><00:22:47.339><c> to</c>

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make<00:22:48.000><c> thy</c><00:22:48.200><c> land</c><00:22:48.480><c> desolate,</c><00:22:49.359><c> and</c><00:22:49.380><c> thy</c><00:22:49.559><c> cities</c><00:22:49.759><c> shall</c>

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be<00:22:50.099><c> laid</c><00:22:50.420><c> waste</c><00:22:50.859><c> and</c><00:22:51.119><c> without</c><00:22:51.460><c> an</c><00:22:51.720><c> inhabitant.</c><00:22:53.259><c> Now,</c><00:22:53.839><c> having</c>

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established<00:22:54.799><c> the</c><00:22:55.119><c> lion</c><00:22:55.380><c> with</c><00:22:55.680><c> Babylon,</c>

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Jeremiah<00:22:57.339><c> chapter</c><00:22:57.960><c> five</c><00:22:58.539><c> and</c><00:22:58.839><c> verse</c><00:22:59.240><c> six</c><00:22:59.839><c> extends</c><00:23:00.480><c> the</c><00:23:00.779><c> prophecy</c><00:23:01.240><c> to</c><00:23:01.960><c> include</c><00:23:02.400><c> a</c>

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wolf<00:23:02.920><c> and</c><00:23:03.380><c> a</c><00:23:03.539><c> leopard,</c>

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and<00:23:05.319><c> this</c><00:23:05.660><c> is</c><00:23:05.819><c> quite</c><00:23:06.000><c> interesting.</c><00:23:07.539><c> Just</c><00:23:07.740><c> reading</c><00:23:08.099><c> verse</c><00:23:08.500><c> six</c>

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of<00:23:09.200><c> chapter</c><00:23:09.559><c> five</c><00:23:10.140><c> of</c><00:23:10.380><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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Wherefore<00:23:12.380><c> a</c><00:23:12.660><c> lion</c><00:23:13.279><c> out</c><00:23:14.660><c> of</c><00:23:14.799><c> the</c><00:23:15.000><c> forest</c><00:23:15.299><c> shall</c><00:23:15.579><c> slay</c><00:23:15.940><c> them,</c><00:23:16.720><c> and</c><00:23:17.000><c> a</c>

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wolf<00:23:17.500><c> of</c><00:23:17.839><c> the</c><00:23:18.099><c> evening</c><00:23:18.440><c> shall</c><00:23:18.740><c> spoil</c><00:23:19.160><c> them,</c>

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a<00:23:20.279><c> leopard</c><00:23:20.799><c> shall</c><00:23:21.460><c> watch</c><00:23:21.799><c> over</c><00:23:22.059><c> their</c><00:23:22.359><c> cities.</c><00:23:23.440><c> Everyone</c><00:23:23.920><c> that</c><00:23:24.220><c> goes</c><00:23:24.460><c> out</c>

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thence<00:23:25.180><c> will</c><00:23:25.339><c> be</c><00:23:25.599><c> torn</c><00:23:25.779><c> in</c><00:23:26.039><c> pieces</c>

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because<00:23:27.240><c> their</c><00:23:27.619><c> transgressions</c><00:23:28.240><c> are</c><00:23:28.500><c> many</c><00:23:29.000><c> and</c><00:23:29.539><c> their</c><00:23:29.859><c> backslidings</c><00:23:30.579><c> are</c>

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increased.<00:23:32.240><c> Now,</c>

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let's<00:23:33.380><c> put</c><00:23:33.680><c> together</c><00:23:34.039><c> the</c><00:23:34.359><c> history</c><00:23:34.940><c> and</c><00:23:35.940><c> the</c><00:23:36.240><c> Bible</c><00:23:36.660><c> symbolism</c><00:23:37.339><c> and</c><00:23:38.599><c> see</c>

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what<00:23:39.619><c> we</c><00:23:39.920><c> have.</c>

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In<00:23:41.700><c> Daniel</c><00:23:42.180><c> chapter</c><00:23:42.700><c> seven,</c><00:23:43.640><c> you'll</c><00:23:44.059><c> remember</c><00:23:44.819><c> the</c><00:23:45.519><c> description</c><00:23:46.039><c> that</c><00:23:46.299><c> was</c>

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given<00:23:46.819><c> of</c><00:23:47.059><c> the</c><00:23:47.240><c> image,</c>

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how<00:23:48.519><c> that</c><00:23:49.279><c> different</c><00:23:49.779><c> animals</c><00:23:50.420><c> were</c><00:23:51.000><c> given</c><00:23:51.319><c> to</c><00:23:51.700><c> describe</c><00:23:52.240><c> different</c><00:23:52.680><c> parts</c><00:23:53.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:54.299><c> image.</c>

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And<00:23:55.500><c> in</c><00:23:55.660><c> Daniel</c><00:23:56.079><c> chapter</c><00:23:56.640><c> seven,</c><00:23:57.480><c> the</c><00:23:57.720><c> lion</c><00:23:58.059><c> is</c><00:23:58.599><c> descriptive</c>

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of<00:23:59.700><c> the</c><00:23:59.880><c> head</c><00:23:59.980><c> of</c><00:24:00.240><c> gold,</c><00:24:00.839><c> that</c><00:24:01.039><c> of</c><00:24:01.259><c> the</c>

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Babylonian<00:24:02.039><c> empire,</c><00:24:03.460><c> and</c><00:24:03.779><c> the</c><00:24:03.940><c> bear,</c><00:24:04.579><c> that</c><00:24:04.880><c> of</c><00:24:05.119><c> the</c><00:24:05.240><c> Medo</c><00:24:05.480><c>-Persian</c><00:24:05.839><c> empire,</c><00:24:07.200><c> and</c>

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the<00:24:07.480><c> leopard,</c><00:24:08.019><c> that</c><00:24:08.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:10.839><c> Medo</c><00:24:10.839><c>-Persian</c><00:24:10.839><c> empire.</c><00:24:10.839><c> Then</c><00:24:11.019><c> there</c><00:24:11.259><c> is</c><00:24:11.460><c> a</c><00:24:11.619><c> beast</c><00:24:12.079><c> that</c>

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has<00:24:13.079><c> ten</c><00:24:13.400><c> horns,</c><00:24:14.700><c> which</c><00:24:14.819><c> is</c><00:24:15.059><c> picked</c><00:24:15.240><c> up</c><00:24:15.460><c> in</c><00:24:15.579><c> the</c>

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revelation<00:24:16.240><c> in</c><00:24:16.539><c> chapter</c><00:24:17.000><c> 16,</c><00:24:18.099><c> and</c><00:24:18.259><c> it</c><00:24:18.599><c> incorporates</c><00:24:19.299><c> the</c><00:24:20.240><c> lion,</c><00:24:21.039><c> the</c>

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bear,<00:24:22.119><c> and</c><00:24:22.279><c> the</c><00:24:22.460><c> leopard.</c><00:24:24.299><c> However,</c>

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the<00:24:25.700><c> Persian</c><00:24:26.180><c> bear</c><00:24:26.720><c> didn't</c><00:24:27.440><c> destroy</c><00:24:28.259><c> Judah</c><00:24:28.759><c> and</c><00:24:29.140><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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In<00:24:30.619><c> fact,</c><00:24:30.819><c> it</c><00:24:30.960><c> did</c><00:24:31.220><c> the</c><00:24:31.400><c> reverse,</c>

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and<00:24:32.819><c> under</c><00:24:33.299><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:24:33.940><c> and</c><00:24:34.180><c> others,</c><00:24:35.000><c> they</c><00:24:35.160><c> went</c><00:24:35.400><c> back</c><00:24:35.859><c> and</c>

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they<00:24:36.660><c> rebuilt</c><00:24:37.119><c> the</c><00:24:37.640><c> temple</c><00:24:38.019><c> and</c><00:24:38.599><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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But<00:24:41.059><c> Rome</c><00:24:41.720><c> certainly</c><00:24:42.680><c> destroyed</c><00:24:43.220><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:24:44.700><c> and</c><00:24:44.779><c> of</c><00:24:45.000><c> significance,</c><00:24:45.940><c> their</c>

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earliest<00:24:46.740><c> symbol</c>

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was<00:24:48.059><c> the</c><00:24:48.460><c> wolf,</c><00:24:49.299><c> which</c><00:24:49.519><c> is</c><00:24:49.740><c> well</c><00:24:49.980><c> remembered</c><00:24:50.500><c> in</c><00:24:50.859><c> the</c><00:24:51.019><c> legend</c>

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of<00:24:52.299><c> Romulus</c><00:24:52.960><c> and</c><00:24:53.500><c> Remus,</c>

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and<00:24:55.759><c> how</c><00:24:55.940><c> the</c><00:24:56.140><c> so</c><00:24:56.460><c>-called</c><00:24:56.799><c> founders</c><00:24:57.359><c> of</c><00:24:57.819><c> Rome</c><00:24:58.220><c> were</c><00:24:58.740><c> said</c><00:24:58.920><c> to</c><00:24:59.140><c> have</c><00:24:59.400><c> been</c><00:25:00.019><c> brought</c><00:25:00.480><c> up</c><00:25:00.940><c> by</c><00:25:01.279><c> a</c>

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she<00:25:01.599><c>-wolf.</c>

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But<00:25:03.299><c> coming</c><00:25:03.779><c> back</c><00:25:04.140><c> to</c><00:25:04.359><c> Joel</c><00:25:04.680><c> chapter</c><00:25:05.240><c> one</c><00:25:05.519><c> and</c><00:25:05.720><c> verse</c><00:25:05.980><c> four,</c>

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and<00:25:06.839><c> our</c><00:25:07.059><c> question</c><00:25:07.460><c> of</c><00:25:07.660><c> whether</c><00:25:07.920><c> the</c><00:25:08.259><c> locust</c><00:25:08.640><c> imagery</c>

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also<00:25:10.180><c> can</c><00:25:10.420><c> apply</c><00:25:10.819><c> beyond</c><00:25:11.380><c> to</c><00:25:11.779><c> Babylon,</c><00:25:12.359><c> to</c><00:25:12.559><c> Greece,</c><00:25:12.839><c> and</c><00:25:13.000><c> to</c>

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Rome,<00:25:14.059><c> we</c><00:25:14.279><c> would</c><00:25:14.519><c> answer</c><00:25:14.880><c> yes.</c><00:25:15.880><c> However,</c>

