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moved<00:12:50.860><c> into</c><00:12:51.460><c> a</c><00:12:52.019><c> new</c><00:12:52.279><c> country.</c><00:12:53.419><c> The</c><00:12:53.539><c> new</c><00:12:53.779><c> King</c>

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strangers,<00:13:00.360><c> they</c><00:13:00.360><c> were</c><00:13:00.820><c> sojourners</c><00:13:01.759><c> in</c><00:13:02.460><c> some</c><00:13:02.899><c> form</c><00:13:03.159><c> or</c><00:13:03.360><c> fashion.</c><00:13:04.580><c> It</c>

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throughout.<00:13:08.799><c> So</c><00:13:08.960><c> Peter</c><00:13:09.139><c> uses</c><00:13:09.600><c> the</c><00:13:09.799><c> Greek</c><00:13:10.039><c> word</c><00:13:10.340><c> diaspora,</c><00:13:11.360><c> a</c>

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dispersion.<00:13:12.500><c> These</c><00:13:12.759><c> were</c><00:13:13.340><c> brother</c><00:13:13.700><c> and</c><00:13:13.980><c> sisters</c><00:13:14.279><c> who</c>

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epistles.<00:14:08.320><c> Just</c><00:14:08.559><c> notice</c><00:14:08.759><c> a</c><00:14:09.080><c> very</c><00:14:09.379><c> curious</c><00:14:09.720><c> note</c><00:14:10.080><c> at</c><00:14:10.559><c> the</c><00:14:10.759><c> end</c>

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of<00:14:11.019><c> the</c><00:14:11.120><c> first</c><00:14:11.299><c> epistle,</c><00:14:11.799><c> 1</c><00:14:11.919><c> Peter</c><00:14:12.120><c> chapter</c><00:14:12.539><c> five.</c>

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elect<00:14:25.940><c> together</c><00:14:26.700><c> with</c><00:14:27.100><c> you,</c><00:14:27.240><c> there's</c><00:14:27.480><c> that</c><00:14:27.659><c> word</c><00:14:27.799><c> elect</c>

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King<00:14:33.200><c> James</c><00:14:33.460><c> version</c><00:14:34.240><c> renders</c><00:14:35.320><c> this</c><00:14:35.620><c> verse,</c>

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the<00:14:48.159><c> Greek,</c><00:14:48.600><c> it's</c><00:14:49.179><c> she</c><00:14:49.759><c> who</c><00:14:50.299><c> is</c><00:14:50.559><c> at</c><00:14:50.879><c> Babylon.</c><00:14:51.980><c> Very</c>

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company<00:15:26.759><c> with,</c><00:15:27.899><c> together.</c>

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He<00:15:29.320><c> says</c><00:15:29.620><c> that</c><00:15:29.840><c> those</c><00:15:30.139><c> who</c><00:15:30.320><c> are</c><00:15:30.440><c> in</c><00:15:30.659><c> Babylon</c><00:15:31.019><c> salute</c><00:15:31.799><c> you</c><00:15:32.559><c> in</c>

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Asia.<00:15:33.879><c> And</c><00:15:33.960><c> in</c><00:15:34.059><c> the</c><00:15:34.240><c> Greek,</c><00:15:34.519><c> it</c><00:15:34.519><c> means</c><00:15:35.000><c> to</c>

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unwrap<00:15:36.259><c> one's</c><00:15:36.720><c> arms</c><00:15:37.080><c> around.</c><00:15:37.620><c> And</c><00:15:37.720><c> so</c><00:15:37.820><c> he</c><00:15:37.980><c> is</c><00:15:38.460><c> intimately</c><00:15:38.860><c> joining</c><00:15:39.320><c> those</c><00:15:39.779><c> who</c>

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are<00:15:40.159><c> in</c><00:15:40.440><c> Babylon</c><00:15:41.000><c> with</c><00:15:41.620><c> those</c><00:15:42.000><c> in</c>

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Asia<00:15:42.779><c> together</c><00:15:43.559><c> under</c><00:15:44.000><c> the</c><00:15:44.279><c> same</c><00:15:44.539><c> calling,</c><00:15:45.580><c> elect</c><00:15:45.919><c> together.</c>

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Babylon.<00:15:53.440><c> Babylon.</c><00:15:54.799><c> What</c><00:15:55.299><c> is</c><00:15:56.440><c> this</c><00:15:56.860><c> Babylon?</c>

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And<00:15:57.360><c> much</c><00:15:57.600><c> has</c><00:15:57.840><c> been</c><00:15:58.080><c> made</c><00:15:58.879><c> about</c><00:15:59.539><c> Peter's</c><00:16:00.259><c> reference</c><00:16:00.720><c> to</c><00:16:01.940><c> Babylon</c><00:16:02.500><c> in</c>

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these<00:16:03.080><c> verses.</c><00:16:03.419><c> It</c><00:16:03.600><c> seems</c><00:16:03.919><c> a</c><00:16:04.120><c> little</c>

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out<00:16:04.679><c> of</c><00:16:04.919><c> place.</c><00:16:06.159><c> There</c><00:16:06.279><c> are</c><00:16:06.700><c> several</c><00:16:07.120><c> options</c><00:16:07.700><c> to</c><00:16:07.899><c> consider.</c>

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There<00:16:08.759><c> was</c><00:16:08.980><c> a</c><00:16:09.259><c> Babylon</c><00:16:09.639><c> that</c><00:16:09.899><c> was</c><00:16:10.159><c> located</c>

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on<00:16:11.059><c> the</c><00:16:11.240><c> Nile</c><00:16:11.440><c> River</c><00:16:11.919><c> in</c><00:16:12.440><c> Egypt</c><00:16:12.899><c> in</c><00:16:13.340><c> Peter's</c><00:16:13.860><c> day.</c><00:16:15.559><c> Some</c><00:16:15.740><c> have</c>

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suggested<00:16:16.460><c> that</c><00:16:16.659><c> this</c><00:16:16.899><c> is</c><00:16:17.279><c> a</c><00:16:17.740><c> figurative</c><00:16:18.299><c> word,</c>

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a<00:16:18.860><c> code</c><00:16:19.100><c> word,</c><00:16:19.940><c> perhaps</c><00:16:19.940><c> for</c><00:16:20.759><c> Rome,</c><00:16:22.200><c> which</c><00:16:22.379><c> is</c><00:16:22.759><c> the</c><00:16:22.980><c> capital</c>

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of<00:16:23.899><c> the</c><00:16:24.059><c> Roman</c><00:16:24.360><c> Empire.</c><00:16:25.399><c> And</c><00:16:25.500><c> certainly</c>

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Revelation<00:16:26.480><c> uses</c><00:16:27.480><c> that</c><00:16:28.039><c> same</c><00:16:28.460><c> figurative</c><00:16:28.919><c> word.</c><00:16:30.139><c> And</c><00:16:30.360><c> then</c><00:16:30.639><c> there</c><00:16:30.960><c> is</c><00:16:31.259><c> a</c>

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literal<00:16:32.240><c> option</c><00:16:32.799><c> as</c><00:16:33.080><c> well.</c><00:16:33.279><c> Perhaps</c>

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this<00:16:33.980><c> is</c><00:16:34.399><c> literally</c><00:16:35.279><c> Babylon,</c><00:16:36.220><c> the</c><00:16:36.480><c> Babylon,</c><00:16:36.919><c> the</c><00:16:37.139><c> nation,</c>

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the<00:16:37.720><c> city</c><00:16:38.100><c> located</c><00:16:38.860><c> in</c><00:16:39.679><c> the</c><00:16:39.879><c> nation</c><00:16:40.139><c> of</c><00:16:40.419><c> Babylon.</c>

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We<00:16:41.500><c> can't</c><00:16:41.779><c> be</c><00:16:42.059><c> dogmatic,</c><00:16:42.720><c> brothers</c><00:16:43.000><c> and</c><00:16:43.159><c> sisters</c><00:16:43.419><c> and</c><00:16:43.639><c> young</c>

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people,<00:16:44.419><c> but</c><00:16:44.740><c> I</c><00:16:44.899><c> would</c><00:16:45.059><c> lean</c><00:16:45.320><c> very</c><00:16:45.759><c> strongly</c><00:16:46.120><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:47.340><c> latter</c><00:16:48.080><c> option,</c><00:16:48.980><c> that</c><00:16:49.179><c> it</c><00:16:49.360><c> is</c><00:16:49.720><c> the</c><00:16:50.019><c> literal</c><00:16:50.419><c> city</c><00:16:51.139><c> of</c><00:16:52.039><c> Babylon</c><00:16:52.519><c> in</c>

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Babylon.<00:16:55.000><c> Now,</c><00:16:55.259><c> what</c><00:16:55.440><c> reason</c><00:16:55.740><c> do</c><00:16:55.860><c> we</c><00:16:56.000><c> have</c>

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to<00:16:56.639><c> take</c><00:16:57.539><c> Babylon</c><00:16:58.220><c> as</c><00:16:58.840><c> being</c><00:16:59.440><c> literal</c><00:17:00.159><c> in</c><00:17:01.139><c> these</c><00:17:01.379><c> verses?</c><00:17:02.500><c> The</c>

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historians<00:17:03.139><c> tell</c><00:17:03.440><c> us,</c><00:17:03.620><c> if</c><00:17:03.759><c> we</c><00:17:03.940><c> do</c><00:17:04.099><c> a</c><00:17:04.140><c> little</c><00:17:04.299><c> bit</c><00:17:04.420><c> of</c>

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research,<00:17:05.519><c> that</c><00:17:05.799><c> Babylon</c><00:17:06.299><c> at</c><00:17:06.579><c> this</c><00:17:06.839><c> time</c><00:17:07.160><c> was</c><00:17:07.940><c> a</c><00:17:08.599><c> center</c><00:17:09.000><c> of</c><00:17:09.759><c> a</c>

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very<00:17:10.500><c> flourishing</c><00:17:11.220><c> Jewish</c><00:17:11.740><c> population</c><00:17:12.559><c> here</c><00:17:13.400><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:13.539><c> first</c><00:17:13.720><c> century,</c><00:17:14.500><c> especially</c><00:17:15.019><c> after</c><00:17:15.859><c> AD</c><00:17:16.240><c> 70</c><00:17:16.700><c> when</c><00:17:17.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:18.140><c> was</c>

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destroyed.<00:17:19.660><c> The</c><00:17:19.839><c> Jewish</c><00:17:20.119><c> population</c>

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rose<00:17:21.259><c> because</c><00:17:21.539><c> people</c><00:17:21.819><c> got</c><00:17:22.059><c> out</c><00:17:22.400><c> of</c><00:17:22.880><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:23.819><c> and</c><00:17:24.299><c> escaped</c>

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to<00:17:24.880><c> Babylon.</c><00:17:25.980><c> So</c><00:17:26.480><c> there's</c><00:17:27.099><c> a</c><00:17:27.339><c> large</c><00:17:27.539><c> group</c>

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of<00:17:28.000><c> Jews</c><00:17:28.180><c> here.</c><00:17:28.460><c> And</c><00:17:28.619><c> where</c><00:17:28.740><c> did</c><00:17:28.819><c> they</c><00:17:29.000><c> come</c><00:17:29.180><c> from?</c><00:17:30.039><c> Well,</c><00:17:30.240><c> they</c><00:17:30.400><c> are</c>

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the<00:17:30.740><c> remnant</c><00:17:31.160><c> of</c><00:17:32.140><c> the</c><00:17:32.880><c> Diaspora</c>

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from<00:17:35.440><c> Israel</c><00:17:36.079><c> to</c><00:17:36.559><c> Babylon</c><00:17:37.079><c> during</c><00:17:37.440><c> the</c><00:17:37.660><c> times</c><00:17:37.900><c> of</c><00:17:38.099><c> Nehemiah</c>

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and<00:17:39.240><c> Ezra</c><00:17:40.119><c> and</c><00:17:40.400><c> Ezekiel</c><00:17:40.880><c> and</c><00:17:41.039><c> Daniel,</c>

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the<00:17:41.680><c> people</c><00:17:41.960><c> that</c><00:17:42.160><c> were</c><00:17:42.740><c> in</c><00:17:43.119><c> Babylon,</c><00:17:43.700><c> that</c><00:17:43.759><c> were</c><00:17:43.940><c> taken</c><00:17:44.200><c> to</c>

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Babylon<00:17:44.920><c> and</c><00:17:45.319><c> then</c><00:17:45.660><c> back</c><00:17:45.859><c> to</c><00:17:46.019><c> the</c><00:17:46.180><c> land</c><00:17:46.400><c> through</c>

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Nehemiah<00:17:47.500><c> and</c><00:17:48.000><c> those</c><00:17:48.299><c> people.</c><00:17:48.720><c> So</c><00:17:48.900><c> there</c><00:17:49.059><c> were</c><00:17:49.380><c> Jews</c><00:17:49.819><c> that</c><00:17:50.000><c> were</c><00:17:50.299><c> remnants</c><00:17:50.680><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:51.480><c> original</c><00:17:51.859><c> Diaspora.</c>

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If<00:17:53.960><c> we</c><00:17:54.299><c> look</c><00:17:54.599><c> at</c><00:17:54.779><c> our</c><00:17:55.140><c> Bible,</c><00:17:56.059><c> we</c><00:17:56.259><c> find</c><00:17:56.619><c> that</c><00:17:56.920><c> Peter</c><00:17:57.240><c> was</c><00:17:57.680><c> the</c><00:17:58.000><c> apostle</c><00:17:58.559><c> to</c><00:17:59.519><c> the</c><00:17:59.740><c> Jews.</c><00:18:00.579><c> Galatians</c><00:18:01.039><c> chapter</c><00:18:01.380><c> 2</c><00:18:01.740><c> and</c>

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verse<00:18:02.039><c> 8</c><00:18:02.759><c> affirms</c><00:18:03.259><c> that</c><00:18:03.680><c> for</c><00:18:03.920><c> us.</c><00:18:04.200><c> And</c><00:18:04.420><c> Paul</c><00:18:05.220><c> was</c><00:18:05.940><c> the</c><00:18:06.299><c> apostle</c>

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to<00:18:06.980><c> the</c><00:18:07.160><c> Gentiles.</c><00:18:07.619><c> And</c><00:18:07.819><c> so</c><00:18:07.940><c> it's</c><00:18:08.160><c> no</c><00:18:08.400><c> surprise</c>

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that<00:18:09.720><c> Peter</c><00:18:10.079><c> would</c><00:18:10.339><c> be</c><00:18:10.700><c> going</c><00:18:10.960><c> and</c><00:18:11.460><c> visiting</c><00:18:11.700><c> as</c><00:18:12.160><c> the</c><00:18:12.440><c> apostle</c>

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to<00:18:13.099><c> the</c><00:18:13.299><c> Jews</c><00:18:13.680><c> to</c><00:18:14.460><c> Babylon</c><00:18:14.880><c> if</c><00:18:15.299><c> there</c><00:18:15.519><c> were</c>

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Jews<00:18:15.940><c> there,</c><00:18:16.420><c> which</c><00:18:16.619><c> there</c><00:18:16.900><c> were.</c><00:18:18.359><c> Especially</c><00:18:19.079><c> if</c><00:18:19.740><c> there</c><00:18:20.019><c> were</c><00:18:20.380><c> believing</c><00:18:20.940><c> Jews</c><00:18:21.819><c> that</c><00:18:23.140><c> were</c><00:18:23.339><c> living</c><00:18:23.619><c> in</c><00:18:24.099><c> Babylon.</c>

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Or<00:18:26.039><c> perhaps</c><00:18:26.460><c> if</c><00:18:26.660><c> there</c><00:18:26.900><c> were</c><00:18:27.599><c> possibilities</c><00:18:28.319><c> of</c><00:18:28.759><c> converting</c>

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some<00:18:29.559><c> of</c><00:18:29.680><c> the</c><00:18:29.940><c> remnant</c><00:18:30.400><c> Jews</c><00:18:30.819><c> that</c><00:18:31.000><c> were</c>

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left<00:18:31.599><c> in</c><00:18:31.960><c> Babylon</c><00:18:32.319><c> that</c><00:18:32.740><c> did</c><00:18:33.019><c> not</c><00:18:33.220><c> come</c><00:18:33.460><c> back</c><00:18:33.660><c> through</c><00:18:33.839><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:34.720><c> and</c><00:18:35.000><c> Ezra,</c><00:18:35.920><c> Ezekiel</c><00:18:36.200><c> and</c><00:18:36.339><c> Daniel.</c><00:18:37.880><c> And</c><00:18:38.160><c> so</c>

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perhaps<00:18:38.640><c> there</c><00:18:38.900><c> were</c><00:18:39.079><c> Jewish</c><00:18:39.460><c> believers</c><00:18:39.920><c> that</c><00:18:40.740><c> Peter</c><00:18:41.059><c> had</c><00:18:41.319><c> gone</c><00:18:41.559><c> there</c><00:18:42.099><c> to</c>

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visit.<00:18:43.539><c> And</c><00:18:43.599><c> as</c><00:18:43.859><c> a</c><00:18:44.119><c> result,</c>

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Peter<00:18:45.980><c> is</c><00:18:46.559><c> writing</c><00:18:46.880><c> to</c><00:18:47.319><c> them.</c><00:18:47.859><c> Now</c><00:18:48.119><c> it's</c><00:18:48.339><c> also</c><00:18:48.640><c> interesting</c>

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the<00:18:49.599><c> choice</c><00:18:49.839><c> of</c><00:18:50.119><c> words</c><00:18:50.440><c> that</c><00:18:50.700><c> Peter</c><00:18:50.960><c> uses.</c><00:18:51.420><c> Perhaps</c>

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that's<00:18:52.180><c> a</c><00:18:52.339><c> clue</c><00:18:52.700><c> as</c><00:18:53.279><c> to</c><00:18:53.519><c> what</c><00:18:53.859><c> this</c><00:18:54.160><c> Babylon</c><00:18:54.559><c> is.</c><00:18:56.420><c> Those</c><00:18:56.960><c> who</c>

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were<00:18:57.480><c> in</c><00:18:57.700><c> Asia,</c><00:18:58.140><c> Peter</c><00:18:58.480><c> describes</c><00:18:59.420><c> as</c><00:18:59.900><c> being</c><00:19:00.279><c> part</c>

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of<00:19:00.980><c> a</c><00:19:01.460><c> Diaspora.</c><00:19:02.720><c> They</c><00:19:02.900><c> were</c><00:19:03.400><c> scattered.</c><00:19:04.819><c> It's</c><00:19:05.180><c> the</c><00:19:05.359><c> word</c><00:19:05.619><c> Diaspora.</c><00:19:07.519><c> And</c>

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the<00:19:08.299><c> people,</c><00:19:08.799><c> the</c><00:19:09.039><c> brothers</c><00:19:09.220><c> and</c><00:19:09.480><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:19:10.059><c> he</c><00:19:10.279><c> seems</c><00:19:10.500><c> to</c><00:19:10.680><c> be</c><00:19:10.859><c> writing</c><00:19:11.160><c> from</c><00:19:12.059><c> and</c><00:19:12.660><c> with</c><00:19:12.960><c> in</c><00:19:13.299><c> Babylon</c>

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were<00:19:14.480><c> also</c><00:19:15.000><c> part</c><00:19:15.359><c> of</c><00:19:15.640><c> a</c><00:19:16.059><c> Diaspora,</c><00:19:16.880><c> a</c><00:19:17.240><c> scattering</c>

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years<00:19:18.480><c> and</c><00:19:18.680><c> years</c><00:19:18.960><c> earlier.</c><00:19:19.500><c> And</c><00:19:19.500><c> so</c><00:19:19.740><c> perhaps</c><00:19:20.240><c> Peter</c><00:19:20.519><c> is</c><00:19:20.839><c> using</c><00:19:21.059><c> that</c>

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word<00:19:21.619><c> very</c><00:19:22.619><c> carefully,</c><00:19:23.440><c> very</c><00:19:23.700><c> specifically,</c>

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to<00:19:24.559><c> join</c><00:19:25.220><c> the</c><00:19:25.759><c> people</c><00:19:26.000><c> in</c><00:19:26.279><c> Babylon</c><00:19:26.619><c> to</c><00:19:26.900><c> those</c><00:19:27.339><c> in</c><00:19:27.680><c> Asia</c><00:19:28.000><c> by</c><00:19:28.460><c> both</c><00:19:28.799><c> being</c><00:19:29.160><c> part</c><00:19:29.680><c> of</c>

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supporting<00:19:41.059><c> details</c><00:19:41.640><c> to</c><00:19:41.980><c> that</c><00:19:42.160><c> later</c><00:19:42.380><c> on.</c><00:19:43.380><c> How</c><00:19:43.539><c> about</c><00:19:43.619><c> the</c><00:19:43.859><c> timing</c><00:19:44.180><c> of</c>

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Peter's<00:19:45.119><c> epistle?</c><00:19:45.319><c> When</c><00:19:45.460><c> did</c><00:19:45.680><c> Peter</c>

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write<00:19:47.859><c> these</c><00:19:48.339><c> two</c><00:19:48.799><c> epistles?</c><00:19:50.140><c> There</c><00:19:50.299><c> are</c><00:19:50.599><c> clues</c><00:19:51.039><c> in</c><00:19:52.259><c> the</c><00:19:52.500><c> first</c><00:19:52.740><c> chapter</c><00:19:53.160><c> of</c>

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verse<00:19:57.920><c> six</c><00:19:58.140><c> and</c><00:19:58.339><c> seven.</c>

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He<00:20:02.400><c> says,</c><00:20:02.720><c> in</c><00:20:02.859><c> this</c><00:20:03.140><c> you</c><00:20:03.380><c> greatly</c><00:20:03.819><c> rejoice,</c><00:20:05.200><c> though</c><00:20:05.299><c> now</c><00:20:05.640><c> for</c>

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deceived<00:20:08.819><c> by</c><00:20:09.720><c> various</c><00:20:10.440><c> trials,</c><00:20:12.400><c> that</c><00:20:12.640><c> the</c><00:20:13.019><c> genuineness</c><00:20:13.500><c> of</c>

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your<00:20:13.900><c> faith,</c><00:20:14.200><c> being</c><00:20:14.539><c> much</c><00:20:14.859><c> more</c><00:20:15.180><c> precious</c><00:20:15.559><c> than</c>

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gold<00:20:16.539><c> that</c><00:20:16.819><c> perishes,</c><00:20:18.200><c> though</c><00:20:18.299><c> it</c><00:20:18.440><c> is</c><00:20:18.640><c> tested</c><00:20:19.000><c> by</c><00:20:19.400><c> fire,</c><00:20:20.359><c> may</c>

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be<00:20:20.680><c> found</c><00:20:20.940><c> to</c><00:20:21.279><c> praise,</c><00:20:21.880><c> honor,</c><00:20:22.720><c> and</c><00:20:23.000><c> glory</c><00:20:23.519><c> at</c><00:20:24.000><c> the</c>

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revelation<00:20:24.640><c> of</c><00:20:24.900><c> Jesus</c><00:20:25.339><c> Christ.</c><00:20:26.240><c> What's</c><00:20:26.880><c> going</c><00:20:27.099><c> on</c><00:20:27.759><c> at</c><00:20:28.799><c> this</c>

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time<00:20:29.700><c> that</c><00:20:30.299><c> Peter</c><00:20:30.660><c> is</c><00:20:31.000><c> writing?</c><00:20:31.839><c> It</c><00:20:32.039><c> would</c><00:20:32.339><c> seem</c>

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from<00:20:32.799><c> these</c><00:20:33.059><c> verses</c><00:20:33.380><c> that</c><00:20:33.599><c> there</c><00:20:33.839><c> is</c><00:20:34.160><c> great</c><00:20:34.440><c> heaviness,</c>

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great<00:20:36.640><c> distress,</c><00:20:38.960><c> manifold</c><00:20:39.460><c> temptations,</c><00:20:41.539><c> adversities,</c>

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trials,<00:20:44.279><c> heated</c><00:20:44.680><c> trials,</c><00:20:45.519><c> trials</c><00:20:45.880><c> by</c><00:20:46.400><c> fire</c><00:20:46.880><c> that</c><00:20:47.940><c> are</c><00:20:48.240><c> taking</c>

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place<00:20:49.119><c> or</c><00:20:49.539><c> are</c><00:20:50.099><c> soon</c><00:20:50.460><c> to</c><00:20:50.819><c> take</c><00:20:51.140><c> place</c>

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Peter<00:20:57.079><c> is</c><00:20:57.920><c> absolutely</c><00:20:58.460><c> littered</c><00:20:59.680><c> with</c><00:21:00.000><c> references</c>

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to<00:21:00.660><c> trials,</c><00:21:01.900><c> persecution,</c><00:21:03.319><c> suffering.</c><00:21:04.339><c> It</c><00:21:04.539><c> suggests</c><00:21:05.180><c> a</c><00:21:05.559><c> current</c><00:21:05.839><c> or</c>

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impending<00:21:06.500><c> period</c><00:21:07.059><c> of</c><00:21:07.880><c> great</c><00:21:08.180><c> distress,</c><00:21:09.319><c> fiery</c>

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trials.<00:21:11.980><c> And</c><00:21:12.140><c> if</c><00:21:12.240><c> we</c><00:21:12.359><c> were</c><00:21:12.579><c> to</c><00:21:13.160><c> look</c><00:21:13.400><c> back</c><00:21:13.720><c> into</c><00:21:14.099><c> history,</c><00:21:16.039><c> were</c><00:21:16.160><c> there</c><00:21:16.319><c> any</c>

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events<00:21:17.319><c> in</c><00:21:18.059><c> that</c><00:21:18.339><c> first</c><00:21:18.660><c> century</c>

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about?<00:21:29.099><c> If</c><00:21:29.640><c> you</c><00:21:30.319><c> take</c><00:21:30.759><c> a</c><00:21:30.859><c> look</c><00:21:30.960><c> on</c><00:21:31.220><c> your</c><00:21:31.740><c> your</c><00:21:32.019><c> handouts,</c><00:21:32.740><c> there</c><00:21:32.940><c> is</c><00:21:33.180><c> a</c>

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a<00:21:36.119><c> lot</c><00:21:36.299><c> of</c><00:21:36.480><c> details</c><00:21:36.740><c> on</c><00:21:36.980><c> here</c><00:21:37.099><c> for</c><00:21:37.279><c> your</c><00:21:37.500><c> own</c><00:21:37.839><c> interest</c><00:21:38.220><c> later,</c>

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but<00:21:39.119><c> I</c><00:21:39.200><c> want</c><00:21:39.279><c> to</c><00:21:39.440><c> point</c><00:21:39.599><c> out</c><00:21:40.079><c> a</c><00:21:40.420><c> couple</c><00:21:40.640><c> of</c><00:21:41.079><c> details</c>

