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spoke<00:13:54.909><c> God's</c><00:13:55.509><c> mind.</c>

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gift<00:14:13.230><c> as</c><00:14:13.509><c> it</c><00:14:13.730><c> were,</c>

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it's<00:14:14.570><c> important</c><00:14:14.889><c> to</c><00:14:15.210><c> recognize</c><00:14:15.730><c> the</c><00:14:16.009><c> purpose</c><00:14:16.450><c> and</c><00:14:16.970><c> scope</c><00:14:17.490><c> of</c>

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Samuel's<00:14:18.929><c> mission.</c><00:14:20.570><c> Whereas</c><00:14:20.809><c> in</c><00:14:21.009><c> the</c><00:14:21.190><c> time</c><00:14:21.330><c> of</c><00:14:21.529><c> the</c>

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judges,<00:14:22.330><c> each</c><00:14:22.690><c> judge</c><00:14:22.990><c> would</c><00:14:23.210><c> work</c><00:14:23.429><c> with</c><00:14:23.610><c> just</c><00:14:23.889><c> a</c><00:14:24.289><c> small</c><00:14:24.570><c> area</c>

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miracles.<00:15:39.250><c> This</c><00:15:39.590><c> transformation</c><00:15:40.190><c> is</c><00:15:40.529><c> going</c><00:15:40.669><c> to</c><00:15:40.950><c> only</c><00:15:41.309><c> come</c><00:15:41.929><c> as</c><00:15:42.429><c> a</c>

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is<00:16:09.009><c> upholding</c><00:16:09.850><c> everything</c><00:16:10.309><c> he</c>

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says.<00:16:12.509><c> He</c><00:16:12.789><c> had</c><00:16:13.029><c> no</c><00:16:13.289><c> difficulty</c><00:16:13.970><c> establishing</c><00:16:14.669><c> his</c><00:16:15.029><c> credentials</c><00:16:15.509><c> in</c><00:16:15.769><c> the</c>

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Remember<00:17:05.410><c> what</c><00:17:05.750><c> we</c><00:17:05.990><c> read</c><00:17:06.289><c> at</c><00:17:06.569><c> the</c><00:17:06.690><c> beginning</c><00:17:07.089><c> of</c><00:17:07.349><c> the</c><00:17:07.509><c> chapter,</c><00:17:08.910><c> that</c><00:17:09.210><c> the</c><00:17:09.869><c> word</c><00:17:10.230><c> of</c>

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is<00:17:20.349><c> Samuel</c><00:17:20.829><c> going</c><00:17:21.230><c> throughout</c><00:17:21.710><c> the</c><00:17:21.910><c> nation</c><00:17:22.410><c> from</c><00:17:22.849><c> one</c><00:17:23.109><c> end</c><00:17:23.289><c> of</c>

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teaching<00:17:36.109><c> the</c><00:17:36.450><c> people.</c><00:17:37.670><c> In</c><00:17:37.890><c> fact,</c>

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the<00:17:45.509><c> word</c><00:17:45.789><c> of</c><00:17:46.109><c> Samuel</c><00:17:46.369><c> came</c><00:17:46.750><c> to</c><00:17:46.930><c> all</c><00:17:47.190><c> Israel.</c><00:17:49.630><c> Because</c><00:17:49.730><c> what's</c>

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absolutely<00:17:52.329><c> nothing</c><00:17:52.930><c> to</c><00:17:53.210><c> do</c><00:17:53.990><c> with</c><00:17:54.950><c> Samuel</c><00:17:55.410><c> and</c><00:17:56.710><c> has</c><00:17:57.309><c> everything</c><00:17:58.029><c> to</c><00:17:58.490><c> do</c>

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cleansing<00:19:19.809><c> destruction</c><00:19:20.750><c> that</c><00:19:21.849><c> God</c><00:19:22.089><c> must</c><00:19:22.390><c> now</c>

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initiate.<00:19:24.329><c> And</c><00:19:24.509><c> he</c><00:19:24.670><c> needs</c><00:19:25.029><c> to</c><00:19:25.390><c> initiate</c><00:19:25.829><c> it</c><00:19:26.109><c> in</c><00:19:26.410><c> preparation</c>

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sole<00:19:45.890><c> leader</c><00:19:46.349><c> in</c><00:19:46.589><c> the</c><00:19:46.710><c> nation.</c>

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of<00:21:12.319><c> righteousness</c><00:21:12.819><c> versus</c><00:21:13.839><c> wickedness.</c><00:21:14.799><c> It's</c><00:21:15.359><c> not</c><00:21:15.579><c> going</c><00:21:15.740><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:16.059><c> fought</c><00:21:16.240><c> as</c><00:21:16.440><c> a</c><00:21:16.579><c> result</c><00:21:16.839><c> of</c><00:21:17.160><c> Samuel's</c><00:21:17.779><c> instructions.</c>

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Hathni<00:21:23.700><c> and</c><00:21:23.980><c> Phineas</c><00:21:24.740><c> against</c><00:21:25.619><c> the</c><00:21:25.859><c> religion</c>

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of<00:21:26.660><c> the</c><00:21:26.779><c> Philistines.</c><00:21:28.920><c> Hathni</c><00:21:29.339><c> and</c><00:21:29.539><c> Phineas</c><00:21:29.920><c> still</c><00:21:30.220><c> have</c><00:21:30.779><c> great</c><00:21:31.319><c> respect</c><00:21:32.019><c> among</c><00:21:32.359><c> the</c>

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people<00:21:32.880><c> which</c><00:21:33.140><c> is</c><00:21:33.380><c> why</c><00:21:33.700><c> they</c>

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are<00:21:34.299><c> called</c><00:21:34.640><c> in</c><00:21:34.900><c> the</c><00:21:35.200><c> second</c><00:21:35.480><c> battle</c><00:21:35.920><c> to</c><00:21:36.440><c> bring</c><00:21:36.680><c> forth</c><00:21:37.160><c> the</c><00:21:37.460><c> ark</c><00:21:37.619><c> and</c><00:21:37.940><c> to</c>

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lead<00:21:38.319><c> it</c><00:21:38.859><c> into</c><00:21:39.859><c> battle</c><00:21:40.319><c> before</c><00:21:40.740><c> the</c><00:21:40.960><c> people.</c>

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So<00:21:43.799><c> it's</c><00:21:44.240><c> important</c><00:21:45.059><c> when</c><00:21:45.339><c> we</c><00:21:45.519><c> read</c><00:21:45.779><c> through</c><00:21:46.019><c> these</c><00:21:46.299><c> stories</c>

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of<00:21:46.940><c> the</c><00:21:47.140><c> Philistines.</c>

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I<00:21:49.140><c> like</c><00:21:49.440><c> to</c><00:21:49.640><c> just</c><00:21:49.859><c> insert</c><00:21:50.299><c> the</c><00:21:50.420><c> word</c><00:21:50.839><c> sin</c><00:21:51.440><c> in</c><00:21:52.720><c> the</c><00:21:52.940><c> place</c><00:21:53.200><c> of</c><00:21:53.440><c> the</c><00:21:53.500><c> word</c><00:21:53.779><c> Philistine</c><00:21:54.640><c> because</c><00:21:55.539><c> it</c><00:21:56.099><c> immediately</c>

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allows<00:21:57.160><c> me</c><00:21:57.440><c> to</c><00:21:57.660><c> see</c><00:21:57.839><c> the</c><00:21:58.099><c> lessons</c><00:21:58.799><c> of</c><00:21:59.880><c> the</c><00:22:00.200><c> story</c><00:22:00.619><c> as</c><00:22:00.980><c> they</c><00:22:01.240><c> relate</c><00:22:01.579><c> to</c>

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our<00:22:02.079><c> times.</c><00:22:03.700><c> So</c><00:22:03.799><c> when</c><00:22:04.000><c> David</c><00:22:04.519><c> slays</c><00:22:05.160><c> Goliath</c>

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he<00:22:06.200><c> is</c><00:22:07.559><c> slaying</c><00:22:08.099><c> sin</c><00:22:08.559><c> as</c><00:22:08.940><c> we</c><00:22:09.119><c> know.</c><00:22:10.059><c> When</c><00:22:10.420><c> Samson</c><00:22:11.119><c> is</c><00:22:11.619><c> deceived</c>

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the<00:22:18.779><c> lessons</c><00:22:19.240><c> that</c><00:22:19.759><c> apply</c><00:22:19.980><c> to</c><00:22:20.259><c> ourselves.</c><00:22:21.920><c> The</c><00:22:22.079><c> issue</c><00:22:22.519><c> of</c><00:22:22.740><c> chapter</c><00:22:23.099><c> 4</c>

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is<00:22:23.779><c> about</c><00:22:24.099><c> enslavement.</c><00:22:25.619><c> The</c><00:22:25.819><c> Israelite</c><00:22:26.240><c> state</c>

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is<00:22:26.759><c> much</c><00:22:26.920><c> in</c><00:22:27.039><c> verse</c><00:22:27.279><c> 3.</c><00:22:28.220><c> When</c><00:22:28.359><c> the</c><00:22:28.599><c> troops</c><00:22:28.759><c> came</c><00:22:29.079><c> to</c><00:22:29.240><c> the</c><00:22:29.500><c> camp</c>

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put<00:22:32.940><c> us</c><00:22:33.220><c> to</c><00:22:33.400><c> rout</c><00:22:33.559><c> today</c><00:22:33.920><c> before</c><00:22:34.240><c> the</c><00:22:34.480><c> Philistines?</c><00:22:35.740><c> Let</c><00:22:35.880><c> us</c>

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bring<00:22:36.420><c> the</c><00:22:36.700><c> ark</c><00:22:36.880><c> of</c><00:22:37.099><c> the</c><00:22:37.259><c> covenant</c><00:22:37.559><c> of</c><00:22:37.819><c> the</c><00:22:37.980><c> Lord</c><00:22:38.180><c> here</c>

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power<00:22:44.980><c> of</c><00:22:45.319><c> our</c><00:22:45.640><c> enemies.</c><00:22:46.980><c> In</c><00:22:47.160><c> verse</c><00:22:47.500><c> 9,</c>

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the<00:22:48.460><c> Philistines</c><00:22:49.420><c> crystallized</c><00:22:50.319><c> the</c><00:22:50.680><c> issue.</c><00:22:51.559><c> Take</c><00:22:51.720><c> courage</c>

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and<00:22:52.559><c> acquit</c><00:22:52.839><c> yourselves</c><00:22:53.380><c> like</c><00:22:53.720><c> men,</c><00:22:54.140><c> O</c><00:22:54.400><c> Philistines,</c>

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lest<00:22:55.819><c> you</c><00:22:56.019><c> become</c><00:22:56.420><c> slaves</c><00:22:57.059><c> to</c><00:22:57.279><c> the</c><00:22:57.480><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:58.000><c> as</c><00:22:58.740><c> they</c><00:22:59.079><c> have</c><00:22:59.380><c> been</c><00:22:59.660><c> to</c><00:22:59.900><c> you.</c>

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Acquit<00:23:01.440><c> yourselves</c><00:23:02.140><c> like</c><00:23:02.480><c> men</c><00:23:02.980><c> and</c><00:23:03.440><c> fight.</c><00:23:04.660><c> The</c><00:23:04.920><c> battle</c><00:23:05.240><c> is</c>

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about<00:23:05.859><c> enslavement.</c><00:23:07.079><c> If</c><00:23:07.180><c> we</c><00:23:07.519><c> faithfully</c><00:23:08.059><c> fight</c><00:23:08.440><c> the</c>

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enemy<00:23:09.039><c> on</c><00:23:09.339><c> God's</c><00:23:09.920><c> terms,</c><00:23:11.460><c> Goliath</c><00:23:11.880><c> can</c><00:23:12.200><c> be</c><00:23:12.500><c> defeated</c><00:23:13.079><c> and</c><00:23:14.599><c> we</c>

