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Abraham,<00:11:02.559><c> God's</c><00:11:03.039><c> treated</c><00:11:03.399><c> Jew</c><00:11:03.980><c> and</c><00:11:04.759><c> Gentile</c><00:11:05.419><c> the</c><00:11:05.799><c> same.</c><00:11:06.659><c> And</c>

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he<00:11:06.899><c> brings</c><00:11:07.179><c> them</c><00:11:07.440><c> back</c><00:11:07.820><c> together</c><00:11:08.299><c> when</c>

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they'll<00:11:13.559><c> both</c><00:11:13.820><c> be</c><00:11:14.159><c> assembled</c>

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in<00:11:15.080><c> front</c><00:11:15.320><c> of</c><00:11:15.600><c> that</c><00:11:15.799><c> man</c><00:11:16.059><c> when</c><00:11:16.240><c> the</c><00:11:16.399><c> day</c><00:11:16.580><c> comes.</c><00:11:16.980><c> And</c><00:11:17.159><c> the</c><00:11:17.279><c> apostle,</c><00:11:17.559><c> you</c>

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know,<00:11:18.639><c> he</c><00:11:18.860><c> surveys</c><00:11:19.299><c> everything</c>

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that's<00:11:20.039><c> written</c><00:11:20.320><c> almost</c><00:11:20.700><c> when</c><00:11:20.840><c> he</c><00:11:20.960><c> gets</c><00:11:21.139><c> to</c><00:11:21.340><c> the</c><00:11:21.360><c> end</c><00:11:21.559><c> of</c><00:11:21.740><c> chapter</c><00:11:22.000><c> 11.</c>

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he<00:11:24.220><c> looks</c><00:11:24.399><c> at</c><00:11:24.559><c> the</c><00:11:24.759><c> chapter</c><00:11:24.940><c> and</c><00:11:25.080><c> he</c><00:11:25.139><c> looks</c><00:11:25.279><c> at</c><00:11:25.440><c> the</c><00:11:25.740><c> plan</c><00:11:25.940><c> that</c>

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God<00:11:26.440><c> has</c><00:11:26.779><c> had</c><00:11:26.940><c> with</c><00:11:28.179><c> humankind</c><00:11:28.820><c> over</c>

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history<00:11:29.639><c> and</c><00:11:30.559><c> he</c><00:11:30.720><c> says</c><00:11:30.899><c> it's</c><00:11:31.299><c> brilliant.</c><00:11:32.340><c> It's</c><00:11:32.779><c> unbelievable.</c><00:11:33.500><c> This</c><00:11:33.740><c> is</c><00:11:34.220><c> unquestionably</c><00:11:35.320><c> the</c>

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wisdom<00:11:36.700><c> of</c><00:11:37.440><c> God.</c>

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Well<00:11:40.039><c> then,</c><00:11:41.399><c> chapter</c><00:11:41.500><c> 11,</c><00:11:42.259><c> verse</c><00:11:42.360><c> 1,</c><00:11:42.980><c> or</c><00:11:43.100><c> verses</c><00:11:43.360><c> 1</c><00:11:43.679><c> to</c><00:11:43.779><c> 10</c><00:11:44.019><c> at</c>

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least,<00:11:45.580><c> Israel's</c><00:11:46.139><c> rejection</c><00:11:46.720><c> is</c><00:11:47.120><c> not</c>

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total.<00:11:48.139><c> What's</c><00:11:48.580><c> happening</c><00:11:48.779><c> in</c><00:11:48.960><c> these</c><00:11:49.240><c> first</c><00:11:49.519><c> 10</c><00:11:49.820><c> verses?</c><00:11:51.480><c> Well,</c><00:11:51.720><c> Israel's</c><00:11:52.100><c> rejection</c><00:11:52.419><c> is</c>

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not<00:11:52.820><c> total.</c>

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Why<00:11:53.360><c> not?</c><00:11:53.860><c> Well,</c><00:11:54.159><c> as</c><00:11:54.360><c> we</c><00:11:54.539><c> mentioned</c><00:11:54.759><c> a</c><00:11:54.879><c> moment</c><00:11:55.039><c> ago,</c><00:11:55.779><c> because</c>

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there<00:11:56.299><c> has</c><00:11:56.600><c> always</c><00:11:57.000><c> been</c><00:11:57.299><c> a</c><00:11:57.580><c> remnant,</c><00:11:57.879><c> that's</c>

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why.<00:11:59.240><c> And</c><00:11:59.440><c> in</c><00:11:59.580><c> the</c><00:11:59.679><c> following</c><00:11:59.980><c> verses,</c><00:12:00.500><c> the</c><00:12:00.679><c> apostle's</c><00:12:01.059><c> going</c>

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to<00:12:01.299><c> give</c><00:12:01.559><c> four</c><00:12:02.000><c> examples</c><00:12:02.840><c> of</c><00:12:03.259><c> how</c><00:12:03.559><c> that</c><00:12:03.919><c> remnant</c>

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has<00:12:04.500><c> existed</c><00:12:05.179><c> over</c><00:12:05.720><c> time.</c><00:12:07.139><c> Verse</c><00:12:07.179><c> 1,</c><00:12:07.919><c> I</c><00:12:08.059><c> say</c><00:12:08.440><c> then,</c><00:12:08.899><c> he</c><00:12:08.899><c> says,</c>

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hath<00:12:10.480><c> God</c><00:12:10.940><c> cast</c><00:12:11.379><c> away</c><00:12:11.659><c> his</c><00:12:11.960><c> people?</c><00:12:13.279><c> Answer,</c>

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no.<00:12:15.100><c> Why</c><00:12:15.299><c> not?</c><00:12:16.820><c> Reason</c><00:12:17.139><c> number</c><00:12:17.480><c> 1,</c><00:12:18.840><c> for</c><00:12:19.320><c> I,</c><00:12:19.740><c> says</c><00:12:19.919><c> Paul,</c><00:12:20.940><c> am</c><00:12:21.000><c> in</c>

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it<00:12:26.460><c> a</c><00:12:26.799><c> personal</c><00:12:27.440><c> reason.</c><00:12:29.480><c> The</c><00:12:29.799><c> apostle</c>

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lists<00:12:34.620><c> his</c><00:12:34.940><c> credentials</c><00:12:35.399><c> here.</c><00:12:35.820><c> He</c>

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says,<00:12:36.139><c> I'm</c><00:12:36.200><c> an</c><00:12:36.419><c> Israelite.</c><00:12:37.519><c> I'm</c><00:12:37.740><c> the</c><00:12:37.919><c> seed</c><00:12:38.000><c> of</c><00:12:38.200><c> Abraham.</c><00:12:39.179><c> I'm</c>

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credentials<00:12:41.820><c> you</c><00:12:42.120><c> see</c><00:12:42.320><c> calculated</c><00:12:42.960><c> to</c><00:12:43.320><c> appeal</c><00:12:43.679><c> to</c><00:12:43.919><c> the</c><00:12:44.179><c> natural</c><00:12:44.659><c> Jew.</c>

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in<00:12:48.240><c> 2</c><00:12:48.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:12:49.039><c> 11</c><00:12:49.980><c> and</c><00:12:50.360><c> verse</c><00:12:50.679><c> 22</c><00:12:51.500><c> where</c><00:12:51.980><c> he</c><00:12:52.059><c> has</c><00:12:52.200><c> to</c><00:12:52.460><c> put</c>

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chapter.<00:12:59.220><c> In</c><00:12:59.580><c> 2</c><00:12:59.799><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:00.179><c> he</c><00:13:00.919><c> says</c>

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that<00:13:01.379><c> he's</c><00:13:01.559><c> a</c><00:13:01.720><c> Hebrew,</c><00:13:03.220><c> an</c><00:13:03.580><c> Israelite,</c><00:13:04.720><c> and</c><00:13:05.000><c> the</c><00:13:05.320><c> seed</c><00:13:05.460><c> of</c><00:13:05.700><c> Abraham.</c><00:13:07.000><c> What's</c><00:13:07.360><c> the</c>

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point<00:13:07.759><c> then</c><00:13:08.000><c> that</c>

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God<00:13:14.360><c> hasn't</c><00:13:14.700><c> cast</c><00:13:15.080><c> me</c><00:13:15.399><c> away.</c><00:13:16.639><c> In</c><00:13:16.840><c> fact,</c><00:13:17.379><c> you</c><00:13:17.480><c> might</c><00:13:17.679><c> like</c><00:13:17.940><c> to</c>

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note,<00:13:18.960><c> he</c><00:13:20.580><c> proves</c><00:13:20.960><c> his</c><00:13:21.320><c> point,</c><00:13:24.460><c> if</c><00:13:24.720><c> you</c>

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say,<00:13:25.179><c> I'm</c><00:13:25.399><c> a</c><00:13:25.559><c> Jew</c><00:13:25.679><c> and</c><00:13:25.820><c> I'm</c><00:13:25.980><c> not</c><00:13:26.240><c> cast</c><00:13:26.559><c> away,</c><00:13:26.820><c> I'm</c><00:13:27.059><c> part</c><00:13:27.299><c> of</c><00:13:27.440><c> the</c>

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remnant.<00:13:28.899><c> He</c><00:13:29.259><c> proves</c><00:13:29.419><c> it</c><00:13:29.759><c> positively</c>

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sorry,<00:13:41.379><c> a</c><00:13:41.620><c> servant</c><00:13:41.779><c> of</c><00:13:42.000><c> Jesus</c><00:13:42.360><c> Christ,</c>

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called<00:13:44.240><c> to</c><00:13:44.580><c> be</c><00:13:44.759><c> an</c><00:13:44.980><c> apostle,</c><00:13:46.320><c> separated</c><00:13:46.740><c> unto</c><00:13:47.100><c> the</c><00:13:47.379><c> gospel</c><00:13:47.700><c> of</c>

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God.<00:13:48.840><c> Three</c><00:13:49.159><c> credentials</c><00:13:49.559><c> again.</c><00:13:50.679><c> A</c>

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servant,<00:13:52.240><c> called,</c><00:13:53.259><c> and</c><00:13:53.799><c> separated.</c><00:13:55.480><c> So</c><00:13:55.679><c> there's</c><00:13:55.860><c> the</c><00:13:56.059><c> first</c>

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reason<00:13:57.019><c> why</c><00:13:57.639><c> God</c><00:13:57.919><c> hasn't</c><00:13:58.279><c> cast</c><00:13:58.580><c> away</c>

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has<00:14:04.700><c> not</c><00:14:04.899><c> been</c><00:14:05.120><c> cast</c><00:14:05.299><c> away</c><00:14:05.460><c> by</c><00:14:05.720><c> God,</c><00:14:06.240><c> yet</c>

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he<00:14:07.259><c> is</c><00:14:08.019><c> a</c><00:14:08.440><c> natural</c><00:14:08.779><c> born</c><00:14:09.120><c> Jew.</c><00:14:10.879><c> Here's</c><00:14:11.039><c> the</c><00:14:11.200><c> next</c><00:14:11.399><c> reason,</c><00:14:11.779><c> verse</c><00:14:12.000><c> 2.</c>

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of<00:14:14.019><c> verse</c><00:14:14.279><c> 2.</c><00:14:15.419><c> God</c><00:14:15.759><c> hath</c><00:14:16.080><c> not</c><00:14:16.720><c> cast</c><00:14:17.080><c> away</c><00:14:17.340><c> his</c><00:14:17.600><c> people</c><00:14:17.799><c> which</c><00:14:18.019><c> he</c><00:14:18.200><c> foreknew.</c><00:14:18.919><c> Now</c><00:14:19.139><c> that</c><00:14:19.360><c> is</c><00:14:19.639><c> a</c>

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it's<00:14:22.500><c> a</c><00:14:22.659><c> quotation</c><00:14:23.200><c> from</c><00:14:23.519><c> scripture.</c><00:14:24.460><c> So</c><00:14:24.580><c> I'm</c><00:14:24.659><c> going</c><00:14:24.759><c> to</c><00:14:24.820><c> tell</c>

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says,<00:14:35.879><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:35.980><c> will</c><00:14:36.279><c> not</c><00:14:36.600><c> forsake</c><00:14:37.039><c> his</c><00:14:37.299><c> people</c><00:14:37.539><c> for</c><00:14:37.700><c> his</c><00:14:38.019><c> great</c><00:14:38.340><c> name's</c><00:14:38.840><c> sake</c>

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cast<00:14:46.720><c> off</c><00:14:46.879><c> his</c><00:14:47.100><c> people,</c><00:14:47.620><c> neither</c>

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explicit<00:14:53.159><c> statement</c><00:14:53.820><c> of</c><00:14:54.299><c> scripture</c><00:14:54.879><c> that</c><00:14:55.580><c> God</c><00:14:56.000><c> would</c><00:14:56.360><c> not</c>

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forsake<00:14:57.100><c> his</c><00:14:57.419><c> people.</c><00:14:58.600><c> Therefore,</c><00:14:59.620><c> the</c><00:14:59.820><c> opening</c>

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lines<00:15:00.340><c> of</c><00:15:00.539><c> verse</c><00:15:00.700><c> 2</c><00:15:00.980><c> become</c><00:15:01.340><c> the</c><00:15:01.720><c> second</c><00:15:02.019><c> reason.</c><00:15:02.679><c> We</c><00:15:02.679><c> call</c><00:15:03.100><c> that</c><00:15:03.500><c> the,</c><00:15:03.799><c> or</c>

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I'm<00:15:04.240><c> going</c><00:15:04.320><c> to</c><00:15:04.460><c> call</c><00:15:04.600><c> that,</c>

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the<00:15:05.580><c> scriptural</c><00:15:06.559><c> reason.</c><00:15:07.899><c> So</c><00:15:08.039><c> verse</c><00:15:08.240><c> 1</c><00:15:08.419><c> was</c><00:15:08.580><c> the</c><00:15:08.840><c> personal</c><00:15:09.100><c> reason.</c><00:15:09.379><c> Verse</c><00:15:09.620><c> 2,</c>

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end<00:15:15.240><c> of</c><00:15:15.299><c> verse</c><00:15:15.539><c> 4,</c><00:15:16.480><c> the</c><00:15:16.820><c> historical</c>

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reason.<00:15:19.740><c> What</c><00:15:19.980><c> ye</c><00:15:20.259><c> not,</c><00:15:20.460><c> what</c><00:15:20.679><c> the</c><00:15:20.919><c> scripture</c><00:15:21.139><c> said</c><00:15:21.340><c> of</c><00:15:21.500><c> Elijah,</c><00:15:22.840><c> how</c>

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he<00:15:23.320><c> maketh</c><00:15:23.659><c> intercession</c><00:15:24.200><c> to</c><00:15:24.419><c> God</c>

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against<00:15:25.279><c> Israel</c><00:15:25.840><c> saying,</c><00:15:26.679><c> Lord,</c><00:15:27.100><c> they've</c><00:15:27.580><c> killed</c><00:15:27.899><c> thy</c><00:15:28.200><c> prophets</c><00:15:28.559><c> and</c>

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digged<00:15:29.259><c> down</c><00:15:29.419><c> thine</c><00:15:29.580><c> altars</c>

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and<00:15:30.580><c> I</c><00:15:30.799><c> am</c><00:15:30.919><c> left</c><00:15:31.259><c> alone</c><00:15:31.600><c> and</c><00:15:31.759><c> they</c><00:15:31.980><c> seek</c><00:15:32.139><c> my</c><00:15:32.419><c> life.</c><00:15:33.620><c> And</c><00:15:33.879><c> what</c>

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set<00:15:34.700><c> the</c><00:15:34.899><c> answer</c><00:15:35.159><c> of</c><00:15:35.320><c> God</c><00:15:35.419><c> unto</c><00:15:35.679><c> him?</c><00:15:36.740><c> Elijah,</c>

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I've<00:15:38.220><c> reserved</c><00:15:38.539><c> unto</c><00:15:38.779><c> myself</c><00:15:39.639><c> seven</c><00:15:40.120><c> thousand</c><00:15:40.919><c> men</c><00:15:41.539><c> who</c><00:15:41.940><c> have</c>

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of<00:15:44.980><c> Baal,</c><00:15:45.240><c> he</c><00:15:45.559><c> says.</c><00:15:46.840><c> So</c><00:15:47.080><c> there's</c><00:15:47.299><c> the</c><00:15:47.620><c> historical</c><00:15:48.000><c> reason.</c><00:15:48.799><c> There's</c><00:15:49.139><c> a</c>

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remnant.<00:15:50.159><c> So</c><00:15:50.259><c> God</c><00:15:50.639><c> didn't</c><00:15:51.019><c> destroy</c>

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That's<00:15:58.299><c> the</c><00:15:58.480><c> third</c><00:15:58.679><c> reason,</c><00:15:59.059><c> the</c><00:15:59.279><c> historical</c><00:15:59.600><c> reason.</c><00:16:00.759><c> Do</c><00:16:00.899><c> you</c><00:16:00.899><c> remember</c><00:16:01.080><c> the</c><00:16:01.299><c> story</c><00:16:01.460><c> of</c>

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Elijah?<00:16:03.899><c> He</c><00:16:04.179><c> was</c>

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being<00:16:04.659><c> from</c><00:16:04.799><c> the</c><00:16:04.980><c> wrath</c><00:16:05.120><c> of</c><00:16:05.340><c> Jezebel.</c><00:16:07.679><c> Went</c><00:16:07.919><c> to</c><00:16:08.200><c> Horeb</c><00:16:08.440><c> to</c><00:16:09.360><c> bring</c><00:16:09.580><c> down</c><00:16:09.779><c> the</c>

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judgment<00:16:10.399><c> of</c><00:16:10.679><c> God</c><00:16:10.980><c> upon</c><00:16:11.399><c> the</c>

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nation.<00:16:12.519><c> Why?</c><00:16:13.360><c> Well,</c><00:16:13.500><c> because</c><00:16:13.740><c> he</c><00:16:14.000><c> said,</c><00:16:14.419><c> as</c><00:16:14.519><c> he</c><00:16:14.700><c> got</c><00:16:14.919><c> to</c><00:16:15.159><c> Horeb,</c><00:16:15.799><c> he</c>

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confronts<00:16:16.539><c> God</c><00:16:16.679><c> and</c><00:16:16.799><c> he</c><00:16:16.940><c> says,</c>

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I<00:16:17.639><c> only</c><00:16:18.299><c> am</c><00:16:18.820><c> left.</c><00:16:19.960><c> In</c><00:16:20.179><c> fact,</c><00:16:20.580><c> in</c><00:16:20.659><c> 1</c><00:16:20.860><c> Kings</c><00:16:21.159><c> 19</c><00:16:21.740><c> and</c><00:16:21.940><c> verse</c><00:16:22.120><c> 9,</c><00:16:22.340><c> he</c><00:16:22.480><c> goes</c><00:16:22.740><c> up</c><00:16:23.000><c> to</c><00:16:23.179><c> a</c>

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cave<00:16:23.559><c> that</c><00:16:23.820><c> says,</c><00:16:24.639><c> the</c>

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cave,<00:16:25.399><c> it</c><00:16:25.580><c> ought</c><00:16:25.659><c> to</c><00:16:25.779><c> be</c><00:16:25.860><c> in</c><00:16:26.000><c> the</c><00:16:26.179><c> text,</c><00:16:26.700><c> the</c><00:16:27.080><c> cave,</c><00:16:27.419><c> the</c><00:16:27.620><c> very</c>

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same<00:16:28.259><c> cave</c><00:16:28.500><c> where</c><00:16:28.720><c> Moses</c><00:16:29.120><c> hid</c><00:16:29.539><c> in</c><00:16:30.179><c> Exodus</c>

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up<00:16:38.580><c> there</c><00:16:38.879><c> for?</c><00:16:40.120><c> Well,</c><00:16:40.320><c> he'd</c><00:16:40.539><c> gone</c><00:16:40.720><c> up</c><00:16:41.039><c> there</c><00:16:41.220><c> because</c><00:16:41.600><c> he</c><00:16:42.039><c> begged</c><00:16:42.480><c> God,</c><00:16:43.940><c> begged</c><00:16:44.419><c> God</c>

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of<00:16:46.159><c> Israel.</c><00:16:47.899><c> God</c><00:16:48.159><c> had</c><00:16:48.399><c> said,</c><00:16:48.779><c> you</c><00:16:48.779><c> see,</c><00:16:49.340><c> I'm</c><00:16:49.519><c> going</c><00:16:49.679><c> to</c><00:16:49.799><c> destroy,</c><00:16:50.080><c> because</c><00:16:50.340><c> of</c><00:16:50.519><c> the</c>

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incident<00:16:50.899><c> of</c><00:16:51.059><c> the</c>

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golden<00:16:51.480><c> calf,</c><00:16:52.039><c> I'm</c><00:16:52.360><c> going</c><00:16:52.460><c> to</c><00:16:52.840><c> destroy</c><00:16:53.039><c> the</c><00:16:53.259><c> nation,</c><00:16:53.559><c> Moses,</c>

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and<00:16:54.460><c> begin</c><00:16:54.720><c> again</c><00:16:54.940><c> with</c><00:16:55.159><c> you,</c><00:16:55.480><c> stand</c><00:16:55.840><c> aside</c>

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and<00:16:56.360><c> let</c><00:16:56.539><c> me</c><00:16:56.960><c> erupt</c><00:16:57.600><c> fire</c><00:16:57.899><c> upon</c><00:16:58.220><c> them.</c><00:16:58.539><c> Moses</c><00:16:58.879><c> goes</c><00:16:59.139><c> up</c><00:16:59.419><c> the</c><00:16:59.600><c> hill</c><00:16:59.740><c> and</c><00:16:59.960><c> says,</c><00:17:01.620><c> forgive</c><00:17:01.940><c> them.</c><00:17:03.200><c> If</c><00:17:03.299><c> you</c>

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can't<00:17:03.740><c> do</c><00:17:03.840><c> it</c><00:17:03.919><c> for</c><00:17:04.059><c> their</c><00:17:04.359><c> sake,</c><00:17:04.660><c> God,</c><00:17:05.039><c> he</c><00:17:05.039><c> says,</c><00:17:05.259><c> forgive</c><00:17:05.599><c> them</c><00:17:05.819><c> for</c>

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my<00:17:06.400><c> sake.</c><00:17:07.000><c> God</c><00:17:07.200><c> says,</c><00:17:07.579><c> all</c><00:17:07.660><c> right,</c>

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Moses,<00:17:08.799><c> I'll</c><00:17:09.039><c> do</c><00:17:09.240><c> that</c><00:17:09.400><c> and</c><00:17:09.519><c> I'll</c><00:17:09.680><c> send</c><00:17:09.859><c> the</c><00:17:10.140><c> angel</c><00:17:10.299><c> you</c><00:17:10.599><c> want.</c>

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tell<00:17:13.480><c> me</c><00:17:13.680><c> something.</c><00:17:15.740><c> Show</c><00:17:15.859><c> me</c><00:17:16.019><c> thy</c><00:17:16.200><c> glory,</c><00:17:16.519><c> he</c><00:17:16.740><c> says.</c><00:17:17.960><c> What</c>

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is<00:17:18.339><c> the</c><00:17:18.599><c> character</c><00:17:18.859><c> behind</c><00:17:19.200><c> the</c><00:17:19.480><c> commandment?</c>

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nation<00:17:22.740><c> of</c><00:17:23.000><c> people</c><00:17:23.180><c> and</c><00:17:23.339><c> begin</c><00:17:23.579><c> again</c>

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with<00:17:23.920><c> one</c><00:17:24.220><c> man?</c><00:17:24.799><c> All</c><00:17:25.000><c> right,</c><00:17:25.380><c> Moses,</c><00:17:26.180><c> you</c><00:17:26.460><c> hide</c><00:17:26.700><c> there</c><00:17:26.920><c> in</c><00:17:27.119><c> that</c><00:17:27.420><c> cave</c><00:17:27.839><c> and</c>

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you<00:17:28.819><c> watch</c><00:17:29.259><c> and</c><00:17:29.680><c> you'll</c><00:17:29.940><c> see</c>

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my<00:17:30.480><c> hind</c><00:17:30.720><c> parts.</c><00:17:32.579><c> Well,</c><00:17:32.779><c> Elijah</c><00:17:33.059><c> goes</c><00:17:33.299><c> up</c><00:17:33.559><c> there</c><00:17:33.720><c> to</c><00:17:33.880><c> the</c><00:17:34.039><c> very</c>

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same<00:17:34.619><c> cave,</c><00:17:35.099><c> you</c><00:17:35.240><c> see.</c><00:17:36.019><c> And</c><00:17:36.220><c> the</c><00:17:36.359><c> record</c>

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is<00:17:36.839><c> very</c><00:17:37.240><c> clear</c><00:17:37.559><c> in</c><00:17:37.960><c> verse</c><00:17:38.240><c> two</c><00:17:38.500><c> of</c><00:17:38.680><c> this</c><00:17:38.880><c> chapter</c><00:17:39.279><c> of</c><00:17:39.519><c> Romans.</c>

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He<00:17:40.720><c> didn't</c><00:17:40.980><c> make</c><00:17:41.279><c> intercession</c><00:17:41.799><c> for</c>

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Israel,<00:17:43.279><c> he</c><00:17:43.500><c> made</c><00:17:43.859><c> intercession</c><00:17:44.599><c> against</c><00:17:45.539><c> Israel,</c><00:17:47.359><c> against.</c>

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And<00:17:48.940><c> God</c><00:17:49.160><c> says</c><00:17:49.460><c> to</c><00:17:49.640><c> him</c><00:17:49.720><c> when</c><00:17:49.779><c> he's</c><00:17:49.940><c> up</c>

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on<00:17:50.259><c> the</c><00:17:50.259><c> hill,</c><00:17:50.559><c> Elijah,</c><00:17:51.619><c> what</c><00:17:51.940><c> do</c><00:17:52.099><c> I</c><00:17:52.259><c> stay</c><00:17:52.359><c> here?</c><00:17:53.279><c> And</c><00:17:53.440><c> that's</c>

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the<00:17:53.759><c> critical</c><00:17:54.000><c> word,</c><00:17:54.279><c> what</c><00:17:54.539><c> do</c><00:17:54.720><c> I</c><00:17:54.880><c> stay</c>

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here?<00:17:55.660><c> Because</c><00:17:55.880><c> he</c><00:17:56.019><c> was</c><00:17:56.160><c> in</c><00:17:56.279><c> the</c><00:17:56.519><c> very</c><00:17:56.920><c> same</c><00:17:57.259><c> place</c><00:17:57.619><c> that</c><00:17:57.920><c> Moses</c><00:17:58.259><c> was.</c>

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Well,<00:18:00.259><c> what</c><00:18:00.440><c> was</c><00:18:00.579><c> he</c><00:18:00.779><c> doing</c><00:18:00.960><c> there?</c>

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Well,<00:18:02.579><c> it's</c><00:18:02.740><c> obvious,</c><00:18:03.079><c> isn't</c><00:18:03.180><c> it?</c><00:18:04.660><c> He</c><00:18:04.940><c> wants</c><00:18:05.220><c> God</c><00:18:05.440><c> to</c><00:18:05.640><c> be</c><00:18:05.819><c> consistent,</c><00:18:07.000><c> doesn't</c><00:18:07.160><c> he?</c>

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You<00:18:08.920><c> said</c><00:18:09.140><c> you'd</c>

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destroy<00:18:09.759><c> them</c><00:18:10.019><c> once</c><00:18:10.380><c> because</c><00:18:10.660><c> they</c><00:18:10.859><c> didn't</c><00:18:11.059><c> keep</c><00:18:11.339><c> the</c><00:18:11.579><c> law</c>

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and<00:18:12.099><c> Moses</c><00:18:12.539><c> interceded.</c><00:18:13.140><c> Well,</c><00:18:13.279><c> they've</c>

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broken<00:18:13.880><c> the</c><00:18:14.119><c> law</c><00:18:14.259><c> again,</c><00:18:14.680><c> he</c><00:18:14.880><c> says.</c><00:18:15.339><c> Destroy</c><00:18:15.819><c> them</c><00:18:16.099><c> now.</c><00:18:16.859><c> And</c>

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perhaps<00:18:17.180><c> the</c><00:18:17.460><c> unspoken</c><00:18:17.900><c> word,</c><00:18:18.559><c> and</c><00:18:18.799><c> begin</c>

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again<00:18:19.339><c> with</c><00:18:19.599><c> me.</c><00:18:20.160><c> But</c><00:18:20.380><c> destroy</c><00:18:21.099><c> them</c><00:18:21.339><c> now.</c><00:18:22.619><c> And</c><00:18:22.759><c> the</c><00:18:22.880><c> answer</c><00:18:23.099><c> comes</c><00:18:23.440><c> back.</c><00:18:24.579><c> Well,</c><00:18:24.720><c> what</c><00:18:24.900><c> about</c><00:18:25.059><c> the</c><00:18:25.339><c> 7</c><00:18:25.599><c>,000,</c>

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Elijah?<00:18:27.740><c> What</c><00:18:27.980><c> about</c><00:18:28.220><c> them?</c><00:18:29.440><c> What</c><00:18:29.700><c> are</c><00:18:29.799><c> you</c><00:18:29.960><c> really</c><00:18:30.160><c> doing</c><00:18:30.339><c> here?</c><00:18:31.099><c> Oh,</c><00:18:31.400><c> I</c>

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only<00:18:31.700><c> have</c><00:18:31.779><c> left.</c><00:18:32.079><c> All</c><00:18:32.220><c> right,</c>

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so<00:18:32.660><c> get</c><00:18:32.920><c> down</c><00:18:33.240><c> the</c><00:18:33.440><c> mountain</c><00:18:33.759><c> and</c><00:18:34.259><c> go</c><00:18:34.599><c> and</c><00:18:35.039><c> anoint</c><00:18:35.359><c> Elisha.</c>

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God<00:18:37.519><c> would</c><00:18:37.779><c> save</c><00:18:38.039><c> the</c><00:18:38.240><c> nation,</c><00:18:38.559><c> you</c><00:18:38.819><c> see,</c>

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for<00:18:39.220><c> that</c><00:18:39.440><c> remnant.</c><00:18:41.519><c> The</c><00:18:42.019><c> historical</c><00:18:42.920><c> reason.</c><00:18:44.619><c> And</c><00:18:44.799><c> then</c><00:18:44.920><c> the</c>

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fourth<00:18:45.319><c> reason,</c><00:18:46.220><c> let's</c><00:18:46.480><c> call</c><00:18:46.640><c> it</c><00:18:46.920><c> the</c>

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contemporary<00:18:47.880><c> reason,</c><00:18:48.240><c> it's</c><00:18:48.460><c> in</c><00:18:48.619><c> verse</c><00:18:48.839><c> 5.</c><00:18:50.380><c> Even</c><00:18:50.700><c> so</c><00:18:51.059><c> then,</c>

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at<00:18:52.140><c> this</c><00:18:52.740><c> present</c><00:18:53.160><c> time</c><00:18:53.720><c> also,</c><00:18:55.140><c> there</c>

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is<00:18:55.519><c> a</c><00:18:55.720><c> remnant</c><00:18:56.140><c> according</c><00:18:56.740><c> to</c><00:18:57.220><c> the</c><00:18:57.579><c> election</c><00:18:58.000><c> of</c><00:18:58.440><c> grace.</c><00:18:59.519><c> As</c><00:18:59.680><c> there</c><00:18:59.799><c> was</c><00:18:59.960><c> a</c>

