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Nebo<00:09:59.570><c> where</c><00:09:59.789><c> Moses</c><00:10:00.149><c> was,</c><00:10:00.850><c> you</c><00:10:01.029><c> would</c><00:10:01.190><c> look</c><00:10:01.289><c> up</c><00:10:01.490><c> to</c><00:10:01.570><c> Gilead</c><00:10:01.870><c> and</c>

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you<00:10:02.009><c> would</c><00:10:02.210><c> see</c><00:10:02.350><c> a</c><00:10:02.649><c> royal</c><00:10:02.809><c> and</c><00:10:03.009><c> horizontal</c><00:10:03.370><c> line</c>

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of<00:10:04.049><c> mountains,</c><00:10:04.330><c> about</c><00:10:04.909><c> 2</c><00:10:05.230><c>,000</c><00:10:05.470><c> feet</c><00:10:05.690><c> above</c><00:10:05.970><c> sea</c><00:10:06.210><c> level,</c><00:10:06.429><c> but</c>

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with<00:10:06.909><c> the</c><00:10:07.330><c> rift</c><00:10:07.549><c> of</c><00:10:07.669><c> the</c><00:10:07.809><c> Jordan</c><00:10:08.090><c> Valley</c><00:10:08.370><c> rolling</c>

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off<00:10:08.970><c> of</c><00:10:08.970><c> them,</c><00:10:09.149><c> of</c><00:10:09.350><c> course,</c><00:10:09.570><c> they</c><00:10:09.730><c> stood</c><00:10:09.889><c> up</c><00:10:10.049><c> about</c><00:10:10.549><c> 3</c><00:10:10.809><c>,000</c><00:10:11.110><c> feet.</c><00:10:11.809><c> It</c>

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seems<00:10:12.210><c> that</c><00:10:12.330><c> they</c><00:10:12.389><c> were</c><00:10:12.789><c> 3</c><00:10:13.230><c>,000</c><00:10:13.529><c> feet</c><00:10:13.750><c> high,</c>

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in<00:10:14.889><c> a</c><00:10:15.029><c> long</c><00:10:15.330><c> horizontal</c><00:10:15.809><c> line,</c><00:10:16.570><c> giving</c><00:10:16.669><c> the</c><00:10:16.970><c> appearance</c><00:10:17.230><c> of</c><00:10:17.429><c> a</c>

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great<00:10:17.889><c> blue</c><00:10:18.269><c> line</c><00:10:18.590><c> streaking</c><00:10:19.049><c> up</c><00:10:19.309><c> here</c><00:10:19.730><c> towards</c>

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Basin<00:10:20.870><c> and</c><00:10:21.129><c> up</c><00:10:21.370><c> towards</c><00:10:21.649><c> Hermon.</c><00:10:22.970><c> Now,</c><00:10:23.389><c> when</c><00:10:23.549><c> you</c><00:10:23.690><c> get</c><00:10:23.789><c> to</c><00:10:23.950><c> the</c>

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top<00:10:24.210><c> of</c><00:10:24.629><c> the</c><00:10:24.730><c> mountains</c><00:10:25.009><c> of</c><00:10:25.230><c> Gilead,</c>

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they<00:10:26.370><c> roll</c><00:10:26.590><c> off</c><00:10:26.830><c> onto</c><00:10:26.990><c> the</c><00:10:27.169><c> Arabian</c><00:10:27.669><c> Plateau.</c><00:10:29.470><c> There's</c><00:10:29.950><c> no</c><00:10:30.230><c> dip</c><00:10:30.409><c> on</c>

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the<00:10:30.710><c> other</c><00:10:30.909><c> side.</c><00:10:31.090><c> They</c><00:10:31.230><c> just</c><00:10:31.529><c> roll</c><00:10:31.750><c> off</c><00:10:31.970><c> onto</c>

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the<00:10:32.250><c> Arabian</c><00:10:32.730><c> Plateau.</c><00:10:33.450><c> And</c><00:10:33.649><c> from</c><00:10:33.789><c> the</c><00:10:34.009><c> Arabian</c><00:10:34.470><c> Plateau,</c><00:10:34.769><c> of</c>

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course,<00:10:35.590><c> they</c><00:10:35.730><c> used</c><00:10:35.870><c> to</c><00:10:35.970><c> get</c><00:10:36.070><c> the</c><00:10:36.309><c> hot</c><00:10:36.509><c> east</c><00:10:36.769><c> winds.</c>

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also<00:10:42.070><c> got</c><00:10:42.269><c> the</c><00:10:42.490><c> winds</c><00:10:42.629><c> which</c><00:10:42.870><c> swept</c><00:10:43.110><c> down</c>

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from<00:10:43.509><c> the</c><00:10:43.610><c> north</c><00:10:43.789><c> from</c><00:10:44.070><c> Hermon.</c><00:10:44.970><c> And</c><00:10:45.090><c> it</c><00:10:45.129><c> used</c><00:10:45.350><c> to</c><00:10:45.649><c> sweep</c><00:10:45.850><c> right</c><00:10:46.149><c> down</c>

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along<00:10:46.730><c> the</c><00:10:46.909><c> heights</c><00:10:47.149><c> of</c><00:10:47.330><c> Gilead.</c>

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And<00:10:48.629><c> travelers</c><00:10:48.850><c> have</c><00:10:49.110><c> testified,</c><00:10:49.590><c> brethren</c><00:10:49.909><c> and</c><00:10:50.090><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:10:50.509><c> standing</c><00:10:50.769><c> in</c><00:10:51.009><c> the</c><00:10:51.149><c> region</c><00:10:51.330><c> of</c><00:10:51.450><c> Gilead,</c>

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one<00:10:52.669><c> got</c><00:10:52.909><c> the</c><00:10:53.110><c> impression</c><00:10:53.629><c> of</c><00:10:54.649><c> a</c><00:10:54.809><c> revivifying</c><00:10:55.570><c> freshness</c><00:10:56.250><c> about</c><00:10:56.509><c> Gilead.</c><00:10:58.009><c> And</c>

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the<00:10:58.350><c> whole</c><00:10:58.570><c> region</c><00:10:58.889><c> was</c><00:10:59.110><c> noted</c><00:10:59.389><c> for</c>

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its<00:10:59.870><c> wild,</c><00:11:00.269><c> and</c><00:11:00.830><c> not</c><00:11:01.269><c> barren,</c><00:11:01.549><c> it</c><00:11:01.570><c> wasn't</c><00:11:01.929><c> barren,</c><00:11:02.529><c> but</c><00:11:02.629><c> it</c>

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was<00:11:02.850><c> noted</c><00:11:03.049><c> for</c><00:11:03.230><c> its</c><00:11:03.490><c> wild</c><00:11:03.870><c> undulating</c><00:11:04.570><c> hills</c><00:11:04.909><c> which</c>

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rolled<00:11:05.429><c> off</c><00:11:05.629><c> onto</c><00:11:05.789><c> the</c><00:11:05.929><c> Arabian</c><00:11:06.389><c> Plateau.</c><00:11:07.110><c> And</c><00:11:07.149><c> it</c><00:11:07.610><c> was</c><00:11:07.830><c> cut</c>

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by<00:11:08.610><c> these</c><00:11:08.970><c> watercourses</c><00:11:09.769><c> which</c><00:11:10.210><c> ran</c><00:11:10.549><c> down,</c>

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of<00:11:11.009><c> course,</c><00:11:11.169><c> into</c><00:11:11.289><c> the</c><00:11:11.450><c> Jordan</c><00:11:11.750><c> Valley.</c><00:11:12.490><c> You</c><00:11:12.710><c> have</c><00:11:12.909><c> it</c><00:11:13.090><c> in</c><00:11:13.110><c> the</c>

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book<00:11:13.350><c> of</c><00:11:13.549><c> Judges</c><00:11:13.809><c> referred</c><00:11:14.190><c> to</c><00:11:14.730><c> as</c><00:11:14.929><c> the</c>

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watercourses<00:11:15.809><c> of</c><00:11:16.070><c> Reuben</c><00:11:16.409><c> because</c><00:11:17.129><c> Gad</c><00:11:17.490><c> and</c><00:11:17.669><c> Reuben</c><00:11:17.950><c> and</c><00:11:18.110><c> Manasseh,</c><00:11:18.490><c> of</c>

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course,<00:11:19.289><c> had</c><00:11:19.470><c> settled</c><00:11:19.629><c> over</c><00:11:19.970><c> here.</c>

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So<00:11:21.250><c> here</c><00:11:21.429><c> was</c><00:11:21.629><c> a</c><00:11:21.730><c> region</c><00:11:21.950><c> which</c><00:11:22.129><c> you</c><00:11:22.250><c> had</c><00:11:22.490><c> these</c><00:11:22.889><c> hills</c><00:11:23.110><c> standing</c><00:11:23.509><c> up</c><00:11:23.730><c> like</c><00:11:23.889><c> a</c>

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huge<00:11:24.309><c> blue</c><00:11:24.629><c> wall,</c>

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the<00:11:26.509><c> hills</c><00:11:26.750><c> of</c><00:11:26.970><c> Gilead.</c><00:11:28.230><c> And</c><00:11:28.370><c> you</c><00:11:28.470><c> had</c><00:11:28.629><c> them</c><00:11:28.850><c> rolling</c><00:11:29.169><c> off</c><00:11:29.429><c> on</c>

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these<00:11:29.909><c> wild</c><00:11:30.230><c> undulating</c><00:11:31.129><c> hills</c><00:11:31.690><c> onto</c><00:11:31.990><c> the</c><00:11:32.289><c> plateau</c>

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of<00:11:33.429><c> Arabia.</c><00:11:34.470><c> It</c><00:11:34.490><c> was</c><00:11:34.750><c> a</c><00:11:34.929><c> place</c><00:11:35.090><c> of</c><00:11:35.429><c> shepherds</c><00:11:35.769><c> and</c><00:11:36.789><c> of</c><00:11:36.889><c> the</c><00:11:37.029><c> Bedouin</c><00:11:37.409><c> Arabs</c><00:11:37.690><c> who</c>

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wandered<00:11:38.350><c> from</c><00:11:38.629><c> place</c><00:11:38.909><c> to</c><00:11:39.049><c> place,</c>

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brethren<00:11:39.629><c> and</c><00:11:39.830><c> sisters.</c><00:11:40.809><c> It</c><00:11:40.929><c> was</c><00:11:41.149><c> a</c><00:11:41.330><c> place</c><00:11:41.490><c> which</c><00:11:41.789><c> gave</c><00:11:42.009><c> a</c><00:11:42.289><c> freshness</c><00:11:42.690><c> about</c><00:11:42.950><c> it.</c>

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It<00:11:43.970><c> was</c><00:11:44.250><c> a</c><00:11:44.509><c> hard</c><00:11:44.789><c> place,</c><00:11:45.190><c> a</c><00:11:45.490><c> tough</c>

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place.<00:11:46.870><c> It</c><00:11:47.049><c> became</c><00:11:47.370><c> a</c><00:11:47.570><c> place</c><00:11:47.750><c> of</c><00:11:48.070><c> refuge.</c><00:11:49.230><c> Time</c><00:11:49.570><c> and</c><00:11:49.769><c> again</c><00:11:50.029><c> it</c>

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was<00:11:50.370><c> used</c><00:11:50.529><c> in</c><00:11:50.690><c> the</c><00:11:50.850><c> Scriptures</c><00:11:51.230><c> for</c><00:11:51.629><c> men</c><00:11:51.889><c> who</c>

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were<00:11:52.269><c> fleeing</c><00:11:52.549><c> from</c><00:11:52.730><c> the</c><00:11:52.889><c> wrath</c><00:11:53.029><c> of</c><00:11:53.230><c> others</c><00:11:53.470><c> to</c><00:11:53.809><c> go</c><00:11:53.990><c> to</c><00:11:54.169><c> Gilead</c>

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where<00:11:54.549><c> they</c><00:11:54.809><c> found</c><00:11:54.990><c> refuge.</c><00:11:55.769><c> David</c><00:11:56.169><c> fled</c><00:11:56.409><c> there</c>

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from<00:11:56.870><c> Absalom.</c><00:11:57.809><c> Jacob</c><00:11:58.070><c> fled</c><00:11:58.330><c> over</c><00:11:58.610><c> there</c><00:11:58.750><c> from</c><00:11:58.990><c> Esau.</c><00:11:59.929><c> The</c><00:12:00.210><c> disciples</c><00:12:00.649><c> fled</c><00:12:00.950><c> there</c><00:12:01.389><c> at</c>

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the<00:12:01.730><c> destruction</c><00:12:02.070><c> of</c>

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Jerusalem<00:12:02.610><c> because</c><00:12:02.950><c> power</c><00:12:03.389><c> was</c><00:12:03.629><c> in</c><00:12:03.809><c> Gilead.</c><00:12:05.190><c> And</c><00:12:05.309><c> it</c><00:12:05.409><c> became</c>

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a<00:12:06.009><c> place</c><00:12:06.330><c> known</c><00:12:06.730><c> for</c><00:12:07.049><c> the</c><00:12:07.169><c> way</c><00:12:07.309><c> it</c><00:12:07.409><c> used</c><00:12:07.710><c> to</c>

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hide<00:12:08.730><c> the</c><00:12:09.049><c> outcasts</c><00:12:09.710><c> of</c><00:12:09.789><c> Israel.</c><00:12:11.830><c> And</c><00:12:11.909><c> you</c><00:12:12.009><c> know,</c><00:12:12.250><c> of</c><00:12:12.409><c> course,</c>

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you<00:12:12.730><c> speak</c><00:12:12.909><c> about</c><00:12:13.110><c> the</c><00:12:13.429><c> balm</c><00:12:13.610><c> of</c><00:12:13.809><c> Gilead.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:12:15.529><c> speaks</c><00:12:15.889><c> about</c><00:12:16.070><c> the</c><00:12:16.409><c> balm</c><00:12:16.649><c> of</c><00:12:16.850><c> Gilead</c><00:12:17.330><c> which</c><00:12:17.870><c> was</c><00:12:18.110><c> the</c><00:12:18.350><c> sap</c><00:12:18.470><c> of</c>

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a<00:12:18.909><c> tree</c><00:12:19.190><c> which</c><00:12:20.190><c> had</c><00:12:20.490><c> great,</c><00:12:20.970><c> great</c><00:12:21.450><c> healing</c>

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properties,<00:12:22.490><c> brethren</c><00:12:22.610><c> and</c><00:12:22.870><c> sisters.</c><00:12:23.789><c> It</c><00:12:23.950><c> was</c><00:12:24.210><c> health</c><00:12:24.570><c> giving.</c><00:12:25.389><c> And</c><00:12:25.629><c> the</c><00:12:25.830><c> whole</c><00:12:26.330><c> tenor</c><00:12:26.669><c> of</c><00:12:26.809><c> Gilead</c><00:12:27.149><c> was</c><00:12:27.750><c> of</c><00:12:28.090><c> a</c>

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place<00:12:28.529><c> which</c><00:12:28.649><c> was</c><00:12:29.090><c> harsh,</c><00:12:30.549><c> hard,</c><00:12:31.509><c> and</c><00:12:31.629><c> yet</c><00:12:32.009><c> fresh,</c><00:12:32.990><c> powerful</c>

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and<00:12:33.669><c> healthy.</c><00:12:34.450><c> And</c><00:12:34.850><c> into</c><00:12:35.129><c> the</c><00:12:35.330><c> court</c><00:12:35.509><c> of</c><00:12:35.710><c> Ahab</c>

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In<00:13:05.409><c> the</c><00:13:05.690><c> first</c><00:13:05.950><c> of</c><00:13:06.149><c> Chronicles</c><00:13:06.529><c> chapter</c><00:13:06.850><c> 12</c><00:13:07.590><c> and</c><00:13:07.909><c> verse</c><00:13:08.169><c> 8.</c><00:13:09.629><c> Now</c><00:13:09.669><c> here's</c><00:13:09.970><c> the</c><00:13:10.169><c> character</c><00:13:10.610><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:10.850><c> men</c><00:13:11.009><c> of</c><00:13:11.149><c> Gilead.</c>

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Gadites,<00:13:17.889><c> now</c><00:13:18.029><c> remember</c><00:13:18.309><c> the</c><00:13:19.370><c> tribe</c><00:13:19.509><c> of</c><00:13:19.730><c> Gad</c><00:13:19.870><c> settled</c>

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in<00:13:20.350><c> Gilead,</c><00:13:21.409><c> and</c><00:13:21.529><c> of</c><00:13:21.710><c> the</c><00:13:21.870><c> Gadites</c><00:13:22.250><c> they</c><00:13:22.509><c> separated</c><00:13:22.950><c> themselves</c><00:13:23.409><c> unto</c><00:13:23.610><c> David</c><00:13:24.029><c> into</c><00:13:24.250><c> the</c>

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hold<00:13:24.830><c> to</c><00:13:25.070><c> the</c>

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fit<00:13:29.610><c> for</c><00:13:29.850><c> the</c><00:13:30.049><c> battle</c><00:13:30.289><c> that</c><00:13:31.090><c> could</c><00:13:31.289><c> handle</c><00:13:31.649><c> shield</c><00:13:32.070><c> and</c><00:13:32.330><c> buckler</c><00:13:32.970><c> whose</c>

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faces<00:13:34.090><c> were</c><00:13:34.409><c> like</c><00:13:34.610><c> the</c><00:13:34.889><c> faces</c><00:13:35.190><c> of</c><00:13:35.549><c> lions</c>

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and<00:13:36.690><c> were</c><00:13:37.029><c> as</c><00:13:37.309><c> swift</c><00:13:37.610><c> as</c><00:13:37.830><c> the</c><00:13:38.129><c> rose</c><00:13:38.429><c> upon</c><00:13:38.750><c> the</c><00:13:38.909><c> mountains.</c><00:13:39.590><c> There's</c><00:13:40.049><c> a</c>

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description,<00:13:40.590><c> brethren</c><00:13:40.950><c> and</c><00:13:41.149><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:13:41.490><c> a</c><00:13:41.649><c> man</c><00:13:41.809><c> of</c><00:13:42.009><c> Gilead.</c><00:13:42.830><c> Look</c><00:13:42.990><c> at</c><00:13:43.110><c> him.</c><00:13:43.590><c> He's</c><00:13:43.909><c> a</c><00:13:44.009><c> man</c><00:13:44.309><c> of</c><00:13:44.570><c> war.</c>

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He's<00:13:45.889><c> fit</c><00:13:46.110><c> to</c><00:13:46.370><c> hold</c><00:13:46.509><c> the</c><00:13:46.750><c> shield</c><00:13:46.950><c> and</c><00:13:47.169><c> buckler.</c>

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He<00:13:47.789><c> got</c><00:13:47.929><c> the</c><00:13:48.149><c> face</c><00:13:48.309><c> of</c><00:13:48.509><c> a</c><00:13:48.710><c> lion</c><00:13:48.870><c> and</c><00:13:49.049><c> yet</c><00:13:49.210><c> he</c><00:13:49.409><c> gives</c><00:13:49.570><c> it</c><00:13:49.769><c> an</c><00:13:50.029><c> appearance</c><00:13:50.370><c> of</c>

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speed.<00:13:51.750><c> And</c><00:13:51.850><c> goodness</c><00:13:52.110><c> me,</c>

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wasn't<00:13:52.629><c> that</c><00:13:52.850><c> Elijah</c><00:13:53.190><c> in</c><00:13:53.330><c> Israel?</c><00:13:54.809><c> Look</c><00:13:55.049><c> at</c><00:13:55.169><c> him.</c><00:13:55.389><c> Here</c><00:13:55.529><c> he</c><00:13:55.629><c> comes</c><00:13:55.909><c> out</c><00:13:56.110><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:56.370><c> mountains</c><00:13:56.649><c> of</c><00:13:56.809><c> Gilead,</c>

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breathing<00:13:57.750><c> that</c><00:13:58.149><c> refreshing</c><00:13:58.730><c> breeze</c><00:13:59.169><c> from</c><00:13:59.409><c> the</c><00:13:59.570><c> heights</c><00:13:59.750><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:00.090><c> Arabian</c><00:14:00.470><c> Plateau,</c>

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blowing<00:14:01.309><c> it</c><00:14:01.470><c> into</c><00:14:01.629><c> the</c><00:14:01.830><c> court</c><00:14:01.970><c> of</c><00:14:02.230><c> Ahab.</c><00:14:02.629><c> And</c><00:14:02.789><c> there</c><00:14:02.929><c> he</c><00:14:03.070><c> was</c><00:14:03.370><c> with</c><00:14:03.669><c> the</c><00:14:03.870><c> face</c><00:14:04.070><c> of</c><00:14:04.370><c> a</c>

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lion<00:14:04.570><c> and</c><00:14:04.669><c> yet</c><00:14:04.769><c> he</c><00:14:04.889><c> gave</c>

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all<00:14:05.389><c> the</c><00:14:05.629><c> appearance,</c><00:14:06.129><c> brethren</c><00:14:06.210><c> and</c><00:14:06.470><c> sisters,</c><00:14:07.009><c> of</c><00:14:07.149><c> being</c><00:14:07.549><c> speedy</c><00:14:07.970><c> in</c>

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his<00:14:08.230><c> movements.</c><00:14:08.669><c> And</c><00:14:08.870><c> do</c><00:14:09.029><c> you</c><00:14:09.090><c> know</c>

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he<00:14:09.330><c> was</c><00:14:09.629><c> noted</c><00:14:09.830><c> in</c><00:14:10.029><c> Israel?</c><00:14:10.669><c> Oh,</c><00:14:10.850><c> good</c><00:14:10.929><c> God,</c><00:14:11.090><c> I</c><00:14:11.210><c> said,</c><00:14:11.309><c> look,</c>

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you<00:14:12.370><c> tell</c><00:14:12.529><c> me</c><00:14:12.710><c> to</c><00:14:12.830><c> go</c><00:14:12.909><c> until</c><00:14:13.090><c> Ahab.</c><00:14:13.590><c> You</c><00:14:13.629><c> hear,</c>

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when<00:14:13.929><c> I</c><00:14:14.110><c> turn</c><00:14:14.289><c> my</c><00:14:14.429><c> back,</c><00:14:14.570><c> you're</c><00:14:14.990><c> gone.</c><00:14:15.289><c> The</c><00:14:15.330><c> spirit</c><00:14:15.570><c> of</c><00:14:15.710><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:16.009><c> takes</c>

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you.<00:14:16.409><c> I</c><00:14:16.490><c> don't</c><00:14:16.490><c> know</c><00:14:16.549><c> where</c><00:14:16.809><c> you're</c><00:14:17.009><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:14:18.070><c> no</c><00:14:18.210><c> one</c><00:14:18.289><c> could</c><00:14:18.529><c> hold</c><00:14:18.809><c> him,</c><00:14:18.970><c> brethren</c><00:14:19.210><c> and</c><00:14:19.470><c> sisters.</c><00:14:20.029><c> Hear</c>

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Back<00:14:23.330><c> again.</c><00:14:24.029><c> People</c><00:14:24.230><c> look</c><00:14:24.409><c> over</c><00:14:24.590><c> his</c><00:14:24.769><c> shoulder.</c><00:14:25.129><c> There</c><00:14:25.350><c> he</c>

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is.<00:14:26.029><c> Turn</c><00:14:26.169><c> around,</c><00:14:26.529><c> gone.</c><00:14:27.730><c> And</c><00:14:27.830><c> that's</c><00:14:28.029><c> how</c><00:14:28.129><c> he</c><00:14:28.210><c> acted</c>

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in<00:14:28.490><c> Israel.</c><00:14:29.110><c> And</c><00:14:29.210><c> he</c><00:14:29.269><c> was</c><00:14:29.570><c> impelled</c><00:14:29.909><c> all</c><00:14:30.129><c> over</c><00:14:30.309><c> that</c><00:14:30.610><c> nation</c>

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by<00:14:31.509><c> the</c><00:14:31.710><c> word</c><00:14:31.889><c> of</c><00:14:32.090><c> Yahweh.</c><00:14:32.529><c> The</c><00:14:32.669><c> word</c><00:14:32.850><c> of</c><00:14:32.889><c> Yahweh</c>

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said,<00:14:33.470><c> go</c><00:14:33.509><c> there.</c><00:14:34.009><c> The</c><00:14:34.210><c> word</c><00:14:34.309><c> of</c><00:14:34.350><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:34.570><c> said,</c><00:14:34.809><c> go</c><00:14:34.889><c> there.</c><00:14:35.129><c> And</c><00:14:35.269><c> he</c>

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reacted<00:14:35.909><c> on</c><00:14:36.149><c> every</c><00:14:36.389><c> occasion</c><00:14:36.809><c> except</c><00:14:37.149><c> one,</c>

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which<00:14:38.009><c> I</c><00:14:38.149><c> will</c><00:14:38.289><c> point</c><00:14:38.429><c> out</c><00:14:38.590><c> Sunday</c><00:14:38.889><c> morning</c><00:14:39.250><c> when</c><00:14:39.529><c> he</c><00:14:39.669><c> went</c><00:14:39.769><c> on</c>

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his<00:14:40.049><c> own</c><00:14:40.269><c> volition.</c><00:14:41.470><c> But</c><00:14:41.610><c> on</c><00:14:41.809><c> every</c><00:14:42.049><c> other</c><00:14:42.289><c> occasion,</c>

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the<00:14:42.769><c> word</c><00:14:42.950><c> of</c><00:14:43.090><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:43.529><c> impelled</c><00:14:44.029><c> him</c><00:14:44.210><c> around</c><00:14:44.370><c> that</c><00:14:44.610><c> nation</c><00:14:44.970><c> with</c><00:14:45.389><c> his</c><00:14:45.690><c> face</c><00:14:45.889><c> as</c>

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the<00:14:46.190><c> face</c><00:14:46.350><c> of</c><00:14:46.490><c> a</c><00:14:46.710><c> lion</c>

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and<00:14:47.450><c> his</c><00:14:47.649><c> feet</c><00:14:47.830><c> as</c><00:14:48.029><c> a</c><00:14:48.250><c> swift</c><00:14:48.429><c> as</c><00:14:48.629><c> a</c><00:14:48.789><c> rose</c><00:14:48.990><c> upon</c><00:14:49.250><c> the</c><00:14:49.409><c> mountains.</c>

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And<00:14:50.549><c> he</c><00:14:50.610><c> was</c><00:14:50.789><c> in</c><00:14:50.909><c> every</c><00:14:51.169><c> sense</c><00:14:51.409><c> a</c><00:14:51.509><c> man</c><00:14:51.750><c> of</c>

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war.<00:14:52.450><c> That</c><00:14:52.649><c> is</c><00:14:52.889><c> a</c><00:14:52.929><c> man</c><00:14:53.269><c> of</c><00:14:53.509><c> war</c><00:14:53.809><c> in</c><00:14:54.090><c> the</c><00:14:54.309><c> warfare</c><00:14:54.610><c> of</c><00:14:54.809><c> the</c><00:14:54.990><c> truth</c>

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whose<00:14:55.350><c> weapons</c><00:14:55.649><c> are</c><00:14:55.870><c> not</c><00:14:56.110><c> carnal,</c>

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brethren<00:14:56.789><c> and</c><00:14:57.049><c> sisters,</c><00:14:57.629><c> but</c><00:14:58.009><c> mighty</c><00:14:58.289><c> to</c><00:14:58.470><c> the</c><00:14:58.570><c> pulling</c><00:14:58.789><c> down</c>

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of<00:14:59.190><c> strongholds.</c>

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the<00:15:04.830><c> men</c><00:15:04.990><c> of</c><00:15:05.169><c> Gilead.</c>

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we<00:15:31.429><c> read,</c><00:15:31.830><c> there</c><00:15:31.830><c> was</c><00:15:32.190><c> also</c><00:15:32.629><c> a</c><00:15:32.830><c> lot</c><00:15:32.970><c> for</c><00:15:33.169><c> the</c><00:15:33.350><c> tribe</c><00:15:33.509><c> of</c><00:15:33.730><c> Manasseh.</c><00:15:34.850><c> Now</c><00:15:35.029><c> the</c><00:15:35.149><c> half</c><00:15:35.409><c>-tribe,</c><00:15:35.769><c> of</c><00:15:35.769><c> course,</c>

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half<00:15:36.269><c> of</c><00:15:36.389><c> the</c><00:15:36.529><c> tribe</c><00:15:36.649><c> went</c><00:15:36.830><c> across</c><00:15:37.110><c> to</c><00:15:37.269><c> Gilead.</c><00:15:38.049><c> There</c><00:15:38.190><c> was</c><00:15:38.429><c> also</c><00:15:38.690><c> a</c>

