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motivation<00:13:25.840><c> throughout</c><00:13:26.139><c> his</c><00:13:26.360><c> life.</c><00:13:27.399><c> And</c><00:13:27.559><c> what</c><00:13:27.720><c> that</c><00:13:27.940><c> created</c>

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his<00:13:42.179><c> life.</c><00:13:43.299><c> He</c><00:13:43.519><c> was</c><00:13:43.940><c> absolutely</c>

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was<00:13:52.539><c> committed</c><00:13:53.059><c> and</c><00:13:54.039><c> two,</c><00:13:55.059><c> his</c><00:13:55.259><c> mind</c><00:13:55.559><c> was</c><00:13:55.820><c> always</c><00:13:56.620><c> centered</c>

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we<00:13:59.799><c> say,</c><00:14:00.139><c> well</c><00:14:00.159><c> that's</c><00:14:00.480><c> fine</c><00:14:00.759><c> for</c><00:14:01.000><c> Ezra,</c><00:14:01.200><c> but</c><00:14:01.320><c> we</c><00:14:01.460><c> live</c><00:14:01.559><c> in</c><00:14:01.679><c> the</c>

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brethren<00:14:12.720><c> and</c><00:14:12.860><c> sisters,</c><00:14:13.740><c> that</c><00:14:13.899><c> man</c>

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lived<00:14:14.299><c> in</c><00:14:14.580><c> Babylon.</c><00:14:16.559><c> Babylon</c><00:14:16.799><c> was</c><00:14:17.000><c> just</c><00:14:17.299><c> as</c><00:14:17.519><c> advanced</c><00:14:17.759><c> in</c><00:14:17.919><c> its</c>

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today.<00:14:21.460><c> There</c><00:14:21.600><c> were</c><00:14:21.720><c> just</c><00:14:21.919><c> as</c><00:14:22.059><c> many</c><00:14:22.220><c> distractions</c><00:14:22.759><c> in</c><00:14:22.960><c> Babylon</c><00:14:23.279><c> as</c><00:14:23.419><c> we</c>

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Ezra<00:14:28.820><c> just</c><00:14:29.320><c> had</c><00:14:29.740><c> no</c><00:14:30.100><c> easier</c><00:14:30.460><c> time</c>

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than<00:14:32.039><c> what</c><00:14:32.240><c> we've</c><00:14:32.620><c> got.</c><00:14:35.279><c> He</c><00:14:35.419><c> had</c><00:14:35.559><c> just</c><00:14:35.879><c> as</c><00:14:36.039><c> much</c><00:14:36.299><c> trouble</c><00:14:37.080><c> finding</c><00:14:37.659><c> time</c>

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it,<00:14:43.779><c> part</c><00:14:43.980><c> of</c><00:14:44.120><c> his</c>

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see,<00:14:55.279><c> if</c><00:14:55.419><c> we</c><00:14:55.580><c> hope</c><00:14:55.720><c> to</c><00:14:59.279><c> achieve</c>

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his<00:15:17.340><c> presence.</c><00:15:19.120><c> Do</c><00:15:19.299><c> you</c>

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find<00:15:19.559><c> that</c><00:15:19.759><c> easy?</c><00:15:21.659><c> I</c><00:15:21.899><c> don't</c><00:15:22.080><c> find</c><00:15:22.299><c> it</c><00:15:22.419><c> easy.</c><00:15:24.220><c> To</c><00:15:24.799><c> maintain</c><00:15:25.279><c> a</c>

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Ezra<00:15:32.460><c> is</c><00:15:32.879><c> the</c><00:15:33.279><c> testimony</c>

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chapter<00:15:39.539><c> 7,</c><00:15:39.960><c> verse</c><00:15:40.200><c> 27</c><00:15:40.779><c> and</c><00:15:40.940><c> 28,</c>

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again<00:15:53.159><c> quickly.</c><00:15:55.720><c> Verses</c><00:15:55.960><c> 1</c><00:15:56.480><c> to</c><00:15:56.620><c> 10</c><00:15:57.080><c> dealt</c><00:15:57.399><c> with</c><00:15:57.860><c> Ezra</c><00:15:58.100><c> going</c><00:15:58.379><c> up</c><00:15:58.639><c> to</c><00:15:58.840><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:59.279><c> and</c><00:16:00.759><c> a</c>

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have<00:16:42.559><c> the</c><00:16:43.000><c> preparation</c>

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of<00:16:43.659><c> those</c><00:16:43.919><c> people</c><00:16:44.259><c> at</c><00:16:44.440><c> a</c><00:16:44.639><c> harbour</c><00:16:45.759><c> and</c><00:16:46.340><c> a</c><00:16:46.559><c> delay</c><00:16:46.840><c> because</c><00:16:47.740><c> there</c><00:16:48.360><c> were</c>

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that<00:16:49.759><c> company</c><00:16:50.100><c> and</c><00:16:50.340><c> Ezra</c><00:16:50.559><c> would</c><00:16:50.779><c> not</c><00:16:51.000><c> go</c><00:16:51.240><c> without</c><00:16:51.559><c> them,</c><00:16:52.039><c> so</c>

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he<00:16:52.600><c> sought</c><00:16:52.899><c> Levites.</c><00:16:55.100><c> In</c>

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verses<00:16:55.580><c> 21</c><00:16:56.039><c> to</c><00:16:56.179><c> 23,</c><00:16:56.799><c> we</c><00:16:56.980><c> have</c><00:16:57.259><c> Ezra</c><00:16:57.639><c> proclaiming</c><00:16:58.259><c> a</c><00:16:58.460><c> fast</c><00:16:58.740><c> at</c><00:16:58.899><c> a</c>

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harbour<00:16:59.759><c> that</c><00:17:00.059><c> they</c><00:17:00.220><c> might</c><00:17:00.519><c> seek</c>

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Yahweh's<00:17:01.620><c> blessing</c><00:17:01.820><c> upon</c><00:17:02.100><c> their</c><00:17:02.379><c> journey.</c><00:17:04.019><c> In</c><00:17:04.240><c> verses</c><00:17:04.559><c> 24</c><00:17:05.259><c> to</c>

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30,<00:17:06.420><c> we</c><00:17:06.680><c> have</c><00:17:06.859><c> the</c><00:17:07.140><c> priests</c>

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being<00:17:08.000><c> given</c><00:17:08.339><c> the</c><00:17:08.720><c> responsibility</c><00:17:09.400><c> of</c><00:17:09.759><c> keeping</c><00:17:10.079><c> the</c><00:17:10.420><c> treasures,</c><00:17:11.359><c> they</c><00:17:11.619><c> might</c><00:17:11.900><c> not</c><00:17:12.240><c> be</c>

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In<00:17:15.400><c> verses</c><00:17:15.859><c> 31</c><00:17:16.359><c> and</c><00:17:16.519><c> 32,</c><00:17:17.160><c> we</c><00:17:17.259><c> have</c><00:17:17.500><c> the</c><00:17:17.619><c> journey</c><00:17:17.859><c> to</c><00:17:18.079><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:17:20.359><c> In</c><00:17:20.420><c> verses</c>

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33<00:17:21.359><c> to</c><00:17:21.480><c> 35,</c><00:17:23.000><c> there</c><00:17:23.119><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:23.559><c> arrival</c><00:17:23.819><c> of</c><00:17:24.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:24.380><c> and</c><00:17:24.539><c> the</c><00:17:24.740><c> treasure</c><00:17:24.900><c> being</c><00:17:25.119><c> delivered</c><00:17:25.500><c> to</c><00:17:25.720><c> the</c><00:17:25.960><c> priests</c><00:17:26.420><c> in</c><00:17:26.680><c> the</c>

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temple.<00:17:28.519><c> And</c><00:17:28.660><c> then</c><00:17:28.880><c> finally</c><00:17:29.079><c> in</c><00:17:29.279><c> verse</c><00:17:29.440><c> 36,</c><00:17:30.619><c> the</c><00:17:30.759><c> king's</c><00:17:31.240><c> decrees</c><00:17:31.599><c> are</c>

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delivered<00:17:32.480><c> for</c><00:17:33.960><c> the</c>

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furtherance<00:17:34.519><c> of</c><00:17:34.680><c> the</c><00:17:34.839><c> house</c><00:17:35.019><c> of</c><00:17:35.279><c> God.</c><00:17:36.680><c> So</c><00:17:36.920><c> there's</c><00:17:37.140><c> our</c><00:17:37.319><c> two</c>

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chapters<00:17:37.940><c> and</c><00:17:38.759><c> there</c><00:17:38.980><c> is</c><00:17:39.160><c> of</c>

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an<00:17:39.779><c> inseparable</c><00:17:40.200><c> link</c><00:17:40.519><c> between</c><00:17:40.940><c> those</c><00:17:41.259><c> two</c><00:17:41.440><c> chapters</c><00:17:41.940><c> established</c><00:17:43.039><c> by</c><00:17:43.859><c> verses</c><00:17:44.180><c> 27</c>

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and<00:17:44.880><c> 28.</c>

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to<00:17:50.079><c> Ezra</c><00:17:50.299><c> that</c><00:17:50.539><c> Ezra</c><00:17:51.099><c> could</c>

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collapse<00:17:52.240><c> to</c><00:17:52.420><c> his</c><00:17:52.700><c> knees.</c><00:17:53.039><c> The</c><00:17:53.119><c> word</c><00:17:54.019><c> blessed</c><00:17:54.559><c> by</c><00:17:55.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:17:55.500><c> God</c><00:17:55.579><c> of</c>

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our<00:17:56.019><c> fathers,</c><00:17:57.319><c> barak</c><00:17:57.599><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:58.240><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:58.460><c> word</c><00:17:58.799><c> for</c><00:17:59.059><c> blessed,</c><00:18:00.039><c> means</c><00:18:00.339><c> to</c><00:18:00.680><c> kneel,</c><00:18:02.039><c> by</c><00:18:02.180><c> implication</c><00:18:02.740><c> therefore</c><00:18:03.440><c> to</c><00:18:03.779><c> bless</c>

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God.<00:18:05.240><c> So</c><00:18:05.380><c> this</c><00:18:05.579><c> man</c><00:18:05.859><c> collapsed</c><00:18:06.359><c> to</c><00:18:06.579><c> his</c><00:18:06.779><c> knees.</c><00:18:08.119><c> Blessed</c><00:18:08.380><c> be</c>

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Yahweh,<00:18:09.319><c> God</c><00:18:09.420><c> of</c><00:18:09.579><c> our</c><00:18:09.819><c> fathers,</c><00:18:10.279><c> he</c>

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cried,<00:18:11.559><c> which</c><00:18:11.759><c> had</c><00:18:11.960><c> put</c><00:18:12.160><c> such</c><00:18:12.460><c> a</c><00:18:12.660><c> thing</c><00:18:12.759><c> as</c><00:18:13.019><c> this</c><00:18:13.180><c> in</c><00:18:13.319><c> the</c><00:18:13.539><c> king's</c><00:18:13.960><c> heart.</c><00:18:14.960><c> Now,</c>

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brothers<00:18:15.259><c> and</c><00:18:15.420><c> sisters,</c><00:18:16.240><c> the</c><00:18:16.359><c> man</c><00:18:16.759><c> reveals</c><00:18:17.619><c> his</c><00:18:18.059><c> mind</c><00:18:18.559><c> in</c><00:18:19.019><c> this</c><00:18:19.279><c> prayer.</c><00:18:22.259><c> You</c>

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know,<00:18:23.519><c> as</c><00:18:23.740><c> you</c><00:18:23.940><c> go</c>

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through<00:18:24.400><c> chapter</c><00:18:24.799><c> 7,</c><00:18:26.240><c> the</c><00:18:26.380><c> thing</c><00:18:26.579><c> that</c><00:18:26.839><c> comes</c><00:18:27.059><c> out</c><00:18:27.500><c> over</c><00:18:27.980><c> and</c>

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over<00:18:28.539><c> again</c><00:18:28.920><c> is</c><00:18:29.240><c> that</c><00:18:29.480><c> Ezra</c>

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his<00:18:34.720><c> personal</c><00:18:35.440><c> standing.</c><00:18:37.259><c> He</c>

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had<00:18:37.720><c> a</c><00:18:38.500><c> reputation</c><00:18:39.140><c> that</c><00:18:39.339><c> was</c><00:18:39.660><c> virtually</c><00:18:40.180><c> international.</c><00:18:42.660><c> He</c>

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was<00:18:43.079><c> well</c><00:18:43.460><c> known</c><00:18:44.000><c> as</c><00:18:44.880><c> the</c>

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scribe<00:18:45.619><c> of</c><00:18:45.819><c> the</c><00:18:46.019><c> law</c><00:18:46.259><c> of</c><00:18:46.480><c> the</c><00:18:46.619><c> God</c><00:18:46.819><c> of</c><00:18:47.039><c> heaven.</c><00:18:48.380><c> Everybody</c><00:18:48.980><c> knew</c><00:18:49.240><c> him.</c><00:18:51.759><c> He</c>

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well<00:18:54.799><c> I'm</c><00:18:54.880><c> very</c><00:18:55.220><c> thankful</c><00:18:55.500><c> that</c><00:18:55.619><c> I've</c><00:18:55.819><c> been</c><00:18:56.079><c> rewarded</c><00:18:56.599><c> for</c>

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done<00:18:58.960><c> over</c><00:18:59.319><c> the</c><00:18:59.380><c> last</c><00:18:59.680><c> 75</c><00:19:00.140><c> years</c><00:19:00.480><c> of</c><00:19:00.640><c> my</c><00:19:00.799><c> life.</c><00:19:02.900><c> Didn't</c><00:19:03.180><c> say</c><00:19:03.400><c> that,</c><00:19:03.619><c> did</c><00:19:03.660><c> he?</c><00:19:05.240><c> Blessed</c><00:19:05.559><c> be</c>

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Yahweh,<00:19:06.240><c> God</c><00:19:06.400><c> of</c><00:19:06.539><c> our</c><00:19:06.819><c> fathers,</c><00:19:07.200><c> which</c><00:19:07.359><c> had</c><00:19:07.640><c> put</c><00:19:08.039><c> such</c><00:19:08.460><c> a</c><00:19:08.740><c> thing</c><00:19:08.859><c> as</c>

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this<00:19:09.640><c> in</c><00:19:10.640><c> the</c><00:19:10.880><c> king's</c><00:19:11.279><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:19:14.200><c> was</c><00:19:14.420><c> there,</c><00:19:14.720><c> brothers</c><00:19:14.839><c> and</c><00:19:15.000><c> sisters,</c><00:19:15.180><c> on</c><00:19:15.420><c> his</c><00:19:15.619><c> knees,</c><00:19:17.380><c> humble</c><00:19:17.720><c> thankfulness</c><00:19:18.380><c> that</c><00:19:18.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:19.019><c> had</c>

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worked<00:19:19.880><c> by</c><00:19:20.440><c> his</c><00:19:20.700><c> angels</c><00:19:21.079><c> to</c><00:19:21.420><c> accomplish</c><00:19:22.039><c> what</c><00:19:23.119><c> had</c><00:19:23.279><c> been</c><00:19:23.420><c> done.</c><00:19:26.180><c> To</c>

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beautify<00:19:27.240><c> the</c><00:19:27.460><c> house</c><00:19:27.680><c> of</c>

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Yahweh,<00:19:28.180><c> which</c><00:19:28.279><c> is</c><00:19:28.460><c> in</c><00:19:28.559><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:29.720><c> to</c><00:19:29.980><c> cause</c><00:19:30.259><c> it</c><00:19:30.519><c> to</c><00:19:30.720><c> gleam,</c>

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to<00:19:31.539><c> embellish</c><00:19:31.920><c> it,</c><00:19:33.039><c> and</c><00:19:33.220><c> have</c>

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extended<00:19:33.880><c> mercy</c><00:19:34.319><c> unto</c><00:19:34.519><c> me</c><00:19:34.720><c> before</c><00:19:35.019><c> the</c><00:19:35.220><c> king</c><00:19:35.359><c> and</c><00:19:35.500><c> his</c><00:19:35.680><c> counselors</c><00:19:36.079><c> and</c>

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before<00:19:36.559><c> all</c><00:19:36.940><c> the</c>

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king's<00:19:37.359><c> mighty</c><00:19:37.619><c> princes.</c><00:19:38.740><c> And</c><00:19:39.119><c> I</c><00:19:39.559><c> was</c><00:19:40.059><c> strengthened.</c><00:19:40.480><c> It</c><00:19:40.619><c> wasn't</c><00:19:41.039><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:41.539><c> own</c><00:19:41.819><c> strength</c>

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that<00:19:42.220><c> he</c><00:19:42.259><c> was</c><00:19:42.420><c> going</c><00:19:42.519><c> to</c><00:19:42.640><c> do</c><00:19:42.740><c> this.</c><00:19:43.380><c> And</c><00:19:43.619><c> I</c><00:19:43.859><c> was</c><00:19:44.299><c> strengthened.</c>

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seized<00:19:49.119><c> upon,</c><00:19:50.819><c> to</c><00:19:51.059><c> be</c><00:19:51.579><c> strong.</c><00:19:53.160><c> I</c><00:19:53.460><c> was</c><00:19:53.839><c> strengthened.</c><00:19:54.400><c> It</c><00:19:54.559><c> wasn't</c><00:19:54.859><c> so</c>

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God<00:19:55.400><c> had</c><00:19:56.079><c> seized</c>

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upon<00:19:56.660><c> him</c><00:19:56.819><c> to</c><00:19:57.000><c> make</c><00:19:57.160><c> him</c><00:19:57.480><c> strong.</c><00:19:58.839><c> As</c><00:19:58.940><c> the</c><00:19:59.180><c> hand</c><00:19:59.500><c> of</c><00:19:59.700><c> Yahweh,</c><00:20:00.160><c> my</c><00:20:00.339><c> God,</c><00:20:00.660><c> was</c><00:20:00.839><c> upon</c><00:20:01.119><c> me.</c><00:20:01.839><c> And</c><00:20:02.099><c> I</c>

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gathered<00:20:02.440><c> together</c><00:20:02.740><c> out</c><00:20:02.940><c> of</c><00:20:03.059><c> Israel</c><00:20:03.380><c> chief</c><00:20:03.720><c> men</c><00:20:04.240><c> to</c><00:20:04.960><c> ascend</c>

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with<00:20:06.000><c> me.</c><00:20:07.059><c> So</c><00:20:07.359><c> there's</c><00:20:07.640><c> the</c><00:20:07.839><c> mind</c>

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of<00:20:08.180><c> this</c><00:20:08.359><c> man,</c><00:20:08.720><c> brothers</c><00:20:08.720><c> and</c><00:20:08.880><c> sisters,</c><00:20:09.019><c> as</c><00:20:09.200><c> he</c><00:20:09.599><c> understood</c>

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that<00:20:12.900><c> it</c><00:20:13.039><c> was</c><00:20:13.279><c> God</c><00:20:13.819><c> that</c><00:20:14.380><c> had</c>

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achieved<00:20:14.859><c> these</c><00:20:15.160><c> things</c><00:20:15.339><c> on</c><00:20:15.519><c> his</c><00:20:15.799><c> behalf.</c><00:20:17.279><c> And</c><00:20:17.519><c> we</c><00:20:17.700><c> see</c><00:20:17.799><c> that</c>

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same<00:20:18.359><c> reliance,</c><00:20:19.200><c> that</c><00:20:19.500><c> spirit</c><00:20:19.839><c> of</c>

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trust,<00:20:20.440><c> coming</c><00:20:20.640><c> out</c><00:20:20.859><c> of</c><00:20:20.960><c> this</c><00:20:21.220><c> man</c><00:20:21.359><c> as</c><00:20:21.500><c> we</c><00:20:21.680><c> proceed</c><00:20:21.980><c> into</c><00:20:22.200><c> chapter</c><00:20:22.500><c> 8.</c>

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in<00:20:24.740><c> any</c><00:20:25.000><c> detail,</c><00:20:25.720><c> of</c><00:20:25.720><c> course,</c><00:20:26.059><c> at</c><00:20:26.140><c> verses</c><00:20:26.380><c> 1</c><00:20:26.660><c> to</c><00:20:26.779><c> 14.</c><00:20:28.319><c> As</c><00:20:28.480><c> I</c><00:20:28.660><c> said,</c><00:20:28.859><c> it's</c><00:20:28.960><c> full</c><00:20:29.160><c> of</c>

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names.<00:20:30.700><c> But</c><00:20:30.819><c> there</c>

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says,<00:20:35.819><c> now</c><00:20:35.819><c> these</c><00:20:36.180><c> are</c><00:20:36.440><c> the</c><00:20:36.660><c> chief</c>

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that<00:20:39.680><c> went</c><00:20:39.799><c> up</c><00:20:40.019><c> with</c><00:20:40.180><c> me</c>

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from<00:20:40.619><c> Babylon</c><00:20:41.059><c> in</c><00:20:42.019><c> the</c><00:20:42.220><c> reign</c><00:20:42.299><c> of</c><00:20:42.500><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:20:43.119><c> the</c><00:20:43.359><c> king.</c><00:20:45.440><c> Then</c><00:20:45.720><c> comes</c><00:20:46.000><c> the</c>

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list.<00:20:47.480><c> And</c><00:20:47.619><c> as</c><00:20:47.720><c> you</c>

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go<00:20:47.900><c> down</c><00:20:48.039><c> the</c><00:20:48.200><c> list,</c><00:20:49.039><c> and</c><00:20:49.220><c> you</c><00:20:49.339><c> add</c><00:20:49.440><c> it</c><00:20:49.619><c> up,</c><00:20:50.460><c> you</c><00:20:50.539><c> get</c><00:20:50.740><c> down</c><00:20:50.920><c> to</c>

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verse<00:20:51.240><c> 14,</c><00:20:52.440><c> you</c><00:20:52.720><c> find</c><00:20:52.960><c> that</c><00:20:53.119><c> there</c>

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is<00:20:53.400><c> a</c><00:20:53.579><c> total</c><00:20:53.980><c> of</c><00:20:54.779><c> 1</c><00:20:55.680><c>,496</c><00:20:58.460><c> males.</c><00:21:00.619><c> 1</c><00:21:01.099><c>,496.</c><00:21:04.599><c> This</c><00:21:04.980><c> is</c><00:21:05.299><c> the</c><00:21:05.579><c> second</c>

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Aaliyah.<00:21:08.960><c> And</c><00:21:09.259><c> by</c><00:21:09.759><c> any</c><00:21:10.319><c> standards,</c>

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brothers<00:21:11.000><c> and</c><00:21:11.099><c> sisters,</c><00:21:12.220><c> that</c><00:21:12.619><c> response</c><00:21:13.440><c> was</c><00:21:14.980><c> abysmal.</c><00:21:17.839><c> The</c>

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first<00:21:18.519><c> Aaliyah</c><00:21:19.019><c> had</c><00:21:19.279><c> seen</c>

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42<00:21:20.079><c>,360</c><00:21:21.680><c> Jews</c><00:21:22.059><c> go</c><00:21:22.339><c> up</c><00:21:23.400><c> with</c><00:21:24.440><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:21:24.859><c> and</c><00:21:25.079><c> Joshua.</c><00:21:26.759><c> All</c><00:21:27.180><c> that</c><00:21:27.400><c> Ezra</c><00:21:27.599><c> could</c><00:21:27.839><c> raise</c><00:21:28.259><c> was</c>

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males.<00:21:31.940><c> A</c><00:21:32.359><c> miserable</c><00:21:32.720><c> company</c><00:21:33.119><c> by</c><00:21:33.480><c> comparison.</c><00:21:35.500><c> It</c><00:21:35.579><c> was</c><00:21:35.759><c> a</c><00:21:35.920><c> disappointing</c><00:21:36.339><c> response</c><00:21:37.039><c> and</c><00:21:37.339><c> an</c>

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embarrassment<00:21:38.000><c> for</c><00:21:38.259><c> the</c><00:21:38.480><c> truth</c><00:21:38.680><c> in</c><00:21:38.980><c> the</c><00:21:39.140><c> light</c><00:21:39.339><c> of</c><00:21:39.579><c> chapter</c><00:21:39.839><c> 7</c>

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in<00:21:40.400><c> verse</c><00:21:40.640><c> 13.</c><00:21:41.900><c> Have</c><00:21:42.019><c> a</c><00:21:42.119><c> look</c><00:21:42.220><c> at</c>

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what<00:21:42.440><c> the</c><00:21:42.660><c> king</c><00:21:42.839><c> said</c><00:21:43.059><c> in</c><00:21:43.240><c> verse</c><00:21:43.460><c> 13</c><00:21:43.720><c> of</c><00:21:43.859><c> the</c><00:21:44.019><c> previous</c><00:21:44.380><c> chapter.</c><00:21:47.039><c> The</c><00:21:47.160><c> very</c><00:21:47.460><c> first</c><00:21:47.720><c> words</c><00:21:48.000><c> he</c>

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said<00:21:48.720><c> after</c><00:21:48.940><c> his</c><00:21:49.180><c> introduction.</c><00:21:51.279><c> I</c><00:21:51.799><c> make</c><00:21:52.059><c> a</c><00:21:52.279><c> decree</c><00:21:53.000><c> that</c><00:21:54.099><c> all</c>

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they<00:21:54.839><c> of</c><00:21:55.039><c> the</c><00:21:55.180><c> people</c><00:21:55.440><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:21:56.160><c> notice</c><00:21:56.740><c> that</c><00:21:57.400><c> all</c><00:21:57.960><c> they</c><00:21:58.180><c> of</c><00:21:58.279><c> the</c><00:21:58.359><c> people</c><00:21:58.599><c> of</c><00:21:58.700><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:21:59.200><c> there</c><00:21:59.339><c> were</c><00:21:59.880><c> hundreds</c><00:22:00.380><c> of</c>

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thousands<00:22:01.059><c> of</c><00:22:01.259><c> them</c><00:22:01.440><c> left</c><00:22:01.960><c> in</c><00:22:02.539><c> Babylon,</c><00:22:03.980><c> and</c><00:22:04.160><c> all</c><00:22:04.299><c> these</c><00:22:04.559><c> priests</c><00:22:05.299><c> and</c>

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Levites,<00:22:06.980><c> bear</c><00:22:07.059><c> that</c>

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in<00:22:07.500><c> mind,</c><00:22:08.720><c> in</c><00:22:09.000><c> my</c><00:22:09.339><c> realm</c><00:22:09.900><c> which</c><00:22:10.720><c> are</c><00:22:11.160><c> minded</c><00:22:11.500><c> of</c><00:22:11.779><c> their</c><00:22:12.079><c> own</c><00:22:12.539><c> free</c><00:22:12.859><c> will</c><00:22:13.079><c> to</c>

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go<00:22:13.400><c> up</c><00:22:13.500><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:22:14.980><c> go</c><00:22:15.140><c> with</c><00:22:15.420><c> thee.</c><00:22:15.839><c> And</c><00:22:16.079><c> when</c><00:22:16.220><c> the</c><00:22:16.359><c> day</c><00:22:16.539><c> came,</c><00:22:16.940><c> brothers</c><00:22:17.079><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:22:17.779><c> there</c><00:22:18.000><c> were</c><00:22:18.160><c> one</c>

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Ezra's<00:22:21.819><c> face</c><00:22:22.259><c> would</c><00:22:23.160><c> have</c><00:22:23.339><c> shown</c>

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that<00:22:27.079><c> was</c><00:22:27.259><c> the</c><00:22:27.460><c> only</c><00:22:27.779><c> response</c>

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brethren<00:22:34.380><c> had</c><00:22:34.539><c> gone</c><00:22:34.779><c> back</c><00:22:35.059><c> and</c><00:22:35.259><c> now</c><00:22:35.519><c> completed</c><00:22:35.960><c> the</c><00:22:36.240><c> temple</c>

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and<00:22:37.000><c> were</c><00:22:37.160><c> worshipping</c><00:22:37.559><c> in</c><00:22:37.700><c> it.</c><00:22:38.380><c> If</c>

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could<00:22:42.759><c> get.</c><00:22:44.160><c> And</c><00:22:44.240><c> you</c><00:22:44.279><c> know</c><00:22:44.400><c> amongst</c><00:22:44.680><c> all</c><00:22:45.000><c> those,</c><00:22:46.000><c> there</c><00:22:46.240><c> was</c>

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not<00:22:47.019><c> one</c><00:22:47.940><c> single</c><00:22:48.859><c> Levite.</c><00:22:50.640><c> Not</c>

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one<00:22:52.200><c> Levite.</c><00:22:55.480><c> We</c><00:22:55.900><c> read</c><00:22:56.140><c> that</c><00:22:56.380><c> in</c><00:22:56.519><c> verse</c><00:22:56.740><c> 15.</c><00:22:59.420><c> And</c><00:22:59.819><c> I</c><00:23:00.019><c> gathered</c>

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them<00:23:00.460><c> together</c><00:23:00.759><c> to</c><00:23:00.920><c> the</c><00:23:01.000><c> river</c>

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that<00:23:01.380><c> ran</c><00:23:01.519><c> us</c><00:23:01.740><c> to</c><00:23:02.359><c> a</c><00:23:02.519><c> harbor,</c><00:23:04.259><c> and</c><00:23:04.420><c> there</c><00:23:04.660><c> about</c><00:23:04.900><c> we</c><00:23:05.220><c> intense</c><00:23:05.559><c> three</c><00:23:05.940><c> days,</c><00:23:07.680><c> and</c><00:23:07.880><c> I</c>

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interviewed<00:23:08.319><c> the</c><00:23:08.500><c> people</c><00:23:09.259><c> and</c><00:23:10.059><c> the</c><00:23:10.259><c> priests</c><00:23:10.700><c> and</c><00:23:11.940><c> found</c><00:23:12.220><c> there</c><00:23:12.579><c> none</c>

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of<00:23:13.000><c> the</c><00:23:13.099><c> sons</c><00:23:13.359><c> of</c><00:23:13.599><c> Levites,</c><00:23:14.799><c> and</c><00:23:15.920><c> he</c><00:23:15.980><c> would</c><00:23:16.119><c> go</c><00:23:16.319><c> no</c>

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further.<00:23:17.859><c> They</c><00:23:18.119><c> stayed</c><00:23:18.359><c> there</c><00:23:18.579><c> for</c><00:23:18.759><c> another</c><00:23:19.140><c> eleven</c><00:23:20.099><c> days.</c>

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Eleven<00:23:22.839><c> days</c><00:23:23.180><c> they</c><00:23:23.420><c> stayed</c>

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there,<00:23:23.859><c> brothers</c><00:23:24.059><c> and</c><00:23:24.059><c> sisters,</c><00:23:24.380><c> until</c><00:23:24.740><c> they</c><00:23:25.039><c> found</c><00:23:25.240><c> some</c><00:23:25.480><c> Levites.</c><00:23:26.079><c> He</c>

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would<00:23:26.700><c> not</c><00:23:27.200><c> budge</c><00:23:27.539><c> from</c>

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that<00:23:27.920><c> place.</c><00:23:28.440><c> Now</c><00:23:28.619><c> what</c><00:23:28.700><c> we</c><00:23:28.839><c> need</c><00:23:28.980><c> to</c><00:23:29.099><c> do</c><00:23:29.220><c> is</c><00:23:29.339><c> to</c><00:23:29.519><c> create</c><00:23:29.720><c> some</c>

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pictures<00:23:30.220><c> in</c><00:23:30.400><c> our</c><00:23:30.599><c> mind.</c><00:23:31.619><c> The</c>

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river<00:23:31.960><c> that</c><00:23:32.200><c> ran</c><00:23:32.259><c> us</c><00:23:32.380><c> through</c><00:23:32.579><c> a</c><00:23:32.779><c> harbor</c><00:23:33.319><c> is</c><00:23:34.359><c> a</c><00:23:34.539><c> tributary</c><00:23:34.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:35.259><c> Tigris.</c><00:23:36.839><c> Its</c><00:23:37.099><c> headwaters</c>

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are<00:23:37.720><c> in</c><00:23:37.859><c> the</c><00:23:37.980><c> mountains</c><00:23:38.299><c> of</c><00:23:38.519><c> what</c><00:23:38.640><c> we</c><00:23:38.900><c> call</c><00:23:39.079><c> modern</c><00:23:39.559><c> Azerbaijan.</c><00:23:41.940><c> It's</c><00:23:42.039><c> about</c><00:23:42.220><c> half</c><00:23:42.480><c> the</c>

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size<00:23:42.859><c> of</c><00:23:42.980><c> the</c><00:23:43.160><c> Tigris</c><00:23:43.400><c> River.</c><00:23:43.720><c> It's</c><00:23:43.799><c> not</c><00:23:44.039><c> a</c><00:23:44.400><c> big</c><00:23:44.519><c> river</c><00:23:44.720><c> by</c><00:23:44.960><c> any</c>

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means,<00:23:45.619><c> but</c><00:23:46.440><c> it</c><00:23:46.579><c> was</c><00:23:46.720><c> a</c>

