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But<00:10:05.059><c> Gideon,</c><00:10:05.440><c> the</c><00:10:05.559><c> point</c><00:10:05.879><c> here</c><00:10:06.299><c> is</c><00:10:06.720><c> that</c><00:10:06.919><c> Gideon</c><00:10:07.200><c> doesn't</c><00:10:07.419><c> try</c>

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and<00:10:07.799><c> go</c><00:10:07.860><c> it</c><00:10:08.039><c> alone.</c>

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He's<00:10:09.700><c> going</c><00:10:09.980><c> to</c><00:10:10.759><c> conduct</c><00:10:11.360><c> a</c><00:10:11.679><c> great</c><00:10:11.980><c> act</c><00:10:12.299><c> of</c><00:10:12.580><c> faith</c><00:10:12.820><c> here.</c>

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And<00:10:13.759><c> he</c><00:10:13.820><c> doesn't</c><00:10:14.080><c> say,</c><00:10:14.279><c> well,</c><00:10:14.419><c> I'm</c><00:10:14.600><c> going</c><00:10:14.700><c> to</c><00:10:14.820><c> go</c><00:10:14.919><c> it</c><00:10:15.120><c> alone.</c>

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I<00:10:16.700><c> think</c><00:10:16.940><c> there's</c><00:10:17.139><c> a</c><00:10:17.279><c> wonderful</c><00:10:17.580><c> example</c><00:10:18.019><c> for</c><00:10:18.240><c> us</c><00:10:18.460><c> in</c><00:10:18.659><c> that.</c>

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Sometimes<00:10:20.799><c> we</c><00:10:21.100><c> resolve</c><00:10:21.539><c> to</c><00:10:21.740><c> make</c><00:10:21.960><c> changes</c><00:10:22.500><c> in</c><00:10:22.700><c> our</c><00:10:22.879><c> lives</c><00:10:23.179><c> or</c>

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changes<00:10:23.940><c> in</c><00:10:24.159><c> our</c><00:10:24.340><c> families,</c>

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maybe<00:10:26.139><c> even</c><00:10:26.500><c> changes</c><00:10:26.919><c> in</c><00:10:27.159><c> the</c><00:10:27.360><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:10:29.659><c> and</c><00:10:29.980><c> we</c><00:10:30.139><c> try</c><00:10:30.279><c> and</c><00:10:30.460><c> do</c>

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it<00:10:30.740><c> alone.</c>

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Gideon<00:10:33.019><c> didn't</c><00:10:33.220><c> do</c><00:10:33.419><c> that.</c>

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He<00:10:34.139><c> took</c><00:10:34.460><c> ten</c><00:10:34.940><c> men.</c>

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Ten<00:10:37.039><c> people</c><00:10:37.440><c> to</c><00:10:37.659><c> help</c><00:10:37.940><c> him</c><00:10:38.240><c> be</c><00:10:38.659><c> accountable.</c>

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He<00:10:40.840><c> said</c><00:10:41.019><c> to</c><00:10:41.179><c> ten</c><00:10:41.460><c> people,</c><00:10:41.879><c> come</c><00:10:42.039><c> along</c><00:10:42.220><c> with</c><00:10:42.440><c> me.</c>

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I<00:10:42.740><c> need</c><00:10:43.080><c> your</c><00:10:43.379><c> help.</c>

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They<00:10:45.759><c> had</c><00:10:45.919><c> to</c><00:10:46.100><c> be</c><00:10:46.299><c> cooperative.</c>

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And<00:10:50.240><c> he</c><00:10:50.399><c> called</c><00:10:50.580><c> them</c><00:10:50.779><c> alongside</c><00:10:51.419><c> and</c><00:10:52.460><c> asked</c><00:10:52.659><c> them</c><00:10:52.799><c> to</c><00:10:53.120><c> help</c>

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him<00:10:54.379><c> perform</c><00:10:54.779><c> the</c><00:10:55.019><c> Father's</c><00:10:55.399><c> will.</c>

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What<00:10:55.799><c> a</c><00:10:55.940><c> wonderful</c><00:10:56.200><c> example.</c>

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That<00:10:58.379><c> night,</c><00:10:58.720><c> he</c><00:10:58.860><c> went</c><00:10:59.100><c> out</c><00:10:59.299><c> and</c><00:10:59.460><c> did</c><00:10:59.700><c> Christ's</c><00:11:00.399><c> work,</c><00:11:01.000><c> pulling</c><00:11:01.320><c> down</c>

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the<00:11:02.740><c> old</c><00:11:03.059><c> way.</c>

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And<00:11:06.179><c> he</c><00:11:06.259><c> did</c><00:11:06.379><c> it</c><00:11:06.500><c> the</c><00:11:06.580><c> very</c><00:11:06.860><c> same</c><00:11:07.100><c> night.</c>

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Wonderful<00:11:08.860><c> example.</c>

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Well,<00:11:10.899><c> next</c><00:11:11.159><c> morning,</c><00:11:12.440><c> verse</c><00:11:12.860><c> 28,</c><00:11:13.559><c> the</c><00:11:13.700><c> men</c><00:11:13.919><c> of</c><00:11:14.120><c> the</c><00:11:14.299><c> city</c><00:11:14.519><c> got</c>

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up<00:11:15.399><c> early,</c><00:11:16.379><c> crack</c><00:11:16.600><c> of</c><00:11:16.879><c> dawn,</c>

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and<00:11:18.259><c> they're</c><00:11:18.539><c> off</c><00:11:18.779><c> to</c><00:11:19.000><c> see</c><00:11:19.200><c> the</c><00:11:19.419><c> altar,</c><00:11:19.720><c> that</c><00:11:19.820><c> is,</c><00:11:20.360><c> in</c><00:11:20.559><c> the</c><00:11:20.820><c> house</c><00:11:21.539><c> of</c>

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Joash,<00:11:22.419><c> the</c><00:11:22.620><c> father</c><00:11:23.019><c> of</c><00:11:23.639><c> Gideon.</c>

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Yawn,<00:11:25.360><c> get</c><00:11:25.559><c> up,</c><00:11:25.840><c> have</c><00:11:25.980><c> a</c><00:11:26.100><c> bit</c><00:11:26.220><c> of</c><00:11:26.500><c> a</c><00:11:26.580><c> stretch,</c><00:11:27.320><c> maybe</c><00:11:27.600><c> brush</c>

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your<00:11:28.100><c> teeth.</c>

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It's<00:11:29.100><c> no</c><00:11:29.259><c> good</c><00:11:29.399><c> going</c><00:11:29.679><c> to</c><00:11:30.700><c> the</c><00:11:30.860><c> altar</c><00:11:31.120><c> of</c><00:11:31.320><c> Baal</c><00:11:31.440><c> with</c><00:11:31.679><c> bad</c><00:11:32.000><c> breath.</c>

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And<00:11:33.120><c> the</c><00:11:33.259><c> men</c><00:11:33.620><c> arrive</c><00:11:34.419><c> for</c><00:11:36.000><c> morning</c><00:11:36.299><c> devotions.</c>

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And<00:11:38.279><c> behold,</c><00:11:39.500><c> it</c><00:11:39.620><c> says,</c><00:11:40.159><c> behold,</c><00:11:41.440><c> the</c><00:11:41.620><c> altar</c><00:11:41.879><c> of</c><00:11:42.179><c> Baal</c><00:11:42.259><c> was</c>

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cast<00:11:43.080><c> down</c><00:11:43.440><c> and</c><00:11:43.799><c> the</c><00:11:44.100><c> grove</c><00:11:44.399><c> was</c><00:11:44.620><c> cut</c><00:11:44.879><c> down.</c>

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Another<00:11:46.019><c> version</c><00:11:46.399><c> says,</c><00:11:47.159><c> behold,</c><00:11:47.779><c> the</c><00:11:47.879><c> altar</c><00:11:48.200><c> of</c><00:11:48.480><c> Baal</c><00:11:48.679><c> had</c>

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been<00:11:49.179><c> demolished</c><00:11:50.279><c> and</c>

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the<00:11:50.980><c> grove</c><00:11:51.419><c> by</c><00:11:51.620><c> it</c><00:11:52.039><c> destroyed.</c>

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Imagine<00:11:55.000><c> how</c><00:11:55.279><c> you</c><00:11:55.460><c> would</c><00:11:55.700><c> feel.</c>

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Not<00:11:57.679><c> only</c><00:11:58.100><c> has</c><00:11:58.419><c> Gideon</c><00:11:58.940><c> torn</c><00:11:59.460><c> down</c><00:11:59.879><c> their</c><00:12:00.299><c> altar,</c><00:12:01.639><c> but</c><00:12:01.820><c> he's</c>

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put<00:12:02.259><c> another,</c><00:12:03.179><c> much</c><00:12:03.519><c> more</c><00:12:03.960><c> nasty</c><00:12:04.519><c> one</c>

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in<00:12:04.919><c> its</c><00:12:05.220><c> place,</c><00:12:05.460><c> made</c><00:12:05.700><c> of</c><00:12:05.879><c> rough,</c><00:12:06.360><c> unhewn</c><00:12:06.700><c> stones.</c>

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They<00:12:07.860><c> all</c><00:12:08.059><c> knew</c><00:12:08.179><c> what</c><00:12:08.340><c> it</c><00:12:08.480><c> was</c><00:12:08.720><c> for.</c>

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They<00:12:09.320><c> all</c><00:12:09.519><c> knew</c><00:12:09.799><c> that</c><00:12:10.019><c> this</c><00:12:10.279><c> was</c><00:12:10.679><c> an</c><00:12:10.899><c> altar</c><00:12:11.120><c> unto</c><00:12:11.419><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:12.000><c> in</c>

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their<00:12:13.360><c> heart</c><00:12:13.480><c> of</c><00:12:13.700><c> hearts.</c>

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They<00:12:13.980><c> would</c><00:12:14.139><c> have</c><00:12:14.259><c> all</c><00:12:14.480><c> known</c><00:12:14.639><c> that</c><00:12:14.840><c> Gideon</c><00:12:15.100><c> had</c><00:12:15.279><c> done</c><00:12:15.379><c> the</c>

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right<00:12:15.779><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:12:16.340><c> yet,</c><00:12:16.440><c> this</c><00:12:16.639><c> would</c><00:12:16.779><c> have</c><00:12:16.899><c> been</c><00:12:17.179><c> infuriating.</c>

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To<00:12:18.820><c> try</c><00:12:18.980><c> and</c><00:12:19.059><c> put</c><00:12:19.139><c> this</c><00:12:19.600><c> into</c><00:12:19.980><c> context,</c><00:12:20.980><c> imagine</c><00:12:21.399><c> for</c><00:12:21.700><c> a</c><00:12:21.879><c> moment</c><00:12:22.159><c> that</c><00:12:22.559><c> for</c>

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the<00:12:22.919><c> last</c><00:12:23.159><c> few</c><00:12:23.440><c> years</c><00:12:23.779><c> you've</c><00:12:24.000><c> been</c><00:12:24.139><c> thinking,</c><00:12:24.460><c> time</c><00:12:24.659><c> for</c><00:12:24.860><c> a</c>

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new<00:12:25.139><c> car.</c>

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Time<00:12:27.679><c> for</c><00:12:27.940><c> a</c><00:12:28.120><c> brand</c><00:12:28.639><c> new</c><00:12:29.039><c> car.</c>

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We're<00:12:29.659><c> going</c><00:12:29.659><c> to</c><00:12:29.899><c> purchase</c><00:12:30.179><c> something,</c><00:12:30.960><c> something</c><00:12:31.440><c> a</c><00:12:31.860><c> bit</c>

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more<00:12:32.240><c> comfortable,</c>

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rather<00:12:32.980><c> than</c><00:12:33.080><c> having</c><00:12:33.240><c> to</c><00:12:33.480><c> push</c><00:12:33.700><c>-start</c><00:12:33.960><c> it</c><00:12:34.100><c> every</c><00:12:34.340><c> morning.</c>

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You<00:12:37.360><c> buy</c><00:12:37.559><c> it,</c><00:12:39.399><c> and</c><00:12:39.620><c> next</c><00:12:40.000><c> week,</c><00:12:41.320><c> you</c><00:12:41.399><c> get</c><00:12:41.539><c> up</c><00:12:41.700><c> in</c><00:12:41.820><c> the</c><00:12:41.960><c> morning</c><00:12:42.159><c> and</c>

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discover<00:12:42.879><c> that</c><00:12:43.379><c> Brother</c><00:12:43.700><c> Spiritual</c><00:12:44.340><c> has</c><00:12:44.659><c> rocked</c><00:12:45.100><c> around</c><00:12:45.340><c> to</c>

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your<00:12:45.659><c> house</c><00:12:45.899><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:46.159><c> middle</c><00:12:46.299><c> of</c><00:12:46.480><c> the</c><00:12:46.620><c> night</c><00:12:46.759><c> with</c><00:12:46.940><c> a</c><00:12:47.100><c> can</c><00:12:47.240><c> of</c><00:12:47.580><c> spray</c><00:12:47.759><c> paint</c><00:12:48.019><c> and</c>

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turned<00:12:48.679><c> your</c><00:12:48.919><c> car</c><00:12:49.220><c> into</c><00:12:49.879><c> a</c><00:12:50.159><c> very</c><00:12:50.519><c> expensive</c><00:12:51.100><c> mobile</c><00:12:51.720><c> billboard</c><00:12:52.200><c> for</c><00:12:52.460><c> preaching.</c>

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How<00:12:53.799><c> would</c><00:12:53.960><c> you</c><00:12:54.159><c> feel?</c>

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A<00:12:54.360><c> brand</c><00:12:54.759><c> new</c><00:12:54.980><c> car,</c><00:12:55.600><c> pink</c><00:12:55.940><c> spray</c><00:12:56.279><c> paint,</c><00:12:56.620><c> Christ</c><00:12:56.940><c> is</c><00:12:57.179><c> coming.</c>

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You've<00:12:59.299><c> been</c><00:12:59.460><c> growing</c><00:12:59.639><c> this</c><00:12:59.940><c> garden</c><00:13:00.220><c> for</c><00:13:00.539><c> years.</c>

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It's<00:13:01.059><c> a</c><00:13:01.220><c> beautiful</c><00:13:01.759><c> garden.</c>

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The<00:13:02.740><c> lawn</c><00:13:02.960><c> is</c><00:13:03.399><c> perfect.</c>

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It's<00:13:05.580><c> been</c><00:13:05.820><c> your</c><00:13:06.399><c> pride</c><00:13:06.620><c> and</c><00:13:06.820><c> joy</c><00:13:06.980><c> for</c><00:13:07.220><c> a</c><00:13:07.419><c> long</c><00:13:07.679><c> time.</c>

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You've<00:13:08.320><c> spent</c><00:13:08.539><c> a</c><00:13:08.799><c> lot</c><00:13:09.000><c> of</c><00:13:09.259><c> time</c><00:13:09.519><c> idolizing</c><00:13:10.039><c> that</c><00:13:10.320><c> garden.</c>

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And<00:13:12.039><c> Brother</c><00:13:12.279><c> Spiritual,</c><00:13:13.059><c> Sister</c><00:13:13.259><c> Spiritual</c><00:13:13.659><c> has</c><00:13:13.919><c> rocked</c><00:13:14.159><c> up</c>

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with<00:13:14.460><c> a</c><00:13:14.620><c> lawnmower</c><00:13:15.000><c> and</c>

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put<00:13:15.299><c> a</c><00:13:15.539><c> preaching</c><00:13:15.799><c> message</c><00:13:16.179><c> into</c><00:13:16.379><c> your</c><00:13:16.639><c> lawn</c><00:13:16.759><c> that</c><00:13:16.919><c> can</c><00:13:17.100><c> be</c>

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read<00:13:17.399><c> from</c><00:13:17.679><c> space.</c>

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That's<00:13:19.519><c> how</c><00:13:19.679><c> they</c><00:13:19.840><c> would</c><00:13:19.960><c> have</c><00:13:20.080><c> probably</c><00:13:20.500><c> felt</c><00:13:20.720><c> about</c><00:13:21.059><c> Gideon's</c><00:13:21.539><c> action</c>

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that<00:13:22.059><c> evening.</c>

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Who's<00:13:29.259><c> done</c><00:13:29.440><c> this</c><00:13:29.820><c> thing?</c>

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They<00:13:30.500><c> inquire.</c>

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And<00:13:32.360><c> when</c><00:13:32.440><c> they</c><00:13:32.720><c> inquired,</c><00:13:33.379><c> and</c><00:13:33.460><c> they</c><00:13:33.779><c> asked,</c><00:13:34.600><c> they</c><00:13:35.039><c> said,</c>

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Gideon,<00:13:36.440><c> the</c><00:13:36.539><c> son</c><00:13:36.659><c> of</c><00:13:36.799><c> Joeth,</c><00:13:37.120><c> had</c><00:13:37.200><c> done</c><00:13:37.399><c> this</c><00:13:37.799><c> thing.</c>

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Now,<00:13:39.419><c> notice</c><00:13:39.779><c> what's</c><00:13:40.059><c> happening</c><00:13:40.240><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:13:41.039><c> not</c><00:13:41.320><c> that,</c><00:13:41.679><c> it</c><00:13:41.720><c> doesn't</c><00:13:42.100><c> say</c><00:13:42.600><c> that</c><00:13:43.240><c> they</c><00:13:43.480><c> held</c><00:13:43.659><c> an</c><00:13:43.879><c> inquiry</c><00:13:44.519><c> and</c>

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they<00:13:44.980><c> got</c><00:13:45.139><c> a</c><00:13:45.240><c> number</c><00:13:45.480><c> of</c><00:13:45.820><c> witnesses</c><00:13:46.059><c> from</c><00:13:46.440><c> outside</c><00:13:46.940><c> their</c><00:13:47.240><c> organization</c><00:13:47.919><c> who</c><00:13:48.320><c> were</c>

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able<00:13:48.779><c> to</c><00:13:49.080><c> validate</c><00:13:49.399><c> the</c><00:13:49.639><c> fact</c><00:13:49.779><c> that</c><00:13:49.960><c> it,</c><00:13:50.139><c> in</c><00:13:50.259><c> fact,</c><00:13:50.539><c> had</c><00:13:50.639><c> been</c><00:13:50.799><c> Gideon.</c>

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It<00:13:51.179><c> doesn't</c><00:13:51.539><c> say</c><00:13:51.799><c> that.</c>

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It<00:13:52.279><c> says,</c><00:13:52.759><c> they</c><00:13:52.759><c> asked,</c><00:13:53.299><c> they</c><00:13:53.379><c> inquired,</c><00:13:54.279><c> and</c><00:13:54.480><c> they</c><00:13:54.799><c> themselves</c><00:13:55.659><c> said</c><00:13:56.620><c> it</c>

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was<00:13:56.960><c> Gideon.</c>

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It's<00:13:57.759><c> one</c><00:13:57.899><c> of</c><00:13:58.000><c> those,</c><00:13:58.639><c> who</c><00:13:59.100><c> would</c><00:13:59.299><c> have</c><00:13:59.500><c> done</c><00:13:59.740><c> a</c><00:14:00.000><c> thing</c><00:14:00.259><c> like</c><00:14:00.659><c> that?</c>

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Who<00:14:01.320><c> on</c><00:14:01.759><c> earth</c><00:14:02.440><c> would</c><00:14:03.120><c> have</c><00:14:03.299><c> thought</c><00:14:03.480><c> to</c><00:14:03.639><c> do</c><00:14:03.820><c> something</c><00:14:04.139><c> like,</c><00:14:06.460><c> Gideon?</c>

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Yeah,<00:14:07.419><c> yeah.</c>

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And<00:14:08.720><c> the</c><00:14:09.000><c> light</c><00:14:09.220><c> bulb</c><00:14:09.379><c> went</c><00:14:09.679><c> on</c><00:14:09.919><c> and</c><00:14:10.100><c> everyone's</c><00:14:10.480><c> head</c><00:14:10.580><c> at</c><00:14:10.700><c> the</c>

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same,<00:14:11.200><c> it</c><00:14:11.279><c> was</c><00:14:11.440><c> Gideon,</c><00:14:11.919><c> wasn't</c><00:14:12.080><c> it?</c>

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Gideon<00:14:14.399><c> again.</c>

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Gideon<00:14:17.419><c> had</c><00:14:17.600><c> a</c><00:14:17.740><c> reputation.</c>

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Probably,<00:14:21.740><c> he'd</c><00:14:22.000><c> already</c><00:14:22.299><c> been</c><00:14:22.620><c> agitating</c><00:14:23.299><c> about</c><00:14:23.659><c> this</c><00:14:23.940><c> issue.</c>

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And<00:14:24.659><c> when</c><00:14:24.840><c> the</c><00:14:25.019><c> altar</c><00:14:25.299><c> of</c><00:14:25.559><c> Baal</c><00:14:25.799><c> finally</c><00:14:26.259><c> came</c><00:14:26.539><c> down</c><00:14:26.799><c> in</c><00:14:26.960><c> the</c><00:14:27.120><c> night,</c>

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everybody<00:14:30.259><c> knew</c><00:14:30.779><c> who'd</c><00:14:31.299><c> done</c><00:14:31.480><c> it.</c>

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There<00:14:32.019><c> was</c><00:14:32.259><c> no</c><00:14:32.620><c> need</c><00:14:32.960><c> to</c><00:14:33.259><c> get</c><00:14:33.460><c> outside</c><00:14:33.879><c> witnesses</c><00:14:34.340><c> to</c><00:14:34.759><c> check</c>

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the<00:14:35.200><c> CCTV</c><00:14:35.759><c> around</c>

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the<00:14:36.840><c> altar</c><00:14:37.139><c> and</c><00:14:37.360><c> work</c><00:14:37.559><c> out</c><00:14:37.700><c> who</c><00:14:37.879><c> had</c><00:14:38.019><c> done</c><00:14:38.159><c> it.</c>

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They<00:14:39.940><c> all</c><00:14:40.240><c> knew</c><00:14:40.679><c> who</c><00:14:41.279><c> would</c><00:14:41.639><c> do</c><00:14:41.960><c> such</c><00:14:42.299><c> a</c><00:14:42.500><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:14:45.759><c> I</c><00:14:45.879><c> hope,</c><00:14:46.399><c> I</c><00:14:46.580><c> really</c><00:14:46.899><c> hope,</c><00:14:48.000><c> and</c><00:14:48.000><c> I</c><00:14:48.539><c> wish</c><00:14:48.820><c> this</c><00:14:49.139><c> could</c><00:14:49.320><c> be</c>

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said<00:14:49.679><c> of</c><00:14:49.899><c> me.</c>

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When<00:14:51.639><c> something</c><00:14:52.019><c> like</c><00:14:52.360><c> that</c><00:14:52.620><c> happens,</c><00:14:53.379><c> I</c><00:14:53.500><c> really</c><00:14:53.879><c> do</c><00:14:54.200><c> hope</c><00:14:54.399><c> that</c><00:14:54.600><c> people</c><00:14:54.879><c> say</c><00:14:55.059><c> to</c><00:14:55.159><c> me,</c>

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that's<00:14:55.740><c> just</c><00:14:56.120><c> the</c><00:14:56.320><c> sort</c><00:14:56.460><c> of</c><00:14:56.620><c> thing</c><00:14:56.840><c> Dan</c><00:14:57.059><c> would</c><00:14:57.340><c> do.</c>

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I'm<00:14:58.980><c> sure</c><00:14:59.059><c> that's</c><00:14:59.320><c> not</c><00:14:59.620><c> the</c><00:14:59.840><c> case,</c><00:15:00.259><c> but</c><00:15:00.440><c> I'd</c><00:15:00.720><c> love</c><00:15:00.840><c> it</c><00:15:01.019><c> to</c><00:15:01.159><c> be.</c>

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To<00:15:02.360><c> have</c><00:15:02.539><c> that</c><00:15:02.820><c> reputation</c><00:15:03.480><c> as</c><00:15:04.100><c> being</c><00:15:04.419><c> the</c><00:15:04.659><c> sort</c><00:15:04.799><c> of</c><00:15:05.039><c> person</c>

