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Hence<00:10:04.799><c> he</c><00:10:05.059><c> remained</c><00:10:05.379><c> his</c><00:10:05.679><c> friendship</c><00:10:06.100><c> with</c><00:10:06.340><c> God,</c><00:10:06.820><c> brothers</c>

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crosser<00:10:15.820><c> over.</c>

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And<00:10:32.779><c> the</c><00:10:32.980><c> term</c><00:10:33.299><c> flood</c><00:10:33.659><c> there,</c><00:10:34.200><c> as</c><00:10:34.200><c> the</c><00:10:34.679><c> word</c><00:10:34.899><c> means</c><00:10:35.200><c> of</c><00:10:35.519><c> flood,</c>

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was<00:10:36.419><c> applied</c><00:10:36.799><c> to</c><00:10:36.980><c> the</c><00:10:37.059><c> river</c><00:10:37.259><c> Euphrates,</c><00:10:38.220><c> brothers</c><00:10:38.340><c> and</c><00:10:38.519><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:10:45.179><c> inundates</c><00:10:45.580><c> the</c><00:10:45.940><c> whole</c><00:10:46.240><c> land</c><00:10:46.580><c> around</c><00:10:46.879><c> about</c><00:10:47.120><c> it.</c>

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And<00:10:49.259><c> it</c><00:10:49.320><c> was</c><00:10:49.539><c> our</c><00:10:49.759><c> privilege</c><00:10:50.340><c> to</c><00:10:51.639><c> travel</c><00:10:51.980><c> to</c><00:10:52.360><c> Ur</c><00:10:52.519><c> of</c><00:10:52.700><c> the</c><00:10:52.820><c> Cold</c><00:10:53.039><c> East</c>

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to<00:10:54.120><c> see</c><00:10:54.860><c> the</c><00:10:55.279><c> home</c><00:10:55.620><c> place</c><00:10:55.960><c> where</c><00:10:56.419><c> Abraham</c><00:10:56.879><c> was</c><00:10:57.139><c> there,</c><00:10:57.460><c> brothers</c><00:10:57.600><c> and</c><00:10:57.779><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:10:58.460><c> the</c><00:10:58.740><c> only</c><00:10:59.139><c> way</c><00:10:59.440><c> to</c><00:10:59.700><c> that</c><00:10:59.940><c> place</c><00:11:00.220><c> was</c><00:11:00.460><c> by</c><00:11:00.779><c> train.</c>

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You<00:11:01.440><c> know</c><00:11:01.600><c> why?</c>

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Because<00:11:04.620><c> the</c><00:11:04.820><c> only</c><00:11:05.080><c> thing</c><00:11:05.299><c> above</c><00:11:05.659><c> water</c><00:11:06.220><c> was</c><00:11:06.639><c> the</c><00:11:07.000><c> train</c><00:11:07.279><c> line.</c>

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And<00:11:09.679><c> believe</c><00:11:09.879><c> it</c><00:11:10.139><c> or</c><00:11:10.320><c> disbelieve</c><00:11:11.000><c> it,</c><00:11:12.220><c> come</c><00:11:12.419><c> home</c><00:11:12.539><c> and</c><00:11:12.659><c> I'll</c>

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show<00:11:12.960><c> you</c><00:11:13.059><c> my</c><00:11:13.200><c> slides,</c>

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when<00:11:14.539><c> we</c><00:11:14.679><c> got</c><00:11:14.860><c> somewhere</c><00:11:15.759><c> towards</c><00:11:16.279><c> the</c><00:11:16.980><c> place</c><00:11:17.440><c> of</c><00:11:17.720><c> Nasseria</c>

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where<00:11:18.279><c> we</c><00:11:18.419><c> were</c><00:11:18.580><c> to</c><00:11:18.639><c> leave</c><00:11:18.720><c> to</c><00:11:18.940><c> go</c><00:11:19.120><c> to</c><00:11:19.259><c> Ur</c><00:11:19.399><c> by</c><00:11:19.620><c> bus,</c>

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And<00:11:30.940><c> that</c><00:11:31.220><c> was</c><00:11:31.559><c> the</c><00:11:31.740><c> river</c><00:11:31.960><c> Euphrates</c><00:11:32.679><c> in</c><00:11:33.100><c> flood.</c>

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servants<00:11:51.559><c> that</c><00:11:51.720><c> they</c><00:11:51.899><c> had.</c>

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not<00:12:10.940><c> only</c><00:12:11.220><c> because</c><00:12:11.539><c> it</c><00:12:11.820><c> means</c><00:12:12.159><c> that</c><00:12:12.379><c> in</c><00:12:12.500><c> the</c><00:12:12.659><c> Hebrew</c><00:12:13.000><c> tongue,</c>

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but<00:12:13.700><c> it</c><00:12:13.960><c> came</c><00:12:14.240><c> to</c><00:12:14.559><c> mean</c><00:12:14.720><c> that</c><00:12:15.220><c> spiritually.</c>

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And<00:12:26.440><c> you'll</c><00:12:26.639><c> appreciate</c><00:12:27.240><c> what</c><00:12:27.440><c> it</c><00:12:27.620><c> must</c><00:12:27.799><c> have</c><00:12:28.000><c> meant</c><00:12:28.159><c> when</c><00:12:28.379><c> Abraham</c><00:12:28.740><c> was</c><00:12:29.019><c> called</c><00:12:29.299><c> a</c><00:12:29.519><c> Hebrew.</c>

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And<00:12:36.320><c> here's</c><00:12:36.580><c> the</c><00:12:36.779><c> days</c><00:12:36.960><c> of</c><00:12:37.159><c> a</c><00:12:37.500><c> faithless</c><00:12:38.000><c> man,</c><00:12:38.500><c> not</c><00:12:38.700><c> a</c><00:12:38.860><c> man</c><00:12:39.000><c> of</c>

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faith,<00:12:39.419><c> but</c><00:12:39.620><c> a</c><00:12:39.879><c> faithless</c><00:12:40.340><c> man,</c>

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Well,<00:12:46.480><c> because</c><00:12:46.679><c> of</c><00:12:46.840><c> his</c><00:12:47.000><c> bad</c><00:12:47.259><c> example,</c><00:12:47.720><c> people</c><00:12:48.000><c> lost</c><00:12:48.379><c> their</c><00:12:48.679><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:12:49.539><c> we</c><00:12:49.600><c> read</c><00:12:49.820><c> in</c><00:12:49.940><c> the</c><00:12:50.039><c> 1</c><00:12:50.320><c> Samuel</c><00:12:51.100><c> chapter</c><00:12:51.820><c> 13</c><00:12:52.120><c> and</c><00:12:52.279><c> at</c><00:12:52.480><c> verse</c><00:12:52.700><c> 6,</c>

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then<00:12:58.399><c> the</c><00:12:58.600><c> people</c><00:12:58.759><c> did</c><00:12:59.019><c> hide</c><00:12:59.220><c> themselves</c><00:12:59.700><c> in</c><00:13:00.019><c> caves</c><00:13:00.340><c> and</c><00:13:00.559><c> in</c>

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and<00:13:14.740><c> the</c><00:13:14.899><c> two</c><00:13:15.179><c> words</c><00:13:15.559><c> went</c><00:13:16.080><c> over</c><00:13:16.519><c> are</c><00:13:17.100><c> exactly</c><00:13:17.679><c> the</c><00:13:18.019><c> same</c><00:13:18.340><c> word</c>

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Because<00:13:33.159><c> the</c><00:13:33.460><c> man</c><00:13:33.879><c> leading</c><00:13:34.200><c> them</c><00:13:34.519><c> didn't</c><00:13:34.980><c> gender</c><00:13:35.720><c> faith</c><00:13:36.120><c> in</c><00:13:36.320><c> them.</c>

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He<00:13:36.820><c> was</c><00:13:37.100><c> a</c><00:13:37.440><c> faithless</c><00:13:38.019><c> man</c><00:13:38.500><c> and</c><00:13:39.059><c> he</c><00:13:39.220><c> went</c><00:13:39.419><c> back</c><00:13:39.679><c> over</c><00:13:39.940><c> the</c><00:13:40.240><c> other</c><00:13:40.679><c> side</c>

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because<00:13:42.279><c> they</c><00:13:42.500><c> had</c><00:13:42.799><c> no</c><00:13:43.139><c> faith.</c>

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They<00:13:44.100><c> could</c><00:13:44.360><c> not</c><00:13:44.539><c> be</c><00:13:44.779><c> called</c><00:13:45.019><c> Hebrews</c><00:13:45.580><c> because</c><00:13:46.200><c> they</c><00:13:46.820><c> re</c>

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-Hebrewed<00:13:47.820><c> back.</c>

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And<00:13:48.580><c> the</c><00:13:48.779><c> record</c><00:13:49.080><c> deliberately</c><00:13:49.799><c> uses</c><00:13:50.179><c> that</c><00:13:50.559><c> term</c><00:13:50.940><c> to</c><00:13:51.399><c> give</c><00:13:51.500><c> us</c>

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that<00:13:52.460><c> that</c><00:13:52.679><c> word</c><00:13:52.799><c> is</c><00:13:53.179><c> seen,</c><00:13:53.620><c> brethren</c><00:13:53.759><c> and</c><00:13:54.059><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:13:55.220><c> be</c><00:13:55.480><c> applied</c><00:13:55.720><c> to</c><00:13:55.899><c> those</c><00:13:56.139><c> people</c><00:13:56.480><c> whose</c><00:13:56.779><c> lives</c><00:13:57.200><c> are</c><00:13:57.519><c> different</c>

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and<00:13:59.580><c> who</c><00:13:59.759><c> are</c><00:13:59.960><c> determined</c><00:14:00.340><c> not</c><00:14:00.679><c> to</c><00:14:00.840><c> go</c><00:14:01.120><c> back</c><00:14:01.299><c> to</c><00:14:01.460><c> the</c><00:14:01.679><c> other</c><00:14:01.980><c> side</c><00:14:02.179><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:02.519><c> plot.</c>

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Remarkable,<00:14:05.379><c> isn't</c><00:14:05.379><c> it?</c>

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You<00:14:07.059><c> know,</c><00:14:07.720><c> Abraham,</c><00:14:07.919><c> brethren</c><00:14:08.059><c> and</c><00:14:08.240><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:14:08.659><c> a</c><00:14:08.799><c> monumental</c><00:14:09.700><c> pillar</c><00:14:10.139><c> in</c><00:14:10.480><c> the</c><00:14:10.700><c> scriptures</c><00:14:10.940><c> of</c><00:14:11.320><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:14:12.279><c> won't</c><00:14:12.539><c> turn</c><00:14:12.779><c> all</c><00:14:12.960><c> these</c><00:14:13.200><c> references</c><00:14:13.519><c> up,</c>

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but<00:14:15.379><c> in</c><00:14:15.500><c> the</c><00:14:15.580><c> book</c><00:14:15.700><c> of</c><00:14:15.940><c> Exodus</c><00:14:16.159><c> we're</c><00:14:16.379><c> told</c><00:14:17.360><c> that</c><00:14:18.200><c> the</c><00:14:18.360><c> sojourning</c>

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of<00:14:18.980><c> the</c><00:14:19.120><c> children</c><00:14:19.320><c> of</c><00:14:19.419><c> Israel</c><00:14:19.700><c> in</c><00:14:19.879><c> Egypt</c><00:14:20.039><c> was</c><00:14:20.299><c> 430</c><00:14:21.200><c> years</c><00:14:21.620><c> and</c>

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But<00:14:26.559><c> the</c><00:14:26.679><c> record</c><00:14:27.000><c> of</c><00:14:27.379><c> Exodus</c><00:14:27.679><c> is</c><00:14:27.980><c> taking</c><00:14:28.159><c> into</c><00:14:28.360><c> account</c><00:14:28.720><c> the</c>

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as<00:14:30.080><c> proven</c><00:14:30.519><c> by</c><00:14:30.860><c> Paul's</c><00:14:31.360><c> use</c><00:14:31.500><c> in</c><00:14:31.700><c> Galatians</c><00:14:32.240><c> 3</c>

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where<00:14:33.200><c> he</c><00:14:33.340><c> says</c><00:14:33.659><c> that</c><00:14:33.840><c> between</c><00:14:34.080><c> Abraham</c><00:14:34.480><c> and</c><00:14:34.659><c> the</c><00:14:34.820><c> Lord</c><00:14:34.980><c> it</c>

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And<00:14:38.740><c> so</c><00:14:38.860><c> we</c><00:14:39.000><c> see</c><00:14:39.179><c> then,</c><00:14:39.519><c> brethren</c><00:14:39.659><c> and</c><00:14:39.899><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:14:40.279><c> the</c><00:14:40.440><c> Exodus</c><00:14:40.679><c> tells</c><00:14:40.980><c> us</c><00:14:41.580><c> that</c><00:14:42.279><c> to</c><00:14:42.559><c> commemorate</c><00:14:43.360><c> the</c><00:14:43.840><c> fact</c>

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and<00:14:52.259><c> they</c><00:14:52.580><c> crossed</c><00:14:53.039><c> the</c><00:14:53.539><c> flood</c><00:14:53.720><c> of</c><00:14:53.899><c> the</c><00:14:54.000><c> Red</c><00:14:54.299><c> Sea.</c>

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and<00:14:59.419><c> the</c><00:14:59.539><c> word</c><00:14:59.759><c> in</c><00:14:59.919><c> the</c><00:15:00.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:15:00.200><c> means</c><00:15:00.559><c> exactly</c><00:15:01.179><c> that</c><00:15:01.480><c> day.</c>

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but<00:15:05.600><c> you</c><00:15:05.960><c> go</c><00:15:06.220><c> back</c><00:15:06.500><c> further</c><00:15:07.100><c> in</c><00:15:07.259><c> the</c><00:15:07.379><c> record</c>

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and<00:15:09.100><c> you</c><00:15:09.240><c> find</c><00:15:09.460><c> that</c><00:15:09.580><c> in</c><00:15:09.720><c> Genesis</c><00:15:10.080><c> chapter</c><00:15:10.480><c> 6</c>

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and<00:15:28.759><c> God</c><00:15:29.059><c> crossed</c><00:15:29.620><c> people</c><00:15:30.019><c> over,</c><00:15:31.740><c> Noah,</c><00:15:33.360><c> Abraham</c><00:15:33.960><c> and</c><00:15:35.019><c> his</c><00:15:35.419><c> seed.</c>

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and<00:15:44.159><c> we're</c><00:15:44.360><c> given</c><00:15:44.500><c> the</c><00:15:44.720><c> actual</c><00:15:45.080><c> date</c><00:15:45.379><c> in</c><00:15:45.539><c> the</c><00:15:45.639><c> book</c><00:15:45.799><c> of</c><00:15:45.980><c> Genesis</c><00:15:46.240><c> concerning</c><00:15:46.679><c> Noah.</c>

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and<00:15:49.299><c> God</c><00:15:49.620><c> brought</c><00:15:49.899><c> them</c><00:15:50.100><c> over,</c><00:15:50.580><c> brethren</c><00:15:50.720><c> and</c><00:15:50.980><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:15:51.580><c> the</c><00:15:51.799><c> newness</c><00:15:52.120><c> of</c><00:15:52.340><c> life,</c><00:15:52.620><c> in</c><00:15:52.700><c> the</c><00:15:52.799><c> most</c><00:15:52.960><c> remarkable</c><00:15:53.539><c> way.</c>

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No<00:15:54.379><c> wonder</c><00:15:54.960><c> Abraham</c><00:15:55.399><c> goes</c><00:15:55.659><c> down</c><00:15:55.879><c> on</c><00:15:56.059><c> the</c><00:15:56.159><c> record</c><00:15:56.539><c> as</c><00:15:56.799><c> the</c><00:15:57.179><c> father</c><00:15:57.539><c> of</c>

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where<00:16:18.919><c> there</c><00:16:19.139><c> are</c><00:16:19.620><c> just</c><00:16:19.820><c> some</c><00:16:20.559><c> simply</c><00:16:21.399><c> scintillating</c><00:16:22.820><c> points</c>

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absolutely<00:16:25.059><c> marvelous,</c><00:16:26.120><c> taken</c><00:16:26.379><c> up</c><00:16:26.580><c> by</c><00:16:26.879><c> Paul</c><00:16:27.059><c> in</c><00:16:27.240><c> Romans</c><00:16:27.580><c> 4.</c>

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We<00:16:28.620><c> will</c><00:16:28.720><c> have</c><00:16:28.799><c> a</c><00:16:28.860><c> look</c><00:16:28.960><c> at</c><00:16:29.159><c> Abraham</c><00:16:29.519><c> as</c><00:16:29.940><c> the</c><00:16:30.379><c> father</c><00:16:30.700><c> there</c>

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and<00:16:31.360><c> see</c><00:16:31.580><c> how</c><00:16:31.720><c> he</c><00:16:31.860><c> got</c><00:16:32.080><c> that</c><00:16:32.419><c> title.</c>

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But<00:16:33.600><c> sufficient</c><00:16:33.980><c> to</c><00:16:34.220><c> say</c><00:16:34.419><c> this,</c>

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but<00:16:36.559><c> that</c><00:16:36.860><c> title</c><00:16:37.039><c> is</c><00:16:37.460><c> underlined</c><00:16:37.960><c> by</c><00:16:38.240><c> these</c><00:16:38.519><c> considerations</c>

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that<00:16:40.059><c> in</c><00:16:40.259><c> the</c><00:16:40.360><c> 11th</c><00:16:40.779><c> chapter</c><00:16:40.980><c> of</c><00:16:41.220><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:41.500><c> we</c><00:16:41.779><c> read</c><00:16:42.080><c> this</c>

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concerning<00:16:43.039><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:16:44.299><c> Isaac</c><00:16:44.620><c> and</c><00:16:44.820><c> Jacob,</c>

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which<00:16:46.840><c> underlines</c><00:16:47.440><c> his</c><00:16:47.659><c> title</c><00:16:48.179><c> as</c><00:16:48.539><c> the</c><00:16:48.799><c> father</c><00:16:49.100><c> of</c><00:16:49.299><c> the</c><00:16:49.440><c> faithful.</c>

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And<00:16:52.379><c> in</c><00:16:52.759><c> the</c><00:16:52.940><c> 11th</c><00:16:53.360><c> chapter</c><00:16:53.559><c> of</c><00:16:53.740><c> Hebrews,</c>

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which<00:16:54.259><c> of</c><00:16:54.399><c> course</c><00:16:54.600><c> itself</c><00:16:55.039><c> is</c><00:16:55.360><c> a</c><00:16:55.559><c> dissertation</c><00:16:56.000><c> entirely</c><00:16:56.620><c> upon</c><00:16:56.879><c> the</c>

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power<00:16:57.299><c> of</c><00:16:57.620><c> faith,</c>

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we<00:16:59.460><c> read</c><00:16:59.679><c> this</c><00:16:59.960><c> in</c><00:17:00.139><c> verse</c><00:17:00.340><c> 16</c><00:17:00.879><c> concerning</c><00:17:01.379><c> the</c><00:17:01.879><c> fathers</c><00:17:02.220><c> of</c>

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our<00:17:02.679><c> faith,</c>

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but<00:17:04.279><c> now</c><00:17:04.539><c> they</c><00:17:04.779><c> desire</c><00:17:05.099><c> a</c><00:17:05.400><c> better</c><00:17:05.599><c> country,</c><00:17:06.140><c> that</c><00:17:06.319><c> is</c><00:17:06.500><c> in</c><00:17:06.680><c> heavenly,</c>

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wherefore<00:17:09.299><c> God</c><00:17:09.759><c> is</c><00:17:10.119><c> not</c><00:17:10.359><c> ashamed</c><00:17:11.200><c> to</c><00:17:12.359><c> be</c><00:17:12.660><c> called</c><00:17:13.180><c> their</c><00:17:13.640><c> God,</c>

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for<00:17:15.299><c> he</c><00:17:15.480><c> hath</c><00:17:15.779><c> prepared</c><00:17:16.140><c> for</c><00:17:16.380><c> them</c><00:17:16.799><c> a</c><00:17:17.119><c> city.</c>

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Now,<00:17:19.779><c> brethren</c><00:17:19.960><c> and</c><00:17:20.200><c> sisters,</c><00:17:20.680><c> again,</c><00:17:21.160><c> there</c><00:17:21.279><c> are</c><00:17:21.380><c> many</c><00:17:21.579><c> people</c><00:17:22.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:22.500><c> scripture</c>

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that<00:17:22.960><c> God</c><00:17:23.240><c> was</c><00:17:23.440><c> not</c><00:17:23.579><c> ashamed</c><00:17:24.079><c> to</c><00:17:24.279><c> be</c><00:17:24.460><c> called</c><00:17:24.640><c> their</c><00:17:24.900><c> God,</c>

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but<00:17:26.880><c> Paul</c><00:17:27.160><c> uses</c><00:17:27.559><c> a</c><00:17:27.819><c> term</c><00:17:28.039><c> here</c><00:17:28.339><c> which</c><00:17:28.519><c> is</c><00:17:28.799><c> quite</c><00:17:29.019><c> much</c><00:17:29.279><c> more</c>

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significant<00:17:30.019><c> than</c><00:17:30.319><c> that,</c>

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because<00:17:32.079><c> the</c><00:17:32.319><c> term</c><00:17:32.559><c> he</c><00:17:32.819><c> uses</c><00:17:33.140><c> for</c><00:17:33.500><c> cold</c><00:17:34.099><c> in</c><00:17:35.299><c> the</c><00:17:35.559><c> Greek</c><00:17:35.799><c> literally</c><00:17:36.319><c> means</c><00:17:37.200><c> surname.</c>

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God<00:17:41.720><c> surnamed</c><00:17:42.279><c> himself</c><00:17:43.039><c> their</c><00:17:43.400><c> God.</c>

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In<00:17:45.539><c> other</c><00:17:45.700><c> words,</c><00:17:45.880><c> he</c><00:17:46.019><c> put</c><00:17:46.200><c> upon</c><00:17:46.460><c> those</c><00:17:46.900><c> three</c><00:17:47.200><c> men,</c><00:17:47.519><c> Abraham,</c>

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Isaac<00:17:48.339><c> and</c><00:17:48.519><c> Jacob,</c><00:17:49.240><c> his</c><00:17:49.500><c> name.</c>

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How<00:17:50.819><c> did</c><00:17:50.960><c> he</c><00:17:51.079><c> do</c><00:17:51.279><c> that?</c>

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All<00:17:53.579><c> those</c><00:17:53.819><c> people</c><00:17:54.200><c> who</c><00:17:54.420><c> were</c><00:17:54.579><c> baptized</c><00:17:55.000><c> into</c><00:17:55.200><c> Jesus</c><00:17:55.579><c> Christ</c>

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have<00:17:56.079><c> put</c><00:17:56.240><c> on</c><00:17:56.400><c> his</c><00:17:56.680><c> name.</c>

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All<00:17:58.579><c> those</c><00:17:58.779><c> in</c><00:17:58.920><c> the</c><00:17:59.039><c> Old</c><00:17:59.240><c> Testament</c><00:17:59.640><c> who</c><00:17:59.920><c> followed</c><00:18:00.099><c> his</c><00:18:00.359><c> principles</c><00:18:00.799><c> followed</c><00:18:01.140><c> his</c><00:18:01.480><c> name.</c>

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Why<00:18:02.339><c> was</c><00:18:02.599><c> it</c><00:18:02.720><c> that</c><00:18:02.900><c> Paul</c><00:18:03.180><c> says</c><00:18:03.480><c> concerning</c><00:18:03.940><c> these</c><00:18:04.460><c> three</c><00:18:04.579><c> in</c><00:18:04.819><c> particular</c>

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that<00:18:05.720><c> he</c><00:18:05.839><c> was</c><00:18:06.339><c> surnamed</c><00:18:07.140><c> upon</c><00:18:07.420><c> them?</c>

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Well,<00:18:08.759><c> we</c><00:18:08.859><c> won't</c><00:18:09.119><c> turn</c><00:18:09.279><c> these</c><00:18:09.559><c> references</c><00:18:09.900><c> up,</c><00:18:10.339><c> but</c><00:18:10.440><c> do</c><00:18:10.539><c> you</c>

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know<00:18:10.599><c> what</c><00:18:10.700><c> it</c><00:18:10.859><c> says</c><00:18:10.980><c> about</c><00:18:11.180><c> those</c><00:18:11.480><c> three</c><00:18:11.700><c> men?</c>

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Abraham<00:18:13.099><c> is</c><00:18:13.359><c> called</c><00:18:13.519><c> the</c><00:18:14.000><c> father</c><00:18:14.339><c> of</c><00:18:14.500><c> the</c><00:18:14.640><c> faithful.</c>

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In<00:18:17.200><c> the</c><00:18:17.359><c> 11th</c><00:18:17.759><c> chapter</c><00:18:17.940><c> of</c><00:18:18.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:18:18.420><c> and</c><00:18:18.579><c> at</c><00:18:18.740><c> verse</c><00:18:18.960><c> 17,</c>

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Isaac<00:18:20.720><c> is</c><00:18:21.039><c> called</c><00:18:21.200><c> his</c><00:18:21.480><c> only</c><00:18:22.019><c> begotten</c><00:18:22.680><c> son,</c><00:18:23.059><c> when</c><00:18:23.220><c> literally</c>

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he<00:18:23.819><c> wasn't,</c><00:18:24.299><c> but</c><00:18:24.420><c> he's</c><00:18:24.680><c> called</c><00:18:24.920><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:27.000><c> in</c><00:18:27.140><c> the</c><00:18:27.259><c> 28th</c><00:18:27.859><c> chapter</c><00:18:28.079><c> of</c><00:18:28.299><c> Genesis</c><00:18:28.720><c> and</c><00:18:28.920><c> at</c><00:18:29.140><c> verse</c><00:18:29.500><c> 4,</c>

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a<00:18:31.720><c> new</c><00:18:32.240><c> word,</c><00:18:32.819><c> entirely</c><00:18:33.740><c> new</c><00:18:34.319><c> word,</c><00:18:35.299><c> is</c><00:18:35.559><c> introduced</c><00:18:36.220><c> into</c><00:18:36.640><c> the</c>

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promises<00:18:37.259><c> that</c><00:18:37.420><c> were</c><00:18:37.599><c> made</c><00:18:37.859><c> to</c><00:18:38.180><c> Jacob.</c>

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And<00:18:40.619><c> whilst</c><00:18:40.819><c> the</c><00:18:41.039><c> word</c><00:18:41.200><c> is</c><00:18:41.480><c> rendered</c><00:18:41.599><c> in</c><00:18:41.799><c> the</c><00:18:41.960><c> English</c><00:18:42.680><c> translation</c><00:18:43.279><c> by</c><00:18:43.500><c> the</c>

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word<00:18:43.880><c> multitude,</c>

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it<00:18:45.519><c> is</c><00:18:45.740><c> an</c><00:18:45.940><c> entirely</c><00:18:46.599><c> different</c><00:18:47.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:47.359><c> word</c><00:18:47.680><c> than</c><00:18:47.859><c> that</c><00:18:48.079><c> used</c><00:18:48.299><c> of</c>

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Abraham<00:18:48.920><c> and</c><00:18:49.180><c> Isaac.</c>

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And<00:18:50.180><c> the</c><00:18:50.500><c> margin,</c><00:18:51.119><c> the</c><00:18:51.279><c> translators</c><00:18:51.759><c> have</c><00:18:52.000><c> picked</c><00:18:52.140><c> it</c><00:18:52.279><c> up</c><00:18:52.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:52.740><c> margin</c>

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and<00:18:53.299><c> noted</c><00:18:53.500><c> the</c><00:18:53.759><c> point</c><00:18:53.859><c> that</c><00:18:53.980><c> it's</c><00:18:54.160><c> a</c><00:18:54.299><c> new</c><00:18:54.519><c> word.</c>

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And<00:18:55.220><c> in</c><00:18:55.319><c> the</c><00:18:55.519><c> margin</c><00:18:55.700><c> it</c><00:18:55.940><c> says</c><00:18:56.220><c> a</c><00:18:57.079><c> multitude</c><00:18:57.680><c> of</c><00:18:58.039><c> people.</c>

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You<00:18:59.619><c> look</c><00:18:59.839><c> at</c><00:19:00.000><c> the</c><00:19:00.140><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:00.440><c> word,</c><00:19:00.799><c> brothers</c><00:19:00.920><c> and</c><00:19:01.099><c> sisters,</c><00:19:02.319><c> and</c><00:19:02.420><c> it</c>

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means<00:19:02.880><c> an</c><00:19:03.240><c> assembly</c><00:19:04.160><c> called</c><00:19:05.039><c> out.</c>

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He<00:19:08.920><c> surnamed</c><00:19:09.519><c> himself</c><00:19:10.240><c> upon</c><00:19:10.700><c> three</c><00:19:11.099><c> men,</c><00:19:12.720><c> the</c><00:19:13.000><c> father,</c><00:19:14.599><c> the</c>

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son,<00:19:16.140><c> and</c><00:19:16.539><c> the</c><00:19:16.720><c> Ecclesiast.</c>

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And<00:19:18.140><c> there</c><00:19:18.279><c> it</c><00:19:18.500><c> stopped.</c>

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And<00:19:20.880><c> it</c><00:19:20.980><c> isn't</c><00:19:21.140><c> simply</c><00:19:21.440><c> because</c><00:19:21.759><c> the</c><00:19:22.059><c> promises</c><00:19:22.279><c> were</c><00:19:22.519><c> made</c><00:19:22.640><c> to</c>

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many<00:19:24.500><c> people.</c>

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There's<00:19:25.180><c> a</c><00:19:25.299><c> specific</c><00:19:25.680><c> reason</c><00:19:26.039><c> why</c><00:19:26.279><c> he</c><00:19:26.539><c> surnamed</c><00:19:27.039><c> himself</c>

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upon<00:19:27.640><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:28.140><c> of</c><00:19:28.380><c> that</c><00:19:28.680><c> trio,</c><00:19:29.839><c> of</c><00:19:30.039><c> the</c><00:19:30.319><c> father,</c><00:19:31.299><c> and</c><00:19:31.440><c> the</c><00:19:31.599><c> son,</c><00:19:32.420><c> and</c><00:19:32.539><c> the</c><00:19:32.720><c> multitude,</c>

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it<00:19:33.500><c> is</c><00:19:33.819><c> Abraham,</c><00:19:35.400><c> who</c><00:19:35.660><c> is</c><00:19:35.920><c> the</c><00:19:36.119><c> father</c><00:19:36.720><c> of</c><00:19:37.000><c> the</c><00:19:37.180><c> faithful.</c>

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Now<00:19:38.559><c> looking</c><00:19:38.720><c> at</c><00:19:38.880><c> those</c><00:19:39.240><c> three</c><00:19:39.579><c> titles,</c><00:19:40.059><c> what</c><00:19:40.299><c> a</c><00:19:40.759><c> character</c>

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we've<00:19:41.200><c> got</c><00:19:41.359><c> before</c><00:19:41.700><c> us.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:19:42.799><c> you</c><00:19:43.059><c> be</c><00:19:43.359><c> excited</c><00:19:43.880><c> about</c><00:19:44.119><c> a</c><00:19:44.299><c> subject</c><00:19:44.559><c> if</c><00:19:44.940><c> you</c><00:19:45.099><c> had</c><00:19:45.220><c> that</c><00:19:45.460><c> sort</c><00:19:45.599><c> of</c><00:19:45.779><c> introduction</c>

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and<00:19:46.380><c> you</c><00:19:46.460><c> think</c><00:19:46.539><c> to</c><00:19:46.599><c> yourself,</c><00:19:46.920><c> well,</c><00:19:46.980><c> the</c><00:19:47.200><c> friend</c><00:19:47.539><c> of</c><00:19:47.740><c> God,</c>

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he<00:19:48.480><c> keeps</c><00:19:48.759><c> God's</c><00:19:49.119><c> commandment</c>

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and<00:19:49.559><c> God's</c><00:19:49.900><c> taken</c><00:19:50.059><c> him</c><00:19:50.220><c> into</c><00:19:50.319><c> his</c><00:19:50.579><c> confidence.</c>

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He's<00:19:51.980><c> absolutely</c><00:19:52.380><c> different</c><00:19:52.920><c> from</c><00:19:53.099><c> the</c><00:19:53.299><c> world,</c><00:19:53.640><c> and</c><00:19:53.759><c> the</c>

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world<00:19:54.160><c> knows</c><00:19:54.539><c> he's</c><00:19:54.799><c> different.</c>

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And<00:19:55.900><c> he</c><00:19:56.119><c> stands</c><00:19:56.500><c> at</c><00:19:56.700><c> the</c><00:19:56.900><c> head</c><00:19:57.160><c> of</c><00:19:57.400><c> two</c><00:19:57.660><c> others</c><00:19:58.119><c> as</c><00:19:58.700><c> being</c><00:19:58.960><c> the</c>

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father<00:19:59.660><c> leading</c><00:19:59.960><c> onto</c><00:20:00.220><c> the</c><00:20:00.480><c> son</c>

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and<00:20:01.039><c> the</c><00:20:01.160><c> development</c><00:20:01.440><c> of</c><00:20:01.660><c> the</c><00:20:01.839><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:20:02.299><c> and</c><00:20:02.420><c> God</c><00:20:02.799><c> surnamed</c>

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himself<00:20:03.880><c> upon</c><00:20:04.200><c> those</c><00:20:04.519><c> three</c><00:20:04.740><c> men.</c>

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Because<00:20:06.079><c> in</c><00:20:06.380><c> their</c><00:20:06.740><c> lives,</c><00:20:08.279><c> there</c><00:20:08.400><c> is</c><00:20:08.660><c> incorporated,</c><00:20:09.440><c> brothers</c><00:20:09.539><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:20:10.480><c> his</c><00:20:10.799><c> whole</c><00:20:11.180><c> purpose,</c>

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outside<00:20:12.779><c> of</c><00:20:13.019><c> which</c><00:20:13.160><c> you</c><00:20:13.319><c> can't</c><00:20:13.700><c> find</c><00:20:13.920><c> God's</c><00:20:14.359><c> purpose</c><00:20:14.579><c> outside</c>

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of<00:20:15.140><c> himself,</c><00:20:16.000><c> his</c><00:20:16.359><c> son,</c><00:20:16.839><c> and</c><00:20:17.039><c> his</c><00:20:17.200><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:20:19.259><c> that's</c><00:20:19.500><c> the</c><00:20:19.619><c> way</c><00:20:19.799><c> Abraham</c><00:20:20.220><c> is</c><00:20:20.519><c> introduced</c><00:20:20.900><c> to</c><00:20:21.099><c> us</c><00:20:21.500><c> in</c><00:20:21.700><c> the</c>

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record<00:20:22.099><c> of</c><00:20:22.400><c> truth.</c>

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Now<00:20:24.619><c> Stephen</c><00:20:25.140><c> says,</c><00:20:25.559><c> and</c><00:20:25.619><c> we</c><00:20:25.799><c> commence</c><00:20:26.019><c> his</c><00:20:26.359><c> line.</c>

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How<00:20:27.400><c> did</c><00:20:27.640><c> Stephen</c><00:20:27.980><c> see</c><00:20:28.220><c> the</c><00:20:28.400><c> commencement</c><00:20:28.640><c> of</c><00:20:28.819><c> his</c><00:20:29.019><c> line?</c>

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He<00:20:29.859><c> said</c><00:20:30.059><c> this</c><00:20:30.319><c> in</c><00:20:30.480><c> the</c><00:20:30.619><c> seventh</c><00:20:30.839><c> chapter</c><00:20:31.200><c> of</c><00:20:31.480><c> Acts.</c>

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Men<00:20:33.680><c> and</c><00:20:33.900><c> brethren,</c><00:20:34.400><c> harken</c><00:20:34.559><c> unto</c><00:20:34.839><c> me.</c>

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The<00:20:36.019><c> God</c><00:20:36.259><c> of</c><00:20:36.599><c> glory</c><00:20:37.579><c> appeared</c><00:20:39.680><c> unto</c><00:20:39.940><c> our</c><00:20:40.140><c> father</c><00:20:40.440><c> Abraham</c><00:20:41.000><c> between</c><00:20:42.140><c> the</c>

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two<00:20:42.519><c> rivers.</c>

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The<00:20:43.680><c> word</c><00:20:43.799><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:20:44.599><c> meaning</c><00:20:44.859><c> between</c><00:20:45.259><c> the</c><00:20:45.460><c> two</c><00:20:45.599><c> rivers.</c>

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The<00:20:47.079><c> God</c><00:20:47.339><c> of</c><00:20:47.740><c> glory</c><00:20:48.480><c> appeared</c><00:20:49.359><c> unto</c><00:20:49.640><c> our</c><00:20:49.880><c> father</c><00:20:50.339><c> Abraham.</c>

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What<00:20:51.019><c> a</c><00:20:51.279><c> wonderful</c><00:20:51.680><c> way</c><00:20:51.940><c> to</c><00:20:52.160><c> start</c><00:20:52.400><c> your</c><00:20:52.640><c> life,</c><00:20:52.980><c> brothers</c><00:20:53.099><c> and</c><00:20:53.259><c> sisters,</c>

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called<00:20:53.920><c> out</c><00:20:54.099><c> of</c><00:20:54.200><c> the</c><00:20:54.359><c> world</c><00:20:54.700><c> by</c><00:20:55.099><c> the</c><00:20:55.500><c> God</c><00:20:55.720><c> of</c><00:20:56.000><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:20:58.160><c> in</c><00:20:58.319><c> every</c><00:20:58.579><c> sense</c><00:20:58.759><c> of</c><00:20:58.940><c> the</c><00:20:59.059><c> word,</c><00:20:59.319><c> he</c><00:20:59.420><c> was</c><00:20:59.619><c> a</c><00:20:59.720><c> new</c><00:20:59.880><c> beginning.</c>

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The<00:21:01.799><c> Tower</c><00:21:02.099><c> of</c><00:21:02.339><c> Babel</c><00:21:02.559><c> had</c><00:21:02.740><c> been</c><00:21:03.279><c> left.</c>

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Men<00:21:04.660><c> had</c><00:21:04.880><c> been</c><00:21:05.039><c> driven</c><00:21:05.279><c> into</c><00:21:05.500><c> darkness</c><00:21:06.079><c> and</c><00:21:06.319><c> into</c><00:21:06.559><c> confusion</c>

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by<00:21:07.220><c> the</c><00:21:07.420><c> confusion</c><00:21:07.779><c> of</c><00:21:07.940><c> their</c><00:21:08.180><c> tongues.</c>

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And<00:21:09.559><c> were</c><00:21:09.640><c> it</c><00:21:09.799><c> not</c><00:21:09.920><c> by</c><00:21:10.200><c> the</c><00:21:10.359><c> intervention</c><00:21:10.720><c> of</c><00:21:10.920><c> the</c><00:21:11.059><c> God</c><00:21:11.220><c> Almighty,</c>

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his<00:21:12.059><c> purpose</c><00:21:12.400><c> could</c><00:21:12.660><c> well</c><00:21:12.859><c> and</c><00:21:13.059><c> truly,</c><00:21:13.339><c> brothers</c><00:21:13.519><c> and</c><00:21:13.759><c> sisters,</c>

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have<00:21:14.119><c> been</c><00:21:14.339><c> lost</c><00:21:14.619><c> among</c><00:21:14.880><c> the</c><00:21:15.079><c> confusion</c><00:21:15.440><c> of</c><00:21:15.700><c> nations.</c>

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But<00:21:17.119><c> after</c><00:21:17.480><c> the</c><00:21:17.740><c> Tower</c><00:21:17.980><c> of</c><00:21:18.119><c> Babel,</c><00:21:18.920><c> the</c><00:21:19.079><c> God</c><00:21:19.220><c> of</c><00:21:19.500><c> glory</c><00:21:20.019><c> began</c>

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all<00:21:20.720><c> over</c><00:21:20.980><c> again.</c>

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And<00:21:22.759><c> on</c><00:21:22.900><c> that</c><00:21:23.220><c> monumental</c><00:21:23.740><c> day,</c><00:21:24.140><c> he</c><00:21:24.299><c> called</c><00:21:24.519><c> that</c><00:21:24.799><c> family</c><00:21:25.240><c> out</c>

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of<00:21:25.640><c> the</c><00:21:25.839><c> light</c><00:21:26.160><c> of</c><00:21:26.519><c> the</c><00:21:26.779><c> conquerors.</c>

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Ur<00:21:27.880><c> of</c><00:21:28.180><c> the</c><00:21:28.420><c> Chaldeans.</c>

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The<00:21:30.059><c> light</c><00:21:30.539><c> of</c><00:21:31.039><c> the</c><00:21:31.200><c> conquerors.</c>

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A<00:21:33.000><c> highly</c><00:21:33.380><c> urbanised</c><00:21:34.180><c> society,</c><00:21:35.000><c> brothers</c><00:21:35.119><c> and</c><00:21:35.200><c> sisters.</c>

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Archaeologists<00:21:37.539><c> have</c><00:21:37.839><c> dug</c><00:21:37.960><c> it</c><00:21:38.099><c> up.</c>

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Professor<00:21:39.079><c> Woolley</c><00:21:39.500><c> being</c><00:21:39.900><c> chief</c><00:21:40.160><c> among</c><00:21:40.460><c> them.</c>

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And<00:21:41.299><c> have</c><00:21:41.460><c> set</c><00:21:41.640><c> forth</c><00:21:42.019><c> remarkable</c><00:21:42.720><c> things</c><00:21:43.079><c> about</c><00:21:43.359><c> that</c><00:21:43.640><c> city.</c>

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A<00:21:45.420><c> culture</c><00:21:45.900><c> far</c><00:21:47.140><c> beyond</c><00:21:47.579><c> the</c><00:21:47.799><c> imagination</c><00:21:48.359><c> of</c><00:21:48.640><c> men</c><00:21:48.940><c> who</c><00:21:49.259><c> thought</c><00:21:49.559><c> about</c>

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Ur<00:21:50.059><c> before</c><00:21:50.519><c> it</c><00:21:50.700><c> was</c><00:21:50.839><c> dug</c><00:21:51.099><c> up.</c>

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Of<00:21:52.680><c> buildings.</c>

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Of<00:21:55.299><c> materials</c><00:21:55.779><c> that</c><00:21:56.059><c> were</c><00:21:56.059><c> used</c><00:21:56.259><c> in</c><00:21:56.380><c> those</c><00:21:56.619><c> buildings.</c>

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Of<00:21:58.599><c> expertise</c><00:21:59.200><c> that</c><00:21:59.339><c> were</c><00:21:59.859><c> unheard</c><00:22:00.420><c> of.</c>

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And<00:22:01.759><c> here</c><00:22:01.880><c> they</c><00:22:02.119><c> are,</c><00:22:02.440><c> in</c><00:22:02.619><c> Abraham's</c><00:22:03.180><c> city,</c><00:22:03.400><c> if</c><00:22:03.500><c> it</c><00:22:03.619><c> was</c><00:22:03.759><c> to</c><00:22:03.859><c> be</c><00:22:04.180><c> reconstructed,</c>

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would<00:22:05.880><c> be</c><00:22:06.119><c> a</c><00:22:06.359><c> glittering</c><00:22:06.819><c> place,</c><00:22:07.180><c> brothers</c><00:22:07.400><c> and</c><00:22:07.579><c> sisters,</c>

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at<00:22:08.359><c> the</c><00:22:08.400><c> head</c><00:22:08.539><c> of</c><00:22:08.680><c> the</c><00:22:08.819><c> Persian</c><00:22:09.140><c> Gulf,</c><00:22:09.579><c> which</c><00:22:09.799><c> now</c><00:22:10.140><c> of</c><00:22:10.240><c> course</c>

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has<00:22:10.700><c> receded</c><00:22:11.019><c> with</c><00:22:11.240><c> the</c><00:22:11.420><c> sands</c><00:22:11.619><c> of</c><00:22:11.859><c> time</c>

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and<00:22:12.240><c> left</c><00:22:12.559><c> Ur</c><00:22:13.000><c> high</c><00:22:13.420><c> and</c><00:22:13.880><c> dry</c><00:22:13.880><c> and</c><00:22:14.119><c> derelict.</c>

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But<00:22:15.240><c> in</c><00:22:15.359><c> the</c><00:22:15.480><c> days</c><00:22:15.680><c> of</c><00:22:15.900><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:16.579><c> at</c><00:22:16.740><c> the</c><00:22:16.859><c> top</c><00:22:17.059><c> of</c><00:22:17.220><c> a</c><00:22:17.359><c> great</c><00:22:17.880><c> gulf,</c>

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with<00:22:18.900><c> the</c><00:22:19.099><c> commerce</c><00:22:19.359><c> of</c><00:22:19.519><c> the</c><00:22:19.700><c> world</c><00:22:20.160><c> pouring</c><00:22:20.839><c> in</c><00:22:21.039><c> its</c><00:22:21.240><c> harbours.</c>

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And<00:22:22.740><c> the</c><00:22:22.859><c> mighty</c><00:22:23.200><c> ziggurat</c><00:22:23.640><c> of</c><00:22:23.799><c> Ur,</c><00:22:24.460><c> dominating</c><00:22:24.779><c> the</c><00:22:25.119><c> landscape,</c>

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dedicated<00:22:26.099><c> to</c><00:22:26.279><c> the</c><00:22:26.400><c> moon</c><00:22:26.640><c> goddess,</c><00:22:27.259><c> Nanyu.</c>

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And<00:22:28.299><c> there's</c><00:22:28.460><c> all</c><00:22:28.720><c> the</c><00:22:28.900><c> buildings</c><00:22:29.200><c> surrounding</c><00:22:29.640><c> it.</c>

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Made<00:22:30.599><c> of</c><00:22:30.720><c> those</c><00:22:31.000><c> materials</c><00:22:31.339><c> which</c><00:22:31.819><c> the</c><00:22:32.140><c> scientists</c><00:22:32.400><c> today</c><00:22:32.759><c> stand</c><00:22:33.140><c> in</c>

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awe<00:22:33.559><c> of,</c>

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that<00:22:33.859><c> men</c><00:22:34.019><c> had</c><00:22:34.319><c> such</c><00:22:34.519><c> knowledge</c><00:22:34.880><c> in</c><00:22:35.000><c> those</c><00:22:35.319><c> days.</c>

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With<00:22:36.740><c> writings</c><00:22:37.160><c> there.</c>

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And<00:22:38.259><c> all</c><00:22:38.480><c> sorts</c><00:22:38.720><c> of</c><00:22:38.799><c> things</c><00:22:39.000><c> they</c><00:22:39.299><c> dug</c><00:22:39.440><c> up.</c>

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And<00:22:39.740><c> one</c><00:22:39.880><c> gets</c><00:22:40.160><c> the</c><00:22:40.339><c> picture</c><00:22:40.559><c> of</c><00:22:40.819><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:41.480><c> not</c><00:22:41.640><c> simply</c><00:22:41.880><c> as</c><00:22:42.079><c> a</c>

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poor<00:22:42.480><c> old</c><00:22:42.700><c> fellow</c><00:22:42.900><c> out</c><00:22:43.079><c> in</c><00:22:43.200><c> the</c><00:22:43.339><c> desert</c>

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with<00:22:43.720><c> nothing</c><00:22:44.019><c> that</c><00:22:44.319><c> would</c><00:22:44.559><c> grab</c><00:22:44.720><c> at</c><00:22:44.859><c> anything</c><00:22:45.039><c> to</c><00:22:45.180><c> get</c><00:22:45.339><c> out</c>

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of<00:22:45.559><c> it,</c><00:22:45.819><c> brothers</c><00:22:45.880><c> and</c><00:22:46.079><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:22:46.980><c> as</c><00:22:47.200><c> the</c><00:22:47.339><c> people</c><00:22:47.500><c> of</c><00:22:47.640><c> the</c><00:22:47.779><c> land</c><00:22:47.960><c> called</c><00:22:48.240><c> him,</c><00:22:48.779><c> a</c><00:22:49.000><c> mighty</c><00:22:49.480><c> prince.</c>

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And<00:22:52.240><c> when</c><00:22:52.359><c> he</c><00:22:52.500><c> left</c><00:22:52.740><c> Ur</c><00:22:52.920><c> of</c><00:22:53.000><c> the</c><00:22:53.200><c> Chaldees,</c><00:22:54.259><c> it</c><00:22:54.480><c> was</c><00:22:54.740><c> by</c><00:22:55.160><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:22:57.380><c> not</c><00:22:57.579><c> because</c><00:22:57.880><c> of</c><00:22:58.099><c> necessity.</c>

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And<00:23:00.160><c> from</c><00:23:00.319><c> the</c><00:23:00.440><c> light</c><00:23:00.559><c> of</c><00:23:00.700><c> the</c><00:23:00.900><c> conquerors</c><00:23:01.200><c> he</c><00:23:01.359><c> came.</c>

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He<00:23:03.039><c> didn't</c><00:23:03.220><c> come</c><00:23:03.480><c> alone.</c>

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Genesis<00:23:05.319><c> 11</c><00:23:05.720><c> tells</c><00:23:06.019><c> us</c><00:23:06.180><c> about</c><00:23:06.339><c> his</c><00:23:06.599><c> family.</c>

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We<00:23:10.299><c> learn</c><00:23:10.579><c> about</c><00:23:10.779><c> his</c><00:23:10.940><c> family,</c><00:23:11.480><c> brothers</c><00:23:11.720><c> and</c><00:23:11.740><c> sisters.</c>

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There<00:23:12.539><c> were</c><00:23:12.660><c> many</c><00:23:12.960><c> types</c><00:23:13.299><c> in</c><00:23:13.519><c> that</c><00:23:13.680><c> family.</c>

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We<00:23:18.420><c> learn</c><00:23:18.680><c> first</c><00:23:19.019><c> of</c><00:23:19.240><c> all,</c><00:23:21.359><c> in</c><00:23:21.440><c> Genesis</c><00:23:21.720><c> 11</c><00:23:22.079><c> and</c><00:23:22.259><c> verse</c><00:23:22.420><c> 25,</c>

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and<00:23:23.980><c> Nahor</c><00:23:24.220><c> lived</c><00:23:24.480><c> after</c><00:23:24.819><c> he</c><00:23:25.079><c> begat</c><00:23:25.420><c> Tyra</c><00:23:25.779><c> and</c><00:23:26.000><c> 119</c><00:23:26.720><c> years,</c>

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and<00:23:27.099><c> begat</c><00:23:27.359><c> sons</c><00:23:27.660><c> and</c><00:23:27.819><c> daughters.</c>