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convenient<00:23:47.420><c> spot</c><00:23:47.859><c> to</c><00:23:48.180><c> pause</c><00:23:48.779><c> outside</c><00:23:50.460><c> the</c><00:23:50.680><c> city</c><00:23:50.900><c> of</c><00:23:51.119><c> Babylon</c>

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as<00:23:52.180><c> they</c><00:23:52.380><c> left</c><00:23:52.599><c> on</c><00:23:52.819><c> their</c>

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journey<00:23:53.279><c> to</c><00:23:53.500><c> go</c><00:23:53.660><c> 800</c><00:23:54.059><c> miles</c><00:23:54.680><c> across</c><00:23:55.059><c> the</c><00:23:55.359><c> deserts</c><00:23:57.140><c> to</c><00:23:57.279><c> the</c><00:23:57.420><c> land</c><00:23:57.740><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:23:59.579><c> It</c><00:23:59.680><c> was</c><00:23:59.880><c> a</c>

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long<00:24:00.220><c> journey.</c><00:24:00.599><c> It</c><00:24:00.740><c> took</c><00:24:00.940><c> them</c><00:24:01.200><c> four</c><00:24:01.480><c> months</c><00:24:02.180><c> to</c><00:24:03.200><c> traverse</c><00:24:03.619><c> that</c><00:24:03.940><c> 800</c><00:24:04.380><c> miles.</c><00:24:06.640><c> So</c>

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Ezra<00:24:07.019><c> came</c>

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out<00:24:07.440><c> of</c><00:24:07.519><c> that</c><00:24:07.680><c> city</c><00:24:08.099><c> with</c><00:24:09.000><c> something</c><00:24:09.319><c> in</c><00:24:09.519><c> the</c><00:24:09.559><c> vicinity</c><00:24:09.859><c> of</c><00:24:10.160><c> two</c><00:24:10.359><c> or</c>

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three<00:24:10.740><c> thousand</c>

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people,<00:24:11.400><c> if</c><00:24:11.500><c> you</c><00:24:11.680><c> take</c><00:24:11.839><c> into</c><00:24:12.039><c> account</c><00:24:12.420><c> the</c><00:24:13.220><c> the</c><00:24:13.619><c> women</c><00:24:13.740><c> and</c>

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children<00:24:14.240><c> that</c><00:24:14.420><c> might</c><00:24:14.579><c> have</c><00:24:14.720><c> been</c>

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there<00:24:15.079><c> with</c><00:24:15.319><c> them.</c><00:24:16.660><c> So</c><00:24:16.759><c> it</c><00:24:16.819><c> was</c><00:24:16.920><c> a</c><00:24:17.079><c> reasonable</c><00:24:17.400><c> company</c><00:24:17.759><c> of</c>

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people,<00:24:18.259><c> but</c><00:24:18.579><c> nothing</c><00:24:18.920><c> like</c><00:24:19.200><c> the</c>

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:23.400
original<00:24:19.859><c> Aaliyah.</c><00:24:21.279><c> He</c><00:24:21.500><c> comes</c><00:24:21.720><c> out</c><00:24:22.160><c> and</c><00:24:22.440><c> he</c><00:24:22.640><c> abode</c><00:24:22.960><c> in</c><00:24:23.200><c> tents</c>

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with<00:24:23.680><c> that</c><00:24:23.940><c> people</c><00:24:24.200><c> three</c>

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days.<00:24:25.779><c> Now</c><00:24:26.259><c> conjure</c><00:24:26.579><c> up</c><00:24:26.700><c> in</c><00:24:26.779><c> your</c><00:24:26.960><c> mind</c><00:24:27.119><c> a</c><00:24:27.299><c> picture</c><00:24:27.519><c> of</c><00:24:27.720><c> this.</c>

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You've<00:24:29.400><c> got,</c><00:24:29.619><c> brothers</c><00:24:29.819><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:30.700><c> the</c><00:24:30.799><c> city</c><00:24:31.019><c> of</c><00:24:31.319><c> Babylon.</c><00:24:33.339><c> An</c><00:24:33.539><c> enormous</c><00:24:34.000><c> city</c><00:24:34.920><c> with</c>

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its<00:24:36.400><c> Ishtar</c><00:24:36.880><c> Gate</c><00:24:37.259><c> and</c><00:24:37.759><c> other</c>

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wonders<00:24:38.519><c> of</c><00:24:38.980><c> the</c><00:24:39.299><c> ancient</c><00:24:39.700><c> world.</c><00:24:41.460><c> A</c><00:24:41.619><c> place</c><00:24:41.859><c> of</c><00:24:42.039><c> great</c><00:24:42.339><c> comfort,</c><00:24:43.460><c> of</c><00:24:43.740><c> materialism,</c><00:24:45.140><c> of</c><00:24:45.339><c> ease.</c>

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The<00:24:47.079><c> decision</c><00:24:47.319><c> to</c><00:24:47.519><c> leave</c><00:24:47.720><c> that</c><00:24:47.980><c> place</c><00:24:48.220><c> was</c><00:24:48.400><c> not</c><00:24:48.640><c> easy.</c><00:24:50.519><c> That's</c>

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why<00:24:51.079><c> most</c><00:24:51.319><c> of</c><00:24:51.460><c> them</c><00:24:51.559><c> didn't</c>

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:58.220
leave<00:24:52.019><c> it.</c><00:24:53.700><c> When</c><00:24:53.880><c> the</c><00:24:54.119><c> crunch</c><00:24:54.299><c> came,</c><00:24:56.420><c> that's</c><00:24:56.440><c> why</c><00:24:56.700><c> only</c><00:24:57.059><c> 1</c><00:24:57.299><c>,496</c>

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responded.<00:25:00.500><c> Why</c><00:25:00.839><c> were</c><00:25:00.980><c> there</c><00:25:01.099><c> no</c>

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:04.839
Levites?<00:25:03.299><c> Well,</c><00:25:03.700><c> when</c><00:25:03.779><c> you</c><00:25:03.920><c> bear</c><00:25:04.079><c> in</c><00:25:04.259><c> mind</c><00:25:04.440><c> this,</c><00:25:04.759><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:25:05.079><c> sisters,</c><00:25:06.099><c> that</c><00:25:06.200><c> in</c><00:25:06.319><c> the</c>

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original<00:25:06.940><c> Aaliyah</c><00:25:08.059><c> there</c><00:25:08.500><c> were</c><00:25:08.759><c> 42</c><00:25:09.299><c>,360</c><00:25:10.579><c> Jews,</c><00:25:12.400><c> but</c><00:25:12.539><c> only</c><00:25:13.000><c> 74</c>

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of<00:25:13.980><c> them</c><00:25:14.680><c> were</c><00:25:15.400><c> Levites.</c><00:25:20.900><c> You</c>

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saw<00:25:21.819><c> of</c><00:25:22.000><c> them</c><00:25:22.440><c> out</c><00:25:22.680><c> of</c><00:25:22.839><c> 42</c><00:25:23.299><c>,360.</c><00:25:25.039><c> That</c><00:25:25.259><c> works</c><00:25:25.559><c> out</c><00:25:25.839><c> to</c><00:25:26.019><c> 0</c><00:25:26.519><c>.17</c><00:25:27.660><c>%</c>

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response<00:25:29.799><c> from</c><00:25:30.059><c> Levites.</c><00:25:31.599><c> And</c><00:25:31.960><c> who</c>

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were<00:25:32.339><c> the</c><00:25:32.519><c> Levites?</c><00:25:33.079><c> Well,</c><00:25:33.359><c> of</c><00:25:33.539><c> course,</c><00:25:33.740><c> they</c><00:25:33.960><c> were</c><00:25:34.140><c> the</c><00:25:34.299><c> chosen</c><00:25:34.700><c> tribe</c><00:25:35.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:35.440><c> place</c><00:25:35.599><c> of</c><00:25:35.779><c> the</c>

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firstborn<00:25:36.319><c> in</c><00:25:36.539><c> Israel.</c><00:25:37.160><c> What</c><00:25:37.319><c> was</c><00:25:37.519><c> the</c><00:25:37.759><c> responsibility</c><00:25:38.160><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:38.500><c> firstborn</c><00:25:38.940><c> tribe?</c>

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Well,<00:25:39.920><c> of</c><00:25:40.140><c> course,</c><00:25:40.400><c> the</c><00:25:40.500><c> firstborn</c><00:25:41.079><c> tribe</c><00:25:41.599><c> had</c><00:25:42.359><c> the</c><00:25:42.619><c> right</c><00:25:42.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:43.240><c> priesthood.</c><00:25:45.799><c> So</c>

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priesthood<00:25:46.500><c> resided</c><00:25:46.940><c> in</c><00:25:47.119><c> the</c><00:25:47.279><c> tribe</c><00:25:47.420><c> of</c><00:25:47.660><c> Levi,</c><00:25:47.940><c> in</c><00:25:48.059><c> the</c><00:25:48.160><c> family</c><00:25:48.440><c> of</c>

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Aaron.<00:25:49.220><c> And</c><00:25:49.440><c> the</c><00:25:49.619><c> Levites</c>

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were<00:25:50.079><c> there</c><00:25:50.279><c> as</c><00:25:50.539><c> ministers</c><00:25:50.839><c> to</c><00:25:51.059><c> the</c><00:25:51.279><c> priesthood.</c><00:25:51.940><c> They</c><00:25:52.140><c> were</c>

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there<00:25:52.460><c> to</c><00:25:52.579><c> give</c><00:25:52.740><c> support</c><00:25:53.319><c> to</c><00:25:53.480><c> the</c>

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teachers<00:25:53.980><c> of</c><00:25:54.160><c> the</c><00:25:54.319><c> law</c><00:25:54.599><c> and</c><00:25:54.900><c> to</c><00:25:55.059><c> those</c><00:25:55.259><c> who</c><00:25:55.440><c> were</c><00:25:55.539><c> ministers</c>

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in<00:25:56.559><c> the</c><00:25:56.720><c> house</c><00:25:56.900><c> of</c><00:25:57.119><c> God.</c><00:25:58.839><c> There</c>

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were<00:25:59.119><c> priests</c><00:25:59.819><c> in</c><00:26:01.359><c> the</c><00:26:01.579><c> second</c><00:26:01.759><c> Aaliyah,</c><00:26:03.019><c> but</c><00:26:03.160><c> there</c><00:26:03.279><c> were</c><00:26:03.400><c> no</c>

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:05.740
Levites.<00:26:05.059><c> What's</c><00:26:05.299><c> that</c><00:26:05.519><c> telling</c>

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:10.099
us?<00:26:06.740><c> Well,</c><00:26:06.900><c> it's</c><00:26:07.099><c> telling</c><00:26:07.180><c> us</c><00:26:07.339><c> they</c><00:26:07.480><c> had</c><00:26:07.599><c> a</c><00:26:07.779><c> problem.</c><00:26:09.660><c> And</c><00:26:09.799><c> it's</c><00:26:09.960><c> a</c>

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problem<00:26:10.259><c> that</c><00:26:10.400><c> we</c>

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observe<00:26:10.880><c> today</c><00:26:11.220><c> in</c><00:26:11.539><c> ecclesial</c><00:26:11.779><c> life.</c><00:26:13.720><c> It</c><00:26:13.859><c> is</c><00:26:14.079><c> a</c><00:26:14.220><c> fact</c><00:26:14.380><c> of</c><00:26:14.579><c> life,</c><00:26:14.900><c> brothers</c><00:26:14.960><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:15.380><c> that</c>

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there<00:26:15.660><c> are</c><00:26:15.819><c> those</c><00:26:16.099><c> in</c><00:26:16.259><c> ecclesial</c><00:26:16.680><c> life</c><00:26:16.960><c> who</c><00:26:17.140><c> have</c><00:26:17.259><c> the</c>

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glamorous,<00:26:18.140><c> seemingly</c><00:26:18.500><c> glamorous</c>

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jobs.<00:26:20.480><c> And</c><00:26:20.680><c> usually,</c><00:26:20.960><c> of</c><00:26:21.140><c> course,</c><00:26:21.480><c> they're</c><00:26:21.779><c> raised</c><00:26:21.920><c> slightly</c>

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above<00:26:22.700><c> the</c><00:26:23.319><c> rest</c><00:26:23.700><c> of</c><00:26:24.839><c> the</c>

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community<00:26:25.339><c> on</c><00:26:25.579><c> a</c><00:26:25.700><c> platform.</c><00:26:27.579><c> But</c><00:26:27.740><c> I'd</c><00:26:27.960><c> gladly</c><00:26:28.180><c> swap</c><00:26:28.460><c> you</c><00:26:28.599><c> that</c>

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position<00:26:29.220><c> if</c><00:26:29.400><c> you</c><00:26:29.559><c> like.</c><00:26:30.359><c> I'd</c>

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gladly<00:26:31.000><c> swap</c><00:26:31.279><c> it.</c><00:26:33.079><c> Seems</c><00:26:33.420><c> glamorous,</c><00:26:33.980><c> brothers</c><00:26:34.059><c> and</c><00:26:34.180><c> sisters,</c><00:26:34.460><c> but</c><00:26:34.660><c> it</c>

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isn't.<00:26:37.119><c> It's</c><00:26:37.279><c> a</c><00:26:37.359><c> lot</c><00:26:37.460><c> of</c>

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hard<00:26:37.799><c> work.</c><00:26:40.460><c> And</c><00:26:40.940><c> it's</c><00:26:41.180><c> work</c><00:26:41.579><c> that</c><00:26:42.039><c> goes</c><00:26:42.259><c> on</c><00:26:42.660><c> and</c><00:26:42.819><c> on</c><00:26:43.140><c> and</c><00:26:43.299><c> on.</c>

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And<00:26:44.640><c> the</c><00:26:44.779><c> more</c><00:26:44.960><c> you</c><00:26:45.160><c> do,</c><00:26:45.359><c> the</c><00:26:45.460><c> more</c>

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:51.339
sensitive<00:26:45.980><c> you</c><00:26:46.220><c> become</c><00:26:46.519><c> to</c><00:26:46.700><c> your</c><00:26:46.920><c> own</c><00:26:48.059><c> weaknesses</c><00:26:48.660><c> and</c><00:26:49.880><c> inability</c><00:26:50.400><c> to</c><00:26:51.220><c> do</c>

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the<00:26:51.519><c> things</c>

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that<00:26:51.920><c> you're</c><00:26:52.099><c> saying</c><00:26:52.319><c> others</c><00:26:52.599><c> should</c><00:26:52.859><c> do.</c><00:26:55.180><c> No</c><00:26:55.359><c> glamour</c><00:26:55.640><c> about</c>

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.259
it<00:26:55.980><c> at</c><00:26:56.119><c> all.</c><00:26:56.640><c> But</c><00:26:56.799><c> it</c><00:26:57.000><c> seems</c>

00:26:57.259 --> 00:27:00.599
glamorous.<00:26:58.339><c> There</c><00:26:58.420><c> are</c><00:26:58.559><c> the</c><00:26:58.759><c> front</c><00:26:59.019><c> line</c><00:26:59.339><c> brethren,</c><00:26:59.779><c> the</c><00:26:59.980><c> ABs</c>

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and<00:27:00.700><c> the</c><00:27:00.960><c> speakers,</c><00:27:01.460><c> and</c>

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the<00:27:01.640><c> ones</c><00:27:01.819><c> who</c><00:27:02.119><c> seem</c><00:27:02.299><c> to</c><00:27:02.460><c> be</c><00:27:02.619><c> up</c><00:27:02.799><c> front</c><00:27:02.900><c> all</c><00:27:03.140><c> the</c><00:27:03.319><c> time.</c><00:27:04.059><c> You</c>

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know<00:27:04.400><c> what?</c><00:27:04.640><c> Generally</c><00:27:05.019><c> speaking,</c>

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:09.000
my<00:27:05.759><c> observation</c><00:27:06.339><c> is</c><00:27:06.619><c> that</c><00:27:06.819><c> those</c><00:27:07.160><c> brethren</c><00:27:07.500><c> are</c><00:27:07.900><c> committed.</c>

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That's<00:27:10.720><c> my</c><00:27:10.720><c> observation.</c>

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Generally<00:27:12.420><c> speaking,</c><00:27:13.000><c> the</c><00:27:13.119><c> brethren</c><00:27:13.319><c> who</c><00:27:13.619><c> are</c><00:27:13.859><c> in</c><00:27:14.119><c> that</c><00:27:14.400><c> place</c><00:27:14.680><c> are</c>

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.240
there<00:27:15.279><c> because</c><00:27:15.680><c> they</c><00:27:15.900><c> are</c>

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committed.<00:27:17.259><c> They've</c><00:27:17.440><c> been</c><00:27:17.759><c> put</c><00:27:17.960><c> there</c><00:27:18.240><c> because</c><00:27:18.759><c> they</c><00:27:19.099><c> are</c>

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:21.720
committed.<00:27:20.980><c> But</c><00:27:21.099><c> what</c><00:27:21.339><c> about</c><00:27:21.539><c> the</c>

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:24.619
ones<00:27:21.980><c> who</c><00:27:22.200><c> are</c><00:27:22.359><c> the</c><00:27:22.740><c> support</c><00:27:23.140><c> in</c><00:27:23.460><c> the</c><00:27:23.619><c> meeting?</c><00:27:24.259><c> What</c><00:27:24.380><c> about</c>

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:26.299
the<00:27:24.880><c> Levites?</c><00:27:25.759><c> What</c><00:27:25.900><c> about</c><00:27:26.119><c> the</c>

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:28.900
ones<00:27:26.519><c> whose</c><00:27:26.740><c> jobs</c><00:27:27.000><c> not</c><00:27:27.299><c> so</c><00:27:27.519><c> glamorous?</c><00:27:28.279><c> What</c><00:27:28.400><c> about</c><00:27:28.619><c> the</c><00:27:28.759><c> ones</c>

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who<00:27:29.059><c> had</c><00:27:29.140><c> to</c><00:27:29.359><c> cart</c><00:27:29.559><c> water,</c>

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like<00:27:30.140><c> the</c><00:27:30.279><c> Nethanims</c><00:27:30.640><c> and</c><00:27:30.839><c> others,</c><00:27:31.039><c> who</c><00:27:31.140><c> had</c><00:27:31.279><c> to</c><00:27:31.519><c> replace</c><00:27:31.880><c> what</c><00:27:32.059><c> the</c>

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Levites<00:27:32.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:32.819><c> do?</c>

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What<00:27:35.140><c> about</c><00:27:35.339><c> the</c><00:27:35.539><c> people</c><00:27:35.680><c> in</c><00:27:35.799><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:36.200><c> life,</c><00:27:36.519><c> brothers</c><00:27:36.619><c> and</c>

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.779
sisters,<00:27:37.079><c> who</c><00:27:37.180><c> only</c><00:27:37.339><c> ever</c><00:27:37.500><c> get</c><00:27:37.619><c> to</c>

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:41.259
stand<00:27:37.900><c> at</c><00:27:38.039><c> the</c><00:27:38.220><c> door</c><00:27:38.500><c> or</c><00:27:38.859><c> to</c><00:27:39.059><c> shuffle</c><00:27:39.240><c> the</c><00:27:39.500><c> chairs</c><00:27:39.680><c> around?</c><00:27:40.200><c> What</c><00:27:40.440><c> about</c><00:27:40.660><c> those</c><00:27:40.960><c> sort</c><00:27:41.099><c> of</c>

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people?<00:27:41.920><c> Well,</c><00:27:42.720><c> not</c><00:27:42.920><c> every</c><00:27:43.200><c> one</c><00:27:43.339><c> of</c><00:27:43.400><c> those</c><00:27:43.640><c> is</c><00:27:43.839><c> committed.</c><00:27:45.079><c> I</c>

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know<00:27:45.539><c> by</c><00:27:45.740><c> my</c><00:27:45.940><c> observation.</c><00:27:47.819><c> And</c>

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:50.880
there<00:27:48.099><c> are</c><00:27:48.240><c> many</c><00:27:48.420><c> of</c><00:27:48.640><c> them</c><00:27:48.779><c> who</c><00:27:49.019><c> have</c><00:27:49.220><c> one</c><00:27:49.480><c> talent</c><00:27:49.940><c> who</c><00:27:50.640><c> don't</c>

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use<00:27:51.160><c> it.</c><00:27:54.380><c> That's</c><00:27:54.720><c> a</c><00:27:54.859><c> fact</c><00:27:55.059><c> of</c>

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ecclesial<00:27:55.660><c> history.</c><00:27:56.339><c> And</c><00:27:56.500><c> here</c><00:27:56.640><c> it</c><00:27:56.819><c> is,</c><00:27:57.539><c> staring</c><00:27:57.700><c> you</c><00:27:57.900><c> in</c><00:27:58.039><c> the</c>

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face.<00:27:59.619><c> Of</c><00:27:59.819><c> 42</c><00:28:00.359><c>,360</c><00:28:01.579><c> in</c><00:28:01.740><c> the</c>

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:05.099
first<00:28:02.140><c> Aliyah,</c><00:28:02.579><c> there</c><00:28:02.579><c> were</c><00:28:02.819><c> 74</c><00:28:03.380><c> Levites.</c><00:28:04.319><c> Who</c><00:28:04.539><c> did</c><00:28:04.680><c> all</c><00:28:04.920><c> the</c>

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work?<00:28:05.680><c> Well,</c><00:28:05.900><c> I'll</c><00:28:06.000><c> tell</c><00:28:06.160><c> you</c><00:28:06.240><c> who</c>

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:10.200
did<00:28:06.579><c> it.</c><00:28:07.019><c> A</c><00:28:07.279><c> collection</c><00:28:07.599><c> of</c><00:28:07.859><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:08.759><c> who</c><00:28:09.240><c> would</c><00:28:09.400><c> attach</c><00:28:09.619><c> themselves</c><00:28:10.019><c> to</c>

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Israel.<00:28:10.799><c> And</c>

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because<00:28:11.160><c> they</c><00:28:11.359><c> couldn't</c><00:28:11.759><c> find</c><00:28:12.039><c> the</c><00:28:12.200><c> Levites</c><00:28:12.460><c> to</c><00:28:12.660><c> do</c><00:28:12.740><c> the</c><00:28:12.900><c> work,</c><00:28:13.039><c> they</c>

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gave<00:28:13.500><c> the</c><00:28:13.980><c> menial</c><00:28:14.319><c> tasks</c><00:28:14.720><c> to</c>

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them.<00:28:17.000><c> And</c><00:28:17.099><c> the</c><00:28:17.299><c> second</c><00:28:17.500><c> Aliyah,</c><00:28:18.140><c> there</c><00:28:18.240><c> wasn't</c><00:28:18.660><c> one</c><00:28:19.140><c> single</c>

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:22.039
minister<00:28:20.200><c> to</c><00:28:21.200><c> support</c><00:28:21.539><c> those</c><00:28:21.900><c> who</c>

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:27.960
were<00:28:22.140><c> in</c><00:28:22.240><c> the</c><00:28:22.380><c> front</c><00:28:22.599><c> line.</c><00:28:23.359><c> Not</c><00:28:23.799><c> one.</c><00:28:25.259><c> Where</c><00:28:25.500><c> were</c><00:28:25.740><c> they?</c><00:28:27.359><c> They</c><00:28:27.539><c> were</c><00:28:27.539><c> back</c><00:28:27.740><c> in</c>

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Babylon,<00:28:28.400><c> of</c><00:28:28.500><c> course.</c><00:28:29.559><c> Who</c>

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want<00:28:29.859><c> to</c><00:28:29.980><c> leave</c><00:28:30.059><c> that?</c><00:28:31.440><c> Why</c><00:28:31.700><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:31.960><c> they</c><00:28:32.200><c> leave</c><00:28:32.440><c> it?</c><00:28:32.680><c> Well,</c>

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.779
you<00:28:32.920><c> just</c><00:28:33.140><c> think</c><00:28:33.339><c> about</c><00:28:33.599><c> their</c>

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situation,<00:28:34.500><c> brothers</c><00:28:34.559><c> and</c><00:28:34.700><c> sisters.</c><00:28:35.279><c> You</c><00:28:35.500><c> think</c><00:28:35.720><c> about</c><00:28:35.980><c> those</c><00:28:36.259><c> people.</c><00:28:37.119><c> What</c>

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.720
did<00:28:37.480><c> they</c>

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have<00:28:37.859><c> in</c><00:28:37.940><c> the</c><00:28:38.160><c> land?</c><00:28:38.859><c> You</c><00:28:39.000><c> always</c><00:28:39.259><c> said</c><00:28:39.460><c> to</c><00:28:39.519><c> them,</c><00:28:39.980><c> I'll</c><00:28:40.220><c> take</c>

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.460
you<00:28:40.740><c> in</c><00:28:40.839><c> the</c><00:28:41.000><c> place</c><00:28:41.180><c> of</c><00:28:41.319><c> the</c>

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:44.299
firstborn,<00:28:42.019><c> Levi.</c><00:28:43.019><c> You</c><00:28:43.180><c> won't</c><00:28:43.339><c> have</c><00:28:43.519><c> any</c><00:28:43.759><c> inheritance</c><00:28:44.119><c> in</c>

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.619
this<00:28:44.500><c> land.</c><00:28:45.079><c> I'll</c><00:28:45.279><c> give</c><00:28:45.420><c> you</c>

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cities.<00:28:46.500><c> I'll</c><00:28:46.619><c> give</c><00:28:46.700><c> you</c><00:28:46.819><c> some</c><00:28:47.079><c> suburbs</c><00:28:47.380><c> around</c><00:28:47.720><c> the</c><00:28:47.920><c> city.</c>

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.059
But<00:28:49.140><c> you</c><00:28:49.240><c> won't</c><00:28:49.400><c> be</c><00:28:49.559><c> able</c><00:28:49.700><c> to</c><00:28:49.900><c> plant</c>

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any<00:28:50.279><c> crops.</c><00:28:50.559><c> You</c><00:28:50.640><c> won't</c><00:28:50.799><c> be</c><00:28:50.940><c> able</c><00:28:51.000><c> to</c><00:28:51.119><c> do</c><00:28:51.220><c> the</c><00:28:51.380><c> things</c><00:28:51.579><c> that</c><00:28:51.759><c> the</c><00:28:51.960><c> order</c><00:28:52.099><c> of</c>

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Israelite<00:28:52.579><c> does</c>

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out<00:28:52.920><c> in</c><00:28:53.019><c> this</c><00:28:53.220><c> field.</c><00:28:53.839><c> Your</c><00:28:54.160><c> job</c><00:28:54.400><c> is</c><00:28:54.599><c> to</c><00:28:54.779><c> support</c><00:28:55.039><c> the</c><00:28:55.319><c> priesthood</c><00:28:55.740><c> and</c><00:28:56.059><c> to</c>

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.039
take<00:28:56.440><c> the</c><00:28:56.680><c> law</c><00:28:56.839><c> from</c>

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them<00:28:57.279><c> and</c><00:28:57.500><c> go</c><00:28:57.619><c> and</c><00:28:57.779><c> disseminate</c><00:28:58.119><c> it</c><00:28:58.220><c> amongst</c><00:28:58.440><c> the</c><00:28:58.700><c> people.</c>

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All<00:28:59.279><c> right,</c><00:28:59.400><c> you</c><00:28:59.460><c> can</c><00:28:59.680><c> teach</c>

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Sunday<00:29:00.160><c> school,</c><00:29:00.400><c> but</c><00:29:00.519><c> you</c><00:29:00.660><c> can't</c><00:29:00.859><c> get</c><00:29:00.960><c> up</c><00:29:01.059><c> on</c><00:29:01.180><c> the</c><00:29:01.319><c> platform.</c>

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That's<00:29:04.640><c> your</c><00:29:04.839><c> job</c><00:29:05.079><c> in</c><00:29:05.240><c> the</c>

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nation.<00:29:06.160><c> Now</c><00:29:06.380><c> you</c><00:29:06.500><c> do</c><00:29:06.700><c> it</c><00:29:06.940><c> faithfully</c><00:29:07.220><c> and</c><00:29:07.299><c> there's</c><00:29:07.440><c> a</c><00:29:07.559><c> lot</c><00:29:07.660><c> more</c><00:29:07.940><c> of</c>

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.680
you<00:29:08.180><c> than</c><00:29:08.299><c> there</c><00:29:08.480><c> are</c>

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:11.400
priests<00:29:09.079><c> because</c><00:29:09.960><c> we</c><00:29:10.180><c> need</c><00:29:10.380><c> more</c><00:29:10.599><c> people</c><00:29:10.839><c> like</c><00:29:11.099><c> that.</c><00:29:11.200><c> That's</c>

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.960
what<00:29:11.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:11.900><c> said</c><00:29:12.099><c> to</c><00:29:12.240><c> that</c>

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tribe.<00:29:13.680><c> And</c><00:29:13.859><c> I</c><00:29:13.980><c> want</c><00:29:14.099><c> you</c><00:29:14.240><c> to</c><00:29:14.339><c> be</c><00:29:14.559><c> faithful</c><00:29:14.819><c> in</c><00:29:14.980><c> that</c><00:29:15.240><c> work</c><00:29:15.420><c> and</c>

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to<00:29:15.859><c> continue</c><00:29:16.140><c> on</c><00:29:16.460><c> and</c>

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make<00:29:17.220><c> sure</c><00:29:17.740><c> that</c><00:29:18.140><c> you</c><00:29:18.299><c> do</c><00:29:18.440><c> it.</c><00:29:18.740><c> And</c><00:29:18.900><c> then</c><00:29:19.039><c> the</c><00:29:19.220><c> nation</c><00:29:19.460><c> will</c>

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give<00:29:19.980><c> the</c><00:29:20.259><c> tithe</c><00:29:20.579><c> and</c><00:29:21.000><c> you'll</c>

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give<00:29:21.400><c> one</c><00:29:22.380><c>-tenth</c><00:29:22.640><c> of</c><00:29:22.839><c> that</c><00:29:23.099><c> tithe</c><00:29:23.420><c> to</c><00:29:23.599><c> the</c><00:29:23.839><c> priests</c><00:29:24.160><c> and</c><00:29:24.799><c> so</c><00:29:25.059><c> there</c><00:29:25.299><c> will</c><00:29:25.519><c> be</c>

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:29.019
sustained<00:29:26.220><c> an</c><00:29:26.480><c> order</c><00:29:26.680><c> of</c><00:29:26.880><c> things</c><00:29:27.039><c> in</c><00:29:27.380><c> the</c><00:29:27.599><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:27.980><c> that</c><00:29:28.380><c> will</c><00:29:28.619><c> keep</c><00:29:28.799><c> it</c>

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healthy<00:29:29.319><c> and</c>

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vibrant.<00:29:29.960><c> That's</c><00:29:30.220><c> what</c><00:29:30.400><c> God</c><00:29:30.660><c> said</c><00:29:30.859><c> to</c><00:29:30.980><c> them,</c><00:29:31.099><c> brothers</c><00:29:31.220><c> and</c>

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:34.000
sisters.<00:29:32.839><c> But</c><00:29:33.119><c> when</c><00:29:33.480><c> they</c><00:29:33.740><c> got</c>

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:40.200
to<00:29:34.259><c> Babylon,</c><00:29:36.559><c> they</c><00:29:36.839><c> could</c><00:29:37.019><c> own</c><00:29:37.140><c> houses</c><00:29:37.559><c> there,</c><00:29:37.980><c> couldn't</c><00:29:38.119><c> they?</c><00:29:39.559><c> They</c><00:29:39.819><c> could</c><00:29:40.019><c> buy</c>

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fields<00:29:40.619><c> and</c>

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vineyards<00:29:41.259><c> there.</c><00:29:42.880><c> They</c><00:29:43.160><c> could</c><00:29:43.339><c> enjoy</c><00:29:43.619><c> all</c><00:29:43.839><c> the</c><00:29:44.079><c> comforts</c><00:29:44.460><c> of</c>

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Babylon.<00:29:44.900><c> They</c><00:29:45.059><c> weren't</c>

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restricted<00:29:45.900><c> there.</c><00:29:47.400><c> The</c><00:29:47.660><c> rules</c><00:29:48.000><c> that</c><00:29:48.339><c> apply</c><00:29:48.480><c> to</c><00:29:48.559><c> them</c><00:29:48.680><c> in</c><00:29:48.779><c> the</c>

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land<00:29:49.079><c> didn't</c><00:29:49.299><c> apply</c><00:29:49.680><c> in</c><00:29:49.900><c> Babylon.</c>

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It<00:29:51.000><c> was</c><00:29:51.160><c> an</c><00:29:51.319><c> interregnum,</c><00:29:52.180><c> a</c><00:29:52.359><c> time</c><00:29:52.619><c> of</c><00:29:53.400><c> difference</c><00:29:53.859><c> when</c><00:29:54.059><c> they</c>

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could<00:29:54.480><c> choose</c>

