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it<00:11:17.960><c> says</c><00:11:18.139><c> he</c><00:11:18.240><c> took</c><00:11:18.419><c> with</c><00:11:18.559><c> him</c><00:11:18.720><c> his</c><00:11:18.899><c> two</c><00:11:19.120><c> boys,</c><00:11:19.360><c> Manasseh</c><00:11:19.779><c> and</c><00:11:19.899><c> Ephraim.</c>

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Because<00:11:23.039><c> we</c><00:11:23.179><c> always</c><00:11:23.379><c> hear</c><00:11:23.559><c> Ephraim</c><00:11:24.019><c> and</c><00:11:24.220><c> Manasseh.</c>

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But<00:11:25.720><c> the</c><00:11:25.879><c> first</c><00:11:26.080><c> two</c><00:11:26.340><c> times</c><00:11:26.720><c> the</c><00:11:26.919><c> boys</c><00:11:27.039><c> are</c><00:11:27.259><c> introduced,</c><00:11:27.759><c> it's</c>

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Manasseh<00:11:28.379><c> and</c><00:11:28.539><c> Ephraim.</c>

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Jacob<00:11:30.899><c> switches</c><00:11:31.240><c> the</c><00:11:31.480><c> order</c><00:11:31.639><c> here.</c><00:11:32.059><c> So</c><00:11:32.159><c> this</c><00:11:32.299><c> is</c><00:11:32.500><c> the</c><00:11:32.600><c> significant</c><00:11:33.019><c> thing</c>

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And<00:11:35.639><c> you</c><00:11:35.840><c> already</c><00:11:36.179><c> have</c><00:11:36.419><c> a</c><00:11:36.519><c> hint</c><00:11:36.720><c> of</c><00:11:36.899><c> it</c><00:11:37.080><c> in</c><00:11:37.179><c> verse</c><00:11:37.460><c> 5.</c><00:11:38.700><c> So</c><00:11:38.700><c> Jacob</c><00:11:38.940><c> says</c>

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to<00:11:39.700><c> Joseph,</c><00:11:41.100><c> Ephraim</c><00:11:41.500><c> and</c><00:11:41.720><c> Manasseh</c><00:11:42.279><c> shall</c><00:11:42.480><c> be</c><00:11:42.700><c> mine</c><00:11:42.919><c> as</c><00:11:43.299><c> Reuben</c><00:11:43.620><c> and</c>

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Simeon<00:11:44.299><c> are.</c>

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Okay,<00:11:45.720><c> so</c><00:11:45.919><c> Ephraim</c><00:11:46.360><c> and</c><00:11:46.620><c> Manasseh,</c><00:11:47.639><c> Joseph's</c><00:11:48.360><c> second</c><00:11:48.580><c> and</c><00:11:48.759><c> firstborn,</c><00:11:49.840><c> shall</c><00:11:49.940><c> be</c>

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to<00:11:50.340><c> me</c><00:11:50.480><c> as</c><00:11:50.700><c> Reuben</c><00:11:50.919><c> and</c><00:11:51.179><c> Simeon,</c><00:11:51.919><c> Jacob's</c><00:11:52.639><c> first</c><00:11:52.860><c> and</c><00:11:53.039><c> secondborn.</c>

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So<00:11:53.940><c> he's</c><00:11:54.240><c> swapping</c><00:11:54.440><c> the</c><00:11:54.679><c> order.</c><00:11:58.779><c> So</c><00:11:58.840><c> there's</c><00:11:59.559><c> a</c><00:11:59.620><c> hint</c><00:11:59.779><c> that</c><00:11:59.899><c> this</c><00:12:00.120><c> is</c>

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going<00:12:00.340><c> to</c><00:12:00.519><c> happen</c><00:12:00.700><c> in</c><00:12:00.899><c> verse</c><00:12:01.100><c> 5,</c><00:12:01.440><c> I</c><00:12:01.519><c> think.</c>

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But,<00:12:03.840><c> you</c><00:12:03.940><c> know,</c><00:12:04.139><c> Joseph</c><00:12:04.320><c> misses</c><00:12:04.620><c> it.</c><00:12:05.039><c> And</c><00:12:05.039><c> so</c><00:12:05.539><c> he</c><00:12:05.779><c> takes</c><00:12:06.720><c> Manasseh</c><00:12:07.399><c> and</c>

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he<00:12:07.639><c> puts</c><00:12:08.200><c> Manasseh,</c><00:12:08.860><c> his</c><00:12:08.940><c> father's</c><00:12:09.340><c> right</c><00:12:09.539><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:12:10.480><c> takes</c><00:12:10.639><c> Ephraim</c><00:12:11.019><c> and</c><00:12:11.159><c> he</c><00:12:11.220><c> puts</c><00:12:11.740><c> Ephraim</c><00:12:12.120><c> in</c><00:12:12.240><c> his</c><00:12:12.440><c> father's</c>

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left<00:12:13.120><c> hand.</c><00:12:13.679><c> He</c><00:12:13.899><c> just</c><00:12:14.139><c> expects</c><00:12:14.419><c> his</c><00:12:14.679><c> father</c><00:12:14.860><c> to</c><00:12:15.000><c> go</c><00:12:15.179><c> out</c><00:12:15.340><c> like</c><00:12:15.600><c> this.</c>

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But<00:12:16.460><c> the</c><00:12:16.700><c> hands</c><00:12:16.879><c> on</c><00:12:17.039><c> the</c><00:12:17.220><c> boys</c><00:12:17.379><c> in</c><00:12:17.559><c> the</c><00:12:17.700><c> right</c><00:12:17.919><c> hand</c><00:12:18.200><c> is</c><00:12:18.539><c> the</c>

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primogenitor<00:12:19.799><c> hand.</c><00:12:20.539><c> That's</c><00:12:20.840><c> the</c><00:12:21.000><c> birthright</c><00:12:21.419><c> hand.</c>

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He's<00:12:21.860><c> going</c><00:12:21.940><c> to</c><00:12:22.019><c> give</c><00:12:22.080><c> them</c><00:12:22.220><c> the</c><00:12:22.419><c> blessing.</c><00:12:23.320><c> But</c><00:12:23.539><c> instead,</c>

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Jacob<00:12:24.940><c> crosses</c><00:12:25.440><c> his</c><00:12:25.799><c> arms.</c>

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And<00:12:28.480><c> so</c><00:12:28.639><c> that</c><00:12:28.820><c> was</c><00:12:29.039><c> not</c><00:12:29.659><c> at</c><00:12:29.899><c> all</c><00:12:30.139><c> what</c><00:12:30.379><c> Joseph</c><00:12:30.620><c> was</c><00:12:30.879><c> expecting.</c>

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But<00:12:33.320><c> it's</c><00:12:33.679><c> a</c><00:12:33.759><c> pattern</c><00:12:33.899><c> that</c><00:12:34.080><c> we</c><00:12:34.279><c> see</c><00:12:34.460><c> over</c><00:12:34.720><c> and</c><00:12:34.860><c> over</c><00:12:35.019><c> again</c><00:12:35.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:35.519><c> book</c><00:12:35.639><c> of</c><00:12:35.860><c> Genesis.</c>

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We<00:12:42.220><c> have</c><00:12:42.600><c> Isaac</c><00:12:43.059><c> over</c><00:12:43.379><c> Ishmael.</c><00:12:44.379><c> We</c><00:12:44.460><c> have</c><00:12:44.659><c> Jacob</c><00:12:45.539><c> himself,</c>

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Jacob<00:12:46.740><c> over</c><00:12:47.019><c> Esau.</c>

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And<00:12:49.639><c> even</c><00:12:49.980><c> Judah's</c><00:12:50.460><c> sons,</c><00:12:51.100><c> Peres</c><00:12:52.080><c> over</c><00:12:52.539><c> Zarah.</c><00:12:53.120><c> Remember</c><00:12:53.379><c> with</c><00:12:53.559><c> the</c>

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story<00:12:54.000><c> about</c><00:12:54.240><c> the</c><00:12:54.779><c> scarlet</c><00:12:55.220><c> thread</c><00:12:55.440><c> that's</c><00:12:55.720><c> tied</c><00:12:55.799><c> to</c><00:12:55.940><c> the</c><00:12:56.080><c> boy</c>