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remnant<00:19:00.259><c> in</c><00:19:00.440><c> the</c><00:19:00.640><c> past,</c>

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so<00:19:01.839><c> there's</c><00:19:02.039><c> a</c><00:19:02.220><c> remnant</c><00:19:02.480><c> also</c><00:19:02.920><c> in</c><00:19:03.200><c> the</c><00:19:03.460><c> present.</c><00:19:04.059><c> The</c><00:19:04.299><c> opening</c>

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years<00:19:04.799><c> of</c><00:19:04.980><c> the</c><00:19:05.140><c> Christian</c><00:19:05.440><c> era,</c><00:19:05.960><c> it's</c>

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extremely<00:19:06.900><c> obvious.</c><00:19:08.740><c> 3</c><00:19:09.000><c>,000</c><00:19:09.240><c> were</c><00:19:09.519><c> baptised</c><00:19:10.099><c> in</c><00:19:10.279><c> Acts</c><00:19:10.519><c> 2</c><00:19:10.779><c> verse</c><00:19:11.039><c> 41.</c>

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5<00:19:13.160><c>,000</c><00:19:13.500><c> were</c><00:19:13.779><c> baptised</c><00:19:14.440><c> in</c><00:19:14.619><c> Acts</c>

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4<00:19:15.160><c> verse</c><00:19:15.460><c> 4.</c><00:19:16.660><c> At</c><00:19:16.819><c> the</c><00:19:16.920><c> end</c><00:19:17.039><c> of</c><00:19:17.200><c> the</c><00:19:17.359><c> third</c><00:19:17.599><c> missionary</c><00:19:18.000><c> journey,</c><00:19:18.539><c> in</c><00:19:18.640><c> Acts</c>

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21<00:19:19.220><c> verse</c><00:19:19.539><c> 20,</c><00:19:21.480><c> the</c><00:19:22.019><c> Jerusalem</c>

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arranging<00:19:22.920><c> brethren</c><00:19:23.220><c> say</c><00:19:23.559><c> to</c><00:19:23.700><c> the</c><00:19:23.859><c> apostle</c><00:19:24.200><c> Paul,</c><00:19:24.839><c> thou</c><00:19:25.039><c> seest,</c><00:19:25.519><c> brother,</c><00:19:25.700><c> how</c>

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many<00:19:26.259><c> thousands</c><00:19:26.839><c> of</c>

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Jews<00:19:27.500><c> there</c><00:19:27.880><c> are</c><00:19:28.279><c> which</c><00:19:28.640><c> believe.</c><00:19:30.359><c> And</c><00:19:30.619><c> so</c><00:19:30.700><c> there</c><00:19:30.819><c> was</c><00:19:30.980><c> a</c><00:19:31.099><c> remnant</c><00:19:31.339><c> even</c>

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in<00:19:31.740><c> the</c><00:19:31.880><c> first</c><00:19:32.160><c> century</c><00:19:32.779><c> of</c>

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Jews.<00:19:35.680><c> So</c><00:19:35.839><c> there</c><00:19:35.980><c> are</c><00:19:36.160><c> four</c><00:19:36.299><c> reasons.</c><00:19:36.960><c> Personal,</c><00:19:38.180><c> scriptural,</c><00:19:39.240><c> historical,</c><00:19:40.680><c> contemporary</c><00:19:41.200><c> reasons</c>

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why<00:19:42.420><c> God</c><00:19:43.599><c> hasn't</c><00:19:44.160><c> relinquished</c><00:19:45.019><c> his</c><00:19:45.420><c> relationship</c><00:19:46.099><c> with</c><00:19:46.319><c> his</c>

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people.<00:19:48.059><c> But</c><00:19:48.339><c> look</c><00:19:48.539><c> at</c><00:19:48.640><c> verse</c><00:19:48.880><c> 5,</c><00:19:49.200><c> at</c><00:19:49.279><c> the</c>

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end<00:19:49.380><c> of</c><00:19:49.440><c> verse</c><00:19:49.640><c> 5,</c><00:19:49.880><c> he</c><00:19:49.900><c> makes</c><00:19:50.160><c> a</c><00:19:50.460><c> point</c><00:19:50.720><c> about</c><00:19:51.059><c> this</c><00:19:51.359><c> reason.</c><00:19:53.180><c> He</c><00:19:53.359><c> says</c><00:19:53.720><c> not</c><00:19:54.299><c> just</c><00:19:54.519><c> that</c><00:19:54.619><c> there's</c><00:19:54.900><c> a</c><00:19:55.079><c> remnant</c>

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in<00:19:56.119><c> the</c><00:19:56.700><c> first</c><00:19:57.079><c> century,</c><00:19:59.359><c> but</c><00:19:59.480><c> there's</c><00:19:59.779><c> a</c><00:19:59.960><c> remnant</c><00:20:00.339><c> according</c>

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to<00:20:01.539><c> the</c><00:20:01.920><c> election</c><00:20:02.380><c> of</c><00:20:02.960><c> grace.</c><00:20:03.960><c> That</c><00:20:04.079><c> is</c>

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to<00:20:04.440><c> say</c><00:20:04.539><c> that</c><00:20:04.640><c> they</c><00:20:04.819><c> were</c><00:20:05.119><c> called</c><00:20:05.339><c> by</c><00:20:05.640><c> God's</c><00:20:06.140><c> grace.</c><00:20:06.460><c> Now</c><00:20:06.660><c> why</c>

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would<00:20:06.880><c> he</c><00:20:07.079><c> say</c><00:20:07.279><c> that?</c><00:20:07.460><c> Why</c><00:20:07.599><c> does</c><00:20:07.740><c> he</c><00:20:07.940><c> need</c>

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to<00:20:08.519><c> say</c><00:20:08.680><c> that?</c><00:20:10.440><c> Well,</c><00:20:10.660><c> it's</c><00:20:10.799><c> simple.</c><00:20:12.619><c> The</c><00:20:12.839><c> Jews,</c><00:20:13.200><c> you</c><00:20:13.420><c> see,</c><00:20:13.460><c> would</c><00:20:13.599><c> have</c><00:20:13.720><c> looked</c><00:20:13.920><c> at</c>

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those<00:20:14.480><c> 7</c><00:20:14.920><c>,000</c>

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in<00:20:16.400><c> the</c><00:20:16.640><c> days</c><00:20:16.819><c> of</c><00:20:17.140><c> Elijah</c><00:20:17.539><c> and</c><00:20:17.960><c> said</c><00:20:18.339><c> that</c><00:20:18.880><c> they</c><00:20:19.059><c> were</c><00:20:19.359><c> saved</c>

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by<00:20:20.019><c> works</c><00:20:20.640><c> because</c><00:20:21.640><c> they</c><00:20:21.920><c> hadn't</c><00:20:22.319><c> bowed</c>

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the<00:20:22.799><c> knee</c><00:20:23.000><c> to</c><00:20:23.359><c> Baal.</c><00:20:23.779><c> They</c><00:20:24.200><c> kept</c><00:20:24.599><c> the</c><00:20:24.980><c> law.</c><00:20:25.500><c> That's</c><00:20:25.819><c> how</c><00:20:26.019><c> the</c>

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Jew<00:20:26.319><c> would</c><00:20:26.519><c> have</c><00:20:26.680><c> interpreted</c><00:20:26.940><c> that.</c><00:20:29.000><c> The</c>

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problem<00:20:29.539><c> with</c><00:20:29.759><c> that</c><00:20:29.980><c> interpretation,</c><00:20:30.640><c> of</c><00:20:30.859><c> course,</c><00:20:31.119><c> is</c><00:20:31.640><c> that</c>

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that<00:20:32.140><c> is</c><00:20:32.460><c> not</c><00:20:32.880><c> how</c><00:20:33.380><c> Elijah</c><00:20:33.880><c> saw</c><00:20:34.200><c> it.</c><00:20:34.920><c> If</c>

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they<00:20:35.400><c> were</c><00:20:35.519><c> keeping</c><00:20:35.839><c> the</c><00:20:36.119><c> law,</c><00:20:36.299><c> he</c><00:20:36.579><c> would</c><00:20:36.819><c> have</c><00:20:37.079><c> never</c><00:20:37.420><c> petitioned</c><00:20:38.200><c> for</c><00:20:38.299><c> their</c><00:20:38.579><c> destruction.</c><00:20:40.079><c> He</c>

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petitioned<00:20:41.200><c> for</c><00:20:41.299><c> it</c><00:20:41.400><c> because</c><00:20:41.599><c> he</c><00:20:41.819><c> believed</c><00:20:41.980><c> he</c><00:20:42.380><c> was</c><00:20:42.579><c> the</c><00:20:42.799><c> only</c>

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one<00:20:43.559><c> left</c><00:20:44.059><c> and</c><00:20:44.380><c> that</c><00:20:44.519><c> they</c><00:20:44.900><c> weren't</c><00:20:45.500><c> keeping</c>

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the<00:20:46.480><c> law.</c><00:20:48.160><c> Now</c><00:20:48.299><c> think</c><00:20:48.480><c> about</c><00:20:48.740><c> those</c><00:20:49.039><c> 7</c><00:20:49.440><c>,000.</c><00:20:51.079><c> They</c><00:20:51.359><c> were</c><00:20:51.579><c> a</c>

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remnant<00:20:52.140><c> living</c><00:20:52.539><c> amidst</c><00:20:53.279><c> Jezebel's</c><00:20:54.039><c> persecution.</c>

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If<00:20:56.099><c> you</c><00:20:56.279><c> were</c><00:20:56.400><c> outspoken</c><00:20:56.960><c> on</c><00:20:57.160><c> matters</c><00:20:57.359><c> of</c><00:20:57.619><c> religion</c><00:20:57.960><c> on</c><00:20:58.140><c> that</c>

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day,<00:20:58.940><c> you'd</c><00:20:59.579><c> lose</c><00:20:59.779><c> your</c><00:21:00.119><c> life</c><00:21:00.420><c> because</c>

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verse<00:21:01.140><c> 3</c><00:21:01.500><c> says</c><00:21:01.960><c> that</c><00:21:02.579><c> she</c><00:21:02.720><c> was</c><00:21:03.079><c> killing</c><00:21:03.359><c> the</c><00:21:03.700><c> prophets.</c><00:21:04.960><c> She</c>

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was<00:21:05.440><c> killing</c><00:21:05.680><c> the</c><00:21:06.000><c> prophets.</c><00:21:07.960><c> But</c><00:21:08.279><c> here's</c><00:21:08.440><c> what</c>

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Elijah<00:21:08.980><c> overlooked.</c><00:21:12.160><c> Those</c><00:21:12.500><c> 7</c><00:21:12.900><c>,000</c><00:21:14.200><c> may</c><00:21:14.660><c> not</c><00:21:14.980><c> have</c><00:21:15.160><c> been</c><00:21:15.440><c> too</c>

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good<00:21:15.859><c> at</c><00:21:16.079><c> keeping</c><00:21:16.240><c> the</c><00:21:16.440><c> law</c><00:21:16.559><c> of</c><00:21:16.779><c> Moses.</c>

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They<00:21:17.960><c> were</c><00:21:18.240><c> under</c><00:21:18.660><c> persecution.</c><00:21:19.420><c> They</c><00:21:19.640><c> couldn't</c><00:21:19.980><c> be</c><00:21:20.220><c> outspoken.</c><00:21:21.180><c> They</c><00:21:21.400><c> couldn't</c><00:21:21.759><c> openly</c><00:21:22.220><c> do</c><00:21:22.519><c> things</c>

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that<00:21:22.940><c> you</c><00:21:23.099><c> might</c><00:21:23.339><c> otherwise</c><00:21:23.680><c> have</c><00:21:24.000><c> expected</c><00:21:24.279><c> a</c><00:21:24.539><c> faithful</c><00:21:24.819><c> Jew</c>

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to<00:21:25.180><c> be</c><00:21:25.380><c> doing,</c><00:21:26.900><c> but</c><00:21:27.140><c> they</c><00:21:27.519><c> also</c><00:21:28.359><c> didn't</c><00:21:28.900><c> worship</c>

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golden<00:21:29.700><c> calves.</c><00:21:31.140><c> They</c><00:21:31.559><c> hadn't</c><00:21:32.460><c> bowed</c><00:21:32.859><c> the</c><00:21:33.019><c> knee</c><00:21:33.200><c> to</c><00:21:33.480><c> Baal.</c>

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They<00:21:34.619><c> knew</c><00:21:34.920><c> the</c><00:21:35.200><c> difference</c><00:21:35.700><c> between</c>

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clean<00:21:36.740><c> and</c><00:21:37.240><c> unclean,</c><00:21:38.299><c> and</c><00:21:38.680><c> they</c><00:21:39.059><c> kept</c><00:21:39.339><c> themselves</c><00:21:39.980><c> separate</c>

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from<00:21:40.839><c> the</c><00:21:41.119><c> world.</c><00:21:42.039><c> That</c><00:21:42.799><c> was</c><00:21:43.220><c> the</c><00:21:43.500><c> basis</c>

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of<00:21:44.359><c> God's</c><00:21:45.259><c> selection.</c><00:21:46.519><c> You</c><00:21:46.519><c> see?</c><00:21:47.539><c> Their</c><00:21:47.799><c> works</c><00:21:48.319><c> were</c><00:21:48.720><c> motivated</c><00:21:49.160><c> by</c><00:21:49.519><c> faith.</c><00:21:50.380><c> They</c>

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probably<00:21:51.400><c> weren't</c>

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entirely<00:21:52.619><c> keeping</c><00:21:52.920><c> the</c><00:21:53.119><c> law</c><00:21:53.240><c> of</c><00:21:53.420><c> Moses.</c><00:21:54.500><c> For</c><00:21:54.740><c> example,</c><00:21:55.440><c> how</c>

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likely<00:21:56.160><c> would</c><00:21:56.319><c> it</c><00:21:56.440><c> have</c><00:21:56.619><c> been</c><00:21:56.740><c> that</c><00:21:56.880><c> they'd</c>

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be<00:21:57.279><c> going</c><00:21:57.359><c> to</c><00:21:57.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:58.019><c> every</c><00:21:58.319><c> year</c><00:21:58.500><c> for</c><00:21:59.099><c> Passover,</c><00:22:00.119><c> living</c>

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as<00:22:00.619><c> they</c><00:22:00.859><c> were</c><00:22:01.220><c> amongst</c><00:22:01.680><c> the</c><00:22:01.940><c> northern</c><00:22:02.180><c> kingdom?</c>

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Probably<00:22:04.359><c> an</c><00:22:04.740><c> impossibility.</c><00:22:06.640><c> You've</c><00:22:06.859><c> got</c><00:22:06.980><c> to</c><00:22:07.240><c> over</c><00:22:07.480><c>-dive</c><00:22:07.660><c> pushing</c><00:22:08.000><c> prophets</c><00:22:08.480><c> by</c>

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fifties<00:22:09.180><c> from</c><00:22:09.440><c> cave</c><00:22:09.720><c> to</c><00:22:09.960><c> cave.</c>

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It<00:22:10.420><c> was</c><00:22:10.759><c> a</c><00:22:10.900><c> torrid</c><00:22:11.220><c> time,</c><00:22:13.079><c> but</c><00:22:13.279><c> they</c><00:22:13.500><c> knew</c><00:22:13.640><c> the</c><00:22:13.799><c> difference</c>

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between<00:22:14.380><c> clean</c><00:22:14.579><c> and</c><00:22:14.779><c> unclean,</c><00:22:15.920><c> and</c><00:22:16.079><c> they</c><00:22:16.339><c> manifested</c>

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that<00:22:17.079><c> in</c><00:22:17.220><c> their</c><00:22:17.460><c> lives,</c><00:22:17.700><c> you</c><00:22:17.940><c> see?</c><00:22:18.900><c> Therefore,</c><00:22:19.180><c> they</c><00:22:19.519><c> were</c><00:22:20.059><c> the</c><00:22:21.519><c> election</c><00:22:22.299><c> according</c><00:22:23.019><c> to</c>

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grace,<00:22:24.119><c> as</c><00:22:24.240><c> he</c>

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said.<00:22:27.119><c> If</c><00:22:27.119><c> it's</c><00:22:27.119><c> by</c><00:22:27.119><c> faith,</c><00:22:27.140><c> then</c><00:22:27.299><c> it's</c><00:22:27.480><c> no</c><00:22:27.680><c> more</c><00:22:27.839><c> of</c><00:22:28.039><c> works.</c>

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You're<00:22:28.480><c> either</c><00:22:28.740><c> saved</c><00:22:28.980><c> by</c><00:22:29.240><c> grace,</c><00:22:29.660><c> or</c>

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you're<00:22:30.000><c> saved</c><00:22:30.240><c> by</c><00:22:30.559><c> works.</c><00:22:31.299><c> That</c><00:22:31.420><c> is,</c><00:22:31.660><c> you're</c><00:22:31.740><c> saved</c><00:22:31.980><c> by</c><00:22:32.339><c> faith,</c><00:22:32.819><c> or</c><00:22:33.000><c> you're</c><00:22:33.319><c> saved</c><00:22:33.720><c> by</c>

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law.<00:22:37.059><c> If</c><00:22:37.339><c> it's</c>

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by<00:22:37.799><c> grace,</c><00:22:38.059><c> it's</c><00:22:38.240><c> no</c><00:22:38.440><c> more</c><00:22:38.579><c> of</c><00:22:38.799><c> works.</c><00:22:39.359><c> Otherwise,</c><00:22:39.980><c> grace</c><00:22:40.059><c> has</c>

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no<00:22:40.420><c> more</c><00:22:40.559><c> grace.</c><00:22:41.700><c> If</c><00:22:41.819><c> it</c><00:22:42.099><c> be</c><00:22:42.180><c> of</c><00:22:42.380><c> works,</c>

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then<00:22:43.059><c> it's</c><00:22:43.299><c> no</c><00:22:43.480><c> more</c><00:22:43.660><c> grace.</c><00:22:44.039><c> Otherwise,</c><00:22:45.019><c> work</c><00:22:45.099><c> has</c><00:22:45.319><c> no</c><00:22:45.559><c> more</c>

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work.<00:22:46.200><c> You</c><00:22:46.200><c> see,</c><00:22:46.880><c> grace</c><00:22:47.240><c> and</c><00:22:47.640><c> works</c><00:22:47.940><c> are</c>

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mutually<00:22:48.680><c> exclusive.</c><00:22:49.299><c> These</c><00:22:49.420><c> are</c><00:22:49.720><c> two</c><00:22:51.119><c> mutually</c><00:22:51.799><c> exclusive</c>

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paths<00:22:52.880><c> to</c><00:22:53.119><c> salvation,</c><00:22:54.279><c> one</c><00:22:54.559><c> which</c><00:22:54.839><c> ends</c>

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in<00:22:55.380><c> salvation,</c><00:22:56.140><c> and</c><00:22:56.200><c> the</c><00:22:56.299><c> other,</c><00:22:56.660><c> of</c><00:22:56.660><c> course,</c><00:22:56.980><c> which</c><00:22:57.140><c> ends</c><00:22:57.339><c> in</c>

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destruction.<00:22:58.599><c> Law,</c><00:22:59.380><c> simply</c><00:22:59.759><c> law</c><00:23:00.160><c>-keeping,</c>

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as<00:23:01.480><c> mere</c><00:23:01.799><c> law,</c><00:23:02.599><c> will</c><00:23:02.819><c> not</c><00:23:03.119><c> save</c><00:23:03.440><c> you.</c>

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Well,<00:23:06.039><c> what</c><00:23:06.160><c> do</c><00:23:06.299><c> we</c><00:23:06.319><c> have</c><00:23:06.420><c> to</c><00:23:06.500><c> infer</c><00:23:06.779><c> from</c><00:23:07.019><c> that,</c><00:23:07.380><c> says</c><00:23:07.640><c> Paul?</c>

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You<00:23:08.319><c> see,</c><00:23:08.380><c> he</c><00:23:08.460><c> gets</c><00:23:08.700><c> to</c><00:23:08.839><c> verse</c><00:23:09.019><c> seven.</c>

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What<00:23:09.799><c> then?</c><00:23:10.500><c> What's</c><00:23:10.980><c> the</c><00:23:11.140><c> meaning</c><00:23:11.339><c> of</c><00:23:11.579><c> that?</c><00:23:12.279><c> What</c><00:23:12.559><c> conclusion</c><00:23:13.180><c> would</c><00:23:13.400><c> you</c>

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draw?<00:23:15.700><c> Israel</c><00:23:16.259><c> has</c><00:23:16.740><c> not</c>

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obtained<00:23:17.839><c> that</c><00:23:18.359><c> which</c><00:23:18.579><c> he</c><00:23:19.019><c> seeketh</c><00:23:19.380><c> for,</c><00:23:20.160><c> but</c><00:23:20.380><c> the</c><00:23:20.680><c> election</c>

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hath<00:23:21.500><c> obtained</c><00:23:21.920><c> it,</c><00:23:22.359><c> and</c><00:23:22.619><c> the</c><00:23:22.880><c> rest</c><00:23:23.240><c> were</c>

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blinded.<00:23:24.259><c> What's</c><00:23:24.680><c> that</c><00:23:24.980><c> saying?</c><00:23:26.559><c> Very</c><00:23:26.880><c> simply,</c><00:23:27.299><c> this.</c><00:23:28.859><c> Most</c>

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people<00:23:29.640><c> in</c><00:23:29.779><c> Israel</c><00:23:30.380><c> looked</c><00:23:31.099><c> for</c><00:23:31.440><c> salvation</c>

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their<00:23:32.200><c> own</c><00:23:32.460><c> way</c><00:23:32.839><c> by</c><00:23:33.299><c> doing</c><00:23:33.579><c> the</c><00:23:33.819><c> works</c><00:23:34.019><c> of</c><00:23:34.220><c> the</c><00:23:34.440><c> law,</c><00:23:35.000><c> and</c><00:23:35.099><c> they</c>

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never<00:23:35.819><c> found</c><00:23:36.440><c> salvation.</c><00:23:37.880><c> In</c><00:23:38.059><c> that</c><00:23:38.380><c> sense,</c>

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verse<00:23:38.980><c> seven</c><00:23:39.259><c> is</c><00:23:39.619><c> simply</c><00:23:40.000><c> a</c><00:23:40.380><c> restatement</c><00:23:41.660><c> of</c><00:23:42.200><c> chapter</c><00:23:42.579><c> nine</c><00:23:43.000><c> and</c><00:23:43.220><c> verse</c><00:23:43.579><c> 31.</c><00:23:45.339><c> He's</c><00:23:45.740><c> merely</c><00:23:46.000><c> repeating</c><00:23:46.480><c> a</c>

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point<00:23:46.859><c> in</c><00:23:47.200><c> different</c><00:23:47.599><c> words</c><00:23:47.920><c> which</c><00:23:48.099><c> he's</c><00:23:48.359><c> already</c><00:23:48.779><c> established.</c><00:23:50.819><c> The</c><00:23:50.819><c> election,</c><00:23:51.779><c> in</c>

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verse<00:23:52.380><c> seven,</c>

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are<00:23:53.859><c> natural</c><00:23:54.319><c> Jews</c><00:23:54.680><c> who'd</c><00:23:55.019><c> found</c><00:23:55.180><c> the</c><00:23:55.480><c> truth.</c><00:23:57.579><c> The</c><00:23:57.940><c> rest,</c><00:23:58.759><c> in</c>

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verse<00:23:59.220><c> seven,</c><00:24:00.500><c> are</c><00:24:00.660><c> the</c><00:24:01.000><c> remainder</c><00:24:01.359><c> of</c>

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natural<00:24:02.059><c> Israel</c><00:24:02.640><c> who</c><00:24:03.099><c> sought</c><00:24:03.299><c> salvation</c><00:24:04.019><c> by</c><00:24:04.420><c> law</c><00:24:04.819><c> and</c><00:24:05.359><c> who</c><00:24:05.660><c> never</c><00:24:06.160><c> found</c><00:24:06.839><c> the</c><00:24:07.220><c> truth.</c><00:24:08.819><c> But</c><00:24:09.119><c> he</c><00:24:09.259><c> adds</c>

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another<00:24:09.700><c> point</c><00:24:10.079><c> right</c><00:24:10.279><c> at</c><00:24:10.400><c> the</c><00:24:10.460><c> end</c><00:24:10.619><c> of</c><00:24:10.759><c> the</c><00:24:10.880><c> verse</c><00:24:11.180><c> about</c><00:24:11.640><c> those</c><00:24:12.099><c> who</c>

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never<00:24:12.619><c> found</c><00:24:12.920><c> truth.</c><00:24:14.000><c> He</c><00:24:14.279><c> says</c>

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that<00:24:14.640><c> they</c><00:24:14.720><c> were</c><00:24:15.119><c> blinded,</c><00:24:15.539><c> and</c><00:24:15.579><c> if</c><00:24:15.700><c> you</c><00:24:15.779><c> look</c><00:24:15.920><c> at</c><00:24:16.039><c> your</c><00:24:16.240><c> margin,</c><00:24:16.619><c> you'll</c><00:24:16.839><c> find</c>

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that<00:24:17.200><c> it</c><00:24:17.380><c> says</c><00:24:17.700><c> they</c>

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weren't<00:24:18.220><c> blinded,</c><00:24:19.539><c> they</c><00:24:19.700><c> were</c><00:24:20.019><c> hardened.</c><00:24:21.220><c> They</c><00:24:21.440><c> were</c><00:24:21.759><c> hardened,</c><00:24:22.559><c> and</c><00:24:23.339><c> there's</c><00:24:23.519><c> a</c>

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difference,<00:24:24.039><c> you</c>

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see,<00:24:26.759><c> between</c><00:24:27.119><c> being</c><00:24:27.500><c> blinded</c><00:24:28.160><c> and</c><00:24:28.359><c> being</c><00:24:28.759><c> hardened.</c><00:24:30.119><c> If</c><00:24:30.339><c> you're</c><00:24:30.599><c> blind,</c><00:24:31.440><c> in</c>

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biblical<00:24:31.980><c> terms,</c><00:24:32.440><c> it</c><00:24:32.500><c> means</c>

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you're<00:24:33.059><c> ignorant.</c><00:24:34.299><c> You're</c><00:24:34.660><c> ignorant.</c><00:24:35.700><c> Well,</c><00:24:35.960><c> that's</c><00:24:36.299><c> bad</c><00:24:36.500><c> enough,</c><00:24:37.720><c> but</c><00:24:37.980><c> if</c>

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you're<00:24:38.579><c> hardened,</c><00:24:39.220><c> you've</c>

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gone<00:24:39.710><c> beyond</c><00:24:40.170><c> ignorance,</c><00:24:41.029><c> you've</c><00:24:41.309><c> become</c><00:24:41.690><c> unteachable.</c><00:24:43.750><c> So</c>

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being<00:24:44.130><c> hardened,</c><00:24:44.470><c> you</c><00:24:44.690><c> see,</c><00:24:44.930><c> is</c><00:24:45.029><c> one</c><00:24:45.289><c> step</c><00:24:45.589><c> worse</c>

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than<00:24:46.349><c> being</c><00:24:46.730><c> blind,</c><00:24:47.589><c> at</c><00:24:47.809><c> least</c><00:24:48.109><c> if</c><00:24:48.269><c> you're</c><00:24:48.609><c> blind</c><00:24:48.730><c> as</c><00:24:49.029><c> hope,</c>

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should<00:24:49.829><c> you</c><00:24:49.950><c> get</c><00:24:50.130><c> educated.</c><00:24:52.089><c> And</c><00:24:52.369><c> this</c>

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is<00:24:52.710><c> how</c><00:24:52.869><c> it</c><00:24:53.069><c> works.</c><00:24:55.029><c> Here's</c><00:24:55.390><c> how</c><00:24:55.670><c> Israel</c><00:24:56.089><c> was</c><00:24:56.470><c> hardened.</c><00:24:56.730><c> This</c>

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is<00:24:57.089><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:57.529><c> 29,</c><00:24:58.930><c> verses</c><00:24:59.250><c> nine</c><00:24:59.589><c> to</c><00:24:59.769><c> 11,</c><00:25:00.029><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:00.329><c> reason</c><00:25:00.490><c> I'm</c><00:25:00.710><c> quoting</c><00:25:00.890><c> you</c><00:25:01.109><c> that</c><00:25:01.190><c> is</c><00:25:01.349><c> because</c><00:25:02.190><c> the</c><00:25:02.529><c> apostle</c><00:25:02.829><c> Paul</c>

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is<00:25:03.410><c> making</c><00:25:03.710><c> this</c><00:25:04.089><c> point</c><00:25:04.329><c> in</c><00:25:04.569><c> verse</c>

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seven<00:25:05.109><c> about</c><00:25:05.369><c> being</c><00:25:05.829><c> hardened,</c><00:25:06.910><c> and</c><00:25:06.910><c> in</c><00:25:07.170><c> verse</c><00:25:07.430><c> eight,</c><00:25:08.289><c> he's</c>

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going<00:25:08.769><c> to</c><00:25:08.990><c> quote</c><00:25:09.390><c> as</c><00:25:10.250><c> proof</c><00:25:10.789><c> Isaiah</c>

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29,<00:25:12.730><c> verse</c><00:25:13.009><c> 10.</c><00:25:14.609><c> So</c><00:25:14.829><c> here</c><00:25:15.150><c> is</c><00:25:15.670><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:16.069><c> 29,</c><00:25:16.569><c> verses</c><00:25:16.970><c> nine</c><00:25:17.549><c> through</c><00:25:17.970><c> 11,</c>

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which<00:25:18.630><c> is</c><00:25:18.829><c> the</c><00:25:19.009><c> apostle's</c><00:25:19.509><c> quotation</c>

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in<00:25:20.670><c> verse</c><00:25:21.009><c> eight</c><00:25:21.470><c> of</c><00:25:21.769><c> Romans</c><00:25:22.170><c> 11.</c><00:25:24.329><c> Stay</c><00:25:24.750><c> yourself,</c><00:25:25.450><c> the</c><00:25:25.750><c> prophet</c><00:25:26.210><c> says,</c>

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and<00:25:27.490><c> wonder.</c><00:25:28.650><c> Cry</c><00:25:29.009><c> out</c><00:25:29.410><c> and</c>

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they<00:25:33.490><c> stagger,</c><00:25:34.210><c> but</c><00:25:34.410><c> not</c><00:25:34.769><c> with</c><00:25:35.109><c> strong</c><00:25:35.349><c> drinks.</c><00:25:35.670><c> So</c><00:25:35.869><c> here's</c>

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the<00:25:36.250><c> nation</c><00:25:36.490><c> of</c><00:25:36.650><c> Israel,</c><00:25:38.170><c> the</c><00:25:38.769><c> southern</c>

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kingdom<00:25:39.869><c> of</c><00:25:40.289><c> Judah,</c><00:25:41.349><c> drunk,</c><00:25:41.730><c> he</c><00:25:42.009><c> says,</c><00:25:42.930><c> but</c><00:25:43.089><c> not</c><00:25:43.250><c> with</c><00:25:43.509><c> wine.</c>

