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common<00:10:38.639><c> in</c><00:10:41.399><c> the</c><00:10:41.639><c> land</c><00:10:41.779><c> of</c><00:10:42.000><c> the</c><00:10:42.120><c> Phoenicians.</c>

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And<00:10:42.799><c> so,</c><00:10:43.259><c> obviously,</c><00:10:44.080><c> this</c><00:10:44.320><c> is</c><00:10:44.600><c> going</c><00:10:44.860><c> to</c><00:10:45.179><c> kind</c><00:10:45.360><c> of</c><00:10:45.879><c> bleed</c><00:10:46.240><c> through</c><00:10:46.679><c> the</c>

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culture<00:10:47.240><c> in</c><00:10:47.440><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:10:53.320><c> it</c><00:10:53.440><c> was</c><00:10:53.659><c> abhorrent</c><00:10:54.120><c> to</c><00:10:54.320><c> God.</c><00:10:55.200><c> Brother</c><00:10:55.460><c> Steve?</c>

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Yeah.<00:10:57.899><c> Just</c><00:10:58.299><c> kind</c><00:10:58.539><c> of</c><00:10:58.679><c> a</c><00:10:58.759><c> stupid</c><00:10:59.220><c> comment.</c>

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I'll<00:11:01.840><c> be</c><00:11:02.139><c> the</c><00:11:02.340><c> judge</c><00:11:02.539><c> of</c><00:11:02.779><c> that.</c>

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I<00:11:03.600><c> was</c><00:11:03.740><c> just</c><00:11:03.940><c> going</c><00:11:04.059><c> to</c><00:11:04.139><c> talk</c><00:11:04.320><c> about</c><00:11:04.759><c> –</c><00:11:05.059><c> do</c><00:11:05.139><c> you</c><00:11:05.200><c> remember</c><00:11:05.440><c> being</c><00:11:05.679><c> in</c>

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Boston<00:11:06.159><c> when</c><00:11:06.740><c> the</c><00:11:07.279><c> circus</c><00:11:07.440><c> would</c><00:11:07.620><c> come</c><00:11:07.799><c> to</c><00:11:07.940><c> town</c>

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and<00:11:08.179><c> they'd</c><00:11:08.539><c> bring</c><00:11:08.539><c> the</c><00:11:08.940><c> elephants</c><00:11:09.259><c> out</c><00:11:09.759><c> from</c><00:11:09.860><c> the</c><00:11:10.120><c> trains?</c>

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Oh,<00:11:10.340><c> the</c><00:11:10.340><c> elephants,</c><00:11:10.399><c> yeah.</c><00:11:10.779><c> Yes.</c><00:11:11.460><c> Yeah.</c>

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Listen,<00:11:12.720><c> that</c><00:11:12.919><c> was</c><00:11:13.179><c> years</c><00:11:13.539><c> and</c><00:11:13.700><c> years</c><00:11:14.240><c> ago.</c>

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I<00:11:15.779><c> almost</c><00:11:16.240><c> ran</c><00:11:16.799><c> into</c><00:11:17.220><c> an</c><00:11:17.500><c> elephant</c><00:11:17.899><c> at</c><00:11:18.240><c> the</c><00:11:18.460><c> circus.</c>

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Have<00:11:19.799><c> I</c><00:11:19.940><c> ever</c><00:11:20.179><c> told</c><00:11:20.399><c> this</c><00:11:20.600><c> story</c><00:11:20.840><c> before?</c>

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Oh<00:11:22.500><c> boy,</c><00:11:22.639><c> this</c><00:11:22.860><c> is</c><00:11:22.980><c> going</c><00:11:23.139><c> to</c><00:11:23.299><c> be</c><00:11:23.500><c> a</c><00:11:24.000><c> deep</c><00:11:24.279><c> thought.</c><00:11:24.399><c> I'm</c><00:11:24.519><c> going</c>

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to<00:11:24.639><c> make</c><00:11:24.779><c> it</c><00:11:24.940><c> very</c><00:11:25.279><c> quick.</c>

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We<00:11:25.879><c> were</c><00:11:26.120><c> at</c><00:11:26.259><c> the</c><00:11:26.480><c> circus.</c><00:11:26.840><c> I</c><00:11:26.960><c> was</c><00:11:27.200><c> like</c><00:11:27.460><c> five</c><00:11:27.679><c> years</c><00:11:27.960><c> old.</c>

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The<00:11:29.439><c> clowns</c><00:11:29.879><c> came</c><00:11:30.120><c> out</c><00:11:30.700><c> and</c><00:11:30.960><c> they</c><00:11:31.080><c> were</c><00:11:31.179><c> like,</c><00:11:31.320><c> you</c><00:11:31.580><c> can</c><00:11:31.779><c> get</c>

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on<00:11:32.080><c> the</c><00:11:32.259><c> train.</c><00:11:32.440><c> You</c><00:11:32.580><c> can</c><00:11:32.799><c> get</c><00:11:32.940><c> on</c><00:11:33.080><c> the</c><00:11:33.279><c> train.</c>

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But<00:11:33.620><c> I</c><00:11:33.860><c> didn't</c><00:11:34.159><c> want</c><00:11:34.360><c> any</c><00:11:34.639><c> part</c><00:11:34.840><c> of</c><00:11:35.000><c> it.</c>

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Jason<00:11:36.120><c> wanted</c><00:11:36.440><c> to</c><00:11:36.659><c> go</c><00:11:36.820><c> on</c><00:11:37.039><c> the</c><00:11:37.279><c> train</c><00:11:37.419><c> with</c><00:11:37.639><c> the</c><00:11:37.860><c> clowns.</c>

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So<00:11:39.639><c> I</c><00:11:39.700><c> went</c><00:11:39.899><c> on</c><00:11:40.120><c> the</c><00:11:40.299><c> train</c><00:11:40.440><c> with</c><00:11:40.600><c> the</c><00:11:40.759><c> clowns.</c><00:11:41.080><c> I</c><00:11:41.179><c> didn't</c><00:11:41.480><c> care</c>

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for<00:11:42.019><c> it.</c><00:11:42.120><c> I</c><00:11:42.220><c> was</c><00:11:42.440><c> freaking</c><00:11:42.779><c> out.</c>

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I<00:11:43.720><c> got</c><00:11:43.960><c> off</c><00:11:44.340><c> the</c><00:11:44.679><c> train</c><00:11:45.120><c> and</c><00:11:45.600><c> started</c><00:11:45.980><c> running</c><00:11:46.379><c> back</c><00:11:46.759><c> to</c><00:11:46.960><c> my</c><00:11:47.279><c> seat,</c><00:11:47.720><c> which</c><00:11:47.879><c> was</c><00:11:48.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:11:48.399><c> Boston</c><00:11:48.720><c> Garden.</c>

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I<00:11:49.580><c> did</c><00:11:49.820><c> not</c><00:11:50.039><c> see</c><00:11:50.220><c> the</c><00:11:50.500><c> elephant</c><00:11:50.860><c> that</c><00:11:51.100><c> was</c><00:11:51.299><c> going.</c><00:11:51.919><c> I</c><00:11:52.240><c> almost</c>

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ran<00:11:52.860><c> into</c><00:11:53.120><c> the</c><00:11:53.379><c> elephant.</c>

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The<00:11:55.019><c> clown</c><00:11:55.440><c> grabbed</c><00:11:55.919><c> me,</c><00:11:57.179><c> brought</c><00:11:57.179><c> me</c><00:11:57.340><c> to</c><00:11:57.480><c> my</c><00:11:57.679><c> parents.</c>

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I<00:11:59.100><c> didn't</c><00:11:59.259><c> care</c><00:11:59.500><c> for</c><00:11:59.639><c> the</c><00:11:59.879><c> clowns</c><00:12:00.340><c> or</c><00:12:00.419><c> anything.</c>

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I'll<00:12:02.100><c> watch</c><00:12:02.340><c> you.</c><00:12:02.559><c> I</c><00:12:02.620><c> don't</c><00:12:02.779><c> want</c><00:12:02.899><c> to</c><00:12:03.080><c> participate.</c>

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All<00:12:06.899><c> right.</c><00:12:10.480><c> Let's</c><00:12:11.120><c> quickly</c><00:12:11.519><c> kind</c><00:12:11.700><c> of</c><00:12:11.759><c> go</c><00:12:12.059><c> over</c><00:12:13.000><c> just</c><00:12:13.940><c> what</c><00:12:14.519><c> bail</c><00:12:14.799><c> means</c><00:12:15.340><c> and</c><00:12:15.580><c> the</c><00:12:15.960><c> significance</c><00:12:16.320><c> of</c><00:12:16.539><c> it</c>

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and<00:12:17.500><c> how</c><00:12:17.500><c> very</c><00:12:18.840><c> popular,</c><00:12:20.320><c> bail</c><00:12:20.399><c> worship</c><00:12:20.759><c> was</c><00:12:21.139><c> very</c><00:12:21.980><c> popular</c>

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in<00:12:23.600><c> ancient</c><00:12:24.039><c> Canaanite</c><00:12:25.039><c> society.</c>

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And<00:12:26.679><c> we're</c><00:12:27.120><c> going</c><00:12:27.200><c> to</c><00:12:27.379><c> see</c><00:12:27.919><c> why.</c>

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Bail<00:12:29.100><c> simply</c><00:12:29.539><c> means</c><00:12:30.019><c> lord</c><00:12:30.600><c> or</c><00:12:31.000><c> master.</c>

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And<00:12:32.480><c> we</c><00:12:32.720><c> see</c><00:12:33.620><c> some</c><00:12:34.100><c> of</c><00:12:34.580><c> this</c><00:12:34.740><c> cultural</c><00:12:35.240><c> stuff</c><00:12:35.539><c> too</c><00:12:35.820><c> because</c><00:12:37.740><c> Saul</c><00:12:39.779><c> is</c>

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going<00:12:40.159><c> to</c><00:12:40.299><c> name</c><00:12:40.740><c> one</c><00:12:41.480><c> of</c><00:12:41.639><c> his</c><00:12:41.799><c> sons,</c>

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I<00:12:43.299><c> forget</c><00:12:44.480><c> his</c><00:12:44.700><c> name,</c><00:12:45.120><c> but</c><00:12:45.120><c> anyways,</c><00:12:46.399><c> Jeroboil</c><00:12:46.919><c> as</c><00:12:47.240><c> well,</c>

