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that's<00:12:48.320><c> no</c><00:12:48.580><c> less</c><00:12:48.860><c> true</c>

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a<00:13:00.700><c> lot</c><00:13:00.940><c> of</c><00:13:01.080><c> this,</c><00:13:01.779><c> and</c><00:13:01.980><c> I'm</c><00:13:02.120><c> going</c><00:13:02.240><c> to</c><00:13:02.320><c> talk</c><00:13:02.539><c> to</c><00:13:02.659><c> them</c><00:13:02.840><c> now</c><00:13:03.080><c> for</c>

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about<00:13:03.519><c> 10</c><00:13:03.679><c> minutes,</c><00:13:05.139><c> predates</c><00:13:06.139><c> Abraham.</c>

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through<00:13:15.899><c> 32</c>

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that<00:13:17.639><c> he</c><00:13:17.879><c> was</c><00:13:18.860><c> 75</c><00:13:19.419><c> years</c><00:13:19.980><c> old</c><00:13:20.259><c> before</c><00:13:20.600><c> he</c><00:13:20.759><c> ever</c><00:13:21.080><c> came</c><00:13:21.720><c> into</c><00:13:22.340><c> the</c>

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land<00:13:22.740><c> of</c><00:13:23.019><c> Canaan.</c><00:13:23.659><c> We're</c><00:13:24.120><c> told</c><00:13:24.480><c> that</c><00:13:25.039><c> specifically.</c>

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We're<00:13:27.279><c> told</c><00:13:27.500><c> that</c><00:13:27.659><c> he</c><00:13:27.700><c> was</c><00:13:27.899><c> 75</c><00:13:28.360><c> years</c><00:13:28.799><c> old</c><00:13:28.960><c> before</c><00:13:29.360><c> he</c><00:13:29.639><c> departed</c><00:13:30.139><c> Haran.</c>

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We<00:13:32.519><c> know</c><00:13:32.799><c> that</c><00:13:33.220><c> before</c><00:13:33.759><c> this</c><00:13:34.000><c> he</c>

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dwelt<00:13:34.379><c> with</c><00:13:34.580><c> his</c><00:13:34.799><c> father</c><00:13:35.340><c> and</c><00:13:36.539><c> brethren</c><00:13:36.879><c> in</c><00:13:37.159><c> another</c><00:13:37.399><c> city.</c>

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Can<00:13:37.960><c> you</c><00:13:38.120><c> tell</c><00:13:38.259><c> me</c><00:13:38.379><c> what</c><00:13:38.580><c> it</c><00:13:38.779><c> is?</c><00:13:39.700><c> Quick.</c>

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Before<00:13:41.940><c> that</c><00:13:42.460><c> reference</c><00:13:42.740><c> to</c><00:13:43.000><c> Haran,</c><00:13:43.639><c> he</c><00:13:43.899><c> dwelt</c><00:13:44.259><c> in</c><00:13:44.759><c> Ur</c><00:13:45.200><c> of</c><00:13:45.559><c> the</c>

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Chaldeans.<00:13:46.159><c> We're</c><00:13:46.460><c> told</c><00:13:46.679><c> that</c><00:13:47.100><c> very</c><00:13:47.519><c> clearly.</c>

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Now<00:13:48.399><c> notice</c><00:13:48.639><c> the</c><00:13:48.899><c> youngsters</c><00:13:49.240><c> are</c><00:13:49.500><c> listening</c><00:13:49.759><c> carefully</c><00:13:50.179><c> because</c><00:13:50.440><c> they've</c><00:13:50.799><c> learned</c><00:13:50.940><c> to</c>

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listen<00:13:51.519><c> about</c><00:13:51.940><c> history</c>

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lessons.<00:13:54.879><c> Right?</c><00:13:57.620><c> Well</c><00:13:58.120><c> semi</c><00:13:58.379><c>-nods</c><00:13:58.840><c> anyhow.</c><00:14:00.779><c> Now</c><00:14:01.120><c> he</c><00:14:01.500><c> married</c>

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his<00:14:02.460><c> half</c><00:14:02.740><c>-sister</c><00:14:03.059><c> Sarai.</c><00:14:04.379><c> Now</c><00:14:04.580><c> we</c><00:14:04.620><c> know</c><00:14:04.820><c> she</c>

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was<00:14:05.200><c> his</c><00:14:05.399><c> half</c><00:14:05.580><c>-sister</c><00:14:05.879><c> because</c><00:14:06.159><c> it's</c><00:14:06.500><c> recorded</c><00:14:06.879><c> in</c><00:14:07.080><c> Genesis</c>

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chapter<00:14:07.899><c> 20</c><00:14:08.259><c> verse</c><00:14:08.559><c> 12.</c><00:14:09.980><c> Now</c><00:14:10.279><c> after</c><00:14:10.440><c> the</c><00:14:10.659><c> death</c>

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of<00:14:11.039><c> his</c><00:14:11.279><c> brother</c><00:14:12.019><c> Haran,</c><00:14:14.120><c> he,</c><00:14:14.820><c> his</c><00:14:15.080><c> wife,</c><00:14:15.960><c> and</c><00:14:16.240><c> lot</c><00:14:16.440><c> his</c><00:14:16.700><c> nephew</c><00:14:17.320><c> migrated</c><00:14:18.299><c> under</c>

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the<00:14:18.799><c> leadership</c><00:14:19.200><c> of</c><00:14:19.480><c> his</c><00:14:19.700><c> father</c>

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Tara<00:14:20.679><c> from</c><00:14:22.399><c> Ur</c><00:14:22.940><c> to</c><00:14:23.659><c> go</c><00:14:24.019><c> to</c><00:14:24.259><c> the</c><00:14:24.419><c> land</c><00:14:24.620><c> of</c><00:14:24.940><c> Canaan.</c><00:14:26.240><c> Now</c><00:14:26.440><c> we</c><00:14:26.519><c> could</c><00:14:26.740><c> read</c>

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that<00:14:27.240><c> but</c><00:14:27.360><c> I</c><00:14:27.539><c> think</c><00:14:27.659><c> you</c><00:14:27.860><c> know</c><00:14:28.039><c> that.</c><00:14:28.360><c> It's</c>

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recorded<00:14:28.899><c> in</c><00:14:29.139><c> Genesis</c><00:14:29.580><c> chapter</c><00:14:30.120><c> 11.</c><00:14:32.100><c> Now</c><00:14:32.240><c> the</c><00:14:32.419><c> family,</c><00:14:33.159><c> this</c>

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family<00:14:33.720><c> that</c><00:14:33.899><c> I</c><00:14:34.039><c> just</c><00:14:34.259><c> alluded</c><00:14:34.580><c> to,</c><00:14:36.000><c> departed</c><00:14:36.220><c> Ur,</c>

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not<00:14:37.860><c> Haran,</c><00:14:38.379><c> but</c><00:14:38.639><c> Ur.</c><00:14:39.700><c> If</c><00:14:39.860><c> I</c><00:14:39.980><c> had</c><00:14:40.120><c> a</c><00:14:40.320><c> map</c><00:14:40.460><c> here,</c><00:14:40.720><c> I</c><00:14:40.860><c> can</c><00:14:41.220><c> sort</c><00:14:41.399><c> of</c>

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Remember<00:14:43.639><c> Terry</c><00:14:44.080><c> and</c><00:14:44.240><c> his</c><00:14:44.440><c> maps</c><00:14:44.639><c> with</c><00:14:44.840><c> his</c><00:14:45.080><c> hand?</c><00:14:46.899><c> Ur</c><00:14:47.179><c> is</c><00:14:47.759><c> way</c>

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on<00:14:51.480><c> the</c><00:14:51.720><c> Euphrates</c><00:14:52.100><c> River</c><00:14:52.740><c> and</c><00:14:53.960><c> they</c><00:14:54.159><c> departed</c><00:14:54.659><c> to</c><00:14:55.259><c> go</c><00:14:55.580><c> up,</c><00:14:55.879><c> not</c><00:14:56.179><c> toward</c><00:14:56.500><c> Canaan,</c><00:14:57.659><c> but</c><00:14:57.860><c> to</c>

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up<00:14:58.360><c> the</c><00:14:58.620><c> river</c>

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to<00:14:59.759><c> Haran.</c><00:15:00.720><c> All</c><00:15:00.940><c> right?</c><00:15:01.700><c> That's</c><00:15:02.039><c> where</c><00:15:02.200><c> that</c><00:15:02.500><c> family</c><00:15:02.740><c> went</c><00:15:03.299><c> and</c><00:15:04.480><c> we're</c><00:15:04.740><c> told</c><00:15:04.899><c> it</c>

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was<00:15:05.159><c> 75</c><00:15:05.639><c> years</c><00:15:06.080><c> old</c><00:15:06.240><c> before</c>

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they<00:15:06.860><c> left</c><00:15:07.019><c> there.</c><00:15:07.899><c> All</c><00:15:07.899><c> right?</c><00:15:10.720><c> Now</c><00:15:11.120><c> they</c><00:15:13.639><c> probably</c><00:15:14.460><c> departed</c><00:15:15.100><c> Ur</c><00:15:15.320><c> later</c><00:15:15.659><c> on</c>

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to<00:15:18.440><c> the</c><00:15:18.539><c> Damascus.</c><00:15:19.120><c> But</c><00:15:19.240><c> before</c><00:15:19.539><c> we</c><00:15:19.759><c> leave</c><00:15:19.980><c> Ur,</c><00:15:20.340><c> let</c><00:15:20.440><c> me</c><00:15:21.379><c> point</c>

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out<00:15:21.799><c> an</c><00:15:22.360><c> item</c><00:15:22.620><c> or</c><00:15:22.799><c> two.</c><00:15:24.200><c> Excavations</c><00:15:24.759><c> that</c><00:15:25.000><c> took</c>

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place<00:15:25.700><c> in</c><00:15:26.519><c> 1854</c><00:15:27.419><c> and</c><00:15:27.659><c> later</c><00:15:27.860><c> on</c><00:15:28.059><c> in</c><00:15:28.340><c> 1922</c><00:15:28.980><c> to</c><00:15:29.220><c> 1924</c><00:15:30.580><c> by</c><00:15:30.879><c> Lord</c>

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Woolley<00:15:32.659><c> revealed</c><00:15:33.340><c> that</c><00:15:33.580><c> that</c><00:15:33.860><c> city,</c><00:15:34.659><c> Ur,</c><00:15:35.139><c> way</c><00:15:35.340><c> down</c><00:15:35.639><c> here</c>

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at<00:15:36.000><c> the</c><00:15:36.000><c> bottom</c><00:15:36.340><c> of</c><00:15:36.559><c> my</c><00:15:36.799><c> hand,</c><00:15:38.039><c> was</c><00:15:38.279><c> actually</c><00:15:38.740><c> occupied</c><00:15:39.519><c> by</c><00:15:40.519><c> people</c><00:15:40.879><c> called</c><00:15:41.320><c> the</c><00:15:41.519><c> Sumerians</c><00:15:42.440><c> about</c><00:15:43.419><c> 3</c>

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before<00:15:44.960><c> the</c><00:15:45.139><c> birth</c><00:15:45.340><c> of</c><00:15:45.600><c> Christ.</c><00:15:48.279><c> Now</c><00:15:48.500><c> does</c><00:15:48.620><c> that</c><00:15:48.879><c> mean</c><00:15:49.120><c> anything?</c><00:15:49.620><c> Well</c><00:15:50.000><c> let's</c><00:15:50.200><c> take</c><00:15:50.460><c> a</c>

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look<00:15:50.700><c> and</c><00:15:50.879><c> see</c><00:15:51.019><c> if</c><00:15:51.279><c> it</c><00:15:51.279><c> does.</c>

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That's<00:15:53.340><c> the</c><00:15:53.559><c> city</c><00:15:54.039><c> that</c><00:15:55.139><c> was</c><00:15:55.480><c> there,</c><00:15:56.860><c> established,</c><00:15:58.080><c> inhabited</c><00:15:58.480><c> some</c>

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And<00:16:02.440><c> it's</c><00:16:02.679><c> very</c><00:16:03.019><c> interesting,</c><00:16:03.419><c> I</c><00:16:03.720><c> submit,</c><00:16:05.379><c> that</c><00:16:05.500><c> it</c><00:16:05.799><c> apparently</c><00:16:06.179><c> reached</c>

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its<00:16:06.940><c> zenith</c>

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as<00:16:09.480><c> a</c><00:16:09.759><c> cosmopolitan</c><00:16:10.480><c> city</c><00:16:11.120><c> about</c><00:16:12.360><c> 2</c><00:16:12.879><c>,000</c><00:16:13.220><c> years,</c><00:16:13.840><c> give</c><00:16:13.960><c> or</c><00:16:14.120><c> take</c><00:16:14.299><c> a</c>

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few,<00:16:14.720><c> before</c><00:16:15.220><c> the</c><00:16:15.480><c> birth</c><00:16:15.639><c> of</c><00:16:15.820><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:16:18.139><c> was</c><00:16:18.679><c> Abram,</c><00:16:19.419><c> let's</c><00:16:20.019><c> put</c><00:16:20.120><c> it</c><00:16:20.179><c> that</c><00:16:20.419><c> way,</c><00:16:21.019><c> before</c><00:16:21.279><c> he</c><00:16:21.440><c> was</c>

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renamed<00:16:21.919><c> Abraham.</c><00:16:22.779><c> That</c><00:16:22.960><c> was</c><00:16:23.299><c> Abram's</c><00:16:23.899><c> home.</c>

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So,<00:16:26.820><c> roughly</c><00:16:27.220><c> a</c><00:16:27.539><c> millennia</c><00:16:29.059><c> after</c><00:16:29.559><c> it</c><00:16:29.720><c> had</c><00:16:29.840><c> been</c><00:16:30.059><c> established</c>

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as<00:16:30.840><c> a</c><00:16:30.980><c> going</c><00:16:31.299><c> concern,</c>

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that's<00:16:33.720><c> where</c><00:16:34.460><c> they</c><00:16:34.840><c> left</c><00:16:35.679><c> to</c><00:16:36.059><c> go</c><00:16:36.240><c> to</c><00:16:36.539><c> Haran.</c><00:16:37.440><c> All</c><00:16:37.539><c> right?</c><00:16:39.860><c> It</c><00:16:40.019><c> was</c>

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a<00:16:43.220><c> period</c><00:16:43.440><c> where</c><00:16:44.059><c> our</c><00:16:44.580><c> archaeologists</c><00:16:45.159><c> tell</c><00:16:45.419><c> us</c><00:16:45.559><c> there</c><00:16:45.720><c> were</c>

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immense<00:16:46.419><c> temples,</c><00:16:48.259><c> not</c><00:16:48.559><c> to</c><00:16:48.799><c> the</c><00:16:48.980><c> god</c><00:16:49.100><c> of</c><00:16:49.340><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:16:50.980><c> immense</c><00:16:51.360><c> temples,</c><00:16:54.220><c> and</c><00:16:54.220><c> they</c><00:16:54.340><c> were</c><00:16:54.559><c> closely</c><00:16:55.419><c> knit</c><00:16:55.820><c> together</c><00:16:56.360><c> with</c>

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housing<00:16:57.120><c> units</c>

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that<00:16:58.899><c> they</c><00:16:59.100><c> have</c><00:16:59.779><c> proved</c><00:17:00.200><c> existed</c><00:17:00.879><c> through</c><00:17:01.279><c> archaeologists'</c>

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discoveries.<00:17:04.220><c> And</c><00:17:04.420><c> that</c>

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probably<00:17:05.299><c> a</c><00:17:05.519><c> half</c><00:17:05.779><c> million</c><00:17:06.039><c> people</c><00:17:06.680><c> lived</c><00:17:07.019><c> there</c><00:17:08.200><c> around</c><00:17:08.920><c> 2</c><00:17:09.279><c>,000</c><00:17:09.680><c> BC.</c><00:17:11.680><c> Now</c><00:17:11.880><c> I</c>

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don't<00:17:12.099><c> care</c><00:17:12.220><c> what</c><00:17:12.500><c> kind</c><00:17:12.700><c> of</c><00:17:12.880><c> crowd</c>

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you're<00:17:13.259><c> talking</c><00:17:13.519><c> about,</c><00:17:14.799><c> but</c><00:17:14.900><c> a</c><00:17:14.980><c> half</c><00:17:15.140><c> million</c><00:17:15.339><c> people,</c><00:17:15.680><c> a</c><00:17:15.680><c> lot</c><00:17:15.839><c> of</c>

