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it,</c><00:15:09.840><c> this</c><00:15:10.019><c> is</c><00:15:10.240><c> Elijah</c><00:15:11.220><c> which</c><00:15:11.779><c> was</c><00:15:12.240><c> for</c> 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:12.980 to<00:15:12.679><c> come.</c> 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:16.379 He<00:15:13.519><c> that</c><00:15:13.720><c> hath</c><00:15:14.039><c> ears</c><00:15:14.299><c> to</c><00:15:14.600><c> hear,</c><00:15:15.399><c> let</c><00:15:15.399><c> him</c><00:15:15.620><c> hear.</c> 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:19.759 Now<00:15:16.919><c> when</c><00:15:17.000><c> we</c><00:15:17.080><c> look</c><00:15:17.200><c> at</c><00:15:17.320><c> the</c><00:15:17.399><c> little</c><00:15:17.620><c> phrase,</c><00:15:18.100><c> this</c><00:15:18.539><c> is</c><00:15:18.820><c> Elijah,</c><00:15:19.320><c> that's</c> 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:21.159 exactly<00:15:20.179><c> what</c><00:15:20.419><c> the</c><00:15:20.600><c> phrase</c><00:15:20.799><c> means.</c> 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.980 He's<00:15:21.700><c> talking</c><00:15:21.960><c> about</c><00:15:22.159><c> John</c><00:15:22.379><c> the</c><00:15:22.519><c> Baptist,</c><00:15:22.899><c> he</c><00:15:22.899><c> says,</c><00:15:23.179><c> yes,</c><00:15:23.379><c> this</c><00:15:23.659><c> is</c><00:15:23.980><c> Elijah.</c> 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:30.460 And<00:15:25.799><c> then</c><00:15:25.960><c> he</c><00:15:26.080><c> adds</c><00:15:26.200><c> this</c><00:15:26.399><c> little</c><00:15:26.600><c> phrase,</c><00:15:27.740><c> which</c><00:15:27.899><c> was</c><00:15:28.799><c> for</c><00:15:29.259><c> to</c><00:15:29.519><c> come.</c> 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:33.279 Now<00:15:31.159><c> translators</c><00:15:31.559><c> have</c><00:15:31.820><c> struggled</c><00:15:32.120><c> with</c><00:15:32.279><c> that</c><00:15:32.500><c> little</c><00:15:32.700><c> phrase,</c><00:15:33.240><c> which</c> 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.899 was<00:15:33.639><c> for</c><00:15:33.840><c> to</c><00:15:34.059><c> come.</c> 00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:39.519 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point</c><00:15:45.220><c> of</c><00:15:45.639><c> coming.</c> 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:51.759 So<00:15:47.080><c> Robert</c><00:15:47.399><c> says,</c><00:15:48.000><c> he</c><00:15:48.059><c> is</c><00:15:48.340><c> Elijah</c><00:15:48.720><c> who</c><00:15:49.059><c> is</c><00:15:49.940><c> this</c><00:15:50.200><c> time</c><00:15:50.539><c> to</c><00:15:50.860><c> come.</c> 00:15:52.059 --> 00:15:54.320 Mopet<00:15:52.580><c> says</c><00:15:52.820><c> Elijah</c><00:15:53.240><c> who</c><00:15:53.600><c> is</c><00:15:53.980><c> to</c><00:15:54.139><c> come.</c> 00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:59.840 Ziochus<00:15:55.019><c> is</c><00:15:55.360><c> Elijah,</c><00:15:57.779><c> that</c><00:15:57.919><c> being</c><00:15:58.240><c> about</c><00:15:58.700><c> to</c><00:15:58.980><c> come.</c> 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:03.240 And<00:16:00.440><c> so</c><00:16:00.580><c> the</c><00:16:00.679><c> Lord's</c><00:16:00.960><c> telling</c><00:16:01.139><c> us</c><00:16:01.399><c> that</c><00:16:01.539><c> yes,</c><00:16:01.759><c> John</c><00:16:01.940><c> the</c><00:16:02.120><c> Baptist</c><00:16:02.320><c> was</c><00:16:02.940><c> a</c> 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:04.659 fulfillment<00:16:03.779><c> to</c><00:16:04.059><c> some</c><00:16:04.259><c> extent</c> 00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:08.000 of<00:16:04.919><c> this</c><00:16:05.200><c> role</c><00:16:05.460><c> of</c><00:16:05.720><c> preparing</c><00:16:06.279><c> the</c><00:16:06.659><c> way</c><00:16:06.799><c> for</c><00:16:07.000><c> the</c><00:16:07.159><c> messenger.</c> 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.919 But<00:16:08.440><c> there</c><00:16:08.679><c> is</c><00:16:08.820><c> yet</c><00:16:08.960><c> a</c><00:16:09.220><c> greater</c><00:16:09.539><c> prophet</c><00:16:09.879><c> to</c><00:16:10.220><c> come</c><00:16:10.399><c> who</c><00:16:10.639><c> will</c> 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:13.059 prepare<00:16:11.200><c> the</c><00:16:11.419><c> way</c><00:16:11.700><c> for</c><00:16:12.059><c> the</c><00:16:12.220><c> Lord</c><00:16:12.519><c> in</c><00:16:12.840><c> his</c> 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:13.700 second<00:16:13.360><c> return.</c> 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.299 And<00:16:13.879><c> that</c><00:16:14.000><c> is</c><00:16:14.179><c> the</c><00:16:14.340><c> work</c><00:16:14.679><c> of</c><00:16:15.019><c> Elijah</c><00:16:15.320><c> that</c><00:16:15.440><c> we're</c><00:16:15.659><c> going</c><00:16:15.799><c> to</c><00:16:15.960><c> look</c><00:16:16.120><c> at</c> 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:18.159 together<00:16:16.899><c> this</c><00:16:17.200><c> evening.</c> 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:22.139 It's<00:16:18.980><c> interesting</c><00:16:19.240><c> to</c><00:16:19.500><c> note,</c><00:16:19.639><c> by</c><00:16:19.860><c> the</c><00:16:20.000><c> way,</c><00:16:20.299><c> that</c><00:16:21.480><c> the</c><00:16:21.720><c> Lord's</c> 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:24.580 first<00:16:22.399><c> coming,</c><00:16:23.379><c> he</c><00:16:23.620><c> came</c><00:16:23.820><c> as</c><00:16:24.059><c> a</c><00:16:24.200><c> suffering</c> 00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:28.580 messiah<00:16:25.399><c> and</c><00:16:26.639><c> the</c><00:16:26.879><c> messenger</c><00:16:27.120><c> of</c><00:16:27.340><c> the</c><00:16:27.480><c> covenant</c><00:16:27.779><c> did</c><00:16:28.039><c> also.</c> 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:30.860 He<00:16:29.100><c> was</c><00:16:29.360><c> executed</c><00:16:29.740><c> by</c><00:16:30.100><c> Herod.</c> 00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:35.379 When<00:16:31.460><c> the</c><00:16:31.600><c> Lord</c><00:16:31.759><c> returns</c><00:16:32.240><c> to</c><00:16:32.500><c> assume</c><00:16:32.779><c> his</c><00:16:33.080><c> role</c><00:16:33.220><c> as</c><00:16:33.559><c> king,</c><00:16:35.240><c> so</c> 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.620 the<00:16:35.559><c> messenger</c><00:16:35.799><c> of</c><00:16:36.019><c> the</c><00:16:36.220><c> covenant</c><00:16:36.399><c> will</c> 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:38.480 go<00:16:36.940><c> forth</c><00:16:37.100><c> and</c><00:16:37.419><c> triumph</c><00:16:37.700><c> throughout</c><00:16:38.100><c> the</c><00:16:38.299><c> year.</c> 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.899 There's<00:16:39.059><c> different</c><00:16:39.340><c> character</c><00:16:39.879><c> in</c><00:16:40.120><c> their</c><00:16:40.440><c> particular</c><00:16:40.980><c> roles.</c> 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:44.120 I'd<00:16:42.460><c> like</c><00:16:42.480><c> you</c><00:16:42.659><c> to</c><00:16:42.720><c> come</c><00:16:42.779><c> with</c><00:16:42.919><c> me</c><00:16:43.039><c> to</c><00:16:43.100><c> one</c><00:16:43.279><c> last</c><00:16:43.639><c> passage</c><00:16:44.000><c> in</c> 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:45.399 terms<00:16:44.379><c> of</c><00:16:44.559><c> laying</c><00:16:44.740><c> this</c><00:16:44.919><c> foundation</c> 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.860 and<00:16:45.620><c> it's</c><00:16:45.799><c> in</c><00:16:45.980><c> Matthew</c><00:16:46.320><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.799><c> 17.</c> 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.340 It's<00:16:49.840><c> after</c><00:16:50.120><c> the</c><00:16:50.320><c> transfiguration.</c> 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:54.480 Once<00:16:52.039><c> again,</c><00:16:52.360><c> of</c><00:16:52.480><c> course,</c><00:16:52.740><c> the</c><00:16:52.860><c> disciples'</c><00:16:53.519><c> minds</c><00:16:53.600><c> are</c><00:16:53.820><c> thinking</c><00:16:54.139><c> about</c> 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.200 the<00:16:54.679><c> work</c><00:16:55.200><c> of</c><00:16:55.700><c> Elijah.</c> 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:59.039 Matthew<00:16:57.000><c> chapter</c><00:16:57.419><c> 17.</c> 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:06.720 In<00:17:04.059><c> verse</c><00:17:04.279><c> 10,</c><00:17:04.619><c> his</c><00:17:04.740><c> disciples</c><00:17:05.140><c> ask</c><00:17:05.519><c> him</c><00:17:05.759><c> saying,</c><00:17:06.079><c> why</c><00:17:06.319><c> then</c> 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:09.200 say<00:17:06.960><c> the</c><00:17:07.220><c> scribes</c><00:17:07.680><c> that</c><00:17:07.920><c> Elijah</c><00:17:08.400><c> must</c> 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can't</c><00:17:23.859><c> answer</c><00:17:24.019><c> them</c><00:17:24.220><c> whatsoever.</c> 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.079 They<00:17:24.900><c> listed</c><00:17:25.200><c> likewise</c><00:17:25.839><c> shall</c><00:17:26.059><c> also</c><00:17:26.859><c> the</c><00:17:27.059><c> son</c><00:17:27.160><c> of</c><00:17:27.400><c> man</c><00:17:27.680><c> suffer</c> 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:29.319 of<00:17:28.480><c> them.</c> 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:32.279 So<00:17:29.799><c> here's</c><00:17:30.019><c> the</c><00:17:30.079><c> Lord</c><00:17:30.259><c> saying</c><00:17:30.519><c> that,</c><00:17:31.039><c> yes,</c><00:17:31.099><c> in</c><00:17:31.240><c> a</c><00:17:31.319><c> sense</c><00:17:31.619><c> Elijah</c><00:17:31.980><c> had</c> 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.480 come<00:17:32.640><c> as</c><00:17:33.440><c> they</c><00:17:33.880><c> understood</c><00:17:34.319><c> he</c> 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.500 was<00:17:34.720><c> speaking</c><00:17:35.059><c> of</c><00:17:35.279><c> 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whom</c><00:21:38.500><c> I</c><00:21:38.799><c> stand</c><00:21:39.119><c> there</c><00:21:39.319><c> shall</c><00:21:39.579><c> be</c> 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.859 neither<00:21:40.039><c> dew</c><00:21:40.299><c> nor</c><00:21:40.559><c> rain</c> 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:44.759 these<00:21:41.380><c> three</c><00:21:41.700><c> years</c><00:21:41.960><c> but</c><00:21:42.180><c> according</c><00:21:42.539><c> to</c><00:21:42.759><c> my</c><00:21:43.019><c> word</c><00:21:43.400><c> and</c><00:21:43.700><c> he's</c><00:21:44.000><c> gone.</c> 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:48.940 It's<00:21:45.539><c> a</c><00:21:45.619><c> very</c><00:21:46.039><c> powerful</c><00:21:46.579><c> way</c><00:21:47.039><c> of</c><00:21:47.599><c> being</c><00:21:47.940><c> introduced</c><00:21:48.460><c> into</c><00:21:48.779><c> the</c> 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:50.259 divine<00:21:49.240><c> record.</c> 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:52.799 And<00:21:51.019><c> when</c><00:21:51.119><c> we</c><00:21:51.259><c> 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36</c><00:24:05.000><c> and</c><00:24:05.640><c> he</c><00:24:05.839><c> prays.</c> 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:10.200 It<00:24:07.799><c> came</c><00:24:08.099><c> to</c><00:24:08.319><c> pass</c><00:24:08.500><c> at</c><00:24:08.700><c> the</c><00:24:08.880><c> time</c><00:24:09.079><c> of</c><00:24:09.279><c> the</c><00:24:09.460><c> offering</c><00:24:09.759><c> of</c><00:24:10.000><c> the</c> 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:12.299 evening<00:24:10.539><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:11.220><c> that</c><00:24:11.480><c> Elijah</c><00:24:11.839><c> the</c><00:24:12.099><c> prophet</c> 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:18.880 came<00:24:12.619><c> near</c><00:24:12.920><c> and</c><00:24:13.299><c> said,</c><00:24:14.680><c> Galway</c><00:24:15.740><c> God</c><00:24:16.380><c> of</c><00:24:16.720><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:17.700><c> Isaac</c><00:24:18.140><c> and</c> 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:20.640 Israel,<00:24:19.339><c> and</c><00:24:19.539><c> this</c><00:24:19.680><c> is</c><00:24:19.839><c> the</c><00:24:20.039><c> 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find</c> 00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:13.920 that<00:27:11.660><c> he</c><00:27:11.779><c> goes</c><00:27:12.079><c> what</c><00:27:12.259><c> his</c><00:27:12.559><c> life,</c><00:27:13.559><c> he</c><00:27:13.720><c> goes</c> 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:17.480 into<00:27:14.160><c> the</c><00:27:14.339><c> wilderness</c><00:27:14.720><c> and</c><00:27:15.579><c> he</c><00:27:15.859><c> requests</c><00:27:16.259><c> to</c><00:27:16.640><c> die</c><00:27:16.900><c> because</c><00:27:17.200><c> he</c> 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:19.160 feels<00:27:17.799><c> that</c><00:27:17.960><c> he's</c><00:27:18.259><c> failed.