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Gideon's<00:12:48.399><c> name.</c>

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Bail<00:12:49.679><c> is</c><00:12:49.919><c> in</c><00:12:50.139><c> that</c><00:12:50.299><c> name.</c>

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And<00:12:50.639><c> you're</c><00:12:50.799><c> going</c><00:12:50.840><c> to</c><00:12:50.980><c> see</c><00:12:51.159><c> that</c><00:12:51.360><c> a</c><00:12:51.460><c> lot</c><00:12:51.659><c> of</c><00:12:51.980><c> bail</c><00:12:52.820><c> terms</c><00:12:53.840><c> are</c>

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going<00:12:54.419><c> to</c><00:12:54.639><c> be</c><00:12:54.899><c> found</c><00:12:55.220><c> in</c><00:12:55.399><c> some</c><00:12:55.639><c> of</c><00:12:55.840><c> the</c><00:12:56.139><c> names</c><00:12:56.799><c> of</c><00:12:58.259><c> Hebrews.</c>

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And<00:12:59.299><c> so</c><00:12:59.419><c> they're</c><00:12:59.659><c> going</c><00:12:59.779><c> to</c><00:12:59.919><c> use</c><00:13:00.080><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:00.340><c> that</c><00:13:00.580><c> simply</c><00:13:00.840><c> means</c><00:13:01.179><c> lord</c><00:13:01.539><c> or</c><00:13:01.740><c> master.</c>

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But<00:13:03.379><c> it</c><00:13:03.639><c> had</c><00:13:03.860><c> a</c><00:13:04.220><c> relationship,</c><00:13:04.940><c> obviously,</c><00:13:06.240><c> to</c><00:13:06.559><c> bail.</c>

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And<00:13:07.399><c> so</c><00:13:07.980><c> it's</c><00:13:08.480><c> kind</c><00:13:08.759><c> of</c><00:13:08.980><c> like</c><00:13:09.500><c> naming</c><00:13:10.240><c> yourself</c><00:13:12.360><c> Muhammad</c><00:13:13.179><c> or</c>

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naming<00:13:14.519><c> your</c><00:13:14.840><c> kid</c><00:13:15.080><c> Muhammad</c><00:13:16.039><c> but</c><00:13:16.679><c> not</c><00:13:17.259><c> practicing</c><00:13:17.919><c> Islam.</c>

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It's<00:13:19.200><c> like</c><00:13:19.399><c> a</c><00:13:19.700><c> cultural</c><00:13:20.139><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:13:21.500><c> so</c><00:13:21.720><c> that's</c><00:13:22.000><c> why</c><00:13:22.379><c> you</c><00:13:22.860><c> see</c><00:13:23.100><c> some</c><00:13:23.399><c> names</c><00:13:23.779><c> in</c><00:13:24.059><c> scripture</c><00:13:24.600><c> that</c><00:13:25.620><c> have</c><00:13:25.960><c> bail</c><00:13:26.360><c> in</c><00:13:26.620><c> them.</c>

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And<00:13:26.940><c> it</c><00:13:27.039><c> just</c><00:13:27.299><c> simply</c><00:13:27.600><c> means</c><00:13:28.039><c> lord</c><00:13:28.519><c> or</c><00:13:28.860><c> master.</c>

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Very<00:13:31.200><c> prominent</c><00:13:31.759><c> deity,</c><00:13:32.120><c> as</c><00:13:32.360><c> we</c><00:13:32.580><c> talked</c><00:13:32.820><c> about.</c>

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He<00:13:34.220><c> was</c><00:13:34.440><c> part</c><00:13:34.759><c> of</c><00:13:34.899><c> the</c><00:13:35.159><c> pantheon</c><00:13:35.860><c> of</c><00:13:36.120><c> gods.</c>

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When<00:13:36.580><c> we</c><00:13:36.799><c> say</c><00:13:36.980><c> pantheon</c><00:13:37.679><c> of</c><00:13:37.879><c> gods,</c><00:13:38.519><c> we</c><00:13:38.720><c> mean</c><00:13:39.259><c> many</c><00:13:39.720><c> gods</c><00:13:40.220><c> that</c>

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sometimes<00:13:42.580><c> work</c><00:13:43.120><c> together,</c>

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but<00:13:44.559><c> also</c><00:13:45.000><c> sometimes</c><00:13:45.559><c> we're</c><00:13:45.820><c> fighting</c><00:13:46.200><c> each</c><00:13:46.519><c> other</c><00:13:46.740><c> and</c><00:13:46.820><c> we're</c><00:13:47.019><c> very</c>

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jealous<00:13:47.860><c> and</c><00:13:48.500><c> try</c><00:13:48.759><c> to</c><00:13:48.940><c> do</c><00:13:49.200><c> tricks</c><00:13:49.500><c> and</c><00:13:49.759><c> stuff</c><00:13:49.899><c> like</c><00:13:50.120><c> that,</c>

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particularly<00:13:50.659><c> the</c><00:13:50.960><c> Greek</c><00:13:51.120><c> gods.</c>

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I<00:13:51.620><c> think</c><00:13:51.820><c> we're</c><00:13:52.000><c> all</c><00:13:52.159><c> familiar</c><00:13:52.440><c> with</c><00:13:52.600><c> the</c><00:13:52.840><c> Greek</c><00:13:53.059><c> gods</c><00:13:53.480><c> and</c>

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the<00:13:54.919><c> stories.</c>

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They're<00:13:55.539><c> pretty</c><00:13:55.759><c> cool</c><00:13:56.059><c> stories.</c>

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But<00:13:57.460><c> just</c><00:13:57.879><c> think</c><00:13:58.120><c> about</c><00:13:58.639><c> all</c><00:13:59.539><c> the</c><00:13:59.820><c> shenanigans</c><00:14:00.440><c> of</c><00:14:00.720><c> Zeus.</c>

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Apollo,<00:14:04.139><c> Hera</c><00:14:04.379><c> being</c><00:14:04.820><c> jealous</c><00:14:05.299><c> of</c><00:14:05.879><c> Zeus</c><00:14:06.340><c> and</c><00:14:07.159><c> killing</c><00:14:07.720><c> this</c>

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one<00:14:08.200><c> and</c><00:14:08.320><c> that</c><00:14:08.600><c> one.</c>

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that<00:14:15.700><c> they</c><00:14:15.960><c> were</c><00:14:16.220><c> petty.</c>

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They<00:14:17.519><c> were</c><00:14:17.759><c> always</c><00:14:18.159><c> fighting.</c>

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Sometimes<00:14:19.139><c> they</c><00:14:19.399><c> loved</c><00:14:19.740><c> humans.</c>

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Sometimes<00:14:20.659><c> they</c><00:14:20.879><c> hated</c><00:14:21.220><c> humans.</c>

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So<00:14:23.399><c> anyways,</c><00:14:24.899><c> now</c><00:14:25.080><c> we're</c><00:14:25.240><c> talking</c><00:14:25.480><c> about</c><00:14:25.679><c> the</c><00:14:25.899><c> Bronze</c><00:14:26.220><c> Age</c>

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and<00:14:26.659><c> the</c><00:14:26.879><c> Iron</c><00:14:27.039><c> Ages.</c>

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Look<00:14:27.700><c> at</c><00:14:27.820><c> the</c><00:14:28.100><c> time</c><00:14:28.360><c> frame</c><00:14:28.539><c> we're</c><00:14:28.779><c> talking</c><00:14:29.059><c> about</c><00:14:29.360><c> here,</c><00:14:29.740><c> brothers</c><00:14:29.860><c> and</c><00:14:30.120><c> sisters.</c>

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Twenty<00:14:31.580><c>-five</c><00:14:31.840><c> hundred</c><00:14:32.200><c> years.</c>

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That's<00:14:38.860><c> a</c><00:14:38.940><c> very</c><00:14:39.259><c> long</c><00:14:39.580><c> time.</c>

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I<00:14:41.000><c> mean,</c><00:14:41.419><c> you</c><00:14:41.419><c> know,</c><00:14:42.860><c> Christianity's</c><00:14:43.440><c> been</c><00:14:43.600><c> around</c><00:14:43.960><c> for</c><00:14:44.220><c> over</c>

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2<00:14:44.840><c>,000</c><00:14:45.340><c> years,</c><00:14:46.179><c> right?</c>

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So<00:14:47.019><c> just</c><00:14:47.320><c> think</c><00:14:47.559><c> about</c><00:14:47.799><c> that.</c>

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The<00:14:48.460><c> continuation</c><00:14:49.399><c> of</c><00:14:50.220><c> the</c><00:14:50.379><c> worship</c><00:14:50.820><c> of</c><00:14:51.279><c> Baal.</c>

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It<00:14:52.419><c> was</c><00:14:52.639><c> a</c><00:14:52.840><c> foundational</c><00:14:53.620><c> practice</c><00:14:54.379><c> of</c><00:14:54.639><c> the</c><00:14:54.879><c> Canaanites.</c>

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They<00:14:56.059><c> knew</c><00:14:56.320><c> nothing</c><00:14:56.740><c> else.</c>

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And<00:14:58.679><c> so</c><00:14:58.860><c> when</c><00:14:59.139><c> the</c><00:14:59.379><c> Hebrews</c><00:14:59.759><c> come</c><00:15:00.139><c> in</c><00:15:00.860><c> and</c><00:15:01.200><c> they</c><00:15:01.399><c> have</c><00:15:01.620><c> their</c>

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ideas<00:15:02.320><c> of</c><00:15:02.659><c> monotheism</c>

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and<00:15:04.279><c> there's</c><00:15:04.480><c> only</c><00:15:04.840><c> one</c><00:15:05.159><c> God,</c><00:15:05.620><c> his</c><00:15:05.720><c> name</c><00:15:05.980><c> is</c><00:15:06.299><c> Yahweh,</c><00:15:07.120><c> he's</c><00:15:07.500><c> the</c><00:15:07.820><c> king</c><00:15:08.100><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:08.539><c> universe,</c>

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what<00:15:10.360><c> do</c><00:15:10.480><c> you</c><00:15:10.620><c> think</c><00:15:10.860><c> all</c><00:15:11.100><c> these</c><00:15:11.320><c> Baal</c><00:15:11.580><c> worshipers</c><00:15:12.100><c> are</c><00:15:12.320><c> going</c>

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to<00:15:12.500><c> say?</c>

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Nah.