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things<00:29:54.980><c> that</c><00:29:55.099><c> they</c><00:29:55.339><c> never</c><00:29:55.619><c> could</c><00:29:55.940><c> choose</c><00:29:56.339><c> to</c><00:29:56.579><c> do</c><00:29:57.240><c> back</c><00:29:58.480><c> in</c><00:29:58.640><c> the</c>

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:01.400
land.<00:30:00.259><c> And</c><00:30:00.619><c> when</c><00:30:00.960><c> the</c><00:30:01.160><c> day</c>

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came<00:30:01.759><c> for</c><00:30:01.920><c> them</c><00:30:02.099><c> to</c><00:30:02.339><c> sever</c><00:30:02.420><c> themselves</c><00:30:02.839><c> from</c><00:30:03.119><c> Babylon,</c><00:30:05.400><c> only</c>

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74<00:30:06.319><c> did,</c><00:30:07.799><c> in</c><00:30:08.140><c> two</c><00:30:08.660><c> aliyahs.</c>

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Tells<00:30:10.940><c> its</c><00:30:11.079><c> own</c><00:30:11.339><c> story,</c><00:30:11.720><c> doesn't</c><00:30:11.819><c> it?</c><00:30:13.900><c> There's</c><00:30:14.099><c> a</c><00:30:14.299><c> second</c><00:30:14.539><c> principle</c><00:30:14.940><c> there,</c><00:30:15.380><c> too,</c><00:30:15.539><c> brothers</c><00:30:15.640><c> and</c><00:30:15.779><c> sisters,</c>

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bearing<00:30:19.660><c> on</c><00:30:19.960><c> from</c><00:30:20.220><c> the</c><00:30:20.420><c> first.</c><00:30:22.480><c> And</c><00:30:22.660><c> it's</c><00:30:22.819><c> this.</c><00:30:25.119><c> That</c><00:30:25.240><c> there</c>

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:27.049
are<00:30:25.720><c> times</c><00:30:26.079><c> in</c><00:30:26.240><c> our</c><00:30:26.480><c> life</c><00:30:26.640><c> when</c><00:30:26.799><c> we</c>

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make<00:30:27.349><c> wrong</c><00:30:27.630><c> decisions</c><00:30:28.250><c> that</c><00:30:28.569><c> impact</c><00:30:29.190><c> upon</c><00:30:29.529><c> our</c><00:30:29.789><c> commitment</c>

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to<00:30:30.410><c> the</c><00:30:30.569><c> truth.</c><00:30:33.750><c> Those</c>

00:30:34.069 --> 00:30:40.710
decisions<00:30:34.569><c> can</c><00:30:34.849><c> either</c><00:30:35.170><c> be</c><00:30:36.549><c> a</c><00:30:38.029><c> decision</c><00:30:38.529><c> to</c><00:30:39.250><c> choose</c><00:30:39.630><c> a</c><00:30:40.150><c> course</c>

00:30:40.710 --> 00:30:43.569
or<00:30:42.329><c> an</c><00:30:42.589><c> activity</c><00:30:42.910><c> which</c><00:30:43.170><c> is</c>

00:30:43.569 --> 00:30:48.970
distracting<00:30:44.309><c> and</c><00:30:47.309><c> which</c><00:30:47.490><c> impacts</c><00:30:47.970><c> upon</c><00:30:48.230><c> the</c><00:30:48.450><c> work</c><00:30:48.609><c> that</c><00:30:48.769><c> we</c>

00:30:48.970 --> 00:30:49.869
ought<00:30:49.069><c> to</c><00:30:49.230><c> be</c><00:30:49.369><c> doing</c><00:30:49.509><c> in</c><00:30:49.670><c> the</c>

00:30:49.869 --> 00:30:55.829
truth,<00:30:51.170><c> or</c><00:30:51.329><c> it</c><00:30:51.410><c> can</c><00:30:51.569><c> be</c><00:30:51.750><c> a</c><00:30:51.970><c> decision,</c><00:30:52.769><c> a</c><00:30:53.009><c> physical</c><00:30:53.390><c> move,</c><00:30:54.089><c> a</c><00:30:54.329><c> decision</c><00:30:54.730><c> to</c><00:30:55.549><c> place</c>

00:30:55.829 --> 00:31:01.809
ourselves<00:30:56.309><c> in</c><00:30:56.490><c> a</c><00:30:56.630><c> position</c><00:30:57.029><c> where</c><00:30:57.230><c> we</c><00:30:57.609><c> cannot</c><00:30:57.910><c> work</c><00:30:58.329><c> as</c><00:30:58.609><c> we</c><00:30:58.809><c> ought.</c><00:31:00.970><c> We've</c><00:31:01.130><c> all</c><00:31:01.289><c> been</c><00:31:01.509><c> in</c><00:31:01.670><c> those</c>

00:31:01.809 --> 00:31:06.609
situations.<00:31:04.230><c> He</c><00:31:04.309><c> were</c><00:31:04.450><c> a</c><00:31:04.609><c> people</c><00:31:05.490><c> who'd</c><00:31:05.930><c> been</c><00:31:06.150><c> physically</c>

00:31:06.609 --> 00:31:09.609
moved.<00:31:08.710><c> They</c><00:31:08.950><c> lost</c><00:31:09.230><c> their</c>

00:31:09.609 --> 00:31:14.230
equilibrium.<00:31:11.730><c> They</c><00:31:12.049><c> lost</c><00:31:12.329><c> their</c><00:31:12.630><c> clarity</c><00:31:13.049><c> of</c><00:31:13.289><c> view</c><00:31:13.609><c> of</c><00:31:14.029><c> what</c>

00:31:14.230 --> 00:31:15.950
they<00:31:14.430><c> were</c><00:31:14.529><c> really</c><00:31:14.730><c> all</c><00:31:14.930><c> about.</c>

00:31:16.269 --> 00:31:20.589
It<00:31:16.609><c> ate</c><00:31:16.829><c> into</c><00:31:17.309><c> the</c><00:31:17.650><c> vitals</c><00:31:17.970><c> of</c><00:31:18.170><c> their</c><00:31:18.369><c> commitment</c><00:31:18.910><c> and</c><00:31:20.390><c> it</c>

00:31:20.589 --> 00:31:22.250
wasn't<00:31:20.789><c> very</c><00:31:21.130><c> long</c>

00:31:22.690 --> 00:31:27.390
before<00:31:23.210><c> it</c><00:31:23.329><c> was</c><00:31:23.509><c> lost</c><00:31:23.769><c> altogether.</c><00:31:26.430><c> There's</c><00:31:26.569><c> a</c><00:31:26.769><c> sanitary</c><00:31:27.029><c> lesson</c><00:31:27.269><c> in</c>

00:31:27.390 --> 00:31:27.950
that,<00:31:27.670><c> brothers</c><00:31:27.750><c> and</c>

00:31:27.950 --> 00:31:32.509
sisters.<00:31:28.589><c> It's</c><00:31:29.109><c> a</c><00:31:29.190><c> very</c><00:31:29.430><c> practical,</c><00:31:30.650><c> a</c><00:31:30.769><c> very</c><00:31:31.009><c> simple</c><00:31:31.329><c> lesson,</c>

00:31:33.150 --> 00:31:34.829
but<00:31:33.269><c> it</c><00:31:33.410><c> comes</c><00:31:33.630><c> down</c><00:31:33.849><c> to</c><00:31:33.990><c> this.</c>

00:31:35.329 --> 00:31:38.390
But<00:31:35.470><c> what</c><00:31:35.710><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:35.930><c> wants</c><00:31:36.170><c> from</c><00:31:36.390><c> us</c><00:31:36.650><c> is</c><00:31:36.809><c> a</c><00:31:37.069><c> commitment</c><00:31:37.369><c> to</c><00:31:37.750><c> serve</c><00:31:38.049><c> him,</c>

00:31:38.549 --> 00:31:39.269
not<00:31:38.730><c> ourselves,</c>

00:31:39.569 --> 00:31:47.690
him.<00:31:40.869><c> And</c><00:31:41.170><c> we</c><00:31:41.390><c> best</c><00:31:41.630><c> do</c><00:31:41.869><c> that</c><00:31:42.670><c> right</c><00:31:43.190><c> here</c><00:31:43.750><c> in</c><00:31:44.170><c> this</c><00:31:44.450><c> place.</c><00:31:46.710><c> Getting</c><00:31:46.970><c> here</c><00:31:47.349><c> as</c>

00:31:47.690 --> 00:31:48.410
much<00:31:48.029><c> as</c><00:31:48.150><c> we</c>

00:31:48.410 --> 00:31:52.410
can,<00:31:48.690><c> as</c><00:31:49.089><c> often</c><00:31:49.369><c> as</c><00:31:49.589><c> we</c><00:31:49.750><c> can,</c><00:31:51.009><c> and</c><00:31:51.210><c> staying</c><00:31:51.410><c> as</c><00:31:51.849><c> close</c><00:31:52.049><c> as</c><00:31:52.210><c> we</c>

00:31:52.410 --> 00:31:54.250
can<00:31:52.569><c> to</c><00:31:52.809><c> our</c><00:31:52.970><c> brethren.</c><00:31:54.049><c> That's</c>

00:31:54.250 --> 00:31:59.109
what<00:31:54.410><c> it's</c><00:31:54.529><c> all</c><00:31:54.730><c> about.</c><00:31:57.130><c> Our</c><00:31:57.390><c> duty,</c><00:31:57.970><c> the</c><00:31:58.069><c> bulk</c><00:31:58.230><c> of</c><00:31:58.410><c> us,</c><00:31:58.710><c> is</c><00:31:58.869><c> as</c>

00:31:59.109 --> 00:32:01.890
Levites,<00:32:00.230><c> all</c><00:32:00.470><c> of</c><00:32:00.630><c> us.</c><00:32:01.430><c> Some</c><00:32:01.650><c> of</c><00:32:01.769><c> us</c>

00:32:01.890 --> 00:32:05.609
might<00:32:02.150><c> have</c><00:32:02.390><c> the</c><00:32:02.630><c> category</c><00:32:02.970><c> the</c><00:32:03.269><c> role</c><00:32:03.490><c> of</c><00:32:03.769><c> priests,</c><00:32:04.910><c> the</c><00:32:05.109><c> higher</c><00:32:05.390><c> role</c>

00:32:05.609 --> 00:32:06.049
in<00:32:05.829><c> some</c>

00:32:06.049 --> 00:32:09.750
respects,<00:32:07.670><c> bringing</c><00:32:07.869><c> its</c><00:32:08.190><c> greater</c><00:32:08.509><c> responsibilities</c><00:32:09.269><c> and</c>

00:32:09.750 --> 00:32:10.630
ultimately<00:32:10.269><c> greater</c>

00:32:10.630 --> 00:32:15.410
judgment.<00:32:12.750><c> Brethren</c><00:32:13.029><c> and</c><00:32:13.250><c> sisters,</c><00:32:13.789><c> for</c><00:32:13.930><c> all</c><00:32:14.210><c> of</c><00:32:14.349><c> us,</c><00:32:15.250><c> there</c>

00:32:15.410 --> 00:32:19.269
is<00:32:15.769><c> the</c><00:32:16.490><c> bounden</c><00:32:17.150><c> duty</c><00:32:17.730><c> of</c><00:32:18.250><c> service</c><00:32:18.750><c> to</c>

00:32:19.269 --> 00:32:22.890
our<00:32:19.470><c> brethren.</c><00:32:20.650><c> And</c><00:32:20.789><c> anything</c><00:32:21.029><c> we</c><00:32:21.450><c> do</c><00:32:21.789><c> which</c><00:32:22.069><c> eats</c><00:32:22.349><c> into</c><00:32:22.609><c> that</c>

00:32:22.890 --> 00:32:24.950
and<00:32:23.150><c> dissolves</c><00:32:23.650><c> it</c><00:32:24.269><c> has</c><00:32:24.809><c> got</c>

00:32:24.950 --> 00:32:30.509
to<00:32:25.109><c> go.</c><00:32:25.769><c> Simple</c><00:32:26.150><c> as</c><00:32:26.369><c> that.</c><00:32:28.650><c> Now,</c><00:32:29.329><c> I've</c><00:32:29.630><c> made</c><00:32:29.789><c> that</c><00:32:30.029><c> lesson</c><00:32:30.250><c> as</c>

00:32:30.509 --> 00:32:32.029
fundamental<00:32:30.990><c> and</c><00:32:31.470><c> as</c><00:32:31.630><c> simple</c><00:32:31.849><c> as</c>

00:32:32.029 --> 00:32:37.269
I<00:32:32.250><c> can.</c><00:32:34.609><c> Those</c><00:32:34.849><c> of</c><00:32:34.990><c> us,</c><00:32:35.230><c> brethren</c><00:32:35.349><c> and</c><00:32:35.529><c> sisters,</c><00:32:36.829><c> with</c><00:32:36.990><c> honest</c>

00:32:37.269 --> 00:32:39.630
hearts,<00:32:38.710><c> will</c><00:32:38.849><c> recognize</c><00:32:39.369><c> its</c>

00:32:39.630 --> 00:32:45.269
application<00:32:40.369><c> to</c><00:32:41.009><c> our</c><00:32:41.170><c> own</c><00:32:41.390><c> situation.</c><00:32:44.230><c> What</c><00:32:44.369><c> did</c><00:32:44.509><c> he</c><00:32:44.589><c> do</c><00:32:44.990><c> at</c>

00:32:45.269 --> 00:32:48.630
the<00:32:45.390><c> River</c><00:32:45.589><c> Ahava?</c><00:32:47.609><c> Verse</c><00:32:47.829><c> 15</c><00:32:48.289><c> says</c>

00:32:48.630 --> 00:32:53.450
that<00:32:48.769><c> he</c><00:32:48.910><c> abode</c><00:32:49.190><c> there</c><00:32:49.569><c> in</c><00:32:49.849><c> ten</c><00:32:50.009><c> three</c><00:32:50.390><c> days.</c><00:32:52.690><c> Can</c><00:32:52.809><c> you</c><00:32:52.910><c> imagine</c><00:32:53.190><c> this,</c>

00:32:53.650 --> 00:32:55.630
people?<00:32:55.089><c> As</c><00:32:55.250><c> they</c><00:32:55.450><c> come</c>

00:32:55.630 --> 00:32:58.829
out<00:32:55.829><c> of</c><00:32:55.910><c> that</c><00:32:56.089><c> city,</c><00:32:56.490><c> Babylon,</c><00:32:57.829><c> with</c><00:32:57.890><c> their</c><00:32:58.109><c> brethren</c><00:32:58.470><c> waving</c>

00:32:58.829 --> 00:33:02.670
them<00:32:59.069><c> goodbye,</c><00:33:01.690><c> goodbye</c><00:33:02.170><c> not</c>

00:33:02.670 --> 00:33:05.710
knowing<00:33:02.890><c> whether</c><00:33:03.029><c> they'll</c><00:33:03.190><c> ever</c><00:33:03.410><c> make</c><00:33:03.589><c> it</c><00:33:03.710><c> or</c><00:33:03.809><c> not.</c><00:33:05.349><c> You</c><00:33:05.490><c> know,</c><00:33:05.589><c> it's</c>

00:33:05.710 --> 00:33:06.490
only<00:33:05.869><c> when</c><00:33:06.009><c> the</c><00:33:06.289><c> crunch</c>

00:33:06.490 --> 00:33:09.930
comes,<00:33:06.829><c> doesn't</c><00:33:07.069><c> it?</c><00:33:08.109><c> And</c><00:33:08.289><c> you</c><00:33:08.430><c> hop</c><00:33:08.589><c> on</c><00:33:08.809><c> the</c><00:33:09.009><c> plane</c><00:33:09.250><c> or</c><00:33:09.490><c> you</c><00:33:09.630><c> get</c><00:33:09.750><c> in</c>

00:33:09.930 --> 00:33:10.789
the<00:33:10.069><c> car</c><00:33:10.269><c> and</c><00:33:10.430><c> you</c><00:33:10.609><c> drive</c>

00:33:10.789 --> 00:33:16.289
away,<00:33:13.009><c> the</c><00:33:13.150><c> time</c><00:33:13.369><c> of</c><00:33:13.630><c> separation</c><00:33:14.109><c> has</c><00:33:14.410><c> come.</c><00:33:15.390><c> It's</c><00:33:15.609><c> only</c><00:33:15.970><c> then</c>

00:33:16.289 --> 00:33:17.910
that<00:33:16.470><c> you</c><00:33:16.609><c> see</c><00:33:16.890><c> with</c><00:33:17.190><c> great</c>

00:33:17.910 --> 00:33:23.589
clarity<00:33:18.529><c> some</c><00:33:18.910><c> of</c><00:33:19.049><c> the</c><00:33:19.170><c> issues</c><00:33:19.410><c> of</c><00:33:19.690><c> life.</c><00:33:21.309><c> It's</c><00:33:21.430><c> only</c><00:33:21.609><c> then</c><00:33:21.849><c> that</c><00:33:21.970><c> you</c><00:33:22.190><c> give</c><00:33:22.509><c> value</c><00:33:23.029><c> to</c><00:33:23.329><c> certain</c>

00:33:23.589 --> 00:33:27.130
things.<00:33:25.190><c> You</c><00:33:25.349><c> can</c><00:33:25.509><c> imagine</c><00:33:25.769><c> these</c><00:33:25.990><c> people</c><00:33:26.170><c> have</c><00:33:26.329><c> been</c><00:33:26.470><c> in</c><00:33:26.630><c> Babylon</c><00:33:26.890><c> for</c>

00:33:27.130 --> 00:33:28.569
donkey's<00:33:27.609><c> years</c>

00:33:28.769 --> 00:33:32.250
packing<00:33:29.250><c> their</c><00:33:29.549><c> things</c><00:33:29.809><c> up,</c><00:33:31.049><c> loading</c><00:33:31.250><c> them</c><00:33:31.450><c> onto</c><00:33:31.549><c> animals</c>

00:33:32.250 --> 00:33:34.170
and<00:33:33.130><c> the</c><00:33:33.210><c> day</c><00:33:33.509><c> came,</c><00:33:33.789><c> the</c><00:33:33.970><c> moment</c>

00:33:34.170 --> 00:33:36.410
came<00:33:34.490><c> when</c><00:33:34.670><c> Ezra</c><00:33:34.970><c> gave</c><00:33:35.190><c> the</c><00:33:35.369><c> signal</c><00:33:35.589><c> and</c><00:33:35.710><c> they</c><00:33:35.930><c> all</c><00:33:36.170><c> marched</c>

00:33:36.410 --> 00:33:38.369
out<00:33:36.630><c> of</c><00:33:36.730><c> that</c><00:33:36.950><c> city.</c><00:33:37.970><c> And</c><00:33:38.089><c> there</c><00:33:38.170><c> were</c>

00:33:38.369 --> 00:33:41.609
their<00:33:38.450><c> brethren,</c><00:33:38.809><c> hundreds</c><00:33:39.190><c> and</c><00:33:39.470><c> thousands</c><00:33:39.789><c> of</c><00:33:40.049><c> them,</c><00:33:41.069><c> shaking</c><00:33:41.309><c> their</c>

00:33:41.609 --> 00:33:42.410
hands<00:33:41.910><c> and</c><00:33:42.130><c> waving</c>

00:33:42.410 --> 00:33:48.910
goodbye.<00:33:45.930><c> The</c><00:33:46.069><c> ones</c><00:33:46.230><c> who</c><00:33:46.450><c> stayed</c><00:33:46.710><c> must</c><00:33:47.029><c> have</c><00:33:47.289><c> thought,</c><00:33:48.569><c> they</c>

00:33:48.910 --> 00:33:49.930
must<00:33:49.230><c> have</c><00:33:49.450><c> thought</c><00:33:49.609><c> deeply</c>

00:33:49.930 --> 00:33:53.890
about<00:33:50.210><c> what</c><00:33:50.329><c> they</c><00:33:50.529><c> were</c><00:33:50.650><c> doing.</c><00:33:52.329><c> They</c><00:33:52.529><c> stayed</c><00:33:52.829><c> nevertheless.</c>

00:33:54.650 --> 00:33:55.650
Those<00:33:54.890><c> who</c><00:33:55.150><c> went,</c><00:33:55.309><c> many</c><00:33:55.529><c> of</c><00:33:55.609><c> them</c>

00:33:55.650 --> 00:33:59.170
would<00:33:55.769><c> have</c><00:33:55.910><c> had</c><00:33:56.109><c> misgivings</c><00:33:57.589><c> as</c><00:33:58.430><c> to</c><00:33:58.529><c> whether</c><00:33:58.650><c> or</c><00:33:58.809><c> not</c><00:33:58.950><c> the</c>

00:33:59.170 --> 00:33:59.990
decision<00:33:59.450><c> that</c><00:33:59.589><c> they'd</c><00:33:59.809><c> made</c>

00:33:59.990 --> 00:34:03.829
was<00:34:00.130><c> right</c><00:34:00.390><c> or</c><00:34:00.650><c> wrong.</c><00:34:02.130><c> But</c><00:34:02.309><c> there</c><00:34:02.450><c> was</c><00:34:02.630><c> one</c><00:34:02.890><c> man</c><00:34:03.109><c> amongst</c><00:34:03.390><c> them,</c><00:34:03.549><c> brethren</c><00:34:03.670><c> and</c>

00:34:03.829 --> 00:34:04.630
sisters,<00:34:04.269><c> who</c><00:34:04.390><c> knew</c>

00:34:04.630 --> 00:34:11.329
what<00:34:04.789><c> he</c><00:34:04.930><c> was</c><00:34:05.130><c> doing</c><00:34:05.630><c> and</c><00:34:07.289><c> who</c><00:34:07.529><c> went</c><00:34:07.690><c> ahead</c><00:34:08.190><c> in</c><00:34:09.190><c> absolute</c><00:34:09.750><c> trust</c><00:34:10.429><c> that</c>

00:34:11.329 --> 00:34:11.949
it<00:34:11.409><c> would</c><00:34:11.550><c> all</c><00:34:11.750><c> turn</c>

00:34:11.949 --> 00:34:17.030
out<00:34:12.110><c> all</c><00:34:12.309><c> right</c><00:34:12.590><c> and</c><00:34:13.309><c> that</c><00:34:13.449><c> was</c><00:34:13.630><c> Ezra.</c><00:34:16.090><c> We</c><00:34:16.329><c> read</c><00:34:16.530><c> that</c><00:34:16.670><c> he</c><00:34:16.769><c> came</c>

00:34:17.030 --> 00:34:18.510
to<00:34:17.230><c> a</c><00:34:17.409><c> harbor</c><00:34:17.630><c> and</c><00:34:18.010><c> he</c><00:34:18.250><c> viewed</c>

00:34:18.510 --> 00:34:23.789
the<00:34:18.769><c> people.</c><00:34:20.090><c> Notice</c><00:34:20.349><c> that</c><00:34:20.570><c> word</c><00:34:20.750><c> there</c><00:34:20.929><c> in</c><00:34:21.070><c> verse</c><00:34:21.250><c> 15.</c><00:34:23.409><c> It</c><00:34:23.570><c> is</c>

00:34:23.789 --> 00:34:27.409
the<00:34:23.909><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:24.250><c> word</c><00:34:24.670><c> bin,</c><00:34:25.210><c> B</c><00:34:25.690><c>-I</c><00:34:25.929><c>-Y</c><00:34:26.449><c>-N.</c>

00:34:27.469 --> 00:34:31.389
It<00:34:28.309><c> means</c><00:34:28.710><c> to</c><00:34:29.010><c> separate</c><00:34:29.369><c> mentally</c><00:34:29.909><c> or</c><00:34:30.309><c> to</c><00:34:30.610><c> distinguish,</c><00:34:31.190><c> that</c>

00:34:31.389 --> 00:34:32.309
is<00:34:31.610><c> to</c><00:34:31.789><c> have</c><00:34:31.969><c> an</c>

00:34:32.309 --> 00:34:37.150
understanding<00:34:32.889><c> of</c><00:34:33.190><c> something,</c><00:34:34.690><c> to</c><00:34:35.110><c> separate</c><00:34:35.670><c> things</c><00:34:36.210><c> in</c><00:34:36.630><c> your</c><00:34:36.829><c> mind</c><00:34:37.010><c> and</c>

00:34:37.150 --> 00:34:37.809
to<00:34:37.329><c> say</c><00:34:37.429><c> well</c>

00:34:38.269 --> 00:34:43.289
this<00:34:38.530><c> is</c><00:34:38.809><c> that</c><00:34:39.389><c> and</c><00:34:40.289><c> this</c><00:34:40.510><c> is</c><00:34:40.690><c> something</c><00:34:40.929><c> else,</c><00:34:41.530><c> to</c><00:34:41.809><c> distinguish</c><00:34:42.489><c> good</c><00:34:43.050><c> from</c>

00:34:43.289 --> 00:34:45.369
bad,<00:34:45.010><c> useful</c>

00:34:45.369 --> 00:34:53.070
from<00:34:46.510><c> useless</c><00:34:47.130><c> or</c><00:34:48.489><c> whatever.</c><00:34:49.929><c> He</c><00:34:50.530><c> viewed</c><00:34:50.909><c> the</c><00:34:51.210><c> people.</c><00:34:52.690><c> It's</c>

00:34:53.070 --> 00:34:54.250
translated<00:34:53.449><c> by</c>

00:34:54.610 --> 00:34:59.510
I<00:34:55.329><c> informed</c><00:34:56.050><c> myself</c><00:34:56.750><c> among</c><00:34:57.210><c> the</c><00:34:57.409><c> people</c><00:34:58.449><c> by</c><00:34:58.969><c> the</c><00:34:59.110><c> Interlinear</c>

00:34:59.510 --> 00:35:02.210
Bible<00:35:00.070><c> and</c><00:35:00.969><c> I</c><00:35:01.250><c> looked</c><00:35:01.610><c> over</c>

00:35:02.210 --> 00:35:06.170
the<00:35:02.409><c> people.</c><00:35:03.429><c> So</c><00:35:03.630><c> he</c><00:35:03.909><c> inspected</c><00:35:04.329><c> them</c><00:35:04.590><c> very</c><00:35:04.949><c> carefully.</c><00:35:06.070><c> He</c>

00:35:06.170 --> 00:35:08.130
took<00:35:06.710><c> an</c><00:35:07.190><c> assize</c><00:35:07.670><c> as</c><00:35:07.869><c> it</c>

00:35:08.130 --> 00:35:11.909
were.<00:35:09.670><c> He</c><00:35:09.909><c> considered</c><00:35:10.349><c> the</c><00:35:10.630><c> quality</c><00:35:10.969><c> of</c><00:35:11.190><c> those</c><00:35:11.389><c> he</c><00:35:11.590><c> had</c><00:35:11.750><c> with</c>

00:35:11.909 --> 00:35:14.289
him,<00:35:13.409><c> of</c><00:35:13.570><c> the</c><00:35:13.750><c> people</c><00:35:13.909><c> and</c><00:35:14.070><c> the</c>

00:35:14.289 --> 00:35:18.289
priests<00:35:14.690><c> and</c><00:35:15.329><c> he</c><00:35:15.710><c> found</c><00:35:16.070><c> there</c><00:35:16.489><c> none</c><00:35:16.949><c> of</c><00:35:17.429><c> the</c><00:35:17.590><c> sons</c><00:35:17.809><c> of</c><00:35:18.050><c> Levi</c>

00:35:18.289 --> 00:35:20.469
and<00:35:18.650><c> that</c><00:35:19.050><c> was</c><00:35:19.309><c> it.</c><00:35:19.789><c> No</c><00:35:20.190><c> further</c>

00:35:20.469 --> 00:35:25.429
would<00:35:20.570><c> he</c><00:35:20.809><c> go.</c><00:35:22.070><c> So</c><00:35:22.150><c> in</c><00:35:22.309><c> verse</c><00:35:22.449><c> 16</c><00:35:22.989><c> he</c><00:35:23.210><c> said</c><00:35:23.550><c> for</c><00:35:23.969><c> Eliezer,</c><00:35:25.409><c> ale</c>

00:35:25.429 --> 00:35:28.969
of<00:35:25.690><c> hell,</c><00:35:26.909><c> for</c><00:35:27.289><c> Ariel,</c><00:35:28.409><c> lion</c><00:35:28.590><c> of</c>

00:35:28.969 --> 00:35:34.110
God.<00:35:29.469><c> He</c><00:35:29.630><c> chose</c><00:35:29.949><c> these</c><00:35:30.190><c> men</c><00:35:30.449><c> carefully.</c><00:35:32.230><c> Shemaiah,</c><00:35:33.429><c> Yah</c><00:35:33.730><c> has</c>

00:35:34.110 --> 00:35:36.210
heard<00:35:34.610><c> and</c><00:35:35.230><c> for</c><00:35:35.469><c> Earl</c><00:35:35.750><c> Nathan,</c>

00:35:36.449 --> 00:35:41.989
ale<00:35:36.789><c> is</c><00:35:37.150><c> the</c><00:35:37.329><c> giver.</c><00:35:37.590><c> Their</c><00:35:37.750><c> names</c><00:35:37.949><c> are</c><00:35:38.130><c> very</c><00:35:38.349><c> suggestive,</c><00:35:38.889><c> aren't</c><00:35:39.050><c> they?</c><00:35:40.030><c> And</c><00:35:40.389><c> for</c><00:35:40.690><c> Jared,</c><00:35:41.690><c> he</c>

00:35:41.989 --> 00:35:45.429
will<00:35:42.309><c> contend</c><00:35:43.210><c> and</c><00:35:43.889><c> for</c><00:35:44.150><c> Earl</c><00:35:44.349><c> Nathan,</c><00:35:44.809><c> again</c><00:35:44.989><c> another</c><00:35:45.230><c> man</c>

00:35:45.429 --> 00:35:47.929
by<00:35:45.610><c> that</c><00:35:45.849><c> name,</c><00:35:46.489><c> and</c><00:35:46.590><c> for</c><00:35:46.809><c> Nathan</c>

00:35:49.449 --> 00:35:54.690
given<00:35:50.090><c> spontaneously.</c><00:35:51.550><c> And</c><00:35:51.590><c> for</c><00:35:51.849><c> Zechariah,</c><00:35:52.750><c> Yah</c><00:35:52.909><c> hath</c><00:35:53.230><c> remembered</c><00:35:53.750><c> and</c><00:35:54.389><c> for</c>

00:35:54.690 --> 00:36:00.710
Mishalim,<00:35:55.909><c> allied,</c><00:35:57.570><c> chief</c><00:35:57.989><c> men.</c><00:35:59.250><c> He</c><00:35:59.489><c> chose</c><00:35:59.889><c> them</c><00:36:00.170><c> carefully</c>

00:36:00.710 --> 00:36:02.070
because<00:36:01.269><c> he</c><00:36:01.429><c> had</c><00:36:01.530><c> a</c><00:36:01.670><c> job</c><00:36:01.829><c> for</c><00:36:01.989><c> them</c>

00:36:02.070 --> 00:36:08.190
to<00:36:02.289><c> do.</c><00:36:03.250><c> Also</c><00:36:03.590><c> for</c><00:36:03.989><c> Joirib,</c><00:36:06.010><c> Yah</c><00:36:06.210><c> will</c><00:36:06.489><c> contend</c><00:36:07.269><c> and</c><00:36:07.829><c> for</c>

00:36:08.190 --> 00:36:11.989
Earl<00:36:08.469><c> Nathan,</c><00:36:09.050><c> men</c><00:36:09.170><c> of</c><00:36:09.449><c> understanding.</c><00:36:10.690><c> Now</c><00:36:10.849><c> that</c><00:36:10.929><c> word</c><00:36:11.150><c> understanding</c><00:36:11.750><c> at</c>

00:36:11.989 --> 00:36:12.510
the<00:36:12.150><c> end</c><00:36:12.329><c> of</c>

00:36:12.510 --> 00:36:16.030
verse<00:36:12.630><c> 16</c><00:36:13.090><c> is</c><00:36:13.329><c> the</c><00:36:13.650><c> same</c><00:36:14.010><c> Hebrew</c><00:36:14.469><c> word</c><00:36:14.769><c> as</c><00:36:14.969><c> the</c><00:36:15.130><c> word</c><00:36:15.489><c> viewed</c>

00:36:16.030 --> 00:36:21.369
in<00:36:17.329><c> verse</c><00:36:18.030><c> 15,</c><00:36:19.250><c> bin,</c><00:36:20.369><c> to</c><00:36:20.789><c> separate</c>

00:36:21.369 --> 00:36:25.190
mentally.<00:36:23.130><c> So</c><00:36:23.409><c> as</c><00:36:23.690><c> Ezra</c><00:36:23.989><c> had</c><00:36:24.250><c> walked</c><00:36:24.469><c> through</c><00:36:24.670><c> that</c><00:36:24.949><c> company</c>