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people,<00:17:17.180><c> all</c><00:17:17.319><c> you</c><00:17:17.460><c> got</c><00:17:17.500><c> to</c><00:17:17.599><c> do</c><00:17:17.680><c> is</c><00:17:17.720><c> go</c><00:17:17.900><c> through</c>

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St.<00:17:18.420><c> Louis</c><00:17:18.559><c> Airport</c><00:17:18.940><c> and</c><00:17:19.079><c> find</c><00:17:19.279><c> out</c><00:17:19.460><c> about</c><00:17:19.720><c> that.</c><00:17:21.559><c> They</c><00:17:22.099><c> occupied</c><00:17:23.319><c> an</c><00:17:23.579><c> area</c><00:17:23.799><c> of</c>

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about<00:17:24.319><c> four</c><00:17:24.700><c> square</c><00:17:24.960><c> miles,</c>

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so<00:17:25.500><c> they</c><00:17:25.579><c> were</c><00:17:25.740><c> pretty</c><00:17:26.079><c> closely</c><00:17:27.220><c> punched</c><00:17:27.500><c> in</c><00:17:27.759><c> there.</c><00:17:29.299><c> Now</c><00:17:29.599><c> Ur</c>

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was<00:17:30.740><c> a</c><00:17:31.059><c> principal</c><00:17:31.660><c> center</c><00:17:32.099><c> of</c><00:17:32.420><c> worship</c><00:17:32.880><c> for</c><00:17:33.960><c> the</c>

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moon<00:17:34.500><c> god</c><00:17:34.920><c> Zin,</c><00:17:35.700><c> Z</c><00:17:36.019><c>-I</c><00:17:36.259><c>-N,</c><00:17:36.759><c> and</c><00:17:38.759><c> it</c><00:17:39.039><c> continued</c><00:17:39.279><c> to</c><00:17:39.500><c> be</c><00:17:39.720><c> embellished</c><00:17:40.059><c> by</c><00:17:40.279><c> the</c><00:17:40.460><c> great</c><00:17:40.720><c> kings</c><00:17:41.059><c> of</c><00:17:41.380><c> Babylon,</c>

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and<00:17:41.960><c> those</c><00:17:42.119><c> of</c><00:17:42.299><c> you</c><00:17:42.460><c> who</c><00:17:42.779><c> study</c><00:17:43.000><c> history</c><00:17:43.359><c> remember</c><00:17:43.839><c> some</c><00:17:44.180><c> of</c>

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them.<00:17:44.460><c> Ever</c><00:17:44.660><c> hear</c><00:17:44.859><c> of</c><00:17:44.980><c> Hammurabi?</c>

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Of<00:17:46.380><c> course</c><00:17:46.700><c> you</c><00:17:46.940><c> have.</c><00:17:47.839><c> He</c><00:17:47.839><c> was</c><00:17:48.039><c> a</c><00:17:48.200><c> great</c><00:17:48.400><c> king</c><00:17:48.660><c> of</c><00:17:48.859><c> Babylon</c><00:17:49.200><c> sometime</c><00:17:50.079><c> around.</c><00:17:50.539><c> It</c>

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depends<00:17:50.839><c> on</c><00:17:51.079><c> whose</c>

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work<00:17:52.579><c> you're</c><00:17:52.740><c> looking</c><00:17:53.019><c> at.</c><00:17:53.359><c> The</c><00:17:53.400><c> Encyclopedia</c><00:17:53.920><c> Britannica</c>

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says<00:17:54.720><c> about</c><00:17:55.059><c> 2067.</c><00:17:56.880><c> Other</c><00:17:57.099><c> people</c><00:17:57.400><c> say</c><00:17:57.619><c> it</c><00:17:57.680><c> was</c><00:17:57.839><c> about</c>

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16<00:17:59.299><c> or</c><00:17:59.539><c> 18,</c><00:18:00.920><c> pardon</c><00:18:01.059><c> me,</c><00:18:01.400><c> 1728.</c><00:18:02.140><c> I'll</c><00:18:02.240><c> get</c><00:18:02.339><c> my</c><00:18:02.579><c> figure</c><00:18:02.740><c> straight</c><00:18:02.980><c> here</c><00:18:03.119><c> in</c>

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a<00:18:03.359><c> minute.</c>

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Now<00:18:05.680><c> a</c><00:18:06.480><c> great</c><00:18:07.039><c> city</c><00:18:07.500><c> right</c><00:18:08.200><c> down</c><00:18:08.880><c> to</c><00:18:09.400><c> the</c><00:18:09.680><c> time</c><00:18:10.380><c> of</c><00:18:10.700><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:18:11.799><c> and</c><00:18:12.039><c> that</c>

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was<00:18:12.500><c> 600</c><00:18:13.160><c> BC,</c><00:18:13.980><c> right?</c>

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Yep.<00:18:17.539><c> Now</c><00:18:17.779><c> it</c><00:18:18.220><c> is</c><00:18:18.460><c> for</c><00:18:18.700><c> sure,</c><00:18:19.099><c> and</c><00:18:19.240><c> this</c><00:18:19.400><c> is</c><00:18:19.599><c> the</c><00:18:19.680><c> reason</c><00:18:19.900><c> I</c><00:18:20.160><c> have</c><00:18:20.279><c> given</c><00:18:20.480><c> you</c>

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that<00:18:20.980><c> little</c>

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tidbit,<00:18:23.339><c> it</c><00:18:23.480><c> is</c><00:18:23.759><c> for</c><00:18:24.160><c> sure</c><00:18:24.740><c> that</c><00:18:25.640><c> Abram's</c><00:18:26.200><c> family</c><00:18:26.940><c> came</c><00:18:27.759><c> out</c>

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of<00:18:29.119><c> idolatry.</c>

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There's<00:18:32.420><c> no</c><00:18:32.700><c> question</c><00:18:33.140><c> about</c><00:18:33.519><c> that.</c><00:18:35.039><c> Joshua</c><00:18:35.640><c> chapter</c><00:18:36.220><c> 24</c><00:18:36.920><c> verse</c><00:18:37.380><c> 2</c>

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says<00:18:38.160><c> quite</c><00:18:38.579><c> plainly,</c>

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your<00:18:39.740><c> fathers</c><00:18:40.359><c> dwelt</c><00:18:41.019><c> on</c><00:18:41.319><c> the</c><00:18:41.460><c> other</c><00:18:41.740><c> side</c><00:18:41.960><c> of</c><00:18:42.099><c> the</c><00:18:42.140><c> river</c><00:18:42.460><c> of</c>

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old,<00:18:42.920><c> and</c><00:18:43.000><c> they</c><00:18:43.119><c> were</c><00:18:43.279><c> talking</c><00:18:43.539><c> about</c><00:18:43.859><c> the</c><00:18:44.039><c> Euphrates,</c>

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even<00:18:46.079><c> Terah,</c><00:18:47.019><c> the</c><00:18:47.299><c> father</c><00:18:47.599><c> of</c><00:18:47.859><c> Abraham</c><00:18:48.380><c> and</c><00:18:48.960><c> the</c><00:18:49.099><c> father</c><00:18:49.420><c> of</c>

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Nacor,<00:18:50.420><c> and</c><00:18:50.900><c> they</c><00:18:51.839><c> served</c><00:18:52.579><c> other</c><00:18:53.279><c> gods.</c>

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They<00:18:56.420><c> were</c><00:18:56.660><c> idolaters.</c>

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Abram's<00:19:01.039><c> father,</c><00:19:01.599><c> Terah,</c><00:19:03.000><c> worshiped</c><00:19:03.460><c> other</c><00:19:03.960><c> gods.</c>

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Now<00:19:06.880><c> there's</c><00:19:07.119><c> an</c><00:19:07.299><c> interesting</c><00:19:07.619><c> point</c><00:19:08.099><c> that</c><00:19:08.559><c> I'm</c><00:19:08.819><c> dwelling</c><00:19:09.079><c> on</c>

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this.<00:19:09.599><c> I</c><00:19:09.599><c> said</c><00:19:09.720><c> I</c><00:19:09.799><c> didn't</c><00:19:10.039><c> want</c><00:19:10.180><c> to</c><00:19:10.440><c> bore</c><00:19:10.599><c> you,</c><00:19:10.779><c> but</c><00:19:10.940><c> I</c>

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wanted<00:19:11.259><c> to</c><00:19:11.500><c> set</c><00:19:11.599><c> this</c><00:19:11.940><c> pattern</c><00:19:12.319><c> for</c><00:19:12.960><c> a</c><00:19:13.119><c> particular</c><00:19:13.500><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:19:15.019><c> before</c><00:19:15.279><c> we</c><00:19:15.500><c> leave</c><00:19:15.640><c> this</c><00:19:15.900><c> idea,</c><00:19:16.220><c> let's</c><00:19:16.420><c> talk</c><00:19:16.660><c> about</c>

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Haran.<00:19:17.440><c> Remember</c><00:19:17.799><c> now</c><00:19:18.440><c> we</c><00:19:18.819><c> came</c><00:19:19.059><c> from</c><00:19:19.339><c> Ur</c><00:19:19.740><c> way</c><00:19:20.220><c> down</c><00:19:20.480><c> here,</c><00:19:21.039><c> all</c><00:19:21.259><c> the</c><00:19:21.440><c> way</c><00:19:21.539><c> up</c>

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to<00:19:21.819><c> Haran.</c><00:19:23.859><c> How</c><00:19:24.180><c> come</c><00:19:24.319><c> they</c><00:19:24.460><c> didn't</c><00:19:24.599><c> go</c>

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to<00:19:25.000><c> Canaan?</c><00:19:25.599><c> They</c><00:19:25.779><c> went</c><00:19:25.880><c> up</c><00:19:26.039><c> to</c><00:19:26.240><c> Haran,</c><00:19:28.220><c> right</c><00:19:28.400><c> up</c><00:19:28.599><c> to</c><00:19:28.759><c> Euphrates</c><00:19:29.200><c> River.</c>

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And<00:19:31.339><c> you</c><00:19:31.460><c> might</c><00:19:31.599><c> say,</c><00:19:31.920><c> well</c><00:19:32.240><c> they</c><00:19:32.400><c> were</c>

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going<00:19:32.859><c> through</c><00:19:32.880><c> Haran</c><00:19:33.380><c> on</c><00:19:33.640><c> the</c><00:19:33.759><c> way</c><00:19:33.880><c> to</c><00:19:34.079><c> Canaan.</c><00:19:35.420><c> But</c><00:19:35.519><c> you</c><00:19:35.599><c> know</c><00:19:35.779><c> something?</c><00:19:37.420><c> They</c><00:19:37.880><c> stopped</c><00:19:38.200><c> in</c><00:19:38.400><c> Haran.</c>

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But<00:19:40.140><c> more</c><00:19:40.339><c> about</c><00:19:40.579><c> that</c><00:19:40.759><c> in</c><00:19:40.880><c> a</c><00:19:41.059><c> moment.</c><00:19:42.359><c> Now</c><00:19:42.559><c> that</c><00:19:43.259><c> place</c><00:19:43.660><c> is</c><00:19:43.900><c> the</c><00:19:43.900><c> city</c><00:19:44.240><c> of</c>

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Mistebatenia<00:19:45.160><c> on</c><00:19:45.359><c> the</c><00:19:45.539><c> Balech,</c><00:19:45.940><c> which</c><00:19:45.940><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:46.299><c> tributary</c><00:19:47.299><c> of</c><00:19:47.500><c> the</c><00:19:47.680><c> Euphrates.</c><00:19:49.259><c> It's</c><00:19:49.480><c> not</c><00:19:49.680><c> all</c><00:19:49.859><c> that</c><00:19:50.140><c> far</c>

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from<00:19:50.680><c> Nineveh</c><00:19:51.980><c> and</c><00:19:52.119><c> only</c><00:19:52.359><c> about</c><00:19:53.059><c> 280</c><00:19:53.640><c> miles</c><00:19:54.099><c> north</c>

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northeast<00:19:54.920><c> from</c><00:19:55.240><c> Damascus.</c><00:19:56.220><c> And</c><00:19:56.400><c> we</c><00:19:56.519><c> all</c><00:19:56.779><c> know</c><00:19:56.980><c> about</c><00:19:57.220><c> Damascus.</c><00:19:58.740><c> I</c><00:19:58.980><c> think</c><00:19:59.160><c> we</c><00:19:59.400><c> do</c><00:19:59.559><c> at</c><00:19:59.779><c> any</c><00:19:59.960><c> rate.</c><00:20:00.519><c> It</c><00:20:00.640><c> was</c><00:20:00.859><c> a</c>

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commercial<00:20:01.440><c> center</c><00:20:01.759><c> on</c><00:20:01.980><c> the</c><00:20:02.240><c> main</c><00:20:02.579><c> trade</c><00:20:03.039><c> route</c><00:20:03.759><c> between</c><00:20:04.720><c> Babylonia</c><00:20:06.059><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:06.700><c> Mediterranean</c><00:20:07.160><c> Sea.</c>

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It<00:20:08.579><c> was</c><00:20:08.799><c> a</c><00:20:09.019><c> very,</c><00:20:09.480><c> very</c><00:20:09.960><c> important</c><00:20:10.779><c> port.</c><00:20:13.279><c> That's</c><00:20:13.720><c> where</c><00:20:14.160><c> Terah</c><00:20:14.960><c> died.</c><00:20:17.500><c> He</c>

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died<00:20:18.640><c> in</c><00:20:19.720><c> Haran.</c>

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And<00:20:24.000><c> apparently</c><00:20:24.759><c> Abraham</c><00:20:25.720><c> sojourned</c><00:20:26.359><c> there</c><00:20:27.099><c> for</c><00:20:27.740><c> a</c><00:20:27.920><c> while,</c>

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at<00:20:29.559><c> least</c><00:20:29.839><c> long</c><00:20:30.180><c> enough</c><00:20:30.839><c> to</c><00:20:31.480><c> have</c><00:20:31.640><c> possessed</c>

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substance<00:20:32.460><c> and</c><00:20:32.779><c> service.</c><00:20:33.680><c> And</c><00:20:33.799><c> I'm</c><00:20:33.980><c> going</c><00:20:34.160><c> to</c><00:20:34.839><c> read</c><00:20:35.339><c> to</c><00:20:35.980><c> you</c><00:20:36.559><c> a</c>

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verse<00:20:37.200><c> that</c><00:20:37.440><c> tends</c><00:20:37.700><c> to</c><00:20:38.059><c> support</c><00:20:38.380><c> that.</c>

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We're<00:20:39.519><c> talking</c><00:20:39.859><c> now</c><00:20:40.339><c> about</c><00:20:41.059><c> Genesis</c><00:20:41.640><c> chapter</c><00:20:42.099><c> 12.</c><00:20:42.779><c> Now</c><00:20:42.880><c> a</c><00:20:42.880><c> lot</c>

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of<00:20:43.220><c> these</c><00:20:43.359><c> you're</c><00:20:43.559><c> familiar</c><00:20:43.920><c> with,</c>

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but<00:20:44.839><c> the</c><00:20:45.000><c> chronology</c><00:20:45.579><c> is</c><00:20:45.819><c> quite</c><00:20:46.039><c> important.</c><00:20:48.140><c> Genesis</c><00:20:48.480><c> chapter</c><00:20:49.059><c> 12</c><00:20:49.839><c> verse</c><00:20:50.339><c> 5,</c>

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I<00:20:51.059><c> believe</c><00:20:51.240><c> is</c><00:20:51.380><c> what</c><00:20:51.519><c> we're</c>

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looking<00:20:51.920><c> for,</c><00:20:53.599><c> just</c><00:20:53.720><c> to</c><00:20:53.859><c> make</c><00:20:54.039><c> sure</c><00:20:54.299><c> I</c><00:20:54.440><c> don't</c><00:20:54.579><c> mess</c><00:20:54.799><c> up</c><00:20:55.000><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:20:57.519><c> 5,</c>

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And<00:21:01.240><c> Abram</c><00:21:01.900><c> took</c><00:21:02.700><c> Shariah</c><00:21:03.240><c> his</c><00:21:03.420><c> wife,</c><00:21:04.859><c> and</c><00:21:05.119><c> Lot</c><00:21:05.279><c> his</c><00:21:05.599><c> brother's</c><00:21:06.180><c> son,</c><00:21:06.900><c> and</c>