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it's<00:25:16.660><c> not</c><00:25:16.920><c> that</c><00:25:17.200><c> clear</c><00:25:17.339><c> in</c><00:25:17.619><c> Joel,</c><00:25:18.440><c> and</c><00:25:18.619><c> we've</c><00:25:19.000><c> acquires</c><00:25:19.599><c> combining</c><00:25:20.160><c> Joel</c>

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with<00:25:21.059><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:21.700><c> to</c><00:25:22.819><c> build</c><00:25:23.160><c> the</c><00:25:23.579><c> evidence.</c>

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This<00:25:25.480><c> we</c><00:25:26.019><c> will</c><00:25:26.259><c> add</c><00:25:26.559><c> to</c><00:25:26.700><c> in</c><00:25:26.880><c> our</c><00:25:27.079><c> third</c><00:25:27.319><c> class,</c><00:25:28.259><c> but</c><00:25:28.519><c> for</c><00:25:28.759><c> now,</c>

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what<00:25:29.839><c> can</c><00:25:30.079><c> we</c><00:25:30.319><c> show</c><00:25:30.640><c> is</c><00:25:30.980><c> that</c>

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they<00:25:31.819><c> are</c><00:25:32.160><c> parallel</c><00:25:32.680><c> prophecies</c><00:25:33.640><c> using</c><00:25:34.119><c> similar</c><00:25:34.640><c> language,</c>

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and<00:25:35.940><c> that</c><00:25:36.099><c> in</c><00:25:36.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:36.859><c> chapter</c><00:25:37.319><c> five</c>

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and<00:25:37.980><c> verse</c><00:25:38.220><c> six,</c><00:25:38.920><c> we</c><00:25:39.140><c> have</c><00:25:39.299><c> the</c><00:25:39.559><c> lion,</c><00:25:40.279><c> the</c><00:25:40.440><c> leopard,</c><00:25:41.000><c> and</c><00:25:41.380><c> the</c>

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wolf.<00:25:42.819><c> Let</c><00:25:43.079><c> me</c><00:25:43.400><c> read</c><00:25:43.799><c> some</c><00:25:44.299><c> of</c><00:25:44.500><c> the</c><00:25:44.599><c> key</c><00:25:44.799><c> verses,</c>

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for<00:25:46.599><c> here</c><00:25:47.059><c> the</c><00:25:47.319><c> similarity</c><00:25:48.380><c> of</c><00:25:48.700><c> language</c><00:25:49.319><c> will</c><00:25:49.839><c> become</c><00:25:50.140><c> obvious.</c>

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Joel<00:25:51.900><c> chapter</c><00:25:52.299><c> one</c><00:25:52.619><c> verse</c><00:25:52.880><c> seven,</c>

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He<00:25:54.380><c> has</c><00:25:54.700><c> laid</c><00:25:55.160><c> my</c><00:25:55.960><c> vine</c><00:25:56.480><c> waste</c><00:25:57.140><c> and</c><00:25:57.920><c> barked</c><00:25:58.440><c> my</c><00:25:58.680><c> fig</c><00:25:58.920><c> tree.</c><00:25:59.700><c> He</c>

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has<00:26:00.160><c> made</c><00:26:00.319><c> it</c><00:26:00.579><c> clean</c><00:26:00.799><c> bare</c><00:26:01.200><c> and</c><00:26:01.839><c> cast</c><00:26:02.140><c> it</c><00:26:02.359><c> away,</c>

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and<00:26:03.559><c> the</c><00:26:03.720><c> branches</c><00:26:04.059><c> thereof</c><00:26:04.720><c> are</c><00:26:04.940><c> made</c><00:26:05.259><c> white.</c><00:26:06.720><c> And</c><00:26:06.940><c> in</c><00:26:07.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:07.559><c> chapter</c><00:26:08.099><c> five</c>

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and<00:26:09.359><c> verse</c><00:26:09.619><c> 17,</c>

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we<00:26:11.059><c> read,</c><00:26:12.279><c> And</c><00:26:12.339><c> they</c><00:26:12.599><c> shall</c><00:26:12.740><c> eat</c><00:26:12.940><c> up</c><00:26:13.160><c> thine</c><00:26:13.299><c> harvest</c><00:26:13.880><c> and</c><00:26:14.279><c> thy</c>

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bread,<00:26:14.940><c> which</c><00:26:15.099><c> thy</c><00:26:15.359><c> sons</c><00:26:15.660><c> and</c><00:26:15.779><c> thy</c><00:26:16.000><c> daughters</c>

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should<00:26:16.599><c> eat,</c><00:26:17.359><c> and</c><00:26:17.500><c> they</c><00:26:17.740><c> shall</c><00:26:17.900><c> eat</c><00:26:18.059><c> up</c><00:26:18.240><c> thy</c><00:26:18.460><c> flocks</c><00:26:19.160><c> and</c><00:26:19.660><c> thine</c><00:26:19.960><c> herds,</c><00:26:20.759><c> and</c>

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they<00:26:21.180><c> shall</c><00:26:21.359><c> eat</c><00:26:21.579><c> up</c><00:26:21.779><c> thy</c><00:26:22.059><c> vines</c>

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and<00:26:23.160><c> thy</c><00:26:23.440><c> fig</c><00:26:23.680><c> tree.</c><00:26:25.000><c> In</c><00:26:25.480><c> Joel,</c><00:26:26.140><c> the</c><00:26:26.480><c> imagery</c><00:26:26.880><c> of</c><00:26:27.299><c> the</c><00:26:27.480><c> locust</c>

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is<00:26:28.039><c> very</c><00:26:28.400><c> descriptive</c><00:26:29.000><c> of</c><00:26:29.619><c> the</c><00:26:29.920><c> tragedy,</c>

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and<00:26:31.299><c> we</c><00:26:31.579><c> can</c><00:26:31.819><c> almost</c><00:26:32.180><c> see</c><00:26:32.420><c> the</c><00:26:32.660><c> fig</c><00:26:32.839><c> tree</c><00:26:33.059><c> being</c><00:26:33.440><c> debarked,</c><00:26:34.680><c> being</c><00:26:34.900><c> made</c><00:26:35.259><c> white</c><00:26:35.579><c> and</c><00:26:35.940><c> laid</c><00:26:36.200><c> bare</c><00:26:36.440><c> by</c>

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minions<00:26:37.079><c> of</c><00:26:37.359><c> locusts.</c><00:26:38.700><c> But</c><00:26:39.059><c> we</c><00:26:39.400><c> don't</c><00:26:39.680><c> have</c><00:26:39.880><c> quite</c><00:26:40.200><c> the</c><00:26:40.380><c> feeling</c><00:26:40.819><c> for</c><00:26:41.539><c> a</c>

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fig<00:26:41.920><c> tree</c><00:26:42.420><c> as</c><00:26:43.059><c> the</c><00:26:43.400><c> stark</c><00:26:43.900><c> real</c><00:26:44.700><c> picture</c>

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that<00:26:45.859><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:46.339><c> paints,</c><00:26:47.440><c> with</c><00:26:47.880><c> the</c><00:26:48.259><c> feelings</c><00:26:48.740><c> of</c><00:26:49.140><c> Almighty</c>

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God<00:26:50.079><c> being</c><00:26:50.460><c> shown.</c>

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What<00:26:54.039><c> we</c><00:26:54.200><c> read</c><00:26:54.480><c> in</c><00:26:55.039><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:55.619><c> chapter</c><00:26:56.200><c> four</c><00:26:56.779><c> and</c><00:26:57.319><c> verse</c><00:26:57.640><c> 19,</c>

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these<00:27:00.539><c> are</c><00:27:00.779><c> the</c><00:27:00.920><c> feelings</c><00:27:01.480><c> of</c><00:27:01.960><c> God.</c>

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My<00:27:03.940><c> balls,</c><00:27:04.480><c> my</c><00:27:04.740><c> balls,</c><00:27:05.240><c> I</c><00:27:05.440><c> am</c><00:27:05.700><c> pained</c><00:27:06.000><c> at</c><00:27:06.099><c> my</c><00:27:06.279><c> very</c><00:27:06.559><c> heart.</c><00:27:08.000><c> My</c>

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heart<00:27:08.660><c> maketh</c><00:27:09.079><c> a</c><00:27:09.259><c> noise</c><00:27:09.539><c> in</c><00:27:09.819><c> me.</c><00:27:10.400><c> I</c><00:27:10.579><c> cannot</c><00:27:10.880><c> hold</c><00:27:11.160><c> my</c>

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peace<00:27:11.740><c> because</c><00:27:12.299><c> thou</c><00:27:12.559><c> hast</c><00:27:12.859><c> heard.</c><00:27:13.599><c> O</c><00:27:13.779><c> my</c><00:27:14.099><c> soul,</c><00:27:14.599><c> the</c><00:27:14.700><c> sound</c>

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of<00:27:15.160><c> the</c><00:27:15.359><c> trumpet,</c><00:27:16.200><c> the</c><00:27:16.420><c> sound</c><00:27:16.880><c> of</c><00:27:17.420><c> alarm</c><00:27:17.660><c> of</c><00:27:18.000><c> war.</c>

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Verse<00:27:18.920><c> 20,</c><00:27:20.359><c> destruction</c><00:27:20.759><c> upon</c><00:27:21.119><c> destruction</c><00:27:21.759><c> is</c><00:27:22.339><c> cried,</c><00:27:23.180><c> for</c>

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the<00:27:23.480><c> whole</c><00:27:23.680><c> land</c><00:27:23.900><c> is</c><00:27:24.200><c> spoiled.</c>

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Suddenly<00:27:25.480><c> my</c><00:27:25.799><c> tents</c><00:27:26.099><c> are</c><00:27:26.380><c> spoiled</c><00:27:26.720><c> and</c><00:27:27.039><c> my</c><00:27:27.359><c> curtains</c><00:27:27.740><c> in</c><00:27:28.059><c> a</c><00:27:28.240><c> moment.</c>

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Just<00:27:29.779><c> jumping</c><00:27:30.180><c> down</c><00:27:30.480><c> a</c><00:27:30.519><c> couple</c><00:27:30.799><c> of</c><00:27:31.119><c> verses</c><00:27:31.220><c> to</c><00:27:31.400><c> verse</c><00:27:31.720><c> 23,</c><00:27:32.539><c> I</c>

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beheld<00:27:33.819><c> the</c><00:27:34.059><c> earth,</c><00:27:35.079><c> and</c><00:27:35.279><c> lo,</c><00:27:35.880><c> it</c><00:27:36.019><c> was</c><00:27:36.319><c> without</c>