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will<00:23:15.000><c> no</c><00:23:15.240><c> longer</c><00:23:15.500><c> be</c><00:23:15.880><c> enslaved</c><00:23:16.480><c> to</c><00:23:16.900><c> it.</c><00:23:17.079><c> But</c><00:23:17.240><c> if</c><00:23:17.519><c> we</c>

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fight<00:23:17.980><c> the</c><00:23:18.140><c> enemy</c><00:23:18.579><c> on</c><00:23:19.019><c> any</c><00:23:19.559><c> other</c><00:23:20.039><c> terms,</c><00:23:21.380><c> we</c><00:23:21.539><c> end</c><00:23:21.859><c> up</c><00:23:22.240><c> enslaved</c><00:23:22.799><c> to</c><00:23:23.119><c> sin</c>

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as<00:23:24.240><c> Israel</c><00:23:24.799><c> will</c><00:23:25.180><c> remain</c><00:23:25.559><c> enslaved</c>

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to<00:23:26.380><c> the</c><00:23:26.579><c> Philistines</c><00:23:27.240><c> at</c><00:23:27.579><c> the</c><00:23:27.660><c> end</c><00:23:27.819><c> of</c><00:23:27.960><c> this</c><00:23:28.119><c> chapter.</c><00:23:29.880><c> The</c><00:23:30.119><c> battle,</c><00:23:30.220><c> as</c>

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we<00:23:30.559><c> know,</c><00:23:30.920><c> takes</c><00:23:31.059><c> place</c><00:23:31.680><c> over</c><00:23:32.059><c> two</c>

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separate<00:23:32.740><c> days.</c><00:23:33.259><c> On</c><00:23:33.500><c> day</c><00:23:33.839><c> one,</c><00:23:34.559><c> out</c><00:23:34.819><c> go</c><00:23:34.960><c> the</c><00:23:35.259><c> Israelites</c><00:23:35.599><c> to</c>

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battle.<00:23:37.759><c> They</c><00:23:37.980><c> encamped</c><00:23:38.259><c> at</c><00:23:38.440><c> Ebenezer</c><00:23:38.900><c> and</c><00:23:39.099><c> the</c>

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Philistines<00:23:39.779><c> encamped</c><00:23:40.220><c> at</c><00:23:40.420><c> Afek.</c><00:23:41.140><c> The</c><00:23:41.380><c> Philistines</c><00:23:41.799><c> drew</c><00:23:42.019><c> up</c>

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in<00:23:42.759><c> line</c><00:23:42.920><c> against</c><00:23:43.380><c> Israel</c><00:23:44.059><c> and</c><00:23:44.599><c> when</c><00:23:44.799><c> the</c><00:23:45.059><c> battle</c>

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spread,<00:23:46.259><c> Israel</c><00:23:46.519><c> was</c><00:23:46.779><c> defeated</c><00:23:47.200><c> by</c><00:23:47.440><c> the</c><00:23:47.640><c> Philistines</c><00:23:48.220><c> who</c><00:23:48.519><c> slew</c><00:23:49.019><c> about</c><00:23:49.460><c> 4</c>

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,000<00:23:50.000><c> men</c><00:23:50.460><c> on</c><00:23:50.920><c> the</c><00:23:51.119><c> battlefield.</c>

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And<00:23:52.359><c> the</c><00:23:52.480><c> immediate</c><00:23:52.859><c> reaction</c><00:23:53.460><c> of</c><00:23:53.759><c> the</c><00:23:53.980><c> elders</c><00:23:54.319><c> in</c><00:23:54.579><c> Israel</c>

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was<00:23:56.579><c> self</c><00:23:57.259><c>-examination.</c>

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right.<00:24:06.079><c> They</c><00:24:06.319><c> are</c><00:24:06.599><c> looking</c><00:24:06.940><c> for</c>

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from<00:24:12.119><c> the</c><00:24:12.420><c> power</c><00:24:12.759><c> of</c><00:24:13.079><c> the</c><00:24:13.279><c> enemies.</c>

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They<00:24:14.900><c> knew</c><00:24:15.279><c> they</c><00:24:15.440><c> were</c><00:24:15.660><c> in</c><00:24:15.900><c> need</c><00:24:16.220><c> of</c><00:24:16.579><c> deliverance</c><00:24:17.099><c> from</c><00:24:17.299><c> the</c>

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Philistines<00:24:18.339><c> and</c><00:24:19.259><c> they</c><00:24:19.420><c> knew</c><00:24:19.619><c> they</c><00:24:19.799><c> needed</c><00:24:20.140><c> God's</c>

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help<00:24:21.220><c> in</c><00:24:21.539><c> order</c><00:24:21.880><c> to</c><00:24:22.099><c> be</c><00:24:22.359><c> saved.</c><00:24:24.559><c> They</c><00:24:24.579><c> are</c><00:24:24.960><c> a</c><00:24:25.299><c> people</c><00:24:25.720><c> in</c><00:24:26.160><c> trouble</c><00:24:26.680><c> and</c><00:24:28.019><c> a</c>

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people<00:24:28.779><c> in</c><00:24:29.220><c> trouble</c><00:24:29.859><c> do</c><00:24:30.700><c> not</c><00:24:31.000><c> turn</c><00:24:31.460><c> to</c><00:24:31.799><c> a</c>

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brand<00:24:32.460><c> new</c><00:24:33.000><c> religion.</c><00:24:34.799><c> They</c><00:24:35.119><c> turn</c><00:24:35.660><c> to</c><00:24:35.980><c> the</c><00:24:36.299><c> religion</c><00:24:36.799><c> that</c><00:24:37.799><c> they</c><00:24:38.039><c> practice</c><00:24:38.740><c> and</c><00:24:40.299><c> Israel</c><00:24:40.880><c> turned</c><00:24:41.500><c> to</c><00:24:41.819><c> the</c>

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religion<00:24:42.720><c> that</c><00:24:42.859><c> they</c><00:24:43.119><c> practiced.</c><00:24:45.039><c> On</c><00:24:45.319><c> the</c><00:24:45.519><c> surface,</c><00:24:46.859><c> their</c>

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religion<00:24:47.500><c> has</c><00:24:48.079><c> an</c><00:24:48.359><c> appearance</c><00:24:48.819><c> of</c><00:24:49.400><c> truth</c>

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because<00:24:51.019><c> it</c><00:24:51.240><c> appears</c><00:24:51.559><c> to</c><00:24:51.740><c> have</c><00:24:51.940><c> many</c><00:24:52.380><c> of</c><00:24:52.579><c> the</c><00:24:52.740><c> right</c><00:24:52.980><c> pieces.</c>

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They<00:24:54.880><c> knew</c><00:24:55.539><c> the</c><00:24:56.039><c> ark</c><00:24:56.299><c> was</c><00:24:56.660><c> important</c><00:24:57.400><c> somehow</c>

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and<00:24:59.460><c> played</c><00:24:59.779><c> a</c><00:25:00.160><c> role</c><00:25:00.420><c> in</c><00:25:00.599><c> their</c><00:25:00.880><c> salvation.</c><00:25:01.960><c> They</c><00:25:02.259><c> knew</c><00:25:02.460><c> the</c><00:25:02.859><c> priests</c><00:25:03.359><c> were</c><00:25:03.839><c> important</c><00:25:04.559><c> somehow</c><00:25:05.579><c> and</c><00:25:06.099><c> played</c><00:25:06.339><c> a</c>

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role<00:25:07.079><c> in</c><00:25:07.220><c> their</c><00:25:07.500><c> salvation.</c><00:25:09.299><c> They</c><00:25:09.380><c> have</c><00:25:09.839><c> great</c><00:25:10.299><c> enthusiasm</c>

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for<00:25:12.000><c> their</c><00:25:12.279><c> religion.</c><00:25:12.839><c> In</c><00:25:12.920><c> verse</c><00:25:13.160><c> 5,</c>

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when<00:25:13.859><c> the</c><00:25:14.099><c> ark</c><00:25:14.259><c> comes</c><00:25:14.559><c> into</c><00:25:14.900><c> the</c><00:25:15.119><c> camp,</c><00:25:15.819><c> there</c><00:25:15.859><c> is</c><00:25:16.200><c> a</c><00:25:16.480><c> mighty</c>

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shout<00:25:17.640><c> so</c><00:25:18.440><c> that</c><00:25:18.660><c> the</c><00:25:18.859><c> earth</c><00:25:19.319><c> rang</c><00:25:19.880><c> again.</c>

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There<00:25:22.259><c> is</c><00:25:22.400><c> no</c><00:25:22.720><c> shortage</c><00:25:23.259><c> of</c><00:25:23.660><c> optimism</c><00:25:24.140><c> when</c><00:25:24.559><c> the</c><00:25:24.819><c> ark</c><00:25:25.099><c> arrives</c>

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into<00:25:25.880><c> the</c><00:25:26.119><c> camp</c>

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in<00:25:27.099><c> preparation</c><00:25:27.619><c> for</c><00:25:27.839><c> the</c><00:25:28.039><c> second</c><00:25:28.339><c> battle.</c><00:25:29.900><c> But</c><00:25:30.160><c> their</c><00:25:30.420><c> faith</c>

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is<00:25:31.720><c> in</c><00:25:31.960><c> a</c><00:25:32.079><c> box.</c>

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It<00:25:34.819><c> is</c><00:25:35.180><c> not</c><00:25:35.700><c> in</c><00:25:36.099><c> their</c><00:25:36.380><c> God.</c><00:25:39.119><c> The</c><00:25:39.220><c> phrase</c><00:25:39.519><c> that</c><00:25:39.740><c> the</c><00:25:39.880><c> earth</c><00:25:40.160><c> rang</c><00:25:40.500><c> again</c><00:25:41.000><c> could</c><00:25:41.200><c> be</c>

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recalling<00:25:42.539><c> a</c><00:25:42.700><c> similar</c>

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incident<00:25:43.559><c> as</c><00:25:43.779><c> we</c><00:25:43.940><c> know</c><00:25:44.220><c> related</c><00:25:44.640><c> to</c><00:25:44.960><c> Joshua</c><00:25:45.500><c> and</c><00:25:46.119><c> Jericho</c><00:25:46.640><c> when</c><00:25:46.900><c> the</c>

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ark<00:25:47.400><c> was</c><00:25:47.740><c> used.</c><00:25:49.619><c> And</c><00:25:49.740><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:50.000><c> 11</c><00:25:50.539><c> says</c><00:25:51.019><c> that</c>

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those<00:25:51.680><c> walls</c><00:25:52.079><c> came</c><00:25:52.500><c> down</c><00:25:53.079><c> by</c><00:25:54.000><c> faith.</c><00:25:56.119><c> You</c><00:25:56.380><c> won't</c><00:25:56.720><c> find</c><00:25:57.319><c> the</c><00:25:57.880><c> first</c><00:25:59.480><c> piece</c><00:26:00.579><c> of</c>

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evidence,<00:26:01.559><c> not</c><00:26:01.940><c> even</c><00:26:02.279><c> the</c><00:26:02.460><c> smallest</c>

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crumb<00:26:03.700><c> of</c><00:26:04.019><c> evidence,</c><00:26:04.839><c> of</c><00:26:05.059><c> any</c><00:26:05.519><c> faith</c><00:26:05.980><c> on</c><00:26:06.680><c> the</c><00:26:06.880><c> part</c><00:26:07.099><c> of</c><00:26:07.440><c> any</c><00:26:07.740><c> Israelite</c><00:26:08.359><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:08.920><c> chapter.</c>