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who<00:15:05.899><c> is</c><00:15:06.220><c> always</c><00:15:06.620><c> on</c><00:15:06.899><c> God's</c><00:15:07.480><c> side,</c>

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because<00:15:08.440><c> that's</c><00:15:09.379><c> the</c><00:15:09.860><c> reputation</c><00:15:10.460><c> Gideon</c><00:15:10.860><c> had.</c>

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And<00:15:14.039><c> in</c><00:15:14.220><c> verse</c><00:15:14.480><c> 30,</c><00:15:14.960><c> the</c><00:15:15.019><c> men</c><00:15:15.480><c> of</c><00:15:15.779><c> the</c><00:15:15.960><c> city</c><00:15:16.200><c> said</c><00:15:16.460><c> to</c><00:15:16.700><c> Joash,</c>

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well,<00:15:17.759><c> bring</c><00:15:17.860><c> out</c><00:15:18.019><c> your</c><00:15:18.179><c> son,</c><00:15:18.320><c> we're</c><00:15:18.500><c> going</c><00:15:18.559><c> to</c><00:15:18.679><c> kill</c><00:15:18.779><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:20.779><c> notice</c><00:15:21.019><c> again,</c><00:15:22.500><c> Gideon</c><00:15:22.679><c> doesn't</c><00:15:23.179><c> stride</c><00:15:23.580><c> out</c><00:15:23.820><c> to</c><00:15:23.980><c> the</c><00:15:24.159><c> front.</c>

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God's<00:15:24.960><c> told</c><00:15:25.059><c> me</c><00:15:25.279><c> I'm</c><00:15:25.460><c> going</c><00:15:25.600><c> to</c><00:15:25.620><c> lead</c><00:15:25.840><c> the</c><00:15:26.039><c> nation.</c>

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Stand<00:15:26.879><c> on</c><00:15:27.080><c> the</c><00:15:27.240><c> doorstep</c><00:15:27.580><c> and</c><00:15:27.740><c> say,</c><00:15:28.000><c> you</c><00:15:28.120><c> reparates,</c><00:15:28.940><c> rack</c><00:15:28.940><c> off.</c>

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That's<00:15:31.919><c> not</c><00:15:32.240><c> Gideon.</c>

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Yes,<00:15:34.440><c> in</c><00:15:34.740><c> the</c><00:15:34.860><c> middle</c><00:15:35.059><c> of</c><00:15:35.259><c> the</c><00:15:35.500><c> night,</c><00:15:35.799><c> he's</c><00:15:36.059><c> had</c><00:15:36.220><c> the</c><00:15:36.500><c> courage</c>

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to<00:15:37.080><c> do</c><00:15:37.220><c> a</c><00:15:37.559><c> great</c>

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act<00:15:38.039><c> of</c><00:15:38.299><c> faith</c><00:15:38.500><c> with</c><00:15:38.759><c> ten</c><00:15:39.259><c> supporters.</c>

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But<00:15:42.580><c> standing</c><00:15:43.000><c> in</c><00:15:43.340><c> front</c><00:15:43.559><c> of</c><00:15:43.720><c> an</c><00:15:44.019><c> enraged</c><00:15:44.639><c> crowd</c><00:15:45.080><c> and</c>

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standing<00:15:45.720><c> up</c><00:15:46.000><c> for</c><00:15:46.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:46.440><c> in</c><00:15:46.639><c> that</c><00:15:46.759><c> way,</c><00:15:46.879><c> that's</c><00:15:47.139><c> not</c><00:15:47.320><c> Gideon.</c>

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There<00:15:49.120><c> are</c><00:15:49.360><c> many</c><00:15:49.659><c> different</c><00:15:50.000><c> ways</c><00:15:50.259><c> to</c><00:15:50.419><c> be</c><00:15:50.580><c> a</c><00:15:50.700><c> great</c><00:15:50.899><c> man</c><00:15:51.159><c> of</c>

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faith,<00:15:52.059><c> and</c>

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not<00:15:52.460><c> all</c><00:15:52.740><c> of</c><00:15:52.840><c> them</c><00:15:53.340><c> involve</c><00:15:53.840><c> standing</c><00:15:54.320><c> on</c><00:15:54.539><c> a</c><00:15:54.759><c> podium</c><00:15:55.080><c> and</c><00:15:55.460><c> railing</c><00:15:55.840><c> against</c><00:15:56.179><c> a</c>

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wicked<00:15:57.340><c> world.</c>

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And<00:15:58.220><c> Gideon</c><00:15:58.440><c> wasn't</c><00:15:58.700><c> that</c><00:15:58.980><c> sort</c><00:15:59.100><c> of</c><00:15:59.259><c> person.</c>

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And<00:16:01.220><c> Dad</c><00:16:01.399><c> has</c><00:16:01.700><c> to</c><00:16:01.820><c> come</c><00:16:01.980><c> out</c><00:16:02.399><c> and</c><00:16:03.039><c> defend</c><00:16:03.519><c> Gideon.</c>

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And<00:16:05.679><c> so</c><00:16:05.799><c> the</c><00:16:05.980><c> people</c><00:16:06.299><c> of</c><00:16:06.620><c> the</c><00:16:06.840><c> town</c><00:16:07.080><c> stood</c><00:16:07.539><c> against</c><00:16:08.179><c> him,</c>

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we're<00:16:09.159><c> told.</c>

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They<00:16:10.059><c> stood</c><00:16:10.580><c> against,</c><00:16:12.120><c> against</c><00:16:12.899><c> poor</c><00:16:13.440><c> old</c><00:16:13.960><c> Gideon.</c>

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They<00:16:16.000><c> mustered</c><00:16:16.700><c> round</c><00:16:17.019><c> about</c><00:16:17.340><c> him.</c>

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In<00:16:17.919><c> fact,</c><00:16:18.419><c> in</c><00:16:18.519><c> the</c><00:16:18.659><c> Sepchugin,</c><00:16:19.240><c> it</c><00:16:19.399><c> says</c><00:16:19.559><c> they</c><00:16:19.899><c> rose</c><00:16:20.419><c> up</c><00:16:20.840><c> against</c><00:16:21.240><c> him.</c>

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There's<00:16:21.919><c> this</c><00:16:22.340><c> tense</c><00:16:22.779><c> standoff</c><00:16:23.340><c> on</c><00:16:23.799><c> the,</c>

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the<00:16:24.460><c> doorstep</c><00:16:24.879><c> of</c><00:16:25.179><c> Joash,</c><00:16:25.759><c> the</c><00:16:25.879><c> father</c><00:16:26.159><c> of</c><00:16:26.360><c> Gideon's</c><00:16:26.879><c> house.</c>

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But<00:16:27.840><c> notice</c><00:16:28.299><c> the</c><00:16:28.639><c> change</c><00:16:28.899><c> in</c><00:16:29.100><c> Gideon,</c><00:16:29.379><c> in</c><00:16:29.700><c> Joash</c><00:16:30.000><c> here.</c>

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This<00:16:32.620><c> had</c><00:16:32.840><c> been</c><00:16:33.080><c> an</c><00:16:33.340><c> altar</c><00:16:33.519><c> in</c><00:16:34.019><c> Joash's</c><00:16:34.679><c> house,</c>

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doubtless<00:16:35.940><c> with</c><00:16:36.399><c> Joash's</c><00:16:36.960><c> permission,</c><00:16:37.720><c> if</c><00:16:38.019><c> not</c><00:16:38.399><c> his</c><00:16:38.679><c> active</c><00:16:39.179><c> support.</c>

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But<00:16:40.139><c> now,</c><00:16:41.980><c> now</c><00:16:42.759><c> Joash</c><00:16:43.299><c> is</c><00:16:43.820><c> standing</c><00:16:44.200><c> up</c><00:16:44.580><c> for</c><00:16:44.720><c> Gideon.</c>

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And<00:16:47.120><c> what</c><00:16:47.419><c> he's</c><00:16:47.759><c> effectively</c><00:16:48.340><c> saying</c><00:16:48.720><c> there</c><00:16:49.059><c> when</c><00:16:49.220><c> he</c><00:16:49.500><c> says,</c>

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will<00:16:51.019><c> you</c><00:16:51.279><c> plead</c><00:16:51.500><c> for</c><00:16:51.740><c> bail?</c>

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Will<00:16:52.179><c> you</c><00:16:52.620><c> save</c><00:16:53.120><c> bail?</c>

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He<00:16:54.679><c> that</c><00:16:54.960><c> pleads</c><00:16:55.320><c> for</c><00:16:55.620><c> bail,</c><00:16:56.320><c> let</c><00:16:56.419><c> him</c><00:16:56.559><c> be</c><00:16:56.720><c> put</c><00:16:56.860><c> to</c><00:16:57.039><c> death</c><00:16:57.179><c> while</c><00:16:57.399><c> it's</c>

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yet<00:16:57.759><c> morning.</c>

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If<00:16:58.159><c> he</c><00:16:58.299><c> be</c><00:16:58.480><c> a</c><00:16:58.659><c> god,</c><00:16:58.840><c> let</c><00:16:58.960><c> him</c><00:16:59.179><c> plead</c><00:16:59.480><c> for</c><00:16:59.679><c> himself.</c>

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It's<00:17:00.460><c> a</c><00:17:00.600><c> very</c><00:17:00.860><c> similar</c><00:17:01.159><c> line</c><00:17:01.440><c> to</c><00:17:01.659><c> what</c><00:17:02.659><c> Elijah</c><00:17:03.360><c> said</c><00:17:03.679><c> on</c><00:17:03.919><c> Mount</c><00:17:04.220><c> Carmel.</c>

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Many<00:17:04.819><c> years</c><00:17:05.220><c> later,</c><00:17:06.039><c> a</c><00:17:06.200><c> very,</c><00:17:06.400><c> very</c><00:17:06.779><c> similar</c><00:17:07.099><c> line.</c>

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Basically,<00:17:09.420><c> he's</c><00:17:09.619><c> saying,</c><00:17:10.180><c> look,</c><00:17:10.339><c> it's</c><00:17:10.819><c> morning.</c>

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There's<00:17:12.259><c> the</c><00:17:12.440><c> sun</c><00:17:12.619><c> over</c><00:17:12.880><c> there,</c><00:17:13.059><c> you</c><00:17:13.200><c> can</c><00:17:13.440><c> see</c><00:17:13.579><c> it,</c><00:17:13.799><c> everybody.</c>

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Okay,<00:17:14.599><c> now</c><00:17:14.700><c> that</c><00:17:14.900><c> sun's</c><00:17:15.180><c> only</c><00:17:15.420><c> gonna</c><00:17:15.599><c> rise</c><00:17:15.920><c> from</c><00:17:16.180><c> here.</c>

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Bail's<00:17:17.440><c> power</c><00:17:18.000><c> is</c><00:17:18.339><c> only</c><00:17:18.640><c> going</c><00:17:18.839><c> to</c><00:17:19.000><c> get</c><00:17:19.160><c> greater</c><00:17:19.460><c> from</c><00:17:19.759><c> here</c>

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on<00:17:20.200><c> in</c><00:17:20.400><c> throughout</c><00:17:20.660><c> the</c><00:17:20.920><c> day.</c>

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So<00:17:21.900><c> don't</c><00:17:22.140><c> jump</c><00:17:22.460><c> in</c><00:17:22.680><c> too</c><00:17:22.940><c> early.</c>

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If<00:17:23.539><c> Bail's</c><00:17:23.920><c> gonna</c><00:17:24.059><c> deal</c><00:17:24.319><c> with</c><00:17:24.500><c> the</c><00:17:24.660><c> situation,</c>

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he'll<00:17:25.400><c> deal</c><00:17:25.579><c> with</c><00:17:25.799><c> the</c><00:17:25.980><c> situation</c><00:17:26.519><c> when</c><00:17:26.819><c> he's</c><00:17:27.079><c> in</c><00:17:27.160><c> the</c><00:17:27.299><c> zenith</c>

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of<00:17:27.680><c> his</c><00:17:27.940><c> power.</c>

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And<00:17:30.140><c> if</c><00:17:30.299><c> he</c><00:17:30.480><c> doesn't,</c><00:17:30.940><c> well,</c><00:17:31.079><c> you</c><00:17:31.180><c> know,</c><00:17:31.279><c> he's</c><00:17:31.500><c> not</c><00:17:31.660><c> much</c><00:17:31.880><c> of</c><00:17:32.039><c> a</c>

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god<00:17:32.319><c> as</c><00:17:32.579><c> the</c><00:17:32.859><c> unspoken</c><00:17:33.700><c> subtext.</c>

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It's<00:17:37.039><c> a</c><00:17:37.180><c> sarcastic</c><00:17:37.960><c> line</c><00:17:38.259><c> by</c><00:17:38.619><c> Joash.</c>

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Now<00:17:39.700><c> Joash</c><00:17:40.359><c> is</c><00:17:40.960><c> standing</c><00:17:41.380><c> up</c><00:17:42.019><c> and</c>

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being<00:17:42.799><c> counted</c><00:17:43.220><c> in</c><00:17:43.559><c> front</c><00:17:43.720><c> of</c><00:17:43.940><c> the</c><00:17:44.140><c> townspeople</c><00:17:44.940><c> of</c><00:17:45.279><c> Ofrah.</c>

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And<00:17:47.759><c> again,</c><00:17:47.960><c> that's</c><00:17:48.279><c> wonderful.</c>

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In<00:17:50.759><c> verse</c><00:17:51.220><c> 24,</c><00:17:52.220><c> Gideon</c><00:17:53.059><c> was</c><00:17:53.559><c> just</c><00:17:53.960><c> one</c><00:17:54.299><c> man</c><00:17:54.940><c> who'd</c><00:17:56.359><c> seen</c><00:17:56.500><c> an</c><00:17:56.740><c> angel.</c>

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By<00:17:58.019><c> verse</c><00:17:58.440><c> 27,</c><00:17:59.359><c> there</c><00:17:59.480><c> were</c><00:17:59.680><c> 11</c><00:18:00.240><c> of</c><00:18:00.700><c> them</c><00:18:01.119><c> on</c><00:18:01.460><c> that</c><00:18:01.900><c> sortie</c><00:18:02.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:02.759><c> night</c>

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into<00:18:03.880><c> the</c><00:18:04.140><c> darkness</c><00:18:04.559><c> of</c><00:18:05.019><c> the</c><00:18:05.180><c> Temple</c><00:18:05.480><c> of</c><00:18:05.740><c> Bail.</c>

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By<00:18:07.400><c> verse</c><00:18:07.900><c> 31,</c><00:18:09.339><c> Gideon's</c><00:18:09.720><c> action</c><00:18:10.140><c> has</c><00:18:10.539><c> brought</c><00:18:10.759><c> his</c><00:18:11.140><c> father</c><00:18:11.539><c> alongside.</c>

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By<00:18:13.039><c> verse</c><00:18:13.539><c> 34,</c><00:18:14.220><c> we're</c><00:18:14.480><c> going</c><00:18:14.700><c> to</c><00:18:15.079><c> discover</c><00:18:15.420><c> that</c><00:18:15.900><c> the</c><00:18:16.160><c> whole</c>

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of<00:18:16.779><c> Abbeza,</c>

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the<00:18:18.099><c> part</c><00:18:18.339><c> of</c><00:18:18.539><c> the</c><00:18:18.880><c> tribe</c><00:18:19.099><c> from</c><00:18:19.460><c> which</c><00:18:20.019><c> Gideon</c><00:18:20.579><c> came,</c><00:18:21.440><c> is</c><00:18:21.759><c> alongside.</c>

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And<00:18:22.779><c> by</c><00:18:23.160><c> verse</c><00:18:23.539><c> 35,</c><00:18:24.980><c> Asher,</c><00:18:25.319><c> Zebulun,</c><00:18:25.839><c> and</c>

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Naphtali,<00:18:26.440><c> the</c><00:18:26.759><c> entire</c><00:18:27.240><c> state</c><00:18:27.900><c> is</c><00:18:28.519><c> following</c><00:18:28.859><c> Gideon's</c>

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great<00:18:29.720><c> example.</c>

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And<00:18:32.259><c> it</c><00:18:32.539><c> started</c><00:18:32.779><c> up</c><00:18:33.059><c> with</c><00:18:33.319><c> one</c><00:18:33.660><c> man</c><00:18:34.759><c> listening</c><00:18:37.240><c> to</c><00:18:37.480><c> God.</c>

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Sometimes<00:18:40.920><c> we</c><00:18:41.079><c> can</c><00:18:41.380><c> feel</c><00:18:41.599><c> a</c><00:18:41.700><c> little</c><00:18:41.900><c> bit</c><00:18:42.160><c> downcast,</c><00:18:42.740><c> I</c><00:18:42.960><c> think.</c>

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The<00:18:44.240><c> truth</c><00:18:44.819><c> isn't</c><00:18:45.319><c> going</c><00:18:45.599><c> the</c><00:18:45.819><c> way</c><00:18:46.059><c> we</c><00:18:46.519><c> expect</c><00:18:46.859><c> it</c><00:18:47.039><c> to</c><00:18:47.200><c> do.</c>

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The<00:18:47.700><c> Ecclesiast,</c><00:18:48.720><c> perhaps</c><00:18:49.259><c> not</c><00:18:49.559><c> what</c><00:18:49.759><c> we'd</c><00:18:50.180><c> like.</c>

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And<00:18:52.599><c> yet,</c><00:18:53.460><c> God</c><00:18:53.660><c> is</c><00:18:54.059><c> exceptionally</c><00:18:54.660><c> powerful</c><00:18:55.220><c> and</c><00:18:55.480><c> talented.</c>

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It<00:18:55.940><c> just</c><00:18:56.200><c> takes</c><00:18:56.500><c> one</c><00:18:56.799><c> person</c><00:18:57.420><c> to</c><00:18:58.299><c> say,</c><00:18:59.319><c> I'm</c><00:18:59.539><c> on</c><00:18:59.680><c> God's</c><00:19:00.140><c> side.</c>

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And<00:19:02.160><c> great</c><00:19:02.400><c> things</c><00:19:02.920><c> can</c><00:19:03.380><c> and</c><00:19:03.700><c> will</c><00:19:04.039><c> happen.</c>

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So<00:19:04.660><c> we</c><00:19:04.920><c> have</c><00:19:05.059><c> the</c><00:19:05.319><c> cutting</c><00:19:05.819><c> logic</c><00:19:06.460><c> of</c><00:19:06.799><c> Joash.</c>

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The<00:19:07.500><c> sun</c><00:19:07.700><c> is</c><00:19:07.920><c> high</c><00:19:08.079><c> in</c><00:19:08.240><c> the</c><00:19:08.420><c> sky,</c><00:19:08.599><c> it's</c><00:19:08.980><c> going</c><00:19:09.160><c> up.</c>

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Do<00:19:10.099><c> you</c><00:19:10.339><c> dare</c><00:19:10.680><c> usurp</c><00:19:11.359><c> Bail's</c><00:19:11.980><c> power?</c>

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Do<00:19:13.099><c> you</c><00:19:13.299><c> dare</c><00:19:13.559><c> stand</c><00:19:14.339><c> up</c><00:19:14.579><c> for</c><00:19:14.779><c> Bail</c><00:19:15.099><c> and</c>

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make<00:19:16.359><c> Bail</c><00:19:16.799><c> look</c><00:19:17.180><c> small</c><00:19:17.960><c> by</c><00:19:19.200><c> requiring</c><00:19:19.819><c> a</c><00:19:20.079><c> man</c><00:19:20.339><c> to</c><00:19:20.579><c> do</c><00:19:20.740><c> his</c><00:19:21.039><c> work</c><00:19:21.240><c> for</c><00:19:21.539><c> him?</c>

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And<00:19:23.720><c> so</c><00:19:24.119><c> Gideon</c><00:19:24.440><c> is</c><00:19:24.680><c> given</c><00:19:24.940><c> a</c><00:19:25.200><c> new</c><00:19:25.480><c> name</c><00:19:25.779><c> on</c><00:19:26.059><c> that</c><00:19:26.279><c> day.</c>

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The<00:19:27.079><c> contender</c><00:19:27.920><c> against</c><00:19:28.759><c> Bail,</c><00:19:29.559><c> the</c><00:19:29.799><c> one</c><00:19:30.039><c> who</c><00:19:30.319><c> tore</c><00:19:30.579><c> down</c>

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Bail's<00:19:32.140><c> altar.</c>

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Well,<00:19:34.859><c> in</c><00:19:34.980><c> verse</c><00:19:35.180><c> 35,</c><00:19:36.119><c> we</c><00:19:36.140><c> read</c><00:19:36.519><c> that,</c><00:19:37.900><c> sorry,</c><00:19:38.539><c> verse</c><00:19:38.960><c> 33,</c>

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pardon<00:19:40.000><c> me,</c><00:19:40.279><c> we</c><00:19:40.400><c> read</c><00:19:40.680><c> that,</c><00:19:41.259><c> then</c><00:19:41.700><c> all</c><00:19:42.480><c> the</c><00:19:42.700><c> Midianites</c><00:19:43.240><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:43.759><c> Amalekites</c><00:19:44.279><c> and</c><00:19:44.440><c> the</c><00:19:44.599><c> children</c><00:19:44.819><c> of</c><00:19:45.039><c> the</c><00:19:45.140><c> East</c><00:19:45.259><c> were</c>

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gathered<00:19:46.119><c> together.</c>

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It<00:19:48.000><c> appears</c><00:19:48.240><c> before</c><00:19:48.720><c> this</c><00:19:49.039><c> point</c><00:19:49.279><c> in</c><00:19:49.559><c> time,</c><00:19:50.140><c> these</c><00:19:50.480><c> three</c><00:19:50.980><c> parts</c><00:19:51.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:52.019><c> enemy</c><00:19:52.200><c> had</c><00:19:52.680><c> never</c><00:19:52.920><c> before</c><00:19:53.359><c> come</c><00:19:53.779><c> down</c><00:19:54.039><c> at</c><00:19:54.200><c> the</c><00:19:54.460><c> same</c><00:19:54.839><c> time.</c>

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They<00:19:55.519><c> hadn't</c><00:19:55.859><c> sort</c><00:19:56.099><c> of</c><00:19:56.240><c> been</c><00:19:56.700><c> working</c><00:19:57.140><c> coordinated</c><00:19:58.579><c> in</c><00:19:59.099><c> such</c>

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a<00:19:59.480><c> way.</c>

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But<00:20:00.259><c> then,</c><00:20:02.019><c> they</c><00:20:02.259><c> all</c><00:20:02.480><c> came</c><00:20:02.740><c> together.</c>

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All<00:20:04.460><c> of</c><00:20:04.680><c> a</c><00:20:04.759><c> sudden,</c><00:20:05.039><c> they're</c><00:20:05.460><c> united.</c>

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Why<00:20:07.960><c> is</c><00:20:08.119><c> that?</c>

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Because<00:20:10.680><c> somehow,</c><00:20:12.160><c> they've</c><00:20:12.420><c> heard</c><00:20:12.980><c> that</c><00:20:14.259><c> they've</c><00:20:14.460><c> now</c><00:20:14.640><c> got</c>

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an<00:20:15.019><c> enemy.</c>

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Before<00:20:17.160><c> this</c><00:20:17.579><c> point,</c><00:20:17.960><c> there</c><00:20:17.960><c> was</c><00:20:18.200><c> just</c><00:20:18.519><c> this</c><00:20:19.880><c> disparate</c><00:20:20.880><c> hodgepodge</c>

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of<00:20:24.240><c> frightened</c><00:20:24.799><c> Israelites,</c><00:20:25.599><c> but</c><00:20:25.819><c> now,</c><00:20:27.160><c> now</c><00:20:27.380><c> they</c><00:20:27.539><c> have</c><00:20:27.740><c> a</c>

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foe<00:20:28.359><c> and</c>

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they<00:20:28.980><c> unite</c><00:20:29.500><c> against</c><00:20:30.680><c> that</c><00:20:31.099><c> foe.</c>

