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was<00:11:41.240><c> to</c><00:11:41.519><c> exalt</c><00:11:41.720><c> themselves</c><00:11:42.240><c> against</c><00:11:42.580><c> the</c><00:11:42.820><c> God</c><00:11:42.940><c> of</c><00:11:43.139><c> heaven.</c>

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Well,<00:11:46.360><c> I</c><00:11:46.480><c> think</c><00:11:46.620><c> what</c><00:11:46.759><c> we</c><00:11:46.919><c> should</c><00:11:47.019><c> do</c><00:11:47.179><c> now</c><00:11:47.360><c> is</c><00:11:47.480><c> just</c><00:11:47.700><c> take</c><00:11:48.259><c> a</c><00:11:48.620><c> couple</c><00:11:48.820><c> of</c>

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steps<00:11:49.200><c> back</c>

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and<00:11:50.039><c> go</c><00:11:50.200><c> into</c><00:11:50.399><c> Genesis</c><00:11:50.779><c> chapter</c><00:11:51.159><c> 9.</c>

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Let's<00:11:54.059><c> go</c><00:11:54.179><c> to</c><00:11:54.299><c> Genesis</c><00:11:54.659><c> chapter</c><00:11:54.919><c> 9</c><00:11:55.179><c> for</c><00:11:55.360><c> a</c><00:11:55.500><c> second.</c>

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Now,<00:12:01.779><c> if</c><00:12:01.840><c> you</c><00:12:01.919><c> look</c><00:12:02.039><c> at</c><00:12:02.139><c> Genesis</c><00:12:02.500><c> chapter</c><00:12:02.820><c> 9,</c>

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this<00:12:03.460><c> is</c><00:12:03.740><c> the</c><00:12:03.940><c> account</c><00:12:04.240><c> of</c><00:12:05.440><c> the</c><00:12:05.879><c> events</c><00:12:06.100><c> that</c><00:12:06.460><c> happened</c><00:12:06.620><c> after</c>

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the<00:12:07.360><c> flood</c><00:12:07.539><c> of</c><00:12:07.779><c> Noah.</c>

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And<00:12:08.799><c> again,</c><00:12:08.960><c> this</c><00:12:09.100><c> is</c><00:12:09.279><c> where</c><00:12:09.379><c> those</c><00:12:09.639><c> who</c><00:12:09.759><c> are</c><00:12:09.860><c> skeptical</c><00:12:10.200><c> about</c><00:12:10.519><c> Scripture</c><00:12:10.820><c> will</c><00:12:11.080><c> say,</c>

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Do<00:12:12.120><c> you</c><00:12:12.279><c> honestly</c><00:12:12.679><c> believe</c><00:12:13.019><c> that</c><00:12:13.200><c> there</c><00:12:13.259><c> was</c><00:12:13.399><c> a</c><00:12:13.580><c> flood</c><00:12:13.679><c> that</c>

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covered<00:12:14.059><c> the</c><00:12:14.220><c> whole</c><00:12:14.399><c> earth?</c>

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And<00:12:15.860><c> there's</c><00:12:16.279><c> very</c><00:12:16.620><c> good</c><00:12:16.820><c> reason</c><00:12:17.059><c> to</c><00:12:17.220><c> believe</c><00:12:17.399><c> that</c><00:12:17.580><c> that</c><00:12:17.700><c> was</c>

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exactly<00:12:18.220><c> the</c><00:12:18.399><c> case.</c>

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And<00:12:18.860><c> there</c><00:12:18.960><c> are</c><00:12:19.200><c> other</c><00:12:19.379><c> records,</c><00:12:20.100><c> even</c><00:12:20.259><c> outside</c><00:12:20.659><c> of</c><00:12:20.820><c> the</c><00:12:21.000><c> Scripture,</c>

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records<00:12:22.259><c> of</c><00:12:22.519><c> people</c><00:12:22.820><c> who</c><00:12:23.179><c> lived</c><00:12:23.480><c> back</c><00:12:24.120><c> at</c><00:12:24.299><c> this</c><00:12:24.539><c> time</c><00:12:24.779><c> who</c>

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said<00:12:25.200><c> that,</c><00:12:25.399><c> guess</c><00:12:25.519><c> what?</c>

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There<00:12:26.480><c> was</c><00:12:26.620><c> a</c><00:12:26.720><c> big</c><00:12:26.899><c> flood</c><00:12:27.100><c> in</c><00:12:27.240><c> the</c><00:12:27.320><c> area.</c>

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And<00:12:28.659><c> record</c><00:12:28.960><c> the</c><00:12:29.259><c> same</c><00:12:29.639><c> kinds</c><00:12:29.980><c> of</c><00:12:30.220><c> things.</c>

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And<00:12:30.960><c> that</c><00:12:31.080><c> information</c><00:12:31.539><c> is</c><00:12:31.759><c> not</c><00:12:31.960><c> hidden.</c>

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Science<00:12:32.659><c> just</c><00:12:32.919><c> doesn't</c><00:12:33.460><c> tend</c><00:12:33.759><c> to</c><00:12:33.980><c> speak</c><00:12:34.120><c> about</c><00:12:34.379><c> it</c><00:12:34.480><c> as</c><00:12:34.659><c> often</c>

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as<00:12:35.000><c> they</c><00:12:35.139><c> might</c><00:12:35.679><c> feel</c><00:12:36.120><c> comfortable</c><00:12:36.460><c> with.</c>

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But<00:12:38.220><c> in</c><00:12:38.460><c> Genesis</c><00:12:38.740><c> chapter</c><00:12:39.159><c> 9,</c>

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it<00:12:39.840><c> talks</c><00:12:40.159><c> about</c><00:12:40.700><c> this</c><00:12:41.120><c> little</c><00:12:41.399><c> episode</c><00:12:41.840><c> that</c><00:12:42.139><c> happens</c><00:12:42.480><c> between</c><00:12:43.059><c> Noah</c>

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and<00:12:44.879><c> his</c><00:12:45.220><c> three</c><00:12:45.539><c> sons.</c>

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And<00:12:47.600><c> so</c><00:12:47.679><c> if</c><00:12:47.759><c> we</c><00:12:47.840><c> just</c><00:12:48.000><c> look</c><00:12:48.159><c> at</c><00:12:48.299><c> verse</c><00:12:48.759><c> 18,</c>

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it<00:12:49.700><c> says</c><00:12:50.220><c> in</c><00:12:50.799><c> Genesis</c><00:12:51.179><c> 9</c><00:12:51.460><c> that</c><00:12:51.659><c> the</c><00:12:51.840><c> sons</c><00:12:52.240><c> of</c><00:12:52.500><c> Noah</c><00:12:53.179><c> that</c><00:12:55.360><c> went</c>

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were<00:12:57.840><c> Shem</c><00:12:58.419><c> and</c><00:12:59.059><c> Ham</c><00:12:59.559><c> and</c><00:13:00.299><c> Japheth.</c>

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And<00:13:01.799><c> then</c><00:13:01.879><c> it</c><00:13:02.019><c> says</c><00:13:02.159><c> that</c><00:13:02.559><c> Ham</c><00:13:03.000><c> is</c><00:13:03.700><c> the</c><00:13:03.899><c> father</c><00:13:04.299><c> of</c><00:13:04.620><c> Canaan.</c>

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Well,<00:13:04.960><c> don't</c><00:13:05.100><c> get</c><00:13:05.279><c> too</c><00:13:05.500><c> confused</c><00:13:05.799><c> with</c><00:13:05.980><c> the</c><00:13:06.120><c> names</c><00:13:06.320><c> right</c><00:13:06.559><c> here.</c>

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But<00:13:08.000><c> basically,</c><00:13:08.919><c> Noah</c><00:13:08.940><c> has</c><00:13:09.179><c> three</c><00:13:09.419><c> sons.</c>

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And<00:13:12.580><c> we</c><00:13:13.059><c> read</c><00:13:13.240><c> about</c><00:13:13.460><c> the</c><00:13:13.679><c> episode</c><00:13:14.179><c> that</c><00:13:14.740><c> actually</c><00:13:15.139><c> happens</c><00:13:15.460><c> here.</c>

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It<00:13:15.700><c> doesn't</c><00:13:15.919><c> really</c><00:13:16.120><c> matter</c><00:13:16.320><c> what</c><00:13:16.480><c> happens</c><00:13:16.860><c> there</c><00:13:17.120><c> for</c><00:13:17.299><c> our</c>

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purposes<00:13:17.860><c> tonight.</c>

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But<00:13:18.539><c> what</c><00:13:18.840><c> we</c><00:13:19.000><c> have</c><00:13:19.159><c> to</c><00:13:19.379><c> remember</c><00:13:19.659><c> is</c><00:13:19.899><c> that</c><00:13:20.080><c> at</c><00:13:20.240><c> the</c><00:13:20.460><c> end</c><00:13:20.679><c> of</c><00:13:20.940><c> this</c><00:13:22.220><c> episode</c><00:13:23.299><c> in</c>

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Noah<00:13:25.679><c> speaks</c><00:13:26.320><c> against</c><00:13:26.700><c> one</c><00:13:26.919><c> of</c><00:13:27.059><c> his</c><00:13:27.240><c> sons.</c>

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And<00:13:28.860><c> in</c><00:13:28.980><c> verse</c><00:13:29.220><c> 25,</c><00:13:29.899><c> he</c><00:13:30.019><c> says,</c>

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A<00:13:33.700><c> servant</c><00:13:34.340><c> of</c><00:13:34.799><c> servants</c><00:13:35.159><c> shall</c><00:13:35.480><c> he</c><00:13:35.720><c> be</c><00:13:35.940><c> unto</c><00:13:36.200><c> his</c><00:13:36.480><c> brethren.</c>

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And<00:13:38.039><c> he</c><00:13:38.159><c> said,</c>

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And<00:13:42.580><c> Canaan</c><00:13:43.220><c> shall</c><00:13:43.440><c> be</c><00:13:43.659><c> his</c><00:13:43.919><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:13:45.700><c> so</c><00:13:45.860><c> just</c><00:13:46.100><c> reading</c><00:13:46.360><c> those</c><00:13:46.580><c> couple</c><00:13:46.899><c> of</c><00:13:47.080><c> verses,</c>

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we<00:13:47.559><c> have</c><00:13:48.980><c> a</c><00:13:50.279><c> blessing</c><00:13:50.679><c> on</c><00:13:51.019><c> one</c><00:13:51.340><c> son</c><00:13:51.700><c> and</c><00:13:52.860><c> a</c><00:13:53.120><c> curse</c><00:13:53.360><c> pronounced</c>

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on<00:13:53.980><c> another</c><00:13:54.240><c> son.</c>

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And<00:13:58.440><c> that's</c><00:13:58.919><c> what</c><00:13:59.440><c> God</c><00:13:59.679><c> wanted</c><00:13:59.919><c> to</c><00:14:00.159><c> concentrate</c><00:14:00.620><c> on</c><00:14:00.799><c> right</c><00:14:01.039><c> there.</c>

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There<00:14:01.379><c> was</c><00:14:01.600><c> one</c><00:14:01.919><c> son</c><00:14:02.200><c> who</c><00:14:02.320><c> would</c><00:14:02.500><c> be</c><00:14:02.720><c> blessed</c><00:14:03.039><c> and</c><00:14:03.559><c> one</c><00:14:03.980><c> son</c><00:14:04.460><c> who</c><00:14:04.740><c> would</c><00:14:04.919><c> be</c><00:14:05.159><c> cursed.</c>

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And<00:14:06.320><c> the</c><00:14:06.460><c> son</c><00:14:06.700><c> who</c><00:14:06.820><c> was</c><00:14:07.059><c> blessed</c><00:14:07.399><c> had</c><00:14:07.759><c> a</c><00:14:08.000><c> name.</c>

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And<00:14:09.220><c> do</c><00:14:09.279><c> you</c><00:14:09.279><c> know</c><00:14:09.340><c> what</c><00:14:09.379><c> his</c><00:14:09.559><c> name</c><00:14:09.759><c> was?</c>

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It<00:14:12.740><c> was</c><00:14:12.919><c> Shem.</c><00:14:13.580><c> And</c><00:14:13.679><c> do</c><00:14:13.740><c> you</c><00:14:13.740><c> know</c><00:14:13.840><c> what</c><00:14:13.960><c> Shem</c><00:14:14.200><c> means?</c>

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It<00:14:15.399><c> means</c><00:14:15.659><c> name.</c>

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That's<00:14:17.519><c> what</c><00:14:17.580><c> the</c><00:14:17.580><c> word</c><00:14:17.720><c> actually</c><00:14:18.059><c> means.</c>

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Even<00:14:19.259><c> the</c><00:14:19.460><c> Jews</c><00:14:19.600><c> today,</c><00:14:19.980><c> because</c><00:14:20.179><c> they</c><00:14:20.320><c> don't</c><00:14:21.019><c> believe</c><00:14:21.360><c> that</c>

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they<00:14:21.639><c> can</c><00:14:21.799><c> pronounce</c><00:14:22.100><c> the</c><00:14:22.220><c> name</c><00:14:22.379><c> of</c><00:14:22.539><c> God,</c>

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call<00:14:23.139><c> God</c><00:14:23.899><c> Hashem,</c><00:14:25.379><c> which</c><00:14:25.480><c> means</c><00:14:25.779><c> the</c><00:14:26.019><c> name,</c>

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because<00:14:27.480><c> they</c><00:14:27.600><c> can't</c><00:14:27.840><c> communicate</c><00:14:28.320><c> the</c><00:14:28.440><c> name</c><00:14:28.620><c> they</c><00:14:28.820><c> believe.</c>

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They<00:14:29.159><c> can't</c><00:14:29.500><c> say</c><00:14:29.639><c> it.</c><00:14:29.740><c> His</c><00:14:29.840><c> name</c><00:14:30.000><c> is</c><00:14:30.220><c> Yahweh,</c><00:14:30.600><c> and</c><00:14:30.679><c> we're</c><00:14:30.940><c> told</c>

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that<00:14:31.320><c> in</c><00:14:31.480><c> Scripture.</c>

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But<00:14:33.600><c> so</c><00:14:34.000><c> God</c><00:14:34.299><c> identifies</c><00:14:34.960><c> himself</c><00:14:35.679><c> with</c><00:14:36.419><c> Shem.</c>

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He<00:14:38.320><c> is</c><00:14:38.659><c> blessed.</c><00:14:39.620><c> He</c><00:14:40.000><c> blesses</c><00:14:40.460><c> Shem.</c>

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If<00:14:41.059><c> we</c><00:14:41.179><c> just</c><00:14:41.379><c> look</c><00:14:41.539><c> at</c><00:14:41.679><c> this</c><00:14:42.860><c> genealogical</c><00:14:44.360><c> chart</c><00:14:44.659><c> up</c><00:14:44.919><c> here,</c>

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this<00:14:45.240><c> basically</c><00:14:45.659><c> gives</c><00:14:46.080><c> from</c><00:14:46.620><c> Adam</c><00:14:47.039><c> all</c><00:14:47.279><c> the</c><00:14:47.360><c> way</c><00:14:47.500><c> to</c><00:14:47.659><c> Joseph,</c>

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and<00:14:49.120><c> gives</c><00:14:49.379><c> you</c><00:14:49.539><c> a</c><00:14:49.620><c> good</c><00:14:49.820><c> graph</c><00:14:50.059><c> to</c><00:14:50.299><c> tell</c><00:14:50.440><c> you</c><00:14:50.580><c> who</c><00:14:50.700><c> is</c><00:14:50.960><c> living</c>

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at<00:14:51.779><c> what</c><00:14:51.940><c> time,</c>

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and<00:14:52.320><c> who</c><00:14:52.379><c> is</c><00:14:52.440><c> living</c><00:14:52.659><c> at</c><00:14:52.820><c> the</c><00:14:52.960><c> same</c><00:14:53.220><c> time.</c>

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But<00:14:53.519><c> I</c><00:14:53.559><c> want</c><00:14:53.720><c> you</c><00:14:53.860><c> to</c><00:14:54.000><c> notice</c><00:14:54.840><c> the</c><00:14:55.299><c> two</c><00:14:55.440><c> lines.</c>

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And<00:14:59.919><c> the</c><00:15:00.120><c> first</c><00:15:00.399><c> line</c><00:15:00.620><c> is</c><00:15:00.799><c> the</c><00:15:01.039><c> flood.</c>

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And<00:15:02.559><c> the</c><00:15:02.840><c> second</c><00:15:03.139><c> line</c><00:15:03.679><c> is</c><00:15:04.139><c> the</c><00:15:04.360><c> death</c><00:15:04.639><c> of</c><00:15:04.840><c> a</c><00:15:04.960><c> man</c><00:15:05.120><c> who</c><00:15:05.279><c> we'll</c><00:15:05.419><c> talk</c><00:15:05.700><c> about</c><00:15:06.039><c> in</c><00:15:06.460><c> just</c><00:15:06.720><c> a</c><00:15:06.919><c> second.</c>

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But<00:15:07.379><c> here's</c><00:15:07.700><c> why</c><00:15:07.879><c> we</c><00:15:08.039><c> bring</c><00:15:08.179><c> this</c><00:15:08.379><c> up.</c>

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We<00:15:11.000><c> don't</c><00:15:11.159><c> know</c><00:15:11.320><c> exactly</c><00:15:11.960><c> when</c><00:15:12.200><c> the</c><00:15:12.340><c> Tower</c><00:15:12.580><c> of</c><00:15:12.860><c> Babel,</c><00:15:13.460><c> excuse</c><00:15:14.139><c> me,</c>

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I'm<00:15:14.919><c> going</c><00:15:15.000><c> to</c><00:15:15.000><c> do</c><00:15:15.100><c> that</c><00:15:15.259><c> all</c><00:15:15.440><c> night,</c><00:15:15.720><c> I</c><00:15:15.740><c> promise</c><00:15:15.960><c> you.</c>

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We<00:15:17.320><c> don't</c><00:15:17.460><c> know</c><00:15:17.639><c> exactly</c><00:15:18.000><c> when</c><00:15:18.179><c> the</c><00:15:18.320><c> Tower</c><00:15:18.580><c> of</c><00:15:18.820><c> Babel</c><00:15:19.120><c> was</c><00:15:20.139><c> put</c><00:15:20.500><c> up.</c>

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But<00:15:21.419><c> what</c><00:15:21.580><c> we</c><00:15:21.720><c> do</c><00:15:21.919><c> know</c><00:15:22.080><c> is</c><00:15:22.240><c> that</c><00:15:22.419><c> it</c><00:15:22.639><c> actually</c><00:15:23.039><c> falls</c><00:15:23.419><c> within</c>

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this<00:15:24.440><c> time</c><00:15:24.679><c> right</c><00:15:24.980><c> here.</c>

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And<00:15:26.600><c> here's</c><00:15:26.779><c> how</c><00:15:26.960><c> we</c><00:15:27.059><c> know</c><00:15:27.240><c> that.</c>

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It<00:15:27.740><c> happens</c><00:15:28.019><c> after</c><00:15:28.320><c> the</c><00:15:28.539><c> flood,</c><00:15:29.200><c> number</c><00:15:29.519><c> one.</c>

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We<00:15:31.500><c> know</c><00:15:31.659><c> that</c><00:15:31.840><c> because</c><00:15:31.980><c> it's</c><00:15:32.179><c> in</c><00:15:32.340><c> Genesis</c><00:15:32.580><c> chapter</c><00:15:33.000><c> 11,</c><00:15:33.360><c> the</c>

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flood<00:15:33.659><c> ends</c><00:15:33.980><c> in</c><00:15:34.179><c> chapter</c><00:15:34.860><c> 9.</c>

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But<00:15:37.200><c> we</c><00:15:37.399><c> also</c><00:15:37.740><c> know</c><00:15:38.059><c> that</c><00:15:38.440><c> something</c><00:15:38.779><c> happens</c><00:15:39.379><c> at</c><00:15:39.639><c> the</c><00:15:39.779><c> Tower</c>

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of<00:15:40.320><c> Babel,</c>

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or<00:15:42.220><c> Babel</c><00:15:42.519><c> or</c><00:15:42.620><c> whatever</c><00:15:42.820><c> you</c><00:15:42.980><c> call</c><00:15:43.080><c> it.</c>

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It<00:15:43.200><c> really</c><00:15:43.320><c> doesn't</c><00:15:43.440><c> matter</c><00:15:43.659><c> because</c><00:15:43.799><c> it</c><00:15:43.960><c> means</c><00:15:44.299><c> essentially</c>

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Babel<00:15:45.139><c> anyway.</c>

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I<00:15:46.519><c> might</c><00:15:46.639><c> just</c><00:15:46.799><c> call</c><00:15:46.960><c> it</c><00:15:47.159><c> Babylon</c><00:15:47.360><c> just</c><00:15:47.559><c> to</c><00:15:47.720><c> save</c><00:15:47.840><c> me</c><00:15:47.960><c> the</c><00:15:48.059><c> trouble.</c>

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But<00:15:50.580><c> in</c><00:15:50.840><c> Genesis</c><00:15:51.259><c> chapter</c><00:15:52.320><c> 11,</c><00:15:53.620><c> I</c><00:15:53.740><c> just</c><00:15:53.919><c> want</c><00:15:54.039><c> you</c><00:15:54.159><c> to</c><00:15:54.200><c> look</c><00:15:54.379><c> at</c>

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a<00:15:54.620><c> verse</c><00:15:54.779><c> really</c><00:15:55.139><c> quick.</c>

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And<00:15:58.659><c> one</c><00:15:58.759><c> of</c><00:15:58.860><c> the</c><00:15:59.039><c> results</c><00:15:59.539><c> of</c><00:15:59.860><c> this</c><00:16:02.600><c> record</c><00:16:03.259><c> here</c><00:16:03.980><c> is</c><00:16:05.240><c> that</c>

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God<00:16:05.799><c> comes</c><00:16:06.159><c> down</c>

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and<00:16:07.100><c> confounds</c><00:16:07.860><c> the</c><00:16:08.159><c> language</c><00:16:08.720><c> in</c><00:16:09.820><c> verse</c><00:16:10.080><c> 7.</c>

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Go<00:16:11.480><c> to,</c><00:16:11.700><c> let</c><00:16:11.840><c> us</c><00:16:12.019><c> go</c><00:16:12.360><c> down,</c><00:16:12.779><c> and</c><00:16:13.059><c> there</c><00:16:13.399><c> confound</c><00:16:14.039><c> their</c><00:16:14.259><c> language</c>

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that<00:16:15.240><c> they</c><00:16:15.480><c> may</c><00:16:15.720><c> not</c><00:16:16.019><c> understand</c><00:16:16.759><c> one</c><00:16:17.080><c> another's</c><00:16:17.600><c> speech.</c>

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And<00:16:18.299><c> so</c><00:16:18.580><c> the</c><00:16:18.779><c> world</c><00:16:19.039><c> at</c><00:16:19.240><c> this</c><00:16:19.480><c> time</c><00:16:19.700><c> was</c><00:16:19.940><c> actually</c><00:16:20.440><c> divided</c><00:16:21.080><c> according</c><00:16:22.039><c> to</c><00:16:22.340><c> languages.</c>

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And<00:16:22.919><c> it</c><00:16:23.080><c> says</c><00:16:23.200><c> that</c><00:16:23.419><c> they</c><00:16:23.539><c> were</c><00:16:23.820><c> scattered</c><00:16:24.240><c> abroad.</c>

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And<00:16:25.320><c> we</c><00:16:25.600><c> don't</c><00:16:25.759><c> know</c><00:16:25.879><c> how</c><00:16:26.080><c> many</c><00:16:26.279><c> languages.</c>

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We<00:16:26.779><c> know</c><00:16:26.980><c> that</c><00:16:27.220><c> languages</c><00:16:27.539><c> often</c><00:16:27.940><c> lead</c><00:16:28.139><c> into</c><00:16:28.360><c> other</c><00:16:28.580><c> languages.</c>

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But<00:16:29.620><c> there</c><00:16:30.000><c> were</c><00:16:30.200><c> probably</c><00:16:30.940><c> several.</c>

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We're<00:16:31.879><c> not</c><00:16:32.059><c> told</c><00:16:32.259><c> how</c><00:16:32.480><c> many.</c>

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But<00:16:34.179><c> if</c><00:16:34.320><c> you</c><00:16:34.539><c> connect</c><00:16:34.879><c> that</c><00:16:36.080><c> with</c><00:16:38.259><c> a</c><00:16:38.440><c> verse,</c><00:16:38.679><c> just</c><00:16:39.000><c> a</c><00:16:39.159><c> couple</c>

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of<00:16:39.539><c> verses</c><00:16:39.759><c> before,</c>

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in<00:16:40.379><c> Genesis</c><00:16:40.759><c> chapter</c><00:16:41.179><c> 10,</c><00:16:42.399><c> and</c><00:16:42.659><c> let's</c><00:16:42.860><c> look</c><00:16:43.039><c> at</c><00:16:43.179><c> verse</c><00:16:43.419><c> 25.</c>

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And<00:16:44.159><c> we</c><00:16:44.279><c> have</c><00:16:44.379><c> an</c><00:16:44.620><c> interesting</c><00:16:44.940><c> verse</c><00:16:45.200><c> here.</c>

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And<00:16:47.759><c> we</c><00:16:47.879><c> have</c><00:16:48.100><c> this</c><00:16:48.460><c> long</c><00:16:49.019><c> genealogy.</c>

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And<00:16:49.779><c> you</c><00:16:49.820><c> think,</c><00:16:50.019><c> why</c><00:16:50.220><c> in</c><00:16:50.320><c> the</c><00:16:50.480><c> world</c><00:16:50.639><c> do</c><00:16:50.799><c> we</c><00:16:50.919><c> have</c><00:16:51.080><c> these</c><00:16:51.320><c> lists</c><00:16:51.720><c> of</c><00:16:52.019><c> names?</c>

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And<00:16:53.179><c> in</c><00:16:53.279><c> verse</c><00:16:53.460><c> 25</c><00:16:53.940><c> it</c><00:16:54.139><c> says,</c><00:16:54.759><c> unto</c><00:16:54.759><c> Eber</c><00:16:55.259><c> were</c><00:16:55.620><c> born</c><00:16:55.960><c> two</c><00:16:56.399><c> sons.</c>

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The<00:16:57.840><c> name</c><00:16:58.059><c> of</c><00:16:58.240><c> the</c><00:16:58.440><c> one</c><00:16:58.659><c> was</c><00:16:59.580><c> Peleg,</c><00:17:00.779><c> for</c><00:17:01.039><c> in</c><00:17:01.379><c> his</c><00:17:01.700><c> days</c><00:17:02.000><c> was</c>

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the<00:17:02.539><c> earth</c><00:17:03.240><c> divided.</c>

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So<00:17:04.220><c> it</c><00:17:04.400><c> seems</c><00:17:04.700><c> as</c><00:17:04.880><c> though</c><00:17:05.059><c> this</c><00:17:05.240><c> division</c><00:17:05.559><c> of</c><00:17:05.880><c> languages,</c><00:17:06.279><c> the</c>

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scattering<00:17:06.799><c> abroad,</c>

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actually<00:17:07.640><c> happened</c><00:17:07.859><c> in</c><00:17:08.019><c> the</c><00:17:08.160><c> days</c><00:17:08.599><c> of</c><00:17:09.460><c> Peleg</c><00:17:09.759><c> or</c><00:17:09.920><c> Peleg.</c>

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So<00:17:12.400><c> if</c><00:17:12.640><c> you</c><00:17:12.720><c> look</c><00:17:12.880><c> at</c><00:17:12.980><c> this</c><00:17:13.160><c> over</c><00:17:13.380><c> here,</c><00:17:15.059><c> Peleg</c><00:17:15.220><c> is</c><00:17:15.380><c> right</c><00:17:15.599><c> here.</c>

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And<00:17:16.799><c> if</c><00:17:16.900><c> you</c><00:17:17.059><c> follow</c><00:17:17.319><c> this</c><00:17:17.599><c> all</c><00:17:17.779><c> the</c><00:17:17.859><c> way</c><00:17:18.000><c> over,</c><00:17:18.799><c> you</c><00:17:18.920><c> come</c><00:17:19.160><c> to</c>

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right<00:17:19.559><c> here.</c>

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So<00:17:20.220><c> sometime</c><00:17:20.660><c> during</c><00:17:21.059><c> this</c><00:17:21.380><c> period,</c><00:17:22.980><c> in</c><00:17:23.079><c> this</c><00:17:23.339><c> blue</c><00:17:23.579><c> bar</c><00:17:24.200><c> with</c>