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Up<00:25:45.250><c> in</c><00:25:45.390><c> Ephraim,</c><00:25:45.869><c> they</c><00:25:46.009><c> were</c><00:25:46.269><c> absolutely</c>

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drunk<00:25:47.049><c> with</c><00:25:47.289><c> wine.</c><00:25:47.569><c> You</c><00:25:47.670><c> read</c><00:25:47.829><c> about</c><00:25:48.009><c> it</c><00:25:48.150><c> in</c><00:25:48.230><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:48.490><c> 28,</c><00:25:49.009><c> but</c>

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in<00:25:49.390><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:49.690><c> 29,</c><00:25:50.150><c> it's</c><00:25:50.430><c> different.</c><00:25:50.910><c> Down</c>

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in<00:25:51.490><c> Judah,</c><00:25:52.089><c> they</c><00:25:52.269><c> were</c><00:25:53.130><c> completely</c><00:25:53.769><c> inebriated,</c><00:25:54.490><c> but</c><00:25:54.750><c> not</c>

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with<00:25:55.589><c> wine.</c><00:25:57.710><c> For</c><00:25:57.990><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:58.349><c> hath</c><00:25:58.650><c> poured</c>

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out<00:25:59.230><c> upon</c><00:25:59.670><c> you</c><00:25:59.869><c> the</c><00:26:00.049><c> spirit</c><00:26:00.269><c> of</c><00:26:00.509><c> deep</c><00:26:00.769><c> sleep.</c><00:26:01.910><c> He's</c><00:26:02.230><c> closed</c>

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your<00:26:02.890><c> eyes,</c><00:26:03.170><c> the</c><00:26:03.410><c> prophets</c><00:26:03.690><c> and</c><00:26:03.950><c> your</c><00:26:04.190><c> rulers,</c>

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the<00:26:04.910><c> seers,</c><00:26:06.009><c> hath</c><00:26:06.130><c> he</c><00:26:07.910><c> covered,</c><00:26:08.470><c> he</c><00:26:08.730><c> says.</c><00:26:10.470><c> And</c><00:26:10.690><c> the</c><00:26:10.829><c> vision</c>

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of<00:26:11.250><c> all</c><00:26:11.650><c> is</c><00:26:12.029><c> become</c><00:26:12.230><c> unto</c><00:26:12.430><c> you</c><00:26:12.589><c> as</c><00:26:12.769><c> the</c><00:26:12.970><c> words</c>

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of<00:26:13.289><c> a</c><00:26:13.470><c> book</c><00:26:13.630><c> that</c><00:26:13.829><c> is</c><00:26:14.089><c> sealed,</c><00:26:14.430><c> which</c><00:26:14.650><c> men</c><00:26:14.849><c> deliver</c><00:26:15.150><c> to</c><00:26:15.269><c> one</c>

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that's<00:26:15.730><c> learned,</c><00:26:16.170><c> saying,</c><00:26:16.650><c> read</c><00:26:16.970><c> this,</c>

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I<00:26:17.609><c> pray</c><00:26:17.789><c> thee.</c><00:26:17.970><c> And</c><00:26:18.089><c> he</c><00:26:18.349><c> says,</c><00:26:19.289><c> I</c><00:26:19.569><c> cannot,</c><00:26:20.630><c> for</c><00:26:20.789><c> it</c><00:26:20.950><c> is</c><00:26:21.230><c> sealed.</c>

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Now<00:26:22.970><c> what's</c><00:26:23.250><c> that</c><00:26:23.529><c> saying?</c><00:26:25.210><c> Here's</c>

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the<00:26:26.029><c> story</c><00:26:26.130><c> of</c><00:26:26.329><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:26.630><c> 29.</c><00:26:29.369><c> The</c><00:26:29.490><c> nation</c><00:26:29.829><c> was</c><00:26:30.230><c> hardened</c><00:26:30.710><c> through</c><00:26:31.569><c> apathy</c><00:26:32.349><c> and</c>

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indifference.<00:26:35.049><c> They</c><00:26:35.250><c> became</c>

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apathetic,<00:26:36.750><c> then</c><00:26:36.890><c> they</c><00:26:37.130><c> became</c><00:26:37.410><c> indifferent,</c><00:26:38.869><c> then</c><00:26:39.089><c> they</c>

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became<00:26:39.630><c> ignorant,</c><00:26:40.690><c> then</c><00:26:40.849><c> they</c><00:26:41.109><c> became</c><00:26:41.390><c> blind,</c>

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then<00:26:42.670><c> they</c><00:26:42.950><c> became</c><00:26:43.269><c> hardened.</c><00:26:45.289><c> Israel,</c><00:26:45.730><c> you</c><00:26:45.730><c> see,</c><00:26:45.730><c> had</c><00:26:46.009><c> such</c>

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an<00:26:47.170><c> obsession</c><00:26:47.789><c> with</c><00:26:49.109><c> their</c><00:26:49.450><c> own</c><00:26:49.769><c> model</c>

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of<00:26:50.210><c> attaining</c><00:26:50.609><c> righteousness</c><00:26:51.329><c> that</c><00:26:52.410><c> God</c><00:26:52.630><c> gave</c><00:26:52.890><c> them</c><00:26:53.089><c> over</c><00:26:53.250><c> to</c>

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their<00:26:53.529><c> own</c><00:26:53.809><c> folly.</c><00:26:55.250><c> So</c><00:26:55.430><c> they</c><00:26:55.690><c> stopped</c>

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using<00:26:56.309><c> their</c><00:26:56.609><c> Bibles</c><00:26:56.890><c> for</c><00:26:57.150><c> decisions</c><00:26:57.609><c> in</c><00:26:57.910><c> life.</c><00:26:59.329><c> At</c><00:26:59.609><c> some</c><00:26:59.910><c> point,</c><00:27:00.069><c> they</c><00:27:00.329><c> lost,</c><00:27:00.769><c> therefore,</c><00:27:01.109><c> the</c><00:27:01.349><c> ability</c>

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to<00:27:01.910><c> reason</c><00:27:02.309><c> scripturally</c><00:27:02.849><c> at</c><00:27:03.109><c> all.</c><00:27:04.049><c> And</c><00:27:04.289><c> they</c><00:27:04.430><c> go</c><00:27:04.529><c> to</c><00:27:04.730><c> people</c>

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they<00:27:05.130><c> respected</c><00:27:05.569><c> in</c><00:27:05.789><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:05.990><c> 29</c><00:27:06.509><c> for</c>

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a<00:27:06.849><c> biblical</c><00:27:07.170><c> answer,</c><00:27:07.930><c> but</c><00:27:08.089><c> those</c><00:27:08.369><c> people</c><00:27:08.569><c> no</c><00:27:08.750><c> longer</c><00:27:08.970><c> did</c><00:27:09.130><c> the</c>

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readings,<00:27:09.789><c> those</c><00:27:10.109><c> people</c><00:27:10.390><c> no</c><00:27:10.609><c> longer</c><00:27:10.829><c> did</c>

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any<00:27:11.210><c> Bible</c><00:27:11.529><c> study,</c><00:27:12.569><c> and</c><00:27:12.890><c> the</c><00:27:13.049><c> answer</c><00:27:13.190><c> would</c><00:27:13.390><c> come</c><00:27:13.670><c> back.</c><00:27:14.230><c> Well,</c><00:27:14.470><c> I</c><00:27:14.509><c> can't</c><00:27:14.829><c> tell</c><00:27:15.049><c> you.</c><00:27:16.089><c> I</c>

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don't<00:27:16.589><c> know</c>

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what<00:27:16.829><c> the</c><00:27:17.049><c> Bible</c><00:27:17.269><c> means,</c><00:27:17.750><c> but</c><00:27:17.950><c> I</c><00:27:18.069><c> don't</c><00:27:18.329><c> think</c><00:27:18.450><c> it</c><00:27:18.609><c> applies</c>

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today.<00:27:21.009><c> You</c><00:27:21.190><c> see,</c><00:27:22.410><c> not</c><00:27:22.630><c> just</c><00:27:22.950><c> blinded,</c>

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but<00:27:24.549><c> hardened.</c><00:27:25.970><c> They</c><00:27:26.150><c> were</c><00:27:26.289><c> now</c><00:27:26.490><c> determined</c><00:27:27.170><c> against</c><00:27:28.130><c> the</c>

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divine<00:27:29.049><c> message.</c><00:27:30.569><c> And</c><00:27:30.950><c> that's</c><00:27:31.210><c> the</c><00:27:31.369><c> quotation</c>

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of<00:27:32.029><c> verse</c><00:27:32.269><c> 8.</c><00:27:33.329><c> They</c><00:27:33.509><c> were</c><00:27:33.750><c> hardened,</c><00:27:34.210><c> verse</c><00:27:34.490><c> 7,</c><00:27:35.190><c> according</c><00:27:35.589><c> as</c>

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it<00:27:36.410><c> is</c><00:27:36.630><c> written,</c><00:27:37.930><c> God</c><00:27:38.509><c> hath</c><00:27:38.829><c> given</c><00:27:39.049><c> them</c><00:27:39.329><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:27:39.910><c> of</c><00:27:40.190><c> slumber,</c><00:27:41.410><c> eyes</c><00:27:41.690><c> that</c><00:27:41.829><c> they</c><00:27:41.990><c> should</c><00:27:42.170><c> not</c><00:27:42.490><c> see,</c><00:27:43.190><c> ears</c><00:27:43.569><c> that</c><00:27:43.789><c> should</c><00:27:44.029><c> not</c>

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hear<00:27:44.829><c> unto</c><00:27:45.349><c> this</c><00:27:45.769><c> day.</c>

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In<00:27:46.609><c> fact,</c><00:27:47.049><c> that</c><00:27:47.250><c> quotation</c><00:27:47.789><c> in</c><00:27:47.970><c> verse</c><00:27:48.190><c> 8</c><00:27:48.890><c> is</c><00:27:49.630><c> a</c><00:27:49.950><c> combination</c>

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of<00:27:50.690><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:51.049><c> 29</c><00:27:51.529><c> verse</c><00:27:51.910><c> 10</c><00:27:52.690><c> and</c><00:27:53.630><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:54.210><c> 29</c><00:27:54.789><c> verse</c>

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4,<00:27:56.130><c> two</c><00:27:56.410><c> quotations</c><00:27:57.210><c> stitched</c><00:27:57.690><c> together.</c><00:28:02.589><c> At</c><00:28:02.829><c> some</c><00:28:03.170><c> point,</c>

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he<00:28:03.589><c> says,</c><00:28:05.029><c> if</c><00:28:05.130><c> you</c><00:28:05.329><c> resist</c><00:28:05.730><c> the</c><00:28:06.390><c> word</c><00:28:06.569><c> long</c>

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enough,<00:28:07.910><c> God</c><00:28:08.150><c> gives</c><00:28:08.349><c> you</c><00:28:08.609><c> over</c><00:28:08.750><c> to</c><00:28:08.869><c> your</c><00:28:08.950><c> own</c><00:28:09.150><c> appetite.</c><00:28:10.930><c> It's</c>

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happened,<00:28:11.470><c> you</c><00:28:11.589><c> know,</c><00:28:11.910><c> this</c><00:28:12.150><c> very</c><00:28:12.470><c> thing</c><00:28:12.750><c> that</c>

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we're<00:28:12.970><c> reading</c><00:28:13.210><c> about</c><00:28:13.450><c> here</c><00:28:13.589><c> in</c><00:28:13.710><c> verse</c><00:28:13.869><c> 8,</c><00:28:14.269><c> it's</c><00:28:14.490><c> happened</c><00:28:14.769><c> in</c>

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our<00:28:16.069><c> own</c><00:28:16.369><c> society.</c><00:28:17.250><c> It</c><00:28:17.450><c> happened</c><00:28:17.809><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:18.230><c> Catholic</c><00:28:18.509><c> Church.</c><00:28:20.269><c> 2</c><00:28:20.450><c> Thessalonians</c><00:28:20.990><c> 2</c><00:28:21.210><c> verse</c><00:28:21.490><c> 11</c><00:28:21.789><c> tells</c>

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us<00:28:22.450><c> that</c><00:28:22.670><c> because</c><00:28:23.009><c> they</c><00:28:23.289><c> received</c><00:28:23.690><c> not</c>

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the<00:28:24.589><c> love</c><00:28:24.710><c> of</c><00:28:24.890><c> the</c><00:28:25.170><c> truth,</c><00:28:26.009><c> God</c><00:28:26.309><c> gave</c><00:28:26.589><c> them</c><00:28:26.970><c> up</c><00:28:27.349><c> to</c><00:28:27.849><c> a</c><00:28:28.150><c> strong</c>

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delusion.<00:28:29.990><c> In</c><00:28:30.049><c> the</c><00:28:30.250><c> same</c><00:28:30.410><c> way,</c><00:28:30.710><c> the</c><00:28:30.849><c> Jews</c>

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persisted<00:28:32.170><c> in</c><00:28:32.549><c> stubbornness,</c><00:28:33.529><c> so</c><00:28:33.789><c> God</c><00:28:34.210><c> gave</c><00:28:34.630><c> them</c><00:28:34.829><c> up</c><00:28:35.250><c> to</c><00:28:35.490><c> a</c>

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hard<00:28:36.109><c> heart.</c><00:28:38.009><c> And</c><00:28:38.309><c> this</c><00:28:38.569><c> blindness</c><00:28:38.910><c> that</c>

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you<00:28:39.230><c> read</c><00:28:39.450><c> about</c><00:28:39.809><c> here,</c><00:28:40.150><c> or</c><00:28:40.309><c> this</c><00:28:40.650><c> hardness</c><00:28:41.109><c> of</c><00:28:41.390><c> verse</c><00:28:41.609><c> 7,</c><00:28:42.549><c> would</c><00:28:42.730><c> continue</c><00:28:43.150><c> all</c>

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the<00:28:43.670><c> way</c><00:28:43.890><c> through</c>

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to<00:28:44.349><c> verse</c><00:28:44.569><c> 25</c><00:28:45.190><c> of</c><00:28:45.390><c> Romans</c><00:28:45.750><c> 11,</c><00:28:46.930><c> when</c><00:28:47.049><c> the</c><00:28:47.410><c> fullness</c><00:28:47.789><c> of</c><00:28:48.210><c> the</c><00:28:48.569><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:49.130><c> would</c><00:28:49.390><c> come</c><00:28:49.569><c> in.</c><00:28:49.769><c> So</c>

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for<00:28:50.250><c> 2</c><00:28:50.509><c>,000</c>

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years,<00:28:51.329><c> therefore,</c><00:28:52.309><c> from</c><00:28:52.529><c> the</c><00:28:52.710><c> first</c><00:28:52.990><c> century</c><00:28:53.349><c> to</c><00:28:53.569><c> the</c><00:28:53.769><c> second</c><00:28:54.049><c> coming</c><00:28:54.289><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:28:55.569><c> this</c><00:28:55.990><c> hardness</c>

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or<00:28:56.809><c> this</c><00:28:57.190><c> blindness</c><00:28:57.730><c> would</c><00:28:58.430><c> afflict</c><00:28:58.869><c> the</c><00:28:59.130><c> Jewish</c><00:28:59.369><c> nation</c><00:28:59.730><c> like</c><00:29:00.029><c> a</c>

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scourge.<00:29:01.269><c> That's</c><00:29:01.650><c> how</c><00:29:01.890><c> serious</c>

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things<00:29:02.390><c> have</c><00:29:02.690><c> become.</c><00:29:04.549><c> But</c><00:29:04.710><c> the</c><00:29:04.950><c> consequences</c><00:29:05.269><c> were</c><00:29:05.490><c> even</c><00:29:05.750><c> greater.</c><00:29:06.329><c> Look</c><00:29:06.490><c> at</c>

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verse<00:29:06.849><c> 9.</c><00:29:07.589><c> This</c><00:29:07.809><c> is</c><00:29:07.950><c> 9</c><00:29:08.170><c> and</c>

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10.<00:29:08.509><c> Here's</c><00:29:08.690><c> a</c><00:29:08.849><c> quotation</c><00:29:09.269><c> from</c><00:29:09.650><c> Psalm</c><00:29:09.930><c> 69.</c><00:29:11.630><c> And</c><00:29:11.710><c> David</c><00:29:12.009><c> said,</c>

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not<00:29:13.750><c> only</c><00:29:13.930><c> are</c><00:29:14.109><c> they</c><00:29:14.230><c> blind</c><00:29:14.630><c> and</c><00:29:14.950><c> hard,</c>

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but<00:29:16.230><c> let</c><00:29:16.450><c> their</c><00:29:16.710><c> table</c><00:29:17.029><c> be</c><00:29:17.230><c> made</c><00:29:17.430><c> a</c><00:29:17.809><c> snare,</c><00:29:18.490><c> and</c><00:29:18.609><c> a</c><00:29:18.950><c> trap,</c><00:29:19.549><c> and</c>

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a<00:29:19.970><c> stumbling</c><00:29:20.230><c> block,</c><00:29:20.829><c> and</c><00:29:21.109><c> a</c><00:29:21.349><c> recompense</c>

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unto<00:29:22.049><c> them.</c><00:29:22.950><c> Let</c><00:29:23.089><c> their</c><00:29:23.430><c> eyes</c><00:29:23.789><c> be</c><00:29:24.210><c> darkened</c><00:29:24.690><c> that</c><00:29:24.849><c> they</c><00:29:25.089><c> may</c>

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not<00:29:25.769><c> see,</c><00:29:26.309><c> and</c><00:29:26.750><c> bow</c><00:29:27.009><c> down</c><00:29:27.289><c> their</c><00:29:27.589><c> back</c>

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all<00:29:28.349><c> the</c><00:29:28.470><c> way.</c><00:29:29.250><c> And</c><00:29:29.470><c> what</c><00:29:29.549><c> does</c><00:29:29.670><c> that</c><00:29:29.930><c> mean?</c><00:29:31.049><c> Let</c><00:29:31.329><c> their</c><00:29:31.670><c> table</c>

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be<00:29:32.930><c> made</c><00:29:33.170><c> a</c><00:29:33.509><c> snare.</c><00:29:34.710><c> What</c><00:29:34.849><c> you</c><00:29:34.970><c> may</c>

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like<00:29:35.230><c> to</c><00:29:35.390><c> note</c><00:29:35.569><c> in</c><00:29:35.690><c> your</c><00:29:35.829><c> margin,</c><00:29:36.390><c> the</c><00:29:36.390><c> table</c><00:29:36.690><c> here</c><00:29:36.930><c> is</c><00:29:37.130><c> the</c><00:29:37.450><c> altar.</c><00:29:38.710><c> Malachi</c><00:29:39.130><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:29:39.670><c> 7.</c><00:29:40.509><c> The</c><00:29:40.690><c> altar</c>

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is<00:29:41.410><c> called</c><00:29:41.710><c> the</c><00:29:42.130><c> table</c><00:29:42.450><c> of</c><00:29:42.730><c> Yahweh.</c><00:29:43.869><c> So</c><00:29:43.990><c> it's</c><00:29:44.230><c> the</c><00:29:44.829><c> altar</c><00:29:45.049><c> of</c>

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sacrifice.<00:29:49.609><c> The</c><00:29:49.670><c> brazen</c><00:29:50.049><c> altar</c><00:29:50.430><c> that</c>

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we're<00:29:50.849><c> talking</c><00:29:51.150><c> about</c><00:29:51.430><c> is</c><00:29:51.730><c> the</c><00:29:51.930><c> table</c><00:29:52.329><c> in</c><00:29:52.829><c> chapter</c><00:29:53.150><c> 11</c><00:29:53.470><c> and</c><00:29:53.589><c> verse</c><00:29:53.809><c> 9</c>

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of<00:29:54.329><c> Romans.</c><00:29:56.369><c> What's</c><00:29:56.670><c> the</c><00:29:56.849><c> point?</c>

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The<00:29:58.049><c> point</c><00:29:58.190><c> is</c><00:29:58.410><c> this.</c><00:29:59.490><c> Here's</c><00:29:59.769><c> the</c><00:29:59.930><c> very</c><00:30:00.309><c> centerpiece</c><00:30:01.150><c> of</c><00:30:01.829><c> national</c><00:30:02.289><c> worship.</c><00:30:03.390><c> And</c>

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that<00:30:03.950><c> very</c><00:30:04.349><c> centerpiece</c>

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would<00:30:05.170><c> become</c><00:30:05.430><c> a</c><00:30:05.910><c> snare</c><00:30:06.190><c> to</c><00:30:06.490><c> the</c><00:30:06.670><c> nation.</c><00:30:07.410><c> How?</c><00:30:08.230><c> How</c><00:30:08.529><c> would</c>

00:30:08.730 --> 00:30:11.210
it?<00:30:09.829><c> Because,</c><00:30:10.390><c> you</c><00:30:10.390><c> see,</c><00:30:10.470><c> they</c><00:30:10.730><c> believed</c>

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in<00:30:11.410><c> the</c><00:30:11.589><c> ability</c><00:30:11.849><c> of</c><00:30:12.269><c> law</c><00:30:12.529><c> to</c><00:30:12.930><c> save.</c><00:30:14.269><c> And</c><00:30:14.430><c> so</c><00:30:14.490><c> they</c><00:30:14.609><c> were</c><00:30:14.950><c> tricked</c><00:30:15.289><c> into</c>

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thinking<00:30:16.329><c> that</c><00:30:17.089><c> simply</c><00:30:17.529><c> offering</c>

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a<00:30:18.309><c> sacrifice</c><00:30:18.890><c> could</c><00:30:19.190><c> erase</c><00:30:19.650><c> all</c><00:30:20.130><c> their</c><00:30:20.390><c> sins</c><00:30:20.609><c> no</c><00:30:20.829><c> matter</c><00:30:20.990><c> what</c>

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their<00:30:21.390><c> state</c><00:30:21.589><c> of</c><00:30:21.869><c> mind</c><00:30:22.029><c> was,</c><00:30:23.150><c> no</c><00:30:23.450><c> matter</c>

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what<00:30:23.769><c> their</c><00:30:24.029><c> other</c><00:30:24.410><c> forms</c><00:30:24.710><c> of</c><00:30:25.049><c> conduct</c><00:30:25.589><c> were.</c><00:30:27.289><c> Now</c><00:30:27.470><c> you</c><00:30:27.509><c> think</c>

00:30:27.670 --> 00:30:31.089
about<00:30:27.890><c> that</c><00:30:28.450><c> in</c><00:30:29.269><c> our</c><00:30:29.569><c> application.</c><00:30:30.950><c> That</c>

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would<00:30:31.210><c> be</c><00:30:31.470><c> like,</c><00:30:31.930><c> we</c><00:30:32.349><c> also</c><00:30:32.690><c> have</c><00:30:32.869><c> a</c><00:30:33.089><c> table,</c><00:30:33.470><c> don't</c><00:30:33.609><c> we?</c><00:30:35.170><c> An</c><00:30:35.349><c> altar,</c><00:30:35.630><c> in</c>

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a<00:30:35.849><c> manner</c><00:30:35.970><c> of</c><00:30:36.190><c> speaking,</c><00:30:36.450><c> but</c>

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this<00:30:36.930><c> table</c><00:30:37.210><c> on</c><00:30:37.450><c> a</c><00:30:37.549><c> Sunday</c><00:30:37.809><c> morning.</c><00:30:38.930><c> How</c><00:30:39.329><c> could</c><00:30:39.589><c> this</c><00:30:40.049><c> table</c>

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become<00:30:40.710><c> a</c><00:30:41.109><c> snare?</c><00:30:42.509><c> Well,</c><00:30:42.670><c> it</c><00:30:42.769><c> would</c>

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be<00:30:42.950><c> a</c><00:30:43.029><c> bit</c><00:30:43.109><c> like</c><00:30:43.349><c> us</c><00:30:43.609><c> attending</c><00:30:43.869><c> on</c><00:30:44.450><c> a</c><00:30:44.670><c> Sunday</c><00:30:44.930><c> morning</c><00:30:45.230><c> to</c><00:30:45.390><c> the</c>

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memorial<00:30:45.750><c> meeting</c><00:30:46.009><c> and</c><00:30:46.269><c> thinking</c><00:30:46.450><c> that</c>

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there's<00:30:46.809><c> something</c><00:30:47.150><c> magical</c><00:30:47.609><c> about</c><00:30:47.890><c> the</c><00:30:48.150><c> bread</c><00:30:48.329><c> and</c><00:30:48.529><c> wine.</c>

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So<00:30:49.849><c> that</c><00:30:50.450><c> when</c><00:30:50.809><c> we</c><00:30:51.170><c> have</c><00:30:51.349><c> the</c><00:30:51.609><c> bread</c><00:30:51.789><c> and</c>

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wine,<00:30:52.230><c> we're</c><00:30:52.549><c> forgiven</c><00:30:53.069><c> just</c><00:30:53.750><c> by</c><00:30:54.009><c> drinking</c><00:30:54.269><c> the</c><00:30:54.549><c> bread</c><00:30:54.769><c> and</c>

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just<00:30:55.250><c> by</c><00:30:55.430><c> eating</c><00:30:55.609><c> the</c><00:30:55.849><c> wine.</c><00:30:56.150><c> As</c><00:30:56.190><c> if</c><00:30:57.089><c> those</c>

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two<00:30:57.589><c> commodities</c><00:30:58.309><c> had</c><00:30:58.690><c> some</c><00:30:59.009><c> intrinsic</c><00:30:59.730><c> value</c><00:31:00.230><c> in</c><00:31:00.470><c> themselves.</c><00:31:02.869><c> The</c><00:31:03.109><c> problem,</c><00:31:03.450><c> you</c>

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see,<00:31:03.829><c> is</c><00:31:03.910><c> that</c>

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the<00:31:04.349><c> emblems</c><00:31:04.630><c> are</c><00:31:04.809><c> just</c><00:31:05.049><c> like</c><00:31:05.289><c> the</c><00:31:05.549><c> law.</c><00:31:06.150><c> They</c><00:31:06.390><c> are</c><00:31:06.869><c> a</c><00:31:07.069><c> tool.</c>

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They<00:31:07.890><c> are</c><00:31:08.109><c> to</c><00:31:08.309><c> assist</c><00:31:08.950><c> self</c><00:31:09.509><c>-examination.</c>

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The<00:31:10.710><c> emblems,</c><00:31:11.569><c> as</c><00:31:11.789><c> mere</c><00:31:11.990><c> emblems,</c><00:31:12.990><c> have</c><00:31:13.329><c> no</c><00:31:13.750><c> intrinsic</c><00:31:14.410><c> value.</c><00:31:16.349><c> In</c>

00:31:16.490 --> 00:31:17.930
the<00:31:16.650><c> moment</c><00:31:16.809><c> that</c><00:31:16.930><c> you</c><00:31:17.130><c> think</c><00:31:17.549><c> that</c><00:31:17.769><c> you</c>

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can<00:31:18.170><c> take</c><00:31:18.410><c> of</c><00:31:18.609><c> the</c><00:31:18.890><c> altar</c><00:31:19.150><c> of</c><00:31:19.450><c> God</c><00:31:19.690><c> on</c><00:31:19.950><c> a</c><00:31:20.049><c> Sunday</c><00:31:20.309><c> morning</c><00:31:20.930><c> and</c>

00:31:21.569 --> 00:31:25.369
the<00:31:21.730><c> altar</c><00:31:22.049><c> of</c><00:31:22.369><c> devils</c><00:31:22.730><c> during</c><00:31:23.029><c> the</c><00:31:23.289><c> week,</c><00:31:25.289><c> as</c>

00:31:25.369 --> 00:31:29.789
if<00:31:25.529><c> turning</c><00:31:25.730><c> up</c><00:31:25.970><c> on</c><00:31:26.190><c> Sunday</c><00:31:26.609><c> and</c><00:31:27.230><c> drinking</c><00:31:27.490><c> this</c><00:31:27.789><c> magical</c><00:31:28.230><c> potion</c><00:31:28.609><c> called</c><00:31:28.869><c> wine</c><00:31:29.170><c> and</c>

00:31:29.789 --> 00:31:30.470
this<00:31:29.990><c> magical</c>

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substance<00:31:30.829><c> called</c><00:31:31.109><c> bread</c><00:31:31.509><c> erases</c><00:31:32.369><c> all</c><00:31:32.650><c> your</c><00:31:32.910><c> sins.</c><00:31:33.789><c> The</c><00:31:34.069><c> moment</c><00:31:34.269><c> you</c>

00:31:34.569 --> 00:31:37.009
start<00:31:34.789><c> to</c><00:31:35.109><c> think</c><00:31:35.289><c> like</c><00:31:35.690><c> that,</c><00:31:36.829><c> the</c>

00:31:37.009 --> 00:31:40.329
table<00:31:37.289><c> has</c><00:31:37.609><c> become</c><00:31:37.869><c> a</c><00:31:38.269><c> snare</c><00:31:38.730><c> because</c><00:31:39.509><c> you've</c><00:31:39.809><c> made</c><00:31:39.930><c> it</c><00:31:40.089><c> into</c>

00:31:40.329 --> 00:31:42.490
something<00:31:40.509><c> it</c><00:31:40.690><c> could</c><00:31:40.930><c> never</c><00:31:41.250><c> do</c><00:31:41.750><c> and</c><00:31:42.170><c> it</c>

00:31:42.490 --> 00:31:45.730
won't<00:31:42.809><c> solve</c><00:31:43.150><c> the</c><00:31:43.490><c> problems</c><00:31:43.730><c> that</c><00:31:43.910><c> you</c><00:31:44.089><c> think</c><00:31:44.210><c> it</c><00:31:44.390><c> can</c><00:31:44.730><c> solve.</c>

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It<00:31:46.309><c> won't</c><00:31:46.910><c> stop</c><00:31:47.289><c> you</c><00:31:48.009><c> bowing</c><00:31:48.490><c> the</c><00:31:48.710><c> knee</c>

00:31:48.990 --> 00:31:53.809
to<00:31:49.349><c> bow,</c><00:31:49.829><c> you</c><00:31:50.109><c> see.</c><00:31:51.049><c> You</c><00:31:51.289><c> might,</c><00:31:52.329><c> of</c><00:31:52.650><c> course,</c><00:31:53.250><c> continue</c><00:31:53.569><c> to</c><00:31:53.710><c> be</c>

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a<00:31:53.890><c> member</c><00:31:54.049><c> of</c><00:31:54.190><c> the</c><00:31:54.309><c> Christendom</c><00:31:54.670><c> community,</c>

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but<00:31:56.569><c> you'll</c><00:31:56.769><c> be</c><00:31:56.869><c> no</c><00:31:57.109><c> longer</c><00:31:57.390><c> part</c><00:31:57.710><c> of</c><00:31:57.890><c> the</c><00:31:58.130><c> remnant</c><00:31:58.910><c> of</c><00:31:59.289><c> scripture.</c><00:32:00.410><c> So</c><00:32:00.609><c> you</c>

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see,<00:32:00.990><c> we</c><00:32:01.109><c> can</c><00:32:01.349><c> fall</c><00:32:01.450><c> into</c>

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exactly<00:32:02.210><c> the</c><00:32:02.490><c> same</c><00:32:02.890><c> trap</c><00:32:03.269><c> as</c><00:32:03.930><c> Israel</c><00:32:04.349><c> did</c><00:32:04.990><c> by</c><00:32:07.150><c> thinking</c><00:32:07.690><c> that</c>

