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Word<00:12:22.940><c> of</c><00:12:23.120><c> God,</c><00:12:24.820><c> but</c><00:12:25.000><c> his</c><00:12:25.240><c> mind</c><00:12:25.399><c> was.</c>

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that<00:12:31.600><c> stage.</c>

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And<00:12:34.580><c> he</c><00:12:34.799><c> obeyed</c><00:12:35.519><c> the</c><00:12:35.779><c> sins,</c><00:12:36.279><c> the</c><00:12:36.500><c> sins</c><00:12:37.139><c> of</c><00:12:37.899><c> Elijah's</c><00:12:39.480><c> call.</c><00:12:40.620><c> He</c>

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left<00:12:41.159><c> the</c><00:12:41.519><c> oxen</c>

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and<00:12:43.419><c> ran</c><00:12:43.779><c> after</c><00:12:44.179><c> Elijah.</c><00:12:45.220><c> Elijah</c><00:12:45.700><c> hasn't</c><00:12:46.000><c> even</c><00:12:46.360><c> stopped</c><00:12:46.799><c> to</c>

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sort<00:12:48.220><c> of</c><00:12:48.500><c> explain</c><00:12:48.740><c> anything.</c><00:12:49.220><c> He</c><00:12:49.320><c> had</c><00:12:49.320><c> to</c><00:12:49.440><c> run</c><00:12:49.700><c> after</c><00:12:50.139><c> him.</c>

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He's<00:12:51.460><c> left</c><00:12:51.620><c> with</c><00:12:51.840><c> this</c><00:12:52.080><c> mantle</c><00:12:52.320><c> and</c><00:12:52.820><c> he</c><00:12:53.139><c> wonders</c><00:12:53.279><c> whatever</c>

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all<00:12:53.860><c> this</c><00:12:54.179><c> means,</c>

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but<00:12:55.419><c> Elijah's</c><00:12:56.039><c> twenty</c><00:12:56.240><c> yards</c><00:12:56.460><c> down</c><00:12:56.740><c> the</c><00:12:56.879><c> road</c><00:12:57.019><c> now</c><00:12:57.240><c> already.</c>

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He's<00:12:57.879><c> on</c><00:12:58.000><c> his</c><00:12:58.220><c> way,</c><00:12:59.159><c> done</c><00:12:59.240><c> what</c><00:12:59.399><c> he</c><00:12:59.500><c> had</c><00:12:59.720><c> to</c><00:12:59.960><c> do.</c>

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An<00:13:02.100><c> enormous</c><00:13:02.580><c> commission</c><00:13:03.019><c> that</c><00:13:03.240><c> he'd</c><00:13:03.360><c> given</c><00:13:03.559><c> this</c><00:13:03.759><c> young</c><00:13:04.000><c> man,</c>

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and<00:13:05.419><c> yet</c><00:13:05.500><c> he</c><00:13:05.620><c> didn't</c><00:13:05.820><c> even</c><00:13:06.120><c> see</c><00:13:06.659><c> the</c><00:13:07.179><c> sense</c><00:13:07.419><c> or</c><00:13:07.740><c> need</c><00:13:08.039><c> to</c><00:13:08.519><c> explain</c><00:13:08.759><c> it.</c>

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I<00:13:11.220><c> don't</c><00:13:11.720><c> like</c><00:13:11.919><c> to</c><00:13:12.080><c> put</c><00:13:12.220><c> some</c><00:13:12.500><c> adjectives</c><00:13:12.960><c> to</c><00:13:13.200><c> that,</c><00:13:13.940><c> but</c><00:13:13.940><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:13:14.679><c> seem</c><00:13:14.980><c> very</c><00:13:15.820><c> concerned</c><00:13:16.299><c> about</c><00:13:16.679><c> others,</c><00:13:17.159><c> does</c><00:13:17.240><c> it?</c>

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He's<00:13:18.100><c> very</c><00:13:19.039><c> much</c><00:13:19.559><c> involved</c><00:13:20.000><c> in</c><00:13:20.159><c> his</c><00:13:20.460><c> own</c><00:13:21.299><c> world.</c><00:13:23.759><c> And</c><00:13:23.940><c> in</c>

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desperation,<00:13:26.139><c> Elijah</c><00:13:26.379><c> says,</c>

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let<00:13:27.899><c> me,</c><00:13:28.399><c> I</c><00:13:28.419><c> pray</c><00:13:28.600><c> to</c><00:13:28.740><c> you,</c><00:13:28.799><c> kiss</c><00:13:29.179><c> my</c><00:13:29.559><c> father</c><00:13:29.940><c> and</c><00:13:30.240><c> my</c><00:13:30.519><c> mother</c><00:13:31.159><c> and</c><00:13:32.639><c> then</c><00:13:32.899><c> I</c>

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will<00:13:33.340><c> follow</c><00:13:33.679><c> them.</c>

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But<00:13:35.539><c> he's</c><00:13:35.700><c> saying</c><00:13:36.000><c> to</c><00:13:36.659><c> a</c><00:13:36.759><c> person</c><00:13:37.039><c> who's</c><00:13:37.220><c> on</c><00:13:37.360><c> his</c><00:13:37.580><c> way,</c><00:13:39.159><c> and</c><00:13:39.240><c> he</c>

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said<00:13:39.639><c> unto</c><00:13:39.820><c> him,</c><00:13:40.860><c> go</c><00:13:41.100><c> back</c><00:13:41.379><c> again.</c>

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What<00:13:43.000><c> have</c><00:13:43.200><c> I</c><00:13:43.360><c> done</c><00:13:43.559><c> to</c><00:13:43.779><c> thee?</c><00:13:44.080><c> Finally</c><00:13:44.480><c> Elijah</c><00:13:44.879><c> gets</c><00:13:45.120><c> the</c><00:13:45.360><c> point</c><00:13:45.539><c> that</c><00:13:45.919><c> he's</c><00:13:46.279><c> really</c><00:13:46.639><c> brought</c><00:13:46.820><c> a</c>

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matter<00:13:48.500><c> to</c><00:13:48.700><c> a</c><00:13:48.840><c> young</c><00:13:49.080><c> man</c><00:13:49.259><c> that's</c><00:13:49.419><c> going</c><00:13:49.539><c> to</c><00:13:49.779><c> change</c><00:13:49.940><c> his</c><00:13:50.240><c> life</c>

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completely,<00:13:52.000><c> absolutely</c><00:13:52.399><c> completely.</c>

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And<00:13:54.740><c> that</c><00:13:55.240><c> perhaps</c><00:13:55.460><c> that</c><00:13:55.700><c> wasn't</c><00:13:55.960><c> altogether</c><00:13:56.539><c> a</c><00:13:57.299><c> nice</c><00:13:57.480><c> way</c><00:13:57.679><c> to</c>

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do<00:13:58.000><c> it.</c><00:13:58.700><c> Surely</c><00:13:59.000><c> the</c><00:13:59.200><c> young</c><00:13:59.360><c> man</c><00:13:59.779><c> should</c><00:14:00.039><c> be</c><00:14:00.279><c> able</c><00:14:00.440><c> to</c>

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kiss<00:14:00.879><c> his</c><00:14:01.139><c> father</c><00:14:01.519><c> and</c><00:14:01.740><c> his</c><00:14:02.000><c> mother</c><00:14:02.480><c> because</c><00:14:03.480><c> he</c><00:14:03.679><c> was</c><00:14:03.899><c> going</c>

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to<00:14:04.220><c> be</c><00:14:04.480><c> departing</c><00:14:05.120><c> for</c><00:14:05.419><c> good.</c>

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This<00:14:07.039><c> was</c><00:14:07.259><c> not</c><00:14:07.399><c> a</c><00:14:07.580><c> part</c><00:14:07.799><c>-time</c><00:14:07.980><c> job.</c><00:14:09.639><c> Go</c><00:14:09.840><c> back</c><00:14:10.100><c> again,</c><00:14:10.519><c> then</c><00:14:10.659><c> he</c>

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says,<00:14:11.500><c> for</c><00:14:11.740><c> what</c><00:14:11.879><c> have</c><00:14:12.039><c> I</c><00:14:12.200><c> done</c><00:14:12.440><c> to</c><00:14:12.720><c> thee?</c>

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But<00:14:14.500><c> you</c><00:14:14.559><c> know</c><00:14:14.720><c> Elijah</c><00:14:15.019><c> doesn't</c><00:14:15.360><c> stay</c><00:14:15.639><c> around</c><00:14:15.940><c> even</c><00:14:16.279><c> then.</c>

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I<00:14:18.240><c> don't</c><00:14:18.379><c> think</c><00:14:18.500><c> anybody</c><00:14:18.960><c> would</c><00:14:19.340><c> really</c><00:14:19.679><c> quite</c><00:14:19.879><c> act</c><00:14:20.100><c> like</c><00:14:20.379><c> that</c><00:14:20.559><c> here,</c><00:14:21.139><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:21.279><c> even</c><00:14:21.679><c> dare</c><00:14:21.840><c> to</c>

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think<00:14:22.200><c> like</c><00:14:22.539><c> that.</c>

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Perhaps<00:14:24.559><c> it's</c><00:14:24.840><c> the</c><00:14:24.960><c> kindest</c><00:14:25.340><c> thing</c><00:14:25.639><c> we</c><00:14:25.840><c> can</c><00:14:26.019><c> say</c><00:14:26.259><c> is</c><00:14:26.480><c> that</c><00:14:26.700><c> Elijah</c><00:14:26.899><c> was</c>

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He<00:14:37.360><c> just</c><00:14:37.700><c> named</c><00:14:38.000><c> the</c><00:14:38.240><c> fact</c><00:14:38.519><c> and</c><00:14:39.379><c> left</c><00:14:39.620><c> it</c><00:14:39.820><c> with</c><00:14:39.980><c> him.</c><00:14:42.220><c> But</c><00:14:42.419><c> Elijah</c><00:14:42.860><c> did</c>

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things<00:14:44.779><c> quite</c><00:14:45.159><c> properly</c><00:14:45.639><c> in</c><00:14:46.299><c> saying</c>

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goodbye<00:14:46.860><c> to</c><00:14:47.080><c> mum</c><00:14:47.259><c> and</c><00:14:47.360><c> dad.</c><00:14:48.179><c> He</c><00:14:48.360><c> turned</c><00:14:48.620><c> back</c><00:14:48.940><c> from</c><00:14:49.200><c> him,</c><00:14:49.440><c> verse</c><00:14:49.659><c> 21,</c>

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which<00:14:52.620><c> means</c><00:14:52.840><c> he</c><00:14:52.980><c> must</c><00:14:53.220><c> have</c><00:14:53.340><c> gone</c><00:14:53.539><c> on</c><00:14:53.899><c> quite</c>

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away,<00:14:55.720><c> and</c><00:14:55.980><c> took</c><00:14:56.159><c> a</c><00:14:56.340><c> yoke</c><00:14:56.519><c> of</c><00:14:56.759><c> oxen</c><00:14:57.240><c> and</c><00:14:57.700><c> slew</c><00:14:57.940><c> them,</c><00:14:58.720><c> boiled</c>

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their<00:14:59.299><c> flesh</c><00:14:59.639><c> with</c><00:14:59.879><c> the</c><00:15:00.200><c> instruments</c><00:15:00.539><c> of</c><00:15:00.799><c> the</c>

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oxen<00:15:01.679><c> and</c><00:15:02.240><c> gave</c><00:15:02.500><c> them</c><00:15:02.679><c> to</c><00:15:02.759><c> the</c><00:15:03.000><c> people</c><00:15:03.399><c> and</c><00:15:03.659><c> they</c><00:15:03.960><c> did</c><00:15:04.279><c> eat.</c><00:15:06.080><c> So</c>

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this<00:15:06.799><c> is</c><00:15:07.039><c> not</c><00:15:07.200><c> a</c><00:15:07.299><c> five</c><00:15:07.679><c> minute</c><00:15:08.940><c> recall</c><00:15:09.600><c> back</c><00:15:09.899><c> to</c><00:15:10.039><c> mum</c>

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and<00:15:10.360><c> dad,</c><00:15:10.740><c> is</c><00:15:10.740><c> it?</c><00:15:10.960><c> This</c><00:15:11.299><c> is</c><00:15:11.539><c> a</c><00:15:11.600><c> matter</c><00:15:11.840><c> of</c><00:15:12.100><c> some</c><00:15:12.360><c> hours.</c><00:15:13.659><c> If</c><00:15:13.820><c> you're</c><00:15:13.980><c> going</c><00:15:14.139><c> to</c>

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take<00:15:14.879><c> a</c><00:15:15.759><c> yoke</c><00:15:16.000><c> of</c><00:15:16.179><c> oxen</c><00:15:16.559><c> and</c><00:15:16.820><c> slay</c>

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them<00:15:18.019><c> and</c><00:15:18.840><c> then</c><00:15:19.200><c> divide</c><00:15:19.539><c> all</c><00:15:19.720><c> that</c><00:15:19.860><c> up</c><00:15:20.039><c> after</c><00:15:20.279><c> you've</c><00:15:20.600><c> cooked</c>

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in<00:15:23.620><c> that.</c><00:15:25.000><c> Elijah</c><00:15:25.279><c> did</c><00:15:25.620><c> things</c><00:15:25.940><c> as</c><00:15:26.159><c> he</c><00:15:26.279><c> thought</c><00:15:26.600><c> they</c><00:15:26.960><c> should</c>

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be,<00:15:28.539><c> but</c><00:15:28.720><c> he</c><00:15:28.960><c> certainly</c><00:15:29.240><c> got</c><00:15:29.440><c> the</c><00:15:29.620><c> message.</c>

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Those<00:15:32.080><c> oxen</c><00:15:32.639><c> that</c><00:15:32.759><c> were</c><00:15:32.980><c> taken</c><00:15:33.559><c> virtually</c><00:15:34.399><c> was</c><00:15:35.759><c> his</c><00:15:36.039><c> living.</c>

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oxen.<00:15:42.759><c> Now</c><00:15:43.100><c> they're</c><00:15:43.279><c> eating</c><00:15:43.580><c> the</c><00:15:43.840><c> oxen.</c><00:15:45.000><c> They've</c><00:15:45.340><c> been</c>

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killed<00:15:45.779><c> and</c><00:15:46.779><c> prepared</c><00:15:47.480><c> and</c><00:15:47.840><c> now</c><00:15:48.039><c> they're</c><00:15:48.200><c> eating</c><00:15:48.480><c> them</c><00:15:48.679><c> and</c>

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that's<00:15:49.059><c> his</c><00:15:49.279><c> celebration.</c><00:15:51.000><c> So</c><00:15:51.279><c> by</c><00:15:51.539><c> the</c><00:15:51.720><c> time</c><00:15:51.840><c> he's</c>

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finished,<00:15:53.799><c> the</c><00:15:53.960><c> instruments</c><00:15:54.379><c> of</c><00:15:54.600><c> his</c><00:15:54.940><c> industry</c><00:15:55.620><c> is</c><00:15:56.000><c> a</c><00:15:56.179><c> pile</c>

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What<00:16:02.500><c> a</c><00:16:02.779><c> unique</c><00:16:03.080><c> way</c><00:16:03.360><c> to</c><00:16:03.620><c> lead</c><00:16:03.879><c> the</c><00:16:04.100><c> family.</c><00:16:05.259><c> What</c><00:16:05.419><c> an</c><00:16:05.759><c> incredible</c><00:16:06.240><c> concept</c>

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that<00:16:07.080><c> was.</c><00:16:09.019><c> There's</c><00:16:09.379><c> his</c><00:16:09.700><c> innings.</c>

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That's<00:16:11.220><c> his</c><00:16:11.379><c> income.</c><00:16:12.940><c> That</c><00:16:13.100><c> was</c><00:16:13.259><c> going</c><00:16:13.419><c> to</c><00:16:13.539><c> be</c><00:16:13.639><c> his</c><00:16:13.820><c> future.</c><00:16:16.179><c> His</c><00:16:16.440><c> intended</c><00:16:16.820><c> future</c><00:16:17.320><c> was</c><00:16:17.600><c> now</c><00:16:18.500><c> a</c>

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pile<00:16:19.500><c> of</c><00:16:19.759><c> ashes.</c>

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What<00:16:22.580><c> it</c><00:16:22.840><c> also</c><00:16:23.080><c> meant</c><00:16:23.639><c> to</c><00:16:24.340><c> his</c><00:16:24.500><c> parents</c><00:16:24.779><c> was,</c><00:16:26.379><c> I'm</c><00:16:26.460><c> not</c><00:16:26.620><c> coming</c>

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back.<00:16:28.639><c> That's</c><00:16:29.080><c> over.</c><00:16:30.039><c> I've</c><00:16:30.480><c> completed</c><00:16:30.720><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:16:32.299><c> one</c><00:16:32.500><c> phase</c><00:16:32.720><c> of</c><00:16:32.899><c> my</c><00:16:33.080><c> life,</c><00:16:33.379><c> but</c><00:16:33.580><c> this</c><00:16:33.799><c> is</c><00:16:33.980><c> where</c><00:16:34.080><c> I'm</c><00:16:34.279><c> going.</c><00:16:35.720><c> That</c><00:16:36.000><c> must</c><00:16:36.419><c> mean,</c><00:16:36.720><c> my</c>

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dear<00:16:36.940><c> brothers</c><00:16:37.159><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:16:37.759><c> that</c><00:16:37.960><c> Elijah</c><00:16:38.279><c> had,</c><00:16:39.240><c> even</c><00:16:39.460><c> if</c><00:16:39.679><c> not</c><00:16:39.840><c> a</c><00:16:40.100><c> friend</c><00:16:40.399><c> in</c><00:16:40.759><c> Elijah,</c><00:16:41.299><c> and</c>

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obviously<00:16:41.779><c> he</c><00:16:42.320><c> didn't</c><00:16:42.679><c> at</c><00:16:42.879><c> that</c><00:16:43.220><c> stage,</c>

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yet<00:16:44.700><c> he</c><00:16:44.820><c> knew</c><00:16:44.919><c> what</c><00:16:45.159><c> Elijah's</c><00:16:45.740><c> message</c><00:16:46.000><c> was</c><00:16:46.379><c> and</c><00:16:46.580><c> he</c><00:16:46.740><c> knew</c><00:16:46.820><c> what</c><00:16:47.480><c> the</c>

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message<00:16:47.980><c> of</c><00:16:48.179><c> the</c><00:16:48.360><c> scriptures</c><00:16:48.659><c> was.</c>

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He<00:16:50.259><c> knew</c><00:16:50.480><c> that</c><00:16:51.019><c> and</c><00:16:51.720><c> he</c><00:16:51.779><c> was</c><00:16:51.960><c> a</c><00:16:52.120><c> young</c><00:16:52.259><c> man</c><00:16:52.519><c> of</c><00:16:52.860><c> tremendously</c>

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strong<00:16:53.860><c> persuasion</c><00:16:54.600><c> about</c><00:16:54.919><c> that.</c>

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It<00:16:55.779><c> must</c><00:16:56.139><c> mean</c><00:16:56.419><c> that,</c><00:16:56.740><c> mustn't.</c><00:16:58.179><c> Or</c><00:16:58.360><c> he</c><00:16:58.440><c> would</c><00:16:58.600><c> never</c><00:16:58.940><c> destroy</c>

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those<00:17:00.000><c> oxen.</c><00:17:00.500><c> He</c><00:17:00.539><c> would</c><00:17:00.700><c> have</c><00:17:00.840><c> said</c><00:17:00.980><c> to</c><00:17:01.159><c> mum,</c>

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get<00:17:01.740><c> a</c><00:17:01.879><c> few</c><00:17:02.019><c> sandwiches</c><00:17:02.440><c> and</c><00:17:02.659><c> we'll</c><00:17:03.100><c> have</c><00:17:03.299><c> a</c><00:17:03.399><c> little</c><00:17:03.600><c> celebration</c><00:17:04.160><c> and</c><00:17:04.339><c> we'll</c><00:17:04.500><c> be</c>

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off<00:17:04.819><c> or</c><00:17:05.000><c> something.</c>

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No,<00:17:06.640><c> it</c><00:17:06.819><c> wasn't</c><00:17:06.920><c> like</c><00:17:07.099><c> that</c><00:17:07.259><c> at</c><00:17:07.420><c> all.</c><00:17:08.440><c> All</c><00:17:08.680><c> the</c><00:17:08.960><c> instruments</c>

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that<00:17:09.619><c> were</c><00:17:09.839><c> valuable,</c>

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would<00:17:11.480><c> you</c><00:17:11.660><c> put</c><00:17:11.779><c> several</c><00:17:12.240><c> tractors</c><00:17:12.680><c> together</c><00:17:13.000><c> and</c><00:17:14.240><c> put</c><00:17:14.339><c> a</c><00:17:14.480><c> bit</c>

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of<00:17:15.579><c> petrol</c><00:17:15.880><c> to</c><00:17:16.079><c> them</c><00:17:16.220><c> and</c><00:17:16.500><c> destroy</c><00:17:16.980><c> them?</c>

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That's<00:17:17.680><c> effectively</c><00:17:18.160><c> what</c><00:17:18.380><c> he</c><00:17:18.500><c> did.</c><00:17:20.220><c> He</c><00:17:20.500><c> collapsed</c><00:17:20.819><c> his</c><00:17:21.140><c> life</c>

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in<00:17:22.579><c> the</c><00:17:22.779><c> company</c><00:17:23.619><c> of</c><00:17:24.059><c> Elijah.</c>

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Well,<00:17:25.519><c> we</c><00:17:25.619><c> imagine</c><00:17:26.220><c> Elijah</c><00:17:26.680><c> is</c><00:17:28.140><c> still</c><00:17:28.420><c> there,</c><00:17:30.140><c> but</c><00:17:30.180><c> we</c><00:17:30.359><c> can't</c>

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be<00:17:30.740><c> sure</c><00:17:30.940><c> about</c><00:17:31.220><c> it</c><00:17:31.619><c> because</c><00:17:31.980><c> it</c><00:17:32.200><c> says</c><00:17:32.339><c> at</c><00:17:32.539><c> the</c><00:17:32.599><c> end</c>

