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fire.<00:13:02.669><c> Fire</c><00:13:03.029><c> has</c><00:13:03.409><c> both</c><00:13:03.710><c> a</c><00:13:04.049><c> positive</c><00:13:04.509><c> and</c><00:13:04.750><c> negative</c><00:13:05.210><c> features</c>

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with<00:13:06.269><c> the</c><00:13:06.429><c> way</c><00:13:06.590><c> God</c><00:13:06.830><c> has</c>

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created<00:13:07.450><c> the</c><00:13:07.809><c> properties</c><00:13:08.169><c> of</c><00:13:08.529><c> fire.</c><00:13:10.649><c> Harnessed</c><00:13:11.129><c> fire</c><00:13:11.690><c> is</c><00:13:12.389><c> very</c><00:13:12.710><c> positive</c><00:13:13.230><c> and</c>

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purifies.<00:13:21.450><c> We</c><00:13:21.809><c> have</c><00:13:22.049><c> to</c>

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have<00:13:22.549><c> fire</c><00:13:22.850><c> to</c><00:13:23.070><c> survive.</c><00:13:24.370><c> It's</c><00:13:24.549><c> absolutely</c><00:13:25.269><c> necessary</c><00:13:25.990><c> for</c><00:13:26.190><c> us</c><00:13:26.470><c> to</c><00:13:26.690><c> live.</c><00:13:27.409><c> It's</c><00:13:27.629><c> a</c><00:13:27.789><c> life</c>

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extender.<00:13:29.490><c> Fire,</c><00:13:31.169><c> uncontrolled</c><00:13:32.149><c> fire,</c><00:13:33.669><c> unharnessed</c><00:13:34.330><c> fire,</c>

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consumes,<00:13:36.889><c> destroys,</c><00:13:38.149><c> kills.</c>

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the<00:13:43.370><c> difficulties</c><00:13:43.830><c> that</c><00:13:44.169><c> the</c>

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faithful<00:13:44.669><c> will</c><00:13:45.029><c> endure</c><00:13:45.490><c> while</c><00:13:46.009><c> being</c><00:13:46.330><c> prepared</c><00:13:46.929><c> for</c><00:13:47.309><c> assuming</c><00:13:47.570><c> the</c>

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blessed<00:13:48.090><c> nature</c>

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of<00:13:48.509><c> God.</c><00:13:49.850><c> For</c><00:13:50.090><c> example,</c><00:13:51.309><c> in</c><00:13:51.389><c> First</c><00:13:51.610><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:52.049><c> 3,</c><00:13:53.289><c> starting</c>

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in<00:13:53.590><c> verse</c><00:13:53.750><c> 13,</c>

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every<00:13:55.029><c> man's</c><00:13:55.450><c> work</c><00:13:55.809><c> shall</c><00:13:56.309><c> be</c><00:13:56.570><c> made</c><00:13:56.950><c> manifest,</c><00:13:57.470><c> for</c><00:13:57.629><c> the</c><00:13:57.830><c> day</c>

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shall<00:13:58.190><c> declare</c><00:13:58.590><c> it,</c><00:13:59.070><c> because</c><00:13:59.330><c> it</c>

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shall<00:13:59.690><c> be</c><00:13:59.950><c> revealed</c><00:14:00.450><c> by</c><00:14:01.049><c> fire.</c><00:14:02.210><c> And</c><00:14:02.490><c> the</c><00:14:02.730><c> fire</c><00:14:03.009><c> shall</c><00:14:03.269><c> try</c><00:14:03.629><c> every</c><00:14:04.009><c> man's</c><00:14:04.389><c> work</c><00:14:04.570><c> of</c>

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what<00:14:05.149><c> sort</c>

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it<00:14:05.549><c> is.</c><00:14:06.370><c> If</c><00:14:06.570><c> any</c><00:14:06.789><c> man's</c><00:14:07.110><c> work</c><00:14:07.330><c> abide,</c><00:14:08.350><c> which</c><00:14:08.570><c> he</c><00:14:08.809><c> hath</c><00:14:08.970><c> built</c><00:14:09.230><c> thereon,</c><00:14:10.110><c> he</c><00:14:10.309><c> shall</c><00:14:10.470><c> receive</c><00:14:10.870><c> a</c>

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reward.<00:14:11.669><c> If</c><00:14:11.870><c> any</c><00:14:12.090><c> man's</c><00:14:12.389><c> work</c><00:14:12.509><c> shall</c><00:14:12.690><c> be</c><00:14:12.970><c> burned,</c><00:14:13.809><c> he</c><00:14:13.990><c> shall</c>

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suffer<00:14:14.409><c> loss,</c><00:14:14.769><c> but</c><00:14:14.929><c> he</c><00:14:15.090><c> himself</c><00:14:15.409><c> shall</c>

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be<00:14:16.289><c> saved,</c><00:14:16.789><c> yet</c><00:14:16.950><c> so</c><00:14:17.210><c> as</c><00:14:17.389><c> by</c><00:14:17.649><c> fire.</c><00:14:19.070><c> Fire</c><00:14:19.629><c> saves</c><00:14:20.110><c> us.</c><00:14:21.049><c> Yes,</c><00:14:21.250><c> it</c>

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extends<00:14:21.710><c> our</c><00:14:21.950><c> life.</c><00:14:22.289><c> It's</c><00:14:22.289><c> part</c><00:14:22.429><c> of</c>

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involved<00:14:29.110><c> in</c><00:14:29.250><c> it</c>

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also<00:14:29.909><c> save</c><00:14:30.250><c> us.</c><00:14:31.230><c> In</c><00:14:31.350><c> 1st</c><00:14:31.669><c> Peter</c><00:14:31.850><c> 1</c><00:14:32.049><c> and</c><00:14:32.250><c> 7,</c><00:14:32.570><c> Peter</c><00:14:32.809><c> says</c><00:14:33.090><c> that</c>

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being<00:14:34.830><c> much</c><00:14:35.090><c> more</c><00:14:35.450><c> precious</c><00:14:35.909><c> than</c><00:14:36.409><c> a</c><00:14:36.710><c> gold</c><00:14:36.950><c> that</c><00:14:37.350><c> perisheth,</c>

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incense<00:14:50.590><c> that</c><00:14:51.169><c> changes</c><00:14:51.950><c> the</c>

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flesh<00:15:02.470><c> to</c><00:15:02.789><c> spirit,</c><00:15:03.870><c> from</c><00:15:04.049><c> curse</c><00:15:04.309><c> to</c><00:15:04.509><c> blessing.</c><00:15:05.929><c> From</c><00:15:06.110><c> the</c><00:15:06.289><c> curse</c><00:15:06.509><c> of</c>

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dust<00:15:07.830><c> thou</c><00:15:07.990><c> art,</c><00:15:08.230><c> to</c><00:15:08.250><c> dust</c>

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thou<00:15:08.669><c> shall</c><00:15:08.830><c> return,</c><00:15:09.570><c> to</c><00:15:09.649><c> the</c><00:15:09.809><c> blessing</c><00:15:10.070><c> of</c><00:15:10.190><c> being</c><00:15:10.669><c> caught</c><00:15:10.929><c> up</c>

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Atonement.<00:15:18.649><c> What</c><00:15:18.750><c> a</c><00:15:18.909><c> beautiful</c><00:15:19.190><c> ritual</c><00:15:19.909><c> bursting</c><00:15:20.570><c> with</c><00:15:20.909><c> promise</c><00:15:21.490><c> and</c><00:15:22.230><c> exhortation.</c>

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symbol<00:15:28.210><c> for</c><00:15:28.490><c> his</c><00:15:28.809><c> presence,</c><00:15:29.389><c> his</c>

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power,<00:15:30.409><c> and</c><00:15:30.549><c> his</c><00:15:30.769><c> glory.</c><00:15:31.889><c> The</c><00:15:32.090><c> use</c><00:15:32.250><c> of</c><00:15:32.429><c> the</c><00:15:32.590><c> cloud</c><00:15:32.730><c> in</c><00:15:32.950><c> scripture</c><00:15:33.230><c> is</c>

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consistency<00:15:42.149><c> of</c><00:15:44.610><c> these</c><00:15:45.029><c> subtle</c><00:15:45.450><c> symbols</c><00:15:46.070><c> is</c><00:15:47.809><c> a</c><00:15:47.990><c> seed</c><00:15:48.110><c> of</c><00:15:48.350><c> inspiration</c><00:15:49.009><c> for</c>

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showers<00:20:39.450><c> upon</c><00:20:39.829><c> the</c><00:20:40.049><c> grass.</c><00:20:41.029><c> God</c><00:20:41.309><c> says,</c><00:20:41.630><c> think</c><00:20:41.829><c> of</c><00:20:41.970><c> the</c><00:20:42.150><c> words</c>

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go<00:20:45.829><c> to</c><00:20:45.970><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:46.349><c> 55</c><00:20:47.250><c> verses</c><00:20:48.470><c> 10</c><00:20:48.730><c> and</c><00:20:48.910><c> 11,</c><00:20:50.150><c> says</c><00:20:50.170><c> for</c><00:20:50.369><c> the</c><00:20:50.609><c> rain</c>

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to<00:20:59.910><c> bring</c><00:21:00.069><c> forth</c><00:21:00.349><c> in</c>

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bud,<00:21:01.210><c> that</c><00:21:01.269><c> it</c><00:21:01.430><c> may</c><00:21:01.549><c> give</c><00:21:01.829><c> seed</c><00:21:02.049><c> to</c><00:21:02.289><c> the</c><00:21:02.470><c> sower</c><00:21:02.710><c> and</c><00:21:02.950><c> bread</c><00:21:03.150><c> to</c>

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be,<00:21:06.589><c> that</c><00:21:06.750><c> goeth</c><00:21:07.130><c> forth</c><00:21:07.349><c> out</c><00:21:07.589><c> of</c><00:21:07.650><c> my</c><00:21:07.890><c> mouth,</c><00:21:08.549><c> it</c><00:21:08.789><c> shall</c><00:21:09.069><c> not</c><00:21:09.470><c> return</c><00:21:09.950><c> to</c>

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clouds.<00:21:23.990><c> Logical</c><00:21:24.430><c> extension</c><00:21:24.990><c> of</c><00:21:26.710><c> the</c><00:21:26.829><c> lesson</c><00:21:27.029><c> of</c><00:21:27.190><c> the</c><00:21:27.369><c> clouds.</c><00:21:28.410><c> Now</c><00:21:28.730><c> as</c>

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is<00:21:29.150><c> always</c><00:21:29.509><c> the</c><00:21:29.769><c> case,</c>

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exhortation<00:21:32.029><c> weaves</c><00:21:32.549><c> through</c><00:21:32.950><c> creation,</c><00:21:33.630><c> spiritual</c><00:21:34.190><c> parallels.</c><00:21:36.029><c> We</c><00:21:36.150><c> find</c><00:21:36.390><c> an</c>

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degree.<00:21:41.410><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:41.630><c> demands</c><00:21:42.029><c> obedience</c><00:21:42.650><c> from</c><00:21:42.930><c> those</c><00:21:43.450><c> to</c><00:21:43.769><c> whom</c>

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another<00:21:52.390><c> context,</c><00:21:53.029><c> God</c><00:21:53.269><c> warns</c><00:21:53.769><c> Israel</c><00:21:54.109><c> that</c><00:21:54.430><c> if</c><00:21:54.589><c> they</c><00:21:54.829><c> don't</c>

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Egypt,<00:22:10.630><c> they</c><00:22:10.890><c> watered</c><00:22:11.150><c> their</c><00:22:11.329><c> crops</c><00:22:11.569><c> with</c><00:22:11.809><c> their</c><00:22:12.190><c> irrigation</c>

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Nile.<00:22:18.230><c> They</c><00:22:18.369><c> could</c><00:22:18.549><c> even</c><00:22:19.710><c> form</c><00:22:20.390><c> these</c><00:22:20.609><c> channels</c><00:22:20.910><c> quite</c><00:22:21.210><c> easily.</c><00:22:22.369><c> The</c>

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fail.<00:22:32.890><c> The</c><00:22:33.150><c> famine</c><00:22:33.349><c> would</c>

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follow.<00:22:34.769><c> And</c><00:22:34.950><c> God</c><00:22:35.130><c> presents</c><00:22:35.650><c> a</c><00:22:35.970><c> parallel</c><00:22:36.369><c> between</c><00:22:36.890><c> Israel's</c>

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receiving<00:22:38.430><c> and</c><00:22:39.390><c> acting</c>