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In<00:20:33.460><c> fact,</c><00:20:33.640><c> it's</c><00:20:34.099><c> a</c><00:20:34.240><c> very</c><00:20:34.539><c> similar</c><00:20:34.839><c> thing</c><00:20:35.079><c> that's</c><00:20:35.339><c> happening</c>

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right<00:20:35.880><c> now.</c>

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We<00:20:36.279><c> started</c><00:20:36.539><c> this</c><00:20:36.799><c> evening</c><00:20:37.019><c> by</c><00:20:37.259><c> talking</c><00:20:37.500><c> about</c><00:20:37.740><c> the</c><00:20:37.880><c> way</c><00:20:38.200><c> the</c>

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teams<00:20:39.039><c> are</c><00:20:39.279><c> starting</c><00:20:39.559><c> to</c><00:20:39.819><c> line</c><00:20:39.960><c> up.</c>

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When<00:20:41.019><c> Christ</c><00:20:41.660><c> stands</c><00:20:42.519><c> on</c><00:20:43.700><c> the</c><00:20:43.920><c> earth</c><00:20:44.140><c> once</c><00:20:44.579><c> more,</c>

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then<00:20:45.400><c> we</c><00:20:46.539><c> will</c><00:20:46.920><c> see</c><00:20:47.240><c> the</c><00:20:47.619><c> image</c><00:20:47.819><c> empire</c><00:20:48.339><c> standing</c><00:20:48.819><c> up</c><00:20:49.220><c> together.</c>

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All<00:20:50.680><c> of</c><00:20:50.839><c> those</c><00:20:51.079><c> parts</c><00:20:51.359><c> at</c><00:20:51.880><c> one</c><00:20:52.680><c> time</c><00:20:53.480><c> together.</c>

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Gold,<00:20:55.680><c> silver,</c><00:20:56.460><c> brass,</c><00:20:57.140><c> iron,</c><00:20:57.779><c> clay,</c><00:20:58.880><c> all</c><00:20:59.039><c> together</c><00:20:59.500><c> when</c><00:21:00.079><c> Christ</c><00:21:00.400><c> stands</c><00:21:00.859><c> on</c>

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the<00:21:01.220><c> earth</c><00:21:01.359><c> again.</c>

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And<00:21:03.480><c> they</c><00:21:03.779><c> sweep</c><00:21:04.039><c> down</c><00:21:04.660><c> over</c><00:21:05.420><c> the</c><00:21:05.960><c> edge</c><00:21:06.380><c> of</c><00:21:06.859><c> the</c><00:21:07.119><c> eastern</c><00:21:07.960><c> plateau,</c>

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down<00:21:09.299><c> through</c><00:21:09.599><c> the</c><00:21:09.799><c> valley</c><00:21:10.079><c> of</c><00:21:10.420><c> Jordan,</c><00:21:11.460><c> across</c><00:21:12.039><c> into</c><00:21:12.859><c> the</c>

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other<00:21:13.359><c> side,</c>

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and<00:21:14.240><c> pitch</c><00:21:14.440><c> in</c><00:21:14.660><c> the</c><00:21:14.799><c> valley</c><00:21:15.160><c> of</c><00:21:15.559><c> Jezreel.</c>

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They've<00:21:19.259><c> arrived.</c>

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They're<00:21:19.759><c> just</c><00:21:20.160><c> north</c><00:21:20.579><c> of</c><00:21:20.920><c> Ofrah.</c>

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And<00:21:22.619><c> I</c><00:21:22.660><c> think</c><00:21:22.819><c> Gideon's</c><00:21:23.180><c> being</c><00:21:23.519><c> tested</c><00:21:24.039><c> here.</c>

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Just<00:21:25.460><c> north</c><00:21:25.980><c> of</c><00:21:26.240><c> Ofrah</c><00:21:26.740><c> is</c><00:21:27.119><c> a</c><00:21:27.440><c> vast</c><00:21:27.900><c> army</c><00:21:28.299><c> in</c><00:21:28.640><c> the</c><00:21:28.880><c> plain.</c>

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Gideon<00:21:31.099><c> is</c><00:21:31.359><c> in</c><00:21:31.500><c> the</c><00:21:31.720><c> firing</c><00:21:32.000><c> line.</c>

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And<00:21:32.759><c> it</c><00:21:32.859><c> so</c><00:21:33.099><c> often</c><00:21:33.420><c> happens</c><00:21:33.839><c> when</c><00:21:34.039><c> we</c><00:21:34.240><c> make</c><00:21:34.420><c> a</c><00:21:34.599><c> stand</c><00:21:34.819><c> for</c><00:21:35.039><c> the</c>

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faith,<00:21:36.640><c> God</c><00:21:36.839><c> says,</c><00:21:37.180><c> okay,</c>

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well,<00:21:37.720><c> let's</c><00:21:38.880><c> test</c><00:21:39.220><c> that.</c>

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Let's<00:21:40.440><c> make</c><00:21:40.779><c> sure.</c>

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In<00:21:43.920><c> verse</c><00:21:44.240><c> 34,</c><00:21:45.559><c> it</c><00:21:45.640><c> says,</c><00:21:46.460><c> but,</c><00:21:48.539><c> but</c><00:21:48.720><c> the</c><00:21:49.099><c> spirit</c><00:21:49.680><c> of</c><00:21:50.279><c> the</c><00:21:50.480><c> Lord</c>

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came<00:21:52.000><c> upon</c><00:21:52.980><c> Gideon.</c>

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But's<00:21:55.920><c> usually</c><00:21:56.259><c> a</c><00:21:56.420><c> word</c><00:21:56.599><c> we</c><00:21:56.880><c> use</c><00:21:57.059><c> as</c><00:21:57.299><c> a</c><00:21:57.380><c> bit</c><00:21:57.440><c> of</c><00:21:57.660><c> a</c><00:21:57.880><c> contradiction,</c><00:21:58.480><c> isn't</c><00:21:58.599><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:21:59.440><c> a</c><00:21:59.619><c> contrast</c><00:22:00.079><c> to</c><00:22:00.220><c> what</c><00:22:00.460><c> came</c><00:22:00.740><c> before.</c>

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What<00:22:03.400><c> we're</c><00:22:03.559><c> being</c><00:22:03.779><c> told</c><00:22:04.039><c> here</c><00:22:04.940><c> is</c><00:22:06.400><c> that</c><00:22:06.619><c> Gideon</c><00:22:07.140><c> needed</c><00:22:07.500><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:22:08.019><c> of</c><00:22:08.240><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:22:08.619><c> God</c><00:22:08.819><c> always</c><00:22:09.279><c> provides</c><00:22:09.920><c> people</c><00:22:10.299><c> with</c><00:22:10.539><c> what</c><00:22:10.759><c> they</c><00:22:11.059><c> need</c><00:22:11.240><c> in</c>

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a<00:22:11.599><c> time</c><00:22:11.779><c> of</c><00:22:12.039><c> trouble.</c>

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God<00:22:14.279><c> gave</c><00:22:14.619><c> Gideon</c><00:22:15.059><c> the</c><00:22:15.519><c> spirit</c><00:22:15.819><c> then.</c>

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Yes,<00:22:17.819><c> the</c><00:22:18.119><c> enemy</c><00:22:18.460><c> had</c><00:22:18.839><c> gathered</c><00:22:19.220><c> together,</c><00:22:20.420><c> but</c><00:22:20.420><c> God</c><00:22:21.160><c> has</c><00:22:21.599><c> given</c><00:22:22.019><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:22:23.440><c> unto</c><00:22:23.779><c> Gideon.</c>

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He's<00:22:26.880><c> going</c><00:22:27.059><c> to</c><00:22:27.319><c> blow</c><00:22:27.460><c> now</c><00:22:27.900><c> the</c><00:22:28.319><c> trumpet.</c>

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He<00:22:29.400><c> blows</c><00:22:29.880><c> the</c><00:22:30.259><c> trumpet</c><00:22:30.779><c> upon</c><00:22:31.519><c> the</c><00:22:32.619><c> mountains</c><00:22:32.900><c> of</c><00:22:33.180><c> Israel.</c>

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Of<00:22:35.940><c> course,</c><00:22:36.420><c> we</c><00:22:36.579><c> know</c><00:22:36.759><c> this</c><00:22:37.000><c> quote</c><00:22:37.160><c> very</c><00:22:37.559><c> well.</c>

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The<00:22:39.160><c> trumpet</c><00:22:39.619><c> blast</c><00:22:40.059><c> sounds</c><00:22:40.660><c> out,</c><00:22:41.059><c> the</c><00:22:41.200><c> piercing</c><00:22:41.799><c> shofar</c><00:22:42.500><c> cry.</c>

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The<00:22:43.759><c> same</c><00:22:44.019><c> one</c><00:22:44.200><c> that</c><00:22:44.339><c> we're</c><00:22:44.559><c> waiting</c><00:22:44.859><c> for,</c><00:22:45.140><c> the</c><00:22:45.319><c> one</c><00:22:45.480><c> that</c><00:22:45.640><c> will</c><00:22:45.900><c> open</c><00:22:46.279><c> tombs</c><00:22:46.900><c> and</c><00:22:47.180><c> graves.</c>

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And<00:22:49.220><c> let</c><00:22:49.339><c> us</c><00:22:49.539><c> all</c><00:22:49.779><c> know</c><00:22:50.339><c> that</c><00:22:51.440><c> Christ</c><00:22:52.039><c> is</c><00:22:52.460><c> here.</c>

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Just<00:22:55.680><c> imagine</c><00:22:56.200><c> for</c><00:22:56.440><c> a</c><00:22:56.539><c> minute,</c><00:22:56.900><c> though,</c><00:22:57.339><c> how,</c><00:22:58.279><c> how</c><00:22:58.579><c> that</c><00:22:58.740><c> would</c><00:22:58.880><c> have</c>

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played<00:22:59.259><c> out.</c>

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I<00:22:59.559><c> know</c><00:22:59.640><c> this</c><00:22:59.900><c> sounds</c><00:23:00.039><c> like</c><00:23:00.319><c> a</c><00:23:00.400><c> really</c><00:23:00.839><c> small</c><00:23:01.259><c> point.</c>

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But<00:23:02.900><c> just</c><00:23:03.180><c> imagine</c><00:23:03.839><c> for</c><00:23:04.099><c> a</c><00:23:04.259><c> moment</c><00:23:04.480><c> that</c><00:23:04.680><c> you're</c><00:23:04.960><c> a</c><00:23:05.079><c> Midianite.</c>

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You've<00:23:07.019><c> heard</c><00:23:07.259><c> you've</c><00:23:07.599><c> got</c><00:23:07.819><c> an</c><00:23:08.119><c> enemy</c><00:23:08.319><c> now.</c>

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:10.220
You<00:23:08.700><c> don't</c><00:23:08.940><c> know</c><00:23:09.140><c> much</c><00:23:09.440><c> about</c><00:23:09.819><c> him.</c>

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There's<00:23:10.839><c> a</c><00:23:10.960><c> man</c><00:23:11.140><c> called</c><00:23:11.420><c> Gideon</c><00:23:11.859><c> who</c><00:23:12.059><c> is</c><00:23:12.440><c> standing</c><00:23:12.839><c> up</c><00:23:13.319><c> against</c><00:23:13.640><c> you.</c>

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Somehow<00:23:14.259><c> the</c><00:23:14.519><c> word</c><00:23:14.680><c> has</c><00:23:14.900><c> got</c><00:23:15.059><c> out.</c>

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There's<00:23:17.539><c> a</c><00:23:17.700><c> flurry</c><00:23:17.940><c> of</c><00:23:18.259><c> communications</c><00:23:18.980><c> among</c><00:23:19.400><c> these</c><00:23:20.099><c> Israelites</c><00:23:20.740><c> who</c>

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you<00:23:21.299><c> are</c><00:23:21.579><c> oppressing.</c>

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So<00:23:23.480><c> you</c><00:23:23.720><c> sweep</c><00:23:23.980><c> down</c><00:23:24.299><c> to</c><00:23:24.519><c> deal</c><00:23:24.740><c> with</c><00:23:24.960><c> the</c><00:23:25.119><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:23:27.440><c> in</c><00:23:27.539><c> the</c><00:23:27.700><c> night,</c><00:23:29.460><c> as</c><00:23:29.640><c> you're</c><00:23:29.839><c> camping</c><00:23:30.339><c> and</c><00:23:31.200><c> waiting</c><00:23:31.519><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:32.299><c> action</c><00:23:32.680><c> to</c><00:23:33.000><c> begin,</c>

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you<00:23:35.000><c> hear</c><00:23:35.519><c> the</c><00:23:36.779><c> piercing</c><00:23:37.640><c> cry</c><00:23:38.539><c> of</c><00:23:38.759><c> the</c><00:23:38.980><c> trumpet</c><00:23:39.519><c> going</c><00:23:40.279><c> on</c><00:23:40.779><c> and</c>

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on<00:23:41.400><c> and</c><00:23:41.559><c> on</c><00:23:41.859><c> on</c><00:23:42.019><c> the</c><00:23:42.160><c> mountains,</c>

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echoing<00:23:44.140><c> down</c><00:23:44.420><c> the</c><00:23:44.599><c> valleys.</c>

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The<00:23:46.299><c> trumpet</c><00:23:46.519><c> call,</c><00:23:46.779><c> the</c><00:23:47.059><c> trumpet</c><00:23:47.319><c> call.</c>

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It's<00:23:51.180><c> a</c><00:23:51.279><c> very</c><00:23:51.579><c> piercing</c><00:23:52.160><c> sound,</c><00:23:52.920><c> the</c><00:23:53.039><c> sound</c><00:23:53.240><c> of</c><00:23:53.460><c> the</c><00:23:53.579><c> shofar.</c>

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It's<00:23:54.559><c> meant</c><00:23:54.720><c> to</c><00:23:54.940><c> be.</c><00:23:55.359><c> It's</c><00:23:55.500><c> meant</c><00:23:55.660><c> to</c><00:23:55.920><c> cut</c><00:23:56.160><c> through.</c>

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I<00:23:59.500><c> think</c><00:23:59.779><c> we're</c><00:23:59.960><c> going</c><00:24:00.140><c> to</c><00:24:00.400><c> discover,</c><00:24:00.880><c> not</c><00:24:01.160><c> tonight,</c><00:24:02.400><c> but</c><00:24:02.539><c> in</c>

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two<00:24:02.819><c> weeks'</c><00:24:03.339><c> time,</c>

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that<00:24:03.680><c> this</c><00:24:03.980><c> sound</c><00:24:04.160><c> perhaps</c><00:24:04.640><c> gave</c><00:24:04.839><c> a</c><00:24:05.039><c> few</c><00:24:05.180><c> people</c><00:24:05.579><c> nightmares.</c>

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The<00:24:07.839><c> cry</c><00:24:08.299><c> of</c><00:24:09.279><c> the</c><00:24:09.500><c> trumpet</c><00:24:09.799><c> blast.</c>

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But<00:24:12.240><c> in</c><00:24:12.420><c> verse</c><00:24:12.619><c> 36,</c><00:24:13.500><c> Gideon</c><00:24:13.779><c> says</c><00:24:14.200><c> to</c><00:24:14.500><c> God,</c><00:24:15.400><c> he</c><00:24:15.599><c> says,</c>

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if<00:24:18.299><c> you</c><00:24:18.700><c> will</c><00:24:18.960><c> save</c><00:24:19.200><c> Israel</c><00:24:19.599><c> by</c><00:24:19.880><c> my</c><00:24:20.119><c> hand,</c><00:24:20.259><c> as</c><00:24:20.420><c> you</c><00:24:20.660><c> said,</c><00:24:21.119><c> I</c><00:24:21.259><c> need</c><00:24:21.420><c> a</c><00:24:21.579><c> miracle.</c>

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Gideon<00:24:24.319><c> is</c><00:24:24.579><c> so</c><00:24:24.880><c> human,</c><00:24:25.220><c> isn't</c><00:24:25.400><c> he?</c>

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God<00:24:26.539><c> said,</c><00:24:27.400><c> I'm</c><00:24:27.480><c> on</c><00:24:27.720><c> your</c><00:24:27.960><c> side.</c>

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There's<00:24:28.440><c> this</c><00:24:28.660><c> angel,</c><00:24:29.299><c> there's</c><00:24:29.380><c> this</c><00:24:29.599><c> amazing</c><00:24:30.099><c> miracle</c><00:24:30.559><c> when</c>

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fire<00:24:31.259><c> comes</c><00:24:31.519><c> up</c><00:24:31.759><c> out</c><00:24:31.900><c> of</c><00:24:32.079><c> nowhere.</c>

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The<00:24:32.720><c> angel</c><00:24:33.000><c> disappears</c><00:24:33.579><c> in</c><00:24:33.759><c> a</c><00:24:33.960><c> flash</c><00:24:34.180><c> and</c><00:24:34.460><c> he</c><00:24:34.660><c> knows</c><00:24:34.960><c> that</c><00:24:35.140><c> he's</c><00:24:35.279><c> seen</c><00:24:35.359><c> an</c><00:24:35.519><c> angel.</c>

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But<00:24:35.839><c> then</c><00:24:36.000><c> he</c><00:24:36.119><c> hears</c><00:24:36.240><c> the</c><00:24:36.460><c> voice</c><00:24:36.619><c> of</c><00:24:36.839><c> God</c><00:24:37.000><c> saying,</c><00:24:37.319><c> I'm</c><00:24:37.619><c> with</c><00:24:37.799><c> you.</c>

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Don't<00:24:38.119><c> worry</c><00:24:38.380><c> about</c><00:24:38.539><c> it.</c><00:24:38.619><c> You're</c><00:24:38.819><c> not</c><00:24:39.000><c> going</c><00:24:39.160><c> to</c><00:24:39.319><c> die.</c>

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He<00:24:39.779><c> knows</c><00:24:40.039><c> God</c><00:24:40.259><c> exists.</c><00:24:41.000><c> He</c><00:24:41.140><c> knows</c><00:24:41.460><c> God</c><00:24:41.700><c> is</c><00:24:41.900><c> with</c><00:24:42.079><c> him.</c>

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But<00:24:43.579><c> somehow,</c><00:24:44.019><c> even</c><00:24:44.400><c> still,</c><00:24:45.019><c> that's</c><00:24:45.200><c> just</c><00:24:45.680><c> not</c><00:24:46.019><c> enough.</c>

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It's<00:24:47.500><c> so</c><00:24:47.700><c> human.</c><00:24:49.259><c> It's</c><00:24:49.579><c> so</c><00:24:49.759><c> like</c><00:24:50.019><c> us.</c>

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We<00:24:50.579><c> see</c><00:24:50.740><c> amazing</c><00:24:51.400><c> prophecies,</c><00:24:52.099><c> incredible</c><00:24:52.539><c> things</c><00:24:52.940><c> happening</c><00:24:53.299><c> in</c><00:24:53.759><c> the</c>

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world<00:24:54.099><c> around</c><00:24:54.440><c> us.</c>

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We<00:24:56.319><c> know</c><00:24:56.720><c> that</c><00:24:57.180><c> Christ</c><00:24:57.599><c> is</c><00:24:57.819><c> coming,</c><00:24:58.000><c> but</c><00:24:58.160><c> sometimes,</c>

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sometimes<00:25:00.940><c> we</c><00:25:01.140><c> need</c><00:25:01.420><c> just</c><00:25:02.259><c> a</c><00:25:02.500><c> little</c><00:25:02.680><c> bit</c><00:25:02.859><c> more,</c><00:25:03.220><c> don't</c><00:25:03.380><c> we?</c>

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And<00:25:03.779><c> here's</c><00:25:04.099><c> Gideon.</c><00:25:04.299><c> He</c><00:25:04.460><c> needs</c><00:25:04.779><c> some</c><00:25:05.079><c> more</c><00:25:05.319><c> proof.</c>

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He's<00:25:07.240><c> not</c><00:25:07.400><c> a</c><00:25:07.599><c> confident</c><00:25:07.980><c> man.</c>

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And<00:25:09.859><c> he</c><00:25:10.000><c> says,</c><00:25:10.539><c> what</c><00:25:10.619><c> I'm</c><00:25:10.819><c> going</c><00:25:10.920><c> to</c><00:25:11.079><c> do,</c><00:25:11.339><c> God,</c><00:25:11.480><c> I'm</c><00:25:11.819><c> going</c><00:25:11.940><c> to</c>

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:15.000
put<00:25:12.180><c> a</c><00:25:12.460><c> fleece</c><00:25:13.259><c> out</c><00:25:13.559><c> there</c><00:25:13.819><c> in</c><00:25:14.019><c> the</c><00:25:14.220><c> threshing</c><00:25:14.599><c> floor.</c>

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:18.059
And<00:25:15.500><c> I</c><00:25:15.559><c> want</c><00:25:15.779><c> the</c><00:25:15.980><c> dew</c><00:25:16.140><c> to</c><00:25:16.440><c> fall,</c><00:25:16.960><c> well,</c><00:25:17.240><c> I</c><00:25:17.299><c> want</c><00:25:17.500><c> it</c><00:25:17.660><c> to</c><00:25:17.880><c> fall</c>

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.980
on<00:25:18.299><c> the</c><00:25:18.539><c> fleece</c><00:25:18.880><c> only</c><00:25:19.140><c> and</c><00:25:19.279><c> not</c><00:25:19.460><c> on</c><00:25:19.619><c> the</c><00:25:19.779><c> dust.</c>

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:22.279
And<00:25:20.119><c> if</c><00:25:20.200><c> that</c><00:25:20.480><c> happens,</c><00:25:21.019><c> well,</c><00:25:21.140><c> then</c><00:25:21.380><c> I'll</c><00:25:21.619><c> know</c><00:25:21.819><c> that</c><00:25:22.019><c> you're</c>

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.920
on<00:25:22.500><c> my</c><00:25:22.740><c> side</c>

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:25.079
and<00:25:23.019><c> what</c><00:25:23.200><c> you've</c><00:25:23.420><c> said</c><00:25:23.500><c> is</c><00:25:23.700><c> really</c><00:25:23.980><c> going</c><00:25:24.160><c> to</c><00:25:24.339><c> happen.</c>

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:31.059
Now,<00:25:27.420><c> we</c><00:25:28.019><c> remember</c><00:25:28.299><c> from</c><00:25:28.539><c> our</c><00:25:28.759><c> Sunday</c><00:25:29.059><c> school</c><00:25:29.380><c> days</c><00:25:29.700><c> this</c><00:25:30.579><c> miracle,</c>

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:34.920
but<00:25:31.259><c> I</c><00:25:31.440><c> think</c><00:25:31.579><c> there's</c><00:25:31.779><c> something</c><00:25:32.059><c> really</c><00:25:32.799><c> incredible</c><00:25:33.380><c> happening</c><00:25:33.819><c> here.</c>

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:42.740
You<00:25:36.700><c> see,</c><00:25:38.099><c> the</c><00:25:38.180><c> word</c><00:25:38.500><c> fleece</c><00:25:38.940><c> here</c><00:25:39.180><c> is</c><00:25:39.440><c> only</c><00:25:39.819><c> used</c><00:25:40.519><c> seven</c><00:25:41.259><c> times</c><00:25:42.180><c> in</c>

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.759
the<00:25:42.880><c> Bible.</c>

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:48.859
And<00:25:46.259><c> actually,</c><00:25:46.640><c> pretty</c><00:25:46.819><c> much</c><00:25:47.039><c> all</c><00:25:47.299><c> of</c><00:25:47.400><c> them</c><00:25:47.480><c> are</c><00:25:47.640><c> in</c><00:25:47.680><c> this</c><00:25:47.940><c> chapter.</c>

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:53.299
But<00:25:49.599><c> there</c><00:25:49.779><c> is</c><00:25:49.980><c> a</c><00:25:50.259><c> related</c><00:25:50.599><c> word,</c><00:25:50.859><c> a</c><00:25:50.940><c> very</c><00:25:51.339><c> closely</c><00:25:51.759><c> related</c><00:25:52.200><c> word,</c>

