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brutality.<00:09:00.669><c> This</c><00:09:01.029><c> was</c><00:09:01.549><c> the</c>

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necklace<00:10:01.389><c> around</c><00:10:01.750><c> their</c><00:10:01.990><c> neck.</c>

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searing<00:10:07.929><c> Middle</c><00:10:08.269><c> East</c><00:10:08.529><c> sun.</c>

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but<00:11:15.809><c> in</c><00:11:16.049><c> those</c><00:11:16.409><c> days</c><00:11:17.029><c> this</c><00:11:17.629><c> kind</c><00:11:18.090><c> of</c><00:11:18.409><c> armor,</c><00:11:19.549><c> this</c><00:11:19.590><c> kind</c><00:11:19.950><c> of</c><00:11:20.289><c> engineering,</c><00:11:21.690><c> showed</c><00:11:21.830><c> that</c><00:11:22.009><c> they</c><00:11:22.169><c> were</c><00:11:22.409><c> a</c><00:11:22.669><c> militaristic</c>

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people,<00:11:24.429><c> a</c><00:11:24.769><c> godless</c><00:11:25.250><c> people</c><00:11:25.669><c> who</c><00:11:26.549><c> spent</c><00:11:26.950><c> their</c><00:11:27.370><c> energies</c><00:11:27.830><c> and</c>

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their<00:11:28.529><c> time</c><00:11:29.210><c> trying</c><00:11:29.730><c> to</c><00:11:29.950><c> think</c><00:11:30.090><c> of</c><00:11:30.330><c> ways</c><00:11:30.690><c> to</c><00:11:30.950><c> destroy</c>

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people.<00:11:33.049><c> And</c><00:11:33.149><c> in</c><00:11:33.269><c> those</c><00:11:33.549><c> days</c><00:11:34.169><c> such</c><00:11:34.610><c> a</c><00:11:34.870><c> piece,</c><00:11:35.909><c> it's</c><00:11:36.570><c> called</c>

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struck<00:11:43.629><c> terror</c><00:11:44.210><c> in</c><00:11:44.549><c> the</c>

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hearts<00:11:45.029><c> of</c><00:11:45.330><c> people</c><00:11:45.690><c> as</c><00:11:46.110><c> they</c><00:11:46.309><c> would</c><00:11:46.509><c> look</c><00:11:46.710><c> over</c><00:11:46.990><c> their</c><00:11:47.269><c> wall</c>

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fate<00:12:10.669><c> that</c><00:12:10.990><c> would</c><00:12:11.370><c> strike</c>

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words<00:14:25.409><c> of</c><00:14:25.690><c> scripture.</c><00:14:27.149><c> You</c><00:14:27.250><c> might</c><00:14:27.429><c> want</c><00:14:27.610><c> to</c><00:14:27.769><c> turn</c><00:14:27.889><c> these</c><00:14:28.049><c> up</c><00:14:28.250><c> as</c><00:14:28.409><c> we</c><00:14:28.570><c> just</c><00:14:28.830><c> read</c><00:14:29.009><c> portions.</c><00:14:30.889><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:31.269><c> chapter</c><00:14:31.730><c> 1</c><00:14:32.070><c> verses</c>

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Hezekiah<00:17:16.160><c> and</c><00:17:17.319><c> the</c><00:17:17.640><c> sheepfold</c><00:17:18.400><c> of</c><00:17:18.799><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:19.440><c> besieged</c><00:17:20.119><c> by</c>

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Isaiah,<00:17:37.200><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:17:38.619><c> the</c><00:17:38.839><c> men</c><00:17:39.200><c> and</c><00:17:39.400><c> the</c><00:17:39.579><c> women</c>

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in<00:17:40.259><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:40.839><c> peered</c><00:17:41.519><c> down</c><00:17:42.019><c> over</c><00:17:42.279><c> those</c><00:17:42.579><c> walls</c><00:17:43.059><c> and</c><00:17:43.619><c> saw</c><00:17:44.039><c> the</c>

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knowing<00:17:47.480><c> that</c><00:17:47.700><c> this</c><00:17:47.980><c> was</c><00:17:48.240><c> the</c><00:17:48.420><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:48.940><c> way</c><00:17:49.279><c> of</c><00:17:49.519><c> dealing</c><00:17:49.779><c> with</c><00:17:50.119><c> captives,</c><00:17:51.460><c> what</c><00:17:51.940><c> do</c>

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you<00:17:52.160><c> think</c><00:17:52.319><c> they</c><00:17:52.619><c> thought?</c>

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Can<00:17:58.900><c> you</c><00:17:59.160><c> imagine</c><00:17:59.660><c> how</c><00:17:59.940><c> that</c><00:18:00.180><c> was</c><00:18:00.460><c> a</c><00:18:00.759><c> crucible</c><00:18:01.180><c> in</c><00:18:01.859><c> which</c><00:18:02.240><c> faith</c><00:18:02.640><c> was</c>

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being<00:18:03.299><c> tested?</c><00:18:04.539><c> Can</c><00:18:04.619><c> you</c><00:18:04.819><c> imagine</c><00:18:05.259><c> the</c>

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pressures<00:18:06.079><c> that</c><00:18:06.680><c> it</c><00:18:06.900><c> put</c><00:18:07.000><c> upon</c><00:18:07.380><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:18:08.140><c> King</c><00:18:08.240><c> of</c><00:18:08.460><c> Judah,</c>

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as<00:18:09.380><c> the</c><00:18:09.619><c> leader</c><00:18:09.799><c> of</c><00:18:10.000><c> the</c><00:18:10.180><c> people</c><00:18:10.440><c> to</c><00:18:10.660><c> whom</c><00:18:10.839><c> they</c><00:18:11.079><c> looked</c>

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for<00:18:11.940><c> direction?</c><00:18:13.299><c> Can</c><00:18:13.500><c> you</c><00:18:13.740><c> imagine</c><00:18:14.099><c> in</c><00:18:14.400><c> turn</c><00:18:14.779><c> how</c><00:18:15.720><c> Hezekiah</c>

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turned<00:18:18.019><c> in</c><00:18:18.400><c> fact</c><00:18:18.759><c> to</c><00:18:20.140><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:20.920><c> for</c><00:18:21.279><c> direction</c><00:18:21.740><c> and</c><00:18:22.019><c> help</c>

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from<00:18:22.380><c> God?</c><00:18:24.539><c> There</c><00:18:24.559><c> was</c><00:18:24.819><c> a</c><00:18:25.059><c> domino</c><00:18:25.299><c> effect,</c><00:18:26.220><c> the</c><00:18:26.420><c> people</c><00:18:26.779><c> leaning</c><00:18:27.180><c> on</c><00:18:27.480><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:18:28.579><c> Hezekiah</c><00:18:29.400><c> looking</c><00:18:29.920><c> to</c>

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sisters<00:18:35.740><c> were</c><00:18:36.039><c> perilous</c><00:18:36.579><c> times,</c>

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We're<00:18:45.359><c> still</c><00:18:45.920><c> in</c><00:18:46.440><c> a</c><00:18:46.660><c> state</c><00:18:46.799><c> of</c><00:18:47.160><c> relative</c><00:18:47.480><c> calm.</c>

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I'd<00:18:50.160><c> like</c><00:18:50.279><c> now,</c><00:18:50.700><c> brothers</c><00:18:50.759><c> and</c><00:18:51.039><c> sisters,</c><00:18:51.700><c> for</c><00:18:51.819><c> us</c><00:18:52.079><c> to</c><00:18:52.279><c> examine</c>

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prophecy.<00:19:00.940><c> This</c><00:19:01.160><c> is</c><00:19:01.420><c> important</c><00:19:01.900><c> to</c><00:19:02.119><c> bear</c><00:19:02.279><c> in</c><00:19:02.519><c> mind.</c>

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First<00:19:04.099><c> of</c><00:19:04.319><c> all,</c><00:19:05.859><c> if</c><00:19:06.019><c> you</c><00:19:06.299><c> have</c><00:19:06.619><c> your</c><00:19:07.160><c> little</c><00:19:07.539><c> handout</c><00:19:07.940><c> available,</c><00:19:09.619><c> the</c>

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you'll<00:19:13.420><c> notice</c><00:19:13.680><c> that</c><00:19:13.920><c> Uzziah</c><00:19:14.460><c> is</c><00:19:14.700><c> mentioned</c><00:19:15.019><c> for</c><00:19:15.279><c> you</c><00:19:15.380><c> at</c><00:19:15.500><c> the</c>

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in<00:19:24.920><c> the</c><00:19:25.079><c> reign</c><00:19:25.359><c> or</c><00:19:25.720><c> rather</c><00:19:25.960><c> in</c><00:19:26.119><c> the</c><00:19:26.279><c> ministry</c><00:19:26.579><c> of</c><00:19:26.880><c> Isaiah.</c><00:19:28.279><c> You'll</c><00:19:28.539><c> see</c>

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also<00:19:28.980><c> as</c><00:19:29.140><c> you</c><00:19:29.240><c> go</c><00:19:29.359><c> down</c><00:19:29.640><c> further</c>

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that<00:19:31.160><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:19:31.759><c> reign</c><00:19:31.940><c> is</c><00:19:32.279><c> marked</c><00:19:32.519><c> out</c><00:19:32.759><c> for</c><00:19:33.019><c> you</c><00:19:33.160><c> with</c><00:19:33.339><c> a</c><00:19:33.619><c> checker</c><00:19:33.900><c> mark</c><00:19:34.259><c> roughly</c><00:19:35.019><c> 715</c><00:19:35.920><c> to</c><00:19:36.119><c> 786.</c>

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Now<00:19:38.819><c> keeping</c><00:19:39.319><c> your</c><00:19:39.640><c> eye</c><00:19:39.799><c> on</c><00:19:39.940><c> that</c><00:19:40.220><c> chronology,</c><00:19:41.259><c> let's</c><00:19:41.559><c> go</c><00:19:41.759><c> to</c>

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Let's<00:19:45.839><c> mark</c><00:19:46.220><c> out</c><00:19:46.500><c> in</c><00:19:46.819><c> our</c><00:19:47.059><c> books</c><00:19:47.559><c> where</c><00:19:48.539><c> these</c><00:19:48.880><c> kings</c><00:19:49.180><c> came</c><00:19:49.539><c> in,</c><00:19:50.299><c> so</c>

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covers<00:20:05.099><c> the</c><00:20:05.440><c> period</c><00:20:05.859><c> of</c><00:20:06.460><c> Uzziah.</c><00:20:08.380><c> The</c><00:20:08.559><c> reason</c><00:20:08.819><c> why</c><00:20:09.039><c> we</c><00:20:09.279><c> say</c><00:20:09.480><c> that</c><00:20:09.720><c> brothers</c><00:20:09.900><c> and</c><00:20:10.180><c> sisters</c><00:20:10.779><c> would</c><00:20:11.400><c> be</c>

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verse<00:20:17.660><c> one</c><00:20:18.099><c> of</c><00:20:18.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:18.720><c> six.</c>

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throne<00:20:45.640><c> high</c><00:20:46.420><c> and</c><00:20:46.619><c> lifted</c><00:20:46.819><c> up</c>

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and<00:20:47.579><c> his</c><00:20:47.859><c> train</c><00:20:48.119><c> filled</c><00:20:48.400><c> the</c><00:20:48.660><c> temple.</c><00:20:49.539><c> There</c><00:20:49.599><c> you</c><00:20:49.779><c> go.</c><00:20:50.839><c> Chapters</c><00:20:51.000><c> one</c><00:20:51.500><c> to</c>

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verse<00:20:58.460><c> one.</c><00:21:00.299><c> But</c><00:21:00.460><c> we're</c><00:21:00.680><c> also</c><00:21:01.000><c> told</c><00:21:01.480><c> in</c><00:21:01.759><c> Isaiah</c>

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burden<00:22:00.140><c> that</c><00:22:00.359><c> deals</c><00:22:00.559><c> with</c><00:22:00.819><c> Lucifer.</c>

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we're<00:22:10.500><c> told</c><00:22:10.960><c> that</c><00:22:11.359><c> at</c><00:22:11.559><c> that</c><00:22:12.000><c> time</c><00:22:12.480><c> Ahaz</c><00:22:13.039><c> dies.</c><00:22:14.740><c> So</c><00:22:14.859><c> now</c><00:22:15.059><c> we</c><00:22:15.259><c> have</c><00:22:15.500><c> the</c>

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in<00:22:43.599><c> our</c><00:22:43.740><c> Bible</c><00:22:44.000><c> study?</c>

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Let's<00:22:45.859><c> go</c><00:22:46.079><c> back</c><00:22:46.700><c> to</c><00:22:48.140><c> the</c><00:22:48.319><c> early</c><00:22:48.559><c> chapters</c><00:22:49.279><c> of</c><00:22:50.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:50.660><c> once</c><00:22:50.940><c> again.</c>

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It<00:22:54.180><c> helps</c><00:22:54.579><c> in</c><00:22:54.880><c> this</c><00:22:55.119><c> way,</c><00:22:56.900><c> that</c><00:22:56.980><c> as</c><00:22:57.200><c> you</c><00:22:57.460><c> read</c><00:22:57.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:58.359><c> chapter</c>

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you<00:23:04.359><c> are</c><00:23:04.599><c> reading</c><00:23:04.940><c> about</c><00:23:05.299><c> the</c><00:23:05.559><c> life</c><00:23:05.779><c> and</c><00:23:06.079><c> times</c><00:23:06.500><c> of</c><00:23:07.079><c> Uzziah,</c><00:23:08.380><c> which</c><00:23:08.579><c> was</c><00:23:09.240><c> relatively</c><00:23:09.799><c> speaking</c><00:23:10.460><c> a</c><00:23:11.259><c> period</c>

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reign,<00:23:17.000><c> Uzziah</c><00:23:17.440><c> was</c><00:23:17.680><c> shut</c><00:23:17.819><c> up</c><00:23:17.960><c> in</c><00:23:18.099><c> a</c><00:23:18.240><c> leper</c><00:23:18.500><c> house</c>

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Uzziah's<00:23:32.119><c> reign</c><00:23:32.559><c> was</c><00:23:33.400><c> marked</c><00:23:33.759><c> by</c><00:23:34.039><c> a</c><00:23:34.240><c> period</c><00:23:34.500><c> of</c><00:23:34.819><c> relative</c><00:23:35.180><c> peace</c><00:23:35.579><c> and</c>

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prosperity<00:23:36.480><c> for</c><00:23:36.680><c> Israel.</c>

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talking<00:23:41.839><c> to</c><00:23:42.099><c> a</c><00:23:42.319><c> people</c><00:23:42.779><c> who</c><00:23:43.319><c> have</c><00:23:43.519><c> enjoyed</c><00:23:44.059><c> peace</c>

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We've<00:24:18.920><c> generated</c><00:24:19.319><c> a</c><00:24:19.619><c> graph,</c><00:24:20.000><c> a</c><00:24:20.160><c> bar</c><00:24:20.359><c> graph,</c><00:24:21.519><c> to</c><00:24:21.720><c> portray</c><00:24:22.200><c> a</c><00:24:22.640><c> pattern.</c><00:24:24.359><c> It's</c><00:24:24.500><c> a</c>

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Isaiah's<00:24:37.819><c> prophecy,</c><00:24:38.819><c> not</c><00:24:39.059><c> found</c><00:24:39.359><c> in</c><00:24:39.559><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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not<00:24:40.380><c> found</c><00:24:40.720><c> in</c><00:24:41.259><c> Daniel,</c><00:24:41.980><c> found</c><00:24:42.140><c> only</c><00:24:42.460><c> twice</c><00:24:42.799><c> in</c><00:24:43.019><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:24:44.359><c> So</c>

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it's<00:24:44.759><c> a</c><00:24:44.900><c> key</c><00:24:45.079><c> word</c><00:24:45.299><c> in</c><00:24:45.460><c> the</c><00:24:45.640><c> prophecy.</c>

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Now,<00:24:47.339><c> as</c><00:24:47.579><c> you</c><00:24:47.819><c> move</c><00:24:48.059><c> across</c><00:24:48.559><c> the</c><00:24:48.880><c> prophecy</c><00:24:49.339><c> from</c><00:24:49.619><c> chapters</c><00:24:50.019><c> 1</c>

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or<00:24:59.400><c> saved</c><00:24:59.839><c> or</c><00:25:00.279><c> salvation</c>

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or<00:25:01.920><c> savior</c><00:25:02.400><c> in</c><00:25:03.500><c> total</c><00:25:03.900><c> some</c><00:25:04.279><c> eight</c><00:25:04.640><c> times</c><00:25:05.200><c> as</c><00:25:05.380><c> you</c><00:25:05.559><c> move</c><00:25:05.759><c> across</c><00:25:06.640><c> chapters</c><00:25:07.500><c> 1</c><00:25:07.819><c> to</c><00:25:07.960><c> 30.</c>

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hinge<00:25:22.380><c> of</c><00:25:22.599><c> the</c><00:25:22.839><c> prophecy</c>

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38,<00:25:32.099><c> the</c><00:25:32.339><c> historical</c><00:25:32.859><c> section</c><00:25:33.319><c> that</c><00:25:33.619><c> repeats</c>

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Kings<00:25:34.299><c> and</c><00:25:34.579><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:35.140><c> in</c><00:25:35.500><c> part,</c><00:25:36.440><c> that</c><00:25:36.660><c> deals</c><00:25:36.980><c> with</c><00:25:37.200><c> the</c><00:25:37.400><c> Assyrian</c><00:25:37.859><c> invasion,</c><00:25:39.079><c> the</c>

