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that<00:11:56.610><c> verse,</c><00:11:57.169><c> verse</c><00:11:57.570><c> 32.</c>

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So<00:11:59.610><c> he</c><00:11:59.769><c> built</c><00:12:00.009><c> an</c><00:12:00.409><c> altar,</c><00:12:02.009><c> which</c><00:12:02.210><c> is</c><00:12:02.309><c> the</c><00:12:02.450><c> point</c><00:12:02.629><c> of</c><00:12:02.950><c> reconciliation,</c><00:12:04.370><c> and</c><00:12:04.669><c> he</c>

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made<00:12:05.029><c> this</c><00:12:05.450><c> trench,</c>

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which<00:12:07.610><c> can</c><00:12:07.809><c> also</c><00:12:08.090><c> be</c><00:12:08.370><c> translated</c><00:12:09.070><c> healing</c><00:12:09.990><c> or</c><00:12:12.750><c> cured,</c><00:12:13.990><c> and</c><00:12:14.090><c> it</c>

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was<00:12:14.389><c> filled</c><00:12:14.649><c> with</c><00:12:14.929><c> water.</c>

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So<00:12:16.210><c> the</c><00:12:16.389><c> root</c><00:12:16.590><c> of</c><00:12:16.830><c> the</c><00:12:16.990><c> altar</c><00:12:17.370><c> is</c><00:12:18.450><c> through</c><00:12:18.690><c> the</c><00:12:18.909><c> water</c><00:12:19.169><c> of</c><00:12:19.470><c> healing,</c>

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verse<00:12:23.730><c> 33.</c><00:12:25.529><c> And</c><00:12:25.669><c> he</c><00:12:25.850><c> put</c><00:12:26.210><c> the</c><00:12:26.529><c> wood</c><00:12:26.730><c> in</c><00:12:27.210><c> order,</c><00:12:28.470><c> cut</c><00:12:28.610><c> the</c><00:12:28.809><c> bullock</c><00:12:29.049><c> in</c><00:12:29.269><c> pieces,</c><00:12:30.509><c> laid</c><00:12:30.710><c> him</c><00:12:31.049><c> on</c>

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the<00:12:31.629><c> wood.</c>

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And<00:12:33.870><c> the</c><00:12:34.110><c> phraseology</c><00:12:34.809><c> there</c><00:12:35.110><c> in</c><00:12:35.269><c> the</c><00:12:35.429><c> first</c><00:12:35.669><c> half</c><00:12:35.970><c> of</c><00:12:36.190><c> that</c>

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verse,<00:12:37.230><c> 33,</c><00:12:37.870><c> is</c><00:12:38.029><c> very</c><00:12:38.350><c> reminiscent</c><00:12:38.850><c> of</c><00:12:39.210><c> Abraham</c><00:12:39.730><c> and</c>

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Isaac<00:12:40.570><c> and</c><00:12:41.190><c> their</c><00:12:41.490><c> preparation</c><00:12:42.289><c> for</c><00:12:42.909><c> the</c><00:12:43.169><c> sacrifice</c><00:12:43.690><c> which</c>

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was<00:12:44.190><c> to</c><00:12:44.330><c> be</c><00:12:44.570><c> made</c><00:12:44.730><c> in</c><00:12:45.090><c> faith.</c><00:12:45.409><c> You</c><00:12:45.509><c> remember</c><00:12:45.669><c> back</c>

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in<00:12:46.429><c> Genesis</c><00:12:46.429><c> 22,</c><00:12:48.629><c> the</c><00:12:48.850><c> same</c><00:12:49.070><c> phrases</c><00:12:49.509><c> are</c><00:12:49.809><c> used</c><00:12:50.129><c> there,</c><00:12:53.470><c> about</c>

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putting<00:12:53.909><c> the</c><00:12:54.129><c> wood</c><00:12:54.230><c> in</c><00:12:54.509><c> order</c><00:12:55.070><c> and</c><00:12:55.970><c> laying</c><00:12:56.289><c> him</c><00:12:56.490><c> on</c>

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the<00:12:56.889><c> wood.</c><00:13:01.409><c> And</c><00:13:01.549><c> he</c><00:13:01.629><c> said,</c><00:13:01.950><c> fill</c><00:13:02.789><c> four</c><00:13:03.350><c> barrels</c><00:13:03.690><c> with</c><00:13:03.970><c> water,</c>

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pour<00:13:04.750><c> it</c><00:13:04.889><c> on</c><00:13:05.029><c> the</c><00:13:05.169><c> burnt</c><00:13:05.370><c> sacrifice</c><00:13:05.970><c> and</c><00:13:06.149><c> on</c><00:13:06.309><c> the</c><00:13:06.529><c> wood.</c>

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He<00:13:07.470><c> said,</c><00:13:07.610><c> do</c><00:13:07.730><c> it</c><00:13:07.889><c> the</c><00:13:08.090><c> second</c><00:13:08.409><c> time,</c><00:13:08.769><c> they</c><00:13:08.929><c> did</c><00:13:09.049><c> it</c><00:13:09.230><c> the</c><00:13:09.409><c> second</c><00:13:09.669><c> time.</c>

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He<00:13:10.830><c> said,</c><00:13:10.990><c> do</c><00:13:11.190><c> it</c><00:13:11.389><c> a</c><00:13:11.570><c> third</c><00:13:11.870><c> time,</c>

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they<00:13:12.870><c> did</c><00:13:13.070><c> it</c><00:13:13.230><c> a</c><00:13:13.429><c> third</c><00:13:13.669><c> time.</c><00:13:14.990><c> And</c><00:13:15.110><c> the</c><00:13:15.250><c> water</c><00:13:15.649><c> ran</c><00:13:16.210><c> round</c><00:13:16.750><c> about</c><00:13:17.090><c> the</c>

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altar,<00:13:18.590><c> and</c><00:13:18.690><c> he</c><00:13:19.029><c> filled</c><00:13:19.289><c> the</c><00:13:19.610><c> trench</c>

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also<00:13:20.929><c> with</c><00:13:22.009><c> water.</c><00:13:24.029><c> So</c><00:13:24.210><c> there</c><00:13:24.389><c> were</c><00:13:24.389><c> 12</c><00:13:24.710><c> barrels</c><00:13:25.409><c> or</c><00:13:26.029><c> large</c><00:13:26.549><c> jars,</c><00:13:27.009><c> as</c>

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one<00:13:27.409><c> of</c><00:13:27.549><c> the</c><00:13:27.769><c> modern</c><00:13:28.009><c> versions</c><00:13:28.370><c> has</c><00:13:28.710><c> it,</c>

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poured<00:13:29.309><c> over</c><00:13:29.610><c> the</c><00:13:29.850><c> sacrifice</c><00:13:30.370><c> and</c><00:13:30.590><c> the</c><00:13:30.789><c> altar.</c><00:13:31.789><c> Perhaps</c><00:13:32.230><c> again,</c><00:13:32.690><c> one</c>

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for<00:13:33.230><c> each</c><00:13:33.690><c> tribe,</c><00:13:34.190><c> as</c><00:13:34.490><c> in</c><00:13:34.730><c> the</c><00:13:34.809><c> case</c><00:13:35.009><c> of</c><00:13:35.190><c> the</c>

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stones,<00:13:37.549><c> and</c><00:13:37.649><c> more</c><00:13:37.909><c> water</c><00:13:38.250><c> was</c><00:13:38.549><c> used</c><00:13:38.809><c> to</c><00:13:39.190><c> fill</c><00:13:39.289><c> the</c><00:13:39.570><c> trench.</c>

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And<00:13:41.549><c> of</c><00:13:41.649><c> course,</c><00:13:41.929><c> there'd</c><00:13:42.110><c> been</c><00:13:42.330><c> arguments</c><00:13:42.950><c> raised</c><00:13:43.370><c> by</c>

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the<00:13:43.909><c> critics</c><00:13:44.429><c> as</c><00:13:45.429><c> to</c><00:13:45.549><c> where</c><00:13:45.690><c> they</c><00:13:45.850><c> could</c><00:13:46.029><c> get</c><00:13:46.169><c> so</c><00:13:46.490><c> much</c><00:13:46.690><c> water</c>

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in<00:13:47.330><c> time</c><00:13:47.509><c> of</c><00:13:47.830><c> drought.</c><00:13:49.590><c> The</c><00:13:49.789><c> Bresman</c><00:13:50.049><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:13:50.649><c> every</c><00:13:50.970><c> dry</c><00:13:51.230><c> and</c><00:13:51.549><c> thirsty</c><00:13:51.830><c> land,</c><00:13:52.309><c> there's</c><00:13:52.529><c> always</c><00:13:52.909><c> some</c><00:13:53.309><c> well</c><00:13:53.570><c> or</c>

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spring<00:13:54.330><c> that</c><00:13:54.570><c> never</c><00:13:54.809><c> seems</c><00:13:55.149><c> to</c><00:13:55.429><c> dry</c><00:13:55.649><c> up.</c>

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And<00:13:57.029><c> remember</c><00:13:57.309><c> too</c><00:13:57.590><c> that</c><00:13:57.730><c> this</c><00:13:58.090><c> was</c><00:13:58.350><c> Carmel,</c><00:13:59.870><c> the</c><00:14:00.970><c> very</c><00:14:01.490><c> place</c>

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where<00:14:02.190><c> the</c><00:14:02.509><c> rains</c><00:14:02.909><c> would</c><00:14:03.289><c> break</c><00:14:03.649><c> as</c><00:14:03.870><c> they</c><00:14:04.269><c> moved</c>

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from<00:14:05.850><c> the</c><00:14:06.129><c> Mediterranean</c><00:14:06.830><c> Sea.</c><00:14:08.350><c> And</c><00:14:08.509><c> no</c><00:14:08.669><c> doubt</c><00:14:08.889><c> that</c><00:14:09.230><c> ridge</c>

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of<00:14:09.789><c> hills,</c><00:14:10.370><c> 20</c><00:14:10.730><c> kilometers</c><00:14:11.169><c> long,</c>

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had<00:14:12.690><c> quite</c><00:14:13.049><c> a</c><00:14:13.509><c> reservoir</c><00:14:14.090><c> of</c><00:14:14.669><c> underground</c><00:14:15.149><c> water</c><00:14:15.570><c> within</c><00:14:15.889><c> it.</c>

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So<00:14:17.690><c> there</c><00:14:17.830><c> was</c><00:14:18.090><c> almost</c><00:14:18.490><c> certainly</c><00:14:18.909><c> some</c><00:14:19.210><c> water</c><00:14:19.490><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:19.870><c> found</c><00:14:20.090><c> in</c><00:14:20.330><c> that</c><00:14:20.549><c> place.</c><00:14:21.250><c> And</c><00:14:21.470><c> even</c><00:14:21.590><c> if</c><00:14:21.750><c> there</c><00:14:21.970><c> wasn't,</c>

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just<00:14:22.789><c> remember</c><00:14:23.070><c> where</c><00:14:23.309><c> Carmel</c><00:14:23.669><c> was.</c><00:14:24.529><c> It's</c><00:14:24.769><c> right</c><00:14:25.029><c> near</c>

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the<00:14:25.490><c> seacoast.</c><00:14:26.610><c> You</c><00:14:26.889><c> can</c><00:14:27.269><c> see</c><00:14:27.690><c> the</c><00:14:28.190><c> blue</c><00:14:28.429><c> waters</c><00:14:28.690><c> of</c><00:14:28.889><c> the</c><00:14:29.070><c> Mediterranean</c><00:14:29.590><c> when</c>

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you're<00:14:30.129><c> standing</c><00:14:30.470><c> on</c><00:14:30.850><c> Carmel.</c>

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So<00:14:32.389><c> Elijah</c><00:14:33.029><c> could</c><00:14:33.309><c> easily</c><00:14:33.730><c> have</c><00:14:34.009><c> sent</c><00:14:34.210><c> men</c><00:14:34.490><c> down</c><00:14:34.850><c> to</c><00:14:35.009><c> the</c><00:14:35.149><c> beach</c><00:14:35.529><c> if</c>

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necessary<00:14:36.929><c> to</c><00:14:37.649><c> collect</c><00:14:37.929><c> water.</c><00:14:38.509><c> So</c><00:14:38.730><c> there's</c>

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no<00:14:39.149><c> real</c><00:14:39.450><c> problem.</c><00:14:41.509><c> And</c><00:14:41.649><c> one</c><00:14:41.789><c> can</c><00:14:42.029><c> picture</c><00:14:42.250><c> the</c><00:14:42.570><c> scene</c><00:14:42.789><c> as</c><00:14:43.049><c> the</c>

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people<00:14:43.529><c> look</c><00:14:43.850><c> on</c><00:14:44.450><c> and</c><00:14:45.210><c> the</c><00:14:45.450><c> prophets</c><00:14:45.730><c> of</c><00:14:46.049><c> Baal</c><00:14:46.289><c> are</c>

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now<00:14:46.990><c> strangely</c><00:14:47.610><c> uneasy.</c><00:14:49.250><c> And</c><00:14:49.450><c> they</c><00:14:49.590><c> wonder</c><00:14:49.730><c> what's</c><00:14:50.149><c> going</c><00:14:50.289><c> to</c>

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happen<00:14:50.970><c> after</c><00:14:51.370><c> all</c><00:14:51.769><c> their</c><00:14:52.090><c> vain</c><00:14:52.490><c> pleading</c>

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as<00:14:54.029><c> this</c><00:14:54.389><c> strange</c><00:14:54.809><c> man</c><00:14:55.269><c> now</c><00:14:55.830><c> soaks</c><00:14:56.190><c> his</c><00:14:56.529><c> sacrifice.</c><00:14:57.230><c> Everything</c><00:14:57.529><c> is</c><00:14:57.929><c> sodden</c><00:14:58.269><c> with</c><00:14:58.549><c> water.</c>

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And<00:15:02.509><c> he's</c><00:15:02.809><c> the</c><00:15:02.929><c> one</c><00:15:03.090><c> who</c><00:15:03.309><c> said,</c><00:15:03.669><c> the</c><00:15:03.690><c> God</c><00:15:03.990><c> that</c><00:15:04.289><c> answereth</c><00:15:04.850><c> by</c>

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fire,<00:15:05.970><c> let</c><00:15:06.169><c> him</c><00:15:06.509><c> be</c><00:15:06.750><c> the</c><00:15:07.049><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:08.990><c> Elijah</c><00:15:09.289><c> seems</c><00:15:09.529><c> to</c><00:15:09.710><c> be</c><00:15:09.889><c> making</c><00:15:10.049><c> it</c><00:15:10.389><c> doubly</c><00:15:10.809><c> difficult</c><00:15:11.389><c> for</c>

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his<00:15:11.909><c> God</c><00:15:12.129><c> to</c><00:15:12.409><c> answer</c><00:15:12.730><c> because</c><00:15:13.049><c> everything</c><00:15:13.610><c> is</c><00:15:14.330><c> now</c>

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saturated.<00:15:17.950><c> And</c><00:15:18.429><c> he's</c><00:15:18.789><c> standing</c><00:15:19.289><c> within</c><00:15:19.710><c> a</c><00:15:20.029><c> ring</c><00:15:20.250><c> of</c><00:15:20.669><c> bright</c>

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water<00:15:21.389><c> next</c><00:15:21.730><c> to</c><00:15:21.990><c> the</c><00:15:22.149><c> altar</c><00:15:22.690><c> of</c><00:15:24.009><c> his</c><00:15:24.289><c> God</c>

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and<00:15:26.210><c> his</c><00:15:26.490><c> sacrifice.</c><00:15:28.769><c> I</c><00:15:28.769><c> think</c><00:15:28.970><c> the</c><00:15:29.129><c> lesson</c><00:15:29.529><c> for</c><00:15:29.730><c> Israel</c><00:15:30.590><c> is</c><00:15:31.669><c> clear.</c>

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Though<00:15:37.889><c> your</c><00:15:38.210><c> sins</c><00:15:38.470><c> be</c><00:15:38.750><c> as</c><00:15:39.090><c> scarlet,</c>

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they<00:15:39.649><c> shall</c><00:15:39.870><c> be</c><00:15:40.149><c> white</c><00:15:40.409><c> as</c><00:15:40.649><c> snow.</c><00:15:41.490><c> Though</c><00:15:41.669><c> they</c><00:15:41.830><c> be</c><00:15:41.970><c> red</c><00:15:42.210><c> like</c>

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crimson,<00:15:43.070><c> they</c><00:15:43.309><c> shall</c><00:15:43.529><c> be</c><00:15:43.789><c> as</c><00:15:44.149><c> wool.</c>

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of<00:15:48.269><c> the</c><00:15:48.490><c> land.</c><00:15:49.730><c> But</c><00:15:50.049><c> if</c><00:15:50.289><c> ye</c><00:15:50.610><c> refuse</c><00:15:51.250><c> and</c><00:15:51.610><c> rebel,</c>

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ye<00:15:52.850><c> shall</c><00:15:53.049><c> be</c><00:15:53.409><c> devoured</c><00:15:53.830><c> with</c><00:15:54.149><c> the</c><00:15:54.450><c> sword,</c><00:15:55.730><c> for</c><00:15:55.929><c> the</c><00:15:56.090><c> mouth</c><00:15:57.149><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:57.690><c> Lord</c><00:15:58.330><c> hath</c><00:15:59.029><c> spoken</c><00:15:59.490><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:01.490><c> this</c><00:16:01.690><c> is</c><00:16:01.909><c> for</c><00:16:02.009><c> each</c><00:16:02.309><c> one</c><00:16:02.470><c> of</c><00:16:02.629><c> us</c><00:16:02.830><c> as</c><00:16:03.070><c> well,</c><00:16:03.450><c> brethren</c><00:16:03.629><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:16:05.090><c> That</c><00:16:05.409><c> principle</c><00:16:05.870><c> has</c><00:16:06.169><c> not</c><00:16:06.450><c> changed</c><00:16:06.929><c> to</c>

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this<00:16:07.450><c> day.</c><00:16:08.629><c> We</c><00:16:08.730><c> can</c><00:16:08.950><c> either</c><00:16:09.309><c> serve</c><00:16:09.710><c> the</c><00:16:10.009><c> prophets</c><00:16:10.269><c> of</c><00:16:10.610><c> Baal</c><00:16:11.450><c> or</c>

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we<00:16:11.950><c> can</c><00:16:12.289><c> serve</c><00:16:12.629><c> the</c><00:16:13.029><c> prophet</c><00:16:13.370><c> of</c><00:16:13.690><c> God,</c>

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the<00:16:15.250><c> one</c><00:16:15.529><c> true</c><00:16:15.850><c> prophet</c><00:16:16.230><c> who</c><00:16:16.470><c> calls</c><00:16:16.730><c> us</c><00:16:16.970><c> unto</c><00:16:17.230><c> himself,</c><00:16:19.769><c> who</c>

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is<00:16:20.049><c> both</c><00:16:20.429><c> the</c><00:16:20.710><c> altar</c><00:16:20.990><c> and</c><00:16:21.389><c> the</c><00:16:21.750><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:22.409><c> that</c><00:16:22.629><c> we</c>

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might<00:16:23.090><c> have</c><00:16:23.350><c> fellowship</c><00:16:23.850><c> with</c><00:16:24.169><c> God</c><00:16:24.730><c> and</c><00:16:25.769><c> be</c><00:16:26.090><c> cleansed.</c><00:16:28.590><c> And</c>

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then<00:16:29.169><c> the</c><00:16:29.409><c> hour</c><00:16:29.649><c> comes,</c><00:16:31.509><c> just</c><00:16:31.850><c> as</c><00:16:32.049><c> it</c><00:16:32.230><c> did</c><00:16:32.429><c> for</c><00:16:32.669><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:16:33.029><c> Jesus</c><00:16:33.490><c> Christ.</c><00:16:34.669><c> And</c><00:16:34.889><c> at</c><00:16:35.110><c> the</c><00:16:35.409><c> right</c><00:16:35.710><c> moment,</c><00:16:38.110><c> the</c><00:16:38.250><c> prophet</c><00:16:38.429><c> Elijah</c><00:16:38.889><c> makes</c>

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his<00:16:39.610><c> move</c><00:16:39.990><c> in</c><00:16:40.309><c> relation</c><00:16:40.649><c> to</c><00:16:40.850><c> the</c>

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sacrifice.<00:16:43.690><c> Verse</c><00:16:44.049><c> 36,</c><00:16:46.309><c> And</c><00:16:46.490><c> it</c><00:16:46.610><c> came</c><00:16:46.889><c> to</c><00:16:47.169><c> pass,</c><00:16:48.450><c> at</c><00:16:48.629><c> the</c><00:16:48.809><c> time</c>

