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Sennacherib<00:10:04.320><c> represents</c><00:10:05.120><c> the</c><00:10:05.940><c> active,</c><00:10:06.460><c> aggressive</c><00:10:07.240><c> power</c>

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of<00:10:08.299><c> sin</c>

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sin<00:11:00.799><c> is</c><00:11:01.080><c> like</c><00:11:01.259><c> in</c><00:11:01.419><c> our</c><00:11:01.679><c> lives.</c>

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He'd<00:12:19.460><c> already</c><00:12:19.759><c> paid</c><00:12:20.139><c> Sennacherib</c><00:12:20.740><c> tribute.</c>

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But<00:12:47.340><c> he</c><00:12:47.440><c> was</c><00:12:47.720><c> met</c><00:12:47.879><c> by</c><00:12:48.299><c> an</c><00:12:48.600><c> equal</c><00:12:48.840><c> force.</c>

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No,<00:12:49.700><c> he</c><00:12:49.779><c> was</c><00:12:50.080><c> met,</c><00:12:50.720><c> wasn't</c><00:12:50.879><c> he,</c><00:12:51.039><c> by</c><00:12:51.340><c> a</c><00:12:51.720><c> greater</c><00:12:52.059><c> force.</c>

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Hezekiah<00:12:54.960><c> was</c><00:12:55.299><c> taking</c><00:12:55.740><c> no</c><00:12:56.139><c> chances</c><00:12:56.639><c> when</c><00:12:56.840><c> it</c><00:12:57.059><c> came</c><00:12:57.279><c> to</c><00:12:57.639><c> confrontation.</c>

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He<00:13:00.059><c> didn't</c><00:13:00.379><c> presume</c><00:13:01.159><c> that</c><00:13:01.759><c> this</c><00:13:02.039><c> army</c><00:13:02.419><c> of</c><00:13:02.799><c> Rabshaker</c><00:13:03.399><c> and</c><00:13:03.639><c> Sennacherib</c>

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was<00:13:05.019><c> just</c><00:13:05.299><c> one</c><00:13:05.519><c> of</c><00:13:05.879><c> insignificance.</c>

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He<00:13:09.580><c> knew</c><00:13:09.840><c> beforehand</c><00:13:10.600><c> the</c><00:13:11.019><c> force</c><00:13:11.340><c> and</c><00:13:11.559><c> the</c><00:13:11.860><c> aggression</c>

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that<00:13:12.539><c> this</c><00:13:12.820><c> army</c><00:13:13.039><c> was</c><00:13:13.279><c> going</c><00:13:13.440><c> to</c><00:13:13.759><c> exert</c><00:13:14.179><c> against</c><00:13:15.279><c> his</c><00:13:15.799><c> people</c>

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and<00:13:16.340><c> his</c><00:13:16.559><c> occlusion.</c>

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And<00:13:20.120><c> you</c><00:13:20.220><c> know,</c><00:13:20.399><c> the</c><00:13:20.539><c> battle</c><00:13:20.759><c> with</c><00:13:21.100><c> King</c><00:13:21.419><c> Sin</c><00:13:21.659><c> in</c><00:13:21.820><c> our</c><00:13:22.100><c> own</c><00:13:22.360><c> lives</c>

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is<00:13:22.820><c> always</c><00:13:23.299><c> preceded</c><00:13:24.019><c> by</c><00:13:24.399><c> a</c><00:13:25.200><c> psychological</c><00:13:25.919><c> exchange</c><00:13:26.620><c> as</c><00:13:26.919><c> to</c>

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who<00:13:27.340><c> is</c><00:13:27.700><c> superior,</c><00:13:28.340><c> isn't</c><00:13:28.440><c> it?</c>

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And<00:13:30.779><c> that's</c><00:13:31.000><c> the</c><00:13:31.179><c> case</c><00:13:31.480><c> with</c><00:13:32.500><c> Sennacherib</c><00:13:32.980><c> as</c><00:13:33.139><c> he</c><00:13:33.299><c> comes</c><00:13:33.580><c> up</c>

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and<00:13:33.919><c> he</c><00:13:34.220><c> confronts</c><00:13:34.600><c> Hezekiah</c><00:13:35.039><c> and</c><00:13:35.200><c> he</c><00:13:35.500><c> surrounds</c><00:13:35.820><c> this</c><00:13:36.120><c> city.</c>

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There's<00:13:36.980><c> a</c><00:13:37.059><c> bit</c><00:13:37.139><c> of</c><00:13:37.320><c> a</c><00:13:37.500><c> psychological</c><00:13:38.059><c> battle</c><00:13:38.440><c> here</c><00:13:38.720><c> as</c><00:13:38.899><c> to</c><00:13:39.039><c> who</c><00:13:39.220><c> is</c><00:13:39.779><c> superior.</c>

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In<00:13:40.779><c> one</c><00:13:41.019><c> of</c><00:13:41.159><c> the</c><00:13:41.340><c> records,</c><00:13:42.299><c> Sennacherib</c><00:13:42.820><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:13:43.259><c> I'll</c><00:13:43.500><c> give</c><00:13:43.600><c> you</c><00:13:43.860><c> 2</c><00:13:44.039><c>,000</c><00:13:44.360><c> horses</c><00:13:44.759><c> if</c><00:13:44.919><c> you've</c><00:13:45.120><c> got</c><00:13:45.299><c> enough</c>

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men<00:13:45.799><c> to</c><00:13:46.000><c> put</c><00:13:46.100><c> on</c><00:13:46.299><c> it.</c>

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I'll<00:13:48.039><c> give</c><00:13:48.159><c> you</c><00:13:48.399><c> 2</c><00:13:48.600><c>,000</c><00:13:48.940><c> horses.</c>

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Come<00:13:49.600><c> on,</c><00:13:49.879><c> let's</c><00:13:50.200><c> engage</c><00:13:50.620><c> in</c><00:13:50.759><c> the</c><00:13:50.899><c> battle.</c>

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Well,<00:13:51.039><c> let's</c><00:13:51.279><c> see</c><00:13:51.539><c> who's</c><00:13:51.919><c> superior.</c>

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It's<00:13:54.440><c> the</c><00:13:54.580><c> same</c><00:13:54.779><c> with</c><00:13:54.960><c> the</c><00:13:55.120><c> Lord,</c><00:13:55.519><c> wasn't</c><00:13:55.679><c> it,</c>

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when<00:13:56.720><c> he</c><00:13:56.879><c> went</c><00:13:57.039><c> into</c><00:13:57.259><c> the</c><00:13:57.419><c> wilderness</c><00:13:57.740><c> as</c><00:13:57.960><c> was</c><00:13:58.220><c> tempted</c><00:13:58.559><c> for</c>

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40<00:13:59.179><c> days.</c>

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The<00:14:01.480><c> tester</c><00:14:01.799><c> there</c><00:14:02.519><c> engaged</c><00:14:03.019><c> him</c><00:14:03.259><c> in</c><00:14:03.519><c> a</c><00:14:03.779><c> psychological</c><00:14:04.379><c> battle</c><00:14:04.860><c> as</c><00:14:05.080><c> to</c>

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who<00:14:05.519><c> was</c><00:14:05.860><c> superior.</c>

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Bow<00:14:07.919><c> down</c><00:14:08.259><c> and</c><00:14:08.460><c> worship</c><00:14:08.899><c> me,</c><00:14:09.379><c> he</c><00:14:09.500><c> says.</c>

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And<00:14:12.259><c> it's</c><00:14:12.419><c> the</c><00:14:12.580><c> same</c><00:14:12.740><c> in</c><00:14:12.940><c> our</c><00:14:13.120><c> own</c><00:14:13.360><c> lives</c><00:14:13.559><c> when</c><00:14:13.799><c> we</c><00:14:14.019><c> are</c><00:14:14.200><c> confronted</c><00:14:14.659><c> with</c><00:14:15.059><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:14:16.639><c> can</c><00:14:16.879><c> respond</c><00:14:17.340><c> in</c><00:14:17.559><c> two</c><00:14:17.840><c> ways.</c>

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We<00:14:19.919><c> can</c><00:14:20.179><c> presume</c><00:14:20.700><c> that</c><00:14:21.440><c> king's</c><00:14:22.220><c> sin</c><00:14:22.320><c> and</c><00:14:22.559><c> his</c><00:14:22.879><c> army</c><00:14:23.399><c> is</c><00:14:24.679><c> only</c>

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small<00:14:25.299><c> and</c><00:14:25.740><c> insignificant.</c>

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We<00:14:26.600><c> can</c><00:14:26.879><c> handle</c><00:14:27.179><c> it,</c><00:14:27.360><c> it's</c><00:14:27.539><c> not</c><00:14:27.720><c> a</c><00:14:27.940><c> problem</c><00:14:28.200><c> to</c><00:14:28.460><c> us.</c>

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Or<00:14:31.159><c> secondly,</c><00:14:31.740><c> like</c><00:14:31.879><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:14:32.639><c> we</c><00:14:32.720><c> can</c><00:14:32.960><c> acknowledge</c><00:14:33.600><c> the</c>

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subtlety,<00:14:35.360><c> the</c><00:14:35.539><c> deceit,</c>

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the<00:14:36.799><c> viciousness</c><00:14:37.759><c> and</c><00:14:38.279><c> the</c><00:14:38.740><c> power</c><00:14:39.259><c> of</c><00:14:40.399><c> sin</c><00:14:40.679><c> as</c><00:14:40.960><c> it</c><00:14:41.320><c> exerts</c><00:14:41.820><c> itself</c><00:14:42.139><c> against</c><00:14:42.600><c> us</c>

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in<00:14:43.480><c> our</c><00:14:43.779><c> lives.</c>

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You<00:14:45.279><c> know,</c><00:14:45.500><c> the</c><00:14:45.639><c> Lord</c><00:14:45.860><c> did</c><00:14:46.100><c> that.</c>

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He<00:14:46.500><c> didn't</c><00:14:47.159><c> presume</c><00:14:47.879><c> that</c><00:14:48.120><c> the</c><00:14:48.320><c> battle</c><00:14:48.580><c> with</c><00:14:48.899><c> sin</c><00:14:49.080><c> was</c><00:14:49.320><c> going</c>

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to<00:14:49.559><c> be</c><00:14:49.700><c> an</c><00:14:49.860><c> easy</c><00:14:50.179><c> thing</c>

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and<00:14:50.460><c> he</c><00:14:50.620><c> could</c><00:14:50.840><c> handle</c><00:14:51.179><c> it.</c>

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You<00:14:52.340><c> know,</c><00:14:52.460><c> when</c><00:14:52.580><c> he</c><00:14:52.779><c> came</c><00:14:53.120><c> to</c><00:14:53.320><c> the</c><00:14:53.580><c> grave</c><00:14:53.899><c> of</c><00:14:54.240><c> Lazarus</c><00:14:54.700><c> there,</c>

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it<00:14:55.740><c> says</c><00:14:56.080><c> quite</c><00:14:56.480><c> simply,</c><00:14:57.159><c> he</c><00:14:57.539><c> wept.</c>

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And<00:15:00.639><c> yes,</c><00:15:00.840><c> in</c><00:15:01.059><c> a</c><00:15:01.220><c> way,</c><00:15:02.580><c> he</c><00:15:02.740><c> was</c><00:15:03.039><c> sad</c><00:15:03.259><c> because</c><00:15:03.559><c> he</c><00:15:03.779><c> lost</c><00:15:04.000><c> the</c><00:15:04.379><c> companionship</c><00:15:04.980><c> of</c><00:15:05.159><c> Lazarus.</c>

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But<00:15:07.759><c> more</c><00:15:08.159><c> powerfully,</c><00:15:08.679><c> as</c><00:15:08.860><c> the</c><00:15:09.039><c> Lord</c><00:15:09.240><c> looked</c><00:15:09.500><c> at</c><00:15:09.659><c> the</c><00:15:09.860><c> blackness</c><00:15:10.259><c> of</c>

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that<00:15:10.759><c> tomb,</c>

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he<00:15:12.860><c> recognised</c><00:15:13.419><c> the</c><00:15:13.659><c> power</c><00:15:14.240><c> of</c><00:15:14.679><c> sin</c><00:15:15.100><c> that</c><00:15:16.100><c> he</c><00:15:16.500><c> in</c><00:15:16.720><c> a</c><00:15:16.919><c> few</c><00:15:17.059><c> days</c>

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hence<00:15:17.679><c> was</c><00:15:17.919><c> going</c><00:15:18.120><c> to</c><00:15:18.259><c> have</c><00:15:18.419><c> to</c><00:15:18.639><c> confront.</c>

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And<00:15:20.399><c> for</c><00:15:20.620><c> the</c><00:15:20.820><c> moment</c><00:15:21.100><c> there,</c><00:15:21.539><c> there</c><00:15:21.539><c> was</c><00:15:21.840><c> nothing</c><00:15:22.220><c> else</c><00:15:22.659><c> that</c>

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he<00:15:22.879><c> could</c><00:15:23.100><c> do</c><00:15:23.340><c> for</c><00:15:23.600><c> Lazarus</c>

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than<00:15:24.620><c> temporary</c><00:15:25.360><c> resurrect</c><00:15:26.899><c> him</c><00:15:27.100><c> from</c><00:15:27.320><c> the</c><00:15:27.740><c> grave</c><00:15:27.960><c> for</c><00:15:28.379><c> a</c><00:15:28.600><c> few</c><00:15:28.720><c> days.</c>

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And<00:15:29.360><c> then</c><00:15:29.659><c> Lazarus</c><00:15:30.080><c> was</c><00:15:30.360><c> once</c><00:15:30.759><c> again</c><00:15:31.080><c> going</c><00:15:31.480><c> to</c><00:15:31.940><c> succumb</c><00:15:32.779><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:33.539><c> power</c><00:15:33.899><c> of</c><00:15:34.340><c> sin</c><00:15:34.519><c> and</c><00:15:35.460><c> death</c><00:15:35.919><c> in</c><00:15:36.259><c> his</c><00:15:36.539><c> life.</c>

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And<00:15:37.340><c> as</c><00:15:37.600><c> the</c><00:15:37.799><c> Lord</c><00:15:38.000><c> looked</c><00:15:38.240><c> at</c><00:15:38.419><c> that</c><00:15:38.700><c> grave</c><00:15:39.039><c> and</c><00:15:39.220><c> the</c><00:15:39.460><c> blackness</c><00:15:39.840><c> of</c><00:15:40.039><c> the</c><00:15:40.279><c> tomb,</c>

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he<00:15:41.120><c> saw</c><00:15:41.679><c> the</c><00:15:42.000><c> immense</c><00:15:42.440><c> power</c><00:15:43.240><c> of</c><00:15:43.779><c> sin</c><00:15:44.019><c> and</c><00:15:44.360><c> death</c>

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and<00:15:45.419><c> that</c><00:15:45.600><c> for</c><00:15:45.860><c> a</c><00:15:46.000><c> moment</c><00:15:46.500><c> he</c><00:15:47.460><c> had</c><00:15:47.740><c> no</c><00:15:48.000><c> option</c><00:15:48.480><c> and</c><00:15:48.980><c> no</c><00:15:49.259><c> support</c>

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that<00:15:49.799><c> he</c><00:15:49.940><c> could</c><00:15:50.200><c> give</c><00:15:50.480><c> to</c><00:15:50.759><c> Lazarus</c>

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until<00:15:52.240><c> after</c><00:15:52.639><c> the</c><00:15:52.879><c> crucifixion</c><00:15:53.539><c> and</c><00:15:53.779><c> his</c><00:15:54.139><c> resurrection</c><00:15:54.720><c> and</c><00:15:55.159><c> power.</c>

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So<00:15:56.440><c> as</c><00:15:56.659><c> he</c><00:15:56.799><c> looked</c><00:15:56.940><c> at</c><00:15:57.120><c> that</c><00:15:57.399><c> tomb,</c><00:15:57.740><c> the</c><00:15:57.860><c> Lord</c><00:15:58.120><c> recognised</c><00:15:59.000><c> the</c>

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power<00:15:59.720><c> of</c><00:16:00.200><c> sin</c><00:16:00.399><c> and</c><00:16:00.740><c> death</c>

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and<00:16:01.700><c> what</c><00:16:02.000><c> he</c><00:16:02.299><c> was</c><00:16:02.500><c> going</c><00:16:02.720><c> to</c><00:16:02.860><c> have</c><00:16:03.019><c> to</c><00:16:03.179><c> confront</c><00:16:03.600><c> and</c><00:16:03.940><c> face</c><00:16:04.240><c> in</c>

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his<00:16:05.039><c> own</c><00:16:05.299><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:05.799><c> so</c><00:16:06.059><c> did</c><00:16:06.279><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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All<00:16:08.039><c> these</c><00:16:08.440><c> men</c><00:16:08.659><c> were</c><00:16:09.000><c> aware</c><00:16:09.639><c> of</c><00:16:10.480><c> that</c><00:16:10.740><c> incredible</c><00:16:11.460><c> force</c><00:16:12.080><c> that</c><00:16:12.580><c> they</c><00:16:12.919><c> confronted</c><00:16:13.320><c> in</c>

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their<00:16:13.740><c> lives</c>

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and<00:16:14.799><c> so</c><00:16:15.179><c> they</c><00:16:15.600><c> prepared</c><00:16:16.220><c> themselves</c><00:16:16.919><c> for</c><00:16:17.299><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:19.440><c> so</c><00:16:19.720><c> in</c><00:16:19.919><c> verse</c><00:16:20.240><c> 3,</c><00:16:22.600><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:23.100><c> begins</c><00:16:23.600><c> a</c><00:16:23.840><c> series</c><00:16:24.399><c> of</c><00:16:25.080><c> activities</c><00:16:25.620><c> as</c>

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this<00:16:27.419><c> overhead</c><00:16:27.879><c> portrays.</c>

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Preparation,<00:16:31.240><c> participation,</c><00:16:32.480><c> preservation</c><00:16:33.179><c> and</c><00:16:34.299><c> performance.</c>

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He<00:16:36.440><c> took</c><00:16:36.679><c> counsel</c><00:16:37.120><c> with</c><00:16:37.279><c> his</c><00:16:37.500><c> princes</c><00:16:37.860><c> in</c><00:16:38.080><c> verse</c><00:16:38.360><c> 3.</c>

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He<00:16:38.820><c> gathered</c><00:16:39.139><c> the</c><00:16:39.340><c> people</c><00:16:39.580><c> together</c><00:16:40.000><c> in</c><00:16:40.120><c> verse</c><00:16:40.480><c> 4.</c>

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Strengthened<00:16:41.759><c> himself</c><00:16:42.200><c> in</c><00:16:42.419><c> verse</c><00:16:42.720><c> 5.</c>

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He<00:16:43.960><c> built,</c><00:16:44.539><c> raised,</c><00:16:44.899><c> repaired,</c><00:16:45.559><c> made,</c><00:16:45.740><c> set,</c><00:16:46.039><c> gathered</c><00:16:46.240><c> and</c>

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spake<00:16:46.840><c> to</c><00:16:46.980><c> the</c><00:16:47.139><c> people</c>

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and<00:16:48.279><c> they</c><00:16:48.620><c> rested</c><00:16:49.120><c> and</c><00:16:49.899><c> found</c><00:16:50.320><c> confidence</c><00:16:51.039><c> in</c><00:16:51.639><c> his</c><00:16:51.940><c> words.</c>

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So<00:16:54.360><c> he</c><00:16:54.539><c> began</c><00:16:54.919><c> with</c><00:16:55.500><c> preparation,</c><00:16:57.320><c> verse</c><00:16:57.779><c> 3.</c>

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He<00:16:59.399><c> took</c><00:16:59.899><c> counsel</c><00:17:00.600><c> with</c><00:17:01.279><c> his</c><00:17:01.600><c> princes</c><00:17:02.100><c> and</c><00:17:02.820><c> his</c><00:17:03.179><c> mighty</c><00:17:03.500><c> men</c>

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to<00:17:04.140><c> stop</c><00:17:04.420><c> the</c><00:17:04.640><c> waters</c><00:17:04.960><c> of</c><00:17:05.140><c> the</c><00:17:05.339><c> fountains.</c>

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He<00:17:07.380><c> took</c><00:17:07.660><c> counsel.</c>

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Each<00:17:09.740><c> of</c><00:17:09.920><c> these</c><00:17:10.180><c> series</c><00:17:10.619><c> was</c><00:17:10.940><c> a</c><00:17:11.160><c> deliberate</c><00:17:11.700><c> planned</c><00:17:12.220><c> step</c><00:17:12.680><c> to</c>

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take<00:17:13.819><c> advantage</c><00:17:14.440><c> of</c><00:17:14.799><c> every</c><00:17:15.259><c> asset</c><00:17:15.700><c> that</c><00:17:16.000><c> Hezekiah</c><00:17:16.559><c> had.</c>

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And<00:17:17.440><c> the</c><00:17:17.660><c> first</c><00:17:17.920><c> thing</c><00:17:18.079><c> he</c><00:17:18.259><c> did</c><00:17:18.480><c> was</c><00:17:18.799><c> to</c><00:17:19.119><c> take</c><00:17:19.640><c> counsel</c><00:17:20.359><c> with</c>

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his<00:17:21.660><c> princes</c><00:17:22.000><c> and</c><00:17:22.200><c> his</c><00:17:22.440><c> mighty</c><00:17:22.779><c> men.</c>