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they're<00:22:45.869><c> receiving</c><00:22:46.250><c> the</c><00:22:46.569><c> literal</c><00:22:47.029><c> rain</c><00:22:47.549><c> from</c><00:22:48.069><c> the</c><00:22:48.309><c> literal</c>

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clouds<00:22:49.349><c> of</c><00:22:49.750><c> the</c><00:22:49.930><c> heavens.</c><00:22:50.589><c> And</c>

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that's<00:22:50.970><c> again</c><00:22:51.289><c> in</c><00:22:51.490><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:22:51.910><c> 11,</c><00:22:53.009><c> starting</c><00:22:53.210><c> at</c><00:22:53.410><c> verse</c><00:22:53.670><c> 10,</c>

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Lord<00:23:26.470><c> your</c><00:23:26.670><c> God</c><00:23:26.950><c> and</c><00:23:27.150><c> to</c><00:23:27.369><c> serve</c><00:23:27.509><c> him</c><00:23:27.609><c> with</c><00:23:27.789><c> all</c><00:23:27.910><c> your</c><00:23:28.130><c> heart</c><00:23:28.289><c> and</c><00:23:28.390><c> with</c><00:23:28.490><c> all</c><00:23:28.609><c> your</c><00:23:28.869><c> soul,</c><00:23:29.829><c> that</c><00:23:30.069><c> I</c>

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latter<00:23:37.430><c> rain,</c><00:23:38.369><c> that</c><00:23:38.470><c> thou</c><00:23:38.690><c> mayest</c><00:23:39.009><c> gather</c><00:23:39.349><c> in</c><00:23:39.490><c> thy</c><00:23:39.630><c> corn,</c><00:23:39.990><c> thy</c>

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wine,<00:23:40.490><c> thy</c><00:23:40.670><c> oil,</c><00:23:41.230><c> and</c><00:23:41.509><c> I</c><00:23:41.630><c> will</c><00:23:41.769><c> send</c>

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yourselves,<00:23:48.309><c> that</c><00:23:48.450><c> your</c><00:23:48.650><c> heart</c><00:23:48.849><c> be</c><00:23:49.069><c> not</c><00:23:49.289><c> deceived,</c><00:23:50.210><c> and</c><00:23:50.289><c> you</c>

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turn<00:23:50.730><c> aside</c><00:23:51.190><c> and</c><00:23:51.390><c> serve</c>

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yield<00:24:00.690><c> not</c><00:24:01.089><c> her</c><00:24:01.369><c> fruit,</c><00:24:02.029><c> unless</c><00:24:02.309><c> you</c><00:24:02.589><c> perish</c><00:24:02.910><c> quickly</c><00:24:03.410><c> from</c>

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off<00:24:04.130><c> the</c><00:24:04.269><c> good</c><00:24:04.450><c> land</c><00:24:04.849><c> which</c>

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the<00:24:05.450><c> Lord</c><00:24:05.569><c> giveth</c><00:24:05.849><c> you.</c><00:24:06.089><c> Therefore</c><00:24:06.470><c> lay</c><00:24:06.750><c> up</c><00:24:06.869><c> these</c><00:24:07.109><c> words</c><00:24:07.329><c> in</c>

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your<00:24:07.730><c> heart</c><00:24:08.009><c> and</c><00:24:08.950><c> in</c><00:24:09.150><c> your</c>

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soul.<00:24:10.210><c> Think</c><00:24:10.730><c> about</c><00:24:11.069><c> the</c><00:24:11.289><c> words</c><00:24:11.609><c> I'm</c><00:24:12.009><c> telling</c><00:24:12.250><c> you,</c><00:24:12.529><c> he</c><00:24:12.789><c> says.</c>

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pour<00:24:19.630><c> out</c><00:24:19.849><c> to</c><00:24:20.009><c> you.</c><00:24:21.109><c> The</c>

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word<00:24:21.509><c> that</c><00:24:21.730><c> issues</c><00:24:21.910><c> from</c><00:24:22.150><c> God,</c><00:24:22.509><c> the</c><00:24:22.650><c> rain</c><00:24:22.869><c> that</c><00:24:23.069><c> issues</c><00:24:23.329><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:23.809><c> cloud.</c><00:24:25.009><c> If</c><00:24:25.289><c> Israel</c><00:24:25.630><c> refused</c>

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to<00:24:26.430><c> receive</c><00:24:26.730><c> God's</c><00:24:27.170><c> word,</c><00:24:27.829><c> then</c><00:24:27.970><c> God</c><00:24:28.210><c> would</c><00:24:28.509><c> refuse</c><00:24:28.809><c> to</c><00:24:29.089><c> send</c>

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them<00:24:29.410><c> the</c><00:24:29.670><c> rain.</c><00:24:30.809><c> This</c>

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further<00:24:31.369><c> cements</c><00:24:32.230><c> the</c><00:24:32.630><c> relationship</c><00:24:33.190><c> between</c><00:24:33.890><c> the</c><00:24:34.190><c> rain</c><00:24:34.289><c> and</c>

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the<00:24:34.529><c> word</c><00:24:34.630><c> of</c><00:24:34.849><c> God,</c><00:24:35.210><c> and</c>

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that<00:24:35.529><c> relationship</c><00:24:35.990><c> is</c><00:24:36.349><c> stressed</c><00:24:36.630><c> throughout</c><00:24:37.150><c> God's</c><00:24:37.710><c> word.</c>

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For<00:24:38.650><c> example,</c><00:24:39.009><c> in</c><00:24:39.150><c> Leviticus</c><00:24:39.549><c> 26,</c>

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he<00:24:40.910><c> says,</c><00:24:41.369><c> if</c><00:24:41.390><c> you</c><00:24:41.650><c> walk</c><00:24:41.869><c> in</c><00:24:42.009><c> my</c><00:24:42.289><c> statutes,</c><00:24:43.029><c> keep</c><00:24:43.190><c> my</c><00:24:43.490><c> commandments,</c><00:24:43.930><c> and</c><00:24:44.130><c> do</c><00:24:44.309><c> them,</c><00:24:44.529><c> then</c><00:24:44.650><c> I</c><00:24:44.730><c> will</c>

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give<00:24:45.109><c> you</c><00:24:45.509><c> rain</c><00:24:45.890><c> in</c><00:24:46.150><c> due</c><00:24:46.349><c> season,</c><00:24:47.329><c> and</c><00:24:47.450><c> the</c><00:24:47.690><c> land</c><00:24:47.950><c> shall</c><00:24:48.289><c> yield</c>

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her<00:24:48.930><c> increase,</c><00:24:49.750><c> and</c><00:24:49.910><c> the</c>

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trees<00:24:50.410><c> of</c><00:24:50.569><c> the</c><00:24:50.789><c> fields</c><00:24:51.029><c> shall</c><00:24:51.269><c> yield</c><00:24:51.549><c> their</c><00:24:51.849><c> fruit.</c><00:24:52.289><c> That's</c>

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Leviticus<00:24:53.029><c> 26,</c><00:24:53.509><c> 3,</c><00:24:53.809><c> and</c><00:24:53.849><c> 4,</c><00:24:54.150><c> part</c>

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of<00:24:54.529><c> the</c><00:24:54.950><c> blessings</c><00:24:55.289><c> and</c><00:24:55.509><c> the</c><00:24:55.650><c> curses</c><00:24:57.230><c> spelled</c><00:24:57.670><c> out</c><00:24:57.869><c> in</c><00:24:57.910><c> Leviticus</c><00:24:58.289><c> 26.</c><00:25:00.210><c> And</c><00:25:00.390><c> we</c>

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remember<00:25:00.690><c> the</c>

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would<00:25:03.549><c> be</c><00:25:03.750><c> the</c><00:25:03.970><c> two</c>

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witnesses<00:25:04.529><c> that</c><00:25:04.829><c> God</c><00:25:05.029><c> presented,</c><00:25:05.509><c> and</c><00:25:05.630><c> their</c><00:25:05.809><c> hands</c><00:25:06.009><c> would</c>

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be<00:25:06.390><c> first</c><00:25:06.890><c> against</c><00:25:07.410><c> the</c><00:25:07.630><c> people</c>

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and<00:25:07.990><c> according</c><00:25:08.269><c> to</c><00:25:08.509><c> the</c><00:25:08.710><c> law</c><00:25:08.789><c> of</c><00:25:08.990><c> the</c><00:25:09.109><c> witnesses.</c><00:25:11.069><c> Interestingly</c><00:25:11.549><c> enough,</c><00:25:11.990><c> a</c>

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similar<00:25:12.410><c> law</c><00:25:12.670><c> will</c>

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apply<00:25:13.230><c> in</c><00:25:13.349><c> the</c><00:25:13.450><c> Millennial</c><00:25:13.769><c> Kingdom.</c><00:25:15.769><c> We</c><00:25:16.009><c> read</c><00:25:16.250><c> that</c><00:25:16.589><c> in</c><00:25:16.789><c> Zechariah</c><00:25:17.269><c> 14,</c>

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it<00:25:17.890><c> says,</c><00:25:18.269><c> and</c><00:25:18.269><c> it</c><00:25:18.369><c> shall</c>

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come<00:25:18.670><c> to</c><00:25:18.910><c> pass</c><00:25:19.109><c> that</c><00:25:19.289><c> everyone</c><00:25:19.569><c> that</c><00:25:19.690><c> is</c><00:25:19.890><c> left</c><00:25:20.049><c> of</c><00:25:20.210><c> all</c><00:25:20.390><c> the</c><00:25:20.589><c> nations</c><00:25:20.950><c> which</c><00:25:21.349><c> came</c><00:25:21.529><c> up</c><00:25:21.769><c> against</c>

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Jerusalem<00:25:22.730><c> shall</c><00:25:23.250><c> even</c><00:25:23.509><c> go</c><00:25:23.730><c> up</c><00:25:23.910><c> from</c><00:25:24.170><c> year</c><00:25:24.329><c> to</c><00:25:24.450><c> year</c><00:25:24.609><c> to</c><00:25:24.789><c> worship</c><00:25:25.049><c> the</c>

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King,<00:25:25.630><c> the</c><00:25:25.750><c> Lord</c><00:25:25.869><c> of</c>

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Hosts,<00:25:26.769><c> and</c><00:25:26.910><c> to</c><00:25:27.069><c> keep</c><00:25:27.190><c> the</c><00:25:27.410><c> feast</c><00:25:27.609><c> of</c><00:25:27.890><c> tabernacles.</c><00:25:28.430><c> And</c><00:25:28.589><c> it</c>

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shall<00:25:28.890><c> be</c><00:25:29.150><c> that</c><00:25:29.349><c> whoso</c>

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will<00:25:29.890><c> not</c><00:25:30.210><c> come</c><00:25:30.490><c> up</c><00:25:30.829><c> of</c><00:25:31.190><c> all</c><00:25:31.390><c> the</c><00:25:31.529><c> famers</c><00:25:31.750><c> of</c><00:25:31.930><c> the</c><00:25:32.109><c> earth</c><00:25:32.269><c> unto</c>

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Jerusalem<00:25:33.049><c> to</c><00:25:33.250><c> worship</c><00:25:33.549><c> the</c>

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King,<00:25:34.069><c> the</c><00:25:34.170><c> Lord</c><00:25:34.329><c> of</c><00:25:34.450><c> Hosts,</c><00:25:35.309><c> even</c><00:25:35.529><c> upon</c><00:25:35.809><c> them.</c><00:25:37.029><c> There</c><00:25:37.470><c> shall</c>

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be<00:25:37.849><c> no</c><00:25:38.150><c> rain.</c><00:25:39.410><c> This</c><00:25:39.769><c> is</c><00:25:40.009><c> a</c>

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consistent<00:25:40.849><c> parallel</c><00:25:41.549><c> throughout</c><00:25:42.089><c> scripture.</c><00:25:43.470><c> The</c><00:25:43.650><c> effect</c>

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of<00:25:44.130><c> rejection</c><00:25:44.549><c> of</c>

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God's<00:25:45.190><c> Word</c><00:25:45.410><c> is</c><00:25:45.970><c> severe</c><00:25:46.529><c> drought.</c><00:25:47.970><c> Rich</c><00:25:48.210><c> earth</c><00:25:48.789><c> turns</c><00:25:49.329><c> to</c><00:25:49.730><c> sandy</c><00:25:50.009><c> dust,</c><00:25:51.170><c> which</c><00:25:51.349><c> yields</c><00:25:51.609><c> no</c>

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fruit.<00:25:52.769><c> And</c><00:25:52.950><c> we</c><00:25:53.029><c> can</c><00:25:53.250><c> see</c><00:25:53.349><c> this</c><00:25:53.529><c> in</c><00:25:53.690><c> the</c><00:25:53.869><c> story</c><00:25:54.049><c> of</c><00:25:54.230><c> Ruth,</c><00:25:56.170><c> where</c><00:25:56.309><c> Naomi</c><00:25:56.690><c> and</c>