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:56.519
which<00:25:54.400><c> we'll</c><00:25:54.799><c> follow</c><00:25:55.000><c> up</c><00:25:55.180><c> in</c><00:25:55.319><c> a</c><00:25:55.539><c> moment.</c>

00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.220
But<00:25:57.000><c> the</c><00:25:57.160><c> fact</c><00:25:57.319><c> that</c><00:25:57.759><c> this</c><00:25:57.960><c> word</c><00:25:58.160><c> doesn't</c><00:25:58.640><c> appear</c><00:25:59.720><c> anywhere</c>

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.359
outside<00:26:00.700><c> this</c><00:26:01.019><c> chapter</c>

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:04.380
means<00:26:02.099><c> that</c><00:26:02.299><c> it's</c><00:26:02.839><c> probably</c><00:26:03.380><c> significant.</c>

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It's<00:26:04.579><c> something</c><00:26:04.779><c> that</c><00:26:04.960><c> we</c><00:26:05.059><c> should</c><00:26:05.279><c> follow</c><00:26:05.519><c> up</c><00:26:05.720><c> and</c><00:26:05.880><c> try</c><00:26:06.059><c> and</c>

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.839
work<00:26:06.359><c> out</c><00:26:06.460><c> what's</c><00:26:06.779><c> going</c><00:26:06.960><c> on.</c>

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:11.660
Now,<00:26:08.759><c> we</c><00:26:08.980><c> remember</c><00:26:09.279><c> the</c><00:26:09.539><c> story</c><00:26:09.720><c> that</c><00:26:10.339><c> the</c><00:26:10.519><c> fleece</c><00:26:10.940><c> is</c><00:26:11.000><c> going</c><00:26:11.240><c> to,</c>

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:14.839
sorry,<00:26:12.099><c> the</c><00:26:12.220><c> dew</c><00:26:12.339><c> is</c><00:26:12.480><c> going</c><00:26:12.619><c> to</c><00:26:12.759><c> fall</c><00:26:12.859><c> on</c><00:26:13.039><c> the</c><00:26:13.319><c> fleece</c><00:26:13.680><c> first,</c>

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.079
and<00:26:15.720><c> then</c><00:26:15.880><c> it's</c><00:26:16.119><c> going</c><00:26:16.180><c> to</c><00:26:16.319><c> fall</c><00:26:16.440><c> on</c><00:26:16.619><c> the</c><00:26:16.819><c> dust</c><00:26:17.140><c> the</c><00:26:17.359><c> next</c><00:26:17.700><c> night.</c>

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:21.000
And<00:26:18.960><c> the</c><00:26:19.019><c> problem,</c><00:26:19.279><c> of</c><00:26:19.460><c> course,</c><00:26:19.799><c> was,</c><00:26:20.119><c> poor</c><00:26:20.180><c> old</c><00:26:20.339><c> Gideon,</c><00:26:20.720><c> he</c>

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asked<00:26:21.200><c> for</c><00:26:21.400><c> a</c><00:26:21.559><c> miracle,</c>

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:26.500
but<00:26:22.259><c> really,</c><00:26:23.460><c> the</c><00:26:23.579><c> miracle</c><00:26:23.839><c> he</c><00:26:24.039><c> asked</c><00:26:24.279><c> for</c><00:26:24.539><c> wasn't</c><00:26:24.980><c> much</c><00:26:25.319><c> of</c><00:26:25.519><c> a</c><00:26:25.680><c> miracle.</c>

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:29.500
I<00:26:27.680><c> don't</c><00:26:27.859><c> know</c><00:26:27.920><c> if</c><00:26:27.980><c> you've</c><00:26:28.140><c> ever</c><00:26:28.339><c> left</c><00:26:28.579><c> a</c><00:26:28.799><c> woollen</c><00:26:29.119><c> jumper</c>

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outside<00:26:30.160><c> overnight,</c>

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.339
but<00:26:30.900><c> it's</c><00:26:31.099><c> not</c><00:26:31.240><c> uncommon</c><00:26:31.579><c> to</c><00:26:31.740><c> get</c><00:26:31.839><c> up</c><00:26:31.960><c> in</c><00:26:32.059><c> the</c><00:26:32.180><c> morning</c>

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:34.559
and<00:26:32.480><c> find</c><00:26:32.559><c> the</c><00:26:32.819><c> jumper's</c><00:26:33.420><c> saturated,</c><00:26:34.079><c> but</c><00:26:34.200><c> the</c><00:26:34.319><c> ground's</c>

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already<00:26:34.839><c> dry.</c>

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That's<00:26:35.960><c> not</c><00:26:36.119><c> a</c><00:26:36.259><c> rare</c><00:26:36.500><c> experience.</c>

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:40.500
It<00:26:38.680><c> could</c><00:26:38.839><c> have</c><00:26:39.019><c> happened,</c><00:26:39.180><c> and</c><00:26:39.380><c> poor</c><00:26:39.500><c> old</c><00:26:39.680><c> Gideon</c><00:26:40.000><c> has</c><00:26:40.200><c> asked</c>

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.039
for<00:26:40.700><c> a</c><00:26:40.799><c> miracle.</c>

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.140
That<00:26:41.279><c> could</c><00:26:41.460><c> have</c><00:26:41.680><c> happened</c><00:26:41.839><c> anyway.</c>

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:46.339
God,<00:26:43.700><c> if</c><00:26:44.000><c> you're</c><00:26:44.160><c> with</c><00:26:44.420><c> me,</c><00:26:44.759><c> I</c><00:26:45.059><c> would</c><00:26:45.299><c> like</c><00:26:45.500><c> you</c><00:26:45.680><c> to</c><00:26:45.960><c> make</c><00:26:46.160><c> sure</c>

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.660
that<00:26:46.539><c> in</c><00:26:46.700><c> the</c><00:26:46.859><c> morning</c><00:26:47.019><c> it's</c><00:26:47.339><c> cloudy.</c>

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.099
Oh,<00:26:48.059><c> it's</c><00:26:48.339><c> cloudy.</c>

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:51.000
I<00:26:49.480><c> wonder</c><00:26:49.660><c> if</c><00:26:49.759><c> it</c><00:26:49.839><c> was</c><00:26:49.960><c> going</c><00:26:50.079><c> to</c><00:26:50.119><c> be</c><00:26:50.319><c> cloudy</c><00:26:50.500><c> anyway.</c>

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.839
Forgot<00:26:51.720><c> to</c><00:26:51.940><c> check</c><00:26:52.079><c> the</c><00:26:52.319><c> weather</c><00:26:52.480><c> report</c><00:26:52.779><c> the</c><00:26:52.980><c> day</c><00:26:53.160><c> before.</c>

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.740
Poor<00:26:54.420><c> old</c><00:26:54.619><c> Gideon's</c><00:26:55.059><c> asked</c><00:26:55.160><c> for</c><00:26:55.380><c> a</c><00:26:55.539><c> miracle.</c>

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.240
That<00:26:56.140><c> isn't</c><00:26:56.480><c> really</c><00:26:56.900><c> much</c><00:26:57.140><c> of</c><00:26:57.299><c> a</c><00:26:57.420><c> miracle.</c>

00:26:58.700 --> 00:27:01.039
And<00:26:58.880><c> so,</c><00:26:59.099><c> the</c><00:26:59.299><c> next</c><00:26:59.660><c> day,</c><00:26:59.920><c> he</c><00:27:00.119><c> asked</c><00:27:00.359><c> for</c><00:27:00.519><c> something</c><00:27:00.759><c> different.</c>

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:03.799
He<00:27:01.160><c> says,</c><00:27:01.400><c> this</c><00:27:01.539><c> time</c><00:27:01.680><c> I</c><00:27:01.819><c> want</c><00:27:01.940><c> it</c><00:27:02.079><c> upon</c><00:27:02.299><c> the</c><00:27:02.680><c> dust,</c>

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:06.940
and<00:27:04.220><c> then,</c><00:27:05.279><c> and</c><00:27:05.819><c> not</c><00:27:06.140><c> upon</c><00:27:06.559><c> the</c><00:27:06.779><c> fleece.</c>

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.880
Now,<00:27:07.059><c> that</c><00:27:07.299><c> is</c><00:27:07.539><c> a</c><00:27:07.660><c> miracle.</c>

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.940
That<00:27:08.319><c> doesn't</c><00:27:08.660><c> happen.</c>

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.660
If<00:27:09.380><c> it's</c><00:27:09.640><c> going</c><00:27:09.740><c> to</c><00:27:09.839><c> be</c><00:27:09.960><c> upon</c><00:27:10.119><c> the</c><00:27:10.420><c> dust,</c>

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:13.420
it'll<00:27:11.019><c> definitely</c><00:27:11.539><c> be</c><00:27:11.779><c> upon</c><00:27:11.960><c> the</c><00:27:12.200><c> fleece.</c>

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:15.799
That's<00:27:13.960><c> a</c><00:27:14.059><c> real</c><00:27:14.359><c> miracle,</c><00:27:14.859><c> that</c><00:27:15.079><c> one.</c>

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.200
So,<00:27:16.259><c> what's</c><00:27:16.539><c> going</c><00:27:16.700><c> on</c><00:27:16.940><c> here?</c>

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.160
What's<00:27:17.759><c> happening</c><00:27:17.920><c> here?</c>

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.319
Well,<00:27:18.700><c> the</c><00:27:18.880><c> fleece.</c>

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:21.200
We<00:27:19.460><c> said</c><00:27:19.599><c> we'd</c><00:27:19.819><c> talk</c><00:27:20.059><c> about</c><00:27:20.299><c> that.</c>

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:24.319
As<00:27:21.720><c> I</c><00:27:21.960><c> said,</c><00:27:22.299><c> this</c><00:27:22.599><c> word</c><00:27:22.880><c> only</c><00:27:23.180><c> really</c><00:27:23.619><c> appears</c><00:27:24.059><c> here,</c>

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:26.900
but<00:27:24.500><c> the</c><00:27:24.839><c> related</c><00:27:25.200><c> word,</c><00:27:25.460><c> the</c><00:27:25.619><c> word</c><00:27:25.839><c> that</c><00:27:26.019><c> the</c><00:27:26.180><c> word</c><00:27:26.420><c> for</c><00:27:26.660><c> fleece</c>

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:30.380
comes<00:27:27.180><c> from,</c><00:27:27.940><c> shows</c><00:27:28.019><c> up</c><00:27:28.200><c> in</c><00:27:28.339><c> a</c><00:27:28.480><c> number</c><00:27:28.700><c> of</c><00:27:28.900><c> very</c><00:27:29.180><c> interesting</c><00:27:29.619><c> contexts.</c>

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.839
And<00:27:30.819><c> the</c><00:27:30.920><c> one</c><00:27:31.000><c> that</c><00:27:31.180><c> I'm</c><00:27:31.299><c> most</c><00:27:31.619><c> interested</c><00:27:31.940><c> in</c><00:27:32.119><c> is</c><00:27:32.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:33.220><c> 53</c>

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.460
verse<00:27:34.140><c> seven.</c>

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.980
Don't<00:27:34.720><c> turn</c><00:27:34.920><c> it</c><00:27:35.079><c> up,</c><00:27:35.200><c> you</c><00:27:35.359><c> know</c><00:27:35.480><c> what</c><00:27:35.619><c> it</c><00:27:35.819><c> says.</c>

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:38.460
He<00:27:36.140><c> was</c><00:27:36.359><c> led</c><00:27:36.519><c> as</c><00:27:36.720><c> a</c><00:27:36.920><c> lamb</c><00:27:37.160><c> to</c><00:27:37.319><c> the</c><00:27:37.579><c> slaughter.</c>

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:42.779
As<00:27:39.660><c> a</c><00:27:39.859><c> sheep</c><00:27:40.019><c> before</c><00:27:40.319><c> his</c><00:27:40.559><c> shearers,</c><00:27:40.819><c> he</c><00:27:40.940><c> opened</c><00:27:41.339><c> not</c><00:27:41.619><c> his</c><00:27:41.839><c> mouth.</c>

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:47.880
And<00:27:44.980><c> of</c><00:27:45.140><c> course,</c><00:27:45.900><c> we</c><00:27:46.140><c> all</c><00:27:46.400><c> know</c><00:27:46.599><c> that</c><00:27:46.819><c> again</c><00:27:47.039><c> and</c><00:27:47.220><c> again</c><00:27:47.440><c> and</c><00:27:47.579><c> again,</c>

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:50.339
the<00:27:48.019><c> Lord</c><00:27:48.259><c> Jesus</c><00:27:48.700><c> Christ</c><00:27:48.980><c> is</c><00:27:49.200><c> represented</c><00:27:49.680><c> by</c><00:27:49.980><c> the</c><00:27:50.140><c> lamb,</c>

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:53.259
the<00:27:50.660><c> Passover</c><00:27:51.079><c> lamb,</c><00:27:51.680><c> the</c><00:27:51.940><c> lamb</c><00:27:52.220><c> slain</c><00:27:52.579><c> from</c><00:27:52.819><c> the</c><00:27:52.980><c> beginning</c>

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:56.579
of<00:27:53.500><c> the</c><00:27:53.660><c> world,</c><00:27:54.140><c> a</c><00:27:54.319><c> lamb</c><00:27:54.500><c> as</c><00:27:54.779><c> it</c><00:27:54.940><c> had</c><00:27:55.079><c> been</c><00:27:55.460><c> slain.</c>

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:59.640
Perhaps<00:27:58.420><c> here</c><00:27:58.599><c> we</c><00:27:58.759><c> have</c><00:27:58.920><c> a</c><00:27:59.079><c> representation</c>

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.980
of<00:27:59.859><c> the</c><00:27:59.980><c> Lord</c><00:28:00.140><c> Jesus</c><00:28:00.579><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:04.660
And<00:28:01.539><c> the</c><00:28:01.779><c> fleece,</c><00:28:02.980><c> well,</c><00:28:03.839><c> you</c><00:28:03.920><c> know,</c><00:28:04.160><c> this</c><00:28:04.319><c> quote</c><00:28:04.420><c> again.</c>

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.839
Well,<00:28:05.240><c> too,</c><00:28:05.480><c> don't</c><00:28:05.640><c> we?</c>

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.920
Pretty<00:28:06.180><c> basic</c><00:28:06.559><c> stuff.</c>

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:09.559
Dust<00:28:07.480><c> you</c><00:28:07.740><c> are,</c><00:28:07.960><c> and</c><00:28:08.039><c> unto</c><00:28:08.180><c> dust</c><00:28:08.539><c> you</c><00:28:08.779><c> shall</c><00:28:09.180><c> return.</c>

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:15.859
The<00:28:09.859><c> dust</c><00:28:10.220><c> represents</c><00:28:11.079><c> mortal,</c><00:28:13.180><c> dying</c><00:28:13.619><c> humans,</c><00:28:14.380><c> you</c><00:28:14.559><c> and</c><00:28:14.859><c> me.</c>

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:19.519
And<00:28:17.519><c> the</c><00:28:17.779><c> Jew,</c><00:28:18.259><c> I</c><00:28:18.400><c> think</c><00:28:18.559><c> we've</c><00:28:18.880><c> covered</c><00:28:19.019><c> this,</c>

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:21.619
we<00:28:20.000><c> covered</c><00:28:20.200><c> this</c><00:28:20.539><c> here</c><00:28:20.740><c> a</c><00:28:20.900><c> couple</c><00:28:21.059><c> of</c><00:28:21.259><c> years</c><00:28:21.420><c> ago,</c>

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.619
but<00:28:21.779><c> I'll</c><00:28:22.039><c> just</c><00:28:22.319><c> flip</c><00:28:22.420><c> through</c><00:28:22.779><c> these</c><00:28:23.119><c> quotes</c><00:28:23.359><c> again.</c>

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:25.039
What<00:28:24.000><c> does</c><00:28:24.200><c> the</c><00:28:24.420><c> Jew</c><00:28:24.579><c> represent?</c>

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:29.799
I<00:28:25.299><c> think</c><00:28:25.460><c> the</c><00:28:25.700><c> Jew</c><00:28:26.859><c> represents</c><00:28:27.559><c> something</c><00:28:27.940><c> absolutely</c><00:28:28.700><c> wonderful.</c>

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:33.559
Psalm<00:28:30.920><c> 110,</c><00:28:32.779><c> the</c><00:28:32.940><c> psalm</c><00:28:33.140><c> that</c><00:28:33.299><c> says,</c>

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:35.940
the<00:28:33.859><c> Lord</c><00:28:34.200><c> said</c><00:28:34.420><c> unto</c><00:28:34.759><c> my</c><00:28:35.140><c> Lord,</c><00:28:35.440><c> sit</c><00:28:35.559><c> thou</c><00:28:35.759><c> here</c>

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:38.000
until<00:28:36.160><c> I</c><00:28:36.339><c> make</c><00:28:36.519><c> done</c><00:28:36.640><c> enemies</c><00:28:37.039><c> thy</c><00:28:37.259><c> foot</c><00:28:37.539><c> still</c><00:28:37.720><c> says,</c>

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:41.099
your<00:28:38.700><c> people</c><00:28:39.079><c> will</c><00:28:39.319><c> be</c><00:28:39.579><c> willing</c><00:28:39.740><c> in</c><00:28:39.940><c> the</c><00:28:40.119><c> day</c><00:28:40.299><c> of</c><00:28:40.460><c> your</c><00:28:40.740><c> power,</c>

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:43.960
in<00:28:41.559><c> the</c><00:28:41.740><c> beauties</c><00:28:42.099><c> of</c><00:28:42.339><c> holiness</c><00:28:42.640><c> from</c><00:28:42.920><c> the</c><00:28:43.160><c> womb</c><00:28:43.279><c> of</c><00:28:43.480><c> the</c><00:28:43.660><c> morning,</c>

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:49.359
you<00:28:44.519><c> have</c><00:28:45.299><c> the</c><00:28:46.200><c> Jew</c><00:28:46.759><c> of</c><00:28:47.900><c> your</c><00:28:48.440><c> youth.</c>

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.099
Interesting.

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:55.940
Psalm<00:28:53.279><c> 133,</c><00:28:54.279><c> I</c><00:28:54.279><c> think</c><00:28:54.539><c> we'll</c><00:28:54.819><c> finish</c><00:28:55.119><c> with</c><00:28:55.380><c> the</c><00:28:55.500><c> hymn</c>

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:59.240
that<00:28:56.319><c> quotes</c><00:28:56.680><c> this</c><00:28:57.119><c> psalm,</c><00:28:57.960><c> as</c><00:28:58.019><c> the</c><00:28:58.259><c> Jew</c><00:28:58.440><c> on</c><00:28:58.720><c> Hermon,</c>

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:02.400
and<00:28:59.740><c> as</c><00:28:59.960><c> the</c><00:29:00.200><c> Jew</c><00:29:00.400><c> that</c><00:29:00.680><c> descends</c><00:29:01.160><c> upon</c><00:29:01.500><c> the</c><00:29:01.660><c> mountains</c><00:29:01.940><c> of</c><00:29:02.220><c> Zion,</c>

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:07.940
like<00:29:03.119><c> that</c><00:29:03.539><c> Jew,</c><00:29:05.180><c> there</c><00:29:05.619><c> the</c><00:29:06.720><c> Lord</c><00:29:06.980><c> commands</c><00:29:07.400><c> the</c><00:29:07.640><c> blessing,</c>

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.299
what<00:29:08.259><c> blessing?</c>

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:11.480
Life<00:29:09.779><c> forevermore.</c>

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:15.579
The<00:29:13.160><c> Song</c><00:29:13.259><c> of</c><00:29:13.420><c> Solomon,</c><00:29:14.640><c> the</c><00:29:14.779><c> beautiful</c><00:29:15.200><c> song</c>

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:19.299
that<00:29:16.000><c> is</c><00:29:16.259><c> a</c><00:29:16.539><c> parabolic</c><00:29:17.079><c> psalm</c><00:29:17.599><c> that</c><00:29:17.920><c> talks</c><00:29:18.339><c> about</c><00:29:18.740><c> the</c><00:29:19.119><c> love</c>

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:21.359
that<00:29:19.519><c> Christ</c><00:29:19.859><c> has</c><00:29:20.099><c> for</c><00:29:20.880><c> the</c><00:29:21.079><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:24.500
and<00:29:21.799><c> the</c><00:29:21.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:22.339><c> here</c><00:29:22.680><c> speaks</c><00:29:22.980><c> and</c><00:29:23.140><c> says,</c><00:29:23.500><c> I</c><00:29:23.500><c> sleep.</c>

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.980
My<00:29:24.819><c> heart's</c><00:29:25.160><c> awake.</c>

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:28.579
The<00:29:26.619><c> voice</c><00:29:26.980><c> of</c><00:29:27.200><c> my</c><00:29:27.380><c> beloved</c><00:29:27.720><c> is</c><00:29:28.140><c> outside.</c>

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:30.460
I<00:29:28.700><c> hear</c><00:29:28.880><c> him</c><00:29:29.119><c> knocking,</c><00:29:29.500><c> saying</c><00:29:29.700><c> open</c><00:29:30.019><c> to</c><00:29:30.220><c> me,</c>

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:33.000
my<00:29:30.859><c> sister,</c><00:29:31.200><c> my</c><00:29:31.319><c> love,</c><00:29:31.619><c> my</c><00:29:31.859><c> dove,</c><00:29:32.099><c> my</c><00:29:32.279><c> undefiled.</c>

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.160
But<00:29:33.480><c> she's</c><00:29:33.740><c> asleep.</c>

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:36.200
She<00:29:34.599><c> can't</c><00:29:34.859><c> get</c><00:29:35.099><c> to</c><00:29:35.279><c> the</c><00:29:35.440><c> door</c><00:29:35.619><c> in</c><00:29:35.900><c> time.</c>

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:40.619
She's<00:29:37.000><c> in</c><00:29:37.200><c> a</c><00:29:38.039><c> deep,</c><00:29:38.619><c> deep,</c><00:29:39.339><c> deathly</c><00:29:39.599><c> sleep.</c>

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:43.200
But<00:29:41.200><c> he</c><00:29:41.359><c> goes</c><00:29:41.559><c> on</c><00:29:41.859><c> and</c><00:29:42.079><c> whispers</c><00:29:42.359><c> through</c><00:29:42.619><c> the</c><00:29:42.819><c> keyhole</c>

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:46.900
and<00:29:43.380><c> says,</c><00:29:43.660><c> my</c><00:29:43.799><c> head</c><00:29:44.319><c> is</c><00:29:45.059><c> full</c><00:29:45.339><c> of</c><00:29:46.059><c> Jew.</c>

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:50.619
My<00:29:47.579><c> locks</c><00:29:48.000><c> with</c><00:29:48.259><c> the</c><00:29:48.480><c> drops</c><00:29:49.160><c> of</c><00:29:49.660><c> the</c><00:29:49.839><c> night.</c>

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:53.259
He<00:29:51.480><c> too</c><00:29:51.799><c> has</c><00:29:52.200><c> experienced</c><00:29:52.619><c> the</c><00:29:52.819><c> dark</c><00:29:53.000><c> of</c><00:29:53.140><c> night,</c>

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.700
and<00:29:53.440><c> perhaps</c><00:29:53.700><c> one</c><00:29:53.880><c> of</c><00:29:53.960><c> the</c><00:29:54.079><c> most</c><00:29:54.279><c> wonderful.</c>

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.400
Your<00:29:55.519><c> dead</c><00:29:55.799><c> will</c><00:29:56.160><c> live.</c>

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:59.240
Another<00:29:56.759><c> vision</c><00:29:57.000><c> says,</c><00:29:57.319><c> your</c><00:29:57.579><c> corpses</c><00:29:58.220><c> will</c><00:29:58.759><c> arrive.</c>

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:01.019
Their<00:29:59.779><c> bodies</c><00:30:00.220><c> shall</c><00:30:00.579><c> rise.</c>

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:03.980
You<00:30:01.579><c> who</c><00:30:01.819><c> dwell</c><00:30:02.019><c> in</c><00:30:02.220><c> dust,</c><00:30:02.640><c> awake</c><00:30:02.900><c> and</c><00:30:03.180><c> sing</c><00:30:03.400><c> for</c><00:30:03.660><c> joy,</c>