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the<00:17:25.220><c> 30</c><00:17:25.400><c> next</c><00:17:25.640><c> to</c><00:17:25.799><c> it,</c>

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sometime<00:17:26.740><c> during</c><00:17:27.059><c> that</c><00:17:27.299><c> period,</c><00:17:29.319><c> we</c><00:17:29.440><c> have</c><00:17:29.619><c> the</c><00:17:29.839><c> confusion</c><00:17:30.160><c> of</c>

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tongues<00:17:30.619><c> happening.</c>

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If<00:17:32.460><c> the</c><00:17:32.680><c> confusion</c><00:17:33.019><c> of</c><00:17:33.240><c> tongues</c><00:17:33.460><c> happened</c><00:17:33.819><c> at</c><00:17:34.079><c> his</c><00:17:34.380><c> birth,</c>

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then<00:17:35.220><c> the</c><00:17:35.460><c> Tower</c><00:17:35.640><c> of</c><00:17:35.940><c> Babel</c><00:17:37.220><c> must</c><00:17:37.640><c> have</c><00:17:38.000><c> been</c><00:17:38.140><c> put</c><00:17:38.380><c> up</c><00:17:38.680><c> sometime</c><00:17:39.200><c> during</c>

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that<00:17:39.900><c> little</c><00:17:40.200><c> red</c><00:17:40.400><c> line</c><00:17:40.599><c> there.</c>

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Hopefully<00:17:41.039><c> that</c><00:17:41.240><c> makes</c><00:17:41.480><c> sense.</c>

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But<00:17:42.440><c> sometime</c><00:17:42.819><c> during</c><00:17:43.220><c> either</c><00:17:43.519><c> the</c><00:17:43.660><c> yellow</c><00:17:43.980><c> period</c><00:17:44.259><c> or</c><00:17:44.480><c> perhaps</c><00:17:45.059><c> the</c>

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red<00:17:45.599><c> period</c>

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is<00:17:46.119><c> the</c><00:17:46.279><c> time</c><00:17:46.539><c> where</c><00:17:47.200><c> this</c><00:17:47.539><c> great</c><00:17:47.759><c> tower</c><00:17:48.079><c> was</c><00:17:48.279><c> put</c><00:17:48.500><c> up.</c>

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So<00:17:49.180><c> it</c><00:17:49.200><c> just</c><00:17:49.380><c> gives</c><00:17:49.519><c> us</c><00:17:49.720><c> a</c><00:17:49.759><c> little</c><00:17:49.960><c> bit</c><00:17:50.160><c> of</c><00:17:50.599><c> timing.</c>

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We<00:17:53.160><c> also</c><00:17:53.359><c> learned</c><00:17:53.559><c> something</c><00:17:53.859><c> else</c><00:17:54.440><c> on</c><00:17:55.779><c> this</c><00:17:56.059><c> next</c><00:17:56.339><c> slide.</c>

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These<00:17:58.660><c> are</c><00:17:58.799><c> the</c><00:17:58.880><c> top</c><00:17:59.079><c> 10</c><00:17:59.339><c> book</c><00:17:59.640><c> babies</c><00:18:00.079><c> that</c><00:18:00.880><c> we've</c><00:18:01.160><c> had</c><00:18:01.279><c> here</c>

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at<00:18:01.759><c> this</c><00:18:02.279><c> ecclesial</c><00:18:02.660><c> hall.</c>

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So<00:18:03.720><c> this</c><00:18:04.619><c> is</c><00:18:05.240><c> going</c><00:18:05.359><c> to</c><00:18:05.420><c> make</c><00:18:05.539><c> sense</c><00:18:05.740><c> in</c><00:18:05.880><c> a</c><00:18:05.980><c> second.</c>

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But<00:18:07.980><c> if</c><00:18:08.119><c> you</c><00:18:08.200><c> look</c><00:18:08.339><c> up</c><00:18:08.579><c> here,</c><00:18:10.680><c> I</c><00:18:11.299><c> don't</c><00:18:11.700><c> know</c><00:18:11.839><c> if</c><00:18:11.960><c> I've</c><00:18:12.099><c> missed</c><00:18:12.279><c> some.</c>

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We<00:18:12.559><c> were</c><00:18:12.740><c> just</c><00:18:12.940><c> brainstorming</c><00:18:13.460><c> really</c><00:18:13.740><c> quick.</c>

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So<00:18:15.480><c> these</c><00:18:15.599><c> are</c><00:18:15.740><c> the</c><00:18:15.859><c> top</c><00:18:16.059><c> 10</c><00:18:16.319><c> names</c><00:18:16.900><c> for</c><00:18:17.440><c> children</c><00:18:17.799><c> here</c><00:18:18.099><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:18.359><c> past</c><00:18:18.519><c> little</c><00:18:18.779><c> bit.</c>

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We<00:18:19.039><c> have</c><00:18:19.220><c> Charlotte,</c><00:18:19.859><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:20.400><c> James,</c><00:18:21.000><c> Hannah,</c><00:18:22.019><c> Bridget,</c>

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Sydney,<00:18:23.359><c> Charity,</c><00:18:23.819><c> Cole,</c><00:18:24.799><c> Megan,</c>

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and<00:18:26.400><c> we</c><00:18:26.880><c> don't</c><00:18:27.059><c> know</c><00:18:27.180><c> what</c><00:18:27.440><c> the</c><00:18:27.660><c> little</c><00:18:27.799><c> baby</c><00:18:28.039><c> Cooper</c><00:18:28.299><c> is</c><00:18:28.380><c> going</c><00:18:28.519><c> to</c><00:18:28.619><c> be.</c>

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But<00:18:30.240><c> I</c><00:18:30.339><c> know</c><00:18:30.480><c> that</c><00:18:30.579><c> there's</c><00:18:30.660><c> been</c><00:18:30.839><c> some</c><00:18:31.079><c> talk</c><00:18:31.259><c> about</c><00:18:31.500><c> it.</c>

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I<00:18:33.759><c> do</c><00:18:33.940><c> have</c><00:18:34.059><c> a</c><00:18:34.119><c> suggestion.</c>

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And<00:18:36.339><c> I</c><00:18:36.400><c> was</c><00:18:36.539><c> going</c><00:18:36.740><c> through.</c>

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This<00:18:37.160><c> is</c><00:18:37.480><c> the</c><00:18:37.660><c> very</c><00:18:38.079><c> best</c><00:18:38.640><c> baby</c><00:18:39.059><c> name</c><00:18:39.299><c> book</c><00:18:39.559><c> in</c><00:18:39.799><c> the</c><00:18:39.980><c> whole</c>

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wide<00:18:40.940><c> world.</c>

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30<00:18:43.980><c>,001</c><00:18:44.460><c> baby</c><00:18:44.880><c> names,</c><00:18:45.579><c> complete</c><00:18:45.940><c> with</c><00:18:46.240><c> meanings,</c><00:18:48.079><c> origins,</c>

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and<00:18:49.779><c> nicknames.</c>

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Now<00:18:52.400><c> I</c><00:18:52.400><c> was</c><00:18:52.559><c> looking</c><00:18:52.759><c> through</c><00:18:52.980><c> this,</c>

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and<00:18:53.259><c> there's</c><00:18:53.519><c> one</c><00:18:53.799><c> name</c><00:18:54.299><c> that</c><00:18:54.740><c> I</c><00:18:54.839><c> was</c><00:18:55.000><c> sure</c><00:18:55.140><c> I</c><00:18:55.259><c> wouldn't</c><00:18:55.400><c> find</c>

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in<00:18:55.799><c> here</c><00:18:56.900><c> when</c><00:18:57.299><c> I</c><00:18:57.460><c> found</c><00:18:57.599><c> it.</c>

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Nimrod.

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I'm<00:19:04.539><c> not</c><00:19:04.680><c> suggesting</c><00:19:05.240><c> that</c><00:19:05.519><c> this</c><00:19:05.680><c> should</c><00:19:05.799><c> be</c><00:19:05.980><c> the</c><00:19:05.980><c> name</c><00:19:06.180><c> of</c>

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your<00:19:06.480><c> progeny.</c>

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It's<00:19:08.920><c> possible.</c>

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At<00:19:09.980><c> one</c><00:19:10.200><c> time,</c><00:19:10.420><c> this</c><00:19:10.559><c> was</c><00:19:10.700><c> a</c><00:19:10.779><c> very</c><00:19:11.079><c> gallant</c><00:19:11.339><c> name,</c><00:19:12.279><c> as</c><00:19:12.400><c> we'll</c>

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talk<00:19:12.940><c> about.</c>

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But<00:19:13.720><c> it</c><00:19:14.279><c> actually</c><00:19:14.559><c> tells</c><00:19:14.799><c> you</c><00:19:14.940><c> what</c><00:19:15.059><c> it</c><00:19:15.220><c> means.</c>

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It<00:19:15.559><c> says</c><00:19:15.839><c> Hebrew,</c><00:19:17.539><c> rebel,</c><00:19:20.299><c> a</c><00:19:20.539><c> great</c><00:19:20.759><c> grandson</c><00:19:21.319><c> of</c><00:19:21.880><c> Noah.</c>

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And<00:19:23.359><c> that's</c><00:19:23.920><c> actually</c><00:19:24.259><c> 100</c><00:19:24.500><c>%</c><00:19:24.799><c> true.</c>

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I<00:19:25.359><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:25.599><c> base</c><00:19:25.839><c> all</c><00:19:25.980><c> of</c><00:19:26.079><c> your</c><00:19:26.200><c> Bible</c><00:19:26.400><c> study</c><00:19:26.660><c> off</c><00:19:26.839><c> of</c><00:19:26.960><c> this</c>

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book,<00:19:28.480><c> but</c><00:19:28.819><c> it</c><00:19:29.420><c> actually</c><00:19:29.779><c> does.</c>

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It's<00:19:31.480><c> kind</c><00:19:31.619><c> of</c><00:19:31.680><c> got</c><00:19:31.759><c> a</c><00:19:31.819><c> nice</c><00:19:31.960><c> ring</c><00:19:32.140><c> to</c><00:19:32.200><c> it.</c>

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I<00:19:32.420><c> don't</c><00:19:32.539><c> know</c><00:19:32.740><c> if</c><00:19:34.119><c> I've</c><00:19:34.380><c> spelled</c><00:19:34.519><c> any</c><00:19:34.740><c> of</c><00:19:34.819><c> the</c><00:19:34.920><c> names</c><00:19:35.059><c> right</c>

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there,<00:19:35.880><c> but</c><00:19:36.400><c> there</c><00:19:36.599><c> you</c><00:19:36.740><c> have</c><00:19:36.859><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:37.359><c> when</c><00:19:37.619><c> you</c><00:19:37.720><c> look</c><00:19:37.839><c> at</c><00:19:37.960><c> the</c><00:19:38.119><c> genealogies</c><00:19:38.599><c> in</c><00:19:38.799><c> Genesis,</c><00:19:39.279><c> we</c>

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have<00:19:39.859><c> these</c><00:19:40.240><c> are</c><00:19:40.440><c> the</c><00:19:40.559><c> two</c><00:19:40.779><c> sons,</c>

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two<00:19:41.640><c> of</c><00:19:41.819><c> the</c><00:19:41.980><c> sons</c><00:19:42.160><c> of</c><00:19:42.380><c> Noah,</c><00:19:42.819><c> Shem</c><00:19:43.119><c> and</c><00:19:43.720><c> Ham.</c>

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And<00:19:44.579><c> we</c><00:19:44.700><c> have</c><00:19:44.960><c> Shem</c><00:19:45.240><c> having</c><00:19:45.460><c> our</c><00:19:45.799><c> Faxad,</c><00:19:46.680><c> and</c><00:19:46.759><c> then</c><00:19:47.019><c> Eber,</c><00:19:47.700><c> and</c>

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then<00:19:48.259><c> Peleg.</c>

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So<00:19:50.859><c> it</c><00:19:51.019><c> was</c><00:19:51.259><c> during</c><00:19:51.680><c> this</c><00:19:52.019><c> time,</c><00:19:52.319><c> the</c><00:19:52.440><c> time</c><00:19:52.619><c> of</c><00:19:52.819><c> this</c><00:19:53.059><c> man,</c><00:19:54.119><c> that</c><00:19:54.319><c> the</c>

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earth's<00:19:55.039><c> languages</c><00:19:55.299><c> were</c><00:19:55.660><c> divided.</c>

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Now<00:19:56.660><c> there's</c><00:19:56.779><c> good</c><00:19:56.960><c> reason</c><00:19:57.180><c> to</c><00:19:57.299><c> believe</c><00:19:57.539><c> also</c><00:19:57.880><c> that</c><00:19:58.000><c> it</c><00:19:58.099><c> was</c>

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during<00:19:58.579><c> the</c><00:19:58.740><c> days</c><00:19:58.920><c> of</c><00:19:59.099><c> this</c><00:19:59.279><c> man</c><00:19:59.500><c> named</c><00:19:59.740><c> Nimrod.</c>

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You<00:20:00.279><c> might</c><00:20:00.440><c> laugh</c><00:20:00.700><c> at</c><00:20:00.799><c> his</c><00:20:00.940><c> name</c><00:20:01.099><c> now.</c>

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He's<00:20:02.039><c> not</c><00:20:02.180><c> a</c><00:20:02.319><c> funny</c><00:20:02.420><c> guy.</c>

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There's<00:20:03.880><c> nothing</c><00:20:04.220><c> funny</c><00:20:05.119><c> about</c><00:20:05.339><c> this</c><00:20:05.579><c> guy,</c><00:20:06.059><c> and</c><00:20:06.279><c> we'll</c><00:20:06.640><c> learn</c>

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about<00:20:07.059><c> that</c><00:20:07.259><c> in</c><00:20:07.359><c> a</c><00:20:07.480><c> second.</c>

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But<00:20:08.660><c> they</c><00:20:09.480><c> must</c><00:20:09.759><c> have</c><00:20:09.900><c> been</c><00:20:10.140><c> contemporary</c><00:20:10.700><c> for</c><00:20:10.980><c> some</c><00:20:11.259><c> time.</c>

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Because<00:20:12.640><c> if</c><00:20:12.859><c> we</c><00:20:12.920><c> go</c><00:20:13.140><c> back</c><00:20:13.359><c> into</c><00:20:13.539><c> Genesis</c><00:20:13.900><c> 10,</c><00:20:14.359><c> we</c><00:20:14.480><c> learn</c><00:20:14.920><c> a</c><00:20:15.039><c> little</c><00:20:15.380><c> bit</c>

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more<00:20:16.079><c> about</c><00:20:16.740><c> what</c><00:20:16.960><c> happens</c><00:20:17.359><c> here</c><00:20:17.619><c> at</c><00:20:17.740><c> this</c><00:20:17.980><c> tower</c><00:20:18.500><c> of</c><00:20:19.339><c> Babel.</c>

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So<00:20:20.339><c> in</c><00:20:20.440><c> Genesis</c><00:20:20.779><c> 10,</c><00:20:21.420><c> let's</c><00:20:21.579><c> just</c><00:20:21.859><c> go</c><00:20:22.160><c> to</c><00:20:24.160><c> verse</c><00:20:25.019><c> 8</c><00:20:25.599><c> and</c><00:20:25.880><c> begin.</c>

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And<00:20:26.720><c> I'll</c><00:20:26.900><c> spare</c><00:20:27.059><c> you</c><00:20:27.200><c> the</c><00:20:27.319><c> names</c><00:20:27.519><c> in</c><00:20:27.680><c> verses</c><00:20:27.980><c> 6</c><00:20:28.279><c> and</c><00:20:28.440><c> 7.</c>

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Now,<00:20:32.720><c> we're</c><00:20:32.940><c> going</c><00:20:33.000><c> to</c><00:20:33.079><c> talk</c><00:20:33.259><c> a</c><00:20:33.380><c> lot</c><00:20:33.579><c> about</c><00:20:33.940><c> this</c><00:20:34.400><c> man</c><00:20:35.019><c> by</c><00:20:35.220><c> the</c>

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name<00:20:35.400><c> of</c><00:20:35.579><c> Nimrod</c><00:20:35.920><c> tonight.</c>

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But<00:20:36.980><c> the</c><00:20:37.180><c> bottom</c><00:20:37.440><c> line</c><00:20:37.640><c> is</c><00:20:37.779><c> we</c><00:20:37.880><c> don't</c><00:20:38.160><c> have</c><00:20:38.380><c> a</c><00:20:38.400><c> lot</c><00:20:38.640><c> of</c><00:20:38.779><c> scriptural</c><00:20:39.180><c> information</c><00:20:39.660><c> about</c><00:20:39.880><c> him.</c>

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So<00:20:40.299><c> what</c><00:20:40.440><c> we</c><00:20:40.660><c> do</c><00:20:40.940><c> have,</c><00:20:41.579><c> the</c><00:20:41.859><c> precious</c><00:20:42.240><c> little</c><00:20:42.400><c> we</c><00:20:42.579><c> do</c><00:20:42.839><c> have,</c>

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we<00:20:43.079><c> need</c><00:20:43.200><c> to</c><00:20:43.440><c> concentrate</c><00:20:43.779><c> on.</c>

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So<00:20:46.700><c> Genesis</c><00:20:47.119><c> chapter</c><00:20:47.740><c> 10,</c><00:20:48.880><c> verse</c><00:20:49.119><c> 8.</c>

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It<00:20:49.539><c> says</c><00:20:49.740><c> that</c><00:20:50.700><c> Cush</c><00:20:51.619><c> begat</c><00:20:53.059><c> Nimrod.</c>

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He<00:20:55.059><c> began</c><00:20:55.539><c> to</c><00:20:55.859><c> be</c><00:20:56.500><c> a</c><00:20:57.079><c> mighty</c><00:20:57.299><c> one</c><00:20:57.599><c> in</c><00:20:57.839><c> the</c><00:20:58.019><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:20:58.839><c> was</c><00:20:59.099><c> a</c><00:20:59.400><c> mighty</c><00:20:59.660><c> hunter</c><00:21:00.039><c> before</c><00:21:00.380><c> the</c><00:21:00.599><c> Lord.</c>

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Wherefore<00:21:01.759><c> it</c><00:21:01.920><c> is</c><00:21:02.019><c> said,</c><00:21:02.640><c> even</c><00:21:02.779><c> as</c><00:21:03.019><c> Nimrod,</c><00:21:03.779><c> the</c><00:21:04.059><c> mighty</c><00:21:04.400><c> hunter</c><00:21:04.740><c> before</c><00:21:05.099><c> the</c><00:21:05.299><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:21:07.400><c> the</c><00:21:07.500><c> beginning</c><00:21:07.819><c> of</c><00:21:08.000><c> his</c><00:21:08.140><c> kingdom</c><00:21:08.660><c> was</c><00:21:10.079><c> Babel.</c>

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I<00:21:12.740><c> think</c><00:21:12.880><c> he</c><00:21:12.980><c> was</c><00:21:13.099><c> there</c><00:21:13.299><c> in</c><00:21:13.440><c> Genesis</c><00:21:13.720><c> chapter</c><00:21:14.059><c> 11.</c>

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The<00:21:14.720><c> timing</c><00:21:15.019><c> fits.</c><00:21:15.980><c> The</c><00:21:16.220><c> genealogy</c><00:21:16.839><c> fits.</c>

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Everything<00:21:18.700><c> really</c><00:21:19.039><c> fits.</c>

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And<00:21:22.000><c> a</c><00:21:22.059><c> little</c><00:21:22.220><c> bit</c><00:21:22.359><c> of</c><00:21:22.460><c> information</c><00:21:22.859><c> that</c><00:21:23.000><c> we're</c><00:21:23.119><c> given</c><00:21:23.299><c> here</c>

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in<00:21:23.559><c> Genesis</c><00:21:23.940><c> chapter</c><00:21:24.299><c> 10.</c>

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What's<00:21:25.339><c> repeated</c><00:21:25.700><c> three</c><00:21:26.160><c> times?</c>

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Just<00:21:28.259><c> so</c><00:21:28.420><c> we</c><00:21:28.519><c> don't</c><00:21:28.720><c> miss</c><00:21:28.980><c> it.</c>

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This<00:21:29.579><c> is</c><00:21:29.940><c> a</c><00:21:30.059><c> mighty</c><00:21:30.319><c> man</c><00:21:30.700><c> here.</c>

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He<00:21:33.920><c> was</c><00:21:34.119><c> a</c><00:21:34.240><c> mighty</c><00:21:34.420><c> man</c><00:21:34.619><c> and</c><00:21:34.759><c> I</c><00:21:34.779><c> think</c><00:21:34.960><c> he</c><00:21:35.079><c> was</c><00:21:35.299><c> a</c><00:21:35.539><c> feared</c><00:21:35.740><c> man.</c>

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We're<00:21:37.119><c> actually</c><00:21:37.420><c> told</c><00:21:37.660><c> that</c><00:21:37.880><c> he</c><00:21:38.039><c> was</c><00:21:38.920><c> a</c><00:21:40.460><c> hunter.</c>

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And<00:21:43.920><c> so</c><00:21:44.039><c> there's</c><00:21:44.059><c> been</c><00:21:44.240><c> a</c><00:21:44.299><c> lot</c><00:21:44.539><c> of</c><00:21:45.240><c> talk</c><00:21:45.759><c> as</c><00:21:46.119><c> to</c><00:21:46.279><c> exactly</c><00:21:46.619><c> what</c>

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that<00:21:47.079><c> means.</c>

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But<00:21:47.480><c> we'll</c><00:21:47.619><c> talk</c><00:21:47.839><c> about</c><00:21:48.059><c> that</c><00:21:48.279><c> in</c><00:21:48.380><c> just</c><00:21:48.599><c> a</c><00:21:48.799><c> second.</c>

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So<00:21:49.940><c> here's</c><00:21:50.180><c> a</c><00:21:50.259><c> little</c><00:21:50.440><c> bit</c><00:21:50.579><c> about</c><00:21:50.859><c> Nimrod.</c>

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And<00:21:51.359><c> we'll</c><00:21:51.460><c> talk</c><00:21:51.720><c> about</c><00:21:52.000><c> why</c><00:21:52.299><c> I</c><00:21:53.759><c> think</c><00:21:54.019><c> we</c><00:21:54.319><c> can</c><00:21:54.579><c> regard</c><00:21:55.019><c> him</c><00:21:55.519><c> as</c>

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one<00:21:56.019><c> of</c><00:21:56.160><c> the</c><00:21:56.380><c> fathers</c><00:21:56.700><c> of</c><00:21:57.799><c> humanism.</c>

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He<00:21:58.339><c> was</c><00:21:58.500><c> at</c><00:21:58.539><c> least</c><00:21:58.799><c> the</c><00:21:59.000><c> father</c><00:21:59.200><c> of</c><00:21:59.460><c> humanism</c><00:21:59.920><c> after</c><00:22:00.460><c> the</c><00:22:00.700><c> flood.</c>

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But<00:22:02.160><c> before</c><00:22:02.420><c> we</c><00:22:02.640><c> even</c><00:22:03.319><c> go</c><00:22:03.799><c> there</c><00:22:04.019><c> and</c><00:22:04.160><c> consider</c><00:22:04.460><c> this</c><00:22:04.720><c> first</c><00:22:04.980><c> statement.</c>

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When<00:22:06.420><c> we're</c><00:22:06.660><c> talking</c><00:22:06.880><c> about</c><00:22:07.259><c> humanism,</c><00:22:07.660><c> this</c><00:22:07.799><c> is</c><00:22:07.940><c> what</c><00:22:08.059><c> we</c><00:22:08.240><c> mean.</c>

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You<00:22:09.960><c> have</c><00:22:10.319><c> humanism</c><00:22:10.799><c> on</c><00:22:10.980><c> one</c><00:22:11.180><c> end</c><00:22:11.779><c> and</c><00:22:12.500><c> you</c><00:22:12.559><c> have</c><00:22:12.960><c> theism</c><00:22:13.480><c> on</c>

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the<00:22:14.000><c> other</c><00:22:14.220><c> hand.</c>

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Just<00:22:15.319><c> broadly</c><00:22:15.640><c> speaking,</c><00:22:16.279><c> humanism</c><00:22:16.759><c> is</c><00:22:17.539><c> all</c><00:22:17.799><c> about</c><00:22:18.079><c> the</c><00:22:18.339><c> idea</c>

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that<00:22:19.000><c> we</c><00:22:19.200><c> can</c><00:22:19.380><c> do</c><00:22:19.559><c> it.</c>

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We<00:22:20.299><c> can</c><00:22:20.460><c> do</c><00:22:20.579><c> it</c><00:22:20.720><c> by</c><00:22:20.859><c> our</c><00:22:21.059><c> own</c><00:22:21.319><c> strength,</c><00:22:22.119><c> by</c><00:22:22.279><c> our</c><00:22:22.420><c> own</c><00:22:22.660><c> intelligence,</c><00:22:23.680><c> by</c><00:22:23.880><c> our</c>

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own<00:22:24.299><c> will.</c>

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That's<00:22:25.700><c> humanism.</c>

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It's<00:22:27.680><c> all</c><00:22:27.839><c> about</c><00:22:28.079><c> man.</c><00:22:28.680><c> It's</c><00:22:28.720><c> all</c><00:22:28.880><c> about</c><00:22:29.059><c> the</c><00:22:29.240><c> Spirit</c><00:22:29.440><c> in</c><00:22:29.599><c> Genesis</c><00:22:29.920><c> 11.</c>

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Let<00:22:30.799><c> us</c><00:22:31.180><c> do</c><00:22:31.380><c> this.</c><00:22:31.880><c> We</c><00:22:32.079><c> can</c><00:22:32.279><c> do</c><00:22:32.519><c> that</c><00:22:33.180><c> so</c><00:22:33.579><c> that</c><00:22:33.759><c> this</c><00:22:33.900><c> doesn't</c>

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happen<00:22:34.460><c> to</c><00:22:34.559><c> us.</c>

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Theism,<00:22:38.680><c> broadly</c><00:22:38.960><c> speaking,</c><00:22:40.539><c> is</c><00:22:40.660><c> a</c><00:22:40.700><c> belief</c><00:22:40.920><c> ultimately</c><00:22:41.460><c> in</c><00:22:41.579><c> a</c><00:22:41.759><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:44.480><c> that's</c><00:22:44.720><c> what's</c><00:22:44.859><c> being</c><00:22:45.180><c> challenged</c><00:22:45.680><c> here</c><00:22:46.039><c> in</c><00:22:46.180><c> the</c><00:22:46.319><c> days</c>

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just<00:22:47.039><c> after</c><00:22:47.299><c> the</c><00:22:47.519><c> flood.</c>

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Just<00:22:47.960><c> after</c><00:22:48.180><c> one</c><00:22:48.319><c> of</c><00:22:48.400><c> the</c><00:22:48.480><c> greatest</c><00:22:48.819><c> catastrophes</c><00:22:49.559><c> ever</c><00:22:49.900><c> experienced</c><00:22:50.359><c> by</c><00:22:50.579><c> man.</c>

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This<00:22:51.480><c> is</c><00:22:51.720><c> the</c><00:22:51.880><c> question.</c><00:22:52.220><c> The</c><00:22:52.359><c> question</c><00:22:52.700><c> was</c><00:22:52.920><c> between</c><00:22:53.299><c> humanism</c><00:22:53.900><c> and</c><00:22:54.440><c> theism.</c>

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And<00:22:55.400><c> this</c><00:22:55.559><c> is</c><00:22:55.759><c> what</c><00:22:55.940><c> Said</c><00:22:56.099><c> Nimrod</c><00:22:56.460><c> falls</c><00:22:56.779><c> on.</c>

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Many<00:22:58.579><c> scholars</c><00:22:59.140><c> today</c><00:22:59.819><c> associate</c><00:23:00.519><c> Nimrod</c><00:23:01.119><c> with</c><00:23:01.380><c> the</c><00:23:01.660><c> Babylonian</c><00:23:02.559><c> Marduk.</c>

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It's<00:23:04.700><c> pretty</c><00:23:04.940><c> self</c><00:23:05.140><c>-explanatory,</c><00:23:05.960><c> right?</c>

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I<00:23:09.039><c> couldn't</c><00:23:09.299><c> find</c><00:23:09.519><c> Marduk</c><00:23:09.980><c> in</c><00:23:10.200><c> here,</c><00:23:10.359><c> actually.</c><00:23:11.400><c> You</c><00:23:11.500><c> can't</c>