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sickness<00:25:39.680><c> of</c><00:25:39.940><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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the<00:25:41.960><c> sundial</c><00:25:42.420><c> being</c><00:25:42.740><c> moved</c><00:25:43.099><c> back,</c><00:25:43.779><c> and</c><00:25:44.660><c> the</c><00:25:44.880><c> 15</c><00:25:45.319><c> years</c><00:25:45.740><c> extended</c><00:25:46.319><c> to</c><00:25:46.619><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:25:47.880><c> those</c><00:25:48.279><c> chapters</c><00:25:48.839><c> found</c><00:25:49.259><c> in</c>

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Isaiah's<00:25:50.619><c> prophecy</c><00:25:51.059><c> are</c><00:25:52.420><c> a</c><00:25:52.859><c> turning</c><00:25:53.099><c> point</c><00:25:53.579><c> because</c><00:25:54.559><c> after</c>

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that<00:25:55.539><c> section,</c><00:25:57.579><c> words</c><00:25:57.599><c> like</c><00:25:58.099><c> salvation,</c>

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savior,<00:26:00.140><c> and</c><00:26:00.440><c> saved</c><00:26:00.740><c> take</c><00:26:01.240><c> off</c><00:26:01.859><c> as</c><00:26:02.420><c> a</c><00:26:02.559><c> point</c><00:26:02.740><c> of</c><00:26:02.960><c> emphasis</c><00:26:03.380><c> some</c><00:26:04.460><c> 30</c>

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times<00:26:05.720><c> from</c><00:26:06.059><c> just</c><00:26:06.400><c> chapters</c><00:26:06.799><c> 41</c><00:26:07.519><c> to</c><00:26:08.200><c> 66.</c>

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The<00:26:10.539><c> spirit</c><00:26:10.920><c> stresses</c><00:26:11.460><c> the</c><00:26:11.839><c> theme</c><00:26:12.180><c> of</c><00:26:12.579><c> salvation.</c><00:26:14.299><c> Why</c><00:26:14.539><c> do</c>

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you<00:26:14.759><c> reckon</c><00:26:15.000><c> that</c><00:26:15.220><c> is,</c><00:26:15.599><c> brothers</c><00:26:15.720><c> and</c><00:26:15.940><c> sisters?</c>

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You'll<00:26:17.819><c> see</c><00:26:17.980><c> this</c><00:26:18.380><c> as</c><00:26:18.759><c> being</c><00:26:18.940><c> a</c><00:26:19.160><c> typical</c><00:26:19.539><c> pattern</c><00:26:19.920><c> for</c><00:26:20.220><c> a</c><00:26:20.359><c> number</c><00:26:20.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:20.900><c> key</c><00:26:21.059><c> words</c><00:26:21.339><c> in</c><00:26:21.500><c> the</c><00:26:21.740><c> prophecy.</c>

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After<00:26:23.180><c> chapter</c><00:26:23.640><c> 40,</c><00:26:24.099><c> there's</c><00:26:24.420><c> a</c><00:26:24.599><c> takeoff,</c><00:26:26.119><c> a</c><00:26:26.359><c> great</c><00:26:26.599><c> emphasis</c>

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on<00:26:27.460><c> key</c><00:26:27.779><c> words</c><00:26:28.259><c> that</c><00:26:28.759><c> relate</c><00:26:29.119><c> to</c><00:26:29.400><c> salvation,</c>

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redemption,<00:26:31.440><c> restoration.</c><00:26:33.519><c> Is</c><00:26:33.759><c> it</c><00:26:34.000><c> not,</c><00:26:34.500><c> brothers</c><00:26:34.500><c> and</c><00:26:34.759><c> sisters,</c><00:26:35.579><c> that</c>

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in<00:26:35.839><c> the</c><00:26:36.140><c> spirit's</c><00:26:36.640><c> design</c><00:26:36.960><c> of</c>

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this<00:26:37.420><c> prophecy,</c><00:26:38.680><c> the</c><00:26:38.920><c> spirit</c><00:26:39.140><c> has</c><00:26:39.519><c> placed</c><00:26:39.859><c> the</c><00:26:40.259><c> historical</c>

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sections<00:26:41.279><c> in</c><00:26:41.559><c> the</c><00:26:41.740><c> middle</c><00:26:41.880><c> of</c><00:26:42.119><c> the</c><00:26:42.299><c> prophecy</c>

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for<00:26:43.799><c> they</c><00:26:44.200><c> remind</c><00:26:44.759><c> us</c><00:26:45.019><c> of</c><00:26:45.160><c> the</c><00:26:45.319><c> Assyrian</c><00:26:45.720><c> invasion.</c><00:26:47.220><c> They</c><00:26:47.440><c> demonstrate</c><00:26:48.180><c> also</c><00:26:48.940><c> the</c>

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victory<00:26:49.759><c> of</c><00:26:49.940><c> the</c><00:26:50.160><c> angel</c>

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of<00:26:50.740><c> God</c><00:26:51.059><c> over</c><00:26:51.339><c> the</c><00:26:51.559><c> enemies.</c><00:26:53.359><c> That</c><00:26:53.640><c> section</c><00:26:54.019><c> in</c><00:26:54.220><c> the</c><00:26:54.299><c> middle</c><00:26:54.500><c> of</c><00:26:54.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:55.180><c> is</c><00:26:55.519><c> a</c>

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turning<00:26:56.019><c> point</c>

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for<00:26:57.559><c> it</c><00:26:57.839><c> marks</c><00:26:58.140><c> the</c><00:26:58.539><c> victory</c><00:26:58.940><c> of</c><00:26:59.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:59.700><c> over</c><00:27:00.059><c> his</c><00:27:00.319><c> enemies.</c>

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And<00:27:01.819><c> is</c><00:27:01.940><c> it</c><00:27:02.059><c> any</c><00:27:02.380><c> wonder,</c><00:27:03.039><c> therefore,</c>

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that<00:27:03.640><c> after</c><00:27:04.019><c> chapter</c><00:27:04.440><c> 39</c><00:27:05.059><c> in</c><00:27:05.279><c> Isaiah,</c><00:27:06.539><c> we</c><00:27:06.819><c> have</c><00:27:07.059><c> words</c><00:27:07.500><c> stressing</c><00:27:08.039><c> salvation.</c><00:27:09.680><c> Why?</c>

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Because<00:27:11.380><c> contemporary</c>

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with<00:27:12.519><c> the</c><00:27:12.779><c> times,</c><00:27:13.700><c> Isaiah,</c><00:27:14.859><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:27:15.920><c> and</c><00:27:16.079><c> the</c><00:27:16.259><c> people</c><00:27:16.599><c> of</c>

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Judah<00:27:17.160><c> had</c><00:27:17.720><c> seen</c><00:27:18.259><c> the</c><00:27:18.559><c> salvation</c><00:27:19.079><c> of</c><00:27:19.319><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:19.660><c> by</c><00:27:19.940><c> then.</c>

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They<00:27:21.039><c> had</c><00:27:21.400><c> seen</c><00:27:21.680><c> a</c><00:27:21.940><c> temporary</c><00:27:22.339><c> redemption.</c><00:27:23.559><c> They</c><00:27:23.720><c> had</c><00:27:24.140><c> seen</c>

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the<00:27:24.660><c> enemy</c><00:27:24.880><c> destroyed.</c><00:27:26.640><c> They</c><00:27:26.880><c> had</c><00:27:27.220><c> seen</c><00:27:27.640><c> proof</c>

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positive<00:27:28.900><c> of</c><00:27:29.220><c> the</c><00:27:29.480><c> principles</c><00:27:29.880><c> that</c><00:27:30.180><c> God</c><00:27:30.539><c> cares</c><00:27:30.960><c> for</c><00:27:31.140><c> his</c><00:27:31.420><c> people.</c><00:27:32.740><c> So</c>

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from<00:27:33.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:33.660><c> 40</c><00:27:34.079><c> on,</c><00:27:34.460><c> there's</c><00:27:34.720><c> a</c><00:27:34.980><c> takeoff</c>

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of<00:27:35.640><c> key</c><00:27:36.039><c> words</c><00:27:36.400><c> dealing</c><00:27:36.720><c> with</c><00:27:36.980><c> restoration.</c><00:27:38.539><c> By</c><00:27:38.819><c> that</c><00:27:39.259><c> time,</c>

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that<00:27:40.500><c> time</c><00:27:40.859><c> in</c><00:27:41.059><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:27:41.819><c> reign,</c>

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the<00:27:42.579><c> Assyrian</c><00:27:43.000><c> had</c><00:27:43.160><c> been</c><00:27:43.440><c> likely</c><00:27:43.740><c> destroyed.</c><00:27:45.119><c> And</c><00:27:45.319><c> thus,</c><00:27:46.019><c> this</c><00:27:46.140><c> kind</c><00:27:46.480><c> of</c>

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emphasis<00:27:47.140><c> in</c><00:27:47.420><c> Isaiah's</c><00:27:48.079><c> ministry</c>

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would<00:27:49.200><c> then</c><00:27:49.440><c> have</c><00:27:49.680><c> very</c><00:27:50.220><c> special</c><00:27:50.819><c> meaning.</c><00:27:52.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:52.519><c> was</c><00:27:52.880><c> then</c>

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talking<00:27:53.680><c> to</c><00:27:53.960><c> a</c><00:27:54.160><c> people</c><00:27:54.579><c> who</c><00:27:55.059><c> had</c><00:27:55.240><c> been</c><00:27:55.460><c> invaded,</c>

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captivated,<00:27:58.279><c> and</c><00:27:58.440><c> delivered.</c><00:27:59.740><c> And</c><00:28:00.140><c> this</c><00:28:00.559><c> was</c><00:28:01.019><c> positive</c><00:28:01.740><c> proof</c><00:28:02.339><c> of</c><00:28:02.640><c> a</c>

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greater<00:28:03.079><c> salvation.</c>

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That<00:28:04.779><c> was</c><00:28:05.059><c> a</c><00:28:05.279><c> temporary</c><00:28:05.640><c> salvation,</c><00:28:06.900><c> a</c><00:28:07.079><c> temporary</c><00:28:07.440><c> redemption.</c><00:28:08.660><c> They</c><00:28:08.740><c> were</c>

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temporary<00:28:09.579><c> captives.</c><00:28:10.940><c> They</c>

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were<00:28:11.359><c> a</c><00:28:11.579><c> temporary</c><00:28:12.019><c> remnant.</c><00:28:13.400><c> But</c><00:28:13.539><c> after</c><00:28:13.839><c> the</c><00:28:14.099><c> Assyrian</c><00:28:14.460><c> had</c>

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been<00:28:14.839><c> destroyed,</c><00:28:16.400><c> then</c><00:28:16.599><c> God</c><00:28:17.059><c> through</c><00:28:17.400><c> the</c><00:28:17.700><c> Spirit</c>

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moves<00:28:18.559><c> the</c><00:28:18.880><c> prophet</c><00:28:19.240><c> to</c><00:28:19.880><c> speak</c><00:28:20.200><c> in</c><00:28:20.500><c> terms</c><00:28:20.859><c> of</c><00:28:21.099><c> restoration</c><00:28:21.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:22.480><c> coming</c><00:28:22.680><c> of</c><00:28:22.920><c> a</c><00:28:23.059><c> greater</c><00:28:23.279><c> Messiah</c><00:28:23.920><c> than</c><00:28:24.460><c> was</c><00:28:24.720><c> seen</c>

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the<00:28:25.059><c> work</c><00:28:25.319><c> of</c><00:28:25.539><c> Hezekiah</c><00:28:26.279><c> or</c><00:28:26.599><c> seen</c><00:28:26.839><c> in</c><00:28:27.000><c> the</c><00:28:27.140><c> ministry</c><00:28:27.440><c> of</c><00:28:27.640><c> Isaiah.</c><00:28:28.720><c> Of</c><00:28:28.920><c> a</c>

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greater<00:28:29.480><c> time,</c><00:28:30.240><c> of</c><00:28:30.400><c> a</c><00:28:30.599><c> greater</c><00:28:30.839><c> Jubilee,</c>

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all<00:28:32.519><c> of</c><00:28:32.740><c> which</c><00:28:33.200><c> would</c><00:28:33.740><c> have</c><00:28:34.059><c> much,</c><00:28:34.559><c> much</c><00:28:35.180><c> deeper</c><00:28:35.579><c> meaning,</c><00:28:36.619><c> a</c>

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much<00:28:37.200><c> firmer</c><00:28:37.680><c> foundation</c><00:28:38.339><c> for</c><00:28:38.700><c> faith</c><00:28:38.960><c> and</c><00:28:39.279><c> trust</c>

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if<00:28:40.440><c> by</c><00:28:40.859><c> then</c><00:28:41.220><c> the</c><00:28:41.799><c> Assyrian</c><00:28:42.259><c> had</c><00:28:42.599><c> already</c><00:28:42.880><c> been</c><00:28:43.099><c> destroyed.</c><00:28:44.240><c> Let</c><00:28:44.440><c> me</c><00:28:44.539><c> show</c><00:28:44.720><c> you</c><00:28:44.880><c> a</c>

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second<00:28:45.299><c> pattern.</c>

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This<00:28:47.079><c> time,</c><00:28:47.380><c> we</c><00:28:47.519><c> choose</c><00:28:47.779><c> the</c><00:28:47.940><c> word</c><00:28:48.160><c> redeem</c><00:28:48.619><c> and</c><00:28:49.059><c> redemption.</c>

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Notice<00:28:51.839><c> this.</c><00:28:53.359><c> Chapters</c><00:28:53.519><c> 1</c><00:28:53.759><c> to</c><00:28:53.880><c> 20,</c><00:28:55.380><c> the</c><00:28:55.539><c> words</c><00:28:56.019><c> redeem,</c>

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redemption,<00:28:58.099><c> redeemer</c><00:28:58.539><c> occurs</c><00:28:59.059><c> once.</c>

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Then<00:29:01.200><c> from</c><00:29:01.440><c> chapters</c><00:29:01.880><c> 21</c><00:29:02.640><c> to</c><00:29:03.180><c> 40,</c><00:29:04.500><c> only</c><00:29:04.799><c> twice.</c><00:29:06.220><c> But</c><00:29:06.460><c> right</c><00:29:06.819><c> after</c><00:29:07.259><c> that</c><00:29:07.640><c> middle</c><00:29:07.940><c> section,</c><00:29:09.019><c> there's</c><00:29:09.259><c> a</c>

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takeoff<00:29:10.059><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:10.559><c> word</c><00:29:10.920><c> redeem,</c><00:29:12.339><c> redeemer,</c><00:29:13.180><c> and</c><00:29:13.339><c> redemption.</c><00:29:15.339><c> That</c><00:29:15.759><c> would</c>

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have<00:29:16.059><c> been</c><00:29:16.279><c> very</c><00:29:16.880><c> pertinent,</c><00:29:17.440><c> brothers</c><00:29:17.519><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:29:18.119><c> to</c><00:29:18.319><c> a</c><00:29:18.500><c> people</c><00:29:18.740><c> who</c><00:29:18.920><c> had</c><00:29:19.220><c> already</c><00:29:19.819><c> seen</c><00:29:20.599><c> proof</c><00:29:21.259><c> that</c>

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God<00:29:21.900><c> is</c><00:29:22.400><c> the</c><00:29:22.619><c> redeemer.</c>

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Here<00:29:24.519><c> was</c><00:29:24.700><c> a</c><00:29:24.900><c> people</c><00:29:25.099><c> that</c><00:29:25.220><c> have</c><00:29:25.480><c> been</c><00:29:25.740><c> castigated</c><00:29:26.299><c> in</c><00:29:26.480><c> God's</c>

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judgments,<00:29:28.180><c> criticized</c><00:29:29.019><c> rightly,</c>

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purged<00:29:40.740><c> by</c><00:29:41.160><c> trial,</c><00:29:42.599><c> delivered</c><00:29:43.079><c> in</c><00:29:43.299><c> God's</c><00:29:43.740><c> mercy.</c><00:29:44.539><c> Then</c><00:29:44.779><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:29:45.359><c> steps</c><00:29:45.700><c> out</c><00:29:45.980><c> to</c><00:29:46.099><c> the</c><00:29:46.240><c> people</c>

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in<00:29:47.140><c> the</c><00:29:47.259><c> last</c><00:29:47.640><c> phase</c><00:29:48.000><c> of</c><00:29:48.160><c> his</c><00:29:48.380><c> ministry.</c><00:29:48.960><c> He</c><00:29:48.980><c> speaks</c><00:29:49.240><c> positively.</c><00:29:50.220><c> He</c><00:29:50.859><c> speaks</c><00:29:51.339><c> comfortably</c><00:29:51.960><c> to</c>

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his<00:29:52.539><c> people.</c>

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And<00:29:53.200><c> that's</c><00:29:53.440><c> how</c><00:29:53.640><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:53.960><c> 40</c><00:29:54.339><c> starts,</c><00:29:55.000><c> isn't</c><00:29:55.079><c> it?</c><00:29:57.299><c> Comfort</c><00:29:57.640><c> ye,</c><00:29:58.119><c> comfort</c><00:29:58.519><c> ye</c>

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my<00:29:59.019><c> people,</c><00:29:59.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:59.960><c> 40.</c>

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It's<00:30:01.559><c> the</c><00:30:01.859><c> watershed</c><00:30:02.319><c> of</c><00:30:02.519><c> the</c><00:30:02.740><c> prophecy</c><00:30:03.220><c> based</c><00:30:04.019><c> on</c><00:30:04.220><c> the</c><00:30:04.460><c> reality</c><00:30:04.799><c> of</c>

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historical<00:30:05.599><c> events.</c><00:30:06.819><c> And</c><00:30:07.019><c> did</c><00:30:07.160><c> they</c><00:30:07.400><c> have</c>

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reason,<00:30:08.200><c> brothers</c><00:30:08.319><c> and</c><00:30:08.619><c> sisters,</c><00:30:09.059><c> to</c><00:30:09.420><c> trust</c><00:30:09.859><c> that</c><00:30:10.119><c> there</c><00:30:10.259><c> would</c><00:30:10.400><c> be</c>