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and<00:12:56.440><c> the</c><00:12:56.559><c> other</c><00:12:56.679><c> one</c><00:12:56.779><c> comes</c><00:12:56.960><c> out</c><00:12:57.159><c> first.</c>

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So<00:12:59.399><c> it's</c><00:12:59.720><c> a</c><00:12:59.940><c> really</c><00:13:00.179><c> common</c><00:13:00.539><c> theme</c><00:13:00.820><c> in</c><00:13:00.960><c> the</c><00:13:01.039><c> book</c><00:13:01.179><c> of</c><00:13:01.379><c> Genesis,</c>

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and<00:13:01.960><c> I</c><00:13:02.019><c> would</c><00:13:02.200><c> say</c><00:13:02.399><c> throughout</c><00:13:02.759><c> scripture.</c>

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And<00:13:07.480><c> we</c><00:13:07.679><c> see</c><00:13:07.820><c> it</c><00:13:08.039><c> reflected</c><00:13:08.299><c> in</c><00:13:08.539><c> Jesus'</c><00:13:08.980><c> teaching</c><00:13:09.279><c> that</c><00:13:09.519><c> the</c>

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last<00:13:09.919><c> shall</c><00:13:10.080><c> be</c><00:13:10.299><c> first</c><00:13:10.700><c> and</c><00:13:10.879><c> the</c><00:13:11.120><c> first</c><00:13:11.480><c> last.</c>

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So<00:13:14.200><c> this</c><00:13:14.620><c> teaches</c><00:13:14.960><c> us</c><00:13:15.159><c> profound</c><00:13:15.600><c> lessons.</c><00:13:16.480><c> But</c><00:13:16.539><c> first,</c><00:13:16.820><c> let's</c>

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look<00:13:17.259><c> at</c><00:13:17.940><c> Jacob's</c><00:13:18.679><c> blessing</c><00:13:18.879><c> on</c><00:13:19.100><c> the</c><00:13:19.279><c> boys</c><00:13:19.539><c> in</c><00:13:19.820><c> verse</c><00:13:20.000><c> 16.</c>

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Genesis<00:13:23.960><c> 48</c><00:13:24.279><c> verse</c><00:13:24.460><c> 16.</c><00:13:25.799><c> The</c><00:13:25.840><c> angel</c><00:13:26.340><c> who</c><00:13:26.539><c> has</c><00:13:26.840><c> redeemed</c><00:13:27.240><c> me</c>

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from<00:13:27.659><c> all</c><00:13:27.879><c> evil,</c><00:13:28.279><c> bless</c><00:13:28.639><c> the</c><00:13:28.960><c> boys.</c>

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my<00:13:33.720><c> fathers,</c><00:13:34.200><c> Abraham</c><00:13:34.659><c> and</c><00:13:34.879><c> Isaac,</c><00:13:35.980><c> and</c><00:13:36.299><c> let</c><00:13:36.480><c> them</c><00:13:36.700><c> grow</c><00:13:36.940><c> into</c>

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So<00:13:41.899><c> you</c><00:13:42.000><c> can</c><00:13:42.340><c> hear</c><00:13:42.799><c> echoes</c><00:13:43.259><c> of</c><00:13:43.559><c> the</c><00:13:43.840><c> promises</c><00:13:44.299><c> that</c><00:13:44.659><c> Abraham,</c>

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Isaac,<00:13:45.820><c> and</c><00:13:46.080><c> Jacob</c><00:13:46.320><c> were</c><00:13:46.580><c> given</c><00:13:46.840><c> of</c><00:13:47.879><c> becoming</c><00:13:48.200><c> a</c><00:13:48.440><c> mighty</c><00:13:48.659><c> nation,</c><00:13:50.179><c> of</c>

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being<00:13:50.639><c> united</c><00:13:51.080><c> to</c><00:13:51.679><c> this</c><00:13:52.360><c> family</c><00:13:52.860><c> tree</c><00:13:53.419><c> with</c><00:13:54.840><c> men</c><00:13:55.279><c> like</c><00:13:55.559><c> Abraham</c><00:13:55.899><c> and</c>

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Isaac<00:13:56.320><c> and</c><00:13:56.559><c> Jacob.</c>

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of<00:14:00.360><c> promised</c><00:14:00.759><c> children.</c>

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I<00:14:09.379><c> think</c><00:14:09.899><c> I</c><00:14:12.179><c> mentioned</c><00:14:12.399><c> the</c><00:14:12.600><c> boys'</c><00:14:13.440><c> names.</c><00:14:14.440><c> The</c><00:14:14.600><c> boys</c><00:14:14.740><c> were</c><00:14:15.019><c> born</c><00:14:15.200><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:14:15.740><c> 41</c><00:14:17.240><c> and</c><00:14:20.299><c> verse</c><00:14:20.639><c> 51,</c><00:14:23.139><c> 52,</c><00:14:23.700><c> 53.</c>

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So<00:14:24.840><c> you</c><00:14:25.059><c> get</c><00:14:25.259><c> the</c><00:14:25.399><c> names,</c><00:14:25.899><c> Manasseh</c><00:14:26.039><c> and</c><00:14:26.159><c> Ephraim.</c><00:14:26.799><c> Manasseh,</c>

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the<00:14:27.399><c> firstborn,</c><00:14:28.139><c> means</c><00:14:28.500><c> causing</c><00:14:28.899><c> to</c><00:14:29.200><c> forget.</c>

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And<00:14:31.059><c> Joseph</c><00:14:31.279><c> explains</c><00:14:31.840><c> in</c><00:14:32.000><c> verse</c><00:14:32.299><c> 51,</c><00:14:33.460><c> for</c><00:14:33.600><c> God</c><00:14:33.919><c> has</c><00:14:34.220><c> made</c><00:14:34.360><c> me</c>

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forget<00:14:34.940><c> all</c><00:14:35.240><c> my</c><00:14:35.500><c> hardship</c><00:14:35.879><c> and</c><00:14:36.139><c> all</c><00:14:36.279><c> my</c><00:14:36.460><c> father's</c><00:14:36.960><c> house.</c>

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This<00:14:38.519><c> was</c><00:14:38.720><c> before</c><00:14:39.019><c> he</c><00:14:39.240><c> knew</c><00:14:39.419><c> the</c><00:14:39.639><c> brothers</c><00:14:39.879><c> would</c><00:14:40.039><c> ever</c><00:14:40.279><c> come</c>

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to<00:14:40.779><c> buy</c><00:14:41.000><c> grain</c><00:14:41.220><c> in</c><00:14:41.480><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:14:44.059><c> Ephraim</c><00:14:44.820><c> means</c><00:14:45.299><c> double</c><00:14:45.779><c> fruitfulness,</c><00:14:47.720><c> for</c><00:14:47.940><c> God</c><00:14:48.259><c> has</c><00:14:48.580><c> made</c><00:14:48.759><c> me</c>

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fruitful<00:14:49.360><c> in</c><00:14:49.559><c> the</c><00:14:49.740><c> land</c><00:14:49.860><c> of</c><00:14:50.059><c> my</c><00:14:50.279><c> affliction.</c>

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sad,<00:14:56.480><c> you</c><00:14:56.679><c> know.</c>

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all<00:15:05.720><c> my</c><00:15:05.879><c> father's</c><00:15:06.299><c> house,</c><00:15:06.840><c> but</c><00:15:06.960><c> he</c><00:15:07.080><c> also</c><00:15:07.259><c> recognizes</c><00:15:07.700><c> God's</c>

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hand<00:15:08.860><c> in</c><00:15:09.080><c> making</c><00:15:09.299><c> him</c><00:15:09.639><c> doubly</c><00:15:10.000><c> fruitful.</c>

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And<00:15:11.259><c> maybe</c><00:15:11.659><c> Ephraim</c><00:15:12.059><c> is</c><00:15:12.419><c> doubly</c><00:15:12.740><c> fruitful</c><00:15:13.019><c> because</c><00:15:13.279><c> he's</c><00:15:13.519><c> the</c>

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second<00:15:13.980><c> boy.</c><00:15:14.440><c> I</c><00:15:14.600><c> don't</c><00:15:14.779><c> know.</c>