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find<00:23:11.920><c> him</c><00:23:12.039><c> in</c><00:23:12.160><c> here.</c>

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But<00:23:12.660><c> what's</c><00:23:12.920><c> interesting</c><00:23:13.319><c> is</c><00:23:13.519><c> that</c><00:23:13.759><c> Marduk</c><00:23:14.119><c> was</c><00:23:14.359><c> the</c><00:23:15.539><c> chief</c>

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Babylonian<00:23:16.660><c> God.</c>

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The<00:23:18.519><c> chief</c><00:23:18.920><c> Babylonian</c><00:23:19.579><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:21.099><c> when</c><00:23:21.400><c> somebody</c><00:23:21.720><c> from</c><00:23:22.079><c> Babylon,</c><00:23:22.779><c> in</c><00:23:22.900><c> that</c><00:23:23.119><c> general</c><00:23:23.440><c> area,</c>

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:26.480
looked<00:23:24.460><c> up</c><00:23:24.720><c> into</c><00:23:24.900><c> the</c><00:23:25.119><c> sky</c><00:23:25.339><c> at</c><00:23:25.599><c> night,</c>

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and<00:23:26.619><c> they</c><00:23:26.759><c> looked</c><00:23:26.960><c> around,</c><00:23:28.420><c> they</c><00:23:28.680><c> saw</c><00:23:29.220><c> a</c><00:23:29.940><c> collection</c><00:23:30.279><c> of</c><00:23:30.619><c> stars</c><00:23:31.119><c> that</c>

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looked<00:23:32.259><c> like</c><00:23:32.680><c> a</c><00:23:32.980><c> mighty</c><00:23:33.339><c> hunter.</c>

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You<00:23:35.960><c> ever</c><00:23:36.099><c> see</c><00:23:36.220><c> a</c><00:23:36.380><c> constellation</c><00:23:36.759><c> like</c><00:23:37.019><c> that?</c>

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The<00:23:39.059><c> Babylonians</c><00:23:39.500><c> didn't</c><00:23:39.779><c> call</c><00:23:40.059><c> him</c><00:23:40.660><c> Orion.</c><00:23:41.980><c> The</c><00:23:42.259><c> Babylonians</c><00:23:42.759><c> called</c><00:23:43.099><c> him...</c>

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They<00:23:44.500><c> believed</c><00:23:44.740><c> that</c><00:23:44.859><c> that</c><00:23:44.980><c> was</c><00:23:45.200><c> Marduk.</c><00:23:46.519><c> That</c><00:23:46.680><c> was</c><00:23:46.920><c> a</c><00:23:47.059><c> picture</c><00:23:47.440><c> of</c><00:23:48.099><c> Marduk,</c><00:23:48.579><c> as</c>

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it<00:23:48.880><c> were.</c>

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Nimrod<00:23:53.380><c> and</c><00:23:53.900><c> Marduk,</c><00:23:54.920><c> according</c><00:23:55.220><c> to</c><00:23:55.420><c> Bible</c><00:23:55.720><c> scholars</c><00:23:56.140><c> and</c>

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other<00:23:56.700><c> language</c><00:23:57.140><c> scholars</c>

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that<00:23:57.940><c> don't</c><00:23:58.259><c> really</c><00:23:58.500><c> have</c><00:23:58.640><c> too</c><00:23:58.839><c> much</c><00:23:59.019><c> to</c><00:23:59.200><c> do</c><00:23:59.220><c> with</c><00:23:59.400><c> the</c><00:23:59.539><c> Bible,</c>

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they<00:23:59.960><c> just</c><00:24:00.180><c> study</c><00:24:00.380><c> the</c><00:24:00.599><c> languages,</c>

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have<00:24:01.420><c> connected</c><00:24:01.960><c> these</c><00:24:02.359><c> two</c><00:24:02.599><c> men.</c>

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They<00:24:04.920><c> connected</c><00:24:05.339><c> Marduk</c><00:24:05.779><c> because</c><00:24:06.039><c> they</c><00:24:06.299><c> believed</c><00:24:06.599><c> him</c><00:24:06.799><c> to</c><00:24:06.960><c> be</c>

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the<00:24:07.319><c> founder</c><00:24:07.779><c> of</c><00:24:08.500><c> Babylon.</c>

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But<00:24:09.079><c> who</c><00:24:09.299><c> does</c><00:24:09.460><c> the</c><00:24:09.599><c> Bible</c><00:24:09.799><c> tell</c><00:24:10.039><c> us</c><00:24:10.200><c> the</c><00:24:10.319><c> founder</c><00:24:10.579><c> of</c><00:24:10.799><c> Babylon</c><00:24:11.079><c> was?</c>

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It<00:24:12.240><c> was</c><00:24:12.359><c> Nimrod</c><00:24:12.700><c> himself,</c><00:24:13.180><c> yeah?</c>

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There's<00:24:14.720><c> an</c><00:24:14.960><c> interesting</c><00:24:15.279><c> connection</c><00:24:15.980><c> here</c><00:24:16.359><c> between</c><00:24:16.640><c> this</c>

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great<00:24:17.180><c> constellation</c>

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and<00:24:18.680><c> this</c><00:24:19.240><c> man,</c><00:24:20.480><c> Nimrod.</c>

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So<00:24:21.339><c> when</c><00:24:21.460><c> the</c><00:24:21.660><c> Babylonians</c><00:24:22.059><c> looked</c><00:24:22.279><c> into</c><00:24:22.500><c> the</c><00:24:22.720><c> sky,</c><00:24:23.000><c> they</c><00:24:23.039><c> saw</c>

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their<00:24:23.420><c> hero.</c>

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They<00:24:24.640><c> saw</c><00:24:24.880><c> somebody</c><00:24:25.180><c> who</c><00:24:25.519><c> commemorated</c><00:24:26.519><c> their</c><00:24:27.819><c> victory</c><00:24:28.220><c> over</c>

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that<00:24:28.779><c> portion</c><00:24:29.099><c> of</c><00:24:29.240><c> the</c><00:24:29.400><c> land</c><00:24:29.559><c> of</c><00:24:29.819><c> Shinar,</c>

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which<00:24:30.299><c> we</c><00:24:30.460><c> looked</c><00:24:30.619><c> at</c><00:24:30.740><c> on</c><00:24:30.900><c> the</c><00:24:31.019><c> map.</c>

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We<00:24:35.299><c> talked</c><00:24:35.599><c> about</c><00:24:35.839><c> the</c><00:24:36.019><c> fact</c><00:24:36.220><c> that</c><00:24:37.819><c> Nimrod</c><00:24:38.720><c> was</c><00:24:38.960><c> known</c><00:24:39.160><c> as</c><00:24:39.319><c> a</c>

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mighty<00:24:39.720><c> hunter</c><00:24:40.079><c> before</c><00:24:40.380><c> the</c><00:24:40.579><c> Lord.</c>

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Well,<00:24:41.180><c> even</c><00:24:41.440><c> today,</c><00:24:42.220><c> if</c><00:24:42.299><c> you</c><00:24:42.400><c> look</c><00:24:42.579><c> up</c><00:24:42.720><c> into</c><00:24:42.900><c> the</c><00:24:43.079><c> sky,</c><00:24:43.420><c> Orion</c>

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is<00:24:44.039><c> known</c><00:24:44.519><c> as</c><00:24:45.079><c> the</c><00:24:45.299><c> hunter.</c>

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That's<00:24:45.920><c> what</c><00:24:46.039><c> he's</c><00:24:46.220><c> known</c><00:24:46.420><c> as.</c>

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I<00:24:48.559><c> remember</c><00:24:48.819><c> I</c><00:24:48.900><c> had</c><00:24:49.059><c> a</c><00:24:49.180><c> book</c><00:24:49.299><c> when</c><00:24:49.440><c> I</c><00:24:49.579><c> was</c><00:24:49.980><c> 10</c><00:24:50.299><c> or</c><00:24:50.460><c> 11</c><00:24:50.700><c> on</c><00:24:50.980><c> constellations,</c>

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and<00:24:51.799><c> I</c><00:24:51.980><c> talked</c><00:24:52.160><c> about</c><00:24:52.420><c> that</c><00:24:52.579><c> as</c><00:24:52.799><c> well.</c>

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I<00:24:53.099><c> talked</c><00:24:53.200><c> about</c><00:24:53.420><c> Orion</c><00:24:53.779><c> being</c><00:24:53.980><c> that</c><00:24:54.200><c> mighty</c><00:24:54.480><c> hunter.</c>

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And<00:24:55.200><c> it</c><00:24:55.220><c> goes</c><00:24:55.880><c> way,</c><00:24:56.519><c> way</c><00:24:56.619><c> back.</c>

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Well,<00:24:58.519><c> this</c><00:24:58.680><c> was</c><00:24:58.880><c> a</c><00:24:59.019><c> memorial,</c><00:24:59.380><c> as</c><00:24:59.579><c> we've</c><00:24:59.880><c> said,</c><00:25:00.119><c> of</c><00:25:00.299><c> Nimrod.</c>

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So<00:25:01.599><c> what</c><00:25:01.759><c> kind</c><00:25:01.940><c> of</c><00:25:02.039><c> hunter</c><00:25:02.220><c> was</c><00:25:02.480><c> he?</c>

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I<00:25:03.259><c> think</c><00:25:03.460><c> he</c><00:25:03.599><c> was</c><00:25:03.839><c> the,</c><00:25:04.359><c> you</c><00:25:04.420><c> know,</c>

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was<00:25:07.140><c> he</c><00:25:07.299><c> the</c><00:25:07.420><c> kind</c><00:25:07.539><c> of</c><00:25:07.640><c> guy</c><00:25:07.779><c> that,</c><00:25:07.960><c> you</c><00:25:08.039><c> know,</c><00:25:08.579><c> needed</c><00:25:08.700><c> to</c><00:25:08.859><c> go</c><00:25:08.940><c> on</c><00:25:09.059><c> a</c>

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trip<00:25:09.319><c> every</c><00:25:09.539><c> once</c><00:25:09.720><c> in</c><00:25:09.839><c> a</c><00:25:09.920><c> while</c>

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and<00:25:10.839><c> just</c><00:25:11.160><c> kind</c><00:25:11.299><c> of</c><00:25:11.359><c> get</c><00:25:11.460><c> away</c><00:25:11.660><c> from</c><00:25:11.819><c> it</c><00:25:11.940><c> all,</c><00:25:12.079><c> the</c><00:25:12.200><c> outdoorsy</c><00:25:12.660><c> type?</c>

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Or<00:25:15.220><c> was</c><00:25:15.380><c> he</c><00:25:15.740><c> another</c><00:25:15.980><c> kind</c><00:25:16.299><c> of</c><00:25:16.460><c> hunter</c><00:25:16.660><c> altogether?</c>

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Was<00:25:17.259><c> he</c><00:25:18.480><c> a</c><00:25:19.019><c> hunter</c><00:25:19.240><c> of</c><00:25:19.519><c> people?</c>

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I<00:25:20.980><c> think</c><00:25:21.140><c> there's</c><00:25:21.299><c> good</c><00:25:21.500><c> reason</c><00:25:21.680><c> to</c><00:25:21.859><c> believe</c><00:25:22.079><c> both,</c>

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:26.359
because<00:25:22.980><c> in</c><00:25:23.319><c> the</c><00:25:23.500><c> very</c><00:25:23.839><c> area</c><00:25:24.160><c> that</c><00:25:24.319><c> we</c><00:25:24.559><c> talked</c><00:25:24.759><c> about</c><00:25:25.400><c> in</c><00:25:26.279><c> the</c>

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.079
land<00:25:26.559><c> of</c><00:25:26.819><c> Shinar</c>

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:29.200
and<00:25:27.279><c> then</c><00:25:27.559><c> leading</c><00:25:27.740><c> up</c><00:25:27.980><c> into</c><00:25:28.160><c> the</c><00:25:28.240><c> land</c><00:25:28.440><c> of</c><00:25:28.640><c> Assyria,</c><00:25:29.099><c> which</c>

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was<00:25:29.440><c> north</c><00:25:29.660><c> of</c><00:25:29.859><c> that,</c>

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:32.859
you<00:25:31.039><c> had</c><00:25:31.200><c> another</c><00:25:31.500><c> great</c><00:25:31.839><c> empire.</c>

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:36.599
In<00:25:33.599><c> Genesis</c><00:25:33.960><c> chapter</c><00:25:34.420><c> 10,</c><00:25:34.920><c> it</c><00:25:35.079><c> says</c><00:25:35.440><c> that</c><00:25:35.740><c> Nimrod,</c><00:25:36.220><c> after</c>

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.559
founding<00:25:36.980><c> Babylon,</c>

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:41.599
he<00:25:38.299><c> left</c><00:25:38.819><c> and</c><00:25:39.359><c> went</c><00:25:39.680><c> northward</c><00:25:40.200><c> into</c><00:25:40.420><c> Assyria.</c>

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:45.920
These<00:25:43.000><c> are</c><00:25:43.539><c> inscriptions,</c><00:25:44.000><c> which</c><00:25:44.200><c> we</c><00:25:44.440><c> still</c><00:25:44.680><c> have</c><00:25:44.920><c> today,</c>

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.140
of<00:25:46.640><c> Assyrian</c><00:25:47.079><c> kings</c><00:25:47.579><c> and</c><00:25:48.079><c> the</c><00:25:48.200><c> things</c><00:25:48.420><c> that</c><00:25:48.599><c> they</c><00:25:48.680><c> like</c><00:25:48.900><c> to</c><00:25:49.039><c> go</c>

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:50.460
out<00:25:49.319><c> and</c><00:25:49.460><c> do.</c>

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:53.480
And<00:25:50.619><c> how</c><00:25:50.799><c> you</c><00:25:50.980><c> proved</c><00:25:51.299><c> yourself</c><00:25:51.700><c> when</c><00:25:51.859><c> you</c><00:25:51.940><c> were</c><00:25:52.039><c> an</c><00:25:52.119><c> Assyrian</c><00:25:52.559><c> king?</c>

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:58.259
You<00:25:54.539><c> went</c><00:25:54.680><c> hunting</c><00:25:55.299><c> with</c><00:25:57.119><c> that</c><00:25:57.420><c> guy.</c>

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:01.420
That's<00:26:00.059><c> one</c><00:26:00.259><c> of</c><00:26:00.319><c> the</c><00:26:00.339><c> ways</c><00:26:00.539><c> that</c><00:26:00.700><c> they</c><00:26:00.859><c> proved</c><00:26:01.079><c> themselves.</c>

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:04.619
So<00:26:01.660><c> if</c><00:26:01.740><c> you</c><00:26:01.839><c> look</c><00:26:01.980><c> over</c><00:26:02.240><c> here,</c><00:26:02.559><c> this</c><00:26:02.799><c> lion</c><00:26:03.279><c> has,</c><00:26:04.119><c> looks</c><00:26:04.259><c> like</c>

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:06.619
an<00:26:04.920><c> arrow</c><00:26:05.279><c> in</c><00:26:05.480><c> the</c><00:26:05.619><c> noggin.</c>

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:10.420
And<00:26:07.480><c> if</c><00:26:07.660><c> you</c><00:26:07.759><c> notice</c><00:26:08.019><c> right</c><00:26:08.279><c> here,</c><00:26:08.599><c> this</c><00:26:08.839><c> is,</c><00:26:09.619><c> I'm</c><00:26:09.720><c> not</c><00:26:09.900><c> exactly</c><00:26:10.200><c> sure</c>

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.839
what<00:26:10.619><c> Assyrian</c><00:26:11.079><c> king</c><00:26:11.279><c> it</c><00:26:11.440><c> is.</c>

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:15.619
It's<00:26:12.420><c> got</c><00:26:12.539><c> the</c><00:26:12.759><c> sword</c><00:26:13.680><c> right</c><00:26:15.000><c> through</c><00:26:15.200><c> the</c><00:26:15.380><c> lion.</c>

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.299
So<00:26:15.980><c> it</c><00:26:16.000><c> was</c><00:26:16.079><c> one</c><00:26:16.220><c> of</c><00:26:16.299><c> the</c><00:26:16.359><c> ways</c><00:26:16.559><c> that</c><00:26:16.700><c> they</c><00:26:16.819><c> had</c><00:26:17.000><c> to</c><00:26:17.200><c> prove</c><00:26:17.339><c> themselves</c><00:26:17.859><c> as</c><00:26:18.119><c> kings.</c>

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:20.299
It<00:26:18.440><c> was</c><00:26:18.660><c> recreation,</c><00:26:19.200><c> and</c><00:26:19.299><c> I'm</c><00:26:19.480><c> sure</c><00:26:19.579><c> it</c><00:26:19.720><c> had</c><00:26:19.819><c> a</c><00:26:19.920><c> lot</c><00:26:20.059><c> to</c><00:26:20.220><c> do</c>

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.400
with<00:26:20.500><c> the</c><00:26:20.640><c> fact</c><00:26:20.839><c> that,</c>

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:23.000
you<00:26:21.640><c> know,</c><00:26:21.660><c> this</c><00:26:21.859><c> is</c><00:26:22.000><c> what</c><00:26:22.079><c> we</c><00:26:22.279><c> do</c><00:26:22.400><c> as</c><00:26:22.579><c> Assyrians.</c>

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:27.119
We're<00:26:23.240><c> hunters.</c><00:26:24.700><c> We're</c><00:26:25.019><c> strong.</c><00:26:25.359><c> We</c><00:26:25.519><c> can</c><00:26:25.700><c> do</c><00:26:25.859><c> this</c><00:26:26.000><c> ourselves.</c>

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.619
Interesting<00:26:29.160><c> that</c><00:26:29.279><c> he</c><00:26:29.400><c> had</c><00:26:29.539><c> to</c><00:26:29.700><c> shoot</c><00:26:29.799><c> it</c><00:26:29.900><c> with</c><00:26:30.000><c> an</c><00:26:30.160><c> arrow</c><00:26:30.259><c> before</c><00:26:30.480><c> he</c>

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.240
went<00:26:30.680><c> up</c><00:26:30.880><c> to</c><00:26:30.980><c> it,</c><00:26:31.200><c> too,</c>

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:34.579
but<00:26:31.400><c> that's</c><00:26:33.000><c> a</c><00:26:33.140><c> side</c><00:26:33.359><c> note</c><00:26:33.519><c> for</c><00:26:33.740><c> sure.</c>

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:37.339
But<00:26:35.240><c> everybody</c><00:26:35.559><c> knows,</c><00:26:36.140><c> who</c><00:26:36.359><c> has</c><00:26:36.559><c> the</c><00:26:36.740><c> least</c><00:26:36.960><c> acquaintance</c>

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.119
with<00:26:37.519><c> history,</c>

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:41.680
that<00:26:38.980><c> the</c><00:26:39.259><c> Assyrians</c><00:26:39.599><c> and</c><00:26:39.759><c> the</c><00:26:39.940><c> Babylonians</c><00:26:40.720><c> identified</c>

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:43.099
themselves<00:26:42.220><c> with</c><00:26:42.460><c> these</c><00:26:42.700><c> creatures,</c>

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:47.400
with<00:26:43.339><c> these</c><00:26:43.619><c> lions,</c><00:26:45.160><c> because</c><00:26:45.339><c> they</c><00:26:45.539><c> saw</c><00:26:45.920><c> a</c><00:26:46.099><c> reflection</c><00:26:46.460><c> of</c><00:26:46.619><c> themselves</c><00:26:47.140><c> in</c>

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.200
some<00:26:47.579><c> way</c><00:26:47.680><c> with</c><00:26:47.940><c> that.</c>

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.380
They<00:26:48.619><c> felt</c><00:26:48.799><c> that</c><00:26:48.940><c> they</c><00:26:49.059><c> could</c><00:26:49.279><c> conquer</c><00:26:49.599><c> them</c><00:26:49.900><c> and</c><00:26:50.059><c> that</c><00:26:50.259><c> they</c>

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:53.160
themselves<00:26:50.859><c> were</c><00:26:51.079><c> the</c><00:26:51.140><c> real</c><00:26:52.119><c> lions.</c>

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:58.779
Well,<00:26:55.039><c> another</c><00:26:55.240><c> thing</c><00:26:55.420><c> that</c><00:26:55.599><c> Nimrod</c><00:26:55.920><c> did</c><00:26:56.140><c> was</c><00:26:56.359><c> he</c><00:26:56.559><c> defied</c><00:26:57.720><c> God.</c>

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:05.900
You<00:27:02.920><c> know,</c><00:27:03.119><c> sometimes</c><00:27:03.579><c> we</c><00:27:03.799><c> think</c><00:27:04.019><c> when</c><00:27:04.180><c> we</c><00:27:04.279><c> look</c><00:27:04.420><c> back</c><00:27:04.660><c> on</c><00:27:04.859><c> history</c>

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:09.160
that<00:27:07.220><c> everybody</c><00:27:07.660><c> was</c><00:27:07.920><c> primitive</c><00:27:08.319><c> when</c><00:27:08.500><c> you</c><00:27:08.579><c> go</c><00:27:08.779><c> back</c><00:27:09.000><c> into</c>

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.400
Bible<00:27:09.440><c> days,</c>

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:14.140
and<00:27:10.619><c> they</c><00:27:10.759><c> all</c><00:27:11.019><c> believed</c><00:27:11.359><c> in</c><00:27:12.440><c> some</c><00:27:12.819><c> kind</c><00:27:13.119><c> of</c><00:27:13.319><c> God,</c>

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:16.640
and<00:27:14.420><c> they</c><00:27:14.539><c> were</c><00:27:14.740><c> all</c><00:27:15.000><c> very</c><00:27:16.039><c> superstitious.</c>

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:18.859
And<00:27:17.059><c> much</c><00:27:17.259><c> of</c><00:27:17.420><c> that's</c><00:27:17.640><c> very</c><00:27:18.000><c> true.</c>

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:21.359
But<00:27:19.380><c> I</c><00:27:19.400><c> think</c><00:27:19.579><c> Nimrod</c><00:27:19.859><c> was</c><00:27:20.039><c> a</c><00:27:20.160><c> little</c><00:27:20.299><c> bit</c><00:27:20.500><c> different.</c>

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:26.599
I<00:27:22.059><c> think</c><00:27:22.240><c> Nimrod</c><00:27:22.579><c> was</c><00:27:22.779><c> a</c><00:27:22.880><c> little</c><00:27:23.019><c> more</c><00:27:24.039><c> modern,</c><00:27:26.180><c> if</c><00:27:26.339><c> we</c><00:27:26.480><c> can</c>

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.279
use<00:27:26.779><c> that</c><00:27:27.039><c> phrase.</c>

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.220
And<00:27:27.500><c> here's</c><00:27:27.720><c> why</c><00:27:27.940><c> I</c><00:27:28.160><c> think</c><00:27:28.359><c> that.</c>

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:34.380
There's<00:27:31.559><c> historical</c><00:27:32.000><c> reasons</c><00:27:32.539><c> to</c><00:27:33.839><c> back</c><00:27:34.000><c> that</c><00:27:34.200><c> up.</c>

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:37.880
I<00:27:34.559><c> just</c><00:27:34.920><c> want</c><00:27:35.099><c> to</c><00:27:35.180><c> jump</c><00:27:35.500><c> forward</c><00:27:36.079><c> about</c><00:27:36.619><c> 4</c><00:27:36.900><c>,000</c><00:27:37.140><c> years</c><00:27:37.380><c> really</c><00:27:37.680><c> quick,</c>

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:39.779
so<00:27:38.019><c> don't</c><00:27:38.160><c> lose</c><00:27:38.279><c> your</c><00:27:38.460><c> train</c><00:27:38.559><c> of</c><00:27:38.740><c> thought.</c>

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:46.119
And<00:27:40.599><c> this</c><00:27:40.880><c> gentleman</c><00:27:41.160><c> right</c><00:27:41.460><c> here</c><00:27:42.140><c> is</c><00:27:43.519><c> some</c><00:27:45.319><c> kind</c><00:27:45.519><c> of</c><00:27:45.720><c> representative,</c>

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:49.079
I<00:27:46.519><c> think</c><00:27:46.680><c> he</c><00:27:46.819><c> could</c><00:27:46.960><c> be</c><00:27:47.119><c> the</c><00:27:47.299><c> president,</c><00:27:47.640><c> of</c><00:27:47.799><c> the</c><00:27:48.059><c> American</c>

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:52.680
Humanist<00:27:51.359><c> Association.</c>

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:56.559
And<00:27:54.220><c> so</c><00:27:54.400><c> basically</c><00:27:54.700><c> it</c><00:27:54.920><c> says</c><00:27:55.039><c> right</c><00:27:55.279><c> up</c><00:27:55.519><c> here</c><00:27:55.720><c> in</c><00:27:55.839><c> the</c><00:27:56.000><c> top,</c><00:27:56.339><c> it</c><00:27:56.339><c> says,</c>

00:27:56.740 --> 00:28:01.279
Why<00:27:56.920><c> believe</c><00:27:57.259><c> in</c><00:27:57.400><c> a</c><00:27:57.559><c> God,</c><00:27:58.819><c> just</c><00:27:59.099><c> be</c><00:27:59.319><c> good</c><00:27:59.640><c> for</c><00:28:00.000><c> goodness</c><00:28:00.240><c> sake?</c>

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:05.359
Be<00:28:02.640><c> good</c><00:28:02.920><c> for</c><00:28:03.180><c> goodness</c><00:28:03.480><c> sake</c><00:28:03.819><c> and</c><00:28:04.019><c> support</c><00:28:04.460><c> our</c><00:28:04.700><c> ad</c><00:28:04.920><c> campaign.</c>

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:08.799
Contributions<00:28:06.039><c> are</c><00:28:06.220><c> matched</c><00:28:06.500><c> by</c><00:28:07.599><c> some</c><00:28:08.099><c> kind</c><00:28:08.420><c> of</c><00:28:08.519><c> million</c>

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.680
-dollar<00:28:09.140><c> challenge.</c>

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:12.640
So<00:28:10.079><c> it's</c><00:28:10.339><c> a</c><00:28:10.480><c> big</c><00:28:10.619><c> fundraiser,</c><00:28:11.400><c> lots</c><00:28:11.599><c> of</c><00:28:11.799><c> billboards.</c>

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:14.720
Apparently<00:28:12.839><c> in</c><00:28:13.259><c> the</c><00:28:13.400><c> major</c><00:28:13.599><c> cities</c><00:28:13.839><c> of</c><00:28:14.000><c> the</c><00:28:14.079><c> U</c><00:28:14.259><c>.S.</c><00:28:14.380><c> this</c><00:28:14.519><c> kind</c>

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.859
of<00:28:14.799><c> thing</c><00:28:14.900><c> was</c><00:28:15.059><c> happening.</c>

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:18.960
Just<00:28:16.380><c> be</c><00:28:16.619><c> good</c><00:28:16.839><c> for</c><00:28:17.059><c> goodness</c><00:28:17.299><c> sake,</c><00:28:17.799><c> why</c><00:28:18.000><c> believe</c><00:28:18.500><c> in</c><00:28:18.720><c> a</c><00:28:18.839><c> God?</c>

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.940
They<00:28:19.160><c> also</c><00:28:19.359><c> put</c><00:28:19.519><c> out</c><00:28:19.660><c> a</c><00:28:19.700><c> magazine,</c><00:28:20.180><c> this</c><00:28:20.319><c> handsome</c><00:28:20.640><c> gentleman</c>

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:23.539
here<00:28:21.859><c> is</c><00:28:22.319><c> Charles</c><00:28:22.700><c> Darwin.</c>

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.900
And<00:28:24.359><c> if</c><00:28:24.420><c> you</c><00:28:24.519><c> can't</c><00:28:24.720><c> tell</c><00:28:24.819><c> what</c><00:28:24.940><c> that</c><00:28:25.180><c> says,</c><00:28:25.500><c> it</c><00:28:25.519><c> just</c><00:28:25.720><c> says,</c>

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:28.119
Happy<00:28:26.200><c> 200th</c><00:28:26.700><c> birthday,</c><00:28:27.119><c> Mr.</c><00:28:27.420><c> Darwin.</c>

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:32.920
So<00:28:29.920><c> this</c><00:28:30.359><c> is</c><00:28:30.779><c> modern</c><00:28:31.059><c> day,</c><00:28:31.319><c> this</c><00:28:31.500><c> is</c><00:28:31.680><c> defying</c><00:28:32.039><c> God.</c>