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there,<00:21:57.539><c> you'll</c><00:21:57.779><c> see</c><00:21:57.940><c> the</c><00:21:58.180><c> dates</c><00:21:58.500><c> AD</c><00:21:59.000><c> 54</c><00:21:59.759><c> through</c><00:22:00.480><c> AD</c><00:22:00.940><c> 68,</c>

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and<00:22:02.500><c> that's</c><00:22:02.880><c> the</c><00:22:03.019><c> period</c><00:22:03.160><c> of</c><00:22:03.359><c> time</c><00:22:03.559><c> that</c><00:22:03.940><c> Nero</c><00:22:04.359><c> was</c><00:22:05.240><c> the</c><00:22:05.559><c> emperor</c><00:22:05.940><c> or</c><00:22:06.200><c> the</c><00:22:06.519><c> Caesar</c><00:22:06.920><c> in</c>

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was<00:22:09.039><c> based</c><00:22:09.599><c> out</c><00:22:10.039><c> of</c><00:22:10.279><c> Rome.</c><00:22:11.700><c> And</c><00:22:11.980><c> somewhere</c><00:22:12.160><c> around</c><00:22:12.980><c> AD</c><00:22:13.539><c> 64,</c><00:22:15.500><c> you'll</c><00:22:15.740><c> see</c><00:22:16.220><c> circled</c><00:22:16.680><c> in</c>

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in<00:22:17.400><c> green</c><00:22:17.740><c> and</c><00:22:18.420><c> in</c><00:22:18.599><c> pink,</c>

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Nero<00:22:19.799><c> becomes</c><00:22:20.339><c> an</c><00:22:20.920><c> increasingly</c><00:22:21.599><c> unpopular</c><00:22:22.920><c> emperor.</c><00:22:24.380><c> There</c>

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off<00:22:41.619><c> his</c><00:22:41.940><c> rocker.</c><00:22:43.099><c> He</c><00:22:43.200><c> was</c><00:22:43.339><c> acting</c><00:22:43.640><c> a</c><00:22:43.819><c> little</c><00:22:44.019><c> weird</c>

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and<00:22:45.900><c> started</c><00:22:46.220><c> this</c><00:22:46.720><c> fire.</c><00:22:48.440><c> And</c><00:22:48.579><c> about</c><00:22:48.740><c> that</c><00:22:49.059><c> time,</c><00:22:49.839><c> Nero</c><00:22:50.059><c> also</c>

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starts<00:22:50.980><c> to</c><00:22:51.380><c> persecute</c><00:22:52.079><c> some</c><00:22:52.279><c> of</c><00:22:52.420><c> the</c><00:22:52.579><c> Christians.</c>

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It's<00:22:53.200><c> well</c><00:22:53.500><c> documented,</c><00:22:54.180><c> brothers</c><00:22:54.299><c> and</c><00:22:54.500><c> sisters,</c><00:22:54.740><c> and</c><00:22:54.920><c> young</c>

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people,<00:22:55.819><c> if</c><00:22:55.940><c> you</c><00:22:56.119><c> pull</c><00:22:56.319><c> out</c><00:22:56.500><c> history</c><00:22:56.819><c> books.</c>

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Roman<00:23:00.960><c> Empires</c><00:23:01.480><c> authorities</c><00:23:02.019><c> at</c><00:23:02.220><c> the</c><00:23:02.400><c> time</c><00:23:02.759><c> to</c><00:23:03.279><c> do</c>

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likewise.<00:23:05.259><c> And</c><00:23:05.579><c> he</c><00:23:05.779><c> appears</c><00:23:06.059><c> to</c><00:23:06.380><c> use</c><00:23:06.660><c> the</c><00:23:07.059><c> threat</c><00:23:07.240><c> of</c><00:23:07.400><c> this</c><00:23:07.619><c> new</c><00:23:07.980><c> Christian</c><00:23:08.359><c> movement,</c><00:23:09.539><c> which</c><00:23:09.740><c> has</c><00:23:09.900><c> been</c><00:23:10.099><c> started</c><00:23:10.299><c> by</c>

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Christ,<00:23:11.460><c> and</c><00:23:11.660><c> is</c><00:23:11.920><c> growing</c><00:23:12.339><c> in</c><00:23:12.599><c> leaps</c><00:23:12.880><c> and</c><00:23:13.160><c> bounds.</c><00:23:13.420><c> He</c><00:23:13.579><c> seems</c>

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to<00:23:14.019><c> be</c><00:23:14.200><c> threatened</c><00:23:14.420><c> by</c><00:23:14.680><c> it,</c><00:23:15.039><c> but</c><00:23:15.180><c> he</c><00:23:15.460><c> uses</c><00:23:15.759><c> this</c>

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threat<00:23:16.319><c> of</c><00:23:16.500><c> the</c><00:23:16.680><c> Christians</c><00:23:17.019><c> to</c><00:23:17.380><c> garner</c><00:23:17.720><c> support</c><00:23:18.480><c> for</c><00:23:19.500><c> putting</c><00:23:19.799><c> it</c><00:23:20.019><c> under,</c><00:23:21.099><c> persecuting</c><00:23:21.579><c> it.</c>

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seems<00:23:24.000><c> to</c><00:23:24.740><c> blame</c><00:23:25.059><c> the</c><00:23:25.319><c> Christians</c><00:23:25.799><c> for</c><00:23:26.319><c> starting</c><00:23:26.579><c> this</c><00:23:26.839><c> fire,</c>

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so<00:23:27.240><c> he</c><00:23:27.519><c> deflects</c><00:23:27.960><c> the</c><00:23:28.140><c> blame</c><00:23:28.380><c> from</c><00:23:28.579><c> himself</c>

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at<00:23:29.779><c> a</c><00:23:29.920><c> time</c><00:23:30.119><c> when</c><00:23:30.339><c> he</c><00:23:30.640><c> is</c><00:23:30.779><c> being</c><00:23:31.119><c> criticized</c><00:23:31.720><c> to</c><00:23:32.160><c> the</c><00:23:32.339><c> Christians,</c><00:23:32.680><c> and</c><00:23:32.839><c> he</c>

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blames<00:23:33.339><c> it</c><00:23:33.500><c> on</c><00:23:33.599><c> the</c><00:23:33.779><c> Christians</c>

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at<00:23:34.259><c> that</c><00:23:34.460><c> time,</c><00:23:34.880><c> which</c><00:23:35.140><c> generates</c><00:23:35.559><c> even</c><00:23:35.880><c> more</c><00:23:36.180><c> persecution</c>

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for<00:23:37.500><c> these</c><00:23:37.759><c> Christians.</c><00:23:39.599><c> And</c><00:23:39.759><c> brothers</c><00:23:39.920><c> and</c><00:23:40.019><c> sisters,</c>

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history<00:23:40.960><c> documents</c><00:23:41.559><c> for</c><00:23:41.819><c> us</c><00:23:42.180><c> that</c><00:23:42.480><c> this</c><00:23:42.660><c> was</c><00:23:42.859><c> an</c><00:23:43.119><c> absolutely</c>

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horrific<00:23:44.279><c> time</c><00:23:44.819><c> of</c><00:23:45.220><c> trial</c><00:23:45.779><c> for</c><00:23:46.859><c> the</c>

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Christians<00:23:47.460><c> that</c><00:23:47.680><c> were</c><00:23:47.940><c> in</c><00:23:48.140><c> Rome,</c><00:23:50.039><c> for</c><00:23:50.240><c> the</c><00:23:50.680><c> ecclesias</c><00:23:51.559><c> that</c>

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were<00:23:52.839><c> in</c><00:23:53.240><c> Rome</c><00:23:53.539><c> at</c><00:23:53.759><c> that</c><00:23:53.980><c> time.</c><00:23:54.500><c> History</c><00:23:54.819><c> tells</c><00:23:55.240><c> us</c>

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that<00:23:56.259><c> Christians</c><00:23:56.759><c> in</c><00:23:56.960><c> this</c><00:23:57.200><c> time</c><00:23:57.460><c> were</c><00:23:57.740><c> thrown</c><00:23:58.019><c> into</c><00:23:58.220><c> the</c><00:23:58.420><c> lions.</c><00:24:00.000><c> They</c><00:24:00.279><c> were</c><00:24:00.759><c> lit</c>

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on<00:24:01.700><c> stakes.</c>

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They<00:24:03.720><c> were</c><00:24:04.160><c> imprisoned.</c><00:24:05.599><c> They</c><00:24:05.880><c> were</c><00:24:06.259><c> tortured.</c><00:24:07.420><c> They</c><00:24:07.680><c> went</c>

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through<00:24:08.319><c> horrific</c><00:24:09.259><c> persecution</c><00:24:10.000><c> during</c><00:24:10.319><c> this</c>

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period<00:24:10.759><c> of</c><00:24:11.019><c> time.</c><00:24:11.680><c> And</c><00:24:12.059><c> eventually</c><00:24:12.559><c> Nero</c><00:24:13.000><c> is</c><00:24:13.299><c> believed</c><00:24:13.619><c> to</c><00:24:14.359><c> behead</c><00:24:15.160><c> the</c><00:24:15.500><c> Apostle</c><00:24:15.900><c> Paul</c><00:24:16.220><c> about</c><00:24:16.579><c> AD</c>

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67.<00:24:17.859><c> And</c><00:24:18.079><c> it's</c>

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believed<00:24:18.500><c> that</c><00:24:18.700><c> he</c><00:24:18.900><c> crucified</c><00:24:19.619><c> the</c><00:24:20.099><c> Apostle</c><00:24:20.519><c> Peter</c><00:24:20.759><c> shortly</c>

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after<00:24:21.559><c> that,</c><00:24:21.819><c> in</c><00:24:21.980><c> about</c><00:24:22.220><c> AD</c><00:24:22.500><c> 67</c><00:24:23.319><c> or</c><00:24:23.799><c> AD</c><00:24:24.220><c> 68.</c><00:24:25.400><c> And</c><00:24:25.619><c> so</c>

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it<00:24:26.299><c> leads</c><00:24:26.500><c> us</c><00:24:26.720><c> to</c><00:24:27.039><c> believe,</c><00:24:27.380><c> as</c><00:24:27.579><c> we've</c><00:24:27.880><c> circled</c><00:24:28.099><c> in</c><00:24:28.380><c> orange</c><00:24:28.559><c> there,</c><00:24:29.980><c> that</c><00:24:30.359><c> 1</c>

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Peter,<00:24:31.240><c> in</c><00:24:31.400><c> terms</c><00:24:31.579><c> of</c><00:24:31.759><c> the</c><00:24:31.960><c> timeline,</c>

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was<00:24:32.779><c> likely</c><00:24:33.359><c> written</c><00:24:33.700><c> before</c><00:24:34.339><c> AD</c><00:24:34.779><c> 64.</c><00:24:35.440><c> In</c><00:24:35.480><c> other</c><00:24:35.640><c> words,</c><00:24:36.460><c> just</c>

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before<00:24:37.519><c> this</c><00:24:38.279><c> persecution</c><00:24:39.000><c> began,</c>

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and<00:24:41.000><c> that</c><00:24:41.279><c> 2</c><00:24:41.460><c> Peter</c><00:24:41.799><c> was</c><00:24:42.440><c> written</c><00:24:42.720><c> just</c><00:24:43.359><c> after</c><00:24:43.859><c> AD</c><00:24:44.220><c> 64</c><00:24:45.079><c> and</c><00:24:45.720><c> just</c><00:24:45.980><c> before</c><00:24:46.640><c> his</c><00:24:47.160><c> death.</c>

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So<00:24:49.799><c> history</c><00:24:50.299><c> helps</c><00:24:50.640><c> us</c><00:24:50.960><c> to</c><00:24:51.519><c> figure</c><00:24:51.819><c> out</c><00:24:52.319><c> generally</c><00:24:53.119><c> when</c><00:24:53.359><c> these</c><00:24:53.619><c> epistles</c><00:24:54.000><c> would</c><00:24:54.180><c> have</c>

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been<00:24:54.480><c> written.</c>

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Notice<00:24:55.559><c> 2</c><00:24:56.079><c> Peter</c><00:24:56.420><c> also</c><00:24:57.039><c> focuses</c><00:24:57.579><c> on</c><00:24:58.460><c> trials,</c><00:24:59.339><c> but</c><00:24:59.500><c> of</c><00:24:59.599><c> a</c><00:24:59.759><c> different</c><00:25:00.059><c> nature</c><00:25:00.660><c> than</c>

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1<00:25:01.660><c> Peter.</c><00:25:01.920><c> We</c><00:25:02.079><c> saw</c>

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some<00:25:02.960><c> of</c><00:25:03.480><c> the</c><00:25:03.619><c> trials</c><00:25:03.900><c> that</c><00:25:04.039><c> he</c><00:25:04.140><c> talks</c><00:25:04.400><c> about.</c><00:25:05.099><c> Notice</c><00:25:05.420><c> 2</c><00:25:05.839><c> Peter</c><00:25:06.099><c> chapter</c><00:25:06.420><c> 2.</c>

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Trials<00:25:07.900><c> in</c><00:25:08.079><c> the</c><00:25:08.279><c> second</c><00:25:08.500><c> epistle</c><00:25:08.779><c> as</c><00:25:09.099><c> well</c><00:25:09.299><c> are</c><00:25:09.579><c> also</c><00:25:09.980><c> a</c><00:25:10.500><c> common</c><00:25:10.779><c> theme.</c><00:25:13.079><c> 2</c><00:25:13.240><c> Peter</c><00:25:13.579><c> chapter</c><00:25:13.859><c> 2,</c>

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verse<00:25:15.279><c> 1</c><00:25:15.539><c> and</c><00:25:15.740><c> 2.</c>

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Peter<00:25:21.480><c> says,</c>

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But<00:25:24.400><c> there</c><00:25:24.579><c> were</c><00:25:24.819><c> also</c><00:25:25.299><c> false</c><00:25:25.980><c> prophets</c><00:25:26.619><c> among</c><00:25:27.200><c> the</c><00:25:27.460><c> people,</c>

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even<00:25:28.799><c> as</c><00:25:29.140><c> there</c><00:25:29.299><c> will</c><00:25:29.500><c> be</c><00:25:29.740><c> false</c><00:25:30.160><c> teachers</c>

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among<00:25:30.640><c> you,</c><00:25:32.380><c> who</c><00:25:32.539><c> will</c><00:25:32.880><c> secretly</c><00:25:33.220><c> bring</c><00:25:33.579><c> in</c><00:25:33.799><c> destructive</c><00:25:34.319><c> heresies,</c><00:25:35.039><c> even</c><00:25:35.299><c> denying</c><00:25:35.720><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:25:36.220><c> who</c><00:25:36.440><c> bought</c><00:25:36.700><c> them,</c>

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and<00:25:37.779><c> bring</c><00:25:37.980><c> on</c><00:25:38.180><c> themselves</c><00:25:38.740><c> swift</c><00:25:39.279><c> destruction.</c><00:25:40.579><c> And</c><00:25:40.779><c> many</c>

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will<00:25:41.240><c> follow</c><00:25:41.480><c> their</c><00:25:41.799><c> destructive</c><00:25:42.299><c> ways,</c>

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because<00:25:43.579><c> of</c><00:25:43.819><c> whom</c><00:25:43.920><c> the</c><00:25:44.140><c> way</c><00:25:44.339><c> of</c><00:25:44.660><c> truth</c><00:25:45.000><c> will</c><00:25:45.680><c> be</c><00:25:45.960><c> blasphemed.</c>

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Now<00:25:46.859><c> notice</c><00:25:47.140><c> the</c><00:25:47.460><c> details,</c><00:25:47.880><c> the</c><00:25:48.220><c> dark</c>

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details<00:25:49.140><c> in</c><00:25:49.480><c> those</c><00:25:49.720><c> verses.</c><00:25:51.039><c> Peter</c><00:25:51.299><c> is</c><00:25:51.539><c> emphasizing</c><00:25:51.960><c> a</c><00:25:52.200><c> different</c><00:25:52.440><c> type</c>

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of<00:25:53.000><c> trial</c><00:25:53.200><c> in</c><00:25:53.480><c> these</c><00:25:53.680><c> verses.</c><00:25:58.740><c> He's</c>

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talking<00:25:59.619><c> about</c><00:25:59.920><c> an</c><00:26:00.279><c> apostasy</c><00:26:01.240><c> that</c><00:26:01.859><c> these</c><00:26:02.180><c> brethren</c><00:26:02.400><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:03.279><c> these</c><00:26:03.519><c> believers,</c><00:26:04.059><c> these</c><00:26:04.299><c> elect</c><00:26:04.759><c> scattered</c>

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in<00:26:06.000><c> Asia</c><00:26:06.420><c> would</c><00:26:06.940><c> have</c><00:26:07.140><c> to</c><00:26:07.339><c> deal</c><00:26:07.500><c> with.</c><00:26:08.599><c> And</c><00:26:08.920><c> as</c><00:26:09.160><c> the</c><00:26:09.440><c> truth</c><00:26:09.660><c> grew</c><00:26:10.200><c> in</c>

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those<00:26:10.839><c> days,</c><00:26:11.660><c> and</c><00:26:11.799><c> it</c><00:26:12.000><c> expanded,</c>

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it<00:26:12.720><c> was</c><00:26:12.920><c> also</c><00:26:13.339><c> attacked</c><00:26:13.940><c> by</c><00:26:14.500><c> people</c><00:26:15.019><c> who</c><00:26:15.400><c> were</c><00:26:15.640><c> against</c><00:26:16.000><c> the</c>

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Christians.<00:26:17.900><c> And</c><00:26:18.200><c> so</c><00:26:18.480><c> too</c><00:26:18.799><c> at</c><00:26:19.039><c> that</c><00:26:19.279><c> time</c><00:26:19.480><c> did</c><00:26:19.640><c> the</c>

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possibility<00:26:20.380><c> of</c><00:26:21.279><c> error</c><00:26:21.900><c> creeping</c><00:26:22.319><c> into</c><00:26:22.759><c> the</c><00:26:23.000><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:23.900><c> grow</c>

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in<00:26:25.480><c> its</c><00:26:25.799><c> possibility.</c><00:26:27.440><c> Particularly</c><00:26:28.119><c> when</c><00:26:28.720><c> these</c>

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:36.000
apostles<00:26:29.500><c> were</c><00:26:29.740><c> being</c><00:26:30.160><c> murdered</c><00:26:30.720><c> and</c><00:26:31.519><c> taken</c><00:26:31.740><c> away,</c><00:26:32.519><c> and</c><00:26:32.720><c> these</c><00:26:33.359><c> stone</c><00:26:34.160><c> witnesses,</c><00:26:35.380><c> as</c>

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Peter<00:26:36.279><c> was,</c><00:26:36.640><c> were</c><00:26:36.920><c> removed</c>

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from<00:26:37.519><c> the</c><00:26:37.740><c> scene,</c><00:26:38.200><c> and</c><00:26:38.519><c> the</c><00:26:38.720><c> new</c><00:26:39.039><c> fledgling</c><00:26:39.559><c> ecclesias</c><00:26:40.400><c> were</c>

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left<00:26:41.259><c> to</c><00:26:41.559><c> deal</c><00:26:41.980><c> with</c><00:26:42.500><c> the</c><00:26:42.740><c> attacks</c><00:26:43.180><c> and</c><00:26:43.960><c> apostasy</c>

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:48.220
from<00:26:45.000><c> outside.</c><00:26:46.339><c> So</c><00:26:46.660><c> when</c><00:26:46.819><c> we</c><00:26:47.000><c> step</c><00:26:47.200><c> back,</c><00:26:47.619><c> brethren</c><00:26:47.720><c> and</c><00:26:47.839><c> sisters,</c><00:26:48.019><c> we</c>

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:50.900
begin<00:26:48.420><c> to</c><00:26:48.660><c> see</c><00:26:48.779><c> that</c><00:26:49.019><c> the</c><00:26:49.640><c> overriding</c><00:26:50.319><c> theme</c>

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of<00:26:51.960><c> both</c><00:26:52.140><c> of</c><00:26:52.500><c> Peter's</c><00:26:52.900><c> epistles</c><00:26:53.319><c> are</c><00:26:54.619><c> trials.</c><00:26:56.759><c> In</c><00:26:56.940><c> our</c><00:26:57.119><c> classes</c><00:26:57.819><c> this</c>

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weekend,<00:27:00.299><c> we</c><00:27:00.660><c> will</c><00:27:00.880><c> see</c>

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that<00:27:02.220><c> each</c><00:27:02.539><c> epistle</c><00:27:03.339><c> deals</c><00:27:03.980><c> with</c><00:27:04.220><c> a</c><00:27:04.420><c> different</c><00:27:04.700><c> type</c><00:27:05.000><c> of</c><00:27:05.339><c> trial.</c><00:27:06.359><c> Both</c>

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trials,<00:27:08.019><c> both</c><00:27:08.299><c> equally</c><00:27:08.880><c> challenging</c>

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to<00:27:09.920><c> one's</c><00:27:10.380><c> faith,</c><00:27:11.380><c> but</c><00:27:11.579><c> both</c><00:27:11.900><c> different.</c><00:27:12.539><c> First</c><00:27:12.740><c> Peter</c><00:27:13.480><c> talks</c>

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:16.759
about<00:27:14.299><c> trials</c><00:27:14.819><c> from</c><00:27:15.400><c> without,</c><00:27:16.200><c> from</c><00:27:16.400><c> the</c><00:27:16.579><c> Roman</c>

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:25.900
authorities,<00:27:18.539><c> from</c><00:27:19.039><c> Nero,</c><00:27:20.200><c> from</c><00:27:20.420><c> the</c><00:27:20.680><c> attacks</c><00:27:21.079><c> on</c><00:27:21.380><c> the</c><00:27:21.599><c> Christians,</c><00:27:22.759><c> trials</c><00:27:23.119><c> without,</c><00:27:24.079><c> outside</c><00:27:24.599><c> the</c><00:27:24.920><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:27:26.500><c> second</c><00:27:26.660><c> Peter</c><00:27:26.880><c> focuses</c><00:27:27.380><c> on</c><00:27:27.720><c> trials</c><00:27:28.059><c> from</c><00:27:28.440><c> within,</c><00:27:29.440><c> trials</c><00:27:29.880><c> that</c>

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were<00:27:30.539><c> existing</c><00:27:30.960><c> in</c><00:27:31.240><c> their</c><00:27:31.500><c> own</c><00:27:31.839><c> ecclesia,</c>

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apostasy,<00:27:34.339><c> false</c><00:27:34.559><c> teaching,</c><00:27:35.160><c> false</c><00:27:35.460><c> teachers,</c><00:27:36.259><c> which</c><00:27:36.480><c> had</c>

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crept<00:27:37.099><c> in.</c><00:27:38.299><c> Trials</c><00:27:38.799><c> without,</c><00:27:40.039><c> trials</c><00:27:40.519><c> within.</c>

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Paul<00:27:43.019><c> well</c><00:27:43.519><c> summarizes</c><00:27:44.200><c> very</c><00:27:44.579><c> similar</c><00:27:45.059><c> experiences</c><00:27:45.680><c> in</c><00:27:45.920><c> Macedonia.</c><00:27:46.960><c> In</c><00:27:47.099><c> 2nd</c><00:27:47.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:47.680><c> 7</c>

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verse<00:27:48.299><c> 5,</c><00:27:48.779><c> he</c><00:27:48.799><c> talks</c>

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in<00:27:49.259><c> the</c><00:27:49.400><c> same</c><00:27:49.559><c> way.</c><00:27:50.119><c> He</c><00:27:50.259><c> says,</c><00:27:50.720><c> our</c><00:27:50.720><c> flesh</c><00:27:51.019><c> had</c><00:27:51.279><c> no</c><00:27:51.599><c> rest,</c><00:27:52.380><c> we</c>

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were<00:27:52.819><c> troubled</c><00:27:53.119><c> on</c><00:27:53.480><c> every</c><00:27:53.859><c> side,</c><00:27:54.779><c> without</c><00:27:55.400><c> were</c>

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fightings,<00:27:57.140><c> within</c><00:27:57.740><c> were</c><00:27:58.859><c> fears.</c><00:28:00.339><c> Very</c><00:28:00.740><c> similar</c><00:28:01.299><c> to</c><00:28:01.759><c> the</c><00:28:02.000><c> trials</c><00:28:02.420><c> that</c><00:28:02.799><c> Peter</c><00:28:03.180><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:05.079><c> brethren</c><00:28:05.279><c> and</c><00:28:05.480><c> sisters</c><00:28:05.700><c> in</c>

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Asia<00:28:06.559><c> were</c><00:28:07.059><c> imminently</c><00:28:07.559><c> going</c><00:28:07.779><c> to</c><00:28:08.059><c> face.</c><00:28:09.180><c> And</c><00:28:09.519><c> here</c><00:28:09.839><c> is</c><00:28:10.079><c> Peter,</c><00:28:10.900><c> through</c><00:28:11.140><c> his</c>

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epistles,<00:28:12.259><c> seeing</c><00:28:12.759><c> it</c><00:28:13.099><c> as</c><00:28:13.339><c> his</c>

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responsibility<00:28:14.660><c> to</c><00:28:15.460><c> strengthen</c><00:28:16.000><c> his</c><00:28:16.420><c> brethren</c><00:28:16.680><c> by</c><00:28:17.039><c> writing</c>

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this<00:28:17.660><c> epistle</c><00:28:17.960><c> to</c><00:28:18.160><c> them.</c><00:28:19.039><c> He's</c><00:28:19.420><c> doing</c><00:28:19.680><c> what</c>

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Christ<00:28:20.259><c> asked</c><00:28:20.619><c> him</c><00:28:20.819><c> to</c><00:28:21.079><c> do</c><00:28:21.339><c> in</c><00:28:21.519><c> Luke</c><00:28:21.779><c> chapter</c><00:28:22.099><c> 22,</c><00:28:22.680><c> in</c><00:28:22.900><c> that</c><00:28:23.059><c> upper</c><00:28:23.339><c> room.</c><00:28:24.500><c> He</c>

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is<00:28:25.359><c> witnessing</c><00:28:25.779><c> through</c><00:28:26.099><c> these</c><00:28:26.400><c> epistles</c>

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the<00:28:28.220><c> things</c><00:28:28.440><c> that</c><00:28:28.619><c> he</c><00:28:28.740><c> had</c><00:28:28.920><c> learned,</c><00:28:29.319><c> the</c><00:28:29.519><c> things</c><00:28:29.740><c> that</c><00:28:29.960><c> he</c><00:28:30.059><c> had</c><00:28:30.279><c> heard,</c><00:28:31.259><c> encouragement</c><00:28:31.839><c> and</c><00:28:32.279><c> help</c><00:28:32.619><c> to</c><00:28:33.299><c> these</c>