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But<00:15:15.620><c> certainly</c><00:15:16.320><c> Joseph</c><00:15:17.179><c> was</c><00:15:17.360><c> thinking</c><00:15:17.620><c> of</c><00:15:17.820><c> his</c><00:15:18.039><c> ascent</c><00:15:18.240><c> to</c><00:15:18.500><c> power,</c><00:15:19.220><c> the</c><00:15:19.399><c> prosperity,</c><00:15:20.279><c> the,</c><00:15:20.299><c> you</c><00:15:20.419><c> know,</c><00:15:20.639><c> going</c><00:15:20.820><c> from</c><00:15:21.019><c> being</c><00:15:21.179><c> in</c>

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But<00:15:26.620><c> I</c><00:15:26.860><c> think</c><00:15:27.039><c> there's</c><00:15:27.259><c> some,</c><00:15:27.919><c> God</c><00:15:28.240><c> in</c><00:15:28.559><c> a</c><00:15:28.720><c> way</c><00:15:28.919><c> is</c><00:15:29.220><c> reversing</c>

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the<00:15:29.879><c> boys'</c><00:15:30.379><c> names</c><00:15:30.419><c> as</c><00:15:30.740><c> well.</c>

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You<00:15:32.240><c> could</c><00:15:32.399><c> imagine</c><00:15:32.759><c> God</c><00:15:33.080><c> saying</c><00:15:33.480><c> of</c><00:15:34.279><c> Manasseh</c><00:15:35.019><c> causing</c><00:15:35.279><c> to</c><00:15:35.639><c> forget.</c>

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cause<00:15:41.039><c> you</c><00:15:41.259><c> once</c><00:15:41.480><c> again</c><00:15:41.759><c> to</c><00:15:42.059><c> remember</c><00:15:42.500><c> your</c><00:15:42.840><c> family.</c>

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I'll<00:15:43.639><c> bring</c><00:15:43.820><c> them</c><00:15:44.019><c> down.</c><00:15:44.320><c> You'll</c><00:15:44.419><c> be</c><00:15:44.600><c> reunited</c><00:15:45.019><c> with</c><00:15:45.279><c> your</c><00:15:45.519><c> family.</c>

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And<00:15:47.899><c> of</c><00:15:48.120><c> Ephraim,</c><00:15:48.659><c> whereas</c><00:15:48.740><c> you've</c><00:15:49.019><c> been</c><00:15:49.220><c> fruitful</c><00:15:49.539><c> in</c><00:15:49.720><c> this</c>

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land,<00:15:50.159><c> I</c><00:15:50.299><c> will</c><00:15:50.500><c> take</c><00:15:50.659><c> your</c><00:15:50.879><c> family</c><00:15:51.240><c> out</c><00:15:51.600><c> of</c><00:15:51.740><c> it.</c>

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So,<00:15:54.600><c> you</c><00:15:55.080><c> know,</c><00:15:55.220><c> I</c><00:15:55.419><c> think</c><00:15:55.620><c> there</c><00:15:55.840><c> may</c><00:15:56.000><c> be</c><00:15:56.240><c> some</c><00:15:56.720><c> reversal</c><00:15:57.299><c> even</c>

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in<00:15:58.440><c> the</c><00:15:58.639><c> names</c><00:15:58.879><c> that</c><00:15:59.600><c> Joseph</c><00:16:00.080><c> gives</c><00:16:00.679><c> to</c><00:16:00.980><c> his</c><00:16:01.139><c> sons.</c>

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All<00:16:08.960><c> right.</c>

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So<00:16:09.480><c> I</c><00:16:09.620><c> don't</c><00:16:09.960><c> know</c><00:16:10.179><c> if</c><00:16:10.320><c> I</c><00:16:10.480><c> answered</c><00:16:10.639><c> the</c><00:16:10.860><c> question,</c><00:16:11.220><c> why</c><00:16:11.480><c> no</c><00:16:11.700><c> tribe</c><00:16:11.980><c> of</c><00:16:12.220><c> Joseph?</c>

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I<00:16:13.360><c> explained</c><00:16:13.659><c> that</c><00:16:13.860><c> instead</c><00:16:14.080><c> of</c><00:16:14.299><c> Joseph,</c><00:16:14.639><c> there's</c><00:16:14.860><c> Ephraim</c>

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and<00:16:15.279><c> Manasseh.</c>

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But<00:16:15.879><c> why</c><00:16:16.139><c> did</c><00:16:16.220><c> that</c><00:16:16.539><c> happen</c><00:16:16.820><c> in</c><00:16:17.019><c> the</c><00:16:17.200><c> first</c><00:16:17.440><c> place?</c>

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And<00:16:19.059><c> the</c><00:16:19.299><c> answer</c><00:16:19.500><c> is</c><00:16:19.700><c> provided</c><00:16:19.960><c> to</c><00:16:20.159><c> us</c><00:16:20.240><c> in</c><00:16:20.480><c> scripture.</c>

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If<00:16:21.399><c> you'd</c><00:16:21.620><c> like</c><00:16:21.639><c> to</c><00:16:21.860><c> turn</c><00:16:22.000><c> to</c><00:16:22.200><c> First</c><00:16:22.440><c> Chronicles,</c><00:16:23.220><c> Chapter</c><00:16:23.340><c> five.</c>

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So<00:16:28.779><c> in</c><00:16:29.000><c> First</c><00:16:29.240><c> Chronicles,</c><00:16:29.980><c> Chapter</c><00:16:30.419><c> five,</c><00:16:33.480><c> verse</c><00:16:33.700><c> one</c><00:16:33.980><c> and</c><00:16:34.259><c> two.</c>

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Now<00:16:37.000><c> the</c><00:16:37.139><c> sons</c><00:16:37.460><c> of</c><00:16:37.700><c> Reuben,</c><00:16:38.340><c> the</c><00:16:38.559><c> firstborn</c><00:16:39.159><c> of</c><00:16:39.500><c> Israel,</c><00:16:40.000><c> that's</c><00:16:40.279><c> Jacob,</c><00:16:41.659><c> for</c>

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he,<00:16:42.220><c> that's</c><00:16:42.559><c> Reuben,</c><00:16:42.860><c> was</c><00:16:43.059><c> the</c><00:16:43.279><c> firstborn.</c>

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But<00:16:44.019><c> because</c><00:16:44.340><c> he</c><00:16:44.539><c> defiled</c><00:16:44.820><c> his</c><00:16:45.019><c> father's</c><00:16:45.460><c> couch,</c><00:16:45.720><c> his</c><00:16:45.940><c> birthright</c><00:16:46.279><c> was</c><00:16:46.480><c> given</c><00:16:46.659><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:46.940><c> sons</c><00:16:47.120><c> of</c><00:16:47.379><c> Joseph,</c><00:16:48.679><c> the</c><00:16:48.940><c> son</c><00:16:49.120><c> of</c><00:16:49.259><c> Israel,</c>

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so<00:16:50.000><c> that</c><00:16:50.100><c> he</c><00:16:50.220><c> could</c><00:16:50.419><c> not</c><00:16:50.580><c> be</c><00:16:50.759><c> enrolled</c><00:16:51.139><c> as</c><00:16:51.399><c> the</c><00:16:51.740><c> oldest</c><00:16:52.000><c> son.</c>

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Though<00:16:53.340><c> Judah</c><00:16:53.639><c> became</c><00:16:54.059><c> strong</c><00:16:54.500><c> among</c><00:16:54.720><c> his</c><00:16:55.000><c> brothers</c><00:16:55.299><c> and</c><00:16:55.539><c> the</c>

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chief<00:16:55.860><c> came</c><00:16:56.179><c> from</c><00:16:56.440><c> him,</c><00:16:57.299><c> yet</c><00:16:57.480><c> the</c><00:16:57.779><c> birthright</c><00:16:58.440><c> belonged</c><00:16:58.899><c> to</c><00:16:59.200><c> Joseph.</c>

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The<00:17:04.539><c> first</c><00:17:04.700><c> thing</c><00:17:04.839><c> I'd</c><00:17:04.920><c> say</c><00:17:05.099><c> about</c><00:17:05.279><c> this</c><00:17:05.539><c> is</c><00:17:05.980><c> First</c><00:17:06.220><c> Chronicles</c><00:17:06.640><c> was</c><00:17:06.859><c> written</c><00:17:07.019><c> during</c><00:17:07.420><c> the</c>