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:35.079
We<00:28:33.140><c> don't</c><00:28:33.380><c> need</c><00:28:33.819><c> God</c><00:28:34.160><c> to</c><00:28:34.319><c> know</c><00:28:34.420><c> how</c><00:28:34.599><c> to</c><00:28:34.660><c> be</c><00:28:34.839><c> good.</c>

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:37.740
We<00:28:35.440><c> can</c><00:28:35.579><c> be</c><00:28:35.700><c> good</c><00:28:35.859><c> on</c><00:28:36.079><c> our</c><00:28:36.180><c> own,</c><00:28:36.420><c> we</c><00:28:36.480><c> know</c><00:28:36.660><c> what</c><00:28:36.819><c> good</c><00:28:36.980><c> is,</c><00:28:37.519><c> we</c>

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:39.599
can<00:28:37.980><c> direct</c><00:28:38.240><c> our</c><00:28:38.440><c> own</c><00:28:38.660><c> paths.</c>

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:41.880
It's<00:28:39.920><c> essentially</c><00:28:40.299><c> the</c><00:28:40.519><c> current</c><00:28:40.640><c> of</c><00:28:40.859><c> thought</c><00:28:41.000><c> here.</c>

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:46.319
Just<00:28:43.940><c> consider</c><00:28:44.339><c> this</c><00:28:44.579><c> too.</c>

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.119
Does<00:28:49.019><c> this</c><00:28:49.160><c> look</c><00:28:49.279><c> familiar?</c>

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.680
I<00:28:51.119><c> think</c><00:28:51.259><c> we</c><00:28:51.400><c> saw</c><00:28:51.519><c> it</c><00:28:51.619><c> last</c><00:28:51.839><c> week.</c>

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.579
This<00:28:53.200><c> is</c><00:28:53.380><c> the</c><00:28:53.559><c> happy</c><00:28:53.880><c> human</c><00:28:54.220><c> symbol.</c>

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:57.380
I'm<00:28:55.440><c> not</c><00:28:55.859><c> sure</c><00:28:56.019><c> if</c><00:28:56.240><c> Brother</c><00:28:56.500><c> Joel's</c><00:28:56.740><c> here,</c><00:28:56.940><c> but</c><00:28:57.079><c> I</c><00:28:57.099><c> think</c><00:28:57.240><c> he</c>

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:59.140
spoke<00:28:57.579><c> on</c><00:28:57.680><c> that</c><00:28:57.900><c> last</c><00:28:58.160><c> week.</c>

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:01.759
So<00:28:59.599><c> the</c><00:29:00.160><c> title</c><00:29:00.400><c> of</c><00:29:00.559><c> this</c><00:29:00.779><c> article,</c><00:29:01.099><c> which</c><00:29:01.319><c> can</c><00:29:01.480><c> be</c><00:29:01.619><c> found</c>

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.920
right<00:29:02.000><c> here,</c>

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:07.559
is<00:29:03.500><c> the</c><00:29:03.740><c> Humanists</c><00:29:04.500><c> Launch</c><00:29:05.079><c> Godless</c><00:29:06.059><c> Holiday</c><00:29:06.539><c> Campaign.</c>

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:11.599
It<00:29:08.960><c> says</c><00:29:09.140><c> that</c><00:29:09.359><c> humanists</c><00:29:09.779><c> have</c><00:29:09.960><c> always</c><00:29:10.240><c> understood</c><00:29:10.759><c> that</c><00:29:10.960><c> you</c><00:29:11.039><c> don't</c><00:29:11.240><c> need</c><00:29:11.400><c> a</c>

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:13.920
God<00:29:11.859><c> to</c><00:29:12.519><c> be</c><00:29:12.640><c> good,</c>

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:17.660
said<00:29:14.339><c> Roy</c><00:29:14.759><c> Speckard,</c><00:29:15.859><c> Executive</c><00:29:16.319><c> Director</c><00:29:16.740><c> of</c><00:29:16.980><c> the</c><00:29:17.240><c> American</c>

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.279
Humanist<00:29:18.119><c> Association.</c>

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:22.819
So<00:29:19.940><c> that's</c><00:29:20.220><c> the</c><00:29:20.480><c> point</c><00:29:20.819><c> we're</c><00:29:21.059><c> making</c><00:29:21.359><c> with</c><00:29:21.559><c> this</c><00:29:21.720><c> advertising</c><00:29:22.339><c> campaign.</c>

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:25.980
Morality<00:29:23.920><c> doesn't</c><00:29:24.359><c> come</c><00:29:24.779><c> from</c><00:29:24.980><c> religion.</c>

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.339
It's<00:29:26.400><c> a</c><00:29:26.420><c> set</c><00:29:26.619><c> of</c><00:29:26.960><c> values</c><00:29:27.440><c> embraced</c><00:29:28.400><c> by</c><00:29:28.819><c> individuals</c><00:29:29.519><c> and</c><00:29:29.859><c> society</c>

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:35.880
based<00:29:30.759><c> on</c><00:29:31.059><c> empathy,</c><00:29:32.579><c> fairness,</c><00:29:34.599><c> and</c><00:29:34.740><c> experience.</c>

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:39.779
And<00:29:36.940><c> you</c><00:29:37.140><c> see,</c><00:29:37.660><c> that's</c><00:29:37.920><c> what</c><00:29:38.160><c> humanism</c><00:29:38.539><c> is</c><00:29:38.740><c> to</c><00:29:38.900><c> the</c><00:29:39.079><c> American</c>

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.799
Humanist<00:29:40.200><c> Association.</c>

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:45.460
Values<00:29:41.279><c> for</c><00:29:41.500><c> today,</c><00:29:41.779><c> this</c><00:29:42.079><c> is</c><00:29:42.319><c> how</c><00:29:43.059><c> we</c><00:29:43.519><c> are</c><00:29:43.720><c> able</c><00:29:44.000><c> to</c><00:29:44.200><c> be</c><00:29:44.400><c> happy.</c>

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:50.319
This<00:29:46.079><c> is</c><00:29:46.720><c> what</c><00:29:47.019><c> we</c><00:29:47.720><c> can</c><00:29:47.960><c> do</c><00:29:48.380><c> to</c><00:29:49.019><c> experience</c><00:29:49.480><c> joy</c><00:29:49.759><c> in</c><00:29:49.900><c> our</c><00:29:50.059><c> lives.</c>

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:52.440
And<00:29:50.599><c> that's</c><00:29:50.859><c> their</c><00:29:51.039><c> symbol,</c><00:29:51.480><c> it's</c><00:29:51.619><c> the</c><00:29:51.859><c> happy</c><00:29:52.140><c> human.</c>

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:54.519
This<00:29:52.599><c> is</c><00:29:52.839><c> how</c><00:29:52.920><c> you</c><00:29:53.099><c> find</c><00:29:53.500><c> happiness.</c>

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:57.079
Just<00:29:55.299><c> think</c><00:29:55.500><c> about</c><00:29:55.720><c> that.</c>

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.819
Let<00:29:57.500><c> that</c><00:29:57.759><c> sit</c><00:29:57.940><c> with</c><00:29:58.099><c> you</c><00:29:58.220><c> for</c><00:29:58.420><c> a</c><00:29:58.559><c> second.</c>

00:29:58.940 --> 00:30:01.299
And<00:29:59.140><c> now</c><00:29:59.319><c> we're</c><00:29:59.460><c> going</c><00:29:59.619><c> to</c><00:29:59.700><c> look</c><00:29:59.900><c> at</c><00:30:00.059><c> what</c><00:30:00.339><c> one</c><00:30:00.720><c> historian</c>

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:04.980
said<00:30:01.759><c> about</c><00:30:03.539><c> Nimrod.</c>

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:09.240
Remember,<00:30:06.940><c> Nimrod,</c><00:30:07.259><c> really</c><00:30:07.460><c> primitive</c><00:30:07.819><c> guy,</c><00:30:08.740><c> right?</c>

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:18.380
This<00:30:14.480><c> is</c><00:30:14.720><c> Josephus</c><00:30:15.259><c> speaking</c><00:30:15.559><c> about</c><00:30:16.059><c> Nimrod</c><00:30:16.619><c> in</c><00:30:17.059><c> his</c><00:30:17.299><c> Antiquities</c><00:30:17.700><c> of</c><00:30:17.859><c> the</c><00:30:18.059><c> Jews,</c>

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:20.559
chapter<00:30:18.799><c> 4,</c><00:30:19.500><c> paragraph</c><00:30:19.859><c> 2.</c>

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It<00:30:21.160><c> says</c><00:30:21.440><c> that</c><00:30:21.700><c> he</c><00:30:21.900><c> persuaded</c><00:30:22.559><c> them,</c><00:30:23.359><c> all</c><00:30:23.539><c> the</c><00:30:23.700><c> people</c><00:30:23.920><c> that</c>

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.599
helped<00:30:24.359><c> in</c><00:30:24.519><c> the</c><00:30:24.680><c> building</c><00:30:24.920><c> of</c><00:30:25.119><c> this</c><00:30:25.319><c> tower,</c>

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:30.140
he<00:30:26.299><c> persuaded</c><00:30:26.779><c> them</c><00:30:27.059><c> not</c><00:30:27.400><c> to</c><00:30:27.839><c> ascribe</c><00:30:28.319><c> it</c><00:30:28.640><c> to</c><00:30:28.980><c> God,</c>

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:33.400
as<00:30:30.660><c> if</c><00:30:30.859><c> it</c><00:30:31.039><c> was</c><00:30:31.619><c> through</c><00:30:32.039><c> his</c><00:30:32.339><c> means</c><00:30:32.559><c> they</c><00:30:32.720><c> were</c><00:30:32.960><c> happy,</c>

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.099
but<00:30:34.160><c> to</c><00:30:34.400><c> believe</c><00:30:34.819><c> that</c><00:30:35.039><c> it</c><00:30:35.119><c> was</c><00:30:35.259><c> their</c><00:30:35.519><c> own</c><00:30:35.900><c> courage</c><00:30:36.500><c> which</c>

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procured<00:30:37.700><c> happiness.</c>

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Believe<00:30:42.279><c> that</c><00:30:42.539><c> it</c><00:30:42.680><c> is</c><00:30:42.819><c> your</c><00:30:43.079><c> own</c><00:30:43.420><c> courage</c><00:30:43.819><c> which</c><00:30:44.359><c> procured</c>

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your<00:30:45.240><c> happiness.</c>

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.400
So<00:30:46.900><c> who</c><00:30:47.059><c> do</c><00:30:47.119><c> you</c><00:30:47.319><c> thank</c><00:30:47.460><c> at</c><00:30:47.619><c> the</c><00:30:47.680><c> end</c><00:30:47.839><c> of</c><00:30:48.000><c> the</c><00:30:48.000><c> day,</c><00:30:48.259><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:30:48.619><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.539
Who<00:30:51.440><c> is</c><00:30:51.619><c> it</c><00:30:51.700><c> that</c><00:30:51.799><c> you</c><00:30:52.000><c> recognize?</c><00:30:52.500><c> Who</c><00:30:52.599><c> is</c><00:30:52.759><c> it</c><00:30:52.880><c> that</c><00:30:53.000><c> you</c><00:30:53.200><c> praise?</c>

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:56.619
To<00:30:53.839><c> a</c><00:30:54.099><c> humanist,</c><00:30:54.500><c> you</c><00:30:54.539><c> don't</c><00:30:54.660><c> need</c><00:30:54.779><c> to</c><00:30:54.920><c> praise</c><00:30:55.039><c> anybody</c><00:30:55.359><c> but</c><00:30:55.519><c> yourself.</c>

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.559
And<00:30:57.440><c> it's</c><00:30:57.640><c> a</c><00:30:57.839><c> denial</c><00:30:58.099><c> of</c><00:30:58.299><c> God.</c>

00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:01.539
And<00:30:58.720><c> that's</c><00:30:58.920><c> exactly</c><00:30:59.339><c> what</c><00:30:59.559><c> it</c><00:30:59.619><c> seems</c><00:31:00.240><c> that</c><00:31:00.720><c> Nimrod</c><00:31:01.039><c> was</c><00:31:01.259><c> teaching.</c>

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:04.480
And<00:31:01.759><c> it's</c><00:31:01.960><c> in</c><00:31:02.119><c> keeping,</c><00:31:02.640><c> it</c><00:31:02.779><c> would</c><00:31:02.960><c> seem,</c><00:31:03.339><c> with</c><00:31:03.900><c> what</c><00:31:04.079><c> Genesis</c>

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.759
11<00:31:04.799><c> is</c><00:31:05.039><c> saying.</c>

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There's<00:31:06.180><c> no</c><00:31:06.420><c> focus</c><00:31:06.720><c> on</c><00:31:06.920><c> God.</c><00:31:07.200><c> God</c><00:31:07.420><c> isn't</c><00:31:07.599><c> even</c><00:31:07.880><c> mentioned.</c>

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:10.359
It's<00:31:08.579><c> all</c><00:31:08.759><c> about</c><00:31:08.920><c> what</c><00:31:09.079><c> we</c><00:31:09.299><c> can</c><00:31:09.519><c> do.</c>

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:13.019
And<00:31:10.559><c> also</c><00:31:10.819><c> it</c><00:31:10.920><c> says,</c><00:31:11.440><c> this</c><00:31:11.720><c> one</c><00:31:11.940><c> historian</c><00:31:12.420><c> says,</c><00:31:12.759><c> for</c><00:31:12.900><c> what</c>

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.559
it's<00:31:13.259><c> worth,</c>

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:17.440
he<00:31:14.420><c> also</c><00:31:14.720><c> said</c><00:31:15.000><c> that</c><00:31:15.240><c> he</c><00:31:15.339><c> would</c><00:31:15.619><c> be</c><00:31:16.000><c> revenged</c><00:31:16.660><c> on</c><00:31:16.940><c> God</c>

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:20.599
if<00:31:18.000><c> he</c><00:31:18.160><c> should</c><00:31:18.319><c> have</c><00:31:18.500><c> a</c><00:31:18.680><c> mind</c><00:31:18.880><c> to</c><00:31:19.160><c> drown</c><00:31:19.359><c> the</c><00:31:19.579><c> world</c><00:31:19.740><c> again,</c>

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.799
for<00:31:21.079><c> that</c><00:31:21.200><c> he</c><00:31:21.279><c> would</c><00:31:21.480><c> build</c><00:31:21.680><c> a</c><00:31:21.859><c> tower</c><00:31:22.160><c> too</c><00:31:22.559><c> high</c><00:31:22.779><c> for</c><00:31:22.960><c> the</c><00:31:23.140><c> waters</c><00:31:23.480><c> to</c>

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:25.019
be<00:31:23.900><c> able</c><00:31:24.059><c> to</c><00:31:24.180><c> reach.</c>

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:27.380
That's<00:31:25.900><c> defying</c><00:31:26.240><c> God.</c>

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:36.019
And<00:31:29.480><c> that</c><00:31:29.619><c> was</c><00:31:29.819><c> Nimrod</c><00:31:30.240><c> some</c><00:31:31.740><c> 2</c><00:31:32.680><c>,500</c><00:31:33.279><c> years</c><00:31:33.940><c> B</c><00:31:34.680><c>.C.,</c><00:31:34.980><c> approximately.</c>

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:41.559
Well,<00:31:38.579><c> he</c><00:31:38.599><c> was</c><00:31:38.779><c> also</c><00:31:39.059><c> an</c><00:31:39.380><c> empire</c><00:31:39.799><c> builder,</c><00:31:40.660><c> this</c><00:31:40.839><c> Nimrod</c><00:31:41.180><c> was.</c>

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:45.559
And<00:31:42.160><c> we</c><00:31:42.259><c> read</c><00:31:42.440><c> about</c><00:31:42.680><c> that</c><00:31:42.920><c> in</c><00:31:43.019><c> Genesis</c><00:31:43.420><c> chapter</c><00:31:43.880><c> 10.</c>

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:50.579
So<00:31:48.279><c> what</c><00:31:48.380><c> I'd</c><00:31:48.519><c> like</c><00:31:48.619><c> to</c><00:31:48.859><c> do</c><00:31:49.160><c> with</c><00:31:49.579><c> this</c><00:31:49.779><c> one</c><00:31:49.880><c> is</c><00:31:50.000><c> just</c><00:31:50.180><c> go</c><00:31:50.359><c> back</c>

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:52.480
to<00:31:50.700><c> Genesis</c><00:31:51.099><c> chapter</c><00:31:51.480><c> 4.</c>

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:55.079
Because,<00:31:52.819><c> you</c><00:31:52.859><c> know,</c><00:31:53.140><c> really</c><00:31:53.359><c> when</c><00:31:53.480><c> you</c><00:31:53.619><c> look</c><00:31:53.759><c> at</c><00:31:53.920><c> this,</c>

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:57.880
you<00:31:55.900><c> can</c><00:31:56.140><c> kind</c><00:31:56.240><c> of</c><00:31:56.380><c> shake</c><00:31:56.500><c> your</c><00:31:56.640><c> head</c><00:31:56.740><c> and</c><00:31:56.880><c> say,</c><00:31:57.119><c> okay,</c><00:31:57.400><c> so</c><00:31:57.599><c> what,</c><00:31:57.700><c> he</c>

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:59.480
built<00:31:58.079><c> a</c><00:31:58.339><c> city,</c><00:31:58.619><c> right?</c>

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:03.220
What's<00:32:01.460><c> the</c><00:32:01.500><c> big</c><00:32:01.680><c> deal</c><00:32:01.839><c> about</c><00:32:02.039><c> building</c><00:32:02.319><c> a</c><00:32:02.500><c> city?</c>

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:07.339
Well,<00:32:05.059><c> you</c><00:32:05.160><c> know</c><00:32:05.259><c> who</c><00:32:05.400><c> built</c><00:32:05.579><c> the</c><00:32:05.819><c> first</c><00:32:06.079><c> city</c><00:32:06.339><c> in</c><00:32:06.559><c> Scripture?</c>

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.980
And<00:32:07.720><c> do</c><00:32:07.799><c> you</c><00:32:07.799><c> know</c><00:32:07.880><c> why</c><00:32:08.099><c> he</c><00:32:08.279><c> did?</c>

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:13.140
Well,<00:32:09.960><c> it</c><00:32:09.960><c> tells</c><00:32:10.200><c> us</c><00:32:10.400><c> in</c><00:32:10.500><c> Genesis</c><00:32:10.839><c> chapter</c><00:32:11.279><c> 4,</c><00:32:11.480><c> verse</c><00:32:11.740><c> 16.</c>

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:18.460
It<00:32:14.880><c> says</c><00:32:15.119><c> that</c><00:32:15.440><c> Cain,</c><00:32:16.539><c> after</c><00:32:16.859><c> he</c><00:32:17.059><c> killed</c><00:32:17.160><c> his</c><00:32:17.380><c> brother,</c>

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.900
went<00:32:18.920><c> out</c><00:32:19.140><c> from</c><00:32:19.319><c> the</c><00:32:19.519><c> presence</c><00:32:19.720><c> of</c><00:32:19.920><c> the</c><00:32:20.059><c> Lord</c><00:32:20.240><c> and</c><00:32:20.460><c> dwelt</c><00:32:20.720><c> in</c>

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:23.940
the<00:32:21.000><c> land</c><00:32:21.279><c> of</c><00:32:21.519><c> Nod</c><00:32:21.819><c> on</c><00:32:22.519><c> the</c><00:32:22.720><c> east</c><00:32:22.920><c> of</c><00:32:23.119><c> Eden.</c>

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:29.740
And<00:32:24.980><c> Cain</c><00:32:25.279><c> knew</c><00:32:25.480><c> his</c><00:32:25.680><c> wife,</c><00:32:26.759><c> and</c><00:32:26.920><c> she</c><00:32:27.160><c> conceived</c><00:32:27.799><c> and</c><00:32:28.539><c> bare</c><00:32:28.779><c> Enoch.</c>

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.819
And<00:32:31.140><c> he</c><00:32:31.359><c> builted</c><00:32:31.779><c> a</c><00:32:31.859><c> city</c>

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:36.839
and<00:32:33.619><c> called</c><00:32:34.000><c> the</c><00:32:34.220><c> name</c><00:32:34.519><c> of</c><00:32:34.759><c> the</c><00:32:34.859><c> city</c><00:32:35.119><c> after</c><00:32:35.440><c> the</c><00:32:35.700><c> name</c><00:32:36.059><c> of</c><00:32:36.480><c> his</c>

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.960
son,<00:32:38.140><c> Enoch.</c>

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:42.640
You<00:32:40.180><c> see,</c><00:32:40.519><c> what</c><00:32:40.519><c> we're</c><00:32:41.460><c> seeing</c><00:32:41.720><c> here</c><00:32:41.980><c> is</c><00:32:42.059><c> something</c><00:32:42.279><c> very,</c>

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.200
very<00:32:42.960><c> similar,</c>

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:45.640
if<00:32:43.400><c> you're</c><00:32:43.460><c> reading</c><00:32:43.680><c> carefully,</c><00:32:44.799><c> to</c><00:32:44.880><c> what</c><00:32:45.019><c> was</c><00:32:45.220><c> occurring</c><00:32:45.480><c> in</c>

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.779
Genesis<00:32:46.000><c> chapter</c><00:32:46.400><c> 11.</c>

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:50.920
He<00:32:47.299><c> called</c><00:32:47.660><c> the</c><00:32:47.799><c> name</c><00:32:47.940><c> of</c><00:32:48.059><c> the</c><00:32:48.259><c> city</c><00:32:48.480><c> after</c><00:32:48.880><c> the</c><00:32:49.059><c> name</c><00:32:49.359><c> of</c><00:32:49.700><c> his</c><00:32:50.059><c> son.</c>

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:54.799
In<00:32:52.259><c> Genesis</c><00:32:52.559><c> chapter</c><00:32:52.940><c> 11,</c><00:32:53.740><c> the</c><00:32:53.859><c> builders</c><00:32:54.099><c> of</c><00:32:54.339><c> Babel</c><00:32:54.519><c> are</c><00:32:54.660><c> saying,</c>

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:58.259
we<00:32:55.039><c> have</c><00:32:55.319><c> to</c><00:32:55.559><c> make</c><00:32:55.740><c> ourselves</c><00:32:56.400><c> a</c><00:32:56.859><c> name</c><00:32:57.220><c> in</c><00:32:57.700><c> the</c><00:32:57.859><c> building</c><00:32:58.059><c> of</c>

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.759
this<00:32:58.480><c> tower.</c>

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.920
It's<00:32:59.500><c> all</c><00:32:59.740><c> about</c><00:33:00.099><c> human</c><00:33:00.519><c> pride.</c>

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.200
Now,<00:33:01.400><c> I</c><00:33:01.500><c> want</c><00:33:01.660><c> you</c><00:33:01.880><c> to</c><00:33:02.119><c> contrast</c><00:33:02.680><c> that</c><00:33:03.160><c> to</c><00:33:03.400><c> what</c><00:33:03.599><c> happens</c><00:33:03.940><c> at</c>

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:06.640
the<00:33:04.200><c> end</c><00:33:04.420><c> of</c><00:33:04.579><c> Genesis</c><00:33:04.960><c> chapter</c><00:33:05.599><c> 4,</c>

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:11.460
because<00:33:06.900><c> after</c><00:33:09.099><c> Cain</c><00:33:09.460><c> has</c><00:33:09.740><c> a</c><00:33:09.960><c> son</c><00:33:10.099><c> and</c><00:33:10.259><c> he</c><00:33:10.359><c> has</c><00:33:10.619><c> Enoch</c><00:33:11.000><c> and</c><00:33:11.279><c> he</c>

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.140
builds<00:33:11.740><c> a</c><00:33:11.940><c> city,</c>

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:16.619
it<00:33:12.460><c> also</c><00:33:12.819><c> says</c><00:33:13.140><c> that</c><00:33:13.500><c> Adam</c><00:33:14.039><c> knew</c><00:33:14.400><c> his</c><00:33:14.660><c> wife</c><00:33:15.039><c> again,</c><00:33:15.680><c> in</c><00:33:15.799><c> verse</c><00:33:16.019><c> 25,</c>

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:20.579
and<00:33:17.019><c> she</c><00:33:17.319><c> bare</c><00:33:17.559><c> a</c><00:33:17.779><c> son</c><00:33:18.019><c> and</c><00:33:18.759><c> called</c><00:33:19.099><c> his</c><00:33:19.319><c> name</c><00:33:19.660><c> Seth.</c>

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:25.799
For<00:33:21.460><c> God,</c><00:33:22.059><c> said</c><00:33:22.220><c> she,</c><00:33:23.079><c> had</c><00:33:23.299><c> appointed</c><00:33:23.680><c> me</c><00:33:24.099><c> another</c><00:33:24.559><c> seed</c><00:33:24.980><c> instead</c><00:33:25.539><c> of</c>

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:28.039
Abel,<00:33:26.559><c> whom</c><00:33:26.720><c> Cain</c><00:33:27.180><c> slew.</c>

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:32.119
And<00:33:28.779><c> to</c><00:33:29.119><c> Seth,</c><00:33:29.500><c> to</c><00:33:29.559><c> him</c><00:33:29.779><c> also</c><00:33:30.099><c> there</c><00:33:30.259><c> was</c><00:33:30.480><c> born</c><00:33:30.660><c> a</c><00:33:30.859><c> son,</c><00:33:31.740><c> and</c><00:33:31.859><c> he</c>

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:34.799
called<00:33:32.339><c> his</c><00:33:32.559><c> name</c><00:33:33.440><c> Enos.</c>

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:39.759
Then<00:33:35.779><c> began</c><00:33:36.319><c> men</c><00:33:36.859><c> to</c><00:33:37.859><c> call</c><00:33:38.339><c> upon</c><00:33:38.819><c> the</c><00:33:39.000><c> name</c><00:33:39.279><c> of</c><00:33:39.460><c> the</c><00:33:39.579><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.880
And<00:33:39.880><c> if</c><00:33:40.220><c> anybody</c><00:33:40.539><c> else</c><00:33:40.779><c> has</c><00:33:40.960><c> another</c><00:33:41.279><c> translation,</c>

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:44.140
or<00:33:42.319><c> if</c><00:33:42.420><c> you</c><00:33:42.519><c> actually</c><00:33:42.720><c> look</c><00:33:42.880><c> in</c><00:33:43.000><c> the</c><00:33:43.180><c> margin</c><00:33:43.460><c> of</c><00:33:43.640><c> your</c><00:33:43.819><c> Bible,</c>

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:50.319
it<00:33:44.579><c> says,</c><00:33:45.259><c> then</c><00:33:45.579><c> began</c><00:33:46.059><c> men</c><00:33:46.599><c> to</c><00:33:47.339><c> call</c><00:33:47.660><c> themselves</c><00:33:48.599><c> by</c><00:33:49.819><c> the</c><00:33:49.980><c> name</c><00:33:50.119><c> of</c>

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:51.200
the<00:33:50.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:54.599
You<00:33:51.480><c> see</c><00:33:51.619><c> the</c><00:33:51.700><c> difference</c><00:33:52.039><c> between</c><00:33:52.359><c> that</c><00:33:52.740><c> in</c><00:33:52.740><c> Genesis</c><00:33:53.019><c> 4</c><00:33:53.359><c> and</c><00:33:53.500><c> 17?</c>

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:57.299
Genesis<00:33:55.039><c> 4</c><00:33:55.319><c> and</c><00:33:55.440><c> 17,</c><00:33:56.220><c> and</c><00:33:56.420><c> in</c><00:33:56.559><c> the</c><00:33:56.700><c> tower</c><00:33:56.900><c> of</c><00:33:57.119><c> Babel,</c>

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:59.480
they're<00:33:57.500><c> making</c><00:33:57.779><c> themselves</c><00:33:58.480><c> a</c><00:33:58.660><c> name.</c>

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.319
But<00:34:00.119><c> at</c><00:34:00.259><c> the</c><00:34:00.259><c> end</c><00:34:00.440><c> of</c><00:34:00.579><c> Genesis</c><00:34:00.880><c> 4,</c>

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:04.220
it<00:34:01.680><c> says</c><00:34:01.940><c> that</c><00:34:02.180><c> these</c><00:34:02.359><c> people</c><00:34:02.619><c> are</c><00:34:02.859><c> taking</c><00:34:03.079><c> on</c><00:34:03.319><c> the</c><00:34:03.420><c> name</c><00:34:03.579><c> of</c><00:34:03.799><c> God,</c>