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In<00:17:24.160><c> fact,</c><00:17:24.420><c> if</c><00:17:24.519><c> we</c><00:17:24.660><c> look</c><00:17:24.859><c> at</c><00:17:25.019><c> verse</c><00:17:25.220><c> 6,</c><00:17:26.460><c> this</c><00:17:26.599><c> seems</c><00:17:26.859><c> to</c><00:17:27.140><c> be</c><00:17:27.680><c> a</c><00:17:27.799><c> wonderful</c><00:17:28.240><c> characteristic</c><00:17:28.839><c> of</c>

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King<00:17:29.319><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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The<00:17:30.619><c> end</c><00:17:30.779><c> of</c><00:17:30.920><c> verse</c><00:17:31.140><c> 6</c><00:17:31.539><c> says</c><00:17:32.059><c> he</c><00:17:32.740><c> gathered</c><00:17:33.079><c> them</c><00:17:33.980><c> to</c><00:17:34.640><c> the</c><00:17:34.839><c> gate</c>

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of<00:17:35.200><c> the</c><00:17:35.339><c> city</c><00:17:35.619><c> and</c><00:17:36.180><c> he</c><00:17:36.640><c> spake</c><00:17:37.279><c> comfortably</c><00:17:37.960><c> to</c><00:17:38.299><c> them.</c>

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If<00:17:39.160><c> you've</c><00:17:39.420><c> got</c><00:17:39.480><c> the</c><00:17:39.700><c> AV,</c><00:17:40.079><c> you'll</c><00:17:40.299><c> notice</c><00:17:40.559><c> again</c><00:17:40.920><c> a</c><00:17:41.160><c> marginal</c><00:17:41.599><c> rendering.</c>

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Hebrew<00:17:43.359><c> says</c><00:17:43.720><c> he</c><00:17:44.380><c> spoke</c><00:17:44.859><c> to</c><00:17:45.880><c> their</c><00:17:46.420><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:17:48.819><c> took</c><00:17:49.099><c> counsel</c><00:17:49.599><c> and</c><00:17:49.799><c> he</c><00:17:50.099><c> spoke</c><00:17:50.279><c> to</c><00:17:50.460><c> their</c><00:17:50.839><c> heart.</c>

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In<00:17:52.420><c> chapter</c><00:17:52.799><c> 30,</c><00:17:53.279><c> again</c><00:17:53.619><c> in</c><00:17:53.839><c> verse</c><00:17:54.099><c> 2,</c><00:17:54.380><c> there's</c><00:17:54.819><c> another</c><00:17:55.160><c> reference</c><00:17:55.740><c> where</c><00:17:57.539><c> Hezekiah</c><00:17:58.160><c> was</c>

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planning<00:17:58.920><c> for</c><00:17:59.359><c> the</c><00:17:59.619><c> Passover</c><00:18:00.019><c> and</c><00:18:00.220><c> again</c>

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he<00:18:01.279><c> took</c><00:18:01.680><c> counsel</c><00:18:02.259><c> with</c><00:18:02.559><c> his</c><00:18:02.859><c> princes</c><00:18:03.240><c> and</c><00:18:03.420><c> the</c><00:18:03.700><c> congregation.</c>

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So<00:18:04.839><c> this</c><00:18:05.000><c> seems</c><00:18:05.200><c> to</c><00:18:05.380><c> be</c><00:18:05.500><c> a</c><00:18:05.539><c> wonderful</c><00:18:06.119><c> characteristic</c><00:18:06.759><c> of</c><00:18:07.019><c> Hezekiah</c><00:18:08.099><c> in</c>

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that<00:18:09.180><c> he</c><00:18:09.539><c> prepares</c><00:18:09.980><c> the</c><00:18:10.339><c> people</c>

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and<00:18:10.759><c> he</c><00:18:11.079><c> speaks</c><00:18:11.319><c> to</c><00:18:11.500><c> their</c><00:18:11.799><c> heart</c><00:18:12.220><c> and</c><00:18:12.680><c> he</c><00:18:12.900><c> takes</c><00:18:13.259><c> counsel</c>

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with<00:18:14.160><c> them.</c>

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And<00:18:14.960><c> he</c><00:18:15.240><c> educates</c><00:18:15.680><c> them</c><00:18:15.880><c> as</c><00:18:16.079><c> to</c><00:18:16.220><c> what</c><00:18:16.420><c> is</c><00:18:16.740><c> going</c><00:18:16.980><c> to</c><00:18:17.319><c> happen.</c>

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He<00:18:18.279><c> doesn't</c><00:18:18.619><c> rush</c><00:18:18.980><c> around</c><00:18:19.480><c> in</c><00:18:19.660><c> a</c><00:18:19.880><c> panic</c><00:18:20.119><c> like</c><00:18:20.440><c> Peter,</c><00:18:21.380><c> you</c><00:18:21.539><c> know,</c><00:18:22.059><c> pulling</c><00:18:22.059><c> a</c>

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sword<00:18:22.500><c> and</c><00:18:22.720><c> beginning</c><00:18:22.980><c> to</c><00:18:23.240><c> chop</c><00:18:23.380><c> off</c><00:18:23.619><c> his</c><00:18:23.859><c> ears</c><00:18:23.960><c> here</c><00:18:24.259><c> and</c><00:18:24.480><c> there</c>

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without<00:18:26.940><c> realizing</c><00:18:27.500><c> the</c><00:18:27.759><c> perspective</c><00:18:28.240><c> of</c><00:18:28.420><c> the</c><00:18:28.599><c> battle</c><00:18:28.819><c> and</c>

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educating<00:18:29.700><c> his</c><00:18:30.400><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:31.019><c> as</c><00:18:31.819><c> to</c><00:18:31.980><c> what</c><00:18:32.259><c> he</c><00:18:32.539><c> thinks</c><00:18:32.839><c> is</c><00:18:33.220><c> going</c>

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Proverbs<00:18:37.420><c> 15</c><00:18:37.859><c> verse</c><00:18:38.200><c> 22</c><00:18:38.660><c> says,</c>

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Without<00:18:39.420><c> counsel,</c><00:18:40.059><c> purposes</c><00:18:40.500><c> are</c><00:18:40.799><c> disappointed.</c>

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But<00:18:42.099><c> in</c><00:18:42.299><c> the</c><00:18:42.500><c> multitude</c><00:18:42.900><c> of</c><00:18:43.420><c> counsellors</c><00:18:43.839><c> they</c><00:18:44.039><c> are</c><00:18:44.359><c> established.</c>

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And<00:18:44.839><c> that's</c><00:18:45.099><c> why</c><00:18:45.700><c> in</c><00:18:46.380><c> our</c><00:18:46.619><c> ecclesias</c><00:18:46.980><c> we</c><00:18:47.140><c> have</c><00:18:47.400><c> arranging</c><00:18:47.920><c> brethren</c><00:18:48.319><c> so</c>

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that<00:18:49.359><c> there</c><00:18:49.680><c> can</c><00:18:49.880><c> be</c><00:18:50.160><c> counsel</c><00:18:50.640><c> and</c><00:18:50.920><c> direction</c>

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and<00:18:52.059><c> communication</c><00:18:52.960><c> and</c><00:18:53.359><c> preparation</c><00:18:53.900><c> with</c><00:18:54.200><c> brothers</c><00:18:54.599><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:18:55.599><c> as</c><00:18:55.940><c> the</c><00:18:56.259><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:56.700><c> is</c><00:18:57.099><c> supported</c>

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against<00:18:58.539><c> the</c><00:18:58.859><c> enemy</c><00:18:59.259><c> that</c><00:18:59.880><c> awaits</c><00:19:00.140><c> us</c><00:19:00.400><c> outside</c><00:19:00.940><c> the</c><00:19:01.240><c> gates.</c>

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And<00:19:03.980><c> you</c><00:19:04.140><c> see</c><00:19:04.240><c> there</c><00:19:04.460><c> is</c><00:19:04.920><c> a</c><00:19:05.059><c> response</c><00:19:05.599><c> there.</c>

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The<00:19:07.740><c> people</c><00:19:08.140><c> respond</c><00:19:09.180><c> to</c><00:19:10.079><c> the</c><00:19:10.339><c> counsel</c><00:19:10.900><c> of</c><00:19:11.299><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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He<00:19:14.319><c> took</c><00:19:14.559><c> counsel</c><00:19:14.920><c> with</c><00:19:15.099><c> them</c><00:19:15.240><c> and</c><00:19:15.400><c> the</c><00:19:15.460><c> end</c><00:19:15.660><c> of</c><00:19:15.759><c> verse</c><00:19:15.980><c> 3</c><00:19:16.359><c> says,</c>

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And<00:19:17.960><c> they</c><00:19:18.140><c> did</c><00:19:18.500><c> help</c><00:19:18.900><c> him.</c>

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They<00:19:20.519><c> responded</c><00:19:21.099><c> to</c><00:19:21.359><c> this</c><00:19:21.599><c> counselling</c><00:19:22.339><c> procedure.</c>

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And<00:19:24.160><c> you</c><00:19:24.259><c> know</c><00:19:24.380><c> the</c><00:19:24.519><c> ability</c><00:19:25.059><c> to</c><00:19:26.200><c> mold</c><00:19:26.539><c> and</c><00:19:26.799><c> to</c><00:19:27.119><c> world</c><00:19:27.400><c> brethren</c><00:19:27.799><c> and</c><00:19:28.119><c> sisters</c><00:19:28.420><c> together</c><00:19:28.839><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:29.119><c> very</c><00:19:29.400><c> rare</c><00:19:29.700><c> quality</c><00:19:30.220><c> today.</c>

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It's<00:19:31.240><c> fraught</c><00:19:31.400><c> with</c><00:19:31.640><c> difficulties</c><00:19:32.119><c> because</c><00:19:32.599><c> we're</c><00:19:32.859><c> all</c><00:19:33.079><c> individuals</c>

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and<00:19:33.700><c> sometimes</c><00:19:34.140><c> we</c><00:19:34.339><c> have</c><00:19:35.180><c> those</c><00:19:35.539><c> characteristics</c><00:19:36.200><c> that</c><00:19:36.980><c> rub</c>

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up<00:19:37.599><c> against</c><00:19:37.960><c> one</c><00:19:38.220><c> another.</c>

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But<00:19:40.279><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:40.859><c> recognizes</c><00:19:41.539><c> that</c><00:19:41.880><c> that's</c><00:19:42.339><c> an</c><00:19:42.619><c> essential</c><00:19:43.039><c> procedure</c>

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in<00:19:44.400><c> attempting</c><00:19:44.779><c> to</c><00:19:45.200><c> world</c><00:19:45.480><c> brethren</c><00:19:45.940><c> and</c><00:19:46.220><c> sisters</c><00:19:46.539><c> together</c>

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as<00:19:47.400><c> a</c><00:19:47.799><c> unit</c>

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so<00:19:48.960><c> that</c><00:19:49.180><c> together</c><00:19:49.799><c> we</c><00:19:50.920><c> can</c><00:19:51.160><c> face</c><00:19:51.519><c> the</c><00:19:51.799><c> foe</c><00:19:52.039><c> outside.</c>

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And<00:19:54.200><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:54.779><c> recognized</c><00:19:55.400><c> that</c><00:19:55.619><c> the</c><00:19:55.859><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:56.319><c> in</c><00:19:56.640><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:57.299><c> was</c><00:19:58.259><c> only</c>

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as<00:19:59.319><c> strong</c><00:19:59.579><c> as</c><00:19:59.799><c> its</c><00:20:00.079><c> weakest</c><00:20:00.619><c> link</c>

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and<00:20:01.099><c> so</c><00:20:01.359><c> he</c><00:20:01.539><c> wanted</c><00:20:01.779><c> to</c><00:20:02.099><c> educate</c><00:20:02.519><c> every</c><00:20:02.980><c> brother</c><00:20:03.220><c> and</c><00:20:03.519><c> sister</c>

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as<00:20:04.000><c> to</c><00:20:04.079><c> what</c><00:20:04.279><c> they</c><00:20:04.539><c> had</c><00:20:04.660><c> to</c><00:20:04.940><c> face.</c>

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And<00:20:05.819><c> you</c><00:20:05.920><c> know</c><00:20:06.059><c> when</c><00:20:06.220><c> you</c><00:20:06.460><c> hold</c><00:20:06.680><c> a</c><00:20:06.980><c> chain</c><00:20:07.180><c> up</c><00:20:07.480><c> and</c><00:20:07.619><c> you</c><00:20:07.759><c> want</c><00:20:07.880><c> to</c>

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test<00:20:08.279><c> its</c><00:20:08.660><c> strength,</c>

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you<00:20:10.380><c> want</c><00:20:10.579><c> to</c><00:20:10.740><c> test</c><00:20:10.900><c> the</c><00:20:11.180><c> strength</c><00:20:11.420><c> of</c><00:20:11.640><c> a</c><00:20:11.839><c> chain,</c>

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the<00:20:13.000><c> strength</c><00:20:13.259><c> of</c><00:20:13.500><c> a</c><00:20:13.680><c> chain</c><00:20:14.039><c> is</c><00:20:14.380><c> only</c><00:20:14.599><c> as</c><00:20:14.940><c> great</c><00:20:15.119><c> as</c><00:20:15.240><c> its</c><00:20:15.579><c> weakest</c><00:20:15.940><c> link.</c>

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And<00:20:16.859><c> you</c><00:20:16.980><c> can</c><00:20:17.140><c> go</c><00:20:17.339><c> along</c><00:20:17.539><c> that</c><00:20:17.880><c> chain</c><00:20:18.079><c> and</c><00:20:18.259><c> you</c><00:20:18.420><c> see</c><00:20:18.539><c> a</c><00:20:18.799><c> weak</c><00:20:18.980><c> link</c><00:20:19.220><c> and</c><00:20:19.339><c> that's</c><00:20:19.640><c> the</c><00:20:19.900><c> strength</c><00:20:20.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:20.539><c> chain.</c>

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And<00:20:21.640><c> this</c><00:20:21.819><c> is</c><00:20:22.039><c> what</c><00:20:22.200><c> Hezekiah</c><00:20:22.799><c> is</c><00:20:23.079><c> doing</c><00:20:23.299><c> here.</c>

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He's<00:20:24.480><c> strengthening</c><00:20:25.019><c> that</c><00:20:25.539><c> chain</c><00:20:25.960><c> so</c><00:20:26.500><c> that</c><00:20:26.640><c> it</c><00:20:26.660><c> has</c><00:20:26.900><c> a</c>

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greater<00:20:27.640><c> strength</c>

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and<00:20:28.220><c> is</c><00:20:28.460><c> able</c><00:20:28.640><c> to</c><00:20:28.900><c> confront</c><00:20:29.640><c> Sennacherib.</c>

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And<00:20:31.279><c> that</c><00:20:31.539><c> unity</c><00:20:32.019><c> that</c><00:20:32.200><c> he</c><00:20:32.380><c> was</c><00:20:32.579><c> able</c><00:20:32.900><c> to</c><00:20:33.220><c> achieve</c><00:20:33.859><c> in</c><00:20:34.559><c> his</c><00:20:34.859><c> ecclesia</c>

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became<00:20:36.339><c> a</c><00:20:36.839><c> formidable</c><00:20:37.460><c> force</c><00:20:38.119><c> when</c><00:20:38.640><c> it</c><00:20:38.819><c> was</c><00:20:39.240><c> cemented</c><00:20:39.859><c> altogether.</c>

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And<00:20:42.480><c> there</c><00:20:42.640><c> was</c><00:20:42.880><c> participation</c><00:20:43.819><c> in</c><00:20:44.140><c> verse</c><00:20:44.460><c> 4.</c>

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There<00:20:45.599><c> was</c><00:20:45.980><c> gathered</c><00:20:46.619><c> much</c><00:20:47.319><c> people</c><00:20:47.839><c> together</c><00:20:48.420><c> to</c><00:20:49.220><c> stop</c><00:20:49.579><c> the</c><00:20:49.920><c> fountains.</c>

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In<00:20:52.180><c> fact</c><00:20:52.440><c> it</c><00:20:52.539><c> wasn't</c><00:20:52.880><c> to</c><00:20:53.200><c> stop</c><00:20:53.420><c> the</c><00:20:53.720><c> fountains</c><00:20:54.220><c> but</c><00:20:54.400><c> it</c><00:20:54.519><c> was</c><00:20:54.819><c> to</c>

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conceal<00:20:55.839><c> and</c><00:20:56.740><c> to</c><00:20:57.099><c> divert</c><00:20:57.660><c> the</c><00:20:58.019><c> Gihon</c><00:20:58.619><c> source.</c>

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It<00:20:59.319><c> was</c><00:20:59.539><c> to</c><00:20:59.799><c> protect</c><00:21:00.480><c> the</c><00:21:01.160><c> source</c><00:21:01.400><c> of</c><00:21:01.700><c> water</c><00:21:01.900><c> that</c><00:21:02.039><c> they</c><00:21:02.279><c> had</c>

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just<00:21:03.440><c> outside</c><00:21:04.039><c> the</c><00:21:04.359><c> city.</c>

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We've<00:21:06.019><c> got</c><00:21:06.140><c> a</c><00:21:06.319><c> map</c><00:21:06.460><c> here</c><00:21:06.700><c> that</c><00:21:06.940><c> indicates</c><00:21:07.920><c> what</c><00:21:08.640><c> Hezekiah</c><00:21:09.299><c> planned</c><00:21:09.700><c> to</c><00:21:09.980><c> do.</c>

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Hezekiah's<00:21:14.079><c> tunnel.</c>

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And<00:21:16.680><c> down</c><00:21:17.059><c> here</c><00:21:17.359><c> on</c><00:21:17.559><c> the</c><00:21:17.839><c> bottom</c><00:21:18.180><c> right</c><00:21:18.500><c> hand</c><00:21:18.740><c> corner</c><00:21:19.200><c> we've</c>

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got<00:21:20.460><c> two</c><00:21:20.799><c> blue</c><00:21:21.039><c> lines.</c>

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One<00:21:21.680><c> represents</c><00:21:22.259><c> the</c><00:21:22.599><c> original</c><00:21:23.160><c> conduit</c><00:21:24.039><c> that</c><00:21:24.480><c> ran</c><00:21:24.720><c> outside</c>

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the<00:21:25.660><c> city</c>

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down<00:21:26.799><c> to</c><00:21:27.140><c> the</c><00:21:27.339><c> King's</c><00:21:27.759><c> Pool</c><00:21:27.940><c> and</c><00:21:28.180><c> the</c><00:21:28.380><c> lower</c><00:21:28.559><c> pool</c><00:21:28.799><c> of</c><00:21:29.079><c> Siloam.</c>

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And<00:21:30.759><c> the</c><00:21:30.940><c> other</c><00:21:31.140><c> one</c><00:21:31.740><c> across</c><00:21:32.180><c> here</c><00:21:33.920><c> represents</c><00:21:35.240><c> the</c><00:21:35.720><c> new</c><00:21:36.039><c> conduit,</c>

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the<00:21:36.880><c> underground</c><00:21:37.519><c> concealed</c><00:21:38.299><c> conduit</c><00:21:38.920><c> that</c><00:21:39.160><c> Hezekiah</c><00:21:40.200><c> established</c><00:21:40.940><c> to</c><00:21:41.319><c> protect</c>

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and<00:21:42.460><c> to</c><00:21:42.740><c> conceal</c><00:21:43.380><c> that</c><00:21:43.759><c> supply</c><00:21:44.200><c> of</c><00:21:44.460><c> water</c><00:21:44.920><c> from</c><00:21:45.440><c> the</c><00:21:45.720><c> Assyrian</c>

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army<00:21:46.839><c> that</c><00:21:47.359><c> hovered</c><00:21:47.740><c> outside.</c>

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You<00:21:50.279><c> know</c><00:21:50.440><c> there's</c><00:21:50.660><c> a</c><00:21:50.740><c> very</c><00:21:51.019><c> interesting</c><00:21:51.339><c> reference</c><00:21:51.759><c> when</c><00:21:51.940><c> we</c>

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come<00:21:52.319><c> across</c><00:21:52.660><c> to</c><00:21:53.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:54.000><c> chapter</c><00:21:54.559><c> 36</c>

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concerning<00:21:57.000><c> that</c><00:21:58.319><c> hidden</c><00:21:58.759><c> protected</c><00:21:59.539><c> supply</c><00:22:00.220><c> of</c><00:22:00.640><c> water</c>

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that<00:22:01.940><c> was</c><00:22:02.220><c> absolutely</c><00:22:02.839><c> essential</c><00:22:03.519><c> in</c><00:22:03.799><c> the</c><00:22:04.099><c> siege</c><00:22:04.579><c> of</c><00:22:05.240><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Isaiah<00:22:07.599><c> 36</c><00:22:08.079><c> verses</c><00:22:08.660><c> 1</c><00:22:09.000><c> and</c><00:22:09.180><c> 2</c><00:22:10.359><c> came</c><00:22:10.819><c> to</c><00:22:11.039><c> pass</c><00:22:11.220><c> in</c><00:22:11.359><c> the</c><00:22:11.519><c> 14th</c><00:22:11.920><c> year</c><00:22:12.019><c> of</c>

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King<00:22:12.400><c> Hezekiah</c>