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And<00:23:29.539><c> Tyra</c><00:23:29.759><c> lived</c><00:23:30.079><c> 70</c><00:23:30.480><c> years,</c><00:23:30.920><c> and</c><00:23:31.059><c> begat</c><00:23:31.460><c> Abram,</c><00:23:32.640><c> Nahor,</c><00:23:33.240><c> and</c><00:23:33.460><c> Haren.</c>

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When<00:23:35.480><c> we</c><00:23:35.640><c> read</c><00:23:35.779><c> that</c><00:23:35.940><c> record</c><00:23:36.200><c> in</c><00:23:36.380><c> Genesis,</c><00:23:36.819><c> we</c><00:23:36.900><c> would</c><00:23:37.119><c> imagine</c>

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from<00:23:37.660><c> that</c><00:23:37.839><c> reading</c>

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that<00:23:38.279><c> Abraham</c><00:23:38.559><c> was</c><00:23:38.779><c> the</c><00:23:38.940><c> eldest</c><00:23:39.119><c> of</c><00:23:39.279><c> those</c><00:23:39.559><c> three</c><00:23:39.839><c> boys.</c>

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He<00:23:40.960><c> was</c><00:23:41.180><c> not</c><00:23:41.380><c> the</c><00:23:41.559><c> eldest</c><00:23:41.720><c> of</c><00:23:41.839><c> those</c><00:23:42.140><c> three</c><00:23:42.420><c> boys,</c><00:23:42.980><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:23:43.279><c> sisters,</c><00:23:43.519><c> at</c><00:23:43.759><c> all.</c>

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Tyra<00:23:45.960><c> begat</c><00:23:46.380><c> his</c><00:23:46.599><c> family</c><00:23:47.319><c> at</c><00:23:47.960><c> the</c><00:23:48.079><c> age</c><00:23:48.359><c> of</c><00:23:48.579><c> 75.</c>

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We<00:23:50.940><c> read</c><00:23:51.079><c> in</c><00:23:51.259><c> the</c><00:23:51.259><c> last</c><00:23:51.680><c> verse</c><00:23:51.960><c> of</c><00:23:52.099><c> chapter</c><00:23:52.339><c> 11,</c><00:23:52.700><c> he</c><00:23:52.779><c> died</c><00:23:53.200><c> at</c>

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the<00:23:53.559><c> age</c><00:23:54.240><c> of</c><00:23:54.579><c> 205</c><00:23:55.460><c> years.</c>

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We<00:23:57.799><c> learn</c><00:23:58.140><c> in</c><00:23:58.279><c> the</c><00:23:58.460><c> fourth</c><00:23:59.339><c> verse</c><00:23:59.579><c> of</c><00:23:59.779><c> Genesis</c><00:24:00.140><c> 12</c><00:24:00.799><c> that</c><00:24:01.140><c> Abraham</c><00:24:01.640><c> was</c>

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75<00:24:02.740><c> when</c><00:24:03.119><c> he</c><00:24:03.220><c> left</c><00:24:03.480><c> his</c><00:24:03.740><c> father.</c>

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Which<00:24:04.819><c> means</c><00:24:05.099><c> that</c><00:24:05.259><c> his</c><00:24:05.440><c> father</c><00:24:05.680><c> was</c><00:24:05.960><c> then</c><00:24:06.240><c> 135</c><00:24:07.200><c> years</c><00:24:07.680><c> old</c><00:24:07.880><c> when</c><00:24:08.059><c> he</c>

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was<00:24:08.640><c> born.</c>

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But<00:24:09.400><c> he</c><00:24:09.519><c> begat</c><00:24:10.059><c> his</c><00:24:10.259><c> family</c><00:24:10.960><c> 60</c><00:24:11.599><c> years</c><00:24:11.960><c> earlier.</c>

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And<00:24:14.599><c> the</c><00:24:14.759><c> record</c><00:24:14.920><c> is</c><00:24:15.079><c> telling</c><00:24:15.299><c> us,</c><00:24:15.539><c> brothers</c><00:24:15.740><c> and</c><00:24:15.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:18.720
here's<00:24:17.000><c> your</c><00:24:17.200><c> law</c><00:24:17.319><c> of</c><00:24:17.500><c> the</c><00:24:17.700><c> firstborn.</c>

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Where<00:24:19.859><c> preeminence</c><00:24:20.339><c> is</c><00:24:20.579><c> given,</c><00:24:21.480><c> not</c><00:24:21.740><c> according</c><00:24:22.019><c> to</c><00:24:22.259><c> age,</c>

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but<00:24:22.759><c> according</c><00:24:23.680><c> to</c><00:24:24.680><c> the</c><00:24:24.920><c> status</c><00:24:25.440><c> and</c><00:24:25.900><c> rank</c><00:24:26.259><c> of</c><00:24:26.500><c> one</c><00:24:26.799><c> who</c><00:24:27.019><c> God</c>

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considers<00:24:27.819><c> to</c><00:24:28.039><c> be</c><00:24:28.200><c> firstborn,</c>

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and<00:24:29.160><c> not</c><00:24:29.339><c> necessarily</c><00:24:29.839><c> that</c><00:24:30.039><c> one</c><00:24:30.160><c> which</c><00:24:30.319><c> was</c><00:24:30.539><c> literally</c><00:24:31.079><c> born</c><00:24:31.420><c> first.</c>

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Here<00:24:32.660><c> he</c><00:24:32.819><c> is</c><00:24:33.019><c> mentioned</c><00:24:33.240><c> as</c><00:24:33.420><c> the</c><00:24:33.460><c> head</c><00:24:33.559><c> of</c><00:24:33.700><c> that</c><00:24:33.940><c> family.</c>

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And<00:24:34.980><c> what</c><00:24:35.119><c> a</c><00:24:35.380><c> family</c><00:24:35.579><c> he</c><00:24:35.900><c> had.</c>

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:41.539
His<00:24:37.099><c> father</c><00:24:37.440><c> Tyra,</c><00:24:39.119><c> his</c><00:24:39.299><c> two</c><00:24:39.599><c> brothers</c><00:24:39.960><c> Nahor</c><00:24:40.460><c> and</c><00:24:40.700><c> Haren,</c>

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his<00:24:42.440><c> nephew</c><00:24:42.940><c> Lot,</c>

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his<00:24:44.579><c> wife</c><00:24:44.900><c> Sarai,</c><00:24:46.420><c> and</c><00:24:47.039><c> Milka,</c><00:24:47.720><c> Nahor's</c><00:24:48.420><c> wife,</c>

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are<00:24:49.880><c> among</c><00:24:50.200><c> the</c><00:24:50.460><c> few</c><00:24:50.599><c> that</c><00:24:50.779><c> are</c><00:24:50.900><c> mentioned</c><00:24:51.140><c> of</c><00:24:51.599><c> the</c><00:24:51.740><c> people</c><00:24:52.059><c> that</c><00:24:52.299><c> left</c><00:24:52.480><c> with</c><00:24:52.700><c> them</c><00:24:52.839><c> from</c><00:24:53.059><c> Ur</c>

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of<00:24:53.359><c> the</c><00:24:53.500><c> Chaldees.</c>

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We<00:24:54.200><c> know</c><00:24:54.400><c> that</c><00:24:54.619><c> many</c><00:24:54.819><c> more</c><00:24:55.039><c> must</c><00:24:55.279><c> have</c><00:24:55.420><c> come</c><00:24:55.619><c> with</c><00:24:55.799><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:56.220><c> as</c><00:24:56.359><c> they</c><00:24:56.539><c> went</c><00:24:56.640><c> along,</c><00:24:57.119><c> brothers</c><00:24:57.220><c> and</c><00:24:57.440><c> sisters,</c><00:24:57.680><c> they</c><00:24:57.960><c> gathered</c><00:24:58.160><c> many</c><00:24:58.480><c> more</c><00:24:58.680><c> to</c>

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their<00:24:59.000><c> ranks.</c>

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But<00:25:00.119><c> these</c><00:25:00.519><c> are</c><00:25:00.759><c> mentioned</c><00:25:01.019><c> that</c><00:25:01.200><c> we</c><00:25:01.440><c> might</c><00:25:01.660><c> have</c><00:25:02.420><c> an</c><00:25:02.900><c> admonition</c><00:25:03.319><c> from</c>

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the<00:25:03.720><c> Scriptures</c><00:25:04.019><c> concerning</c>

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what<00:25:05.539><c> family</c><00:25:05.980><c> life</c><00:25:06.140><c> is</c><00:25:06.380><c> like</c><00:25:06.519><c> and</c><00:25:06.660><c> what</c><00:25:06.940><c> people</c><00:25:07.279><c> make</c><00:25:07.539><c> up</c><00:25:07.720><c> a</c><00:25:07.900><c> family.</c>

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What<00:25:08.259><c> do</c><00:25:08.339><c> they</c><00:25:08.539><c> do?</c>

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And<00:25:10.000><c> the</c><00:25:10.200><c> God</c><00:25:10.319><c> of</c><00:25:10.759><c> glory</c><00:25:11.259><c> had</c><00:25:11.500><c> appeared</c><00:25:11.779><c> to</c><00:25:11.960><c> them.</c>

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And<00:25:13.460><c> they</c><00:25:13.700><c> responded</c><00:25:14.119><c> as</c><00:25:14.380><c> a</c><00:25:14.539><c> family,</c><00:25:15.200><c> but</c><00:25:15.359><c> they</c><00:25:15.819><c> stayed</c><00:25:16.140><c> at</c><00:25:16.420><c> Haren.</c>

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They<00:25:17.940><c> came</c><00:25:18.339><c> to</c><00:25:18.579><c> Haren,</c><00:25:19.079><c> brothers</c><00:25:19.220><c> and</c><00:25:19.220><c> sisters,</c><00:25:20.420><c> and</c><00:25:20.480><c> that</c><00:25:20.619><c> was</c><00:25:20.880><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:21.380><c> a</c><00:25:21.660><c> fatal</c><00:25:22.039><c> stop</c><00:25:22.440><c> for</c><00:25:22.660><c> many</c><00:25:22.920><c> of</c><00:25:23.140><c> them.</c>

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Tyra,<00:25:26.279><c> the</c><00:25:26.460><c> father</c><00:25:26.859><c> of</c><00:25:27.059><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:28.460><c> whose</c><00:25:28.660><c> very</c><00:25:29.019><c> name</c><00:25:29.380><c> means</c><00:25:30.299><c> to</c>

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turn<00:25:31.299><c> and</c><00:25:31.579><c> delay.</c>

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To<00:25:34.059><c> turn</c><00:25:34.579><c> and</c><00:25:34.839><c> delay.</c>

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And<00:25:36.220><c> that's</c><00:25:36.319><c> what</c><00:25:36.500><c> he</c><00:25:36.599><c> did.</c>

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And<00:25:39.140><c> Stephen</c><00:25:39.380><c> makes</c><00:25:39.680><c> the</c><00:25:39.960><c> point</c><00:25:40.099><c> in</c><00:25:40.259><c> the</c><00:25:40.380><c> seventh</c><00:25:40.640><c> chapter</c><00:25:41.000><c> of</c>

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Acts<00:25:42.140><c> that</c><00:25:42.539><c> when</c><00:25:42.740><c> his</c><00:25:42.980><c> father</c><00:25:43.240><c> was</c><00:25:43.680><c> dead,</c>

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he<00:25:45.859><c> removed</c><00:25:46.259><c> him</c><00:25:46.440><c> into</c><00:25:46.579><c> this</c><00:25:46.900><c> land</c><00:25:47.160><c> where</c><00:25:47.380><c> he</c><00:25:47.559><c> now</c><00:25:47.799><c> dwells.</c>

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And<00:25:50.259><c> Tyra</c><00:25:50.599><c> turning</c><00:25:51.119><c> and</c><00:25:51.440><c> delaying</c><00:25:51.799><c> at</c><00:25:51.980><c> Haren</c><00:25:52.319><c> was</c><00:25:52.839><c> fatal,</c><00:25:53.500><c> brothers</c><00:25:53.640><c> and</c><00:25:53.779><c> sisters.</c>

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But<00:25:55.339><c> Abraham</c><00:25:55.720><c> was</c><00:25:55.940><c> told</c><00:25:56.180><c> later</c><00:25:56.480><c> on,</c><00:25:57.380><c> get</c><00:25:57.599><c> thee</c><00:25:57.940><c> out</c><00:25:58.640><c> of</c><00:25:58.940><c> thy</c>

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father's<00:26:00.299><c> house.</c>

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He<00:26:03.200><c> had</c><00:26:03.359><c> to</c><00:26:03.500><c> leave</c><00:26:03.579><c> that</c><00:26:03.779><c> as</c><00:26:04.019><c> well.</c>

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One<00:26:05.039><c> thing</c><00:26:05.220><c> to</c><00:26:05.380><c> leave</c><00:26:05.559><c> home</c><00:26:05.839><c> with</c><00:26:06.099><c> dad.</c>

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It's<00:26:08.619><c> another</c><00:26:08.839><c> thing</c><00:26:09.039><c> to</c><00:26:09.240><c> see</c><00:26:09.460><c> dad</c><00:26:09.940><c> stop</c><00:26:10.279><c> halfway</c><00:26:10.799><c> and</c><00:26:11.119><c> have</c>

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to<00:26:11.519><c> leave</c><00:26:11.799><c> father.</c>

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And<00:26:15.380><c> then</c><00:26:15.460><c> he</c><00:26:15.500><c> had</c><00:26:15.660><c> to</c><00:26:15.779><c> leave</c><00:26:15.900><c> all</c><00:26:16.079><c> his</c><00:26:16.259><c> kindred.</c>

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And<00:26:18.359><c> Abraham,</c><00:26:18.819><c> brothers</c><00:26:18.940><c> and</c><00:26:19.059><c> sisters,</c><00:26:19.720><c> his</c><00:26:19.779><c> faith</c><00:26:19.900><c> was</c>

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severely<00:26:20.740><c> tested.</c>

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Not<00:26:21.400><c> once,</c><00:26:22.339><c> not</c><00:26:22.539><c> twice,</c><00:26:23.019><c> but</c><00:26:23.299><c> three</c><00:26:23.460><c> times</c><00:26:23.779><c> before</c><00:26:25.099><c> he</c><00:26:25.339><c> ever</c>

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got<00:26:25.819><c> going</c><00:26:26.119><c> in</c><00:26:26.299><c> the</c><00:26:26.440><c> land.</c>

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He<00:26:27.380><c> had</c><00:26:27.539><c> to</c><00:26:27.680><c> make</c><00:26:27.839><c> big</c><00:26:28.220><c> decisions,</c><00:26:29.019><c> mighty</c><00:26:29.380><c> decisions.</c>

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His<00:26:30.819><c> father</c><00:26:31.099><c> turned</c><00:26:31.559><c> and</c><00:26:31.779><c> delayed</c><00:26:32.059><c> and</c><00:26:32.619><c> died.</c>

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Nahor,<00:26:35.039><c> his</c><00:26:35.319><c> brother,</c><00:26:36.039><c> his</c><00:26:36.240><c> name</c><00:26:36.440><c> means</c><00:26:36.859><c> a</c><00:26:37.279><c> snorer.</c>

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Fast<00:26:39.700><c> asleep</c><00:26:40.140><c> he</c><00:26:40.259><c> was,</c><00:26:40.619><c> brothers</c><00:26:40.819><c> and</c><00:26:41.000><c> sisters,</c><00:26:41.259><c> in</c><00:26:41.480><c> spiritual</c><00:26:41.980><c> matters.</c>

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He<00:26:43.859><c> remained</c><00:26:44.259><c> fixed</c><00:26:44.680><c> in</c><00:26:45.019><c> Haren.</c>

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Firmly<00:26:46.200><c> established</c><00:26:46.519><c> in</c><00:26:46.700><c> Haren.</c>

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So<00:26:47.579><c> much</c><00:26:47.819><c> so</c><00:26:48.279><c> that</c><00:26:48.539><c> later</c><00:26:48.839><c> in</c><00:26:49.000><c> the</c><00:26:49.119><c> record</c><00:26:49.299><c> of</c><00:26:49.480><c> the</c><00:26:49.660><c> Scriptures,</c><00:26:50.240><c> Haren</c><00:26:50.420><c> is</c>

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called<00:26:50.900><c> the</c><00:26:51.319><c> city</c><00:26:51.740><c> of</c><00:26:52.059><c> Nahor.</c>

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And<00:26:54.720><c> he</c><00:26:54.799><c> didn't</c><00:26:54.980><c> go</c><00:26:55.160><c> any</c><00:26:55.400><c> further</c><00:26:55.660><c> than</c><00:26:55.880><c> that.</c>

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And<00:26:57.660><c> he</c><00:26:57.900><c> established</c><00:26:58.339><c> in</c><00:26:58.539><c> that</c><00:26:58.779><c> place</c><00:26:59.019><c> at</c><00:26:59.180><c> Haren,</c><00:26:59.599><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:27:00.059><c> sisters,</c>

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a<00:27:02.019><c> religion</c><00:27:02.440><c> that</c><00:27:02.700><c> had</c><00:27:02.980><c> a</c><00:27:03.079><c> semblance</c><00:27:03.599><c> of</c><00:27:03.799><c> the</c><00:27:04.019><c> truth</c><00:27:04.220><c> in</c><00:27:04.359><c> it.</c>

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:08.920
Sufficient<00:27:05.799><c> for</c><00:27:06.059><c> Abraham</c><00:27:06.480><c> later</c><00:27:06.819><c> on</c><00:27:07.039><c> and</c><00:27:07.140><c> for</c><00:27:07.400><c> Isaac</c><00:27:07.799><c> to</c><00:27:08.599><c> seek</c>

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a<00:27:09.160><c> wife</c><00:27:09.400><c> for</c><00:27:09.599><c> their</c><00:27:09.839><c> sons.</c>

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.920
Sufficient<00:27:11.740><c> for</c><00:27:12.000><c> that.</c>

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:16.740
But<00:27:13.460><c> with</c><00:27:13.779><c> a</c><00:27:13.819><c> clear</c><00:27:14.420><c> commandment</c><00:27:15.759><c> that</c><00:27:16.039><c> once</c><00:27:16.299><c> that</c><00:27:16.440><c> had</c><00:27:16.559><c> been</c>

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achieved,<00:27:17.420><c> come</c><00:27:17.599><c> home.</c>

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Because<00:27:19.359><c> they</c><00:27:19.519><c> didn't</c><00:27:19.720><c> know</c><00:27:19.960><c> the</c><00:27:20.180><c> truth</c><00:27:20.319><c> in</c><00:27:20.460><c> its</c><00:27:20.660><c> absolute</c><00:27:21.019><c> purity.</c>

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:24.099
Nahor<00:27:21.960><c> knew</c><00:27:22.220><c> sufficient,</c><00:27:22.880><c> brothers</c><00:27:23.000><c> and</c><00:27:23.019><c> sisters,</c><00:27:23.380><c> to</c><00:27:23.619><c> leave</c><00:27:23.859><c> Ur.</c>

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:26.980
But<00:27:24.500><c> he</c><00:27:24.619><c> didn't</c><00:27:24.900><c> have</c><00:27:25.079><c> that</c><00:27:25.319><c> impetus</c><00:27:25.599><c> to</c><00:27:25.819><c> go</c><00:27:26.059><c> across</c><00:27:26.420><c> from</c>

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.779
Haren<00:27:27.440><c> into</c><00:27:27.900><c> that</c><00:27:28.200><c> promised</c><00:27:28.480><c> land.</c>

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:32.200
And<00:27:29.079><c> he</c><00:27:29.299><c> slept</c><00:27:29.839><c> his</c><00:27:30.200><c> way</c><00:27:30.420><c> in</c><00:27:30.759><c> Haren</c><00:27:30.980><c> and</c><00:27:31.319><c> it</c><00:27:31.480><c> became</c><00:27:31.720><c> known</c><00:27:32.000><c> as</c>

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:35.240
the<00:27:32.400><c> city</c><00:27:32.880><c> of</c><00:27:33.200><c> Nahor.</c>

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:38.160
Haren<00:27:35.960><c> was</c><00:27:36.180><c> another</c><00:27:36.539><c> brother</c><00:27:36.900><c> of</c><00:27:37.079><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:37.680><c> of</c><00:27:37.680><c> course,</c><00:27:38.079><c> the</c>

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son<00:27:38.319><c> of</c><00:27:38.640><c> Tyra.</c>

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:41.579
We<00:27:39.779><c> learn</c><00:27:40.000><c> no</c><00:27:40.180><c> little</c><00:27:40.380><c> about</c><00:27:40.660><c> him,</c><00:27:41.039><c> brothers</c><00:27:41.119><c> and</c><00:27:41.279><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:45.119
except<00:27:42.019><c> what</c><00:27:42.240><c> the</c><00:27:42.420><c> Scripture</c><00:27:42.680><c> says,</c><00:27:43.599><c> that</c><00:27:43.819><c> he</c><00:27:44.200><c> died</c><00:27:44.680><c> in</c><00:27:44.859><c> the</c>

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.579
presence<00:27:45.299><c> of</c><00:27:45.500><c> his</c><00:27:45.759><c> father.</c>

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:50.500
And<00:27:48.279><c> that's</c><00:27:48.460><c> the</c><00:27:48.579><c> first</c><00:27:48.859><c> time</c><00:27:49.200><c> such</c><00:27:49.500><c> a</c><00:27:49.680><c> death</c><00:27:49.819><c> is</c><00:27:50.059><c> recorded</c><00:27:50.339><c> in</c>

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.440
the<00:27:50.619><c> Bible.</c>

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:54.559
He<00:27:52.460><c> died</c><00:27:52.779><c> in</c><00:27:52.940><c> the</c><00:27:53.160><c> presence</c><00:27:53.339><c> of</c><00:27:53.500><c> his</c><00:27:53.720><c> father.</c>

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What's<00:27:55.140><c> that</c><00:27:55.299><c> mean?</c>

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:59.460
It<00:27:56.339><c> means</c><00:27:56.960><c> that</c><00:27:57.339><c> he</c><00:27:57.500><c> stuck</c><00:27:57.819><c> hard</c><00:27:58.259><c> and</c><00:27:58.519><c> fast</c><00:27:58.720><c> to</c><00:27:58.880><c> his</c><00:27:59.059><c> father.</c>

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:02.900
He<00:27:59.940><c> left</c><00:28:00.259><c> Ur</c><00:28:00.480><c> because</c><00:28:00.779><c> his</c><00:28:01.160><c> father</c><00:28:01.539><c> left</c><00:28:01.900><c> Ur.</c>

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.519
And<00:28:03.119><c> when</c><00:28:03.259><c> his</c><00:28:03.519><c> father</c><00:28:03.859><c> stayed</c><00:28:04.160><c> in</c><00:28:04.380><c> Haren,</c><00:28:04.680><c> he</c><00:28:05.099><c> stayed</c><00:28:05.420><c> in</c><00:28:05.640><c> Haren.</c>

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:09.299
And<00:28:07.200><c> it</c><00:28:07.220><c> would</c><00:28:07.400><c> be</c><00:28:07.599><c> no</c><00:28:07.799><c> good</c><00:28:07.960><c> saying</c><00:28:08.180><c> to</c><00:28:08.420><c> Haren,</c>

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:12.180
get<00:28:09.819><c> thee</c><00:28:10.039><c> out</c><00:28:10.240><c> of</c><00:28:10.380><c> thy</c><00:28:10.640><c> father's</c><00:28:11.279><c> house.</c>

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:16.960
His<00:28:13.539><c> was</c><00:28:13.839><c> a</c><00:28:14.059><c> mere</c><00:28:14.380><c> family</c><00:28:14.980><c> religion,</c><00:28:15.559><c> brothers</c><00:28:15.660><c> and</c><00:28:15.900><c> sisters.</c>

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.960
And<00:28:17.240><c> when</c><00:28:17.359><c> it</c><00:28:17.480><c> came</c><00:28:17.640><c> to</c><00:28:17.880><c> separate</c><00:28:18.180><c> from</c><00:28:18.440><c> family,</c>

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:23.680
that<00:28:19.720><c> sort</c><00:28:20.079><c> of</c><00:28:20.319><c> faith</c><00:28:20.660><c> caused</c><00:28:21.460><c> him</c><00:28:21.660><c> to</c><00:28:21.920><c> die</c><00:28:22.400><c> in</c><00:28:22.839><c> the</c><00:28:23.299><c> presence</c>

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:25.220
of<00:28:23.920><c> his</c><00:28:24.140><c> father.</c>

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:33.559
And<00:28:27.039><c> Lot,</c><00:28:28.380><c> younger</c><00:28:28.619><c> man,</c><00:28:30.599><c> Abraham's</c><00:28:31.240><c> nephew,</c><00:28:32.200><c> what</c><00:28:32.380><c> about</c><00:28:32.599><c> him?</c>

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:38.160
He's<00:28:35.220><c> gone</c><00:28:35.460><c> down</c><00:28:35.740><c> in</c><00:28:35.880><c> the</c><00:28:36.039><c> record</c><00:28:36.240><c> of</c><00:28:36.519><c> truth,</c><00:28:36.900><c> brothers</c><00:28:36.980><c> and</c><00:28:37.180><c> sisters.</c>

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:44.180
He's<00:28:39.119><c> gone</c><00:28:39.380><c> down</c><00:28:39.640><c> in</c><00:28:39.799><c> the</c><00:28:39.960><c> record</c><00:28:40.319><c> as</c><00:28:40.720><c> a</c><00:28:41.259><c> just</c><00:28:41.779><c> man,</c><00:28:43.700><c> as</c><00:28:43.940><c> Peter</c>

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calls<00:28:44.500><c> him</c><00:28:44.740><c> that.</c>

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:50.420
Not<00:28:46.319><c> only</c><00:28:46.740><c> so,</c><00:28:47.400><c> but</c><00:28:47.559><c> he</c><00:28:47.640><c> calls</c><00:28:47.960><c> him</c><00:28:48.160><c> a</c><00:28:48.519><c> righteous</c><00:28:49.039><c> man.</c>

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:53.279
And<00:28:51.339><c> Lot</c><00:28:51.500><c> will</c><00:28:51.779><c> be</c><00:28:51.940><c> in</c><00:28:52.000><c> God's</c><00:28:52.380><c> kingdom.</c>

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:58.299
But<00:28:54.559><c> he's</c><00:28:54.940><c> paid</c><00:28:55.299><c> a</c><00:28:55.819><c> shocking</c><00:28:56.140><c> price</c><00:28:56.599><c> for</c><00:28:56.759><c> that,</c><00:28:57.119><c> brothers</c><00:28:57.259><c> and</c><00:28:57.440><c> sisters.</c>

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:01.619
He<00:28:59.000><c> made</c><00:28:59.339><c> big</c><00:28:59.740><c> mistakes</c><00:29:00.279><c> in</c><00:29:00.460><c> his</c><00:29:00.720><c> life.</c>

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.160
He'll<00:29:02.220><c> be</c><00:29:02.440><c> in</c><00:29:02.579><c> God's</c><00:29:02.980><c> kingdom.</c>

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:05.119
And<00:29:03.359><c> I</c><00:29:03.500><c> suppose</c><00:29:03.759><c> for</c><00:29:04.099><c> all</c><00:29:04.500><c> his</c><00:29:04.700><c> mistakes,</c>

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:08.339
we<00:29:05.339><c> would</c><00:29:05.660><c> willingly</c><00:29:06.019><c> swap</c><00:29:06.299><c> places</c><00:29:06.660><c> with</c><00:29:06.900><c> him</c><00:29:07.240><c> with</c><00:29:07.539><c> his</c><00:29:07.779><c> assurance</c><00:29:08.160><c> of</c>

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.880
the<00:29:08.440><c> kingdom</c><00:29:08.700><c> of</c><00:29:08.920><c> God.</c>

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:12.259
But<00:29:10.099><c> he</c><00:29:10.299><c> made</c><00:29:10.460><c> those</c><00:29:11.019><c> monumental</c><00:29:11.619><c> mistakes,</c>

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:14.519
which<00:29:12.700><c> are</c><00:29:12.900><c> written</c><00:29:13.099><c> for</c><00:29:13.380><c> our</c><00:29:13.599><c> learning</c><00:29:13.859><c> and</c><00:29:14.099><c> admonition,</c>

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.200
upon<00:29:14.819><c> whom</c><00:29:15.079><c> the</c><00:29:15.680><c> ends</c><00:29:15.920><c> of</c><00:29:16.039><c> the</c><00:29:16.279><c> world</c><00:29:16.519><c> have</c><00:29:16.740><c> come,</c><00:29:17.000><c> brothers</c>

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.599
and<00:29:17.240><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:19.720
And<00:29:18.000><c> his</c><00:29:18.160><c> name</c><00:29:18.359><c> means</c><00:29:18.720><c> veil.</c>

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:23.880
And<00:29:21.099><c> when</c><00:29:21.240><c> he</c><00:29:21.380><c> lifted</c><00:29:21.559><c> up</c><00:29:21.819><c> his</c><00:29:22.039><c> eyes</c><00:29:22.259><c> on</c><00:29:22.460><c> that</c><00:29:22.720><c> very</c><00:29:23.380><c> great</c><00:29:23.619><c> and</c>

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dramatic<00:29:24.319><c> occasion,</c>

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when<00:29:24.940><c> he</c><00:29:25.059><c> made</c><00:29:25.240><c> that</c><00:29:25.480><c> awful</c><00:29:26.039><c> choice</c><00:29:26.440><c> of</c><00:29:26.619><c> the</c><00:29:26.759><c> cities</c><00:29:26.900><c> of</c><00:29:27.059><c> the</c><00:29:27.279><c> plain,</c>

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:30.380
his<00:29:28.279><c> vision</c><00:29:28.539><c> was</c><00:29:29.099><c> veiled.</c>

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:34.279
Very<00:29:31.940><c> veiled</c><00:29:32.279><c> indeed,</c><00:29:33.000><c> brothers</c><00:29:33.160><c> and</c><00:29:33.400><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:37.619
And<00:29:35.279><c> it's</c><00:29:35.480><c> interesting</c><00:29:35.940><c> to</c><00:29:36.180><c> note</c><00:29:36.359><c> about</c><00:29:36.680><c> Lot,</c>

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:41.839
that<00:29:38.279><c> there</c><00:29:38.519><c> is</c><00:29:38.779><c> no</c><00:29:39.160><c> mention</c><00:29:39.519><c> of</c><00:29:39.759><c> his</c><00:29:40.039><c> wife</c><00:29:40.359><c> at</c><00:29:40.740><c> all.</c>

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Until<00:29:43.779><c> Solomon</c><00:29:44.619><c> Gomorrah.</c>

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And<00:29:46.960><c> one</c><00:29:47.160><c> can</c><00:29:47.380><c> only</c><00:29:47.680><c> speculate</c><00:29:48.220><c> about</c><00:29:48.519><c> her</c><00:29:49.160><c> origins.</c>

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:54.920
We<00:29:51.539><c> certainly</c><00:29:52.000><c> know</c><00:29:52.859><c> where</c><00:29:53.279><c> her</c><00:29:53.539><c> heart</c><00:29:53.779><c> was.</c>

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:58.220
How<00:29:56.380><c> many</c><00:29:56.660><c> mistakes</c><00:29:57.180><c> did</c><00:29:57.400><c> he</c><00:29:57.619><c> make</c>

00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:02.240
before<00:29:59.420><c> he</c><00:29:59.759><c> escaped</c><00:30:00.019><c> with</c><00:30:00.279><c> the</c><00:30:00.359><c> skin</c><00:30:00.519><c> of</c><00:30:00.599><c> his</c><00:30:00.900><c> teeth?</c>

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:05.700
And<00:30:03.599><c> Sarai,</c><00:30:04.160><c> the</c><00:30:04.380><c> princess,</c>

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:09.039
Abraham's<00:30:07.619><c> half</c><00:30:08.000><c>-sister,</c>

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:12.980
a<00:30:09.980><c> daughter</c><00:30:10.279><c> of</c><00:30:10.579><c> Tyra</c><00:30:10.980><c> by</c><00:30:11.200><c> another</c><00:30:11.519><c> woman.</c>

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:18.599
And<00:30:13.980><c> they</c><00:30:14.240><c> became,</c><00:30:14.680><c> brothers</c><00:30:15.000><c> and</c><00:30:15.220><c> sisters,</c><00:30:16.380><c> partners</c><00:30:16.779><c> in</c><00:30:17.200><c> life.</c>

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:21.140
And<00:30:19.059><c> they</c><00:30:19.200><c> are</c><00:30:19.359><c> mentioned,</c><00:30:19.759><c> perhaps,</c><00:30:20.599><c> without</c><00:30:20.599><c> exception,</c>

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:25.319
at<00:30:21.359><c> nearly</c><00:30:21.700><c> every</c><00:30:22.519><c> Christadelphian</c><00:30:23.420><c> wedding</c><00:30:23.759><c> they</c><00:30:23.940><c> get</c><00:30:24.119><c> a</c><00:30:24.240><c> mention.</c>

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:30.259
Heirs<00:30:26.900><c> together</c><00:30:27.420><c> of</c><00:30:28.819><c> the</c><00:30:28.960><c> grace</c><00:30:29.180><c> of</c><00:30:29.420><c> life.</c>

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:33.079
And<00:30:31.640><c> we're</c><00:30:31.740><c> going</c><00:30:31.799><c> to</c><00:30:31.880><c> have</c><00:30:31.960><c> a</c><00:30:31.960><c> look</c><00:30:32.119><c> at</c><00:30:32.220><c> that</c><00:30:32.400><c> passage</c><00:30:32.579><c> of</c><00:30:32.819><c> Scripture,</c>

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.880
as<00:30:33.400><c> our</c><00:30:33.640><c> studies</c><00:30:33.880><c> go</c><00:30:34.140><c> on,</c><00:30:34.319><c> God</c><00:30:34.500><c> willing.</c>

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:38.019
There's<00:30:35.619><c> a</c><00:30:35.720><c> whole</c><00:30:36.019><c> lot</c><00:30:36.279><c> more</c><00:30:36.759><c> in</c><00:30:36.880><c> that</c><00:30:37.119><c> passage</c><00:30:37.380><c> of</c><00:30:37.599><c> Scripture</c>

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:41.839
than<00:30:38.619><c> just</c><00:30:38.920><c> that</c><00:30:39.200><c> statement</c><00:30:39.500><c> concerning</c><00:30:39.920><c> Abraham</c><00:30:40.480><c> and</c><00:30:40.799><c> Sarai.</c>

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:45.220
And<00:30:42.160><c> they</c><00:30:42.480><c> were</c><00:30:42.960><c> heirs</c><00:30:43.259><c> together</c><00:30:43.680><c> of</c><00:30:43.920><c> the</c><00:30:44.079><c> grace</c><00:30:44.279><c> of</c><00:30:44.500><c> Lot.</c>

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:47.339
She<00:30:45.660><c> is</c><00:30:45.940><c> a</c><00:30:46.200><c> truly</c><00:30:46.539><c> great</c><00:30:46.940><c> woman,</c>

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:50.019
a<00:30:47.799><c> very,</c><00:30:48.259><c> very</c><00:30:48.740><c> great</c><00:30:48.980><c> woman,</c><00:30:49.440><c> brothers</c><00:30:49.559><c> and</c><00:30:49.779><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:52.119
And<00:30:50.380><c> we're</c><00:30:50.599><c> going</c><00:30:50.680><c> to</c><00:30:50.799><c> learn</c><00:30:51.000><c> that</c><00:30:51.140><c> when</c><00:30:51.279><c> these</c><00:30:51.579><c> two</c><00:30:51.819><c> people</c>

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.599
came<00:30:52.380><c> out</c><00:30:52.559><c> of</c><00:30:52.720><c> Iritha</c><00:30:53.039><c> Chaldees,</c>

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:57.579
they<00:30:54.000><c> had</c><00:30:54.279><c> already</c><00:30:54.819><c> made</c><00:30:55.819><c> a</c><00:30:56.119><c> very</c><00:30:56.559><c> firm,</c>

00:30:58.579 --> 00:31:00.779
a<00:30:58.680><c> very</c><00:30:59.119><c> powerful</c><00:30:59.740><c> attachment</c><00:31:00.140><c> to</c><00:31:00.359><c> each</c><00:31:00.619><c> other.</c>

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:03.319
We're<00:31:01.039><c> going</c><00:31:01.160><c> to</c><00:31:01.400><c> prove</c><00:31:01.539><c> that</c><00:31:02.019><c> in</c><00:31:02.240><c> this</c><00:31:02.519><c> study.</c>

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:06.180
They<00:31:04.200><c> had</c><00:31:04.460><c> already</c><00:31:05.039><c> that</c><00:31:05.339><c> attachment,</c>

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:10.240
an<00:31:07.960><c> enormous</c><00:31:08.420><c> attachment</c><00:31:08.880><c> to</c><00:31:09.099><c> each</c><00:31:09.339><c> other.</c>

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:12.259
You<00:31:10.359><c> know,</c><00:31:10.960><c> as</c><00:31:11.079><c> far</c><00:31:11.319><c> as</c><00:31:11.559><c> Sarai</c><00:31:11.779><c> is</c><00:31:11.900><c> concerned,</c>

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:14.539
she's<00:31:12.640><c> mentioned</c><00:31:12.819><c> with</c><00:31:13.019><c> Abraham</c><00:31:13.380><c> in</c><00:31:13.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:14.000><c> 51.</c>

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:16.500
And<00:31:14.740><c> I'd</c><00:31:14.960><c> like</c><00:31:15.000><c> to</c><00:31:15.240><c> draw</c><00:31:15.339><c> your</c><00:31:15.579><c> attention</c><00:31:15.900><c> to</c><00:31:16.039><c> this,</c><00:31:16.440><c> brothers</c>

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.920
and<00:31:16.700><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:19.960
because<00:31:17.339><c> we're</c><00:31:17.779><c> going</c><00:31:17.880><c> to</c><00:31:18.059><c> set</c><00:31:18.180><c> these</c><00:31:18.480><c> characters</c><00:31:18.980><c> in</c><00:31:19.720><c> their</c>

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.480
proper<00:31:20.180><c> place</c>

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:22.759
and<00:31:20.619><c> then</c><00:31:20.920><c> see</c><00:31:21.039><c> how</c><00:31:21.240><c> they</c><00:31:21.380><c> act</c><00:31:21.599><c> out</c><00:31:21.759><c> in</c><00:31:21.880><c> the</c><00:31:22.059><c> drama</c><00:31:22.279><c> of</c><00:31:22.579><c> life,</c>

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:24.519
these<00:31:23.039><c> wonderful</c><00:31:23.519><c> principles.</c>

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:28.799
She's<00:31:25.740><c> linked</c><00:31:25.960><c> with</c><00:31:26.140><c> Abraham</c><00:31:26.619><c> in</c><00:31:26.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:27.240><c> 51</c>

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:32.880
in<00:31:31.019><c> a</c><00:31:31.079><c> most</c><00:31:31.420><c> wonderful</c><00:31:31.799><c> way.</c>

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:35.460
And<00:31:33.460><c> we'll</c><00:31:33.579><c> look</c><00:31:33.700><c> at</c><00:31:33.799><c> this</c><00:31:34.000><c> passage</c><00:31:34.359><c> several</c><00:31:34.799><c> times</c><00:31:35.140><c> in</c><00:31:35.279><c> our</c>

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:37.039
study<00:31:35.700><c> also.</c>

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:41.500
And<00:31:39.500><c> here</c><00:31:39.740><c> the</c><00:31:39.940><c> prophet</c><00:31:40.259><c> calls</c><00:31:40.599><c> upon</c><00:31:40.920><c> us</c>

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:44.500
that<00:31:41.859><c> would</c><00:31:42.059><c> follow</c><00:31:42.380><c> after</c><00:31:42.680><c> righteousness</c><00:31:43.180><c> in</c><00:31:43.500><c> verse</c><00:31:43.740><c> 1.</c>

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:48.380
And<00:31:45.119><c> in</c><00:31:45.279><c> verse</c><00:31:45.480><c> 2</c><00:31:45.700><c> he</c><00:31:45.859><c> tells</c><00:31:46.079><c> us</c><00:31:46.279><c> to</c><00:31:46.460><c> look</c><00:31:46.619><c> unto</c><00:31:46.940><c> Abraham</c><00:31:47.380><c> your</c><00:31:47.680><c> father</c>

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:51.599
and<00:31:49.200><c> unto</c><00:31:49.500><c> Sarah</c><00:31:49.799><c> that</c><00:31:50.140><c> bare</c><00:31:50.359><c> you.</c>

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:54.119
For<00:31:51.779><c> I</c><00:31:52.119><c> called</c><00:31:52.380><c> him</c><00:31:52.940><c> as</c><00:31:53.299><c> one,</c>

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:58.519
blessed<00:31:55.140><c> him,</c><00:31:56.319><c> increased</c><00:31:56.839><c> him.</c>

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:01.900
You<00:31:58.640><c> know,</c><00:31:58.900><c> brothers</c><00:31:59.039><c> and</c><00:31:59.279><c> sisters,</c><00:31:59.960><c> in</c><00:32:00.059><c> that</c><00:32:00.380><c> latter</c><00:32:00.640><c> sentence,</c>

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:05.519
there<00:32:02.880><c> is</c><00:32:03.460><c> the</c><00:32:03.579><c> book</c><00:32:03.759><c> of</c><00:32:03.960><c> Galatians.</c>

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:08.299
I<00:32:06.220><c> called</c><00:32:06.619><c> him</c><00:32:06.900><c> as</c><00:32:07.180><c> one,</c>

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:11.619
blessed<00:32:10.259><c> him,</c>

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:14.160
increased<00:32:12.960><c> him.</c>

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:18.000
And<00:32:15.000><c> Paul's</c><00:32:15.599><c> point</c><00:32:15.960><c> in</c><00:32:16.299><c> Galatians</c><00:32:16.799><c> is</c>

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:21.099
that<00:32:18.440><c> to</c><00:32:18.740><c> Abraham</c><00:32:19.180><c> was</c><00:32:19.359><c> the</c><00:32:19.539><c> gospel</c><00:32:19.900><c> preached.</c>

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:25.240
They<00:32:22.019><c> are</c><00:32:22.500><c> blessed</c><00:32:22.960><c> with</c><00:32:23.579><c> faithful</c><00:32:24.000><c> Abraham,</c>

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:28.420
and<00:32:25.720><c> as</c><00:32:26.299><c> many</c><00:32:26.680><c> of</c><00:32:26.920><c> you</c><00:32:27.039><c> as</c><00:32:27.200><c> have</c><00:32:27.339><c> been</c><00:32:27.500><c> baptized</c><00:32:27.859><c> into</c><00:32:28.059><c> Abraham,</c>

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.519
are<00:32:28.799><c> Abraham's</c><00:32:29.400><c> seed.</c>

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:32.200
That's<00:32:29.980><c> the</c><00:32:30.079><c> book</c><00:32:30.200><c> of</c><00:32:30.359><c> Galatians</c><00:32:30.640><c> in</c><00:32:30.859><c> a</c><00:32:30.960><c> sentence</c><00:32:31.200><c> there.</c>

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:35.220
But<00:32:33.079><c> concerning</c><00:32:33.460><c> the</c><00:32:33.700><c> relationship</c><00:32:34.240><c> of</c><00:32:34.500><c> Sarah</c><00:32:34.720><c> and</c><00:32:34.960><c> Abraham,</c>

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:37.240
we<00:32:35.460><c> read</c><00:32:35.680><c> in</c><00:32:35.839><c> verse</c><00:32:36.099><c> 1,</c>

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:41.380
look<00:32:37.440><c> unto</c><00:32:37.660><c> the</c><00:32:37.960><c> rock</c><00:32:38.400><c> whence</c><00:32:38.859><c> ye</c><00:32:39.099><c> are</c><00:32:39.420><c> hewn,</c>

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:45.160
and<00:32:41.640><c> to</c><00:32:41.740><c> the</c><00:32:42.079><c> hole</c><00:32:42.279><c> of</c><00:32:42.440><c> the</c><00:32:42.640><c> pit</c><00:32:43.279><c> from</c><00:32:43.660><c> whence</c><00:32:43.980><c> ye</c><00:32:44.279><c> are</c><00:32:44.339><c> dead.</c>

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:48.759
And<00:32:46.200><c> the</c><00:32:46.420><c> figure</c><00:32:46.579><c> that</c><00:32:46.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:47.220><c> has</c><00:32:47.480><c> got</c><00:32:47.599><c> in</c><00:32:47.700><c> his</c><00:32:47.900><c> mind,</c><00:32:48.099><c> brothers</c><00:32:48.359><c> and</c><00:32:48.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:51.420
is<00:32:48.960><c> a</c><00:32:49.240><c> quarry.</c>

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:54.380
And<00:32:51.920><c> it's</c><00:32:52.119><c> out</c><00:32:52.220><c> of</c><00:32:52.299><c> that</c><00:32:52.579><c> quarry</c><00:32:52.900><c> that</c><00:32:53.160><c> comes</c><00:32:53.339><c> that</c><00:32:53.640><c> rock</c><00:32:54.059><c>-like</c>

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:56.099
character<00:32:54.799><c> of</c><00:32:55.079><c> Abraham,</c>

00:32:56.960 --> 00:33:01.000
hewn<00:32:57.200><c> by</c><00:32:57.519><c> the</c><00:32:57.859><c> circumstances</c><00:32:58.400><c> of</c><00:32:58.720><c> life</c><00:32:58.980><c> and</c><00:32:59.359><c> shaped</c><00:32:59.599><c> by</c><00:32:59.940><c> adversity.</c>

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:05.480
And<00:33:01.940><c> he</c><00:33:02.119><c> likens</c><00:33:02.420><c> Abraham</c><00:33:02.819><c> to</c><00:33:02.980><c> the</c><00:33:03.200><c> rock</c><00:33:03.640><c> and</c><00:33:04.299><c> to</c><00:33:04.539><c> Sarah</c><00:33:04.839><c> as</c><00:33:05.160><c> the</c>

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.900
quarry<00:33:05.759><c> itself,</c>

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:12.380
as<00:33:07.640><c> one</c><00:33:07.940><c> sees</c><00:33:08.220><c> that</c><00:33:08.500><c> woman</c><00:33:08.940><c> in</c><00:33:09.339><c> whose</c><00:33:09.640><c> womb</c><00:33:10.019><c> was</c><00:33:10.319><c> born,</c><00:33:11.200><c> conceived,</c>

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:14.759
the<00:33:12.539><c> child</c><00:33:12.940><c> of</c><00:33:13.240><c> promise,</c><00:33:14.059><c> as</c><00:33:14.240><c> if</c><00:33:14.460><c> rising,</c>

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:18.480
was<00:33:15.279><c> carved</c><00:33:15.819><c> out</c><00:33:16.160><c> of</c><00:33:16.240><c> her</c><00:33:16.480><c> to</c><00:33:16.720><c> become</c><00:33:17.039><c> like</c><00:33:17.359><c> his</c><00:33:17.599><c> father</c><00:33:17.940><c> Abraham.</c>

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:22.880
So<00:33:18.920><c> were</c><00:33:19.140><c> the</c><00:33:19.319><c> oneness</c><00:33:19.660><c> of</c><00:33:19.880><c> man</c><00:33:20.099><c> and</c><00:33:20.259><c> woman</c><00:33:20.519><c> in</c><00:33:20.920><c> marriage</c><00:33:21.140><c> life,</c><00:33:21.640><c> brothers</c><00:33:21.759><c> and</c><00:33:22.019><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:26.240
So<00:33:23.980><c> was</c><00:33:24.200><c> the</c><00:33:24.380><c> oneness</c><00:33:24.680><c> of</c><00:33:24.880><c> those</c><00:33:25.119><c> two</c><00:33:25.359><c> wonderful</c><00:33:25.799><c> people,</c>

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:29.920
that<00:33:26.539><c> the</c><00:33:26.680><c> very</c><00:33:27.039><c> rock</c><00:33:27.319><c>-like</c><00:33:27.619><c> character</c><00:33:28.019><c> that</c><00:33:28.259><c> came</c><00:33:28.559><c> forth</c><00:33:28.920><c> like</c><00:33:29.160><c> his</c><00:33:29.420><c> father,</c>

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:32.019
came<00:33:30.579><c> from</c><00:33:30.759><c> his</c><00:33:31.019><c> mother,</c>

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:36.059
as<00:33:32.519><c> he</c><00:33:32.660><c> was</c><00:33:32.940><c> called</c><00:33:33.420><c> as</c><00:33:34.059><c> one,</c><00:33:34.980><c> two</c><00:33:35.259><c> people.</c>

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:39.359
And<00:33:37.059><c> that's</c><00:33:37.220><c> how</c><00:33:37.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:37.880><c> saw</c><00:33:38.140><c> them</c><00:33:38.339><c> together.</c>

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:42.500
And<00:33:40.319><c> why</c><00:33:40.539><c> does</c><00:33:40.660><c> he</c><00:33:40.900><c> liken</c><00:33:41.099><c> them</c><00:33:41.259><c> to</c><00:33:41.480><c> a</c><00:33:41.640><c> rock?</c>

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:48.279
Why<00:33:44.039><c> does</c><00:33:44.220><c> he</c><00:33:44.319><c> look</c><00:33:44.500><c> upon</c><00:33:44.720><c> a</c><00:33:45.039><c> man</c><00:33:45.359><c> and</c><00:33:45.500><c> a</c><00:33:45.759><c> woman</c><00:33:46.059><c> producing</c><00:33:46.740><c> life</c><00:33:47.579><c> as</c>

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:50.140
a<00:33:48.420><c> rock,</c><00:33:48.880><c> brothers</c><00:33:49.059><c> and</c><00:33:49.240><c> sisters?</c>

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:55.059
Because<00:33:51.059><c> if</c><00:33:51.200><c> there's</c><00:33:51.440><c> anything</c><00:33:51.819><c> devoid</c><00:33:52.380><c> of</c><00:33:52.660><c> life,</c><00:33:53.660><c> it's</c><00:33:53.980><c> a</c><00:33:54.079><c> rock.</c>

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.880
Why<00:33:56.059><c> then</c><00:33:56.380><c> choose</c><00:33:56.660><c> it?</c>

00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:05.000
Because,<00:33:59.279><c> brothers</c><00:33:59.500><c> and</c><00:33:59.720><c> sisters,</c><00:34:00.900><c> rocks</c><00:34:01.539><c> have</c><00:34:03.140><c> no</c><00:34:03.460><c> natural</c><00:34:03.859><c> life,</c>

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:08.420
but<00:34:06.240><c> are</c><00:34:06.680><c> full</c><00:34:07.039><c> of</c><00:34:07.359><c> character.</c>