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law<00:32:08.769><c> can</c><00:32:09.170><c> save</c><00:32:09.589><c> or</c><00:32:10.349><c> the</c><00:32:10.609><c> various</c><00:32:10.849><c> organs</c><00:32:11.470><c> of</c>

00:32:11.789 --> 00:32:15.809
the<00:32:12.029><c> brotherhood</c><00:32:12.630><c> of</c><00:32:12.950><c> themselves</c><00:32:13.890><c> can</c><00:32:14.690><c> confer</c><00:32:15.069><c> upon</c><00:32:15.289><c> us</c><00:32:15.529><c> some</c>

00:32:15.809 --> 00:32:18.970
blessing<00:32:16.230><c> and</c><00:32:16.950><c> save</c><00:32:17.230><c> us.</c><00:32:17.910><c> To</c><00:32:18.230><c> do</c><00:32:18.490><c> that</c>

00:32:18.990 --> 00:32:24.170
would<00:32:19.109><c> be</c><00:32:19.309><c> to</c><00:32:19.509><c> make</c><00:32:19.789><c> our</c><00:32:20.250><c> table</c><00:32:20.849><c> a</c><00:32:21.369><c> snare</c><00:32:21.750><c> because</c><00:32:22.730><c> we</c><00:32:23.910><c> would</c>

00:32:24.170 --> 00:32:26.569
permit<00:32:24.390><c> ourselves</c><00:32:24.890><c> then</c><00:32:25.210><c> certain</c><00:32:25.549><c> liberties</c>

00:32:26.650 --> 00:32:29.210
which<00:32:26.950><c> that</c><00:32:27.230><c> table</c><00:32:27.529><c> could</c><00:32:27.849><c> not</c><00:32:28.190><c> overcome.</c>

00:32:30.210 --> 00:32:32.490
That<00:32:30.509><c> raises</c><00:32:30.950><c> the</c><00:32:31.170><c> next</c><00:32:31.390><c> question</c><00:32:31.710><c> when</c><00:32:31.829><c> you</c><00:32:31.970><c> come</c><00:32:32.109><c> to</c><00:32:32.269><c> verse</c>

00:32:32.490 --> 00:32:36.089
11<00:32:32.789><c> of</c><00:32:33.029><c> Romans</c><00:32:33.329><c> 11.</c><00:32:34.809><c> If</c><00:32:35.009><c> Israel's</c><00:32:35.609><c> rejection</c>

00:32:36.089 --> 00:32:42.029
isn't<00:32:36.609><c> total,</c><00:32:37.750><c> that</c><00:32:37.849><c> is,</c><00:32:38.049><c> if</c><00:32:38.109><c> there</c><00:32:38.289><c> has</c><00:32:38.809><c> been</c><00:32:39.210><c> a</c><00:32:39.470><c> remnant</c><00:32:39.710><c> throughout</c><00:32:39.950><c> history,</c><00:32:41.750><c> is</c>

00:32:42.029 --> 00:32:44.690
it<00:32:42.329><c> final?</c><00:32:44.470><c> Alright,</c>

00:32:44.690 --> 00:32:46.769
so<00:32:44.829><c> God</c><00:32:45.029><c> might</c><00:32:45.410><c> save</c><00:32:45.630><c> a</c><00:32:45.849><c> remnant,</c><00:32:46.049><c> but</c><00:32:46.150><c> what</c><00:32:46.349><c> about</c><00:32:46.470><c> the</c><00:32:46.609><c> rest</c>

00:32:46.769 --> 00:32:49.190
of<00:32:46.930><c> the</c><00:32:47.029><c> nation?</c><00:32:48.230><c> And</c><00:32:48.390><c> more</c><00:32:48.569><c> particularly,</c>

00:32:49.269 --> 00:32:53.369
what<00:32:49.450><c> happens</c><00:32:49.769><c> when</c><00:32:49.930><c> the</c><00:32:50.109><c> day</c><00:32:50.269><c> comes</c><00:32:50.549><c> when</c><00:32:50.730><c> there</c><00:32:51.009><c> is</c><00:32:51.529><c> no</c><00:32:51.869><c> remnant</c><00:32:52.230><c> left?</c><00:32:53.009><c> When</c>

00:32:53.369 --> 00:32:54.369
the<00:32:53.589><c> nation</c><00:32:53.809><c> is</c><00:32:54.190><c> scattered</c>

00:32:54.369 --> 00:32:59.970
to<00:32:54.589><c> the</c><00:32:54.769><c> four</c><00:32:54.950><c> corners</c><00:32:55.210><c> of</c><00:32:55.390><c> the</c><00:32:55.529><c> world</c><00:32:55.710><c> and</c><00:32:55.890><c> they</c><00:32:56.210><c> lose</c><00:32:56.569><c> the</c><00:32:56.930><c> truth</c><00:32:57.269><c> altogether</c><00:32:57.910><c> and</c><00:32:58.529><c> there</c><00:32:58.769><c> is</c><00:32:59.509><c> no</c>

00:32:59.970 --> 00:33:03.289
faithful<00:33:00.430><c> Jew</c><00:33:00.670><c> left</c><00:33:00.950><c> in</c><00:33:01.089><c> the</c><00:33:01.269><c> world?</c><00:33:02.150><c> Would</c><00:33:02.470><c> God's</c><00:33:02.990><c> purpose</c>

00:33:03.289 --> 00:33:05.710
with<00:33:03.450><c> the</c><00:33:03.630><c> nation</c><00:33:03.910><c> be</c><00:33:04.230><c> finished</c><00:33:04.650><c> then?</c>

00:33:06.089 --> 00:33:10.490
The<00:33:06.289><c> answer,</c><00:33:06.630><c> of</c><00:33:06.750><c> course,</c><00:33:07.230><c> is</c><00:33:07.569><c> no.</c><00:33:08.730><c> Even</c><00:33:09.150><c> then,</c><00:33:09.849><c> his</c><00:33:10.089><c> purpose</c>

00:33:10.490 --> 00:33:13.309
would<00:33:10.789><c> not</c><00:33:11.009><c> be</c><00:33:11.309><c> finished.</c><00:33:12.109><c> So</c><00:33:12.450><c> verse</c><00:33:13.029><c> 1</c>

00:33:13.309 --> 00:33:17.769
to<00:33:13.750><c> 10,</c><00:33:14.789><c> God's</c><00:33:15.289><c> rejection</c><00:33:15.769><c> is</c><00:33:16.029><c> not</c><00:33:16.329><c> total</c><00:33:16.829><c> because</c><00:33:17.450><c> there</c><00:33:17.589><c> was</c>

00:33:17.769 --> 00:33:21.259
always<00:33:18.009><c> a</c><00:33:18.210><c> remnant.</c><00:33:19.289><c> Verses</c><00:33:19.769><c> 11</c><00:33:20.230><c> to</c><00:33:20.410><c> 24,</c>

00:33:22.710 --> 00:33:28.109
Israel's<00:33:23.410><c> rejection</c><00:33:23.930><c> is</c><00:33:24.369><c> not</c><00:33:24.910><c> final</c><00:33:25.470><c> because</c><00:33:26.230><c> God</c><00:33:26.529><c> would</c><00:33:26.910><c> still</c><00:33:27.470><c> have</c><00:33:27.809><c> a</c>

00:33:28.109 --> 00:33:30.609
purpose<00:33:28.470><c> with</c><00:33:28.750><c> them</c><00:33:29.430><c> nationally.</c>

00:33:31.930 --> 00:33:37.329
So<00:33:32.089><c> look</c><00:33:32.230><c> at</c><00:33:32.309><c> verse</c><00:33:32.490><c> 11.</c><00:33:34.849><c> I</c><00:33:34.990><c> say</c><00:33:35.329><c> then,</c><00:33:36.549><c> have</c><00:33:36.769><c> they</c><00:33:37.049><c> stumbled</c>

00:33:37.329 --> 00:33:39.630
that<00:33:37.450><c> they</c><00:33:37.630><c> should</c><00:33:37.849><c> fall?</c><00:33:38.470><c> By</c><00:33:39.049><c> no</c><00:33:39.309><c> means,</c>

00:33:39.630 --> 00:33:42.190
but<00:33:39.809><c> rather</c><00:33:40.250><c> through</c><00:33:40.509><c> their</c><00:33:40.809><c> fall</c><00:33:41.069><c> salvation</c><00:33:41.670><c> has</c><00:33:41.890><c> come</c><00:33:42.009><c> to</c>

00:33:42.190 --> 00:33:43.990
the<00:33:42.309><c> Gentiles</c><00:33:42.829><c> for</c><00:33:42.990><c> to</c><00:33:43.170><c> provoke</c><00:33:43.490><c> them</c>

00:33:43.990 --> 00:33:47.750
to<00:33:44.410><c> jealousy.</c><00:33:45.849><c> Now</c><00:33:46.009><c> you'll</c><00:33:46.210><c> notice</c><00:33:46.349><c> there's</c><00:33:46.630><c> a</c><00:33:46.750><c> couple</c><00:33:46.910><c> of</c><00:33:47.230><c> occasions</c><00:33:47.569><c> of</c>

00:33:47.750 --> 00:33:51.250
the<00:33:47.869><c> word</c><00:33:48.150><c> fall</c><00:33:49.009><c> and</c><00:33:50.950><c> they</c><00:33:51.130><c> mean</c>

00:33:51.250 --> 00:33:55.690
different<00:33:51.609><c> things.</c><00:33:53.950><c> Have</c><00:33:54.069><c> they</c><00:33:54.430><c> stumbled</c><00:33:54.849><c> that</c><00:33:55.109><c> they</c><00:33:55.390><c> should</c>

00:33:55.690 --> 00:33:58.230
fall?<00:33:56.970><c> That</c><00:33:57.109><c> is,</c><00:33:57.450><c> to</c><00:33:57.569><c> fall</c><00:33:57.789><c> down,</c><00:33:58.109><c> look</c>

00:33:58.230 --> 00:34:01.630
the<00:33:58.369><c> word</c><00:33:58.470><c> literally</c><00:33:58.789><c> means</c><00:33:59.089><c> to</c><00:33:59.450><c> fall</c><00:33:59.670><c> down</c><00:34:00.009><c> and</c><00:34:00.390><c> figuratively</c><00:34:00.789><c> it</c><00:34:01.009><c> means</c><00:34:01.250><c> to</c>

00:34:01.630 --> 00:34:09.610
perish.<00:34:02.549><c> Have</c><00:34:02.750><c> they</c>

00:34:09.610 --> 00:34:14.570
rather<00:34:09.929><c> through</c><00:34:10.289><c> their</c><00:34:11.090><c> mistake,</c><00:34:12.809><c> through</c><00:34:13.030><c> their</c><00:34:13.489><c> offense,</c>

00:34:14.610 --> 00:34:17.449
through<00:34:14.789><c> their</c><00:34:15.190><c> slip</c><00:34:15.449><c> up,</c><00:34:17.110><c> salvation</c>

00:34:17.449 --> 00:34:20.949
has<00:34:17.650><c> come</c><00:34:17.789><c> to</c><00:34:17.909><c> the</c><00:34:18.050><c> Gentiles,</c><00:34:18.550><c> he</c><00:34:18.690><c> says.</c><00:34:20.010><c> Now</c><00:34:20.190><c> how</c><00:34:20.329><c> did</c><00:34:20.429><c> Israel</c>

00:34:20.949 --> 00:34:23.650
trip?<00:34:21.489><c> How</c><00:34:21.650><c> did</c><00:34:22.190><c> they</c><00:34:22.409><c> slip</c><00:34:22.650><c> up?</c><00:34:23.429><c> Well</c>

00:34:23.650 --> 00:34:28.369
they<00:34:23.849><c> stumbled</c><00:34:24.110><c> at</c><00:34:24.269><c> the</c><00:34:24.429><c> ritual</c><00:34:24.610><c> of</c><00:34:24.829><c> the</c><00:34:24.929><c> law.</c><00:34:25.650><c> For</c><00:34:25.789><c> one,</c><00:34:26.050><c> in</c><00:34:26.170><c> verse</c><00:34:26.349><c> 9,</c><00:34:26.690><c> the</c><00:34:26.809><c> table</c><00:34:26.989><c> became</c><00:34:27.329><c> a</c><00:34:27.570><c> snare.</c>

00:34:28.570 --> 00:34:30.989
They<00:34:28.869><c> stumbled</c><00:34:29.170><c> at</c><00:34:29.329><c> the</c><00:34:29.530><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:30.010><c> of</c><00:34:30.230><c> Christ.</c><00:34:30.670><c> In</c><00:34:30.789><c> chapter</c>

00:34:30.989 --> 00:34:34.010
9,<00:34:31.389><c> verse</c><00:34:32.110><c> 32,</c><00:34:32.650><c> he</c><00:34:32.849><c> became</c><00:34:33.190><c> a</c><00:34:33.530><c> stumbling</c>

00:34:34.010 --> 00:34:38.610
stone<00:34:34.630><c> to</c><00:34:34.869><c> them.</c><00:34:35.329><c> So</c><00:34:35.469><c> they</c><00:34:35.610><c> tripped</c><00:34:35.829><c> over</c><00:34:36.110><c> everything</c><00:34:36.570><c> in</c><00:34:36.769><c> their</c><00:34:36.969><c> history.</c><00:34:38.610><c> But</c>

00:34:38.610 --> 00:34:39.829
though<00:34:39.389><c> they</c><00:34:39.610><c> tripped</c>

00:34:39.829 --> 00:34:46.869
over,<00:34:40.989><c> they</c><00:34:41.269><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:41.610><c> fall</c><00:34:41.969><c> headlock.</c><00:34:42.769><c> God</c><00:34:43.090><c> would</c><00:34:43.530><c> catch</c><00:34:43.909><c> the</c><00:34:44.230><c> nation</c><00:34:44.550><c> before</c><00:34:44.909><c> they</c><00:34:45.409><c> perished</c><00:34:45.809><c> in</c><00:34:46.429><c> national</c>

00:34:46.869 --> 00:34:53.510
destruction.<00:34:47.769><c> That's</c><00:34:48.030><c> the</c><00:34:48.230><c> point.</c><00:34:49.730><c> Rather</c><00:34:49.989><c> than</c><00:34:50.309><c> being</c><00:34:51.929><c> ultimate</c><00:34:52.750><c> destruction</c><00:34:53.269><c> for</c>

00:34:53.510 --> 00:34:53.909
them,<00:34:53.610><c> it</c><00:34:53.750><c> would</c>

00:34:53.909 --> 00:34:57.150
do<00:34:54.110><c> two</c><00:34:54.429><c> things.</c><00:34:55.429><c> Number</c><00:34:55.750><c> one,</c><00:34:56.150><c> it</c><00:34:56.309><c> would</c><00:34:56.510><c> bring</c><00:34:56.750><c> the</c><00:34:57.010><c> truth</c>

00:34:57.150 --> 00:35:00.349
to<00:34:57.389><c> the</c><00:34:57.510><c> Gentiles.</c><00:34:59.329><c> And</c><00:34:59.530><c> number</c><00:34:59.869><c> two,</c>

00:35:00.349 --> 00:35:06.730
eventually<00:35:01.409><c> it</c><00:35:02.010><c> would</c><00:35:02.329><c> provoke</c><00:35:02.909><c> the</c><00:35:03.329><c> Jews</c><00:35:03.690><c> into</c><00:35:04.610><c> action.</c><00:35:06.630><c> And</c>

00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:08.070
so<00:35:06.849><c> he</c><00:35:06.929><c> says</c><00:35:07.110><c> in</c><00:35:07.269><c> verse</c><00:35:07.409><c> 12,</c><00:35:07.909><c> well,</c>

00:35:08.110 --> 00:35:13.170
he<00:35:08.269><c> says,</c><00:35:09.550><c> if</c><00:35:09.690><c> the</c><00:35:10.170><c> fall</c><00:35:10.409><c> of</c><00:35:10.730><c> Israel</c><00:35:11.389><c> be</c><00:35:11.989><c> the</c><00:35:12.210><c> riches</c><00:35:12.489><c> of</c><00:35:12.849><c> the</c>

00:35:13.170 --> 00:35:15.969
Gentile<00:35:13.769><c> world,</c><00:35:15.090><c> and</c><00:35:15.349><c> the</c><00:35:15.630><c> diminishing</c>

00:35:15.969 --> 00:35:19.730
of<00:35:16.190><c> them</c><00:35:16.349><c> the</c><00:35:16.510><c> riches</c><00:35:16.750><c> of</c><00:35:16.949><c> the</c><00:35:17.090><c> Gentiles,</c><00:35:17.710><c> how</c><00:35:17.829><c> much</c><00:35:18.170><c> more</c><00:35:18.429><c> their</c><00:35:18.750><c> fullness,</c><00:35:19.389><c> he</c>

00:35:19.730 --> 00:35:23.010
says.<00:35:21.809><c> Now</c><00:35:22.090><c> just</c><00:35:22.550><c> bear</c>

00:35:23.010 --> 00:35:25.550
in<00:35:23.210><c> mind</c><00:35:23.289><c> what</c><00:35:23.389><c> you've</c><00:35:23.590><c> read</c><00:35:23.690><c> in</c><00:35:23.849><c> verse</c><00:35:24.030><c> 12</c><00:35:24.329><c> and</c><00:35:24.510><c> come</c><00:35:24.710><c> to</c><00:35:24.869><c> verse</c><00:35:25.090><c> 15</c>

00:35:25.550 --> 00:35:27.530
because<00:35:25.730><c> it's</c><00:35:26.409><c> amplified.</c><00:35:27.289><c> Verses</c>

00:35:27.530 --> 00:35:31.789
12<00:35:27.829><c> and</c><00:35:28.010><c> 15</c><00:35:28.530><c> are</c><00:35:28.949><c> parallel</c><00:35:29.349><c> verses,</c><00:35:30.630><c> and</c><00:35:30.789><c> verses</c><00:35:31.010><c> 13</c><00:35:31.329><c> and</c><00:35:31.449><c> 14</c>

00:35:31.789 --> 00:35:34.210
are<00:35:32.090><c> in</c><00:35:32.329><c> parentheses</c><00:35:32.809><c> between</c><00:35:33.329><c> them.</c>

00:35:34.829 --> 00:35:38.489
So<00:35:34.989><c> verse</c><00:35:35.170><c> 15,</c><00:35:36.409><c> repeating</c><00:35:36.710><c> almost</c><00:35:37.090><c> the</c><00:35:37.369><c> ideas</c><00:35:37.550><c> of</c><00:35:37.690><c> verse</c><00:35:37.869><c> 12,</c>

00:35:38.829 --> 00:35:41.170
if<00:35:39.170><c> the</c><00:35:39.570><c> casting</c><00:35:39.989><c> away</c><00:35:40.449><c> of</c><00:35:40.670><c> the</c><00:35:40.909><c> Jews</c>

00:35:41.170 --> 00:35:45.030
be<00:35:41.449><c> the</c><00:35:41.829><c> reconciling</c><00:35:42.369><c> of</c><00:35:42.550><c> the</c><00:35:42.750><c> Gentile</c><00:35:43.269><c> world,</c><00:35:44.610><c> what</c><00:35:44.789><c> shall</c>

00:35:45.030 --> 00:35:48.150
the<00:35:45.250><c> receiving</c><00:35:45.690><c> of</c><00:35:45.949><c> the</c><00:35:46.190><c> Jews</c><00:35:46.409><c> be</c><00:35:46.710><c> but</c><00:35:47.630><c> life</c>

00:35:48.150 --> 00:35:53.429
from<00:35:48.409><c> the</c><00:35:48.610><c> dead</c><00:35:48.989><c> for</c><00:35:49.530><c> the</c><00:35:49.730><c> Gentiles?</c><00:35:50.550><c> You</c><00:35:50.750><c> see</c><00:35:50.889><c> that?</c><00:35:52.949><c> And</c><00:35:53.230><c> you</c>

00:35:53.429 --> 00:35:55.789
read<00:35:53.630><c> at</c><00:35:53.889><c> the</c><00:35:54.150><c> end</c><00:35:54.309><c> of</c><00:35:54.409><c> verse</c><00:35:54.610><c> 12</c><00:35:55.349><c> about</c>

00:35:55.789 --> 00:35:59.510
the<00:35:56.210><c> fullness</c><00:35:56.570><c> of</c><00:35:57.230><c> the</c><00:35:57.469><c> Jews</c><00:35:57.769><c> coming</c><00:35:58.090><c> in,</c><00:35:58.929><c> and</c><00:35:59.030><c> you</c><00:35:59.170><c> read</c><00:35:59.369><c> at</c>

00:35:59.510 --> 00:36:01.409
the<00:35:59.530><c> end</c><00:35:59.710><c> of</c><00:35:59.829><c> verse</c><00:36:00.010><c> 25</c><00:36:00.469><c> about</c><00:36:00.750><c> the</c><00:36:01.010><c> fullness</c>

00:36:01.409 --> 00:36:06.489
of<00:36:01.909><c> the</c><00:36:02.289><c> Gentiles</c><00:36:03.269><c> coming</c><00:36:03.630><c> in.</c><00:36:05.110><c> So</c><00:36:05.329><c> there's</c><00:36:05.710><c> a</c><00:36:05.849><c> whole</c><00:36:06.150><c> story</c>

00:36:06.489 --> 00:36:08.389
here,<00:36:06.750><c> you</c><00:36:07.010><c> see,</c><00:36:07.469><c> between</c><00:36:07.769><c> Jew</c><00:36:07.909><c> and</c><00:36:08.050><c> Gentile,</c>

00:36:08.550 --> 00:36:14.829
and<00:36:08.670><c> here's</c><00:36:08.949><c> the</c><00:36:09.210><c> story.</c><00:36:12.130><c> In</c><00:36:12.690><c> the</c><00:36:12.889><c> beginning,</c><00:36:14.269><c> the</c><00:36:14.389><c> Jews</c><00:36:14.570><c> had</c>

00:36:14.829 --> 00:36:16.429
all<00:36:15.289><c> the</c><00:36:15.530><c> blessings</c><00:36:15.829><c> you</c><00:36:15.989><c> could</c><00:36:16.170><c> wish</c>

00:36:16.429 --> 00:36:21.309
for,<00:36:17.869><c> the</c><00:36:18.110><c> blessings</c><00:36:18.349><c> of</c><00:36:18.530><c> their</c><00:36:18.730><c> election.</c><00:36:19.989><c> And</c><00:36:20.230><c> they</c><00:36:20.530><c> despised</c><00:36:20.969><c> those</c>

00:36:21.309 --> 00:36:22.510
blessings,<00:36:21.789><c> and</c><00:36:21.989><c> so</c><00:36:22.210><c> God</c>

00:36:22.510 --> 00:36:25.190
demoted<00:36:23.010><c> them.</c><00:36:23.329><c> So</c><00:36:23.429><c> the</c><00:36:23.610><c> Jews</c><00:36:23.809><c> went</c><00:36:24.010><c> from</c><00:36:24.210><c> here,</c><00:36:24.550><c> nationalists</c><00:36:24.789><c> went</c><00:36:24.929><c> from</c>

00:36:25.190 --> 00:36:26.150
here<00:36:25.409><c> down</c><00:36:25.789><c> to</c><00:36:26.030><c> here</c>

00:36:26.150 --> 00:36:32.510
like<00:36:26.369><c> this.</c><00:36:26.550><c> They</c><00:36:26.710><c> were</c><00:36:27.070><c> demoted</c><00:36:27.570><c> in</c><00:36:27.929><c> God's</c><00:36:28.489><c> sight.</c><00:36:30.030><c> The</c><00:36:30.210><c> Gentile,</c><00:36:30.849><c> meanwhile,</c><00:36:32.170><c> who</c>

00:36:32.510 --> 00:36:33.809
all<00:36:32.809><c> his</c><00:36:33.190><c> life</c><00:36:33.489><c> up</c>

00:36:33.809 --> 00:36:36.630
until<00:36:34.050><c> the</c><00:36:34.269><c> advent</c><00:36:34.489><c> of</c><00:36:34.710><c> Christ</c><00:36:35.010><c> had</c><00:36:35.250><c> spent</c><00:36:35.489><c> his</c><00:36:35.989><c> days</c><00:36:36.250><c> in</c><00:36:36.449><c> the</c>

00:36:36.630 --> 00:36:39.269
gutter,<00:36:38.090><c> desperately</c><00:36:38.550><c> looking</c><00:36:38.849><c> for</c><00:36:39.090><c> an</c>

00:36:39.269 --> 00:36:42.610
answer,<00:36:40.210><c> looks</c><00:36:40.429><c> up</c><00:36:40.670><c> his</c><00:36:40.789><c> head</c><00:36:40.949><c> and</c><00:36:41.090><c> God</c><00:36:41.349><c> says</c><00:36:41.590><c> to</c><00:36:41.750><c> him,</c><00:36:42.349><c> come</c>

00:36:42.610 --> 00:36:44.570
to<00:36:42.889><c> me,</c><00:36:43.190><c> and</c><00:36:43.289><c> they</c><00:36:43.550><c> respond</c><00:36:43.909><c> immediately</c>

00:36:44.570 --> 00:36:47.170
to<00:36:44.750><c> that</c><00:36:45.030><c> call,</c><00:36:45.329><c> and</c><00:36:45.610><c> God</c><00:36:45.809><c> elevates</c><00:36:46.289><c> them.</c><00:36:46.429><c> So</c><00:36:46.610><c> the</c><00:36:46.809><c> Jew</c><00:36:46.909><c> goes</c>

00:36:47.170 --> 00:36:49.030
from<00:36:47.429><c> here</c><00:36:47.570><c> to</c><00:36:47.789><c> here,</c><00:36:48.369><c> and</c><00:36:48.550><c> the</c><00:36:48.710><c> Gentile</c>

00:36:49.030 --> 00:36:52.989
goes<00:36:49.289><c> from</c><00:36:49.570><c> here</c><00:36:49.809><c> to</c><00:36:49.989><c> here,</c><00:36:50.210><c> like</c><00:36:50.530><c> that.</c><00:36:51.809><c> And</c><00:36:52.090><c> that's</c><00:36:52.309><c> the</c><00:36:52.449><c> language</c><00:36:52.710><c> you</c>

00:36:52.989 --> 00:36:55.369
read,<00:36:53.170><c> you</c><00:36:53.429><c> see.</c><00:36:54.369><c> The</c><00:36:54.590><c> Jews</c><00:36:54.889><c> would</c>

00:36:55.369 --> 00:36:58.269
fall,<00:36:55.929><c> they</c><00:36:56.130><c> would</c><00:36:56.329><c> diminish,</c><00:36:56.949><c> they</c><00:36:57.050><c> would</c><00:36:57.210><c> be</c><00:36:57.530><c> cast</c><00:36:57.869><c> away,</c>

00:36:58.329 --> 00:37:01.429
whereas<00:36:58.809><c> the</c><00:36:59.210><c> Gentiles,</c><00:37:00.590><c> they</c><00:37:00.929><c> would</c><00:37:01.170><c> find</c>

00:37:01.429 --> 00:37:05.269
salvation,<00:37:02.150><c> they</c><00:37:02.170><c> would</c><00:37:02.369><c> find</c><00:37:02.650><c> riches,</c><00:37:03.289><c> they</c><00:37:03.389><c> would</c><00:37:03.650><c> find</c><00:37:03.829><c> the</c><00:37:04.429><c> reconciliation</c><00:37:05.070><c> of</c>

00:37:05.269 --> 00:37:08.070
the<00:37:05.530><c> world.</c><00:37:07.690><c> So</c><00:37:07.969><c> Jew</c>

00:37:08.070 --> 00:37:12.429
and<00:37:08.230><c> Gentile</c><00:37:08.590><c> changed</c><00:37:09.050><c> places</c><00:37:09.530><c> like</c><00:37:09.809><c> that.</c><00:37:10.010><c> That's</c><00:37:10.210><c> what</c><00:37:10.269><c> he's</c><00:37:10.469><c> just</c><00:37:10.650><c> described</c><00:37:11.070><c> there.</c><00:37:12.269><c> But</c>

00:37:12.429 --> 00:37:12.690
then<00:37:12.590><c> the</c>

00:37:12.690 --> 00:37:18.110
day's<00:37:12.849><c> going</c><00:37:13.110><c> to</c><00:37:13.289><c> come</c><00:37:13.730><c> when</c><00:37:14.349><c> Christ</c><00:37:14.769><c> returns</c><00:37:15.550><c> and</c><00:37:16.809><c> the</c><00:37:17.309><c> fullness</c><00:37:17.690><c> of</c>

00:37:18.110 --> 00:37:19.610
the<00:37:18.289><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:18.789><c> has</c><00:37:19.070><c> come</c><00:37:19.269><c> in.</c>

00:37:19.829 --> 00:37:25.670
God<00:37:20.130><c> has</c><00:37:20.789><c> harvested</c><00:37:21.409><c> all</c><00:37:22.010><c> he</c><00:37:22.349><c> wants</c><00:37:22.670><c> from</c><00:37:22.969><c> the</c><00:37:23.289><c> Gentile</c><00:37:23.889><c> world.</c><00:37:25.269><c> What</c>

00:37:25.670 --> 00:37:29.050
then<00:37:26.050><c> will</c><00:37:26.329><c> become</c><00:37:26.690><c> of</c><00:37:26.869><c> the</c><00:37:27.110><c> Jew?</c><00:37:28.869><c> Well</c>

00:37:29.050 --> 00:37:37.010
he<00:37:29.150><c> says,</c><00:37:31.829><c> when</c><00:37:32.369><c> Israel</c><00:37:33.090><c> is</c><00:37:33.550><c> received</c><00:37:34.130><c> again,</c><00:37:34.809><c> verse</c><00:37:35.230><c> 15,</c><00:37:36.809><c> the</c>

00:37:37.010 --> 00:37:40.570
Gentiles<00:37:37.550><c> will</c><00:37:37.789><c> get</c><00:37:38.070><c> life</c><00:37:38.690><c> from</c><00:37:39.130><c> the</c><00:37:39.449><c> dead,</c>

00:37:41.809 --> 00:37:44.570
immortality,<00:37:42.449><c> verse</c><00:37:42.809><c> 15.</c><00:37:43.769><c> So</c><00:37:43.909><c> you</c><00:37:43.989><c> see</c><00:37:44.050><c> what's</c><00:37:44.349><c> happening.</c>

00:37:44.869 --> 00:37:48.789
You've<00:37:45.030><c> got</c><00:37:45.210><c> Jew</c><00:37:45.329><c> and</c><00:37:45.489><c> Gentile.</c><00:37:48.050><c> The</c><00:37:48.050><c> Jews</c><00:37:48.329><c> are</c><00:37:48.510><c> up</c>

00:37:48.789 --> 00:37:52.250
here<00:37:49.090><c> and</c><00:37:49.289><c> the</c><00:37:49.469><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:49.670><c> are</c><00:37:49.849><c> down</c><00:37:50.070><c> here.</c><00:37:51.210><c> The</c><00:37:51.349><c> Jews</c><00:37:51.590><c> despise</c>