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lot<00:15:38.950><c> for</c><00:15:39.110><c> the</c><00:15:39.269><c> tribe</c><00:15:39.409><c> of</c><00:15:39.570><c> Manasseh,</c>

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for<00:15:40.269><c> he</c><00:15:40.509><c> was</c><00:15:40.769><c> the</c><00:15:40.970><c> firstborn</c><00:15:41.389><c> of</c><00:15:41.570><c> Joseph,</c><00:15:42.509><c> to</c><00:15:42.690><c> which</c><00:15:42.870><c> for</c><00:15:43.169><c> Maker,</c><00:15:43.769><c> the</c>

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firstborn<00:15:44.309><c> of</c><00:15:44.429><c> Manasseh,</c>

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the<00:15:45.490><c> father</c><00:15:45.850><c> of</c><00:15:46.149><c> Gilead.</c><00:15:47.169><c> Because</c><00:15:47.450><c> he</c><00:15:47.610><c> was</c><00:15:47.870><c> a</c><00:15:48.029><c> man</c><00:15:48.169><c> of</c><00:15:48.409><c> war,</c><00:15:49.649><c> therefore</c><00:15:50.009><c> he</c>

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had<00:15:50.850><c> Gilead</c><00:15:51.350><c> and</c><00:15:51.629><c> Baishan.</c>

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Now<00:15:53.210><c> there</c><00:15:53.330><c> again,</c><00:15:53.809><c> brethren</c><00:15:53.929><c> and</c><00:15:54.169><c> sisters,</c><00:15:54.730><c> it</c><00:15:54.730><c> shows</c><00:15:54.970><c> you</c><00:15:55.149><c> what</c><00:15:55.370><c> sort</c><00:15:55.610><c> of</c><00:15:55.690><c> a</c>

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person<00:15:56.029><c> you</c><00:15:56.269><c> had</c><00:15:56.409><c> to</c><00:15:56.610><c> be</c><00:15:56.750><c> to</c><00:15:56.970><c> survive</c>

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in<00:15:57.570><c> Gilead.</c><00:15:58.710><c> Because</c><00:15:59.169><c> he</c><00:15:59.370><c> was</c><00:15:59.649><c> a</c><00:15:59.789><c> man</c><00:15:59.950><c> of</c><00:16:00.169><c> war,</c><00:16:00.690><c> he</c><00:16:00.850><c> had</c><00:16:01.070><c> Gilead</c>

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and<00:16:02.289><c> Baishan,</c><00:16:02.830><c> north</c><00:16:03.090><c> of</c><00:16:03.250><c> Gilead.</c><00:16:04.309><c> Now</c><00:16:04.590><c> to</c><00:16:04.950><c> survive</c>

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up<00:16:05.649><c> there,</c><00:16:06.389><c> you</c><00:16:07.149><c> had</c><00:16:07.289><c> to</c><00:16:07.389><c> be</c><00:16:07.629><c> tough.</c><00:16:09.230><c> There</c><00:16:09.350><c> was</c><00:16:09.429><c> no</c><00:16:09.669><c> pansies</c>

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spread<00:16:10.230><c> up</c><00:16:10.450><c> in</c><00:16:10.549><c> Gilead,</c><00:16:11.049><c> brethren</c><00:16:11.169><c> and</c><00:16:11.429><c> sisters.</c>

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There<00:16:12.090><c> was</c><00:16:12.690><c> the</c><00:16:12.750><c> survival</c><00:16:13.149><c> of</c><00:16:13.409><c> the</c><00:16:13.470><c> fittest</c><00:16:13.750><c> over</c><00:16:13.970><c> there,</c><00:16:14.350><c> believe</c><00:16:14.629><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:15.269><c> do</c><00:16:15.409><c> you</c><00:16:15.490><c> know,</c><00:16:15.669><c> to</c><00:16:15.809><c> this</c><00:16:16.090><c> day,</c>

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there<00:16:16.429><c> were</c><00:16:16.669><c> still</c><00:16:16.929><c> remnants</c><00:16:17.210><c> of</c><00:16:17.370><c> the</c><00:16:17.529><c> Bedouin</c><00:16:17.870><c> tribes</c><00:16:18.210><c> in</c><00:16:18.389><c> that</c><00:16:18.529><c> area.</c><00:16:19.830><c> And</c><00:16:19.970><c> there</c><00:16:20.169><c> was</c><00:16:20.529><c> hard</c><00:16:20.950><c> as</c><00:16:21.190><c> nails.</c>

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And<00:16:22.690><c> there</c><00:16:23.169><c> was</c><00:16:23.350><c> only</c><00:16:23.710><c> two</c><00:16:24.129><c> classes</c><00:16:24.389><c> in</c><00:16:24.610><c> Gilead,</c><00:16:24.870><c> the</c><00:16:25.029><c> quick</c>

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and<00:16:25.230><c> the</c><00:16:25.409><c> dead.</c><00:16:25.929><c> And</c><00:16:26.070><c> Elijah</c><00:16:26.470><c> came</c><00:16:26.730><c> out</c><00:16:26.970><c> of</c><00:16:27.129><c> there,</c>

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he<00:16:28.190><c> came</c><00:16:28.450><c> out,</c><00:16:28.629><c> and</c><00:16:28.730><c> look,</c><00:16:28.950><c> when</c><00:16:29.110><c> it</c><00:16:29.409><c> says</c><00:16:29.490><c> that</c><00:16:29.649><c> he</c><00:16:29.830><c> walked</c><00:16:30.009><c> into</c><00:16:30.149><c> that</c><00:16:30.389><c> court,</c><00:16:30.509><c> I</c>

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can<00:16:30.830><c> just</c><00:16:31.149><c> picture</c><00:16:31.370><c> him</c>

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walking<00:16:31.789><c> into</c><00:16:31.990><c> that</c><00:16:32.289><c> court.</c><00:16:32.649><c> And</c><00:16:32.769><c> it</c><00:16:32.850><c> was</c><00:16:32.929><c> just</c><00:16:33.169><c> like</c><00:16:33.370><c> the</c><00:16:33.929><c> steady</c><00:16:34.309><c> stream</c><00:16:34.730><c> of</c>

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air<00:16:35.250><c> coming</c><00:16:35.509><c> off</c><00:16:35.769><c> the</c><00:16:36.090><c> snows</c><00:16:36.450><c> of</c>

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Herman<00:16:37.070><c> blowing</c><00:16:37.470><c> into</c><00:16:37.970><c> the</c><00:16:38.230><c> profanity</c><00:16:38.889><c> of</c><00:16:39.029><c> that</c><00:16:39.250><c> court,</c><00:16:39.809><c> which</c><00:16:39.889><c> must</c>

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have<00:16:40.309><c> been</c><00:16:40.590><c> fouled</c><00:16:40.950><c> up</c><00:16:41.210><c> with</c><00:16:41.509><c> all</c><00:16:41.710><c> the</c>

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aroma<00:16:42.250><c> of</c><00:16:42.730><c> the</c><00:16:42.889><c> immorality</c><00:16:43.289><c> which</c><00:16:43.529><c> Jezebel</c><00:16:43.870><c> had</c><00:16:44.049><c> introduced.</c>

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To<00:16:45.370><c> me</c><00:16:45.490><c> it's</c><00:16:45.950><c> eloquent</c><00:16:46.250><c> when</c><00:16:46.409><c> it</c><00:16:46.570><c> says</c><00:16:46.669><c> he</c><00:16:46.750><c> was</c><00:16:46.909><c> an</c>

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inhabitants<00:16:47.409><c> of</c><00:16:47.649><c> Gilead.</c><00:16:47.990><c> You</c><00:16:48.210><c> study</c><00:16:48.450><c> up</c><00:16:48.830><c> sometime</c><00:16:49.210><c> the</c><00:16:49.370><c> topography</c><00:16:49.809><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:50.110><c> Holy</c><00:16:50.330><c> Land.</c><00:16:51.350><c> And</c><00:16:51.490><c> the</c><00:16:51.629><c> land</c><00:16:51.809><c> itself</c>

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will<00:16:52.629><c> tell</c><00:16:52.809><c> you</c><00:16:52.990><c> stories,</c><00:16:54.429><c> as</c><00:16:54.549><c> doubtless</c><00:16:54.830><c> we</c><00:16:54.990><c> hope</c><00:16:55.129><c> to</c><00:16:55.309><c> find</c><00:16:55.429><c> out</c><00:16:55.570><c> in</c><00:16:55.690><c> a</c>

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few<00:16:55.970><c> days</c><00:16:56.190><c> time,</c><00:16:56.610><c> God</c><00:16:56.809><c> willing.</c><00:16:57.529><c> But</c><00:16:57.710><c> the</c>

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land<00:16:58.070><c> itself</c><00:16:58.529><c> talks</c><00:16:59.029><c> to</c><00:16:59.210><c> you,</c><00:16:59.629><c> brethren</c><00:16:59.629><c> and</c><00:16:59.850><c> sisters,</c><00:17:00.470><c> as</c><00:17:00.629><c> it</c>

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talks<00:17:01.009><c> to</c><00:17:01.190><c> me</c><00:17:01.309><c> as</c><00:17:01.450><c> I</c><00:17:01.629><c> read</c><00:17:01.809><c> in</c><00:17:01.950><c> that</c><00:17:02.190><c> verse,</c><00:17:02.990><c> that</c><00:17:03.090><c> he</c>

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Now,<00:17:07.630><c> we</c><00:17:07.650><c> want</c><00:17:07.809><c> to</c><00:17:07.990><c> study</c><00:17:08.150><c> him</c><00:17:08.410><c> tonight</c><00:17:08.589><c> in</c><00:17:08.730><c> a</c><00:17:08.890><c> different</c><00:17:09.089><c> aspect.</c><00:17:11.049><c> Elijah</c><00:17:11.069><c> had</c>

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a<00:17:11.529><c> gentler</c><00:17:11.829><c> side</c><00:17:12.029><c> to</c><00:17:12.190><c> his</c><00:17:12.349><c> character,</c>

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as<00:17:13.589><c> all</c><00:17:13.789><c> the</c><00:17:13.890><c> men</c><00:17:13.990><c> of</c><00:17:14.130><c> God</c><00:17:14.369><c> have.</c><00:17:15.789><c> And</c><00:17:15.930><c> he</c><00:17:16.049><c> has</c><00:17:16.250><c> a</c><00:17:16.369><c> worth</c><00:17:16.490><c> before</c>

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him,<00:17:17.190><c> of</c><00:17:17.329><c> course,</c>

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not<00:17:19.029><c> only</c><00:17:19.250><c> of</c><00:17:19.509><c> destruction,</c><00:17:20.170><c> brethren</c><00:17:20.230><c> and</c><00:17:20.450><c> sisters,</c><00:17:21.250><c> but</c><00:17:21.410><c> a</c>

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worth<00:17:21.869><c> of</c><00:17:22.210><c> restoration</c><00:17:22.710><c> and</c><00:17:22.910><c> of</c><00:17:23.109><c> building</c><00:17:23.309><c> up</c>

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and<00:17:23.650><c> of</c><00:17:23.890><c> salvation.</c><00:17:25.369><c> Because</c><00:17:25.690><c> the</c><00:17:25.950><c> prophets</c><00:17:26.130><c> of</c><00:17:26.369><c> God</c><00:17:26.809><c> had</c><00:17:27.250><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:27.509><c> positive</c><00:17:27.809><c> in</c><00:17:27.950><c> their</c><00:17:28.150><c> work,</c><00:17:28.809><c> wherever</c><00:17:29.049><c> that</c><00:17:29.230><c> was</c>

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possible.<00:17:31.049><c> Now,</c><00:17:31.349><c> I'm</c><00:17:31.490><c> going</c><00:17:31.529><c> to</c><00:17:31.549><c> look</c><00:17:31.710><c> at</c><00:17:31.849><c> verse</c><00:17:32.029><c> one</c><00:17:32.190><c> of</c><00:17:32.349><c> chapter</c><00:17:32.589><c> seven</c><00:17:32.910><c> and</c>

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eight.<00:17:34.589><c> He</c><00:17:34.750><c> appears</c><00:17:35.029><c> in</c><00:17:35.230><c> the</c>

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court<00:17:35.509><c> of</c><00:17:35.710><c> Ahab.</c><00:17:37.690><c> And</c><00:17:37.730><c> he</c><00:17:37.869><c> says,</c><00:17:38.269><c> As</c><00:17:38.269><c> the</c><00:17:38.509><c> Lord</c><00:17:38.809><c> God</c><00:17:39.029><c> of</c><00:17:39.250><c> Israel</c>

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liveth,<00:17:42.009><c> before</c><00:17:42.349><c> whom</c><00:17:42.690><c> I</c><00:17:43.150><c> stand,</c><00:17:45.049><c> there</c><00:17:45.150><c> shall</c>

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not<00:17:45.670><c> be</c><00:17:45.950><c> Jew</c><00:17:46.150><c> nor</c><00:17:46.549><c> brain</c><00:17:46.829><c> these</c><00:17:47.269><c> years,</c><00:17:47.650><c> but</c><00:17:47.869><c> according</c><00:17:48.230><c> to</c><00:17:48.490><c> my</c>

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word.<00:17:50.750><c> Now,</c><00:17:51.170><c> I</c><00:17:51.369><c> want</c><00:17:51.509><c> you</c><00:17:51.630><c> to</c><00:17:51.809><c> note</c><00:17:52.069><c> certain</c><00:17:52.529><c> things</c>

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in<00:17:52.930><c> that</c><00:17:53.170><c> declaration.</c><00:17:55.049><c> You</c><00:17:55.210><c> know,</c><00:17:55.390><c> we</c><00:17:55.630><c> sometimes</c><00:17:56.089><c> read</c><00:17:56.349><c> the</c>

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scriptures<00:17:56.769><c> far</c><00:17:57.109><c> too</c><00:17:57.430><c> quickly.</c><00:17:58.849><c> He</c><00:17:59.069><c> was</c><00:17:59.230><c> making</c>

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a<00:17:59.609><c> declaration</c><00:18:00.109><c> to</c><00:18:00.430><c> Ahab,</c><00:18:01.349><c> as</c><00:18:01.549><c> the</c><00:18:01.789><c> Lord</c><00:18:02.109><c> God</c><00:18:02.450><c> of</c><00:18:03.250><c> Israel</c><00:18:04.250><c> liveth.</c><00:18:05.210><c> That</c>

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was<00:18:05.630><c> in</c><00:18:05.829><c> doubt</c><00:18:05.990><c> in</c><00:18:06.170><c> the</c><00:18:06.269><c> mind</c><00:18:06.430><c> of</c><00:18:06.650><c> Ahab,</c>

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and<00:18:07.309><c> in</c><00:18:07.450><c> the</c><00:18:07.630><c> doubt</c><00:18:07.750><c> in</c><00:18:07.890><c> the</c><00:18:08.049><c> minds</c><00:18:08.170><c> of</c><00:18:08.309><c> the</c><00:18:08.490><c> people.</c><00:18:09.809><c> As</c><00:18:09.950><c> we</c><00:18:10.170><c> pointed</c><00:18:10.349><c> out,</c><00:18:10.569><c> we</c>

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will<00:18:10.910><c> point</c><00:18:11.069><c> out</c><00:18:11.190><c> in</c><00:18:11.390><c> subsequent</c>

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studies,<00:18:12.589><c> because</c><00:18:12.890><c> the</c><00:18:13.170><c> people</c><00:18:13.369><c> were</c><00:18:14.470><c> adept</c><00:18:14.910><c> at</c><00:18:15.130><c> calling</c><00:18:15.450><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:15.990><c> Lord,</c><00:18:16.549><c> Lord,</c><00:18:16.910><c> which</c><00:18:17.109><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:17.410><c> Hebrew,</c><00:18:17.630><c> of</c><00:18:17.849><c> course,</c>

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is<00:18:18.470><c> Bailey,</c><00:18:18.990><c> Bailey,</c><00:18:19.609><c> Bailey,</c><00:18:19.910><c> they</c><00:18:20.130><c> got</c><00:18:20.450><c> confused</c><00:18:21.109><c> in</c><00:18:21.309><c> the</c>

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finish<00:18:21.650><c> and</c><00:18:21.750><c> didn't</c><00:18:21.950><c> know</c><00:18:22.089><c> who</c><00:18:22.289><c> their</c><00:18:22.509><c> Lord</c><00:18:22.690><c> was.</c>

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But<00:18:25.609><c> Elijah</c><00:18:26.029><c> knew,</c><00:18:26.450><c> my</c><00:18:26.829><c> God</c><00:18:27.170><c> is</c><00:18:27.650><c> Yahweh.</c><00:18:29.430><c> And</c><00:18:29.450><c> he</c><00:18:29.569><c> says,</c><00:18:30.009><c> as</c><00:18:30.130><c> truly</c><00:18:30.369><c> as</c>

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Yahweh,<00:18:31.130><c> the</c><00:18:31.190><c> God</c><00:18:31.390><c> of</c><00:18:31.470><c> Israel</c><00:18:31.990><c> liveth.</c>

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And<00:18:33.809><c> that</c><00:18:33.910><c> was</c><00:18:34.109><c> the</c><00:18:34.230><c> first</c><00:18:34.490><c> declaration</c><00:18:35.049><c> he</c><00:18:35.230><c> made</c><00:18:35.430><c> to</c><00:18:35.650><c> Ahab.</c><00:18:36.309><c> And</c><00:18:36.410><c> he</c><00:18:36.529><c> said,</c><00:18:36.890><c> before</c><00:18:37.190><c> whom</c><00:18:37.529><c> I</c><00:18:37.910><c> stand,</c>

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and<00:18:40.390><c> my</c><00:18:40.710><c> word.</c><00:18:42.049><c> Wasn't</c><00:18:42.269><c> that</c><00:18:42.450><c> a</c><00:18:42.650><c> rebuke</c><00:18:42.829><c> to</c><00:18:43.009><c> the</c><00:18:43.170><c> king?</c><00:18:43.369><c> As</c><00:18:43.410><c> you</c>

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can<00:18:43.650><c> imagine,</c><00:18:43.910><c> the</c><00:18:43.990><c> king</c><00:18:44.250><c> sitting</c><00:18:44.529><c> there</c>

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in<00:18:46.579><c> his</c><00:18:46.799><c> palace,</c><00:18:48.140><c> with</c><00:18:48.259><c> all</c><00:18:48.440><c> the</c><00:18:48.619><c> officers</c><00:18:48.880><c> of</c><00:18:49.019><c> his</c><00:18:49.339><c> court,</c>

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and<00:18:51.119><c> this</c><00:18:51.299><c> chap,</c><00:18:52.460><c> look</c><00:18:52.640><c> how</c><00:18:52.740><c> he's</c><00:18:53.019><c> dressed,</c>

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and<00:18:54.339><c> he</c><00:18:54.539><c> stands</c><00:18:54.859><c> before</c><00:18:55.279><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:55.900><c> God</c><00:18:55.980><c> of</c><00:18:56.099><c> Israel.</c><00:18:57.319><c> And</c><00:18:57.420><c> the</c><00:18:57.519><c> very</c><00:18:57.779><c> terminology,</c><00:18:58.440><c> before</c><00:18:58.799><c> whom</c><00:18:58.980><c> I</c><00:18:59.319><c> stand,</c>

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he<00:18:59.819><c> uses</c><00:18:59.960><c> the</c><00:19:00.180><c> title</c><00:19:00.380><c> again</c><00:19:00.700><c> later,</c><00:19:01.220><c> and</c><00:19:01.400><c> it's</c><00:19:01.599><c> used</c><00:19:01.680><c> also</c><00:19:02.000><c> by</c>

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Elijah.<00:19:03.460><c> And</c><00:19:03.579><c> the</c><00:19:03.720><c> meaning</c><00:19:03.960><c> of</c><00:19:04.140><c> that</c><00:19:04.460><c> title</c><00:19:04.680><c> is,</c>

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that<00:19:05.640><c> before</c><00:19:05.940><c> whom</c><00:19:06.119><c> I</c><00:19:06.380><c> stand</c><00:19:06.500><c> in</c><00:19:06.680><c> the</c><00:19:06.839><c> sense</c><00:19:06.960><c> that</c><00:19:07.119><c> I</c><00:19:07.299><c> stand</c><00:19:07.579><c> there</c><00:19:07.759><c> ready</c><00:19:07.960><c> to</c>

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move<00:19:08.460><c> at</c><00:19:08.619><c> a</c><00:19:08.819><c> moment's</c><00:19:09.220><c> notice,</c>

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in<00:19:09.700><c> which</c><00:19:09.920><c> every</c><00:19:10.240><c> way</c><00:19:10.380><c> he</c><00:19:10.480><c> wants</c><00:19:10.759><c> to</c><00:19:10.940><c> impel</c><00:19:11.200><c> me,</c><00:19:11.460><c> I'll</c><00:19:11.680><c> go.</c><00:19:12.359><c> He</c>

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did.<00:19:14.059><c> Neither</c><00:19:14.299><c> hesitating,</c><00:19:15.099><c> brothers</c><00:19:15.180><c> and</c><00:19:15.299><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:19:17.119><c> then</c><00:19:17.259><c> he</c><00:19:17.279><c> made</c><00:19:17.460><c> a</c><00:19:17.599><c> remarkable</c><00:19:18.000><c> statement.</c><00:19:18.880><c> There</c><00:19:18.940><c> should</c>

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be<00:19:19.299><c> neither</c><00:19:19.519><c> dew</c><00:19:19.799><c> nor</c><00:19:20.099><c> rain,</c><00:19:20.420><c> but</c><00:19:20.599><c> according</c><00:19:20.960><c> to</c>

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my<00:19:23.720><c> word.</c><00:19:24.900><c> Now,</c><00:19:25.140><c> this</c><00:19:25.319><c> is</c><00:19:25.559><c> remarkable,</c><00:19:27.019><c> because</c><00:19:27.319><c> later</c><00:19:27.700><c> on,</c>

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we<00:19:28.579><c> read,</c><00:19:28.880><c> for</c><00:19:29.039><c> example,</c><00:19:29.559><c> in</c><00:19:29.700><c> verse</c><00:19:29.920><c> 14</c><00:19:30.259><c> of</c><00:19:30.460><c> the</c><00:19:30.619><c> same</c>

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chapter,<00:19:31.700><c> at</c><00:19:31.880><c> the</c><00:19:31.980><c> end</c><00:19:32.140><c> of</c><00:19:32.240><c> that</c><00:19:32.420><c> verse,</c><00:19:32.700><c> he</c><00:19:32.759><c> told</c><00:19:32.980><c> the</c><00:19:33.119><c> widow</c>

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of<00:19:33.539><c> Zarepheth</c><00:19:33.920><c> that</c><00:19:34.140><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:34.539><c> would</c><00:19:34.759><c> send</c><00:19:35.000><c> rain</c>

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upon<00:19:35.519><c> the</c><00:19:35.759><c> earth.</c><00:19:36.160><c> There</c><00:19:36.259><c> was</c><00:19:36.440><c> not</c><00:19:36.539><c> really</c><00:19:36.779><c> doubt</c><00:19:37.039><c> in</c><00:19:37.259><c> Elijah's</c><00:19:37.779><c> mind</c><00:19:37.880><c> that</c><00:19:38.039><c> the</c><00:19:38.200><c> rain</c><00:19:38.319><c> would</c><00:19:38.480><c> only</c><00:19:38.759><c> come</c><00:19:38.920><c> at</c>

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the<00:19:39.339><c> word</c><00:19:39.339><c> of</c><00:19:39.539><c> Yahweh.</c><00:19:40.700><c> But</c><00:19:40.900><c> you</c><00:19:41.079><c> know,</c><00:19:41.200><c> there's</c><00:19:41.380><c> a</c><00:19:41.539><c> remarkable</c><00:19:41.940><c> way</c><00:19:42.220><c> in</c><00:19:42.299><c> which</c><00:19:42.400><c> he</c>

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associates<00:19:43.200><c> himself</c>

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with<00:19:43.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:44.339><c> in</c><00:19:44.480><c> the</c><00:19:44.640><c> record.</c><00:19:46.480><c> And</c><00:19:46.619><c> as</c><00:19:46.880><c> we</c><00:19:47.019><c> go</c><00:19:47.200><c> through,</c><00:19:47.440><c> we're</c><00:19:47.480><c> going</c><00:19:47.559><c> to</c>

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see<00:19:47.799><c> time</c><00:19:48.220><c> and</c><00:19:48.359><c> time</c><00:19:48.740><c> and</c><00:19:48.859><c> time</c><00:19:49.180><c> again,</c>

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how<00:19:49.940><c> Elijah</c><00:19:50.599><c> always</c><00:19:51.539><c> identified</c><00:19:52.279><c> himself</c><00:19:52.740><c> with</c><00:19:52.920><c> the</c><00:19:53.099><c> word,</c>

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so<00:19:53.460><c> that</c><00:19:53.559><c> it</c><00:19:53.619><c> was</c><00:19:53.839><c> impossible</c><00:19:55.279><c> for</c><00:19:55.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:56.460><c> to</c><00:19:56.799><c> act</c>

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without<00:19:57.700><c> his</c><00:19:58.019><c> prophet,</c><00:19:58.440><c> because</c><00:19:58.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:59.119><c> himself</c><00:19:59.960><c> had</c><00:20:01.319><c> identified</c><00:20:01.980><c> that</c>

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prophet<00:20:02.420><c> with</c><00:20:02.619><c> his</c><00:20:02.759><c> word.</c>

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When<00:20:03.039><c> I</c><00:20:03.180><c> say</c><00:20:03.240><c> it's</c><00:20:03.440><c> impossible,</c><00:20:04.019><c> brothers</c><00:20:04.079><c> and</c><00:20:04.240><c> sisters,</c><00:20:04.460><c> of</c>

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course,<00:20:04.779><c> nothing's</c><00:20:05.079><c> impossible</c><00:20:05.480><c> with</c><00:20:05.660><c> God.</c><00:20:08.619><c> What</c><00:20:09.019><c> I</c>

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mean<00:20:09.339><c> is</c><00:20:09.339><c> that</c><00:20:09.339><c> Elijah</c><00:20:09.339><c> was</c><00:20:09.519><c> so</c><00:20:09.839><c> bound</c><00:20:10.059><c> up</c><00:20:10.319><c> with</c><00:20:10.480><c> the</c><00:20:10.640><c> message</c>

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which<00:20:11.039><c> he</c><00:20:11.099><c> came</c><00:20:11.359><c> to</c><00:20:11.579><c> bring,</c><00:20:12.099><c> he</c><00:20:12.200><c> so</c><00:20:12.500><c> represented</c>

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God<00:20:13.339><c> that</c><00:20:13.500><c> nothing</c><00:20:13.680><c> could</c><00:20:13.880><c> be</c><00:20:14.140><c> done</c><00:20:14.299><c> without</c><00:20:14.519><c> him.</c><00:20:14.799><c> So</c><00:20:14.960><c> that</c>

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when<00:20:15.299><c> the</c><00:20:15.480><c> rain</c><00:20:15.619><c> was</c><00:20:15.799><c> to</c><00:20:15.900><c> come</c><00:20:16.019><c> upon</c><00:20:16.259><c> the</c><00:20:16.460><c> earth,</c>

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God<00:20:17.400><c> said</c><00:20:17.660><c> to</c><00:20:17.720><c> him,</c><00:20:18.640><c> go</c><00:20:19.000><c> show</c><00:20:19.500><c> thyself</c><00:20:20.420><c> unto</c><00:20:20.799><c> Ahab,</c><00:20:21.259><c> because</c><00:20:21.940><c> I</c>

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will<00:20:23.000><c> send</c><00:20:23.380><c> rain</c><00:20:23.700><c> upon</c><00:20:24.119><c> the</c><00:20:24.259><c> earth.</c><00:20:25.539><c> No</c><00:20:25.799><c> Elijah,</c>

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no<00:20:27.880><c> rain.</c><00:20:29.740><c> So</c><00:20:30.000><c> he</c><00:20:30.099><c> was</c><00:20:30.339><c> bound</c><00:20:30.539><c> up</c><00:20:30.720><c> with</c><00:20:30.900><c> that</c><00:20:31.099><c> word.</c><00:20:31.400><c> Go</c><00:20:31.759><c> show</c><00:20:32.119><c> thyself</c><00:20:32.940><c> to</c><00:20:33.200><c> Ahab,</c><00:20:33.940><c> for</c><00:20:34.140><c> I</c>