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of<00:16:49.250><c> the</c><00:16:49.490><c> offering</c><00:16:49.889><c> of</c><00:16:50.110><c> the</c><00:16:50.309><c> evening</c><00:16:50.690><c> sacrifice,</c>

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that<00:16:52.929><c> Elijah</c><00:16:53.370><c> the</c><00:16:53.509><c> prophet</c><00:16:54.250><c> came</c><00:16:55.110><c> near.</c><00:16:56.950><c> And</c><00:16:56.990><c> he</c><00:16:57.149><c> said,</c><00:16:57.509><c> Lord</c>

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God<00:16:58.429><c> of</c><00:16:58.730><c> Abraham,</c><00:16:59.750><c> Isaac,</c><00:17:00.490><c> and</c><00:17:00.649><c> of</c><00:17:01.029><c> Israel,</c>

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let<00:17:02.509><c> it</c><00:17:02.750><c> be</c><00:17:03.049><c> known</c><00:17:03.429><c> this</c><00:17:03.850><c> day</c><00:17:04.869><c> that</c><00:17:05.529><c> thou</c><00:17:05.849><c> art</c><00:17:06.269><c> God</c><00:17:07.170><c> in</c><00:17:07.910><c> Israel.</c>

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An<00:17:10.069><c> earnest</c><00:17:10.329><c> appeal</c><00:17:11.190><c> to</c><00:17:12.089><c> the</c><00:17:12.230><c> God</c><00:17:12.390><c> of</c><00:17:12.549><c> the</c><00:17:12.710><c> three</c>

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great<00:17:13.230><c> patriarchs,</c><00:17:14.369><c> the</c><00:17:14.490><c> fathers</c><00:17:14.809><c> of</c><00:17:15.029><c> the</c><00:17:15.170><c> nation,</c><00:17:16.470><c> the</c><00:17:16.569><c> God</c>

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who<00:17:16.950><c> had</c><00:17:17.190><c> faithfully</c><00:17:17.710><c> guided,</c><00:17:18.730><c> protected</c><00:17:19.170><c> and</c>

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defended<00:17:19.890><c> those</c><00:17:20.450><c> three</c><00:17:20.690><c> sojourners</c><00:17:21.230><c> in</c><00:17:21.430><c> the</c><00:17:21.529><c> land</c><00:17:21.809><c> of</c><00:17:22.150><c> promise,</c><00:17:23.150><c> the</c>

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God<00:17:23.509><c> who</c><00:17:23.650><c> had</c><00:17:23.869><c> faithfully</c><00:17:24.410><c> brought</c><00:17:24.690><c> the</c>

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into<00:17:25.470><c> their</c><00:17:25.849><c> inheritance,</c><00:17:27.470><c> the</c><00:17:27.529><c> God</c><00:17:27.730><c> of</c><00:17:27.950><c> promise,</c><00:17:28.549><c> the</c><00:17:28.710><c> living</c><00:17:29.009><c> God.</c>

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Let<00:17:31.529><c> it</c><00:17:31.710><c> be</c><00:17:32.009><c> known,</c><00:17:32.829><c> says</c><00:17:33.029><c> the</c><00:17:33.309><c> prophet,</c>

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that<00:17:34.670><c> this</c><00:17:34.990><c> day</c><00:17:35.289><c> thou</c><00:17:35.490><c> art</c><00:17:35.769><c> God</c><00:17:36.089><c> in</c><00:17:36.289><c> Israel</c><00:17:36.789><c> and</c><00:17:36.970><c> that</c><00:17:37.170><c> I</c><00:17:37.369><c> am</c><00:17:37.529><c> thy</c><00:17:37.769><c> servant</c><00:17:38.309><c> and</c><00:17:38.730><c> that</c><00:17:38.950><c> I</c>

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have<00:17:39.289><c> done</c><00:17:39.490><c> all</c><00:17:39.869><c> these</c>

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things<00:17:40.569><c> at</c><00:17:40.869><c> thy</c><00:17:41.250><c> word.</c><00:17:43.109><c> Hear</c><00:17:43.309><c> me,</c><00:17:43.630><c> O</c><00:17:43.849><c> Lord,</c><00:17:44.630><c> hear</c><00:17:44.829><c> me,</c><00:17:45.650><c> that</c>

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this<00:17:46.009><c> people</c><00:17:46.269><c> may</c><00:17:46.630><c> know</c><00:17:47.029><c> that</c><00:17:47.450><c> thou</c><00:17:47.750><c> art</c><00:17:48.089><c> the</c><00:17:48.390><c> Lord</c><00:17:48.849><c> God</c>

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and<00:17:49.910><c> that</c><00:17:50.009><c> thou</c><00:17:50.250><c> hast</c><00:17:50.630><c> turned</c><00:17:51.049><c> their</c><00:17:51.470><c> heart</c><00:17:52.130><c> back</c><00:17:52.569><c> again.</c><00:17:54.049><c> And</c>

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there's<00:17:54.329><c> some</c><00:17:54.509><c> interesting</c><00:17:54.890><c> echoes</c><00:17:55.289><c> of</c><00:17:55.569><c> Moses,</c>

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the<00:17:57.029><c> Lord</c><00:17:57.250><c> Jesus</c><00:17:57.650><c> Christ,</c><00:17:58.130><c> and</c><00:17:58.430><c> the</c><00:17:58.609><c> apostle</c><00:17:58.950><c> Paul,</c><00:17:59.430><c> in</c><00:17:59.609><c> the</c>

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words<00:17:59.990><c> which</c><00:18:00.230><c> he</c><00:18:00.470><c> uses.</c><00:18:01.309><c> Remember,</c><00:18:01.630><c> his</c><00:18:01.730><c> prayer</c>

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is<00:18:02.170><c> not</c><00:18:02.349><c> for</c><00:18:02.509><c> himself.</c><00:18:04.710><c> His</c><00:18:04.990><c> heart's</c><00:18:05.609><c> desire</c><00:18:06.069><c> is</c><00:18:06.410><c> that</c><00:18:06.630><c> Israel</c>

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he's<00:18:12.390><c> placing</c><00:18:12.710><c> his</c><00:18:12.950><c> own</c><00:18:13.190><c> life</c><00:18:13.430><c> at</c><00:18:13.730><c> risk.</c><00:18:14.509><c> Of</c><00:18:14.670><c> course,</c><00:18:14.769><c> there</c>

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was<00:18:15.089><c> no</c><00:18:15.390><c> escape</c><00:18:15.710><c> for</c><00:18:16.009><c> Elijah</c><00:18:16.509><c> either</c><00:18:17.369><c> at</c><00:18:17.769><c> this</c>

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moment.<00:18:19.309><c> In</c><00:18:19.470><c> a</c><00:18:19.750><c> sense,</c><00:18:20.529><c> he</c><00:18:20.529><c> was</c><00:18:21.630><c> the</c><00:18:21.809><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:22.609><c> tied</c><00:18:22.890><c> to</c><00:18:23.069><c> the</c>

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wood<00:18:23.269><c> on</c><00:18:23.509><c> the</c><00:18:23.690><c> altar,</c><00:18:24.410><c> because</c><00:18:24.650><c> if</c><00:18:24.990><c> he</c><00:18:25.369><c> failed,</c>

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well,<00:18:27.410><c> he'd</c><00:18:27.529><c> be</c><00:18:27.730><c> run</c><00:18:28.029><c> through</c><00:18:28.309><c> by</c><00:18:28.569><c> the</c><00:18:28.809><c> prophets</c><00:18:29.049><c> of</c><00:18:29.349><c> Baal.</c><00:18:30.069><c> He</c>

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was<00:18:30.390><c> outnumbered</c><00:18:30.970><c> 450</c><00:18:31.789><c> to</c><00:18:32.109><c> one.</c>

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Oh,<00:18:34.049><c> certainly</c><00:18:34.390><c> there</c><00:18:34.589><c> were</c><00:18:34.769><c> the</c><00:18:34.930><c> chariots</c><00:18:35.289><c> of</c><00:18:35.450><c> Israel</c><00:18:35.890><c> and</c>

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ringing<00:18:37.690><c> them</c><00:18:38.069><c> around.</c><00:18:39.829><c> And</c><00:18:39.990><c> the</c><00:18:40.150><c> prophets</c><00:18:40.410><c> of</c><00:18:40.730><c> Baal</c><00:18:41.029><c> themselves</c><00:18:41.569><c> were</c>

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altogether<00:18:42.329><c> outnumbered,</c><00:18:43.069><c> although</c>

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they<00:18:43.670><c> didn't</c><00:18:43.990><c> know</c><00:18:44.210><c> it.</c><00:18:46.190><c> But</c><00:18:46.390><c> from</c><00:18:46.630><c> a</c><00:18:46.809><c> human</c><00:18:47.069><c> standpoint,</c><00:18:48.130><c> Elijah</c><00:18:48.309><c> in</c>

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this<00:18:48.769><c> moment,</c><00:18:49.130><c> brethren</c><00:18:49.450><c> and</c><00:18:49.710><c> sisters,</c>

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stands<00:18:50.490><c> alone,</c><00:18:52.769><c> depending</c><00:18:53.210><c> on</c><00:18:53.509><c> that</c><00:18:54.009><c> slender</c><00:18:54.710><c> lifeline,</c><00:18:56.630><c> the</c>

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vital<00:18:57.650><c> link</c><00:18:58.029><c> of</c><00:18:58.369><c> prayer</c><00:18:58.930><c> with</c><00:18:59.309><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:02.390><c> he</c><00:19:02.589><c> is</c><00:19:02.829><c> not</c><00:19:03.069><c> disappointed.</c><00:19:05.769><c> Verse</c><00:19:06.130><c> 38,</c><00:19:07.829><c> then</c><00:19:08.369><c> the</c><00:19:08.849><c> fire</c>

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of<00:19:10.269><c> the</c><00:19:10.509><c> Lord</c><00:19:11.470><c> fell.</c>

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And<00:19:13.769><c> that</c><00:19:14.009><c> expression,</c><00:19:15.109><c> the</c><00:19:15.230><c> fire</c><00:19:15.829><c> of</c><00:19:16.150><c> the</c><00:19:16.390><c> Lord,</c><00:19:18.049><c> has</c><00:19:18.269><c> interesting</c><00:19:18.750><c> associations</c><00:19:19.569><c> because</c><00:19:19.970><c> it</c><00:19:20.250><c> occurs</c><00:19:20.670><c> in</c>

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only<00:19:21.549><c> one</c><00:19:22.009><c> other</c><00:19:22.329><c> place</c><00:19:22.809><c> in</c><00:19:23.029><c> the</c><00:19:23.150><c> Old</c><00:19:23.390><c> Testament.</c><00:19:25.569><c> If</c><00:19:25.710><c> you</c><00:19:25.910><c> don't</c><00:19:26.089><c> have</c><00:19:26.289><c> the</c>

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cross<00:19:26.809><c>-reference,</c><00:19:27.430><c> it's</c><00:19:27.529><c> Numbers</c><00:19:27.930><c> 11,</c>

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verse<00:19:28.750><c> 1.</c><00:19:30.710><c> And</c><00:19:30.910><c> in</c><00:19:31.130><c> Numbers</c><00:19:31.509><c> 11,</c><00:19:31.950><c> verse</c><00:19:32.349><c> 1,</c><00:19:32.990><c> the</c><00:19:33.069><c> fire</c><00:19:33.470><c> of</c><00:19:33.670><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:34.130><c> burnt</c><00:19:34.569><c> amongst</c><00:19:34.970><c> the</c><00:19:35.250><c> people</c><00:19:35.490><c> and</c><00:19:35.769><c> consumed</c>

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complained.<00:19:42.650><c> It</c><00:19:42.769><c> was</c><00:19:43.009><c> a</c><00:19:43.309><c> fire</c><00:19:43.690><c> of</c><00:19:44.009><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:19:46.630><c> oh,</c><00:19:47.089><c> the</c><00:19:47.349><c> ten</c><00:19:47.630><c> tribes,</c><00:19:48.509><c> how</c><00:19:48.829><c> close</c><00:19:49.970><c> to</c><00:19:50.869><c> utter</c><00:19:51.130><c> destruction</c><00:19:51.690><c> they</c><00:19:51.930><c> were</c>

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on<00:19:52.369><c> this</c><00:19:52.589><c> occasion.</c>

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everything.<00:20:08.710><c> Did</c><00:20:08.869><c> you</c><00:20:09.049><c> notice</c><00:20:09.450><c> that?</c>

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Verse<00:20:10.109><c> 38,</c><00:20:11.230><c> then</c><00:20:11.549><c> the</c><00:20:11.829><c> fire</c><00:20:12.150><c> of</c><00:20:12.329><c> the</c><00:20:12.490><c> Lord</c><00:20:12.769><c> fell</c><00:20:13.329><c> and</c><00:20:13.910><c> consumed</c>

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rises.<00:20:48.109><c> We</c><00:20:48.450><c> understand</c><00:20:48.970><c> from</c><00:20:49.250><c> physics</c><00:20:49.690><c> that</c><00:20:49.930><c> heat</c><00:20:50.230><c> rises,</c><00:20:50.829><c> so</c>

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men<00:20:51.150><c> always</c><00:20:51.549><c> put</c><00:20:51.769><c> fire</c><00:20:52.089><c> in</c><00:20:52.250><c> at</c><00:20:52.369><c> the</c><00:20:52.549><c> bottom</c><00:20:52.990><c> of</c><00:20:53.910><c> the</c>

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reverse.<00:21:01.950><c> The</c><00:21:02.230><c> fire</c><00:21:02.789><c> of</c><00:21:03.089><c> the</c><00:21:03.329><c> Lord</c><00:21:03.670><c> fell</c>

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are<00:21:24.230><c> in</c><00:21:24.869><c> that</c><00:21:25.349><c> mighty</c><00:21:25.849><c> burnt</c><00:21:26.049><c> sacrifice,</c><00:21:27.009><c> brethren</c><00:21:27.230><c> and</c><00:21:27.509><c> sisters.</c><00:21:28.029><c> That's</c><00:21:28.549><c> the</c>

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meaning<00:21:28.990><c> of</c><00:21:29.210><c> the</c><00:21:29.410><c> burnt</c><00:21:29.650><c> offering.</c>

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Totally<00:21:31.569><c> consumed</c><00:21:32.210><c> with</c><00:21:32.470><c> nothing</c><00:21:32.829><c> left.</c><00:21:34.630><c> Everything</c><00:21:35.170><c> offered</c><00:21:35.609><c> to</c><00:21:35.910><c> God.</c><00:21:37.990><c> What</c><00:21:38.210><c> an</c>

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exhortation<00:21:39.410><c> to</c><00:21:39.670><c> every</c><00:21:39.990><c> servant</c>

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of<00:21:42.730><c> the</c><00:21:42.930><c> Lord</c><00:21:43.210><c> and</c><00:21:43.529><c> all</c><00:21:43.829><c> Israel.</c><00:21:46.269><c> And</c><00:21:46.450><c> the</c><00:21:46.690><c> process</c><00:21:46.990><c> is</c><00:21:47.289><c> clearly</c><00:21:47.569><c> indicated</c><00:21:48.150><c> in</c>

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this<00:21:48.650><c> chapter.</c>

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It<00:21:50.269><c> is</c><00:21:50.490><c> by</c><00:21:50.809><c> water</c><00:21:51.369><c> and</c><00:21:52.549><c> by</c><00:21:53.049><c> fire.</c><00:21:54.769><c> And</c><00:21:55.029><c> it's</c><00:21:55.170><c> going</c><00:21:55.289><c> to</c><00:21:55.470><c> happen</c>

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happen<00:21:58.630><c> if</c><00:21:59.549><c> we're</c><00:21:59.750><c> going</c><00:21:59.890><c> to</c><00:22:00.049><c> be</c><00:22:00.269><c> taken</c><00:22:00.490><c> up</c><00:22:00.789><c> into</c><00:22:01.109><c> God</c><00:22:01.430><c> himself.</c><00:22:03.369><c> It</c><00:22:03.549><c> will</c>

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some<00:22:06.890><c> miraculous</c><00:22:07.549><c> event,</c><00:22:09.690><c> but</c><00:22:09.950><c> a</c><00:22:10.269><c> process</c><00:22:10.829><c> which</c><00:22:11.190><c> starts</c><00:22:11.589><c> with</c><00:22:11.890><c> a</c><00:22:12.210><c> self</c><00:22:12.589><c>-offering</c><00:22:13.150><c> and</c><00:22:13.509><c> a</c>

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fiery<00:22:14.150><c> trial.</c>

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consumed,<00:22:21.529><c> that</c><00:22:21.650><c> we</c><00:22:21.809><c> might</c><00:22:22.049><c> learn</c><00:22:22.289><c> to</c><00:22:22.490><c> love</c><00:22:22.690><c> the</c><00:22:22.910><c> Lord</c>

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mind,<00:22:27.609><c> so</c><00:22:27.849><c> that</c><00:22:28.109><c> all</c><00:22:28.549><c> that</c><00:22:28.769><c> we</c><00:22:29.069><c> are</c><00:22:29.809><c> ultimately</c><00:22:30.509><c> may</c>

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enter<00:22:31.630><c> into</c><00:22:32.410><c> God.</c><00:22:34.589><c> That</c><00:22:34.910><c> finally</c><00:22:35.369><c> in</c><00:22:35.589><c> the</c><00:22:35.829><c> end</c><00:22:36.130><c> when</c><00:22:36.309><c> he</c><00:22:36.569><c> closed</c><00:22:36.849><c> us</c><00:22:37.130><c> with</c><00:22:37.369><c> immortality</c><00:22:38.190><c> and</c><00:22:38.450><c> we</c>

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bear<00:22:38.789><c> the</c><00:22:39.029><c> divine</c>

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nature,<00:22:40.630><c> all</c><00:22:40.769><c> the</c><00:22:40.950><c> dross</c><00:22:41.150><c> will</c><00:22:41.369><c> be</c><00:22:41.630><c> gone,</c><00:22:43.410><c> no</c><00:22:43.730><c> vestige</c><00:22:44.289><c> of</c><00:22:44.630><c> mortality</c><00:22:45.329><c> left.</c><00:22:47.569><c> We</c>

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shall<00:22:47.930><c> be</c><00:22:48.369><c> swallowed</c><00:22:48.589><c> up</c><00:22:48.829><c> of</c><00:22:49.049><c> life</c>

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at<00:22:51.130><c> the</c><00:22:51.269><c> touch</c><00:22:51.450><c> of</c><00:22:51.690><c> the</c><00:22:51.789><c> living</c><00:22:52.069><c> God,</c><00:22:53.130><c> for</c><00:22:53.369><c> our</c><00:22:53.809><c> God</c><00:22:54.230><c> is</c><00:22:54.630><c> a</c>

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consuming<00:22:55.769><c> fire.</c>

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All<00:22:59.490><c> those</c><00:22:59.890><c> ideas</c><00:23:00.730><c> are</c><00:23:01.609><c> built</c><00:23:01.829><c> into</c><00:23:02.109><c> the</c><00:23:02.390><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:03.450><c> which</c>

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Elijah<00:23:04.849><c> offered.</c><00:23:06.589><c> And</c><00:23:06.750><c> now</c><00:23:06.990><c> the</c><00:23:07.089><c> great</c><00:23:07.490><c> contrast,</c>

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they<00:23:16.150><c> fell</c><00:23:16.509><c> on</c><00:23:16.750><c> their</c><00:23:17.029><c> faces</c><00:23:17.589><c> and</c><00:23:18.950><c> they</c><00:23:19.309><c> said,</c><00:23:19.690><c> the</c><00:23:19.789><c> Lord,</c><00:23:20.910><c> he</c>

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is<00:23:21.450><c> the</c><00:23:21.650><c> God,</c><00:23:22.849><c> or</c><00:23:23.130><c> Yahweh,</c><00:23:24.410><c> he</c><00:23:24.650><c> is</c><00:23:25.509><c> the</c><00:23:25.890><c> mighty</c><00:23:26.250><c> one.</c>

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No<00:23:29.069><c> longer</c><00:23:29.390><c> the</c><00:23:29.750><c> chant,</c><00:23:30.490><c> obey</c><00:23:31.009><c> or</c><00:23:31.309><c> hear</c><00:23:31.630><c> us,</c><00:23:32.109><c> but</c><00:23:32.289><c> the</c><00:23:32.410><c> people</c>