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time<00:17:07.799><c> of</c><00:17:07.920><c> the</c><00:17:08.039><c> return</c><00:17:08.220><c> of</c><00:17:08.420><c> the</c><00:17:08.500><c> exiles.</c>

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So<00:17:09.880><c> maybe</c><00:17:10.240><c> a</c><00:17:10.500><c> thousand</c><00:17:10.859><c> years</c><00:17:11.339><c> after</c><00:17:11.960><c> Reuben</c><00:17:12.460><c> lived.</c>

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And<00:17:13.660><c> this</c><00:17:13.940><c> episode</c><00:17:14.400><c> with</c><00:17:14.599><c> his</c><00:17:14.759><c> father's</c><00:17:15.200><c> concubine</c><00:17:15.480><c> is</c><00:17:15.740><c> still</c>

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being<00:17:16.240><c> talked</c><00:17:16.559><c> about.</c>

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So<00:17:18.759><c> talk</c><00:17:19.259><c> about</c><00:17:19.500><c> a</c><00:17:19.680><c> lousy</c><00:17:20.019><c> legacy.</c>

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You<00:17:21.039><c> know,</c><00:17:21.200><c> talk</c><00:17:21.400><c> about</c><00:17:21.640><c> a</c><00:17:21.819><c> lousy</c><00:17:22.240><c> origin</c><00:17:22.599><c> story</c><00:17:22.880><c> for</c><00:17:23.039><c> the</c><00:17:23.220><c> tribe</c><00:17:23.359><c> of</c><00:17:23.599><c> Reuben.</c>

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Just<00:17:26.420><c> to</c><00:17:26.559><c> be</c><00:17:26.779><c> remembered</c><00:17:27.059><c> for</c><00:17:27.259><c> something</c><00:17:27.480><c> like</c><00:17:27.759><c> that.</c>

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Certainly<00:17:29.119><c> not</c><00:17:29.420><c> something,</c><00:17:30.799><c> you</c><00:17:30.880><c> know,</c><00:17:31.299><c> something</c><00:17:31.640><c> that</c><00:17:31.880><c> I've</c><00:17:32.160><c> been</c><00:17:32.279><c> thinking</c><00:17:32.539><c> about</c><00:17:32.819><c> a</c>

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lot<00:17:33.279><c> with</c><00:17:33.720><c> Hannah</c><00:17:34.000><c> expecting</c>

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and<00:17:35.460><c> thinking</c><00:17:35.799><c> about</c><00:17:36.400><c> how</c><00:17:36.819><c> I'll</c><00:17:37.039><c> be</c><00:17:37.279><c> remembered,</c><00:17:37.720><c> what</c><00:17:37.759><c> I'll</c>

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pass<00:17:38.299><c> on</c><00:17:38.599><c> to</c><00:17:39.259><c> my</c><00:17:39.640><c> child,</c><00:17:39.980><c> my</c><00:17:40.180><c> children,</c><00:17:40.500><c> if</c><00:17:40.619><c> God</c><00:17:40.819><c> blesses</c><00:17:41.240><c> us</c><00:17:41.440><c> so.</c>

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You<00:17:42.980><c> know,</c><00:17:43.240><c> you</c><00:17:43.599><c> do</c><00:17:43.779><c> start</c><00:17:43.960><c> thinking</c><00:17:44.259><c> about</c><00:17:44.500><c> these</c><00:17:44.779><c> things.</c>

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Legacies,<00:17:47.400><c> right?</c><00:17:48.579><c> So</c><00:17:49.160><c> Reuben's</c><00:17:49.480><c> is</c><00:17:49.640><c> terrible.</c>

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The<00:17:51.200><c> second</c><00:17:51.400><c> is</c><00:17:51.819><c> the</c><00:17:52.079><c> birthright</c><00:17:52.460><c> belonged</c><00:17:52.839><c> to</c><00:17:53.160><c> Joseph,</c><00:17:53.920><c> right?</c><00:17:54.140><c> He</c>

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says<00:17:54.539><c> that</c><00:17:54.799><c> explicitly.</c>

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So<00:17:55.700><c> there</c><00:17:56.039><c> is</c><00:17:56.319><c> a</c><00:17:56.519><c> statement</c><00:17:56.920><c> that</c><00:17:57.440><c> the</c><00:17:57.720><c> birthright</c><00:17:58.079><c> was</c><00:17:58.359><c> transferred.</c>

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Reuben<00:17:59.299><c> was</c><00:17:59.500><c> basically</c><00:17:59.940><c> disqualified</c><00:18:00.640><c> because</c><00:18:00.980><c> of</c><00:18:01.180><c> the</c><00:18:01.400><c> sin</c>

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and<00:18:02.240><c> the</c><00:18:02.460><c> birthright</c><00:18:02.980><c> is</c><00:18:03.380><c> going</c><00:18:03.559><c> to</c><00:18:03.799><c> Joseph</c><00:18:04.079><c> instead.</c>

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And<00:18:04.720><c> so</c><00:18:04.819><c> the</c><00:18:05.059><c> double</c><00:18:05.259><c> portion,</c><00:18:05.839><c> right?</c><00:18:06.000><c> Two</c><00:18:06.220><c> sons.</c><00:18:07.019><c> It's</c><00:18:07.480><c> doubled</c><00:18:07.660><c> in</c><00:18:07.920><c> Joseph.</c>

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I<00:18:09.700><c> think</c><00:18:09.839><c> that's</c><00:18:10.079><c> really</c><00:18:10.299><c> interesting.</c>

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And<00:18:15.380><c> then</c><00:18:15.880><c> last</c><00:18:16.400><c> of</c><00:18:16.660><c> all,</c><00:18:18.440><c> this</c><00:18:18.500><c> comment</c><00:18:18.839><c> about,</c><00:18:20.980><c> let's</c><00:18:21.619><c> see,</c>

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it's<00:18:22.079><c> in</c><00:18:22.220><c> verse</c><00:18:22.440><c> two,</c><00:18:23.279><c> the</c><00:18:23.500><c> chief</c><00:18:23.880><c> ruler.</c>

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Judah<00:18:25.559><c> prevailed</c><00:18:26.099><c> above</c><00:18:26.339><c> his</c><00:18:26.640><c> brethren</c><00:18:27.000><c> and</c><00:18:27.299><c> of</c><00:18:27.539><c> him</c><00:18:27.740><c> came</c>

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the<00:18:28.220><c> chief</c><00:18:28.460><c> ruler,</c><00:18:29.380><c> but</c><00:18:29.539><c> the</c><00:18:29.779><c> birthright</c><00:18:30.180><c> was</c><00:18:30.500><c> Joseph's.</c>

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So<00:18:32.839><c> I</c><00:18:33.099><c> don't</c><00:18:33.339><c> want</c><00:18:33.460><c> to</c><00:18:33.539><c> get</c><00:18:33.660><c> into</c><00:18:33.900><c> all</c><00:18:34.119><c> of</c><00:18:34.220><c> it,</c><00:18:34.339><c> but</c><00:18:34.819><c> basically</c>

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Judah<00:18:35.640><c> was</c><00:18:35.960><c> fourth</c><00:18:36.140><c> in</c><00:18:36.480><c> line.</c>

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You<00:18:37.420><c> had</c><00:18:37.640><c> Reuben,</c><00:18:38.579><c> Simeon,</c><00:18:39.299><c> Levi,</c><00:18:40.500><c> and</c><00:18:40.660><c> Judah.</c>

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So<00:18:41.700><c> Reuben's</c><00:18:42.240><c> disqualified</c><00:18:42.660><c> because</c><00:18:42.980><c> of</c><00:18:43.140><c> this</c><00:18:43.279><c> thing</c><00:18:43.420><c> with</c>

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Zilpah,<00:18:44.579><c> and</c><00:18:44.740><c> then</c><00:18:44.960><c> Simeon</c><00:18:45.240><c> and</c><00:18:45.500><c> Levi</c><00:18:46.180><c> are</c><00:18:46.380><c> disqualified,</c>

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it<00:18:47.839><c> seems,</c><00:18:48.740><c> because</c><00:18:49.059><c> of</c><00:18:49.259><c> this</c><00:18:49.480><c> incident</c><00:18:49.799><c> that</c><00:18:50.079><c> occurs</c><00:18:50.440><c> with</c>