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will<00:20:35.059><c> send</c><00:20:35.299><c> rain</c><00:20:35.539><c> upon</c>

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the<00:20:36.299><c> earth.</c><00:20:37.480><c> And</c><00:20:37.619><c> there</c><00:20:37.640><c> would</c><00:20:37.880><c> not</c><00:20:38.099><c> be</c><00:20:38.339><c> rain,</c><00:20:38.660><c> he</c><00:20:38.660><c> said,</c><00:20:38.819><c> but</c>

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according<00:20:39.359><c> to</c><00:20:39.700><c> my</c><00:20:40.079><c> word.</c><00:20:40.920><c> Now</c><00:20:41.299><c> there</c><00:20:41.400><c> was</c><00:20:41.640><c> a</c><00:20:41.799><c> fantastic</c>

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rebuke<00:20:42.980><c> in</c><00:20:43.119><c> those</c><00:20:43.359><c> words,</c><00:20:44.200><c> too,</c><00:20:44.880><c> that</c><00:20:45.039><c> a</c><00:20:45.259><c> man</c><00:20:45.440><c> of</c><00:20:45.619><c> that</c><00:20:45.940><c> nature,</c><00:20:46.279><c> of</c><00:20:46.480><c> that</c><00:20:46.779><c> character,</c><00:20:48.180><c> who</c>

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would<00:20:48.480><c> look</c>

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completely<00:20:49.359><c> idiotic</c><00:20:50.059><c> in</c><00:20:50.180><c> the</c><00:20:50.380><c> court</c><00:20:50.519><c> of</c><00:20:50.759><c> Ahab,</c><00:20:51.640><c> and</c><00:20:51.779><c> yet,</c><00:20:52.140><c> brothers</c><00:20:52.220><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:20:52.680><c> there</c><00:20:52.799><c> was</c><00:20:52.940><c> not</c><00:20:53.099><c> going</c><00:20:53.240><c> to</c><00:20:53.279><c> be</c>

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a<00:20:53.539><c> drop</c><00:20:53.680><c> of</c><00:20:53.920><c> moisture</c><00:20:54.299><c> until</c><00:20:54.960><c> he</c><00:20:55.119><c> was</c><00:20:55.319><c> prepared</c><00:20:55.579><c> to</c><00:20:55.740><c> open</c><00:20:55.900><c> his</c>

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mouth<00:20:56.359><c> for</c><00:20:56.539><c> it.</c><00:20:57.220><c> And</c><00:20:57.420><c> away</c><00:20:57.599><c> he</c><00:20:57.819><c> went.</c><00:20:58.640><c> And</c><00:20:58.759><c> whatever</c>

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Ahab<00:20:59.559><c> may</c><00:20:59.759><c> have</c><00:20:59.920><c> thought</c><00:21:00.119><c> of</c><00:21:00.259><c> that</c><00:21:00.339><c> at</c><00:21:00.480><c> the</c><00:21:00.579><c> moment,</c><00:21:01.940><c> three</c><00:21:02.180><c> years</c><00:21:02.480><c> later,</c><00:21:04.619><c> he</c>

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was<00:21:04.940><c> out</c><00:21:05.180><c> there</c><00:21:05.539><c> scouring</c><00:21:05.960><c> the</c><00:21:06.200><c> country</c>

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from<00:21:06.799><c> one</c><00:21:07.039><c> end</c><00:21:07.240><c> to</c><00:21:07.299><c> the</c><00:21:07.480><c> other.</c><00:21:08.279><c> He</c><00:21:08.339><c> put</c><00:21:08.539><c> nations</c><00:21:08.960><c> under</c><00:21:09.380><c> oath,</c>

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causing<00:21:10.640><c> them</c><00:21:10.839><c> to</c><00:21:11.039><c> swear</c><00:21:11.200><c> that</c><00:21:11.359><c> they</c><00:21:11.440><c> didn't</c><00:21:11.640><c> have</c>

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Elijah<00:21:12.119><c> hiding</c><00:21:12.500><c> behind</c><00:21:12.839><c> their</c><00:21:13.079><c> door.</c><00:21:13.839><c> So</c><00:21:14.019><c> he</c><00:21:14.119><c> was</c><00:21:14.299><c> in</c><00:21:14.400><c> a</c><00:21:14.599><c> hurry</c>

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to<00:21:14.880><c> look</c><00:21:15.059><c> for</c><00:21:15.240><c> him,</c><00:21:15.500><c> and</c><00:21:15.619><c> to</c><00:21:15.759><c> get</c><00:21:15.859><c> him</c><00:21:16.299><c> anything</c>

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to<00:21:16.940><c> find</c><00:21:17.160><c> Elijah,</c><00:21:17.819><c> because</c><00:21:18.079><c> he</c><00:21:18.240><c> knew</c><00:21:18.799><c> that</c><00:21:19.160><c> there</c><00:21:19.319><c> was</c><00:21:19.319><c> no</c><00:21:19.539><c> Elijah,</c><00:21:20.420><c> no</c>

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rain.<00:21:22.240><c> So</c><00:21:22.579><c> bound</c><00:21:22.839><c> up</c><00:21:23.039><c> was</c><00:21:23.200><c> he,</c><00:21:23.480><c> brothers</c><00:21:23.599><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:21:24.740><c> in</c><00:21:24.859><c> the</c><00:21:25.059><c> purpose</c><00:21:25.319><c> of</c><00:21:25.500><c> his</c><00:21:25.680><c> God.</c><00:21:26.019><c> Are</c><00:21:26.220><c> we</c><00:21:26.440><c> bound</c><00:21:26.640><c> up</c>

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with<00:21:26.920><c> God</c><00:21:27.160><c> like</c><00:21:27.440><c> that?</c><00:21:28.779><c> Are</c><00:21:29.039><c> we</c><00:21:29.660><c> so</c><00:21:29.960><c> bound</c><00:21:30.160><c> up</c><00:21:30.299><c> in</c><00:21:30.440><c> the</c>

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work<00:21:30.799><c> of</c><00:21:30.960><c> the</c><00:21:31.220><c> truth</c><00:21:31.619><c> that</c><00:21:32.559><c> our</c><00:21:33.000><c> presence</c><00:21:33.339><c> anywhere</c><00:21:33.940><c> and</c><00:21:34.200><c> everywhere</c><00:21:34.619><c> means</c><00:21:35.220><c> the</c>

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presence<00:21:35.779><c> of</c><00:21:36.000><c> God?</c>

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Are<00:21:37.460><c> we</c><00:21:37.700><c> so</c><00:21:37.900><c> identified</c><00:21:38.579><c> with</c><00:21:38.779><c> the</c><00:21:38.920><c> Lord</c><00:21:39.140><c> Jesus</c><00:21:39.619><c> Christ,</c><00:21:40.240><c> brothers</c><00:21:40.359><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:21:41.519><c> that</c><00:21:41.680><c> God</c><00:21:41.980><c> works</c><00:21:42.359><c> through</c><00:21:42.640><c> us</c>

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as<00:21:43.079><c> if</c><00:21:43.279><c> the</c><00:21:43.440><c> Lord</c><00:21:43.680><c> was</c><00:21:43.940><c> beseeching</c><00:21:44.599><c> the</c><00:21:44.779><c> people</c><00:21:45.019><c> to</c><00:21:45.240><c> believe</c>

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what<00:21:45.720><c> we</c><00:21:46.000><c> have</c><00:21:46.160><c> to</c><00:21:46.380><c> say,</c><00:21:46.779><c> not</c><00:21:46.980><c> because</c><00:21:47.319><c> it's</c><00:21:47.539><c> us,</c>

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not<00:21:48.000><c> because</c><00:21:48.160><c> it's</c><00:21:48.460><c> God</c><00:21:48.660><c> speaking</c><00:21:49.000><c> in</c><00:21:49.220><c> us?</c><00:21:50.279><c> Can</c><00:21:50.380><c> it</c><00:21:50.480><c> be</c><00:21:50.640><c> said</c>

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of<00:21:50.859><c> us</c><00:21:51.319><c> that</c><00:21:51.599><c> unless</c><00:21:51.920><c> we</c><00:21:52.339><c> show</c><00:21:52.640><c> ourselves,</c>

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the<00:21:54.519><c> divine</c><00:21:54.859><c> work</c><00:21:55.039><c> will</c><00:21:55.259><c> not</c><00:21:55.400><c> be</c><00:21:55.660><c> culminated?</c><00:21:56.680><c> We</c><00:21:56.940><c> hope</c><00:21:57.140><c> that</c>

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this<00:21:57.400><c> will</c><00:21:57.539><c> be</c><00:21:57.720><c> the</c><00:21:57.819><c> case.</c><00:21:58.380><c> We</c><00:21:58.519><c> hope</c><00:21:58.740><c> that</c><00:21:58.920><c> the</c><00:21:59.059><c> work</c>

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will<00:21:59.660><c> culminate,</c><00:22:00.299><c> brothers</c><00:22:00.400><c> and</c><00:22:00.480><c> sisters,</c><00:22:01.119><c> when</c><00:22:01.380><c> we</c><00:22:01.819><c> are</c><00:22:02.099><c> manifested</c><00:22:02.500><c> on</c>

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the<00:22:02.859><c> earth</c><00:22:03.000><c> with</c><00:22:03.180><c> the</c><00:22:03.299><c> Lord</c><00:22:03.440><c> Jesus</c><00:22:03.839><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:22:05.880><c> so</c><00:22:06.220><c> bound</c><00:22:06.539><c> up</c><00:22:06.720><c> was</c><00:22:06.839><c> Elijah</c><00:22:07.200><c> with</c><00:22:07.380><c> this</c><00:22:07.619><c> work,</c><00:22:08.200><c> that</c><00:22:08.319><c> without</c><00:22:08.619><c> him</c>

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God<00:22:08.920><c> did</c><00:22:09.140><c> not</c><00:22:09.319><c> move.</c><00:22:10.660><c> Remarkable</c><00:22:11.140><c> man.</c>

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And<00:22:12.460><c> you</c><00:22:12.599><c> know,</c><00:22:13.140><c> he</c><00:22:13.259><c> said,</c><00:22:13.900><c> accept</c><00:22:14.140><c> that</c><00:22:14.380><c> be</c><00:22:14.539><c> according</c><00:22:14.900><c> to</c><00:22:15.140><c> my</c>

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word.<00:22:15.960><c> Now</c><00:22:16.079><c> you</c><00:22:16.200><c> come</c><00:22:16.420><c> to</c><00:22:16.559><c> Revelation</c><00:22:16.960><c> chapter</c><00:22:17.339><c> 11.</c>

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You<00:22:20.019><c> see</c><00:22:20.240><c> here</c><00:22:21.039><c> how</c><00:22:22.440><c> important</c><00:22:23.079><c> those</c><00:22:23.500><c> words</c><00:22:23.779><c> become,</c><00:22:24.180><c> because</c><00:22:24.440><c> in</c><00:22:24.640><c> Revelation</c><00:22:25.000><c> chapter</c><00:22:25.359><c> 11,</c>

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I<00:22:26.220><c> believe</c><00:22:26.440><c> we</c><00:22:26.599><c> have</c><00:22:26.799><c> another</c><00:22:27.940><c> clear</c><00:22:28.460><c> direction</c><00:22:28.859><c> to</c><00:22:29.039><c> the</c><00:22:29.180><c> life</c>

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and<00:22:29.539><c> times</c><00:22:29.680><c> of</c><00:22:29.900><c> Elijah.</c>

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In<00:22:34.180><c> Revelation</c><00:22:34.619><c> chapter</c><00:22:34.980><c> 11</c><00:22:35.279><c> and</c><00:22:35.460><c> verse</c><00:22:35.700><c> 3.</c>

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It<00:22:42.059><c> says,</c><00:22:42.420><c> I</c><00:22:42.420><c> will</c><00:22:42.660><c> give</c><00:22:42.880><c> power</c><00:22:43.220><c> unto</c><00:22:43.500><c> my</c><00:22:43.839><c> two</c><00:22:44.000><c> witnesses,</c><00:22:45.539><c> and</c>

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I<00:22:45.799><c> shall</c><00:22:46.000><c> prophesy</c><00:22:46.599><c> a</c><00:22:46.759><c> thousand</c><00:22:47.160><c> two</c><00:22:47.380><c> hundred</c><00:22:47.660><c> and</c>

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three<00:22:48.099><c> score</c><00:22:48.339><c> days</c><00:22:48.759><c> clothed</c><00:22:49.420><c> in</c><00:22:49.740><c> sackcloth.</c><00:22:51.099><c> Verse</c><00:22:51.339><c> 6.</c><00:22:52.420><c> These</c>

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have<00:22:53.160><c> power</c><00:22:53.819><c> to</c><00:22:54.299><c> shut</c><00:22:54.500><c> heaven,</c><00:22:55.960><c> that</c><00:22:56.059><c> it</c><00:22:56.319><c> rain</c><00:22:56.500><c> not</c>

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in<00:22:57.059><c> the</c><00:22:57.220><c> days</c><00:22:57.420><c> of</c><00:22:57.640><c> their</c><00:22:57.839><c> prophecy,</c><00:22:59.200><c> and</c><00:22:59.480><c> have</c><00:22:59.680><c> power</c><00:23:00.079><c> over</c><00:23:00.460><c> waters</c><00:23:00.700><c> to</c>

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turn<00:23:01.200><c> them</c><00:23:01.380><c> to</c><00:23:01.660><c> blood</c><00:23:01.819><c> and</c><00:23:02.000><c> to</c><00:23:02.220><c> smite</c><00:23:02.460><c> the</c><00:23:02.599><c> earth</c>

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with<00:23:02.940><c> all</c><00:23:03.240><c> plagues</c><00:23:03.640><c> as</c><00:23:04.140><c> often</c><00:23:04.619><c> as</c><00:23:05.000><c> they</c><00:23:05.400><c> will.</c><00:23:06.099><c> Now</c><00:23:06.319><c> look</c><00:23:06.480><c> what</c>

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Revelation<00:23:07.099><c> 11</c><00:23:07.420><c> is</c><00:23:07.660><c> telling</c><00:23:07.779><c> us,</c><00:23:08.039><c> brothers</c><00:23:08.220><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:23:11.619><c> that</c><00:23:11.619><c> it</c><00:23:11.619><c> will</c><00:23:11.619><c> shut</c><00:23:11.619><c> heaven.</c><00:23:12.259><c> Who?</c><00:23:13.480><c> The</c><00:23:13.700><c> two</c><00:23:13.859><c> witnesses.</c><00:23:15.119><c> Now</c>

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we're<00:23:15.279><c> not</c><00:23:15.500><c> going</c><00:23:15.660><c> to</c><00:23:15.680><c> go</c><00:23:15.779><c> into</c><00:23:15.940><c> an</c>

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exposition<00:23:16.519><c> of</c><00:23:16.680><c> Revelation</c><00:23:17.099><c> 11,</c><00:23:18.299><c> but</c><00:23:18.400><c> here</c><00:23:18.660><c> is</c><00:23:18.900><c> a</c><00:23:19.019><c> clear</c><00:23:19.799><c> indication</c><00:23:20.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:21.140><c> importance</c><00:23:21.480><c> of</c><00:23:21.660><c> that</c><00:23:21.819><c> statement</c><00:23:22.059><c> of</c>

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Elijah.<00:23:22.940><c> There</c><00:23:22.960><c> shall</c><00:23:23.200><c> not</c><00:23:23.380><c> be</c><00:23:23.700><c> due</c><00:23:23.900><c> nor</c><00:23:24.140><c> rain</c><00:23:24.339><c> but</c><00:23:24.720><c> according</c>

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to<00:23:25.400><c> my</c><00:23:25.839><c> word.</c><00:23:26.259><c> Now</c><00:23:26.640><c> here</c><00:23:26.920><c> was</c><00:23:27.099><c> the</c><00:23:27.200><c> witnesses</c>

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of<00:23:27.700><c> God</c><00:23:27.880><c> in</c><00:23:28.039><c> Revelation</c><00:23:28.440><c> 11,</c><00:23:28.819><c> and</c><00:23:28.900><c> God</c><00:23:29.079><c> says,</c><00:23:29.440><c> I've</c><00:23:29.500><c> given</c><00:23:29.660><c> them</c><00:23:29.859><c> the</c>

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power.<00:23:30.240><c> They</c><00:23:30.440><c> can</c><00:23:30.920><c> shut</c><00:23:31.259><c> heaven,</c>

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that<00:23:33.079><c> it</c><00:23:33.299><c> rain</c><00:23:33.420><c> not</c><00:23:33.599><c> in</c><00:23:33.779><c> the</c><00:23:33.880><c> days</c><00:23:34.019><c> of</c><00:23:34.140><c> their</c><00:23:34.299><c> prophecy.</c><00:23:35.259><c> Why?</c>

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Because<00:23:36.940><c> they</c><00:23:37.140><c> had</c><00:23:37.400><c> so</c><00:23:37.740><c> identified</c><00:23:38.319><c> themselves</c>

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with<00:23:38.859><c> the</c><00:23:38.940><c> work</c><00:23:39.180><c> of</c><00:23:39.339><c> the</c><00:23:39.500><c> truth,</c><00:23:39.839><c> brothers</c><00:23:39.960><c> and</c><00:23:40.059><c> sisters,</c><00:23:40.759><c> that</c><00:23:40.920><c> God</c>

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endorsed<00:23:41.619><c> every</c><00:23:42.039><c> action</c><00:23:42.359><c> they</c><00:23:42.619><c> did.</c>

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He<00:23:44.319><c> endorsed</c><00:23:44.640><c> everything</c><00:23:45.039><c> that</c><00:23:45.259><c> they'd</c><00:23:45.599><c> done.</c><00:23:46.460><c> As</c><00:23:46.619><c> long</c><00:23:47.019><c> as</c>

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they<00:23:47.519><c> walked</c><00:23:47.880><c> in</c><00:23:48.160><c> his</c><00:23:48.500><c> precepts,</c><00:23:49.660><c> and</c><00:23:49.839><c> as</c><00:23:49.960><c> long</c><00:23:50.180><c> as</c><00:23:50.299><c> they</c>

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upheld<00:23:50.839><c> the</c><00:23:51.059><c> purity</c><00:23:51.259><c> of</c><00:23:51.460><c> his</c><00:23:51.720><c> word,</c><00:23:52.440><c> he</c><00:23:52.619><c> endorsed</c><00:23:52.980><c> every</c><00:23:53.420><c> action</c><00:23:53.759><c> that</c>

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they'd<00:23:54.299><c> done.</c><00:23:54.740><c> And</c><00:23:54.819><c> they</c><00:23:55.039><c> had</c><00:23:55.299><c> power</c><00:23:55.660><c> as</c>

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they<00:23:56.099><c> would</c><00:23:56.259><c> to</c><00:23:56.500><c> shut</c><00:23:56.619><c> heaven.</c><00:23:57.160><c> And</c><00:23:57.319><c> we</c><00:23:57.539><c> learn</c><00:23:57.839><c> from</c><00:23:58.140><c> James</c><00:23:58.779><c> that</c><00:23:59.599><c> it</c>

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was<00:23:59.940><c> Elijah's</c><00:24:00.680><c> prayer</c><00:24:00.920><c> that</c><00:24:01.200><c> turned</c><00:24:01.400><c> off</c><00:24:01.660><c> the</c>

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water.<00:24:02.880><c> It</c><00:24:03.019><c> was</c><00:24:03.279><c> the</c><00:24:03.460><c> power</c><00:24:03.779><c> of</c><00:24:03.980><c> his</c><00:24:04.220><c> prayer,</c><00:24:04.500><c> brothers</c><00:24:04.819><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:05.299><c> that</c><00:24:05.599><c> locked</c><00:24:05.819><c> heaven.</c><00:24:07.119><c> And</c><00:24:07.380><c> he</c><00:24:07.539><c> told</c><00:24:07.900><c> Ahab</c>

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it'll<00:24:08.700><c> be</c><00:24:08.880><c> the</c><00:24:09.059><c> power</c><00:24:09.299><c> of</c><00:24:09.480><c> his</c><00:24:09.640><c> word</c><00:24:09.819><c> again</c><00:24:10.160><c> to</c><00:24:10.599><c> open</c><00:24:10.799><c> it.</c><00:24:11.160><c> And</c>

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when<00:24:11.339><c> we</c><00:24:11.480><c> come</c><00:24:11.720><c> to</c><00:24:11.880><c> the</c><00:24:12.039><c> time</c><00:24:12.220><c> when</c><00:24:12.359><c> that</c><00:24:12.619><c> rain</c><00:24:12.839><c> came</c>

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across<00:24:13.460><c> the</c><00:24:13.640><c> Mediterranean,</c><00:24:14.220><c> we're</c><00:24:14.460><c> going</c><00:24:14.460><c> to</c><00:24:14.599><c> come</c><00:24:14.700><c> to</c><00:24:14.779><c> one</c>

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of<00:24:14.960><c> the</c><00:24:15.059><c> most</c><00:24:15.240><c> dramatic</c><00:24:15.640><c> moments</c><00:24:15.940><c> in</c><00:24:16.160><c> Elijah's</c><00:24:16.720><c> life.</c>

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I<00:24:17.400><c> believe</c><00:24:17.599><c> a</c><00:24:17.819><c> glorious</c><00:24:18.319><c> moment</c><00:24:18.579><c> because</c><00:24:18.940><c> Hosea</c><00:24:19.559><c> picks</c><00:24:19.819><c> it</c><00:24:20.000><c> up</c>

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and<00:24:20.480><c> makes</c><00:24:20.759><c> so</c><00:24:21.000><c> much</c><00:24:21.160><c> of</c><00:24:21.380><c> it.</c><00:24:21.640><c> But</c><00:24:21.799><c> we're</c><00:24:21.960><c> going</c><00:24:22.000><c> to</c>

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come<00:24:22.240><c> to</c><00:24:22.359><c> a</c><00:24:22.519><c> time</c><00:24:22.660><c> when</c><00:24:22.819><c> Elijah</c><00:24:23.119><c> was</c><00:24:23.420><c> hearing</c><00:24:23.779><c> the</c><00:24:24.019><c> rain.</c><00:24:24.380><c> No</c>

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one<00:24:24.579><c> else</c><00:24:24.740><c> could</c><00:24:24.900><c> hear</c><00:24:25.019><c> it.</c><00:24:26.220><c> But</c><00:24:26.359><c> he</c><00:24:26.420><c> could</c><00:24:26.579><c> hear</c><00:24:26.680><c> it</c>

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rolling<00:24:27.519><c> across</c><00:24:27.859><c> the</c><00:24:28.079><c> Mediterranean.</c><00:24:29.500><c> And</c><00:24:29.619><c> he</c><00:24:29.759><c> got</c><00:24:29.859><c> down.</c><00:24:30.279><c> He</c>

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prayed<00:24:30.460><c> earnestly</c><00:24:31.099><c> that</c><00:24:31.319><c> it</c><00:24:31.480><c> might</c><00:24:31.640><c> rain.</c>

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Not<00:24:32.460><c> that</c><00:24:32.599><c> he</c><00:24:32.660><c> could</c><00:24:32.859><c> stop</c><00:24:33.079><c> the</c><00:24:33.319><c> rain.</c><00:24:33.480><c> It</c><00:24:33.500><c> was</c><00:24:33.740><c> coming.</c><00:24:34.359><c> He</c><00:24:34.380><c> could</c><00:24:34.380><c> hear</c><00:24:34.579><c> the</c><00:24:34.779><c> glory.</c><00:24:35.940><c> And</c><00:24:36.160><c> he</c>

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told<00:24:36.500><c> Ahab,</c><00:24:36.799><c> I</c><00:24:36.920><c> can</c>

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hear<00:24:37.579><c> it</c><00:24:37.759><c> Ahab.</c><00:24:38.039><c> He</c><00:24:38.200><c> couldn't</c><00:24:38.559><c> Ahab.</c><00:24:39.400><c> Couldn't</c><00:24:39.599><c> hear</c><00:24:39.779><c> a</c><00:24:40.000><c> thing.</c><00:24:40.480><c> But</c><00:24:40.599><c> Elijah</c><00:24:40.940><c> could</c><00:24:41.160><c> hear</c><00:24:41.299><c> it.</c><00:24:41.599><c> He</c><00:24:41.680><c> said,</c><00:24:41.859><c> I</c><00:24:41.859><c> can</c>

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hear<00:24:42.359><c> it</c><00:24:42.599><c> Ahab.</c><00:24:43.119><c> And</c><00:24:43.140><c> yet</c><00:24:43.279><c> he</c><00:24:43.359><c> got</c><00:24:43.579><c> down,</c><00:24:43.980><c> brothers</c><00:24:44.059><c> and</c><00:24:44.279><c> sisters,</c><00:24:44.640><c> and</c>

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he<00:24:44.880><c> prostrated</c><00:24:45.240><c> himself</c><00:24:45.559><c> on</c><00:24:45.759><c> the</c><00:24:45.900><c> ground.</c>

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He<00:24:46.140><c> put</c><00:24:46.299><c> his</c><00:24:46.460><c> head</c><00:24:46.640><c> between</c><00:24:46.940><c> his</c><00:24:47.140><c> knees</c><00:24:47.259><c> and</c><00:24:47.400><c> his</c><00:24:47.619><c> forehead</c><00:24:47.940><c> flat</c><00:24:48.339><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:48.640><c> earth.</c><00:24:49.099><c> And</c><00:24:49.220><c> he</c><00:24:49.400><c> prayed</c><00:24:49.759><c> earnestly</c><00:24:50.559><c> for</c>

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that<00:24:50.960><c> rain.</c><00:24:51.759><c> And</c><00:24:51.980><c> there</c><00:24:52.160><c> was</c><00:24:52.400><c> God</c><00:24:52.799><c> and</c><00:24:52.960><c> the</c><00:24:53.220><c> prophet</c><00:24:54.140><c> bound</c><00:24:54.779><c> together</c><00:24:55.599><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:56.500><c> purpose</c><00:24:56.759><c> which</c><00:24:56.960><c> God</c><00:24:57.160><c> had</c><00:24:57.299><c> to</c><00:24:57.420><c> fulfill</c>

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with<00:24:57.819><c> that</c><00:24:57.980><c> nation.</c><00:24:58.460><c> And</c><00:24:58.579><c> he</c><00:24:58.700><c> had</c><00:24:58.960><c> power</c><00:24:59.200><c> to</c><00:24:59.420><c> turn</c><00:24:59.619><c> it</c><00:24:59.779><c> on.</c><00:24:59.880><c> He</c>

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had<00:25:00.160><c> power</c><00:25:00.440><c> to</c><00:25:00.599><c> turn</c><00:25:00.779><c> it</c><00:25:00.920><c> off</c><00:25:01.059><c> again.</c><00:25:01.619><c> My</c><00:25:02.019><c> word,</c>

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what<00:25:03.119><c> a</c><00:25:03.940><c> wonderful</c><00:25:04.400><c> testimony</c><00:25:04.740><c> of</c><00:25:04.880><c> that</c><00:25:04.980><c> man's</c><00:25:05.420><c> character.</c>

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That<00:25:06.319><c> God</c><00:25:06.640><c> should</c><00:25:06.880><c> so</c><00:25:07.160><c> endorse</c><00:25:07.420><c> his</c><00:25:07.660><c> actions</c><00:25:07.920><c> as</c><00:25:08.039><c> he</c><00:25:08.160><c> did</c>

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on<00:25:08.420><c> this</c><00:25:08.579><c> occasion.</c><00:25:09.900><c> And</c><00:25:09.980><c> Revelation</c><00:25:10.420><c> 11</c><00:25:10.799><c> testifies</c><00:25:11.559><c> that</c>

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these<00:25:12.220><c> two</c><00:25:12.380><c> witnesses</c><00:25:12.680><c> had</c><00:25:13.019><c> that</c><00:25:13.259><c> power.</c><00:25:14.200><c> Why?</c>

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Verse<00:25:14.660><c> four.</c><00:25:15.759><c> These</c><00:25:15.940><c> are</c><00:25:16.119><c> the</c><00:25:16.259><c> two</c><00:25:16.480><c> olive</c><00:25:16.720><c> trees</c><00:25:16.920><c> and</c><00:25:17.099><c> the</c><00:25:17.240><c> two</c>