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form<00:27:37.099><c> and</c><00:27:37.440><c> void,</c><00:27:38.400><c> and</c><00:27:38.599><c> the</c><00:27:38.740><c> heavens,</c><00:27:39.299><c> they</c><00:27:40.240><c> had</c><00:27:40.460><c> no</c><00:27:40.700><c> light.</c>

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Yes,<00:27:42.359><c> the</c><00:27:42.500><c> words</c><00:27:42.740><c> form</c><00:27:43.099><c> and</c><00:27:43.359><c> void</c><00:27:43.619><c> are</c><00:27:44.140><c> Tahu</c><00:27:44.579><c> and</c><00:27:44.839><c> Bahu,</c>

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as<00:27:45.619><c> used</c><00:27:45.880><c> in</c><00:27:46.099><c> Genesis</c><00:27:46.460><c> one</c><00:27:46.740><c> and</c><00:27:47.000><c> two,</c><00:27:47.759><c> and</c><00:27:48.039><c> describes</c><00:27:48.720><c> just</c>

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how<00:27:49.700><c> complete</c><00:27:50.420><c> this</c><00:27:50.880><c> destruction</c><00:27:51.380><c> was.</c>

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The<00:27:53.220><c> tragedy</c><00:27:53.680><c> here</c><00:27:54.079><c> is</c><00:27:54.420><c> well</c><00:27:54.720><c> beyond</c><00:27:55.180><c> anything</c><00:27:55.700><c> we</c><00:27:56.299><c> have</c><00:27:56.500><c> yet</c>

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to<00:27:56.980><c> experience.</c><00:27:58.200><c> But</c><00:27:58.339><c> as</c><00:27:58.839><c> the</c><00:27:59.160><c> prophecy</c>

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unfolds,<00:28:01.279><c> five</c><00:28:01.680><c> times</c><00:28:02.240><c> the</c><00:28:02.599><c> phrase,</c><00:28:03.839><c> day</c><00:28:03.859><c> of</c><00:28:04.019><c> the</c><00:28:04.200><c> Lord</c><00:28:04.400><c> is</c><00:28:04.619><c> mentioned,</c><00:28:05.640><c> encompassing</c><00:28:06.359><c> at</c>

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least<00:28:06.819><c> four</c><00:28:07.259><c> different</c>

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time<00:28:08.039><c> periods.</c><00:28:10.440><c> Here</c><00:28:10.599><c> as</c><00:28:10.799><c> we</c><00:28:10.960><c> just</c><00:28:11.240><c> read</c><00:28:11.539><c> in</c><00:28:12.720><c> Joel</c><00:28:12.940><c> chapter</c><00:28:13.339><c> one</c><00:28:13.619><c> and</c><00:28:13.799><c> verse</c><00:28:14.059><c> 15,</c><00:28:15.619><c> it</c>

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says,<00:28:16.339><c> alas</c><00:28:16.579><c> for</c><00:28:16.779><c> the</c><00:28:16.960><c> day,</c>

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for<00:28:17.420><c> the</c><00:28:17.559><c> day</c><00:28:17.779><c> of</c><00:28:17.859><c> the</c><00:28:18.019><c> Lord</c><00:28:18.180><c> is</c><00:28:18.359><c> at</c><00:28:18.619><c> hand,</c><00:28:19.579><c> and</c><00:28:19.640><c> as</c><00:28:19.920><c> a</c><00:28:20.059><c> destruction</c><00:28:20.579><c> from</c><00:28:20.880><c> the</c>

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Almighty<00:28:21.500><c> shall</c><00:28:21.960><c> it</c><00:28:22.359><c> come.</c>

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And<00:28:23.920><c> then</c><00:28:24.119><c> in</c><00:28:24.380><c> Joel</c><00:28:24.680><c> chapter</c><00:28:25.180><c> two</c><00:28:25.720><c> and</c><00:28:26.039><c> verse</c><00:28:26.299><c> one,</c><00:28:27.019><c> which</c><00:28:27.220><c> we've</c><00:28:27.619><c> read</c><00:28:27.779><c> too,</c><00:28:29.119><c> blow</c><00:28:29.200><c> ye</c>

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the<00:28:29.599><c> trumpet</c><00:28:29.859><c> in</c><00:28:30.180><c> Zion,</c>

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for<00:28:30.740><c> the</c><00:28:30.920><c> day</c><00:28:31.099><c> of</c><00:28:31.200><c> the</c><00:28:31.359><c> Lord</c><00:28:31.579><c> cometh,</c><00:28:32.500><c> for</c><00:28:32.640><c> it</c><00:28:32.880><c> is</c><00:28:33.140><c> nigh</c><00:28:33.380><c> at</c><00:28:33.660><c> hand.</c><00:28:34.619><c> Verse</c><00:28:34.839><c> 11,</c>

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for<00:28:36.200><c> the</c><00:28:36.299><c> day</c><00:28:36.480><c> of</c><00:28:36.599><c> the</c><00:28:36.740><c> Lord</c><00:28:36.880><c> is</c><00:28:37.140><c> great</c>

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and<00:28:37.940><c> very</c><00:28:38.279><c> terrible.</c><00:28:38.940><c> Who</c><00:28:39.119><c> can</c><00:28:39.319><c> abide</c><00:28:39.599><c> it?</c><00:28:40.920><c> Verse</c><00:28:41.359><c> 31,</c><00:28:42.740><c> the</c><00:28:42.980><c> sun</c><00:28:43.259><c> shall</c><00:28:43.500><c> be</c>

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turned<00:28:43.880><c> into</c><00:28:44.119><c> darkness,</c>

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and<00:28:44.920><c> the</c><00:28:45.039><c> moon</c><00:28:45.240><c> into</c><00:28:45.500><c> blood</c><00:28:45.819><c> before</c><00:28:46.180><c> the</c><00:28:46.400><c> great</c><00:28:46.779><c> and</c><00:28:47.079><c> terrible</c>

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day<00:28:47.920><c> of</c><00:28:48.119><c> the</c><00:28:48.279><c> Lord</c><00:28:48.480><c> come.</c>

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And<00:28:49.920><c> finally</c><00:28:50.240><c> in</c><00:28:50.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:50.839><c> three,</c><00:28:52.380><c> molitudes,</c><00:28:53.000><c> molitudes</c><00:28:53.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:54.019><c> valley</c><00:28:54.240><c> of</c><00:28:54.579><c> decision,</c>

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for<00:28:55.740><c> the</c><00:28:55.920><c> day</c><00:28:56.059><c> of</c><00:28:56.200><c> the</c><00:28:56.359><c> Lord</c><00:28:56.480><c> is</c><00:28:56.779><c> near</c><00:28:57.180><c> in</c><00:28:57.920><c> the</c><00:28:58.079><c> valley</c><00:28:58.519><c> of</c><00:28:58.880><c> decision.</c>

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We,<00:29:02.319><c> brethren</c><00:29:02.500><c> and</c><00:29:02.740><c> sisters,</c><00:29:03.339><c> will</c><00:29:03.519><c> experience</c><00:29:04.160><c> the</c><00:29:04.339><c> last</c><00:29:04.779><c> two</c><00:29:05.240><c> of</c>

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:08.440
these<00:29:06.079><c> days</c><00:29:06.359><c> of</c><00:29:06.559><c> the</c><00:29:06.740><c> Lord.</c><00:29:07.680><c> And</c><00:29:08.019><c> even</c><00:29:08.200><c> though</c>

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:11.980
we<00:29:08.599><c> know</c><00:29:08.960><c> the</c><00:29:09.240><c> glory</c><00:29:09.480><c> that</c><00:29:09.779><c> comes</c><00:29:10.140><c> from</c><00:29:10.400><c> the</c><00:29:10.500><c> day</c><00:29:10.680><c> of</c><00:29:10.799><c> the</c><00:29:10.960><c> Lord,</c><00:29:11.839><c> our</c>

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hearts,<00:29:13.000><c> our</c><00:29:13.220><c> feelings</c><00:29:13.660><c> will</c><00:29:13.900><c> go</c><00:29:14.160><c> out.</c>

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As<00:29:15.180><c> God's</c><00:29:15.700><c> did,</c><00:29:16.559><c> for</c><00:29:16.759><c> we'll</c><00:29:17.220><c> all</c><00:29:17.440><c> be</c><00:29:17.700><c> affected.</c><00:29:19.640><c> From</c><00:29:20.000><c> the</c><00:29:20.339><c> virgin</c><00:29:20.819><c> who</c>

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had<00:29:21.339><c> just</c><00:29:21.579><c> married</c><00:29:22.039><c> the</c><00:29:22.339><c> husbandman,</c>

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:27.000
to<00:29:23.759><c> the</c><00:29:23.920><c> beast</c><00:29:24.039><c> of</c><00:29:24.259><c> the</c><00:29:24.420><c> field</c><00:29:24.819><c> and</c><00:29:25.160><c> the</c><00:29:25.339><c> rivers</c><00:29:25.579><c> of</c><00:29:25.859><c> water,</c>

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brethren<00:29:27.559><c> and</c><00:29:27.779><c> sisters,</c><00:29:28.619><c> the</c><00:29:29.000><c> human</c><00:29:29.480><c> condition</c>

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:35.559
is<00:29:31.079><c> hard</c><00:29:31.319><c> enough,</c><00:29:32.339><c> especially</c><00:29:32.799><c> as</c><00:29:33.099><c> we've</c><00:29:33.420><c> seen</c><00:29:33.740><c> this</c><00:29:34.119><c> week</c><00:29:34.400><c> with</c><00:29:34.920><c> the</c><00:29:35.119><c> loss</c><00:29:35.299><c> of</c>

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a<00:29:35.660><c> mother</c><00:29:35.920><c> in</c><00:29:36.480><c> Israel.</c>

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We<00:29:38.460><c> don't</c><00:29:39.180><c> have</c><00:29:39.420><c> to</c><00:29:39.619><c> add</c><00:29:39.880><c> to</c><00:29:40.079><c> it.</c><00:29:40.660><c> We</c><00:29:40.880><c> can</c><00:29:41.119><c> learn</c><00:29:41.539><c> from</c><00:29:41.920><c> Israel</c><00:29:42.420><c> and</c>

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:48.579
we<00:29:45.420><c> can</c><00:29:45.720><c> see</c><00:29:46.140><c> from</c><00:29:46.460><c> the</c><00:29:46.720><c> tragedy</c><00:29:47.119><c> that</c><00:29:47.619><c> encompassed</c><00:29:48.359><c> them</c>

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from<00:29:48.920><c> every</c><00:29:49.180><c> direction.</c>