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Shechem<00:18:51.079><c> and</c><00:18:51.319><c> Hamor</c><00:18:51.759><c> and</c><00:18:52.019><c> the</c><00:18:52.200><c> incident</c><00:18:53.099><c> with</c><00:18:53.420><c> Dinah.</c>

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So<00:18:54.900><c> Judah</c><00:18:55.079><c> would</c><00:18:55.259><c> have</c><00:18:55.400><c> kind</c><00:18:55.599><c> of</c><00:18:55.740><c> been</c><00:18:56.160><c> like</c><00:18:56.480><c> fourth</c><00:18:56.680><c> in</c><00:18:56.940><c> line</c>

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for<00:18:57.319><c> the</c><00:18:57.519><c> birthright.</c>

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And<00:18:59.980><c> he</c><00:19:00.079><c> gets</c><00:19:00.240><c> this</c><00:19:00.400><c> wonderful</c><00:19:00.819><c> promise,</c><00:19:02.160><c> which</c><00:19:02.319><c> we</c><00:19:02.579><c> associate</c><00:19:02.920><c> with</c><00:19:03.099><c> the</c>

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Messiah,<00:19:04.339><c> but</c><00:19:04.460><c> the</c><00:19:04.680><c> birthright</c><00:19:05.000><c> goes</c><00:19:05.240><c> to</c><00:19:05.500><c> Joseph.</c>

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So<00:19:09.460><c> if</c><00:19:09.579><c> you've</c><00:19:09.759><c> got</c><00:19:09.819><c> your</c><00:19:09.980><c> finger</c><00:19:10.220><c> in</c><00:19:10.500><c> Genesis</c><00:19:10.779><c> 49,</c><00:19:11.680><c> you</c><00:19:11.819><c> can</c>

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just<00:19:12.140><c> turn</c><00:19:12.319><c> back</c><00:19:12.559><c> there.</c>

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So<00:19:14.539><c> the</c><00:19:14.759><c> chronicler</c><00:19:15.180><c> in</c><00:19:15.279><c> 1</c><00:19:15.460><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:15.920><c> 5</c><00:19:16.240><c> has</c><00:19:16.579><c> made</c><00:19:16.839><c> a</c><00:19:17.160><c> reference</c><00:19:17.559><c> to,</c><00:19:18.500><c> I</c>

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think<00:19:19.839><c> it's</c><00:19:20.140><c> Dave</c><00:19:20.319><c> in</c><00:19:20.480><c> this</c><00:19:20.700><c> case,</c>

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the<00:19:21.779><c> chief</c><00:19:22.019><c> of</c><00:19:22.180><c> Israel,</c><00:19:22.640><c> the</c><00:19:22.720><c> most</c><00:19:22.980><c> famous</c><00:19:23.299><c> king,</c><00:19:24.200><c> the</c><00:19:24.299><c> one</c><00:19:24.420><c> through</c><00:19:24.900><c> all</c><00:19:25.519><c> the</c><00:19:25.740><c> kings</c><00:19:25.940><c> of</c>

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Judah<00:19:26.240><c> would</c><00:19:26.440><c> be</c><00:19:26.619><c> descended</c><00:19:26.960><c> from.</c>

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And<00:19:29.900><c> he's</c><00:19:30.220><c> referencing</c><00:19:30.599><c> this</c><00:19:31.099><c> prophecy</c><00:19:31.440><c> of</c><00:19:31.660><c> Judah</c><00:19:31.799><c> that</c><00:19:31.960><c> we</c>

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went<00:19:32.220><c> to</c><00:19:32.380><c> before,</c><00:19:32.779><c> 49</c><00:19:33.220><c> verse</c><00:19:33.519><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:19:33.799><c> Judah</c><00:19:34.039><c> is</c><00:19:34.299><c> a</c><00:19:34.480><c> lion's</c><00:19:34.920><c> wealth.</c><00:19:35.539><c> He's</c><00:19:35.700><c> a</c><00:19:35.859><c> lion's</c><00:19:36.319><c> cub.</c>

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And<00:19:36.599><c> that</c><00:19:36.720><c> should</c><00:19:36.880><c> have</c><00:19:37.039><c> us</c><00:19:37.220><c> thinking</c><00:19:37.420><c> about</c><00:19:37.740><c> the</c><00:19:38.200><c> lion</c><00:19:38.440><c> of</c><00:19:38.660><c> the</c><00:19:38.819><c> tribe</c><00:19:39.019><c> of</c>

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Judah,<00:19:39.539><c> right,</c><00:19:39.680><c> from</c><00:19:39.880><c> Revelation</c><00:19:40.259><c> 5,</c><00:19:42.039><c> going</c><00:19:42.200><c> on</c><00:19:42.480><c> in</c><00:19:42.599><c> verse</c><00:19:42.819><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:19:55.039><c> notice</c><00:19:55.279><c> how</c><00:19:55.480><c> that's</c><00:19:55.839><c> the</c><00:19:56.000><c> obedience</c><00:19:56.220><c> of</c><00:19:56.420><c> the</c><00:19:56.619><c> peoples.</c>

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Not<00:19:57.079><c> a</c><00:19:57.299><c> singular</c><00:19:57.680><c> people,</c><00:19:58.259><c> like</c><00:19:58.519><c> the</c><00:19:58.839><c> people</c><00:19:59.099><c> of</c><00:19:59.240><c> Israel,</c><00:20:00.319><c> but</c>

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all<00:20:01.220><c> of</c><00:20:01.339><c> the</c><00:20:01.480><c> people</c><00:20:01.660><c> of</c><00:20:01.839><c> the</c><00:20:01.980><c> world.</c>

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This<00:20:02.420><c> is</c><00:20:02.680><c> again</c><00:20:02.839><c> a</c><00:20:03.019><c> reference</c><00:20:03.279><c> to</c><00:20:03.500><c> the</c><00:20:03.680><c> promises</c><00:20:03.940><c> to</c><00:20:04.240><c> Abraham,</c>

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blessings<00:20:05.079><c> to</c><00:20:05.339><c> all</c><00:20:05.519><c> the</c><00:20:05.700><c> nations.</c>

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The<00:20:06.779><c> Septuagint,</c><00:20:08.059><c> the</c><00:20:08.359><c> Greek</c><00:20:08.559><c> Old</c><00:20:08.759><c> Testament</c><00:20:09.099><c> has</c><00:20:09.740><c> the</c><00:20:09.900><c> word</c>

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is<00:20:10.339><c> ethnos,</c><00:20:11.220><c> like</c><00:20:11.440><c> ethnicity.</c>

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So<00:20:12.619><c> the</c><00:20:13.319><c> obedience</c><00:20:13.619><c> of</c><00:20:13.980><c> all</c><00:20:14.259><c> the</c><00:20:14.819><c> ethnicities</c><00:20:15.359><c> of</c><00:20:15.559><c> the</c><00:20:15.740><c> world</c>

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will<00:20:17.460><c> be</c><00:20:17.740><c> through</c><00:20:18.000><c> this</c><00:20:18.299><c> man</c><00:20:18.680><c> who</c><00:20:18.900><c> we</c><00:20:19.180><c> understand</c><00:20:19.500><c> to</c><00:20:19.660><c> be</c><00:20:19.779><c> Messiah.</c>

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It's<00:20:21.680><c> pretty</c><00:20:21.900><c> neat.</c>

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So<00:20:25.680><c> we</c><00:20:25.900><c> spent</c><00:20:26.059><c> a</c><00:20:26.220><c> lot</c><00:20:26.339><c> of</c><00:20:26.440><c> time</c><00:20:26.559><c> thinking</c><00:20:26.799><c> about</c><00:20:27.359><c> these</c><00:20:27.819><c> different</c><00:20:28.099><c> children</c><00:20:28.460><c> of</c><00:20:28.640><c> Israel</c><00:20:29.039><c> and</c>

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all<00:20:29.539><c> their</c><00:20:29.700><c> troubles,</c>

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the<00:20:32.500><c> legacies</c><00:20:33.099><c> of</c><00:20:33.539><c> each</c><00:20:33.799><c> of</c><00:20:33.920><c> these</c><00:20:34.119><c> tribes,</c><00:20:34.619><c> some</c><00:20:34.900><c> good,</c><00:20:35.200><c> some</c><00:20:35.500><c> bad.</c>