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of<00:17:32.880><c> verse,</c><00:17:33.359><c> then</c><00:17:33.559><c> he</c><00:17:33.799><c> arose</c><00:17:34.019><c> and</c><00:17:34.220><c> went</c><00:17:34.559><c> after</c><00:17:35.039><c> Elijah</c><00:17:35.700><c> and</c><00:17:36.480><c> ministered</c><00:17:37.160><c> unto</c><00:17:37.460><c> him.</c><00:17:39.259><c> He</c>

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poured<00:17:39.900><c> water</c><00:17:40.420><c> into</c><00:17:40.700><c> the</c><00:17:40.980><c> hands</c>

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of<00:17:41.720><c> Elijah</c><00:17:42.160><c> as</c><00:17:42.759><c> one</c><00:17:42.980><c> of</c><00:17:43.119><c> the</c><00:17:43.240><c> other</c><00:17:43.460><c> records</c><00:17:43.779><c> put</c><00:17:44.119><c> it.</c><00:17:44.880><c> He</c><00:17:45.019><c> was</c>

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like<00:17:45.299><c> a</c><00:17:45.539><c> servant</c><00:17:45.859><c> really</c><00:17:46.440><c> to</c><00:17:46.759><c> Elijah,</c>

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this<00:17:48.220><c> highly</c><00:17:48.680><c> talented</c><00:17:49.299><c> young</c><00:17:50.279><c> son</c><00:17:50.779><c> and</c><00:17:52.039><c> now</c><00:17:52.279><c> he's</c><00:17:52.539><c> going</c><00:17:52.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:54.160><c> the</c><00:17:54.519><c> servant</c><00:17:54.819><c> effectively</c><00:17:55.460><c> to</c><00:17:56.519><c> Elijah.</c>

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I<00:17:58.460><c> don't</c><00:17:58.640><c> think</c><00:17:58.759><c> he</c><00:17:58.880><c> would</c><00:17:59.039><c> have</c><00:17:59.140><c> got</c><00:17:59.279><c> too</c><00:17:59.539><c> many,</c><00:18:00.220><c> you</c><00:18:00.599><c> know,</c>

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gentle<00:18:01.180><c> expressions</c>

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in<00:18:02.980><c> such</c><00:18:03.180><c> an</c><00:18:03.400><c> occupation.</c><00:18:04.339><c> Elijah's</c><00:18:04.900><c> mind</c><00:18:05.099><c> was</c><00:18:05.380><c> in</c><00:18:05.619><c> another</c><00:18:05.900><c> place.</c>

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You<00:18:07.839><c> know,</c><00:18:08.000><c> then</c><00:18:08.319><c> we</c><00:18:08.740><c> are</c><00:18:08.900><c> told</c><00:18:09.039><c> nothing</c><00:18:09.319><c> more</c><00:18:09.720><c> until</c><00:18:10.099><c> we</c><00:18:10.339><c> come</c>

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to<00:18:10.859><c> our</c><00:18:11.039><c> chapter</c><00:18:11.339><c> that</c><00:18:11.539><c> we</c><00:18:11.700><c> read</c><00:18:12.140><c> today.</c>

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As<00:18:15.380><c> we</c><00:18:15.599><c> do,</c><00:18:15.740><c> we</c><00:18:15.900><c> pass</c><00:18:16.160><c> over</c><00:18:16.380><c> some</c><00:18:16.599><c> interesting</c><00:18:17.059><c> things.</c><00:18:17.420><c> I</c><00:18:17.440><c> just</c><00:18:17.660><c> wanted</c><00:18:17.900><c> to</c>

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mention<00:18:18.960><c> this.</c>

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You<00:18:19.819><c> know,</c><00:18:19.920><c> he</c><00:18:20.180><c> said,</c><00:18:20.440><c> didn't</c><00:18:20.660><c> he?</c><00:18:21.799><c> He</c><00:18:21.920><c> said</c><00:18:22.039><c> to</c><00:18:22.240><c> God,</c><00:18:23.440><c> I'm</c><00:18:23.779><c> the</c>

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only<00:18:24.140><c> one</c><00:18:24.380><c> around.</c>

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The<00:18:26.559><c> rest,</c><00:18:27.240><c> you</c><00:18:27.240><c> can</c><00:18:27.480><c> count</c><00:18:27.759><c> them</c><00:18:27.940><c> out.</c><00:18:28.980><c> As</c><00:18:29.180><c> we</c><00:18:29.359><c> go</c><00:18:29.619><c> along,</c><00:18:30.220><c> we</c>

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come<00:18:30.480><c> to</c><00:18:30.640><c> chapter</c><00:18:30.859><c> 20,</c>

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and<00:18:31.680><c> they're</c><00:18:32.880><c> the</c><00:18:32.960><c> king</c><00:18:33.140><c> of</c><00:18:33.359><c> Israel</c><00:18:34.059><c> of</c><00:18:34.799><c> the</c><00:18:34.960><c> Northern</c><00:18:35.240><c> King.</c>

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He's<00:18:37.839><c> in</c><00:18:38.119><c> war</c><00:18:38.519><c> with</c><00:18:38.740><c> a</c><00:18:38.839><c> man</c><00:18:38.960><c> called</c><00:18:39.200><c> Ben</c><00:18:39.619><c>-Hadad,</c>

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and<00:18:42.279><c> Ben</c><00:18:42.519><c>-Hadad</c><00:18:42.839><c> was</c><00:18:43.079><c> a</c><00:18:43.299><c> Syrian.</c><00:18:45.640><c> And</c><00:18:45.859><c> in</c><00:18:46.039><c> this</c><00:18:46.299><c> chapter,</c><00:18:47.380><c> have</c>

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you<00:18:47.599><c> noticed</c><00:18:48.000><c> just</c><00:18:48.319><c> how</c><00:18:48.420><c> many</c><00:18:48.740><c> times</c><00:18:49.119><c> a</c><00:18:49.519><c> prophet</c>

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turns<00:18:50.099><c> up</c><00:18:50.299><c> on</c><00:18:50.500><c> the</c><00:18:50.680><c> scene?</c><00:18:51.960><c> Look</c><00:18:52.099><c> at</c><00:18:52.160><c> verse</c><00:18:52.359><c> 13.</c><00:18:53.460><c> Behold,</c><00:18:53.980><c> there</c><00:18:54.119><c> came</c>

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a<00:18:55.039><c> prophet</c><00:18:55.420><c> unto</c><00:18:55.799><c> Ahab,</c><00:18:56.359><c> king</c><00:18:56.680><c> of</c><00:18:56.900><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:18:59.019><c> gives</c><00:18:59.259><c> him</c><00:18:59.539><c> a</c><00:18:59.660><c> hopeful</c><00:18:59.940><c> message.</c><00:19:01.099><c> It</c><00:19:01.259><c> was</c><00:19:01.480><c> successful.</c>

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The<00:19:02.720><c> battle</c><00:19:02.940><c> was</c><00:19:03.200><c> successful.</c>

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Well,<00:19:05.099><c> there's</c><00:19:05.299><c> one</c><00:19:05.599><c> prophet</c><00:19:05.880><c> that</c><00:19:06.099><c> hadn't</c><00:19:06.299><c> been</c><00:19:06.559><c> counted,</c><00:19:07.579><c> one</c><00:19:07.759><c> of</c><00:19:07.859><c> the</c><00:19:08.119><c> 7</c>

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,000.<00:19:10.359><c> But</c><00:19:10.619><c> verse</c><00:19:11.119><c> 22</c><00:19:11.799><c> has</c>

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another<00:19:12.380><c> one.</c><00:19:13.799><c> Perhaps</c><00:19:14.019><c> he</c><00:19:14.140><c> was</c><00:19:14.319><c> the</c><00:19:14.500><c> same</c><00:19:14.640><c> one.</c><00:19:14.859><c> The</c><00:19:15.000><c> prophet</c>

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came<00:19:15.740><c> to</c><00:19:16.079><c> the</c><00:19:16.220><c> king</c><00:19:16.440><c> of</c><00:19:16.619><c> Israel</c><00:19:16.980><c> and</c><00:19:17.279><c> said,</c>

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But<00:19:19.500><c> there's</c><00:19:19.779><c> another</c><00:19:20.079><c> one</c><00:19:20.319><c> in</c><00:19:20.460><c> verse</c><00:19:20.619><c> 28.</c><00:19:23.380><c> There's</c><00:19:23.480><c> four</c><00:19:23.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:24.000><c> chapter.</c><00:19:27.299><c> So,</c>

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Elijah's<00:19:28.180><c> arithmetic</c><00:19:28.599><c> was</c><00:19:28.880><c> not</c><00:19:29.099><c> only</c><00:19:29.680><c> poor,</c><00:19:31.000><c> but</c><00:19:31.140><c> his</c><00:19:31.359><c> sense</c>

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of<00:19:32.220><c> value</c><00:19:32.559><c> of</c><00:19:32.880><c> people</c><00:19:33.299><c> that</c><00:19:33.740><c> were</c><00:19:34.059><c> there</c>

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is<00:19:35.480><c> not</c><00:19:35.759><c> very</c><00:19:36.480><c> fundamentally</c><00:19:37.000><c> good</c><00:19:37.299><c> at</c><00:19:37.519><c> all.</c><00:19:39.200><c> And</c><00:19:39.299><c> you</c><00:19:39.380><c> know,</c>

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back<00:19:40.799><c> in</c><00:19:41.279><c> the</c><00:19:41.460><c> capital,</c><00:19:42.039><c> in</c><00:19:42.200><c> just</c><00:19:42.420><c> real,</c>

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there<00:19:45.019><c> was</c><00:19:45.619><c> at</c><00:19:46.140><c> least</c><00:19:47.339><c> a</c><00:19:48.759><c> hundred</c><00:19:49.140><c> of</c><00:19:49.779><c> prophets</c><00:19:50.039><c> that</c><00:19:50.220><c> were</c><00:19:50.579><c> stored</c><00:19:50.819><c> there</c><00:19:51.640><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:52.740><c> person</c><00:19:52.980><c> who</c><00:19:53.160><c> was</c><00:19:53.339><c> the</c>

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was<00:19:59.059><c> looking</c><00:19:59.299><c> after</c><00:19:59.680><c> them,</c><00:20:00.500><c> feeding</c><00:20:00.779><c> them</c><00:20:01.059><c> in</c><00:20:01.240><c> a</c>

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too.<00:20:22.579><c> Elijah</c><00:20:23.019><c> doesn't</c><00:20:24.500><c> seem</c><00:20:24.619><c> to</c><00:20:24.759><c> even</c><00:20:25.019><c> know</c><00:20:25.279><c> that</c>

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this<00:20:36.589><c> afternoon,</c><00:20:37.650><c> second</c><00:20:37.890><c> of</c><00:20:38.069><c> Kings</c><00:20:38.329><c> chapter</c><00:20:38.750><c> two,</c><00:20:40.029><c> there's</c>

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that<00:20:59.470><c> if</c><00:21:00.650><c> that's</c><00:21:01.029><c> the</c><00:21:01.210><c> situation</c>

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was<00:21:08.089><c> the</c><00:21:08.329><c> only</c><00:21:08.589><c> one,</c>

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there's<00:21:10.549><c> been</c><00:21:10.789><c> an</c><00:21:10.990><c> awful</c><00:21:11.269><c> lot</c><00:21:11.509><c> of</c><00:21:11.670><c> work</c><00:21:11.849><c> done</c><00:21:12.470><c> between</c><00:21:13.329><c> then</c>

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and<00:21:14.430><c> now.</c><00:21:15.609><c> Because</c><00:21:15.970><c> in</c><00:21:16.250><c> this</c><00:21:16.529><c> chapter,</c>

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we're<00:21:17.549><c> going</c><00:21:17.609><c> to</c><00:21:17.910><c> find</c><00:21:18.130><c> one</c><00:21:18.690><c> or,</c><00:21:19.130><c> well,</c><00:21:19.369><c> it</c><00:21:19.490><c> seems</c><00:21:19.710><c> almost</c><00:21:19.930><c> like</c><00:21:20.690><c> half</c><00:21:21.109><c> a</c>

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city<00:21:21.890><c> is</c><00:21:22.329><c> the</c><00:21:22.670><c> prophets.</c><00:21:23.150><c> And</c><00:21:23.329><c> there's</c>

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four<00:21:23.730><c> of</c><00:21:23.829><c> them.</c><00:21:24.990><c> Gilgall</c><00:21:25.450><c> and</c><00:21:25.609><c> Bethel</c><00:21:26.210><c> and</c><00:21:26.910><c> Jericho,</c><00:21:27.849><c> down</c><00:21:27.970><c> to</c>

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Jordan.<00:21:29.490><c> There's</c><00:21:29.809><c> batches</c><00:21:30.289><c> of</c><00:21:30.829><c> prophets</c><00:21:31.069><c> in</c>

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all<00:21:39.269><c> prophets.</c><00:21:42.670><c> Elijah's</c><00:21:43.230><c> arithmetic</c><00:21:43.650><c> was</c><00:21:43.970><c> not</c>

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very<00:21:44.869><c> good</c><00:21:45.069><c> at</c><00:21:45.289><c> all.</c><00:21:46.730><c> Came</c><00:21:46.890><c> to</c><00:21:47.109><c> pass</c><00:21:47.390><c> then,</c><00:21:47.829><c> verse</c><00:21:48.130><c> one,</c><00:21:49.089><c> when</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:50.369><c> would</c><00:21:50.809><c> take</c><00:21:51.069><c> up</c><00:21:51.349><c> Elijah</c><00:21:51.730><c> into</c><00:21:52.190><c> heaven</c><00:21:52.569><c> by</c>

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willing<00:21:53.710><c> that</c><00:21:54.190><c> Elijah</c><00:21:54.609><c> went</c><00:21:54.829><c> with</c><00:21:55.089><c> Elijah</c><00:21:55.630><c> from</c><00:21:56.230><c> Gilgall.</c><00:21:56.809><c> So</c>

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the<00:22:04.029><c> prophets</c><00:22:04.210><c> in</c><00:22:04.490><c> between.</c><00:22:05.250><c> Between</c><00:22:05.769><c> the</c>

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earlier<00:22:06.690><c> chapter</c><00:22:07.150><c> to</c><00:22:07.630><c> chapter</c><00:22:08.089><c> 17</c><00:22:08.730><c> and</c><00:22:08.990><c> 18,</c><00:22:10.289><c> and</c><00:22:10.390><c> this</c><00:22:10.650><c> chapter,</c><00:22:11.369><c> a</c><00:22:11.509><c> lot</c>

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now<00:22:14.009><c> we</c><00:22:14.069><c> have</c><00:22:14.529><c> prophets</c><00:22:14.869><c> building</c><00:22:15.490><c> homes</c><00:22:15.950><c> and</c><00:22:16.250><c> developing</c><00:22:16.769><c> their</c><00:22:17.029><c> cities.</c><00:22:18.789><c> And</c><00:22:18.910><c> the</c><00:22:19.029><c> work</c><00:22:19.190><c> of</c>

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Gospel<00:22:26.410><c> of</c><00:22:26.670><c> Luke,</c><00:22:27.069><c> chapter</c><00:22:27.309><c> one,</c>

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Elijah.<00:22:52.789><c> You</c><00:22:53.009><c> and</c><00:22:53.210><c> I</c><00:22:53.289><c> have</c><00:22:53.450><c> been</c><00:22:53.589><c> looking</c><00:22:53.829><c> at</c><00:22:54.109><c> record</c><00:22:54.329><c> pretty</c>

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scarce<00:22:55.230><c> to</c><00:22:55.569><c> find</c><00:22:55.730><c> out</c><00:22:56.109><c> where</c><00:22:56.289><c> we</c><00:22:56.490><c> see</c><00:22:56.650><c> Elijah</c>

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that's<00:23:06.130><c> important.</c><00:23:08.349><c> Because</c><00:23:08.630><c> Elijah</c><00:23:08.930><c> is</c><00:23:09.109><c> going</c><00:23:09.190><c> to</c>

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he<00:23:39.009><c> wasn't</c><00:23:39.309><c> too</c><00:23:39.529><c> happy</c><00:23:39.730><c> about</c><00:23:40.549><c> getting</c><00:23:40.869><c> out</c><00:23:41.089><c> there</c>

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and<00:23:41.410><c> working</c><00:23:41.630><c> with</c><00:23:41.950><c> people.</c><00:23:43.109><c> But</c><00:23:43.250><c> he</c><00:23:43.529><c> obviously</c><00:23:44.029><c> must</c><00:23:44.390><c> have.</c>

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Because<00:23:45.569><c> this</c><00:23:46.109><c> would</c><00:23:46.369><c> not</c><00:23:46.609><c> be</c><00:23:46.869><c> so</c><00:23:47.029><c> as</c><00:23:47.369><c> it</c><00:23:47.549><c> is.</c>

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So<00:23:48.609><c> what</c><00:23:48.750><c> do</c><00:23:48.910><c> we</c><00:23:48.990><c> find</c><00:23:49.190><c> in</c><00:23:49.349><c> this</c><00:23:50.130><c> chapter</c><00:23:50.549><c> of</c><00:23:50.829><c> departure?</c>

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He<00:23:55.250><c> leaves</c><00:23:55.470><c> from</c><00:23:56.009><c> Gilgal,</c><00:23:56.769><c> says</c><00:23:57.150><c> that</c><00:23:57.410><c> Elijah</c><00:23:57.750><c> went</c><00:23:58.049><c> with</c><00:23:58.450><c> Elisha</c><00:23:59.130><c> from</c><00:23:59.509><c> Gilgal.</c><00:24:00.390><c> So</c>

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the<00:24:00.809><c> two</c><00:24:00.990><c> of</c><00:24:01.109><c> them</c>

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are<00:24:01.589><c> working</c><00:24:01.930><c> together,</c><00:24:03.210><c> have</c><00:24:03.269><c> been</c><00:24:03.509><c> in</c><00:24:03.650><c> each</c><00:24:03.849><c> other's</c><00:24:04.269><c> company</c><00:24:04.509><c> for</c>

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some<00:24:05.170><c> years.</c>

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And<00:24:07.750><c> then</c><00:24:07.930><c> Elijah</c><00:24:08.730><c> went</c><00:24:08.990><c> with</c><00:24:11.170><c> Elisha</c><00:24:11.930><c> from</c><00:24:12.329><c> Gilgal.</c><00:24:14.609><c> And</c><00:24:14.910><c> that's</c><00:24:15.190><c> the</c>

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first<00:24:15.630><c> of</c><00:24:15.910><c> four</c><00:24:16.190><c> towns</c><00:24:16.529><c> that</c><00:24:16.730><c> are</c>

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mentioned<00:24:17.109><c> in</c><00:24:17.609><c> this</c><00:24:17.690><c> section.</c><00:24:19.150><c> Gilgal,</c><00:24:20.569><c> because</c><00:24:20.930><c> that's</c>

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where<00:24:21.509><c> circumcision</c><00:24:22.190><c> first</c><00:24:22.849><c> took</c><00:24:23.069><c> place</c><00:24:23.369><c> when</c><00:24:23.589><c> Israel</c>

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came<00:24:24.170><c> into</c><00:24:24.410><c> the</c><00:24:24.650><c> land.</c><00:24:25.849><c> It's</c><00:24:26.009><c> down</c><00:24:26.250><c> on</c><00:24:27.650><c> the</c><00:24:27.670><c> on</c><00:24:27.670><c> the</c><00:24:28.130><c> flat</c><00:24:28.289><c> of</c><00:24:28.549><c> Jordan.</c><00:24:30.349><c> And</c><00:24:30.750><c> it</c><00:24:31.990><c> was</c><00:24:32.210><c> a</c>

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well<00:24:32.670><c>-known</c><00:24:32.910><c> place.</c><00:24:33.589><c> And</c>

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one<00:24:33.869><c> time</c><00:24:34.250><c> Samuel</c><00:24:34.789><c> used</c><00:24:35.089><c> that</c><00:24:35.470><c> when</c><00:24:35.650><c> he</c><00:24:35.910><c> gathered</c><00:24:36.150><c> all</c><00:24:36.490><c> Israel</c>

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together.<00:24:37.910><c> So</c><00:24:38.109><c> it</c><00:24:38.170><c> had</c><00:24:38.349><c> a</c><00:24:38.670><c> history</c><00:24:39.069><c> of</c>

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affinity<00:24:41.170><c> with</c><00:24:41.490><c> God</c><00:24:41.769><c> and</c><00:24:41.970><c> the</c><00:24:42.089><c> work</c><00:24:42.309><c> of</c><00:24:42.549><c> God.</c><00:24:44.170><c> And</c><00:24:44.210><c> Elisha</c>

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comes<00:24:44.950><c> with</c><00:24:45.210><c> Elisha</c><00:24:46.210><c> from</c><00:24:46.750><c> Gilgal.</c>

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Gilgal<00:24:48.009><c> was</c><00:24:48.289><c> one</c><00:24:48.509><c> of</c><00:24:48.690><c> his</c><00:24:49.009><c> centres.</c><00:24:50.250><c> He</c><00:24:50.289><c> had</c><00:24:50.430><c> three</c><00:24:50.710><c> centres</c>

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and<00:24:51.369><c> Gilgal</c><00:24:51.869><c> was</c><00:24:52.569><c> one</c><00:24:52.890><c> of</c><00:24:53.029><c> them.</c><00:24:53.230><c> You</c><00:24:53.349><c> know</c>

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how<00:24:53.730><c> Samuel</c><00:24:53.950><c> had</c><00:24:54.109><c> that</c><00:24:54.369><c> little</c><00:24:55.190><c> route</c><00:24:55.349><c> that</c><00:24:55.549><c> he</c><00:24:55.710><c> took</c><00:24:55.930><c> each</c>

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year?<00:24:57.109><c> Well,</c><00:24:57.609><c> obviously</c><00:24:58.089><c> Elijah</c><00:24:58.549><c> had</c><00:24:58.789><c> something</c>