</c> 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:22.160 All<00:27:19.640><c> his</c><00:27:19.859><c> enthusiasm,</c><00:27:21.039><c> all</c><00:27:21.180><c> his</c><00:27:21.359><c> commitment</c><00:27:21.740><c> to</c><00:27:21.960><c> the</c><00:27:22.059><c> truth,</c> 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:24.019 everything<00:27:22.619><c> has</c><00:27:22.880><c> seemed</c><00:27:23.140><c> so</c><00:27:23.599><c> right</c> 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:27.539 and<00:27:24.960><c> it</c><00:27:25.140><c> had</c><00:27:25.240><c> come</c><00:27:25.380><c> to</c><00:27:25.579><c> this</c><00:27:25.839><c> abject</c><00:27:26.319><c> failure</c><00:27:26.759><c> because</c><00:27:27.180><c> of</c><00:27:27.420><c> the</c> 00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.920 work<00:27:28.119><c> of</c><00:27:28.460><c> Jezebel.</c> 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:33.480 He'd<00:27:29.779><c> followed</c><00:27:29.920><c> the</c><00:27:30.119><c> right</c><00:27:30.319><c> principles</c><00:27:30.940><c> but</c><00:27:31.799><c> I</c><00:27:31.980><c> hadn't</c><00:27:32.200><c> succeeded.</c> 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.819 And<00:27:34.700><c> we</c><00:27:34.799><c> know</c><00:27:35.039><c> how</c><00:27:35.220><c> he's</c><00:27:35.519><c> strengthened</c><00:27:35.859><c> by</c><00:27:36.140><c> the</c><00:27:36.319><c> angel</c><00:27:36.599><c> and</c> 00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:38.380 he's<00:27:37.039><c> given</c><00:27:37.240><c> food.</c> 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:42.720 It<00:27:38.940><c> takes</c><00:27:39.140><c> him</c><00:27:39.440><c> 40</c><00:27:39.799><c> days</c><00:27:40.359><c> to</c><00:27:40.700><c> walk</c><00:27:40.839><c> the</c><00:27:41.059><c> distance</c><00:27:41.460><c> to</c><00:27:41.759><c> Sinai.</c> 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:45.359 This<00:27:43.359><c> is</c><00:27:43.759><c> a</c><00:27:43.980><c> beaten</c><00:27:44.299><c> man.</c> 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:53.740 He<00:27:46.279><c> trudges</c><00:27:46.559><c> up</c><00:27:46.779><c> the</c><00:27:46.960><c> mountainside,</c><00:27:48.440><c> determined,</c><00:27:49.299><c> full</c><00:27:49.720><c> of</c><00:27:50.039><c> purpose,</c><00:27:51.000><c> until</c><00:27:51.299><c> it</c><00:27:51.599><c> says</c><00:27:51.940><c> in</c><00:27:52.240><c> verse</c><00:27:52.519><c> 9</c> 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:58.500 he<00:27:54.279><c> came</c><00:27:54.740><c> thither</c><00:27:55.019><c> unto</c><00:27:55.640><c> a</c><00:27:56.640><c> cave,</c><00:27:57.079><c> literally</c><00:27:57.359><c> it</c><00:27:57.619><c> is</c><00:27:58.160><c> the</c> 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.960 cave,<00:27:58.940><c> definite</c><00:27:59.160><c> article</c><00:27:59.500><c> there.</c> 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:05.880 He<00:28:00.440><c> comes</c><00:28:00.700><c> up</c><00:28:00.880><c> unto</c><00:28:01.259><c> Horus,</c><00:28:01.819><c> the</c><00:28:01.940><c> mount</c><00:28:02.140><c> of</c><00:28:02.380><c> God,</c><00:28:03.440><c> and</c><00:28:03.579><c> he</c><00:28:03.740><c> comes</c><00:28:04.299><c> thither</c><00:28:05.140><c> unto</c> 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:08.359 the<00:28:06.380><c> cave</c><00:28:07.220><c> and</c><00:28:07.940><c> lodges</c> 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.299 there. 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:12.980 Now<00:28:11.059><c> brothers</c><00:28:11.220><c> and</c><00:28:11.420><c> sisters,</c><00:28:11.619><c> why</c><00:28:11.839><c> is</c><00:28:11.940><c> he</c><00:28:12.079><c> there?</c> 00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:17.079 Why<00:28:14.700><c> has</c><00:28:15.019><c> he</c><00:28:15.259><c> come</c><00:28:15.880><c> to</c><00:28:16.180><c> Horus?</c> 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.500 Where<00:28:18.259><c> is</c><00:28:18.480><c> he?</c> 00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:23.460 He's<00:28:19.759><c> in</c><00:28:19.940><c> a</c><00:28:20.160><c> cave</c><00:28:20.759><c> or</c><00:28:21.180><c> a</c><00:28:21.440><c> cliff</c><00:28:21.920><c> on</c><00:28:22.500><c> Horus.</c> 00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:25.599 And<00:28:24.099><c> you</c><00:28:24.240><c> can</c><00:28:24.460><c> see</c><00:28:24.619><c> where</c><00:28:24.759><c> his</c><00:28:24.980><c> mind's</c><00:28:25.359><c> tracking.</c> 00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:30.799 He's<00:28:26.279><c> come</c><00:28:26.559><c> back</c><00:28:26.839><c> to</c><00:28:27.019><c> the</c><00:28:27.259><c> place</c><00:28:27.619><c> of</c><00:28:27.980><c> Moses,</c><00:28:29.160><c> to</c><00:28:29.319><c> the</c><00:28:29.519><c> same</c><00:28:29.740><c> mountain,</c><00:28:30.319><c> Horus,</c><00:28:30.700><c> the</c> 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.519 mount<00:28:31.000><c> of</c><00:28:31.259><c> God.</c> 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:34.220 He's<00:28:32.299><c> in</c><00:28:32.480><c> a</c><00:28:32.640><c> cliff</c><00:28:32.839><c> or</c><00:28:33.059><c> a</c><00:28:33.279><c> cave</c><00:28:33.500><c> of</c><00:28:33.720><c> the</c><00:28:33.900><c> rock.</c> 00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:38.519 And<00:28:34.880><c> there</c><00:28:35.019><c> he</c><00:28:35.220><c> pours</c><00:28:35.720><c> out</c><00:28:35.880><c> his</c><00:28:36.180><c> grief,</c><00:28:37.059><c> his</c><00:28:37.259><c> heartbroken</c><00:28:37.839><c> grief</c><00:28:38.259><c> to</c> 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:41.599 God<00:28:38.940><c> in</c><00:28:39.599><c> the</c><00:28:39.880><c> place</c><00:28:40.299><c> of</c><00:28:40.599><c> Moses.</c> 00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:45.099 You<00:28:42.539><c> notice</c><00:28:42.779><c> the</c><00:28:42.960><c> emphasis</c><00:28:43.160><c> there</c><00:28:43.440><c> on</c><00:28:43.619><c> those</c><00:28:43.900><c> words</c><00:28:44.119><c> when</c><00:28:44.859><c> the</c> 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.859 word<00:28:45.259><c> of</c><00:28:45.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:45.680><c> comes</c><00:28:46.079><c> to</c><00:28:46.240><c> him</c><00:28:46.480><c> in</c><00:28:46.599><c> verse</c> 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:53.200 9<00:28:47.180><c> and</c><00:28:47.319><c> says,</c><00:28:48.940><c> what</c><00:28:49.119><c> are</c><00:28:49.539><c> you</c><00:28:49.759><c> doing</c><00:28:50.559><c> here,</c><00:28:52.380><c> Elijah?</c> 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:57.460 Why<00:28:54.279><c> are</c><00:28:54.779><c> you</c><00:28:55.420><c> here,</c><00:28:56.259><c> Elijah?</c> 00:28:57.680 --> 00:29:00.480 What's<00:28:58.220><c> given</c><00:28:58.380><c> you</c><00:28:58.819><c> and</c><00:28:59.140><c> brought</c><00:28:59.380><c> you</c><00:28:59.640><c> to</c><00:28:59.779><c> this</c><00:29:00.059><c> place?</c> 00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:03.480 And<00:29:01.140><c> it</c><00:29:01.259><c> all</c><00:29:01.440><c> comes</c><00:29:01.720><c> boiling</c><00:29:02.059><c> out,</c><00:29:02.559><c> doesn't</c><00:29:02.599><c> it,</c><00:29:02.779><c> in</c><00:29:02.920><c> verse</c><00:29:03.099><c> 10.</c> 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:07.420 He<00:29:03.720><c> said,</c><00:29:03.859><c> I've</c><00:29:04.079><c> been</c><00:29:04.220><c> very</c><00:29:04.640><c> jealous</c><00:29:05.000><c> for</c><00:29:05.319><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:06.039><c> God</c><00:29:06.200><c> of</c><00:29:06.440><c> hosts.</c> 00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:12.059 That's<00:29:07.720><c> the</c><00:29:07.880><c> covenant</c><00:29:08.140><c> pain</c><00:29:08.500><c> which</c><00:29:08.759><c> was</c><00:29:09.000><c> given</c><00:29:09.460><c> to</c><00:29:09.839><c> Moses</c><00:29:10.319><c> on</c> 00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.319 mount<00:29:12.420><c> Horus.</c> 00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:16.819 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am</c><00:29:26.720><c> left,</c><00:29:27.299><c> and</c><00:29:27.539><c> they</c><00:29:27.880><c> seek</c><00:29:28.059><c> my</c><00:29:28.440><c> life</c><00:29:28.880><c> to</c><00:29:29.480><c> take</c><00:29:29.680><c> it</c><00:29:30.039><c> away.</c> 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:34.160 And<00:29:31.880><c> you</c><00:29:32.000><c> can</c><00:29:32.319><c> see</c><00:29:32.680><c> where</c><00:29:33.140><c> Elijah's</c><00:29:33.720><c> mind</c><00:29:33.920><c> is.</c> 00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:37.599 You<00:29:34.900><c> can</c><00:29:35.119><c> see</c><00:29:35.279><c> why</c><00:29:35.440><c> he's</c><00:29:35.619><c> come</c><00:29:35.940><c> back</c><00:29:36.240><c> to</c><00:29:36.440><c> the</c><00:29:36.660><c> place</c><00:29:37.000><c> of</c><00:29:37.279><c> Moses.</c> 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:41.480 He<00:29:38.119><c> sees</c><00:29:38.339><c> himself</c><00:29:38.700><c> as</c><00:29:38.920><c> being</c><00:29:39.079><c> a</c><00:29:39.220><c> living</c><00:29:39.359><c> demonstration</c><00:29:40.000><c> of</c><00:29:40.160><c> all</c><00:29:40.380><c> the</c><00:29:40.660><c> principles</c><00:29:41.039><c> of</c> 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.400 the<00:29:41.660><c> law</c><00:29:41.819><c> of</c><00:29:42.000><c> Moses</c> 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:45.839 and<00:29:42.859><c> the</c><00:29:42.980><c> only</c><00:29:43.380><c> man</c><00:29:43.740><c> in</c><00:29:43.940><c> the</c><00:29:44.079><c> nation</c><00:29:44.400><c> that's</c><00:29:44.660><c> trying</c><00:29:44.920><c> to</c><00:29:45.160><c> uphold</c><00:29:45.500><c> the</c> 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:47.440 covenant<00:29:46.119><c> of</c><00:29:46.359><c> Moses.</c> 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:54.380 And<00:29:48.099><c> here</c><00:29:48.220><c> he</c><00:29:48.259><c> comes</c><00:29:48.619><c> to</c><00:29:48.940><c> commune</c><00:29:49.240><c> with</c><00:29:49.440><c> the</c><00:29:49.660><c> God</c><00:29:49.940><c> of</c><00:29:50.240><c> Moses</c><00:29:50.680><c> who</c><00:29:51.079><c> gave</c><00:29:51.440><c> the</c><00:29:51.799><c> covenant</c><00:29:52.200><c> there</c><00:29:52.720><c> at</c><00:29:53.339><c> Horus.</c> 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:59.940 It's<00:29:55.400><c> not</c><00:29:55.519><c> only</c><00:29:55.740><c> good</c><00:29:56.059><c> to</c><00:29:57.000><c> turn</c><00:29:57.319><c> Israel</c><00:29:57.900><c> back</c><00:29:58.660><c> to</c><00:29:59.220><c> the</c><00:29:59.500><c> covenant</c><00:29:59.740><c> of</c> 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:01.660 Moses<00:30:00.460><c> again.</c> 00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:05.460 I'd<00:30:02.960><c> like</c><00:30:02.960><c> you</c><00:30:03.180><c> to</c><00:30:03.180><c> come</c><00:30:03.380><c> with</c><00:30:03.539><c> me</c><00:30:03.779><c> through</c><00:30:03.960><c> to</c><00:30:04.180><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:30:04.599><c> chapter</c><00:30:04.940><c> 4,</c><00:30:05.339><c> a</c> 00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:07.119 fascinating<00:30:05.819><c> passage,</c><00:30:06.339><c> 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chapter</c><00:30:22.039><c> 4,</c><00:30:22.460><c> Moses</c><00:30:23.000><c> is</c><00:30:23.480><c> describing</c><00:30:24.119><c> the</c> 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:28.140 giving<00:30:24.799><c> of</c><00:30:25.319><c> the</c><00:30:25.559><c> covenant</c><00:30:26.039><c> at</c><00:30:26.799><c> mount</c><00:30:27.059><c> Horus.