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all<00:21:07.839><c> their</c><00:21:08.279><c> possessions</c><00:21:09.180><c> which</c>

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they<00:21:09.859><c> had</c><00:21:10.140><c> gathered,</c><00:21:11.220><c> and</c><00:21:11.799><c> the</c><00:21:12.059><c> persons</c><00:21:12.500><c> that</c><00:21:12.839><c> they</c><00:21:12.980><c> had</c><00:21:13.240><c> gotten</c><00:21:13.579><c> in</c>

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Haran.<00:21:15.420><c> And</c><00:21:15.619><c> then</c><00:21:15.759><c> they</c><00:21:16.079><c> set</c><00:21:16.259><c> forth</c>

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to<00:21:17.440><c> go</c><00:21:17.859><c> to</c><00:21:18.200><c> the</c><00:21:18.380><c> land</c><00:21:18.579><c> of</c><00:21:18.880><c> Canaan.</c><00:21:20.480><c> So</c><00:21:20.700><c> he</c><00:21:20.819><c> must</c><00:21:21.119><c> have</c><00:21:21.279><c> been</c><00:21:21.359><c> there</c><00:21:21.759><c> long</c><00:21:21.960><c> enough</c><00:21:22.460><c> to</c><00:21:22.920><c> acquire</c>

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what<00:21:24.619><c> we</c><00:21:24.880><c> were</c><00:21:24.960><c> just</c><00:21:25.799><c> told</c><00:21:26.259><c> about</c><00:21:26.779><c> in</c><00:21:27.619><c> that</c><00:21:27.920><c> particular</c><00:21:28.440><c> verse.</c><00:21:30.019><c> Now</c>

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it's<00:21:30.420><c> interesting</c><00:21:30.740><c> to</c><00:21:30.980><c> note</c>

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about<00:21:32.400><c> the</c><00:21:32.579><c> city</c><00:21:32.819><c> Haran</c><00:21:33.779><c> that</c><00:21:34.599><c> over</c><00:21:35.039><c> a</c><00:21:35.200><c> thousand</c><00:21:35.740><c> years</c><00:21:36.440><c> later,</c><00:21:36.880><c> after</c>

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this<00:21:37.559><c> incident</c><00:21:37.880><c> that</c><00:21:38.059><c> we</c><00:21:38.180><c> just</c><00:21:38.460><c> read</c><00:21:38.660><c> about,</c>

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we<00:21:40.200><c> find</c><00:21:40.660><c> that</c><00:21:40.960><c> Rav</c><00:21:41.200><c> Sheikah,</c><00:21:41.579><c> that</c><00:21:41.779><c> is</c><00:21:41.960><c> the</c><00:21:42.059><c> head</c><00:21:42.319><c> general</c><00:21:42.660><c> of</c>

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Assyria's<00:21:43.500><c> Sennacherib,</c>

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and<00:21:44.579><c> you've</c><00:21:44.819><c> read</c><00:21:44.900><c> that</c><00:21:45.220><c> word</c><00:21:45.500><c> more</c><00:21:45.740><c> than</c><00:21:45.940><c> once,</c><00:21:46.180><c> the</c><00:21:46.339><c> Rav</c><00:21:46.519><c> Sheikah,</c><00:21:47.339><c> all</c>

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that<00:21:47.819><c> means</c><00:21:48.019><c> is</c><00:21:48.220><c> it's</c><00:21:48.480><c> a</c><00:21:48.619><c> top</c><00:21:48.859><c> dog,</c>

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the<00:21:49.440><c> top</c><00:21:49.619><c> military</c><00:21:50.119><c> leader.</c><00:21:50.339><c> That's</c><00:21:50.599><c> what</c><00:21:50.680><c> he</c><00:21:50.859><c> was.</c><00:21:52.160><c> And</c><00:21:52.359><c> when</c>

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he<00:21:52.539><c> was</c><00:21:52.700><c> talking</c><00:21:52.920><c> to</c><00:21:53.099><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:21:54.200><c> he</c><00:21:54.420><c> was</c><00:21:54.680><c> laying</c>

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down<00:21:55.079><c> all</c><00:21:55.539><c> kinds</c><00:21:55.940><c> of</c><00:21:56.200><c> threats.</c><00:21:57.339><c> And</c><00:21:57.480><c> you</c><00:21:57.539><c> know</c><00:21:57.559><c> what</c><00:21:57.680><c> he</c><00:21:57.819><c> did?</c>

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This<00:21:58.460><c> is</c><00:21:58.660><c> a</c><00:21:58.799><c> thousand</c><00:21:59.059><c> years</c><00:21:59.299><c> later</c><00:21:59.579><c> than</c><00:21:59.720><c> what</c>

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we<00:22:00.059><c> were</c><00:22:00.160><c> just</c><00:22:00.400><c> talking</c><00:22:00.680><c> about.</c><00:22:02.980><c> He</c><00:22:03.440><c> included</c><00:22:03.779><c> it</c><00:22:04.079><c> in</c><00:22:04.180><c> the</c><00:22:04.319><c> litany</c><00:22:04.619><c> of</c>

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cities<00:22:05.059><c> conquered</c><00:22:05.759><c> by</c><00:22:06.140><c> Assyria.</c><00:22:06.839><c> We</c><00:22:07.039><c> find</c><00:22:07.259><c> that</c>

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Second<00:22:08.019><c> Kings</c><00:22:08.720><c> chapter</c><00:22:09.220><c> 19</c><00:22:09.720><c> verse</c><00:22:10.000><c> 12,</c><00:22:10.539><c> which</c><00:22:10.619><c> reads</c><00:22:10.880><c> this</c><00:22:11.220><c> way,</c>

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have<00:22:12.059><c> the</c><00:22:12.240><c> gods</c><00:22:12.640><c> of</c><00:22:12.859><c> the</c><00:22:13.059><c> nations</c><00:22:13.599><c> delivered</c><00:22:14.559><c> them</c><00:22:14.839><c> whom</c><00:22:15.059><c> my</c>

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fathers<00:22:15.759><c> have</c><00:22:16.039><c> destroyed</c><00:22:16.559><c> as</c><00:22:16.900><c> Gozan</c><00:22:17.519><c> and</c><00:22:18.259><c> Haran</c>

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and<00:22:19.799><c> Respa?</c><00:22:20.819><c> That's</c><00:22:21.140><c> a</c><00:22:21.279><c> millennium.</c><00:22:22.240><c> How</c><00:22:22.799><c> long's</c><00:22:23.119><c> a</c><00:22:23.259><c> millennium</c><00:22:23.640><c> back</c><00:22:23.940><c> there?</c><00:22:26.140><c> A</c>

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thousand<00:22:26.640><c> years.</c>

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How<00:22:28.299><c> long's</c><00:22:28.660><c> the</c><00:22:28.779><c> United</c><00:22:29.039><c> States</c><00:22:29.299><c> of</c><00:22:29.440><c> America</c><00:22:29.819><c> been</c><00:22:30.059><c> in</c><00:22:30.299><c> business?</c>

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Just<00:22:33.900><c> a</c><00:22:34.140><c> bit</c><00:22:34.559><c> more</c><00:22:34.859><c> than</c><00:22:35.039><c> 200</c><00:22:35.440><c> years,</c><00:22:36.079><c> right?</c>

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So<00:22:38.839><c> when</c><00:22:38.980><c> you</c><00:22:39.279><c> start</c><00:22:39.519><c> talking</c><00:22:39.880><c> about</c><00:22:40.200><c> a</c><00:22:40.339><c> millennium,</c><00:22:40.940><c> you're</c>

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talking<00:22:41.500><c> about,</c>

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I<00:22:42.180><c> mean</c><00:22:42.259><c> it's</c><00:22:42.519><c> mind</c><00:22:42.839><c> boggling</c><00:22:43.160><c> in</c><00:22:43.279><c> terms</c><00:22:43.579><c> of</c><00:22:43.740><c> the</c><00:22:43.859><c> length</c><00:22:44.000><c> of</c>

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time<00:22:44.519><c> we're</c><00:22:44.720><c> dealing</c><00:22:45.000><c> with.</c>

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That<00:22:46.819><c> city</c><00:22:46.980><c> was</c><00:22:47.319><c> still</c><00:22:47.559><c> there</c><00:22:48.079><c> and</c><00:22:48.680><c> it</c><00:22:48.740><c> was</c><00:22:48.980><c> still</c><00:22:49.160><c> included</c>

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in<00:22:50.339><c> what</c><00:22:50.559><c> was</c><00:22:50.880><c> conquered</c><00:22:51.339><c> by</c><00:22:51.980><c> Sennacherib.</c>

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Now,<00:22:53.359><c> it's</c><00:22:53.900><c> interesting</c><00:22:54.220><c> to</c><00:22:54.480><c> note</c><00:22:55.519><c> that</c><00:22:55.900><c> it's</c><00:22:56.259><c> still</c><00:22:56.579><c> today,</c>

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2001,<00:23:00.559><c> it's</c><00:23:00.779><c> still</c><00:23:01.000><c> a</c><00:23:01.119><c> small</c><00:23:01.980><c> village</c>

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:07.339
in<00:23:03.359><c> a</c><00:23:03.500><c> nation</c><00:23:03.819><c> of</c><00:23:04.140><c> Turkey</c><00:23:04.680><c> called</c><00:23:05.700><c> Haran.</c><00:23:06.799><c> Ever</c><00:23:06.980><c> been</c><00:23:07.160><c> there,</c>

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brother<00:23:07.579><c> David?</c><00:23:08.480><c> I</c><00:23:09.039><c> know</c><00:23:09.200><c> you</c><00:23:09.359><c> do</c><00:23:09.460><c> a</c><00:23:09.619><c> lot</c><00:23:09.700><c> of</c>

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traveling.<00:23:10.220><c> I</c><00:23:10.259><c> thought</c><00:23:10.400><c> maybe</c><00:23:10.680><c> you'd</c><00:23:10.920><c> been</c><00:23:11.000><c> there.</c><00:23:11.240><c> I</c><00:23:11.240><c> wasn't</c>

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sure.<00:23:11.940><c> Okay.</c><00:23:13.420><c> Now</c><00:23:13.680><c> apparently,</c><00:23:15.240><c> this</c><00:23:15.380><c> family</c>

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left<00:23:16.640><c> Haran</c><00:23:17.059><c> after</c><00:23:17.660><c> Tara</c><00:23:18.059><c> died.</c><00:23:19.720><c> In</c><00:23:20.000><c> all</c><00:23:20.220><c> likelihood,</c><00:23:20.839><c> they</c>

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followed<00:23:21.380><c> the</c><00:23:21.619><c> road</c><00:23:21.799><c> by</c><00:23:22.119><c> way</c><00:23:22.279><c> of</c><00:23:22.519><c> Damascus</c><00:23:23.079><c> in</c><00:23:23.359><c> Syria.</c>

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Even<00:23:25.039><c> in</c><00:23:25.299><c> those</c><00:23:25.480><c> days,</c><00:23:25.920><c> there</c><00:23:26.059><c> was</c><00:23:26.259><c> a</c><00:23:26.420><c> great</c><00:23:26.599><c> highway</c><00:23:27.200><c> that</c><00:23:28.319><c> existed</c><00:23:28.680><c> between</c><00:23:29.079><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:23:30.619><c> to</c><00:23:31.319><c> Canaan,</c>

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which<00:23:32.940><c> went</c><00:23:33.160><c> right</c><00:23:33.640><c> by</c><00:23:34.299><c> Damascus.</c><00:23:36.599><c> Of</c><00:23:36.960><c> course,</c><00:23:37.119><c> it's</c><00:23:37.279><c> still</c>

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in<00:23:37.740><c> existence.</c><00:23:38.599><c> Again,</c><00:23:38.880><c> I'm</c><00:23:39.039><c> going</c><00:23:39.200><c> to</c><00:23:39.319><c> test,</c>

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:43.299
I'm<00:23:40.759><c> going</c><00:23:40.839><c> to</c><00:23:40.900><c> leave</c><00:23:41.039><c> your</c><00:23:41.980><c> older</c><00:23:42.299><c> brothers</c><00:23:42.579><c> and</c><00:23:42.759><c> sisters</c><00:23:42.960><c> out</c><00:23:43.180><c> of</c>

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this<00:23:43.460><c> for</c><00:23:43.720><c> a</c><00:23:43.900><c> while.</c>

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Where's<00:23:46.900><c> Damascus</c><00:23:47.460><c> back</c><00:23:47.859><c> there?</c>

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I<00:23:52.380><c> don't</c><00:23:52.440><c> know,</c><00:23:52.640><c> they're</c><00:23:52.859><c> honest</c><00:23:53.119><c> kids.</c><00:23:53.500><c> If</c><00:23:53.539><c> they</c><00:23:53.700><c> don't</c><00:23:53.900><c> know,</c><00:23:54.220><c> they</c>

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say<00:23:54.440><c> they</c><00:23:54.599><c> don't</c><00:23:54.859><c> know.</c>

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Where's<00:23:55.980><c> Damascus?</c><00:23:57.319><c> It's</c><00:23:57.720><c> the</c><00:23:57.819><c> capital</c><00:23:58.240><c> of</c><00:23:58.559><c> Syria,</c><00:23:58.980><c> isn't</c><00:23:59.200><c> it?</c>

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:09.000
Been<00:24:01.339><c> around</c><00:24:01.559><c> a</c><00:24:01.779><c> long</c><00:24:02.339><c> time,</c><00:24:03.579><c> a</c><00:24:03.960><c> long</c><00:24:04.319><c> time.</c><00:24:06.359><c> Now,</c><00:24:08.259><c> I</c><00:24:08.700><c> believe,</c>

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:11.640
brothers<00:24:09.279><c> and</c><00:24:09.519><c> sisters,</c><00:24:09.759><c> that</c><00:24:09.980><c> we</c><00:24:10.039><c> can</c><00:24:10.400><c> conclude</c>

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that<00:24:12.259><c> Abram</c><00:24:13.240><c> left</c><00:24:13.799><c> Haran</c><00:24:14.460><c> and</c><00:24:15.099><c> he</c><00:24:15.220><c> did</c><00:24:15.480><c> not</c><00:24:15.720><c> stop</c><00:24:16.079><c> along</c><00:24:16.539><c> the</c>

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:20.140
way<00:24:17.539><c> very</c><00:24:18.339><c> much</c><00:24:18.559><c> on</c><00:24:18.779><c> his</c><00:24:18.900><c> way</c><00:24:19.059><c> to</c><00:24:19.319><c> Canaan.</c>

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We're<00:24:21.019><c> told</c><00:24:21.680><c> that</c><00:24:22.000><c> he</c><00:24:22.039><c> was</c><00:24:22.279><c> 75</c><00:24:22.779><c> years</c><00:24:23.259><c> old</c><00:24:23.599><c> when</c><00:24:23.759><c> he</c><00:24:23.900><c> left</c><00:24:24.119><c> Haran,</c><00:24:25.039><c> very</c>

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:27.619
plainly<00:24:25.779><c> in</c><00:24:25.900><c> the</c><00:24:26.039><c> 12th</c><00:24:26.480><c> chapter</c><00:24:26.900><c> of</c><00:24:27.240><c> Genesis</c>

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:33.539
verse<00:24:27.940><c> 4.</c><00:24:28.460><c> It</c><00:24:28.720><c> says</c><00:24:28.960><c> he</c><00:24:29.079><c> was</c><00:24:29.339><c> 75</c><00:24:30.380><c> years</c><00:24:31.119><c> old</c><00:24:31.339><c> when</c><00:24:31.480><c> he</c><00:24:31.619><c> left</c><00:24:31.819><c> Haran</c><00:24:32.980><c> and</c>

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:36.960
he<00:24:33.779><c> spent</c><00:24:34.019><c> 10</c><00:24:34.339><c> years,</c><00:24:35.640><c> 10</c><00:24:36.059><c> years</c><00:24:36.440><c> in</c><00:24:36.700><c> Canaan</c>

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:41.960
before<00:24:37.400><c> he</c><00:24:37.539><c> took</c><00:24:38.200><c> Hagar</c><00:24:38.839><c> to</c><00:24:39.500><c> wife.</c><00:24:41.019><c> Now,</c><00:24:41.299><c> let's</c><00:24:41.480><c> take</c><00:24:41.740><c> a</c><00:24:41.819><c> look</c>