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quite<00:24:59.809><c> similar</c><00:25:00.230><c> when</c><00:25:00.769><c> you</c><00:25:00.970><c> put</c><00:25:01.109><c> this</c><00:25:01.450><c> together.</c><00:25:02.049><c> You</c><00:25:02.150><c> can</c><00:25:02.410><c> see</c>

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that<00:25:02.750><c> that's</c><00:25:03.069><c> the</c><00:25:03.150><c> case.</c><00:25:03.490><c> And</c><00:25:04.049><c> it</c><00:25:05.190><c> means</c><00:25:05.509><c> too</c>

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Elijah<00:25:06.589><c> is</c><00:25:06.890><c> following</c><00:25:07.549><c> a</c><00:25:07.890><c> pattern</c><00:25:08.529><c> which</c><00:25:09.410><c> was</c><00:25:09.710><c> established</c><00:25:10.289><c> by</c><00:25:10.690><c> Samuel.</c><00:25:11.849><c> Quite</c><00:25:12.089><c> a</c>

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few<00:25:12.369><c> times</c><00:25:12.630><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:12.950><c> scripture</c><00:25:13.230><c> in</c><00:25:13.430><c> the</c><00:25:13.509><c> New</c><00:25:13.750><c> Testament</c><00:25:14.089><c> speaks</c><00:25:14.450><c> about</c><00:25:14.930><c> Samuel</c><00:25:15.329><c> and</c>

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all<00:25:15.710><c> the</c><00:25:15.950><c> prophets.</c><00:25:16.829><c> Samuel</c><00:25:17.130><c> and</c><00:25:17.809><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:25:18.430><c> that</c><00:25:18.730><c> came.</c><00:25:19.930><c> Because</c><00:25:20.150><c> Samuel</c><00:25:20.410><c> was</c><00:25:20.650><c> really</c><00:25:21.009><c> the</c><00:25:21.170><c> one</c>

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who<00:25:21.490><c> did</c><00:25:21.910><c> start</c><00:25:22.089><c> it</c><00:25:22.269><c> off.</c><00:25:23.269><c> It</c><00:25:23.269><c> was</c><00:25:23.730><c> in</c><00:25:24.210><c> his</c><00:25:24.549><c> time</c><00:25:24.809><c> that</c>

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the<00:25:25.750><c> school</c><00:25:25.930><c> of</c><00:25:26.150><c> the</c><00:25:26.329><c> prophets</c><00:25:26.529><c> became</c><00:25:27.569><c> obvious</c><00:25:28.430><c> in</c><00:25:28.690><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:25:30.809><c> Elijah,</c><00:25:32.250><c> despite</c><00:25:32.609><c> his</c><00:25:33.849><c> coming</c><00:25:34.289><c> onto</c><00:25:34.710><c> the</c>

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scene,<00:25:35.309><c> was</c><00:25:35.450><c> not</c><00:25:35.750><c> however</c><00:25:36.289><c> the</c><00:25:36.809><c> one</c><00:25:37.089><c> who</c><00:25:38.089><c> first</c><00:25:38.589><c> developed</c><00:25:39.049><c> the</c><00:25:39.269><c> school</c><00:25:39.529><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:39.829><c> prophets.</c><00:25:40.710><c> Those</c><00:25:41.009><c> three</c><00:25:41.289><c> references</c>

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in<00:25:41.950><c> the</c><00:25:42.049><c> New</c><00:25:42.269><c> Testament</c><00:25:42.589><c> obviously</c><00:25:43.089><c> imply</c><00:25:43.509><c> that</c><00:25:44.009><c> with</c><00:25:44.309><c> Samuel</c>

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there<00:25:44.930><c> was</c><00:25:45.730><c> something</c><00:25:46.109><c> new</c><00:25:46.490><c> that</c><00:25:46.630><c> was</c><00:25:46.910><c> developed</c>

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and<00:25:47.470><c> that</c><00:25:47.630><c> is</c><00:25:48.369><c> schools</c><00:25:48.890><c> of</c><00:25:49.170><c> brethren</c><00:25:49.569><c> who</c><00:25:50.289><c> were</c><00:25:51.410><c> total,</c><00:25:52.289><c> full</c>

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-time<00:25:53.309><c> in</c><00:25:53.890><c> commitment</c><00:25:54.329><c> to</c><00:25:54.589><c> the</c><00:25:54.730><c> things</c><00:25:54.910><c> of</c><00:25:55.150><c> God</c><00:25:55.309><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:55.730><c> teaching</c><00:25:56.029><c> of</c><00:25:56.269><c> Israel.</c><00:25:57.869><c> So</c><00:25:58.190><c> Elijah's</c><00:25:58.869><c> picking</c><00:25:59.130><c> that</c><00:25:59.390><c> up</c>

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and<00:25:59.750><c> building</c><00:26:00.109><c> that</c><00:26:00.390><c> up.</c><00:26:02.410><c> But</c><00:26:02.529><c> he</c><00:26:02.609><c> has</c><00:26:02.769><c> the</c><00:26:03.009><c> unfortunate</c>

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record<00:26:03.849><c> that</c><00:26:04.009><c> still</c><00:26:04.309><c> goes</c><00:26:04.869><c> on</c><00:26:05.150><c> to</c><00:26:05.269><c> this</c><00:26:05.549><c> day</c><00:26:05.730><c> saying</c><00:26:06.150><c> he</c><00:26:06.549><c> didn't</c><00:26:06.789><c> even</c>

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know<00:26:07.529><c> who</c><00:26:08.029><c> was</c><00:26:08.390><c> there.</c><00:26:10.609><c> And</c><00:26:10.750><c> Paul</c><00:26:10.950><c> picks</c>

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all<00:26:11.450><c> that</c><00:26:11.609><c> up</c><00:26:11.809><c> in</c><00:26:12.049><c> Romans</c><00:26:12.410><c> and</c><00:26:12.589><c> he</c><00:26:12.690><c> says</c><00:26:12.910><c> that</c><00:26:13.490><c> Elijah</c><00:26:13.809><c> in</c><00:26:13.910><c> fact</c>

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he<00:26:15.150><c> petitioned</c><00:26:15.769><c> against</c><00:26:16.309><c> Israel</c><00:26:16.849><c> and</c><00:26:17.009><c> he</c><00:26:17.190><c> did,</c>

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didn't<00:26:17.990><c> he?</c><00:26:18.509><c> I</c><00:26:19.150><c> own</c><00:26:19.670><c> them</c><00:26:20.089><c> and</c><00:26:20.329><c> left.</c><00:26:21.589><c> Wow.</c><00:26:24.849><c> That's</c><00:26:25.490><c> not</c><00:26:26.509><c> very</c>

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company<00:26:27.109><c> at</c><00:26:27.349><c> all.</c><00:26:29.369><c> However,</c><00:26:30.049><c> this</c><00:26:30.230><c> is</c><00:26:30.390><c> his</c><00:26:30.569><c> last</c>

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day.<00:26:32.069><c> And</c><00:26:32.269><c> Elijah</c><00:26:32.549><c> said</c><00:26:32.809><c> unto</c><00:26:33.049><c> Elisha,</c><00:26:33.650><c> verse</c><00:26:33.789><c> 2,</c><00:26:35.269><c> Terry</c><00:26:35.589><c> here</c>

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I<00:26:36.190><c> pray</c><00:26:36.470><c> thee,</c><00:26:37.990><c> for</c><00:26:38.269><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:38.730><c> has</c><00:26:39.029><c> sent</c><00:26:39.289><c> me</c><00:26:39.589><c> to</c><00:26:39.930><c> Bethel.</c>

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And<00:26:41.730><c> Elisha</c><00:26:42.150><c> said</c><00:26:42.329><c> unto</c><00:26:42.589><c> him,</c><00:26:44.109><c> as</c><00:26:44.730><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:45.269><c> liveth,</c><00:26:46.490><c> and</c><00:26:46.730><c> as</c><00:26:46.950><c> thy</c><00:26:47.230><c> soul</c><00:26:47.569><c> liveth,</c><00:26:48.490><c> I</c>

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will<00:26:49.089><c> not</c><00:26:49.450><c> leave</c><00:26:49.789><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:26:51.529><c> they</c><00:26:51.710><c> went</c><00:26:51.930><c> down</c><00:26:52.670><c> to</c><00:26:53.210><c> Bethel.</c><00:26:55.150><c> Now</c><00:26:55.490><c> Bethel</c><00:26:55.750><c> was</c><00:26:56.369><c> a</c><00:26:56.589><c> place</c>

00:26:56.890 --> 00:26:59.269
of<00:26:57.130><c> many</c><00:26:57.430><c> things</c><00:26:57.690><c> in</c><00:26:57.849><c> the</c><00:26:57.970><c> Old</c><00:26:58.150><c> Testament</c><00:26:58.549><c> too.</c>

00:26:59.269 --> 00:27:03.089
Like<00:26:59.970><c> Gilgal</c><00:27:00.470><c> was</c><00:27:00.769><c> too.</c><00:27:00.930><c> They</c><00:27:01.089><c> were</c><00:27:01.369><c> important</c><00:27:01.950><c> places</c><00:27:02.529><c> with</c>

00:27:03.089 --> 00:27:06.470
interesting<00:27:03.970><c> historical</c><00:27:05.049><c> backgrounds.</c>

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Bethel<00:27:08.130><c> was</c><00:27:08.470><c> a</c><00:27:08.910><c> place</c><00:27:09.349><c> of</c><00:27:09.609><c> the</c><00:27:09.829><c> prophets</c><00:27:10.049><c> obviously.</c><00:27:11.109><c> They</c><00:27:11.589><c> were</c><00:27:11.829><c> here.</c><00:27:13.029><c> It</c>

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says<00:27:13.529><c> verse</c><00:27:13.730><c> 3,</c><00:27:14.170><c> the</c><00:27:14.210><c> sons</c><00:27:14.509><c> of</c><00:27:14.710><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:27:15.250><c> that</c><00:27:15.829><c> were</c><00:27:16.089><c> at</c><00:27:16.369><c> Bethel</c><00:27:16.890><c> came</c><00:27:17.210><c> forth</c><00:27:17.529><c> to</c><00:27:17.769><c> Elisha</c><00:27:18.390><c> and</c>

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said<00:27:19.049><c> unto</c><00:27:19.309><c> him,</c><00:27:20.109><c> knowest</c><00:27:20.710><c> thou</c><00:27:20.890><c> that</c><00:27:21.650><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:22.049><c> will</c>

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take<00:27:22.589><c> away</c><00:27:22.970><c> thy</c><00:27:23.269><c> master</c><00:27:23.750><c> from</c><00:27:24.029><c> thy</c><00:27:24.250><c> head</c><00:27:24.430><c> today?</c><00:27:25.569><c> And</c><00:27:25.789><c> he</c><00:27:25.890><c> said,</c><00:27:26.289><c> yea,</c>

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I<00:27:26.730><c> know</c><00:27:26.930><c> it.</c><00:27:27.349><c> Hold</c><00:27:27.710><c> ye</c><00:27:27.890><c> your</c><00:27:28.190><c> peace.</c>

00:27:31.349 --> 00:27:35.190
But<00:27:31.950><c> what</c><00:27:32.150><c> was</c><00:27:32.390><c> the</c><00:27:32.450><c> last</c><00:27:32.930><c> recorded</c><00:27:33.529><c> event</c><00:27:33.849><c> about</c><00:27:34.210><c> Bethel?</c>

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The<00:27:36.210><c> last</c><00:27:36.569><c> recorded</c><00:27:37.069><c> event</c><00:27:37.369><c> about</c><00:27:37.650><c> Bethel</c><00:27:38.289><c> was</c><00:27:38.809><c> that</c><00:27:39.049><c> Jeroboam</c><00:27:39.670><c> had</c><00:27:39.990><c> set</c>

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up<00:27:40.769><c> golden</c><00:27:41.269><c> cards,</c>

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one<00:27:42.029><c> in</c><00:27:42.170><c> the</c><00:27:42.289><c> north</c><00:27:42.490><c> and</c><00:27:42.670><c> the</c><00:27:42.829><c> other</c><00:27:43.089><c> in</c><00:27:43.329><c> the</c><00:27:43.410><c> south</c><00:27:43.750><c> in</c><00:27:44.009><c> Bethel.</c><00:27:46.490><c> So</c>

00:27:46.890 --> 00:27:48.430
that<00:27:47.089><c> wasn't</c><00:27:47.450><c> without</c><00:27:47.849><c> fair</c><00:27:48.170><c> cost,</c>

00:27:48.509 --> 00:27:54.690
was<00:27:48.710><c> it?</c><00:27:49.150><c> He</c><00:27:49.390><c> was</c><00:27:49.549><c> going</c><00:27:49.809><c> into</c><00:27:50.029><c> a</c><00:27:50.269><c> centre</c><00:27:50.529><c> of</c><00:27:50.829><c> apostasy.</c><00:27:53.670><c> Jeroboam</c><00:27:54.269><c> was</c>

00:27:54.690 --> 00:27:56.430
developing<00:27:55.349><c> an</c><00:27:55.670><c> apostasy</c>

00:27:56.430 --> 00:28:02.230
and<00:27:56.869><c> that</c><00:27:56.970><c> was</c><00:27:57.250><c> a</c><00:27:57.470><c> key</c><00:27:58.029><c> element</c><00:27:58.430><c> of</c><00:27:58.690><c> it.</c><00:28:00.230><c> But</c><00:28:00.390><c> earlier</c><00:28:01.009><c> in</c><00:28:02.069><c> the</c>

00:28:02.230 --> 00:28:04.450
times<00:28:02.410><c> of</c><00:28:02.650><c> the</c><00:28:02.789><c> patriarchs,</c><00:28:03.690><c> Bethel</c><00:28:03.789><c> was</c><00:28:04.009><c> a</c><00:28:04.130><c> place</c>

00:28:04.450 --> 00:28:10.289
that<00:28:05.130><c> God</c><00:28:05.410><c> was</c><00:28:05.730><c> found.</c><00:28:06.289><c> Jacob,</c><00:28:06.970><c> he</c><00:28:07.589><c> slept</c><00:28:07.829><c> at</c><00:28:08.009><c> Bethel.</c><00:28:09.930><c> And</c><00:28:10.150><c> so</c>

00:28:10.289 --> 00:28:13.109
much<00:28:10.829><c> was</c><00:28:11.190><c> the</c><00:28:11.809><c> company</c><00:28:12.109><c> of</c><00:28:12.309><c> the</c><00:28:12.470><c> angels</c><00:28:12.710><c> around</c>

00:28:13.109 --> 00:28:19.730
him<00:28:13.289><c> that</c><00:28:13.369><c> he</c><00:28:13.549><c> called</c><00:28:13.710><c> the</c><00:28:13.890><c> place</c><00:28:14.069><c> the</c><00:28:14.269><c> house</c><00:28:14.630><c> of</c><00:28:14.910><c> God,</c><00:28:15.349><c> Bethel.</c><00:28:18.930><c> So</c><00:28:19.450><c> for</c>

00:28:19.730 --> 00:28:21.349
it<00:28:19.930><c> to</c><00:28:20.069><c> now</c><00:28:20.250><c> come</c><00:28:20.430><c> back</c><00:28:20.670><c> into</c><00:28:20.930><c> another</c>

00:28:21.349 --> 00:28:26.809
season<00:28:21.869><c> of</c><00:28:22.730><c> God</c><00:28:23.309><c> developing</c><00:28:24.470><c> young</c><00:28:25.029><c> men</c><00:28:25.670><c> is</c><00:28:26.069><c> in</c><00:28:26.269><c> keeping</c><00:28:26.549><c> with</c>

00:28:26.809 --> 00:28:29.589
the<00:28:26.990><c> record.</c><00:28:28.029><c> But</c><00:28:28.029><c> there's</c><00:28:28.250><c> opposition</c><00:28:28.789><c> there.</c>

00:28:32.049 --> 00:28:36.930
The<00:28:32.650><c> king's</c><00:28:33.250><c> place</c><00:28:33.470><c> of</c><00:28:33.690><c> worship</c><00:28:34.170><c> was</c><00:28:34.509><c> in</c><00:28:34.730><c> Bethel</c><00:28:35.009><c> and</c><00:28:35.150><c> he</c><00:28:35.289><c> was</c>

00:28:36.930 --> 00:28:38.849
a<00:28:37.210><c> devotee</c><00:28:37.650><c> to</c><00:28:37.890><c> Baal.</c>

00:28:40.309 --> 00:28:45.609
He<00:28:40.470><c> was</c><00:28:40.910><c> an</c><00:28:42.109><c> evil</c><00:28:42.329><c> man,</c><00:28:43.009><c> very</c><00:28:43.289><c> evil</c><00:28:43.549><c> man.</c><00:28:45.029><c> And</c><00:28:45.150><c> Jeroboam</c><00:28:45.390><c> was</c>

00:28:45.609 --> 00:28:48.029
around<00:28:45.890><c> the</c><00:28:46.089><c> place,</c><00:28:46.829><c> very</c><00:28:47.130><c> close.</c>

00:28:49.250 --> 00:28:56.890
So<00:28:49.809><c> Bethel</c><00:28:50.369><c> had</c><00:28:51.549><c> had,</c><00:28:52.109><c> the</c><00:28:52.210><c> angel</c><00:28:52.470><c> girl,</c><00:28:52.970><c> had</c><00:28:53.069><c> had</c><00:28:53.509><c> two</c><00:28:53.890><c> different</c><00:28:54.529><c> courses</c><00:28:54.930><c> of</c><00:28:55.250><c> life</c><00:28:55.609><c> and</c>

00:28:56.890 --> 00:28:58.009
they<00:28:57.109><c> lived</c><00:28:57.250><c> alongside</c>

00:28:58.009 --> 00:29:01.950
each<00:28:58.630><c> other</c><00:28:59.289><c> for</c><00:28:59.670><c> some</c><00:28:59.910><c> time.</c><00:29:00.130><c> But</c><00:29:00.309><c> now</c><00:29:00.569><c> obviously</c><00:29:01.130><c> there</c><00:29:01.750><c> was</c>

00:29:01.950 --> 00:29:05.430
quite<00:29:02.230><c> a</c><00:29:02.549><c> company</c><00:29:02.829><c> of</c><00:29:03.130><c> people</c><00:29:03.569><c> in</c><00:29:04.250><c> Bethel.</c>

00:29:08.130 --> 00:29:11.450
And<00:29:08.309><c> the</c><00:29:08.430><c> sons</c><00:29:08.549><c> of</c><00:29:08.730><c> the</c><00:29:08.990><c> prophets</c><00:29:09.210><c> come</c><00:29:09.490><c> out</c><00:29:09.730><c> to</c><00:29:09.970><c> meet</c><00:29:10.930><c> Elijah</c>

00:29:11.450 --> 00:29:14.410
and<00:29:11.730><c> Elisha.</c><00:29:13.230><c> What</c><00:29:13.430><c> did</c><00:29:13.589><c> they</c><00:29:13.789><c> mean</c><00:29:13.990><c> when</c><00:29:14.130><c> they</c>

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said,<00:29:16.069><c> notice</c><00:29:16.710><c> now</c><00:29:17.170><c> that</c><00:29:18.289><c> the</c><00:29:18.490><c> Lord</c><00:29:18.710><c> will</c><00:29:18.970><c> take</c><00:29:19.289><c> away</c><00:29:19.549><c> thy</c><00:29:19.809><c> master</c><00:29:20.230><c> from</c><00:29:20.529><c> thy</c>

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head<00:29:21.170><c> today?</c>

00:29:22.950 --> 00:29:27.369
They<00:29:23.269><c> say</c><00:29:23.369><c> it</c><00:29:23.549><c> then</c><00:29:24.049><c> and</c><00:29:25.089><c> they</c><00:29:25.329><c> say</c><00:29:25.430><c> it</c><00:29:25.589><c> again</c><00:29:25.789><c> in</c><00:29:25.950><c> verse</c><00:29:26.210><c> five.</c>

00:29:28.430 --> 00:29:30.450
They<00:29:28.789><c> obviously</c><00:29:29.289><c> knew</c>

00:29:30.730 --> 00:29:33.950
that<00:29:30.990><c> that</c><00:29:31.210><c> was</c><00:29:31.410><c> the</c><00:29:31.549><c> fact.</c><00:29:32.250><c> If</c><00:29:32.470><c> they</c><00:29:32.670><c> were</c><00:29:32.829><c> prophets,</c><00:29:33.410><c> then</c>

00:29:33.950 --> 00:29:36.470
it<00:29:34.289><c> would</c><00:29:34.490><c> seem</c><00:29:34.690><c> that</c><00:29:34.890><c> God</c><00:29:35.089><c> had</c><00:29:35.349><c> revealed</c><00:29:35.650><c> to</c><00:29:35.809><c> them</c>

00:29:36.470 --> 00:29:39.970
that<00:29:36.869><c> this</c><00:29:37.069><c> is</c><00:29:37.329><c> a</c><00:29:37.450><c> day,</c><00:29:37.609><c> a</c><00:29:37.890><c> special</c><00:29:38.130><c> day</c><00:29:38.470><c> in</c><00:29:38.630><c> which</c><00:29:38.910><c> Elijah</c><00:29:39.369><c> is</c>

00:29:39.970 --> 00:29:41.970
going<00:29:40.089><c> to</c><00:29:40.230><c> be</c><00:29:40.450><c> taken</c><00:29:40.730><c> and</c><00:29:40.950><c> Elisha</c><00:29:41.430><c> is</c><00:29:41.589><c> going</c><00:29:41.710><c> to</c><00:29:41.849><c> be</c>

00:29:41.970 --> 00:29:47.670
without<00:29:42.890><c> his</c><00:29:43.829><c> mentor.</c><00:29:45.269><c> It</c><00:29:45.490><c> describes</c><00:29:45.930><c> him</c><00:29:46.170><c> in</c><00:29:46.289><c> this</c><00:29:46.549><c> way</c><00:29:47.069><c> that</c>

00:29:47.670 --> 00:29:51.609
he<00:29:47.769><c> will</c><00:29:48.009><c> take</c><00:29:48.309><c> away</c><00:29:48.690><c> thy</c><00:29:48.930><c> master</c><00:29:49.450><c> from</c><00:29:50.250><c> thy</c><00:29:50.890><c> head</c>