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candlesticks<00:25:18.619><c> standing</c><00:25:19.240><c> before</c><00:25:19.859><c> the</c><00:25:20.160><c> God</c><00:25:20.359><c> of</c><00:25:20.579><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:25:21.940><c> And</c><00:25:22.079><c> as</c><00:25:22.220><c> long</c><00:25:22.380><c> as</c><00:25:22.420><c> they</c><00:25:22.640><c> stood</c><00:25:22.819><c> before</c><00:25:23.160><c> the</c><00:25:23.359><c> God</c><00:25:23.480><c> of</c><00:25:23.680><c> the</c><00:25:23.839><c> earth,</c><00:25:24.019><c> not</c><00:25:24.180><c> the</c><00:25:24.279><c> God</c><00:25:24.480><c> of</c>

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heaven,<00:25:25.160><c> but</c><00:25:25.259><c> the</c><00:25:25.380><c> God</c>

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of<00:25:25.759><c> the</c><00:25:25.880><c> earth</c><00:25:26.079><c> and</c><00:25:26.279><c> protested</c><00:25:26.940><c> against,</c><00:25:28.099><c> religious</c><00:25:28.759><c> and</c>

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civil<00:25:29.319><c> persecution</c><00:25:29.940><c> against</c><00:25:30.240><c> God's</c><00:25:30.720><c> people,</c>

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then<00:25:31.740><c> they</c><00:25:32.079><c> had</c><00:25:32.380><c> the</c><00:25:32.720><c> endorsement</c><00:25:33.200><c> of</c><00:25:33.400><c> God</c><00:25:33.579><c> upon</c><00:25:33.859><c> their</c><00:25:34.039><c> actions.</c><00:25:34.359><c> And</c>

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that's<00:25:34.779><c> exactly</c><00:25:35.079><c> the</c><00:25:35.319><c> position</c><00:25:35.500><c> with</c>

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Elijah.<00:25:36.859><c> He</c><00:25:37.200><c> stood,</c><00:25:37.680><c> brothers</c><00:25:37.759><c> and</c><00:25:38.019><c> sisters,</c><00:25:38.740><c> in</c><00:25:38.920><c> defiance</c>

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of<00:25:39.720><c> Ahab</c><00:25:39.980><c> at</c><00:25:40.140><c> his</c><00:25:40.380><c> court.</c><00:25:41.500><c> And</c><00:25:41.680><c> God,</c>

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while<00:25:42.359><c> he</c><00:25:42.500><c> had</c><00:25:42.579><c> that</c><00:25:42.819><c> attitude</c><00:25:43.119><c> in</c><00:25:43.380><c> mind</c><00:25:43.559><c> and</c><00:25:43.700><c> was</c><00:25:43.880><c> witnessing</c>

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for<00:25:44.519><c> God,</c><00:25:44.799><c> he</c><00:25:45.519><c> endorsed</c><00:25:45.839><c> his</c><00:25:46.079><c> actions.</c>

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And<00:25:47.799><c> I</c><00:25:47.980><c> believe</c><00:25:48.500><c> that</c><00:25:49.400><c> we</c><00:25:49.559><c> have</c><00:25:49.700><c> a</c><00:25:50.019><c> marvelous</c><00:25:50.460><c> exhortation</c><00:25:51.119><c> in</c>

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those<00:25:51.539><c> words.</c><00:25:52.019><c> Not</c><00:25:52.299><c> that</c><00:25:52.460><c> we</c><00:25:52.619><c> should</c><00:25:52.880><c> think</c><00:25:53.079><c> that</c><00:25:53.220><c> we</c>

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could<00:25:53.400><c> go</c><00:25:53.559><c> out</c><00:25:53.759><c> and</c><00:25:53.980><c> pray</c><00:25:54.079><c> and</c><00:25:54.200><c> it</c><00:25:54.220><c> won't</c><00:25:54.460><c> rain.</c><00:25:54.720><c> I</c><00:25:54.839><c> don't</c><00:25:55.059><c> mean</c>

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to<00:25:55.519><c> impress</c><00:25:55.779><c> you</c><00:25:55.900><c> with</c><00:25:56.119><c> that.</c><00:25:56.720><c> I</c><00:25:57.000><c> think</c><00:25:57.220><c> what</c><00:25:57.440><c> we</c>

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need<00:25:57.819><c> to</c><00:25:57.920><c> be</c><00:25:58.160><c> impressed</c><00:25:58.380><c> with</c><00:25:58.519><c> today</c><00:25:58.779><c> in</c><00:25:58.960><c> this</c><00:25:59.140><c> lesson,</c><00:25:59.480><c> brothers</c><00:25:59.680><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:00.099><c> is</c><00:26:00.380><c> this.</c><00:26:01.660><c> That</c><00:26:01.859><c> we</c><00:26:02.059><c> so</c><00:26:02.420><c> act</c>

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in<00:26:04.119><c> accordance</c><00:26:04.519><c> with</c><00:26:04.759><c> the</c><00:26:04.940><c> word</c><00:26:05.220><c> of</c><00:26:05.299><c> God,</c><00:26:05.980><c> that</c><00:26:06.200><c> we</c><00:26:06.599><c> know</c><00:26:07.039><c> that</c>

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not<00:26:08.140><c> only</c><00:26:08.400><c> are</c><00:26:08.579><c> we</c><00:26:08.779><c> performing</c><00:26:09.200><c> God's</c><00:26:09.680><c> will,</c>

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but<00:26:10.259><c> that</c><00:26:10.460><c> he</c><00:26:10.599><c> is</c><00:26:10.799><c> actually</c><00:26:11.359><c> using</c><00:26:11.819><c> us</c><00:26:12.500><c> in</c><00:26:13.240><c> his</c><00:26:13.640><c> service</c><00:26:14.019><c> to</c><00:26:14.240><c> the</c><00:26:14.440><c> extension</c><00:26:14.779><c> of</c>

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his<00:26:15.380><c> truth,</c><00:26:15.839><c> to</c><00:26:15.940><c> the</c><00:26:16.220><c> glory,</c>

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mark<00:26:16.940><c> you,</c><00:26:17.259><c> of</c><00:26:17.599><c> his</c><00:26:17.980><c> name</c><00:26:18.240><c> and</c><00:26:18.420><c> nobody</c><00:26:18.779><c> else's,</c><00:26:19.599><c> that</c><00:26:19.819><c> we</c><00:26:20.119><c> become,</c><00:26:21.140><c> as</c>

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it<00:26:21.559><c> were,</c><00:26:21.779><c> the</c><00:26:21.980><c> vehicles</c><00:26:22.259><c> of</c><00:26:22.400><c> his</c><00:26:22.640><c> manifestation.</c>

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And<00:26:24.339><c> he</c><00:26:24.519><c> endorses</c><00:26:25.180><c> our</c><00:26:25.420><c> actions</c><00:26:25.680><c> because</c><00:26:26.019><c> they're</c><00:26:26.279><c> in</c><00:26:26.460><c> accordance</c><00:26:26.720><c> with</c>

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his<00:26:27.160><c> word.</c><00:26:27.799><c> And</c><00:26:28.000><c> we</c><00:26:28.160><c> have</c><00:26:28.400><c> power</c><00:26:28.779><c> in</c>

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that<00:26:29.359><c> sense</c><00:26:29.700><c> to</c><00:26:30.200><c> shut</c><00:26:30.400><c> up</c><00:26:30.599><c> heaven.</c><00:26:31.539><c> My</c><00:26:31.759><c> word,</c><00:26:32.279><c> it</c><00:26:32.380><c> was</c><00:26:32.519><c> a</c><00:26:32.599><c> wonderful</c><00:26:32.920><c> testimony</c><00:26:33.380><c> to</c><00:26:33.799><c> the</c><00:26:33.980><c> life</c><00:26:34.099><c> of</c><00:26:34.339><c> Elijah.</c>

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Now<00:26:35.259><c> in</c><00:26:35.500><c> Revelation</c><00:26:35.859><c> 11</c><00:26:36.220><c> verse</c><00:26:36.500><c> 3,</c><00:26:38.539><c> we</c><00:26:38.700><c> read</c><00:26:38.839><c> that</c><00:26:39.059><c> these</c><00:26:39.339><c> two</c>

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witnesses<00:26:39.819><c> would</c><00:26:40.099><c> have</c><00:26:40.259><c> this</c><00:26:40.539><c> power</c>

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for<00:26:41.619><c> 1</c><00:26:42.160><c>,203</c><00:26:44.079><c> days,</c><00:26:45.960><c> which</c><00:26:46.019><c> of</c><00:26:46.160><c> course</c><00:26:46.500><c> is</c><00:26:46.819><c> 1</c><00:26:47.440><c>,260</c><00:26:48.220><c> days,</c><00:26:49.500><c> or</c><00:26:49.980><c> 42</c>

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months,<00:26:51.920><c> or</c><00:26:52.680><c> three</c><00:26:53.019><c> and</c><00:26:53.180><c> a</c><00:26:53.220><c> half</c><00:26:53.420><c> years.</c>

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Or<00:26:55.000><c> in</c><00:26:55.079><c> the</c><00:26:55.279><c> terminology</c><00:26:55.700><c> of</c><00:26:55.980><c> Daniel,</c><00:26:56.380><c> a</c><00:26:56.599><c> time,</c><00:26:58.380><c> a</c><00:26:58.680><c> times</c><00:26:58.940><c> and</c>

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a<00:26:59.279><c> dividing</c><00:26:59.539><c> of</c><00:26:59.819><c> times,</c><00:27:00.599><c> 360,</c><00:27:01.200><c> 720</c><00:27:01.740><c> and</c><00:27:02.000><c> 180,</c>

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1<00:27:03.019><c>,260.</c><00:27:04.500><c> So</c><00:27:04.700><c> in</c><00:27:04.900><c> Revelation</c><00:27:05.480><c> 11,</c><00:27:06.779><c> 12,</c><00:27:07.240><c> 13,</c><00:27:07.900><c> or</c><00:27:08.039><c> it</c><00:27:08.039><c> would</c><00:27:08.220><c> be</c><00:27:08.279><c> Daniel</c><00:27:08.640><c> chapter</c><00:27:08.940><c> 7,</c>

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you've<00:27:09.859><c> got</c><00:27:10.039><c> 42</c><00:27:10.519><c> months,</c>

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three<00:27:11.400><c> and</c><00:27:11.559><c> a</c><00:27:11.599><c> half</c><00:27:11.779><c> years,</c><00:27:12.400><c> 1</c><00:27:12.819><c>,260</c><00:27:13.460><c> days,</c><00:27:14.039><c> a</c><00:27:14.079><c> time,</c><00:27:14.500><c> times</c><00:27:14.779><c> and</c>

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a<00:27:15.140><c> dividing</c><00:27:15.339><c> of</c><00:27:15.579><c> time.</c><00:27:15.819><c> It</c><00:27:15.920><c> all</c><00:27:16.079><c> means</c><00:27:16.299><c> the</c><00:27:16.519><c> same.</c>

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The<00:27:17.559><c> same</c><00:27:17.839><c> figure</c><00:27:18.059><c> basically,</c><00:27:18.940><c> perhaps</c><00:27:19.259><c> different</c><00:27:19.680><c> periods</c>

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prefigured<00:27:21.339><c> by</c><00:27:21.599><c> it,</c><00:27:21.940><c> but</c><00:27:22.119><c> you</c><00:27:22.299><c> have</c><00:27:22.460><c> this</c>

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three<00:27:23.099><c> and</c><00:27:23.339><c> a</c><00:27:23.440><c> half</c><00:27:23.680><c> years.</c><00:27:25.619><c> Now</c><00:27:25.920><c> we're</c><00:27:26.019><c> not</c><00:27:26.319><c> told</c><00:27:26.660><c> in</c><00:27:26.799><c> the</c><00:27:26.940><c> record</c><00:27:27.180><c> of</c>

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Kings<00:27:27.779><c> how</c><00:27:28.839><c> long</c><00:27:29.059><c> that</c><00:27:29.380><c> drought</c><00:27:29.539><c> lasted,</c>

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but<00:27:30.960><c> we</c><00:27:31.160><c> are</c><00:27:31.380><c> decidedly</c><00:27:31.940><c> told</c><00:27:32.079><c> in</c><00:27:32.220><c> the</c><00:27:32.279><c> New</c><00:27:32.460><c> Testament,</c><00:27:33.440><c> in</c><00:27:33.599><c> the</c><00:27:33.740><c> fifth</c><00:27:33.900><c> chapter</c><00:27:34.180><c> of</c>

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James,<00:27:34.740><c> for</c><00:27:34.980><c> example,</c>

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in<00:27:48.960><c> James</c><00:27:49.400><c> chapter</c><00:27:49.740><c> 5,</c><00:27:50.140><c> we're</c><00:27:50.319><c> told</c><00:27:50.640><c> the</c><00:27:50.799><c> duration</c><00:27:51.220><c> of</c><00:27:51.420><c> this</c><00:27:51.680><c> drought.</c>

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James<00:27:59.119><c> chapter</c><00:27:59.400><c> 5</c><00:27:59.740><c> and</c><00:27:59.880><c> verse</c><00:28:00.079><c> 17,</c><00:28:00.519><c> he</c><00:28:00.700><c> said,</c><00:28:01.779><c> Elijah</c><00:28:02.259><c> was</c><00:28:02.559><c> a</c>

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man<00:28:02.980><c> subject</c><00:28:03.460><c> to</c><00:28:03.759><c> like</c><00:28:03.980><c> passions</c><00:28:04.339><c> as</c><00:28:04.640><c> we</c><00:28:04.859><c> are,</c>

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and<00:28:06.220><c> he</c><00:28:06.480><c> prayed</c><00:28:06.819><c> earnestly</c><00:28:07.519><c> that</c><00:28:07.720><c> it</c><00:28:07.859><c> might</c><00:28:08.140><c> not</c><00:28:08.400><c> rain,</c><00:28:10.000><c> and</c>

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it<00:28:10.339><c> rained</c><00:28:10.559><c> not</c><00:28:10.839><c> on</c><00:28:11.180><c> the</c><00:28:11.279><c> earth</c><00:28:11.480><c> by</c><00:28:11.720><c> the</c><00:28:11.940><c> space</c><00:28:12.259><c> of</c>

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three<00:28:12.799><c> years</c><00:28:13.119><c> and</c><00:28:13.299><c> six</c><00:28:13.599><c> months.</c><00:28:15.660><c> So</c><00:28:15.819><c> James</c><00:28:16.079><c> leads</c><00:28:16.299><c> us</c><00:28:16.440><c> in</c><00:28:16.599><c> no</c>

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doubt<00:28:16.859><c> at</c><00:28:17.099><c> all</c><00:28:17.200><c> that</c><00:28:17.380><c> drought</c><00:28:17.700><c> lasted</c><00:28:18.059><c> for</c><00:28:18.359><c> three</c><00:28:18.559><c> and</c>

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:22.119
a<00:28:18.740><c> half</c><00:28:18.920><c> years.</c><00:28:19.500><c> And</c><00:28:19.640><c> also</c><00:28:20.079><c> James</c><00:28:20.380><c> tells</c><00:28:20.599><c> us</c><00:28:20.740><c> what</c><00:28:20.960><c> King</c><00:28:21.220><c> doesn't</c><00:28:21.920><c> tell</c>

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:23.880
us,<00:28:22.359><c> and</c><00:28:22.519><c> that</c><00:28:22.619><c> is</c><00:28:22.779><c> that</c><00:28:22.980><c> Elijah</c><00:28:23.319><c> prayed</c>

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:26.940
that<00:28:24.059><c> it</c><00:28:24.339><c> rained</c><00:28:24.559><c> not.</c><00:28:25.240><c> Now</c><00:28:25.420><c> we've</c><00:28:25.720><c> got</c><00:28:25.779><c> his</c><00:28:26.039><c> prayer</c><00:28:26.220><c> recorded,</c><00:28:26.640><c> brethren</c>

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.920
and<00:28:27.160><c> sisters,</c><00:28:27.740><c> that</c><00:28:27.880><c> for</c><00:28:28.119><c> rain,</c>

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:32.200
we<00:28:29.099><c> know</c><00:28:29.299><c> full</c><00:28:29.660><c> well</c><00:28:29.880><c> that</c><00:28:30.039><c> he</c><00:28:30.220><c> prayed</c><00:28:30.380><c> for</c><00:28:30.720><c> it</c><00:28:30.980><c> to</c><00:28:31.160><c> rain.</c><00:28:31.819><c> Nowhere</c><00:28:32.119><c> are</c>

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:33.400
we<00:28:32.359><c> told</c><00:28:32.460><c> in</c><00:28:32.599><c> the</c><00:28:32.619><c> book</c><00:28:32.819><c> of</c><00:28:32.980><c> Kings,</c><00:28:33.319><c> however,</c>

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:35.519
he<00:28:33.619><c> prayed</c><00:28:33.839><c> that</c><00:28:33.940><c> it</c><00:28:34.059><c> should</c><00:28:34.339><c> not</c><00:28:34.579><c> rain,</c><00:28:34.900><c> but</c><00:28:34.980><c> James</c><00:28:35.220><c> said</c><00:28:35.420><c> he</c>

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:39.480
did.<00:28:37.519><c> James</c><00:28:37.799><c> was</c><00:28:38.000><c> quite</c><00:28:38.240><c> explicit.</c><00:28:38.799><c> He</c><00:28:39.019><c> prayed</c>

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to<00:28:40.059><c> shut</c><00:28:40.220><c> heaven,</c><00:28:40.619><c> and</c><00:28:40.660><c> it</c><00:28:40.779><c> was</c><00:28:41.059><c> shut,</c><00:28:41.759><c> and</c><00:28:41.880><c> he</c><00:28:42.099><c> shut</c><00:28:42.220><c> it</c><00:28:42.299><c> for</c><00:28:42.440><c> three</c><00:28:42.720><c> and</c><00:28:42.880><c> a</c>

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half<00:28:43.160><c> years,</c><00:28:43.500><c> or</c><00:28:43.680><c> 42</c><00:28:44.039><c> months,</c>

00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:50.440
or<00:28:44.619><c> 1260</c><00:28:45.740><c> days.</c><00:28:47.599><c> And</c><00:28:47.880><c> why</c><00:28:48.019><c> is</c><00:28:48.079><c> that</c><00:28:48.319><c> period</c><00:28:48.480><c> signifying?</c><00:28:50.220><c> Well</c>

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.920
of<00:28:50.559><c> course,</c><00:28:50.920><c> brethren</c><00:28:51.059><c> and</c><00:28:51.319><c> sisters,</c><00:28:51.559><c> we</c><00:28:51.640><c> can't</c>

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:55.759
miss<00:28:52.140><c> the</c><00:28:52.359><c> point.</c><00:28:53.039><c> I</c><00:28:53.460><c> firmly</c><00:28:53.759><c> believe</c><00:28:54.240><c> that</c><00:28:54.420><c> whatever</c><00:28:54.740><c> theories</c><00:28:55.160><c> may</c><00:28:55.440><c> be</c>

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:58.200
extended<00:28:55.980><c> upon</c><00:28:56.240><c> the</c><00:28:56.579><c> period</c><00:28:56.819><c> of</c><00:28:57.039><c> 1260,</c>

00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:01.200
or<00:28:58.440><c> three</c><00:28:58.640><c> and</c><00:28:58.740><c> a</c><00:28:58.819><c> half</c><00:28:59.000><c> years,</c><00:28:59.539><c> whatever</c><00:28:59.900><c> theory</c><00:29:00.299><c> may</c><00:29:00.579><c> be</c><00:29:00.779><c> extended</c><00:29:01.019><c> in</c>

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.880
the<00:29:01.359><c> brotherhood,</c><00:29:01.779><c> I</c><00:29:02.099><c> firmly</c><00:29:02.500><c> believe</c>

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:05.779
that<00:29:03.079><c> the</c><00:29:03.119><c> lesson</c><00:29:03.440><c> of</c><00:29:03.660><c> teachers</c><00:29:03.839><c> is</c><00:29:04.119><c> so</c><00:29:04.640><c> simple</c><00:29:04.880><c> that</c><00:29:05.059><c> it</c><00:29:05.259><c> escapes</c><00:29:05.500><c> our</c>

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:08.519
attention.<00:29:07.079><c> And</c><00:29:07.140><c> the</c><00:29:07.400><c> lesson</c><00:29:07.839><c> is</c><00:29:08.059><c> so</c><00:29:08.359><c> simple,</c>

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:14.160
and<00:29:08.839><c> yet</c><00:29:09.119><c> so</c><00:29:09.599><c> powerful.</c><00:29:11.380><c> All</c><00:29:11.720><c> we</c><00:29:11.980><c> are</c><00:29:11.980><c> being</c><00:29:12.319><c> told,</c><00:29:12.640><c> I</c><00:29:12.839><c> feel</c><00:29:13.200><c> basically,</c><00:29:14.099><c> is</c>

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:17.039
this.<00:29:15.319><c> That</c><00:29:15.480><c> at</c><00:29:15.779><c> three</c><00:29:15.920><c> and</c><00:29:16.140><c> a</c><00:29:16.299><c> half</c><00:29:16.579><c> years</c>

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:21.619
was<00:29:17.259><c> the</c><00:29:17.539><c> ministry</c><00:29:18.039><c> of</c><00:29:18.400><c> our</c><00:29:18.740><c> Lord,</c><00:29:19.579><c> in</c><00:29:19.680><c> which</c><00:29:19.900><c> he</c><00:29:20.359><c> suffered</c><00:29:20.660><c> for</c><00:29:20.980><c> the</c><00:29:21.180><c> Word</c><00:29:21.380><c> of</c>

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:24.559
God.<00:29:22.940><c> And</c><00:29:23.500><c> nobody,</c>

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:31.440
no<00:29:26.819><c> single</c><00:29:27.279><c> person,</c><00:29:28.980><c> is</c><00:29:29.200><c> going</c><00:29:29.339><c> to</c><00:29:29.440><c> get</c><00:29:29.539><c> into</c><00:29:29.700><c> the</c><00:29:29.900><c> kingdom</c><00:29:30.099><c> unless</c><00:29:30.359><c> they</c><00:29:30.819><c> suffer</c><00:29:31.180><c> in</c>

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like<00:29:31.599><c> manner.</c>

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Now<00:29:32.660><c> mark</c><00:29:33.019><c> that.</c><00:29:34.240><c> And</c><00:29:34.380><c> let's</c><00:29:34.799><c> mark</c><00:29:34.980><c> it</c><00:29:35.259><c> well,</c><00:29:35.740><c> brethren</c><00:29:35.740><c> and</c>

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:38.180
sisters,<00:29:36.500><c> because</c><00:29:36.839><c> time</c><00:29:37.240><c> and</c><00:29:37.420><c> again</c><00:29:37.640><c> we</c><00:29:37.819><c> have</c><00:29:37.940><c> that</c>

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:40.819
impressed<00:29:38.500><c> upon</c><00:29:38.720><c> us</c><00:29:38.819><c> by</c><00:29:39.019><c> this</c><00:29:39.160><c> symbolic</c><00:29:39.640><c> figure.</c><00:29:40.319><c> It</c><00:29:40.380><c> is</c><00:29:40.619><c> that</c>

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:42.779
I<00:29:41.200><c> believe</c><00:29:41.440><c> the</c><00:29:41.680><c> figure</c><00:29:41.900><c> of</c><00:29:42.220><c> persecution,</c>

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:46.759
that<00:29:43.220><c> if</c><00:29:43.400><c> we</c><00:29:43.759><c> suffer</c><00:29:44.079><c> with</c><00:29:44.339><c> him,</c><00:29:44.900><c> we'll</c><00:29:45.299><c> reign</c><00:29:45.500><c> with</c><00:29:45.700><c> him.</c><00:29:46.559><c> And</c>

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:48.660
whenever<00:29:46.980><c> you</c><00:29:47.279><c> find</c><00:29:47.500><c> that</c><00:29:47.799><c> figure,</c>

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:54.740
and<00:29:49.259><c> it's</c><00:29:49.359><c> given</c><00:29:49.539><c> its</c><00:29:49.779><c> symbolic</c><00:29:50.799><c> significance,</c><00:29:52.200><c> it</c><00:29:52.380><c> is</c><00:29:52.759><c> always</c><00:29:53.380><c> in</c><00:29:53.700><c> the</c><00:29:53.940><c> sense</c><00:29:54.240><c> of</c>

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persecution<00:29:55.420><c> against</c>

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the<00:29:56.140><c> saints</c><00:29:56.140><c> of</c><00:29:56.400><c> God.</c><00:29:57.480><c> As</c><00:29:57.680><c> Daniel</c><00:29:58.059><c> says,</c><00:29:58.720><c> they</c><00:29:58.880><c> shall</c><00:29:59.059><c> be</c><00:29:59.220><c> given</c><00:29:59.380><c> into</c>

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his<00:29:59.880><c> hands</c><00:30:00.420><c> for</c><00:30:00.759><c> a</c><00:30:01.019><c> time,</c><00:30:01.839><c> times,</c>

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:05.180
and<00:30:02.420><c> a</c><00:30:02.619><c> dividing</c><00:30:02.859><c> of</c><00:30:03.099><c> times.</c><00:30:04.059><c> The</c><00:30:04.220><c> two</c><00:30:04.460><c> witnesses,</c><00:30:04.960><c> brethren</c>

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:06.619
and<00:30:05.400><c> sisters,</c><00:30:05.700><c> would</c><00:30:05.839><c> be</c><00:30:06.180><c> prophesying</c>

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:11.059
against<00:30:06.920><c> the</c><00:30:07.140><c> God</c><00:30:07.299><c> of</c><00:30:07.440><c> the</c><00:30:07.619><c> earth,</c><00:30:08.680><c> defying</c><00:30:09.039><c> the</c><00:30:09.259><c> civil</c><00:30:09.480><c> authorities</c><00:30:10.000><c> for</c><00:30:10.539><c> three</c><00:30:10.819><c> and</c><00:30:11.000><c> a</c>

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half<00:30:11.180><c> years</c><00:30:11.440><c> of</c><00:30:11.660><c> symbolic</c>

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period.<00:30:13.500><c> The</c><00:30:13.700><c> witnesses</c><00:30:14.039><c> of</c><00:30:14.299><c> God</c><00:30:14.440><c> would</c><00:30:14.599><c> be</c><00:30:14.839><c> chased</c><00:30:15.099><c> into</c><00:30:15.279><c> the</c>

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:17.380
two<00:30:15.640><c> great</c><00:30:15.900><c> wings</c><00:30:16.059><c> of</c><00:30:16.240><c> an</c><00:30:16.400><c> eagle,</c><00:30:16.660><c> says</c><00:30:16.799><c> Revelation,</c>

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where<00:30:17.799><c> they</c><00:30:17.960><c> would</c><00:30:18.119><c> be</c><00:30:18.380><c> fed</c><00:30:18.599><c> and</c><00:30:18.759><c> nourished</c><00:30:19.039><c> in</c><00:30:19.240><c> the</c><00:30:19.400><c> wilderness</c><00:30:19.700><c> for</c><00:30:20.019><c> 1260</c>

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days.<00:30:21.920><c> And</c><00:30:22.039><c> it</c><00:30:22.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:22.220><c> matter</c>

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:25.440
where<00:30:22.619><c> you</c><00:30:22.839><c> find</c><00:30:23.140><c> that</c><00:30:23.359><c> number.</c><00:30:23.859><c> It</c><00:30:23.859><c> has</c><00:30:24.180><c> to</c><00:30:24.400><c> do</c><00:30:24.539><c> with</c><00:30:24.700><c> the</c><00:30:24.920><c> saints</c><00:30:25.180><c> of</c>

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:27.079
God<00:30:25.680><c> living</c><00:30:26.059><c> and</c><00:30:26.359><c> moving</c><00:30:26.599><c> and</c><00:30:26.880><c> working</c>

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:32.359
for<00:30:27.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:27.960><c> under</c><00:30:28.440><c> divinity.</c><00:30:30.359><c> And</c><00:30:30.440><c> Elijah,</c><00:30:31.660><c> goodness</c><00:30:31.980><c> me,</c>

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look<00:30:32.819><c> at</c><00:30:32.940><c> Elijah,</c><00:30:33.480><c> brethren</c><00:30:33.599><c> and</c><00:30:33.859><c> sisters.</c><00:30:34.099><c> Where</c><00:30:34.299><c> was</c>