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Elimelech<00:25:57.410><c> take</c>

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their<00:25:57.890><c> two</c><00:25:58.130><c> sons</c><00:25:58.430><c> and</c><00:25:58.730><c> leave</c><00:25:58.910><c> the</c><00:25:59.210><c> drought</c><00:25:59.509><c> in</c><00:25:59.950><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:26:03.029><c> the</c><00:26:03.230><c> city</c><00:26:03.390><c> of</c>

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bread,<00:26:04.390><c> heading</c><00:26:04.529><c> for</c>

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Moab.<00:26:06.369><c> This</c><00:26:06.609><c> was</c><00:26:06.890><c> the</c><00:26:06.990><c> time</c><00:26:07.130><c> of</c><00:26:07.289><c> the</c><00:26:07.410><c> judges,</c><00:26:08.069><c> when</c><00:26:08.349><c> every</c><00:26:08.650><c> man</c>

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did<00:26:09.289><c> that</c><00:26:09.529><c> which</c><00:26:09.670><c> was</c><00:26:09.970><c> right</c>

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in<00:26:10.349><c> their</c><00:26:10.569><c> own</c><00:26:10.869><c> eyes,</c><00:26:12.750><c> indicating</c><00:26:13.410><c> the</c><00:26:13.730><c> need</c><00:26:14.009><c> for</c><00:26:14.490><c> a</c><00:26:14.829><c> spiritually</c><00:26:15.210><c> instructive</c><00:26:16.250><c> drought.</c><00:26:17.450><c> If</c>

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God's<00:26:22.910><c> rain,</c><00:26:23.309><c> and</c><00:26:23.529><c> their</c><00:26:23.769><c> land</c><00:26:24.069><c> will</c><00:26:24.349><c> not</c><00:26:24.690><c> bear</c><00:26:24.990><c> fruit.</c><00:26:26.089><c> Perhaps</c><00:26:26.450><c> in</c>

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their<00:26:27.009><c> hunger</c><00:26:27.450><c> for</c><00:26:27.930><c> the</c>

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natural,<00:26:28.869><c> they</c><00:26:28.930><c> would</c><00:26:29.130><c> learn</c><00:26:29.369><c> to</c><00:26:29.769><c> hunger</c><00:26:30.210><c> for</c><00:26:30.730><c> the</c><00:26:30.970><c> spiritual.</c><00:26:32.730><c> Consider</c>

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what<00:26:34.009><c> Solomon</c>

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prays<00:26:34.789><c> for</c><00:26:34.890><c> at</c><00:26:35.009><c> the</c><00:26:35.210><c> dedication</c><00:26:35.589><c> of</c><00:26:35.750><c> the</c><00:26:35.930><c> temple.</c><00:26:36.750><c> He</c><00:26:37.029><c> asks</c>

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that<00:26:37.410><c> when</c><00:26:37.569><c> the</c><00:26:37.750><c> heavens</c><00:26:37.950><c> are</c>

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shut<00:26:38.349><c> up</c><00:26:38.970><c> and</c><00:26:39.150><c> there</c><00:26:39.269><c> is</c><00:26:39.529><c> no</c><00:26:39.869><c> rain</c><00:26:40.210><c> due</c><00:26:40.950><c> to</c><00:26:41.390><c> sin,</c><00:26:43.369><c> that</c><00:26:43.869><c> God</c><00:26:44.529><c> may</c>

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hear<00:26:45.309><c> their</c><00:26:45.630><c> prayer</c><00:26:45.970><c> of</c>

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repentance<00:26:46.730><c> when</c><00:26:46.950><c> they</c><00:26:47.190><c> beseech</c><00:26:47.529><c> him,</c><00:26:48.109><c> praying</c><00:26:48.529><c> toward</c><00:26:49.269><c> this</c>

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temple.<00:26:50.150><c> It's</c><00:26:50.609><c> in</c><00:26:50.750><c> 1</c><00:26:50.970><c> Kings</c><00:26:51.230><c> 8.</c>

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Solomon<00:26:52.769><c> understood</c><00:26:53.269><c> the</c><00:26:53.509><c> parallel</c><00:26:53.809><c> between</c><00:26:54.410><c> receiving</c><00:26:54.970><c> rain</c><00:26:55.309><c> and</c>

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obediently<00:26:56.509><c> receiving</c>

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the<00:26:57.529><c> Word</c><00:26:57.650><c> of</c><00:26:57.769><c> God.</c><00:27:00.130><c> The</c><00:27:00.349><c> rains</c><00:27:00.529><c> were</c><00:27:00.829><c> withheld</c><00:27:01.269><c> for</c><00:27:01.529><c> three</c><00:27:01.750><c> and</c><00:27:01.930><c> a</c>

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half<00:27:02.130><c> years</c><00:27:02.730><c> during</c><00:27:03.269><c> Ahab's</c>

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reign<00:27:04.410><c> over</c><00:27:04.769><c> Israel.</c><00:27:06.529><c> Interestingly,</c><00:27:07.589><c> Elijah</c><00:27:07.670><c> is</c><00:27:07.950><c> commanded</c>

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to<00:27:08.769><c> go</c><00:27:08.930><c> and</c><00:27:09.150><c> hide</c><00:27:09.309><c> himself.</c><00:27:11.930><c> The</c>

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rains<00:27:12.549><c> of</c><00:27:12.890><c> heaven</c><00:27:13.170><c> were</c><00:27:13.529><c> restrained,</c><00:27:15.029><c> and</c><00:27:15.170><c> the</c><00:27:15.329><c> Word</c><00:27:15.490><c> from</c>

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heaven<00:27:16.329><c> was</c><00:27:16.970><c> restrained,</c><00:27:18.430><c> because</c>

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Elijah<00:27:19.109><c> was</c><00:27:19.329><c> commanded</c><00:27:19.630><c> to</c><00:27:19.750><c> go</c><00:27:19.910><c> and</c><00:27:20.130><c> hide.</c><00:27:21.970><c> There</c><00:27:22.250><c> is</c><00:27:22.910><c> a</c><00:27:23.170><c> drought</c><00:27:23.450><c> of</c>

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rain,<00:27:25.230><c> and</c><00:27:25.390><c> there</c>

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would<00:27:25.670><c> be</c><00:27:25.809><c> a</c><00:27:26.009><c> drought</c><00:27:26.309><c> of</c><00:27:26.730><c> the</c><00:27:26.890><c> Word</c><00:27:27.009><c> of</c><00:27:27.170><c> God,</c><00:27:28.269><c> and</c><00:27:28.609><c> that's</c><00:27:28.789><c> why</c>

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Elijah<00:27:29.369><c> had</c><00:27:29.549><c> to</c><00:27:29.710><c> go</c><00:27:29.890><c> hide</c>

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himself.<00:27:32.250><c> God</c><00:27:32.609><c> reinforces</c><00:27:33.410><c> this</c><00:27:33.690><c> association</c><00:27:34.250><c> between</c><00:27:34.609><c> the</c>

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rain<00:27:35.009><c> and</c><00:27:35.150><c> the</c><00:27:35.329><c> Word</c><00:27:35.529><c> during</c>

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Elijah's<00:27:36.609><c> tenure.</c><00:27:38.670><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:38.910><c> presents</c><00:27:39.250><c> the</c><00:27:39.490><c> parable</c><00:27:39.690><c> of</c><00:27:39.849><c> the</c>

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vineyard<00:27:40.289><c> in</c><00:27:40.490><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:40.809><c> 5.</c><00:27:41.930><c> He</c>

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defines<00:27:42.529><c> the</c><00:27:42.769><c> vineyard</c><00:27:43.150><c> as</c><00:27:43.349><c> the</c><00:27:43.450><c> house</c><00:27:43.650><c> of</c><00:27:43.869><c> Israel.</c><00:27:44.890><c> The</c><00:27:45.049><c> vineyard</c><00:27:45.690><c> yields</c><00:27:46.069><c> only</c>

00:27:46.670 --> 00:27:51.069
worthless<00:27:47.289><c> wild</c><00:27:48.490><c> grapes,</c><00:27:49.750><c> and</c><00:27:49.930><c> part</c><00:27:50.049><c> of</c><00:27:50.210><c> the</c><00:27:50.410><c> judgment</c><00:27:50.690><c> upon</c>

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the<00:27:51.329><c> treacherous</c><00:27:51.730><c> vineyard</c>

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is<00:27:52.269><c> that</c><00:27:52.390><c> God</c><00:27:52.730><c> would</c><00:27:53.049><c> command</c><00:27:53.369><c> the</c><00:27:53.710><c> clouds</c><00:27:54.130><c> that</c><00:27:54.670><c> they</c><00:27:54.930><c> rain</c>

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no<00:27:55.569><c> rain</c><00:27:56.109><c> upon</c><00:27:56.509><c> it.</c><00:27:59.390><c> The</c>

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lack<00:28:00.750><c> of</c><00:28:01.410><c> rain.</c><00:28:02.670><c> Consider</c><00:28:03.049><c> the</c><00:28:03.250><c> conditions</c><00:28:03.750><c> in</c><00:28:04.049><c> Jeremiah's</c>

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time<00:28:05.049><c> when</c><00:28:05.289><c> Judah</c><00:28:05.569><c> practiced</c>

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wickedness,<00:28:07.170><c> but</c><00:28:07.329><c> thought</c><00:28:07.490><c> themselves</c><00:28:07.910><c> righteous.</c><00:28:09.470><c> When</c>

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they<00:28:10.069><c> hypocritically</c>

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refused<00:28:11.529><c> to</c><00:28:11.990><c> face</c><00:28:12.250><c> their</c><00:28:12.869><c> own</c><00:28:12.869><c> immorality,</c><00:28:15.269><c> they,</c><00:28:15.650><c> and</c><00:28:15.829><c> I</c><00:28:15.990><c> quote,</c><00:28:16.250><c> they</c><00:28:16.410><c> refused</c><00:28:16.829><c> to</c>

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receive<00:28:17.390><c> correction</c><00:28:17.950><c> and</c><00:28:18.549><c> made</c><00:28:18.769><c> their</c><00:28:19.049><c> faces</c><00:28:19.369><c> harder</c><00:28:19.869><c> than</c>

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rock.<00:28:21.170><c> They</c><00:28:21.309><c> were</c><00:28:21.529><c> not</c><00:28:21.710><c> at</c>

00:28:21.829 --> 00:28:25.450
all<00:28:22.029><c> ashamed,</c><00:28:22.829><c> neither</c><00:28:23.150><c> could</c><00:28:23.390><c> they</c><00:28:23.730><c> blush.</c><00:28:24.710><c> A</c><00:28:24.990><c> phrase</c><00:28:25.250><c> that</c>

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is<00:28:25.609><c> repeated</c><00:28:26.049><c> in</c><00:28:26.829><c> early</c><00:28:27.390><c> chapters</c>

00:28:27.789 --> 00:28:32.190
of<00:28:27.970><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:28:29.150><c> Here's</c><00:28:29.349><c> a</c><00:28:29.569><c> testimony</c><00:28:29.910><c> we</c><00:28:30.210><c> hear</c><00:28:30.450><c> concerning</c><00:28:30.950><c> their</c><00:28:31.230><c> condition</c><00:28:31.630><c> in</c><00:28:31.789><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:28:32.190 --> 00:28:35.549
3,<00:28:32.690><c> starting</c><00:28:32.930><c> in</c><00:28:33.109><c> verse</c><00:28:33.329><c> 2.</c><00:28:34.109><c> Thou</c><00:28:34.269><c> hast</c><00:28:34.509><c> polluted</c><00:28:34.910><c> the</c><00:28:35.190><c> land</c>

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with<00:28:35.829><c> thy</c><00:28:36.069><c> whoredoms</c><00:28:36.529><c> and</c>

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with<00:28:36.829><c> thy</c><00:28:37.029><c> wickedness.</c><00:28:38.009><c> Therefore</c><00:28:38.569><c> the</c><00:28:39.049><c> showers</c><00:28:39.569><c> have</c><00:28:39.910><c> been</c>

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withholding,<00:28:41.390><c> and</c><00:28:41.569><c> there</c>

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hath<00:28:41.890><c> been</c><00:28:42.150><c> no</c><00:28:42.569><c> latter</c><00:28:42.910><c> rain,</c><00:28:43.910><c> and</c><00:28:44.150><c> thou</c><00:28:44.329><c> hast</c><00:28:44.589><c> a</c><00:28:45.049><c> hoarse</c><00:28:45.410><c> forehead,</c><00:28:46.170><c> thou</c>