00:37:52.250 --> 00:37:54.190
the<00:37:52.469><c> blessings</c><00:37:52.769><c> they</c><00:37:53.050><c> had</c><00:37:53.170><c> so</c><00:37:53.389><c> God</c><00:37:53.650><c> demotes</c>

00:37:54.190 --> 00:37:58.230
them<00:37:54.550><c> and</c><00:37:54.889><c> he</c><00:37:55.269><c> speaks</c><00:37:55.570><c> to</c><00:37:55.750><c> the</c><00:37:55.989><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:56.429><c> who</c><00:37:56.690><c> respond.</c><00:37:58.050><c> And</c>

00:37:58.230 --> 00:38:00.170
then<00:37:58.449><c> Christ</c><00:37:58.730><c> returns</c><00:37:59.230><c> and</c><00:37:59.409><c> what</c><00:37:59.570><c> does</c><00:37:59.670><c> he</c><00:37:59.750><c> do?</c>

00:38:00.530 --> 00:38:03.710
Well<00:38:00.690><c> he</c><00:38:00.769><c> brings</c><00:38:01.170><c> the</c><00:38:01.429><c> Jews</c><00:38:01.590><c> back</c><00:38:01.869><c> up</c><00:38:02.050><c> here.</c><00:38:02.230><c> Well</c><00:38:02.369><c> if</c><00:38:02.449><c> he's</c><00:38:02.650><c> given</c><00:38:02.949><c> that</c><00:38:03.389><c> sort</c><00:38:03.590><c> of</c>

00:38:03.710 --> 00:38:04.389
mercy<00:38:03.909><c> to</c><00:38:04.110><c> the</c><00:38:04.269><c> Jews,</c>

00:38:04.389 --> 00:38:11.369
what<00:38:04.530><c> does</c><00:38:05.150><c> he</c><00:38:05.170><c> do</c><00:38:05.309><c> to</c><00:38:05.429><c> the</c><00:38:05.610><c> Gentiles?</c><00:38:06.769><c> He</c><00:38:07.030><c> sends</c><00:38:07.389><c> them</c><00:38:07.610><c> up</c><00:38:07.869><c> there</c><00:38:08.309><c> into</c><00:38:09.570><c> immortality.</c><00:38:11.369><c> You</c>

00:38:11.369 --> 00:38:13.030
see?<00:38:12.869><c> And</c>

00:38:13.030 --> 00:38:16.969
there's<00:38:14.469><c> the</c><00:38:14.710><c> fullness</c><00:38:14.909><c> of</c><00:38:15.170><c> the</c><00:38:15.269><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:15.809><c> and</c><00:38:16.230><c> there's</c><00:38:16.789><c> the</c>

00:38:16.969 --> 00:38:19.789
fullness<00:38:17.349><c> of</c><00:38:17.769><c> the</c><00:38:17.949><c> Jews.</c><00:38:18.489><c> That's</c><00:38:19.230><c> the</c><00:38:19.449><c> story</c>

00:38:19.789 --> 00:38:27.130
he<00:38:20.130><c> describes</c><00:38:20.710><c> between</c><00:38:21.449><c> verse</c><00:38:22.309><c> 12,</c><00:38:23.650><c> 15</c><00:38:24.349><c> and</c><00:38:25.050><c> 25</c><00:38:26.150><c> of</c><00:38:26.789><c> Romans</c>

00:38:27.130 --> 00:38:30.369
chapter<00:38:27.510><c> 11.</c><00:38:28.650><c> Not</c><00:38:28.829><c> very</c><00:38:29.070><c> complicated</c><00:38:29.650><c> but</c>

00:38:30.369 --> 00:38:33.869
a<00:38:30.369><c> remarkable</c><00:38:30.929><c> story.</c><00:38:32.230><c> But</c><00:38:32.309><c> now</c><00:38:32.530><c> read</c><00:38:32.730><c> verse</c><00:38:32.989><c> 15</c><00:38:33.369><c> again.</c><00:38:33.789><c> Look</c>

00:38:33.869 --> 00:38:37.630
at<00:38:33.929><c> this</c><00:38:34.170><c> closely.</c><00:38:36.389><c> For</c><00:38:36.429><c> if</c><00:38:36.849><c> the</c><00:38:37.250><c> casting</c>

00:38:37.630 --> 00:38:42.949
away<00:38:37.969><c> of</c><00:38:38.170><c> the</c><00:38:38.449><c> Jew</c><00:38:38.849><c> be</c><00:38:39.789><c> the</c><00:38:40.309><c> reconciling</c><00:38:40.969><c> of</c><00:38:41.130><c> the</c><00:38:41.469><c> world,</c><00:38:42.730><c> what</c>

00:38:42.949 --> 00:38:44.530
shall<00:38:43.190><c> the</c><00:38:43.510><c> receiving</c><00:38:43.849><c> of</c><00:38:44.110><c> the</c><00:38:44.349><c> world</c>

00:38:44.530 --> 00:38:50.150
be,<00:38:45.389><c> of</c><00:38:45.610><c> the</c><00:38:45.869><c> Jew</c><00:38:46.050><c> be</c><00:38:46.269><c> but</c><00:38:46.610><c> life</c><00:38:47.050><c> from</c><00:38:47.409><c> the</c><00:38:47.690><c> dead</c><00:38:47.989><c> for</c><00:38:48.650><c> the</c><00:38:48.809><c> Gentile</c><00:38:49.369><c> world?</c><00:38:49.889><c> So</c>

00:38:50.150 --> 00:38:52.110
it's<00:38:50.469><c> not</c><00:38:50.650><c> hard</c><00:38:50.769><c> to</c><00:38:51.030><c> understand.</c>

00:38:52.570 --> 00:38:58.730
But<00:38:52.730><c> look</c><00:38:52.829><c> what</c><00:38:52.929><c> the</c><00:38:53.150><c> apostles</c><00:38:53.449><c> actually</c><00:38:54.030><c> say.</c><00:38:56.070><c> Romans</c><00:38:56.530><c> 11</c><00:38:57.710><c> verse</c><00:38:58.090><c> 15</c>

00:38:58.730 --> 00:39:00.349
is<00:38:59.289><c> parallel</c><00:38:59.670><c> in</c><00:38:59.889><c> its</c><00:39:00.190><c> own</c><00:39:00.349><c> way</c><00:39:00.349><c> to</c>

00:39:00.369 --> 00:39:07.150
Romans<00:39:01.269><c> 5</c><00:39:01.949><c> verse</c><00:39:02.250><c> 10.</c><00:39:03.250><c> Romans</c><00:39:03.630><c> 5</c><00:39:04.050><c> verse</c><00:39:04.349><c> 10</c><00:39:04.789><c> says,</c><00:39:06.570><c> if</c><00:39:06.610><c> when</c><00:39:06.949><c> we</c>

00:39:07.150 --> 00:39:08.769
were<00:39:07.389><c> enemies</c><00:39:07.690><c> we</c><00:39:07.889><c> were</c><00:39:08.250><c> reconciled</c>

00:39:08.769 --> 00:39:14.989
to<00:39:09.030><c> God</c><00:39:09.349><c> by</c><00:39:09.610><c> the</c><00:39:09.829><c> death</c><00:39:09.989><c> of</c><00:39:10.329><c> his</c><00:39:10.449><c> son,</c><00:39:11.590><c> much</c><00:39:12.010><c> more</c><00:39:12.590><c> being</c><00:39:13.090><c> reconciled</c><00:39:13.849><c> we</c><00:39:14.030><c> are</c><00:39:14.349><c> saved</c><00:39:14.690><c> by</c>

00:39:14.989 --> 00:39:15.590
his<00:39:15.349><c> life.</c>

00:39:15.650 --> 00:39:18.869
Can<00:39:15.789><c> you</c><00:39:15.949><c> see</c><00:39:16.070><c> the</c><00:39:16.289><c> relationship</c><00:39:16.869><c> therefore</c><00:39:17.269><c> between</c><00:39:18.309><c> Romans</c>

00:39:18.869 --> 00:39:23.469
5<00:39:19.269><c> verse</c><00:39:19.550><c> 10</c><00:39:20.130><c> of</c><00:39:20.650><c> Christ</c><00:39:21.230><c> and</c><00:39:22.409><c> Romans</c><00:39:22.849><c> 11</c>

00:39:23.469 --> 00:39:29.230
verse<00:39:23.750><c> 15</c><00:39:24.369><c> of</c><00:39:24.650><c> the</c><00:39:24.909><c> Jews?</c><00:39:27.250><c> We</c><00:39:27.489><c> were</c><00:39:27.769><c> reconciled</c><00:39:28.230><c> to</c><00:39:28.409><c> God</c><00:39:28.610><c> by</c><00:39:28.789><c> the</c><00:39:28.909><c> death</c><00:39:29.050><c> of</c>

00:39:29.230 --> 00:39:33.650
his<00:39:29.409><c> son</c><00:39:29.570><c> in</c><00:39:29.769><c> Romans</c><00:39:30.030><c> 5.</c><00:39:33.289><c> The</c>

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world<00:39:33.889><c> was</c><00:39:34.230><c> reconciled</c><00:39:34.730><c> to</c><00:39:34.889><c> God</c><00:39:35.150><c> by</c><00:39:35.369><c> the</c><00:39:35.710><c> casting</c><00:39:36.090><c> away</c><00:39:36.510><c> of</c><00:39:36.769><c> his</c><00:39:37.110><c> nation</c><00:39:37.710><c> in</c>

00:39:38.409 --> 00:39:41.750
Romans<00:39:38.829><c> 11.</c><00:39:40.849><c> We</c><00:39:41.010><c> are</c><00:39:41.269><c> saved</c>

00:39:41.750 --> 00:39:48.989
by<00:39:42.150><c> Christ's</c><00:39:42.969><c> life.</c><00:39:45.329><c> Well</c><00:39:45.489><c> what</c><00:39:45.730><c> shall</c><00:39:45.949><c> the</c><00:39:46.309><c> receiving</c><00:39:46.769><c> of</c><00:39:47.949><c> the</c><00:39:48.170><c> Jews</c><00:39:48.429><c> be</c>

00:39:48.989 --> 00:39:52.289
but<00:39:49.789><c> life</c><00:39:50.730><c> from</c><00:39:51.250><c> the</c><00:39:51.510><c> dead?</c><00:39:52.110><c> In</c>

00:39:52.289 --> 00:39:56.650
a<00:39:52.409><c> manner</c><00:39:52.530><c> of</c><00:39:52.849><c> speaking,</c><00:39:53.889><c> we</c><00:39:54.110><c> are</c><00:39:54.489><c> saved</c><00:39:55.070><c> by</c><00:39:55.710><c> the</c><00:39:56.010><c> life</c><00:39:56.190><c> of</c><00:39:56.429><c> the</c>

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Jews.<00:39:57.829><c> Why?</c><00:39:59.210><c> Well</c><00:39:59.530><c> because</c><00:39:59.889><c> when</c><00:40:00.289><c> Christ</c>

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comes<00:40:01.150><c> he's</c><00:40:01.809><c> going</c><00:40:01.969><c> to</c><00:40:02.210><c> restore</c><00:40:02.530><c> national</c><00:40:02.989><c> Israel</c><00:40:03.369><c> and</c><00:40:03.610><c> he's</c>

00:40:03.829 --> 00:40:06.510
going<00:40:03.949><c> to</c><00:40:04.090><c> give</c><00:40:04.389><c> immortality</c><00:40:05.050><c> to</c><00:40:05.269><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:40:06.610 --> 00:40:10.969
Unless<00:40:07.190><c> Christ</c><00:40:07.869><c> restores</c><00:40:08.730><c> national</c><00:40:09.170><c> Israel,</c><00:40:10.070><c> you</c><00:40:10.130><c> will</c><00:40:10.449><c> not</c>

00:40:10.969 --> 00:40:14.210
get<00:40:11.690><c> immortality.</c><00:40:13.349><c> They</c><00:40:13.650><c> happen</c><00:40:13.889><c> at</c><00:40:14.070><c> the</c>

00:40:14.210 --> 00:40:16.670
same<00:40:14.409><c> time.</c><00:40:14.650><c> They</c><00:40:14.829><c> are</c><00:40:15.090><c> the</c><00:40:15.329><c> fullness</c><00:40:15.570><c> of</c><00:40:15.809><c> the</c><00:40:15.969><c> Jews</c><00:40:16.170><c> and</c><00:40:16.389><c> the</c>

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fullness<00:40:16.969><c> of</c><00:40:17.190><c> the</c><00:40:17.309><c> Gentiles,</c><00:40:17.710><c> you</c><00:40:17.929><c> see.</c>

00:40:18.690 --> 00:40:21.989
They<00:40:18.929><c> happen</c><00:40:19.409><c> at</c><00:40:19.949><c> the</c><00:40:20.190><c> same</c><00:40:20.449><c> moment</c><00:40:20.710><c> of</c><00:40:20.989><c> time</c><00:40:21.150><c> or</c><00:40:21.329><c> in</c><00:40:21.469><c> the</c><00:40:21.510><c> same</c>

00:40:21.989 --> 00:40:24.409
epoch<00:40:22.389><c> of</c><00:40:22.630><c> time.</c><00:40:23.929><c> But</c><00:40:24.090><c> can</c><00:40:24.269><c> you</c><00:40:24.309><c> see</c>

00:40:24.409 --> 00:40:28.909
what<00:40:24.530><c> that's</c><00:40:24.949><c> saying?</c><00:40:26.750><c> You</c><00:40:26.949><c> can</c><00:40:27.170><c> see</c><00:40:27.269><c> that</c><00:40:27.449><c> the</c><00:40:27.570><c> nation</c><00:40:27.769><c> of</c><00:40:27.949><c> Israel</c><00:40:28.349><c> in</c>

00:40:28.909 --> 00:40:31.789
a<00:40:29.130><c> manner</c><00:40:29.269><c> of</c><00:40:29.650><c> speaking</c><00:40:30.130><c> is</c><00:40:31.409><c> a</c><00:40:31.610><c> copy</c>

00:40:31.789 --> 00:40:36.710
of<00:40:31.929><c> Jesus</c><00:40:32.289><c> Christ.</c><00:40:35.309><c> Christ</c><00:40:35.570><c> had</c><00:40:35.750><c> to</c><00:40:35.929><c> die</c><00:40:36.030><c> that</c><00:40:36.110><c> we</c><00:40:36.230><c> might</c><00:40:36.409><c> be</c>

00:40:36.710 --> 00:40:39.030
saved.<00:40:37.070><c> It's</c><00:40:37.449><c> the</c><00:40:37.630><c> same</c><00:40:37.789><c> with</c><00:40:37.969><c> Israel.</c>

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If<00:40:39.670><c> Christ</c><00:40:40.010><c> is</c><00:40:40.230><c> not</c><00:40:40.469><c> raised,</c><00:40:41.170><c> we</c><00:40:41.289><c> are</c><00:40:41.429><c> yet</c><00:40:41.590><c> in</c><00:40:41.710><c> our</c><00:40:41.969><c> sins.</c><00:40:42.530><c> It's</c>

00:40:43.010 --> 00:40:45.449
the<00:40:43.329><c> same</c><00:40:43.690><c> with</c><00:40:44.030><c> Israel.</c><00:40:44.889><c> If</c><00:40:45.210><c> they're</c>

00:40:45.449 --> 00:40:49.010
not<00:40:45.610><c> brought</c><00:40:45.849><c> back</c><00:40:46.150><c> into</c><00:40:46.429><c> favour,</c><00:40:47.030><c> we</c><00:40:47.269><c> have</c><00:40:47.909><c> no</c><00:40:48.349><c> prospect</c><00:40:48.789><c> of</c>

00:40:49.010 --> 00:40:51.409
eternal<00:40:49.269><c> life.</c><00:40:49.630><c> So</c><00:40:49.769><c> in</c><00:40:49.969><c> that</c><00:40:50.309><c> sense,</c><00:40:50.789><c> you</c><00:40:50.789><c> see,</c>

00:40:51.829 --> 00:40:57.369
Israel<00:40:52.250><c> is</c><00:40:52.510><c> nothing</c><00:40:52.789><c> more</c><00:40:53.530><c> than</c><00:40:54.090><c> an</c><00:40:54.550><c> unwilling,</c><00:40:56.010><c> unbelieving</c>

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national<00:40:58.710><c> messiah.</c><00:41:00.369><c> You</c><00:41:00.530><c> see</c><00:41:00.730><c> that?</c>

00:41:01.710 --> 00:41:06.170
An<00:41:02.170><c> unwilling,</c><00:41:03.489><c> unbelieving</c><00:41:04.710><c> national</c><00:41:05.389><c> messiah.</c><00:41:05.929><c> Now</c><00:41:06.130><c> you</c>

00:41:06.170 --> 00:41:08.630
think<00:41:06.329><c> about</c><00:41:06.489><c> what</c><00:41:06.650><c> God's</c><00:41:07.030><c> done.</c><00:41:08.269><c> He</c><00:41:08.510><c> called</c>

00:41:08.630 --> 00:41:12.869
the<00:41:08.789><c> nation</c><00:41:09.050><c> of</c><00:41:09.269><c> Israel,</c><00:41:10.710><c> apart</c><00:41:11.090><c> from</c><00:41:11.269><c> a</c><00:41:11.449><c> remnant</c><00:41:11.690><c> which</c><00:41:11.829><c> we've</c><00:41:12.070><c> spoken</c><00:41:12.289><c> about,</c><00:41:12.670><c> they</c>

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did<00:41:13.150><c> not</c><00:41:13.369><c> respond</c>

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as<00:41:14.590><c> a</c><00:41:14.969><c> nation.</c><00:41:15.849><c> And</c><00:41:15.989><c> so</c><00:41:16.130><c> he</c><00:41:16.349><c> sent</c><00:41:16.590><c> his</c><00:41:16.989><c> son</c><00:41:17.150><c> into</c><00:41:17.389><c> their</c><00:41:17.630><c> midst,</c>

00:41:18.070 --> 00:41:19.730
one<00:41:18.289><c> of</c><00:41:18.489><c> them</c><00:41:18.690><c> from</c><00:41:18.929><c> among</c><00:41:19.170><c> their</c><00:41:19.449><c> brethren</c>

00:41:19.730 --> 00:41:22.789
in<00:41:20.190><c> their</c><00:41:20.469><c> midst,</c><00:41:20.670><c> and</c><00:41:20.869><c> they</c><00:41:21.170><c> killed</c><00:41:21.329><c> him.</c><00:41:22.170><c> And</c><00:41:22.369><c> because</c><00:41:22.570><c> of</c>

00:41:22.789 --> 00:41:27.110
that,<00:41:24.489><c> God</c><00:41:24.750><c> took</c><00:41:25.150><c> that</c><00:41:25.409><c> nation</c><00:41:25.789><c> and</c><00:41:26.090><c> he</c><00:41:26.610><c> crucified</c>

00:41:27.110 --> 00:41:32.489
them<00:41:27.309><c> before</c><00:41:27.630><c> the</c><00:41:27.849><c> Gentiles.</c><00:41:29.070><c> And</c><00:41:29.389><c> for</c><00:41:29.570><c> the</c><00:41:29.769><c> next</c><00:41:30.269><c> 2000</c><00:41:30.969><c> years,</c><00:41:32.130><c> they</c>

00:41:32.489 --> 00:41:33.969
suffered<00:41:32.829><c> in</c><00:41:33.190><c> order</c><00:41:33.469><c> to</c><00:41:33.789><c> prove</c>

00:41:33.969 --> 00:41:38.170
to<00:41:34.150><c> the</c><00:41:34.349><c> Gentiles</c><00:41:34.829><c> that</c><00:41:35.070><c> God</c><00:41:35.349><c> has</c><00:41:35.630><c> a</c><00:41:35.789><c> purpose</c><00:41:36.070><c> with</c><00:41:36.289><c> the</c><00:41:36.510><c> earth.</c><00:41:37.809><c> They</c>

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became,<00:41:38.469><c> as</c><00:41:38.650><c> I</c><00:41:38.789><c> say,</c><00:41:39.469><c> an</c><00:41:39.730><c> unwilling,</c>

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unbelieving<00:41:41.670><c> national</c><00:41:42.489><c> messiah.</c><00:41:44.349><c> And</c><00:41:44.530><c> having</c><00:41:44.769><c> spent</c><00:41:45.150><c> 2000</c>

00:41:45.809 --> 00:41:48.809
years<00:41:46.369><c> in</c><00:41:46.710><c> destruction,</c><00:41:48.510><c> they're</c><00:41:48.610><c> going</c><00:41:48.710><c> to</c>

00:41:48.809 --> 00:41:54.789
be<00:41:49.010><c> brought</c><00:41:49.170><c> back</c><00:41:49.829><c> on</c><00:41:50.250><c> the</c><00:41:50.650><c> third</c><00:41:51.289><c> day,</c><00:41:52.389><c> aren't</c><00:41:52.590><c> they?</c><00:41:54.409><c> They're</c><00:41:54.690><c> going</c>

00:41:54.789 --> 00:41:57.349
to<00:41:54.889><c> be</c><00:41:55.110><c> brought</c><00:41:55.289><c> back</c><00:41:55.829><c> on</c><00:41:56.190><c> the</c><00:41:56.590><c> third</c>

00:41:57.349 --> 00:42:03.650
day.<00:41:58.409><c> That</c><00:41:58.590><c> is</c><00:41:58.769><c> the</c><00:41:59.050><c> third</c><00:41:59.789><c> thousand</c><00:42:00.309><c> years.</c><00:42:02.829><c> And</c><00:42:03.070><c> in</c><00:42:03.210><c> the</c><00:42:03.250><c> midst</c><00:42:03.409><c> of</c>

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that,<00:42:05.170><c> between</c><00:42:05.170><c> verses</c><00:42:05.630><c> 12</c><00:42:05.969><c> and</c>

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13,<00:42:10.429><c> verse</c><00:42:10.429><c> 13</c><00:42:10.929><c> to</c><00:42:11.090><c> 14,</c><00:42:11.510><c> a</c><00:42:11.630><c> little</c><00:42:11.989><c> side</c><00:42:12.369><c> comment,</c><00:42:12.849><c> he</c><00:42:12.889><c> says,</c>

00:42:14.690 --> 00:42:16.590
now<00:42:14.730><c> you</c><00:42:15.030><c> Gentiles,</c><00:42:15.869><c> I'm</c><00:42:16.090><c> speaking</c><00:42:16.369><c> to</c>

00:42:16.590 --> 00:42:23.769
you.<00:42:17.809><c> Inasmuch</c><00:42:18.230><c> as</c><00:42:18.349><c> I'm</c><00:42:18.489><c> the</c><00:42:18.690><c> apostle</c><00:42:18.929><c> of</c><00:42:19.190><c> the</c><00:42:19.349><c> Gentiles,</c><00:42:19.909><c> I</c><00:42:20.090><c> magnify</c><00:42:20.469><c> my</c><00:42:20.750><c> office</c><00:42:20.989><c> if</c><00:42:21.469><c> by</c><00:42:22.190><c> any</c><00:42:22.429><c> means</c><00:42:22.949><c> I</c><00:42:23.550><c> might</c>

00:42:23.769 --> 00:42:26.929
provoke<00:42:24.269><c> to</c><00:42:24.550><c> emulation</c><00:42:25.469><c> them</c><00:42:25.809><c> which</c><00:42:26.010><c> are</c><00:42:26.130><c> my</c><00:42:26.369><c> flesh,</c><00:42:26.690><c> and</c><00:42:26.829><c> I</c>

00:42:26.929 --> 00:42:29.269
might<00:42:27.130><c> save</c><00:42:27.449><c> some</c><00:42:27.690><c> of</c><00:42:27.789><c> them.</c><00:42:28.389><c> He</c><00:42:28.389><c> says,</c><00:42:28.949><c> oh,</c>

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Gentiles,<00:42:30.610><c> oh,</c><00:42:31.050><c> that</c><00:42:31.170><c> I</c><00:42:31.329><c> could</c><00:42:31.530><c> teach</c><00:42:31.829><c> my</c><00:42:32.070><c> nation</c><00:42:32.409><c> what</c><00:42:32.550><c> I've</c>

00:42:32.829 --> 00:42:35.389
taught<00:42:32.949><c> you.</c><00:42:33.949><c> I'm</c><00:42:34.289><c> talking</c><00:42:34.570><c> to</c><00:42:34.769><c> you</c><00:42:34.969><c> Gentiles</c>

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because<00:42:35.750><c> I'm</c><00:42:36.070><c> your</c><00:42:36.309><c> apostle,</c><00:42:36.929><c> but</c><00:42:36.929><c> I</c><00:42:37.269><c> dearly</c><00:42:37.750><c> wish,</c><00:42:38.570><c> I</c><00:42:39.110><c> dearly</c>

00:42:39.570 --> 00:42:41.809
wish<00:42:39.969><c> that</c><00:42:40.809><c> my</c><00:42:41.050><c> people</c><00:42:41.250><c> would</c><00:42:41.510><c> respond</c>

00:42:41.809 --> 00:42:48.989
like<00:42:42.070><c> you</c><00:42:42.369><c> have.</c><00:42:44.050><c> And</c><00:42:44.289><c> now</c><00:42:44.449><c> he</c><00:42:44.710><c> explains</c><00:42:45.070><c> in</c><00:42:45.269><c> verse</c><00:42:45.530><c> 16</c><00:42:46.429><c> why</c><00:42:47.750><c> the</c><00:42:48.429><c> nation</c><00:42:48.809><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:42:49.309><c> must</c><00:42:49.590><c> be</c><00:42:49.909><c> saved.</c>

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For<00:42:52.150><c> if</c><00:42:52.449><c> the</c><00:42:52.829><c> first</c><00:42:53.170><c> fruit</c><00:42:53.409><c> be</c><00:42:53.769><c> holy,</c><00:42:54.449><c> the</c><00:42:54.670><c> lump</c><00:42:54.929><c> is</c><00:42:55.309><c> also</c><00:42:55.730><c> holy.</c><00:42:56.590><c> And</c>

00:42:56.949 --> 00:42:59.670
if<00:42:57.170><c> the</c><00:42:57.570><c> root</c><00:42:57.869><c> be</c><00:42:58.289><c> holy,</c><00:42:59.449><c> so</c><00:42:59.550><c> are</c>

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the<00:43:00.190><c> branches,</c><00:43:00.190><c> he</c><00:43:00.449><c> says.</c><00:43:00.710><c> Now</c><00:43:00.829><c> what</c><00:43:00.889><c> does</c><00:43:01.030><c> that</c><00:43:01.250><c> mean?</c><00:43:02.809><c> Here's</c><00:43:03.030><c> the</c>

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RSV<00:43:04.090><c> for</c><00:43:04.590><c> the</c><00:43:04.789><c> opening</c><00:43:04.989><c> lines</c>

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of<00:43:05.449><c> verse</c><00:43:05.650><c> 16.</c><00:43:07.309><c> If</c><00:43:07.469><c> the</c><00:43:08.070><c> dough</c><00:43:08.809><c> offered</c><00:43:09.349><c> as</c><00:43:10.170><c> first</c><00:43:10.510><c> fruits</c><00:43:10.889><c> as</c>

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holy,<00:43:12.309><c> so</c><00:43:12.590><c> is</c><00:43:13.010><c> the</c><00:43:13.210><c> whole</c><00:43:13.469><c> lump.</c><00:43:15.309><c> What's</c>

00:43:15.849 --> 00:43:19.170
that<00:43:15.969><c> mean?</c><00:43:16.150><c> Well,</c><00:43:16.329><c> it's</c><00:43:16.510><c> this.</c><00:43:18.170><c> When</c><00:43:18.369><c> Israel</c><00:43:18.750><c> brought</c><00:43:19.010><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:19.349><c> grain</c><00:43:19.550><c> harvest,</c><00:43:19.949><c> they</c><00:43:20.170><c> offered</c><00:43:20.329><c> the</c><00:43:20.590><c> first</c>

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fruits<00:43:21.010><c> to</c><00:43:21.250><c> God.</c><00:43:22.690><c> Later</c><00:43:22.969><c> on,</c><00:43:23.170><c> when</c><00:43:23.289><c> that</c><00:43:23.570><c> grain</c><00:43:23.769><c> was</c><00:43:24.050><c> ground</c>

00:43:24.250 --> 00:43:27.269
into<00:43:24.570><c> flour,</c><00:43:25.230><c> the</c><00:43:25.429><c> first</c><00:43:25.829><c> cake</c><00:43:26.349><c> they</c><00:43:26.869><c> baked</c>

00:43:27.269 --> 00:43:32.730
out<00:43:27.510><c> of</c><00:43:27.670><c> that</c><00:43:27.989><c> flour</c><00:43:28.269><c> was</c><00:43:28.869><c> offered</c><00:43:29.250><c> as</c><00:43:29.610><c> a</c><00:43:29.769><c> first</c><00:43:30.010><c> fruits</c><00:43:30.190><c> offering</c><00:43:30.730><c> to</c><00:43:31.190><c> God.</c><00:43:32.590><c> So</c>

00:43:32.730 --> 00:43:34.369
the<00:43:32.909><c> point</c><00:43:33.070><c> is</c><00:43:33.289><c> that</c><00:43:33.530><c> God's</c>

00:43:34.369 --> 00:43:38.269
acceptance<00:43:34.690><c> of</c><00:43:35.010><c> the</c><00:43:35.389><c> first</c><00:43:35.690><c> fruits</c><00:43:36.250><c> consecrated</c><00:43:37.650><c> the</c><00:43:37.969><c> whole</c>

00:43:38.269 --> 00:43:40.409
harvest.<00:43:39.570><c> And</c><00:43:39.750><c> it's</c><00:43:39.909><c> the</c><00:43:40.090><c> same</c><00:43:40.230><c> with</c>

00:43:40.409 --> 00:43:45.469
the<00:43:40.590><c> nation.</c><00:43:41.969><c> God</c><00:43:42.349><c> accepted</c><00:43:42.929><c> the</c><00:43:43.289><c> patriarchs,</c><00:43:44.730><c> the</c><00:43:45.030><c> fathers</c>

00:43:45.469 --> 00:43:48.070
of<00:43:45.809><c> the</c><00:43:45.989><c> nation,</c><00:43:46.750><c> thereby</c><00:43:47.230><c> consecrating</c>

00:43:48.309 --> 00:43:53.710
the<00:43:48.789><c> entire</c><00:43:49.489><c> nation.</c><00:43:50.750><c> If</c><00:43:51.349><c> the</c><00:43:51.909><c> root</c><00:43:52.329><c> be</c><00:43:52.710><c> holy,</c><00:43:53.050><c> that</c><00:43:53.190><c> is</c><00:43:53.369><c> the</c>

00:43:53.710 --> 00:43:56.769
patriarchs<00:43:54.389><c> of</c><00:43:54.530><c> Israel,</c><00:43:55.710><c> so</c><00:43:55.889><c> are</c><00:43:56.050><c> the</c><00:43:56.250><c> branches,</c>

00:43:56.769 --> 00:44:02.230
that<00:43:57.190><c> is</c><00:43:57.590><c> their</c><00:43:58.130><c> descendants.</c><00:44:00.730><c> That's</c><00:44:01.130><c> why</c><00:44:01.369><c> God</c><00:44:01.630><c> still</c><00:44:01.869><c> has</c><00:44:02.090><c> a</c>