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at<00:24:42.119><c> that.</c><00:24:42.339><c> That's</c><00:24:42.619><c> in</c><00:24:42.880><c> Genesis</c>

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chapter<00:24:45.119><c> 16.</c><00:24:47.440><c> And</c><00:24:47.579><c> you'll</c><00:24:47.819><c> notice</c><00:24:48.059><c> the</c><00:24:48.299><c> chronology,</c><00:24:48.859><c> by</c><00:24:49.160><c> and</c>

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large,<00:24:50.000><c> that</c><00:24:50.079><c> we're</c><00:24:50.299><c> following</c><00:24:50.619><c> here</c><00:24:50.859><c> for</c><00:24:51.119><c> a</c><00:24:51.240><c> while.</c>

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Genesis<00:24:52.299><c> chapter</c><00:24:52.700><c> 16,</c><00:24:53.339><c> the</c><00:24:53.500><c> first</c><00:24:53.740><c> three</c><00:24:53.960><c> verses</c><00:24:54.279><c> read</c><00:24:54.559><c> this</c>

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way.<00:24:55.359><c> By</c><00:24:55.819><c> the</c><00:24:56.000><c> way,</c><00:24:56.180><c> I'm</c><00:24:56.599><c> basically</c><00:24:57.140><c> reading</c><00:24:57.579><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:58.099><c> RSV.</c><00:24:59.960><c> Every</c><00:25:00.099><c> once</c><00:25:00.259><c> in</c><00:25:00.420><c> a</c><00:25:00.480><c> while,</c><00:25:00.579><c> you'll</c><00:25:00.839><c> hear</c><00:25:01.059><c> a</c><00:25:01.240><c> quote</c>

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from<00:25:01.559><c> the</c><00:25:01.720><c> King</c><00:25:01.920><c> James,</c><00:25:02.180><c> which</c><00:25:02.339><c> is</c><00:25:02.559><c> fine.</c><00:25:02.740><c> They're</c>

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both<00:25:03.200><c> saying</c><00:25:03.460><c> the</c><00:25:03.680><c> same</c><00:25:03.960><c> thing.</c><00:25:05.279><c> I</c><00:25:05.319><c> personally</c><00:25:05.740><c> believe</c><00:25:06.079><c> that</c>

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the<00:25:06.440><c> RSV</c><00:25:06.759><c> is</c><00:25:06.980><c> a</c><00:25:07.220><c> little</c><00:25:07.640><c> more</c><00:25:08.059><c> accurate</c>

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:12.259
in<00:25:09.240><c> the</c><00:25:09.339><c> use</c><00:25:09.519><c> of</c><00:25:09.799><c> words</c><00:25:10.140><c> than</c><00:25:10.579><c> is</c><00:25:10.859><c> the</c><00:25:11.039><c> King</c><00:25:11.319><c> James.</c><00:25:11.640><c> But</c><00:25:11.799><c> be</c><00:25:11.940><c> that</c><00:25:12.099><c> as</c>

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it<00:25:12.440><c> may,</c><00:25:13.099><c> I'm</c><00:25:13.319><c> basically</c><00:25:13.819><c> reading</c><00:25:14.119><c> to</c><00:25:14.420><c> you</c>

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when<00:25:14.720><c> I</c><00:25:14.960><c> open</c><00:25:15.119><c> the</c><00:25:15.259><c> Bible</c><00:25:15.640><c> from</c><00:25:16.299><c> the</c><00:25:16.539><c> RSV.</c><00:25:17.119><c> Okay?</c><00:25:17.619><c> You're</c><00:25:17.819><c> with</c>

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me.<00:25:18.599><c> Now,</c><00:25:18.779><c> we're</c><00:25:18.920><c> in</c><00:25:19.099><c> the</c><00:25:19.220><c> 16th</c><00:25:19.700><c> chapter,</c><00:25:20.059><c> the</c><00:25:20.200><c> first</c>

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three<00:25:20.619><c> verses</c><00:25:20.980><c> that</c><00:25:21.259><c> read</c><00:25:21.380><c> this</c><00:25:21.680><c> way.</c><00:25:22.819><c> Now,</c><00:25:23.079><c> Sarai,</c><00:25:24.460><c> Abram's</c>

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:29.079
wife,<00:25:25.680><c> bore</c><00:25:25.779><c> him</c><00:25:26.039><c> no</c><00:25:26.359><c> children.</c><00:25:27.880><c> She</c><00:25:28.400><c> had</c><00:25:28.819><c> an</c>

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Egyptian<00:25:29.500><c> maid</c><00:25:29.859><c> whose</c><00:25:30.160><c> name</c><00:25:30.480><c> was</c><00:25:30.819><c> Hagar.</c><00:25:32.359><c> And</c><00:25:32.539><c> Sarai</c><00:25:32.960><c> said</c><00:25:33.359><c> to</c>

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:37.180
Abram,<00:25:34.700><c> Behold</c><00:25:35.140><c> now,</c><00:25:35.700><c> the</c><00:25:35.759><c> Lord</c><00:25:36.099><c> has</c><00:25:36.440><c> prevented</c><00:25:36.839><c> me</c>

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from<00:25:37.420><c> bearing</c><00:25:37.720><c> children.</c><00:25:39.099><c> Go</c><00:25:39.579><c> into</c><00:25:40.079><c> my</c><00:25:40.480><c> maid.</c><00:25:40.839><c> It</c><00:25:41.079><c> may</c><00:25:41.279><c> be</c><00:25:41.579><c> that</c><00:25:41.720><c> I</c>

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shall<00:25:42.140><c> obtain</c><00:25:42.500><c> children</c><00:25:42.940><c> by</c><00:25:43.259><c> her.</c><00:25:44.400><c> And</c><00:25:44.700><c> Abram</c>

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.140
hearkened<00:25:45.500><c> to</c><00:25:45.720><c> the</c><00:25:45.839><c> voice</c><00:25:46.079><c> of</c><00:25:46.359><c> Sarai.</c><00:25:47.819><c> So,</c><00:25:48.160><c> after</c><00:25:48.480><c> Abram</c><00:25:48.819><c> had</c>

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dwelt<00:25:49.980><c> 10</c><00:25:50.740><c> years</c><00:25:51.579><c> in</c><00:25:52.059><c> the</c><00:25:52.119><c> land</c><00:25:52.440><c> of</c><00:25:52.680><c> Canaan,</c><00:25:53.720><c> Sarai,</c>

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:57.619
Abram's<00:25:54.700><c> wife,</c><00:25:55.140><c> took</c><00:25:55.500><c> Hagar</c><00:25:55.819><c> the</c><00:25:56.099><c> Egyptian,</c><00:25:56.519><c> her</c><00:25:56.779><c> maid,</c><00:25:57.539><c> and</c>

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gave<00:25:57.880><c> her</c><00:25:58.160><c> to</c><00:25:58.400><c> Abram,</c><00:25:59.240><c> her</c><00:25:59.460><c> husband,</c><00:26:00.220><c> as</c><00:26:00.920><c> a</c><00:26:01.480><c> wife.</c>

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So,<00:26:03.559><c> it</c><00:26:03.559><c> was</c><00:26:03.799><c> in</c><00:26:03.940><c> Canaan</c><00:26:04.160><c> 10</c><00:26:04.380><c> years</c><00:26:05.000><c> before</c><00:26:06.660><c> he</c><00:26:07.240><c> took</c><00:26:07.420><c> Hagar.</c>

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We're<00:26:09.400><c> gradually</c><00:26:09.859><c> getting</c><00:26:10.160><c> there.</c>

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You're<00:26:11.859><c> beginning</c><00:26:12.099><c> to</c><00:26:12.279><c> add</c><00:26:12.380><c> those</c><00:26:12.579><c> things</c><00:26:12.819><c> up,</c><00:26:13.099><c> aren't</c><00:26:13.259><c> you?</c>

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If<00:26:13.759><c> it</c><00:26:13.819><c> was</c><00:26:13.980><c> 75</c><00:26:14.440><c> years</c><00:26:14.859><c> when</c><00:26:14.980><c> he</c><00:26:15.099><c> left</c><00:26:15.339><c> to</c><00:26:15.500><c> one</c><00:26:15.720><c> place,</c>

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and<00:26:16.539><c> it</c><00:26:16.680><c> was</c><00:26:16.680><c> 10</c><00:26:16.900><c> years</c><00:26:17.359><c> after</c><00:26:17.599><c> he</c><00:26:17.720><c> got</c><00:26:17.839><c> to</c><00:26:17.900><c> the</c><00:26:18.019><c> other</c><00:26:18.220><c> place,</c>

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how<00:26:19.220><c> old</c><00:26:19.420><c> was</c><00:26:19.599><c> that</c><00:26:19.799><c> making?</c>

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85.<00:26:21.720><c> That's</c><00:26:22.200><c> a</c><00:26:22.259><c> good</c><00:26:22.519><c> answer.</c><00:26:22.940><c> About</c><00:26:23.279><c> 85.</c><00:26:23.880><c> You're</c><00:26:24.180><c> absolutely</c>

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right.<00:26:25.700><c> He</c><00:26:25.799><c> might</c><00:26:26.000><c> have</c><00:26:26.119><c> been</c><00:26:26.279><c> 85</c><00:26:26.700><c> and</c><00:26:26.880><c> a</c><00:26:26.940><c> half,</c><00:26:27.200><c> 86,</c>

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but<00:26:27.880><c> that's</c><00:26:28.259><c> the</c><00:26:28.460><c> time</c><00:26:28.700><c> frame</c><00:26:28.880><c> in</c><00:26:29.039><c> which</c><00:26:29.180><c> we're</c><00:26:29.400><c> talking.</c><00:26:32.079><c> So,</c>

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as<00:26:32.400><c> a</c><00:26:32.440><c> matter</c><00:26:32.559><c> of</c><00:26:32.759><c> fact,</c><00:26:32.940><c> I</c><00:26:33.140><c> believe</c><00:26:33.380><c> he</c><00:26:33.519><c> was</c><00:26:33.759><c> 86</c><00:26:34.279><c> years</c>

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:37.720
old<00:26:35.519><c> when</c><00:26:36.119><c> he</c><00:26:36.440><c> took</c><00:26:36.440><c> Hagar</c><00:26:36.819><c> to</c><00:26:37.019><c> Hawaii,</c><00:26:37.160><c> because</c><00:26:37.359><c> it</c><00:26:37.500><c> took</c><00:26:37.599><c> him</c>

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about<00:26:37.940><c> a</c><00:26:38.099><c> year</c><00:26:38.240><c> to</c><00:26:38.359><c> get</c><00:26:38.559><c> down.</c><00:26:38.819><c> All</c><00:26:39.019><c> right.</c><00:26:40.279><c> Now,</c>

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:47.220
so,<00:26:41.720><c> not</c><00:26:41.940><c> more</c><00:26:42.359><c> than</c><00:26:42.519><c> a</c><00:26:42.799><c> year</c><00:26:43.039><c> elapsed</c><00:26:44.500><c> between</c><00:26:44.880><c> the</c><00:26:45.119><c> departure</c><00:26:45.680><c> from</c><00:26:46.200><c> Haran</c><00:26:46.680><c> and</c>

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:49.240
his<00:26:47.480><c> arrival</c><00:26:47.940><c> in</c><00:26:48.500><c> Canaan.</c>

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:56.000
Now,<00:26:51.660><c> for</c><00:26:52.000><c> a</c><00:26:52.220><c> perspective,</c><00:26:54.079><c> a</c><00:26:54.240><c> word</c><00:26:54.519><c> about</c><00:26:54.799><c> the</c><00:26:55.119><c> size</c><00:26:55.500><c> of</c><00:26:55.720><c> the</c>

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community<00:26:56.380><c> under</c><00:26:56.720><c> Abram.</c>

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In<00:26:58.900><c> addition</c><00:26:59.220><c> to</c><00:26:59.440><c> his</c><00:26:59.640><c> wife,</c><00:27:01.099><c> his</c><00:27:01.359><c> nephew,</c><00:27:02.480><c> and</c><00:27:02.740><c> servants</c><00:27:03.079><c> acquired</c><00:27:03.579><c> in</c><00:27:03.859><c> Haran,</c>

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:09.259
we<00:27:05.579><c> already</c><00:27:05.900><c> found</c><00:27:06.099><c> that</c><00:27:06.359><c> mentioned</c><00:27:06.599><c> in</c><00:27:06.960><c> Genesis</c><00:27:07.319><c> 12</c><00:27:07.680><c>.05,</c><00:27:08.980><c> he</c>

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certainly<00:27:10.019><c> took</c><00:27:10.380><c> under</c><00:27:10.579><c> himself</c><00:27:11.160><c> additional</c><00:27:12.000><c> servants</c>

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by<00:27:13.240><c> purchase,</c><00:27:15.079><c> by</c><00:27:15.440><c> gift,</c><00:27:17.000><c> and</c><00:27:17.119><c> undoubtedly</c><00:27:17.680><c> by</c><00:27:18.660><c> birth.</c><00:27:19.720><c> Now,</c>

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this<00:27:20.119><c> we</c><00:27:20.259><c> will</c><00:27:20.440><c> take</c><00:27:20.700><c> a</c><00:27:20.799><c> look</c><00:27:21.000><c> at</c>

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scripturally<00:27:21.799><c> too.</c><00:27:22.299><c> We're</c><00:27:22.400><c> now</c><00:27:22.599><c> in</c><00:27:22.859><c> the</c><00:27:23.039><c> 17th</c><00:27:23.640><c> chapter</c><00:27:24.000><c> of</c><00:27:24.319><c> Genesis.</c>

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:33.599
Oh,<00:27:30.319><c> let's</c><00:27:30.559><c> see.</c><00:27:31.079><c> Let's</c><00:27:31.259><c> take</c><00:27:31.480><c> a</c><00:27:31.559><c> look</c><00:27:31.700><c> at</c><00:27:31.839><c> verses</c><00:27:32.119><c> 23</c><00:27:32.660><c> and</c><00:27:32.880><c> 27</c>

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:39.920
of<00:27:35.299><c> the</c><00:27:35.559><c> 17th</c><00:27:36.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:36.440><c> of</c><00:27:36.660><c> Genesis.</c><00:27:38.339><c> Verse</c><00:27:38.539><c> 23,</c>

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Then<00:27:40.359><c> Abraham</c><00:27:40.799><c> took</c><00:27:41.099><c> each</c><00:27:41.359><c> male</c><00:27:41.519><c> his</c><00:27:41.779><c> son</c><00:27:42.079><c> and</c><00:27:42.420><c> all</c><00:27:42.900><c> the</c><00:27:43.319><c> slaves</c><00:27:44.039><c> born</c>

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in<00:27:45.000><c> his</c><00:27:45.259><c> house,</c><00:27:46.660><c> or</c><00:27:47.200><c> bought</c><00:27:47.900><c> with</c><00:27:48.240><c> his</c>

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:52.400
money<00:27:49.019><c> every</c><00:27:49.680><c> male</c><00:27:50.000><c> among</c><00:27:50.420><c> the</c><00:27:50.619><c> men</c><00:27:50.759><c> of</c><00:27:51.000><c> Abraham's</c><00:27:51.500><c> house,</c><00:27:51.819><c> and</c><00:27:52.099><c> he</c>

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circumcised<00:27:53.720><c> the</c><00:27:54.380><c> flesh,</c><00:27:54.640><c> et</c><00:27:54.920><c> cetera,</c><00:27:55.160><c> et</c><00:27:55.319><c> cetera.</c>

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So,<00:27:56.400><c> we're</c><00:27:56.480><c> just</c><00:27:56.880><c> told</c><00:27:57.180><c> in</c><00:27:57.539><c> an</c><00:27:57.900><c> offhand</c><00:27:58.299><c> way</c><00:27:58.900><c> those</c><00:27:59.700><c> that</c><00:27:59.920><c> had</c>

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:02.779
been<00:28:00.279><c> born,</c><00:28:00.980><c> those</c><00:28:01.299><c> that</c><00:28:01.519><c> he'd</c><00:28:01.900><c> bought.</c>

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:13.660
So,<00:28:05.119><c> his</c><00:28:05.160><c> revenue</c><00:28:05.740><c> was</c><00:28:07.380><c> increasing,</c><00:28:08.240><c> right?</c><00:28:09.920><c> Now,</c><00:28:10.140><c> look</c><00:28:10.339><c> at</c><00:28:10.660><c> chapter</c><00:28:11.019><c> 20,</c><00:28:12.579><c> verse</c><00:28:12.819><c> 14,</c><00:28:13.579><c> I</c>