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refuses<00:28:46.970><c> to</c><00:28:47.269><c> be</c>

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ashamed.<00:28:49.410><c> It</c><00:28:49.529><c> didn't</c><00:28:49.609><c> matter</c><00:28:49.829><c> whether</c><00:28:50.009><c> they</c><00:28:50.250><c> were</c><00:28:50.589><c> immoral</c>

00:28:51.569 --> 00:28:53.250
or<00:28:51.769><c> not.</c><00:28:52.750><c> They</c><00:28:52.990><c> would</c>

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recognize<00:28:54.109><c> their</c><00:28:54.349><c> own</c><00:28:54.630><c> immorality.</c><00:28:56.210><c> And</c><00:28:56.250><c> from</c><00:28:56.529><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:56.789><c> 14,</c>

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Judah<00:28:58.089><c> mourns.</c><00:28:59.049><c> The</c><00:28:59.109><c> gates</c>

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thereof<00:28:59.829><c> languish.</c><00:29:00.690><c> They</c><00:29:00.890><c> are</c><00:29:01.190><c> black</c><00:29:01.630><c> unto</c><00:29:01.910><c> the</c><00:29:02.210><c> ground,</c><00:29:02.650><c> and</c>

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the<00:29:02.930><c> cry</c><00:29:03.170><c> of</c><00:29:03.390><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:03.750><c> has</c>

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gone<00:29:04.250><c> up,</c><00:29:04.690><c> and</c><00:29:04.869><c> their</c><00:29:05.130><c> nobles</c><00:29:05.589><c> have</c><00:29:06.490><c> sent</c><00:29:06.750><c> their</c><00:29:06.970><c> little</c><00:29:07.170><c> ones</c>

00:29:07.349 --> 00:29:08.470
to<00:29:07.509><c> the</c><00:29:07.690><c> waters,</c><00:29:07.990><c> and</c><00:29:08.109><c> they</c><00:29:08.309><c> come</c>

00:29:08.470 --> 00:29:11.349
to<00:29:08.670><c> the</c><00:29:08.849><c> pits</c><00:29:09.069><c> and</c><00:29:09.349><c> found</c><00:29:09.670><c> no</c><00:29:09.970><c> water.</c><00:29:10.549><c> They</c><00:29:10.769><c> returned</c><00:29:11.150><c> with</c>

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their<00:29:11.549><c> vessels</c><00:29:11.829><c> empty.</c><00:29:12.809><c> They</c>

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were<00:29:13.470><c> ashamed</c><00:29:14.130><c> and</c><00:29:14.990><c> confounded</c><00:29:15.609><c> and</c><00:29:16.309><c> covered</c><00:29:16.630><c> their</c><00:29:16.930><c> heads,</c>

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because<00:29:18.029><c> there's</c><00:29:18.349><c> no</c><00:29:18.529><c> water,</c>

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because<00:29:20.470><c> it</c><00:29:20.950><c> tells</c><00:29:21.329><c> a</c><00:29:21.549><c> story</c><00:29:21.750><c> about</c><00:29:22.009><c> their</c><00:29:22.250><c> moral</c><00:29:22.569><c> condition.</c>

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Because<00:29:24.190><c> the</c><00:29:24.410><c> ground</c><00:29:24.630><c> is</c>

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chapped,<00:29:25.789><c> for</c><00:29:25.829><c> there</c><00:29:25.990><c> was</c><00:29:26.170><c> no</c><00:29:26.410><c> rain</c><00:29:26.569><c> in</c><00:29:26.730><c> the</c><00:29:26.869><c> earth.</c><00:29:27.130><c> The</c><00:29:27.309><c> plowmen</c><00:29:27.609><c> were</c>

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ashamed.<00:29:28.750><c> They</c>

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covered<00:29:29.230><c> their</c><00:29:29.490><c> heads.</c><00:29:30.450><c> Yea,</c><00:29:30.609><c> the</c><00:29:30.829><c> hind</c><00:29:31.150><c> also</c><00:29:31.990><c> calved</c><00:29:32.250><c> in</c><00:29:32.430><c> the</c>

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field<00:29:32.789><c> and</c><00:29:33.029><c> forsook</c><00:29:33.410><c> it</c>

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because<00:29:33.930><c> there</c><00:29:34.089><c> was</c><00:29:34.250><c> no</c><00:29:34.410><c> grass.</c><00:29:35.569><c> O</c><00:29:35.650><c> Lord,</c><00:29:36.009><c> though</c><00:29:36.130><c> our</c><00:29:36.390><c> iniquities</c><00:29:36.990><c> testify</c><00:29:37.589><c> against</c><00:29:38.009><c> us,</c>

00:29:38.990 --> 00:29:41.930
do<00:29:39.089><c> thou</c><00:29:39.309><c> it</c><00:29:39.430><c> for</c><00:29:39.609><c> thy</c><00:29:39.849><c> name's</c><00:29:40.250><c> sake,</c><00:29:40.930><c> for</c><00:29:41.109><c> our</c><00:29:41.349><c> backslidings</c>

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are<00:29:42.150><c> many.</c><00:29:42.609><c> We</c><00:29:42.769><c> have</c><00:29:43.029><c> sinned</c>

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against<00:29:43.890><c> thee.</c><00:29:45.130><c> The</c><00:29:45.490><c> drought</c><00:29:45.849><c> was</c><00:29:46.890><c> a</c><00:29:47.170><c> sign</c><00:29:47.509><c> of</c><00:29:48.349><c> their</c><00:29:48.730><c> immoral</c>

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behavior.<00:29:50.690><c> God</c><00:29:50.730><c> withheld,</c><00:29:51.430><c> God</c>

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even<00:29:52.009><c> withheld</c><00:29:52.390><c> the</c><00:29:52.549><c> rain.</c>

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Hounds,<00:30:06.910><c> but</c><00:30:06.910><c> not</c><00:30:07.130><c> on</c><00:30:07.470><c> others.</c><00:30:08.650><c> Apparently</c><00:30:09.130><c> as</c><00:30:09.450><c> a</c><00:30:09.650><c> teaching</c>

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tool,<00:30:11.390><c> it</c><00:30:11.509><c> might</c><00:30:11.789><c> drive</c><00:30:12.049><c> those</c><00:30:12.470><c> who</c>

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are<00:30:13.049><c> rebellions,</c><00:30:14.589><c> God's</c><00:30:15.009><c> word</c><00:30:15.190><c> to</c><00:30:15.390><c> the</c><00:30:15.650><c> towns</c><00:30:15.950><c> where</c><00:30:16.450><c> the</c><00:30:16.650><c> word</c><00:30:16.809><c> was</c>

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being<00:30:17.269><c> received</c>

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humbly.<00:30:18.150><c> This</c><00:30:18.309><c> is</c><00:30:18.529><c> presented</c><00:30:18.890><c> in</c><00:30:19.509><c> Amos</c><00:30:19.829><c> 4.</c><00:30:20.170><c> It</c><00:30:20.170><c> says,</c><00:30:21.069><c> and</c><00:30:21.069><c> also</c><00:30:21.390><c> I</c>

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have<00:30:21.730><c> withheld</c><00:30:22.029><c> in</c><00:30:22.190><c> the</c>

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rain<00:30:22.569><c> from</c><00:30:22.809><c> you</c><00:30:23.210><c> when</c><00:30:23.529><c> there</c><00:30:23.690><c> were</c><00:30:23.809><c> yet</c><00:30:24.029><c> three</c><00:30:24.269><c> months</c><00:30:24.549><c> to</c><00:30:24.710><c> the</c>

00:30:24.930 --> 00:30:26.369
harvest,<00:30:25.410><c> and</c><00:30:25.569><c> I</c><00:30:25.789><c> caused</c><00:30:25.990><c> it</c><00:30:26.210><c> to</c>

00:30:26.369 --> 00:30:30.869
rain<00:30:26.829><c> upon</c><00:30:27.269><c> one</c><00:30:27.650><c> city</c><00:30:27.970><c> and</c><00:30:28.349><c> caused</c><00:30:28.609><c> it</c><00:30:28.910><c> not</c><00:30:29.170><c> to</c><00:30:29.410><c> rain</c><00:30:29.569><c> upon</c><00:30:29.789><c> another.</c><00:30:30.569><c> One</c>

00:30:30.869 --> 00:30:31.549
piece<00:30:31.109><c> was</c><00:30:31.410><c> rained</c>

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upon,<00:30:32.470><c> and</c><00:30:32.549><c> the</c><00:30:32.730><c> piece</c><00:30:32.930><c> whereupon</c><00:30:33.690><c> it</c><00:30:33.990><c> rained</c><00:30:34.170><c> not</c><00:30:34.769><c> withered.</c>

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So<00:30:35.930><c> two</c><00:30:36.130><c> or</c><00:30:36.289><c> three</c><00:30:36.509><c> cities</c>

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wandered<00:30:37.410><c> into</c><00:30:37.670><c> one</c><00:30:37.950><c> city</c><00:30:38.250><c> to</c><00:30:38.470><c> drink</c><00:30:38.650><c> water,</c><00:30:39.670><c> but</c><00:30:39.789><c> they</c><00:30:39.970><c> are</c>

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not<00:30:40.390><c> satisfied.</c><00:30:41.630><c> Yet</c><00:30:42.009><c> have</c><00:30:42.349><c> you</c>

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accept<00:30:47.490><c> the</c><00:30:47.869><c> lessons.</c><00:30:49.950><c> When</c>

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the<00:30:50.289><c> Messiah</c><00:30:50.589><c> comes,</c><00:30:51.369><c> the</c><00:30:51.509><c> hearts</c><00:30:51.849><c> of</c><00:30:52.089><c> the</c><00:30:52.230><c> Jews</c><00:30:52.490><c> will</c><00:30:52.789><c> be</c><00:30:53.029><c> circumcised.</c><00:30:54.130><c> Repeatedly</c><00:30:54.690><c> we</c><00:30:54.809><c> read</c>

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of<00:30:55.109><c> the</c><00:30:55.250><c> humbling</c><00:30:55.750><c> of</c><00:30:56.130><c> Abraham's</c><00:30:56.670><c> descendants</c><00:30:57.029><c> when</c><00:30:57.250><c> the</c><00:30:57.450><c> kingdom</c><00:30:57.650><c> comes.</c><00:30:58.769><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:59.049><c> tells</c><00:30:59.369><c> us</c>

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of<00:30:59.789><c> some</c><00:30:59.910><c> of</c><00:31:00.049><c> the</c><00:31:00.130><c> blessings</c><00:31:00.450><c> they</c><00:31:00.730><c> will</c><00:31:00.950><c> enjoy</c><00:31:01.230><c> because</c><00:31:01.630><c> of</c>

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their<00:31:02.009><c> renewed</c><00:31:02.269><c> attitude.</c><00:31:03.490><c> We</c>

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read<00:31:04.089><c> in</c><00:31:04.289><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:04.609><c> 30,</c><00:31:05.450><c> then</c><00:31:05.750><c> shall</c><00:31:06.029><c> he</c><00:31:06.250><c> give</c><00:31:06.549><c> the</c><00:31:06.950><c> rain</c><00:31:07.569><c> of</c><00:31:08.450><c> thy</c>

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seed,<00:31:10.269><c> that</c><00:31:10.369><c> thou</c><00:31:10.589><c> shalt</c><00:31:10.849><c> sow</c>

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the<00:31:11.410><c> ground</c><00:31:11.509><c> withal,</c><00:31:12.630><c> and</c><00:31:12.849><c> bread</c><00:31:13.029><c> of</c><00:31:13.150><c> the</c><00:31:13.329><c> increase</c><00:31:13.710><c> of</c><00:31:13.910><c> the</c>

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earth,<00:31:14.470><c> and</c><00:31:14.630><c> it</c><00:31:14.750><c> shall</c><00:31:14.849><c> be</c>

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fat<00:31:15.529><c> and</c><00:31:16.170><c> plenteous.</c><00:31:17.390><c> The</c><00:31:17.809><c> association</c><00:31:18.369><c> between</c><00:31:18.710><c> the</c><00:31:18.950><c> rain</c>

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and<00:31:19.269><c> the</c><00:31:19.390><c> word</c><00:31:19.490><c> of</c><00:31:19.730><c> God,</c>

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however,<00:31:20.789><c> is</c><00:31:21.049><c> only</c><00:31:21.329><c> the</c><00:31:21.529><c> beginning</c><00:31:21.869><c> of</c><00:31:22.809><c> the</c><00:31:22.950><c> lesson</c><00:31:23.269><c> of</c><00:31:23.589><c> the</c>