00:44:02.230 --> 00:44:03.409
purpose<00:44:02.409><c> with</c><00:44:02.610><c> the</c><00:44:02.789><c> nation.</c><00:44:03.309><c> Look</c>

00:44:03.409 --> 00:44:08.650
at<00:44:03.550><c> verse</c><00:44:03.750><c> 28.</c><00:44:05.349><c> As</c><00:44:05.449><c> concerning</c><00:44:06.090><c> the</c><00:44:06.409><c> gospel,</c><00:44:07.690><c> the</c><00:44:07.809><c> Jews</c><00:44:08.110><c> are</c>

00:44:08.650 --> 00:44:11.309
enemies<00:44:09.110><c> for</c><00:44:09.530><c> the</c><00:44:09.769><c> Gentiles'</c><00:44:10.670><c> sakes.</c>

00:44:12.030 --> 00:44:20.170
But<00:44:12.030><c> as</c><00:44:13.369><c> touching</c><00:44:13.889><c> the</c><00:44:14.309><c> election,</c><00:44:15.869><c> the</c><00:44:16.090><c> Jews</c><00:44:16.289><c> are</c><00:44:16.710><c> beloved</c><00:44:17.170><c> for</c><00:44:17.789><c> the</c><00:44:18.210><c> fathers'</c><00:44:19.349><c> sakes.</c><00:44:19.550><c> So</c><00:44:19.730><c> they've</c>

00:44:20.170 --> 00:44:23.789
become<00:44:20.449><c> enemies</c><00:44:20.929><c> so</c><00:44:21.329><c> that</c><00:44:21.550><c> the</c><00:44:21.769><c> gospel</c><00:44:22.030><c> can</c><00:44:22.349><c> come</c><00:44:22.550><c> to</c><00:44:22.789><c> us.</c><00:44:23.590><c> But</c>

00:44:23.789 --> 00:44:26.750
as<00:44:24.010><c> far</c><00:44:24.210><c> as</c><00:44:24.369><c> God's</c><00:44:25.170><c> selection</c><00:44:25.590><c> of</c><00:44:26.329><c> nationhood,</c>

00:44:26.750 --> 00:44:31.610
as<00:44:26.889><c> concerned,</c><00:44:28.590><c> he</c><00:44:29.070><c> will</c><00:44:29.230><c> never</c><00:44:29.409><c> let</c><00:44:29.590><c> them</c><00:44:29.769><c> go</c><00:44:30.489><c> for</c><00:44:31.210><c> the</c><00:44:31.429><c> sake</c>

00:44:31.610 --> 00:44:35.010
of<00:44:31.869><c> Abraham,</c><00:44:32.849><c> Isaac,</c><00:44:33.570><c> and</c><00:44:34.150><c> Jacob.</c><00:44:34.769><c> You</c>

00:44:35.010 --> 00:44:40.289
see?<00:44:35.610><c> That's</c><00:44:35.809><c> what</c><00:44:35.909><c> he</c><00:44:36.070><c> says.</c><00:44:37.650><c> If</c><00:44:38.070><c> the</c><00:44:38.530><c> root</c><00:44:38.769><c> is</c><00:44:39.130><c> holy,</c><00:44:39.610><c> Abraham,</c><00:44:40.050><c> Isaac,</c>

00:44:40.349 --> 00:44:43.070
and<00:44:40.510><c> Jacob,</c><00:44:41.570><c> so</c><00:44:41.750><c> are</c><00:44:41.869><c> the</c><00:44:42.070><c> branches.</c>

00:44:43.329 --> 00:44:47.869
They're<00:44:43.650><c> beloved</c><00:44:44.170><c> for</c><00:44:44.690><c> the</c><00:44:44.989><c> fathers'</c><00:44:45.510><c> sakes.</c><00:44:46.050><c> Therefore,</c><00:44:46.789><c> God</c><00:44:47.050><c> will</c><00:44:47.349><c> have</c><00:44:47.650><c> an</c>

00:44:47.869 --> 00:44:48.650
eternal<00:44:48.230><c> purpose</c>

00:44:48.650 --> 00:44:54.110
with<00:44:48.829><c> the</c><00:44:48.949><c> nation</c><00:44:49.150><c> of</c><00:44:49.429><c> Israel,</c><00:44:50.369><c> irrespective</c><00:44:51.769><c> of</c><00:44:52.190><c> the</c><00:44:52.570><c> existence</c><00:44:53.050><c> of</c><00:44:53.510><c> any</c>

00:44:54.110 --> 00:44:56.030
subsequent<00:44:54.849><c> remnant.</c>

00:44:57.210 --> 00:45:05.469
Well,<00:44:57.650><c> from</c><00:44:57.849><c> verse</c><00:44:58.090><c> 17,</c><00:44:58.869><c> then,</c><00:45:00.550><c> he</c><00:45:00.789><c> talks</c><00:45:01.110><c> about</c><00:45:01.849><c> the</c><00:45:02.889><c> olive</c><00:45:03.230><c> tree.</c><00:45:04.170><c> Now,</c><00:45:04.369><c> this</c><00:45:04.510><c> is</c><00:45:04.670><c> not</c><00:45:04.789><c> a</c><00:45:04.969><c> complicated</c>

00:45:05.469 --> 00:45:07.289
section,<00:45:05.829><c> so</c><00:45:05.969><c> I</c><00:45:06.030><c> don't</c><00:45:06.150><c> think</c><00:45:06.230><c> I</c><00:45:06.309><c> need</c><00:45:06.429><c> to</c><00:45:06.570><c> go</c><00:45:06.690><c> through</c><00:45:06.909><c> every</c>

00:45:07.289 --> 00:45:08.349
verse<00:45:07.550><c> here.</c><00:45:07.750><c> I'm</c><00:45:07.889><c> just</c><00:45:08.030><c> going</c><00:45:08.130><c> to</c><00:45:08.269><c> tell</c>

00:45:08.349 --> 00:45:12.449
you<00:45:08.469><c> the</c><00:45:08.750><c> basic</c><00:45:09.130><c> story</c><00:45:09.630><c> of</c><00:45:09.889><c> the</c><00:45:10.190><c> olive</c><00:45:10.489><c> tree.</c><00:45:11.690><c> But</c><00:45:11.869><c> I</c><00:45:12.030><c> think</c><00:45:12.150><c> you'll</c><00:45:12.329><c> be</c>

00:45:12.449 --> 00:45:13.070
familiar<00:45:12.690><c> with</c><00:45:12.829><c> it.</c><00:45:12.929><c> Look</c>

00:45:13.070 --> 00:45:18.329
at<00:45:13.170><c> verse</c><00:45:13.389><c> 17.</c><00:45:15.130><c> And</c><00:45:15.429><c> if</c><00:45:15.590><c> some</c><00:45:15.769><c> of</c><00:45:15.889><c> the</c><00:45:16.090><c> branches</c><00:45:16.349><c> be</c><00:45:16.650><c> broken</c><00:45:16.949><c> off,</c><00:45:17.329><c> and</c><00:45:17.489><c> there</c><00:45:17.710><c> being</c><00:45:17.969><c> a</c>

00:45:18.329 --> 00:45:18.949
wild<00:45:18.590><c> olive</c>

00:45:18.949 --> 00:45:23.849
tree,<00:45:19.190><c> were</c><00:45:19.349><c> grafted</c><00:45:19.989><c> in</c><00:45:20.150><c> among</c><00:45:20.369><c> them,</c><00:45:21.010><c> and</c><00:45:21.349><c> with</c><00:45:21.590><c> them</c><00:45:21.849><c> partakers</c><00:45:22.389><c> of</c><00:45:22.610><c> the</c><00:45:22.889><c> root</c><00:45:23.090><c> and</c><00:45:23.389><c> fatness</c><00:45:23.690><c> of</c>

00:45:23.849 --> 00:45:28.570
the<00:45:24.170><c> olive</c><00:45:24.170><c> tree,</c><00:45:25.630><c> boast</c><00:45:26.090><c> not</c><00:45:26.530><c> against</c><00:45:26.889><c> the</c><00:45:27.090><c> branches.</c><00:45:28.469><c> But</c>

00:45:28.570 --> 00:45:30.610
if<00:45:28.869><c> they</c><00:45:29.030><c> are</c><00:45:29.170><c> boasts,</c><00:45:29.730><c> they</c><00:45:29.949><c> are</c><00:45:29.989><c> bearers</c><00:45:30.269><c> not</c>

00:45:30.610 --> 00:45:34.789
the<00:45:30.929><c> root,</c><00:45:31.250><c> but</c><00:45:31.510><c> the</c><00:45:31.789><c> root</c><00:45:32.170><c> thee.</c><00:45:33.630><c> So</c><00:45:33.829><c> there's</c><00:45:34.010><c> an</c><00:45:34.190><c> olive</c><00:45:34.409><c> tree.</c><00:45:34.710><c> It's</c>

00:45:34.789 --> 00:45:38.389
called<00:45:34.949><c> Israel.</c><00:45:37.210><c> The</c><00:45:37.570><c> root</c><00:45:37.889><c> is</c>

00:45:38.389 --> 00:45:42.429
Abraham,<00:45:38.690><c> Isaac,</c><00:45:38.929><c> and</c><00:45:39.130><c> Jacob.</c><00:45:40.309><c> The</c><00:45:40.630><c> trunk</c><00:45:40.949><c> is</c><00:45:41.670><c> Moses</c><00:45:42.010><c> and</c><00:45:42.170><c> the</c>

00:45:42.429 --> 00:45:44.429
prophets,<00:45:43.230><c> and</c><00:45:43.409><c> the</c><00:45:43.630><c> branches</c><00:45:43.989><c> are</c><00:45:44.289><c> the</c>

00:45:44.429 --> 00:45:49.329
rest<00:45:44.610><c> of</c><00:45:44.769><c> the</c><00:45:44.889><c> nation.</c><00:45:46.630><c> Some</c><00:45:46.929><c> of</c><00:45:47.050><c> those</c><00:45:47.329><c> branches</c><00:45:47.710><c> were</c><00:45:48.010><c> broken</c><00:45:48.329><c> off.</c>

00:45:49.409 --> 00:45:50.889
Israel<00:45:49.730><c> was</c><00:45:50.070><c> hardened,</c><00:45:50.349><c> of</c><00:45:50.590><c> course.</c>

00:45:50.889 --> 00:45:57.449
God<00:45:51.250><c> removed</c><00:45:51.849><c> them,</c><00:45:52.769><c> and</c><00:45:53.389><c> the</c><00:45:53.610><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:54.070><c> were</c><00:45:54.409><c> grafted</c><00:45:54.849><c> in</c><00:45:55.210><c> their</c><00:45:55.590><c> place.</c><00:45:57.309><c> In</c>

00:45:57.449 --> 00:45:58.730
that<00:45:57.730><c> case,</c><00:45:58.050><c> he</c><00:45:58.230><c> says,</c><00:45:58.650><c> the</c>

00:45:58.730 --> 00:46:02.489
Gentiles<00:45:59.269><c> ought</c><00:45:59.550><c> not</c><00:45:59.909><c> to</c><00:46:00.150><c> think</c><00:46:00.369><c> too</c><00:46:00.789><c> highly</c><00:46:01.010><c> of</c><00:46:01.230><c> themselves.</c>

00:46:02.949 --> 00:46:04.989
They<00:46:03.190><c> gain,</c><00:46:03.650><c> after</c><00:46:03.869><c> all,</c><00:46:04.289><c> all</c><00:46:04.730><c> their</c>

00:46:04.989 --> 00:46:09.429
nourishment<00:46:05.550><c> from</c><00:46:05.789><c> the</c><00:46:06.090><c> stock</c><00:46:06.250><c> of</c><00:46:06.469><c> that</c><00:46:06.769><c> tree.</c><00:46:07.869><c> They</c><00:46:07.949><c> are</c><00:46:08.230><c> participants</c><00:46:09.030><c> in</c>

00:46:09.429 --> 00:46:11.670
the<00:46:09.710><c> promises</c><00:46:10.110><c> to</c><00:46:10.650><c> Abraham.</c>

00:46:12.210 --> 00:46:16.210
If<00:46:12.670><c> the</c><00:46:12.949><c> Gentiles</c><00:46:13.550><c> brag</c><00:46:14.010><c> about</c><00:46:14.349><c> their</c><00:46:14.610><c> position</c><00:46:14.989><c> in</c><00:46:15.150><c> the</c><00:46:15.389><c> tree,</c><00:46:15.989><c> that</c>

00:46:16.210 --> 00:46:17.309
would<00:46:16.389><c> be</c><00:46:16.590><c> like</c><00:46:16.889><c> saying</c><00:46:17.090><c> that</c>

00:46:17.309 --> 00:46:21.309
Abraham<00:46:17.610><c> depends</c><00:46:17.969><c> on</c><00:46:18.190><c> us,</c><00:46:19.150><c> when</c><00:46:19.269><c> in</c><00:46:19.429><c> fact,</c><00:46:20.429><c> we</c><00:46:20.769><c> depend</c><00:46:21.090><c> for</c>

00:46:21.309 --> 00:46:24.030
salvation<00:46:21.670><c> upon</c><00:46:21.929><c> Abraham.</c><00:46:23.170><c> It's</c><00:46:23.670><c> not</c><00:46:23.889><c> true.</c>

00:46:24.110 --> 00:46:28.030
Be<00:46:24.369><c> aware,</c><00:46:24.730><c> he</c><00:46:25.010><c> says</c><00:46:25.210><c> to</c><00:46:25.429><c> the</c><00:46:25.570><c> Gentiles.</c><00:46:26.610><c> Do</c><00:46:26.710><c> you</c><00:46:26.769><c> know,</c><00:46:27.690><c> three</c>

00:46:28.030 --> 00:46:30.269
times<00:46:28.530><c> in</c><00:46:28.769><c> this</c><00:46:29.030><c> chapter,</c><00:46:29.349><c> he</c><00:46:29.630><c> warns</c>

00:46:30.269 --> 00:46:39.170
against<00:46:30.969><c> Gentile</c><00:46:31.710><c> pride.</c><00:46:33.369><c> Verse</c><00:46:33.590><c> 18,</c><00:46:34.630><c> boast</c><00:46:35.070><c> not</c><00:46:35.570><c> against</c><00:46:35.929><c> the</c><00:46:36.210><c> branches.</c><00:46:37.349><c> Verse</c><00:46:37.650><c> 20,</c><00:46:38.969><c> be</c>

00:46:39.170 --> 00:46:40.469
not<00:46:39.690><c> high</c><00:46:40.090><c>-minded,</c>

00:46:40.469 --> 00:46:47.650
but<00:46:40.909><c> fear.</c><00:46:42.610><c> Verse</c><00:46:42.789><c> 25,</c><00:46:43.510><c> be</c><00:46:43.809><c> not</c><00:46:44.250><c> wise</c><00:46:44.829><c> in</c><00:46:45.230><c> your</c><00:46:45.630><c> own</c><00:46:46.090><c> conceits.</c>

00:46:48.010 --> 00:46:49.829
It's<00:46:48.429><c> a</c><00:46:48.570><c> dangerous</c><00:46:48.849><c> thing,</c><00:46:49.309><c> isn't</c><00:46:49.309><c> it?</c>

00:46:50.250 --> 00:46:53.809
Very<00:46:50.610><c> dangerous</c><00:46:51.210><c> thing</c><00:46:51.670><c> to</c><00:46:51.829><c> have</c><00:46:51.989><c> an</c><00:46:52.190><c> attitude</c><00:46:52.449><c> against</c><00:46:52.829><c> Israel,</c><00:46:53.690><c> when</c>

00:46:53.809 --> 00:46:55.570
in<00:46:54.130><c> fact,</c><00:46:54.389><c> we're</c><00:46:54.769><c> recipients</c><00:46:55.230><c> of</c>

00:46:55.570 --> 00:47:02.530
all<00:46:56.210><c> Israel's</c><00:46:57.050><c> benefits.</c><00:46:58.769><c> Never</c><00:46:59.110><c> forget</c><00:46:59.789><c> verse</c><00:47:00.309><c> 21.</c><00:47:01.929><c> There</c><00:47:02.070><c> was</c><00:47:02.309><c> a</c>

00:47:02.530 --> 00:47:03.949
day<00:47:02.690><c> when</c><00:47:02.909><c> God</c><00:47:03.210><c> spared</c><00:47:03.510><c> not</c><00:47:03.769><c> the</c>

00:47:03.949 --> 00:47:09.510
natural<00:47:04.210><c> branches.</c><00:47:06.630><c> There</c><00:47:06.849><c> could</c><00:47:07.090><c> be</c><00:47:07.349><c> a</c><00:47:07.489><c> day</c><00:47:07.710><c> in</c><00:47:07.949><c> verse</c><00:47:08.250><c> 22,</c>

00:47:09.869 --> 00:47:12.130
when<00:47:09.989><c> that</c><00:47:10.269><c> also</c><00:47:10.809><c> should</c><00:47:11.030><c> be</c><00:47:11.329><c> cut</c><00:47:11.610><c> off</c>

00:47:12.130 --> 00:47:15.969
out<00:47:12.489><c> of</c><00:47:12.670><c> the</c><00:47:12.929><c> olive</c><00:47:13.170><c> tree.</c><00:47:14.250><c> How</c><00:47:14.550><c> much</c><00:47:14.969><c> easier</c><00:47:15.309><c> do</c><00:47:15.449><c> you</c><00:47:15.570><c> suppose</c>

00:47:15.969 --> 00:47:18.349
it<00:47:16.170><c> is</c><00:47:16.710><c> for</c><00:47:17.170><c> God</c><00:47:17.309><c> to</c><00:47:17.570><c> remove</c><00:47:17.789><c> the</c><00:47:18.090><c> wild</c>

00:47:18.349 --> 00:47:22.269
branches,<00:47:19.610><c> if</c><00:47:19.730><c> he's</c><00:47:19.949><c> already</c><00:47:20.230><c> removed</c><00:47:20.610><c> the</c><00:47:20.869><c> natural</c><00:47:21.210><c> branches?</c>

00:47:24.050 --> 00:47:26.849
All<00:47:24.230><c> right,</c><00:47:25.090><c> there's</c><00:47:25.329><c> the</c><00:47:25.590><c> story</c><00:47:25.789><c> of</c><00:47:25.949><c> the</c><00:47:26.110><c> olive</c><00:47:26.349><c> tree.</c><00:47:26.510><c> As</c><00:47:26.650><c> we</c>

00:47:26.849 --> 00:47:28.869
said,<00:47:27.369><c> the</c><00:47:27.510><c> analogy</c><00:47:27.769><c> is</c><00:47:27.969><c> not</c><00:47:28.110><c> a</c><00:47:28.349><c> complicated</c>

00:47:28.869 --> 00:47:34.650
analogy,<00:47:30.489><c> but</c><00:47:30.610><c> there's</c><00:47:30.829><c> a</c><00:47:31.030><c> twist.</c><00:47:32.190><c> There's</c><00:47:32.449><c> a</c><00:47:32.710><c> twist.</c><00:47:34.230><c> Excuse</c>

00:47:34.650 --> 00:47:36.369
the<00:47:34.889><c> pun.</c><00:47:35.309><c> There's</c><00:47:35.530><c> a</c><00:47:35.710><c> twist</c><00:47:35.869><c> to</c><00:47:36.030><c> the</c><00:47:36.170><c> olive</c>

00:47:36.369 --> 00:47:44.650
tree.<00:47:38.949><c> The</c><00:47:39.690><c> process</c><00:47:40.250><c> of</c><00:47:40.590><c> grafting</c><00:47:40.889><c> in</c><00:47:41.869><c> wild</c><00:47:42.369><c> branches</c><00:47:43.070><c> into</c>

00:47:44.650 --> 00:47:49.050
good<00:47:45.449><c> stock</c><00:47:46.090><c> was</c><00:47:47.269><c> not</c><00:47:47.789><c> the</c><00:47:48.090><c> normal</c><00:47:48.510><c> method</c>

00:47:49.050 --> 00:47:56.230
of<00:47:49.349><c> cultivating</c><00:47:49.849><c> olives.</c><00:47:51.530><c> You</c><00:47:52.090><c> would</c><00:47:52.449><c> never</c><00:47:53.030><c> take</c><00:47:53.989><c> wild</c><00:47:54.690><c> branches</c><00:47:55.309><c> and</c>

00:47:56.230 --> 00:47:58.489
graft<00:47:56.530><c> them</c><00:47:56.929><c> into</c><00:47:57.590><c> an</c><00:47:58.050><c> otherwise</c>

00:47:58.489 --> 00:48:04.090
good<00:47:58.989><c> stock.</c><00:48:00.090><c> The</c><00:48:00.349><c> usual</c><00:48:00.710><c> practice</c><00:48:01.210><c> was</c><00:48:01.750><c> to</c><00:48:01.969><c> take</c><00:48:02.110><c> a</c><00:48:02.449><c> good</c><00:48:02.710><c> branch</c><00:48:03.190><c> from</c><00:48:03.769><c> a</c>

00:48:04.090 --> 00:48:05.570
young<00:48:04.429><c> olive</c><00:48:04.829><c> tree</c><00:48:05.150><c> and</c>

00:48:05.570 --> 00:48:13.489
graft<00:48:05.869><c> it</c><00:48:06.150><c> into</c><00:48:07.730><c> the</c><00:48:09.610><c> good</c><00:48:09.949><c> stump.</c><00:48:12.469><c> He</c><00:48:12.730><c> speaks</c><00:48:13.010><c> about</c><00:48:13.210><c> that</c><00:48:13.389><c> in</c>

00:48:13.489 --> 00:48:15.949
verse<00:48:13.690><c> 24.</c><00:48:14.170><c> Look</c><00:48:14.369><c> carefully</c><00:48:14.630><c> what</c><00:48:14.789><c> he</c><00:48:14.969><c> says.</c>

00:48:16.889 --> 00:48:21.329
If<00:48:17.070><c> thou,</c><00:48:17.449><c> Gentiles,</c><00:48:18.929><c> were</c><00:48:19.030><c> cut</c><00:48:19.469><c> out</c><00:48:19.809><c> of</c><00:48:19.989><c> the</c><00:48:20.250><c> olive</c><00:48:20.610><c> tree,</c><00:48:20.769><c> which</c><00:48:20.989><c> is</c>

00:48:21.329 --> 00:48:24.389
wild<00:48:21.610><c> by</c><00:48:21.909><c> nature,</c><00:48:22.989><c> and</c><00:48:23.250><c> were</c><00:48:23.409><c> grafted</c>

00:48:24.769 --> 00:48:29.130
contrary<00:48:25.329><c> to</c><00:48:25.789><c> nature</c><00:48:26.190><c> into</c><00:48:26.630><c> the</c><00:48:26.869><c> good</c><00:48:27.030><c> olive</c><00:48:27.309><c> tree,</c><00:48:28.750><c> how</c><00:48:28.889><c> much</c>

00:48:29.130 --> 00:48:30.389
more<00:48:29.349><c> of</c><00:48:29.469><c> these,</c><00:48:29.690><c> which</c><00:48:29.869><c> be</c><00:48:29.989><c> the</c><00:48:30.150><c> natural</c>

00:48:30.389 --> 00:48:32.889
branches,<00:48:30.849><c> could</c><00:48:31.030><c> be</c><00:48:31.210><c> grafted</c><00:48:31.610><c> back?</c><00:48:32.449><c> Do</c><00:48:32.610><c> you</c><00:48:32.610><c> see</c><00:48:32.670><c> what</c><00:48:32.730><c> he's</c>

00:48:32.889 --> 00:48:36.650
saying?<00:48:35.030><c> The</c><00:48:35.329><c> day</c><00:48:35.570><c> you</c><00:48:35.889><c> take</c><00:48:36.150><c> a</c><00:48:36.429><c> wild</c>

00:48:36.650 --> 00:48:43.690
olive<00:48:36.869><c> branch</c><00:48:37.449><c> and</c><00:48:38.289><c> you</c><00:48:38.590><c> graft</c><00:48:38.869><c> that</c><00:48:39.250><c> into</c><00:48:39.690><c> a</c><00:48:40.190><c> good</c><00:48:40.530><c> olive</c><00:48:40.849><c> tree,</c><00:48:41.849><c> you're</c><00:48:42.250><c> doing</c><00:48:42.530><c> something</c><00:48:42.889><c> which</c><00:48:43.210><c> is</c>

00:48:43.690 --> 00:48:49.210
contrary<00:48:44.210><c> to</c><00:48:44.809><c> nature.</c><00:48:48.170><c> This</c><00:48:48.389><c> is</c><00:48:48.510><c> how</c><00:48:48.570><c> Brother</c><00:48:48.750><c> John</c><00:48:49.010><c> Carter</c>

00:48:49.210 --> 00:48:53.510
puts<00:48:49.469><c> it</c><00:48:49.670><c> in</c><00:48:49.710><c> his</c><00:48:49.929><c> book</c><00:48:50.070><c> on</c><00:48:50.289><c> Romans.</c><00:48:52.130><c> An</c><00:48:52.670><c> un</c><00:48:52.969><c>-grafted</c>

00:48:53.510 --> 00:48:58.429
tree<00:48:53.909><c> will</c><00:48:55.050><c> never</c><00:48:55.289><c> produce</c><00:48:55.730><c> really</c><00:48:56.010><c> good</c><00:48:56.190><c> fruit,</c><00:48:57.429><c> however</c><00:48:57.869><c> noble</c><00:48:58.150><c> be</c>

00:48:58.429 --> 00:49:00.449
the<00:48:58.690><c> stock</c><00:48:59.030><c> or</c><00:48:59.409><c> the</c><00:48:59.650><c> stump</c><00:49:00.010><c> from</c>

00:49:00.449 --> 00:49:04.110
which<00:49:00.610><c> it's</c><00:49:00.889><c> derived.</c><00:49:02.210><c> The</c><00:49:02.369><c> olive</c><00:49:02.510><c> is</c><00:49:02.730><c> grown</c><00:49:02.949><c> from</c><00:49:03.210><c> a</c><00:49:03.429><c> shoot</c><00:49:03.570><c> of</c><00:49:03.929><c> a</c>

00:49:04.110 --> 00:49:05.789
good<00:49:04.329><c> tree</c><00:49:04.630><c> and</c><00:49:04.809><c> it's</c><00:49:05.130><c> planted</c><00:49:05.449><c> in</c>

00:49:05.789 --> 00:49:08.650
well<00:49:05.989><c>-prepared</c><00:49:06.309><c> ground,</c><00:49:07.070><c> carefully</c><00:49:07.309><c> tended</c><00:49:07.550><c> and</c><00:49:07.889><c> treated.</c>

00:49:08.809 --> 00:49:10.190
When<00:49:08.969><c> the</c><00:49:09.110><c> young</c><00:49:09.289><c> tree</c><00:49:09.489><c> is</c><00:49:09.670><c> seven</c><00:49:09.909><c> to</c><00:49:10.010><c> ten</c>

00:49:10.190 --> 00:49:18.909
years<00:49:10.449><c> old,</c><00:49:11.409><c> it's</c><00:49:11.989><c> chopped</c><00:49:12.150><c> out</c><00:49:12.309><c> of</c><00:49:12.389><c> the</c><00:49:12.570><c> ground</c><00:49:12.829><c> and</c><00:49:13.090><c> it's</c><00:49:13.650><c> grafted</c><00:49:16.030><c> with</c><00:49:18.530><c> a</c>

00:49:18.909 --> 00:49:20.329
shoot<00:49:19.110><c> from</c><00:49:19.469><c> the</c><00:49:19.710><c> best</c>

00:49:20.329 --> 00:49:25.769
stock<00:49:20.909><c> procurable.</c><00:49:22.809><c> The</c><00:49:23.010><c> wild</c><00:49:23.230><c> olive</c><00:49:23.449><c> plays</c><00:49:23.869><c> no</c><00:49:24.489><c> part</c><00:49:24.769><c> whatsoever</c><00:49:25.309><c> in</c><00:49:25.590><c> the</c>

00:49:25.769 --> 00:49:26.750
life<00:49:25.989><c> of</c><00:49:26.210><c> the</c><00:49:26.409><c> ordinary</c>

00:49:26.750 --> 00:49:30.230
olive<00:49:27.050><c> tree.</c><00:49:27.230><c> You</c><00:49:27.449><c> see</c><00:49:27.590><c> that?</c><00:49:28.210><c> So</c><00:49:28.389><c> we</c><00:49:28.570><c> take</c><00:49:28.769><c> a</c><00:49:28.949><c> good</c><00:49:29.070><c> olive</c><00:49:29.369><c> branch</c><00:49:29.769><c> and</c>

00:49:30.230 --> 00:49:32.030
we<00:49:30.469><c> graft</c><00:49:30.690><c> it</c><00:49:30.869><c> into</c><00:49:31.090><c> good</c><00:49:31.489><c> stock</c>

00:49:32.030 --> 00:49:36.949
and<00:49:32.750><c> one</c><00:49:33.030><c> regenerates</c><00:49:33.710><c> the</c><00:49:33.969><c> other</c><00:49:34.449><c> and</c><00:49:34.869><c> it</c><00:49:35.110><c> produces</c><00:49:35.489><c> more</c><00:49:36.090><c> olives</c><00:49:36.429><c> than</c><00:49:36.730><c> it</c>

00:49:36.949 --> 00:49:37.969
might<00:49:37.130><c> naturally</c><00:49:37.550><c> produce</c>

00:49:37.969 --> 00:49:43.369
if<00:49:38.190><c> you</c><00:49:38.429><c> simply</c><00:49:38.789><c> grew</c><00:49:38.969><c> a</c><00:49:39.250><c> tree</c><00:49:39.369><c> from</c><00:49:39.630><c> a</c><00:49:39.789><c> root.</c><00:49:41.570><c> The</c><00:49:41.929><c> process</c><00:49:42.369><c> which</c><00:49:42.690><c> Paul</c><00:49:42.969><c> had</c><00:49:43.190><c> in</c>

00:49:43.369 --> 00:49:44.289
view,<00:49:43.889><c> however,</c><00:49:44.030><c> is</c>

00:49:44.289 --> 00:49:47.949
still<00:49:44.570><c> in</c><00:49:45.090><c> use</c><00:49:45.329><c> in</c><00:49:45.710><c> exceptional</c><00:49:46.730><c> circumstances</c><00:49:47.489><c> and</c><00:49:47.630><c> that's</c>

00:49:47.949 --> 00:49:49.969
the<00:49:48.110><c> point,</c><00:49:48.829><c> contrary</c><00:49:48.969><c> to</c><00:49:49.130><c> nature.</c>

00:49:50.690 --> 00:49:54.409
Sometimes<00:49:51.070><c> you</c><00:49:51.210><c> would</c><00:49:51.449><c> do</c><00:49:51.829><c> this</c><00:49:52.510><c> contrary</c><00:49:52.969><c> to</c><00:49:53.150><c> nature</c><00:49:53.469><c> thing.</c>

00:49:55.110 --> 00:49:57.650
It<00:49:55.230><c> is</c><00:49:55.550><c> customary</c><00:49:55.989><c> to</c><00:49:56.349><c> reinvigorate</c><00:49:57.309><c> an</c>