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believe<00:28:14.039><c> it</c><00:28:14.220><c> is,</c><00:28:14.440><c> yes,</c>

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:19.500
the<00:28:15.660><c> 14th</c><00:28:16.500><c> verse</c><00:28:16.980><c> of</c><00:28:17.259><c> Genesis,</c><00:28:18.299><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.619><c> 20.</c>

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:31.599
Then<00:28:24.680><c> Abimelech</c><00:28:25.680><c> took</c><00:28:26.160><c> sheep</c><00:28:26.900><c> and</c><00:28:27.720><c> oxen</c><00:28:28.519><c> and</c><00:28:28.980><c> male</c><00:28:29.480><c> and</c><00:28:29.859><c> female</c><00:28:30.359><c> slaves</c><00:28:31.000><c> and</c>

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:35.420
gave<00:28:32.240><c> them</c><00:28:33.000><c> to</c><00:28:34.259><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:39.440
Now,<00:28:36.099><c> that</c><00:28:36.299><c> was</c><00:28:36.619><c> involved</c><00:28:37.319><c> in</c><00:28:37.519><c> that</c><00:28:37.779><c> proposition</c><00:28:38.299><c> with</c><00:28:39.160><c> his</c>

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:42.720
wife,<00:28:40.160><c> Sarah.</c><00:28:40.980><c> But</c><00:28:41.160><c> here's</c><00:28:41.400><c> Abimelech.</c><00:28:42.259><c> Not</c><00:28:42.500><c> only</c>

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:47.359
was<00:28:43.000><c> Abraham</c><00:28:43.460><c> pretty</c><00:28:44.200><c> big</c><00:28:44.500><c> and</c><00:28:44.720><c> powerful</c><00:28:45.000><c> already,</c><00:28:47.000><c> but</c><00:28:47.140><c> this</c>

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:49.099
man<00:28:47.539><c> gave</c><00:28:47.839><c> him</c><00:28:47.980><c> more.</c>

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:54.839
You<00:28:52.519><c> might</c><00:28:52.759><c> say</c><00:28:53.019><c> in</c><00:28:53.220><c> today's</c><00:28:53.619><c> vernacular</c><00:28:54.059><c> he</c><00:28:54.180><c> was</c><00:28:54.420><c> building</c><00:28:54.660><c> a</c>

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:59.799
dynasty,<00:28:56.660><c> but</c><00:28:56.779><c> at</c><00:28:57.000><c> any</c><00:28:57.200><c> rate</c><00:28:57.680><c> it</c><00:28:58.519><c> was</c><00:28:58.819><c> growing.</c>

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:07.980
Abram,<00:29:01.880><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:03.079><c> and</c><00:29:03.200><c> those</c><00:29:03.440><c> names</c><00:29:03.680><c> are</c><00:29:03.960><c> becoming</c><00:29:04.319><c> interchangeable</c><00:29:05.079><c> now,</c><00:29:07.000><c> was</c><00:29:07.180><c> rich</c>

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:15.599
in<00:29:09.119><c> flocks</c><00:29:10.019><c> and</c><00:29:10.779><c> herds</c><00:29:11.799><c> and</c><00:29:12.220><c> their</c><00:29:12.380><c> necessary</c><00:29:13.140><c> accompaniment,</c><00:29:14.779><c> men</c><00:29:15.119><c> servants</c>

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:18.359
and<00:29:16.900><c> women</c><00:29:17.259><c> servants.</c>

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:24.019
Genesis<00:29:18.660><c> 13</c><00:29:19.200><c>.2</c><00:29:19.480><c> tells</c><00:29:19.839><c> us</c><00:29:20.160><c> that</c><00:29:20.440><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:21.200><c> or</c><00:29:21.460><c> Abram,</c><00:29:22.119><c> was</c><00:29:22.519><c> very</c><00:29:23.180><c> rich</c><00:29:23.579><c> in</c>

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:26.819
cattle<00:29:24.440><c> and</c><00:29:25.140><c> silver</c><00:29:25.579><c> and</c><00:29:26.380><c> gold.</c>

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:33.339
And<00:29:27.339><c> one</c><00:29:27.519><c> more</c><00:29:27.799><c> quick</c><00:29:28.059><c> reference</c><00:29:28.599><c> that</c><00:29:29.579><c> will</c><00:29:29.759><c> suffice</c><00:29:30.180><c> to</c><00:29:30.380><c> make</c><00:29:30.539><c> this</c><00:29:30.839><c> point,</c><00:29:31.519><c> Genesis</c><00:29:32.000><c> chapter</c><00:29:32.420><c> 24.</c>

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:41.829
Now,<00:29:35.880><c> let's</c><00:29:36.279><c> see,</c><00:29:37.420><c> verses</c><00:29:37.660><c> 34</c><00:29:38.220><c> and</c><00:29:38.359><c> 35</c><00:29:39.059><c> of</c><00:29:39.700><c> Genesis</c><00:29:40.259><c> chapter</c><00:29:40.900><c> 24.</c>

00:29:45.309 --> 00:29:50.660
He<00:29:45.740><c> said,</c><00:29:47.160><c> I</c><00:29:47.440><c> am</c><00:29:47.640><c> Abraham's</c><00:29:48.240><c> servant.</c><00:29:49.359><c> The</c><00:29:49.559><c> Lord</c><00:29:49.859><c> has</c><00:29:50.220><c> greatly</c>

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:52.819
blessed<00:29:51.240><c> my</c><00:29:51.640><c> master,</c>

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:57.759
and<00:29:53.299><c> he</c><00:29:53.500><c> has</c><00:29:53.839><c> become</c><00:29:54.220><c> great.</c><00:29:55.400><c> He</c><00:29:55.680><c> has</c><00:29:55.960><c> given</c><00:29:56.160><c> him</c><00:29:56.579><c> flocks</c><00:29:57.259><c> and</c>

00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:01.599
herds,<00:29:58.799><c> silver</c><00:29:59.279><c> and</c><00:29:59.759><c> gold,</c><00:30:00.599><c> men</c><00:30:00.940><c> servants</c><00:30:01.299><c> and</c>

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:07.720
maid<00:30:01.920><c> servants,</c><00:30:02.640><c> camels</c><00:30:03.220><c> and</c><00:30:04.319><c> asses.</c><00:30:06.359><c> The</c><00:30:06.660><c> detail</c><00:30:07.160><c> by</c><00:30:07.480><c> which</c>

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:11.859
we<00:30:08.019><c> are</c><00:30:08.119><c> told</c><00:30:09.099><c> what</c><00:30:10.000><c> was</c><00:30:10.319><c> accruing</c><00:30:10.619><c> to</c><00:30:10.880><c> Abraham</c>

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:16.000
is<00:30:12.759><c> very</c><00:30:13.119><c> important</c><00:30:13.720><c> in</c><00:30:14.119><c> some</c><00:30:14.339><c> of</c><00:30:14.480><c> the</c><00:30:14.579><c> elements</c><00:30:14.900><c> that</c><00:30:15.160><c> I'm</c><00:30:15.339><c> going</c><00:30:15.480><c> to</c>

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.480
share<00:30:16.180><c> with</c><00:30:16.400><c> you</c><00:30:16.539><c> today.</c>

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:22.279
Very<00:30:18.200><c> important,</c><00:30:19.500><c> at</c><00:30:19.740><c> least</c><00:30:19.940><c> in</c><00:30:20.160><c> my</c><00:30:20.359><c> opinion.</c><00:30:21.440><c> We'll</c><00:30:21.599><c> see</c><00:30:21.779><c> whether</c><00:30:21.980><c> you</c>

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.660
share<00:30:22.440><c> it</c><00:30:22.660><c> or</c><00:30:22.859><c> not.</c>

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:29.779
Now,<00:30:27.140><c> there's</c><00:30:27.380><c> no</c><00:30:27.680><c> question</c><00:30:28.200><c> by</c><00:30:28.660><c> the</c><00:30:28.880><c> brief</c><00:30:29.220><c> look</c><00:30:29.480><c>-see</c><00:30:29.619><c> that</c>

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:34.380
we've<00:30:30.140><c> had</c><00:30:30.640><c> that</c><00:30:32.160><c> Abram</c><00:30:32.460><c> was</c><00:30:32.720><c> very</c><00:30:33.160><c> great,</c>

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:43.079
powerful,<00:30:37.900><c> and</c><00:30:38.119><c> rich</c><00:30:38.559><c> in</c><00:30:39.099><c> the</c><00:30:39.480><c> eyes</c><00:30:40.039><c> of</c><00:30:40.420><c> his</c><00:30:40.839><c> fellow</c><00:30:41.619><c> mortals.</c>

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.779
Now<00:30:44.359><c> hold</c><00:30:44.460><c> on</c><00:30:44.619><c> to</c><00:30:44.680><c> that</c><00:30:44.779><c> for</c><00:30:44.940><c> a</c><00:30:45.039><c> moment.</c>

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:51.339
He<00:30:46.960><c> had</c><00:30:47.220><c> to</c><00:30:47.400><c> be</c><00:30:47.599><c> rich,</c><00:30:49.640><c> considered</c><00:30:50.019><c> great</c><00:30:50.400><c> and</c><00:30:50.779><c> powerful</c><00:30:51.119><c> in</c>

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:53.640
the<00:30:51.559><c> eyes</c><00:30:51.960><c> of</c><00:30:52.220><c> his</c><00:30:52.559><c> fellow</c>

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:59.720
mortals.<00:30:56.920><c> Now,</c><00:30:58.220><c> let</c><00:30:58.220><c> me</c><00:30:58.319><c> put</c><00:30:58.559><c> this</c><00:30:58.720><c> question</c><00:30:59.059><c> right</c><00:30:59.220><c> to</c><00:30:59.420><c> you.</c>

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:03.859
How<00:31:00.180><c> would</c><00:31:00.440><c> you</c><00:31:00.680><c> feel</c><00:31:01.240><c> with</c><00:31:02.140><c> that</c><00:31:02.559><c> kind</c><00:31:03.299><c> of</c><00:31:03.599><c> wealth</c>

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:10.240
and<00:31:04.259><c> power?</c><00:31:06.619><c> Put</c><00:31:06.880><c> yourself</c><00:31:07.240><c> in</c><00:31:07.319><c> that</c><00:31:07.500><c> position.</c><00:31:08.019><c> Ask</c><00:31:08.299><c> yourself</c><00:31:08.680><c> that</c><00:31:08.920><c> question.</c><00:31:09.720><c> Man,</c><00:31:10.079><c> if</c>

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:11.380
I've<00:31:10.500><c> got</c><00:31:10.700><c> all</c><00:31:11.240><c> of</c>

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:15.140
these<00:31:11.660><c> resources</c><00:31:12.339><c> and</c><00:31:12.640><c> all</c><00:31:12.839><c> of</c><00:31:12.940><c> this</c><00:31:13.160><c> power</c><00:31:13.680><c> and</c><00:31:14.019><c> reputation,</c>

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:18.259
boy,<00:31:15.420><c> I'm</c><00:31:15.980><c> sitting</c><00:31:16.279><c> as</c><00:31:16.640><c> king</c><00:31:17.000><c> of</c><00:31:17.299><c> the</c><00:31:17.480><c> hill.</c>

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:26.720
So,<00:31:20.759><c> when</c><00:31:20.920><c> we</c><00:31:21.059><c> put</c><00:31:21.259><c> ourselves</c><00:31:21.720><c> in</c><00:31:21.900><c> that</c><00:31:22.059><c> position,</c><00:31:22.660><c> we</c><00:31:22.740><c> say,</c><00:31:22.980><c> oh</c><00:31:23.339><c> boy,</c><00:31:24.799><c> that's</c><00:31:25.440><c> quite</c><00:31:26.200><c> a</c>

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:30.500
test,<00:31:28.359><c> quite</c><00:31:28.880><c> a</c><00:31:29.420><c> test.</c>

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:37.960
Abraham<00:31:31.839><c> had</c><00:31:32.240><c> all</c><00:31:32.920><c> of</c><00:31:33.819><c> the</c><00:31:34.019><c> elements</c><00:31:34.460><c> that</c><00:31:34.880><c> society</c><00:31:35.680><c> would</c><00:31:36.119><c> deem</c><00:31:36.400><c> necessary</c><00:31:37.220><c> to</c>

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.039
trust<00:31:38.380><c> in</c><00:31:38.880><c> his</c><00:31:39.240><c> own</c><00:31:40.180><c> might.</c>

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:47.380
And<00:31:44.000><c> of</c><00:31:44.279><c> course,</c><00:31:44.700><c> the</c><00:31:44.799><c> world</c><00:31:45.079><c> is</c><00:31:45.480><c> full</c><00:31:45.799><c> of</c><00:31:46.000><c> that</c><00:31:46.519><c> to</c><00:31:46.799><c> this</c><00:31:47.079><c> day.</c>

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:50.500
But<00:31:48.000><c> that's</c><00:31:48.400><c> the</c><00:31:48.559><c> position</c><00:31:49.039><c> Abraham</c><00:31:49.660><c> found</c><00:31:50.000><c> himself</c>

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:54.160
in.<00:31:51.119><c> Now</c><00:31:51.440><c> remember,</c><00:31:51.720><c> he'd</c><00:31:52.000><c> come</c><00:31:52.240><c> out</c><00:31:52.440><c> of</c><00:31:52.619><c> idolatry.</c><00:31:53.539><c> More</c><00:31:53.680><c> about</c><00:31:53.839><c> that</c><00:31:54.019><c> in</c>

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:57.140
just<00:31:54.359><c> a</c><00:31:54.500><c> moment.</c><00:31:55.859><c> But</c><00:31:56.079><c> he</c><00:31:56.220><c> had</c><00:31:56.480><c> gained</c><00:31:56.779><c> the</c>

00:31:57.140 --> 00:32:01.660
wherewithal,<00:31:57.759><c> the</c><00:31:57.960><c> resources,</c><00:31:58.559><c> the</c><00:31:58.819><c> power,</c><00:31:59.539><c> the</c><00:31:59.680><c> reputation.</c><00:32:00.859><c> Man,</c><00:32:01.359><c> I</c><00:32:01.500><c> can</c>

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.859
do<00:32:01.819><c> anything</c><00:32:02.019><c> I</c><00:32:02.279><c> want</c><00:32:02.500><c> to</c><00:32:02.680><c> do.</c>

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:09.519
Don't<00:32:03.140><c> get</c><00:32:03.420><c> in</c><00:32:03.579><c> my</c><00:32:03.839><c> way.</c><00:32:08.240><c> I</c><00:32:08.259><c> don't</c><00:32:08.480><c> know</c><00:32:08.660><c> whether</c><00:32:08.880><c> that</c><00:32:09.180><c> thought</c><00:32:09.359><c> went</c>

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.799
through<00:32:09.700><c> his</c><00:32:09.920><c> mind,</c><00:32:10.059><c> and</c><00:32:10.220><c> I'm</c><00:32:10.460><c> not</c>

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:13.980
suggesting<00:32:11.299><c> that</c><00:32:11.519><c> it</c><00:32:11.779><c> did.</c><00:32:12.500><c> But</c><00:32:12.619><c> if</c><00:32:12.799><c> we</c><00:32:12.940><c> put</c><00:32:13.140><c> ourselves</c><00:32:13.759><c> into</c>

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:16.900
that<00:32:14.279><c> kind</c><00:32:14.440><c> of</c><00:32:14.660><c> position,</c><00:32:15.140><c> we</c><00:32:15.359><c> wonder</c><00:32:15.640><c> sometimes</c>

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:23.980
how<00:32:17.440><c> arrogant</c><00:32:18.099><c> and</c><00:32:20.039><c> mighty</c><00:32:20.319><c> we</c><00:32:20.779><c> would</c><00:32:21.000><c> feel</c><00:32:21.160><c> ourselves</c><00:32:21.720><c> to</c><00:32:21.980><c> be.</c><00:32:23.500><c> It's</c><00:32:23.819><c> a</c>

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:27.519
question<00:32:24.880><c> worth</c><00:32:26.140><c> considering.</c>