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brothers<00:28:33.680><c> and</c><00:28:33.880><c> sisters.</c><00:28:34.299><c> And</c><00:28:34.319><c> so</c><00:28:34.579><c> this</c><00:28:34.839><c> weekend,</c><00:28:35.339><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:28:35.599><c> sisters,</c><00:28:36.720><c> we</c><00:28:36.839><c> plan</c><00:28:37.059><c> to</c><00:28:37.420><c> examine</c><00:28:37.819><c> Peter's</c><00:28:38.420><c> epistles</c>

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thematically,<00:28:40.420><c> under</c><00:28:40.900><c> the</c><00:28:41.700><c> general</c><00:28:42.039><c> title</c><00:28:42.440><c> of</c><00:28:42.700><c> the</c><00:28:42.960><c> trials.</c>

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:49.059
Peter,<00:28:44.759><c> in</c><00:28:44.980><c> his</c><00:28:45.200><c> epistle,</c><00:28:46.339><c> repeats</c><00:28:46.660><c> a</c><00:28:47.420><c> number</c><00:28:47.740><c> of</c><00:28:48.200><c> very</c><00:28:48.599><c> key</c>

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Greek<00:28:49.460><c> words</c><00:28:50.000><c> to</c><00:28:50.599><c> encourage</c><00:28:51.059><c> and</c><00:28:51.279><c> to</c><00:28:51.440><c> instruct</c><00:28:52.059><c> the</c><00:28:52.799><c> elect</c><00:28:53.119><c> in</c>

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dealing<00:28:53.980><c> with</c><00:28:54.339><c> these</c><00:28:54.759><c> trials.</c><00:28:55.779><c> I've</c><00:28:56.319><c> framed</c><00:28:56.599><c> our</c><00:28:56.940><c> talks</c>

00:28:57.220 --> 00:29:00.400
around<00:28:57.660><c> five</c><00:28:58.059><c> of</c><00:28:58.200><c> them,</c><00:28:58.359><c> and</c><00:28:58.500><c> on</c><00:28:58.640><c> the</c><00:28:58.819><c> PowerPoint</c><00:28:59.099><c> you</c><00:28:59.259><c> can</c><00:28:59.500><c> see</c><00:28:59.660><c> here,</c><00:29:00.240><c> I</c>

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:02.259
won't<00:29:00.500><c> go</c><00:29:00.720><c> into</c><00:29:00.940><c> it</c><00:29:01.019><c> in</c><00:29:01.140><c> detail,</c><00:29:01.599><c> but</c>

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:04.279
there<00:29:02.500><c> are</c><00:29:02.819><c> five</c><00:29:03.140><c> different</c><00:29:03.420><c> words</c><00:29:03.720><c> that</c><00:29:03.839><c> we're</c><00:29:04.019><c> going</c><00:29:04.119><c> to</c>

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look<00:29:04.460><c> at.</c><00:29:04.740><c> Anastrophe,</c>

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huppotasso,<00:29:07.420><c> pasco,</c><00:29:08.400><c> epignosis</c><00:29:09.160><c> and</c><00:29:09.779><c> doxa.</c><00:29:10.380><c> All</c><00:29:10.700><c> ways</c><00:29:11.160><c> that</c>

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.599
Peter<00:29:11.660><c> is</c><00:29:12.119><c> helping</c><00:29:12.500><c> the</c><00:29:12.759><c> brethren</c><00:29:12.960><c> and</c><00:29:13.180><c> sisters</c>

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:19.140
to<00:29:14.119><c> deal</c><00:29:14.319><c> with</c><00:29:14.519><c> their</c><00:29:14.799><c> trials.</c><00:29:17.059><c> Now</c><00:29:17.339><c> ultimately,</c><00:29:17.839><c> Peter's</c><00:29:18.500><c> goal</c><00:29:18.920><c> in</c>

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:20.680
his<00:29:19.359><c> epistles,</c><00:29:19.720><c> and</c><00:29:19.880><c> this</c><00:29:20.240><c> is</c><00:29:20.259><c> this</c><00:29:20.259><c> is</c><00:29:20.480><c> helpful</c>

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:26.440
just<00:29:20.980><c> to</c><00:29:21.920><c> summarize</c><00:29:22.700><c> his</c><00:29:23.039><c> epistles,</c><00:29:24.220><c> the</c><00:29:24.440><c> goals</c><00:29:24.799><c> of</c><00:29:25.000><c> his</c><00:29:25.200><c> epistles,</c><00:29:25.559><c> I</c><00:29:25.700><c> would</c><00:29:25.920><c> suggest</c><00:29:26.240><c> to</c>

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you,<00:29:26.660><c> are</c><00:29:27.019><c> twofold.</c>

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First<00:29:28.740><c> of</c><00:29:28.940><c> all,</c><00:29:29.759><c> to</c><00:29:30.259><c> prepare</c><00:29:30.680><c> them</c><00:29:31.339><c> for</c><00:29:32.019><c> anticipated</c><00:29:32.940><c> suffering</c><00:29:33.579><c> and</c><00:29:34.000><c> for</c>

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trials.<00:29:34.599><c> What's</c><00:29:35.059><c> coming</c><00:29:35.259><c> down</c>

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the<00:29:35.759><c> road?</c><00:29:36.740><c> How</c><00:29:37.019><c> can</c><00:29:37.259><c> I</c><00:29:37.339><c> get</c><00:29:37.480><c> myself</c><00:29:37.900><c> ready</c><00:29:38.359><c> for</c><00:29:38.920><c> these</c><00:29:39.180><c> trials?</c><00:29:39.619><c> And</c><00:29:39.960><c> secondly,</c><00:29:41.079><c> to</c>

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sustain<00:29:42.160><c> them</c><00:29:42.859><c> during</c>

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that<00:29:44.279><c> suffering</c><00:29:44.680><c> and</c><00:29:45.119><c> during</c><00:29:45.460><c> those</c><00:29:45.799><c> trials.</c><00:29:46.299><c> Once</c><00:29:46.599><c> they</c><00:29:46.839><c> are</c>

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in<00:29:47.039><c> the</c><00:29:47.200><c> heat</c><00:29:47.279><c> of</c><00:29:47.440><c> the</c><00:29:47.619><c> fire,</c><00:29:48.460><c> in</c><00:29:48.640><c> the</c><00:29:48.799><c> heat</c><00:29:48.920><c> of</c><00:29:49.059><c> the</c>

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moment,<00:29:49.539><c> how</c><00:29:49.819><c> are</c><00:29:49.940><c> they</c><00:29:50.119><c> going</c><00:29:50.240><c> to</c><00:29:50.480><c> deal</c><00:29:50.579><c> with</c><00:29:50.759><c> that?</c><00:29:50.839><c> How</c><00:29:51.000><c> are</c>

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:54.400
they<00:29:51.380><c> going</c><00:29:51.519><c> to</c><00:29:52.220><c> persevere</c><00:29:53.160><c> through</c><00:29:53.640><c> those</c><00:29:53.960><c> troublesome</c>

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times?<00:29:58.500><c> Now</c><00:29:58.900><c> we</c><00:29:58.980><c> might</c><00:29:59.299><c> ask</c><00:29:59.759><c> ourselves,</c><00:30:00.420><c> if</c><00:30:00.740><c> we</c><00:30:01.140><c> were</c><00:30:01.599><c> writing</c>

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to<00:30:03.420><c> the</c><00:30:03.559><c> brother</c><00:30:03.720><c> and</c><00:30:03.839><c> sisters</c><00:30:04.339><c> in</c><00:30:05.180><c> Asia,</c>

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how<00:30:06.619><c> would</c><00:30:06.839><c> we</c><00:30:07.019><c> go</c><00:30:07.279><c> about</c><00:30:07.839><c> preparing</c><00:30:08.500><c> or</c><00:30:09.539><c> sustaining</c><00:30:10.220><c> them</c><00:30:10.940><c> during</c><00:30:11.680><c> these</c><00:30:12.619><c> trials?</c><00:30:13.119><c> How</c><00:30:13.259><c> would</c><00:30:13.440><c> you</c><00:30:13.579><c> do</c><00:30:13.759><c> it?</c>

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If<00:30:15.519><c> it</c><00:30:15.680><c> was</c><00:30:16.000><c> your</c><00:30:16.359><c> task,</c><00:30:17.799><c> your</c><00:30:18.059><c> responsibility,</c><00:30:18.640><c> how</c><00:30:18.819><c> would</c>

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you<00:30:19.180><c> go</c><00:30:19.400><c> about</c><00:30:20.180><c> preparing</c><00:30:20.819><c> them</c><00:30:21.700><c> for</c><00:30:21.920><c> their</c><00:30:22.160><c> trials?</c>

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How<00:30:24.180><c> would</c><00:30:24.420><c> you</c><00:30:24.519><c> help</c><00:30:24.759><c> them</c><00:30:25.579><c> if</c><00:30:25.920><c> they</c><00:30:26.099><c> were</c><00:30:26.220><c> suffering</c><00:30:26.700><c> in</c><00:30:27.380><c> their</c><00:30:27.559><c> workplaces?</c><00:30:29.180><c> If</c>

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they<00:30:29.460><c> were</c><00:30:29.640><c> struggling</c>

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with<00:30:30.839><c> things</c><00:30:31.059><c> that</c><00:30:31.200><c> we</c><00:30:31.400><c> struggle</c><00:30:31.680><c> with</c><00:30:31.900><c> even</c><00:30:32.140><c> today,</c><00:30:32.859><c> finances,</c><00:30:34.539><c> relationships,</c><00:30:35.839><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:36.319><c> issues,</c>

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health,<00:30:38.839><c> apostasy</c><00:30:39.440><c> within</c><00:30:39.940><c> and</c><00:30:40.779><c> without.</c><00:30:42.740><c> In</c><00:30:43.380><c> our</c><00:30:43.920><c> lives,</c><00:30:44.279><c> we</c>

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deal<00:30:45.019><c> with</c><00:30:45.420><c> trials</c><00:30:45.940><c> also.</c><00:30:47.000><c> All</c><00:30:47.299><c> of</c><00:30:47.420><c> us</c><00:30:47.660><c> have</c><00:30:47.920><c> experienced</c>

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trials,<00:30:49.750><c> even</c><00:30:49.750><c> if</c><00:30:49.910><c> they</c><00:30:50.069><c> are</c><00:30:50.250><c> not</c><00:30:50.650><c> exactly</c><00:30:51.130><c> the</c><00:30:51.349><c> same</c><00:30:51.549><c> as</c><00:30:51.750><c> those</c><00:30:52.150><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:52.750><c> days</c><00:30:53.069><c> of</c><00:30:53.430><c> Peter.</c><00:30:54.289><c> We</c><00:30:54.529><c> have</c><00:30:54.690><c> all</c><00:30:54.910><c> experienced</c>

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suffering,<00:30:57.609><c> challenges,</c><00:30:58.670><c> or</c><00:30:58.869><c> we</c><00:30:59.029><c> know</c><00:30:59.289><c> somebody</c><00:30:59.769><c> who</c><00:31:00.430><c> has.</c>

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And<00:31:02.309><c> if</c><00:31:02.609><c> we</c><00:31:02.950><c> haven't,</c><00:31:04.109><c> brother</c><00:31:04.230><c> and</c><00:31:04.410><c> sisters</c><00:31:04.730><c> and</c>

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young<00:31:05.210><c> people,</c><00:31:06.170><c> if</c><00:31:06.430><c> we</c><00:31:06.710><c> haven't,</c><00:31:07.089><c> we</c><00:31:07.130><c> will</c><00:31:07.490><c> sooner</c><00:31:08.109><c> or</c><00:31:08.549><c> later.</c>

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It's<00:31:09.430><c> guaranteed</c><00:31:10.089><c> in</c><00:31:10.890><c> our</c><00:31:11.190><c> lives</c><00:31:11.589><c> as</c><00:31:12.150><c> elect.</c>

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For<00:31:14.029><c> our</c><00:31:14.269><c> first</c><00:31:14.509><c> class,</c><00:31:15.450><c> I</c><00:31:15.529><c> want</c><00:31:15.690><c> you</c><00:31:15.829><c> to</c><00:31:16.089><c> notice</c><00:31:16.329><c> some</c><00:31:16.589><c> verses</c>

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very<00:31:17.549><c> early</c><00:31:17.869><c> in</c><00:31:18.150><c> Peter's</c><00:31:18.589><c> epistles,</c><00:31:19.569><c> which</c><00:31:19.789><c> he</c>

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uses<00:31:20.549><c> to</c><00:31:21.150><c> paint</c><00:31:21.430><c> a</c><00:31:21.809><c> perspective</c><00:31:22.589><c> for</c><00:31:23.210><c> the</c><00:31:23.430><c> brother</c><00:31:23.589><c> and</c><00:31:23.829><c> sisters</c><00:31:24.190><c> on</c><00:31:24.710><c> these</c><00:31:25.069><c> trials.</c><00:31:26.349><c> Here</c><00:31:26.609><c> is</c>

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how<00:31:27.069><c> Peter</c>

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helps<00:31:29.190><c> the</c><00:31:29.569><c> brother</c><00:31:29.730><c> and</c><00:31:29.970><c> sisters</c><00:31:30.450><c> in</c><00:31:30.950><c> their</c><00:31:31.190><c> difficulties.</c>

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1<00:31:32.529><c> Peter</c><00:31:32.710><c> chapter</c><00:31:33.029><c> 1</c><00:31:33.250><c> verse</c><00:31:33.430><c> 6.</c><00:31:33.710><c> Notice</c>

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how<00:31:34.089><c> he</c><00:31:34.490><c> starts</c><00:31:35.130><c> to</c><00:31:35.450><c> deal</c><00:31:35.789><c> with</c><00:31:36.230><c> these</c><00:31:36.450><c> trials.</c><00:31:38.190><c> 1</c><00:31:38.250><c> Peter</c><00:31:38.509><c> 1</c><00:31:39.069><c> verse</c><00:31:39.450><c> 6.</c>

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He<00:31:44.529><c> says</c><00:31:44.789><c> to</c><00:31:44.950><c> them,</c><00:31:46.009><c> in</c><00:31:46.009><c> this</c><00:31:46.309><c> you</c><00:31:46.609><c> greatly</c><00:31:46.950><c> rejoice,</c><00:31:47.970><c> though</c>

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now<00:31:48.390><c> for</c><00:31:48.630><c> a</c><00:31:48.750><c> little</c><00:31:48.950><c> while,</c><00:31:49.430><c> if</c><00:31:49.730><c> need</c><00:31:49.990><c> be,</c>

00:31:50.910 --> 00:31:55.230
you<00:31:51.109><c> have</c><00:31:51.309><c> been</c><00:31:51.650><c> grieved</c><00:31:52.109><c> by</c><00:31:52.630><c> various</c><00:31:53.250><c> trials.</c><00:31:54.349><c> Now,</c><00:31:54.789><c> in</c><00:31:55.029><c> the</c>

00:31:55.230 --> 00:31:57.650
Greek,<00:31:55.650><c> it</c><00:31:55.910><c> doesn't</c><00:31:56.170><c> really</c><00:31:56.569><c> mean</c><00:31:56.950><c> the</c><00:31:57.089><c> way</c>

00:31:57.650 --> 00:32:03.950
our<00:31:57.910><c> Bibles</c><00:31:58.210><c> may</c><00:31:58.509><c> translate</c><00:31:58.930><c> that</c><00:31:59.230><c> for</c><00:31:59.430><c> us.</c><00:32:01.970><c> It's</c><00:32:02.390><c> not</c><00:32:02.650><c> if</c><00:32:03.089><c> need</c><00:32:03.369><c> be.</c>

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In<00:32:04.369><c> the</c><00:32:04.569><c> Greek,</c><00:32:04.970><c> it</c><00:32:04.970><c> means</c><00:32:05.309><c> since</c><00:32:05.829><c> there</c><00:32:06.269><c> is</c>

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need.<00:32:08.190><c> In</c><00:32:08.329><c> other</c><00:32:08.470><c> words,</c><00:32:08.829><c> it's</c><00:32:09.069><c> guaranteed.</c><00:32:09.789><c> There</c><00:32:09.930><c> is</c><00:32:10.190><c> a</c><00:32:10.369><c> need</c><00:32:10.690><c> for</c>

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trials,<00:32:11.890><c> since</c><00:32:12.250><c> there</c><00:32:12.549><c> is</c><00:32:12.890><c> need.</c><00:32:13.569><c> Now,</c>

00:32:13.769 --> 00:32:19.309
why<00:32:13.930><c> is</c><00:32:14.150><c> Peter</c><00:32:14.369><c> saying</c><00:32:14.730><c> that?</c><00:32:17.089><c> He</c><00:32:17.410><c> means</c><00:32:17.710><c> that</c><00:32:18.009><c> trials</c><00:32:18.450><c> are</c>

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divinely<00:32:19.789><c> guaranteed</c><00:32:20.549><c> for</c><00:32:20.930><c> believers,</c><00:32:21.730><c> for</c><00:32:21.930><c> Peter,</c>

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for<00:32:23.069><c> those</c><00:32:23.289><c> in</c><00:32:23.490><c> Asia,</c><00:32:24.430><c> and</c><00:32:24.829><c> for</c><00:32:25.210><c> you</c><00:32:25.430><c> and</c><00:32:25.589><c> I.</c><00:32:25.869><c> And</c><00:32:26.009><c> sometimes</c>

00:32:26.369 --> 00:32:29.349
we<00:32:26.630><c> lose</c><00:32:27.109><c> sight</c><00:32:27.369><c> of</c><00:32:27.529><c> this</c><00:32:27.690><c> in</c><00:32:27.829><c> our</c><00:32:28.029><c> lives,</c><00:32:28.309><c> don't</c><00:32:28.490><c> we?</c>

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Sometimes<00:32:30.009><c> if</c><00:32:30.369><c> we</c><00:32:30.509><c> come</c><00:32:30.630><c> in</c><00:32:30.750><c> from</c><00:32:30.910><c> the</c><00:32:31.069><c> outside,</c><00:32:32.089><c> if</c><00:32:32.210><c> we've</c><00:32:32.450><c> lived</c><00:32:32.569><c> in</c>

00:32:32.690 --> 00:32:33.930
the<00:32:32.869><c> truth</c><00:32:32.970><c> for</c><00:32:33.210><c> a</c><00:32:33.250><c> long</c><00:32:33.390><c> period</c><00:32:33.609><c> of</c><00:32:33.789><c> time,</c>

00:32:33.950 --> 00:32:38.390
we<00:32:34.069><c> may</c><00:32:34.250><c> say</c><00:32:34.470><c> to</c><00:32:34.650><c> ourselves,</c><00:32:35.549><c> you</c><00:32:35.609><c> know,</c><00:32:35.890><c> here</c><00:32:36.029><c> I</c><00:32:36.150><c> am</c><00:32:36.309><c> a</c><00:32:36.470><c> believer.</c><00:32:37.029><c> I'm</c><00:32:37.069><c> following</c><00:32:37.450><c> God.</c><00:32:37.829><c> I'm</c><00:32:38.009><c> trying</c><00:32:38.170><c> to</c>

00:32:38.390 --> 00:32:40.930
find<00:32:38.490><c> out</c><00:32:38.670><c> what</c><00:32:39.089><c> he</c><00:32:39.309><c> wants</c><00:32:39.569><c> from</c><00:32:39.769><c> me,</c><00:32:40.009><c> and</c><00:32:40.210><c> I've</c><00:32:40.390><c> got</c><00:32:40.569><c> trials</c>

00:32:40.930 --> 00:32:43.349
in<00:32:41.109><c> my</c><00:32:41.269><c> life.</c><00:32:41.410><c> Why</c><00:32:41.650><c> are</c><00:32:41.809><c> you</c><00:32:41.950><c> doing</c><00:32:42.109><c> this</c><00:32:42.329><c> to</c><00:32:42.509><c> me?</c>

00:32:43.450 --> 00:32:46.049
And<00:32:43.690><c> Peter</c><00:32:43.849><c> is</c><00:32:44.069><c> saying</c><00:32:44.150><c> to</c><00:32:44.289><c> them,</c><00:32:44.509><c> it's</c><00:32:44.650><c> guaranteed.</c><00:32:45.690><c> That's</c>

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part<00:32:46.450><c> of</c><00:32:47.190><c> being</c><00:32:47.890><c> one</c><00:32:48.269><c> of</c><00:32:48.390><c> the</c><00:32:48.569><c> elect.</c>

00:32:50.170 --> 00:32:54.529
And<00:32:50.730><c> notice</c><00:32:50.910><c> also,</c><00:32:51.470><c> 1</c><00:32:51.710><c> Peter</c><00:32:51.950><c> chapter</c><00:32:52.329><c> 1,</c><00:32:52.990><c> verse</c><00:32:53.190><c> 13,</c>

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Therefore,<00:32:58.069><c> gird</c><00:32:58.190><c> up</c><00:32:58.410><c> the</c><00:32:58.589><c> loins</c><00:32:58.970><c> of</c><00:32:59.170><c> your</c><00:32:59.410><c> mind,</c><00:32:59.869><c> be</c><00:33:00.170><c> sober,</c>

00:33:01.089 --> 00:33:03.009
and<00:33:01.230><c> rest</c><00:33:01.490><c> your</c><00:33:01.750><c> hope</c><00:33:01.930><c> fully</c><00:33:02.190><c> upon</c><00:33:02.470><c> the</c><00:33:02.690><c> grace</c>

00:33:03.009 --> 00:33:08.029
that<00:33:03.150><c> is</c><00:33:03.309><c> to</c><00:33:03.450><c> be</c><00:33:03.650><c> brought</c><00:33:03.809><c> to</c><00:33:04.029><c> you</c><00:33:04.410><c> at</c><00:33:04.690><c> the</c><00:33:04.869><c> revelation</c><00:33:05.269><c> of</c><00:33:05.450><c> Jesus</c><00:33:05.869><c> Christ.</c><00:33:07.470><c> As</c>

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obedient<00:33:08.569><c> children,</c><00:33:09.990><c> not</c><00:33:10.309><c> conforming</c>

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yourselves<00:33:11.329><c> to</c><00:33:11.490><c> the</c><00:33:11.710><c> former</c><00:33:11.990><c> lusts</c><00:33:12.450><c> as</c><00:33:12.609><c> in</c><00:33:12.750><c> your</c><00:33:12.950><c> ignorance,</c>

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but<00:33:14.369><c> as</c><00:33:14.710><c> he</c><00:33:15.049><c> who</c><00:33:15.349><c> called</c><00:33:15.589><c> you</c><00:33:15.910><c> is</c><00:33:16.150><c> holy,</c>

00:33:17.130 --> 00:33:22.569
you<00:33:17.430><c> also</c><00:33:18.029><c> be</c><00:33:18.410><c> holy</c><00:33:18.750><c> in</c><00:33:19.029><c> all</c><00:33:19.250><c> your</c><00:33:19.529><c> conduct,</c><00:33:20.089><c> because</c><00:33:20.450><c> it</c><00:33:20.589><c> is</c><00:33:20.849><c> written,</c><00:33:21.309><c> be</c><00:33:21.450><c> holy,</c><00:33:22.130><c> for</c><00:33:22.309><c> I</c>

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am<00:33:22.650><c> holy.</c><00:33:23.329><c> And</c><00:33:23.490><c> if</c><00:33:23.730><c> you</c><00:33:23.990><c> call</c>

00:33:24.150 --> 00:33:27.970
on<00:33:24.289><c> the</c><00:33:24.450><c> Father,</c><00:33:25.130><c> who</c><00:33:25.269><c> without</c><00:33:25.589><c> partiality</c><00:33:26.349><c> judges</c><00:33:26.769><c> according</c><00:33:27.410><c> to</c><00:33:27.670><c> each</c>

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one's<00:33:28.329><c> work,</c><00:33:29.349><c> conduct</c><00:33:29.849><c> yourselves</c>

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throughout<00:33:31.549><c> the</c><00:33:31.930><c> time</c><00:33:32.089><c> of</c><00:33:32.230><c> your</c><00:33:32.490><c> stay</c><00:33:32.750><c> here</c><00:33:33.269><c> in</c><00:33:34.329><c> fear.</c><00:33:35.210><c> Now</c><00:33:35.470><c> here</c><00:33:35.690><c> is</c>

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another<00:33:36.470><c> approach</c><00:33:37.390><c> that</c><00:33:38.029><c> Peter</c><00:33:38.269><c> offers</c>

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for<00:33:39.210><c> their</c><00:33:39.490><c> trials.</c><00:33:41.670><c> And</c><00:33:41.829><c> do</c><00:33:41.930><c> any</c><00:33:42.089><c> of</c><00:33:42.230><c> these</c><00:33:42.589><c> details,</c><00:33:44.130><c> do</c><00:33:44.230><c> any</c>

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of<00:33:44.509><c> these</c><00:33:44.809><c> phrases</c><00:33:45.349><c> in</c><00:33:45.750><c> these</c><00:33:45.950><c> verses</c><00:33:46.230><c> that</c><00:33:46.410><c> we</c>

00:33:46.529 --> 00:33:51.069
just<00:33:46.829><c> read</c><00:33:46.970><c> ring</c><00:33:47.210><c> a</c><00:33:47.390><c> bell</c><00:33:47.509><c> with</c><00:33:47.750><c> you?</c><00:33:49.329><c> Do</c><00:33:49.430><c> they</c><00:33:49.829><c> take</c><00:33:50.029><c> you</c><00:33:50.309><c> back,</c><00:33:50.829><c> echo</c>

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you<00:33:51.410><c> back</c><00:33:51.829><c> to</c><00:33:52.069><c> another</c><00:33:52.470><c> portion</c>

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of<00:33:54.009><c> scriptures?</c><00:33:54.829><c> Where</c><00:33:55.089><c> else</c><00:33:55.750><c> do</c><00:33:56.569><c> we</c><00:33:56.890><c> find</c><00:33:57.410><c> the</c><00:33:57.809><c> language</c><00:33:58.210><c> here</c><00:33:58.509><c> in</c>

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these<00:33:59.029><c> verses?</c><00:34:00.349><c> Your</c><00:34:00.650><c> margin</c><00:34:01.109><c> may</c><00:34:01.470><c> help</c><00:34:01.750><c> to</c>

00:34:02.049 --> 00:34:06.250
tip<00:34:02.369><c> you</c><00:34:02.630><c> off.</c><00:34:03.869><c> Come</c><00:34:04.029><c> on</c><00:34:04.109><c> over</c><00:34:04.309><c> to</c><00:34:04.509><c> Exodus</c><00:34:04.869><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.190><c> 12,</c><00:34:06.049><c> verse</c>

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11.<00:34:08.570><c> What's</c><00:34:08.929><c> Peter</c><00:34:09.190><c> doing</c><00:34:09.530><c> in</c><00:34:09.789><c> these</c><00:34:10.010><c> verses?</c>

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What<00:34:12.489><c> approach,</c><00:34:12.989><c> what</c><00:34:13.250><c> perspective</c><00:34:13.909><c> is</c><00:34:14.090><c> he</c><00:34:14.269><c> beginning</c><00:34:14.570><c> to</c>