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They<00:26:11.700><c> have</c><00:26:12.000><c> great</c><00:26:12.579><c> confidence</c><00:26:13.519><c> in</c><00:26:13.980><c> God's</c><00:26:14.480><c> ability</c><00:26:14.980><c> to</c><00:26:15.279><c> save</c><00:26:15.519><c> them,</c>

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but<00:26:17.980><c> they</c><00:26:18.180><c> don't</c><00:26:18.480><c> have</c><00:26:18.779><c> great</c><00:26:19.160><c> faith</c><00:26:19.640><c> in</c><00:26:19.880><c> God.</c><00:26:20.880><c> They</c><00:26:21.160><c> have</c><00:26:21.500><c> an</c>

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expectation<00:26:22.859><c> that</c><00:26:24.059><c> he</c><00:26:24.480><c> will</c><00:26:24.799><c> save</c><00:26:25.099><c> them</c>

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because<00:26:26.299><c> they</c><00:26:26.579><c> have</c><00:26:27.000><c> his</c><00:26:27.339><c> ark</c><00:26:27.740><c> now</c><00:26:28.380><c> in</c><00:26:28.680><c> their</c><00:26:29.019><c> battle.</c><00:26:30.920><c> It's</c>

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not<00:26:31.359><c> faith</c><00:26:31.759><c> they</c><00:26:32.119><c> have</c><00:26:32.279><c> in</c><00:26:32.519><c> God,</c>

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it<00:26:33.099><c> is</c><00:26:33.380><c> great</c><00:26:33.740><c> confidence</c><00:26:34.420><c> in</c><00:26:34.740><c> their</c><00:26:34.940><c> religion.</c><00:26:36.480><c> And</c><00:26:36.799><c> their</c>

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religion<00:26:37.599><c> is</c><00:26:38.400><c> faulty.</c>

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It's<00:26:41.119><c> faulty</c><00:26:41.359><c> because</c><00:26:41.740><c> it's</c><00:26:42.140><c> missing</c><00:26:42.359><c> several</c><00:26:43.220><c> key</c><00:26:43.799><c> pieces.</c>

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And<00:26:45.740><c> the</c><00:26:45.940><c> pieces</c><00:26:46.279><c> that</c><00:26:46.680><c> it</c><00:26:46.859><c> does</c><00:26:47.180><c> have</c>

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are<00:26:48.019><c> not</c><00:26:48.440><c> the</c><00:26:48.660><c> right</c><00:26:48.880><c> ones.</c><00:26:50.700><c> The</c><00:26:50.940><c> religion</c><00:26:51.400><c> that</c><00:26:51.579><c> they</c><00:26:51.839><c> practice</c><00:26:52.279><c> does</c>

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not<00:26:52.779><c> put</c><00:26:53.019><c> God</c><00:26:53.400><c> foremost</c>

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in<00:26:54.240><c> their</c><00:26:54.500><c> hearts</c><00:26:54.880><c> and</c><00:26:55.160><c> minds.</c><00:26:56.339><c> Theirs</c><00:26:56.680><c> has</c><00:26:56.940><c> become</c><00:26:57.279><c> a</c><00:26:57.640><c> self</c>

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-centered<00:26:58.400><c> religion.</c>

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And<00:26:59.940><c> the</c><00:27:00.059><c> evidence</c><00:27:00.279><c> for</c><00:27:00.500><c> that</c><00:27:00.680><c> is</c><00:27:00.920><c> in</c><00:27:01.039><c> verse</c><00:27:01.319><c> 3.</c><00:27:02.640><c> And</c><00:27:02.819><c> you</c><00:27:03.000><c> look</c>

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at<00:27:03.299><c> all</c><00:27:03.559><c> the</c><00:27:03.759><c> references</c><00:27:04.140><c> to</c><00:27:04.500><c> us.</c>

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When<00:27:05.240><c> the</c><00:27:05.480><c> troops</c><00:27:05.619><c> came</c><00:27:05.859><c> into</c><00:27:06.039><c> the</c><00:27:06.279><c> camp,</c><00:27:06.960><c> the</c><00:27:07.079><c> elders</c><00:27:07.380><c> of</c><00:27:07.519><c> Israel</c><00:27:07.900><c> said,</c><00:27:08.359><c> why</c>

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has<00:27:08.819><c> the</c><00:27:09.059><c> Lord</c><00:27:09.259><c> put</c><00:27:09.599><c> us</c><00:27:10.579><c> to</c><00:27:10.980><c> rout</c>

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today<00:27:11.759><c> before</c><00:27:12.079><c> the</c><00:27:12.299><c> Philistines?</c><00:27:13.460><c> Let</c><00:27:13.779><c> us</c><00:27:14.420><c> bring</c><00:27:14.700><c> the</c><00:27:14.960><c> ark</c><00:27:15.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:15.420><c> covenant</c><00:27:15.700><c> of</c><00:27:15.920><c> the</c><00:27:16.059><c> Lord</c><00:27:16.259><c> here</c><00:27:16.559><c> from</c><00:27:16.819><c> Shiloh,</c>

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that<00:27:18.160><c> it</c><00:27:18.319><c> may</c><00:27:18.599><c> come</c><00:27:18.900><c> among</c><00:27:19.339><c> us</c><00:27:20.119><c> and</c><00:27:20.420><c> save</c><00:27:20.759><c> us</c><00:27:21.400><c> from</c><00:27:21.619><c> the</c><00:27:21.799><c> power</c>

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of<00:27:22.519><c> our</c><00:27:22.799><c> enemies.</c><00:27:23.220><c> That's</c><00:27:23.500><c> where</c><00:27:23.680><c> their</c><00:27:23.880><c> focus</c><00:27:24.279><c> is.</c>

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There's<00:27:26.380><c> not</c><00:27:26.559><c> a</c><00:27:26.799><c> word</c><00:27:27.019><c> about</c><00:27:27.380><c> God</c><00:27:28.200><c> because</c><00:27:30.000><c> prayer</c><00:27:30.519><c> is</c><00:27:30.940><c> not</c><00:27:31.339><c> a</c>

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part<00:27:31.859><c> of</c><00:27:32.099><c> their</c><00:27:32.279><c> religion.</c>

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He's<00:27:33.779><c> never</c><00:27:34.059><c> consulted.</c><00:27:35.619><c> Neither</c><00:27:35.940><c> is</c><00:27:36.319><c> their</c><00:27:36.619><c> faith.</c><00:27:37.299><c> It</c><00:27:37.599><c> never</c><00:27:37.779><c> once</c>

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:40.099
enters<00:27:38.480><c> into</c><00:27:38.960><c> the</c><00:27:39.160><c> events.</c>

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Their<00:27:40.660><c> religion</c><00:27:41.119><c> encourages</c><00:27:41.700><c> them</c><00:27:42.019><c> to</c><00:27:42.279><c> take</c><00:27:42.440><c> matters</c><00:27:42.799><c> into</c>

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their<00:27:43.359><c> own</c><00:27:43.579><c> hands.</c>

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Faith<00:27:45.119><c> does</c><00:27:45.720><c> not</c><00:27:46.119><c> lead</c><00:27:46.700><c> to</c><00:27:47.200><c> the</c><00:27:47.539><c> absolute</c><00:27:48.119><c> brazen</c><00:27:48.700><c> action</c><00:27:49.400><c> of</c>

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:52.440
going<00:27:50.339><c> to</c><00:27:50.559><c> the</c><00:27:50.740><c> temple</c><00:27:51.019><c> and</c><00:27:51.200><c> taking</c><00:27:51.519><c> the</c><00:27:51.859><c> ark</c><00:27:52.000><c> out</c><00:27:52.299><c> of</c>

00:27:52.440 --> 00:28:00.440
the<00:27:52.599><c> temple</c><00:27:52.960><c> and</c><00:27:53.400><c> then</c><00:27:53.700><c> taking</c><00:27:53.900><c> it</c><00:27:54.039><c> into</c><00:27:54.259><c> battle.</c><00:27:56.140><c> That</c><00:27:56.259><c> is</c><00:27:56.640><c> certainly</c><00:27:57.140><c> not</c><00:27:57.819><c> faith.</c><00:28:00.039><c> There</c><00:28:00.140><c> is</c>

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no<00:28:00.680><c> humility</c><00:28:01.259><c> or</c>

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confession<00:28:02.140><c> of</c><00:28:02.519><c> sins</c><00:28:02.859><c> in</c><00:28:03.119><c> their</c><00:28:03.339><c> religion.</c><00:28:04.420><c> It</c><00:28:04.740><c> never</c><00:28:05.119><c> appears</c><00:28:05.720><c> to</c>

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:09.509
have<00:28:06.180><c> even</c><00:28:06.480><c> entered</c><00:28:06.799><c> their</c><00:28:07.119><c> mind</c><00:28:07.599><c> that</c><00:28:09.160><c> they</c>

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are<00:28:09.710><c> on</c><00:28:09.710><c> the</c><00:28:09.829><c> wrong</c><00:28:10.150><c> side</c><00:28:10.369><c> of</c><00:28:10.529><c> righteousness</c><00:28:11.029><c> and</c><00:28:11.690><c> in</c><00:28:12.009><c> need</c><00:28:12.309><c> of</c>

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a<00:28:12.750><c> wholesale</c><00:28:13.450><c> change</c><00:28:14.069><c> in</c><00:28:14.250><c> their</c><00:28:14.450><c> life.</c>

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There<00:28:16.109><c> is</c><00:28:16.390><c> no</c><00:28:16.730><c> animal</c><00:28:17.170><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:17.890><c> in</c><00:28:18.150><c> their</c><00:28:18.390><c> religion</c><00:28:18.730><c> because</c><00:28:19.109><c> the</c>

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animal<00:28:19.769><c> sacrifices</c><00:28:20.369><c> had</c><00:28:20.710><c> become</c>

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meaningless.<00:28:23.390><c> There</c><00:28:23.509><c> is</c><00:28:23.769><c> no</c><00:28:24.029><c> separation</c><00:28:24.569><c> from</c><00:28:24.930><c> idolatry</c><00:28:25.730><c> in</c>

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their<00:28:26.170><c> religion.</c>

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And<00:28:27.589><c> the</c><00:28:27.750><c> proof</c><00:28:27.930><c> of</c><00:28:28.049><c> that</c><00:28:28.230><c> is</c><00:28:28.390><c> found</c><00:28:28.609><c> in</c><00:28:28.849><c> Psalm</c><00:28:29.049><c> 78.</c><00:28:30.549><c> And</c><00:28:30.650><c> it's</c>

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worth<00:28:31.190><c> taking</c><00:28:31.509><c> a</c><00:28:31.690><c> look.</c><00:28:32.309><c> Psalm</c><00:28:32.650><c> 78</c><00:28:33.289><c> describing</c>

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these<00:28:35.990><c> last</c><00:28:36.630><c> days</c><00:28:37.289><c> of</c><00:28:37.650><c> the</c><00:28:37.789><c> glory</c><00:28:38.109><c> of</c><00:28:38.289><c> God's</c><00:28:38.650><c> ark,</c><00:28:39.609><c> sorry,</c><00:28:40.049><c> the</c>

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glory<00:28:40.410><c> of</c><00:28:40.589><c> God</c><00:28:40.829><c> in</c><00:28:41.029><c> Israel.</c>

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In<00:28:43.130><c> verse</c><00:28:43.549><c> 60</c><00:28:44.430><c> of</c><00:28:44.990><c> Psalm</c><00:28:45.269><c> 78,</c><00:28:47.490><c> he</c><00:28:47.569><c> forsook</c><00:28:48.269><c> his</c><00:28:48.630><c> dwelling</c><00:28:48.930><c> at</c>