00:29:51.609 --> 00:29:57.769
today.<00:29:54.430><c> Is</c><00:29:54.470><c> that</c><00:29:54.690><c> really</c><00:29:55.049><c> saying?</c><00:29:56.230><c> He's</c><00:29:56.569><c> saying</c><00:29:56.710><c> your</c><00:29:57.009><c> mentor</c>

00:29:57.769 --> 00:30:01.029
that<00:29:58.529><c> you've</c><00:29:58.890><c> relied</c><00:29:59.150><c> upon</c><00:29:59.630><c> will</c><00:30:00.130><c> be</c><00:30:00.390><c> taken</c><00:30:00.690><c> from</c>

00:30:01.029 --> 00:30:04.910
you<00:30:01.450><c> today.</c><00:30:01.890><c> But</c><00:30:02.089><c> why</c><00:30:02.309><c> would</c><00:30:02.430><c> they</c><00:30:02.690><c> say</c><00:30:02.930><c> that</c><00:30:03.150><c> to</c><00:30:03.390><c> you?</c><00:30:04.730><c> Didn't</c>

00:30:04.910 --> 00:30:09.150
he<00:30:05.069><c> know</c><00:30:05.230><c> that?</c><00:30:07.210><c> They're</c><00:30:07.450><c> adding</c><00:30:07.650><c> salt</c><00:30:07.970><c> to</c><00:30:08.230><c> injury.</c>

00:30:09.970 --> 00:30:15.609
It's<00:30:10.470><c> peculiar</c><00:30:10.869><c> isn't</c><00:30:11.089><c> it?</c><00:30:13.950><c> I</c><00:30:14.269><c> suppose</c><00:30:14.630><c> even</c><00:30:14.950><c> in</c><00:30:15.170><c> the</c><00:30:15.309><c> company</c>

00:30:15.609 --> 00:30:18.890
of<00:30:15.829><c> the</c><00:30:16.069><c> prophets,</c><00:30:17.210><c> there</c><00:30:17.329><c> was</c><00:30:17.509><c> some</c><00:30:17.769><c> anxiety</c>

00:30:18.890 --> 00:30:23.789
at<00:30:19.349><c> a</c><00:30:19.529><c> new</c><00:30:19.750><c> appointment.</c><00:30:20.890><c> Who</c><00:30:21.170><c> could</c><00:30:21.430><c> replace</c><00:30:21.750><c> Elijah?</c><00:30:23.630><c> You</c>

00:30:23.789 --> 00:30:25.369
would<00:30:23.950><c> like</c><00:30:24.089><c> to</c><00:30:24.250><c> be</c><00:30:24.410><c> asked,</c><00:30:24.710><c> would</c><00:30:24.809><c> you</c><00:30:24.970><c> to</c><00:30:25.170><c> fill</c>

00:30:25.369 --> 00:30:31.910
the<00:30:25.829><c> shoes</c><00:30:26.069><c> of</c><00:30:26.390><c> Elijah?</c><00:30:28.529><c> How</c><00:30:28.950><c> would</c><00:30:29.069><c> you</c><00:30:29.170><c> do</c><00:30:29.369><c> that?</c><00:30:30.869><c> And</c><00:30:31.190><c> I</c><00:30:31.369><c> suppose</c><00:30:31.650><c> the</c>

00:30:31.910 --> 00:30:33.329
company<00:30:32.109><c> of</c><00:30:32.309><c> the</c><00:30:32.470><c> prophets</c><00:30:32.710><c> of</c><00:30:32.930><c> the</c><00:30:33.049><c> very</c>

00:30:33.329 --> 00:30:38.450
would<00:30:33.609><c> have</c><00:30:33.829><c> said,</c><00:30:35.289><c> well,</c><00:30:35.789><c> you</c><00:30:36.009><c> know,</c><00:30:36.349><c> can</c><00:30:36.450><c> anybody</c><00:30:36.829><c> do</c><00:30:37.069><c> Elijah's</c><00:30:37.589><c> job?</c>

00:30:38.769 --> 00:30:39.930
He's<00:30:38.970><c> still</c><00:30:39.130><c> got</c><00:30:39.349><c> plenty</c><00:30:39.549><c> of</c><00:30:39.730><c> steam.</c>

00:30:40.210 --> 00:30:44.549
Why<00:30:40.529><c> is</c><00:30:40.730><c> he</c><00:30:40.910><c> being</c><00:30:41.130><c> taken</c><00:30:41.430><c> away?</c><00:30:43.369><c> And</c><00:30:43.529><c> so</c><00:30:43.650><c> they</c><00:30:43.869><c> speak</c><00:30:44.109><c> to</c><00:30:44.390><c> the</c>

00:30:44.549 --> 00:30:46.390
man<00:30:44.730><c> who's</c><00:30:45.009><c> going</c><00:30:45.109><c> to</c><00:30:45.390><c> inherit</c><00:30:45.670><c> his</c><00:30:45.970><c> office</c>

00:30:46.390 --> 00:30:50.289
and<00:30:47.049><c> they</c><00:30:47.289><c> ask</c><00:30:47.529><c> him,</c><00:30:47.930><c> do</c><00:30:48.089><c> you</c><00:30:48.210><c> know</c><00:30:48.349><c> really</c><00:30:48.569><c> what's</c><00:30:48.990><c> going</c><00:30:49.210><c> on?</c>

00:30:51.150 --> 00:30:53.009
But<00:30:51.289><c> today</c><00:30:51.589><c> will</c><00:30:51.730><c> be</c><00:30:51.910><c> your</c><00:30:52.089><c> last</c><00:30:52.450><c> day</c><00:30:52.769><c> with</c>

00:30:53.009 --> 00:30:58.009
your<00:30:53.150><c> master</c><00:30:53.549><c> Elijah.</c><00:30:55.809><c> I</c><00:30:56.049><c> don't</c><00:30:56.170><c> think</c><00:30:56.250><c> that's</c><00:30:56.549><c> very</c><00:30:56.769><c> comforting</c><00:30:57.089><c> to</c><00:30:57.789><c> him</c>

00:30:58.009 --> 00:30:59.609
at<00:30:58.190><c> all,</c><00:30:58.470><c> is</c><00:30:58.549><c> it?</c><00:30:59.089><c> It</c><00:30:59.250><c> doesn't</c><00:30:59.430><c> seem</c>

00:30:59.609 --> 00:31:03.089
anything<00:31:00.009><c> else</c><00:31:00.349><c> they</c><00:31:00.450><c> want</c><00:31:00.670><c> to</c><00:31:00.730><c> talk</c><00:31:00.990><c> about.</c><00:31:02.569><c> Perhaps</c><00:31:02.809><c> they</c>

00:31:03.089 --> 00:31:07.049
didn't<00:31:03.430><c> really</c><00:31:03.829><c> think</c><00:31:04.029><c> Elisha</c><00:31:05.230><c> was</c><00:31:05.509><c> the</c><00:31:05.690><c> right</c><00:31:05.970><c> man.</c>

00:31:08.190 --> 00:31:13.309
And<00:31:08.329><c> Elijah</c><00:31:08.869><c> said</c><00:31:09.369><c> unto</c><00:31:09.630><c> him,</c><00:31:11.230><c> Elisha,</c><00:31:11.950><c> tarry</c><00:31:12.150><c> here,</c><00:31:12.829><c> I</c><00:31:12.950><c> pray</c>

00:31:13.309 --> 00:31:16.329
thee,<00:31:14.009><c> for</c><00:31:14.309><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:14.789><c> has</c><00:31:15.089><c> sent</c><00:31:15.349><c> me</c><00:31:15.630><c> to</c><00:31:15.809><c> Jericho.</c>

00:31:16.769 --> 00:31:20.490
So<00:31:17.369><c> he</c><00:31:17.910><c> doesn't</c><00:31:18.230><c> sit</c><00:31:18.470><c> still.</c><00:31:18.789><c> He</c><00:31:18.990><c> says</c><00:31:19.269><c> he's</c><00:31:19.470><c> off</c><00:31:19.849><c> to</c><00:31:20.069><c> Jericho,</c>

00:31:20.589 --> 00:31:22.190
which<00:31:20.730><c> is</c><00:31:20.890><c> right</c><00:31:21.049><c> down,</c><00:31:21.470><c> of</c><00:31:21.730><c> course,</c>

00:31:22.190 --> 00:31:29.490
close<00:31:22.789><c> to</c><00:31:22.990><c> the</c><00:31:23.150><c> river</c><00:31:23.910><c> Jordan.</c><00:31:26.450><c> And</c><00:31:26.890><c> he</c><00:31:27.109><c> says</c><00:31:27.329><c> furthermore</c><00:31:27.910><c> that</c><00:31:28.289><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:28.670><c> has</c><00:31:28.950><c> sent</c><00:31:29.089><c> me</c>

00:31:29.490 --> 00:31:30.890
to<00:31:29.789><c> Jericho.</c>

00:31:32.289 --> 00:31:37.829
He's<00:31:32.710><c> so</c><00:31:32.869><c> busy</c><00:31:33.549><c> and</c><00:31:35.190><c> Elisha</c><00:31:35.509><c> is</c><00:31:35.769><c> desperate</c><00:31:36.210><c> to</c><00:31:36.450><c> have</c><00:31:36.549><c> his</c><00:31:36.829><c> company.</c>

00:31:39.430 --> 00:31:41.849
This<00:31:39.650><c> is</c><00:31:39.910><c> a</c><00:31:40.069><c> very</c><00:31:40.390><c> interesting</c><00:31:40.769><c> thing</c><00:31:41.049><c> to</c><00:31:41.269><c> contemplate.</c><00:31:41.690><c> If</c>

00:31:41.849 --> 00:31:44.089
you<00:31:41.990><c> were</c><00:31:42.130><c> Elisha,</c><00:31:42.609><c> how</c><00:31:42.789><c> would</c><00:31:42.970><c> you</c><00:31:43.170><c> feel?</c>

00:31:45.869 --> 00:31:50.910
You've<00:31:46.509><c> left</c><00:31:46.630><c> everything.</c><00:31:47.730><c> You're</c><00:31:47.970><c> not</c><00:31:48.130><c> married,</c><00:31:49.490><c> but</c><00:31:49.589><c> no</c><00:31:49.809><c> family.</c>

00:31:52.190 --> 00:31:55.789
And<00:31:52.549><c> Elijah's</c><00:31:52.930><c> been</c><00:31:53.109><c> just</c><00:31:53.329><c> an</c><00:31:53.630><c> enormous</c><00:31:54.509><c> tower</c><00:31:55.109><c> of</c><00:31:55.470><c> strength</c>

00:31:55.789 --> 00:31:58.250
in<00:31:56.009><c> the</c><00:31:56.150><c> country.</c><00:31:56.950><c> Everything</c><00:31:57.150><c> was</c><00:31:58.049><c> back</c>

00:31:58.250 --> 00:32:05.809
to<00:31:58.430><c> Elijah.</c><00:31:59.670><c> Whatever</c><00:31:59.869><c> he</c><00:32:00.089><c> said</c><00:32:00.230><c> was</c><00:32:00.430><c> what</c><00:32:00.609><c> happened.</c><00:32:02.970><c> And</c><00:32:03.190><c> you've</c><00:32:03.430><c> been</c><00:32:03.569><c> asked</c><00:32:04.289><c> to</c>

00:32:05.809 --> 00:32:07.069
take<00:32:06.009><c> his</c><00:32:06.269><c> mantle.</c>

00:32:09.609 --> 00:32:13.529
You<00:32:09.849><c> feel</c><00:32:10.109><c> as</c><00:32:10.289><c> though</c><00:32:10.390><c> you</c><00:32:10.509><c> needed</c><00:32:10.690><c> a</c><00:32:10.730><c> bit</c><00:32:10.890><c> of</c><00:32:11.069><c> comfort</c><00:32:11.349><c> for</c><00:32:11.549><c> the</c><00:32:11.670><c> job,</c><00:32:12.089><c> didn't</c><00:32:12.109><c> you?</c><00:32:12.869><c> You'd</c><00:32:13.250><c> like</c><00:32:13.349><c> to</c>

00:32:13.529 --> 00:32:13.829
feel<00:32:13.670><c> that</c>

00:32:13.829 --> 00:32:18.690
people<00:32:14.109><c> that</c><00:32:14.289><c> were</c><00:32:14.430><c> going</c><00:32:14.569><c> to</c><00:32:14.730><c> be</c><00:32:14.869><c> your</c><00:32:15.970><c> employees</c><00:32:16.549><c> as</c><00:32:16.809><c> it</c><00:32:16.990><c> were,</c><00:32:17.930><c> your</c><00:32:18.029><c> people</c><00:32:18.230><c> that</c><00:32:18.430><c> you</c>

00:32:18.690 --> 00:32:19.509
were<00:32:18.769><c> cooperating</c><00:32:19.269><c> with,</c>

00:32:19.509 --> 00:32:22.150
they<00:32:19.710><c> were</c><00:32:19.910><c> friendly</c><00:32:20.289><c> towards</c><00:32:20.750><c> you.</c><00:32:21.349><c> But</c><00:32:21.410><c> I</c><00:32:21.589><c> think</c><00:32:21.769><c> there's</c><00:32:21.990><c> a</c>

00:32:22.150 --> 00:32:25.910
note<00:32:22.349><c> in</c><00:32:22.569><c> that</c><00:32:23.509><c> that</c><00:32:24.150><c> says</c><00:32:24.549><c> they're</c><00:32:25.690><c> trying</c>

00:32:25.910 --> 00:32:29.970
to<00:32:26.089><c> tell</c><00:32:26.210><c> him</c><00:32:26.390><c> something.</c><00:32:28.369><c> And</c><00:32:28.509><c> of</c><00:32:28.630><c> course,</c><00:32:28.730><c> he</c><00:32:28.849><c> knew</c><00:32:29.069><c> what</c><00:32:29.250><c> they</c><00:32:29.430><c> were</c><00:32:29.470><c> trying</c><00:32:29.690><c> to</c>

00:32:29.970 --> 00:32:31.289
tell<00:32:30.150><c> him.</c><00:32:30.589><c> He</c><00:32:30.710><c> knew</c><00:32:30.809><c> better</c><00:32:31.029><c> than</c>

00:32:31.289 --> 00:32:38.109
they.<00:32:32.410><c> But</c><00:32:32.589><c> why</c><00:32:32.849><c> did</c><00:32:32.950><c> they</c><00:32:33.130><c> repeat</c><00:32:33.549><c> it</c><00:32:33.769><c> again?</c><00:32:35.250><c> And</c><00:32:35.430><c> it</c><00:32:35.609><c> happened</c><00:32:35.849><c> wherever</c><00:32:36.269><c> he</c><00:32:36.569><c> went.</c><00:32:38.029><c> And</c>

00:32:38.109 --> 00:32:38.769
so<00:32:38.230><c> in</c><00:32:38.349><c> verse</c><00:32:38.549><c> four</c>

00:32:38.769 --> 00:32:49.269
again,<00:32:39.910><c> he</c><00:32:40.130><c> said,</c><00:32:40.950><c> as</c><00:32:41.490><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:42.130><c> liveth</c><00:32:42.490><c> and</c><00:32:42.710><c> as</c><00:32:42.950><c> thy</c><00:32:43.190><c> soul</c><00:32:43.470><c> liveth,</c><00:32:44.029><c> I</c><00:32:44.250><c> will</c><00:32:44.569><c> not</c><00:32:44.930><c> leave</c><00:32:45.329><c> thee.</c><00:32:47.710><c> Why</c><00:32:48.190><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:48.470><c> he</c>

00:32:49.910 --> 00:32:55.670
go<00:32:50.390><c> the</c><00:32:50.750><c> last</c><00:32:51.369><c> little</c><00:32:51.690><c> trek</c><00:32:51.970><c> with</c><00:32:53.190><c> Elijah?</c><00:32:55.009><c> Why</c><00:32:55.170><c> did</c><00:32:55.329><c> he</c><00:32:55.470><c> say,</c>

00:32:56.009 --> 00:32:58.009
look,<00:32:56.029><c> Elijah,</c><00:32:56.730><c> I</c><00:32:56.750><c> know</c><00:32:56.930><c> what's</c><00:32:57.089><c> happening.</c>

00:32:58.029 --> 00:33:02.789
I<00:32:58.130><c> know</c><00:32:58.309><c> what</c><00:32:58.630><c> is</c><00:32:59.950><c> going</c><00:33:00.130><c> to</c><00:33:00.369><c> occur.</c><00:33:01.670><c> See</c><00:33:01.930><c> you</c><00:33:02.069><c> later</c><00:33:02.269><c> now.</c><00:33:02.630><c> I'm</c>

00:33:02.789 --> 00:33:06.470
sorry<00:33:02.950><c> to</c><00:33:03.490><c> lose</c><00:33:03.710><c> your</c><00:33:03.930><c> company,</c><00:33:04.910><c> but</c><00:33:05.269><c> I</c><00:33:06.150><c> know</c><00:33:06.329><c> you're</c>

00:33:06.470 --> 00:33:10.430
on<00:33:06.630><c> your</c><00:33:06.809><c> way.</c><00:33:07.430><c> But</c><00:33:07.529><c> he</c><00:33:07.630><c> didn't</c><00:33:07.829><c> do</c><00:33:08.049><c> that.</c><00:33:09.670><c> It</c><00:33:09.849><c> seems,</c><00:33:10.329><c> doesn't</c>

00:33:10.430 --> 00:33:13.130
it,<00:33:10.769><c> that</c><00:33:11.289><c> the</c><00:33:11.569><c> continuity</c><00:33:12.150><c> between</c><00:33:12.630><c> Elijah</c>

00:33:13.130 --> 00:33:17.529
to<00:33:13.390><c> whoever</c><00:33:13.710><c> it</c><00:33:13.890><c> was</c><00:33:14.069><c> going</c><00:33:14.289><c> to</c><00:33:14.529><c> be</c><00:33:14.809><c> was</c><00:33:15.210><c> a</c><00:33:15.630><c> huge</c><00:33:15.910><c> issue</c><00:33:16.410><c> for</c><00:33:17.029><c> the</c><00:33:17.230><c> school</c><00:33:17.349><c> of</c>

00:33:17.529 --> 00:33:18.750
the<00:33:17.690><c> prophets.</c><00:33:18.089><c> They</c><00:33:18.349><c> had</c><00:33:18.609><c> politics</c>

00:33:18.750 --> 00:33:23.210
they<00:33:19.190><c> had</c><00:33:19.849><c> a</c><00:33:20.150><c> way</c><00:33:20.410><c> of</c><00:33:20.710><c> life.</c><00:33:21.150><c> They</c><00:33:21.150><c> had</c><00:33:21.490><c> their</c><00:33:22.269><c> families</c><00:33:22.630><c> all</c><00:33:22.890><c> had</c><00:33:23.029><c> a</c>

00:33:23.210 --> 00:33:25.690
way<00:33:23.390><c> of</c><00:33:23.650><c> life.</c><00:33:23.990><c> There</c><00:33:23.990><c> was</c><00:33:24.150><c> the</c><00:33:24.650><c> families</c><00:33:25.109><c> of</c><00:33:25.329><c> the</c>

00:33:25.690 --> 00:33:30.069
schools<00:33:26.009><c> of</c><00:33:26.230><c> the</c><00:33:26.470><c> prophets</c><00:33:26.750><c> and</c><00:33:26.970><c> they</c><00:33:27.390><c> had</c><00:33:27.750><c> developed,</c><00:33:28.430><c> I'm</c><00:33:28.529><c> sure,</c><00:33:29.910><c> a</c>

00:33:30.069 --> 00:33:31.849
way<00:33:30.269><c> of</c><00:33:30.509><c> life</c><00:33:30.710><c> which</c><00:33:30.990><c> they</c><00:33:31.190><c> were</c><00:33:31.329><c> very</c><00:33:31.690><c> keen</c>

00:33:31.849 --> 00:33:35.250
to<00:33:32.089><c> maintain.</c><00:33:32.750><c> And</c><00:33:32.910><c> the</c><00:33:33.089><c> person</c><00:33:33.309><c> that</c><00:33:33.470><c> would</c><00:33:33.730><c> come</c><00:33:33.970><c> and</c><00:33:34.150><c> be</c><00:33:34.269><c> the</c><00:33:34.730><c> head</c><00:33:35.029><c> of</c>

00:33:35.250 --> 00:33:37.049
the<00:33:35.470><c> prophets</c><00:33:35.809><c> really</c><00:33:36.410><c> had</c><00:33:36.549><c> to</c><00:33:36.869><c> share</c>

00:33:37.049 --> 00:33:40.430
those<00:33:37.410><c> convictions,</c><00:33:38.849><c> or</c><00:33:39.029><c> they'd</c><00:33:39.289><c> be</c><00:33:39.390><c> a</c><00:33:39.470><c> little</c><00:33:39.650><c> bit</c><00:33:39.950><c> unsure</c>

00:33:40.430 --> 00:33:43.869
about<00:33:41.190><c> where</c><00:33:41.710><c> things</c><00:33:41.970><c> were</c><00:33:42.170><c> going</c><00:33:42.450><c> in</c><00:33:42.769><c> the</c><00:33:42.930><c> future.</c>

00:33:44.809 --> 00:33:48.109
And<00:33:45.450><c> so</c><00:33:45.710><c> they</c><00:33:45.890><c> keep</c><00:33:46.130><c> on</c><00:33:46.410><c> saying</c><00:33:46.569><c> that</c><00:33:46.809><c> to</c><00:33:47.049><c> him,</c><00:33:47.630><c> but</c><00:33:47.809><c> it</c><00:33:47.849><c> wasn't</c>

00:33:48.109 --> 00:33:51.369
very<00:33:48.430><c> comforting</c><00:33:48.970><c> for</c><00:33:49.890><c> the</c><00:33:50.009><c> man</c><00:33:50.230><c> coming</c><00:33:50.549><c> along.</c>