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flat<00:23:33.150><c> on</c><00:23:33.390><c> their</c><00:23:33.670><c> faces.</c>

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What<00:23:36.309><c> a</c><00:23:36.690><c> sight</c><00:23:36.890><c> for</c><00:23:37.250><c> Elijah,</c><00:23:38.170><c> as</c><00:23:38.349><c> he</c><00:23:38.529><c> looks</c><00:23:38.829><c> and</c><00:23:39.109><c> sees</c><00:23:39.289><c> the</c>

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whole<00:23:40.009><c> nation</c><00:23:40.589><c> prostrate</c><00:23:41.269><c> before</c><00:23:41.730><c> him,</c>

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and<00:23:43.890><c> the</c><00:23:44.029><c> altar</c><00:23:44.269><c> gone,</c><00:23:46.009><c> and</c><00:23:46.150><c> just</c><00:23:46.470><c> a</c><00:23:46.750><c> cloud</c><00:23:47.109><c> of</c><00:23:47.509><c> smoke</c><00:23:47.930><c> curling</c>

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upwards<00:23:49.130><c> in</c><00:23:50.609><c> the</c><00:23:50.849><c> evening</c><00:23:51.170><c> air,</c>

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like<00:23:53.309><c> the</c><00:23:53.529><c> pillar</c><00:23:53.829><c> of</c><00:23:54.150><c> cloud</c><00:23:54.430><c> that</c><00:23:54.730><c> covered</c><00:23:54.910><c> the</c><00:23:55.250><c> tabernacle.</c>

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And<00:23:58.690><c> their</c><00:23:58.950><c> cry,</c><00:24:00.730><c> Yahweh,</c><00:24:02.150><c> he</c><00:24:02.450><c> is</c><00:24:02.690><c> the</c><00:24:02.849><c> mighty</c><00:24:03.190><c> one,</c>

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is<00:24:04.450><c> also</c><00:24:04.769><c> the</c><00:24:04.970><c> very</c><00:24:05.289><c> meaning</c><00:24:05.549><c> of</c><00:24:05.769><c> the</c><00:24:05.990><c> prophet's</c><00:24:06.509><c> name.</c><00:24:07.569><c> We</c><00:24:07.769><c> said</c><00:24:07.930><c> that</c><00:24:08.170><c> at</c>

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the<00:24:09.950><c> name</c><00:24:10.170><c> Elijah</c><00:24:10.670><c> means</c><00:24:11.109><c> God</c><00:24:11.470><c> is</c><00:24:11.829><c> strength</c><00:24:12.289><c> or</c><00:24:12.750><c> God</c><00:24:13.109><c> is</c><00:24:13.369><c> the</c>

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mighty<00:24:13.849><c> one.</c><00:24:15.630><c> And</c><00:24:15.829><c> so</c><00:24:15.970><c> in</c><00:24:16.250><c> this</c><00:24:16.490><c> dramatic</c><00:24:17.069><c> moment,</c>

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both<00:24:18.170><c> Elijah</c><00:24:18.809><c> and</c><00:24:19.349><c> his</c><00:24:19.650><c> God</c><00:24:20.109><c> are</c><00:24:20.910><c> vindicated.</c><00:24:23.890><c> And</c><00:24:24.089><c> the</c><00:24:24.230><c> Lord,</c>

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he<00:24:25.869><c> is</c><00:24:26.150><c> the</c><00:24:26.369><c> God.</c><00:24:28.230><c> And</c><00:24:28.450><c> Elijah</c><00:24:28.670><c> doesn't</c><00:24:29.009><c> hesitate.</c>

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He's<00:24:30.349><c> in</c><00:24:30.549><c> full</c><00:24:30.809><c> command</c><00:24:31.250><c> of</c><00:24:31.450><c> the</c><00:24:31.569><c> situation,</c><00:24:32.329><c> and</c><00:24:32.730><c> so</c><00:24:32.869><c> he</c><00:24:33.089><c> presses</c><00:24:33.369><c> home</c>

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his<00:24:33.950><c> advantage.</c><00:24:35.630><c> Elijah</c><00:24:35.970><c> said</c><00:24:36.250><c> to</c><00:24:36.410><c> the</c>

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people,<00:24:37.809><c> take</c><00:24:37.869><c> the</c><00:24:38.150><c> prophets</c><00:24:38.430><c> of</c><00:24:38.730><c> Baal,</c><00:24:39.750><c> let</c><00:24:39.990><c> not</c><00:24:40.369><c> one</c><00:24:40.589><c> of</c><00:24:40.730><c> them</c><00:24:40.890><c> escape.</c><00:24:42.430><c> And</c>

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they<00:24:42.630><c> took</c><00:24:42.849><c> them</c><00:24:43.250><c> and</c><00:24:44.170><c> Elijah</c>

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brought<00:24:44.829><c> them</c><00:24:45.009><c> down</c><00:24:45.269><c> to</c><00:24:45.390><c> the</c><00:24:45.509><c> brook</c><00:24:45.769><c> Kaishon</c><00:24:46.369><c> and</c><00:24:47.490><c> slew</c><00:24:47.730><c> them</c>

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there.<00:24:50.250><c> These</c><00:24:50.829><c> people</c><00:24:51.589><c> who</c><00:24:51.990><c> had</c><00:24:52.470><c> elevated</c><00:24:52.869><c> themselves</c>

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above<00:24:53.730><c> the</c><00:24:54.009><c> common</c><00:24:54.349><c> folk,</c><00:24:55.730><c> taken</c><00:24:56.049><c> the</c><00:24:56.190><c> best</c><00:24:56.490><c> of</c><00:24:56.690><c> everything</c>

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for<00:24:57.210><c> themselves,</c><00:24:58.670><c> sat</c><00:24:58.829><c> at</c><00:24:58.990><c> Jezebel's</c><00:24:59.710><c> table.</c>

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Well,<00:25:01.430><c> they</c><00:25:01.630><c> had</c><00:25:01.869><c> had</c><00:25:02.029><c> their</c><00:25:02.210><c> last</c><00:25:02.630><c> meal,</c><00:25:03.549><c> and</c><00:25:03.789><c> they</c><00:25:03.890><c> were</c><00:25:04.089><c> taken</c><00:25:04.369><c> in</c>

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their<00:25:04.769><c> own</c><00:25:05.089><c> snare.</c>

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And<00:25:07.309><c> they</c><00:25:07.470><c> brought</c><00:25:07.630><c> them</c><00:25:07.829><c> down</c><00:25:08.150><c> the</c><00:25:08.369><c> slopes</c><00:25:08.690><c> of</c><00:25:09.029><c> Carmel.</c>

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And<00:25:12.410><c> you</c><00:25:12.549><c> have</c><00:25:12.730><c> to</c><00:25:12.910><c> use</c><00:25:13.029><c> your</c><00:25:13.369><c> imagination.</c><00:25:14.289><c> Imagine</c><00:25:14.750><c> the</c><00:25:15.170><c> Israelites</c><00:25:15.809><c> grasping</c><00:25:16.990><c> them</c><00:25:17.190><c> by</c>

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their<00:25:17.750><c> vestments</c><00:25:18.190><c> of</c>

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idolatry,<00:25:19.509><c> by</c><00:25:19.650><c> the</c><00:25:19.829><c> scruff</c><00:25:20.029><c> of</c><00:25:20.210><c> their</c><00:25:20.390><c> necks</c><00:25:20.650><c> with</c><00:25:20.809><c> their</c><00:25:21.029><c> arms</c><00:25:21.269><c> behind</c><00:25:21.710><c> their</c><00:25:21.990><c> backs,</c><00:25:22.329><c> holding</c><00:25:22.630><c> them</c><00:25:22.829><c> by</c><00:25:23.089><c> their</c>

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beards,<00:25:23.730><c> dragging</c><00:25:24.130><c> them</c><00:25:24.349><c> by</c><00:25:24.670><c> their</c><00:25:24.990><c> hair.</c><00:25:26.710><c> These</c><00:25:27.089><c> men</c><00:25:27.529><c> who</c>

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had<00:25:28.049><c> led</c><00:25:28.230><c> Israel</c><00:25:28.910><c> astray</c><00:25:29.569><c> would</c><00:25:29.809><c> now</c><00:25:30.089><c> get</c><00:25:30.289><c> their</c>

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just<00:25:30.970><c> desserts.</c><00:25:32.349><c> Surely</c><00:25:32.789><c> our</c><00:25:33.150><c> fathers</c><00:25:33.509><c> have</c><00:25:33.769><c> inherited</c><00:25:34.269><c> lies,</c><00:25:35.130><c> vanity,</c><00:25:35.809><c> and</c>

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things<00:25:36.250><c> wherein</c><00:25:36.509><c> is</c><00:25:36.809><c> no</c><00:25:37.109><c> prophet.</c>

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And<00:25:39.089><c> so</c><00:25:39.230><c> they</c><00:25:39.430><c> come</c><00:25:39.690><c> down</c><00:25:40.009><c> to</c><00:25:40.170><c> the</c><00:25:40.269><c> very</c><00:25:40.549><c> place</c><00:25:40.950><c> where</c><00:25:41.289><c> Deborah</c>

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and<00:25:42.150><c> Barak</c><00:25:42.569><c> had</c><00:25:42.829><c> engaged</c><00:25:43.349><c> in</c><00:25:43.529><c> the</c><00:25:43.670><c> great</c><00:25:43.910><c> battle</c>

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with<00:25:44.589><c> Sisera,</c><00:25:45.890><c> the</c><00:25:46.089><c> brook</c><00:25:46.470><c> Kaishon,</c><00:25:47.509><c> which</c><00:25:47.730><c> runs</c><00:25:48.089><c> alongside</c>

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Mount<00:25:49.269><c> Carmel.</c><00:25:51.009><c> That's</c><00:25:51.509><c> the</c><00:25:51.690><c> place</c>

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where<00:25:53.069><c> the</c><00:25:53.230><c> prophets</c><00:25:53.650><c> of</c><00:25:53.990><c> Baal</c><00:25:54.430><c> are</c><00:25:54.849><c> slain,</c><00:25:57.210><c> the</c><00:25:57.410><c> place</c><00:25:57.589><c> of</c>

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victory<00:25:58.809><c> for</c><00:25:59.930><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:26:04.009><c> that's</c><00:26:04.250><c> it.</c><00:26:06.130><c> The</c><00:26:06.289><c> heart</c><00:26:06.509><c> of</c><00:26:06.630><c> Israel</c><00:26:07.049><c> had</c><00:26:07.289><c> been</c><00:26:07.490><c> turned</c><00:26:07.769><c> back</c><00:26:08.069><c> to</c>

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their<00:26:08.490><c> God,</c>

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although<00:26:10.849><c> sadly</c><00:26:11.410><c> the</c><00:26:11.829><c> Reformation</c><00:26:12.369><c> did</c><00:26:12.650><c> not</c><00:26:12.890><c> last.</c><00:26:14.609><c> And</c><00:26:14.809><c> then</c>

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the<00:26:15.170><c> curtain</c><00:26:15.410><c> falls</c><00:26:15.910><c> with</c><00:26:16.190><c> dramatic</c><00:26:16.710><c> suddenness</c>

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upon<00:26:18.410><c> this</c><00:26:18.650><c> particular</c><00:26:19.150><c> episode.</c><00:26:21.549><c> And</c><00:26:21.589><c> then</c><00:26:21.789><c> Elijah</c><00:26:22.150><c> moves</c>

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across<00:26:22.809><c> to</c><00:26:23.130><c> Ahab</c><00:26:23.369><c> in</c><00:26:23.569><c> verse</c><00:26:23.869><c> 81,</c>

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and<00:26:25.170><c> he</c><00:26:25.269><c> says,</c><00:26:25.589><c> Have</c><00:26:25.650><c> a</c><00:26:25.829><c> meal</c><00:26:25.970><c> and</c><00:26:26.130><c> get</c><00:26:26.390><c> home.</c><00:26:27.529><c> Heavy</c><00:26:27.789><c> rains</c>

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are<00:26:28.410><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:26:31.029><c> just</c><00:26:31.190><c> from</c><00:26:31.369><c> the</c><00:26:31.490><c> way</c><00:26:31.630><c> it's</c><00:26:32.009><c> recorded,</c><00:26:33.869><c> because</c><00:26:34.109><c> this</c><00:26:34.390><c> record</c><00:26:34.750><c> is</c>

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extremely<00:26:35.529><c> brief,</c>

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it<00:26:38.009><c> looks</c><00:26:38.430><c> as</c><00:26:38.730><c> though</c><00:26:39.069><c> Ahab</c><00:26:39.630><c> was</c><00:26:40.009><c> present</c><00:26:40.630><c> throughout</c><00:26:41.490><c> this</c>

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confrontation<00:26:42.829><c> with</c><00:26:43.109><c> the</c><00:26:43.349><c> prophets</c><00:26:43.609><c> of</c><00:26:43.890><c> Baal.</c>

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Do<00:26:45.609><c> you</c><00:26:45.809><c> agree?</c><00:26:47.910><c> Had</c><00:26:48.170><c> he</c><00:26:48.470><c> been</c><00:26:50.190><c> unable</c><00:26:51.170><c> to</c><00:26:51.589><c> keep</c><00:26:51.809><c> away</c><00:26:52.329><c> from</c><00:26:52.710><c> Carmel,</c><00:26:54.069><c> he</c>

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had<00:26:54.210><c> certainly</c><00:26:54.509><c> given</c><00:26:54.730><c> the</c><00:26:54.970><c> order</c>

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earlier<00:26:56.049><c> that</c><00:26:56.529><c> all</c><00:26:56.750><c> the</c><00:26:56.930><c> nations</c><00:26:57.210><c> should</c><00:26:57.470><c> gather</c><00:26:57.789><c> in</c><00:26:57.990><c> that</c><00:26:58.269><c> place.</c><00:26:59.150><c> That</c><00:26:59.269><c> was</c><00:26:59.430><c> back</c><00:26:59.670><c> in</c>

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verse<00:27:00.069><c> 20.</c>

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Ahab<00:27:01.890><c> sent</c><00:27:02.210><c> to</c><00:27:02.430><c> all</c><00:27:02.589><c> the</c><00:27:02.789><c> children</c><00:27:03.009><c> of</c><00:27:03.170><c> Israel</c><00:27:03.630><c> and</c><00:27:04.029><c> gathered</c>

00:27:04.210 --> 00:27:06.829
the<00:27:04.509><c> prophets</c><00:27:04.750><c> together</c><00:27:05.230><c> to</c><00:27:05.450><c> Mount</c><00:27:05.730><c> Carmel.</c>

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And<00:27:08.970><c> immediately</c><00:27:09.470><c> this</c><00:27:10.009><c> dramatic</c><00:27:10.490><c> episode</c><00:27:11.109><c> comes</c><00:27:11.410><c> to</c><00:27:11.630><c> its</c><00:27:11.890><c> climax.</c><00:27:13.430><c> Elijah's</c><00:27:13.890><c> speaking</c><00:27:14.230><c> to</c>

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Ahab,<00:27:14.950><c> so</c><00:27:15.069><c> it</c><00:27:15.130><c> looks</c><00:27:15.349><c> as</c>

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though<00:27:15.650><c> he</c><00:27:15.750><c> was</c><00:27:15.890><c> there</c><00:27:16.150><c> all</c><00:27:16.430><c> along</c><00:27:16.809><c> and</c><00:27:17.410><c> observed</c><00:27:17.750><c> everything</c>

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which<00:27:19.309><c> took</c><00:27:19.490><c> place</c><00:27:19.789><c> on</c><00:27:20.009><c> that</c><00:27:20.170><c> occasion.</c>

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This<00:27:22.670><c> is</c><00:27:22.890><c> an</c><00:27:23.089><c> interesting</c><00:27:23.410><c> matter,</c><00:27:23.930><c> isn't</c><00:27:24.029><c> it,</c><00:27:24.269><c> brethren</c><00:27:24.609><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:25.109><c> when</c><00:27:25.309><c> you</c><00:27:25.529><c> think</c><00:27:25.789><c> about</c><00:27:26.109><c> it?</c>

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It<00:27:26.869><c> relates</c><00:27:27.230><c> to</c><00:27:27.450><c> our</c><00:27:27.690><c> own</c><00:27:27.970><c> day</c><00:27:28.150><c> as</c><00:27:28.490><c> well.</c><00:27:30.390><c> Have</c><00:27:30.609><c> you</c><00:27:30.769><c> noticed</c>

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how<00:27:31.470><c> often</c><00:27:31.809><c> those</c><00:27:32.170><c> who</c><00:27:32.490><c> leave</c><00:27:32.789><c> the</c><00:27:33.150><c> truth</c><00:27:33.410><c> and</c>

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go<00:27:34.390><c> back</c><00:27:34.630><c> into</c><00:27:34.829><c> the</c><00:27:35.069><c> world</c><00:27:35.289><c> for</c><00:27:35.509><c> whatever</c><00:27:35.849><c> reason,</c><00:27:36.930><c> how</c><00:27:37.210><c> often</c>

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they<00:27:37.769><c> have</c><00:27:38.089><c> strange</c><00:27:38.869><c> lingerings</c><00:27:39.750><c> and</c><00:27:40.109><c> links</c>

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in<00:27:41.970><c> their</c><00:27:42.289><c> hearts</c><00:27:42.650><c> with</c><00:27:42.910><c> the</c><00:27:43.069><c> things</c><00:27:43.230><c> of</c><00:27:43.450><c> the</c><00:27:43.690><c> truth?</c><00:27:45.470><c> When</c><00:27:45.750><c> special</c><00:27:46.210><c> lectures</c><00:27:46.609><c> are</c><00:27:46.970><c> advertised</c><00:27:47.750><c> or</c><00:27:48.069><c> there's</c>

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a<00:27:48.509><c> crisis</c><00:27:48.869><c> in</c><00:27:49.109><c> the</c><00:27:49.230><c> Middle</c><00:27:49.509><c> East,</c><00:27:50.089><c> there</c><00:27:50.289><c> they</c><00:27:50.470><c> are</c><00:27:50.650><c> again</c><00:27:50.890><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:51.170><c> back</c><00:27:51.329><c> of</c><00:27:51.490><c> the</c><00:27:51.650><c> hall</c><00:27:51.849><c> on</c><00:27:52.069><c> a</c><00:27:52.150><c> Sunday</c><00:27:52.450><c> night.</c>

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Or<00:27:54.910><c> when</c><00:27:55.470><c> someone</c><00:27:55.829><c> comes</c><00:27:56.130><c> to</c><00:27:56.309><c> them</c><00:27:56.509><c> and</c><00:27:56.710><c> starts</c><00:27:56.970><c> discussing</c>

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the<00:27:57.950><c> Bible,</c><00:27:58.349><c> they</c><00:27:58.650><c> defend</c><00:27:58.990><c> the</c><00:27:59.269><c> truth</c>

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and<00:28:00.029><c> start</c><00:28:00.450><c> teaching</c><00:28:00.849><c> them</c><00:28:01.130><c> the</c><00:28:01.289><c> first</c><00:28:01.529><c> principles</c><00:28:01.950><c> of</c><00:28:02.190><c> the</c><00:28:02.390><c> faith.</c>

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They<00:28:03.809><c> just</c><00:28:04.269><c> cannot</c><00:28:04.690><c> forget</c><00:28:05.789><c> the</c><00:28:06.529><c> basic</c><00:28:06.990><c> tenets</c><00:28:07.630><c> of</c><00:28:08.009><c> our</c><00:28:08.230><c> beliefs.</c>

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And<00:28:11.210><c> it</c><00:28:11.430><c> would</c><00:28:11.509><c> seem</c><00:28:12.230><c> that</c><00:28:12.609><c> for</c><00:28:13.029><c> Ahab</c><00:28:13.450><c> it</c><00:28:13.609><c> was</c><00:28:13.849><c> in</c><00:28:14.069><c> a</c><00:28:14.170><c> sense</c><00:28:14.430><c> the</c>

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same.<00:28:16.089><c> There</c><00:28:16.269><c> was</c><00:28:16.549><c> something</c><00:28:16.930><c> about</c><00:28:17.390><c> Elijah</c>

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which<00:28:18.789><c> he</c><00:28:19.049><c> found</c><00:28:19.369><c> strangely</c><00:28:20.029><c> attractive</c><00:28:20.789><c> and</c><00:28:22.630><c> the</c><00:28:22.789><c> word</c><00:28:22.950><c> of</c>