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that<00:22:13.640><c> Sennacherib,</c><00:22:14.819><c> King</c><00:22:14.980><c> of</c><00:22:15.119><c> Assyria,</c><00:22:15.539><c> came</c><00:22:15.700><c> up</c><00:22:15.900><c> against</c><00:22:16.160><c> all</c><00:22:16.440><c> the</c><00:22:16.680><c> defence</c><00:22:16.900><c> cities</c><00:22:17.200><c> of</c>

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Judah<00:22:17.599><c> and</c><00:22:17.660><c> he</c><00:22:17.900><c> took</c><00:22:18.059><c> them.</c>

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And<00:22:18.900><c> the</c><00:22:19.000><c> King</c><00:22:19.160><c> of</c><00:22:19.299><c> Assyria</c><00:22:19.680><c> sent</c><00:22:19.960><c> Rabshaker</c><00:22:20.619><c> from</c><00:22:20.859><c> Lakish,</c>

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which<00:22:21.480><c> was</c><00:22:21.720><c> down</c><00:22:22.079><c> south,</c><00:22:22.579><c> fortified</c><00:22:23.099><c> city,</c>

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to<00:22:24.319><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:24.720><c> under</c><00:22:24.960><c> King</c><00:22:25.180><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:25.720><c> with</c><00:22:25.880><c> a</c><00:22:26.059><c> great</c><00:22:26.259><c> army.</c>

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Here's<00:22:27.619><c> the</c><00:22:27.839><c> interesting</c><00:22:28.140><c> phrase.</c>

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And<00:22:29.619><c> he</c><00:22:29.859><c> stood</c><00:22:30.160><c> by</c><00:22:30.480><c> the</c><00:22:30.779><c> conduit</c><00:22:31.740><c> of</c><00:22:32.000><c> the</c><00:22:32.200><c> upper</c><00:22:32.440><c> pool</c><00:22:32.859><c> in</c><00:22:33.720><c> the</c>

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highway<00:22:34.299><c> of</c><00:22:34.519><c> the</c><00:22:34.660><c> fullest</c><00:22:34.940><c> field.</c>

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This<00:22:37.140><c> was</c><00:22:37.440><c> the</c><00:22:38.380><c> conduit</c><00:22:39.099><c> that</c><00:22:39.359><c> fed</c><00:22:39.480><c> the</c><00:22:39.819><c> upper</c><00:22:40.059><c> pool,</c><00:22:42.059><c> the</c><00:22:42.200><c> pool</c><00:22:42.420><c> of</c>

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Siloam<00:22:43.200><c> that</c><00:22:43.400><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:44.059><c> constructed.</c>

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What<00:22:46.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:46.720><c> is</c><00:22:47.059><c> telling</c><00:22:47.279><c> us</c><00:22:48.039><c> is</c><00:22:49.140><c> that</c><00:22:49.700><c> Rabshaker</c><00:22:50.819><c> stood</c><00:22:51.599><c> above</c><00:22:52.819><c> the</c>

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very<00:22:53.660><c> conduit,</c>

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the<00:22:54.559><c> underground</c><00:22:55.160><c> conduit</c><00:22:55.680><c> that</c><00:22:55.819><c> was</c><00:22:56.119><c> feeding</c><00:22:56.460><c> that</c><00:22:56.779><c> supply</c>

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of<00:22:57.519><c> water</c><00:22:58.259><c> through</c><00:22:58.700><c> to</c><00:22:58.880><c> the</c><00:22:59.059><c> upper</c><00:22:59.319><c> pool</c><00:22:59.859><c> of</c><00:23:00.440><c> Siloam.</c>

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When<00:23:02.619><c> we</c><00:23:02.759><c> have</c><00:23:02.859><c> a</c><00:23:02.900><c> look</c><00:23:03.079><c> at</c><00:23:03.200><c> chapter</c><00:23:03.440><c> 37</c><00:23:04.019><c> and</c><00:23:04.259><c> verse</c><00:23:04.539><c> 8,</c><00:23:05.180><c> we</c><00:23:05.460><c> find</c><00:23:05.740><c> that</c><00:23:05.880><c> for</c>

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a<00:23:06.339><c> moment</c>

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the<00:23:07.299><c> Assyrian</c><00:23:07.720><c> army</c><00:23:08.019><c> was</c><00:23:08.279><c> withdrawn</c><00:23:08.799><c> when</c><00:23:09.119><c> the</c><00:23:09.440><c> King</c><00:23:09.559><c> of</c><00:23:09.799><c> Egypt</c><00:23:10.099><c> came</c>

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up<00:23:10.700><c> and</c><00:23:11.220><c> challenged</c><00:23:11.640><c> him.</c>

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But<00:23:13.119><c> Rabshaker</c><00:23:13.700><c> left</c><00:23:13.900><c> the</c><00:23:14.119><c> message</c><00:23:14.460><c> with</c><00:23:14.799><c> King</c><00:23:15.019><c> Hezekiah</c><00:23:15.700><c> saying,</c>

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Don't<00:23:16.339><c> you</c><00:23:16.500><c> think</c><00:23:16.700><c> that</c><00:23:16.819><c> you're</c><00:23:17.079><c> going</c><00:23:17.220><c> to</c><00:23:17.339><c> get</c><00:23:17.440><c> out</c><00:23:17.599><c> of</c><00:23:17.720><c> this</c><00:23:17.900><c> situation?</c>

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We're<00:23:18.920><c> going</c><00:23:19.000><c> to</c><00:23:19.119><c> be</c><00:23:19.380><c> back</c><00:23:19.819><c> and</c><00:23:20.299><c> we're</c><00:23:20.640><c> going</c><00:23:20.779><c> to</c><00:23:21.119><c> take</c><00:23:21.339><c> you.</c>

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So<00:23:24.420><c> in</c><00:23:24.619><c> between</c><00:23:25.140><c> these</c><00:23:26.299><c> two</c><00:23:26.680><c> stages</c><00:23:27.099><c> there</c><00:23:27.420><c> was</c><00:23:28.579><c> feverish</c><00:23:29.480><c> activity</c><00:23:30.019><c> as</c>

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Hezekiah<00:23:31.079><c> knew</c><00:23:31.920><c> that</c><00:23:32.660><c> Sennacherib's</c><00:23:33.539><c> face</c><00:23:33.819><c> was</c><00:23:34.200><c> for</c><00:23:34.480><c> war.</c>

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There<00:23:35.779><c> was</c><00:23:36.079><c> feverish</c><00:23:36.720><c> activity</c><00:23:37.140><c> underground</c><00:23:37.779><c> as</c><00:23:38.099><c> those</c><00:23:38.480><c> tunnellers</c><00:23:39.559><c> began</c><00:23:40.059><c> their</c><00:23:40.400><c> work</c>

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and<00:23:40.700><c> there</c><00:23:40.819><c> were</c><00:23:40.940><c> two</c><00:23:41.279><c> teams.</c>

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One<00:23:41.940><c> began</c><00:23:42.339><c> up</c><00:23:42.559><c> at</c><00:23:44.359><c> the</c><00:23:44.680><c> source</c><00:23:44.900><c> of</c><00:23:45.220><c> Gihon</c><00:23:45.819><c> and</c><00:23:46.099><c> the</c><00:23:46.259><c> other</c><00:23:46.420><c> by</c>

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the<00:23:46.900><c> pool</c><00:23:47.279><c> of</c><00:23:47.720><c> Siloam.</c>

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And<00:23:48.680><c> they</c><00:23:48.960><c> feverishly</c><00:23:49.720><c> tunnelled</c><00:23:50.019><c> underground</c><00:23:50.759><c> together</c><00:23:51.480><c> and</c><00:23:51.980><c> they</c><00:23:52.259><c> met</c><00:23:52.420><c> one</c><00:23:52.660><c> another</c><00:23:52.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:53.279><c> middle.</c>

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And<00:23:55.460><c> Rabshaker</c><00:23:56.319><c> was</c><00:23:57.140><c> shouting</c><00:23:57.500><c> his</c><00:23:57.779><c> message</c><00:23:58.220><c> of</c><00:23:58.480><c> abuse</c><00:23:58.819><c> and</c>

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challenge<00:23:59.619><c> to</c><00:23:59.819><c> King</c><00:24:00.079><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:01.200><c> as</c><00:24:01.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:02.380><c> records</c><00:24:03.200><c> whilst</c>

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there<00:24:04.819><c> was</c><00:24:05.119><c> underground</c><00:24:05.700><c> tunnelling.</c>

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He<00:24:07.559><c> stood</c><00:24:08.119><c> by</c><00:24:09.099><c> the</c><00:24:09.420><c> underground</c><00:24:10.059><c> conduit</c><00:24:10.720><c> of</c><00:24:10.920><c> the</c><00:24:11.319><c> upper</c><00:24:11.680><c> pool</c>

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in<00:24:12.759><c> the</c><00:24:12.980><c> highway</c><00:24:13.380><c> of</c><00:24:13.619><c> the</c><00:24:13.799><c> Fuller's</c><00:24:14.220><c> Field.</c>

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And<00:24:17.160><c> what</c><00:24:17.339><c> the</c><00:24:17.539><c> beautiful</c><00:24:17.859><c> point</c><00:24:18.180><c> is</c><00:24:18.559><c> in</c><00:24:18.940><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.579><c> 36</c><00:24:21.960><c> and</c><00:24:22.200><c> verse</c><00:24:22.440><c> 16,</c>

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here's<00:24:24.180><c> the</c><00:24:24.500><c> boast</c><00:24:25.000><c> of</c><00:24:25.559><c> this</c><00:24:26.779><c> man</c><00:24:27.119><c> that</c><00:24:27.240><c> is</c><00:24:27.519><c> standing</c><00:24:28.000><c> above</c>

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that<00:24:29.759><c> tunnelling</c><00:24:30.180><c> work.</c>

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Verse<00:24:32.079><c> 16</c><00:24:32.559><c> he</c><00:24:32.700><c> says,</c><00:24:35.000><c> Harken</c><00:24:35.279><c> not</c><00:24:35.500><c> to</c><00:24:35.700><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:36.259><c> for</c><00:24:36.420><c> thus</c><00:24:36.660><c> said</c><00:24:36.819><c> the</c>

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king<00:24:37.160><c> of</c><00:24:37.279><c> Assyria,</c>

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Make<00:24:37.880><c> an</c><00:24:38.180><c> agreement</c><00:24:38.500><c> with</c><00:24:38.740><c> me,</c><00:24:39.480><c> don't</c><00:24:39.700><c> think</c><00:24:39.900><c> you</c><00:24:39.980><c> can</c><00:24:40.180><c> survive</c><00:24:40.619><c> this</c><00:24:40.900><c> siege,</c>

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come<00:24:42.220><c> on</c><00:24:42.460><c> out</c><00:24:42.700><c> and</c><00:24:42.880><c> look</c><00:24:43.279><c> if</c><00:24:43.380><c> you</c><00:24:43.539><c> make</c><00:24:43.720><c> an</c><00:24:43.940><c> agreement</c><00:24:44.339><c> you</c><00:24:44.900><c> can</c>

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eat<00:24:45.220><c> everyone's</c><00:24:45.839><c> vine</c><00:24:46.359><c> and</c><00:24:46.779><c> everyone's</c><00:24:47.460><c> fig</c><00:24:47.660><c> tree</c>

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and<00:24:48.220><c> you</c><00:24:48.539><c> won't</c><00:24:48.779><c> have</c><00:24:49.000><c> a</c><00:24:49.180><c> problem</c><00:24:49.480><c> with</c><00:24:49.740><c> water,</c><00:24:51.339><c> you'll</c><00:24:51.579><c> be</c><00:24:51.700><c> able</c><00:24:51.900><c> to</c>

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drink<00:24:52.279><c> every</c><00:24:52.640><c> one</c><00:24:52.799><c> of</c><00:24:52.940><c> the</c><00:24:53.180><c> waters</c><00:24:53.720><c> of</c><00:24:54.460><c> his</c><00:24:54.799><c> own</c><00:24:55.220><c> system.</c>

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In<00:24:56.940><c> the</c><00:24:57.180><c> parallel</c><00:24:57.619><c> record</c><00:24:58.220><c> back</c><00:24:58.539><c> in</c><00:24:58.839><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:59.220><c> it</c><00:24:59.339><c> says,</c>

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you<00:25:00.220><c> think</c><00:25:00.539><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:25:01.619><c> going</c><00:25:01.779><c> to</c><00:25:02.079><c> last</c><00:25:02.440><c> out</c><00:25:02.720><c> this</c><00:25:03.099><c> siege,</c><00:25:04.240><c> you're</c><00:25:04.519><c> going</c><00:25:04.700><c> to</c>

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die<00:25:05.200><c> by</c><00:25:05.799><c> famine</c><00:25:06.180><c> and</c><00:25:07.000><c> thirst</c><00:25:07.460><c> he</c><00:25:07.859><c> says,</c>

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come<00:25:11.980><c> on</c><00:25:12.200><c> out</c><00:25:12.359><c> and</c><00:25:12.559><c> make</c><00:25:12.720><c> an</c><00:25:12.980><c> agreement</c><00:25:13.259><c> with</c><00:25:13.539><c> us</c><00:25:13.779><c> and</c><00:25:13.920><c> you</c><00:25:14.079><c> can</c>

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have<00:25:14.480><c> waters</c><00:25:14.740><c> out</c><00:25:15.000><c> of</c><00:25:15.119><c> your</c><00:25:15.279><c> own</c><00:25:15.539><c> system,</c><00:25:15.859><c> you</c><00:25:16.019><c> won't</c><00:25:16.400><c> die</c><00:25:16.839><c> of</c><00:25:17.180><c> thirst.</c>

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It's<00:25:19.640><c> ironic</c><00:25:20.140><c> isn't</c><00:25:20.460><c> it?</c><00:25:22.180><c> And</c><00:25:22.319><c> probably</c><00:25:22.519><c> the</c><00:25:22.700><c> people</c><00:25:22.940><c> in</c><00:25:23.099><c> the</c>

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city<00:25:23.400><c> of</c><00:25:23.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:24.079><c> inwardly</c><00:25:25.000><c> were</c><00:25:25.140><c> laughing</c>

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because<00:25:27.460><c> they</c><00:25:27.839><c> had</c><00:25:28.079><c> a</c><00:25:28.420><c> source</c><00:25:28.839><c> and</c><00:25:29.160><c> a</c><00:25:29.559><c> supply</c><00:25:29.839><c> of</c><00:25:30.140><c> water</c><00:25:30.759><c> that</c>

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Rabshaker<00:25:32.440><c> didn't</c><00:25:32.640><c> know</c><00:25:32.839><c> anything</c><00:25:33.119><c> about.</c>

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You're<00:25:36.339><c> going</c><00:25:36.380><c> to</c><00:25:36.539><c> die</c><00:25:36.740><c> by</c><00:25:37.160><c> thirst</c><00:25:37.559><c> he</c><00:25:37.819><c> says,</c><00:25:38.440><c> come</c><00:25:38.660><c> on</c><00:25:38.859><c> out</c><00:25:38.960><c> and</c><00:25:39.059><c> make</c><00:25:39.220><c> an</c>

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agreement<00:25:39.839><c> and</c><00:25:40.240><c> you</c><00:25:40.359><c> can</c><00:25:40.619><c> have</c><00:25:41.319><c> a</c><00:25:41.799><c> drink</c><00:25:42.019><c> from</c><00:25:42.319><c> your</c><00:25:42.640><c> own</c><00:25:43.259><c> system.</c>

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They<00:25:46.400><c> had</c><00:25:46.700><c> their</c><00:25:46.940><c> own</c><00:25:47.220><c> system,</c><00:25:48.619><c> they</c><00:25:48.779><c> had</c><00:25:49.019><c> their</c><00:25:49.299><c> own</c><00:25:49.559><c> supply</c>

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of<00:25:50.119><c> water</c><00:25:50.359><c> that</c><00:25:50.519><c> he</c><00:25:50.720><c> didn't</c><00:25:50.980><c> know</c><00:25:51.240><c> about</c>

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he<00:25:51.619><c> was</c><00:25:51.859><c> probably</c><00:25:52.220><c> standing</c><00:25:52.680><c> on</c><00:25:52.839><c> the</c><00:25:53.059><c> very</c><00:25:53.359><c> tunnel</c><00:25:53.599><c> that</c><00:25:53.740><c> was</c>

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feeding<00:25:54.240><c> that</c><00:25:54.500><c> water</c><00:25:54.720><c> through</c><00:25:55.000><c> to</c><00:25:55.180><c> the</c><00:25:55.279><c> city</c><00:25:55.539><c> of</c><00:25:55.759><c> Jerusalem</c>

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because<00:25:57.599><c> Hezekiah</c><00:25:58.160><c> knew</c><00:25:58.420><c> that</c><00:25:58.680><c> in</c><00:25:59.339><c> a</c><00:25:59.480><c> protracted</c><00:26:00.420><c> battle</c><00:26:00.819><c> and</c>

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a<00:26:01.339><c> siege</c><00:26:01.660><c> it</c><00:26:02.099><c> was</c><00:26:02.380><c> essential</c><00:26:02.920><c> to</c><00:26:03.220><c> retain</c><00:26:04.140><c> a</c><00:26:04.799><c> source</c><00:26:05.160><c> of</c><00:26:05.500><c> supply</c>

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for<00:26:06.940><c> sustenance</c><00:26:07.559><c> and</c><00:26:07.920><c> refreshment</c><00:26:08.500><c> and</c><00:26:08.960><c> if</c><00:26:09.180><c> Rabshaker</c><00:26:09.740><c> was</c>

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able<00:26:10.180><c> to</c><00:26:10.420><c> cut</c><00:26:10.519><c> off</c><00:26:10.700><c> that</c><00:26:10.940><c> water</c><00:26:11.319><c> supply</c>

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then<00:26:11.940><c> the</c><00:26:12.019><c> city</c><00:26:12.259><c> of</c><00:26:12.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:12.819><c> would</c><00:26:13.000><c> be</c><00:26:13.200><c> in</c><00:26:13.380><c> desperate</c><00:26:13.839><c> straits</c>

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but<00:26:16.900><c> they</c><00:26:17.279><c> had</c><00:26:17.519><c> a</c><00:26:17.779><c> source</c><00:26:18.019><c> of</c><00:26:18.299><c> supply</c><00:26:18.740><c> that</c><00:26:19.019><c> Rabshaker</c><00:26:19.680><c> knew</c>

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nothing<00:26:20.380><c> about</c>

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and<00:26:22.819><c> it</c><00:26:22.920><c> was</c><00:26:23.059><c> the</c><00:26:23.220><c> same</c><00:26:23.400><c> with</c><00:26:23.579><c> the</c><00:26:23.740><c> Lord</c><00:26:23.940><c> in</c><00:26:24.119><c> His</c><00:26:24.400><c> life.</c>

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He<00:26:26.539><c> had</c><00:26:26.799><c> a</c><00:26:27.119><c> source</c><00:26:27.480><c> and</c><00:26:27.880><c> a</c><00:26:28.279><c> supply</c><00:26:28.559><c> that</c><00:26:28.920><c> refreshed</c><00:26:29.599><c> him</c><00:26:29.900><c> in</c>

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his<00:26:30.240><c> busy</c><00:26:30.500><c> life</c><00:26:31.180><c> that</c><00:26:31.799><c> others</c><00:26:32.119><c> knew</c><00:26:32.400><c> nothing</c><00:26:32.779><c> about</c>

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and<00:26:34.859><c> it's</c><00:26:35.079><c> illustrated</c><00:26:35.519><c> for</c><00:26:35.740><c> us</c><00:26:35.859><c> in</c><00:26:35.980><c> Luke</c><00:26:36.200><c> chapter</c><00:26:36.519><c> 11</c><00:26:36.799><c> verse</c>

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1<00:26:37.400><c> where</c><00:26:37.619><c> it</c><00:26:37.759><c> says</c>

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he<00:26:38.740><c> was</c><00:26:39.079><c> praying</c><00:26:39.619><c> in</c><00:26:39.859><c> a</c><00:26:40.180><c> certain</c><00:26:40.500><c> place</c><00:26:41.039><c> and</c><00:26:41.200><c> when</c><00:26:41.319><c> he</c><00:26:41.599><c> ceased</c>

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his<00:26:42.799><c> disciples</c><00:26:43.319><c> said</c><00:26:43.579><c> Lord</c><00:26:43.920><c> teach</c><00:26:44.240><c> us</c><00:26:44.460><c> to</c><00:26:44.740><c> pray.</c>

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What<00:26:45.859><c> do</c><00:26:46.019><c> you</c><00:26:46.099><c> think</c><00:26:46.299><c> prompted</c><00:26:46.759><c> the</c><00:26:47.039><c> statement</c><00:26:47.319><c> of</c><00:26:47.519><c> the</c><00:26:47.720><c> disciples?</c>

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Why<00:26:48.900><c> did</c><00:26:49.039><c> they</c><00:26:49.279><c> say</c><00:26:49.579><c> at</c><00:26:49.740><c> that</c><00:26:49.980><c> time</c><00:26:50.200><c> Lord</c><00:26:50.480><c> teach</c><00:26:50.779><c> us</c><00:26:51.019><c> to</c><00:26:51.279><c> pray?</c>