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Shiloh,<00:28:50.630><c> the</c><00:28:50.950><c> tent</c><00:28:51.230><c> where</c><00:28:51.589><c> he</c><00:28:51.910><c> dwelt</c><00:28:52.230><c> among</c><00:28:52.630><c> men</c>

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and<00:28:53.730><c> delivered</c><00:28:54.109><c> his</c><00:28:54.390><c> power</c><00:28:54.769><c> to</c><00:28:55.049><c> captivity,</c><00:28:56.190><c> his</c><00:28:56.390><c> glory</c><00:28:56.769><c> to</c><00:28:56.990><c> the</c><00:28:57.210><c> hand</c><00:28:57.450><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:57.890><c> foe.</c><00:28:58.569><c> That's</c><00:28:58.890><c> what</c><00:28:58.990><c> will</c><00:28:59.230><c> happen</c>

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as<00:28:59.710><c> a</c><00:28:59.930><c> result</c><00:29:00.170><c> of</c><00:29:00.430><c> this</c><00:29:00.670><c> battle.</c><00:29:01.230><c> And</c><00:29:01.269><c> the</c><00:29:01.369><c> reason</c><00:29:01.670><c> for</c><00:29:01.990><c> it</c><00:29:02.490><c> is</c>

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back<00:29:03.049><c> in</c><00:29:03.190><c> verse</c><00:29:03.410><c> 58.</c><00:29:04.210><c> They</c><00:29:04.210><c> provoked</c><00:29:04.769><c> him</c><00:29:05.049><c> to</c><00:29:05.369><c> anger</c>

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with<00:29:05.970><c> their</c><00:29:06.150><c> high</c><00:29:06.430><c> places.</c><00:29:07.450><c> They</c><00:29:07.750><c> moved</c><00:29:08.130><c> him</c><00:29:08.450><c> to</c><00:29:08.690><c> jealousy</c><00:29:09.150><c> with</c><00:29:09.529><c> their</c><00:29:09.809><c> graven</c><00:29:10.069><c> images.</c><00:29:11.869><c> And</c><00:29:12.009><c> when</c><00:29:12.190><c> God</c><00:29:12.430><c> heard</c><00:29:12.750><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:13.089><c> full</c><00:29:13.309><c> of</c><00:29:13.509><c> wrath</c><00:29:13.930><c> and</c><00:29:14.369><c> he</c><00:29:14.589><c> utterly</c><00:29:14.970><c> rejected</c><00:29:15.630><c> Israel.</c><00:29:18.349><c> They</c><00:29:18.529><c> do</c>

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not<00:29:19.069><c> seek</c><00:29:19.309><c> out</c><00:29:19.690><c> a</c><00:29:20.029><c> mediator</c>

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when<00:29:22.529><c> the</c><00:29:22.809><c> conditions</c><00:29:23.190><c> do</c><00:29:23.470><c> not</c><00:29:23.670><c> go</c><00:29:23.950><c> well</c><00:29:24.250><c> after</c><00:29:24.650><c> the</c><00:29:24.869><c> first</c><00:29:25.150><c> day.</c><00:29:25.750><c> They</c><00:29:25.869><c> didn't</c><00:29:26.170><c> want</c><00:29:26.390><c> a</c>

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mediator.<00:29:27.490><c> They</c><00:29:27.829><c> wanted</c><00:29:28.369><c> an</c>

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icon.<00:29:30.230><c> They</c><00:29:30.650><c> see</c><00:29:30.890><c> no</c><00:29:31.430><c> value</c><00:29:31.910><c> in</c><00:29:32.269><c> dedicating</c><00:29:32.710><c> themselves</c><00:29:33.470><c> in</c>

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God's<00:29:34.349><c> service.</c><00:29:35.430><c> So</c><00:29:35.609><c> this</c><00:29:35.789><c> was</c><00:29:36.069><c> the</c><00:29:36.329><c> religion</c><00:29:36.750><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:29:37.690><c> when</c><00:29:37.950><c> they</c><00:29:38.130><c> went</c><00:29:38.269><c> out</c><00:29:38.529><c> to</c><00:29:38.750><c> battle</c><00:29:38.990><c> that</c><00:29:39.349><c> second</c><00:29:39.730><c> day.</c>

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It<00:29:40.910><c> was</c><00:29:41.170><c> not</c><00:29:41.329><c> intended</c><00:29:41.670><c> to</c><00:29:41.910><c> encourage</c><00:29:42.230><c> people</c><00:29:42.549><c> to</c>

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bring<00:29:42.869><c> their</c><00:29:43.089><c> lives</c><00:29:43.410><c> into</c><00:29:43.690><c> conformity</c><00:29:44.250><c> with</c><00:29:44.430><c> God's</c><00:29:44.869><c> word.</c><00:29:45.950><c> The</c><00:29:46.210><c> word</c><00:29:46.390><c> wasn't</c><00:29:46.650><c> even</c><00:29:47.049><c> something</c><00:29:47.369><c> you</c><00:29:47.589><c> needed</c><00:29:47.769><c> to</c>

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consider<00:29:48.509><c> or</c><00:29:48.910><c> obey.</c><00:29:50.450><c> But</c><00:29:50.549><c> you</c><00:29:50.690><c> see</c><00:29:50.769><c> the</c><00:29:50.910><c> people</c><00:29:51.170><c> hadn't</c><00:29:51.490><c> invented</c><00:29:52.009><c> the</c>

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religion<00:29:52.769><c> that</c><00:29:53.150><c> day</c><00:29:53.529><c> nor</c><00:29:53.829><c> on</c><00:29:54.130><c> their</c><00:29:54.369><c> own.</c>

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This<00:29:55.809><c> is</c><00:29:56.289><c> the</c><00:29:56.549><c> summation.</c><00:29:57.890><c> This</c><00:29:58.069><c> is</c><00:29:58.369><c> the</c><00:29:58.650><c> culmination.</c><00:30:00.690><c> This</c>

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is<00:30:01.029><c> where</c><00:30:01.210><c> the</c><00:30:01.369><c> religion</c><00:30:01.829><c> of</c><00:30:02.190><c> Eli</c><00:30:02.670><c> and</c><00:30:03.029><c> Haphni</c>

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in<00:30:03.849><c> Phineas</c><00:30:04.390><c> has</c><00:30:04.750><c> brought</c><00:30:05.029><c> the</c><00:30:05.269><c> nation</c><00:30:05.789><c> to</c><00:30:07.309><c> what</c><00:30:07.490><c> we</c><00:30:07.849><c> see</c><00:30:08.109><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:30:08.730><c> 4.</c><00:30:11.049><c> It</c><00:30:11.269><c> presumed</c><00:30:11.950><c> upon</c><00:30:12.289><c> God's</c><00:30:12.750><c> grace</c><00:30:13.130><c> by</c>

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assuming<00:30:13.970><c> that</c><00:30:14.190><c> he</c><00:30:14.309><c> would</c><00:30:14.529><c> save</c><00:30:14.849><c> them</c><00:30:15.170><c> without</c><00:30:15.490><c> even</c><00:30:15.950><c> asking</c>

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for<00:30:16.630><c> his</c><00:30:16.829><c> direction.</c><00:30:18.529><c> They</c><00:30:18.750><c> had</c><00:30:19.029><c> lost</c><00:30:19.250><c> their</c>

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reverence<00:30:19.900><c> for</c><00:30:20.119><c> God</c><00:30:20.420><c> just</c><00:30:20.700><c> as</c><00:30:20.980><c> Eli</c><00:30:21.319><c> had</c><00:30:21.579><c> lost</c><00:30:21.839><c> his</c><00:30:22.220><c> reverence</c>

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for<00:30:23.019><c> God</c><00:30:23.660><c> and</c><00:30:24.140><c> as</c><00:30:24.440><c> had</c><00:30:24.700><c> Haphni</c><00:30:25.299><c> and</c><00:30:25.619><c> Phineas.</c>

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And<00:30:26.940><c> they</c><00:30:27.140><c> honored</c><00:30:27.319><c> themselves</c><00:30:28.059><c> above</c><00:30:28.559><c> God</c><00:30:28.960><c> by</c><00:30:29.220><c> calling</c><00:30:29.460><c> for</c>

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the<00:30:29.900><c> ark</c><00:30:30.019><c> to</c><00:30:30.200><c> be</c><00:30:30.380><c> brought</c><00:30:30.579><c> into</c><00:30:30.940><c> battle</c><00:30:31.240><c> to</c><00:30:31.500><c> protect</c>

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them<00:30:32.559><c> in</c><00:30:33.299><c> complete</c><00:30:33.880><c> disregard</c><00:30:34.960><c> for</c><00:30:35.500><c> upholding</c><00:30:36.359><c> the</c><00:30:36.700><c> honor</c><00:30:36.960><c> of</c>

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God's<00:30:37.599><c> word.</c><00:30:39.259><c> What</c><00:30:39.519><c> we</c><00:30:39.740><c> see</c><00:30:39.900><c> in</c><00:30:40.099><c> chapter</c><00:30:40.420><c> 4</c><00:30:40.740><c> is</c><00:30:44.440><c> a</c>

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of<00:30:50.240><c> control</c><00:30:51.000><c> and</c><00:30:52.240><c> they</c><00:30:52.440><c> were</c><00:30:52.700><c> without</c><00:30:53.240><c> restraint.</c><00:30:56.140><c> But</c><00:30:56.220><c> you</c>

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see<00:30:56.579><c> Israel's</c><00:30:57.220><c> religion</c><00:30:57.599><c> isn't</c><00:30:57.960><c> the</c><00:30:58.259><c> only</c>

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religion<00:30:59.220><c> described</c><00:30:59.960><c> in</c><00:31:00.180><c> chapter</c><00:31:00.500><c> 4.</c><00:31:01.440><c> Because</c><00:31:01.720><c> in</c><00:31:01.940><c> this</c><00:31:02.240><c> battle</c><00:31:02.640><c> the</c>

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record<00:31:03.839><c> goes</c><00:31:04.099><c> out</c><00:31:04.359><c> of</c><00:31:04.480><c> its</c><00:31:04.740><c> way</c><00:31:05.019><c> to</c><00:31:05.299><c> describe</c>

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the<00:31:05.859><c> religion</c><00:31:06.220><c> of</c><00:31:06.480><c> the</c><00:31:06.640><c> Philistines.</c><00:31:07.759><c> And</c><00:31:07.960><c> what</c><00:31:08.160><c> we</c><00:31:08.480><c> find</c><00:31:08.859><c> is</c>

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that<00:31:09.200><c> the</c><00:31:09.359><c> religion</c><00:31:09.720><c> of</c><00:31:09.960><c> Israel</c><00:31:10.640><c> and</c><00:31:11.460><c> the</c><00:31:11.680><c> religion</c><00:31:11.980><c> of</c>

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Philistines<00:31:13.119><c> is</c><00:31:13.579><c> one</c><00:31:14.000><c> and</c><00:31:14.400><c> the</c><00:31:14.740><c> same</c><00:31:15.279><c> religion.</c><00:31:16.980><c> It's</c><00:31:17.619><c> all</c><00:31:17.819><c> based</c><00:31:18.119><c> on</c>

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superstition.<00:31:20.339><c> There's</c><00:31:20.680><c> one</c><00:31:20.980><c> camp</c>

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fearful<00:31:21.960><c> of</c><00:31:22.279><c> this</c><00:31:22.579><c> box</c><00:31:22.900><c> that</c><00:31:23.099><c> has</c><00:31:23.279><c> been</c><00:31:23.920><c> brought</c><00:31:24.160><c> into</c><00:31:24.380><c> the</c><00:31:24.579><c> camp</c><00:31:24.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:25.079><c> Israelites</c><00:31:25.359><c> because</c><00:31:26.000><c> this</c><00:31:26.380><c> box</c><00:31:26.700><c> could</c>