00:36:25.190 --> 00:36:27.449
of<00:36:25.489><c> people,</c><00:36:26.829><c> sizing</c><00:36:26.869><c> them</c><00:36:27.150><c> up</c>

00:36:27.769 --> 00:36:30.550
and<00:36:28.429><c> assessing</c><00:36:28.909><c> who</c><00:36:29.190><c> he</c><00:36:29.429><c> had</c><00:36:29.610><c> and</c><00:36:29.730><c> who</c><00:36:29.849><c> he</c><00:36:30.010><c> didn't</c><00:36:30.170><c> have</c><00:36:30.369><c> bread</c>

00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:32.449
and<00:36:30.630><c> the</c><00:36:30.750><c> sisters,</c><00:36:32.050><c> as</c><00:36:32.269><c> he</c>

00:36:32.449 --> 00:36:35.829
walked<00:36:32.650><c> through</c><00:36:32.949><c> that</c><00:36:33.250><c> company,</c><00:36:34.570><c> it</c><00:36:34.849><c> suddenly</c><00:36:35.210><c> occurred</c><00:36:35.650><c> to</c>

00:36:35.829 --> 00:36:38.329
him<00:36:36.650><c> that</c><00:36:36.989><c> of</c><00:36:37.150><c> the</c><00:36:37.449><c> 1500</c><00:36:37.869><c> people</c>

00:36:38.329 --> 00:36:44.849
that<00:36:38.389><c> he</c><00:36:38.510><c> had</c><00:36:38.750><c> with</c><00:36:38.929><c> him,</c><00:36:39.570><c> there</c><00:36:39.710><c> was</c><00:36:39.969><c> not</c><00:36:40.489><c> one</c><00:36:41.309><c> Levi.</c><00:36:44.590><c> And</c><00:36:44.730><c> so</c>

00:36:44.849 --> 00:36:48.489
he<00:36:45.030><c> said,</c><00:36:46.969><c> send</c><00:36:47.190><c> for</c><00:36:47.510><c> me</c><00:36:48.230><c> the</c>

00:36:48.489 --> 00:36:52.510
following<00:36:48.809><c> men,</c><00:36:49.570><c> men</c><00:36:49.829><c> whom</c><00:36:50.050><c> he</c><00:36:50.269><c> knew</c><00:36:50.829><c> would</c><00:36:52.070><c> be</c><00:36:52.210><c> able</c><00:36:52.309><c> to</c><00:36:52.409><c> do</c>

00:36:52.510 --> 00:36:54.230
the<00:36:52.630><c> job</c><00:36:52.769><c> he</c><00:36:52.909><c> had</c><00:36:53.050><c> for</c><00:36:53.269><c> them.</c><00:36:53.909><c> And</c>

00:36:54.230 --> 00:36:59.969
they<00:36:54.369><c> had</c><00:36:54.530><c> a</c><00:36:54.610><c> difficult</c><00:36:54.949><c> job,</c><00:36:55.289><c> I</c><00:36:55.409><c> can</c><00:36:55.670><c> tell</c><00:36:55.869><c> you.</c><00:36:56.469><c> It</c><00:36:56.630><c> was</c><00:36:56.849><c> a</c><00:36:57.090><c> difficult</c><00:36:57.409><c> job.</c><00:36:59.110><c> They</c><00:36:59.369><c> had</c><00:36:59.590><c> to</c><00:36:59.690><c> go</c>

00:36:59.969 --> 00:37:02.949
back,<00:37:00.409><c> even</c><00:37:00.550><c> you</c><00:37:00.750><c> imagine</c><00:37:01.090><c> this,</c><00:37:01.869><c> this</c><00:37:02.170><c> company's</c><00:37:02.690><c> marched</c>

00:37:02.949 --> 00:37:04.809
out<00:37:03.250><c> of</c><00:37:03.570><c> Babylon</c><00:37:03.909><c> and</c><00:37:04.550><c> as</c>

00:37:04.809 --> 00:37:07.929
the<00:37:04.949><c> dust</c><00:37:05.090><c> settles</c><00:37:05.570><c> and</c><00:37:06.150><c> they've</c><00:37:06.349><c> gone</c><00:37:06.449><c> over</c><00:37:06.690><c> the</c><00:37:06.829><c> horizon,</c>

00:37:08.050 --> 00:37:09.090
all<00:37:08.210><c> the</c><00:37:08.409><c> Jews</c><00:37:08.550><c> that</c><00:37:08.730><c> have</c><00:37:08.849><c> remained</c>

00:37:09.090 --> 00:37:11.590
behind<00:37:09.389><c> in</c><00:37:09.570><c> Babylon</c><00:37:09.809><c> go</c><00:37:10.070><c> back</c><00:37:10.329><c> into</c><00:37:10.510><c> their</c><00:37:10.670><c> comfortable</c><00:37:11.030><c> homes</c><00:37:11.349><c> and</c>

00:37:11.590 --> 00:37:12.210
make<00:37:11.750><c> a</c><00:37:11.869><c> cup</c><00:37:11.989><c> of</c>

00:37:12.210 --> 00:37:16.070
coffee<00:37:12.389><c> or</c><00:37:12.630><c> tea,</c><00:37:13.269><c> whatever</c><00:37:13.510><c> it</c><00:37:13.690><c> is,</c><00:37:14.269><c> and</c><00:37:14.409><c> settle</c><00:37:14.550><c> back</c><00:37:14.769><c> in</c><00:37:14.909><c> their</c><00:37:15.110><c> armchair</c><00:37:15.610><c> and</c>

00:37:16.070 --> 00:37:16.610
turn<00:37:16.269><c> on</c><00:37:16.409><c> the</c>

00:37:16.610 --> 00:37:18.750
television,<00:37:17.449><c> didn't</c><00:37:17.690><c> have</c><00:37:17.849><c> them</c><00:37:17.989><c> those</c><00:37:18.150><c> days.</c><00:37:18.389><c> That's</c><00:37:18.710><c> the</c>

00:37:18.750 --> 00:37:20.750
sort<00:37:18.889><c> of</c><00:37:19.050><c> thing</c><00:37:19.230><c> that,</c><00:37:20.469><c> you</c><00:37:20.650><c> know,</c>

00:37:20.789 --> 00:37:26.150
is<00:37:20.989><c> contemporary</c><00:37:21.550><c> to</c><00:37:21.889><c> us</c><00:37:22.329><c> and</c><00:37:23.150><c> said,</c><00:37:23.570><c> well</c><00:37:23.849><c> I</c><00:37:24.289><c> hope</c><00:37:24.429><c> they</c><00:37:24.650><c> go</c><00:37:24.809><c> all</c><00:37:24.949><c> right.</c><00:37:25.670><c> Well</c><00:37:25.869><c> it's</c><00:37:25.969><c> a</c><00:37:26.050><c> good</c>

00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:32.170
show<00:37:26.369><c> tonight,</c><00:37:26.630><c> isn't</c><00:37:26.789><c> it?</c><00:37:28.849><c> You</c><00:37:29.090><c> get</c><00:37:29.170><c> the</c><00:37:29.349><c> picture?</c><00:37:31.409><c> And</c><00:37:31.769><c> three</c><00:37:31.929><c> days</c>

00:37:32.170 --> 00:37:34.010
later,<00:37:33.769><c> the</c><00:37:33.889><c> feet</c>

00:37:34.010 --> 00:37:40.630
still<00:37:34.230><c> up,</c><00:37:34.989><c> sitting</c><00:37:35.010><c> in</c><00:37:35.210><c> the</c><00:37:35.389><c> armchair,</c><00:37:37.429><c> there's</c><00:37:40.269><c> a</c><00:37:40.369><c> knock</c><00:37:40.469><c> on</c>

00:37:40.630 --> 00:37:44.670
the<00:37:40.769><c> door.</c><00:37:42.829><c> Standing</c><00:37:43.289><c> at</c><00:37:43.469><c> the</c><00:37:43.650><c> door</c><00:37:44.150><c> of</c>

00:37:44.670 --> 00:37:48.630
every<00:37:44.889><c> Jewish</c><00:37:45.170><c> house</c><00:37:45.969><c> in</c><00:37:47.050><c> Babylon</c><00:37:47.489><c> where</c><00:37:48.150><c> there</c><00:37:48.230><c> was</c><00:37:48.389><c> likely</c>

00:37:48.630 --> 00:37:50.289
to<00:37:48.849><c> be</c><00:37:48.969><c> Levites</c><00:37:49.909><c> were</c>

00:37:50.289 --> 00:37:53.630
Eliezer,<00:37:51.010><c> Ariel,</c><00:37:51.510><c> Shimei,</c><00:37:52.030><c> El</c><00:37:52.210><c> Nathan,</c><00:37:52.849><c> Jarob,</c><00:37:53.110><c> El</c><00:37:53.329><c> Nathan,</c>

00:37:53.789 --> 00:37:55.130
Nathan,<00:37:54.289><c> Zechariah,</c><00:37:54.789><c> Meshulam,</c>

00:37:55.130 --> 00:38:04.250
Jarob,<00:37:55.550><c> and</c><00:37:55.670><c> El</c><00:37:55.809><c> Nathan.</c><00:37:58.949><c> Men</c><00:37:59.110><c> of</c><00:37:59.309><c> perception.</c><00:38:01.570><c> Open</c><00:38:01.769><c> the</c><00:38:01.989><c> door,</c><00:38:04.110><c> all</c>

00:38:04.250 --> 00:38:05.829
these<00:38:04.449><c> eyes</c><00:38:05.010><c> straight</c><00:38:05.650><c> at</c>

00:38:05.829 --> 00:38:13.650
him.<00:38:08.550><c> How</c><00:38:08.750><c> are</c><00:38:08.889><c> you</c><00:38:09.010><c> brother?</c><00:38:10.230><c> You</c><00:38:10.389><c> a</c><00:38:10.489><c> Levite?</c><00:38:11.570><c> Yes.</c><00:38:13.269><c> We</c><00:38:13.429><c> want</c>

00:38:13.650 --> 00:38:20.389
you.<00:38:15.210><c> But</c><00:38:15.369><c> hang</c><00:38:15.570><c> on.</c><00:38:19.510><c> What</c><00:38:20.130><c> about</c>

00:38:20.389 --> 00:38:25.329
your<00:38:20.750><c> duty?</c><00:38:22.909><c> What</c><00:38:23.010><c> about</c><00:38:23.269><c> your</c><00:38:23.489><c> responsibility?</c><00:38:24.969><c> Want</c><00:38:25.150><c> you</c>

00:38:25.329 --> 00:38:26.070
to<00:38:25.449><c> be</c><00:38:25.670><c> here</c><00:38:25.829><c> with</c>

00:38:26.070 --> 00:38:30.110
vineyards<00:38:26.650><c> and</c><00:38:26.869><c> all</c><00:38:27.010><c> the</c><00:38:27.190><c> comforts</c><00:38:27.510><c> of</c><00:38:27.630><c> Babylon?</c><00:38:28.710><c> Is</c><00:38:28.929><c> that</c><00:38:29.130><c> what</c><00:38:29.269><c> you</c><00:38:29.469><c> were</c><00:38:29.650><c> chosen</c><00:38:29.889><c> to</c>

00:38:30.110 --> 00:38:30.909
do?<00:38:30.670><c> Did</c>

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Yahweh<00:38:31.269><c> select</c><00:38:31.570><c> you</c><00:38:31.769><c> for</c><00:38:31.929><c> that</c><00:38:32.130><c> reason?</c><00:38:33.369><c> They</c><00:38:33.550><c> had</c><00:38:33.710><c> a</c><00:38:33.809><c> job,</c>

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didn't<00:38:34.130><c> they?</c><00:38:36.409><c> But</c><00:38:36.630><c> fortunately,</c>

00:38:37.090 --> 00:38:43.090
brethren<00:38:37.190><c> and</c><00:38:37.329><c> sisters,</c><00:38:37.550><c> they</c><00:38:37.809><c> found</c><00:38:38.150><c> some.</c><00:38:40.909><c> Verse</c><00:38:41.150><c> 17,</c><00:38:42.050><c> and</c>

00:38:43.090 --> 00:38:44.210
I<00:38:43.309><c> sent</c><00:38:43.449><c> them</c><00:38:43.630><c> with</c><00:38:43.849><c> commandment</c>

00:38:44.210 --> 00:38:46.829
unto<00:38:44.369><c> Ito</c><00:38:44.670><c> the</c><00:38:44.929><c> chief.</c><00:38:45.309><c> Ito</c><00:38:45.710><c> may</c><00:38:45.869><c> well</c><00:38:46.050><c> have</c><00:38:46.230><c> been</c><00:38:46.389><c> the</c><00:38:46.570><c> father</c>

00:38:46.829 --> 00:38:47.989
of<00:38:47.050><c> Zachariah.</c><00:38:47.550><c> We</c><00:38:47.730><c> don't</c>

00:38:47.989 --> 00:38:52.969
know,<00:38:48.210><c> but</c><00:38:48.329><c> he</c><00:38:48.889><c> had,</c><00:38:50.010><c> of</c><00:38:50.309><c> course,</c><00:38:50.909><c> sorry,</c><00:38:51.289><c> the</c><00:38:51.449><c> grandfather</c><00:38:51.809><c> of</c><00:38:51.989><c> Zachariah.</c><00:38:52.309><c> He</c><00:38:52.449><c> had</c><00:38:52.730><c> a</c>

00:38:52.969 --> 00:38:57.530
grandfather<00:38:53.289><c> by</c><00:38:53.550><c> that</c><00:38:53.789><c> name.</c><00:38:55.570><c> The</c><00:38:55.849><c> chief</c><00:38:56.030><c> at</c><00:38:56.210><c> the</c><00:38:56.409><c> place</c><00:38:56.670><c> Kassiphia.</c><00:38:57.369><c> An</c>

00:38:57.530 --> 00:38:58.389
interesting<00:38:57.949><c> name.</c>

00:38:58.690 --> 00:39:02.889
It<00:38:58.849><c> means</c><00:38:59.829><c> silvery.</c><00:39:00.989><c> Silver,</c><00:39:01.309><c> of</c><00:39:01.550><c> course,</c><00:39:01.889><c> as</c><00:39:02.050><c> the</c><00:39:02.269><c> metal</c>

00:39:02.889 --> 00:39:05.489
symbolizes<00:39:03.809><c> redemption.</c><00:39:05.309><c> Could</c>

00:39:05.489 --> 00:39:11.869
there<00:39:05.710><c> be</c><00:39:05.869><c> redemption</c><00:39:06.170><c> in</c><00:39:06.389><c> Israel</c><00:39:06.710><c> without</c><00:39:07.030><c> laborers</c><00:39:08.510><c> like</c><00:39:09.110><c> the</c><00:39:09.289><c> Levites?</c><00:39:11.150><c> And</c><00:39:11.409><c> I</c><00:39:11.630><c> told</c>

00:39:11.869 --> 00:39:14.829
them<00:39:12.010><c> what</c><00:39:12.150><c> they</c><00:39:12.369><c> should</c><00:39:12.510><c> say</c><00:39:12.769><c> unto</c><00:39:12.929><c> Ito</c><00:39:13.190><c> and</c><00:39:13.329><c> to</c><00:39:13.429><c> his</c><00:39:13.630><c> brethren</c><00:39:13.869><c> the</c><00:39:14.050><c> Nethanims</c><00:39:14.409><c> at</c><00:39:14.570><c> the</c>

00:39:14.829 --> 00:39:17.570
place<00:39:15.110><c> Kassiphia,</c><00:39:15.489><c> that</c><00:39:15.590><c> they</c><00:39:15.769><c> should</c><00:39:15.969><c> bring</c><00:39:16.210><c> unto</c><00:39:16.449><c> us</c><00:39:16.809><c> ministers.</c><00:39:17.429><c> The</c>

00:39:17.570 --> 00:39:19.969
word<00:39:17.849><c> means</c><00:39:18.369><c> to</c><00:39:18.929><c> attend</c><00:39:19.349><c> upon,</c><00:39:19.829><c> to</c>

00:39:19.969 --> 00:39:23.429
contribute<00:39:20.530><c> to.</c><00:39:21.050><c> He</c><00:39:21.269><c> wanted</c><00:39:21.590><c> people</c><00:39:21.929><c> who</c><00:39:22.130><c> were</c><00:39:22.389><c> committed</c><00:39:22.909><c> or</c>

00:39:23.429 --> 00:39:24.650
would<00:39:23.730><c> be</c><00:39:24.030><c> committed</c><00:39:24.389><c> as</c>

00:39:25.110 --> 00:39:29.809
ministers<00:39:25.570><c> for</c><00:39:25.809><c> the</c><00:39:26.050><c> house</c><00:39:26.389><c> of</c><00:39:26.929><c> our</c><00:39:27.369><c> God.</c><00:39:29.309><c> That's</c><00:39:29.510><c> what</c><00:39:29.650><c> it's</c>

00:39:29.809 --> 00:39:30.530
been<00:39:29.909><c> all</c><00:39:30.110><c> about</c><00:39:30.269><c> ever</c>

00:39:30.530 --> 00:39:36.730
since.<00:39:33.869><c> And</c><00:39:33.969><c> then</c><00:39:34.110><c> look</c><00:39:34.230><c> at</c><00:39:34.329><c> the</c><00:39:34.489><c> result.</c><00:39:35.929><c> And</c><00:39:36.110><c> by</c><00:39:36.289><c> the</c><00:39:36.469><c> good</c>

00:39:36.730 --> 00:39:38.909
hand<00:39:36.949><c> of</c><00:39:37.110><c> our</c><00:39:37.289><c> God</c><00:39:37.449><c> upon</c><00:39:37.710><c> us,</c><00:39:38.690><c> they</c>

00:39:38.909 --> 00:39:42.329
brought<00:39:39.110><c> us</c><00:39:39.369><c> a</c><00:39:39.590><c> man</c><00:39:39.730><c> of</c><00:39:40.030><c> understanding.</c><00:39:41.309><c> Now</c><00:39:41.469><c> this</c><00:39:41.550><c> is</c><00:39:41.710><c> a</c><00:39:41.849><c> different</c><00:39:42.050><c> word</c>

00:39:42.329 --> 00:39:43.869
used<00:39:42.650><c> here.</c><00:39:43.570><c> The</c>

00:39:43.869 --> 00:39:49.989
words<00:39:44.070><c> in</c><00:39:44.269><c> the</c><00:39:44.469><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:45.070><c> are</c><00:39:46.050><c> ish,</c><00:39:46.989><c> sikel.</c><00:39:48.409><c> Ish</c><00:39:48.730><c> means,</c><00:39:49.110><c> of</c><00:39:49.369><c> course,</c><00:39:49.750><c> a</c>

00:39:49.989 --> 00:39:52.070
mighty<00:39:50.269><c> man.</c><00:39:51.730><c> They</c>

00:39:52.070 --> 00:39:57.210
brought<00:39:52.250><c> unto</c><00:39:52.510><c> us</c><00:39:52.769><c> a</c><00:39:53.230><c> mighty</c><00:39:53.610><c> man</c><00:39:54.050><c> of</c><00:39:55.050><c> intelligence,</c><00:39:56.809><c> as</c><00:39:56.989><c> the</c>

00:39:57.210 --> 00:39:59.170
word<00:39:57.469><c> sikel</c><00:39:58.030><c> means.</c>

00:39:59.530 --> 00:40:03.690
Brother<00:39:59.710><c> hand</c><00:39:59.889><c> translates</c><00:40:00.429><c> it,</c><00:40:01.210><c> a</c><00:40:01.530><c> man</c><00:40:01.909><c> of</c><00:40:02.469><c> discretion.</c><00:40:03.369><c> They</c>

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found<00:40:03.949><c> amongst</c><00:40:04.449><c> those</c><00:40:04.949><c> who</c>

00:40:05.110 --> 00:40:08.130
had<00:40:05.269><c> remained</c><00:40:05.550><c> behind,</c><00:40:06.150><c> brethren</c><00:40:06.269><c> and</c><00:40:06.469><c> sisters,</c><00:40:07.449><c> at</c><00:40:07.670><c> least</c>

00:40:08.130 --> 00:40:09.929
one<00:40:08.449><c> man,</c><00:40:08.769><c> and</c><00:40:08.909><c> there</c><00:40:09.010><c> were</c><00:40:09.170><c> more,</c><00:40:09.610><c> but</c>

00:40:09.929 --> 00:40:13.369
at<00:40:10.250><c> least</c><00:40:10.250><c> one</c><00:40:10.489><c> man</c><00:40:11.070><c> who,</c><00:40:11.409><c> having</c><00:40:11.650><c> been</c><00:40:12.030><c> presented</c><00:40:12.550><c> with</c><00:40:13.110><c> the</c>

00:40:13.369 --> 00:40:15.849
facts,<00:40:14.289><c> was</c><00:40:14.510><c> intelligent</c><00:40:15.110><c> and</c><00:40:15.469><c> wise</c>

00:40:15.849 --> 00:40:20.889
enough<00:40:16.250><c> to</c><00:40:17.110><c> recognize</c><00:40:17.630><c> his</c><00:40:17.969><c> duty</c><00:40:18.349><c> and</c><00:40:18.750><c> responsibility</c><00:40:19.550><c> and</c>

00:40:20.889 --> 00:40:21.710
to<00:40:21.130><c> take</c><00:40:21.289><c> up</c><00:40:21.530><c> the</c>

00:40:21.710 --> 00:40:25.389
cudgels<00:40:22.030><c> and</c><00:40:22.170><c> to</c><00:40:22.329><c> go</c><00:40:22.429><c> with</c><00:40:22.630><c> Ezra.</c><00:40:23.489><c> He</c><00:40:23.650><c> was</c><00:40:23.750><c> of</c><00:40:23.809><c> the</c><00:40:24.030><c> sons</c><00:40:24.230><c> of</c><00:40:24.510><c> Mali,</c><00:40:24.909><c> the</c><00:40:24.989><c> son</c><00:40:25.190><c> of</c>

00:40:25.389 --> 00:40:25.909
Levi,<00:40:25.750><c> the</c>

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son<00:40:26.050><c> of</c><00:40:26.210><c> Israel,</c><00:40:27.250><c> and</c><00:40:27.510><c> another</c><00:40:27.730><c> man,</c><00:40:28.150><c> Shereviah,</c><00:40:28.670><c> with</c><00:40:28.809><c> his</c>

00:40:29.070 --> 00:40:30.230
sons<00:40:29.269><c> and</c><00:40:29.389><c> his</c><00:40:29.570><c> brethren,</c><00:40:29.889><c> eighteen</c>

00:40:30.230 --> 00:40:34.469
of<00:40:30.449><c> them,</c><00:40:31.110><c> and</c><00:40:31.250><c> Hashabiah,</c><00:40:31.869><c> and</c><00:40:32.010><c> with</c><00:40:32.150><c> him,</c><00:40:32.829><c> Jesheiah,</c><00:40:33.409><c> of</c><00:40:33.530><c> the</c><00:40:33.630><c> sons</c><00:40:34.190><c> of</c>

00:40:34.469 --> 00:40:35.429
Merari,<00:40:35.130><c> his</c>

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brethren<00:40:35.710><c> and</c><00:40:35.869><c> their</c><00:40:36.130><c> sons,</c><00:40:36.449><c> twenty.</c><00:40:37.090><c> So</c><00:40:37.309><c> now</c><00:40:37.429><c> they</c><00:40:37.550><c> had</c><00:40:37.670><c> about</c><00:40:37.989><c> forty.</c><00:40:38.769><c> Well</c>

00:40:38.989 --> 00:40:39.269
that<00:40:39.090><c> was</c>

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better<00:40:39.409><c> than</c><00:40:39.630><c> none,</c><00:40:39.829><c> wasn't</c><00:40:40.050><c> it?</c><00:40:41.409><c> Also</c><00:40:41.829><c> the</c><00:40:42.030><c> nethanims,</c><00:40:42.550><c> whom</c>

00:40:42.730 --> 00:40:44.250
David<00:40:42.969><c> and</c><00:40:43.110><c> the</c><00:40:43.230><c> princes</c><00:40:43.449><c> had</c><00:40:43.670><c> appointed</c><00:40:43.909><c> for</c><00:40:44.090><c> the</c>

00:40:44.250 --> 00:40:47.590
service<00:40:44.389><c> of</c><00:40:44.510><c> the</c><00:40:44.630><c> Levites.</c><00:40:45.590><c> Two</c><00:40:45.750><c> hundred</c><00:40:46.090><c> and</c><00:40:46.349><c> twenty</c><00:40:46.510><c> nethanims.</c><00:40:47.389><c> They</c>

00:40:47.590 --> 00:40:49.210
were,<00:40:47.909><c> of</c><00:40:47.949><c> course,</c><00:40:48.409><c> mostly</c><00:40:48.849><c> of</c>

00:40:49.210 --> 00:40:53.630
Gentile<00:40:49.769><c> origin.</c><00:40:51.429><c> Two</c><00:40:51.610><c> hundred</c><00:40:51.869><c> and</c><00:40:52.050><c> twenty.</c><00:40:52.369><c> Always</c><00:40:52.690><c> a</c><00:40:52.849><c> better</c><00:40:52.969><c> response</c><00:40:53.429><c> from</c>

00:40:53.630 --> 00:40:54.210
them<00:40:53.849><c> than</c><00:40:54.030><c> the</c>

00:40:54.210 --> 00:40:57.110
Jews<00:40:54.389><c> themselves,</c><00:40:55.329><c> and</c><00:40:55.730><c> they</c><00:40:55.909><c> were</c><00:40:56.010><c> all</c><00:40:56.230><c> expressed</c><00:40:56.570><c> by</c><00:40:56.869><c> name.</c>

00:40:57.409 --> 00:40:58.449
So<00:40:57.590><c> now</c><00:40:57.710><c> there's</c><00:40:57.889><c> a</c><00:40:58.050><c> company</c><00:40:58.230><c> of</c>

00:40:58.449 --> 00:41:03.949
two<00:40:58.610><c> hundred</c><00:40:58.829><c> and</c><00:40:59.030><c> sixty</c><00:40:59.349><c> of</c><00:40:59.909><c> that</c><00:41:00.570><c> would</c><00:41:00.829><c> make</c><00:41:01.150><c> up</c><00:41:01.789><c> for</c><00:41:03.449><c> those</c>

00:41:03.949 --> 00:41:06.750
who<00:41:04.889><c> had</c><00:41:05.050><c> not</c><00:41:05.309><c> come.</c><00:41:06.309><c> Two</c><00:41:06.530><c> hundred</c>

00:41:06.750 --> 00:41:10.710
and<00:41:06.809><c> sixty.</c><00:41:07.869><c> Forty</c><00:41:08.110><c> of</c><00:41:08.210><c> them</c><00:41:08.369><c> Levites,</c><00:41:09.070><c> brethren</c><00:41:09.190><c> and</c><00:41:09.369><c> sisters,</c><00:41:10.210><c> to</c><00:41:10.349><c> fill</c><00:41:10.469><c> the</c>

00:41:10.710 --> 00:41:12.409
role<00:41:10.889><c> of</c><00:41:11.130><c> ministers</c><00:41:11.510><c> in</c><00:41:12.190><c> the</c>

00:41:12.409 --> 00:41:20.650
house<00:41:12.570><c> of</c><00:41:12.849><c> God</c><00:41:12.989><c> and</c><00:41:13.110><c> in</c><00:41:13.289><c> the</c><00:41:13.449><c> service</c><00:41:13.630><c> of</c><00:41:13.789><c> the</c><00:41:13.969><c> people.</c><00:41:18.010><c> You</c><00:41:18.210><c> know,</c><00:41:20.449><c> if</c>

00:41:20.650 --> 00:41:22.230
this<00:41:20.849><c> ecclesia</c>

00:41:23.309 --> 00:41:33.050
ultimately<00:41:23.789><c> succeeds,</c><00:41:25.289><c> it</c><00:41:26.110><c> will</c><00:41:26.369><c> succeed,</c><00:41:26.949><c> brethren</c><00:41:27.130><c> and</c><00:41:27.369><c> sisters,</c><00:41:28.090><c> because</c><00:41:29.369><c> there</c><00:41:29.570><c> is</c><00:41:29.750><c> in</c>

00:41:33.050 --> 00:41:38.829
their<00:41:33.210><c> true</c><00:41:33.469><c> role</c><00:41:34.110><c> and</c><00:41:34.889><c> are</c><00:41:35.150><c> committed</c><00:41:35.409><c> to</c><00:41:35.650><c> it.</c><00:41:38.409><c> It</c><00:41:38.610><c> will</c>

00:41:38.829 --> 00:41:41.449
succeed<00:41:39.329><c> because</c><00:41:40.690><c> those</c><00:41:41.170><c> brethren</c>

00:41:41.449 --> 00:41:46.570
and<00:41:41.730><c> sisters</c><00:41:42.150><c> will</c><00:41:42.469><c> not</c><00:41:42.710><c> always</c><00:41:43.289><c> be</c><00:41:43.710><c> trying</c><00:41:44.050><c> to</c><00:41:44.809><c> grasp</c><00:41:45.469><c> a</c><00:41:46.329><c> role</c>

00:41:46.570 --> 00:41:48.449
which<00:41:47.349><c> they</c><00:41:47.670><c> are</c><00:41:47.829><c> either</c><00:41:47.989><c> not</c><00:41:48.289><c> cut</c>

00:41:48.449 --> 00:41:55.929
out<00:41:48.789><c> for,</c><00:41:50.449><c> or</c><00:41:50.570><c> which</c><00:41:50.789><c> others</c><00:41:51.110><c> are</c><00:41:51.469><c> better</c><00:41:51.789><c> cut</c><00:41:52.090><c> out</c><00:41:52.389><c> for.</c><00:41:55.769><c> The</c>

00:41:55.929 --> 00:41:57.610
day<00:41:56.050><c> will</c><00:41:56.250><c> come,</c><00:41:56.429><c> and</c><00:41:56.550><c> we'll</c><00:41:56.690><c> be</c><00:41:56.869><c> tested</c><00:41:57.030><c> on</c><00:41:57.230><c> that</c><00:41:57.449><c> point.</c>

00:41:57.610 --> 00:42:01.309
You<00:41:57.730><c> can</c><00:41:57.869><c> be</c><00:41:58.090><c> sure</c><00:41:58.289><c> of</c><00:41:58.449><c> that.</c><00:42:00.210><c> While</c><00:42:00.349><c> our</c><00:42:00.510><c> hands</c><00:42:00.750><c> are</c><00:42:00.969><c> dirty</c><00:42:01.150><c> in</c>

00:42:01.309 --> 00:42:03.849
the<00:42:01.469><c> work,</c><00:42:02.710><c> like</c><00:42:02.869><c> the</c><00:42:03.110><c> prophets</c><00:42:03.369><c> of</c><00:42:03.610><c> God,</c>

00:42:03.989 --> 00:42:10.050
Ezra,<00:42:04.650><c> sorry,</c><00:42:05.150><c> Zechariah</c><00:42:05.730><c> and</c><00:42:06.010><c> Haggai,</c><00:42:07.369><c> with</c><00:42:07.550><c> Joshua</c><00:42:07.889><c> and</c><00:42:08.070><c> Zerabbabel,</c><00:42:08.750><c> while</c><00:42:08.949><c> our</c><00:42:09.110><c> hands</c><00:42:09.369><c> are</c><00:42:09.590><c> dirty</c><00:42:09.769><c> in</c><00:42:09.889><c> the</c>

00:42:10.050 --> 00:42:14.070
work,<00:42:10.389><c> brethren</c><00:42:10.429><c> and</c><00:42:10.590><c> sisters,</c><00:42:11.630><c> you</c><00:42:11.889><c> will</c><00:42:12.230><c> see</c><00:42:12.489><c> a</c><00:42:13.469><c> spirit</c><00:42:13.710><c> of</c>

00:42:14.070 --> 00:42:17.030
comradeship.<00:42:15.889><c> You</c><00:42:16.130><c> will</c><00:42:16.449><c> see</c><00:42:16.650><c> a</c>

00:42:17.030 --> 00:42:22.429
spirit<00:42:17.210><c> of</c><00:42:17.489><c> cooperation.</c><00:42:19.670><c> You'll</c><00:42:20.070><c> see</c><00:42:20.190><c> a</c><00:42:20.469><c> spirit</c><00:42:20.610><c> of</c><00:42:20.869><c> humility</c><00:42:21.230><c> as</c><00:42:21.530><c> well,</c><00:42:22.309><c> as</c>

00:42:22.429 --> 00:42:23.809
brethren<00:42:22.710><c> work</c><00:42:23.050><c> together,</c>

00:42:24.710 --> 00:42:30.750
laughing<00:42:25.230><c> and</c><00:42:25.469><c> joking</c><00:42:25.769><c> on</c><00:42:25.969><c> the</c><00:42:26.110><c> building</c><00:42:26.409><c> site.</c><00:42:30.250><c> You</c><00:42:30.369><c> wait,</c>