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rain.<00:31:24.670><c> Just</c><00:31:24.970><c> as</c><00:31:25.150><c> in</c><00:31:25.269><c> all</c><00:31:25.390><c> of</c><00:31:25.509><c> the</c>

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other<00:31:26.230><c> instances</c><00:31:26.710><c> we</c><00:31:26.950><c> looked</c><00:31:27.109><c> at,</c><00:31:27.789><c> we</c><00:31:27.990><c> set</c><00:31:28.150><c> the</c><00:31:28.410><c> groundwork</c>

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and<00:31:29.009><c> then</c><00:31:29.150><c> we</c><00:31:29.329><c> expanded</c><00:31:29.670><c> from</c>

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there.<00:31:32.150><c> There</c><00:31:32.569><c> are</c><00:31:32.849><c> three</c><00:31:33.210><c> principle</c><00:31:33.789><c> applications</c><00:31:34.609><c> of</c><00:31:35.309><c> the</c>

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association<00:31:36.569><c> between</c>

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rain<00:31:37.750><c> and</c><00:31:38.490><c> the</c><00:31:38.670><c> word</c><00:31:38.809><c> of</c><00:31:39.049><c> God,</c><00:31:39.930><c> and</c><00:31:40.049><c> these</c><00:31:40.369><c> are,</c><00:31:40.769><c> as</c><00:31:41.089><c> spelled</c>

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out<00:31:41.390><c> on</c><00:31:41.509><c> the</c><00:31:41.730><c> transparency</c><00:31:42.289><c> here,</c>

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God's<00:31:43.809><c> spoken</c><00:31:44.009><c> word,</c><00:31:45.069><c> the</c><00:31:45.269><c> word</c><00:31:45.470><c> made</c><00:31:45.789><c> flesh,</c><00:31:46.730><c> and</c><00:31:46.890><c> the</c><00:31:47.069><c> word</c>

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in<00:31:47.730><c> power,</c><00:31:48.670><c> each</c><00:31:48.930><c> associated</c>

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with<00:31:49.630><c> the</c><00:31:49.849><c> word.</c><00:31:50.509><c> Spoken</c><00:31:50.930><c> word,</c><00:31:51.410><c> the</c><00:31:51.509><c> word</c><00:31:51.670><c> made</c><00:31:51.890><c> flesh,</c><00:31:52.309><c> and</c>

00:31:52.470 --> 00:31:53.670
the<00:31:52.569><c> word</c><00:31:52.670><c> in</c><00:31:52.930><c> power.</c><00:31:53.289><c> Now</c><00:31:53.470><c> we've</c>

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already<00:31:53.970><c> established</c><00:31:54.450><c> a</c><00:31:54.690><c> strong</c><00:31:54.890><c> relationship</c><00:31:55.450><c> between</c><00:31:55.930><c> the</c>

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rain<00:31:56.349><c> and</c><00:31:56.509><c> the</c>

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word<00:31:56.730><c> of</c><00:31:56.970><c> God.</c><00:31:57.890><c> This</c><00:31:58.230><c> parallel</c><00:31:58.589><c> will</c><00:31:58.829><c> be</c><00:31:59.109><c> strengthened</c><00:31:59.890><c> more</c>

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when<00:32:01.950><c> we</c><00:32:02.430><c> examine</c><00:32:02.670><c> the</c>

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latter<00:32:03.750><c> rains.</c><00:32:05.349><c> Application</c><00:32:05.829><c> number</c><00:32:06.170><c> two</c><00:32:06.849><c> is</c><00:32:07.450><c> the</c><00:32:07.589><c> scriptural</c><00:32:08.430><c> parallel</c>

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between<00:32:09.289><c> the</c><00:32:09.529><c> rain</c>

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and<00:32:10.009><c> the</c><00:32:10.150><c> word</c><00:32:10.309><c> made</c><00:32:10.589><c> flesh,</c><00:32:11.089><c> the</c><00:32:11.190><c> Son</c><00:32:11.410><c> of</c><00:32:11.569><c> God.</c><00:32:12.349><c> Jesus</c><00:32:12.750><c> is</c><00:32:13.089><c> introduced</c><00:32:13.630><c> as</c>

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the<00:32:14.349><c> word</c><00:32:14.529><c> made</c>

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flesh,<00:32:15.269><c> the</c><00:32:15.349><c> living</c><00:32:15.930><c> logos</c><00:32:16.410><c> in</c><00:32:16.670><c> John</c><00:32:16.930><c> 1</c><00:32:17.190><c> and</c><00:32:17.309><c> 14,</c><00:32:19.230><c> and</c><00:32:19.490><c> we,</c><00:32:20.230><c> I'm</c>

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sure<00:32:20.670><c> very</c><00:32:20.910><c> familiar</c><00:32:21.190><c> with</c><00:32:21.309><c> it,</c>

00:32:21.390 --> 00:32:25.609
the<00:32:21.509><c> word</c><00:32:21.650><c> was</c><00:32:21.829><c> made</c><00:32:22.029><c> flesh</c><00:32:22.349><c> and</c><00:32:22.569><c> dwelt</c><00:32:22.750><c> among</c><00:32:23.009><c> us,</c><00:32:23.450><c> and</c><00:32:23.569><c> we</c><00:32:23.690><c> beheld</c><00:32:23.930><c> his</c><00:32:24.190><c> glory.</c><00:32:24.990><c> Glory</c><00:32:25.309><c> is</c><00:32:25.529><c> of</c>

00:32:25.609 --> 00:32:29.210
the<00:32:25.730><c> only</c><00:32:25.890><c> begotten</c><00:32:26.210><c> of</c><00:32:26.309><c> the</c><00:32:26.529><c> Father,</c><00:32:26.809><c> full</c><00:32:26.970><c> of</c><00:32:27.069><c> grace</c><00:32:27.289><c> and</c><00:32:27.589><c> truth.</c><00:32:28.890><c> So</c>

00:32:29.210 --> 00:32:30.430
since<00:32:29.490><c> Jesus</c><00:32:29.950><c> is</c>

00:32:30.430 --> 00:32:36.569
expressed<00:32:30.829><c> in</c><00:32:31.569><c> terms</c><00:32:32.049><c> of</c><00:32:32.630><c> the</c><00:32:32.970><c> word,</c><00:32:34.589><c> then</c><00:32:34.690><c> it's</c><00:32:34.869><c> only</c><00:32:35.150><c> logical</c><00:32:35.549><c> we</c><00:32:35.789><c> should</c><00:32:35.990><c> see</c><00:32:36.309><c> him</c>

00:32:36.569 --> 00:32:41.349
associated<00:32:37.210><c> with</c><00:32:37.730><c> the</c><00:32:37.970><c> rain.</c><00:32:39.349><c> That</c><00:32:39.430><c> this</c><00:32:39.650><c> parable</c><00:32:39.890><c> of</c><00:32:40.109><c> scripture</c><00:32:40.349><c> is</c><00:32:41.109><c> to</c>

00:32:41.349 --> 00:32:42.029
be<00:32:41.529><c> consistent</c>

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and<00:32:42.390><c> accurate,</c><00:32:43.369><c> and</c><00:32:43.589><c> we</c><00:32:43.750><c> certainly</c><00:32:44.049><c> find</c><00:32:44.289><c> this</c><00:32:44.470><c> to</c><00:32:44.609><c> be</c><00:32:44.750><c> the</c><00:32:44.829><c> case.</c><00:32:45.910><c> For</c><00:32:46.130><c> example,</c><00:32:46.869><c> in</c>

00:32:47.109 --> 00:32:48.869
Psalm<00:32:47.349><c> 72,</c>

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beginning<00:32:49.470><c> at</c><00:32:49.769><c> the</c><00:32:50.670><c> first</c><00:32:50.890><c> verse,</c><00:32:51.869><c> says,</c><00:32:52.250><c> Give</c><00:32:52.250><c> the</c><00:32:52.490><c> king</c><00:32:52.769><c> thy</c>

00:32:52.990 --> 00:32:54.769
commandments,<00:32:53.890><c> O</c><00:32:54.009><c> God,</c><00:32:54.430><c> and</c><00:32:54.589><c> thy</c>

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righteousness<00:32:55.349><c> unto</c><00:32:55.730><c> the</c><00:32:56.029><c> king's</c><00:32:56.670><c> son.</c><00:32:57.509><c> He</c><00:32:57.869><c> shall</c><00:32:58.089><c> judge</c><00:32:58.369><c> the</c>

00:32:58.589 --> 00:32:59.049
people<00:32:58.769><c> with</c>

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righteousness,<00:32:59.789><c> and</c><00:32:59.930><c> thy</c><00:33:00.109><c> poor</c><00:33:00.349><c> with</c><00:33:00.630><c> judgment.</c><00:33:01.470><c> The</c><00:33:01.650><c> mountains</c><00:33:02.049><c> shall</c>

00:33:02.289 --> 00:33:03.250
bring<00:33:02.569><c> peace</c><00:33:02.890><c> to</c><00:33:03.049><c> the</c>

00:33:03.250 --> 00:33:07.069
people,<00:33:04.069><c> shall</c><00:33:04.190><c> break</c><00:33:04.470><c> in</c><00:33:04.690><c> pieces</c><00:33:04.890><c> the</c><00:33:05.230><c> oppressor.</c><00:33:05.769><c> They</c><00:33:05.990><c> shall</c><00:33:06.210><c> fear</c><00:33:06.470><c> thee</c><00:33:06.690><c> as</c><00:33:06.849><c> long</c>

00:33:07.069 --> 00:33:10.569
as<00:33:07.250><c> the</c><00:33:07.430><c> sun</c><00:33:07.569><c> and</c><00:33:07.690><c> moon</c><00:33:07.849><c> endure</c><00:33:08.210><c> throughout</c><00:33:08.750><c> all</c><00:33:09.130><c> generations.</c><00:33:10.089><c> He</c><00:33:10.369><c> shall</c>

00:33:10.569 --> 00:33:12.309
come<00:33:10.890><c> down</c><00:33:11.390><c> like</c><00:33:12.049><c> the</c>

00:33:12.309 --> 00:33:18.049
rain<00:33:12.869><c> upon</c><00:33:13.609><c> the</c><00:33:14.349><c> mown</c><00:33:14.869><c> grass,</c><00:33:16.150><c> as</c><00:33:16.450><c> the</c><00:33:16.769><c> showers</c><00:33:17.289><c> that</c><00:33:17.869><c> water</c>

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the<00:33:18.309><c> earth.</c><00:33:18.990><c> In</c><00:33:19.210><c> his</c><00:33:19.569><c> days</c><00:33:20.170><c> shall</c>

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the<00:33:20.910><c> righteous</c><00:33:21.210><c> flourish,</c><00:33:22.730><c> an</c><00:33:22.869><c> abundance</c><00:33:23.210><c> of</c><00:33:23.529><c> peace</c><00:33:23.890><c> so</c><00:33:24.289><c> long</c>

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as<00:33:24.589><c> the</c><00:33:24.710><c> moon</c><00:33:24.869><c> endureth.</c><00:33:28.430><c> He</c>

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ends<00:33:29.470><c> of</c><00:33:29.710><c> the</c><00:33:29.809><c> earth.</c><00:33:30.730><c> How</c><00:33:30.930><c> does</c><00:33:31.130><c> he</c><00:33:31.230><c> come?</c><00:33:32.410><c> He</c><00:33:32.589><c> comes</c><00:33:32.890><c> down</c>

00:33:33.089 --> 00:33:36.569
like<00:33:33.329><c> rain</c><00:33:33.849><c> upon</c><00:33:34.690><c> the</c><00:33:34.990><c> mown</c><00:33:35.390><c> grass,</c>

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as<00:33:36.849><c> the</c><00:33:37.089><c> showers</c><00:33:37.410><c> that</c><00:33:37.750><c> water</c><00:33:37.910><c> the</c><00:33:38.150><c> earth.</c><00:33:40.029><c> Now</c><00:33:40.230><c> there's</c><00:33:40.369><c> no</c>

00:33:40.589 --> 00:33:41.730
question<00:33:40.930><c> here</c><00:33:41.210><c> as</c><00:33:41.349><c> to</c><00:33:41.390><c> who</c><00:33:41.589><c> the</c>

00:33:41.730 --> 00:33:45.990
son<00:33:41.869><c> of</c><00:33:42.049><c> the</c><00:33:42.150><c> king</c><00:33:42.609><c> is</c><00:33:43.289><c> that</c><00:33:44.109><c> will</c><00:33:44.250><c> bring</c><00:33:44.609><c> peace</c><00:33:45.309><c> and</c><00:33:45.609><c> break</c><00:33:45.789><c> in</c>