00:28:23.150 --> 00:28:26.410
the<00:28:23.329><c> Lord</c><00:28:23.589><c> seemed</c><00:28:23.890><c> to</c><00:28:24.210><c> be</c><00:28:25.109><c> still</c><00:28:25.410><c> imprinted</c>

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upon<00:28:26.869><c> his</c><00:28:27.109><c> conscience</c><00:28:27.589><c> to</c><00:28:27.809><c> some</c><00:28:28.029><c> extent.</c><00:28:30.569><c> Elijah</c><00:28:31.029><c> now</c><00:28:31.410><c> stands</c>

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before<00:28:32.309><c> Ahab</c><00:28:32.609><c> with</c><00:28:32.829><c> all</c><00:28:33.089><c> the</c><00:28:33.289><c> authority</c><00:28:33.750><c> of</c><00:28:33.970><c> God</c>

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himself.<00:28:36.930><c> He</c><00:28:36.950><c> says</c><00:28:37.170><c> to</c><00:28:37.349><c> Ahab,</c><00:28:37.910><c> get</c><00:28:37.950><c> thee</c><00:28:38.150><c> up</c><00:28:38.349><c> and</c><00:28:38.490><c> eat</c><00:28:38.710><c> and</c><00:28:38.950><c> drink</c><00:28:39.150><c> for</c>

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there<00:28:39.569><c> is</c><00:28:39.750><c> a</c><00:28:39.930><c> sound</c><00:28:40.190><c> of</c><00:28:40.549><c> abundance</c><00:28:40.990><c> of</c><00:28:41.430><c> rain.</c>

00:28:43.150 --> 00:28:50.869
So<00:28:43.470><c> Ahab</c><00:28:43.789><c> went</c><00:28:44.089><c> up</c><00:28:44.710><c> to</c><00:28:45.069><c> eat</c><00:28:45.670><c> and</c><00:28:46.549><c> to</c><00:28:46.789><c> drink.</c><00:28:48.970><c> One</c><00:28:49.250><c> wonders</c><00:28:49.470><c> exactly</c><00:28:49.930><c> what's</c><00:28:50.230><c> happening</c><00:28:50.609><c> in</c>

00:28:50.869 --> 00:28:52.069
this<00:28:51.190><c> scene.</c><00:28:51.490><c> He</c><00:28:51.730><c> went</c>

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up<00:28:52.490><c> to</c><00:28:52.630><c> eat</c><00:28:52.930><c> and</c><00:28:53.089><c> drink.</c><00:28:53.490><c> Does</c><00:28:53.490><c> that</c><00:28:53.710><c> mean</c><00:28:53.910><c> he</c><00:28:53.950><c> came</c><00:28:54.269><c> down</c><00:28:54.670><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:54.950><c> Brook</c><00:28:55.170><c> Kaishon</c><00:28:56.130><c> to</c><00:28:56.430><c> observe</c><00:28:56.990><c> the</c><00:28:57.250><c> slaughter</c><00:28:57.670><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:58.170><c> false</c><00:28:58.490><c> prophets</c><00:28:58.970><c> and</c><00:28:59.410><c> then</c><00:28:59.710><c> went</c><00:28:59.930><c> back</c><00:29:00.349><c> to</c><00:29:00.549><c> the</c><00:29:00.849><c> encampment</c><00:29:01.410><c> which</c><00:29:01.630><c> Israel</c><00:29:02.009><c> must</c><00:29:02.329><c> have</c><00:29:02.589><c> had</c><00:29:02.890><c> at</c>

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a<00:29:03.450><c> higher</c>

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level<00:29:03.970><c> on</c><00:29:04.210><c> the</c><00:29:04.369><c> Mount?</c><00:29:05.410><c> Because</c><00:29:05.630><c> lower</c><00:29:05.869><c> down</c><00:29:06.190><c> the</c><00:29:06.390><c> chapter</c><00:29:07.009><c> we</c>

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read<00:29:08.869><c> verse</c><00:29:09.309><c> 44,</c><00:29:10.410><c> prepare</c><00:29:10.569><c> thy</c><00:29:10.910><c> chariot</c><00:29:11.349><c> and</c><00:29:11.609><c> get</c><00:29:11.890><c> thee</c>

00:29:12.230 --> 00:29:15.609
down<00:29:13.069><c> so</c><00:29:13.589><c> that</c><00:29:13.750><c> the</c><00:29:13.910><c> rain</c><00:29:14.170><c> stop</c><00:29:14.470><c> thee</c><00:29:14.730><c> not.</c><00:29:14.950><c> There's</c><00:29:15.190><c> a</c><00:29:15.230><c> bit</c><00:29:15.390><c> of</c>

00:29:15.609 --> 00:29:17.849
up<00:29:15.769><c> and</c><00:29:16.049><c> down</c><00:29:16.269><c> going</c><00:29:16.650><c> on</c><00:29:16.930><c> in</c><00:29:17.109><c> this</c><00:29:17.349><c> part</c><00:29:17.490><c> of</c><00:29:17.690><c> the</c>

00:29:17.849 --> 00:29:22.269
chapter<00:29:18.190><c> and</c><00:29:18.250><c> it's</c><00:29:18.390><c> not</c><00:29:18.690><c> entirely</c><00:29:19.170><c> clear</c><00:29:19.769><c> where</c><00:29:20.589><c> all</c><00:29:21.250><c> the</c><00:29:21.490><c> locations</c><00:29:22.029><c> are</c>

00:29:22.269 --> 00:29:24.450
to<00:29:22.390><c> be</c><00:29:22.650><c> found</c><00:29:23.049><c> that</c><00:29:23.269><c> must</c><00:29:23.609><c> have</c>

00:29:25.250 --> 00:29:35.210
been<00:29:25.730><c> visited</c><00:29:26.150><c> on</c><00:29:26.589><c> that</c><00:29:26.970><c> day.</c><00:29:33.109><c> And</c><00:29:33.269><c> Elijah</c><00:29:33.690><c> himself</c><00:29:34.609><c> went</c><00:29:34.950><c> up</c>

00:29:35.210 --> 00:29:38.349
to<00:29:35.410><c> the</c><00:29:35.529><c> top</c><00:29:35.750><c> of</c><00:29:36.089><c> Carmel,</c><00:29:36.710><c> says</c><00:29:36.849><c> verse</c><00:29:37.109><c> 42,</c>

00:29:38.509 --> 00:29:44.430
cast<00:29:38.829><c> himself</c><00:29:39.329><c> down</c><00:29:39.849><c> upon</c><00:29:40.250><c> the</c><00:29:40.569><c> earth</c><00:29:41.250><c> and</c><00:29:41.869><c> put</c><00:29:42.069><c> his</c><00:29:42.369><c> face</c><00:29:43.089><c> between</c><00:29:44.069><c> his</c>

00:29:44.430 --> 00:29:46.589
knees.<00:29:45.089><c> He</c><00:29:45.349><c> probably</c><00:29:45.750><c> went</c><00:29:45.990><c> back</c><00:29:46.289><c> to</c><00:29:46.450><c> the</c>

00:29:46.589 --> 00:29:52.289
spot<00:29:47.390><c> where</c><00:29:47.690><c> the</c><00:29:47.970><c> altar</c><00:29:48.329><c> had</c><00:29:49.089><c> stood</c><00:29:49.490><c> because</c><00:29:51.029><c> now</c><00:29:51.250><c> there's</c><00:29:51.410><c> nothing</c><00:29:51.829><c> but</c><00:29:52.089><c> a</c>

00:29:52.289 --> 00:29:54.710
burnt<00:29:52.549><c> patch</c><00:29:52.970><c> upon</c><00:29:53.349><c> the</c><00:29:53.609><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:29:55.670><c> he's</c><00:29:55.829><c> now</c><00:29:56.049><c> got</c><00:29:56.230><c> to</c><00:29:56.430><c> pray</c><00:29:56.609><c> for</c><00:29:56.970><c> rain</c><00:29:57.430><c> to</c><00:29:57.970><c> labor</c><00:29:58.269><c> together</c>

00:29:58.690 --> 00:30:00.609
with<00:29:58.990><c> God</c><00:29:59.329><c> to</c><00:29:59.529><c> bring</c><00:29:59.710><c> to</c><00:29:59.970><c> pass</c><00:30:00.210><c> that</c><00:30:00.450><c> which</c>

00:30:00.609 --> 00:30:07.690
had<00:30:00.750><c> been</c><00:30:01.109><c> promised.</c><00:30:02.970><c> He</c><00:30:03.150><c> had</c><00:30:03.509><c> said</c><00:30:03.730><c> there</c><00:30:03.950><c> is</c><00:30:04.289><c> a</c><00:30:04.769><c> sound</c><00:30:05.470><c> of</c><00:30:06.549><c> abundance</c><00:30:07.170><c> of</c>

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rain.<00:30:09.029><c> He</c><00:30:09.250><c> must</c><00:30:09.390><c> have</c><00:30:09.589><c> had</c><00:30:09.809><c> excellent</c>

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hearing,<00:30:10.869><c> brethren,</c><00:30:12.109><c> because</c><00:30:12.369><c> it</c><00:30:12.490><c> was</c><00:30:12.750><c> still</c><00:30:13.089><c> a</c><00:30:13.410><c> long</c><00:30:13.630><c> way</c><00:30:13.930><c> off</c><00:30:14.190><c> and</c><00:30:14.309><c> there</c><00:30:14.450><c> was</c><00:30:14.710><c> not</c><00:30:14.890><c> a</c>

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cloud<00:30:15.450><c> in</c><00:30:15.690><c> the</c><00:30:15.970><c> sky.</c>

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At<00:30:17.609><c> this</c><00:30:17.950><c> point,</c><00:30:19.490><c> but</c><00:30:19.630><c> of</c><00:30:19.809><c> course</c><00:30:19.990><c> he'd</c><00:30:20.269><c> heard</c><00:30:20.390><c> it</c><00:30:20.589><c> from</c><00:30:20.809><c> God</c>

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hadn't<00:30:21.569><c> he?</c><00:30:23.130><c> But</c><00:30:23.309><c> even</c><00:30:23.690><c> so</c><00:30:24.130><c> the</c><00:30:24.609><c> rain</c><00:30:24.890><c> wasn't</c><00:30:25.289><c> to</c><00:30:25.710><c> come</c>

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without<00:30:26.329><c> the</c><00:30:26.710><c> sevenfold</c><00:30:27.410><c> strand</c><00:30:28.230><c> of</c><00:30:28.950><c> Elijah's</c><00:30:29.869><c> prayer</c><00:30:30.130><c> to</c><00:30:30.650><c> draw</c><00:30:30.930><c> it</c>

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in<00:30:31.470><c> from</c><00:30:31.730><c> the</c><00:30:32.069><c> sea</c><00:30:32.490><c> over</c><00:30:33.170><c> the</c><00:30:33.529><c> land.</c><00:30:35.210><c> He</c><00:30:35.369><c> was</c>

00:30:35.569 --> 00:30:43.210
going<00:30:35.750><c> to</c><00:30:35.950><c> have</c><00:30:36.130><c> to</c><00:30:36.430><c> bend</c><00:30:36.670><c> every</c><00:30:37.289><c> fiber</c><00:30:37.769><c> of</c><00:30:38.049><c> his</c><00:30:38.410><c> being</c><00:30:38.869><c> into</c><00:30:39.650><c> this</c><00:30:39.950><c> particular</c><00:30:40.650><c> prayer.</c><00:30:43.009><c> I</c>

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think<00:30:43.349><c> we</c><00:30:43.549><c> could</c><00:30:43.710><c> learn</c>

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something<00:30:44.529><c> from</c><00:30:44.809><c> that.</c><00:30:46.890><c> We</c><00:30:47.049><c> have</c><00:30:47.289><c> to</c><00:30:47.509><c> become</c><00:30:47.910><c> totally</c><00:30:48.630><c> involved</c><00:30:49.509><c> in</c><00:30:49.730><c> the</c>

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work<00:30:50.170><c> of</c><00:30:50.450><c> prayer</c>

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if<00:30:52.430><c> we</c><00:30:52.609><c> want</c><00:30:52.789><c> it</c><00:30:52.970><c> to</c><00:30:53.049><c> be</c><00:30:53.250><c> effective.</c><00:30:55.509><c> Ye</c><00:30:55.750><c> that</c><00:30:55.970><c> make</c><00:30:56.349><c> mention</c>

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of<00:30:56.970><c> the</c><00:30:57.150><c> Lord</c><00:30:57.410><c> keep</c><00:30:57.769><c> not</c><00:30:58.130><c> silence</c><00:30:58.589><c> and</c><00:30:58.829><c> give</c>

00:30:58.950 --> 00:31:03.069
him<00:30:59.170><c> no</c><00:30:59.549><c> rest</c><00:30:59.970><c> till</c><00:31:00.170><c> he</c><00:31:00.470><c> establish</c><00:31:01.049><c> until</c><00:31:01.670><c> he</c><00:31:01.930><c> make</c><00:31:02.150><c> Jerusalem</c>

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a<00:31:03.650><c> praise</c><00:31:03.910><c> in</c><00:31:04.190><c> the</c><00:31:04.430><c> earth,</c><00:31:05.829><c> said</c><00:31:05.930><c> the</c><00:31:06.230><c> prophet</c>

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Isaiah.<00:31:09.049><c> Are</c><00:31:09.369><c> we</c><00:31:09.549><c> doing</c><00:31:09.849><c> it?</c><00:31:12.549><c> You</c><00:31:12.730><c> know</c><00:31:12.849><c> sometimes</c><00:31:13.369><c> we</c><00:31:13.589><c> wonder</c>

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why<00:31:14.190><c> our</c><00:31:14.490><c> prayers</c><00:31:14.710><c> aren't</c><00:31:15.089><c> answered.</c>

00:31:17.150 --> 00:31:23.529
Would<00:31:17.329><c> we</c><00:31:17.509><c> be</c><00:31:17.710><c> wrong</c><00:31:17.930><c> if</c><00:31:18.130><c> we</c><00:31:18.250><c> thought</c><00:31:18.490><c> that?</c><00:31:19.390><c> Because</c><00:31:19.690><c> they</c><00:31:20.029><c> are.</c><00:31:21.849><c> But</c><00:31:22.069><c> sometimes</c><00:31:22.410><c> the</c><00:31:22.569><c> answer</c><00:31:22.789><c> is</c><00:31:23.069><c> no,</c>

00:31:23.630 --> 00:31:25.990
as<00:31:23.809><c> we've</c><00:31:24.009><c> said</c><00:31:24.170><c> before,</c><00:31:24.589><c> because</c><00:31:24.849><c> in</c><00:31:25.049><c> the</c><00:31:25.190><c> wisdom</c><00:31:25.410><c> of</c><00:31:25.710><c> God</c><00:31:25.869><c> it</c>

00:31:25.990 --> 00:31:27.509
would<00:31:26.130><c> not</c><00:31:26.289><c> be</c><00:31:26.470><c> in</c><00:31:26.569><c> our</c><00:31:26.769><c> best</c><00:31:26.990><c> interests</c>

00:31:27.509 --> 00:31:33.549
to<00:31:27.809><c> receive</c><00:31:28.130><c> what</c><00:31:28.309><c> we're</c><00:31:28.549><c> praying</c><00:31:28.849><c> for.</c><00:31:32.230><c> Sometimes</c><00:31:32.710><c> the</c><00:31:32.910><c> answer</c><00:31:33.269><c> is</c>

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totally<00:31:33.950><c> unexpected</c><00:31:34.670><c> and</c><00:31:35.289><c> we</c><00:31:35.450><c> have</c>

00:31:35.630 --> 00:31:38.329
to<00:31:36.069><c> adjust</c><00:31:36.069><c> our</c><00:31:36.390><c> thinking</c><00:31:36.670><c> to</c><00:31:36.930><c> the</c><00:31:37.049><c> revealed</c><00:31:37.430><c> will</c><00:31:37.609><c> of</c><00:31:37.869><c> God</c><00:31:38.089><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:38.549><c> particular</c><00:31:38.990><c> circumstances.</c>

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But<00:31:42.750><c> sometimes</c><00:31:43.390><c> yet</c><00:31:43.710><c> again,</c><00:31:45.829><c> even</c><00:31:46.069><c> though</c><00:31:46.269><c> the</c><00:31:46.470><c> answer</c><00:31:46.869><c> is</c><00:31:47.289><c> yes</c><00:31:48.269><c> and</c><00:31:49.650><c> the</c><00:31:49.769><c> will</c><00:31:49.869><c> of</c>

00:31:50.029 --> 00:31:52.109
God<00:31:50.289><c> is</c><00:31:50.589><c> quite</c><00:31:50.910><c> plain</c><00:31:51.470><c> as</c><00:31:51.670><c> it</c><00:31:51.849><c> is</c>

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here,<00:31:53.710><c> there</c><00:31:53.890><c> is</c><00:31:54.069><c> nevertheless</c><00:31:54.589><c> a</c><00:31:55.150><c> time</c><00:31:55.549><c> lag</c><00:31:55.990><c> in</c><00:31:57.130><c> order</c><00:31:57.390><c> that</c>

00:31:57.609 --> 00:32:00.930
we<00:31:57.750><c> might</c><00:31:58.069><c> learn</c><00:31:58.470><c> to</c><00:31:58.869><c> work</c><00:31:59.170><c> with</c><00:31:59.490><c> God</c><00:32:00.029><c> and</c><00:32:00.470><c> to</c><00:32:00.630><c> be</c>

00:32:00.930 --> 00:32:04.910
find<00:32:01.470><c> by</c><00:32:01.869><c> our</c><00:32:02.109><c> own</c><00:32:02.470><c> prayers.</c><00:32:04.130><c> Now</c><00:32:04.289><c> there</c><00:32:04.369><c> are</c><00:32:04.369><c> quite</c><00:32:04.569><c> a</c><00:32:04.710><c> number</c>

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of<00:32:05.289><c> examples</c><00:32:05.390><c> of</c><00:32:05.549><c> that</c><00:32:05.750><c> in</c><00:32:05.869><c> the</c><00:32:06.009><c> Old</c><00:32:06.230><c> Testament.</c>

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Think<00:32:08.269><c> without</c><00:32:08.829><c> turning</c><00:32:09.170><c> there</c><00:32:09.390><c> of</c><00:32:09.549><c> Genesis</c><00:32:09.990><c> 25</c><00:32:10.829><c> when</c><00:32:11.069><c> Isaac</c>

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entreated<00:32:11.890><c> the</c><00:32:12.130><c> Lord</c><00:32:12.410><c> for</c><00:32:12.670><c> Rebekah</c><00:32:13.069><c> his</c><00:32:13.349><c> wife</c>

00:32:13.650 --> 00:32:16.990
because<00:32:13.970><c> she</c><00:32:14.109><c> was</c><00:32:14.450><c> barren</c><00:32:15.410><c> and</c><00:32:15.730><c> told</c><00:32:15.970><c> he</c><00:32:16.049><c> was</c><00:32:16.230><c> 40</c><00:32:16.509><c> years</c><00:32:16.829><c> old</c>

00:32:16.990 --> 00:32:19.970
when<00:32:17.150><c> he</c><00:32:17.349><c> married</c><00:32:17.809><c> but</c><00:32:18.349><c> 60</c><00:32:18.809><c> years</c><00:32:19.250><c> old</c><00:32:19.490><c> when</c><00:32:19.750><c> the</c>

00:32:19.970 --> 00:32:26.769
twins<00:32:20.230><c> were</c><00:32:20.549><c> born,</c><00:32:21.210><c> Jacob</c><00:32:21.630><c> and</c><00:32:21.910><c> Esau.</c><00:32:24.410><c> Now</c><00:32:24.769><c> he</c><00:32:24.910><c> knew</c><00:32:25.650><c> that</c><00:32:26.589><c> the</c>

00:32:26.769 --> 00:32:29.069
seed<00:32:26.950><c> must</c><00:32:27.150><c> come</c><00:32:27.430><c> through</c><00:32:27.690><c> his</c><00:32:28.029><c> line,</c>

00:32:29.450 --> 00:32:34.150
knew<00:32:29.829><c> that,</c><00:32:30.769><c> so</c><00:32:30.869><c> the</c><00:32:30.970><c> will</c><00:32:31.049><c> of</c><00:32:31.150><c> God</c><00:32:31.369><c> was</c><00:32:31.730><c> plain,</c><00:32:33.049><c> but</c><00:32:33.349><c> God</c><00:32:33.750><c> kept</c>