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.940
for<00:30:04.400><c> your</c><00:30:04.720><c> Jew</c><00:30:04.859><c> is</c><00:30:05.079><c> a</c><00:30:05.259><c> Jew</c><00:30:05.420><c> of</c><00:30:05.759><c> light,</c>

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:08.460
and<00:30:06.119><c> the</c><00:30:06.279><c> earth</c><00:30:06.440><c> will</c><00:30:06.660><c> give</c><00:30:06.960><c> birth</c><00:30:07.299><c> to</c><00:30:07.539><c> the</c><00:30:07.740><c> dead.</c>

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.359
This<00:30:09.460><c> is</c><00:30:09.700><c> a</c><00:30:09.839><c> symbol</c><00:30:09.980><c> of</c><00:30:10.160><c> the</c><00:30:10.339><c> resurrection.</c>

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:17.440
A<00:30:12.640><c> wonderful</c><00:30:13.279><c> symbol</c><00:30:14.200><c> of</c><00:30:15.099><c> the</c><00:30:15.359><c> resurrective</c><00:30:15.980><c> work</c><00:30:16.200><c> of</c><00:30:16.380><c> the</c><00:30:16.559><c> Father.</c>

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.940
So<00:30:19.440><c> what's</c><00:30:19.680><c> going</c><00:30:19.859><c> on?</c>

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:31.799
On<00:30:25.420><c> the</c><00:30:25.640><c> first</c><00:30:26.140><c> occasion,</c><00:30:28.740><c> the</c><00:30:28.880><c> Jew</c><00:30:29.000><c> only</c><00:30:29.359><c> fell</c><00:30:29.900><c> upon</c><00:30:30.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:36.200
On<00:30:33.079><c> the</c><00:30:33.259><c> first</c><00:30:33.539><c> occasion,</c><00:30:34.099><c> only</c><00:30:34.559><c> Christ</c><00:30:35.099><c> was</c><00:30:35.599><c> resurrected.</c>

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.279
The<00:30:36.819><c> first</c><00:30:37.119><c> fruits</c><00:30:37.460><c> of</c><00:30:37.640><c> them</c><00:30:37.779><c> that</c><00:30:38.059><c> slept,</c>

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:40.640
as<00:30:39.079><c> 1</c><00:30:39.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:39.700><c> 15</c><00:30:40.259><c> says.</c>

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.759
But<00:30:41.079><c> on</c><00:30:41.259><c> the</c><00:30:41.480><c> second</c><00:30:41.680><c> occasion,</c>

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:45.940
on<00:30:43.339><c> the</c><00:30:43.599><c> second</c><00:30:43.779><c> occasion,</c><00:30:44.339><c> it</c><00:30:44.420><c> fell</c><00:30:44.700><c> upon</c><00:30:45.019><c> the</c><00:30:45.180><c> dust</c><00:30:45.460><c> of</c><00:30:45.660><c> the</c><00:30:45.779><c> earth,</c>

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:48.440
and<00:30:46.140><c> they</c><00:30:46.440><c> that</c><00:30:46.880><c> slept</c><00:30:47.220><c> in</c><00:30:47.579><c> the</c><00:30:47.740><c> dust</c><00:30:47.980><c> of</c><00:30:48.160><c> the</c><00:30:48.279><c> earth</c>

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:52.460
shall<00:30:48.599><c> arise,</c><00:30:49.839><c> some</c><00:30:49.980><c> to</c><00:30:50.359><c> everlasting</c><00:30:51.039><c> joy.</c>

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:57.700
I<00:30:54.539><c> think</c><00:30:54.680><c> it's</c><00:30:54.839><c> a</c><00:30:54.960><c> wonderful</c><00:30:55.299><c> symbol</c><00:30:55.839><c> that</c><00:30:56.279><c> Gideon</c><00:30:56.619><c> saw</c><00:30:56.819><c> there.</c>

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:04.039
1<00:31:01.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:02.180><c> chapter</c><00:31:02.660><c> 15</c><00:31:03.099><c> says,</c>

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:06.079
now<00:31:04.660><c> has</c><00:31:04.960><c> Christ</c><00:31:05.259><c> risen</c><00:31:05.500><c> from</c><00:31:05.759><c> the</c><00:31:05.960><c> dead,</c>

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:08.019
and<00:31:06.319><c> become</c><00:31:06.480><c> the</c><00:31:06.839><c> first</c><00:31:07.400><c> fruits.</c>

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:10.839
The<00:31:08.380><c> Jew</c><00:31:08.500><c> fell</c><00:31:08.880><c> first</c><00:31:09.480><c> upon</c><00:31:09.779><c> him.</c>

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.839
But<00:31:12.079><c> secondly,</c><00:31:12.539><c> he</c><00:31:12.759><c> says,</c>

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:18.039
but<00:31:15.759><c> every</c><00:31:16.119><c> man</c><00:31:16.299><c> in</c><00:31:16.420><c> his</c><00:31:16.579><c> own</c><00:31:16.740><c> order</c><00:31:17.019><c> crusts</c><00:31:17.559><c> the</c><00:31:17.579><c> first</c><00:31:17.779><c> fruits,</c>

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:21.339
and<00:31:18.400><c> afterwards,</c><00:31:19.440><c> they</c><00:31:19.500><c> that</c><00:31:19.619><c> are</c><00:31:19.839><c> Christ</c><00:31:20.099><c> that</c><00:31:20.279><c> is</c><00:31:20.480><c> coming,</c>

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:25.400
the<00:31:22.420><c> Jew</c><00:31:22.640><c> is</c><00:31:23.019><c> finally</c><00:31:23.319><c> going</c><00:31:23.579><c> to</c><00:31:23.799><c> fall</c><00:31:23.940><c> upon</c><00:31:24.180><c> the</c><00:31:24.400><c> dust.</c>

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:30.559
Now,<00:31:26.720><c> okay,</c><00:31:27.180><c> that's</c><00:31:28.160><c> relatively,</c><00:31:28.700><c> I</c><00:31:29.799><c> think,</c><00:31:30.059><c> straightforward,</c>

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.819
and<00:31:30.759><c> I</c><00:31:30.900><c> hope</c><00:31:31.039><c> that</c><00:31:31.299><c> makes</c><00:31:31.440><c> sense</c><00:31:31.859><c> to</c><00:31:32.920><c> everyone.</c>

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:37.160
I<00:31:34.579><c> want</c><00:31:34.819><c> to</c><00:31:35.000><c> show</c><00:31:35.180><c> you</c><00:31:35.359><c> now</c><00:31:35.599><c> something</c><00:31:35.920><c> that</c>

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:40.099
I<00:31:37.920><c> think</c><00:31:38.079><c> is</c><00:31:38.500><c> absolutely</c><00:31:39.019><c> incredible.</c>

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:43.460
Something<00:31:40.980><c> I</c><00:31:41.660><c> came</c><00:31:41.980><c> across</c><00:31:42.299><c> a</c><00:31:42.539><c> while</c><00:31:42.700><c> ago,</c>

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:47.180
and<00:31:44.539><c> I</c><00:31:45.099><c> really</c><00:31:45.920><c> do</c><00:31:46.180><c> hope</c><00:31:46.299><c> you're</c><00:31:46.500><c> gonna</c><00:31:46.640><c> see</c><00:31:46.859><c> this</c>

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.339
as<00:31:47.380><c> as</c><00:31:47.579><c> astounding</c><00:31:47.940><c> as</c><00:31:48.140><c> I</c><00:31:48.279><c> did.</c>

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.740
This<00:31:48.579><c> is</c><00:31:48.740><c> just</c><00:31:48.900><c> one</c><00:31:49.039><c> of</c><00:31:49.099><c> those</c><00:31:49.380><c> examples</c>

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:53.180
of<00:31:50.000><c> how</c><00:31:50.339><c> incredible</c><00:31:51.319><c> God's</c><00:31:51.960><c> word</c><00:31:52.079><c> is.</c>

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:59.900
The<00:31:55.759><c> Jew</c><00:31:56.059><c> falls</c><00:31:56.500><c> first</c><00:31:57.319><c> upon</c><00:31:57.779><c> the</c><00:31:58.019><c> fleece,</c><00:31:58.859><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:03.160
and<00:32:00.359><c> then</c><00:32:00.599><c> after</c><00:32:00.900><c> the</c><00:32:01.200><c> long</c><00:32:01.740><c> night</c><00:32:02.039><c> of</c><00:32:02.299><c> gentile</c><00:32:02.759><c> darkness,</c>

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:06.500
the<00:32:03.359><c> next</c><00:32:03.700><c> evening,</c><00:32:04.619><c> it's</c><00:32:04.920><c> going</c><00:32:05.160><c> to</c><00:32:05.420><c> fall</c><00:32:05.599><c> upon</c><00:32:05.859><c> the</c><00:32:06.099><c> dust,</c>

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:09.400
upon<00:32:06.819><c> you</c><00:32:07.259><c> and</c><00:32:08.019><c> upon</c><00:32:08.359><c> me.</c>

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:15.059
Just<00:32:11.519><c> have</c><00:32:11.759><c> a</c><00:32:11.859><c> look</c><00:32:12.059><c> at</c><00:32:12.240><c> just</c><00:32:12.480><c> a</c><00:32:12.700><c> very</c><00:32:13.119><c> small</c><00:32:13.680><c> phrase</c><00:32:14.279><c> that</c><00:32:14.619><c> occurs.</c>

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:18.460
Verse<00:32:15.519><c> 38,</c><00:32:17.099><c> look</c><00:32:17.220><c> at</c><00:32:17.299><c> what</c><00:32:17.400><c> it</c><00:32:17.619><c> says.</c>

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:22.059
The<00:32:19.640><c> first</c><00:32:19.980><c> time,</c><00:32:20.440><c> when</c><00:32:20.599><c> it</c><00:32:20.799><c> falls</c><00:32:21.039><c> upon</c><00:32:21.400><c> the</c><00:32:21.680><c> fleece,</c>

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:26.539
it<00:32:22.339><c> says,</c><00:32:23.779><c> and</c><00:32:24.099><c> it</c><00:32:24.799><c> was</c><00:32:25.619><c> so.</c>

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:33.480
And<00:32:28.519><c> on</c><00:32:28.680><c> the</c><00:32:28.900><c> second</c><00:32:29.299><c> night,</c><00:32:30.779><c> it</c><00:32:30.880><c> says</c><00:32:31.039><c> God</c><00:32:31.420><c> did</c><00:32:31.839><c> so</c><00:32:32.160><c> that</c><00:32:32.539><c> night.</c>

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:35.819
You<00:32:34.500><c> think,</c><00:32:34.980><c> so</c><00:32:34.980><c> what?</c>

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.880
Big<00:32:36.059><c> deal.</c>

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:41.140
Come<00:32:37.460><c> across</c><00:32:37.960><c> to</c><00:32:38.700><c> Psalm</c><00:32:39.440><c> 16.</c>

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:44.579
Need<00:32:41.940><c> to</c><00:32:42.259><c> turn</c><00:32:42.420><c> up</c><00:32:42.579><c> a</c><00:32:42.759><c> passage,</c><00:32:43.079><c> keep</c><00:32:43.240><c> ourselves</c><00:32:43.619><c> awake.</c>

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.779
Psalm<00:32:45.500><c> 16</c><00:32:46.000><c> and</c><00:32:46.319><c> verse</c><00:32:46.759><c> 10.</c>

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:55.099
Start<00:32:54.279><c> at</c><00:32:54.420><c> verse</c><00:32:54.640><c> nine.</c>

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:58.519
Christ<00:32:55.920><c> says,</c><00:32:57.039><c> therefore</c><00:32:57.299><c> my</c><00:32:57.680><c> heart</c><00:32:57.980><c> is</c><00:32:58.319><c> glad</c>

00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:00.339
and<00:32:58.720><c> my</c><00:32:59.000><c> glory</c><00:32:59.279><c> rejoices.</c>

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:02.180
Psalm<00:33:00.839><c> 16,</c><00:33:01.460><c> verse</c><00:33:01.619><c> nine.</c>

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:06.920
My<00:33:02.720><c> flesh</c><00:33:03.400><c> can</c><00:33:04.500><c> confidently</c><00:33:05.400><c> rest</c><00:33:06.160><c> in</c><00:33:06.619><c> hope,</c>

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:10.500
for<00:33:07.619><c> you</c><00:33:08.079><c> will</c><00:33:08.440><c> not</c><00:33:08.720><c> leave</c><00:33:09.000><c> my</c><00:33:09.460><c> life</c><00:33:09.839><c> in</c><00:33:10.099><c> the</c><00:33:10.279><c> grave,</c>

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:12.279
my<00:33:10.900><c> soul</c><00:33:11.220><c> in</c><00:33:11.500><c> hell,</c>

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:15.079
neither<00:33:12.519><c> will</c><00:33:12.779><c> you</c><00:33:13.059><c> suffer</c><00:33:13.279><c> your</c><00:33:13.619><c> holy</c><00:33:13.940><c> one</c><00:33:14.160><c> to</c><00:33:14.420><c> see</c><00:33:14.559><c> corruption.</c>

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:19.180
Christ<00:33:16.200><c> knew</c><00:33:16.660><c> that</c><00:33:17.559><c> he</c><00:33:17.700><c> would</c><00:33:17.920><c> be</c><00:33:18.140><c> resurrected.</c>

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:24.740
He<00:33:19.700><c> had</c><00:33:19.960><c> that</c><00:33:20.400><c> confidence</c><00:33:21.200><c> when</c><00:33:22.059><c> he</c><00:33:22.420><c> was</c><00:33:22.880><c> put</c><00:33:23.240><c> upon</c><00:33:23.559><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> cross.</c>

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:30.619
Come<00:33:25.799><c> across</c><00:33:26.180><c> now</c><00:33:26.519><c> to</c><00:33:26.720><c> John</c><00:33:27.059><c> chapter</c><00:33:27.480><c> 10</c><00:33:28.160><c> and</c><00:33:28.759><c> verse</c><00:33:29.119><c> 18.</c>

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:49.559
The<00:33:43.279><c> verse</c><00:33:43.539><c> before,</c><00:33:44.400><c> we've</c><00:33:44.500><c> been</c><00:33:44.759><c> told</c><00:33:45.220><c> that</c><00:33:46.319><c> in</c><00:33:47.380><c> John</c><00:33:47.680><c> 10</c><00:33:47.980><c> verse</c><00:33:48.200><c> 17,</c>

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:53.460
God<00:33:50.039><c> loves</c><00:33:50.619><c> Christ</c><00:33:51.240><c> because</c><00:33:51.700><c> Christ</c><00:33:52.259><c> laid</c><00:33:52.579><c> down</c><00:33:52.900><c> his</c><00:33:53.180><c> life</c>

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:55.680
that<00:33:53.619><c> he</c><00:33:53.759><c> might</c><00:33:54.059><c> take</c><00:33:54.339><c> it</c><00:33:54.640><c> again.</c>

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:58.940
I<00:33:56.960><c> guess</c><00:33:57.220><c> in</c><00:33:57.519><c> a</c><00:33:57.680><c> sense,</c><00:33:57.920><c> that's</c><00:33:58.259><c> a</c><00:33:58.380><c> paraphrasing</c>

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.599
of<00:33:59.140><c> the</c><00:33:59.359><c> Psalm</c><00:33:59.480><c> we've</c><00:33:59.740><c> just</c><00:34:00.000><c> come</c><00:34:00.220><c> from.</c>

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.200
Look<00:34:01.259><c> at</c><00:34:01.460><c> this.</c>

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:06.319
Verse<00:34:02.759><c> 18,</c><00:34:03.640><c> no</c><00:34:03.880><c> man</c><00:34:04.359><c> taketh</c><00:34:04.920><c> it</c><00:34:05.480><c> from</c><00:34:05.700><c> me.</c>

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:09.559
I<00:34:06.859><c> lay</c><00:34:07.039><c> it</c><00:34:07.279><c> down</c><00:34:07.839><c> of</c><00:34:08.420><c> myself.</c>

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:13.000
I<00:34:10.800><c> have</c><00:34:11.079><c> power</c><00:34:11.400><c> to</c><00:34:11.639><c> lay</c><00:34:11.760><c> it</c><00:34:11.980><c> down</c>

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:17.960
and<00:34:14.300><c> I</c><00:34:14.900><c> have</c><00:34:15.380><c> power</c><00:34:15.960><c> to</c><00:34:16.460><c> take</c><00:34:16.659><c> it</c><00:34:17.099><c> again.</c>

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:21.639
Now,<00:34:19.800><c> clearly</c><00:34:20.159><c> the</c><00:34:20.480><c> resurrection</c><00:34:20.980><c> of</c><00:34:21.260><c> Christ</c>

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:24.079
required<00:34:22.340><c> the</c><00:34:22.699><c> power</c><00:34:23.000><c> of</c><00:34:23.260><c> God</c><00:34:23.440><c> to</c><00:34:23.679><c> achieve</c><00:34:23.920><c> it.</c>

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.400
No<00:34:24.280><c> one's</c><00:34:24.659><c> denying</c><00:34:24.980><c> that.</c>

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:27.460
But<00:34:25.800><c> what</c><00:34:26.059><c> Christ</c><00:34:26.420><c> is</c><00:34:26.699><c> telling</c><00:34:26.880><c> us</c><00:34:27.239><c> here</c>

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:30.460
is<00:34:27.880><c> that</c><00:34:28.199><c> power</c><00:34:28.539><c> had</c><00:34:28.780><c> been</c><00:34:29.099><c> invested</c><00:34:29.500><c> in</c><00:34:29.780><c> him.</c>

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:34.099
I<00:34:31.179><c> have</c><00:34:31.739><c> the</c><00:34:32.139><c> power</c><00:34:32.579><c> to</c><00:34:33.019><c> take</c><00:34:33.300><c> my</c><00:34:33.599><c> life</c><00:34:33.820><c> again.</c>

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.420
Elsewhere,<00:34:34.940><c> he</c><00:34:35.059><c> was</c><00:34:35.239><c> to</c><00:34:35.400><c> say,</c><00:34:35.599><c> I'm</c><00:34:35.820><c> the</c><00:34:36.059><c> resurrection</c><00:34:36.659><c> and</c>

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.579
the<00:34:37.699><c> life.</c>

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:43.539
Back<00:34:40.639><c> in</c><00:34:40.860><c> Judges</c><00:34:41.280><c> chapter</c><00:34:41.599><c> six,</c><00:34:42.079><c> what</c><00:34:42.179><c> did</c><00:34:42.280><c> we</c><00:34:42.440><c> just</c><00:34:42.760><c> read?</c>

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:47.139
When<00:34:43.940><c> the</c><00:34:44.179><c> dew</c><00:34:44.420><c> fell</c><00:34:44.800><c> upon</c><00:34:45.179><c> the</c><00:34:45.519><c> fleece,</c>

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:49.539
doesn't<00:34:47.699><c> say</c><00:34:47.920><c> God</c><00:34:48.179><c> made</c><00:34:48.440><c> it</c><00:34:48.739><c> so.</c>

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:52.900
No,<00:34:51.199><c> it</c><00:34:51.599><c> was</c><00:34:52.059><c> so.</c>

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.920
It<00:34:53.880><c> was</c><00:34:54.320><c> natural</c><00:34:54.900><c> and</c><00:34:55.320><c> appropriate.</c>

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:57.500
It<00:34:56.320><c> was</c><00:34:56.599><c> a</c><00:34:56.760><c> force</c><00:34:56.980><c> of</c><00:34:57.260><c> nature.</c>

00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:02.139
No<00:34:58.340><c> man</c><00:34:58.900><c> had</c><00:34:59.639><c> power</c><00:34:59.960><c> to</c><00:35:00.320><c> prevent</c><00:35:00.659><c> that</c><00:35:01.000><c> resurrection</c><00:35:01.460><c> from</c><00:35:01.820><c> occurring.</c>

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:05.340
And<00:35:02.699><c> there</c><00:35:02.840><c> is</c><00:35:03.019><c> a</c><00:35:03.280><c> sense</c><00:35:03.539><c> in</c><00:35:03.739><c> which</c><00:35:03.920><c> it</c><00:35:04.139><c> did</c><00:35:04.400><c> not</c><00:35:04.719><c> require</c>

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:08.119
the<00:35:05.840><c> intervention</c><00:35:06.179><c> of</c><00:35:06.400><c> the</c><00:35:06.559><c> Father</c><00:35:06.840><c> to</c><00:35:07.300><c> occur.</c>

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:12.619
Of<00:35:09.199><c> course,</c><00:35:10.079><c> the</c><00:35:10.239><c> dew</c><00:35:10.360><c> was</c><00:35:10.579><c> gonna</c><00:35:10.780><c> fall</c><00:35:11.059><c> upon</c><00:35:11.340><c> that</c><00:35:11.699><c> fleece.</c>

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:18.699
It<00:35:13.480><c> was</c><00:35:13.679><c> a</c><00:35:13.860><c> sinless</c><00:35:14.119><c> fleece</c><00:35:15.000><c> and</c><00:35:15.260><c> the</c><00:35:15.500><c> grave</c><00:35:15.920><c> could</c><00:35:16.619><c> not</c><00:35:17.380><c> hold</c><00:35:17.739><c> him.</c>

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:23.119
But<00:35:20.800><c> when</c><00:35:20.960><c> it</c><00:35:21.059><c> comes</c><00:35:21.219><c> to</c><00:35:21.380><c> you</c><00:35:21.500><c> and</c><00:35:21.739><c> me,</c>

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:27.059
God<00:35:25.300><c> did</c><00:35:25.940><c> so</c><00:35:26.340><c> that</c><00:35:26.840><c> night.</c>

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:29.500
It<00:35:27.300><c> required</c><00:35:27.900><c> the</c><00:35:28.239><c> outpouring</c><00:35:28.719><c> of</c><00:35:28.900><c> the</c><00:35:29.179><c> power</c>

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:32.039
of<00:35:30.139><c> the</c><00:35:30.440><c> almighty</c><00:35:31.059><c> creator</c><00:35:31.539><c> himself</c>

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:36.940
to<00:35:32.619><c> pull</c><00:35:32.860><c> those</c><00:35:33.460><c> who</c><00:35:34.199><c> have</c><00:35:34.559><c> sinned</c><00:35:35.460><c> and</c><00:35:35.900><c> deserve</c><00:35:36.400><c> to</c><00:35:36.619><c> be</c>

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:40.000
in<00:35:37.260><c> the</c><00:35:37.480><c> dust</c><00:35:37.880><c> out</c><00:35:38.320><c> of</c><00:35:38.739><c> their</c><00:35:38.960><c> graves.</c>

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:42.239
Christ,<00:35:41.820><c> it</c><00:35:41.900><c> was</c><00:35:42.059><c> so.</c>

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:44.059
It<00:35:42.739><c> had</c><00:35:42.940><c> to</c><00:35:43.239><c> happen.</c>

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:49.019
But<00:35:44.960><c> with</c><00:35:45.119><c> you</c><00:35:45.239><c> and</c><00:35:45.440><c> me,</c><00:35:47.400><c> God</c><00:35:47.719><c> did</c><00:35:48.019><c> so</c><00:35:48.340><c> that</c><00:35:48.639><c> night.</c>

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:50.179
I<00:35:49.280><c> think</c><00:35:49.440><c> that's</c><00:35:49.679><c> incredible.</c>

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:54.840
There<00:35:50.880><c> in</c><00:35:51.139><c> that,</c><00:35:51.539><c> just</c><00:35:51.760><c> a</c><00:35:52.059><c> few</c><00:35:52.300><c> words,</c><00:35:53.440><c> he's</c><00:35:53.840><c> captured</c><00:35:54.219><c> the</c><00:35:54.539><c> fact.</c>

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:58.880
The<00:35:55.300><c> Father</c><00:35:55.480><c> has</c><00:35:55.739><c> captured</c><00:35:56.139><c> the</c><00:35:56.420><c> fact</c><00:35:56.699><c> that</c><00:35:57.360><c> Christ</c><00:35:57.920><c> had</c><00:35:58.380><c> invested</c>