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We've<00:20:39.279><c> also</c><00:20:39.500><c> thought</c><00:20:39.740><c> about</c><00:20:40.000><c> this</c><00:20:40.240><c> idea</c><00:20:40.599><c> of</c><00:20:40.799><c> the</c><00:20:41.039><c> divine</c><00:20:41.279><c> priority</c><00:20:41.980><c> and</c>

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how<00:20:42.599><c> God</c><00:20:42.920><c> takes</c><00:20:43.240><c> the</c><00:20:43.539><c> firstborn</c><00:20:44.099><c> and</c><00:20:44.920><c> instead</c><00:20:45.339><c> he</c><00:20:45.599><c> moves</c><00:20:46.359><c> another</c><00:20:47.180><c> in</c>

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its<00:20:47.680><c> place.</c>

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And<00:20:49.200><c> Jesus'</c><00:20:49.680><c> teaching</c><00:20:50.000><c> that</c><00:20:50.180><c> the</c><00:20:50.380><c> first</c><00:20:50.500><c> shall</c><00:20:50.680><c> be</c><00:20:50.940><c> last</c><00:20:51.220><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:51.599><c> last</c><00:20:51.720><c> shall</c><00:20:51.920><c> be</c><00:20:52.180><c> first.</c>

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Think<00:20:55.900><c> of</c><00:20:56.160><c> Cain</c><00:20:56.380><c> and</c><00:20:56.619><c> Ishmael,</c><00:20:57.220><c> Esau</c><00:20:57.940><c> and</c><00:20:58.579><c> Reuben.</c>

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They're<00:21:00.680><c> all</c><00:21:00.900><c> firstborn</c><00:21:01.359><c> of</c><00:21:01.480><c> their</c><00:21:01.700><c> fathers</c><00:21:02.220><c> and</c><00:21:03.119><c> yet</c><00:21:03.500><c> God</c><00:21:03.960><c> raises</c><00:21:04.319><c> up</c>

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another<00:21:04.839><c> son</c><00:21:05.240><c> that's</c><00:21:05.680><c> beloved</c><00:21:05.920><c> of</c><00:21:06.099><c> their</c><00:21:06.279><c> father.</c>

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I<00:21:11.920><c> think</c><00:21:12.400><c> Paul</c><00:21:12.720><c> is</c><00:21:13.019><c> probably</c><00:21:13.460><c> thinking</c><00:21:13.819><c> about</c><00:21:14.140><c> this</c><00:21:14.420><c> principle</c><00:21:15.279><c> in</c><00:21:17.119><c> 1</c><00:21:17.319><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:17.660><c> 15.</c>

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We'll<00:21:20.380><c> change</c><00:21:20.619><c> gears</c><00:21:20.880><c> here</c><00:21:21.140><c> a</c><00:21:21.200><c> little</c><00:21:21.400><c> bit,</c><00:21:22.380><c> think</c><00:21:22.619><c> about</c><00:21:22.839><c> how</c>

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this<00:21:23.259><c> relates</c><00:21:23.539><c> to</c><00:21:23.759><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:21:27.359><c> 1</c><00:21:27.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:27.900><c> 15,</c><00:21:29.059><c> verse</c><00:21:29.259><c> 45.</c>

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So<00:21:34.880><c> it</c><00:21:35.039><c> is</c><00:21:35.220><c> written,</c><00:21:35.799><c> the</c><00:21:35.920><c> first</c><00:21:36.259><c> man,</c><00:21:36.660><c> Adam,</c><00:21:37.640><c> became</c><00:21:38.039><c> a</c>

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living<00:21:38.500><c> being.</c>

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The<00:21:39.900><c> last</c><00:21:40.299><c> Adam</c><00:21:40.920><c> became</c><00:21:41.539><c> a</c><00:21:41.960><c> life</c><00:21:42.220><c>-giving</c><00:21:42.519><c> spirit.</c>

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But<00:21:44.420><c> it</c><00:21:44.559><c> is</c><00:21:44.680><c> not</c><00:21:44.920><c> the</c><00:21:45.259><c> spiritual</c><00:21:45.579><c> that</c><00:21:45.779><c> is</c><00:21:46.059><c> first,</c><00:21:46.339><c> but</c><00:21:46.519><c> the</c>

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natural<00:21:47.220><c> and</c><00:21:48.200><c> then</c><00:21:48.460><c> the</c><00:21:48.740><c> spiritual.</c>

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And<00:21:51.579><c> it's</c><00:21:51.900><c> precisely</c><00:21:52.279><c> because</c><00:21:53.059><c> the</c><00:21:53.400><c> natural</c><00:21:53.740><c> comes</c><00:21:54.119><c> first</c><00:21:54.660><c> that</c><00:21:54.920><c> we</c>

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must<00:21:55.420><c> be</c><00:21:55.759><c> changed.</c>

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We're<00:21:57.900><c> not</c><00:21:58.140><c> good</c><00:21:58.900><c> by</c><00:21:59.160><c> nature.</c>

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In<00:22:02.380><c> that</c><00:22:02.640><c> sense,</c><00:22:03.079><c> I</c><00:22:03.099><c> mean,</c><00:22:03.339><c> I'm</c><00:22:03.880><c> firstborn,</c><00:22:04.519><c> I</c><00:22:04.599><c> have</c><00:22:04.759><c> three</c><00:22:05.000><c> younger</c><00:22:05.319><c> siblings,</c><00:22:06.039><c> but</c><00:22:06.400><c> we're</c><00:22:06.940><c> all</c><00:22:07.500><c> firstborns</c><00:22:08.859><c> in</c>

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a<00:22:09.119><c> way,</c><00:22:09.799><c> right?</c>

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By<00:22:10.279><c> nature,</c><00:22:11.819><c> we</c><00:22:12.000><c> are</c><00:22:12.380><c> of</c><00:22:12.740><c> Adam</c><00:22:13.180><c> and</c><00:22:13.660><c> so</c><00:22:14.000><c> in</c><00:22:14.319><c> a</c><00:22:14.440><c> sense</c><00:22:14.640><c> we</c><00:22:14.799><c> are</c>

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like<00:22:15.200><c> the</c><00:22:15.440><c> firstborn.</c>

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But<00:22:18.319><c> it's</c><00:22:18.500><c> the</c><00:22:18.680><c> last</c><00:22:19.000><c> Adam</c><00:22:19.259><c> that's</c><00:22:19.700><c> the</c><00:22:19.819><c> life</c><00:22:20.039><c>-giving</c><00:22:20.240><c> spirit.</c>

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So<00:22:23.799><c> we</c><00:22:24.019><c> become</c><00:22:24.500><c> second</c><00:22:25.000><c> sons</c><00:22:25.359><c> in</c><00:22:25.539><c> a</c><00:22:25.619><c> way.</c><00:22:25.859><c> We're</c><00:22:25.960><c> born</c><00:22:26.200><c> again,</c>

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right?<00:22:26.900><c> We</c><00:22:26.980><c> need</c><00:22:27.160><c> to</c><00:22:27.279><c> be</c><00:22:27.480><c> born</c><00:22:27.619><c> again.</c>

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As<00:22:40.019><c> in</c><00:22:40.380><c> Adam</c><00:22:40.640><c> all</c><00:22:41.000><c> die,</c><00:22:41.759><c> even</c><00:22:42.160><c> so</c><00:22:42.440><c> in</c><00:22:42.700><c> Christ</c><00:22:43.400><c> shall</c><00:22:43.839><c> all</c><00:22:44.140><c> be</c>

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made<00:22:44.660><c> alive.</c>

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And<00:22:48.119><c> so</c><00:22:48.359><c> this</c><00:22:48.559><c> teaching</c><00:22:48.839><c> of</c><00:22:49.059><c> Paul,</c><00:22:49.200><c> he</c><00:22:49.400><c> seems</c><00:22:49.619><c> to</c><00:22:49.819><c> be</c><00:22:50.220><c> going</c><00:22:50.480><c> along</c><00:22:50.799><c> the</c><00:22:51.059><c> same</c><00:22:51.319><c> theme</c><00:22:51.640><c> in</c>