00:33:53.309 --> 00:33:58.990
Knowest<00:33:53.710><c> thou</c><00:33:53.829><c> not</c><00:33:54.190><c> that</c><00:33:54.710><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:55.089><c> will</c><00:33:55.450><c> take</c><00:33:55.789><c> away</c><00:33:56.130><c> thy</c><00:33:56.690><c> master?</c><00:33:58.430><c> That's</c><00:33:58.710><c> even</c>

00:33:58.990 --> 00:34:00.109
put<00:33:59.130><c> like</c><00:33:59.450><c> that,</c><00:33:59.710><c> isn't</c><00:33:59.829><c> it?</c>

00:34:00.230 --> 00:34:05.170
The<00:34:00.410><c> one</c><00:34:00.569><c> you've</c><00:34:01.670><c> depended</c><00:34:02.170><c> upon</c><00:34:02.630><c> and</c><00:34:03.569><c> we've</c><00:34:03.950><c> depended</c><00:34:04.269><c> upon.</c>

00:34:05.869 --> 00:34:09.050
How<00:34:06.009><c> do</c><00:34:06.089><c> you</c><00:34:06.170><c> feel</c><00:34:06.250><c> about</c><00:34:06.549><c> that?</c><00:34:07.789><c> From</c><00:34:08.190><c> thy</c><00:34:08.730><c> head</c>

00:34:09.050 --> 00:34:16.050
to<00:34:09.050><c> mine.</c><00:34:09.969><c> Will</c><00:34:10.090><c> you</c><00:34:12.650><c> give</c><00:34:12.789><c> the</c><00:34:13.349><c> leadership</c><00:34:14.110><c> to</c><00:34:14.710><c> our</c><00:34:14.969><c> cause?</c>

00:34:17.030 --> 00:34:20.710
That<00:34:17.190><c> Elijah</c><00:34:17.590><c> is</c><00:34:18.150><c> completely</c><00:34:19.230><c> resolved.</c>

00:34:20.809 --> 00:34:29.130
Yea,<00:34:22.050><c> I</c><00:34:22.349><c> know</c><00:34:22.630><c> it.</c><00:34:23.429><c> Hold</c><00:34:24.010><c> ye</c><00:34:24.610><c> your</c><00:34:25.349><c> peace.</c><00:34:27.130><c> Now</c><00:34:27.409><c> he's</c><00:34:27.610><c> not</c><00:34:27.929><c> without</c><00:34:28.210><c> a</c><00:34:28.309><c> bit</c><00:34:28.510><c> of</c>

00:34:29.130 --> 00:34:30.369
strength<00:34:29.670><c> of</c><00:34:29.889><c> mind</c><00:34:30.050><c> either,</c>

00:34:30.469 --> 00:34:33.989
is<00:34:30.590><c> he,</c><00:34:30.809><c> Elijah?</c><00:34:32.150><c> He</c><00:34:32.449><c> tells</c><00:34:32.630><c> him</c><00:34:32.889><c> straight,</c><00:34:33.130><c> you</c><00:34:33.329><c> hold</c><00:34:33.570><c> your</c><00:34:33.769><c> peace.</c><00:34:33.889><c> I</c>

00:34:33.989 --> 00:34:35.289
know<00:34:34.130><c> what</c><00:34:34.210><c> I'm</c><00:34:34.389><c> doing.</c>

00:34:35.750 --> 00:34:38.690
And<00:34:36.289><c> what's</c><00:34:36.670><c> more,</c><00:34:36.849><c> I'm</c><00:34:37.090><c> not</c><00:34:37.250><c> going</c><00:34:37.449><c> to</c><00:34:37.570><c> let</c><00:34:37.809><c> Elijah</c><00:34:38.230><c> out</c><00:34:38.530><c> of</c>

00:34:38.690 --> 00:34:41.250
my<00:34:38.969><c> sight.</c><00:34:40.110><c> Why</c><00:34:40.289><c> would</c><00:34:40.469><c> you</c><00:34:40.530><c> think</c><00:34:40.650><c> that</c><00:34:40.809><c> he</c><00:34:40.889><c> had</c><00:34:41.050><c> to</c>

00:34:41.250 --> 00:34:46.269
actually<00:34:41.650><c> stay</c><00:34:41.889><c> with</c><00:34:42.130><c> Elijah</c><00:34:42.690><c> sort</c><00:34:43.230><c> of</c><00:34:43.449><c> to</c><00:34:44.289><c> get</c><00:34:45.170><c> the</c><00:34:45.409><c> job</c><00:34:45.750><c> kind</c>

00:34:46.269 --> 00:34:51.010
of<00:34:46.469><c> thing?</c><00:34:49.010><c> Because</c><00:34:49.550><c> I</c><00:34:49.809><c> think</c><00:34:49.929><c> of</c><00:34:50.110><c> the</c><00:34:50.349><c> issue</c><00:34:50.550><c> of</c>

00:34:51.010 --> 00:34:54.449
continuity<00:34:51.590><c> of</c><00:34:51.949><c> that</c><00:34:52.210><c> very</c><00:34:52.789><c> special</c><00:34:53.309><c> group</c><00:34:53.610><c> of</c><00:34:53.889><c> people</c><00:34:54.150><c> that</c>

00:34:54.449 --> 00:34:58.289
God<00:34:54.869><c> was</c><00:34:55.250><c> working</c><00:34:55.670><c> through.</c><00:34:57.349><c> And</c><00:34:57.670><c> so</c><00:34:57.769><c> they</c><00:34:57.969><c> had</c><00:34:58.090><c> to</c>

00:34:58.289 --> 00:35:02.010
be<00:34:58.510><c> seen</c><00:34:58.809><c> that</c><00:34:59.269><c> there</c><00:34:59.530><c> was</c><00:34:59.730><c> a</c><00:34:59.969><c> God</c><00:35:00.190><c>-given</c><00:35:00.630><c> continuity</c><00:35:01.429><c> between</c>

00:35:02.010 --> 00:35:05.010
the<00:35:02.670><c> older</c><00:35:02.969><c> man</c><00:35:03.389><c> and</c><00:35:03.610><c> the</c><00:35:03.869><c> younger</c><00:35:04.130><c> man.</c>

00:35:05.650 --> 00:35:10.530
And<00:35:06.130><c> Elijah</c><00:35:06.550><c> obviously</c><00:35:07.610><c> understood</c><00:35:08.429><c> that.</c><00:35:09.590><c> And</c><00:35:09.730><c> he</c><00:35:09.829><c> knew</c><00:35:10.010><c> that</c><00:35:10.150><c> they'd</c><00:35:10.389><c> be</c>

00:35:10.530 --> 00:35:12.030
looking<00:35:10.769><c> on</c><00:35:10.989><c> to</c><00:35:11.210><c> see</c><00:35:11.550><c> what</c><00:35:11.789><c> was</c>

00:35:12.030 --> 00:35:16.309
happening.<00:35:13.469><c> And</c><00:35:13.630><c> so</c><00:35:13.769><c> he</c><00:35:13.869><c> says,</c><00:35:14.170><c> well,</c><00:35:14.289><c> I'm</c><00:35:14.530><c> not</c><00:35:14.750><c> leaving</c><00:35:15.070><c> Elijah</c><00:35:15.670><c> until</c><00:35:16.070><c> the</c>

00:35:16.309 --> 00:35:18.849
last<00:35:16.670><c> minute.</c><00:35:18.030><c> I</c><00:35:18.349><c> will</c><00:35:18.530><c> be</c><00:35:18.710><c> there</c>

00:35:18.849 --> 00:35:22.230
right<00:35:19.469><c> to</c><00:35:19.809><c> the</c><00:35:19.949><c> very</c><00:35:20.309><c> end.</c><00:35:20.849><c> And</c><00:35:21.090><c> there'll</c><00:35:21.329><c> be</c><00:35:21.510><c> a</c><00:35:21.769><c> continuity</c>

00:35:22.230 --> 00:35:24.070
and<00:35:22.489><c> healed</c><00:35:22.690><c> apart</c><00:35:23.130><c> and</c><00:35:23.409><c> I'll</c><00:35:23.590><c> be</c><00:35:23.769><c> there.</c>

00:35:24.329 --> 00:35:27.630
But<00:35:24.469><c> I'll</c><00:35:24.710><c> be</c><00:35:24.789><c> there</c><00:35:24.949><c> right</c><00:35:25.230><c> to</c><00:35:25.409><c> the</c><00:35:25.590><c> end.</c><00:35:25.949><c> I</c><00:35:25.969><c> won't</c><00:35:26.110><c> go</c><00:35:26.309><c> off</c><00:35:26.550><c> shopping</c><00:35:27.250><c> for</c><00:35:27.530><c> a</c>

00:35:27.630 --> 00:35:29.250
while<00:35:27.809><c> or</c><00:35:28.230><c> some</c><00:35:28.510><c> other</c><00:35:28.789><c> thing</c><00:35:29.010><c> that</c>

00:35:29.250 --> 00:35:34.170
might<00:35:29.369><c> be</c><00:35:29.510><c> of</c><00:35:29.710><c> interest</c><00:35:29.969><c> to</c><00:35:30.150><c> me.</c><00:35:31.409><c> No</c><00:35:31.670><c> way.</c><00:35:32.550><c> His</c><00:35:32.750><c> mind</c><00:35:32.869><c> was</c><00:35:33.170><c> absolutely</c><00:35:33.769><c> set</c>

00:35:34.170 --> 00:35:36.570
on<00:35:34.750><c> the</c><00:35:35.429><c> importance</c><00:35:35.809><c> of</c><00:35:36.090><c> the</c>

00:35:36.570 --> 00:35:45.170
role<00:35:36.849><c> that</c><00:35:36.969><c> was</c><00:35:37.210><c> coming</c><00:35:37.489><c> his</c><00:35:37.829><c> way.</c><00:35:39.489><c> I</c><00:35:39.550><c> think</c><00:35:39.750><c> the</c><00:35:39.989><c> others</c><00:35:40.190><c> probably</c><00:35:40.590><c> thought,</c><00:35:43.190><c> well,</c><00:35:43.949><c> we'll</c><00:35:44.210><c> see</c>

00:35:45.329 --> 00:35:49.969
as<00:35:45.650><c> this</c><00:35:45.929><c> man</c><00:35:46.070><c> really</c><00:35:46.369><c> got</c><00:35:46.510><c> what's</c><00:35:46.989><c> necessary</c><00:35:47.710><c> or</c><00:35:48.670><c> what</c><00:35:49.070><c> is</c><00:35:49.449><c> needed</c><00:35:49.710><c> in</c>

00:35:49.969 --> 00:35:50.869
the<00:35:50.110><c> job.</c>

00:35:52.650 --> 00:35:55.150
So<00:35:52.849><c> he</c><00:35:52.929><c> comes</c><00:35:53.210><c> down</c><00:35:53.510><c> to</c><00:35:53.630><c> Jordan,</c><00:35:54.170><c> to</c><00:35:54.250><c> the</c><00:35:54.369><c> River</c><00:35:54.550><c> Jordan</c><00:35:54.889><c> in</c>

00:35:55.150 --> 00:35:56.949
verse<00:35:55.369><c> three.</c><00:35:56.030><c> Elijah</c><00:35:56.210><c> said</c><00:35:56.449><c> unto</c><00:35:56.670><c> him,</c>

00:35:56.949 --> 00:36:02.050
I<00:35:57.389><c> pray</c><00:35:57.690><c> thee</c><00:35:57.949><c> herefore,</c><00:35:59.389><c> the</c><00:35:59.650><c> Lord</c><00:35:59.929><c> has</c><00:36:00.289><c> sent</c><00:36:00.570><c> me</c><00:36:00.849><c> to</c><00:36:01.150><c> Jordan.</c>

00:36:02.269 --> 00:36:05.809
On<00:36:02.570><c> the</c><00:36:02.750><c> case</c><00:36:02.969><c> again,</c><00:36:04.190><c> he</c><00:36:04.409><c> won't</c><00:36:04.730><c> sit</c><00:36:04.929><c> still.</c>

00:36:06.190 --> 00:36:12.329
And<00:36:06.750><c> he</c><00:36:06.949><c> said,</c><00:36:07.849><c> as</c><00:36:08.150><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:08.610><c> liveth,</c><00:36:10.050><c> and</c><00:36:10.250><c> as</c><00:36:10.409><c> I</c><00:36:10.650><c> so</c><00:36:10.949><c> liveth,</c><00:36:12.030><c> I</c>

00:36:12.329 --> 00:36:16.730
will<00:36:12.590><c> not</c><00:36:12.969><c> leave</c><00:36:13.349><c> thee.</c><00:36:14.610><c> And</c><00:36:14.989><c> they</c><00:36:15.250><c> too</c><00:36:15.630><c> went</c><00:36:15.829><c> on.</c>

00:36:17.329 --> 00:36:20.489
And<00:36:17.570><c> going</c><00:36:17.769><c> down</c><00:36:17.989><c> to</c><00:36:18.210><c> Jordan,</c><00:36:18.829><c> we</c><00:36:19.050><c> might</c><00:36:19.230><c> think,</c><00:36:19.809><c> why</c><00:36:19.909><c> did</c><00:36:20.090><c> they</c><00:36:20.210><c> need</c><00:36:20.369><c> to</c>

00:36:20.489 --> 00:36:21.809
go<00:36:20.610><c> to</c><00:36:20.849><c> Jordan?</c><00:36:21.070><c> Were</c><00:36:21.230><c> they</c><00:36:21.530><c> thirsty?</c>

00:36:21.809 --> 00:36:25.329
What<00:36:22.170><c> was</c><00:36:22.489><c> it?</c><00:36:23.389><c> Why</c><00:36:23.550><c> did</c><00:36:23.650><c> they</c><00:36:23.750><c> have</c><00:36:23.949><c> to</c><00:36:24.090><c> go</c><00:36:24.230><c> to</c><00:36:24.449><c> Jordan?</c>

00:36:27.409 --> 00:36:30.230
Fifty<00:36:27.849><c> men</c><00:36:28.050><c> of</c><00:36:28.230><c> the</c><00:36:28.429><c> sons</c><00:36:28.630><c> of</c><00:36:28.869><c> the</c><00:36:28.989><c> prophets</c><00:36:29.309><c> went</c><00:36:29.690><c> and</c><00:36:30.030><c> stood</c>

00:36:30.230 --> 00:36:34.530
to<00:36:30.570><c> view</c><00:36:30.969><c> afar</c><00:36:31.550><c> off.</c><00:36:32.829><c> And</c><00:36:32.849><c> they</c><00:36:33.090><c> too</c><00:36:33.889><c> stood</c><00:36:34.230><c> by</c>

00:36:34.530 --> 00:36:38.769
Jordan.<00:36:35.050><c> So</c><00:36:35.230><c> down</c><00:36:35.409><c> at</c><00:36:35.590><c> Jordan,</c><00:36:36.469><c> it's</c><00:36:36.570><c> all</c><00:36:36.730><c> that</c><00:36:37.429><c> roughage</c><00:36:37.789><c> around</c><00:36:37.989><c> that</c><00:36:38.210><c> old</c>

00:36:38.769 --> 00:36:41.429
River<00:36:39.309><c> of</c><00:36:39.570><c> Jordan.</c><00:36:41.130><c> Back</c><00:36:41.289><c> here,</c>

00:36:41.469 --> 00:36:45.789
there's<00:36:41.610><c> a</c><00:36:41.730><c> little</c><00:36:41.909><c> bit</c><00:36:42.050><c> of</c><00:36:42.429><c> higher</c><00:36:42.630><c> ground.</c><00:36:44.190><c> And</c><00:36:44.369><c> on</c><00:36:44.550><c> that</c><00:36:44.750><c> high</c><00:36:44.989><c> ground,</c><00:36:45.349><c> there's</c><00:36:45.469><c> 50</c>

00:36:45.789 --> 00:36:46.750
of<00:36:46.150><c> the</c><00:36:46.429><c> prophets.</c>

00:36:46.750 --> 00:36:49.909
And<00:36:47.269><c> they</c><00:36:47.469><c> got</c><00:36:47.710><c> their</c><00:36:47.909><c> eye</c><00:36:48.210><c> dead</c><00:36:48.449><c> on</c><00:36:48.690><c> these</c><00:36:48.929><c> two</c><00:36:49.170><c> people</c><00:36:49.630><c> whose</c>

00:36:49.909 --> 00:36:52.150
image<00:36:50.170><c> is</c><00:36:50.409><c> getting</c><00:36:50.630><c> less</c><00:36:50.849><c> and</c><00:36:51.030><c> less</c><00:36:51.230><c> in</c><00:36:52.010><c> the</c>

00:36:52.150 --> 00:37:01.929
distance.<00:36:54.489><c> And</c><00:36:54.829><c> they</c><00:36:55.630><c> were</c><00:36:55.750><c> watching</c><00:36:56.050><c> everything</c><00:36:56.889><c> that</c><00:36:57.230><c> happened,</c><00:36:58.750><c> totally</c><00:36:59.409><c> concentrated</c><00:37:00.769><c> on</c>

00:37:01.929 --> 00:37:02.630
whatever<00:37:02.289><c> might</c>

00:37:02.630 --> 00:37:06.030
happen.<00:37:03.489><c> Could</c><00:37:03.789><c> they</c><00:37:04.210><c> really</c><00:37:04.530><c> have</c><00:37:04.849><c> a</c><00:37:05.150><c> school</c><00:37:05.329><c> of</c><00:37:05.530><c> prophets</c>

00:37:06.030 --> 00:37:12.909
without<00:37:07.469><c> an</c><00:37:07.750><c> Elijah?</c><00:37:10.469><c> And</c><00:37:10.929><c> then</c><00:37:11.690><c> the</c><00:37:12.150><c> story</c>

00:37:13.429 --> 00:37:19.769
Elijah<00:37:14.070><c> took</c><00:37:14.369><c> his</c><00:37:14.690><c> mantle,</c><00:37:15.929><c> his</c><00:37:16.130><c> own</c><00:37:16.369><c> mantle,</c><00:37:16.849><c> which</c><00:37:17.090><c> represented</c><00:37:17.630><c> his</c><00:37:18.309><c> office,</c><00:37:19.510><c> and</c>

00:37:19.769 --> 00:37:20.750
wrapped<00:37:19.989><c> it</c><00:37:20.349><c> together</c>

00:37:20.750 --> 00:37:25.050
and<00:37:21.530><c> smoked</c><00:37:22.030><c> the</c><00:37:22.289><c> waters.</c><00:37:23.409><c> And</c><00:37:23.610><c> they</c><00:37:23.769><c> were</c><00:37:24.050><c> divided</c><00:37:24.590><c> hither</c>

00:37:25.050 --> 00:37:28.469
and<00:37:25.369><c> thither,</c><00:37:26.570><c> so</c><00:37:26.909><c> that</c><00:37:27.130><c> they</c><00:37:27.489><c> too</c><00:37:27.750><c> went</c><00:37:28.050><c> over</c>

00:37:28.469 --> 00:37:32.289
on<00:37:28.849><c> dry</c><00:37:29.070><c> ground.</c><00:37:29.409><c> Elijah</c><00:37:29.750><c> did</c><00:37:29.989><c> that.</c><00:37:31.730><c> He</c><00:37:31.809><c> wasn't</c><00:37:32.010><c> the</c><00:37:32.190><c> only</c>

00:37:32.289 --> 00:37:42.389
person<00:37:32.610><c> that</c><00:37:32.809><c> did</c><00:37:32.949><c> something</c><00:37:33.289><c> like</c><00:37:33.610><c> that.</c><00:37:41.750><c> It's</c>

00:37:42.389 --> 00:37:47.670
and<00:37:43.110><c> Jordan</c><00:37:43.610><c> obeyed</c><00:37:44.250><c> his</c><00:37:44.530><c> command.</c><00:37:46.210><c> Or</c><00:37:46.489><c> even</c><00:37:46.949><c> much</c><00:37:47.309><c> further</c>

00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:50.530
in<00:37:48.690><c> the</c><00:37:48.849><c> distance,</c><00:37:49.369><c> it</c><00:37:49.369><c> was</c><00:37:49.590><c> like</c><00:37:49.849><c> Moses</c><00:37:50.250><c> wasn't,</c>

00:37:50.650 --> 00:37:53.730
who<00:37:50.750><c> took</c><00:37:51.010><c> the</c><00:37:51.429><c> children</c><00:37:51.730><c> of</c><00:37:51.849><c> Israel</c><00:37:52.070><c> through</c><00:37:52.369><c> the</c><00:37:52.429><c> Red</c><00:37:52.789><c> Sea.</c>

00:37:55.010 --> 00:37:57.929
Now<00:37:55.289><c> the</c><00:37:55.670><c> river's</c><00:37:56.030><c> being</c><00:37:56.389><c> breached</c><00:37:56.769><c> again</c>

00:37:58.070 --> 00:38:02.949
by<00:37:58.469><c> Elijah,</c><00:37:59.889><c> who</c><00:38:00.090><c> takes</c><00:38:00.429><c> the</c><00:38:00.710><c> two</c><00:38:00.929><c> of</c><00:38:01.090><c> them</c><00:38:01.289><c> across</c><00:38:01.690><c> on</c><00:38:02.170><c> dry</c><00:38:02.369><c> ground,</c><00:38:02.530><c> which</c><00:38:02.710><c> is</c>

00:38:02.949 --> 00:38:04.369
almost<00:38:03.210><c> the</c><00:38:03.469><c> turn</c><00:38:03.750><c> of</c><00:38:04.070><c> Exodus,</c>

00:38:04.369 --> 00:38:10.250
isn't<00:38:04.650><c> it?</c><00:38:06.010><c> Yes,</c><00:38:06.449><c> there</c><00:38:06.530><c> are</c><00:38:06.849><c> definite</c><00:38:07.190><c> echoes</c><00:38:07.849><c> of</c><00:38:09.269><c> a</c><00:38:09.469><c> new</c><00:38:09.710><c> era</c>

00:38:10.250 --> 00:38:14.670
indicated<00:38:11.469><c> by</c><00:38:11.909><c> the</c><00:38:12.909><c> crossing</c><00:38:13.250><c> of</c><00:38:13.590><c> that</c><00:38:13.789><c> river,</c>