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:06.000
and<00:34:04.759><c> they're</c><00:34:05.000><c> identifying</c><00:34:05.460><c> with</c><00:34:05.740><c> him.</c>

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:11.559
It's<00:34:06.599><c> a</c><00:34:06.700><c> wonderful</c><00:34:07.079><c> contrast</c><00:34:07.680><c> here</c><00:34:08.900><c> in</c><00:34:10.599><c> Genesis</c><00:34:11.000><c> chapter</c><00:34:11.380><c> 4.</c>

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:15.579
The<00:34:11.860><c> calling</c><00:34:12.039><c> by</c><00:34:12.260><c> the</c><00:34:12.420><c> name</c><00:34:12.880><c> of</c><00:34:14.119><c> your</c><00:34:14.340><c> son</c><00:34:14.739><c> a</c><00:34:15.360><c> city,</c>

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:19.800
and<00:34:15.900><c> then</c><00:34:16.159><c> finally</c><00:34:16.440><c> calling</c><00:34:16.960><c> yourself</c><00:34:18.280><c> by</c><00:34:18.500><c> the</c><00:34:18.619><c> name</c><00:34:18.719><c> of</c><00:34:18.880><c> the</c><00:34:19.019><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:24.119
And<00:34:21.760><c> so</c><00:34:21.840><c> that</c><00:34:21.920><c> comes</c><00:34:22.139><c> to</c><00:34:22.380><c> another</c><00:34:22.760><c> item</c><00:34:23.059><c> which</c><00:34:23.500><c> we'll</c><00:34:23.920><c> just</c>

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:26.159
briefly<00:34:24.380><c> talk</c><00:34:24.699><c> about.</c>

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:29.980
Nimrod,<00:34:27.400><c> build</c><00:34:27.639><c> a</c><00:34:27.860><c> city</c><00:34:28.019><c> and</c><00:34:28.260><c> a</c><00:34:28.539><c> tower</c><00:34:28.619><c> for</c><00:34:28.880><c> the</c><00:34:29.119><c> glory</c><00:34:29.460><c> of</c><00:34:29.760><c> the</c>

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:32.639
name<00:34:30.559><c> of</c><00:34:31.780><c> man.</c>

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:44.800
You<00:34:42.840><c> know,</c><00:34:42.980><c> it's</c><00:34:43.139><c> interesting,</c><00:34:43.500><c> this</c><00:34:43.579><c> picture</c><00:34:43.880><c> right</c><00:34:44.139><c> here,</c>

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:46.900
because<00:34:45.400><c> this</c><00:34:45.619><c> is</c><00:34:45.780><c> an</c><00:34:46.059><c> artist's</c><00:34:46.579><c> impression.</c>

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.480
Obviously,<00:34:47.380><c> we</c><00:34:47.460><c> don't</c><00:34:47.619><c> know</c><00:34:47.719><c> what</c><00:34:47.840><c> the</c><00:34:48.000><c> tower</c><00:34:48.199><c> of</c><00:34:48.380><c> Babel</c>

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.880
looked<00:34:48.679><c> like.</c>

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:50.980
This<00:34:49.039><c> is</c><00:34:49.219><c> an</c><00:34:49.400><c> artist's</c><00:34:49.880><c> impression</c><00:34:50.159><c> of</c><00:34:50.300><c> what</c><00:34:50.420><c> the</c><00:34:50.599><c> tower</c><00:34:50.780><c> of</c>

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:52.619
Babel<00:34:51.599><c> looks</c><00:34:52.119><c> like.</c>

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:56.820
I'm<00:34:53.179><c> not</c><00:34:53.400><c> exactly</c><00:34:53.719><c> sure</c><00:34:54.079><c> how</c><00:34:54.300><c> to</c><00:34:54.739><c> pronounce</c><00:34:55.079><c> this</c><00:34:55.420><c> gentleman's</c><00:34:55.820><c> name</c><00:34:55.940><c> up</c><00:34:56.119><c> here,</c>

00:34:56.820 --> 00:35:01.460
but<00:34:57.519><c> that's</c><00:34:57.880><c> his</c><00:34:58.280><c> impression</c><00:34:58.739><c> of</c><00:34:58.920><c> the</c><00:34:59.039><c> tower</c><00:34:59.440><c> of</c><00:35:00.380><c> Babel.</c>

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:04.780
Now,<00:35:01.840><c> if</c><00:35:01.960><c> you</c><00:35:02.079><c> look</c><00:35:02.239><c> at</c><00:35:02.440><c> it,</c><00:35:03.679><c> it's</c><00:35:04.079><c> not</c><00:35:04.340><c> finished.</c>

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:06.760
And<00:35:05.179><c> that's</c><00:35:05.360><c> kind</c><00:35:05.500><c> of</c><00:35:05.599><c> the</c><00:35:05.639><c> whole</c><00:35:05.900><c> point.</c>

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:10.039
The<00:35:06.920><c> whole</c><00:35:07.199><c> point</c><00:35:07.380><c> was</c><00:35:07.579><c> that</c><00:35:08.079><c> God</c><00:35:08.659><c> intervened</c><00:35:09.519><c> in</c><00:35:09.659><c> Genesis</c>

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.679
chapter<00:35:10.420><c> 11,</c>

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:12.360
and<00:35:10.820><c> he</c><00:35:11.119><c> confounded</c><00:35:11.519><c> the</c><00:35:11.820><c> languages</c>

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:15.900
so<00:35:13.219><c> that</c><00:35:13.380><c> the</c><00:35:13.559><c> people</c><00:35:13.699><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:13.900><c> be</c><00:35:14.139><c> able</c><00:35:14.280><c> to</c><00:35:14.699><c> continue</c><00:35:15.000><c> building,</c>

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.360
and<00:35:16.219><c> the</c><00:35:16.400><c> building</c><00:35:16.559><c> was</c><00:35:16.860><c> left</c><00:35:17.119><c> off.</c>

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:20.000
It<00:35:17.579><c> says</c><00:35:17.739><c> that</c><00:35:17.920><c> they</c><00:35:18.159><c> left</c><00:35:18.480><c> off</c><00:35:19.019><c> building,</c>

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:24.019
left<00:35:20.960><c> off</c><00:35:21.199><c> to</c><00:35:21.400><c> build</c><00:35:21.559><c> the</c><00:35:21.800><c> city</c><00:35:22.059><c> in</c><00:35:22.380><c> Genesis</c><00:35:22.699><c> chapter</c><00:35:23.079><c> 11.</c>

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:26.719
Well,<00:35:24.920><c> if</c><00:35:25.099><c> you</c><00:35:25.239><c> look</c><00:35:25.360><c> on</c><00:35:25.619><c> the</c><00:35:25.800><c> right,</c>

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.639
I'm<00:35:27.500><c> sorry</c><00:35:27.659><c> it's</c><00:35:27.880><c> not</c><00:35:28.059><c> too</c><00:35:28.360><c> clear,</c>

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.840
but<00:35:29.280><c> this</c><00:35:29.480><c> is</c><00:35:29.719><c> a</c><00:35:29.860><c> poster</c>

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:35.340
that<00:35:33.539><c> is</c><00:35:33.760><c> promoting</c><00:35:34.139><c> the</c><00:35:34.440><c> European</c><00:35:34.840><c> Union,</c>

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.659
and<00:35:35.960><c> it</c><00:35:36.179><c> should</c><00:35:36.280><c> look</c><00:35:36.460><c> pretty</c><00:35:36.719><c> familiar,</c>

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:42.000
because<00:35:38.500><c> this</c><00:35:38.800><c> poster</c><00:35:39.179><c> is</c><00:35:39.480><c> actually</c><00:35:39.920><c> supposed</c><00:35:40.440><c> to</c>

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:44.599
identify<00:35:43.320><c> with</c><00:35:43.579><c> this</c><00:35:43.820><c> tower</c><00:35:44.059><c> of</c><00:35:44.340><c> Babel.</c>

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:47.599
So<00:35:45.139><c> this</c><00:35:45.260><c> is</c><00:35:45.699><c> the</c><00:35:45.840><c> kind</c><00:35:46.059><c> of</c><00:35:46.360><c> thought,</c><00:35:46.719><c> especially</c><00:35:47.059><c> if</c><00:35:47.500><c> you</c>

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:49.260
read<00:35:47.820><c> this.</c>

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:56.619
You<00:35:51.420><c> see</c><00:35:51.900><c> it</c><00:35:51.980><c> says,</c><00:35:53.179><c> Europe,</c><00:35:53.739><c> many</c><00:35:54.239><c> tongues,</c><00:35:55.139><c> one</c><00:35:55.519><c> voice.</c>

00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:01.179
It's<00:35:58.500><c> just</c><00:35:58.739><c> the</c><00:35:58.920><c> opposite</c><00:35:59.239><c> of</c><00:35:59.400><c> Genesis</c><00:35:59.719><c> chapter</c><00:36:00.139><c> 11,</c>

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:02.780
because<00:36:01.360><c> in</c><00:36:01.599><c> Genesis</c><00:36:01.920><c> chapter</c><00:36:02.340><c> 11,</c>

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:04.440
when<00:36:03.099><c> the</c><00:36:03.360><c> people</c><00:36:03.579><c> came</c><00:36:03.880><c> together,</c>

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:07.039
God<00:36:05.099><c> confounded</c><00:36:05.780><c> the</c><00:36:06.079><c> languages</c><00:36:06.440><c> of</c><00:36:06.639><c> the</c><00:36:06.820><c> people,</c>

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.380
and<00:36:07.260><c> he</c><00:36:07.539><c> split</c><00:36:07.679><c> up</c><00:36:07.920><c> the</c><00:36:08.119><c> languages,</c>

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.960
and<00:36:08.539><c> they</c><00:36:08.619><c> didn't</c><00:36:08.800><c> have</c><00:36:09.019><c> one</c><00:36:09.280><c> voice</c><00:36:09.539><c> anymore,</c>

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.780
and<00:36:10.340><c> they</c><00:36:10.519><c> left</c><00:36:10.760><c> off</c><00:36:11.019><c> building</c><00:36:11.300><c> the</c><00:36:11.539><c> city.</c>

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:14.119
But<00:36:12.340><c> what</c><00:36:12.539><c> the</c><00:36:12.699><c> European</c><00:36:13.119><c> Union</c><00:36:13.380><c> is</c><00:36:13.500><c> saying</c><00:36:13.780><c> is</c><00:36:14.000><c> that,</c>

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:17.380
you<00:36:14.199><c> know</c><00:36:14.360><c> what,</c><00:36:15.260><c> we're</c><00:36:15.619><c> going</c><00:36:15.659><c> to</c><00:36:15.780><c> reverse</c><00:36:16.039><c> that.</c>

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:20.599
And<00:36:18.440><c> they</c><00:36:18.719><c> thumb</c><00:36:18.840><c> their</c><00:36:19.019><c> nose</c><00:36:19.260><c> at</c><00:36:19.440><c> God.</c>

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:25.260
It's<00:36:22.300><c> just</c><00:36:22.820><c> very</c><00:36:23.539><c> startling</c><00:36:23.860><c> to</c><00:36:24.019><c> see</c><00:36:24.179><c> that.</c>

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:28.460
Well,<00:36:26.019><c> it</c><00:36:26.059><c> wasn't</c><00:36:26.219><c> just</c><00:36:26.500><c> a</c><00:36:26.639><c> poster</c><00:36:26.880><c> that</c><00:36:27.039><c> they</c><00:36:27.199><c> put</c><00:36:27.380><c> out.</c>

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:31.840
It's<00:36:30.199><c> the</c><00:36:30.360><c> building</c><00:36:30.639><c> that</c><00:36:30.820><c> they</c><00:36:30.960><c> meet</c><00:36:31.179><c> at,</c>

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.940
because<00:36:32.579><c> they've</c><00:36:32.860><c> actually</c><00:36:33.380><c> based</c>

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:36.360
the<00:36:34.679><c> architecture</c><00:36:35.159><c> of</c><00:36:35.699><c> the</c><00:36:35.980><c> building</c>

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:38.280
upon<00:36:37.019><c> that</c><00:36:37.280><c> very</c><00:36:37.519><c> painting</c><00:36:37.800><c> itself.</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.659
And<00:36:38.699><c> they</c><00:36:38.840><c> don't</c><00:36:39.000><c> hide</c><00:36:39.239><c> the</c><00:36:39.480><c> fact.</c>

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:42.519
They<00:36:40.099><c> say</c><00:36:40.400><c> that</c><00:36:40.559><c> they're</c><00:36:40.800><c> trying</c><00:36:41.159><c> to</c><00:36:41.460><c> identify</c><00:36:41.980><c> with</c><00:36:42.260><c> this.</c>

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:46.280
They're<00:36:43.179><c> trying</c><00:36:43.300><c> to</c><00:36:43.840><c> identify</c><00:36:44.260><c> with</c><00:36:44.539><c> this</c><00:36:44.760><c> spirit</c><00:36:45.420><c> of</c><00:36:45.980><c> Babel</c>

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:48.199
in<00:36:46.519><c> Genesis</c><00:36:46.860><c> chapter</c><00:36:47.280><c> 11.</c>

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:50.300
And<00:36:48.500><c> God</c><00:36:48.659><c> is</c><00:36:49.000><c> crying</c><00:36:49.280><c> out</c><00:36:49.559><c> for</c><00:36:49.699><c> us</c><00:36:49.900><c> to</c><00:36:50.119><c> see</c>

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.800
that<00:36:50.440><c> there</c><00:36:50.659><c> is</c><00:36:50.780><c> an</c><00:36:50.980><c> identification</c><00:36:51.480><c> here.</c>

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:53.980
We're<00:36:52.280><c> not</c><00:36:52.440><c> going</c><00:36:52.559><c> to</c><00:36:52.639><c> spend</c><00:36:52.840><c> too</c><00:36:53.139><c> much</c><00:36:53.340><c> time</c><00:36:53.599><c> on</c><00:36:53.780><c> this,</c>

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:56.179
because<00:36:54.320><c> other</c><00:36:54.760><c> lectures</c><00:36:55.119><c> will</c><00:36:55.360><c> cover</c><00:36:55.559><c> it,</c>

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:57.219
I'm<00:36:56.440><c> sure,</c><00:36:56.639><c> in</c><00:36:56.780><c> more</c><00:36:56.960><c> detail.</c>

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.780
And<00:36:57.380><c> we</c><00:36:57.480><c> have</c><00:36:57.619><c> from</c><00:36:57.800><c> this</c><00:36:58.039><c> podium</c><00:36:58.280><c> before.</c>

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:01.119
But<00:36:59.400><c> I</c><00:36:59.460><c> just</c><00:36:59.619><c> want</c><00:36:59.679><c> you</c><00:36:59.820><c> to</c><00:37:00.039><c> consider</c><00:37:00.239><c> something.</c>

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:04.840
And<00:37:02.199><c> this</c><00:37:02.360><c> is</c><00:37:02.579><c> found</c><00:37:02.719><c> in</c><00:37:02.900><c> Revelation</c><00:37:03.320><c> chapter</c><00:37:03.739><c> 17.</c>

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:09.000
You<00:37:07.179><c> know,</c><00:37:07.380><c> the</c><00:37:07.440><c> city</c><00:37:07.639><c> of</c><00:37:07.860><c> Babylon,</c>

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:13.539
you<00:37:12.480><c> can</c><00:37:12.659><c> go</c><00:37:12.800><c> there</c><00:37:13.000><c> today.</c>

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:16.039
There's<00:37:14.300><c> not</c><00:37:14.440><c> much</c><00:37:14.619><c> there.</c>

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:21.619
They<00:37:20.440><c> have</c><00:37:20.579><c> some</c><00:37:20.860><c> crumbling</c><00:37:21.179><c> walls.</c>

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:24.480
You<00:37:22.199><c> don't</c><00:37:22.340><c> really</c><00:37:22.559><c> have</c><00:37:22.719><c> anybody</c><00:37:23.079><c> living</c><00:37:23.400><c> in</c><00:37:23.679><c> Babylon</c><00:37:24.019><c> right</c><00:37:24.340><c> now.</c>

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:26.920
It's<00:37:24.699><c> not</c><00:37:25.139><c> the</c><00:37:25.239><c> nicest</c><00:37:25.519><c> place</c><00:37:25.820><c> to</c><00:37:26.039><c> live.</c>

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:30.840
But<00:37:29.440><c> in</c><00:37:29.639><c> the</c><00:37:29.800><c> prophecy</c><00:37:30.139><c> of</c><00:37:30.380><c> Revelation,</c>

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.820
God<00:37:31.239><c> is</c><00:37:31.619><c> speaking</c>

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:34.780
about<00:37:33.820><c> a</c><00:37:34.059><c> time</c><00:37:34.300><c> when</c>

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:37.300
people<00:37:35.139><c> would</c><00:37:35.480><c> unite</c><00:37:35.800><c> themselves</c><00:37:36.500><c> again.</c>

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:39.539
And<00:37:38.000><c> the</c><00:37:38.400><c> spirit</c><00:37:38.699><c> that</c><00:37:38.880><c> they</c><00:37:39.039><c> would</c><00:37:39.239><c> embody</c>

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:41.599
will<00:37:39.739><c> be</c><00:37:39.880><c> the</c><00:37:40.019><c> spirit</c><00:37:40.440><c> of</c><00:37:40.760><c> Babylon.</c>

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:43.739
And<00:37:42.420><c> so</c><00:37:42.579><c> we'll</c><00:37:42.719><c> just</c><00:37:42.920><c> begin</c><00:37:43.139><c> at</c><00:37:43.360><c> verse,</c>

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:45.739
we'll<00:37:44.440><c> just</c><00:37:44.639><c> look</c><00:37:44.800><c> at</c><00:37:44.920><c> verse</c><00:37:45.219><c> 12.</c>

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:49.139
And<00:37:46.179><c> again,</c><00:37:46.340><c> we're</c><00:37:46.460><c> reading</c><00:37:46.699><c> about,</c><00:37:47.519><c> in</c><00:37:48.159><c> Revelation,</c>

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:51.179
it's<00:37:49.500><c> difficult</c><00:37:49.820><c> to</c><00:37:50.079><c> just</c><00:37:50.280><c> jump</c><00:37:50.500><c> into</c><00:37:50.739><c> Revelation,</c>

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:52.739
but<00:37:51.360><c> these</c><00:37:51.579><c> are</c><00:37:51.780><c> symbolic</c><00:37:52.300><c> things.</c>

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.599
There<00:37:53.300><c> are</c><00:37:53.300><c> many</c><00:37:53.519><c> people</c><00:37:53.739><c> that</c><00:37:53.960><c> read</c><00:37:54.099><c> Revelation</c>

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:57.340
and<00:37:55.500><c> get</c><00:37:55.760><c> through</c><00:37:55.960><c> a</c><00:37:56.059><c> couple</c><00:37:56.239><c> pages</c><00:37:56.599><c> and</c><00:37:56.940><c> close</c><00:37:57.139><c> it,</c>

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.139
because<00:37:57.539><c> they're</c><00:37:57.760><c> afraid,</c>

00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:00.360
because<00:37:58.780><c> they</c><00:37:58.960><c> read</c><00:37:59.099><c> about</c>

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:02.860
dragons<00:38:01.340><c> with</c><00:38:01.619><c> horns</c><00:38:01.960><c> and</c><00:38:02.139><c> things</c><00:38:02.380><c> like</c><00:38:02.679><c> that.</c>

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:04.960
But<00:38:03.260><c> when</c><00:38:03.699><c> you</c><00:38:03.940><c> look</c><00:38:04.280><c> at</c>

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:07.219
the<00:38:05.119><c> way</c><00:38:05.260><c> that</c><00:38:05.440><c> the</c><00:38:05.539><c> Bible</c><00:38:05.739><c> is</c><00:38:06.119><c> describing</c><00:38:06.559><c> things,</c>

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:09.960
the<00:38:07.699><c> Bible</c><00:38:08.039><c> describes</c><00:38:09.179><c> nations,</c>

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:12.059
just<00:38:10.679><c> like</c><00:38:10.960><c> he</c><00:38:11.079><c> describes</c><00:38:11.539><c> beasts.</c>

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:13.760
Remember,<00:38:12.619><c> we</c><00:38:12.760><c> looked</c><00:38:12.900><c> at</c><00:38:13.059><c> the</c><00:38:13.219><c> Assyrians,</c>

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:16.619
and<00:38:14.300><c> they</c><00:38:14.460><c> identify</c><00:38:14.780><c> themselves</c><00:38:15.199><c> with</c><00:38:15.420><c> the</c><00:38:15.679><c> lions.</c>

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:19.059
It's<00:38:17.059><c> the</c><00:38:17.179><c> same</c><00:38:17.420><c> kind</c><00:38:17.659><c> of</c><00:38:17.860><c> idea</c><00:38:18.119><c> here.</c>

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.539
And<00:38:19.480><c> so</c><00:38:19.579><c> this</c><00:38:19.739><c> is</c><00:38:20.000><c> representative</c>

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:22.599
of<00:38:20.780><c> a</c><00:38:20.960><c> certain</c><00:38:21.199><c> kind</c><00:38:21.559><c> of</c><00:38:21.840><c> political</c><00:38:22.219><c> power,</c>

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:24.519
just<00:38:22.860><c> like</c><00:38:23.059><c> Assyria</c><00:38:23.440><c> was</c><00:38:23.599><c> a</c><00:38:23.820><c> political</c><00:38:24.099><c> power.</c>

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:26.760
That<00:38:24.980><c> was</c><00:38:25.139><c> to</c><00:38:25.420><c> come</c><00:38:25.519><c> on</c><00:38:25.739><c> the</c><00:38:25.940><c> scene.</c>

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:29.159
And<00:38:27.019><c> it</c><00:38:27.239><c> says</c><00:38:27.420><c> in</c><00:38:27.659><c> verse</c><00:38:28.380><c> 12,</c>

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:31.179
that<00:38:29.360><c> the</c><00:38:29.559><c> ten</c><00:38:29.900><c> horns</c><00:38:30.320><c> which</c><00:38:30.619><c> thou</c><00:38:30.920><c> sawest</c>

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:33.679
are<00:38:31.940><c> ten</c><00:38:32.360><c> kings</c><00:38:32.840><c> which</c><00:38:33.199><c> have</c><00:38:33.360><c> received,</c>

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:35.360
no<00:38:33.920><c> kingdom</c><00:38:34.219><c> as</c><00:38:34.420><c> yet,</c>

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:37.420
but<00:38:36.099><c> receive</c><00:38:36.519><c> power</c><00:38:36.880><c> as</c><00:38:37.139><c> kings</c>

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:39.239
one<00:38:37.739><c> hour</c><00:38:38.000><c> with</c><00:38:38.199><c> the</c><00:38:38.380><c> beast.</c>

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.699
These<00:38:40.460><c> have</c><00:38:40.980><c> one</c><00:38:41.519><c> mind,</c>

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.699
and<00:38:43.400><c> shall</c><00:38:43.659><c> give</c><00:38:44.000><c> their</c><00:38:44.280><c> power</c>

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:48.019
and<00:38:45.079><c> strength</c><00:38:46.099><c> unto</c><00:38:46.980><c> the</c><00:38:47.239><c> beast.</c>

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:51.420
And<00:38:50.179><c> even</c><00:38:50.340><c> though</c><00:38:50.519><c> they</c><00:38:50.659><c> have</c><00:38:50.920><c> one</c><00:38:51.139><c> mind,</c>

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.619
you<00:38:51.539><c> know</c><00:38:51.599><c> what's</c><00:38:51.739><c> wonderful</c><00:38:52.119><c> about</c><00:38:52.400><c> this,</c>

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:54.699
is<00:38:52.780><c> when</c><00:38:52.900><c> you</c><00:38:53.019><c> look</c><00:38:53.179><c> at</c><00:38:53.280><c> verse</c><00:38:53.559><c> 15,</c>

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:56.599
they're<00:38:55.199><c> comprised</c><00:38:55.860><c> of</c><00:38:56.179><c> a</c><00:38:56.280><c> whole</c><00:38:56.420><c> bunch</c>

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:58.019
of<00:38:56.820><c> different</c><00:38:57.039><c> languages.</c>

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:01.059
And<00:38:59.199><c> it</c><00:38:59.360><c> says</c><00:38:59.579><c> that</c><00:39:00.099><c> in</c><00:39:00.400><c> verse</c><00:39:00.659><c> 15,</c>

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.860
he<00:39:01.260><c> saith</c><00:39:01.480><c> unto</c><00:39:01.679><c> me,</c>

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.900
the<00:39:02.099><c> waters</c><00:39:02.500><c> which</c><00:39:02.760><c> thou</c><00:39:03.019><c> sawest,</c>

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:06.059
so<00:39:04.400><c> he</c><00:39:04.539><c> sees</c><00:39:04.840><c> this</c><00:39:05.639><c> picture</c>

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:07.739
with<00:39:06.360><c> a</c><00:39:06.579><c> woman</c><00:39:06.860><c> riding</c><00:39:07.179><c> a</c><00:39:07.420><c> beast</c>

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:09.219
over<00:39:08.360><c> a</c><00:39:08.480><c> bunch</c><00:39:08.699><c> of</c><00:39:08.980><c> waters.</c>

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:11.719
And<00:39:09.440><c> he</c><00:39:09.500><c> says,</c><00:39:09.760><c> I'm</c><00:39:09.800><c> not</c><00:39:10.019><c> talking</c><00:39:10.300><c> about</c><00:39:10.739><c> waters</c><00:39:11.159><c> literally.</c>

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:13.780
He's<00:39:12.019><c> saying</c><00:39:12.219><c> that</c><00:39:12.420><c> the</c><00:39:12.619><c> waters</c><00:39:12.900><c> that</c><00:39:13.139><c> you</c><00:39:13.400><c> saw</c>

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.280
where<00:39:14.360><c> this</c><00:39:14.599><c> woman</c><00:39:14.880><c> sat</c>

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:17.719
are<00:39:15.840><c> people</c><00:39:16.440><c> and</c><00:39:16.980><c> multitudes</c>

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:19.460
and<00:39:18.239><c> nations</c>

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.800
and<00:39:20.880><c> tongues.</c>

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:26.400
And<00:39:24.239><c> so</c><00:39:24.360><c> what's</c><00:39:24.599><c> the</c><00:39:24.739><c> name</c><00:39:24.840><c> of</c><00:39:25.019><c> this</c><00:39:25.179><c> great</c><00:39:25.420><c> city?</c>

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:30.480
It<00:39:28.519><c> tells</c><00:39:28.719><c> us</c><00:39:28.880><c> in</c><00:39:29.039><c> verse</c><00:39:29.260><c> 5.</c>

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:32.059
It<00:39:30.800><c> says,</c><00:39:31.340><c> upon</c><00:39:31.360><c> her</c><00:39:31.699><c> forehead</c>

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:33.260
was<00:39:32.320><c> a</c><00:39:32.460><c> name</c><00:39:32.699><c> written.</c>

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:34.880
Mystery?