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In<00:29:53.460><c> fact,</c><00:29:54.240><c> note</c><00:29:54.359><c> the</c><00:29:54.619><c> language</c><00:29:55.039><c> here</c><00:29:55.640><c> in</c><00:29:56.400><c> Joel.</c><00:29:59.079><c> In</c><00:29:59.240><c> verse</c><00:29:59.480><c> eight,</c>

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we<00:30:06.579><c> read,</c>

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lament<00:30:09.519><c> like</c><00:30:10.200><c> a</c><00:30:10.440><c> virgin</c><00:30:10.859><c> girded</c><00:30:11.460><c> with</c><00:30:11.720><c> sackcloth</c><00:30:12.660><c> for</c><00:30:13.119><c> the</c><00:30:13.279><c> husband</c><00:30:13.599><c> of</c>

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her<00:30:13.980><c> youth.</c>

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Verse<00:30:15.779><c> 11,</c><00:30:17.240><c> be</c><00:30:17.519><c> ashamed,</c><00:30:18.299><c> O</c><00:30:18.519><c> ye</c><00:30:18.740><c> husbandmen,</c><00:30:19.660><c> howl,</c><00:30:20.160><c> O</c><00:30:20.440><c> ye</c><00:30:20.599><c> vinedressers,</c><00:30:21.880><c> for</c>

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:23.420
the<00:30:22.200><c> wheat</c><00:30:22.480><c> and</c><00:30:22.799><c> for</c><00:30:22.940><c> the</c><00:30:23.119><c> barley,</c>

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:26.680
because<00:30:23.880><c> the</c><00:30:24.119><c> harvest</c><00:30:24.380><c> of</c><00:30:24.579><c> the</c><00:30:24.759><c> field</c><00:30:24.980><c> is</c><00:30:25.240><c> perished.</c><00:30:26.460><c> Verse</c>

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.200
20,<00:30:28.019><c> the</c><00:30:28.240><c> beast</c><00:30:28.500><c> of</c><00:30:28.680><c> the</c><00:30:28.880><c> field</c><00:30:29.160><c> cry</c><00:30:29.559><c> also</c><00:30:29.960><c> unto</c>

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:33.539
thee,<00:30:30.700><c> for</c><00:30:30.779><c> the</c><00:30:30.980><c> rivers</c><00:30:31.279><c> of</c><00:30:31.579><c> waters</c><00:30:31.839><c> are</c><00:30:32.140><c> dried</c><00:30:32.380><c> up</c><00:30:32.920><c> and</c><00:30:33.319><c> the</c>

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fire<00:30:33.759><c> has</c><00:30:34.079><c> devoured</c><00:30:34.500><c> the</c><00:30:34.819><c> pastures</c><00:30:35.299><c> of</c><00:30:35.539><c> the</c><00:30:35.700><c> wilderness.</c>

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Brethren<00:30:37.759><c> and</c><00:30:38.000><c> sisters,</c><00:30:38.500><c> we</c><00:30:38.680><c> pray</c><00:30:39.200><c> for</c><00:30:39.960><c> God's</c><00:30:40.460><c> kingdom</c><00:30:40.880><c> to</c><00:30:41.339><c> come.</c><00:30:42.539><c> But</c><00:30:42.799><c> are</c><00:30:43.099><c> we</c>

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prepared<00:30:43.880><c> for</c><00:30:44.420><c> the</c><00:30:44.559><c> day</c><00:30:44.720><c> of</c><00:30:44.880><c> the</c><00:30:45.039><c> Lord?</c>

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Yes,<00:30:46.720><c> scripture</c><00:30:46.960><c> shows</c><00:30:47.519><c> that</c><00:30:47.819><c> the</c><00:30:48.039><c> saints</c><00:30:48.240><c> will</c><00:30:48.480><c> be</c><00:30:48.759><c> removed,</c>

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but<00:30:50.660><c> we</c><00:30:51.079><c> will</c><00:30:51.339><c> still</c><00:30:51.599><c> experience</c><00:30:52.240><c> it.</c>

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As<00:30:53.980><c> God</c><00:30:54.299><c> did</c><00:30:54.559><c> in</c><00:30:54.759><c> the</c><00:30:54.920><c> past</c><00:30:55.220><c> with</c><00:30:55.420><c> Israel.</c><00:30:57.339><c> But</c><00:30:57.619><c> how</c><00:30:58.059><c> far</c><00:30:58.319><c> can</c>

00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:01.599
we<00:30:58.779><c> apply</c><00:30:59.319><c> what</c><00:31:00.180><c> happened</c><00:31:00.519><c> in</c><00:31:00.720><c> the</c><00:31:00.880><c> time</c><00:31:01.099><c> of</c><00:31:01.359><c> Joel</c>

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to<00:31:01.819><c> what</c><00:31:02.000><c> will</c><00:31:02.299><c> happen</c><00:31:02.599><c> in</c><00:31:02.799><c> the</c><00:31:02.940><c> future</c><00:31:03.259><c> when</c><00:31:03.519><c> Christ</c><00:31:03.839><c> returns?</c><00:31:05.660><c> We</c><00:31:05.920><c> have</c>

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many<00:31:06.339><c> examples</c><00:31:06.960><c> of</c><00:31:07.319><c> the</c><00:31:07.480><c> righteous</c>

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being<00:31:08.140><c> removed</c><00:31:08.660><c> from</c><00:31:08.859><c> the</c><00:31:09.019><c> day</c><00:31:09.140><c> of</c><00:31:09.299><c> the</c><00:31:09.480><c> Lord.</c><00:31:10.740><c> We</c><00:31:10.940><c> have</c><00:31:11.319><c> Daniel</c><00:31:12.019><c> and</c>

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his<00:31:12.839><c> three</c><00:31:13.059><c> friends</c><00:31:13.599><c> removed</c><00:31:14.220><c> in</c><00:31:14.400><c> Daniel</c>

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chapter<00:31:15.420><c> one</c><00:31:15.740><c> and</c><00:31:15.900><c> verse</c><00:31:16.119><c> six.</c><00:31:17.539><c> We</c><00:31:17.880><c> have</c><00:31:18.059><c> the</c><00:31:18.299><c> example</c><00:31:18.660><c> of</c><00:31:18.940><c> Noah</c><00:31:19.240><c> and</c>

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his<00:31:19.779><c> family</c><00:31:20.200><c> in</c><00:31:20.500><c> the</c><00:31:20.700><c> ark</c><00:31:21.180><c> some</c><00:31:21.599><c> seven</c><00:31:21.880><c> days</c>

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before<00:31:22.980><c> the</c><00:31:23.339><c> flood</c><00:31:23.480><c> came.</c><00:31:25.200><c> We</c><00:31:25.480><c> have</c><00:31:25.680><c> Enoch</c><00:31:26.140><c> and</c><00:31:26.579><c> how</c><00:31:26.680><c> he</c><00:31:26.859><c> was</c>

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removed<00:31:27.680><c> in</c><00:31:28.200><c> Genesis</c><00:31:28.599><c> five</c><00:31:28.980><c> and</c><00:31:29.220><c> 24</c><00:31:29.880><c> and</c><00:31:30.660><c> Lot</c>

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and<00:31:32.099><c> his</c><00:31:32.720><c> family</c><00:31:33.359><c> in</c><00:31:34.900><c> Genesis</c><00:31:35.299><c> 19</c><00:31:35.859><c> and</c><00:31:36.079><c> verse</c><00:31:36.319><c> 17,</c><00:31:37.339><c> his</c><00:31:37.500><c> two</c>

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daughters<00:31:38.079><c> and</c><00:31:38.380><c> his</c><00:31:38.619><c> wife.</c>

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We<00:31:42.200><c> have</c><00:31:42.339><c> the</c><00:31:42.539><c> righteous</c><00:31:43.000><c> taken</c><00:31:43.440><c> away</c><00:31:43.920><c> in</c><00:31:44.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:44.819><c> chapter</c><00:31:45.339><c> 57</c>

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and<00:31:46.299><c> verse</c><00:31:46.619><c> one</c><00:31:46.980><c> from</c><00:31:47.299><c> the</c><00:31:47.559><c> evil</c><00:31:47.740><c> to</c><00:31:48.019><c> come</c>

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and<00:31:49.440><c> the</c><00:31:49.579><c> disciples</c><00:31:50.339><c> taken</c><00:31:51.000><c> from</c><00:31:51.319><c> the</c><00:31:51.619><c> storm</c><00:31:52.099><c> and</c><00:31:53.039><c> when</c><00:31:53.160><c> they</c>

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were<00:31:53.880><c> about</c><00:31:54.460><c> 20</c><00:31:54.920><c> or</c><00:31:55.140><c> 30</c><00:31:55.579><c> furlongs,</c>

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when<00:31:56.819><c> they</c><00:31:57.019><c> were</c><00:31:57.200><c> rolling</c><00:31:57.500><c> hard</c><00:31:58.220><c> towards</c><00:31:58.799><c> the</c><00:31:58.940><c> city</c><00:31:59.279><c> of</c><00:31:59.500><c> Capernaum,</c><00:32:00.839><c> that</c>

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city<00:32:01.440><c> of</c><00:32:01.799><c> consolation,</c><00:32:02.880><c> and</c><00:32:03.119><c> they</c>

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were<00:32:03.500><c> removed.</c><00:32:06.400><c> And</c><00:32:06.880><c> finally</c><00:32:07.279><c> in</c><00:32:08.519><c> the</c><00:32:09.019><c> all</c><00:32:09.220><c> that</c><00:32:09.359><c> prophecy</c><00:32:09.900><c> and</c><00:32:10.380><c> there</c><00:32:10.539><c> are</c><00:32:10.599><c> many</c><00:32:10.759><c> others</c><00:32:11.119><c> as</c>

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well<00:32:11.539><c> that</c><00:32:11.720><c> we</c><00:32:11.880><c> could</c>

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show.<00:32:13.099><c> We</c><00:32:13.420><c> have</c><00:32:13.920><c> those</c><00:32:14.220><c> that</c><00:32:14.420><c> are</c><00:32:14.660><c> counted</c><00:32:14.940><c> worthy</c><00:32:15.480><c> to</c><00:32:15.900><c> escape.</c><00:32:17.599><c> But</c><00:32:17.900><c> what</c><00:32:18.200><c> about</c><00:32:18.619><c> the</c><00:32:18.960><c> events</c><00:32:19.240><c> that</c><00:32:19.500><c> lead</c><00:32:19.660><c> up</c>