00:42:30.969 --> 00:42:34.329
brethren<00:42:31.090><c> and</c><00:42:31.210><c> sisters,</c><00:42:32.949><c> until</c><00:42:33.210><c> the</c><00:42:33.389><c> things</c><00:42:33.570><c> up.</c>

00:42:35.989 --> 00:42:41.329
You<00:42:36.510><c> wait</c><00:42:36.909><c> till</c><00:42:37.130><c> the</c><00:42:37.309><c> day</c><00:42:37.989><c> when</c><00:42:39.849><c> the</c><00:42:40.090><c> work</c><00:42:40.329><c> is</c><00:42:40.530><c> not</c><00:42:40.750><c> quite</c><00:42:41.010><c> so</c>

00:42:41.329 --> 00:42:44.510
pressing,<00:42:42.989><c> and</c><00:42:43.110><c> our</c><00:42:43.349><c> experience</c><00:42:43.769><c> will</c><00:42:43.929><c> be</c><00:42:44.050><c> like</c><00:42:44.210><c> other</c>

00:42:44.510 --> 00:42:48.530
ecclesias,<00:42:45.889><c> when</c><00:42:46.090><c> people</c><00:42:46.369><c> haven't</c><00:42:46.610><c> got</c><00:42:46.829><c> something</c><00:42:47.269><c> to</c><00:42:47.929><c> do,</c>

00:42:48.969 --> 00:42:51.090
some<00:42:49.230><c> interest</c><00:42:49.570><c> in</c><00:42:49.909><c> common,</c><00:42:50.329><c> but</c><00:42:50.369><c> where</c><00:42:50.449><c> they</c><00:42:50.550><c> can</c><00:42:50.730><c> work</c>

00:42:51.090 --> 00:42:58.110
together,<00:42:52.369><c> invariably</c><00:42:53.550><c> they</c><00:42:54.090><c> turn</c><00:42:54.469><c> upon</c><00:42:54.789><c> themselves.</c><00:42:57.409><c> That's</c><00:42:57.969><c> going</c>

00:42:58.110 --> 00:43:00.989
to<00:42:58.170><c> be</c><00:42:58.329><c> our</c><00:42:58.510><c> test</c><00:42:58.730><c> in</c><00:42:58.929><c> due</c><00:42:59.170><c> time.</c><00:43:00.670><c> But</c><00:43:00.809><c> if</c>

00:43:00.989 --> 00:43:04.869
we've<00:43:01.269><c> got</c><00:43:01.469><c> brethren</c><00:43:01.789><c> who</c><00:43:02.050><c> know</c><00:43:02.309><c> their</c><00:43:02.610><c> place,</c><00:43:04.190><c> if</c><00:43:04.369><c> we've</c><00:43:04.690><c> got</c>

00:43:04.869 --> 00:43:07.610
people,<00:43:05.230><c> brethren</c><00:43:05.469><c> and</c><00:43:05.670><c> sisters,</c><00:43:06.829><c> who</c><00:43:07.030><c> are</c><00:43:07.289><c> committed</c>

00:43:07.610 --> 00:43:14.130
to<00:43:07.849><c> the</c><00:43:08.090><c> work</c><00:43:08.309><c> at</c><00:43:08.510><c> whatever</c><00:43:08.750><c> level</c><00:43:08.969><c> it</c><00:43:09.170><c> might</c><00:43:09.349><c> be,</c><00:43:11.269><c> and</c><00:43:11.429><c> not</c><00:43:11.750><c> seeking</c><00:43:12.489><c> any</c><00:43:13.230><c> higher</c><00:43:13.630><c> role</c><00:43:13.929><c> or</c>

00:43:14.130 --> 00:43:15.590
position,<00:43:15.170><c> who</c><00:43:15.309><c> haven't</c>

00:43:15.590 --> 00:43:21.449
joined<00:43:15.769><c> the</c><00:43:15.989><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:16.289><c> because</c><00:43:16.510><c> they</c><00:43:16.730><c> want</c><00:43:16.809><c> to</c><00:43:16.909><c> be</c><00:43:17.050><c> the</c><00:43:17.289><c> speaker</c><00:43:17.809><c> or</c><00:43:18.869><c> the</c><00:43:19.070><c> leader,</c><00:43:20.570><c> but</c><00:43:20.630><c> because</c><00:43:20.889><c> they</c><00:43:21.090><c> want</c><00:43:21.289><c> to</c>

00:43:21.449 --> 00:43:23.789
work<00:43:21.590><c> to</c><00:43:21.789><c> build</c><00:43:21.889><c> up</c><00:43:22.070><c> the</c><00:43:22.190><c> house</c><00:43:22.389><c> of</c><00:43:22.610><c> God,</c><00:43:22.690><c> if</c><00:43:22.789><c> we've</c><00:43:23.010><c> got</c><00:43:23.090><c> people</c><00:43:23.409><c> like</c>

00:43:23.789 --> 00:43:26.809
that,<00:43:24.769><c> then</c><00:43:24.909><c> we'll</c><00:43:25.210><c> prosper</c><00:43:25.590><c> and</c><00:43:26.449><c> we</c><00:43:26.610><c> won't</c>

00:43:26.809 --> 00:43:33.909
tear<00:43:27.030><c> ourselves</c><00:43:27.510><c> apart.</c><00:43:30.329><c> But</c><00:43:30.769><c> I've</c><00:43:31.030><c> seen</c><00:43:31.110><c> it</c><00:43:31.309><c> otherwise.</c><00:43:33.349><c> Let's</c><00:43:33.630><c> hope</c><00:43:33.730><c> it</c>

00:43:33.909 --> 00:43:37.989
never<00:43:34.050><c> happens</c><00:43:34.349><c> to</c><00:43:34.610><c> us.</c><00:43:37.349><c> So</c><00:43:37.510><c> we</c><00:43:37.670><c> come</c><00:43:37.849><c> to</c>

00:43:37.989 --> 00:43:42.469
verse<00:43:38.110><c> 21.</c><00:43:40.309><c> Before</c><00:43:40.570><c> they</c><00:43:40.769><c> leave</c><00:43:40.929><c> a</c><00:43:41.110><c> harbour,</c><00:43:41.570><c> now</c><00:43:41.730><c> in</c><00:43:41.869><c> the</c><00:43:42.010><c> company</c><00:43:42.250><c> of</c>

00:43:42.469 --> 00:43:46.949
these<00:43:42.670><c> extra</c><00:43:43.090><c> 260</c><00:43:43.809><c> people,</c><00:43:46.070><c> Ezra</c><00:43:46.289><c> displays</c>

00:43:46.949 --> 00:43:51.469
his<00:43:47.809><c> true</c><00:43:48.050><c> character.</c><00:43:49.769><c> Then</c><00:43:49.989><c> I</c><00:43:50.230><c> proclaimed</c><00:43:50.630><c> a</c><00:43:50.909><c> fast</c><00:43:51.150><c> there</c><00:43:51.349><c> at</c>

00:43:51.469 --> 00:43:53.809
the<00:43:51.590><c> river</c><00:43:51.769><c> of</c><00:43:51.989><c> a</c><00:43:52.130><c> harbour,</c><00:43:53.050><c> that</c><00:43:53.150><c> we</c><00:43:53.289><c> might</c><00:43:53.530><c> afflict</c>

00:43:53.809 --> 00:44:01.550
ourselves<00:43:54.730><c> before</c><00:43:55.409><c> our</c><00:43:55.710><c> God.</c><00:43:56.829><c> Afflict</c><00:43:57.289><c> ourselves.</c><00:43:59.730><c> They</c><00:43:59.969><c> proclaimed</c><00:44:00.510><c> a</c><00:44:00.849><c> fast.</c><00:44:01.389><c> A</c>

00:44:01.550 --> 00:44:06.849
fast,<00:44:01.769><c> of</c><00:44:01.929><c> course,</c><00:44:02.250><c> was</c><00:44:02.409><c> always</c><00:44:02.710><c> a</c>

00:44:06.949 --> 00:44:10.650
themselves.<00:44:08.389><c> The</c><00:44:08.630><c> preparation</c><00:44:09.050><c> here,</c><00:44:09.570><c> of</c><00:44:09.809><c> course,</c><00:44:10.030><c> was</c><00:44:10.349><c> for</c>

00:44:10.650 --> 00:44:16.489
prayer,<00:44:11.989><c> as</c><00:44:12.070><c> we're</c><00:44:12.250><c> told</c><00:44:12.469><c> in</c><00:44:12.610><c> verse</c><00:44:12.889><c> 22</c><00:44:13.670><c> and</c><00:44:14.309><c> 23.</c><00:44:15.909><c> They</c>

00:44:16.489 --> 00:44:21.050
afflicted<00:44:17.010><c> themselves,</c><00:44:19.010><c> which</c><00:44:19.329><c> means,</c><00:44:19.650><c> of</c><00:44:19.849><c> course,</c><00:44:20.150><c> that</c><00:44:20.269><c> there</c><00:44:20.409><c> was</c><00:44:20.650><c> a</c>

00:44:21.050 --> 00:44:25.429
spirit<00:44:21.289><c> of</c><00:44:22.190><c> self</c><00:44:22.570><c>-denial,</c><00:44:24.369><c> sincerity</c><00:44:24.969><c> and</c>

00:44:25.429 --> 00:44:29.949
purpose<00:44:25.889><c> in</c><00:44:26.110><c> what</c><00:44:26.269><c> they</c><00:44:26.469><c> were</c><00:44:26.670><c> about.</c><00:44:28.949><c> And</c><00:44:29.210><c> they</c><00:44:29.309><c> were</c><00:44:29.429><c> to</c><00:44:29.650><c> seek</c><00:44:29.769><c> of</c>

00:44:29.949 --> 00:44:34.110
him<00:44:30.110><c> a</c><00:44:30.369><c> right</c><00:44:30.690><c> way,</c><00:44:32.050><c> a</c><00:44:32.590><c> straight</c><00:44:32.869><c> way</c><00:44:33.349><c> for</c><00:44:33.630><c> us</c><00:44:33.929><c> and</c>

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for<00:44:34.250><c> our</c><00:44:34.369><c> little</c><00:44:34.610><c> ones</c><00:44:34.909><c> and</c><00:44:35.130><c> for</c><00:44:35.409><c> all</c><00:44:35.650><c> our</c><00:44:35.929><c> substance.</c><00:44:36.670><c> Now</c><00:44:36.849><c> why</c><00:44:37.010><c> would</c><00:44:37.250><c> Ezra</c><00:44:37.389><c> do</c>

00:44:37.610 --> 00:44:40.130
this?<00:44:39.409><c> Well,</c><00:44:39.530><c> you</c><00:44:39.730><c> see,</c><00:44:40.010><c> he</c><00:44:40.010><c> tells</c>

00:44:40.130 --> 00:44:46.010
us<00:44:40.349><c> why</c><00:44:40.510><c> in</c><00:44:40.610><c> verse</c><00:44:40.809><c> 22.</c><00:44:42.170><c> For</c><00:44:42.449><c> they</c><00:44:43.349><c> might</c><00:44:43.630><c> not</c><00:44:43.829><c> only</c><00:44:44.550><c> see,</c><00:44:45.829><c> but</c>

00:44:46.010 --> 00:44:48.710
that<00:44:46.150><c> they</c><00:44:46.329><c> might</c><00:44:46.610><c> act</c><00:44:46.989><c> on</c><00:44:47.369><c> behalf</c><00:44:47.869><c> of</c><00:44:48.289><c> those</c><00:44:48.570><c> who</c>

00:44:48.710 --> 00:44:51.050
are<00:44:48.829><c> heirs</c><00:44:48.929><c> of</c><00:44:49.170><c> salvation.</c><00:44:50.030><c> Now</c><00:44:50.210><c> that's</c><00:44:50.369><c> what</c><00:44:50.530><c> this</c><00:44:50.789><c> passage</c>

00:44:51.050 --> 00:44:53.929
means<00:44:51.349><c> here</c><00:44:51.550><c> in</c><00:44:51.690><c> Ezra</c><00:44:51.949><c> 5</c><00:44:52.210><c> verse</c><00:44:52.469><c> 5.</c><00:44:53.289><c> If</c><00:44:53.429><c> we</c><00:44:53.590><c> needed</c><00:44:53.690><c> any</c>

00:44:53.929 --> 00:44:57.570
support<00:44:54.289><c> for</c><00:44:54.449><c> that,</c><00:44:54.610><c> we</c><00:44:54.730><c> could</c><00:44:54.829><c> go</c><00:44:55.050><c> to</c><00:44:55.409><c> the</c><00:44:55.650><c> book</c><00:44:55.829><c> of</c><00:44:56.050><c> Zechariah.</c><00:44:56.809><c> Zechariah</c><00:44:57.289><c> chapter</c>

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3<00:44:58.230><c> and</c><00:44:58.590><c> 4</c><00:44:59.070><c> makes</c><00:44:59.449><c> this</c>

00:44:59.849 --> 00:45:09.150
very,<00:45:00.090><c> very</c><00:45:00.429><c> clear</c><00:45:00.670><c> indeed.</c><00:45:06.909><c> For</c><00:45:06.929><c> those</c><00:45:07.170><c> of</c><00:45:07.289><c> you</c><00:45:07.469><c> who</c><00:45:07.630><c> were</c><00:45:07.809><c> here</c><00:45:08.809><c> a</c>

00:45:09.150 --> 00:45:10.690
couple<00:45:09.289><c> of</c><00:45:09.469><c> weeks</c><00:45:09.590><c> or</c><00:45:09.829><c> a</c><00:45:09.929><c> couple</c><00:45:10.170><c> of</c><00:45:10.429><c> classes</c>

00:45:10.690 --> 00:45:14.869
ago,<00:45:12.170><c> you'll</c><00:45:12.389><c> remember</c><00:45:12.710><c> this</c><00:45:13.150><c> transparency</c><00:45:13.769><c> in</c><00:45:13.969><c> which</c><00:45:14.190><c> we</c><00:45:14.449><c> endeavour</c><00:45:14.670><c> to</c>

00:45:14.869 --> 00:45:16.449
set<00:45:15.030><c> out</c><00:45:15.230><c> the</c><00:45:15.489><c> scene</c><00:45:15.730><c> of</c><00:45:15.949><c> Zechariah</c>

00:45:16.449 --> 00:45:19.690
chapter<00:45:16.750><c> 3.</c><00:45:18.030><c> We'll</c><00:45:18.130><c> read</c><00:45:18.250><c> just</c><00:45:18.489><c> the</c><00:45:18.630><c> first</c><00:45:18.909><c> four</c><00:45:19.250><c> verses</c><00:45:19.550><c> of</c>

00:45:19.690 --> 00:45:23.170
Zechariah<00:45:20.170><c> 3.</c><00:45:21.889><c> Apologise</c><00:45:22.369><c> for</c><00:45:22.429><c> those</c><00:45:22.670><c> who</c><00:45:22.809><c> have</c><00:45:22.989><c> been</c>

00:45:23.170 --> 00:45:27.230
the<00:45:23.690><c> Zechariah</c><00:45:24.150><c> class</c><00:45:24.409><c> at</c><00:45:24.590><c> Enfield.</c><00:45:26.630><c> This</c><00:45:26.769><c> will</c><00:45:26.889><c> be</c><00:45:27.030><c> a</c><00:45:27.070><c> little</c>

00:45:27.230 --> 00:45:30.349
bit<00:45:27.429><c> of</c><00:45:27.469><c> repetition.</c><00:45:28.829><c> This</c><00:45:29.110><c> Joshua,</c><00:45:29.869><c> a</c><00:45:30.090><c> brand</c>

00:45:30.349 --> 00:45:35.610
plucked<00:45:30.849><c> out</c><00:45:31.010><c> of</c><00:45:31.110><c> the</c><00:45:31.289><c> fire</c><00:45:31.510><c> of</c><00:45:31.730><c> Babylon.</c><00:45:32.969><c> Now</c><00:45:33.210><c> Joshua</c><00:45:33.510><c> was</c><00:45:33.889><c> clothed</c><00:45:34.170><c> with</c><00:45:34.429><c> filthy</c><00:45:34.650><c> garments</c><00:45:35.010><c> because</c><00:45:35.269><c> he</c><00:45:35.409><c> was</c>

00:45:35.610 --> 00:45:39.170
there<00:45:35.789><c> in</c><00:45:35.969><c> the</c><00:45:36.170><c> works</c><00:45:36.429><c> with</c><00:45:36.650><c> all</c><00:45:36.869><c> the</c><00:45:37.010><c> rest</c><00:45:37.150><c> of</c><00:45:37.309><c> the</c><00:45:37.449><c> people,</c><00:45:38.389><c> as</c><00:45:38.570><c> Ezra</c><00:45:38.909><c> 5</c>

00:45:39.170 --> 00:45:41.469
verse<00:45:39.369><c> 2</c><00:45:39.809><c> says.</c><00:45:40.769><c> He</c><00:45:40.869><c> was</c><00:45:41.130><c> clothed</c>

00:45:41.469 --> 00:45:45.469
with<00:45:42.190><c> soiled</c><00:45:42.829><c> garments</c><00:45:43.110><c> and</c><00:45:43.949><c> he</c><00:45:44.269><c> stood</c><00:45:44.469><c> before</c><00:45:44.849><c> the</c><00:45:45.090><c> angel,</c>

00:45:45.550 --> 00:45:48.329
that<00:45:45.730><c> is</c><00:45:45.949><c> Michael,</c><00:45:46.309><c> the</c><00:45:46.510><c> archangel.</c><00:45:47.590><c> And</c><00:45:47.989><c> he,</c>

00:45:48.329 --> 00:45:52.710
the<00:45:48.909><c> angel</c><00:45:48.909><c> answered</c><00:45:49.349><c> and</c><00:45:49.630><c> spake</c><00:45:49.869><c> unto</c><00:45:50.110><c> those</c><00:45:50.530><c> that</c><00:45:50.909><c> stood</c><00:45:51.369><c> before</c><00:45:52.030><c> him.</c><00:45:52.550><c> So</c>

00:45:52.710 --> 00:45:53.869
here's<00:45:53.030><c> our</c><00:45:53.250><c> scene.</c><00:45:53.469><c> You've</c><00:45:53.710><c> got</c>

00:45:53.869 --> 00:45:56.769
Joshua<00:45:54.289><c> the</c><00:45:54.530><c> High</c><00:45:54.750><c> Priest.</c><00:45:55.010><c> You've</c><00:45:55.250><c> got</c><00:45:55.409><c> the</c><00:45:55.690><c> Samaritans</c><00:45:56.030><c> over</c><00:45:56.349><c> here,</c><00:45:56.530><c> the</c>

00:45:56.769 --> 00:45:59.150
Satan.<00:45:57.809><c> You've</c><00:45:58.289><c> got</c><00:45:58.349><c> Joshua</c><00:45:58.849><c> standing</c>

00:45:59.150 --> 00:46:03.449
before<00:45:59.510><c> Michael,</c><00:46:00.090><c> the</c><00:46:00.230><c> archangel.</c><00:46:01.610><c> And</c><00:46:01.889><c> there</c><00:46:02.110><c> are</c><00:46:02.389><c> angels</c><00:46:02.730><c> in</c><00:46:02.949><c> verse</c><00:46:03.210><c> 4</c>

00:46:03.449 --> 00:46:06.670
that<00:46:03.690><c> are</c><00:46:03.989><c> standing</c><00:46:04.489><c> before</c><00:46:05.030><c> him.</c><00:46:06.349><c> So</c><00:46:06.550><c> here</c>

00:46:06.670 --> 00:46:09.630
they<00:46:06.869><c> are.</c><00:46:07.210><c> What</c><00:46:07.369><c> are</c><00:46:07.429><c> they</c><00:46:07.650><c> there</c><00:46:07.869><c> for?</c><00:46:08.329><c> They're</c><00:46:08.670><c> there</c><00:46:09.070><c> to</c>

00:46:09.630 --> 00:46:12.190
accomplish<00:46:10.030><c> the</c><00:46:10.329><c> work.</c><00:46:10.969><c> And</c><00:46:11.150><c> the</c><00:46:11.329><c> work</c><00:46:11.550><c> in</c><00:46:11.789><c> hand</c><00:46:11.949><c> is</c>

00:46:12.190 --> 00:46:16.650
building<00:46:12.530><c> up</c><00:46:12.730><c> of</c><00:46:12.869><c> that</c><00:46:13.110><c> house</c><00:46:13.650><c> as</c><00:46:14.130><c> well</c><00:46:14.349><c> as</c><00:46:14.489><c> the</c><00:46:14.690><c> enemy</c><00:46:15.170><c> in</c><00:46:16.429><c> the</c>

00:46:16.650 --> 00:46:21.750
way.<00:46:17.710><c> Why</c><00:46:18.130><c> was</c><00:46:18.369><c> he</c><00:46:18.590><c> ashamed?</c><00:46:20.750><c> Well</c><00:46:20.929><c> he</c><00:46:21.050><c> tells</c><00:46:21.349><c> us.</c>

00:46:21.889 --> 00:46:27.369
Because<00:46:22.329><c> we</c><00:46:22.570><c> have</c><00:46:22.849><c> spoken</c><00:46:23.210><c> unto</c><00:46:23.369><c> the</c><00:46:23.590><c> king</c><00:46:23.809><c> saying,</c><00:46:25.630><c> we</c><00:46:25.829><c> really</c><00:46:26.349><c> believe</c><00:46:27.090><c> that</c>

00:46:27.369 --> 00:46:29.289
the<00:46:27.590><c> hand</c><00:46:27.829><c> of</c><00:46:28.050><c> our</c><00:46:28.269><c> God</c><00:46:28.469><c> is</c><00:46:28.730><c> upon</c><00:46:28.929><c> all</c>

00:46:29.289 --> 00:46:34.530
them<00:46:29.469><c> for</c><00:46:29.769><c> good</c><00:46:29.969><c> that</c><00:46:30.349><c> seek</c><00:46:30.570><c> him.</c><00:46:32.449><c> We</c><00:46:32.750><c> really</c><00:46:33.090><c> believe</c><00:46:33.530><c> that.</c>

00:46:35.570 --> 00:46:38.849
And<00:46:35.909><c> because</c><00:46:36.329><c> we</c><00:46:36.769><c> believe</c><00:46:37.170><c> that</c><00:46:37.570><c> the</c><00:46:38.110><c> hand</c><00:46:38.429><c> of</c><00:46:38.690><c> God,</c>

00:46:38.849 --> 00:46:41.250
the<00:46:38.849><c> divine</c><00:46:39.210><c> providence</c><00:46:39.650><c> will</c><00:46:39.869><c> always</c><00:46:40.230><c> be</c><00:46:40.409><c> upon</c><00:46:40.630><c> those</c><00:46:40.969><c> that</c>

00:46:41.250 --> 00:46:45.570
seek<00:46:41.409><c> him.</c><00:46:43.110><c> We</c><00:46:43.349><c> are</c><00:46:43.670><c> not</c><00:46:43.989><c> prepared</c><00:46:44.510><c> to</c><00:46:44.769><c> betray</c><00:46:45.230><c> that</c>

00:46:45.570 --> 00:46:52.150
belief<00:46:45.889><c> by</c><00:46:46.250><c> asking</c><00:46:46.690><c> for</c><00:46:48.110><c> an</c><00:46:48.550><c> insurance</c><00:46:48.869><c> policy.</c><00:46:51.869><c> You</c><00:46:51.969><c> see</c><00:46:52.030><c> he</c>

00:46:52.150 --> 00:46:55.070
could<00:46:52.329><c> have</c><00:46:52.469><c> said,</c><00:46:53.469><c> well</c><00:46:53.650><c> we've</c><00:46:54.050><c> got</c><00:46:54.150><c> a</c><00:46:54.230><c> lot</c><00:46:54.449><c> of</c><00:46:54.849><c> gold</c>

00:46:55.070 --> 00:46:56.929
and<00:46:55.309><c> silver.</c><00:46:55.570><c> You</c><00:46:55.730><c> even</c><00:46:55.829><c> look</c><00:46:55.909><c> at</c><00:46:56.050><c> the</c><00:46:56.110><c> quantity</c><00:46:56.409><c> of</c><00:46:56.550><c> gold</c><00:46:56.829><c> and</c>

00:46:56.929 --> 00:47:00.269
silver<00:46:57.070><c> they</c><00:46:57.210><c> had.</c><00:46:57.329><c> Verse</c><00:46:57.570><c> 25.</c><00:46:59.389><c> He</c><00:46:59.550><c> weighed</c><00:46:59.650><c> unto</c><00:46:59.889><c> them</c><00:47:00.070><c> the</c>

00:47:00.269 --> 00:47:02.550
silver<00:47:00.550><c> and</c><00:47:00.690><c> the</c><00:47:00.849><c> gold,</c><00:47:01.150><c> the</c><00:47:01.269><c> vessels</c><00:47:01.550><c> and</c><00:47:01.730><c> even</c><00:47:01.909><c> the</c><00:47:02.130><c> offering</c><00:47:02.289><c> of</c><00:47:02.449><c> the</c>

00:47:02.550 --> 00:47:06.349
house<00:47:02.710><c> of</c><00:47:02.849><c> our</c><00:47:03.050><c> God.</c><00:47:04.349><c> Verse</c><00:47:04.610><c> 26.</c><00:47:06.170><c> By</c>

00:47:06.349 --> 00:47:10.610
weighing<00:47:06.630><c> unto</c><00:47:06.869><c> their</c><00:47:07.230><c> hands</c><00:47:07.510><c> 650</c><00:47:08.650><c> talents</c><00:47:09.070><c> of</c><00:47:09.349><c> silver</c><00:47:09.909><c> and</c>

00:47:10.610 --> 00:47:13.050
silver<00:47:10.909><c> vessels</c><00:47:11.170><c> 100</c><00:47:11.590><c> talents</c><00:47:11.949><c> and</c><00:47:12.170><c> of</c><00:47:12.349><c> gold</c><00:47:12.610><c> 100</c>

00:47:13.050 --> 00:47:17.510
talents<00:47:13.690><c> and</c><00:47:14.190><c> all</c><00:47:14.429><c> sorts</c><00:47:14.730><c> of</c><00:47:14.949><c> vessels</c><00:47:15.230><c> of</c><00:47:15.550><c> fine</c><00:47:15.769><c> metals</c><00:47:16.449><c> as</c><00:47:16.969><c> precious</c><00:47:17.250><c> as</c>

00:47:17.510 --> 00:47:20.650
gold,<00:47:19.010><c> there</c><00:47:19.130><c> was</c><00:47:19.269><c> an</c><00:47:19.650><c> enormous</c><00:47:20.150><c> quantity</c>

00:47:20.650 --> 00:47:24.670
of<00:47:21.050><c> wealth.</c><00:47:22.570><c> Now</c><00:47:22.670><c> if</c><00:47:22.769><c> you</c><00:47:22.869><c> and</c><00:47:22.989><c> I</c><00:47:23.130><c> had</c><00:47:23.289><c> to</c><00:47:23.429><c> do</c><00:47:23.489><c> that,</c><00:47:23.750><c> let's</c><00:47:24.349><c> say</c>

00:47:24.670 --> 00:47:28.989
for<00:47:24.909><c> argument's</c><00:47:25.610><c> sake</c><00:47:25.949><c> that</c><00:47:27.389><c> we</c><00:47:27.590><c> had</c><00:47:27.829><c> to</c><00:47:28.190><c> carry</c>

00:47:30.070 --> 00:47:35.909
20<00:47:30.510><c> million</c><00:47:30.949><c> dollars</c><00:47:31.610><c> between</c><00:47:32.130><c> here</c><00:47:32.510><c> and</c><00:47:32.889><c> Sydney</c><00:47:33.610><c> walking</c><00:47:35.409><c> on</c>

00:47:35.909 --> 00:47:40.269
foot<00:47:36.329><c> and</c><00:47:37.889><c> it</c><00:47:38.030><c> was</c><00:47:38.329><c> widely</c><00:47:38.829><c> publicised</c><00:47:39.650><c> in</c><00:47:39.789><c> the</c><00:47:39.969><c> local</c>

00:47:40.269 --> 00:47:42.630
press<00:47:40.570><c> that</c><00:47:40.789><c> the</c><00:47:40.989><c> Christadelphians</c><00:47:41.750><c> were</c><00:47:41.949><c> on</c><00:47:42.170><c> their</c><00:47:42.309><c> way</c><00:47:42.449><c> to</c>

00:47:42.630 --> 00:47:45.489
Sydney<00:47:42.869><c> with</c><00:47:43.070><c> 20</c><00:47:43.409><c> million</c><00:47:43.710><c> dollars</c><00:47:44.309><c> to</c><00:47:44.829><c> build</c><00:47:45.050><c> a</c><00:47:45.289><c> new</c>

00:47:45.489 --> 00:47:49.090
hall.<00:47:47.710><c> Mind</c><00:47:47.769><c> you</c><00:47:47.889><c> it</c><00:47:47.929><c> wouldn't</c><00:47:48.090><c> be</c><00:47:48.289><c> a</c><00:47:48.389><c> bad</c><00:47:48.530><c> hall</c><00:47:48.690><c> would</c><00:47:48.869><c> it</c><00:47:48.989><c> at</c>

00:47:49.090 --> 00:47:53.150
that<00:47:49.230><c> sort</c><00:47:49.489><c> of</c><00:47:49.570><c> price.</c><00:47:52.050><c> But</c><00:47:52.170><c> that</c><00:47:52.349><c> was</c><00:47:52.530><c> our</c><00:47:52.690><c> situation</c>

00:47:53.150 --> 00:47:54.829
which<00:47:53.389><c> has</c><00:47:53.690><c> turned</c><00:47:53.829><c> them</c><00:47:53.949><c> out</c><00:47:54.050><c> to</c><00:47:54.130><c> what</c><00:47:54.230><c> was</c><00:47:54.409><c> happening</c><00:47:54.590><c> here.</c>

00:47:55.329 --> 00:47:57.070
Everybody<00:47:55.769><c> in</c><00:47:56.090><c> Babylon</c><00:47:56.329><c> knew</c><00:47:56.630><c> that</c><00:47:56.730><c> they</c><00:47:56.889><c> were</c>

00:47:57.070 --> 00:48:02.829
going<00:47:57.190><c> to</c><00:47:57.309><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:48:00.610><c> That</c><00:48:00.829><c> news</c><00:48:01.030><c> would</c><00:48:01.289><c> have</c><00:48:01.369><c> filtered</c><00:48:01.550><c> around</c><00:48:01.929><c> the</c><00:48:02.110><c> place.</c>

00:48:06.789 --> 00:48:08.670
Would<00:48:06.869><c> you</c><00:48:06.949><c> want</c><00:48:07.090><c> to</c><00:48:07.250><c> take</c><00:48:07.369><c> the</c><00:48:07.590><c> army</c><00:48:07.769><c> with</c><00:48:07.949><c> you?</c>

00:48:12.969 --> 00:48:19.150
Would<00:48:13.409><c> you?</c><00:48:15.750><c> That'd</c><00:48:15.989><c> be</c><00:48:16.070><c> the</c><00:48:16.269><c> inclination</c><00:48:16.690><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:16.909><c> it?</c><00:48:18.929><c> Or</c>

00:48:19.150 --> 00:48:20.769
would<00:48:19.230><c> you</c><00:48:19.349><c> do</c><00:48:19.449><c> what</c><00:48:19.590><c> they</c><00:48:19.829><c> did?</c>

00:48:21.070 --> 00:48:25.170
Would<00:48:21.630><c> you</c><00:48:21.769><c> say</c><00:48:21.929><c> to</c><00:48:22.070><c> the</c><00:48:22.210><c> King,</c><00:48:23.650><c> we</c><00:48:23.750><c> believe</c><00:48:24.150><c> absolutely</c><00:48:24.769><c> that</c>

00:48:25.170 --> 00:48:30.469
Yahweh<00:48:25.510><c> is</c><00:48:25.670><c> with</c><00:48:25.809><c> us,</c><00:48:26.630><c> no</c><00:48:26.789><c> question</c><00:48:27.130><c> about</c><00:48:27.409><c> it.</c>

00:48:30.730 --> 00:48:34.670
Never<00:48:30.949><c> entered</c><00:48:31.170><c> his</c><00:48:31.449><c> mind</c><00:48:31.710><c> to</c><00:48:31.969><c> ask</c><00:48:32.250><c> for</c><00:48:32.469><c> help.</c><00:48:32.630><c> He</c><00:48:32.730><c> was</c><00:48:33.030><c> ashamed</c><00:48:33.670><c> to</c><00:48:33.989><c> even</c><00:48:34.309><c> think</c><00:48:34.469><c> of</c>

00:48:34.670 --> 00:48:35.989
asking<00:48:34.889><c> for</c><00:48:35.170><c> help.</c>