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a<00:30:10.740><c> redeemer?</c><00:30:11.759><c> Now</c><00:30:12.140><c> they</c><00:30:12.480><c> had</c><00:30:13.099><c> reason</c><00:30:13.740><c> to</c><00:30:14.019><c> trust.</c>

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God<00:30:15.380><c> gave</c><00:30:15.660><c> them</c><00:30:15.880><c> a</c><00:30:16.119><c> basis</c><00:30:16.460><c> for</c><00:30:16.700><c> that</c><00:30:16.940><c> kind</c><00:30:17.240><c> of</c><00:30:17.480><c> faith.</c><00:30:19.180><c> And</c><00:30:19.259><c> knowing</c><00:30:19.480><c> the</c>

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historical<00:30:20.240><c> events</c><00:30:20.640><c> in</c><00:30:20.880><c> perspective,</c>

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:25.819
do<00:30:22.519><c> we</c><00:30:22.759><c> have</c><00:30:22.960><c> reason</c><00:30:23.259><c> to</c><00:30:23.480><c> believe</c><00:30:23.799><c> that</c><00:30:24.019><c> God</c><00:30:24.299><c> will</c><00:30:24.539><c> redeem</c><00:30:24.759><c> us?</c>

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:28.440
Do<00:30:26.119><c> we</c><00:30:26.259><c> have</c><00:30:26.500><c> reason</c><00:30:26.859><c> to</c><00:30:27.099><c> believe</c><00:30:27.480><c> that</c><00:30:27.680><c> He</c><00:30:27.839><c> will</c><00:30:28.160><c> take</c>

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:32.599
us<00:30:29.259><c> from</c><00:30:29.599><c> the</c><00:30:29.839><c> hour</c><00:30:30.140><c> of</c><00:30:30.539><c> trial?</c><00:30:31.000><c> We</c><00:30:31.180><c> may</c><00:30:31.339><c> not</c><00:30:31.500><c> be</c><00:30:31.700><c> totally</c><00:30:32.000><c> delivered</c><00:30:32.380><c> from</c>

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it,<00:30:33.079><c> but</c><00:30:33.319><c> to</c><00:30:33.579><c> trust</c><00:30:33.920><c> that</c><00:30:34.119><c> we</c><00:30:34.359><c> have</c><00:30:34.680><c> that</c>

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:40.700
kind<00:30:35.559><c> of</c><00:30:35.799><c> hope</c><00:30:35.960><c> in</c><00:30:36.220><c> God.</c><00:30:36.980><c> We</c><00:30:37.380><c> too</c><00:30:37.720><c> have</c><00:30:38.000><c> reason</c><00:30:38.319><c> as</c><00:30:38.599><c> we</c><00:30:38.819><c> look</c><00:30:39.000><c> back</c><00:30:39.480><c> and</c><00:30:39.960><c> see</c><00:30:40.299><c> what</c><00:30:40.480><c> He</c>

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has<00:30:40.880><c> done</c><00:30:41.140><c> in</c><00:30:41.319><c> the</c><00:30:41.500><c> life</c><00:30:41.680><c> of</c><00:30:41.940><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:45.539
Now,<00:30:42.839><c> we're</c><00:30:43.920><c> going</c><00:30:44.039><c> to</c><00:30:44.079><c> come</c><00:30:44.299><c> back</c><00:30:44.519><c> to</c><00:30:44.619><c> these</c><00:30:44.880><c> patterns</c><00:30:45.240><c> later</c>

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.880
on<00:30:45.720><c> in</c><00:30:45.880><c> the</c><00:30:45.900><c> week,</c><00:30:46.160><c> brothers</c><00:30:46.259><c> and</c><00:30:46.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:51.319
They<00:30:47.519><c> have</c><00:30:47.759><c> considerable</c><00:30:48.319><c> significance.</c><00:30:50.160><c> But</c><00:30:50.319><c> now</c><00:30:50.500><c> as</c><00:30:50.660><c> we</c><00:30:50.859><c> turn</c><00:30:51.079><c> to</c>

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Isaiah<00:30:51.740><c> chapter</c><00:30:52.319><c> one</c>

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and<00:30:55.000><c> consider</c><00:30:55.599><c> God's</c><00:30:56.480><c> descriptions</c><00:30:56.940><c> of</c><00:30:57.259><c> the</c><00:30:57.539><c> nation</c><00:30:58.180><c> that's</c>

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to<00:30:59.039><c> be</c><00:30:59.339><c> punished</c><00:30:59.779><c> and</c><00:31:00.220><c> purged,</c>

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:09.900
let's<00:31:04.839><c> see</c><00:31:05.440><c> why</c><00:31:06.140><c> it</c><00:31:06.359><c> was</c><00:31:06.660><c> that</c><00:31:06.839><c> God</c><00:31:07.099><c> had</c><00:31:07.359><c> to</c><00:31:07.640><c> use</c><00:31:08.039><c> such</c><00:31:08.579><c> stress,</c>

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.900
such<00:31:10.200><c> a</c><00:31:10.440><c> time</c><00:31:10.599><c> of</c><00:31:10.880><c> testing.</c>

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:20.359
Why<00:31:12.500><c> did</c><00:31:12.799><c> God</c><00:31:13.059><c> use</c><00:31:13.940><c> these</c><00:31:14.480><c> kind</c><00:31:14.920><c> of</c><00:31:15.160><c> measures?</c><00:31:17.420><c> Well,</c><00:31:17.640><c> brothers</c><00:31:17.720><c> and</c><00:31:18.000><c> sisters,</c><00:31:19.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:19.720><c> makes</c><00:31:20.039><c> it</c>

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clear<00:31:20.599><c> as</c>

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to<00:31:21.059><c> why</c><00:31:21.380><c> that</c><00:31:21.599><c> was</c><00:31:21.799><c> to</c><00:31:22.039><c> be.</c><00:31:23.619><c> In</c><00:31:23.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:24.059><c> chapter</c><00:31:24.519><c> one,</c><00:31:25.140><c> verse</c>

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:31.079
two,<00:31:28.400><c> listen</c><00:31:28.619><c> to</c><00:31:28.799><c> the</c><00:31:29.019><c> words</c><00:31:29.299><c> of</c><00:31:29.480><c> the</c><00:31:29.700><c> prophet's</c><00:31:30.180><c> appeal.</c>

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In<00:31:32.119><c> the</c><00:31:32.319><c> language</c><00:31:32.720><c> of</c><00:31:32.940><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:31:33.799><c> which</c><00:31:34.039><c> describes</c><00:31:34.660><c> Israel</c><00:31:35.259><c> as</c>

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God's<00:31:36.079><c> heavens</c><00:31:36.279><c> and</c><00:31:36.519><c> earth,</c>

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verse<00:31:37.599><c> two,</c><00:31:39.400><c> hear,</c><00:31:40.019><c> O</c><00:31:40.160><c> heavens,</c><00:31:41.539><c> give</c><00:31:41.619><c> ear,</c><00:31:42.440><c> O</c><00:31:42.599><c> earth,</c><00:31:43.579><c> for</c>

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Yahweh<00:31:44.279><c> hath</c><00:31:44.500><c> spoken.</c>

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I<00:31:46.359><c> have</c><00:31:46.680><c> nourished</c><00:31:47.359><c> and</c><00:31:47.680><c> brought</c><00:31:47.900><c> up</c><00:31:48.119><c> children</c><00:31:48.660><c> and</c><00:31:49.180><c> they've</c>

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rebelled<00:31:49.859><c> against</c><00:31:50.240><c> me.</c><00:31:51.160><c> The</c><00:31:51.420><c> ox</c><00:31:51.740><c> knoweth</c>

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his<00:31:52.279><c> owner</c><00:31:52.500><c> and</c><00:31:52.660><c> the</c><00:31:52.960><c> ass</c><00:31:53.259><c> his</c><00:31:53.619><c> master's</c><00:31:54.319><c> crib,</c><00:31:55.119><c> but</c><00:31:55.500><c> Israel</c>

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doth<00:31:56.200><c> not</c><00:31:56.640><c> know.</c><00:31:57.480><c> My</c><00:31:57.900><c> people</c><00:31:58.420><c> doth</c><00:31:58.839><c> not</c><00:31:59.299><c> consider.</c>

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Ah,<00:32:02.599><c> sinful</c><00:32:02.900><c> nation,</c><00:32:04.180><c> a</c><00:32:04.420><c> people</c><00:32:05.039><c> laden</c><00:32:05.940><c> with</c><00:32:06.180><c> iniquity,</c><00:32:07.579><c> a</c><00:32:07.740><c> seed</c><00:32:08.140><c> of</c>

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evildoers,<00:32:09.940><c> children</c><00:32:10.359><c> that</c><00:32:10.579><c> are</c><00:32:10.980><c> corrupters.</c>

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They<00:32:12.319><c> have</c><00:32:12.500><c> forsaken</c><00:32:13.079><c> Yahweh.</c><00:32:14.059><c> They</c><00:32:14.240><c> have</c><00:32:14.539><c> provoked</c><00:32:15.039><c> the</c><00:32:15.380><c> Holy</c><00:32:15.619><c> One</c>

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of<00:32:15.920><c> Israel</c><00:32:16.279><c> unto</c><00:32:16.599><c> anger.</c><00:32:17.720><c> They</c><00:32:17.880><c> are</c><00:32:18.119><c> gone</c><00:32:18.319><c> away</c>

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backwards.<00:32:21.859><c> Can</c><00:32:22.039><c> you</c><00:32:22.240><c> imagine,</c><00:32:22.940><c> brothers</c><00:32:23.079><c> and</c><00:32:23.319><c> sisters,</c><00:32:23.680><c> being</c><00:32:23.900><c> within</c><00:32:24.160><c> the</c>

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walls<00:32:24.660><c> of</c><00:32:24.900><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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in<00:32:26.059><c> the</c><00:32:26.240><c> small</c><00:32:26.599><c> hamlets</c><00:32:27.099><c> and</c><00:32:27.319><c> villages,</c><00:32:28.740><c> within</c><00:32:28.900><c> audience</c><00:32:29.519><c> of</c>

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:33.380
these<00:32:29.980><c> words,</c><00:32:30.880><c> if</c><00:32:31.759><c> you</c><00:32:31.980><c> were</c><00:32:32.400><c> a</c><00:32:32.720><c> contrite</c>

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and<00:32:33.720><c> humble</c><00:32:34.119><c> spirit,</c><00:32:35.259><c> they</c><00:32:35.519><c> would</c><00:32:35.759><c> penetrate</c><00:32:36.279><c> your</c><00:32:36.660><c> soul.</c><00:32:37.759><c> This</c><00:32:37.880><c> is</c>

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:40.220
the<00:32:38.319><c> kind</c><00:32:38.619><c> of</c><00:32:38.980><c> mourning</c><00:32:39.400><c> which</c><00:32:39.960><c> brother</c>

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:45.319
Anthony<00:32:40.599><c> was</c><00:32:40.819><c> mentioning</c><00:32:41.140><c> the</c><00:32:41.339><c> other</c><00:32:41.500><c> day</c><00:32:41.779><c> found</c><00:32:42.099><c> in</c><00:32:42.259><c> the</c><00:32:42.380><c> Beatitudes,</c><00:32:44.019><c> mourning</c><00:32:44.380><c> for</c>

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.619
the<00:32:45.640><c> sinfulness</c><00:32:46.019><c> of</c><00:32:46.259><c> one's</c>

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people,<00:32:47.440><c> mourning</c><00:32:47.859><c> for</c><00:32:48.160><c> the</c><00:32:48.279><c> inadequacies</c><00:32:48.920><c> and</c><00:32:49.119><c> the</c><00:32:49.279><c> wretchedness</c><00:32:49.720><c> that</c><00:32:49.839><c> we</c>

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.599
see<00:32:50.200><c> within</c><00:32:50.420><c> ourselves.</c>

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It's<00:32:52.240><c> not</c><00:32:52.400><c> a</c><00:32:52.680><c> call</c><00:32:52.900><c> to</c><00:32:53.140><c> despair,</c><00:32:54.400><c> but</c><00:32:54.559><c> it's</c><00:32:54.779><c> a</c><00:32:55.039><c> call</c><00:32:55.380><c> to</c><00:32:55.980><c> be</c><00:32:56.359><c> redeemed.</c><00:32:57.720><c> It's</c><00:32:57.920><c> a</c>

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call<00:32:58.480><c> to</c><00:32:58.740><c> repent.</c><00:33:00.359><c> It's</c><00:33:00.519><c> just</c><00:33:00.759><c> as</c><00:33:00.940><c> much</c>

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:04.539
New<00:33:01.420><c> Testament</c><00:33:01.859><c> as</c><00:33:02.059><c> what</c><00:33:02.180><c> we</c><00:33:02.420><c> find</c><00:33:02.619><c> in</c><00:33:02.799><c> the</c><00:33:02.940><c> epistles,</c><00:33:03.960><c> a</c><00:33:04.240><c> call</c>

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to<00:33:04.779><c> come</c><00:33:05.039><c> forth</c><00:33:05.319><c> with</c><00:33:05.599><c> fruits</c><00:33:05.839><c> of</c><00:33:06.119><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:10.759
Now<00:33:07.920><c> we're</c><00:33:08.059><c> going</c><00:33:08.200><c> to</c><00:33:08.440><c> sample</c><00:33:08.680><c> other</c><00:33:09.000><c> places</c><00:33:09.339><c> in</c><00:33:09.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:09.960><c> to</c><00:33:10.160><c> build</c><00:33:10.359><c> up</c><00:33:10.559><c> a</c>

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picture<00:33:11.140><c> of</c><00:33:11.960><c> what</c><00:33:12.359><c> the</c><00:33:12.740><c> nation</c><00:33:13.119><c> was</c><00:33:13.539><c> like</c>

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:18.079
that<00:33:14.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:15.119><c> had</c><00:33:15.299><c> to</c><00:33:15.500><c> work</c><00:33:15.680><c> with.</c><00:33:16.339><c> So</c><00:33:16.720><c> let's</c><00:33:17.400><c> quickly</c><00:33:17.799><c> move</c>

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over<00:33:18.259><c> these</c><00:33:18.500><c> passages</c><00:33:19.039><c> and</c><00:33:19.799><c> consider</c><00:33:20.079><c> their</c><00:33:20.279><c> import.</c>

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:25.279
Isaiah<00:33:21.380><c> 28.</c><00:33:22.500><c> We're</c><00:33:23.220><c> going</c><00:33:23.319><c> to</c><00:33:23.480><c> sample</c><00:33:23.980><c> descriptions</c><00:33:24.779><c> of</c><00:33:25.119><c> the</c>

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nation.<00:33:27.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:27.980><c> 28.</c><00:33:29.619><c> This</c><00:33:29.759><c> would</c><00:33:29.940><c> be</c><00:33:30.099><c> during</c>

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:43.059
the<00:33:30.559><c> days</c><00:33:30.720><c> of</c><00:33:31.019><c> Ahaz,</c><00:33:31.779><c> this</c><00:33:32.000><c> section.</c><00:33:33.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:33.619><c> 28</c><00:33:34.839><c> verse</c><00:33:36.220><c> 1.</c><00:33:41.859><c> Woe</c><00:33:42.500><c> to</c>

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the<00:33:43.339><c> crown</c><00:33:43.539><c> of</c><00:33:43.900><c> pride,</c><00:33:44.420><c> to</c><00:33:44.559><c> the</c><00:33:44.960><c> drunkards</c>

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of<00:33:45.900><c> Ephraim.</c><00:33:47.299><c> Now</c><00:33:47.519><c> he's</c><00:33:47.700><c> talking</c><00:33:48.000><c> to</c><00:33:48.160><c> the</c><00:33:48.299><c> Northern</c><00:33:48.559><c> tribes</c><00:33:49.119><c> whose</c><00:33:49.859><c> glorious</c><00:33:50.480><c> beauty</c><00:33:50.980><c> is</c><00:33:51.440><c> a</c>

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fading<00:33:51.859><c> flower.</c>

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Remember<00:33:53.720><c> Ephraim</c><00:33:54.180><c> means</c><00:33:54.819><c> fruitfulness,</c><00:33:55.779><c> double</c><00:33:56.000><c> fruitfulness</c><00:33:56.480><c> in</c><00:33:56.740><c> fact.</c>

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So<00:33:57.740><c> there's</c><00:33:57.980><c> a</c><00:33:58.140><c> play</c><00:33:58.319><c> here</c>

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:07.079
on<00:33:58.900><c> the</c><00:33:59.019><c> meaning</c><00:33:59.160><c> of</c><00:33:59.359><c> Ephraim.</c><00:34:00.880><c> The</c><00:34:01.099><c> crown</c><00:34:01.400><c> of</c><00:34:01.740><c> pride,</c><00:34:03.220><c> but</c><00:34:03.420><c> now</c><00:34:04.079><c> drunkards</c><00:34:04.740><c> whose</c><00:34:05.259><c> glorious</c><00:34:05.940><c> beauty</c><00:34:06.400><c> is</c><00:34:06.759><c> a</c>

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:11.179
fading<00:34:07.380><c> flower,</c><00:34:08.219><c> which</c><00:34:09.039><c> are</c><00:34:09.260><c> on</c><00:34:09.440><c> the</c><00:34:09.699><c> head</c><00:34:09.920><c> of</c><00:34:10.099><c> the</c><00:34:10.340><c> fat</c><00:34:10.639><c> valleys</c><00:34:10.960><c> of</c>

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:13.760
them<00:34:11.460><c> that</c><00:34:11.639><c> are</c><00:34:11.960><c> overcome</c><00:34:12.440><c> with</c><00:34:12.800><c> wine.</c>

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:17.780
Now<00:34:14.420><c> you</c><00:34:14.619><c> match</c><00:34:14.900><c> that</c><00:34:15.139><c> up</c><00:34:15.320><c> with</c><00:34:15.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:15.900><c> 1,</c><00:34:17.139><c> which</c><00:34:17.280><c> described</c>