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:25.220
to<00:32:20.059><c> the</c><00:32:20.140><c> day</c><00:32:20.319><c> of</c><00:32:20.440><c> the</c><00:32:20.599><c> Lord?</c><00:32:21.660><c> Will</c><00:32:22.099><c> the</c><00:32:22.480><c> meal</c><00:32:22.740><c> and</c><00:32:22.980><c> drink</c><00:32:23.319><c> offering</c><00:32:23.680><c> be</c><00:32:24.039><c> cut</c><00:32:24.220><c> off</c><00:32:25.000><c> in</c>

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verse<00:32:25.500><c> nine?</c><00:32:27.200><c> Will</c><00:32:27.460><c> the</c><00:32:27.660><c> vine</c>

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be<00:32:28.400><c> dried</c><00:32:28.559><c> up</c><00:32:29.559><c> as</c><00:32:29.980><c> in</c><00:32:30.160><c> verse</c><00:32:30.480><c> 12?</c><00:32:31.920><c> Will</c><00:32:32.079><c> our</c><00:32:32.339><c> nation</c><00:32:33.099><c> wither</c><00:32:34.240><c> because</c><00:32:34.799><c> there</c><00:32:35.119><c> is</c>

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no<00:32:35.660><c> joy</c><00:32:36.119><c> in</c><00:32:36.359><c> the</c><00:32:36.539><c> land?</c>

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What<00:32:38.660><c> about</c><00:32:39.019><c> the</c><00:32:39.259><c> nations</c><00:32:39.759><c> as</c><00:32:40.180><c> described</c><00:32:40.700><c> here</c><00:32:41.000><c> by</c><00:32:41.299><c> various</c>

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trees?<00:32:43.039><c> We</c><00:32:43.039><c> have</c><00:32:43.200><c> pomegranate,</c><00:32:44.539><c> palm</c><00:32:44.859><c> tree,</c>

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apple<00:32:45.900><c> tree.</c><00:32:47.180><c> Yes</c><00:32:47.359><c> the</c><00:32:47.579><c> immediate</c><00:32:48.000><c> application</c><00:32:48.519><c> is</c><00:32:48.880><c> to</c><00:32:49.079><c> Judah</c>

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about<00:32:49.640><c> 600</c><00:32:50.059><c> BC</c><00:32:50.539><c> but</c><00:32:51.440><c> history</c><00:32:52.000><c> repeats</c><00:32:52.579><c> and</c><00:32:53.200><c> so</c><00:32:53.400><c> does</c>

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:58.019
the<00:32:53.779><c> prophecy</c><00:32:54.160><c> of</c><00:32:54.480><c> Joel.</c><00:32:55.799><c> Could</c><00:32:56.099><c> joy</c><00:32:56.759><c> wither</c><00:32:57.140><c> from</c><00:32:57.380><c> our</c><00:32:57.680><c> land</c>

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and<00:32:58.660><c> we</c><00:32:58.920><c> like</c><00:32:59.140><c> Judah</c><00:32:59.460><c> lose</c><00:32:59.920><c> the</c><00:33:00.180><c> vision</c><00:33:00.440><c> and</c><00:33:00.819><c> the</c>

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things<00:33:01.740><c> of</c><00:33:02.420><c> God?</c><00:33:03.859><c> Where</c><00:33:04.119><c> is</c><00:33:04.319><c> our</c><00:33:04.599><c> mind</c><00:33:05.140><c> when</c><00:33:05.700><c> we</c><00:33:06.000><c> sing</c><00:33:06.220><c> the</c><00:33:06.440><c> words?</c>

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Although<00:33:13.740><c> the</c><00:33:14.019><c> fig</c><00:33:14.240><c> tree</c><00:33:14.680><c> shall</c><00:33:15.039><c> not</c><00:33:15.319><c> blossom,</c><00:33:16.619><c> neither</c><00:33:16.799><c> shall</c><00:33:17.079><c> fruit</c><00:33:17.359><c> be</c>

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found<00:33:17.839><c> in</c><00:33:18.079><c> the</c><00:33:18.259><c> vines.</c>

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The<00:33:19.440><c> labor</c><00:33:19.640><c> of</c><00:33:19.900><c> the</c><00:33:20.079><c> old</c><00:33:20.279><c> shall</c><00:33:20.559><c> fail</c><00:33:21.079><c> and</c><00:33:21.779><c> the</c><00:33:22.000><c> field</c><00:33:22.240><c> shall</c>

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yield<00:33:22.779><c> no</c><00:33:23.099><c> meat.</c><00:33:23.740><c> The</c><00:33:23.940><c> flock</c><00:33:24.119><c> shall</c><00:33:24.319><c> be</c><00:33:24.539><c> cut</c>

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off<00:33:24.940><c> from</c><00:33:25.180><c> the</c><00:33:25.420><c> fold</c><00:33:25.720><c> and</c><00:33:26.079><c> there</c><00:33:26.299><c> shall</c><00:33:26.460><c> be</c><00:33:26.700><c> no</c><00:33:26.940><c> herd</c><00:33:27.160><c> in</c><00:33:27.480><c> the</c><00:33:27.640><c> stall.</c><00:33:28.819><c> Yet</c><00:33:29.140><c> I</c>

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will<00:33:29.880><c> rejoice</c><00:33:30.319><c> in</c><00:33:30.500><c> the</c><00:33:30.660><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:34.400
I<00:33:31.019><c> will</c><00:33:31.259><c> joy</c><00:33:31.579><c> in</c><00:33:31.740><c> the</c><00:33:31.900><c> God</c><00:33:32.079><c> of</c><00:33:32.240><c> my</c><00:33:32.480><c> salvation.</c><00:33:33.859><c> Brethren</c><00:33:34.119><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:33:34.660><c> will</c><00:33:34.859><c> we</c><00:33:35.099><c> be</c><00:33:35.420><c> like</c><00:33:35.660><c> Habakkot,</c>

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:40.079
be<00:33:37.019><c> able</c><00:33:37.259><c> as</c><00:33:37.579><c> we</c><00:33:37.779><c> see</c><00:33:37.960><c> our</c><00:33:38.259><c> world</c><00:33:38.519><c> come</c><00:33:38.759><c> tumbling</c><00:33:39.119><c> down,</c><00:33:39.920><c> still</c>

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:43.579
to<00:33:40.279><c> rejoice</c><00:33:40.680><c> in</c><00:33:40.880><c> the</c><00:33:41.079><c> Lord</c><00:33:41.440><c> and</c><00:33:42.460><c> have</c><00:33:43.000><c> joy</c><00:33:43.259><c> in</c><00:33:43.440><c> the</c>

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:48.240
God<00:33:43.740><c> of</c><00:33:43.900><c> our</c><00:33:44.119><c> salvation?</c><00:33:45.180><c> How</c><00:33:45.519><c> will</c><00:33:45.759><c> we</c><00:33:46.079><c> relax</c><00:33:46.460><c> depends</c><00:33:47.079><c> on</c><00:33:47.740><c> us</c>

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:51.619
being<00:33:48.500><c> able</c><00:33:48.720><c> to</c><00:33:49.019><c> see</c><00:33:49.220><c> the</c><00:33:49.440><c> vision.</c><00:33:50.640><c> Habakkot</c><00:33:51.099><c> saw</c><00:33:51.359><c> the</c>

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vision<00:33:51.880><c> and</c><00:33:52.359><c> said,</c><00:33:53.099><c> yet</c><00:33:53.400><c> I</c><00:33:53.599><c> will</c><00:33:53.839><c> rejoice</c><00:33:54.220><c> in</c><00:33:54.400><c> the</c><00:33:54.599><c> Lord.</c><00:33:55.420><c> I</c><00:33:55.680><c> will</c><00:33:55.920><c> joy</c><00:33:56.180><c> in</c>

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the<00:33:56.539><c> God</c><00:33:56.720><c> of</c><00:33:56.900><c> my</c><00:33:57.119><c> salvation.</c>

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:03.779
Do<00:34:00.000><c> we</c><00:34:00.740><c> have</c><00:34:01.180><c> the</c><00:34:01.420><c> vision,</c><00:34:02.119><c> brethren</c><00:34:02.279><c> and</c><00:34:02.519><c> sisters?</c><00:34:03.380><c> What</c><00:34:03.579><c> do</c>

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:06.240
we<00:34:04.000><c> see</c><00:34:04.259><c> when</c><00:34:04.500><c> we</c><00:34:04.720><c> read</c><00:34:04.940><c> the</c><00:34:05.099><c> words</c><00:34:05.420><c> of</c><00:34:05.819><c> Joel</c>

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:14.340
and<00:34:06.740><c> Habakkot?</c><00:34:09.900><c> In</c><00:34:10.119><c> Joel</c><00:34:10.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:10.880><c> 2</c><00:34:11.679><c> and</c><00:34:12.400><c> verse</c><00:34:12.760><c> 3,</c>

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:45.059
I<00:34:41.340><c> can</c><00:34:41.599><c> see</c><00:34:41.699><c> we're</c><00:34:41.880><c> having</c><00:34:42.179><c> difficulties</c><00:34:42.699><c> finding</c><00:34:43.380><c> Joel</c><00:34:43.800><c> chapter</c><00:34:44.179><c> 2</c><00:34:44.440><c> and</c><00:34:44.619><c> verse</c><00:34:44.820><c> 3.</c>

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.199
We<00:34:45.239><c> probably</c><00:34:45.480><c> find</c><00:34:45.739><c> it</c><00:34:45.960><c> faster</c>

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:51.059
in<00:34:46.380><c> our</c><00:34:46.539><c> Bibles</c><00:34:46.920><c> and</c><00:34:47.739><c> I've</c><00:34:47.940><c> got</c><00:34:48.019><c> it</c><00:34:48.199><c> here</c><00:34:48.460><c> and</c><00:34:48.679><c> I</c><00:34:48.860><c> will</c><00:34:48.980><c> read</c><00:34:49.139><c> it.</c><00:34:50.760><c> We</c>

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.300
read<00:34:51.260><c> these</c><00:34:51.559><c> words.</c>

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A<00:34:57.039><c> fire</c><00:34:57.599><c> devoureth</c><00:34:58.280><c> before</c><00:34:58.599><c> them,</c><00:34:58.940><c> and</c><00:34:59.239><c> behind</c><00:34:59.539><c> them</c><00:34:59.760><c> a</c><00:34:59.940><c> flame</c>

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:03.019
burneth.<00:35:01.119><c> The</c><00:35:01.280><c> land</c><00:35:01.579><c> is</c><00:35:01.880><c> as</c><00:35:02.179><c> the</c><00:35:02.360><c> garden</c><00:35:02.639><c> of</c><00:35:02.860><c> Eden</c>