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pieces<00:33:46.170><c> the</c>

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oppressor<00:33:46.890><c> and</c><00:33:47.029><c> have</c><00:33:47.190><c> dominions</c><00:33:47.549><c> over</c><00:33:47.750><c> the</c><00:33:47.890><c> ends</c><00:33:47.990><c> of</c><00:33:48.170><c> the</c><00:33:48.269><c> earth.</c><00:33:48.950><c> It's</c><00:33:49.150><c> pretty</c><00:33:49.369><c> obvious.</c><00:33:50.269><c> He</c>

00:33:50.410 --> 00:33:53.289
is<00:33:50.609><c> the</c><00:33:50.769><c> word</c><00:33:51.009><c> made</c><00:33:51.289><c> flesh</c><00:33:51.730><c> that</c><00:33:52.150><c> comes</c><00:33:52.410><c> down</c><00:33:52.730><c> as</c><00:33:53.029><c> the</c><00:33:53.150><c> rain</c>

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upon<00:33:53.589><c> the</c><00:33:54.150><c> mown</c><00:33:54.430><c> grass.</c><00:33:54.910><c> The</c><00:33:55.170><c> mown</c>

00:33:55.549 --> 00:34:00.750
or<00:33:55.890><c> cut</c><00:33:56.230><c> down</c><00:33:57.210><c> grass</c><00:33:57.890><c> is</c><00:33:58.549><c> a</c><00:33:58.769><c> symbol</c><00:33:58.970><c> of</c><00:33:59.250><c> the</c><00:34:00.009><c> circumcision</c><00:34:00.549><c> of</c>

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the<00:34:00.869><c> hearts</c><00:34:01.049><c> of</c><00:34:01.269><c> the</c>

00:34:01.369 --> 00:34:06.089
children<00:34:01.609><c> of</c><00:34:01.769><c> Israel.</c><00:34:02.609><c> The</c><00:34:02.849><c> cut</c><00:34:03.089><c> grass,</c><00:34:03.869><c> the</c><00:34:04.089><c> circumcised</c><00:34:05.269><c> in</c>

00:34:06.089 --> 00:34:07.930
heart.<00:34:06.809><c> John</c><00:34:06.990><c> the</c><00:34:07.150><c> Baptist</c>

00:34:07.930 --> 00:34:11.590
we<00:34:08.429><c> read</c><00:34:08.730><c> it</c><00:34:08.989><c> was</c><00:34:09.110><c> to</c><00:34:09.269><c> be</c><00:34:09.409><c> the</c><00:34:09.949><c> voice</c><00:34:10.250><c> crying</c><00:34:10.590><c> in</c><00:34:10.750><c> the</c><00:34:10.869><c> wilderness</c><00:34:11.150><c> saying</c>

00:34:11.590 --> 00:34:13.030
all<00:34:12.110><c> flesh</c><00:34:12.369><c> is</c><00:34:12.630><c> grass.</c>

00:34:13.369 --> 00:34:19.610
Surely<00:34:13.670><c> the</c><00:34:13.949><c> people</c><00:34:14.150><c> is</c><00:34:14.389><c> grass.</c><00:34:15.309><c> He</c><00:34:15.590><c> comes</c><00:34:15.869><c> down</c><00:34:16.349><c> upon</c><00:34:16.650><c> the</c><00:34:16.949><c> mown</c><00:34:17.530><c> grass.</c><00:34:18.849><c> That's</c><00:34:19.110><c> what</c><00:34:19.250><c> he</c>

00:34:19.610 --> 00:34:24.929
showers<00:34:19.949><c> down</c><00:34:20.309><c> upon</c><00:34:20.590><c> with</c><00:34:20.889><c> peace,</c><00:34:21.809><c> abundance,</c><00:34:22.590><c> and</c><00:34:22.789><c> dominion.</c><00:34:24.469><c> James</c>

00:34:24.929 --> 00:34:26.070
offers<00:34:25.449><c> the</c><00:34:25.750><c> same</c>

00:34:26.070 --> 00:34:32.130
parallel<00:34:26.610><c> to</c><00:34:27.469><c> the</c><00:34:27.750><c> word</c><00:34:27.929><c> made</c><00:34:28.130><c> flesh</c><00:34:28.610><c> and</c><00:34:29.429><c> the</c><00:34:29.670><c> rain</c><00:34:30.110><c> and</c><00:34:31.389><c> introduces</c><00:34:31.789><c> the</c>

00:34:32.130 --> 00:34:32.690
thought<00:34:32.289><c> of</c><00:34:32.489><c> the</c>

00:34:32.690 --> 00:34:36.449
early<00:34:32.969><c> and</c><00:34:33.170><c> the</c><00:34:33.369><c> latter</c><00:34:33.530><c> rain.</c><00:34:34.309><c> James</c><00:34:34.610><c> 5</c><00:34:34.869><c> and</c><00:34:35.030><c> 7.</c><00:34:35.929><c> Be</c><00:34:36.070><c> patient</c>

00:34:36.449 --> 00:34:37.909
therefore<00:34:36.889><c> brethren</c><00:34:37.269><c> unto</c><00:34:37.590><c> the</c>

00:34:37.909 --> 00:34:41.730
coming<00:34:38.190><c> of</c><00:34:38.530><c> the</c><00:34:38.710><c> Lord.</c><00:34:39.610><c> Behold</c><00:34:40.070><c> the</c><00:34:40.329><c> husbandman</c><00:34:41.070><c> waiteth</c><00:34:41.530><c> for</c>

00:34:41.730 --> 00:34:42.989
the<00:34:41.949><c> precious</c><00:34:42.289><c> fruit</c><00:34:42.610><c> of</c><00:34:42.809><c> the</c>

00:34:42.989 --> 00:34:46.309
earth<00:34:43.190><c> and</c><00:34:43.449><c> had</c><00:34:43.610><c> long</c><00:34:43.909><c> patience</c><00:34:44.369><c> for</c><00:34:44.630><c> it</c><00:34:45.110><c> until</c><00:34:45.449><c> he</c><00:34:45.809><c> received</c>

00:34:46.309 --> 00:34:48.769
the<00:34:46.949><c> early</c><00:34:47.230><c> and</c><00:34:48.030><c> the</c><00:34:48.289><c> latter</c>

00:34:48.769 --> 00:34:55.769
rain.<00:34:50.230><c> So</c><00:34:50.610><c> we</c><00:34:50.809><c> have</c><00:34:51.690><c> that</c><00:34:52.130><c> phrase</c><00:34:52.409><c> popping</c><00:34:52.769><c> up</c><00:34:53.030><c> again.</c><00:34:53.710><c> The</c><00:34:53.989><c> early</c><00:34:54.309><c> and</c><00:34:54.630><c> the</c><00:34:54.809><c> latter</c><00:34:55.030><c> rain</c><00:34:55.349><c> in</c>

00:34:55.769 --> 00:34:59.210
relation<00:34:56.130><c> to</c><00:34:56.809><c> the</c><00:34:57.030><c> coming</c><00:34:57.210><c> of</c><00:34:57.389><c> Jesus</c><00:34:57.769><c> Christ.</c><00:34:58.730><c> The</c><00:34:58.789><c> word</c><00:34:58.949><c> made</c>

00:34:59.210 --> 00:35:01.530
flesh.<00:35:00.570><c> James</c><00:35:00.809><c> exhorts</c><00:35:01.250><c> the</c>

00:35:01.530 --> 00:35:04.710
faithful<00:35:01.769><c> to</c><00:35:02.389><c> patiently</c><00:35:02.769><c> wait</c><00:35:03.130><c> just</c><00:35:03.769><c> like</c><00:35:03.949><c> the</c><00:35:04.170><c> farmer</c><00:35:04.369><c> waits</c>

00:35:04.710 --> 00:35:07.010
for<00:35:06.090><c> the</c><00:35:06.449><c> early</c><00:35:06.690><c> and</c><00:35:06.829><c> latter</c>

00:35:07.010 --> 00:35:11.809
rains.<00:35:07.769><c> The</c><00:35:08.090><c> planting</c><00:35:08.429><c> rain</c><00:35:08.869><c> and</c><00:35:09.570><c> the</c><00:35:09.789><c> harvest</c><00:35:10.110><c> rain.</c><00:35:11.489><c> This</c>

00:35:11.809 --> 00:35:14.130
describes<00:35:12.349><c> perfectly</c><00:35:12.989><c> the</c><00:35:14.010><c> coming</c>

00:35:14.130 --> 00:35:17.929
of<00:35:14.289><c> the</c><00:35:14.449><c> word</c><00:35:14.610><c> made</c><00:35:14.769><c> flesh.</c><00:35:15.710><c> He</c><00:35:15.809><c> came</c><00:35:16.010><c> the</c><00:35:16.230><c> first</c><00:35:16.510><c> time</c><00:35:17.030><c> as</c><00:35:17.789><c> the</c>

00:35:17.929 --> 00:35:19.590
early<00:35:18.130><c> rain,</c><00:35:18.809><c> the</c><00:35:19.070><c> spring</c><00:35:19.329><c> rain,</c>

00:35:19.630 --> 00:35:23.309
the<00:35:19.869><c> planting</c><00:35:20.190><c> rain.</c><00:35:21.230><c> He</c><00:35:21.489><c> comes</c><00:35:21.710><c> again</c><00:35:22.170><c> as</c><00:35:22.550><c> the</c><00:35:22.710><c> latter</c><00:35:22.949><c> rain,</c>

00:35:23.610 --> 00:35:26.769
as<00:35:23.849><c> the</c><00:35:24.090><c> harvest</c><00:35:24.429><c> rain.</c><00:35:26.210><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:26.769 --> 00:35:31.150
was<00:35:27.429><c> and</c><00:35:27.909><c> is</c><00:35:28.369><c> and</c><00:35:28.710><c> will</c><00:35:28.949><c> be</c><00:35:29.230><c> the</c><00:35:29.510><c> manifestation</c><00:35:30.170><c> of</c><00:35:30.769><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:35:31.309 --> 00:35:32.409
The<00:35:31.550><c> revealing</c><00:35:31.769><c> the</c><00:35:32.030><c> reflection</c>

00:35:32.409 --> 00:35:37.610
of<00:35:32.670><c> God.</c><00:35:33.869><c> It's</c><00:35:34.230><c> interesting</c><00:35:34.710><c> the</c><00:35:34.849><c> way</c><00:35:35.030><c> this</c><00:35:35.389><c> thought</c><00:35:35.590><c> is</c><00:35:36.010><c> expressed</c><00:35:36.489><c> with</c>

00:35:37.610 --> 00:35:38.550
the<00:35:38.190><c> word</c><00:35:38.369><c> made</c>

00:35:38.550 --> 00:35:43.230
flesh<00:35:39.010><c> and</c><00:35:39.570><c> the</c><00:35:39.789><c> rain</c><00:35:40.130><c> in</c><00:35:40.469><c> Hosea</c><00:35:41.030><c> 6</c><00:35:42.090><c> and</c><00:35:42.610><c> starting</c><00:35:42.789><c> in</c><00:35:43.010><c> verse</c>

00:35:43.230 --> 00:35:46.829
1.<00:35:44.809><c> We</c><00:35:44.829><c> read</c><00:35:45.250><c> come</c><00:35:46.030><c> let</c><00:35:46.530><c> us</c>

00:35:46.829 --> 00:35:51.730
return<00:35:47.550><c> unto</c><00:35:47.929><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:48.809><c> for</c><00:35:49.190><c> he</c><00:35:49.389><c> hath</c><00:35:49.630><c> torn</c><00:35:50.170><c> and</c><00:35:51.130><c> he</c><00:35:51.269><c> will</c><00:35:51.510><c> heal</c>

00:35:51.730 --> 00:35:54.030
us.<00:35:52.530><c> He</c><00:35:52.750><c> has</c><00:35:53.050><c> smitten</c><00:35:53.469><c> and</c><00:35:53.929><c> he</c>

00:35:54.030 --> 00:36:00.510
will<00:35:54.190><c> bind</c><00:35:54.389><c> us</c><00:35:54.650><c> up.</c><00:35:55.329><c> After</c><00:35:55.929><c> two</c><00:35:56.510><c> days</c><00:35:57.329><c> will</c><00:35:58.210><c> he</c><00:35:58.510><c> revive</c><00:35:58.829><c> us.</c><00:36:00.150><c> In</c>

00:36:00.510 --> 00:36:02.489
the<00:36:00.809><c> third</c><00:36:01.070><c> day</c><00:36:01.530><c> he</c><00:36:01.889><c> will</c><00:36:02.190><c> raise</c>