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:19.760
Israel<00:34:18.280><c> as</c><00:34:18.559><c> a</c><00:34:18.739><c> rebellious</c><00:34:19.239><c> child,</c>

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:24.039
as<00:34:20.340><c> an</c><00:34:20.619><c> ox</c><00:34:20.840><c> which</c><00:34:21.079><c> did</c><00:34:21.300><c> not</c><00:34:21.559><c> know</c><00:34:21.699><c> its</c><00:34:21.920><c> owner.</c><00:34:22.880><c> Now</c><00:34:23.099><c> they're</c><00:34:23.320><c> described</c><00:34:23.860><c> as</c>

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:26.400
being<00:34:24.219><c> a</c><00:34:24.420><c> people</c><00:34:24.840><c> that</c><00:34:25.239><c> are</c><00:34:25.619><c> drunk.</c>

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:30.980
Slip<00:34:27.119><c> down</c><00:34:27.320><c> to</c><00:34:27.480><c> verse</c><00:34:27.659><c> 7</c><00:34:28.099><c> of</c><00:34:28.320><c> the</c><00:34:28.460><c> same</c><00:34:28.639><c> chapter.</c><00:34:30.739><c> But</c><00:34:30.800><c> they</c>

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:33.500
also<00:34:31.519><c> have</c><00:34:31.820><c> erred</c><00:34:32.159><c> through</c><00:34:32.539><c> wine</c><00:34:33.000><c> and</c><00:34:33.199><c> through</c>

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:37.019
strong<00:34:33.840><c> drink,</c><00:34:34.980><c> are</c><00:34:35.219><c> out</c><00:34:35.380><c> of</c><00:34:35.500><c> the</c><00:34:35.659><c> way.</c><00:34:36.099><c> The</c><00:34:36.320><c> priest</c><00:34:36.639><c> and</c><00:34:36.780><c> the</c>

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:39.059
prophet<00:34:37.280><c> have</c><00:34:37.599><c> erred</c><00:34:37.900><c> through</c><00:34:38.219><c> strong</c><00:34:38.639><c> drink.</c>

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:42.219
They<00:34:39.559><c> are</c><00:34:39.840><c> swallowed</c><00:34:40.119><c> up</c><00:34:40.320><c> of</c><00:34:40.559><c> wine.</c><00:34:41.480><c> They</c><00:34:41.579><c> are</c><00:34:41.760><c> out</c><00:34:41.920><c> of</c><00:34:42.059><c> the</c>

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:44.380
way<00:34:42.460><c> through</c><00:34:42.760><c> strong</c><00:34:43.139><c> drink.</c><00:34:43.539><c> They</c><00:34:44.019><c> err,</c>

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:49.960
envision,<00:34:45.559><c> they</c><00:34:45.840><c> stumble</c><00:34:46.300><c> in</c><00:34:46.780><c> judgment.</c><00:34:48.199><c> For</c><00:34:48.320><c> all</c><00:34:48.719><c> tables</c><00:34:49.139><c> are</c><00:34:49.400><c> full</c><00:34:49.659><c> of</c>

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:52.019
vomit<00:34:50.380><c> and</c><00:34:51.139><c> filthiness</c>

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:57.320
so<00:34:52.519><c> that</c><00:34:52.659><c> there</c><00:34:52.860><c> is</c><00:34:53.139><c> no</c><00:34:53.679><c> place</c><00:34:54.340><c> clean.</c><00:34:56.400><c> See</c><00:34:56.619><c> the</c><00:34:56.780><c> condition</c><00:34:57.159><c> of</c>

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:59.099
this<00:34:57.519><c> people</c><00:34:57.920><c> that</c><00:34:58.519><c> were</c><00:34:58.619><c> to</c><00:34:58.800><c> be</c><00:34:58.940><c> a</c>

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:03.900
kingdom<00:34:59.340><c> of</c><00:34:59.659><c> priests,</c><00:34:59.940><c> a</c><00:35:00.159><c> holy</c><00:35:00.400><c> nation.</c><00:35:01.880><c> Verse</c><00:35:02.039><c> 15.</c><00:35:03.559><c> Because</c>

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:06.619
ye<00:35:04.139><c> have</c><00:35:04.400><c> said</c><00:35:04.840><c> we</c><00:35:05.599><c> have</c><00:35:05.800><c> made</c><00:35:05.980><c> a</c><00:35:06.340><c> covenant</c>

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:11.139
with<00:35:06.840><c> death</c><00:35:07.380><c> and</c><00:35:07.920><c> with</c><00:35:08.219><c> hell</c><00:35:08.539><c> are</c><00:35:08.860><c> we</c><00:35:09.019><c> in</c><00:35:09.179><c> agreement,</c><00:35:10.059><c> speaking</c><00:35:10.440><c> probably</c><00:35:10.980><c> of</c>

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:12.360
their<00:35:11.360><c> political</c><00:35:11.820><c> agreements</c>

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:17.099
with<00:35:12.820><c> Egypt</c><00:35:13.199><c> and</c><00:35:13.400><c> Assyria.</c><00:35:14.739><c> When</c><00:35:14.920><c> the</c><00:35:15.199><c> overflowing</c><00:35:15.840><c> scourge</c>

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:19.960
shall<00:35:17.440><c> pass</c><00:35:17.900><c> through,</c><00:35:18.820><c> it</c><00:35:19.019><c> shall</c><00:35:19.320><c> not</c><00:35:19.780><c> come</c>

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:24.139
unto<00:35:20.179><c> us,</c><00:35:20.820><c> so</c><00:35:20.980><c> they</c><00:35:21.179><c> thought.</c><00:35:22.260><c> For</c><00:35:22.480><c> we</c><00:35:22.820><c> have</c><00:35:23.000><c> made</c><00:35:23.340><c> lies</c><00:35:23.780><c> our</c>

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:26.780
refuge,<00:35:24.900><c> and</c><00:35:25.019><c> under</c><00:35:25.460><c> falsehood</c><00:35:26.119><c> have</c><00:35:26.480><c> we</c><00:35:26.619><c> hit</c>

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:30.760
ourselves.<00:35:27.920><c> Now</c><00:35:28.179><c> we're</c><00:35:28.400><c> speaking</c><00:35:28.699><c> of</c><00:35:28.940><c> apostasy.</c><00:35:30.239><c> Apart</c><00:35:30.579><c> from</c>

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:32.659
their<00:35:31.059><c> immorality</c><00:35:31.639><c> and</c><00:35:31.800><c> their</c><00:35:32.059><c> drunkenness,</c>

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:38.940
their<00:35:33.119><c> rebellion</c><00:35:33.539><c> against</c><00:35:33.940><c> God</c><00:35:34.679><c> turns</c><00:35:35.199><c> now,</c><00:35:36.199><c> describing</c><00:35:36.760><c> apostasy.</c><00:35:38.599><c> Let's</c><00:35:38.780><c> go</c>

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.900
back<00:35:39.119><c> to</c><00:35:39.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:39.619><c> 6.</c>

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:43.860
Another<00:35:41.719><c> description</c><00:35:42.239><c> of</c><00:35:42.420><c> the</c><00:35:42.599><c> people</c><00:35:42.840><c> that</c><00:35:43.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:43.440><c> was</c><00:35:43.639><c> to</c>

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:48.179
work<00:35:44.059><c> with.</c><00:35:45.599><c> A</c><00:35:45.840><c> difficult</c><00:35:46.300><c> task</c><00:35:46.699><c> brothers</c><00:35:46.980><c> and</c><00:35:47.260><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:55.980
Isaiah<00:35:49.739><c> chapter</c><00:35:50.119><c> 6.</c><00:35:54.860><c> Verse</c><00:35:55.079><c> 9.</c>

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:06.400
When<00:36:00.500><c> the</c><00:36:01.099><c> prophet</c><00:36:01.400><c> is</c><00:36:01.739><c> called</c><00:36:02.039><c> to</c><00:36:02.199><c> take</c><00:36:02.420><c> up</c><00:36:02.579><c> the</c><00:36:02.780><c> ministry,</c><00:36:03.760><c> notice</c><00:36:04.079><c> his</c><00:36:04.340><c> description.</c><00:36:05.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:06.000><c> 6</c>

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.820
verse<00:36:06.599><c> 9.</c>

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:11.519
And<00:36:08.139><c> he</c><00:36:08.280><c> said</c><00:36:08.480><c> go</c><00:36:08.880><c> and</c><00:36:09.119><c> tell</c><00:36:09.300><c> this</c><00:36:09.539><c> people,</c><00:36:10.780><c> hear</c><00:36:10.820><c> ye</c><00:36:11.139><c> indeed</c>

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:14.079
but<00:36:11.780><c> understand</c><00:36:12.400><c> not,</c><00:36:13.059><c> and</c><00:36:13.380><c> see</c><00:36:13.559><c> ye</c><00:36:13.820><c> indeed</c>

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:17.639
but<00:36:14.360><c> perceive</c><00:36:14.719><c> not.</c><00:36:15.960><c> Make</c><00:36:16.099><c> the</c><00:36:16.400><c> heart</c><00:36:16.639><c> of</c><00:36:16.800><c> this</c><00:36:17.019><c> people</c><00:36:17.300><c> fat,</c>

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:19.500
and<00:36:17.880><c> make</c><00:36:18.000><c> their</c><00:36:18.239><c> ears</c><00:36:18.579><c> heavy,</c>

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:22.760
and<00:36:20.119><c> shut</c><00:36:20.320><c> their</c><00:36:20.619><c> eyes</c><00:36:20.940><c> lest</c><00:36:21.159><c> they</c><00:36:21.460><c> see</c><00:36:21.800><c> with</c><00:36:21.960><c> their</c><00:36:22.260><c> eyes</c><00:36:22.599><c> and</c>

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:24.800
hear<00:36:23.059><c> with</c><00:36:23.260><c> their</c><00:36:23.380><c> ears,</c><00:36:24.019><c> and</c><00:36:24.320><c> understand</c>

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:29.920
with<00:36:24.940><c> their</c><00:36:25.159><c> heart,</c><00:36:25.920><c> and</c><00:36:26.039><c> convert</c><00:36:26.500><c> and</c><00:36:26.900><c> be</c><00:36:27.119><c> healed.</c><00:36:28.800><c> Then</c><00:36:29.179><c> said</c><00:36:29.400><c> I,</c>

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:33.260
Lord,<00:36:30.719><c> how</c><00:36:30.980><c> long?</c><00:36:31.840><c> And</c><00:36:32.079><c> he</c><00:36:32.199><c> answered,</c>

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:39.780
until<00:36:33.980><c> the</c><00:36:34.360><c> cities</c><00:36:34.579><c> be</c><00:36:34.860><c> wasted</c><00:36:35.260><c> without</c><00:36:35.599><c> inhabitant,</c><00:36:36.860><c> the</c><00:36:37.000><c> houses</c><00:36:37.400><c> without</c><00:36:37.739><c> men,</c><00:36:38.440><c> and</c><00:36:38.599><c> the</c><00:36:38.820><c> land</c><00:36:39.039><c> be</c><00:36:39.340><c> utterly</c>

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:45.480
desolate.<00:36:41.280><c> And</c><00:36:41.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:42.019><c> have</c><00:36:42.380><c> removed</c><00:36:42.780><c> men</c><00:36:43.400><c> far</c><00:36:43.840><c> away,</c><00:36:44.760><c> and</c><00:36:44.940><c> there</c><00:36:45.079><c> be</c><00:36:45.219><c> a</c>

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:47.199
great<00:36:45.699><c> forsaking</c><00:36:46.340><c> in</c><00:36:46.519><c> the</c><00:36:46.659><c> midst</c><00:36:46.840><c> of</c>

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:51.400
them.<00:36:48.360><c> He</c><00:36:49.079><c> said,</c><00:36:49.079><c> you</c><00:36:49.079><c> shall</c><00:36:49.079><c> not</c><00:36:49.079><c> hand</c><00:36:49.079><c> in</c><00:36:49.179><c> pending</c><00:36:49.579><c> judgements,</c><00:36:51.019><c> rightful</c>

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.420
judgements<00:36:52.099><c> on</c><00:36:52.760><c> a</c><00:36:53.039><c> people</c>

00:36:53.420 --> 00:37:01.320
that<00:36:54.079><c> are</c><00:36:54.480><c> sick</c><00:36:54.840><c> with</c><00:36:55.280><c> sin.</c><00:36:56.980><c> On</c><00:36:57.159><c> a</c><00:36:57.500><c> king,</c><00:36:58.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:59.440><c> covering</c><00:37:00.280><c> those</c><00:37:00.619><c> first</c><00:37:00.880><c> five</c><00:37:01.179><c> or</c>

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.599
six<00:37:01.599><c> chapters,</c>

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:07.119
who<00:37:02.719><c> was</c><00:37:03.039><c> condemned</c><00:37:03.519><c> to</c><00:37:03.739><c> the</c><00:37:03.900><c> leper</c><00:37:04.179><c> house,</c><00:37:05.280><c> that</c><00:37:05.559><c> was</c><00:37:05.820><c> the</c><00:37:05.940><c> example</c><00:37:06.420><c> which</c><00:37:06.639><c> they</c><00:37:06.840><c> had</c><00:37:06.960><c> in</c>

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.699
the<00:37:07.260><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:12.780
a<00:37:08.500><c> king</c><00:37:08.980><c> who</c><00:37:09.340><c> was</c><00:37:09.719><c> leprous,</c><00:37:10.860><c> who</c><00:37:11.139><c> spent</c><00:37:11.440><c> his</c><00:37:11.699><c> remaining</c><00:37:12.219><c> years</c>

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:15.519
with<00:37:13.099><c> fretting</c><00:37:13.480><c> leprosy</c><00:37:13.960><c> across</c><00:37:14.360><c> his</c><00:37:14.659><c> forehead.</c>

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:18.719
Was<00:37:16.300><c> Ahaz</c><00:37:16.920><c> the</c><00:37:17.079><c> next</c><00:37:17.380><c> king</c><00:37:17.579><c> any</c><00:37:17.900><c> better?</c>

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:23.699
He<00:37:19.139><c> was</c><00:37:19.440><c> not</c><00:37:19.719><c> brothers</c><00:37:19.980><c> and</c><00:37:20.239><c> sisters.</c><00:37:21.179><c> Just</c><00:37:21.440><c> turn</c><00:37:21.599><c> to</c><00:37:21.800><c> 2</c><00:37:22.000><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:22.539><c> 28.</c>

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:29.519
What<00:37:24.320><c> do</c><00:37:24.400><c> we</c><00:37:24.480><c> know</c><00:37:24.639><c> about</c><00:37:24.840><c> Ahaz?</c><00:37:28.260><c> Here's</c><00:37:28.760><c> the</c><00:37:28.920><c> king</c>

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:32.659
that<00:37:29.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:30.340><c> had</c><00:37:30.619><c> to</c><00:37:30.780><c> deal</c><00:37:30.960><c> with</c><00:37:31.179><c> next</c><00:37:31.579><c> after</c><00:37:32.139><c> dealing</c><00:37:32.460><c> with</c>

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.980
a<00:37:32.800><c> leper.</c>

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:41.960
2<00:37:34.880><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:35.460><c> 28,</c><00:37:40.420><c> verse</c><00:37:40.679><c> 19.</c>

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:45.380
Just<00:37:42.739><c> look</c><00:37:43.039><c> at</c><00:37:43.199><c> this</c><00:37:43.460><c> track</c><00:37:43.719><c> record</c><00:37:44.039><c> of</c><00:37:44.199><c> King</c><00:37:44.500><c> Ahaz.</c>

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.039
No<00:37:45.900><c> help</c><00:37:46.260><c> to</c><00:37:46.440><c> the</c><00:37:46.599><c> man</c><00:37:46.760><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:52.920
2<00:37:49.719><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:50.300><c> 28,</c><00:37:51.199><c> verse</c><00:37:51.440><c> 19.</c>

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:58.440
Now<00:37:55.400><c> this</c><00:37:55.559><c> covers,</c><00:37:55.900><c> as</c><00:37:56.099><c> you</c><00:37:56.239><c> remember,</c><00:37:56.880><c> the</c><00:37:57.019><c> chapters</c><00:37:57.500><c> from</c>

00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:01.440
Isaiah<00:37:58.880><c> 7</c><00:37:59.460><c> to</c><00:37:59.679><c> the</c><00:37:59.840><c> end</c><00:38:00.039><c> of</c><00:38:00.239><c> 14.</c>

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:05.880
Verse<00:38:03.219><c> 19</c><00:38:03.780><c> of</c><00:38:03.980><c> 2</c><00:38:04.199><c> Chronicles</c><00:38:04.719><c> 28.</c>

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:09.099
For<00:38:06.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:06.539><c> brought</c><00:38:06.920><c> Judah</c><00:38:07.320><c> low</c><00:38:07.780><c> because</c><00:38:08.340><c> of</c><00:38:08.579><c> Ahaz,</c>

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:12.019
king<00:38:09.400><c> of</c><00:38:09.539><c> Israel,</c><00:38:10.980><c> for</c><00:38:11.280><c> he</c>

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:16.980
made<00:38:12.940><c> Judah</c><00:38:13.739><c> naked.</c><00:38:16.039><c> Do</c><00:38:16.199><c> you</c><00:38:16.300><c> remember,</c>

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:19.519
brothers<00:38:17.320><c> and</c><00:38:17.559><c> sisters,</c><00:38:17.840><c> what</c><00:38:17.960><c> we</c><00:38:18.159><c> talked</c><00:38:18.360><c> about</c><00:38:18.579><c> Sunday</c><00:38:19.139><c> in</c>

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.280
the<00:38:19.679><c> afternoon?</c>