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:06.099
before<00:35:03.480><c> them,</c><00:35:04.179><c> and</c><00:35:04.400><c> behind</c><00:35:04.679><c> them</c><00:35:04.880><c> a</c><00:35:05.039><c> desolate</c><00:35:05.400><c> wilderness,</c>

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:10.300
yea,<00:35:06.840><c> and</c><00:35:06.920><c> nothing</c><00:35:07.239><c> shall</c><00:35:07.500><c> escape.</c><00:35:09.079><c> Before</c><00:35:09.539><c> him</c><00:35:09.840><c> went</c><00:35:10.059><c> the</c>

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:14.340
pestilence,<00:35:11.360><c> and</c><00:35:11.599><c> burning</c><00:35:11.900><c> coals</c><00:35:12.320><c> went</c><00:35:12.599><c> forth</c><00:35:12.800><c> at</c><00:35:13.000><c> his</c><00:35:13.260><c> feet.</c>

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:17.219
And<00:35:14.559><c> in</c><00:35:14.739><c> verse</c><00:35:14.960><c> 6,</c><00:35:16.079><c> he</c><00:35:16.159><c> stood</c><00:35:16.420><c> and</c><00:35:16.699><c> measured</c><00:35:16.940><c> the</c>

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:21.500
and<00:35:18.099><c> he</c><00:35:18.380><c> beheld</c><00:35:18.920><c> and</c><00:35:19.199><c> drove</c><00:35:19.480><c> asunder</c><00:35:19.920><c> the</c><00:35:20.219><c> nations,</c><00:35:21.139><c> and</c><00:35:21.280><c> the</c>

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:23.039
everlasting<00:35:21.960><c> mountains</c><00:35:22.360><c> were</c><00:35:22.639><c> scattered.</c>

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:29.760
The<00:35:23.340><c> perpetual</c><00:35:23.840><c> hills</c><00:35:24.320><c> did</c><00:35:24.639><c> bow.</c><00:35:25.420><c> His</c><00:35:25.760><c> ways</c><00:35:26.099><c> are</c><00:35:26.440><c> everlasting.</c><00:35:27.920><c> Are</c><00:35:28.260><c> we</c><00:35:28.559><c> aware</c><00:35:29.000><c> of</c>

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.639
the<00:35:29.900><c> day</c><00:35:30.059><c> of</c><00:35:30.179><c> the</c><00:35:30.360><c> Lord</c>

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:35.400
that<00:35:30.960><c> comes</c><00:35:31.340><c> after</c><00:35:32.019><c> Christ</c><00:35:32.539><c> has</c><00:35:32.900><c> returned</c><00:35:33.460><c> and</c><00:35:33.960><c> the</c><00:35:34.159><c> resurrection</c><00:35:34.579><c> and</c><00:35:34.840><c> judgment</c><00:35:35.119><c> have</c>

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taken<00:35:35.619><c> place?</c>

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Do<00:35:36.960><c> we</c><00:35:37.139><c> see</c><00:35:37.320><c> ourselves</c><00:35:37.840><c> with</c><00:35:38.139><c> Christ</c><00:35:38.519><c> going</c><00:35:38.860><c> forth</c><00:35:39.159><c> to</c><00:35:39.420><c> Armageddon</c><00:35:40.260><c> or</c><00:35:40.739><c> are</c>

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.960
there<00:35:41.159><c> difficulties</c><00:35:41.840><c> in</c><00:35:42.139><c> first</c>

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:49.059
and<00:35:43.300><c> then</c><00:35:43.559><c> being</c><00:35:44.019><c> part</c><00:35:44.619><c> of</c><00:35:45.099><c> this</c><00:35:45.420><c> vision</c><00:35:45.960><c> and</c><00:35:47.400><c> of</c><00:35:47.739><c> the</c><00:35:48.219><c> devastation</c><00:35:48.880><c> that</c>

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will<00:35:49.320><c> come?</c>

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For<00:36:00.119><c> in</c><00:36:00.280><c> the</c><00:36:00.440><c> day</c><00:36:01.099><c> Christ's</c><00:36:01.579><c> power</c><00:36:01.920><c> will</c><00:36:02.179><c> be</c><00:36:02.400><c> manifested,</c><00:36:03.119><c> nothing</c><00:36:03.400><c> will</c><00:36:03.739><c> stand,</c><00:36:04.300><c> for</c>

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:06.280
it<00:36:04.599><c> is</c><00:36:04.800><c> the</c><00:36:04.880><c> day</c><00:36:05.039><c> of</c><00:36:05.239><c> the</c><00:36:05.420><c> Lord.</c>

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:10.079
The<00:36:07.440><c> Lord's</c><00:36:07.840><c> anger</c><00:36:08.079><c> will</c><00:36:08.340><c> be</c><00:36:08.519><c> against</c><00:36:08.820><c> the</c><00:36:09.000><c> rivers</c><00:36:09.380><c> of</c><00:36:09.699><c> armies</c>

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:12.219
and<00:36:10.619><c> against</c><00:36:11.000><c> the</c><00:36:11.260><c> seas</c><00:36:11.480><c> of</c><00:36:11.739><c> people,</c>

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:18.579
and<00:36:12.559><c> he</c><00:36:12.659><c> will</c><00:36:12.840><c> go</c><00:36:13.179><c> forth</c><00:36:13.699><c> in</c><00:36:14.059><c> indignation</c><00:36:14.800><c> and</c><00:36:15.139><c> stress</c><00:36:15.480><c> the</c><00:36:16.400><c> nations</c><00:36:17.099><c> in</c><00:36:17.519><c> anger.</c>

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:24.360
Habakkuk<00:36:19.179><c> chapter</c><00:36:19.679><c> 3</c><00:36:20.019><c> in</c><00:36:20.219><c> verse</c><00:36:20.420><c> 8</c><00:36:20.719><c> says,</c><00:36:21.940><c> was</c><00:36:21.980><c> the</c><00:36:22.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:22.440><c> displeased</c><00:36:23.059><c> against</c><00:36:23.340><c> the</c><00:36:23.559><c> rivers?</c>

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:29.000
Was<00:36:24.599><c> an</c><00:36:24.820><c> army</c><00:36:25.400><c> anger</c><00:36:25.900><c> against</c><00:36:26.619><c> the</c><00:36:26.960><c> rivers?</c><00:36:28.400><c> Was</c><00:36:28.559><c> thy</c><00:36:28.780><c> wrath</c>

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:31.400
against<00:36:29.440><c> the</c><00:36:29.679><c> sea</c><00:36:29.940><c> that</c><00:36:30.219><c> thou</c><00:36:30.440><c> didst</c><00:36:30.760><c> ride</c><00:36:31.039><c> upon</c>

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:36.920
thy<00:36:31.400><c> chariot</c><00:36:33.159><c> of</c><00:36:33.579><c> salvation?</c><00:36:34.980><c> And</c><00:36:35.079><c> in</c><00:36:35.219><c> verse</c><00:36:35.500><c> 12,</c><00:36:36.420><c> thou</c><00:36:36.599><c> didst</c>

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.960
march<00:36:37.239><c> through</c><00:36:37.440><c> the</c><00:36:37.659><c> land</c><00:36:37.880><c> of</c><00:36:38.039><c> indignation.</c>

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:42.880
Thou<00:36:39.440><c> didst</c><00:36:39.780><c> stress</c><00:36:40.239><c> the</c><00:36:40.420><c> heathen</c><00:36:41.500><c> in</c><00:36:41.920><c> anger.</c>

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:46.199
Brothers<00:36:43.800><c> and</c><00:36:43.980><c> sisters,</c><00:36:44.340><c> we</c><00:36:44.539><c> need</c><00:36:44.760><c> to</c><00:36:45.059><c> understand</c><00:36:45.539><c> why</c><00:36:45.860><c> God</c>

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:48.619
is<00:36:46.519><c> so</c><00:36:46.800><c> displeased</c><00:36:47.679><c> that</c><00:36:48.000><c> he</c><00:36:48.159><c> would</c><00:36:48.380><c> allow</c>

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:51.679
his<00:36:48.940><c> power</c><00:36:49.199><c> to</c><00:36:49.420><c> be</c><00:36:49.619><c> used</c><00:36:49.900><c> against</c><00:36:50.219><c> the</c><00:36:50.440><c> rivers</c><00:36:50.760><c> and</c><00:36:51.059><c> the</c><00:36:51.320><c> sea</c>

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.900
and<00:36:52.360><c> that</c><00:36:52.539><c> he</c><00:36:52.659><c> would</c><00:36:52.900><c> stress</c><00:36:53.179><c> in</c><00:36:53.440><c> anger.</c>

00:36:53.900 --> 00:37:00.119
We<00:36:54.679><c> already</c><00:36:55.219><c> know</c><00:36:55.980><c> from</c><00:36:57.099><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:57.639><c> chapter</c><00:36:58.139><c> 4</c><00:36:58.639><c> and</c><00:36:58.900><c> verse</c><00:36:59.179><c> 19</c>

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:02.719
a<00:37:00.860><c> parallel</c><00:37:01.239><c> prophecy</c><00:37:01.860><c> that</c><00:37:02.199><c> this</c><00:37:02.480><c> gives</c>

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:07.019
God<00:37:03.039><c> great</c><00:37:03.380><c> pain.</c><00:37:04.699><c> So</c><00:37:04.699><c> why</c><00:37:05.039><c> has</c><00:37:05.239><c> he</c><00:37:05.500><c> allowed</c><00:37:05.980><c> and</c><00:37:06.460><c> will</c><00:37:06.719><c> allow</c>

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again<00:37:07.900><c> a</c><00:37:08.320><c> destruction</c><00:37:08.679><c> upon</c><00:37:09.059><c> destruction</c>

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:15.079
that<00:37:10.519><c> the</c><00:37:10.780><c> whole</c><00:37:10.960><c> land</c><00:37:11.219><c> be</c><00:37:11.519><c> spoiled,</c><00:37:12.559><c> become</c><00:37:13.139><c> Tahu</c><00:37:13.840><c> and</c><00:37:14.119><c> Bahu?</c>

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:19.920
Well,<00:37:16.539><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:17.079><c> gives</c><00:37:17.760><c> us</c><00:37:17.960><c> the</c><00:37:18.139><c> answer</c><00:37:18.460><c> in</c><00:37:18.679><c> verse</c><00:37:18.920><c> 22.</c>