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:41.839
he<00:30:34.759><c> for</c><00:30:34.900><c> those</c><00:30:35.200><c> three</c><00:30:35.299><c> and</c><00:30:35.460><c> a</c><00:30:35.519><c> half</c><00:30:35.660><c> years?</c><00:30:36.980><c> Eeking</c><00:30:37.339><c> out</c><00:30:37.579><c> of</c><00:30:37.759><c> existence</c><00:30:38.619><c> under</c><00:30:40.140><c> hardship</c><00:30:40.740><c> for</c><00:30:41.200><c> which</c><00:30:41.400><c> he'd</c><00:30:41.579><c> be</c>

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:45.519
well<00:30:42.079><c> trained.</c><00:30:44.019><c> Eeking</c><00:30:44.380><c> out</c><00:30:44.579><c> of</c><00:30:44.740><c> existence.</c><00:30:45.200><c> And</c><00:30:45.240><c> what</c><00:30:45.299><c> was</c>

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:48.859
Jezebel<00:30:45.839><c> doing?</c><00:30:47.279><c> Tearing</c><00:30:47.759><c> down</c><00:30:48.019><c> the</c><00:30:48.240><c> altars,</c>

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:53.700
flying<00:30:49.559><c> Yahweh's</c><00:30:50.319><c> prophets,</c><00:30:51.539><c> prostituting</c><00:30:52.099><c> the</c><00:30:52.359><c> faith</c><00:30:52.539><c> through</c><00:30:52.759><c> the</c><00:30:52.940><c> land,</c>

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:58.720
resolutely<00:30:55.099><c> bringing</c><00:30:55.519><c> about</c><00:30:55.839><c> the</c><00:30:56.140><c> ruin</c><00:30:56.339><c> of</c><00:30:56.519><c> Israel's</c><00:30:57.019><c> religion</c><00:30:57.339><c> for</c><00:30:58.200><c> three</c><00:30:58.500><c> and</c><00:30:58.680><c> a</c>

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half<00:30:58.940><c> years.</c><00:31:00.579><c> And</c><00:31:00.740><c> there</c><00:31:00.819><c> in</c>

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:04.000
the<00:31:01.140><c> light</c><00:31:01.240><c> of</c><00:31:01.460><c> Elijah,</c><00:31:02.640><c> we</c><00:31:02.720><c> have</c><00:31:02.779><c> a</c><00:31:02.920><c> wonderful</c><00:31:03.160><c> little</c><00:31:03.519><c> cameo</c>

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:07.500
of<00:31:04.680><c> the</c><00:31:05.220><c> history</c><00:31:05.539><c> of</c><00:31:05.700><c> the</c><00:31:05.859><c> world</c><00:31:06.200><c> as</c><00:31:07.079><c> it's</c><00:31:07.319><c> been</c>

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projected<00:31:07.900><c> before</c><00:31:08.319><c> us</c><00:31:08.839><c> in</c><00:31:09.160><c> respect</c><00:31:09.519><c> of</c><00:31:09.660><c> the</c><00:31:09.819><c> saints</c><00:31:10.000><c> of</c><00:31:10.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:31:11.259><c> the</c><00:31:11.359><c> end</c><00:31:11.480><c> of</c><00:31:11.539><c> it,</c><00:31:11.700><c> of</c><00:31:11.759><c> course,</c><00:31:12.160><c> was</c><00:31:12.319><c> Ahab,</c>

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:15.960
rather<00:31:13.220><c> Elijah,</c><00:31:14.200><c> racing</c><00:31:14.460><c> before</c><00:31:14.799><c> the</c><00:31:14.960><c> chariot</c><00:31:15.259><c> of</c><00:31:15.420><c> Ahab</c><00:31:15.619><c> into</c>

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:21.640
Jezreel.<00:31:17.579><c> God</c><00:31:18.119><c> sows,</c><00:31:19.740><c> as</c><00:31:19.839><c> the</c><00:31:20.019><c> name</c><00:31:20.220><c> Jezreel</c><00:31:20.720><c> means,</c>

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:25.960
and<00:31:22.099><c> Hosea</c><00:31:22.519><c> picks</c><00:31:22.759><c> it</c><00:31:22.960><c> all</c><00:31:23.119><c> up</c><00:31:23.880><c> and</c><00:31:24.480><c> says,</c><00:31:25.220><c> great</c><00:31:25.500><c> will</c><00:31:25.740><c> be</c><00:31:25.859><c> the</c>

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:28.240
day<00:31:26.099><c> of</c><00:31:26.319><c> Jezreel.</c><00:31:27.160><c> As</c><00:31:27.259><c> the</c><00:31:27.640><c> drought</c><00:31:27.819><c> ended,</c>

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:33.160
Elijah<00:31:28.859><c> raced</c><00:31:29.279><c> into</c><00:31:29.500><c> Jezreel</c><00:31:29.960><c> before</c><00:31:30.240><c> Israel's</c><00:31:31.099><c> king.</c><00:31:32.279><c> As</c><00:31:32.420><c> the</c><00:31:32.759><c> fallen</c><00:31:32.980><c> of</c>

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.779
the<00:31:33.380><c> king,</c><00:31:33.960><c> the</c><00:31:34.059><c> drought</c><00:31:34.420><c> finished,</c>

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:37.500
brethren<00:31:35.099><c> and</c><00:31:35.279><c> sisters,</c><00:31:35.819><c> and</c><00:31:35.960><c> there</c><00:31:36.079><c> was</c><00:31:36.220><c> the</c><00:31:36.299><c> end</c><00:31:36.440><c> of</c><00:31:36.559><c> a</c><00:31:36.640><c> little</c><00:31:36.920><c> cameo</c><00:31:37.299><c> by</c>

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:39.640
which<00:31:37.660><c> we</c><00:31:37.980><c> see</c><00:31:38.579><c> that</c><00:31:39.220><c> at</c><00:31:39.359><c> the</c><00:31:39.400><c> end</c><00:31:39.539><c> of</c>

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:45.440
symbolic<00:31:40.220><c> period</c><00:31:40.519><c> of</c><00:31:40.759><c> 1260</c><00:31:41.960><c> years,</c><00:31:43.539><c> the</c><00:31:43.619><c> Lord</c><00:31:43.859><c> will</c><00:31:44.039><c> have</c><00:31:44.259><c> come.</c><00:31:45.319><c> And</c>

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:47.220
those<00:31:45.779><c> who</c><00:31:45.940><c> have</c><00:31:46.339><c> suffered</c><00:31:46.480><c> with</c><00:31:46.740><c> him</c>

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:53.880
will<00:31:47.680><c> reign</c><00:31:48.000><c> with</c><00:31:48.180><c> him.</c><00:31:49.039><c> Suffered</c><00:31:49.440><c> with</c><00:31:50.619><c> him.</c><00:31:52.799><c> Three</c><00:31:53.220><c> and</c><00:31:53.700><c> a</c>

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:57.299
half<00:31:54.200><c> years.</c><00:31:55.380><c> Not</c><00:31:55.539><c> literally,</c><00:31:56.400><c> but</c><00:31:56.480><c> like</c><00:31:56.779><c> the</c><00:31:57.000><c> Lord</c>

00:31:57.299 --> 00:32:00.680
suffered,<00:31:58.299><c> we</c><00:31:58.579><c> suffer.</c><00:31:59.359><c> And</c><00:31:59.579><c> he</c><00:31:59.859><c> suffered</c><00:32:00.039><c> for</c><00:32:00.200><c> the</c><00:32:00.319><c> word</c><00:32:00.460><c> of</c>

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:03.220
God,<00:32:00.859><c> brethren</c><00:32:01.160><c> and</c><00:32:01.319><c> sisters.</c><00:32:01.960><c> He</c><00:32:02.460><c> suffered</c><00:32:02.740><c> for</c><00:32:03.039><c> the</c>

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:06.740
things<00:32:03.380><c> he</c><00:32:03.759><c> taught.</c><00:32:04.920><c> Let's</c><00:32:05.240><c> give</c><00:32:05.440><c> up</c><00:32:05.640><c> teaching</c><00:32:05.920><c> the</c><00:32:06.180><c> truth</c><00:32:06.319><c> and</c><00:32:06.500><c> we</c>

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:10.119
won't<00:32:06.980><c> suffer.</c><00:32:07.660><c> But</c><00:32:07.859><c> as</c><00:32:08.240><c> long</c><00:32:08.579><c> as</c><00:32:08.740><c> we</c><00:32:08.940><c> put</c><00:32:09.180><c> before</c>

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:13.960
this<00:32:11.319><c> generation</c><00:32:11.319><c> principles</c><00:32:12.180><c> of</c><00:32:12.539><c> decency,</c><00:32:13.680><c> righteousness</c>

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:18.200
and<00:32:14.220><c> of</c><00:32:14.440><c> faith,</c><00:32:15.220><c> we</c><00:32:15.880><c> will</c><00:32:16.299><c> not</c><00:32:16.640><c> earn</c><00:32:16.920><c> their</c><00:32:17.319><c> commendation,</c>

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:23.180
but<00:32:18.519><c> the</c><00:32:18.680><c> very</c><00:32:18.920><c> opposite.</c><00:32:20.140><c> And</c><00:32:20.279><c> that's</c><00:32:20.619><c> exactly</c><00:32:20.980><c> the</c><00:32:21.140><c> position</c><00:32:21.380><c> with</c><00:32:21.579><c> Elijah.</c><00:32:22.900><c> And</c><00:32:23.059><c> so</c>

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.859
we're<00:32:23.460><c> told</c><00:32:23.640><c> that</c><00:32:23.779><c> it</c>

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:28.339
was<00:32:23.980><c> a</c><00:32:24.200><c> period</c><00:32:24.420><c> of</c><00:32:24.900><c> three</c><00:32:25.119><c> and</c><00:32:25.259><c> a</c><00:32:25.359><c> half</c><00:32:25.559><c> years.</c><00:32:26.240><c> You</c><00:32:26.279><c> know,</c><00:32:27.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:27.640><c> speaks</c><00:32:28.059><c> of</c>

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.779
the<00:32:28.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:28.640><c> Jesus</c><00:32:29.000><c> Christ.</c><00:32:29.380><c> He</c><00:32:29.599><c> shall</c>

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:34.339
grow<00:32:29.960><c> up</c><00:32:30.099><c> as</c><00:32:30.319><c> a</c><00:32:30.440><c> root</c><00:32:30.619><c> out</c><00:32:30.900><c> of</c><00:32:31.160><c> a</c><00:32:31.599><c> dry</c><00:32:31.900><c> ground.</c><00:32:33.619><c> And</c><00:32:33.779><c> he</c><00:32:34.000><c> grew</c><00:32:34.160><c> up</c>

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:36.099
in<00:32:34.460><c> the</c><00:32:34.680><c> period,</c><00:32:35.000><c> in</c><00:32:35.079><c> that</c><00:32:35.279><c> three</c><00:32:35.460><c> and</c><00:32:35.619><c> a</c><00:32:35.700><c> half</c><00:32:35.859><c> years.</c>

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:41.480
What<00:32:36.279><c> was</c><00:32:36.480><c> the</c><00:32:36.539><c> condition</c><00:32:36.880><c> of</c><00:32:37.059><c> Israel</c><00:32:37.400><c> spiritually?</c><00:32:38.440><c> A</c><00:32:38.720><c> dry</c><00:32:39.220><c> ground.</c><00:32:41.000><c> It</c><00:32:41.019><c> was</c><00:32:41.319><c> a</c>

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.559
drought,<00:32:41.920><c> brethren</c><00:32:42.019><c> and</c><00:32:42.299><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:45.400
Not<00:32:43.000><c> so</c><00:32:43.160><c> much</c><00:32:43.359><c> a</c><00:32:43.519><c> drought</c><00:32:43.700><c> of</c><00:32:43.900><c> water</c><00:32:44.059><c> this</c><00:32:44.259><c> time,</c><00:32:44.839><c> but</c><00:32:44.940><c> of</c><00:32:45.099><c> hearing</c><00:32:45.279><c> the</c>

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:47.579
words<00:32:45.619><c> of</c><00:32:45.779><c> the</c><00:32:45.880><c> Lord,</c><00:32:46.140><c> as</c><00:32:46.339><c> Amos</c><00:32:46.559><c> says.</c>

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:50.740
And<00:32:47.940><c> so</c><00:32:48.119><c> I</c><00:32:48.259><c> believe</c><00:32:48.480><c> in</c><00:32:48.579><c> that</c><00:32:48.740><c> three</c><00:32:48.980><c> and</c><00:32:49.119><c> a</c><00:32:49.200><c> half</c><00:32:49.380><c> year</c><00:32:49.539><c> period,</c><00:32:50.220><c> we</c><00:32:50.339><c> have</c><00:32:50.579><c> set</c>

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.180
before<00:32:51.099><c> us</c><00:32:51.440><c> that</c><00:32:51.740><c> principle.</c>

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:55.740
If<00:32:52.619><c> we</c><00:32:52.960><c> suffer</c><00:32:53.259><c> with</c><00:32:53.480><c> him,</c><00:32:53.859><c> let's</c><00:32:54.359><c> reign</c><00:32:54.599><c> with</c><00:32:54.839><c> him.</c><00:32:55.220><c> You</c><00:32:55.400><c> know,</c><00:32:55.480><c> it's</c>

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:57.960
remarkable,<00:32:56.180><c> isn't</c><00:32:56.400><c> it?</c><00:32:57.380><c> That</c><00:32:57.500><c> in</c><00:32:57.599><c> all</c><00:32:57.740><c> the</c>

00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:01.839
exposition<00:32:58.380><c> of</c><00:32:58.559><c> God's</c><00:32:58.980><c> word,</c><00:33:00.339><c> we</c><00:33:00.599><c> unwind</c><00:33:01.039><c> the</c><00:33:01.240><c> word</c><00:33:01.440><c> of</c><00:33:01.660><c> God</c>

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:03.599
and<00:33:01.980><c> we</c><00:33:02.180><c> dig</c><00:33:02.339><c> into</c><00:33:02.559><c> the</c><00:33:02.700><c> meaning</c><00:33:02.880><c> of</c><00:33:03.059><c> it.</c><00:33:03.279><c> And</c><00:33:03.460><c> what</c><00:33:03.579><c> do</c>

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:07.240
we<00:33:03.759><c> come</c><00:33:03.920><c> up</c><00:33:04.140><c> with?</c><00:33:04.640><c> Some</c><00:33:04.940><c> fantastic</c><00:33:05.660><c> new</c><00:33:06.000><c> thing?</c><00:33:06.319><c> No,</c><00:33:06.720><c> brethren</c><00:33:06.980><c> and</c>

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:10.680
sisters,<00:33:07.700><c> old</c><00:33:08.099><c> truths,</c><00:33:09.559><c> but</c><00:33:09.819><c> underlined</c>

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:14.680
in<00:33:11.500><c> such</c><00:33:11.720><c> a</c><00:33:11.839><c> way</c><00:33:11.900><c> that</c><00:33:12.000><c> we'll</c><00:33:12.240><c> never</c><00:33:12.460><c> mistake</c><00:33:12.859><c> them.</c><00:33:13.059><c> If</c><00:33:13.220><c> we</c><00:33:13.640><c> suffer</c><00:33:13.940><c> with</c><00:33:14.200><c> him,</c><00:33:14.519><c> we</c>

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.920
shall<00:33:14.960><c> reign</c><00:33:15.180><c> with</c><00:33:15.359><c> him.</c>

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:20.480
And<00:33:16.579><c> there</c><00:33:16.660><c> was</c><00:33:16.880><c> Elijah</c><00:33:17.500><c> in</c><00:33:18.380><c> the</c><00:33:18.559><c> wilderness,</c><00:33:19.779><c> eking</c><00:33:20.000><c> out</c><00:33:20.220><c> of</c>

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.980
existence,<00:33:21.160><c> leaving</c><00:33:21.299><c> on</c><00:33:21.500><c> the</c><00:33:21.619><c> mount</c><00:33:21.720><c> of</c>

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:25.799
transfiguration<00:33:22.640><c> too</c><00:33:22.880><c> in</c><00:33:23.140><c> glory,</c><00:33:24.680><c> because</c><00:33:24.980><c> he</c><00:33:25.200><c> suffered</c><00:33:25.420><c> with</c><00:33:25.599><c> his</c>

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:27.640
Lord.<00:33:26.420><c> He'll</c><00:33:26.759><c> reign</c><00:33:27.000><c> with</c><00:33:27.180><c> his</c><00:33:27.400><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:33.380
No<00:33:28.079><c> question</c><00:33:28.519><c> of</c><00:33:28.779><c> that.</c><00:33:30.339><c> But</c><00:33:30.380><c> you</c><00:33:30.519><c> know,</c><00:33:30.880><c> brethren</c><00:33:30.900><c> and</c><00:33:31.140><c> sisters,</c><00:33:33.059><c> James</c>

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:35.180
meant<00:33:33.599><c> what</c><00:33:33.779><c> he</c><00:33:33.920><c> said</c><00:33:34.059><c> also,</c>

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:39.579
when<00:33:35.799><c> he</c><00:33:35.960><c> told</c><00:33:36.140><c> us</c><00:33:36.339><c> that</c><00:33:36.559><c> Elijah</c><00:33:36.859><c> was</c><00:33:37.079><c> a</c><00:33:37.259><c> man</c><00:33:37.440><c> of</c><00:33:37.740><c> light</c><00:33:37.940><c> passions</c><00:33:38.279><c> as</c><00:33:38.500><c> we</c><00:33:38.700><c> are.</c>

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:44.599
We're<00:33:40.339><c> going</c><00:33:40.440><c> to</c><00:33:40.619><c> see</c><00:33:40.740><c> some</c><00:33:40.980><c> of</c><00:33:41.079><c> those</c><00:33:41.299><c> passions,</c><00:33:43.740><c> not</c><00:33:43.880><c> because</c><00:33:44.200><c> we</c><00:33:44.319><c> want</c><00:33:44.460><c> to</c>

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.180
run<00:33:44.680><c> Elijah</c><00:33:45.119><c> down,</c><00:33:45.380><c> God</c><00:33:45.640><c> forbid.</c>

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:50.099
We're<00:33:47.059><c> not</c><00:33:47.299><c> worthy,</c><00:33:47.920><c> brethren</c><00:33:48.119><c> and</c><00:33:48.460><c> sisters,</c><00:33:49.160><c> to</c><00:33:49.640><c> clasp</c><00:33:49.940><c> on</c>

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:53.160
his<00:33:50.579><c> mantle,</c><00:33:50.859><c> on</c><00:33:51.039><c> his</c><00:33:51.279><c> shoulders.</c><00:33:51.559><c> Not</c><00:33:51.859><c> worthy</c><00:33:52.259><c> of</c><00:33:52.380><c> any</c>

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:58.819
But<00:33:54.200><c> nonetheless,</c><00:33:55.480><c> he</c><00:33:55.480><c> was</c><00:33:55.720><c> human.</c><00:33:57.259><c> And</c><00:33:57.279><c> you</c><00:33:57.480><c> know,</c><00:33:58.099><c> his</c><00:33:58.220><c> whole</c><00:33:58.579><c> life</c>

00:33:58.819 --> 00:34:00.440
was<00:33:59.039><c> a</c><00:33:59.180><c> life</c><00:33:59.240><c> of</c><00:33:59.380><c> education.</c>

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:03.359
This<00:34:01.460><c> is</c><00:34:01.680><c> perhaps</c><00:34:01.920><c> one</c><00:34:02.180><c> of</c><00:34:02.180><c> the</c><00:34:02.240><c> most</c><00:34:02.579><c> thrilling</c><00:34:02.779><c> aspects</c><00:34:03.180><c> of</c>

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:06.059
this<00:34:03.539><c> study</c><00:34:03.720><c> as</c><00:34:03.960><c> far</c><00:34:04.259><c> as</c><00:34:04.599><c> I've</c><00:34:04.779><c> been</c><00:34:05.039><c> concerned.</c><00:34:05.599><c> It's</c>

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:09.500
taught<00:34:06.200><c> me,</c><00:34:06.700><c> brethren</c><00:34:06.700><c> and</c><00:34:06.920><c> sisters,</c><00:34:07.839><c> that</c><00:34:08.000><c> God</c><00:34:08.420><c> oversaw</c><00:34:09.119><c> the</c>

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:11.679
work<00:34:09.719><c> of</c><00:34:09.940><c> the</c><00:34:10.139><c> prophet.</c><00:34:10.360><c> Not</c><00:34:10.579><c> so</c><00:34:10.860><c> much</c><00:34:11.059><c> that</c><00:34:11.320><c> Elijah</c>

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:14.420
might<00:34:11.940><c> come</c><00:34:12.260><c> forth</c><00:34:12.500><c> and</c><00:34:12.699><c> vindicate</c><00:34:13.119><c> God's</c><00:34:13.559><c> name.</c><00:34:14.000><c> Of</c><00:34:14.260><c> course,</c>

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:16.699
this<00:34:14.619><c> was</c><00:34:14.840><c> involved</c><00:34:15.179><c> in</c><00:34:15.340><c> it.</c><00:34:15.699><c> But</c><00:34:15.920><c> in</c><00:34:16.119><c> all</c><00:34:16.380><c> that</c>

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:21.119
God<00:34:17.460><c> looked</c><00:34:17.880><c> upon</c><00:34:18.139><c> the</c><00:34:18.400><c> prophet</c><00:34:18.559><c> as</c><00:34:18.800><c> an</c><00:34:19.059><c> individual</c><00:34:19.579><c> man.</c><00:34:20.940><c> As</c>

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:22.500
a<00:34:21.340><c> man</c><00:34:21.539><c> that</c><00:34:21.719><c> he</c><00:34:21.800><c> thought,</c><00:34:22.159><c> well,</c><00:34:22.159><c> if</c><00:34:22.239><c> I</c><00:34:22.320><c> can</c>

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:25.179
use<00:34:22.760><c> this</c><00:34:23.059><c> man</c><00:34:23.280><c> because</c><00:34:23.579><c> he's</c><00:34:23.780><c> a</c><00:34:23.880><c> man</c><00:34:23.960><c> of</c><00:34:24.300><c> courage,</c><00:34:24.559><c> he's</c><00:34:24.679><c> a</c><00:34:24.800><c> man</c><00:34:24.880><c> of</c>

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:27.320
faith,<00:34:25.760><c> he's</c><00:34:25.980><c> a</c><00:34:26.119><c> man</c><00:34:26.260><c> that</c><00:34:26.400><c> will</c><00:34:26.599><c> do</c><00:34:26.820><c> what</c><00:34:26.980><c> I'll</c>

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:31.000
say.<00:34:27.900><c> But</c><00:34:28.159><c> nonetheless,</c><00:34:29.000><c> brethren</c><00:34:29.099><c> and</c><00:34:29.400><c> sisters,</c><00:34:29.840><c> overlooking</c><00:34:30.199><c> it</c><00:34:30.360><c> all</c><00:34:30.480><c> like</c><00:34:30.679><c> a</c>

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.019
merciful,<00:34:31.659><c> loving,</c>

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:37.059
heavenly<00:34:32.559><c> father,</c><00:34:34.099><c> he</c><00:34:34.320><c> was</c><00:34:34.699><c> ever</c><00:34:35.300><c> ready</c><00:34:35.659><c> to</c><00:34:36.099><c> teach</c><00:34:36.400><c> that</c><00:34:36.719><c> man</c>

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.719
the<00:34:37.300><c> principles</c><00:34:37.659><c> of</c><00:34:37.860><c> the</c><00:34:38.019><c> truth,</c><00:34:38.159><c> because</c><00:34:38.440><c> Elijah</c>

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:41.900
didn't<00:34:39.000><c> know</c><00:34:39.219><c> them</c><00:34:39.420><c> perfectly.</c><00:34:41.099><c> Matter</c><00:34:41.280><c> of</c><00:34:41.360><c> fact,</c><00:34:41.400><c> we're</c><00:34:41.639><c> going</c><00:34:41.739><c> to</c>

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:44.099
see<00:34:42.079><c> him</c><00:34:42.380><c> go</c><00:34:42.579><c> down</c><00:34:42.739><c> the</c><00:34:43.000><c> horn</c><00:34:43.179><c> in</c><00:34:43.360><c> a</c><00:34:43.639><c> frame</c><00:34:43.780><c> of</c>

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:49.280
which<00:34:44.719><c> was</c><00:34:44.980><c> absolutely</c><00:34:45.940><c> wrong.</c><00:34:47.579><c> And</c><00:34:47.679><c> we're</c><00:34:47.820><c> going</c><00:34:47.880><c> to</c><00:34:48.019><c> see</c><00:34:48.099><c> the</c><00:34:48.420><c> wonderful</c><00:34:48.860><c> way</c><00:34:49.179><c> in</c>

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.400
which<00:34:49.420><c> his</c><00:34:49.619><c> heavenly</c><00:34:50.019><c> father</c>

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:53.619
guided<00:34:50.800><c> him</c><00:34:50.980><c> into</c><00:34:51.239><c> truth.</c><00:34:52.000><c> But</c><00:34:52.119><c> even</c><00:34:52.480><c> here,</c><00:34:52.780><c> you</c><00:34:52.940><c> know,</c><00:34:53.340><c> you've</c><00:34:53.539><c> got</c>

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:55.019
the<00:34:53.820><c> story</c><00:34:53.980><c> of</c><00:34:54.059><c> him</c><00:34:54.219><c> going</c><00:34:54.360><c> to</c><00:34:54.699><c> Kereth,</c>

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:58.059
the<00:34:55.460><c> Brook</c><00:34:55.639><c> Kereth,</c><00:34:55.960><c> which</c><00:34:56.119><c> of</c><00:34:56.280><c> course</c><00:34:56.440><c> was</c><00:34:56.639><c> over</c><00:34:56.880><c> here,</c><00:34:57.219><c> I</c><00:34:57.320><c> believe,</c><00:34:57.719><c> east</c><00:34:57.940><c> of</c>

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.360
the<00:34:58.119><c> River</c><00:34:58.320><c> Jordan.</c><00:34:58.780><c> And</c><00:34:59.119><c> then</c><00:34:59.239><c> you've</c>

00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:01.639
got<00:34:59.440><c> him</c><00:34:59.579><c> going</c><00:34:59.760><c> right</c><00:35:00.079><c> over</c><00:35:00.219><c> to</c><00:35:00.480><c> Tyre,</c><00:35:00.780><c> up</c><00:35:00.980><c> the</c><00:35:01.159><c> top</c><00:35:01.360><c> there,</c>

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:04.440
to<00:35:02.159><c> the</c><00:35:02.340><c> place</c><00:35:02.480><c> of</c><00:35:02.780><c> Zarephah,</c><00:35:03.360><c> to</c><00:35:03.500><c> the</c><00:35:03.619><c> widow</c><00:35:03.739><c> of</c><00:35:03.980><c> Zarephah.</c>

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:07.599
And<00:35:04.980><c> in</c><00:35:05.119><c> these</c><00:35:05.260><c> two</c><00:35:05.619><c> stories,</c><00:35:05.960><c> in</c><00:35:06.099><c> the</c><00:35:06.239><c> 17th</c><00:35:06.599><c> chapter</c><00:35:06.880><c> of</c><00:35:07.099><c> Kings,</c><00:35:07.300><c> I</c>

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:09.599
believe<00:35:07.840><c> they</c><00:35:08.199><c> are</c><00:35:08.599><c> absolutely</c><00:35:09.239><c> linked</c>

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:12.599
together<00:35:09.980><c> like</c><00:35:10.500><c> that.</c><00:35:11.360><c> They're</c><00:35:11.559><c> not</c><00:35:11.739><c> two</c><00:35:12.039><c> stories,</c><00:35:12.380><c> they're</c>

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.800
one<00:35:12.940><c> story.</c><00:35:14.639><c> They're</c><00:35:14.940><c> linked</c><00:35:15.099><c> like</c><00:35:15.519><c> that,</c>

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:19.300
brethren<00:35:16.099><c> and</c><00:35:16.320><c> sisters,</c><00:35:17.500><c> that</c><00:35:17.699><c> Elijah's</c><00:35:18.159><c> little</c><00:35:18.519><c> sojourn</c><00:35:19.039><c> at</c>

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:22.539
Kereth<00:35:20.139><c> is</c><00:35:20.719><c> bound</c><00:35:21.039><c> up</c><00:35:21.340><c> with</c><00:35:21.480><c> the</c><00:35:21.699><c> mission</c><00:35:21.880><c> he</c><00:35:22.059><c> had</c><00:35:22.260><c> to</c>