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paint<00:34:15.110><c> for</c><00:34:15.389><c> the</c><00:34:15.869><c> the</c><00:34:16.030><c> brother</c><00:34:16.090><c> and</c><00:34:16.269><c> sisters</c><00:34:16.590><c> that</c>

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we're<00:34:17.210><c> going</c><00:34:17.349><c> to</c><00:34:17.489><c> be</c><00:34:17.750><c> going</c><00:34:18.010><c> through</c><00:34:18.369><c> trials?</c><00:34:19.289><c> How</c><00:34:19.550><c> does</c><00:34:19.730><c> he</c>

00:34:19.889 --> 00:34:23.050
help<00:34:20.090><c> them?</c><00:34:21.570><c> Exodus</c><00:34:21.829><c> chapter</c><00:34:22.230><c> 12</c>

00:34:24.369 --> 00:34:29.969
helps<00:34:25.010><c> us</c><00:34:25.329><c> to</c><00:34:26.090><c> to</c><00:34:26.329><c> begin</c><00:34:26.469><c> to</c><00:34:26.730><c> build</c><00:34:26.849><c> an</c><00:34:27.190><c> answer</c><00:34:27.389><c> to</c><00:34:27.769><c> this</c><00:34:28.070><c> question.</c><00:34:28.469><c> Exodus</c><00:34:28.889><c> chapter</c><00:34:29.230><c> 12</c>

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and<00:34:30.530><c> verse</c><00:34:30.789><c> 11.</c>

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Here<00:34:32.769><c> is</c><00:34:33.230><c> the</c><00:34:33.550><c> echo</c><00:34:33.909><c> from</c><00:34:34.329><c> Peter's</c><00:34:35.030><c> words</c><00:34:35.230><c> here.</c><00:34:36.130><c> Here</c><00:34:36.489><c> we</c><00:34:36.690><c> are</c>

00:34:36.969 --> 00:34:38.929
at<00:34:37.130><c> the</c><00:34:37.389><c> Passover</c><00:34:37.750><c> dinner</c><00:34:38.210><c> as</c><00:34:38.510><c> they're</c><00:34:38.710><c> getting</c>

00:34:38.929 --> 00:34:42.889
ready<00:34:39.329><c> to</c><00:34:39.610><c> exit</c><00:34:40.329><c> Egypt,</c><00:34:41.030><c> the</c><00:34:41.090><c> children</c><00:34:41.349><c> of</c><00:34:41.489><c> Israel.</c><00:34:42.570><c> Exodus</c>

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12<00:34:43.269><c> verse</c><00:34:43.530><c> 11.</c><00:34:44.449><c> And</c><00:34:44.449><c> thus</c><00:34:44.670><c> you</c><00:34:44.889><c> shall</c><00:34:45.110><c> eat</c><00:34:45.349><c> it</c>

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with<00:34:45.670><c> a</c><00:34:45.869><c> belt</c><00:34:46.030><c> on</c><00:34:46.230><c> your</c><00:34:46.409><c> waist,</c><00:34:46.789><c> your</c><00:34:46.989><c> sandals</c><00:34:47.349><c> on</c><00:34:47.510><c> your</c><00:34:47.769><c> feet,</c>

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your<00:34:48.670><c> staff</c><00:34:48.889><c> in</c><00:34:49.030><c> your</c><00:34:49.269><c> hand,</c><00:34:49.590><c> and</c><00:34:49.829><c> so</c><00:34:50.090><c> you</c><00:34:50.309><c> shall</c>

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eat<00:34:50.730><c> it</c><00:34:50.989><c> in</c><00:34:51.170><c> haste.</c><00:34:52.250><c> It</c><00:34:52.469><c> is</c><00:34:52.889><c> the</c><00:34:53.170><c> Lord's</c><00:34:53.730><c> Passover.</c><00:34:54.090><c> And</c><00:34:54.190><c> so</c><00:34:54.269><c> the</c><00:34:54.449><c> children</c><00:34:54.690><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:34:55.409><c> had</c><00:34:55.929><c> orders</c><00:34:56.389><c> to</c><00:34:56.650><c> eat</c><00:34:56.789><c> the</c>

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Passover<00:34:57.389><c> with</c><00:34:57.869><c> their</c><00:34:58.349><c> loins</c><00:34:59.050><c> girded,</c><00:35:00.250><c> is</c><00:35:00.349><c> what</c><00:35:00.469><c> he's</c><00:35:00.610><c> getting</c><00:35:00.829><c> at.</c><00:35:01.349><c> A</c>

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belt<00:35:01.849><c> on</c><00:35:02.030><c> your</c><00:35:02.250><c> waist,</c><00:35:02.530><c> your</c><00:35:02.690><c> sandals</c>

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on<00:35:03.230><c> your</c><00:35:03.389><c> feet.</c><00:35:03.510><c> They</c><00:35:03.630><c> were</c><00:35:03.710><c> to</c><00:35:03.949><c> gird</c><00:35:04.130><c> up</c><00:35:04.349><c> their</c><00:35:04.570><c> loins.</c><00:35:05.409><c> They</c>

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were<00:35:05.789><c> to</c><00:35:06.050><c> pull</c><00:35:06.210><c> up</c><00:35:06.710><c> their</c><00:35:07.409><c> robe</c><00:35:07.849><c> that</c><00:35:08.010><c> they</c><00:35:08.170><c> were</c>

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wearing<00:35:08.610><c> in</c><00:35:08.809><c> those</c><00:35:09.110><c> days,</c><00:35:09.710><c> and</c><00:35:09.710><c> that</c><00:35:09.909><c> was</c><00:35:10.250><c> a</c><00:35:10.329><c> fairly</c><00:35:10.570><c> common</c><00:35:10.969><c> expression</c><00:35:11.550><c> in</c><00:35:11.750><c> those</c><00:35:12.010><c> days,</c><00:35:12.909><c> a</c>

00:35:13.050 --> 00:35:13.730
fairly<00:35:13.269><c> common</c>

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picture,<00:35:14.809><c> to</c><00:35:15.070><c> see</c><00:35:15.230><c> somebody</c><00:35:15.630><c> girding</c><00:35:16.050><c> up</c><00:35:16.309><c> their</c><00:35:16.510><c> robe</c><00:35:16.849><c> to</c><00:35:17.130><c> be</c>

00:35:17.269 --> 00:35:20.550
able<00:35:17.429><c> to</c><00:35:17.610><c> run</c><00:35:18.010><c> freely</c><00:35:18.590><c> or</c><00:35:19.030><c> to</c><00:35:19.269><c> move</c><00:35:19.550><c> freely.</c>

00:35:20.789 --> 00:35:22.889
They<00:35:20.989><c> were</c><00:35:21.170><c> to</c><00:35:21.530><c> gird</c><00:35:21.690><c> up</c><00:35:21.949><c> their</c><00:35:22.190><c> loins.</c><00:35:22.469><c> They</c><00:35:22.590><c> were</c><00:35:22.710><c> to</c><00:35:22.789><c> have</c>

00:35:22.889 --> 00:35:25.170
their<00:35:23.150><c> shoes</c><00:35:23.429><c> on</c><00:35:23.610><c> their</c><00:35:23.869><c> feet,</c><00:35:24.730><c> staff</c><00:35:24.809><c> in</c><00:35:24.969><c> their</c>

00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:30.070
hand,<00:35:25.630><c> and</c><00:35:25.929><c> ready</c><00:35:26.130><c> to</c><00:35:26.409><c> move</c><00:35:26.630><c> on</c><00:35:26.829><c> a</c><00:35:26.989><c> moment's</c><00:35:27.690><c> notice.</c><00:35:28.409><c> Now</c><00:35:28.929><c> Peter</c><00:35:29.329><c> is</c>

00:35:30.070 --> 00:35:32.170
saying<00:35:30.389><c> that</c><00:35:30.789><c> in</c><00:35:31.030><c> his</c><00:35:31.289><c> epistle</c><00:35:31.690><c> here,</c>

00:35:32.170 --> 00:35:38.010
in<00:35:32.670><c> these</c><00:35:32.929><c> verses,</c><00:35:33.309><c> he</c><00:35:33.489><c> says,</c><00:35:34.670><c> gird</c><00:35:34.670><c> up</c><00:35:35.010><c> the</c><00:35:35.230><c> loins</c><00:35:35.710><c> of</c><00:35:36.030><c> your</c><00:35:36.289><c> mind.</c><00:35:36.809><c> Verse</c><00:35:37.030><c> 13</c><00:35:37.570><c> of</c><00:35:37.789><c> 1</c>

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Peter<00:35:38.269><c> chapter</c><00:35:38.650><c> 1.</c>

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He's<00:35:40.489><c> drawing</c><00:35:40.929><c> on</c><00:35:41.309><c> the</c><00:35:41.550><c> language</c><00:35:42.250><c> which</c><00:35:42.889><c> echoes</c><00:35:43.250><c> back</c><00:35:43.590><c> to</c><00:35:43.789><c> the</c>

00:35:44.090 --> 00:35:46.670
Exodus<00:35:44.570><c> and</c><00:35:45.030><c> the</c><00:35:45.250><c> wilderness</c><00:35:45.710><c> wanderings.</c>

00:35:48.309 --> 00:35:54.010
Come<00:35:48.429><c> on</c><00:35:48.510><c> back</c><00:35:48.730><c> to</c><00:35:49.010><c> 1</c><00:35:49.210><c> Peter</c><00:35:49.429><c> chapter</c><00:35:49.769><c> 1.</c><00:35:50.869><c> Do</c><00:35:51.090><c> you</c><00:35:51.110><c> see</c><00:35:51.309><c> any</c><00:35:51.530><c> other</c><00:35:52.030><c> phrases</c><00:35:52.750><c> in</c>

00:35:54.010 --> 00:35:55.050
the<00:35:54.130><c> verses</c><00:35:54.329><c> that</c><00:35:54.489><c> we</c><00:35:54.650><c> just</c><00:35:54.829><c> read,</c>

00:35:55.090 --> 00:35:58.630
verse<00:35:55.289><c> 13</c><00:35:55.710><c> through</c><00:35:55.869><c> 17,</c><00:35:56.570><c> that</c><00:35:56.750><c> echo</c><00:35:57.150><c> in</c><00:35:57.389><c> your</c><00:35:57.670><c> mind</c><00:35:57.969><c> back</c><00:35:58.329><c> to</c>

00:35:58.630 --> 00:36:01.329
the<00:35:58.829><c> same</c><00:35:59.050><c> period</c><00:35:59.289><c> of</c><00:35:59.530><c> time,</c><00:36:00.429><c> to</c><00:36:00.690><c> the</c><00:36:00.909><c> Exodus,</c>

00:36:01.329 --> 00:36:04.510
to<00:36:01.510><c> the</c><00:36:01.670><c> wilderness</c><00:36:02.010><c> wanderings?</c><00:36:02.409><c> Anybody?</c><00:36:03.889><c> If</c><00:36:04.010><c> you</c><00:36:04.190><c> see</c><00:36:04.309><c> any</c>

00:36:04.510 --> 00:36:06.429
other<00:36:04.750><c> echoes,</c><00:36:05.130><c> just</c><00:36:05.329><c> put</c><00:36:05.510><c> your</c><00:36:05.630><c> hand</c><00:36:05.789><c> up</c><00:36:05.989><c> and</c><00:36:06.250><c> yell</c>

00:36:06.429 --> 00:36:12.349
it<00:36:06.610><c> out.</c><00:36:09.889><c> 1</c><00:36:10.010><c> Peter</c><00:36:10.269><c> chapter</c><00:36:10.590><c> 1,</c><00:36:11.010><c> verse</c><00:36:11.090><c> 13</c><00:36:11.570><c> through</c><00:36:11.769><c> 17.</c><00:36:12.190><c> What</c>

00:36:12.349 --> 00:36:15.190
other<00:36:12.730><c> echoes</c><00:36:13.030><c> might</c><00:36:13.269><c> there</c><00:36:13.469><c> be</c><00:36:14.030><c> in</c><00:36:14.570><c> these</c><00:36:14.789><c> verses</c>

00:36:15.190 --> 00:36:18.570
to<00:36:15.969><c> the</c><00:36:16.250><c> Exodus</c><00:36:16.809><c> or</c><00:36:17.250><c> the</c><00:36:17.389><c> wilderness</c><00:36:17.710><c> wanderings?</c>

00:36:24.070 --> 00:36:24.849
Anybody?

00:36:29.789 --> 00:36:33.809
Yeah,<00:36:29.989><c> Steve?</c><00:36:31.050><c> All</c><00:36:31.250><c> the</c><00:36:31.550><c> congregation</c><00:36:32.030><c> is</c><00:36:32.309><c> holy.</c><00:36:33.070><c> Yeah,</c><00:36:33.409><c> okay,</c><00:36:33.670><c> so</c>

00:36:33.809 --> 00:36:34.969
they<00:36:33.929><c> were</c><00:36:34.050><c> supposed</c><00:36:34.230><c> to</c><00:36:34.369><c> be</c><00:36:34.530><c> holy,</c><00:36:34.849><c> right?</c>

00:36:35.070 --> 00:36:38.230
Those<00:36:35.250><c> are</c><00:36:35.449><c> phrases</c><00:36:35.750><c> that</c><00:36:35.909><c> are</c><00:36:36.090><c> echoing</c><00:36:36.389><c> back</c><00:36:36.750><c> to</c><00:36:37.090><c> the</c><00:36:37.550><c> instruction</c><00:36:37.909><c> to</c><00:36:38.090><c> the</c>

00:36:38.230 --> 00:36:38.969
children<00:36:38.409><c> of</c><00:36:38.550><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:39.210 --> 00:36:43.789
back<00:36:39.530><c> on</c><00:36:39.630><c> the</c><00:36:39.769><c> time</c><00:36:39.889><c> of</c><00:36:40.030><c> the</c><00:36:40.210><c> Exodus</c><00:36:40.449><c> and</c><00:36:40.590><c> the</c><00:36:40.730><c> wilderness</c><00:36:41.030><c> wanderings,</c><00:36:41.409><c> right?</c><00:36:41.570><c> Good,</c><00:36:42.070><c> that's</c><00:36:42.670><c> exactly</c><00:36:42.969><c> right</c><00:36:43.170><c> on.</c>

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Yes?<00:36:44.889><c> Yeah,</c><00:36:46.250><c> okay,</c><00:36:46.530><c> and</c><00:36:46.849><c> how</c><00:36:47.010><c> does</c><00:36:47.170><c> that</c><00:36:47.329><c> echo</c><00:36:47.489><c> back</c><00:36:47.789><c> to</c><00:36:48.170><c> the</c>

00:36:48.409 --> 00:36:50.070
Exodus,<00:36:48.829><c> to</c><00:36:49.010><c> the</c><00:36:49.230><c> wilderness?</c>

00:36:55.670 --> 00:36:58.170
Good,<00:36:56.070><c> yeah,</c><00:36:56.250><c> they</c><00:36:56.510><c> lusted</c><00:36:56.969><c> in</c><00:36:57.289><c> the</c><00:36:57.429><c> wilderness,</c><00:36:57.929><c> right?</c>

00:36:58.309 --> 00:37:00.010
Good.<00:36:58.630><c> Anybody</c><00:36:58.889><c> else?</c>

00:37:01.329 --> 00:37:08.409
Any<00:37:01.469><c> others?</c><00:37:02.110><c> Here's</c><00:37:02.630><c> on</c><00:37:03.170><c> the</c><00:37:03.369><c> PowerPoint,</c><00:37:04.010><c> just</c><00:37:04.250><c> to</c><00:37:04.449><c> help</c><00:37:04.710><c> you</c><00:37:04.889><c> out</c><00:37:05.030><c> here.</c><00:37:05.630><c> Here's</c><00:37:06.150><c> four,</c><00:37:06.929><c> at</c><00:37:07.309><c> least,</c>

00:37:08.469 --> 00:37:12.909
that<00:37:08.929><c> echo</c><00:37:09.190><c> back</c><00:37:09.570><c> to</c><00:37:10.010><c> that</c><00:37:10.210><c> period</c><00:37:10.449><c> of</c><00:37:10.670><c> time.</c><00:37:10.829><c> Verse</c><00:37:11.010><c> 17,</c><00:37:12.349><c> Peter</c><00:37:12.610><c> is</c>

00:37:12.909 --> 00:37:15.829
talking<00:37:13.269><c> here</c><00:37:13.730><c> about</c><00:37:14.110><c> their</c><00:37:14.469><c> sojourning.</c>

00:37:15.889 --> 00:37:20.150
Your<00:37:16.190><c> sojourning,</c><00:37:16.849><c> he</c><00:37:17.110><c> says.</c><00:37:17.429><c> They</c><00:37:17.530><c> were</c><00:37:18.250><c> strangers</c><00:37:18.849><c> and</c><00:37:19.190><c> sojourners</c><00:37:19.809><c> in</c>

00:37:20.150 --> 00:37:22.190
Egypt<00:37:20.630><c> and</c><00:37:20.929><c> in</c><00:37:21.090><c> the</c><00:37:21.230><c> wilderness</c><00:37:21.570><c> as</c><00:37:21.909><c> well.</c>

00:37:22.250 --> 00:37:26.530
It<00:37:22.530><c> says</c><00:37:22.670><c> that</c><00:37:23.230><c> in</c><00:37:23.550><c> Exodus</c><00:37:23.969><c> chapter</c><00:37:24.309><c> 22</c><00:37:24.710><c> and</c><00:37:24.849><c> verse</c><00:37:25.090><c> 21.</c><00:37:25.989><c> It's</c>

00:37:26.530 --> 00:37:28.530
the<00:37:26.730><c> language</c><00:37:27.050><c> that's</c><00:37:27.329><c> used</c><00:37:27.530><c> of</c><00:37:27.710><c> the</c><00:37:27.989><c> patriarchs</c>

00:37:28.530 --> 00:37:34.349
as<00:37:28.730><c> well</c><00:37:28.889><c> in</c><00:37:29.050><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:29.489><c> chapter</c><00:37:30.250><c> 11,</c><00:37:30.809><c> but</c><00:37:31.130><c> it</c><00:37:31.530><c> fits</c><00:37:31.849><c> as</c><00:37:32.469><c> well</c><00:37:33.010><c> for</c><00:37:33.769><c> the</c><00:37:33.949><c> children</c><00:37:34.170><c> of</c>

00:37:34.349 --> 00:37:36.289
Israel<00:37:34.909><c> and</c><00:37:35.690><c> their</c><00:37:35.929><c> Exodus</c>

00:37:36.289 --> 00:37:40.409
from<00:37:36.469><c> Egypt.</c><00:37:37.030><c> They</c><00:37:37.030><c> were</c><00:37:37.409><c> called</c><00:37:37.909><c> out</c><00:37:38.389><c> of</c><00:37:38.590><c> darkness</c><00:37:39.010><c> and</c><00:37:39.409><c> bondage</c><00:37:39.909><c> and</c>

00:37:40.409 --> 00:37:42.969
led<00:37:40.550><c> into</c><00:37:40.809><c> the</c><00:37:41.010><c> wilderness</c><00:37:41.409><c> by</c><00:37:42.090><c> God</c><00:37:42.449><c> to</c><00:37:42.730><c> be</c>

00:37:42.969 --> 00:37:47.670
taught.<00:37:43.170><c> They</c><00:37:43.429><c> sojourned</c><00:37:44.590><c> during</c><00:37:44.849><c> that</c><00:37:45.130><c> time.</c><00:37:46.610><c> Notice</c><00:37:46.849><c> as</c><00:37:47.090><c> well</c><00:37:47.369><c> in</c>

00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:50.670
these<00:37:47.869><c> verses,</c><00:37:48.889><c> Peter</c><00:37:49.269><c> is</c><00:37:49.789><c> referencing</c><00:37:50.190><c> back</c>

00:37:50.670 --> 00:37:54.929
to<00:37:50.889><c> things</c><00:37:51.070><c> that</c><00:37:51.269><c> the</c><00:37:51.409><c> children</c><00:37:51.590><c> of</c><00:37:51.750><c> Israel</c><00:37:52.110><c> were</c><00:37:52.429><c> taught.</c><00:37:53.429><c> Verse</c><00:37:53.670><c> 14,</c><00:37:54.190><c> they</c><00:37:54.289><c> were</c><00:37:54.570><c> taught</c><00:37:54.710><c> to</c>

00:37:54.929 --> 00:37:56.590
be<00:37:55.210><c> obedient</c><00:37:56.010><c> children.</c>

00:37:56.690 --> 00:38:01.849
This<00:37:56.889><c> was</c><00:37:57.210><c> stated</c><00:37:57.510><c> at</c><00:37:57.909><c> Sinai</c><00:37:58.570><c> in</c><00:37:58.929><c> Exodus</c><00:37:59.250><c> 24.</c><00:38:00.530><c> Verse</c><00:38:00.809><c> 15,</c><00:38:01.610><c> as</c>

00:38:01.849 --> 00:38:03.510
Steve<00:38:02.030><c> mentioned,</c><00:38:02.389><c> they</c><00:38:02.489><c> were</c><00:38:02.670><c> to</c><00:38:02.809><c> be</c><00:38:03.050><c> holy,</c>

00:38:03.510 --> 00:38:07.909
set<00:38:04.329><c> apart,</c><00:38:05.570><c> separate</c><00:38:05.989><c> after</c><00:38:06.550><c> the</c><00:38:06.809><c> example</c><00:38:07.170><c> of</c><00:38:07.389><c> God.</c><00:38:07.590><c> That's</c>

00:38:07.909 --> 00:38:10.469
Leviticus<00:38:08.309><c> chapter</c><00:38:08.690><c> 11</c><00:38:09.250><c> and</c><00:38:09.610><c> verse</c><00:38:09.869><c> 44.</c>

00:38:10.889 --> 00:38:14.590
And<00:38:10.889><c> so</c><00:38:11.150><c> repeatedly,</c><00:38:12.510><c> Peter</c><00:38:12.570><c> is</c><00:38:12.889><c> going</c><00:38:13.130><c> back</c><00:38:13.630><c> again</c><00:38:13.989><c> and</c><00:38:14.230><c> again</c><00:38:14.429><c> to</c>

00:38:14.590 --> 00:38:16.329
the<00:38:14.789><c> language</c><00:38:15.170><c> of</c><00:38:15.349><c> the</c><00:38:15.510><c> children</c><00:38:15.730><c> of</c><00:38:15.849><c> Israel</c>

00:38:16.329 --> 00:38:19.590
coming<00:38:16.829><c> out</c><00:38:17.010><c> of</c><00:38:17.190><c> Egypt,</c><00:38:17.769><c> covenants</c><00:38:18.190><c> that</c><00:38:18.329><c> were</c><00:38:18.489><c> made</c><00:38:18.670><c> with</c><00:38:18.849><c> them</c><00:38:19.250><c> in</c>

00:38:19.590 --> 00:38:22.489
the<00:38:19.730><c> wilderness,</c><00:38:20.769><c> trials</c><00:38:21.329><c> and</c><00:38:21.909><c> battles</c>

00:38:22.489 --> 00:38:26.329
that<00:38:23.110><c> they</c><00:38:23.329><c> had</c><00:38:23.489><c> to</c><00:38:23.769><c> wage</c><00:38:24.050><c> as</c><00:38:24.329><c> they</c><00:38:24.630><c> traveled</c><00:38:24.969><c> into</c><00:38:25.289><c> the</c><00:38:25.570><c> promised</c><00:38:25.789><c> land</c>

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and<00:38:26.949><c> took</c><00:38:27.309><c> their</c><00:38:27.710><c> inheritance.</c>

00:38:28.929 --> 00:38:34.150
Now<00:38:29.590><c> why</c><00:38:29.789><c> is</c><00:38:29.969><c> Peter</c><00:38:30.170><c> doing</c><00:38:30.429><c> that?</c><00:38:31.750><c> Why</c><00:38:31.949><c> does</c><00:38:32.070><c> he</c><00:38:32.230><c> pull</c><00:38:32.469><c> the</c><00:38:32.849><c> Exodus</c><00:38:33.289><c> into</c><00:38:33.889><c> his</c>

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epistle<00:38:34.869><c> hundreds</c><00:38:35.369><c> and</c><00:38:35.570><c> hundreds</c><00:38:35.769><c> of</c>

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years<00:38:36.130><c> later?</c><00:38:36.769><c> What's</c><00:38:37.070><c> the</c><00:38:37.210><c> purpose</c><00:38:37.530><c> for</c><00:38:37.769><c> that?</c><00:38:38.969><c> Brothers</c><00:38:39.050><c> and</c><00:38:39.269><c> sisters,</c><00:38:39.550><c> because</c><00:38:40.170><c> the</c><00:38:40.730><c> children</c><00:38:40.949><c> of</c><00:38:41.210><c> Israel</c>

00:38:42.309 --> 00:38:49.449
weren't<00:38:42.969><c> the</c><00:38:43.349><c> only</c><00:38:43.710><c> people</c><00:38:44.150><c> to</c><00:38:44.530><c> experience</c><00:38:45.449><c> Egypt</c><00:38:46.110><c> and</c><00:38:46.829><c> wilderness</c><00:38:47.570><c> circumstances.</c><00:38:49.289><c> They</c>

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were<00:38:49.730><c> not</c>

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the<00:38:50.409><c> only</c><00:38:50.610><c> ones.</c><00:38:51.309><c> The</c><00:38:51.489><c> brothers</c><00:38:51.690><c> and</c><00:38:51.969><c> sisters</c><00:38:52.170><c> in</c><00:38:52.469><c> Asia</c><00:38:52.969><c> were</c>

00:38:53.590 --> 00:38:56.340
going<00:38:53.769><c> to</c><00:38:54.110><c> experience</c><00:38:54.530><c> very</c><00:38:54.969><c> similar</c><00:38:55.429><c> trials</c><00:38:56.010><c> and</c>

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hardships<00:38:57.000><c> as</c><00:38:57.820><c> well,</c><00:38:58.119><c> just</c><00:38:58.500><c> like</c><00:38:59.179><c> the</c><00:38:59.460><c> children</c><00:38:59.699><c> of</c><00:38:59.880><c> Israel.</c>

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:03.659
In<00:39:00.780><c> fact,</c><00:39:01.039><c> it</c><00:39:01.159><c> was</c><00:39:01.400><c> guaranteed</c><00:39:02.219><c> as</c><00:39:03.019><c> it</c><00:39:03.219><c> was</c><00:39:03.480><c> for</c>

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:08.099
the<00:39:03.820><c> children</c><00:39:04.019><c> of</c><00:39:04.260><c> Israel.</c><00:39:05.260><c> And</c><00:39:05.420><c> Peter</c><00:39:05.639><c> echoes</c><00:39:06.139><c> the</c><00:39:06.440><c> language,</c><00:39:06.920><c> the</c><00:39:07.159><c> imagery,</c><00:39:07.980><c> so</c>