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slay<00:31:27.279><c> us.</c><00:31:28.140><c> There's</c><00:31:28.559><c> the</c><00:31:28.779><c> other</c><00:31:28.960><c> religion</c><00:31:29.539><c> overjoyed</c><00:31:31.099><c> because</c>

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this<00:31:31.779><c> box</c><00:31:32.119><c> has</c><00:31:32.319><c> been</c><00:31:32.500><c> brought</c><00:31:32.700><c> into</c><00:31:32.940><c> the</c><00:31:33.180><c> camp</c>

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of<00:31:33.519><c> the</c><00:31:33.759><c> Israelites.</c><00:31:35.160><c> It's</c><00:31:35.480><c> the</c><00:31:35.700><c> same</c><00:31:35.940><c> religion.</c><00:31:38.259><c> One</c><00:31:38.539><c> fears</c>

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the<00:31:39.220><c> box,</c><00:31:39.819><c> one</c><00:31:40.140><c> glorifies</c><00:31:40.880><c> the</c><00:31:41.180><c> box.</c>

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But<00:31:44.019><c> God</c><00:31:44.180><c> isn't</c><00:31:44.460><c> in</c><00:31:44.759><c> the</c><00:31:44.920><c> box.</c><00:31:48.319><c> And</c><00:31:48.519><c> you</c><00:31:48.599><c> look</c><00:31:48.740><c> at</c><00:31:48.859><c> the</c><00:31:49.059><c> phraseology.</c>

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And<00:31:51.380><c> there's</c><00:31:51.640><c> Israel</c><00:31:52.400><c> believing</c><00:31:53.220><c> that</c><00:31:53.740><c> because</c><00:31:54.099><c> we</c><00:31:54.380><c> have</c><00:31:54.519><c> this</c><00:31:54.900><c> icon,</c><00:31:56.160><c> this</c><00:31:56.440><c> icon</c><00:31:56.839><c> is</c>

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going<00:31:57.299><c> to</c><00:31:57.599><c> save</c><00:31:57.740><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:32:01.599><c> their</c><00:32:01.819><c> religion.</c><00:32:03.819><c> That's</c><00:32:03.980><c> what</c><00:32:04.140><c> it</c><00:32:04.319><c> had</c><00:32:05.740><c> denigrated</c>

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to<00:32:06.940><c> in</c><00:32:07.079><c> their</c><00:32:07.319><c> day.</c>

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:14.180
Israel<00:32:09.900><c> looks</c><00:32:10.200><c> at</c><00:32:10.380><c> their</c><00:32:10.599><c> defeat</c><00:32:10.960><c> on</c><00:32:11.180><c> the</c><00:32:11.319><c> first</c><00:32:11.599><c> day</c><00:32:11.839><c> and</c><00:32:12.039><c> they</c><00:32:12.339><c> conclude</c><00:32:13.059><c> that</c><00:32:13.680><c> their</c><00:32:13.900><c> God</c>

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is<00:32:14.599><c> angry</c><00:32:15.099><c> with</c><00:32:15.460><c> them.</c>

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Therefore<00:32:18.559><c> what</c><00:32:18.819><c> should</c><00:32:19.000><c> we</c><00:32:19.200><c> do</c><00:32:19.380><c> because</c><00:32:19.660><c> our</c><00:32:19.880><c> God</c><00:32:20.019><c> is</c><00:32:20.279><c> angry?</c>

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We<00:32:21.940><c> should</c><00:32:22.180><c> take</c><00:32:22.420><c> our</c><00:32:22.680><c> God</c><00:32:22.920><c> and</c><00:32:23.140><c> put</c><00:32:23.319><c> him</c>

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a<00:32:23.619><c> more</c><00:32:23.960><c> prominent</c><00:32:24.400><c> position</c><00:32:25.059><c> among</c><00:32:25.359><c> us.</c><00:32:27.039><c> Exactly</c><00:32:27.680><c> what</c><00:32:27.940><c> the</c>

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pagans<00:32:28.559><c> would</c><00:32:28.799><c> do.</c>

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No<00:32:33.240><c> question</c><00:32:33.519><c> about</c><00:32:33.740><c> changing</c><00:32:34.099><c> their</c><00:32:34.380><c> life,</c><00:32:35.460><c> about</c><00:32:35.619><c> confessing</c><00:32:36.019><c> their</c>

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sins,<00:32:37.339><c> about</c><00:32:37.539><c> asking</c><00:32:37.859><c> for</c><00:32:38.079><c> God's</c>

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direction.<00:32:40.059><c> Psalm</c><00:32:40.220><c> 51</c><00:32:40.759><c> is</c><00:32:41.059><c> as</c><00:32:41.500><c> far</c><00:32:41.859><c> away</c><00:32:42.299><c> from</c><00:32:42.539><c> the</c><00:32:42.740><c> hearts</c><00:32:43.059><c> and</c><00:32:43.319><c> minds</c><00:32:43.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:44.200><c> Israelites</c><00:32:44.500><c> as</c><00:32:44.779><c> it</c><00:32:44.920><c> could</c><00:32:45.180><c> possibly</c>

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:51.799
be.<00:32:47.599><c> But</c><00:32:48.299><c> their</c><00:32:48.519><c> strength</c><00:32:48.940><c> is</c><00:32:49.200><c> in</c><00:32:49.319><c> a</c><00:32:49.420><c> box</c><00:32:50.000><c> because</c><00:32:51.259><c> that</c><00:32:51.579><c> had</c>

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.500
become<00:32:52.259><c> their</c><00:32:52.660><c> religion.</c>

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:58.240
They<00:32:54.400><c> are</c><00:32:54.720><c> just</c><00:32:55.180><c> as</c><00:32:55.619><c> superstitious</c><00:32:56.420><c> as</c><00:32:56.859><c> the</c><00:32:57.099><c> Philistines.</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:02.799
Both<00:32:59.579><c> camps,</c><00:33:00.500><c> both</c><00:33:00.759><c> groups</c><00:33:01.380><c> are</c><00:33:02.119><c> equally</c>

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:07.660
superstitious.<00:33:05.140><c> And</c><00:33:05.460><c> another</c><00:33:05.839><c> indication</c><00:33:06.480><c> of</c><00:33:06.720><c> this</c><00:33:07.160><c> is</c><00:33:07.460><c> when</c>

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:09.700
the<00:33:07.880><c> Philistines</c><00:33:08.319><c> take</c><00:33:08.599><c> the</c><00:33:08.880><c> ark</c>

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:12.480
after<00:33:10.099><c> they've</c><00:33:10.440><c> captured</c><00:33:10.720><c> it,</c><00:33:11.220><c> they</c><00:33:11.500><c> take</c><00:33:11.799><c> it</c><00:33:12.019><c> right</c><00:33:12.180><c> to</c><00:33:12.359><c> a</c>

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.859
very<00:33:12.880><c> prominent</c><00:33:13.240><c> position</c>

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:17.900
because<00:33:14.559><c> that's</c><00:33:14.859><c> what</c><00:33:15.039><c> you</c><00:33:15.259><c> do</c><00:33:15.539><c> when</c><00:33:15.720><c> you're</c><00:33:15.940><c> pagan.</c><00:33:17.079><c> And</c><00:33:17.259><c> they</c><00:33:17.400><c> put</c>

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:21.079
the<00:33:18.380><c> ark</c><00:33:18.579><c> of</c><00:33:18.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:19.779><c> right</c><00:33:20.380><c> alongside</c>

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:26.279
the<00:33:21.420><c> ark</c><00:33:21.640><c> or</c><00:33:21.920><c> rather</c><00:33:22.240><c> the</c><00:33:22.480><c> idol</c><00:33:22.819><c> Dagon.</c><00:33:25.160><c> There's</c><00:33:25.720><c> Israel's</c>

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.920
religion<00:33:26.619><c> and</c><00:33:26.880><c> there's</c><00:33:27.279><c> our</c><00:33:27.519><c> religion</c>

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:31.920
and<00:33:28.160><c> they're</c><00:33:28.420><c> one</c><00:33:28.559><c> in</c><00:33:28.700><c> the</c><00:33:28.880><c> same.</c><00:33:30.140><c> And</c><00:33:30.299><c> on</c><00:33:30.440><c> that</c><00:33:30.619><c> day</c><00:33:30.819><c> they</c><00:33:31.039><c> were.</c>

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:37.339
So<00:33:34.079><c> it's</c><00:33:34.299><c> not</c><00:33:34.680><c> the</c><00:33:34.960><c> dissimilarities</c><00:33:35.940><c> that</c><00:33:36.140><c> the</c><00:33:36.359><c> record</c><00:33:36.599><c> is</c><00:33:36.819><c> bringing</c><00:33:37.099><c> to</c>

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.440
our<00:33:37.539><c> attention.</c>

00:33:38.710 --> 00:33:44.180
It<00:33:39.039><c> is</c><00:33:39.359><c> the</c><00:33:39.579><c> awful</c><00:33:39.960><c> truth</c><00:33:40.720><c> that</c><00:33:41.119><c> Israel's</c><00:33:41.960><c> religion</c><00:33:42.460><c> had</c><00:33:43.559><c> become</c><00:33:43.900><c> no</c>

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.720
different<00:33:44.660><c> than</c><00:33:45.119><c> the</c><00:33:45.339><c> religion</c>

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:50.119
of<00:33:45.980><c> the</c><00:33:46.119><c> Philistines.</c><00:33:48.400><c> Israel</c><00:33:48.599><c> says</c><00:33:48.980><c> two</c><00:33:49.279><c> things</c><00:33:49.599><c> about</c><00:33:49.859><c> the</c>

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:53.740
ark<00:33:50.380><c> that</c><00:33:51.700><c> reveal</c><00:33:52.079><c> their</c><00:33:52.380><c> core</c><00:33:52.579><c> beliefs</c>

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:58.220
that<00:33:54.359><c> the</c><00:33:54.579><c> ark</c><00:33:54.740><c> is</c><00:33:54.940><c> an</c><00:33:55.099><c> icon.</c><00:33:55.859><c> They</c><00:33:56.119><c> recognize</c><00:33:57.119><c> that</c><00:33:57.759><c> the</c><00:33:57.980><c> ark</c>

00:33:58.220 --> 00:34:02.200
is<00:33:58.480><c> the</c><00:33:58.720><c> ark</c><00:33:58.940><c> of</c><00:33:59.200><c> the</c><00:33:59.339><c> covenant</c><00:33:59.700><c> of</c><00:34:00.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:01.059><c> of</c><00:34:01.279><c> armies.</c>

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:06.099
They<00:34:02.559><c> get</c><00:34:02.799><c> the</c><00:34:02.960><c> words</c><00:34:03.200><c> right,</c><00:34:05.099><c> but</c><00:34:05.240><c> then</c><00:34:05.380><c> they</c><00:34:05.519><c> talk</c><00:34:05.720><c> about</c><00:34:05.980><c> it</c>

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:08.980
as<00:34:06.319><c> an</c><00:34:06.579><c> inanimate</c><00:34:06.960><c> object.</c><00:34:07.720><c> When</c><00:34:07.740><c> it</c><00:34:08.099><c> comes</c><00:34:08.480><c> in,</c>

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:16.800
it<00:34:09.460><c> is</c><00:34:09.760><c> going</c><00:34:10.019><c> to</c><00:34:10.300><c> save</c><00:34:10.460><c> us.</c><00:34:12.980><c> In</c><00:34:13.079><c> verse</c><00:34:13.320><c> eight,</c><00:34:13.699><c> the</c><00:34:13.840><c> Philistines</c><00:34:14.739><c> state,</c><00:34:15.820><c> who</c><00:34:15.820><c> can</c><00:34:16.099><c> deliver</c><00:34:16.380><c> us</c><00:34:16.639><c> from</c>