00:32:34.150 --> 00:32:38.130
him<00:32:34.509><c> waiting</c><00:32:34.910><c> 20</c><00:32:35.730><c> years</c><00:32:36.690><c> so</c><00:32:37.789><c> that</c><00:32:37.910><c> he</c><00:32:37.930><c> could</c>

00:32:38.130 --> 00:32:44.490
be<00:32:38.349><c> refined</c><00:32:38.750><c> by</c><00:32:39.069><c> his</c><00:32:39.269><c> own</c><00:32:39.589><c> prayers.</c><00:32:43.210><c> Think</c><00:32:43.430><c> of</c><00:32:43.589><c> our</c><00:32:43.730><c> Lord's</c><00:32:44.130><c> parable</c><00:32:44.309><c> in</c>

00:32:44.490 --> 00:32:47.750
Luke<00:32:44.769><c> 18</c><00:32:45.990><c> of</c><00:32:46.930><c> the</c>

00:32:48.490 --> 00:32:51.170
importunate<00:32:49.049><c> widow</c><00:32:49.349><c> who</c><00:32:49.589><c> came</c><00:32:49.730><c> to</c><00:32:49.910><c> the</c><00:32:50.130><c> unjust</c><00:32:50.509><c> judge</c><00:32:50.890><c> and</c>

00:32:51.170 --> 00:32:52.450
the<00:32:51.750><c> parable</c><00:32:52.130><c> says,</c>

00:32:52.450 --> 00:32:57.450
though<00:32:53.049><c> he</c><00:32:53.549><c> bear</c><00:32:54.049><c> long</c><00:32:54.549><c> with</c><00:32:54.970><c> them,</c><00:32:56.009><c> yet</c><00:32:56.369><c> will</c><00:32:56.650><c> he</c><00:32:56.890><c> avenge</c><00:32:57.269><c> his</c>

00:32:57.450 --> 00:32:59.650
elect<00:32:57.710><c> speedily.</c><00:32:58.789><c> That</c><00:32:58.950><c> seems</c><00:32:59.130><c> to</c><00:32:59.289><c> be</c><00:32:59.410><c> a</c>

00:32:59.650 --> 00:33:04.609
contradiction.<00:33:00.869><c> Though</c><00:33:01.230><c> he</c><00:33:01.589><c> bear</c><00:33:02.089><c> long</c><00:33:02.849><c> with</c><00:33:03.230><c> them,</c><00:33:04.109><c> in</c><00:33:04.210><c> other</c><00:33:04.230><c> words</c><00:33:04.369><c> keep</c>

00:33:04.609 --> 00:33:06.450
him<00:33:04.809><c> waiting</c><00:33:05.049><c> a</c><00:33:05.269><c> good</c><00:33:05.509><c> while,</c>

00:33:06.609 --> 00:33:10.069
when<00:33:06.849><c> he</c><00:33:07.029><c> acts</c><00:33:07.170><c> he'll</c><00:33:07.369><c> do</c><00:33:07.529><c> so</c><00:33:07.769><c> speedily.</c><00:33:09.069><c> But</c><00:33:09.210><c> those</c><00:33:09.369><c> things</c><00:33:09.569><c> aren't</c><00:33:09.829><c> a</c>

00:33:10.069 --> 00:33:12.049
contradiction,<00:33:10.769><c> brethren</c><00:33:10.970><c> and</c><00:33:11.250><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:12.369 --> 00:33:18.349
That<00:33:12.670><c> parable</c><00:33:13.049><c> is</c><00:33:13.349><c> telling</c><00:33:13.529><c> us</c><00:33:13.950><c> that</c><00:33:14.170><c> we've</c><00:33:14.549><c> got</c><00:33:14.730><c> to</c><00:33:14.970><c> be</c><00:33:15.289><c> totally</c><00:33:15.730><c> involved</c><00:33:16.670><c> in</c><00:33:17.490><c> our</c><00:33:17.769><c> prayers</c><00:33:18.009><c> to</c>

00:33:18.349 --> 00:33:19.730
God<00:33:18.690><c> and</c><00:33:19.170><c> sometimes</c>

00:33:19.730 --> 00:33:22.250
keep<00:33:19.990><c> us</c><00:33:20.210><c> waiting</c><00:33:20.509><c> so</c><00:33:20.710><c> that</c><00:33:20.849><c> we</c><00:33:20.869><c> get</c><00:33:21.089><c> the</c><00:33:21.230><c> benefit</c><00:33:21.589><c> of</c><00:33:21.829><c> our</c><00:33:22.009><c> own</c>

00:33:22.250 --> 00:33:24.930
prayers,<00:33:22.809><c> but</c><00:33:22.970><c> when</c><00:33:23.150><c> he</c><00:33:23.329><c> acts</c><00:33:23.690><c> it</c><00:33:23.990><c> will</c><00:33:24.190><c> be</c><00:33:24.450><c> decisive</c>

00:33:24.930 --> 00:33:31.930
and<00:33:25.470><c> it</c><00:33:25.509><c> will</c><00:33:25.730><c> be</c><00:33:25.950><c> effective.</c><00:33:29.950><c> Elijah's</c><00:33:30.470><c> prayer</c><00:33:30.849><c> for</c><00:33:31.190><c> rain</c><00:33:31.430><c> was</c><00:33:31.789><c> a</c>

00:33:31.930 --> 00:33:35.029
prayer<00:33:32.109><c> of</c><00:33:32.349><c> this</c><00:33:32.650><c> kind.</c><00:33:33.450><c> It</c><00:33:33.809><c> took</c><00:33:34.170><c> time.</c>

00:33:36.549 --> 00:33:38.890
It<00:33:36.630><c> wasn't</c><00:33:36.869><c> the</c><00:33:37.049><c> case</c><00:33:37.269><c> of</c><00:33:37.569><c> extracting</c><00:33:37.950><c> something</c><00:33:38.369><c> from</c><00:33:38.569><c> a</c><00:33:38.750><c> God</c>

00:33:38.890 --> 00:33:40.150
who<00:33:39.069><c> wasn't</c><00:33:39.250><c> willing</c><00:33:39.529><c> to</c><00:33:39.769><c> listen</c>

00:33:40.150 --> 00:33:44.849
or<00:33:40.710><c> to</c><00:33:41.109><c> cooperate.</c><00:33:42.650><c> As</c><00:33:42.970><c> far</c><00:33:43.190><c> as</c><00:33:43.369><c> God</c><00:33:43.589><c> was</c><00:33:43.890><c> concerned</c><00:33:44.329><c> the</c><00:33:44.630><c> rain</c>

00:33:44.849 --> 00:33:47.029
was<00:33:45.089><c> already</c><00:33:45.529><c> on</c><00:33:45.690><c> its</c><00:33:45.970><c> way.</c>

00:33:47.930 --> 00:33:55.170
He<00:33:48.690><c> had</c><00:33:48.910><c> caused</c><00:33:49.130><c> the</c><00:33:49.329><c> prophet</c><00:33:49.650><c> to</c><00:33:50.109><c> hear</c><00:33:50.490><c> it.</c><00:33:54.470><c> Elijah</c><00:33:54.650><c> said</c><00:33:54.910><c> to</c>

00:33:55.170 --> 00:34:00.730
Ahab,<00:33:55.430><c> get</c><00:33:55.849><c> home.</c><00:33:57.269><c> I</c><00:33:57.509><c> can</c><00:33:58.009><c> hear</c><00:33:58.470><c> abundant</c><00:33:59.190><c> rain</c><00:33:59.569><c> coming.</c>

00:34:02.250 --> 00:34:05.230
You<00:34:02.390><c> see</c><00:34:02.569><c> Elijah</c><00:34:02.970><c> was</c><00:34:03.170><c> being</c><00:34:03.490><c> refined</c><00:34:03.869><c> by</c><00:34:04.170><c> his</c><00:34:04.369><c> own</c><00:34:04.730><c> prayer,</c>

00:34:05.650 --> 00:34:09.389
drawing<00:34:06.170><c> the</c><00:34:06.650><c> rain</c><00:34:06.910><c> in</c><00:34:07.349><c> in</c><00:34:07.809><c> seven</c><00:34:08.190><c> great</c>

00:34:09.989 --> 00:34:16.110
rafts.<00:34:10.670><c> By</c><00:34:10.889><c> the</c><00:34:11.110><c> breath</c><00:34:11.389><c> of</c><00:34:11.630><c> his</c><00:34:11.869><c> prayer</c><00:34:12.429><c> every</c><00:34:13.610><c> fiber</c><00:34:14.030><c> totally</c><00:34:14.610><c> involved</c><00:34:15.130><c> in</c><00:34:15.289><c> this</c><00:34:15.650><c> work</c><00:34:15.869><c> of</c>

00:34:16.110 --> 00:34:17.269
the<00:34:16.289><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:18.969 --> 00:34:23.550
He's<00:34:19.449><c> got</c><00:34:19.630><c> his</c><00:34:20.010><c> servant</c><00:34:20.369><c> with</c><00:34:20.630><c> him.</c><00:34:21.389><c> Verse</c><00:34:21.650><c> 43,</c><00:34:23.190><c> he</c><00:34:23.210><c> said</c><00:34:23.369><c> to</c>

00:34:23.550 --> 00:34:27.489
his<00:34:23.789><c> servant,</c><00:34:24.389><c> go</c><00:34:24.849><c> and</c><00:34:25.429><c> look</c><00:34:25.670><c> now</c><00:34:25.969><c> toward</c><00:34:26.329><c> the</c><00:34:26.610><c> sea.</c>

00:34:27.710 --> 00:34:30.190
That's<00:34:28.130><c> interesting</c><00:34:28.489><c> because</c><00:34:28.650><c> that's</c><00:34:29.030><c> the</c><00:34:29.090><c> very</c><00:34:29.530><c> first</c><00:34:29.929><c> time</c>

00:34:30.190 --> 00:34:32.969
in<00:34:30.389><c> the</c><00:34:30.570><c> record</c><00:34:31.050><c> we've</c><00:34:31.809><c> heard</c><00:34:31.949><c> anything</c><00:34:32.309><c> about</c><00:34:32.630><c> a</c>

00:34:32.969 --> 00:34:39.090
servant<00:34:33.489><c> accompanying</c><00:34:34.329><c> Elijah</c><00:34:34.929><c> on</c><00:34:35.869><c> his</c><00:34:36.170><c> mission</c><00:34:36.630><c> and</c><00:34:38.650><c> on</c><00:34:38.750><c> his</c>

00:34:39.090 --> 00:34:42.050
work.<00:34:40.750><c> There's</c><00:34:40.989><c> nothing</c><00:34:41.230><c> much</c><00:34:41.510><c> said</c><00:34:41.650><c> about</c><00:34:41.869><c> him</c>

00:34:42.050 --> 00:34:46.130
afterwards<00:34:42.489><c> either,</c><00:34:44.250><c> but</c><00:34:44.530><c> quite</c><00:34:44.809><c> clearly</c><00:34:45.190><c> the</c><00:34:45.469><c> prophets</c><00:34:45.789><c> did</c>

00:34:46.130 --> 00:34:48.090
sometimes<00:34:46.769><c> have</c><00:34:46.949><c> one</c><00:34:47.150><c> of</c><00:34:47.250><c> the</c><00:34:47.409><c> younger</c><00:34:47.610><c> men</c><00:34:47.889><c> to</c>

00:34:48.090 --> 00:34:51.150
minister<00:34:48.329><c> to</c><00:34:48.510><c> their</c><00:34:48.750><c> needs.</c><00:34:49.630><c> What</c><00:34:49.929><c> a</c><00:34:50.190><c> privilege</c><00:34:50.570><c> that</c><00:34:50.809><c> must</c>

00:34:51.150 --> 00:34:53.590
have<00:34:51.389><c> been</c><00:34:51.610><c> for</c><00:34:51.789><c> this</c><00:34:52.150><c> nameless</c><00:34:52.570><c> servant</c><00:34:52.989><c> to</c><00:34:53.409><c> be</c>

00:34:53.590 --> 00:34:58.849
with<00:34:53.849><c> Elijah</c><00:34:54.449><c> for</c><00:34:55.829><c> the</c><00:34:56.010><c> three</c><00:34:56.150><c> and</c><00:34:56.309><c> a</c><00:34:56.369><c> half</c><00:34:56.530><c> years</c><00:34:56.809><c> of</c><00:34:56.969><c> his</c><00:34:57.309><c> ministry</c><00:34:57.969><c> and</c>

00:34:58.849 --> 00:35:01.449
to<00:34:59.030><c> observe</c><00:34:59.349><c> this</c><00:34:59.670><c> man</c><00:34:59.849><c> of</c><00:35:00.070><c> God</c><00:35:00.230><c> at</c><00:35:00.489><c> work.</c>

00:35:02.449 --> 00:35:09.010
And<00:35:02.969><c> so</c><00:35:03.489><c> the</c><00:35:03.929><c> sevenfold</c><00:35:04.429><c> prayer</c><00:35:04.849><c> ascends</c><00:35:06.070><c> and</c><00:35:06.469><c> the</c><00:35:06.670><c> first,</c><00:35:07.309><c> well</c><00:35:07.510><c> there</c><00:35:07.630><c> was</c><00:35:07.769><c> nothing</c><00:35:07.969><c> for</c><00:35:08.150><c> the</c><00:35:08.210><c> young</c><00:35:08.389><c> man</c><00:35:08.590><c> to</c><00:35:08.869><c> see</c>

00:35:09.010 --> 00:35:14.530
was<00:35:09.329><c> there?</c><00:35:11.329><c> He</c><00:35:11.510><c> said</c><00:35:11.590><c> there's</c><00:35:11.869><c> nothing</c><00:35:12.489><c> and</c><00:35:13.389><c> Elijah</c><00:35:13.730><c> said</c><00:35:13.949><c> well</c><00:35:14.250><c> go</c>

00:35:14.530 --> 00:35:18.130
again<00:35:15.230><c> and</c><00:35:16.989><c> no</c><00:35:17.250><c> doubt</c><00:35:17.449><c> the</c><00:35:17.710><c> lesson</c><00:35:17.929><c> was</c>

00:35:18.130 --> 00:35:20.750
for<00:35:18.349><c> the</c><00:35:18.590><c> servant</c><00:35:18.929><c> as</c><00:35:19.269><c> well</c><00:35:19.550><c> that</c><00:35:19.710><c> he</c><00:35:19.889><c> might</c><00:35:20.150><c> learn</c><00:35:20.409><c> something</c>

00:35:20.750 --> 00:35:23.889
of<00:35:20.909><c> the</c><00:35:21.130><c> pathway</c><00:35:21.510><c> of</c><00:35:21.869><c> prayer.</c><00:35:23.250><c> Having</c><00:35:23.469><c> to</c><00:35:23.650><c> go</c>

00:35:23.889 --> 00:35:27.230
six<00:35:24.250><c> times</c><00:35:24.730><c> and</c><00:35:24.929><c> come</c><00:35:25.130><c> back</c><00:35:25.349><c> and</c><00:35:25.489><c> say</c><00:35:25.610><c> nothing</c><00:35:25.949><c> my</c><00:35:26.230><c> Lord,</c><00:35:26.590><c> there's</c><00:35:26.769><c> nothing</c><00:35:26.989><c> to</c>

00:35:27.230 --> 00:35:30.449
be<00:35:27.469><c> seen.</c><00:35:29.230><c> Have</c><00:35:29.429><c> another</c><00:35:29.690><c> look.</c>

00:35:31.369 --> 00:35:39.409
Verse<00:35:31.989><c> 44,</c><00:35:33.489><c> came</c><00:35:33.809><c> to</c><00:35:34.030><c> pass</c><00:35:34.230><c> at</c><00:35:34.429><c> the</c><00:35:34.710><c> seventh</c><00:35:34.989><c> time</c><00:35:36.210><c> the</c><00:35:36.750><c> servant</c><00:35:36.989><c> said</c><00:35:37.289><c> behold</c><00:35:38.010><c> there</c><00:35:38.429><c> arises</c><00:35:38.849><c> a</c><00:35:39.090><c> little</c>

00:35:39.409 --> 00:35:42.869
cloud<00:35:39.650><c> out</c><00:35:39.889><c> of</c><00:35:40.050><c> the</c><00:35:40.269><c> sea</c><00:35:40.449><c> like</c><00:35:40.769><c> a</c><00:35:41.010><c> man's</c><00:35:41.449><c> hand</c><00:35:41.809><c> just</c><00:35:42.210><c> a</c><00:35:42.429><c> puff</c><00:35:42.570><c> of</c>

00:35:42.869 --> 00:35:44.409
white<00:35:43.110><c> on</c><00:35:43.329><c> the</c><00:35:43.590><c> horizon.</c>

00:35:48.389 --> 00:35:52.309
And<00:35:48.389><c> Elijah</c><00:35:48.610><c> said</c><00:35:48.889><c> go</c><00:35:49.190><c> up</c><00:35:49.510><c> and</c><00:35:49.750><c> say</c><00:35:49.989><c> to</c><00:35:50.250><c> Ahab</c><00:35:50.630><c> prepare</c><00:35:51.210><c> thy</c><00:35:51.550><c> chariot</c><00:35:51.969><c> get</c>

00:35:52.309 --> 00:35:54.889
thee<00:35:52.610><c> down</c><00:35:53.230><c> that</c><00:35:53.590><c> the</c><00:35:53.969><c> rain</c><00:35:54.389><c> stop</c>

00:35:54.889 --> 00:35:59.429
thee<00:35:55.349><c> not.</c><00:35:57.389><c> So</c><00:35:57.769><c> it</c><00:35:57.769><c> would</c><00:35:57.969><c> seem</c><00:35:58.190><c> that</c><00:35:58.429><c> Ahab</c><00:35:58.610><c> had</c><00:35:58.769><c> his</c><00:35:59.050><c> chariot</c>

00:35:59.429 --> 00:36:01.949
parked<00:35:59.710><c> somewhere</c><00:36:00.110><c> near</c><00:36:00.369><c> the</c><00:36:00.429><c> top</c><00:36:00.610><c> of</c><00:36:00.829><c> the</c><00:36:00.989><c> mount</c>

00:36:02.010 --> 00:36:04.449
and<00:36:02.550><c> he'd</c><00:36:02.730><c> have</c><00:36:02.869><c> to</c><00:36:02.969><c> get</c><00:36:03.190><c> moving</c><00:36:03.429><c> in</c><00:36:03.590><c> order</c><00:36:03.789><c> to</c><00:36:03.889><c> get</c><00:36:04.070><c> back</c><00:36:04.269><c> to</c>

00:36:04.449 --> 00:36:06.369
Jezreel<00:36:04.889><c> before</c><00:36:05.250><c> the</c><00:36:05.469><c> rains</c><00:36:05.730><c> came</c>

00:36:06.369 --> 00:36:09.150
and<00:36:06.829><c> they</c><00:36:06.989><c> must</c><00:36:07.190><c> have</c><00:36:07.349><c> come</c><00:36:07.550><c> very</c><00:36:07.949><c> quickly</c><00:36:08.289><c> from</c><00:36:08.550><c> that</c><00:36:08.869><c> point.</c>

00:36:09.329 --> 00:36:12.570
Verse<00:36:09.409><c> 45,</c><00:36:10.510><c> came</c><00:36:10.690><c> to</c><00:36:10.949><c> pass</c><00:36:11.150><c> in</c><00:36:11.349><c> the</c><00:36:11.530><c> meanwhile</c>

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:17.250
the<00:36:13.070><c> heaven</c><00:36:13.449><c> was</c><00:36:13.849><c> black</c><00:36:14.210><c> with</c><00:36:14.550><c> clouds</c><00:36:15.010><c> and</c><00:36:15.349><c> wind</c><00:36:15.690><c> and</c><00:36:16.010><c> there</c><00:36:16.389><c> was</c><00:36:16.789><c> a</c>

00:36:17.250 --> 00:36:18.809
great<00:36:17.570><c> rain</c>

00:36:19.769 --> 00:36:24.190
and<00:36:20.449><c> Ahab</c><00:36:20.849><c> rode</c><00:36:21.309><c> and</c><00:36:21.489><c> went</c><00:36:21.750><c> to</c><00:36:22.050><c> Jezreel</c><00:36:23.409><c> and</c><00:36:23.750><c> the</c><00:36:23.750><c> hand</c><00:36:23.969><c> of</c><00:36:24.110><c> the</c>