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:32.000
But,<00:32:28.599><c> brothers</c><00:32:28.880><c> and</c><00:32:29.180><c> sisters</c><00:32:29.440><c> and</c><00:32:29.660><c> young</c><00:32:29.859><c> people,</c><00:32:30.279><c> here</c><00:32:30.720><c> comes</c><00:32:31.559><c> the</c>

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:38.000
real<00:32:32.660><c> but.</c><00:32:33.720><c> Not</c><00:32:34.039><c> B</c><00:32:34.440><c>-U</c><00:32:34.500><c>-T</c><00:32:34.779><c>-T</c><00:32:35.000><c>-S,</c><00:32:35.299><c> but</c><00:32:35.599><c> B</c><00:32:36.079><c>-U</c><00:32:36.900><c>-T.</c>

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:48.359
But<00:32:41.960><c> nestled</c><00:32:42.880><c> within</c><00:32:43.140><c> the</c><00:32:43.440><c> record</c><00:32:43.980><c> of</c><00:32:44.819><c> Abraham</c><00:32:45.359><c> and</c><00:32:47.099><c> his</c><00:32:47.359><c> relationship</c><00:32:48.059><c> with</c>

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:53.259
God<00:32:49.279><c> are</c><00:32:50.359><c> instances</c><00:32:51.160><c> of</c><00:32:51.819><c> four,</c>

00:32:53.480 --> 00:33:01.880
four<00:32:54.140><c> great</c><00:32:55.059><c> crises</c><00:32:55.900><c> from</c><00:32:57.240><c> which</c><00:32:57.519><c> each</c><00:32:57.859><c> one</c><00:32:58.099><c> of</c><00:32:58.220><c> us</c><00:32:59.279><c> can</c><00:32:59.720><c> learn.</c><00:33:01.279><c> Four</c>

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:04.740
great<00:33:02.700><c> crises</c><00:33:03.259><c> from</c><00:33:03.579><c> which</c><00:33:03.900><c> each</c><00:33:04.279><c> one</c><00:33:04.500><c> of</c>

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:11.819
us<00:33:05.319><c> can</c><00:33:06.180><c> learn.</c><00:33:07.740><c> Not</c><00:33:08.099><c> only</c><00:33:09.539><c> of</c><00:33:10.259><c> the</c><00:33:10.460><c> man</c><00:33:10.740><c> and</c><00:33:10.920><c> why</c><00:33:11.059><c> God</c><00:33:11.460><c> thought</c>

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:15.619
of<00:33:11.940><c> him</c><00:33:12.099><c> as</c><00:33:12.380><c> he</c><00:33:12.599><c> did,</c><00:33:14.200><c> but</c><00:33:14.339><c> as</c><00:33:14.700><c> examples,</c>

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:20.039
establishing<00:33:16.759><c> the</c><00:33:17.160><c> principles</c><00:33:17.640><c> to</c><00:33:18.079><c> follow</c><00:33:18.619><c> and</c><00:33:19.259><c> keeping</c><00:33:19.519><c> our</c>

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:25.359
own<00:33:20.599><c> all</c><00:33:21.299><c> too</c><00:33:21.539><c> often</c><00:33:22.579><c> faltering</c><00:33:23.319><c> priorities</c><00:33:24.140><c> straight.</c>

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:32.240
We<00:33:27.900><c> can</c><00:33:28.160><c> feel</c><00:33:28.519><c> real</c><00:33:28.900><c> empathy</c><00:33:29.440><c> when</c><00:33:30.779><c> we</c><00:33:30.960><c> look</c><00:33:31.099><c> at</c><00:33:31.279><c> these</c><00:33:31.500><c> crises</c>

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:37.339
because<00:33:34.019><c> in</c><00:33:34.299><c> each</c><00:33:34.940><c> one</c><00:33:35.740><c> was</c><00:33:36.160><c> the</c><00:33:36.400><c> involvement</c>

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:43.599
of<00:33:37.980><c> surrendering</c><00:33:38.799><c> something</c><00:33:39.720><c> which</c><00:33:40.500><c> from</c><00:33:40.720><c> a</c><00:33:41.099><c> natural</c><00:33:41.519><c> viewpoint,</c><00:33:43.099><c> from</c><00:33:43.339><c> a</c>

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:46.079
natural<00:33:44.259><c> human</c><00:33:44.940><c> viewpoint,</c>

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:49.500
was<00:33:47.920><c> most</c><00:33:48.319><c> dear.</c>

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:56.119
Before<00:33:53.039><c> pursuing</c><00:33:54.440><c> these</c><00:33:54.960><c> occasions,</c><00:33:55.519><c> and</c><00:33:55.519><c> we're</c><00:33:55.740><c> going</c><00:33:55.920><c> to</c>

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:59.960
do<00:33:56.240><c> it,</c><00:33:58.279><c> let's</c><00:33:58.500><c> impress</c><00:33:58.759><c> upon</c><00:33:59.059><c> our</c><00:33:59.359><c> minds</c>

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:05.200
the<00:34:00.759><c> principle</c><00:34:01.099><c> enunciated</c><00:34:02.039><c> by</c><00:34:02.359><c> Jesus</c><00:34:02.799><c> in</c><00:34:02.960><c> Matthew</c><00:34:03.480><c> 10,</c><00:34:04.319><c> verses</c><00:34:04.539><c> 36</c>

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:07.200
and<00:34:05.380><c> 37,</c><00:34:06.019><c> where</c><00:34:06.259><c> we're</c><00:34:06.500><c> told</c>

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:10.320
that<00:34:07.900><c> Matthew</c><00:34:08.239><c> stated</c><00:34:08.599><c> this.</c><00:34:09.079><c> You</c><00:34:09.179><c> needn't</c><00:34:09.460><c> turn</c><00:34:09.619><c> it</c><00:34:09.780><c> off</c><00:34:09.920><c> unless</c><00:34:10.079><c> you</c>

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.900
want<00:34:10.519><c> to.</c><00:34:11.659><c> He</c><00:34:11.699><c> said,</c>

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:17.179
A<00:34:11.980><c> man's</c><00:34:12.699><c> foes</c><00:34:13.579><c> shall</c><00:34:13.940><c> be</c><00:34:14.239><c> they</c><00:34:14.480><c> of</c><00:34:14.619><c> his</c><00:34:14.920><c> own</c><00:34:15.199><c> household.</c><00:34:16.920><c> He</c>

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:20.460
that<00:34:17.440><c> loveth</c><00:34:17.699><c> father</c><00:34:18.219><c> or</c><00:34:18.760><c> mother</c><00:34:19.280><c> more</c><00:34:19.760><c> than</c><00:34:19.960><c> me</c><00:34:20.260><c> is</c>

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:24.179
not<00:34:20.800><c> worthy</c><00:34:21.119><c> of</c><00:34:21.400><c> me,</c><00:34:22.320><c> and</c><00:34:22.460><c> he</c><00:34:22.679><c> that</c><00:34:22.920><c> loveth</c><00:34:23.179><c> son</c><00:34:23.539><c> or</c><00:34:23.800><c> daughter</c>

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:28.480
more<00:34:24.579><c> than</c><00:34:24.780><c> me</c><00:34:25.539><c> is</c><00:34:26.000><c> not</c><00:34:26.599><c> worthy</c><00:34:27.139><c> of</c><00:34:27.599><c> me.</c>

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:35.980
Now,<00:34:28.940><c> I</c><00:34:29.119><c> would</c><00:34:29.360><c> suggest</c><00:34:29.780><c> to</c><00:34:30.019><c> you</c><00:34:30.280><c> that</c><00:34:30.440><c> this</c><00:34:30.639><c> is</c><00:34:30.900><c> a</c><00:34:31.079><c> history</c><00:34:31.719><c>-long</c><00:34:32.739><c> principle.</c><00:34:34.780><c> The</c><00:34:35.000><c> principle</c><00:34:35.380><c> has</c><00:34:35.659><c> an</c>

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:40.159
absolutely<00:34:37.099><c> rock</c><00:34:37.639><c> solid</c><00:34:38.360><c> through</c><00:34:38.760><c> history.</c><00:34:39.760><c> And</c><00:34:39.980><c> remember</c>

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:42.019
the<00:34:40.400><c> time</c><00:34:40.639><c> frame</c><00:34:40.820><c> of</c><00:34:41.039><c> Abraham,</c>

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:45.260
roughly<00:34:42.260><c> two</c><00:34:42.539><c> millennia</c><00:34:43.019><c> before</c><00:34:43.460><c> Christ,</c><00:34:44.699><c> give</c><00:34:44.800><c> or</c><00:34:44.960><c> take</c><00:34:45.099><c> a</c>

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:47.719
few<00:34:45.400><c> years,</c><00:34:46.079><c> two</c><00:34:46.199><c> thousand</c><00:34:46.500><c> years</c><00:34:46.800><c> before</c><00:34:47.119><c> Christ</c><00:34:47.460><c> was</c>

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:55.119
ever<00:34:48.079><c> born.</c><00:34:52.380><c> And</c><00:34:52.539><c> the</c><00:34:52.699><c> principle</c><00:34:53.039><c> existed</c><00:34:53.639><c> then,</c><00:34:54.300><c> and</c><00:34:54.639><c> it</c>

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:57.019
still<00:34:55.880><c> does.</c>

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:11.880
First<00:35:01.239><c> crises.</c><00:35:05.619><c> Give</c><00:35:05.659><c> up</c><00:35:06.179><c> your</c><00:35:06.619><c> country</c><00:35:07.380><c> and</c><00:35:10.360><c> your</c><00:35:10.780><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:16.679
Put<00:35:14.380><c> yourselves</c><00:35:14.760><c> in</c><00:35:14.880><c> that</c><00:35:15.099><c> situation.</c><00:35:15.659><c> Go</c><00:35:15.840><c> ahead.</c>

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:22.179
Give<00:35:18.920><c> up</c><00:35:19.139><c> your</c><00:35:19.360><c> country.</c><00:35:19.699><c> Give</c><00:35:19.880><c> up</c><00:35:20.159><c> your</c><00:35:20.420><c> kingdom.</c><00:35:20.900><c> Give</c><00:35:21.159><c> them</c><00:35:21.340><c> up.</c>

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:31.780
This<00:35:25.719><c> was</c><00:35:26.000><c> a</c><00:35:26.219><c> trying</c><00:35:26.599><c> precept,</c><00:35:28.420><c> whether</c><00:35:28.639><c> he</c><00:35:28.960><c> loved</c><00:35:29.199><c> God</c><00:35:30.179><c> better</c><00:35:31.219><c> than</c>

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:33.280
his<00:35:32.099><c> native</c><00:35:32.440><c> soil</c>

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:37.880
and<00:35:34.920><c> presumably</c><00:35:35.579><c> his</c><00:35:36.000><c> natural</c><00:35:36.619><c> fellow</c><00:35:37.159><c> associates,</c>

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:44.719
or<00:35:39.820><c> whether</c><00:35:39.820><c> he</c><00:35:39.940><c> could</c><00:35:40.280><c> willingly</c><00:35:40.820><c> leave</c><00:35:42.280><c> all</c><00:35:43.119><c> that</c><00:35:43.719><c> to</c><00:35:44.360><c> go</c>

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:46.780
along<00:35:45.239><c> with</c><00:35:45.760><c> God.</c>

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:50.719
Now,<00:35:48.139><c> the</c><00:35:48.300><c> country</c><00:35:48.559><c> was</c><00:35:48.840><c> idolatrous.</c><00:35:49.960><c> You've</c><00:35:50.239><c> already</c><00:35:50.500><c> seen</c>

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:55.300
that.<00:35:51.500><c> His</c><00:35:51.900><c> kindred</c><00:35:52.760><c> undoubtedly</c><00:35:53.679><c> a</c><00:35:54.519><c> constant</c>

00:35:55.300 --> 00:36:00.659
temptation<00:35:56.059><c> to</c><00:35:56.340><c> him.</c><00:35:57.860><c> He</c><00:35:58.260><c> certainly</c><00:35:59.000><c> could</c><00:35:59.699><c> not</c><00:36:00.119><c> continue</c>

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:04.139
with<00:36:01.260><c> them</c><00:36:02.320><c> without</c><00:36:02.840><c> the</c><00:36:03.019><c> danger</c>

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:10.980
of<00:36:04.780><c> being</c><00:36:05.199><c> infected</c><00:36:05.960><c> by</c><00:36:06.559><c> them.</c><00:36:08.960><c> The</c><00:36:09.239><c> command</c><00:36:09.780><c> which</c><00:36:10.340><c> God</c><00:36:10.619><c> gave</c>

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:13.159
Abraham<00:36:11.460><c> is</c><00:36:11.699><c> much</c><00:36:12.019><c> the</c><00:36:12.360><c> same</c>

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:16.539
as<00:36:13.880><c> with</c><00:36:14.119><c> the</c><00:36:14.360><c> call</c><00:36:14.579><c> of</c><00:36:14.760><c> the</c><00:36:14.920><c> gospel</c><00:36:15.340><c> by</c><00:36:15.639><c> which</c><00:36:15.840><c> the</c><00:36:16.159><c> spiritual</c>

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:19.119
seed<00:36:16.840><c> of</c><00:36:17.079><c> Abraham</c><00:36:17.559><c> are</c><00:36:18.659><c> brought</c><00:36:18.780><c> into</c>

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:24.780
covenant<00:36:19.800><c> relationship</c><00:36:20.719><c> with</c><00:36:21.320><c> God.</c><00:36:23.860><c> Now,</c><00:36:24.179><c> I</c><00:36:24.280><c> don't</c><00:36:24.519><c> believe</c>

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:26.699
there's<00:36:25.039><c> a</c><00:36:25.179><c> person</c><00:36:25.420><c> in</c><00:36:25.639><c> this</c><00:36:25.840><c> room.</c>

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:29.840
There<00:36:26.980><c> may</c><00:36:27.179><c> be</c><00:36:27.380><c> some,</c><00:36:27.539><c> but</c><00:36:27.659><c> I</c><00:36:27.840><c> don't</c><00:36:28.079><c> know</c><00:36:28.340><c> it</c><00:36:28.519><c> if</c><00:36:28.619><c> that's</c><00:36:28.940><c> the</c><00:36:29.039><c> case.</c>

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:33.800
It<00:36:30.840><c> don't</c><00:36:31.099><c> fit</c><00:36:31.380><c> into</c><00:36:31.599><c> this</c><00:36:31.880><c> point</c><00:36:32.019><c> I'm</c><00:36:32.219><c> trying</c><00:36:32.420><c> to</c><00:36:32.579><c> make</c><00:36:32.739><c> here.</c>

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:38.760
Our<00:36:34.500><c> natural</c><00:36:35.239><c> affection</c><00:36:36.139><c> must</c><00:36:37.159><c> give</c><00:36:37.800><c> way.</c>

00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:45.880
And<00:36:40.860><c> each</c><00:36:41.079><c> one</c><00:36:41.300><c> of</c><00:36:41.480><c> us,</c><00:36:42.300><c> each</c><00:36:42.679><c> one</c><00:36:42.940><c> of</c><00:36:43.059><c> us</c><00:36:43.440><c> have</c><00:36:43.980><c> a</c><00:36:44.400><c> natural</c><00:36:44.860><c> affection.</c>

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:55.579
Our<00:36:48.679><c> native</c><00:36:49.059><c> land</c><00:36:50.019><c> may</c><00:36:51.500><c> be</c><00:36:51.719><c> dear</c><00:36:51.840><c> to</c><00:36:52.099><c> us,</c><00:36:52.780><c> and</c><00:36:54.440><c> we</c><00:36:54.679><c> have</c><00:36:54.900><c> certainly</c><00:36:55.239><c> been</c>

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:57.519
blessed<00:36:55.980><c> as</c><00:36:56.400><c> citizens</c><00:36:56.780><c> of</c><00:36:57.000><c> the</c><00:36:57.199><c> United</c>

00:36:57.519 --> 00:37:01.719
States.<00:36:58.079><c> There's</c><00:36:58.340><c> no</c><00:36:58.599><c> question</c><00:36:59.000><c> about</c><00:36:59.340><c> that,</c><00:37:00.219><c> and</c><00:37:01.360><c> I</c><00:37:01.500><c> don't</c>

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:06.079
believe<00:37:02.019><c> that</c><00:37:02.219><c> we</c><00:37:02.340><c> would</c><00:37:02.920><c> transfer</c><00:37:03.619><c> our</c><00:37:05.320><c> position,</c>