00:48:36.730 --> 00:48:39.070
You<00:48:36.809><c> know</c><00:48:36.889><c> that's</c><00:48:37.190><c> the</c><00:48:37.389><c> shame</c><00:48:37.610><c> that's</c><00:48:37.849><c> only</c><00:48:38.150><c> felt</c><00:48:38.389><c> by</c><00:48:38.690><c> men</c><00:48:38.869><c> of</c>

00:48:39.070 --> 00:48:44.030
true<00:48:39.309><c> faith</c><00:48:39.829><c> and</c><00:48:40.630><c> sensitivity</c><00:48:41.250><c> to</c><00:48:42.469><c> divine</c><00:48:42.889><c> providence.</c>

00:48:44.530 --> 00:48:47.989
You'd<00:48:44.670><c> only</c><00:48:44.829><c> feel</c><00:48:45.070><c> that</c><00:48:45.269><c> sort</c><00:48:45.429><c> of</c><00:48:45.570><c> shame</c><00:48:46.050><c> if</c><00:48:46.789><c> you</c><00:48:47.070><c> really</c><00:48:47.369><c> believe</c><00:48:47.789><c> in</c>

00:48:47.989 --> 00:48:49.190
divine<00:48:48.230><c> providence.</c>

00:48:50.550 --> 00:48:56.130
Quite<00:48:51.010><c> a</c><00:48:51.190><c> lesson</c><00:48:51.309><c> in</c><00:48:51.489><c> that</c><00:48:51.610><c> isn't</c><00:48:51.849><c> it?</c><00:48:53.949><c> Every</c><00:48:54.289><c> sort</c><00:48:54.769><c> of</c><00:48:54.969><c> practical</c><00:48:55.650><c> affair</c>

00:48:56.130 --> 00:48:57.329
in<00:48:56.409><c> life</c><00:48:56.650><c> that</c><00:48:56.809><c> you</c><00:48:56.849><c> can</c><00:48:57.050><c> apply</c>

00:48:57.329 --> 00:49:02.949
that<00:48:57.530><c> principle</c><00:48:57.909><c> to.</c><00:49:00.949><c> You</c><00:49:01.030><c> take</c><00:49:01.190><c> out</c><00:49:01.309><c> our</c><00:49:01.489><c> insurance</c><00:49:01.730><c> policy?</c>

00:49:04.389 --> 00:49:05.929
Provide<00:49:04.670><c> for</c><00:49:04.889><c> ourselves?</c>

00:49:07.150 --> 00:49:11.510
Or<00:49:07.250><c> do</c><00:49:07.409><c> we</c><00:49:07.489><c> commit</c><00:49:07.690><c> ourselves</c><00:49:08.170><c> to</c><00:49:08.389><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:08.690><c> absolutely?</c><00:49:11.369><c> Well</c>

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you<00:49:11.630><c> know</c><00:49:12.269><c> to</c><00:49:13.550><c> do</c><00:49:13.769><c> that</c><00:49:13.969><c> you've</c><00:49:14.650><c> got</c><00:49:14.769><c> to</c><00:49:14.829><c> do</c><00:49:14.969><c> it</c>

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this<00:49:15.309><c> way.</c><00:49:16.289><c> Verse</c><00:49:16.329><c> 23.</c><00:49:18.670><c> So</c><00:49:18.849><c> we</c><00:49:19.230><c> fasted</c><00:49:20.210><c> and</c><00:49:20.730><c> besought</c><00:49:21.449><c> our</c><00:49:22.070><c> God</c>

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for<00:49:23.090><c> this.</c><00:49:23.869><c> They'd</c><00:49:24.170><c> prepared</c><00:49:24.469><c> their</c><00:49:24.730><c> minds</c>

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and<00:49:26.610><c> they</c><00:49:26.909><c> besought</c><00:49:27.409><c> him</c><00:49:28.030><c> and</c><00:49:29.349><c> he</c><00:49:29.750><c> was</c><00:49:30.269><c> intrigued</c><00:49:30.949><c> of</c><00:49:31.289><c> us.</c><00:49:31.670><c> The</c>

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word<00:49:32.309><c> besought</c><00:49:33.230><c> by</c><00:49:33.789><c> cash</c><00:49:34.110><c> in</c><00:49:34.289><c> the</c><00:49:34.409><c> Hebrew</c><00:49:34.650><c> means</c><00:49:34.889><c> to</c>

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search<00:49:35.570><c> out,</c><00:49:36.369><c> to</c><00:49:36.730><c> strive</c><00:49:37.230><c> after.</c><00:49:38.170><c> It</c><00:49:38.389><c> wasn't</c><00:49:38.690><c> just</c><00:49:39.130><c> one</c><00:49:39.530><c> single</c><00:49:40.030><c> prayer.</c><00:49:40.789><c> Here</c>

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were<00:49:41.469><c> over</c><00:49:42.329><c> two</c><00:49:43.030><c> or</c><00:49:43.309><c> three</c><00:49:43.610><c> thousand</c>

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people<00:49:44.570><c> perhaps.</c><00:49:45.650><c> All</c><00:49:46.050><c> of</c><00:49:46.250><c> them</c><00:49:46.349><c> having</c><00:49:46.630><c> prepared</c><00:49:47.150><c> themselves</c><00:49:47.670><c> mentally</c>

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for<00:49:48.409><c> the</c><00:49:48.690><c> task</c><00:49:49.110><c> of</c><00:49:49.489><c> laying</c>

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before<00:49:50.170><c> their</c><00:49:50.510><c> God</c><00:49:50.789><c> their</c><00:49:51.070><c> request</c><00:49:51.590><c> and</c><00:49:52.349><c> doing</c><00:49:52.730><c> so</c><00:49:53.150><c> individually</c><00:49:53.710><c> and</c><00:49:54.110><c> as</c><00:49:54.329><c> a</c><00:49:54.369><c> community,</c>

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brethren<00:49:55.030><c> and</c><00:49:55.150><c> sisters,</c><00:49:55.530><c> every</c><00:49:55.989><c> single</c><00:49:56.349><c> one</c><00:49:56.570><c> of</c><00:49:56.750><c> them.</c><00:49:58.329><c> And</c>

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the<00:49:58.849><c> effectual</c><00:49:59.489><c> fervent</c><00:49:59.869><c> prayer</c><00:50:00.250><c> of</c><00:50:00.570><c> righteous</c>

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men<00:50:01.809><c> prevails</c><00:50:02.550><c> much.</c><00:50:03.610><c> And</c><00:50:03.769><c> Ezra</c><00:50:03.969><c> says</c><00:50:04.369><c> he</c><00:50:05.130><c> was</c><00:50:05.789><c> entreated</c><00:50:06.449><c> of</c>

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us.<00:50:07.369><c> In</c><00:50:07.530><c> other</c><00:50:07.710><c> words,</c>

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God<00:50:11.110><c> suffered</c><00:50:11.650><c> himself,</c><00:50:12.809><c> as</c><00:50:12.969><c> Robbahan</c><00:50:13.369><c> puts</c><00:50:13.670><c> it,</c><00:50:14.429><c> he</c><00:50:14.750><c> suffered</c><00:50:15.130><c> himself</c>

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to<00:50:16.550><c> be</c><00:50:16.769><c> entreated</c><00:50:17.650><c> by</c><00:50:18.110><c> us</c><00:50:18.449><c> because</c><00:50:19.070><c> of</c>

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their<00:50:19.369><c> attitude.</c><00:50:21.909><c> And</c><00:50:22.070><c> then</c><00:50:22.190><c> we</c><00:50:22.369><c> have</c><00:50:22.550><c> the</c><00:50:22.789><c> details</c><00:50:23.170><c> of</c><00:50:23.469><c> the</c>

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committing<00:50:23.909><c> of</c><00:50:24.190><c> the</c><00:50:24.309><c> treasures</c><00:50:24.570><c> in</c><00:50:24.789><c> verses</c><00:50:25.090><c> 24</c><00:50:25.630><c> to</c><00:50:25.809><c> 30.</c>

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We<00:50:27.170><c> won't</c><00:50:27.329><c> go</c><00:50:27.570><c> through</c><00:50:27.809><c> that,</c><00:50:28.110><c> brethren</c><00:50:28.190><c> and</c><00:50:28.329><c> sisters,</c><00:50:29.329><c> except</c><00:50:29.650><c> perhaps</c><00:50:29.969><c> to</c>

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point<00:50:30.429><c> out</c><00:50:31.150><c> that</c><00:50:31.730><c> the</c><00:50:31.889><c> men</c><00:50:32.010><c> who</c><00:50:32.210><c> were</c>

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given<00:50:32.489><c> this</c><00:50:32.789><c> responsibility</c><00:50:33.510><c> were</c><00:50:33.929><c> priests.</c><00:50:34.530><c> Verse</c><00:50:34.829><c> 24.</c><00:50:36.530><c> And</c>

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their<00:50:37.090><c> duty</c><00:50:37.369><c> was</c><00:50:37.750><c> one</c><00:50:38.269><c> to</c><00:50:39.349><c> keep</c><00:50:39.650><c> those</c><00:50:40.090><c> vessels</c>

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and<00:50:40.650><c> those</c><00:50:41.070><c> treasures</c><00:50:41.349><c> until</c><00:50:41.869><c> they</c><00:50:42.250><c> arrived</c><00:50:42.590><c> at</c><00:50:42.769><c> the</c><00:50:42.949><c> house</c>

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of<00:50:43.429><c> God.</c><00:50:45.369><c> We</c><00:50:45.510><c> read</c><00:50:45.650><c> in</c><00:50:45.809><c> verse</c><00:50:45.989><c> 28</c><00:50:46.449><c> that</c><00:50:46.610><c> the</c><00:50:46.829><c> reason</c>

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he<00:50:47.210><c> gave</c><00:50:47.409><c> that</c><00:50:47.690><c> responsibility</c><00:50:48.250><c> is,</c><00:50:49.389><c> ye</c><00:50:49.570><c> are</c><00:50:49.809><c> holy</c><00:50:50.190><c> unto</c><00:50:50.510><c> Yahweh.</c><00:50:52.289><c> The</c>

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vessels<00:50:53.110><c> are</c><00:50:53.510><c> holy</c><00:50:53.849><c> also.</c><00:50:55.110><c> And</c><00:50:55.369><c> the</c><00:50:55.550><c> silver</c>

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and<00:50:55.989><c> the</c><00:50:56.110><c> gold</c><00:50:56.369><c> are</c><00:50:56.650><c> a</c><00:50:56.829><c> free</c><00:50:56.949><c> will</c><00:50:57.090><c> offering</c><00:50:57.409><c> unto</c><00:50:57.650><c> Yahweh,</c><00:50:58.190><c> God</c><00:50:58.389><c> of</c>

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your<00:50:58.809><c> fathers.</c><00:50:59.929><c> Watch</c><00:51:00.409><c> ye</c><00:51:00.949><c> and</c><00:51:01.849><c> keep</c><00:51:02.510><c> them</c><00:51:03.150><c> until</c>

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ye<00:51:04.030><c> weigh</c><00:51:04.269><c> them</c><00:51:04.510><c> before</c><00:51:04.829><c> the</c><00:51:05.090><c> chief</c><00:51:05.269><c> of</c><00:51:05.469><c> the</c><00:51:05.670><c> priests</c><00:51:05.849><c> and</c><00:51:06.010><c> the</c>

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Levites.<00:51:07.170><c> The</c><00:51:07.369><c> word</c><00:51:07.710><c> watch,</c><00:51:08.570><c> shekad,</c><00:51:09.309><c> means</c><00:51:09.630><c> to</c><00:51:09.869><c> be</c>

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alert,<00:51:10.769><c> to</c><00:51:11.070><c> be</c><00:51:11.550><c> sleepless,</c><00:51:12.469><c> which</c><00:51:12.690><c> is</c><00:51:12.949><c> the</c><00:51:13.250><c> responsibility</c>

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of<00:51:14.250><c> all</c><00:51:14.550><c> true</c><00:51:14.849><c> priests</c><00:51:15.429><c> who</c><00:51:16.090><c> are</c><00:51:16.369><c> given</c><00:51:16.670><c> the</c><00:51:16.989><c> treasures</c><00:51:17.230><c> of</c>

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God<00:51:17.710><c> to</c><00:51:17.989><c> hold</c><00:51:18.190><c> in</c><00:51:18.369><c> their</c><00:51:18.650><c> hands</c><00:51:19.070><c> until</c><00:51:19.849><c> the</c><00:51:20.090><c> day</c><00:51:20.309><c> comes,</c><00:51:20.670><c> brethren</c><00:51:20.789><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:51:21.449><c> when</c><00:51:21.630><c> they</c><00:51:21.869><c> can</c><00:51:22.110><c> commit</c><00:51:22.409><c> them</c>

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to<00:51:22.789><c> the</c><00:51:22.789><c> hand</c><00:51:23.090><c> of</c><00:51:23.269><c> the</c><00:51:23.369><c> great</c><00:51:23.610><c> priest</c><00:51:24.150><c> in</c><00:51:24.969><c> Zion.</c><00:51:26.269><c> Until</c><00:51:26.469><c> the</c>

00:51:26.630 --> 00:51:28.690
day<00:51:26.809><c> comes</c><00:51:27.090><c> when</c><00:51:27.210><c> they</c><00:51:27.349><c> can</c><00:51:27.510><c> deposit</c><00:51:27.989><c> those</c><00:51:28.409><c> treasures,</c>

00:51:28.710 --> 00:51:31.570
so<00:51:28.969><c> to</c><00:51:29.210><c> speak,</c><00:51:29.630><c> at</c><00:51:29.809><c> the</c><00:51:29.989><c> feet</c><00:51:30.110><c> of</c><00:51:30.269><c> our</c><00:51:30.429><c> Lord</c><00:51:30.630><c> Jesus</c><00:51:31.050><c> Christ.</c>

00:51:31.849 --> 00:51:34.230
That's<00:51:32.190><c> their</c><00:51:32.409><c> responsibility.</c><00:51:33.289><c> They</c><00:51:33.550><c> know</c><00:51:33.869><c> they're</c>

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holy.<00:51:34.710><c> They</c><00:51:34.929><c> are</c><00:51:35.250><c> set</c><00:51:35.489><c> apart</c><00:51:35.809><c> for</c><00:51:36.030><c> a</c><00:51:36.250><c> job</c><00:51:36.590><c> and</c><00:51:37.110><c> they're</c><00:51:37.469><c> committed</c><00:51:37.650><c> to</c><00:51:37.909><c> it</c>

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because<00:51:38.710><c> the</c><00:51:38.949><c> things</c><00:51:39.090><c> in</c><00:51:39.250><c> their</c><00:51:39.550><c> hand</c>

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are<00:51:40.030><c> holy</c><00:51:40.289><c> and</c><00:51:40.750><c> they</c><00:51:41.090><c> watch.</c><00:51:41.829><c> The</c><00:51:42.130><c> word</c><00:51:42.250><c> means</c><00:51:42.510><c> to</c><00:51:42.690><c> be</c><00:51:42.889><c> alert,</c>

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to<00:51:43.369><c> be</c><00:51:43.670><c> sleepless.</c><00:51:45.489><c> Do</c><00:51:45.570><c> you</c><00:51:45.570><c> like</c><00:51:45.690><c> that?</c><00:51:46.889><c> And</c><00:51:47.250><c> keep</c><00:51:47.630><c> them</c>

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to<00:51:48.750><c> hedge</c><00:51:49.050><c> them</c><00:51:49.329><c> about,</c><00:51:49.730><c> to</c><00:51:49.849><c> protect</c><00:51:50.250><c> them,</c><00:51:50.570><c> to</c><00:51:50.789><c> guard</c><00:51:51.010><c> them</c>

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with<00:51:51.309><c> your</c><00:51:51.550><c> life</c>

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until<00:51:54.329><c> you</c><00:51:54.590><c> weigh</c><00:51:54.750><c> them</c><00:51:54.889><c> in</c><00:51:55.010><c> the</c><00:51:55.190><c> house</c><00:51:55.369><c> of</c><00:51:55.570><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:51:57.809><c> So</c><00:51:58.030><c> those</c><00:51:58.190><c> men</c><00:51:58.409><c> took</c><00:51:58.590><c> up</c>

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their<00:51:59.050><c> responsibility</c>

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and<00:52:00.690><c> off</c><00:52:00.909><c> that</c><00:52:01.190><c> company</c><00:52:01.489><c> went,</c><00:52:01.949><c> verse</c><00:52:02.150><c> 31,</c><00:52:03.329><c> then</c><00:52:03.489><c> we</c><00:52:03.630><c> departed</c>

00:52:03.969 --> 00:52:05.690
from<00:52:04.170><c> the</c><00:52:04.289><c> river</c><00:52:04.469><c> of</c><00:52:04.590><c> a</c><00:52:04.750><c> harbor</c><00:52:04.909><c> on</c><00:52:05.110><c> the</c><00:52:05.309><c> 12th</c>

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day<00:52:05.789><c> of</c><00:52:05.949><c> the</c><00:52:06.030><c> first</c><00:52:06.309><c> month.</c><00:52:07.110><c> Now</c><00:52:07.250><c> we</c><00:52:07.329><c> can</c><00:52:07.550><c> pick</c><00:52:07.750><c> up</c><00:52:07.909><c> how</c><00:52:08.050><c> many</c>

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days<00:52:08.429><c> they</c><00:52:08.610><c> were</c><00:52:08.809><c> there</c><00:52:09.230><c> by</c><00:52:09.789><c> looking</c><00:52:10.010><c> at</c><00:52:10.190><c> chapter</c><00:52:10.409><c> 7,</c>

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verse<00:52:11.050><c> 9.</c><00:52:12.469><c> Perhaps</c><00:52:12.570><c> we</c><00:52:12.730><c> might</c><00:52:12.889><c> just</c><00:52:13.110><c> read</c><00:52:13.289><c> chapter</c><00:52:13.550><c> 7,</c><00:52:13.909><c> verses</c>

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8<00:52:14.449><c> and</c><00:52:14.610><c> 9.</c>

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He<00:52:18.949><c> came</c><00:52:19.230><c> to</c><00:52:19.349><c> Jerusalem</c><00:52:19.750><c> in</c><00:52:19.949><c> the</c><00:52:20.050><c> fifth</c><00:52:20.250><c> month</c><00:52:20.630><c> which</c><00:52:20.849><c> was</c><00:52:21.050><c> in</c>

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the<00:52:21.429><c> seventh</c><00:52:21.710><c> year</c><00:52:22.030><c> of</c><00:52:22.190><c> the</c><00:52:22.369><c> king.</c>

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Fifth<00:52:23.570><c> month</c><00:52:23.849><c> was</c><00:52:24.050><c> in</c><00:52:24.269><c> the</c><00:52:24.329><c> midst</c><00:52:24.530><c> of</c><00:52:24.829><c> summer,</c><00:52:26.150><c> in</c><00:52:26.150><c> the</c><00:52:26.250><c> blistering</c><00:52:26.690><c> heat</c>

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of<00:52:27.150><c> summer.</c><00:52:28.369><c> But</c><00:52:28.510><c> they'd</c><00:52:28.789><c> left</c><00:52:28.949><c> in</c><00:52:29.190><c> the</c>

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balmy<00:52:29.690><c> days</c><00:52:29.989><c> of</c><00:52:30.170><c> the</c><00:52:30.389><c> spring,</c><00:52:31.550><c> verse</c><00:52:31.829><c> 9,</c><00:52:32.210><c> for</c><00:52:32.369><c> upon</c><00:52:32.650><c> the</c><00:52:32.909><c> first</c>

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day<00:52:33.369><c> of</c><00:52:33.489><c> the</c><00:52:33.610><c> first</c><00:52:33.849><c> month</c><00:52:34.150><c> began</c><00:52:34.469><c> he</c><00:52:34.610><c> to</c><00:52:34.750><c> go</c>

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from<00:52:35.110><c> Babylon</c><00:52:35.570><c> and</c><00:52:36.409><c> on</c><00:52:36.590><c> the</c><00:52:36.710><c> first</c><00:52:36.989><c> day</c><00:52:37.090><c> of</c><00:52:37.230><c> the</c><00:52:37.329><c> fifth</c><00:52:37.510><c> month</c>

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came<00:52:38.010><c> he</c><00:52:38.130><c> to</c><00:52:38.250><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:52:38.750><c> A</c><00:52:38.989><c> journey</c><00:52:39.250><c> of</c><00:52:39.449><c> four</c>

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months<00:52:39.869><c> exactly.</c><00:52:41.949><c> But</c><00:52:42.510><c> 11</c><00:52:43.210><c> days</c><00:52:43.510><c> of</c><00:52:43.630><c> that</c><00:52:43.869><c> at</c><00:52:44.010><c> least</c><00:52:44.530><c> were</c><00:52:45.730><c> spent</c><00:52:46.010><c> at</c>

00:52:46.190 --> 00:52:48.429
a<00:52:46.369><c> harbor</c><00:52:46.570><c> because</c><00:52:47.050><c> chapter</c><00:52:47.349><c> 8,</c><00:52:47.690><c> verse</c><00:52:47.909><c> 31</c>

00:52:48.429 --> 00:52:54.250
tells<00:52:48.829><c> us</c><00:52:49.829><c> that</c><00:52:51.949><c> they</c><00:52:52.210><c> departed</c><00:52:52.590><c> from</c><00:52:52.829><c> a</c><00:52:53.010><c> harbor</c><00:52:53.210><c> on</c><00:52:53.449><c> the</c><00:52:53.750><c> 12th</c>

00:52:54.250 --> 00:52:56.630
day<00:52:54.449><c> of</c><00:52:54.590><c> the</c><00:52:54.690><c> first</c><00:52:54.949><c> month.</c><00:52:55.929><c> So</c><00:52:56.030><c> left</c><00:52:56.210><c> Babylon</c><00:52:56.469><c> on</c>

00:52:56.630 --> 00:53:01.630
the<00:52:56.710><c> first</c><00:52:56.989><c> day</c><00:52:57.150><c> of</c><00:52:57.250><c> the</c><00:52:57.269><c> first</c><00:52:57.550><c> month,</c><00:52:58.309><c> he</c><00:52:58.429><c> came</c><00:52:58.510><c> to</c><00:52:58.590><c> Jerusalem</c><00:52:59.010><c> four</c><00:52:59.289><c> months</c><00:52:59.530><c> later</c><00:52:59.849><c> exactly.</c><00:53:01.309><c> But</c><00:53:01.469><c> the</c>

00:53:01.630 --> 00:53:05.949
first<00:53:01.889><c> 11</c><00:53:02.210><c> days</c><00:53:02.889><c> were</c><00:53:03.570><c> spent</c><00:53:03.929><c> sorting</c><00:53:04.230><c> themselves</c><00:53:04.670><c> out</c><00:53:05.590><c> by</c>

00:53:05.949 --> 00:53:08.730
that<00:53:06.130><c> river.</c><00:53:07.449><c> Firstly</c><00:53:07.750><c> getting</c><00:53:07.989><c> the</c><00:53:08.170><c> Levi's</c>

00:53:08.730 --> 00:53:12.909
and<00:53:09.110><c> then</c><00:53:09.329><c> beseeching</c><00:53:09.869><c> their</c><00:53:10.030><c> God</c><00:53:10.269><c> on</c><00:53:10.449><c> that</c><00:53:10.630><c> journey.</c><00:53:11.710><c> And</c><00:53:11.829><c> then</c><00:53:12.010><c> the</c><00:53:12.090><c> next</c><00:53:12.510><c> three</c><00:53:12.690><c> and</c><00:53:12.889><c> a</c>

00:53:12.909 --> 00:53:13.710
half<00:53:13.150><c> months</c><00:53:13.449><c> were</c>

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spent<00:53:14.030><c> trudging</c><00:53:14.570><c> 800</c><00:53:15.090><c> miles</c><00:53:15.769><c> to</c><00:53:16.389><c> the</c><00:53:16.449><c> city</c><00:53:16.710><c> of</c><00:53:16.909><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:53:18.050><c> burying</c><00:53:18.170><c> the</c><00:53:18.409><c> precious</c><00:53:18.730><c> treasures</c><00:53:19.309><c> without</c><00:53:20.010><c> a</c><00:53:20.469><c> single</c>

00:53:20.969 --> 00:53:25.989
man<00:53:21.269><c> of</c><00:53:21.610><c> war</c><00:53:21.769><c> in</c><00:53:21.969><c> their</c><00:53:22.190><c> midst.</c><00:53:22.690><c> Not</c><00:53:23.050><c> one</c><00:53:23.469><c> soldier</c><00:53:24.090><c> to</c><00:53:25.650><c> protect</c>

00:53:25.989 --> 00:53:27.929
themselves<00:53:26.449><c> from</c><00:53:26.630><c> the</c><00:53:26.769><c> marauding</c><00:53:27.349><c> bands</c><00:53:27.690><c> of</c>

00:53:27.929 --> 00:53:31.150
the<00:53:28.210><c> Arabs</c><00:53:28.409><c> and</c><00:53:28.650><c> others</c><00:53:29.050><c> who</c><00:53:29.510><c> wandered</c><00:53:29.889><c> in</c><00:53:30.210><c> that</c><00:53:30.409><c> area</c><00:53:30.730><c> and</c>

00:53:31.150 --> 00:53:35.510
plundered,<00:53:32.210><c> preyed</c><00:53:32.429><c> upon</c><00:53:32.670><c> the</c><00:53:34.190><c> unwary</c><00:53:34.829><c> caravans</c>

00:53:35.510 --> 00:53:39.989
that<00:53:36.090><c> made</c><00:53:36.369><c> their</c><00:53:36.630><c> way</c><00:53:37.050><c> through</c><00:53:37.409><c> the</c><00:53:37.570><c> deserts</c><00:53:37.989><c> of</c><00:53:38.090><c> Arabia.</c><00:53:39.909><c> We</c>

00:53:39.989 --> 00:53:41.510
read<00:53:40.150><c> in</c><00:53:40.349><c> the</c><00:53:40.369><c> end</c><00:53:40.570><c> of</c><00:53:40.730><c> verse</c><00:53:40.909><c> 31,</c>

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or<00:53:41.829><c> at</c><00:53:41.849><c> least</c><00:53:41.989><c> the</c><00:53:42.130><c> middle</c><00:53:42.250><c> of</c><00:53:42.389><c> verse</c><00:53:42.570><c> 31,</c><00:53:43.869><c> and</c><00:53:44.170><c> the</c><00:53:44.349><c> hand</c><00:53:44.750><c> of</c>

00:53:44.969 --> 00:53:48.269
our<00:53:45.269><c> God</c><00:53:45.730><c> was</c><00:53:46.510><c> upon</c><00:53:46.849><c> us.</c><00:53:47.150><c> They</c><00:53:47.489><c> believed</c><00:53:47.809><c> that</c>

00:53:48.269 --> 00:53:52.929
and<00:53:49.030><c> it</c><00:53:49.349><c> happened.</c><00:53:50.210><c> The</c><00:53:50.449><c> hand</c><00:53:50.789><c> of</c><00:53:50.969><c> our</c><00:53:51.130><c> God</c><00:53:51.329><c> was</c><00:53:51.550><c> upon</c><00:53:51.789><c> us</c><00:53:52.289><c> and</c>

00:53:52.929 --> 00:53:55.090
he<00:53:53.329><c> delivered</c><00:53:53.610><c> us</c><00:53:53.869><c> from</c><00:53:54.050><c> the</c><00:53:54.230><c> hand</c><00:53:54.349><c> of</c><00:53:54.530><c> the</c><00:53:54.710><c> enemy</c>

00:53:55.090 --> 00:53:59.309
and<00:53:55.550><c> of</c><00:53:55.730><c> such</c><00:53:55.989><c> as</c><00:53:56.190><c> lay</c><00:53:56.449><c> and</c><00:53:56.690><c> wait</c><00:53:56.969><c> by</c><00:53:57.909><c> the</c><00:53:58.150><c> way.</c><00:53:58.590><c> The</c><00:53:58.789><c> word</c><00:53:59.010><c> lay</c>

00:53:59.309 --> 00:54:02.769
and<00:53:59.510><c> wait</c><00:53:59.710><c> there</c><00:54:00.489><c> strangely</c><00:54:01.210><c> and</c><00:54:01.610><c> coincidentally</c>

00:54:02.710 --> 00:54:07.510
happens<00:54:02.969><c> to</c><00:54:03.590><c> be</c><00:54:03.750><c> the</c><00:54:03.849><c> word</c><00:54:04.210><c> Arab.</c><00:54:05.349><c> It</c><00:54:05.690><c> doesn't</c><00:54:06.650><c> of</c><00:54:06.710><c> course</c><00:54:06.929><c> refer</c><00:54:07.250><c> to</c>

00:54:07.510 --> 00:54:09.050
Arabs,<00:54:07.769><c> but</c><00:54:07.869><c> it's</c><00:54:08.050><c> interesting</c><00:54:08.489><c> that</c><00:54:08.730><c> it</c><00:54:08.829><c> was</c>

00:54:09.050 --> 00:54:15.389
the<00:54:09.369><c> Arabs</c><00:54:09.570><c> who</c><00:54:09.670><c> were</c><00:54:09.889><c> lurking</c><00:54:10.190><c> in</c><00:54:10.389><c> the</c><00:54:10.550><c> way.</c><00:54:12.309><c> And</c><00:54:12.309><c> the</c><00:54:14.349><c> Interlinear</c><00:54:14.829><c> Bible</c>

00:54:15.389 --> 00:54:17.510
translates<00:54:16.050><c> it</c><00:54:16.650><c> who</c><00:54:17.030><c> were</c><00:54:17.230><c> waiting</c>

00:54:17.510 --> 00:54:22.630
to<00:54:17.909><c> ambush</c><00:54:18.510><c> by</c><00:54:18.989><c> the</c><00:54:19.190><c> way.</c><00:54:20.309><c> There</c><00:54:20.369><c> were</c><00:54:20.510><c> many</c><00:54:20.769><c> enemies</c><00:54:21.130><c> lurking</c>

00:54:22.630 --> 00:54:25.909
in<00:54:23.389><c> the</c><00:54:23.630><c> way.</c><00:54:24.789><c> Now</c><00:54:24.989><c> I</c><00:54:25.090><c> think</c><00:54:25.230><c> you</c><00:54:25.369><c> can</c><00:54:25.550><c> see</c><00:54:25.690><c> the</c>

00:54:25.909 --> 00:54:30.210
parable<00:54:26.110><c> in</c><00:54:26.309><c> that.</c><00:54:27.489><c> We</c><00:54:27.610><c> can</c><00:54:27.750><c> see</c><00:54:27.869><c> the</c><00:54:28.110><c> parable</c><00:54:28.389><c> of</c><00:54:28.690><c> the</c><00:54:29.530><c> vessels</c><00:54:29.909><c> given</c>

00:54:30.210 --> 00:54:31.650
into<00:54:30.429><c> the</c><00:54:30.590><c> hands</c><00:54:30.789><c> of</c><00:54:30.969><c> the</c><00:54:31.210><c> priests</c>

00:54:31.650 --> 00:54:35.369
who<00:54:32.130><c> were</c><00:54:32.389><c> holy</c><00:54:32.670><c> unto</c><00:54:32.909><c> Yahweh.</c><00:54:34.150><c> We</c><00:54:34.250><c> can</c><00:54:34.469><c> see</c><00:54:34.610><c> the</c><00:54:34.889><c> parable</c><00:54:35.150><c> in</c>

00:54:35.369 --> 00:54:37.789
coming<00:54:35.610><c> out</c><00:54:35.889><c> of</c><00:54:36.130><c> Babylon</c><00:54:36.449><c> and</c><00:54:36.750><c> making</c><00:54:37.010><c> a</c><00:54:37.269><c> long</c><00:54:37.489><c> and</c>

00:54:37.789 --> 00:54:42.949
arduous<00:54:38.230><c> journey</c><00:54:38.550><c> towards</c><00:54:39.010><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:54:41.170><c> We</c><00:54:41.690><c> can</c><00:54:41.949><c> see</c><00:54:42.070><c> the</c><00:54:42.309><c> parable</c><00:54:42.570><c> between</c><00:54:42.710><c> the</c>

00:54:42.949 --> 00:54:44.389
sisters<00:54:43.230><c> of</c><00:54:43.469><c> the</c><00:54:43.690><c> enemies</c><00:54:44.030><c> who</c>

00:54:44.389 --> 00:54:48.570
lurk<00:54:44.670><c> in</c><00:54:44.849><c> the</c><00:54:44.989><c> way.</c><00:54:45.570><c> There</c><00:54:45.730><c> are</c><00:54:45.889><c> many</c><00:54:46.210><c> ruthless</c><00:54:46.650><c> enemies</c><00:54:47.329><c> who</c>

00:54:48.570 --> 00:54:50.630
would<00:54:48.969><c> seize</c><00:54:49.329><c> the</c><00:54:49.670><c> treasure</c><00:54:49.889><c> that</c><00:54:50.070><c> we've</c><00:54:50.210><c> been</c><00:54:50.489><c> given</c>