00:36:24.190 --> 00:36:26.670
Lord<00:36:24.389><c> was</c><00:36:24.590><c> on</c><00:36:24.829><c> Elijah</c><00:36:25.230><c> and</c><00:36:25.449><c> he</c><00:36:25.670><c> girded</c><00:36:25.889><c> up</c><00:36:26.090><c> his</c><00:36:26.309><c> loins</c>

00:36:26.670 --> 00:36:32.650
and<00:36:26.909><c> ran</c><00:36:27.230><c> before</c><00:36:27.730><c> Ahab</c><00:36:28.389><c> to</c><00:36:28.769><c> the</c><00:36:28.969><c> entrance</c><00:36:29.630><c> of</c><00:36:30.110><c> Jezreel.</c><00:36:32.190><c> From</c>

00:36:32.650 --> 00:36:35.210
Carmel<00:36:33.190><c> to</c><00:36:33.409><c> Jezreel</c><00:36:34.030><c> it's</c><00:36:34.190><c> not</c><00:36:34.349><c> very</c><00:36:34.670><c> far</c><00:36:34.849><c> on</c><00:36:35.070><c> our</c>

00:36:35.210 --> 00:36:42.969
little<00:36:35.449><c> map</c><00:36:35.869><c> but</c><00:36:36.929><c> it</c><00:36:37.329><c> is</c><00:36:38.130><c> quite</c><00:36:38.429><c> some</c><00:36:38.710><c> distance</c><00:36:39.150><c> 30</c><00:36:39.510><c> kilometers.</c><00:36:42.130><c> It</c><00:36:42.730><c> seems</c>

00:36:42.969 --> 00:36:45.710
almost<00:36:43.469><c> as</c><00:36:43.829><c> though</c><00:36:44.730><c> Ahab</c><00:36:45.230><c> races</c>

00:36:45.710 --> 00:36:49.789
Elijah<00:36:46.550><c> back</c><00:36:46.929><c> to</c><00:36:47.090><c> Jezreel</c><00:36:47.989><c> and</c><00:36:48.309><c> some</c><00:36:48.530><c> have</c><00:36:48.710><c> suggested</c><00:36:49.170><c> brethren</c><00:36:49.550><c> and</c>

00:36:49.789 --> 00:36:51.510
sisters<00:36:49.949><c> that</c><00:36:50.170><c> the</c><00:36:50.369><c> prophet</c><00:36:50.690><c> was</c><00:36:51.190><c> acting</c>

00:36:51.510 --> 00:36:56.929
as<00:36:51.849><c> Ahab's</c><00:36:52.489><c> runner,</c><00:36:54.409><c> a</c><00:36:54.650><c> servant</c><00:36:54.989><c> which</c><00:36:55.369><c> eastern</c><00:36:55.869><c> kings</c><00:36:56.289><c> often</c>

00:36:56.929 --> 00:36:59.210
had<00:36:57.409><c> running</c><00:36:57.730><c> in</c><00:36:57.969><c> front</c><00:36:58.110><c> of</c><00:36:58.289><c> their</c><00:36:58.449><c> horses</c><00:36:58.829><c> to</c>

00:36:59.210 --> 00:37:04.409
clear<00:36:59.409><c> the</c><00:36:59.730><c> way</c><00:37:00.489><c> as</c><00:37:01.070><c> they</c><00:37:01.429><c> went</c><00:37:01.590><c> through</c><00:37:01.909><c> a</c><00:37:02.130><c> particular</c><00:37:03.250><c> village</c><00:37:03.730><c> or</c><00:37:03.949><c> town</c><00:37:04.269><c> to</c>

00:37:04.409 --> 00:37:05.750
get<00:37:04.550><c> people</c><00:37:04.849><c> out</c><00:37:05.030><c> of</c><00:37:05.130><c> the</c><00:37:05.269><c> way</c><00:37:05.489><c> so</c>

00:37:05.750 --> 00:37:13.210
that<00:37:05.909><c> the</c><00:37:06.070><c> horse</c><00:37:06.389><c> horses</c><00:37:07.349><c> could</c><00:37:07.670><c> ride</c><00:37:08.030><c> through</c><00:37:08.949><c> unobstructed.</c><00:37:11.750><c> And</c><00:37:11.750><c> the</c><00:37:12.309><c> historians</c><00:37:12.650><c> tell</c><00:37:12.929><c> us</c>

00:37:13.210 --> 00:37:18.449
that<00:37:13.809><c> this</c><00:37:14.090><c> is</c><00:37:14.469><c> the</c><00:37:15.170><c> historical</c><00:37:15.670><c> origin</c><00:37:16.349><c> of</c><00:37:16.889><c> the</c><00:37:17.909><c> outriders</c>

00:37:18.449 --> 00:37:20.989
on<00:37:18.710><c> motorbikes</c><00:37:19.389><c> that</c><00:37:19.809><c> ride</c><00:37:20.010><c> in</c><00:37:20.329><c> front</c><00:37:20.550><c> of</c>

00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:24.230
the<00:37:21.130><c> modern</c><00:37:21.449><c> motorcades</c><00:37:22.289><c> when</c><00:37:22.650><c> politicians</c><00:37:23.289><c> move</c><00:37:23.690><c> from</c><00:37:23.929><c> one</c>

00:37:24.230 --> 00:37:27.690
point<00:37:24.449><c> to</c><00:37:24.630><c> another</c><00:37:25.170><c> or</c><00:37:25.750><c> some</c><00:37:25.989><c> dignity</c><00:37:26.570><c> arrives</c><00:37:27.449><c> in</c>

00:37:27.690 --> 00:37:30.650
a<00:37:27.849><c> city.</c><00:37:28.929><c> So</c><00:37:29.150><c> there's</c><00:37:29.369><c> just</c><00:37:29.590><c> some</c><00:37:29.769><c> bit</c><00:37:29.909><c> of</c><00:37:30.130><c> background</c><00:37:30.449><c> which</c>

00:37:30.650 --> 00:37:34.530
is<00:37:30.889><c> quite</c><00:37:31.070><c> interesting.</c><00:37:33.230><c> Maybe</c><00:37:33.750><c> that's</c><00:37:34.309><c> what</c>

00:37:34.530 --> 00:37:38.730
Elijah<00:37:35.010><c> was</c><00:37:35.309><c> doing.</c><00:37:36.690><c> Perhaps</c><00:37:37.070><c> he</c><00:37:37.250><c> wanted</c><00:37:37.530><c> just</c><00:37:37.829><c> to</c><00:37:38.250><c> get</c><00:37:38.489><c> back</c>

00:37:38.730 --> 00:37:42.329
to<00:37:38.909><c> Jezreel</c><00:37:39.329><c> to</c><00:37:39.530><c> give</c><00:37:40.030><c> some</c><00:37:40.530><c> impetus</c><00:37:41.050><c> to</c><00:37:41.489><c> the</c>

00:37:42.329 --> 00:37:48.530
Reformation<00:37:43.070><c> which</c><00:37:43.429><c> might</c><00:37:43.650><c> result</c><00:37:44.110><c> from</c><00:37:44.369><c> the</c><00:37:44.630><c> triumph</c><00:37:44.909><c> at</c><00:37:45.150><c> Carmel.</c><00:37:46.130><c> Perhaps</c><00:37:46.309><c> that</c><00:37:46.489><c> was</c><00:37:46.690><c> his</c><00:37:46.869><c> motivation</c><00:37:47.889><c> in</c>

00:37:48.530 --> 00:37:53.230
outrunning<00:37:49.090><c> the</c><00:37:49.949><c> chariot.</c><00:37:51.809><c> One</c><00:37:51.989><c> thing</c><00:37:52.190><c> certain</c><00:37:52.510><c> Elijah</c><00:37:52.949><c> must</c>

00:37:53.230 --> 00:37:55.869
have<00:37:53.429><c> been</c><00:37:53.650><c> an</c><00:37:53.989><c> intensely</c><00:37:54.329><c> fit</c><00:37:54.710><c> man.</c>

00:37:56.929 --> 00:37:59.650
There's<00:37:57.030><c> no</c><00:37:57.210><c> doubt</c><00:37:57.570><c> from</c><00:37:58.010><c> the</c><00:37:58.170><c> nature</c><00:37:58.429><c> of</c><00:37:58.610><c> his</c><00:37:58.849><c> life</c><00:37:59.090><c> and</c><00:37:59.409><c> work</c>

00:37:59.650 --> 00:38:01.809
because<00:37:59.949><c> he</c><00:38:00.170><c> seems</c><00:38:00.349><c> to</c><00:38:00.590><c> run</c><00:38:00.730><c> these</c><00:38:01.050><c> 30</c><00:38:01.289><c> kilometers</c>

00:38:01.809 --> 00:38:07.909
to<00:38:02.090><c> Jezreel</c><00:38:02.449><c> with</c><00:38:02.710><c> apparent</c><00:38:03.150><c> ease</c><00:38:03.750><c> and</c><00:38:04.969><c> the</c><00:38:05.130><c> hand</c><00:38:05.510><c> of</c><00:38:05.730><c> the</c><00:38:05.929><c> Lord</c><00:38:06.590><c> was</c>

00:38:07.909 --> 00:38:10.809
upon<00:38:08.210><c> him.</c><00:38:09.630><c> There's</c><00:38:09.969><c> the</c><00:38:10.150><c> source</c><00:38:10.349><c> of</c><00:38:10.570><c> his</c>

00:38:10.809 --> 00:38:15.349
strength<00:38:11.269><c> and</c><00:38:12.630><c> now</c><00:38:12.829><c> we</c><00:38:12.989><c> have</c><00:38:13.130><c> a</c><00:38:13.170><c> very</c><00:38:13.530><c> different</c><00:38:13.849><c> situation.</c>

00:38:15.690 --> 00:38:17.530
Just<00:38:15.989><c> to</c><00:38:16.250><c> consider</c><00:38:16.690><c> in</c><00:38:16.909><c> the</c><00:38:17.050><c> last</c><00:38:17.329><c> few</c>

00:38:17.530 --> 00:38:21.190
minutes<00:38:17.829><c> together</c><00:38:18.269><c> tonight</c><00:38:18.710><c> a</c><00:38:18.889><c> different</c><00:38:19.329><c> situation</c><00:38:20.090><c> presents</c><00:38:20.530><c> itself</c>

00:38:21.190 --> 00:38:24.269
as<00:38:21.809><c> we</c><00:38:22.050><c> come</c><00:38:22.230><c> into</c><00:38:22.530><c> chapter</c><00:38:22.969><c> 19.</c>

00:38:24.630 --> 00:38:30.250
We're<00:38:25.230><c> just</c><00:38:25.449><c> going</c><00:38:25.610><c> to</c><00:38:25.730><c> do</c><00:38:25.889><c> the</c><00:38:26.070><c> first</c><00:38:26.309><c> few</c><00:38:26.530><c> verses.</c><00:38:29.809><c> Do</c><00:38:30.050><c> you</c>

00:38:30.250 --> 00:38:34.449
know<00:38:31.349><c> what</c><00:38:32.309><c> they've</c><00:38:32.550><c> done</c><00:38:32.690><c> to</c><00:38:32.889><c> the</c><00:38:33.050><c> prophets</c><00:38:33.329><c> of</c><00:38:33.650><c> Baal</c>

00:38:34.630 --> 00:38:42.369
at<00:38:35.050><c> Elijah's</c><00:38:36.730><c> instigation?</c><00:38:39.309><c> And</c><00:38:39.469><c> Ahab</c><00:38:39.829><c> clearly</c><00:38:40.809><c> tells</c><00:38:41.750><c> Jezebel</c><00:38:42.130><c> all</c>

00:38:42.369 --> 00:38:43.750
the<00:38:42.570><c> details.</c>

00:38:45.409 --> 00:38:49.489
Ahab<00:38:45.809><c> told</c><00:38:46.269><c> Jezebel</c><00:38:46.949><c> all</c><00:38:47.309><c> that</c><00:38:47.489><c> Elijah</c><00:38:47.849><c> had</c><00:38:48.110><c> done</c><00:38:48.710><c> and</c><00:38:49.269><c> with</c>

00:38:49.489 --> 00:38:53.630
all<00:38:50.030><c> how</c><00:38:50.710><c> he</c><00:38:50.949><c> had</c><00:38:51.349><c> slain</c><00:38:51.809><c> all</c><00:38:52.449><c> the</c><00:38:52.730><c> prophets</c><00:38:53.190><c> with</c>

00:38:53.630 --> 00:39:01.010
the<00:38:53.949><c> sword.</c><00:38:55.550><c> We</c><00:38:55.789><c> can</c><00:38:56.010><c> just</c><00:38:56.289><c> imagine</c><00:38:56.849><c> Jezebel's</c><00:38:57.630><c> reaction.</c><00:38:58.670><c> Her</c><00:38:58.849><c> eyes</c><00:38:59.230><c> are</c><00:38:59.750><c> flame</c><00:39:00.050><c> with</c><00:39:00.429><c> fury</c><00:39:00.869><c> as</c>

00:39:01.010 --> 00:39:02.230
she<00:39:01.230><c> turns</c><00:39:01.530><c> on</c><00:39:01.809><c> Ahab</c>

00:39:02.230 --> 00:39:05.250
and<00:39:02.530><c> says</c><00:39:02.750><c> to</c><00:39:02.869><c> him</c><00:39:02.989><c> in</c><00:39:03.190><c> a</c><00:39:03.469><c> scathing</c><00:39:03.889><c> voice,</c><00:39:04.550><c> and</c><00:39:04.630><c> you</c><00:39:04.769><c> mean</c><00:39:05.010><c> to</c>

00:39:05.250 --> 00:39:07.690
tell<00:39:05.389><c> me</c><00:39:05.590><c> that</c><00:39:05.769><c> you</c><00:39:06.030><c> just</c><00:39:06.510><c> stood</c><00:39:06.809><c> there</c><00:39:07.150><c> and</c><00:39:07.269><c> let</c><00:39:07.449><c> it</c>

00:39:07.690 --> 00:39:12.909
happen?<00:39:10.389><c> And</c><00:39:10.570><c> of</c><00:39:10.769><c> course,</c><00:39:11.309><c> brethren</c><00:39:11.510><c> and</c><00:39:11.869><c> sisters,</c><00:39:12.369><c> Ahab</c><00:39:12.630><c> had</c>

00:39:12.909 --> 00:39:15.389
been<00:39:13.389><c> powerless</c><00:39:13.889><c> to</c><00:39:14.269><c> prevent</c><00:39:14.630><c> it.</c>

00:39:17.829 --> 00:39:21.889
It<00:39:17.969><c> was</c><00:39:18.150><c> the</c><00:39:18.349><c> work</c><00:39:18.510><c> of</c><00:39:18.829><c> God</c><00:39:19.210><c> and</c><00:39:19.530><c> there</c><00:39:19.630><c> was</c><00:39:19.969><c> nothing</c><00:39:20.469><c> Ahab</c><00:39:21.010><c> could</c><00:39:21.250><c> have</c><00:39:21.449><c> done</c><00:39:21.610><c> to</c>

00:39:21.889 --> 00:39:24.690
stop<00:39:22.090><c> it.</c><00:39:23.429><c> But</c><00:39:23.630><c> Jezebel</c><00:39:24.050><c> has</c><00:39:24.349><c> no</c>

00:39:24.690 --> 00:39:31.530
fear.<00:39:26.489><c> And</c><00:39:26.710><c> when</c><00:39:26.989><c> she</c><00:39:27.409><c> receives</c><00:39:28.110><c> this</c><00:39:28.989><c> report,</c><00:39:30.050><c> because</c><00:39:30.369><c> she's</c><00:39:31.050><c> steeped</c><00:39:31.429><c> in</c>

00:39:31.530 --> 00:39:33.469
idolatry<00:39:32.190><c> and</c><00:39:32.309><c> has</c><00:39:32.550><c> no</c><00:39:32.849><c> regard</c><00:39:33.289><c> for</c>

00:39:33.469 --> 00:39:37.630
the<00:39:33.630><c> God</c><00:39:33.789><c> of</c><00:39:33.889><c> Israel,</c><00:39:35.210><c> she</c><00:39:35.449><c> says</c><00:39:35.690><c> now</c><00:39:36.090><c> take</c><00:39:36.630><c> this</c><00:39:36.929><c> message</c><00:39:37.329><c> to</c>

00:39:37.630 --> 00:39:39.829
Elijah<00:39:38.010><c> at</c><00:39:38.250><c> the</c><00:39:38.349><c> gate</c><00:39:38.570><c> of</c><00:39:38.750><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:39:41.269 --> 00:39:44.809
So<00:39:41.570><c> let</c><00:39:41.710><c> the</c><00:39:41.969><c> gods</c><00:39:42.269><c> do</c><00:39:42.429><c> to</c><00:39:42.650><c> me</c><00:39:42.929><c> and</c><00:39:43.210><c> more</c><00:39:43.469><c> also</c><00:39:43.949><c> if</c><00:39:44.170><c> I</c><00:39:44.389><c> make</c><00:39:44.590><c> not</c>

00:39:44.809 --> 00:39:47.250
thy<00:39:45.090><c> life</c><00:39:45.369><c> as</c><00:39:45.550><c> the</c><00:39:45.650><c> life</c><00:39:45.889><c> of</c><00:39:45.989><c> one</c><00:39:46.230><c> of</c><00:39:46.369><c> them</c><00:39:46.510><c> by</c><00:39:46.750><c> tomorrow</c>

00:39:47.250 --> 00:39:52.690
about<00:39:47.889><c> this</c><00:39:48.269><c> time.</c><00:39:49.449><c> In</c><00:39:49.730><c> 24</c><00:39:50.130><c> hours</c><00:39:50.889><c> he'll</c><00:39:52.030><c> receive</c><00:39:52.269><c> the</c><00:39:52.510><c> same</c>

00:39:52.690 --> 00:39:54.550
treatment<00:39:53.090><c> which</c><00:39:53.309><c> he</c><00:39:53.510><c> meted</c><00:39:53.750><c> out</c><00:39:53.989><c> to</c><00:39:54.170><c> the</c><00:39:54.329><c> prophets</c>

00:39:54.550 --> 00:40:00.210
of<00:39:54.769><c> Baal.</c><00:39:57.650><c> When</c><00:39:57.829><c> Elijah</c><00:39:58.210><c> heard</c><00:39:58.550><c> that</c><00:39:58.849><c> brethren</c><00:39:59.170><c> and</c><00:39:59.389><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:00.769 --> 00:40:06.210
he<00:40:00.989><c> fled</c><00:40:01.170><c> for</c><00:40:01.409><c> his</c><00:40:01.630><c> life.</c><00:40:04.630><c> Was</c><00:40:04.889><c> he</c><00:40:05.110><c> afraid?</c>

00:40:08.570 --> 00:40:12.449
Well,<00:40:09.070><c> the</c><00:40:09.570><c> version</c><00:40:09.989><c> which</c><00:40:10.389><c> Brother</c><00:40:10.530><c> David</c><00:40:10.909><c> read</c><00:40:11.130><c> to</c><00:40:11.369><c> us</c><00:40:11.530><c> tonight</c><00:40:12.090><c> says</c>

00:40:12.449 --> 00:40:15.349
that<00:40:12.650><c> he</c><00:40:12.869><c> was</c><00:40:13.269><c> and</c><00:40:13.710><c> I'm</c><00:40:13.889><c> sure</c><00:40:14.070><c> that's</c><00:40:14.349><c> right.</c>

00:40:16.730 --> 00:40:19.230
He<00:40:16.869><c> didn't</c><00:40:17.050><c> want</c><00:40:17.250><c> to</c><00:40:17.409><c> lose</c><00:40:17.530><c> his</c><00:40:17.809><c> life</c><00:40:17.929><c> to</c><00:40:18.150><c> no</c><00:40:18.349><c> purpose</c><00:40:18.809><c> at</c><00:40:19.050><c> the</c>

00:40:19.230 --> 00:40:20.789
hands<00:40:19.429><c> of</c><00:40:19.670><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:40:21.469 --> 00:40:25.409
But<00:40:22.090><c> I</c><00:40:22.190><c> think</c><00:40:22.349><c> there</c><00:40:22.510><c> was</c><00:40:22.690><c> more</c><00:40:22.969><c> to</c><00:40:23.050><c> it</c><00:40:23.150><c> than</c><00:40:23.409><c> that.</c><00:40:24.809><c> His</c><00:40:24.929><c> own</c>

00:40:25.409 --> 00:40:29.340
salvation<00:40:26.329><c> is</c><00:40:26.889><c> bound</c><00:40:27.230><c> up</c><00:40:27.570><c> in</c><00:40:27.849><c> his</c><00:40:28.530><c> experiences.</c>