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that<00:39:08.440><c> they</c><00:39:08.719><c> themselves</c>

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saw<00:39:09.780><c> themselves</c><00:39:10.239><c> connected</c><00:39:10.739><c> with</c><00:39:11.059><c> Israel</c><00:39:11.739><c> of</c><00:39:12.139><c> old.</c><00:39:13.219><c> They</c><00:39:13.480><c> had</c>

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:16.920
the<00:39:14.139><c> same</c><00:39:14.420><c> calling.</c><00:39:15.960><c> Those</c><00:39:16.239><c> in</c><00:39:16.519><c> Asia,</c>

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:21.059
the<00:39:17.400><c> children</c><00:39:17.579><c> of</c><00:39:17.840><c> Israel,</c><00:39:18.119><c> were</c><00:39:18.719><c> called</c><00:39:18.980><c> out.</c><00:39:20.239><c> They</c><00:39:20.460><c> were</c><00:39:20.679><c> going</c><00:39:20.800><c> to</c>

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endure<00:39:21.400><c> the</c><00:39:21.659><c> same</c><00:39:21.900><c> trials,</c>

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:27.440
but<00:39:22.480><c> they</c><00:39:22.800><c> both</c><00:39:23.039><c> had</c><00:39:23.860><c> the</c><00:39:24.340><c> same</c><00:39:24.780><c> hope.</c><00:39:26.300><c> Like</c><00:39:26.639><c> Israel,</c><00:39:27.219><c> just</c>

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because<00:39:27.820><c> they</c><00:39:28.019><c> were</c><00:39:28.460><c> called</c><00:39:28.699><c> out,</c>

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:35.880
just<00:39:30.420><c> because</c><00:39:30.800><c> they</c><00:39:31.019><c> were</c><00:39:31.420><c> special</c><00:39:32.039><c> in</c><00:39:32.380><c> God's</c><00:39:32.880><c> sight,</c><00:39:33.420><c> did</c><00:39:33.500><c> not</c><00:39:33.820><c> mean</c><00:39:34.179><c> that</c><00:39:34.420><c> they</c><00:39:34.559><c> were</c><00:39:34.739><c> not</c><00:39:34.940><c> going</c><00:39:35.099><c> to</c><00:39:35.400><c> experience</c>

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:40.960
trials<00:39:36.500><c> in</c><00:39:36.760><c> their</c><00:39:36.960><c> lives.</c><00:39:37.940><c> In</c><00:39:38.139><c> fact,</c><00:39:38.539><c> trials</c><00:39:39.099><c> were</c><00:39:39.699><c> just</c><00:39:39.980><c> beginning</c><00:39:40.460><c> as</c>

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:42.900
they<00:39:41.219><c> left,</c><00:39:41.579><c> as</c><00:39:41.820><c> they</c><00:39:42.039><c> were</c><00:39:42.320><c> called</c><00:39:42.480><c> out</c>

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:45.179
of<00:39:43.219><c> Egypt.</c><00:39:43.460><c> You</c><00:39:43.639><c> think</c><00:39:43.780><c> of</c><00:39:43.980><c> the</c><00:39:44.260><c> experiences</c><00:39:44.599><c> they</c><00:39:44.820><c> had</c><00:39:45.000><c> with</c>

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:47.079
the<00:39:45.320><c> Amalekites</c><00:39:46.000><c> in</c><00:39:46.500><c> the</c><00:39:46.679><c> wilderness,</c>

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:51.539
the<00:39:47.900><c> battles</c><00:39:48.320><c> that</c><00:39:48.519><c> they</c><00:39:48.699><c> had</c><00:39:49.199><c> with</c><00:39:49.679><c> Joshua</c><00:39:50.260><c> leading</c><00:39:50.639><c> up</c><00:39:50.960><c> to</c>

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:54.019
chapter<00:39:51.880><c> 24.</c><00:39:52.599><c> They</c><00:39:52.760><c> had</c><00:39:53.139><c> just</c><00:39:53.480><c> begun</c>

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:58.099
for<00:39:54.780><c> the</c><00:39:54.900><c> children</c><00:39:55.119><c> of</c><00:39:55.300><c> Israel.</c><00:39:56.179><c> In</c><00:39:56.480><c> Egypt,</c><00:39:56.980><c> it</c><00:39:57.159><c> says</c><00:39:57.679><c> that</c>

00:39:58.099 --> 00:40:00.539
they<00:39:58.380><c> lived</c><00:39:58.699><c> under</c><00:39:59.219><c> bondage.</c>

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They<00:40:01.360><c> lived</c><00:40:01.699><c> in</c><00:40:01.940><c> the</c><00:40:02.260><c> furnace,</c><00:40:03.159><c> the</c><00:40:03.420><c> hardship,</c><00:40:04.420><c> the</c><00:40:04.699><c> slavery</c>

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:08.360
of<00:40:05.900><c> Egypt.</c><00:40:06.639><c> And</c><00:40:06.920><c> so</c><00:40:07.340><c> the</c><00:40:07.679><c> brothers</c><00:40:07.820><c> and</c><00:40:08.039><c> sisters</c>

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:10.880
were<00:40:08.599><c> to</c><00:40:08.860><c> connect</c><00:40:09.179><c> themselves</c><00:40:09.719><c> with</c><00:40:09.960><c> the</c><00:40:10.099><c> children</c><00:40:10.320><c> of</c><00:40:10.480><c> Israel.</c><00:40:10.739><c> They</c>

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:13.000
were<00:40:11.059><c> to</c><00:40:11.400><c> see</c><00:40:11.820><c> and</c><00:40:12.340><c> to</c><00:40:12.599><c> interpret</c>

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:18.820
their<00:40:13.480><c> trials,</c><00:40:14.460><c> their</c><00:40:14.719><c> sufferings,</c><00:40:15.760><c> and</c><00:40:15.940><c> to</c><00:40:16.139><c> respond</c><00:40:16.619><c> to</c><00:40:17.039><c> their</c><00:40:17.380><c> circumstances</c><00:40:18.219><c> in</c>

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:20.099
the<00:40:19.079><c> context</c><00:40:19.559><c> of</c><00:40:19.780><c> the</c><00:40:19.880><c> children</c>

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:24.360
of<00:40:20.280><c> Israel.</c><00:40:21.860><c> They</c><00:40:22.000><c> were</c><00:40:22.380><c> strangers</c><00:40:23.039><c> and</c><00:40:23.380><c> sojourners</c><00:40:23.960><c> living</c>

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:27.920
in<00:40:25.159><c> a</c><00:40:25.380><c> state</c><00:40:25.599><c> of</c><00:40:26.000><c> persecution</c><00:40:26.639><c> and</c><00:40:27.519><c> hardship,</c>

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:33.280
like<00:40:28.280><c> slaves</c><00:40:28.699><c> in</c><00:40:29.000><c> Egypt.</c><00:40:29.960><c> They</c><00:40:30.179><c> were</c><00:40:30.400><c> being</c><00:40:30.860><c> led</c><00:40:31.320><c> out</c><00:40:31.920><c> of</c><00:40:32.519><c> their</c><00:40:32.820><c> past</c>

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:34.960
on<00:40:33.599><c> a</c><00:40:33.860><c> tough</c><00:40:34.159><c> new</c><00:40:34.400><c> journey,</c>

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learning<00:40:35.860><c> to</c><00:40:36.199><c> trust</c><00:40:36.699><c> in</c><00:40:37.179><c> God,</c><00:40:37.980><c> learning</c><00:40:38.460><c> reliance</c><00:40:39.659><c> and</c><00:40:40.079><c> obedience</c><00:40:40.719><c> in</c><00:40:41.119><c> God,</c><00:40:41.619><c> just</c><00:40:42.139><c> like</c><00:40:43.019><c> the</c><00:40:43.360><c> children</c><00:40:43.760><c> of</c><00:40:44.139><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:50.199
And<00:40:44.780><c> so</c><00:40:45.059><c> Peter</c><00:40:45.280><c> has</c><00:40:45.679><c> good</c><00:40:45.940><c> reason</c><00:40:46.519><c> to</c><00:40:47.219><c> go</c><00:40:47.480><c> back</c><00:40:47.760><c> to</c><00:40:47.920><c> the</c><00:40:48.099><c> language</c><00:40:48.619><c> of</c><00:40:49.900><c> the</c>

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Exodus.<00:40:50.900><c> Now,</c><00:40:51.539><c> this</c><00:40:51.760><c> would</c><00:40:51.920><c> also</c><00:40:52.199><c> be</c>

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very<00:40:52.659><c> encouraging,</c><00:40:53.320><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:53.440><c> it,</c><00:40:53.599><c> to</c><00:40:53.739><c> the</c><00:40:53.920><c> brothers</c><00:40:54.079><c> and</c><00:40:54.280><c> sisters</c><00:40:54.539><c> to</c>

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see<00:40:55.159><c> that</c><00:40:55.300><c> they</c><00:40:55.440><c> were</c><00:40:55.619><c> being</c><00:40:55.920><c> connected</c><00:40:56.340><c> by</c>

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Peter<00:40:57.119><c> with</c><00:40:58.079><c> the</c><00:40:58.280><c> children</c><00:40:58.480><c> of</c><00:40:58.639><c> Israel</c><00:40:59.360><c> years</c><00:40:59.980><c> ago,</c><00:41:00.280><c> with</c><00:41:00.440><c> the</c>

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:04.199
same<00:41:00.840><c> hope</c><00:41:01.139><c> and</c><00:41:01.599><c> the</c><00:41:01.800><c> same</c><00:41:02.000><c> calling.</c><00:41:03.539><c> Notice</c><00:41:03.940><c> there</c>

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:07.940
are<00:41:04.480><c> other</c><00:41:04.719><c> allusions</c><00:41:05.280><c> in</c><00:41:05.460><c> these</c><00:41:05.679><c> verses</c><00:41:06.199><c> to</c><00:41:07.460><c> the</c><00:41:07.719><c> children</c>

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of<00:41:08.099><c> Israel.</c><00:41:08.559><c> And</c><00:41:08.619><c> you'll</c><00:41:08.920><c> find</c><00:41:09.079><c> that</c><00:41:09.219><c> there</c>

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:12.380
is<00:41:09.559><c> a</c><00:41:09.860><c> chart</c><00:41:10.019><c> in</c><00:41:10.199><c> your</c><00:41:10.480><c> handouts.</c><00:41:10.820><c> We're</c><00:41:10.940><c> not</c><00:41:11.079><c> going</c><00:41:11.179><c> to</c><00:41:11.239><c> go</c><00:41:11.360><c> through</c><00:41:11.519><c> it,</c><00:41:11.659><c> but</c><00:41:11.800><c> you</c><00:41:11.960><c> may</c><00:41:12.119><c> want</c><00:41:12.239><c> to</c>

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.920
Bible<00:41:12.579><c> mark</c><00:41:12.699><c> these</c>

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:16.780
in<00:41:13.099><c> later.</c><00:41:13.760><c> There's</c><00:41:13.980><c> a</c><00:41:14.159><c> chart</c><00:41:14.360><c> with</c><00:41:14.559><c> a</c><00:41:14.699><c> whole</c><00:41:14.940><c> list</c><00:41:15.320><c> of</c><00:41:15.639><c> allusions</c><00:41:16.300><c> that</c>

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:19.860
Peter<00:41:17.000><c> uses</c><00:41:17.480><c> back</c><00:41:18.000><c> to</c><00:41:19.059><c> this</c><00:41:19.380><c> period</c><00:41:19.619><c> of</c>

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:24.199
time.<00:41:20.559><c> Take</c><00:41:20.760><c> a</c><00:41:20.860><c> look</c><00:41:20.980><c> at</c><00:41:21.199><c> 1</c><00:41:21.440><c> Peter</c><00:41:21.739><c> chapter</c><00:41:22.320><c> 1,</c><00:41:22.980><c> verse</c><00:41:23.179><c> 18</c><00:41:23.599><c> through</c><00:41:23.780><c> 19.</c>

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Here's<00:41:24.619><c> a</c><00:41:24.739><c> few</c><00:41:24.880><c> others.</c><00:41:26.840><c> Just</c><00:41:27.019><c> to</c><00:41:27.320><c> establish</c>

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:30.960
how<00:41:28.260><c> certain</c><00:41:28.960><c> these</c><00:41:29.559><c> allusions</c><00:41:29.920><c> are</c><00:41:30.199><c> that</c><00:41:30.340><c> Peter</c><00:41:30.500><c> is</c><00:41:30.719><c> making.</c>

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:34.340
Verse<00:41:31.219><c> 18.</c><00:41:32.940><c> Knowing</c><00:41:33.300><c> that</c><00:41:33.619><c> you</c><00:41:33.800><c> were</c><00:41:34.059><c> not</c>

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:37.760
redeemed<00:41:34.800><c> with</c><00:41:35.119><c> corruptible</c><00:41:35.699><c> things</c><00:41:36.119><c> like</c><00:41:36.760><c> silver</c><00:41:37.119><c> or</c><00:41:37.360><c> gold</c>

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:40.920
from<00:41:38.139><c> your</c><00:41:38.400><c> aimless</c><00:41:38.980><c> conduct</c><00:41:39.579><c> received</c><00:41:40.260><c> by</c><00:41:40.559><c> tradition</c>

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:45.539
from<00:41:41.139><c> your</c><00:41:41.320><c> fathers,</c><00:41:42.300><c> but</c><00:41:42.719><c> with</c><00:41:43.219><c> the</c><00:41:43.460><c> precious</c><00:41:43.800><c> blood</c><00:41:44.039><c> of</c><00:41:44.219><c> Christ</c><00:41:44.800><c> as</c>

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:48.159
of<00:41:45.739><c> a</c><00:41:45.940><c> lamb</c><00:41:46.239><c> without</c><00:41:46.699><c> blemish</c><00:41:47.519><c> and</c><00:41:47.840><c> without</c>

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:54.840
spot,<00:41:49.360><c> he</c><00:41:49.679><c> indeed</c><00:41:50.139><c> was</c><00:41:50.619><c> foreordained</c><00:41:51.360><c> before</c><00:41:51.840><c> the</c><00:41:52.059><c> foundation</c><00:41:52.500><c> of</c><00:41:52.659><c> the</c><00:41:52.820><c> world,</c><00:41:53.380><c> but</c><00:41:53.599><c> was</c><00:41:54.039><c> manifest</c><00:41:54.579><c> in</c>

00:41:54.840 --> 00:42:00.079
these<00:41:55.300><c> last</c><00:41:55.619><c> times</c><00:41:56.219><c> for</c><00:41:57.159><c> you.</c><00:41:57.880><c> There</c><00:41:58.039><c> are</c><00:41:58.940><c> further</c><00:41:59.360><c> allusions</c>

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:02.860
to<00:42:00.420><c> the</c><00:42:00.739><c> Exodus</c><00:42:01.139><c> in</c><00:42:01.480><c> these</c><00:42:01.699><c> verses.</c><00:42:02.420><c> You</c><00:42:02.539><c> can</c><00:42:02.719><c> see</c>

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:06.820
these<00:42:03.099><c> on</c><00:42:03.260><c> our</c><00:42:03.639><c> PowerPoint</c><00:42:03.960><c> here.</c><00:42:05.539><c> In</c><00:42:05.659><c> verse</c><00:42:05.840><c> 18,</c><00:42:06.440><c> it's</c><00:42:06.679><c> the</c>

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language<00:42:07.300><c> of</c><00:42:07.820><c> redemption.</c><00:42:09.960><c> It's</c><00:42:10.119><c> like</c><00:42:10.360><c> Israel</c><00:42:11.019><c> on</c><00:42:11.639><c> the</c>

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night<00:42:12.139><c> of</c><00:42:12.599><c> Passover</c><00:42:13.159><c> and</c><00:42:14.639><c> the</c><00:42:15.079><c> sacrifices</c><00:42:15.800><c> that</c><00:42:16.500><c> were</c><00:42:17.400><c> put</c><00:42:17.760><c> together</c><00:42:18.119><c> for</c><00:42:18.320><c> them</c><00:42:18.579><c> to</c>

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:20.119
use<00:42:19.280><c> in</c><00:42:19.559><c> the</c><00:42:19.719><c> wilderness.</c>

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:24.139
They<00:42:20.599><c> were</c><00:42:20.840><c> to</c><00:42:20.960><c> be</c><00:42:21.219><c> redeemed</c><00:42:22.619><c> through</c><00:42:22.900><c> this</c><00:42:23.179><c> Passover</c><00:42:23.579><c> meal</c>

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:27.199
and<00:42:24.860><c> through</c><00:42:25.019><c> the</c><00:42:25.260><c> sprinkling</c><00:42:26.199><c> on</c><00:42:26.500><c> the</c><00:42:26.699><c> doorpost</c>

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:30.780
and<00:42:27.420><c> the</c><00:42:27.800><c> sacrifices</c><00:42:28.300><c> in</c><00:42:28.599><c> the</c><00:42:28.719><c> wilderness.</c><00:42:29.480><c> They</c><00:42:29.639><c> were</c><00:42:29.960><c> redeemed</c><00:42:30.579><c> out</c>

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:33.639
of<00:42:30.960><c> Egypt.</c><00:42:31.280><c> They</c><00:42:31.400><c> were</c><00:42:31.679><c> purchased</c><00:42:32.159><c> by</c><00:42:32.480><c> God.</c>

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:38.079
Verse<00:42:34.139><c> 19.</c><00:42:34.760><c> We</c><00:42:34.880><c> have</c><00:42:35.059><c> the</c><00:42:35.179><c> language</c><00:42:35.619><c> of</c><00:42:36.179><c> redemption</c><00:42:36.559><c> as</c><00:42:36.860><c> well.</c>

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:40.539
Redeemed<00:42:38.719><c> by</c><00:42:38.920><c> the</c><00:42:39.199><c> precious</c><00:42:39.559><c> blood</c><00:42:39.800><c> of</c><00:42:39.960><c> Christ</c><00:42:40.280><c> as</c>

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:43.739
a<00:42:40.880><c> lamb</c><00:42:41.099><c> without</c><00:42:41.599><c> blemish</c><00:42:42.119><c> or</c><00:42:42.380><c> spot.</c><00:42:42.619><c> That's</c><00:42:42.900><c> a</c><00:42:43.039><c> reference</c><00:42:43.280><c> back</c><00:42:43.559><c> to</c>

00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:46.579
the<00:42:43.920><c> lamb</c><00:42:44.099><c> that</c><00:42:44.239><c> was</c><00:42:44.539><c> used</c><00:42:45.019><c> in</c><00:42:45.559><c> the</c><00:42:45.780><c> Passover</c><00:42:46.099><c> meal.</c>

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:53.400
Exodus<00:42:47.119><c> chapter</c><00:42:47.519><c> 12.</c><00:42:48.820><c> The</c><00:42:49.000><c> very</c><00:42:49.400><c> characteristics</c><00:42:50.099><c> of</c><00:42:50.679><c> the</c><00:42:50.960><c> Passover</c><00:42:51.340><c> lamb</c><00:42:51.659><c> are</c><00:42:51.920><c> mentioned</c><00:42:52.219><c> here</c><00:42:52.699><c> as</c><00:42:53.139><c> they</c>

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:58.139
waited<00:42:53.639><c> to</c><00:42:53.960><c> leave</c><00:42:54.179><c> Egypt.</c><00:42:54.760><c> A</c><00:42:54.820><c> lamb</c><00:42:55.079><c> without</c><00:42:55.440><c> blemish</c><00:42:56.400><c> or</c><00:42:56.739><c> a</c><00:42:56.900><c> lamb</c><00:42:57.179><c> without</c><00:42:57.559><c> spot</c><00:42:57.960><c> is</c>

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:59.460
what<00:42:58.280><c> they</c><00:42:58.480><c> were</c><00:42:58.679><c> to,</c><00:42:58.820><c> to</c><00:42:59.000><c> kill</c>

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:04.219
and<00:43:00.079><c> to</c><00:43:00.340><c> eat.</c><00:43:01.719><c> There</c><00:43:01.880><c> are</c><00:43:02.260><c> allusions</c><00:43:02.699><c> here</c><00:43:03.219><c> to</c><00:43:03.659><c> the</c><00:43:03.960><c> covenant</c>

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.460
that<00:43:04.340><c> was</c><00:43:04.539><c> made</c><00:43:04.780><c> with</c><00:43:04.980><c> the</c><00:43:05.099><c> children</c><00:43:05.280><c> of</c>

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:11.960
Israel<00:43:05.739><c> at</c><00:43:06.119><c> Sinai</c><00:43:06.800><c> where</c><00:43:07.400><c> blood</c><00:43:08.099><c> was</c><00:43:08.980><c> sprinkled</c><00:43:09.920><c> on</c><00:43:10.239><c> the</c><00:43:10.440><c> people</c><00:43:10.940><c> and</c>

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:14.139
the<00:43:12.139><c> children</c><00:43:12.380><c> of</c><00:43:12.559><c> Israel</c><00:43:12.980><c> vowed</c><00:43:13.619><c> at</c><00:43:13.820><c> that</c>

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:18.619
time<00:43:14.219><c> at</c><00:43:14.519><c> Sinai</c><00:43:15.239><c> that</c><00:43:15.820><c> all</c><00:43:16.219><c> that</c><00:43:16.420><c> the</c><00:43:16.579><c> Lord</c><00:43:16.880><c> has</c><00:43:17.280><c> said</c><00:43:17.659><c> we</c><00:43:18.380><c> will</c>

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:22.079
do.<00:43:18.960><c> Exodus</c><00:43:19.360><c> chapter</c><00:43:19.780><c> 24.</c><00:43:20.940><c> There</c><00:43:21.119><c> is</c><00:43:21.380><c> mention</c><00:43:21.679><c> here</c>

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:25.500
of<00:43:22.579><c> the</c><00:43:22.900><c> lusts</c><00:43:23.739><c> of</c><00:43:23.820><c> the</c><00:43:24.019><c> people</c><00:43:24.260><c> as</c><00:43:24.500><c> our</c><00:43:24.739><c> brother</c><00:43:24.940><c> pointed</c><00:43:25.300><c> out</c>

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:29.579
for<00:43:25.699><c> us.</c><00:43:26.320><c> Six</c><00:43:26.659><c> times</c><00:43:27.380><c> in</c><00:43:28.000><c> Peter's</c><00:43:28.440><c> epistle</c><00:43:28.820><c> he</c><00:43:29.139><c> uses</c>

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:33.480
this<00:43:29.900><c> word</c><00:43:30.159><c> lusts</c><00:43:31.539><c> in</c><00:43:31.659><c> both</c><00:43:31.980><c> first</c><00:43:32.280><c> and</c><00:43:32.599><c> second</c><00:43:32.900><c> Peter.</c><00:43:33.159><c> He's</c>

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:36.539
taking<00:43:33.800><c> their</c><00:43:34.119><c> minds</c><00:43:34.539><c> back</c><00:43:34.920><c> to</c><00:43:35.159><c> when</c><00:43:35.300><c> they</c><00:43:36.099><c> lusted</c>

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:42.900
in<00:43:37.119><c> the</c><00:43:37.260><c> wilderness.</c><00:43:37.760><c> Psalm</c><00:43:37.960><c> 106</c><00:43:39.179><c> takes</c><00:43:39.559><c> us</c><00:43:39.840><c> there.</c><00:43:40.780><c> It's</c><00:43:41.139><c> cited</c><00:43:41.280><c> from</c><00:43:41.500><c> Numbers</c><00:43:41.840><c> chapter</c><00:43:42.179><c> 11.</c>

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:48.119
Verse<00:43:43.579><c> 22.</c><00:43:44.659><c> It</c><00:43:44.659><c> says</c><00:43:44.860><c> that</c><00:43:45.000><c> they</c><00:43:45.099><c> were</c><00:43:45.320><c> to</c><00:43:45.659><c> purify</c><00:43:46.179><c> themselves.</c><00:43:47.480><c> That's</c><00:43:47.940><c> the</c>

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:50.000
language<00:43:48.559><c> of</c><00:43:49.179><c> the</c><00:43:49.440><c> purification</c>

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:54.179
of<00:43:50.179><c> the</c><00:43:50.420><c> unclean</c><00:43:50.820><c> person</c><00:43:51.320><c> in</c><00:43:51.599><c> the</c><00:43:51.780><c> wilderness.</c><00:43:52.559><c> Numbers</c><00:43:53.000><c> chapter</c><00:43:53.340><c> 19</c>

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:56.820
and<00:43:54.840><c> verse</c><00:43:55.179><c> in</c><00:43:55.360><c> chapter</c><00:43:55.639><c> 31.</c>

00:43:57.559 --> 00:44:02.199
And<00:43:57.800><c> Peter</c><00:43:58.039><c> also</c><00:43:58.619><c> exhorts</c><00:43:58.980><c> them</c><00:43:59.579><c> and</c><00:44:00.219><c> prepares</c><00:44:00.719><c> their</c><00:44:01.099><c> spiritual</c><00:44:01.679><c> mind</c>

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from<00:44:02.400><c> the</c><00:44:02.679><c> same</c><00:44:02.980><c> context</c>

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:07.460
of<00:44:04.380><c> Exodus</c><00:44:04.739><c> in</c><00:44:04.980><c> the</c><00:44:05.099><c> wilderness.</c><00:44:05.420><c> Now</c><00:44:05.599><c> just</c><00:44:05.760><c> notice</c><00:44:06.019><c> how</c><00:44:06.260><c> second</c><00:44:06.500><c> Peter</c><00:44:06.940><c> does</c>

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exactly<00:44:07.940><c> the</c><00:44:08.179><c> same.</c>

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Shows<00:44:10.019><c> us</c><00:44:10.219><c> how</c><00:44:10.400><c> both</c><00:44:10.619><c> of</c><00:44:10.780><c> these</c><00:44:10.940><c> epistles</c><00:44:11.340><c> are</c><00:44:11.719><c> intricately</c><00:44:12.159><c> tied</c><00:44:12.519><c> together.</c><00:44:13.659><c> Second</c><00:44:13.880><c> Peter</c><00:44:14.260><c> chapter</c><00:44:14.780><c> 2</c>

00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:23.119
also<00:44:18.300><c> uses</c><00:44:18.800><c> this</c><00:44:19.280><c> the</c><00:44:19.579><c> same</c><00:44:20.099><c> allusion</c><00:44:20.639><c> back</c><00:44:20.940><c> to</c><00:44:21.099><c> the</c><00:44:21.239><c> wilderness.</c><00:44:22.340><c> Verse</c><00:44:22.619><c> 15</c>

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of<00:44:23.320><c> second</c><00:44:23.500><c> Peter</c><00:44:23.679><c> 2.</c>

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They<00:44:27.179><c> have</c><00:44:27.699><c> forsaken</c><00:44:28.400><c> the</c><00:44:28.579><c> right</c><00:44:28.880><c> way</c><00:44:29.800><c> and</c><00:44:30.239><c> gone</c><00:44:30.440><c> astray</c><00:44:31.460><c> following</c><00:44:32.119><c> the</c>