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Yeah,<00:15:14.899><c> we're</c><00:15:15.159><c> all</c><00:15:15.419><c> set</c><00:15:15.600><c> with</c><00:15:15.860><c> that.</c>

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He<00:15:17.980><c> was</c><00:15:18.220><c> the</c><00:15:18.460><c> storm</c><00:15:18.899><c> and</c><00:15:19.159><c> fertility</c><00:15:19.779><c> god.</c>

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That's<00:15:21.539><c> pretty</c><00:15:21.799><c> important.</c>

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He<00:15:23.960><c> controlled</c><00:15:24.480><c> the</c><00:15:24.799><c> thunder,</c><00:15:25.340><c> lightning,</c><00:15:26.659><c> and</c><00:15:26.799><c> rain.</c>

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Okay,<00:15:29.299><c> in</c><00:15:30.120><c> a</c><00:15:30.320><c> harsh</c><00:15:30.679><c> climate,</c><00:15:31.899><c> rain</c><00:15:32.259><c> obviously</c><00:15:32.759><c> is</c><00:15:33.000><c> very</c><00:15:33.320><c> important</c>

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to<00:15:34.059><c> the</c><00:15:34.340><c> survival</c><00:15:34.799><c> of</c><00:15:35.500><c> crops,</c><00:15:36.039><c> animals,</c><00:15:36.460><c> and</c><00:15:36.740><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:15:38.080><c> so</c><00:15:38.240><c> if</c><00:15:38.419><c> you</c><00:15:38.600><c> don't</c><00:15:38.899><c> have</c><00:15:39.259><c> rain,</c><00:15:41.279><c> you're</c><00:15:41.399><c> not</c><00:15:41.620><c> going</c><00:15:41.759><c> to</c><00:15:41.860><c> do</c>

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too<00:15:42.299><c> good</c><00:15:42.500><c> in</c><00:15:43.279><c> Canaan</c><00:15:43.600><c> at</c><00:15:43.860><c> this</c><00:15:44.080><c> time.</c>

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Okay?

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He<00:15:45.919><c> had</c><00:15:46.100><c> a</c><00:15:46.419><c> thunderbolt</c><00:15:46.919><c> as</c><00:15:47.500><c> his</c><00:15:47.779><c> weapon.</c>

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Kind<00:15:50.059><c> of</c><00:15:50.100><c> like</c><00:15:50.399><c> a</c><00:15:50.679><c> Thor</c><00:15:50.980><c> situation,</c><00:15:52.440><c> right?</c>

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He's<00:15:53.639><c> a</c><00:15:53.740><c> thunderbolt.</c>

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Zeus<00:15:55.299><c> had</c><00:15:55.559><c> a</c><00:15:55.759><c> thunderbolt</c><00:15:56.220><c> as</c><00:15:56.519><c> well.</c>

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So<00:15:57.259><c> you</c><00:15:57.419><c> can</c><00:15:57.720><c> see</c><00:15:57.980><c> kind</c><00:15:58.220><c> of</c><00:15:58.360><c> the</c><00:15:58.840><c> connection</c><00:15:59.460><c> with</c><00:16:00.120><c> all</c><00:16:00.399><c> of</c>

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these<00:16:00.840><c> different</c><00:16:01.259><c> gods</c>

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and<00:16:01.980><c> the</c><00:16:02.340><c> imagery</c><00:16:02.820><c> that</c><00:16:03.399><c> they</c><00:16:03.840><c> conjure</c><00:16:04.340><c> up</c><00:16:04.620><c> in</c><00:16:04.820><c> the</c><00:16:05.019><c> ancient</c>

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world,<00:16:06.200><c> all</c><00:16:06.419><c> right?</c>

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You<00:16:07.240><c> can</c><00:16:07.360><c> look</c><00:16:07.460><c> at</c><00:16:07.600><c> this</c><00:16:07.840><c> picture.</c>

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This<00:16:08.379><c> is</c><00:16:08.580><c> kind</c><00:16:08.799><c> of</c><00:16:09.259><c> an</c><00:16:09.460><c> artist's</c><00:16:10.340><c> depiction</c><00:16:10.980><c> of</c><00:16:12.000><c> Baal</c><00:16:12.440><c> taking</c>

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a<00:16:13.340><c> child.</c>

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The<00:16:14.899><c> child</c><00:16:15.259><c> is</c><00:16:15.480><c> being</c><00:16:15.779><c> sacrificed</c><00:16:16.759><c> to</c><00:16:17.059><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:16:18.860><c> again,</c><00:16:19.559><c> this</c><00:16:19.799><c> didn't</c><00:16:20.179><c> happen</c><00:16:20.740><c> on</c><00:16:21.000><c> the</c><00:16:21.299><c> reg,</c><00:16:22.039><c> but</c><00:16:22.220><c> it</c><00:16:22.500><c> did</c>

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happen<00:16:24.039><c> frequently,</c>

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particularly<00:16:26.539><c> during</c><00:16:27.120><c> times</c><00:16:27.740><c> of</c><00:16:28.740><c> environmental</c><00:16:29.419><c> stress.</c>

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Like<00:16:30.059><c> if</c><00:16:30.139><c> there</c><00:16:30.379><c> wasn't</c><00:16:31.059><c> rain,</c><00:16:31.639><c> rain</c><00:16:31.980><c> would</c><00:16:32.179><c> be</c><00:16:32.360><c> a</c><00:16:32.480><c> big</c><00:16:32.620><c> one.</c>

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As<00:16:34.360><c> an</c><00:16:34.600><c> aside,</c><00:16:35.340><c> brothers</c><00:16:35.480><c> and</c><00:16:35.759><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:16:37.320><c> first</c><00:16:37.899><c> confrontation</c><00:16:39.240><c> that</c><00:16:39.860><c> is</c><00:16:40.139><c> recorded</c><00:16:40.700><c> in</c><00:16:41.080><c> Scripture</c>

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between<00:16:42.539><c> Ahab</c><00:16:43.200><c> and</c><00:16:43.500><c> Elijah</c><00:16:44.139><c> was</c><00:16:44.879><c> over</c><00:16:45.460><c> what?</c>

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Anyone<00:16:46.679><c> know?</c>

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It's<00:16:51.179><c> over</c><00:16:51.500><c> rain.</c>

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Let's<00:16:53.440><c> take</c><00:16:53.700><c> a</c><00:16:53.779><c> look</c><00:16:53.940><c> at</c><00:16:54.220><c> it.</c>

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In<00:16:58.139><c> 1</c><00:16:58.600><c> Kings,</c><00:16:59.120><c> Chapter</c><00:16:59.559><c> 16,</c><00:17:00.220><c> we</c><00:17:00.399><c> get</c><00:17:00.580><c> an</c><00:17:00.820><c> overview</c><00:17:01.320><c> of</c><00:17:01.639><c> Ahab.</c>

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Omriah<00:17:05.400><c> is</c><00:17:05.559><c> his</c><00:17:05.779><c> father.</c>

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Remember,<00:17:07.000><c> Omriah</c><00:17:07.839><c> bought</c><00:17:08.319><c> Samaria,</c><00:17:09.160><c> the</c><00:17:09.339><c> hills</c><00:17:09.579><c> of</c><00:17:09.819><c> Samaria,</c>

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and<00:17:10.400><c> then</c><00:17:10.680><c> built</c><00:17:11.059><c> a</c><00:17:12.299><c> pretty</c><00:17:12.640><c> massive</c><00:17:13.180><c> city.</c>

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Archaeologists<00:17:15.160><c> say</c><00:17:15.500><c> that</c><00:17:15.779><c> Samaria</c><00:17:16.180><c> was</c><00:17:16.420><c> a</c><00:17:16.619><c> pretty</c><00:17:16.920><c> sizable</c><00:17:17.519><c> city,</c>

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and<00:17:18.619><c> it</c><00:17:18.740><c> was</c><00:17:19.079><c> ornate.</c>

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It<00:17:20.480><c> had</c><00:17:20.740><c> ivory</c><00:17:21.259><c> everywhere.</c>

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It<00:17:22.519><c> was</c><00:17:22.640><c> a</c><00:17:22.799><c> beautiful</c><00:17:23.220><c> city.</c>

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Anyways,<00:17:25.220><c> in</c><00:17:25.220><c> Ahab</c><00:17:25.539><c> the</c><00:17:25.660><c> son</c><00:17:25.900><c> of</c><00:17:26.200><c> Omriah,</c>

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verse<00:17:26.720><c> 30,</c><00:17:27.180><c> 16th</c><00:17:27.940><c> chapter,</c><00:17:28.359><c> 1</c><00:17:28.619><c> Kings,</c>

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In<00:17:29.880><c> Ahab</c><00:17:30.240><c> the</c><00:17:30.380><c> son</c><00:17:30.579><c> of</c><00:17:30.779><c> Omriah</c><00:17:31.119><c> did</c><00:17:31.299><c> evil</c><00:17:31.579><c> in</c><00:17:31.759><c> the</c><00:17:31.920><c> sight</c><00:17:32.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:32.299><c> Lord</c>

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above<00:17:32.740><c> all</c><00:17:33.000><c> that</c><00:17:33.140><c> were</c><00:17:33.319><c> before</c><00:17:33.799><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:35.819><c> it</c><00:17:35.940><c> came</c><00:17:36.160><c> to</c><00:17:36.359><c> pass</c><00:17:36.579><c> as</c><00:17:36.799><c> if</c><00:17:36.920><c> it</c><00:17:37.019><c> had</c><00:17:37.059><c> been</c><00:17:37.319><c> a</c><00:17:37.500><c> light</c><00:17:37.720><c> thing</c>

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for<00:17:38.180><c> him</c>

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to<00:17:38.619><c> walk</c><00:17:38.839><c> in</c><00:17:39.000><c> the</c><00:17:39.160><c> sins</c><00:17:39.380><c> of</c><00:17:39.579><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:17:40.099><c> the</c><00:17:40.160><c> sons</c><00:17:40.400><c> of</c><00:17:40.599><c> Nebate,</c>

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that<00:17:42.200><c> he</c><00:17:42.400><c> took</c><00:17:42.700><c> to</c><00:17:43.039><c> wife</c><00:17:43.359><c> Jezebel,</c><00:17:44.420><c> the</c><00:17:44.700><c> daughter</c><00:17:44.960><c> of</c><00:17:45.420><c> Ephbal,</c>