00:36:02.489 --> 00:36:07.409
us<00:36:02.670><c> up</c><00:36:03.449><c> and</c><00:36:03.969><c> we</c><00:36:04.190><c> shall</c><00:36:04.369><c> live</c><00:36:04.610><c> in</c><00:36:04.829><c> his</c><00:36:05.190><c> sight.</c><00:36:06.570><c> Then</c><00:36:06.909><c> shall</c><00:36:07.190><c> we</c>

00:36:07.409 --> 00:36:09.289
know<00:36:07.789><c> if</c><00:36:08.170><c> we</c><00:36:08.510><c> follow</c><00:36:08.769><c> on</c><00:36:09.150><c> to</c>

00:36:09.289 --> 00:36:13.929
know<00:36:09.449><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:10.090><c> his</c><00:36:10.630><c> going</c><00:36:10.929><c> forth</c><00:36:11.289><c> is</c><00:36:11.590><c> prepared</c><00:36:12.130><c> as</c><00:36:12.610><c> the</c><00:36:12.769><c> morning</c><00:36:13.110><c> and</c><00:36:13.730><c> he</c>

00:36:13.929 --> 00:36:15.050
shall<00:36:14.050><c> come</c><00:36:14.309><c> to</c><00:36:14.489><c> us</c>

00:36:15.050 --> 00:36:19.929
as<00:36:15.329><c> the</c><00:36:15.610><c> rain,</c><00:36:16.510><c> as</c><00:36:16.750><c> the</c><00:36:16.989><c> latter</c><00:36:17.329><c> and</c><00:36:17.889><c> former</c><00:36:18.150><c> rain</c><00:36:18.769><c> unto</c><00:36:19.670><c> the</c>

00:36:19.929 --> 00:36:22.989
earth.<00:36:21.550><c> Okay</c><00:36:22.030><c> and</c><00:36:22.650><c> examining</c>

00:36:22.989 --> 00:36:26.050
the<00:36:23.250><c> scripture</c><00:36:23.650><c> we</c><00:36:24.489><c> should</c><00:36:24.670><c> understand</c><00:36:25.110><c> of</c><00:36:25.309><c> course</c><00:36:25.469><c> Yahweh</c>

00:36:26.050 --> 00:36:28.610
and<00:36:26.329><c> it's</c><00:36:27.710><c> of</c><00:36:27.849><c> course</c><00:36:28.070><c> Yahweh's</c>

00:36:28.610 --> 00:36:32.690
manifestation,<00:36:29.570><c> his</c><00:36:29.650><c> son</c><00:36:30.150><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:36:30.929><c> God</c><00:36:31.150><c> with</c><00:36:31.329><c> us,</c><00:36:32.170><c> will</c><00:36:32.309><c> come</c><00:36:32.510><c> to</c>

00:36:32.690 --> 00:36:35.429
us<00:36:33.190><c> after</c><00:36:33.630><c> two</c><00:36:33.929><c> days.</c><00:36:35.150><c> Now</c><00:36:35.429><c> I</c>

00:36:35.429 --> 00:36:38.769
think<00:36:35.610><c> this</c><00:36:35.909><c> logically</c><00:36:36.309><c> refers</c><00:36:36.869><c> to</c><00:36:37.110><c> the</c><00:36:37.389><c> two</c><00:36:37.610><c> thousand</c><00:36:37.989><c> years</c>

00:36:38.769 --> 00:36:40.449
between<00:36:39.329><c> the</c><00:36:39.590><c> early</c><00:36:39.949><c> and</c><00:36:40.269><c> the</c>

00:36:40.449 --> 00:36:49.130
latter<00:36:40.710><c> rains.</c><00:36:42.030><c> It</c><00:36:42.250><c> is</c><00:36:42.449><c> after</c><00:36:42.750><c> two</c><00:36:42.989><c> days</c><00:36:43.329><c> that</c><00:36:43.530><c> he</c><00:36:43.769><c> revives</c><00:36:44.210><c> us.</c><00:36:46.989><c> Now</c><00:36:47.369><c> the</c><00:36:47.570><c> third</c><00:36:47.889><c> day</c><00:36:48.429><c> is</c><00:36:48.750><c> beyond</c>

00:36:49.130 --> 00:36:52.730
the<00:36:49.389><c> second</c><00:36:49.730><c> and</c><00:36:49.989><c> it</c><00:36:50.130><c> says</c><00:36:50.289><c> after</c><00:36:50.750><c> two</c><00:36:51.030><c> days</c><00:36:51.590><c> he</c><00:36:52.050><c> revives</c><00:36:52.469><c> us.</c>

00:36:52.750 --> 00:36:54.530
On<00:36:53.030><c> the</c><00:36:53.250><c> third</c><00:36:53.510><c> day</c><00:36:53.909><c> he</c><00:36:54.130><c> raises</c>

00:36:54.530 --> 00:36:58.969
us<00:36:54.710><c> up</c><00:36:56.050><c> saying</c><00:36:56.530><c> the</c><00:36:56.750><c> same</c><00:36:56.969><c> thing.</c><00:36:57.389><c> The</c><00:36:57.489><c> third</c><00:36:57.650><c> day</c><00:36:57.949><c> is</c><00:36:58.289><c> the</c><00:36:58.590><c> same</c><00:36:58.750><c> as</c>

00:36:58.969 --> 00:36:59.809
saying<00:36:59.130><c> after</c><00:36:59.570><c> two</c>

00:36:59.809 --> 00:37:05.190
days<00:37:00.210><c> but</c><00:37:01.469><c> he</c><00:37:01.710><c> is</c><00:37:01.949><c> expressing</c><00:37:02.349><c> this</c><00:37:02.889><c> to</c><00:37:03.190><c> present</c><00:37:03.530><c> two</c><00:37:04.110><c> different</c><00:37:04.730><c> stages</c>

00:37:05.190 --> 00:37:07.929
here.<00:37:07.750><c> The</c>

00:37:07.929 --> 00:37:12.829
Spirit<00:37:08.190><c> chose</c><00:37:08.530><c> to</c><00:37:08.909><c> separate</c><00:37:09.230><c> in</c><00:37:09.469><c> our</c><00:37:09.670><c> minds</c><00:37:10.170><c> the</c><00:37:10.510><c> two</c><00:37:10.730><c> thoughts</c><00:37:11.130><c> of</c><00:37:11.550><c> reviving</c><00:37:12.130><c> and</c><00:37:12.489><c> raising</c>

00:37:12.829 --> 00:37:17.369
up.<00:37:13.869><c> In</c><00:37:13.989><c> the</c><00:37:14.230><c> third</c><00:37:14.489><c> day</c><00:37:14.789><c> we're</c><00:37:15.050><c> raised</c><00:37:15.409><c> up.</c><00:37:16.110><c> That's</c><00:37:16.550><c> also</c><00:37:16.829><c> after</c><00:37:17.170><c> the</c>

00:37:17.369 --> 00:37:18.469
two<00:37:17.530><c> days</c><00:37:17.889><c> but</c><00:37:18.150><c> it's</c>

00:37:18.469 --> 00:37:23.369
a<00:37:18.630><c> separate</c><00:37:18.869><c> act.</c><00:37:19.969><c> The</c><00:37:20.190><c> raising</c><00:37:20.530><c> up</c><00:37:21.369><c> may</c><00:37:21.570><c> refer</c><00:37:21.929><c> to</c><00:37:22.130><c> the</c><00:37:22.309><c> Millennial</c><00:37:22.570><c> Kingdom</c><00:37:22.929><c> to</c><00:37:23.130><c> be</c>

00:37:23.369 --> 00:37:27.250
experienced<00:37:23.730><c> on</c><00:37:23.949><c> the</c><00:37:24.190><c> third</c><00:37:24.630><c> one</c><00:37:24.969><c> thousand</c><00:37:25.289><c> year</c><00:37:25.570><c> day</c><00:37:25.949><c> following</c><00:37:26.349><c> the</c><00:37:26.650><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:27.050><c> of</c>

00:37:27.250 --> 00:37:30.090
Jesus<00:37:27.550><c> Christ.</c><00:37:28.530><c> Nonetheless</c><00:37:28.929><c> we</c><00:37:29.230><c> again</c><00:37:29.510><c> see</c><00:37:29.730><c> the</c><00:37:29.869><c> Word</c><00:37:29.949><c> of</c>

00:37:30.090 --> 00:37:32.630
God<00:37:30.769><c> made,</c><00:37:31.809><c> Word</c><00:37:32.030><c> made</c><00:37:32.309><c> flesh</c>

00:37:32.630 --> 00:37:35.469
likened<00:37:33.010><c> to</c><00:37:33.190><c> the</c><00:37:33.369><c> rain</c><00:37:33.590><c> and</c><00:37:33.809><c> in</c><00:37:33.909><c> fact</c><00:37:34.130><c> the</c><00:37:34.369><c> early</c><00:37:34.530><c> and</c><00:37:34.670><c> the</c><00:37:34.809><c> latter</c><00:37:34.989><c> rain.</c><00:37:35.309><c> So</c>

00:37:35.469 --> 00:37:36.130
we<00:37:35.690><c> have</c><00:37:35.849><c> the</c>

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raising<00:37:36.949><c> up,</c><00:37:37.530><c> we</c><00:37:37.590><c> have</c><00:37:37.809><c> the</c><00:37:38.530><c> reviving</c><00:37:39.349><c> and</c><00:37:39.789><c> the</c><00:37:39.929><c> raising</c><00:37:40.210><c> up</c>

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being<00:37:42.250><c> brought</c><00:37:42.530><c> back</c><00:37:42.789><c> from</c><00:37:43.010><c> the</c>

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dead<00:37:43.449><c> and</c><00:37:43.969><c> resurrection.</c><00:37:45.949><c> Two</c><00:37:46.230><c> different</c><00:37:46.550><c> stages</c><00:37:47.190><c> and</c><00:37:49.030><c> again</c>

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presented<00:37:49.869><c> as</c><00:37:50.289><c> the</c><00:37:50.570><c> early</c>

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and<00:37:51.090><c> the</c><00:37:51.210><c> latter</c><00:37:51.510><c> rain,</c><00:37:51.869><c> the</c><00:37:52.070><c> former</c><00:37:52.329><c> rain</c><00:37:52.750><c> and</c><00:37:53.289><c> the</c><00:37:53.449><c> latter</c>

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rain<00:37:54.150><c> as</c><00:37:55.809><c> the</c><00:37:56.010><c> one</c><00:37:56.170><c> who</c><00:37:56.289><c> would</c>

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manifest<00:37:56.929><c> the</c><00:37:57.150><c> Father</c><00:37:57.389><c> perfectly.</c><00:37:58.929><c> Job</c><00:37:58.989><c> is</c><00:37:59.269><c> another</c><00:37:59.489><c> who</c><00:37:59.690><c> is</c>

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a<00:38:00.110><c> type</c><00:38:00.250><c> of</c><00:38:00.530><c> Christ.</c><00:38:01.190><c> He's</c><00:38:01.309><c> a</c>

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righteous<00:38:01.750><c> man</c><00:38:02.030><c> who</c><00:38:02.309><c> suffers</c><00:38:02.650><c> for</c><00:38:02.929><c> the</c><00:38:03.050><c> good</c><00:38:03.170><c> of</c><00:38:03.349><c> others</c><00:38:03.590><c> that</c>

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are<00:38:04.030><c> unworthy</c><00:38:04.389><c> of</c><00:38:04.570><c> him.</c><00:38:05.769><c> Job</c>

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of<00:38:10.130><c> himself</c><00:38:10.750><c> to</c><00:38:11.170><c> his</c><00:38:11.489><c> friends</c>

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and<00:38:12.570><c> from</c><00:38:12.750><c> Job</c><00:38:12.969><c> 29</c><00:38:13.469><c> we</c><00:38:13.750><c> read,</c><00:38:14.449><c> unto</c><00:38:14.690><c> me</c><00:38:15.329><c> men</c><00:38:15.730><c> gave</c><00:38:16.070><c> ear</c><00:38:16.349><c> and</c><00:38:16.769><c> waited</c><00:38:17.090><c> and</c>

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kept<00:38:17.670><c> silent</c><00:38:18.150><c> at</c><00:38:18.429><c> my</c>

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counsel.<00:38:19.730><c> After</c><00:38:19.909><c> my</c><00:38:20.230><c> words</c><00:38:20.510><c> they</c><00:38:20.849><c> spake</c><00:38:21.030><c> not</c><00:38:21.230><c> again</c><00:38:21.610><c> and</c><00:38:21.949><c> my</c>

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speech<00:38:22.829><c> dropped</c><00:38:23.349><c> upon</c><00:38:23.730><c> them</c>