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Romans<00:22:52.380><c> 5,</c><00:22:52.880><c> which</c><00:22:53.039><c> is</c><00:22:53.279><c> our</c><00:22:53.720><c> New</c><00:22:53.940><c> Testament</c><00:22:54.220><c> reading</c><00:22:54.519><c> for</c><00:22:54.740><c> the</c><00:22:54.880><c> day.</c>

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made<00:23:09.099><c> sinners,</c><00:23:10.500><c> so</c><00:23:10.720><c> by</c><00:23:11.039><c> the</c><00:23:11.240><c> one</c><00:23:11.420><c> man's</c><00:23:11.920><c> obedience,</c><00:23:13.359><c> the</c><00:23:13.539><c> many</c>

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will<00:23:14.240><c> be</c><00:23:14.420><c> made</c><00:23:14.640><c> righteous.</c>

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And<00:23:18.339><c> that</c><00:23:18.500><c> teaching</c><00:23:18.759><c> goes</c><00:23:19.000><c> on</c><00:23:19.319><c> in</c><00:23:19.539><c> chapter</c><00:23:19.799><c> 6,</c><00:23:20.140><c> which</c><00:23:20.380><c> we</c><00:23:20.619><c> often</c><00:23:20.839><c> call</c>

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the<00:23:21.240><c> baptism</c><00:23:21.700><c> chapter,</c><00:23:22.440><c> right?</c>

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Romans<00:23:22.799><c> 6.</c><00:23:24.220><c> And</c><00:23:24.460><c> without</c><00:23:24.720><c> quoting</c><00:23:25.019><c> the</c><00:23:25.259><c> entire</c><00:23:25.539><c> passage,</c><00:23:26.279><c> the</c>

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whole<00:23:26.720><c> emphasis</c><00:23:27.359><c> is</c><00:23:27.720><c> about</c><00:23:28.339><c> those</c><00:23:29.559><c> who</c><00:23:29.880><c> become</c><00:23:30.359><c> second</c><00:23:30.740><c> sons</c>

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through<00:23:31.599><c> baptism</c><00:23:32.140><c> into</c><00:23:32.420><c> Christ.</c>

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Being<00:23:33.740><c> born</c><00:23:34.059><c> again.</c><00:23:35.759><c> And</c><00:23:35.960><c> so</c><00:23:36.259><c> when</c><00:23:36.420><c> that</c><00:23:36.759><c> happens,</c><00:23:37.440><c> the</c><00:23:37.579><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:38.059><c> of</c><00:23:38.299><c> Christ,</c><00:23:39.720><c> it</c>

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goes<00:23:40.539><c> against</c><00:23:40.880><c> all</c><00:23:41.180><c> of</c><00:23:41.339><c> the</c><00:23:41.460><c> brokenness</c><00:23:41.839><c> in</c><00:23:41.960><c> the</c><00:23:42.119><c> world.</c>

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All<00:23:42.400><c> the</c><00:23:42.599><c> brokenness</c><00:23:43.279><c> in</c><00:23:43.500><c> ourselves</c><00:23:43.900><c> that</c><00:23:44.079><c> we</c><00:23:44.299><c> have</c><00:23:44.500><c> by</c><00:23:44.779><c> nature,</c><00:23:45.299><c> doesn't</c><00:23:45.440><c> it?</c><00:23:46.700><c> As</c><00:23:46.960><c> a</c>

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result<00:23:47.299><c> of</c><00:23:47.539><c> Adam's</c><00:23:47.920><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:23:49.799><c> it</c><00:23:50.039><c> really</c><00:23:50.319><c> calls</c><00:23:50.599><c> for</c><00:23:50.799><c> radical</c><00:23:51.200><c> transformation.</c><00:23:52.000><c> The</c><00:23:52.220><c> language</c><00:23:52.660><c> that</c><00:23:52.880><c> Paul</c><00:23:53.079><c> uses</c><00:23:53.420><c> in</c><00:23:53.619><c> Romans</c><00:23:53.900><c> 6</c>

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is<00:23:55.220><c> kind</c><00:23:55.559><c> of</c><00:23:55.799><c> extreme.</c>

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We're<00:23:57.640><c> not</c><00:23:58.099><c> supposed</c><00:23:58.460><c> to</c><00:23:58.660><c> be</c><00:23:59.079><c> how</c><00:23:59.400><c> we</c><00:23:59.619><c> were</c><00:23:59.779><c> before.</c><00:24:00.460><c> We</c><00:24:00.460><c> are</c>

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really,<00:24:01.559><c> truly,</c><00:24:02.259><c> deeply</c><00:24:02.700><c> changed</c><00:24:03.579><c> by</c><00:24:04.160><c> our</c><00:24:04.359><c> association</c><00:24:04.859><c> with</c><00:24:05.039><c> Christ.</c>

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Romans<00:24:11.599><c> 6</c><00:24:11.960><c> verse</c><00:24:12.240><c> 6,</c><00:24:13.440><c> we</c><00:24:13.500><c> are</c><00:24:13.660><c> to</c><00:24:13.920><c> be</c><00:24:14.099><c> no</c><00:24:14.380><c> longer</c><00:24:14.839><c> in</c><00:24:15.279><c> bondage</c>

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to<00:24:16.000><c> sin,</c><00:24:16.519><c> no</c><00:24:16.799><c> longer</c><00:24:17.140><c> slaves</c><00:24:17.420><c> to</c><00:24:17.740><c> sin.</c>

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Verse<00:24:19.920><c> 11,</c><00:24:20.900><c> we</c><00:24:21.240><c> are</c><00:24:21.279><c> to</c><00:24:21.420><c> consider</c><00:24:21.880><c> ourselves</c><00:24:22.420><c> dead</c><00:24:22.900><c> to</c><00:24:23.160><c> sin</c><00:24:23.519><c> and</c><00:24:24.500><c> alive</c><00:24:24.900><c> to</c>

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God<00:24:25.400><c> in</c><00:24:25.660><c> Christ</c><00:24:25.900><c> Jesus.</c>

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They're<00:24:27.259><c> powerful</c><00:24:27.660><c> statements,</c><00:24:28.240><c> aren't</c><00:24:28.319><c> they?</c>

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And<00:24:31.279><c> we</c><00:24:31.380><c> don't</c><00:24:31.660><c> expect</c><00:24:32.160><c> to</c><00:24:32.420><c> be</c><00:24:32.680><c> sinless,</c><00:24:33.200><c> but</c><00:24:33.579><c> we</c><00:24:33.920><c> should</c>

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expect<00:24:34.519><c> radical</c><00:24:34.920><c> change.</c>

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You<00:24:37.380><c> know,</c><00:24:38.099><c> it's</c><00:24:38.180><c> no</c><00:24:38.440><c> longer</c><00:24:38.700><c> the</c><00:24:39.019><c> flesh</c><00:24:39.259><c> that's</c><00:24:39.779><c> motivating</c>

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and<00:24:40.700><c> driving</c><00:24:41.140><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:24:41.640><c> the</c><00:24:41.799><c> Spirit</c><00:24:42.079><c> of</c><00:24:42.339><c> God</c><00:24:42.799><c> that</c><00:24:43.400><c> changes</c><00:24:43.779><c> us,</c><00:24:44.859><c> makes</c><00:24:44.960><c> us</c><00:24:45.240><c> different</c><00:24:45.539><c> than</c>

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we<00:24:45.980><c> were</c><00:24:46.700><c> at</c><00:24:47.059><c> first.</c>

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And<00:24:49.480><c> if</c><00:24:49.859><c> we</c><00:24:50.180><c> haven't</c><00:24:50.420><c> been</c><00:24:50.759><c> changed</c><00:24:51.200><c> by</c><00:24:51.559><c> our</c><00:24:51.759><c> association</c><00:24:52.240><c> with</c><00:24:52.440><c> Christ,</c><00:24:52.700><c> we</c>

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have<00:24:53.059><c> to</c><00:24:53.880><c> maybe</c><00:24:54.339><c> take</c><00:24:54.599><c> a</c><00:24:54.759><c> good,</c><00:24:55.039><c> hard</c><00:24:55.140><c> think</c><00:24:55.400><c> about</c><00:24:55.660><c> that.</c>