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Because<00:26:53.119><c> in</c><00:26:53.319><c> the</c><00:26:53.500><c> busy</c><00:26:53.759><c> life</c><00:26:54.160><c> of</c><00:26:54.400><c> the</c><00:26:54.539><c> Lord</c><00:26:54.759><c> Jesus</c><00:26:55.160><c> Christ</c><00:26:55.819><c> as</c>

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He<00:26:56.500><c> became</c><00:26:56.799><c> emotionally</c><00:26:57.519><c> weighed</c><00:26:57.900><c> down</c>

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by<00:26:59.240><c> the</c><00:26:59.480><c> pressures</c><00:26:59.759><c> that</c><00:26:59.900><c> were</c><00:27:00.059><c> put</c><00:27:00.240><c> upon</c><00:27:00.579><c> him</c><00:27:01.059><c> when</c><00:27:02.259><c> he</c><00:27:02.519><c> engaged</c><00:27:03.079><c> in</c><00:27:03.259><c> that</c><00:27:03.559><c> source</c><00:27:03.819><c> of</c><00:27:04.099><c> supply</c>

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that<00:27:04.799><c> prayer</c><00:27:05.299><c> to</c><00:27:05.900><c> his</c><00:27:06.140><c> Father</c><00:27:06.500><c> in</c><00:27:06.819><c> heaven</c><00:27:07.240><c> they</c><00:27:08.039><c> saw</c><00:27:08.400><c> how</c><00:27:08.920><c> refreshed</c><00:27:09.619><c> and</c>

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relieved<00:27:10.859><c> he</c><00:27:11.140><c> was</c>

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when<00:27:11.460><c> he</c><00:27:11.680><c> stood</c><00:27:11.880><c> back</c><00:27:12.220><c> upon</c><00:27:12.460><c> his</c><00:27:12.819><c> feet</c><00:27:13.000><c> and</c><00:27:13.480><c> they</c><00:27:13.759><c> said</c><00:27:13.920><c> Lord</c>

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give<00:27:15.440><c> us</c><00:27:15.660><c> this</c><00:27:15.920><c> supply</c>

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teach<00:27:17.279><c> us</c><00:27:17.480><c> how</c><00:27:17.720><c> we</c><00:27:17.980><c> can</c><00:27:18.140><c> become</c><00:27:18.599><c> refreshed</c><00:27:19.380><c> and</c><00:27:19.700><c> stimulated</c>

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as<00:27:20.460><c> we</c><00:27:20.680><c> see</c><00:27:20.960><c> you</c><00:27:21.240><c> are</c>

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when<00:27:22.119><c> you</c><00:27:22.480><c> tap</c><00:27:22.759><c> into</c><00:27:22.980><c> that</c><00:27:23.359><c> source</c><00:27:23.680><c> and</c><00:27:23.880><c> that</c><00:27:24.200><c> refreshment</c><00:27:24.680><c> of</c><00:27:24.960><c> prayer</c>

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teach<00:27:27.299><c> us</c><00:27:27.599><c> how</c><00:27:27.859><c> to</c><00:27:28.079><c> pray</c><00:27:28.559><c> and</c><00:27:29.559><c> they</c><00:27:29.960><c> saw</c><00:27:30.200><c> how</c><00:27:30.480><c> he</c><00:27:30.779><c> was</c><00:27:31.200><c> reinvigorated</c><00:27:32.319><c> and</c><00:27:32.579><c> re</c><00:27:32.720><c>-enthused</c>

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as<00:27:33.980><c> he</c><00:27:34.220><c> drunk</c><00:27:34.480><c> deeply</c><00:27:35.259><c> in</c><00:27:36.160><c> communication</c><00:27:36.920><c> with</c><00:27:37.140><c> his</c><00:27:37.440><c> Father.</c>

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Whosoever<00:27:41.720><c> will</c><00:27:41.980><c> drink</c><00:27:42.200><c> of</c><00:27:42.380><c> the</c><00:27:42.559><c> water</c><00:27:42.819><c> I</c><00:27:43.119><c> give</c><00:27:43.240><c> him</c><00:27:43.480><c> will</c>

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never<00:27:44.180><c> thirst</c>

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but<00:27:45.279><c> will</c><00:27:45.460><c> be</c><00:27:45.640><c> in</c><00:27:45.960><c> him</c><00:27:46.640><c> a</c><00:27:47.160><c> well,</c><00:27:47.779><c> a</c><00:27:48.119><c> personal</c><00:27:48.819><c> system.</c>

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In<00:27:49.880><c> the</c><00:27:50.039><c> words</c><00:27:50.279><c> of</c><00:27:50.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:51.039><c> 36</c><00:27:52.480><c> he</c><00:27:53.400><c> will</c><00:27:53.619><c> be</c><00:27:53.799><c> able</c><00:27:53.960><c> to</c><00:27:54.240><c> drink</c><00:27:54.440><c> every</c><00:27:54.839><c> one</c><00:27:55.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:55.339><c> waters</c><00:27:55.720><c> of</c><00:27:55.900><c> his</c><00:27:56.200><c> own</c><00:27:56.599><c> system</c>

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of<00:27:57.480><c> the</c><00:27:57.740><c> same</c><00:27:58.319><c> words</c><00:27:58.740><c> as</c><00:27:59.099><c> the</c><00:27:59.220><c> Lord</c><00:27:59.440><c> Jesus</c><00:27:59.859><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:28:00.940><c> will</c><00:28:01.220><c> be</c><00:28:01.500><c> in</c><00:28:01.759><c> him</c><00:28:02.519><c> a</c><00:28:03.180><c> personal</c><00:28:03.900><c> supply</c><00:28:04.700><c> that</c><00:28:04.880><c> he</c><00:28:05.039><c> will</c><00:28:05.180><c> be</c>

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able<00:28:05.519><c> to</c><00:28:05.839><c> draw</c><00:28:06.119><c> upon</c>

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in<00:28:07.619><c> the</c><00:28:07.799><c> difficult</c><00:28:08.220><c> situations</c><00:28:09.160><c> of</c><00:28:09.619><c> life.</c>

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We<00:28:13.759><c> have</c><00:28:14.440><c> a</c><00:28:14.599><c> source</c><00:28:14.960><c> of</c><00:28:15.259><c> supply,</c><00:28:15.720><c> don't</c><00:28:15.920><c> we?</c>

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That<00:28:17.640><c> the</c><00:28:17.859><c> rabshakers</c><00:28:18.519><c> of</c><00:28:18.680><c> this</c><00:28:19.000><c> world</c><00:28:19.279><c> know</c><00:28:19.660><c> nothing</c><00:28:20.039><c> of.</c>

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It's<00:28:21.660><c> in</c><00:28:21.859><c> God's</c><00:28:22.240><c> word</c><00:28:22.420><c> of</c><00:28:22.779><c> truth.</c>

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:28.079
It's<00:28:24.299><c> the</c><00:28:24.460><c> wisdom</c><00:28:24.740><c> of</c><00:28:24.960><c> God's</c><00:28:25.440><c> word</c><00:28:25.660><c> that</c><00:28:25.920><c> can</c><00:28:26.220><c> be</c><00:28:26.539><c> a</c><00:28:26.700><c> system</c><00:28:27.099><c> and</c><00:28:27.720><c> a</c>

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supply<00:28:28.400><c> and</c><00:28:28.660><c> a</c><00:28:29.000><c> refreshment</c><00:28:29.460><c> to</c><00:28:29.779><c> us</c>

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:34.259
to<00:28:30.720><c> reinvigorate</c><00:28:31.640><c> our</c><00:28:31.920><c> lives</c><00:28:32.480><c> and</c><00:28:33.059><c> the</c><00:28:33.240><c> rabshakers</c><00:28:33.799><c> of</c><00:28:33.940><c> this</c>

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:37.319
world<00:28:34.960><c> know</c><00:28:35.400><c> nothing</c><00:28:35.720><c> of</c><00:28:35.900><c> that</c><00:28:36.240><c> source.</c>

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:44.980
Ultimately<00:28:39.880><c> the</c><00:28:40.319><c> concealed</c><00:28:41.019><c> waters</c><00:28:41.500><c> of</c><00:28:41.859><c> Gihon</c><00:28:42.940><c> that</c><00:28:43.339><c> Hezekiah</c><00:28:44.000><c> covered</c><00:28:44.380><c> over</c>

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:49.240
that<00:28:46.180><c> source</c><00:28:46.819><c> of</c><00:28:47.559><c> refreshment</c><00:28:48.059><c> and</c><00:28:48.319><c> stimulation,</c><00:28:49.140><c> those</c>

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waters<00:28:49.619><c> that</c><00:28:49.779><c> were</c><00:28:50.039><c> covered</c><00:28:50.240><c> over</c>

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they'll<00:28:52.799><c> ultimately</c><00:28:53.240><c> be</c><00:28:53.660><c> revealed</c><00:28:54.160><c> for</c><00:28:54.480><c> all</c><00:28:54.740><c> the</c><00:28:54.980><c> world</c><00:28:55.220><c> at</c>

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the<00:28:55.519><c> return</c><00:28:55.740><c> of</c><00:28:55.920><c> the</c><00:28:56.019><c> Lord</c><00:28:56.220><c> Jesus</c><00:28:56.680><c> Christ</c>

00:28:57.740 --> 00:29:03.400
as<00:28:58.640><c> they</c><00:28:59.180><c> stream</c><00:28:59.819><c> down</c><00:29:01.180><c> Mount</c><00:29:02.299><c> Zion.</c>

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The<00:29:04.339><c> waters</c><00:29:04.759><c> of</c><00:29:05.099><c> Gihon</c><00:29:05.559><c> that</c><00:29:05.740><c> will</c><00:29:05.940><c> be</c><00:29:06.240><c> revealed</c><00:29:06.839><c> when</c><00:29:07.380><c> that</c>

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earthquake<00:29:08.200><c> breaks</c><00:29:09.039><c> open</c><00:29:09.579><c> the</c><00:29:09.799><c> Mount</c><00:29:09.980><c> of</c><00:29:10.240><c> Olives</c>

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and<00:29:11.420><c> Mount</c><00:29:11.839><c> Zion</c><00:29:12.160><c> is</c><00:29:12.500><c> elevated</c><00:29:13.000><c> and</c><00:29:13.519><c> the</c><00:29:13.799><c> living</c><00:29:14.160><c> waters</c><00:29:14.900><c> of</c>

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refreshment<00:29:16.460><c> and</c><00:29:16.740><c> stimulation</c>

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will<00:29:17.819><c> stream</c><00:29:18.299><c> down</c><00:29:18.680><c> Mount</c><00:29:19.000><c> Zion,</c><00:29:20.160><c> fed</c><00:29:20.299><c> through</c><00:29:20.539><c> into</c><00:29:20.740><c> the</c><00:29:20.920><c> Dead</c><00:29:21.180><c> Sea</c>

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and<00:29:21.660><c> back</c><00:29:21.900><c> out</c><00:29:22.079><c> into</c><00:29:22.299><c> the</c><00:29:22.519><c> Mediterranean</c>

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:27.880
and<00:29:24.079><c> living</c><00:29:24.579><c> waters</c><00:29:25.079><c> will</c><00:29:25.339><c> go</c><00:29:25.640><c> forth</c><00:29:25.980><c> from</c><00:29:26.259><c> Zion</c><00:29:26.720><c> says</c><00:29:26.980><c> Zechariah.</c>

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The<00:29:28.380><c> earth</c><00:29:28.700><c> will</c><00:29:28.920><c> be</c><00:29:29.180><c> filled</c><00:29:29.359><c> with</c><00:29:29.539><c> the</c><00:29:29.759><c> knowledge</c><00:29:29.980><c> of</c><00:29:30.160><c> the</c><00:29:30.359><c> glory</c><00:29:30.579><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:30.900><c> Lord</c>

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as<00:29:31.660><c> those</c><00:29:32.079><c> living</c><00:29:32.460><c> waters</c><00:29:33.000><c> go</c><00:29:33.440><c> about</c><00:29:33.940><c> and</c><00:29:35.000><c> cover</c><00:29:35.299><c> the</c><00:29:35.779><c> sea</c>

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and<00:29:38.019><c> people</c><00:29:38.339><c> will</c><00:29:38.660><c> be</c><00:29:38.920><c> enriched</c><00:29:39.380><c> and</c><00:29:39.819><c> refreshed</c><00:29:40.220><c> and</c><00:29:41.160><c> spiritually</c><00:29:41.559><c> strengthened</c><00:29:42.099><c> by</c>

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those<00:29:42.700><c> living</c><00:29:43.019><c> waters</c>

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as<00:29:44.460><c> they</c><00:29:44.700><c> go</c><00:29:45.000><c> forth</c><00:29:45.480><c> and</c><00:29:46.339><c> they</c><00:29:46.819><c> cover</c><00:29:47.079><c> the</c><00:29:47.380><c> top</c><00:29:47.759><c> of</c><00:29:48.440><c> the</c><00:29:48.700><c> sea</c>

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and<00:29:49.359><c> they're</c><00:29:49.640><c> taken</c><00:29:49.900><c> throughout</c><00:29:50.259><c> all</c><00:29:50.700><c> the</c><00:29:50.920><c> world</c><00:29:51.180><c> by</c><00:29:51.460><c> the</c><00:29:51.740><c> force</c><00:29:52.220><c> of</c>

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tidal<00:29:53.140><c> exchange.</c>

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You<00:29:55.460><c> see</c><00:29:55.619><c> waters</c><00:29:55.940><c> already</c><00:29:56.380><c> cover</c><00:29:56.640><c> the</c><00:29:56.900><c> sea</c><00:29:57.039><c> don't</c><00:29:57.380><c> they?</c>

00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:02.000
But<00:29:59.140><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:59.559><c> chapter</c><00:29:59.900><c> 2</c><00:30:00.259><c> is</c><00:30:00.519><c> talking</c><00:30:00.839><c> about</c><00:30:01.259><c> those</c><00:30:01.700><c> living</c>

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waters<00:30:02.559><c> that</c><00:30:03.480><c> will</c><00:30:03.700><c> be</c><00:30:04.059><c> dispersed</c>

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throughout<00:30:04.839><c> the</c><00:30:05.140><c> world</c><00:30:05.440><c> and</c><00:30:05.839><c> will</c><00:30:06.039><c> encourage</c><00:30:06.500><c> the</c><00:30:06.799><c> growth</c><00:30:07.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:07.420><c> nations</c><00:30:07.900><c> in</c><00:30:08.559><c> the</c><00:30:08.740><c> kingdom</c><00:30:08.960><c> of</c><00:30:09.240><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:15.799
And<00:30:12.200><c> so</c><00:30:12.400><c> there</c><00:30:12.539><c> is</c><00:30:12.740><c> the</c><00:30:12.980><c> principle</c><00:30:13.559><c> of</c><00:30:14.619><c> preservation</c><00:30:15.279><c> as</c><00:30:15.619><c> well</c>

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:19.940
in<00:30:16.019><c> verse</c><00:30:16.579><c> 5</c><00:30:17.500><c> back</c><00:30:17.799><c> in</c><00:30:18.079><c> 2</c><00:30:18.220><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:18.799><c> chapter</c><00:30:19.180><c> 32</c>

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As<00:30:20.700><c> Hezekiah</c><00:30:21.680><c> it</c><00:30:22.259><c> says</c><00:30:23.279><c> strengthened</c><00:30:24.259><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:30:28.559><c> strengthened</c><00:30:29.119><c> himself.</c>

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You<00:30:31.980><c> know</c><00:30:32.160><c> we</c><00:30:32.319><c> often</c><00:30:32.660><c> gossip</c><00:30:33.079><c> I</c><00:30:33.220><c> suppose</c><00:30:33.579><c> to</c><00:30:33.740><c> one</c><00:30:33.920><c> another</c><00:30:34.180><c> don't</c><00:30:34.440><c> we</c>

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about<00:30:35.000><c> how</c><00:30:35.400><c> unfortunate</c><00:30:35.980><c> it</c><00:30:36.180><c> was</c>

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:38.839
that<00:30:36.500><c> this</c><00:30:36.640><c> particular</c><00:30:37.059><c> brother</c><00:30:37.380><c> or</c><00:30:37.619><c> sister</c><00:30:37.900><c> couldn't</c><00:30:38.200><c> handle</c><00:30:38.579><c> the</c>

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pressure<00:30:39.099><c> of</c><00:30:39.299><c> this</c><00:30:39.480><c> situation.</c>

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Very<00:30:41.359><c> unfortunate,</c><00:30:42.319><c> you</c><00:30:42.400><c> know</c><00:30:42.460><c> they</c><00:30:42.599><c> just</c><00:30:42.720><c> didn't</c><00:30:42.859><c> have</c><00:30:43.059><c> the</c>

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:45.720
spiritual<00:30:43.680><c> strength</c><00:30:44.079><c> to</c><00:30:44.339><c> handle</c><00:30:44.500><c> a</c><00:30:44.740><c> particular</c><00:30:45.039><c> situation</c>

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:49.160
and<00:30:45.859><c> we</c><00:30:46.180><c> talk</c><00:30:46.819><c> about</c><00:30:47.099><c> that</c><00:30:47.319><c> amongst</c><00:30:47.680><c> ourselves</c><00:30:48.359><c> and</c><00:30:48.799><c> then</c><00:30:48.960><c> all</c>

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:52.079
of<00:30:49.400><c> a</c><00:30:49.440><c> sudden</c><00:30:49.640><c> we</c><00:30:49.880><c> find</c><00:30:50.240><c> ourselves</c><00:30:50.779><c> in</c><00:30:50.940><c> the</c><00:30:51.180><c> same</c><00:30:51.440><c> situation</c>

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:56.000
and<00:30:52.240><c> we</c><00:30:52.500><c> handle</c><00:30:52.819><c> it</c><00:30:53.140><c> worse.</c><00:30:54.319><c> How</c><00:30:54.539><c> embarrassing.</c>

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Hezekiah<00:30:58.519><c> strengthened</c><00:30:59.160><c> himself.</c>

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The<00:31:03.380><c> Lord</c><00:31:03.579><c> directed</c><00:31:03.980><c> the</c><00:31:04.220><c> same</c><00:31:04.539><c> exhortation</c><00:31:05.140><c> to</c><00:31:05.400><c> Peter</c><00:31:05.599><c> didn't</c><00:31:05.819><c> he?</c>

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:11.799
Simon,<00:31:07.819><c> Simon</c><00:31:08.259><c> he</c><00:31:08.500><c> says,</c><00:31:10.000><c> Satan</c><00:31:10.380><c> the</c><00:31:10.660><c> adversary</c><00:31:11.140><c> is</c><00:31:11.339><c> going</c><00:31:11.500><c> to</c>

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.980
sift<00:31:12.099><c> you</c><00:31:12.380><c> like</c><00:31:12.640><c> wheat.</c>

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But<00:31:14.099><c> he</c><00:31:14.240><c> says</c><00:31:14.420><c> I've</c><00:31:14.940><c> prayed</c><00:31:15.240><c> for</c><00:31:15.539><c> you</c><00:31:16.299><c> that</c><00:31:16.839><c> your</c><00:31:17.200><c> faith</c><00:31:17.539><c> fails</c><00:31:18.079><c> not.</c>

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And<00:31:19.400><c> he</c><00:31:19.599><c> says</c><00:31:19.880><c> when</c><00:31:20.519><c> you</c><00:31:21.099><c> are</c><00:31:21.579><c> converted</c><00:31:22.480><c> then</c><00:31:24.519><c> strengthen</c>

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your<00:31:25.440><c> brethren</c><00:31:25.700><c> and</c><00:31:26.019><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:31.779
See<00:31:28.140><c> Peter</c><00:31:28.339><c> was</c><00:31:28.940><c> doing</c><00:31:29.220><c> the</c><00:31:29.420><c> same</c><00:31:29.680><c> thing</c><00:31:29.859><c> we</c><00:31:30.079><c> tend</c><00:31:30.299><c> to</c><00:31:30.440><c> do</c><00:31:30.559><c> wasn't</c><00:31:30.799><c> he?</c>

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:34.400
He<00:31:31.859><c> was</c><00:31:31.960><c> saying</c><00:31:32.160><c> Lord</c><00:31:32.539><c> I</c><00:31:32.720><c> won't</c><00:31:33.200><c> deny</c><00:31:33.619><c> you</c><00:31:33.779><c> if</c><00:31:33.920><c> I</c><00:31:34.039><c> have</c><00:31:34.180><c> to</c><00:31:34.299><c> give</c>

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:36.640
up<00:31:34.559><c> my</c><00:31:34.819><c> life</c><00:31:35.099><c> that</c><00:31:35.259><c> will</c><00:31:35.400><c> be</c><00:31:35.579><c> fine.</c>

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:39.559
And<00:31:37.279><c> when</c><00:31:37.420><c> the</c><00:31:37.640><c> situation</c><00:31:38.180><c> came</c><00:31:38.559><c> upon</c><00:31:38.900><c> it</c><00:31:39.039><c> he</c><00:31:39.140><c> hadn't</c>

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strengthened<00:31:40.019><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:31:41.759><c> he</c><00:31:41.960><c> fell</c><00:31:42.220><c> dismally</c><00:31:42.839><c> sure.</c>