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:20.760
the<00:34:17.039><c> hand</c><00:34:17.239><c> of</c><00:34:17.440><c> these</c><00:34:17.659><c> mighty</c><00:34:17.960><c> gods?</c><00:34:19.239><c> You</c><00:34:19.460><c> see,</c><00:34:19.840><c> they</c><00:34:20.159><c> feared</c>

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:24.179
exactly<00:34:22.340><c> what</c><00:34:22.659><c> Israel</c><00:34:23.079><c> believed.</c>

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:29.699
It's<00:34:25.679><c> just</c><00:34:25.960><c> that</c><00:34:26.400><c> they're</c><00:34:26.679><c> on</c><00:34:27.300><c> opposite</c><00:34:27.719><c> sides</c><00:34:28.360><c> of</c><00:34:28.699><c> the</c><00:34:29.019><c> same</c>

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:32.539
superstitious,<00:34:31.519><c> ritual</c><00:34:31.719><c>-based,</c>

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:37.719
mystic<00:34:33.380><c>-based</c><00:34:33.960><c> religion.</c><00:34:36.159><c> The</c><00:34:36.320><c> Philistines</c><00:34:36.900><c> hadn't</c><00:34:37.340><c> latched</c>

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:39.460
on<00:34:38.079><c> to</c><00:34:38.219><c> the</c><00:34:38.420><c> truth.</c>

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:45.420
Israel<00:34:41.039><c> had</c><00:34:41.400><c> latched</c><00:34:41.679><c> on</c><00:34:42.079><c> to</c><00:34:42.219><c> the</c><00:34:42.460><c> religion</c><00:34:42.760><c> of</c><00:34:43.059><c> the</c><00:34:43.219><c> Philistines.</c><00:34:44.980><c> The</c><00:34:45.219><c> sad</c>

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:54.159
reality<00:34:45.920><c> is</c><00:34:46.179><c> that</c><00:34:46.320><c> there</c><00:34:46.639><c> in</c>

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:58.119
same<00:34:54.480><c> way</c><00:34:55.199><c> and</c><00:34:55.820><c> speaking</c><00:34:56.119><c> the</c><00:34:56.659><c> identical</c><00:34:57.039><c> thoughts</c><00:34:57.579><c> to</c><00:34:57.940><c> the</c>

00:34:58.119 --> 00:35:02.019
Philistines,<00:34:59.239><c> who</c><00:34:59.579><c> are</c><00:35:00.039><c> idol</c><00:35:00.579><c> worshipers.</c>

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:05.099
There<00:35:02.260><c> were</c><00:35:02.500><c> two</c><00:35:02.719><c> nations</c><00:35:03.219><c> and</c><00:35:03.619><c> two</c><00:35:03.920><c> peoples</c><00:35:04.280><c> that</c><00:35:04.619><c> day</c><00:35:04.920><c> that</c>

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:07.960
did<00:35:05.380><c> battle,</c><00:35:06.099><c> but</c><00:35:06.579><c> they</c><00:35:06.920><c> shared</c><00:35:07.159><c> a</c><00:35:07.559><c> common</c>

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:11.780
religion,<00:35:09.219><c> one</c><00:35:09.480><c> that</c><00:35:09.639><c> was</c><00:35:09.920><c> based</c><00:35:10.280><c> on</c><00:35:10.619><c> mystical</c><00:35:11.059><c> powers</c><00:35:11.559><c> and</c>

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:14.719
magical<00:35:12.300><c> icons</c><00:35:12.820><c> and</c><00:35:13.059><c> mysterious</c><00:35:13.659><c> rituals.</c>

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:18.460
The<00:35:15.500><c> religion</c><00:35:15.800><c> of</c><00:35:16.059><c> both</c><00:35:16.199><c> had</c><00:35:16.500><c> no</c><00:35:16.900><c> power</c><00:35:17.199><c> to</c><00:35:17.500><c> overcome</c><00:35:17.860><c> sin.</c><00:35:18.460><c> It</c>

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:21.719
didn't<00:35:18.760><c> even</c><00:35:19.179><c> concern</c><00:35:19.679><c> itself</c><00:35:20.380><c> with</c><00:35:20.860><c> sin.</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:25.300
It<00:35:22.320><c> wasn't</c><00:35:22.760><c> transformation</c><00:35:23.579><c> that</c><00:35:23.780><c> was</c><00:35:24.000><c> emphasized.</c><00:35:24.780><c> It</c><00:35:24.960><c> was</c>

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:29.199
participation<00:35:26.420><c> in</c><00:35:27.440><c> ritual</c><00:35:28.079><c> worship.</c>

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:34.440
Under<00:35:31.840><c> severe</c><00:35:32.219><c> trial,</c><00:35:32.880><c> it</c><00:35:32.900><c> wasn't</c><00:35:33.260><c> prayer</c><00:35:33.699><c> and</c><00:35:33.980><c> confession</c>

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:36.500
of<00:35:34.860><c> sin</c><00:35:35.119><c> and</c><00:35:35.380><c> the</c><00:35:35.579><c> forsaking</c><00:35:36.099><c> of</c>

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:43.579
idols<00:35:36.760><c> one</c><00:35:37.219><c> sought.</c><00:35:38.139><c> It</c><00:35:38.340><c> was</c><00:35:38.599><c> a</c><00:35:38.820><c> bigger</c><00:35:39.280><c> idol.</c><00:35:41.420><c> Once</c><00:35:41.780><c> it's</c><00:35:42.260><c> established</c><00:35:42.840><c> that</c><00:35:43.039><c> there</c><00:35:43.280><c> is</c>

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.760
the<00:35:43.840><c> same</c><00:35:44.159><c> religion</c>

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:48.440
on<00:35:45.159><c> the</c><00:35:45.420><c> battlefield,</c><00:35:46.579><c> there</c><00:35:46.719><c> is</c><00:35:46.960><c> no</c><00:35:47.260><c> question</c><00:35:47.820><c> as</c><00:35:48.179><c> to</c><00:35:48.280><c> what</c>

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:50.400
the<00:35:48.659><c> outcome</c><00:35:49.059><c> will</c><00:35:49.440><c> be.</c>

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:58.119
The<00:35:54.420><c> events</c><00:35:54.780><c> of</c><00:35:54.940><c> chapter</c><00:35:55.280><c> four</c><00:35:55.599><c> reveal</c><00:35:56.079><c> what</c><00:35:56.340><c> Israel's</c><00:35:57.119><c> religion</c><00:35:57.639><c> looks</c>

00:35:58.119 --> 00:36:01.500
like<00:35:58.920><c> for</c><00:35:59.539><c> us</c><00:36:00.260><c> in</c><00:36:00.960><c> practical</c>

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:06.199
application.<00:36:03.360><c> On</c><00:36:03.480><c> a</c><00:36:03.679><c> daily</c><00:36:03.900><c> basis,</c><00:36:04.860><c> this</c><00:36:04.960><c> is</c><00:36:05.159><c> what</c><00:36:05.360><c> the</c><00:36:05.559><c> religion</c><00:36:05.940><c> of</c>

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:08.400
Israel<00:36:06.719><c> looks</c><00:36:07.059><c> like</c><00:36:07.840><c> today,</c>

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:12.820
brethren<00:36:08.900><c> and</c><00:36:09.179><c> sisters,</c><00:36:10.760><c> because</c><00:36:11.380><c> it's</c><00:36:11.780><c> equally</c><00:36:12.119><c> possible</c>

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:18.199
today<00:36:13.780><c> for</c><00:36:14.900><c> the</c><00:36:15.159><c> truth</c><00:36:15.460><c> to</c><00:36:15.719><c> be</c><00:36:15.940><c> lost</c><00:36:16.320><c> in</c><00:36:16.639><c> our</c><00:36:16.980><c> lives.</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:27.139
We<00:36:18.659><c> can</c><00:36:18.920><c> end</c><00:36:19.219><c> up</c><00:36:19.519><c> with</c><00:36:19.719><c> a</c><00:36:19.980><c> religion</c><00:36:20.500><c> that</c><00:36:23.380><c> puts</c><00:36:23.679><c> God</c><00:36:23.980><c> first,</c><00:36:26.199><c> but</c><00:36:26.400><c> only</c><00:36:26.880><c> as</c>

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:28.639
an<00:36:27.300><c> outward</c><00:36:27.619><c> show,</c>

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:33.360
that<00:36:29.260><c> honors</c><00:36:29.639><c> family</c><00:36:30.199><c> and</c><00:36:30.679><c> self</c><00:36:31.119><c> above</c><00:36:31.579><c> God,</c><00:36:32.340><c> that</c><00:36:32.500><c> shows</c><00:36:32.800><c> little</c><00:36:33.179><c> to</c>

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:35.940
no<00:36:33.619><c> restraint</c><00:36:34.159><c> when</c><00:36:34.340><c> it</c><00:36:34.480><c> comes</c><00:36:34.800><c> to</c><00:36:35.059><c> sin,</c>

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:43.840
that<00:36:36.440><c> believes</c><00:36:36.800><c> participation</c><00:36:37.800><c> in</c><00:36:38.199><c> right</c><00:36:38.460><c> rituals</c><00:36:39.000><c> can</c><00:36:39.400><c> redeem</c><00:36:40.079><c> wrong</c><00:36:40.940><c> behavior</c><00:36:41.780><c> without</c><00:36:43.380><c> any</c>

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.860
need<00:36:44.119><c> for</c><00:36:44.440><c> change</c>

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:52.059
in<00:36:45.239><c> character.</c><00:36:47.699><c> It</c><00:36:47.880><c> can</c><00:36:48.199><c> see</c><00:36:48.380><c> God's</c><00:36:48.800><c> hand</c><00:36:49.019><c> at</c><00:36:49.219><c> work</c><00:36:49.460><c> in</c><00:36:49.719><c> rebuking</c><00:36:50.260><c> us,</c><00:36:51.340><c> but</c><00:36:51.559><c> then</c><00:36:51.840><c> do</c>

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.619
nothing<00:36:52.599><c> about</c><00:36:53.139><c> changing</c>

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:59.500
the<00:36:54.039><c> underlying</c><00:36:54.500><c> reasons</c><00:36:55.280><c> for</c><00:36:56.159><c> his</c><00:36:56.539><c> displeasure</c><00:36:57.639><c> and</c><00:36:58.139><c> instead</c><00:36:58.760><c> presume</c><00:36:59.159><c> upon</c>

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:01.760
his<00:36:59.739><c> grace.</c><00:37:00.940><c> The</c><00:37:01.179><c> warning</c><00:37:01.460><c> to</c>

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:06.539
us<00:37:02.119><c> is</c><00:37:02.340><c> that</c><00:37:02.539><c> the</c><00:37:02.599><c> religion</c><00:37:03.159><c> of</c><00:37:03.440><c> Israel</c><00:37:04.420><c> that</c><00:37:05.239><c> Eli</c><00:37:05.780><c> and</c><00:37:06.059><c> Hathmi</c>

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:09.760
and<00:37:06.820><c> Phineas</c><00:37:07.699><c> promulgated</c><00:37:08.639><c> among</c><00:37:08.940><c> the</c><00:37:09.219><c> community</c>

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:14.980
lived<00:37:10.119><c> right</c><00:37:10.739><c> alongside</c><00:37:11.980><c> the</c><00:37:12.880><c> truth</c><00:37:13.480><c> as</c><00:37:14.000><c> was</c><00:37:14.360><c> lived</c><00:37:14.639><c> in</c><00:37:14.920><c> the</c>

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:18.519
lives<00:37:15.679><c> of</c><00:37:16.079><c> Elkanah</c><00:37:17.000><c> and</c><00:37:17.500><c> Hannah</c><00:37:17.880><c> and</c><00:37:18.119><c> others</c>