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:23.420
About<00:38:20.760><c> our</c><00:38:21.019><c> garments,</c><00:38:22.380><c> about</c><00:38:22.579><c> the</c><00:38:22.840><c> Revelation</c>

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:27.039
warning,<00:38:25.599><c> lest</c><00:38:25.900><c> ye</c><00:38:26.480><c> walk</c>

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:30.800
naked.<00:38:28.719><c> That</c><00:38:29.000><c> New</c><00:38:29.260><c> Testament</c><00:38:29.659><c> warning</c><00:38:30.039><c> in</c><00:38:30.260><c> Revelation</c>

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:36.280
does<00:38:32.179><c> have</c><00:38:32.619><c> Old</c><00:38:32.920><c> Testament</c><00:38:33.340><c> roots.</c><00:38:34.820><c> Here</c><00:38:35.099><c> we're</c><00:38:35.360><c> told,</c>

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:41.460
lest<00:38:37.579><c> they</c><00:38:38.099><c> are</c><00:38:38.760><c> naked.</c><00:38:40.159><c> For</c><00:38:40.280><c> they</c><00:38:40.440><c> are</c><00:38:40.739><c> now</c><00:38:40.980><c> naked.</c>

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:44.420
By<00:38:41.820><c> the</c><00:38:42.000><c> time</c><00:38:42.199><c> Ahaz</c><00:38:42.519><c> is</c><00:38:42.760><c> finished</c><00:38:43.019><c> with</c><00:38:43.239><c> the</c><00:38:43.440><c> nations</c><00:38:43.679><c> he</c><00:38:43.940><c> made,</c>

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:48.179
or<00:38:44.659><c> the</c><00:38:44.820><c> nation,</c><00:38:45.599><c> he</c><00:38:45.659><c> made</c><00:38:45.920><c> Judah</c><00:38:46.239><c> naked</c><00:38:46.820><c> and</c><00:38:47.320><c> transgressed</c>

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:49.840
soar<00:38:48.460><c> against</c><00:38:48.800><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:53.119
Verse<00:38:50.440><c> 20,</c><00:38:51.280><c> and</c><00:38:51.539><c> Tiglath</c><00:38:51.860><c>-palazer,</c><00:38:52.360><c> king</c><00:38:52.519><c> of</c><00:38:52.659><c> Assyria,</c>

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:57.139
came<00:38:53.420><c> unto</c><00:38:53.679><c> him</c><00:38:54.059><c> and</c><00:38:54.619><c> distressed</c><00:38:55.079><c> him</c><00:38:55.280><c> but</c><00:38:55.500><c> strengthened</c><00:38:55.860><c> him</c><00:38:56.139><c> not.</c>

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.480
For<00:38:57.800><c> Ahaz</c><00:38:58.360><c> took</c><00:38:58.599><c> away</c><00:38:58.840><c> a</c><00:38:59.119><c> portion</c>

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:02.360
out<00:38:59.739><c> of</c><00:38:59.840><c> the</c><00:39:00.019><c> house</c><00:39:00.239><c> of</c><00:39:00.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:00.980><c> and</c><00:39:01.539><c> out</c><00:39:01.719><c> of</c><00:39:01.800><c> the</c><00:39:01.900><c> house</c><00:39:02.159><c> of</c>

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:03.380
the<00:39:02.519><c> king</c>

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.860
and<00:39:03.880><c> of</c><00:39:04.159><c> the</c><00:39:04.420><c> princes</c><00:39:04.739><c> and</c><00:39:05.079><c> gave</c><00:39:05.260><c> it</c><00:39:05.500><c> unto</c><00:39:05.659><c> the</c><00:39:05.880><c> king</c><00:39:06.079><c> of</c><00:39:06.300><c> Assyria,</c>

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:10.780
but<00:39:07.420><c> he</c><00:39:07.599><c> helped</c><00:39:07.760><c> him</c><00:39:07.960><c> not.</c><00:39:08.880><c> And</c><00:39:09.079><c> in</c><00:39:09.260><c> the</c><00:39:09.420><c> time</c><00:39:09.659><c> of</c><00:39:09.840><c> his</c><00:39:10.119><c> distress</c>

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:14.860
did<00:39:11.460><c> he</c><00:39:11.860><c> transgress</c><00:39:13.019><c> yet</c><00:39:13.559><c> more</c><00:39:13.980><c> against</c><00:39:14.340><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:20.500
This<00:39:15.300><c> is</c><00:39:15.679><c> that</c><00:39:15.920><c> king</c><00:39:16.260><c> Ahaz,</c><00:39:17.480><c> for</c><00:39:17.760><c> he</c><00:39:18.159><c> sacrificed</c><00:39:18.860><c> unto</c><00:39:19.099><c> the</c><00:39:19.320><c> gods</c><00:39:19.579><c> of</c><00:39:19.820><c> Damascus,</c>

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:24.099
which<00:39:21.219><c> smote</c><00:39:21.460><c> him.</c><00:39:22.039><c> And</c><00:39:22.260><c> he</c><00:39:22.519><c> said,</c><00:39:22.960><c> because</c><00:39:23.360><c> the</c><00:39:23.599><c> gods</c><00:39:23.820><c> of</c><00:39:23.980><c> the</c>

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.960
kings<00:39:24.340><c> of</c><00:39:24.639><c> Syria</c>

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:28.760
help<00:39:25.500><c> them,</c><00:39:26.420><c> therefore</c><00:39:26.900><c> I</c><00:39:27.340><c> will</c><00:39:27.559><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:28.179><c> to</c><00:39:28.400><c> them</c>

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:32.860
that<00:39:29.239><c> they</c><00:39:29.500><c> may</c><00:39:29.719><c> help</c><00:39:29.960><c> me.</c><00:39:30.920><c> But</c><00:39:31.320><c> they</c><00:39:31.579><c> were</c><00:39:31.739><c> the</c><00:39:32.000><c> ruin</c><00:39:32.199><c> of</c><00:39:32.420><c> him.</c>

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:36.760
And<00:39:33.280><c> all</c><00:39:33.460><c> of</c><00:39:33.619><c> Israel.</c><00:39:34.900><c> And</c><00:39:35.079><c> Ahaz</c><00:39:35.400><c> gathered</c><00:39:35.760><c> together</c><00:39:36.159><c> the</c><00:39:36.340><c> vessels</c><00:39:36.599><c> of</c>

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.539
the<00:39:36.860><c> house</c><00:39:37.039><c> of</c><00:39:37.280><c> God</c>

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:41.099
and<00:39:37.960><c> cut</c><00:39:38.159><c> in</c><00:39:38.440><c> pieces</c><00:39:38.719><c> the</c><00:39:38.980><c> vessels</c><00:39:39.400><c> of</c><00:39:39.619><c> the</c><00:39:39.699><c> house</c><00:39:39.920><c> of</c><00:39:40.099><c> God.</c>

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:44.280
And<00:39:41.440><c> shut</c><00:39:41.519><c> up</c><00:39:41.719><c> the</c><00:39:41.880><c> doors</c><00:39:42.199><c> of</c><00:39:42.400><c> the</c><00:39:42.500><c> house</c><00:39:42.860><c> of</c><00:39:43.099><c> Yahweh.</c><00:39:44.000><c> And</c><00:39:44.159><c> he</c>

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:44.760
made<00:39:44.440><c> him</c>

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:47.760
altars<00:39:45.139><c> in</c><00:39:45.400><c> every</c><00:39:45.940><c> corner</c><00:39:46.400><c> of</c><00:39:46.760><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:54.139
That<00:39:50.019><c> is</c><00:39:50.579><c> the</c><00:39:50.719><c> king</c><00:39:50.900><c> of</c><00:39:51.159><c> Judah,</c><00:39:52.199><c> covering</c><00:39:52.420><c> those</c><00:39:52.840><c> chapters</c>

00:39:54.389 --> 00:39:58.780
that<00:39:54.659><c> go</c><00:39:54.800><c> up</c><00:39:54.940><c> to</c><00:39:55.079><c> chapter</c><00:39:55.440><c> 14.</c><00:39:57.000><c> Any</c><00:39:57.260><c> help</c><00:39:57.519><c> to</c><00:39:57.800><c> Isaiah?</c>

00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:02.920
Any<00:39:59.579><c> hope</c><00:40:00.119><c> of</c><00:40:00.840><c> remedying</c><00:40:01.239><c> the</c><00:40:01.500><c> sickness</c><00:40:01.800><c> of</c><00:40:02.000><c> the</c><00:40:02.159><c> nation</c><00:40:02.519><c> through</c><00:40:02.760><c> a</c>

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:04.300
man<00:40:03.059><c> like</c><00:40:03.360><c> that?</c>

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:08.940
Indeed<00:40:04.840><c> not,</c><00:40:05.280><c> brothers</c><00:40:05.360><c> and</c><00:40:05.599><c> sisters.</c><00:40:07.280><c> He</c><00:40:07.380><c> made</c><00:40:07.619><c> Judah</c><00:40:07.940><c> naked.</c>

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:11.820
He<00:40:09.780><c> began</c><00:40:10.079><c> carving</c><00:40:10.559><c> up</c><00:40:10.760><c> the</c><00:40:10.960><c> temple.</c>

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:16.059
He<00:40:12.760><c> began</c><00:40:13.019><c> mortgaging</c><00:40:13.659><c> God's</c><00:40:14.119><c> house</c><00:40:14.599><c> to</c><00:40:14.860><c> the</c><00:40:15.000><c> Assyrians.</c>

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:20.659
He<00:40:16.900><c> began</c><00:40:17.139><c> leaning</c><00:40:17.559><c> on</c><00:40:17.739><c> the</c><00:40:17.940><c> Assyrian</c><00:40:18.440><c> for</c><00:40:18.820><c> help</c><00:40:19.099><c> of</c><00:40:19.360><c> all</c><00:40:19.659><c> people.</c>

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:25.440
You<00:40:21.260><c> think</c><00:40:21.440><c> of</c><00:40:21.599><c> the</c><00:40:21.820><c> ferocity</c><00:40:22.420><c> of</c><00:40:22.559><c> this</c><00:40:22.780><c> people,</c><00:40:23.699><c> the</c><00:40:23.920><c> brutality</c><00:40:24.619><c> of</c><00:40:24.860><c> this</c><00:40:25.099><c> people,</c>

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:28.960
the<00:40:26.239><c> godliness,</c><00:40:27.179><c> the</c><00:40:27.360><c> godlessness</c><00:40:27.960><c> of</c><00:40:28.380><c> this</c><00:40:28.599><c> people,</c>

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:31.300
and<00:40:29.360><c> all</c><00:40:29.539><c> the</c><00:40:29.820><c> descriptions</c><00:40:30.179><c> we</c><00:40:30.380><c> just</c><00:40:30.599><c> saw</c><00:40:30.840><c> at</c><00:40:30.980><c> the</c><00:40:31.099><c> beginning</c>

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.719
on<00:40:31.500><c> the</c><00:40:31.719><c> overheads.</c>

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:36.800
This<00:40:33.059><c> is</c><00:40:33.500><c> the</c><00:40:33.820><c> people</c><00:40:34.579><c> that</c><00:40:35.079><c> Ahaz</c><00:40:35.659><c> turns</c><00:40:36.260><c> to</c>

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:41.820
and<00:40:37.320><c> says,</c><00:40:38.199><c> help</c><00:40:38.320><c> me,</c><00:40:39.719><c> rather</c><00:40:40.139><c> than</c><00:40:40.360><c> the</c><00:40:40.539><c> God</c><00:40:40.719><c> of</c><00:40:40.920><c> mercy,</c>

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:46.880
rather<00:40:42.800><c> than</c><00:40:43.480><c> the</c><00:40:43.800><c> God</c><00:40:44.000><c> of</c><00:40:44.159><c> Israel.</c><00:40:45.400><c> You</c><00:40:45.699><c> see,</c><00:40:46.059><c> this</c><00:40:46.340><c> man</c><00:40:46.599><c> is</c>

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.739
leprous<00:40:47.239><c> also,</c>

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:50.920
just<00:40:48.239><c> as</c><00:40:48.460><c> much</c><00:40:48.659><c> as</c><00:40:48.800><c> Uzziah,</c><00:40:49.460><c> who</c><00:40:49.659><c> preceded</c><00:40:50.099><c> him.</c>

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:55.199
This<00:40:51.420><c> is</c><00:40:51.739><c> a</c><00:40:51.900><c> man</c><00:40:52.199><c> who</c><00:40:52.420><c> is</c><00:40:52.659><c> going</c><00:40:52.840><c> to</c><00:40:53.239><c> sow</c><00:40:53.480><c> the</c><00:40:53.739><c> seeds</c><00:40:53.980><c> of</c><00:40:54.219><c> leprosy</c>

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:58.260
and<00:40:56.019><c> infect</c><00:40:56.019><c> the</c><00:40:56.480><c> nation</c><00:40:56.880><c> more</c><00:40:57.300><c> deeply.</c>

00:40:58.639 --> 00:41:02.239
It<00:40:58.659><c> will</c><00:40:58.900><c> now</c><00:40:59.119><c> become</c><00:40:59.780><c> a</c><00:41:00.340><c> permanent</c><00:41:00.860><c> leprosy</c><00:41:01.559><c> for</c><00:41:01.780><c> most</c><00:41:02.059><c> of</c>

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:03.239
the<00:41:02.340><c> nation.</c>

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:06.320
Now<00:41:04.260><c> let's</c><00:41:04.440><c> go</c><00:41:04.659><c> to</c><00:41:04.800><c> the</c><00:41:04.900><c> end</c><00:41:05.019><c> of</c><00:41:05.260><c> Chronicles.</c>

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:12.480
There's<00:41:09.119><c> an</c><00:41:09.320><c> expression</c><00:41:09.780><c> found</c><00:41:10.139><c> there</c><00:41:10.760><c> at</c><00:41:11.860><c> the</c><00:41:12.079><c> time</c><00:41:12.320><c> of</c>

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:14.380
Nebuchadnezzar's<00:41:13.380><c> invasion,</c>

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:18.639
which<00:41:14.619><c> is</c><00:41:14.880><c> just</c><00:41:15.280><c> as</c><00:41:15.679><c> appropriate</c><00:41:16.179><c> as</c><00:41:17.159><c> was</c><00:41:17.440><c> the</c><00:41:17.619><c> condition</c><00:41:18.039><c> prior</c><00:41:18.460><c> to</c>

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:20.400
the<00:41:18.780><c> Assyrian</c><00:41:19.179><c> invasion.</c>

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:28.000
Verse<00:41:24.940><c> 15</c><00:41:25.619><c> of</c><00:41:26.159><c> 2</c><00:41:26.460><c> Chronicles</c><00:41:27.000><c> 36.</c>

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:33.380
It's<00:41:29.860><c> the</c><00:41:29.980><c> language</c><00:41:30.380><c> of</c><00:41:30.659><c> disease</c><00:41:31.579><c> and</c><00:41:32.219><c> sickness.</c>

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:36.940
2<00:41:34.579><c> Chronicles</c><00:41:35.079><c> 36</c><00:41:35.699><c> verse</c><00:41:35.940><c> 15.</c>

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:43.960
Yahweh,<00:41:40.920><c> God</c><00:41:41.019><c> of</c><00:41:41.119><c> their</c><00:41:41.380><c> fathers,</c><00:41:42.659><c> sent</c><00:41:42.800><c> to</c><00:41:42.960><c> them</c><00:41:43.380><c> by</c><00:41:43.679><c> his</c>

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:45.739
messengers<00:41:44.519><c> like</c><00:41:44.840><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:50.699
rising<00:41:46.460><c> up</c><00:41:46.719><c> at</c><00:41:46.940><c> times</c><00:41:47.300><c> and</c><00:41:47.619><c> sending,</c><00:41:48.440><c> because</c><00:41:48.760><c> he</c><00:41:48.900><c> had</c><00:41:49.179><c> compassion</c><00:41:49.860><c> on</c><00:41:50.019><c> his</c><00:41:50.260><c> people</c>

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:54.820
and<00:41:51.300><c> on</c><00:41:51.440><c> his</c><00:41:51.679><c> dwelling</c><00:41:51.920><c> place.</c><00:41:52.719><c> But</c><00:41:52.960><c> they</c><00:41:53.260><c> mocked</c><00:41:53.679><c> the</c><00:41:53.840><c> messengers</c><00:41:54.199><c> of</c><00:41:54.440><c> God</c>

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:59.699
and<00:41:55.400><c> despised</c><00:41:55.880><c> his</c><00:41:56.159><c> words</c><00:41:56.539><c> and</c><00:41:56.980><c> misused</c><00:41:57.699><c> his</c><00:41:58.360><c> prophets</c><00:41:58.860><c> until</c>

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:01.179
the<00:42:00.059><c> wrath</c><00:42:00.320><c> of</c><00:42:00.619><c> Yahweh</c>

00:42:01.179 --> 00:42:05.440
arose<00:42:01.739><c> against</c><00:42:02.159><c> his</c><00:42:02.440><c> people,</c><00:42:03.699><c> till</c><00:42:03.820><c> there</c><00:42:04.000><c> was</c><00:42:04.300><c> no</c><00:42:04.599><c> remedy.</c>

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:09.000
Now<00:42:05.679><c> look</c><00:42:05.800><c> at</c><00:42:05.920><c> your</c><00:42:06.059><c> margin.</c><00:42:07.340><c> What</c><00:42:07.579><c> does</c><00:42:07.780><c> remedy</c><00:42:08.079><c> mean?</c>

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:12.059
If<00:42:09.619><c> you</c><00:42:09.619><c> check</c><00:42:09.739><c> it</c><00:42:09.980><c> in</c><00:42:10.159><c> Strongs</c><00:42:10.539><c> or</c><00:42:10.699><c> Youngs</c><00:42:11.139><c> or</c><00:42:11.239><c> look</c><00:42:11.400><c> at</c><00:42:11.500><c> your</c><00:42:11.699><c> margin,</c>