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king<00:17:47.359><c> of</c><00:17:47.599><c> the</c><00:17:47.839><c> Zidonians,</c>

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and<00:17:50.000><c> went</c><00:17:50.319><c> and</c><00:17:50.740><c> served</c><00:17:51.259><c> Baal</c><00:17:52.000><c> and</c><00:17:52.440><c> worshiped</c><00:17:52.980><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:54.099><c> he</c><00:17:54.400><c> reared</c><00:17:54.599><c> up</c><00:17:54.900><c> an</c><00:17:55.180><c> altar</c><00:17:55.480><c> for</c><00:17:55.779><c> Baal</c><00:17:56.180><c> in</c><00:17:56.359><c> the</c><00:17:56.539><c> house</c><00:17:56.799><c> of</c><00:17:57.059><c> Baal,</c>

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which<00:17:58.519><c> he</c><00:17:59.079><c> built</c><00:17:59.380><c> in</c><00:17:59.700><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:18:00.559><c> Ahab</c><00:18:00.759><c> made</c><00:18:01.039><c> a</c><00:18:01.259><c> grove.</c>

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And<00:18:02.579><c> Ahab</c><00:18:02.880><c> did</c><00:18:03.140><c> more</c><00:18:03.579><c> to</c><00:18:03.880><c> provoke</c><00:18:04.200><c> the</c><00:18:04.460><c> Lord</c><00:18:04.859><c> God</c><00:18:05.119><c> of</c><00:18:05.279><c> Israel</c>

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than<00:18:07.099><c> all</c><00:18:07.599><c> the</c><00:18:07.759><c> kings</c><00:18:08.099><c> of</c><00:18:08.319><c> Israel</c><00:18:08.859><c> that</c><00:18:09.160><c> were</c><00:18:09.400><c> before</c><00:18:09.859><c> him.</c>

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So<00:18:10.559><c> that's</c><00:18:10.880><c> a</c><00:18:11.079><c> great</c><00:18:11.279><c> little</c><00:18:12.039><c> overview</c><00:18:12.779><c> of</c><00:18:13.119><c> Ahab.</c>

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As<00:18:14.859><c> if</c><00:18:15.259><c> it</c><00:18:15.460><c> was</c><00:18:15.900><c> a</c><00:18:16.079><c> light</c><00:18:16.339><c> thing,</c><00:18:17.279><c> God</c><00:18:17.660><c> says.</c>

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Not<00:18:19.059><c> only</c><00:18:19.359><c> are</c><00:18:19.599><c> you</c><00:18:19.740><c> worshiping</c><00:18:20.839><c> this</c><00:18:21.380><c> false</c><00:18:22.339><c> religion</c>

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of<00:18:24.720><c> the</c><00:18:24.960><c> two</c><00:18:25.220><c> bulls</c><00:18:25.720><c> or</c><00:18:25.900><c> the</c><00:18:26.000><c> two</c><00:18:27.640><c> cows</c><00:18:28.140><c> that</c><00:18:28.579><c> they</c><00:18:28.839><c> worship.</c>

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These<00:18:29.559><c> be</c><00:18:29.799><c> your</c><00:18:30.079><c> gods,</c><00:18:30.539><c> O</c><00:18:30.660><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:18:32.039><c> they're</c><00:18:32.519><c> introducing</c><00:18:33.119><c> on</c><00:18:33.619><c> a</c><00:18:33.980><c> national</c><00:18:34.720><c> scale</c>

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the<00:18:37.160><c> complete</c><00:18:37.819><c> worship</c><00:18:38.420><c> of</c><00:18:38.920><c> Baal.</c>

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He<00:18:40.240><c> had</c><00:18:40.500><c> a</c><00:18:40.799><c> temple</c><00:18:41.160><c> built.</c>

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So<00:18:41.900><c> think</c><00:18:42.460><c> about</c><00:18:42.660><c> this.</c>

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This<00:18:43.019><c> wasn't</c><00:18:43.339><c> just</c><00:18:43.680><c> kind</c><00:18:43.880><c> of</c><00:18:44.059><c> isolated</c><00:18:44.660><c> areas</c>

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where<00:18:45.839><c> pockets</c><00:18:46.319><c> of</c><00:18:46.539><c> the</c><00:18:46.740><c> population</c>

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are<00:18:48.279><c> worshiping</c><00:18:48.859><c> Baal</c><00:18:49.059><c> like</c><00:18:49.359><c> the</c><00:18:49.599><c> old</c><00:18:49.859><c> times.</c>

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Ahab,<00:18:52.339><c> with</c><00:18:52.460><c> obviously</c><00:18:52.900><c> the</c><00:18:53.099><c> help</c><00:18:53.339><c> of</c><00:18:53.579><c> Jezebel</c>

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and<00:18:54.599><c> that</c><00:18:54.839><c> connection</c><00:18:55.420><c> with</c><00:18:56.700><c> the</c><00:18:57.000><c> Phoenicians,</c>

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instituted<00:18:59.599><c> Baal</c><00:19:00.039><c> worship</c><00:19:00.559><c> on</c><00:19:00.819><c> a</c><00:19:01.140><c> national</c><00:19:01.640><c> scale.</c>

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This<00:19:03.519><c> is</c><00:19:03.799><c> your</c><00:19:04.019><c> god</c><00:19:04.299><c> now,</c><00:19:04.920><c> Israel.</c>

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Baal<00:19:05.680><c> is</c><00:19:05.920><c> your</c><00:19:06.160><c> god.</c>

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How<00:19:09.400><c> have</c><00:19:10.019><c> the</c><00:19:10.279><c> mighty</c><00:19:10.720><c> fallen,</c><00:19:11.420><c> brothers</c><00:19:11.579><c> and</c><00:19:11.900><c> sisters?</c>

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That's<00:19:13.099><c> what</c><00:19:13.279><c> we</c><00:19:13.599><c> come</c><00:19:13.900><c> to.</c>

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The<00:19:15.039><c> children</c><00:19:15.440><c> of</c><00:19:15.640><c> Israel</c><00:19:16.539><c> worshiping</c><00:19:18.660><c> Baal</c><00:19:19.220><c> as</c><00:19:19.660><c> a</c><00:19:19.839><c> nation.</c>

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Now,<00:19:22.900><c> we</c><00:19:23.019><c> talked</c><00:19:23.779><c> about</c><00:19:24.059><c> rain,</c><00:19:24.599><c> right?</c>

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So<00:19:25.039><c> verse</c><00:19:25.240><c> 17,</c><00:19:25.940><c> we're</c><00:19:26.180><c> introduced</c><00:19:26.960><c> to</c><00:19:27.500><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:19:30.660><c> Elijah</c><00:19:31.160><c> the</c><00:19:31.400><c> Tishbite,</c><00:19:31.880><c> who</c><00:19:32.019><c> was</c><00:19:32.220><c> of</c><00:19:32.420><c> the</c><00:19:32.579><c> inhabitants</c>

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of<00:19:33.259><c> Gilead,</c>

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said<00:19:34.299><c> unto</c><00:19:34.680><c> Ahab,</c>

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As<00:19:35.980><c> the</c><00:19:36.240><c> Lord</c><00:19:36.519><c> God</c><00:19:36.740><c> of</c><00:19:36.880><c> Israel</c><00:19:37.319><c> lives</c><00:19:37.720><c> before</c><00:19:38.599><c> I</c><00:19:39.000><c> stand,</c>

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there<00:19:40.619><c> shall</c><00:19:40.920><c> not</c><00:19:41.319><c> be</c><00:19:41.539><c> dew</c><00:19:41.799><c> or</c><00:19:42.119><c> rain</c><00:19:42.480><c> these</c><00:19:43.079><c> years,</c>

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but<00:19:43.799><c> according</c><00:19:44.220><c> to</c><00:19:44.599><c> my</c><00:19:44.980><c> word.</c>

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So<00:19:48.599><c> Baal,</c><00:19:49.039><c> just</c><00:19:49.240><c> to</c><00:19:49.339><c> kind</c><00:19:49.440><c> of</c><00:19:49.559><c> think</c><00:19:49.680><c> about</c>

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the<00:19:50.099><c> spiritual</c><00:19:50.500><c> significance</c><00:19:51.180><c> of</c><00:19:51.359><c> this.</c>

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Baal,<00:19:53.000><c> the</c><00:19:53.220><c> great</c><00:19:53.680><c> god,</c><00:19:54.200><c> the</c><00:19:54.480><c> universal</c><00:19:55.039><c> god</c><00:19:55.480><c> of</c><00:19:55.859><c> Canaan</c>

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and<00:19:56.720><c> the</c><00:19:56.920><c> Mediterranean,</c><00:19:58.180><c> top</c><00:19:58.500><c> dog,</c><00:19:58.960><c> lightning.</c>

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He's<00:20:00.779><c> in</c><00:20:01.000><c> charge</c><00:20:01.240><c> of</c><00:20:01.480><c> all</c><00:20:01.740><c> the</c><00:20:02.019><c> rain.</c>

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He's<00:20:03.859><c> in</c><00:20:04.079><c> charge</c><00:20:04.400><c> of</c><00:20:04.579><c> making</c><00:20:04.819><c> the</c><00:20:05.140><c> crops</c><00:20:05.440><c> grow,</c>

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the<00:20:06.640><c> fertility</c><00:20:07.220><c> of</c><00:20:07.539><c> animals,</c><00:20:08.240><c> the</c><00:20:08.400><c> fertility</c><00:20:08.880><c> of</c><00:20:09.180><c> people.</c>

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All<00:20:10.660><c> is</c><00:20:10.980><c> dependent</c><00:20:11.500><c> upon</c><00:20:12.059><c> Baal.</c>

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But<00:20:14.299><c> yet,</c><00:20:15.799><c> it's</c><00:20:16.140><c> Elijah</c><00:20:16.640><c> that</c><00:20:17.059><c> says,</c>

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oh<00:20:17.940><c> wait,</c><00:20:18.319><c> Baal</c><00:20:18.660><c> is</c><00:20:18.859><c> not</c><00:20:19.099><c> in</c><00:20:19.380><c> charge</c><00:20:19.660><c> of</c><00:20:19.859><c> the</c><00:20:20.079><c> rain.</c>

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He's<00:20:22.200><c> not</c><00:20:22.480><c> in</c><00:20:22.779><c> charge</c><00:20:23.019><c> of</c><00:20:23.220><c> the</c><00:20:23.460><c> environment.</c>