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:49.140
The<00:31:44.539><c> Lord</c><00:31:44.720><c> knew</c><00:31:44.960><c> that</c><00:31:45.200><c> and</c><00:31:45.380><c> he</c><00:31:45.599><c> says</c><00:31:46.119><c> first</c><00:31:47.319><c> of</c><00:31:47.599><c> all</c><00:31:48.200><c> when</c><00:31:48.799><c> you</c>

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:52.039
are<00:31:49.460><c> converted</c><00:31:50.079><c> and</c><00:31:51.019><c> strengthened</c>

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:55.859
then<00:31:53.519><c> strengthen</c><00:31:54.079><c> your</c><00:31:54.299><c> brethren</c><00:31:54.559><c> and</c><00:31:54.880><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:01.599
And<00:31:56.319><c> it's</c><00:31:56.579><c> important</c><00:31:57.059><c> for</c><00:31:57.299><c> us</c><00:31:57.680><c> to</c><00:31:58.720><c> prepare</c><00:31:59.400><c> ourselves</c><00:32:00.619><c> before</c>

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we<00:32:01.819><c> go</c><00:32:02.059><c> out</c><00:32:02.759><c> striding</c><00:32:03.140><c> forth</c>

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as<00:32:03.839><c> self</c><00:32:04.099><c>-elected</c><00:32:04.579><c> leaders</c><00:32:05.079><c> of</c><00:32:05.940><c> other</c><00:32:06.200><c> brethren</c><00:32:06.460><c> and</c><00:32:06.799><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:12.460
1<00:32:09.440><c> Samuel</c><00:32:09.880><c> 30</c><00:32:10.240><c> verse</c><00:32:10.500><c> 6</c><00:32:10.940><c> records</c><00:32:11.339><c> the</c><00:32:11.500><c> same</c><00:32:11.799><c> thing</c><00:32:12.039><c> concerning</c>

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.359
King<00:32:12.819><c> David.</c>

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:16.339
The<00:32:13.880><c> time</c><00:32:14.140><c> when</c><00:32:14.299><c> the</c><00:32:14.420><c> Amalekites</c><00:32:15.000><c> came</c><00:32:15.240><c> up</c><00:32:15.460><c> from</c><00:32:15.640><c> the</c><00:32:15.880><c> south</c>

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.640
to<00:32:17.160><c> Ziklag</c>

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:19.920
and<00:32:17.779><c> took</c><00:32:17.980><c> away</c><00:32:18.259><c> his</c><00:32:18.539><c> wife</c><00:32:18.819><c> and</c><00:32:19.000><c> all</c><00:32:19.180><c> his</c><00:32:19.460><c> possessions.</c>

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:23.059
And<00:32:20.500><c> it</c><00:32:20.619><c> was</c><00:32:20.799><c> the</c><00:32:20.980><c> lowest</c><00:32:21.240><c> time</c><00:32:21.640><c> of</c><00:32:21.900><c> David's</c><00:32:22.420><c> life</c><00:32:22.599><c> when</c><00:32:22.819><c> even</c>

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.339
his<00:32:23.339><c> own</c><00:32:23.619><c> companions</c>

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:28.140
the<00:32:24.960><c> faithful</c><00:32:25.380><c> warriors</c><00:32:25.779><c> that</c><00:32:26.000><c> had</c><00:32:26.140><c> been</c><00:32:26.299><c> with</c><00:32:26.460><c> him</c><00:32:26.680><c> some</c><00:32:27.059><c> time</c><00:32:27.380><c> spoke</c><00:32:27.720><c> of</c>

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.579
stoning<00:32:28.579><c> him.</c>

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:33.339
And<00:32:30.339><c> it</c><00:32:30.440><c> was</c><00:32:30.579><c> the</c><00:32:30.839><c> lowest</c><00:32:31.059><c> point</c><00:32:31.420><c> of</c><00:32:31.680><c> David's</c><00:32:32.339><c> life.</c>

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:40.579
And<00:32:34.339><c> it</c><00:32:34.480><c> says</c><00:32:35.059><c> David</c><00:32:35.700><c> encouraged</c><00:32:36.880><c> himself</c><00:32:38.480><c> in</c><00:32:39.420><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:45.140
He<00:32:42.339><c> encouraged</c><00:32:43.059><c> himself</c><00:32:44.140><c> in</c><00:32:44.779><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:48.960
You<00:32:45.259><c> only</c><00:32:45.440><c> have</c><00:32:45.599><c> to</c><00:32:45.779><c> turn</c><00:32:45.960><c> the</c><00:32:46.180><c> page</c><00:32:46.380><c> of</c><00:32:46.559><c> your</c><00:32:46.759><c> Bible</c><00:32:47.180><c> and</c><00:32:48.779><c> the</c>

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.960
next<00:32:49.180><c> page</c><00:32:49.480><c> reveals</c>

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:52.819
that<00:32:50.259><c> he</c><00:32:50.500><c> was</c><00:32:51.160><c> elected</c><00:32:51.579><c> as</c><00:32:51.960><c> king.</c>

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:57.019
So<00:32:54.299><c> out</c><00:32:54.420><c> of</c><00:32:54.559><c> the</c><00:32:55.000><c> depth</c><00:32:55.279><c> of</c><00:32:55.599><c> depression</c><00:32:56.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:56.519><c> strengthened</c>

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.680
that<00:32:57.279><c> man</c>

00:32:57.680 --> 00:33:00.019
and<00:32:58.240><c> he</c><00:32:58.480><c> ascended</c><00:32:58.880><c> the</c><00:32:59.240><c> throne.</c>

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:04.680
So<00:33:00.839><c> he</c><00:33:01.039><c> strengthened</c><00:33:01.480><c> himself,</c><00:33:02.380><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:33:03.380><c> and</c><00:33:03.420><c> not</c><00:33:03.640><c> only</c><00:33:03.859><c> that</c><00:33:04.099><c> he</c><00:33:04.200><c> engaged</c>

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:08.839
in<00:33:04.819><c> a</c><00:33:04.980><c> wonderful</c><00:33:05.400><c> and</c><00:33:05.660><c> active</c><00:33:05.920><c> performance</c><00:33:06.700><c> in</c><00:33:07.279><c> verse</c><00:33:07.599><c> 5</c><00:33:07.980><c> and</c><00:33:08.180><c> 6.</c>

00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:12.900
He<00:33:09.140><c> built</c><00:33:09.480><c> the</c><00:33:09.799><c> wall,</c><00:33:10.420><c> he</c><00:33:10.660><c> repaired</c><00:33:11.200><c> it,</c><00:33:11.740><c> he</c><00:33:11.880><c> made</c><00:33:12.200><c> darts</c><00:33:12.579><c> and</c>

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shields<00:33:13.160><c> in</c><00:33:13.460><c> abundance,</c>

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:16.900
he<00:33:14.079><c> set</c><00:33:14.279><c> captains</c><00:33:14.740><c> of</c><00:33:15.019><c> war,</c><00:33:15.500><c> he</c><00:33:15.740><c> gathered</c><00:33:16.059><c> them</c><00:33:16.279><c> together</c><00:33:16.720><c> and</c>

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.660
he<00:33:17.160><c> spake</c><00:33:17.319><c> to</c><00:33:17.460><c> their</c><00:33:17.759><c> heart.</c>

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:21.940
You<00:33:19.440><c> see</c><00:33:19.559><c> all</c><00:33:19.700><c> the</c><00:33:19.940><c> activities</c><00:33:20.259><c> he's</c><00:33:20.579><c> involved</c><00:33:20.980><c> in.</c>

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:25.039
He<00:33:22.759><c> begins</c><00:33:23.140><c> outward</c><00:33:23.700><c> and</c><00:33:24.200><c> works</c><00:33:24.579><c> inward.</c>

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.940
Notice<00:33:25.960><c> that</c><00:33:26.180><c> in</c><00:33:26.319><c> those</c><00:33:26.599><c> verses.</c>

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:30.059
He<00:33:27.079><c> begins</c><00:33:27.579><c> right</c><00:33:28.180><c> on</c><00:33:28.339><c> the</c><00:33:28.559><c> outer</c><00:33:28.819><c> wall,</c><00:33:29.259><c> building</c><00:33:29.599><c> that</c><00:33:29.880><c> up,</c>

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.680
repairing<00:33:30.480><c> it,</c>

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:34.559
making<00:33:31.019><c> weapons,</c><00:33:32.019><c> gathering</c><00:33:32.319><c> and</c><00:33:32.559><c> then</c><00:33:32.980><c> speaking</c><00:33:33.240><c> to</c><00:33:33.599><c> hearts.</c>

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:37.420
So<00:33:35.000><c> he</c><00:33:35.059><c> begins</c><00:33:35.339><c> right</c><00:33:35.759><c> with</c><00:33:36.019><c> the</c><00:33:36.220><c> defenses</c><00:33:36.579><c> on</c><00:33:36.799><c> the</c><00:33:36.980><c> outside</c>

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:40.680
and<00:33:37.619><c> works</c><00:33:37.880><c> all</c><00:33:38.240><c> the</c><00:33:38.359><c> way</c><00:33:38.599><c> through</c><00:33:39.059><c> right</c><00:33:39.640><c> to</c><00:33:39.839><c> the</c><00:33:39.940><c> very</c><00:33:40.299><c> heart</c>

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:42.099
of<00:33:40.940><c> the</c><00:33:41.160><c> people.</c>

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:46.640
He's<00:33:43.980><c> not</c><00:33:44.119><c> what</c><00:33:44.259><c> we</c><00:33:44.480><c> call</c><00:33:44.660><c> an</c><00:33:44.940><c> armchair</c><00:33:45.359><c> warrior</c><00:33:45.759><c> at</c><00:33:45.960><c> all,</c><00:33:46.119><c> is</c><00:33:46.299><c> he?</c>

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:49.799
He's<00:33:47.660><c> not</c><00:33:47.880><c> just</c><00:33:48.099><c> sitting</c><00:33:48.240><c> down</c><00:33:48.579><c> in</c><00:33:48.759><c> a</c><00:33:48.920><c> chair</c><00:33:49.079><c> waiting</c><00:33:49.400><c> to</c><00:33:49.640><c> see</c>

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.839
what's<00:33:50.200><c> going</c><00:33:50.319><c> to</c><00:33:50.579><c> happen</c>

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:55.279
whether<00:33:51.980><c> Rab's</c><00:33:52.480><c> Sheikah</c><00:33:52.759><c> is</c><00:33:52.839><c> going</c><00:33:52.980><c> to</c><00:33:53.099><c> do</c><00:33:53.220><c> this</c><00:33:53.420><c> or</c><00:33:53.599><c> do</c><00:33:53.940><c> that.</c>

00:33:56.319 --> 00:34:01.180
He<00:33:56.960><c> begins</c><00:33:57.599><c> and</c><00:33:58.259><c> he's</c><00:33:58.460><c> very</c><00:33:58.960><c> active</c><00:33:59.400><c> in</c><00:33:59.579><c> his</c><00:33:59.920><c> construction.</c>

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:05.299
He<00:34:01.859><c> strengthened</c><00:34:02.279><c> himself</c><00:34:03.039><c> and</c><00:34:03.779><c> his</c><00:34:04.200><c> whole</c><00:34:04.619><c> ecclesia,</c><00:34:05.119><c> not</c>

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.599
by<00:34:05.619><c> criticizing</c><00:34:06.240><c> them,</c>

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:09.340
by<00:34:07.200><c> building</c><00:34:07.640><c> up</c><00:34:07.940><c> the</c><00:34:08.239><c> defenses.</c>

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:15.039
And<00:34:11.880><c> he</c><00:34:12.119><c> spake</c><00:34:12.400><c> to</c><00:34:12.599><c> the</c><00:34:12.980><c> heart</c><00:34:13.500><c> of</c><00:34:13.900><c> the</c><00:34:14.119><c> people.</c>

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:18.159
That<00:34:15.880><c> makes</c><00:34:16.079><c> a</c><00:34:16.260><c> good</c><00:34:16.420><c> leader,</c><00:34:16.719><c> doesn't</c><00:34:16.980><c> it?</c><00:34:17.099><c> One</c><00:34:17.340><c> who</c><00:34:17.519><c> can</c><00:34:17.739><c> speak</c><00:34:17.960><c> to</c>

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.760
the<00:34:18.380><c> heart.</c>

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:22.380
Not<00:34:19.800><c> an</c><00:34:20.039><c> individual</c><00:34:20.460><c> that</c><00:34:20.840><c> strives</c><00:34:21.199><c> right</c><00:34:21.519><c> out</c><00:34:21.780><c> in</c><00:34:22.039><c> front</c><00:34:22.219><c> of</c>

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.980
his<00:34:22.539><c> ecclesia</c>

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:25.599
and<00:34:23.199><c> disappears</c><00:34:23.699><c> over</c><00:34:24.039><c> the</c><00:34:24.260><c> horizon</c><00:34:24.500><c> and</c><00:34:24.940><c> all</c><00:34:25.239><c> the</c><00:34:25.420><c> brethren</c>

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:27.940
and<00:34:25.860><c> sisters</c><00:34:26.099><c> are</c><00:34:26.300><c> left</c><00:34:26.480><c> on</c><00:34:26.719><c> their</c><00:34:27.000><c> own.</c>

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:32.360
He's<00:34:29.119><c> one</c><00:34:29.280><c> that</c><00:34:29.500><c> walks</c><00:34:29.780><c> with</c><00:34:30.079><c> his</c><00:34:30.320><c> people</c><00:34:30.619><c> and</c><00:34:30.780><c> he</c><00:34:30.940><c> can</c><00:34:31.119><c> communicate.</c>

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:35.340
He<00:34:32.599><c> can</c><00:34:33.059><c> establish</c><00:34:33.480><c> a</c><00:34:33.699><c> relationship</c><00:34:34.219><c> with</c><00:34:34.579><c> their</c><00:34:34.920><c> heart</c><00:34:35.199><c> and</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:37.800
they<00:34:35.619><c> understand</c><00:34:36.280><c> that.</c>

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:41.360
So<00:34:38.900><c> with</c><00:34:39.079><c> our</c><00:34:39.260><c> Lord</c><00:34:39.500><c> he</c><00:34:39.599><c> was</c><00:34:39.840><c> made</c><00:34:40.039><c> in</c><00:34:40.219><c> all</c><00:34:40.500><c> points</c><00:34:40.699><c> like</c><00:34:41.059><c> his</c>

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:43.039
brethren<00:34:41.679><c> so</c><00:34:41.940><c> that</c><00:34:42.039><c> he</c><00:34:42.119><c> could</c><00:34:42.239><c> be</c><00:34:42.559><c> touched</c>

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:46.219
and<00:34:43.400><c> he</c><00:34:43.539><c> could</c><00:34:43.679><c> understand</c><00:34:44.380><c> the</c><00:34:44.659><c> feelings</c><00:34:44.960><c> of</c><00:34:45.159><c> our</c><00:34:45.420><c> infirmity</c>

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:50.800
so<00:34:46.739><c> he</c><00:34:46.860><c> can</c><00:34:47.079><c> speak</c><00:34:47.460><c> to</c><00:34:47.679><c> our</c><00:34:48.019><c> heart</c><00:34:48.800><c> and</c><00:34:49.500><c> he</c><00:34:49.639><c> will</c><00:34:50.159><c> help</c><00:34:50.400><c> us</c><00:34:50.659><c> in</c>

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.539
our<00:34:51.039><c> time</c><00:34:51.300><c> of</c><00:34:51.579><c> need.</c>

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:58.119
And<00:34:54.400><c> so</c><00:34:54.519><c> he</c><00:34:54.639><c> gives</c><00:34:54.860><c> them</c><00:34:55.300><c> words</c><00:34:55.579><c> of</c><00:34:55.880><c> encouragement</c><00:34:56.320><c> and</c><00:34:56.719><c> strength</c><00:34:56.980><c> in</c><00:34:57.219><c> verse</c><00:34:57.500><c> 7.</c>

00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:01.360
He<00:34:58.599><c> says,</c><00:34:59.079><c> be</c><00:34:59.079><c> strong</c><00:34:59.340><c> and</c><00:34:59.639><c> courageous,</c><00:35:00.280><c> be</c><00:35:00.380><c> not</c><00:35:00.599><c> afraid</c><00:35:01.039><c> nor</c>

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.440
dismayed<00:35:01.980><c> of</c><00:35:02.099><c> the</c><00:35:02.300><c> king</c><00:35:02.460><c> of</c><00:35:02.679><c> Assyria</c>

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:07.619
nor<00:35:04.000><c> of</c><00:35:04.260><c> all</c><00:35:04.500><c> the</c><00:35:04.820><c> multitude</c><00:35:05.519><c> that</c><00:35:05.860><c> is</c><00:35:06.099><c> with</c><00:35:06.780><c> him.</c>

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:12.159
And<00:35:08.199><c> that</c><00:35:08.400><c> word</c><00:35:08.639><c> multitude</c><00:35:09.219><c> is</c><00:35:09.519><c> the</c><00:35:09.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:10.099><c> word</c><00:35:10.460><c> hamon.</c>

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:17.380
Haman.<00:35:14.780><c> Strong</c><00:35:15.260><c> said</c><00:35:15.480><c> it's</c><00:35:15.699><c> an</c><00:35:15.900><c> army,</c><00:35:16.320><c> a</c><00:35:16.320><c> host</c><00:35:16.619><c> with</c><00:35:16.840><c> emphasis</c>

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:21.340
on<00:35:18.059><c> noise,</c><00:35:19.179><c> unrest</c><00:35:19.599><c> and</c><00:35:20.079><c> turbulence.</c>

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:24.260
And<00:35:21.579><c> you</c><00:35:21.699><c> might</c><00:35:21.920><c> remember</c><00:35:22.380><c> from</c><00:35:22.679><c> Ezekiel</c><00:35:23.119><c> chapter</c><00:35:23.480><c> 39</c><00:35:24.099><c> there</c>

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.739
is<00:35:24.460><c> the</c><00:35:24.659><c> reference</c><00:35:24.940><c> there,</c>

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:30.900
hamon<00:35:26.579><c> gog,</c><00:35:28.159><c> speaking</c><00:35:28.460><c> of</c><00:35:28.699><c> the</c><00:35:29.019><c> army</c><00:35:29.280><c> of</c><00:35:29.460><c> the</c><00:35:29.639><c> northern</c><00:35:29.980><c> confederacy</c>

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:34.179
and<00:35:31.480><c> all</c><00:35:31.760><c> the</c><00:35:32.000><c> noise</c><00:35:32.360><c> and</c><00:35:32.559><c> the</c><00:35:32.780><c> unrest</c><00:35:33.139><c> and</c><00:35:33.599><c> turbulence</c><00:35:34.039><c> that</c>

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:36.280
is<00:35:34.360><c> going</c><00:35:34.480><c> to</c><00:35:34.719><c> sweep</c><00:35:34.880><c> down</c><00:35:35.199><c> into</c><00:35:35.420><c> the</c><00:35:35.539><c> land</c><00:35:35.760><c> of</c><00:35:35.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:42.900
Hezekiah<00:35:37.260><c> is</c><00:35:37.500><c> saying</c><00:35:37.699><c> with</c><00:35:37.980><c> him</c><00:35:38.519><c> is</c><00:35:39.179><c> plenty</c><00:35:39.599><c> of</c><00:35:39.940><c> noise</c><00:35:40.760><c> and</c><00:35:42.019><c> tumult</c>

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:46.480
but<00:35:43.639><c> he's</c><00:35:43.840><c> only</c><00:35:44.099><c> got</c><00:35:44.300><c> an</c><00:35:44.559><c> arm</c><00:35:44.840><c> of</c><00:35:45.420><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:51.119
With<00:35:47.360><c> us</c><00:35:48.119><c> is</c><00:35:49.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:49.559><c> our</c><00:35:49.920><c> God.</c>

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:56.780
With<00:35:53.360><c> him</c><00:35:53.559><c> is</c><00:35:53.840><c> plenty</c><00:35:54.139><c> of</c><00:35:54.440><c> noise</c><00:35:54.739><c> and</c><00:35:55.159><c> turbulence</c><00:35:55.739><c> and</c><00:35:56.380><c> we</c><00:35:56.559><c> can</c>

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:59.579
appreciate<00:35:57.300><c> that</c><00:35:57.539><c> in</c><00:35:57.800><c> our</c><00:35:58.000><c> battle</c><00:35:58.300><c> can't</c><00:35:58.699><c> we?</c>

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:04.300
I<00:36:00.099><c> suppose</c><00:36:00.420><c> as</c><00:36:00.619><c> we</c><00:36:00.780><c> go</c><00:36:00.940><c> to</c><00:36:01.599><c> work</c><00:36:01.800><c> and</c><00:36:02.000><c> as</c><00:36:02.159><c> we</c><00:36:02.360><c> come</c><00:36:02.500><c> into</c><00:36:02.940><c> confrontation</c>

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:09.579
with<00:36:04.860><c> other</c><00:36:05.179><c> people</c><00:36:05.860><c> there</c><00:36:07.079><c> are</c><00:36:07.380><c> the</c><00:36:07.639><c> loud</c><00:36:08.099><c> mouthed</c><00:36:09.179><c> scoffers</c>

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:11.039
of<00:36:09.760><c> the</c><00:36:09.920><c> last</c><00:36:10.260><c> day</c><00:36:10.559><c> that</c><00:36:10.840><c> say</c>