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:14.380
Men<00:34:10.039><c> split</c><00:34:10.519><c> them,</c><00:34:11.619><c> polish</c><00:34:11.940><c> them,</c><00:34:12.820><c> and</c><00:34:13.039><c> collect</c><00:34:13.300><c> them.</c>

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:20.139
They've<00:34:15.039><c> got</c><00:34:15.179><c> no</c><00:34:15.500><c> natural</c><00:34:16.019><c> life,</c><00:34:17.659><c> but</c><00:34:17.860><c> wonderful</c><00:34:18.940><c> characters.</c>

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:24.539
And<00:34:20.900><c> these</c><00:34:21.079><c> two</c><00:34:21.380><c> people</c><00:34:22.519><c> produced</c><00:34:23.340><c> a</c><00:34:23.639><c> son,</c>

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:27.380
not<00:34:24.860><c> born</c><00:34:25.199><c> according</c><00:34:25.539><c> to</c><00:34:25.679><c> the</c><00:34:25.880><c> natural</c><00:34:26.300><c> laws</c><00:34:26.559><c> of</c><00:34:26.840><c> procreation</c>

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:29.079
as<00:34:27.599><c> we</c><00:34:27.860><c> understand</c><00:34:28.360><c> it,</c>

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:33.159
truly<00:34:29.579><c> the</c><00:34:29.780><c> son</c><00:34:30.000><c> of</c><00:34:30.199><c> both</c><00:34:30.360><c> of</c><00:34:30.519><c> them,</c><00:34:31.159><c> but</c><00:34:31.340><c> in</c><00:34:31.519><c> remarkable</c><00:34:32.380><c> circumstances.</c>

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:38.800
And<00:34:34.059><c> that</c><00:34:34.300><c> boy</c><00:34:34.500><c> grew</c><00:34:34.719><c> up</c><00:34:34.900><c> to</c><00:34:35.059><c> have</c><00:34:35.360><c> a</c><00:34:35.760><c> character</c><00:34:36.179><c> like</c><00:34:37.099><c> his</c><00:34:37.340><c> mother</c><00:34:37.579><c> and</c><00:34:37.880><c> father.</c>

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:41.639
And<00:34:39.360><c> that</c><00:34:39.500><c> was</c><00:34:39.699><c> the</c><00:34:40.440><c> position</c><00:34:40.840><c> that</c><00:34:41.159><c> Sarah</c><00:34:41.340><c> took.</c>

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:43.860
And<00:34:41.980><c> if</c><00:34:42.199><c> Abraham</c><00:34:42.539><c> is</c><00:34:42.760><c> the</c><00:34:42.960><c> father</c><00:34:43.280><c> of</c><00:34:43.400><c> the</c><00:34:43.579><c> faithful,</c>

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:47.260
I<00:34:44.239><c> think</c><00:34:44.440><c> we</c><00:34:44.860><c> could</c><00:34:45.019><c> be</c><00:34:45.239><c> permitted</c><00:34:45.480><c> to</c><00:34:45.739><c> say,</c><00:34:46.079><c> brothers</c><00:34:46.179><c> and</c><00:34:46.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:49.900
that<00:34:47.480><c> Sarah</c><00:34:47.880><c> was</c><00:34:48.099><c> the</c><00:34:48.300><c> mother</c><00:34:48.659><c> of</c><00:34:48.880><c> the</c><00:34:49.039><c> faithful.</c>

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:53.800
For<00:34:50.280><c> Peter</c><00:34:50.559><c> says</c><00:34:50.860><c> this</c><00:34:51.179><c> about</c><00:34:51.460><c> her,</c><00:34:52.820><c> concerning</c><00:34:53.199><c> all</c><00:34:53.559><c> those</c>

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:55.420
sisters<00:34:54.179><c> who</c><00:34:54.380><c> act</c><00:34:54.599><c> like</c><00:34:54.940><c> her,</c>

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:58.679
whose<00:34:56.219><c> daughters</c><00:34:57.039><c> ye</c><00:34:57.639><c> are.</c>

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:04.039
And<00:35:00.360><c> so</c><00:35:00.840><c> in</c><00:35:01.039><c> that</c><00:35:01.320><c> first</c><00:35:01.559><c> of</c><00:35:01.719><c> Peter,</c><00:35:01.980><c> she</c><00:35:02.119><c> is</c><00:35:02.380><c> like</c><00:35:02.639><c> the</c><00:35:03.699><c> mother</c>

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:05.280
of<00:35:04.260><c> the</c><00:35:04.420><c> faithful.</c>

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:08.280
What<00:35:06.440><c> a</c><00:35:06.599><c> married</c><00:35:06.780><c> couple</c><00:35:07.019><c> they</c><00:35:07.300><c> were.</c>

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:10.980
But<00:35:08.699><c> they</c><00:35:08.840><c> had</c><00:35:09.000><c> their</c><00:35:09.219><c> problems,</c><00:35:09.820><c> brothers</c><00:35:09.960><c> and</c><00:35:10.119><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:13.559
They<00:35:11.920><c> had</c><00:35:12.159><c> real</c><00:35:12.480><c> problems.</c>

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:15.940
But<00:35:13.739><c> they</c><00:35:14.059><c> battled</c><00:35:14.380><c> through</c><00:35:14.619><c> life</c><00:35:14.880><c> together.</c>

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:20.000
They<00:35:16.960><c> came</c><00:35:17.380><c> through</c><00:35:17.760><c> life,</c><00:35:18.059><c> the</c><00:35:18.300><c> storms</c><00:35:18.599><c> of</c><00:35:18.800><c> life</c><00:35:19.039><c> together.</c>

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:23.619
They<00:35:20.619><c> are</c><00:35:21.059><c> a</c><00:35:21.420><c> standing</c><00:35:21.820><c> example</c><00:35:22.480><c> of</c><00:35:22.739><c> married</c><00:35:23.019><c> couples,</c>

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:27.940
who<00:35:24.679><c> through</c><00:35:24.960><c> all</c><00:35:25.500><c> the</c><00:35:25.960><c> circumstances</c><00:35:26.500><c> and</c><00:35:26.780><c> the</c><00:35:27.019><c> bitterness,</c>

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:30.900
the<00:35:28.219><c> denials</c><00:35:28.639><c> and</c><00:35:29.039><c> the</c><00:35:29.519><c> terror,</c>

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:33.920
and<00:35:31.659><c> I</c><00:35:31.880><c> use</c><00:35:32.079><c> that</c><00:35:32.360><c> word</c><00:35:32.559><c> because</c><00:35:32.820><c> it's</c><00:35:33.079><c> a</c><00:35:33.260><c> scriptural</c><00:35:33.659><c> word</c>

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.579
that<00:35:34.239><c> Peter</c><00:35:34.440><c> uses,</c>

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:39.960
by<00:35:37.320><c> nothing</c><00:35:37.599><c> being</c><00:35:38.119><c> terrified.</c>

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:47.260
And<00:35:41.099><c> Sarah</c><00:35:41.360><c> was</c><00:35:41.659><c> put</c><00:35:41.940><c> in</c><00:35:42.840><c> terrifying</c><00:35:43.880><c> circumstances</c><00:35:44.719><c> by</c><00:35:46.119><c> her</c><00:35:46.719><c> husband</c>

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:50.320
and<00:35:48.360><c> still</c><00:35:48.840><c> calling</c><00:35:49.280><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:53.559
And<00:35:51.699><c> when</c><00:35:51.860><c> we</c><00:35:52.000><c> look</c><00:35:52.219><c> at</c><00:35:52.380><c> those</c><00:35:52.619><c> two,</c>

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:59.199
where<00:35:54.340><c> is</c><00:35:54.679><c> anyone's</c><00:35:55.280><c> excuse</c><00:35:55.800><c> for</c><00:35:57.159><c> wanting</c><00:35:57.400><c> to</c><00:35:57.679><c> separate</c><00:35:58.039><c> husband</c><00:35:58.440><c> and</c><00:35:58.679><c> wife</c>

00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.460
and<00:35:59.780><c> to</c><00:36:00.019><c> go</c><00:36:00.199><c> each</c><00:36:00.400><c> their</c><00:36:00.659><c> separate</c><00:36:00.940><c> ways?</c>

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:05.360
Look<00:36:02.019><c> under</c><00:36:02.239><c> the</c><00:36:02.519><c> rock</c><00:36:02.900><c> and</c><00:36:03.659><c> the</c><00:36:03.940><c> quarry,</c><00:36:04.420><c> brothers</c><00:36:04.559><c> and</c><00:36:04.760><c> sisters,</c><00:36:05.159><c> out</c>

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:06.500
of<00:36:05.519><c> whom</c><00:36:05.699><c> we</c><00:36:05.920><c> are</c><00:36:06.159><c> huge,</c>

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:09.280
for<00:36:06.960><c> an</c><00:36:07.219><c> example</c><00:36:07.519><c> of</c><00:36:07.760><c> steadfastness.</c>

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:13.380
And<00:36:09.940><c> the</c><00:36:10.179><c> drama</c><00:36:10.500><c> of</c><00:36:10.719><c> their</c><00:36:10.980><c> life</c><00:36:11.320><c> was</c><00:36:11.679><c> set</c><00:36:11.860><c> in</c><00:36:12.019><c> Genesis</c><00:36:12.380><c> 11.</c>

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.519
And<00:36:13.840><c> you</c><00:36:13.980><c> read</c><00:36:14.159><c> it</c><00:36:14.460><c> through,</c><00:36:14.659><c> you</c><00:36:14.820><c> know,</c><00:36:14.940><c> and</c><00:36:15.059><c> you</c><00:36:15.139><c> read</c><00:36:15.300><c> about</c>

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:18.320
the<00:36:15.860><c> genealogies,</c>

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:21.039
given<00:36:18.519><c> there,</c><00:36:19.300><c> of</c><00:36:19.579><c> the</c><00:36:19.800><c> seed</c><00:36:20.119><c> of</c><00:36:20.400><c> Shem.</c>

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:24.019
Running<00:36:21.820><c> right</c><00:36:22.239><c> through</c><00:36:22.579><c> to</c><00:36:22.860><c> Abraham,</c>

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:27.019
we<00:36:24.280><c> get</c><00:36:24.500><c> right</c><00:36:25.000><c> down</c><00:36:25.260><c> to</c><00:36:25.400><c> verse</c><00:36:25.699><c> 30</c><00:36:26.039><c> of</c><00:36:26.219><c> Genesis</c><00:36:26.519><c> 11.</c>

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.960
Let's<00:36:27.400><c> read</c><00:36:27.639><c> verse</c><00:36:27.940><c> 29.</c>

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:40.900
But,<00:36:38.920><c> and</c><00:36:39.219><c> there's</c><00:36:39.639><c> your</c><00:36:39.860><c> drama.</c>

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:43.539
It's<00:36:41.840><c> set</c><00:36:41.960><c> immediately,</c><00:36:42.739><c> brothers</c><00:36:42.880><c> and</c><00:36:43.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:49.119
But,<00:36:45.340><c> in</c><00:36:45.460><c> all</c><00:36:45.820><c> the</c><00:36:45.960><c> midst</c><00:36:46.139><c> of</c><00:36:46.300><c> that</c><00:36:46.539><c> genealogy</c><00:36:47.559><c> of</c><00:36:48.300><c> the</c><00:36:48.659><c> swarm</c>

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.179
of<00:36:49.480><c> life,</c>

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:53.719
Sarai<00:36:52.159><c> was</c><00:36:52.539><c> buried.</c>

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:56.500
She<00:36:54.639><c> had</c><00:36:55.119><c> no</c><00:36:55.500><c> child.</c>

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:59.739
And<00:36:57.820><c> there</c><00:36:58.239><c> is</c><00:36:58.659><c> the</c><00:36:58.900><c> drama.</c>

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:05.099
And<00:37:00.420><c> 24</c><00:37:01.440><c> years</c><00:37:02.340><c> of</c><00:37:02.539><c> that</c><00:37:02.739><c> was</c><00:37:02.960><c> to</c><00:37:03.119><c> go</c><00:37:03.280><c> by,</c><00:37:03.739><c> brothers</c><00:37:03.860><c> and</c><00:37:04.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:08.119
And<00:37:05.800><c> as</c><00:37:06.000><c> the</c><00:37:06.219><c> 24</c><00:37:06.739><c> years</c><00:37:07.139><c> wore</c><00:37:07.500><c> on,</c>

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:10.380
before<00:37:08.760><c> the</c><00:37:09.059><c> promised</c><00:37:09.320><c> child</c><00:37:09.719><c> should</c><00:37:10.000><c> come,</c>

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:13.639
all<00:37:11.159><c> sorts</c><00:37:11.480><c> of</c><00:37:11.840><c> expedience,</c>

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:16.440
all<00:37:14.059><c> sorts</c><00:37:14.420><c> of</c><00:37:14.739><c> explanations</c><00:37:15.280><c> were</c><00:37:15.619><c> sought,</c>

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:19.820
all<00:37:17.500><c> sorts</c><00:37:17.860><c> of</c><00:37:18.099><c> avenues</c><00:37:18.400><c> were</c><00:37:18.659><c> pursued,</c>

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:25.079
that<00:37:20.880><c> God's</c><00:37:21.380><c> promise</c><00:37:21.619><c> might</c><00:37:21.880><c> be</c><00:37:22.199><c> fulfilled,</c><00:37:22.940><c> until</c><00:37:23.440><c> at</c><00:37:23.840><c> last,</c>

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:27.340
as<00:37:25.500><c> we</c><00:37:25.719><c> come</c><00:37:25.860><c> to</c><00:37:26.019><c> the</c><00:37:26.159><c> 18th</c><00:37:26.539><c> and</c><00:37:26.579><c> 19th,</c>

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:29.639
on<00:37:27.500><c> to</c><00:37:27.659><c> the</c><00:37:27.719><c> 20th</c><00:37:28.079><c> and</c><00:37:28.159><c> 21st</c><00:37:28.739><c> chapters</c><00:37:29.019><c> of</c><00:37:29.260><c> Genesis,</c>

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:33.280
the<00:37:30.280><c> spotlight</c><00:37:30.679><c> of</c><00:37:30.960><c> Scripture</c><00:37:31.420><c> seeks</c><00:37:32.179><c> out</c><00:37:32.659><c> Sarai</c><00:37:32.840><c> and</c><00:37:33.019><c> brings</c>

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:35.159
her<00:37:33.380><c> to</c><00:37:33.539><c> the</c><00:37:33.739><c> front</c><00:37:33.880><c> of</c><00:37:34.119><c> the</c><00:37:34.280><c> stage.</c>

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:36.679
Sarai<00:37:35.860><c> shall</c><00:37:36.039><c> have</c><00:37:36.300><c> a</c><00:37:36.500><c> son.</c>

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:40.659
And<00:37:37.239><c> the</c><00:37:37.500><c> drama,</c><00:37:38.079><c> brothers</c><00:37:38.179><c> and</c><00:37:38.340><c> sisters,</c><00:37:38.679><c> had</c><00:37:38.820><c> a</c><00:37:38.980><c> tremendous</c><00:37:39.619><c> climax.</c>

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:45.239
And<00:37:40.980><c> men's</c><00:37:41.500><c> faith</c><00:37:41.719><c> was</c><00:37:42.039><c> tested</c><00:37:42.380><c> to</c><00:37:42.539><c> the</c><00:37:42.800><c> limit</c><00:37:43.199><c> to</c><00:37:43.820><c> believe</c><00:37:44.179><c> it,</c>

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:47.420
until<00:37:45.539><c> it</c><00:37:45.800><c> finally</c><00:37:46.019><c> came</c><00:37:46.340><c> to</c><00:37:46.460><c> that</c><00:37:46.639><c> woman.</c>

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:50.539
And<00:37:47.539><c> God</c><00:37:47.739><c> was</c><00:37:47.940><c> to</c><00:37:48.119><c> bring</c><00:37:48.300><c> forth</c><00:37:48.860><c> he</c><00:37:49.219><c> who</c><00:37:49.360><c> was</c><00:37:49.519><c> to</c><00:37:49.619><c> be</c><00:37:49.780><c> called</c><00:37:49.900><c> the</c><00:37:50.260><c> seed</c><00:37:50.400><c> of</c>

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.519
the<00:37:50.639><c> woman,</c>

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:55.400
the<00:37:51.880><c> one</c><00:37:52.179><c> of</c><00:37:52.480><c> whom</c><00:37:52.800><c> it</c><00:37:52.940><c> was</c><00:37:53.179><c> said</c><00:37:53.400><c> that</c><00:37:53.539><c> he</c><00:37:53.619><c> was</c><00:37:53.880><c> born</c><00:37:54.219><c> of</c><00:37:54.400><c> the</c><00:37:54.579><c> Spirit,</c>

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:58.460
the<00:37:55.780><c> child</c><00:37:56.039><c> of</c><00:37:56.239><c> Abraham</c><00:37:56.579><c> and</c><00:37:56.840><c> Sarai</c><00:37:57.059><c> by</c><00:37:57.400><c> faith.</c>

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:02.699
24<00:37:59.360><c> years</c><00:37:59.880><c> that</c><00:38:00.119><c> woman</c><00:38:00.460><c> plodded</c><00:38:01.000><c> on</c><00:38:01.179><c> behind</c><00:38:01.539><c> her</c><00:38:01.699><c> husband,</c>

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:04.400
he<00:38:03.139><c> taking</c><00:38:03.420><c> the</c><00:38:03.739><c> preeminence,</c>

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:06.460
he<00:38:04.820><c> the</c><00:38:04.940><c> one</c><00:38:05.119><c> who</c><00:38:05.280><c> was</c><00:38:05.440><c> the</c><00:38:05.579><c> receiver</c><00:38:05.900><c> of</c><00:38:06.179><c> the</c><00:38:06.260><c> promises,</c>

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:08.320
until<00:38:06.820><c> in</c><00:38:07.099><c> the</c><00:38:07.179><c> end,</c><00:38:07.639><c> brothers</c><00:38:07.800><c> and</c><00:38:07.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:10.519
it<00:38:08.599><c> was</c><00:38:08.800><c> her</c><00:38:09.139><c> that</c><00:38:09.300><c> God</c><00:38:09.599><c> stood</c><00:38:09.860><c> up</c><00:38:10.119><c> and</c><00:38:10.199><c> said,</c>

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:12.539
there<00:38:11.199><c> it</c><00:38:11.440><c> is.</c>

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:14.780
24<00:38:13.260><c> years</c><00:38:13.639><c> later,</c>

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.900
Sarai<00:38:15.420><c> was</c><00:38:15.940><c> barren</c><00:38:16.300><c> and</c><00:38:16.460><c> had</c><00:38:16.619><c> no</c><00:38:16.920><c> child,</c>

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:21.260
and<00:38:18.139><c> her</c><00:38:18.400><c> faith</c><00:38:18.659><c> matured</c><00:38:19.619><c> in</c><00:38:19.840><c> very</c><00:38:20.199><c> difficult</c><00:38:20.619><c> circumstances,</c>

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.539
and<00:38:21.480><c> it</c><00:38:21.559><c> was</c><00:38:21.800><c> faith</c><00:38:22.079><c> in</c><00:38:22.300><c> the</c><00:38:22.420><c> end,</c>

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:25.139
it<00:38:22.599><c> was</c><00:38:22.960><c> those</c><00:38:23.239><c> difficult</c><00:38:23.800><c> circumstances,</c><00:38:24.539><c> brothers</c><00:38:24.639><c> and</c><00:38:24.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:27.320
it<00:38:25.440><c> was</c><00:38:25.639><c> the</c><00:38:25.719><c> very</c><00:38:26.199><c> fire</c><00:38:26.500><c> of</c><00:38:26.739><c> that</c><00:38:27.019><c> terror</c>

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:31.139
that<00:38:27.960><c> finally</c><00:38:28.679><c> birthed</c><00:38:29.139><c> within</c><00:38:29.320><c> her</c><00:38:29.820><c> sufficient</c><00:38:30.519><c> faith</c><00:38:30.940><c> to</c>

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:32.760
conceive<00:38:31.679><c> seed,</c><00:38:32.300><c> says</c><00:38:32.420><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:35.420
And<00:38:33.039><c> we</c><00:38:33.219><c> will</c><00:38:33.380><c> look</c><00:38:33.579><c> at</c><00:38:33.699><c> that</c><00:38:33.840><c> incident</c><00:38:34.139><c> and</c><00:38:34.320><c> see</c><00:38:34.500><c> just</c><00:38:34.780><c> exactly</c><00:38:35.239><c> how</c>

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.519
that<00:38:35.659><c> happened</c>

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:39.900
to<00:38:37.239><c> bring</c><00:38:37.440><c> that</c><00:38:37.659><c> woman</c><00:38:37.880><c> finally</c><00:38:38.400><c> to</c><00:38:38.579><c> that</c><00:38:38.900><c> climatic</c><00:38:39.460><c> point</c><00:38:39.719><c> of</c>

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:41.059
her<00:38:40.099><c> life.</c>

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:45.280
Wonderful<00:38:41.739><c> people</c><00:38:42.119><c> we're</c><00:38:42.320><c> to</c><00:38:42.460><c> study,</c><00:38:42.679><c> brothers</c><00:38:42.960><c> and</c><00:38:43.219><c> sisters,</c><00:38:43.780><c> wonderful</c><00:38:44.260><c> people.</c>

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:47.920
When<00:38:45.960><c> we</c><00:38:46.019><c> get</c><00:38:46.099><c> to</c><00:38:46.219><c> the</c><00:38:46.320><c> end</c><00:38:46.460><c> of</c><00:38:46.619><c> chapter</c><00:38:46.980><c> 11,</c>

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.940
in<00:38:48.360><c> the</c><00:38:48.480><c> 31st</c><00:38:49.119><c> verse</c><00:38:49.300><c> of</c><00:38:49.500><c> Genesis</c><00:38:49.860><c> 11,</c>

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:53.039
we<00:38:51.860><c> read</c><00:38:52.000><c> at</c><00:38:52.159><c> the</c><00:38:52.260><c> end</c><00:38:52.400><c> of</c><00:38:52.539><c> that</c><00:38:52.739><c> verse,</c>

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:56.340
they<00:38:53.500><c> came</c><00:38:53.780><c> unto</c><00:38:54.019><c> Haren</c><00:38:54.320><c> and</c><00:38:54.780><c> dwelt</c><00:38:55.320><c> there.</c>

00:38:57.880 --> 00:39:00.280
They<00:38:58.199><c> came</c><00:38:58.480><c> to</c><00:38:58.659><c> Haren</c><00:38:58.980><c> and</c><00:38:59.199><c> they</c><00:38:59.659><c> dwelt</c><00:39:00.059><c> there.</c>

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:03.460
The<00:39:00.420><c> word</c><00:39:00.619><c> in</c><00:39:00.780><c> the</c><00:39:00.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:01.079><c> means</c><00:39:01.360><c> to</c><00:39:01.760><c> sit</c><00:39:02.119><c> down.</c>

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:08.940
There<00:39:03.900><c> was</c><00:39:04.159><c> a</c><00:39:04.320><c> dramatic</c><00:39:04.980><c> and</c><00:39:05.840><c> a</c><00:39:06.179><c> tragic</c><00:39:06.760><c> pause,</c><00:39:07.599><c> brothers</c><00:39:07.739><c> and</c><00:39:07.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:11.719
If<00:39:09.280><c> you</c><00:39:09.420><c> come</c><00:39:09.619><c> with</c><00:39:09.820><c> me</c><00:39:09.980><c> to</c><00:39:10.139><c> the</c><00:39:10.239><c> seventh</c><00:39:10.539><c> chapter</c><00:39:10.920><c> of</c><00:39:11.719><c> Acts,</c>

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:13.800
you'll<00:39:12.199><c> see</c><00:39:12.360><c> what</c><00:39:12.719><c> happened.</c>

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:18.460
God<00:39:15.719><c> was</c><00:39:15.940><c> not</c><00:39:16.099><c> going</c><00:39:16.260><c> to</c><00:39:16.420><c> allow</c><00:39:16.639><c> that</c><00:39:17.019><c> pause</c><00:39:17.199><c> to</c><00:39:17.599><c> continue.</c>

00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:21.380
He<00:39:19.380><c> did</c><00:39:19.559><c> a</c><00:39:19.780><c> remarkable</c><00:39:20.159><c> thing.</c>

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:26.340
He<00:39:23.000><c> was</c><00:39:23.199><c> to</c><00:39:23.340><c> move</c><00:39:23.539><c> Abraham</c><00:39:24.019><c> from</c><00:39:24.260><c> his</c><00:39:24.500><c> father's</c><00:39:24.960><c> house.</c>

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:34.760
And<00:39:32.820><c> Stephen,</c><00:39:33.260><c> in</c><00:39:33.780><c> telling</c><00:39:33.920><c> us</c><00:39:34.139><c> about</c><00:39:34.400><c> this,</c>

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:37.800
says<00:39:35.059><c> in</c><00:39:35.219><c> the</c><00:39:35.380><c> seventh</c><00:39:35.639><c> chapter</c><00:39:35.900><c> of</c><00:39:36.099><c> Genesis</c><00:39:36.400><c> and</c><00:39:36.599><c> at</c><00:39:36.800><c> verse</c><00:39:37.039><c> four,</c>

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:40.099
seventh<00:39:38.219><c> chapter</c><00:39:38.420><c> of</c><00:39:38.619><c> Acts</c><00:39:38.800><c> rather,</c><00:39:39.079><c> in</c><00:39:39.179><c> verse</c><00:39:39.400><c> four,</c>

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:44.320
then<00:39:40.900><c> came</c><00:39:41.300><c> he</c><00:39:41.460><c> out</c><00:39:41.619><c> of</c><00:39:41.719><c> the</c><00:39:41.840><c> land</c><00:39:42.019><c> of</c><00:39:42.199><c> the</c><00:39:42.320><c> Chaldeans</c><00:39:42.760><c> and</c><00:39:43.000><c> dwelt</c><00:39:43.219><c> in</c><00:39:43.480><c> Haren.</c>

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:48.340
And<00:39:45.159><c> from</c><00:39:45.519><c> thence,</c><00:39:46.659><c> when</c><00:39:46.860><c> his</c><00:39:47.219><c> father</c><00:39:47.440><c> was</c><00:39:47.780><c> dead,</c>

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:51.920
God<00:39:49.219><c> removed</c><00:39:49.739><c> him.</c>

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:54.179
Note<00:39:52.559><c> that,</c><00:39:52.900><c> brothers</c><00:39:53.000><c> and</c><00:39:53.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:57.679
It<00:39:54.659><c> wasn't</c><00:39:55.000><c> as</c><00:39:55.239><c> if</c><00:39:55.360><c> his</c><00:39:55.539><c> father</c><00:39:55.820><c> died</c><00:39:56.260><c> and</c><00:39:56.639><c> Abraham</c><00:39:57.179><c> decided</c>

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:59.099
to<00:39:57.860><c> go</c><00:39:58.099><c> on.</c>

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:02.400
God<00:40:00.519><c> removed</c><00:40:01.099><c> him.</c>

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:04.719
And<00:40:02.940><c> why</c><00:40:03.159><c> do</c><00:40:03.300><c> we</c><00:40:03.380><c> emphasize</c><00:40:03.760><c> that?</c>

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:07.619
Because,<00:40:05.360><c> you</c><00:40:05.460><c> see,</c><00:40:05.719><c> that</c><00:40:05.940><c> Greek</c><00:40:06.239><c> word</c><00:40:06.559><c> therefore</c><00:40:06.960><c> removed</c>

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:10.280
is<00:40:08.340><c> only</c><00:40:08.699><c> found</c><00:40:08.920><c> in</c><00:40:09.119><c> one</c><00:40:09.280><c> other</c><00:40:09.539><c> place</c><00:40:09.719><c> in</c><00:40:09.940><c> the</c><00:40:10.039><c> Bible,</c>

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:13.340
and<00:40:10.460><c> it's</c><00:40:10.599><c> in</c><00:40:10.800><c> this</c><00:40:11.079><c> chapter</c><00:40:11.480><c> in</c><00:40:11.719><c> verse</c><00:40:12.019><c> 43.</c>

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:17.559
And<00:40:14.320><c> there</c><00:40:14.539><c> we</c><00:40:14.780><c> read</c><00:40:15.079><c> concerning</c><00:40:15.539><c> the</c><00:40:15.900><c> faithless</c><00:40:16.480><c> people</c><00:40:16.800><c> of</c><00:40:17.039><c> Abraham</c>

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:20.340
the<00:40:18.179><c> children</c><00:40:18.480><c> of</c><00:40:18.679><c> Israel</c><00:40:19.059><c> who</c><00:40:19.320><c> grew</c><00:40:19.480><c> up</c><00:40:19.699><c> from</c><00:40:19.900><c> him.</c>

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:22.940
We<00:40:20.800><c> read</c><00:40:21.039><c> concerning</c><00:40:21.500><c> them</c><00:40:21.800><c> in</c><00:40:22.000><c> verse</c><00:40:22.239><c> 43</c>

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:24.900
that<00:40:23.219><c> they</c><00:40:23.400><c> took</c><00:40:23.579><c> up</c><00:40:23.800><c> the</c><00:40:24.000><c> tabernacle</c><00:40:24.340><c> of</c><00:40:24.619><c> Moloch</c>

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:26.780
and<00:40:25.099><c> the</c><00:40:25.340><c> star</c><00:40:25.519><c> of</c><00:40:25.699><c> your</c><00:40:25.920><c> God</c><00:40:26.139><c> Remphan,</c>

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.800
figures<00:40:27.119><c> which</c><00:40:27.340><c> he</c><00:40:27.599><c> made</c><00:40:27.780><c> to</c><00:40:28.099><c> worship</c><00:40:28.380><c> them,</c>

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:31.980
and<00:40:29.460><c> I</c><00:40:29.679><c> will</c><00:40:30.019><c> carry</c><00:40:30.440><c> you</c><00:40:30.780><c> away</c><00:40:31.119><c> beyond</c><00:40:31.559><c> Babylon.</c>

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.380
The<00:40:32.420><c> word</c><00:40:32.739><c> removed</c><00:40:33.260><c> and</c><00:40:33.440><c> the</c><00:40:33.480><c> word</c><00:40:33.780><c> carry</c><00:40:34.199><c> away</c>

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.619
is<00:40:34.639><c> exactly</c><00:40:34.880><c> the</c><00:40:35.079><c> same</c><00:40:35.199><c> in</c><00:40:35.320><c> the</c><00:40:35.500><c> Greek.</c>

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:37.659
It<00:40:35.739><c> means</c><00:40:35.940><c> to</c><00:40:36.280><c> take</c><00:40:36.679><c> captive.</c>

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:42.119
And<00:40:39.440><c> when</c><00:40:39.980><c> Abraham</c><00:40:40.639><c> hesitated</c><00:40:41.380><c> at</c><00:40:41.619><c> Haren,</c>

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:44.559
God<00:40:42.900><c> gripped</c><00:40:43.400><c> hold</c><00:40:43.559><c> of</c><00:40:43.699><c> him,</c><00:40:44.000><c> brothers</c><00:40:44.059><c> and</c><00:40:44.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:48.340
and<00:40:44.920><c> took</c><00:40:45.400><c> him</c><00:40:45.760><c> captive</c><00:40:46.179><c> and</c><00:40:46.820><c> removed</c><00:40:47.400><c> him</c><00:40:47.579><c> from</c><00:40:47.699><c> that</c><00:40:47.920><c> land,</c>

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:50.199
and<00:40:48.619><c> when</c><00:40:48.800><c> his</c><00:40:49.099><c> faithless</c><00:40:49.579><c> generation</c>

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:53.059
hundreds<00:40:50.659><c> of</c><00:40:50.880><c> years</c><00:40:51.059><c> later</c><00:40:51.519><c> didn't</c><00:40:52.000><c> live</c><00:40:52.179><c> up</c><00:40:52.340><c> to</c><00:40:52.440><c> his</c><00:40:52.639><c> example,</c>

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:55.980
Stephen<00:40:53.500><c> says</c><00:40:53.739><c> the</c><00:40:54.019><c> same</c><00:40:54.340><c> mighty</c><00:40:54.800><c> arm</c><00:40:55.019><c> reached</c><00:40:55.420><c> down,</c>

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.519
took<00:40:56.380><c> hold</c><00:40:56.599><c> of</c><00:40:56.760><c> them,</c><00:40:57.219><c> and</c><00:40:57.659><c> dragged</c><00:40:58.119><c> them</c><00:40:58.300><c> back</c>

00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:00.239
to<00:40:58.639><c> where</c><00:40:58.820><c> Abraham</c><00:40:59.099><c> came</c><00:40:59.420><c> from.</c>

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:02.699
What<00:41:01.219><c> a</c><00:41:01.400><c> drama</c><00:41:01.659><c> that</c><00:41:01.880><c> is.</c>

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:05.820
What<00:41:03.420><c> terrible</c><00:41:03.780><c> end</c><00:41:04.019><c> to</c><00:41:04.139><c> a</c><00:41:04.300><c> generation</c><00:41:04.760><c> according</c><00:41:05.079><c> to</c><00:41:05.219><c> the</c><00:41:05.500><c> flesh</c>

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:09.920
because<00:41:06.280><c> he</c><00:41:06.539><c> was</c><00:41:06.840><c> not</c><00:41:07.340><c> their</c><00:41:07.699><c> father</c><00:41:08.320><c> of</c><00:41:08.840><c> the</c><00:41:09.019><c> faithful.</c>

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.719
And<00:41:11.440><c> the</c><00:41:11.679><c> mighty</c><00:41:12.000><c> arm</c><00:41:12.219><c> of</c><00:41:12.480><c> God</c>

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:15.099
which<00:41:13.000><c> impelled</c><00:41:13.840><c> Abraham</c><00:41:14.300><c> forward</c>

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:17.860
dragged<00:41:16.039><c> them</c><00:41:16.239><c> back</c><00:41:16.500><c> to</c><00:41:16.639><c> where</c><00:41:16.780><c> he</c><00:41:17.019><c> started.</c>

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:21.119
What<00:41:18.940><c> a</c><00:41:19.059><c> remarkable</c><00:41:19.659><c> set</c><00:41:19.880><c> of</c><00:41:20.219><c> circumstances</c><00:41:20.599><c> that</c><00:41:20.920><c> was.</c>

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.460
And<00:41:21.460><c> you</c><00:41:21.559><c> know,</c><00:41:21.860><c> brothers</c><00:41:22.059><c> and</c><00:41:22.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:25.420
Abraham<00:41:23.099><c> knew</c><00:41:23.699><c> that</c><00:41:23.900><c> God</c><00:41:24.079><c> took</c><00:41:24.300><c> him</c><00:41:24.579><c> captive.</c>

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:28.199
In<00:41:25.679><c> the</c><00:41:25.900><c> 20th</c><00:41:26.239><c> chapter</c><00:41:26.559><c> of</c><00:41:26.739><c> Genesis</c><00:41:26.980><c> he</c><00:41:27.159><c> makes</c><00:41:27.420><c> that</c><00:41:27.800><c> point.</c>

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:32.019
He<00:41:28.900><c> knew</c><00:41:29.059><c> it</c><00:41:29.179><c> was</c><00:41:29.360><c> by</c><00:41:29.519><c> the</c><00:41:29.659><c> impetus</c><00:41:29.860><c> of</c><00:41:30.139><c> God</c><00:41:30.320><c> that</c><00:41:30.440><c> he</c><00:41:30.539><c> was</c><00:41:30.679><c> to</c><00:41:30.900><c> move.</c>

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:37.340
And<00:41:33.619><c> in</c><00:41:33.800><c> Genesis</c><00:41:34.119><c> chapter</c><00:41:34.460><c> 20</c><00:41:34.739><c> he</c><00:41:34.900><c> makes</c><00:41:35.219><c> mention</c><00:41:35.519><c> of</c><00:41:35.739><c> this.</c>

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:41.679
And<00:41:38.679><c> in</c><00:41:38.840><c> verse</c><00:41:39.059><c> 13</c><00:41:40.000><c> of</c><00:41:40.659><c> Genesis</c><00:41:41.059><c> chapter</c><00:41:41.340><c> 20</c>

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:43.800
he<00:41:41.880><c> saw</c><00:41:42.159><c> the</c><00:41:42.460><c> point,</c>

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:48.800
and<00:41:45.820><c> we</c><00:41:45.900><c> read</c><00:41:46.099><c> there</c><00:41:46.340><c> in</c><00:41:46.500><c> Genesis</c><00:41:46.840><c> 20</c><00:41:47.159><c> and</c><00:41:47.320><c> verse</c><00:41:47.559><c> 13,</c>

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:53.320
and<00:41:49.340><c> it</c><00:41:49.480><c> came</c><00:41:49.719><c> to</c><00:41:49.960><c> pass</c><00:41:50.760><c> when</c><00:41:51.659><c> God</c><00:41:52.380><c> caused</c><00:41:52.900><c> me</c>

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:56.219
to<00:41:53.679><c> wander</c><00:41:54.000><c> from</c><00:41:54.260><c> my</c><00:41:54.599><c> father's</c><00:41:55.159><c> house.</c>

00:41:57.019 --> 00:42:00.500
How<00:41:57.320><c> that</c><00:41:57.460><c> was</c><00:41:57.659><c> done,</c><00:41:58.059><c> brothers</c><00:41:58.159><c> and</c><00:41:58.380><c> sisters,</c><00:41:58.760><c> we</c><00:41:59.039><c> don't</c><00:41:59.340><c> know.</c>

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:04.739
Whether<00:42:01.460><c> it</c><00:42:01.599><c> was</c><00:42:01.719><c> again</c><00:42:02.039><c> by</c><00:42:02.380><c> the</c><00:42:02.800><c> visitation</c><00:42:03.320><c> of</c><00:42:03.480><c> the</c><00:42:03.699><c> God</c><00:42:03.840><c> of</c><00:42:04.119><c> glory</c>

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:06.639
or<00:42:05.480><c> whatever,</c>

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:12.119
this<00:42:07.340><c> we</c><00:42:07.659><c> know</c><00:42:08.300><c> that</c><00:42:08.780><c> something</c><00:42:09.440><c> captivated</c><00:42:10.639><c> him</c>

00:42:12.050 --> 00:42:13.900
and<00:42:12.340><c> brought</c><00:42:12.539><c> him</c><00:42:12.699><c> out</c><00:42:12.800><c> of</c><00:42:12.880><c> his</c><00:42:13.079><c> father's</c><00:42:13.440><c> house,</c><00:42:13.679><c> and</c><00:42:13.840><c> he</c>

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.579
knew<00:42:14.099><c> that.</c>

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:18.039
God<00:42:15.460><c> caused</c><00:42:15.820><c> me</c><00:42:16.059><c> to</c><00:42:16.260><c> wander</c><00:42:16.579><c> from</c><00:42:17.000><c> my</c><00:42:17.280><c> father's</c><00:42:17.739><c> house.</c>

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:21.159
And<00:42:18.500><c> Stephen</c><00:42:18.639><c> makes</c><00:42:18.900><c> that</c><00:42:19.199><c> point</c><00:42:19.460><c> in</c><00:42:19.800><c> the</c><00:42:19.940><c> 7th</c><00:42:20.300><c> chapter</c><00:42:20.519><c> of</c><00:42:20.760><c> Acts.</c>

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.880
And<00:42:21.559><c> now</c><00:42:21.699><c> he</c><00:42:21.860><c> came,</c>

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:25.699
which<00:42:23.400><c> brings</c><00:42:23.619><c> us</c><00:42:23.760><c> to</c><00:42:23.860><c> the</c><00:42:23.960><c> 12th</c><00:42:24.380><c> chapter</c><00:42:24.559><c> of</c><00:42:24.739><c> Genesis.</c>

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:30.340
And<00:42:27.119><c> we</c><00:42:27.280><c> read</c><00:42:27.420><c> in</c><00:42:27.599><c> verse</c><00:42:27.820><c> 1</c><00:42:28.199><c> of</c><00:42:28.360><c> Genesis</c><00:42:28.739><c> chapter</c><00:42:29.019><c> 12,</c>

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:33.320
now<00:42:30.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:31.280><c> had</c><00:42:31.699><c> said</c><00:42:32.019><c> unto</c><00:42:32.320><c> Abraham,</c>

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:37.360
You'll<00:42:35.300><c> notice</c><00:42:35.480><c> that</c><00:42:35.719><c> that</c><00:42:36.019><c> sentence</c><00:42:36.260><c> is</c><00:42:36.579><c> couched</c><00:42:36.960><c> in</c><00:42:37.059><c> the</c>

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:38.699
past<00:42:37.800><c> tense.</c>

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:42.619
But<00:42:40.260><c> in</c><00:42:40.480><c> the</c><00:42:40.820><c> Hebrew,</c><00:42:41.280><c> brothers</c><00:42:41.619><c> and</c><00:42:41.699><c> sisters,</c><00:42:41.980><c> and</c><00:42:42.179><c> young</c><00:42:42.340><c> people,</c>

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:44.900
it's<00:42:42.820><c> in</c><00:42:43.059><c> the</c><00:42:43.320><c> present</c><00:42:43.840><c> tense.</c>

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:48.500
And<00:42:46.280><c> both</c><00:42:46.500><c> the</c><00:42:46.679><c> Revised</c><00:42:47.119><c> Standard</c><00:42:47.460><c> Version</c><00:42:47.800><c> and</c><00:42:48.079><c> Robaham</c>

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:50.480
and<00:42:48.699><c> many</c><00:42:48.960><c> other</c><00:42:49.400><c> notable</c><00:42:49.860><c> translations</c>

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:53.119
puts<00:42:51.199><c> it</c><00:42:51.440><c> in</c><00:42:51.519><c> the</c><00:42:51.780><c> present</c><00:42:52.119><c> tense.</c>

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:56.400
But<00:42:53.699><c> Abraham</c><00:42:54.000><c> is</c><00:42:54.179><c> getting</c><00:42:54.420><c> a</c><00:42:54.780><c> second</c><00:42:55.139><c> call,</c><00:42:55.619><c> not</c><00:42:55.860><c> a</c><00:42:56.039><c> first</c><00:42:56.260><c> one.</c>

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:58.079
He's<00:42:56.619><c> not</c><00:42:56.760><c> referring</c><00:42:57.059><c> to</c><00:42:57.179><c> the</c><00:42:57.260><c> one</c><00:42:57.360><c> that</c><00:42:57.480><c> he</c><00:42:57.500><c> had</c><00:42:57.679><c> from</c><00:42:57.840><c> Ur</c><00:42:57.980><c> of</c>

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.599
the<00:42:58.239><c> Chaldees.</c>

00:42:58.820 --> 00:43:00.000
This<00:42:59.039><c> is</c><00:42:59.239><c> the</c><00:42:59.440><c> second</c><00:42:59.679><c> call.</c>

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:02.599
And<00:43:00.619><c> God</c><00:43:01.079><c> said</c><00:43:01.559><c> to</c><00:43:01.659><c> him</c><00:43:01.820><c> this</c><00:43:02.079><c> time,</c>

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:05.719
Get<00:43:03.059><c> thee</c><00:43:03.280><c> out</c><00:43:03.380><c> of</c><00:43:03.420><c> thy</c><00:43:03.639><c> country,</c><00:43:04.179><c> he'd</c><00:43:04.280><c> done</c><00:43:04.519><c> that,</c>

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:09.739
from<00:43:06.800><c> thy</c><00:43:07.059><c> kindred,</c><00:43:07.619><c> and</c><00:43:07.800><c> doubtless</c><00:43:08.219><c> he'd</c><00:43:08.500><c> left</c><00:43:08.619><c> some</c><00:43:09.119><c> relations</c>

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:11.619
in<00:43:09.980><c> Ur</c><00:43:10.139><c> of</c><00:43:10.260><c> the</c><00:43:10.380><c> Chaldees,</c>

00:43:13.300 --> 00:43:16.519
and<00:43:13.820><c> from</c><00:43:14.340><c> thy</c><00:43:14.739><c> father's</c><00:43:15.500><c> house.</c>

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:20.980
And<00:43:17.940><c> that,</c><00:43:18.300><c> brothers</c><00:43:18.400><c> and</c><00:43:18.599><c> sisters,</c><00:43:20.099><c> would</c><00:43:20.219><c> take</c><00:43:20.400><c> a</c><00:43:20.460><c> lot</c><00:43:20.619><c> of</c><00:43:20.760><c> doing</c>

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:23.019
in<00:43:21.400><c> families</c><00:43:21.739><c> in</c><00:43:21.980><c> those</c><00:43:22.260><c> days.</c>

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:25.320
And<00:43:23.860><c> the</c><00:43:24.000><c> very</c><00:43:24.280><c> expression</c><00:43:24.739><c> used,</c>

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:27.739
get<00:43:26.059><c> thee</c><00:43:26.500><c> out,</c><00:43:26.900><c> brothers</c><00:43:27.099><c> and</c><00:43:27.320><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:30.420
really<00:43:28.480><c> means,</c><00:43:29.059><c> as</c><00:43:29.380><c> Robaham</c><00:43:29.800><c> puts</c><00:43:30.079><c> it,</c>

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:33.239
come<00:43:31.099><c> forth</c><00:43:31.559><c> on</c><00:43:31.880><c> your</c><00:43:32.199><c> way.</c>

00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:36.539
Or<00:43:34.420><c> as</c><00:43:34.699><c> another</c><00:43:35.360><c> translation</c><00:43:35.940><c> puts</c><00:43:36.219><c> it,</c>

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:38.800
go<00:43:37.059><c> for</c><00:43:37.280><c> yourself,</c><00:43:37.739><c> Abraham.</c>

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:42.659
And<00:43:40.320><c> so</c><00:43:40.440><c> when</c><00:43:40.639><c> the</c><00:43:40.820><c> God</c><00:43:40.900><c> of</c><00:43:41.119><c> glory</c><00:43:41.360><c> had</c><00:43:41.579><c> brought</c><00:43:41.659><c> him</c><00:43:41.940><c> thus</c><00:43:42.219><c> far,</c>

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:45.619
and<00:43:43.000><c> he</c><00:43:43.420><c> delayed,</c><00:43:44.219><c> God</c><00:43:44.539><c> took</c><00:43:44.800><c> him</c><00:43:45.079><c> captive</c><00:43:45.300><c> and</c><00:43:45.500><c> said,</c>

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:49.199
Abraham,<00:43:46.659><c> you're</c><00:43:47.039><c> coming</c><00:43:47.340><c> out</c><00:43:47.780><c> for</c><00:43:48.000><c> yourself.</c>

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:51.380
Never<00:43:49.960><c> mind</c><00:43:50.159><c> about</c><00:43:50.360><c> your</c><00:43:50.559><c> father's</c><00:43:51.019><c> house.</c>

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:53.099
And<00:43:52.000><c> out</c><00:43:52.099><c> he</c><00:43:52.280><c> came.</c>

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:55.679
And<00:43:53.880><c> he</c><00:43:53.940><c> went</c><00:43:54.119><c> out,</c><00:43:54.440><c> says</c><00:43:54.519><c> the</c><00:43:54.739><c> apostle,</c>

00:43:56.139 --> 00:43:58.760
not<00:43:56.579><c> knowing</c><00:43:57.019><c> whether</c><00:43:57.659><c> he</c><00:43:57.920><c> went.</c>

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:02.079
He<00:44:00.360><c> came</c><00:44:00.639><c> out</c><00:44:00.820><c> of</c><00:44:00.940><c> his</c><00:44:01.179><c> father's</c><00:44:01.679><c> house.</c>

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:02.760
What<00:44:02.480><c> for?</c>

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:04.820
Keep<00:44:03.079><c> your</c><00:44:03.260><c> hand</c><00:44:03.400><c> in</c><00:44:03.599><c> Genesis,</c><00:44:03.940><c> don't</c><00:44:04.099><c> lose</c><00:44:04.400><c> that.</c>

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.280
Psalm<00:44:05.320><c> 45,</c><00:44:06.099><c> brothers</c><00:44:06.360><c> and</c><00:44:06.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:09.159
spoken<00:44:07.900><c> of</c><00:44:08.159><c> here</c><00:44:08.300><c> of</c><00:44:08.440><c> a</c><00:44:08.559><c> woman,</c><00:44:08.840><c> actually,</c>

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:11.280
but<00:44:09.360><c> the</c><00:44:09.559><c> principle</c><00:44:09.820><c> remains</c><00:44:10.260><c> the</c><00:44:10.539><c> same</c><00:44:10.719><c> with</c><00:44:10.940><c> Abraham.</c>

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:14.679
Here's<00:44:11.940><c> the</c><00:44:12.099><c> reason</c><00:44:12.280><c> he</c><00:44:12.420><c> came</c><00:44:12.599><c> out</c><00:44:12.780><c> of</c><00:44:12.840><c> his</c><00:44:13.059><c> father's</c><00:44:13.400><c> house.</c>

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:23.659
In<00:44:21.900><c> Psalm</c><00:44:22.179><c> 45,</c><00:44:22.780><c> this</c><00:44:22.960><c> is</c><00:44:23.179><c> the</c><00:44:23.320><c> principle</c>

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:27.579
that<00:44:23.820><c> God</c><00:44:24.059><c> was</c><00:44:24.300><c> trying</c><00:44:24.480><c> to</c><00:44:24.619><c> instil</c><00:44:24.900><c> into</c><00:44:25.059><c> Abraham</c><00:44:25.460><c> then.</c>

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:30.860
Verse<00:44:27.880><c> 10,</c><00:44:29.079><c> hearken,</c><00:44:29.719><c> O</c><00:44:29.900><c> daughter,</c><00:44:30.559><c> and</c><00:44:30.559><c> consider,</c>

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:34.219
and<00:44:31.159><c> incline</c><00:44:31.579><c> thy</c><00:44:31.800><c> near,</c><00:44:32.219><c> and</c><00:44:32.280><c> forget</c><00:44:32.679><c> also</c><00:44:33.159><c> thy</c><00:44:33.480><c> own</c><00:44:33.760><c> people,</c>

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:37.500
and<00:44:34.739><c> thy</c><00:44:35.099><c> father's</c><00:44:35.679><c> house,</c><00:44:36.159><c> forget</c><00:44:36.579><c> them.</c>

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:39.059
Why?