</c> 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:30.660 And<00:30:28.500><c> listen</c><00:30:28.720><c> to</c><00:30:28.859><c> the</c><00:30:29.140><c> expressions</c><00:30:29.599><c> that</c><00:30:29.839><c> he</c><00:30:29.920><c> used,</c><00:30:30.299><c> and</c><00:30:30.400><c> think</c> 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:32.740 about<00:30:30.940><c> the</c><00:30:31.519><c> incident</c><00:30:31.920><c> of</c><00:30:32.099><c> mount</c><00:30:32.339><c> Carmel</c> 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:35.440 in<00:30:33.000><c> the</c><00:30:33.019><c> verses</c><00:30:33.279><c> of</c><00:30:33.519><c> Kings</c><00:30:33.880><c> and</c><00:30:34.359><c> chapter</c><00:30:34.579><c> 18.</c> 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it</c><00:31:56.799><c> would</c><00:31:56.980><c> show</c><00:31:57.660><c> that</c><00:31:58.940><c> thou</c> 00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:02.880 mightest<00:32:00.019><c> know</c><00:32:01.000><c> that</c><00:32:01.599><c> Galway</c><00:32:02.339><c> he</c><00:32:02.839><c> is</c> 00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.519 God. 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:07.720 Those<00:32:03.819><c> are</c><00:32:04.039><c> the</c><00:32:04.119><c> words</c><00:32:04.640><c> which</c><00:32:05.339><c> if</c><00:32:05.500><c> they'll</c><00:32:05.779><c> cried</c><00:32:06.019><c> out</c><00:32:06.519><c> on</c><00:32:06.880><c> mount</c><00:32:07.160><c> Carmel</c><00:32:07.519><c> in</c> 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.400 verse<00:32:07.940><c> 18</c><00:32:08.319><c> as</c><00:32:08.500><c> they</c><00:32:09.079><c> saw</c> 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:13.380 the<00:32:09.900><c> fire</c><00:32:10.279><c> come</c><00:32:10.539><c> down</c><00:32:10.700><c> from</c><00:32:10.960><c> heaven,</c><00:32:11.400><c> 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chapter</c><00:32:36.180><c> 4</c><00:32:36.500><c> as</c> 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:38.819 Moses<00:32:37.039><c> describes</c><00:32:37.599><c> it</c><00:32:38.259><c> and</c><00:32:38.480><c> the</c><00:32:38.619><c> events</c> 00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:42.859 which<00:32:39.160><c> transpired</c><00:32:39.759><c> in</c><00:32:40.019><c> verses</c><00:32:40.279><c> of</c><00:32:40.519><c> Kings</c><00:32:41.039><c> and</c><00:32:41.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:41.839><c> 18.</c> 00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:47.960 Because<00:32:43.359><c> what</c><00:32:43.579><c> took</c><00:32:43.799><c> place</c><00:32:44.099><c> on</c><00:32:44.299><c> mount</c><00:32:44.599><c> Carmel</c><00:32:44.839><c> was</c><00:32:45.059><c> the</c><00:32:45.259><c> embodiment</c><00:32:45.779><c> of</c><00:32:46.299><c> these</c><00:32:46.700><c> principles</c><00:32:47.240><c> here</c><00:32:47.680><c> of</c> 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:52.259 Deuteronomy<00:32:48.480><c> chapter</c><00:32:48.859><c> 4</c><00:32:49.380><c> and</c><00:32:49.839><c> Elijah</c><00:32:50.380><c> could</c><00:32:50.819><c> see</c><00:32:51.200><c> that.</c> 00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:56.180 He<00:32:53.299><c> could</c><00:32:53.539><c> see</c><00:32:53.700><c> himself</c><00:32:54.119><c> as</c><00:32:54.359><c> upholding</c><00:32:55.099><c> the</c><00:32:55.299><c> law</c><00:32:55.539><c> of</c><00:32:55.759><c> Moses.</c> 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.980 He<00:32:56.619><c> had</c><00:32:56.779><c> turned</c><00:32:56.980><c> them</c><00:32:57.240><c> from</c><00:32:57.500><c> Baal.</c> 00:32:58.180 --> 00:33:00.460 He<00:32:58.460><c> had</c><00:32:58.619><c> stopped</c><00:32:58.759><c> them</c><00:32:59.019><c> from</c><00:32:59.259><c> making</c><00:32:59.700><c> graven</c><00:33:00.019><c> images.</c> 00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:04.720 He<00:33:01.039><c> had</c><00:33:01.220><c> shown</c><00:33:01.519><c> them</c><00:33:01.779><c> God's</c><00:33:02.259><c> fire</c><00:33:02.559><c> on</c><00:33:02.839><c> earth</c><00:33:03.319><c> but</c><00:33:03.839><c> he</c><00:33:03.960><c> had</c><00:33:04.059><c> repeated</c><00:33:04.480><c> the</c> 00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.579 same<00:33:04.980><c> words.</c> 00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:07.880 Galway<00:33:06.259><c> he</c><00:33:06.599><c> is</c><00:33:07.000><c> God.</c> 00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:09.859 Galway<00:33:08.339><c> had</c><00:33:08.559><c> answered</c><00:33:08.819><c> them</c><00:33:09.000><c> through</c><00:33:09.240><c> the</c><00:33:09.460><c> fire.</c> 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:11.640 They<00:33:10.140><c> had</c><00:33:10.240><c> been</c><00:33:10.460><c> reminded</c><00:33:10.819><c> of</c><00:33:11.019><c> their</c><00:33:11.180><c> covenant.</c> 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:16.299 It<00:33:12.180><c> all</c><00:33:12.319><c> went</c><00:33:12.599><c> according</c><00:33:13.000><c> to</c><00:33:13.319><c> plan</c><00:33:13.660><c> and</c><00:33:15.180><c> then</c><00:33:15.380><c> it</c><00:33:15.599><c> played.</c> 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:20.420 And<00:33:17.900><c> so</c><00:33:18.039><c> he</c><00:33:18.220><c> hits</c><00:33:18.299><c> back</c><00:33:18.539><c> to</c><00:33:18.740><c> the</c><00:33:18.859><c> place</c><00:33:19.079><c> where</c><00:33:19.240><c> it</c><00:33:19.299><c> all</c><00:33:19.440><c> began.</c> 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:23.400 He<00:33:20.779><c> goes</c><00:33:21.059><c> back</c><00:33:21.319><c> to</c><00:33:21.480><c> Horus,</c><00:33:21.920><c> the</c><00:33:21.940><c> mount</c><00:33:22.140><c> of</c><00:33:22.299><c> God,</c><00:33:22.880><c> to</c><00:33:23.000><c> the</c><00:33:23.119><c> very</c> 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:26.420 place<00:33:23.660><c> of</c><00:33:23.880><c> Moses</c><00:33:24.359><c> and</c><00:33:25.000><c> there</c><00:33:25.319><c> he</c><00:33:25.619><c> pleads</c> 00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.299 to<00:33:26.900><c> God.</c> 00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:34.140 You<00:33:28.299><c> know</c><00:33:28.900><c> the</c><00:33:29.059><c> irony</c><00:33:29.380><c> of</c><00:33:29.460><c> it</c><00:33:29.680><c> is</c><00:33:31.519><c> that</c><00:33:31.960><c> in</c><00:33:32.240><c> his</c><00:33:32.500><c> zeal</c><00:33:32.940><c> to</c><00:33:33.180><c> uphold</c><00:33:33.759><c> the</c> 00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:36.539 covenant<00:33:34.460><c> of</c><00:33:34.700><c> Moses</c><00:33:35.279><c> and</c><00:33:35.960><c> his</c><00:33:36.259><c> fierce</c> 00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:40.980 commitment<00:33:37.019><c> to</c><00:33:37.279><c> it,</c><00:33:38.319><c> he</c><00:33:38.660><c> completely</c><00:33:39.099><c> misunderstood</c><00:33:39.900><c> what</c><00:33:40.180><c> the</c><00:33:40.539><c> spirit</c><00:33:40.779><c> of</c> 00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:42.859 Moses<00:33:41.380><c> was</c><00:33:41.640><c> all</c><00:33:41.880><c> about.</c> 00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:45.920 So<00:33:43.519><c> an</c><00:33:43.579><c> interesting</c><00:33:43.940><c> little</c><00:33:44.180><c> passage</c><00:33:44.599><c> in</c><00:33:44.799><c> Romans</c><00:33:45.099><c> chapter</c><00:33:45.539><c> 11</c> 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:47.640 where<00:33:46.119><c> the</c><00:33:46.299><c> Apostle</c><00:33:46.660><c> talks</c><00:33:46.940><c> about</c><00:33:47.220><c> Elijah</c> 00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.180 and<00:33:47.799><c> he</c><00:33:47.940><c> says,</c> 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:52.660 Elijah<00:33:48.980><c> maketh</c><00:33:49.420><c> intercession</c><00:33:49.980><c> to</c><00:33:50.200><c> God</c><00:33:50.500><c> against</c><00:33:51.099><c> Israel,</c><00:33:52.319><c> saying,</c> 00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:55.180 Lord,<00:33:53.140><c> they</c><00:33:53.180><c> have</c><00:33:53.400><c> killed</c><00:33:53.720><c> my</c><00:33:54.019><c> prophets</c><00:33:54.380><c> and</c><00:33:54.640><c> digged</c><00:33:54.900><c> down</c><00:33:55.059><c> my</c> 00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:57.500 altars<00:33:55.640><c> and</c><00:33:55.859><c> I</c><00:33:56.000><c> am</c><00:33:56.059><c> left</c><00:33:56.299><c> alone</c><00:33:56.700><c> and</c><00:33:57.200><c> they</c> 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.240 seek<00:33:57.640><c> my</c><00:33:57.920><c> life.</c> 00:33:58.539 --> 00:34:01.500 What<00:33:58.839><c> a</c><00:33:58.940><c> fascinating</c><00:33:59.359><c> little</c><00:33:59.759><c> statement</c><00:34:00.039><c> for</c><00:34:00.240><c> the</c><00:34:00.359><c> Apostle</c> 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.440 to<00:34:01.680><c> make.</c> 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:04.900 He<00:34:02.759><c> says</c><00:34:02.900><c> that</c><00:34:03.099><c> this</c><00:34:03.259><c> little</c><00:34:03.500><c> event</c><00:34:03.680><c> we've</c><00:34:03.920><c> just</c><00:34:04.079><c> looked</c><00:34:04.319><c> at</c><00:34:04.460><c> in</c><00:34:04.680><c> 1</c> 00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:08.360 Kings<00:34:05.319><c> 19</c><00:34:06.220><c> is</c><00:34:07.019><c> Elijah</c><00:34:07.380><c> making</c><00:34:07.819><c> intercession</c> 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:11.019 to<00:34:08.539><c> God</c><00:34:08.960><c> against</c><00:34:09.719><c> Israel.</c> 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:14.380 So<00:34:11.619><c> he</c><00:34:11.780><c> stands</c><00:34:12.039><c> on</c><00:34:12.300><c> the</c><00:34:12.360><c> mount</c><00:34:12.519><c> of</c><00:34:12.739><c> Horus</c><00:34:13.219><c> and</c><00:34:13.599><c> he</c><00:34:13.820><c> pleads</c><00:34:14.079><c> with</c> 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:18.039 God<00:34:14.539><c> against</c><00:34:14.980><c> Israel</c><00:34:15.820><c> in</c><00:34:17.559><c> the</c><00:34:17.800><c> same</c> 00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:21.900 place<00:34:18.699><c> that</c><00:34:19.920><c> Moses</c><00:34:20.239><c> pleaded</c><00:34:20.599><c> for</c><00:34:20.780><c> their</c><00:34:20.960><c> life.</c> 00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:23.960 Remember<00:34:22.539><c> those</c><00:34:22.780><c> words?</c> 00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:28.380 When<00:34:25.519><c> Moses</c><00:34:25.880><c> stood</c><00:34:26.119><c> there</c><00:34:26.320><c> and</c><00:34:26.480><c> said,</c><00:34:26.840><c> O</c><00:34:26.920><c> Yahweh,</c><00:34:27.320><c> this</c><00:34:27.539><c> people</c><00:34:27.980><c> have</c> 00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:30.980 sinned<00:34:28.719><c> a</c><00:34:28.880><c> great</c><00:34:29.159><c> sin,</c><00:34:30.599><c> yet</c><00:34:30.719><c> now</c> 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:36.519 if<00:34:31.139><c> they</c><00:34:31.239><c> will</c><00:34:31.400><c> forgive</c><00:34:31.900><c> their</c><00:34:32.260><c> sin,</c><00:34:33.780><c> if</c><00:34:34.039><c> not</c><00:34:34.440><c> blot</c><00:34:34.800><c> me,</c><00:34:35.019><c> I</c><00:34:35.199><c> pray</c><00:34:35.480><c> thee,</c><00:34:36.340><c> out</c> 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.739 of<00:34:36.679><c> my</c><00:34:36.920><c> book.</c> 00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:42.440 And<00:34:38.860><c> in</c><00:34:39.079><c> his</c><00:34:39.320><c> zeal</c><00:34:39.900><c> for</c><00:34:40.219><c> the</c><00:34:40.360><c> law</c><00:34:40.460><c> of</c><00:34:40.719><c> Moses,</c><00:34:41.199><c> he</c><00:34:41.320><c> missed</c><00:34:41.519><c> entirely</c><00:34:42.079><c> the</c> 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.699 spirit<00:34:42.699><c> of</c><00:34:42.860><c> Moses</c><00:34:43.420><c> and</c><00:34:43.940><c> he</c><00:34:44.219><c> pleaded</c> 00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:47.380 against<00:34:45.340><c> Israel</c><00:34:46.039><c> to</c><00:34:46.599><c> God.</c> 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:50.539 Not<00:34:48.159><c> only</c><00:34:48.440><c> that,</c><00:34:48.840><c> but</c><00:34:48.980><c> he</c><00:34:49.079><c> also</c><00:34:49.380><c> had</c><00:34:49.539><c> to</c><00:34:49.719><c> learn</c><00:34:49.900><c> that</c><00:34:50.159><c> his</c><00:34:50.380><c> work</c> 00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.980 was<00:34:50.780><c> going</c><00:34:50.920><c> to</c><00:34:51.079><c> be</c><00:34:51.139><c> very</c><00:34:51.440><c> different</c><00:34:51.780><c> from</c> 00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.219 that<00:34:52.199><c> of</c><00:34:52.340><c> Moses.