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He<00:37:22.000><c> says,</c><00:37:23.320><c> for</c><00:37:23.420><c> my</c><00:37:23.699><c> people</c><00:37:24.099><c> is</c><00:37:24.760><c> foolish.</c><00:37:25.420><c> They</c><00:37:25.539><c> have</c><00:37:25.820><c> not</c><00:37:26.079><c> known</c><00:37:26.320><c> me.</c>

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:29.179
They<00:37:27.039><c> are</c><00:37:27.380><c> Scottish,</c><00:37:28.280><c> silly</c><00:37:28.559><c> children,</c>

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:32.739
and<00:37:29.840><c> they</c><00:37:30.099><c> have</c><00:37:30.539><c> none</c><00:37:30.840><c> understanding.</c><00:37:31.619><c> They</c><00:37:31.760><c> are</c><00:37:32.059><c> wise</c><00:37:32.340><c> to</c><00:37:32.559><c> do</c>

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:35.579
evil,<00:37:33.059><c> but</c><00:37:33.199><c> to</c><00:37:33.400><c> do</c><00:37:33.599><c> good,</c><00:37:33.980><c> they</c><00:37:34.119><c> have</c><00:37:34.320><c> no</c><00:37:34.599><c> knowledge.</c>

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:40.460
It<00:37:35.960><c> is</c><00:37:36.239><c> a</c><00:37:36.360><c> lack</c><00:37:36.679><c> of</c><00:37:36.980><c> knowledge</c><00:37:37.400><c> of</c><00:37:37.679><c> God.</c><00:37:38.500><c> They</c><00:37:38.679><c> don't</c><00:37:39.099><c> understand</c><00:37:39.739><c> his</c><00:37:39.980><c> ways</c>

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:42.480
or<00:37:40.860><c> his</c><00:37:41.139><c> prophets.</c><00:37:41.960><c> They</c><00:37:42.139><c> don't</c>

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:46.619
believe,<00:37:42.920><c> let</c><00:37:43.099><c> alone</c><00:37:43.420><c> read</c><00:37:43.699><c> and</c><00:37:43.940><c> understand</c><00:37:44.380><c> Joel's</c><00:37:45.000><c> prophecy</c><00:37:45.599><c> of</c><00:37:46.119><c> either</c><00:37:46.360><c> the</c>

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:48.519
gloom<00:37:47.059><c> or</c><00:37:47.380><c> the</c><00:37:47.639><c> glory.</c>

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:51.500
They<00:37:48.880><c> are</c><00:37:49.219><c> foolish,</c><00:37:49.760><c> silly</c><00:37:50.059><c> children</c><00:37:50.480><c> who</c><00:37:50.659><c> have</c><00:37:50.780><c> no</c><00:37:51.039><c> vision,</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.920
and<00:37:52.019><c> they</c><00:37:52.159><c> will</c><00:37:52.360><c> perish.</c><00:37:53.800><c> But</c><00:37:54.059><c> worse,</c>

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:59.159
they<00:37:55.119><c> are</c><00:37:55.420><c> wise</c><00:37:55.820><c> to</c><00:37:56.079><c> do</c><00:37:56.260><c> evil</c><00:37:56.619><c> and</c><00:37:56.860><c> not</c><00:37:57.139><c> good.</c><00:37:58.280><c> In</c><00:37:58.500><c> Joel's</c><00:37:58.980><c> day,</c>

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:01.340
the<00:37:59.400><c> prophet</c><00:37:59.760><c> Ezekiel</c><00:38:00.219><c> was</c><00:38:00.440><c> given</c><00:38:00.619><c> a</c><00:38:00.780><c> very</c><00:38:01.099><c> vivid</c>

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:05.099
description<00:38:02.099><c> where</c><00:38:02.780><c> he</c><00:38:02.880><c> is</c><00:38:03.059><c> taken</c><00:38:03.380><c> by</c><00:38:03.760><c> God's</c><00:38:04.320><c> angel</c><00:38:04.559><c> back</c><00:38:04.940><c> to</c>

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:08.179
Jerusalem<00:38:05.699><c> just</c><00:38:06.320><c> before</c><00:38:06.760><c> the</c><00:38:07.059><c> Babylonian</c><00:38:07.739><c> armies</c>

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:09.599
captured<00:38:08.840><c> it.</c>

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:17.780
And<00:38:13.780><c> he,</c><00:38:14.840><c> this</c><00:38:15.119><c> is</c><00:38:15.320><c> God's</c><00:38:15.699><c> angel,</c><00:38:16.019><c> said</c><00:38:16.099><c> unto</c><00:38:16.360><c> me,</c><00:38:16.760><c> Go</c><00:38:17.059><c> in,</c><00:38:17.619><c> and</c>

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:19.719
behold<00:38:18.179><c> the</c><00:38:18.460><c> wicked</c><00:38:18.820><c> abominations</c>

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:23.199
that<00:38:20.119><c> they</c><00:38:20.320><c> do</c><00:38:20.500><c> here.</c><00:38:21.500><c> So</c><00:38:21.699><c> I</c><00:38:21.880><c> went</c><00:38:22.039><c> in</c><00:38:22.300><c> and</c><00:38:22.460><c> saw,</c><00:38:22.800><c> and</c><00:38:22.920><c> behold</c>

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.900
every<00:38:23.539><c> form</c><00:38:23.840><c> of</c><00:38:24.059><c> creeping</c><00:38:24.320><c> things,</c>

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:27.739
and<00:38:25.460><c> abominable</c><00:38:25.960><c> beasts</c><00:38:26.260><c> and</c><00:38:26.519><c> all</c><00:38:26.760><c> the</c><00:38:26.980><c> idols</c><00:38:27.199><c> of</c><00:38:27.460><c> the</c><00:38:27.559><c> house</c>

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:30.760
of<00:38:27.960><c> Israel</c><00:38:28.280><c> portrayed</c><00:38:28.760><c> upon</c><00:38:29.119><c> the</c><00:38:29.320><c> wall</c><00:38:29.579><c> round</c><00:38:29.940><c> about.</c>

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:35.000
Then<00:38:31.500><c> he</c><00:38:31.639><c> brought</c><00:38:31.820><c> me</c><00:38:32.039><c> to</c><00:38:32.179><c> the</c><00:38:32.320><c> door</c><00:38:32.460><c> of</c><00:38:32.659><c> the</c><00:38:32.780><c> gate</c><00:38:32.960><c> of</c><00:38:33.139><c> the</c><00:38:33.280><c> Lord's</c><00:38:33.599><c> house,</c><00:38:34.500><c> which</c><00:38:34.679><c> was</c>

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.519
toward<00:38:35.340><c> the</c><00:38:35.480><c> north.</c><00:38:37.000><c> Behold,</c>

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:42.260
there<00:38:37.880><c> sat</c><00:38:38.179><c> women</c><00:38:38.599><c> weeping</c><00:38:39.079><c> for</c><00:38:39.800><c> tamas.</c><00:38:41.239><c> Can</c><00:38:41.480><c> you</c><00:38:41.659><c> imagine</c>

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:45.940
God<00:38:43.179><c> seeing</c><00:38:43.639><c> this</c><00:38:44.099><c> and</c><00:38:44.780><c> not</c><00:38:45.079><c> reacting?</c>

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:50.480
Well,<00:38:46.960><c> it</c><00:38:47.059><c> doesn't</c><00:38:47.320><c> stop</c><00:38:47.619><c> here,</c><00:38:48.239><c> but</c><00:38:48.440><c> the</c><00:38:48.619><c> next</c><00:38:48.880><c> scene</c><00:38:49.059><c> involves</c><00:38:49.679><c> the</c><00:38:49.980><c> gods</c><00:38:50.219><c> of</c>

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:52.380
Persia<00:38:51.000><c> as</c><00:38:51.360><c> well.</c>

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:55.059
And<00:38:52.960><c> he</c><00:38:53.079><c> brought</c><00:38:53.260><c> me</c><00:38:53.480><c> into</c><00:38:53.699><c> the</c><00:38:54.000><c> inner</c><00:38:54.260><c> court</c><00:38:54.400><c> of</c><00:38:54.579><c> the</c><00:38:54.739><c> Lord's</c>

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:57.219
house,<00:38:55.420><c> and</c><00:38:55.539><c> behold,</c><00:38:56.460><c> at</c><00:38:56.659><c> the</c><00:38:56.780><c> door</c><00:38:57.000><c> of</c><00:38:57.119><c> the</c>

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:59.559
temple<00:38:57.500><c> of</c><00:38:57.699><c> the</c><00:38:57.880><c> Lord,</c><00:38:58.159><c> between</c><00:38:58.440><c> the</c><00:38:58.659><c> porch</c><00:38:58.900><c> and</c><00:38:59.039><c> the</c><00:38:59.199><c> altar</c>

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:02.199
were<00:39:00.179><c> five</c><00:39:00.599><c> and</c><00:39:00.800><c> twenty</c><00:39:01.019><c> men,</c><00:39:01.539><c> with</c><00:39:01.719><c> their</c><00:39:01.940><c> backs</c>

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:05.059
toward<00:39:02.500><c> the</c><00:39:02.639><c> temple</c><00:39:02.940><c> of</c><00:39:03.119><c> the</c><00:39:03.280><c> Lord</c><00:39:03.639><c> and</c><00:39:04.159><c> their</c><00:39:04.340><c> faces</c><00:39:04.679><c> toward</c>

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:07.099
the<00:39:05.300><c> east,</c><00:39:05.519><c> and</c><00:39:05.719><c> they</c><00:39:05.940><c> worshiped</c><00:39:06.400><c> the</c><00:39:06.539><c> sun</c><00:39:06.719><c> toward</c>

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:13.400
the<00:39:07.099><c> east.</c><00:39:08.679><c> Therefore</c><00:39:08.980><c> will</c><00:39:09.440><c> I</c><00:39:09.639><c> also</c><00:39:10.019><c> deal</c><00:39:10.199><c> in</c><00:39:10.400><c> my</c><00:39:10.619><c> fury,</c><00:39:11.139><c> my</c><00:39:11.400><c> eye</c><00:39:11.559><c> shall</c><00:39:11.760><c> not</c><00:39:12.099><c> spare,</c><00:39:12.960><c> neither</c><00:39:13.099><c> will</c><00:39:13.300><c> I</c>

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.440
have<00:39:13.599><c> pity,</c>

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:17.679
and<00:39:14.679><c> though</c><00:39:14.820><c> they</c><00:39:15.000><c> cry</c><00:39:15.260><c> in</c><00:39:15.519><c> my</c><00:39:15.719><c> ears</c><00:39:16.059><c> with</c><00:39:16.280><c> a</c><00:39:16.440><c> loud</c><00:39:16.639><c> voice,</c><00:39:17.559><c> yet</c>