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:27.820
Zarephah.<00:35:24.019><c> And</c><00:35:24.360><c> look,</c><00:35:24.619><c> it</c><00:35:24.940><c> absolutely</c><00:35:25.480><c> humbles</c><00:35:26.000><c> you</c><00:35:26.619><c> when</c><00:35:27.119><c> you</c><00:35:27.360><c> come</c><00:35:27.559><c> to</c>

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.599
think<00:35:28.159><c> that</c><00:35:28.460><c> a</c><00:35:28.599><c> man</c><00:35:28.780><c> that</c><00:35:28.920><c> could</c><00:35:29.139><c> call</c><00:35:29.300><c> down</c>

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:32.519
fire<00:35:29.920><c> from</c><00:35:30.139><c> heaven</c><00:35:30.500><c> to</c><00:35:30.980><c> consume</c><00:35:31.360><c> the</c><00:35:31.579><c> burned</c><00:35:31.780><c> offering,</c><00:35:32.400><c> and</c>

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:35.219
call<00:35:32.699><c> down</c><00:35:33.000><c> fire</c><00:35:33.340><c> from</c><00:35:33.460><c> heaven</c><00:35:33.699><c> to</c><00:35:33.920><c> consume</c><00:35:34.320><c> a</c><00:35:35.039><c> man</c>

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50,<00:35:35.980><c> on</c><00:35:36.199><c> two</c><00:35:36.460><c> separate</c><00:35:36.780><c> occasions,</c><00:35:38.000><c> a</c><00:35:38.099><c> man</c><00:35:38.320><c> that</c><00:35:38.460><c> could</c><00:35:38.739><c> smite</c>

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.619
the<00:35:39.219><c> River</c><00:35:39.420><c> Jordan</c><00:35:39.699><c> and</c><00:35:39.840><c> go</c><00:35:40.019><c> across,</c><00:35:40.579><c> brethren</c>

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:46.380
and<00:35:40.820><c> sisters,</c><00:35:41.679><c> a</c><00:35:41.820><c> man</c><00:35:42.059><c> that</c><00:35:42.199><c> could</c><00:35:42.340><c> do</c><00:35:42.539><c> all</c><00:35:42.659><c> these</c><00:35:42.900><c> things.</c><00:35:44.280><c> And</c><00:35:44.639><c> yet</c><00:35:44.920><c> the</c><00:35:45.360><c> whole</c><00:35:45.800><c> period</c><00:35:46.219><c> of</c>

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.300
the<00:35:46.599><c> drought</c><00:35:46.820><c> was</c><00:35:47.059><c> given</c>

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over<00:35:47.579><c> to</c><00:35:48.039><c> one</c><00:35:48.500><c> work,</c><00:35:50.539><c> one</c><00:35:51.019><c> single</c><00:35:51.440><c> act,</c><00:35:53.000><c> to</c><00:35:53.280><c> get</c><00:35:53.420><c> a</c><00:35:53.659><c> dear</c><00:35:53.800><c> old</c>

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:56.300
widow<00:35:54.179><c> in</c><00:35:54.380><c> the</c><00:35:54.559><c> truth.</c><00:35:55.539><c> Now</c><00:35:55.639><c> you</c><00:35:55.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:56.019><c> credit</c>

00:35:56.300 --> 00:36:01.940
him.<00:35:57.579><c> To</c><00:35:57.820><c> me,</c><00:35:58.139><c> it's</c><00:35:58.480><c> astounding</c><00:35:59.000><c> that</c><00:35:59.340><c> three</c><00:35:59.639><c> and</c><00:35:59.840><c> a</c><00:35:59.880><c> half</c><00:36:00.159><c> years</c><00:36:01.179><c> were</c><00:36:01.480><c> for</c>

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:03.900
no<00:36:02.139><c> other</c><00:36:02.420><c> purpose</c><00:36:02.699><c> in</c><00:36:02.920><c> that</c><00:36:03.139><c> man's</c><00:36:03.579><c> life</c>

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:09.619
than<00:36:04.280><c> to</c><00:36:04.559><c> get</c><00:36:04.800><c> one</c><00:36:05.380><c> single</c><00:36:06.239><c> widow</c><00:36:06.699><c> woman</c><00:36:07.179><c> in</c><00:36:07.480><c> the</c><00:36:07.800><c> truth.</c><00:36:09.480><c> And</c>

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.780
of<00:36:09.780><c> all</c><00:36:09.940><c> the</c><00:36:10.179><c> work</c><00:36:10.360><c> that</c><00:36:10.639><c> Elijah</c><00:36:10.920><c> did,</c><00:36:11.380><c> brethren</c><00:36:11.559><c> and</c>

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:16.840
sisters,<00:36:12.599><c> nothing</c><00:36:12.960><c> could</c><00:36:13.260><c> compare</c><00:36:13.599><c> with</c><00:36:13.840><c> that.</c><00:36:15.599><c> And</c><00:36:15.780><c> this</c><00:36:15.940><c> dear</c><00:36:16.099><c> prophet</c><00:36:16.320><c> had</c><00:36:16.599><c> to</c>

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:18.300
learn.<00:36:17.400><c> Grand</c><00:36:17.659><c> things</c><00:36:17.940><c> are</c><00:36:18.119><c> all</c>

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:22.199
very<00:36:18.539><c> well</c><00:36:18.679><c> in</c><00:36:18.840><c> the</c><00:36:19.019><c> truth.</c><00:36:19.380><c> It's</c><00:36:19.539><c> a</c><00:36:19.619><c> very</c><00:36:19.900><c> grand</c><00:36:20.099><c> thing</c><00:36:20.300><c> for</c><00:36:20.460><c> me</c><00:36:20.619><c> to</c><00:36:20.780><c> stand</c><00:36:20.960><c> up</c><00:36:21.159><c> here</c><00:36:21.300><c> now</c><00:36:21.500><c> and</c><00:36:21.519><c> talk</c><00:36:21.719><c> to</c><00:36:21.900><c> a</c><00:36:22.039><c> crowd</c>

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:26.059
like<00:36:22.519><c> that.</c><00:36:23.139><c> But</c><00:36:23.380><c> believe</c><00:36:23.739><c> me,</c><00:36:24.059><c> brethren</c><00:36:24.320><c> and</c><00:36:24.579><c> sisters,</c><00:36:25.840><c> when</c>

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:29.360
I<00:36:26.460><c> see</c><00:36:26.719><c> brethren</c><00:36:27.119><c> and</c><00:36:27.480><c> sisters</c><00:36:28.039><c> working</c>

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:34.639
diligently,<00:36:31.940><c> diligently</c><00:36:31.940><c> and</c><00:36:31.940><c> patiently</c><00:36:32.679><c> with</c><00:36:34.099><c> interested</c>

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:37.039
friends<00:36:35.019><c> over</c><00:36:35.320><c> a</c><00:36:35.519><c> long</c><00:36:35.920><c> period</c><00:36:36.340><c> of</c><00:36:36.599><c> time,</c>

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:39.619
and<00:36:37.500><c> then</c><00:36:37.739><c> seeing</c><00:36:37.880><c> the</c><00:36:38.139><c> fruits</c><00:36:38.300><c> of</c><00:36:38.440><c> their</c><00:36:38.659><c> labor</c><00:36:38.960><c> in</c><00:36:39.260><c> water,</c>

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:42.019
I'd<00:36:40.300><c> give</c><00:36:40.440><c> you</c><00:36:40.900><c> foggy</c><00:36:41.280><c> addresses</c><00:36:41.559><c> like</c><00:36:41.840><c> this</c>

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:45.820
for<00:36:42.239><c> a</c><00:36:42.340><c> case</c><00:36:42.500><c> like</c><00:36:42.760><c> that.</c><00:36:44.300><c> And</c><00:36:44.519><c> that's</c><00:36:44.780><c> the</c><00:36:44.940><c> very</c><00:36:45.260><c> thing</c><00:36:45.559><c> that</c>

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:49.139
Elijah<00:36:46.139><c> had</c><00:36:46.360><c> to</c><00:36:46.639><c> learn.</c><00:36:48.059><c> That</c><00:36:48.159><c> this</c><00:36:48.380><c> 42</c><00:36:48.820><c> months</c>

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:53.079
were<00:36:49.340><c> not</c><00:36:49.599><c> going</c><00:36:49.739><c> to</c><00:36:49.880><c> be</c><00:36:50.039><c> wasted,</c><00:36:50.559><c> brethren</c><00:36:50.619><c> and</c><00:36:50.840><c> sisters,</c><00:36:51.139><c> and</c><00:36:51.280><c> doubtless</c><00:36:51.539><c> when</c><00:36:51.719><c> the</c><00:36:51.940><c> prophet</c><00:36:52.099><c> looked</c><00:36:52.400><c> back</c><00:36:52.739><c> at</c><00:36:53.019><c> the</c>

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:57.019
end<00:36:53.239><c> of</c><00:36:53.340><c> that</c><00:36:53.539><c> drought,</c><00:36:53.860><c> and</c><00:36:53.860><c> he</c><00:36:53.960><c> thought,</c><00:36:54.059><c> well,</c><00:36:54.239><c> what</c><00:36:54.619><c> had</c><00:36:54.780><c> been</c><00:36:54.940><c> accomplished</c><00:36:55.300><c> in</c><00:36:55.500><c> that</c><00:36:55.719><c> time?</c><00:36:56.300><c> Heck,</c><00:36:56.619><c> I</c><00:36:56.659><c> spent</c>

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:59.500
perhaps<00:36:57.519><c> about</c><00:36:57.760><c> 12</c><00:36:58.079><c> months,</c><00:36:58.400><c> as</c><00:36:58.500><c> the</c><00:36:58.619><c> report</c><00:36:58.840><c> may</c><00:36:59.139><c> suggest,</c>

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.860
he<00:36:59.639><c> was</c><00:36:59.800><c> at</c><00:37:00.019><c> carath</c><00:37:00.199><c> in</c><00:37:00.340><c> the</c><00:37:00.420><c> rest</c><00:37:00.599><c> of</c><00:37:00.739><c> the</c>

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:05.659
two<00:37:00.980><c> and</c><00:37:01.139><c> a</c><00:37:01.179><c> half</c><00:37:01.300><c> years</c><00:37:01.519><c> in</c><00:37:01.780><c> Xeraphim.</c><00:37:02.760><c> What</c><00:37:03.099><c> for?</c><00:37:04.179><c> What</c><00:37:04.539><c> for?</c>

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:07.860
There<00:37:05.820><c> was</c><00:37:06.059><c> a</c><00:37:06.199><c> woman</c><00:37:06.380><c> in</c><00:37:06.559><c> the</c><00:37:06.780><c> truth.</c>

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:11.619
And<00:37:09.400><c> the</c><00:37:09.539><c> Lord</c><00:37:09.780><c> Jesus</c><00:37:10.260><c> Christ</c><00:37:10.579><c> in</c><00:37:10.760><c> the</c><00:37:10.920><c> fourth</c><00:37:11.099><c> chapter</c><00:37:11.420><c> of</c>

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:13.539
Luke<00:37:11.780><c> said</c><00:37:12.000><c> this,</c><00:37:12.360><c> brethren</c><00:37:12.519><c> and</c><00:37:12.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:23.019
and<00:37:14.159><c> I</c><00:37:14.280><c> want</c><00:37:14.400><c> you</c><00:37:14.519><c> to</c><00:37:14.659><c> make</c><00:37:14.840><c> note</c><00:37:15.019><c> of</c><00:37:15.199><c> this.</c><00:37:21.519><c> This</c><00:37:21.639><c> is</c><00:37:21.760><c> what</c><00:37:21.840><c> he</c><00:37:22.019><c> said.</c>

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:29.940
In<00:37:28.239><c> the</c><00:37:28.480><c> fourth</c><00:37:28.679><c> chapter</c><00:37:29.039><c> of</c><00:37:29.199><c> Luke,</c>

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:39.360
verse<00:37:38.380><c> 25,</c>

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:43.539
but<00:37:41.300><c> I</c><00:37:41.500><c> tell</c><00:37:41.699><c> you</c><00:37:41.900><c> the</c><00:37:42.019><c> truth,</c><00:37:42.639><c> that</c><00:37:42.719><c> there</c><00:37:42.880><c> were</c><00:37:42.960><c> many</c><00:37:43.239><c> widows</c>

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:46.219
in<00:37:43.699><c> Israel</c><00:37:44.340><c> in</c><00:37:44.800><c> the</c><00:37:44.940><c> days</c><00:37:45.119><c> of</c><00:37:45.360><c> Elijah,</c>

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:49.920
when<00:37:46.960><c> the</c><00:37:47.099><c> heaven</c><00:37:47.280><c> was</c><00:37:47.500><c> shut</c><00:37:47.679><c> up</c><00:37:47.840><c> three</c><00:37:48.099><c> years</c><00:37:48.320><c> and</c><00:37:48.480><c> six</c><00:37:48.719><c> months,</c><00:37:49.659><c> when</c>

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.360
great<00:37:50.239><c> famine</c><00:37:50.500><c> was</c><00:37:50.760><c> throughout</c><00:37:50.940><c> all</c><00:37:51.199><c> the</c>

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:56.440
world,<00:37:51.840><c> but</c><00:37:52.980><c> under</c><00:37:53.380><c> none</c><00:37:53.739><c> of</c><00:37:54.260><c> them</c><00:37:54.260><c> was</c><00:37:54.519><c> Elijah</c><00:37:54.880><c> sinned,</c><00:37:56.079><c> save</c>

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:59.239
unto<00:37:57.019><c> Zarepta,</c><00:37:58.280><c> a</c><00:37:58.480><c> city</c><00:37:58.659><c> of</c><00:37:58.940><c> Zion,</c>

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:04.139
unto<00:37:59.980><c> a</c><00:38:00.179><c> woman</c><00:38:00.679><c> that</c><00:38:01.219><c> was</c><00:38:01.500><c> a</c><00:38:01.639><c> widow.</c><00:38:02.639><c> Oh,</c><00:38:03.260><c> brethren</c><00:38:03.420><c> and</c><00:38:03.639><c> sisters,</c><00:38:04.000><c> look,</c>

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:05.539
I<00:38:04.219><c> can't</c><00:38:04.679><c> impress</c><00:38:05.059><c> enough</c><00:38:05.400><c> the</c>

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:08.500
lesson<00:38:05.760><c> of</c><00:38:05.960><c> that.</c><00:38:07.099><c> Three</c><00:38:07.380><c> and</c><00:38:07.519><c> a</c><00:38:07.619><c> half</c><00:38:07.800><c> years,</c><00:38:08.099><c> and</c><00:38:08.179><c> you</c><00:38:08.300><c> know,</c>

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:10.800
I<00:38:08.900><c> don't</c><00:38:09.239><c> think</c><00:38:09.420><c> any</c><00:38:09.699><c> one</c><00:38:09.840><c> of</c><00:38:09.900><c> us</c><00:38:10.059><c> before</c><00:38:10.380><c> tonight,</c>

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:12.960
perhaps,<00:38:11.320><c> would</c><00:38:11.400><c> have</c><00:38:11.539><c> come</c><00:38:11.679><c> along</c><00:38:11.880><c> to</c><00:38:12.019><c> this</c><00:38:12.260><c> meeting,</c><00:38:12.860><c> but</c>

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:15.000
if<00:38:13.099><c> we</c><00:38:13.239><c> were</c><00:38:13.380><c> to</c><00:38:13.539><c> talk</c><00:38:13.679><c> about</c><00:38:13.900><c> the</c><00:38:14.099><c> lifetime</c><00:38:14.380><c> of</c><00:38:14.599><c> Elijah,</c>

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:18.019
I<00:38:15.440><c> don't</c><00:38:15.679><c> suppose</c><00:38:16.039><c> any</c><00:38:16.360><c> one</c><00:38:16.519><c> of</c><00:38:16.619><c> us</c><00:38:16.739><c> would</c><00:38:17.119><c> place</c><00:38:17.460><c> at</c><00:38:17.719><c> the</c><00:38:17.860><c> head</c>

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.960
of<00:38:18.139><c> the</c><00:38:18.219><c> list</c><00:38:18.360><c> of</c><00:38:18.559><c> his</c><00:38:18.800><c> word</c><00:38:19.139><c> the</c><00:38:19.380><c> conversion</c><00:38:19.800><c> of</c>

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:22.619
Zarephath,<00:38:20.659><c> and</c><00:38:20.860><c> I'm</c><00:38:21.059><c> not</c><00:38:21.320><c> saying,</c><00:38:22.199><c> brethren</c><00:38:22.420><c> and</c><00:38:22.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:24.280
this<00:38:22.840><c> was</c><00:38:23.159><c> the</c><00:38:23.320><c> major</c><00:38:23.599><c> work</c><00:38:23.800><c> of</c><00:38:23.880><c> his</c><00:38:24.099><c> life,</c>

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:27.519
I'm<00:38:24.440><c> not</c><00:38:24.599><c> saying</c><00:38:24.739><c> that</c><00:38:24.940><c> at</c><00:38:25.099><c> all,</c><00:38:25.519><c> but</c><00:38:25.679><c> I</c><00:38:25.880><c> do</c><00:38:26.039><c> say</c><00:38:26.260><c> this,</c><00:38:27.340><c> that</c>

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:29.420
not<00:38:27.760><c> one</c><00:38:27.920><c> of</c><00:38:27.980><c> us</c><00:38:28.139><c> perhaps</c><00:38:28.539><c> have</c><00:38:28.780><c> realized</c><00:38:29.179><c> the</c>

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:34.000
importance<00:38:29.780><c> of</c><00:38:30.000><c> this,</c><00:38:30.460><c> but</c><00:38:30.619><c> you</c><00:38:30.840><c> imagine</c><00:38:31.179><c> that</c><00:38:31.400><c> this</c><00:38:31.579><c> man's</c><00:38:32.019><c> life,</c><00:38:32.199><c> in</c><00:38:32.380><c> his</c><00:38:32.619><c> lifetime,</c><00:38:32.980><c> and</c><00:38:33.079><c> he</c><00:38:33.119><c> didn't</c><00:38:33.420><c> have</c><00:38:33.679><c> a</c><00:38:33.800><c> long</c>

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:37.280
ministry,<00:38:35.619><c> Elijah</c><00:38:35.960><c> did</c><00:38:36.219><c> not</c><00:38:36.400><c> have</c><00:38:36.519><c> a</c><00:38:36.659><c> long</c><00:38:36.800><c> ministry,</c><00:38:37.199><c> it's</c>

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:39.059
difficult<00:38:37.579><c> to</c><00:38:37.800><c> say</c><00:38:37.940><c> exactly</c><00:38:38.360><c> how</c><00:38:38.599><c> long,</c><00:38:38.719><c> but</c><00:38:38.860><c> it</c>

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:41.820
certainly<00:38:39.320><c> was</c><00:38:39.519><c> not</c><00:38:39.719><c> a</c><00:38:39.800><c> long</c><00:38:40.000><c> ministry,</c><00:38:40.980><c> and</c><00:38:41.199><c> yet</c><00:38:41.360><c> three</c><00:38:41.639><c> and</c>

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:44.219
a<00:38:41.900><c> half</c><00:38:42.079><c> years</c><00:38:42.340><c> of</c><00:38:42.519><c> that,</c><00:38:42.820><c> given</c><00:38:42.960><c> over</c><00:38:43.199><c> to</c><00:38:43.460><c> drought,</c>

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:46.960
that<00:38:44.440><c> three</c><00:38:44.739><c> and</c><00:38:44.880><c> a</c><00:38:44.960><c> half</c><00:38:45.079><c> years</c><00:38:45.300><c> was</c><00:38:45.539><c> spent</c><00:38:45.760><c> in</c><00:38:45.980><c> doing</c><00:38:46.179><c> nothing</c><00:38:46.559><c> else</c>

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.500
but<00:38:47.099><c> getting</c><00:38:47.320><c> the</c><00:38:47.480><c> widows</c><00:38:47.739><c> out</c><00:38:48.000><c> into</c><00:38:48.179><c> the</c>

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:52.219
and<00:38:48.860><c> his</c><00:38:49.219><c> sojourn</c><00:38:49.699><c> at</c><00:38:49.840><c> Kerath,</c><00:38:50.139><c> brethren</c><00:38:50.440><c> and</c><00:38:50.619><c> sisters,</c><00:38:50.940><c> I</c><00:38:51.260><c> believe</c><00:38:51.659><c> with</c><00:38:51.880><c> all</c><00:38:52.019><c> my</c>

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:53.719
heart<00:38:52.500><c> and</c><00:38:52.679><c> soul</c><00:38:52.900><c> was</c><00:38:53.119><c> for</c><00:38:53.320><c> no</c><00:38:53.460><c> other</c>

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:56.719
reason<00:38:54.300><c> than</c><00:38:54.500><c> to</c><00:38:54.719><c> prepare</c><00:38:54.940><c> him</c><00:38:55.059><c> for</c><00:38:55.159><c> that</c><00:38:55.320><c> widow.</c><00:38:56.320><c> Now</c><00:38:56.519><c> let's</c>

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:58.579
have<00:38:56.900><c> a</c><00:38:56.980><c> look</c><00:38:57.099><c> at</c><00:38:57.179><c> it</c><00:38:57.320><c> and</c><00:38:57.360><c> see</c><00:38:57.480><c> what</c><00:38:57.699><c> happened.</c>

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:02.360
So<00:38:59.260><c> he</c><00:38:59.400><c> delivers</c><00:38:59.659><c> the</c><00:38:59.900><c> word</c><00:39:00.099><c> to</c><00:39:00.340><c> Ahab,</c><00:39:01.500><c> then</c><00:39:01.599><c> we</c><00:39:01.719><c> read</c><00:39:01.840><c> in</c><00:39:02.019><c> verse</c><00:39:02.219><c> two,</c>

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.579
the<00:39:02.460><c> word</c><00:39:02.659><c> of</c><00:39:02.780><c> the</c><00:39:02.860><c> Lord</c><00:39:02.980><c> came</c><00:39:03.219><c> unto</c><00:39:03.380><c> him,</c>

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:07.300
saying,<00:39:03.920><c> Get</c><00:39:04.119><c> thee</c><00:39:04.500><c> hence,</c><00:39:04.780><c> and</c><00:39:05.119><c> turn</c><00:39:05.400><c> thee</c><00:39:05.679><c> eastward,</c><00:39:07.159><c> and</c>

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:09.320
hide<00:39:07.659><c> thyself</c><00:39:08.099><c> by</c><00:39:08.320><c> the</c><00:39:08.480><c> brook</c><00:39:08.719><c> Kerath</c><00:39:08.980><c> that</c><00:39:09.099><c> is</c>

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:13.139
before<00:39:09.679><c> Jordan.</c><00:39:11.619><c> So</c><00:39:11.900><c> he</c><00:39:12.039><c> went</c><00:39:12.239><c> and</c><00:39:12.380><c> did</c><00:39:12.559><c> according</c><00:39:12.840><c> unto</c><00:39:13.039><c> the</c>

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:18.380
word<00:39:13.320><c> of</c><00:39:13.539><c> Yahweh,</c><00:39:13.780><c> and</c><00:39:13.920><c> he</c><00:39:14.019><c> went</c><00:39:14.179><c> and</c><00:39:14.500><c> dwelt</c><00:39:14.619><c> by</c><00:39:14.840><c> the</c>

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:26.280
and<00:39:18.800><c> he</c><00:39:22.760><c> drank</c><00:39:23.199><c> of</c><00:39:23.460><c> the</c><00:39:23.619><c> brook,</c><00:39:25.099><c> and</c><00:39:25.179><c> it</c><00:39:25.320><c> came</c><00:39:25.460><c> to</c><00:39:25.619><c> pass</c><00:39:25.820><c> after</c>

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:27.940
a<00:39:26.400><c> while</c><00:39:26.480><c> the</c><00:39:26.659><c> brook</c><00:39:26.920><c> glied</c><00:39:27.119><c> up</c><00:39:27.320><c> because</c><00:39:27.760><c> there</c>

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:30.460
had<00:39:28.159><c> been</c><00:39:28.280><c> no</c><00:39:28.599><c> rain</c><00:39:28.760><c> in</c><00:39:28.920><c> the</c><00:39:29.039><c> land,</c><00:39:29.360><c> and</c><00:39:29.679><c> the</c><00:39:29.820><c> word</c><00:39:30.039><c> of</c><00:39:30.219><c> Yahweh</c>

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:32.880
came<00:39:30.659><c> in</c><00:39:30.760><c> and</c><00:39:30.940><c> said,</c><00:39:31.380><c> Get</c><00:39:31.539><c> thee</c><00:39:31.679><c> to</c><00:39:31.860><c> Zarephah.</c>

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:37.800
Now<00:39:34.360><c> civil</c><00:39:34.719><c> record,</c><00:39:36.039><c> but</c><00:39:36.119><c> look</c><00:39:36.260><c> what</c><00:39:36.619><c> Elijah</c><00:39:36.719><c> has</c><00:39:36.940><c> got</c><00:39:37.059><c> to</c><00:39:37.199><c> learn.</c><00:39:37.659><c> Now</c>

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:39.340
let<00:39:37.900><c> me</c><00:39:38.019><c> tell</c><00:39:38.199><c> you</c><00:39:38.360><c> first</c><00:39:38.639><c> of</c><00:39:38.800><c> all</c><00:39:38.920><c> what</c><00:39:39.099><c> I</c>

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:44.059
believe<00:39:39.579><c> Elijah's</c><00:39:41.360><c> mind</c><00:39:41.719><c> was</c><00:39:42.340><c> basically</c><00:39:42.860><c> made</c><00:39:43.159><c> up</c><00:39:43.360><c> of,</c><00:39:43.519><c> because</c><00:39:43.800><c> we've</c>

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.340
got<00:39:44.199><c> no</c><00:39:44.380><c> doubt</c><00:39:44.579><c> about</c><00:39:44.780><c> this</c><00:39:44.920><c> when</c><00:39:45.059><c> we</c><00:39:45.199><c> come</c>

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:48.940
home,<00:39:45.940><c> but</c><00:39:45.940><c> I</c><00:39:46.099><c> don't</c><00:39:46.320><c> want</c><00:39:46.480><c> to</c><00:39:46.619><c> go</c><00:39:46.739><c> there,</c><00:39:47.300><c> I</c><00:39:47.380><c> just</c><00:39:47.559><c> want</c><00:39:47.719><c> to</c><00:39:47.820><c> tell</c><00:39:48.000><c> you</c><00:39:48.159><c> first</c><00:39:48.460><c> of</c><00:39:48.619><c> all,</c>

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:54.519
and<00:39:49.079><c> we'll</c><00:39:49.400><c> have</c><00:39:49.559><c> a</c><00:39:49.659><c> look</c><00:39:49.719><c> at</c><00:39:49.739><c> it</c><00:39:49.900><c> later</c><00:39:50.019><c> on.</c><00:39:51.800><c> Elijah</c><00:39:52.139><c> was</c><00:39:52.500><c> a</c><00:39:52.719><c> fair</c><00:39:52.880><c> dinkum</c><00:39:53.179><c> Israelite,</c><00:39:54.440><c> no</c>

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.380
doubt<00:39:54.619><c> about</c><00:39:54.900><c> that,</c>

00:39:55.760 --> 00:40:00.239
a<00:39:56.000><c> Jew</c><00:39:56.199><c> if</c><00:39:56.380><c> ever</c><00:39:56.559><c> there</c><00:39:56.699><c> was</c><00:39:56.900><c> one.</c><00:39:58.599><c> But</c><00:39:58.780><c> his</c><00:39:59.059><c> mind</c><00:39:59.199><c> also,</c><00:39:59.679><c> brethren</c><00:39:59.980><c> and</c>

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:02.019
sisters,<00:40:00.500><c> was</c><00:40:00.840><c> cast</c><00:40:01.239><c> like</c><00:40:01.480><c> the</c><00:40:01.719><c> minds</c><00:40:01.880><c> of</c>

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:06.920
many<00:40:02.300><c> other</c><00:40:02.619><c> Jews,</c><00:40:04.119><c> that</c><00:40:04.239><c> they</c><00:40:04.519><c> were</c><00:40:04.679><c> the</c><00:40:04.960><c> exclusive</c><00:40:05.780><c> people,</c>

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.659
that<00:40:07.420><c> there</c><00:40:07.539><c> was</c><00:40:07.739><c> no</c><00:40:07.900><c> one</c><00:40:08.059><c> on</c><00:40:08.199><c> the</c><00:40:08.260><c> earth</c><00:40:08.400><c> like</c>