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So<00:25:01.140><c> as</c><00:25:01.700><c> we</c><00:25:01.920><c> consider</c><00:25:02.460><c> Jesus'</c><00:25:03.279><c> sacrifice,</c><00:25:03.900><c> our</c><00:25:04.119><c> own</c><00:25:04.420><c> blessed</c>

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position<00:25:05.200><c> to</c><00:25:05.460><c> be</c><00:25:05.660><c> associated</c><00:25:06.140><c> with</c><00:25:06.339><c> him,</c><00:25:06.579><c> to</c><00:25:06.819><c> receive</c><00:25:07.259><c> this</c>

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free<00:25:07.799><c> gift</c><00:25:08.039><c> of</c><00:25:08.259><c> grace,</c>

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let's<00:25:09.599><c> consider</c><00:25:10.160><c> our</c><00:25:10.579><c> eternal</c><00:25:11.019><c> legacy</c><00:25:11.579><c> before</c><00:25:11.980><c> God,</c><00:25:13.140><c> because</c>

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that's<00:25:13.940><c> what</c><00:25:14.119><c> really</c><00:25:14.339><c> matters,</c><00:25:14.720><c> isn't</c><00:25:14.900><c> it?</c>

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None<00:25:15.660><c> of</c><00:25:15.779><c> us</c><00:25:15.920><c> want</c><00:25:16.079><c> to</c><00:25:16.200><c> be</c><00:25:16.420><c> memorialized</c><00:25:17.079><c> as</c><00:25:17.519><c> Ruben,</c><00:25:18.259><c> unstable</c>

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as<00:25:18.900><c> water.</c><00:25:19.559><c> We</c><00:25:19.779><c> don't</c><00:25:19.920><c> want</c><00:25:20.079><c> that</c><00:25:20.279><c> on</c><00:25:20.480><c> our</c><00:25:20.700><c> tombstone,</c><00:25:21.079><c> do</c><00:25:21.240><c> we?</c>

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So<00:25:22.539><c> we</c><00:25:22.900><c> must</c><00:25:23.099><c> remember</c><00:25:23.440><c> that</c><00:25:23.940><c> God</c><00:25:24.240><c> is</c><00:25:24.660><c> constantly</c><00:25:25.220><c> opposing</c>

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what<00:25:26.059><c> comes</c><00:25:26.400><c> naturally,</c><00:25:28.299><c> like</c><00:25:28.440><c> Jacob</c><00:25:28.839><c> crossing</c><00:25:29.279><c> his</c><00:25:29.559><c> arms</c>

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over<00:25:30.099><c> Ephraim</c><00:25:30.519><c> and</c><00:25:30.720><c> Manasseh,</c><00:25:31.420><c> right?</c>

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That's<00:25:32.059><c> not</c><00:25:32.279><c> what</c><00:25:32.480><c> Joseph</c><00:25:32.720><c> was</c><00:25:32.940><c> expecting.</c>

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God<00:25:35.200><c> defied</c><00:25:35.660><c> the</c><00:25:35.839><c> natural</c><00:25:36.140><c> way</c><00:25:36.359><c> of</c><00:25:36.559><c> thinking,</c><00:25:36.880><c> and</c><00:25:37.019><c> he</c><00:25:37.119><c> sent</c>

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his<00:25:37.619><c> son</c><00:25:37.819><c> to</c><00:25:38.099><c> glorify</c><00:25:38.559><c> him</c><00:25:39.279><c> by</c><00:25:39.700><c> dying</c><00:25:39.940><c> on</c><00:25:40.119><c> the</c><00:25:40.279><c> cross.</c>

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That<00:25:42.240><c> doesn't</c><00:25:42.779><c> make</c><00:25:42.980><c> sense</c><00:25:43.220><c> to</c><00:25:43.420><c> the</c><00:25:43.579><c> natural</c><00:25:43.799><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:25:46.420><c> he</c><00:25:46.660><c> once</c><00:25:46.920><c> again</c><00:25:47.240><c> defied</c><00:25:47.700><c> all</c><00:25:47.900><c> natural</c><00:25:48.220><c> expectations</c><00:25:48.859><c> by</c>

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bringing<00:25:49.579><c> his</c><00:25:49.920><c> son</c><00:25:50.420><c> from</c><00:25:51.259><c> the</c><00:25:51.500><c> dead</c><00:25:51.740><c> back</c><00:25:52.279><c> to</c><00:25:52.480><c> newness</c><00:25:52.740><c> of</c><00:25:52.940><c> life</c><00:25:53.099><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:53.420><c> third</c><00:25:53.579><c> day,</c>

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granting<00:25:54.680><c> him</c><00:25:54.960><c> a</c><00:25:55.079><c> new</c><00:25:55.299><c> status</c><00:25:55.700><c> as</c><00:25:56.200><c> firstborn</c><00:25:56.900><c> of</c><00:25:57.140><c> the</c><00:25:57.380><c> dead.</c>

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This<00:25:58.339><c> is</c><00:25:58.579><c> an</c><00:25:58.759><c> entirely</c><00:25:59.119><c> different</c><00:25:59.480><c> class</c><00:25:59.799><c> of</c><00:26:00.039><c> firstborn.</c>

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It's<00:26:02.920><c> a</c><00:26:03.019><c> new</c><00:26:03.220><c> brotherhood</c><00:26:03.700><c> with</c><00:26:03.960><c> a</c><00:26:04.119><c> new</c><00:26:04.319><c> spiritual</c><00:26:04.839><c> ancestor</c>

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that<00:26:05.599><c> we're</c><00:26:05.859><c> invited</c><00:26:06.160><c> to</c><00:26:06.339><c> be</c><00:26:06.500><c> part</c><00:26:06.660><c> of.</c>

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I<00:26:09.880><c> think</c><00:26:10.319><c> of</c><00:26:10.539><c> my</c><00:26:10.720><c> friend</c><00:26:11.140><c> Jeremy</c><00:26:11.660><c> and</c><00:26:11.839><c> his</c><00:26:12.500><c> genealogical</c><00:26:13.339><c> research,</c><00:26:15.640><c> and</c>

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we've<00:26:16.279><c> done</c><00:26:16.400><c> a</c><00:26:16.440><c> little</c><00:26:16.660><c> bit</c><00:26:16.880><c> of</c><00:26:16.880><c> genealogical</c><00:26:17.619><c> research</c><00:26:17.960><c> today,</c>

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all<00:26:21.660><c> share</c><00:26:21.859><c> a</c><00:26:22.140><c> common</c><00:26:22.339><c> ancestor</c><00:26:23.059><c> in</c><00:26:23.700><c> Adam.</c>

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all<00:26:29.440><c> of</c><00:26:29.700><c> creation</c><00:26:30.039><c> history</c><00:26:31.220><c> onto</c><00:26:32.099><c> an</c><00:26:33.079><c> unfortunate</c><00:26:33.660><c> path.</c>

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born<00:26:38.119><c> again</c><00:26:38.480><c> as</c><00:26:38.839><c> second</c><00:26:39.119><c> sons</c><00:26:39.680><c> into</c><00:26:40.319><c> the</c><00:26:40.539><c> family</c><00:26:40.799><c> of</c><00:26:40.980><c> God</c>

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through<00:26:41.799><c> Christ.</c>

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I'll<00:26:44.160><c> just</c><00:26:44.460><c> close</c><00:26:44.700><c> with</c><00:26:44.960><c> 2</c><00:26:45.180><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:45.579><c> 5,</c><00:26:46.460><c> verse</c><00:26:46.619><c> 14</c><00:26:47.059><c> to</c><00:26:47.220><c> 17.</c>

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Therefore,<00:27:07.519><c> if</c><00:27:07.519><c> anyone</c><00:27:07.819><c> is</c><00:27:08.059><c> in</c><00:27:08.220><c> Christ,</c><00:27:08.759><c> he</c><00:27:08.759><c> is</c><00:27:08.900><c> a</c><00:27:09.039><c> new</c><00:27:09.240><c> creation.</c><00:27:10.700><c> The</c>

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old<00:27:11.000><c> has</c><00:27:11.279><c> passed</c><00:27:11.619><c> away.</c><00:27:12.440><c> Behold,</c><00:27:13.380><c> the</c><00:27:13.539><c> new</c><00:27:13.740><c> has</c><00:27:14.099><c> come.</c>