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:47.159
Verse<00:44:39.920><c> 16,</c><00:44:41.840><c> instead</c><00:44:42.260><c> of</c><00:44:42.559><c> thy</c><00:44:42.940><c> fathers</c><00:44:43.619><c> shall</c><00:44:45.139><c> be</c><00:44:45.360><c> thy</c><00:44:45.699><c> children,</c>

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:50.639
whom<00:44:48.179><c> thou</c><00:44:48.460><c> mayest</c><00:44:48.940><c> make</c><00:44:49.179><c> princes</c><00:44:49.599><c> in</c><00:44:49.800><c> all</c><00:44:50.039><c> the</c><00:44:50.260><c> earth.</c>

00:44:50.639 --> 00:44:54.800
I<00:44:51.599><c> will</c><00:44:51.780><c> make</c><00:44:52.059><c> thy</c><00:44:52.320><c> name</c><00:44:52.579><c> to</c><00:44:52.699><c> be</c><00:44:52.940><c> remembered</c><00:44:53.099><c> in</c><00:44:53.280><c> all</c><00:44:53.519><c> generations.</c>

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:58.539
Therefore<00:44:55.500><c> shall</c><00:44:55.760><c> the</c><00:44:55.940><c> people</c><00:44:56.179><c> praise</c><00:44:56.599><c> thee</c><00:44:56.860><c> forever</c><00:44:57.360><c> and</c><00:44:57.659><c> ever.</c>

00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:01.619
In<00:44:58.920><c> simple</c><00:44:59.320><c> terms,</c><00:44:59.840><c> if</c><00:45:00.039><c> our</c><00:45:00.199><c> young</c><00:45:00.420><c> people</c><00:45:00.639><c> here</c><00:45:00.900><c> can't</c><00:45:01.179><c> understand</c><00:45:01.500><c> it,</c>

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:03.320
let<00:45:01.719><c> me</c><00:45:01.840><c> put</c><00:45:01.940><c> it</c><00:45:02.099><c> in</c><00:45:02.260><c> simple</c><00:45:02.539><c> terms.</c>

00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:04.880
But<00:45:03.719><c> God</c><00:45:03.900><c> was</c><00:45:04.119><c> saying</c><00:45:04.320><c> to</c><00:45:04.559><c> Abraham,</c>

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:09.199
Abraham,<00:45:06.460><c> I</c><00:45:06.739><c> haven't</c><00:45:07.119><c> called</c><00:45:07.420><c> your</c><00:45:07.940><c> family</c><00:45:08.519><c> out</c><00:45:08.780><c> of</c><00:45:08.940><c> Ur</c><00:45:09.079><c> of</c>

00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:10.659
the<00:45:09.380><c> Chaldees</c>

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:14.980
to<00:45:11.219><c> create</c><00:45:11.920><c> a</c><00:45:12.840><c> little</c><00:45:13.199><c> family</c><00:45:13.719><c> religion,</c>

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:18.539
as<00:45:16.519><c> far</c><00:45:16.780><c> as</c><00:45:17.059><c> flesh</c><00:45:17.239><c> is</c><00:45:17.539><c> concerned.</c>

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:21.900
I<00:45:19.500><c> want</c><00:45:19.719><c> to</c><00:45:19.940><c> create</c><00:45:20.179><c> a</c><00:45:20.500><c> family</c><00:45:20.780><c> religion,</c><00:45:21.639><c> Abraham,</c>

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:25.179
of<00:45:22.559><c> which</c><00:45:23.059><c> I</c><00:45:23.699><c> am</c><00:45:23.980><c> the</c><00:45:24.199><c> father.</c>

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:29.119
Therefore,<00:45:27.519><c> when</c><00:45:27.659><c> you</c><00:45:27.920><c> separate</c><00:45:28.280><c> from</c><00:45:28.480><c> your</c><00:45:28.719><c> father's</c>

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:30.460
house,<00:45:29.420><c> Abraham,</c>

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:34.519
I<00:45:30.719><c> consider</c><00:45:31.099><c> you</c><00:45:32.320><c> as</c><00:45:32.719><c> to</c><00:45:32.840><c> be</c><00:45:32.960><c> an</c><00:45:33.139><c> individual</c><00:45:33.460><c> in</c><00:45:33.639><c> your</c><00:45:33.920><c> own</c><00:45:34.239><c> right,</c>

00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:37.260
with<00:45:34.840><c> no</c><00:45:35.179><c> connections,</c><00:45:36.119><c> whatever,</c><00:45:36.699><c> with</c><00:45:36.920><c> family.</c>

00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:40.219
We're<00:45:37.980><c> going</c><00:45:38.079><c> to</c><00:45:38.340><c> start</c><00:45:38.500><c> it</c><00:45:39.179><c> together.</c>

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:42.460
And<00:45:41.099><c> when</c><00:45:41.179><c> we</c><00:45:41.340><c> get</c><00:45:41.420><c> to</c><00:45:41.579><c> Genesis</c><00:45:41.900><c> 17,</c>

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:45.820
I'm<00:45:42.960><c> going</c><00:45:43.019><c> to</c><00:45:43.119><c> show</c><00:45:43.280><c> you</c><00:45:43.480><c> some</c><00:45:43.760><c> astonishing</c><00:45:44.659><c> things</c><00:45:45.019><c> about</c><00:45:45.320><c> that.</c>

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:49.420
How<00:45:46.239><c> God</c><00:45:46.699><c> reveals</c><00:45:47.139><c> to</c><00:45:47.400><c> Abraham</c><00:45:47.900><c> that</c><00:45:48.460><c> between</c><00:45:48.980><c> them,</c>

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:52.519
they're<00:45:49.920><c> going</c><00:45:50.059><c> to</c><00:45:50.199><c> have</c><00:45:50.400><c> a</c><00:45:50.659><c> family</c><00:45:51.019><c> together.</c>

00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:58.219
Seven<00:45:54.000><c> times</c><00:45:54.500><c> it</c><00:45:54.679><c> is</c><00:45:54.900><c> said,</c><00:45:55.639><c> you</c><00:45:55.760><c> and</c><00:45:55.900><c> me,</c><00:45:56.760><c> me</c><00:45:57.019><c> and</c><00:45:57.239><c> you,</c><00:45:57.980><c> you</c>

00:45:58.219 --> 00:46:00.719
and<00:45:58.400><c> me,</c><00:45:59.159><c> me</c><00:45:59.440><c> and</c><00:45:59.659><c> you.</c>

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:05.599
Instead<00:46:01.900><c> of</c><00:46:02.079><c> thy</c><00:46:02.360><c> father's</c><00:46:02.980><c> children,</c><00:46:03.599><c> your</c><00:46:03.980><c> children,</c><00:46:04.780><c> Abraham.</c>

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:08.360
Instead<00:46:06.119><c> of</c><00:46:06.280><c> your</c><00:46:06.500><c> father</c><00:46:06.840><c> saying</c><00:46:07.159><c> who's</c><00:46:07.500><c> going</c><00:46:07.639><c> to</c><00:46:07.719><c> inherit</c><00:46:07.940><c> what,</c>

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:12.940
you<00:46:08.960><c> will</c><00:46:09.239><c> say,</c><00:46:10.340><c> you</c><00:46:10.760><c> will</c><00:46:11.019><c> make</c><00:46:11.280><c> them</c><00:46:11.440><c> princes</c><00:46:11.719><c> in</c><00:46:11.900><c> the</c><00:46:12.079><c> earth.</c>

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:15.980
Because<00:46:13.500><c> a</c><00:46:13.820><c> father</c><00:46:14.179><c> of</c><00:46:14.420><c> many</c><00:46:14.539><c> nations,</c><00:46:15.019><c> God</c><00:46:15.199><c> was</c><00:46:15.440><c> to</c><00:46:15.599><c> make</c><00:46:15.760><c> him.</c>

00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:19.420
And<00:46:16.300><c> from</c><00:46:16.619><c> Abram,</c><00:46:17.199><c> the</c><00:46:17.400><c> lofty</c><00:46:17.920><c> father,</c><00:46:18.639><c> he</c><00:46:18.719><c> was</c><00:46:18.920><c> to</c><00:46:19.019><c> get</c><00:46:19.179><c> that</c>

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:20.619
name,<00:46:19.940><c> Abraham,</c>

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:24.699
the<00:46:21.340><c> father</c><00:46:21.840><c> of</c><00:46:22.380><c> many</c><00:46:22.739><c> nations,</c><00:46:23.619><c> which</c><00:46:23.820><c> is,</c><00:46:24.079><c> of</c><00:46:24.199><c> course,</c><00:46:24.500><c> a</c>

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:26.440
human<00:46:25.039><c> impossibility.</c>

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:30.340
And<00:46:27.500><c> so</c><00:46:27.639><c> God</c><00:46:27.860><c> was</c><00:46:28.119><c> to</c><00:46:28.579><c> sever</c><00:46:28.780><c> that</c><00:46:29.079><c> family</c><00:46:29.380><c> connection,</c>

00:46:30.820 --> 00:46:33.360
that<00:46:30.860><c> he</c><00:46:31.000><c> might</c><00:46:31.239><c> be</c><00:46:31.579><c> seen</c><00:46:31.800><c> then</c><00:46:31.940><c> to</c><00:46:32.119><c> develop</c><00:46:32.320><c> not</c><00:46:32.659><c> an</c><00:46:32.980><c> earthly</c>

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:34.179
family<00:46:33.800><c> religion,</c>

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:36.239
but<00:46:34.619><c> a</c><00:46:34.920><c> heavenly</c><00:46:35.360><c> family</c><00:46:35.780><c> religion,</c>

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:40.019
with<00:46:36.659><c> no</c><00:46:36.960><c> connection,</c><00:46:37.360><c> whatever,</c><00:46:38.360><c> with</c><00:46:38.599><c> human</c><00:46:38.860><c> relationships.</c>

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:42.659
That's<00:46:40.860><c> what</c><00:46:41.119><c> God</c><00:46:41.340><c> was</c><00:46:41.519><c> going</c><00:46:41.639><c> to</c><00:46:41.780><c> do,</c><00:46:42.039><c> brothers</c><00:46:42.179><c> and</c><00:46:42.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:45.340
And<00:46:43.159><c> he</c><00:46:43.440><c> brought</c><00:46:43.699><c> him</c><00:46:43.880><c> out</c><00:46:44.039><c> with</c><00:46:44.199><c> those</c><00:46:44.480><c> wonderful</c><00:46:44.980><c> promises,</c>

00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:47.460
which<00:46:45.760><c> we</c><00:46:46.039><c> learn</c><00:46:46.239><c> at</c><00:46:46.400><c> our</c><00:46:46.579><c> baptism.</c>

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:49.380
And<00:46:47.739><c> the</c><00:46:47.940><c> fact</c><00:46:48.099><c> that</c><00:46:48.219><c> I'm</c><00:46:48.380><c> skipping</c><00:46:48.659><c> over</c><00:46:48.980><c> them,</c><00:46:49.219><c> brothers</c>

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.679
and<00:46:49.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:51.940
at<00:46:49.900><c> this</c><00:46:50.159><c> study</c><00:46:50.460><c> doesn't</c><00:46:50.920><c> mean</c><00:46:51.159><c> to</c><00:46:51.320><c> say</c><00:46:51.440><c> that</c><00:46:51.559><c> we've</c><00:46:51.760><c> learned</c>

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:53.099
all<00:46:52.139><c> about</c><00:46:52.400><c> them.</c>

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:56.760
Let's<00:46:54.699><c> just</c><00:46:54.900><c> say</c><00:46:55.079><c> this</c><00:46:55.280><c> about</c><00:46:55.519><c> those</c><00:46:55.800><c> wonderful</c><00:46:56.219><c> promises</c><00:46:56.559><c> in</c>

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:58.519
Genesis<00:46:57.099><c> 12,</c><00:46:57.500><c> verses</c><00:46:57.780><c> 1</c><00:46:58.059><c> to</c><00:46:58.139><c> 3.</c>

00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:02.320
There<00:46:58.840><c> are</c><00:46:59.159><c> exactly</c><00:46:59.659><c> seven</c><00:47:00.360><c> clauses</c><00:47:00.860><c> in</c><00:47:01.079><c> those</c><00:47:01.380><c> promises.</c>

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:05.440
And<00:47:02.940><c> that's</c><00:47:03.199><c> the</c><00:47:03.280><c> number</c><00:47:03.519><c> of</c><00:47:03.659><c> the</c><00:47:03.900><c> great</c><00:47:04.059><c> and</c><00:47:04.260><c> the</c><00:47:04.420><c> everlasting</c><00:47:05.000><c> covenant.</c>

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:09.559
And<00:47:06.300><c> among</c><00:47:06.639><c> those</c><00:47:06.980><c> seven</c><00:47:07.380><c> clauses,</c><00:47:07.800><c> there</c><00:47:07.960><c> are</c><00:47:08.260><c> four</c><00:47:08.940><c> major</c>

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:11.139
points<00:47:10.019><c> of</c><00:47:10.340><c> promise.</c>

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:12.659
There's<00:47:11.440><c> a</c><00:47:11.719><c> national</c><00:47:12.139><c> promise.</c>

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:14.619
Israel<00:47:13.420><c> would</c><00:47:13.659><c> be</c><00:47:13.800><c> a</c><00:47:14.079><c> great</c><00:47:14.300><c> nation.</c>

00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:16.340
Abraham<00:47:15.239><c> sees.</c>

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:18.980
Beloved,<00:47:16.940><c> for</c><00:47:16.960><c> the</c><00:47:17.179><c> father's</c><00:47:17.639><c> sake,</c><00:47:17.920><c> says</c><00:47:17.980><c> the</c><00:47:18.239><c> apostle</c><00:47:18.519><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:22.980
For,<00:47:19.639><c> he</c><00:47:19.699><c> says</c><00:47:19.840><c> in</c><00:47:20.039><c> the</c><00:47:20.239><c> Greek,</c><00:47:20.719><c> God</c><00:47:21.119><c> never</c><00:47:21.860><c> goes</c><00:47:22.239><c> back</c><00:47:22.579><c> on</c><00:47:22.760><c> his</c>

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:24.340
gifts<00:47:23.260><c> and</c><00:47:23.519><c> calling.</c>

00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:28.000
And<00:47:25.320><c> the</c><00:47:25.579><c> national</c><00:47:25.900><c> promise</c><00:47:26.199><c> was</c><00:47:26.480><c> fulfilled</c><00:47:27.099><c> in</c><00:47:27.639><c> the</c><00:47:27.780><c> birth</c>

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:29.539
of<00:47:28.199><c> the</c><00:47:28.280><c> nation</c><00:47:28.519><c> of</c><00:47:28.739><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:31.239
There<00:47:29.840><c> was</c><00:47:30.079><c> a</c><00:47:30.260><c> personal</c><00:47:30.780><c> promise.</c>

00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:33.960
I<00:47:31.820><c> will</c><00:47:32.019><c> make</c><00:47:32.340><c> thy</c><00:47:32.619><c> name</c><00:47:32.940><c> great.</c>

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:37.519
Abraham<00:47:34.920><c> was</c><00:47:35.099><c> to</c><00:47:35.199><c> have</c><00:47:35.300><c> a</c><00:47:35.500><c> personal</c><00:47:36.079><c> share</c><00:47:36.380><c> in</c><00:47:36.559><c> that</c><00:47:36.699><c> wonderful</c><00:47:37.219><c> promise.</c>

00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:41.860
And<00:47:37.880><c> his</c><00:47:38.099><c> name</c><00:47:38.440><c> 74</c><00:47:39.179><c> times</c><00:47:39.699><c> in</c><00:47:40.219><c> the</c><00:47:40.320><c> New</c><00:47:40.480><c> Testament</c><00:47:40.739><c> alone,</c><00:47:41.260><c> brothers</c><00:47:41.480><c> and</c><00:47:41.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:42.219 --> 00:47:45.179
is<00:47:42.440><c> sufficient</c><00:47:43.039><c> greatness,</c><00:47:43.519><c> isn't</c><00:47:43.719><c> it,</c><00:47:44.000><c> to</c><00:47:44.179><c> illustrate</c><00:47:44.599><c> the</c><00:47:44.860><c> point?</c>

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:48.719
Let<00:47:45.619><c> alone</c><00:47:45.880><c> the</c><00:47:46.099><c> fact</c><00:47:46.280><c> of</c><00:47:46.659><c> him</c><00:47:46.820><c> being</c><00:47:47.079><c> in</c><00:47:47.159><c> the</c><00:47:47.340><c> kingdom</c><00:47:47.579><c> of</c><00:47:47.820><c> God.</c>

00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:52.460
Let<00:47:49.139><c> alone</c><00:47:49.400><c> the</c><00:47:49.639><c> fact</c><00:47:49.800><c> that</c><00:47:49.940><c> in</c><00:47:50.019><c> Luke</c><00:47:50.260><c> chapter</c><00:47:50.599><c> 20,</c><00:47:51.659><c> he's</c><00:47:51.960><c> linked</c><00:47:52.219><c> with</c>

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:54.030
God<00:47:52.719><c> as</c><00:47:52.860><c> if</c><00:47:52.940><c> he</c><00:47:53.039><c> was</c><00:47:53.280><c> alive.</c>

00:47:54.420 --> 00:47:56.840
He's<00:47:54.699><c> not</c><00:47:54.860><c> the</c><00:47:55.000><c> God</c><00:47:55.119><c> of</c><00:47:55.260><c> the</c><00:47:55.400><c> dead,</c><00:47:55.599><c> but</c><00:47:55.719><c> of</c><00:47:55.840><c> the</c><00:47:55.980><c> living.</c>

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:58.599
Wasn't<00:47:57.019><c> his</c><00:47:57.219><c> name</c><00:47:57.480><c> made</c><00:47:57.820><c> great?</c>

00:47:58.699 --> 00:48:00.780
There<00:47:58.920><c> was</c><00:47:59.179><c> a</c><00:47:59.440><c> family</c><00:47:59.940><c> promise.</c>

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:04.760
I<00:48:01.559><c> will</c><00:48:01.940><c> bless</c><00:48:02.280><c> them</c><00:48:02.780><c> that</c><00:48:03.079><c> bless</c><00:48:03.559><c> thee.</c>

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:06.260
The<00:48:05.320><c> apostle</c><00:48:05.659><c> Paul.</c>

00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:10.699
So<00:48:06.880><c> they</c><00:48:07.239><c> which</c><00:48:07.480><c> are</c><00:48:07.639><c> of</c><00:48:07.920><c> faith</c><00:48:08.179><c> are</c><00:48:08.559><c> blessed</c><00:48:08.940><c> with</c><00:48:09.579><c> faithful</c><00:48:10.079><c> Abraham.</c>

00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:13.440
I<00:48:11.440><c> will</c><00:48:11.739><c> bless</c><00:48:11.980><c> them</c><00:48:12.360><c> that</c><00:48:12.679><c> bless</c><00:48:12.940><c> thee.</c>

00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:16.320
And<00:48:13.940><c> so</c><00:48:14.179><c> that</c><00:48:14.320><c> those</c><00:48:14.539><c> that</c><00:48:14.699><c> be</c><00:48:14.860><c> of</c><00:48:15.019><c> faith</c><00:48:15.179><c> are</c><00:48:15.659><c> blessed</c><00:48:16.039><c> with</c>

00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:17.059
faithful<00:48:16.699><c> Abraham.</c>

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:18.420
There's<00:48:17.460><c> a</c><00:48:17.780><c> family</c><00:48:18.099><c> promise.</c>

00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:21.400
As<00:48:18.860><c> others</c><00:48:19.059><c> have</c><00:48:19.320><c> brought</c><00:48:19.440><c> into</c><00:48:19.619><c> the</c><00:48:19.840><c> orbit</c><00:48:20.079><c> of</c><00:48:20.239><c> that</c><00:48:20.440><c> spiritual</c><00:48:20.940><c> family</c>

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:24.840
who<00:48:21.800><c> deny</c><00:48:22.519><c> fleshly</c><00:48:23.039><c> relationships</c><00:48:23.519><c> and</c><00:48:23.840><c> walk</c><00:48:24.079><c> out</c><00:48:24.300><c> that</c><00:48:24.519><c> God</c>

00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:26.360
might<00:48:25.099><c> produce</c><00:48:25.440><c> a</c><00:48:25.659><c> family</c><00:48:25.900><c> in</c><00:48:26.139><c> them.</c>

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:27.820
Same<00:48:26.920><c> principle,</c><00:48:27.460><c> isn't</c><00:48:27.559><c> it?</c>

00:48:27.820 --> 00:48:30.539
Gendering<00:48:28.500><c> in</c><00:48:28.639><c> us</c><00:48:28.800><c> that</c><00:48:29.059><c> sort</c><00:48:29.400><c> of</c><00:48:29.599><c> faith.</c>

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:33.960
And<00:48:31.340><c> there's</c><00:48:31.539><c> an</c><00:48:31.719><c> international</c><00:48:32.539><c> promise,</c><00:48:32.960><c> isn't</c><00:48:33.199><c> there?</c>

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:39.539
In<00:48:35.159><c> thee</c><00:48:35.460><c> shall</c><00:48:35.800><c> all</c><00:48:36.880><c> families</c><00:48:37.739><c> of</c><00:48:37.960><c> the</c><00:48:38.119><c> earth</c><00:48:38.340><c> be</c><00:48:38.619><c> blessed.</c>

00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.880
Families.

00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:46.380
The<00:48:42.119><c> word</c><00:48:42.500><c> in</c><00:48:42.699><c> the</c><00:48:42.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:48:43.059><c> means</c><00:48:43.699><c> a</c><00:48:44.420><c> circle</c><00:48:44.980><c> of</c><00:48:45.480><c> relatives.</c>

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:50.079
And<00:48:47.860><c> one</c><00:48:48.039><c> could</c><00:48:48.300><c> take</c><00:48:48.500><c> from</c><00:48:48.679><c> that,</c><00:48:48.860><c> of</c><00:48:49.059><c> course,</c><00:48:49.619><c> if</c><00:48:49.719><c> we</c><00:48:49.880><c> didn't</c>

00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:51.159
have<00:48:50.300><c> another</c><00:48:50.619><c> revelation,</c>

00:48:51.539 --> 00:48:53.579
perhaps<00:48:51.780><c> he</c><00:48:51.960><c> only</c><00:48:52.199><c> meant</c><00:48:52.380><c> the</c><00:48:52.559><c> Jewish</c><00:48:52.880><c> people.</c>

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:57.900
By<00:48:54.019><c> the</c><00:48:54.139><c> very</c><00:48:54.320><c> use</c><00:48:54.480><c> of</c><00:48:54.639><c> the</c><00:48:54.699><c> word</c><00:48:54.920><c> family</c><00:48:55.380><c> there,</c><00:48:55.800><c> a</c><00:48:56.179><c> circle</c><00:48:56.639><c> of</c><00:48:57.039><c> relatives.</c>

00:48:58.079 --> 00:49:00.300
But<00:48:58.179><c> you</c><00:48:58.320><c> see,</c><00:48:58.599><c> brothers</c><00:48:58.760><c> and</c><00:48:58.780><c> sisters,</c><00:48:59.199><c> up</c><00:48:59.440><c> in</c><00:48:59.619><c> chapter</c><00:48:59.920><c> 18,</c>

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when<00:49:00.440><c> that's</c><00:49:00.800><c> repeated,</c>

00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:06.079
it's<00:49:03.840><c> repeated</c><00:49:04.159><c> like</c><00:49:04.519><c> this.</c>

00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:18.599
And<00:49:13.579><c> in</c><00:49:13.739><c> chapter</c><00:49:13.960><c> 18</c><00:49:14.239><c> and</c><00:49:14.420><c> verse</c><00:49:14.719><c> 18,</c><00:49:17.300><c> we</c><00:49:17.440><c> read,</c>

00:49:19.760 --> 00:49:23.119
Seeing<00:49:20.420><c> that</c><00:49:20.699><c> Abraham</c><00:49:21.059><c> shall</c><00:49:21.400><c> surely</c><00:49:21.780><c> become</c><00:49:22.139><c> a</c><00:49:22.480><c> great</c><00:49:22.639><c> and</c><00:49:22.940><c> a</c>

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mighty<00:49:23.480><c> nation,</c>

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:29.699
and<00:49:25.480><c> all</c><00:49:25.820><c> the</c><00:49:26.599><c> nations</c><00:49:27.420><c> of</c><00:49:27.820><c> the</c><00:49:28.019><c> earth</c><00:49:28.260><c> shall</c><00:49:28.559><c> be</c><00:49:28.960><c> blessed</c><00:49:29.280><c> in</c><00:49:29.579><c> him.</c>

00:49:29.860 --> 00:49:32.360
And<00:49:30.139><c> this</c><00:49:30.400><c> time</c><00:49:30.519><c> it's</c><00:49:30.719><c> not</c><00:49:31.099><c> a</c><00:49:31.460><c> circle</c><00:49:31.719><c> of</c><00:49:32.079><c> relatives.</c>

00:49:32.739 --> 00:49:37.280
It's<00:49:33.079><c> the</c><00:49:33.300><c> Hebrew</c><00:49:33.679><c> word</c><00:49:34.059><c> going,</c><00:49:35.559><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:42.059
And<00:49:38.280><c> so</c><00:49:38.440><c> what</c><00:49:38.619><c> is</c><00:49:38.800><c> being</c><00:49:39.039><c> said</c><00:49:39.500><c> here,</c><00:49:40.159><c> that</c><00:49:40.480><c> in</c><00:49:40.639><c> thee</c><00:49:40.800><c> shall</c><00:49:41.079><c> all</c><00:49:41.460><c> families</c><00:49:41.880><c> of</c>

00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:42.880
the<00:49:42.219><c> earth</c><00:49:42.380><c> be</c><00:49:42.639><c> blessed,</c>

00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:46.420
there<00:49:43.239><c> would</c><00:49:43.440><c> be</c><00:49:43.679><c> a</c><00:49:43.780><c> circle</c><00:49:44.239><c> of</c><00:49:44.539><c> relatives</c><00:49:44.860><c> developed</c><00:49:45.460><c> from</c>

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:48.380
the<00:49:46.780><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:49:48.900 --> 00:49:52.360
as<00:49:49.039><c> that</c><00:49:49.300><c> word</c><00:49:49.460><c> is</c><00:49:49.719><c> used</c><00:49:49.880><c> later</c><00:49:50.179><c> on</c><00:49:50.760><c> to</c><00:49:51.039><c> reiterate</c><00:49:51.460><c> the</c><00:49:51.699><c> same</c><00:49:52.000><c> promise.</c>

00:49:52.619 --> 00:49:56.380
And<00:49:52.820><c> so</c><00:49:52.960><c> there's</c><00:49:53.219><c> a</c><00:49:53.440><c> national,</c><00:49:54.559><c> an</c><00:49:54.960><c> Israeli</c><00:49:55.420><c> flavor</c><00:49:55.860><c> about</c>

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the<00:49:56.659><c> promises.</c>

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There's<00:49:57.599><c> a</c><00:49:57.800><c> personal</c><00:49:58.179><c> thing</c><00:49:58.420><c> to</c><00:49:58.659><c> Abraham.</c>

00:49:59.260 --> 00:50:01.780
There's<00:49:59.539><c> a</c><00:49:59.760><c> family</c><00:50:00.039><c> thing</c><00:50:00.239><c> with</c><00:50:00.480><c> ourselves,</c><00:50:01.199><c> brothers</c><00:50:01.300><c> and</c><00:50:01.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:05.380
And<00:50:02.059><c> we</c><00:50:02.280><c> are</c><00:50:02.500><c> part</c><00:50:02.719><c> of</c><00:50:02.880><c> that</c><00:50:03.159><c> great</c><00:50:03.659><c> international</c><00:50:04.619><c> family</c>

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taken<00:50:06.099><c> from</c><00:50:06.280><c> among</c><00:50:06.480><c> the</c><00:50:06.780><c> Gentiles</c>

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called<00:50:07.800><c> Abraham's</c><00:50:08.659><c> seed,</c><00:50:09.639><c> in</c><00:50:09.659><c> whom</c><00:50:09.980><c> ultimately</c><00:50:10.900><c> the</c><00:50:11.280><c> whole</c>

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world<00:50:12.960><c> will</c><00:50:13.199><c> be</c><00:50:13.400><c> related.</c>

00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:16.380
What<00:50:15.000><c> a</c><00:50:15.159><c> marvelous</c><00:50:15.500><c> promise</c><00:50:15.780><c> that</c><00:50:16.039><c> is.</c>

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What<00:50:16.900><c> a</c><00:50:17.119><c> broad</c><00:50:17.460><c> sweep</c><00:50:17.840><c> that</c><00:50:18.159><c> was.</c>

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:22.400
No<00:50:19.760><c> wonder</c><00:50:20.380><c> that</c><00:50:20.719><c> in</c><00:50:20.860><c> the</c><00:50:21.000><c> opening</c><00:50:21.320><c> verse</c><00:50:21.659><c> of</c><00:50:21.820><c> those</c><00:50:22.079><c> promises</c>

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:24.480
God<00:50:22.659><c> didn't</c><00:50:23.000><c> mention</c><00:50:23.219><c> the</c><00:50:23.579><c> land.</c>

00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:30.800
Who<00:50:26.980><c> could</c><00:50:27.280><c> comprehend</c><00:50:28.179><c> anything</c><00:50:28.739><c> more</c><00:50:29.460><c> than</c><00:50:29.739><c> that</c><00:50:30.460><c> without</c>

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mentioning<00:50:31.119><c> it?</c>

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Why<00:50:31.719><c> clutter</c><00:50:31.980><c> up</c><00:50:32.219><c> the</c><00:50:32.400><c> issue</c><00:50:32.559><c> with</c><00:50:32.739><c> the</c><00:50:32.860><c> mention</c><00:50:33.039><c> of</c><00:50:33.219><c> the</c><00:50:33.380><c> land</c><00:50:33.679><c> yet?</c>

00:50:34.019 --> 00:50:36.800
It<00:50:34.699><c> was</c><00:50:35.139><c> nearly</c><00:50:35.460><c> a</c><00:50:35.739><c> land</c><00:50:35.860><c> that</c><00:50:36.019><c> I</c><00:50:36.119><c> will</c><00:50:36.320><c> show</c><00:50:36.619><c> thee.</c>

00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:40.920
No<00:50:37.219><c> identification</c><00:50:37.900><c> with</c><00:50:38.119><c> it</c><00:50:38.219><c> until</c><00:50:38.579><c> those</c><00:50:39.179><c> principles</c><00:50:39.639><c> are</c><00:50:39.980><c> absorbed.</c>

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And<00:50:41.840><c> no</c><00:50:42.039><c> more</c><00:50:42.219><c> is</c><00:50:42.380><c> there</c><00:50:42.500><c> any</c><00:50:42.619><c> need</c><00:50:42.780><c> for</c><00:50:43.000><c> us</c><00:50:43.139><c> to</c><00:50:43.280><c> be</c><00:50:43.460><c> preoccupied,</c><00:50:44.099><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:50:44.579><c> sisters,</c>

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with<00:50:45.420><c> whether</c><00:50:45.579><c> we're</c><00:50:45.719><c> going</c><00:50:45.820><c> to</c><00:50:45.900><c> be</c><00:50:46.099><c> great</c><00:50:46.320><c> or</c><00:50:46.539><c> less</c><00:50:46.699><c> in</c><00:50:46.840><c> the</c>

00:50:47.019 --> 00:50:47.539
kingdom<00:50:47.239><c> of</c><00:50:47.460><c> God</c>

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:52.960
until<00:50:47.679><c> we've</c><00:50:48.019><c> got</c><00:50:48.139><c> into</c><00:50:48.360><c> our</c><00:50:48.880><c> mind</c><00:50:49.500><c> the</c><00:50:51.159><c> wonder</c><00:50:51.579><c> and</c><00:50:51.760><c> the</c><00:50:52.000><c> grace</c><00:50:52.519><c> and</c>

00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:53.980
the<00:50:53.340><c> privilege</c>

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that<00:50:54.579><c> we</c><00:50:54.860><c> have</c><00:50:55.019><c> of</c><00:50:55.179><c> being</c><00:50:55.420><c> among</c><00:50:55.760><c> those</c><00:50:56.199><c> circle</c><00:50:56.599><c> of</c><00:50:56.880><c> relatives</c>

00:50:57.300 --> 00:51:01.159
who<00:50:57.960><c> own</c><00:50:58.380><c> no</c><00:50:59.219><c> relationship</c><00:50:59.820><c> with</c><00:51:00.099><c> flesh</c>

00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:02.840
but<00:51:02.000><c> with</c><00:51:02.260><c> God</c><00:51:02.460><c> Almighty.</c>

00:51:02.840 --> 00:51:05.719
When<00:51:03.480><c> we've</c><00:51:03.860><c> absorbed</c><00:51:04.099><c> those</c><00:51:04.420><c> principles</c><00:51:04.880><c> sufficient</c><00:51:05.539><c> will</c>

00:51:05.719 --> 00:51:07.500
it<00:51:05.820><c> be</c><00:51:06.019><c> show</c><00:51:06.260><c> us</c><00:51:06.440><c> the</c><00:51:06.599><c> land.</c>

00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:10.840
And<00:51:08.460><c> those</c><00:51:08.679><c> are</c><00:51:08.860><c> the</c><00:51:09.019><c> principles</c><00:51:09.320><c> that</c><00:51:09.579><c> Abraham</c><00:51:09.840><c> was</c><00:51:10.179><c> told</c><00:51:10.500><c> in</c>

00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:13.420
that<00:51:11.179><c> first</c><00:51:11.460><c> and</c><00:51:11.579><c> most</c><00:51:11.900><c> wonderful</c><00:51:12.400><c> promise.</c>

00:51:13.800 --> 00:51:17.420
And<00:51:13.920><c> so</c><00:51:14.039><c> he</c><00:51:14.199><c> came</c><00:51:14.500><c> into</c><00:51:14.639><c> that</c><00:51:14.860><c> land.</c><00:51:15.260><c> We</c><00:51:15.300><c> read</c><00:51:15.500><c> in</c><00:51:15.659><c> verse</c><00:51:15.920><c> 4.</c>

00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:22.780
So<00:51:18.059><c> Abraham</c><00:51:18.579><c> departed</c><00:51:19.300><c> as</c><00:51:20.219><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:20.739><c> had</c><00:51:21.099><c> spoken</c><00:51:21.460><c> unto</c><00:51:21.739><c> him.</c>

00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:25.500
The<00:51:23.039><c> word</c><00:51:23.300><c> departed</c><00:51:23.800><c> means</c><00:51:24.179><c> to</c><00:51:24.519><c> walk.</c>

00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:28.940
We're<00:51:26.280><c> going</c><00:51:26.380><c> to</c><00:51:26.480><c> come</c><00:51:26.619><c> across</c><00:51:26.880><c> that</c><00:51:27.139><c> word</c><00:51:27.300><c> several</c><00:51:27.719><c> times.</c>

00:51:29.539 --> 00:51:33.719
Walk<00:51:30.039><c> before</c><00:51:30.539><c> me,</c><00:51:30.960><c> says</c><00:51:31.099><c> God</c><00:51:31.360><c> to</c><00:51:31.559><c> Abraham</c><00:51:31.900><c> in</c><00:51:32.099><c> Genesis</c><00:51:32.420><c> 17.</c>

00:51:34.159 --> 00:51:37.699
And<00:51:34.280><c> Abraham</c><00:51:34.699><c> walked</c><00:51:35.179><c> before</c><00:51:35.719><c> him</c><00:51:36.059><c> as</c><00:51:36.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:36.840><c> had</c><00:51:37.380><c> spoken</c>

00:51:37.699 --> 00:51:38.500
unto<00:51:37.940><c> him.</c>

00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:41.960
He<00:51:39.179><c> was</c><00:51:39.519><c> obedient,</c><00:51:40.039><c> brothers</c><00:51:40.159><c> and</c><00:51:40.340><c> sisters,</c><00:51:40.719><c> to</c><00:51:40.920><c> the</c><00:51:41.099><c> word</c><00:51:41.320><c> of</c><00:51:41.619><c> promise.</c>

00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:45.400
And<00:51:42.320><c> he</c><00:51:42.440><c> went</c><00:51:42.619><c> out,</c><00:51:42.940><c> says</c><00:51:43.039><c> the</c><00:51:43.300><c> apostle,</c><00:51:43.820><c> not</c><00:51:44.199><c> knowing</c><00:51:44.599><c> whether</c><00:51:44.860><c> he</c><00:51:45.179><c> went</c>

00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:48.519
because<00:51:45.780><c> the</c><00:51:46.159><c> land</c><00:51:46.420><c> had</c><00:51:46.639><c> as</c><00:51:46.820><c> yet</c><00:51:47.039><c> not</c><00:51:47.260><c> been</c><00:51:47.440><c> identified.</c>

00:51:49.320 --> 00:51:52.679
And<00:51:49.559><c> it</c><00:51:49.639><c> wasn't</c><00:51:49.860><c> a</c><00:51:50.139><c> blind</c><00:51:50.440><c> faith,</c><00:51:51.840><c> yet</c><00:51:51.980><c> it</c><00:51:52.159><c> nevertheless</c><00:51:52.420><c> was</c>

00:51:52.679 --> 00:51:53.000
a<00:51:52.860><c> faith</c>

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:56.260
that<00:51:53.219><c> needed</c><00:51:53.380><c> to</c><00:51:53.739><c> close</c><00:51:54.019><c> the</c><00:51:54.260><c> future</c><00:51:54.480><c> with</c><00:51:54.739><c> reality</c><00:51:55.159><c> as</c><00:51:55.420><c> he</c><00:51:55.539><c> didn't</c><00:51:55.780><c> know</c><00:51:55.960><c> where</c><00:51:56.119><c> he</c>

00:51:56.260 --> 00:51:56.679
was<00:51:56.500><c> going.</c>

00:51:56.679 --> 00:51:58.320
And<00:51:57.019><c> we</c><00:51:57.179><c> read</c><00:51:57.480><c> in</c><00:51:57.699><c> verse</c><00:51:58.000><c> 5.</c>

00:51:58.460 --> 00:52:02.360
And<00:51:58.460><c> Abraham</c><00:51:58.840><c> took</c><00:51:59.099><c> Sarai</c><00:51:59.559><c> his</c><00:51:59.920><c> wife</c><00:52:00.440><c> and</c><00:52:01.039><c> Lot</c><00:52:01.179><c> his</c><00:52:01.440><c> brother's</c><00:52:01.980><c> son.</c>

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:05.739
Notice,<00:52:03.239><c> no</c><00:52:03.360><c> mention</c><00:52:03.659><c> of</c><00:52:03.840><c> Lot's</c><00:52:04.199><c> wife,</c><00:52:04.320><c> not</c><00:52:04.519><c> even</c><00:52:04.780><c> yet.</c>

00:52:06.099 --> 00:52:09.340
And<00:52:06.219><c> all</c><00:52:06.460><c> their</c><00:52:06.699><c> substance</c><00:52:07.119><c> that</c><00:52:07.300><c> they</c><00:52:07.400><c> had</c><00:52:07.639><c> gathered</c><00:52:08.039><c> and</c>

00:52:09.340 --> 00:52:10.820
all<00:52:09.539><c> the</c><00:52:09.840><c> soul.</c>

00:52:11.780 --> 00:52:16.320
All<00:52:12.099><c> the</c><00:52:12.420><c> soul</c><00:52:12.940><c> that</c><00:52:13.599><c> they</c><00:52:13.860><c> had</c><00:52:14.199><c> got</c><00:52:14.820><c> inherent.</c>

00:52:17.219 --> 00:52:21.280
You<00:52:17.380><c> know,</c><00:52:17.840><c> brothers</c><00:52:17.840><c> and</c><00:52:18.059><c> sisters,</c><00:52:19.280><c> because</c><00:52:19.679><c> we</c><00:52:19.940><c> have</c><00:52:20.119><c> a</c><00:52:20.280><c> preoccupation</c><00:52:20.980><c> with</c><00:52:21.159><c> the</c>

00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:21.880
word<00:52:21.500><c> soul</c>

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:23.860
because<00:52:22.159><c> people</c><00:52:22.440><c> believe</c><00:52:22.760><c> in</c><00:52:22.900><c> an</c><00:52:23.039><c> immortal</c><00:52:23.360><c> soul.</c>

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:28.159
In<00:52:24.679><c> the</c><00:52:24.840><c> very</c><00:52:25.219><c> exposition</c><00:52:25.840><c> of</c><00:52:26.019><c> that</c><00:52:26.280><c> word,</c><00:52:26.780><c> we</c><00:52:26.780><c> sometimes</c>

00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:31.179
so<00:52:29.059><c> degrade</c><00:52:29.400><c> its</c><00:52:29.699><c> meaning</c><00:52:29.920><c> that</c><00:52:30.079><c> we</c><00:52:30.179><c> don't</c><00:52:30.460><c> really</c><00:52:30.780><c> sometimes</c>

00:52:31.179 --> 00:52:32.239
appreciate<00:52:31.699><c> its</c><00:52:32.019><c> fullness.</c>

00:52:32.320 --> 00:52:34.599
But<00:52:32.519><c> you</c><00:52:32.780><c> do</c><00:52:32.880><c> yourself</c><00:52:33.199><c> a</c><00:52:33.300><c> good</c><00:52:33.539><c> exercise.</c>

00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:37.420
Not<00:52:35.099><c> in</c><00:52:35.300><c> every</c><00:52:35.559><c> context</c><00:52:36.000><c> does</c><00:52:36.400><c> it</c><00:52:36.539><c> appear</c><00:52:36.739><c> like</c><00:52:37.059><c> this.</c>

00:52:37.860 --> 00:52:41.519
But<00:52:38.000><c> you</c><00:52:38.079><c> know,</c><00:52:38.199><c> when</c><00:52:38.500><c> God</c><00:52:38.760><c> wants</c><00:52:39.099><c> to</c><00:52:39.340><c> tell</c><00:52:39.519><c> us</c><00:52:40.619><c> that</c><00:52:41.139><c> people</c>

00:52:41.519 --> 00:52:44.079
are<00:52:41.900><c> totally</c><00:52:42.440><c> dedicated</c><00:52:43.019><c> to</c><00:52:43.280><c> him,</c>

00:52:44.320 --> 00:52:47.260
he<00:52:44.519><c> sometimes</c><00:52:44.960><c> uses</c><00:52:45.239><c> that</c><00:52:45.559><c> word</c><00:52:45.860><c> soul.</c>

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:51.480
Concerning<00:52:49.199><c> the</c><00:52:49.340><c> Lord</c><00:52:49.500><c> Jesus</c><00:52:49.880><c> Christ,</c><00:52:50.300><c> it</c><00:52:50.380><c> was</c><00:52:50.519><c> said</c><00:52:50.719><c> he</c><00:52:50.920><c> poured</c><00:52:51.179><c> out</c>

00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:53.699
his<00:52:51.960><c> soul</c><00:52:52.480><c> under</c><00:52:52.840><c> death.</c>

00:52:53.860 --> 00:52:55.710
His<00:52:54.480><c> whole</c><00:52:54.900><c> life.</c>

00:52:56.900 --> 00:52:59.119
Paul<00:52:57.059><c> told</c><00:52:57.360><c> the</c><00:52:57.559><c> Thessalonians</c><00:52:58.059><c> that</c><00:52:58.239><c> God</c><00:52:58.460><c> would</c><00:52:58.699><c> keep</c><00:52:58.920><c> them</c>

00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:01.940
together,<00:53:00.199><c> body,</c><00:53:00.960><c> soul,</c><00:53:01.380><c> spirit</c>

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:04.380
and<00:53:02.380><c> preserve</c><00:53:02.800><c> them</c><00:53:02.940><c> under</c><00:53:03.059><c> the</c><00:53:03.239><c> coming</c><00:53:03.480><c> of</c><00:53:03.619><c> Jesus</c><00:53:03.960><c> Christ</c>

00:53:04.380 --> 00:53:05.599
our<00:53:04.599><c> Lord.</c>

00:53:05.619 --> 00:53:10.420
And<00:53:05.719><c> he</c><00:53:05.840><c> was</c><00:53:06.099><c> certain,</c><00:53:07.219><c> soul,</c><00:53:08.119><c> that</c><00:53:08.280><c> they</c><00:53:08.480><c> had</c><00:53:08.980><c> gotten</c><00:53:09.320><c> inherent.</c>

00:53:11.199 --> 00:53:15.929
Later<00:53:11.519><c> on</c><00:53:11.739><c> we</c><00:53:11.900><c> learned</c><00:53:12.139><c> that</c><00:53:12.300><c> there</c><00:53:12.380><c> were</c><00:53:12.579><c> at</c><00:53:12.679><c> least</c><00:53:13.800><c> 380</c><00:53:14.860><c> of</c><00:53:15.119><c> them.</c>

00:53:16.090 --> 00:53:21.230
Chief<00:53:16.650><c> among</c><00:53:16.949><c> them,</c><00:53:17.510><c> Eliezer</c><00:53:17.869><c> of</c><00:53:18.210><c> Damascus,</c><00:53:19.230><c> a</c><00:53:19.429><c> convert</c><00:53:19.929><c> already.</c>

00:53:21.610 --> 00:53:23.929
All<00:53:21.829><c> nations</c><00:53:22.170><c> are</c><00:53:22.349><c> being</c><00:53:22.550><c> blessed</c><00:53:22.789><c> in</c><00:53:23.050><c> Abraham.</c>

00:53:24.590 --> 00:53:29.389
And<00:53:24.789><c> Eliezer</c><00:53:25.309><c> of</c><00:53:25.590><c> Damascus,</c><00:53:27.429><c> obviously</c><00:53:27.769><c> converted</c><00:53:28.250><c> by</c><00:53:28.530><c> this</c><00:53:28.889><c> family</c>

00:53:29.389 --> 00:53:31.610
the<00:53:29.630><c> coming</c><00:53:29.809><c> down</c><00:53:30.090><c> out</c><00:53:30.269><c> of</c><00:53:30.349><c> their</c><00:53:30.510><c> ever</c><00:53:30.690><c> called</c><00:53:30.929><c> ease</c><00:53:31.309><c> with</c>

00:53:31.610 --> 00:53:33.150
this<00:53:32.070><c> scintillating</c><00:53:32.750><c> faith</c>

00:53:33.150 --> 00:53:34.789
had<00:53:33.630><c> joined</c><00:53:33.929><c> himself</c><00:53:34.309><c> to</c><00:53:34.570><c> them.</c>

00:53:35.050 --> 00:53:37.289
Of<00:53:35.250><c> whom</c><00:53:35.409><c> we</c><00:53:35.670><c> are</c><00:53:35.869><c> told,</c><00:53:36.329><c> brothers</c><00:53:36.449><c> and</c><00:53:36.670><c> sisters,</c><00:53:37.010><c> according</c>

00:53:37.289 --> 00:53:39.489
to<00:53:37.469><c> the</c><00:53:37.710><c> experts</c><00:53:38.190><c> in</c><00:53:38.550><c> the</c><00:53:38.710><c> Hebrew</c><00:53:38.989><c> language</c>

00:53:39.489 --> 00:53:44.329
that<00:53:39.769><c> his</c><00:53:40.010><c> very</c><00:53:40.369><c> name</c><00:53:40.929><c> numerically</c><00:53:41.769><c> is</c><00:53:42.369><c> 380.</c>

00:53:45.389 --> 00:53:48.389
Obviously<00:53:45.889><c> the</c><00:53:46.170><c> head</c><00:53:46.269><c> of</c><00:53:46.409><c> that</c><00:53:46.510><c> little</c><00:53:46.750><c> group</c><00:53:46.929><c> of</c><00:53:47.130><c> people</c>

00:53:48.389 --> 00:53:54.150
that<00:53:48.750><c> had</c><00:53:48.969><c> gotten</c><00:53:49.369><c> attached</c><00:53:50.110><c> to</c><00:53:50.389><c> Abraham,</c><00:53:51.789><c> body,</c><00:53:52.190><c> soul</c><00:53:52.730><c> and</c><00:53:53.050><c> spirit.</c>

00:53:54.510 --> 00:53:56.929
And<00:53:54.530><c> into</c><00:53:54.670><c> the</c><00:53:54.909><c> land</c><00:53:55.130><c> they</c><00:53:55.489><c> came,</c><00:53:56.010><c> says</c><00:53:56.090><c> the</c><00:53:56.389><c> scripture.</c>

00:53:57.409 --> 00:53:58.309
End<00:53:57.630><c> of</c><00:53:57.750><c> verse</c><00:53:57.989><c> 5.</c>

00:53:58.650 --> 00:54:01.530
And<00:53:58.809><c> into</c><00:53:59.789><c> the</c><00:54:00.010><c> land</c><00:54:00.309><c> of</c><00:54:00.550><c> Cain</c><00:54:00.789><c> and</c><00:54:00.909><c> they</c><00:54:01.190><c> came.</c>

00:54:01.969 --> 00:54:04.289
There's<00:54:02.090><c> an</c><00:54:02.329><c> emphatic</c><00:54:02.929><c> statement</c><00:54:03.309><c> there,</c><00:54:03.610><c> brothers</c><00:54:03.809><c> and</c><00:54:03.909><c> sisters.</c>

00:54:04.510 --> 00:54:07.869
As<00:54:04.690><c> if</c><00:54:04.849><c> the</c><00:54:05.090><c> scriptures</c><00:54:05.349><c> is</c><00:54:05.630><c> writing</c><00:54:06.070><c> there,</c><00:54:06.610><c> here</c><00:54:06.809><c> is</c><00:54:07.070><c> a</c><00:54:07.269><c> milestone.</c>

00:54:07.869 --> 00:54:11.570
300<00:54:08.809><c> miles</c><00:54:09.389><c> have</c><00:54:09.610><c> now</c><00:54:09.769><c> been</c><00:54:10.010><c> accomplished</c><00:54:10.489><c> and</c><00:54:10.869><c> into</c><00:54:11.309><c> the</c>

00:54:11.570 --> 00:54:13.190
land<00:54:11.750><c> they</c><00:54:12.130><c> came.</c>

00:54:14.389 --> 00:54:15.869
And<00:54:14.550><c> where</c><00:54:14.710><c> did</c><00:54:14.789><c> they</c><00:54:14.929><c> come?</c>

00:54:16.889 --> 00:54:18.809
Now<00:54:17.090><c> notice</c><00:54:17.289><c> what</c><00:54:17.489><c> it</c><00:54:17.730><c> says.</c>

00:54:20.190 --> 00:54:23.250
Abraham<00:54:20.750><c> passed</c><00:54:21.309><c> through</c><00:54:22.030><c> the</c><00:54:22.269><c> land.</c>

00:54:24.349 --> 00:54:26.150
Passed<00:54:24.849><c> through</c><00:54:25.010><c> it.</c>