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:19.400
it<00:42:12.500><c> means,</c><00:42:13.300><c> Hebrew,</c><00:42:14.579><c> healing,</c><00:42:15.960><c> till</c><00:42:16.360><c> there</c><00:42:16.920><c> was</c><00:42:17.579><c> no</c><00:42:18.260><c> healing.</c>

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:24.539
That's<00:42:20.920><c> why</c><00:42:21.340><c> it's</c><00:42:22.179><c> consistent</c><00:42:22.840><c> with</c><00:42:23.139><c> such</c><00:42:23.380><c> language</c><00:42:23.940><c> that</c><00:42:24.340><c> in</c>

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:26.039
Isaiah<00:42:24.960><c> chapter</c><00:42:25.460><c> 1,</c>

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:30.960
we<00:42:26.579><c> receive</c><00:42:27.000><c> a</c><00:42:27.239><c> description</c><00:42:27.800><c> of</c><00:42:28.599><c> a</c><00:42:28.820><c> nation</c><00:42:29.320><c> that</c><00:42:30.360><c> is</c><00:42:30.699><c> sick,</c>

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:33.239
brothers<00:42:31.300><c> and</c><00:42:31.559><c> sisters,</c><00:42:31.960><c> from</c><00:42:32.260><c> sin.</c>

00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:37.579
Desperately<00:42:34.300><c> sick.</c><00:42:35.360><c> Look</c><00:42:35.579><c> at</c><00:42:35.699><c> the</c><00:42:35.920><c> turns</c><00:42:36.159><c> now</c><00:42:36.480><c> in</c><00:42:36.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:37.019><c> 1.</c>

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:43.079
In<00:42:37.820><c> light</c><00:42:38.019><c> of</c><00:42:38.219><c> all</c><00:42:38.360><c> of</c><00:42:38.500><c> this,</c><00:42:40.880><c> back</c><00:42:41.039><c> there</c><00:42:41.320><c> again,</c><00:42:41.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:42.260><c> chapter</c><00:42:42.739><c> 1</c>

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:44.289
verse<00:42:43.420><c> 5.</c>

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:47.519
We<00:42:44.820><c> deliberately</c><00:42:45.559><c> stopped</c><00:42:46.300><c> at</c><00:42:46.500><c> verse</c><00:42:46.780><c> 4</c><00:42:47.079><c> so</c><00:42:47.199><c> that</c><00:42:47.340><c> we</c><00:42:47.340><c> could</c>

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:49.280
come<00:42:47.780><c> back</c><00:42:48.019><c> here</c><00:42:48.219><c> now</c>

00:42:49.469 --> 00:42:57.340
and<00:42:49.840><c> round</c><00:42:50.199><c> off</c><00:42:50.519><c> the</c><00:42:50.699><c> full</c><00:42:50.920><c> picture.</c><00:42:52.679><c> These</c><00:42:53.099><c> words</c><00:42:53.820><c> are</c><00:42:54.760><c> extremely</c><00:42:55.380><c> important</c><00:42:55.980><c> to</c><00:42:56.179><c> understand.</c>

00:42:57.820 --> 00:43:02.639
They<00:42:57.900><c> have</c><00:42:58.119><c> important</c><00:42:58.599><c> links</c><00:42:59.039><c> elsewhere</c><00:42:59.619><c> in</c><00:42:59.840><c> Isaiah.</c><00:43:02.260><c> Isaiah</c>

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:05.699
1<00:43:03.440><c> verse</c><00:43:04.400><c> 5.</c>

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Listen<00:43:06.940><c> to</c><00:43:07.219><c> this</c><00:43:07.480><c> compassionate</c><00:43:08.380><c> appeal.</c><00:43:10.059><c> These</c><00:43:10.239><c> are</c><00:43:10.480><c> not</c><00:43:10.639><c> words</c><00:43:10.960><c> given</c><00:43:11.239><c> in</c>

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:13.099
strident<00:43:12.079><c> tones.</c>

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:18.400
These<00:43:13.739><c> are</c><00:43:14.099><c> words</c><00:43:14.519><c> of</c><00:43:14.940><c> genuine</c><00:43:15.400><c> compassion</c><00:43:16.340><c> expressed</c><00:43:17.800><c> through</c><00:43:18.179><c> the</c>

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:19.340
prophet<00:43:18.719><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:26.440
God<00:43:20.119><c> himself</c><00:43:22.019><c> mourning</c><00:43:23.199><c> for</c><00:43:23.500><c> his</c><00:43:23.719><c> people.</c><00:43:25.199><c> Verse</c><00:43:25.340><c> 5.</c>

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:31.659
Why?<00:43:28.139><c> Why</c><00:43:28.619><c> should</c><00:43:28.900><c> ye</c><00:43:29.159><c> be</c><00:43:29.599><c> stricken</c><00:43:30.300><c> any</c><00:43:30.699><c> more?</c>

00:43:31.909 --> 00:43:37.820
Ye<00:43:32.260><c> will</c><00:43:32.539><c> revolt</c><00:43:33.239><c> more</c><00:43:33.980><c> and</c><00:43:34.280><c> more.</c><00:43:35.559><c> The</c><00:43:35.780><c> whole</c><00:43:36.300><c> head</c><00:43:36.719><c> is</c><00:43:37.420><c> sick</c>

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:40.940
and<00:43:38.760><c> the</c><00:43:38.940><c> whole</c><00:43:39.320><c> heart</c><00:43:40.019><c> faint.</c>

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:45.079
From<00:43:41.500><c> the</c><00:43:41.860><c> sole</c><00:43:42.039><c> of</c><00:43:42.239><c> the</c><00:43:42.480><c> foot,</c><00:43:43.119><c> even</c><00:43:43.440><c> unto</c><00:43:43.659><c> the</c><00:43:44.079><c> head,</c><00:43:44.880><c> there</c>

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:46.800
is<00:43:45.320><c> no</c><00:43:45.780><c> soundness</c><00:43:46.360><c> in</c><00:43:46.579><c> it.</c>

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:52.300
Now<00:43:47.000><c> he's</c><00:43:47.159><c> talking</c><00:43:47.440><c> about</c><00:43:47.679><c> the</c><00:43:47.880><c> nation.</c><00:43:49.320><c> But</c><00:43:49.579><c> wounds</c><00:43:50.159><c> and</c><00:43:50.760><c> bruises</c><00:43:51.559><c> and</c>

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:54.059
putrefying<00:43:53.199><c> sores,</c>

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:57.780
they<00:43:54.739><c> have</c><00:43:54.980><c> not</c><00:43:55.219><c> been</c><00:43:55.559><c> closed,</c><00:43:56.260><c> neither</c><00:43:56.500><c> bound</c><00:43:56.840><c> up,</c><00:43:57.480><c> neither</c>

00:43:57.780 --> 00:44:00.119
mollified<00:43:58.500><c> with</c><00:43:58.820><c> ointment.</c>

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:05.460
Here<00:44:01.239><c> is</c><00:44:01.699><c> a</c><00:44:01.920><c> nation</c><00:44:02.260><c> described</c><00:44:03.019><c> as</c><00:44:03.559><c> desperately</c><00:44:04.079><c> sick.</c><00:44:05.360><c> Now</c>

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:08.019
those<00:44:05.719><c> terms</c><00:44:06.059><c> are</c><00:44:06.360><c> important</c><00:44:06.739><c> to</c><00:44:07.000><c> note.</c>

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:13.699
First,<00:44:08.360><c> in</c><00:44:08.460><c> verse</c><00:44:08.659><c> 5,</c><00:44:10.500><c> the</c><00:44:10.599><c> word</c><00:44:11.179><c> stricken</c><00:44:11.860><c> is</c><00:44:12.980><c> a</c><00:44:13.119><c> word</c><00:44:13.320><c> used</c>

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:18.000
elsewhere<00:44:14.280><c> in</c><00:44:14.599><c> the</c><00:44:14.719><c> vidicus</c><00:44:15.559><c> concerning</c><00:44:16.300><c> the</c><00:44:16.880><c> leper.</c>

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:23.539
Very<00:44:19.360><c> important</c><00:44:19.820><c> to</c><00:44:20.039><c> note</c><00:44:20.199><c> that</c><00:44:20.679><c> the</c><00:44:22.480><c> description</c><00:44:23.019><c> of</c><00:44:23.260><c> the</c>

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:26.059
bruises<00:44:23.960><c> and</c><00:44:24.139><c> the</c><00:44:24.320><c> putrefying</c><00:44:25.119><c> sores</c>

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:30.059
tend<00:44:26.659><c> to</c><00:44:27.099><c> relate</c><00:44:27.400><c> very</c><00:44:27.840><c> closely</c><00:44:28.239><c> to</c><00:44:28.480><c> the</c><00:44:28.599><c> condition</c><00:44:29.000><c> of</c><00:44:29.420><c> Job.</c>

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:33.860
In<00:44:30.619><c> fact,</c><00:44:31.760><c> Job</c><00:44:31.960><c> uses</c><00:44:32.400><c> a</c><00:44:32.639><c> word</c><00:44:32.860><c> to</c><00:44:33.139><c> describe</c><00:44:33.500><c> his</c>

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:37.380
boils<00:44:34.159><c> that</c><00:44:34.400><c> are</c><00:44:34.619><c> basically</c><00:44:35.079><c> the</c><00:44:35.380><c> same</c><00:44:35.679><c> as</c><00:44:36.460><c> that</c><00:44:36.900><c> described</c>

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:40.099
here<00:44:37.699><c> with</c><00:44:37.880><c> the</c><00:44:38.139><c> stricken</c><00:44:38.480><c> and</c><00:44:38.900><c> the</c><00:44:39.119><c> bruises.</c>

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:43.679
So<00:44:40.760><c> we</c><00:44:40.920><c> know</c><00:44:41.179><c> that</c><00:44:41.380><c> some</c><00:44:41.559><c> of</c><00:44:41.679><c> these</c><00:44:41.860><c> terms</c><00:44:42.199><c> are</c><00:44:42.539><c> used</c><00:44:42.780><c> elsewhere</c><00:44:43.199><c> in</c><00:44:43.480><c> the</c>

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:45.099
law<00:44:44.000><c> and</c><00:44:44.159><c> in</c><00:44:44.340><c> the</c><00:44:44.400><c> case</c><00:44:44.619><c> of</c><00:44:44.900><c> Job</c>

00:44:45.099 --> 00:44:49.559
for<00:44:45.500><c> what</c><00:44:45.699><c> seems</c><00:44:45.980><c> to</c><00:44:46.139><c> be</c><00:44:46.320><c> a</c><00:44:46.420><c> leprous</c><00:44:46.800><c> condition.</c><00:44:49.159><c> But</c><00:44:49.380><c> more</c>

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:51.599
than<00:44:49.739><c> that,</c><00:44:50.079><c> brothers</c><00:44:50.179><c> and</c><00:44:50.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:53.239 --> 00:45:01.760
in<00:44:53.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:54.579><c> 53,</c><00:44:56.860><c> three</c><00:44:57.420><c> of</c><00:44:57.599><c> these</c><00:44:57.800><c> words</c><00:44:58.099><c> are</c><00:44:58.239><c> used</c><00:44:58.519><c> of</c><00:44:58.619><c> Messiah.</c><00:45:00.739><c> Now</c><00:45:00.920><c> that's</c><00:45:01.280><c> a</c>

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:04.300
striking,<00:45:02.699><c> a</c><00:45:03.500><c> striking</c><00:45:03.840><c> link</c>

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:10.619
that<00:45:05.000><c> cannot</c><00:45:05.659><c> be</c><00:45:06.000><c> avoided.</c><00:45:07.539><c> For</c><00:45:07.639><c> the</c><00:45:07.900><c> word</c><00:45:08.260><c> stricken</c><00:45:08.719><c> in</c><00:45:08.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:09.340><c> 1</c><00:45:09.739><c> verse</c><00:45:10.000><c> 5</c>

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:13.239
is<00:45:11.380><c> used</c><00:45:11.739><c> as</c><00:45:12.039><c> the</c><00:45:12.159><c> word</c><00:45:12.480><c> smitten</c><00:45:12.960><c> in</c>

00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:19.059
Isaiah<00:45:13.599><c> 53</c><00:45:14.179><c> verse</c><00:45:14.460><c> 4</c><00:45:14.840><c> of</c><00:45:15.039><c> Messiah.</c><00:45:17.280><c> Secondly,</c><00:45:18.059><c> the</c><00:45:18.139><c> word</c><00:45:18.500><c> sick</c>

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:23.539
in<00:45:19.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:19.860><c> 1</c><00:45:20.179><c> verse</c><00:45:20.420><c> 5</c><00:45:21.119><c> is</c><00:45:21.760><c> translated</c><00:45:22.380><c> griefs</c>

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:29.039
of<00:45:23.659><c> Messiah</c><00:45:24.400><c> in</c><00:45:24.780><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:25.099><c> 53</c><00:45:25.599><c> verse</c><00:45:25.880><c> 4.</c><00:45:27.300><c> The</c><00:45:27.440><c> word</c><00:45:27.800><c> bruises</c><00:45:28.559><c> in</c>

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:31.150
verse<00:45:29.300><c> 6</c><00:45:29.659><c> of</c><00:45:29.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:30.260><c> 1</c>

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:37.099
is<00:45:31.960><c> translated</c><00:45:32.619><c> stripes</c><00:45:33.340><c> in</c><00:45:34.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:34.559><c> 53</c><00:45:35.099><c> verse</c><00:45:35.380><c> 5.</c><00:45:36.739><c> Stripes</c>

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:38.900
is<00:45:37.320><c> the</c><00:45:37.480><c> same</c><00:45:37.719><c> word</c><00:45:37.980><c> for</c><00:45:38.219><c> bruises.</c>

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:43.760
Griefs<00:45:40.079><c> the</c><00:45:40.199><c> same</c><00:45:40.460><c> word</c><00:45:40.659><c> for</c><00:45:40.980><c> sick.</c><00:45:42.340><c> Smitten</c><00:45:42.739><c> the</c><00:45:43.239><c> same</c><00:45:43.519><c> word</c>

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:44.960
for<00:45:44.099><c> stricken.</c>

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:53.639
Is<00:45:46.539><c> that</c><00:45:46.719><c> puzzle</c><00:45:47.019><c> you</c><00:45:47.219><c> brothers</c><00:45:47.420><c> and</c><00:45:47.659><c> sisters?</c><00:45:49.300><c> Is</c><00:45:49.920><c> that</c><00:45:50.099><c> a</c><00:45:50.320><c> puzzle?</c><00:45:51.659><c> Why</c><00:45:51.960><c> would</c><00:45:52.199><c> Messiah</c><00:45:52.880><c> be</c>

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:55.679
used<00:45:54.199><c> in</c><00:45:54.639><c> this</c><00:45:54.880><c> way?</c>

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:58.960
Why<00:45:56.280><c> would</c><00:45:56.460><c> he</c><00:45:56.760><c> be</c><00:45:57.079><c> described</c><00:45:57.500><c> with</c><00:45:57.719><c> these</c><00:45:58.059><c> terms</c><00:45:58.380><c> that</c><00:45:58.679><c> seem</c>

00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:04.900
to<00:45:59.139><c> be</c><00:45:59.300><c> terms</c><00:45:59.820><c> describing</c><00:46:01.059><c> sores,</c><00:46:03.940><c> sickness,</c>

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:12.019
bruises,<00:46:07.079><c> leprosy?</c><00:46:08.500><c> How</c><00:46:08.699><c> could</c><00:46:08.880><c> that</c><00:46:09.099><c> be?</c><00:46:11.440><c> Let's</c><00:46:11.639><c> slip</c><00:46:11.800><c> over</c>

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:13.760
to<00:46:12.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:12.500><c> 53.</c>

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:20.420
Now<00:46:17.119><c> you</c><00:46:17.300><c> see,</c><00:46:17.659><c> brothers</c><00:46:17.719><c> and</c><00:46:17.980><c> sisters,</c><00:46:18.960><c> the</c><00:46:19.139><c> kind</c><00:46:19.380><c> of</c><00:46:19.639><c> bridging</c><00:46:20.119><c> that</c>

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:22.079
occurs<00:46:20.780><c> across</c><00:46:21.219><c> this</c><00:46:21.559><c> marvelous</c>

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:25.380
prophecy<00:46:22.539><c> from</c><00:46:22.840><c> beginning</c><00:46:23.059><c> to</c><00:46:23.300><c> end.</c><00:46:24.500><c> What</c><00:46:24.659><c> is</c><00:46:24.960><c> said</c><00:46:25.079><c> at</c><00:46:25.260><c> the</c>

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:27.019
beginning<00:46:25.619><c> of</c><00:46:25.800><c> this</c><00:46:26.039><c> prophecy</c>

00:46:27.139 --> 00:46:31.639
is<00:46:27.679><c> meant</c><00:46:27.900><c> to</c><00:46:28.139><c> set</c><00:46:28.300><c> the</c><00:46:28.639><c> stage</c><00:46:28.940><c> of</c><00:46:29.119><c> our</c><00:46:29.400><c> understanding</c><00:46:30.019><c> for</c><00:46:30.699><c> that</c><00:46:30.960><c> second</c><00:46:31.219><c> part</c><00:46:31.500><c> of</c>

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:33.800
the<00:46:31.900><c> prophecy</c><00:46:32.360><c> that</c><00:46:33.420><c> stresses</c>

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redemption,<00:46:34.920><c> salvation,</c><00:46:36.079><c> and</c><00:46:37.139><c> the</c><00:46:37.380><c> answer</c><00:46:37.940><c> to</c><00:46:38.800><c> sin.</c><00:46:40.039><c> In</c><00:46:40.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:40.320><c> 53,</c>

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:44.079
just<00:46:42.360><c> notice</c><00:46:42.820><c> our</c><00:46:43.260><c> terms</c><00:46:43.719><c> that</c><00:46:43.880><c> we've</c>