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.940
Babylon<00:39:35.719><c> the</c><00:39:36.019><c> Great.</c>

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:39.079
Or<00:39:38.400><c> Babel</c><00:39:38.659><c> the</c><00:39:38.900><c> Great.</c>

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:40.539
Call<00:39:39.420><c> it</c><00:39:39.539><c> what</c><00:39:39.619><c> you</c><00:39:39.820><c> want.</c>

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:43.860
It's<00:39:41.800><c> the</c><00:39:41.980><c> same</c><00:39:42.280><c> idea</c><00:39:42.659><c> carried</c><00:39:43.059><c> from</c><00:39:43.420><c> Genesis,</c>

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:45.019
that<00:39:44.199><c> same</c><00:39:44.500><c> idea</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:46.719
of<00:39:45.559><c> defying</c><00:39:46.260><c> God</c>

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:48.920
and<00:39:47.139><c> of</c><00:39:47.440><c> exalting</c><00:39:47.780><c> yourself</c><00:39:48.239><c> against</c><00:39:48.599><c> God</c>

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:51.019
that<00:39:49.119><c> occurs</c><00:39:49.440><c> there</c><00:39:50.199><c> in</c><00:39:50.500><c> Revelation,</c>

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:53.820
chapter<00:39:51.420><c> 17</c><00:39:52.119><c> as</c><00:39:52.800><c> well.</c>

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:59.300
I<00:39:57.840><c> think</c><00:39:58.000><c> it's</c><00:39:58.119><c> good</c><00:39:58.300><c> to</c><00:39:58.460><c> bring</c><00:39:58.619><c> up</c><00:39:58.760><c> at</c><00:39:58.880><c> this</c><00:39:59.099><c> point</c>

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.679
just<00:39:59.579><c> for</c><00:40:00.300><c> a</c><00:40:00.420><c> moment,</c>

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:03.380
even<00:40:01.059><c> though</c><00:40:01.219><c> we're</c><00:40:01.320><c> not</c><00:40:01.480><c> going</c><00:40:01.639><c> to</c><00:40:01.840><c> concentrate</c><00:40:02.179><c> on</c><00:40:02.340><c> this</c><00:40:02.500><c> tonight,</c>

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:05.579
it's<00:40:04.059><c> good</c><00:40:04.219><c> to</c><00:40:04.380><c> bring</c><00:40:04.460><c> up</c><00:40:04.679><c> the</c><00:40:04.840><c> fact</c>

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.300
that<00:40:06.239><c> Bible</c><00:40:06.719><c> students</c>

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.800
for<00:40:07.900><c> many,</c><00:40:08.239><c> many</c><00:40:08.440><c> years</c>

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:10.559
have<00:40:08.980><c> been</c><00:40:09.219><c> looking</c><00:40:09.440><c> for</c><00:40:09.820><c> certain</c><00:40:10.159><c> signs</c>

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:12.760
to<00:40:10.780><c> come</c><00:40:10.920><c> to</c><00:40:11.119><c> pass</c><00:40:11.559><c> that</c><00:40:12.179><c> have</c><00:40:12.320><c> been</c><00:40:12.519><c> predicted</c>

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:14.659
in<00:40:13.019><c> Scripture.</c><00:40:13.559><c> And</c><00:40:13.920><c> one</c><00:40:14.059><c> of</c><00:40:14.219><c> them</c>

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:16.760
has<00:40:15.000><c> been</c><00:40:15.199><c> the</c><00:40:15.480><c> revival</c><00:40:15.820><c> of</c><00:40:16.079><c> a</c><00:40:16.360><c> system</c>

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:18.420
just<00:40:17.199><c> like</c><00:40:17.440><c> Babylon.</c>

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:20.320
And<00:40:19.460><c> this</c><00:40:19.719><c> system</c>

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:23.019
just<00:40:21.079><c> like</c><00:40:21.360><c> Babylon,</c><00:40:21.980><c> we</c><00:40:22.039><c> are</c><00:40:22.219><c> beginning</c><00:40:22.460><c> to</c><00:40:22.760><c> see</c>

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.199
happening<00:40:23.460><c> right</c><00:40:24.000><c> now.</c>

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:26.460
We're<00:40:24.480><c> beginning</c><00:40:24.760><c> to</c><00:40:25.000><c> see</c><00:40:25.119><c> that</c><00:40:25.380><c> same</c><00:40:25.679><c> kind</c><00:40:26.019><c> of</c><00:40:26.280><c> spirit.</c>

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:28.019
It<00:40:26.679><c> doesn't</c><00:40:26.840><c> just</c><00:40:27.079><c> have</c><00:40:27.239><c> to</c><00:40:27.360><c> do</c><00:40:27.440><c> with</c><00:40:27.559><c> the</c><00:40:27.719><c> building.</c>

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:30.360
This<00:40:28.800><c> is</c><00:40:29.039><c> just</c><00:40:29.219><c> one</c><00:40:29.559><c> piece</c><00:40:29.860><c> of</c><00:40:30.079><c> evidence</c>

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.300
of<00:40:30.579><c> many</c><00:40:30.820><c> that</c><00:40:30.980><c> we</c><00:40:31.179><c> talk</c><00:40:31.360><c> about</c><00:40:31.559><c> from</c><00:40:31.719><c> this</c><00:40:31.900><c> platform</c>

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:34.000
many<00:40:32.619><c> times</c><00:40:32.980><c> over</c><00:40:33.219><c> the</c><00:40:33.300><c> course</c><00:40:33.539><c> of</c><00:40:33.719><c> a</c><00:40:33.760><c> year.</c>

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:36.039
This<00:40:34.539><c> is</c><00:40:34.719><c> basically</c><00:40:35.139><c> the</c><00:40:35.320><c> Roman</c><00:40:35.599><c> Empire</c>

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:37.159
continued.

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:39.760
It's<00:40:37.940><c> picking</c><00:40:38.199><c> up</c><00:40:38.420><c> the</c><00:40:38.559><c> pieces</c><00:40:38.780><c> of</c><00:40:38.980><c> the</c><00:40:39.079><c> Roman</c><00:40:39.239><c> Empire</c>

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:41.760
where<00:40:40.400><c> the</c><00:40:40.579><c> Roman</c><00:40:40.780><c> Empire</c><00:40:41.179><c> left</c><00:40:41.460><c> off.</c>

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:43.739
And<00:40:41.940><c> it</c><00:40:42.059><c> says</c><00:40:42.199><c> that</c><00:40:42.480><c> these</c><00:40:42.699><c> have</c><00:40:43.019><c> one</c><00:40:43.300><c> mind</c>

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:46.500
and<00:40:44.099><c> they</c><00:40:44.300><c> shall</c><00:40:44.420><c> give</c><00:40:44.619><c> their</c><00:40:44.820><c> power</c><00:40:45.119><c> and</c><00:40:45.440><c> strength</c><00:40:45.699><c> unto</c><00:40:45.960><c> the</c><00:40:46.219><c> beast</c>

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:48.360
just<00:40:47.280><c> like</c>

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:50.139
we<00:40:49.079><c> had</c><00:40:49.280><c> happened</c><00:40:49.539><c> in</c><00:40:49.699><c> the</c><00:40:49.860><c> tower</c>

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:51.239
of<00:40:50.400><c> Babel.</c>

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:56.139
And<00:40:54.239><c> so</c><00:40:54.360><c> what's</c><00:40:54.599><c> the</c><00:40:54.739><c> end</c><00:40:54.880><c> of</c><00:40:55.059><c> all</c><00:40:55.179><c> of</c><00:40:55.320><c> that?</c>

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:58.239
Well<00:40:56.840><c> it</c><00:40:56.980><c> tells</c><00:40:57.280><c> us</c><00:40:57.500><c> in</c><00:40:57.760><c> Revelation</c>

00:40:58.239 --> 00:40:59.500
chapter<00:40:58.719><c> 17</c>

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:01.360
verse<00:41:00.079><c> 14.</c>

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.719
It<00:41:02.739><c> says</c><00:41:02.960><c> that</c><00:41:03.119><c> these</c><00:41:03.320><c> who</c><00:41:03.559><c> gather</c>

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:05.760
themselves<00:41:04.179><c> together,</c><00:41:04.940><c> these</c><00:41:04.940><c> shall</c><00:41:05.099><c> make</c><00:41:05.480><c> war</c>

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:08.039
with<00:41:06.039><c> the</c><00:41:06.239><c> lamb</c><00:41:06.559><c> and</c><00:41:07.280><c> the</c><00:41:07.559><c> lamb</c>

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:10.420
shall<00:41:08.380><c> overcome</c><00:41:08.920><c> them.</c><00:41:09.119><c> Who's</c><00:41:09.420><c> the</c><00:41:09.579><c> lamb?</c>

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.940
Well<00:41:11.119><c> we</c><00:41:11.239><c> know</c><00:41:11.500><c> that</c><00:41:11.679><c> that's</c>

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:13.960
Christ.<00:41:13.059><c> We</c><00:41:13.280><c> know</c><00:41:13.519><c> that</c><00:41:13.679><c> that's</c>

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.880
Christ.<00:41:15.159><c> So</c><00:41:15.380><c> we're</c><00:41:15.619><c> actually</c>

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:17.960
being<00:41:16.239><c> told</c><00:41:16.719><c> in</c><00:41:17.119><c> the</c><00:41:17.280><c> book</c><00:41:17.400><c> of</c><00:41:17.619><c> Revelation</c>

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:19.840
and<00:41:18.239><c> Bible</c><00:41:18.599><c> students</c><00:41:18.960><c> have</c><00:41:19.179><c> believed</c><00:41:19.519><c> this</c>

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:21.300
for<00:41:20.320><c> hundreds</c><00:41:20.659><c> of</c><00:41:20.920><c> years</c>

00:41:21.300 --> 00:41:23.840
that<00:41:21.699><c> there</c><00:41:21.880><c> would</c><00:41:22.099><c> come</c><00:41:22.219><c> a</c><00:41:22.519><c> political</c><00:41:22.840><c> power</c><00:41:23.239><c> sometime</c>

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:26.239
who<00:41:24.380><c> would</c><00:41:24.639><c> oppose</c><00:41:25.199><c> the</c><00:41:25.440><c> Lord</c><00:41:25.619><c> Jesus</c><00:41:25.980><c> Christ</c>

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:27.579
when<00:41:26.400><c> he</c><00:41:26.460><c> came</c><00:41:26.699><c> back.</c>

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:29.780
And<00:41:28.159><c> it's</c><00:41:28.400><c> predicted</c><00:41:28.760><c> here</c><00:41:29.119><c> in</c><00:41:29.280><c> Revelation</c>

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:31.760
chapter<00:41:30.239><c> 17.</c><00:41:31.039><c> And</c><00:41:31.260><c> we're</c><00:41:31.500><c> seeing</c>

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:34.039
that<00:41:32.079><c> power</c><00:41:32.420><c> come</c><00:41:32.679><c> together</c><00:41:33.039><c> today</c>

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.719
right<00:41:34.960><c> before</c><00:41:35.320><c> our</c><00:41:35.559><c> eyes.</c>

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:37.719
Not<00:41:36.039><c> just</c><00:41:36.360><c> in</c><00:41:36.559><c> these</c><00:41:37.039><c> few</c><00:41:37.360><c> pictures</c>

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:40.340
that<00:41:37.880><c> I've</c><00:41:38.099><c> shown</c><00:41:38.260><c> to</c><00:41:38.400><c> you.</c><00:41:38.500><c> But</c><00:41:38.639><c> these</c><00:41:38.860><c> are</c><00:41:39.280><c> trends</c><00:41:39.559><c> which</c>

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.019
Bible<00:41:41.360><c> students</c><00:41:41.679><c> have</c><00:41:41.840><c> been</c>

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:43.900
following<00:41:42.280><c> for</c><00:41:42.559><c> many,</c><00:41:42.820><c> many</c><00:41:42.980><c> years.</c>

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.840
Well<00:41:45.420><c> you</c><00:41:45.699><c> know</c>

00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:47.739
I'd<00:41:46.019><c> like</c><00:41:46.119><c> to</c><00:41:46.360><c> end</c><00:41:46.619><c> on</c>

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:49.239
a<00:41:48.519><c> positive</c><00:41:49.000><c> note.</c>

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:51.320
We've<00:41:50.039><c> been</c><00:41:50.059><c> through</c><00:41:50.280><c> some,</c><00:41:50.480><c> we've</c><00:41:50.719><c> trodden</c><00:41:50.900><c> through</c><00:41:51.099><c> some</c>

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:52.000
heavy<00:41:51.500><c> material.</c>

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:54.320
We've<00:41:52.900><c> looked</c><00:41:53.059><c> at</c><00:41:53.219><c> the</c><00:41:53.360><c> fact</c><00:41:53.539><c> that</c>

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:56.039
Babylon<00:41:54.719><c> has</c><00:41:54.980><c> its</c><00:41:55.199><c> roots</c><00:41:55.460><c> in</c><00:41:55.739><c> Genesis</c>

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:58.940
and<00:41:56.280><c> the</c><00:41:56.480><c> same</c><00:41:56.800><c> spirit,</c><00:41:57.300><c> the</c><00:41:57.420><c> same</c><00:41:57.719><c> ideas</c>

00:41:59.199 --> 00:42:00.099
occur<00:41:59.719><c> all</c><00:41:59.920><c> the</c><00:42:00.000><c> way</c>

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:02.300
through<00:42:00.340><c> scripture,</c><00:42:00.820><c> all</c><00:42:01.000><c> the</c><00:42:01.119><c> way</c><00:42:01.239><c> through</c><00:42:01.420><c> the</c><00:42:01.500><c> book</c><00:42:01.659><c> of</c><00:42:01.880><c> Revelation.</c>

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:04.400
And<00:42:02.619><c> we're</c><00:42:02.860><c> seeing</c><00:42:03.079><c> the</c><00:42:03.360><c> same</c><00:42:03.659><c> spirit</c><00:42:03.960><c> today.</c>

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:06.260
Not<00:42:04.940><c> just</c><00:42:05.219><c> in</c><00:42:05.500><c> the</c>

00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:08.119
American<00:42:06.940><c> Humanist</c><00:42:07.440><c> Association</c>

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:10.320
but<00:42:08.659><c> throughout</c><00:42:09.019><c> much</c><00:42:09.239><c> of</c><00:42:09.440><c> the</c><00:42:09.559><c> world,</c><00:42:09.820><c> especially</c>

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:12.260
now<00:42:10.880><c> in</c><00:42:11.420><c> the</c><00:42:11.639><c> political</c><00:42:11.940><c> system</c>

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:14.739
which<00:42:12.500><c> we</c><00:42:12.980><c> see</c><00:42:13.179><c> developing</c><00:42:13.639><c> overseas.</c>

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:18.539
But<00:42:16.159><c> there's</c><00:42:16.320><c> something</c><00:42:16.579><c> else</c><00:42:16.820><c> about</c><00:42:17.360><c> Nimrod</c><00:42:17.780><c> here.</c>

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.360
Besides<00:42:20.960><c> having</c>

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:22.880
an<00:42:21.840><c> absolutely</c><00:42:22.179><c> terrible</c><00:42:22.559><c> name</c>

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:25.699
which<00:42:23.099><c> I</c><00:42:23.239><c> didn't</c><00:42:23.380><c> put</c><00:42:23.539><c> up</c><00:42:23.699><c> there</c><00:42:23.840><c> but</c><00:42:24.000><c> I</c><00:42:24.119><c> figured</c><00:42:24.280><c> you'd</c><00:42:24.739><c> just</c>

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:28.000
understand<00:42:26.219><c> that</c><00:42:26.380><c> to</c><00:42:26.500><c> begin</c><00:42:26.679><c> with.</c>

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:30.079
He<00:42:28.639><c> is</c><00:42:28.880><c> a</c><00:42:29.219><c> deliberate</c>

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:31.139
contrast

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:33.400
to<00:42:32.460><c> Abram.</c>

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:35.079
And<00:42:33.860><c> I</c><00:42:33.960><c> just</c><00:42:34.099><c> want</c><00:42:34.179><c> you</c><00:42:34.320><c> to</c><00:42:34.440><c> consider</c><00:42:34.760><c> something</c>

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:36.500
because<00:42:35.440><c> the</c><00:42:35.699><c> more</c>

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:38.460
that<00:42:36.980><c> you</c><00:42:37.179><c> study</c><00:42:37.519><c> scripture,</c>

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:41.039
the<00:42:38.699><c> more</c><00:42:39.000><c> that</c><00:42:39.159><c> you</c><00:42:39.320><c> will</c><00:42:39.539><c> become</c><00:42:39.880><c> convinced</c>

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:43.820
that<00:42:41.820><c> it</c><00:42:42.000><c> is</c><00:42:42.139><c> what</c><00:42:42.300><c> it</c><00:42:42.480><c> says</c><00:42:42.659><c> it</c><00:42:42.780><c> is.</c>

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.500
There<00:42:44.739><c> are</c><00:42:44.860><c> too</c><00:42:45.039><c> many</c><00:42:45.219><c> things</c>

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:48.019
that<00:42:45.719><c> fit</c><00:42:45.860><c> together</c><00:42:46.199><c> for</c><00:42:46.440><c> that</c><00:42:46.599><c> not</c><00:42:46.719><c> to</c><00:42:46.880><c> be</c><00:42:46.980><c> the</c><00:42:47.139><c> case.</c>

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:50.159
So<00:42:49.420><c> let's</c><00:42:49.639><c> just</c>

00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:51.659
consider<00:42:50.739><c> some</c><00:42:50.980><c> of</c><00:42:51.139><c> these</c><00:42:51.260><c> ideas.</c>

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:53.360
He<00:42:51.860><c> is</c><00:42:52.039><c> a</c><00:42:52.099><c> deliberate</c><00:42:52.599><c> contrast</c>

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:55.579
to<00:42:53.800><c> Abraham,</c><00:42:54.400><c> Nimrod</c><00:42:54.599><c> is.</c>

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:57.679
And<00:42:56.059><c> we'll</c><00:42:56.260><c> consider</c><00:42:56.579><c> those</c><00:42:56.820><c> in</c><00:42:56.920><c> the</c><00:42:57.039><c> next</c><00:42:57.320><c> couple</c>

00:42:57.679 --> 00:43:00.179
minutes<00:42:57.980><c> that</c><00:42:58.119><c> we</c><00:42:58.320><c> have.</c><00:42:58.579><c> We'll</c><00:42:58.659><c> finish</c><00:42:58.860><c> in</c><00:42:59.000><c> about</c><00:42:59.260><c> ten</c><00:42:59.460><c> minutes.</c>

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.780
So<00:43:05.420><c> Nimrod</c>

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.920
and<00:43:05.980><c> Abraham.</c>

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:10.280
We're<00:43:07.880><c> going</c><00:43:07.940><c> to</c><00:43:08.039><c> talk</c><00:43:08.179><c> about</c><00:43:08.340><c> the</c><00:43:08.519><c> things</c><00:43:08.639><c> that</c><00:43:08.820><c> they</c><00:43:08.900><c> had</c><00:43:09.079><c> in</c><00:43:09.320><c> common.</c>

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.719
And<00:43:11.079><c> the</c><00:43:11.219><c> things</c><00:43:11.380><c> that</c>

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:13.099
separated<00:43:11.980><c> them</c><00:43:12.199><c> too.</c>

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:15.739
Well,<00:43:15.440><c> Nimrod</c>

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:19.119
had<00:43:15.940><c> a</c><00:43:16.039><c> city.</c><00:43:16.820><c> He</c><00:43:16.940><c> actually</c><00:43:17.199><c> had</c><00:43:17.340><c> a</c><00:43:17.460><c> number</c><00:43:17.659><c> of</c><00:43:17.820><c> them.</c>

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.920
He<00:43:20.119><c> had</c><00:43:20.360><c> Babel.</c>

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:23.800
In<00:43:21.460><c> Genesis</c><00:43:21.820><c> chapter</c><00:43:22.179><c> 10</c><00:43:22.400><c> it</c><00:43:22.559><c> said</c><00:43:22.719><c> that</c><00:43:22.900><c> he</c><00:43:22.980><c> had</c><00:43:23.179><c> a</c><00:43:23.260><c> number</c><00:43:23.539><c> of</c>

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:25.360
different<00:43:24.059><c> cities.</c><00:43:24.340><c> We</c><00:43:24.440><c> won't</c><00:43:24.639><c> read</c><00:43:24.840><c> them</c><00:43:25.039><c> all.</c>

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:27.519
But<00:43:25.820><c> the</c><00:43:25.980><c> beginning</c><00:43:26.280><c> of</c><00:43:26.440><c> his</c><00:43:26.639><c> kingdom</c><00:43:26.920><c> it</c><00:43:27.139><c> said</c>

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:29.579
was<00:43:28.219><c> Babel.</c>

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:34.420
And<00:43:31.920><c> you</c><00:43:31.980><c> know</c><00:43:32.179><c> Abraham</c><00:43:32.679><c> had</c><00:43:32.960><c> a</c><00:43:33.159><c> city</c><00:43:33.320><c> too.</c>

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:36.000
And<00:43:35.179><c> he</c><00:43:35.280><c> grew</c><00:43:35.420><c> up</c><00:43:35.539><c> in</c><00:43:35.639><c> a</c><00:43:35.840><c> city</c>

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:37.199
called<00:43:36.380><c> Ur.</c>

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:39.400
And<00:43:37.940><c> this</c><00:43:38.159><c> city</c><00:43:38.519><c> was</c>

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:41.659
much<00:43:40.059><c> much</c><00:43:40.519><c> like</c><00:43:41.059><c> Babel</c>

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:43.880
I'm<00:43:41.880><c> persuaded.</c><00:43:42.699><c> Because</c><00:43:43.019><c> they've</c><00:43:43.280><c> actually</c><00:43:43.579><c> found</c>

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:45.940
Ur<00:43:44.159><c> as</c><00:43:44.400><c> well.</c><00:43:44.860><c> Just</c><00:43:44.980><c> as</c><00:43:45.179><c> the</c><00:43:45.280><c> Bible</c><00:43:45.480><c> has</c><00:43:45.760><c> said.</c>

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:48.739
It's<00:43:46.480><c> a</c><00:43:46.619><c> place</c><00:43:46.739><c> with</c><00:43:47.099><c> extensive</c><00:43:47.579><c> libraries.</c>

00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:49.860
It's<00:43:49.320><c> a</c><00:43:49.400><c> place</c><00:43:49.579><c> where</c>

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:51.260
science<00:43:50.219><c> was</c><00:43:50.480><c> definitely</c><00:43:50.900><c> evident.</c>

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:53.900
Rich<00:43:51.900><c> culture.</c><00:43:52.820><c> All</c><00:43:53.059><c> of</c><00:43:53.219><c> those</c><00:43:53.420><c> things</c><00:43:53.659><c> were</c>

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:55.900
in<00:43:54.099><c> Ur.</c><00:43:55.179><c> And</c><00:43:55.440><c> Abraham</c>

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:57.340
lived<00:43:56.400><c> there</c><00:43:56.699><c> with</c><00:43:56.860><c> his</c><00:43:57.059><c> wife.</c>

00:43:57.699 --> 00:44:00.019
And<00:43:57.880><c> God</c><00:43:58.119><c> told</c><00:43:58.340><c> him</c><00:43:58.480><c> to</c><00:43:58.719><c> come</c><00:43:58.880><c> out</c><00:43:59.039><c> of</c><00:43:59.159><c> there.</c>

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:02.079
He<00:44:00.360><c> told</c><00:44:00.500><c> him</c><00:44:00.639><c> to</c><00:44:00.900><c> come</c><00:44:01.079><c> out.</c>

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:05.659
And<00:44:03.739><c> we</c><00:44:03.880><c> read</c><00:44:04.079><c> a</c><00:44:04.239><c> verse</c><00:44:04.400><c> about</c><00:44:04.760><c> Abraham</c><00:44:05.280><c> in</c>

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:07.400
Hebrews<00:44:06.000><c> chapter</c><00:44:06.420><c> 11.</c>

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:09.860
And<00:44:07.860><c> it</c><00:44:08.019><c> talks</c><00:44:08.260><c> about</c><00:44:08.960><c> the</c><00:44:09.420><c> city</c>

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:12.440
that<00:44:10.599><c> he</c><00:44:10.860><c> concerned</c><00:44:11.119><c> himself</c><00:44:11.460><c> with.</c>

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:20.719
Hebrews<00:44:18.260><c> chapter</c><00:44:18.699><c> 11.</c>

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:27.199
And<00:44:26.159><c> it's</c><00:44:26.300><c> actually</c><00:44:26.619><c> talking</c><00:44:26.920><c> about</c>

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:29.719
Abraham<00:44:27.619><c> in</c><00:44:27.960><c> particular</c><00:44:28.340><c> in</c><00:44:28.480><c> this</c><00:44:28.659><c> context.</c>

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.539
And<00:44:31.000><c> it</c><00:44:31.219><c> says</c>

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:34.079
at<00:44:31.860><c> the</c><00:44:32.000><c> end</c><00:44:32.280><c> of</c><00:44:33.260><c> verse</c><00:44:33.460><c> 13</c>

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:35.239
that<00:44:34.679><c> these</c><00:44:34.920><c> people</c>

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:36.980
confessed<00:44:35.800><c> that</c><00:44:35.960><c> they</c><00:44:36.139><c> were</c><00:44:36.440><c> strangers</c>

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:39.119
and<00:44:37.360><c> pilgrims</c><00:44:37.800><c> on</c><00:44:38.000><c> the</c><00:44:38.159><c> earth.</c>

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:41.639
For<00:44:40.320><c> they</c><00:44:40.539><c> that</c><00:44:40.760><c> say</c><00:44:41.039><c> such</c><00:44:41.260><c> things</c>

00:44:41.639 --> 00:44:43.820
declare<00:44:42.119><c> plainly</c><00:44:42.920><c> that</c><00:44:43.260><c> they</c><00:44:43.579><c> seek</c>

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:45.119
a<00:44:44.619><c> country.</c>

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:47.119
And<00:44:46.079><c> in</c><00:44:46.139><c> verse</c><00:44:46.300><c> 16</c><00:44:46.679><c> it</c><00:44:46.840><c> says</c>

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:49.239
And<00:44:47.400><c> now</c><00:44:47.599><c> they</c><00:44:47.880><c> desire</c><00:44:48.159><c> a</c><00:44:48.380><c> better</c><00:44:48.679><c> country</c>

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:51.460
that<00:44:49.739><c> is</c><00:44:50.059><c> in</c><00:44:50.320><c> heavenly</c><00:44:50.619><c> country.</c><00:44:51.059><c> That</c><00:44:51.199><c> means</c>

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:53.500
a<00:44:51.659><c> country</c><00:44:51.920><c> that</c><00:44:52.119><c> God</c><00:44:52.360><c> provides.</c>

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:55.420
Wherefore<00:44:53.900><c> God</c><00:44:54.179><c> is</c><00:44:54.420><c> not</c><00:44:54.579><c> ashamed</c><00:44:54.900><c> to</c><00:44:55.099><c> be</c><00:44:55.260><c> called</c>

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:57.920
their<00:44:55.659><c> God.</c><00:44:56.800><c> For</c><00:44:56.960><c> he</c><00:44:57.199><c> hath</c><00:44:57.460><c> prepared</c>

00:44:57.920 --> 00:44:59.059
for<00:44:58.159><c> them</c>

00:44:59.239 --> 00:45:00.579
a<00:44:59.760><c> city.</c>

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:03.440
God<00:45:01.820><c> has</c><00:45:02.119><c> prepared</c><00:45:02.440><c> a</c><00:45:02.699><c> city</c><00:45:02.860><c> for</c><00:45:03.039><c> them.</c>

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:05.340
God<00:45:04.219><c> has</c><00:45:04.420><c> that</c><00:45:04.679><c> in</c><00:45:04.880><c> store</c><00:45:05.019><c> for</c><00:45:05.239><c> them.</c>

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:07.519
And<00:45:05.480><c> that</c><00:45:05.599><c> was</c><00:45:05.800><c> the</c><00:45:05.880><c> city</c><00:45:06.139><c> that</c><00:45:06.360><c> Abraham</c><00:45:06.699><c> was</c><00:45:06.900><c> looking</c><00:45:07.179><c> for.</c>

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:09.199
He<00:45:08.000><c> looked</c><00:45:08.239><c> at</c><00:45:08.460><c> Ur.</c>

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:11.340
He<00:45:09.539><c> looked</c><00:45:09.739><c> at</c><00:45:09.900><c> the</c><00:45:10.059><c> world</c><00:45:10.219><c> around</c><00:45:10.559><c> him.</c>

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:13.980
And<00:45:11.980><c> he</c><00:45:12.119><c> just</c><00:45:12.400><c> saw</c><00:45:12.559><c> that</c><00:45:12.699><c> it</c><00:45:12.760><c> was</c><00:45:13.019><c> empty.</c>

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:15.679
And<00:45:14.960><c> God</c><00:45:15.199><c> called</c><00:45:15.519><c> him</c>

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:17.159
and<00:45:15.760><c> said</c><00:45:15.880><c> I</c><00:45:15.960><c> want</c><00:45:16.139><c> to</c><00:45:16.280><c> show</c><00:45:16.380><c> you</c><00:45:16.500><c> something</c><00:45:16.820><c> better.</c>

00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:18.579
And<00:45:17.440><c> he</c><00:45:17.679><c> called</c><00:45:17.880><c> him</c><00:45:18.079><c> out</c><00:45:18.219><c> of</c><00:45:18.320><c> it</c>

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:21.420
and<00:45:19.119><c> promised</c><00:45:19.460><c> him</c><00:45:19.619><c> that</c><00:45:19.699><c> he'd</c><00:45:19.840><c> give</c><00:45:19.980><c> him</c><00:45:20.139><c> something</c><00:45:20.440><c> better.</c>

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:23.639
You<00:45:22.559><c> ever</c><00:45:22.699><c> think</c><00:45:22.920><c> about</c><00:45:23.139><c> that?</c>