00:54:26.570 --> 00:54:29.530
Under<00:54:26.670><c> the</c><00:54:26.929><c> place</c><00:54:27.210><c> of</c><00:54:27.590><c> Shechem,</c><00:54:27.869><c> we</c><00:54:28.010><c> should</c><00:54:28.190><c> read</c><00:54:28.429><c> that.</c>

00:54:29.849 --> 00:54:33.849
Under<00:54:30.110><c> the</c><00:54:30.389><c> oak</c><00:54:30.949><c> of</c><00:54:32.110><c> Moray,</c><00:54:32.570><c> as</c><00:54:32.750><c> the</c><00:54:32.869><c> word</c><00:54:33.090><c> plain</c><00:54:33.409><c> there</c><00:54:33.610><c> means</c>

00:54:33.849 --> 00:54:34.849
the<00:54:34.130><c> oak</c><00:54:34.530><c> tree.</c>

00:54:34.849 --> 00:54:41.789
The<00:54:35.329><c> oak</c><00:54:35.630><c> of</c><00:54:35.889><c> Moray</c><00:54:36.730><c> and,</c><00:54:37.989><c> brothers</c><00:54:38.070><c> and</c><00:54:38.230><c> sisters,</c><00:54:39.630><c> and</c><00:54:40.550><c> the</c>

00:54:41.789 --> 00:54:46.130
Canaanite<00:54:42.969><c> was</c><00:54:43.949><c> then</c><00:54:44.369><c> in</c><00:54:44.849><c> the</c><00:54:45.110><c> land.</c>

00:54:46.789 --> 00:54:51.469
So<00:54:47.670><c> there</c><00:54:47.989><c> are</c><00:54:48.309><c> big</c><00:54:48.670><c> decisions</c><00:54:49.230><c> still</c><00:54:49.690><c> to</c><00:54:49.849><c> be</c><00:54:50.050><c> made,</c><00:54:50.349><c> isn't</c><00:54:50.570><c> there?</c>

00:54:52.570 --> 00:54:54.489
And<00:54:52.949><c> isn't</c><00:54:53.150><c> it</c><00:54:53.389><c> remarkable?</c>

00:54:55.210 --> 00:54:57.570
How<00:54:55.590><c> absolutely</c><00:54:56.150><c> remarkable</c><00:54:56.809><c> it</c><00:54:57.050><c> is</c>

00:54:57.570 --> 00:55:01.869
that<00:54:58.150><c> the</c><00:54:58.409><c> scriptures</c><00:54:58.809><c> should</c><00:54:59.210><c> first</c><00:54:59.710><c> record</c><00:55:00.230><c> Abraham</c><00:55:00.989><c> landing</c><00:55:01.610><c> into</c>

00:55:01.869 --> 00:55:04.829
that<00:55:02.190><c> land</c><00:55:02.949><c> at</c><00:55:03.829><c> Shechem.</c>

00:55:06.070 --> 00:55:09.349
Many<00:55:06.409><c> of</c><00:55:06.650><c> you</c><00:55:06.769><c> will</c><00:55:06.989><c> anticipate</c><00:55:07.570><c> what</c><00:55:07.750><c> I'm</c><00:55:07.809><c> going</c><00:55:07.989><c> to</c><00:55:08.090><c> say</c><00:55:08.250><c> now.</c>

00:55:09.909 --> 00:55:12.769
And<00:55:10.070><c> you'll</c><00:55:10.329><c> also</c><00:55:10.590><c> appreciate</c><00:55:11.269><c> that</c><00:55:11.610><c> we</c><00:55:11.690><c> could</c><00:55:11.869><c> not</c><00:55:12.190><c> hope</c><00:55:12.469><c> to</c>

00:55:12.769 --> 00:55:14.369
turn<00:55:12.769><c> these</c><00:55:12.989><c> scriptures</c><00:55:13.309><c> out.</c>

00:55:14.969 --> 00:55:17.489
But<00:55:15.210><c> you'll</c><00:55:15.510><c> know</c><00:55:15.690><c> by</c><00:55:15.929><c> your</c><00:55:16.170><c> Sunday</c><00:55:16.429><c> school</c><00:55:16.710><c> lesson.</c>

00:55:17.789 --> 00:55:20.610
Some<00:55:18.030><c> of</c><00:55:18.190><c> you</c><00:55:18.329><c> will</c><00:55:18.570><c> recall</c><00:55:19.110><c> the</c><00:55:19.369><c> things</c><00:55:19.510><c> that</c><00:55:19.650><c> went</c><00:55:19.789><c> on</c><00:55:19.929><c> at</c><00:55:20.269><c> Shechem.</c>

00:55:21.010 --> 00:55:22.929
What<00:55:21.250><c> did</c><00:55:21.590><c> Shechem</c><00:55:22.070><c> stand</c><00:55:22.510><c> for?</c>

00:55:22.929 --> 00:55:25.989
Evil<00:55:23.690><c> and</c><00:55:23.909><c> Gerizim,</c><00:55:24.530><c> the</c><00:55:24.690><c> two</c><00:55:24.909><c> mountains.</c>

00:55:26.630 --> 00:55:30.070
Separated<00:55:27.010><c> by</c><00:55:27.289><c> a</c><00:55:27.429><c> few</c><00:55:27.590><c> hundred</c><00:55:28.030><c> yards</c><00:55:28.469><c> by</c><00:55:28.849><c> a</c><00:55:29.130><c> saddle.</c>

00:55:30.530 --> 00:55:33.829
A<00:55:30.769><c> little</c><00:55:31.210><c> rise</c><00:55:31.489><c> that</c><00:55:31.650><c> went</c><00:55:31.710><c> up</c><00:55:31.969><c> and</c><00:55:32.130><c> down</c><00:55:32.309><c> the</c><00:55:32.429><c> other</c><00:55:32.730><c> side</c><00:55:32.889><c> with</c><00:55:33.050><c> the</c><00:55:33.190><c> two</c><00:55:33.429><c> mountains</c><00:55:33.610><c> on</c>

00:55:33.829 --> 00:55:34.210
the<00:55:33.869><c> other</c><00:55:34.050><c> side</c>

00:55:34.210 --> 00:55:37.530
as<00:55:34.289><c> if</c><00:55:34.409><c> a</c><00:55:34.449><c> man</c><00:55:34.630><c> could</c><00:55:34.869><c> sit</c><00:55:35.070><c> between</c><00:55:35.429><c> the</c><00:55:35.610><c> mountains</c><00:55:35.809><c> like</c><00:55:35.989><c> he</c><00:55:36.110><c> was</c><00:55:36.190><c> in</c><00:55:36.309><c> a</c><00:55:36.530><c> saddle.</c>

00:55:38.429 --> 00:55:41.050
With<00:55:38.570><c> evil</c><00:55:38.750><c> behind</c><00:55:39.130><c> him</c><00:55:39.309><c> perhaps</c><00:55:39.630><c> and</c><00:55:39.769><c> Gerizim</c><00:55:40.269><c> in</c><00:55:40.469><c> front</c><00:55:40.590><c> or</c><00:55:40.730><c> whatever.</c>

00:55:41.550 --> 00:55:43.190
But<00:55:41.670><c> there</c><00:55:41.849><c> they</c><00:55:42.050><c> were,</c><00:55:42.329><c> the</c><00:55:42.429><c> two</c><00:55:42.650><c> mountains.</c>

00:55:43.449 --> 00:55:45.969
And<00:55:43.730><c> Abraham</c><00:55:43.969><c> came</c><00:55:44.289><c> between</c><00:55:44.750><c> those</c><00:55:45.090><c> two.</c>

00:55:46.070 --> 00:55:47.909
And<00:55:46.369><c> the</c><00:55:46.670><c> Canaanite</c><00:55:47.230><c> was</c><00:55:47.389><c> in</c><00:55:47.530><c> the</c><00:55:47.710><c> land.</c>

00:55:48.010 --> 00:55:50.190
And<00:55:48.110><c> you've</c><00:55:48.230><c> got</c><00:55:48.250><c> to</c><00:55:48.369><c> make</c><00:55:48.510><c> up</c><00:55:48.670><c> your</c><00:55:48.829><c> mind,</c><00:55:49.150><c> brothers</c><00:55:49.329><c> and</c><00:55:49.510><c> sisters,</c><00:55:49.769><c> which</c><00:55:49.989><c> way</c>

00:55:50.190 --> 00:55:50.730
he<00:55:50.210><c> would</c><00:55:50.469><c> go.</c>

00:55:50.730 --> 00:55:55.650
Was<00:55:51.130><c> it</c><00:55:51.269><c> going</c><00:55:51.510><c> to</c><00:55:51.690><c> be</c><00:55:51.969><c> separation</c><00:55:52.769><c> or</c><00:55:54.130><c> assimilation?</c>

00:55:56.590 --> 00:55:58.150
What<00:55:56.869><c> was</c><00:55:57.050><c> it</c><00:55:57.110><c> going</c><00:55:57.210><c> to</c><00:55:57.349><c> be?</c>

00:55:59.289 --> 00:56:02.809
Abraham<00:55:59.889><c> was</c><00:56:00.190><c> told,</c><00:56:00.530><c> if</c><00:56:00.670><c> he</c><00:56:00.750><c> was</c><00:56:00.929><c> told</c><00:56:01.289><c> nothing</c><00:56:01.690><c> else,</c>

00:56:03.070 --> 00:56:05.389
if<00:56:03.250><c> there's</c><00:56:03.469><c> one</c><00:56:03.710><c> word</c><00:56:03.929><c> that</c><00:56:04.090><c> he</c><00:56:04.150><c> would</c><00:56:04.369><c> know</c><00:56:04.530><c> was</c><00:56:04.789><c> repeatedly</c>

00:56:05.389 --> 00:56:08.849
told<00:56:05.730><c> him,</c><00:56:06.289><c> was</c><00:56:06.489><c> the</c><00:56:06.670><c> word</c><00:56:07.469><c> bless.</c>

00:56:10.289 --> 00:56:13.230
And<00:56:10.869><c> he</c><00:56:10.949><c> would</c><00:56:11.250><c> know,</c><00:56:11.809><c> brothers</c><00:56:11.949><c> and</c><00:56:12.170><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:13.710 --> 00:56:17.130
he<00:56:13.949><c> would</c><00:56:14.349><c> know</c><00:56:14.570><c> it</c><00:56:14.869><c> quite</c><00:56:15.190><c> well</c><00:56:15.750><c> that</c><00:56:16.090><c> the</c><00:56:16.429><c> Canaanite</c><00:56:16.869><c> was</c>

00:56:17.130 --> 00:56:18.489
descended<00:56:17.489><c> from</c><00:56:17.849><c> Kush</c>

00:56:18.489 --> 00:56:22.530
with<00:56:19.010><c> whose</c><00:56:19.250><c> name</c><00:56:19.650><c> it</c><00:56:19.789><c> was</c><00:56:20.050><c> associated,</c><00:56:20.590><c> the</c><00:56:20.769><c> word</c><00:56:21.110><c> cat.</c>

00:56:23.969 --> 00:56:26.590
It<00:56:23.969><c> was</c><00:56:24.230><c> assimilation</c><00:56:25.050><c> or</c><00:56:26.010><c> separation.</c>

00:56:26.969 --> 00:56:29.010
And<00:56:27.110><c> the</c><00:56:27.269><c> two</c><00:56:27.489><c> mountains</c><00:56:27.849><c> stood</c><00:56:28.210><c> for</c><00:56:28.389><c> that</c><00:56:28.590><c> principle.</c>

00:56:29.309 --> 00:56:32.670
And<00:56:29.429><c> the</c><00:56:29.510><c> little</c><00:56:29.849><c> saddle</c><00:56:30.070><c> in</c><00:56:30.329><c> between</c><00:56:30.789><c> gave</c><00:56:31.230><c> the</c><00:56:31.489><c> place</c><00:56:31.829><c> its</c><00:56:32.250><c> name.</c>

00:56:33.050 --> 00:56:36.550
Shechem,<00:56:33.250><c> which</c><00:56:33.449><c> means</c><00:56:34.570><c> the</c><00:56:34.989><c> burden</c><00:56:35.389><c> bearer.</c>

00:56:37.469 --> 00:56:40.369
As<00:56:37.630><c> if</c><00:56:37.750><c> someone</c><00:56:37.969><c> would</c><00:56:38.230><c> place</c><00:56:38.369><c> a</c><00:56:38.710><c> burden</c><00:56:39.030><c> between</c><00:56:39.449><c> the</c><00:56:39.690><c> two</c><00:56:39.869><c> shoulders</c><00:56:40.190><c> of</c>

00:56:40.369 --> 00:56:41.469
the<00:56:40.530><c> mountain</c><00:56:40.730><c> to</c><00:56:40.989><c> be</c><00:56:41.250><c> carried.</c>

00:56:41.809 --> 00:56:43.409
I've<00:56:41.969><c> got</c><00:56:42.070><c> a</c><00:56:42.170><c> remarkable</c><00:56:42.789><c> slide</c><00:56:43.230><c> home.</c>

00:56:43.570 --> 00:56:45.889
It's<00:56:43.670><c> absolutely</c><00:56:43.909><c> one</c><00:56:44.590><c> I</c><00:56:44.769><c> wouldn't</c><00:56:45.170><c> part</c><00:56:45.389><c> with</c><00:56:45.489><c> of</c><00:56:45.650><c> a</c><00:56:45.809><c> ten</c>

00:56:45.889 --> 00:56:46.630
little<00:56:46.110><c> white</c><00:56:46.409><c> pig.</c>

00:56:46.630 --> 00:56:48.909
It's<00:56:47.309><c> got</c><00:56:47.449><c> two</c><00:56:47.750><c> mountains,</c><00:56:48.329><c> brothers</c><00:56:48.469><c> and</c><00:56:48.590><c> sisters.</c>

00:56:49.190 --> 00:56:51.230
And<00:56:49.250><c> this</c><00:56:49.769><c> photo</c><00:56:50.130><c> of</c><00:56:50.329><c> the</c><00:56:50.449><c> saddle,</c><00:56:50.550><c> you</c><00:56:50.650><c> can</c><00:56:50.789><c> just</c><00:56:50.949><c> see</c><00:56:51.070><c> the</c>

00:56:51.230 --> 00:56:51.829
two<00:56:51.469><c> mountains.</c>

00:56:52.050 --> 00:56:54.730
And<00:56:52.170><c> here's</c><00:56:52.369><c> an</c><00:56:52.530><c> Arab</c><00:56:52.690><c> leading</c><00:56:52.929><c> his</c><00:56:53.230><c> donkey</c><00:56:53.550><c> right</c><00:56:54.030><c> in</c><00:56:54.250><c> the</c><00:56:54.349><c> center</c><00:56:54.510><c> with</c><00:56:54.650><c> a</c>

00:56:54.730 --> 00:56:56.570
little<00:56:54.989><c> saddle</c><00:56:55.230><c> in</c><00:56:55.329><c> it</c><00:56:55.429><c> like</c><00:56:55.690><c> that.</c>

00:56:56.889 --> 00:56:59.349
So<00:56:57.210><c> eloquently,</c><00:56:57.570><c> speaking</c><00:56:57.929><c> of</c><00:56:58.130><c> the</c><00:56:58.269><c> way</c><00:56:58.429><c> that</c><00:56:58.710><c> place</c><00:56:58.849><c> got</c><00:56:59.070><c> its</c>

00:56:59.349 --> 00:57:01.250
name,<00:56:59.949><c> the</c><00:57:00.309><c> burden</c><00:57:00.849><c> bearer.</c>

00:57:01.269 --> 00:57:04.289
And<00:57:01.510><c> why</c><00:57:01.690><c> was</c><00:57:01.809><c> it</c><00:57:01.969><c> called,</c><00:57:02.250><c> yes,</c><00:57:02.630><c> because</c><00:57:02.909><c> of</c><00:57:03.030><c> its</c><00:57:03.230><c> geographical</c><00:57:03.750><c> strata,</c>

00:57:04.510 --> 00:57:07.769
but<00:57:04.710><c> also</c><00:57:05.170><c> because</c><00:57:05.690><c> it</c><00:57:05.989><c> was</c><00:57:06.250><c> the</c><00:57:06.449><c> place</c><00:57:06.610><c> where</c><00:57:06.869><c> people</c><00:57:07.250><c> had</c><00:57:07.530><c> to</c>

00:57:07.769 --> 00:57:09.670
accept<00:57:08.070><c> their</c><00:57:08.429><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:57:10.750 --> 00:57:12.269
It<00:57:10.989><c> became</c><00:57:11.269><c> ever</c><00:57:11.550><c> known</c><00:57:11.730><c> like</c><00:57:12.030><c> that.</c>

00:57:12.429 --> 00:57:15.110
For<00:57:12.710><c> example,</c><00:57:13.710><c> Jacob</c><00:57:13.949><c> comes</c><00:57:14.289><c> from</c><00:57:14.590><c> Paidamarium.</c>

00:57:15.110 --> 00:57:17.429
He<00:57:15.409><c> brings</c><00:57:15.730><c> his</c><00:57:16.030><c> people</c><00:57:16.289><c> to</c><00:57:17.030><c> Shechem.</c>

00:57:17.769 --> 00:57:21.869
And<00:57:17.889><c> they</c><00:57:18.449><c> buried</c><00:57:18.730><c> the</c><00:57:19.090><c> idols</c><00:57:19.510><c> of</c><00:57:20.010><c> Paidamarium,</c><00:57:20.610><c> of</c><00:57:20.929><c> Syria.</c>

00:57:21.989 --> 00:57:23.210
Buried<00:57:22.289><c> them</c><00:57:22.429><c> out</c><00:57:22.650><c> of</c><00:57:22.869><c> sight.</c>

00:57:23.409 --> 00:57:28.670
And<00:57:23.429><c> he</c><00:57:23.630><c> made</c><00:57:23.849><c> up</c><00:57:24.030><c> his</c><00:57:24.349><c> mind</c><00:57:24.789><c> that</c><00:57:25.869><c> he</c><00:57:25.949><c> would</c><00:57:26.150><c> go</c><00:57:26.409><c> on</c><00:57:26.550><c> to</c><00:57:26.730><c> blessing</c><00:57:26.989><c> and</c><00:57:27.130><c> not</c><00:57:27.309><c> to</c><00:57:27.550><c> cursing.</c>

00:57:28.909 --> 00:57:30.409
Moses<00:57:29.329><c> took</c><00:57:29.590><c> Joshua</c><00:57:30.010><c> aside.</c>

00:57:30.590 --> 00:57:33.090
Said,<00:57:30.610><c> Joshua,</c><00:57:31.530><c> when</c><00:57:31.750><c> you</c><00:57:31.969><c> bring</c><00:57:32.150><c> those</c><00:57:32.469><c> people</c><00:57:32.610><c> to</c><00:57:32.769><c> the</c><00:57:32.909><c> land</c>

00:57:33.090 --> 00:57:33.670
of<00:57:33.289><c> promise,</c>

00:57:33.949 --> 00:57:37.530
you<00:57:34.030><c> will</c><00:57:34.289><c> take</c><00:57:34.550><c> them</c><00:57:34.730><c> to</c><00:57:34.969><c> Shechem</c><00:57:35.650><c> between</c><00:57:36.289><c> Ebal</c><00:57:36.570><c> and</c><00:57:36.730><c> Gerizim.</c>

00:57:37.849 --> 00:57:44.170
And<00:57:38.070><c> God</c><00:57:38.409><c> says,</c><00:57:39.030><c> I</c><00:57:39.230><c> will</c><00:57:39.590><c> set</c><00:57:39.969><c> before</c><00:57:40.489><c> you</c><00:57:40.909><c> that</c><00:57:41.250><c> day</c><00:57:41.670><c> a</c><00:57:42.389><c> blessing</c><00:57:42.949><c> and</c><00:57:43.630><c> a</c><00:57:43.750><c> curse.</c>

00:57:44.170 --> 00:57:47.070
The<00:57:44.909><c> Canaanite</c><00:57:45.550><c> was</c><00:57:45.730><c> then</c><00:57:45.869><c> in</c><00:57:46.030><c> the</c><00:57:46.170><c> land.</c>

00:57:48.230 --> 00:57:51.610
It<00:57:48.269><c> was</c><00:57:48.550><c> assimilation</c><00:57:49.409><c> or</c><00:57:50.510><c> separation.</c>

00:57:51.730 --> 00:57:53.030
Make<00:57:51.829><c> up</c><00:57:52.010><c> your</c><00:57:52.190><c> mind.</c>

00:57:53.429 --> 00:57:55.349
And<00:57:53.530><c> the</c><00:57:53.710><c> two</c><00:57:53.869><c> mountains</c><00:57:54.210><c> were</c><00:57:54.469><c> there.</c>

00:57:55.429 --> 00:57:58.050
I<00:57:55.510><c> will</c><00:57:55.829><c> set</c><00:57:56.070><c> before</c><00:57:56.349><c> you</c><00:57:56.829><c> a</c><00:57:57.150><c> blessing</c><00:57:57.409><c> and</c><00:57:57.730><c> a</c><00:57:57.829><c> curse.</c>

00:57:58.530 --> 00:58:02.530
Joshua,<00:57:58.789><c> true</c><00:57:59.170><c> to</c><00:57:59.349><c> his</c><00:57:59.590><c> word,</c><00:58:00.130><c> took</c><00:58:00.389><c> the</c><00:58:00.650><c> people</c><00:58:00.849><c> there</c><00:58:01.130><c> according</c><00:58:01.409><c> to</c><00:58:01.570><c> the</c><00:58:01.750><c> commandment</c><00:58:02.070><c> of</c><00:58:02.230><c> Moses.</c>

00:58:02.730 --> 00:58:04.889
And<00:58:02.889><c> then</c><00:58:03.050><c> as</c><00:58:03.170><c> he</c><00:58:03.289><c> was</c><00:58:03.449><c> to</c><00:58:03.670><c> pass</c><00:58:03.869><c> out</c><00:58:04.050><c> of</c><00:58:04.170><c> this</c><00:58:04.389><c> life,</c><00:58:04.769><c> brothers</c>

00:58:04.889 --> 00:58:05.329
and<00:58:05.050><c> sisters,</c>

00:58:05.610 --> 00:58:08.730
in<00:58:05.730><c> order</c><00:58:05.849><c> that</c><00:58:05.969><c> they</c><00:58:06.150><c> might</c><00:58:06.429><c> never</c><00:58:06.889><c> forget</c><00:58:07.349><c> that</c><00:58:07.610><c> day,</c>

00:58:08.909 --> 00:58:11.590
he<00:58:09.429><c> went</c><00:58:09.710><c> and</c><00:58:09.869><c> took</c><00:58:09.869><c> them</c><00:58:10.050><c> there</c><00:58:10.190><c> again.</c>

00:58:11.889 --> 00:58:13.070
At<00:58:11.949><c> the</c><00:58:12.030><c> end</c><00:58:12.190><c> of</c><00:58:12.309><c> his</c><00:58:12.550><c> life,</c>

00:58:13.469 --> 00:58:15.869
stood<00:58:13.670><c> between</c><00:58:14.070><c> the</c><00:58:14.309><c> two</c><00:58:14.489><c> mountains</c><00:58:14.769><c> and</c><00:58:15.030><c> said,</c>

00:58:16.050 --> 00:58:18.969
choose<00:58:16.510><c> you</c><00:58:16.789><c> this</c><00:58:17.110><c> day</c><00:58:17.369><c> whom</c><00:58:17.530><c> ye</c><00:58:17.730><c> will</c><00:58:17.909><c> serve.</c>

00:58:19.789 --> 00:58:21.849
And<00:58:20.030><c> they</c><00:58:20.250><c> had</c><00:58:20.289><c> to</c><00:58:20.389><c> make</c><00:58:20.510><c> up</c><00:58:20.670><c> their</c><00:58:20.869><c> minds.</c>

00:58:22.789 --> 00:58:26.269
And<00:58:22.929><c> unfortunately,</c><00:58:23.750><c> because</c><00:58:24.110><c> they</c><00:58:24.230><c> had</c><00:58:24.449><c> not</c><00:58:24.690><c> kept</c><00:58:24.849><c> God's</c><00:58:25.289><c> commandments,</c>

00:58:26.329 --> 00:58:28.989
the<00:58:26.550><c> Canaanite</c><00:58:26.969><c> was</c><00:58:27.429><c> still</c><00:58:27.829><c> in</c><00:58:28.030><c> the</c><00:58:28.190><c> land.</c>

00:58:29.769 --> 00:58:34.889
And<00:58:30.010><c> it</c><00:58:30.070><c> was</c><00:58:30.230><c> again</c><00:58:30.670><c> assimilation</c><00:58:31.349><c> with</c><00:58:31.610><c> a</c><00:58:31.789><c> curse</c><00:58:32.210><c> or</c><00:58:33.130><c> separation</c><00:58:33.670><c> for</c><00:58:33.989><c> a</c><00:58:34.110><c> blessing.</c>

00:58:34.909 --> 00:58:36.929
As<00:58:35.250><c> for</c><00:58:35.449><c> me</c><00:58:35.750><c> and</c><00:58:35.889><c> my</c><00:58:36.150><c> house,</c><00:58:36.389><c> he</c><00:58:36.570><c> said,</c>

00:58:36.929 --> 00:58:39.530
we<00:58:37.550><c> will</c><00:58:37.809><c> serve</c><00:58:38.130><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:58:39.610 --> 00:58:41.750
And<00:58:39.690><c> we</c><00:58:39.869><c> want</c><00:58:40.070><c> any</c><00:58:40.289><c> more</c><00:58:40.550><c> proof</c>

00:58:42.389 --> 00:58:44.730
concerning<00:58:42.869><c> the</c><00:58:43.349><c> wonderful</c><00:58:43.789><c> import</c><00:58:44.170><c> of</c><00:58:44.469><c> Shechem.</c>

00:58:45.090 --> 00:58:47.889
It<00:58:45.150><c> was</c><00:58:45.469><c> none</c><00:58:45.710><c> other</c><00:58:45.929><c> than</c><00:58:46.130><c> God's</c><00:58:46.530><c> only</c><00:58:46.750><c> Son</c><00:58:47.090><c> who</c><00:58:47.309><c> came</c><00:58:47.630><c> there,</c>

00:58:47.969 --> 00:58:48.530
brothers<00:58:48.090><c> and</c><00:58:48.309><c> sisters,</c>

00:58:48.809 --> 00:58:51.130
wearied<00:58:49.030><c> out</c><00:58:49.150><c> with</c><00:58:49.309><c> his</c><00:58:49.530><c> journey</c><00:58:49.769><c> and</c><00:58:50.010><c> set</c><00:58:50.130><c> up</c><00:58:50.289><c> Jacob's</c><00:58:50.869><c> well</c>

00:58:51.130 --> 00:58:54.329
and<00:58:51.510><c> up</c><00:58:51.769><c> come</c><00:58:51.889><c> a</c><00:58:52.090><c> woman</c><00:58:52.289><c> of</c><00:58:52.530><c> the</c><00:58:52.690><c> Samaritans</c><00:58:53.130><c> and</c><00:58:53.309><c> she</c><00:58:53.510><c> said,</c>

00:58:54.590 --> 00:58:56.590
our<00:58:54.829><c> fathers,</c><00:58:55.429><c> the</c><00:58:55.650><c> Samaritans</c><00:58:56.110><c> say,</c>

00:58:56.869 --> 00:58:59.650
that<00:58:56.969><c> in</c><00:58:57.110><c> this</c><00:58:57.349><c> mountain</c><00:58:57.670><c> Gerizim</c><00:58:58.130><c> we</c><00:58:58.289><c> ought</c><00:58:58.510><c> to</c><00:58:58.750><c> worship.</c>

00:58:59.869 --> 00:59:01.809
And<00:59:00.090><c> the</c><00:59:00.269><c> question</c><00:59:00.670><c> was,</c><00:59:01.050><c> who</c><00:59:01.230><c> was</c><00:59:01.489><c> right?</c>

00:59:02.170 --> 00:59:04.570
And<00:59:02.369><c> Jesus</c><00:59:02.750><c> told</c><00:59:03.110><c> her</c><00:59:03.309><c> between</c><00:59:03.550><c> those</c><00:59:03.949><c> two</c><00:59:04.170><c> mountains,</c>

00:59:04.570 --> 00:59:09.150
make<00:59:05.090><c> up</c><00:59:05.329><c> your</c><00:59:05.550><c> mind,</c><00:59:06.250><c> salvation</c><00:59:06.969><c> is</c><00:59:07.769><c> of</c><00:59:08.030><c> the</c><00:59:08.269><c> Jews.</c>

00:59:10.889 --> 00:59:13.030
And<00:59:11.110><c> there</c><00:59:11.309><c> he</c><00:59:11.489><c> was</c><00:59:11.789><c> at</c><00:59:12.210><c> Shechem.</c>

00:59:13.590 --> 00:59:17.329
What<00:59:13.849><c> a</c><00:59:14.010><c> wonderful</c><00:59:14.309><c> place,</c><00:59:14.869><c> brothers</c><00:59:14.989><c> and</c><00:59:15.190><c> sisters,</c><00:59:15.929><c> to</c><00:59:16.050><c> come</c><00:59:16.449><c> to</c>

00:59:17.489 --> 00:59:19.889
in<00:59:18.130><c> a</c><00:59:18.349><c> time</c><00:59:18.510><c> like</c><00:59:18.809><c> that.</c>

00:59:20.309 --> 00:59:23.710
And<00:59:20.429><c> he</c><00:59:20.510><c> came</c><00:59:20.829><c> to</c><00:59:21.110><c> the</c><00:59:21.469><c> oak</c><00:59:21.969><c> of</c><00:59:22.730><c> Moray.</c>

00:59:24.530 --> 00:59:28.670
Now<00:59:24.869><c> again,</c><00:59:25.690><c> there</c><00:59:25.750><c> are</c><00:59:26.050><c> many</c><00:59:26.429><c> scriptures</c><00:59:26.809><c> which</c><00:59:27.090><c> speak</c><00:59:27.329><c> about</c><00:59:27.570><c> the</c><00:59:27.889><c> oak.</c>

00:59:28.769 --> 00:59:31.809
The<00:59:28.949><c> oak</c><00:59:29.210><c> is</c><00:59:29.449><c> a</c><00:59:29.849><c> massive</c><00:59:30.369><c> tree,</c><00:59:31.130><c> brothers</c><00:59:31.230><c> and</c><00:59:31.469><c> sisters.</c>

00:59:31.809 --> 00:59:37.809
It's<00:59:32.889><c> got</c><00:59:32.989><c> a</c><00:59:33.429><c> huge</c><00:59:33.929><c> trunk</c><00:59:34.590><c> and</c><00:59:35.769><c> its</c><00:59:36.110><c> gnarled</c><00:59:36.610><c> branches,</c>

00:59:37.849 --> 00:59:41.570
thick<00:59:38.070><c> as</c><00:59:38.409><c> thick,</c><00:59:39.570><c> grow</c><00:59:39.690><c> out</c><00:59:39.869><c> with</c><00:59:40.110><c> enormous</c><00:59:40.730><c> strength</c>

00:59:41.610 --> 00:59:45.269
and<00:59:42.230><c> spread</c><00:59:42.570><c> forth</c><00:59:42.949><c> their</c><00:59:43.210><c> leaves</c><00:59:43.670><c> far</c><00:59:44.190><c> and</c><00:59:44.409><c> wide</c><00:59:44.570><c> to</c><00:59:44.690><c> the</c><00:59:44.929><c> base.</c>

00:59:45.550 --> 00:59:48.610
And<00:59:45.670><c> the</c><00:59:45.809><c> very</c><00:59:46.110><c> word</c><00:59:46.369><c> for</c><00:59:46.690><c> oak</c><00:59:46.909><c> in</c><00:59:47.110><c> the</c><00:59:47.289><c> Hebrew</c><00:59:47.550><c> is</c><00:59:47.829><c> the</c><00:59:47.909><c> word</c><00:59:48.110><c> ale,</c>

00:59:48.829 --> 00:59:50.849
which<00:59:49.030><c> means</c><00:59:49.489><c> power.</c>

00:59:52.030 --> 00:59:58.170
And<00:59:52.210><c> the</c><00:59:52.389><c> oak</c><00:59:52.590><c> was</c><00:59:52.949><c> ever</c><00:59:53.449><c> assembled</c><00:59:54.329><c> as</c><00:59:56.110><c> a</c><00:59:56.429><c> solitary</c><00:59:57.050><c> monument.</c>

00:59:58.849 --> 01:00:00.090
It<00:59:59.349><c> stood</c><00:59:59.550><c> alone.</c>

01:00:00.090 --> 01:00:02.230
It<01:00:00.909><c> didn't</c><01:00:01.210><c> grow</c><01:00:01.449><c> in</c><01:00:01.730><c> groves.</c>

01:00:02.510 --> 01:00:05.130
The<01:00:02.670><c> oak</c><01:00:02.889><c> trees</c><01:00:03.130><c> were</c><01:00:03.489><c> vastly</c><01:00:04.010><c> scattered</c><01:00:04.469><c> through</c><01:00:04.710><c> the</c><01:00:04.909><c> land</c>

01:00:05.130 --> 01:00:07.070
and<01:00:05.610><c> you</c><01:00:05.849><c> could</c><01:00:06.070><c> always</c><01:00:06.389><c> pick</c><01:00:06.570><c> them</c><01:00:06.789><c> out</c>

01:00:07.070 --> 01:00:09.550
and<01:00:07.389><c> people</c><01:00:07.690><c> made</c><01:00:08.070><c> landmarks</c><01:00:08.809><c> of</c><01:00:08.909><c> them.</c>

01:00:10.010 --> 01:00:12.349
And<01:00:10.269><c> you'd</c><01:00:10.510><c> see</c><01:00:10.630><c> a</c><01:00:10.969><c> great</c><01:00:11.429><c> spreading</c><01:00:11.849><c> oak</c>

01:00:12.349 --> 01:00:15.289
which<01:00:12.730><c> came</c><01:00:12.989><c> from</c><01:00:13.230><c> ever</c><01:00:13.510><c> so</c><01:00:13.849><c> small</c><01:00:14.269><c> seeds.</c>

01:00:15.570 --> 01:00:18.250
And<01:00:15.750><c> there</c><01:00:15.909><c> it</c><01:00:16.170><c> was</c><01:00:16.750><c> rooted</c><01:00:17.369><c> in</c><01:00:17.650><c> the</c><01:00:17.829><c> ground</c>

01:00:18.250 --> 01:00:22.989
with<01:00:18.730><c> enormous</c><01:00:19.809><c> strength,</c><01:00:21.210><c> upholding</c><01:00:21.750><c> the</c><01:00:22.030><c> tons</c><01:00:22.369><c> of</c><01:00:22.690><c> wood</c>

01:00:22.989 --> 01:00:25.769
and<01:00:23.510><c> spreading</c><01:00:23.849><c> its</c><01:00:24.110><c> leaves</c><01:00:24.329><c> out</c><01:00:24.610><c> like</c><01:00:24.809><c> that,</c><01:00:25.130><c> brothers</c><01:00:25.269><c> and</c><01:00:25.329><c> sisters,</c>

01:00:26.150 --> 01:00:27.349
a<01:00:26.510><c> solitary</c><01:00:26.929><c> monument.</c>

01:00:27.349 --> 01:00:29.829
I<01:00:27.670><c> called</c><01:00:28.090><c> him</c><01:00:28.349><c> alone,</c><01:00:29.070><c> this</c><01:00:29.070><c> guy.</c>

01:00:30.449 --> 01:00:32.389
And<01:00:30.590><c> there</c><01:00:30.750><c> was</c><01:00:30.989><c> Abraham,</c><01:00:31.369><c> putting</c><01:00:31.650><c> his</c><01:00:31.929><c> roots</c><01:00:32.110><c> down</c>

01:00:32.389 --> 01:00:33.929
into<01:00:32.489><c> that</c><01:00:32.769><c> ground,</c><01:00:33.250><c> brothers</c><01:00:33.329><c> and</c><01:00:33.550><c> sisters,</c>

01:00:34.289 --> 01:00:36.510
and<01:00:34.429><c> from</c><01:00:34.710><c> the</c><01:00:34.869><c> sap</c><01:00:35.070><c> of</c><01:00:35.230><c> that</c><01:00:35.590><c> trunk,</c>

01:00:36.909 --> 01:00:38.349
out<01:00:37.110><c> of</c><01:00:37.230><c> the</c><01:00:37.489><c> sap</c><01:00:37.650><c> of</c><01:00:37.769><c> that</c><01:00:38.090><c> trunk,</c>

01:00:38.650 --> 01:00:41.670
we<01:00:38.829><c> have</c><01:00:39.010><c> been</c><01:00:39.429><c> grafted</c><01:00:39.989><c> in</c><01:00:40.150><c> to</c><01:00:40.289><c> partake</c><01:00:40.630><c> of</c><01:00:40.769><c> the</c><01:00:40.949><c> promises</c><01:00:41.230><c> made</c><01:00:41.550><c> to</c>

01:00:41.670 --> 01:00:42.210
the<01:00:41.869><c> fathers</c>

01:00:42.210 --> 01:00:45.469
and<01:00:42.650><c> to</c><01:00:42.929><c> become</c><01:00:43.389><c> solid</c><01:00:43.969><c> in</c><01:00:44.150><c> that</c><01:00:44.429><c> family,</c>

01:00:45.809 --> 01:00:47.949
rooted<01:00:46.090><c> and</c><01:00:46.449><c> grounded</c><01:00:46.670><c> in</c><01:00:46.809><c> that</c><01:00:47.130><c> land,</c>

01:00:48.090 --> 01:00:51.349
solitary<01:00:48.429><c> monument,</c><01:00:49.710><c> separate</c><01:00:49.829><c> from</c><01:00:50.070><c> the</c><01:00:50.210><c> Canaanites,</c><01:00:50.610><c> brothers</c><01:00:50.869><c> and</c><01:00:51.090><c> sisters,</c>

01:00:51.449 --> 01:00:54.050
but<01:00:51.710><c> nonetheless</c><01:00:52.170><c> monumental</c><01:00:53.150><c> in</c><01:00:53.349><c> that</c><01:00:53.670><c> land.</c>

01:00:54.369 --> 01:00:55.110
Such<01:00:54.570><c> was</c><01:00:54.809><c> the</c><01:00:55.010><c> oak.</c>

01:00:55.110 --> 01:00:58.449
And<01:00:55.409><c> the</c><01:00:55.530><c> word</c><01:00:55.829><c> moray,</c><01:00:57.210><c> what</c><01:00:57.409><c> a</c><01:00:57.590><c> word.</c>

01:00:58.929 --> 01:01:01.170
You'll<01:00:59.210><c> find</c><01:00:59.289><c> that</c><01:00:59.429><c> it's</c><01:00:59.630><c> rendered</c><01:00:59.809><c> by</c><01:01:00.150><c> three</c><01:01:00.429><c> different</c><01:01:00.670><c> ways</c><01:01:00.969><c> in</c>

01:01:01.170 --> 01:01:01.469
the<01:01:01.309><c> Bible.</c>

01:01:01.550 --> 01:01:03.650
You'll<01:01:01.889><c> recognise</c><01:01:02.190><c> them</c><01:01:02.409><c> straight</c><01:01:02.730><c> away.</c>

01:01:04.369 --> 01:01:06.230
It's<01:01:04.570><c> rendered</c><01:01:04.730><c> by</c><01:01:04.929><c> the</c><01:01:05.030><c> word</c><01:01:05.150><c> teacher.</c>

01:01:07.650 --> 01:01:10.809
It's<01:01:08.090><c> rendered</c><01:01:08.269><c> by</c><01:01:08.550><c> the</c><01:01:08.650><c> word</c><01:01:08.889><c> archer,</c><01:01:10.010><c> one</c><01:01:10.150><c> who</c><01:01:10.250><c> would</c><01:01:10.530><c> fire</c>

01:01:10.809 --> 01:01:11.849
an<01:01:11.050><c> arrow.</c>

01:01:12.389 --> 01:01:15.750
Or<01:01:12.769><c> it's</c><01:01:13.070><c> sometimes</c><01:01:13.409><c> used</c><01:01:13.750><c> for</c><01:01:13.969><c> the</c><01:01:14.349><c> early</c><01:01:14.829><c> rain,</c>

01:01:17.250 --> 01:01:19.389
as<01:01:17.489><c> Joel</c><01:01:17.849><c> uses</c><01:01:18.190><c> it,</c><01:01:18.550><c> for</c><01:01:18.670><c> the</c><01:01:18.909><c> early</c><01:01:19.110><c> rain,</c>

01:01:19.610 --> 01:01:21.050
the<01:01:19.909><c> early</c><01:01:20.150><c> and</c><01:01:20.309><c> the</c><01:01:20.489><c> latter</c><01:01:20.670><c> rain.</c>

01:01:21.230 --> 01:01:23.469
And<01:01:21.389><c> of</c><01:01:21.530><c> course</c><01:01:21.630><c> some</c><01:01:22.050><c> translators,</c><01:01:22.690><c> you'll</c><01:01:23.090><c> know,</c>

01:01:23.469 --> 01:01:27.010
put<01:01:23.750><c> that</c><01:01:24.010><c> as</c><01:01:24.510><c> a</c><01:01:24.789><c> teacher</c><01:01:25.090><c> of</c><01:01:25.389><c> righteousness</c><01:01:25.869><c> for</c><01:01:26.349><c> the</c><01:01:26.530><c> early</c><01:01:26.829><c> rain.</c>

01:01:27.210 --> 01:01:29.369
The<01:01:27.329><c> reason</c><01:01:27.630><c> they</c><01:01:27.789><c> do</c><01:01:27.949><c> that</c><01:01:28.090><c> is</c><01:01:28.250><c> because</c><01:01:28.389><c> the</c><01:01:28.510><c> word</c><01:01:28.650><c> is</c><01:01:28.909><c> mora.</c>

01:01:29.710 --> 01:01:31.630
You<01:01:29.869><c> say,</c><01:01:30.130><c> what's</c><01:01:30.409><c> right?</c><01:01:30.869><c> Which</c><01:01:31.090><c> one's</c><01:01:31.409><c> right?</c>

01:01:31.829 --> 01:01:35.230
Is<01:01:31.989><c> it</c><01:01:32.150><c> an</c><01:01:32.389><c> archer?</c><01:01:33.809><c> Is</c><01:01:34.050><c> it</c><01:01:34.210><c> a</c><01:01:34.369><c> teacher?</c>

01:01:35.829 --> 01:01:37.429
Is<01:01:36.010><c> it</c><01:01:36.150><c> the</c><01:01:36.309><c> early</c><01:01:36.570><c> rain?</c>

01:01:37.670 --> 01:01:39.590
Which<01:01:37.949><c> one's</c><01:01:38.369><c> right?</c><01:01:38.610><c> They're</c><01:01:38.949><c> all</c><01:01:39.230><c> right.</c>

01:01:39.849 --> 01:01:41.809
Look<01:01:40.050><c> what</c><01:01:40.210><c> they're</c><01:01:40.449><c> telling</c><01:01:40.650><c> you.</c>

01:01:42.670 --> 01:01:45.550
The<01:01:42.969><c> archer</c><01:01:43.329><c> says,</c><01:01:44.789><c> this</c><01:01:45.070><c> way.</c>

01:01:45.809 --> 01:01:47.769
And<01:01:46.269><c> the</c><01:01:46.889><c> arrow</c><01:01:47.170><c> goes</c><01:01:47.389><c> that</c><01:01:47.610><c> way.</c>

01:01:47.869 --> 01:01:49.769
You've<01:01:48.030><c> never</c><01:01:48.210><c> seen</c><01:01:48.369><c> an</c><01:01:48.510><c> arrow</c><01:01:48.650><c> fly</c><01:01:48.829><c> backwards.</c>

01:01:50.429 --> 01:01:51.590
It<01:01:50.610><c> goes</c><01:01:50.829><c> that</c><01:01:51.170><c> way.</c>

01:01:51.590 --> 01:01:56.090
The<01:01:52.289><c> teacher</c><01:01:52.650><c> says,</c><01:01:53.869><c> this</c><01:01:54.030><c> is</c><01:01:54.329><c> the</c><01:01:54.469><c> way.</c><01:01:54.809><c> Walk</c><01:01:54.909><c> in</c><01:01:55.090><c> it.</c>

01:01:56.769 --> 01:01:58.909
And<01:01:56.969><c> the</c><01:01:57.210><c> early</c><01:01:57.610><c> rain,</c><01:01:58.210><c> brothers</c><01:01:58.289><c> and</c><01:01:58.590><c> sisters,</c>

01:01:59.269 --> 01:02:00.849
point<01:01:59.530><c> of</c><01:01:59.730><c> the</c><01:01:59.949><c> season,</c>

01:02:01.150 --> 01:02:05.210
and<01:02:01.389><c> Abraham</c><01:02:01.949><c> was</c><01:02:02.750><c> passing</c><01:02:03.449><c> through</c><01:02:04.170><c> the</c><01:02:04.429><c> lake.</c>

01:02:06.530 --> 01:02:09.929
And<01:02:06.769><c> there</c><01:02:06.909><c> was</c><01:02:07.170><c> a</c><01:02:07.449><c> solitary</c><01:02:07.690><c> monument</c><01:02:08.190><c> standing</c><01:02:08.630><c> there</c><01:02:08.929><c> saying,</c>

01:02:10.190 --> 01:02:13.210
Abraham,<01:02:11.210><c> this</c><01:02:11.429><c> came</c><01:02:11.789><c> not</c><01:02:12.030><c> all</c><01:02:12.429><c> around</c><01:02:12.710><c> me,</c>

01:02:13.409 --> 01:02:16.250
but<01:02:13.909><c> this</c><01:02:14.590><c> is</c><01:02:15.190><c> the</c><01:02:15.369><c> way.</c>

01:02:17.250 --> 01:02:19.349
And<01:02:17.530><c> the</c><01:02:17.909><c> solitary</c><01:02:18.289><c> monument</c><01:02:18.750><c> was</c><01:02:19.090><c> there,</c>

01:02:19.349 --> 01:02:21.789
brothers<01:02:19.630><c> and</c><01:02:19.630><c> sisters,</c><01:02:20.329><c> as</c><01:02:20.329><c> if</c><01:02:20.590><c> ever</c><01:02:20.789><c> with</c><01:02:21.010><c> us.</c>

01:02:22.269 --> 01:02:25.909
And<01:02:22.449><c> there's</c><01:02:22.829><c> Canaanites</c><01:02:23.449><c> all</c><01:02:24.050><c> around</c><01:02:24.630><c> us.</c>

01:02:26.989 --> 01:02:28.730
A<01:02:27.150><c> few</c><01:02:27.250><c> months</c><01:02:27.590><c> ago,</c><01:02:27.949><c> a</c><01:02:28.130><c> few</c><01:02:28.210><c> weeks</c><01:02:28.489><c> ago,</c>

01:02:28.730 --> 01:02:30.989
they<01:02:28.889><c> were</c><01:02:29.349><c> swarming</c><01:02:29.730><c> in</c><01:02:29.929><c> the</c><01:02:30.090><c> city.</c>

01:02:31.510 --> 01:02:34.269
They<01:02:31.829><c> drive</c><01:02:32.269><c> marvelous</c><01:02:32.989><c> motor</c><01:02:33.389><c> cars.</c>

01:02:35.329 --> 01:02:37.550
They<01:02:35.650><c> do</c><01:02:35.849><c> all</c><01:02:36.070><c> sorts</c><01:02:36.289><c> of</c><01:02:36.570><c> wonderful</c><01:02:37.010><c> things.</c>

01:02:37.730 --> 01:02:39.730
And<01:02:38.010><c> in</c><01:02:38.210><c> the</c><01:02:38.329><c> middle</c><01:02:38.469><c> of</c><01:02:38.789><c> all,</c>

01:02:39.789 --> 01:02:42.530
there's<01:02:40.170><c> a</c><01:02:40.510><c> monument</c><01:02:41.070><c> standing</c><01:02:41.489><c> up</c><01:02:41.769><c> like</c><01:02:41.989><c> the</c><01:02:42.309><c> truth</c>

01:02:42.530 --> 01:02:46.670
and<01:02:42.670><c> it's</c><01:02:42.989><c> saying,</c><01:02:44.130><c> this</c><01:02:44.610><c> is</c><01:02:44.929><c> the</c><01:02:45.030><c> way.</c>

01:02:46.869 --> 01:02:49.269
Different<01:02:47.469><c> from</c><01:02:47.730><c> everybody</c><01:02:48.070><c> else.</c>

01:02:49.690 --> 01:02:51.690
The<01:02:49.789><c> early</c><01:02:50.230><c> rain,</c><01:02:50.630><c> the</c><01:02:50.769><c> teacher,</c><01:02:51.130><c> and</c><01:02:51.269><c> the</c><01:02:51.469><c> archer</c>

01:02:51.690 --> 01:02:53.250
all<01:02:51.989><c> saying,</c><01:02:52.849><c> that</c><01:02:52.849><c> way.</c>

01:02:53.710 --> 01:02:56.809
And<01:02:53.829><c> he</c><01:02:53.949><c> was</c><01:02:54.369><c> passing</c><01:02:54.909><c> through</c><01:02:55.590><c> that</c><01:02:55.869><c> land.</c>

01:02:58.010 --> 01:02:59.309
Wonderful,<01:02:58.590><c> brothers</c><01:02:58.769><c> and</c><01:02:58.949><c> sisters,</c>

01:02:59.690 --> 01:03:02.289
are<01:03:00.110><c> the</c><01:03:00.510><c> symbols</c><01:03:00.869><c> of</c><01:03:01.329><c> the</c><01:03:01.510><c> scriptures</c><01:03:01.750><c> of</c><01:03:02.090><c> truth.</c>

01:03:02.469 --> 01:03:04.250
Absolutely<01:03:03.070><c> marvelous.</c>

01:03:05.190 --> 01:03:08.789
And<01:03:05.469><c> Yahweh</c><01:03:05.849><c> appeared</c><01:03:06.590><c> unto</c><01:03:06.909><c> him,</c><01:03:07.090><c> we</c><01:03:07.309><c> read,</c><01:03:07.829><c> in</c><01:03:08.010><c> verse</c><01:03:08.269><c> 7.</c>

01:03:09.090 --> 01:03:10.909
And<01:03:09.230><c> Yahweh</c><01:03:09.750><c> appeared</c><01:03:10.449><c> unto</c><01:03:10.769><c> him.</c>

01:03:11.030 --> 01:03:12.550
Think<01:03:11.250><c> about</c><01:03:11.570><c> that.</c>