00:38:14.969 --> 00:38:19.469
different<00:38:15.630><c> circumstances,</c><00:38:16.449><c> a</c><00:38:16.590><c> new</c><00:38:16.769><c> era,</c><00:38:17.750><c> something</c><00:38:18.110><c> significant</c><00:38:18.829><c> has</c><00:38:19.090><c> happened.</c><00:38:19.289><c> And</c>

00:38:19.469 --> 00:38:19.789
of<00:38:19.590><c> course,</c>

00:38:19.829 --> 00:38:26.070
it's<00:38:20.010><c> a</c><00:38:20.130><c> miracle.</c><00:38:21.789><c> It</c><00:38:21.889><c> was</c><00:38:22.090><c> upon</c><00:38:22.449><c> dry</c><00:38:22.849><c> ground.</c><00:38:25.329><c> So</c><00:38:25.590><c> Elijah</c><00:38:25.889><c> and</c>

00:38:26.070 --> 00:38:29.530
Elisha<00:38:26.650><c> are</c><00:38:27.710><c> on</c><00:38:27.929><c> the</c><00:38:28.110><c> eastern</c><00:38:28.409><c> side</c><00:38:28.750><c> of</c><00:38:28.949><c> the</c><00:38:29.090><c> river.</c>

00:38:29.530 --> 00:38:33.309
It<00:38:30.130><c> came</c><00:38:30.429><c> to</c><00:38:30.630><c> pass,</c><00:38:30.909><c> verse</c><00:38:31.150><c> 9,</c><00:38:31.409><c> when</c><00:38:31.550><c> they</c><00:38:31.710><c> were</c><00:38:31.929><c> gone</c><00:38:32.190><c> over,</c>

00:38:33.769 --> 00:38:35.789
that<00:38:33.929><c> Elijah</c><00:38:34.309><c> said</c><00:38:34.610><c> unto</c><00:38:34.869><c> Elisha,</c>

00:38:38.070 --> 00:38:43.250
Ask<00:38:38.590><c> what</c><00:38:39.110><c> I</c><00:38:39.510><c> shall</c><00:38:39.730><c> do</c><00:38:39.949><c> for</c><00:38:40.289><c> thee,</c><00:38:41.650><c> before</c><00:38:42.110><c> I</c><00:38:42.349><c> be</c><00:38:42.550><c> taken</c><00:38:42.829><c> away</c>

00:38:43.250 --> 00:38:44.309
from<00:38:43.550><c> thee.</c>

00:38:46.349 --> 00:38:49.710
Well,<00:38:46.750><c> he</c><00:38:46.849><c> did</c><00:38:47.050><c> have</c><00:38:47.250><c> at</c><00:38:47.389><c> least</c><00:38:47.630><c> that</c><00:38:48.449><c> amount</c><00:38:48.849><c> of</c><00:38:48.969><c> thought.</c>

00:38:51.070 --> 00:38:53.889
He<00:38:51.590><c> said,</c><00:38:51.789><c> What</c><00:38:51.969><c> would</c><00:38:52.150><c> you</c><00:38:52.269><c> like</c><00:38:52.409><c> me</c><00:38:52.610><c> to</c><00:38:52.750><c> give</c><00:38:52.889><c> you</c><00:38:53.150><c> as</c><00:38:53.630><c> a</c>

00:38:53.889 --> 00:38:56.590
parting<00:38:54.050><c> gift?</c>

00:38:57.650 --> 00:39:03.409
And<00:38:58.250><c> here's</c><00:38:58.690><c> the</c><00:38:58.730><c> man's</c><00:38:59.590><c> mind.</c><00:39:01.130><c> Elisha</c><00:39:01.489><c> said,</c><00:39:02.030><c> I</c><00:39:02.030><c> pray</c><00:39:02.369><c> thee,</c>

00:39:03.909 --> 00:39:08.010
let<00:39:04.110><c> a</c><00:39:04.329><c> double</c><00:39:04.570><c> portion</c><00:39:05.050><c> of</c><00:39:05.570><c> thy</c><00:39:05.869><c> spirit</c><00:39:06.769><c> be</c><00:39:07.590><c> upon</c>

00:39:08.010 --> 00:39:12.690
me.<00:39:09.429><c> That's</c><00:39:10.030><c> a</c><00:39:10.190><c> beautiful</c><00:39:10.449><c> statement,</c><00:39:11.030><c> isn't</c><00:39:11.090><c> it?</c><00:39:11.829><c> That</c><00:39:12.110><c> spirit's</c><00:39:12.469><c> been</c>

00:39:12.690 --> 00:39:14.010
denoted<00:39:13.090><c> even</c><00:39:13.389><c> in</c><00:39:13.570><c> the</c><00:39:13.650><c> New</c><00:39:13.789><c> Testament</c>

00:39:14.010 --> 00:39:17.690
we<00:39:14.210><c> referred</c><00:39:14.530><c> to</c><00:39:14.670><c> it</c><00:39:14.829><c> earlier</c><00:39:15.030><c> in</c><00:39:15.610><c> Luke</c><00:39:15.809><c> chapter</c><00:39:16.150><c> 1,</c><00:39:16.449><c> verse</c><00:39:16.690><c> 17,</c><00:39:17.369><c> where</c><00:39:17.510><c> it</c>

00:39:17.690 --> 00:39:19.829
speaks<00:39:18.170><c> about</c><00:39:19.050><c> John</c><00:39:19.309><c> the</c><00:39:19.469><c> Baptist,</c>

00:39:19.969 --> 00:39:22.730
whether<00:39:20.090><c> he</c><00:39:20.210><c> would</c><00:39:20.389><c> come</c><00:39:20.630><c> forth</c><00:39:20.889><c> in</c><00:39:21.030><c> the</c><00:39:21.429><c> spirit</c><00:39:21.829><c> and</c><00:39:22.309><c> power</c>

00:39:22.730 --> 00:39:25.869
of<00:39:23.170><c> Elijah.</c><00:39:23.429><c> There</c><00:39:23.610><c> it</c><00:39:23.789><c> is.</c><00:39:24.929><c> That's</c><00:39:25.449><c> that</c><00:39:25.550><c> very</c>

00:39:25.869 --> 00:39:30.789
spirit.<00:39:27.150><c> And</c><00:39:27.409><c> Elisha</c><00:39:28.090><c> is</c><00:39:28.690><c> requesting</c><00:39:29.090><c> that</c><00:39:29.909><c> he</c><00:39:30.090><c> be</c><00:39:30.210><c> given</c><00:39:30.510><c> a</c>

00:39:30.789 --> 00:39:32.489
double<00:39:31.070><c> portion,</c><00:39:31.429><c> not</c><00:39:31.630><c> because</c><00:39:31.829><c> he</c><00:39:31.949><c> was</c><00:39:32.210><c> greedy,</c>

00:39:32.510 --> 00:39:36.349
as<00:39:32.670><c> it</c><00:39:32.929><c> were,</c><00:39:34.030><c> or</c><00:39:34.210><c> what</c><00:39:34.309><c> had</c><00:39:34.530><c> shown</c><00:39:34.650><c> himself</c><00:39:35.289><c> greater</c><00:39:36.110><c> than</c>

00:39:36.349 --> 00:39:38.530
Elijah.<00:39:36.969><c> I'm</c><00:39:36.969><c> sure</c><00:39:37.130><c> that</c><00:39:37.309><c> wasn't</c><00:39:37.530><c> the</c><00:39:37.730><c> point.</c>

00:39:39.030 --> 00:39:42.849
There<00:39:39.130><c> was</c><00:39:39.329><c> a</c><00:39:39.489><c> sense</c><00:39:39.630><c> of</c><00:39:39.869><c> necessity.</c><00:39:41.650><c> He</c><00:39:41.670><c> felt</c><00:39:41.909><c> the</c><00:39:42.329><c> enormous</c>

00:39:42.849 --> 00:39:45.230
responsibility<00:39:43.949><c> of</c><00:39:44.210><c> that</c><00:39:44.409><c> office.</c>

00:39:46.010 --> 00:39:49.630
He<00:39:46.250><c> truly</c><00:39:46.469><c> honored</c><00:39:46.769><c> Elijah's</c><00:39:48.010><c> duties</c><00:39:48.449><c> in</c><00:39:48.750><c> the</c><00:39:48.949><c> way</c><00:39:49.170><c> he'd</c><00:39:49.510><c> gone</c>

00:39:49.630 --> 00:39:51.289
about.<00:39:49.849><c> He</c><00:39:50.110><c> honored</c><00:39:50.329><c> that</c><00:39:50.550><c> very,</c><00:39:50.849><c> very</c><00:39:51.150><c> great,</c>

00:39:51.289 --> 00:39:55.170
the<00:39:51.530><c> cause,</c><00:39:52.070><c> of</c><00:39:52.070><c> course,</c><00:39:52.590><c> enormously.</c><00:39:53.809><c> He</c><00:39:54.289><c> burnt</c><00:39:54.570><c> the</c><00:39:54.929><c> rest</c>

00:39:55.170 --> 00:39:58.650
of<00:39:55.329><c> his</c><00:39:55.510><c> life</c><00:39:56.449><c> back</c><00:39:57.010><c> home</c><00:39:57.190><c> and</c><00:39:57.289><c> left</c><00:39:57.530><c> it</c><00:39:57.730><c> behind.</c>

00:39:58.750 --> 00:40:01.230
He<00:39:58.869><c> wasn't</c><00:39:59.170><c> turning</c><00:39:59.510><c> back</c><00:39:59.769><c> from</c><00:39:59.889><c> that</c><00:40:00.090><c> at</c><00:40:00.289><c> all,</c><00:40:00.670><c> but</c><00:40:00.789><c> he</c><00:40:00.949><c> just</c>

00:40:01.230 --> 00:40:04.050
felt<00:40:01.349><c> the</c><00:40:01.710><c> dependency</c><00:40:02.230><c> that</c><00:40:02.510><c> he</c><00:40:02.630><c> had</c><00:40:03.269><c> upon</c><00:40:03.670><c> God.</c>

00:40:04.449 --> 00:40:07.670
If<00:40:04.769><c> Elijah</c><00:40:05.190><c> could</c><00:40:05.389><c> do</c><00:40:05.590><c> this,</c><00:40:06.110><c> then</c><00:40:06.289><c> he</c><00:40:06.469><c> needed</c><00:40:06.670><c> a</c><00:40:06.929><c> double</c><00:40:07.130><c> portion</c><00:40:07.489><c> to</c>

00:40:07.670 --> 00:40:09.090
be<00:40:07.789><c> able</c><00:40:08.050><c> to</c><00:40:08.230><c> do</c><00:40:08.329><c> the</c><00:40:08.530><c> same</c><00:40:08.769><c> thing.</c>

00:40:09.389 --> 00:40:12.530
I<00:40:09.469><c> think</c><00:40:09.650><c> that's</c><00:40:10.010><c> the</c><00:40:10.030><c> sense</c><00:40:10.369><c> of</c><00:40:10.550><c> it.</c><00:40:10.710><c> Do</c><00:40:10.889><c> you</c><00:40:10.889><c> think</c><00:40:11.030><c> that's</c><00:40:11.250><c> right?</c><00:40:12.349><c> I</c>

00:40:12.530 --> 00:40:14.829
think<00:40:12.710><c> that</c><00:40:12.969><c> fits</c><00:40:13.369><c> fairly</c><00:40:13.849><c> well.</c>

00:40:16.329 --> 00:40:22.590
And<00:40:16.869><c> so</c><00:40:17.329><c> I</c><00:40:17.829><c> pray</c><00:40:18.030><c> that</c><00:40:18.849><c> a</c><00:40:19.409><c> double</c><00:40:19.829><c> portion</c><00:40:20.530><c> of</c><00:40:21.429><c> thy</c><00:40:21.690><c> spirit</c><00:40:22.230><c> be</c>

00:40:22.590 --> 00:40:25.210
upon<00:40:22.869><c> him.</c><00:40:24.269><c> That</c><00:40:24.469><c> must</c><00:40:24.750><c> mean,</c><00:40:25.170><c> too,</c>

00:40:25.210 --> 00:40:29.250
that<00:40:25.389><c> he</c><00:40:25.630><c> really</c><00:40:25.929><c> did</c><00:40:26.309><c> admire</c><00:40:27.170><c> Elijah.</c><00:40:28.469><c> And</c><00:40:28.630><c> there</c><00:40:28.849><c> had</c><00:40:29.030><c> been</c>

00:40:29.250 --> 00:40:31.610
that<00:40:29.570><c> growth</c><00:40:29.829><c> of</c><00:40:30.070><c> the</c><00:40:30.309><c> school</c><00:40:30.469><c> of</c><00:40:30.670><c> the</c><00:40:30.869><c> prophets</c>

00:40:31.750 --> 00:40:37.469
against<00:40:32.289><c> all.</c><00:40:33.849><c> Jezebel,</c><00:40:34.389><c> Ahab,</c><00:40:34.989><c> named</c><00:40:35.190><c> a</c><00:40:35.349><c> lot</c><00:40:35.489><c> of</c><00:40:35.610><c> them.</c><00:40:36.769><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:40:37.289><c> there's</c><00:40:37.309><c> been</c>

00:40:37.469 --> 00:40:38.690
a<00:40:37.710><c> growth</c><00:40:37.969><c> of</c><00:40:38.269><c> the</c><00:40:38.510><c> truth</c>

00:40:38.690 --> 00:40:42.550
and<00:40:38.889><c> the</c><00:40:39.090><c> teaching</c><00:40:39.409><c> of</c><00:40:39.750><c> the</c><00:40:39.869><c> truth</c><00:40:40.150><c> in</c><00:40:40.849><c> their</c><00:40:41.030><c> community.</c><00:40:42.469><c> And</c>

00:40:42.550 --> 00:40:45.809
Elijah<00:40:42.929><c> felt,</c><00:40:44.690><c> even</c><00:40:44.969><c> though</c><00:40:45.130><c> he</c><00:40:45.329><c> couldn't</c><00:40:45.489><c> think</c><00:40:45.750><c> of</c>

00:40:45.809 --> 00:40:48.909
doing<00:40:46.090><c> anything</c><00:40:46.429><c> else</c><00:40:46.670><c> in</c><00:40:46.949><c> life,</c><00:40:47.130><c> he</c><00:40:47.289><c> did</c><00:40:47.590><c> feel</c><00:40:47.989><c> the</c><00:40:48.469><c> need</c><00:40:48.650><c> for</c>

00:40:48.909 --> 00:40:51.489
God<00:40:49.050><c> to</c><00:40:49.250><c> be</c><00:40:49.349><c> with</c><00:40:49.570><c> him</c><00:40:49.989><c> in</c><00:40:50.309><c> a</c><00:40:50.409><c> very</c><00:40:50.769><c> comforting</c><00:40:51.090><c> and</c>

00:40:51.489 --> 00:40:58.090
powerful<00:40:51.730><c> way.</c><00:40:54.090><c> So</c><00:40:54.090><c> in</c><00:40:55.070><c> verse</c><00:40:55.309><c> 10,</c><00:40:56.050><c> it</c><00:40:56.250><c> was</c><00:40:56.469><c> acknowledged</c><00:40:57.050><c> his</c>

00:40:58.090 --> 00:41:01.849
request<00:40:58.570><c> was</c><00:40:59.090><c> a</c><00:40:59.570><c> very</c><00:40:59.829><c> good</c><00:41:00.070><c> thing,</c><00:41:00.969><c> but</c><00:41:01.170><c> a</c><00:41:01.369><c> hard</c><00:41:01.510><c> one.</c>

00:41:01.849 --> 00:41:10.070
Thou<00:41:02.329><c> hast</c><00:41:02.730><c> asked</c><00:41:03.210><c> a</c><00:41:03.510><c> hard</c><00:41:03.730><c> thing.</c><00:41:06.050><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:41:08.190><c> if</c><00:41:08.389><c> thou</c><00:41:08.670><c> see</c><00:41:09.090><c> me</c><00:41:09.369><c> when</c><00:41:09.710><c> I</c>

00:41:10.070 --> 00:41:11.570
am<00:41:10.369><c> taken</c><00:41:10.750><c> from</c><00:41:11.170><c> thee,</c>

00:41:12.010 --> 00:41:16.550
it<00:41:12.230><c> shall</c><00:41:12.449><c> be</c><00:41:12.829><c> so</c><00:41:13.070><c> unto</c><00:41:13.409><c> thee.</c><00:41:14.349><c> But</c><00:41:14.710><c> if</c><00:41:15.110><c> not,</c><00:41:15.369><c> it</c><00:41:15.670><c> shall</c><00:41:15.909><c> not</c><00:41:16.210><c> be</c>

00:41:16.550 --> 00:41:20.139
so.<00:41:17.489><c> Why</c><00:41:18.150><c> did</c><00:41:18.510><c> Elijah</c><00:41:19.030><c> put</c><00:41:19.269><c> that</c>

00:41:22.530 --> 00:41:28.070
requirement<00:41:23.269><c> before</c><00:41:24.010><c> him?</c><00:41:25.449><c> Why</c><00:41:25.769><c> did</c><00:41:25.909><c> he</c><00:41:26.050><c> have</c><00:41:26.250><c> to</c><00:41:26.489><c> see</c><00:41:26.710><c> Elijah</c><00:41:27.130><c> go?</c>

00:41:30.670 --> 00:41:38.969
Well,<00:41:31.809><c> Elijah</c><00:41:31.889><c> wasn't</c><00:41:32.250><c> the</c><00:41:32.550><c> only</c><00:41:32.829><c> one</c><00:41:33.750><c> that</c><00:41:34.130><c> had</c><00:41:34.429><c> seen</c><00:41:35.289><c> what</c><00:41:36.130><c> verse</c><00:41:36.449><c> 11</c><00:41:36.769><c> describes</c><00:41:37.489><c> as</c><00:41:38.670><c> a</c>

00:41:38.969 --> 00:41:40.010
chariot<00:41:39.309><c> of</c><00:41:39.489><c> fire</c><00:41:39.710><c> and</c>

00:41:40.010 --> 00:41:44.449
horses<00:41:40.289><c> of</c><00:41:40.570><c> fire</c><00:41:40.829><c> imparted</c><00:41:42.030><c> them</c><00:41:42.230><c> both</c><00:41:42.530><c> asunder,</c><00:41:42.969><c> verse</c><00:41:43.269><c> 11.</c>

00:41:44.710 --> 00:41:47.230
The<00:41:44.849><c> prophet</c><00:41:45.090><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:45.530><c> also,</c><00:41:46.050><c> before</c><00:41:46.429><c> he</c><00:41:46.650><c> went</c><00:41:46.750><c> on</c><00:41:46.929><c> his</c>

00:41:47.230 --> 00:41:51.630
mission,<00:41:48.750><c> he</c><00:41:48.989><c> saw</c><00:41:49.170><c> that</c><00:41:49.650><c> the</c><00:41:50.250><c> picture</c><00:41:50.590><c> of</c><00:41:50.849><c> the</c><00:41:51.030><c> cherubim,</c><00:41:51.449><c> of</c>

00:41:51.630 --> 00:41:55.510
the<00:41:51.829><c> glory</c><00:41:52.110><c> of</c><00:41:52.369><c> God,</c><00:41:53.809><c> described</c><00:41:54.710><c> in</c><00:41:54.949><c> the</c><00:41:55.130><c> sense</c><00:41:55.329><c> of</c>

00:41:55.510 --> 00:41:59.889
the<00:41:55.710><c> cherubim.</c><00:41:56.230><c> And</c><00:41:56.269><c> this</c><00:41:56.469><c> is</c><00:41:56.690><c> very</c><00:41:56.929><c> much</c><00:41:57.349><c> similar,</c><00:41:58.130><c> isn't</c><00:41:58.250><c> it?</c><00:41:59.650><c> I</c>

00:41:59.889 --> 00:42:01.630
think<00:42:00.050><c> what</c><00:42:00.309><c> Elijah</c><00:42:00.570><c> is</c><00:42:00.769><c> saying,</c><00:42:00.969><c> I</c><00:42:01.090><c> want</c><00:42:01.269><c> you</c><00:42:01.449><c> to</c>

00:42:01.630 --> 00:42:07.309
really<00:42:02.030><c> feel</c><00:42:02.369><c> the</c><00:42:02.829><c> enormity</c><00:42:03.389><c> of</c><00:42:03.530><c> what</c><00:42:04.130><c> you're</c><00:42:04.570><c> entering</c><00:42:04.889><c> into.</c><00:42:07.130><c> No</c>

00:42:07.309 --> 00:42:09.269
doubt<00:42:07.510><c> that</c><00:42:07.769><c> Elijah</c><00:42:08.210><c> knew</c><00:42:08.510><c> what</c><00:42:08.690><c> was</c><00:42:08.929><c> going</c><00:42:09.050><c> to</c>

00:42:09.269 --> 00:42:12.369
happen,<00:42:09.510><c> that</c><00:42:09.610><c> he</c><00:42:09.730><c> would</c><00:42:09.949><c> be</c><00:42:10.150><c> taken</c><00:42:10.369><c> up</c><00:42:10.610><c> in</c><00:42:10.730><c> this</c><00:42:10.989><c> way.</c><00:42:12.070><c> And</c><00:42:12.269><c> so</c>

00:42:12.369 --> 00:42:14.130
he<00:42:12.489><c> wants</c><00:42:12.750><c> the</c><00:42:12.909><c> one</c><00:42:13.050><c> that's</c><00:42:13.329><c> coming</c><00:42:13.590><c> up</c><00:42:13.789><c> on</c><00:42:14.010><c> his</c>

00:42:14.130 --> 00:42:17.829
side,<00:42:14.250><c> he</c><00:42:14.389><c> wants</c><00:42:14.630><c> him</c><00:42:14.809><c> to</c><00:42:15.030><c> really</c><00:42:15.269><c> understand</c><00:42:16.190><c> how</c><00:42:16.909><c> close</c><00:42:17.369><c> this</c><00:42:17.550><c> is</c>