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In<00:20:25.240><c> fact,</c><00:20:25.799><c> I'm</c><00:20:26.019><c> just</c><00:20:26.359><c> a</c><00:20:26.640><c> man,</c>

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but<00:20:28.259><c> God</c><00:20:28.559><c> has</c><00:20:28.839><c> given</c><00:20:28.980><c> me</c><00:20:29.279><c> the</c><00:20:29.460><c> power</c><00:20:29.680><c> to</c><00:20:30.059><c> control</c><00:20:30.519><c> the</c><00:20:30.819><c> rain.</c>

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And<00:20:32.019><c> Elijah</c><00:20:32.259><c> says,</c><00:20:32.720><c> there</c><00:20:32.720><c> will</c><00:20:33.019><c> be</c><00:20:33.220><c> no</c><00:20:33.420><c> rain</c><00:20:33.579><c> until</c><00:20:33.839><c> I</c><00:20:34.140><c> say</c><00:20:34.380><c> so.</c>

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And<00:20:35.519><c> so</c><00:20:35.759><c> immediately,</c><00:20:37.500><c> that</c><00:20:37.599><c> is</c><00:20:37.839><c> an</c><00:20:38.160><c> attack</c><00:20:38.640><c> upon</c><00:20:39.099><c> the</c><00:20:39.480><c> power</c>

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of<00:20:40.420><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:20:41.519><c> that's</c><00:20:41.839><c> the,</c><00:20:42.700><c> it</c><00:20:43.019><c> kind</c><00:20:43.319><c> of</c><00:20:43.700><c> starts</c><00:20:43.940><c> this</c><00:20:44.339><c> confrontation</c>

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and<00:20:45.400><c> this</c><00:20:45.740><c> war</c><00:20:46.339><c> where</c><00:20:47.140><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:47.839><c> through</c><00:20:48.119><c> Elijah</c>

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faces<00:20:49.799><c> off</c><00:20:50.240><c> against</c><00:20:50.619><c> Baal.</c>

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Who<00:20:52.279><c> are</c><00:20:52.420><c> you</c><00:20:52.599><c> going</c><00:20:52.859><c> to</c><00:20:53.180><c> serve,</c><00:20:53.619><c> Elijah</c><00:20:53.980><c> is</c><00:20:54.220><c> going</c><00:20:54.500><c> to</c><00:20:54.720><c> say?</c>

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And<00:20:55.779><c> so,</c><00:20:55.980><c> you</c><00:20:56.119><c> know,</c><00:20:56.799><c> that's</c><00:20:57.779><c> kind</c><00:20:58.019><c> of</c><00:20:58.180><c> the</c><00:20:58.339><c> premise</c><00:20:58.599><c> of</c><00:20:58.839><c> the</c>

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whole<00:20:59.240><c> thing.</c>

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Baal<00:21:03.900><c> was</c><00:21:04.119><c> typically</c><00:21:04.500><c> the</c><00:21:04.700><c> son</c><00:21:04.900><c> of</c><00:21:05.200><c> El.</c>

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He<00:21:06.279><c> was</c><00:21:06.640><c> kind</c><00:21:07.000><c> of</c><00:21:07.119><c> the</c><00:21:07.220><c> high</c><00:21:08.500><c> god,</c><00:21:09.140><c> the</c><00:21:09.359><c> creator</c><00:21:09.700><c> god,</c><00:21:10.099><c> that</c><00:21:10.319><c> type</c><00:21:10.559><c> of</c><00:21:10.720><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:21:12.160><c> had</c><00:21:12.380><c> a</c><00:21:12.599><c> mother</c><00:21:13.240><c> named</c><00:21:14.559><c> Ashara.</c>

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She<00:21:16.119><c> was</c><00:21:16.359><c> the</c><00:21:16.579><c> goddess</c><00:21:16.940><c> of</c><00:21:17.220><c> the</c><00:21:17.460><c> sea</c><00:21:17.799><c> and</c><00:21:18.339><c> motherhood.</c>

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In<00:21:21.079><c> some</c><00:21:21.380><c> texts,</c><00:21:21.740><c> he's</c><00:21:22.539><c> linked</c><00:21:22.859><c> to</c><00:21:23.299><c> Dagon.</c>

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Remember<00:21:24.559><c> Dagon,</c><00:21:25.119><c> the</c><00:21:25.279><c> Philistine</c><00:21:25.799><c> god?</c>

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There's<00:21:26.779><c> some</c><00:21:27.079><c> connection</c><00:21:27.500><c> with</c><00:21:27.680><c> Dagon</c><00:21:28.180><c> as</c><00:21:28.500><c> well.</c>

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There's<00:21:29.259><c> a</c><00:21:29.339><c> lot</c><00:21:29.599><c> of</c><00:21:29.920><c> overlapping</c><00:21:30.480><c> with</c><00:21:30.819><c> these</c><00:21:31.099><c> gods,</c><00:21:31.619><c> brothers</c><00:21:31.759><c> and</c><00:21:32.019><c> sisters.</c>

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His<00:21:34.180><c> concert</c><00:21:35.059><c> was</c><00:21:37.279><c> Ashtaroth.</c>

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You<00:21:39.279><c> guys</c><00:21:39.460><c> remember</c><00:21:39.859><c> Ashtaroth?</c>

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She's<00:21:40.740><c> mentioned</c><00:21:41.099><c> in</c><00:21:41.299><c> Scripture.</c>

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Goddess<00:21:42.720><c> of</c><00:21:43.059><c> fertility.</c>

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He<00:21:45.279><c> also</c><00:21:45.559><c> had</c><00:21:45.720><c> another</c><00:21:46.079><c> concert</c><00:21:46.640><c> named</c><00:21:47.240><c> Anat.</c>

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She<00:21:48.859><c> was</c><00:21:49.140><c> a</c><00:21:49.319><c> warrior</c><00:21:49.839><c> goddess</c><00:21:50.380><c> and</c><00:21:51.160><c> his</c><00:21:51.440><c> sister.</c>

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But<00:21:52.980><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:21:53.680><c> was</c><00:21:54.559><c> the</c><00:21:54.819><c> main</c><00:21:55.039><c> kind</c><00:21:55.279><c> of</c><00:21:55.480><c> goddess</c><00:21:55.759><c> of</c><00:21:56.000><c> this</c><00:21:56.240><c> area.</c>

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Fertility<00:21:57.720><c> and</c><00:21:57.920><c> she</c><00:21:58.859><c> was</c><00:21:59.099><c> the</c><00:21:59.319><c> love</c><00:21:59.579><c> deity.</c>

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And<00:22:00.839><c> this</c><00:22:00.980><c> is</c><00:22:01.339><c> Aphrodite</c><00:22:01.920><c> is</c><00:22:02.079><c> going</c><00:22:02.359><c> to</c><00:22:02.400><c> kind</c><00:22:02.660><c> of</c><00:22:02.700><c> take</c><00:22:02.839><c> you</c><00:22:03.039><c> in</c>

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Greek<00:22:04.079><c> literature.</c>

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Diana<00:22:05.500><c> of</c><00:22:06.460><c> the</c><00:22:06.619><c> Ephesians</c><00:22:07.619><c> also</c><00:22:08.200><c> was</c><00:22:08.440><c> going</c><00:22:08.619><c> to</c><00:22:08.859><c> take</c><00:22:09.019><c> on</c><00:22:09.279><c> a</c><00:22:09.380><c> lot</c><00:22:09.539><c> of</c>

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these<00:22:10.039><c> characteristics.</c>

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Isis<00:22:13.140><c> from</c><00:22:13.720><c> Egypt.</c>

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There<00:22:14.980><c> was</c><00:22:15.180><c> a</c><00:22:15.319><c> big</c><00:22:15.619><c> cult</c><00:22:15.900><c> following</c><00:22:16.339><c> of</c><00:22:16.640><c> Isis</c><00:22:17.039><c> in</c><00:22:17.420><c> the</c><00:22:17.680><c> Greek</c>

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and<00:22:18.039><c> Roman</c><00:22:18.279><c> world</c><00:22:18.619><c> as</c><00:22:18.880><c> well.</c>

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So<00:22:19.559><c> anyways,</c><00:22:20.240><c> picture</c><00:22:20.579><c> right</c><00:22:20.920><c> here</c><00:22:21.180><c> of</c><00:22:21.519><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:22:22.059><c> being</c><00:22:22.400><c> destroyed.</c>

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Right<00:22:23.940><c> here</c><00:22:24.200><c> is</c><00:22:24.420><c> a</c><00:22:24.599><c> statue</c><00:22:25.079><c> or</c><00:22:25.559><c> an</c><00:22:25.759><c> idol</c><00:22:25.940><c> of</c><00:22:26.220><c> Ashtaroth.</c>

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And<00:22:28.119><c> looks</c><00:22:29.059><c> like</c><00:22:29.279><c> an</c><00:22:29.500><c> Israelite</c><00:22:29.839><c> is</c><00:22:29.940><c> going</c><00:22:30.059><c> to</c><00:22:30.259><c> smash</c><00:22:30.500><c> that</c><00:22:30.740><c> to</c><00:22:30.920><c> bits.</c>

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All<00:22:32.299><c> right.</c>

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Here<00:22:33.279><c> is</c><00:22:33.500><c> a</c><00:22:33.660><c> temple</c><00:22:33.920><c> of</c><00:22:34.200><c> Baal.</c>

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This<00:22:35.880><c> is</c><00:22:36.720><c> up</c><00:22:37.160><c> in</c><00:22:37.279><c> the</c><00:22:37.440><c> northern</c><00:22:37.680><c> part</c><00:22:37.960><c> in</c><00:22:38.200><c> Lebanon,</c><00:22:39.460><c> which</c>

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makes<00:22:40.240><c> sense</c><00:22:40.619><c> obviously.</c>

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But<00:22:41.720><c> here</c><00:22:41.980><c> you</c><00:22:42.160><c> go.</c>

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Here<00:22:42.599><c> is</c><00:22:43.799><c> a</c><00:22:43.900><c> temple</c><00:22:44.220><c> that</c><00:22:44.500><c> still</c><00:22:45.140><c> is</c><00:22:46.180><c> here</c><00:22:46.819><c> today.</c>

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High<00:22:48.059><c> places</c><00:22:48.640><c> were</c><00:22:49.019><c> obviously</c><00:22:49.740><c> areas</c><00:22:51.099><c> that</c><00:22:51.880><c> were</c><00:22:52.480><c> elevated.</c>