00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:02.199
in<00:35:59.119><c> him</c><00:35:59.500><c> the</c><00:36:00.000><c> ability</c><00:36:00.440><c> to</c><00:36:00.800><c> be</c><00:36:01.119><c> raised.</c>

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:05.880
But<00:36:02.760><c> you</c><00:36:02.880><c> and</c><00:36:03.079><c> me,</c><00:36:03.300><c> it</c><00:36:03.579><c> requires</c><00:36:03.880><c> the</c><00:36:04.219><c> intervention</c><00:36:04.579><c> of</c><00:36:04.760><c> God</c><00:36:04.980><c> Almighty.</c>

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:12.539
Well,<00:36:09.980><c> the</c><00:36:10.199><c> dew</c><00:36:10.420><c> has</c><00:36:10.719><c> now</c><00:36:11.039><c> been</c><00:36:11.380><c> poured</c><00:36:11.559><c> out.</c>

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.920
It's<00:36:13.579><c> been</c><00:36:13.880><c> poured</c><00:36:14.059><c> out</c><00:36:14.260><c> and</c><00:36:14.659><c> Gideon's</c><00:36:15.159><c> gonna</c><00:36:15.260><c> get</c><00:36:15.500><c> up</c>

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:19.300
back<00:36:16.239><c> in</c><00:36:17.679><c> Judges</c><00:36:18.239><c> chapter</c><00:36:18.679><c> six.</c>

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:21.440
And<00:36:19.659><c> in</c><00:36:19.780><c> the</c><00:36:19.900><c> morning,</c><00:36:20.219><c> he's</c><00:36:20.599><c> going</c><00:36:20.780><c> to</c><00:36:20.940><c> get</c><00:36:21.059><c> up</c>

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:24.039
and<00:36:21.900><c> inspect</c><00:36:22.360><c> the</c><00:36:22.739><c> second</c><00:36:23.119><c> miracle.</c>

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:26.320
Poor<00:36:24.360><c> old</c><00:36:24.639><c> Gideon,</c><00:36:24.880><c> how</c><00:36:25.099><c> would</c><00:36:25.219><c> he</c><00:36:25.360><c> have</c><00:36:25.539><c> felt</c><00:36:25.639><c> the</c><00:36:25.880><c> first</c><00:36:26.139><c> time?</c>

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:29.239
He<00:36:26.719><c> was</c><00:36:27.000><c> scared</c><00:36:27.260><c> enough</c><00:36:27.519><c> asking</c><00:36:27.920><c> God</c><00:36:28.199><c> for</c><00:36:28.400><c> miracle</c><00:36:28.780><c> number</c><00:36:29.119><c> one</c>

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:32.280
and<00:36:29.420><c> to</c><00:36:29.579><c> realize</c><00:36:29.860><c> he'd</c><00:36:30.179><c> asked</c><00:36:30.380><c> for</c><00:36:30.599><c> the</c><00:36:30.860><c> wrong</c><00:36:31.260><c> thing</c>

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:34.239
and<00:36:32.639><c> had</c><00:36:32.780><c> to</c><00:36:32.940><c> get</c><00:36:33.039><c> a</c><00:36:33.300><c> second</c><00:36:33.460><c> one,</c><00:36:33.719><c> a</c><00:36:33.920><c> rerun,</c>

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:35.940
would<00:36:34.400><c> have</c><00:36:34.519><c> been</c><00:36:34.639><c> very</c><00:36:34.940><c> embarrassing.</c>

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:40.719
And<00:36:37.039><c> the</c><00:36:37.199><c> first</c><00:36:37.440><c> night,</c><00:36:37.659><c> he</c><00:36:37.820><c> rings</c><00:36:38.059><c> out</c><00:36:38.340><c> a</c><00:36:38.599><c> bowl</c><00:36:39.079><c> full</c><00:36:39.480><c> of</c><00:36:39.739><c> dew.</c>

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:45.199
Malachi<00:36:41.940><c> chapter</c><00:36:42.300><c> two</c><00:36:42.559><c> verse</c><00:36:42.800><c> 15,</c><00:36:43.800><c> if</c><00:36:44.099><c> you're</c><00:36:44.340><c> taking</c><00:36:44.639><c> notes,</c>

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:50.480
says<00:36:45.699><c> that</c><00:36:45.980><c> God</c><00:36:46.360><c> had,</c><00:36:47.360><c> it's</c><00:36:47.840><c> almost</c><00:36:48.119><c> exactly</c><00:36:48.780><c> the</c><00:36:49.059><c> same</c><00:36:49.320><c> words.</c>

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:53.539
It<00:36:50.880><c> says,</c><00:36:51.380><c> there</c><00:36:51.380><c> was</c><00:36:51.599><c> the</c><00:36:52.019><c> residue</c><00:36:52.440><c> of</c><00:36:52.980><c> the</c><00:36:53.300><c> spirit</c>

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:56.000
that<00:36:53.820><c> God</c><00:36:54.079><c> had</c><00:36:54.460><c> after</c><00:36:55.039><c> the</c><00:36:55.360><c> creative</c><00:36:55.719><c> work.</c>

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:59.659
As<00:36:56.199><c> if</c><00:36:56.400><c> to</c><00:36:56.639><c> say,</c><00:36:57.739><c> if</c><00:36:57.739><c> you</c><00:36:57.980><c> think</c><00:36:58.139><c> that</c><00:36:58.420><c> God</c><00:36:58.599><c> has</c><00:36:58.820><c> run</c><00:36:58.980><c> out</c><00:36:59.199><c> of</c><00:36:59.420><c> power</c>

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:01.619
in<00:36:59.940><c> creating</c><00:37:00.260><c> the</c><00:37:00.519><c> world,</c><00:37:01.179><c> don't</c><00:37:01.360><c> worry,</c>

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:04.059
there's<00:37:01.920><c> a</c><00:37:02.079><c> bowl</c><00:37:02.360><c> full</c><00:37:02.599><c> of</c><00:37:03.039><c> spirit</c><00:37:03.300><c> left</c><00:37:03.739><c> over</c>

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:06.579
with<00:37:04.519><c> which</c><00:37:04.780><c> to</c><00:37:05.099><c> resurrect</c><00:37:05.539><c> humanity.</c>

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:11.380
And<00:37:08.960><c> so,</c><00:37:09.360><c> the</c><00:37:09.480><c> next</c><00:37:09.800><c> evening,</c><00:37:10.900><c> afterwards,</c>

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:13.559
they<00:37:11.739><c> that</c><00:37:11.860><c> are</c><00:37:12.099><c> Christ</c><00:37:12.360><c> that</c><00:37:12.519><c> is</c><00:37:12.719><c> coming</c><00:37:12.940><c> are</c><00:37:13.280><c> raised</c>

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:15.739
and<00:37:13.679><c> the</c><00:37:13.940><c> resurrection</c><00:37:14.519><c> has</c><00:37:14.940><c> now</c><00:37:15.219><c> occurred</c>

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:17.920
in<00:37:16.360><c> the</c><00:37:16.539><c> life</c><00:37:16.780><c> of</c><00:37:16.980><c> Gideon.</c>

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:23.699
So,<00:37:20.539><c> having</c><00:37:20.739><c> seen</c><00:37:21.360><c> the</c><00:37:21.780><c> image</c><00:37:22.019><c> empire</c><00:37:22.659><c> standing</c><00:37:23.420><c> up</c>

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:26.420
on<00:37:23.840><c> the</c><00:37:24.039><c> plains</c><00:37:24.280><c> of</c><00:37:24.519><c> Jezreel</c><00:37:24.980><c> near</c><00:37:25.280><c> Megiddo,</c>

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:31.119
a<00:37:26.980><c> trumpet</c><00:37:27.320><c> blowing,</c><00:37:29.079><c> a</c><00:37:29.400><c> resurrection</c><00:37:29.960><c> occur,</c>

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:34.840
verse<00:37:32.300><c> one</c><00:37:32.820><c> of</c><00:37:33.079><c> chapter</c><00:37:33.420><c> seven,</c><00:37:33.840><c> then</c><00:37:34.280><c> Gideon,</c>

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.659
Jeroboel<00:37:35.599><c> as</c><00:37:35.780><c> he</c><00:37:35.920><c> was</c><00:37:36.079><c> otherwise</c><00:37:36.420><c> known,</c>

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:41.800
and<00:37:37.159><c> all</c><00:37:37.340><c> the</c><00:37:37.539><c> people</c><00:37:37.780><c> that</c><00:37:38.139><c> were</c><00:37:38.280><c> with</c><00:37:38.500><c> him</c><00:37:38.880><c> rose</c><00:37:39.639><c> up</c><00:37:40.639><c> early.</c>

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:44.679
And<00:37:42.719><c> they</c><00:37:42.900><c> came</c><00:37:43.260><c> to</c><00:37:43.420><c> the</c><00:37:43.539><c> well</c><00:37:43.659><c> of</c><00:37:43.980><c> Harod.</c>

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.980
What<00:37:46.360><c> does</c><00:37:46.559><c> Harod</c><00:37:46.780><c> mean?</c>

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:49.039
Well,<00:37:47.300><c> Harod</c><00:37:47.559><c> means</c><00:37:48.019><c> trembling.</c>

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:53.420
Oh,<00:37:49.920><c> it</c><00:37:49.960><c> had</c><00:37:50.139><c> to</c><00:37:50.360><c> have</c><00:37:50.599><c> come</c><00:37:50.840><c> off</c><00:37:51.300><c> the</c><00:37:51.960><c> hill</c><00:37:52.260><c> country</c><00:37:52.679><c> of</c><00:37:52.980><c> Samaria</c>

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:57.820
where<00:37:53.739><c> Afra</c><00:37:54.179><c> was,</c><00:37:55.300><c> down</c><00:37:55.519><c> the</c><00:37:55.920><c> steep</c><00:37:56.199><c> slopes</c><00:37:56.639><c> of</c><00:37:57.000><c> Gilboa,</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:02.559
gray<00:37:58.719><c> limestone</c><00:37:59.679><c> weathered</c><00:38:00.300><c> slopes</c><00:38:00.480><c> down</c><00:38:01.039><c> into</c><00:38:01.380><c> the</c><00:38:01.619><c> fertile</c><00:38:02.019><c> plain</c>

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:05.260
of<00:38:03.159><c> Jezreel,</c><00:38:03.880><c> and</c><00:38:04.199><c> there</c><00:38:04.460><c> to</c><00:38:04.639><c> the</c><00:38:04.840><c> north</c><00:38:05.039><c> of</c><00:38:05.179><c> them</c>

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:10.139
was<00:38:05.460><c> a</c><00:38:05.739><c> vast</c><00:38:06.139><c> army</c><00:38:06.980><c> just</c><00:38:08.380><c> across</c><00:38:08.719><c> a</c><00:38:08.900><c> small</c><00:38:09.139><c> river.</c>

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:13.280
And<00:38:10.860><c> in</c><00:38:11.079><c> front</c><00:38:11.280><c> of</c><00:38:11.460><c> them</c><00:38:12.019><c> was</c><00:38:12.480><c> the</c><00:38:12.679><c> well</c><00:38:12.800><c> of</c><00:38:13.199><c> Harod.</c>

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:16.800
The<00:38:13.579><c> only</c><00:38:14.099><c> thing</c><00:38:14.500><c> that</c><00:38:14.940><c> separated</c><00:38:15.579><c> Gideon's</c><00:38:16.400><c> force</c>

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:22.199
from<00:38:17.280><c> a</c><00:38:17.639><c> vast</c><00:38:18.019><c> enemy</c><00:38:18.639><c> was</c><00:38:19.980><c> a</c><00:38:20.360><c> small</c><00:38:21.079><c> creek</c>

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.480
and<00:38:22.679><c> the</c><00:38:22.840><c> well</c><00:38:22.980><c> of</c><00:38:23.239><c> Harod.</c>

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.320
What<00:38:23.699><c> does</c><00:38:23.900><c> Harod</c><00:38:24.119><c> mean?</c>

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:29.400
Well,<00:38:24.619><c> Harod</c><00:38:24.820><c> means</c><00:38:25.599><c> trembling</c><00:38:26.260><c> or</c><00:38:27.920><c> fearfulness</c>

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:33.480
have<00:38:30.099><c> come</c><00:38:30.440><c> to</c><00:38:30.659><c> the</c><00:38:30.860><c> well</c><00:38:31.219><c> of</c><00:38:31.500><c> trembling</c><00:38:31.900><c> and</c><00:38:32.320><c> of</c><00:38:32.699><c> fear.</c>

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:36.820
Actually,<00:38:34.880><c> the</c><00:38:34.940><c> same</c><00:38:35.320><c> word,</c><00:38:35.579><c> almost</c><00:38:36.000><c> the</c><00:38:36.219><c> same</c><00:38:36.460><c> word,</c>

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.079
shows<00:38:37.280><c> up</c><00:38:37.599><c> in</c><00:38:37.780><c> chapter</c><00:38:38.039><c> seven,</c><00:38:38.480><c> verse</c><00:38:38.659><c> three,</c>

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:41.800
when<00:38:39.340><c> he</c><00:38:39.480><c> talks</c><00:38:39.780><c> about</c><00:38:40.019><c> whoever</c><00:38:40.340><c> is</c><00:38:40.639><c> fearful</c><00:38:40.880><c> and</c><00:38:41.239><c> afraid.</c>

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:45.960
That<00:38:41.980><c> word</c><00:38:42.159><c> afraid</c><00:38:42.739><c> is</c><00:38:43.119><c> pretty</c><00:38:43.360><c> much</c><00:38:43.599><c> the</c><00:38:43.800><c> same</c><00:38:44.059><c> word</c><00:38:44.280><c> as</c><00:38:44.619><c> Harod.</c>

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:48.500
Anyone<00:38:46.380><c> who's</c><00:38:46.800><c> here</c><00:38:47.159><c> and</c><00:38:47.539><c> who</c><00:38:47.800><c> feels</c><00:38:48.159><c> like</c>

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:51.679
this<00:38:48.699><c> is</c><00:38:48.860><c> an</c><00:38:49.039><c> appropriate</c><00:38:49.420><c> place</c><00:38:49.760><c> to</c><00:38:49.980><c> be,</c><00:38:50.159><c> you</c><00:38:50.300><c> can</c><00:38:50.480><c> go</c><00:38:50.760><c> home.</c>

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.980
Why<00:38:52.420><c> were</c><00:38:52.539><c> they</c><00:38:52.719><c> afraid?</c>

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:54.820
Well,<00:38:53.619><c> obviously</c><00:38:54.019><c> there's</c><00:38:54.320><c> a</c><00:38:54.440><c> big</c><00:38:54.599><c> army.</c>

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:56.199
What<00:38:55.039><c> were</c><00:38:55.159><c> the</c><00:38:55.280><c> odds?</c>

00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:00.079
When<00:38:58.039><c> we</c><00:38:58.199><c> do</c><00:38:58.360><c> the</c><00:38:58.559><c> maths</c><00:38:58.840><c> and</c><00:38:59.099><c> we</c><00:38:59.440><c> sort</c><00:38:59.579><c> of</c><00:38:59.719><c> work</c><00:38:59.920><c> out</c>

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:03.019
how<00:39:00.280><c> many</c><00:39:00.500><c> people</c><00:39:00.780><c> left</c><00:39:01.159><c> at</c><00:39:01.360><c> each</c><00:39:01.860><c> phase</c><00:39:02.300><c> of</c><00:39:02.519><c> this</c><00:39:02.780><c> story,</c>

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:04.260
because<00:39:03.260><c> as</c><00:39:03.500><c> you'll</c><00:39:03.860><c> recall,</c>

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:07.880
Gideon's<00:39:05.079><c> army</c><00:39:05.239><c> is</c><00:39:05.460><c> going</c><00:39:05.599><c> to</c><00:39:05.860><c> be</c><00:39:05.980><c> pared</c><00:39:06.199><c> back</c><00:39:06.480><c> little</c><00:39:06.699><c> by</c><00:39:06.980><c> little.</c>

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:13.239
At<00:39:08.159><c> the</c><00:39:08.679><c> start,</c><00:39:09.260><c> we</c><00:39:09.260><c> discover</c><00:39:09.659><c> Gideon</c><00:39:10.099><c> was</c><00:39:10.500><c> blessed</c><00:39:10.820><c> with</c><00:39:11.159><c> 32</c><00:39:11.699><c>,000.</c>

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:15.900
And<00:39:13.619><c> later</c><00:39:13.840><c> on,</c><00:39:14.039><c> when</c><00:39:14.159><c> we</c><00:39:14.300><c> come</c><00:39:14.460><c> across</c><00:39:14.780><c> the</c><00:39:14.980><c> chapter</c><00:39:15.260><c> eight</c>

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:21.179
and<00:39:16.579><c> verse</c><00:39:17.059><c> 10,</c><00:39:17.960><c> we'll</c><00:39:18.260><c> discover</c><00:39:18.699><c> that</c><00:39:19.179><c> the</c><00:39:19.440><c> army</c><00:39:19.840><c> of</c><00:39:20.460><c> the</c><00:39:20.860><c> enemy</c>

00:39:21.179 --> 00:39:26.699
had<00:39:21.559><c> initially</c><00:39:22.280><c> numbered</c><00:39:23.360><c> 135</c><00:39:25.119><c>,000,</c>

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:30.139
which<00:39:27.559><c> meant</c><00:39:27.800><c> that</c><00:39:28.460><c> every</c><00:39:28.800><c> one</c><00:39:28.980><c> of</c><00:39:29.179><c> Gideon's</c><00:39:29.760><c> soldiers</c>

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:37.000
would<00:39:30.360><c> be</c><00:39:30.699><c> responsible</c><00:39:31.320><c> for</c><00:39:31.760><c> the</c><00:39:33.139><c> disposal</c><00:39:33.639><c> of</c><00:39:34.539><c> 4</c><00:39:34.940><c>.2</c><00:39:35.980><c> enemies.</c>

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:39.079
4<00:39:37.420><c>.2</c><00:39:38.059><c> enemies.</c>

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:44.139
I<00:39:40.639><c> think</c><00:39:40.860><c> I</c><00:39:41.099><c> know</c><00:39:41.460><c> why</c><00:39:41.860><c> Gideon's</c><00:39:42.400><c> men</c><00:39:42.599><c> were</c><00:39:42.980><c> afraid.</c>

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:50.019
It<00:39:45.940><c> would</c><00:39:46.099><c> have</c><00:39:46.280><c> been</c><00:39:46.760><c> a</c><00:39:47.340><c> really</c><00:39:47.739><c> confidence</c><00:39:48.420><c> building</c><00:39:49.480><c> view</c>

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:53.320
or<00:39:50.320><c> perspective</c><00:39:50.860><c> to</c><00:39:51.179><c> realize</c><00:39:51.659><c> how</c><00:39:52.300><c> many</c><00:39:52.960><c> enemies</c>

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:56.300
you<00:39:53.619><c> were</c><00:39:53.880><c> personally</c><00:39:54.380><c> responsible</c><00:39:55.340><c> for.</c>

00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:03.340
So<00:40:00.159><c> they</c><00:40:01.079><c> come</c><00:40:01.579><c> down</c><00:40:02.559><c> to</c><00:40:03.019><c> Harod</c>

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:06.139
and<00:40:03.900><c> are</c><00:40:04.039><c> there</c><00:40:04.440><c> trembling</c><00:40:04.860><c> and</c><00:40:05.260><c> fearful.</c>

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:09.920
And<00:40:08.300><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:08.599><c> says</c><00:40:08.900><c> to</c><00:40:09.119><c> Gideon,</c>

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:16.480
the<00:40:11.360><c> people</c><00:40:11.920><c> that</c><00:40:13.460><c> are</c><00:40:13.739><c> here,</c><00:40:15.119><c> that</c><00:40:15.280><c> are</c><00:40:15.460><c> with</c><00:40:15.679><c> you,</c>

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:21.000
are<00:40:17.079><c> too</c><00:40:17.599><c> many</c><00:40:17.900><c> for</c><00:40:18.199><c> me</c><00:40:18.760><c> to</c><00:40:19.340><c> give</c><00:40:19.500><c> the</c><00:40:19.699><c> Midianites</c><00:40:20.139><c> into</c><00:40:20.340><c> their</c><00:40:20.579><c> hands</c>

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:23.059
lest<00:40:21.380><c> Israel</c><00:40:21.719><c> vaunt</c><00:40:21.980><c> themselves</c><00:40:22.440><c> against</c><00:40:22.800><c> me,</c>

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:27.139
saying,<00:40:23.340><c> my</c><00:40:23.599><c> own</c><00:40:24.139><c> hand</c><00:40:24.940><c> has</c><00:40:25.719><c> saved</c><00:40:26.019><c> me.</c>

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:30.980
How<00:40:28.579><c> do</c><00:40:28.719><c> you</c><00:40:28.780><c> think</c><00:40:28.980><c> Gideon</c><00:40:30.280><c> would</c><00:40:30.539><c> have</c><00:40:30.800><c> felt</c>

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.659
hearing<00:40:31.420><c> those</c><00:40:31.739><c> words?</c>

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:40.719
It's<00:40:33.940><c> already</c><00:40:34.460><c> four</c><00:40:34.900><c> to</c><00:40:35.179><c> one,</c><00:40:37.519><c> and</c><00:40:37.760><c> now</c><00:40:38.219><c> there's</c><00:40:39.400><c> too</c><00:40:39.679><c> many.</c>

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.840
He<00:40:42.199><c> wasn't</c><00:40:42.400><c> a</c><00:40:42.619><c> confident</c><00:40:42.860><c> man.</c>

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:47.159
Even<00:40:45.179><c> before</c><00:40:45.599><c> this,</c><00:40:45.840><c> he</c><00:40:45.860><c> needed</c><00:40:46.179><c> special</c><00:40:46.619><c> miracles,</c>

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:49.860
and<00:40:47.579><c> now</c><00:40:47.800><c> God's</c><00:40:48.039><c> saying,</c><00:40:48.380><c> 32</c><00:40:48.780><c>,000,</c><00:40:49.340><c> that's</c><00:40:49.460><c> too</c><00:40:49.719><c> many,</c>

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:52.679
I'm<00:40:50.079><c> sorry,</c><00:40:50.360><c> Gideon,</c><00:40:50.659><c> we're</c><00:40:50.820><c> going</c><00:40:51.039><c> to</c><00:40:51.219><c> give</c><00:40:51.340><c> you</c><00:40:51.559><c> less.</c>

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:56.340
And<00:40:53.500><c> so</c><00:40:53.659><c> in</c><00:40:53.800><c> verse</c><00:40:54.139><c> three,</c><00:40:54.780><c> he</c><00:40:54.880><c> was</c><00:40:55.159><c> commanded</c><00:40:55.579><c> to</c><00:40:55.900><c> observe</c>

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:58.800
Deuteronomy<00:40:57.019><c> chapter</c><00:40:57.340><c> 20,</c><00:40:57.780><c> verse</c><00:40:58.039><c> one</c><00:40:58.320><c> to</c><00:40:58.519><c> nine,</c>

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:01.219
which<00:40:59.199><c> gave</c><00:40:59.480><c> instructions</c><00:41:00.139><c> to</c><00:41:00.400><c> the</c><00:41:00.500><c> nation</c><00:41:00.800><c> of</c><00:41:00.960><c> Israel</c>

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:04.280
on<00:41:01.500><c> how</c><00:41:01.760><c> they</c><00:41:01.960><c> should</c><00:41:02.159><c> handle</c><00:41:02.619><c> the</c><00:41:02.940><c> formation</c><00:41:03.440><c> of</c><00:41:03.639><c> a</c><00:41:03.800><c> militia</c>

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:07.840
in<00:41:04.539><c> times</c><00:41:04.920><c> of</c><00:41:05.159><c> war,</c><00:41:05.619><c> and</c><00:41:05.739><c> how</c><00:41:05.980><c> if</c><00:41:06.320><c> people</c><00:41:06.679><c> were</c><00:41:07.179><c> fearful</c>