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:24.860
of<00:37:18.860><c> that</c><00:37:19.059><c> persuasion.</c><00:37:20.960><c> The</c><00:37:21.219><c> tares</c><00:37:21.679><c> were</c><00:37:21.980><c> growing</c><00:37:22.360><c> right</c><00:37:22.920><c> alongside</c><00:37:23.739><c> the</c><00:37:24.079><c> wheat.</c>

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:31.139
The<00:37:27.519><c> progression</c><00:37:28.039><c> of</c><00:37:28.420><c> deterioration</c><00:37:29.480><c> reaches</c><00:37:29.980><c> its</c><00:37:30.699><c> lowest</c>

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:35.099
point<00:37:31.780><c> in</c><00:37:32.059><c> chapter</c><00:37:32.380><c> four</c><00:37:33.519><c> when</c><00:37:34.340><c> the</c>

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:38.920
dared<00:37:35.619><c> take</c><00:37:36.280><c> the</c><00:37:36.559><c> ark</c><00:37:36.719><c> into</c><00:37:37.079><c> battle.</c><00:37:38.019><c> You</c><00:37:38.199><c> see,</c><00:37:38.320><c> they</c><00:37:38.519><c> hadn't</c>

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:42.239
abandoned<00:37:39.579><c> the</c><00:37:39.980><c> ark,</c><00:37:41.039><c> just</c><00:37:41.280><c> like</c><00:37:41.519><c> they</c><00:37:41.639><c> had</c><00:37:41.920><c> not</c>

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:46.039
abandoned<00:37:42.840><c> the</c><00:37:43.260><c> sacrifices,</c><00:37:44.340><c> nor</c><00:37:44.539><c> had</c><00:37:44.719><c> they</c><00:37:45.099><c> abandoned</c><00:37:45.719><c> the</c>

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:49.880
temple<00:37:46.300><c> worship.</c><00:37:47.320><c> They</c><00:37:47.780><c> simply</c><00:37:48.239><c> used</c><00:37:48.760><c> all</c><00:37:49.139><c> of</c><00:37:49.280><c> it</c>

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:55.739
for<00:37:50.480><c> their</c><00:37:50.780><c> own</c><00:37:51.059><c> personal</c><00:37:51.519><c> gain</c><00:37:52.000><c> and</c><00:37:52.579><c> the</c><00:37:52.920><c> ark</c><00:37:53.199><c> became</c><00:37:53.639><c> a</c><00:37:54.179><c> symbol,</c><00:37:55.400><c> not</c>

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:59.260
of<00:37:56.039><c> redemption,</c><00:37:57.400><c> but</c><00:37:57.500><c> of</c><00:37:57.760><c> their</c><00:37:58.059><c> power</c>

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:07.380
and<00:37:59.760><c> their</c><00:38:00.159><c> status.</c><00:38:02.880><c> Beware</c><00:38:03.500><c> of</c><00:38:04.860><c> any</c><00:38:05.199><c> who</c><00:38:05.639><c> use</c><00:38:05.860><c> the</c><00:38:06.159><c> truth</c><00:38:06.599><c> for</c>

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.739
their<00:38:07.659><c> own</c><00:38:07.960><c> personal</c><00:38:08.440><c> gain.</c>

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:12.440
And<00:38:09.179><c> how</c><00:38:09.440><c> fitting</c><00:38:09.619><c> it</c><00:38:10.000><c> was</c><00:38:10.619><c> that</c><00:38:11.300><c> the</c><00:38:11.519><c> two</c><00:38:11.679><c> men</c><00:38:11.900><c> who</c><00:38:12.079><c> had</c><00:38:12.239><c> been</c>

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:15.739
so<00:38:12.940><c> instrumental</c><00:38:13.639><c> in</c><00:38:14.059><c> modeling</c><00:38:14.420><c> this</c><00:38:14.820><c> false</c><00:38:15.159><c> religion</c>

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:20.480
now<00:38:16.619><c> accompany</c><00:38:17.440><c> the</c><00:38:17.900><c> ark</c><00:38:18.079><c> into</c><00:38:18.559><c> battle</c><00:38:18.860><c> on</c><00:38:19.099><c> the</c><00:38:19.320><c> second</c><00:38:19.519><c> day.</c>

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:23.699
We<00:38:21.579><c> speak</c><00:38:21.800><c> of</c><00:38:21.940><c> how</c><00:38:22.139><c> God</c><00:38:22.400><c> works</c><00:38:22.780><c> in</c><00:38:22.980><c> these</c><00:38:23.139><c> events.</c><00:38:23.500><c> He</c>

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:27.260
could<00:38:23.920><c> easily</c><00:38:24.920><c> have</c><00:38:25.400><c> allowed</c><00:38:25.639><c> the</c><00:38:25.940><c> Philistines</c><00:38:26.420><c> to</c><00:38:26.780><c> decimate</c>

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:29.340
Israel<00:38:27.739><c> on</c><00:38:28.039><c> day</c><00:38:28.320><c> one,</c>

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:34.219
but<00:38:30.519><c> he</c><00:38:30.659><c> doesn't.</c><00:38:31.559><c> He</c><00:38:31.780><c> allows</c><00:38:32.079><c> for</c><00:38:32.320><c> a</c><00:38:32.420><c> gap</c><00:38:32.579><c> of</c><00:38:32.820><c> time</c><00:38:33.420><c> and</c><00:38:33.900><c> in</c>

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:37.280
that<00:38:34.539><c> interim</c><00:38:34.920><c> will</c><00:38:35.360><c> come</c><00:38:35.719><c> Hathmi</c><00:38:36.380><c> and</c><00:38:36.659><c> Phineas</c>

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:40.239
and<00:38:37.739><c> they</c><00:38:37.920><c> will</c><00:38:38.139><c> bring</c><00:38:38.340><c> their</c><00:38:38.639><c> religion</c><00:38:39.039><c> with</c><00:38:39.360><c> them</c><00:38:39.579><c> with</c><00:38:39.900><c> all</c>

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:42.539
their<00:38:40.480><c> pride</c><00:38:40.900><c> and</c><00:38:41.139><c> with</c><00:38:41.400><c> all</c><00:38:41.719><c> their</c><00:38:42.019><c> arrogance</c>

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:46.039
and<00:38:43.159><c> with</c><00:38:43.420><c> all</c><00:38:43.699><c> their</c><00:38:44.039><c> apostate</c><00:38:44.739><c> religion</c><00:38:45.260><c> and</c><00:38:45.519><c> they</c><00:38:45.679><c> will</c><00:38:45.820><c> go</c>

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:48.960
into<00:38:46.340><c> battle</c><00:38:46.719><c> that</c><00:38:47.400><c> second</c><00:38:47.760><c> time</c>

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:52.880
and<00:38:50.199><c> it</c><00:38:50.340><c> will</c><00:38:50.599><c> all</c><00:38:50.880><c> lead</c><00:38:51.280><c> to</c><00:38:51.559><c> their</c><00:38:51.760><c> destruction.</c>

00:38:54.579 --> 00:39:00.539
You<00:38:54.760><c> see</c><00:38:54.900><c> the</c><00:38:55.099><c> link</c><00:38:55.519><c> that</c><00:38:56.000><c> scripture</c><00:38:56.420><c> is</c><00:38:56.780><c> painting</c><00:38:57.179><c> for</c><00:38:57.519><c> us</c><00:38:58.840><c> between</c><00:38:59.599><c> the</c><00:38:59.920><c> rebuke</c><00:39:00.300><c> of</c>

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:01.340
the<00:39:00.800><c> sons</c>

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:07.579
in<00:39:01.760><c> chapter</c><00:39:02.099><c> two</c><00:39:02.980><c> and</c><00:39:04.360><c> the</c><00:39:04.539><c> rebuke</c><00:39:05.300><c> of</c><00:39:05.500><c> the</c><00:39:05.659><c> man</c><00:39:05.800><c> of</c><00:39:06.099><c> God</c><00:39:06.519><c> at</c><00:39:06.940><c> the</c><00:39:07.139><c> end</c><00:39:07.340><c> of</c>

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:09.639
chapter<00:39:07.820><c> two</c><00:39:08.260><c> towards</c><00:39:08.599><c> Eli</c>

00:39:09.869 --> 00:39:14.880
and<00:39:10.219><c> then</c><00:39:10.440><c> the</c><00:39:10.639><c> rebuke</c><00:39:11.099><c> of</c><00:39:11.420><c> Eli</c><00:39:11.780><c> that</c><00:39:12.119><c> God</c><00:39:12.599><c> sent</c><00:39:13.019><c> through</c><00:39:13.420><c> Samuel</c><00:39:14.019><c> and</c>

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:17.559
now<00:39:15.139><c> the</c><00:39:15.360><c> events</c><00:39:15.739><c> of</c><00:39:16.079><c> chapter</c><00:39:16.360><c> four.</c>

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:23.480
The<00:39:18.880><c> battle</c><00:39:19.340><c> of</c><00:39:19.599><c> chapter</c><00:39:20.000><c> four</c><00:39:21.099><c> and</c><00:39:21.519><c> the</c><00:39:21.920><c> conditions</c><00:39:22.500><c> that</c><00:39:22.840><c> existed</c><00:39:23.179><c> in</c>

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:25.519
Israel<00:39:24.059><c> in</c><00:39:24.260><c> chapter</c><00:39:24.659><c> four</c>

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:32.280
reveals<00:39:26.519><c> why</c><00:39:26.920><c> God</c><00:39:27.280><c> had</c><00:39:27.539><c> to</c><00:39:27.840><c> remove</c><00:39:28.400><c> Eli</c><00:39:28.960><c> and</c><00:39:29.820><c> he</c><00:39:29.880><c> had</c><00:39:30.139><c> to</c><00:39:30.400><c> remove</c><00:39:30.760><c> Hathmi</c><00:39:31.380><c> and</c><00:39:31.659><c> Phineas</c>

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:35.820
and<00:39:32.659><c> he</c><00:39:32.699><c> had</c><00:39:32.920><c> to</c><00:39:33.179><c> remove</c><00:39:33.599><c> Shiloh</c><00:39:34.380><c> and</c><00:39:34.619><c> everything</c><00:39:35.119><c> associated</c>

00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:38.960
with<00:39:36.099><c> it.</c><00:39:37.280><c> It</c><00:39:37.380><c> was</c><00:39:37.659><c> nothing</c><00:39:38.000><c> more</c><00:39:38.579><c> than</c>

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:43.219
Gentile<00:39:39.780><c> idolatry.</c><00:39:41.519><c> That's</c><00:39:41.800><c> what</c><00:39:41.940><c> had</c><00:39:42.219><c> taken</c><00:39:42.460><c> hold</c><00:39:42.860><c> in</c><00:39:43.059><c> the</c>

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:46.639
nation.<00:39:44.420><c> So</c><00:39:44.579><c> when</c><00:39:44.840><c> Eli</c><00:39:45.079><c> was</c><00:39:45.420><c> warned</c><00:39:45.780><c> in</c><00:39:46.000><c> chapter</c><00:39:46.280><c> two</c>

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:50.880
he<00:39:46.840><c> did</c><00:39:47.039><c> nothing</c><00:39:47.360><c> about</c><00:39:47.699><c> it</c><00:39:47.820><c> and</c><00:39:47.960><c> he</c><00:39:48.059><c> was</c><00:39:48.239><c> warned</c><00:39:48.460><c> again</c><00:39:48.800><c> in</c><00:39:49.039><c> chapter</c><00:39:49.280><c> three</c><00:39:49.579><c> and</c><00:39:49.780><c> did</c><00:39:49.920><c> nothing</c><00:39:50.199><c> about</c><00:39:50.500><c> it</c>