00:42:17.829 --> 00:42:19.809
to<00:42:18.010><c> the</c><00:42:18.170><c> things</c><00:42:18.329><c> of</c><00:42:18.550><c> God.</c><00:42:18.949><c> It's</c><00:42:19.269><c> right</c><00:42:19.530><c> in</c><00:42:19.750><c> the</c>

00:42:19.809 --> 00:42:25.730
center<00:42:20.550><c> of</c><00:42:20.730><c> what</c><00:42:20.889><c> God</c><00:42:21.110><c> is</c><00:42:21.329><c> doing.</c><00:42:22.969><c> His</c><00:42:23.210><c> presence</c><00:42:23.590><c> will</c><00:42:23.829><c> be</c><00:42:23.949><c> with</c><00:42:24.190><c> you.</c><00:42:25.610><c> It</c>

00:42:25.730 --> 00:42:28.050
will<00:42:25.949><c> empower</c><00:42:26.329><c> you</c><00:42:26.550><c> for</c><00:42:26.710><c> good</c><00:42:26.949><c> things.</c>

00:42:28.710 --> 00:42:33.309
But<00:42:28.869><c> it's</c><00:42:29.030><c> going</c><00:42:29.150><c> to</c><00:42:29.369><c> determine</c><00:42:29.730><c> your</c><00:42:30.010><c> life</c><00:42:30.269><c> in</c><00:42:30.989><c> an</c><00:42:31.250><c> unswerving</c><00:42:32.190><c> manner.</c>

00:42:33.829 --> 00:42:35.510
You<00:42:34.050><c> will</c><00:42:34.250><c> become</c><00:42:34.489><c> to</c><00:42:34.690><c> Israel</c>

00:42:36.730 --> 00:42:42.170
God's<00:42:37.210><c> working</c><00:42:37.550><c> in</c><00:42:38.309><c> the</c><00:42:38.469><c> nation.</c><00:42:41.050><c> I</c><00:42:41.349><c> think</c><00:42:41.510><c> that's</c><00:42:41.869><c> the</c><00:42:41.949><c> sense</c>

00:42:42.170 --> 00:42:44.170
of<00:42:42.289><c> it,</c><00:42:42.369><c> don't</c><00:42:42.570><c> you?</c><00:42:43.230><c> If</c><00:42:43.469><c> you</c><00:42:43.469><c> put</c><00:42:43.610><c> that</c><00:42:43.829><c> together</c>

00:42:44.170 --> 00:42:50.610
with<00:42:44.349><c> Ezekiel</c><00:42:44.750><c> chapter</c><00:42:45.090><c> one,</c><00:42:45.730><c> I</c><00:42:45.909><c> think</c><00:42:46.090><c> it</c><00:42:46.250><c> makes</c><00:42:46.630><c> good</c><00:42:47.010><c> sense.</c><00:42:48.489><c> Elijah</c><00:42:48.989><c> wanted</c><00:42:49.670><c> Elisha</c><00:42:50.269><c> to</c>

00:42:50.610 --> 00:42:52.110
absolutely<00:42:51.590><c> know</c>

00:42:52.110 --> 00:42:56.869
how<00:42:52.989><c> close</c><00:42:53.289><c> he</c><00:42:53.409><c> was</c><00:42:53.769><c> to</c><00:42:53.969><c> the</c><00:42:54.190><c> work</c><00:42:54.409><c> of</c><00:42:54.710><c> God</c><00:42:54.969><c> in</c><00:42:55.630><c> Israel</c><00:42:56.110><c> at</c><00:42:56.630><c> that</c>

00:42:56.869 --> 00:43:00.349
time.<00:42:58.789><c> It</c><00:42:58.869><c> came</c><00:42:58.949><c> to</c><00:42:59.130><c> pass</c><00:42:59.289><c> as</c><00:42:59.429><c> they</c><00:42:59.690><c> still</c><00:42:59.949><c> went</c><00:43:00.150><c> on,</c>

00:43:00.349 --> 00:43:04.010
verse<00:43:00.670><c> 11,</c><00:43:01.349><c> and</c><00:43:01.570><c> talked</c><00:43:01.710><c> that,</c><00:43:02.530><c> behold,</c><00:43:03.150><c> there</c><00:43:03.329><c> appeared</c><00:43:03.650><c> a</c>

00:43:04.010 --> 00:43:06.230
chariot<00:43:04.329><c> of</c><00:43:04.590><c> fire</c><00:43:04.849><c> and</c><00:43:05.090><c> horses</c><00:43:05.469><c> of</c><00:43:05.849><c> fire,</c>

00:43:06.670 --> 00:43:10.690
and<00:43:06.909><c> passed</c><00:43:07.110><c> them</c><00:43:07.349><c> both</c><00:43:07.670><c> asunder,</c><00:43:08.829><c> and</c><00:43:09.010><c> Elijah</c><00:43:09.349><c> went</c><00:43:09.610><c> up</c><00:43:10.150><c> by</c><00:43:10.510><c> a</c>

00:43:10.690 --> 00:43:12.829
whirlwind<00:43:11.349><c> unto</c><00:43:11.829><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:13.469 --> 00:43:16.369
Now<00:43:14.070><c> that</c><00:43:14.329><c> chariot</c><00:43:14.929><c> didn't</c><00:43:15.289><c> leave</c><00:43:15.570><c> them</c><00:43:15.750><c> altogether,</c><00:43:16.250><c> did</c>

00:43:16.369 --> 00:43:19.429
it?<00:43:17.369><c> Because</c><00:43:17.550><c> you</c><00:43:17.750><c> remember</c><00:43:18.010><c> the</c><00:43:18.650><c> case</c><00:43:18.949><c> which</c><00:43:19.190><c> will</c>

00:43:19.429 --> 00:43:24.710
come<00:43:19.650><c> to</c><00:43:20.329><c> tomorrow,</c><00:43:21.409><c> where</c><00:43:21.409><c> they</c><00:43:21.710><c> were</c><00:43:21.909><c> outside</c><00:43:22.349><c> of</c><00:43:23.429><c> Dotham,</c>

00:43:25.630 --> 00:43:27.489
and<00:43:25.630><c> Gehazal</c><00:43:26.329><c> was</c><00:43:26.550><c> scared</c><00:43:26.710><c> stiff</c><00:43:26.989><c> about</c><00:43:27.289><c> the</c>

00:43:27.489 --> 00:43:31.210
whole<00:43:27.730><c> circumstance,</c><00:43:28.469><c> because</c><00:43:28.530><c> all</c><00:43:28.789><c> these</c><00:43:30.329><c> Syrians</c><00:43:30.670><c> around</c>

00:43:31.210 --> 00:43:36.750
the<00:43:32.230><c> breadth</c><00:43:32.510><c> of</c><00:43:32.750><c> the</c><00:43:32.889><c> city.</c><00:43:35.809><c> And</c><00:43:36.070><c> Elisha</c><00:43:36.449><c> appraised</c>

00:43:36.750 --> 00:43:40.869
that<00:43:37.309><c> the</c><00:43:38.110><c> young</c><00:43:38.349><c> man's</c><00:43:38.730><c> eyes</c><00:43:38.989><c> might</c><00:43:39.230><c> be</c><00:43:39.489><c> opened,</c><00:43:40.429><c> that</c><00:43:40.690><c> he</c>

00:43:40.869 --> 00:43:43.849
would<00:43:41.070><c> see</c><00:43:41.329><c> that</c><00:43:41.530><c> there</c><00:43:41.690><c> was</c><00:43:41.849><c> more</c><00:43:42.230><c> for</c><00:43:42.429><c> them</c><00:43:42.809><c> than</c><00:43:43.070><c> there</c>

00:43:44.030 --> 00:43:50.150
was<00:43:44.550><c> for</c><00:43:45.070><c> the</c><00:43:45.309><c> Syrians.</c><00:43:47.329><c> And</c><00:43:47.710><c> he</c><00:43:47.889><c> uses</c><00:43:48.170><c> the</c><00:43:48.389><c> expression,</c><00:43:49.630><c> there</c><00:43:49.630><c> is</c>

00:43:50.150 --> 00:43:53.429
more<00:43:50.670><c> on</c><00:43:51.250><c> our</c><00:43:51.550><c> side</c><00:43:51.829><c> than</c><00:43:52.010><c> there</c><00:43:52.250><c> is</c><00:43:52.690><c> on</c><00:43:53.070><c> his</c>

00:43:53.429 --> 00:43:56.409
side.<00:43:53.929><c> And</c><00:43:54.170><c> that's</c><00:43:54.570><c> how</c><00:43:54.849><c> it</c><00:43:54.989><c> turned</c><00:43:55.150><c> out,</c><00:43:55.309><c> of</c><00:43:55.489><c> course,</c><00:43:55.710><c> to</c><00:43:55.949><c> be.</c>

00:43:56.670 --> 00:44:00.469
A<00:43:56.869><c> phrase</c><00:43:56.969><c> which</c><00:43:57.210><c> is</c><00:43:57.389><c> taken</c><00:43:57.630><c> up</c><00:43:57.929><c> by</c><00:43:58.469><c> David</c><00:43:58.809><c> in</c><00:43:59.309><c> Psalm</c><00:43:59.530><c> 55,</c>

00:44:00.929 --> 00:44:04.150
where<00:44:01.130><c> he</c><00:44:01.369><c> speaks</c><00:44:01.590><c> of</c><00:44:01.789><c> the</c><00:44:01.969><c> same</c><00:44:02.210><c> thing,</c><00:44:03.489><c> that</c><00:44:03.670><c> his</c><00:44:03.869><c> enemies</c>

00:44:04.150 --> 00:44:06.050
didn't<00:44:04.489><c> realize</c><00:44:04.849><c> there</c><00:44:05.030><c> was</c><00:44:05.190><c> more</c><00:44:05.389><c> for</c><00:44:05.590><c> him</c>

00:44:06.050 --> 00:44:14.889
on<00:44:06.789><c> his</c><00:44:07.110><c> side</c><00:44:07.309><c> than</c><00:44:07.670><c> there</c><00:44:07.769><c> was</c><00:44:08.269><c> on</c><00:44:08.469><c> his</c><00:44:09.170><c> side.</c><00:44:11.250><c> That</c><00:44:11.630><c> really</c><00:44:11.969><c> never</c><00:44:12.269><c> left</c><00:44:12.750><c> Elisha,</c><00:44:13.530><c> in</c><00:44:13.769><c> a</c><00:44:13.889><c> sense.</c>

00:44:16.010 --> 00:44:20.869
It<00:44:16.150><c> may</c><00:44:16.349><c> have</c><00:44:16.570><c> taken</c><00:44:17.489><c> Elijah,</c><00:44:19.150><c> but</c><00:44:19.329><c> nevertheless,</c><00:44:20.210><c> the</c><00:44:20.469><c> power</c>

00:44:20.869 --> 00:44:24.130
of<00:44:21.150><c> that</c><00:44:21.429><c> vision</c><00:44:21.809><c> was</c><00:44:22.929><c> now</c><00:44:23.150><c> going</c><00:44:23.309><c> to</c><00:44:23.710><c> drive</c>

00:44:24.130 --> 00:44:28.949
his<00:44:24.530><c> ministration.</c><00:44:26.869><c> So</c><00:44:27.110><c> it</c><00:44:27.170><c> says</c><00:44:27.369><c> that</c><00:44:27.530><c> he</c><00:44:27.670><c> saw</c><00:44:27.929><c> him</c><00:44:28.230><c> no</c><00:44:28.590><c> more.</c>

00:44:29.429 --> 00:44:31.449
He<00:44:29.650><c> took</c><00:44:29.889><c> hold</c><00:44:30.070><c> of</c><00:44:30.250><c> his</c><00:44:30.429><c> own</c><00:44:30.789><c> clothes</c><00:44:31.090><c> and</c>

00:44:31.449 --> 00:44:36.309
in<00:44:31.710><c> two</c><00:44:32.230><c> pieces.</c><00:44:33.670><c> Took</c><00:44:33.889><c> up</c><00:44:34.110><c> also</c><00:44:34.429><c> the</c><00:44:34.670><c> mantle</c><00:44:34.929><c> of</c><00:44:35.250><c> Elijah</c><00:44:35.610><c> that</c>

00:44:36.309 --> 00:44:39.630
fell<00:44:36.610><c> from</c><00:44:36.929><c> him</c><00:44:37.530><c> and</c><00:44:38.110><c> went</c><00:44:38.309><c> back</c><00:44:38.650><c> and</c><00:44:38.989><c> stood</c><00:44:39.150><c> by</c><00:44:39.429><c> the</c>

00:44:39.630 --> 00:44:44.389
bank<00:44:39.809><c> of</c><00:44:40.110><c> Jordan.</c><00:44:42.710><c> So</c><00:44:42.969><c> they're</c><00:44:43.190><c> still</c><00:44:43.409><c> on</c><00:44:43.670><c> the</c><00:44:43.809><c> eastern</c><00:44:44.070><c> side,</c>

00:44:44.489 --> 00:44:47.150
aren't<00:44:44.650><c> they?</c><00:44:45.630><c> But</c><00:44:45.809><c> the</c><00:44:45.989><c> works</c><00:44:46.329><c> on</c><00:44:46.710><c> the</c><00:44:46.889><c> western</c>

00:44:47.150 --> 00:44:50.429
side,<00:44:48.030><c> they</c><00:44:48.289><c> got</c><00:44:48.429><c> across</c><00:44:48.769><c> Jordan.</c><00:44:49.150><c> He's</c><00:44:49.530><c> got</c><00:44:49.670><c> across</c><00:44:49.949><c> Jordan.</c>

00:44:50.690 --> 00:44:53.889
He's<00:44:50.969><c> by</c><00:44:51.090><c> himself.</c><00:44:52.570><c> There's</c><00:44:52.849><c> no</c><00:44:53.030><c> Elijah.</c>

00:44:55.030 --> 00:44:57.449
There's<00:44:55.309><c> no</c><00:44:55.489><c> Elijah</c><00:44:55.789><c> to</c><00:44:56.050><c> just</c><00:44:56.329><c> brush</c><00:44:56.510><c> the</c><00:44:56.789><c> waters</c><00:44:57.010><c> with</c><00:44:57.230><c> his</c>

00:44:57.449 --> 00:45:01.030
mantle.<00:44:59.449><c> What's</c><00:44:59.849><c> going</c><00:44:59.989><c> to</c><00:45:00.190><c> happen</c><00:45:00.469><c> now?</c>

00:45:01.449 --> 00:45:09.409
Does<00:45:01.889><c> he</c><00:45:02.030><c> have</c><00:45:02.190><c> to</c><00:45:02.369><c> swim</c><00:45:02.630><c> across?</c><00:45:05.369><c> He</c><00:45:05.590><c> tries</c><00:45:06.170><c> God's</c><00:45:07.130><c> hand.</c><00:45:09.349><c> He</c>

00:45:09.409 --> 00:45:11.570
took<00:45:09.590><c> up</c><00:45:09.829><c> also</c><00:45:10.150><c> the</c><00:45:10.309><c> mantle</c><00:45:10.550><c> of</c><00:45:10.789><c> Elijah</c><00:45:11.130><c> that</c><00:45:11.369><c> fell</c>

00:45:11.570 --> 00:45:14.309
from<00:45:11.829><c> him,</c><00:45:12.070><c> went</c><00:45:12.269><c> back</c><00:45:12.610><c> and</c><00:45:12.889><c> stood</c><00:45:13.090><c> by</c><00:45:13.349><c> the</c><00:45:13.510><c> bank</c><00:45:13.670><c> of</c><00:45:13.929><c> Jordan,</c>

00:45:14.730 --> 00:45:16.590
and<00:45:14.829><c> he</c><00:45:14.989><c> took</c><00:45:15.170><c> the</c><00:45:15.349><c> mantle</c><00:45:15.650><c> of</c><00:45:15.909><c> Elijah</c><00:45:16.269><c> that</c>

00:45:16.590 --> 00:45:22.510
fell<00:45:16.769><c> from</c><00:45:17.010><c> him.</c><00:45:17.210><c> What</c><00:45:17.469><c> a</c><00:45:18.469><c> nerve</c><00:45:19.070><c>-racking</c><00:45:19.510><c> experience</c><00:45:20.429><c> in</c><00:45:20.670><c> life,</c><00:45:22.010><c> eh?</c>

00:45:23.829 --> 00:45:25.630
The<00:45:24.010><c> fitted</c><00:45:24.130><c> to</c><00:45:24.349><c> the</c><00:45:24.550><c> shoes</c><00:45:24.750><c> of</c><00:45:24.949><c> a</c><00:45:25.110><c> man</c><00:45:25.269><c> that</c>

00:45:25.630 --> 00:45:31.050
for<00:45:25.929><c> years</c><00:45:26.309><c> you've</c><00:45:26.789><c> greatly</c><00:45:27.110><c> honored,</c><00:45:28.650><c> and</c><00:45:28.750><c> now</c><00:45:29.070><c> the</c><00:45:29.269><c> responsibility</c><00:45:29.909><c> is</c><00:45:30.230><c> upon</c><00:45:30.489><c> you,</c>

00:45:31.250 --> 00:45:35.110
and<00:45:31.570><c> you're</c><00:45:31.730><c> there</c><00:45:31.969><c> by</c><00:45:32.269><c> yourself</c><00:45:32.690><c> on</c><00:45:32.929><c> the</c><00:45:33.170><c> eastern</c><00:45:33.449><c> side.</c><00:45:34.909><c> And</c>

00:45:35.110 --> 00:45:38.170
he<00:45:35.489><c> smoked</c><00:45:35.710><c> the</c><00:45:35.969><c> waters,</c><00:45:37.650><c> just</c><00:45:37.809><c> like</c><00:45:37.969><c> his</c>

00:45:38.170 --> 00:45:47.730
master<00:45:38.530><c> had</c><00:45:38.789><c> done,</c><00:45:39.969><c> and</c><00:45:40.210><c> said,</c><00:45:41.269><c> where</c><00:45:41.570><c> is</c><00:45:41.949><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:43.789><c> God</c><00:45:44.110><c> of</c><00:45:44.389><c> Elijah?</c><00:45:47.469><c> It</c>

00:45:47.730 --> 00:45:50.690
was<00:45:47.989><c> the</c><00:45:48.309><c> verification</c><00:45:49.070><c> of</c><00:45:50.170><c> the</c><00:45:50.389><c> double</c>

00:45:50.690 --> 00:45:53.530
portion<00:45:51.050><c> that</c><00:45:51.289><c> he</c><00:45:51.449><c> wanted,</c><00:45:52.070><c> wasn't</c><00:45:52.530><c> it?</c><00:45:52.650><c> And</c><00:45:52.849><c> in</c><00:45:52.969><c> that</c><00:45:53.190><c> sense,</c>

00:45:53.670 --> 00:45:58.349
he<00:45:53.889><c> received</c><00:45:54.329><c> it</c><00:45:54.590><c> here.</c><00:45:55.809><c> Where</c><00:45:56.070><c> is</c><00:45:57.510><c> the</c><00:45:58.030><c> Lord,</c>

00:45:58.449 --> 00:46:01.869
God<00:45:58.590><c> of</c><00:45:58.730><c> Elijah?</c><00:45:59.489><c> And</c><00:45:59.489><c> when</c><00:45:59.650><c> he</c><00:45:59.969><c> also</c><00:46:00.269><c> had</c><00:46:00.630><c> smitten</c><00:46:00.989><c> the</c><00:46:01.269><c> waters,</c><00:46:01.610><c> they</c>

00:46:01.869 --> 00:46:03.289
parted<00:46:02.369><c> hither</c><00:46:02.610><c> and</c><00:46:02.889><c> thither,</c>

00:46:03.590 --> 00:46:08.349
and<00:46:03.769><c> Elijah</c><00:46:04.110><c> went</c><00:46:04.409><c> over.</c><00:46:05.510><c> And</c><00:46:05.750><c> here</c><00:46:05.989><c> in</c><00:46:06.289><c> this</c><00:46:07.010><c> verse</c><00:46:07.210><c> 14</c><00:46:07.670><c> and</c><00:46:07.829><c> 15,</c><00:46:08.230><c> I</c>

00:46:08.349 --> 00:46:10.070
think<00:46:08.489><c> we</c><00:46:08.670><c> have</c><00:46:08.769><c> the</c><00:46:09.130><c> crux</c><00:46:09.329><c> of</c><00:46:09.489><c> this</c><00:46:09.730><c> passage,</c>

00:46:10.210 --> 00:46:15.809
of<00:46:10.389><c> this</c><00:46:10.829><c> chapter.</c><00:46:12.329><c> When</c><00:46:12.650><c> the</c><00:46:13.070><c> sons</c><00:46:13.489><c> of</c><00:46:13.789><c> the</c><00:46:14.110><c> prophets,</c><00:46:15.389><c> remember</c><00:46:15.630><c> they</c>

00:46:15.809 --> 00:46:18.170
were<00:46:15.989><c> left</c><00:46:16.429><c> on</c><00:46:16.829><c> this</c><00:46:17.070><c> slight</c><00:46:17.489><c> elevation</c>

00:46:18.170 --> 00:46:21.369
over<00:46:18.469><c> here</c><00:46:18.670><c> watching</c><00:46:19.030><c> anything</c><00:46:19.429><c> they</c><00:46:19.630><c> could</c><00:46:19.909><c> see.</c><00:46:20.909><c> When</c><00:46:21.090><c> the</c>

00:46:21.369 --> 00:46:24.130
sons<00:46:21.590><c> of</c><00:46:21.829><c> the</c><00:46:22.090><c> prophets,</c><00:46:22.789><c> which</c><00:46:22.989><c> were</c><00:46:23.269><c> to</c><00:46:23.510><c> view</c><00:46:23.730><c> at</c>

00:46:24.130 --> 00:46:31.530
Jericho,<00:46:25.909><c> saw</c><00:46:26.190><c> him,</c><00:46:26.630><c> they'd</c><00:46:26.829><c> be</c><00:46:26.909><c> watching</c><00:46:27.250><c> every</c><00:46:27.730><c> detail.</c><00:46:29.349><c> They</c><00:46:29.590><c> said,</c><00:46:30.670><c> the</c><00:46:30.710><c> spirit</c><00:46:31.210><c> of</c>