01:03:13.309 --> 01:03:15.429
They<01:03:13.610><c> say</c><01:03:13.789><c> the</c><01:03:13.989><c> first</c><01:03:14.409><c> Bible</c><01:03:14.889><c> theophanies,</c>

01:03:15.429 --> 01:03:18.769
the<01:03:15.809><c> first</c><01:03:16.610><c> manifestation</c><01:03:17.570><c> of</c><01:03:17.769><c> this</c><01:03:18.070><c> thought,</c>

01:03:19.090 --> 01:03:22.349
Yahweh<01:03:19.469><c> actually</c><01:03:20.110><c> appeared</c><01:03:20.610><c> to</c><01:03:20.929><c> him.</c>

01:03:23.090 --> 01:03:25.130
You<01:03:23.190><c> know</c><01:03:23.369><c> what</c><01:03:23.429><c> Paul</c><01:03:23.690><c> says</c><01:03:23.949><c> in</c><01:03:24.110><c> Hebrews</c><01:03:24.429><c> 12,</c>

01:03:25.170 --> 01:03:26.650
brothers<01:03:25.449><c> and</c><01:03:25.630><c> sisters,</c>

01:03:27.690 --> 01:03:30.289
the<01:03:27.809><c> chapter</c><01:03:28.130><c> that</c><01:03:28.409><c> follows</c><01:03:28.650><c> the</c><01:03:28.849><c> chapter</c><01:03:29.150><c> on</c><01:03:29.510><c> faith?</c>

01:03:31.730 --> 01:03:33.329
It<01:03:31.889><c> says,</c>

01:03:35.369 --> 01:03:39.170
follow<01:03:36.050><c> righteousness</c><01:03:36.730><c> and</c><01:03:37.789><c> holiness</c>

01:03:40.989 --> 01:03:44.849
without<01:03:41.670><c> which</c><01:03:42.349><c> no</c><01:03:43.130><c> man</c><01:03:43.610><c> shall</c><01:03:43.849><c> see</c><01:03:44.130><c> the</c><01:03:44.329><c> Lord.</c>

01:03:44.849 --> 01:03:47.090
Yahweh<01:03:45.789><c> appeared</c><01:03:46.170><c> to</c><01:03:46.389><c> him.</c>

01:03:47.389 --> 01:03:48.530
What's<01:03:47.730><c> he</c><01:03:47.809><c> doing?</c>

01:03:49.010 --> 01:03:50.389
He's<01:03:49.610><c> separate.</c>

01:03:51.150 --> 01:03:52.570
If<01:03:51.309><c> he</c><01:03:51.510><c> wasn't,</c>

01:03:53.030 --> 01:03:54.650
no<01:03:53.429><c> man</c><01:03:53.769><c> would</c><01:03:54.030><c> see</c><01:03:54.150><c> the</c><01:03:54.349><c> Lord,</c>

01:03:54.949 --> 01:03:56.510
but<01:03:55.070><c> there</c><01:03:55.349><c> he</c><01:03:55.469><c> is.</c>

01:03:56.869 --> 01:03:58.110
And<01:03:57.010><c> beneath</c><01:03:57.329><c> that</c><01:03:57.630><c> oak,</c>

01:03:58.510 --> 01:04:00.110
Abraham<01:03:58.650><c> would</c><01:03:58.969><c> stand</c><01:03:59.110><c> with</c><01:03:59.250><c> his</c><01:03:59.369><c> little</c><01:03:59.590><c> family</c>

01:04:00.110 --> 01:04:01.269
around<01:04:00.710><c> him,</c>

01:04:01.530 --> 01:04:02.949
closely<01:04:01.789><c> telling</c><01:04:02.530><c> him,</c>

01:04:03.389 --> 01:04:05.170
don't<01:04:03.610><c> go</c><01:04:03.849><c> near</c><01:04:04.030><c> that</c><01:04:04.309><c> crowd.</c>

01:04:06.090 --> 01:04:07.150
And<01:04:06.289><c> he'd</c><01:04:06.530><c> seen</c><01:04:06.690><c> the</c><01:04:06.889><c> way,</c>

01:04:07.230 --> 01:04:09.030
the<01:04:07.550><c> direction</c><01:04:07.889><c> was</c><01:04:08.190><c> pointing,</c>

01:04:09.070 --> 01:04:11.030
and<01:04:09.349><c> because</c><01:04:09.889><c> he</c><01:04:10.230><c> sought</c><01:04:10.489><c> holiness,</c>

01:04:11.030 --> 01:04:13.650
he<01:04:11.869><c> saw</c><01:04:12.329><c> the</c><01:04:12.590><c> Lord.</c>

01:04:15.110 --> 01:04:16.369
That's<01:04:15.309><c> what</c><01:04:15.510><c> happened,</c><01:04:16.030><c> brothers</c><01:04:16.170><c> and</c><01:04:16.369><c> sisters.</c>

01:04:16.449 --> 01:04:18.170
God<01:04:16.710><c> doesn't</c><01:04:17.010><c> reveal</c><01:04:17.349><c> himself</c><01:04:17.710><c> to</c><01:04:17.949><c> us</c>

01:04:18.170 --> 01:04:20.289
in<01:04:18.409><c> such</c><01:04:18.590><c> theophanies</c><01:04:19.210><c> as</c><01:04:19.429><c> that.</c>

01:04:21.070 --> 01:04:23.329
But<01:04:21.250><c> we'll</c><01:04:21.590><c> see</c><01:04:21.869><c> nothing</c><01:04:22.510><c> of</c><01:04:22.710><c> God's</c><01:04:23.170><c> word</c>

01:04:23.329 --> 01:04:25.530
if<01:04:23.469><c> we're</c><01:04:23.690><c> not</c><01:04:23.969><c> under</c><01:04:24.269><c> that</c><01:04:24.590><c> oak,</c>

01:04:26.489 --> 01:04:28.690
monumentally<01:04:27.030><c> separate</c><01:04:27.429><c> from</c><01:04:27.650><c> everything</c><01:04:27.929><c> around</c><01:04:28.309><c> us,</c>

01:04:28.869 --> 01:04:29.989
with<01:04:29.010><c> the</c><01:04:29.190><c> scripture</c><01:04:29.429><c> saying,</c>

01:04:30.429 --> 01:04:32.250
go<01:04:30.610><c> straight</c><01:04:31.110><c> on</c><01:04:31.369><c> through.</c>

01:04:32.409 --> 01:04:32.889
Don't<01:04:32.630><c> stop.</c>

01:04:33.050 --> 01:04:34.969
No<01:04:33.349><c> dilly</c><01:04:33.650><c>-dally</c><01:04:33.949><c> around</c><01:04:34.250><c> with</c><01:04:34.429><c> the</c><01:04:34.570><c> people</c><01:04:34.769><c> here.</c>

01:04:35.130 --> 01:04:37.349
The<01:04:35.429><c> Canaanite</c><01:04:35.909><c> was</c><01:04:36.130><c> then</c><01:04:36.269><c> in</c><01:04:36.429><c> the</c><01:04:36.570><c> land.</c>

01:04:37.969 --> 01:04:40.789
What<01:04:38.250><c> a</c><01:04:38.590><c> wonderful</c><01:04:39.170><c> verse</c><01:04:39.769><c> of</c><01:04:39.969><c> scripture</c><01:04:40.230><c> this</c><01:04:40.570><c> is.</c>

01:04:40.789 --> 01:04:43.070
And<01:04:41.150><c> then</c><01:04:41.349><c> as</c><01:04:41.510><c> God</c><01:04:41.929><c> appears</c><01:04:42.489><c> to</c><01:04:42.750><c> him,</c>

01:04:43.369 --> 01:04:44.969
he<01:04:43.449><c> says</c><01:04:43.670><c> to</c><01:04:43.909><c> Abraham,</c>

01:04:45.590 --> 01:04:46.809
unto<01:04:45.789><c> thy</c><01:04:46.250><c> seed</c>

01:04:46.809 --> 01:04:48.550
will<01:04:47.650><c> I</c><01:04:47.809><c> give</c><01:04:47.969><c> this</c><01:04:48.230><c> land.</c>

01:04:49.050 --> 01:04:50.349
There<01:04:49.289><c> he</c><01:04:49.510><c> is.</c>

01:04:50.409 --> 01:04:52.889
The<01:04:50.670><c> first</c><01:04:50.909><c> time</c><01:04:51.210><c> ever,</c><01:04:51.570><c> now</c><01:04:51.829><c> he</c><01:04:51.989><c> knows</c><01:04:52.150><c> what</c><01:04:52.389><c> the</c><01:04:52.510><c> land</c><01:04:52.710><c> is.</c>

01:04:53.010 --> 01:04:54.909
He's<01:04:53.289><c> there.</c><01:04:53.530><c> He's</c><01:04:53.730><c> in</c><01:04:53.809><c> it.</c>

01:04:55.309 --> 01:04:56.929
He<01:04:55.429><c> knows</c><01:04:55.789><c> now</c><01:04:55.949><c> that</c><01:04:56.110><c> this</c><01:04:56.389><c> is</c><01:04:56.630><c> the</c><01:04:56.710><c> land</c>

01:04:56.929 --> 01:04:58.190
God<01:04:57.150><c> has</c><01:04:57.409><c> identified</c><01:04:57.909><c> it</c><01:04:58.090><c> for,</c>

01:04:58.269 --> 01:05:01.210
but<01:04:58.590><c> the</c><01:04:59.769><c> marvelous</c><01:05:00.210><c> thing</c><01:05:00.489><c> is</c><01:05:00.730><c> this,</c>

01:05:01.469 --> 01:05:03.889
that<01:05:01.730><c> he's</c><01:05:01.969><c> no</c><01:05:02.210><c> sooner</c><01:05:02.469><c> identified</c><01:05:03.150><c> it</c>

01:05:03.889 --> 01:05:06.670
that<01:05:03.989><c> he</c><01:05:04.210><c> promises</c><01:05:04.489><c> it</c><01:05:04.750><c> not</c><01:05:04.929><c> to</c><01:05:05.190><c> Abraham,</c>

01:05:07.329 --> 01:05:08.690
but<01:05:07.449><c> to</c><01:05:07.750><c> his</c><01:05:07.929><c> seed.</c>

01:05:10.190 --> 01:05:12.170
And<01:05:10.590><c> in</c><01:05:10.769><c> the</c><01:05:10.949><c> promise</c><01:05:11.130><c> that</c><01:05:11.409><c> preceded</c><01:05:11.909><c> this,</c>

01:05:12.210 --> 01:05:14.170
in<01:05:12.349><c> Genesis</c><01:05:12.650><c> 12</c><01:05:12.989><c> verses</c><01:05:13.289><c> 1</c><01:05:13.550><c> to</c><01:05:13.630><c> 3,</c>

01:05:14.349 --> 01:05:15.789
there's<01:05:14.789><c> nothing</c><01:05:15.130><c> in</c><01:05:15.309><c> that</c><01:05:15.590><c> promise</c>

01:05:15.789 --> 01:05:17.809
that<01:05:15.989><c> God</c><01:05:16.190><c> said</c><01:05:16.329><c> he</c><01:05:16.409><c> would</c><01:05:16.730><c> give</c><01:05:16.909><c> the</c><01:05:17.130><c> land</c><01:05:17.289><c> to</c><01:05:17.530><c> Abraham.</c>

01:05:17.929 --> 01:05:21.230
He<01:05:18.050><c> says,</c><01:05:18.670><c> come</c><01:05:18.750><c> into</c><01:05:18.929><c> a</c><01:05:19.230><c> land</c><01:05:19.389><c> that</c><01:05:19.570><c> I</c><01:05:19.650><c> will</c><01:05:20.010><c> show</c><01:05:20.349><c> you.</c>

01:05:22.530 --> 01:05:24.130
He<01:05:22.750><c> merely</c><01:05:22.929><c> said,</c><01:05:23.090><c> I'm</c><01:05:23.190><c> going</c><01:05:23.329><c> to</c><01:05:23.550><c> show</c><01:05:23.730><c> you</c><01:05:23.929><c> a</c><01:05:24.030><c> land.</c>

01:05:24.269 --> 01:05:25.190
Didn't<01:05:24.389><c> say</c><01:05:24.530><c> I'm</c><01:05:24.590><c> going</c><01:05:24.690><c> to</c><01:05:24.769><c> give</c><01:05:24.869><c> it</c><01:05:24.989><c> to</c><01:05:25.090><c> him.</c>

01:05:25.389 --> 01:05:26.869
And<01:05:25.550><c> when</c><01:05:25.650><c> he</c><01:05:26.269><c> gets</c><01:05:26.550><c> in</c><01:05:26.710><c> there,</c>

01:05:27.070 --> 01:05:29.150
Abraham<01:05:27.469><c> says,</c><01:05:27.670><c> this</c><01:05:27.750><c> is</c><01:05:27.949><c> it.</c>

01:05:29.889 --> 01:05:33.250
Unto<01:05:30.289><c> your</c><01:05:30.690><c> seed</c><01:05:31.570><c> will</c><01:05:31.849><c> I</c><01:05:31.969><c> give</c><01:05:32.110><c> this</c><01:05:32.329><c> land.</c>

01:05:34.030 --> 01:05:35.889
How<01:05:34.349><c> marvelous</c><01:05:34.730><c> is</c><01:05:34.949><c> the</c><01:05:35.110><c> Bible.</c>

01:05:36.570 --> 01:05:38.010
If<01:05:37.010><c> God</c><01:05:37.329><c> had</c><01:05:37.489><c> said</c><01:05:37.590><c> otherwise,</c>

01:05:38.010 --> 01:05:38.730
brethren<01:05:38.369><c> and</c><01:05:38.570><c> sisters,</c>

01:05:38.849 --> 01:05:40.489
if<01:05:38.989><c> God</c><01:05:39.210><c> had</c><01:05:39.369><c> said</c><01:05:39.489><c> to</c><01:05:39.710><c> Abraham,</c><01:05:39.989><c> unto</c><01:05:40.110><c> thee</c>

01:05:40.489 --> 01:05:41.949
and<01:05:40.670><c> to</c><01:05:40.809><c> thy</c><01:05:40.989><c> seed</c><01:05:41.170><c> will</c><01:05:41.289><c> I</c><01:05:41.369><c> give</c><01:05:41.530><c> this</c><01:05:41.730><c> land,</c>

01:05:42.170 --> 01:05:44.230
we<01:05:42.349><c> could</c><01:05:42.989><c> maybe</c><01:05:43.309><c> assume</c><01:05:43.710><c> from</c><01:05:43.989><c> that</c>

01:05:44.230 --> 01:05:46.250
that<01:05:44.610><c> Abraham</c><01:05:44.889><c> was</c><01:05:45.170><c> greater</c><01:05:45.429><c> than</c><01:05:45.630><c> God's</c><01:05:46.070><c> son.</c>

01:05:46.670 --> 01:05:47.610
Never.

01:05:49.409 --> 01:05:50.530
For,<01:05:49.769><c> says</c><01:05:49.809><c> the</c><01:05:50.050><c> apostle</c>

01:05:50.530 --> 01:05:52.989
in<01:05:50.849><c> Genesis</c><01:05:51.190><c> chapter</c><01:05:51.630><c> 3,</c><01:05:51.849><c> rather</c><01:05:52.110><c> in</c><01:05:52.309><c> Galatians</c><01:05:52.710><c> 3</c>

01:05:52.989 --> 01:05:54.230
and<01:05:53.150><c> verse</c><01:05:53.349><c> 16,</c>

01:05:54.590 --> 01:05:57.010
and<01:05:54.789><c> he</c><01:05:54.969><c> says</c><01:05:55.070><c> not</c><01:05:55.389><c> of</c><01:05:55.570><c> the</c><01:05:55.750><c> seed</c><01:05:55.889><c> of</c><01:05:56.030><c> the</c><01:05:56.170><c> many,</c>

01:05:57.070 --> 01:05:58.510
but<01:05:57.150><c> as</c><01:05:57.309><c> of</c><01:05:57.489><c> one,</c>

01:05:58.750 --> 01:06:00.349
and<01:05:58.909><c> to</c><01:05:59.090><c> thy</c><01:05:59.389><c> seed,</c>

01:06:00.550 --> 01:06:02.530
which<01:06:00.989><c> is</c><01:06:01.429><c> Christ.</c>

01:06:03.250 --> 01:06:05.349
And<01:06:03.769><c> so</c><01:06:04.030><c> the</c><01:06:04.210><c> apostle</c><01:06:04.510><c> says</c><01:06:04.750><c> in</c><01:06:04.949><c> another</c><01:06:05.150><c> place</c>

01:06:05.349 --> 01:06:07.590
in<01:06:05.510><c> Romans</c><01:06:05.829><c> 8</c><01:06:06.070><c> and</c><01:06:06.230><c> verse</c><01:06:06.449><c> 17,</c>

01:06:08.269 --> 01:06:10.010
that<01:06:08.329><c> we're</c><01:06:08.690><c> heirs</c><01:06:09.030><c> of</c><01:06:09.309><c> God.</c>

01:06:10.429 --> 01:06:11.449
Why?

01:06:11.710 --> 01:06:13.389
Because,<01:06:12.230><c> he</c><01:06:12.449><c> says,</c>

01:06:13.469 --> 01:06:16.989
we're<01:06:13.989><c> joint</c><01:06:14.510><c> heirs</c><01:06:15.250><c> with</c><01:06:15.750><c> Christ.</c>

01:06:17.469 --> 01:06:19.710
And<01:06:17.630><c> if</c><01:06:17.849><c> Christ</c><01:06:18.210><c> doesn't</c><01:06:18.489><c> own</c><01:06:18.610><c> the</c><01:06:18.849><c> land,</c>

01:06:20.010 --> 01:06:21.289
nobody<01:06:20.269><c> does.</c>

01:06:21.329 --> 01:06:23.690
Unto<01:06:21.650><c> thy</c><01:06:22.090><c> seed</c><01:06:22.670><c> will</c><01:06:22.829><c> I</c><01:06:22.929><c> give</c><01:06:23.070><c> this</c><01:06:23.309><c> land.</c>

01:06:23.989 --> 01:06:25.369
So<01:06:24.130><c> that</c><01:06:24.230><c> I</c><01:06:24.469><c> die</c><01:06:24.690><c> the</c><01:06:24.949><c> prophet</c>

01:06:25.369 --> 01:06:27.030
in<01:06:26.269><c> speaking</c><01:06:26.510><c> about</c><01:06:26.710><c> the</c><01:06:26.889><c> one</c>

01:06:27.030 --> 01:06:28.989
that<01:06:27.110><c> would</c><01:06:27.329><c> be</c><01:06:27.610><c> born</c><01:06:27.769><c> of</c><01:06:27.929><c> a</c><01:06:28.090><c> virgin.</c>

01:06:29.449 --> 01:06:30.869
As<01:06:29.750><c> the</c><01:06:29.929><c> basis</c><01:06:30.150><c> of</c><01:06:30.329><c> that</c><01:06:30.590><c> prophecy,</c>

01:06:30.869 --> 01:06:33.369
he<01:06:31.090><c> called</c><01:06:31.449><c> the</c><01:06:31.630><c> very</c><01:06:31.889><c> land</c><01:06:32.150><c> of</c><01:06:32.349><c> Israel</c>

01:06:33.849 --> 01:06:35.289
Immanuel's<01:06:34.369><c> land.</c>

01:06:36.570 --> 01:06:38.289
And<01:06:36.849><c> if</c><01:06:36.969><c> it</c><01:06:37.090><c> isn't</c><01:06:37.250><c> Immanuel's,</c>

01:06:38.289 --> 01:06:39.469
it's<01:06:38.710><c> nobody's.</c>

01:06:40.130 --> 01:06:41.250
And<01:06:40.650><c> so,</c><01:06:41.250><c> wonderfully,</c>

01:06:41.409 --> 01:06:43.050
the<01:06:41.570><c> promise</c><01:06:41.789><c> is</c><01:06:42.050><c> first</c><01:06:42.389><c> made</c>

01:06:43.050 --> 01:06:44.929
to<01:06:43.469><c> Abraham's</c><01:06:44.130><c> seed.</c>

01:06:45.550 --> 01:06:47.590
No<01:06:45.869><c> wonder</c><01:06:46.130><c> he</c><01:06:46.329><c> built</c><01:06:46.590><c> an</c><01:06:47.090><c> altar</c>

01:06:48.210 --> 01:06:50.250
and<01:06:48.730><c> worshiped</c><01:06:49.250><c> Yahweh.</c>

01:06:50.889 --> 01:06:51.550
And<01:06:51.070><c> the</c><01:06:51.230><c> apostle</c>

01:06:51.550 --> 01:06:53.670
says<01:06:51.809><c> in</c><01:06:51.969><c> Hebrews</c><01:06:52.329><c> 13</c><01:06:52.690><c> and</c><01:06:52.909><c> verse</c><01:06:53.150><c> 10,</c>

01:06:54.010 --> 01:06:55.809
we<01:06:54.530><c> have</c><01:06:54.750><c> an</c><01:06:54.929><c> altar.</c>

01:06:56.050 --> 01:06:57.349
And<01:06:56.329><c> we</c><01:06:56.449><c> know,</c><01:06:56.829><c> brethren</c><01:06:56.949><c> and</c><01:06:57.190><c> sisters,</c>

01:06:57.369 --> 01:06:58.429
who<01:06:57.530><c> that</c><01:06:57.730><c> altar</c><01:06:57.949><c> is.</c>

01:06:58.429 --> 01:07:01.190
It's<01:06:58.909><c> the</c><01:06:59.030><c> Lord</c><01:06:59.369><c> Jesus</c><01:06:59.869><c> Christ.</c>

01:07:01.449 --> 01:07:02.590
And<01:07:01.590><c> Exodus</c><01:07:01.909><c> chapter</c><01:07:02.269><c> 20</c>

01:07:02.590 --> 01:07:04.929
had<01:07:02.929><c> said,</c><01:07:04.150><c> or</c><01:07:04.329><c> was</c><01:07:04.550><c> to</c><01:07:04.730><c> say</c>

01:07:04.929 --> 01:07:06.150
after<01:07:05.150><c> Abraham,</c>

01:07:06.449 --> 01:07:08.070
that<01:07:06.570><c> they</c><01:07:06.750><c> were</c><01:07:06.969><c> permitted</c><01:07:07.230><c> to</c><01:07:07.530><c> build</c><01:07:07.750><c> altars</c>

01:07:08.070 --> 01:07:09.710
anywhere<01:07:08.530><c> in</c><01:07:08.750><c> the</c><01:07:08.909><c> land.</c>

01:07:11.070 --> 01:07:12.409
Apart<01:07:11.530><c> from</c><01:07:11.710><c> the</c><01:07:11.929><c> brazen</c><01:07:12.190><c> altar</c>

01:07:12.409 --> 01:07:13.849
which<01:07:12.590><c> was</c><01:07:12.829><c> set</c><01:07:12.989><c> up</c><01:07:13.070><c> in</c><01:07:13.230><c> the</c><01:07:13.389><c> tabernacles,</c>

01:07:14.070 --> 01:07:17.130
they<01:07:14.250><c> could</c><01:07:14.449><c> build</c><01:07:14.710><c> altars</c><01:07:15.349><c> anywhere</c><01:07:15.769><c> in</c><01:07:16.010><c> the</c><01:07:16.150><c> land</c>

01:07:17.210 --> 01:07:19.369
with<01:07:17.690><c> certain</c><01:07:18.150><c> qualifications.</c>

01:07:20.309 --> 01:07:21.130
And<01:07:20.550><c> God</c><01:07:20.849><c> says</c>

01:07:21.130 --> 01:07:22.429
the<01:07:21.309><c> only</c><01:07:21.570><c> way</c><01:07:21.690><c> they</c><01:07:21.829><c> could</c><01:07:21.929><c> build</c><01:07:22.150><c> an</c><01:07:22.329><c> altar</c>

01:07:22.429 --> 01:07:23.650
was<01:07:22.670><c> unhewn</c><01:07:23.329><c> stones.</c>

01:07:23.769 --> 01:07:25.150
They<01:07:23.809><c> weren't</c><01:07:23.989><c> to</c><01:07:24.210><c> touch</c><01:07:24.409><c> the</c><01:07:24.710><c> stones,</c>

01:07:25.150 --> 01:07:27.989
for<01:07:25.829><c> he</c><01:07:26.150><c> would</c><01:07:26.429><c> engrave</c><01:07:26.889><c> the</c><01:07:27.110><c> graving</c><01:07:27.369><c> thereof.</c>

01:07:28.489 --> 01:07:29.769
It<01:07:28.610><c> wouldn't</c><01:07:28.809><c> be</c><01:07:29.070><c> a</c><01:07:29.210><c> man's</c><01:07:29.630><c> work.</c>

01:07:29.809 --> 01:07:30.809
This<01:07:29.929><c> is</c><01:07:30.170><c> the</c><01:07:30.309><c> Lord's</c><01:07:30.730><c> doing.</c>

01:07:30.909 --> 01:07:32.409
It<01:07:30.909><c> is</c><01:07:31.289><c> marvelous</c><01:07:31.769><c> in</c><01:07:31.989><c> our</c><01:07:32.210><c> eyes.</c>

01:07:32.670 --> 01:07:34.230
The<01:07:32.909><c> stone</c><01:07:33.130><c> was</c><01:07:33.329><c> to</c><01:07:33.550><c> build</c><01:07:33.710><c> as</c><01:07:33.869><c> rejected.</c>

01:07:34.369 --> 01:07:35.170
God<01:07:34.630><c> would</c><01:07:34.929><c> shape.</c>

01:07:35.389 --> 01:07:37.329
They<01:07:35.530><c> weren't</c><01:07:35.650><c> to</c><01:07:35.909><c> touch</c><01:07:36.090><c> that</c><01:07:36.329><c> stone,</c><01:07:36.769><c> brethren</c><01:07:36.889><c> and</c><01:07:37.190><c> sisters.</c>

01:07:37.590 --> 01:07:40.449
And<01:07:37.769><c> God</c><01:07:38.070><c> says</c><01:07:38.329><c> they</c><01:07:38.650><c> weren't</c><01:07:38.949><c> to</c><01:07:39.130><c> build</c><01:07:39.289><c> those</c><01:07:39.570><c> altars</c><01:07:39.809><c> capriciously.</c>

01:07:40.690 --> 01:07:42.429
They<01:07:40.769><c> weren't</c><01:07:40.969><c> to</c><01:07:41.110><c> build</c><01:07:41.210><c> them</c><01:07:41.369><c> anywhere</c><01:07:41.730><c> and</c><01:07:41.989><c> anyhow.</c>

01:07:42.909 --> 01:07:45.050
But<01:07:43.030><c> everywhere</c><01:07:43.670><c> where</c><01:07:43.989><c> I</c><01:07:44.429><c> record</c>

01:07:45.050 --> 01:07:47.329
my<01:07:45.650><c> name,</c><01:07:46.550><c> record</c>

01:07:47.329 --> 01:07:48.909
my<01:07:48.030><c> name,</c>

01:07:49.030 --> 01:07:50.650
mark<01:07:49.409><c> my</c><01:07:49.929><c> name</c><01:07:50.269><c> down.</c>

01:07:50.869 --> 01:07:52.769
And<01:07:51.170><c> here</c><01:07:51.510><c> Abraham</c><01:07:52.010><c> has</c><01:07:52.289><c> Yahweh</c>

01:07:52.769 --> 01:07:53.710
that<01:07:53.190><c> appears</c><01:07:53.190><c> to</c><01:07:53.429><c> him.</c>

01:07:53.769 --> 01:07:55.750
And<01:07:53.969><c> what</c><01:07:54.210><c> was</c><01:07:54.429><c> the</c><01:07:54.610><c> principle,</c><01:07:55.090><c> brethren</c><01:07:55.250><c> and</c><01:07:55.530><c> sisters?</c>

01:07:55.969 --> 01:07:58.230
The<01:07:56.190><c> principle</c><01:07:56.570><c> was</c><01:07:56.769><c> to</c><01:07:56.969><c> stand</c><01:07:57.190><c> alone.</c>

01:07:58.789 --> 01:08:00.789
To<01:07:58.929><c> be</c><01:07:59.289><c> monumentally</c><01:07:59.949><c> different</c><01:08:00.190><c> as</c><01:08:00.409><c> the</c><01:08:00.570><c> oak</c>

01:08:00.789 --> 01:08:02.510
and<01:08:01.349><c> to</c><01:08:01.570><c> have</c><01:08:01.670><c> the</c><01:08:01.909><c> direction</c><01:08:02.190><c> saying</c>

01:08:02.510 --> 01:08:04.050
never<01:08:02.809><c> mind</c><01:08:03.010><c> about</c><01:08:03.190><c> the</c><01:08:03.409><c> Canaanite,</c>

01:08:04.429 --> 01:08:05.750
go<01:08:04.650><c> that</c><01:08:04.889><c> way.</c>

01:08:06.429 --> 01:08:07.989
And<01:08:06.630><c> that</c><01:08:06.869><c> was</c><01:08:07.050><c> the</c><01:08:07.210><c> principle</c><01:08:07.469><c> of</c><01:08:07.590><c> that</c><01:08:07.769><c> altar</c>

01:08:07.989 --> 01:08:11.329
that<01:08:08.289><c> Abraham</c><01:08:08.670><c> built</c><01:08:09.050><c> when</c><01:08:09.349><c> he</c><01:08:09.510><c> first</c><01:08:09.809><c> came</c><01:08:10.010><c> into</c><01:08:10.110><c> that</c><01:08:10.349><c> land.</c>

01:08:11.809 --> 01:08:12.909
He<01:08:11.869><c> moved</c><01:08:12.130><c> on</c><01:08:12.489><c> from</c><01:08:12.670><c> there</c>

01:08:12.909 --> 01:08:14.610
in<01:08:13.110><c> verse</c><01:08:13.409><c> 8</c>

01:08:14.809 --> 01:08:17.270
and<01:08:15.289><c> he</c><01:08:15.630><c> removed</c><01:08:16.149><c> from</c><01:08:16.470><c> thence</c>

01:08:17.729 --> 01:08:19.090
unto<01:08:17.970><c> a</c><01:08:18.109><c> mountain</c><01:08:18.270><c> on</c><01:08:18.510><c> the</c><01:08:18.630><c> east</c><01:08:18.890><c> side</c>

01:08:19.090 --> 01:08:21.010
of<01:08:19.310><c> Bethel</c><01:08:19.729><c> and</c><01:08:20.149><c> pitched</c><01:08:20.390><c> his</c><01:08:20.670><c> tent</c>

01:08:21.010 --> 01:08:24.329
having<01:08:21.470><c> Bethel</c><01:08:21.810><c> on</c><01:08:21.909><c> the</c><01:08:22.050><c> west</c><01:08:22.250><c> and</c><01:08:22.590><c> Hayai</c><01:08:22.890><c> on</c><01:08:23.130><c> the</c><01:08:23.289><c> east.</c>

01:08:24.529 --> 01:08:25.069
We're<01:08:24.829><c> going</c><01:08:24.850><c> to</c><01:08:24.970><c> learn</c>

01:08:25.069 --> 01:08:26.970
a<01:08:25.189><c> lot</c><01:08:25.289><c> about</c><01:08:25.510><c> those</c><01:08:25.750><c> two</c><01:08:26.010><c> cities,</c><01:08:26.470><c> brethren</c><01:08:26.590><c> and</c><01:08:26.850><c> sisters,</c>

01:08:27.130 --> 01:08:28.869
those<01:08:27.329><c> two</c><01:08:27.569><c> townships.</c>

01:08:29.010 --> 01:08:31.689
Bethel,<01:08:29.550><c> the</c><01:08:29.850><c> house</c><01:08:30.270><c> of</c><01:08:30.689><c> God</c>

01:08:32.510 --> 01:08:33.510
and<01:08:33.010><c> Hayai</c>

01:08:33.510 --> 01:08:34.810
ruined.

01:08:35.210 --> 01:08:37.109
And<01:08:35.569><c> there</c><01:08:35.789><c> he</c><01:08:35.909><c> was</c><01:08:36.130><c> between</c><01:08:36.470><c> the</c><01:08:36.750><c> house</c><01:08:37.010><c> of</c>

01:08:37.109 --> 01:08:38.449
God<01:08:37.369><c> and</c><01:08:37.689><c> ruined.</c>

01:08:39.130 --> 01:08:41.609
Now<01:08:39.430><c> here's</c><01:08:39.810><c> a</c><01:08:39.989><c> wonderful</c><01:08:40.369><c> thing.</c>

01:08:42.869 --> 01:08:43.109
Although

01:08:43.109 --> 01:08:44.869
we<01:08:43.390><c> knew,</c><01:08:43.609><c> we</c><01:08:43.770><c> know</c><01:08:43.989><c> that</c><01:08:44.109><c> when</c><01:08:44.310><c> Abraham</c><01:08:44.590><c> left</c>

01:08:44.869 --> 01:08:47.430
Erebus<01:08:45.109><c> and</c><01:08:45.270><c> called</c><01:08:45.409><c> east,</c><01:08:45.729><c> he</c><01:08:45.869><c> didn't</c><01:08:46.109><c> have</c><01:08:46.289><c> a</c><01:08:46.489><c> caravan.</c>

01:08:48.609 --> 01:08:49.109
He

01:08:49.109 --> 01:08:51.149
had<01:08:49.270><c> a</c><01:08:49.529><c> tent.</c><01:08:49.890><c> We</c><01:08:49.970><c> know</c><01:08:50.270><c> that.</c>

01:08:51.449 --> 01:08:52.789
But<01:08:51.609><c> you</c><01:08:51.710><c> know</c><01:08:51.890><c> something?</c>

01:08:53.909 --> 01:08:55.510
There's<01:08:54.329><c> no</c><01:08:54.550><c> mention</c><01:08:54.770><c> of</c><01:08:54.930><c> that</c><01:08:55.170><c> tent</c>

01:08:55.510 --> 01:08:57.149
until<01:08:56.010><c> that</c><01:08:56.310><c> verse.</c>

01:08:57.770 --> 01:08:58.289
Why?

01:08:58.529 --> 01:09:01.229
He<01:08:58.829><c> removed</c><01:09:00.510><c> from</c><01:09:00.869><c> thence</c>

01:09:01.229 --> 01:09:02.989
unto<01:09:01.470><c> a</c><01:09:01.630><c> mountain</c><01:09:01.810><c> on</c><01:09:02.050><c> the</c><01:09:02.149><c> east</c><01:09:02.350><c> of</c><01:09:02.670><c> Bethel</c>

01:09:02.989 --> 01:09:05.050
and<01:09:03.569><c> pitched</c><01:09:03.930><c> his</c><01:09:04.250><c> tent.</c>

01:09:05.250 --> 01:09:07.010
Why<01:09:05.649><c> would</c><01:09:05.829><c> we</c><01:09:06.069><c> have</c><01:09:06.250><c> a</c><01:09:06.369><c> mention</c><01:09:06.510><c> of</c><01:09:06.689><c> a</c><01:09:06.869><c> tent,</c>

01:09:07.210 --> 01:09:08.930
brethren<01:09:07.329><c> and</c><01:09:07.609><c> sisters,</c><01:09:08.130><c> only</c><01:09:08.590><c> there?</c>

01:09:09.029 --> 01:09:11.050
You<01:09:09.210><c> know</c><01:09:09.369><c> why?</c><01:09:10.029><c> Because</c><01:09:10.409><c> Bethel</c><01:09:10.770><c> means</c>

01:09:11.050 --> 01:09:13.210
the<01:09:11.409><c> house</c><01:09:11.789><c> from</c><01:09:12.109><c> God.</c>

01:09:14.510 --> 01:09:15.229
And<01:09:14.710><c> the</c><01:09:14.970><c> scriptures</c>

01:09:15.229 --> 01:09:16.949
is<01:09:15.449><c> telling</c><01:09:15.689><c> us</c><01:09:15.890><c> very</c><01:09:16.350><c> plainly</c>

01:09:16.949 --> 01:09:19.149
that<01:09:17.189><c> until</c><01:09:17.590><c> the</c><01:09:17.810><c> house</c><01:09:18.130><c> of</c><01:09:18.350><c> God</c><01:09:18.510><c> is</c><01:09:18.770><c> built,</c>

01:09:19.510 --> 01:09:20.829
Abraham<01:09:19.750><c> stayed</c><01:09:20.250><c> in</c><01:09:20.529><c> a</c><01:09:20.630><c> tent.</c>

01:09:20.930 --> 01:09:22.590
Now<01:09:21.109><c> you</c><01:09:21.189><c> listen</c><01:09:21.449><c> to</c><01:09:21.569><c> this.</c>

01:09:22.989 --> 01:09:24.970
When<01:09:23.229><c> you</c><01:09:23.529><c> read</c><01:09:23.750><c> about</c><01:09:24.189><c> Bethel,</c><01:09:24.569><c> subsequently</c>

01:09:24.970 --> 01:09:26.710
in<01:09:25.149><c> the</c><01:09:25.250><c> biblical</c><01:09:25.590><c> record,</c>

01:09:27.510 --> 01:09:29.210
you<01:09:27.649><c> read</c><01:09:27.930><c> about</c><01:09:28.210><c> the</c><01:09:28.390><c> name</c><01:09:28.649><c> of</c><01:09:28.949><c> Bethel</c>

01:09:29.210 --> 01:09:30.869
before<01:09:29.529><c> it</c><01:09:29.770><c> became</c><01:09:30.050><c> known</c><01:09:30.369><c> as</c><01:09:30.609><c> Bethel,</c>

01:09:30.869 --> 01:09:33.149
and<01:09:30.989><c> it's</c><01:09:31.250><c> called</c><01:09:31.890><c> the</c><01:09:32.510><c> city</c>

01:09:33.149 --> 01:09:34.409
of<01:09:33.550><c> Laz.</c>

01:09:34.989 --> 01:09:36.770
This<01:09:35.170><c> means</c><01:09:35.369><c> an</c><01:09:35.670><c> almond</c><01:09:35.869><c> tree.</c>

01:09:37.449 --> 01:09:39.810
The<01:09:37.789><c> city</c><01:09:38.250><c> of</c><01:09:38.729><c> Laz.</c>

01:09:40.810 --> 01:09:42.930
But<01:09:41.109><c> when</c><01:09:41.329><c> you</c><01:09:41.550><c> get</c><01:09:41.750><c> the</c><01:09:42.029><c> other</c><01:09:42.270><c> name</c><01:09:42.529><c> by</c><01:09:42.750><c> which</c>

01:09:42.930 --> 01:09:44.770
it<01:09:43.069><c> became</c><01:09:43.390><c> known,</c><01:09:44.289><c> Bethel,</c>

01:09:44.770 --> 01:09:46.649
it's<01:09:45.270><c> not</c><01:09:45.470><c> called</c><01:09:45.789><c> the</c><01:09:46.029><c> city</c><01:09:46.310><c> of</c><01:09:46.590><c> Bethel,</c>

01:09:46.789 --> 01:09:48.949
it's<01:09:46.970><c> called</c><01:09:47.210><c> the</c><01:09:47.550><c> place</c>

01:09:49.710 --> 01:09:51.329
of<01:09:50.270><c> Bethel.</c>

01:09:52.350 --> 01:09:53.289
So<01:09:52.590><c> it</c><01:09:52.609><c> might</c><01:09:52.909><c> have</c><01:09:53.109><c> been</c>

01:09:53.289 --> 01:09:55.470
the<01:09:53.750><c> city</c><01:09:54.270><c> of</c><01:09:54.569><c> Laz.</c>

01:09:56.430 --> 01:09:57.369
But<01:09:56.750><c> looked</c><01:09:57.050><c> at</c><01:09:57.250><c> it</c>

01:09:57.369 --> 01:09:59.329
from<01:09:57.569><c> Abraham's</c><01:09:58.329><c> eyes,</c>

01:09:59.949 --> 01:10:01.529
it<01:10:00.090><c> was</c><01:10:00.390><c> but</c><01:10:00.590><c> a</c><01:10:00.970><c> place</c>

01:10:01.529 --> 01:10:03.510
of<01:10:02.449><c> the</c><01:10:02.670><c> house</c><01:10:02.869><c> of</c><01:10:03.109><c> God</c>

01:10:03.510 --> 01:10:05.529
and<01:10:03.989><c> until</c><01:10:04.270><c> it</c><01:10:04.489><c> became</c><01:10:04.770><c> a</c><01:10:05.069><c> reality,</c>

01:10:05.729 --> 01:10:07.890
he<01:10:06.409><c> pitched</c><01:10:06.670><c> his</c><01:10:07.050><c> tent.</c>

01:10:09.029 --> 01:10:11.289
Do<01:10:09.289><c> you</c><01:10:09.329><c> know</c><01:10:09.430><c> where</c><01:10:09.569><c> I</c><01:10:09.789><c> got</c><01:10:09.930><c> that</c><01:10:10.210><c> point</c><01:10:10.430><c> from?</c>

01:10:12.350 --> 01:10:13.409
The<01:10:12.630><c> Apostle</c><01:10:13.109><c> Paul.</c>

01:10:13.409 --> 01:10:14.729
You<01:10:13.590><c> look</c><01:10:13.829><c> at</c><01:10:14.010><c> Hebrews</c><01:10:14.289><c> 11.</c>

01:10:14.930 --> 01:10:16.829
Have<01:10:15.109><c> a</c><01:10:15.170><c> look</c><01:10:15.250><c> at</c><01:10:15.350><c> the</c><01:10:15.529><c> context</c><01:10:15.869><c> of</c><01:10:16.069><c> this,</c>

01:10:17.029 --> 01:10:19.409
have<01:10:17.029><c> a</c><01:10:17.529><c> look</c><01:10:17.649><c> at</c><01:10:17.810><c> the</c><01:10:18.050><c> hallmark</c><01:10:18.550><c> of</c><01:10:18.810><c> inspiration</c>

01:10:19.409 --> 01:10:22.050
in<01:10:19.890><c> this</c><01:10:20.170><c> quotation</c><01:10:20.630><c> from</c><01:10:20.890><c> scripture.</c>

01:10:23.649 --> 01:10:26.010
You've<01:10:23.850><c> read</c><01:10:24.010><c> it</c><01:10:24.989><c> hundreds</c><01:10:25.390><c> of</c><01:10:25.689><c> times.</c>

01:10:26.210 --> 01:10:27.609
Look<01:10:26.430><c> at</c><01:10:26.510><c> it</c><01:10:26.649><c> again</c><01:10:27.069><c> in</c><01:10:27.390><c> this</c>

01:10:27.609 --> 01:10:29.810
context<01:10:28.189><c> of</c><01:10:28.970><c> pitching</c><01:10:29.229><c> a</c><01:10:29.569><c> tent</c>

01:10:29.810 --> 01:10:31.010
in<01:10:30.109><c> the</c><01:10:30.289><c> house</c><01:10:30.470><c> of</c><01:10:30.829><c> God,</c>

01:10:31.170 --> 01:10:33.649
in<01:10:31.289><c> the</c><01:10:31.590><c> place</c><01:10:31.930><c> of</c><01:10:32.189><c> the</c><01:10:32.310><c> house</c><01:10:32.510><c> of</c><01:10:32.750><c> God.</c>

01:10:38.409 --> 01:10:40.390
We<01:10:38.529><c> read</c><01:10:38.869><c> in</c><01:10:39.090><c> verse</c><01:10:39.630><c> 8</c>

01:10:40.390 --> 01:10:41.909
of<01:10:40.789><c> Hebrews</c><01:10:41.109><c> 11</c>

01:10:42.489 --> 01:10:43.930
By<01:10:43.010><c> faith</c><01:10:43.409><c> Abraham,</c>

01:10:43.930 --> 01:10:45.829
when<01:10:44.109><c> he</c><01:10:44.170><c> was</c><01:10:44.470><c> called</c><01:10:44.630><c> to</c><01:10:44.729><c> go</c><01:10:44.930><c> out</c><01:10:45.090><c> into</c><01:10:45.250><c> a</c><01:10:45.550><c> place</c>

01:10:45.829 --> 01:10:48.010
which<01:10:46.029><c> he</c><01:10:46.130><c> could</c><01:10:46.350><c> ask</c><01:10:46.609><c> to</c><01:10:46.729><c> receive</c><01:10:46.989><c> for</c><01:10:47.130><c> inheritance,</c>

01:10:48.850 --> 01:10:49.369
obeyed.