</c> 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:55.760 There<00:34:53.639><c> were</c><00:34:53.760><c> going</c><00:34:53.860><c> to</c><00:34:53.940><c> be</c><00:34:54.059><c> many</c><00:34:54.260><c> similarities,</c><00:34:55.079><c> but</c><00:34:55.300><c> also</c> 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:57.300 some<00:34:56.019><c> key</c><00:34:56.159><c> differences.</c> 00:34:57.699 --> 00:35:00.500 Because<00:34:57.840><c> Elijah</c><00:34:58.219><c> had</c><00:34:58.519><c> seen</c><00:34:58.719><c> the</c><00:34:59.119><c> covenant</c><00:34:59.519><c> of</c><00:34:59.739><c> Moses</c><00:35:00.079><c> and</c><00:35:00.239><c> it</c> 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.280 appealed<00:35:00.880><c> to</c><00:35:01.000><c> him.</c> 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:05.760 Just<00:35:01.639><c> look</c><00:35:01.760><c> at</c><00:35:01.900><c> one</c><00:35:02.219><c> other</c><00:35:02.519><c> picture</c><00:35:02.739><c> here</c><00:35:03.000><c> in</c><00:35:03.179><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:35:03.639><c> chapter</c><00:35:03.920><c> 4.</c> 00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:12.920 Deuteronomy<00:35:07.260><c> 4,</c><00:35:08.380><c> verse</c><00:35:08.539><c> 12,</c><00:35:11.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:11.820><c> spoke</c><00:35:12.119><c> unto</c><00:35:12.300><c> you</c><00:35:12.559><c> out</c><00:35:12.760><c> of</c> 00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:14.840 the<00:35:13.139><c> midst</c><00:35:13.360><c> of</c><00:35:13.579><c> the</c><00:35:13.820><c> fire.</c> 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:17.599 Have<00:35:15.539><c> a</c><00:35:15.539><c> look</c><00:35:15.719><c> at</c><00:35:15.840><c> verse</c><00:35:16.039><c> 15,</c><00:35:16.699><c> end</c><00:35:16.739><c> of</c><00:35:16.880><c> the</c><00:35:17.000><c> verse.</c> 00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:21.159 Yahweh<00:35:18.239><c> spoke</c><00:35:18.559><c> unto</c><00:35:18.820><c> you</c><00:35:19.000><c> in</c><00:35:19.219><c> horror</c><00:35:19.519><c> out</c><00:35:20.179><c> of</c><00:35:20.400><c> the</c><00:35:20.599><c> midst</c><00:35:20.840><c> of</c> 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.239 the<00:35:21.420><c> fire.</c> 00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.679 Have<00:35:23.099><c> a</c><00:35:23.179><c> look</c><00:35:23.280><c> at</c><00:35:23.380><c> verse</c><00:35:23.619><c> 33.</c> 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:27.579 The<00:35:25.000><c> voice</c><00:35:25.139><c> of</c><00:35:25.400><c> God</c><00:35:25.619><c> speaking</c><00:35:26.019><c> out</c><00:35:26.320><c> of</c><00:35:26.500><c> the</c><00:35:26.619><c> midst</c><00:35:26.800><c> of</c><00:35:26.980><c> the</c><00:35:27.139><c> fire.</c> 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:30.059 And<00:35:28.340><c> verse</c><00:35:28.719><c> 36.</c> 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:35.320 And<00:35:30.760><c> chapter</c><00:35:31.000><c> 5</c><00:35:31.500><c> and</c><00:35:31.760><c> verse</c><00:35:32.119><c> 4,</c><00:35:33.960><c> and</c><00:35:34.119><c> verse</c><00:35:34.280><c> 22,</c><00:35:34.960><c> and</c><00:35:35.099><c> verse</c> 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:37.760 23,<00:35:35.960><c> and</c><00:35:36.139><c> verse</c><00:35:36.320><c> 24,</c><00:35:36.920><c> and</c><00:35:37.159><c> verse</c><00:35:37.400><c> 23.</c> 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.860 Are<00:35:37.900><c> you</c><00:35:38.079><c> starting</c><00:35:38.219><c> to</c><00:35:38.400><c> get</c><00:35:38.400><c> the</c><00:35:38.559><c> point?</c> 00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:43.380 The<00:35:39.460><c> chapter</c><00:35:39.940><c> 4</c><00:35:40.340><c> and</c><00:35:40.599><c> 5</c><00:35:40.860><c> are</c><00:35:41.099><c> saying</c><00:35:41.300><c> to</c><00:35:41.539><c> us</c><00:35:41.960><c> that</c><00:35:42.360><c> God</c><00:35:42.739><c> spoke</c> 00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:47.139 to<00:35:44.260><c> Israel</c><00:35:44.900><c> out</c><00:35:45.519><c> of</c><00:35:45.780><c> the</c><00:35:46.000><c> midst</c><00:35:46.320><c> of</c><00:35:46.800><c> the</c> 00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.539 fire. 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.179 Elijah<00:35:49.599><c> could</c><00:35:49.900><c> see</c><00:35:50.079><c> that.</c> 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:53.880 Elijah<00:35:51.880><c> could</c><00:35:52.159><c> relate</c><00:35:52.420><c> to</c><00:35:52.579><c> that.</c> 00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:57.420 What's<00:35:54.760><c> Elijah</c><00:35:55.099><c> characterised</c><00:35:55.900><c> in</c><00:35:56.579><c> scripture?</c> 00:35:57.579 --> 00:36:00.400 The<00:35:57.739><c> Lord,</c><00:35:58.400><c> says</c><00:35:58.500><c> the</c><00:35:58.719><c> disciples</c><00:35:59.119><c> to</c><00:35:59.360><c> the</c><00:35:59.420><c> Lord</c><00:35:59.559><c> Jesus</c><00:35:59.920><c> Christ.</c> 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:06.159 Look<00:36:00.900><c> now</c><00:36:01.039><c> that</c><00:36:01.219><c> we</c><00:36:02.619><c> call</c><00:36:02.900><c> down</c><00:36:03.340><c> fire</c><00:36:03.659><c> from</c><00:36:03.940><c> heaven</c><00:36:04.219><c> even</c><00:36:04.619><c> as</c> 00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:08.019 Elijah<00:36:06.719><c> did.</c> 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:12.000 He's<00:36:09.780><c> the</c><00:36:09.900><c> man</c><00:36:10.059><c> who</c><00:36:10.280><c> called</c><00:36:10.500><c> down</c><00:36:10.900><c> fire</c><00:36:11.219><c> from</c><00:36:11.480><c> heaven.</c> 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:14.679 And<00:36:12.519><c> he</c><00:36:12.659><c> saw</c><00:36:12.739><c> himself</c><00:36:13.079><c> as</c><00:36:13.300><c> upholding</c><00:36:13.780><c> the</c><00:36:13.920><c> Mosiah</c><00:36:14.199><c> covenant.</c> 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:17.199 And<00:36:15.400><c> speaking</c><00:36:15.739><c> with</c><00:36:16.000><c> this</c><00:36:16.340><c> fire.</c> 00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:20.900 But<00:36:18.039><c> that's</c><00:36:18.440><c> actually</c><00:36:18.880><c> not</c><00:36:19.139><c> to</c><00:36:19.380><c> be</c><00:36:19.579><c> his</c><00:36:19.840><c> future</c><00:36:20.119><c> role.</c> 00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:23.840 There<00:36:21.960><c> were</c><00:36:22.099><c> times</c><00:36:22.380><c> when</c><00:36:22.619><c> the</c><00:36:22.780><c> calling</c><00:36:23.000><c> down</c><00:36:23.219><c> of</c><00:36:23.440><c> fire</c><00:36:23.639><c> from</c> 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:25.460 heaven<00:36:24.039><c> was</c><00:36:24.280><c> appropriate.</c> 00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:29.440 But<00:36:26.059><c> not</c><00:36:26.380><c> with</c><00:36:26.539><c> relation</c><00:36:27.099><c> to</c><00:36:27.400><c> Elijah's</c><00:36:28.139><c> greatest</c><00:36:28.519><c> work.</c> 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:34.079 And<00:36:30.639><c> so</c><00:36:30.860><c> back</c><00:36:31.099><c> in</c><00:36:31.260><c> 1</c><00:36:31.440><c> Kings</c><00:36:31.840><c> 19,</c><00:36:32.440><c> we</c><00:36:32.579><c> won't</c><00:36:32.800><c> go</c><00:36:33.019><c> back</c><00:36:33.260><c> to</c><00:36:33.400><c> it.</c> 00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.920 But<00:36:34.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:35.059><c> passed</c><00:36:35.480><c> by.</c> 00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:38.099 He<00:36:36.219><c> called</c><00:36:36.900><c> him</c><00:36:37.059><c> out.</c> 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.340 And<00:36:38.300><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:38.619><c> passes</c><00:36:39.059><c> by.</c> 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:43.579 An<00:36:39.619><c> enormous</c><00:36:40.119><c> wind</c><00:36:40.760><c> wrecks</c><00:36:41.440><c> the</c><00:36:41.820><c> rocks</c><00:36:42.340><c> and</c><00:36:42.980><c> the</c><00:36:43.139><c> mountains,</c> 00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:45.239 breaking<00:36:44.079><c> the</c><00:36:44.380><c> rocks</c><00:36:44.619><c> before</c><00:36:45.019><c> God.</c> 00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:48.860 An<00:36:45.599><c> enormous</c><00:36:46.079><c> screaming</c><00:36:46.500><c> wind</c><00:36:47.019><c> that</c><00:36:47.420><c> could</c><00:36:47.679><c> carve</c><00:36:47.920><c> apart</c><00:36:48.219><c> the</c><00:36:48.480><c> rocks.</c> 00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:51.119 God<00:36:49.559><c> was</c><00:36:49.840><c> not</c><00:36:50.039><c> in</c><00:36:50.219><c> the</c><00:36:50.380><c> wind.</c> 00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:54.579 And<00:36:52.000><c> then</c><00:36:52.139><c> a</c><00:36:52.139><c> terrible</c><00:36:52.579><c> earthquake</c><00:36:53.000><c> shook</c><00:36:53.320><c> the</c><00:36:53.500><c> whole</c><00:36:53.699><c> mountain.</c> 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:57.139 God<00:36:55.239><c> was</c><00:36:55.599><c> not</c><00:36:55.860><c> in</c><00:36:56.079><c> the</c><00:36:56.239><c> mountain.</c> 00:36:57.360 --> 00:37:00.179 And<00:36:57.960><c> then</c><00:36:58.199><c> a</c><00:36:58.400><c> raging</c><00:36:58.800><c> fire.</c> 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:03.860 I<00:37:00.860><c> doubt</c><00:37:01.079><c> by</c><00:37:01.239><c> the</c><00:37:01.380><c> description</c><00:37:01.840><c> of</c><00:37:02.059><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:02.400><c> 4,</c><00:37:02.800><c> the</c><00:37:02.800><c> mountain</c><00:37:03.219><c> burned</c><00:37:03.639><c> back</c> 00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:05.559 into<00:37:04.099><c> the</c><00:37:04.260><c> midst</c><00:37:04.480><c> of</c><00:37:04.719><c> heaven.</c> 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:09.260 And<00:37:05.800><c> we</c><00:37:05.860><c> can</c><00:37:05.980><c> imagine</c><00:37:06.300><c> a</c><00:37:06.719><c> searing</c><00:37:07.059><c> inferno</c><00:37:07.760><c> of</c><00:37:08.059><c> raging</c><00:37:08.659><c> fire</c> 00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:13.199 that<00:37:09.699><c> burns</c><00:37:09.980><c> the</c><00:37:10.760><c> very</c><00:37:11.079><c> rocks</c><00:37:11.460><c> of</c><00:37:11.659><c> the</c><00:37:11.800><c> mountain</c><00:37:12.079><c> itself.</c> 00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:17.179 And<00:37:14.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:14.960><c> was</c><00:37:15.280><c> not</c><00:37:15.679><c> in</c><00:37:16.039><c> the</c><00:37:16.280><c> fire.</c> 00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:19.500 How<00:37:18.400><c> extraordinary.</c> 00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:22.639 All<00:37:20.119><c> through</c><00:37:20.260><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:20.760><c> 4</c><00:37:21.119><c> and</c><00:37:21.400><c> 5,</c><00:37:21.699><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:22.079><c> stayed</c><00:37:22.380><c> in</c><00:37:22.579><c> the</c> 00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.619 midst<00:37:22.860><c> of</c><00:37:23.019><c> the</c><00:37:23.219><c> fire.</c> 00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:28.059 God<00:37:24.699><c> was</c><00:37:25.420><c> not</c><00:37:25.960><c> in</c><00:37:26.780><c> the</c><00:37:27.059><c> fire.</c> 00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:32.900 And<00:37:29.320><c> after</c><00:37:29.639><c> the</c><00:37:29.900><c> fire,</c><00:37:31.500><c> a</c><00:37:31.619><c> still,</c><00:37:32.119><c> small</c><00:37:32.320><c> voice.</c> 00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:36.139 The<00:37:33.500><c> word</c><00:37:33.659><c> still</c><00:37:33.980><c> means</c><00:37:34.320><c> silent</c><00:37:34.920><c> or</c><00:37:35.219><c> a</c><00:37:35.360><c> whisper.</c> 00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:43.579 The<00:37:36.840><c> word</c><00:37:37.119><c> small</c><00:37:37.679><c> means</c><00:37:38.300><c> beaten</c><00:37:38.760><c> small,</c><00:37:39.920><c> crushed,</c><00:37:41.039><c> pulverised</c><00:37:42.280><c> or</c><00:37:42.800><c> thin.</c> 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:48.340 And<00:37:44.320><c> that</c><00:37:44.400><c> little</c><00:37:44.579><c> voice</c><00:37:45.159><c> drew</c><00:37:45.699><c> Elijah</c><00:37:46.280><c> back</c><00:37:46.699><c> out</c><00:37:47.039><c> of</c><00:37:47.280><c> the</c><00:37:47.500><c> cave.