00:49:57.650 --> 00:50:01.210
olive<00:49:57.929><c> tree</c><00:49:58.110><c> which</c><00:49:58.409><c> is</c><00:49:58.730><c> ceasing</c><00:49:59.070><c> to</c><00:49:59.309><c> bear</c><00:49:59.530><c> fruit</c><00:49:59.949><c> by</c><00:50:00.670><c> grafting</c>

00:50:01.210 --> 00:50:03.429
it<00:50:01.550><c> with</c><00:50:01.789><c> a</c><00:50:02.030><c> shoot</c><00:50:02.170><c> of</c><00:50:02.469><c> the</c><00:50:02.849><c> wild</c><00:50:03.110><c> olive</c>

00:50:03.429 --> 00:50:07.550
tree<00:50:03.889><c> so</c><00:50:04.570><c> that</c><00:50:04.769><c> the</c><00:50:04.969><c> sap</c><00:50:05.110><c> of</c><00:50:05.269><c> the</c><00:50:05.550><c> tree</c><00:50:06.090><c> ennobles</c><00:50:06.730><c> this</c><00:50:07.150><c> wild</c>

00:50:07.550 --> 00:50:10.550
shoot<00:50:07.789><c> and</c><00:50:08.349><c> the</c><00:50:08.570><c> tree</c><00:50:08.730><c> now</c><00:50:09.269><c> again</c><00:50:09.989><c> begins</c>

00:50:10.550 --> 00:50:15.030
to<00:50:10.849><c> bear</c><00:50:11.050><c> fruit.</c><00:50:12.329><c> What</c><00:50:12.570><c> if</c><00:50:13.170><c> the</c><00:50:13.630><c> stump</c><00:50:13.829><c> or</c><00:50:14.269><c> the</c><00:50:14.570><c> stock</c><00:50:14.710><c> of</c><00:50:14.869><c> your</c>

00:50:15.030 --> 00:50:18.150
olive<00:50:15.210><c> tree</c><00:50:15.610><c> had</c><00:50:16.090><c> got</c><00:50:16.349><c> old?</c><00:50:17.650><c> What</c><00:50:17.869><c> if</c><00:50:17.969><c> even</c>

00:50:18.150 --> 00:50:21.010
though<00:50:18.329><c> you</c><00:50:18.409><c> were</c><00:50:18.630><c> grafting</c><00:50:18.909><c> good</c><00:50:19.489><c> branches</c><00:50:19.909><c> into</c><00:50:20.230><c> it,</c><00:50:20.650><c> they</c>

00:50:21.010 --> 00:50:22.530
still<00:50:21.489><c> didn't</c><00:50:21.690><c> bring</c><00:50:21.929><c> the</c><00:50:22.190><c> fruit?</c><00:50:22.389><c> Well</c>

00:50:22.530 --> 00:50:27.489
you'd<00:50:22.809><c> give</c><00:50:22.929><c> the</c><00:50:23.110><c> thing</c><00:50:23.230><c> a</c><00:50:23.570><c> shock</c><00:50:24.050><c> and</c><00:50:24.789><c> you'd</c><00:50:25.590><c> pull</c><00:50:25.750><c> out</c><00:50:25.869><c> all</c><00:50:25.989><c> those</c><00:50:26.150><c> good</c><00:50:26.429><c> branches,</c><00:50:26.889><c> you'd</c><00:50:27.050><c> take</c><00:50:27.230><c> a</c>

00:50:27.489 --> 00:50:30.690
wild<00:50:27.710><c> olive</c><00:50:27.949><c> and</c><00:50:28.190><c> you'd</c><00:50:28.550><c> graft</c><00:50:28.809><c> that</c><00:50:29.070><c> in</c><00:50:29.530><c> and</c><00:50:30.050><c> the</c><00:50:30.329><c> sap</c><00:50:30.449><c> would</c>

00:50:30.690 --> 00:50:31.829
go<00:50:30.829><c> up</c><00:50:30.949><c> and</c><00:50:31.110><c> down</c><00:50:31.210><c> like</c><00:50:31.469><c> this</c><00:50:31.630><c> and</c><00:50:31.730><c> it</c>

00:50:31.829 --> 00:50:35.630
would<00:50:32.010><c> mix</c><00:50:32.329><c> and</c><00:50:32.690><c> it</c><00:50:32.730><c> would</c><00:50:33.030><c> almost</c><00:50:33.730><c> like</c><00:50:34.190><c> defibrillate</c><00:50:35.250><c> the</c>

00:50:35.630 --> 00:50:38.730
stump<00:50:35.809><c> of</c><00:50:36.010><c> this</c><00:50:36.269><c> tree</c><00:50:36.550><c> back</c><00:50:37.130><c> into</c><00:50:37.650><c> activity.</c>

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Contrary<00:50:39.869><c> to</c><00:50:39.949><c> nature</c><00:50:40.309><c> he</c><00:50:40.449><c> says,</c><00:50:40.789><c> that's</c><00:50:41.070><c> what</c><00:50:41.289><c> happened.</c><00:50:42.530><c> Do</c>

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you<00:50:42.710><c> understand</c><00:50:43.070><c> what</c><00:50:43.210><c> he's</c><00:50:43.570><c> saying</c><00:50:43.670><c> here?</c><00:50:46.269><c> What</c>

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he's<00:50:46.650><c> simply</c><00:50:46.909><c> saying</c><00:50:47.190><c> here</c><00:50:47.550><c> is,</c><00:50:49.530><c> end</c><00:50:49.590><c> of</c><00:50:49.670><c> verse</c><00:50:49.889><c> 11,</c><00:50:50.889><c> that</c><00:50:51.030><c> that</c><00:50:51.429><c> wild</c><00:50:51.690><c> branch</c><00:50:52.090><c> would</c><00:50:52.449><c> provoke</c><00:50:53.190><c> the</c><00:50:53.829><c> stock</c>

00:50:54.190 --> 00:50:58.630
to<00:50:54.769><c> jealousy,</c><00:50:55.789><c> isn't</c><00:50:55.949><c> he?</c><00:50:56.969><c> That</c><00:50:57.269><c> wild</c><00:50:57.570><c> branch</c><00:50:57.869><c> would</c><00:50:58.170><c> provoke</c>

00:50:58.630 --> 00:51:00.730
jealousy<00:50:59.269><c> as</c><00:50:59.550><c> it</c><00:50:59.710><c> were</c><00:50:59.789><c> in</c><00:50:59.929><c> the</c><00:51:00.170><c> stock</c><00:51:00.429><c> and</c>

00:51:00.730 --> 00:51:05.530
it<00:51:00.889><c> would</c><00:51:01.349><c> push</c><00:51:01.809><c> fruit</c><00:51:02.190><c> out</c><00:51:02.489><c> of</c><00:51:02.650><c> that</c><00:51:02.869><c> olive</c><00:51:03.130><c> tree.</c><00:51:03.769><c> That's</c><00:51:04.010><c> what</c><00:51:04.090><c> he's</c><00:51:04.269><c> doing.</c><00:51:04.849><c> That's</c><00:51:05.110><c> what</c><00:51:05.230><c> he</c><00:51:05.389><c> did</c>

00:51:05.530 --> 00:51:08.610
when<00:51:05.670><c> he</c><00:51:05.949><c> grafted</c><00:51:06.449><c> the</c><00:51:06.590><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:07.070><c> in.</c><00:51:07.590><c> It</c><00:51:07.690><c> was</c><00:51:08.070><c> contrary</c><00:51:08.449><c> to</c>

00:51:08.610 --> 00:51:11.070
nature<00:51:08.829><c> because</c><00:51:09.150><c> there</c><00:51:09.309><c> was</c><00:51:09.530><c> an</c><00:51:09.809><c> emergency.</c>

00:51:11.110 --> 00:51:15.110
The<00:51:11.409><c> olive</c><00:51:11.670><c> tree</c><00:51:11.949><c> of</c><00:51:12.110><c> Israel</c><00:51:12.369><c> was</c><00:51:12.710><c> dying</c><00:51:13.150><c> and</c><00:51:13.690><c> so</c><00:51:13.789><c> he</c><00:51:13.929><c> does</c><00:51:14.090><c> something</c><00:51:14.449><c> which</c><00:51:14.710><c> on</c>

00:51:15.110 --> 00:51:16.230
rare<00:51:15.409><c> occasions</c>

00:51:16.230 --> 00:51:20.929
might<00:51:16.969><c> reinvigorate</c><00:51:17.889><c> that</c><00:51:18.210><c> tree</c><00:51:18.610><c> and</c><00:51:19.409><c> all</c><00:51:19.630><c> of</c><00:51:19.869><c> a</c><00:51:19.949><c> sudden</c><00:51:20.230><c> the</c>

00:51:20.929 --> 00:51:22.769
tree<00:51:21.110><c> comes</c><00:51:21.409><c> back</c><00:51:21.670><c> to</c><00:51:21.909><c> life.</c>

00:51:23.389 --> 00:51:26.489
But<00:51:23.570><c> there's</c><00:51:23.750><c> something</c><00:51:23.969><c> going</c><00:51:24.230><c> on</c><00:51:24.449><c> here</c><00:51:24.650><c> you</c><00:51:24.889><c> see.</c><00:51:26.250><c> There's</c>

00:51:26.489 --> 00:51:27.929
a<00:51:26.630><c> progression</c><00:51:27.030><c> happening</c><00:51:27.369><c> in</c><00:51:27.510><c> this</c><00:51:27.710><c> chapter.</c>

00:51:27.989 --> 00:51:33.630
Look<00:51:28.150><c> at</c><00:51:28.309><c> verse</c><00:51:28.510><c> 23.</c><00:51:30.190><c> In</c><00:51:30.329><c> verse</c><00:51:30.530><c> 23</c><00:51:31.070><c> he</c><00:51:31.309><c> says,</c><00:51:33.010><c> and</c><00:51:33.130><c> they</c><00:51:33.329><c> also,</c>

00:51:33.630 --> 00:51:35.510
if<00:51:33.829><c> they</c><00:51:34.030><c> abide</c><00:51:34.369><c> the</c><00:51:34.730><c> Jews,</c><00:51:35.130><c> not</c><00:51:35.389><c> still</c>

00:51:35.530 --> 00:51:39.789
in<00:51:35.670><c> unbelief,</c><00:51:36.849><c> should</c><00:51:36.889><c> be</c><00:51:37.190><c> grafted</c><00:51:37.590><c> in</c><00:51:38.210><c> for</c><00:51:38.449><c> God</c><00:51:38.670><c> is</c><00:51:39.110><c> able</c><00:51:39.449><c> to</c>

00:51:39.789 --> 00:51:41.590
graft<00:51:40.010><c> them</c><00:51:40.170><c> in</c><00:51:40.309><c> again.</c><00:51:41.150><c> And</c><00:51:41.250><c> you</c><00:51:41.389><c> read</c>

00:51:41.590 --> 00:51:44.289
verse<00:51:41.849><c> 23</c><00:51:42.269><c> and</c><00:51:42.409><c> you</c><00:51:42.469><c> look</c><00:51:42.590><c> at</c><00:51:42.690><c> that</c><00:51:42.789><c> and</c><00:51:42.849><c> you</c><00:51:42.969><c> say,</c><00:51:43.309><c> well</c><00:51:43.309><c> look,</c>

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there's<00:51:44.750><c> a</c><00:51:45.050><c> possibility.</c><00:51:47.250><c> It's</c><00:51:47.570><c> a</c><00:51:47.769><c> possibility</c>

00:51:48.429 --> 00:51:51.449
that<00:51:48.769><c> the</c><00:51:48.909><c> Jews</c><00:51:49.090><c> could</c><00:51:49.329><c> be</c><00:51:49.550><c> re</c><00:51:49.849><c>-grafted</c><00:51:50.269><c> because</c><00:51:50.469><c> God</c><00:51:50.750><c> is</c><00:51:51.150><c> able</c>

00:51:51.449 --> 00:51:55.969
to<00:51:51.750><c> do</c><00:51:51.909><c> it.</c><00:51:53.269><c> Verse</c><00:51:53.550><c> 24.</c><00:51:55.550><c> In</c><00:51:55.690><c> fact</c><00:51:55.829><c> he</c>

00:51:55.969 --> 00:52:00.489
says<00:51:56.130><c> at</c><00:51:56.309><c> the</c><00:51:56.369><c> end,</c><00:51:57.110><c> how</c><00:51:57.170><c> much</c><00:51:57.530><c> more</c><00:51:58.210><c> shall</c><00:51:58.489><c> these</c><00:51:59.130><c> natural</c><00:51:59.630><c> branches</c><00:52:00.130><c> be</c>

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grafted<00:52:00.849><c> back</c><00:52:01.090><c> into</c><00:52:01.329><c> their</c>

00:52:01.510 --> 00:52:05.869
olive<00:52:01.730><c> tree.</c><00:52:03.110><c> It's</c><00:52:03.489><c> much</c><00:52:03.809><c> easier</c><00:52:04.130><c> to</c><00:52:04.369><c> graft</c><00:52:04.550><c> natural</c><00:52:05.010><c> branches</c><00:52:05.389><c> back</c><00:52:05.750><c> in</c>

00:52:05.869 --> 00:52:07.170
than<00:52:06.030><c> graft</c><00:52:06.449><c> wild</c><00:52:06.769><c> branches</c>

00:52:07.170 --> 00:52:11.570
in.<00:52:07.349><c> We've</c><00:52:07.570><c> moved</c><00:52:07.989><c> from</c><00:52:08.429><c> the</c><00:52:08.789><c> possibility</c><00:52:09.510><c> of</c><00:52:09.750><c> verse</c><00:52:10.010><c> 23</c><00:52:10.730><c> to</c>

00:52:11.570 --> 00:52:16.369
the<00:52:12.050><c> probability</c><00:52:12.750><c> of</c><00:52:13.650><c> verse</c><00:52:14.010><c> 24.</c><00:52:16.090><c> And</c><00:52:16.190><c> by</c>

00:52:16.369 --> 00:52:21.510
the<00:52:16.429><c> time</c><00:52:16.550><c> you</c><00:52:16.630><c> get</c><00:52:16.869><c> to</c><00:52:17.010><c> verse</c><00:52:17.210><c> 26</c><00:52:17.809><c> he</c><00:52:17.989><c> says,</c><00:52:19.630><c> and</c><00:52:19.650><c> so</c><00:52:19.869><c> all</c><00:52:20.210><c> Israel</c><00:52:20.789><c> shall</c><00:52:21.090><c> be</c>

00:52:21.510 --> 00:52:23.289
saved.<00:52:22.889><c> We've</c><00:52:23.150><c> gone</c>

00:52:23.289 --> 00:52:28.469
from<00:52:23.510><c> a</c><00:52:23.690><c> possibility</c><00:52:24.269><c> to</c><00:52:25.110><c> a</c><00:52:25.369><c> probability</c><00:52:25.829><c> to</c><00:52:26.730><c> a</c><00:52:27.130><c> certainty</c><00:52:27.690><c> in</c>

00:52:28.469 --> 00:52:31.369
verse<00:52:28.809><c> 26.</c><00:52:29.449><c> Do</c><00:52:29.590><c> you</c><00:52:29.630><c> see</c><00:52:29.789><c> that?</c><00:52:30.469><c> It's</c><00:52:30.750><c> a</c><00:52:30.949><c> certainty</c>

00:52:31.369 --> 00:52:35.650
on<00:52:31.750><c> the</c><00:52:32.090><c> strength</c><00:52:32.349><c> of</c><00:52:32.590><c> that</c><00:52:32.809><c> therefore.</c><00:52:33.849><c> How</c><00:52:34.070><c> could</c><00:52:34.269><c> the</c><00:52:34.489><c> Gentile</c><00:52:35.110><c> ever</c>

00:52:35.650 --> 00:52:38.250
be<00:52:36.190><c> high</c><00:52:36.489><c> minded?</c><00:52:37.889><c> So</c><00:52:38.050><c> what</c><00:52:38.130><c> do</c>

00:52:38.250 --> 00:52:40.349
you<00:52:38.269><c> think</c><00:52:38.389><c> it</c><00:52:38.570><c> means,</c><00:52:38.969><c> brothers</c><00:52:39.070><c> and</c><00:52:39.250><c> sisters,</c><00:52:39.630><c> young</c><00:52:39.750><c> people,</c><00:52:39.989><c> for</c><00:52:40.170><c> a</c>

00:52:40.349 --> 00:52:41.650
Gentile<00:52:40.670><c> to</c><00:52:40.789><c> be</c><00:52:40.989><c> high</c><00:52:41.250><c> minded</c>

00:52:41.650 --> 00:52:46.130
about<00:52:42.250><c> his</c><00:52:42.550><c> position</c><00:52:43.030><c> in</c><00:52:43.210><c> the</c><00:52:43.329><c> olive</c><00:52:43.570><c> tree?</c><00:52:44.110><c> What</c><00:52:44.230><c> does</c><00:52:44.369><c> it</c><00:52:44.510><c> mean?</c><00:52:45.909><c> Well</c><00:52:46.090><c> it</c>

00:52:46.130 --> 00:52:47.329
would<00:52:46.349><c> mean</c><00:52:46.730><c> that</c><00:52:47.070><c> we'd</c>

00:52:47.329 --> 00:52:53.429
say<00:52:47.489><c> something</c><00:52:47.710><c> like</c><00:52:48.230><c> that</c><00:52:48.949><c> we</c><00:52:49.130><c> were</c><00:52:49.329><c> special.</c><00:52:51.409><c> There</c><00:52:51.550><c> was</c><00:52:51.670><c> something</c><00:52:51.969><c> more</c><00:52:52.570><c> special</c><00:52:52.909><c> about</c><00:52:53.170><c> us</c>

00:52:53.429 --> 00:52:53.710
than<00:52:53.570><c> there</c>

00:52:53.710 --> 00:52:58.250
was<00:52:53.849><c> about</c><00:52:54.130><c> the</c><00:52:54.369><c> Jews.</c><00:52:55.610><c> That</c><00:52:55.730><c> perhaps</c><00:52:56.070><c> we</c><00:52:56.929><c> would</c><00:52:57.090><c> never</c><00:52:57.309><c> do</c><00:52:57.530><c> the</c><00:52:57.750><c> kind</c><00:52:57.949><c> of</c>

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sins<00:52:58.590><c> that</c><00:52:58.949><c> the</c><00:52:59.070><c> nation</c>

00:52:59.230 --> 00:53:03.150
of<00:52:59.510><c> Israel</c><00:52:59.650><c> ever</c><00:53:00.010><c> did.</c><00:53:01.610><c> That</c><00:53:01.789><c> we</c><00:53:01.929><c> might</c><00:53:02.190><c> perhaps</c><00:53:02.489><c> play</c><00:53:02.750><c> fast</c>

00:53:03.150 --> 00:53:04.909
and<00:53:03.349><c> loose</c><00:53:03.510><c> with</c><00:53:03.769><c> the</c><00:53:04.010><c> truth</c><00:53:04.309><c> thinking</c>

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somehow<00:53:05.369><c> that</c><00:53:05.630><c> we</c><00:53:05.789><c> were</c><00:53:05.969><c> immune</c><00:53:06.250><c> to</c><00:53:06.469><c> the</c><00:53:06.650><c> curse</c><00:53:06.829><c> of</c><00:53:07.110><c> God</c><00:53:07.510><c> even</c>

00:53:08.190 --> 00:53:10.590
though<00:53:08.409><c> the</c><00:53:08.530><c> nation</c><00:53:08.769><c> of</c><00:53:09.010><c> Israel</c><00:53:09.230><c> wasn't.</c>

00:53:10.869 --> 00:53:14.489
That<00:53:11.070><c> we</c><00:53:11.750><c> were</c><00:53:11.869><c> more</c><00:53:12.170><c> special</c><00:53:12.690><c> in</c><00:53:13.110><c> God's</c><00:53:13.630><c> sight</c><00:53:13.889><c> than</c><00:53:14.170><c> those</c>

00:53:14.489 --> 00:53:19.130
people.<00:53:16.010><c> Think</c><00:53:16.250><c> again.</c><00:53:17.750><c> Think</c><00:53:18.010><c> again.</c><00:53:18.829><c> What</c>

00:53:19.130 --> 00:53:23.329
would<00:53:19.389><c> make</c><00:53:19.670><c> you</c><00:53:20.150><c> ever</c><00:53:20.429><c> think</c><00:53:20.730><c> that</c><00:53:21.269><c> based</c><00:53:21.849><c> on</c><00:53:22.050><c> the</c><00:53:22.250><c> lesson</c><00:53:22.670><c> of</c>

00:53:23.329 --> 00:53:26.590
the<00:53:23.530><c> olive</c><00:53:23.769><c> tree?</c><00:53:24.590><c> Never</c><00:53:24.949><c> do</c><00:53:25.230><c> it.</c><00:53:25.590><c> Never.</c>

00:53:26.349 --> 00:53:29.650
Never<00:53:26.650><c> think</c><00:53:27.010><c> yourself</c><00:53:27.429><c> high</c><00:53:27.750><c> minded</c><00:53:28.170><c> and</c><00:53:28.869><c> therefore</c><00:53:29.130><c> allow</c>

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yourself<00:53:30.230><c> liberties</c><00:53:30.769><c> which</c><00:53:31.510><c> would</c><00:53:31.789><c> destroy</c>

00:53:32.230 --> 00:53:38.829
the<00:53:32.389><c> nation</c><00:53:32.670><c> of</c><00:53:32.849><c> Israel</c><00:53:33.349><c> and</c><00:53:33.949><c> pretend</c><00:53:34.610><c> that</c><00:53:35.230><c> those</c><00:53:35.530><c> same</c><00:53:35.809><c> liberties</c><00:53:36.389><c> wouldn't</c><00:53:37.050><c> destroy</c><00:53:37.750><c> you.</c><00:53:38.630><c> Never</c>

00:53:38.829 --> 00:53:45.530
do<00:53:39.070><c> it.</c><00:53:41.829><c> But</c><00:53:41.969><c> here's</c><00:53:42.170><c> the</c><00:53:42.329><c> question.</c><00:53:44.110><c> Who</c><00:53:44.389><c> knew</c><00:53:44.630><c> this</c><00:53:44.829><c> was</c><00:53:45.030><c> ever</c><00:53:45.190><c> going</c><00:53:45.369><c> to</c>

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occur?<00:53:46.949><c> Who</c><00:53:47.110><c> ever</c><00:53:47.349><c> knew</c><00:53:47.690><c> that</c>

00:53:48.329 --> 00:53:50.210
those<00:53:48.670><c> branches</c><00:53:48.989><c> would</c><00:53:49.170><c> be</c><00:53:49.250><c> brought</c><00:53:49.429><c> back</c><00:53:49.670><c> into</c><00:53:49.869><c> the</c><00:53:50.030><c> olive</c>

00:53:50.210 --> 00:53:52.530
tree?<00:53:50.849><c> Who</c><00:53:51.070><c> ever</c><00:53:51.289><c> knew</c><00:53:51.469><c> that</c><00:53:51.670><c> God</c><00:53:51.869><c> would</c>

00:53:52.530 --> 00:53:59.150
take<00:53:52.690><c> such</c><00:53:53.030><c> emergency</c><00:53:54.090><c> action</c><00:53:54.690><c> and</c><00:53:55.289><c> graft</c><00:53:55.610><c> wild</c><00:53:56.449><c> branches</c><00:53:56.969><c> into</c><00:53:57.429><c> that</c><00:53:57.710><c> olive</c><00:53:57.969><c> tree?</c><00:53:58.130><c> Look</c><00:53:58.289><c> at</c><00:53:58.449><c> verse</c>

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25.<00:54:00.849><c> I</c><00:54:00.989><c> would</c><00:54:01.070><c> not</c><00:54:01.510><c> brethren</c><00:54:01.929><c> that</c><00:54:02.230><c> you</c><00:54:02.409><c> should</c><00:54:02.550><c> be</c><00:54:02.949><c> ignorant</c>

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of<00:54:03.369><c> this</c><00:54:03.650><c> mystery,</c><00:54:04.849><c> lest</c><00:54:04.949><c> you</c><00:54:05.110><c> should</c>

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be<00:54:05.570><c> wise</c><00:54:05.929><c> in</c><00:54:06.090><c> your</c><00:54:06.309><c> own</c><00:54:06.590><c> conceits.</c><00:54:08.489><c> That</c><00:54:08.849><c> blindness</c><00:54:09.269><c> in</c><00:54:09.690><c> part</c>

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is<00:54:10.369><c> happened</c><00:54:10.590><c> to</c><00:54:10.889><c> Israel</c><00:54:11.289><c> until</c><00:54:11.730><c> the</c><00:54:12.150><c> fullness</c>

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of<00:54:13.010><c> the</c><00:54:13.269><c> Gentiles</c><00:54:13.869><c> be</c><00:54:14.269><c> come</c><00:54:14.510><c> in.</c><00:54:16.269><c> I</c><00:54:16.570><c> don't</c><00:54:16.710><c> want</c><00:54:16.789><c> you</c><00:54:16.909><c> to</c><00:54:17.010><c> be</c><00:54:17.289><c> ignorant.</c><00:54:17.550><c> Now</c><00:54:18.010><c> this</c><00:54:18.269><c> is</c>

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quite<00:54:18.670><c> serious</c>

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what<00:54:19.190><c> he</c><00:54:19.389><c> says</c><00:54:19.650><c> here.</c><00:54:21.090><c> I</c><00:54:21.090><c> don't</c><00:54:21.369><c> want</c><00:54:21.550><c> you</c><00:54:21.710><c> to</c><00:54:21.829><c> be</c><00:54:22.130><c> ignorant</c><00:54:22.409><c> of</c>

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this<00:54:23.090><c> mystery.</c><00:54:24.150><c> That</c><00:54:24.269><c> is</c><00:54:24.449><c> to</c><00:54:24.610><c> say,</c>

00:54:25.070 --> 00:54:30.269
I'm<00:54:25.349><c> going</c><00:54:25.489><c> to</c><00:54:25.710><c> tell</c><00:54:25.849><c> you</c><00:54:26.070><c> something</c><00:54:26.429><c> very</c><00:54:26.829><c> important.</c><00:54:27.670><c> Listen</c><00:54:28.010><c> closely.</c><00:54:29.710><c> There's</c><00:54:30.050><c> a</c>

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mystery<00:54:30.610><c> you've</c>

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got<00:54:30.969><c> to</c><00:54:31.250><c> understand.</c><00:54:31.670><c> Now</c><00:54:31.789><c> the</c><00:54:31.829><c> word</c><00:54:32.050><c> mystery</c><00:54:32.409><c> is</c><00:54:33.090><c> the</c><00:54:33.250><c> Greek</c>

00:54:33.469 --> 00:54:36.150
mysterion<00:54:34.030><c> and</c><00:54:34.210><c> it</c><00:54:34.349><c> just</c><00:54:34.570><c> means</c><00:54:34.829><c> a</c><00:54:35.210><c> secret.</c>

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What's<00:54:36.449><c> the</c><00:54:36.570><c> difference</c><00:54:36.750><c> between</c><00:54:37.030><c> a</c><00:54:37.389><c> mystery</c><00:54:37.550><c> and</c><00:54:37.710><c> a</c><00:54:37.889><c> secret?</c>

00:54:38.190 --> 00:54:39.309
Well<00:54:38.369><c> a</c><00:54:38.409><c> mystery</c><00:54:38.690><c> of</c><00:54:38.889><c> course</c><00:54:39.050><c> is</c><00:54:39.170><c> something</c>

00:54:39.309 --> 00:54:44.829
that<00:54:39.550><c> nobody</c><00:54:39.710><c> understands</c><00:54:40.349><c> or</c><00:54:40.530><c> that</c><00:54:40.670><c> nobody</c><00:54:40.829><c> knows.</c><00:54:41.949><c> A</c><00:54:42.389><c> secret</c><00:54:42.969><c> is</c><00:54:43.550><c> different.</c><00:54:44.570><c> A</c>

00:54:44.829 --> 00:54:45.369
secret<00:54:45.030><c> is</c><00:54:45.150><c> something</c>

00:54:45.369 --> 00:54:49.289
which<00:54:45.750><c> a</c><00:54:46.329><c> few</c><00:54:46.510><c> people</c><00:54:46.829><c> know.</c><00:54:47.510><c> Most</c><00:54:47.809><c> people</c><00:54:48.130><c> don't</c><00:54:48.489><c> know</c><00:54:48.809><c> otherwise</c><00:54:49.050><c> it's</c>

00:54:49.289 --> 00:54:50.969
not<00:54:49.389><c> a</c><00:54:49.570><c> secret,</c><00:54:50.010><c> it's</c><00:54:50.130><c> public.</c>

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Most<00:54:51.389><c> people</c><00:54:51.690><c> don't</c><00:54:52.010><c> know</c><00:54:52.170><c> it</c><00:54:52.309><c> but</c><00:54:52.389><c> a</c><00:54:52.610><c> few</c><00:54:52.730><c> people</c><00:54:52.989><c> do.</c><00:54:53.650><c> A</c><00:54:53.809><c> mystery,</c><00:54:54.750><c> no</c>

00:54:54.949 --> 00:54:56.710
one<00:54:55.110><c> knows</c><00:54:55.409><c> it.</c><00:54:56.230><c> The</c><00:54:56.489><c> meaning</c>

00:54:56.710 --> 00:54:59.489
of<00:54:56.869><c> the</c><00:54:56.929><c> word</c><00:54:57.070><c> mysterious</c><00:54:57.489><c> is</c><00:54:57.710><c> the</c><00:54:57.750><c> word</c><00:54:58.090><c> secret.</c><00:54:58.550><c> He</c><00:54:58.710><c> says,</c><00:54:59.329><c> I</c>

00:54:59.489 --> 00:55:00.909
don't<00:54:59.730><c> want</c><00:54:59.809><c> you</c><00:54:59.989><c> to</c><00:55:00.170><c> be</c><00:55:00.329><c> ignorant</c><00:55:00.590><c> of</c>

00:55:00.909 --> 00:55:05.230
this<00:55:01.530><c> secret.</c><00:55:02.590><c> It's</c><00:55:02.769><c> not</c><00:55:02.929><c> a</c><00:55:03.110><c> mystery,</c><00:55:03.429><c> it's</c><00:55:03.710><c> a</c><00:55:03.869><c> secret.</c><00:55:05.030><c> Well</c>

00:55:05.230 --> 00:55:10.730
what's<00:55:05.590><c> the</c><00:55:05.849><c> secret?</c><00:55:08.690><c> The</c><00:55:09.130><c> secret</c><00:55:09.349><c> is</c><00:55:09.590><c> this.</c>

00:55:12.030 --> 00:55:17.349
That<00:55:12.630><c> God's</c><00:55:13.230><c> put</c><00:55:13.369><c> Israel</c><00:55:13.630><c> to</c><00:55:13.829><c> one</c><00:55:14.170><c> side</c><00:55:14.929><c> while</c><00:55:15.630><c> he</c><00:55:15.989><c> focuses</c><00:55:16.429><c> his</c><00:55:16.929><c> plan</c><00:55:17.150><c> on</c>

00:55:17.349 --> 00:55:19.949
the<00:55:17.530><c> Gentiles.</c><00:55:19.550><c> But</c><00:55:19.730><c> the</c>