01:10:49.369 --> 01:10:52.029
And<01:10:49.510><c> he</c><01:10:49.649><c> went</c><01:10:49.810><c> out,</c><01:10:50.109><c> not</c><01:10:50.369><c> knowing</c><01:10:50.689><c> whether</c><01:10:50.890><c> he</c><01:10:51.170><c> went.</c>

01:10:52.850 --> 01:10:55.489
By<01:10:53.229><c> faith</c><01:10:53.609><c> he</c><01:10:53.909><c> sojourned</c><01:10:54.489><c> in</c><01:10:54.649><c> the</c><01:10:54.789><c> land</c><01:10:55.010><c> of</c><01:10:55.310><c> promise</c>

01:10:55.489 --> 01:10:57.149
as<01:10:55.729><c> in</c><01:10:55.869><c> a</c><01:10:56.130><c> strange</c><01:10:56.470><c> country,</c>

01:10:57.390 --> 01:10:59.409
dwelling<01:10:57.789><c> in</c><01:10:58.430><c> tents</c>

01:10:59.850 --> 01:11:01.270
with<01:11:00.369><c> Isaac</c><01:11:00.710><c> and</c><01:11:00.890><c> Jacob.</c>

01:11:01.270 --> 01:11:02.930
The<01:11:01.470><c> heirs</c><01:11:01.750><c> with</c><01:11:01.930><c> him</c><01:11:02.029><c> were</c><01:11:02.210><c> the</c><01:11:02.329><c> same</c><01:11:02.649><c> promise,</c>

01:11:02.970 --> 01:11:05.189
for<01:11:03.109><c> he</c><01:11:03.289><c> looked</c><01:11:03.449><c> for</c><01:11:03.810><c> a</c><01:11:03.970><c> city</c>

01:11:06.310 --> 01:11:07.729
which<01:11:06.829><c> had</c><01:11:06.989><c> foundations</c>

01:11:07.729 --> 01:11:09.369
whose<01:11:08.029><c> builder</c><01:11:08.289><c> and</c><01:11:08.550><c> maker</c><01:11:08.770><c> is</c><01:11:09.069><c> God</c>

01:11:09.369 --> 01:11:11.369
and<01:11:09.710><c> the</c><01:11:09.930><c> tent</c><01:11:10.010><c> isn't</c><01:11:10.449><c> mentioned</c><01:11:10.829><c> till</c><01:11:11.010><c> he</c><01:11:11.109><c> comes</c>

01:11:11.369 --> 01:11:13.710
to<01:11:11.550><c> the</c><01:11:11.810><c> place</c><01:11:12.130><c> of</c><01:11:12.289><c> the</c><01:11:12.390><c> house</c><01:11:12.630><c> of</c><01:11:12.829><c> God.</c>

01:11:14.649 --> 01:11:15.729
So<01:11:14.770><c> was</c><01:11:14.909><c> the</c><01:11:15.090><c> Apostle</c><01:11:15.470><c> Paul</c>

01:11:15.729 --> 01:11:17.689
who<01:11:15.930><c> read</c><01:11:16.069><c> his</c><01:11:16.229><c> Bible</c><01:11:16.409><c> like</c><01:11:16.750><c> that.</c>

01:11:17.909 --> 01:11:19.050
And<01:11:18.090><c> pick</c><01:11:18.289><c> that</c><01:11:18.609><c> point</c><01:11:18.789><c> up,</c>

01:11:19.310 --> 01:11:20.829
brothers<01:11:19.310><c> and</c><01:11:19.470><c> sisters,</c><01:11:19.890><c> from</c><01:11:19.989><c> the</c><01:11:20.130><c> record</c><01:11:20.289><c> of</c><01:11:20.529><c> Genesis.</c>

01:11:21.050 --> 01:11:22.850
But<01:11:21.149><c> although</c><01:11:21.310><c> we</c><01:11:21.590><c> had</c><01:11:21.810><c> a</c><01:11:21.989><c> tent,</c><01:11:22.350><c> it's</c><01:11:22.470><c> not</c><01:11:22.649><c> mentioned,</c>

01:11:22.930 --> 01:11:24.189
it's<01:11:23.149><c> there.</c>

01:11:24.989 --> 01:11:26.949
And<01:11:25.189><c> God</c><01:11:25.409><c> is</c><01:11:25.670><c> telling</c><01:11:25.829><c> us,</c><01:11:26.050><c> brothers</c><01:11:26.270><c> and</c><01:11:26.489><c> sisters,</c>

01:11:27.329 --> 01:11:29.369
that<01:11:27.470><c> there</c><01:11:27.609><c> is</c><01:11:27.890><c> no</c><01:11:28.310><c> consolation</c>

01:11:29.369 --> 01:11:31.989
that<01:11:29.890><c> is</c><01:11:30.170><c> permanent</c><01:11:30.609><c> consolation.</c>

01:11:32.810 --> 01:11:33.590
There<01:11:33.069><c> are</c><01:11:33.289><c> no</c>

01:11:33.590 --> 01:11:35.210
permanent<01:11:33.989><c> solutions.</c>

01:11:36.210 --> 01:11:37.470
There<01:11:36.510><c> is</c><01:11:36.829><c> no</c><01:11:37.130><c> total</c>

01:11:37.470 --> 01:11:39.430
alleviation<01:11:38.149><c> from</c><01:11:38.430><c> all</c><01:11:38.689><c> our</c><01:11:38.989><c> problems</c>

01:11:39.430 --> 01:11:41.529
until<01:11:40.250><c> God's</c><01:11:40.710><c> kingdom.</c>

01:11:42.470 --> 01:11:43.930
There<01:11:42.590><c> will</c><01:11:42.810><c> be</c><01:11:43.029><c> comfort.</c>

01:11:44.270 --> 01:11:46.369
There<01:11:44.430><c> will</c><01:11:44.609><c> be</c><01:11:44.789><c> some</c><01:11:45.090><c> consolation.</c>

01:11:46.890 --> 01:11:47.449
There<01:11:47.090><c> will</c><01:11:47.289><c> be</c>

01:11:47.449 --> 01:11:49.289
some<01:11:47.649><c> relief</c><01:11:47.989><c> of</c><01:11:48.149><c> our</c><01:11:48.369><c> problems.</c>

01:11:50.130 --> 01:11:51.630
But<01:11:50.250><c> they</c><01:11:50.449><c> will</c><01:11:50.630><c> go</c><01:11:50.909><c> on</c><01:11:51.210><c> and</c><01:11:51.430><c> on</c>

01:11:51.630 --> 01:11:53.109
and<01:11:51.789><c> on</c><01:11:51.970><c> until</c><01:11:52.189><c> God's</c><01:11:52.609><c> kingdom</c><01:11:52.750><c> is</c><01:11:52.970><c> here</c>

01:11:53.109 --> 01:11:54.630
because<01:11:53.430><c> we</c><01:11:53.630><c> will</c><01:11:53.710><c> forever</c><01:11:54.050><c> be</c><01:11:54.189><c> in</c><01:11:54.369><c> a</c><01:11:54.449><c> tent</c>

01:11:54.630 --> 01:11:56.630
and<01:11:54.970><c> it</c><01:11:55.109><c> will</c><01:11:55.170><c> be</c><01:11:55.329><c> called</c><01:11:55.449><c> the</c><01:11:55.729><c> place</c><01:11:56.050><c> of</c><01:11:56.329><c> Bethel.</c>

01:11:56.829 --> 01:11:58.350
And<01:11:57.029><c> until</c><01:11:57.289><c> the</c><01:11:57.649><c> builder</c><01:11:57.869><c> comes</c>

01:11:58.350 --> 01:12:00.789
who<01:11:58.970><c> builds</c><01:11:59.289><c> that</c><01:11:59.569><c> city</c><01:11:59.850><c> with</c><01:12:00.109><c> foundations</c>

01:12:00.789 --> 01:12:02.010
that<01:12:01.090><c> cannot</c><01:12:01.329><c> be</c><01:12:01.630><c> removed</c>

01:12:02.010 --> 01:12:04.630
and<01:12:02.689><c> Bethel</c><01:12:03.010><c> becomes</c><01:12:03.390><c> the</c><01:12:03.750><c> city</c><01:12:04.029><c> of</c><01:12:04.289><c> God,</c>

01:12:04.630 --> 01:12:07.310
then,<01:12:05.149><c> brothers</c><01:12:05.529><c> and</c><01:12:05.750><c> sisters,</c><01:12:06.090><c> we</c><01:12:06.270><c> can</c><01:12:06.550><c> fold</c><01:12:06.750><c> up</c><01:12:06.949><c> our</c><01:12:07.189><c> tent</c>

01:12:07.310 --> 01:12:09.189
like<01:12:07.609><c> the</c><01:12:07.729><c> heavens</c><01:12:07.989><c> is</c><01:12:08.250><c> rolled</c><01:12:08.390><c> up</c><01:12:08.510><c> as</c><01:12:08.770><c> a</c><01:12:08.909><c> scroll</c>

01:12:09.189 --> 01:12:10.430
and<01:12:09.710><c> moved</c><01:12:09.930><c> out</c><01:12:10.090><c> of</c><01:12:10.189><c> the</c><01:12:10.310><c> way</c>

01:12:10.430 --> 01:12:12.550
and<01:12:10.569><c> forevermore</c><01:12:11.170><c> we</c><01:12:11.270><c> will</c><01:12:11.470><c> be</c><01:12:11.770><c> permanently</c><01:12:12.170><c> settled.</c>

01:12:12.869 --> 01:12:14.470
Until<01:12:13.350><c> then,</c>

01:12:14.829 --> 01:12:16.229
we<01:12:14.989><c> go</c><01:12:15.210><c> about</c><01:12:15.430><c> our</c><01:12:15.689><c> lives</c>

01:12:16.229 --> 01:12:18.750
as<01:12:16.630><c> if</c><01:12:16.750><c> we</c><01:12:16.869><c> don't</c><01:12:17.090><c> belong</c><01:12:17.390><c> in</c><01:12:17.550><c> this</c><01:12:17.729><c> place</c>

01:12:19.229 --> 01:12:20.670
waiting<01:12:19.710><c> for</c><01:12:19.930><c> the</c><01:12:20.069><c> day</c><01:12:20.289><c> when</c><01:12:20.470><c> the</c>

01:12:20.670 --> 01:12:23.529
house<01:12:20.909><c> of</c><01:12:21.149><c> God</c><01:12:21.390><c> becomes</c><01:12:21.750><c> a</c><01:12:22.029><c> reality</c><01:12:22.350><c> in</c><01:12:22.590><c> the</c><01:12:22.750><c> earth.</c>

01:12:23.850 --> 01:12:24.850
And<01:12:24.029><c> again,</c><01:12:24.430><c> Abraham</c>

01:12:24.850 --> 01:12:26.390
built<01:12:25.090><c> an</c><01:12:25.350><c> altar</c>

01:12:26.449 --> 01:12:28.189
and<01:12:26.689><c> called</c><01:12:26.949><c> upon</c><01:12:27.270><c> the</c><01:12:27.409><c> name</c><01:12:27.630><c> of</c><01:12:27.909><c> Yahweh.</c>

01:12:28.329 --> 01:12:29.829
And<01:12:28.529><c> what's</c><01:12:28.909><c> the</c><01:12:29.029><c> principle</c><01:12:29.250><c> of</c><01:12:29.390><c> that</c><01:12:29.569><c> altar?</c>

01:12:30.250 --> 01:12:32.430
But<01:12:30.369><c> the</c><01:12:30.569><c> principle</c><01:12:31.090><c> of</c><01:12:31.489><c> a</c><01:12:31.890><c> pilgrimage</c>

01:12:32.430 --> 01:12:34.289
to<01:12:32.649><c> the</c><01:12:32.770><c> house</c><01:12:33.029><c> of</c><01:12:33.210><c> God.</c>

01:12:34.930 --> 01:12:36.590
So<01:12:35.149><c> he</c><01:12:35.270><c> was</c><01:12:35.550><c> separate</c><01:12:35.750><c> from</c><01:12:35.949><c> the</c><01:12:36.189><c> Canaanites</c>

01:12:36.590 --> 01:12:38.710
at<01:12:36.829><c> Shechem</c><01:12:37.109><c> and</c><01:12:37.510><c> here</c><01:12:37.750><c> is</c><01:12:37.909><c> a</c><01:12:38.250><c> pilgrimage</c>

01:12:38.710 --> 01:12:41.369
to<01:12:38.970><c> God's</c><01:12:39.470><c> house</c><01:12:39.750><c> at</c><01:12:40.130><c> Bethel.</c>

01:12:41.630 --> 01:12:42.649
And<01:12:41.810><c> he</c><01:12:41.989><c> journeys</c><01:12:42.289><c> on</c>

01:12:42.649 --> 01:12:44.069
it<01:12:42.829><c> says</c><01:12:42.989><c> in</c><01:12:43.149><c> verse</c><01:12:43.350><c> 9</c>

01:12:44.069 --> 01:12:47.449
still<01:12:44.989><c> on</c><01:12:45.449><c> towards</c><01:12:46.130><c> the</c><01:12:46.529><c> south.</c>

01:12:48.470 --> 01:12:51.170
The<01:12:48.670><c> word</c><01:12:48.949><c> there,</c><01:12:49.609><c> south,</c><01:12:50.170><c> Negev.</c>

01:12:52.029 --> 01:12:52.689
The<01:12:52.270><c> Negev,</c>

01:12:52.930 --> 01:12:54.770
which<01:12:53.029><c> of</c><01:12:53.189><c> course</c><01:12:54.090><c> the</c>

01:12:54.770 --> 01:12:56.829
Israel<01:12:55.010><c> used</c><01:12:55.270><c> to</c><01:12:55.489><c> call</c><01:12:55.609><c> the</c><01:12:55.890><c> south</c><01:12:56.090><c> by</c><01:12:56.310><c> the</c><01:12:56.510><c> term</c>

01:12:56.829 --> 01:12:58.470
Negev,<01:12:58.069><c> but</c><01:12:58.189><c> of</c><01:12:58.329><c> course</c>

01:12:58.470 --> 01:13:00.569
the<01:12:58.569><c> word</c><01:12:58.770><c> Negev</c><01:12:59.210><c> just</c><01:12:59.729><c> simply</c><01:13:00.250><c> means</c>

01:13:00.569 --> 01:13:03.810
the<01:13:00.949><c> south,</c><01:13:01.770><c> it</c><01:13:01.789><c> means</c><01:13:02.170><c> the</c><01:13:02.590><c> dry</c><01:13:02.949><c> land.</c>

01:13:05.970 --> 01:13:06.909
And<01:13:06.050><c> you</c><01:13:06.109><c> know</c><01:13:06.289><c> brethren</c><01:13:06.550><c> and</c><01:13:06.750><c> sisters</c>

01:13:06.909 --> 01:13:08.750
as<01:13:07.130><c> he</c><01:13:07.289><c> moved</c><01:13:07.510><c> down</c><01:13:07.850><c> through</c><01:13:08.210><c> from</c>

01:13:08.750 --> 01:13:10.630
Shechem<01:13:09.189><c> on</c><01:13:09.529><c> to</c><01:13:09.770><c> Bethel,</c><01:13:10.069><c> he</c><01:13:10.149><c> would</c><01:13:10.310><c> have</c><01:13:10.449><c> gone</c>

01:13:10.630 --> 01:13:12.710
past<01:13:11.010><c> the</c><01:13:11.229><c> place</c><01:13:11.449><c> of</c><01:13:11.670><c> Jerusalem,</c><01:13:12.369><c> of</c><01:13:12.590><c> course</c>

01:13:12.710 --> 01:13:14.689
at<01:13:12.869><c> which</c><01:13:13.109><c> time</c><01:13:13.630><c> there</c><01:13:14.130><c> wasn't</c><01:13:14.390><c> much</c>

01:13:14.689 --> 01:13:16.689
written,<01:13:15.750><c> he</c><01:13:15.869><c> would</c><01:13:16.029><c> have</c><01:13:16.170><c> gone</c><01:13:16.310><c> past</c>

01:13:16.689 --> 01:13:18.529
there,<01:13:17.050><c> he</c><01:13:17.170><c> would</c><01:13:17.329><c> have</c><01:13:17.449><c> gone</c><01:13:17.630><c> further</c><01:13:17.989><c> down</c><01:13:18.350><c> south</c>

01:13:18.529 --> 01:13:20.130
he<01:13:18.630><c> would</c><01:13:18.810><c> have</c><01:13:18.930><c> reached</c><01:13:19.090><c> the</c><01:13:19.229><c> city</c><01:13:19.489><c> of</c><01:13:19.729><c> Hebron,</c>

01:13:20.329 --> 01:13:23.010
the<01:13:20.670><c> highest</c><01:13:21.069><c> point</c><01:13:21.329><c> of</c><01:13:21.510><c> the</c><01:13:21.630><c> Judean</c><01:13:21.989><c> hills</c>

01:13:23.390 --> 01:13:25.449
and<01:13:23.869><c> from</c><01:13:24.069><c> then</c><01:13:24.250><c> it</c><01:13:24.529><c> sloped</c><01:13:24.890><c> off.</c>

01:13:25.850 --> 01:13:27.069
Sloped<01:13:26.329><c> off.</c>

01:13:27.609 --> 01:13:28.569
Gradually<01:13:28.090><c> descending</c>

01:13:28.569 --> 01:13:30.510
from<01:13:28.750><c> Hebron</c><01:13:29.470><c> and</c><01:13:29.789><c> then</c><01:13:29.989><c> the</c><01:13:30.210><c> mountains</c>

01:13:30.510 --> 01:13:32.609
disappeared<01:13:31.130><c> and</c><01:13:31.289><c> they</c><01:13:31.630><c> sank</c><01:13:31.890><c> into</c><01:13:32.130><c> the</c><01:13:32.369><c> sands</c>

01:13:32.609 --> 01:13:34.890
and<01:13:32.770><c> the</c><01:13:32.930><c> sands</c><01:13:33.250><c> took</c><01:13:33.510><c> over</c><01:13:33.989><c> and</c><01:13:34.289><c> the</c><01:13:34.550><c> broad</c>

01:13:34.890 --> 01:13:36.850
expanse<01:13:35.449><c> led</c><01:13:35.649><c> through</c><01:13:36.069><c> Beersheba</c>

01:13:36.850 --> 01:13:38.369
and<01:13:37.229><c> from</c><01:13:37.449><c> Beersheba</c>

01:13:38.369 --> 01:13:40.489
down<01:13:38.890><c> into</c><01:13:39.090><c> the</c><01:13:39.350><c> dry</c><01:13:39.750><c> arid</c><01:13:40.069><c> wilderness</c>

01:13:40.489 --> 01:13:43.409
of<01:13:40.930><c> the</c><01:13:41.109><c> Negev.</c>

01:13:43.569 --> 01:13:45.010
And<01:13:43.970><c> there</c><01:13:44.170><c> was</c><01:13:44.569><c> a</c>

01:13:45.010 --> 01:13:46.789
famine<01:13:45.430><c> in</c><01:13:45.710><c> the</c><01:13:45.909><c> land.</c>

01:13:48.149 --> 01:13:48.789
And<01:13:48.529><c> here</c>

01:13:48.789 --> 01:13:50.329
brethren<01:13:49.090><c> and</c><01:13:49.390><c> sisters</c>

01:13:50.369 --> 01:13:52.890
we<01:13:50.689><c> find</c><01:13:50.909><c> that</c><01:13:51.090><c> Abraham</c><01:13:51.550><c> who</c><01:13:51.810><c> had</c><01:13:52.029><c> so</c><01:13:52.289><c> wonderfully</c>

01:13:52.890 --> 01:13:54.550
worshipped<01:13:53.369><c> God</c><01:13:53.970><c> between</c>

01:13:54.550 --> 01:13:56.970
the<01:13:54.930><c> house</c><01:13:55.189><c> of</c><01:13:55.470><c> God</c><01:13:55.869><c> and</c><01:13:56.329><c> ruin</c>

01:13:56.970 --> 01:14:00.149
where<01:13:58.130><c> he</c><01:13:58.329><c> was</c><01:13:58.609><c> to</c><01:13:58.789><c> witness</c><01:13:59.069><c> a</c><01:13:59.350><c> very</c><01:13:59.770><c> bad</c>

01:14:00.149 --> 01:14:01.409
decision<01:14:00.569><c> by</c><01:14:00.850><c> his</c><01:14:01.109><c> nephew</c>

01:14:01.409 --> 01:14:03.149
between<01:14:01.810><c> those</c><01:14:02.210><c> very</c><01:14:02.529><c> places</c>

01:14:03.149 --> 01:14:04.909
is<01:14:04.289><c> himself</c>

01:14:04.909 --> 01:14:06.890
about<01:14:05.909><c> to</c><01:14:06.229><c> make</c>

01:14:06.890 --> 01:14:08.890
quite<01:14:07.390><c> a</c><01:14:07.750><c> bad</c><01:14:08.010><c> decision</c><01:14:08.369><c> himself</c>

01:14:08.890 --> 01:14:11.229
with<01:14:09.109><c> which</c><01:14:09.390><c> he</c><01:14:09.869><c> lurked</c><01:14:10.310><c> tremendous</c>

01:14:11.229 --> 01:14:12.210
lessons.

01:14:12.890 --> 01:14:15.229
But<01:14:13.090><c> the</c><01:14:13.369><c> greatness</c><01:14:13.729><c> of</c><01:14:14.090><c> Abraham,</c><01:14:14.609><c> brethren</c><01:14:14.930><c> and</c>

01:14:15.229 --> 01:14:17.310
sisters,<01:14:15.729><c> he</c><01:14:16.949><c> lurked</c>

01:14:17.510 --> 01:14:18.430
us.

01:14:18.970 --> 01:14:21.369
And<01:14:19.329><c> that</c><01:14:19.649><c> is</c><01:14:20.010><c> true</c><01:14:20.329><c> greatness.</c>

01:14:22.989 --> 01:14:24.949
That<01:14:23.229><c> is</c><01:14:23.569><c> true</c><01:14:23.890><c> greatness.</c>

01:14:25.130 --> 01:14:27.069
People<01:14:25.729><c> say</c><01:14:26.270><c> I've</c>

01:14:27.270 --> 01:14:28.250
learned<01:14:27.489><c> the</c><01:14:27.710><c> great</c><01:14:27.869><c> lesson.</c>

01:14:28.550 --> 01:14:30.430
They<01:14:28.850><c> may</c><01:14:29.149><c> have</c><01:14:29.369><c> learned</c><01:14:29.550><c> the</c><01:14:29.729><c> great</c><01:14:29.930><c> lesson</c>

01:14:30.430 --> 01:14:33.109
for<01:14:31.289><c> that</c><01:14:31.729><c> five</c><01:14:32.130><c> minutes.</c>

01:14:34.270 --> 01:14:34.989
But<01:14:34.409><c> how</c><01:14:34.670><c> many</c>

01:14:34.989 --> 01:14:36.569
people<01:14:35.409><c> years</c><01:14:35.970><c> later</c>

01:14:36.569 --> 01:14:38.750
when<01:14:37.329><c> they</c><01:14:37.569><c> are</c><01:14:37.649><c> faced</c><01:14:37.909><c> with</c><01:14:38.229><c> monumental</c>

01:14:38.750 --> 01:14:40.109
decisions<01:14:39.229><c> say</c><01:14:39.489><c> now</c><01:14:39.750><c> look</c>

01:14:40.109 --> 01:14:42.149
I<01:14:40.949><c> learned</c><01:14:41.489><c> something</c>

01:14:42.149 --> 01:14:44.649
years<01:14:42.729><c> ago</c><01:14:43.210><c> I</c><01:14:43.470><c> will</c><01:14:43.869><c> never</c><01:14:44.149><c> forget.</c>

01:14:44.949 --> 01:14:46.010
How<01:14:45.130><c> many</c><01:14:45.310><c> people</c><01:14:45.550><c> do</c><01:14:45.770><c> that?</c>

01:14:46.210 --> 01:14:48.670
Well<01:14:46.369><c> I</c><01:14:46.489><c> tell</c><01:14:46.609><c> you</c><01:14:46.770><c> what</c><01:14:46.970><c> if</c><01:14:47.270><c> there</c><01:14:47.569><c> are</c><01:14:47.869><c> people</c><01:14:48.310><c> who</c><01:14:48.529><c> do</c>

01:14:48.670 --> 01:14:50.689
that<01:14:48.970><c> don't</c><01:14:49.510><c> count</c><01:14:49.869><c> me</c><01:14:50.149><c> among</c><01:14:50.369><c> them</c>

01:14:50.689 --> 01:14:52.569
because<01:14:51.010><c> I'm</c><01:14:51.510><c> still</c><01:14:51.970><c> trying</c><01:14:52.250><c> to</c><01:14:52.390><c> learn</c>

01:14:52.569 --> 01:14:53.310
that<01:14:52.810><c> lesson.</c>

01:14:54.189 --> 01:14:55.569
But<01:14:54.350><c> he</c><01:14:54.470><c> did</c><01:14:54.770><c> learn</c><01:14:54.909><c> that</c><01:14:55.189><c> lesson.</c>

01:14:55.850 --> 01:14:58.350
And<01:14:55.970><c> between</c><01:14:56.350><c> Bethlehem</c><01:14:56.789><c> and</c><01:14:57.090><c> Ai</c><01:14:57.090><c> he</c><01:14:57.170><c> made</c><01:14:57.430><c> a</c><01:14:57.689><c> bad</c><01:14:57.949><c> decision.</c>

01:14:58.750 --> 01:15:00.350
You<01:14:58.810><c> know</c><01:14:58.970><c> brethren</c><01:14:59.250><c> and</c><01:14:59.409><c> sisters</c><01:14:59.550><c> before</c><01:15:00.050><c> we</c>

01:15:00.350 --> 01:15:02.529
criticize<01:15:00.869><c> Abraham</c><01:15:01.229><c> for</c><01:15:01.390><c> going</c><01:15:01.649><c> down</c><01:15:02.069><c> to</c><01:15:02.250><c> Egypt</c>

01:15:02.529 --> 01:15:04.430
for<01:15:02.970><c> denying</c><01:15:03.289><c> his</c><01:15:03.630><c> wife</c>

01:15:04.310 --> 01:15:06.069
consider<01:15:04.609><c> the</c><01:15:04.970><c> circumstances.</c>

01:15:07.350 --> 01:15:08.609
This<01:15:07.590><c> is</c><01:15:07.829><c> the</c><01:15:07.890><c> land</c><01:15:08.069><c> Abraham</c>

01:15:08.609 --> 01:15:10.529
oh<01:15:09.369><c> so</c><01:15:09.710><c> this</c><01:15:09.869><c> is</c><01:15:10.050><c> the</c><01:15:10.170><c> land</c>

01:15:10.529 --> 01:15:12.890
and<01:15:11.090><c> it's</c><01:15:11.869><c> swarming</c>

01:15:12.890 --> 01:15:14.689
with<01:15:13.250><c> Canaanites.</c>

01:15:15.989 --> 01:15:17.329
But<01:15:16.130><c> it's</c><01:15:16.350><c> his</c><01:15:16.529><c> land.</c>

01:15:18.550 --> 01:15:19.189
Under<01:15:18.770><c> thy</c>

01:15:19.189 --> 01:15:20.710
sea<01:15:19.590><c> there's</c><01:15:19.890><c> no</c><01:15:20.310><c> room</c>

01:15:20.710 --> 01:15:21.970
under<01:15:20.750><c> his</c><01:15:21.069><c> sea.</c>

01:15:22.369 --> 01:15:24.630
Later<01:15:22.670><c> on</c><01:15:22.930><c> when</c><01:15:23.109><c> him</c><01:15:23.250><c> and</c><01:15:23.470><c> Lot</c><01:15:23.630><c> grow</c>

01:15:24.489 --> 01:15:26.210
in<01:15:24.750><c> the</c><01:15:24.970><c> greatness</c><01:15:25.210><c> of</c><01:15:25.409><c> their</c><01:15:25.630><c> herds</c>

01:15:26.210 --> 01:15:28.569
two<01:15:26.689><c> families</c><01:15:27.210><c> can't</c><01:15:27.949><c> live</c><01:15:28.250><c> off</c>

01:15:28.569 --> 01:15:31.130
the<01:15:28.810><c> land.</c><01:15:29.329><c> Consider</c><01:15:29.710><c> the</c><01:15:30.069><c> circumstances.</c>

01:15:31.970 --> 01:15:33.050
It<01:15:32.130><c> comes</c><01:15:32.449><c> to</c><01:15:32.649><c> the</c><01:15:32.810><c> negative.</c>

01:15:33.289 --> 01:15:34.170
It's<01:15:33.569><c> dry</c><01:15:33.829><c> and</c><01:15:34.069><c> arid.</c>

01:15:34.270 --> 01:15:36.369
He<01:15:34.369><c> never</c><01:15:34.489><c> thought</c><01:15:34.630><c> it</c><01:15:34.850><c> was</c><01:15:34.850><c> going</c><01:15:34.909><c> to</c><01:15:34.949><c> be</c><01:15:35.010><c> like</c><01:15:35.310><c> that.</c>

01:15:36.550 --> 01:15:39.310
And<01:15:36.729><c> God</c><01:15:37.029><c> adds</c><01:15:37.829><c> a</c><01:15:38.350><c> famine</c>

01:15:39.510 --> 01:15:40.750
and<01:15:40.029><c> reduces</c><01:15:40.470><c> him</c>

01:15:40.750 --> 01:15:42.710
brethren<01:15:40.989><c> and</c><01:15:41.250><c> sisters</c><01:15:41.390><c> to</c><01:15:41.609><c> a</c><01:15:41.810><c> very</c><01:15:42.270><c> very</c>

01:15:42.710 --> 01:15:44.609
severe<01:15:43.130><c> trial.</c><01:15:43.909><c> And</c><01:15:44.090><c> Abraham</c><01:15:44.350><c> made</c>

01:15:44.609 --> 01:15:45.789
a<01:15:44.810><c> decision.</c>

01:15:46.750 --> 01:15:48.930
I<01:15:46.869><c> want</c><01:15:46.890><c> you</c><01:15:46.970><c> to</c><01:15:47.090><c> notice</c><01:15:47.270><c> the</c><01:15:47.449><c> decision</c><01:15:47.789><c> that</c><01:15:47.949><c> he</c><01:15:48.069><c> made.</c>

01:15:49.850 --> 01:15:51.310
Verse<01:15:50.329><c> 10.</c>

01:15:51.390 --> 01:15:52.409
There<01:15:51.489><c> was</c><01:15:51.729><c> a</c><01:15:51.909><c> famine</c><01:15:52.010><c> in</c><01:15:52.210><c> the</c><01:15:52.310><c> land</c>

01:15:52.409 --> 01:15:54.930
and<01:15:52.630><c> Abraham</c><01:15:52.909><c> went</c><01:15:53.189><c> down</c><01:15:53.489><c> into</c><01:15:53.649><c> Egypt</c><01:15:54.069><c> to</c>

01:15:55.569 --> 01:15:56.890
Sojourn<01:15:56.050><c> there.</c>

01:15:57.510 --> 01:15:58.470
For<01:15:57.630><c> the</c><01:15:57.869><c> famine</c><01:15:58.069><c> was</c>

01:15:58.470 --> 01:16:00.210
grievous<01:15:58.850><c> in</c><01:15:59.090><c> the</c><01:15:59.270><c> land.</c>

01:16:00.909 --> 01:16:03.090
Now<01:16:01.109><c> he</c><01:16:01.130><c> didn't</c><01:16:01.329><c> go</c><01:16:01.529><c> down</c><01:16:01.750><c> there</c><01:16:01.930><c> to</c><01:16:02.250><c> stay.</c>

01:16:03.630 --> 01:16:04.810
It<01:16:03.789><c> wasn't</c><01:16:04.250><c> a</c><01:16:04.470><c> decision</c>

01:16:04.810 --> 01:16:07.270
of<01:16:05.130><c> despair</c><01:16:05.789><c> brethren</c><01:16:06.229><c> and</c><01:16:06.430><c> sisters.</c>

01:16:08.409 --> 01:16:08.930
He<01:16:08.550><c> didn't</c><01:16:08.710><c> make</c>

01:16:08.930 --> 01:16:10.670
a<01:16:09.069><c> decision</c><01:16:09.369><c> like</c><01:16:09.710><c> Lot</c><01:16:09.949><c> to</c><01:16:10.229><c> permanently</c>

01:16:10.670 --> 01:16:12.550
go<01:16:10.909><c> down</c><01:16:11.109><c> there.</c><01:16:11.409><c> The</c><01:16:11.569><c> word</c><01:16:11.789><c> says</c><01:16:12.029><c> to</c><01:16:12.310><c> Sojourn</c>

01:16:13.010 --> 01:16:14.489
there.<01:16:13.229><c> In</c><01:16:13.449><c> the</c><01:16:13.630><c> Hebrew</c><01:16:13.829><c> the</c><01:16:13.949><c> word</c><01:16:14.189><c> is</c>

01:16:14.489 --> 01:16:16.649
Ghor,<01:16:15.069><c> G</c><01:16:15.529><c>-double</c><01:16:16.109><c>-O</c><01:16:16.369><c>-R.</c>

01:16:16.649 --> 01:16:18.890
It<01:16:16.810><c> means</c><01:16:17.270><c> to</c><01:16:17.710><c> dwell</c><01:16:17.930><c> as</c><01:16:18.250><c> a</c><01:16:18.449><c> stranger.</c>

01:16:19.090 --> 01:16:21.470
He<01:16:19.170><c> didn't</c><01:16:19.470><c> intend</c><01:16:20.029><c> to</c><01:16:20.250><c> stay</c><01:16:20.430><c> in</c><01:16:20.630><c> Egypt.</c>

01:16:22.689 --> 01:16:24.729
And<01:16:22.850><c> we</c><01:16:23.090><c> say</c><01:16:23.310><c> this</c><01:16:23.470><c> to</c><01:16:23.710><c> Abraham's</c><01:16:24.289><c> eternal</c>

01:16:24.729 --> 01:16:26.430
credit.<01:16:25.430><c> As</c><01:16:25.550><c> Paul</c><01:16:25.850><c> mentions</c>

01:16:26.430 --> 01:16:28.609
in<01:16:26.789><c> Hebrews</c><01:16:27.170><c> 11</c><01:16:27.729><c> that</c><01:16:28.069><c> if</c><01:16:28.210><c> they</c><01:16:28.409><c> had</c>

01:16:28.609 --> 01:16:30.649
desired<01:16:29.029><c> to</c><01:16:29.229><c> return</c><01:16:29.609><c> to</c><01:16:29.810><c> the</c><01:16:29.949><c> land</c><01:16:30.090><c> from</c><01:16:30.289><c> whence</c><01:16:30.550><c> they</c>

01:16:30.649 --> 01:16:33.609
came<01:16:31.050><c> they</c><01:16:31.470><c> always</c><01:16:32.229><c> had</c><01:16:32.470><c> opportunity.</c>

01:16:33.689 --> 01:16:35.430
He<01:16:33.829><c> could</c><01:16:34.029><c> have</c><01:16:34.109><c> gone</c><01:16:34.369><c> back</c>

01:16:35.609 --> 01:16:37.250
but<01:16:36.210><c> he</c><01:16:36.449><c> didn't.</c>

01:16:37.970 --> 01:16:38.710
Instead<01:16:38.489><c> of</c><01:16:38.609><c> that</c>

01:16:38.710 --> 01:16:41.350
he<01:16:38.869><c> decided</c><01:16:39.229><c> to</c><01:16:39.350><c> go</c><01:16:39.710><c> forward</c><01:16:40.090><c> brethren</c><01:16:40.489><c> and</c><01:16:41.350><c> sisters</c>

01:16:41.350 --> 01:16:42.729
to<01:16:42.229><c> stay</c>

01:16:42.729 --> 01:16:44.989
in<01:16:43.029><c> Egypt</c><01:16:43.430><c> as</c><01:16:43.710><c> a</c><01:16:44.069><c> stranger.</c>

01:16:45.369 --> 01:16:46.649
But<01:16:45.890><c> it</c><01:16:45.989><c> was</c><01:16:46.310><c> still</c>

01:16:46.649 --> 01:16:47.890
a<01:16:46.810><c> mistake.</c>

01:16:49.430 --> 01:16:50.890
You<01:16:49.489><c> know</c><01:16:49.750><c> here's</c><01:16:50.130><c> a</c><01:16:50.170><c> very</c><01:16:50.430><c> interesting</c>

01:16:50.890 --> 01:16:52.590
thing.<01:16:52.050><c> I</c><01:16:52.149><c> won't</c><01:16:52.350><c> turn</c>

01:16:52.590 --> 01:16:54.630
this<01:16:52.850><c> one</c><01:16:52.970><c> up</c><01:16:53.109><c> either</c><01:16:53.550><c> but</c><01:16:53.810><c> you</c><01:16:54.010><c> all</c><01:16:54.210><c> know</c><01:16:54.369><c> it</c>

01:16:54.630 --> 01:16:57.449
so<01:16:54.949><c> well.</c><01:16:55.550><c> But</c><01:16:55.670><c> you</c><01:16:55.850><c> put</c><01:16:55.989><c> it</c><01:16:56.130><c> in</c><01:16:56.210><c> its</c><01:16:56.449><c> context.</c>

01:16:57.909 --> 01:16:58.609
What<01:16:58.069><c> was</c><01:16:58.270><c> Egypt</c>

01:16:58.609 --> 01:17:00.529
known<01:16:58.909><c> for</c><01:16:59.189><c> brethren</c><01:16:59.529><c> and</c><01:16:59.770><c> sisters?</c>

01:17:01.229 --> 01:17:02.810
A<01:17:01.510><c> perennial</c><01:17:01.989><c> supply</c><01:17:02.489><c> of</c>

01:17:02.810 --> 01:17:03.710
water.

01:17:04.350 --> 01:17:06.310
An<01:17:04.770><c> endless</c><01:17:05.310><c> supply</c><01:17:05.750><c> of</c><01:17:06.010><c> water.</c>

01:17:06.590 --> 01:17:08.609
If<01:17:06.689><c> there's</c><01:17:06.930><c> a</c><01:17:07.109><c> famine,</c><01:17:07.329><c> if</c><01:17:07.430><c> there's</c><01:17:07.630><c> a</c><01:17:07.789><c> drought</c><01:17:08.010><c> we</c><01:17:08.170><c> go</c><01:17:08.369><c> to</c>

01:17:08.609 --> 01:17:09.670
Egypt.

01:17:10.449 --> 01:17:12.529
It<01:17:10.810><c> never</c><01:17:11.210><c> runs</c><01:17:11.569><c> out.</c>

01:17:12.949 --> 01:17:14.350
But<01:17:13.630><c> we</c><01:17:13.890><c> read</c><01:17:14.010><c> in</c><01:17:14.170><c> the</c>

01:17:14.350 --> 01:17:16.109
14th<01:17:14.810><c> chapter</c><01:17:15.090><c> of</c><01:17:15.329><c> Zechariah</c>

01:17:16.109 --> 01:17:17.989
that<01:17:16.390><c> in</c><01:17:16.569><c> the</c><01:17:16.729><c> age</c><01:17:16.970><c> to</c><01:17:17.229><c> come</c>

01:17:17.909 --> 01:17:20.010
if<01:17:18.250><c> the</c><01:17:18.529><c> Egyptians</c><01:17:18.869><c> have</c><01:17:19.170><c> no</c><01:17:19.609><c> rain</c>

01:17:20.010 --> 01:17:22.350
and<01:17:20.989><c> they</c><01:17:21.170><c> don't</c><01:17:21.470><c> need</c><01:17:21.689><c> any</c><01:17:21.949><c> rain</c>

01:17:22.350 --> 01:17:24.409
God<01:17:22.789><c> will</c><01:17:23.229><c> plague</c><01:17:23.630><c> that</c><01:17:23.989><c> land</c>

01:17:24.409 --> 01:17:26.170
that<01:17:24.630><c> they</c><01:17:24.850><c> might</c><01:17:25.189><c> learn</c><01:17:25.569><c> the</c><01:17:25.829><c> lesson</c>

01:17:26.170 --> 01:17:28.850
even<01:17:26.649><c> though</c><01:17:26.850><c> they</c><01:17:27.010><c> don't</c><01:17:27.350><c> need</c><01:17:27.689><c> the</c><01:17:27.949><c> rain.</c>

01:17:29.350 --> 01:17:30.409
And<01:17:29.449><c> so</c><01:17:29.609><c> in</c><01:17:29.869><c> Zechariah</c>

01:17:30.409 --> 01:17:32.729
14<01:17:30.930><c> we</c><01:17:31.170><c> learn</c><01:17:31.470><c> this</c>

01:17:33.109 --> 01:17:34.210
that<01:17:33.789><c> people</c>

01:17:34.210 --> 01:17:36.350
will<01:17:34.630><c> never</c><01:17:35.029><c> ever</c><01:17:35.529><c> trust</c><01:17:35.869><c> anymore</c>

01:17:36.350 --> 01:17:38.310
in<01:17:36.750><c> Egypt</c><01:17:37.189><c> and</c><01:17:37.989><c> the</c>

01:17:38.310 --> 01:17:40.409
last<01:17:38.829><c> verse</c><01:17:39.109><c> of</c><01:17:39.250><c> Zechariah</c><01:17:39.930><c> says</c>

01:17:40.409 --> 01:17:43.550
And<01:17:41.050><c> there</c><01:17:41.289><c> shall</c><01:17:41.529><c> be</c><01:17:41.810><c> no</c><01:17:42.050><c> more</c><01:17:42.329><c> of</c><01:17:42.569><c> a</c><01:17:42.770><c> Canaanite</c>

01:17:43.550 --> 01:17:46.050
in<01:17:43.970><c> the</c><01:17:44.170><c> house</c><01:17:44.390><c> of</c><01:17:44.590><c> Yahweh.</c>

01:17:46.750 --> 01:17:48.590
And<01:17:46.850><c> he</c><01:17:46.989><c> removed</c><01:17:47.590><c> those</c><01:17:47.970><c> stumbling</c><01:17:48.250><c> blocks</c>

01:17:48.590 --> 01:17:50.090
forevermore.

01:17:50.369 --> 01:17:52.630
And<01:17:50.529><c> they're</c><01:17:51.149><c> both</c><01:17:51.470><c> mentioned</c><01:17:51.850><c> in</c><01:17:52.069><c> Zechariah</c>

01:17:52.630 --> 01:17:54.449
14.<01:17:53.850><c> No</c><01:17:54.149><c> more</c>

01:17:54.449 --> 01:17:56.550
trust<01:17:54.710><c> in</c><01:17:54.970><c> Egypt</c><01:17:55.229><c> and</c><01:17:56.050><c> no</c>

01:17:56.550 --> 01:17:58.270
more<01:17:56.810><c> Canaanite</c><01:17:57.250><c> to</c><01:17:57.369><c> mix</c><01:17:57.569><c> with.</c>

01:17:59.170 --> 01:18:00.850
Because<01:17:59.569><c> this</c><01:17:59.829><c> is</c><01:18:00.090><c> the</c><01:18:00.250><c> city</c>

01:18:00.850 --> 01:18:02.630
whose<01:18:01.210><c> foundation</c><01:18:01.850><c> is</c><01:18:02.069><c> laid</c><01:18:02.310><c> by</c>

01:18:02.630 --> 01:18:04.390
God.<01:18:03.310><c> And</c><01:18:03.409><c> so</c><01:18:03.649><c> poor</c><01:18:03.930><c> Abraham</c>

01:18:04.390 --> 01:18:06.829
in<01:18:04.609><c> those</c><01:18:05.130><c> extenuating</c><01:18:06.069><c> circumstances</c>

01:18:06.829 --> 01:18:08.430
thinks<01:18:07.869><c> to</c><01:18:08.069><c> himself</c>

01:18:08.430 --> 01:18:10.010
I'll<01:18:08.789><c> go</c><01:18:08.989><c> into</c><01:18:09.310><c> Egypt</c><01:18:09.529><c> and</c><01:18:09.710><c> we'll</c>

01:18:10.010 --> 01:18:11.489
stay<01:18:10.170><c> for</c><01:18:10.329><c> a</c><01:18:10.350><c> little</c><01:18:10.510><c> while</c><01:18:10.649><c> till</c><01:18:10.810><c> it's</c><01:18:10.989><c> all</c><01:18:11.250><c> over.</c>

01:18:11.529 --> 01:18:12.850
And<01:18:11.609><c> then</c><01:18:11.710><c> he</c><01:18:11.869><c> goes.</c>

01:18:14.010 --> 01:18:16.670
And<01:18:14.149><c> the</c><01:18:14.289><c> record</c><01:18:14.609><c> starts</c><01:18:15.010><c> talking</c><01:18:15.289><c> about</c><01:18:15.550><c> Sarah.</c>

01:18:17.810 --> 01:18:18.869
Picks<01:18:17.970><c> it</c><01:18:18.109><c> up</c><01:18:18.210><c> in</c><01:18:18.390><c> verse</c><01:18:18.590><c> 11</c>

01:18:18.869 --> 01:18:21.010
and<01:18:19.050><c> calls</c><01:18:19.329><c> her</c><01:18:19.710><c> his</c><01:18:19.989><c> wife.</c>

01:18:21.949 --> 01:18:22.789
And<01:18:22.210><c> goes</c><01:18:22.470><c> on</c>

01:18:22.789 --> 01:18:24.970
calling<01:18:23.069><c> her</c><01:18:23.270><c> his</c><01:18:23.489><c> wife</c><01:18:23.729><c> till</c><01:18:23.949><c> verse</c><01:18:24.210><c> 20</c>

01:18:25.010 --> 01:18:26.430
and<01:18:25.529><c> if</c><01:18:25.689><c> you</c><01:18:25.829><c> count</c><01:18:26.090><c> them</c><01:18:26.250><c> up</c>

01:18:26.430 --> 01:18:28.470
brethren<01:18:26.689><c> and</c><01:18:26.909><c> sisters,</c><01:18:27.569><c> you'll</c><01:18:27.770><c> find</c><01:18:27.989><c> that</c><01:18:28.170><c> there</c><01:18:28.250><c> are</c>

01:18:28.470 --> 01:18:29.970
seven<01:18:28.829><c> of</c><01:18:29.069><c> them.</c>

01:18:31.050 --> 01:18:32.210
So<01:18:31.350><c> she's</c><01:18:31.569><c> his</c><01:18:31.829><c> wife.</c>

01:18:32.430 --> 01:18:34.609
His<01:18:32.689><c> wife.</c><01:18:33.390><c> His</c><01:18:33.649><c> wife.</c>

01:18:34.649 --> 01:18:36.710
His<01:18:34.930><c> wife.</c><01:18:36.029><c> His</c><01:18:36.350><c> wife.</c>

01:18:36.710 --> 01:18:40.090
His<01:18:37.869><c> wife.</c><01:18:38.609><c> His</c><01:18:39.050><c> wife.</c>

01:18:41.609 --> 01:18:43.170
As<01:18:41.789><c> Malachi</c><01:18:42.210><c> put</c><01:18:42.449><c> it</c>

01:18:43.170 --> 01:18:45.850
she<01:18:43.569><c> was</c><01:18:43.770><c> the</c><01:18:43.989><c> wife</c><01:18:44.350><c> of</c><01:18:44.609><c> his</c><01:18:44.850><c> covenant.</c>

01:18:46.529 --> 01:18:47.789
Seven<01:18:46.850><c> times.</c>

01:18:48.390 --> 01:18:49.250
And<01:18:48.489><c> you</c><01:18:48.649><c> see</c><01:18:48.710><c> what</c><01:18:48.869><c> the</c><01:18:49.050><c> record</c>

01:18:49.250 --> 01:18:50.270
is<01:18:49.409><c> doing.</c>

01:18:50.770 --> 01:18:52.789
Now<01:18:50.909><c> of</c><01:18:51.069><c> course</c><01:18:51.189><c> we</c><01:18:51.310><c> know</c><01:18:51.510><c> what</c><01:18:51.729><c> happened.</c>

01:18:53.829 --> 01:18:54.770
Abraham<01:18:54.090><c> is</c><01:18:54.310><c> afraid.</c>

01:18:55.109 --> 01:18:56.789
You<01:18:55.229><c> know</c><01:18:55.390><c> brethren</c><01:18:55.689><c> and</c><01:18:55.909><c> sisters,</c><01:18:56.569><c> some</c>

01:18:56.789 --> 01:18:58.829
people<01:18:57.189><c> don't</c><01:18:57.609><c> like</c><01:18:57.869><c> talking</c><01:18:58.170><c> about</c><01:18:58.529><c> the</c>

01:18:59.310 --> 01:19:01.390
weaknesses<01:18:59.649><c> of</c><01:19:00.069><c> great</c><01:19:00.250><c> men</c><01:19:00.489><c> and</c><01:19:00.649><c> women.</c>

01:19:02.010 --> 01:19:02.869
I<01:19:02.369><c> don't</c><01:19:02.569><c> really</c>

01:19:02.869 --> 01:19:04.529
understand<01:19:03.449><c> that.</c>

01:19:05.390 --> 01:19:06.310
And<01:19:05.949><c> I</c><01:19:06.170><c> think</c>

01:19:06.310 --> 01:19:08.050
that<01:19:06.550><c> some</c><01:19:06.689><c> people</c><01:19:06.909><c> don't</c><01:19:07.149><c> like</c><01:19:07.390><c> talking</c><01:19:07.670><c> about</c><01:19:07.949><c> them</c>

01:19:08.050 --> 01:19:09.710
because<01:19:08.449><c> they</c><01:19:09.050><c> think</c>

01:19:09.710 --> 01:19:12.369
that<01:19:10.750><c> these</c><01:19:10.989><c> men</c><01:19:11.189><c> and</c><01:19:11.329><c> women</c><01:19:11.510><c> of</c><01:19:11.890><c> faith</c>

01:19:12.369 --> 01:19:14.050
that<01:19:13.229><c> it</c><01:19:13.350><c> was</c><01:19:13.649><c> born</c>

01:19:14.050 --> 01:19:15.770
in<01:19:14.289><c> them.</c>

01:19:16.649 --> 01:19:18.069
It's<01:19:16.670><c> not</c><01:19:16.890><c> you</c><01:19:17.109><c> know.</c>

01:19:20.489 --> 01:19:21.890
Matter<01:19:20.649><c> of</c><01:19:20.750><c> fact</c><01:19:20.789><c> these</c><01:19:21.130><c> very</c><01:19:21.390><c> weaknesses</c>

01:19:21.890 --> 01:19:24.289
make<01:19:22.329><c> their</c><01:19:22.630><c> faith</c><01:19:23.090><c> greater.</c>

01:19:25.329 --> 01:19:26.109
Abraham<01:19:25.770><c> had</c>

01:19:26.109 --> 01:19:28.470
little<01:19:26.689><c> natural</c><01:19:27.189><c> courage.</c>

01:19:29.710 --> 01:19:30.470
Neil<01:19:29.970><c> Armstrong</c>

01:19:30.470 --> 01:19:32.130
could<01:19:30.810><c> walk</c><01:19:31.010><c> out</c><01:19:31.170><c> of</c><01:19:31.310><c> a</c><01:19:31.470><c> cap</c><01:19:31.609><c> short</c><01:19:31.770><c> and</c><01:19:32.029><c> stand</c>

01:19:32.130 --> 01:19:34.949
on<01:19:32.329><c> the</c><01:19:32.350><c> moon.</c><01:19:33.170><c> I</c><01:19:33.270><c> wouldn't</c><01:19:33.449><c> do</c><01:19:33.630><c> that.</c>

01:19:36.010 --> 01:19:37.949
I'd<01:19:36.350><c> get</c><01:19:36.550><c> scared</c><01:19:36.729><c> going</c><01:19:36.909><c> up</c><01:19:37.090><c> a</c><01:19:37.170><c> lift.</c>

01:19:38.890 --> 01:19:40.710
That's<01:19:39.369><c> raw</c><01:19:39.630><c> courage.</c>

01:19:43.029 --> 01:19:44.289
But<01:19:43.170><c> men</c><01:19:43.390><c> and</c><01:19:43.470><c> women</c><01:19:43.689><c> who</c><01:19:43.869><c> are</c><01:19:43.949><c> able</c><01:19:44.090><c> to</c>

01:19:44.289 --> 01:19:46.229
rise<01:19:44.529><c> above</c><01:19:44.770><c> their</c><01:19:45.010><c> weaknesses</c><01:19:45.329><c> brethren</c><01:19:45.710><c> and</c><01:19:45.930><c> sisters</c>

01:19:46.229 --> 01:19:48.949
leave<01:19:46.930><c> that</c><01:19:47.289><c> sort</c><01:19:47.449><c> of</c><01:19:47.569><c> courage</c><01:19:47.850><c> for</c><01:19:48.130><c> death.</c>

01:19:50.170 --> 01:19:52.289
Abraham<01:19:50.529><c> was</c><01:19:50.750><c> a</c><01:19:50.949><c> timid</c><01:19:51.229><c> man.</c>

01:19:52.630 --> 01:19:54.289
A<01:19:52.949><c> fearful</c><01:19:53.270><c> man.</c>

01:19:54.649 --> 01:19:56.770
And<01:19:54.750><c> do</c><01:19:54.850><c> you</c><01:19:54.850><c> know</c><01:19:54.949><c> what</c><01:19:55.050><c> him</c><01:19:55.229><c> and</c><01:19:55.430><c> Sarah</c><01:19:55.590><c> had</c><01:19:55.810><c> done?</c>

01:19:57.710 --> 01:19:58.210
In<01:19:57.850><c> Genesis</c>

01:19:58.210 --> 01:19:59.770
chapter<01:19:58.550><c> 20</c><01:19:58.869><c> before</c><01:19:59.189><c> they</c><01:19:59.529><c> ever</c>

01:19:59.770 --> 01:20:01.729
ever<01:20:00.130><c> called</c><01:20:00.529><c> these.</c><01:20:00.829><c> When</c><01:20:00.970><c> God</c><01:20:01.189><c> had</c><01:20:01.449><c> called</c><01:20:01.590><c> them</c>

01:20:01.729 --> 01:20:03.609
and<01:20:01.869><c> they</c><01:20:01.970><c> knew</c><01:20:02.210><c> the</c><01:20:02.350><c> lives</c><01:20:02.590><c> of</c><01:20:02.810><c> life</c><01:20:02.949><c> would</c><01:20:03.229><c> come</c>

01:20:03.609 --> 01:20:06.289
they<01:20:04.229><c> made</c><01:20:04.489><c> a</c><01:20:04.750><c> pact</c><01:20:04.949><c> together.</c>

01:20:08.510 --> 01:20:10.149
They<01:20:08.670><c> made</c><01:20:08.869><c> a</c><01:20:09.109><c> pact.</c>

01:20:13.069 --> 01:20:13.970
And<01:20:13.170><c> in</c><01:20:13.369><c> Genesis</c><01:20:13.630><c> 20</c>

01:20:13.970 --> 01:20:15.029
and<01:20:14.130><c> verse</c><01:20:14.329><c> 13</c><01:20:14.670><c> we</c><01:20:14.890><c> read,</c>

01:20:15.149 --> 01:20:17.590
And<01:20:15.149><c> it</c><01:20:15.270><c> came</c><01:20:15.449><c> to</c><01:20:15.670><c> pass</c><01:20:15.869><c> when</c><01:20:16.069><c> God</c><01:20:16.409><c> called</c><01:20:16.729><c> me</c><01:20:17.050><c> to</c><01:20:17.289><c> wander</c>

01:20:17.590 --> 01:20:19.489
from<01:20:17.750><c> my</c><01:20:18.029><c> father's</c><01:20:18.369><c> house.</c>

01:20:19.670 --> 01:20:21.310
But<01:20:19.670><c> I</c><01:20:19.829><c> said</c><01:20:19.989><c> unto</c><01:20:20.229><c> her,</c><01:20:20.489><c> that</c><01:20:20.630><c> is</c><01:20:20.789><c> to</c><01:20:21.010><c> Sarah,</c>

01:20:21.670 --> 01:20:23.829
This<01:20:22.109><c> is</c><01:20:22.489><c> the</c><01:20:22.750><c> kindness</c><01:20:23.109><c> which</c><01:20:23.350><c> thou</c><01:20:23.630><c> shalt</c>

01:20:23.829 --> 01:20:25.750
show<01:20:24.109><c> unto</c><01:20:24.350><c> me</c><01:20:24.609><c> at</c><01:20:24.890><c> every</c><01:20:25.409><c> place</c>

01:20:25.750 --> 01:20:26.930
with<01:20:25.930><c> which</c><01:20:26.010><c> we</c><01:20:26.130><c> shall</c><01:20:26.350><c> come.</c>

01:20:26.930 --> 01:20:29.649
Say<01:20:27.670><c> of</c><01:20:27.949><c> me</c><01:20:28.229><c> he</c><01:20:28.409><c> is</c><01:20:28.630><c> my</c><01:20:28.869><c> brother.</c>

01:20:30.689 --> 01:20:33.989
It<01:20:30.890><c> wasn't</c><01:20:31.130><c> altogether</c><01:20:31.890><c> an</c><01:20:32.170><c> untruth</c><01:20:32.649><c> brethren</c><01:20:32.949><c> and</c><01:20:33.229><c> sisters.</c>

01:20:34.449 --> 01:20:35.689
And<01:20:34.609><c> I'll</c><01:20:34.810><c> tell</c><01:20:34.909><c> you</c><01:20:35.010><c> something</c><01:20:35.250><c> else</c>

01:20:35.689 --> 01:20:38.130
it<01:20:36.109><c> wasn't</c><01:20:36.510><c> the</c><01:20:36.829><c> truth</c><01:20:37.029><c> either.</c>

01:20:39.229 --> 01:20:41.329
She<01:20:39.449><c> was</c><01:20:39.689><c> his</c><01:20:39.989><c> half</c><01:20:40.310><c>-sister.</c>

01:20:42.170 --> 01:20:44.390
It<01:20:42.270><c> wasn't</c><01:20:42.609><c> altogether</c><01:20:43.069><c> untrue.</c>

01:20:44.710 --> 01:20:46.510
But<01:20:44.850><c> in</c><01:20:45.050><c> the</c><01:20:45.210><c> context</c><01:20:45.609><c> that</c><01:20:45.750><c> it</c><01:20:45.869><c> was</c><01:20:46.090><c> said</c>

01:20:46.510 --> 01:20:48.409
it<01:20:46.949><c> was</c><01:20:47.329><c> totally</c><01:20:47.750><c> untrue.</c>

01:20:48.670 --> 01:20:49.630
She<01:20:48.850><c> was</c><01:20:49.050><c> his</c><01:20:49.329><c> wife.</c>

01:20:49.930 --> 01:20:50.970
She<01:20:50.050><c> was</c><01:20:50.250><c> his</c><01:20:50.510><c> wife.</c>

01:20:51.310 --> 01:20:52.449
She<01:20:51.449><c> was</c><01:20:51.670><c> his</c><01:20:51.930><c> wife.</c>

01:20:52.449 --> 01:20:53.869
She<01:20:52.930><c> was</c><01:20:53.170><c> his</c><01:20:53.449><c> wife.</c>

01:20:54.109 --> 01:20:55.810
She<01:20:54.310><c> was</c><01:20:54.550><c> his</c><01:20:54.789><c> wife.</c>

01:20:56.229 --> 01:20:58.010
Seven<01:20:56.869><c> times.</c>

01:20:59.130 --> 01:21:00.470
And<01:20:59.449><c> they</c><01:20:59.670><c> worked</c><01:20:59.949><c> this</c><01:21:00.229><c> little</c>

01:21:00.470 --> 01:21:02.010
expedient<01:21:01.069><c> out.</c>

01:21:02.050 --> 01:21:04.029
Consider<01:21:02.689><c> sisters.</c>

01:21:05.510 --> 01:21:06.649
Consider.