00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:49.880
been<00:46:44.219><c> talking</c><00:46:44.500><c> about.</c><00:46:45.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:46.000><c> 53</c><00:46:47.179><c> verse</c><00:46:47.760><c> 4,</c><00:46:48.960><c> surely</c><00:46:49.300><c> he</c><00:46:49.599><c> hath</c>

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borne,<00:46:51.840><c> now</c><00:46:52.019><c> here's</c><00:46:52.380><c> the</c><00:46:52.599><c> qualification,</c>

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:58.659
a<00:46:54.000><c> word</c><00:46:54.199><c> that</c><00:46:54.500><c> should</c><00:46:54.639><c> be</c><00:46:54.940><c> circled.</c><00:46:56.119><c> Surely</c><00:46:56.719><c> he</c><00:46:57.420><c> hath</c><00:46:57.719><c> borne</c>

00:46:58.659 --> 00:47:01.559
our<00:46:59.179><c> griefs,</c><00:47:00.380><c> the</c><00:47:00.599><c> first</c><00:47:00.820><c> word</c><00:47:01.059><c> that</c><00:47:01.260><c> occurs</c>

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:07.920
in<00:47:01.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:02.139><c> chapter</c><00:47:02.659><c> 1,</c><00:47:03.820><c> and</c><00:47:04.179><c> carried</c><00:47:04.760><c> our</c><00:47:05.619><c> sorrows.</c><00:47:06.960><c> Yet</c><00:47:07.199><c> we</c>

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did<00:47:08.119><c> esteem</c><00:47:08.460><c> him</c><00:47:09.199><c> stricken,</c>

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smitten<00:47:11.760><c> of</c><00:47:12.260><c> God,</c><00:47:12.940><c> and</c><00:47:13.239><c> afflicted.</c><00:47:14.300><c> The</c><00:47:14.500><c> word</c><00:47:14.780><c> smitten</c><00:47:15.079><c> there</c>

00:47:15.300 --> 00:47:17.539
is<00:47:15.519><c> the</c><00:47:15.639><c> word</c><00:47:15.900><c> stricken</c><00:47:16.340><c> in</c><00:47:16.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:16.940><c> chapter</c><00:47:17.360><c> 1,</c>

00:47:17.539 --> 00:47:26.179
as<00:47:17.659><c> we've</c><00:47:17.940><c> seen.</c><00:47:18.960><c> Verse</c><00:47:19.159><c> 5,</c><00:47:20.739><c> but</c><00:47:20.900><c> he</c><00:47:21.019><c> was</c><00:47:21.199><c> wounded</c><00:47:21.539><c> for</c><00:47:22.119><c> our</c><00:47:24.440><c> transgressions.</c><00:47:25.900><c> He</c>

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was<00:47:26.539><c> bruised,</c><00:47:27.619><c> he</c><00:47:28.000><c> word,</c>

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for<00:47:28.739><c> our</c><00:47:29.199><c> iniquities.</c><00:47:30.119><c> The</c><00:47:30.420><c> chastisement</c><00:47:31.000><c> of</c><00:47:31.199><c> our</c><00:47:31.460><c> peace</c><00:47:31.980><c> was</c>

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:37.239
upon<00:47:32.699><c> him,</c><00:47:34.059><c> and</c><00:47:34.360><c> with</c><00:47:34.579><c> his</c><00:47:34.900><c> stripes</c><00:47:35.340><c> we</c><00:47:35.980><c> are</c><00:47:36.340><c> healed.</c>

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:41.059
Now<00:47:37.880><c> brothers</c><00:47:38.159><c> and</c><00:47:38.500><c> sisters,</c><00:47:39.260><c> when</c><00:47:39.460><c> those</c><00:47:39.840><c> words</c><00:47:40.219><c> were</c><00:47:40.539><c> issued</c><00:47:40.880><c> by</c>

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the<00:47:41.300><c> prophet</c><00:47:41.619><c> Isaiah,</c>

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this<00:47:43.699><c> was</c><00:47:44.159><c> said</c><00:47:44.460><c> first</c><00:47:44.960><c> of</c><00:47:45.219><c> all</c><00:47:45.599><c> to</c><00:47:45.860><c> the</c><00:47:46.000><c> nation</c><00:47:46.320><c> of</c><00:47:46.559><c> Israel,</c><00:47:47.780><c> to</c><00:47:48.059><c> a</c>

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:52.199
people<00:47:48.940><c> who</c><00:47:49.480><c> at</c><00:47:49.679><c> the</c><00:47:49.920><c> outset</c><00:47:50.400><c> of</c><00:47:50.679><c> Isaiah's</c><00:47:51.440><c> ministry</c>

00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:57.599
prior<00:47:53.159><c> to</c><00:47:53.420><c> the</c><00:47:53.579><c> Assyrian</c><00:47:54.019><c> invasion</c><00:47:54.699><c> had</c><00:47:55.340><c> been</c><00:47:55.679><c> told</c><00:47:56.320><c> that</c><00:47:56.880><c> they</c><00:47:57.079><c> were</c><00:47:57.360><c> a</c>

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sick<00:47:57.800><c> nation.</c><00:47:59.519><c> These</c><00:47:59.760><c> words</c><00:48:00.139><c> were</c><00:48:00.500><c> spoken</c>

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to<00:48:01.219><c> a</c><00:48:01.500><c> people</c><00:48:01.920><c> who</c><00:48:02.280><c> were</c><00:48:02.500><c> described</c><00:48:03.000><c> as</c><00:48:03.179><c> having</c><00:48:03.500><c> putrefying</c><00:48:04.340><c> sores,</c><00:48:05.360><c> figuratively</c><00:48:05.739><c> speaking,</c><00:48:06.840><c> a</c>

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nation<00:48:07.280><c> that</c><00:48:07.420><c> was</c>

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described<00:48:08.179><c> as</c><00:48:08.539><c> sick</c><00:48:08.900><c> from</c><00:48:09.500><c> foot</c><00:48:09.920><c> up</c><00:48:10.380><c> to</c><00:48:10.559><c> the</c><00:48:10.820><c> head.</c><00:48:12.599><c> When</c><00:48:12.900><c> they</c>

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heard<00:48:13.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:14.559><c> 53</c><00:48:15.360><c> pronounced</c><00:48:15.940><c> by</c><00:48:16.159><c> the</c><00:48:16.380><c> prophet</c>

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for<00:48:17.559><c> the</c><00:48:17.739><c> first</c><00:48:18.099><c> time,</c><00:48:19.320><c> they</c><00:48:19.460><c> couldn't</c><00:48:20.199><c> help</c><00:48:20.780><c> but</c><00:48:21.420><c> make</c><00:48:21.820><c> a</c><00:48:22.199><c> bridge</c><00:48:22.480><c> to</c>

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chapter<00:48:23.059><c> 1.</c><00:48:24.219><c> They</c><00:48:24.320><c> couldn't</c><00:48:24.719><c> help</c><00:48:25.119><c> but</c><00:48:25.340><c> see</c>

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:30.380
a<00:48:25.739><c> connection</c><00:48:26.059><c> to</c><00:48:26.260><c> themselves.</c><00:48:28.260><c> Think</c><00:48:28.400><c> of</c><00:48:28.639><c> 2</c><00:48:28.820><c> Chronicles,</c><00:48:29.599><c> that</c><00:48:29.800><c> chapter</c><00:48:30.159><c> we</c>

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last<00:48:30.659><c> looked</c><00:48:30.880><c> at</c><00:48:31.079><c> in</c><00:48:31.320><c> Chronicles.</c>

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He<00:48:33.260><c> appealed</c><00:48:33.800><c> to</c><00:48:33.920><c> them</c><00:48:34.219><c> by</c><00:48:34.480><c> the</c><00:48:34.739><c> prophets</c><00:48:35.199><c> until</c><00:48:36.059><c> there</c><00:48:36.380><c> was</c><00:48:36.699><c> no</c><00:48:37.179><c> healing,</c><00:48:38.000><c> no</c><00:48:38.219><c> remedy.</c><00:48:39.579><c> Here's</c><00:48:39.960><c> a</c>

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sick<00:48:40.420><c> nation.</c>

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What's<00:48:41.579><c> the</c><00:48:41.739><c> answer?</c><00:48:42.760><c> Not</c><00:48:43.480><c> just</c><00:48:43.760><c> the</c><00:48:44.019><c> Assyrian,</c><00:48:45.260><c> not</c><00:48:45.579><c> just</c><00:48:45.860><c> the</c><00:48:46.139><c> rod</c><00:48:46.320><c> of</c>

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God's<00:48:47.059><c> anger,</c>

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not<00:48:48.639><c> just</c><00:48:48.920><c> the</c><00:48:49.340><c> correcting</c><00:48:49.659><c> device</c><00:48:50.340><c> by</c><00:48:50.940><c> sending</c><00:48:51.199><c> down</c><00:48:51.659><c> a</c><00:48:51.960><c> northern</c><00:48:52.340><c> invader.</c><00:48:54.019><c> The</c>

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answer<00:48:54.920><c> to</c><00:48:55.239><c> Israel's</c><00:48:56.079><c> sin</c>

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was<00:48:57.280><c> to</c><00:48:57.440><c> be</c><00:48:57.679><c> found</c><00:48:58.219><c> in</c><00:48:59.300><c> a</c><00:48:59.500><c> redeemer,</c><00:49:01.139><c> one</c><00:49:01.559><c> on</c><00:49:02.500><c> whom</c><00:49:03.059><c> the</c><00:49:04.099><c> bruises,</c><00:49:05.260><c> the</c><00:49:05.539><c> sicknesses,</c>

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the<00:49:07.019><c> transgressions</c><00:49:08.159><c> of</c><00:49:08.420><c> mortality</c><00:49:09.059><c> would</c><00:49:09.300><c> be</c><00:49:09.579><c> placed.</c><00:49:10.840><c> One</c>

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who<00:49:11.219><c> would</c><00:49:11.440><c> be</c><00:49:11.820><c> as</c><00:49:12.079><c> the</c><00:49:12.360><c> scapegoat</c>

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on<00:49:13.760><c> whom</c><00:49:14.119><c> the</c><00:49:14.500><c> nation</c><00:49:15.019><c> could</c><00:49:15.559><c> place</c><00:49:15.840><c> their</c><00:49:16.139><c> burdens,</c><00:49:17.019><c> figuratively</c><00:49:17.400><c> speaking.</c><00:49:18.579><c> The</c><00:49:18.840><c> one</c>

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who<00:49:19.539><c> would</c><00:49:19.840><c> take</c>

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upon<00:49:20.480><c> himself</c><00:49:21.239><c> by</c><00:49:22.239><c> the</c><00:49:22.480><c> crucifixion</c><00:49:23.079><c> of</c><00:49:23.199><c> his</c><00:49:23.380><c> own</c><00:49:23.659><c> flesh</c><00:49:24.119><c> and</c>

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demonstrate<00:49:25.800><c> to</c><00:49:26.199><c> all</c><00:49:26.480><c> of</c><00:49:26.679><c> mankind</c><00:49:27.280><c> and</c><00:49:27.880><c> to</c><00:49:28.099><c> Israel</c>

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first<00:49:29.119><c> the</c><00:49:30.199><c> principles</c><00:49:30.739><c> by</c><00:49:31.179><c> which</c><00:49:31.460><c> that</c><00:49:31.800><c> nation</c><00:49:32.099><c> could</c><00:49:32.320><c> come</c>

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back<00:49:32.900><c> to</c><00:49:33.059><c> their</c><00:49:33.239><c> father,</c><00:49:34.139><c> to</c><00:49:34.280><c> their</c><00:49:34.480><c> God.</c>

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And<00:49:36.039><c> the</c><00:49:36.219><c> very</c><00:49:36.519><c> words</c><00:49:36.840><c> used</c><00:49:37.239><c> therefore</c><00:49:37.760><c> to</c><00:49:38.019><c> describe</c><00:49:38.480><c> the</c><00:49:38.860><c> sin</c>

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of<00:49:39.219><c> the</c><00:49:39.380><c> nation</c>

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are<00:49:40.800><c> used</c><00:49:41.139><c> to</c><00:49:41.480><c> describe</c><00:49:42.000><c> the</c><00:49:42.519><c> burdens</c><00:49:43.179><c> placed</c><00:49:44.099><c> upon</c><00:49:44.519><c> Messiah</c>

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in<00:49:45.500><c> his</c><00:49:45.739><c> saving</c><00:49:46.000><c> work.</c><00:49:46.940><c> He</c><00:49:47.099><c> takes</c><00:49:47.460><c> those</c><00:49:47.860><c> to</c>

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the<00:49:48.260><c> cross.</c><00:49:50.000><c> You</c><00:49:50.119><c> see</c><00:49:50.300><c> then,</c><00:49:50.659><c> brothers</c><00:49:50.760><c> and</c><00:49:51.000><c> sisters,</c><00:49:51.320><c> it's</c>

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important<00:49:52.059><c> to</c><00:49:52.280><c> pay</c><00:49:52.460><c> attention</c><00:49:53.019><c> to</c><00:49:53.960><c> those</c>

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descriptions<00:49:54.900><c> given</c><00:49:55.239><c> to</c><00:49:55.539><c> us</c><00:49:55.719><c> in</c><00:49:55.860><c> the</c><00:49:56.059><c> early</c><00:49:56.340><c> part</c><00:49:56.599><c> of</c><00:49:56.780><c> Isaiah's</c><00:49:57.519><c> prophecy.</c><00:49:58.679><c> They</c>

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provide<00:49:59.559><c> very</c><00:50:00.139><c> important</c>

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keys<00:50:01.599><c> to</c><00:50:02.179><c> an</c><00:50:02.539><c> understanding</c><00:50:03.280><c> of</c><00:50:04.000><c> why</c><00:50:04.340><c> it</c><00:50:04.420><c> would</c><00:50:04.659><c> be</c><00:50:05.239><c> after</c><00:50:05.719><c> chapter</c><00:50:06.239><c> 40,</c>

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such<00:50:08.780><c> a</c><00:50:08.960><c> tremendous</c><00:50:09.739><c> stress</c>

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on<00:50:10.739><c> the</c><00:50:10.980><c> theme</c><00:50:11.139><c> of</c><00:50:11.420><c> redemption.</c><00:50:13.539><c> For</c><00:50:13.539><c> as</c><00:50:13.960><c> you</c><00:50:14.199><c> move</c><00:50:14.440><c> through</c>

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that<00:50:15.360><c> part</c><00:50:15.679><c> of</c><00:50:15.920><c> the</c><00:50:16.159><c> prophecy</c><00:50:16.559><c> beyond</c><00:50:17.019><c> chapter</c><00:50:17.460><c> 40,</c>

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we<00:50:19.320><c> receive</c><00:50:19.900><c> and</c><00:50:20.159><c> they</c><00:50:20.559><c> receive</c><00:50:21.280><c> comfort</c><00:50:22.460><c> in</c><00:50:23.619><c> the</c><00:50:23.900><c> hope</c><00:50:24.159><c> of</c><00:50:24.380><c> a</c>

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greater<00:50:24.800><c> redeemer.</c>

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They<00:50:27.000><c> saw</c><00:50:27.360><c> their</c><00:50:27.639><c> king,</c><00:50:28.199><c> even</c><00:50:28.800><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:50:30.420><c> afflicted</c><00:50:31.300><c> with</c><00:50:31.699><c> no</c>

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seed.<00:50:33.340><c> They</c><00:50:33.500><c> saw</c><00:50:33.820><c> in</c><00:50:33.980><c> Hezekiah</c><00:50:34.579><c> one</c><00:50:34.860><c> who</c><00:50:35.000><c> was</c>

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to<00:50:35.440><c> die</c><00:50:35.639><c> as</c><00:50:35.880><c> a</c><00:50:36.079><c> monarch</c><00:50:36.380><c> and</c><00:50:36.739><c> he</c><00:50:36.880><c> had</c><00:50:37.059><c> no</c><00:50:37.400><c> progeny,</c><00:50:38.940><c> no</c><00:50:39.300><c> seed</c><00:50:39.699><c> when</c><00:50:40.119><c> he</c>

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was<00:50:40.480><c> afflicted</c><00:50:40.960><c> in</c><00:50:41.119><c> his</c><00:50:41.300><c> sickness.</c>

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Manasseh<00:50:43.360><c> was</c><00:50:43.639><c> born</c><00:50:44.019><c> in</c><00:50:44.219><c> the</c><00:50:44.460><c> third</c><00:50:44.840><c> year</c><00:50:45.300><c> of</c><00:50:45.500><c> those</c><00:50:45.780><c> extra</c><00:50:46.219><c> 15</c>

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that<00:50:46.920><c> were</c><00:50:47.179><c> added</c><00:50:47.400><c> to</c><00:50:47.619><c> him.</c><00:50:48.719><c> He</c><00:50:48.980><c> didn't</c><00:50:49.219><c> know</c>

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whether<00:50:49.679><c> he'd</c><00:50:49.880><c> have</c><00:50:50.099><c> a</c><00:50:50.280><c> seed</c><00:50:50.500><c> brothers</c><00:50:50.800><c> and</c><00:50:51.039><c> sisters</c><00:50:51.579><c> until</c>

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he<00:50:52.320><c> was</c><00:50:52.480><c> into</c><00:50:52.699><c> about</c><00:50:52.940><c> the</c><00:50:53.179><c> third</c><00:50:53.420><c> year</c><00:50:53.679><c> of</c><00:50:53.820><c> those</c>

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15.<00:50:55.719><c> Therefore,</c><00:50:56.280><c> when</c><00:50:56.460><c> he</c><00:50:56.619><c> was</c><00:50:56.800><c> about</c><00:50:57.039><c> to</c><00:50:57.280><c> die,</c><00:50:58.860><c> before</c><00:50:59.239><c> he</c><00:50:59.440><c> was</c><00:50:59.699><c> given</c><00:51:00.139><c> the</c><00:51:00.500><c> extension</c><00:51:00.960><c> of</c><00:51:01.179><c> life,</c>