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.300
I<00:39:17.780><c> will</c><00:39:17.980><c> not</c><00:39:18.139><c> hear</c><00:39:18.340><c> them.</c>

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:23.179
Brethren<00:39:20.380><c> and</c><00:39:20.699><c> sisters,</c><00:39:21.460><c> we</c><00:39:21.679><c> should</c><00:39:21.860><c> be</c><00:39:22.139><c> able</c><00:39:22.300><c> to</c><00:39:22.639><c> appreciate</c>

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:25.400
God's<00:39:23.739><c> feelings</c><00:39:24.119><c> and</c><00:39:24.519><c> justice</c><00:39:24.920><c> here.</c>

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:28.840
In<00:39:26.119><c> fact,</c><00:39:26.400><c> we</c><00:39:26.500><c> need</c><00:39:26.719><c> to</c><00:39:26.920><c> have</c><00:39:27.039><c> the</c><00:39:27.280><c> same</c><00:39:27.500><c> feelings</c><00:39:28.000><c> and</c><00:39:28.420><c> desire</c>

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:32.280
to<00:39:29.059><c> see</c><00:39:29.219><c> justice</c><00:39:29.699><c> achieved.</c><00:39:31.559><c> Israel</c><00:39:31.840><c> had</c><00:39:32.039><c> been</c>

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:36.699
given<00:39:32.500><c> great</c><00:39:32.920><c> opportunity,</c><00:39:34.320><c> but</c><00:39:34.400><c> there</c><00:39:34.639><c> comes</c><00:39:34.940><c> a</c><00:39:35.159><c> point</c><00:39:35.500><c> because</c><00:39:36.159><c> there</c><00:39:36.460><c> is</c>

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:38.440
no<00:39:36.960><c> knowledge,</c><00:39:37.800><c> no</c><00:39:38.119><c> joy,</c>

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:42.179
no<00:39:38.780><c> justice</c><00:39:39.159><c> in</c><00:39:39.400><c> the</c><00:39:39.559><c> land.</c><00:39:40.300><c> God</c><00:39:40.519><c> acts,</c><00:39:41.460><c> and</c><00:39:41.599><c> the</c><00:39:41.699><c> day</c><00:39:41.840><c> of</c><00:39:42.039><c> the</c>

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:46.639
Lord<00:39:42.539><c> comes.</c><00:39:44.199><c> History</c><00:39:44.539><c> repeats,</c><00:39:45.760><c> and</c><00:39:45.880><c> so</c><00:39:46.079><c> do</c><00:39:46.260><c> the</c><00:39:46.440><c> days</c>

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:50.500
of<00:39:46.860><c> the</c><00:39:47.039><c> Lord.</c><00:39:47.900><c> What</c><00:39:48.059><c> is,</c><00:39:48.460><c> he</c><00:39:48.500><c> delivered</c><00:39:49.000><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:39:50.079><c> Daniel,</c>

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:54.500
and<00:39:50.800><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:39:51.239><c> and</c><00:39:51.380><c> many</c><00:39:51.559><c> others,</c><00:39:52.599><c> so</c><00:39:52.920><c> there</c><00:39:53.239><c> is</c><00:39:53.880><c> a</c><00:39:54.039><c> way</c><00:39:54.199><c> of</c>

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:59.139
escape<00:39:54.880><c> for</c><00:39:55.260><c> us</c><00:39:55.480><c> as</c><00:39:55.739><c> well.</c><00:39:56.860><c> But</c><00:39:57.059><c> we</c><00:39:57.239><c> must</c><00:39:57.480><c> understand</c><00:39:58.039><c> his</c><00:39:58.280><c> prophets</c><00:39:58.739><c> and</c>

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:01.179
obey<00:39:59.360><c> his</c><00:39:59.619><c> commandments</c><00:40:00.119><c> and</c><00:40:00.719><c> see</c><00:40:00.980><c> the</c>

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:06.460
vision,<00:40:02.199><c> and</c><00:40:02.320><c> if</c><00:40:02.460><c> we</c><00:40:02.679><c> do,</c><00:40:03.599><c> the</c><00:40:03.760><c> gloom</c><00:40:04.300><c> will</c><00:40:04.539><c> be</c><00:40:04.780><c> turned</c><00:40:05.039><c> into</c><00:40:05.340><c> glory.</c>

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:11.320
For<00:40:08.239><c> Havocat</c><00:40:08.619><c> says,</c><00:40:10.019><c> for</c><00:40:10.039><c> the</c><00:40:10.179><c> earth</c><00:40:10.360><c> shall</c><00:40:10.599><c> be</c><00:40:10.820><c> filled</c><00:40:11.059><c> with</c>

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:13.300
the<00:40:11.539><c> knowledge</c><00:40:11.960><c> of</c><00:40:12.260><c> the</c><00:40:12.420><c> glory</c><00:40:12.679><c> of</c><00:40:12.860><c> the</c><00:40:13.039><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:18.039
as<00:40:13.559><c> the</c><00:40:13.760><c> waters</c><00:40:14.079><c> cover</c><00:40:14.460><c> the</c><00:40:14.719><c> sea.</c><00:40:15.900><c> And</c><00:40:15.980><c> the</c><00:40:16.139><c> prophet</c><00:40:16.400><c> Joel</c><00:40:16.760><c> says,</c><00:40:17.880><c> and</c>

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:19.920
it<00:40:18.159><c> shall</c><00:40:18.280><c> come</c><00:40:18.500><c> to</c><00:40:18.719><c> pass</c><00:40:18.980><c> in</c><00:40:19.179><c> that</c><00:40:19.400><c> day,</c>

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:23.039
that<00:40:20.320><c> the</c><00:40:20.539><c> mountains</c><00:40:20.820><c> shall</c><00:40:21.039><c> drop</c><00:40:21.380><c> down</c><00:40:21.699><c> new</c><00:40:22.000><c> wine,</c><00:40:22.739><c> and</c><00:40:22.900><c> the</c>

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.260
hills<00:40:23.239><c> shall</c><00:40:23.519><c> flow</c><00:40:23.699><c> with</c><00:40:23.980><c> milk,</c><00:40:24.480><c> and</c><00:40:24.679><c> all</c><00:40:24.920><c> the</c><00:40:24.980><c> rivers</c>

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:29.440
of<00:40:25.380><c> Judah</c><00:40:25.739><c> shall</c><00:40:26.039><c> flow</c><00:40:26.280><c> with</c><00:40:26.579><c> waters,</c><00:40:27.760><c> and</c><00:40:27.840><c> the</c><00:40:27.980><c> fountains</c><00:40:28.300><c> shall</c><00:40:28.460><c> come</c><00:40:28.820><c> forth</c><00:40:29.000><c> out</c><00:40:29.340><c> of</c>

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.840
the<00:40:29.539><c> house</c><00:40:29.940><c> of</c><00:40:30.199><c> the</c><00:40:30.380><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:34.960
and<00:40:31.320><c> shall</c><00:40:31.619><c> water</c><00:40:31.940><c> the</c><00:40:32.119><c> valley</c><00:40:32.519><c> of</c><00:40:32.820><c> Shittim.</c><00:40:34.440><c> Brothers</c><00:40:34.739><c> and</c>

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:37.860
sisters,<00:40:35.360><c> we</c><00:40:35.579><c> can</c><00:40:35.760><c> be</c><00:40:36.000><c> there</c><00:40:36.500><c> in</c><00:40:36.820><c> that</c><00:40:37.039><c> great</c><00:40:37.280><c> day,</c>

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:41.480
when<00:40:38.679><c> the</c><00:40:38.980><c> devastation</c><00:40:39.699><c> of</c><00:40:39.920><c> the</c><00:40:40.119><c> palmer</c><00:40:40.519><c> worm,</c><00:40:41.019><c> the</c><00:40:41.179><c> locust,</c>

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the<00:40:41.800><c> canker</c><00:40:42.179><c> worm,</c><00:40:42.360><c> and</c><00:40:42.539><c> the</c><00:40:42.760><c> caterpillar</c>

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will<00:40:43.559><c> be</c><00:40:43.820><c> reversed,</c><00:40:44.980><c> when</c><00:40:45.260><c> God's</c><00:40:46.000><c> word</c><00:40:46.380><c> will</c><00:40:47.159><c> flow</c><00:40:47.420><c> forth</c><00:40:47.860><c> to</c>

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the<00:40:48.460><c> nations</c><00:40:48.900><c> as</c><00:40:49.260><c> new</c><00:40:49.559><c> wine</c><00:40:50.079><c> and</c><00:40:50.599><c> living</c><00:40:50.880><c> waters,</c>

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and<00:40:52.699><c> the</c><00:40:53.139><c> thirsty</c><00:40:53.559><c> plain</c><00:40:54.239><c> and</c><00:40:54.900><c> the</c><00:40:55.099><c> dry</c><00:40:55.340><c> wells</c><00:40:55.699><c> will</c><00:40:56.039><c> be</c><00:40:56.420><c> full</c>

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and<00:40:57.380><c> filled</c><00:40:57.719><c> with</c><00:40:58.340><c> the</c><00:40:58.559><c> glory</c><00:40:58.820><c> of</c><00:40:59.019><c> the</c><00:40:59.199><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:41:00.300><c> the</c><00:41:00.519><c> gloom</c><00:41:01.360><c> will</c><00:41:01.679><c> be</c><00:41:01.920><c> gone,</c><00:41:02.940><c> and</c><00:41:03.139><c> the</c><00:41:03.360><c> glory</c><00:41:03.800><c> will</c><00:41:04.179><c> be</c><00:41:04.400><c> here.</c>

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to<00:41:35.880><c> Joel.</c><00:41:37.539><c> We'll</c><00:41:38.159><c> commence</c><00:41:38.519><c> back</c><00:41:38.940><c> at</c><00:41:39.280><c> 9</c><00:41:39.539><c>.55</c>

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promptly<00:41:40.519><c> please,</c><00:41:40.920><c> so</c><00:41:41.239><c> as</c><00:41:41.440><c> we</c><00:41:41.619><c> hear</c><00:41:41.719><c> the</c><00:41:41.920><c> pianist</c><00:41:42.420><c> please</c><00:41:42.840><c> be</c>

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in<00:41:43.079><c> your</c><00:41:43.199><c> seats</c><00:41:43.519><c> then.</c><00:41:43.860><c> Thank</c><00:41:44.099><c> you.</c>