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:35.760
way<00:44:32.860><c> of</c><00:44:33.699><c> Balaam,</c><00:44:34.860><c> the</c><00:44:35.059><c> son</c><00:44:35.219><c> of</c><00:44:35.480><c> Beor,</c>

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:41.780
who<00:44:36.179><c> loved</c><00:44:36.480><c> the</c><00:44:36.739><c> wages</c><00:44:37.239><c> of</c><00:44:37.940><c> unrighteousness.</c><00:44:38.800><c> Now</c><00:44:39.079><c> the</c><00:44:39.380><c> context</c><00:44:40.119><c> of</c><00:44:40.820><c> these</c><00:44:41.079><c> verses</c><00:44:41.440><c> here</c><00:44:41.659><c> in</c>

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second<00:44:41.980><c> Peter</c><00:44:42.239><c> 2</c>

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:47.500
are<00:44:43.099><c> the</c><00:44:43.480><c> false</c><00:44:43.760><c> teachers,</c><00:44:44.320><c> the</c><00:44:44.519><c> apostasy.</c><00:44:45.860><c> And</c><00:44:46.280><c> amidst</c><00:44:47.099><c> that</c>

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:51.320
context<00:44:48.579><c> Peter</c><00:44:49.400><c> references</c><00:44:50.019><c> a</c><00:44:50.280><c> man</c><00:44:50.440><c> by</c><00:44:50.679><c> the</c><00:44:50.820><c> name</c>

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:57.480
of<00:44:51.920><c> Balaam.</c><00:44:53.420><c> Why</c><00:44:53.599><c> is</c><00:44:53.739><c> that</c><00:44:54.000><c> significant?</c><00:44:55.619><c> Why</c><00:44:55.800><c> is</c><00:44:56.119><c> Balaam</c><00:44:56.559><c> significant</c><00:44:57.219><c> in</c>

00:44:57.480 --> 00:45:00.019
that<00:44:57.739><c> context?</c><00:44:58.179><c> Well</c><00:44:58.480><c> if</c><00:44:58.840><c> we</c><00:44:59.000><c> go</c><00:44:59.260><c> back</c><00:44:59.639><c> to</c>

00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:07.579
Numbers<00:45:01.199><c> we</c><00:45:01.659><c> find</c><00:45:02.039><c> that</c><00:45:02.320><c> Balaam</c><00:45:02.599><c> was</c><00:45:02.800><c> a</c><00:45:03.179><c> false</c><00:45:03.539><c> prophet</c><00:45:04.199><c> to</c><00:45:05.059><c> Israel</c><00:45:05.639><c> during</c><00:45:06.179><c> the</c><00:45:06.460><c> days</c><00:45:06.880><c> of</c>

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:08.300
the<00:45:07.800><c> wilderness</c>

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:14.559
wanderings.<00:45:09.780><c> And</c><00:45:10.059><c> so</c><00:45:10.199><c> he</c><00:45:10.380><c> is</c><00:45:10.659><c> taking</c><00:45:10.980><c> them</c><00:45:11.239><c> back</c><00:45:11.480><c> again</c><00:45:11.980><c> to</c><00:45:12.539><c> the</c><00:45:12.940><c> experiences</c><00:45:13.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:14.920><c> Exodus.</c>

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:21.860
Trials<00:45:16.980><c> of</c><00:45:17.239><c> apostasy,</c><00:45:18.920><c> trials</c><00:45:19.219><c> of</c><00:45:19.960><c> corrupt</c><00:45:20.280><c> teachers</c><00:45:20.920><c> were</c>

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:24.559
absolutely<00:45:22.440><c> nothing</c><00:45:23.000><c> new</c><00:45:23.400><c> in</c><00:45:23.800><c> the</c><00:45:23.920><c> days</c><00:45:24.059><c> of</c><00:45:24.340><c> Peter</c>

00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:28.159
and<00:45:25.000><c> they</c><00:45:25.139><c> would</c><00:45:25.320><c> be</c><00:45:25.679><c> no</c><00:45:25.960><c> surprise</c><00:45:26.639><c> to</c><00:45:27.460><c> the</c><00:45:27.679><c> elect.</c><00:45:27.880><c> They</c><00:45:28.059><c> had</c>

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:30.099
been<00:45:28.360><c> happening</c><00:45:28.719><c> for</c><00:45:29.039><c> years</c><00:45:29.260><c> and</c><00:45:29.440><c> years.</c><00:45:29.659><c> Now</c>

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:34.119
you<00:45:30.400><c> can</c><00:45:30.599><c> notice</c><00:45:30.980><c> in</c><00:45:31.340><c> verse</c><00:45:31.599><c> 18</c><00:45:32.079><c> here</c><00:45:32.320><c> in</c><00:45:32.500><c> second</c><00:45:32.679><c> Peter</c><00:45:32.920><c> chapter</c><00:45:33.219><c> 2</c><00:45:33.519><c> there</c><00:45:33.679><c> are</c>

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:35.019
other<00:45:34.519><c> allusions</c>

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:39.199
that<00:45:35.300><c> bring</c><00:45:35.380><c> us</c><00:45:35.559><c> back</c><00:45:35.760><c> to</c><00:45:35.920><c> the</c><00:45:36.079><c> Exodus</c><00:45:36.340><c> as</c><00:45:36.659><c> well.</c><00:45:37.739><c> Verse</c><00:45:38.000><c> 18.</c>

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:43.639
It<00:45:39.760><c> talks</c><00:45:40.019><c> about</c><00:45:40.440><c> those</c><00:45:41.260><c> who</c><00:45:41.519><c> have</c><00:45:41.780><c> barely</c><00:45:42.239><c> escaped</c>

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:48.739
the<00:45:44.360><c> influence</c><00:45:44.940><c> of</c><00:45:46.179><c> these</c><00:45:46.840><c> false</c><00:45:47.199><c> teachers</c><00:45:47.619><c> and</c><00:45:47.880><c> false</c><00:45:48.159><c> teachings</c><00:45:48.559><c> and</c>

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of<00:45:48.860><c> the</c><00:45:49.079><c> world.</c>

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He's<00:45:50.300><c> talking</c><00:45:50.559><c> about</c><00:45:50.780><c> an</c><00:45:51.000><c> escape.</c><00:45:51.539><c> It's</c><00:45:51.719><c> the</c><00:45:51.860><c> language</c><00:45:52.340><c> of</c><00:45:52.679><c> escaping</c><00:45:53.079><c> from</c><00:45:53.539><c> Egypt.</c><00:45:54.800><c> Verse</c><00:45:54.940><c> 19.</c><00:45:55.920><c> He</c>

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talks<00:45:56.360><c> about</c>

00:45:56.820 --> 00:46:01.219
those<00:45:57.420><c> who</c><00:45:57.579><c> have</c><00:45:57.780><c> given</c><00:45:57.940><c> into</c><00:45:58.840><c> the</c><00:45:59.280><c> apostasy</c><00:46:00.000><c> and</c><00:46:00.460><c> false</c><00:46:00.699><c> teaching</c><00:46:01.000><c> as</c>

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being<00:46:01.480><c> brought</c><00:46:01.800><c> into</c><00:46:02.219><c> bondage.</c>

00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:07.639
And<00:46:03.900><c> in</c><00:46:03.980><c> the</c><00:46:04.139><c> margin</c><00:46:04.380><c> it's</c><00:46:04.619><c> the</c><00:46:04.719><c> word</c><00:46:05.000><c> slavery.</c><00:46:06.039><c> It's</c><00:46:06.639><c> referencing</c><00:46:07.000><c> back</c><00:46:07.460><c> to</c>

00:46:07.639 --> 00:46:09.099
the<00:46:07.900><c> bondage</c><00:46:08.300><c> and</c><00:46:08.579><c> slavery</c>

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:12.159
that<00:46:09.659><c> they</c><00:46:09.920><c> experienced</c><00:46:10.340><c> in</c><00:46:10.539><c> Egypt.</c><00:46:11.159><c> In</c><00:46:11.280><c> verse</c><00:46:11.460><c> 20</c><00:46:11.719><c> it</c><00:46:11.860><c> talks</c>

00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:15.179
about<00:46:12.539><c> if</c><00:46:13.059><c> after</c><00:46:13.360><c> they</c><00:46:13.559><c> have</c><00:46:13.760><c> escaped.</c><00:46:14.920><c> In</c><00:46:15.019><c> other</c>

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:18.860
words<00:46:15.500><c> those</c><00:46:15.940><c> who</c><00:46:16.159><c> have</c><00:46:16.320><c> already</c><00:46:16.559><c> gotten</c><00:46:16.840><c> out</c><00:46:17.039><c> of</c><00:46:17.239><c> Egypt</c><00:46:17.699><c> have</c>

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:22.360
some<00:46:19.219><c> of</c><00:46:19.340><c> them</c><00:46:19.639><c> gone</c><00:46:19.940><c> back</c><00:46:20.800><c> to</c><00:46:21.239><c> Egypt.</c><00:46:21.719><c> Again</c><00:46:22.059><c> it's</c>

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:27.599
the<00:46:22.619><c> the</c><00:46:22.900><c> same</c><00:46:23.179><c> language</c><00:46:23.599><c> of</c><00:46:23.880><c> escaping</c><00:46:24.320><c> and</c><00:46:24.739><c> going</c><00:46:25.059><c> back.</c><00:46:26.699><c> Verse</c><00:46:26.960><c> 17.</c>

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:30.539
The<00:46:28.159><c> language</c><00:46:28.599><c> of</c><00:46:28.980><c> darkness</c><00:46:29.780><c> out</c><00:46:30.139><c> of</c><00:46:30.280><c> which</c>

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:37.420
Israel<00:46:30.920><c> was</c><00:46:31.199><c> brought</c><00:46:31.900><c> from</c><00:46:33.139><c> Egypt.</c><00:46:35.340><c> And</c><00:46:35.420><c> so</c><00:46:35.539><c> brothers</c><00:46:35.739><c> and</c><00:46:35.900><c> sisters</c><00:46:36.280><c> we</c>

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:40.099
step<00:46:37.679><c> back</c><00:46:38.300><c> from</c><00:46:38.960><c> what</c><00:46:39.219><c> Peter</c><00:46:39.579><c> is</c>

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:44.719
doing<00:46:40.340><c> here.</c><00:46:41.159><c> All</c><00:46:41.400><c> these</c><00:46:41.619><c> allusions.</c><00:46:43.659><c> We</c><00:46:43.940><c> see</c><00:46:44.079><c> that</c><00:46:44.300><c> Peter</c><00:46:44.460><c> is</c>

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:48.079
doing<00:46:44.920><c> two</c><00:46:45.239><c> things.</c><00:46:46.679><c> He's</c><00:46:46.960><c> getting</c><00:46:47.179><c> them</c><00:46:47.380><c> to</c><00:46:47.800><c> connect</c>

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:51.619
their<00:46:48.579><c> experiences</c><00:46:49.219><c> and</c><00:46:49.500><c> their</c><00:46:49.820><c> trials</c><00:46:50.119><c> with</c><00:46:50.500><c> that</c><00:46:50.940><c> of</c><00:46:51.440><c> the</c>

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:55.480
children<00:46:51.820><c> of</c><00:46:52.099><c> Israel.</c><00:46:53.360><c> But</c><00:46:53.599><c> Peter</c><00:46:53.840><c> is</c><00:46:54.139><c> also</c><00:46:54.460><c> very</c>

00:46:55.860 --> 00:47:03.280
exhorting<00:46:56.699><c> them</c><00:46:56.880><c> to</c><00:46:57.179><c> see</c><00:46:58.079><c> Rome</c><00:46:58.760><c> in</c><00:46:59.420><c> their</c><00:46:59.760><c> days</c><00:47:00.280><c> as</c><00:47:01.000><c> being</c><00:47:01.340><c> very</c><00:47:01.920><c> similar</c><00:47:02.500><c> to</c>

00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:05.699
Egypt<00:47:03.920><c> and</c><00:47:04.579><c> the</c><00:47:04.780><c> wilderness</c><00:47:05.219><c> of</c><00:47:05.519><c> the</c>

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:08.940
days<00:47:05.940><c> of</c><00:47:06.119><c> the</c><00:47:06.260><c> children</c><00:47:06.480><c> of</c><00:47:06.679><c> Israel.</c><00:47:07.079><c> They</c><00:47:07.360><c> were</c><00:47:07.659><c> to</c><00:47:08.340><c> separate</c>

00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:14.219
themselves<00:47:09.920><c> from</c><00:47:11.619><c> Egypt</c><00:47:12.519><c> which</c><00:47:13.139><c> was</c><00:47:13.840><c> Rome.</c>

00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:19.179
To<00:47:15.000><c> separate</c><00:47:15.440><c> themselves</c><00:47:16.179><c> from</c><00:47:16.800><c> the</c><00:47:17.079><c> lusts,</c><00:47:17.960><c> the</c><00:47:18.179><c> darkness,</c>

00:47:19.340 --> 00:47:21.539
the<00:47:19.539><c> bondage,</c><00:47:20.619><c> the</c><00:47:20.800><c> apostasy,</c>

00:47:21.539 --> 00:47:27.079
the<00:47:22.119><c> false</c><00:47:22.440><c> religions,</c><00:47:23.960><c> the</c><00:47:24.119><c> ill</c><00:47:24.400><c> practices,</c><00:47:25.260><c> the</c><00:47:25.500><c> lifestyles</c><00:47:26.260><c> of</c><00:47:26.599><c> Egypt</c>

00:47:27.079 --> 00:47:29.460
that<00:47:27.699><c> existed</c><00:47:28.340><c> in</c><00:47:28.800><c> their</c><00:47:29.139><c> day</c>

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:31.900
in<00:47:29.900><c> Rome.</c><00:47:30.179><c> They</c><00:47:30.300><c> were</c><00:47:30.500><c> to</c><00:47:30.800><c> separate</c><00:47:31.139><c> themselves.</c><00:47:31.639><c> They</c><00:47:31.739><c> were</c>

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:36.619
to<00:47:32.360><c> transform</c><00:47:33.239><c> their</c><00:47:33.719><c> minds</c><00:47:34.219><c> from</c><00:47:35.099><c> that</c><00:47:35.519><c> environment.</c>

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:44.380
Brothers<00:47:38.099><c> and</c><00:47:38.280><c> sisters</c><00:47:38.539><c> what</c><00:47:38.960><c> does</c><00:47:39.199><c> this</c><00:47:39.500><c> mean</c><00:47:40.159><c> to</c><00:47:41.099><c> us?</c><00:47:42.260><c> So</c><00:47:42.559><c> what?</c><00:47:43.920><c> That</c><00:47:44.019><c> Peter</c><00:47:44.179><c> is</c>

00:47:44.380 --> 00:47:45.519
making<00:47:44.599><c> all</c><00:47:44.800><c> these</c><00:47:45.000><c> allusions.</c>

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:49.340
So<00:47:46.099><c> what?</c><00:47:47.480><c> That</c><00:47:47.559><c> he's</c><00:47:47.860><c> connecting</c><00:47:48.300><c> the</c><00:47:48.599><c> brother</c><00:47:48.679><c> and</c><00:47:48.880><c> sisters</c>

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:55.280
with<00:47:50.780><c> the</c><00:47:51.659><c> Exodus.</c><00:47:53.000><c> But</c><00:47:53.280><c> clearly</c><00:47:53.659><c> we</c><00:47:54.920><c> are</c><00:47:55.119><c> to</c>

00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:59.440
see<00:47:55.460><c> ourselves</c><00:47:56.159><c> in</c><00:47:56.539><c> the</c><00:47:56.820><c> exact</c><00:47:57.179><c> same</c><00:47:57.699><c> light</c><00:47:58.199><c> as</c><00:47:59.099><c> the</c><00:47:59.300><c> brother</c>

00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:05.059
and<00:47:59.639><c> sisters</c><00:48:00.079><c> in</c><00:48:00.619><c> Asia.</c><00:48:02.780><c> Do</c><00:48:03.059><c> we</c><00:48:03.940><c> see</c><00:48:04.460><c> ourselves</c>

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:08.960
in<00:48:05.380><c> that</c><00:48:05.699><c> same</c><00:48:05.920><c> light?</c><00:48:06.679><c> Do</c><00:48:06.880><c> we</c><00:48:07.119><c> see</c><00:48:07.320><c> ourselves</c><00:48:08.099><c> first</c><00:48:08.679><c> of</c><00:48:08.840><c> all</c>

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:12.199
as<00:48:09.179><c> being</c><00:48:09.619><c> elect</c><00:48:10.039><c> together</c><00:48:10.739><c> with</c><00:48:11.179><c> them?</c>

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:15.460
Do<00:48:12.739><c> we</c><00:48:12.940><c> see</c><00:48:13.159><c> ourselves</c><00:48:13.920><c> associated</c><00:48:14.739><c> with</c><00:48:14.960><c> the</c><00:48:15.119><c> children</c><00:48:15.300><c> of</c>

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:19.860
Israel,<00:48:16.820><c> with</c><00:48:16.920><c> the</c><00:48:17.059><c> brother</c><00:48:17.219><c> and</c><00:48:17.380><c> sisters</c><00:48:17.960><c> of</c><00:48:18.940><c> Asia,</c>

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:24.739
specially<00:48:20.119><c> chosen</c><00:48:21.199><c> by</c><00:48:21.599><c> God?</c><00:48:21.880><c> Do</c><00:48:22.019><c> we</c><00:48:22.199><c> see</c><00:48:22.400><c> that?</c><00:48:23.380><c> Do</c><00:48:23.500><c> we</c><00:48:23.619><c> see</c><00:48:23.820><c> ourselves</c><00:48:24.420><c> as</c>

00:48:24.739 --> 00:48:26.800
being<00:48:25.039><c> chosen</c><00:48:25.559><c> specially</c>

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:32.500
by<00:48:27.320><c> God?</c><00:48:28.460><c> And</c><00:48:28.679><c> if</c><00:48:28.960><c> that's</c><00:48:29.440><c> true</c><00:48:29.760><c> do</c><00:48:29.960><c> we</c><00:48:30.199><c> see</c><00:48:30.559><c> our</c><00:48:31.360><c> trials</c><00:48:31.840><c> today</c>

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:35.699
and<00:48:33.639><c> our</c><00:48:34.039><c> calling</c><00:48:34.400><c> in</c><00:48:34.619><c> the</c><00:48:34.840><c> same</c><00:48:35.059><c> perspective</c>

00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:41.739
that<00:48:35.900><c> they</c><00:48:36.280><c> were</c><00:48:36.500><c> to</c><00:48:36.739><c> see</c><00:48:37.219><c> theirs</c><00:48:37.619><c> in?</c><00:48:38.920><c> That</c><00:48:39.179><c> is,</c><00:48:40.280><c> in</c><00:48:40.420><c> the</c><00:48:40.699><c> context</c><00:48:41.260><c> of</c>

00:48:41.739 --> 00:48:43.519
coming<00:48:42.019><c> out</c><00:48:42.280><c> of</c><00:48:42.480><c> Egypt,</c>

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:47.400
dealing<00:48:43.980><c> with</c><00:48:44.460><c> the</c><00:48:44.699><c> hardships</c><00:48:45.179><c> of</c><00:48:45.480><c> the</c><00:48:45.639><c> wilderness</c><00:48:46.179><c> and</c><00:48:47.199><c> of</c>

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:52.139
Egypt,<00:48:48.880><c> journeying</c><00:48:49.480><c> spiritually</c><00:48:50.320><c> out</c><00:48:51.119><c> of</c><00:48:51.800><c> Egypt,</c>

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:56.679
recognizing<00:48:53.000><c> that</c><00:48:53.400><c> trials</c><00:48:53.760><c> in</c><00:48:54.139><c> our</c><00:48:54.519><c> life</c><00:48:54.900><c> are</c><00:48:55.619><c> guaranteed</c><00:48:56.199><c> just</c><00:48:56.480><c> as</c>

00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:57.800
they<00:48:56.840><c> were</c><00:48:57.079><c> for</c><00:48:57.280><c> the</c><00:48:57.539><c> Asians,</c>

00:48:57.880 --> 00:49:03.559
just<00:48:58.119><c> as</c><00:48:58.320><c> they</c><00:48:58.480><c> were</c><00:48:58.900><c> for</c><00:48:59.519><c> the</c><00:48:59.679><c> children</c><00:48:59.880><c> of</c><00:49:00.099><c> Israel.</c><00:49:01.059><c> Do</c><00:49:01.280><c> we</c><00:49:01.500><c> see</c><00:49:01.780><c> trials</c><00:49:02.519><c> as</c><00:49:03.320><c> a</c>

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:05.440
necessary<00:49:04.000><c> part</c><00:49:04.380><c> of</c><00:49:04.659><c> our</c><00:49:05.000><c> Exodus,</c>

00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:13.500
as<00:49:05.699><c> part</c><00:49:06.000><c> of</c><00:49:06.239><c> our</c><00:49:06.659><c> pilgrimage?</c><00:49:09.099><c> Do</c><00:49:09.219><c> we</c><00:49:09.480><c> see</c><00:49:10.019><c> the</c><00:49:10.500><c> same</c><00:49:10.960><c> hope</c><00:49:11.500><c> that</c><00:49:12.420><c> was</c><00:49:12.659><c> still</c><00:49:12.940><c> offered</c><00:49:13.300><c> to</c>

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.059
the<00:49:13.619><c> children</c><00:49:13.880><c> of</c>

00:49:14.059 --> 00:49:17.340
Israel<00:49:14.360><c> as</c><00:49:14.539><c> it</c><00:49:14.780><c> was</c><00:49:15.199><c> to</c><00:49:15.840><c> the</c><00:49:16.059><c> brother</c><00:49:16.199><c> and</c><00:49:16.380><c> sisters</c><00:49:16.719><c> in</c><00:49:17.019><c> Asia?</c>

00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:21.000
Are<00:49:17.639><c> we</c><00:49:17.880><c> willing</c><00:49:18.099><c> to</c><00:49:18.420><c> endure</c><00:49:19.159><c> those</c><00:49:20.019><c> trials</c><00:49:20.579><c> as</c>

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:23.460
they<00:49:21.239><c> were</c><00:49:21.480><c> to?</c><00:49:22.159><c> And</c><00:49:22.219><c> brother</c><00:49:22.340><c> and</c><00:49:22.460><c> sisters</c><00:49:22.699><c> we</c><00:49:22.860><c> can</c><00:49:23.000><c> be</c><00:49:23.179><c> very</c>

00:49:23.460 --> 00:49:27.440
encouraged<00:49:24.280><c> when</c><00:49:24.900><c> we</c><00:49:25.280><c> put</c><00:49:25.559><c> ourselves</c><00:49:26.219><c> into</c><00:49:26.559><c> the</c>

00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:33.800
of<00:49:28.039><c> the</c><00:49:28.219><c> brother</c><00:49:28.420><c> and</c><00:49:28.579><c> sisters</c><00:49:29.079><c> of</c><00:49:29.679><c> Asia.</c><00:49:31.699><c> And</c><00:49:32.179><c> like</c><00:49:32.980><c> the</c><00:49:33.360><c> children</c><00:49:33.599><c> of</c>

00:49:33.800 --> 00:49:36.440
Israel,<00:49:35.239><c> like</c><00:49:35.539><c> the</c><00:49:35.719><c> brother</c><00:49:35.880><c> and</c><00:49:36.000><c> sisters</c>

00:49:36.440 --> 00:49:43.179
in<00:49:36.880><c> Asia,</c><00:49:38.219><c> we</c><00:49:38.500><c> need</c><00:49:38.719><c> to</c><00:49:39.360><c> contemplate</c><00:49:40.179><c> our</c><00:49:40.699><c> lifestyle.</c><00:49:42.579><c> We</c><00:49:42.760><c> need</c><00:49:42.980><c> to</c>

00:49:43.179 --> 00:49:47.900
be<00:49:43.860><c> holy,</c><00:49:45.420><c> separate</c><00:49:46.000><c> people</c><00:49:46.820><c> after</c><00:49:47.619><c> the</c>

00:49:47.900 --> 00:49:54.039
example<00:49:48.440><c> of</c><00:49:48.820><c> God.</c><00:49:49.840><c> We</c><00:49:49.980><c> need</c><00:49:50.139><c> to</c><00:49:50.320><c> be</c><00:49:50.679><c> obedient</c><00:49:51.320><c> children</c><00:49:51.900><c> as</c><00:49:52.320><c> Peter</c><00:49:52.739><c> says</c><00:49:53.239><c> in</c>

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:55.440
those<00:49:54.260><c> verses,</c><00:49:54.619><c> just</c><00:49:54.980><c> like</c><00:49:55.219><c> the</c>

00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:59.719
children<00:49:55.599><c> of</c><00:49:55.739><c> Israel.</c><00:49:56.199><c> We</c><00:49:56.199><c> need</c><00:49:56.300><c> to</c><00:49:56.880><c> purify,</c><00:49:58.199><c> gird</c><00:49:58.340><c> up</c><00:49:58.699><c> the</c><00:49:58.960><c> loins</c><00:49:59.320><c> of</c>

00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:02.820
our<00:50:00.099><c> mind</c><00:50:00.539><c> as</c><00:50:01.139><c> we</c><00:50:01.440><c> exit</c><00:50:01.860><c> from</c><00:50:02.380><c> Exodus.</c>

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Are<00:50:03.460><c> we</c><00:50:04.360><c> girding</c><00:50:04.739><c> up</c><00:50:04.900><c> the</c><00:50:05.059><c> loins</c><00:50:05.559><c> of</c><00:50:06.079><c> our</c><00:50:06.320><c> mind?</c><00:50:06.739><c> Are</c><00:50:06.880><c> we</c><00:50:07.280><c> removing</c><00:50:08.000><c> obstacles</c><00:50:08.840><c> from</c>

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our<00:50:10.320><c> pilgrimage?</c>

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Notice<00:50:12.559><c> how</c><00:50:12.820><c> much</c><00:50:13.079><c> Peter</c><00:50:13.380><c> emphasizes</c><00:50:14.079><c> our</c><00:50:14.599><c> lifestyle</c><00:50:15.099><c> as</c><00:50:15.739><c> a</c><00:50:16.139><c> key</c><00:50:16.360><c> point</c><00:50:17.000><c> in</c><00:50:18.739><c> the</c><00:50:19.099><c> Exodus</c><00:50:19.400><c> allusions.</c><00:50:20.039><c> 1</c>

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Peter<00:50:20.360><c> chapter</c><00:50:20.760><c> 1,</c><00:50:21.059><c> verse</c><00:50:21.260><c> 15.</c>

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It's<00:50:24.420><c> fundamental</c><00:50:24.920><c> to</c><00:50:25.380><c> see</c><00:50:25.980><c> this</c><00:50:26.760><c> stress</c><00:50:27.340><c> on</c><00:50:28.539><c> our</c><00:50:29.059><c> lifestyle.</c>