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:10.079
or<00:41:08.260><c> afraid</c><00:41:08.619><c> or</c><00:41:08.860><c> had</c><00:41:09.139><c> other</c><00:41:09.460><c> good</c><00:41:09.719><c> reasons</c>

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:11.760
such<00:41:10.420><c> as</c><00:41:10.579><c> being</c><00:41:10.840><c> recently</c><00:41:11.380><c> married,</c>

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:13.980
they<00:41:12.199><c> were</c><00:41:12.380><c> instructed</c><00:41:12.840><c> to</c><00:41:13.139><c> leave</c><00:41:13.420><c> the</c><00:41:13.679><c> army</c>

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:17.400
and<00:41:14.440><c> return</c><00:41:14.980><c> home</c><00:41:15.500><c> from</c><00:41:16.119><c> the</c><00:41:16.340><c> battlefield.</c>

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:19.699
Whoever<00:41:18.619><c> is</c><00:41:18.940><c> fearful</c><00:41:19.179><c> and</c><00:41:19.500><c> afraid,</c>

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:23.260
whoever<00:41:20.400><c> doesn't</c><00:41:21.179><c> have</c><00:41:21.440><c> the</c><00:41:21.659><c> confidence</c><00:41:22.119><c> to</c><00:41:22.360><c> wage</c><00:41:22.639><c> this</c><00:41:23.000><c> war,</c>

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.980
home<00:41:23.920><c> you</c><00:41:24.139><c> go.</c>

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:29.460
And<00:41:26.480><c> I'm</c><00:41:26.699><c> sure</c><00:41:26.920><c> as</c><00:41:27.179><c> Gideon</c><00:41:27.539><c> stood</c><00:41:27.860><c> on</c><00:41:28.420><c> some</c><00:41:28.719><c> sort</c><00:41:28.940><c> of</c><00:41:29.099><c> platform</c>

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.719
and<00:41:29.579><c> said</c><00:41:29.800><c> to</c><00:41:29.960><c> everyone,</c><00:41:30.280><c> all</c><00:41:30.380><c> right,</c>

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:33.519
we're<00:41:31.219><c> following</c><00:41:31.579><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:41:32.500><c> 20,</c><00:41:33.360><c> everyone,</c>

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.400
you<00:41:33.659><c> know</c><00:41:33.780><c> what</c><00:41:33.920><c> that</c><00:41:34.179><c> means.</c>

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:35.739
If<00:41:34.780><c> you're</c><00:41:34.980><c> feeling</c><00:41:35.079><c> a</c><00:41:35.179><c> bit</c><00:41:35.320><c> nervous,</c>

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:38.559
some<00:41:35.980><c> butterflies</c><00:41:36.340><c> in</c><00:41:36.519><c> your</c><00:41:36.699><c> tummy,</c><00:41:37.199><c> off</c><00:41:37.360><c> you</c><00:41:37.579><c> go.</c>

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:41.139
Behind<00:41:39.360><c> his</c><00:41:39.599><c> back,</c><00:41:40.159><c> his</c><00:41:40.239><c> fingers</c><00:41:40.519><c> were</c><00:41:40.800><c> crossed,</c>

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:46.239
make<00:41:41.679><c> it</c><00:41:42.119><c> three</c><00:41:43.179><c> people,</c><00:41:43.679><c> maybe</c><00:41:43.980><c> four,</c><00:41:44.679><c> no</c><00:41:44.880><c> more</c><00:41:45.119><c> than</c><00:41:45.360><c> that.</c>

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:48.920
And<00:41:47.000><c> imagine</c><00:41:47.380><c> how</c><00:41:47.820><c> Gideon</c><00:41:48.119><c> would</c><00:41:48.360><c> have</c><00:41:48.619><c> felt</c>

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:57.039
as<00:41:49.619><c> 22</c><00:41:50.619><c>,000</c><00:41:51.719><c> walked</c><00:41:52.079><c> away,</c><00:41:52.820><c> 69</c><00:41:54.039><c>%</c><00:41:55.019><c> of</c><00:41:55.460><c> his</c><00:41:55.860><c> army</c>

00:41:57.179 --> 00:42:01.179
walked<00:41:57.599><c> down</c><00:41:58.480><c> the</c><00:41:58.780><c> road,</c><00:41:59.360><c> their</c><00:41:59.579><c> heads</c><00:41:59.860><c> hung</c><00:42:00.260><c> low.</c>

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:05.760
And<00:42:02.360><c> now</c><00:42:02.699><c> poor</c><00:42:02.960><c> old</c><00:42:03.139><c> Gideon</c><00:42:03.599><c> is</c><00:42:04.099><c> left</c><00:42:04.500><c> with</c><00:42:04.840><c> 10</c><00:42:05.260><c>,000.</c>

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:15.300
The<00:42:06.079><c> odds</c><00:42:06.619><c> have</c><00:42:07.039><c> lengthened</c><00:42:07.579><c> to</c><00:42:07.900><c> one,</c><00:42:09.099><c> to</c><00:42:09.460><c> 13</c><00:42:10.159><c>.5,</c><00:42:12.960><c> 13</c><00:42:13.739><c>.5.</c>

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:18.679
Not<00:42:16.019><c> even</c><00:42:16.340><c> sure</c><00:42:16.559><c> how</c><00:42:16.739><c> you</c><00:42:17.019><c> fight</c><00:42:17.239><c> half</c><00:42:17.599><c> a</c><00:42:17.780><c> man.</c>

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:23.539
But<00:42:19.940><c> that</c><00:42:20.159><c> would</c><00:42:20.320><c> have</c><00:42:20.519><c> been</c><00:42:20.739><c> a</c><00:42:21.039><c> very,</c><00:42:21.219><c> very</c><00:42:21.659><c> scary</c><00:42:22.039><c> thing</c><00:42:22.360><c> for</c><00:42:22.579><c> Gideon.</c>

00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:27.119
And<00:42:25.199><c> in</c><00:42:25.400><c> verse</c><00:42:25.619><c> four,</c><00:42:26.219><c> God</c><00:42:26.239><c> says</c><00:42:26.559><c> to</c><00:42:26.780><c> him,</c>

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.940
the<00:42:27.619><c> people</c><00:42:28.000><c> are</c><00:42:28.300><c> yet</c><00:42:28.559><c> too</c><00:42:28.940><c> many.</c>

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:33.719
Poor<00:42:31.380><c> old</c><00:42:31.679><c> Gideon,</c><00:42:32.360><c> bring</c><00:42:32.599><c> them</c><00:42:32.840><c> down</c><00:42:33.099><c> to</c><00:42:33.280><c> the</c><00:42:33.480><c> water</c>

00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:37.199
and<00:42:34.260><c> I</c><00:42:34.780><c> will</c><00:42:35.280><c> try</c><00:42:35.679><c> them</c><00:42:35.980><c> for</c><00:42:36.260><c> thee</c><00:42:36.719><c> there.</c>

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:39.300
I'm<00:42:37.699><c> sure</c><00:42:37.900><c> Gideon</c><00:42:38.219><c> was</c><00:42:38.380><c> going,</c><00:42:38.659><c> oh</c><00:42:38.800><c> thank</c><00:42:39.039><c> goodness,</c>

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:40.820
that's<00:42:39.639><c> the</c><00:42:39.780><c> one</c><00:42:39.980><c> job</c><00:42:40.139><c> I</c><00:42:40.300><c> didn't</c><00:42:40.500><c> wanna</c><00:42:40.659><c> do,</c>

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:42.659
I<00:42:40.980><c> don't</c><00:42:41.139><c> wanna</c><00:42:41.280><c> have</c><00:42:41.440><c> to</c><00:42:41.619><c> try</c><00:42:41.800><c> them.</c>

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:45.039
I'm<00:42:43.500><c> sure</c><00:42:43.599><c> that</c><00:42:43.840><c> wasn't</c><00:42:44.019><c> on</c><00:42:44.179><c> his</c><00:42:44.420><c> mind</c><00:42:44.639><c> at</c><00:42:44.860><c> all.</c>

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:47.440
It<00:42:45.619><c> shall</c><00:42:45.820><c> be,</c><00:42:46.199><c> he</c><00:42:46.480><c> said,</c><00:42:46.980><c> said</c><00:42:47.099><c> God,</c>

00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:50.739
of<00:42:47.920><c> whom</c><00:42:48.239><c> I</c><00:42:48.519><c> say</c><00:42:48.659><c> unto</c><00:42:48.860><c> thee,</c><00:42:49.480><c> this</c><00:42:49.840><c> shall</c><00:42:50.099><c> go</c><00:42:50.360><c> with</c><00:42:50.639><c> thee,</c>

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.739
the<00:42:50.980><c> same</c><00:42:51.139><c> will</c><00:42:51.300><c> go</c><00:42:51.460><c> with</c><00:42:51.659><c> thee,</c>

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:54.719
and<00:42:52.179><c> whoever</c><00:42:52.179><c> I</c><00:42:52.500><c> say</c><00:42:52.639><c> this</c><00:42:52.860><c> shall</c><00:42:53.099><c> not</c><00:42:53.340><c> go,</c><00:42:53.940><c> the</c><00:42:54.159><c> same</c><00:42:54.460><c> shall</c>

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:55.320
not<00:42:55.019><c> go.</c>

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:58.840
I'm<00:42:55.900><c> gonna</c><00:42:56.119><c> test</c><00:42:56.519><c> them</c><00:42:56.960><c> for</c><00:42:57.340><c> you,</c><00:42:57.860><c> Gideon.</c>

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:02.179
I'm<00:42:59.780><c> sure</c><00:42:59.920><c> the</c><00:43:00.260><c> last</c><00:43:00.659><c> thing</c><00:43:01.000><c> Gideon</c><00:43:01.420><c> felt</c><00:43:01.659><c> like</c><00:43:02.019><c> doing</c>

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:04.860
on<00:43:02.400><c> that</c><00:43:02.659><c> particular</c><00:43:03.099><c> occasion</c><00:43:03.500><c> was</c><00:43:03.739><c> pulling</c><00:43:03.940><c> out</c><00:43:04.199><c> a</c><00:43:04.360><c> gift</c><00:43:04.599><c> card.</c>

00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:08.139
Dear<00:43:05.239><c> God,</c><00:43:05.579><c> thank</c><00:43:05.820><c> you</c><00:43:05.980><c> very</c><00:43:06.239><c> much</c><00:43:06.400><c> for</c><00:43:06.659><c> testing</c><00:43:06.940><c> them</c><00:43:07.179><c> for</c><00:43:07.340><c> me.</c>

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:12.280
Maybe<00:43:09.219><c> Gideon's</c><00:43:09.739><c> mind</c><00:43:09.960><c> here</c><00:43:10.500><c> flashed</c><00:43:11.079><c> back</c><00:43:11.380><c> to</c><00:43:11.579><c> chapter</c><00:43:11.900><c> six,</c>

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:15.179
verse<00:43:12.619><c> 16,</c><00:43:13.519><c> where</c><00:43:13.659><c> the</c><00:43:13.920><c> angel</c><00:43:14.099><c> had</c><00:43:14.440><c> said</c><00:43:14.579><c> unto</c><00:43:14.860><c> him,</c>

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:18.320
Gideon,<00:43:16.000><c> you</c><00:43:16.219><c> will</c><00:43:16.559><c> fight</c><00:43:16.860><c> them</c><00:43:17.099><c> as</c><00:43:17.400><c> one</c><00:43:17.900><c> man,</c>

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:19.380
and<00:43:18.480><c> he's</c><00:43:18.739><c> thinking</c><00:43:18.940><c> to</c><00:43:19.139><c> himself,</c>

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:22.219
I<00:43:19.739><c> hope</c><00:43:19.980><c> he's</c><00:43:20.159><c> not</c><00:43:20.320><c> gonna</c><00:43:20.500><c> take</c><00:43:20.760><c> this</c><00:43:21.000><c> too</c><00:43:21.300><c> literally.</c>

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:25.559
I'm<00:43:22.639><c> not</c><00:43:22.800><c> sure</c><00:43:22.980><c> I</c><00:43:23.219><c> really</c><00:43:23.440><c> have</c><00:43:23.619><c> the</c><00:43:23.840><c> confidence</c><00:43:24.300><c> for</c><00:43:24.559><c> this.</c>

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:30.119
And<00:43:27.260><c> in</c><00:43:27.400><c> his</c><00:43:27.659><c> heart,</c><00:43:27.900><c> he</c><00:43:27.960><c> would</c><00:43:28.159><c> have</c><00:43:28.280><c> been</c><00:43:28.500><c> trembling</c><00:43:28.880><c> and</c><00:43:29.280><c> fearing.</c>

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:33.099
How<00:43:30.719><c> literal</c><00:43:31.340><c> will</c><00:43:31.820><c> God</c><00:43:32.079><c> be?</c>

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:37.500
Well,<00:43:34.199><c> in</c><00:43:34.340><c> verse</c><00:43:34.619><c> five,</c><00:43:35.320><c> he</c><00:43:35.360><c> brought</c><00:43:35.619><c> the</c><00:43:35.820><c> people</c><00:43:36.059><c> onto</c><00:43:36.300><c> the</c><00:43:36.559><c> water,</c>

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:39.619
and<00:43:38.239><c> he's</c><00:43:38.559><c> told</c><00:43:38.739><c> to</c><00:43:38.940><c> make</c><00:43:39.119><c> them</c><00:43:39.380><c> lap,</c>

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.940
and<00:43:39.820><c> that</c><00:43:40.019><c> is</c><00:43:40.260><c> the</c><00:43:40.440><c> condition</c>

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:44.079
on<00:43:41.539><c> which</c><00:43:41.880><c> they</c><00:43:42.219><c> are</c><00:43:42.619><c> going</c><00:43:42.880><c> to</c><00:43:43.460><c> be</c><00:43:43.760><c> selected.</c>

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:47.960
And<00:43:44.599><c> when</c><00:43:44.840><c> Gideon</c><00:43:45.159><c> is</c><00:43:45.360><c> first</c><00:43:45.679><c> told</c><00:43:46.219><c> the</c><00:43:46.760><c> selection</c><00:43:47.440><c> criteria,</c>

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:50.679
he's<00:43:48.440><c> not</c><00:43:48.719><c> told</c><00:43:49.000><c> who's</c><00:43:49.360><c> gonna</c><00:43:49.460><c> be</c><00:43:49.619><c> in</c><00:43:49.780><c> or</c><00:43:49.900><c> who's</c><00:43:50.199><c> gonna</c><00:43:50.320><c> be</c><00:43:50.519><c> out.</c>

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:52.400
He's<00:43:51.000><c> just</c><00:43:51.239><c> told,</c><00:43:51.639><c> what</c><00:43:51.719><c> I</c><00:43:51.840><c> want</c><00:43:51.940><c> you</c><00:43:52.079><c> to</c><00:43:52.219><c> do</c>

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:54.400
is<00:43:52.659><c> get</c><00:43:52.780><c> the</c><00:43:52.940><c> ones</c><00:43:53.059><c> who</c><00:43:53.239><c> lap</c><00:43:53.320><c> like</c><00:43:53.579><c> dogs</c><00:43:53.880><c> over</c><00:43:54.119><c> there,</c>

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:58.099
and<00:43:54.679><c> the</c><00:43:54.840><c> ones</c><00:43:55.320><c> who</c><00:43:55.679><c> lap</c><00:43:56.280><c> with</c><00:43:56.920><c> their</c><00:43:57.159><c> face</c><00:43:57.380><c> down</c><00:43:57.559><c> in</c><00:43:57.699><c> the</c><00:43:57.820><c> water</c>

00:43:58.099 --> 00:43:59.880
over<00:43:58.820><c> there.</c>

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:02.360
Just<00:44:00.480><c> separate</c><00:44:00.739><c> them</c><00:44:00.900><c> into</c><00:44:01.119><c> two</c><00:44:01.380><c> groups,</c><00:44:01.739><c> if</c><00:44:01.739><c> you</c><00:44:01.900><c> would,</c><00:44:02.179><c> Gideon.</c>

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:04.679
That'd<00:44:02.639><c> be</c><00:44:02.780><c> good,</c><00:44:02.980><c> thank</c><00:44:03.219><c> you</c><00:44:03.380><c> very</c><00:44:03.659><c> much.</c>

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:07.940
I'm<00:44:06.500><c> sure</c><00:44:06.659><c> Gideon</c><00:44:06.980><c> was</c><00:44:07.159><c> looking</c><00:44:07.380><c> at</c><00:44:07.559><c> the</c><00:44:07.760><c> group</c>

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:09.719
who<00:44:08.340><c> were</c><00:44:08.579><c> face</c><00:44:09.039><c> down</c><00:44:09.280><c> and</c><00:44:09.460><c> saying,</c>

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:13.059
I<00:44:09.900><c> hope</c><00:44:10.199><c> that's</c><00:44:10.579><c> the</c><00:44:10.739><c> group</c><00:44:11.099><c> God</c><00:44:11.480><c> is</c><00:44:11.719><c> gonna</c><00:44:11.860><c> give</c><00:44:12.059><c> me.</c>

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:16.380
It's<00:44:14.000><c> a</c><00:44:14.119><c> summer</c><00:44:14.320><c> day,</c><00:44:15.239><c> it's</c><00:44:15.480><c> hot,</c>

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:19.079
just<00:44:16.760><c> over</c><00:44:17.119><c> the</c><00:44:17.340><c> water</c><00:44:17.539><c> as</c><00:44:17.719><c> the</c><00:44:17.880><c> Midianite.</c>

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:23.800
And<00:44:21.840><c> God</c><00:44:21.980><c> says,</c><00:44:22.280><c> look</c><00:44:22.360><c> at</c><00:44:22.500><c> the</c><00:44:22.599><c> way</c><00:44:22.699><c> they</c><00:44:22.960><c> drink.</c>

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:27.800
Sometimes<00:44:26.380><c> we</c><00:44:26.860><c> struggle</c><00:44:27.219><c> to</c><00:44:27.519><c> understand</c>

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:29.760
why<00:44:27.980><c> God</c><00:44:28.179><c> does</c><00:44:28.440><c> things,</c><00:44:28.679><c> don't</c><00:44:28.880><c> we?</c>

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:31.340
What<00:44:30.219><c> do</c><00:44:30.519><c> you</c><00:44:30.519><c> mean</c><00:44:30.760><c> the</c><00:44:30.940><c> way</c><00:44:31.199><c> they,</c>

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:32.840
how<00:44:31.659><c> is</c><00:44:31.840><c> that</c><00:44:32.139><c> even</c><00:44:32.519><c> relevant?</c>

00:44:32.980 --> 00:44:34.159
Get<00:44:33.199><c> with</c><00:44:33.400><c> the</c><00:44:33.619><c> program,</c><00:44:33.920><c> God.</c>

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:36.500
What<00:44:34.599><c> I</c><00:44:34.820><c> want</c><00:44:34.940><c> is</c><00:44:35.139><c> the</c><00:44:35.280><c> most</c><00:44:35.619><c> muscular</c><00:44:36.139><c> ones,</c>

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:38.139
and<00:44:36.820><c> the</c><00:44:36.920><c> ones</c><00:44:37.019><c> with</c><00:44:37.280><c> the</c><00:44:37.420><c> sharpest</c><00:44:37.920><c> sword.</c>

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:41.239
The<00:44:38.760><c> way</c><00:44:38.980><c> they</c><00:44:39.380><c> drink</c><00:44:39.559><c> is</c><00:44:39.980><c> irrelevant.</c>

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:44.119
But<00:44:42.659><c> it</c><00:44:42.840><c> wasn't.</c>

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:47.559
Because<00:44:46.360><c> there</c><00:44:46.699><c> were</c><00:44:46.920><c> some</c><00:44:47.179><c> there</c>

00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:53.059
who<00:44:47.900><c> did</c><00:44:48.820><c> not</c><00:44:49.820><c> have</c><00:44:50.340><c> confidence</c><00:44:51.059><c> in</c><00:44:51.559><c> themselves.</c>

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:56.199
And<00:44:54.000><c> so</c><00:44:54.079><c> they</c><00:44:54.239><c> never</c><00:44:54.480><c> took</c><00:44:54.699><c> their</c><00:44:54.960><c> eyes</c><00:44:55.119><c> off</c><00:44:55.340><c> the</c><00:44:55.519><c> enemy.</c>

00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:58.380
They<00:44:56.420><c> lifted</c><00:44:56.760><c> that</c><00:44:57.059><c> water</c><00:44:57.420><c> to</c><00:44:57.679><c> their</c><00:44:58.000><c> lips</c>

00:44:58.380 --> 00:45:02.639
so<00:44:58.800><c> that</c><00:44:59.000><c> their</c><00:44:59.260><c> eyes</c><00:44:59.599><c> never</c><00:45:00.019><c> left</c><00:45:00.360><c> the</c><00:45:00.599><c> Midianite</c><00:45:01.159><c> across</c><00:45:01.699><c> Harrod.</c>

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:05.139
They<00:45:03.400><c> could</c><00:45:03.659><c> keep</c><00:45:03.940><c> their</c><00:45:04.280><c> eyes</c><00:45:04.500><c> on</c><00:45:04.719><c> the</c><00:45:04.920><c> enemy</c>

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:07.139
at<00:45:05.519><c> every</c><00:45:05.980><c> moment</c><00:45:06.340><c> as</c><00:45:06.599><c> they</c><00:45:06.900><c> drank,</c>

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:09.719
and<00:45:07.679><c> no</c><00:45:07.940><c> matter</c><00:45:08.260><c> how</c><00:45:08.800><c> thirsty</c><00:45:09.099><c> they</c><00:45:09.420><c> were,</c>

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:13.659
they<00:45:10.099><c> weren't</c><00:45:10.480><c> so</c><00:45:11.039><c> confident</c><00:45:11.500><c> in</c><00:45:11.699><c> their</c><00:45:11.940><c> own</c><00:45:12.280><c> strength</c>

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:16.280
that<00:45:14.139><c> they</c><00:45:14.340><c> thought</c><00:45:14.559><c> they</c><00:45:14.739><c> could</c><00:45:15.059><c> stop</c><00:45:15.380><c> watching</c><00:45:15.760><c> the</c><00:45:16.039><c> enemy.</c>

00:45:16.599 --> 00:45:17.639
And<00:45:16.719><c> there</c><00:45:16.820><c> were</c><00:45:16.920><c> others</c><00:45:17.199><c> who</c><00:45:17.440><c> thought,</c>

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:22.760
well,<00:45:18.460><c> I'm</c><00:45:18.679><c> extra</c><00:45:19.019><c> tough,</c><00:45:19.780><c> 13</c><00:45:20.059><c>.5,</c><00:45:21.199><c> do</c><00:45:21.420><c> it</c><00:45:21.480><c> in</c><00:45:21.599><c> my</c><00:45:21.840><c> sleep.</c>

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:24.019
Face<00:45:23.280><c> down</c><00:45:23.519><c> in</c><00:45:23.659><c> the</c><00:45:23.820><c> water,</c>

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:28.559
and<00:45:24.179><c> they</c><00:45:24.340><c> took</c><00:45:24.519><c> their</c><00:45:24.760><c> eyes</c><00:45:24.960><c> off</c><00:45:25.239><c> the</c><00:45:25.460><c> enemy,</c><00:45:27.139><c> overconfident.</c>

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:32.940
Gideon<00:45:30.880><c> in</c><00:45:31.079><c> verse</c><00:45:31.420><c> six</c><00:45:31.780><c> is</c><00:45:32.019><c> forced</c><00:45:32.380><c> to</c><00:45:32.659><c> turn</c>

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:35.000
to<00:45:33.260><c> just</c><00:45:33.659><c> the</c><00:45:34.059><c> smallest</c><00:45:34.420><c> of</c><00:45:34.820><c> groups,</c>

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:39.239
just<00:45:35.519><c> 300,</c><00:45:37.260><c> and</c><00:45:37.519><c> send</c><00:45:37.820><c> the</c><00:45:38.019><c> rest</c><00:45:38.360><c> away.</c>