00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:06.480
he<00:51:01.980><c> was</c><00:51:02.239><c> going</c><00:51:02.400><c> to</c><00:51:02.619><c> die</c><00:51:02.900><c> a</c><00:51:03.199><c> childless</c><00:51:03.739><c> monarch.</c><00:51:05.500><c> Hezekiah</c><00:51:06.139><c> had</c>

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faced<00:51:06.800><c> the</c><00:51:07.119><c> pressures</c><00:51:07.519><c> and</c><00:51:07.980><c> was</c><00:51:08.239><c> still</c><00:51:08.539><c> facing</c><00:51:08.880><c> the</c>

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pressures<00:51:09.539><c> of</c><00:51:10.079><c> the</c><00:51:10.219><c> Assyrian</c><00:51:10.679><c> threat.</c><00:51:12.079><c> Hezekiah</c><00:51:12.699><c> was</c><00:51:12.920><c> looking</c><00:51:13.260><c> at</c><00:51:13.500><c> a</c>

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nation<00:51:14.159><c> beyond</c><00:51:14.659><c> his</c><00:51:15.000><c> walls</c><00:51:15.480><c> that</c><00:51:16.139><c> was</c>

00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:23.880
sick.<00:51:18.639><c> Hezekiah</c><00:51:19.280><c> was</c><00:51:19.519><c> sick</c><00:51:19.760><c> unto</c><00:51:20.059><c> death</c><00:51:20.380><c> himself</c><00:51:21.219><c> and</c><00:51:21.960><c> he</c><00:51:22.079><c> was</c><00:51:22.400><c> childless.</c>

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As<00:51:25.340><c> you</c><00:51:25.659><c> move</c><00:51:25.960><c> past</c><00:51:26.420><c> that</c><00:51:26.739><c> section</c><00:51:27.059><c> in</c><00:51:27.320><c> Isaiah,</c><00:51:27.880><c> that</c><00:51:28.199><c> middle</c>

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historical<00:51:29.159><c> section,</c>

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when<00:51:30.659><c> Hezekiah</c><00:51:31.460><c> is</c><00:51:31.699><c> brought</c><00:51:31.940><c> back</c><00:51:32.260><c> to</c><00:51:32.460><c> life</c><00:51:33.000><c> by</c><00:51:33.800><c> a</c><00:51:33.960><c> kind</c><00:51:34.179><c> of</c><00:51:34.420><c> resurrection,</c><00:51:35.599><c> when</c><00:51:35.780><c> he</c>

00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:37.300
is<00:51:36.059><c> given</c><00:51:36.280><c> an</c><00:51:36.460><c> extra</c><00:51:36.800><c> 15</c>

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years<00:51:37.699><c> of</c><00:51:37.980><c> life</c><00:51:38.400><c> and</c><00:51:38.800><c> health,</c><00:51:39.920><c> when</c><00:51:40.079><c> he</c><00:51:40.320><c> finally</c><00:51:40.539><c> is</c><00:51:40.780><c> given</c><00:51:40.960><c> a</c>

00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:45.199
seed<00:51:41.559><c> and</c><00:51:41.719><c> Manasseh</c><00:51:42.280><c> is</c><00:51:42.539><c> born</c><00:51:43.019><c> in</c><00:51:44.079><c> the</c><00:51:44.519><c> experience</c><00:51:44.980><c> of</c>

00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:50.340
monarch<00:51:45.860><c> and</c><00:51:46.559><c> in</c><00:51:46.719><c> the</c><00:51:47.119><c> experience</c><00:51:47.639><c> of</c><00:51:48.360><c> the</c><00:51:48.639><c> redemption</c><00:51:49.099><c> temporarily</c><00:51:49.960><c> given</c>

00:51:50.340 --> 00:51:51.840
to<00:51:50.539><c> the</c><00:51:50.679><c> nation</c><00:51:51.000><c> from</c><00:51:51.219><c> the</c><00:51:51.400><c> Assyrian</c>

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:56.420
threat,<00:51:53.199><c> you</c><00:51:53.500><c> have</c><00:51:53.820><c> the</c><00:51:54.099><c> beautiful</c><00:51:54.679><c> realities</c><00:51:55.400><c> in</c><00:51:55.860><c> a</c><00:51:56.159><c> small</c>

00:51:56.420 --> 00:51:59.360
form<00:51:56.900><c> of</c><00:51:57.639><c> all</c><00:51:58.000><c> that</c><00:51:58.179><c> is</c><00:51:58.300><c> to</c><00:51:58.400><c> be</c><00:51:58.639><c> expressed</c><00:51:59.000><c> in</c><00:51:59.139><c> these</c>

00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:02.340
beautiful<00:51:59.739><c> sections</c><00:52:00.219><c> that</c><00:52:00.679><c> we</c><00:52:00.920><c> often</c><00:52:01.300><c> read</c><00:52:01.659><c> and</c><00:52:01.920><c> sing</c><00:52:02.119><c> about</c>

00:52:02.340 --> 00:52:05.239
in<00:52:02.500><c> our</c><00:52:02.679><c> hymns.</c><00:52:03.900><c> And</c><00:52:04.039><c> so</c><00:52:04.179><c> no</c><00:52:04.420><c> wonder</c><00:52:04.699><c> is</c><00:52:04.920><c> it</c><00:52:05.059><c> brothers</c>

00:52:05.239 --> 00:52:09.260
and<00:52:05.519><c> sisters</c><00:52:05.940><c> that</c><00:52:06.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:06.860><c> 53</c><00:52:07.659><c> is</c><00:52:08.079><c> in</c><00:52:08.280><c> that</c><00:52:08.539><c> section</c><00:52:08.820><c> of</c><00:52:09.019><c> the</c>

00:52:09.260 --> 00:52:11.599
prophecy<00:52:09.619><c> after</c><00:52:10.440><c> there</c><00:52:10.659><c> has</c><00:52:10.880><c> been</c><00:52:11.019><c> a</c><00:52:11.199><c> redemption</c>

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:15.679
from<00:52:11.800><c> Assyria,</c><00:52:13.239><c> after</c><00:52:13.579><c> the</c><00:52:13.840><c> invader</c><00:52:14.239><c> has</c><00:52:14.420><c> been</c><00:52:14.719><c> crushed</c><00:52:15.139><c> and</c>

00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:18.639
king<00:52:16.079><c> Sin</c><00:52:16.500><c> has</c><00:52:17.139><c> been</c><00:52:17.340><c> put</c><00:52:17.559><c> to</c><00:52:17.820><c> death,</c>

00:52:18.880 --> 00:52:22.159
after<00:52:19.179><c> they</c><00:52:19.400><c> have</c><00:52:19.659><c> seen</c><00:52:20.059><c> Hezekiah</c><00:52:20.800><c> brought</c><00:52:21.199><c> back</c><00:52:21.519><c> to</c><00:52:21.820><c> life</c>

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after<00:52:22.579><c> being</c><00:52:22.840><c> near</c><00:52:23.139><c> death,</c>

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after<00:52:24.820><c> they</c><00:52:25.000><c> have</c><00:52:25.320><c> seen</c><00:52:25.639><c> Hezekiah</c><00:52:26.300><c> have</c><00:52:26.500><c> a</c><00:52:26.739><c> son,</c><00:52:27.820><c> went</c><00:52:27.900><c> up</c><00:52:28.019><c> to</c>

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that<00:52:28.360><c> point</c><00:52:28.519><c> he'd</c><00:52:28.760><c> had</c><00:52:28.940><c> none,</c><00:52:29.579><c> a</c><00:52:29.900><c> seed</c><00:52:30.119><c> born</c><00:52:30.619><c> as</c><00:52:30.780><c> it</c>

00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:35.920
were<00:52:31.139><c> miraculously.</c><00:52:32.699><c> You</c><00:52:33.320><c> see</c><00:52:33.679><c> in</c><00:52:34.019><c> the</c><00:52:34.360><c> life</c><00:52:34.679><c> of</c><00:52:34.960><c> Hezekiah</c><00:52:35.679><c> as</c>

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the<00:52:36.179><c> representative</c><00:52:36.679><c> of</c><00:52:36.920><c> the</c><00:52:37.059><c> nation</c><00:52:37.500><c> there</c><00:52:38.139><c> were</c>

00:52:38.460 --> 00:52:41.980
ideals<00:52:39.219><c> that</c><00:52:40.099><c> were</c><00:52:40.320><c> expressed</c><00:52:40.840><c> and</c><00:52:41.139><c> brought</c><00:52:41.360><c> forth</c><00:52:41.679><c> to</c><00:52:41.880><c> the</c>

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nation<00:52:42.380><c> and</c><00:52:43.400><c> as</c><00:52:43.659><c> they</c><00:52:43.920><c> moved</c><00:52:44.360><c> through</c><00:52:44.739><c> that</c><00:52:45.019><c> last</c>

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portion<00:52:45.780><c> of</c><00:52:45.960><c> the</c><00:52:46.199><c> prophets</c><00:52:46.460><c> ministry</c><00:52:47.059><c> and</c><00:52:47.679><c> heard</c><00:52:47.960><c> these</c>

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words<00:52:48.760><c> repeated,</c><00:52:50.059><c> redeemer,</c><00:52:51.079><c> redemption,</c><00:52:52.019><c> redeemer,</c>

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:57.179
redemption<00:52:53.500><c> and</c><00:52:54.320><c> the</c><00:52:54.500><c> words</c><00:52:54.960><c> so</c><00:52:55.920><c> often</c><00:52:56.300><c> repeated</c><00:52:56.719><c> in</c><00:52:56.920><c> that</c>

00:52:57.179 --> 00:53:01.719
second<00:52:57.460><c> section,</c><00:52:59.599><c> the</c><00:52:59.659><c> word</c><00:53:00.320><c> salvation,</c>

00:53:02.500 --> 00:53:08.360
the<00:53:03.079><c> hope</c><00:53:03.400><c> of</c><00:53:03.739><c> being</c><00:53:04.000><c> saved.</c><00:53:05.300><c> They</c><00:53:05.480><c> had</c><00:53:05.820><c> been</c><00:53:06.099><c> saved</c><00:53:06.400><c> in</c><00:53:06.559><c> a</c><00:53:06.699><c> temporal</c><00:53:07.000><c> sense.</c><00:53:07.880><c> They</c><00:53:08.019><c> had</c>

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proof<00:53:08.739><c> for</c><00:53:09.099><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:53:10.679><c> brothers</c><00:53:10.820><c> and</c><00:53:11.079><c> sisters</c><00:53:11.440><c> as</c><00:53:11.840><c> we</c><00:53:12.039><c> close</c><00:53:12.239><c> this</c><00:53:12.500><c> morning,</c><00:53:13.920><c> we</c>

00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:17.579
have<00:53:14.340><c> proof</c><00:53:14.739><c> for</c><00:53:15.380><c> faith.</c><00:53:16.480><c> We</c><00:53:16.639><c> see</c><00:53:16.900><c> in</c><00:53:17.079><c> Messiah,</c>

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brothers<00:53:17.920><c> and</c><00:53:18.179><c> sisters,</c><00:53:18.519><c> one</c><00:53:18.719><c> far</c><00:53:19.019><c> greater</c><00:53:19.300><c> than</c><00:53:19.460><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:53:21.360 --> 00:53:23.519
far<00:53:21.659><c> greater</c><00:53:22.019><c> than</c><00:53:22.179><c> the</c><00:53:22.440><c> prophet</c><00:53:22.860><c> Isaiah</c>

00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:28.679
whose<00:53:23.960><c> name</c><00:53:24.239><c> meant</c><00:53:24.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:25.059><c> saves.</c><00:53:26.579><c> In</c><00:53:26.739><c> our</c><00:53:26.940><c> Messiah,</c><00:53:27.539><c> brothers</c><00:53:27.639><c> and</c><00:53:27.900><c> sisters,</c><00:53:28.500><c> we</c>

00:53:28.679 --> 00:53:30.699
have<00:53:28.940><c> one</c><00:53:29.420><c> who</c><00:53:30.179><c> knows</c><00:53:30.500><c> the</c>

00:53:30.699 --> 00:53:33.719
condition<00:53:31.079><c> of</c><00:53:31.280><c> our</c><00:53:31.460><c> mortality.</c><00:53:32.280><c> He</c><00:53:32.280><c> knows</c><00:53:32.559><c> our</c><00:53:32.840><c> frame.</c><00:53:33.219><c> He</c><00:53:33.239><c> knows</c><00:53:33.519><c> we</c>

00:53:33.719 --> 00:53:36.980
are<00:53:33.920><c> dust.</c><00:53:35.719><c> If</c><00:53:35.840><c> you</c><00:53:36.059><c> think</c><00:53:36.260><c> that</c><00:53:36.460><c> you</c><00:53:36.639><c> have</c>

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sinned,<00:53:38.039><c> you</c><00:53:38.239><c> know</c><00:53:38.559><c> you</c><00:53:38.780><c> have</c><00:53:38.980><c> sinned.</c><00:53:40.099><c> Of</c><00:53:40.360><c> course</c><00:53:40.519><c> you're</c><00:53:40.760><c> right.</c><00:53:42.179><c> If</c>

00:53:42.340 --> 00:53:43.820
you<00:53:42.659><c> think,</c><00:53:43.039><c> brothers</c><00:53:43.139><c> and</c><00:53:43.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:44.219 --> 00:53:50.119
that<00:53:44.599><c> your</c><00:53:45.300><c> sinful</c><00:53:45.760><c> ways</c><00:53:46.300><c> in</c><00:53:46.599><c> the</c><00:53:46.820><c> past</c><00:53:47.260><c> or</c><00:53:48.559><c> potential</c><00:53:49.199><c> failures</c><00:53:49.739><c> in</c><00:53:49.940><c> the</c>

00:53:50.119 --> 00:53:52.539
future<00:53:50.460><c> are</c><00:53:50.780><c> beyond</c><00:53:51.159><c> God's</c><00:53:51.639><c> grace.</c>

00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:59.300
If<00:53:53.320><c> you</c><00:53:53.639><c> think,</c><00:53:53.900><c> brothers</c><00:53:54.199><c> and</c><00:53:54.460><c> sisters,</c><00:53:54.840><c> that</c><00:53:55.000><c> where</c><00:53:55.300><c> sin</c><00:53:55.639><c> has</c><00:53:56.079><c> abounded,</c><00:53:57.320><c> the</c><00:53:57.420><c> grace</c><00:53:57.659><c> cannot</c><00:53:58.099><c> abound</c><00:53:58.860><c> or</c>

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abound<00:53:59.980><c> more.</c><00:54:01.340><c> You</c><00:54:01.559><c> couldn't</c><00:54:01.820><c> be</c><00:54:02.019><c> more</c><00:54:02.239><c> wrong.</c><00:54:03.920><c> Nobody</c><00:54:04.119><c> in</c>

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this<00:54:04.500><c> room,</c><00:54:05.059><c> brothers</c><00:54:05.179><c> and</c><00:54:05.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:05.980 --> 00:54:11.719
nobody<00:54:06.400><c> in</c><00:54:06.719><c> this</c><00:54:06.960><c> room</c><00:54:07.360><c> has</c><00:54:09.059><c> come</c><00:54:09.480><c> anywhere</c><00:54:10.079><c> close</c><00:54:10.739><c> to</c><00:54:11.019><c> the</c><00:54:11.179><c> kind</c><00:54:11.539><c> of</c>

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depravity,<00:54:13.360><c> to</c><00:54:13.519><c> the</c><00:54:13.679><c> wretchedness</c><00:54:14.380><c> of</c><00:54:14.619><c> the</c>

00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:20.659
nation<00:54:15.559><c> that</c><00:54:16.780><c> Hezekiah</c><00:54:17.219><c> worked</c><00:54:17.460><c> with.</c><00:54:19.139><c> Read</c><00:54:19.500><c> the</c><00:54:19.679><c> description</c><00:54:20.099><c> in</c><00:54:20.320><c> Isaiah</c>

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one<00:54:21.219><c> and</c><00:54:21.960><c> match</c><00:54:22.239><c> that,</c>

00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:24.639
brothers<00:54:22.739><c> and</c><00:54:23.000><c> sisters,</c><00:54:23.539><c> with</c><00:54:23.719><c> the</c><00:54:23.940><c> wretchedness</c><00:54:24.340><c> that</c><00:54:24.480><c> you</c>

00:54:24.639 --> 00:54:28.739
know<00:54:24.900><c> to</c><00:54:25.099><c> be</c><00:54:25.219><c> in</c><00:54:25.320><c> yourself.</c><00:54:27.420><c> The</c><00:54:27.679><c> apostle</c><00:54:28.079><c> Paul</c><00:54:28.420><c> tells</c>

00:54:28.739 --> 00:54:34.860
us<00:54:28.940><c> that</c><00:54:29.179><c> where</c><00:54:29.559><c> sin</c><00:54:30.099><c> has</c><00:54:30.559><c> abounded,</c><00:54:32.239><c> grace</c><00:54:32.659><c> has</c><00:54:33.500><c> much</c><00:54:33.820><c> more</c><00:54:34.000><c> abounded.</c>

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Half<00:54:37.780><c>-brothers</c><00:54:38.059><c> and</c><00:54:38.260><c> sisters,</c><00:54:38.480><c> I'd</c><00:54:38.739><c> like</c><00:54:38.920><c> to</c><00:54:39.079><c> thank</c><00:54:39.179><c> Brother</c>

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Colin<00:54:39.760><c> for</c><00:54:40.079><c> his</c><00:54:40.659><c> efforts</c><00:54:41.119><c> this</c><00:54:41.619><c> morning.</c>

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Thank<00:55:06.340><c> you.</c>