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and<00:38:24.449><c> they</c><00:38:24.690><c> waited</c><00:38:24.909><c> for</c><00:38:25.170><c> me</c><00:38:25.949><c> as</c><00:38:26.429><c> for</c><00:38:26.630><c> the</c><00:38:26.849><c> rain</c><00:38:27.190><c> and</c><00:38:27.829><c> they</c><00:38:28.030><c> opened</c><00:38:28.250><c> their</c>

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mouth<00:38:28.909><c> as</c><00:38:29.469><c> for</c><00:38:29.670><c> the</c>

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latter<00:38:30.610><c> rain.</c><00:38:33.070><c> Now</c><00:38:33.349><c> Jesus</c><00:38:33.789><c> describes</c><00:38:34.469><c> himself</c><00:38:34.889><c> also</c><00:38:35.630><c> as</c><00:38:36.670><c> the</c>

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bread<00:38:37.070><c> from</c><00:38:37.289><c> heaven</c><00:38:37.650><c> in</c><00:38:38.110><c> John</c><00:38:38.409><c> 6.</c>

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that<00:38:44.010><c> God</c><00:38:44.710><c> rained</c><00:38:45.309><c> down</c><00:38:46.230><c> upon</c>

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Israel<00:38:47.650><c> and</c><00:38:48.190><c> of</c><00:38:48.389><c> course</c><00:38:48.590><c> that's</c><00:38:48.969><c> how</c><00:38:48.989><c> it's</c><00:38:49.210><c> expressed</c><00:38:49.530><c> in</c><00:38:49.789><c> Psalm</c><00:38:50.010><c> 78</c>

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it<00:38:50.690><c> says</c><00:38:50.869><c> and</c><00:38:51.150><c> had</c>

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rained<00:38:51.869><c> down</c><00:38:52.429><c> manna</c><00:38:53.289><c> upon</c><00:38:53.630><c> them</c><00:38:53.889><c> to</c><00:38:54.190><c> eat</c><00:38:54.789><c> and</c><00:38:55.550><c> in</c><00:38:55.769><c> Exodus</c><00:38:56.130><c> 16</c>

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the<00:38:56.889><c> Lord</c><00:38:57.090><c> said</c><00:38:57.250><c> unto</c><00:38:57.449><c> Moses</c>

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behold<00:38:58.289><c> I</c><00:38:58.550><c> will</c><00:38:58.789><c> rain</c><00:38:59.110><c> bread</c><00:38:59.369><c> from</c><00:38:59.650><c> heaven</c><00:38:59.969><c> for</c><00:39:00.329><c> you</c><00:39:00.829><c> and</c><00:39:02.269><c> this</c>

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bread<00:39:02.989><c> represents</c><00:39:03.710><c> Jesus</c>

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the<00:39:10.309><c> rain.</c><00:39:11.130><c> Now</c><00:39:11.389><c> let's</c><00:39:11.590><c> look</c><00:39:11.769><c> a</c>

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little<00:39:11.969><c> bit</c><00:39:12.070><c> more</c><00:39:12.309><c> closely</c><00:39:12.630><c> at</c><00:39:12.889><c> the</c><00:39:13.130><c> early</c><00:39:13.530><c> and</c><00:39:13.849><c> the</c><00:39:14.070><c> latter</c>

00:39:14.309 --> 00:39:16.670
rains.<00:39:16.050><c> In</c><00:39:16.110><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:16.489><c> 11</c>

00:39:16.670 --> 00:39:20.389
we<00:39:17.090><c> read</c><00:39:17.489><c> of</c><00:39:17.769><c> God's</c><00:39:18.110><c> law</c><00:39:18.369><c> concerning</c><00:39:18.829><c> the</c><00:39:19.250><c> rains</c><00:39:19.349><c> if</c><00:39:20.030><c> Israel</c>

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would<00:39:20.690><c> harken</c><00:39:20.909><c> to</c><00:39:21.130><c> his</c><00:39:21.369><c> word</c>

00:39:21.610 --> 00:39:24.750
then<00:39:21.869><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:22.090><c> would</c><00:39:22.469><c> send</c><00:39:22.750><c> the</c><00:39:23.010><c> rains</c><00:39:23.349><c> the</c><00:39:23.829><c> first</c><00:39:24.230><c> rain</c><00:39:24.469><c> and</c>

00:39:24.750 --> 00:39:27.989
the<00:39:24.909><c> latter</c><00:39:25.130><c> rains</c><00:39:25.670><c> and</c><00:39:27.730><c> in</c>

00:39:27.989 --> 00:39:30.929
fact<00:39:28.269><c> these</c><00:39:28.769><c> early</c><00:39:29.010><c> and</c><00:39:29.170><c> latter</c><00:39:29.309><c> rains</c><00:39:29.650><c> parallel</c><00:39:30.110><c> with</c><00:39:30.409><c> each</c>

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of<00:39:31.989><c> these</c><00:39:32.309><c> three</c>

00:39:32.630 --> 00:39:36.289
categories<00:39:33.309><c> these</c><00:39:33.989><c> principal</c><00:39:34.369><c> applications</c><00:39:34.949><c> of</c><00:39:35.150><c> the</c><00:39:35.329><c> rain.</c>

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word.<00:39:40.610><c> Now</c><00:39:40.969><c> I</c><00:39:41.110><c> think</c><00:39:41.449><c> the</c><00:39:41.829><c> first</c><00:39:42.070><c> impression</c><00:39:42.510><c> you</c><00:39:42.650><c> might</c><00:39:42.889><c> have</c>

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is<00:39:44.010><c> that</c><00:39:44.210><c> the</c><00:39:44.429><c> early</c><00:39:45.010><c> and</c>

00:39:45.309 --> 00:39:48.269
latter<00:39:45.670><c> rains</c><00:39:45.929><c> might</c><00:39:46.210><c> refer</c><00:39:46.710><c> to</c><00:39:47.389><c> the</c><00:39:47.610><c> Old</c><00:39:47.750><c> Testament</c><00:39:48.030><c> and</c><00:39:48.190><c> the</c>

00:39:48.269 --> 00:39:49.329
New<00:39:48.449><c> Testament,</c><00:39:48.969><c> the</c><00:39:49.130><c> Old</c>

00:39:49.329 --> 00:39:51.650
Covenant<00:39:49.570><c> and</c><00:39:49.730><c> the</c><00:39:49.829><c> New</c><00:39:49.969><c> Covenant.</c><00:39:50.809><c> I</c><00:39:51.050><c> don't</c><00:39:51.210><c> believe</c><00:39:51.349><c> that's</c>

00:39:51.650 --> 00:39:54.949
the<00:39:51.849><c> case.</c><00:39:53.349><c> I</c><00:39:53.610><c> think</c><00:39:53.829><c> that</c><00:39:54.690><c> the</c>

00:39:55.309 --> 00:39:59.550
latter<00:39:55.690><c> rain</c><00:39:56.250><c> of</c><00:39:56.570><c> the</c><00:39:56.690><c> Word</c><00:39:56.789><c> of</c><00:39:56.929><c> God</c><00:39:57.170><c> we</c><00:39:57.349><c> have</c><00:39:57.570><c> seen</c><00:39:57.949><c> and</c><00:39:58.630><c> we</c><00:39:58.789><c> have</c><00:39:58.929><c> yet</c><00:39:59.150><c> to</c>

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experience<00:40:00.050><c> I'm</c>

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sorry<00:40:01.530><c> the</c><00:40:01.769><c> former</c><00:40:01.989><c> rain</c><00:40:02.210><c> is</c><00:40:02.369><c> what</c><00:40:02.489><c> we</c><00:40:02.630><c> have</c><00:40:02.829><c> seen</c><00:40:03.230><c> I</c><00:40:04.090><c> don't</c>

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believe<00:40:04.489><c> we've</c><00:40:04.849><c> experienced</c>

00:40:05.250 --> 00:40:10.809
the<00:40:05.530><c> latter</c><00:40:05.789><c> rain</c><00:40:06.090><c> which</c><00:40:06.670><c> is</c><00:40:06.929><c> the</c><00:40:07.170><c> harvest</c><00:40:07.550><c> rain</c><00:40:07.849><c> of</c><00:40:08.130><c> God's</c><00:40:08.530><c> Word</c><00:40:08.809><c> and</c><00:40:09.530><c> the</c><00:40:09.730><c> reason</c><00:40:10.130><c> my</c>

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basis<00:40:11.170><c> for</c><00:40:11.369><c> this</c><00:40:11.590><c> we'll</c><00:40:12.010><c> consider</c><00:40:12.429><c> hopefully</c><00:40:12.929><c> in</c><00:40:13.050><c> a</c><00:40:13.170><c> moment</c>

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perhaps<00:40:16.130><c> tomorrow</c><00:40:16.690><c> is</c><00:40:19.010><c> the</c>

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famine<00:40:20.929><c> that</c><00:40:21.530><c> would</c><00:40:21.730><c> take</c><00:40:21.969><c> place</c><00:40:22.289><c> the</c><00:40:22.530><c> famine</c><00:40:22.869><c> of</c><00:40:23.170><c> God's</c><00:40:23.590><c> Word</c>

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that<00:40:24.369><c> would</c><00:40:24.590><c> take</c><00:40:24.869><c> place</c><00:40:25.269><c> the</c>

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time<00:40:26.429><c> when</c><00:40:26.590><c> there</c><00:40:26.710><c> would</c><00:40:26.949><c> be</c><00:40:27.170><c> no</c><00:40:27.449><c> pouring</c><00:40:27.710><c> out</c><00:40:28.130><c> of</c><00:40:28.389><c> rain</c><00:40:28.570><c> there</c>

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would<00:40:28.889><c> be</c><00:40:29.030><c> no</c><00:40:29.250><c> pouring</c><00:40:29.449><c> out</c><00:40:29.670><c> of</c>

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God's<00:40:30.210><c> Word</c><00:40:30.329><c> that</c><00:40:30.449><c> would</c><00:40:30.690><c> take</c><00:40:30.929><c> place</c><00:40:31.230><c> between</c><00:40:31.510><c> the</c><00:40:31.730><c> two</c><00:40:31.929><c> rains</c><00:40:32.230><c> just</c>

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like<00:40:32.949><c> with</c><00:40:33.309><c> Elijah</c><00:40:33.769><c> the</c>

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of<00:40:35.510><c> no</c><00:40:35.849><c> rain</c><00:40:36.130><c> the</c><00:40:36.309><c> 42</c><00:40:36.710><c> months</c><00:40:37.110><c> to</c><00:40:37.309><c> 1260</c><00:40:38.070><c> days</c><00:40:38.710><c> of</c><00:40:40.349><c> the</c><00:40:40.670><c> withholding</c><00:40:41.829><c> of</c><00:40:42.150><c> the</c>

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rain<00:40:42.650><c> from</c><00:40:42.849><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:40:43.710><c> withholding</c><00:40:44.190><c> of</c><00:40:44.289><c> the</c><00:40:44.389><c> Word</c><00:40:44.510><c> of</c><00:40:44.690><c> God</c><00:40:45.409><c> and</c><00:40:46.170><c> we'll</c><00:40:46.690><c> get</c><00:40:46.849><c> into</c>

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that<00:40:47.809><c> probably</c><00:40:48.230><c> tomorrow</c>

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secondly<00:40:50.090><c> the</c><00:40:50.489><c> rain</c><00:40:50.670><c> that</c><00:40:50.889><c> reflects</c><00:40:51.230><c> the</c><00:40:51.449><c> word</c><00:40:51.610><c> made</c><00:40:51.829><c> flesh</c>

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the<00:40:52.389><c> coming</c><00:40:52.530><c> of</c><00:40:52.690><c> the</c><00:40:52.809><c> Messiah</c><00:40:53.210><c> is</c>

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compared<00:40:54.210><c> to</c><00:40:54.389><c> the</c><00:40:54.570><c> arrival</c><00:40:54.809><c> of</c><00:40:55.010><c> the</c><00:40:55.150><c> early</c><00:40:55.349><c> and</c><00:40:55.489><c> latter</c><00:40:55.690><c> rains</c>

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in<00:40:56.530><c> both</c><00:40:56.730><c> the</c><00:40:56.909><c> Old</c><00:40:57.030><c> and</c><00:40:57.090><c> New</c>

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Testaments<00:40:58.190><c> we</c><00:40:59.869><c> examine</c><00:41:00.409><c> those</c><00:41:00.750><c> references</c><00:41:01.150><c> for</c><00:41:01.570><c> that</c><00:41:02.550><c> Christ</c><00:41:03.070><c> came</c>

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