</c> 00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:53.420 And<00:37:50.179><c> then</c><00:37:50.440><c> it</c><00:37:50.519><c> says</c><00:37:50.860><c> that</c><00:37:51.119><c> the</c><00:37:51.320><c> voice</c><00:37:51.840><c> spoke</c><00:37:52.420><c> to</c><00:37:52.780><c> him.</c> 00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:56.440 Whereas<00:37:53.920><c> previously</c><00:37:54.360><c> it</c><00:37:54.539><c> would</c><00:37:54.559><c> have</c><00:37:54.679><c> been</c><00:37:54.679><c> the</c><00:37:54.780><c> word</c><00:37:54.960><c> of</c><00:37:55.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:55.559><c> came</c><00:37:55.860><c> to</c><00:37:56.079><c> Elijah.</c> 00:37:56.920 --> 00:38:00.199 Now<00:37:57.179><c> it</c><00:37:57.380><c> is</c><00:37:57.659><c> simply</c><00:37:58.360><c> the</c><00:37:59.079><c> voice.</c> 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:04.019 And<00:38:01.539><c> that,</c><00:38:01.780><c> brothers</c><00:38:01.900><c> and</c><00:38:02.079><c> sisters,</c><00:38:02.519><c> was</c><00:38:02.840><c> the</c><00:38:02.980><c> lesson</c><00:38:03.559><c> of</c> 00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:05.380 Elijah's<00:38:04.599><c> life.</c> 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:07.500 It's<00:38:06.420><c> the</c><00:38:06.539><c> voice.</c> 00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:10.039 It's<00:38:08.400><c> the</c><00:38:08.519><c> voice</c><00:38:08.719><c> to</c><00:38:09.039><c> save.</c> 00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:12.440 It's<00:38:10.840><c> a</c><00:38:10.960><c> voice</c><00:38:11.239><c> to</c><00:38:11.579><c> comfort.</c> 00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:15.699 A<00:38:12.980><c> voice</c><00:38:13.219><c> to</c><00:38:13.519><c> speak</c><00:38:13.820><c> gently</c><00:38:14.219><c> to</c><00:38:14.460><c> their</c><00:38:14.719><c> hearts.</c> 00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:20.239 That<00:38:16.300><c> is</c><00:38:16.699><c> the</c><00:38:17.000><c> spirit</c><00:38:17.539><c> and</c><00:38:18.300><c> power</c><00:38:18.820><c> of</c><00:38:19.219><c> Elijah.</c> 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:25.079 It's<00:38:21.139><c> also</c><00:38:21.460><c> the</c><00:38:21.739><c> spirit</c><00:38:21.940><c> and</c><00:38:22.199><c> power</c><00:38:22.679><c> of</c><00:38:23.059><c> the</c><00:38:23.280><c> truth</c><00:38:23.480><c> for</c><00:38:23.659><c> us</c><00:38:23.920><c> today.</c> 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:28.980 Incidentally,<00:38:26.440><c> it's</c><00:38:26.599><c> also</c><00:38:26.900><c> actually</c><00:38:27.260><c> the</c><00:38:27.480><c> spirit</c><00:38:28.000><c> and</c><00:38:28.420><c> power</c> 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.079 of<00:38:29.320><c> John</c><00:38:29.480><c> the</c><00:38:29.619><c> Baptist.</c> 00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:32.780 When<00:38:30.619><c> he</c><00:38:30.760><c> was</c><00:38:30.960><c> asked</c><00:38:31.139><c> who</c><00:38:31.300><c> he</c><00:38:31.400><c> was,</c><00:38:31.579><c> what</c><00:38:31.760><c> did</c><00:38:31.880><c> he</c><00:38:32.079><c> say?</c> 00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:35.239 He<00:38:33.920><c> said,</c><00:38:34.179><c> I</c><00:38:34.239><c> am</c><00:38:34.619><c> a</c><00:38:34.820><c> voice.</c> 00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:38.059 John<00:38:35.940><c> chapter</c><00:38:36.260><c> 1</c><00:38:36.780><c> and</c><00:38:37.059><c> verse</c><00:38:37.280><c> 23.</c> 00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:41.039 He's<00:38:38.659><c> quoting</c><00:38:38.840><c> there</c><00:38:39.119><c> from</c><00:38:39.280><c> the</c><00:38:39.380><c> book</c><00:38:39.500><c> of</c><00:38:39.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:40.079><c> 40</c><00:38:40.599><c> verse</c><00:38:40.820><c> 1</c> 00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.460 which<00:38:41.300><c> says,</c> 00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:43.539 Speak<00:38:42.079><c> comfortably</c><00:38:42.960><c> to</c><00:38:43.260><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:48.119 I<00:38:43.719><c> mean</c><00:38:43.920><c> speak</c><00:38:44.380><c> to</c><00:38:44.679><c> her</c><00:38:45.000><c> heart</c><00:38:45.360><c> because</c><00:38:46.219><c> her</c><00:38:46.500><c> warfare</c><00:38:46.860><c> has</c><00:38:47.179><c> passed.</c> 00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:51.820 And<00:38:49.260><c> so</c><00:38:49.380><c> we</c><00:38:49.519><c> find</c><00:38:49.699><c> that</c><00:38:49.860><c> in</c><00:38:49.980><c> the</c><00:38:50.119><c> days</c><00:38:50.219><c> of</c><00:38:50.460><c> Moses</c><00:38:50.699><c> it</c><00:38:50.800><c> was</c><00:38:51.039><c> appropriate</c><00:38:51.559><c> for</c> 00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:54.139 Yahweh<00:38:52.039><c> to</c><00:38:52.380><c> speak</c><00:38:52.539><c> out</c><00:38:52.780><c> of</c><00:38:52.940><c> the</c><00:38:53.219><c> fire.</c> 00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:58.800 But<00:38:54.599><c> Elijah's</c><00:38:55.099><c> work</c><00:38:55.280><c> is</c><00:38:55.500><c> to</c><00:38:55.780><c> speak</c><00:38:56.219><c> with</c><00:38:56.659><c> the</c><00:38:56.840><c> voice</c><00:38:57.400><c> to</c><00:38:57.800><c> the</c><00:38:58.000><c> heart.</c> 00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:02.179 And<00:38:59.860><c> in</c><00:39:00.000><c> his</c><00:39:00.119><c> earlier</c><00:39:00.420><c> life</c><00:39:00.639><c> of</c><00:39:00.800><c> preparation</c><00:39:01.360><c> Elijah</c><00:39:01.780><c> was</c><00:39:01.980><c> to</c> 00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.960 learn<00:39:02.280><c> that</c><00:39:02.559><c> lesson.</c> 00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:06.880 That<00:39:03.380><c> when</c><00:39:03.519><c> he</c><00:39:03.639><c> goes</c><00:39:03.800><c> out</c><00:39:03.980><c> he's</c><00:39:04.179><c> going</c><00:39:04.360><c> to</c><00:39:04.639><c> speak</c><00:39:04.880><c> to</c><00:39:05.619><c> those</c><00:39:05.900><c> scattered</c><00:39:06.219><c> in</c><00:39:06.400><c> Israel</c> 00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:09.800 and<00:39:07.320><c> he</c><00:39:07.400><c> will</c><00:39:07.599><c> speak</c><00:39:07.840><c> to</c><00:39:08.000><c> their</c><00:39:08.280><c> hearts</c><00:39:08.579><c> with</c><00:39:08.860><c> the</c><00:39:09.079><c> voice</c><00:39:09.420><c> of</c> 00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.800 the<00:39:10.039><c> call.</c> 00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:15.300 So<00:39:12.440><c> let's</c><00:39:12.659><c> now</c><00:39:12.900><c> move</c><00:39:13.139><c> on</c><00:39:13.460><c> and</c><00:39:13.840><c> having</c><00:39:14.119><c> laid</c><00:39:14.440><c> this</c><00:39:14.679><c> foundation</c> 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:18.639 and<00:39:15.800><c> seeing</c><00:39:16.800><c> how</c><00:39:17.059><c> he</c><00:39:17.179><c> was</c><00:39:17.400><c> prepared</c><00:39:17.800><c> for</c><00:39:17.980><c> this</c><00:39:18.280><c> work,</c> 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.960 let's<00:39:19.199><c> spend</c><00:39:19.360><c> our</c><00:39:19.599><c> remaining</c><00:39:19.860><c> time</c><00:39:20.119><c> just</c><00:39:20.320><c> looking</c><00:39:20.440><c> at</c><00:39:20.599><c> a</c><00:39:20.800><c> few</c> 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:25.019 things<00:39:21.380><c> that</c><00:39:21.579><c> Elijah</c><00:39:22.079><c> will</c><00:39:22.539><c> actually</c><00:39:23.039><c> do</c><00:39:23.440><c> in</c><00:39:23.719><c> that</c><00:39:23.920><c> process.</c> 00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:28.420 The<00:39:25.340><c> voice</c><00:39:25.579><c> is</c><00:39:25.659><c> actually</c><00:39:26.019><c> described</c><00:39:26.639><c> as</c><00:39:26.880><c> being</c><00:39:27.059><c> like</c><00:39:27.380><c> a</c><00:39:27.619><c> trumpet</c><00:39:27.940><c> blast</c> 00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:30.920 as<00:39:28.940><c> far</c><00:39:29.099><c> as</c><00:39:29.219><c> the</c><00:39:29.360><c> nation</c><00:39:29.659><c> is</c><00:39:29.920><c> concerned.</c> 00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:33.940 In<00:39:31.119><c> Matthew</c><00:39:31.340><c> 24</c><00:39:31.840><c> and</c><00:39:32.079><c> Zechariah</c><00:39:32.480><c> 9</c><00:39:32.760><c> it's</c><00:39:33.079><c> linked</c><00:39:33.360><c> to</c><00:39:33.579><c> the</c><00:39:33.659><c> idea</c> 00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:35.099 of<00:39:34.079><c> a</c><00:39:34.239><c> trumpet.</c> 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:38.659 In<00:39:35.360><c> Revelation</c><00:39:35.800><c> 14</c><00:39:36.300><c> verse</c><00:39:36.599><c> 7</c><00:39:36.880><c> it's</c><00:39:37.099><c> the</c><00:39:37.300><c> sound</c><00:39:37.659><c> of</c><00:39:37.880><c> a</c><00:39:37.980><c> loud</c><00:39:38.119><c> voice.</c> 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:41.980 And<00:39:39.260><c> in</c><00:39:39.460><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:39.619><c> 12</c><00:39:39.900><c> a</c><00:39:40.119><c> voice</c><00:39:40.280><c> that</c><00:39:40.500><c> will</c><00:39:40.699><c> shake</c><00:39:41.099><c> the</c><00:39:41.539><c> heavens</c> 00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:44.059 and<00:39:42.699><c> the</c><00:39:43.019><c> earth.</c> 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:47.579 In<00:39:44.960><c> fact</c><00:39:45.139><c> in</c><00:39:45.320><c> Revelation</c><00:39:45.699><c> chapter</c><00:39:46.139><c> 14</c><00:39:46.599><c> and</c><00:39:46.780><c> verse</c><00:39:47.019><c> 7,</c><00:39:47.360><c> I</c><00:39:47.400><c> think</c> 00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:49.599 let's<00:39:47.840><c> have</c><00:39:47.860><c> a</c><00:39:47.960><c> quick</c><00:39:48.079><c> look</c><00:39:48.260><c> at</c><00:39:48.360><c> that</c><00:39:48.519><c> actually.</c> 00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:53.380 Revelation<00:39:50.280><c> 14</c><00:39:50.820><c> and</c><00:39:50.960><c> verse</c><00:39:51.179><c> 7</c><00:39:51.960><c> we</c><00:39:52.320><c> find</c><00:39:52.519><c> that</c><00:39:52.780><c> Elijah</c><00:39:53.099><c> when</c><00:39:53.280><c> he</c> 00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:56.059 goes<00:39:53.619><c> out</c><00:39:53.880><c> will</c><00:39:54.039><c> go</c><00:39:54.219><c> out</c><00:39:54.460><c> with</c><00:39:54.679><c> the</c><00:39:54.860><c> redeemed</c><00:39:55.219><c> of</c><00:39:55.500><c> Judah</c> 00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:59.159 and<00:39:56.719><c> he</c><00:39:56.880><c> will</c><00:39:57.000><c> go</c><00:39:57.199><c> out</c><00:39:57.320><c> with</c><00:39:57.480><c> a</c><00:39:57.639><c> message</c><00:39:57.980><c> of</c><00:39:58.219><c> instruction</c><00:39:58.840><c> to</c> 00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:00.380 the<00:39:59.340><c> nations.</c> 00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:03.519 And<00:40:00.659><c> it's</c><00:40:00.900><c> described</c><00:40:01.260><c> for</c><00:40:01.420><c> us</c><00:40:01.559><c> very</c><00:40:01.860><c> graphically</c><00:40:02.280><c> in</c><00:40:02.460><c> the</c><00:40:02.559><c> vision</c><00:40:02.980><c> of</c> 00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:05.320 Revelation<00:40:04.059><c> and</c><00:40:04.539><c> chapter</c><00:40:04.860><c> 14</c> 00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:09.300 and<00:40:05.340><c> that's</c><00:40:05.519><c> what</c><00:40:05.519><c> we</c><00:40:05.719><c> know</c><00:40:05.940><c> of</c><00:40:06.420><c> as</c><00:40:06.719><c> the</c><00:40:06.880><c> mid</c><00:40:07.079><c>-heaven</c><00:40:07.460><c> proclamation.</c> 00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:18.599 Revelation<00:40:14.139><c> 14</c><00:40:15.119><c> and</c><00:40:15.579><c> verse</c><00:40:15.860><c> 6,</c><00:40:16.760><c> I</c><00:40:16.860><c> saw</c><00:40:17.219><c> another</c><00:40:17.579><c> angel</c><00:40:18.059><c> flying</c> 00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:20.300 in<00:40:18.960><c> the</c><00:40:19.179><c> midst</c><00:40:19.460><c> of</c><00:40:19.920><c> the</c><00:40:20.079><c> heaven</c> 00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:22.980 used<00:40:20.619><c> as</c><00:40:20.880><c> a</c><00:40:20.980><c> symbol</c><00:40:21.199><c> of</c><00:40:21.440><c> the</c><00:40:21.599><c> ruling</c><00:40:21.900><c> classes.