00:54:50.630 --> 00:54:56.789
in<00:54:50.869><c> earthen</c><00:54:51.150><c> vessels</c><00:54:51.510><c> and</c><00:54:52.809><c> who</c><00:54:52.969><c> would</c><00:54:53.230><c> cause</c><00:54:53.449><c> us</c><00:54:53.750><c> never</c><00:54:53.989><c> to</c><00:54:54.230><c> reach</c><00:54:54.429><c> our</c><00:54:54.670><c> destination.</c><00:54:55.670><c> They're</c><00:54:55.869><c> always</c><00:54:56.269><c> there</c><00:54:56.469><c> in</c><00:54:56.630><c> the</c>

00:54:56.789 --> 00:54:59.989
way.<00:54:58.190><c> We're</c><00:54:58.449><c> going</c><00:54:58.530><c> to</c><00:54:58.630><c> make</c><00:54:58.769><c> it,</c><00:54:58.909><c> you</c><00:54:59.030><c> know.</c><00:54:59.369><c> We</c><00:54:59.590><c> are</c><00:54:59.869><c> going</c>

00:54:59.989 --> 00:55:02.210
to<00:55:00.130><c> make</c><00:55:00.289><c> it</c><00:55:01.050><c> if</c><00:55:01.190><c> we've</c><00:55:01.409><c> got</c><00:55:01.550><c> the</c><00:55:01.809><c> spirit</c><00:55:02.010><c> of</c>

00:55:02.210 --> 00:55:05.570
Ezra<00:55:02.510><c> in</c><00:55:02.610><c> this</c><00:55:02.829><c> people.</c><00:55:03.929><c> For</c><00:55:04.030><c> the</c><00:55:04.289><c> hand</c><00:55:04.530><c> of</c><00:55:04.710><c> our</c><00:55:04.949><c> God</c><00:55:05.170><c> is</c><00:55:05.369><c> upon</c>

00:55:05.570 --> 00:55:11.769
all<00:55:06.030><c> them</c><00:55:06.250><c> for</c><00:55:06.550><c> good</c><00:55:06.769><c> that</c><00:55:07.869><c> seek</c><00:55:08.349><c> him.</c><00:55:10.530><c> It's</c><00:55:10.710><c> true.</c>

00:55:12.269 --> 00:55:16.289
And<00:55:12.409><c> it</c><00:55:12.610><c> happened</c><00:55:12.929><c> because</c><00:55:13.909><c> they</c><00:55:14.130><c> came</c><00:55:14.349><c> to</c><00:55:14.489><c> Jerusalem</c><00:55:14.849><c> in</c><00:55:15.050><c> verse</c><00:55:15.289><c> 32.</c>

00:55:16.650 --> 00:55:18.909
We<00:55:16.909><c> came</c><00:55:17.269><c> to</c><00:55:17.489><c> Jerusalem</c><00:55:17.929><c> and</c><00:55:18.250><c> abode</c><00:55:18.650><c> there</c>

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three<00:55:19.210><c> days.</c><00:55:19.590><c> They</c><00:55:19.769><c> were</c><00:55:20.050><c> weary.</c><00:55:20.710><c> They</c><00:55:20.969><c> needed</c><00:55:21.289><c> that</c><00:55:21.570><c> three</c>

00:55:21.829 --> 00:55:25.530
days<00:55:22.090><c> rest.</c><00:55:22.989><c> So</c><00:55:23.170><c> the</c><00:55:23.389><c> journey</c><00:55:23.670><c> had</c><00:55:23.909><c> been</c><00:55:24.670><c> preceded</c><00:55:25.210><c> by</c>

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three<00:55:25.769><c> days.</c><00:55:28.329><c> Three</c><00:55:28.750><c> days</c><00:55:29.409><c> they</c><00:55:30.150><c> stayed</c><00:55:30.610><c> at</c><00:55:30.909><c> a</c><00:55:31.070><c> harbor</c><00:55:31.329><c> while</c>

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Ezra<00:55:32.550><c> viewed</c><00:55:32.869><c> the</c><00:55:33.130><c> people.</c><00:55:34.090><c> At</c><00:55:34.269><c> the</c><00:55:34.469><c> end</c><00:55:34.630><c> they</c>

00:55:34.750 --> 00:55:39.250
came<00:55:34.969><c> to</c><00:55:35.090><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:55:35.630><c> Three</c><00:55:35.949><c> days</c><00:55:36.650><c> they</c><00:55:37.190><c> waited</c><00:55:37.469><c> until</c><00:55:38.829><c> they</c>

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fulfilled<00:55:39.690><c> their</c><00:55:39.969><c> commission.</c><00:55:41.570><c> And</c><00:55:41.690><c> on</c><00:55:41.809><c> the</c><00:55:42.010><c> fourth</c>

00:55:42.289 --> 00:55:48.110
day,<00:55:43.690><c> verse</c><00:55:43.969><c> 33,</c><00:55:45.630><c> four</c><00:55:46.230><c> being</c><00:55:46.610><c> the</c><00:55:46.690><c> number</c><00:55:46.949><c> of</c><00:55:47.190><c> righteousness,</c><00:55:47.849><c> brethren</c><00:55:47.949><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:55:48.869><c> and</c><00:55:49.409><c> three</c>

00:55:49.750 --> 00:55:52.829
being<00:55:49.969><c> the</c><00:55:50.130><c> number</c><00:55:50.369><c> of</c><00:55:50.710><c> fruitfulness</c><00:55:51.110><c> or</c><00:55:51.469><c> the</c><00:55:51.849><c> bringing</c><00:55:52.110><c> of</c><00:55:52.469><c> a</c>

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result<00:55:53.369><c> to</c><00:55:56.269><c> fruit.</c>

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It's<00:55:59.389><c> quite</c><00:55:59.650><c> significant.</c><00:56:00.949><c> Three</c><00:56:01.429><c> and</c><00:56:01.710><c> four.</c><00:56:03.110><c> Now</c><00:56:03.250><c> on</c><00:56:03.429><c> the</c>

00:56:03.690 --> 00:56:06.050
fourth<00:56:04.030><c> day</c><00:56:04.409><c> was</c><00:56:04.650><c> the</c><00:56:04.969><c> silver</c><00:56:05.309><c> and</c><00:56:05.489><c> the</c><00:56:05.690><c> gold,</c>

00:56:06.210 --> 00:56:11.570
symbols<00:56:06.510><c> of</c><00:56:06.789><c> redemption</c><00:56:07.170><c> and</c><00:56:07.489><c> tried</c><00:56:07.769><c> faith.</c><00:56:08.789><c> And</c><00:56:09.070><c> the</c><00:56:09.329><c> vessels,</c><00:56:10.150><c> symbols,</c><00:56:11.190><c> as</c><00:56:11.389><c> we</c>

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know<00:56:11.730><c> in</c><00:56:11.889><c> the</c><00:56:11.969><c> New</c><00:56:12.150><c> Testament,</c>

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of<00:56:14.170><c> the</c><00:56:14.349><c> saints</c><00:56:14.650><c> themselves,</c><00:56:15.730><c> as</c><00:56:15.730><c> ministering</c><00:56:16.309><c> vessels</c><00:56:16.730><c> in</c>

00:56:17.110 --> 00:56:19.630
the<00:56:17.269><c> house</c><00:56:17.469><c> of</c><00:56:17.710><c> God.</c><00:56:18.230><c> They</c><00:56:18.289><c> were</c><00:56:18.710><c> weighed</c><00:56:19.110><c> in</c><00:56:19.469><c> the</c>

00:56:19.630 --> 00:56:22.210
house<00:56:19.849><c> of</c><00:56:20.010><c> our</c><00:56:20.210><c> God</c><00:56:20.369><c> by</c><00:56:20.630><c> the</c><00:56:20.769><c> hand</c><00:56:21.010><c> of</c><00:56:21.250><c> Merrimoth,</c><00:56:21.769><c> the</c><00:56:21.889><c> son</c><00:56:22.050><c> of</c>

00:56:22.210 --> 00:56:24.530
Uriah,<00:56:23.210><c> the</c><00:56:23.530><c> priest.</c><00:56:23.869><c> And</c><00:56:24.010><c> with</c><00:56:24.110><c> him</c><00:56:24.269><c> was</c>

00:56:24.530 --> 00:56:27.510
Eliezer,<00:56:24.989><c> the</c><00:56:25.090><c> son</c><00:56:25.269><c> of</c><00:56:25.429><c> Phineas.</c><00:56:26.429><c> And</c><00:56:26.590><c> with</c><00:56:26.809><c> them,</c><00:56:27.190><c> Jozebed,</c>

00:56:27.610 --> 00:56:29.429
the<00:56:27.690><c> son</c><00:56:27.869><c> of</c><00:56:28.090><c> Joshua,</c><00:56:28.449><c> and</c><00:56:28.690><c> Noadi,</c><00:56:29.130><c> the</c><00:56:29.250><c> son</c>

00:56:29.429 --> 00:56:38.869
of<00:56:29.590><c> Vinui,</c><00:56:30.090><c> Levites.</c><00:56:31.889><c> By</c><00:56:32.050><c> number</c><00:56:32.349><c> and</c><00:56:32.570><c> by</c><00:56:32.809><c> weight</c><00:56:33.050><c> of</c><00:56:33.469><c> every</c><00:56:34.010><c> one,</c><00:56:35.389><c> nothing</c><00:56:35.710><c> was</c><00:56:36.090><c> lost.</c><00:56:37.789><c> They</c><00:56:38.070><c> hadn't</c><00:56:38.349><c> lost</c><00:56:38.630><c> a</c>

00:56:38.869 --> 00:56:42.070
thing<00:56:39.090><c> by</c><00:56:39.329><c> the</c><00:56:39.530><c> way.</c><00:56:40.610><c> And</c><00:56:40.690><c> if,</c><00:56:40.929><c> brethren</c><00:56:41.030><c> and</c><00:56:41.250><c> sisters,</c><00:56:41.449><c> we</c><00:56:41.610><c> can</c><00:56:41.809><c> go</c>

00:56:42.070 --> 00:56:43.670
to<00:56:42.250><c> the</c><00:56:42.369><c> judgment</c><00:56:42.670><c> seat</c><00:56:42.869><c> of</c><00:56:43.050><c> Christ</c>

00:56:43.670 --> 00:56:48.650
and<00:56:44.469><c> then</c><00:56:44.710><c> to</c><00:56:44.889><c> the</c><00:56:45.030><c> house</c><00:56:45.250><c> of</c><00:56:45.449><c> our</c><00:56:45.690><c> God</c><00:56:45.849><c> and</c><00:56:46.030><c> walk</c><00:56:46.309><c> its</c><00:56:46.610><c> corridors</c><00:56:47.130><c> in</c><00:56:48.429><c> the</c>

00:56:48.650 --> 00:56:49.829
company<00:56:48.889><c> of</c><00:56:49.170><c> all</c><00:56:49.409><c> our</c><00:56:49.610><c> brethren</c>

00:56:49.829 --> 00:56:52.050
and<00:56:50.050><c> sisters</c><00:56:50.289><c> because</c><00:56:50.570><c> our</c><00:56:50.869><c> whole</c><00:56:51.090><c> life's</c><00:56:51.369><c> been</c><00:56:51.630><c> committed</c>

00:56:52.050 --> 00:56:54.250
to<00:56:52.690><c> getting</c><00:56:52.909><c> them</c><00:56:53.030><c> into</c><00:56:53.150><c> the</c><00:56:53.369><c> kingdom.</c>

00:56:55.690 --> 00:56:59.170
We've<00:56:56.050><c> kept</c><00:56:56.309><c> the</c><00:56:56.650><c> treasures</c><00:56:56.929><c> that</c><00:56:57.250><c> Yahweh's</c><00:56:57.630><c> given</c><00:56:57.809><c> us,</c><00:56:58.769><c> knowing</c><00:56:58.989><c> that</c>

00:56:59.170 --> 00:57:01.309
they<00:56:59.269><c> are</c><00:56:59.489><c> holy.</c><00:57:00.050><c> If</c><00:57:00.289><c> we</c><00:57:00.469><c> can</c><00:57:00.630><c> do</c><00:57:00.849><c> that</c>

00:57:01.309 --> 00:57:04.369
and<00:57:01.590><c> we</c><00:57:01.690><c> can</c><00:57:02.150><c> weigh</c><00:57:02.409><c> as</c><00:57:02.570><c> it</c><00:57:02.789><c> were</c><00:57:03.150><c> the</c><00:57:03.510><c> silver</c><00:57:03.849><c> and</c><00:57:04.010><c> the</c><00:57:04.190><c> gold</c>

00:57:04.369 --> 00:57:06.170
and<00:57:04.510><c> the</c><00:57:04.650><c> vessels</c><00:57:04.869><c> in</c><00:57:05.050><c> the</c><00:57:05.170><c> house</c><00:57:05.369><c> of</c><00:57:05.630><c> God</c><00:57:05.789><c> before</c>

00:57:06.170 --> 00:57:12.230
our<00:57:06.329><c> Lord</c><00:57:06.590><c> Jesus</c><00:57:07.070><c> Christ,</c><00:57:08.550><c> because</c><00:57:08.710><c> the</c><00:57:08.949><c> hand</c><00:57:09.190><c> of</c><00:57:09.409><c> our</c><00:57:09.610><c> God</c><00:57:09.769><c> has</c><00:57:10.010><c> been</c><00:57:10.269><c> strong</c><00:57:10.550><c> upon</c><00:57:10.849><c> us,</c><00:57:11.590><c> we're</c><00:57:11.969><c> going</c><00:57:12.010><c> to</c><00:57:12.090><c> have</c>

00:57:12.230 --> 00:57:16.829
a<00:57:12.449><c> joy</c><00:57:12.650><c> that</c><00:57:12.849><c> will</c><00:57:13.630><c> be</c><00:57:14.150><c> greater,</c><00:57:15.670><c> more</c><00:57:15.909><c> lasting</c><00:57:16.329><c> than</c><00:57:16.550><c> the</c><00:57:16.690><c> joy</c>

00:57:16.829 --> 00:57:19.590
than<00:57:17.869><c> that</c><00:57:18.110><c> which</c><00:57:18.349><c> this</c><00:57:18.530><c> people</c><00:57:18.809><c> must</c><00:57:19.110><c> have</c><00:57:19.329><c> felt</c>

00:57:19.590 --> 00:57:24.369
when<00:57:20.369><c> they</c><00:57:20.630><c> brought</c><00:57:20.829><c> their</c><00:57:21.110><c> commission</c><00:57:21.650><c> to</c><00:57:22.989><c> its</c><00:57:23.269><c> finality.</c>

00:57:25.469 --> 00:57:29.989
And<00:57:25.670><c> so</c><00:57:25.809><c> we</c><00:57:26.010><c> read</c><00:57:26.809><c> in</c><00:57:27.489><c> verse</c><00:57:27.730><c> 35</c><00:57:28.190><c> that</c><00:57:28.309><c> they</c><00:57:28.530><c> made</c><00:57:28.710><c> sacrifice</c>

00:57:30.010 --> 00:57:33.829
the<00:57:30.489><c> children</c><00:57:30.829><c> of</c><00:57:31.510><c> those</c><00:57:31.789><c> that</c><00:57:31.909><c> have</c><00:57:32.010><c> been</c><00:57:32.269><c> carried</c><00:57:32.530><c> away,</c><00:57:32.929><c> which</c><00:57:33.090><c> would</c><00:57:33.289><c> come</c><00:57:33.449><c> out</c><00:57:33.690><c> of</c>

00:57:33.829 --> 00:57:34.449
the<00:57:34.010><c> captivity,</c>

00:57:34.449 --> 00:57:38.829
burnt<00:57:35.070><c> offerings</c><00:57:35.489><c> under</c><00:57:35.730><c> the</c><00:57:35.929><c> God</c><00:57:36.050><c> of</c><00:57:36.289><c> Israel,</c><00:57:37.730><c> 12</c><00:57:38.210><c> bullocks</c>

00:57:38.829 --> 00:57:41.690
for<00:57:39.329><c> all</c><00:57:39.610><c> Israel.</c><00:57:40.829><c> And</c><00:57:41.010><c> so</c><00:57:41.190><c> it</c><00:57:41.269><c> will</c><00:57:41.429><c> be</c><00:57:41.530><c> in</c>

00:57:41.690 --> 00:57:46.889
the<00:57:41.809><c> kingdom</c><00:57:42.030><c> age.</c><00:57:43.690><c> The</c><00:57:43.909><c> true</c><00:57:44.210><c> Israel</c><00:57:44.710><c> of</c><00:57:44.969><c> God</c><00:57:45.469><c> will</c><00:57:46.429><c> be</c><00:57:46.650><c> there</c>

00:57:46.889 --> 00:57:49.630
in<00:57:47.150><c> unity.</c><00:57:48.829><c> They</c><00:57:48.949><c> didn't</c><00:57:49.150><c> really</c><00:57:49.389><c> know,</c>

00:57:49.690 --> 00:57:51.789
brethren<00:57:49.809><c> and</c><00:57:49.949><c> sisters,</c><00:57:50.550><c> many</c><00:57:50.789><c> of</c><00:57:50.989><c> them,</c><00:57:51.110><c> where</c><00:57:51.329><c> they'd</c><00:57:51.590><c> come</c>

00:57:51.789 --> 00:57:54.989
from.<00:57:52.730><c> But</c><00:57:52.849><c> they</c><00:57:53.010><c> were</c><00:57:53.210><c> there,</c><00:57:53.969><c> all</c><00:57:54.309><c> of</c><00:57:54.469><c> them,</c>

00:57:55.409 --> 00:58:02.690
Israel<00:57:55.889><c> united,</c><00:57:57.269><c> 12</c><00:57:57.889><c> bullocks</c><00:57:58.429><c> for</c><00:57:58.809><c> all</c><00:57:59.250><c> Israel.</c><00:58:00.750><c> And</c><00:58:00.929><c> they</c><00:58:01.190><c> rejoiced</c><00:58:01.610><c> before</c><00:58:01.929><c> their</c><00:58:02.150><c> God</c><00:58:02.309><c> with</c><00:58:02.489><c> a</c>

00:58:02.690 --> 00:58:03.090
burnt<00:58:02.829><c> offering</c>

00:58:03.090 --> 00:58:07.090
and<00:58:03.230><c> a</c><00:58:03.389><c> sin</c><00:58:03.570><c> offering,</c><00:58:05.150><c> knowing</c><00:58:05.409><c> that</c><00:58:05.570><c> he'd</c><00:58:05.849><c> worked</c><00:58:06.010><c> effectively</c><00:58:06.550><c> in</c><00:58:06.849><c> their</c>

00:58:07.090 --> 00:58:09.530
lives.<00:58:07.789><c> Why</c><00:58:08.130><c> had</c><00:58:08.289><c> he</c><00:58:08.409><c> done</c><00:58:08.590><c> that?</c>

00:58:09.949 --> 00:58:13.949
Well,<00:58:10.150><c> it</c><00:58:10.250><c> was</c><00:58:10.489><c> burnt</c><00:58:10.670><c> offering,</c><00:58:11.070><c> wasn't</c><00:58:11.230><c> it?</c><00:58:11.789><c> Notice,</c><00:58:13.750><c> they</c>

00:58:13.949 --> 00:58:17.849
offered<00:58:14.150><c> burnt</c><00:58:14.469><c> offering.</c><00:58:16.170><c> End</c><00:58:16.269><c> of</c><00:58:16.389><c> verse</c><00:58:16.570><c> 35,</c>

00:58:18.010 --> 00:58:22.190
all<00:58:18.469><c> this</c><00:58:18.829><c> was</c><00:58:19.110><c> a</c><00:58:19.489><c> burnt</c><00:58:19.909><c> offering</c><00:58:20.610><c> unto</c><00:58:20.969><c> Yahweh.</c><00:58:21.750><c> That's</c><00:58:22.050><c> all</c>

00:58:22.190 --> 00:58:23.429
about<00:58:22.429><c> commitment.</c>

00:58:24.610 --> 00:58:38.780
Burnt<00:58:25.909><c> offering.</c><00:58:27.210><c> Hate,</c><00:58:28.550><c> facts,</c><00:58:29.809><c> inwards</c><00:58:30.130><c> and</c><00:58:30.449><c> legs.</c><00:58:31.730><c> In</c><00:58:31.869><c> that</c><00:58:32.110><c> order.</c><00:58:33.570><c> That's</c><00:58:33.829><c> commitment,</c><00:58:35.449><c> isn't</c><00:58:35.530><c> it?</c><00:58:37.630><c> Hate,</c>

00:58:41.409 --> 00:58:48.840
facts,<00:58:46.369><c> legs,</c><00:58:47.610><c> and</c><00:58:47.690><c> inwards.</c>

00:58:50.420 --> 00:58:54.619
Achieving<00:58:50.860><c> results.</c><00:58:51.699><c> That's</c><00:58:51.880><c> what</c><00:58:51.980><c> it's</c><00:58:52.119><c> all</c><00:58:52.280><c> about,</c><00:58:52.659><c> brethren</c><00:58:52.800><c> and</c><00:58:52.980><c> sisters.</c><00:58:54.079><c> And</c><00:58:54.219><c> here</c><00:58:54.340><c> were</c><00:58:54.460><c> a</c>

00:58:54.619 --> 00:58:55.199
people<00:58:54.920><c> who</c>

00:58:55.199 --> 00:59:00.699
understood<00:58:56.059><c> those</c><00:58:57.099><c> principles.</c><00:58:58.800><c> And</c><00:58:58.880><c> they'd</c><00:58:59.179><c> come</c><00:58:59.460><c> to</c><00:59:00.179><c> embellish</c><00:59:00.559><c> the</c>

00:59:00.699 --> 00:59:02.480
house<00:59:00.920><c> of</c><00:59:01.139><c> God.</c><00:59:01.320><c> Or</c><00:59:01.460><c> as</c><00:59:01.559><c> verse</c><00:59:01.780><c> 36</c><00:59:02.320><c> says,</c>

00:59:02.519 --> 00:59:04.760
they<00:59:02.659><c> delivered</c><00:59:02.980><c> the</c><00:59:03.159><c> King's</c><00:59:03.659><c> commissions</c><00:59:03.900><c> under</c><00:59:04.079><c> the</c><00:59:04.280><c> King's</c><00:59:04.579><c> left</c>

00:59:04.760 --> 00:59:06.659
hand.<00:59:04.940><c> What</c><00:59:05.119><c> was</c><00:59:05.300><c> that</c><00:59:05.519><c> for?</c><00:59:06.039><c> We</c><00:59:06.199><c> told</c><00:59:06.420><c> that</c>

00:59:06.659 --> 00:59:10.000
back<00:59:06.860><c> in</c><00:59:07.019><c> verse</c><00:59:07.239><c> 27</c><00:59:07.719><c> of</c><00:59:07.860><c> the</c><00:59:07.960><c> previous</c><00:59:08.300><c> chapter,</c><00:59:09.059><c> to</c><00:59:09.400><c> beautify</c>

00:59:10.000 --> 00:59:12.460
the<00:59:10.159><c> house</c><00:59:10.420><c> of</c><00:59:10.619><c> Yahweh,</c><00:59:11.360><c> to</c><00:59:11.639><c> glorify</c><00:59:12.260><c> it,</c>

00:59:12.460 --> 00:59:16.599
to<00:59:12.780><c> bring</c><00:59:13.000><c> the</c><00:59:13.239><c> finishing</c><00:59:13.639><c> touches</c><00:59:14.079><c> to</c><00:59:14.400><c> it.</c><00:59:15.099><c> They</c><00:59:15.280><c> gave</c><00:59:15.460><c> those</c>

00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:19.199
commissions<00:59:17.360><c> under</c><00:59:18.059><c> the</c><00:59:18.239><c> King's</c><00:59:18.519><c> left</c><00:59:18.719><c> tenet,</c>

00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:23.840
his<00:59:19.559><c> governors</c><00:59:19.840><c> or</c><00:59:20.119><c> sat</c><00:59:20.360><c> traps,</c><00:59:22.320><c> on</c><00:59:22.440><c> this</c><00:59:22.639><c> side</c><00:59:22.820><c> of</c><00:59:22.940><c> the</c><00:59:23.019><c> river.</c><00:59:23.699><c> And</c>

00:59:23.840 --> 00:59:25.260
what<00:59:23.920><c> did</c><00:59:23.960><c> they</c><00:59:24.119><c> do</c><00:59:24.239><c> with</c><00:59:24.380><c> it?</c><00:59:24.739><c> They</c>

00:59:25.260 --> 00:59:28.960
furthered<00:59:26.280><c> the</c><00:59:26.760><c> people</c><00:59:27.219><c> and</c><00:59:27.599><c> the</c><00:59:27.800><c> house</c><00:59:28.000><c> of</c><00:59:28.219><c> God.</c><00:59:28.380><c> That</c><00:59:28.619><c> word</c>

00:59:28.960 --> 00:59:31.420
furthered<00:59:29.440><c> there</c><00:59:29.539><c> is</c><00:59:29.760><c> the</c><00:59:29.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:59:30.159><c> word</c><00:59:30.579><c> nassar.</c>

00:59:31.679 --> 00:59:40.739
It<00:59:31.940><c> means</c><00:59:32.300><c> to</c><00:59:32.659><c> lift</c><00:59:32.940><c> up,</c><00:59:35.260><c> to</c><00:59:35.679><c> lift</c><00:59:36.019><c> it</c><00:59:36.260><c> up,</c><00:59:37.380><c> that</c><00:59:37.460><c> the</c><00:59:37.699><c> whole</c><00:59:38.260><c> world</c><00:59:38.599><c> might</c><00:59:38.900><c> see</c><00:59:39.159><c> it.</c><00:59:39.880><c> One</c><00:59:40.119><c> day</c><00:59:40.300><c> it's</c><00:59:40.500><c> going</c><00:59:40.579><c> to</c>

00:59:40.739 --> 00:59:43.239
happen,<00:59:40.920><c> brethren</c><00:59:41.039><c> and</c><00:59:41.119><c> sisters.</c><00:59:41.920><c> One</c><00:59:42.139><c> day</c><00:59:42.360><c> it</c><00:59:42.460><c> is</c><00:59:42.760><c> going</c><00:59:42.980><c> to</c>

00:59:43.239 --> 00:59:46.539
happen<00:59:43.719><c> that</c><00:59:45.019><c> the</c><00:59:45.139><c> house</c><00:59:45.380><c> of</c><00:59:45.619><c> God</c><00:59:45.760><c> will</c><00:59:45.940><c> be</c><00:59:46.099><c> lifted</c><00:59:46.320><c> up</c>

00:59:46.539 --> 00:59:50.420
and<00:59:46.639><c> it</c><00:59:46.719><c> will</c><00:59:46.940><c> consist,</c><00:59:48.500><c> not</c><00:59:48.639><c> just</c><00:59:48.880><c> of</c><00:59:49.019><c> a</c><00:59:49.199><c> building</c><00:59:49.440><c> of</c><00:59:49.659><c> course,</c><00:59:50.059><c> but</c><00:59:50.219><c> of</c>

00:59:50.420 --> 00:59:53.219
people.<00:59:52.260><c> The</c><00:59:52.400><c> treasure</c><00:59:52.639><c> of</c><00:59:52.900><c> God,</c>

00:59:53.500 --> 00:59:59.619
the<00:59:53.619><c> vessels</c><00:59:53.940><c> of</c><00:59:54.260><c> God</c><00:59:54.300><c> that</c><00:59:54.420><c> have</c><00:59:54.559><c> been</c><00:59:54.679><c> brought</c><00:59:54.940><c> to</c><00:59:55.159><c> Jerusalem</c><00:59:55.679><c> by</c><00:59:56.420><c> faithful</c><00:59:56.840><c> hands,</c><00:59:58.059><c> by</c><00:59:58.280><c> men</c><00:59:58.460><c> of</c><00:59:58.800><c> commitment.</c>

01:00:00.880 --> 01:00:04.340
That's<01:00:01.119><c> what</c><01:00:01.239><c> it's</c><01:00:01.420><c> all</c><01:00:01.599><c> about.</c><01:00:03.139><c> And</c><01:00:03.260><c> so</c><01:00:03.380><c> as</c><01:00:03.500><c> we</c><01:00:03.639><c> come</c><01:00:03.820><c> now</c><01:00:04.079><c> to</c>

01:00:04.340 --> 01:00:07.800
consider<01:00:05.159><c> the</c><01:00:05.639><c> balance</c><01:00:05.980><c> of</c><01:00:06.179><c> Ezra</c><01:00:06.920><c> chapters</c><01:00:07.300><c> nine</c><01:00:07.599><c> and</c>

01:00:07.800 --> 01:00:11.059
ten,<01:00:08.659><c> we're</c><01:00:09.039><c> going</c><01:00:09.099><c> to</c><01:00:09.219><c> find</c><01:00:09.360><c> that</c><01:00:09.599><c> the</c><01:00:09.780><c> tenor</c><01:00:10.039><c> of</c><01:00:10.199><c> things</c><01:00:10.360><c> will</c><01:00:10.639><c> change</c><01:00:10.920><c> a</c>

01:00:11.059 --> 01:00:12.340
little,<01:00:11.280><c> brethren</c><01:00:11.340><c> and</c><01:00:11.519><c> sisters.</c><01:00:12.199><c> In</c>

01:00:12.340 --> 01:00:14.360
our<01:00:12.480><c> next</c><01:00:12.719><c> session</c><01:00:12.940><c> we'll</c><01:00:13.099><c> have</c><01:00:13.239><c> a</c><01:00:13.280><c> look</c><01:00:13.400><c> at</c><01:00:13.539><c> those</c><01:00:13.760><c> last</c><01:00:14.079><c> two</c>

01:00:14.360 --> 01:00:17.380
chapters<01:00:14.679><c> of</c><01:00:14.900><c> his</c><01:00:15.119><c> book.</c><01:00:15.960><c> We're</c><01:00:16.219><c> going</c><01:00:16.320><c> to</c><01:00:16.420><c> find</c><01:00:16.619><c> that</c>

01:00:17.639 --> 01:00:22.159
these<01:00:18.159><c> wonderful</c><01:00:18.639><c> events</c><01:00:19.420><c> were</c><01:00:20.000><c> soon</c><01:00:20.260><c> to</c><01:00:20.559><c> be</c><01:00:20.719><c> curtailed</c><01:00:21.860><c> by</c>

01:00:22.159 --> 01:00:24.980
an<01:00:22.380><c> impending</c><01:00:22.820><c> disaster.</c><01:00:24.159><c> He</c><01:00:24.360><c> found</c><01:00:24.599><c> himself</c>

01:00:24.980 --> 01:00:31.079
confronted<01:00:25.380><c> with</c><01:00:25.699><c> tragedy</c><01:00:26.300><c> in</c><01:00:27.800><c> the</c><01:00:27.980><c> form</c><01:00:28.260><c> of</c><01:00:28.920><c> an</c><01:00:29.079><c> apostasy</c><01:00:29.880><c> which</c><01:00:30.699><c> had</c><01:00:30.900><c> to</c>

01:00:31.079 --> 01:00:33.500
be<01:00:31.300><c> treated</c><01:00:31.500><c> with</c><01:00:32.000><c> radical</c><01:00:32.460><c> treatment.</c>

01:00:33.699 --> 01:00:36.760
But<01:00:34.000><c> for</c><01:00:34.239><c> the</c><01:00:34.440><c> time</c><01:00:34.659><c> being</c><01:00:34.860><c> we</c><01:00:35.039><c> can</c><01:00:35.199><c> rejoice</c><01:00:35.800><c> in</c><01:00:36.320><c> what</c><01:00:36.500><c> this</c>

01:00:36.760 --> 01:00:38.119
man<01:00:36.880><c> had</c><01:00:37.119><c> accomplished</c>

01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:42.039
because<01:00:38.619><c> the</c><01:00:38.900><c> hand</c><01:00:39.239><c> of</c><01:00:39.500><c> God</c><01:00:40.380><c> had</c><01:00:40.820><c> been</c><01:00:41.000><c> upon</c><01:00:41.300><c> him</c><01:00:41.639><c> and</c><01:00:41.840><c> upon</c>

01:00:42.039 --> 01:00:48.800
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01:01:04.420 --> 01:01:08.300
And<01:01:05.059><c> dear</c><01:01:05.699><c> brethren</c><01:01:06.019><c> and</c><01:01:06.219><c> sisters,</c><01:01:07.420><c> the</c><01:01:07.500><c> collection</c><01:01:07.860><c> is</c><01:01:08.159><c> for</c>

01:01:08.300 --> 01:01:09.960
gospel<01:01:08.679><c> proclamation</c>

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and<01:01:10.900><c> these</c><01:01:11.179><c> are</c><01:01:11.380><c> the</c><01:01:11.539><c> announcements</c><01:01:11.940><c> for</c><01:01:12.239><c> the</c><01:01:12.380><c> forthcoming</c>