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1<00:50:31.059><c> Peter</c><00:50:31.300><c> 1,</c><00:50:31.539><c> verse</c><00:50:31.719><c> 15</c><00:50:32.079><c> he</c><00:50:32.340><c> says,</c>

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but<00:50:33.300><c> as</c><00:50:33.639><c> he</c><00:50:33.880><c> who</c><00:50:34.179><c> called</c><00:50:34.420><c> you</c><00:50:34.619><c> is</c><00:50:34.840><c> holy,</c><00:50:35.719><c> you</c><00:50:36.019><c> also</c><00:50:36.559><c> be</c><00:50:36.940><c> holy</c><00:50:37.460><c> in</c>

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all<00:50:39.360><c> your</c><00:50:39.940><c> conduct.</c><00:50:40.559><c> All</c><00:50:41.079><c> your</c><00:50:42.179><c> conduct.</c>

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The<00:50:44.079><c> word</c><00:50:44.219><c> holy</c><00:50:44.639><c> literally</c><00:50:45.460><c> means</c><00:50:45.760><c> to</c><00:50:46.000><c> be</c><00:50:46.500><c> set</c><00:50:46.760><c> apart.</c><00:50:48.000><c> And</c>

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the<00:50:48.539><c> King</c><00:50:48.760><c> James</c><00:50:49.039><c> version</c><00:50:49.579><c> clouds</c><00:50:50.119><c> the</c><00:50:50.380><c> meaning</c>

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of<00:50:50.760><c> that</c><00:50:50.940><c> last</c><00:50:51.320><c> word</c><00:50:51.599><c> conduct.</c><00:50:52.760><c> In</c><00:50:52.920><c> the</c><00:50:53.119><c> Greek</c><00:50:53.280><c> that</c><00:50:53.480><c> word</c><00:50:53.800><c> conduct</c><00:50:54.480><c> or</c>

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behavior<00:50:55.699><c> is</c><00:50:56.760><c> the</c><00:50:56.940><c> word</c><00:50:57.619><c> anastrophe.</c>

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Anastrophe,<00:51:00.760><c> if</c><00:51:00.920><c> you</c><00:51:01.019><c> look</c><00:51:01.179><c> it</c><00:51:01.320><c> up,</c><00:51:02.380><c> means</c><00:51:02.440><c> the</c><00:51:02.699><c> following.</c><00:51:03.059><c> It</c><00:51:03.099><c> means</c><00:51:03.519><c> a</c>

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manner<00:51:04.000><c> of</c><00:51:04.300><c> life,</c><00:51:05.260><c> conduct,</c><00:51:06.699><c> behavior.</c>

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It's<00:51:07.739><c> closely</c><00:51:08.139><c> related</c><00:51:08.480><c> to</c><00:51:08.719><c> another</c><00:51:08.880><c> Greek</c><00:51:09.179><c> word</c><00:51:09.679><c> anastropho.</c><00:51:11.579><c> And</c><00:51:11.840><c> you</c><00:51:12.039><c> can</c><00:51:12.320><c> see</c><00:51:12.619><c> in</c>

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1<00:51:13.119><c> and</c><00:51:13.280><c> 2</c><00:51:13.559><c> Peter</c>

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that<00:51:14.719><c> Peter</c><00:51:15.039><c> uses</c><00:51:15.659><c> this</c><00:51:16.059><c> word</c><00:51:16.360><c> anastrophe</c><00:51:17.820><c> and</c><00:51:18.280><c> anastropho</c>

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over<00:51:19.619><c> and</c><00:51:20.239><c> over</c><00:51:20.699><c> again.</c><00:51:21.139><c> He</c><00:51:21.320><c> is</c><00:51:21.800><c> emphasizing</c>

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our<00:51:22.920><c> conduct,</c><00:51:23.920><c> our</c><00:51:24.280><c> lifestyle</c><00:51:25.099><c> amidst</c><00:51:25.940><c> the</c><00:51:26.159><c> trials</c><00:51:26.440><c> that</c><00:51:26.659><c> we</c>

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may<00:51:26.980><c> be</c><00:51:27.199><c> in.</c>

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So<00:51:29.760><c> the</c><00:51:29.900><c> idea</c><00:51:30.440><c> is</c><00:51:31.199><c> to</c><00:51:31.579><c> have</c><00:51:31.800><c> a</c><00:51:32.380><c> separated</c><00:51:32.820><c> life.</c><00:51:33.880><c> And</c><00:51:34.219><c> he's</c><00:51:34.719><c> quoting</c><00:51:35.119><c> in</c>

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this<00:51:36.079><c> verse</c><00:51:36.300><c> in</c><00:51:36.480><c> verse</c><00:51:36.679><c> 15</c><00:51:37.139><c> from</c><00:51:37.400><c> Leviticus</c>

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chapter<00:51:38.159><c> 11</c><00:51:38.739><c> and</c><00:51:39.219><c> verse</c><00:51:39.460><c> 44.</c><00:51:40.079><c> And</c><00:51:40.079><c> the</c><00:51:40.260><c> context</c><00:51:40.719><c> of</c><00:51:40.980><c> those</c><00:51:41.199><c> verses</c><00:51:41.519><c> are</c>

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the<00:51:42.679><c> clean</c><00:51:42.900><c> and</c><00:51:43.239><c> unclean</c><00:51:43.780><c> animals</c>

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that<00:51:44.599><c> they</c><00:51:44.760><c> were</c><00:51:44.880><c> to</c><00:51:45.179><c> use</c><00:51:45.440><c> or</c><00:51:45.719><c> not</c><00:51:46.019><c> use</c><00:51:46.320><c> in</c><00:51:46.480><c> the</c><00:51:46.639><c> wilderness.</c>

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He<00:51:47.619><c> was</c><00:51:48.000><c> emphasizing</c><00:51:48.920><c> principles</c><00:51:49.760><c> about</c><00:51:50.219><c> separating</c>

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oneself<00:51:51.219><c> from</c><00:51:51.760><c> uncleanness</c><00:51:52.760><c> as</c><00:51:53.300><c> represented</c><00:51:53.900><c> in</c><00:51:54.159><c> the</c><00:51:54.340><c> unclean</c><00:51:54.820><c> animals.</c><00:51:56.039><c> Now</c><00:51:56.280><c> you'll</c><00:51:56.559><c> find</c><00:51:56.699><c> in</c>

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your<00:51:57.019><c> handout</c>

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that<00:51:57.699><c> I've</c><00:51:58.559><c> got</c><00:51:58.719><c> listed</c><00:51:58.960><c> out</c><00:51:59.179><c> for</c><00:51:59.380><c> you</c><00:51:59.619><c> all</c><00:51:59.940><c> these</c><00:52:00.159><c> verses</c><00:52:00.539><c> here</c><00:52:00.940><c> so</c>

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you<00:52:01.579><c> don't</c><00:52:01.679><c> have</c><00:52:01.800><c> to</c><00:52:01.800><c> write</c><00:52:01.940><c> them</c><00:52:02.099><c> down</c><00:52:02.239><c> from</c><00:52:02.420><c> the</c>

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PowerPoints.<00:52:03.960><c> You'll</c><00:52:04.159><c> find</c><00:52:04.280><c> that</c><00:52:04.460><c> there's</c><00:52:04.980><c> a</c><00:52:05.239><c> chart</c><00:52:05.480><c> called</c>

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Peter's<00:52:06.559><c> Themes.</c><00:52:07.380><c> And</c><00:52:07.480><c> if</c><00:52:07.519><c> you</c><00:52:07.679><c> want</c><00:52:07.800><c> to</c><00:52:07.960><c> Bible</c>

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mark<00:52:08.340><c> these</c><00:52:08.619><c> words</c><00:52:08.940><c> in,</c><00:52:09.480><c> the</c><00:52:09.659><c> occurrences</c><00:52:10.159><c> of</c><00:52:10.340><c> these</c><00:52:10.539><c> words,</c>

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I<00:52:11.539><c> highly</c><00:52:11.880><c> suggest</c><00:52:12.280><c> it.</c><00:52:12.579><c> I've</c><00:52:12.940><c> got</c><00:52:13.079><c> them</c><00:52:13.239><c> all</c>

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marked<00:52:13.539><c> into</c><00:52:13.900><c> my</c><00:52:14.800><c> epistles.</c><00:52:15.380><c> And</c><00:52:15.579><c> as</c><00:52:15.739><c> you</c><00:52:15.860><c> open</c><00:52:16.039><c> up</c><00:52:16.179><c> Peter's</c>

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epistles,<00:52:16.940><c> you</c><00:52:17.059><c> can</c><00:52:17.440><c> very</c><00:52:17.760><c> clearly</c><00:52:18.000><c> see</c><00:52:18.280><c> what</c><00:52:18.440><c> some</c><00:52:18.599><c> of</c>

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these<00:52:19.380><c> key</c><00:52:19.960><c> themes</c><00:52:20.300><c> of</c><00:52:20.539><c> Peter</c><00:52:20.800><c> are.</c><00:52:21.679><c> They</c><00:52:21.960><c> stand</c><00:52:22.239><c> out</c><00:52:22.539><c> in</c><00:52:22.940><c> your</c>

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Bible<00:52:23.639><c> if</c><00:52:23.840><c> you</c><00:52:24.000><c> color</c><00:52:24.179><c> them</c><00:52:24.380><c> in.</c><00:52:25.360><c> So</c><00:52:25.500><c> they're</c>

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there<00:52:25.880><c> for</c><00:52:25.980><c> if</c><00:52:26.099><c> you</c><00:52:26.219><c> need</c><00:52:26.340><c> them.</c><00:52:26.840><c> Now</c><00:52:27.000><c> just</c><00:52:27.119><c> notice</c><00:52:27.539><c> as</c><00:52:27.840><c> well</c>

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how<00:52:29.219><c> significant</c><00:52:29.920><c> the</c><00:52:30.099><c> usage</c><00:52:30.460><c> of</c><00:52:30.679><c> this</c><00:52:30.860><c> word</c>

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anastrophe<00:52:32.019><c> is</c><00:52:32.420><c> in</c><00:52:32.659><c> Peter's</c><00:52:33.219><c> epistles.</c><00:52:33.780><c> When</c><00:52:33.880><c> you</c><00:52:34.119><c> compare</c>

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it<00:52:34.739><c> to</c><00:52:34.920><c> the</c><00:52:35.099><c> other</c><00:52:35.320><c> epistles</c><00:52:35.800><c> and</c><00:52:36.440><c> the</c><00:52:36.639><c> gospels,</c>

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Peter<00:52:37.900><c> uses</c><00:52:38.280><c> it</c><00:52:38.579><c> way</c><00:52:38.940><c> more</c><00:52:39.579><c> than</c><00:52:40.099><c> the</c><00:52:40.260><c> rest</c><00:52:40.460><c> of</c><00:52:40.719><c> the</c><00:52:40.860><c> other</c><00:52:41.239><c> Ritos.</c><00:52:41.539><c> He</c>

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is<00:52:42.400><c> emphasizing</c><00:52:43.239><c> their</c><00:52:44.280><c> lifestyle,</c>

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their<00:52:45.840><c> conduct,</c><00:52:47.099><c> their</c><00:52:47.460><c> way</c><00:52:48.019><c> of</c><00:52:48.460><c> life.</c><00:52:50.139><c> With</c><00:52:50.599><c> the</c><00:52:50.880><c> backdrop</c>

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of<00:52:51.619><c> Egypt,</c><00:52:52.599><c> they</c><00:52:52.840><c> were</c><00:52:53.420><c> to</c><00:52:53.719><c> be</c><00:52:54.019><c> set</c><00:52:54.199><c> apart</c><00:52:54.579><c> and</c><00:52:54.780><c> to</c><00:52:55.079><c> consider</c>

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how<00:52:55.800><c> they</c><00:52:56.019><c> were</c><00:52:56.260><c> acting.</c><00:52:56.659><c> They</c><00:52:56.739><c> were</c><00:52:56.880><c> to</c><00:52:57.119><c> put</c><00:52:57.239><c> away</c><00:52:58.019><c> a</c><00:52:58.420><c> life</c><00:52:58.619><c> of</c>

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lusting<00:52:59.340><c> and</c><00:52:59.780><c> wantonness</c><00:53:00.519><c> and</c><00:53:01.139><c> religious</c>

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apostasy.<00:53:03.760><c> Peter</c><00:53:03.880><c> uses</c><00:53:04.360><c> the</c><00:53:04.659><c> same</c><00:53:04.880><c> word</c><00:53:05.239><c> as</c><00:53:06.159><c> Paul.</c><00:53:06.760><c> He</c><00:53:06.760><c> says</c>

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that<00:53:07.199><c> they</c><00:53:07.960><c> were</c><00:53:08.099><c> to</c><00:53:08.500><c> not</c><00:53:08.920><c> fashion</c><00:53:09.440><c> themselves</c>

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according<00:53:10.400><c> to</c><00:53:10.619><c> their</c><00:53:10.900><c> former</c><00:53:11.199><c> lifestyle.</c><00:53:12.239><c> Same</c><00:53:12.920><c> word</c><00:53:13.099><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:53:13.739><c> uses</c><00:53:14.440><c> in</c><00:53:15.139><c> Romans</c><00:53:15.539><c> chapter</c><00:53:15.880><c> 12</c><00:53:16.219><c> where</c><00:53:16.400><c> he</c><00:53:16.599><c> says,</c>

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be<00:53:17.079><c> not</c><00:53:17.500><c> conformed</c><00:53:18.900><c> or</c><00:53:19.500><c> fashioned</c><00:53:20.039><c> to</c><00:53:20.619><c> this</c><00:53:20.860><c> word.</c><00:53:21.099><c> It's</c><00:53:21.260><c> the</c>

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word<00:53:21.559><c> schustemiteso.</c><00:53:22.980><c> And</c><00:53:23.139><c> some</c><00:53:23.360><c> translations</c>

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render<00:53:24.360><c> that</c><00:53:24.579><c> verse</c><00:53:24.820><c> in</c><00:53:25.000><c> Romans,</c><00:53:25.739><c> don't</c><00:53:26.159><c> let</c><00:53:26.440><c> the</c><00:53:26.800><c> world</c><00:53:27.559><c> squeeze</c><00:53:28.320><c> you</c>

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into<00:53:29.099><c> its</c><00:53:29.400><c> mold.</c><00:53:29.719><c> That's</c><00:53:30.000><c> the</c><00:53:30.239><c> same</c><00:53:30.519><c> point</c>

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that<00:53:31.780><c> Peter</c><00:53:31.920><c> is</c><00:53:32.159><c> making</c><00:53:32.420><c> over</c><00:53:32.800><c> and</c><00:53:32.840><c> over</c><00:53:33.059><c> again</c><00:53:33.219><c> by</c><00:53:33.420><c> using</c><00:53:33.719><c> this</c><00:53:33.960><c> word</c><00:53:34.739><c> anastrophe.</c><00:53:36.619><c> Just</c><00:53:37.059><c> notice</c><00:53:37.699><c> how</c>

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the<00:53:38.699><c> word</c><00:53:39.019><c> anastropho</c><00:53:40.300><c> is</c><00:53:40.980><c> used</c><00:53:41.260><c> in</c><00:53:41.500><c> second</c><00:53:41.760><c> Peter</c><00:53:41.980><c> as</c><00:53:42.280><c> well.</c>

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We<00:53:42.780><c> said</c><00:53:42.900><c> that</c><00:53:43.199><c> the</c><00:53:44.320><c> epistles</c><00:53:44.760><c> tie</c><00:53:45.179><c> these</c>

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together<00:53:46.179><c> and</c><00:53:46.739><c> here</c><00:53:47.000><c> we</c><00:53:47.199><c> find</c><00:53:47.420><c> this,</c><00:53:47.659><c> second</c><00:53:47.800><c> Peter</c><00:53:48.039><c> chapter</c>

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2,<00:53:50.820><c> verse</c><00:53:51.059><c> 18.</c>

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For<00:53:54.480><c> when</c><00:53:54.679><c> they</c><00:53:55.019><c> speak</c><00:53:55.320><c> great</c><00:53:55.880><c> swelling</c><00:53:56.280><c> words</c><00:53:56.639><c> of</c><00:53:56.880><c> emptiness,</c><00:53:57.579><c> they</c><00:53:57.719><c> allure</c><00:53:58.119><c> through</c><00:53:58.380><c> the</c>

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lust<00:53:58.760><c> of</c><00:53:58.940><c> the</c>

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flesh,<00:54:00.599><c> through</c><00:54:00.920><c> lewdness,</c><00:54:01.840><c> the</c><00:54:01.980><c> ones</c><00:54:02.320><c> who</c><00:54:02.559><c> have</c><00:54:02.800><c> actually</c>

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escaped<00:54:03.739><c> from</c><00:54:04.059><c> those</c><00:54:04.519><c> who</c><00:54:05.159><c> live</c><00:54:05.619><c> in</c><00:54:06.699><c> error.</c><00:54:07.400><c> That's</c><00:54:07.800><c> the</c>

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themselves<00:54:15.719><c> are</c><00:54:16.699><c> slaves</c><00:54:17.079><c> of</c><00:54:17.340><c> corruption.</c><00:54:18.420><c> For</c><00:54:18.619><c> by</c><00:54:18.880><c> whom</c><00:54:18.980><c> a</c><00:54:19.239><c> person</c><00:54:19.420><c> is</c>

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overcome,<00:54:20.820><c> by</c><00:54:21.199><c> him</c><00:54:21.500><c> also</c><00:54:22.179><c> he</c><00:54:22.840><c> is</c><00:54:23.159><c> brought</c>

00:54:23.519 --> 00:54:27.619
into<00:54:24.000><c> bondage.</c><00:54:24.699><c> For</c><00:54:24.980><c> if</c><00:54:25.219><c> after</c><00:54:25.960><c> they</c><00:54:26.179><c> have</c><00:54:26.360><c> escaped</c><00:54:26.760><c> the</c><00:54:27.099><c> pollutions</c><00:54:27.440><c> of</c>

00:54:27.619 --> 00:54:29.480
the<00:54:27.780><c> world</c><00:54:28.159><c> through</c><00:54:28.739><c> the</c><00:54:28.980><c> knowledge</c><00:54:29.300><c> of</c>

00:54:29.480 --> 00:54:33.480
the<00:54:29.619><c> Lord</c><00:54:29.820><c> and</c><00:54:30.139><c> Savior</c><00:54:30.440><c> Jesus</c><00:54:30.880><c> Christ,</c><00:54:31.780><c> they</c><00:54:32.079><c> are</c><00:54:32.380><c> again</c><00:54:32.659><c> entangled</c><00:54:33.260><c> in</c>

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them<00:54:33.599><c> and</c><00:54:33.860><c> overcome,</c><00:54:34.940><c> the</c><00:54:35.179><c> latter</c><00:54:35.360><c> end</c><00:54:35.579><c> is</c>

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worse<00:54:36.019><c> for</c><00:54:36.239><c> them</c><00:54:36.559><c> than</c><00:54:36.880><c> the</c><00:54:37.179><c> beginning.</c><00:54:37.559><c> And</c><00:54:37.780><c> so</c><00:54:37.920><c> there</c><00:54:38.059><c> is</c><00:54:38.199><c> a</c>

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warning<00:54:38.619><c> in</c><00:54:38.920><c> these</c><00:54:39.159><c> verses</c><00:54:39.559><c> related</c><00:54:40.039><c> to</c><00:54:40.280><c> that</c><00:54:40.539><c> word</c>

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anastropho<00:54:42.719><c> or</c><00:54:43.320><c> anastrophe</c><00:54:44.119><c> there</c><00:54:45.579><c> in</c><00:54:45.820><c> verse</c><00:54:46.019><c> 18.</c><00:54:46.519><c> The</c><00:54:46.599><c> warning</c><00:54:46.960><c> in</c><00:54:47.199><c> these</c><00:54:47.480><c> verses</c><00:54:47.900><c> related</c><00:54:48.320><c> to</c>

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their<00:54:48.800><c> conduct</c>

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is<00:54:49.639><c> a</c><00:54:50.059><c> warning</c><00:54:50.280><c> of</c><00:54:50.519><c> being</c><00:54:50.860><c> allured</c><00:54:51.719><c> or</c><00:54:52.780><c> entrapped</c><00:54:53.460><c> by</c><00:54:53.699><c> the</c><00:54:53.980><c> apostate</c><00:54:54.639><c> teaching</c><00:54:55.139><c> that</c><00:54:55.639><c> was</c>

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to<00:54:56.539><c> infiltrate</c><00:54:57.119><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:54:57.719><c> at</c><00:54:57.860><c> that</c><00:54:58.059><c> time.</c><00:54:58.840><c> There</c><00:54:59.139><c> was</c><00:54:59.320><c> a</c><00:54:59.559><c> warning</c><00:54:59.860><c> that</c><00:55:00.019><c> they</c>

00:55:00.179 --> 00:55:02.880
would<00:55:00.400><c> be</c><00:55:00.699><c> persuaded</c><00:55:01.400><c> by</c><00:55:02.000><c> the</c><00:55:02.260><c> great</c><00:55:02.559><c> swelling</c>

00:55:02.880 --> 00:55:05.400
words<00:55:03.239><c> that</c><00:55:03.380><c> would</c><00:55:03.539><c> be</c><00:55:03.780><c> spoken</c><00:55:04.039><c> by</c><00:55:04.260><c> the</c><00:55:04.480><c> lusts</c><00:55:04.840><c> of</c><00:55:04.840><c> the</c><00:55:05.059><c> flesh,</c>

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by<00:55:06.119><c> the</c><00:55:06.400><c> lascivious</c><00:55:06.920><c> lifestyle</c><00:55:07.440><c> described</c><00:55:08.019><c> in</c>

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these<00:55:08.820><c> verses.</c><00:55:09.099><c> There</c><00:55:09.280><c> is</c><00:55:09.500><c> a</c><00:55:09.739><c> warning</c><00:55:10.099><c> of</c><00:55:10.760><c> rejoining</c><00:55:11.960><c> those</c><00:55:12.539><c> people</c><00:55:12.980><c> that</c><00:55:13.179><c> we</c><00:55:13.360><c> have</c><00:55:13.659><c> left</c><00:55:14.219><c> in</c><00:55:14.800><c> Egypt.</c><00:55:16.000><c> There</c><00:55:16.119><c> is</c><00:55:16.340><c> a</c>

00:55:16.599 --> 00:55:20.840
warning<00:55:16.900><c> of</c><00:55:17.159><c> the</c><00:55:17.340><c> temptation</c><00:55:18.019><c> to</c><00:55:18.440><c> go</c><00:55:18.760><c> back</c><00:55:19.119><c> to</c><00:55:19.980><c> the</c><00:55:20.280><c> lifestyle</c>

00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:25.820
of<00:55:21.340><c> Egypt.</c><00:55:23.139><c> There</c><00:55:23.340><c> is</c><00:55:23.500><c> a</c><00:55:23.679><c> warning</c><00:55:24.119><c> to</c><00:55:24.940><c> keep</c><00:55:25.260><c> our</c>

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anastropho,<00:55:26.960><c> our</c><00:55:27.239><c> lifestyle,</c><00:55:28.460><c> pure</c><00:55:28.960><c> and</c><00:55:29.679><c> holy.</c><00:55:30.880><c> If</c><00:55:31.219><c> we</c><00:55:31.440><c> head</c>

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back<00:55:32.039><c> to</c><00:55:32.320><c> Egypt,</c><00:55:32.619><c> as</c><00:55:32.860><c> Peter</c><00:55:33.099><c> says</c><00:55:33.360><c> in</c><00:55:33.559><c> these</c><00:55:33.760><c> verses,</c>

00:55:34.869 --> 00:55:38.840
the<00:55:35.320><c> end</c><00:55:35.800><c> is</c><00:55:36.260><c> worse</c><00:55:36.880><c> than</c><00:55:37.460><c> the</c><00:55:37.739><c> beginning.</c>

00:55:39.880 --> 00:55:45.380
Brothers<00:55:39.960><c> and</c><00:55:40.199><c> sisters,</c><00:55:40.559><c> what</c><00:55:40.579><c> is</c><00:55:40.920><c> our</c><00:55:42.039><c> anastrophe</c><00:55:43.639><c> like?</c><00:55:45.039><c> What</c><00:55:45.159><c> is</c>

00:55:45.380 --> 00:55:47.460
our<00:55:45.679><c> conduct</c><00:55:46.059><c> like</c><00:55:46.340><c> personally?</c>

00:55:48.420 --> 00:55:54.360
Have<00:55:48.500><c> the</c><00:55:48.780><c> trials</c><00:55:49.199><c> and</c><00:55:50.659><c> the</c><00:55:50.900><c> persecutions</c><00:55:51.679><c> and</c><00:55:52.300><c> the</c><00:55:52.559><c> challenges</c><00:55:53.199><c> in</c><00:55:53.880><c> our</c>

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life<00:55:54.699><c> caused</c><00:55:55.139><c> us</c><00:55:56.079><c> to</c><00:55:56.519><c> stumble,</c>

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to<00:55:58.539><c> look</c><00:55:58.719><c> back,</c><00:56:00.380><c> to</c><00:56:00.719><c> long</c><00:56:01.099><c> for</c><00:56:01.739><c> Egypt?</c><00:56:04.340><c> Have</c><00:56:04.880><c> the</c><00:56:05.300><c> trials</c><00:56:05.800><c> and</c>

00:56:06.119 --> 00:56:08.340
struggles<00:56:06.460><c> that</c><00:56:06.619><c> we</c><00:56:06.760><c> go</c><00:56:06.960><c> through</c><00:56:07.320><c> in</c><00:56:07.500><c> our</c><00:56:07.820><c> life</c>

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tired<00:56:08.800><c> us</c><00:56:09.159><c> out?</c><00:56:10.940><c> Have</c><00:56:11.039><c> they</c><00:56:11.300><c> worn</c><00:56:11.440><c> us</c><00:56:11.760><c> out?</c><00:56:12.039><c> Have</c><00:56:12.139><c> they</c><00:56:12.420><c> worn</c>

00:56:12.559 --> 00:56:16.760
out<00:56:13.039><c> our</c><00:56:13.619><c> resolve</c><00:56:14.360><c> to</c><00:56:15.159><c> stay</c><00:56:15.460><c> away</c><00:56:15.679><c> from</c><00:56:15.880><c> Egypt?</c>

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Have<00:56:17.480><c> they</c><00:56:17.739><c> caused</c><00:56:17.980><c> us</c><00:56:18.380><c> to</c><00:56:18.760><c> give</c><00:56:19.000><c> up</c><00:56:19.260><c> the</c><00:56:19.460><c> fight?</c><00:56:21.360><c> Have</c><00:56:21.460><c> they</c>