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Elevated<00:22:53.740><c> areas.</c>

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Hills,<00:22:55.559><c> nice</c><00:22:55.859><c> areas</c><00:22:56.279><c> like</c><00:22:56.619><c> groves,</c><00:22:57.720><c> water</c><00:22:58.160><c> supply,</c><00:22:58.779><c> that</c><00:22:59.059><c> type</c><00:22:59.299><c> of</c><00:22:59.500><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:23:02.140><c> so</c><00:23:02.460><c> whenever</c><00:23:02.859><c> the</c><00:23:03.279><c> Israelites</c><00:23:03.720><c> would</c><00:23:04.059><c> destroy</c><00:23:04.599><c> these</c><00:23:04.960><c> areas,</c>

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they<00:23:05.880><c> would</c><00:23:06.640><c> not</c><00:23:06.880><c> only</c><00:23:07.200><c> destroy</c><00:23:07.660><c> kind</c><00:23:07.940><c> of</c><00:23:08.660><c> the</c><00:23:08.819><c> idols</c><00:23:09.339><c> that</c>

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were<00:23:09.839><c> there,</c>

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but<00:23:10.720><c> they</c><00:23:10.859><c> would</c><00:23:11.119><c> also</c><00:23:11.460><c> kind</c><00:23:11.660><c> of</c><00:23:12.099><c> cut</c><00:23:12.299><c> down</c><00:23:12.640><c> a</c><00:23:12.700><c> lot</c><00:23:12.920><c> of</c><00:23:13.059><c> the</c><00:23:13.319><c> trees</c><00:23:13.700><c> just</c><00:23:14.019><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:23:15.140><c> the</c><00:23:15.380><c> grove</c><00:23:15.740><c> itself.</c>

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But<00:23:17.019><c> you</c><00:23:17.180><c> would</c><00:23:17.440><c> find</c><00:23:17.619><c> these</c><00:23:17.880><c> places</c><00:23:18.160><c> all</c><00:23:18.539><c> over,</c><00:23:19.400><c> find</c><00:23:19.920><c> these</c>

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groves<00:23:20.519><c> all</c><00:23:20.779><c> over</c><00:23:21.000><c> the</c><00:23:21.180><c> place</c><00:23:21.400><c> in</c><00:23:21.500><c> Israel.</c>

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To<00:23:22.680><c> Baal,</c><00:23:23.240><c> to</c><00:23:23.339><c> other</c><00:23:23.519><c> people,</c><00:23:24.039><c> to</c><00:23:24.180><c> Ashtaroth,</c><00:23:24.660><c> to</c><00:23:24.880><c> different</c>

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types<00:23:25.359><c> of</c><00:23:25.579><c> gods.</c>

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What<00:23:27.980><c> was</c><00:23:28.140><c> I</c><00:23:28.220><c> going</c><00:23:28.400><c> to</c><00:23:28.519><c> say?</c>

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It<00:23:31.140><c> comes</c><00:23:31.279><c> and</c><00:23:31.559><c> goes.</c>

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Comes<00:23:32.519><c> in,</c><00:23:32.960><c> goes</c><00:23:33.240><c> right</c><00:23:33.660><c> out.</c>

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They<00:23:35.920><c> had</c><00:23:36.180><c> their</c><00:23:36.519><c> priests</c><00:23:36.779><c> and</c><00:23:36.960><c> the</c><00:23:37.180><c> prophets</c><00:23:37.519><c> led</c><00:23:37.799><c> ceremonies</c><00:23:38.660><c> involving</c>

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ecstatic<00:23:41.220><c> rituals</c>

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with<00:23:42.500><c> shouting,</c><00:23:43.160><c> dancing,</c><00:23:44.119><c> self</c><00:23:44.359><c>-laceration,</c><00:23:45.480><c> sound</c><00:23:45.640><c> familiar,</c><00:23:46.220><c> brothers</c><00:23:46.460><c> and</c><00:23:46.740><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:23:47.660><c> is</c><00:23:47.839><c> exactly</c><00:23:48.160><c> what's</c><00:23:48.420><c> going</c><00:23:48.539><c> to</c><00:23:48.660><c> happen</c><00:23:48.859><c> on</c><00:23:49.119><c> Mount</c><00:23:49.400><c> Carmel</c>

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at<00:23:50.319><c> the</c><00:23:50.519><c> great</c><00:23:50.740><c> confrontation</c><00:23:51.400><c> between</c><00:23:51.740><c> the</c><00:23:51.980><c> prophets</c><00:23:52.279><c> of</c>

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Baal<00:23:53.240><c> and</c><00:23:54.619><c> Elijah.</c>

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Yeah,<00:23:55.759><c> so</c><00:23:55.960><c> the</c><00:23:56.279><c> mentality</c><00:23:56.940><c> of</c><00:23:57.220><c> the</c><00:23:57.420><c> ancient</c><00:23:57.900><c> people</c><00:23:58.380><c> in</c><00:23:58.579><c> the</c>

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ancient<00:23:59.119><c> world</c><00:23:59.480><c> was</c><00:23:59.880><c> the</c><00:24:00.519><c> gods</c><00:24:00.940><c> were</c><00:24:01.359><c> up</c><00:24:01.759><c> high.</c>

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Okay?

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People<00:24:05.759><c> were</c><00:24:06.079><c> down</c><00:24:06.480><c> low.</c>

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But<00:24:07.160><c> if</c><00:24:07.859><c> you</c><00:24:08.140><c> can</c><00:24:08.980><c> get</c><00:24:09.880><c> higher</c><00:24:10.339><c> and</c><00:24:10.599><c> higher,</c><00:24:11.700><c> you</c><00:24:11.779><c> want</c><00:24:11.960><c> to</c><00:24:12.079><c> get</c>

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as<00:24:12.460><c> close</c><00:24:12.660><c> to</c><00:24:12.839><c> the</c><00:24:13.019><c> gods</c><00:24:13.200><c> as</c><00:24:13.519><c> possible.</c>

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What's<00:24:14.500><c> the</c><00:24:14.740><c> closest</c><00:24:15.079><c> part</c><00:24:15.619><c> to</c><00:24:16.119><c> the</c><00:24:16.279><c> heavens?</c>

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A<00:24:17.819><c> mountain.</c>

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Keep<00:24:18.900><c> climbing</c><00:24:19.240><c> up.</c>

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That's<00:24:20.420><c> one</c><00:24:20.579><c> of</c><00:24:20.680><c> the</c><00:24:20.819><c> reasons</c><00:24:21.160><c> why</c><00:24:21.400><c> they</c><00:24:21.660><c> tried</c><00:24:21.839><c> to</c><00:24:22.140><c> build</c><00:24:22.579><c> the</c>

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Tower<00:24:23.240><c> of</c><00:24:23.500><c> Babel.</c>

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Remember<00:24:24.079><c> that?</c>

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Want<00:24:24.700><c> to</c><00:24:24.859><c> reach</c><00:24:25.059><c> up</c><00:24:25.259><c> to</c><00:24:25.440><c> the</c><00:24:25.599><c> heavens.</c>

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Want<00:24:27.099><c> to</c><00:24:27.200><c> be</c><00:24:27.339><c> part</c><00:24:27.579><c> of</c><00:24:27.740><c> the</c><00:24:27.900><c> heavenly</c><00:24:28.259><c> system.</c>

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And<00:24:30.160><c> so</c><00:24:30.299><c> that's</c><00:24:30.519><c> why</c><00:24:30.660><c> they</c><00:24:30.799><c> would</c><00:24:31.019><c> put</c><00:24:31.220><c> these</c><00:24:32.180><c> groves</c><00:24:32.660><c> and</c><00:24:32.839><c> these</c><00:24:33.079><c> temples</c><00:24:33.380><c> on</c>

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elevated<00:24:34.960><c> areas.</c>

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In<00:24:35.859><c> fact,</c><00:24:36.099><c> that's</c><00:24:36.299><c> what</c><00:24:36.480><c> the</c><00:24:36.740><c> Israelites</c><00:24:37.039><c> did,</c><00:24:37.359><c> didn't</c><00:24:37.539><c> they,</c>

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when<00:24:37.819><c> they</c><00:24:38.039><c> built</c><00:24:38.259><c> the</c><00:24:38.660><c> temple?</c>

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They<00:24:39.759><c> built</c><00:24:39.900><c> it</c><00:24:40.079><c> on</c><00:24:40.200><c> the</c><00:24:40.420><c> elevated</c><00:24:40.799><c> area</c><00:24:41.160><c> in</c><00:24:41.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:41.859><c> on</c>

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Mount<00:24:42.299><c> Zion.</c>

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So,<00:24:45.759><c> all</c><00:24:45.920><c> right.</c>

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Sacrifices<00:24:47.880><c> and</c><00:24:48.200><c> rites.</c>

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Animal<00:24:49.220><c> offerings,</c><00:24:49.799><c> obviously,</c><00:24:50.480><c> such</c><00:24:50.680><c> as</c><00:24:50.920><c> bull,</c><00:24:51.339><c> sheep,</c><00:24:52.279><c> goats,</c><00:24:52.799><c> or</c><00:24:53.059><c> deer.</c>

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There<00:24:53.420><c> is</c><00:24:53.640><c> some</c><00:24:53.880><c> evidence</c><00:24:54.140><c> that</c><00:24:54.319><c> they</c><00:24:54.599><c> also</c><00:24:55.660><c> sacrificed</c><00:24:56.660><c> pigs,</c>

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which<00:24:58.119><c> would</c><00:24:58.680><c> be</c><00:24:58.940><c> another</c><00:24:59.220><c> reason</c><00:24:59.559><c> why</c><00:25:00.059><c> the</c><00:25:00.940><c> Jews</c><00:25:01.240><c> wouldn't</c>

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particularly<00:25:03.720><c> care</c><00:25:03.940><c> for</c><00:25:04.119><c> the</c><00:25:04.259><c> worship</c><00:25:04.559><c> of</c><00:25:04.900><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:25:07.220><c> this</c><00:25:07.599><c> was</c><00:25:08.019><c> Baal's</c><00:25:08.619><c> dominance</c><00:25:09.019><c> over</c><00:25:09.339><c> the</c><00:25:09.539><c> herds,</c><00:25:09.920><c> the</c><00:25:10.099><c> fatality,</c><00:25:10.680><c> that</c><00:25:10.920><c> type</c><00:25:11.140><c> of</c><00:25:11.319><c> thing.</c>