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:11.539
the<00:40:08.840><c> Jews</c><00:40:09.039><c> because</c><00:40:09.400><c> God</c><00:40:09.679><c> had</c><00:40:09.860><c> not</c><00:40:10.019><c> gone</c><00:40:10.199><c> to</c><00:40:10.300><c> the</c><00:40:10.420><c> other</c><00:40:10.579><c> nations,</c><00:40:11.139><c> he</c><00:40:11.340><c> had</c>

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:14.639
selected<00:40:11.880><c> Israel.</c><00:40:13.719><c> And</c><00:40:13.980><c> Elijah</c><00:40:14.360><c> I</c>

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:18.139
was<00:40:15.119><c> firmly</c><00:40:15.780><c> convinced</c><00:40:16.400><c> that</c><00:40:16.820><c> outside</c><00:40:17.239><c> of</c><00:40:17.420><c> Israel</c><00:40:17.699><c> there</c><00:40:17.900><c> was</c>

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:20.260
no<00:40:18.380><c> salvation,</c><00:40:19.440><c> and</c><00:40:19.440><c> that</c><00:40:19.579><c> if</c><00:40:19.679><c> anybody</c><00:40:19.940><c> would</c><00:40:20.099><c> have</c>

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:25.920
suggested<00:40:20.659><c> to</c><00:40:20.960><c> Elijah</c><00:40:21.219><c> that</c><00:40:21.360><c> he</c><00:40:21.579><c> should</c><00:40:21.780><c> go</c><00:40:22.099><c> and</c><00:40:22.360><c> save</c><00:40:22.480><c> a</c><00:40:22.679><c> widow</c><00:40:22.920><c> woman</c><00:40:23.179><c> of</c><00:40:23.360><c> Zarephah,</c><00:40:24.519><c> obviously</c><00:40:25.219><c> a</c><00:40:25.420><c> Gentile</c>

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:27.659
woman,<00:40:26.360><c> it</c><00:40:26.500><c> would</c><00:40:26.639><c> have</c><00:40:26.739><c> been</c><00:40:26.860><c> the</c><00:40:27.019><c> last</c><00:40:27.260><c> thing</c><00:40:27.420><c> that</c><00:40:27.519><c> would</c>

00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:29.679
have<00:40:27.760><c> entered</c><00:40:27.840><c> into</c><00:40:28.059><c> his</c><00:40:28.340><c> mind.</c><00:40:29.199><c> Now</c><00:40:29.380><c> I've</c><00:40:29.519><c> got</c>

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:33.079
good<00:40:29.920><c> reason</c><00:40:30.199><c> for</c><00:40:30.420><c> saying</c><00:40:30.619><c> this</c><00:40:30.820><c> Mark</c><00:40:31.179><c> Hughes,</c><00:40:32.199><c> and</c><00:40:32.400><c> therefore</c><00:40:32.780><c> brethren</c>

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:34.159
and<00:40:33.260><c> sisters,</c><00:40:33.659><c> to</c><00:40:33.840><c> send</c><00:40:33.920><c> him</c>

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:38.119
straight<00:40:34.480><c> to</c><00:40:34.780><c> Zarephah</c><00:40:35.579><c> I</c><00:40:35.940><c> believe</c><00:40:36.539><c> would</c><00:40:37.320><c> have</c><00:40:37.519><c> been</c><00:40:37.760><c> wrong,</c>

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.320
because<00:40:38.820><c> God</c><00:40:39.099><c> knew</c><00:40:39.300><c> that</c><00:40:39.500><c> that</c><00:40:39.659><c> man's</c><00:40:40.000><c> mind</c><00:40:40.159><c> had</c>

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:44.380
to<00:40:40.699><c> be</c><00:40:40.699><c> conditioned</c><00:40:41.039><c> for</c><00:40:41.260><c> this,</c><00:40:42.840><c> and</c><00:40:42.980><c> there's</c><00:40:43.480><c> an</c><00:40:44.019><c> equivalent</c>

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.760
case<00:40:44.679><c> in</c><00:40:44.840><c> the</c><00:40:44.880><c> New</c><00:40:45.099><c> Testament</c><00:40:45.400><c> which</c>

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:48.519
many<00:40:46.260><c> of</c><00:40:46.420><c> you</c><00:40:46.519><c> would</c><00:40:46.659><c> have</c><00:40:46.840><c> already</c><00:40:47.099><c> thought</c><00:40:47.360><c> of,</c><00:40:48.159><c> that</c><00:40:48.260><c> his</c>

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:51.059
mind<00:40:48.699><c> had</c><00:40:48.800><c> to</c><00:40:48.940><c> be</c><00:40:49.139><c> conditioned</c><00:40:49.539><c> for</c><00:40:49.699><c> this.</c><00:40:50.780><c> He</c><00:40:50.900><c> was</c>

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:54.420
going<00:40:51.179><c> to</c><00:40:51.280><c> be</c><00:40:51.440><c> sent</c><00:40:51.579><c> to</c><00:40:51.699><c> a</c><00:40:51.820><c> widow</c><00:40:52.079><c> woman</c><00:40:52.539><c> to</c><00:40:53.239><c> save</c><00:40:53.639><c> her</c><00:40:54.000><c> in</c><00:40:54.159><c> the</c>

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:58.739
truth,<00:40:55.260><c> to</c><00:40:55.599><c> get</c><00:40:55.820><c> her</c><00:40:56.039><c> to</c><00:40:56.340><c> accept</c><00:40:56.699><c> the</c><00:40:57.320><c> hope</c><00:40:57.559><c> of</c><00:40:57.739><c> Israel,</c>

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:02.199
the<00:40:59.219><c> promises</c><00:40:59.500><c> made</c><00:40:59.780><c> to</c><00:40:59.900><c> the</c><00:41:00.179><c> fathers,</c><00:41:01.139><c> and</c><00:41:01.380><c> God</c><00:41:01.559><c> looked</c><00:41:01.820><c> around</c><00:41:02.039><c> and</c>

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:03.840
all<00:41:02.320><c> of</c><00:41:02.440><c> Israel,</c><00:41:02.960><c> and</c><00:41:03.119><c> as</c><00:41:03.320><c> the</c><00:41:03.500><c> Lord</c><00:41:03.659><c> said</c>

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:07.039
he<00:41:04.000><c> didn't</c><00:41:04.280><c> want</c><00:41:04.840><c> for</c><00:41:05.039><c> the</c><00:41:05.159><c> world</c><00:41:05.300><c> of</c><00:41:05.480><c> widows,</c><00:41:05.920><c> there</c><00:41:06.059><c> were</c><00:41:06.239><c> many</c><00:41:06.539><c> widows</c><00:41:06.880><c> in</c>

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:10.119
Israel,<00:41:07.559><c> but</c><00:41:07.739><c> oh</c><00:41:07.920><c> there</c><00:41:08.000><c> was</c><00:41:08.260><c> none</c><00:41:08.400><c> of</c>

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:16.619
there.<00:41:11.880><c> On</c><00:41:12.059><c> the</c><00:41:12.320><c> western</c><00:41:12.639><c> coast</c><00:41:13.199><c> there</c><00:41:14.760><c> was</c><00:41:14.960><c> a</c><00:41:15.119><c> woman</c><00:41:15.300><c> that</c><00:41:15.460><c> God</c><00:41:15.699><c> wanted,</c><00:41:16.500><c> a</c>

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:19.400
poor<00:41:16.980><c> old</c><00:41:17.300><c> widow</c><00:41:17.500><c> woman.</c><00:41:18.840><c> So</c><00:41:18.960><c> Elijah,</c>

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:22.179
you've<00:41:20.019><c> got</c><00:41:20.119><c> a</c><00:41:20.179><c> work</c><00:41:20.380><c> to</c><00:41:20.519><c> do</c><00:41:20.579><c> for</c><00:41:20.760><c> three</c><00:41:20.940><c> and</c><00:41:21.079><c> a</c><00:41:21.099><c> half</c><00:41:21.260><c> years.</c><00:41:22.019><c> I</c>

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:25.000
want<00:41:22.480><c> you</c><00:41:22.840><c> at</c><00:41:23.000><c> the</c><00:41:23.159><c> book</c><00:41:23.360><c> Kerath.</c><00:41:25.000><c> Elijah,</c>

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:27.360
so<00:41:25.400><c> Elijah</c><00:41:25.760><c> and</c><00:41:25.860><c> Julie</c><00:41:26.039><c> walks</c><00:41:26.300><c> across</c><00:41:26.619><c> to</c><00:41:26.760><c> the</c><00:41:26.860><c> book</c><00:41:26.960><c> Kerath.</c>

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.980
He<00:41:27.719><c> goes,</c><00:41:28.039><c> well</c><00:41:28.099><c> if</c><00:41:28.179><c> that</c><00:41:28.340><c> went</c><00:41:28.539><c> there</c><00:41:28.820><c> brethren</c>

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:32.519
and<00:41:29.300><c> sisters,</c><00:41:29.340><c> quite</c><00:41:29.619><c> happily,</c><00:41:30.019><c> because</c><00:41:30.199><c> he</c><00:41:30.320><c> was</c><00:41:30.480><c> going</c><00:41:30.639><c> home.</c><00:41:32.039><c> Kerath</c><00:41:32.360><c> was</c>

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:34.659
in<00:41:32.659><c> Gilead.</c><00:41:33.960><c> But</c><00:41:34.159><c> I</c><00:41:34.300><c> want</c><00:41:34.400><c> you</c><00:41:34.500><c> to</c>

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:39.460
notice<00:41:34.920><c> what</c><00:41:35.159><c> God</c><00:41:35.420><c> says</c><00:41:35.599><c> about</c><00:41:35.800><c> the</c><00:41:35.920><c> book</c><00:41:36.039><c> Kerath.</c><00:41:37.559><c> He</c><00:41:37.619><c> says,</c>

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:41.500
that's<00:41:40.280><c> where</c><00:41:40.340><c> you</c><00:41:40.420><c> get</c><00:41:40.639><c> these</c><00:41:40.800><c> hints</c><00:41:41.039><c> and</c><00:41:41.300><c> turn</c>

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:45.159
thee<00:41:41.820><c> eastward</c><00:41:42.340><c> and</c><00:41:42.559><c> hide</c><00:41:42.880><c> thyself</c><00:41:43.340><c> by</c><00:41:43.599><c> the</c><00:41:43.800><c> book</c><00:41:43.960><c> Kerath</c><00:41:44.460><c> that</c><00:41:44.739><c> is</c>

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:48.820
before<00:41:45.659><c> Jordan.</c><00:41:46.579><c> Now</c><00:41:46.840><c> the</c><00:41:46.860><c> word</c><00:41:47.099><c> Kerath</c><00:41:47.559><c> means</c>

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:53.960
that<00:41:49.599><c> which</c><00:41:49.880><c> is</c><00:41:50.460><c> separated.</c><00:41:53.019><c> Not</c><00:41:53.159><c> in</c><00:41:53.320><c> the</c><00:41:53.440><c> sense,</c><00:41:53.840><c> brethren</c>

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:56.420
and<00:41:54.219><c> sisters,</c><00:41:54.760><c> of</c><00:41:54.900><c> being</c><00:41:55.239><c> separated</c><00:41:55.739><c> however</c>

00:41:56.420 --> 00:42:01.719
for<00:41:57.000><c> a</c><00:41:57.179><c> godly</c><00:41:57.480><c> purpose.</c><00:41:59.300><c> The</c><00:41:59.460><c> word</c><00:41:59.800><c> literally</c><00:42:00.320><c> has</c><00:42:00.800><c> a</c><00:42:00.940><c> significance</c><00:42:01.300><c> of</c><00:42:01.519><c> that</c>

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:03.760
which<00:42:01.880><c> is</c><00:42:02.079><c> being</c><00:42:02.340><c> cast</c><00:42:02.760><c> off,</c>

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:08.920
and<00:42:04.679><c> the</c><00:42:04.880><c> record</c><00:42:05.340><c> says</c><00:42:06.000><c> it</c><00:42:06.559><c> was</c><00:42:07.239><c> emptying</c><00:42:07.719><c> itself</c><00:42:08.139><c> into</c><00:42:08.400><c> Jordan.</c><00:42:08.880><c> Now</c>

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:10.599
that's<00:42:09.639><c> the</c><00:42:09.659><c> meaning</c><00:42:09.900><c> of</c><00:42:10.099><c> that</c><00:42:10.300><c> phrase</c>

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:14.480
before<00:42:11.380><c> Jordan.</c><00:42:12.900><c> The</c><00:42:13.059><c> literal</c><00:42:13.340><c> Hebrew</c><00:42:13.739><c> rendition</c><00:42:14.139><c> as</c><00:42:14.320><c> given</c>

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.519
by<00:42:14.760><c> Young's</c><00:42:15.260><c> literal</c><00:42:15.500><c> translation</c><00:42:16.000><c> is</c><00:42:16.280><c> that</c><00:42:16.400><c> it</c>

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:19.300
was<00:42:16.920><c> emptying</c><00:42:17.360><c> itself</c><00:42:17.780><c> in</c><00:42:17.940><c> the</c><00:42:18.059><c> river</c><00:42:18.219><c> Jordan.</c><00:42:18.760><c> Now</c><00:42:18.920><c> here</c><00:42:19.119><c> was</c>

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:21.659
a<00:42:19.460><c> book</c><00:42:19.599><c> which</c><00:42:19.820><c> had</c><00:42:19.960><c> been</c><00:42:20.280><c> cast</c><00:42:20.679><c> off</c><00:42:21.019><c> and</c><00:42:21.300><c> it</c><00:42:21.420><c> was</c>

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:25.739
emptying<00:42:22.000><c> itself</c><00:42:22.300><c> into</c><00:42:22.539><c> Jordan</c><00:42:22.820><c> and</c><00:42:22.960><c> Jordan</c><00:42:23.239><c> was</c><00:42:23.460><c> running</c><00:42:23.599><c> down</c><00:42:23.780><c> into</c><00:42:23.940><c> the</c><00:42:24.119><c> Dead</c><00:42:24.400><c> Sea.</c><00:42:25.619><c> I</c>

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:27.960
want<00:42:25.920><c> you</c><00:42:26.159><c> there</c><00:42:26.659><c> Elijah.</c>

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:32.360
The<00:42:28.780><c> way</c><00:42:28.940><c> he</c><00:42:29.119><c> goes</c><00:42:29.280><c> to</c><00:42:29.440><c> the</c><00:42:29.539><c> book</c><00:42:29.679><c> Kerath.</c><00:42:31.599><c> Now</c><00:42:31.719><c> you</c><00:42:31.739><c> know</c><00:42:31.940><c> brethren</c><00:42:32.199><c> and</c>

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:33.380
sisters<00:42:32.539><c> when</c><00:42:32.659><c> we</c><00:42:32.820><c> come</c><00:42:32.940><c> to</c><00:42:33.059><c> the</c><00:42:33.159><c> river</c>

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:37.420
Jordan,<00:42:35.380><c> again</c><00:42:35.699><c> let</c><00:42:35.900><c> the</c><00:42:36.099><c> land</c><00:42:36.320><c> speak</c><00:42:36.599><c> for</c><00:42:36.800><c> itself.</c><00:42:37.099><c> You</c><00:42:37.280><c> go</c>

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:39.360
through<00:42:37.579><c> the</c><00:42:37.820><c> script</c><00:42:37.980><c> on</c><00:42:38.159><c> the</c><00:42:38.260><c> river</c><00:42:38.380><c> Jordan</c>

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:42.000
and<00:42:40.099><c> if</c><00:42:40.280><c> you've</c><00:42:40.500><c> got</c><00:42:40.639><c> a</c><00:42:40.780><c> picture</c><00:42:40.980><c> of</c><00:42:41.119><c> the</c><00:42:41.199><c> river</c><00:42:41.400><c> Jordan</c><00:42:41.760><c> being</c>

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.179
a<00:42:42.159><c> lovely</c><00:42:42.440><c> little</c><00:42:42.780><c> stream</c>

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:46.519
winding<00:42:43.880><c> its</c><00:42:44.179><c> way</c><00:42:44.539><c> through</c><00:42:45.000><c> banks</c><00:42:45.360><c> of</c><00:42:45.820><c> either</c><00:42:46.099><c> side</c><00:42:46.300><c> of</c><00:42:46.420><c> which</c>

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:49.099
is<00:42:46.699><c> the</c><00:42:46.880><c> green</c><00:42:47.179><c> sward</c><00:42:47.840><c> with</c><00:42:48.159><c> the</c><00:42:48.280><c> lovely</c>

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:52.139
bushes<00:42:49.420><c> on</c><00:42:49.699><c> either</c><00:42:50.000><c> side</c><00:42:50.559><c> leading</c><00:42:50.980><c> up</c><00:42:51.159><c> into</c><00:42:51.280><c> the</c><00:42:51.579><c> tree</c><00:42:51.780><c> in</c><00:42:51.960><c> the</c>

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:54.059
pot<00:42:52.219><c> that</c><00:42:52.360><c> is</c><00:42:52.460><c> giving</c><00:42:52.599><c> a</c><00:42:52.920><c> nice</c><00:42:53.300><c> idyllic</c><00:42:53.780><c> appearance,</c>

00:42:54.059 --> 00:43:03.900
forget<00:42:54.679><c> it</c><00:42:56.119><c> because</c><00:42:57.760><c> Jordan</c><00:42:58.219><c> was</c><00:42:58.579><c> a</c><00:42:59.340><c> stinking</c><00:43:00.199><c> rock</c><00:43:01.199><c> muddy</c><00:43:01.659><c> stream</c><00:43:02.239><c> and</c><00:43:03.320><c> the</c><00:43:03.480><c> word</c><00:43:03.679><c> of</c>

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:05.119
god<00:43:04.119><c> never</c><00:43:04.539><c> ever</c><00:43:04.880><c> presents</c>

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:07.539
it<00:43:05.320><c> in</c><00:43:05.440><c> any</c><00:43:05.519><c> other</c><00:43:05.699><c> way</c><00:43:05.860><c> than</c><00:43:06.079><c> that</c><00:43:06.340><c> because</c><00:43:06.840><c> Jordan</c><00:43:07.159><c> you</c><00:43:07.400><c> see</c>

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:10.460
is<00:43:07.760><c> in</c><00:43:08.039><c> a</c><00:43:08.420><c> valley</c><00:43:08.579><c> like</c><00:43:08.880><c> that</c><00:43:09.400><c> and</c><00:43:09.739><c> when</c><00:43:09.880><c> it</c><00:43:10.059><c> overflowed</c>

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:13.119
all<00:43:10.559><c> its</c><00:43:10.760><c> banks</c><00:43:10.920><c> it</c><00:43:11.119><c> overflowed</c><00:43:11.559><c> all</c><00:43:11.739><c> those</c><00:43:12.019><c> little</c><00:43:12.340><c> ridges</c>

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:14.500
and<00:43:13.420><c> of</c><00:43:13.500><c> course</c><00:43:13.599><c> it</c><00:43:13.820><c> overflowed</c><00:43:14.159><c> them</c><00:43:14.300><c> quickly</c>

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:16.639
and<00:43:14.760><c> receded</c><00:43:15.099><c> quickly.</c><00:43:15.659><c> Now</c><00:43:15.679><c> people</c><00:43:15.900><c> on</c><00:43:16.039><c> the</c><00:43:16.239><c> Murray</c><00:43:16.380><c> knows</c>

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what<00:43:17.960><c> happens</c><00:43:18.199><c> when</c><00:43:18.380><c> that</c><00:43:18.519><c> happens.</c><00:43:19.840><c> These</c><00:43:19.920><c> banks</c>

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as<00:43:20.400><c> they</c><00:43:20.579><c> were</c><00:43:20.780><c> flooded</c><00:43:20.940><c> here</c><00:43:21.159><c> a</c><00:43:21.239><c> few</c><00:43:21.360><c> years</c><00:43:21.659><c> ago</c><00:43:22.099><c> they</c><00:43:22.539><c> flood</c>

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up<00:43:22.940><c> and</c><00:43:23.039><c> then</c><00:43:23.159><c> they</c><00:43:23.360><c> recede.</c><00:43:23.679><c> What</c><00:43:23.820><c> do</c><00:43:23.900><c> you</c><00:43:23.960><c> have</c>

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left?<00:43:25.340><c> Silk,</c><00:43:25.860><c> rotting</c><00:43:26.280><c> vegetation</c><00:43:26.940><c> and</c><00:43:27.639><c> stench.</c><00:43:28.780><c> That's</c><00:43:29.260><c> Jordan</c><00:43:29.519><c> and</c>

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it<00:43:30.159><c> has</c><00:43:30.360><c> been</c><00:43:30.539><c> forever</c><00:43:31.000><c> considered</c><00:43:31.420><c> in</c><00:43:31.579><c> the</c>

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word<00:43:31.860><c> of</c><00:43:31.960><c> god</c><00:43:32.239><c> as</c><00:43:32.460><c> being</c><00:43:32.760><c> symbolic</c><00:43:33.300><c> of</c><00:43:33.639><c> the</c><00:43:34.039><c> flesh.</c><00:43:35.320><c> It</c><00:43:35.639><c> never</c>

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:37.619
ever<00:43:36.280><c> is</c><00:43:36.400><c> presented</c><00:43:36.659><c> to</c><00:43:36.840><c> us</c><00:43:36.940><c> in</c><00:43:37.059><c> the</c><00:43:37.159><c> word</c><00:43:37.320><c> of</c><00:43:37.480><c> god</c>

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as<00:43:37.780><c> being</c><00:43:37.940><c> beautiful.</c><00:43:38.739><c> The</c><00:43:38.840><c> lord</c><00:43:39.139><c> washed</c><00:43:39.519><c> it</c><00:43:39.659><c> in</c><00:43:39.699><c> that</c><00:43:39.860><c> Jordan</c>

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doesn't<00:43:40.500><c> insist</c><00:43:40.760><c> us</c><00:43:40.900><c> to</c><00:43:41.119><c> declare</c><00:43:41.320><c> that</c><00:43:41.579><c> the</c>

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flesh<00:43:42.059><c> profits</c><00:43:42.380><c> nothing.</c><00:43:43.139><c> When</c><00:43:43.280><c> he</c><00:43:43.420><c> came</c><00:43:43.679><c> out</c><00:43:44.059><c> of</c><00:43:44.199><c> the</c><00:43:44.420><c> water</c>

00:43:44.699 --> 00:43:47.099
the<00:43:45.139><c> spirit</c><00:43:45.300><c> of</c><00:43:45.440><c> god</c><00:43:45.619><c> rested</c><00:43:45.900><c> upon</c><00:43:46.159><c> him.</c><00:43:46.579><c> This</c><00:43:46.860><c> is</c>

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:50.019
my<00:43:47.239><c> beloved</c><00:43:47.579><c> son</c><00:43:47.840><c> because</c><00:43:48.079><c> he's</c><00:43:48.360><c> denied</c><00:43:48.719><c> the</c><00:43:49.000><c> flesh.</c><00:43:49.699><c> Israel</c>

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crossed<00:43:50.420><c> the</c><00:43:50.699><c> flesh</c><00:43:50.900><c> and</c><00:43:51.219><c> when</c><00:43:51.300><c> they</c><00:43:51.480><c> got</c><00:43:51.639><c> across</c>

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:54.500
the<00:43:52.079><c> river</c><00:43:52.159><c> Jordan</c><00:43:52.460><c> they</c><00:43:52.780><c> rolled</c><00:43:53.059><c> off</c><00:43:53.300><c> the</c><00:43:53.420><c> reproach</c><00:43:53.820><c> of</c><00:43:53.940><c> Egypt</c><00:43:54.199><c> in</c>

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:56.460
circumcision<00:43:54.920><c> and</c><00:43:55.280><c> cast</c><00:43:55.460><c> it</c><00:43:55.619><c> behind</c><00:43:56.000><c> them</c>

00:43:56.460 --> 00:44:00.739
and<00:43:57.079><c> here</c><00:43:57.179><c> was</c><00:43:57.360><c> a</c><00:43:57.619><c> stream</c><00:43:58.019><c> cut</c><00:43:58.900><c> off,</c><00:44:00.159><c> emptying</c><00:44:00.280><c> itself</c><00:44:00.599><c> into</c>

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:02.559
this<00:44:01.019><c> dirty</c><00:44:01.340><c> stream</c><00:44:01.599><c> and</c><00:44:01.800><c> running</c><00:44:02.019><c> into</c><00:44:02.219><c> the</c><00:44:02.320><c> dead</c>

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sea.<00:44:03.019><c> I</c><00:44:03.059><c> want</c><00:44:03.300><c> you</c><00:44:03.639><c> there</c><00:44:04.139><c> Elijah.</c><00:44:06.320><c> So</c><00:44:06.539><c> away</c><00:44:06.719><c> he</c><00:44:06.880><c> goes.</c><00:44:08.900><c> So</c><00:44:09.039><c> he's</c><00:44:09.159><c> there</c><00:44:09.260><c> he's</c><00:44:09.440><c> got</c>

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a<00:44:09.579><c> bit</c><00:44:09.659><c> of</c><00:44:09.820><c> water.</c><00:44:10.659><c> The</c><00:44:10.659><c> character's</c>

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running<00:44:12.139><c> along</c><00:44:12.320><c> with</c><00:44:12.400><c> a</c><00:44:12.440><c> bit</c><00:44:12.559><c> of</c><00:44:12.719><c> water.</c><00:44:12.880><c> He's</c><00:44:13.079><c> not</c><00:44:13.360><c> thirsty</c><00:44:13.599><c> for</c><00:44:13.820><c> a</c>

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while<00:44:14.099><c> but</c><00:44:14.260><c> my</c><00:44:14.460><c> word</c><00:44:14.559><c> he's</c><00:44:14.739><c> hungry.</c>

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:18.760
How<00:44:17.039><c> would</c><00:44:17.139><c> you</c><00:44:17.320><c> imagine</c><00:44:17.699><c> brethren</c><00:44:18.000><c> and</c><00:44:18.159><c> sisters</c><00:44:18.320><c> that</c><00:44:18.539><c> god</c>

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would<00:44:18.980><c> feed</c><00:44:19.119><c> him?</c><00:44:19.280><c> You</c><00:44:19.420><c> know</c><00:44:19.539><c> how</c><00:44:19.719><c> he</c><00:44:19.920><c> fed</c><00:44:20.019><c> them.</c><00:44:20.199><c> You</c>

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teach<00:44:20.519><c> it</c><00:44:20.659><c> to</c><00:44:20.739><c> your</c><00:44:20.820><c> Sunday</c><00:44:21.079><c> school</c><00:44:21.380><c> scholars.</c><00:44:22.840><c> Why</c><00:44:23.139><c> do</c><00:44:23.320><c> you</c><00:44:23.539><c> suppose</c><00:44:24.119><c> god</c><00:44:24.400><c> would</c><00:44:24.639><c> choose</c><00:44:25.139><c> a</c>

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raven<00:44:25.659><c> to</c><00:44:25.880><c> feed</c><00:44:26.059><c> Elijah?</c>

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Why<00:44:28.139><c> would</c><00:44:28.360><c> you</c><00:44:28.559><c> suppose</c><00:44:28.860><c> he'd</c><00:44:29.159><c> do</c><00:44:29.219><c> a</c><00:44:29.360><c> thing</c><00:44:29.480><c> like</c><00:44:29.780><c> that?</c><00:44:31.019><c> Well</c>

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first<00:44:31.559><c> of</c><00:44:31.699><c> all</c><00:44:31.820><c> because</c><00:44:32.119><c> in</c><00:44:32.260><c> the</c><00:44:32.300><c> 11th</c><00:44:32.619><c> chapter</c><00:44:32.900><c> of</c>

00:44:46.460 --> 00:44:58.500
the<00:44:46.980><c> book</c><00:44:47.500><c> of</c><00:44:47.500><c> Genesis</c><00:44:47.500><c> chapter</c><00:44:47.500><c> 11</c><00:44:55.679><c> and</c><00:44:55.860><c> verse</c><00:44:56.119><c> 13</c><00:44:56.420><c> we</c><00:44:56.619><c> read</c>

00:44:58.500 --> 00:45:00.119
and<00:44:58.500><c> all</c><00:44:59.099><c> the</c><00:44:59.260><c> pages</c><00:44:59.480><c> have</c><00:44:59.699><c> stopped</c><00:44:59.860><c> turning.</c>

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Do<00:45:00.119><c> we</c><00:45:00.300><c> do</c><00:45:00.519><c> any</c><00:45:00.739><c> of</c><00:45:00.780><c> that?</c><00:45:03.039><c> Yeah</c><00:45:03.219><c> that's</c><00:45:03.539><c> a</c><00:45:03.699><c> gory</c><00:45:04.019><c> sound</c><00:45:04.380><c> brethren</c><00:45:04.699><c> and</c><00:45:04.920><c> sisters.</c><00:45:06.159><c> I</c>