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given<00:56:22.539><c> us</c><00:56:22.840><c> reason</c><00:56:23.199><c> to</c><00:56:23.440><c> allow</c><00:56:23.860><c> apostasy</c><00:56:24.780><c> to</c><00:56:25.119><c> slip</c>

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into<00:56:25.559><c> our</c><00:56:26.420><c> own</c><00:56:26.719><c> minds?</c><00:56:28.019><c> Perhaps</c><00:56:28.579><c> in</c><00:56:29.280><c> our</c><00:56:29.480><c> trials,</c><00:56:30.000><c> in</c><00:56:30.139><c> our</c>

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struggles,<00:56:30.760><c> we've</c><00:56:31.099><c> lost</c><00:56:31.360><c> sight</c>

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of<00:56:32.519><c> the</c><00:56:32.800><c> promises</c><00:56:33.119><c> that</c><00:56:33.300><c> were</c><00:56:33.500><c> given</c><00:56:33.679><c> to</c><00:56:33.880><c> the</c><00:56:34.000><c> children</c><00:56:34.199><c> of</c><00:56:34.380><c> Israel,</c><00:56:34.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:56:35.340><c> inheritance</c>

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that<00:56:36.739><c> we</c><00:56:36.920><c> are</c><00:56:37.139><c> to</c><00:56:37.340><c> be</c><00:56:37.719><c> fighting</c><00:56:37.960><c> for</c><00:56:38.619><c> in</c><00:56:39.380><c> our</c><00:56:39.579><c> own</c><00:56:39.800><c> life.</c><00:56:41.400><c> Have</c>

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we<00:56:42.579><c> really</c><00:56:43.400><c> left</c><00:56:44.639><c> Egypt</c><00:56:45.440><c> behind?</c><00:56:46.440><c> Have</c><00:56:46.599><c> we</c><00:56:46.860><c> come</c>

00:56:47.179 --> 00:56:55.219
out<00:56:47.559><c> of</c><00:56:48.159><c> Egypt?</c><00:56:49.780><c> Is</c><00:56:49.940><c> our</c><00:56:50.500><c> life</c><00:56:51.480><c> set</c><00:56:52.039><c> apart</c><00:56:52.579><c> as</c><00:56:53.039><c> Peter</c><00:56:53.440><c> is</c><00:56:53.820><c> exhorting</c><00:56:54.780><c> the</c>

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brothers<00:56:55.440><c> and</c><00:56:55.599><c> sisters</c><00:56:55.920><c> in</c><00:56:56.199><c> Asia?</c>

00:56:57.800 --> 00:57:02.280
Would<00:56:58.260><c> others</c><00:56:58.659><c> at</c><00:56:59.019><c> work</c><00:56:59.400><c> or</c><00:56:59.920><c> school,</c><00:57:00.500><c> neighbors,</c><00:57:01.539><c> recognize</c>

00:57:02.280 --> 00:57:07.219
us<00:57:03.400><c> as</c><00:57:04.719><c> residents</c><00:57:05.360><c> of</c><00:57:06.199><c> Egypt</c>

00:57:08.440 --> 00:57:17.980
or<00:57:09.400><c> strangers</c><00:57:10.079><c> and</c><00:57:10.800><c> sojourners</c><00:57:11.480><c> of</c><00:57:12.099><c> another</c><00:57:12.619><c> country,</c><00:57:13.800><c> a</c><00:57:14.179><c> spiritual</c><00:57:14.860><c> country?</c><00:57:16.059><c> Does</c><00:57:16.320><c> our</c><00:57:16.800><c> behavior,</c>

00:57:18.460 --> 00:57:22.619
does<00:57:18.719><c> our</c><00:57:19.199><c> language,</c><00:57:20.440><c> does</c><00:57:20.639><c> our</c><00:57:21.000><c> choice</c><00:57:21.539><c> of</c><00:57:21.960><c> entertainment</c>

00:57:22.619 --> 00:57:29.079
join<00:57:23.619><c> us</c><00:57:24.219><c> to</c><00:57:24.480><c> Egypt</c><00:57:24.840><c> or</c><00:57:26.460><c> separate</c><00:57:27.340><c> us</c><00:57:28.139><c> from</c><00:57:28.519><c> Egypt?</c><00:57:28.900><c> What</c>

00:57:29.079 --> 00:57:34.079
is<00:57:29.440><c> our</c><00:57:30.239><c> anastrophe,</c><00:57:31.300><c> our</c><00:57:31.739><c> conduct</c><00:57:32.219><c> as</c><00:57:32.639><c> Peter</c><00:57:33.059><c> labors,</c><00:57:33.880><c> what</c>

00:57:34.079 --> 00:57:35.360
is<00:57:34.260><c> it</c><00:57:34.460><c> like?</c>

00:57:37.639 --> 00:57:42.539
Imagine,<00:57:38.280><c> brothers</c><00:57:38.860><c> and</c><00:57:39.000><c> sisters,</c><00:57:40.480><c> yourself</c><00:57:40.940><c> being</c><00:57:41.559><c> back</c><00:57:42.219><c> in</c>

00:57:42.539 --> 00:57:45.460
Egypt.<00:57:42.880><c> Just</c><00:57:43.079><c> put</c><00:57:43.280><c> your</c><00:57:43.619><c> minds</c><00:57:44.179><c> back</c><00:57:45.159><c> in</c><00:57:45.320><c> the</c>

00:57:45.460 --> 00:57:48.599
days<00:57:45.820><c> of</c><00:57:46.019><c> Egypt</c><00:57:46.360><c> with</c><00:57:46.559><c> the</c><00:57:46.719><c> children</c><00:57:46.960><c> of</c><00:57:47.099><c> Israel</c><00:57:47.679><c> as</c><00:57:48.340><c> they're</c>

00:57:48.599 --> 00:57:52.840
getting<00:57:48.860><c> ready</c><00:57:49.380><c> to</c><00:57:49.940><c> leave.</c><00:57:52.119><c> Just</c><00:57:52.380><c> picture</c>

00:57:52.840 --> 00:57:58.500
yourself<00:57:54.099><c> helping</c><00:57:54.840><c> your</c><00:57:55.159><c> parents</c><00:57:55.420><c> load</c><00:57:55.679><c> up</c><00:57:55.900><c> the</c><00:57:56.059><c> family</c><00:57:56.420><c> station</c><00:57:56.780><c> wagon</c><00:57:57.119><c> or</c>

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perhaps<00:57:58.880><c> you're</c><00:57:59.139><c> the</c><00:57:59.300><c> parents</c><00:57:59.739><c> and</c>

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you're<00:58:00.219><c> loading</c><00:58:00.460><c> up</c><00:58:00.699><c> the</c><00:58:00.880><c> family</c><00:58:01.139><c> station</c><00:58:01.500><c> wagon</c><00:58:01.739><c> or</c><00:58:01.900><c> maybe</c>

00:58:02.099 --> 00:58:04.599
you're<00:58:02.320><c> the</c><00:58:02.679><c> grandparents</c><00:58:03.260><c> that</c><00:58:04.139><c> are</c><00:58:04.360><c> standing</c>

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beside<00:58:05.019><c> helping</c><00:58:05.380><c> out.</c><00:58:06.280><c> Put</c><00:58:06.460><c> yourself</c><00:58:06.820><c> into</c><00:58:07.000><c> that</c><00:58:07.239><c> picture</c><00:58:07.579><c> and</c><00:58:09.000><c> you're</c><00:58:09.219><c> packing</c><00:58:09.440><c> up</c>

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all<00:58:10.659><c> the</c><00:58:10.860><c> video</c><00:58:11.119><c> games</c>

00:58:12.710 --> 00:58:16.800
and<00:58:13.039><c> the</c><00:58:13.199><c> life</c><00:58:13.360><c> insurance</c><00:58:13.800><c> policies</c><00:58:14.440><c> and</c><00:58:15.980><c> you've</c><00:58:16.219><c> got</c><00:58:16.400><c> copies</c>

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of<00:58:17.019><c> your</c><00:58:17.239><c> framed</c><00:58:17.559><c> degrees</c><00:58:18.340><c> from</c><00:58:18.780><c> university</c>

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or<00:58:19.599><c> college</c><00:58:20.099><c> and</c><00:58:22.280><c> hitched</c><00:58:22.860><c> behind</c><00:58:23.440><c> is</c><00:58:25.000><c> the</c><00:58:25.260><c> hobby</c><00:58:25.559><c> car</c><00:58:26.460><c> and</c><00:58:28.820><c> thrown</c><00:58:28.960><c> into</c><00:58:29.179><c> the</c><00:58:29.380><c> back</c><00:58:29.579><c> seat</c><00:58:29.699><c> of</c>

00:58:29.900 --> 00:58:31.719
that<00:58:30.039><c> is</c><00:58:30.400><c> our</c><00:58:30.679><c> collection</c>

00:58:32.099 --> 00:58:38.260
of<00:58:32.500><c> hockey</c><00:58:33.219><c> cards</c><00:58:33.699><c> that</c><00:58:34.059><c> we've</c><00:58:34.519><c> diligently</c><00:58:34.980><c> looked</c><00:58:35.260><c> after</c><00:58:35.880><c> and</c><00:58:37.039><c> collected</c><00:58:37.380><c> and</c><00:58:37.739><c> added</c><00:58:37.900><c> to</c>

00:58:38.260 --> 00:58:39.719
over<00:58:38.539><c> the</c><00:58:38.760><c> years.</c>

00:58:40.699 --> 00:58:43.719
In<00:58:40.900><c> your</c><00:58:41.099><c> pocket</c><00:58:41.420><c> you've</c><00:58:41.699><c> got</c><00:58:41.880><c> your</c><00:58:42.300><c> iphone,</c><00:58:43.179><c> your</c><00:58:43.320><c> iPhone,</c>

00:58:44.199 --> 00:58:46.900
your<00:58:44.400><c> Blackberry,</c><00:58:45.480><c> your</c><00:58:45.719><c> cell</c><00:58:45.980><c> phone</c>

00:58:47.460 --> 00:58:52.500
and<00:58:47.820><c> you're</c><00:58:48.559><c> scrambling</c><00:58:49.219><c> to</c><00:58:51.000><c> update</c><00:58:51.440><c> your</c><00:58:51.679><c> Facebook</c><00:58:52.079><c> to</c><00:58:52.360><c> let</c>

00:58:52.500 --> 00:58:54.800
people<00:58:52.780><c> know</c><00:58:53.219><c> you're</c><00:58:53.519><c> leaving</c><00:58:53.820><c> Egypt</c>

00:58:55.019 --> 00:58:58.800
and<00:58:55.380><c> you've</c><00:58:55.539><c> just</c><00:58:55.780><c> twittered</c><00:58:56.539><c> to</c><00:58:56.679><c> let</c><00:58:56.820><c> people</c><00:58:57.099><c> know</c><00:58:57.639><c> hey</c><00:58:58.179><c> we're</c><00:58:58.699><c> out</c>

00:58:58.800 --> 00:58:59.780
of<00:58:58.920><c> here.</c>

00:59:01.219 --> 00:59:04.320
You're<00:59:01.480><c> cursing</c><00:59:02.219><c> and</c><00:59:02.440><c> you're</c><00:59:02.679><c> swearing</c><00:59:03.420><c> because</c><00:59:03.820><c> you</c><00:59:03.960><c> can't</c>

00:59:04.320 --> 00:59:08.699
find<00:59:04.699><c> room</c><00:59:05.460><c> in</c><00:59:06.500><c> the</c><00:59:06.719><c> wagon</c><00:59:07.000><c> to</c><00:59:07.360><c> fit</c><00:59:07.800><c> that</c><00:59:08.420><c> fifth</c>

00:59:08.699 --> 00:59:13.659
laptop<00:59:09.219><c> in</c><00:59:09.840><c> or</c><00:59:10.139><c> the</c><00:59:10.280><c> massive</c><00:59:10.780><c> tv</c><00:59:11.619><c> that's</c><00:59:12.519><c> living</c><00:59:12.820><c> in</c><00:59:13.260><c> the</c><00:59:13.420><c> front</c><00:59:13.559><c> of</c>

00:59:13.659 --> 00:59:16.300
your<00:59:13.820><c> living</c><00:59:13.980><c> room.</c><00:59:15.800><c> Brothers</c><00:59:15.960><c> and</c><00:59:16.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:59:16.440 --> 00:59:20.019
amidst<00:59:17.159><c> that</c><00:59:17.440><c> preparation</c><00:59:18.179><c> as</c><00:59:19.019><c> you</c><00:59:19.159><c> are</c><00:59:19.260><c> getting</c><00:59:19.460><c> ready</c><00:59:19.780><c> to</c>

00:59:20.019 --> 00:59:22.940
leave<00:59:20.420><c> Egypt,</c><00:59:21.340><c> your</c><00:59:21.659><c> neighbor</c><00:59:21.920><c> comes</c><00:59:22.199><c> up</c><00:59:22.440><c> to</c><00:59:22.559><c> you</c><00:59:22.780><c> and</c>

00:59:22.940 --> 00:59:26.619
very<00:59:23.260><c> jokingly</c><00:59:23.800><c> says</c><00:59:24.039><c> to</c><00:59:24.199><c> you,</c><00:59:25.239><c> neighbor</c><00:59:25.539><c> are</c><00:59:25.800><c> you</c><00:59:26.099><c> leaving</c>

00:59:26.619 --> 00:59:31.320
Egypt<00:59:27.300><c> or</c><00:59:29.480><c> are</c><00:59:29.739><c> you</c><00:59:29.940><c> bringing</c><00:59:30.179><c> it</c><00:59:30.360><c> with</c><00:59:30.579><c> you?</c>

00:59:31.920 --> 00:59:38.440
Brothers<00:59:32.639><c> and</c><00:59:32.820><c> sisters,</c><00:59:33.900><c> are</c><00:59:34.099><c> we</c><00:59:34.980><c> leaving</c><00:59:35.860><c> Egypt</c><00:59:36.559><c> or</c><00:59:37.880><c> are</c><00:59:38.219><c> we</c>

00:59:38.440 --> 00:59:40.360
taking<00:59:38.760><c> it</c><00:59:39.219><c> with</c><00:59:39.500><c> us?</c>

00:59:41.780 --> 00:59:45.500
You<00:59:41.840><c> know</c><00:59:42.059><c> later</c><00:59:42.420><c> Peter</c><00:59:42.780><c> challenges</c><00:59:43.420><c> us</c><00:59:44.000><c> again</c><00:59:44.519><c> with</c><00:59:45.079><c> this</c>

00:59:45.500 --> 00:59:47.139
same<00:59:45.920><c> word.</c>

00:59:48.460 --> 00:59:52.900
Second<00:59:48.699><c> Peter</c><00:59:49.000><c> chapter</c><00:59:49.360><c> three,</c><00:59:51.820><c> he's</c><00:59:52.139><c> trying</c><00:59:52.300><c> to</c><00:59:52.559><c> help</c><00:59:52.699><c> the</c>

00:59:52.900 --> 00:59:54.579
brothers<00:59:53.059><c> and</c><00:59:53.280><c> sisters</c><00:59:53.480><c> in</c><00:59:53.619><c> their</c><00:59:53.880><c> trials</c><00:59:54.239><c> and</c><00:59:54.420><c> one</c>

00:59:54.579 --> 00:59:59.059
of<00:59:54.699><c> the</c><00:59:54.699><c> ways</c><00:59:55.199><c> is</c><00:59:56.320><c> to</c><00:59:56.679><c> look</c><00:59:56.900><c> at</c><00:59:57.099><c> their</c><00:59:57.420><c> personal</c><00:59:57.880><c> conduct</c><00:59:58.460><c> so</c>

00:59:59.059 --> 01:00:02.760
that<00:59:59.179><c> they</c><00:59:59.360><c> are</c><00:59:59.739><c> blameless</c><01:00:00.920><c> before</c><01:00:01.400><c> their</c><01:00:01.699><c> persecutors,</c>

01:00:03.500 --> 01:00:08.280
before<01:00:03.780><c> those</c><01:00:04.579><c> who</c><01:00:05.079><c> are</c><01:00:05.340><c> apostatizing</c><01:00:06.099><c> the</c><01:00:06.340><c> ecclesia,</c><01:00:07.900><c> getting</c><01:00:08.099><c> them</c>

01:00:08.280 --> 01:00:09.679
to<01:00:08.480><c> leave</c><01:00:08.659><c> Egypt</c><01:00:09.079><c> mentally,</c>

01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:13.539
spiritually<01:00:10.340><c> and</c><01:00:10.679><c> physically.</c><01:00:11.780><c> Second</c><01:00:11.960><c> Peter</c><01:00:12.280><c> chapter</c><01:00:12.559><c> three,</c><01:00:12.980><c> verse</c><01:00:13.179><c> 11,</c>

01:00:13.599 --> 01:00:15.519
he<01:00:13.760><c> says</c><01:00:14.000><c> to</c><01:00:14.119><c> them</c><01:00:14.820><c> as</c><01:00:15.159><c> well</c><01:00:15.360><c> along</c>

01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:18.840
the<01:00:15.760><c> same</c><01:00:16.019><c> veins,</c><01:00:16.679><c> therefore</c><01:00:16.920><c> since</c><01:00:17.699><c> all</c><01:00:18.000><c> these</c><01:00:18.280><c> things</c><01:00:18.599><c> will</c>

01:00:18.840 --> 01:00:21.719
be<01:00:19.059><c> dissolved</c><01:00:19.340><c> instead,</c><01:00:20.159><c> in</c><01:00:20.699><c> other</c><01:00:20.900><c> words</c><01:00:21.199><c> since</c>

01:00:21.719 --> 01:00:27.039
Egypt,<01:00:22.860><c> since</c><01:00:23.039><c> all</c><01:00:23.380><c> the</c><01:00:23.599><c> aspects</c><01:00:23.940><c> of</c><01:00:24.179><c> Egypt</c><01:00:24.420><c> will</c><01:00:24.780><c> be</c><01:00:25.059><c> dissolved,</c><01:00:25.840><c> what</c><01:00:26.380><c> manner</c><01:00:26.699><c> of</c>

01:00:27.039 --> 01:00:28.380
persons<01:00:27.340><c> ought</c><01:00:27.599><c> you</c><01:00:27.780><c> to</c><01:00:28.019><c> be</c>

01:00:28.380 --> 01:00:33.699
in<01:00:29.019><c> holy</c><01:00:29.800><c> anastrophe,</c><01:00:31.480><c> in</c><01:00:31.780><c> holy</c><01:00:32.099><c> conduct,</c><01:00:32.800><c> in</c><01:00:32.980><c> godliness?</c><01:00:33.380><c> He</c>

01:00:33.699 --> 01:00:35.559
uses<01:00:33.960><c> that</c><01:00:34.239><c> word</c><01:00:34.500><c> again.</c>

01:00:35.880 --> 01:00:41.559
It's<01:00:36.280><c> a</c><01:00:36.400><c> question,</c><01:00:37.659><c> it's</c><01:00:38.039><c> a</c><01:00:38.320><c> challenge</c><01:00:38.980><c> to</c><01:00:39.579><c> us,</c><01:00:40.880><c> to</c><01:00:41.039><c> the</c><01:00:41.219><c> brother</c><01:00:41.360><c> and</c>

01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:45.059
sisters.<01:00:43.320><c> Since</c><01:00:43.820><c> you</c><01:00:44.159><c> know</c><01:00:44.519><c> that</c><01:00:44.739><c> all</c><01:00:44.960><c> of</c>

01:00:45.059 --> 01:00:53.159
is<01:00:45.219><c> going</c><01:00:45.460><c> to</c><01:00:45.659><c> be</c><01:00:45.820><c> dissolved</c><01:00:46.360><c> and</c><01:00:46.619><c> destroyed,</c><01:00:48.059><c> what</c><01:00:48.460><c> manner</c><01:00:48.840><c> of</c><01:00:49.179><c> persons</c><01:00:49.900><c> ought</c><01:00:50.400><c> you</c><01:00:51.119><c> to</c><01:00:51.659><c> be,</c><01:00:51.940><c> ought</c><01:00:52.340><c> I</c>

01:00:53.159 --> 01:00:54.639
to<01:00:53.800><c> be?</c>

01:00:55.739 --> 01:00:59.079
And<01:00:55.920><c> you</c><01:00:56.000><c> know,</c><01:00:56.280><c> brothers</c><01:00:56.400><c> and</c><01:00:56.539><c> sisters,</c><01:00:57.000><c> Egypt</c><01:00:57.260><c> did</c><01:00:57.920><c> dissolve.</c>

01:01:01.039 --> 01:01:03.780
The<01:01:01.199><c> children</c><01:01:01.400><c> of</c><01:01:01.519><c> Israel</c><01:01:01.940><c> stood</c><01:01:02.199><c> on</c><01:01:02.420><c> the</c><01:01:02.579><c> shores</c><01:01:03.019><c> of</c><01:01:03.340><c> the</c><01:01:03.440><c> Red</c>

01:01:03.780 --> 01:01:07.880
Sea<01:01:04.119><c> and</c><01:01:04.300><c> they</c><01:01:04.559><c> watched</c><01:01:04.980><c> as</c><01:01:05.780><c> Egypt's</c><01:01:06.320><c> army</c><01:01:06.840><c> and</c>

01:01:08.139 --> 01:01:12.460
chariots<01:01:08.820><c> and</c><01:01:09.360><c> commanders</c><01:01:09.940><c> and</c><01:01:10.699><c> pharaoh</c><01:01:11.079><c> were</c><01:01:11.619><c> swallowed</c><01:01:11.900><c> up</c>

01:01:12.460 --> 01:01:16.019
in<01:01:12.880><c> that</c><01:01:13.119><c> water</c><01:01:13.420><c> and</c><01:01:13.659><c> were</c><01:01:13.940><c> drowned.</c><01:01:14.519><c> In</c><01:01:14.739><c> a</c><01:01:15.019><c> sense,</c>

01:01:16.139 --> 01:01:20.480
they<01:01:16.420><c> did</c><01:01:17.000><c> dissolve</c><01:01:17.780><c> and</c><01:01:18.340><c> at</c><01:01:18.500><c> that</c><01:01:18.780><c> moment,</c><01:01:19.360><c> Israel</c><01:01:19.699><c> learned</c>

01:01:20.480 --> 01:01:23.940
that<01:01:21.300><c> Egypt</c><01:01:21.860><c> had</c><01:01:22.719><c> dissolved</c><01:01:23.219><c> and</c><01:01:23.420><c> that</c><01:01:23.599><c> they</c>

01:01:23.940 --> 01:01:28.539
needed<01:01:24.380><c> to</c><01:01:24.900><c> let</c><01:01:25.099><c> it</c><01:01:25.440><c> dissolve</c><01:01:25.880><c> in</c><01:01:26.420><c> their</c><01:01:26.659><c> own</c><01:01:26.960><c> lives</c><01:01:27.340><c> as</c><01:01:27.639><c> well.</c>

01:01:28.579 --> 01:01:37.099
And<01:01:28.739><c> so,</c><01:01:29.000><c> brother</c><01:01:29.079><c> and</c><01:01:29.159><c> sisters,</c><01:01:29.420><c> we</c><01:01:29.699><c> see</c><01:01:29.920><c> in</c><01:01:37.059><c> our</c>

01:01:37.099 --> 01:01:40.659
stone<01:01:37.559><c> witness,</c><01:01:38.159><c> he</c><01:01:38.159><c> had</c><01:01:38.380><c> left</c><01:01:38.719><c> Egypt</c><01:01:39.179><c> behind</c><01:01:39.960><c> through</c><01:01:40.420><c> the</c>

01:01:40.659 --> 01:01:42.960
influence<01:01:40.940><c> of</c><01:01:41.139><c> the</c><01:01:41.239><c> Lord</c><01:01:41.400><c> Jesus</c><01:01:41.800><c> Christ</c><01:01:42.119><c> and</c><01:01:42.340><c> let</c><01:01:42.539><c> us</c>

01:01:42.960 --> 01:01:48.960
in<01:01:43.760><c> our</c><01:01:44.199><c> trials</c><01:01:44.719><c> and</c><01:01:45.739><c> in</c><01:01:46.139><c> our</c><01:01:46.519><c> calling</c><01:01:46.860><c> take</c><01:01:47.420><c> heed</c><01:01:47.679><c> to</c><01:01:47.940><c> the</c><01:01:48.099><c> witness</c><01:01:48.460><c> of</c>

01:01:48.960 --> 01:01:52.739
Peter<01:01:49.260><c> and</c><01:01:50.460><c> his</c><01:01:51.119><c> personal</c><01:01:51.639><c> convictions,</c>

01:01:52.760 --> 01:01:55.760
his<01:01:53.139><c> personal</c><01:01:53.639><c> exhortations</c><01:01:54.480><c> to</c><01:01:54.920><c> the</c><01:01:55.079><c> brother</c><01:01:55.239><c> and</c><01:01:55.380><c> sisters</c>

01:01:55.760 --> 01:01:59.559
in<01:01:56.139><c> Asia.</c><01:01:57.000><c> And</c><01:01:57.360><c> as</c><01:01:57.599><c> part</c><01:01:57.800><c> of</c><01:01:58.199><c> our</c><01:01:58.559><c> calling,</c>

01:01:59.900 --> 01:02:04.980
resolve<01:02:00.659><c> to</c><01:02:01.420><c> accept</c><01:02:02.000><c> the</c><01:02:02.480><c> trials</c><01:02:02.880><c> that</c><01:02:03.099><c> we</c><01:02:03.280><c> will</c><01:02:03.539><c> face</c><01:02:04.039><c> in</c><01:02:04.659><c> our</c>

01:02:04.980 --> 01:02:08.940
life<01:02:05.500><c> and</c><01:02:06.280><c> to</c><01:02:06.579><c> leave</c><01:02:06.960><c> Egypt</c><01:02:07.420><c> behind</c><01:02:07.980><c> and</c><01:02:08.179><c> to</c><01:02:08.380><c> have</c>

01:02:08.940 --> 01:02:16.000
our<01:02:09.480><c> anastrophe,</c><01:02:10.460><c> our</c><01:02:10.719><c> conduct,</c><01:02:11.840><c> our</c><01:02:12.099><c> life,</c><01:02:12.840><c> holy</c><01:02:12.940><c> and</c><01:02:13.840><c> separate</c><01:02:14.320><c> despite</c><01:02:15.199><c> the</c><01:02:15.539><c> challenge</c>

01:02:16.000 --> 01:02:19.599
of<01:02:16.280><c> the</c><01:02:16.579><c> sufferings</c><01:02:16.960><c> and</c><01:02:17.159><c> the</c><01:02:17.400><c> trials</c><01:02:17.780><c> that</c><01:02:18.320><c> we</c><01:02:18.519><c> may</c><01:02:18.659><c> go</c><01:02:18.920><c> through</c><01:02:19.239><c> in</c><01:02:19.460><c> a</c>

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day<01:02:19.679><c>-to</c><01:02:19.820><c>-day</c><01:02:19.900><c> basis.</c>