01:21:08.149 --> 01:21:10.470
Consider<01:21:08.470><c> in</c><01:21:08.649><c> your</c><01:21:08.949><c> heart</c>

01:21:11.529 --> 01:21:14.449
the<01:21:12.170><c> dedication</c><01:21:12.689><c> of</c><01:21:12.850><c> that</c><01:21:13.010><c> woman</c><01:21:13.189><c> to</c><01:21:13.390><c> her</c><01:21:13.529><c> husband.</c>

01:21:15.250 --> 01:21:17.329
And<01:21:15.510><c> be</c><01:21:15.689><c> not</c><01:21:15.970><c> terrified.</c>

01:21:17.770 --> 01:21:18.670
Says<01:21:17.850><c> Peter.</c>

01:21:19.729 --> 01:21:21.229
Look<01:21:20.250><c> at</c><01:21:20.449><c> all</c><01:21:20.609><c> the</c><01:21:20.770><c> excuses</c>

01:21:21.229 --> 01:21:22.710
sisters<01:21:21.630><c> put</c><01:21:21.949><c> up.</c>

01:21:23.329 --> 01:21:24.210
Not<01:21:23.550><c> all</c><01:21:23.810><c> sisters.</c>

01:21:24.350 --> 01:21:25.529
But<01:21:24.590><c> some.</c>

01:21:26.029 --> 01:21:28.529
That<01:21:26.170><c> they</c><01:21:26.369><c> might</c><01:21:26.609><c> give</c><01:21:27.029><c> the</c><01:21:27.289><c> arranging</c><01:21:27.689><c> brethren</c>

01:21:29.149 --> 01:21:30.689
to<01:21:29.670><c> endorse</c>

01:21:31.850 --> 01:21:33.930
a<01:21:32.369><c> separation</c><01:21:32.810><c> from</c><01:21:33.029><c> husband.</c>

01:21:34.909 --> 01:21:36.449
Would<01:21:35.130><c> you</c><01:21:35.350><c> make</c><01:21:35.630><c> that</c><01:21:36.029><c> sort</c><01:21:36.250><c> of</c>

01:21:36.449 --> 01:21:39.029
expedient<01:21:36.789><c> with</c><01:21:36.949><c> your</c><01:21:37.130><c> husband</c><01:21:37.390><c> because</c><01:21:37.729><c> you</c><01:21:37.930><c> loved</c><01:21:38.130><c> him?</c>

01:21:39.310 --> 01:21:40.489
As<01:21:39.710><c> wrong</c><01:21:39.909><c> as</c><01:21:40.069><c> it</c><01:21:40.229><c> is</c>

01:21:40.489 --> 01:21:42.510
and<01:21:40.630><c> I'm</c><01:21:40.789><c> not</c><01:21:41.069><c> saying</c><01:21:41.250><c> it's</c><01:21:41.470><c> right.</c>

01:21:42.829 --> 01:21:44.270
I<01:21:43.050><c> think</c><01:21:43.109><c> it</c><01:21:43.229><c> was</c><01:21:43.390><c> awful.</c>

01:21:45.189 --> 01:21:46.390
But<01:21:45.369><c> as</c><01:21:45.630><c> Peter</c><01:21:45.810><c> says</c>

01:21:46.869 --> 01:21:48.970
be<01:21:47.329><c> not</c><01:21:47.470><c> terrified.</c>

01:21:50.170 --> 01:21:50.510
You're<01:21:50.189><c> her</c>

01:21:50.510 --> 01:21:51.369
daughter.

01:21:52.590 --> 01:21:54.789
And<01:21:52.750><c> she</c><01:21:52.930><c> had</c><01:21:53.090><c> every</c><01:21:53.310><c> reason</c><01:21:53.510><c> to</c><01:21:53.609><c> be</c><01:21:53.829><c> terrified.</c>

01:21:55.430 --> 01:21:56.310
As<01:21:55.609><c> he</c><01:21:55.770><c> was</c><01:21:55.949><c> prepared</c>

01:21:56.310 --> 01:21:58.569
to<01:21:56.569><c> leave</c><01:21:56.750><c> her</c><01:21:56.890><c> in</c><01:21:57.029><c> the</c><01:21:57.189><c> hands</c><01:21:57.369><c> of</c><01:21:57.550><c> other</c><01:21:57.770><c> men.</c>

01:21:58.989 --> 01:22:00.529
What<01:21:59.170><c> an</c><01:21:59.430><c> incredible</c><01:21:59.989><c> situation</c>

01:22:00.529 --> 01:22:02.710
that<01:22:00.810><c> was.</c><01:22:01.149><c> Now</c><01:22:01.329><c> we</c><01:22:01.470><c> haven't</c><01:22:01.710><c> got</c><01:22:01.930><c> time</c><01:22:02.149><c> now</c>

01:22:02.710 --> 01:22:04.409
to<01:22:03.229><c> go</c><01:22:03.510><c> through</c><01:22:03.689><c> this</c><01:22:03.909><c> in</c><01:22:04.130><c> detail.</c>

01:22:04.590 --> 01:22:05.850
Our<01:22:04.850><c> time</c><01:22:05.029><c> is</c><01:22:05.430><c> gone.</c>

01:22:06.210 --> 01:22:08.489
But<01:22:06.289><c> I</c><01:22:06.689><c> don't</c><01:22:06.949><c> want</c><01:22:07.130><c> to</c><01:22:07.170><c> leave</c><01:22:07.270><c> this</c><01:22:07.449><c> section</c><01:22:07.670><c> brethren</c><01:22:07.949><c> and</c><01:22:08.189><c> sisters</c>

01:22:08.489 --> 01:22:11.149
without<01:22:08.970><c> making</c><01:22:09.329><c> some</c><01:22:09.750><c> points</c><01:22:10.029><c> about</c><01:22:10.310><c> it.</c>

01:22:11.210 --> 01:22:12.289
You<01:22:11.430><c> see</c><01:22:11.770><c> Abraham</c>

01:22:12.289 --> 01:22:14.029
was<01:22:12.529><c> not</c><01:22:12.770><c> devoid</c><01:22:13.130><c> of</c><01:22:13.270><c> feeling</c><01:22:13.510><c> for</c><01:22:13.729><c> his</c><01:22:13.930><c> wife.</c>

01:22:14.029 --> 01:22:15.949
Don't<01:22:14.229><c> get</c><01:22:14.470><c> me</c><01:22:14.649><c> wrong.</c><01:22:15.090><c> Look</c><01:22:15.149><c> in</c><01:22:15.289><c> verse</c><01:22:15.590><c> 13</c>

01:22:15.949 --> 01:22:17.369
he<01:22:16.109><c> says</c><01:22:16.390><c> in</c><01:22:16.550><c> chapter</c><01:22:16.829><c> 12</c>

01:22:17.369 --> 01:22:20.670
say<01:22:17.850><c> I</c><01:22:18.090><c> pray</c><01:22:18.270><c> thee</c><01:22:18.390><c> thou</c><01:22:18.569><c> art</c><01:22:18.710><c> my</c><01:22:19.029><c> sister</c><01:22:19.229><c> that</c><01:22:19.390><c> it</c><01:22:19.529><c> may</c><01:22:19.670><c> be</c><01:22:19.850><c> well</c><01:22:20.050><c> with</c><01:22:20.270><c> me</c>

01:22:20.670 --> 01:22:22.409
for<01:22:21.050><c> my</c><01:22:21.489><c> sake.</c>

01:22:22.449 --> 01:22:25.050
He<01:22:22.649><c> believed</c><01:22:22.930><c> that</c><01:22:23.090><c> he</c><01:22:23.170><c> was</c><01:22:23.409><c> better</c><01:22:23.569><c> alive</c><01:22:23.909><c> than</c><01:22:24.170><c> dead.</c>

01:22:25.250 --> 01:22:26.770
Both<01:22:25.470><c> for</c><01:22:25.649><c> her</c><01:22:25.930><c> and</c><01:22:26.050><c> for</c><01:22:26.270><c> himself.</c>

01:22:27.250 --> 01:22:28.050
For<01:22:27.390><c> brethren</c><01:22:27.649><c> and</c><01:22:27.869><c> sisters</c>

01:22:28.050 --> 01:22:29.949
this<01:22:28.510><c> is</c><01:22:29.210><c> an</c><01:22:29.350><c> imperfect</c>

01:22:29.949 --> 01:22:31.789
fate.<01:22:31.170><c> Fate</c><01:22:31.409><c> he</c><01:22:31.630><c> had.</c>

01:22:31.869 --> 01:22:33.829
Truly<01:22:32.250><c> he</c><01:22:32.510><c> had</c><01:22:32.630><c> it.</c><01:22:32.810><c> Better</c><01:22:32.949><c> than</c><01:22:33.069><c> we'll</c><01:22:33.310><c> ever</c><01:22:33.529><c> have</c><01:22:33.649><c> it.</c>

01:22:33.909 --> 01:22:35.329
But<01:22:34.050><c> it's</c><01:22:34.210><c> imperfect.</c><01:22:34.789><c> It's</c><01:22:34.909><c> immature.</c>

01:22:35.829 --> 01:22:38.109
That<01:22:35.970><c> man</c><01:22:36.310><c> was</c><01:22:36.770><c> told</c><01:22:37.369><c> thy</c>

01:22:38.109 --> 01:22:39.970
seed<01:22:38.949><c> would</c><01:22:39.170><c> inherit</c><01:22:39.409><c> that</c><01:22:39.689><c> land.</c>

01:22:40.170 --> 01:22:42.090
He<01:22:40.350><c> would</c><01:22:40.529><c> have</c><01:22:40.670><c> known</c><01:22:40.949><c> at</c><01:22:41.189><c> least</c>

01:22:42.369 --> 01:22:43.829
that<01:22:42.930><c> his</c><01:22:43.170><c> life</c><01:22:43.470><c> was</c>

01:22:43.829 --> 01:22:45.489
absolutely<01:22:44.729><c> safe</c>

01:22:45.489 --> 01:22:47.949
until<01:22:46.250><c> that</c><01:22:46.590><c> seed</c><01:22:46.729><c> was</c><01:22:47.090><c> born.</c>

01:22:48.750 --> 01:22:49.850
But<01:22:48.869><c> because</c><01:22:49.289><c> of</c><01:22:49.529><c> the</c>

01:22:49.850 --> 01:22:51.310
extremity<01:22:50.529><c> to</c><01:22:50.710><c> the</c><01:22:50.789><c> situation</c>

01:22:51.310 --> 01:22:53.670
and<01:22:51.489><c> who</c><01:22:51.649><c> can</c><01:22:51.909><c> under</c><01:22:52.170><c> emphasize</c><01:22:52.710><c> the</c><01:22:53.210><c> terrible</c>

01:22:53.670 --> 01:22:55.550
nature<01:22:53.949><c> of</c><01:22:54.090><c> those</c><01:22:54.409><c> trials</c><01:22:54.670><c> in</c><01:22:55.069><c> the</c><01:22:55.329><c> land</c>

01:22:55.550 --> 01:22:57.789
of<01:22:56.130><c> promise.</c><01:22:56.750><c> Everything's</c><01:22:57.310><c> so</c><01:22:57.550><c> wrong</c>

01:22:57.789 --> 01:22:58.989
about<01:22:58.090><c> it.</c>

01:22:59.670 --> 01:23:01.350
It's<01:22:59.850><c> anything</c><01:23:00.050><c> but</c><01:23:00.430><c> promise.</c>

01:23:01.850 --> 01:23:03.470
And<01:23:01.989><c> for</c><01:23:02.130><c> a</c><01:23:02.270><c> moment</c><01:23:02.470><c> brethren</c><01:23:02.750><c> and</c><01:23:02.989><c> sisters</c><01:23:03.109><c> he</c><01:23:03.310><c> feels</c>

01:23:03.470 --> 01:23:05.250
he'll<01:23:03.710><c> take</c><01:23:03.829><c> a</c><01:23:04.029><c> breath</c><01:23:04.189><c> in</c><01:23:04.470><c> Egypt.</c>

01:23:06.050 --> 01:23:07.630
And<01:23:06.189><c> of</c><01:23:06.329><c> course</c><01:23:06.470><c> the</c><01:23:06.750><c> sequel</c><01:23:06.970><c> is</c><01:23:07.229><c> tremendous</c>

01:23:07.630 --> 01:23:09.609
isn't<01:23:07.909><c> it?</c><01:23:09.289><c> She's</c>

01:23:09.609 --> 01:23:11.829
taken<01:23:09.789><c> to</c><01:23:10.010><c> the</c><01:23:10.130><c> Pharaoh's</c><01:23:10.489><c> house.</c>

01:23:12.569 --> 01:23:13.689
His<01:23:12.930><c> worst</c><01:23:13.270><c> fears</c>

01:23:13.689 --> 01:23:15.229
are<01:23:14.109><c> realized.</c>

01:23:16.689 --> 01:23:17.430
But<01:23:17.050><c> he</c><01:23:17.210><c> learned</c>

01:23:17.430 --> 01:23:18.350
something.

01:23:20.350 --> 01:23:22.109
He<01:23:20.670><c> learned</c><01:23:21.090><c> brethren</c><01:23:21.430><c> and</c><01:23:21.689><c> sisters</c>

01:23:22.109 --> 01:23:23.989
as<01:23:23.489><c> we've</c><01:23:23.789><c> all</c>

01:23:23.989 --> 01:23:25.130
got<01:23:24.189><c> to</c><01:23:24.470><c> learn</c>

01:23:25.130 --> 01:23:27.689
that<01:23:26.409><c> morality</c>

01:23:28.229 --> 01:23:30.149
isn't<01:23:29.069><c> something</c>

01:23:30.550 --> 01:23:31.829
which<01:23:31.390><c> belongs</c>

01:23:31.829 --> 01:23:34.069
to<01:23:32.090><c> us</c><01:23:32.689><c> entirely.</c>

01:23:34.710 --> 01:23:35.630
And<01:23:35.470><c> that</c>

01:23:35.630 --> 01:23:38.229
there<01:23:35.829><c> are</c><01:23:36.189><c> people</c><01:23:36.649><c> with</c><01:23:37.050><c> principles</c>

01:23:39.270 --> 01:23:39.750
even

01:23:39.750 --> 01:23:41.289
an<01:23:40.210><c> Egyptian.</c>

01:23:43.369 --> 01:23:43.729
And

01:23:43.729 --> 01:23:46.489
when<01:23:43.989><c> Yahweh</c><01:23:44.329><c> had</c><01:23:44.789><c> ploughed</c><01:23:45.029><c> that</c><01:23:45.210><c> house</c>

01:23:46.850 --> 01:23:48.310
the<01:23:47.329><c> Egyptian</c>

01:23:48.409 --> 01:23:49.390
king

01:23:50.189 --> 01:23:51.590
recognized<01:23:50.670><c> the</c><01:23:51.149><c> rightfulness</c>

01:23:51.590 --> 01:23:53.710
of<01:23:51.810><c> that</c><01:23:51.970><c> woman</c><01:23:52.229><c> to</c><01:23:52.409><c> that</c><01:23:52.590><c> man.</c><01:23:53.090><c> She's</c><01:23:53.470><c> your</c>

01:23:53.710 --> 01:23:54.670
wife.

01:23:56.189 --> 01:23:57.930
And<01:23:56.409><c> he</c><01:23:56.550><c> entreated</c><01:23:56.810><c> Abraham</c><01:23:57.329><c> well</c><01:23:57.489><c> before</c>

01:23:57.930 --> 01:23:59.390
that.<01:23:58.149><c> We</c><01:23:58.289><c> read</c><01:23:58.529><c> in</c><01:23:58.710><c> verse</c><01:23:58.909><c> 16.</c>

01:23:59.569 --> 01:24:01.310
He<01:23:59.710><c> entreated</c><01:24:00.050><c> Abraham</c><01:24:00.489><c> well</c><01:24:00.630><c> for</c><01:24:00.829><c> her</c><01:24:01.109><c> sake.</c>

01:24:01.550 --> 01:24:02.970
Yes<01:24:01.710><c> she</c><01:24:01.789><c> was</c><01:24:02.010><c> a</c><01:24:02.170><c> fair</c><01:24:02.289><c> woman</c><01:24:02.510><c> to</c><01:24:02.630><c> look</c><01:24:02.729><c> upon.</c>

01:24:03.229 --> 01:24:05.390
Sixty<01:24:03.630><c>-five</c><01:24:03.789><c> years</c><01:24:04.069><c> of</c><01:24:04.229><c> age</c><01:24:04.390><c> at</c><01:24:04.529><c> this</c><01:24:04.710><c> time</c><01:24:04.970><c> sisters</c>

01:24:05.390 --> 01:24:08.390
but<01:24:05.729><c> of</c><01:24:05.869><c> course</c><01:24:06.109><c> half</c><01:24:06.529><c> way</c><01:24:06.689><c> through</c><01:24:06.890><c> her</c><01:24:07.109><c> life</c><01:24:07.250><c> only.</c>

01:24:08.810 --> 01:24:09.609
And<01:24:09.010><c> Peter</c><01:24:09.130><c> tells</c><01:24:09.449><c> us</c>

01:24:09.609 --> 01:24:11.189
that<01:24:09.810><c> her</c><01:24:10.010><c> beauty</c><01:24:10.529><c> was</c>

01:24:11.189 --> 01:24:13.649
entirely<01:24:12.390><c> natural.</c>

01:24:15.010 --> 01:24:17.430
She<01:24:15.649><c> never</c><01:24:15.890><c> knew</c><01:24:16.109><c> Max</c><01:24:16.449><c> Factor.</c>

01:24:19.350 --> 01:24:21.109
It<01:24:19.489><c> was</c><01:24:19.810><c> entirely</c><01:24:20.590><c> natural</c>

01:24:21.109 --> 01:24:23.250
Peter,<01:24:22.930><c> whose</c>

01:24:23.250 --> 01:24:24.750
daughter<01:24:23.529><c> she</c><01:24:23.909><c> is.</c>

01:24:25.989 --> 01:24:27.390
And<01:24:26.170><c> though</c><01:24:26.310><c> she</c><01:24:26.369><c> was</c><01:24:26.550><c> sixty</c><01:24:26.949><c>-five</c><01:24:27.149><c> years</c>

01:24:27.390 --> 01:24:29.729
of<01:24:27.609><c> age</c><01:24:28.310><c> living</c><01:24:28.970><c> in</c><01:24:29.229><c> conditions</c>

01:24:29.729 --> 01:24:31.229
of<01:24:30.010><c> open</c><01:24:30.270><c> country</c>

01:24:31.229 --> 01:24:33.010
under<01:24:31.829><c> the</c><01:24:32.050><c> Palestinian</c><01:24:32.550><c> sun</c>

01:24:33.010 --> 01:24:35.430
beautiful<01:24:33.649><c> for</c><01:24:33.949><c> all</c><01:24:34.250><c> that.</c>

01:24:36.289 --> 01:24:36.930
Because

01:24:36.930 --> 01:24:39.729
God<01:24:38.090><c> makes</c><01:24:38.409><c> her</c><01:24:38.550><c> so</c><01:24:38.810><c> beautiful.</c>

01:24:40.329 --> 01:24:41.289
Entirely<01:24:40.970><c> natural</c>

01:24:41.289 --> 01:24:42.409
says<01:24:41.510><c> Peter.</c>

01:24:42.949 --> 01:24:45.050
But<01:24:43.090><c> the</c><01:24:43.250><c> Gentiles</c><01:24:43.750><c> notice</c><01:24:44.050><c> how</c><01:24:44.369><c> beautiful</c><01:24:44.630><c> she</c><01:24:44.829><c> was</c>

01:24:45.050 --> 01:24:47.229
and<01:24:45.270><c> in</c><01:24:45.689><c> dangerous</c><01:24:45.909><c> circumstances</c><01:24:46.489><c> she</c><01:24:46.710><c> was</c><01:24:46.989><c> put</c>

01:24:47.229 --> 01:24:49.189
but<01:24:47.550><c> in</c><01:24:47.829><c> Psalm</c><01:24:48.189><c> 105</c>

01:24:49.189 --> 01:24:51.189
it<01:24:49.630><c> says</c><01:24:49.949><c> that</c><01:24:50.289><c> God</c><01:24:50.649><c> protected</c>

01:24:51.189 --> 01:24:53.090
them<01:24:51.529><c> and</c><01:24:52.010><c> suffered</c><01:24:52.470><c> none</c>

01:24:53.090 --> 01:24:54.869
to<01:24:53.329><c> do</c><01:24:53.489><c> them</c><01:24:53.590><c> any</c><01:24:53.850><c> harm.</c>

01:24:55.289 --> 01:24:56.829
And<01:24:55.449><c> he</c><01:24:55.649><c> overshadowed</c><01:24:56.369><c> Pharaoh's</c><01:24:56.750><c> house.</c>

01:24:57.029 --> 01:24:59.109
He<01:24:57.149><c> plagued</c><01:24:57.489><c> Pharaoh's</c><01:24:57.850><c> house.</c><01:24:58.569><c> And</c><01:24:58.729><c> we</c><01:24:58.869><c> read</c>

01:24:59.109 --> 01:25:01.310
in<01:24:59.270><c> verse</c><01:24:59.529><c> 17.</c><01:25:00.170><c> And</c><01:25:00.329><c> Yahweh</c><01:25:00.649><c> plagued</c><01:25:01.029><c> Pharaoh</c>

01:25:01.310 --> 01:25:03.229
on<01:25:01.409><c> his</c><01:25:01.569><c> house</c><01:25:02.029><c> with</c><01:25:02.409><c> great</c><01:25:02.710><c> plagues</c>

01:25:03.229 --> 01:25:05.529
because<01:25:04.069><c> of</c><01:25:04.329><c> Tarei</c><01:25:04.789><c> Abraham's</c>

01:25:05.529 --> 01:25:07.829
wife.<01:25:06.149><c> Not</c><01:25:06.350><c> because</c><01:25:06.689><c> of</c><01:25:06.930><c> Abraham.</c>

01:25:08.550 --> 01:25:09.430
And<01:25:08.710><c> there</c><01:25:08.789><c> were</c><01:25:08.890><c> two</c><01:25:09.149><c> things</c>

01:25:09.430 --> 01:25:11.210
there<01:25:09.670><c> brothers</c><01:25:09.930><c> and</c><01:25:10.090><c> sisters.</c><01:25:10.710><c> The</c><01:25:10.890><c> innocent</c>

01:25:11.210 --> 01:25:12.930
party<01:25:11.569><c> is</c><01:25:11.850><c> protected</c>

01:25:13.489 --> 01:25:15.909
and<01:25:14.050><c> she's</c><01:25:14.430><c> his</c><01:25:14.750><c> wife.</c>

01:25:17.050 --> 01:25:17.409
The<01:25:17.289><c> seed</c>

01:25:17.409 --> 01:25:19.789
that<01:25:17.550><c> was</c><01:25:17.670><c> to</c><01:25:17.810><c> come</c><01:25:18.090><c> forth</c><01:25:18.329><c> was</c><01:25:18.550><c> to</c><01:25:18.609><c> be</c><01:25:18.890><c> his.</c>

01:25:20.810 --> 01:25:21.310
And<01:25:21.010><c> he</c>

01:25:21.310 --> 01:25:23.369
who<01:25:21.550><c> is</c><01:25:21.670><c> the</c><01:25:21.890><c> father,</c><01:25:22.470><c> is</c><01:25:22.670><c> going</c><01:25:22.869><c> to</c><01:25:23.010><c> be</c><01:25:23.170><c> the</c>

01:25:23.369 --> 01:25:25.090
father<01:25:23.630><c> of</c><01:25:24.050><c> many</c><01:25:24.350><c> nations</c>

01:25:25.090 --> 01:25:27.430
has<01:25:25.670><c> to</c><01:25:25.989><c> suffer</c><01:25:26.310><c> and</c><01:25:26.670><c> rebuke</c><01:25:26.930><c> brothers</c><01:25:27.210><c> and</c>

01:25:27.430 --> 01:25:29.369
sisters<01:25:27.850><c> by</c><01:25:28.350><c> a</c><01:25:28.609><c> worldly</c><01:25:28.909><c> key.</c>

01:25:29.369 --> 01:25:31.689
You<01:25:30.369><c> know</c><01:25:30.569><c> it</c><01:25:30.609><c> does</c><01:25:30.869><c> our</c><01:25:31.189><c> soul</c><01:25:31.430><c> good</c>

01:25:31.689 --> 01:25:34.189
sometimes<01:25:32.329><c> to</c><01:25:32.550><c> have</c><01:25:32.770><c> that</c><01:25:33.029><c> experience.</c>

01:25:35.170 --> 01:25:35.590
And<01:25:35.270><c> though</c><01:25:35.409><c> it's</c>

01:25:35.590 --> 01:25:37.350
a<01:25:35.789><c> terrible</c><01:25:36.029><c> thing</c><01:25:36.270><c> as</c><01:25:36.470><c> far</c><01:25:36.590><c> as</c><01:25:36.750><c> the</c><01:25:36.909><c> truth</c><01:25:37.069><c> is</c>

01:25:37.350 --> 01:25:39.449
concerned,<01:25:39.109><c> yet</c><01:25:39.189><c> it's</c>

01:25:39.449 --> 01:25:41.489
a<01:25:39.569><c> very</c><01:25:39.909><c> humbling</c><01:25:40.270><c> and</c><01:25:40.489><c> a</c><01:25:40.569><c> very</c><01:25:40.949><c> educational</c>

01:25:41.489 --> 01:25:43.329
experience<01:25:42.210><c> for</c><01:25:42.590><c> a</c><01:25:42.729><c> Christ</c><01:25:42.989><c> of</c><01:25:43.090><c> Delphi</c>

01:25:43.329 --> 01:25:45.729
to<01:25:43.470><c> be</c><01:25:43.710><c> dressed</c><01:25:44.010><c> down</c><01:25:44.310><c> by</c><01:25:44.630><c> a</c><01:25:44.750><c> Gentile</c>

01:25:45.729 --> 01:25:47.289
whose<01:25:46.369><c> moral</c><01:25:46.829><c> values</c>

01:25:47.289 --> 01:25:49.770
at<01:25:47.569><c> that</c><01:25:47.970><c> moment,</c><01:25:48.869><c> I</c><01:25:49.329><c> emphasize</c>

01:25:49.770 --> 01:25:51.369
that,<01:25:50.850><c> are</c><01:25:51.050><c> a</c><01:25:51.170><c> little</c>

01:25:51.369 --> 01:25:52.510
higher.

01:25:53.850 --> 01:25:55.350
And<01:25:54.369><c> one</c><01:25:54.569><c> hangs</c><01:25:54.909><c> your</c><01:25:55.109><c> head</c>

01:25:55.350 --> 01:25:56.770
in<01:25:55.810><c> shame</c>

01:25:56.989 --> 01:25:58.510
when<01:25:57.510><c> one</c><01:25:57.729><c> has</c><01:25:57.970><c> to</c><01:25:58.109><c> be</c><01:25:58.310><c> dressed</c>

01:25:58.510 --> 01:26:00.510
down<01:25:58.789><c> by</c><01:25:59.109><c> a</c><01:25:59.149><c> Gentile</c><01:25:59.869><c> who's</c>

01:26:00.510 --> 01:26:01.529
right

01:26:01.989 --> 01:26:05.069
and<01:26:02.510><c> who</c><01:26:02.689><c> hasn't</c><01:26:02.930><c> got</c><01:26:03.229><c> the</c><01:26:03.449><c> covenants</c><01:26:03.750><c> of</c><01:26:03.970><c> promise.</c>

01:26:05.109 --> 01:26:06.310
And<01:26:05.350><c> he</c><01:26:05.489><c> who</c><01:26:05.609><c> is</c><01:26:05.689><c> to</c><01:26:05.789><c> be</c><01:26:05.869><c> the</c><01:26:06.109><c> father</c>

01:26:06.310 --> 01:26:08.970
of<01:26:06.590><c> many</c><01:26:06.869><c> nations</c><01:26:07.250><c> including</c><01:26:07.890><c> Pharaoh</c>

01:26:09.250 --> 01:26:10.409
had<01:26:09.770><c> to</c><01:26:09.909><c> suffer</c><01:26:10.109><c> the</c>

01:26:10.409 --> 01:26:12.250
rebuke<01:26:10.630><c> of</c><01:26:10.770><c> that</c><01:26:10.970><c> Gentile</c><01:26:11.510><c> key.</c>

01:26:13.010 --> 01:26:14.770
Can<01:26:13.430><c> we</c><01:26:13.510><c> read</c><01:26:13.770><c> brothers</c><01:26:14.050><c> and</c><01:26:14.289><c> sisters</c>

01:26:14.770 --> 01:26:16.310
from<01:26:15.670><c> the</c><01:26:15.829><c> last</c>

01:26:16.310 --> 01:26:18.930
verse<01:26:16.770><c> of</c><01:26:17.670><c> that</c><01:26:17.970><c> chapter?</c>

01:26:20.029 --> 01:26:20.710
And<01:26:20.409><c> Pharaoh</c>

01:26:20.710 --> 01:26:22.369
commanded<01:26:21.170><c> his</c><01:26:21.409><c> men</c><01:26:21.670><c> concerning</c><01:26:22.130><c> him</c>

01:26:22.369 --> 01:26:24.869
and<01:26:22.489><c> they</c><01:26:22.710><c> sent</c><01:26:22.829><c> him</c><01:26:23.069><c> away</c><01:26:23.329><c> and</c><01:26:23.470><c> his</c><01:26:23.710><c> wife</c>

01:26:26.930 --> 01:26:27.409
and

01:26:27.409 --> 01:26:29.189
all<01:26:27.789><c> that</c><01:26:28.010><c> he</c><01:26:28.350><c> had.</c>

01:26:31.890 --> 01:26:33.229
So<01:26:32.069><c> what</c><01:26:32.189><c> did</c><01:26:32.350><c> he</c><01:26:32.369><c> have?</c>

01:26:35.090 --> 01:26:36.710
Well,<01:26:36.569><c> he</c>

01:26:36.710 --> 01:26:38.149
gave<01:26:36.949><c> him</c><01:26:37.210><c> riches.</c>

01:26:39.569 --> 01:26:40.649
He<01:26:39.930><c> gave</c><01:26:40.229><c> him</c>

01:26:40.649 --> 01:26:42.649
oxen<01:26:41.109><c> and</c><01:26:41.449><c> asses.</c>

01:26:42.729 --> 01:26:44.069
And<01:26:42.970><c> when</c><01:26:43.090><c> he</c><01:26:43.170><c> got</c><01:26:43.329><c> back</c><01:26:43.489><c> into</c><01:26:43.630><c> the</c><01:26:43.829><c> land,</c>

01:26:44.210 --> 01:26:45.609
brethren<01:26:44.369><c> and</c><01:26:44.590><c> sisters,</c>

01:26:46.630 --> 01:26:48.210
and<01:26:46.829><c> Lot</c><01:26:46.949><c> came</c><01:26:47.189><c> back</c><01:26:47.430><c> with</c><01:26:47.630><c> him</c><01:26:47.750><c> and</c><01:26:47.789><c> they</c><01:26:48.029><c> both</c>

01:26:48.210 --> 01:26:49.550
came<01:26:48.390><c> out</c><01:26:48.590><c> of</c><01:26:48.750><c> Egypt,</c>

01:26:50.189 --> 01:26:51.850
it<01:26:50.369><c> was</c><01:26:50.689><c> those</c><01:26:51.270><c> riches</c>

01:26:51.850 --> 01:26:54.470
that<01:26:52.409><c> divided</c><01:26:53.250><c> brethren.</c>

01:26:56.090 --> 01:26:58.710
They<01:26:56.569><c> became</c><01:26:56.909><c> a</c><01:26:57.090><c> cause</c><01:26:57.329><c> of</c><01:26:57.689><c> contention.</c>

01:26:59.409 --> 01:27:01.170
What<01:26:59.609><c> do</c><01:26:59.649><c> you</c><01:26:59.770><c> get</c><01:26:59.909><c> out</c><01:27:00.130><c> of</c><01:27:00.289><c> Egypt?</c>

01:27:03.130 --> 01:27:04.850
But<01:27:03.369><c> that's</c><01:27:03.529><c> not</c><01:27:03.649><c> all</c><01:27:03.789><c> he</c><01:27:03.970><c> got.</c>

01:27:08.069 --> 01:27:09.750
That's<01:27:08.449><c> not</c><01:27:08.590><c> all</c><01:27:08.770><c> he</c><01:27:08.949><c> got.</c>

01:27:10.869 --> 01:27:12.390
We<01:27:11.069><c> read</c><01:27:11.250><c> in</c><01:27:11.430><c> verse</c><01:27:11.630><c> 16</c>

01:27:13.729 --> 01:27:16.329
that<01:27:14.250><c> he</c><01:27:14.390><c> got</c><01:27:14.670><c> handmaidens.</c>

01:27:19.510 --> 01:27:20.829
What<01:27:19.989><c> are</c><01:27:20.130><c> you</c><01:27:20.289><c> thinking</c><01:27:20.609><c> of,</c>

01:27:20.930 --> 01:27:22.229
brethren<01:27:21.109><c> and</c><01:27:21.350><c> sisters?</c>

01:27:22.750 --> 01:27:24.810
Because<01:27:23.229><c> I</c><01:27:23.350><c> know</c><01:27:23.449><c> what</c><01:27:23.550><c> I'm</c><01:27:23.750><c> thinking</c><01:27:24.050><c> of.</c>

01:27:25.689 --> 01:27:26.989
He<01:27:25.890><c> came</c><01:27:26.149><c> out</c><01:27:26.369><c> of</c><01:27:26.470><c> Egypt</c><01:27:26.609><c> with</c><01:27:26.829><c> all</c>

01:27:26.989 --> 01:27:28.369
that<01:27:27.130><c> he</c><01:27:27.369><c> had.</c>

01:27:28.789 --> 01:27:30.609
All<01:27:29.090><c> those</c><01:27:29.329><c> riches</c><01:27:29.569><c> which</c><01:27:29.869><c> divided</c><01:27:30.270><c> brethren</c>

01:27:30.609 --> 01:27:32.489
and<01:27:30.989><c> he</c><01:27:31.090><c> came</c><01:27:31.350><c> out</c><01:27:31.529><c> with</c><01:27:31.770><c> all</c>

01:27:32.489 --> 01:27:34.649
the<01:27:32.750><c> handmaidens.</c>

01:27:35.189 --> 01:27:36.029
Hannah!

01:27:37.770 --> 01:27:38.850
And<01:27:38.250><c> look</c><01:27:38.510><c> what</c>

01:27:38.850 --> 01:27:40.829
she<01:27:39.289><c> did</c><01:27:39.470><c> to</c><01:27:39.670><c> that</c><01:27:39.890><c> marriage.</c>

01:27:42.090 --> 01:27:43.850
That's<01:27:42.310><c> what</c><01:27:42.409><c> you</c><01:27:42.529><c> get</c><01:27:42.590><c> out</c><01:27:42.810><c> of</c><01:27:42.909><c> Egypt.</c>

01:27:45.289 --> 01:27:45.810
And<01:27:45.590><c> it</c><01:27:45.729><c> was</c><01:27:45.810><c> her</c>

01:27:45.810 --> 01:27:48.289
that<01:27:46.109><c> was</c><01:27:46.109><c> a</c><01:27:46.109><c> twist</c><01:27:46.510><c> of</c><01:27:46.829><c> fate,</c><01:27:47.289><c> brethren</c><01:27:47.449><c> and</c><01:27:47.630><c> sisters.</c>

01:27:48.750 --> 01:27:50.689
You<01:27:48.810><c> might,</c><01:27:49.069><c> some</c><01:27:49.329><c> people</c><01:27:49.550><c> might</c><01:27:49.829><c> say.</c>

01:27:50.930 --> 01:27:51.829
Some<01:27:51.189><c> might</c><01:27:51.470><c> say</c>

01:27:51.829 --> 01:27:53.369
a<01:27:52.149><c> twist</c><01:27:52.609><c> of</c><01:27:52.949><c> fate.</c>

01:27:53.789 --> 01:27:56.569
No,<01:27:54.390><c> it</c><01:27:54.569><c> was</c><01:27:54.850><c> poetic</c><01:27:55.350><c> justice</c>

01:27:57.609 --> 01:27:59.829
that<01:27:57.930><c> in</c><01:27:58.069><c> all</c><01:27:58.210><c> that</c><01:27:58.609><c> Sarah</c><01:27:59.029><c> may</c><01:27:59.489><c> learn</c>

01:27:59.829 --> 01:28:02.029
exactly<01:28:00.489><c> the</c><01:28:00.689><c> same</c><01:28:00.989><c> lesson</c>

01:28:02.289 --> 01:28:04.010
that<01:28:02.930><c> she</c><01:28:03.130><c> had</c><01:28:03.289><c> the</c><01:28:03.489><c> opportunity</c>

01:28:04.010 --> 01:28:06.310
of<01:28:04.229><c> what</c><01:28:04.750><c> Pharaoh</c><01:28:05.029><c> had</c><01:28:05.289><c> given</c><01:28:05.449><c> them</c>

01:28:06.489 --> 01:28:08.810
right<01:28:07.130><c> under</c><01:28:07.350><c> her</c><01:28:07.649><c> control.</c>

01:28:09.289 --> 01:28:10.729
And<01:28:09.590><c> fourth,</c>

01:28:11.550 --> 01:28:12.949
that<01:28:11.670><c> this</c><01:28:12.010><c> time</c>

01:28:13.210 --> 01:28:13.970
she'd<01:28:13.850><c> give</c>

01:28:13.970 --> 01:28:16.770
Abraham<01:28:14.390><c> away</c><01:28:14.829><c> as</c><01:28:15.109><c> he</c><01:28:15.229><c> gave</c><01:28:15.430><c> her</c><01:28:15.729><c> away.</c>

01:28:17.470 --> 01:28:19.489
And<01:28:17.729><c> where</c><01:28:17.869><c> did</c><01:28:17.930><c> that</c><01:28:18.170><c> land</c><01:28:18.529><c> up?</c>

01:28:20.649 --> 01:28:22.470
In<01:28:20.930><c> absolute</c><01:28:21.630><c> tragic</c>

01:28:22.850 --> 01:28:24.470
circumstances<01:28:23.409><c> of</c><01:28:23.670><c> unhappiness,</c>

01:28:25.289 --> 01:28:26.869
torment<01:28:25.529><c> of</c><01:28:25.970><c> soul,</c>

01:28:27.829 --> 01:28:29.829
the<01:28:28.170><c> witness</c><01:28:28.449><c> of</c><01:28:28.670><c> a</c><01:28:28.909><c> child</c><01:28:29.430><c> born,</c>

01:28:30.029 --> 01:28:32.010
brethren<01:28:30.170><c> and</c><01:28:30.470><c> sisters,</c><01:28:31.229><c> who</c><01:28:31.470><c> became</c>

01:28:32.010 --> 01:28:34.109
a<01:28:32.590><c> knife</c><01:28:32.770><c> in</c><01:28:33.010><c> Abraham's</c><01:28:33.630><c> heart.</c>

01:28:34.470 --> 01:28:36.609
That's<01:28:34.970><c> what</c><01:28:35.149><c> you</c><01:28:35.289><c> get</c><01:28:35.369><c> out</c><01:28:35.569><c> of</c><01:28:35.729><c> Egypt.</c>

01:28:37.829 --> 01:28:39.869
And<01:28:38.050><c> in</c><01:28:38.210><c> our</c><01:28:38.350><c> next</c><01:28:38.649><c> study</c><01:28:38.869><c> as</c><01:28:39.029><c> we</c><01:28:39.170><c> come</c><01:28:39.369><c> together</c>

01:28:39.869 --> 01:28:42.029
I<01:28:40.329><c> want</c><01:28:40.609><c> to</c><01:28:40.750><c> show</c><01:28:40.949><c> you,</c><01:28:41.289><c> brethren</c><01:28:41.470><c> and</c><01:28:41.729><c> sisters,</c>

01:28:42.029 --> 01:28:44.689
I<01:28:42.869><c> want</c><01:28:43.149><c> to</c><01:28:43.289><c> show</c><01:28:43.489><c> you</c><01:28:43.689><c> very</c><01:28:44.050><c> powerfully</c>

01:28:44.689 --> 01:28:47.350
how<01:28:45.010><c> that</c><01:28:45.229><c> Abraham</c><01:28:45.590><c> learned</c><01:28:46.050><c> that</c><01:28:46.449><c> lesson</c>

01:28:47.510 --> 01:28:48.890
and<01:28:47.970><c> couldn't</c><01:28:48.430><c> get</c>

01:28:48.890 --> 01:28:50.409
that<01:28:49.550><c> fast</c><01:28:50.050><c> enough</c>

01:28:50.409 --> 01:28:51.710
to<01:28:50.649><c> prove</c><01:28:50.850><c> it.</c>

01:28:52.829 --> 01:28:55.189
And<01:28:52.930><c> he</c><01:28:53.050><c> never</c><01:28:53.310><c> made</c><01:28:53.489><c> that</c><01:28:53.710><c> mistake</c><01:28:54.069><c> again.</c>

01:28:55.590 --> 01:28:56.989
He<01:28:55.609><c> might</c><01:28:55.729><c> have</c><01:28:55.869><c> denied</c><01:28:56.069><c> his</c><01:28:56.310><c> wife</c><01:28:56.510><c> again,</c>

01:28:57.289 --> 01:28:58.869
but<01:28:57.409><c> he</c><01:28:57.510><c> never</c><01:28:57.729><c> went</c><01:28:57.869><c> to</c><01:28:58.050><c> Egypt.</c>

01:29:00.189 --> 01:29:00.729
And<01:29:00.350><c> the</c><01:29:00.510><c> lesson</c>

01:29:00.729 --> 01:29:01.989
which<01:29:00.949><c> he</c><01:29:01.130><c> learned,</c><01:29:01.409><c> brethren</c><01:29:01.590><c> and</c><01:29:01.829><c> sisters,</c>

01:29:02.270 --> 01:29:04.270
a<01:29:02.430><c> big</c><01:29:02.810><c> humiliating</c><01:29:03.789><c> lesson</c>

01:29:04.770 --> 01:29:06.670
made<01:29:05.229><c> a</c><01:29:05.449><c> tremendous</c><01:29:06.090><c> impact</c>

01:29:06.670 --> 01:29:08.550
upon<01:29:06.850><c> a</c><01:29:07.029><c> very</c><01:29:07.350><c> sensitive</c><01:29:07.569><c> and</c><01:29:07.770><c> a</c><01:29:07.890><c> very</c><01:29:08.310><c> great</c>

01:29:08.550 --> 01:29:10.470
man.<01:29:09.649><c> And</c><01:29:09.850><c> when</c><01:29:09.949><c> we</c><01:29:10.109><c> come</c><01:29:10.329><c> back</c>

01:29:10.470 --> 01:29:12.569
again,<01:29:10.930><c> God</c><01:29:10.970><c> willing,</c><01:29:11.329><c> tomorrow</c><01:29:11.569><c> night,</c><01:29:12.010><c> I</c><01:29:12.189><c> want</c><01:29:12.390><c> to</c>

01:29:12.569 --> 01:29:14.350
take<01:29:12.710><c> you</c><01:29:12.850><c> back</c><01:29:13.029><c> with</c><01:29:13.229><c> him</c><01:29:13.529><c> and</c><01:29:13.729><c> show</c><01:29:13.949><c> how</c><01:29:14.130><c> he</c>

01:29:14.350 --> 01:29:16.050
retraced<01:29:14.670><c> every</c><01:29:15.170><c> step</c><01:29:15.409><c> that</c><01:29:15.609><c> the</c><01:29:15.770><c> scripture</c>

01:29:16.050 --> 01:29:18.090
speaks<01:29:16.569><c> of</c><01:29:16.750><c> so</c><01:29:16.970><c> clearly.</c>

01:29:18.630 --> 01:29:20.529
He<01:29:18.909><c> retraced</c><01:29:19.409><c> his</c><01:29:19.689><c> steps</c><01:29:19.829><c> as</c><01:29:20.270><c> fast</c>

01:29:20.529 --> 01:29:22.529
as<01:29:20.750><c> he</c><01:29:20.909><c> could,</c><01:29:21.569><c> came</c><01:29:21.869><c> back</c><01:29:22.090><c> to</c><01:29:22.189><c> the</c><01:29:22.350><c> place</c>

01:29:22.529 --> 01:29:24.470
where<01:29:22.710><c> he</c><01:29:22.750><c> made</c><01:29:22.970><c> a</c><01:29:23.149><c> bad</c><01:29:23.329><c> decision</c><01:29:23.750><c> and</c><01:29:24.050><c> made</c><01:29:24.270><c> a</c>

01:29:24.470 --> 01:29:25.569
right<01:29:24.710><c> one.</c>

01:29:26.250 --> 01:29:28.010
And<01:29:26.430><c> from</c><01:29:26.609><c> then</c><01:29:26.770><c> on,</c><01:29:27.109><c> brethren</c><01:29:27.189><c> and</c><01:29:27.449><c> sisters,</c><01:29:27.569><c> he</c><01:29:27.750><c> never</c>

01:29:28.010 --> 01:29:29.329
looked<01:29:28.270><c> back.</c>

01:29:29.670 --> 01:29:30.289
And<01:29:29.869><c> though</c><01:29:30.029><c> he</c><01:29:30.149><c> had</c>

01:29:30.289 --> 01:29:32.829
his<01:29:30.529><c> problems,</c><01:29:31.729><c> from</c><01:29:31.869><c> then</c><01:29:32.109><c> on</c>

01:29:32.829 --> 01:29:34.390
Abraham<01:29:33.350><c> would</c><01:29:33.670><c> settle</c><01:29:33.869><c> in</c><01:29:34.010><c> his</c><01:29:34.229><c> mind</c>

01:29:34.390 --> 01:29:36.470
and<01:29:34.710><c> never</c><01:29:35.069><c> again</c><01:29:35.390><c> would</c><01:29:35.510><c> he</c><01:29:35.689><c> ever</c><01:29:35.949><c> adopt</c><01:29:36.149><c> that</c>

01:29:36.470 --> 01:29:38.569
sort<01:29:36.609><c> of</c><01:29:36.829><c> expedient.</c><01:29:37.930><c> It</c><01:29:38.149><c> got</c><01:29:38.350><c> him</c>

01:29:38.569 --> 01:29:40.670
into<01:29:38.569><c> the</c><01:29:38.569><c> riches</c><01:29:38.810><c> and</c><01:29:39.289><c> got</c><01:29:39.489><c> him</c><01:29:39.770><c> nowhere.</c>

01:29:41.130 --> 01:29:42.569
And<01:29:41.390><c> that</c><01:29:41.630><c> lesson,</c><01:29:41.930><c> brethren</c><01:29:42.189><c> and</c><01:29:42.470><c> sisters,</c>

01:29:42.670 --> 01:29:44.189
has<01:29:42.909><c> to</c><01:29:43.090><c> be</c><01:29:43.229><c> learnt</c><01:29:43.369><c> by</c><01:29:43.649><c> us</c><01:29:43.890><c> all.</c>

01:29:44.550 --> 01:29:47.029
Let<01:29:44.750><c> us</c><01:29:44.949><c> learn</c><01:29:45.130><c> it</c><01:29:45.409><c> from</c><01:29:45.609><c> the</c><01:29:45.789><c> father</c><01:29:45.989><c> of</c><01:29:46.210><c> the</c><01:29:46.310><c> faith.</c>