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:24.880
You<00:45:24.219><c> ever</c><00:45:24.340><c> get</c><00:45:24.519><c> caught</c><00:45:24.739><c> up</c>

00:45:24.880 --> 00:45:26.619
into<00:45:25.340><c> the</c><00:45:25.519><c> routine</c>

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:28.800
of<00:45:27.480><c> getting</c><00:45:27.619><c> up</c><00:45:27.880><c> and</c><00:45:28.079><c> going</c><00:45:28.239><c> to</c><00:45:28.460><c> school</c>

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:30.739
or<00:45:28.980><c> going</c><00:45:29.239><c> to</c><00:45:29.480><c> work</c>

00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:32.360
or<00:45:30.940><c> if</c><00:45:31.300><c> you're</c><00:45:31.539><c> at</c><00:45:31.639><c> home</c>

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:34.659
raising<00:45:33.119><c> children</c><00:45:33.639><c> and</c><00:45:33.980><c> you</c><00:45:34.119><c> get</c><00:45:34.300><c> caught</c><00:45:34.480><c> up</c>

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:37.500
into<00:45:34.780><c> the</c><00:45:34.960><c> routine</c><00:45:35.519><c> and</c><00:45:35.960><c> you</c><00:45:36.199><c> start</c><00:45:36.340><c> to</c><00:45:36.579><c> think</c>

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:40.500
is<00:45:38.900><c> this</c><00:45:39.119><c> all</c><00:45:39.340><c> there</c><00:45:39.539><c> is?</c>

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:45.639
And<00:45:44.440><c> if</c><00:45:44.579><c> it</c><00:45:44.760><c> is,</c>

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:47.739
I<00:45:45.800><c> think</c><00:45:45.940><c> we</c><00:45:46.059><c> should</c><00:45:46.179><c> be</c><00:45:46.300><c> pretty</c><00:45:46.500><c> miserable.</c>

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:50.599
Because

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.840
always

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:53.679
as<00:45:52.539><c> good</c><00:45:52.800><c> as</c><00:45:53.039><c> life</c><00:45:53.199><c> can</c><00:45:53.519><c> get</c>

00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:55.320
even<00:45:53.940><c> as</c><00:45:54.139><c> good</c><00:45:54.340><c> as</c><00:45:54.480><c> life</c><00:45:54.679><c> can</c><00:45:54.940><c> get</c>

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:58.039
the<00:45:56.139><c> things</c><00:45:56.400><c> which</c><00:45:56.619><c> God</c><00:45:56.840><c> has</c><00:45:57.079><c> promised</c><00:45:57.360><c> is</c><00:45:57.639><c> always</c>

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:59.219
way<00:45:58.320><c> over</c><00:45:58.599><c> the</c><00:45:58.760><c> top.</c>

00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:01.239
We<00:45:59.840><c> sometimes</c><00:46:00.219><c> hear</c><00:46:00.400><c> the</c><00:46:00.780><c> expression</c>

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:04.500
if<00:46:01.880><c> you</c><00:46:02.059><c> could</c><00:46:02.199><c> have</c><00:46:02.340><c> a</c><00:46:02.519><c> worse</c><00:46:02.699><c> day</c><00:46:02.900><c> in</c><00:46:03.000><c> the</c><00:46:03.119><c> kingdom</c><00:46:03.340><c> of</c><00:46:03.519><c> God</c>

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:06.199
that<00:46:05.099><c> would</c><00:46:05.239><c> be</c><00:46:05.360><c> better</c><00:46:05.539><c> than</c><00:46:05.679><c> your</c><00:46:05.840><c> best</c><00:46:06.039><c> day</c>

00:46:06.199 --> 00:46:07.340
on<00:46:06.380><c> earth</c><00:46:06.559><c> kind</c><00:46:06.760><c> of</c><00:46:06.880><c> thing.</c>

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:08.900
Your<00:46:07.840><c> worst</c><00:46:08.260><c> day</c><00:46:08.460><c> in</c><00:46:08.579><c> the</c><00:46:08.699><c> kingdom.</c>

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:10.559
There's<00:46:09.119><c> never</c><00:46:09.340><c> going</c><00:46:09.480><c> to</c><00:46:09.539><c> be</c><00:46:09.639><c> a</c><00:46:09.760><c> worse</c><00:46:09.900><c> day</c><00:46:10.079><c> in</c><00:46:10.199><c> the</c><00:46:10.280><c> kingdom.</c>

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.380
We<00:46:10.920><c> know</c><00:46:11.119><c> that.</c>

00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:13.739
But<00:46:12.000><c> that's</c><00:46:12.440><c> the</c><00:46:12.579><c> kind</c><00:46:12.820><c> of</c><00:46:12.960><c> thing</c><00:46:13.099><c> that</c><00:46:13.239><c> we</c><00:46:13.320><c> ought</c><00:46:13.460><c> to</c><00:46:13.579><c> be</c>

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:14.179
thinking<00:46:13.920><c> about.</c>

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:16.280
There's<00:46:14.519><c> much</c><00:46:14.760><c> more</c><00:46:15.239><c> than</c><00:46:15.500><c> just</c><00:46:15.780><c> the</c><00:46:16.000><c> emptiness</c>

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:19.360
that<00:46:16.539><c> the</c><00:46:16.679><c> world</c><00:46:17.099><c> has</c><00:46:17.619><c> to</c><00:46:17.840><c> offer</c><00:46:18.019><c> to</c><00:46:18.260><c> us.</c>

00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:22.320
Well,<00:46:21.599><c> here's</c><00:46:21.840><c> something</c><00:46:22.119><c> else.</c>

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:24.340
I<00:46:22.420><c> just</c><00:46:22.599><c> want</c><00:46:22.679><c> you</c><00:46:22.800><c> to</c><00:46:22.920><c> turn</c><00:46:23.039><c> to</c><00:46:23.159><c> Genesis</c><00:46:23.539><c> chapter</c><00:46:23.920><c> 13.</c>

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:25.980
We<00:46:24.519><c> won't</c><00:46:24.679><c> go</c><00:46:24.860><c> through</c><00:46:25.019><c> all</c><00:46:25.219><c> of</c><00:46:25.300><c> them</c><00:46:25.420><c> because</c><00:46:25.539><c> we</c><00:46:25.659><c> don't</c><00:46:25.820><c> have</c>

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:27.420
enough<00:46:26.219><c> time.</c>

00:46:28.340 --> 00:46:30.139
But<00:46:28.699><c> here's</c><00:46:29.059><c> another</c><00:46:29.300><c> one.</c>

00:46:30.280 --> 00:46:32.019
We're<00:46:30.480><c> going</c><00:46:30.500><c> to</c><00:46:30.599><c> talk</c><00:46:30.760><c> about</c><00:46:31.059><c> hope.</c>

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:36.260
And<00:46:34.599><c> just</c><00:46:34.739><c> looking</c><00:46:34.900><c> at</c><00:46:35.079><c> this</c><00:46:35.260><c> slide</c><00:46:35.519><c> right</c><00:46:35.760><c> here</c>

00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:37.820
there's<00:46:36.880><c> actually</c><00:46:37.219><c> two</c><00:46:37.500><c> Orions.</c>

00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:39.219
You're<00:46:37.940><c> not</c><00:46:38.099><c> going</c><00:46:38.199><c> to</c><00:46:38.300><c> see</c><00:46:38.380><c> two</c><00:46:38.639><c> Orions</c><00:46:38.880><c> at</c><00:46:39.099><c> night.</c>

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:41.159
If<00:46:39.420><c> so,</c><00:46:39.699><c> you</c><00:46:39.719><c> need</c><00:46:39.900><c> to</c><00:46:40.000><c> get</c><00:46:40.079><c> a</c><00:46:40.159><c> new</c><00:46:40.280><c> prescription.</c>

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:43.300
There<00:46:41.900><c> is</c><00:46:42.099><c> only</c><00:46:42.300><c> one.</c>

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:46.320
It's<00:46:45.539><c> amazing</c><00:46:45.800><c> the</c><00:46:45.940><c> things</c><00:46:46.059><c> you</c><00:46:46.179><c> can</c><00:46:46.280><c> do</c>

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:48.639
with<00:46:46.539><c> PowerPoint</c><00:46:46.820><c> is</c><00:46:47.039><c> cutting</c><00:46:47.179><c> and</c><00:46:47.420><c> pasting.</c>

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:50.199
But,<00:46:49.360><c> you</c><00:46:49.380><c> know,</c><00:46:49.559><c> the</c><00:46:49.739><c> Babylonian</c>

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:51.480
walking<00:46:50.460><c> in</c><00:46:50.659><c> the</c><00:46:50.780><c> plains</c><00:46:50.960><c> of</c><00:46:51.239><c> Shinar</c>

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:53.940
walking<00:46:51.840><c> around</c><00:46:52.199><c> on</c><00:46:52.340><c> a</c><00:46:52.440><c> very</c><00:46:52.699><c> clear</c><00:46:52.840><c> night</c><00:46:53.039><c> would</c><00:46:53.199><c> look</c><00:46:53.420><c> up</c>

00:46:53.940 --> 00:46:56.099
and<00:46:54.559><c> he'd</c><00:46:55.039><c> see</c><00:46:55.360><c> this</c><00:46:55.619><c> wonderful</c>

00:46:56.099 --> 00:46:57.239
constellation.

00:46:58.539 --> 00:46:59.219
And<00:46:58.659><c> it</c><00:46:58.760><c> was</c>

00:46:59.219 --> 00:47:01.500
they'd<00:47:00.059><c> call</c><00:47:00.159><c> him</c><00:47:00.320><c> whatever</c><00:47:00.599><c> Babylonians</c><00:47:01.139><c> called</c><00:47:01.400><c> him.</c>

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:03.000
But<00:47:01.619><c> they</c><00:47:01.840><c> believed</c><00:47:02.079><c> that</c><00:47:02.300><c> to</c><00:47:02.440><c> be</c><00:47:02.599><c> Nimrod.</c>

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:04.460
They<00:47:03.360><c> believed</c><00:47:03.619><c> that</c><00:47:03.820><c> to</c><00:47:03.900><c> be</c><00:47:04.099><c> Marduk.</c>

00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:05.760
And<00:47:05.059><c> that</c><00:47:05.159><c> was</c><00:47:05.340><c> their</c><00:47:05.539><c> hope.</c>

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:08.659
They<00:47:05.900><c> were</c><00:47:05.960><c> like,</c><00:47:06.079><c> hey,</c><00:47:06.360><c> that's</c><00:47:07.519><c> our</c><00:47:07.940><c> ancestor.</c>

00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:09.900
That's<00:47:08.900><c> what</c><00:47:09.019><c> we</c><00:47:09.280><c> hope</c><00:47:09.460><c> for.</c>

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:11.260
That's<00:47:10.639><c> the</c><00:47:10.880><c> greatness.</c>

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:13.719
He's<00:47:11.860><c> made</c><00:47:12.019><c> his</c><00:47:12.199><c> nest</c><00:47:12.420><c> in</c><00:47:12.579><c> the</c><00:47:12.760><c> stars.</c>

00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:17.320
God<00:47:16.300><c> called</c><00:47:16.699><c> Abram</c>

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:19.480
out<00:47:18.019><c> of</c><00:47:18.179><c> all</c><00:47:18.320><c> of</c><00:47:18.420><c> that</c><00:47:18.539><c> garbage.</c>

00:47:19.719 --> 00:47:21.619
Because<00:47:19.840><c> he</c><00:47:20.079><c> grew</c><00:47:20.260><c> up</c><00:47:20.460><c> in</c><00:47:20.559><c> that</c><00:47:20.900><c> same</c><00:47:21.159><c> area</c>

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:22.760
that<00:47:21.940><c> Nimrod</c><00:47:22.260><c> came</c><00:47:22.539><c> from.</c>

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:24.139
And<00:47:22.960><c> God</c><00:47:23.159><c> says,</c><00:47:23.380><c> I</c><00:47:23.440><c> want</c><00:47:23.559><c> you</c><00:47:23.699><c> to</c><00:47:23.800><c> come</c><00:47:24.000><c> out.</c>

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:25.760
I'm<00:47:24.280><c> going</c><00:47:24.360><c> to</c><00:47:24.380><c> show</c><00:47:24.539><c> you</c><00:47:24.659><c> something</c><00:47:24.900><c> better.</c>

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:29.079
And<00:47:26.320><c> then</c><00:47:26.579><c> God</c><00:47:26.840><c> had</c><00:47:27.139><c> Abraham</c><00:47:27.519><c> look</c><00:47:27.780><c> into</c><00:47:27.960><c> the</c><00:47:28.179><c> sky.</c>

00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:30.960
And<00:47:29.960><c> he</c><00:47:30.059><c> had</c><00:47:30.199><c> a</c><00:47:30.280><c> look</c><00:47:30.420><c> into</c><00:47:30.619><c> the</c><00:47:30.800><c> sky</c>

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.159
and<00:47:31.119><c> he</c><00:47:31.119><c> said,</c><00:47:31.320><c> I</c><00:47:31.360><c> don't</c><00:47:31.480><c> want</c><00:47:31.619><c> you</c><00:47:31.719><c> to</c><00:47:31.820><c> see</c>

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:34.179
I<00:47:32.500><c> don't</c><00:47:32.659><c> want</c><00:47:32.719><c> you</c><00:47:32.840><c> to</c><00:47:32.960><c> see</c><00:47:33.019><c> this</c><00:47:33.280><c> guy.</c>

00:47:34.320 --> 00:47:36.900
I<00:47:34.400><c> want</c><00:47:34.539><c> you</c><00:47:34.679><c> to</c><00:47:34.679><c> look</c><00:47:34.840><c> at</c><00:47:34.980><c> the</c><00:47:35.159><c> stars</c><00:47:35.380><c> differently</c><00:47:36.000><c> now.</c>

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.739
And<00:47:38.099><c> so</c><00:47:38.159><c> what</c><00:47:38.280><c> did</c><00:47:38.360><c> he</c><00:47:38.500><c> say?</c>

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:41.920
Well,<00:47:39.179><c> Genesis</c><00:47:39.360><c> 13</c><00:47:39.780><c> tells</c><00:47:40.139><c> us</c><00:47:40.400><c> that.</c>

00:47:52.820 --> 00:47:55.139
Actually,<00:47:53.099><c> as</c><00:47:53.239><c> I</c><00:47:53.280><c> look</c><00:47:53.420><c> at</c><00:47:53.539><c> that,</c><00:47:53.739><c> I'm</c><00:47:53.739><c> not</c><00:47:53.960><c> sure</c><00:47:54.059><c> if</c><00:47:54.159><c> it's</c><00:47:54.400><c> Genesis</c><00:47:54.739><c> 15.</c>

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:56.119
Oh,<00:47:55.280><c> it's</c><00:47:55.440><c> Genesis</c><00:47:55.739><c> 15.</c>

00:47:56.260 --> 00:47:58.219
Oh,<00:47:56.400><c> I</c><00:47:56.440><c> was</c><00:47:56.539><c> getting</c><00:47:56.739><c> nervous</c><00:47:57.059><c> there</c><00:47:57.239><c> for</c><00:47:57.440><c> a</c><00:47:57.539><c> second.</c>

00:47:59.039 --> 00:48:01.679
I<00:47:59.480><c> mean,</c><00:48:00.380><c> this</c><00:48:00.380><c> is</c><00:48:00.860><c> an</c><00:48:01.039><c> amazing</c><00:48:01.360><c> point.</c>

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.960
You<00:48:02.179><c> think</c><00:48:02.360><c> about</c><00:48:02.559><c> Abraham,</c>

00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:04.719
what<00:48:03.139><c> he</c><00:48:03.219><c> would</c><00:48:03.360><c> have</c><00:48:03.500><c> looked</c><00:48:03.760><c> at</c><00:48:03.980><c> in</c><00:48:04.179><c> the</c><00:48:04.300><c> night</c><00:48:04.500><c> sky</c>

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:05.880
and<00:48:04.860><c> what</c><00:48:04.940><c> he</c><00:48:05.000><c> would</c><00:48:05.159><c> have</c><00:48:05.300><c> thought</c><00:48:05.559><c> about.</c>

00:48:06.199 --> 00:48:08.320
And<00:48:06.320><c> God</c><00:48:06.480><c> wants</c><00:48:06.719><c> to</c><00:48:07.039><c> change</c><00:48:07.400><c> that.</c>

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:11.139
And<00:48:10.099><c> he</c><00:48:10.219><c> says</c><00:48:10.420><c> in</c><00:48:10.559><c> verse</c><00:48:10.860><c> 5,</c>

00:48:11.199 --> 00:48:13.480
it<00:48:11.219><c> says</c><00:48:11.460><c> that</c><00:48:11.659><c> God</c><00:48:11.940><c> brought</c><00:48:12.239><c> Abram</c><00:48:12.639><c> forth</c><00:48:13.039><c> abroad</c>

00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:15.780
and<00:48:13.679><c> said,</c><00:48:14.099><c> look</c><00:48:14.260><c> now</c><00:48:14.539><c> toward</c><00:48:14.820><c> heaven</c>

00:48:16.059 --> 00:48:17.300
and<00:48:16.500><c> tell</c><00:48:16.760><c> the</c><00:48:17.039><c> stars</c>

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:19.019
if<00:48:17.460><c> you're</c><00:48:17.619><c> able</c><00:48:17.820><c> to</c><00:48:17.980><c> number</c><00:48:18.179><c> them.</c>

00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:21.179
And<00:48:19.900><c> God</c><00:48:20.139><c> said</c><00:48:20.360><c> to</c><00:48:20.539><c> him,</c>

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:23.920
your<00:48:21.800><c> seed</c><00:48:22.119><c> is</c><00:48:22.340><c> going</c><00:48:22.400><c> to</c><00:48:22.480><c> be</c><00:48:22.579><c> just</c><00:48:22.820><c> like</c><00:48:23.079><c> that.</c>

00:48:24.739 --> 00:48:26.920
So<00:48:25.179><c> when</c><00:48:25.400><c> you</c><00:48:25.579><c> look</c><00:48:25.760><c> up</c><00:48:25.960><c> into</c><00:48:26.099><c> the</c><00:48:26.320><c> stars</c><00:48:26.480><c> at</c><00:48:26.719><c> night,</c>

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:28.079
what<00:48:27.280><c> do</c><00:48:27.699><c> you</c><00:48:27.880><c> see?</c>

00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:30.179
You<00:48:28.679><c> see</c><00:48:29.320><c> beauty.</c>

00:48:30.599 --> 00:48:31.699
You<00:48:30.679><c> feel</c><00:48:30.940><c> insignificant.</c>

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:33.739
Many<00:48:32.079><c> Bible</c><00:48:32.340><c> writers</c><00:48:32.659><c> felt</c><00:48:32.980><c> insignificant</c>

00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:34.780
when<00:48:33.920><c> they</c><00:48:34.059><c> looked</c><00:48:34.199><c> at</c><00:48:34.360><c> the</c><00:48:34.500><c> stars.</c>

00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:38.559
But<00:48:35.579><c> specifically,</c><00:48:37.139><c> that</c><00:48:37.219><c> man</c><00:48:37.500><c> never</c><00:48:37.780><c> looked</c><00:48:38.039><c> at</c><00:48:38.199><c> the</c><00:48:38.360><c> stars</c>

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:39.340
the<00:48:38.820><c> same</c><00:48:39.039><c> way.</c>

00:48:39.739 --> 00:48:41.880
He<00:48:39.800><c> didn't</c><00:48:40.079><c> see</c><00:48:40.400><c> Nimrod</c><00:48:40.860><c> and</c><00:48:41.019><c> that</c><00:48:41.280><c> hope</c><00:48:41.480><c> anymore.</c>

00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:46.260
He<00:48:42.480><c> saw</c><00:48:43.000><c> a</c><00:48:44.219><c> promise</c><00:48:44.440><c> that</c><00:48:44.659><c> God</c><00:48:44.880><c> gave</c><00:48:45.159><c> to</c><00:48:45.320><c> him.</c>

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:47.760
And<00:48:47.059><c> that's</c><00:48:47.320><c> compelling.</c>

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:51.320
God<00:48:48.380><c> was</c><00:48:48.699><c> changing</c><00:48:49.099><c> his</c><00:48:49.460><c> whole</c><00:48:49.780><c> outlook</c><00:48:50.079><c> on</c><00:48:50.260><c> the</c><00:48:50.400><c> world.</c>

00:48:51.860 --> 00:48:53.659
And<00:48:52.039><c> that's</c><00:48:52.199><c> what</c><00:48:52.340><c> happens</c><00:48:52.719><c> when</c><00:48:52.900><c> we</c><00:48:53.039><c> come</c><00:48:53.280><c> to</c><00:48:53.400><c> God.</c>

00:48:53.739 --> 00:48:55.639
And<00:48:53.880><c> that's</c><00:48:54.000><c> what</c><00:48:54.099><c> happens</c><00:48:54.480><c> when</c><00:48:54.659><c> God</c><00:48:54.900><c> calls</c><00:48:55.260><c> us.</c>

00:48:55.639 --> 00:48:58.360
Our<00:48:56.179><c> whole</c><00:48:56.380><c> perspective</c><00:48:57.079><c> changes.</c>

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:02.000
Well,<00:49:00.300><c> it</c><00:49:00.300><c> doesn't</c><00:49:00.579><c> stop</c><00:49:00.920><c> there</c><00:49:01.139><c> either</c><00:49:01.460><c> for</c><00:49:01.679><c> Abraham.</c>

00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:04.420
Because<00:49:02.219><c> when</c><00:49:02.380><c> we</c><00:49:02.480><c> look</c><00:49:02.639><c> at</c><00:49:02.780><c> his</c><00:49:03.340><c> journey,</c>

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:06.000
you<00:49:05.239><c> have</c><00:49:05.420><c> all</c><00:49:05.619><c> the</c><00:49:05.800><c> people</c>

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:08.039
in<00:49:06.119><c> Genesis</c><00:49:06.519><c> chapter</c><00:49:06.920><c> 11</c><00:49:07.239><c> collecting</c>

00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:10.599
in<00:49:08.719><c> Shinar</c><00:49:08.980><c> to</c><00:49:09.219><c> build</c><00:49:09.460><c> this</c><00:49:09.719><c> tower.</c>

00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:11.860
You<00:49:10.699><c> know</c><00:49:10.760><c> what</c><00:49:10.860><c> God</c><00:49:11.099><c> says</c><00:49:11.340><c> to</c><00:49:11.599><c> Abram?</c>

00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:13.400
I'm<00:49:12.340><c> going</c><00:49:12.380><c> to</c><00:49:12.440><c> leave.</c>

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:16.139
I<00:49:14.300><c> want</c><00:49:14.440><c> you</c><00:49:14.599><c> to</c><00:49:14.659><c> get</c><00:49:14.780><c> out</c><00:49:14.940><c> of</c><00:49:15.059><c> that</c><00:49:15.260><c> mess</c><00:49:15.500><c> of</c><00:49:15.760><c> humanity</c>

00:49:16.139 --> 00:49:17.760
that<00:49:16.659><c> don't</c><00:49:17.000><c> know</c><00:49:17.119><c> what</c><00:49:17.260><c> they're</c><00:49:17.460><c> doing.</c>

00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:20.380
And<00:49:18.119><c> I</c><00:49:18.179><c> want</c><00:49:18.340><c> to</c><00:49:18.539><c> show</c><00:49:18.719><c> you</c><00:49:18.960><c> something</c><00:49:19.239><c> that</c><00:49:19.440><c> you</c><00:49:19.559><c> can</c><00:49:19.840><c> hope</c><00:49:20.039><c> in</c>

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:21.579
and<00:49:20.760><c> trust</c><00:49:21.099><c> in.</c>

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:23.519
I<00:49:22.119><c> want</c><00:49:22.280><c> to</c><00:49:22.440><c> show</c><00:49:22.559><c> you</c><00:49:22.699><c> that.</c>

00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:29.519
This<00:49:27.699><c> is</c><00:49:27.900><c> a</c><00:49:28.019><c> good</c><00:49:28.119><c> one.</c>

00:49:34.079 --> 00:49:36.059
Just<00:49:34.159><c> go</c><00:49:34.340><c> back</c><00:49:34.519><c> to</c><00:49:34.639><c> Genesis</c><00:49:34.920><c> chapter</c><00:49:35.280><c> 11</c><00:49:35.500><c> for</c><00:49:35.739><c> a</c><00:49:35.840><c> second.</c>

00:49:36.320 --> 00:49:39.000
You<00:49:36.340><c> only</c><00:49:37.199><c> have</c><00:49:37.340><c> another</c><00:49:37.599><c> three</c><00:49:38.000><c> minutes.</c>

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:42.019
Three<00:49:41.380><c> minutes</c><00:49:41.599><c> if</c><00:49:41.719><c> you're</c><00:49:41.840><c> lucky.</c>

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:43.780
It'll<00:49:42.219><c> probably</c><00:49:42.559><c> be</c><00:49:42.760><c> four</c><00:49:42.940><c> minutes.</c>

00:49:44.360 --> 00:49:46.639
But<00:49:44.500><c> if</c><00:49:44.599><c> you</c><00:49:44.679><c> look</c><00:49:44.820><c> at</c><00:49:44.920><c> Genesis</c><00:49:45.320><c> chapter</c><00:49:45.699><c> 11,</c>

00:49:46.780 --> 00:49:47.840
you<00:49:46.840><c> know,</c><00:49:47.079><c> there</c><00:49:47.239><c> are</c><00:49:47.340><c> a</c><00:49:47.400><c> lot</c><00:49:47.539><c> of</c><00:49:47.699><c> things</c>

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:50.139
that<00:49:48.000><c> we</c><00:49:48.099><c> can</c><00:49:48.300><c> say</c><00:49:48.539><c> about</c><00:49:48.800><c> exactly</c><00:49:49.280><c> what</c>

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:53.659
these<00:49:52.039><c> people</c><00:49:52.360><c> who</c><00:49:52.500><c> were</c><00:49:52.679><c> building</c><00:49:53.280><c> Babel</c>

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:55.380
were<00:49:53.880><c> thinking</c><00:49:54.099><c> about.</c><00:49:54.519><c> But</c><00:49:54.579><c> here's</c><00:49:54.760><c> one</c><00:49:54.960><c> of</c><00:49:55.079><c> the</c><00:49:55.159><c> things</c>

00:49:55.380 --> 00:49:56.500
that<00:49:55.519><c> they</c><00:49:55.639><c> were</c><00:49:55.760><c> thinking</c><00:49:56.019><c> about.</c>

00:49:56.659 --> 00:49:59.039
In<00:49:56.800><c> verse</c><00:49:57.019><c> 4,</c><00:49:57.500><c> it</c><00:49:57.539><c> says</c><00:49:57.860><c> that</c>

00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:01.099
they're<00:49:59.579><c> going</c><00:49:59.739><c> to</c><00:50:00.420><c> build</c><00:50:00.599><c> a</c><00:50:00.920><c> city</c>

00:50:01.099 --> 00:50:03.320
in<00:50:01.320><c> a</c><00:50:01.519><c> tower</c><00:50:02.079><c> whose</c><00:50:02.860><c> top</c>

00:50:03.320 --> 00:50:05.179
may<00:50:03.639><c> reach</c>

00:50:05.239 --> 00:50:07.480
unto<00:50:05.760><c> heaven,</c><00:50:06.420><c> and</c><00:50:06.659><c> let</c><00:50:06.860><c> us</c><00:50:07.219><c> make</c>

00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:09.679
us<00:50:08.500><c> a</c><00:50:08.760><c> name.</c>

00:50:10.980 --> 00:50:13.219
It's<00:50:11.360><c> an</c><00:50:11.760><c> interesting</c><00:50:12.179><c> phrase</c>

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because<00:50:14.380><c> when</c><00:50:14.900><c> you</c><00:50:15.099><c> compare</c>

00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:17.380
that<00:50:15.800><c> to</c><00:50:16.239><c> what</c><00:50:16.440><c> we</c><00:50:16.659><c> talk</c><00:50:16.820><c> about</c><00:50:17.079><c> today,</c>

00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:19.380
we<00:50:17.760><c> use</c><00:50:17.940><c> that</c><00:50:18.199><c> expression</c><00:50:18.559><c> all</c><00:50:18.960><c> the</c><00:50:19.179><c> time.</c>

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:21.679
You've<00:50:19.760><c> got</c><00:50:19.760><c> to</c><00:50:19.900><c> make</c><00:50:20.039><c> a</c><00:50:20.179><c> name</c><00:50:20.460><c> for</c><00:50:20.719><c> yourself.</c>

00:50:21.980 --> 00:50:23.599
He's<00:50:22.420><c> got</c><00:50:22.559><c> a</c><00:50:22.599><c> really</c><00:50:22.880><c> good</c><00:50:23.099><c> name.</c>

00:50:24.059 --> 00:50:24.599
Right?