</c> 00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:25.679 So<00:40:23.280><c> here's</c><00:40:23.500><c> an</c><00:40:23.739><c> angel</c><00:40:23.960><c> or</c><00:40:24.139><c> a</c><00:40:24.280><c> messenger</c><00:40:24.500><c> which</c><00:40:24.860><c> flies</c><00:40:25.199><c> in</c><00:40:25.599><c> the</c> 00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.260 midst<00:40:25.860><c> of</c><00:40:26.099><c> heaven,</c> 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:29.119 it's<00:40:26.460><c> got</c><00:40:26.639><c> a</c><00:40:26.800><c> message</c><00:40:27.079><c> for</c><00:40:27.280><c> the</c><00:40:27.400><c> ruling</c><00:40:27.659><c> classes</c><00:40:28.199><c> but</c><00:40:28.679><c> it</c><00:40:28.920><c> also</c> 00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:31.860 has<00:40:29.420><c> the</c><00:40:29.800><c> everlasting</c><00:40:30.639><c> gospel</c><00:40:31.199><c> to</c><00:40:31.539><c> preach</c> 00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:34.000 to<00:40:32.340><c> them</c><00:40:32.619><c> that</c><00:40:32.960><c> dwell</c><00:40:33.239><c> on</c><00:40:33.599><c> the</c><00:40:33.780><c> earth.</c> 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:38.500 So<00:40:34.599><c> here's</c><00:40:34.900><c> a</c><00:40:35.420><c> message</c><00:40:35.880><c> which</c><00:40:36.159><c> is</c><00:40:36.400><c> broadcast</c><00:40:36.880><c> not</c><00:40:37.159><c> just</c><00:40:37.480><c> to</c><00:40:37.659><c> the</c><00:40:37.840><c> rulers</c><00:40:38.039><c> but</c><00:40:38.340><c> to</c> 00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.840 those<00:40:38.980><c> who</c><00:40:39.300><c> dwell</c><00:40:39.500><c> on</c><00:40:39.739><c> the</c><00:40:39.840><c> earth.</c> 00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:43.880 To<00:40:40.059><c> every</c><00:40:40.340><c> nation</c><00:40:40.780><c> and</c><00:40:41.159><c> kindred</c><00:40:41.719><c> and</c><00:40:42.159><c> tongue</c><00:40:42.320><c> and</c><00:40:42.519><c> people</c><00:40:42.820><c> saying</c><00:40:43.440><c> with</c><00:40:43.760><c> a</c> 00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:45.420 loud<00:40:44.079><c> voice</c><00:40:44.500><c> fear</c><00:40:44.920><c> God</c> 00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:49.619 and<00:40:46.260><c> give</c><00:40:46.480><c> glory</c><00:40:46.840><c> to</c><00:40:47.039><c> him</c><00:40:47.500><c> for</c><00:40:48.139><c> the</c><00:40:48.360><c> hour</c><00:40:48.579><c> of</c><00:40:48.900><c> his</c><00:40:49.159><c> judgment</c> 00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.800 has<00:40:49.960><c> come.</c> 00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:56.239 Worship<00:40:51.219><c> him</c><00:40:51.460><c> that</c><00:40:51.679><c> made</c><00:40:51.880><c> heaven</c><00:40:52.260><c> and</c><00:40:52.460><c> earth</c><00:40:52.679><c> and</c><00:40:53.420><c> the</c><00:40:53.639><c> sea</c><00:40:54.039><c> and</c><00:40:54.460><c> the</c><00:40:54.699><c> fountains</c><00:40:55.159><c> of</c><00:40:55.380><c> waters.</c> 00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:59.360 So<00:40:57.000><c> there's</c><00:40:57.219><c> going</c><00:40:57.460><c> to</c><00:40:57.639><c> be</c><00:40:57.780><c> an</c><00:40:58.139><c> instruction</c><00:40:58.579><c> that</c><00:40:58.780><c> goes</c><00:40:59.059><c> out</c> 00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:01.019 to<00:40:59.579><c> the</c><00:40:59.719><c> nations</c><00:41:00.099><c> of</c><00:41:00.340><c> the</c><00:41:00.519><c> earth</c> 00:41:01.019 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in<00:41:38.880><c> the</c><00:41:39.119><c> future</c><00:41:39.559><c> age.</c> 00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:44.800 But<00:41:41.519><c> when</c><00:41:41.760><c> this</c><00:41:41.960><c> decree</c><00:41:42.340><c> goes</c><00:41:42.639><c> out</c><00:41:42.920><c> to</c><00:41:43.059><c> the</c><00:41:43.179><c> nations</c><00:41:43.739><c> to</c><00:41:44.119><c> submit</c><00:41:44.539><c> to</c> 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:46.900 this<00:41:45.000><c> new</c><00:41:45.300><c> Jewish</c><00:41:45.679><c> promise</c><00:41:46.300><c> which</c> 00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:50.900 has<00:41:47.179><c> risen</c><00:41:47.480><c> in</c><00:41:47.800><c> the</c><00:41:48.019><c> city</c><00:41:48.420><c> of</c><00:41:48.679><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:49.619><c> how</c><00:41:50.260><c> do</c><00:41:50.420><c> we</c><00:41:50.599><c> think</c> 00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:52.980 that<00:41:51.139><c> the</c><00:41:51.300><c> nations</c><00:41:51.780><c> of</c><00:41:52.119><c> the</c><00:41:52.360><c> earth</c><00:41:52.639><c> will</c> 00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:54.480 actually<00:41:53.460><c> respond?</c> 00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:58.780 Well<00:41:55.760><c> come</c><00:41:55.960><c> with</c><00:41:56.079><c> me</c><00:41:56.219><c> back</c><00:41:56.440><c> to</c><00:41:56.739><c> Psalm</c><00:41:56.980><c> 2</c><00:41:57.340><c> because</c><00:41:57.639><c> here</c><00:41:57.900><c> we</c><00:41:58.039><c> have</c><00:41:58.260><c> both</c><00:41:58.539><c> the</c> 00:41:58.780 --> 00:42:00.360 message<00:41:59.260><c> and</c><00:41:59.880><c> also</c><00:42:00.199><c> an</c> 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:02.659 indication<00:42:00.820><c> of</c><00:42:00.980><c> how</c><00:42:01.239><c> the</c><00:42:01.380><c> nations</c><00:42:01.719><c> are</c><00:42:01.900><c> going</c><00:42:02.000><c> to</c><00:42:02.219><c> respond.</c> 00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:05.239 And<00:42:03.239><c> bear</c><00:42:03.340><c> in</c><00:42:03.519><c> mind</c><00:42:03.599><c> that</c><00:42:03.760><c> when</c><00:42:03.940><c> Elijah</c><00:42:04.239><c> goes</c><00:42:04.539><c> out</c><00:42:04.840><c> he'll</c><00:42:05.019><c> go</c> 00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:07.500 back<00:42:05.460><c> out</c><00:42:05.699><c> with</c><00:42:06.139><c> the</c><00:42:06.380><c> redeemed</c><00:42:06.900><c> of</c><00:42:07.159><c> Judah</c> 00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:11.840 to<00:42:07.800><c> their</c><00:42:08.340><c> brethren</c><00:42:08.739><c> but</c><00:42:09.340><c> also</c><00:42:09.820><c> with</c><00:42:10.559><c> the</c><00:42:10.760><c> support</c><00:42:11.280><c> of</c><00:42:11.679><c> the</c> 00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.719 immortal<00:42:12.219><c> saints.</c> 00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:17.260 So<00:42:13.260><c> this</c><00:42:13.460><c> is</c><00:42:13.659><c> work</c><00:42:13.780><c> which</c><00:42:14.000><c> God</c><00:42:14.219><c> willing</c><00:42:14.420><c> we</c><00:42:14.659><c> hope</c><00:42:14.820><c> to</c><00:42:15.079><c> be</c><00:42:15.260><c> involved</c><00:42:15.719><c> in.</c> 00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:21.159 Psalm<00:42:20.139><c> 2.</c> 00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:24.179 We'll<00:42:22.300><c> look</c><00:42:22.460><c> at</c><00:42:22.559><c> the</c><00:42:22.679><c> second</c><00:42:22.920><c> half</c><00:42:23.239><c> of</c><00:42:23.380><c> the</c><00:42:23.559><c> psalm</c><00:42:23.780><c> to</c><00:42:23.940><c> begin</c> 00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:26.519 with<00:42:24.400><c> which</c><00:42:24.639><c> is</c><00:42:24.940><c> the</c><00:42:25.500><c> decree</c><00:42:26.000><c> that</c><00:42:26.239><c> goes</c> 00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.539 forth. 00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:32.619 In<00:42:29.500><c> verse</c><00:42:29.699><c> 6</c><00:42:30.159><c> God</c><00:42:30.480><c> speaks</c><00:42:30.800><c> saying,</c><00:42:31.320><c> yet</c><00:42:31.320><c> I</c><00:42:31.539><c> have</c><00:42:31.860><c> set</c><00:42:32.019><c> my</c><00:42:32.400><c> king</c> 00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:35.619 upon<00:42:32.940><c> my</c><00:42:33.280><c> holy</c><00:42:33.679><c> hill</c><00:42:34.019><c> of</c><00:42:34.480><c> desire.</c> 00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:40.820 Verse<00:42:36.260><c> 7</c><00:42:36.559><c> the</c><00:42:36.719><c> king</c><00:42:36.960><c> speaks,</c><00:42:38.059><c> he</c><00:42:38.199><c> says</c><00:42:38.320><c> I</c><00:42:38.539><c> will</c><00:42:38.900><c> declare</c><00:42:39.480><c> a</c><00:42:39.980><c> decree.</c> 00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:44.139 So<00:42:41.420><c> here's</c><00:42:41.619><c> the</c><00:42:41.719><c> decree</c><00:42:42.099><c> which</c><00:42:42.360><c> goes</c><00:42:42.659><c> forth</c><00:42:42.920><c> from</c><00:42:43.179><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:47.380 Yahweh<00:42:45.239><c> has</c><00:42:45.599><c> seen</c><00:42:45.800><c> to</c><00:42:45.980><c> me</c><00:42:46.119><c> bow</c><00:42:46.320><c> up</c><00:42:46.519><c> my</c><00:42:46.860><c> son.</c> 00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:49.300 This<00:42:47.900><c> day</c><00:42:48.179><c> have</c><00:42:48.380><c> I</c><00:42:48.559><c> begotten</c><00:42:49.019><c> thee.</c> 00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:52.500 Ask<00:42:50.079><c> of</c><00:42:50.380><c> me</c><00:42:50.679><c> and</c><00:42:50.780><c> I</c><00:42:50.940><c> shall</c><00:42:51.179><c> give</c><00:42:51.420><c> thee</c><00:42:51.699><c> the</c><00:42:51.900><c> heathen</c><00:42:52.219><c> or</c><00:42:52.340><c> the</c> 00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:54.920 nations<00:42:52.900><c> for</c><00:42:53.159><c> thine</c><00:42:53.360><c> inheritance</c><00:42:54.039><c> and</c><00:42:54.739><c> the</c> 00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:57.579 innermost<00:42:55.219><c> part</c><00:42:55.619><c> of</c><00:42:55.800><c> the</c><00:42:55.940><c> earth</c><00:42:56.179><c> for</c><00:42:56.340><c> thy</c><00:42:56.500><c> possession.</c> 00:42:57.719 --> 00:43:00.360 So<00:42:57.920><c> here's</c><00:42:58.179><c> the</c><00:42:58.280><c> Lord</c><00:42:58.360><c> Jesus</c><00:42:58.699><c> Christ</c><00:42:59.139><c> stating</c><00:42:59.500><c> his</c><00:42:59.800><c> credentials.</c> 00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:03.400 He<00:43:01.000><c> says</c><00:43:01.119><c> I</c><00:43:01.480><c> have</c><00:43:01.800><c> the</c><00:43:02.079><c> right</c><00:43:02.579><c> to</c><00:43:03.039><c> rule.</c> 00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:06.900 It's<00:43:03.980><c> been</c><00:43:04.179><c> given</c><00:43:04.400><c> to</c><00:43:04.619><c> me</c><00:43:04.699><c> by</c><00:43:04.920><c> my</c><00:43:05.179><c> Father</c><00:43:05.539><c> in</c><00:43:05.840><c> heaven.</c> 00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:12.239 Verse<00:43:08.500><c> 9</c><00:43:09.099><c> Thou</c><00:43:09.880><c> shalt</c><00:43:10.260><c> break</c><00:43:10.699><c> them</c><00:43:11.000><c> with</c><00:43:11.280><c> a</c><00:43:11.420><c> rod</c><00:43:11.539><c> of</c><00:43:11.800><c> iron.</c> 00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:16.119 Thou<00:43:12.860><c> shalt</c><00:43:13.219><c> bash</c><00:43:13.420><c> them</c><00:43:13.739><c> in</c><00:43:13.960><c> pieces</c><00:43:14.340><c> like</c><00:43:14.679><c> a</c><00:43:14.840><c> popper's</c><00:43:15.219><c> vessel.</c> 00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:18.019 And<00:43:16.679><c> the</c><00:43:16.800><c> message</c><00:43:17.039><c> goes</c><00:43:17.340><c> to</c><00:43:17.559><c> the</c><00:43:17.719><c> kings.</c> 00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:21.440 Be<00:43:18.659><c> wise</c><00:43:19.139><c> now</c><00:43:19.480><c> therefore</c><00:43:19.940><c> oh</c><00:43:20.199><c> ye</c><00:43:20.400><c> kings.</c> 00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:23.639 Be<00:43:21.679><c> instructed</c><00:43:22.179><c> ye</c><00:43:22.440><c> judges</c><00:43:22.780><c> of</c><00:43:23.019><c> the</c><00:43:23.179><c> earth.</c> 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:28.099 Serve<00:43:24.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:24.760><c> with</c><00:43:25.079><c> fear</c><00:43:25.460><c> and</c><00:43:26.420><c> rejoice</c><00:43:26.880><c> with</c><00:43:27.159><c> trembling.</c> 00:43:28.219 --> 00:43:31.139 Kiss<00:43:28.400><c> the</c><00:43:28.619><c> son</c><00:43:28.860><c> lest</c><00:43:29.099><c> he</c><00:43:29.300><c> be</c><00:43:29.480><c> angry</c><00:43:29.880><c> and</c><00:43:30.159><c> he</c><00:43:30.420><c> perish</c><00:43:30.679><c> from</c><00:43:30.940><c> the</c> 00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:33.219 wave<00:43:31.500><c> when</c><00:43:31.800><c> his</c><00:43:32.039><c> rock</c><00:43:32.280><c> is</c><00:43:32.619><c> kindled</c><00:43:32.960><c> but</c> 00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:34.099 a<00:43:33.360><c> little.