00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:42.460
The<00:45:41.280><c> number</c><00:45:41.639><c> of</c><00:45:41.800><c> them</c><00:45:41.960><c> that</c><00:45:42.239><c> lapped,</c>

00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:46.059
putting<00:45:42.739><c> their</c><00:45:43.340><c> hand</c><00:45:43.699><c> to</c><00:45:43.880><c> their</c><00:45:44.099><c> mouth,</c><00:45:44.519><c> were</c><00:45:44.679><c> 300</c><00:45:45.099><c> men.</c>

00:45:46.179 --> 00:45:48.639
All<00:45:46.460><c> the</c><00:45:46.679><c> rest,</c><00:45:46.940><c> Gideon</c><00:45:47.119><c> doesn't</c><00:45:47.360><c> even</c><00:45:47.659><c> bother</c><00:45:47.960><c> counting</c><00:45:48.360><c> them.</c>

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:53.360
Just<00:45:49.119><c> those</c><00:45:49.780><c> guys</c><00:45:50.119><c> over</c><00:45:50.440><c> there,</c><00:45:51.920><c> they</c><00:45:52.079><c> were</c><00:45:52.219><c> sent</c><00:45:52.500><c> away.</c>

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:58.480
Imagine<00:45:56.219><c> poor</c><00:45:56.480><c> old</c><00:45:56.599><c> Gideon</c><00:45:56.900><c> as</c><00:45:57.059><c> he</c><00:45:57.199><c> turns</c><00:45:57.599><c> to</c><00:45:57.880><c> the</c><00:45:58.119><c> 300.</c>

00:45:58.900 --> 00:46:00.539
He<00:45:59.159><c> doesn't</c><00:45:59.400><c> know</c><00:45:59.559><c> how</c><00:45:59.780><c> many</c><00:45:59.960><c> are</c><00:46:00.139><c> there.</c>

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:06.039
One,<00:46:01.519><c> two,</c><00:46:02.199><c> three,</c><00:46:03.039><c> four,</c><00:46:03.539><c> five,</c><00:46:04.159><c> six,</c><00:46:04.639><c> counting</c><00:46:04.980><c> them</c><00:46:05.199><c> up.</c>

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:08.780
300<00:46:07.719><c> exactly.</c>

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:18.900
One<00:46:13.659><c> to</c><00:46:14.139><c> 450,</c><00:46:16.519><c> oh</c><00:46:16.860><c> boy,</c><00:46:17.079><c> you'd</c><00:46:17.340><c> have</c><00:46:17.519><c> to</c><00:46:17.659><c> be</c><00:46:17.840><c> a</c><00:46:18.019><c> pretty</c><00:46:18.260><c> tough</c><00:46:18.559><c> ninja</c>

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:21.219
to<00:46:19.179><c> handle</c><00:46:19.480><c> that,</c><00:46:20.139><c> and</c><00:46:20.320><c> I</c><00:46:20.420><c> don't</c><00:46:20.699><c> think</c><00:46:20.920><c> Gideon</c>

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:24.019
had<00:46:21.579><c> that</c><00:46:21.940><c> many</c><00:46:22.219><c> ninjas</c><00:46:22.619><c> on</c><00:46:22.840><c> that</c><00:46:23.139><c> day.</c>

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:29.059
One<00:46:25.360><c> to</c><00:46:25.960><c> 450</c><00:46:27.260><c> was</c><00:46:27.719><c> the</c><00:46:28.000><c> ratio.</c>

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:32.739
And<00:46:31.079><c> Gideon</c><00:46:31.320><c> wasn't</c><00:46:31.619><c> a</c><00:46:31.900><c> confident</c><00:46:32.139><c> man.</c>

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:35.400
He<00:46:33.300><c> was</c><00:46:33.460><c> just</c><00:46:33.780><c> like</c><00:46:34.079><c> you</c><00:46:34.239><c> and</c><00:46:34.460><c> me.</c>

00:46:35.860 --> 00:46:38.599
It<00:46:36.199><c> would</c><00:46:36.679><c> have</c><00:46:36.880><c> taken</c><00:46:37.099><c> enormous</c><00:46:37.619><c> faith.</c>

00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:43.019
You<00:46:39.719><c> know,</c><00:46:41.820><c> that</c><00:46:42.039><c> number</c><00:46:42.260><c> comes</c><00:46:42.559><c> up</c><00:46:42.780><c> again.</c>

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:47.860
Can<00:46:43.260><c> anyone</c><00:46:43.460><c> remember</c><00:46:44.280><c> where</c><00:46:45.059><c> that</c><00:46:46.340><c> exact</c><00:46:46.840><c> ratio</c>

00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:52.139
shows<00:46:48.420><c> up</c><00:46:49.579><c> elsewhere</c><00:46:50.320><c> in</c><00:46:50.760><c> biblical</c><00:46:51.099><c> history?</c>

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:55.739
Elijah,<00:46:54.860><c> exactly.</c>

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:58.519
We've<00:46:56.380><c> just</c><00:46:56.719><c> seen</c><00:46:57.059><c> that</c><00:46:57.280><c> almost</c><00:46:57.559><c> the</c><00:46:57.840><c> same</c><00:46:58.179><c> comment</c>

00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:01.500
was<00:46:58.719><c> made</c><00:46:58.920><c> by</c><00:46:59.260><c> Joash</c><00:47:00.039><c> as</c><00:47:00.579><c> was</c><00:47:00.760><c> made</c><00:47:00.960><c> by</c><00:47:01.219><c> Elijah</c>

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:04.079
on<00:47:01.699><c> the</c><00:47:01.739><c> top</c><00:47:01.880><c> of</c><00:47:02.019><c> Mount</c><00:47:02.199><c> Carmel,</c><00:47:02.579><c> and</c><00:47:03.000><c> here</c><00:47:03.380><c> once</c><00:47:03.699><c> again,</c>

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:07.599
we're<00:47:04.480><c> going</c><00:47:04.719><c> to</c><00:47:05.000><c> have</c><00:47:05.179><c> the</c><00:47:05.599><c> idolaters</c><00:47:06.179><c> on</c><00:47:06.420><c> one</c><00:47:06.760><c> side,</c>

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:11.099
and<00:47:07.980><c> there</c><00:47:08.139><c> are</c><00:47:08.559><c> 450</c><00:47:09.519><c> times</c><00:47:10.260><c> more</c><00:47:10.659><c> of</c><00:47:10.820><c> them</c>

00:47:11.099 --> 00:47:12.639
than<00:47:11.320><c> there</c><00:47:11.619><c> are</c><00:47:11.860><c> the</c><00:47:12.099><c> faithful</c>

00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:14.699
who<00:47:13.099><c> are</c><00:47:13.260><c> waging</c><00:47:13.619><c> war</c><00:47:13.960><c> against</c><00:47:14.360><c> them.</c>

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:18.960
And<00:47:15.380><c> once</c><00:47:15.739><c> again,</c><00:47:16.420><c> God</c><00:47:16.699><c> will</c><00:47:17.139><c> prove</c><00:47:17.480><c> himself</c><00:47:18.079><c> by</c><00:47:18.639><c> fire.</c>

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:22.559
If<00:47:19.400><c> you're</c><00:47:19.659><c> on</c><00:47:19.860><c> God's</c><00:47:20.380><c> side,</c><00:47:21.320><c> declare</c><00:47:21.559><c> it,</c>

00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:24.400
is<00:47:23.239><c> what</c><00:47:23.360><c> was</c><00:47:23.559><c> being</c><00:47:23.800><c> said</c><00:47:24.019><c> here.</c>

00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:29.000
Once<00:47:25.059><c> more,</c><00:47:25.619><c> God</c><00:47:26.039><c> is</c><00:47:26.639><c> going</c><00:47:26.800><c> to</c><00:47:27.099><c> show</c><00:47:27.320><c> that</c><00:47:27.559><c> it</c><00:47:27.820><c> takes</c><00:47:28.440><c> a</c><00:47:28.800><c> lot</c>

00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:30.159
of<00:47:29.280><c> bail</c>

00:47:30.110 --> 00:47:33.159
to<00:47:30.440><c> take</c><00:47:30.679><c> on</c><00:47:31.000><c> one</c><00:47:31.440><c> servant</c><00:47:31.900><c> of</c><00:47:32.340><c> God.</c>

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:35.719
But<00:47:33.739><c> what</c><00:47:33.940><c> we've</c><00:47:34.119><c> seen</c><00:47:34.340><c> here,</c><00:47:34.659><c> I</c><00:47:34.920><c> think,</c>

00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:39.820
is<00:47:36.079><c> a</c><00:47:36.380><c> wonderful</c><00:47:36.820><c> symbol,</c><00:47:37.679><c> an</c><00:47:37.739><c> absolutely</c><00:47:38.199><c> wonderful</c><00:47:38.820><c> symbol</c>

00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:43.039
of<00:47:40.579><c> the</c><00:47:40.840><c> judgment</c><00:47:41.280><c> seat</c><00:47:41.659><c> of</c><00:47:41.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:45.440
We<00:47:44.019><c> saw</c><00:47:44.139><c> the</c><00:47:44.300><c> trumpet</c><00:47:44.579><c> blow.</c>

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:47.559
We<00:47:46.139><c> saw</c><00:47:46.300><c> the</c><00:47:46.539><c> resurrection.</c>

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:51.139
And<00:47:48.840><c> now</c><00:47:49.079><c> we've</c><00:47:49.360><c> seen</c><00:47:49.820><c> the</c><00:47:50.579><c> judgment</c><00:47:50.900><c> seat.</c>

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:55.000
At<00:47:51.400><c> the</c><00:47:51.599><c> well</c><00:47:51.719><c> of</c><00:47:52.159><c> trembling,</c><00:47:53.760><c> every</c><00:47:54.139><c> knee</c><00:47:54.420><c> will</c><00:47:54.699><c> bow</c>

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:58.579
and<00:47:55.480><c> doubtless</c><00:47:56.059><c> tremble</c><00:47:56.519><c> before</c><00:47:56.900><c> Christ</c><00:47:57.579><c> in</c><00:47:58.099><c> that</c><00:47:58.360><c> day</c>

00:47:58.579 --> 00:48:00.780
because<00:47:58.880><c> none</c><00:47:59.119><c> of</c><00:47:59.239><c> us</c><00:47:59.380><c> will</c><00:47:59.519><c> be</c><00:47:59.639><c> able</c><00:47:59.739><c> to</c><00:47:59.900><c> hold</c><00:48:00.079><c> our</c><00:48:00.239><c> heads</c><00:48:00.400><c> high.</c>

00:48:00.780 --> 00:48:02.980
Yeah,<00:48:02.079><c> but</c><00:48:02.340><c> it</c><00:48:02.579><c> does.</c>

00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:08.079
Our<00:48:03.940><c> selection</c><00:48:04.440><c> into</c><00:48:04.820><c> Christ's</c><00:48:05.460><c> army</c><00:48:06.119><c> will</c><00:48:07.320><c> go</c><00:48:07.780><c> down</c>

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:11.900
very<00:48:08.539><c> similar</c><00:48:08.860><c> lines</c><00:48:09.340><c> to</c><00:48:09.559><c> the</c><00:48:09.780><c> lines</c><00:48:10.199><c> described</c><00:48:10.820><c> here.</c>

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:16.079
Are<00:48:13.260><c> we</c><00:48:13.519><c> fearful</c><00:48:14.019><c> and</c><00:48:14.940><c> terrified?</c>

00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:20.039
Do<00:48:16.579><c> we</c><00:48:16.860><c> lack</c><00:48:17.320><c> faith</c><00:48:17.699><c> that</c><00:48:18.079><c> God</c><00:48:18.420><c> can</c><00:48:18.719><c> give</c><00:48:18.860><c> us</c><00:48:19.099><c> a</c><00:48:19.239><c> victory?</c>

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:22.679
We<00:48:21.320><c> won't</c><00:48:21.519><c> be</c><00:48:21.780><c> there.</c>

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:26.039
Are<00:48:23.440><c> we</c><00:48:23.880><c> overconfident</c><00:48:24.739><c> in</c><00:48:24.900><c> our</c><00:48:25.199><c> own</c><00:48:25.579><c> strength</c>

00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:28.539
to<00:48:26.300><c> deal</c><00:48:26.519><c> with</c><00:48:26.739><c> the</c><00:48:26.900><c> enemies</c><00:48:27.139><c> of</c><00:48:27.360><c> the</c><00:48:27.559><c> flesh?</c>

00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:30.860
We<00:48:29.500><c> won't</c><00:48:29.739><c> be</c><00:48:30.000><c> there.</c>

00:48:31.320 --> 00:48:38.500
Or<00:48:32.199><c> are</c><00:48:32.460><c> we</c><00:48:32.599><c> that</c><00:48:32.880><c> person</c><00:48:33.639><c> who</c><00:48:34.400><c> is</c><00:48:34.679><c> able</c><00:48:34.900><c> to</c><00:48:35.239><c> mix</c><00:48:35.960><c> faith</c><00:48:36.719><c> with</c><00:48:37.179><c> God,</c>

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:45.800
faith<00:48:39.739><c> in</c><00:48:40.260><c> God,</c><00:48:42.280><c> with</c><00:48:42.440><c> a</c><00:48:42.639><c> lack</c><00:48:43.239><c> of</c><00:48:44.300><c> self</c><00:48:44.679><c>-confidence?</c>

00:48:46.619 --> 00:48:49.820
It's<00:48:47.280><c> not</c><00:48:47.659><c> me</c><00:48:48.099><c> that</c><00:48:48.340><c> will</c><00:48:48.559><c> win</c><00:48:48.719><c> the</c><00:48:48.940><c> victory.</c>

00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:50.800
It's<00:48:50.539><c> God.</c>

00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:56.519
And<00:48:51.300><c> those</c><00:48:51.539><c> who</c><00:48:51.860><c> walk</c><00:48:52.179><c> into</c><00:48:52.659><c> the</c><00:48:52.920><c> judgment</c><00:48:53.679><c> throne</c><00:48:54.300><c> room</c><00:48:54.659><c> of</c><00:48:55.119><c> Christ,</c>

00:48:57.519 --> 00:49:00.679
confident<00:48:58.320><c> that</c><00:48:58.760><c> God</c><00:48:59.079><c> can</c><00:48:59.340><c> win</c><00:48:59.519><c> the</c><00:48:59.719><c> victory,</c>

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:04.400
and<00:49:01.239><c> equally</c><00:49:01.679><c> confident</c><00:49:02.139><c> that</c><00:49:02.380><c> we</c><00:49:02.599><c> ourselves</c><00:49:03.019><c> never</c><00:49:03.400><c> could,</c>

00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:09.000
I<00:49:05.539><c> believe</c><00:49:05.760><c> they</c><00:49:05.980><c> will</c><00:49:06.159><c> be</c><00:49:06.320><c> the</c><00:49:06.500><c> ones</c><00:49:07.019><c> who</c><00:49:07.579><c> are</c><00:49:07.980><c> selected.</c>

00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:13.400
A<00:49:10.340><c> balance</c><00:49:10.659><c> of</c><00:49:11.039><c> weariness,</c><00:49:12.079><c> yet</c><00:49:12.340><c> confidence</c><00:49:12.920><c> in</c><00:49:13.199><c> God.</c>

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:20.340
And<00:49:13.880><c> one</c><00:49:14.059><c> other</c><00:49:14.340><c> thing,</c><00:49:16.099><c> it</c><00:49:16.340><c> is</c><00:49:16.679><c> about</c><00:49:17.019><c> how</c><00:49:17.380><c> we</c><00:49:17.699><c> drink,</c><00:49:19.139><c> isn't</c><00:49:19.300><c> it?</c>

00:49:21.099 --> 00:49:23.039
It's<00:49:21.400><c> about</c><00:49:21.639><c> how</c><00:49:21.940><c> we</c><00:49:22.219><c> drink.</c>

00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:25.960
It's<00:49:23.760><c> not</c><00:49:24.119><c> that</c><00:49:24.699><c> we</c><00:49:25.039><c> drink.</c>

00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:27.960
That's<00:49:26.699><c> not</c><00:49:26.960><c> enough.</c>

00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:30.420
It's<00:49:28.400><c> not</c><00:49:28.719><c> that</c><00:49:29.219><c> we</c><00:49:29.440><c> drink</c><00:49:29.639><c> of</c><00:49:29.800><c> the</c><00:49:30.000><c> word</c><00:49:30.139><c> of</c><00:49:30.320><c> God.</c>

00:49:30.420 --> 00:49:32.239
That<00:49:30.619><c> in</c><00:49:30.900><c> itself</c><00:49:31.420><c> is</c><00:49:31.699><c> not</c><00:49:31.920><c> enough.</c>

00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:33.780
It's<00:49:32.900><c> how.</c>

00:49:34.619 --> 00:49:36.340
As<00:49:35.139><c> our</c><00:49:35.380><c> final</c><00:49:35.659><c> quote</c><00:49:35.900><c> for</c><00:49:36.119><c> tonight,</c>

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:39.559
come<00:49:36.619><c> across</c><00:49:36.860><c> the</c><00:49:37.119><c> Proverbs</c><00:49:37.420><c> 28</c><00:49:37.900><c> and</c><00:49:38.159><c> verse</c><00:49:38.420><c> nine.</c>

00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:47.440
We<00:49:45.519><c> all</c><00:49:45.780><c> know</c><00:49:45.940><c> this,</c><00:49:46.440><c> and</c><00:49:46.559><c> I'm</c><00:49:46.739><c> not</c><00:49:46.900><c> reminding</c><00:49:47.239><c> us</c>

00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:49.739
of<00:49:47.619><c> anything</c><00:49:47.840><c> we</c><00:49:48.099><c> don't</c><00:49:48.500><c> know.</c>

00:49:52.059 --> 00:49:54.900
But<00:49:52.320><c> we</c><00:49:52.500><c> still</c><00:49:52.659><c> need</c><00:49:52.820><c> to</c><00:49:52.960><c> be</c><00:49:53.179><c> reminded</c><00:49:53.460><c> of</c><00:49:53.619><c> it.</c>

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:57.519
Proverbs<00:49:55.619><c> 28,</c><00:49:56.219><c> verse</c><00:49:56.420><c> nine.</c>

00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:01.760
He<00:49:59.280><c> that</c><00:49:59.519><c> turns</c><00:49:59.940><c> away</c><00:50:00.320><c> his</c><00:50:00.599><c> ear</c><00:50:00.780><c> from</c><00:50:01.059><c> hearing</c><00:50:01.340><c> the</c><00:50:01.579><c> law,</c>

00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:04.480
even<00:50:02.159><c> his</c><00:50:02.500><c> prayer</c><00:50:02.780><c> will</c><00:50:02.980><c> be</c><00:50:03.139><c> an</c><00:50:03.320><c> abomination.</c>

00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:09.699
What<00:50:05.500><c> we're</c><00:50:05.699><c> being</c><00:50:05.940><c> told</c><00:50:06.260><c> in</c><00:50:06.440><c> that</c><00:50:07.079><c> pithy</c><00:50:07.980><c> little</c><00:50:08.559><c> passage</c>

00:50:10.679 --> 00:50:13.599
is<00:50:11.239><c> if</c><00:50:11.420><c> we</c><00:50:11.760><c> stop</c><00:50:12.039><c> listening</c><00:50:12.420><c> to</c><00:50:12.659><c> God,</c><00:50:12.840><c> he'll</c><00:50:13.079><c> stop</c><00:50:13.280><c> listening</c>

00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:14.980
to<00:50:13.800><c> us.</c>

00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:23.000
We<00:50:17.719><c> have</c><00:50:18.000><c> to</c><00:50:18.179><c> be</c><00:50:18.420><c> drinking</c><00:50:19.340><c> consistently</c><00:50:20.519><c> and</c><00:50:22.219><c> regularly</c>

00:50:23.260 --> 00:50:28.639
of<00:50:23.900><c> God's</c><00:50:24.480><c> word</c><00:50:24.880><c> that</c><00:50:26.360><c> our</c><00:50:26.780><c> prayers</c><00:50:27.099><c> might</c><00:50:27.360><c> be</c><00:50:27.619><c> powerful.</c>

00:50:29.780 --> 00:50:32.440
And<00:50:30.099><c> as</c><00:50:30.260><c> we</c><00:50:30.500><c> are</c><00:50:30.780><c> so</c><00:50:31.340><c> terribly</c><00:50:31.780><c> close</c>

00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:35.639
to<00:50:32.940><c> the</c><00:50:33.179><c> return</c><00:50:33.400><c> of</c><00:50:33.579><c> our</c><00:50:33.760><c> Lord</c><00:50:33.940><c> Jesus</c><00:50:34.420><c> Christ,</c>

00:50:35.659 --> 00:50:38.440
there<00:50:35.800><c> has</c><00:50:36.099><c> never</c><00:50:36.320><c> been</c><00:50:36.579><c> a</c><00:50:36.820><c> time,</c><00:50:37.059><c> I</c><00:50:37.380><c> believe,</c>

00:50:38.800 --> 00:50:41.980
in<00:50:39.000><c> the</c><00:50:39.179><c> Ecclesiast</c><00:50:39.599><c> history</c><00:50:40.260><c> where</c><00:50:41.139><c> there</c><00:50:41.380><c> is</c><00:50:41.599><c> a</c><00:50:41.739><c> need,</c>

00:50:42.219 --> 00:50:47.699
more<00:50:42.579><c> of</c><00:50:42.739><c> a</c><00:50:42.920><c> need</c><00:50:43.239><c> for</c><00:50:43.760><c> fervent,</c><00:50:44.860><c> powerful</c><00:50:45.280><c> prayers</c><00:50:45.880><c> than</c><00:50:46.420><c> today.</c>

00:50:48.039 --> 00:50:53.699
And<00:50:48.559><c> in</c><00:50:48.780><c> order</c><00:50:49.179><c> that</c><00:50:50.119><c> our</c><00:50:50.559><c> prayers</c><00:50:50.960><c> be</c><00:50:51.920><c> as</c><00:50:52.579><c> powerful</c><00:50:53.039><c> as</c><00:50:53.380><c> they</c>

00:50:53.699 --> 00:50:54.139
can<00:50:53.920><c> be,</c>

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:57.840
this<00:50:54.420><c> verse</c><00:50:54.639><c> tells</c><00:50:54.940><c> us</c><00:50:55.599><c> we</c><00:50:56.960><c> need</c><00:50:57.139><c> to</c><00:50:57.280><c> be</c><00:50:57.460><c> drinking.</c>

00:50:58.280 --> 00:51:01.099
We<00:50:58.500><c> need</c><00:50:58.699><c> to</c><00:50:58.800><c> be</c><00:50:58.980><c> down</c><00:50:59.179><c> there</c><00:50:59.400><c> at</c><00:50:59.599><c> that</c><00:50:59.800><c> well</c><00:50:59.980><c> of</c><00:51:00.239><c> Herod,</c>

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:04.699
consistently<00:51:02.539><c> drinking,</c><00:51:02.920><c> not</c><00:51:03.159><c> in</c><00:51:03.440><c> self</c><00:51:03.679><c>-confidence,</c>

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:10.159
but<00:51:05.159><c> to</c><00:51:05.420><c> build</c><00:51:05.559><c> up</c><00:51:05.800><c> our</c><00:51:06.039><c> faith</c><00:51:06.539><c> that</c><00:51:07.739><c> our</c><00:51:08.099><c> prayers</c><00:51:08.500><c> be</c><00:51:09.260><c> not</c><00:51:09.579><c> hindered.</c>

00:51:10.659 --> 00:51:12.420
Look<00:51:10.880><c> forward</c><00:51:11.039><c> to</c><00:51:11.139><c> talking</c><00:51:11.400><c> to</c><00:51:11.539><c> you</c><00:51:11.699><c> about</c><00:51:11.860><c> this</c>

00:51:12.420 --> 00:51:13.900
in<00:51:12.619><c> a</c><00:51:12.780><c> couple</c><00:51:12.880><c> weeks'</c><00:51:13.400><c> time.</c>

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Thank<00:51:17.199><c> you.</c>