01:01:12.820 --> 01:01:14.440
week,<01:01:13.400><c> God</c><01:01:13.579><c> willing.</c>

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01:01:19.340 --> 01:01:22.400
come<01:01:19.639><c> forward</c><01:01:20.079><c> and</c><01:01:20.800><c> give</c><01:01:20.980><c> us</c><01:01:21.320><c> some</c><01:01:21.599><c> further</c>

01:01:22.500 --> 01:01:27.539
details<01:01:23.099><c> concerning</c><01:01:23.579><c> the</c><01:01:23.800><c> building</c><01:01:24.039><c> project.</c><01:01:26.440><c> And</c><01:01:26.519><c> the</c><01:01:26.639><c> sisters'</c><01:01:27.139><c> gathering</c><01:01:27.219><c> will</c>

01:01:27.539 --> 01:01:28.679
be<01:01:27.639><c> held</c><01:01:27.840><c> tomorrow,</c>

01:01:29.019 --> 01:01:34.280
commencing<01:01:29.360><c> at</c><01:01:29.579><c> 10</c><01:01:29.880><c>.30</c><01:01:30.199><c> in</c><01:01:30.360><c> the</c><01:01:30.519><c> morning</c><01:01:30.860><c> at</c><01:01:31.079><c> all</c><01:01:31.219><c> are</c><01:01:31.360><c> welcome.</c><01:01:33.400><c> Tomorrow</c><01:01:33.699><c> evening</c>

01:01:34.280 --> 01:01:35.940
the<01:01:35.000><c> half</c><01:01:35.260><c> yearly</c><01:01:35.480><c> business</c>

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meeting<01:01:36.440><c> will</c><01:01:36.940><c> be</c><01:01:37.199><c> held.</c><01:01:37.980><c> That</c><01:01:38.179><c> will</c><01:01:38.360><c> be</c><01:01:38.519><c> at</c><01:01:38.659><c> the</c><01:01:38.820><c> Enfield</c><01:01:39.139><c> Collegial</c><01:01:39.579><c> Hall</c><01:01:39.920><c> commencing</c><01:01:40.340><c> at</c>

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'Connor.<01:01:50.340><c> To</c><01:01:50.519><c> exhort,</c>

01:01:51.320 --> 01:01:55.920
brother<01:01:51.480><c> Mike</c><01:01:51.840><c> Barr.</c><01:01:53.000><c> To</c><01:01:53.199><c> read,</c><01:01:54.139><c> brother</c><01:01:54.320><c> Graham</c><01:01:54.760><c> Kemp.</c><01:01:55.860><c> To</c>

01:01:55.920 --> 01:01:59.360
lecture,<01:01:56.360><c> brother</c><01:01:56.519><c> Kerry</c><01:01:56.820><c> Dedman.</c><01:01:57.920><c> And</c><01:01:58.039><c> the</c><01:01:58.260><c> organist</c>

01:01:59.360 --> 01:02:03.920
is<01:01:59.900><c> sister</c><01:02:00.280><c> Ruth</c><01:02:00.659><c> Steele.</c><01:02:02.199><c> The</c><01:02:02.360><c> stewards</c><01:02:02.619><c> of</c><01:02:02.840><c> Brethren</c><01:02:03.599><c> Jim</c>

01:02:03.920 --> 01:02:07.860
Gaffney.<01:02:05.239><c> Sound</c><01:02:05.760><c> and</c><01:02:06.440><c> encouraging</c><01:02:06.880><c> words.</c>

01:02:08.340 --> 01:02:10.320
There<01:02:08.440><c> were</c><01:02:08.519><c> men</c><01:02:08.719><c> there</c><01:02:08.960><c> who</c><01:02:09.219><c> despised</c><01:02:09.619><c> the</c><01:02:09.800><c> day</c><01:02:09.960><c> of</c><01:02:10.119><c> small</c>

01:02:10.320 --> 01:02:12.079
things<01:02:10.500><c> because</c><01:02:10.920><c> the</c><01:02:11.159><c> temple</c><01:02:11.340><c> was</c><01:02:11.619><c> nowhere</c><01:02:11.880><c> near</c>

01:02:12.079 --> 01:02:15.739
grand<01:02:12.500><c> as</c><01:02:12.659><c> the</c><01:02:12.760><c> one</c><01:02:12.860><c> they</c><01:02:13.019><c> had</c><01:02:13.179><c> known.</c><01:02:14.599><c> But</c><01:02:14.760><c> those</c><01:02:15.059><c> same</c><01:02:15.320><c> men,</c>

01:02:15.840 --> 01:02:17.960
many<01:02:16.079><c> of</c><01:02:16.260><c> them</c><01:02:16.440><c> perhaps</c><01:02:16.739><c> still</c><01:02:17.039><c> alive,</c>

01:02:18.300 --> 01:02:20.659
would<01:02:18.420><c> have</c><01:02:18.619><c> rejoiced</c><01:02:19.039><c> with</c><01:02:19.340><c> everybody</c><01:02:19.739><c> else</c><01:02:20.059><c> in</c><01:02:20.260><c> the</c><01:02:20.420><c> day</c>

01:02:20.659 --> 01:02:22.940
when<01:02:20.920><c> Zerubbabel</c><01:02:21.300><c> brought</c><01:02:21.619><c> forth</c><01:02:21.980><c> the</c><01:02:22.239><c> last</c><01:02:22.619><c> stone,</c>

01:02:22.960 --> 01:02:27.860
the<01:02:23.219><c> headstone</c><01:02:23.719><c> and</c><01:02:24.000><c> placed</c><01:02:24.239><c> it</c><01:02:24.360><c> in</c><01:02:24.440><c> that</c><01:02:24.679><c> temple</c><01:02:25.079><c> and</c><01:02:25.699><c> the</c><01:02:25.960><c> work</c><01:02:26.119><c> was</c><01:02:26.400><c> complete.</c><01:02:27.539><c> And</c><01:02:27.719><c> we</c>

01:02:27.860 --> 01:02:29.039
read<01:02:28.019><c> of</c><01:02:28.139><c> what</c><01:02:28.300><c> he</c><01:02:28.400><c> did</c>

01:02:29.039 --> 01:02:36.980
in<01:02:29.840><c> verses</c><01:02:30.159><c> six</c><01:02:30.739><c> and</c><01:02:31.199><c> seven</c><01:02:31.679><c> of</c><01:02:32.079><c> Zechariah</c><01:02:32.579><c> chapter</c><01:02:32.860><c> four.</c><01:02:34.920><c> We'll</c><01:02:35.000><c> read</c><01:02:35.099><c> verse</c><01:02:35.340><c> seven</c><01:02:35.679><c> first</c><01:02:36.019><c> of</c><01:02:36.199><c> all.</c>

01:02:37.019 --> 01:02:39.639
Who<01:02:37.320><c> art</c><01:02:37.659><c> thou,</c><01:02:37.940><c> O</c><01:02:38.059><c> great</c><01:02:38.260><c> mountain</c><01:02:38.599><c> of</c><01:02:38.800><c> opposition,</c><01:02:39.420><c> before</c>

01:02:39.639 --> 01:02:42.579
Zerubbabel<01:02:40.099><c> thou</c><01:02:40.519><c> shalt</c><01:02:40.920><c> become</c><01:02:41.320><c> a</c><01:02:41.599><c> plain?</c>

01:02:44.460 --> 01:02:48.340
And<01:02:44.760><c> he</c><01:02:45.480><c> shall</c><01:02:45.860><c> bring</c><01:02:46.219><c> forth</c><01:02:46.619><c> the</c><01:02:46.860><c> headstone</c><01:02:47.519><c> thereof</c><01:02:48.079><c> was</c>

01:02:48.340 --> 01:02:51.980
shouting,<01:02:49.280><c> crying</c><01:02:49.639><c> grace,</c><01:02:50.079><c> grace</c><01:02:50.659><c> unto</c><01:02:51.019><c> it.</c>

01:02:52.619 --> 01:02:55.800
That,<01:02:53.119><c> brothers</c><01:02:53.119><c> and</c><01:02:53.199><c> sisters,</c><01:02:53.599><c> describes</c><01:02:54.079><c> the</c><01:02:54.400><c> act</c><01:02:54.860><c> of</c><01:02:55.579><c> the</c>

01:02:55.800 --> 01:02:57.780
governor<01:02:56.039><c> in</c><01:02:56.260><c> bringing</c><01:02:56.480><c> forth</c><01:02:56.980><c> that</c><01:02:57.260><c> headstone.</c>

01:02:57.940 --> 01:03:00.400
Now<01:02:58.119><c> the</c><01:02:58.199><c> headstone,</c><01:02:58.599><c> of</c><01:02:58.739><c> course,</c><01:02:59.000><c> was</c><01:02:59.139><c> the</c><01:02:59.260><c> final</c><01:02:59.659><c> stone</c><01:03:00.000><c> that</c><01:03:00.199><c> went</c><01:03:00.280><c> in</c>

01:03:00.400 --> 01:03:01.500
that<01:03:00.599><c> building.</c>

01:03:01.860 --> 01:03:04.519
It<01:03:01.980><c> wasn't</c><01:03:02.320><c> complete</c><01:03:02.699><c> until</c><01:03:02.820><c> that</c><01:03:02.980><c> headstone</c><01:03:03.380><c> was</c><01:03:03.639><c> placed</c><01:03:03.940><c> there</c><01:03:04.360><c> at</c>

01:03:04.519 --> 01:03:05.340
the<01:03:04.639><c> top</c><01:03:04.760><c> of</c><01:03:04.900><c> that</c><01:03:05.019><c> building.</c>

01:03:05.340 --> 01:03:07.940
Quite<01:03:06.000><c> distinct</c><01:03:06.360><c> from</c><01:03:06.539><c> the</c><01:03:06.800><c> cornerstone</c><01:03:07.300><c> which</c><01:03:07.460><c> they</c><01:03:07.739><c> used</c>

01:03:07.940 --> 01:03:10.280
in<01:03:08.099><c> the</c><01:03:08.239><c> foundation</c><01:03:09.099><c> against</c><01:03:09.599><c> which</c><01:03:09.920><c> all</c><01:03:10.159><c> the</c>

01:03:10.280 --> 01:03:12.920
other<01:03:10.480><c> stones</c><01:03:10.659><c> of</c><01:03:10.780><c> the</c><01:03:10.860><c> building</c><01:03:11.039><c> were</c><01:03:11.280><c> lined</c><01:03:11.460><c> up.</c><01:03:12.619><c> This</c><01:03:12.739><c> was</c>

01:03:12.920 --> 01:03:18.440
the<01:03:13.099><c> last</c><01:03:13.380><c> stone.</c><01:03:15.320><c> All</c><01:03:15.320><c> right.</c><01:03:16.840><c> Verse</c><01:03:17.039><c> six</c><01:03:17.300><c> says,</c>

01:03:19.340 --> 01:03:22.659
this<01:03:19.340><c> is</c><01:03:19.619><c> the</c><01:03:19.699><c> word</c><01:03:19.860><c> of</c><01:03:20.099><c> Yahweh</c><01:03:20.380><c> to</c><01:03:20.559><c> Zerubbabel</c><01:03:21.000><c> saying,</c><01:03:22.619><c> not</c>

01:03:22.659 --> 01:03:26.519
by<01:03:23.000><c> might</c><01:03:23.239><c> nor</c><01:03:23.519><c> by</c><01:03:23.960><c> power,</c><01:03:25.539><c> that</c><01:03:25.619><c> is</c><01:03:25.760><c> not</c><01:03:25.940><c> by</c><01:03:26.260><c> human</c>

01:03:26.519 --> 01:03:31.500
strength<01:03:27.159><c> nor</c><01:03:27.639><c> by</c><01:03:27.820><c> the</c><01:03:28.019><c> power</c><01:03:28.219><c> of</c><01:03:28.500><c> armies,</c><01:03:30.059><c> but</c><01:03:30.159><c> by</c><01:03:30.500><c> my</c><01:03:30.800><c> spirit,</c><01:03:31.440><c> says</c>

01:03:31.500 --> 01:03:33.280
Yahweh<01:03:31.900><c> of</c><01:03:32.099><c> armies,</c><01:03:32.380><c> this</c><01:03:32.619><c> work</c><01:03:32.860><c> will</c><01:03:33.079><c> be</c>

01:03:33.280 --> 01:03:35.340
complete.<01:03:33.679><c> And</c><01:03:33.960><c> so</c><01:03:34.119><c> it</c><01:03:34.260><c> will</c><01:03:34.380><c> be</c><01:03:34.500><c> very</c><01:03:34.800><c> shortly.</c><01:03:35.079><c> And</c><01:03:35.239><c> there</c>

01:03:35.340 --> 01:03:37.760
will<01:03:35.559><c> be,</c><01:03:35.739><c> as</c><01:03:35.900><c> this</c><01:03:36.099><c> chapter</c><01:03:36.360><c> here</c><01:03:36.559><c> describes,</c>

01:03:39.059 --> 01:03:41.739
an<01:03:39.239><c> illuminated</c><01:03:39.719><c> earth</c><01:03:40.059><c> because</c><01:03:40.460><c> of</c><01:03:40.679><c> a</c><01:03:40.820><c> great</c><01:03:41.039><c> community</c><01:03:41.480><c> of</c>

01:03:41.739 --> 01:03:45.300
people<01:03:42.320><c> who</c><01:03:42.900><c> constitute</c><01:03:43.579><c> the</c><01:03:43.940><c> lampstand</c><01:03:44.559><c> and</c><01:03:45.039><c> the</c>

01:03:45.300 --> 01:03:49.519
olive<01:03:45.519><c> trees</c><01:03:45.800><c> who</c><01:03:46.079><c> feed</c><01:03:46.320><c> that</c><01:03:46.539><c> lampstand</c><01:03:47.260><c> through</c><01:03:48.039><c> the</c><01:03:48.260><c> golden</c><01:03:48.579><c> bowl.</c>

01:03:50.260 --> 01:03:51.940
It<01:03:50.460><c> is</c><01:03:50.699><c> a</c><01:03:50.880><c> representation</c><01:03:51.320><c> of</c><01:03:51.739><c> the</c>

01:03:51.940 --> 01:03:56.099
kingdom<01:03:52.159><c> age</c><01:03:52.860><c> of</c><01:03:53.739><c> Jew</c><01:03:53.920><c> and</c><01:03:54.179><c> Gentiles</c><01:03:55.179><c> drawn</c><01:03:55.639><c> into</c><01:03:55.860><c> the</c><01:03:56.019><c> hope</c>

01:03:56.099 --> 01:03:58.599
of<01:03:56.360><c> Israel</c><01:03:56.699><c> and</c><01:03:57.159><c> feeding</c><01:03:57.519><c> oil</c><01:03:57.860><c> into</c><01:03:58.059><c> that</c><01:03:58.340><c> land,</c>

01:03:59.000 --> 01:04:01.860
the<01:03:59.159><c> land</c><01:03:59.320><c> being</c><01:03:59.599><c> Christ</c><01:03:59.980><c> and</c><01:04:00.139><c> his</c><01:04:00.320><c> brethren</c><01:04:00.599><c> who</c><01:04:00.880><c> display</c><01:04:01.280><c> the</c><01:04:01.519><c> light</c><01:04:01.699><c> of</c>

01:04:01.860 --> 01:04:03.559
God<01:04:02.079><c> throughout</c><01:04:02.340><c> the</c><01:04:02.559><c> whole</c><01:04:02.780><c> earth.</c>

01:04:03.920 --> 01:04:06.460
That's<01:04:04.360><c> the</c><01:04:04.460><c> scene</c><01:04:04.699><c> depicted</c><01:04:05.119><c> by</c><01:04:05.380><c> Zechariah</c><01:04:05.920><c> 4.</c><01:04:06.179><c> It's</c><01:04:06.300><c> going</c>

01:04:06.460 --> 01:04:09.039
to<01:04:06.639><c> come</c><01:04:06.820><c> to</c><01:04:07.000><c> pass</c><01:04:07.219><c> with</c><01:04:07.420><c> the</c><01:04:07.579><c> power</c><01:04:07.880><c> of</c><01:04:08.099><c> God's</c>

01:04:09.039 --> 01:04:12.659
spirit.<01:04:10.619><c> And</c><01:04:10.699><c> when</c><01:04:10.880><c> we</c><01:04:11.179><c> see</c><01:04:11.360><c> that</c><01:04:11.719><c> work</c><01:04:11.940><c> complete,</c><01:04:12.559><c> brethren</c>

01:04:12.659 --> 01:04:14.320
and<01:04:12.880><c> sisters,</c><01:04:13.340><c> when</c><01:04:13.539><c> we</c><01:04:13.800><c> stand</c><01:04:14.019><c> in</c><01:04:14.159><c> the</c>

01:04:14.320 --> 01:04:17.820
temple<01:04:14.519><c> of</c><01:04:14.739><c> our</c><01:04:14.920><c> God,</c><01:04:15.199><c> which</c><01:04:15.320><c> our</c><01:04:15.679><c> hands,</c><01:04:16.460><c> at</c><01:04:16.579><c> least</c><01:04:16.780><c> our</c><01:04:17.139><c> voices,</c><01:04:17.679><c> will</c>

01:04:17.820 --> 01:04:19.900
be<01:04:18.000><c> used</c><01:04:18.239><c> to</c><01:04:18.460><c> build</c><01:04:18.760><c> as</c><01:04:19.079><c> we</c><01:04:19.260><c> direct</c><01:04:19.699><c> the</c>

01:04:19.900 --> 01:04:23.239
builders<01:04:20.079><c> of</c><01:04:20.260><c> that</c><01:04:20.460><c> house,</c><01:04:21.320><c> when</c><01:04:21.539><c> we</c><01:04:21.920><c> stand</c><01:04:22.219><c> there</c><01:04:22.400><c> at</c><01:04:22.519><c> the</c><01:04:22.840><c> completion</c><01:04:23.059><c> of</c>

01:04:23.239 --> 01:04:24.800
that<01:04:23.519><c> work,</c><01:04:23.960><c> when</c><01:04:24.119><c> the</c><01:04:24.320><c> earth</c><01:04:24.539><c> is</c>

01:04:24.800 --> 01:04:28.179
subdued<01:04:25.380><c> before</c><01:04:25.739><c> our</c><01:04:26.019><c> Lord</c><01:04:26.219><c> Jesus</c><01:04:26.659><c> Christ</c><01:04:27.099><c> and</c><01:04:27.340><c> all</c><01:04:27.699><c> peoples</c>

01:04:28.179 --> 01:04:31.699
understand<01:04:29.019><c> and</c><01:04:29.199><c> know</c><01:04:29.500><c> the</c><01:04:29.739><c> truth</c><01:04:30.119><c> and</c><01:04:31.440><c> have</c>

01:04:31.699 --> 01:04:35.300
come<01:04:31.900><c> up</c><01:04:32.199><c> to</c><01:04:32.340><c> see</c><01:04:32.539><c> the</c><01:04:32.679><c> inauguration</c><01:04:33.300><c> of</c><01:04:33.440><c> that</c><01:04:33.639><c> house,</c><01:04:34.960><c> and</c><01:04:35.059><c> we</c>

01:04:35.300 --> 01:04:38.659
see<01:04:35.539><c> the</c><01:04:35.699><c> Lord</c><01:04:35.860><c> coming</c><01:04:36.360><c> from</c><01:04:37.559><c> the</c><01:04:37.780><c> east</c><01:04:37.960><c> to</c><01:04:38.179><c> enter</c><01:04:38.440><c> in</c>

01:04:38.659 --> 01:04:41.139
as<01:04:38.880><c> the</c><01:04:39.079><c> glory</c><01:04:39.360><c> of</c><01:04:39.460><c> Yahweh</c><01:04:39.760><c> into</c><01:04:39.860><c> that</c><01:04:40.059><c> house,</c><01:04:40.539><c> maybe</c><01:04:40.699><c> perhaps</c>

01:04:41.139 --> 01:04:44.400
coming<01:04:41.420><c> with</c><01:04:41.659><c> him</c><01:04:42.219><c> into</c><01:04:43.039><c> that</c><01:04:43.260><c> house,</c>

01:04:45.099 --> 01:04:48.260
we<01:04:45.519><c> are</c><01:04:45.719><c> going</c><01:04:45.820><c> to</c><01:04:45.920><c> witness</c><01:04:46.179><c> a</c><01:04:46.420><c> scene</c><01:04:46.619><c> something</c><01:04:46.940><c> like</c><01:04:47.219><c> this.</c>

01:04:49.159 --> 01:04:51.380
We're<01:04:49.420><c> going</c><01:04:49.500><c> to</c><01:04:49.719><c> hear</c><01:04:50.400><c> thunderous</c>

01:04:51.380 --> 01:04:55.579
shouts<01:04:51.880><c> emanating</c><01:04:52.480><c> from</c><01:04:52.780><c> the</c><01:04:52.960><c> throat</c><01:04:53.360><c> of</c><01:04:54.400><c> every</c><01:04:54.699><c> living</c><01:04:55.000><c> soul</c>

01:04:55.579 --> 01:04:58.260
standing<01:04:56.019><c> in</c><01:04:56.219><c> that</c><01:04:56.400><c> building.</c><01:04:57.380><c> And</c><01:04:57.639><c> those</c><01:04:57.920><c> shouts</c>

01:04:58.260 --> 01:05:02.840
will<01:04:58.380><c> echo</c><01:04:58.860><c> down</c><01:04:59.280><c> through</c><01:04:59.599><c> a</c><01:04:59.699><c> thousand</c><01:05:00.099><c> years</c><01:05:00.619><c> until</c><01:05:01.199><c> finally,</c><01:05:02.000><c> when</c><01:05:02.000><c> the</c><01:05:02.219><c> work</c><01:05:02.400><c> is</c>

01:05:02.840 --> 01:05:03.860
utterly<01:05:03.159><c> complete,</c>

01:05:04.199 --> 01:05:06.940
at<01:05:04.360><c> the</c><01:05:04.480><c> end</c><01:05:04.619><c> of</c><01:05:04.780><c> a</c><01:05:04.800><c> thousand</c><01:05:05.199><c> years,</c><01:05:06.099><c> those</c><01:05:06.260><c> same</c><01:05:06.579><c> shouts</c>

01:05:06.940 --> 01:05:09.159
will<01:05:07.179><c> emanate</c><01:05:07.579><c> from</c><01:05:07.800><c> immortal</c><01:05:08.280><c> throats.</c>

01:05:10.900 --> 01:05:14.079
You<01:05:11.199><c> see,</c><01:05:11.300><c> when</c><01:05:11.440><c> we</c><01:05:11.579><c> come</c><01:05:11.739><c> to</c><01:05:11.860><c> the</c><01:05:11.920><c> end</c><01:05:12.099><c> of</c><01:05:12.260><c> verse</c><01:05:12.400><c> 7,</c><01:05:12.940><c> it</c><01:05:13.039><c> says,</c>

01:05:14.480 --> 01:05:19.119
he<01:05:14.539><c> shall</c><01:05:14.679><c> bring</c><01:05:14.920><c> forth</c><01:05:15.199><c> the</c><01:05:15.420><c> headstone</c><01:05:15.840><c> thereof</c><01:05:16.179><c> with</c><01:05:16.460><c> shouting.</c><01:05:18.920><c> The</c>

01:05:19.119 --> 01:05:20.900
word<01:05:19.280><c> shouting</c><01:05:19.739><c> doesn't</c><01:05:20.079><c> just</c><01:05:20.400><c> mean</c><01:05:20.579><c> to</c>

01:05:20.900 --> 01:05:25.420
shout.<01:05:21.360><c> It</c><01:05:21.960><c> means</c><01:05:22.260><c> to</c><01:05:22.579><c> clap</c><01:05:22.719><c> like</c><01:05:23.119><c> thunder.</c><01:05:24.059><c> It</c><01:05:24.300><c> actually</c><01:05:24.559><c> means</c><01:05:24.860><c> to</c>

01:05:25.420 --> 01:05:29.300
clamour,<01:05:27.159><c> to</c><01:05:27.360><c> make</c><01:05:27.559><c> a</c><01:05:27.880><c> clamourous</c><01:05:28.420><c> noise.</c>

01:05:30.059 --> 01:05:35.900
The<01:05:30.280><c> kind</c><01:05:30.619><c> of</c><01:05:30.920><c> shout</c><01:05:31.099><c> that</c><01:05:31.320><c> is,</c><01:05:33.139><c> I</c><01:05:34.519><c> can't</c><01:05:34.800><c> think</c><01:05:35.000><c> of</c><01:05:35.099><c> the</c><01:05:35.239><c> word,</c>

01:05:36.099 --> 01:05:38.860
it's<01:05:36.519><c> spontaneous.</c><01:05:37.639><c> It's</c><01:05:37.739><c> not</c><01:05:38.019><c> the</c><01:05:38.199><c> sort</c><01:05:38.340><c> of</c><01:05:38.579><c> shout</c>

01:05:38.860 --> 01:05:45.940
that<01:05:39.699><c> one</c><01:05:40.000><c> would</c><01:05:40.280><c> just</c><01:05:40.659><c> raise</c><01:05:41.039><c> for</c><01:05:41.619><c> the</c><01:05:41.760><c> sake</c><01:05:41.960><c> of</c><01:05:42.280><c> making</c><01:05:42.659><c> a</c><01:05:42.820><c> noise.</c><01:05:43.480><c> This</c><01:05:44.059><c> bursts</c><01:05:44.579><c> out</c><01:05:44.900><c> of</c><01:05:45.119><c> people.</c>

01:05:46.739 --> 01:05:51.800
What<01:05:47.340><c> do</c><01:05:47.440><c> they</c><01:05:47.639><c> shout?</c><01:05:49.219><c> Grace,</c><01:05:49.739><c> grace</c><01:05:50.280><c> unto</c><01:05:50.639><c> it.</c><01:05:51.440><c> That</c><01:05:51.539><c> word</c>

01:05:51.800 --> 01:05:54.260
grace<01:05:52.139><c> is</c><01:05:52.400><c> elsewhere</c><01:05:52.739><c> rendered</c><01:05:53.380><c> savour</c>

01:05:55.219 --> 01:06:04.500
and<01:05:55.820><c> beauty</c><01:05:56.320><c> and</c><01:05:57.719><c> Rotherham</c><01:05:58.159><c> renders</c><01:05:58.519><c> it</c><01:05:59.440><c> beautiful,</c><01:06:01.360><c> beautiful.</c><01:06:03.079><c> Can</c><01:06:03.340><c> you</c><01:06:03.460><c> imagine</c><01:06:03.760><c> yourself</c><01:06:04.099><c> being</c><01:06:04.340><c> in</c>

01:06:04.500 --> 01:06:07.360
that<01:06:04.699><c> crowd,</c><01:06:05.079><c> brethren</c><01:06:05.119><c> and</c><01:06:05.260><c> sisters?</c><01:06:06.380><c> And</c><01:06:06.559><c> we</c><01:06:06.659><c> will</c><01:06:06.820><c> be</c><01:06:07.039><c> there</c><01:06:07.219><c> if</c>

01:06:07.360 --> 01:06:10.019
we<01:06:07.519><c> put</c><01:06:07.699><c> God's</c><01:06:08.099><c> house</c><01:06:08.280><c> first</c><01:06:08.679><c> and</c><01:06:08.820><c> not</c><01:06:08.940><c> our</c><01:06:09.179><c> own.</c>

01:06:10.480 --> 01:06:13.780
Can<01:06:10.639><c> you</c><01:06:10.880><c> imagine</c><01:06:11.280><c> standing</c><01:06:11.659><c> there</c><01:06:12.300><c> and</c><01:06:12.980><c> seeing</c><01:06:13.260><c> that</c><01:06:13.579><c> work</c>

01:06:13.780 --> 01:06:15.559
being<01:06:14.079><c> brought</c><01:06:14.320><c> to</c><01:06:14.539><c> completion</c>

01:06:16.699 --> 01:06:23.139
and<01:06:17.260><c> having</c><01:06:17.639><c> come</c><01:06:18.159><c> from</c><01:06:18.440><c> your</c><01:06:18.780><c> throat,</c><01:06:20.000><c> from</c><01:06:20.179><c> the</c><01:06:20.340><c> very</c><01:06:20.659><c> being,</c><01:06:23.019><c> the</c>

01:06:23.139 --> 01:06:25.860
words<01:06:23.760><c> described</c><01:06:24.579><c> here?</c>

01:06:27.219 --> 01:06:30.019
Can<01:06:27.340><c> you</c><01:06:27.559><c> imagine</c><01:06:27.900><c> that?</c><01:06:29.019><c> Have</c><01:06:29.099><c> you</c><01:06:29.179><c> seen</c><01:06:29.320><c> the</c><01:06:29.500><c> Lord</c><01:06:29.639><c> Jesus</c>

01:06:30.019 --> 01:06:33.539
Christ<01:06:30.340><c> coming</c><01:06:30.559><c> into</c><01:06:30.760><c> that</c><01:06:30.980><c> house?</c><01:06:31.860><c> What</c><01:06:32.059><c> will</c><01:06:32.219><c> you</c><01:06:32.519><c> say?</c>

01:06:34.460 --> 01:06:40.519
Beautiful,<01:06:35.019><c> beautiful.</c><01:06:38.760><c> I</c><01:06:39.300><c> can</c><01:06:39.500><c> see</c><01:06:39.619><c> them</c><01:06:39.719><c> on</c><01:06:39.880><c> that</c><01:06:40.099><c> day</c><01:06:40.280><c> when</c>

01:06:40.519 --> 01:06:42.159
Brother<01:06:40.760><c> Wolf</c><01:06:40.960><c> brought</c><01:06:41.239><c> forth</c><01:06:41.539><c> that</c><01:06:41.780><c> headstone</c>

01:06:42.159 --> 01:06:47.300
and<01:06:42.440><c> popped</c><01:06:42.699><c> it</c><01:06:42.860><c> into</c><01:06:43.019><c> that</c><01:06:43.239><c> building.</c><01:06:45.380><c> And</c><01:06:45.500><c> even</c><01:06:45.639><c> the</c><01:06:45.780><c> old</c><01:06:45.940><c> men</c><01:06:46.179><c> that</c><01:06:46.539><c> had</c><01:06:46.559><c> despised</c><01:06:46.840><c> the</c><01:06:46.980><c> day</c><01:06:47.139><c> of</c>

01:06:47.300 --> 01:06:48.260
small<01:06:47.559><c> things</c>

01:06:48.760 --> 01:06:53.260
couldn't<01:06:49.159><c> help</c><01:06:49.400><c> themselves</c><01:06:49.800><c> on</c><01:06:50.000><c> that</c><01:06:50.179><c> day.</c><01:06:52.739><c> And</c><01:06:52.860><c> the</c><01:06:53.000><c> younger</c>

01:06:53.260 --> 01:06:55.940
men<01:06:53.460><c> and</c><01:06:53.559><c> women</c><01:06:53.800><c> who</c><01:06:53.980><c> got</c><01:06:54.179><c> their</c><01:06:54.400><c> perspectives</c><01:06:54.840><c> wrong,</c>

01:06:57.139 --> 01:06:59.860
got<01:06:57.239><c> their</c><01:06:57.440><c> priorities</c><01:06:57.800><c> wrong,</c><01:06:58.880><c> couldn't</c><01:06:59.179><c> help</c><01:06:59.440><c> themselves</c>

01:06:59.860 --> 01:07:02.679
on<01:07:00.059><c> that</c><01:07:00.260><c> day.</c><01:07:01.260><c> You</c><01:07:01.460><c> see,</c><01:07:01.559><c> when</c><01:07:01.679><c> we</c><01:07:01.820><c> get</c><01:07:01.940><c> to</c><01:07:02.119><c> the</c><01:07:02.300><c> end,</c>

01:07:03.159 --> 01:07:06.099
we're<01:07:03.340><c> going</c><01:07:03.420><c> to</c><01:07:03.599><c> see</c><01:07:03.719><c> everything</c><01:07:04.000><c> in</c><01:07:04.380><c> true</c><01:07:04.579><c> perspective,</c><01:07:05.079><c> aren't</c><01:07:05.280><c> we?</c><01:07:05.760><c> We</c>

01:07:06.099 --> 01:07:07.280
really<01:07:06.440><c> are</c><01:07:06.639><c> going</c><01:07:06.760><c> to</c><01:07:06.920><c> see</c><01:07:07.059><c> what's</c>

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beautiful.<01:07:09.119><c> We</c><01:07:09.519><c> need</c><01:07:09.739><c> to</c><01:07:09.940><c> sort</c><01:07:10.059><c> that</c><01:07:10.320><c> out</c><01:07:10.519><c> for</c><01:07:10.679><c> the</c><01:07:10.800><c> sisters</c><01:07:11.099><c> today.</c>