</c> 00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:39.260 Now<00:43:35.559><c> how</c><00:43:35.800><c> do</c><00:43:35.920><c> you</c><00:43:36.179><c> think</c><00:43:37.519><c> the</c><00:43:37.860><c> Chancellor</c><00:43:38.320><c> of</c><00:43:38.559><c> Germany</c><00:43:38.940><c> will</c> 00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:41.119 respond<00:43:39.760><c> to</c><00:43:40.000><c> that</c><00:43:40.219><c> message?</c> 00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:50.239 Or<00:43:43.579><c> what</c><00:43:43.699><c> about</c><00:43:43.860><c> the</c><00:43:44.539><c> government</c><00:43:44.920><c> of</c><00:43:45.400><c> Spain</c><00:43:45.980><c> or</c><00:43:46.840><c> France</c><00:43:47.760><c> or</c><00:43:48.619><c> Italy</c><00:43:49.059><c> or</c> 00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:51.679 many<00:43:50.519><c> of</c><00:43:50.659><c> the</c><00:43:50.760><c> other</c><00:43:50.920><c> nations</c><00:43:51.300><c> of</c><00:43:51.539><c> the</c> 00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.440 earth? 00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:55.460 How<00:43:52.679><c> do</c><00:43:52.840><c> you</c><00:43:52.840><c> think</c><00:43:52.980><c> they</c><00:43:53.159><c> will</c><00:43:53.440><c> respond</c><00:43:54.000><c> when</c><00:43:54.760><c> Elijah</c><00:43:55.119><c> comes</c> 00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:57.440 into<00:43:55.760><c> their</c><00:43:56.059><c> court</c><00:43:56.239><c> with</c><00:43:56.519><c> this</c><00:43:56.920><c> sort</c><00:43:57.099><c> of</c><00:43:57.300><c> a</c> 00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.219 decree? 00:43:58.440 --> 00:44:01.380 Be<00:43:58.739><c> wise</c><00:43:59.139><c> oh</c><00:43:59.539><c> kings</c><00:43:59.800><c> of</c><00:43:59.980><c> the</c><00:44:00.139><c> earth.</c> 00:44:01.420 --> 00:44:02.659 Submit<00:44:01.559><c> yourselves</c><00:44:02.099><c> to</c><00:44:02.380><c> Christ.</c> 00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:05.219 We<00:44:03.539><c> know</c><00:44:04.019><c> how</c><00:44:04.300><c> they're</c><00:44:04.400><c> going</c><00:44:04.519><c> to</c><00:44:04.719><c> respond.</c> 00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:07.760 And<00:44:05.539><c> we</c><00:44:05.659><c> only</c><00:44:05.900><c> think</c><00:44:06.059><c> back</c><00:44:06.300><c> to</c><00:44:06.480><c> the</c><00:44:06.480><c> story</c><00:44:06.739><c> of</c><00:44:07.019><c> Moses.</c> 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:10.980 What<00:44:08.000><c> happened</c><00:44:08.260><c> when</c><00:44:08.440><c> Moses</c><00:44:08.760><c> appeared</c><00:44:09.119><c> in</c><00:44:09.300><c> the</c><00:44:09.440><c> court</c><00:44:09.579><c> of</c><00:44:09.900><c> Pharaoh</c><00:44:10.179><c> and</c> 00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:12.800 told<00:44:11.239><c> him</c><00:44:11.539><c> to</c><00:44:11.699><c> let</c><00:44:11.920><c> Israel</c><00:44:12.440><c> go?</c> 00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:15.639 Remember<00:44:13.219><c> how</c><00:44:13.400><c> he</c><00:44:13.639><c> exploded</c><00:44:14.300><c> in</c><00:44:14.539><c> his</c><00:44:14.699><c> reaction?</c> 00:44:15.659 --> 00:44:17.880 The<00:44:15.800><c> same</c><00:44:16.059><c> thing's</c><00:44:16.360><c> going</c><00:44:16.539><c> to</c><00:44:16.739><c> happen</c><00:44:16.860><c> again.</c> 00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:20.960 Verse<00:44:18.519><c> 1</c><00:44:18.820><c> Why</c><00:44:19.079><c> do</c><00:44:19.260><c> the</c><00:44:19.460><c> heathen</c><00:44:19.800><c> rage?</c> 00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:22.960 And<00:44:21.199><c> the</c><00:44:21.320><c> people</c><00:44:21.519><c> imagine</c><00:44:22.039><c> a</c><00:44:22.340><c> vain</c><00:44:22.659><c> thing.</c> 00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:26.239 The<00:44:23.539><c> kings</c><00:44:23.719><c> of</c><00:44:23.880><c> the</c><00:44:24.000><c> earth</c><00:44:24.159><c> sit</c><00:44:24.579><c> themselves</c><00:44:25.280><c> and</c><00:44:25.679><c> the</c><00:44:25.940><c> rulers</c> 00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:27.599 take<00:44:26.619><c> counsel</c><00:44:27.179><c> together.</c> 00:44:27.840 --> 00:44:29.139 Can<00:44:28.019><c> you</c><00:44:28.260><c> imagine</c><00:44:28.639><c> that</c><00:44:28.860><c> happening?</c> 00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:33.260 Can<00:44:30.179><c> you</c><00:44:30.360><c> imagine</c><00:44:30.699><c> a</c><00:44:31.079><c> special</c><00:44:31.400><c> convening</c><00:44:31.940><c> of</c><00:44:32.719><c> the</c><00:44:32.800><c> European</c> 00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:35.960 Union<00:44:33.639><c> Parliament</c><00:44:34.260><c> to</c><00:44:34.760><c> discuss</c><00:44:35.239><c> this</c> 00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:39.420 audacious<00:44:36.699><c> demand</c><00:44:37.300><c> that's</c><00:44:37.599><c> come</c><00:44:37.760><c> from</c><00:44:38.039><c> this</c><00:44:38.539><c> Jewish</c><00:44:38.980><c> prince</c> 00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:41.380 who's<00:44:39.739><c> sitting</c><00:44:39.940><c> himself</c><00:44:40.380><c> up</c><00:44:40.780><c> in</c><00:44:41.000><c> the</c><00:44:41.139><c> city</c> 00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:42.579 of<00:44:41.619><c> Jerusalem?</c> 00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:47.360 And<00:44:43.300><c> we</c><00:44:43.420><c> can</c><00:44:43.519><c> imagine,</c><00:44:44.059><c> can't</c><00:44:44.159><c> we,</c><00:44:44.320><c> the</c><00:44:44.440><c> heathen</c><00:44:44.719><c> state</c><00:44:44.980><c> giving</c><00:44:45.300><c> together</c><00:44:45.880><c> an</c><00:44:46.340><c> indignation</c><00:44:46.960><c> of</c><00:44:47.139><c> this</c> 00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:49.139 command<00:44:47.900><c> to</c><00:44:48.179><c> submit.</c> 00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:52.920 And<00:44:50.280><c> one</c><00:44:50.440><c> thing</c><00:44:50.559><c> we</c><00:44:50.679><c> can</c><00:44:50.880><c> be</c><00:44:51.059><c> assured</c><00:44:51.300><c> of</c><00:44:52.019><c> is</c><00:44:52.460><c> that</c><00:44:52.599><c> the</c><00:44:52.760><c> kings</c> 00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:54.760 of<00:44:53.119><c> the</c><00:44:53.239><c> earth</c><00:44:53.380><c> will</c><00:44:53.800><c> set</c><00:44:54.019><c> themselves</c> 00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:57.659 against<00:44:55.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:56.280><c> and</c><00:44:56.739><c> against</c><00:44:57.059><c> his</c><00:44:57.280><c> anointed.</c> 00:44:57.659 --> 00:45:01.000 Their<00:44:58.780><c> intention,</c><00:44:59.400><c> verse</c><00:44:59.519><c> 3,</c><00:44:59.800><c> let</c><00:44:59.940><c> us</c><00:45:00.139><c> break</c><00:45:00.480><c> their</c><00:45:00.699><c> hands</c> 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:03.579 asunder<00:45:01.420><c> and</c><00:45:01.699><c> cast</c><00:45:01.980><c> away</c><00:45:02.320><c> their</c><00:45:02.559><c> cords</c><00:45:03.239><c> for</c> 00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.579 us. 00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:07.780 And<00:45:04.860><c> so</c><00:45:05.019><c> they</c><00:45:05.199><c> will</c><00:45:05.420><c> set</c><00:45:05.539><c> themselves</c><00:45:06.239><c> against</c><00:45:06.760><c> this</c><00:45:07.079><c> new</c><00:45:07.380><c> king</c> 00:45:07.780 --> 00:45:10.239 which<00:45:08.219><c> has</c><00:45:08.539><c> been</c><00:45:08.980><c> established.</c> 00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:17.900 That's<00:45:12.539><c> the</c><00:45:12.719><c> point</c><00:45:13.619><c> at</c><00:45:14.880><c> which</c><00:45:15.039><c> something</c><00:45:15.440><c> really</c><00:45:15.940><c> ugly</c><00:45:16.340><c> is</c><00:45:16.639><c> going</c><00:45:16.800><c> to</c><00:45:17.019><c> happen.</c> 00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:20.820 Something<00:45:18.940><c> very</c><00:45:19.280><c> sinister</c><00:45:19.719><c> and</c><00:45:20.059><c> evil.</c> 00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:27.340 How<00:45:22.300><c> did</c><00:45:22.719><c> Pharaoh</c><00:45:22.960><c> react</c><00:45:23.800><c> to</c><00:45:24.179><c> the</c><00:45:24.480><c> decree</c><00:45:24.800><c> or</c><00:45:25.780><c> the</c><00:45:26.199><c> request</c><00:45:26.599><c> that</c><00:45:26.760><c> was</c><00:45:26.880><c> given</c><00:45:27.119><c> to</c> 00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:27.760 him<00:45:27.460><c> by</c><00:45:27.500><c> Moses?</c> 00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:29.519 What<00:45:28.019><c> could</c><00:45:28.159><c> he</c><00:45:28.280><c> actually</c><00:45:28.699><c> do?</c> 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:34.260 Well,<00:45:30.820><c> he</c><00:45:30.900><c> began</c><00:45:31.219><c> to</c><00:45:31.539><c> persecute</c><00:45:32.380><c> the</c><00:45:32.559><c> Jews,</c><00:45:33.179><c> didn't</c><00:45:33.400><c> he?</c> 00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:37.219 And<00:45:35.000><c> can</c><00:45:35.099><c> you</c><00:45:35.179><c> imagine</c><00:45:35.440><c> the</c><00:45:35.639><c> anger</c><00:45:35.900><c> of</c><00:45:36.099><c> the</c><00:45:36.199><c> nations,</c><00:45:36.519><c> for</c><00:45:36.760><c> example,</c><00:45:37.079><c> of</c> 00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:39.199 Europe<00:45:37.480><c> towards</c><00:45:37.900><c> this</c><00:45:38.800><c> Jewish</c> 00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:43.599 prince<00:45:39.539><c> as</c><00:45:39.760><c> they</c><00:45:39.920><c> were</c><00:45:40.099><c> seeking</c><00:45:40.320><c> that's</c><00:45:40.719><c> arisen</c><00:45:41.300><c> in</c><00:45:41.679><c> the</c><00:45:41.760><c> nation</c><00:45:42.139><c> of</c><00:45:42.519><c> Israel?</c> 00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:48.780 If<00:45:44.920><c> they</c><00:45:45.139><c> can't</c><00:45:45.519><c> get</c><00:45:45.719><c> a</c><00:45:45.960><c> Christ,</c><00:45:47.260><c> what</c><00:45:47.460><c> will</c><00:45:47.599><c> they</c><00:45:47.840><c> do?</c> 00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:52.440 They'll<00:45:49.820><c> turn</c><00:45:50.000><c> their</c><00:45:50.239><c> hands</c><00:45:50.619><c> against</c><00:45:51.039><c> his</c><00:45:51.360><c> people.</c> 00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:56.159 As<00:45:53.400><c> it</c><00:45:53.639><c> was</c><00:45:53.820><c> in</c><00:45:54.000><c> the</c><00:45:54.059><c> days</c><00:45:54.260><c> of</c><00:45:54.559><c> Moses,</c><00:45:55.139><c> it's</c><00:45:55.440><c> likely</c><00:45:55.719><c> to</c><00:45:55.940><c> begin</c> 00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:57.579 with<00:45:56.380><c> the</c><00:45:56.619><c> small</c><00:45:56.880><c> things,</c><00:45:57.260><c> isn't</c><00:45:57.400><c> it?</c> 00:45:57.579 --> 00:46:01.659 Economic<00:45:58.099><c> restrictions,</c><00:45:59.900><c> restrictions</c><00:46:00.300><c> on</c><00:46:00.679><c> their</c><00:46:01.159><c> everyday</c> 00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:04.159 rights,<00:46:03.139><c> attempts</c><00:46:03.380><c> to</c><00:46:03.619><c> reduce</c><00:46:03.900><c> their</c> 00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:07.940 employment<00:46:04.500><c> opportunities,</c><00:46:06.139><c> persecution</c><00:46:06.579><c> in</c><00:46:06.900><c> the</c><00:46:07.059><c> small</c><00:46:07.260><c> areas</c><00:46:07.659><c> of</c> 00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:09.679 human<00:46:08.139><c> dignity</c><00:46:08.559><c> and</c><00:46:08.860><c> freedom.</c> 00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:12.800 It<00:46:10.760><c> always</c><00:46:11.019><c> follows</c><00:46:11.340><c> the</c><00:46:11.579><c> same</c><00:46:11.900><c> process,</c><00:46:12.280><c> doesn't</c><00:46:12.440><c> it?</c> 00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:16.039 It<00:46:13.239><c> actually</c><00:46:13.659><c> has</c><00:46:13.900><c> for</c><00:46:14.219><c> thousands</c><00:46:14.679><c> of</c><00:46:14.940><c> years.