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Now,<00:25:13.180><c> the</c><00:25:13.440><c> fatality</c><00:25:14.279><c> rites</c><00:25:15.680><c> included</c><00:25:16.579><c> sacred</c><00:25:17.380><c> prostitution.</c>

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And<00:25:19.119><c> this</c><00:25:19.380><c> wasn't</c><00:25:19.599><c> just</c><00:25:20.019><c> female</c><00:25:20.460><c> prostitutes.</c>

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It<00:25:21.140><c> was</c><00:25:21.259><c> also</c><00:25:21.700><c> male</c><00:25:22.119><c> prostitutes.</c>

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And<00:25:23.720><c> so</c><00:25:24.000><c> they</c><00:25:24.220><c> would</c><00:25:24.599><c> mimic</c><00:25:25.460><c> Baal's</c><00:25:26.440><c> unions</c><00:25:26.880><c> with</c><00:25:27.259><c> goddesses,</c>

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ensuring<00:25:29.859><c> agricultural</c><00:25:31.099><c> abundance.</c>

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So<00:25:32.000><c> they</c><00:25:32.140><c> had</c><00:25:32.380><c> to</c><00:25:32.519><c> go</c><00:25:32.740><c> through</c><00:25:32.960><c> these</c><00:25:33.299><c> rituals.</c>

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It<00:25:34.319><c> was</c><00:25:34.680><c> ritualized.</c>

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It<00:25:35.539><c> was</c><00:25:35.720><c> part</c><00:25:35.920><c> of</c><00:25:36.079><c> their</c><00:25:36.220><c> culture.</c>

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Well,<00:25:38.059><c> the</c><00:25:39.440><c> prostitutes</c><00:25:40.079><c> and</c><00:25:40.599><c> the</c><00:25:40.779><c> people,</c><00:25:41.119><c> they</c><00:25:41.420><c> need</c><00:25:41.599><c> to</c>

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have<00:25:41.960><c> sexual</c><00:25:42.380><c> relations.</c>

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Have<00:25:43.720><c> to</c><00:25:43.960><c> happen.</c>

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If<00:25:45.059><c> it</c><00:25:45.220><c> doesn't,</c><00:25:45.920><c> then</c><00:25:46.079><c> nothing</c><00:25:46.480><c> is</c><00:25:46.779><c> going</c><00:25:46.980><c> to</c><00:25:47.240><c> grow.</c>

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The<00:25:48.079><c> herds</c><00:25:48.299><c> are</c><00:25:48.480><c> going</c><00:25:48.599><c> to</c><00:25:48.779><c> shrink.</c>

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Problems.

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And<00:25:52.579><c> so</c><00:25:52.859><c> here's</c><00:25:53.319><c> a</c><00:25:53.460><c> couple</c><00:25:53.640><c> examples</c><00:25:54.160><c> of</c><00:25:54.500><c> fertility</c><00:25:55.099><c> idols</c><00:25:56.259><c> or</c>

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fertility<00:25:57.039><c> goddesses.</c>

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On<00:25:58.140><c> the</c><00:25:58.319><c> right,</c><00:25:58.660><c> you</c><00:25:58.660><c> have</c><00:25:58.859><c> Astaroth.</c>

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Obviously,<00:26:03.740><c> in</c><00:26:04.259><c> the</c><00:26:04.480><c> ancient</c><00:26:04.759><c> world,</c><00:26:05.119><c> it</c><00:26:05.119><c> was</c><00:26:05.339><c> always</c><00:26:05.640><c> like,</c>

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if<00:26:06.180><c> you</c><00:26:06.279><c> can</c><00:26:06.440><c> see</c><00:26:06.579><c> this</c><00:26:06.779><c> one</c><00:26:06.880><c> on</c><00:26:07.380><c> the</c><00:26:07.559><c> left.</c>

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This<00:26:08.240><c> one's</c><00:26:08.539><c> a</c><00:26:08.619><c> little</c><00:26:08.839><c> bit</c><00:26:09.079><c> older</c><00:26:09.460><c> than</c><00:26:09.700><c> the</c><00:26:09.900><c> one</c><00:26:10.019><c> on</c><00:26:10.200><c> the</c><00:26:10.380><c> right.</c>

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This<00:26:11.400><c> one</c><00:26:11.599><c> on</c><00:26:11.859><c> the</c><00:26:12.220><c> left</c><00:26:12.579><c> is</c><00:26:13.220><c> pretty</c><00:26:13.640><c> old.</c>

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I<00:26:14.720><c> want</c><00:26:14.920><c> to</c><00:26:15.079><c> say</c><00:26:15.299><c> like</c><00:26:15.720><c> seven</c><00:26:16.039><c> to</c><00:26:16.299><c> ten</c><00:26:16.460><c> thousand</c><00:26:16.900><c> years</c><00:26:17.220><c> old.</c>

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And<00:26:17.960><c> so</c><00:26:18.259><c> you</c><00:26:18.420><c> can</c><00:26:18.759><c> see,</c><00:26:19.380><c> obviously,</c><00:26:20.059><c> the</c><00:26:20.279><c> ample</c><00:26:20.599><c> breasts,</c><00:26:21.380><c> the</c>

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ample<00:26:21.960><c> hips,</c><00:26:22.400><c> the</c><00:26:22.680><c> stomach.</c>

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And<00:26:24.160><c> it</c><00:26:24.259><c> says</c><00:26:24.579><c> two</c><00:26:24.940><c> things.</c>

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It<00:26:25.839><c> says</c><00:26:26.160><c> that</c><00:26:26.819><c> this</c><00:26:27.680><c> woman</c><00:26:28.119><c> right</c><00:26:28.500><c> here,</c><00:26:28.819><c> obviously,</c><00:26:31.000><c> can</c>

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feed<00:26:32.079><c> children.</c>

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No<00:26:32.920><c> problem.</c>

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But<00:26:35.440><c> the</c><00:26:36.160><c> ampleness</c><00:26:36.680><c> of</c><00:26:36.960><c> the</c><00:26:37.160><c> woman</c><00:26:37.380><c> as</c><00:26:37.720><c> well</c><00:26:38.140><c> talks</c><00:26:38.619><c> about</c>

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not<00:26:39.559><c> only</c><00:26:39.920><c> fertility,</c>

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but<00:26:41.259><c> also</c><00:26:42.420><c> it</c><00:26:43.000><c> talks</c><00:26:43.259><c> about</c><00:26:43.619><c> ample</c><00:26:43.980><c> supplies</c><00:26:44.579><c> of</c><00:26:44.920><c> food.</c>

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This<00:26:47.660><c> isn't</c><00:26:47.960><c> a</c><00:26:48.059><c> very</c><00:26:48.440><c> skinny</c><00:26:48.740><c> woman,</c><00:26:49.119><c> is</c><00:26:49.339><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:26:50.079><c> an</c><00:26:50.380><c> ample</c><00:26:50.740><c> woman.</c>

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She<00:26:52.059><c> has</c><00:26:53.160><c> extra</c><00:26:53.660><c> layers</c><00:26:54.000><c> of</c><00:26:54.339><c> fat</c><00:26:54.559><c> on</c><00:26:54.819><c> her</c><00:26:55.240><c> for</c><00:26:55.619><c> the</c><00:26:55.900><c> lean</c><00:26:56.240><c> times.</c>

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She's<00:26:57.380><c> going</c><00:26:57.519><c> to</c><00:26:57.700><c> produce</c><00:26:58.079><c> a</c><00:26:59.559><c> lot</c><00:26:59.759><c> of</c><00:26:59.980><c> children,</c><00:27:00.400><c> definitely.</c>

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She's<00:27:01.160><c> got</c><00:27:01.259><c> a</c><00:27:01.299><c> little</c><00:27:01.519><c> extra</c><00:27:01.880><c> weight</c><00:27:02.119><c> on</c><00:27:02.400><c> her.</c>

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She<00:27:03.619><c> can</c><00:27:03.839><c> feed</c><00:27:04.119><c> the</c><00:27:04.380><c> children,</c><00:27:04.700><c> no</c><00:27:04.960><c> problem.</c>

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So<00:27:05.920><c> this</c><00:27:06.079><c> is</c><00:27:06.259><c> just</c><00:27:06.519><c> kind</c><00:27:06.660><c> of</c><00:27:06.779><c> the</c><00:27:06.900><c> mentality.</c>

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And<00:27:07.500><c> so</c><00:27:07.619><c> this</c><00:27:07.779><c> is</c><00:27:07.940><c> why</c><00:27:08.420><c> these</c><00:27:08.900><c> idols</c><00:27:09.200><c> or</c><00:27:09.440><c> these</c><00:27:09.740><c> statues</c><00:27:10.039><c> look</c>

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like<00:27:10.559><c> they</c><00:27:10.819><c> do.</c>

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They<00:27:12.140><c> made</c><00:27:13.599><c> these</c><00:27:14.240><c> to</c><00:27:15.460><c> portray</c><00:27:16.339><c> a</c><00:27:16.940><c> certain</c><00:27:17.240><c> idea</c><00:27:17.740><c> about</c><00:27:18.099><c> them.</c>

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Lastly,<00:27:20.920><c> human</c><00:27:21.279><c> sacrifice,</c><00:27:22.359><c> particularly</c><00:27:22.980><c> children</c><00:27:23.880><c> in</c><00:27:24.519><c> extreme</c><00:27:25.140><c> cases</c><00:27:25.640><c> of</c>

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environmental<00:27:26.900><c> stress.</c>

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There<00:27:29.240><c> was</c><00:27:29.480><c> a</c><00:27:29.680><c> drought.</c>

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Drought<00:27:31.039><c> was</c><00:27:31.279><c> probably</c><00:27:31.519><c> the</c><00:27:31.759><c> biggest</c><00:27:31.960><c> thing.</c>

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They<00:27:32.359><c> would</c><00:27:32.619><c> offer</c><00:27:33.140><c> firstborns.</c>

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They<00:27:35.099><c> would</c><00:27:35.400><c> offer</c><00:27:35.539><c> children.</c>

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Okay?