00:55:19.949 --> 00:55:23.130
fact<00:55:20.110><c> that</c><00:55:20.309><c> he</c><00:55:20.429><c> uses</c><00:55:20.670><c> this</c><00:55:20.969><c> word</c><00:55:21.230><c> mystery</c><00:55:21.769><c> or</c><00:55:22.190><c> secret</c><00:55:22.590><c> here</c><00:55:22.849><c> is</c>

00:55:23.130 --> 00:55:24.769
highly<00:55:23.469><c> significant</c><00:55:24.090><c> because</c><00:55:24.389><c> he</c><00:55:24.590><c> uses</c>

00:55:24.769 --> 00:55:29.809
exactly<00:55:25.489><c> the</c><00:55:25.769><c> same</c><00:55:26.050><c> word</c><00:55:26.429><c> in</c><00:55:26.969><c> the</c><00:55:27.269><c> context</c><00:55:27.750><c> of</c><00:55:27.969><c> the</c><00:55:28.150><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:55:30.030 --> 00:55:31.670
Here's<00:55:30.230><c> Ephesians</c><00:55:30.750><c> chapter</c><00:55:31.070><c> 3,</c><00:55:31.510><c> look</c>

00:55:31.670 --> 00:55:39.409
at<00:55:31.730><c> this.</c><00:55:34.650><c> When</c><00:55:34.849><c> we</c><00:55:35.110><c> read</c><00:55:37.250><c> we</c><00:55:38.050><c> may</c><00:55:38.289><c> understand</c><00:55:38.789><c> my</c><00:55:39.130><c> knowledge</c>

00:55:39.409 --> 00:55:41.510
in<00:55:39.570><c> the</c><00:55:39.730><c> mystery</c><00:55:39.929><c> of</c><00:55:40.110><c> Christ</c><00:55:40.369><c> says</c><00:55:40.590><c> Paul.</c>

00:55:41.530 --> 00:55:44.150
So<00:55:41.690><c> here's</c><00:55:41.929><c> the</c><00:55:42.170><c> mystery</c><00:55:42.510><c> of</c><00:55:42.809><c> Christ</c><00:55:43.230><c> in</c><00:55:43.469><c> Ephesians</c><00:55:43.889><c> chapter</c>

00:55:44.150 --> 00:55:48.389
3<00:55:44.429><c> verse</c><00:55:44.690><c> 4.</c><00:55:46.809><c> This</c><00:55:47.050><c> mystery</c><00:55:47.349><c> which</c><00:55:47.750><c> in</c><00:55:48.150><c> other</c>

00:55:48.389 --> 00:55:51.090
ages<00:55:48.710><c> was</c><00:55:49.010><c> not</c><00:55:49.269><c> made</c><00:55:49.530><c> known</c><00:55:49.750><c> under</c><00:55:49.989><c> the</c><00:55:50.190><c> sons</c><00:55:50.329><c> of</c><00:55:50.550><c> men</c><00:55:50.690><c> as</c><00:55:50.829><c> it's</c>

00:55:51.090 --> 00:55:53.570
now<00:55:51.269><c> revealed</c><00:55:51.530><c> unto</c><00:55:52.730><c> his</c><00:55:52.909><c> holy</c><00:55:53.130><c> apostles</c>

00:55:53.570 --> 00:55:57.449
and<00:55:53.869><c> prophets</c><00:55:54.090><c> by</c><00:55:54.309><c> the</c><00:55:54.630><c> Spirit,</c><00:55:55.969><c> that</c><00:55:56.230><c> the</c><00:55:56.590><c> Gentiles</c><00:55:57.170><c> should</c>

00:55:57.449 --> 00:56:00.070
be<00:55:57.789><c> fellow</c><00:55:58.289><c> heirs</c><00:55:58.690><c> and</c><00:55:58.949><c> of</c><00:55:59.090><c> the</c><00:55:59.409><c> same</c><00:55:59.710><c> body</c>

00:56:00.070 --> 00:56:03.829
and<00:56:00.309><c> partakers</c><00:56:00.909><c> of</c><00:56:01.170><c> his</c><00:56:01.389><c> promise</c><00:56:01.789><c> in</c><00:56:02.170><c> Christ</c><00:56:02.530><c> by</c><00:56:02.769><c> the</c><00:56:02.989><c> gospel.</c>

00:56:04.090 --> 00:56:07.929
So<00:56:04.409><c> there</c><00:56:04.590><c> was</c><00:56:04.849><c> a</c><00:56:05.070><c> secret,</c><00:56:06.590><c> a</c><00:56:07.630><c> secret</c>

00:56:07.929 --> 00:56:13.969
concerning<00:56:08.349><c> the</c><00:56:08.610><c> Gentiles,</c><00:56:10.389><c> buried</c><00:56:10.730><c> deep</c><00:56:11.329><c> in</c><00:56:11.690><c> the</c><00:56:11.829><c> Old</c><00:56:12.110><c> Testament,</c><00:56:13.650><c> not</c>

00:56:13.969 --> 00:56:16.150
made<00:56:14.409><c> known</c><00:56:14.769><c> in</c><00:56:15.289><c> other</c><00:56:15.650><c> ages</c>

00:56:16.150 --> 00:56:22.989
to<00:56:16.369><c> the</c><00:56:16.610><c> sons</c><00:56:16.829><c> of</c><00:56:17.110><c> men.</c><00:56:18.550><c> And</c><00:56:18.869><c> that</c><00:56:19.110><c> secret</c><00:56:19.429><c> was</c><00:56:20.150><c> that</c><00:56:21.349><c> the</c><00:56:21.789><c> Gentiles</c><00:56:22.409><c> would</c><00:56:22.690><c> one</c>

00:56:22.989 --> 00:56:23.769
day<00:56:23.190><c> share</c><00:56:23.429><c> the</c><00:56:23.650><c> hope</c>

00:56:23.769 --> 00:56:28.250
of<00:56:23.889><c> Israel.</c><00:56:25.329><c> And</c><00:56:25.610><c> it</c><00:56:25.710><c> was</c><00:56:26.010><c> a</c><00:56:26.230><c> secret</c><00:56:26.570><c> you</c><00:56:26.849><c> see</c><00:56:27.010><c> because</c><00:56:27.530><c> very</c>

00:56:28.250 --> 00:56:34.150
few<00:56:28.809><c> Jews</c><00:56:29.250><c> ever</c><00:56:30.170><c> understood</c><00:56:30.610><c> it.</c><00:56:33.869><c> But</c><00:56:34.050><c> you</c>

00:56:34.150 --> 00:56:37.210
know<00:56:34.269><c> what?</c><00:56:34.670><c> That's</c><00:56:34.869><c> not</c><00:56:35.030><c> the</c><00:56:35.150><c> only</c><00:56:35.369><c> secret.</c><00:56:36.809><c> So</c><00:56:36.929><c> what</c><00:56:37.030><c> are</c><00:56:37.090><c> we</c>

00:56:37.210 --> 00:56:39.650
saying<00:56:37.389><c> here?</c><00:56:38.750><c> Buried</c><00:56:39.070><c> deep</c><00:56:39.369><c> in</c><00:56:39.530><c> the</c>

00:56:39.650 --> 00:56:43.929
Old<00:56:39.909><c> Testament</c><00:56:40.369><c> there's</c><00:56:40.650><c> a</c><00:56:40.869><c> secret</c><00:56:41.170><c> that</c><00:56:41.449><c> very</c><00:56:41.789><c> few</c><00:56:42.030><c> Jews</c><00:56:42.309><c> ever</c><00:56:42.730><c> understood</c><00:56:43.250><c> and</c>

00:56:43.929 --> 00:56:45.309
the<00:56:44.170><c> secret</c><00:56:44.449><c> was</c><00:56:44.929><c> that</c>

00:56:45.309 --> 00:56:49.030
the<00:56:45.750><c> Gentiles</c><00:56:46.349><c> would</c><00:56:46.630><c> one</c><00:56:46.889><c> day</c><00:56:47.050><c> share</c><00:56:47.329><c> the</c><00:56:47.510><c> hope</c><00:56:47.650><c> of</c><00:56:47.889><c> Israel.</c>

00:56:50.969 --> 00:56:52.590
But<00:56:51.269><c> here</c><00:56:51.489><c> in</c><00:56:51.690><c> Romans</c><00:56:51.889><c> 11</c><00:56:52.230><c> and</c><00:56:52.429><c> verse</c>

00:56:52.590 --> 00:56:59.989
25<00:56:53.030><c> there's</c><00:56:53.329><c> another</c><00:56:53.570><c> secret</c><00:56:54.230><c> buried</c><00:56:55.909><c> deep</c><00:56:56.429><c> in</c><00:56:56.849><c> the</c><00:56:57.090><c> New</c><00:56:57.789><c> Testament.</c><00:56:59.610><c> Very</c>

00:56:59.989 --> 00:57:01.510
few<00:57:00.269><c> Gentiles</c><00:57:00.989><c> ever</c>

00:57:01.510 --> 00:57:07.409
understand<00:57:02.110><c> it.</c><00:57:03.349><c> And</c><00:57:03.630><c> what</c><00:57:03.769><c> is</c><00:57:03.929><c> it?</c><00:57:05.610><c> That</c><00:57:05.789><c> all</c><00:57:05.969><c> Israel</c><00:57:06.789><c> should</c>

00:57:07.409 --> 00:57:11.170
be<00:57:07.690><c> saved.</c><00:57:09.369><c> You</c><00:57:09.530><c> see</c><00:57:09.610><c> there</c><00:57:09.750><c> are</c><00:57:09.929><c> two</c><00:57:10.110><c> secrets</c>

00:57:11.090 --> 00:57:15.650
and<00:57:11.510><c> the</c><00:57:11.710><c> Jews</c><00:57:11.949><c> never</c><00:57:12.590><c> understood</c><00:57:13.150><c> the</c><00:57:13.429><c> Gentile</c><00:57:13.969><c> secret.</c><00:57:15.429><c> And</c>

00:57:15.650 --> 00:57:18.190
the<00:57:15.789><c> Gentile</c><00:57:16.289><c> Christian</c><00:57:16.630><c> world</c><00:57:16.849><c> today</c>

00:57:18.190 --> 00:57:23.110
scarcely<00:57:19.090><c> understands</c><00:57:19.969><c> the</c><00:57:20.570><c> Jewish</c><00:57:20.909><c> secret.</c><00:57:21.449><c> One</c><00:57:21.789><c> secret</c><00:57:22.090><c> was</c><00:57:22.409><c> buried</c><00:57:22.730><c> deep</c><00:57:22.969><c> in</c>

00:57:23.110 --> 00:57:23.730
the<00:57:23.210><c> Old</c><00:57:23.449><c> Testament,</c>

00:57:23.809 --> 00:57:27.630
the<00:57:24.130><c> second</c><00:57:24.550><c> secret</c><00:57:24.909><c> in</c><00:57:25.130><c> verse</c><00:57:25.289><c> 25</c><00:57:25.750><c> here</c><00:57:26.110><c> buried</c><00:57:26.710><c> deep</c><00:57:27.210><c> in</c><00:57:27.489><c> the</c>

00:57:27.630 --> 00:57:31.110
New<00:57:27.889><c> Testament.</c><00:57:29.630><c> Obscured</c><00:57:30.190><c> from</c><00:57:30.670><c> all</c>

00:57:31.110 --> 00:57:35.510
but<00:57:31.510><c> the</c><00:57:31.909><c> remnant</c><00:57:32.289><c> you</c><00:57:32.610><c> see.</c><00:57:33.829><c> And</c><00:57:33.909><c> so</c><00:57:34.170><c> all</c><00:57:34.389><c> Israel,</c><00:57:34.869><c> verse</c><00:57:35.030><c> 26,</c>

00:57:35.630 --> 00:57:37.849
shall<00:57:35.849><c> be</c><00:57:36.190><c> saved</c><00:57:36.670><c> as</c><00:57:37.289><c> it</c><00:57:37.449><c> is</c><00:57:37.630><c> written</c>

00:57:37.849 --> 00:57:39.829
they<00:57:38.070><c> shall</c><00:57:38.210><c> come</c><00:57:38.409><c> out</c><00:57:38.550><c> of</c><00:57:38.710><c> Zion</c><00:57:38.929><c> the</c><00:57:39.170><c> deliverer</c><00:57:39.489><c> who</c><00:57:39.650><c> shall</c>

00:57:39.829 --> 00:57:42.630
turn<00:57:40.150><c> away</c><00:57:40.610><c> ungodliness</c><00:57:41.429><c> from</c><00:57:41.690><c> Jacob.</c>

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And<00:57:43.030><c> this</c><00:57:43.230><c> is</c><00:57:43.489><c> my</c><00:57:43.750><c> covenant</c><00:57:43.969><c> with</c><00:57:44.210><c> them</c><00:57:44.550><c> when</c><00:57:44.829><c> I</c><00:57:45.030><c> shall</c><00:57:45.269><c> take</c><00:57:45.650><c> away</c><00:57:45.829><c> their</c><00:57:46.130><c> sins</c><00:57:46.449><c> he</c><00:57:46.710><c> says,</c><00:57:47.070><c> quoting,</c><00:57:47.889><c> I</c><00:57:48.170><c> shall</c>

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take<00:57:48.489><c> away</c><00:57:48.489><c> their</c><00:57:48.489><c> sins.</c><00:57:48.489><c> Isaiah</c><00:57:48.489><c> 59</c><00:57:49.090><c> verse</c><00:57:49.329><c> 20.</c><00:57:50.369><c> Psalm</c><00:57:50.630><c> 14</c><00:57:51.230><c> verse</c><00:57:51.610><c> 7.</c>

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Isaiah<00:57:52.750><c> 27</c><00:57:53.469><c> verse</c><00:57:53.889><c> 9.</c><00:57:55.429><c> And</c>

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so<00:57:55.909><c> serious</c><00:57:56.269><c> is</c><00:57:56.550><c> this</c><00:57:57.030><c> and</c><00:57:57.690><c> so</c><00:57:57.989><c> established</c><00:57:58.409><c> is</c><00:57:58.570><c> this</c><00:57:58.789><c> verse</c>

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of<00:58:01.809><c> God</c><00:58:02.090><c> are</c><00:58:02.530><c> without</c><00:58:03.150><c> repentance.</c><00:58:04.389><c> The</c><00:58:04.489><c> NIV</c><00:58:04.769><c> says</c><00:58:05.110><c> they</c><00:58:05.469><c> are</c>

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irrevocable.<00:58:08.150><c> God</c><00:58:08.369><c> is</c><00:58:08.610><c> not</c><00:58:08.789><c> going</c><00:58:08.949><c> to</c>

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change<00:58:09.449><c> his</c><00:58:09.809><c> mind</c><00:58:10.110><c> about</c><00:58:10.489><c> the</c><00:58:10.809><c> restoration</c><00:58:11.389><c> of</c><00:58:11.570><c> Israel.</c><00:58:13.150><c> And</c>

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in<00:58:13.650><c> their</c><00:58:13.849><c> day</c><00:58:14.429><c> as</c><00:58:15.530><c> many</c><00:58:15.909><c> Jews</c><00:58:16.170><c> understand</c><00:58:16.829><c> that</c>

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secret<00:58:17.889><c> as</c><00:58:19.210><c> many</c><00:58:19.690><c> Gentiles</c><00:58:20.289><c> understand</c><00:58:20.809><c> that</c><00:58:21.170><c> secret</c><00:58:21.510><c> about</c>

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the<00:58:22.050><c> Jews</c><00:58:22.429><c> as</c><00:58:23.309><c> the</c><00:58:23.570><c> Jews</c><00:58:23.789><c> did</c><00:58:23.989><c> in</c><00:58:24.150><c> the</c><00:58:24.230><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:58:24.969><c> about</c><00:58:25.710><c> the</c><00:58:25.949><c> Gentiles.</c><00:58:27.730><c> He</c><00:58:27.909><c> says</c><00:58:28.070><c> you</c><00:58:28.130><c> want</c><00:58:28.289><c> to</c><00:58:28.409><c> see</c>

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ye<00:58:32.150><c> Gentiles</c><00:58:33.130><c> in</c><00:58:33.889><c> time</c><00:58:34.210><c> past</c><00:58:34.570><c> have</c><00:58:34.909><c> not</c><00:58:35.349><c> believed</c><00:58:35.889><c> God</c><00:58:36.590><c> yet</c>

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have<00:58:37.389><c> now</c><00:58:37.650><c> obtained</c><00:58:37.969><c> mercy</c><00:58:38.429><c> through</c><00:58:38.789><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:58:39.909><c> unbelief.</c><00:58:41.570><c> That</c><00:58:41.730><c> was</c><00:58:41.969><c> the</c><00:58:42.329><c> rise</c><00:58:42.590><c> and</c><00:58:42.750><c> the</c><00:58:43.010><c> fall</c><00:58:43.190><c> of</c><00:58:43.389><c> Jew</c><00:58:43.489><c> and</c><00:58:43.670><c> Gentile</c><00:58:43.949><c> that</c><00:58:44.030><c> we</c><00:58:44.289><c> described</c>

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earlier.<00:58:46.030><c> Even</c><00:58:46.349><c> so</c><00:58:46.670><c> these</c><00:58:47.050><c> Jews</c><00:58:47.449><c> also</c><00:58:48.289><c> now</c><00:58:48.710><c> not</c><00:58:49.070><c> believed</c><00:58:49.530><c> that</c><00:58:50.309><c> through</c><00:58:50.630><c> your</c><00:58:50.909><c> mercy</c><00:58:51.230><c> or</c>

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ought<00:58:51.710><c> to</c><00:58:51.869><c> be</c><00:58:52.090><c> the</c><00:58:52.510><c> mercy</c><00:58:52.869><c> shown</c><00:58:53.210><c> to</c><00:58:53.630><c> you</c><00:58:54.030><c> those</c><00:58:54.989><c> Jews</c><00:58:55.530><c> may</c><00:58:55.949><c> also</c><00:58:56.530><c> obtain</c><00:58:57.329><c> mercy.</c><00:58:58.590><c> That</c><00:58:58.750><c> is</c>

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when<00:58:59.110><c> you</c><00:58:59.849><c> get</c>

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eternal<00:59:00.489><c> life</c><00:59:01.010><c> they</c><00:59:01.829><c> get</c><00:59:02.690><c> regathered</c><00:59:03.869><c> and</c><00:59:04.190><c> re</c><00:59:04.489><c>-elevated</c><00:59:05.309><c> as</c><00:59:05.909><c> a</c>

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nation.<00:59:06.590><c> That's</c><00:59:06.829><c> what</c><00:59:06.929><c> he's</c><00:59:07.269><c> saying.</c><00:59:08.369><c> Some</c>

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time<00:59:08.809><c> past</c><00:59:09.130><c> the</c><00:59:09.389><c> Gentiles</c><00:59:09.809><c> were</c><00:59:10.030><c> disobedient</c><00:59:11.110><c> but</c><00:59:11.429><c> they</c><00:59:11.650><c> obtained</c><00:59:11.909><c> mercy</c><00:59:12.269><c> when</c>

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the<00:59:12.710><c> Jews</c><00:59:12.849><c> became</c><00:59:13.250><c> disobedient.</c>

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present<00:59:18.070><c> disobedient.</c>

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from<00:59:24.949><c> the</c><00:59:25.130><c> dead.</c><00:59:26.130><c> Verse</c><00:59:26.309><c> 32.</c><00:59:27.469><c> For</c><00:59:27.670><c> God</c><00:59:28.050><c> has</c><00:59:28.510><c> concluded</c><00:59:29.150><c> or</c><00:59:30.210><c> locked</c><00:59:30.590><c> up</c>

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all<00:59:31.730><c> in</c><00:59:32.090><c> unbelief</c><00:59:32.650><c> that</c><00:59:32.829><c> is</c><00:59:33.070><c> Jew</c><00:59:33.230><c> and</c>

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Gentile<00:59:34.469><c> that</c><00:59:34.929><c> he</c><00:59:35.090><c> might</c><00:59:35.449><c> have</c><00:59:35.889><c> mercy</c><00:59:36.389><c> upon</c><00:59:36.989><c> all.</c><00:59:37.909><c> You</c><00:59:38.050><c> have</c>

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32.<00:59:40.110><c> God</c><00:59:40.329><c> has</c><00:59:40.650><c> concluded</c><00:59:41.010><c> them</c><00:59:41.489><c> all.</c><00:59:43.150><c> Because</c><00:59:43.489><c> if</c><00:59:44.150><c> you</c><00:59:44.269><c> were</c>

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you<00:59:46.010><c> might</c><00:59:46.230><c> think</c><00:59:46.349><c> he's</c><00:59:46.510><c> only</c><00:59:46.829><c> talking</c><00:59:47.010><c> about</c><00:59:47.250><c> the</c><00:59:47.510><c> Jews.</c><00:59:48.170><c> He's</c><00:59:48.429><c> talking</c><00:59:48.590><c> about</c><00:59:48.929><c> both</c><00:59:49.230><c> groups</c><00:59:49.630><c> of</c><00:59:49.889><c> people.</c>

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counsellor.<01:00:33.610><c> And</c><01:00:33.869><c> that</c>

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hath<01:00:55.289><c> measured</c><01:00:55.590><c> the</c><01:00:55.849><c> waters</c><01:00:56.050><c> of</c><01:00:56.250><c> the</c><01:00:56.409><c> hollow</c><01:00:56.670><c> of</c><01:00:56.969><c> his</c><01:00:57.230><c> hand</c>

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hills<01:01:03.929><c> in</c><01:01:04.210><c> a</c><01:01:04.369><c> balance.</c><01:01:04.849><c> So</c><01:01:04.909><c> God</c><01:01:05.849><c> has</c><01:01:06.170><c> weighed</c><01:01:06.409><c> everything</c><01:01:07.110><c> one</c>

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low.<01:01:50.210><c> What's</c><01:01:50.590><c> the</c><01:01:50.829><c> point?</c><01:01:52.010><c> Well</c><01:01:52.150><c> you</c><01:01:52.250><c> think</c>

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life.<01:02:14.070><c> And</c><01:02:14.269><c> so</c><01:02:14.369><c> there</c><01:02:14.469><c> was</c><01:02:14.610><c> a</c><01:02:14.769><c> mountain</c><01:02:15.090><c> and</c><01:02:15.329><c> a</c>

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valley.<01:02:16.949><c> And</c><01:02:17.190><c> God</c><01:02:17.369><c> turned</c><01:02:17.670><c> the</c><01:02:17.969><c> scales</c><01:02:18.250><c> and</c><01:02:18.449><c> he</c><01:02:18.750><c> elevated</c><01:02:19.030><c> the</c>

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Gentile<01:02:19.809><c> and</c><01:02:20.030><c> he</c><01:02:20.250><c> demoted</c><01:02:20.489><c> the</c><01:02:20.829><c> Jew</c><01:02:21.090><c> and</c><01:02:21.550><c> the</c>

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Gentile<01:02:22.309><c> responded</c><01:02:23.010><c> with</c><01:02:23.230><c> a</c><01:02:23.489><c> change</c><01:02:23.690><c> of</c><01:02:23.989><c> heart.</c><01:02:24.670><c> And</c><01:02:24.829><c> now</c><01:02:24.969><c> for</c>

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of<01:02:37.469><c> life.</c><01:02:39.349><c> But</c><01:02:39.610><c> the</c><01:02:39.789><c> Jew</c><01:02:39.889><c> hasn't</c><01:02:40.130><c> got</c>

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galvanize<01:02:49.489><c> his</c><01:02:50.050><c> own</c><01:02:50.610><c> arrogance</c>

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nation<01:02:57.090><c> out</c><01:02:57.329><c> to</c><01:02:57.570><c> dry</c><01:02:57.730><c> like</c><01:02:57.989><c> they've</c><01:02:58.349><c> never</c>

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01:03:46.170 --> 01:03:50.849
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experience<01:03:59.610><c> the</c><01:03:59.969><c> mercy</c><01:04:00.369><c> of</c><01:04:00.730><c> God</c><01:04:01.030><c> together.</c><01:04:02.050><c> There's</c><01:04:02.469><c> the</c><01:04:02.789><c> balance</c><01:04:03.050><c> between</c><01:04:03.510><c> them.</c><01:04:03.690><c> That's</c><01:04:04.070><c> why</c>

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this<01:04:14.909><c> is</c><01:04:15.110><c> my</c><01:04:15.250><c> summary.</c><01:04:17.349><c> In</c><01:04:17.630><c> all</c><01:04:17.909><c> of</c><01:04:18.030><c> this,</c><01:04:18.150><c> the</c><01:04:18.329><c> apostle</c><01:04:18.630><c> says</c>

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them.<01:04:28.989><c> So</c><01:04:29.210><c> does</c><01:04:29.309><c> that</c><01:04:29.550><c> mean</c><01:04:29.670><c> God's</c><01:04:30.170><c> promises</c><01:04:30.409><c> are</c><01:04:30.670><c> frustrated?</c><01:04:31.329><c> No.</c><01:04:31.949><c> God</c><01:04:32.269><c> never</c><01:04:32.550><c> intended</c><01:04:32.869><c> to</c><01:04:33.130><c> save</c>

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all<01:04:33.449><c> natural</c><01:04:33.789><c> Israel</c><01:04:34.090><c> anyway.</c><01:04:34.969><c> Rather,</c><01:04:35.710><c> spiritual</c><01:04:36.010><c> Israel,</c>

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including<01:04:37.110><c> the</c><01:04:37.349><c> Gentiles.</c><01:04:38.929><c> Is</c><01:04:39.130><c> God</c><01:04:39.329><c> unrighteous</c>

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because<01:04:40.170><c> he</c><01:04:40.389><c> saves</c><01:04:40.630><c> some</c><01:04:40.829><c> and</c><01:04:40.909><c> rejects</c><01:04:41.389><c> others?</c><01:04:42.030><c> No.</c><01:04:42.789><c> Election's</c><01:04:43.309><c> a</c><01:04:43.409><c> matter</c><01:04:43.550><c> of</c><01:04:43.829><c> mercy,</c><01:04:44.610><c> not</c><01:04:44.829><c> a</c><01:04:44.889><c> matter</c>

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of<01:04:45.389><c> righteousness.</c><01:04:46.369><c> God's</c><01:04:46.849><c> foreknowledge</c><01:04:47.389><c> means</c><01:04:47.710><c> that</c><01:04:47.929><c> his</c>

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selection<01:04:48.590><c> is</c><01:04:48.929><c> sound.</c><01:04:49.690><c> In</c><01:04:49.849><c> any</c><01:04:50.130><c> case,</c>

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he<01:04:51.110><c> does</c><01:04:51.449><c> not</c><01:04:51.809><c> reject</c><01:04:52.170><c> people</c><01:04:52.610><c> until</c><01:04:52.929><c> they</c><01:04:53.289><c> fail</c><01:04:53.510><c> to</c><01:04:53.789><c> respond</c>

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to<01:04:54.409><c> him.</c><01:04:55.690><c> But</c><01:04:55.989><c> Israel</c><01:04:56.250><c> did</c><01:04:56.550><c> fail</c><01:04:56.750><c> to</c>

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respond.<01:04:57.690><c> Why?</c><01:04:58.750><c> Because</c><01:04:59.030><c> they</c><01:04:59.309><c> sought</c><01:04:59.489><c> their</c><01:04:59.730><c> own</c><01:04:59.929><c> righteousness</c><01:05:00.389><c> and</c><01:05:00.909><c> not</c>

01:05:01.190 --> 01:05:03.530
God's.<01:05:02.170><c> Even</c><01:05:02.550><c> though</c><01:05:02.969><c> righteousness</c>

01:05:03.530 --> 01:05:09.510
by<01:05:03.929><c> faith</c><01:05:04.210><c> is</c><01:05:04.829><c> clearly</c><01:05:05.269><c> taught</c><01:05:05.650><c> in</c><01:05:06.010><c> the</c><01:05:06.349><c> old</c><01:05:07.110><c> Jewish</c><01:05:07.969><c> testaments.</c><01:05:09.230><c> That's</c>

01:05:09.510 --> 01:05:12.670
chapter<01:05:09.710><c> 9.</c><01:05:11.610><c> But</c><01:05:11.829><c> perhaps</c>

01:05:12.670 --> 01:05:19.289
Israel<01:05:13.170><c> didn't</c><01:05:13.530><c> understand</c><01:05:14.369><c> chapter</c><01:05:14.769><c> 10.</c><01:05:16.329><c> Nonsense.</c><01:05:17.730><c> The</c><01:05:17.889><c> Gentiles</c><01:05:18.369><c> who</c><01:05:18.590><c> had</c><01:05:18.909><c> none</c><01:05:19.130><c> of</c>

01:05:19.289 --> 01:05:20.230
Israel's<01:05:19.829><c> privileges</c>

01:05:20.230 --> 01:05:24.849
had<01:05:20.610><c> no</c><01:05:21.090><c> problem</c><01:05:21.590><c> understanding.</c><01:05:22.929><c> Israel</c><01:05:23.309><c> was</c><01:05:23.650><c> just</c><01:05:24.170><c> plain</c>

01:05:24.849 --> 01:05:28.489
disobedient.<01:05:27.590><c> Well,</c><01:05:27.730><c> then</c><01:05:27.849><c> chapter</c><01:05:28.050><c> 11</c><01:05:28.269><c> has</c>

01:05:28.489 --> 01:05:31.809
God's<01:05:29.250><c> purpose</c><01:05:29.469><c> with</c><01:05:29.630><c> the</c><01:05:29.769><c> nation</c><01:05:29.949><c> of</c><01:05:30.110><c> Israel</c><01:05:30.409><c> finished?</c><01:05:31.530><c> No,</c>

01:05:31.809 --> 01:05:34.829
he<01:05:32.090><c> says.</c><01:05:33.190><c> Not</c><01:05:33.309><c> all</c><01:05:33.530><c> Israel</c><01:05:33.809><c> was</c><01:05:34.050><c> unfaithful.</c>

01:05:35.090 --> 01:05:38.750
A<01:05:35.250><c> remnant</c><01:05:35.489><c> would</c><01:05:35.690><c> always</c><01:05:35.909><c> be</c><01:05:36.289><c> saved.</c><01:05:37.190><c> As</c><01:05:37.510><c> for</c><01:05:37.690><c> the</c><01:05:37.829><c> nation,</c>

01:05:38.909 --> 01:05:41.889
their<01:05:39.170><c> time</c><01:05:39.409><c> will</c><01:05:39.710><c> come.</c><01:05:40.849><c> God</c><01:05:41.090><c> will</c><01:05:41.429><c> restore</c>

01:05:41.889 --> 01:05:46.869
them<01:05:42.329><c> when</c><01:05:42.630><c> he</c><01:05:42.969><c> saves</c><01:05:43.250><c> the</c><01:05:43.650><c> faithful</c><01:05:44.130><c> Gentiles.</c><01:05:45.769><c> This</c><01:05:46.449><c> two</c>

01:05:46.869 --> 01:05:50.210
-fold<01:05:47.269><c> salvation</c><01:05:48.530><c> demonstrates</c><01:05:49.949><c> that</c>

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the<01:05:51.309><c> wisdom</c><01:05:51.670><c> of</c><01:05:51.969><c> God.</c>