00:50:25.019 --> 00:50:27.460
And<00:50:25.260><c> that's</c><00:50:25.420><c> what</c><00:50:25.559><c> the</c><00:50:25.739><c> people</c><00:50:25.880><c> wanted</c><00:50:26.139><c> to</c><00:50:26.380><c> do</c><00:50:26.519><c> here.</c>

00:50:27.579 --> 00:50:29.440
They<00:50:27.719><c> wanted</c><00:50:27.920><c> to</c><00:50:28.199><c> make</c><00:50:28.400><c> themselves</c><00:50:29.079><c> a</c><00:50:29.280><c> name.</c>

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:30.940
And<00:50:29.599><c> that's</c><00:50:29.739><c> what</c><00:50:30.019><c> humanism</c><00:50:30.360><c> teaches</c><00:50:30.760><c> you.</c>

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:34.059
That<00:50:31.099><c> you</c><00:50:31.239><c> can</c><00:50:31.659><c> find</c><00:50:32.139><c> in</c><00:50:32.519><c> yourself</c>

00:50:34.139 --> 00:50:35.440
full<00:50:34.579><c> lasting</c><00:50:35.000><c> happiness</c>

00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:37.519
and<00:50:35.719><c> full</c><00:50:35.920><c> lasting</c><00:50:36.360><c> satisfaction.</c>

00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:39.019
And<00:50:37.880><c> you</c><00:50:37.920><c> know</c><00:50:38.000><c> what</c><00:50:38.059><c> God</c><00:50:38.300><c> said</c><00:50:38.480><c> to</c><00:50:38.719><c> Abraham</c>

00:50:39.019 --> 00:50:41.280
who<00:50:39.420><c> grew</c><00:50:39.780><c> up</c><00:50:40.280><c> in</c><00:50:40.440><c> that</c><00:50:40.800><c> same</c><00:50:41.000><c> area</c>

00:50:41.280 --> 00:50:43.280
where<00:50:41.420><c> people</c><00:50:41.639><c> were</c><00:50:41.820><c> saying</c><00:50:42.019><c> that?</c><00:50:42.239><c> Do</c><00:50:42.320><c> you</c><00:50:42.320><c> know</c><00:50:42.400><c> what</c><00:50:42.460><c> he</c><00:50:42.579><c> said?</c>

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:46.320
Look<00:50:44.619><c> at</c><00:50:44.699><c> Genesis</c><00:50:45.019><c> chapter</c><00:50:45.320><c> 12.</c>

00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:53.400
It<00:50:53.199><c> says,</c>

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:54.699
Now<00:50:53.579><c> the</c><00:50:53.659><c> Lord</c><00:50:53.860><c> had</c><00:50:54.099><c> said</c><00:50:54.179><c> unto</c><00:50:54.380><c> Abraham,</c>

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:57.000
Get<00:50:55.019><c> thee</c><00:50:55.199><c> out</c><00:50:55.360><c> of</c><00:50:55.420><c> thy</c><00:50:55.579><c> country</c><00:50:55.960><c> and</c><00:50:56.139><c> from</c><00:50:56.280><c> thy</c><00:50:56.480><c> kindred</c>

00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:58.880
and<00:50:57.840><c> from</c><00:50:58.019><c> your</c><00:50:58.179><c> father's</c><00:50:58.579><c> house</c>

00:50:58.880 --> 00:51:01.539
unto<00:50:59.139><c> a</c><00:50:59.380><c> land</c><00:50:59.579><c> that</c><00:50:59.780><c> I</c><00:51:00.059><c> will</c><00:51:00.199><c> show</c><00:51:00.440><c> you.</c>

00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:03.280
And<00:51:02.019><c> I</c><00:51:02.440><c> will</c><00:51:02.659><c> make</c><00:51:02.880><c> of</c><00:51:03.039><c> thee</c>

00:51:03.280 --> 00:51:04.639
a<00:51:03.320><c> great</c><00:51:03.579><c> nation.</c>

00:51:05.139 --> 00:51:07.179
And<00:51:05.340><c> I</c><00:51:05.639><c> will</c><00:51:05.820><c> bless</c><00:51:06.099><c> thee.</c>

00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:10.000
And<00:51:08.119><c> I</c><00:51:08.400><c> will</c><00:51:08.599><c> make</c><00:51:08.739><c> your</c><00:51:08.900><c> name</c><00:51:09.079><c> great.</c>

00:51:11.820 --> 00:51:13.380
I<00:51:12.300><c> find</c><00:51:12.539><c> that</c><00:51:12.719><c> just</c><00:51:12.960><c> a</c>

00:51:13.380 --> 00:51:14.840
wonderful<00:51:13.800><c> contrast</c><00:51:14.380><c> between</c>

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:17.679
the<00:51:15.280><c> spirit</c><00:51:15.480><c> of</c><00:51:15.760><c> Babel</c><00:51:16.219><c> and</c><00:51:16.679><c> the</c><00:51:17.019><c> spirit</c>

00:51:17.679 --> 00:51:19.300
of<00:51:18.079><c> Abraham,</c><00:51:18.739><c> this</c><00:51:18.960><c> faithful</c>

00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:21.239
man<00:51:19.719><c> who</c><00:51:20.539><c> knew</c><00:51:20.780><c> that</c><00:51:21.019><c> he</c>

00:51:21.239 --> 00:51:23.780
it<00:51:21.559><c> didn't</c><00:51:21.860><c> mean</c><00:51:22.119><c> anything</c><00:51:22.420><c> to</c><00:51:22.599><c> make</c><00:51:22.719><c> a</c><00:51:22.880><c> name</c><00:51:23.079><c> for</c><00:51:23.300><c> yourself.</c>

00:51:24.280 --> 00:51:24.980
What<00:51:24.280><c> it</c><00:51:24.539><c> did</c>

00:51:24.980 --> 00:51:26.579
what<00:51:25.539><c> was</c><00:51:26.019><c> essential</c>

00:51:26.579 --> 00:51:28.860
was<00:51:27.300><c> to</c><00:51:27.480><c> be</c><00:51:27.699><c> called</c><00:51:27.840><c> by</c><00:51:28.079><c> the</c><00:51:28.199><c> name</c><00:51:28.360><c> of</c><00:51:28.659><c> God.</c>

00:51:29.320 --> 00:51:32.280
It<00:51:29.340><c> was</c><00:51:29.400><c> to</c><00:51:29.519><c> be</c><00:51:29.780><c> identified</c><00:51:30.260><c> with</c><00:51:30.519><c> the</c><00:51:30.699><c> God</c><00:51:30.860><c> that</c><00:51:31.039><c> he</c><00:51:31.239><c> worshipped.</c>

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:33.400
And<00:51:32.619><c> there's</c><00:51:32.760><c> one</c><00:51:32.940><c> other</c><00:51:33.159><c> thing</c>

00:51:33.400 --> 00:51:34.500
too<00:51:33.659><c> here</c><00:51:33.860><c> as</c><00:51:34.039><c> well.</c>

00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:37.519
Because<00:51:35.320><c> we</c><00:51:35.739><c> read</c><00:51:35.960><c> about</c><00:51:36.280><c> Genesis</c><00:51:36.719><c> chapter</c><00:51:37.159><c> 11</c>

00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:39.539
and<00:51:37.699><c> it</c><00:51:37.820><c> talked</c><00:51:37.980><c> about</c><00:51:38.579><c> the</c><00:51:39.079><c> idea</c>

00:51:39.539 --> 00:51:41.280
of<00:51:40.159><c> bringing</c><00:51:40.579><c> together.</c>

00:51:41.659 --> 00:51:43.420
And<00:51:41.880><c> these</c><00:51:42.079><c> people</c><00:51:42.340><c> were</c><00:51:42.900><c> gathering</c>

00:51:43.420 --> 00:51:45.139
themselves<00:51:43.900><c> together</c><00:51:44.360><c> as</c><00:51:44.880><c> one.</c>

00:51:45.340 --> 00:51:47.460
It<00:51:45.400><c> says</c><00:51:45.519><c> it</c><00:51:45.900><c> four</c><00:51:46.480><c> different</c><00:51:47.059><c> times</c>

00:51:47.460 --> 00:51:49.760
that<00:51:47.659><c> the</c><00:51:47.800><c> people</c><00:51:47.960><c> were</c><00:51:48.179><c> gathering</c><00:51:48.559><c> themselves</c><00:51:49.059><c> together</c>

00:51:49.760 --> 00:51:51.260
as<00:51:50.400><c> one.</c>

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:53.400
And<00:51:52.619><c> when</c><00:51:52.719><c> you</c><00:51:52.780><c> look</c><00:51:52.960><c> at</c><00:51:53.119><c> Abraham</c>

00:51:53.400 --> 00:51:55.860
you<00:51:53.619><c> read</c><00:51:53.820><c> about</c><00:51:54.019><c> a</c><00:51:54.179><c> life</c><00:51:54.360><c> of</c><00:51:54.659><c> antagonism.</c>

00:51:57.760 --> 00:52:00.300
You<00:51:57.840><c> read</c><00:51:58.019><c> about</c><00:51:58.199><c> a</c><00:51:58.320><c> life</c><00:51:58.500><c> of</c><00:51:58.800><c> war</c><00:51:59.000><c> in</c><00:51:59.199><c> many</c><00:51:59.360><c> cases.</c>

00:52:00.639 --> 00:52:01.659
You<00:52:00.760><c> read</c><00:52:00.960><c> about</c><00:52:01.139><c> a</c><00:52:01.340><c> life</c>

00:52:01.659 --> 00:52:03.639
that<00:52:01.940><c> was</c><00:52:02.760><c> very</c><00:52:03.039><c> difficult</c>

00:52:03.639 --> 00:52:05.179
that<00:52:04.059><c> experienced</c><00:52:04.599><c> loss</c>

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:06.860
when<00:52:05.500><c> he</c><00:52:05.659><c> wasn't</c><00:52:05.880><c> expecting</c><00:52:06.320><c> it.</c>

00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:09.219
That<00:52:07.360><c> experienced</c><00:52:07.860><c> turns</c><00:52:08.280><c> that</c><00:52:08.820><c> he</c><00:52:08.980><c> wasn't</c>

00:52:09.219 --> 00:52:11.639
anticipating.<00:52:09.920><c> That</c><00:52:10.159><c> experienced</c><00:52:10.599><c> trial.</c>

00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:15.460
It<00:52:13.639><c> didn't</c><00:52:13.820><c> seem</c><00:52:14.000><c> like</c><00:52:14.159><c> there</c><00:52:14.239><c> was</c><00:52:14.380><c> any</c><00:52:14.639><c> unity</c><00:52:14.920><c> in</c><00:52:15.119><c> Abraham's</c>

00:52:15.460 --> 00:52:17.139
life<00:52:15.739><c> at</c><00:52:16.000><c> all.</c>

00:52:18.019 --> 00:52:18.920
Well

00:52:19.300 --> 00:52:21.980
we're<00:52:19.900><c> just</c><00:52:20.079><c> going</c><00:52:20.219><c> to</c><00:52:20.380><c> end</c>

00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:25.840
with<00:52:23.800><c> Galatians</c><00:52:24.260><c> chapter</c><00:52:24.559><c> 3.</c>

00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:31.260
Because<00:52:29.420><c> there's</c><00:52:29.699><c> a</c><00:52:29.880><c> certain</c><00:52:30.099><c> kind</c><00:52:30.719><c> of</c>

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:33.199
oneness<00:52:31.739><c> that</c><00:52:32.159><c> nobody</c><00:52:32.460><c> could</c><00:52:32.719><c> understand</c>

00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:36.340
in<00:52:33.500><c> Babel.</c><00:52:34.099><c> Only</c><00:52:34.500><c> Abraham</c><00:52:35.000><c> could</c><00:52:35.280><c> understand.</c>

00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:39.460
And<00:52:37.400><c> this</c><00:52:37.599><c> was</c><00:52:37.800><c> that</c><00:52:38.079><c> kind</c><00:52:38.260><c> of</c><00:52:38.500><c> oneness.</c>

00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:41.340
And<00:52:40.000><c> the</c><00:52:40.139><c> Apostle</c><00:52:40.500><c> Paul</c><00:52:40.699><c> is</c><00:52:40.920><c> actually</c><00:52:41.119><c> the</c><00:52:41.260><c> one</c>

00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:43.019
to<00:52:41.519><c> talk</c><00:52:41.699><c> about</c><00:52:41.900><c> it.</c>

00:52:51.599 --> 00:52:53.159
The<00:52:52.199><c> Apostle</c><00:52:52.639><c> Paul</c><00:52:52.820><c> says</c>

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in<00:52:53.300><c> Galatians</c><00:52:53.719><c> chapter</c><00:52:54.039><c> 3</c>

00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:55.659
verse<00:52:54.559><c> 26</c>

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:58.039
that<00:52:56.460><c> you</c><00:52:56.619><c> are</c><00:52:56.920><c> all</c><00:52:57.159><c> the</c><00:52:57.340><c> children</c><00:52:57.559><c> of</c><00:52:57.699><c> God</c>

00:52:58.039 --> 00:52:59.760
by<00:52:58.460><c> faith</c><00:52:59.099><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:53:00.119><c> Jesus.</c>

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For<00:53:02.239><c> as</c><00:53:02.440><c> many</c><00:53:02.659><c> of</c><00:53:02.860><c> you</c><00:53:03.019><c> as</c><00:53:03.159><c> have</c><00:53:03.300><c> been</c><00:53:03.579><c> baptized</c>

00:53:04.179 --> 00:53:05.380
into<00:53:04.579><c> Christ</c>

00:53:05.380 --> 00:53:07.960
have<00:53:06.199><c> put</c><00:53:06.440><c> on</c><00:53:06.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:11.219
And<00:53:09.880><c> then</c><00:53:10.019><c> the</c><00:53:10.159><c> Apostle</c><00:53:10.500><c> Paul</c><00:53:10.699><c> says</c><00:53:10.900><c> something</c>

00:53:11.219 --> 00:53:12.960
that<00:53:11.500><c> is</c><00:53:11.960><c> shocking</c>

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because<00:53:13.719><c> it</c><00:53:13.960><c> doesn't</c><00:53:14.199><c> have</c><00:53:14.380><c> anything</c><00:53:14.639><c> to</c><00:53:14.800><c> do</c>

00:53:14.860 --> 00:53:16.880
with,<00:53:14.960><c> there's</c><00:53:15.179><c> no</c><00:53:15.500><c> concept</c><00:53:15.860><c> of</c><00:53:16.099><c> racism</c><00:53:16.440><c> here.</c>

00:53:17.199 --> 00:53:18.960
There's<00:53:17.260><c> no</c><00:53:17.500><c> concept</c><00:53:18.119><c> of</c>

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sexual<00:53:21.820><c> discrimination.</c>

00:53:23.159 --> 00:53:24.800
This<00:53:23.340><c> is</c><00:53:23.460><c> what</c><00:53:23.559><c> he</c><00:53:23.699><c> says.</c><00:53:24.300><c> You</c><00:53:24.340><c> are</c><00:53:24.619><c> all</c>

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:26.679
one<00:53:24.940><c> in</c><00:53:25.139><c> Christ</c><00:53:25.440><c> Jesus.</c><00:53:25.860><c> As</c><00:53:25.940><c> many</c><00:53:26.159><c> of</c><00:53:26.300><c> you</c><00:53:26.420><c> as</c><00:53:26.539><c> have</c>

00:53:26.679 --> 00:53:28.739
been<00:53:26.880><c> baptized</c><00:53:27.340><c> into</c><00:53:27.579><c> Christ</c><00:53:27.880><c> have</c><00:53:28.039><c> put</c><00:53:28.199><c> on</c><00:53:28.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:53:28.980 --> 00:53:31.340
He<00:53:29.119><c> says</c><00:53:29.300><c> look</c><00:53:29.500><c> there's</c><00:53:29.719><c> neither</c><00:53:30.000><c> Jew</c><00:53:30.280><c> or</c><00:53:30.519><c> Greek.</c>

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There's<00:53:32.579><c> neither</c><00:53:32.900><c> bond</c><00:53:33.539><c> or</c><00:53:34.019><c> free.</c>

00:53:34.820 --> 00:53:36.440
There's<00:53:35.079><c> neither</c><00:53:35.400><c> male</c><00:53:35.739><c> or</c><00:53:36.000><c> female.</c>

00:53:36.639 --> 00:53:38.639
You<00:53:36.860><c> are</c><00:53:37.199><c> all</c><00:53:37.559><c> one.</c>

00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:40.679
In<00:53:39.400><c> Christ</c><00:53:39.699><c> Jesus.</c>

00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:42.340
That<00:53:41.420><c> was</c><00:53:41.699><c> the</c><00:53:41.900><c> unity</c>

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that<00:53:42.980><c> Abraham</c><00:53:43.360><c> understood.</c>

00:53:45.260 --> 00:53:46.500
That<00:53:45.420><c> was</c><00:53:45.659><c> the</c><00:53:45.800><c> unity</c><00:53:46.059><c> that</c><00:53:46.300><c> he</c>

00:53:46.500 --> 00:53:48.079
preferred<00:53:47.000><c> in</c><00:53:47.559><c> his</c><00:53:47.820><c> life.</c>

00:53:48.179 --> 00:53:49.739
And<00:53:48.280><c> that</c><00:53:48.380><c> was</c><00:53:48.639><c> what</c><00:53:48.820><c> he</c><00:53:49.000><c> was</c><00:53:49.159><c> looking</c><00:53:49.400><c> for.</c>

00:53:50.059 --> 00:53:51.179
And<00:53:50.159><c> it</c><00:53:50.260><c> says</c><00:53:50.440><c> in</c><00:53:50.559><c> verse</c><00:53:50.780><c> 29</c>

00:53:51.179 --> 00:53:54.579
If<00:53:51.340><c> you</c><00:53:51.500><c> are</c><00:53:51.739><c> Christ's,</c><00:53:52.800><c> then</c><00:53:52.940><c> are</c><00:53:53.179><c> you</c><00:53:53.420><c> Abraham's</c><00:53:54.260><c> seed</c>

00:53:54.579 --> 00:53:56.360
and<00:53:55.139><c> heirs</c><00:53:55.619><c> according</c>

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:57.460
to<00:53:56.960><c> the</c><00:53:57.219><c> promise.</c>

00:53:57.519 --> 00:53:59.079
To<00:53:57.820><c> what</c><00:53:58.099><c> promise?</c>

00:53:59.719 --> 00:54:01.639
When<00:53:59.900><c> you</c><00:54:00.059><c> go</c><00:54:00.239><c> out</c><00:54:00.460><c> tonight</c><00:54:00.679><c> and</c><00:54:00.820><c> you</c><00:54:00.900><c> look</c><00:54:01.000><c> at</c><00:54:01.179><c> the</c><00:54:01.320><c> stars</c>

00:54:01.639 --> 00:54:03.420
if<00:54:01.920><c> it's</c><00:54:02.139><c> clear,</c><00:54:02.420><c> which</c><00:54:02.559><c> I</c><00:54:02.659><c> don't</c><00:54:02.800><c> think</c><00:54:02.880><c> it</c><00:54:03.059><c> was</c><00:54:03.159><c> when</c><00:54:03.280><c> we</c>

00:54:03.420 --> 00:54:04.000
came<00:54:03.619><c> over.</c>

00:54:04.360 --> 00:54:05.920
You<00:54:04.380><c> might</c><00:54:04.539><c> have</c><00:54:04.679><c> to</c><00:54:04.800><c> wait</c><00:54:04.880><c> a</c><00:54:04.940><c> couple</c><00:54:05.139><c> nights.</c>

00:54:06.179 --> 00:54:08.539
What<00:54:06.360><c> do</c><00:54:06.500><c> you</c><00:54:06.619><c> think</c><00:54:06.800><c> about</c><00:54:07.059><c> when</c><00:54:07.179><c> you</c><00:54:07.340><c> look</c><00:54:07.440><c> at</c><00:54:07.579><c> the</c><00:54:07.780><c> stars?</c>

00:54:10.179 --> 00:54:11.760
Who<00:54:10.440><c> put</c><00:54:10.679><c> them</c><00:54:10.860><c> there?</c>

00:54:13.099 --> 00:54:14.739
I<00:54:13.179><c> know</c><00:54:13.340><c> you</c><00:54:13.420><c> know</c><00:54:13.579><c> the</c><00:54:13.639><c> answer.</c>

00:54:15.460 --> 00:54:17.179
You're<00:54:15.860><c> absolutely</c><00:54:16.260><c> right.</c>

00:54:17.219 --> 00:54:18.340
That's<00:54:17.320><c> a</c><00:54:17.340><c> good</c><00:54:17.519><c> call.</c>

00:54:19.179 --> 00:54:20.039
That's<00:54:19.420><c> exactly</c><00:54:19.820><c> right.</c>

00:54:20.219 --> 00:54:22.119
That's<00:54:20.619><c> what</c><00:54:20.760><c> it's</c><00:54:20.960><c> all</c><00:54:21.219><c> about.</c>

00:54:22.599 --> 00:54:24.179
And<00:54:22.699><c> a</c><00:54:22.719><c> young</c><00:54:22.900><c> man,</c><00:54:23.099><c> how</c><00:54:23.239><c> old</c><00:54:23.360><c> are</c><00:54:23.420><c> you</c><00:54:23.559><c> Joel?</c>

00:54:25.579 --> 00:54:27.139
Six<00:54:25.980><c> years</c><00:54:26.239><c> old.</c>

00:54:27.460 --> 00:54:28.340
And<00:54:27.619><c> you</c><00:54:27.659><c> know</c><00:54:27.760><c> that</c><00:54:27.840><c> you're</c><00:54:28.079><c> smarter</c>

00:54:28.340 --> 00:54:30.820
than<00:54:28.519><c> many</c><00:54:28.679><c> of</c><00:54:28.800><c> the</c><00:54:28.920><c> scientists</c><00:54:29.420><c> that</c><00:54:29.619><c> are</c><00:54:29.679><c> in</c><00:54:29.760><c> the</c><00:54:29.820><c> world</c><00:54:29.980><c> today?</c>

00:54:31.980 --> 00:54:32.480
That's<00:54:32.280><c> because</c>

00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:34.320
there's<00:54:33.059><c> hope</c><00:54:33.480><c> in</c><00:54:33.860><c> those</c><00:54:34.139><c> things.</c>

00:54:34.380 --> 00:54:35.360
There's<00:54:34.639><c> hope</c><00:54:34.960><c> there.</c>

00:54:35.860 --> 00:54:38.179
When<00:54:35.980><c> you</c><00:54:36.119><c> look</c><00:54:36.260><c> at</c><00:54:36.400><c> the</c><00:54:36.599><c> stars,</c><00:54:37.139><c> we're</c><00:54:37.360><c> supposed</c><00:54:37.599><c> to</c><00:54:37.800><c> think</c><00:54:37.960><c> about</c>

00:54:38.179 --> 00:54:39.579
the<00:54:38.639><c> promises</c><00:54:38.679><c> made</c><00:54:38.960><c> to</c><00:54:39.260><c> Abraham</c>

00:54:39.579 --> 00:54:41.840
and<00:54:40.139><c> the</c><00:54:40.360><c> promises</c><00:54:40.679><c> concerning</c><00:54:41.139><c> a</c><00:54:41.400><c> kingdom</c>

00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:43.480
which<00:54:42.440><c> is</c><00:54:42.659><c> coming.</c>

00:54:44.360 --> 00:54:46.880
And<00:54:44.500><c> so</c><00:54:44.699><c> no</c><00:54:44.960><c> wonder</c><00:54:45.239><c> God</c><00:54:45.579><c> loved</c><00:54:45.880><c> Abraham.</c>

00:54:47.420 --> 00:54:48.840
No<00:54:47.659><c> wonder</c><00:54:47.880><c> he</c><00:54:48.219><c> loved</c><00:54:48.480><c> him</c>

00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:50.960
and<00:54:49.139><c> he</c><00:54:49.460><c> called</c><00:54:49.599><c> him</c><00:54:49.719><c> his</c><00:54:50.079><c> friend.</c>

00:54:51.360 --> 00:54:52.599
Because<00:54:51.480><c> that's</c><00:54:51.739><c> a</c><00:54:51.880><c> title</c><00:54:52.079><c> that</c><00:54:52.300><c> Abraham</c>

00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:54.059
receives<00:54:53.039><c> in</c><00:54:53.280><c> scripture.</c>

00:54:54.639 --> 00:54:56.280
He<00:54:54.900><c> called</c><00:54:55.079><c> him</c><00:54:55.219><c> his</c><00:54:55.480><c> friend.</c>

00:54:56.340 --> 00:54:58.739
And<00:54:56.460><c> if</c><00:54:56.639><c> we</c><00:54:56.900><c> identify</c><00:54:57.440><c> ourselves</c><00:54:57.980><c> with</c><00:54:58.280><c> Christ</c>

00:54:58.739 --> 00:55:00.320
with<00:54:59.380><c> the</c><00:54:59.519><c> Lord</c><00:54:59.679><c> Jesus</c><00:55:00.019><c> Christ</c>

00:55:00.320 --> 00:55:02.760
not<00:55:00.599><c> just</c><00:55:00.860><c> by</c><00:55:01.159><c> saying,</c><00:55:01.599><c> yeah</c><00:55:01.599><c> I</c><00:55:01.659><c> believe</c><00:55:01.980><c> who</c><00:55:02.179><c> Christ</c><00:55:02.460><c> is</c>

00:55:02.760 --> 00:55:03.860
I<00:55:02.980><c> believe</c><00:55:03.260><c> in</c><00:55:03.420><c> him</c>

00:55:03.860 --> 00:55:06.800
but<00:55:04.480><c> by</c><00:55:04.920><c> searching</c><00:55:05.239><c> it</c><00:55:05.480><c> out</c>

00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:08.880
and<00:55:07.460><c> by</c><00:55:07.780><c> hanging</c><00:55:08.079><c> on</c><00:55:08.340><c> every</c><00:55:08.659><c> word</c>

00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:10.780
that<00:55:09.079><c> he</c><00:55:09.260><c> said</c>

00:55:11.119 --> 00:55:12.699
only<00:55:11.659><c> by</c><00:55:12.039><c> that</c>

00:55:12.699 --> 00:55:14.940
do<00:55:13.260><c> we</c><00:55:13.500><c> understand</c>

00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:16.679
what<00:55:15.980><c> the</c><00:55:16.260><c> true</c><00:55:16.420><c> hope</c>

00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:18.280
actually<00:55:17.119><c> should</c><00:55:17.300><c> be.</c>

00:55:18.500 --> 00:55:20.360
It's<00:55:18.579><c> not</c><00:55:18.780><c> about</c><00:55:19.079><c> humanism.</c>

00:55:21.599 --> 00:55:22.980
It's<00:55:22.139><c> all</c><00:55:22.320><c> about</c><00:55:22.480><c> the</c><00:55:22.719><c> worship</c>

00:55:22.980 --> 00:55:24.219
of<00:55:23.219><c> God</c>

00:55:24.289 --> 00:55:26.659
in<00:55:24.559><c> the</c><00:55:24.780><c> spirit</c><00:55:24.940><c> of</c><00:55:25.159><c> humility</c><00:55:25.460><c> in</c><00:55:25.659><c> our</c><00:55:25.820><c> lives.</c>

00:55:27.019 --> 00:55:28.539
If<00:55:27.099><c> you</c><00:55:27.239><c> are</c><00:55:27.440><c> Christ's,</c><00:55:28.099><c> then</c><00:55:28.199><c> are</c><00:55:28.340><c> you</c>

00:55:28.539 --> 00:55:29.619
Abraham's<00:55:29.260><c> seed</c>

00:55:29.619 --> 00:55:32.500
and<00:55:30.260><c> heirs</c><00:55:30.519><c> according</c><00:55:30.980><c> to</c><00:55:31.239><c> all</c><00:55:31.380><c> of</c><00:55:31.480><c> his</c><00:55:31.619><c> promises.</c>

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Amen.