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:13.179
where's<00:36:11.480><c> the</c><00:36:11.739><c> promise</c><00:36:11.940><c> of</c><00:36:12.079><c> his</c><00:36:12.340><c> coming?</c>

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:16.099
And<00:36:13.780><c> there's</c><00:36:13.960><c> the</c><00:36:14.219><c> turbulence</c><00:36:14.619><c> and</c><00:36:14.860><c> the</c><00:36:15.059><c> roar</c><00:36:15.239><c> and</c><00:36:15.400><c> the</c><00:36:15.719><c> shouting.</c>

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:21.239
As<00:36:16.800><c> the</c><00:36:17.079><c> world</c><00:36:17.300><c> tries</c><00:36:17.719><c> to</c><00:36:18.019><c> drown</c><00:36:18.260><c> out</c><00:36:18.539><c> the</c><00:36:18.780><c> truth</c><00:36:19.000><c> of</c><00:36:19.199><c> God's</c><00:36:19.639><c> word</c><00:36:19.780><c> they're</c><00:36:20.000><c> not</c><00:36:20.199><c> interested</c><00:36:20.559><c> in</c><00:36:20.840><c> that.</c>

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.840
Where's<00:36:21.860><c> the</c><00:36:22.099><c> promise</c><00:36:22.320><c> of</c><00:36:22.420><c> his</c><00:36:22.639><c> coming?</c>

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:27.199
It's<00:36:23.079><c> a</c><00:36:23.199><c> lot</c><00:36:23.320><c> of</c><00:36:23.559><c> rubbish</c><00:36:23.900><c> and</c><00:36:24.320><c> there's</c><00:36:24.559><c> plenty</c><00:36:24.880><c> of</c><00:36:25.219><c> turbulence</c><00:36:25.679><c> and</c><00:36:25.960><c> aggression.</c>

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:35.500
And<00:36:29.380><c> the</c><00:36:29.659><c> world</c><00:36:29.980><c> drowns</c><00:36:30.760><c> out</c><00:36:31.199><c> the</c><00:36:32.559><c> quiet</c><00:36:33.239><c> principles</c><00:36:33.980><c> of</c><00:36:34.380><c> truth.</c>

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:39.360
But<00:36:36.840><c> there</c><00:36:37.000><c> will</c><00:36:37.219><c> come</c><00:36:37.380><c> a</c><00:36:37.579><c> time</c><00:36:37.820><c> says</c><00:36:38.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:38.480><c> 30</c><00:36:38.900><c> and</c><00:36:39.079><c> verse</c>

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:41.960
27<00:36:39.880><c> when</c><00:36:40.219><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:40.460><c> is</c><00:36:40.619><c> going</c><00:36:40.760><c> to</c><00:36:40.960><c> roar</c><00:36:41.179><c> out</c><00:36:41.460><c> of</c><00:36:41.639><c> Zion</c>

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:45.800
he<00:36:42.940><c> says</c><00:36:43.159><c> behold</c><00:36:43.679><c> the</c><00:36:43.860><c> name</c><00:36:44.099><c> of</c><00:36:44.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:44.619><c> comes</c><00:36:44.900><c> from</c><00:36:45.260><c> far.</c>

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:49.500
Burning<00:36:46.400><c> with</c><00:36:46.719><c> anger</c><00:36:47.159><c> there</c><00:36:47.860><c> is</c><00:36:48.079><c> a</c><00:36:48.280><c> grievousness</c><00:36:48.860><c> of</c><00:36:49.039><c> a</c><00:36:49.280><c> flame.</c>

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:52.079
His<00:36:49.780><c> lips</c><00:36:50.059><c> are</c><00:36:50.199><c> full</c><00:36:50.420><c> of</c><00:36:50.599><c> indignation,</c><00:36:51.239><c> his</c><00:36:51.460><c> tongue</c><00:36:51.699><c> is</c><00:36:51.880><c> a</c>

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.820
burning<00:36:52.320><c> fire</c>

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:57.500
and<00:36:53.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:53.900><c> will</c><00:36:54.360><c> cause</c><00:36:54.820><c> his</c><00:36:55.340><c> voice</c><00:36:55.760><c> to</c><00:36:56.059><c> be</c><00:36:56.360><c> heard.</c>

00:36:58.219 --> 00:37:02.460
It's<00:36:58.579><c> not</c><00:36:58.760><c> heard</c><00:36:58.920><c> now</c><00:36:59.440><c> because</c><00:37:00.239><c> people</c><00:37:00.719><c> drown</c><00:37:01.199><c> it</c><00:37:01.460><c> out.</c>

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:05.119
But<00:37:02.659><c> there's</c><00:37:02.920><c> going</c><00:37:03.039><c> to</c><00:37:03.159><c> come</c><00:37:03.300><c> a</c><00:37:03.519><c> time</c><00:37:03.719><c> when</c><00:37:04.059><c> Yahweh's</c><00:37:04.840><c> voice</c>

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.820
will<00:37:05.460><c> be</c><00:37:05.780><c> heard</c>

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:12.139
and<00:37:07.699><c> as</c><00:37:07.920><c> Habakkuk</c><00:37:08.360><c> says</c><00:37:09.000><c> the</c><00:37:09.840><c> Lord</c><00:37:10.159><c> is</c><00:37:10.440><c> in</c><00:37:10.639><c> his</c><00:37:11.019><c> holy</c><00:37:11.420><c> temple</c>

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:18.039
let<00:37:13.000><c> all</c><00:37:13.320><c> the</c><00:37:13.579><c> earth</c><00:37:14.480><c> keep</c><00:37:15.019><c> silence</c><00:37:16.320><c> before</c><00:37:17.039><c> him.</c>

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:21.019
And<00:37:18.760><c> as</c><00:37:18.980><c> there</c><00:37:19.139><c> was</c><00:37:19.260><c> the</c><00:37:19.519><c> rattling</c><00:37:19.780><c> of</c><00:37:20.019><c> the</c><00:37:20.300><c> shields</c><00:37:20.559><c> and</c><00:37:20.739><c> the</c>

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:22.440
shaking<00:37:21.280><c> of</c><00:37:21.519><c> the</c><00:37:21.820><c> spears</c>

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:26.440
and<00:37:22.840><c> the</c><00:37:23.139><c> shouts</c><00:37:23.380><c> of</c><00:37:23.579><c> the</c><00:37:23.780><c> army</c><00:37:24.019><c> outside</c><00:37:24.579><c> the</c><00:37:24.800><c> wall</c><00:37:25.079><c> of</c><00:37:25.320><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:29.539
Hezekiah<00:37:27.119><c> says</c><00:37:27.380><c> look</c><00:37:27.619><c> don't</c><00:37:27.900><c> be</c><00:37:28.159><c> afraid</c><00:37:28.539><c> of</c><00:37:28.719><c> the</c><00:37:29.000><c> noise</c><00:37:29.340><c> that</c>

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:31.019
they're<00:37:29.860><c> making</c>

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:35.300
because<00:37:32.699><c> they've</c><00:37:32.900><c> only</c><00:37:33.179><c> got</c><00:37:33.380><c> an</c><00:37:33.619><c> arm</c><00:37:33.739><c> of</c><00:37:34.059><c> flesh.</c>

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.880
With<00:37:36.639><c> him</c><00:37:36.900><c> he</c><00:37:37.019><c> says</c><00:37:37.219><c> in</c><00:37:37.440><c> verse</c><00:37:37.719><c> 8</c><00:37:37.920><c> is</c><00:37:38.139><c> an</c><00:37:38.320><c> arm</c><00:37:38.460><c> of</c><00:37:38.719><c> flesh</c>

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:44.280
but<00:37:39.079><c> with</c><00:37:39.360><c> us</c><00:37:40.719><c> is</c><00:37:41.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:42.059><c> our</c><00:37:42.280><c> God</c><00:37:42.400><c> to</c><00:37:42.619><c> help</c><00:37:42.800><c> us</c><00:37:43.019><c> and</c><00:37:43.179><c> to</c><00:37:43.460><c> fight</c>

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:46.579
our<00:37:45.460><c> battles.</c>

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:51.460
To<00:37:48.300><c> fight</c><00:37:48.619><c> our</c><00:37:48.880><c> battles</c><00:37:49.219><c> you</c><00:37:49.400><c> see</c><00:37:49.860><c> we</c><00:37:50.460><c> can't</c><00:37:50.800><c> just</c><00:37:51.000><c> sit</c><00:37:51.159><c> down</c>

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:53.800
and<00:37:52.039><c> wait</c><00:37:52.500><c> for</c><00:37:52.739><c> God.</c>

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:58.659
It's<00:37:54.739><c> our</c><00:37:55.119><c> battles</c><00:37:55.599><c> that</c><00:37:55.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:56.300><c> will</c><00:37:56.619><c> help</c><00:37:56.860><c> and</c><00:37:57.159><c> assist</c><00:37:57.440><c> us</c><00:37:57.780><c> in.</c>

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.519
You<00:37:58.800><c> know</c><00:37:58.940><c> when</c><00:37:59.300><c> the</c><00:37:59.579><c> people</c><00:37:59.719><c> of</c><00:37:59.880><c> Israel</c><00:38:00.179><c> came</c><00:38:00.539><c> to</c><00:38:00.699><c> the</c><00:38:00.820><c> Red</c><00:38:01.099><c> Sea</c><00:38:01.280><c> in</c>

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:03.460
Exodus<00:38:01.780><c> 14</c><00:38:02.239><c> in</c><00:38:02.480><c> verse</c><00:38:02.719><c> 4</c>

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.599
and<00:38:04.239><c> they</c><00:38:04.360><c> were</c><00:38:04.519><c> trembling</c><00:38:04.820><c> with</c><00:38:05.119><c> fear</c>

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:09.280
Moses<00:38:06.400><c> says</c><00:38:06.719><c> to</c><00:38:06.940><c> them</c><00:38:06.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:07.519><c> will</c><00:38:07.900><c> fight</c><00:38:08.380><c> for</c><00:38:08.840><c> you</c><00:38:09.059><c> and</c><00:38:09.159><c> he</c>

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:11.039
says<00:38:09.539><c> go</c><00:38:10.019><c> forward.</c>

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:14.280
It<00:38:12.760><c> requires</c><00:38:13.280><c> something</c><00:38:13.679><c> of</c><00:38:13.940><c> us.</c>

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:16.239
We<00:38:14.719><c> are</c><00:38:15.099><c> engaged</c><00:38:15.639><c> in</c><00:38:15.820><c> a</c><00:38:16.000><c> battle.</c>

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.800
Yahweh<00:38:16.679><c> will</c><00:38:16.980><c> assist</c><00:38:17.300><c> us.</c>

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:20.820
I<00:38:18.300><c> suppose</c><00:38:18.699><c> he</c><00:38:18.820><c> could</c><00:38:19.019><c> have</c><00:38:19.179><c> made</c><00:38:19.420><c> an</c><00:38:19.659><c> earthquake</c><00:38:19.980><c> to</c><00:38:20.360><c> swallow</c>

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:22.079
up<00:38:21.039><c> the</c><00:38:21.239><c> Egyptian</c><00:38:21.579><c> army</c>

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:26.039
but<00:38:22.559><c> he</c><00:38:22.820><c> requires</c><00:38:23.260><c> activity</c><00:38:23.860><c> and</c><00:38:24.260><c> cooperation</c><00:38:24.920><c> with</c><00:38:25.219><c> him.</c>

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:29.500
He<00:38:26.480><c> will</c><00:38:26.739><c> help</c><00:38:27.019><c> us</c><00:38:27.420><c> in</c><00:38:27.880><c> our</c><00:38:28.320><c> battles.</c>

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:35.820
And<00:38:31.579><c> so</c><00:38:31.800><c> with</c><00:38:31.980><c> that</c><00:38:32.260><c> nation</c><00:38:32.579><c> of</c><00:38:32.800><c> Israel</c><00:38:33.199><c> as</c><00:38:33.420><c> they</c><00:38:34.059><c> escape</c><00:38:34.460><c> from</c><00:38:34.739><c> Egypt</c>

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:37.840
Moses<00:38:36.639><c> says</c><00:38:36.960><c> go</c><00:38:37.380><c> forward.</c>

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.559
Yahweh<00:38:38.480><c> will</c><00:38:38.639><c> help</c><00:38:38.840><c> you</c><00:38:39.000><c> but</c><00:38:39.119><c> he</c><00:38:39.420><c> requires</c><00:38:39.800><c> something</c><00:38:40.159><c> of</c><00:38:40.400><c> you</c>

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.219
as<00:38:40.860><c> well.</c>

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:44.900
And<00:38:41.980><c> through</c><00:38:42.320><c> faith</c><00:38:42.960><c> they</c><00:38:43.599><c> crossed</c><00:38:44.139><c> the</c><00:38:44.659><c> sea.</c>

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:47.599
We<00:38:45.340><c> can't</c><00:38:45.780><c> stand</c><00:38:46.079><c> on</c><00:38:46.280><c> the</c><00:38:46.519><c> sideline,</c><00:38:47.099><c> brethren</c><00:38:47.239><c> and</c><00:38:47.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:50.199
and<00:38:47.739><c> let</c><00:38:47.940><c> others</c><00:38:48.219><c> do</c><00:38:48.840><c> our</c><00:38:49.300><c> work.</c>

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:53.760
We've<00:38:50.519><c> all</c><00:38:50.679><c> got</c><00:38:50.780><c> to</c><00:38:50.900><c> be</c><00:38:51.119><c> actively</c><00:38:51.500><c> involved</c><00:38:52.159><c> in</c><00:38:52.599><c> service.</c>

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:57.920
We've<00:38:55.000><c> all</c><00:38:55.099><c> got</c><00:38:55.219><c> to</c><00:38:55.320><c> be</c><00:38:55.500><c> actively</c><00:38:55.880><c> in</c><00:38:56.400><c> our</c><00:38:57.019><c> battles,</c><00:38:57.500><c> fighting</c>

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.519
our<00:38:58.239><c> battles</c>

00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:00.880
and<00:38:58.679><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:59.059><c> will</c><00:38:59.300><c> help</c><00:38:59.519><c> us</c><00:38:59.800><c> in</c><00:39:00.019><c> that.</c>

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:04.820
And<00:39:02.340><c> the</c><00:39:02.460><c> Apostle</c><00:39:03.000><c> Paul</c><00:39:03.300><c> appreciated</c><00:39:03.920><c> that.</c>

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.639
The<00:39:05.639><c> battle</c><00:39:05.880><c> of</c><00:39:06.059><c> the</c><00:39:06.260><c> mind.</c>

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:11.139
He<00:39:07.820><c> says</c><00:39:08.019><c> I</c><00:39:08.199><c> can</c><00:39:08.480><c> see</c><00:39:08.679><c> that</c><00:39:08.900><c> battle</c><00:39:09.199><c> that</c><00:39:09.400><c> I'm</c><00:39:09.719><c> involved</c><00:39:10.159><c> in.</c>

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:15.820
There<00:39:12.639><c> are</c><00:39:13.239><c> things</c><00:39:13.539><c> warring</c><00:39:13.980><c> against</c><00:39:14.280><c> my</c><00:39:14.679><c> mind</c><00:39:15.119><c> and</c><00:39:15.639><c> bringing</c>

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:17.019
me<00:39:16.159><c> into</c><00:39:16.360><c> captivity</c>

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:19.139
and<00:39:17.280><c> who's</c><00:39:17.679><c> going</c><00:39:17.820><c> to</c><00:39:17.920><c> help</c><00:39:18.179><c> me?</c>

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:23.460
He<00:39:19.659><c> says</c><00:39:19.760><c> I</c><00:39:19.980><c> thank</c><00:39:20.280><c> God</c><00:39:20.599><c> that</c><00:39:20.780><c> he</c><00:39:20.940><c> will</c><00:39:21.199><c> support</c><00:39:21.599><c> me</c><00:39:21.860><c> in</c><00:39:22.139><c> my</c><00:39:22.559><c> battle.</c>

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:27.699
And<00:39:24.420><c> so</c><00:39:24.980><c> as</c><00:39:25.380><c> Hezekiah</c><00:39:25.860><c> gave</c><00:39:26.159><c> them</c><00:39:26.460><c> that</c><00:39:26.780><c> exhortation</c><00:39:27.480><c> at</c><00:39:27.679><c> the</c>

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.380
end<00:39:27.900><c> of</c><00:39:27.940><c> verse</c><00:39:28.239><c> 8</c>

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:30.579
it<00:39:28.559><c> says</c><00:39:28.760><c> the</c><00:39:28.960><c> people</c><00:39:29.460><c> rested.</c>

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:34.159
And<00:39:30.960><c> you've</c><00:39:31.099><c> got</c><00:39:31.179><c> a</c><00:39:31.320><c> marginal</c><00:39:31.679><c> rendition</c><00:39:32.139><c> again,</c><00:39:32.719><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:33.059><c> leaned.</c>

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:36.239
It's<00:39:35.079><c> the</c><00:39:35.260><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:35.460><c> word</c><00:39:35.739><c> samach.</c>

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:41.780
It<00:39:36.659><c> means</c><00:39:36.920><c> to</c><00:39:37.159><c> lean</c><00:39:37.300><c> upon,</c><00:39:37.800><c> to</c><00:39:37.980><c> grasp,</c><00:39:39.019><c> to</c><00:39:39.059><c> be</c><00:39:39.360><c> sustained,</c><00:39:41.000><c> literally</c><00:39:41.380><c> to</c>

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.980
lay<00:39:42.019><c> your</c><00:39:42.360><c> hands</c><00:39:42.639><c> upon</c>

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:45.579
used<00:39:43.300><c> in</c><00:39:43.519><c> Leviticus</c><00:39:43.960><c> chapter</c><00:39:44.280><c> 1</c><00:39:44.519><c> and</c><00:39:44.679><c> verse</c><00:39:44.920><c> 4</c>

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:48.840
when<00:39:45.980><c> a</c><00:39:46.179><c> person</c><00:39:46.420><c> would</c><00:39:46.659><c> put</c><00:39:46.820><c> his</c><00:39:47.139><c> hands</c><00:39:47.519><c> on</c><00:39:47.800><c> the</c><00:39:48.059><c> sacrifice</c>

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:51.900
and<00:39:49.679><c> identify</c><00:39:50.619><c> with</c><00:39:50.920><c> it.</c>

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:59.159
So<00:39:52.980><c> the</c><00:39:53.239><c> expression</c><00:39:53.619><c> is</c><00:39:53.880><c> that</c><00:39:54.079><c> the</c><00:39:54.340><c> people</c><00:39:55.059><c> leaned</c><00:39:55.880><c> and</c><00:39:56.880><c> rested</c><00:39:57.360><c> on</c><00:39:57.719><c> the</c><00:39:57.940><c> words</c><00:39:58.159><c> of</c><00:39:58.420><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:04.059
They<00:39:59.679><c> identified</c><00:40:01.179><c> wholeheartedly</c><00:40:02.559><c> with</c><00:40:02.780><c> the</c><00:40:03.019><c> exhortation</c>

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.059
of<00:40:04.380><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:09.019
and<00:40:05.820><c> here's</c><00:40:06.139><c> the</c><00:40:06.420><c> challenge</c><00:40:06.739><c> in</c><00:40:06.980><c> verses</c><00:40:07.300><c> 9</c><00:40:07.719><c> through</c><00:40:07.980><c> to</c><00:40:08.219><c> 21</c>

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:14.039
as<00:40:09.380><c> Sennacherib</c><00:40:09.920><c> sends</c><00:40:10.260><c> his</c><00:40:10.559><c> three</c><00:40:10.960><c> generals</c><00:40:12.380><c> while</c><00:40:13.260><c> he</c><00:40:13.539><c> laid</c>

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:15.340
siege<00:40:14.599><c> to</c><00:40:14.940><c> the</c><00:40:15.099><c> city</c>

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:17.780
down<00:40:15.739><c> in</c><00:40:16.000><c> the</c><00:40:16.179><c> south,</c><00:40:16.679><c> Lachish.</c>

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:21.760
And<00:40:18.039><c> as</c><00:40:18.239><c> Hezekiah</c><00:40:18.880><c> saw</c><00:40:19.159><c> the</c><00:40:19.559><c> smoke</c><00:40:20.039><c> of</c><00:40:20.880><c> the</c><00:40:21.079><c> conquered</c><00:40:21.400><c> city</c>

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:22.360
of<00:40:22.000><c> Lachish</c>

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:26.179
arising<00:40:22.840><c> on</c><00:40:23.079><c> the</c><00:40:23.280><c> horizon,</c><00:40:24.840><c> there</c><00:40:25.039><c> comes</c><00:40:25.280><c> the</c><00:40:25.599><c> challenge.</c>

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:29.400
What<00:40:27.260><c> are</c><00:40:27.480><c> you</c><00:40:27.699><c> trusting</c><00:40:28.019><c> on</c><00:40:28.320><c> Hezekiah?</c>

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:33.820
And<00:40:30.420><c> he</c><00:40:30.539><c> listens</c><00:40:30.840><c> in</c><00:40:31.139><c> verse</c><00:40:31.420><c> 10</c><00:40:31.980><c> to</c><00:40:32.559><c> ignorance.</c>