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This<00:27:38.960><c> is</c><00:27:39.099><c> the</c><00:27:39.140><c> last</c><00:27:39.380><c> one.</c>

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Festivals<00:27:40.200><c> and</c><00:27:40.500><c> magic.</c>

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The<00:27:42.099><c> New</c><00:27:42.420><c> Year</c><00:27:42.660><c> cycle.</c>

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Priests<00:27:44.400><c> would</c><00:27:44.680><c> enact</c><00:27:45.099><c> the</c><00:27:45.859><c> bail</c><00:27:46.119><c> cycle,</c><00:27:46.819><c> enacting</c><00:27:47.240><c> the</c><00:27:47.460><c> battles</c><00:27:47.819><c> and</c><00:27:48.119><c> resurrection.</c>

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The<00:27:49.240><c> deal</c><00:27:49.359><c> was</c><00:27:49.680><c> he</c><00:27:49.799><c> would</c><00:27:50.000><c> go</c><00:27:50.259><c> and</c><00:27:50.420><c> he</c><00:27:50.539><c> would</c><00:27:50.779><c> fight.</c>

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He<00:27:51.740><c> would</c><00:27:52.000><c> be</c><00:27:52.319><c> killed</c><00:27:52.680><c> in</c><00:27:53.000><c> some</c><00:27:53.279><c> way.</c>

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Then<00:27:53.759><c> he</c><00:27:53.839><c> would</c><00:27:54.099><c> be</c><00:27:54.660><c> raised</c><00:27:55.319><c> up.</c>

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He<00:27:55.680><c> would</c><00:27:55.880><c> fight</c><00:27:56.180><c> his</c><00:27:56.460><c> enemies,</c><00:27:57.259><c> so</c><00:27:57.539><c> on</c><00:27:57.819><c> and</c><00:27:58.000><c> so</c><00:27:58.339><c> forth.</c>

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Continue,<00:27:59.359><c> the</c><00:27:59.539><c> cycle</c><00:27:59.980><c> of</c><00:28:00.319><c> bail.</c>

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And<00:28:02.279><c> so</c><00:28:02.519><c> in</c><00:28:02.680><c> order</c><00:28:02.880><c> to</c><00:28:03.200><c> help</c><00:28:03.519><c> bail</c><00:28:03.880><c> in</c><00:28:04.119><c> his</c><00:28:04.440><c> fight</c><00:28:04.819><c> and</c><00:28:05.619><c> to</c><00:28:05.880><c> help</c>

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bail<00:28:06.579><c> make</c><00:28:06.920><c> them</c><00:28:07.240><c> prosperous,</c>

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they<00:28:08.720><c> obviously</c><00:28:09.119><c> had</c><00:28:09.460><c> to</c><00:28:09.700><c> have</c><00:28:09.880><c> these</c><00:28:10.220><c> rites</c><00:28:10.539><c> and</c><00:28:10.700><c> these</c><00:28:11.039><c> festivals</c><00:28:11.480><c> to</c>

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help<00:28:12.539><c> bail</c><00:28:13.000><c> through</c><00:28:13.619><c> the</c><00:28:13.980><c> magic</c><00:28:14.359><c> that</c><00:28:14.559><c> they</c><00:28:14.759><c> could</c><00:28:14.980><c> say.</c>

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Remember<00:28:15.539><c> we</c><00:28:15.839><c> talked</c><00:28:16.119><c> about</c><00:28:16.319><c> magic</c><00:28:16.680><c> a</c><00:28:16.880><c> couple</c><00:28:16.980><c> years</c><00:28:17.259><c> ago,</c><00:28:17.779><c> how</c><00:28:18.019><c> important</c><00:28:18.339><c> magic</c><00:28:18.680><c> was</c><00:28:18.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:19.259><c> ancient</c><00:28:19.480><c> world?</c>

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Magic<00:28:20.539><c> also,</c><00:28:21.079><c> you</c><00:28:21.259><c> had</c><00:28:21.400><c> to</c><00:28:21.619><c> say</c><00:28:21.740><c> the</c><00:28:21.960><c> right</c><00:28:22.180><c> words,</c><00:28:22.680><c> the</c><00:28:23.579><c> magic</c><00:28:23.940><c> words.</c>

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There<00:28:24.740><c> were</c><00:28:25.000><c> literally</c><00:28:25.440><c> magic</c><00:28:25.859><c> words</c><00:28:26.160><c> that</c><00:28:26.319><c> you</c><00:28:26.480><c> had</c><00:28:26.660><c> to</c><00:28:26.900><c> say,</c>

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or<00:28:27.839><c> the</c><00:28:28.599><c> right</c><00:28:28.779><c> or</c><00:28:28.960><c> the</c><00:28:29.160><c> festival</c><00:28:29.539><c> was</c><00:28:29.859><c> invalid.</c>

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So<00:28:31.460><c> say</c><00:28:31.599><c> the</c><00:28:31.819><c> right</c><00:28:32.000><c> words,</c><00:28:32.480><c> butchie,</c><00:28:32.839><c> okay,</c><00:28:33.079><c> your</c><00:28:33.319><c> magic</c><00:28:33.660><c> words.</c>

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Incense,<00:28:36.960><c> libations,</c><00:28:38.079><c> different</c><00:28:38.359><c> vows,</c><00:28:39.339><c> they</c><00:28:39.500><c> were</c><00:28:39.740><c> all</c><00:28:40.000><c> part</c><00:28:40.200><c> of</c><00:28:40.420><c> this.</c>

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In<00:28:41.640><c> the</c><00:28:41.859><c> cult,</c><00:28:44.299><c> it</c><00:28:44.480><c> focused</c><00:28:45.599><c> on</c><00:28:46.079><c> like</c><00:28:46.619><c> sex</c><00:28:46.900><c> and</c><00:28:47.180><c> fertility,</c><00:28:48.640><c> right?</c>

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And<00:28:49.480><c> so</c><00:28:49.759><c> that</c><00:28:49.900><c> would</c><00:28:50.440><c> be</c><00:28:50.720><c> appealing</c><00:28:51.200><c> to</c><00:28:51.539><c> kind</c><00:28:51.759><c> of</c><00:28:52.019><c> the</c><00:28:53.099><c> basic</c>

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principles<00:28:54.839><c> of</c><00:28:55.680><c> human.</c>

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Oh,<00:28:56.779><c> a</c><00:28:56.880><c> lot</c><00:28:57.059><c> of</c><00:28:57.200><c> fertility,</c><00:28:57.740><c> right?</c>

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Sounds<00:28:58.500><c> good,</c><00:28:59.059><c> okay.</c>

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And<00:29:00.819><c> so</c><00:29:01.720><c> this</c><00:29:02.299><c> type</c><00:29:02.579><c> of</c><00:29:04.000><c> thinking</c><00:29:04.319><c> would</c><00:29:04.619><c> be</c><00:29:04.940><c> blended</c><00:29:05.380><c> in</c><00:29:05.700><c> with</c>

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local<00:29:06.339><c> traditions.</c>

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Do<00:29:07.619><c> we</c><00:29:07.799><c> see</c><00:29:07.940><c> that</c><00:29:08.200><c> in</c><00:29:08.380><c> the</c><00:29:08.519><c> history</c><00:29:08.819><c> of</c><00:29:09.059><c> Israel</c><00:29:09.339><c> and</c><00:29:09.519><c> Judah?</c>

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Yeah,<00:29:10.960><c> we</c><00:29:11.099><c> do,</c><00:29:12.220><c> absolutely.</c>

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There<00:29:13.660><c> was</c><00:29:14.079><c> quite</c><00:29:14.440><c> a</c><00:29:14.680><c> bit</c><00:29:14.839><c> of</c><00:29:15.119><c> blending,</c><00:29:16.619><c> right?</c>

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Blending<00:29:18.740><c> up</c><00:29:19.220><c> in</c><00:29:19.400><c> Israel</c><00:29:19.819><c> and</c><00:29:20.059><c> also</c><00:29:20.400><c> down</c><00:29:21.000><c> in</c><00:29:21.259><c> Judah</c><00:29:21.480><c> as</c><00:29:21.779><c> well.</c>

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And<00:29:22.559><c> you</c><00:29:22.640><c> can</c><00:29:22.880><c> see</c><00:29:23.079><c> this</c><00:29:23.299><c> is,</c><00:29:23.420><c> you</c><00:29:23.480><c> can</c><00:29:23.700><c> actually</c><00:29:23.920><c> go,</c><00:29:24.240><c> this</c><00:29:24.420><c> is</c>

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actually<00:29:24.880><c> down</c><00:29:25.220><c> in</c><00:29:26.359><c> Judah,</c><00:29:26.960><c> which</c><00:29:27.140><c> is</c><00:29:27.380><c> south</c><00:29:27.559><c> of</c><00:29:27.819><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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But<00:29:28.880><c> you</c><00:29:29.039><c> can</c><00:29:29.299><c> see</c><00:29:29.539><c> the</c><00:29:29.859><c> Baal</c><00:29:30.160><c> Stone,</c><00:29:31.039><c> the</c><00:29:31.359><c> Asterisk</c><00:29:31.980><c> Stone,</c><00:29:32.519><c> the</c><00:29:32.720><c> incense</c><00:29:33.119><c> where</c><00:29:33.339><c> they</c><00:29:33.539><c> would</c><00:29:33.779><c> offer</c><00:29:34.119><c> incense,</c><00:29:34.880><c> and</c><00:29:35.079><c> this</c><00:29:35.259><c> would</c><00:29:35.420><c> be</c><00:29:35.619><c> a</c>

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high<00:29:35.980><c> place.</c>

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This<00:29:37.180><c> would</c><00:29:37.380><c> be</c><00:29:37.619><c> obviously</c><00:29:37.980><c> up</c><00:29:38.200><c> on</c><00:29:38.420><c> a</c><00:29:38.559><c> hill</c><00:29:38.779><c> or</c><00:29:39.039><c> a</c><00:29:39.180><c> mountain</c><00:29:39.500><c> or</c>

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something<00:29:39.960><c> like</c><00:29:40.259><c> that,</c>

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and<00:29:40.539><c> this</c><00:29:40.720><c> is</c><00:29:40.900><c> where</c><00:29:41.039><c> you</c><00:29:41.279><c> would</c><00:29:41.480><c> go</c><00:29:41.759><c> to</c><00:29:42.480><c> offer</c><00:29:42.839><c> your</c><00:29:43.259><c> offerings</c><00:29:43.759><c> to</c><00:29:44.039><c> Baal.</c>

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