00:40:30.369 --> 00:40:33.809
As<00:40:30.610><c> was</c><00:40:30.889><c> the</c><00:40:31.010><c> case</c><00:40:31.329><c> earlier,</c><00:40:31.829><c> remember</c><00:40:32.230><c> with</c><00:40:32.510><c> the</c><00:40:32.670><c> widow</c><00:40:32.929><c> woman.</c><00:40:33.630><c> We</c>

00:40:33.809 --> 00:40:38.949
made<00:40:34.030><c> the</c><00:40:34.329><c> point</c><00:40:34.849><c> that</c><00:40:35.369><c> Elijah</c><00:40:35.969><c> went</c><00:40:36.429><c> to</c><00:40:36.769><c> Zarephah</c>

00:40:39.429 --> 00:40:44.929
for<00:40:40.050><c> his</c><00:40:40.349><c> own</c><00:40:41.409><c> support</c><00:40:42.309><c> during</c><00:40:43.789><c> the</c><00:40:43.969><c> period</c><00:40:44.269><c> of</c><00:40:44.489><c> the</c><00:40:44.710><c> drought,</c>

00:40:45.110 --> 00:40:49.630
yes.<00:40:46.329><c> He</c><00:40:46.550><c> also</c><00:40:46.929><c> said</c><00:40:47.110><c> that</c><00:40:47.289><c> he</c><00:40:47.469><c> also</c><00:40:47.789><c> went</c><00:40:48.090><c> there</c><00:40:48.489><c> for</c><00:40:48.710><c> the</c>

00:40:49.630 --> 00:40:56.650
widow<00:40:49.889><c> woman</c><00:40:50.849><c> to</c><00:40:52.010><c> bring</c><00:40:52.190><c> salvation</c><00:40:52.829><c> to</c><00:40:53.050><c> her</c><00:40:53.369><c> house.</c><00:40:55.829><c> And</c><00:40:56.030><c> so</c>

00:40:56.650 --> 00:41:00.349
the<00:40:56.989><c> prophet's</c><00:40:57.809><c> salvation</c><00:40:58.590><c> is</c><00:40:58.969><c> bound</c><00:40:59.250><c> up</c><00:40:59.489><c> in</c><00:40:59.610><c> his</c><00:40:59.869><c> own</c>

00:41:00.349 --> 00:41:05.809
experiences<00:41:00.989><c> as</c><00:41:01.269><c> he</c><00:41:01.530><c> serves</c><00:41:01.789><c> the</c><00:41:01.969><c> living</c><00:41:02.210><c> God.</c><00:41:05.409><c> And</c><00:41:05.630><c> there's</c>

00:41:05.809 --> 00:41:08.369
something<00:41:06.130><c> to</c><00:41:06.329><c> be</c><00:41:06.630><c> purged</c><00:41:06.989><c> out</c><00:41:07.369><c> of</c><00:41:07.570><c> Elijah's</c>

00:41:08.369 --> 00:41:11.809
character<00:41:08.690><c> before</c><00:41:09.050><c> he</c><00:41:09.190><c> can</c><00:41:09.570><c> stand</c><00:41:09.829><c> wholly</c><00:41:10.250><c> upright</c><00:41:10.989><c> before</c>

00:41:11.809 --> 00:41:14.210
the<00:41:11.989><c> God</c><00:41:12.170><c> of</c><00:41:12.349><c> Israel</c><00:41:12.789><c> as</c><00:41:12.989><c> we</c><00:41:13.150><c> shall</c><00:41:13.389><c> see.</c>

00:41:15.650 --> 00:41:20.409
I<00:41:16.389><c> think</c><00:41:16.829><c> also</c><00:41:17.489><c> that</c><00:41:18.690><c> running</c><00:41:19.050><c> away</c><00:41:19.389><c> was</c><00:41:19.570><c> the</c><00:41:19.730><c> right</c><00:41:19.949><c> thing</c><00:41:20.130><c> to</c>

00:41:20.409 --> 00:41:22.929
do<00:41:20.670><c> in</c><00:41:20.829><c> this</c><00:41:20.989><c> particular</c><00:41:21.469><c> situation.</c>

00:41:23.150 --> 00:41:25.670
That<00:41:23.329><c> persecute</c><00:41:23.849><c> you</c><00:41:24.010><c> in</c><00:41:24.130><c> one</c><00:41:24.369><c> city,</c><00:41:24.650><c> flee</c><00:41:24.949><c> to</c><00:41:25.190><c> another</c><00:41:25.429><c> was</c>

00:41:25.670 --> 00:41:30.190
our<00:41:25.929><c> Lord's</c><00:41:26.369><c> advice.</c><00:41:27.869><c> And</c><00:41:28.110><c> so</c><00:41:28.510><c> Elijah</c><00:41:29.250><c> does</c><00:41:29.809><c> just</c>

00:41:30.190 --> 00:41:41.789
that.<00:41:31.969><c> And</c><00:41:32.170><c> strangely</c><00:41:32.469><c> enough</c><00:41:32.849><c> he</c><00:41:33.070><c> comes</c><00:41:33.630><c> from</c><00:41:35.150><c> Jezreel,</c><00:41:36.989><c> down</c><00:41:37.389><c> past</c><00:41:37.849><c> Samaria,</c><00:41:39.530><c> past</c><00:41:39.809><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:40.590><c> right</c><00:41:40.909><c> down</c><00:41:41.329><c> to</c>

00:41:41.789 --> 00:41:47.389
Yeshiva<00:41:42.869><c> in</c><00:41:43.329><c> the</c><00:41:43.530><c> south</c><00:41:43.789><c> of</c><00:41:44.070><c> Judah.</c><00:41:46.329><c> Place</c><00:41:46.590><c> of</c><00:41:46.849><c> the</c><00:41:46.989><c> well</c><00:41:47.130><c> of</c>

00:41:47.389 --> 00:41:51.190
the<00:41:47.550><c> oath,</c><00:41:48.909><c> where</c><00:41:49.090><c> Abraham</c><00:41:49.510><c> himself</c><00:41:50.030><c> had</c><00:41:50.389><c> stood.</c>

00:41:52.130 --> 00:41:56.250
So<00:41:52.269><c> he's</c><00:41:52.389><c> well</c><00:41:52.570><c> out</c><00:41:52.769><c> of</c><00:41:52.929><c> Jezebel's</c><00:41:53.570><c> reach,</c><00:41:54.250><c> moving</c><00:41:54.570><c> from</c><00:41:55.429><c> Jezreel</c><00:41:56.050><c> to</c>

00:41:56.250 --> 00:41:57.769
the<00:41:56.409><c> south</c><00:41:56.630><c> of</c><00:41:56.909><c> Judah.</c>

00:41:59.710 --> 00:42:04.010
But<00:41:59.969><c> just</c><00:42:00.309><c> as</c><00:42:00.550><c> Israel</c><00:42:00.969><c> had</c><00:42:01.269><c> done,</c><00:42:02.690><c> so</c><00:42:02.949><c> he</c><00:42:03.130><c> must</c><00:42:03.329><c> now</c><00:42:03.650><c> undergo</c>

00:42:04.010 --> 00:42:06.670
his<00:42:04.269><c> own</c><00:42:04.630><c> personal</c><00:42:05.110><c> confrontation</c><00:42:05.909><c> with</c><00:42:06.210><c> God.</c>

00:42:06.670 --> 00:42:12.650
Doesn't<00:42:07.369><c> know</c><00:42:07.630><c> that</c><00:42:07.909><c> yet,</c><00:42:09.650><c> but</c><00:42:09.750><c> he</c><00:42:09.829><c> has</c><00:42:10.030><c> a</c><00:42:10.190><c> meeting,</c><00:42:10.710><c> an</c><00:42:10.989><c> appointment</c><00:42:11.349><c> to</c><00:42:11.650><c> keep</c><00:42:11.929><c> at</c>

00:42:12.650 --> 00:42:14.750
Horeb,<00:42:13.170><c> the</c><00:42:13.309><c> mount</c><00:42:13.570><c> of</c><00:42:13.849><c> God.</c>

00:42:15.670 --> 00:42:18.610
And<00:42:15.909><c> he</c><00:42:16.030><c> leaves</c><00:42:16.389><c> his</c><00:42:16.829><c> servant,</c><00:42:17.289><c> we're</c><00:42:17.550><c> told,</c><00:42:17.809><c> at</c><00:42:18.030><c> Beersheba,</c>

00:42:18.650 --> 00:42:20.210
in<00:42:18.829><c> verse</c><00:42:19.030><c> three.</c>

00:42:20.630 --> 00:42:23.269
And<00:42:20.750><c> then</c><00:42:20.909><c> verse</c><00:42:21.190><c> four,</c><00:42:21.710><c> he</c><00:42:21.829><c> himself</c><00:42:22.349><c> went</c><00:42:22.550><c> today's</c><00:42:23.030><c> journey</c>

00:42:23.269 --> 00:42:24.590
into<00:42:23.489><c> the</c><00:42:23.670><c> wilderness</c>

00:42:24.750 --> 00:42:30.070
and<00:42:25.309><c> came</c><00:42:25.489><c> and</c><00:42:25.690><c> sat</c><00:42:25.829><c> down</c><00:42:26.170><c> under</c><00:42:26.429><c> a</c><00:42:26.650><c> juniper</c><00:42:27.190><c> tree.</c><00:42:29.429><c> And</c><00:42:29.690><c> now</c>

00:42:30.070 --> 00:42:33.530
Elijah<00:42:30.610><c> wants</c><00:42:31.010><c> to</c><00:42:31.389><c> die</c><00:42:32.050><c> out</c><00:42:32.409><c> of</c><00:42:32.630><c> despair</c><00:42:33.210><c> because</c>

00:42:33.530 --> 00:42:36.429
he<00:42:33.670><c> feels</c><00:42:33.929><c> that</c><00:42:34.130><c> while</c><00:42:34.349><c> Jezebel's</c><00:42:34.989><c> alive,</c><00:42:35.730><c> the</c><00:42:35.869><c> nation</c><00:42:36.170><c> will</c>

00:42:36.429 --> 00:42:39.349
never<00:42:36.690><c> wholeheartedly</c><00:42:37.869><c> turn</c><00:42:38.469><c> back</c><00:42:38.769><c> to</c><00:42:38.949><c> the</c><00:42:39.070><c> living</c>

00:42:39.349 --> 00:42:45.429
God<00:42:39.849><c> and</c><00:42:41.090><c> that</c><00:42:41.289><c> his</c><00:42:41.489><c> efforts</c><00:42:41.789><c> will</c><00:42:42.010><c> have</c><00:42:42.190><c> been</c><00:42:42.489><c> largely</c><00:42:42.989><c> wasted.</c><00:42:45.230><c> And</c>

00:42:45.429 --> 00:42:48.550
so<00:42:46.050><c> he</c><00:42:47.230><c> requested</c><00:42:47.570><c> for</c><00:42:47.809><c> himself</c><00:42:48.190><c> that</c><00:42:48.409><c> he</c>

00:42:48.550 --> 00:42:53.250
might<00:42:48.849><c> die</c><00:42:49.550><c> and</c><00:42:50.230><c> said,</c><00:42:50.530><c> it</c><00:42:50.530><c> is</c><00:42:50.869><c> enough.</c><00:42:52.230><c> Now,</c><00:42:52.429><c> O</c><00:42:52.690><c> Lord,</c><00:42:52.889><c> take</c>

00:42:53.250 --> 00:42:57.550
away<00:42:53.469><c> my</c><00:42:53.829><c> life</c><00:42:55.130><c> for</c><00:42:55.570><c> I'm</c><00:42:55.750><c> not</c><00:42:55.929><c> better</c><00:42:56.170><c> than</c><00:42:56.429><c> my</c><00:42:56.690><c> father's.</c>

00:42:59.190 --> 00:43:02.750
And<00:42:59.750><c> there's</c><00:43:00.050><c> a</c><00:43:00.190><c> rather</c><00:43:00.469><c> pathetic,</c><00:43:01.409><c> forlorn,</c><00:43:02.070><c> despairing</c>

00:43:02.750 --> 00:43:05.869
note<00:43:03.150><c> about</c><00:43:04.010><c> this</c><00:43:04.329><c> request,</c><00:43:04.829><c> isn't</c><00:43:05.090><c> there?</c>

00:43:07.210 --> 00:43:10.869
And<00:43:07.590><c> how</c><00:43:07.869><c> many</c><00:43:08.150><c> of</c><00:43:08.349><c> the</c><00:43:08.570><c> servants</c><00:43:08.889><c> of</c><00:43:09.190><c> God,</c><00:43:10.090><c> as</c><00:43:10.210><c> recorded</c><00:43:10.590><c> for</c>

00:43:10.869 --> 00:43:12.230
us<00:43:11.050><c> in</c><00:43:11.349><c> Scripture,</c>

00:43:12.389 --> 00:43:17.690
have<00:43:12.510><c> not</c><00:43:12.710><c> felt</c><00:43:12.909><c> like</c><00:43:13.289><c> this</c><00:43:13.449><c> in</c><00:43:13.670><c> moments</c><00:43:14.090><c> of</c><00:43:14.329><c> depression?</c><00:43:16.590><c> Remember</c><00:43:16.869><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:43:17.469><c> for</c>

00:43:17.690 --> 00:43:19.070
example,<00:43:18.190><c> felt</c><00:43:18.389><c> that</c><00:43:18.590><c> God</c><00:43:18.809><c> was</c>

00:43:19.070 --> 00:43:21.889
using<00:43:19.349><c> him</c><00:43:19.530><c> as</c><00:43:19.690><c> a</c><00:43:19.789><c> very</c><00:43:20.070><c> rod</c><00:43:20.369><c> for</c><00:43:20.570><c> the</c><00:43:20.789><c> back</c><00:43:20.949><c> of</c><00:43:21.190><c> other</c><00:43:21.409><c> people,</c>

00:43:22.170 --> 00:43:24.510
wearing<00:43:22.469><c> him</c><00:43:22.809><c> out</c><00:43:22.989><c> in</c><00:43:23.170><c> the</c><00:43:23.389><c> process,</c><00:43:24.070><c> and</c><00:43:24.329><c> he</c>

00:43:24.510 --> 00:43:29.610
would<00:43:24.789><c> rather</c><00:43:25.110><c> die</c><00:43:25.469><c> than</c><00:43:25.730><c> continue</c><00:43:26.190><c> the</c><00:43:26.429><c> work.</c><00:43:28.510><c> And</c><00:43:28.750><c> it's</c><00:43:28.869><c> only</c><00:43:29.090><c> when</c><00:43:29.309><c> one</c>

00:43:29.610 --> 00:43:31.949
sees<00:43:29.989><c> these</c><00:43:30.409><c> lesser</c><00:43:30.809><c> men</c>

00:43:32.130 --> 00:43:36.550
in<00:43:32.469><c> their</c><00:43:32.750><c> anguish</c><00:43:33.250><c> of</c><00:43:33.610><c> soul,</c><00:43:34.590><c> wrestling</c><00:43:35.010><c> with</c><00:43:35.289><c> the</c><00:43:35.590><c> circumstances</c><00:43:36.210><c> in</c><00:43:36.389><c> which</c>

00:43:36.550 --> 00:43:38.289
they<00:43:36.829><c> find</c><00:43:37.130><c> themselves,</c>

00:43:38.309 --> 00:43:43.909
that<00:43:38.409><c> one</c><00:43:38.690><c> knows</c><00:43:39.429><c> or</c><00:43:40.369><c> realizes</c><00:43:40.869><c> the</c><00:43:41.269><c> greatness</c><00:43:41.909><c> of</c><00:43:43.570><c> the</c><00:43:43.730><c> Lord</c>

00:43:43.909 --> 00:43:48.369
Jesus<00:43:44.409><c> Christ,</c><00:43:46.969><c> whose</c><00:43:47.130><c> death</c><00:43:47.449><c> was</c><00:43:47.630><c> of</c><00:43:47.829><c> a</c><00:43:48.090><c> different</c>

00:43:48.369 --> 00:43:53.050
kind.<00:43:50.190><c> And</c><00:43:50.449><c> when</c><00:43:50.489><c> it</c><00:43:50.670><c> comes,</c><00:43:51.329><c> it's</c><00:43:51.510><c> at</c><00:43:51.650><c> the</c><00:43:51.969><c> right</c><00:43:52.269><c> moment</c><00:43:52.789><c> and</c>

00:43:53.050 --> 00:43:57.849
it's<00:43:53.530><c> effective</c><00:43:54.170><c> to</c><00:43:55.010><c> save.</c><00:43:57.030><c> But</c><00:43:57.230><c> for</c><00:43:57.489><c> Elijah,</c>

00:43:57.969 --> 00:44:04.210
it<00:43:58.030><c> was</c><00:43:58.210><c> not</c><00:43:58.570><c> so,</c><00:43:58.949><c> brothers</c><00:43:59.150><c> and</c><00:43:59.269><c> sisters.</c><00:44:01.210><c> And</c><00:44:01.530><c> he</c><00:44:01.610><c> felt</c><00:44:01.889><c> useless</c><00:44:02.630><c> and</c>

00:44:04.210 --> 00:44:08.090
alone<00:44:04.909><c> in</c><00:44:05.829><c> a</c><00:44:05.949><c> God</c><00:44:06.230><c>-forsaken</c><00:44:06.789><c> heritage,</c>

00:44:08.750 --> 00:44:11.250
in<00:44:08.949><c> an</c><00:44:09.110><c> idolatrous</c><00:44:09.849><c> people.</c><00:44:10.269><c> He</c><00:44:10.389><c> lived</c><00:44:10.590><c> amongst</c><00:44:10.909><c> the</c><00:44:11.110><c> people</c>

00:44:11.250 --> 00:44:14.210
of<00:44:11.510><c> unclean</c><00:44:12.050><c> lips</c><00:44:12.389><c> and</c><00:44:12.630><c> unclean</c><00:44:13.190><c> habits,</c>

00:44:14.389 --> 00:44:17.150
and<00:44:14.869><c> he</c><00:44:14.949><c> felt</c><00:44:15.050><c> he</c><00:44:15.170><c> was</c><00:44:15.389><c> largely</c><00:44:15.630><c> wasting</c><00:44:16.110><c> his</c><00:44:16.469><c> time.</c><00:44:16.769><c> I</c><00:44:16.889><c> have</c>

00:44:17.150 --> 00:44:19.329
spent<00:44:17.309><c> my</c><00:44:17.650><c> strength</c><00:44:18.010><c> for</c><00:44:18.329><c> naught.</c>

00:44:21.150 --> 00:44:26.809
O<00:44:21.329><c> Lord,</c><00:44:21.550><c> take</c><00:44:21.829><c> away</c><00:44:22.030><c> my</c><00:44:22.329><c> life.</c><00:44:24.829><c> Was</c><00:44:25.170><c> he</c><00:44:25.329><c> perhaps</c><00:44:25.670><c> a</c><00:44:25.730><c> little</c><00:44:26.110><c> proud,</c><00:44:26.590><c> do</c>

00:44:26.809 --> 00:44:28.489
you<00:44:27.010><c> think,</c><00:44:27.329><c> into</c><00:44:27.530><c> the</c><00:44:27.710><c> bargain?</c>

00:44:29.769 --> 00:44:32.190
Well,<00:44:30.010><c> brothers</c><00:44:30.210><c> and</c><00:44:30.389><c> sisters,</c><00:44:30.630><c> if</c><00:44:30.809><c> he</c><00:44:30.929><c> was</c><00:44:31.090><c> like</c><00:44:31.289><c> you</c><00:44:31.429><c> or</c><00:44:31.650><c> me,</c>

00:44:32.369 --> 00:44:34.070
there<00:44:32.510><c> was</c><00:44:32.750><c> bound</c><00:44:32.909><c> to</c><00:44:33.050><c> be</c><00:44:33.210><c> a</c><00:44:33.329><c> problem</c><00:44:33.570><c> involving</c>

00:44:34.070 --> 00:44:38.389
pride<00:44:34.469><c> somewhere.</c><00:44:36.429><c> But</c><00:44:36.710><c> look,</c><00:44:36.949><c> it's</c><00:44:37.090><c> actually</c><00:44:37.550><c> there</c><00:44:37.929><c> in</c><00:44:38.150><c> the</c>

00:44:38.389 --> 00:44:41.769
words.<00:44:39.369><c> Now,</c><00:44:39.769><c> O</c><00:44:40.030><c> Lord,</c><00:44:40.489><c> take</c><00:44:40.730><c> away</c><00:44:41.070><c> my</c><00:44:41.469><c> life,</c>