</c> 00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:19.739 Pogroms<00:46:17.500><c> is</c><00:46:17.840><c> the</c><00:46:18.019><c> phrase</c><00:46:18.300><c> that's</c><00:46:18.460><c> been</c><00:46:18.739><c> used</c><00:46:18.980><c> over</c><00:46:19.280><c> the</c><00:46:19.400><c> years</c> 00:46:19.739 --> 00:46:21.260 to<00:46:20.099><c> describe</c><00:46:20.480><c> the</c><00:46:20.639><c> way</c><00:46:20.860><c> in</c><00:46:20.860><c> which</c><00:46:21.079><c> the</c> 00:46:21.260 --> 00:46:24.179 nations<00:46:21.820><c> have</c><00:46:22.500><c> persecuted</c><00:46:23.000><c> the</c><00:46:23.260><c> Jews.</c> 00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:29.519 Russia,<00:46:25.119><c> France,</c><00:46:26.000><c> Austria,</c><00:46:26.840><c> Germany,</c><00:46:27.699><c> Holland,</c><00:46:28.440><c> Rome,</c><00:46:29.159><c> Spain.</c> 00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:32.360 We've<00:46:29.980><c> only</c><00:46:30.199><c> got</c><00:46:30.320><c> to</c><00:46:30.440><c> go</c><00:46:30.559><c> through</c><00:46:30.800><c> the</c><00:46:31.000><c> history</c><00:46:31.260><c> books.</c> 00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:37.920 It's<00:46:34.400><c> described</c><00:46:34.760><c> as</c><00:46:35.119><c> being</c><00:46:35.440><c> a</c><00:46:35.639><c> time</c><00:46:35.820><c> of</c><00:46:36.039><c> trouble</c><00:46:36.440><c> such</c><00:46:36.800><c> as</c><00:46:37.139><c> never</c><00:46:37.559><c> was</c> 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:39.460 since<00:46:38.219><c> there</c><00:46:38.340><c> was</c><00:46:38.500><c> a</c><00:46:38.679><c> nation.</c> 00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:42.820 It's<00:46:40.659><c> described</c><00:46:40.960><c> in</c><00:46:41.159><c> Jeremiah</c><00:46:41.519><c> 30</c><00:46:41.880><c> as</c><00:46:42.059><c> being,</c> 00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:45.119 So<00:46:43.539><c> that</c><00:46:43.840><c> none</c><00:46:44.099><c> is</c><00:46:44.480><c> like</c><00:46:44.820><c> it.</c> 00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:48.380 It<00:46:45.420><c> is</c><00:46:45.619><c> even</c><00:46:45.880><c> the</c><00:46:46.239><c> time</c><00:46:46.659><c> of</c><00:46:47.059><c> Jacob's</c><00:46:47.519><c> trouble.</c> 00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:52.500 In<00:46:48.840><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:46:49.260><c> 32,</c><00:46:49.800><c> it</c><00:46:49.800><c> says</c><00:46:50.099><c> that</c><00:46:50.340><c> God</c><00:46:50.599><c> will</c><00:46:50.900><c> see</c><00:46:51.099><c> that</c><00:46:51.300><c> their</c><00:46:51.519><c> power</c><00:46:51.840><c> is</c><00:46:52.199><c> gone.</c> 00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:54.679 None<00:46:53.019><c> shut</c><00:46:53.380><c> up</c><00:46:53.639><c> or</c><00:46:53.940><c> live.</c> 00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:57.900 The<00:46:55.579><c> implications</c><00:46:56.139><c> of</c><00:46:56.360><c> these</c><00:46:56.659><c> words</c><00:46:56.880><c> prognosis</c><00:46:57.440><c> does</c><00:46:57.699><c> make</c> 00:46:57.900 --> 00:47:01.519 us<00:46:58.179><c> heavy</c><00:46:58.480><c> of</c><00:46:58.719><c> heart,</c><00:47:00.559><c> heavy</c><00:47:00.840><c> of</c><00:47:01.099><c> heart</c> 00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:05.579 because<00:47:02.179><c> it's</c><00:47:02.500><c> telling</c><00:47:02.760><c> us</c><00:47:03.900><c> that</c><00:47:04.219><c> the</c><00:47:04.539><c> persecutions</c><00:47:05.280><c> which</c> 00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:09.880 have<00:47:05.860><c> taken</c><00:47:06.119><c> place</c><00:47:06.659><c> in</c><00:47:06.900><c> the</c><00:47:07.159><c> past</c><00:47:07.699><c> will</c><00:47:09.039><c> be</c> 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:13.239 eclipsed<00:47:10.800><c> by</c><00:47:11.059><c> the</c><00:47:11.280><c> persecutions</c><00:47:11.960><c> which</c><00:47:12.199><c> come</c><00:47:12.400><c> upon</c><00:47:12.659><c> Israel</c> 00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:14.619 in<00:47:13.500><c> the</c><00:47:13.639><c> future.</c> 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:19.039 This<00:47:15.039><c> will</c><00:47:15.280><c> be</c><00:47:15.440><c> a</c><00:47:15.599><c> time</c><00:47:15.739><c> of</c><00:47:15.980><c> trouble</c><00:47:16.360><c> such</c><00:47:16.739><c> as</c><00:47:16.980><c> never</c><00:47:17.360><c> was</c><00:47:17.940><c> since</c><00:47:18.659><c> there</c><00:47:18.860><c> was</c> 00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:20.239 a<00:47:19.280><c> nation.</c> 00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:23.679 That<00:47:20.659><c> day</c><00:47:21.199><c> is</c><00:47:21.619><c> the</c><00:47:21.760><c> time</c><00:47:22.039><c> of</c><00:47:22.300><c> Jacob's</c><00:47:22.679><c> trouble,</c><00:47:22.980><c> the</c><00:47:23.139><c> day</c><00:47:23.360><c> that</c> 00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:26.619 has<00:47:24.099><c> had</c><00:47:24.340><c> none</c><00:47:24.940><c> like</c><00:47:25.500><c> it.</c> 00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:28.559 Look<00:47:27.400><c> at</c><00:47:27.460><c> those</c><00:47:27.699><c> descriptions</c><00:47:28.239><c> here.</c> 00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:31.659 It<00:47:28.579><c> says</c><00:47:28.880><c> that</c><00:47:29.079><c> God</c><00:47:29.239><c> will</c><00:47:29.480><c> see</c><00:47:29.619><c> that</c><00:47:29.780><c> their</c><00:47:30.039><c> power</c><00:47:30.340><c> is</c><00:47:30.719><c> gone.</c> 00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:33.079 There<00:47:31.820><c> is</c><00:47:32.019><c> none</c><00:47:32.219><c> shut</c><00:47:32.460><c> up</c><00:47:32.639><c> or</c><00:47:32.840><c> live.</c> 00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:35.280 In<00:47:33.360><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:33.699><c> 32,</c><00:47:34.400><c> verse</c><00:47:34.519><c> 36.</c> 00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:38.920 They're<00:47:36.360><c> described</c><00:47:36.760><c> as</c><00:47:37.039><c> being</c><00:47:37.340><c> smitten</c><00:47:37.739><c> down</c><00:47:38.260><c> before</c><00:47:38.639><c> their</c> 00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:42.380 enemies<00:47:39.260><c> at</c><00:47:39.500><c> the</c><00:47:39.679><c> time</c><00:47:39.860><c> when</c><00:47:40.039><c> God</c><00:47:40.280><c> will</c><00:47:40.559><c> restore</c><00:47:40.880><c> them.</c> 00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:45.280 We<00:47:42.619><c> think</c><00:47:42.820><c> of</c><00:47:42.960><c> the</c><00:47:43.099><c> words</c><00:47:43.340><c> of</c><00:47:43.519><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:43.940><c> 28.</c> 00:47:45.460 --> 00:47:47.679 Among<00:47:45.539><c> these</c><00:47:45.820><c> nations</c><00:47:46.260><c> shall</c><00:47:46.480><c> there</c><00:47:46.719><c> find</c><00:47:47.119><c> their</c><00:47:47.420><c> ease.</c> 00:47:47.760 --> 00:47:50.340 Neither<00:47:48.000><c> shall</c><00:47:48.239><c> the</c><00:47:48.440><c> soul</c><00:47:48.619><c> of</c><00:47:48.800><c> thy</c><00:47:48.960><c> foot</c><00:47:49.179><c> have</c><00:47:49.500><c> rest.</c> 00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:54.360 Yahweh<00:47:50.780><c> shall</c><00:47:51.019><c> give</c><00:47:51.239><c> thee</c><00:47:51.460><c> there</c><00:47:51.659><c> a</c><00:47:51.960><c> trembling</c><00:47:52.320><c> heart</c><00:47:52.840><c> and</c><00:47:53.639><c> failing</c><00:47:54.059><c> of</c> 00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:57.519 eyes<00:47:54.820><c> and</c><00:47:55.480><c> sorrow</c><00:47:56.079><c> of</c><00:47:56.639><c> mind.</c> 00:47:58.260 --> 00:48:02.880 They're<00:47:58.980><c> described</c><00:47:59.340><c> as</c><00:47:59.559><c> being</c><00:47:59.840><c> ready</c><00:48:00.199><c> to</c><00:48:00.579><c> perish</c><00:48:01.019><c> as</c><00:48:02.039><c> a</c><00:48:02.219><c> little</c><00:48:02.519><c> dove</c> 00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:04.539 that<00:48:03.380><c> trembles</c><00:48:03.920><c> out</c><00:48:04.199><c> of</c><00:48:04.380><c> the</c> 00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:06.260 land<00:48:04.860><c> of</c><00:48:05.219><c> Egypt.</c> 00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:11.860 They're<00:48:07.079><c> described</c><00:48:07.420><c> as</c><00:48:07.659><c> the</c><00:48:08.000><c> few</c><00:48:08.159><c> that</c><00:48:08.519><c> escape</c><00:48:08.880><c> who</c><00:48:09.659><c> will</c><00:48:09.900><c> deliver</c><00:48:10.199><c> their</c><00:48:10.539><c> souls,</c><00:48:11.659><c> are</c> 00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:12.440 remnants<00:48:12.199><c> who</c> 00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:14.179 are<00:48:12.679><c> ready</c><00:48:12.860><c> to</c><00:48:13.219><c> perish.</c> 00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:16.880 They're<00:48:14.579><c> described</c><00:48:14.840><c> in</c><00:48:15.000><c> the</c><00:48:15.199><c> 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which</c><00:48:45.260><c> will</c><00:48:45.460><c> be</c> 00:48:45.679 --> 00:48:46.840 repeated<00:48:46.079><c> again.</c> 00:48:46.840 --> 00:48:49.860 Very<00:48:47.500><c> clear</c><00:48:47.800><c> prophecies</c><00:48:48.320><c> about</c><00:48:48.559><c> the</c><00:48:48.780><c> message</c><00:48:49.099><c> which</c><00:48:49.380><c> goes</c><00:48:49.639><c> to</c> 00:48:49.860 --> 00:48:52.739 the<00:48:50.019><c> Jews</c><00:48:50.360><c> to</c><00:48:50.900><c> come</c><00:48:51.119><c> out</c><00:48:51.400><c> and</c><00:48:51.579><c> respond.</c> 00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:55.500 Imagine<00:48:53.599><c> what</c><00:48:53.760><c> it</c><00:48:53.880><c> would</c><00:48:53.980><c> be</c><00:48:54.139><c> like</c><00:48:54.340><c> to</c><00:48:54.579><c> visit</c><00:48:54.780><c> a</c><00:48:55.079><c> people</c><00:48:55.300><c> who</c> 00:48:55.500 --> 00:48:58.639 are<00:48:55.659><c> described</c><00:48:56.159><c> as</c><00:48:56.440><c> being</c><00:48:56.760><c> 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27</c><00:49:13.139><c> verse</c><00:49:13.400><c> 13</c><00:49:13.820><c> as</c><00:49:14.019><c> I</c><00:49:14.139><c> mentioned</c><00:49:14.360><c> before</c> 00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:17.380 as<00:49:15.019><c> being</c><00:49:15.260><c> ready</c><00:49:15.539><c> to</c><00:49:15.780><c> perish.</c> 00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:22.400 It's<00:49:17.599><c> to</c><00:49:17.840><c> those</c><00:49:18.099><c> people</c><00:49:18.800><c> that</c><00:49:19.320><c> the</c><00:49:19.539><c> voice</c><00:49:20.099><c> of</c><00:49:20.440><c> Elijah</c><00:49:20.860><c> will</c><00:49:21.340><c> be</c><00:49:21.559><c> spoken.</c> 00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:25.659 It's<00:49:23.079><c> a</c><00:49:23.219><c> message</c><00:49:23.480><c> to</c><00:49:23.820><c> save,</c><00:49:24.360><c> a</c><00:49:24.559><c> message</c><00:49:24.840><c> that</c><00:49:25.000><c> will</c><00:49:25.280><c> speak</c><00:49:25.500><c> to</c> 00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:26.880 their<00:49:25.900><c> hearts.</c> 00:49:27.860 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that</c><00:51:20.300><c> it</c> 00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:22.460 encourages<00:51:20.920><c> us</c><00:51:21.320><c> to</c><00:51:21.719><c> stir</c><00:51:21.880><c> up</c><00:51:22.000><c> our</c><00:51:22.219><c> own</c> 00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:28.500 faith<00:51:22.780><c> and</c><00:51:23.380><c> our</c><00:51:23.500><c> own</c><00:51:23.780><c> zeal</c><00:51:24.480><c> as</c><00:51:24.820><c> we</c><00:51:25.059><c> prepare</c><00:51:25.280><c> for</c><00:51:25.420><c> that</c><00:51:25.679><c> glorious</c><00:51:26.159><c> time</c><00:51:26.679><c> when</c><00:51:27.760><c> Elijah</c><00:51:28.079><c> will</c><00:51:28.320><c> be</c> 00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:29.360 sent<00:51:28.780><c> to</c> 00:51:29.360 --> 00:51:33.300 bring<00:51:29.659><c> scattered</c><00:51:29.960><c> Israel</c><00:51:30.440><c> home</c><00:51:30.940><c> and</c><00:51:31.820><c> when</c><00:51:32.119><c> all</c><00:51:32.440><c> Israel</c><00:51:33.099><c> as</c> 00:51:33.300 --> 00:51:35.920 the<00:51:33.539><c> apostle</c><00:51:33.860><c> talks</c><00:51:34.159><c> about</c><00:51:34.760><c> speaks</c><00:51:35.199><c> about</c><00:51:35.559><c> when</c> 00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:39.139 all<00:51:36.400><c> Israel</c><00:51:36.900><c> together</c><00:51:37.659><c> shall</c><00:51:38.079><c> be</c><00:51:38.300><c> saved.</c>