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:36.599
What<00:40:34.460><c> do</c><00:40:34.579><c> you</c><00:40:34.800><c> trust</c><00:40:35.059><c> on</c><00:40:35.300><c> Hezekiah?</c>

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:39.059
Verse<00:40:37.159><c> 11</c><00:40:37.500><c> to</c><00:40:37.780><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:42.079
Who<00:40:39.739><c> do</c><00:40:39.860><c> you</c><00:40:40.019><c> think</c><00:40:40.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:41.000><c> is</c><00:40:41.199><c> that</c><00:40:41.320><c> he's</c><00:40:41.559><c> going</c><00:40:41.699><c> to</c><00:40:41.900><c> deliver</c>

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:44.559
you<00:40:42.360><c> out</c><00:40:42.519><c> of</c><00:40:42.619><c> the</c><00:40:42.820><c> hand</c><00:40:42.980><c> of</c><00:40:43.159><c> the</c><00:40:43.260><c> king</c><00:40:43.420><c> of</c><00:40:43.599><c> Assyria?</c>

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:48.099
To<00:40:45.179><c> personal</c><00:40:45.639><c> abuse</c><00:40:46.179><c> in</c><00:40:46.440><c> verse</c><00:40:46.699><c> 12.</c>

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:51.139
Isn't<00:40:48.920><c> it</c><00:40:49.059><c> this</c><00:40:49.260><c> Hezekiah</c><00:40:49.739><c> that's</c><00:40:50.199><c> taken</c><00:40:50.360><c> away</c><00:40:50.639><c> the</c><00:40:50.880><c> altars</c>

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:52.360
of<00:40:51.400><c> Yahweh?</c>

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:56.099
Verse<00:40:53.099><c> 13</c><00:40:53.639><c> to</c><00:40:53.800><c> the</c><00:40:54.019><c> pride</c><00:40:54.519><c> of</c><00:40:54.760><c> this</c><00:40:54.980><c> man.</c>

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:59.579
Don't<00:40:56.440><c> you</c><00:40:56.639><c> know</c><00:40:56.900><c> what</c><00:40:57.099><c> I</c><00:40:57.400><c> and</c><00:40:57.559><c> my</c><00:40:57.900><c> fathers</c><00:40:58.300><c> have</c><00:40:58.559><c> done?</c>

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:04.699
And<00:41:00.079><c> to</c><00:41:00.360><c> scorn</c><00:41:01.780><c> who</c><00:41:02.980><c> is</c><00:41:03.519><c> this</c><00:41:03.780><c> nation?</c>

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:08.280
Do<00:41:05.639><c> you</c><00:41:05.639><c> think</c><00:41:05.840><c> you</c><00:41:05.980><c> can</c><00:41:06.199><c> be</c><00:41:06.440><c> delivered</c><00:41:06.719><c> after</c><00:41:07.079><c> I've</c><00:41:07.539><c> conquered</c><00:41:07.820><c> all</c><00:41:08.099><c> the</c>

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:09.460
other<00:41:08.480><c> nations?</c>

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:15.460
Verse<00:41:11.199><c> 15,</c><00:41:12.380><c> let</c><00:41:12.539><c> not</c><00:41:12.860><c> Hezekiah</c><00:41:13.739><c> deceive</c><00:41:14.440><c> you.</c>

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:17.599
You<00:41:16.280><c> know</c><00:41:16.400><c> what</c><00:41:16.500><c> he's</c><00:41:16.880><c> saying?</c>

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:23.559
What<00:41:19.360><c> makes</c><00:41:19.820><c> you</c><00:41:20.159><c> people</c><00:41:20.460><c> of</c><00:41:20.719><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:21.179><c> think</c><00:41:21.579><c> that</c><00:41:21.900><c> your</c><00:41:22.260><c> religion</c><00:41:22.960><c> is</c>

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:24.360
any<00:41:23.860><c> different</c>

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:27.019
than<00:41:24.980><c> the</c><00:41:25.219><c> ones</c><00:41:25.460><c> that</c><00:41:25.699><c> I've</c><00:41:26.159><c> conquered?</c>

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:30.940
Chemosh,<00:41:28.340><c> Molech,</c><00:41:28.880><c> Riman,</c><00:41:29.380><c> Baal,</c><00:41:29.739><c> Bel,</c><00:41:30.079><c> Merodach,</c><00:41:30.800><c> they're</c>

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.400
all<00:41:31.099><c> the</c><00:41:31.239><c> gods.</c>

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:33.440
I've<00:41:31.880><c> conquered</c><00:41:32.119><c> all</c><00:41:32.420><c> of</c><00:41:32.579><c> them.</c>

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:36.280
How<00:41:34.219><c> much</c><00:41:34.639><c> less</c><00:41:35.000><c> your</c><00:41:35.400><c> god?</c>

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:40.940
What<00:41:38.579><c> makes</c><00:41:38.820><c> you</c><00:41:39.099><c> think</c><00:41:39.260><c> that</c><00:41:39.559><c> your</c><00:41:39.900><c> religion</c><00:41:40.380><c> and</c><00:41:40.699><c> beliefs</c>

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:42.960
are<00:41:41.159><c> any</c><00:41:41.380><c> different</c><00:41:41.599><c> than</c><00:41:41.760><c> the</c><00:41:41.920><c> ones</c><00:41:42.139><c> I've</c><00:41:42.639><c> conquered?</c>

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:45.500
And<00:41:43.500><c> that's</c><00:41:43.860><c> the</c><00:41:44.039><c> exhortation</c><00:41:44.579><c> to</c><00:41:44.800><c> us,</c><00:41:45.039><c> isn't</c><00:41:45.159><c> it</c><00:41:45.280><c> brothers</c>

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.659
and<00:41:45.780><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:53.760
What<00:41:48.420><c> is</c><00:41:48.739><c> the</c><00:41:49.440><c> difference</c><00:41:49.760><c> between</c><00:41:50.699><c> our</c><00:41:51.179><c> religions</c><00:41:51.639><c> and</c><00:41:51.960><c> beliefs</c><00:41:52.500><c> to</c>

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:55.900
those<00:41:54.019><c> of</c><00:41:54.219><c> the</c><00:41:54.380><c> surrounding</c><00:41:54.800><c> churches?</c>

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:58.239
What's<00:41:57.139><c> the</c><00:41:57.320><c> difference?</c>

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.420
Knowledge?

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:06.519
Well<00:42:03.199><c> that's</c><00:42:03.480><c> a</c><00:42:03.519><c> disappointing</c><00:42:04.039><c> answer</c><00:42:04.460><c> if</c><00:42:04.639><c> that's</c><00:42:04.960><c> what</c><00:42:05.119><c> it</c><00:42:05.340><c> was.</c>

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:11.260
Because<00:42:08.039><c> it's</c><00:42:08.320><c> not</c><00:42:08.500><c> knowledge</c><00:42:08.880><c> that</c><00:42:09.059><c> should</c><00:42:09.260><c> make</c><00:42:09.480><c> the</c><00:42:09.679><c> difference,</c><00:42:10.099><c> is</c><00:42:10.179><c> it?</c>

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:14.360
Sometimes<00:42:12.179><c> we</c><00:42:12.400><c> look</c><00:42:12.579><c> at</c><00:42:12.760><c> other</c><00:42:12.980><c> religions</c><00:42:13.380><c> and</c><00:42:13.599><c> other</c><00:42:13.800><c> churches</c><00:42:14.179><c> and</c>

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:18.739
there's<00:42:14.599><c> not</c><00:42:14.820><c> much</c><00:42:15.079><c> difference</c><00:42:15.420><c> between</c><00:42:15.880><c> us.</c>

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:22.280
Their<00:42:19.119><c> dress,</c><00:42:19.719><c> their</c><00:42:19.900><c> social</c><00:42:20.340><c> commitment,</c><00:42:21.000><c> their</c><00:42:21.239><c> faith.</c>

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.940
What's<00:42:24.820><c> the</c><00:42:25.000><c> difference?</c>

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:27.559
It's<00:42:26.440><c> not</c><00:42:26.599><c> knowledge.</c>

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:31.880
There<00:42:28.380><c> should</c><00:42:28.619><c> be</c><00:42:28.940><c> a</c><00:42:29.199><c> greater</c><00:42:29.559><c> divergence</c><00:42:30.239><c> than</c><00:42:30.559><c> just</c><00:42:30.860><c> knowledge.</c>

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:34.900
It<00:42:32.199><c> should</c><00:42:32.400><c> be</c><00:42:32.679><c> manifested</c><00:42:33.159><c> in</c><00:42:33.400><c> a</c><00:42:33.619><c> practical</c><00:42:34.019><c> way</c><00:42:34.320><c> of</c><00:42:34.599><c> life.</c>

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:39.039
There<00:42:35.320><c> should</c><00:42:35.619><c> be</c><00:42:35.920><c> higher</c><00:42:36.400><c> standards,</c><00:42:37.280><c> brothers</c><00:42:37.440><c> and</c><00:42:37.760><c> sisters,</c><00:42:38.579><c> in</c><00:42:38.739><c> our</c>

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:41.119
families<00:42:39.659><c> and</c><00:42:40.239><c> in</c><00:42:40.440><c> our</c><00:42:40.719><c> marriages.</c>

00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:43.940
And<00:42:41.460><c> yes,</c><00:42:41.619><c> there</c><00:42:41.800><c> should</c><00:42:42.039><c> be</c><00:42:42.199><c> a</c><00:42:42.380><c> deeper</c><00:42:42.619><c> knowledge</c><00:42:42.960><c> of</c><00:42:43.119><c> the</c><00:42:43.260><c> word</c><00:42:43.400><c> of</c><00:42:43.699><c> truth.</c>

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:47.360
And<00:42:44.400><c> there</c><00:42:44.559><c> should</c><00:42:44.780><c> also</c><00:42:45.219><c> be</c><00:42:45.519><c> a</c><00:42:45.699><c> more</c><00:42:46.059><c> urgent</c><00:42:46.480><c> desire</c><00:42:47.000><c> for</c><00:42:47.199><c> the</c>

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:48.219
return<00:42:47.619><c> of</c><00:42:47.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:51.119
And<00:42:48.760><c> all</c><00:42:48.960><c> of</c><00:42:49.139><c> those</c><00:42:49.380><c> things</c><00:42:49.659><c> should</c><00:42:49.880><c> be</c><00:42:50.139><c> seen</c><00:42:50.300><c> in</c><00:42:50.539><c> a</c><00:42:50.699><c> practical</c>

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.159
way<00:42:51.400><c> in</c><00:42:51.579><c> our</c><00:42:51.780><c> lives.</c>

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:56.159
We<00:42:52.739><c> can't</c><00:42:53.099><c> just</c><00:42:53.380><c> rely</c><00:42:53.940><c> upon</c><00:42:54.920><c> this</c><00:42:55.199><c> and</c><00:42:55.440><c> say,</c><00:42:55.679><c> well</c><00:42:55.860><c> we</c><00:42:55.980><c> know</c>

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.920
what<00:42:56.320><c> this</c><00:42:56.639><c> says.</c>

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.880
And<00:42:57.159><c> that's</c><00:42:57.380><c> the</c><00:42:57.539><c> difference.</c>

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:59.400
It<00:42:58.119><c> should</c><00:42:58.199><c> be</c><00:42:58.400><c> more</c><00:42:58.699><c> than</c><00:42:58.960><c> that.</c>

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:04.539
It<00:43:00.099><c> should</c><00:43:00.340><c> be</c><00:43:00.619><c> the</c><00:43:00.860><c> reality</c><00:43:01.420><c> and</c><00:43:02.179><c> the</c><00:43:02.460><c> practical</c><00:43:03.019><c> manifestation</c><00:43:04.019><c> of</c><00:43:04.300><c> what</c>

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:05.099
that<00:43:04.900><c> says.</c>

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:08.119
And<00:43:05.300><c> that</c><00:43:05.480><c> should</c><00:43:05.639><c> be</c><00:43:05.860><c> the</c><00:43:06.079><c> difference</c><00:43:06.280><c> between</c><00:43:06.679><c> us</c><00:43:07.320><c> and</c><00:43:07.920><c> the</c>

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:09.420
other<00:43:08.320><c> religions.</c>

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:13.739
Hezekiah<00:43:11.639><c> says,</c><00:43:11.940><c> I</c><00:43:12.039><c> don't</c><00:43:12.260><c> see</c><00:43:12.460><c> any</c><00:43:12.679><c> difference.</c>

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:19.519
How<00:43:15.860><c> much</c><00:43:16.260><c> less</c><00:43:16.619><c> will</c><00:43:16.900><c> your</c><00:43:17.139><c> God</c><00:43:17.360><c> deliver</c><00:43:17.699><c> you</c><00:43:17.920><c> out</c><00:43:18.099><c> of</c><00:43:18.280><c> my</c><00:43:18.639><c> hand?</c>

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:23.119
And<00:43:20.400><c> so</c><00:43:20.599><c> in</c><00:43:20.780><c> verse</c><00:43:20.960><c> 16</c><00:43:21.380><c> we've</c><00:43:21.619><c> got</c><00:43:21.739><c> an</c><00:43:21.920><c> interesting</c><00:43:22.260><c> play</c><00:43:22.519><c> on</c><00:43:22.820><c> words.</c>

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:27.699
His<00:43:24.019><c> servants</c><00:43:24.739><c> spake</c><00:43:25.179><c> yet</c><00:43:25.440><c> more</c><00:43:25.800><c> and</c><00:43:25.920><c> more</c><00:43:26.400><c> against</c><00:43:26.860><c> Yahweh</c>

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:31.559
and<00:43:28.500><c> against</c><00:43:29.559><c> His</c><00:43:30.400><c> servant</c><00:43:30.960><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:34.920
You<00:43:31.760><c> see</c><00:43:31.860><c> that</c><00:43:32.340><c> play</c><00:43:32.679><c> between</c><00:43:33.079><c> the</c><00:43:33.159><c> word</c><00:43:33.440><c> servants</c><00:43:33.860><c> there?</c>

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:41.920
His<00:43:35.559><c> servants</c><00:43:36.340><c> versus</c><00:43:37.320><c> the</c><00:43:37.699><c> servant</c><00:43:38.179><c> of</c><00:43:38.800><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:40.900><c> who</c><00:43:41.039><c> was</c><00:43:41.219><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:45.380
And<00:43:42.420><c> you</c><00:43:42.480><c> know</c><00:43:42.619><c> there</c><00:43:42.719><c> was</c><00:43:42.920><c> another</c><00:43:43.260><c> servant</c><00:43:43.920><c> of</c><00:43:44.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:45.199><c> that</c>

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:47.000
heard<00:43:45.519><c> a</c><00:43:45.739><c> similar</c><00:43:46.000><c> boast.</c>

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:51.239
It<00:43:47.420><c> was</c><00:43:47.460><c> the</c><00:43:47.559><c> Lord</c><00:43:47.760><c> Jesus</c><00:43:48.159><c> Christ</c><00:43:48.860><c> just</c><00:43:50.000><c> before</c><00:43:50.360><c> His</c><00:43:50.599><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:55.539
He<00:43:51.340><c> says,</c><00:43:51.739><c> knowest</c><00:43:52.039><c> thou</c><00:43:52.179><c> not</c><00:43:52.440><c> that</c><00:43:52.579><c> I</c><00:43:52.760><c> have</c><00:43:52.920><c> the</c><00:43:53.179><c> power</c><00:43:53.659><c> to</c><00:43:54.360><c> crucify</c><00:43:55.079><c> you</c><00:43:55.280><c> and</c><00:43:55.360><c> I</c>

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:57.679
have<00:43:55.639><c> the</c><00:43:55.820><c> power</c><00:43:56.079><c> to</c><00:43:56.360><c> release</c><00:43:56.659><c> you?</c>

00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:01.699
And<00:43:59.420><c> the</c><00:43:59.639><c> servant</c><00:43:59.880><c> of</c><00:44:00.139><c> Yahweh,</c><00:44:00.539><c> Jesus</c><00:44:00.900><c> Christ,</c><00:44:01.219><c> says</c><00:44:01.420><c> you've</c>

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:06.019
got<00:44:01.860><c> no</c><00:44:02.119><c> power</c><00:44:02.400><c> at</c><00:44:02.639><c> all</c><00:44:03.239><c> except</c><00:44:03.800><c> that</c><00:44:03.940><c> we're</c><00:44:04.099><c> given</c><00:44:04.340><c> thee</c><00:44:04.639><c> from</c><00:44:04.960><c> above.</c>

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:09.139
And<00:44:06.619><c> both</c><00:44:06.860><c> Hezekiah</c><00:44:07.400><c> and</c><00:44:07.539><c> the</c><00:44:07.659><c> Lord</c><00:44:07.840><c> Jesus</c><00:44:08.300><c> Christ</c><00:44:08.639><c> yielded</c>

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themselves<00:44:09.739><c> as</c><00:44:10.900><c> servants</c><00:44:11.460><c> of</c><00:44:12.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:17.400
And<00:44:14.360><c> so</c><00:44:14.579><c> in</c><00:44:14.739><c> verse</c><00:44:15.019><c> 18</c><00:44:15.539><c> Sennacheru's</c><00:44:16.239><c> message</c><00:44:16.579><c> becomes</c><00:44:17.000><c> more</c>

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:19.400
boastful<00:44:18.079><c> and</c><00:44:18.539><c> more</c><00:44:18.960><c> arrogant</c>

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:25.059
as<00:44:20.179><c> he</c><00:44:20.500><c> shouts</c><00:44:21.059><c> to</c><00:44:21.820><c> the</c><00:44:22.059><c> Jews</c><00:44:22.360><c> upon</c><00:44:22.739><c> the</c><00:44:23.039><c> wall,</c><00:44:24.440><c> as</c><00:44:24.599><c> he</c><00:44:24.800><c> tries</c>

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:26.860
to<00:44:25.360><c> shock</c><00:44:25.679><c> them.</c>

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:33.400
But<00:44:29.360><c> he</c><00:44:29.500><c> didn't</c><00:44:29.820><c> hear</c><00:44:30.559><c> a</c><00:44:31.820><c> word</c><00:44:32.179><c> did</c><00:44:32.380><c> he</c><00:44:32.519><c> from</c><00:44:32.699><c> the</c><00:44:33.000><c> wall.</c>

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:36.739
He<00:44:34.099><c> was</c><00:44:34.320><c> waiting</c><00:44:34.579><c> to</c><00:44:34.840><c> see</c><00:44:34.960><c> some</c><00:44:35.300><c> sort</c><00:44:35.440><c> of</c><00:44:35.659><c> answer,</c><00:44:36.340><c> a</c><00:44:36.440><c> tremble</c>

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in<00:44:36.920><c> the</c><00:44:37.079><c> voice.</c>

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:44.159
The<00:44:39.619><c> people</c><00:44:40.099><c> held</c><00:44:40.480><c> their</c><00:44:40.840><c> peace</c><00:44:41.400><c> and</c><00:44:42.139><c> answered</c><00:44:42.699><c> not</c><00:44:43.179><c> a</c><00:44:43.400><c> word</c><00:44:43.619><c> says</c><00:44:43.860><c> 2</c>

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:46.659
Kings<00:44:44.460><c> 18</c><00:44:44.960><c> verse</c><00:44:45.320><c> 36.</c>

00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:49.519
And<00:44:47.380><c> isn't</c><00:44:47.559><c> that</c><00:44:47.780><c> a</c><00:44:48.079><c> powerful</c><00:44:48.500><c> weapon?</c>

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:54.199
When<00:44:51.139><c> they</c><00:44:51.320><c> were</c><00:44:51.539><c> taunted</c><00:44:52.000><c> they</c><00:44:53.019><c> didn't</c><00:44:53.320><c> reveal</c><00:44:53.699><c> a</c><00:44:53.900><c> weakness</c>

00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:56.780
but<00:44:54.480><c> they</c><00:44:54.880><c> showed</c><00:44:55.179><c> their</c><00:44:55.559><c> united</c><00:44:55.960><c> confidence.</c>

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:59.599
And<00:44:57.500><c> there's</c><00:44:57.780><c> the</c><00:44:57.920><c> Lord</c><00:44:58.079><c> again</c><00:44:58.420><c> as</c><00:44:58.639><c> He</c><00:44:58.719><c> was</c><00:44:58.900><c> dragged</c><00:44:59.260><c> before</c>

00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:05.340
the<00:44:59.920><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:45:00.460><c> and</c><00:45:00.619><c> Matthew</c><00:45:00.940><c> 26</c><00:45:01.539><c> 63</c><00:45:02.119><c> says</c><00:45:02.460><c> He</c><00:45:03.619><c> held</c><00:45:04.219><c> His</c><00:45:04.739><c> peace.</c>

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:09.599
He<00:45:05.900><c> answered</c><00:45:06.380><c> nothing.</c><00:45:07.699><c> He</c><00:45:07.820><c> didn't</c><00:45:08.079><c> answer</c><00:45:08.400><c> a</c><00:45:08.639><c> word.</c><00:45:08.840><c> He</c><00:45:09.199><c> held</c>

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:11.099
His<00:45:09.960><c> peace.</c>

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:15.019
And<00:45:11.780><c> in</c><00:45:11.980><c> some</c><00:45:12.179><c> situations</c><00:45:12.940><c> in</c><00:45:13.219><c> our</c><00:45:13.519><c> lives</c><00:45:13.800><c> it's</c><00:45:14.440><c> far</c><00:45:14.760><c> better</c>