00:44:41.769 --> 00:44:46.610
for<00:44:42.050><c> I</c><00:44:42.329><c> am</c><00:44:42.610><c> not</c><00:44:42.989><c> better</c><00:44:43.369><c> than</c><00:44:43.590><c> my</c><00:44:43.969><c> father's.</c><00:44:45.730><c> But</c><00:44:45.969><c> who</c><00:44:46.289><c> told</c>

00:44:46.610 --> 00:44:49.489
you<00:44:46.809><c> that</c><00:44:46.989><c> you</c><00:44:47.269><c> were</c><00:44:47.610><c> Elijah?</c><00:44:48.489><c> What</c><00:44:48.750><c> made</c><00:44:49.050><c> you</c><00:44:49.309><c> think</c>

00:44:49.489 --> 00:44:53.849
you<00:44:49.730><c> might</c><00:44:50.090><c> be?</c><00:44:52.010><c> Had</c><00:44:52.210><c> he</c><00:44:52.329><c> thought</c><00:44:52.530><c> he</c><00:44:52.630><c> was</c><00:44:52.849><c> going</c><00:44:53.010><c> to</c><00:44:53.150><c> do</c><00:44:53.230><c> something</c><00:44:53.590><c> that</c>

00:44:53.849 --> 00:44:55.690
Moses<00:44:54.250><c> had</c><00:44:54.449><c> been</c><00:44:54.750><c> unable</c><00:44:55.110><c> to</c><00:44:55.409><c> do,</c>

00:44:55.929 --> 00:44:59.789
or<00:44:56.150><c> any</c><00:44:56.469><c> of</c><00:44:56.630><c> the</c><00:44:56.849><c> other</c><00:44:57.110><c> prophets</c><00:44:57.489><c> of</c><00:44:57.809><c> God,</c><00:44:58.610><c> and</c><00:44:58.869><c> bring</c><00:44:59.150><c> Israel</c>

00:44:59.789 --> 00:45:03.030
back<00:45:00.489><c> to</c><00:45:00.730><c> the</c><00:45:00.849><c> living</c><00:45:01.150><c> God</c><00:45:01.670><c> permanently?</c>

00:45:05.429 --> 00:45:09.630
There<00:45:05.869><c> was</c><00:45:06.250><c> to</c><00:45:06.510><c> be</c><00:45:06.809><c> only</c><00:45:07.369><c> one</c><00:45:07.829><c> shepherd</c><00:45:08.369><c> who</c><00:45:09.090><c> would</c><00:45:09.309><c> finally</c>

00:45:09.630 --> 00:45:11.690
bring<00:45:09.869><c> all</c><00:45:10.130><c> the</c><00:45:10.309><c> sheep</c><00:45:10.489><c> into</c><00:45:10.829><c> one</c><00:45:11.309><c> fold,</c>

00:45:11.690 --> 00:45:18.190
unite<00:45:12.329><c> the</c><00:45:12.590><c> ten</c><00:45:12.889><c> tribes</c><00:45:13.349><c> with</c><00:45:13.610><c> the</c><00:45:13.829><c> two,</c><00:45:16.670><c> so</c><00:45:16.889><c> that</c><00:45:17.090><c> Israel</c><00:45:17.710><c> would</c><00:45:17.989><c> be</c>

00:45:18.190 --> 00:45:20.510
one<00:45:18.570><c> nation</c><00:45:19.030><c> in</c><00:45:19.250><c> the</c><00:45:19.369><c> mountains</c><00:45:19.730><c> of</c><00:45:19.969><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:20.750 --> 00:45:26.789
and<00:45:20.989><c> one</c><00:45:21.429><c> king,</c><00:45:21.809><c> king</c><00:45:22.010><c> to</c><00:45:22.230><c> them</c><00:45:22.489><c> all.</c><00:45:25.670><c> And</c><00:45:26.150><c> he</c><00:45:26.210><c> hadn't</c><00:45:26.449><c> fully</c>

00:45:26.789 --> 00:45:30.530
understood,<00:45:28.610><c> and</c><00:45:28.929><c> so</c><00:45:29.070><c> in</c><00:45:29.250><c> his</c><00:45:29.510><c> despair</c><00:45:29.949><c> he</c><00:45:30.210><c> falls</c>

00:45:30.530 --> 00:45:34.730
asleep<00:45:30.989><c> under</c><00:45:31.289><c> the</c><00:45:31.530><c> juniper</c><00:45:31.949><c> tree.</c><00:45:33.750><c> And</c><00:45:33.929><c> with</c><00:45:34.150><c> the</c><00:45:34.369><c> touching</c>

00:45:34.730 --> 00:45:37.199
compassion<00:45:35.489><c> of</c><00:45:35.730><c> God,</c><00:45:36.269><c> according</c><00:45:36.550><c> to</c><00:45:36.750><c> a</c><00:45:36.909><c> man's</c>

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:41.300
needs,<00:45:37.559><c> so</c><00:45:37.820><c> he</c><00:45:38.019><c> provides.</c><00:45:39.480><c> It</c><00:45:39.579><c> was</c><00:45:39.800><c> not</c><00:45:40.039><c> ravens</c><00:45:40.539><c> this</c><00:45:40.960><c> time,</c>

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:44.920
but<00:45:41.539><c> an</c><00:45:41.920><c> angel</c><00:45:42.480><c> to</c><00:45:43.219><c> strengthen</c><00:45:43.619><c> him</c><00:45:43.860><c> for</c><00:45:44.019><c> what</c><00:45:44.219><c> lay</c><00:45:44.480><c> ahead,</c>

00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:50.920
just<00:45:45.599><c> like</c><00:45:45.880><c> our</c><00:45:46.139><c> Lord</c><00:45:46.380><c> in</c><00:45:46.559><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:45:48.280><c> Verse</c><00:45:48.519><c> five,</c><00:45:49.460><c> as</c><00:45:49.639><c> he</c><00:45:49.820><c> lay</c><00:45:50.039><c> and</c><00:45:50.260><c> slept</c><00:45:50.440><c> under</c><00:45:50.719><c> a</c>

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.659
juniper<00:45:51.320><c> tree,</c>

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:56.000
behold,<00:45:53.300><c> then</c><00:45:53.420><c> an</c><00:45:53.679><c> angel</c><00:45:54.119><c> touched</c><00:45:54.579><c> him</c><00:45:55.039><c> and</c><00:45:55.340><c> said</c><00:45:55.519><c> unto</c><00:45:55.760><c> him,</c>

00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:58.039
Arise<00:45:56.800><c> and</c><00:45:57.079><c> eat.</c>

00:45:58.619 --> 00:46:01.340
Now,<00:45:59.019><c> what</c><00:45:59.239><c> an</c><00:45:59.579><c> amazing</c><00:46:00.019><c> thing</c><00:46:00.320><c> when</c><00:46:00.500><c> you</c><00:46:00.739><c> start</c><00:46:00.940><c> to</c><00:46:01.179><c> think</c>

00:46:01.340 --> 00:46:02.980
about<00:46:01.639><c> that</c><00:46:01.980><c> verse.</c>

00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:14.019
One<00:46:04.300><c> of</c><00:46:04.539><c> the</c><00:46:05.000><c> immortal</c><00:46:05.820><c> servants</c><00:46:06.440><c> of</c><00:46:06.820><c> God,</c><00:46:09.440><c> who</c><00:46:09.539><c> maketh</c><00:46:09.860><c> his</c><00:46:10.159><c> ministers,</c><00:46:12.380><c> spirits,</c><00:46:12.880><c> and</c><00:46:12.980><c> his</c><00:46:13.219><c> angels</c><00:46:13.679><c> a</c>

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:15.119
flame<00:46:14.280><c> of</c><00:46:14.659><c> fire,</c>

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:20.280
that<00:46:15.760><c> such</c><00:46:16.059><c> an</c><00:46:16.260><c> one</c><00:46:16.440><c> should</c><00:46:16.619><c> make</c><00:46:16.920><c> a</c><00:46:17.139><c> meal</c><00:46:17.500><c> for</c><00:46:18.079><c> Elijah.</c><00:46:19.780><c> What?</c>

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:24.440
Make<00:46:20.920><c> a</c><00:46:21.360><c> meal?</c><00:46:23.159><c> Yea,</c><00:46:23.400><c> for</c><00:46:23.639><c> are</c><00:46:23.840><c> they</c><00:46:23.980><c> not</c><00:46:24.179><c> all</c>

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:27.119
ministering<00:46:25.119><c> spirits,</c><00:46:25.579><c> sent</c><00:46:25.860><c> forth</c><00:46:26.219><c> to</c><00:46:26.440><c> minister</c><00:46:26.699><c> to</c><00:46:26.860><c> them</c>

00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:29.460
who<00:46:27.239><c> shall</c><00:46:27.460><c> be</c><00:46:27.619><c> heirs</c><00:46:27.840><c> of</c><00:46:28.139><c> salvation?</c>

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:34.000
And<00:46:31.139><c> when</c><00:46:31.320><c> he</c><00:46:31.480><c> looked,</c><00:46:32.000><c> behold,</c><00:46:32.619><c> there</c><00:46:32.659><c> was</c><00:46:32.900><c> a</c><00:46:33.079><c> cake</c><00:46:33.380><c> bacon</c><00:46:33.739><c> on</c>

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:37.460
the<00:46:34.260><c> coals,</c><00:46:35.219><c> a</c><00:46:35.380><c> cruise</c><00:46:35.539><c> of</c><00:46:35.800><c> water</c><00:46:36.159><c> at</c><00:46:36.380><c> his</c><00:46:36.699><c> head,</c>

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:42.559
and<00:46:38.599><c> he</c><00:46:38.679><c> did</c><00:46:38.880><c> eat</c><00:46:39.119><c> and</c><00:46:39.340><c> drink</c><00:46:39.639><c> and</c><00:46:39.900><c> laid</c><00:46:40.139><c> him</c><00:46:40.420><c> down</c><00:46:40.659><c> again.</c><00:46:42.320><c> So</c>

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:45.039
there<00:46:42.699><c> was</c><00:46:42.920><c> bread</c><00:46:43.159><c> from</c><00:46:43.460><c> heaven</c><00:46:43.860><c> and</c><00:46:44.300><c> the</c><00:46:44.539><c> water</c><00:46:44.780><c> of</c>

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:50.059
life,<00:46:45.960><c> a</c><00:46:46.139><c> meal</c><00:46:46.380><c> fit</c><00:46:46.619><c> for</c><00:46:46.880><c> a</c><00:46:47.079><c> king.</c><00:46:49.039><c> And</c><00:46:49.320><c> I</c><00:46:49.360><c> think</c><00:46:49.500><c> it's</c><00:46:49.699><c> very</c>

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:53.360
surprising,<00:46:50.780><c> actually,</c><00:46:51.380><c> that</c><00:46:51.880><c> after</c><00:46:52.139><c> receiving</c><00:46:52.599><c> this</c>

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:58.159
unexpected<00:46:53.980><c> visitation,</c><00:46:56.860><c> and</c><00:46:57.059><c> eating</c><00:46:57.280><c> and</c><00:46:57.480><c> drinking,</c><00:46:58.000><c> that</c>

00:46:58.159 --> 00:47:00.539
he<00:46:58.380><c> simply</c><00:46:58.880><c> went</c><00:46:59.139><c> back</c><00:46:59.420><c> to</c><00:46:59.579><c> sleep</c><00:46:59.780><c> again.</c>

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:05.179
Other<00:47:03.079><c> men</c><00:47:03.320><c> in</c><00:47:03.519><c> the</c><00:47:03.639><c> Old</c><00:47:03.860><c> Testament,</c><00:47:04.480><c> brethren</c><00:47:04.659><c> and</c><00:47:04.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:07.280
were<00:47:05.539><c> greatly</c><00:47:06.119><c> troubled</c><00:47:06.599><c> in</c><00:47:06.820><c> the</c><00:47:07.000><c> presence</c>

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:12.340
of<00:47:07.480><c> an</c><00:47:07.760><c> angel,</c><00:47:09.559><c> and</c><00:47:09.699><c> sleep</c><00:47:09.920><c> wouldn't</c><00:47:10.179><c> have</c><00:47:10.420><c> come</c><00:47:10.579><c> easily,</c><00:47:12.139><c> or</c>

00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:15.320
so<00:47:12.480><c> one</c><00:47:12.659><c> would</c><00:47:12.940><c> think,</c><00:47:14.039><c> but</c><00:47:14.239><c> Elijah</c><00:47:14.659><c> just</c><00:47:14.900><c> seems</c><00:47:15.059><c> to</c>

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:19.219
take<00:47:15.460><c> this</c><00:47:15.719><c> incident</c><00:47:16.119><c> in</c><00:47:16.360><c> his</c><00:47:16.739><c> stride.</c><00:47:18.360><c> Now</c><00:47:18.579><c> that</c><00:47:18.679><c> tells</c><00:47:18.980><c> us</c>

00:47:19.219 --> 00:47:23.079
something.<00:47:21.219><c> It</c><00:47:21.519><c> tells</c><00:47:21.719><c> us</c><00:47:21.980><c> that</c><00:47:22.139><c> this</c><00:47:22.480><c> wasn't</c><00:47:22.880><c> the</c>

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:28.260
first<00:47:23.480><c> encounter</c><00:47:24.179><c> Elijah</c><00:47:24.739><c> had</c><00:47:25.099><c> had</c><00:47:25.260><c> with</c><00:47:25.619><c> angels.</c><00:47:27.480><c> He</c><00:47:27.659><c> was</c><00:47:27.980><c> in</c>

00:47:28.260 --> 00:47:32.460
touch<00:47:28.960><c> with</c><00:47:29.780><c> the</c><00:47:29.960><c> source</c><00:47:30.679><c> of</c><00:47:31.300><c> his</c><00:47:31.539><c> strength,</c>

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:38.519
and<00:47:34.059><c> he</c><00:47:34.159><c> had</c><00:47:34.340><c> true</c><00:47:34.579><c> fellowship</c><00:47:35.059><c> with</c><00:47:35.280><c> his</c><00:47:35.500><c> God.</c><00:47:37.079><c> Verse</c><00:47:37.300><c> seven,</c>

00:47:39.219 --> 00:47:41.119
The<00:47:39.320><c> angel</c><00:47:39.579><c> of</c><00:47:39.820><c> the</c><00:47:39.840><c> Lord</c><00:47:40.019><c> came</c><00:47:40.300><c> again</c><00:47:40.579><c> the</c><00:47:40.820><c> second</c>

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:46.699
time,<00:47:41.780><c> touched</c><00:47:42.119><c> him</c><00:47:42.340><c> and</c><00:47:42.440><c> said,</c><00:47:42.800><c> Arise</c><00:47:43.380><c> and</c><00:47:43.719><c> eat,</c><00:47:45.800><c> because</c><00:47:46.000><c> the</c><00:47:46.159><c> journey</c><00:47:46.420><c> is</c>

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:47.900
too<00:47:46.880><c> long.</c><00:47:47.039><c> The</c><00:47:47.239><c> angel</c><00:47:47.420><c> of</c><00:47:47.619><c> the</c><00:47:47.639><c> Lord</c>

00:47:47.900 --> 00:47:50.579
came<00:47:48.179><c> to</c><00:47:48.260><c> him</c><00:47:48.500><c> again</c><00:47:48.780><c> the</c><00:47:49.079><c> second</c><00:47:49.380><c> time,</c><00:47:49.820><c> touched</c><00:47:50.179><c> him</c><00:47:50.400><c> and</c>

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said,<00:47:50.940><c> Arise</c><00:47:51.579><c> and</c><00:47:51.980><c> eat,</c><00:47:52.860><c> because</c><00:47:53.179><c> the</c><00:47:53.440><c> journey</c>

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is<00:47:54.880><c> too</c><00:47:55.300><c> great</c><00:47:55.559><c> for</c><00:47:55.960><c> thee.</c><00:47:57.940><c> And</c><00:47:58.320><c> that's</c><00:47:58.500><c> for</c><00:47:58.760><c> us,</c><00:47:59.099><c> brethren</c><00:47:59.300><c> and</c><00:47:59.579><c> sisters.</c><00:48:03.619><c> The</c><00:48:04.179><c> journey</c><00:48:04.539><c> will</c><00:48:04.780><c> be</c>

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too<00:48:05.480><c> great</c><00:48:05.679><c> for</c><00:48:06.000><c> us</c>

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if<00:48:08.559><c> we</c><00:48:08.760><c> don't</c><00:48:08.960><c> eat</c><00:48:09.179><c> of</c><00:48:09.340><c> the</c><00:48:09.480><c> Lord's</c><00:48:09.980><c> providing</c><00:48:10.280><c> in</c><00:48:10.480><c> the</c><00:48:10.679><c> bread</c>

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from<00:48:11.059><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:48:12.719><c> the</c><00:48:12.880><c> water</c><00:48:13.159><c> of</c><00:48:13.400><c> life</c><00:48:13.760><c> which</c><00:48:13.980><c> he</c><00:48:14.159><c> has</c><00:48:14.280><c> made</c><00:48:14.460><c> available</c><00:48:14.940><c> to</c><00:48:15.239><c> us.</c>

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And<00:48:18.519><c> in</c><00:48:18.719><c> the</c><00:48:18.940><c> strength</c><00:48:19.239><c> of</c><00:48:19.500><c> the</c><00:48:19.739><c> second</c><00:48:20.159><c> meal,</c><00:48:20.960><c> he's</c><00:48:21.199><c> ready</c><00:48:21.440><c> for</c><00:48:21.619><c> the</c><00:48:21.800><c> great</c><00:48:22.059><c> journey</c><00:48:22.400><c> that</c><00:48:22.579><c> he</c>

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must<00:48:23.000><c> undertake.</c>

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He<00:48:24.480><c> went</c><00:48:24.699><c> in</c><00:48:24.900><c> the</c><00:48:25.159><c> strength</c><00:48:25.380><c> of</c><00:48:25.599><c> that</c><00:48:25.880><c> meat</c><00:48:26.059><c> forty</c><00:48:26.539><c> days</c><00:48:26.900><c> and</c>

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forty<00:48:27.460><c> nights</c><00:48:28.159><c> unto</c><00:48:28.599><c> Horeb,</c><00:48:29.179><c> the</c><00:48:29.340><c> mount</c><00:48:29.559><c> of</c><00:48:29.860><c> God.</c>

00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:34.659
It<00:48:31.179><c> sustained</c><00:48:31.639><c> him</c><00:48:31.880><c> for</c><00:48:32.079><c> his</c><00:48:32.320><c> entire</c><00:48:32.980><c> wilderness</c><00:48:33.500><c> journey.</c>

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So<00:48:36.159><c> let's</c><00:48:36.599><c> not</c><00:48:36.920><c> neglect</c><00:48:37.380><c> our</c><00:48:37.699><c> Lord's</c><00:48:38.159><c> provision</c>

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in<00:48:39.900><c> the</c><00:48:40.000><c> weekly</c><00:48:40.340><c> bread</c><00:48:40.579><c> from</c><00:48:40.860><c> heaven.</c><00:48:41.699><c> Without</c><00:48:42.099><c> it,</c><00:48:42.420><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:48:42.960><c> sisters,</c><00:48:43.139><c> the</c><00:48:43.420><c> journey</c><00:48:43.719><c> will</c><00:48:43.960><c> be</c>

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too<00:48:44.760><c> great</c><00:48:44.920><c> for</c><00:48:45.219><c> thee,</c><00:48:46.440><c> and</c><00:48:46.719><c> you</c><00:48:46.820><c> will</c><00:48:47.159><c> not</c><00:48:47.420><c> be</c><00:48:47.679><c> able</c><00:48:48.559><c> to</c><00:48:49.739><c> finish</c><00:48:50.019><c> that</c><00:48:50.340><c> journey.</c>

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And<00:48:55.300><c> the</c><00:48:55.500><c> significance</c><00:48:56.019><c> of</c><00:48:56.280><c> the</c><00:48:56.400><c> journey</c><00:48:56.760><c> which</c><00:48:57.760><c> Elijah</c><00:48:58.260><c> undertook,</c>

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we're<00:49:00.199><c> going</c><00:49:00.380><c> to</c><00:49:00.699><c> consider</c><00:49:00.980><c> together</c><00:49:01.860><c> next</c><00:49:02.599><c> time.</c><00:49:05.559><c> Amen.</c>