00:45:06.219 --> 00:45:07.079
might<00:45:06.360><c> just</c><00:45:06.599><c> mention</c><00:45:06.760><c> this</c>

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by<00:45:07.260><c> in</c><00:45:07.400><c> the</c><00:45:07.579><c> way</c><00:45:07.739><c> of</c><00:45:07.940><c> passing</c><00:45:08.260><c> that</c><00:45:08.860><c> it's</c><00:45:09.059><c> not</c><00:45:09.239><c> everywhere</c><00:45:09.639><c> in</c>

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:11.539
Christodelfian<00:45:10.380><c> audiences</c><00:45:10.639><c> you</c><00:45:10.840><c> hear</c><00:45:10.980><c> that</c><00:45:11.219><c> sound.</c>

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It's<00:45:12.019><c> one</c><00:45:12.179><c> of</c><00:45:12.239><c> the</c><00:45:12.360><c> most</c><00:45:12.599><c> beautiful</c><00:45:13.019><c> sounds</c><00:45:13.300><c> in</c><00:45:13.559><c> Adelaide.</c><00:45:14.039><c> The</c><00:45:14.119><c> pages</c><00:45:14.400><c> of</c>

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a<00:45:14.719><c> Bible</c><00:45:15.019><c> turning</c><00:45:15.360><c> over.</c>

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Keep<00:45:16.300><c> it</c><00:45:16.500><c> up.</c><00:45:17.219><c> In</c><00:45:17.320><c> Leviticus</c><00:45:17.719><c> chapter</c><00:45:17.980><c> 11</c><00:45:18.280><c> and</c><00:45:18.460><c> verse</c><00:45:18.659><c> 13.</c><00:45:19.739><c> These</c><00:45:19.800><c> are</c>

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they<00:45:20.360><c> which</c><00:45:20.599><c> you</c><00:45:20.780><c> shall</c><00:45:21.019><c> have</c><00:45:21.239><c> an</c>

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abomination<00:45:22.099><c> among</c><00:45:22.440><c> the</c><00:45:22.760><c> fouls.</c><00:45:23.800><c> They</c><00:45:24.000><c> shall</c><00:45:24.219><c> not</c><00:45:24.500><c> be</c><00:45:24.679><c> eaten.</c>

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:26.460
They<00:45:25.159><c> are</c><00:45:25.440><c> an</c><00:45:25.760><c> abomination.</c>

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Then<00:45:27.440><c> he</c><00:45:27.579><c> goes</c><00:45:27.800><c> on</c><00:45:28.059><c> to</c><00:45:28.139><c> enumerate</c><00:45:28.659><c> them</c><00:45:28.820><c> and</c><00:45:28.900><c> in</c><00:45:29.039><c> verse</c><00:45:29.260><c> 15</c><00:45:29.659><c> every</c><00:45:30.280><c> raven</c><00:45:30.579><c> after</c><00:45:30.920><c> his</c><00:45:31.239><c> kind.</c>

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:35.980
So<00:45:33.159><c> all</c><00:45:33.280><c> right</c><00:45:33.380><c> the</c><00:45:33.559><c> raven</c><00:45:33.840><c> is</c><00:45:34.019><c> to</c><00:45:34.119><c> be</c><00:45:34.340><c> had</c><00:45:34.519><c> in</c><00:45:34.780><c> abomination.</c>

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That's<00:45:36.480><c> one</c><00:45:36.760><c> thing</c><00:45:36.940><c> about</c><00:45:37.139><c> the</c>

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:44.159
raven.<00:45:37.820><c> It</c><00:45:37.980><c> was</c><00:45:38.139><c> an</c><00:45:38.380><c> unclean</c><00:45:38.860><c> bird</c><00:45:39.260><c> to</c><00:45:39.679><c> be</c><00:45:39.880><c> had</c><00:45:40.019><c> in</c><00:45:40.219><c> abomination.</c><00:45:42.119><c> Nonetheless</c><00:45:42.599><c> it</c><00:45:42.880><c> feeds</c><00:45:43.159><c> Elijah.</c>

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:47.880
Now<00:45:45.139><c> there's</c><00:45:45.380><c> another</c><00:45:45.739><c> lesson</c><00:45:46.019><c> however</c><00:45:46.360><c> in</c><00:45:46.559><c> the</c><00:45:46.760><c> raven.</c><00:45:47.679><c> In</c>

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:50.059
the<00:45:48.059><c> 38th</c><00:45:48.599><c> chapter</c><00:45:48.840><c> of</c><00:45:49.179><c> Job</c>

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we<00:45:50.780><c> have</c><00:45:50.960><c> a</c><00:45:51.119><c> very</c><00:45:51.599><c> expressive</c><00:45:52.079><c> reference</c><00:45:52.500><c> to</c><00:45:52.679><c> the</c><00:45:52.880><c> raven.</c>

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It's<00:45:56.059><c> not</c><00:45:56.219><c> the</c><00:45:56.440><c> only</c><00:45:56.639><c> one</c><00:45:56.800><c> to</c><00:45:56.940><c> this</c><00:45:57.099><c> effect</c><00:45:57.480><c> but</c><00:45:57.659><c> it</c><00:45:57.800><c> will</c><00:45:57.940><c> do</c>

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for<00:45:58.199><c> our</c><00:45:58.420><c> purpose.</c>

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:16.519
There's<00:46:14.260><c> a</c><00:46:14.420><c> very</c><00:46:14.780><c> expressive</c><00:46:15.300><c> reference</c><00:46:15.639><c> to</c><00:46:15.800><c> the</c><00:46:15.980><c> raven</c><00:46:16.219><c> in</c>

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:18.920
Job<00:46:16.699><c> 38</c><00:46:17.239><c> and</c><00:46:17.460><c> verse</c><00:46:17.659><c> 41.</c>

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Speaking<00:46:19.739><c> about</c><00:46:20.099><c> God</c><00:46:20.400><c> as</c><00:46:20.579><c> the</c><00:46:20.780><c> great</c><00:46:21.019><c> provider</c><00:46:21.420><c> it</c><00:46:21.639><c> says</c><00:46:22.019><c> who</c>

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:25.000
provided<00:46:23.019><c> for</c><00:46:23.260><c> the</c><00:46:23.460><c> raven</c><00:46:23.719><c> his</c><00:46:24.139><c> food.</c>

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:30.139
When<00:46:25.159><c> his</c><00:46:25.500><c> young</c><00:46:25.739><c> ones</c><00:46:25.980><c> cry</c><00:46:26.900><c> unto</c><00:46:27.400><c> God</c><00:46:27.920><c> they</c><00:46:28.659><c> wonder</c><00:46:29.320><c> for</c><00:46:29.820><c> the</c>

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lack<00:46:30.480><c> of</c><00:46:31.139><c> meat.</c>

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How<00:46:33.000><c> expressive</c><00:46:33.679><c> brethren</c><00:46:34.019><c> and</c><00:46:34.260><c> sisters.</c><00:46:35.159><c> So</c><00:46:35.340><c> here</c><00:46:35.559><c> is</c><00:46:35.760><c> a</c><00:46:35.940><c> bird.</c><00:46:36.139><c> Now</c>

00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:38.719
you<00:46:36.460><c> mark</c><00:46:36.739><c> this</c><00:46:37.039><c> Elijah</c><00:46:37.519><c> goes</c><00:46:37.860><c> to</c><00:46:38.139><c> Kira.</c>

00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:42.219
Is<00:46:39.079><c> it</c><00:46:39.239><c> a</c><00:46:39.360><c> book</c><00:46:39.480><c> which</c><00:46:39.719><c> means</c><00:46:40.059><c> cast</c><00:46:40.599><c> off</c><00:46:40.880><c> and</c><00:46:41.260><c> separated.</c>

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Emptying<00:46:43.099><c> itself</c><00:46:43.460><c> into</c><00:46:43.679><c> the</c><00:46:43.940><c> muddy</c><00:46:44.199><c> Jordan</c><00:46:44.679><c> flowing</c><00:46:45.119><c> into</c>

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:47.960
the<00:46:45.719><c> Dead</c><00:46:45.980><c> Sea</c><00:46:46.239><c> and</c><00:46:46.460><c> there</c><00:46:46.599><c> the</c><00:46:46.840><c> prophet</c><00:46:47.099><c> and</c><00:46:47.619><c> his</c>

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bird<00:46:48.840><c> that</c><00:46:49.019><c> he's</c><00:46:49.400><c> taught</c><00:46:49.559><c> in</c><00:46:49.739><c> the</c><00:46:49.920><c> law</c><00:46:50.139><c> of</c><00:46:50.380><c> Moses</c><00:46:50.599><c> to</c><00:46:50.960><c> have</c><00:46:51.139><c> in</c>

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abomination<00:46:52.280><c> and</c><00:46:53.300><c> furthermore</c><00:46:54.000><c> brethren</c><00:46:54.280><c> and</c><00:46:54.559><c> sisters</c>

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mark<00:46:55.519><c> this</c><00:46:56.519><c> of</c><00:46:57.159><c> all</c><00:46:57.460><c> the</c><00:46:57.780><c> birds</c><00:46:58.059><c> in</c><00:46:58.239><c> the</c><00:46:58.460><c> scripture.</c><00:46:59.880><c> This</c><00:46:59.980><c> one</c>

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comes<00:47:00.780><c> which</c><00:47:01.380><c> is</c><00:47:01.699><c> noted</c><00:47:01.900><c> for</c><00:47:02.199><c> this</c><00:47:02.679><c> feature</c>

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that<00:47:03.280><c> in</c><00:47:03.599><c> the</c><00:47:03.719><c> in</c><00:47:03.719><c> the</c><00:47:03.920><c> land</c><00:47:04.039><c> of</c><00:47:04.280><c> Israel</c><00:47:04.619><c> it</c><00:47:05.019><c> had</c><00:47:05.340><c> great</c><00:47:05.920><c> difficulty</c><00:47:06.500><c> in</c>

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getting<00:47:07.000><c> that</c><00:47:07.380><c> food</c>

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and<00:47:09.199><c> the</c><00:47:09.500><c> raven</c><00:47:09.739><c> wandered</c><00:47:10.440><c> for</c><00:47:10.599><c> the</c><00:47:10.760><c> lack</c><00:47:10.880><c> of</c><00:47:11.179><c> meat</c><00:47:11.500><c> and</c><00:47:11.900><c> every</c>

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morning<00:47:12.699><c> and</c><00:47:12.940><c> every</c><00:47:13.179><c> night</c>

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Elijah<00:47:15.159><c> had</c><00:47:15.420><c> to</c><00:47:15.739><c> humbly</c><00:47:16.460><c> put</c><00:47:16.900><c> out</c><00:47:17.079><c> his</c><00:47:17.400><c> hand</c><00:47:18.000><c> to</c><00:47:19.320><c> get</c><00:47:19.559><c> his</c><00:47:19.840><c> bird</c>

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from<00:47:20.300><c> that</c><00:47:20.780><c> bird.</c>

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Now<00:47:23.800><c> people</c><00:47:24.119><c> say</c><00:47:24.800><c> well</c><00:47:26.019><c> it</c><00:47:27.099><c> was</c><00:47:27.320><c> the</c><00:47:27.480><c> way</c><00:47:27.679><c> in</c><00:47:27.780><c> which</c><00:47:27.900><c> God</c><00:47:28.159><c> sustained</c><00:47:28.719><c> him</c>

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but<00:47:30.059><c> this</c><00:47:30.280><c> was</c><00:47:30.500><c> the</c><00:47:30.639><c> only</c><00:47:30.800><c> way</c><00:47:31.059><c> that</c><00:47:31.260><c> God</c>

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could<00:47:31.719><c> do</c><00:47:31.940><c> it</c><00:47:32.500><c> in</c><00:47:32.679><c> the</c><00:47:33.000><c> circumstances</c><00:47:33.480><c> because</c><00:47:34.079><c> Jezebel</c><00:47:34.559><c> was</c>

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looking<00:47:35.000><c> for</c><00:47:35.179><c> the</c><00:47:35.360><c> prophets</c><00:47:35.539><c> of</c><00:47:35.780><c> God.</c><00:47:39.940><c> Brethren</c><00:47:40.500><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:47:52.139><c> and</c><00:47:52.619><c> I</c><00:47:55.900><c> could</c><00:47:56.159><c> well</c><00:47:56.440><c> and</c><00:47:56.619><c> truly</c><00:47:56.760><c> imagine</c><00:47:57.179><c> as</c><00:47:57.360><c> that</c><00:47:57.659><c> bird</c><00:47:57.880><c> came</c><00:47:58.159><c> to</c><00:47:58.400><c> Elijah</c>

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that<00:48:00.199><c> as</c><00:48:00.380><c> a</c><00:48:00.460><c> little</c><00:48:00.679><c> child</c><00:48:01.159><c> Elijah</c><00:48:01.559><c> was</c><00:48:01.820><c> humbled</c><00:48:02.300><c> to</c><00:48:03.099><c> think</c><00:48:03.219><c> that</c><00:48:03.400><c> the</c><00:48:03.599><c> mighty</c><00:48:03.920><c> prophet</c><00:48:04.239><c> of</c>

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God<00:48:04.679><c> the</c><00:48:05.000><c> man</c>

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who<00:48:05.360><c> was</c><00:48:05.559><c> later</c><00:48:05.719><c> going</c><00:48:05.960><c> to</c><00:48:06.199><c> stand</c><00:48:06.360><c> up</c><00:48:06.579><c> on</c><00:48:07.039><c> on</c><00:48:07.420><c> camel</c><00:48:07.639><c> and</c><00:48:08.039><c> later</c>

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down<00:48:08.440><c> in</c><00:48:08.639><c> horror</c><00:48:08.840><c> protest</c><00:48:09.260><c> to</c><00:48:09.460><c> God</c><00:48:09.599><c> and</c><00:48:09.800><c> saying</c>

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I,<00:48:11.460><c> I</c><00:48:11.960><c> only</c><00:48:12.460><c> am</c><00:48:13.139><c> left.</c><00:48:14.760><c> What</c><00:48:14.900><c> do</c><00:48:15.019><c> you</c><00:48:15.019><c> think</c><00:48:15.119><c> of</c><00:48:15.239><c> that</c><00:48:15.500><c> God?</c><00:48:17.019><c> I</c>

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don't<00:48:17.519><c> think</c><00:48:17.760><c> very</c><00:48:18.059><c> much</c><00:48:18.239><c> of</c><00:48:18.360><c> it</c><00:48:18.559><c> all</c><00:48:18.719><c> Elijah</c>

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because<00:48:21.159><c> I've</c><00:48:21.380><c> got</c><00:48:21.599><c> seven</c><00:48:21.960><c> thousand</c><00:48:22.579><c> people</c><00:48:23.619><c> that</c><00:48:24.900><c> you</c><00:48:25.280><c> have</c>

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left<00:48:26.059><c> destitute</c>

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this<00:48:31.639><c> was</c><00:48:31.820><c> the</c><00:48:32.000><c> first</c><00:48:32.300><c> step</c><00:48:32.539><c> in</c><00:48:32.699><c> it</c><00:48:32.880><c> brethren</c><00:48:33.019><c> and</c>

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they<00:48:35.639><c> neither</c><00:48:36.179><c> sow</c><00:48:36.420><c> nor</c><00:48:36.659><c> they</c><00:48:36.980><c> reap.</c><00:48:38.340><c> No</c><00:48:38.480><c> they</c><00:48:38.639><c> have</c><00:48:38.760><c> they</c><00:48:39.099><c> store</c><00:48:39.300><c> houses</c><00:48:39.659><c> but</c>

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your<00:48:40.300><c> heavenly</c><00:48:40.639><c> father</c><00:48:41.019><c> feeds</c><00:48:41.340><c> them</c>

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was<00:48:41.780><c> the</c><00:48:41.900><c> words</c><00:48:42.079><c> of</c><00:48:42.219><c> the</c><00:48:42.300><c> Lord</c><00:48:42.460><c> Jesus</c><00:48:42.820><c> Christ</c><00:48:43.139><c> in</c><00:48:43.280><c> the</c><00:48:43.480><c> very</c><00:48:43.760><c> chapter</c><00:48:44.139><c> he</c>

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was<00:48:44.420><c> alluding</c><00:48:44.639><c> to</c><00:48:44.880><c> Elijah.</c>

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So<00:48:46.599><c> Elijah's</c><00:48:47.019><c> learning</c><00:48:47.500><c> something</c><00:48:47.940><c> he's</c><00:48:48.820><c> got</c><00:48:48.960><c> to</c><00:48:49.219><c> learn</c><00:48:49.719><c> and</c>

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I<00:48:50.860><c> believe</c><00:48:51.159><c> brethren</c><00:48:51.480><c> and</c><00:48:51.619><c> sisters</c><00:48:51.780><c> that</c><00:48:52.019><c> he</c><00:48:52.119><c> was</c>

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learning<00:48:52.900><c> that</c><00:48:53.360><c> God</c><00:48:53.599><c> was</c><00:48:53.840><c> about</c><00:48:54.119><c> to</c><00:48:54.400><c> send</c><00:48:54.579><c> him</c><00:48:54.980><c> to</c><00:48:55.420><c> a</c><00:48:55.659><c> woman</c><00:48:55.920><c> who</c><00:48:56.079><c> was</c><00:48:56.400><c> represented</c><00:48:56.840><c> by</c>

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a<00:48:57.420><c> raven</c>

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who<00:48:59.019><c> was</c><00:48:59.300><c> an</c><00:48:59.619><c> unclean</c><00:49:00.099><c> person</c><00:49:00.500><c> because</c><00:49:00.739><c> she</c><00:49:00.860><c> was</c><00:49:01.039><c> a</c><00:49:01.199><c> gentile</c>

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hated<00:49:02.340><c> abomination</c><00:49:02.920><c> by</c><00:49:03.260><c> Elijah</c><00:49:03.699><c> and</c><00:49:04.320><c> found</c>

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difficult<00:49:05.599><c> to</c><00:49:05.880><c> get</c><00:49:06.159><c> food</c><00:49:06.699><c> and</c><00:49:08.360><c> there</c><00:49:08.639><c> was</c><00:49:08.800><c> a</c><00:49:08.940><c> conditioning</c><00:49:09.280><c> of</c>

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that<00:49:09.639><c> man's</c><00:49:10.000><c> mind.</c><00:49:10.360><c> Now</c><00:49:10.500><c> do</c><00:49:10.619><c> you</c><00:49:10.679><c> think</c><00:49:10.820><c> that's</c><00:49:11.019><c> right?</c>

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Well<00:49:13.579><c> let</c><00:49:13.719><c> me</c><00:49:13.900><c> point</c><00:49:14.039><c> this</c><00:49:14.239><c> out.</c><00:49:16.840><c> The</c><00:49:16.900><c> woman</c><00:49:17.119><c> of</c><00:49:17.380><c> Zarephath</c><00:49:17.960><c> came</c><00:49:18.539><c> from</c><00:49:18.699><c> Zarephath</c><00:49:19.239><c> of</c>

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course<00:49:19.559><c> which</c><00:49:19.820><c> is</c><00:49:20.039><c> right</c><00:49:20.400><c> on</c>

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Gentiles<00:49:36.420><c> and</c><00:49:38.019><c> the</c><00:49:38.199><c> west</c><00:49:38.420><c> was</c><00:49:38.679><c> always</c><00:49:39.099><c> looked</c><00:49:39.320><c> upon</c>

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outside<00:49:44.960><c> the</c><00:49:45.619><c> walls</c><00:49:45.900><c> of</c><00:49:46.099><c> the</c><00:49:46.280><c> land</c><00:49:46.679><c> nobody</c><00:49:47.219><c> could</c><00:49:47.460><c> be</c><00:49:47.739><c> saved</c>

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and<00:49:48.079><c> the</c><00:49:48.239><c> people</c><00:49:48.440><c> on</c><00:49:48.739><c> the</c><00:49:48.980><c> western</c><00:49:49.219><c> coast</c><00:49:49.539><c> therefore</c>

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very<00:49:50.619><c> often</c><00:49:51.219><c> were</c><00:49:52.320><c> gentile</c><00:49:52.760><c> people</c><00:49:53.000><c> who</c><00:49:53.179><c> had</c><00:49:53.260><c> come</c><00:49:53.440><c> across</c><00:49:53.760><c> the</c><00:49:54.019><c> sea</c><00:49:54.199><c> and</c><00:49:54.579><c> had</c><00:49:54.800><c> lodged</c><00:49:54.960><c> there</c><00:49:55.159><c> as</c><00:50:02.800><c> the</c>

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Elijah<00:50:04.019><c> goes</c><00:50:04.300><c> to</c><00:50:04.480><c> the</c><00:50:04.599><c> western</c><00:50:04.960><c> seaboard</c><00:50:05.440><c> to</c><00:50:05.699><c> preach</c><00:50:05.860><c> the</c><00:50:06.019><c> gospel</c><00:50:06.340><c> of</c>

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man<00:50:08.219><c> called</c><00:50:08.539><c> Peter</c><00:50:08.980><c> who</c><00:50:10.079><c> was</c><00:50:10.280><c> sent</c><00:50:10.500><c> to</c><00:50:10.960><c> Caesarea</c><00:50:11.539><c> right</c><00:50:12.260><c> on</c><00:50:12.420><c> the</c><00:50:12.619><c> western</c><00:50:12.940><c> seaboard.</c><00:50:13.960><c> What</c><00:50:13.980><c> to</c>

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do<00:50:14.360><c> brethren</c><00:50:14.659><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:50:15.179><c> to</c><00:50:15.820><c> preach</c><00:50:16.039><c> to</c><00:50:16.239><c> the</c><00:50:16.340><c> first</c><00:50:16.619><c> gentile</c><00:50:17.079><c> convert</c><00:50:17.440><c> not</c><00:50:17.699><c> the</c><00:50:18.019><c> first</c><00:50:18.800><c> gentile</c><00:50:19.380><c> convert</c><00:50:19.699><c> in</c>

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Peter<00:50:27.500><c> prepared</c><00:50:27.920><c> for</c><00:50:28.159><c> that?</c><00:50:29.320><c> By</c><00:50:29.519><c> a</c><00:50:29.780><c> great</c><00:50:30.000><c> sheep</c><00:50:30.260><c> let</c><00:50:30.500><c> there</c>

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01:12:08.220 --> 01:12:10.840
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01:12:39.479 --> 01:12:45.640
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01:12:48.300 --> 01:12:51.899
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01:12:51.899 --> 01:12:54.079
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01:12:59.800 --> 01:13:02.800
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01:16:18.479 --> 01:16:22.000
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01:16:22.000 --> 01:16:23.560
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01:16:23.560 --> 01:16:26.720
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01:16:26.720 --> 01:16:27.699
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01:16:27.699 --> 01:16:31.779
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01:16:38.260 --> 01:16:39.340
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01:16:39.340 --> 01:16:42.979
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01:16:42.979 --> 01:16:47.239
and<01:16:43.460><c> he</c><01:16:43.619><c> rose</c><01:16:44.060><c> and</c><01:16:44.500><c> verse</c><01:16:44.699><c> 24</c><01:16:45.180><c> said</c><01:16:45.680><c> the</c><01:16:46.699><c> woman</c><01:16:47.000><c> said</c>

01:16:47.239 --> 01:16:52.859
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01:16:52.859 --> 01:16:56.260
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01:16:56.260 --> 01:17:01.159
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01:17:01.159 --> 01:17:01.699
something<01:17:01.399><c> else</c>

01:17:02.180 --> 01:17:07.979
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01:17:07.979 --> 01:17:10.579
and<01:17:08.239><c> sisters</c><01:17:08.640><c> the</c><01:17:09.359><c> Gentile</c><01:17:09.960><c> woman</c><01:17:10.279><c> was</c>

01:17:10.579 --> 01:17:14.520
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01:17:14.520 --> 01:17:16.880
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01:17:16.880 --> 01:17:23.899
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01:17:23.899 --> 01:17:25.699
chapter<01:17:24.180><c> 18</c><01:17:24.819><c> i</c><01:17:25.500><c> will</c>

01:17:25.699 --> 01:17:31.119
put<01:17:26.039><c> my</c><01:17:26.479><c> words</c><01:17:26.939><c> in</c><01:17:27.199><c> thy</c><01:17:27.479><c> mouth</c><01:17:27.899><c> and</c><01:17:28.520><c> when</c><01:17:28.659><c> he</c><01:17:28.800><c> was</c><01:17:28.939><c> on</c><01:17:29.140><c> the</c><01:17:29.359><c> cross</c><01:17:30.640><c> come</c>

01:17:31.119 --> 01:17:33.020
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01:17:33.020 --> 01:17:36.420
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01:17:36.420 --> 01:17:38.020
sisters<01:17:36.840><c> and</c><01:17:37.479><c> doubted</c><01:17:37.859><c> whether</c>

01:17:38.020 --> 01:17:40.359
he'd<01:17:38.159><c> be</c><01:17:38.260><c> the</c><01:17:38.399><c> son</c><01:17:38.560><c> of</c><01:17:38.779><c> god</c><01:17:38.979><c> but</c><01:17:39.279><c> when</c><01:17:39.439><c> he</c><01:17:39.739><c> rose</c><01:17:39.899><c> from</c><01:17:40.100><c> the</c><01:17:40.220><c> dead</c>

01:17:40.359 --> 01:17:43.239
god<01:17:40.640><c> gave</c><01:17:40.960><c> assurance</c><01:17:41.340><c> unto</c><01:17:41.760><c> all</c><01:17:42.439><c> men</c><01:17:42.680><c> that</c><01:17:42.840><c> he</c><01:17:43.000><c> rose</c>

01:17:43.239 --> 01:17:45.579
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01:17:45.579 --> 01:17:48.720
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01:17:48.720 --> 01:17:51.359
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01:17:51.359 --> 01:17:54.000
prophet<01:17:51.640><c> of</c><01:17:51.859><c> god</c><01:17:52.100><c> he</c><01:17:52.380><c> was</c><01:17:52.600><c> the</c><01:17:52.840><c> man</c><01:17:53.000><c> of</c><01:17:53.180><c> god</c><01:17:53.479><c> he</c><01:17:53.779><c> was</c>

01:17:54.000 --> 01:17:57.640
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01:17:57.640 --> 01:17:58.979
the<01:17:57.739><c> world</c><01:17:57.899><c> to</c><01:17:58.100><c> convince</c><01:17:58.420><c> Gentiles</c>

01:17:58.979 --> 01:18:02.779
that<01:17:59.100><c> it</c><01:17:59.199><c> was</c><01:17:59.359><c> the</c><01:17:59.539><c> truth</c><01:17:59.819><c> and</c><01:18:00.720><c> there</c><01:18:00.899><c> she</c><01:18:01.020><c> said</c><01:18:01.239><c> now</c><01:18:01.739><c> by</c><01:18:02.260><c> this</c>

01:18:02.779 --> 01:18:07.779
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01:18:07.779 --> 01:18:12.500
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01:18:12.500 --> 01:18:15.000
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01:18:15.000 --> 01:18:20.539
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01:18:20.539 --> 01:18:22.159
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01:18:22.260 --> 01:18:25.260
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01:18:25.260 --> 01:18:28.579
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01:18:28.720 --> 01:18:32.479
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01:18:32.479 --> 01:18:34.479
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01:18:34.479 --> 01:18:40.520
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01:18:40.520 --> 01:18:43.279
Zarephep<01:18:42.079><c> it's</c><01:18:42.319><c> a</c><01:18:42.560><c> moving</c><01:18:42.859><c> story</c>

01:18:43.279 --> 01:18:46.100
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01:18:46.100 --> 01:18:49.279
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01:18:49.279 --> 01:18:55.979
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01:18:55.979 --> 01:18:59.060
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01:18:59.619 --> 01:19:04.000
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01:19:04.000 --> 01:19:05.819
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01:19:05.819 --> 01:19:08.819
god<01:19:06.020><c> of</c><01:19:06.220><c> israel</c><01:19:06.619><c> never</c><01:19:07.140><c> despise</c><01:19:07.880><c> brothers</c><01:19:08.239><c> and</c><01:19:08.260><c> sisters</c><01:19:08.579><c> the</c>

01:19:08.819 --> 01:19:12.199
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01:19:12.199 --> 01:19:17.000
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