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:11.920
whatever<00:37:06.420><c> that</c><00:37:06.699><c> might</c><00:37:06.920><c> be,</c><00:37:07.219><c> in</c><00:37:07.420><c> the</c><00:37:07.579><c> United</c><00:37:07.860><c> States</c><00:37:08.380><c> with</c><00:37:09.519><c> some</c><00:37:09.800><c> other</c><00:37:10.000><c> country.</c><00:37:11.480><c> Oh,</c>

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:14.619
we<00:37:12.079><c> might</c><00:37:12.599><c> go</c><00:37:13.139><c> back</c><00:37:13.380><c> to</c><00:37:13.619><c> Scotland</c>

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:22.320
or<00:37:16.239><c> Germany</c><00:37:16.900><c> or</c><00:37:18.039><c> France</c><00:37:18.719><c> or</c><00:37:19.860><c> what</c><00:37:20.039><c> have</c><00:37:20.280><c> you,</c><00:37:21.480><c> but</c><00:37:21.639><c> we</c><00:37:21.880><c> have</c><00:37:22.039><c> a</c>

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:25.519
natural<00:37:22.840><c> tendency</c><00:37:23.440><c> to</c><00:37:24.320><c> like</c><00:37:24.579><c> the</c><00:37:24.900><c> native</c><00:37:25.159><c> land</c>

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:34.340
which<00:37:25.780><c> we</c><00:37:26.079><c> find</c><00:37:26.340><c> ourselves,</c><00:37:26.880><c> don't</c><00:37:27.119><c> we?</c><00:37:29.800><c> Okay.</c><00:37:32.800><c> The</c><00:37:33.079><c> point</c><00:37:33.300><c> is</c><00:37:33.559><c> made</c>

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:42.480
by<00:37:37.239><c> Jesus</c><00:37:37.619><c> in</c><00:37:37.840><c> Luke</c><00:37:38.300><c> 14</c><00:37:38.860><c> 26.</c><00:37:39.639><c> Now,</c><00:37:39.820><c> these</c><00:37:40.099><c> words</c><00:37:40.840><c> I</c><00:37:42.199><c> have</c><00:37:42.340><c> had</c>

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.599
to<00:37:42.619><c> deal</c><00:37:42.820><c> with</c>

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:47.940
a<00:37:44.900><c> number</c><00:37:45.119><c> of</c><00:37:45.340><c> times</c><00:37:45.639><c> with</c><00:37:45.820><c> people</c><00:37:46.159><c> who</c><00:37:46.340><c> have</c><00:37:46.519><c> asked</c><00:37:46.679><c> me</c><00:37:46.860><c> about</c><00:37:47.159><c> them.</c>

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:56.820
Now,<00:37:50.500><c> it's</c><00:37:50.699><c> Luke</c><00:37:50.960><c> 14</c><00:37:52.199><c> verse</c><00:37:53.320><c> 26.</c><00:37:56.079><c> Now,</c><00:37:56.219><c> you</c><00:37:56.239><c> can</c><00:37:56.360><c> look</c><00:37:56.579><c> that</c><00:37:56.719><c> up</c>

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:58.940
if<00:37:56.980><c> you</c><00:37:57.139><c> want</c><00:37:57.320><c> to.</c><00:37:57.719><c> I'm</c><00:37:57.900><c> simply</c><00:37:58.219><c> going</c><00:37:58.460><c> to</c><00:37:58.639><c> tell</c><00:37:58.760><c> you</c>

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:02.659
what<00:37:59.099><c> it</c><00:37:59.260><c> means.</c><00:38:00.139><c> That's</c><00:38:00.480><c> where</c><00:38:00.579><c> Jesus</c><00:38:01.380><c> said</c><00:38:01.840><c> that</c><00:38:02.079><c> you</c><00:38:02.179><c> must</c>

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:08.340
hate<00:38:03.780><c> your,</c><00:38:05.840><c> in</c><00:38:06.139><c> effect</c><00:38:06.360><c> your</c><00:38:06.599><c> family</c><00:38:07.400><c> and</c><00:38:07.860><c> your</c><00:38:08.059><c> upbringing.</c>

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:13.599
You<00:38:08.780><c> must</c><00:38:09.039><c> hate</c><00:38:09.300><c> it.</c><00:38:10.820><c> That's</c><00:38:11.300><c> a</c><00:38:11.480><c> strong</c><00:38:11.679><c> word.</c><00:38:13.039><c> It's</c><00:38:13.239><c> a</c><00:38:13.380><c> strong</c>

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:16.219
word<00:38:13.840><c> in</c><00:38:14.019><c> the</c><00:38:14.139><c> vernacular</c><00:38:14.619><c> that</c><00:38:14.780><c> we</c><00:38:15.039><c> use</c><00:38:15.300><c> these</c><00:38:15.659><c> days</c>

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:19.960
if<00:38:16.920><c> somebody</c><00:38:17.280><c> says,</c><00:38:17.699><c> I</c><00:38:17.699><c> hate</c><00:38:17.980><c> you.</c><00:38:18.420><c> Boy,</c><00:38:18.539><c> that's</c><00:38:18.840><c> pretty</c><00:38:19.039><c> tough</c><00:38:19.320><c> stuff.</c><00:38:19.820><c> And</c>

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:22.440
here's<00:38:20.219><c> Jesus</c><00:38:20.579><c> saying</c><00:38:20.880><c> you</c><00:38:21.079><c> must</c><00:38:21.460><c> hate.</c>

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:27.460
Now,<00:38:23.420><c> is</c><00:38:23.519><c> that</c><00:38:23.739><c> consistent?</c><00:38:25.320><c> So,</c><00:38:25.519><c> when</c><00:38:25.619><c> you</c><00:38:25.780><c> look</c><00:38:25.940><c> at</c><00:38:26.119><c> it</c><00:38:26.360><c> carefully,</c>

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:31.159
you've<00:38:28.579><c> got</c><00:38:28.639><c> to</c><00:38:28.900><c> understand</c><00:38:29.320><c> this</c><00:38:29.539><c> is</c><00:38:29.800><c> a</c><00:38:29.920><c> term</c><00:38:30.159><c> of</c><00:38:30.500><c> affection</c>

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:35.760
used<00:38:33.519><c> in</c><00:38:33.699><c> a</c><00:38:34.099><c> comparative</c><00:38:34.559><c> sense.</c>

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:42.579
Our<00:38:36.820><c> natural</c><00:38:37.239><c> affection</c><00:38:37.880><c> as</c><00:38:38.739><c> compared</c><00:38:39.219><c> to</c><00:38:39.519><c> our</c><00:38:39.860><c> love</c><00:38:40.460><c> and</c><00:38:41.179><c> devotion</c><00:38:41.679><c> to</c>

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.679
God<00:38:43.019><c> and</c><00:38:43.260><c> his</c><00:38:43.559><c> Christ</c>

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:54.980
is<00:38:45.599><c> to</c><00:38:46.059><c> be,</c><00:38:46.280><c> as</c><00:38:46.480><c> it</c><00:38:46.780><c> were,</c><00:38:48.719><c> hate</c><00:38:48.719><c> them</c><00:38:49.659><c> in</c><00:38:50.179><c> comparison</c><00:38:50.780><c> with</c><00:38:52.380><c> him</c><00:38:53.300><c> when</c><00:38:53.920><c> and</c><00:38:54.480><c> if</c>

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they<00:38:55.280><c> are</c><00:38:55.599><c> in</c><00:38:55.880><c> competition</c>

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with<00:38:56.840><c> him</c><00:38:57.159><c> or</c><00:38:57.460><c> his</c><00:38:57.800><c> will.</c><00:38:58.860><c> And</c><00:38:59.019><c> that's</c><00:38:59.300><c> the</c><00:38:59.519><c> bottom</c><00:38:59.840><c> line.</c><00:39:00.260><c> It's</c><00:39:00.380><c> very</c><00:39:00.739><c> tough</c><00:39:01.019><c> for</c>

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us<00:39:01.480><c> to</c><00:39:01.739><c> understand,</c>

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but<00:39:02.579><c> that's</c><00:39:03.219><c> what</c><00:39:03.699><c> Abram</c><00:39:04.059><c> had</c><00:39:04.360><c> to</c><00:39:04.619><c> do.</c><00:39:06.039><c> All</c><00:39:06.239><c> more</c><00:39:06.460><c> about</c><00:39:06.679><c> that</c>

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in<00:39:07.059><c> just</c><00:39:07.300><c> a</c><00:39:07.519><c> moment</c><00:39:07.780><c> and</c><00:39:08.119><c> then</c><00:39:08.280><c> we'll</c><00:39:08.460><c> have</c><00:39:08.679><c> our</c>

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break<00:39:09.480><c> before</c><00:39:09.920><c> too</c><00:39:10.300><c> long.</c><00:39:11.340><c> Remember</c><00:39:11.679><c> I</c><00:39:11.820><c> told</c><00:39:12.139><c> you</c><00:39:12.320><c> that</c><00:39:12.440><c> we</c><00:39:12.579><c> might</c><00:39:12.960><c> go</c>

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from<00:39:13.940><c> class</c><00:39:14.199><c> to</c><00:39:14.360><c> class</c><00:39:14.699><c> with</c><00:39:14.840><c> some</c><00:39:15.039><c> of</c><00:39:15.159><c> these</c>

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things.<00:39:15.519><c> And</c><00:39:15.719><c> we</c><00:39:15.960><c> will!</c><00:39:16.900><c> So</c><00:39:17.059><c> bear</c><00:39:17.239><c> with</c><00:39:17.500><c> me,</c><00:39:17.739><c> God</c><00:39:17.960><c> willing.</c><00:39:19.860><c> The</c><00:39:20.099><c> occasion</c><00:39:20.599><c> for</c><00:39:21.019><c> sin</c><00:39:21.599><c> must</c><00:39:22.619><c> be</c>

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forsaken,<00:39:25.000><c> particularly</c>

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bad<00:39:26.599><c> company.</c><00:39:29.360><c> And</c><00:39:29.599><c> oh</c><00:39:30.000><c> boy,</c><00:39:31.699><c> is</c><00:39:32.000><c> it</c><00:39:32.219><c> easy</c><00:39:32.920><c> to</c><00:39:33.619><c> get</c><00:39:33.820><c> involved</c>

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with<00:39:34.579><c> bad</c><00:39:35.000><c> company</c><00:39:35.599><c> in</c><00:39:36.099><c> this</c><00:39:36.320><c> modern</c><00:39:37.139><c> secular</c><00:39:37.900><c> society.</c>

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You<00:39:41.960><c> know</c><00:39:42.199><c> that</c><00:39:42.400><c> as</c><00:39:42.659><c> well</c><00:39:42.800><c> as</c><00:39:43.039><c> I</c><00:39:43.199><c> do.</c><00:39:43.420><c> I</c><00:39:43.519><c> have</c><00:39:43.639><c> a</c><00:39:43.739><c> few</c><00:39:43.920><c> years</c><00:39:44.219><c> on</c>

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:47.039
most<00:39:44.699><c> of</c><00:39:44.860><c> you,</c><00:39:44.940><c> but</c><00:39:45.099><c> I</c><00:39:45.199><c> can</c><00:39:45.420><c> tell</c><00:39:45.619><c> you</c><00:39:46.019><c> it's</c><00:39:46.280><c> a</c><00:39:46.440><c> very</c>

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:52.119
real<00:39:47.559><c> principle.</c><00:39:48.920><c> Those</c><00:39:49.440><c> who</c><00:39:49.679><c> would</c><00:39:49.940><c> follow</c><00:39:50.199><c> God</c><00:39:50.980><c> or</c><00:39:51.579><c> God's</c>

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will<00:39:52.619><c> must</c><00:39:53.880><c> quit</c><00:39:54.300><c> the</c><00:39:54.760><c> society</c><00:39:55.199><c> of</c><00:39:55.539><c> evildoers.</c>

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Remember<00:39:56.880><c> what</c><00:39:57.780><c> Peter</c><00:39:58.139><c> and</c><00:39:58.460><c> John</c><00:39:59.139><c> told</c><00:39:59.559><c> to</c><00:39:59.780><c> those</c><00:40:00.079><c> 3</c><00:40:00.300><c>,000</c><00:40:00.639><c> people</c><00:40:01.380><c> who</c>

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were<00:40:01.980><c> baptized</c><00:40:02.480><c> after</c><00:40:02.860><c> the</c><00:40:03.079><c> Pentecost</c>

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Declaration?<00:40:06.119><c> They</c><00:40:06.699><c> didn't</c><00:40:06.920><c> say</c><00:40:07.139><c> only</c><00:40:07.400><c> get</c><00:40:07.599><c> yourselves</c><00:40:08.039><c> baptized.</c><00:40:10.300><c> They</c>

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said<00:40:10.539><c> save</c><00:40:10.980><c> yourselves</c><00:40:11.699><c> from</c><00:40:11.960><c> this</c>

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untoward<00:40:13.480><c> generation.</c><00:40:16.519><c> Now</c><00:40:16.719><c> that's</c><00:40:17.179><c> one</c><00:40:18.340><c> one</c><00:40:19.099><c> of</c><00:40:19.239><c> the</c><00:40:19.840><c> interpretations</c><00:40:20.380><c> of</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:40:21.000><c> word.</c><00:40:21.300><c> Another</c><00:40:21.659><c> one</c>

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I<00:40:22.019><c> think</c><00:40:22.260><c> is</c><00:40:22.460><c> even</c><00:40:22.760><c> better.</c><00:40:23.639><c> Save</c><00:40:23.940><c> yourselves</c><00:40:24.639><c> from</c><00:40:24.900><c> this</c>

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perverse<00:40:26.760><c> generation.</c>

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It<00:40:31.260><c> existed</c><00:40:31.599><c> then</c><00:40:32.460><c> and</c><00:40:33.159><c> it</c><00:40:33.360><c> still</c><00:40:33.519><c> applies</c><00:40:34.039><c> as</c><00:40:34.320><c> a</c><00:40:34.519><c> principle</c>

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for<00:40:35.079><c> us</c><00:40:35.360><c> today.</c><00:40:36.940><c> The</c><00:40:37.079><c> society</c><00:40:37.619><c> that</c><00:40:37.860><c> we</c><00:40:38.199><c> find</c><00:40:38.579><c> ourselves</c><00:40:39.320><c> in</c>

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must<00:40:40.320><c> be</c><00:40:40.599><c> looked</c><00:40:40.780><c> upon</c><00:40:41.119><c> with</c><00:40:41.460><c> a</c><00:40:41.880><c> holy</c><00:40:42.380><c> H</c><00:40:42.699><c>-O</c><00:40:43.000><c>-L</c><00:40:43.260><c>-Y,</c><00:40:43.820><c> a</c><00:40:44.300><c> holy</c><00:40:45.219><c> indifference.</c><00:40:46.980><c> We</c><00:40:47.300><c> must</c><00:40:47.639><c> not</c><00:40:48.280><c> look</c><00:40:48.639><c> upon</c><00:40:48.900><c> it</c>

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as<00:40:50.099><c> our</c>

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country<00:40:52.260><c> or</c><00:40:52.860><c> our</c><00:40:53.340><c> home,</c><00:40:54.980><c> but</c><00:40:55.199><c> as</c><00:40:55.460><c> a</c><00:40:55.800><c> temporary</c><00:40:56.920><c> dwelling</c><00:40:57.460><c> place,</c><00:40:59.739><c> maybe</c><00:41:00.019><c> a</c><00:41:00.199><c> hotel</c><00:41:00.719><c> if</c>

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:02.039
you<00:41:01.139><c> want</c><00:41:01.340><c> to</c><00:41:01.500><c> use</c>

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an<00:41:02.340><c> element.</c><00:41:03.440><c> Because</c><00:41:03.739><c> we</c><00:41:04.099><c> know,</c><00:41:05.099><c> because</c><00:41:05.559><c> we</c><00:41:05.800><c> possess</c><00:41:06.239><c> God</c>

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be<00:41:07.440><c> thanked</c><00:41:07.739><c> the</c><00:41:08.139><c> truth,</c><00:41:08.599><c> we</c><00:41:08.820><c> know</c><00:41:09.199><c> that</c><00:41:09.460><c> our</c><00:41:09.739><c> enduring</c>