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:54.039
and<00:39:51.119><c> he</c><00:39:51.320><c> knew</c><00:39:51.539><c> even</c><00:39:51.900><c> before</c><00:39:52.320><c> the</c><00:39:52.460><c> man</c><00:39:52.639><c> of</c><00:39:52.820><c> God</c><00:39:52.980><c> came</c><00:39:53.239><c> to</c><00:39:53.460><c> see</c><00:39:53.659><c> him</c><00:39:53.840><c> in</c>

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:56.039
chapter<00:39:54.300><c> two</c><00:39:54.719><c> that</c><00:39:55.199><c> what</c><00:39:55.539><c> his</c><00:39:55.860><c> sons</c>

00:39:56.039 --> 00:40:01.960
was<00:39:56.340><c> doing</c><00:39:56.579><c> was</c><00:39:56.940><c> absolutely</c><00:39:57.539><c> wrong.</c><00:39:59.099><c> There</c><00:39:59.099><c> is</c><00:39:59.440><c> a</c><00:39:59.980><c> clear</c><00:40:00.699><c> vindication</c><00:40:01.619><c> of</c>

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:06.300
our<00:40:02.260><c> God</c><00:40:02.739><c> that</c><00:40:04.360><c> this</c><00:40:04.760><c> whole</c><00:40:05.400><c> system</c><00:40:05.920><c> has</c>

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:10.420
to<00:40:06.539><c> go.</c><00:40:08.000><c> Who</c><00:40:08.300><c> else</c><00:40:08.599><c> could</c><00:40:08.820><c> God</c><00:40:09.059><c> have</c><00:40:09.380><c> sent</c><00:40:09.639><c> to</c><00:40:09.920><c> them?</c><00:40:10.119><c> There's</c>

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:14.400
no<00:40:10.619><c> one</c><00:40:10.800><c> left.</c><00:40:12.800><c> There's</c><00:40:13.099><c> no</c><00:40:13.380><c> further</c><00:40:13.719><c> appeals.</c>

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:22.280
Samuel<00:40:15.340><c> was</c><00:40:15.639><c> God's</c><00:40:17.880><c> last</c><00:40:17.880><c> possibility.</c><00:40:20.079><c> The</c><00:40:20.159><c> one</c><00:40:20.380><c> who</c><00:40:20.940><c> Eli</c><00:40:21.219><c> would</c><00:40:21.420><c> have</c><00:40:21.599><c> held</c><00:40:21.820><c> in</c>

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:23.699
highest<00:40:22.679><c> esteem</c>

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when<00:40:24.219><c> it</c><00:40:24.320><c> came</c><00:40:24.539><c> to</c><00:40:24.840><c> spirituality</c><00:40:25.480><c> and</c><00:40:25.739><c> that</c><00:40:26.000><c> in</c><00:40:26.179><c> itself</c><00:40:27.079><c> shows</c>

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:30.599
just<00:40:28.179><c> how</c><00:40:28.440><c> low</c><00:40:28.699><c> things</c><00:40:29.019><c> had</c><00:40:29.280><c> become</c><00:40:29.639><c> when</c><00:40:30.079><c> a</c><00:40:30.360><c> 12</c>

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:35.659
year<00:40:30.880><c> old</c><00:40:31.039><c> boy</c><00:40:31.559><c> is</c><00:40:33.579><c> the</c><00:40:33.800><c> representation</c><00:40:34.480><c> of</c><00:40:34.840><c> the</c><00:40:35.039><c> one</c><00:40:35.219><c> of</c><00:40:35.480><c> the</c>

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:37.719
highest<00:40:36.019><c> esteem</c><00:40:36.599><c> of</c><00:40:36.880><c> Eli.</c>

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:45.719
He<00:40:40.559><c> had</c><00:40:40.800><c> done</c><00:40:41.000><c> all</c><00:40:41.300><c> he</c><00:40:41.519><c> could</c><00:40:42.260><c> and</c><00:40:43.539><c> the</c><00:40:43.719><c> picture</c><00:40:44.360><c> that</c><00:40:44.760><c> scripture</c><00:40:45.139><c> paints</c>

00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:48.099
is<00:40:46.260><c> unmistakable.</c>

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All<00:40:50.659><c> we</c><00:40:50.840><c> need</c><00:40:51.000><c> to</c><00:40:51.239><c> do</c><00:40:51.239><c> is</c><00:40:51.400><c> connect</c><00:40:51.679><c> the</c><00:40:51.880><c> dots</c><00:40:52.340><c> between</c><00:40:52.900><c> these</c>

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:58.400
events.<00:40:55.059><c> Because</c><00:40:55.440><c> one</c><00:40:56.159><c> man</c><00:40:56.599><c> failed</c><00:40:57.199><c> to</c><00:40:57.780><c> restrain</c>

00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:04.659
his<00:40:58.780><c> sons</c><00:40:59.320><c> and</c><00:41:00.559><c> honored</c><00:41:00.960><c> them</c><00:41:01.500><c> above</c><00:41:01.940><c> God,</c><00:41:03.659><c> a</c><00:41:03.739><c> new</c><00:41:04.039><c> religion</c>

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:07.199
had<00:41:05.099><c> taken</c><00:41:05.360><c> hold</c><00:41:05.719><c> in</c><00:41:05.940><c> Israel.</c><00:41:06.860><c> Now</c><00:41:07.199><c> that's</c>

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:14.079
not<00:41:07.460><c> to</c><00:41:07.760><c> say</c><00:41:07.960><c> that</c><00:41:08.179><c> this</c><00:41:08.400><c> religion</c><00:41:08.760><c> wasn't</c><00:41:09.119><c> already</c><00:41:09.559><c> there</c><00:41:10.440><c> when</c><00:41:10.880><c> Eli</c><00:41:11.519><c> became</c><00:41:11.960><c> priest,</c><00:41:13.719><c> but</c><00:41:13.920><c> it</c>

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.579
now<00:41:14.360><c> had</c>

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:18.800
a<00:41:14.940><c> stranglehold</c><00:41:15.579><c> on</c><00:41:15.880><c> the</c><00:41:16.059><c> community.</c><00:41:17.619><c> So</c><00:41:17.800><c> that</c><00:41:17.920><c> when</c><00:41:18.119><c> Haphnei</c>

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:21.579
and<00:41:19.019><c> Phineas</c><00:41:19.440><c> took</c><00:41:19.679><c> the</c><00:41:19.980><c> ark</c><00:41:20.119><c> out</c><00:41:20.420><c> of</c><00:41:20.719><c> Shiloh,</c>

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:30.619
picture<00:41:23.340><c> the</c><00:41:24.000><c> scene.</c><00:41:26.219><c> Eli</c><00:41:26.679><c> is</c><00:41:27.000><c> now</c><00:41:27.400><c> a</c><00:41:27.619><c> very</c><00:41:28.059><c> old</c><00:41:28.400><c> man</c><00:41:29.260><c> and</c><00:41:30.400><c> he</c>

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is<00:41:30.840><c> blind</c>

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and<00:41:33.940><c> he</c><00:41:34.139><c> will</c><00:41:34.500><c> hear,</c><00:41:35.519><c> hear,</c><00:41:37.039><c> hear</c><00:41:37.699><c> one</c><00:41:38.599><c> last</c><00:41:39.320><c> time</c><00:41:39.860><c> what's</c><00:41:40.300><c> happening.</c><00:41:41.639><c> There's</c><00:41:41.820><c> no</c>

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way<00:41:42.260><c> they</c><00:41:42.380><c> could</c><00:41:42.559><c> get</c><00:41:42.719><c> that</c><00:41:42.960><c> ark</c>

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past<00:41:43.500><c> him</c><00:41:44.519><c> without</c><00:41:45.039><c> him</c><00:41:45.679><c> hearing</c><00:41:46.340><c> what</c><00:41:46.980><c> they</c><00:41:47.199><c> were</c><00:41:47.360><c> doing.</c><00:41:49.820><c> And</c><00:41:50.239><c> one</c><00:41:50.639><c> final</c><00:41:51.239><c> time</c><00:41:52.300><c> he</c>

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will<00:41:54.719><c> fail</c><00:41:55.139><c> to</c><00:41:55.760><c> restrain</c><00:41:56.760><c> his</c>

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sons<00:41:57.820><c> because</c><00:41:59.440><c> he</c><00:41:59.699><c> will</c><00:42:00.079><c> honor</c><00:42:00.340><c> them</c><00:42:01.619><c> above</c><00:42:02.139><c> God.</c><00:42:04.679><c> And</c><00:42:04.920><c> that</c>

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will<00:42:05.320><c> lead</c><00:42:05.719><c> to</c><00:42:06.019><c> their</c><00:42:06.260><c> death</c><00:42:07.119><c> and</c><00:42:07.900><c> to</c><00:42:08.059><c> his</c><00:42:08.280><c> death</c>

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and<00:42:09.420><c> to</c><00:42:09.579><c> the</c><00:42:09.840><c> removal</c><00:42:10.179><c> of</c><00:42:10.739><c> all</c><00:42:11.119><c> the</c><00:42:11.380><c> apostasy</c><00:42:12.059><c> and</c><00:42:12.440><c> all</c><00:42:12.760><c> the</c><00:42:12.980><c> immorality</c><00:42:13.780><c> that</c><00:42:14.199><c> they</c><00:42:14.519><c> had</c><00:42:14.760><c> allowed</c><00:42:15.019><c> to</c><00:42:15.320><c> take</c>

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root<00:42:15.780><c> in</c><00:42:16.159><c> Shiloh.</c><00:42:18.179><c> But</c><00:42:18.380><c> it</c><00:42:18.519><c> will</c><00:42:18.800><c> also</c><00:42:19.679><c> provide</c><00:42:20.280><c> an</c><00:42:20.460><c> opportunity</c><00:42:21.119><c> for</c><00:42:22.360><c> Samuel</c><00:42:22.900><c> to</c>

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step<00:42:23.500><c> into</c><00:42:23.860><c> that</c><00:42:24.239><c> void</c>

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many<00:42:25.380><c> years</c><00:42:25.719><c> later</c><00:42:26.300><c> and</c><00:42:27.380><c> find</c><00:42:27.679><c> a</c><00:42:27.980><c> nation</c><00:42:28.440><c> that</c><00:42:29.739><c> willingly</c><00:42:30.199><c> and</c>

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honestly<00:42:31.760><c> and</c><00:42:32.440><c> genuinely,</c>

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as<00:42:34.320><c> a</c><00:42:34.519><c> result</c><00:42:34.780><c> of</c><00:42:35.159><c> Samuel's</c><00:42:35.679><c> work,</c><00:42:37.000><c> wants</c><00:42:37.280><c> to</c><00:42:37.559><c> bring</c><00:42:37.719><c> their</c>

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lives<00:42:38.599><c> back</c><00:42:39.219><c> into</c><00:42:39.579><c> conformity</c><00:42:40.239><c> with</c><00:42:40.500><c> God</c><00:42:40.800><c> and</c>

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they<00:42:41.239><c> will</c><00:42:41.400><c> be</c><00:42:41.820><c> prepared</c><00:42:42.099><c> to</c><00:42:42.360><c> do</c><00:42:43.099><c> whatever</c><00:42:44.079><c> Samuel</c><00:42:44.840><c> tells</c><00:42:45.199><c> them</c><00:42:45.460><c> they</c><00:42:45.619><c> need</c><00:42:45.880><c> to</c>

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do<00:42:46.639><c> because</c><00:42:47.360><c> they</c><00:42:47.579><c> will</c>

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have<00:42:48.039><c> learned</c><00:42:48.420><c> the</c><00:42:48.760><c> lesson</c><00:42:49.679><c> of</c><00:42:50.639><c> Philistine</c><00:42:51.239><c> oppression.</c>