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:18.000
to<00:45:15.420><c> retain</c><00:45:16.199><c> our</c><00:45:17.280><c> silence</c>

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:21.699
than<00:45:18.780><c> attempting</c><00:45:19.280><c> to</c><00:45:19.780><c> parry</c><00:45:20.079><c> with</c><00:45:20.300><c> the</c><00:45:20.500><c> enemy,</c><00:45:20.719><c> to</c><00:45:20.880><c> engage</c><00:45:21.380><c> in</c>

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:23.980
some<00:45:21.960><c> sort</c><00:45:22.300><c> of</c><00:45:22.920><c> retort.</c>

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:28.019
We<00:45:25.300><c> think</c><00:45:25.440><c> of</c><00:45:25.579><c> the</c><00:45:25.760><c> example</c><00:45:26.159><c> of</c><00:45:26.440><c> Eve</c><00:45:26.559><c> when</c><00:45:26.780><c> she</c><00:45:27.019><c> was</c><00:45:27.239><c> drawn</c><00:45:27.460><c> into</c><00:45:27.739><c> a</c>

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:32.579
discussion<00:45:28.320><c> with</c><00:45:28.519><c> the</c><00:45:28.739><c> serpent</c><00:45:29.039><c> and</c><00:45:29.199><c> she</c><00:45:29.420><c> came</c><00:45:29.679><c> out</c><00:45:30.900><c> losing.</c>

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:41.619
By<00:45:37.219><c> maintaining</c><00:45:37.920><c> our</c><00:45:38.380><c> silence,</c><00:45:40.159><c> He</c><00:45:40.159><c> that</c><00:45:40.400><c> is</c><00:45:40.840><c> slow</c><00:45:41.059><c> to</c><00:45:41.300><c> anger</c>

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:42.940
is<00:45:41.820><c> better</c><00:45:42.079><c> than</c><00:45:42.239><c> the</c><00:45:42.480><c> mighty</c>

00:45:42.940 --> 00:45:46.320
and<00:45:43.500><c> He</c><00:45:43.900><c> that</c><00:45:44.280><c> ruleeth</c><00:45:44.679><c> His</c><00:45:44.980><c> spirit</c><00:45:45.400><c> than</c><00:45:45.599><c> He</c><00:45:45.840><c> that</c><00:45:46.079><c> taketh</c>

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:46.840
the<00:45:46.559><c> city.</c>

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:52.420
And<00:45:47.400><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:47.980><c> had</c><00:45:48.199><c> a</c><00:45:48.500><c> whole</c><00:45:48.860><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:49.760><c> who</c><00:45:50.559><c> were</c><00:45:50.840><c> ruling</c><00:45:51.179><c> their</c><00:45:51.559><c> spirits</c><00:45:52.039><c> and</c>

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:54.760
they<00:45:52.760><c> maintained</c><00:45:53.500><c> their</c><00:45:54.260><c> silence.</c>

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:58.840
And<00:45:55.239><c> the</c><00:45:55.480><c> result,</c><00:45:57.039><c> verse</c><00:45:57.239><c> 21</c><00:45:57.679><c> to</c><00:45:57.860><c> 23.</c>

00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:03.059
You<00:45:59.380><c> know,</c><00:45:59.980><c> Sennacherib</c><00:46:00.360><c> took</c><00:46:00.599><c> 11</c><00:46:01.000><c> verses</c><00:46:01.840><c> to</c><00:46:02.400><c> threaten</c><00:46:02.760><c> and</c>

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:07.780
to<00:46:04.380><c> abuse</c><00:46:05.159><c> Hezekiah</c><00:46:06.019><c> and</c><00:46:06.199><c> his</c><00:46:06.500><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:11.820
Took<00:46:08.179><c> 11</c><00:46:08.760><c> verses</c><00:46:09.400><c> to</c><00:46:09.699><c> threaten</c><00:46:09.880><c> the</c><00:46:10.099><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:10.500><c> at</c><00:46:10.699><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:14.800
Yahweh<00:46:12.679><c> took</c><00:46:13.019><c> half</c><00:46:13.800><c> a</c><00:46:14.179><c> verse.</c>

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:20.380
Verse<00:46:15.420><c> 21,</c><00:46:17.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:18.519><c> sent</c><00:46:18.780><c> an</c><00:46:19.039><c> angel</c><00:46:19.320><c> and</c><00:46:19.519><c> cut</c><00:46:19.739><c> off</c><00:46:19.920><c> the</c><00:46:20.079><c> mighty</c>

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:21.059
men<00:46:20.559><c> of</c><00:46:20.800><c> valor</c>

00:46:21.059 --> 00:46:23.539
and<00:46:21.559><c> all</c><00:46:21.760><c> the</c><00:46:21.920><c> leaders</c><00:46:22.219><c> and</c><00:46:22.519><c> captains</c><00:46:22.880><c> of</c><00:46:23.019><c> the</c><00:46:23.199><c> camp</c><00:46:23.340><c> of</c><00:46:23.480><c> the</c>

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:25.380
king<00:46:23.760><c> of</c><00:46:23.920><c> Assyria.</c>

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:28.960
11<00:46:26.039><c> verses</c><00:46:26.639><c> for</c><00:46:26.960><c> Sennacherib</c><00:46:27.380><c> to</c><00:46:27.699><c> express</c><00:46:27.980><c> himself,</c><00:46:28.699><c> half</c><00:46:28.780><c> a</c>

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:30.500
verse<00:46:29.119><c> for</c><00:46:29.420><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:36.400
And<00:46:31.760><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:32.159><c> sent</c><00:46:32.460><c> out</c><00:46:32.739><c> His</c><00:46:33.059><c> messengers</c><00:46:33.880><c> and</c><00:46:35.420><c> they</c><00:46:35.760><c> removed</c>

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:40.300
the<00:46:37.199><c> army</c><00:46:37.960><c> of</c><00:46:38.699><c> Sennacherib.</c>

00:46:41.320 --> 00:46:44.599
He<00:46:41.659><c> cut</c><00:46:41.980><c> off</c><00:46:42.960><c> the</c><00:46:43.440><c> mighty</c><00:46:43.800><c> men</c><00:46:44.059><c> of</c><00:46:44.320><c> valor.</c>

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:48.199
That's<00:46:45.179><c> the</c><00:46:45.300><c> Hebrew</c><00:46:45.480><c> word</c><00:46:45.699><c> kahad</c><00:46:46.380><c> and</c><00:46:46.880><c> it</c><00:46:47.119><c> means</c><00:46:47.340><c> to</c><00:46:47.619><c> conceal,</c>

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:51.179
to<00:46:48.559><c> hide,</c><00:46:48.980><c> to</c><00:46:49.400><c> quietly</c><00:46:49.880><c> remove.</c>

00:46:51.800 --> 00:46:55.139
It's<00:46:52.340><c> in</c><00:46:52.539><c> contrast,</c><00:46:53.079><c> isn't</c><00:46:53.320><c> it,</c><00:46:53.420><c> to</c><00:46:53.599><c> Sennacherib's</c><00:46:54.219><c> loud</c><00:46:54.599><c> boast.</c>

00:46:55.619 --> 00:46:57.579
Where's<00:46:56.099><c> Yahweh?</c><00:46:56.519><c> How</c><00:46:56.679><c> do</c><00:46:56.840><c> you</c><00:46:56.880><c> think</c><00:46:57.079><c> you're</c><00:46:57.320><c> going</c><00:46:57.400><c> to</c><00:46:57.500><c> get</c>

00:46:57.579 --> 00:47:00.340
out<00:46:57.760><c> of</c><00:46:57.860><c> this</c><00:46:58.059><c> situation,</c><00:46:58.960><c> Rabshaker?</c>

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:10.260
Yahweh<00:47:02.900><c> quietly</c><00:47:03.440><c> removed</c><00:47:04.639><c> 185</c><00:47:07.900><c>,000</c><00:47:08.739><c> warriors.</c>

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:15.659
Mighty<00:47:11.239><c> men</c><00:47:11.460><c> of</c><00:47:11.719><c> valor,</c><00:47:12.659><c> the</c><00:47:12.940><c> leaders,</c><00:47:13.960><c> the</c><00:47:14.239><c> captains.</c>

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:18.199
In<00:47:16.420><c> fact,</c><00:47:16.579><c> that's</c><00:47:16.860><c> more</c><00:47:17.159><c> definite,</c><00:47:17.539><c> isn't</c><00:47:17.739><c> it?</c>

00:47:18.199 --> 00:47:21.519
Yahweh<00:47:18.840><c> cut</c><00:47:19.159><c> off</c><00:47:19.400><c> the</c><00:47:19.659><c> mighty</c><00:47:20.039><c> men</c><00:47:20.300><c> of</c><00:47:20.519><c> valor,</c><00:47:20.920><c> the</c><00:47:21.139><c> leaders</c>

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:22.639
and<00:47:21.840><c> the</c><00:47:22.159><c> captains.</c>

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:26.300
There<00:47:23.260><c> was</c><00:47:23.460><c> a</c><00:47:23.579><c> sort</c><00:47:23.719><c> of</c><00:47:24.019><c> selective</c><00:47:24.480><c> removal</c><00:47:25.059><c> of</c><00:47:25.260><c> the</c><00:47:25.460><c> warriors.</c>

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:30.380
The<00:47:27.159><c> angel</c><00:47:27.460><c> of</c><00:47:27.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:28.039><c> took</c><00:47:28.340><c> the</c><00:47:28.960><c> sting</c><00:47:29.219><c> out</c><00:47:29.500><c> of</c><00:47:29.639><c> the</c><00:47:29.900><c> army</c>

00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:36.320
and<00:47:31.159><c> so</c><00:47:32.119><c> Rabshaker</c><00:47:32.800><c> returned</c><00:47:33.599><c> embarrassed</c><00:47:34.719><c> to</c><00:47:35.340><c> his</c><00:47:35.579><c> home</c><00:47:35.880><c> country.</c>

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:40.139
He<00:47:37.059><c> returned</c><00:47:37.519><c> in</c><00:47:37.940><c> shame</c><00:47:38.139><c> because</c><00:47:38.579><c> the</c><00:47:38.960><c> backbone</c><00:47:39.440><c> of</c><00:47:39.639><c> his</c><00:47:39.940><c> army</c>

00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:42.219
had<00:47:40.380><c> been</c><00:47:40.840><c> removed.</c>

00:47:43.239 --> 00:47:47.079
And<00:47:43.880><c> 700</c><00:47:44.239><c> years</c><00:47:44.659><c> later</c><00:47:45.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:45.440><c> sent</c><00:47:45.699><c> another</c><00:47:46.059><c> messenger.</c>

00:47:49.260 --> 00:47:52.199
The<00:47:49.280><c> Lord</c><00:47:49.619><c> whom</c><00:47:49.840><c> ye</c><00:47:50.159><c> seek</c><00:47:50.380><c> shall</c><00:47:50.619><c> suddenly</c><00:47:51.019><c> come</c><00:47:51.260><c> to</c><00:47:51.440><c> his</c><00:47:51.619><c> temple,</c><00:47:52.099><c> even</c>

00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:54.000
the<00:47:52.420><c> messenger</c><00:47:52.780><c> of</c><00:47:52.980><c> the</c><00:47:53.199><c> covenant.</c>

00:47:54.179 --> 00:47:57.360
It<00:47:54.320><c> was</c><00:47:54.519><c> a</c><00:47:54.719><c> messenger</c><00:47:55.079><c> who</c><00:47:55.360><c> was</c><00:47:55.579><c> to</c><00:47:55.860><c> confirm</c><00:47:56.380><c> the</c><00:47:56.659><c> covenants</c>

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:58.300
of<00:47:57.840><c> promise</c>

00:47:58.300 --> 00:48:03.719
by<00:47:58.980><c> removing</c><00:47:59.599><c> the</c><00:47:59.960><c> backbone</c><00:48:00.440><c> of</c><00:48:00.920><c> sin</c><00:48:01.219><c> and</c><00:48:01.900><c> he</c><00:48:02.059><c> took</c><00:48:02.239><c> out</c><00:48:02.559><c> the</c><00:48:02.940><c> sting.</c>

00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:07.000
And<00:48:04.480><c> he's</c><00:48:04.659><c> going</c><00:48:04.739><c> to</c><00:48:04.880><c> return</c><00:48:05.179><c> soon</c><00:48:05.519><c> to</c><00:48:05.800><c> completely</c><00:48:06.239><c> crush</c><00:48:06.719><c> and</c>

00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:09.659
eliminate<00:48:07.480><c> the</c><00:48:08.179><c> power</c><00:48:08.500><c> of</c><00:48:08.900><c> sin.</c>

00:48:11.239 --> 00:48:15.800
Yes,<00:48:12.099><c> Hezekiah</c><00:48:12.559><c> came</c><00:48:12.900><c> under</c><00:48:13.179><c> extreme</c><00:48:13.659><c> pressure</c><00:48:14.139><c> and</c><00:48:14.380><c> aggression,</c><00:48:15.460><c> violent</c>

00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:17.460
arm<00:48:16.119><c> of</c><00:48:16.280><c> the</c><00:48:16.539><c> flesh,</c>

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:20.219
but<00:48:17.619><c> through</c><00:48:18.039><c> careful</c><00:48:18.519><c> preparation</c><00:48:19.239><c> he</c><00:48:19.500><c> achieved</c><00:48:20.000><c> an</c>

00:48:20.219 --> 00:48:21.860
incredible<00:48:20.760><c> victory.</c>

00:48:23.179 --> 00:48:27.480
By<00:48:23.480><c> knowing</c><00:48:23.880><c> the</c><00:48:24.260><c> enemy</c><00:48:24.820><c> he</c><00:48:25.579><c> was</c><00:48:25.860><c> able</c><00:48:26.119><c> to</c><00:48:26.420><c> prepare</c><00:48:26.780><c> himself</c>

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:30.920
and<00:48:27.699><c> his</c><00:48:27.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:48:28.460><c> to</c><00:48:29.079><c> withstand</c><00:48:29.699><c> that</c><00:48:30.079><c> onslaught.</c>

00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:35.320
Let's<00:48:32.579><c> not</c><00:48:32.940><c> imagine,</c><00:48:33.699><c> brothers</c><00:48:33.780><c> and</c><00:48:34.059><c> sisters,</c><00:48:34.360><c> that</c><00:48:34.500><c> the</c><00:48:34.760><c> battle</c><00:48:35.039><c> for</c>

00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:37.440
ourselves<00:48:35.820><c> is</c><00:48:36.019><c> going</c><00:48:36.179><c> to</c><00:48:36.320><c> be</c><00:48:36.460><c> an</c><00:48:36.599><c> easy</c><00:48:36.920><c> thing.</c>

00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:43.380
Sin<00:48:38.659><c> wants</c><00:48:39.000><c> to</c><00:48:39.280><c> rip</c><00:48:39.480><c> us</c><00:48:39.940><c> up</c><00:48:40.539><c> and</c><00:48:40.900><c> our</c><00:48:41.280><c> hope</c><00:48:41.559><c> in</c><00:48:41.940><c> shreds</c><00:48:42.800><c> and</c><00:48:43.079><c> to</c>

00:48:43.380 --> 00:48:47.320
destroy<00:48:43.900><c> our</c><00:48:44.380><c> vision</c><00:48:44.739><c> of</c><00:48:45.159><c> Christ</c><00:48:45.599><c> and</c><00:48:45.920><c> his</c><00:48:46.159><c> kingdom.</c>

00:48:47.900 --> 00:48:53.280
It'll<00:48:48.579><c> try</c><00:48:48.860><c> everything,</c><00:48:50.559><c> every</c><00:48:50.900><c> subtle</c><00:48:51.380><c> tactic</c><00:48:51.760><c> it</c><00:48:52.059><c> knows</c><00:48:52.400><c> to</c>

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:56.039
undermine<00:48:53.860><c> our</c><00:48:54.340><c> faith</c><00:48:54.619><c> and</c><00:48:55.019><c> trust.</c>

00:48:56.860 --> 00:49:01.260
But<00:48:57.099><c> if</c><00:48:57.320><c> we</c><00:48:57.599><c> know</c><00:48:57.900><c> the</c><00:48:58.239><c> enemy</c><00:48:58.679><c> we</c><00:48:59.480><c> can</c><00:48:59.639><c> be</c><00:48:59.940><c> prepared</c><00:49:00.260><c> to</c><00:49:00.559><c> challenge</c><00:49:00.960><c> its</c>

00:49:01.260 --> 00:49:01.880
every<00:49:01.579><c> move</c>

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:05.079
and<00:49:02.360><c> we're</c><00:49:02.699><c> encouraged</c><00:49:03.119><c> this</c><00:49:03.420><c> morning</c><00:49:03.719><c> by</c><00:49:03.960><c> the</c><00:49:04.300><c> example</c><00:49:04.659><c> of</c><00:49:04.860><c> a</c>

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:05.739
faithful<00:49:05.400><c> man</c>

00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:11.460
who<00:49:06.280><c> in</c><00:49:06.679><c> spite</c><00:49:06.980><c> of</c><00:49:07.219><c> terminal</c><00:49:07.579><c> illness,</c><00:49:09.179><c> in</c><00:49:09.280><c> spite</c><00:49:09.539><c> of</c><00:49:09.699><c> his</c><00:49:09.940><c> pitiful</c><00:49:10.420><c> weakness</c><00:49:10.860><c> against</c><00:49:11.219><c> an</c>

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:13.639
army<00:49:11.639><c> of</c><00:49:11.920><c> 185</c><00:49:12.880><c>,000</c>

00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:16.960
could<00:49:13.920><c> weld</c><00:49:14.320><c> an</c><00:49:14.539><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:14.920><c> together</c><00:49:15.500><c> and</c><00:49:16.239><c> lead</c><00:49:16.480><c> them</c><00:49:16.699><c> to</c>

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:19.260
victory<00:49:17.380><c> through</c><00:49:17.739><c> preparation.</c>

00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:23.440
Yahweh's<00:49:20.699><c> angel</c><00:49:21.019><c> is</c><00:49:21.400><c> quietly</c><00:49:21.739><c> working</c><00:49:22.159><c> in</c><00:49:22.340><c> the</c><00:49:22.559><c> camp</c><00:49:22.900><c> of</c><00:49:23.219><c> the</c>

00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:27.139
Sennacheribs<00:49:24.960><c> of</c><00:49:25.280><c> the</c><00:49:25.460><c> world</c><00:49:25.679><c> today,</c><00:49:26.139><c> isn't</c><00:49:26.320><c> he?</c>

00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:32.360
And<00:49:28.320><c> overnight</c><00:49:28.840><c> in</c><00:49:30.039><c> the</c><00:49:30.380><c> twinkling</c><00:49:30.699><c> of</c><00:49:31.019><c> an</c><00:49:31.179><c> eye,</c><00:49:31.420><c> as</c><00:49:31.579><c> Paul</c><00:49:31.800><c> says,</c>

00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:37.260
in<00:49:33.119><c> a</c><00:49:33.280><c> concealed</c><00:49:33.860><c> place</c><00:49:34.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:34.840><c> is</c><00:49:35.280><c> quietly</c><00:49:35.659><c> going</c><00:49:36.019><c> to</c><00:49:36.320><c> remove</c><00:49:36.639><c> the</c>

00:49:37.260 --> 00:49:39.380
sting<00:49:37.480><c> out</c><00:49:37.739><c> of</c><00:49:37.900><c> that</c><00:49:38.079><c> army</c><00:49:38.380><c> of</c><00:49:38.679><c> sin.</c>

00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:43.820
And<00:49:39.800><c> the</c><00:49:40.000><c> morning</c><00:49:40.380><c> rays</c><00:49:40.719><c> of</c><00:49:40.940><c> the</c><00:49:41.219><c> sun</c><00:49:41.699><c> are</c><00:49:42.260><c> going</c><00:49:42.480><c> to</c><00:49:42.840><c> reveal</c><00:49:43.260><c> a</c>

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:45.440
greater<00:49:44.159><c> power.</c>

00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:49.800
Yahweh's<00:49:46.659><c> arm,</c><00:49:47.000><c> the</c><00:49:47.119><c> multitudinous</c><00:49:47.920><c> Christ,</c><00:49:49.179><c> and</c><00:49:49.440><c> together</c>

00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:53.119
will<00:49:50.039><c> go</c><00:49:50.340><c> forth</c><00:49:50.739><c> and</c><00:49:51.019><c> rejoice</c><00:49:51.400><c> with</c><00:49:51.739><c> Hezekiah</c><00:49:52.340><c> in</c><00:49:52.619><c> victory.</c>

00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:59.320
Truly<00:49:54.500><c> there</c><00:49:54.880><c> was</c><00:49:55.519><c> and</c><00:49:56.440><c> is,</c><00:49:57.239><c> we'll</c><00:49:57.519><c> say</c><00:49:57.699><c> to</c><00:49:57.860><c> one</c><00:49:58.019><c> another,</c><00:49:59.099><c> a</c>

00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:02.940
greater<00:49:59.599><c> power</c><00:50:00.320><c> with</c><00:50:00.800><c> us</c><00:50:01.300><c> than</c><00:50:01.559><c> with</c><00:50:01.860><c> them.</c>