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country<00:41:11.300><c> is</c><00:41:12.320><c> yet</c><00:41:12.500><c> to</c><00:41:12.800><c> come.</c><00:41:14.699><c> It's</c><00:41:15.099><c> a</c><00:41:15.219><c> tough</c><00:41:15.360><c> thing</c><00:41:15.579><c> for</c><00:41:15.760><c> people</c>

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to<00:41:16.340><c> swallow.</c><00:41:17.380><c> It's</c><00:41:17.539><c> a</c><00:41:17.599><c> tough</c><00:41:17.760><c> thing</c><00:41:18.920><c> for</c><00:41:19.099><c> people</c>

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to<00:41:19.840><c> respond</c><00:41:19.900><c> to.</c><00:41:20.199><c> But</c><00:41:20.320><c> you</c><00:41:20.480><c> know</c><00:41:20.599><c> that's</c><00:41:20.860><c> what</c><00:41:21.059><c> Abraham</c><00:41:21.440><c> was</c>

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forced<00:41:22.760><c> to</c><00:41:23.019><c> do</c><00:41:23.480><c> in</c><00:41:23.880><c> his</c><00:41:24.159><c> first</c><00:41:24.940><c> major</c><00:41:25.800><c> crisis.</c>

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Abraham<00:41:30.659><c> was</c><00:41:31.219><c> tried</c><00:41:31.559><c> in</c><00:41:31.760><c> this</c><00:41:32.039><c> command.</c><00:41:34.780><c> Now</c><00:41:35.059><c> watch</c><00:41:35.239><c> this</c><00:41:35.519><c> one.</c><00:41:36.219><c> He</c>

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:38.860
was<00:41:36.639><c> tried</c><00:41:36.880><c> in</c><00:41:37.099><c> this</c><00:41:37.320><c> command</c><00:41:37.860><c> whether</c><00:41:38.420><c> he</c><00:41:38.639><c> could</c>

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trust<00:41:39.219><c> God</c><00:41:40.300><c> further</c><00:41:41.679><c> than</c><00:41:41.980><c> he</c><00:41:42.239><c> saw</c><00:41:42.500><c> him.</c>

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He<00:41:46.079><c> must</c><00:41:46.380><c> leave</c><00:41:46.679><c> his</c><00:41:47.059><c> own</c><00:41:47.500><c> country</c><00:41:48.380><c> and</c><00:41:49.239><c> go</c><00:41:49.539><c> to</c><00:41:49.860><c> a</c><00:41:50.059><c> land</c><00:41:50.400><c> that</c>

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:55.280
God<00:41:51.239><c> would</c><00:41:52.179><c> show</c><00:41:52.739><c> him.</c><00:41:53.139><c> That's</c><00:41:53.380><c> what</c><00:41:53.599><c> the</c><00:41:53.800><c> record</c><00:41:54.019><c> tells</c><00:41:54.400><c> us.</c>

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God<00:41:58.019><c> didn't</c><00:41:58.780><c> say</c><00:41:59.219><c> where.</c>

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Remember<00:42:00.280><c> what</c><00:42:04.539><c> he</c><00:42:04.719><c> did</c><00:42:04.920><c> say</c><00:42:05.300><c> here</c><00:42:06.480><c> was</c><00:42:06.960><c> quote</c><00:42:07.460><c> the</c><00:42:07.820><c> first</c><00:42:08.059><c> verse</c><00:42:08.300><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:42:08.760><c> 12.</c><00:42:09.880><c> It's</c><00:42:10.039><c> a</c><00:42:10.239><c> land</c><00:42:10.579><c> that</c><00:42:10.940><c> I</c><00:42:11.099><c> will</c><00:42:11.599><c> give</c><00:42:12.099><c> me</c>

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but<00:42:14.260><c> merely</c><00:42:14.619><c> didn't</c><00:42:15.039><c> say,</c><00:42:15.699><c> but</c><00:42:15.880><c> merely</c><00:42:16.599><c> one</c><00:42:17.099><c> that</c><00:42:17.800><c> I</c><00:42:18.179><c> will</c><00:42:18.519><c> show</c><00:42:18.880><c> me.</c>

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:30.079
He<00:42:19.699><c> didn't</c><00:42:19.920><c> tell</c><00:42:20.159><c> Abraham</c><00:42:20.559><c> he</c><00:42:29.579><c> was</c>

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going<00:42:34.119><c> to</c><00:42:34.199><c> go</c><00:42:34.199><c> to</c><00:42:34.199><c> Hawaii.</c><00:42:39.159><c> I</c><00:42:39.619><c> know</c><00:42:39.880><c> several</c><00:42:40.280><c> of</c><00:42:40.440><c> us</c><00:42:40.639><c> have</c><00:42:40.840><c> been</c>

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now.<00:42:42.059><c> Beautiful</c><00:42:42.519><c> place.</c>

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Gee<00:42:45.239><c> whiz,</c><00:42:45.480><c> that's</c><00:42:45.780><c> a</c><00:42:45.920><c> nice</c><00:42:46.840><c> place.</c><00:42:47.659><c> Nice</c><00:42:48.000><c> to</c><00:42:48.239><c> be</c><00:42:48.380><c> there.</c><00:42:50.579><c> I'll</c>

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show<00:42:50.900><c> it</c><00:42:51.059><c> to</c><00:42:51.079><c> you</c><00:42:51.179><c> but</c><00:42:51.219><c> I'm</c><00:42:51.400><c> not</c><00:42:51.539><c> going</c><00:42:51.679><c> to</c><00:42:51.719><c> give</c><00:42:51.880><c> it</c>

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here.<00:42:59.780><c> God</c><00:43:00.260><c> told</c><00:43:00.960><c> Abraham</c><00:43:01.500><c> look</c><00:43:01.940><c> I</c><00:43:02.079><c> want</c><00:43:02.360><c> you</c><00:43:02.539><c> to</c><00:43:02.659><c> do</c><00:43:02.840><c> thus</c><00:43:03.099><c> and</c>

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so<00:43:03.420><c> on.</c><00:43:03.559><c> I'm</c><00:43:03.719><c> going</c><00:43:03.760><c> to</c><00:43:03.880><c> show</c><00:43:04.000><c> this</c><00:43:04.219><c> to</c><00:43:04.360><c> you</c><00:43:04.440><c> but</c><00:43:04.579><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:43:04.820><c> say</c><00:43:04.960><c> I'm</c><00:43:05.079><c> going</c><00:43:05.159><c> to</c><00:43:05.239><c> give</c><00:43:05.320><c> it</c><00:43:05.460><c> to</c><00:43:05.579><c> you.</c><00:43:07.940><c> Later</c><00:43:08.260><c> on</c><00:43:08.659><c> it</c><00:43:08.739><c> was</c><00:43:08.920><c> a</c>

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different<00:43:09.239><c> ball</c><00:43:09.679><c> game</c><00:43:10.000><c> but</c><00:43:10.400><c> at</c><00:43:10.639><c> this</c><00:43:10.940><c> point</c><00:43:11.199><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:11.539><c> chronology</c><00:43:12.179><c> he</c><00:43:12.519><c> did</c><00:43:12.940><c> not</c><00:43:13.420><c> tell</c><00:43:13.920><c> Abraham</c><00:43:14.360><c> that.</c><00:43:14.940><c> Do</c><00:43:15.079><c> you</c>

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understand<00:43:15.719><c> that?</c><00:43:16.420><c> Of</c><00:43:16.679><c> course</c><00:43:16.840><c> you</c><00:43:17.079><c> do</c><00:43:17.400><c> and</c><00:43:18.460><c> it's</c>

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helpful<00:43:19.219><c> sometimes</c><00:43:19.719><c> to</c><00:43:19.940><c> put</c><00:43:20.139><c> it</c><00:43:20.300><c> into</c><00:43:20.440><c> that</c><00:43:20.719><c> perspective.</c><00:43:22.940><c> Boy</c><00:43:23.260><c> he</c>

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had<00:43:23.719><c> to</c><00:43:23.980><c> respond</c><00:43:24.360><c> to</c><00:43:24.559><c> God's</c><00:43:25.880><c> command</c><00:43:26.320><c> to</c><00:43:27.260><c> come</c>

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without<00:43:28.420><c> really</c><00:43:28.980><c> knowing</c><00:43:29.460><c> what</c><00:43:29.820><c> the</c><00:43:30.019><c> bottom</c><00:43:30.300><c> line</c><00:43:30.659><c> was.</c><00:43:31.579><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:43:31.940><c> have</c><00:43:32.139><c> an</c><00:43:32.360><c> accountant</c><00:43:32.659><c> that</c><00:43:32.820><c> was</c><00:43:32.980><c> going</c><00:43:33.159><c> to</c>

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add<00:43:33.380><c> it</c><00:43:33.519><c> up</c><00:43:33.639><c> and</c><00:43:33.760><c> come</c><00:43:33.880><c> up</c><00:43:34.000><c> with</c><00:43:34.119><c> a</c><00:43:34.320><c> bottom</c><00:43:34.599><c> line.</c><00:43:35.820><c> Later</c><00:43:36.199><c> on</c><00:43:36.699><c> it's</c><00:43:36.920><c> another</c><00:43:37.139><c> ball</c><00:43:37.519><c> game</c><00:43:37.800><c> but</c><00:43:38.199><c> at</c>

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this<00:43:38.500><c> stage</c><00:43:38.760><c> of</c><00:43:38.960><c> the</c>

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game<00:43:39.360><c> it</c><00:43:39.800><c> took</c><00:43:39.960><c> an</c><00:43:40.199><c> awful</c><00:43:40.380><c> lot</c><00:43:40.800><c> of</c><00:43:41.199><c> trust.</c><00:43:42.599><c> Now</c><00:43:42.760><c> like</c><00:43:43.099><c> Abraham</c>

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we<00:43:44.880><c> must</c><00:43:46.099><c> quit</c><00:43:46.440><c> the</c><00:43:46.800><c> things</c><00:43:47.000><c> that</c><00:43:47.199><c> are</c><00:43:47.440><c> seen</c>

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for<00:43:48.260><c> things</c><00:43:48.639><c> that</c><00:43:48.880><c> are</c><00:43:49.099><c> not</c><00:43:49.440><c> seen</c><00:43:50.039><c> in</c><00:43:51.159><c> hope</c><00:43:51.559><c> of</c><00:43:52.300><c> a</c><00:43:52.500><c> glory</c><00:43:52.719><c> that</c>

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is<00:43:53.219><c> yet</c><00:43:53.599><c> to</c><00:43:54.260><c> be</c><00:43:54.500><c> revealed.</c>

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Putting<00:43:56.619><c> up</c><00:43:57.480><c> with</c><00:43:57.880><c> whatever</c><00:43:58.340><c> suffering</c><00:43:58.900><c> and</c><00:43:59.239><c> inconvenience</c>

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we<00:44:00.019><c> encounter</c>

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as<00:44:02.159><c> a</c><00:44:02.480><c> result</c><00:44:02.940><c> of</c><00:44:04.059><c> our</c><00:44:04.980><c> faith</c><00:44:05.340><c> and</c><00:44:06.900><c> those</c><00:44:07.260><c> two</c><00:44:07.500><c> are</c><00:44:07.940><c> not</c><00:44:08.460><c> separable.</c>

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A<00:44:13.420><c> constant</c><00:44:13.780><c> beacon.</c><00:44:15.659><c> I</c><00:44:16.139><c> reckon</c><00:44:16.420><c> that</c><00:44:16.699><c> the</c><00:44:17.119><c> sufferings</c><00:44:17.519><c> of</c><00:44:17.739><c> this</c><00:44:18.079><c> present</c><00:44:18.440><c> time</c><00:44:19.059><c> are</c><00:44:20.119><c> not</c><00:44:20.659><c> worthy</c><00:44:20.960><c> to</c>

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be<00:44:21.360><c> compared</c>

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with<00:44:21.940><c> the</c><00:44:22.260><c> glory</c><00:44:22.719><c> which</c><00:44:23.900><c> shall</c><00:44:24.159><c> be</c><00:44:24.579><c> revealed</c><00:44:25.019><c> in</c><00:44:25.300><c> us.</c><00:44:25.599><c> Now</c><00:44:25.860><c> Paul</c><00:44:26.300><c> had</c>

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the<00:44:27.840><c> perspicacity</c><00:44:28.739><c> to</c><00:44:29.500><c> tell</c><00:44:29.659><c> that</c><00:44:29.880><c> to</c><00:44:30.079><c> the</c>

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Romans.<00:44:31.199><c> It's</c><00:44:31.380><c> recorded</c><00:44:31.800><c> as</c><00:44:32.059><c> you</c><00:44:32.239><c> know</c><00:44:32.800><c> in</c><00:44:33.159><c> the</c><00:44:33.280><c> 18th</c><00:44:33.800><c> verse</c>

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of<00:44:34.639><c> the</c><00:44:34.719><c> eighth</c><00:44:34.940><c> chapter</c><00:44:35.400><c> of</c><00:44:35.800><c> Romans.</c>

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In<00:44:39.000><c> fact,</c><00:44:41.519><c> John</c><00:44:41.659><c> says</c><00:44:42.300><c> that</c><00:44:43.400><c> it</c><00:44:43.480><c> does</c><00:44:43.639><c> not</c><00:44:43.940><c> yet</c><00:44:44.300><c> appear</c>

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:50.679
what<00:44:47.159><c> we</c><00:44:47.440><c> shall</c><00:44:47.579><c> be</c><00:44:47.860><c> like</c><00:44:48.139><c> anymore</c><00:44:48.940><c> than</c><00:44:49.780><c> it</c><00:44:49.800><c> did</c><00:44:49.960><c> for</c><00:44:50.239><c> Abraham</c>

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at<00:44:51.000><c> this</c><00:44:51.260><c> time.</c><00:44:51.599><c> He</c><00:44:52.159><c> didn't</c><00:44:52.780><c> know.</c>

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It<00:44:54.639><c> was</c><00:44:54.900><c> a</c><00:44:55.199><c> pure</c><00:44:55.980><c> act</c><00:44:56.659><c> of</c><00:44:57.139><c> faith.</c><00:44:58.539><c> Now</c><00:44:58.980><c> I</c><00:44:59.219><c> think</c><00:44:59.420><c> this</c><00:44:59.639><c> might</c><00:44:59.820><c> be</c>

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a<00:45:00.139><c> good</c><00:45:00.280><c> time</c><00:45:00.519><c> to</c><00:45:00.760><c> take</c><00:45:00.940><c> a</c><00:45:01.159><c> brief</c><00:45:01.380><c> break</c><00:45:01.659><c> before</c><00:45:02.019><c> we</c>

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get<00:45:02.400><c> into</c><00:45:02.599><c> the</c><00:45:03.039><c> second</c><00:45:03.500><c> crisis</c><00:45:04.059><c> and</c><00:45:04.300><c> I'm</c><00:45:04.440><c> going</c><00:45:04.559><c> to</c><00:45:04.659><c> tell</c><00:45:04.739><c> you</c>

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:07.480
what<00:45:04.960><c> that</c><00:45:05.280><c> crisis</c><00:45:05.619><c> is</c><00:45:06.059><c> and</c><00:45:06.420><c> if</c><00:45:06.519><c> you</c><00:45:06.659><c> want</c><00:45:06.780><c> to</c><00:45:07.019><c> ponder</c>

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during<00:45:07.800><c> the</c><00:45:08.000><c> break</c><00:45:08.159><c> be</c><00:45:08.539><c> my</c><00:45:08.940><c> guest</c><00:45:09.239><c> and</c><00:45:09.460><c> then</c><00:45:09.619><c> we'll</c><00:45:09.760><c> deal</c><00:45:09.980><c> with</c>

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it.<00:45:11.139><c> The</c><00:45:11.300><c> second</c><00:45:12.000><c> crisis</c><00:45:12.599><c> wasn't</c><00:45:13.340><c> the</c><00:45:13.599><c> necessity</c>

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to<00:45:15.380><c> separate</c><00:45:15.940><c> yourself</c><00:45:16.760><c> from</c><00:45:17.639><c> your</c><00:45:18.760><c> favorite</c><00:45:19.679><c> nephew.</c><00:45:22.000><c> Very</c>

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interesting<00:45:23.119><c> and</c><00:45:23.739><c> we'll</c><00:45:24.059><c> talk</c><00:45:24.199><c> about</c><00:45:24.480><c> that</c><00:45:25.000><c> at</c><00:45:25.219><c> the</c>

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appropriate<00:45:25.739><c> time.</c>