00:46:31.530 --> 00:46:34.130
Elijah<00:46:32.070><c> doth</c><00:46:32.630><c> rest</c><00:46:33.170><c> on</c>

00:46:34.929 --> 00:46:41.369
Elisha.<00:46:35.650><c> And</c><00:46:35.969><c> they</c><00:46:36.130><c> came</c><00:46:36.349><c> to</c><00:46:36.590><c> meet</c><00:46:36.769><c> him.</c><00:46:38.670><c> The</c><00:46:38.889><c> evidence</c><00:46:39.150><c> is</c><00:46:39.730><c> clear.</c><00:46:40.929><c> The</c><00:46:41.050><c> God</c><00:46:41.190><c> of</c>

00:46:41.369 --> 00:46:43.369
Israel<00:46:41.670><c> has</c><00:46:42.510><c> brought</c><00:46:42.869><c> this</c>

00:46:43.369 --> 00:46:47.769
younger<00:46:43.789><c> man</c><00:46:44.190><c> into</c><00:46:44.429><c> the</c><00:46:44.670><c> office.</c><00:46:45.030><c> They</c><00:46:45.250><c> came</c><00:46:45.650><c> to</c><00:46:46.150><c> meet</c><00:46:46.349><c> him</c><00:46:46.510><c> and</c><00:46:46.789><c> bowed</c><00:46:47.190><c> themselves</c><00:46:47.510><c> to</c>

00:46:47.769 --> 00:46:49.090
the<00:46:47.949><c> ground</c><00:46:48.150><c> before</c><00:46:48.550><c> him.</c>

00:46:49.510 --> 00:46:53.070
They<00:46:49.809><c> saw</c><00:46:50.010><c> the</c><00:46:50.210><c> departure.</c><00:46:51.190><c> They</c><00:46:51.409><c> saw</c><00:46:51.590><c> him</c><00:46:51.769><c> come</c><00:46:52.050><c> back.</c><00:46:52.829><c> They</c>

00:46:53.070 --> 00:46:54.429
saw<00:46:53.170><c> the</c><00:46:53.429><c> division</c><00:46:53.789><c> of</c><00:46:53.989><c> the</c><00:46:54.150><c> river.</c>

00:46:54.809 --> 00:46:58.489
They<00:46:55.030><c> saw</c><00:46:55.230><c> the</c><00:46:55.610><c> chariot</c><00:46:56.050><c> that</c><00:46:56.210><c> went</c><00:46:56.329><c> off,</c><00:46:56.989><c> and</c><00:46:57.170><c> Elijah</c><00:46:57.489><c> went,</c>

00:46:58.909 --> 00:47:00.750
and<00:46:59.170><c> they're</c><00:46:59.289><c> left</c><00:46:59.429><c> with</c><00:46:59.650><c> Elisha.</c>

00:47:01.329 --> 00:47:03.849
And<00:47:01.570><c> they</c><00:47:01.690><c> come</c><00:47:01.869><c> and</c><00:47:02.010><c> they</c><00:47:02.230><c> bow</c><00:47:02.369><c> down</c><00:47:02.610><c> before</c><00:47:02.989><c> him.</c><00:47:03.389><c> What</c><00:47:03.610><c> an</c>

00:47:03.849 --> 00:47:07.849
amazing<00:47:04.250><c> record.</c><00:47:05.829><c> It's</c><00:47:06.349><c> an</c><00:47:06.590><c> amazing</c><00:47:06.929><c> record,</c><00:47:07.469><c> isn't</c><00:47:07.510><c> it?</c>

00:47:07.849 --> 00:47:09.650
How<00:47:08.110><c> many</c><00:47:08.329><c> times</c><00:47:08.570><c> in</c><00:47:08.710><c> the</c><00:47:08.829><c> scripture</c><00:47:09.050><c> have</c><00:47:09.269><c> we</c><00:47:09.269><c> got</c><00:47:09.469><c> anything</c>

00:47:09.650 --> 00:47:10.710
like<00:47:09.949><c> this?</c>

00:47:11.309 --> 00:47:16.309
It's<00:47:11.630><c> amazing.</c><00:47:13.849><c> And</c><00:47:13.849><c> they</c><00:47:13.989><c> said</c><00:47:14.210><c> unto</c><00:47:14.449><c> him,</c><00:47:14.710><c> Behold</c><00:47:14.989><c> now</c><00:47:15.829><c> there</c><00:47:16.150><c> be</c>

00:47:16.309 --> 00:47:19.130
with<00:47:16.570><c> thy</c><00:47:16.829><c> servants</c><00:47:17.289><c> fifty</c><00:47:17.690><c> strong</c><00:47:18.070><c> men.</c>

00:47:19.949 --> 00:47:23.690
Let<00:47:20.110><c> them</c><00:47:20.309><c> go,</c><00:47:20.690><c> we</c><00:47:20.869><c> pray</c><00:47:21.050><c> thee,</c><00:47:21.489><c> and</c><00:47:21.829><c> seek</c><00:47:22.050><c> thy</c><00:47:22.289><c> master,</c><00:47:23.550><c> lest</c>

00:47:23.690 --> 00:47:25.570
her<00:47:24.030><c> adventure,</c><00:47:24.530><c> the</c><00:47:24.650><c> spirit</c><00:47:25.030><c> of</c><00:47:25.289><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:47:25.670 --> 00:47:30.110
had<00:47:25.829><c> taken</c><00:47:26.110><c> him</c><00:47:26.409><c> up</c><00:47:27.050><c> and</c><00:47:28.010><c> cast</c><00:47:28.369><c> him</c><00:47:28.570><c> upon</c><00:47:28.909><c> some</c><00:47:29.130><c> mountain</c><00:47:29.769><c> or</c>

00:47:30.110 --> 00:47:31.489
into<00:47:30.369><c> some</c><00:47:30.570><c> valley.</c>

00:47:31.809 --> 00:47:34.530
Now<00:47:32.329><c> what's</c><00:47:32.630><c> absolutely</c><00:47:32.969><c> stupid</c><00:47:33.409><c> about</c><00:47:33.769><c> that?</c>

00:47:37.190 --> 00:47:40.929
They're<00:47:37.429><c> supposedly</c><00:47:37.909><c> concerned</c><00:47:38.510><c> for</c><00:47:38.789><c> Elijah.</c><00:47:40.409><c> Wouldn't</c><00:47:40.690><c> God</c>

00:47:40.929 --> 00:47:43.250
be<00:47:41.230><c> first</c><00:47:41.610><c> concerned</c><00:47:42.050><c> about</c><00:47:42.269><c> Elijah?</c>

00:47:44.130 --> 00:47:46.489
Is<00:47:44.349><c> it</c><00:47:44.489><c> likely</c><00:47:44.789><c> that</c><00:47:45.050><c> God's</c><00:47:45.309><c> going</c><00:47:45.489><c> to</c><00:47:45.610><c> get</c><00:47:45.710><c> hold</c><00:47:45.869><c> of</c><00:47:46.070><c> Elijah</c>

00:47:46.489 --> 00:47:47.929
and<00:47:46.889><c> wait</c><00:47:47.050><c> till</c><00:47:47.150><c> he's</c><00:47:47.389><c> got</c><00:47:47.550><c> enough</c>

00:47:47.929 --> 00:47:51.429
altitude<00:47:48.550><c> and</c><00:47:48.769><c> then</c><00:47:48.929><c> just</c><00:47:49.610><c> toss</c><00:47:49.769><c> him</c><00:47:49.989><c> out</c><00:47:50.590><c> onto</c><00:47:50.989><c> the</c><00:47:51.230><c> ground</c>

00:47:51.429 --> 00:47:54.909
below?<00:47:51.730><c> It</c><00:47:51.889><c> was</c><00:47:52.329><c> stupid.</c><00:47:53.349><c> Absolutely</c><00:47:53.869><c> stupid.</c>

00:47:55.329 --> 00:47:57.469
They<00:47:55.650><c> must</c><00:47:55.829><c> have</c><00:47:55.969><c> felt</c><00:47:56.070><c> highly</c><00:47:56.429><c> embarrassed</c><00:47:56.909><c> as</c><00:47:57.070><c> they</c><00:47:57.250><c> made</c>

00:47:57.469 --> 00:47:59.630
the<00:47:57.690><c> suggestion.</c><00:47:58.349><c> But</c><00:47:58.590><c> why</c><00:47:58.849><c> did</c><00:47:58.929><c> they</c><00:47:59.170><c> make</c><00:47:59.369><c> that</c>

00:47:59.630 --> 00:48:04.250
suggestion?<00:48:01.530><c> I</c><00:48:02.090><c> suggest</c><00:48:02.449><c> because</c><00:48:03.050><c> they</c><00:48:03.610><c> still</c><00:48:03.849><c> were</c><00:48:04.010><c> not</c>

00:48:04.250 --> 00:48:05.789
really<00:48:04.670><c> convinced.</c>

00:48:06.969 --> 00:48:10.329
And<00:48:07.150><c> now</c><00:48:07.369><c> they</c><00:48:07.530><c> were</c><00:48:07.710><c> going</c><00:48:07.829><c> to</c><00:48:08.070><c> be</c><00:48:08.510><c> under</c><00:48:09.010><c> the</c><00:48:09.329><c> command</c><00:48:09.829><c> and</c>

00:48:10.329 --> 00:48:12.989
ordinance<00:48:10.849><c> of</c><00:48:11.829><c> another</c><00:48:12.170><c> young</c>

00:48:14.150 --> 00:48:17.909
prophet,<00:48:14.670><c> who</c><00:48:14.690><c> perhaps</c><00:48:14.969><c> more</c><00:48:15.230><c> like</c><00:48:15.409><c> their</c><00:48:15.650><c> own</c><00:48:15.869><c> age,</c><00:48:17.630><c> to</c><00:48:17.750><c> have</c>

00:48:17.909 --> 00:48:19.889
to<00:48:18.170><c> take</c><00:48:18.329><c> it</c><00:48:18.449><c> from</c><00:48:18.710><c> Elisha.</c>

00:48:20.949 --> 00:48:25.050
Well,<00:48:21.690><c> you</c><00:48:21.690><c> know,</c><00:48:22.409><c> he's</c><00:48:22.690><c> not</c><00:48:22.969><c> really,</c><00:48:23.630><c> this</c><00:48:23.869><c> bald</c><00:48:24.110><c>-headed</c><00:48:24.329><c> man's</c><00:48:24.750><c> not</c>

00:48:25.050 --> 00:48:26.849
really<00:48:25.449><c> like</c><00:48:25.789><c> Elisha,</c>

00:48:27.070 --> 00:48:30.130
not<00:48:27.389><c> as</c><00:48:27.590><c> big</c><00:48:27.849><c> a</c><00:48:28.090><c> character.</c><00:48:29.030><c> Well,</c><00:48:29.210><c> he</c><00:48:29.289><c> probably</c><00:48:29.610><c> wasn't</c><00:48:29.989><c> in</c>

00:48:30.130 --> 00:48:32.230
his<00:48:30.329><c> younger</c><00:48:31.030><c> days.</c>

00:48:34.090 --> 00:48:36.769
So<00:48:34.309><c> they</c><00:48:34.510><c> said,</c><00:48:34.710><c> look,</c><00:48:34.869><c> we'd</c><00:48:35.190><c> better</c><00:48:35.269><c> go</c><00:48:35.489><c> and</c><00:48:35.610><c> just</c><00:48:35.889><c> search</c><00:48:36.070><c> around</c><00:48:36.369><c> that</c><00:48:36.570><c> we</c>

00:48:36.769 --> 00:48:38.389
really<00:48:36.929><c> got</c><00:48:37.110><c> this</c><00:48:37.349><c> right.</c>

00:48:39.849 --> 00:48:44.769
But<00:48:40.030><c> Elisha</c><00:48:40.429><c> won't</c><00:48:40.889><c> go</c><00:48:41.530><c> with</c><00:48:41.789><c> that.</c><00:48:42.329><c> He</c><00:48:42.610><c> said,</c><00:48:43.710><c> ye</c><00:48:43.869><c> shall</c><00:48:44.170><c> not</c>

00:48:44.769 --> 00:48:47.409
stand.<00:48:45.250><c> So</c><00:48:45.369><c> here's</c><00:48:45.550><c> the</c><00:48:45.809><c> first</c><00:48:46.130><c> test,</c><00:48:46.510><c> isn't</c><00:48:46.650><c> it?</c>

00:48:47.570 --> 00:48:52.210
I<00:48:47.789><c> only</c><00:48:47.869><c> come</c><00:48:48.010><c> back</c><00:48:48.230><c> from</c><00:48:48.369><c> the</c><00:48:48.510><c> river.</c><00:48:50.090><c> Has</c><00:48:50.289><c> God</c><00:48:50.530><c> done</c><00:48:50.809><c> for</c><00:48:51.030><c> Elisha</c><00:48:51.530><c> what</c><00:48:51.849><c> he</c>

00:48:52.210 --> 00:48:53.610
promised<00:48:52.469><c> he</c><00:48:52.630><c> would</c><00:48:52.809><c> do</c><00:48:53.010><c> or</c><00:48:53.289><c> not?</c>

00:48:54.070 --> 00:48:56.809
So<00:48:54.510><c> these</c><00:48:54.809><c> men</c><00:48:54.989><c> go</c><00:48:55.230><c> off</c><00:48:55.409><c> and</c><00:48:55.469><c> they</c><00:48:55.670><c> are</c><00:48:55.849><c> off</c><00:48:56.030><c> for</c><00:48:56.190><c> three</c><00:48:56.510><c> days,</c>

00:48:56.809 --> 00:48:58.030
it<00:48:57.110><c> says,</c>

00:48:58.190 --> 00:49:00.670
when<00:48:58.309><c> they</c><00:48:58.550><c> urged</c><00:48:58.849><c> him,</c><00:48:59.070><c> verse</c><00:48:59.269><c> 17,</c><00:48:59.750><c> until</c><00:48:59.949><c> he</c><00:49:00.090><c> was</c><00:49:00.349><c> ashamed.</c>

00:49:00.849 --> 00:49:02.730
He<00:49:00.849><c> said,</c><00:49:01.610><c> send.</c>

00:49:04.469 --> 00:49:06.230
All<00:49:04.690><c> right,</c><00:49:04.849><c> he</c><00:49:04.989><c> said,</c><00:49:05.190><c> if</c><00:49:05.210><c> you</c><00:49:05.429><c> won't</c><00:49:05.590><c> listen</c><00:49:05.809><c> to</c><00:49:05.869><c> what</c><00:49:06.010><c> I've</c>

00:49:06.230 --> 00:49:08.570
said,<00:49:06.570><c> go</c><00:49:06.889><c> and</c><00:49:07.070><c> have</c><00:49:07.190><c> a</c><00:49:07.269><c> look</c><00:49:07.389><c> yourselves.</c>

00:49:09.610 --> 00:49:14.030
It's<00:49:09.710><c> a</c><00:49:09.789><c> waste</c><00:49:09.929><c> of</c><00:49:10.130><c> time,</c><00:49:10.389><c> but</c><00:49:10.710><c> if</c><00:49:11.289><c> you</c><00:49:11.489><c> must,</c><00:49:12.929><c> they</c><00:49:13.210><c> sent</c><00:49:13.429><c> there</c><00:49:13.730><c> for</c>

00:49:14.030 --> 00:49:15.630
50<00:49:14.489><c> men,</c>

00:49:16.409 --> 00:49:18.809
which<00:49:16.590><c> I</c><00:49:16.829><c> suppose</c><00:49:17.090><c> was</c><00:49:17.309><c> the</c><00:49:17.510><c> same</c><00:49:17.690><c> group</c><00:49:17.929><c> we</c><00:49:18.150><c> had</c><00:49:18.309><c> over</c><00:49:18.570><c> here</c>

00:49:18.809 --> 00:49:23.369
in<00:49:19.429><c> verse</c><00:49:19.650><c> seven.</c><00:49:21.130><c> 50</c><00:49:21.530><c> of</c><00:49:21.789><c> them</c><00:49:21.929><c> go</c><00:49:22.210><c> off</c><00:49:22.369><c> into</c><00:49:22.690><c> the</c>

00:49:23.369 --> 00:49:26.809
surrounding<00:49:23.730><c> area,</c><00:49:24.250><c> probably</c><00:49:24.550><c> climbing</c><00:49:24.829><c> the</c><00:49:25.050><c> heights</c><00:49:25.449><c> of</c><00:49:25.989><c> Jericho</c><00:49:26.389><c> and</c><00:49:26.590><c> so</c>

00:49:26.809 --> 00:49:30.750
on,<00:49:28.570><c> of</c><00:49:29.130><c> the</c><00:49:29.230><c> Valley</c><00:49:29.510><c> of</c><00:49:29.730><c> Jordan.</c>

00:49:31.389 --> 00:49:34.329
When<00:49:31.570><c> they</c><00:49:31.789><c> came</c><00:49:31.969><c> again,</c><00:49:32.409><c> well,</c><00:49:32.650><c> he</c><00:49:32.809><c> tarried</c><00:49:33.070><c> at</c><00:49:33.289><c> Jericho.</c><00:49:34.130><c> He</c>

00:49:34.329 --> 00:49:37.369
said<00:49:34.489><c> unto</c><00:49:34.690><c> them,</c><00:49:35.570><c> did</c><00:49:35.789><c> I</c><00:49:35.989><c> not</c><00:49:36.230><c> say</c><00:49:36.429><c> unto</c><00:49:36.650><c> you,</c><00:49:36.989><c> go</c><00:49:37.190><c> not,</c>

00:49:37.449 --> 00:49:40.809
because<00:49:37.730><c> of</c><00:49:37.929><c> course</c><00:49:38.050><c> they</c><00:49:38.190><c> didn't</c><00:49:38.489><c> find</c><00:49:38.809><c> you.</c><00:49:40.250><c> And</c><00:49:40.409><c> so</c><00:49:40.570><c> Elisha</c>

00:49:40.809 --> 00:49:41.670
makes<00:49:41.070><c> the</c><00:49:41.289><c> point</c><00:49:41.449><c> to</c><00:49:41.590><c> them,</c>

00:49:41.690 --> 00:49:46.469
I<00:49:41.929><c> told</c><00:49:42.210><c> you</c><00:49:42.469><c> not</c><00:49:42.690><c> to</c><00:49:42.909><c> go.</c><00:49:44.409><c> So</c><00:49:44.750><c> immediately,</c><00:49:45.969><c> he's</c><00:49:46.269><c> settling</c>

00:49:46.469 --> 00:49:49.530
into<00:49:46.849><c> the</c><00:49:47.110><c> new</c><00:49:47.809><c> situation</c><00:49:48.690><c> of</c><00:49:48.989><c> authority</c>

00:49:49.530 --> 00:49:54.849
and<00:49:49.849><c> direction,</c><00:49:50.849><c> which</c><00:49:51.070><c> they</c><00:49:51.309><c> didn't</c><00:49:51.610><c> think</c><00:49:51.909><c> he</c><00:49:52.150><c> really</c><00:49:52.510><c> would</c><00:49:52.769><c> have.</c><00:49:54.710><c> And</c>

00:49:54.849 --> 00:49:55.809
so<00:49:54.969><c> the</c><00:49:55.090><c> men</c><00:49:55.230><c> of</c><00:49:55.409><c> the</c><00:49:55.590><c> city</c>

00:49:55.809 --> 00:49:59.670
said<00:49:56.030><c> unto</c><00:49:56.269><c> Elisha,</c><00:49:56.829><c> behold,</c><00:49:57.489><c> I</c><00:49:57.650><c> pray</c><00:49:57.929><c> the</c><00:49:58.570><c> situation</c><00:49:59.030><c> of</c><00:49:59.409><c> the</c>

00:49:59.670 --> 00:50:01.230
city<00:49:59.909><c> is</c><00:50:00.309><c> pleasant.</c>

00:50:01.510 --> 00:50:04.829
And<00:50:01.690><c> we're</c><00:50:01.829><c> not</c><00:50:01.909><c> going</c><00:50:02.050><c> to</c><00:50:02.170><c> go</c><00:50:02.269><c> into</c><00:50:02.449><c> that</c><00:50:02.789><c> section.</c><00:50:04.489><c> My</c><00:50:04.630><c> dear</c>

00:50:04.829 --> 00:50:06.690
brothers<00:50:05.050><c> and</c><00:50:05.210><c> sisters,</c><00:50:05.369><c> I</c><00:50:05.610><c> find</c><00:50:05.929><c> that</c>

00:50:08.650 --> 00:50:12.210
this<00:50:09.170><c> position</c><00:50:09.670><c> of</c><00:50:09.909><c> Elisha</c><00:50:10.369><c> is</c><00:50:10.750><c> really</c><00:50:11.090><c> what</c><00:50:11.309><c> we</c><00:50:11.550><c> need</c><00:50:11.750><c> today,</c>

00:50:12.469 --> 00:50:16.349
don't<00:50:12.769><c> you?</c><00:50:13.989><c> There's</c><00:50:14.369><c> a</c><00:50:14.510><c> person</c><00:50:14.849><c> who</c><00:50:15.070><c> is</c><00:50:15.250><c> prepared</c>

00:50:16.570 --> 00:50:20.130
to<00:50:16.869><c> put</c><00:50:17.070><c> a</c><00:50:17.289><c> light</c><00:50:17.670><c> to</c><00:50:18.510><c> all</c><00:50:18.730><c> the</c><00:50:18.889><c> things</c><00:50:19.090><c> that</c><00:50:19.269><c> he</c><00:50:19.349><c> had</c><00:50:19.530><c> in</c><00:50:19.769><c> life</c>

00:50:20.130 --> 00:50:23.789
and<00:50:21.289><c> to</c><00:50:21.530><c> give</c><00:50:21.710><c> direction</c><00:50:22.329><c> to</c><00:50:23.070><c> the</c><00:50:23.309><c> teaching</c>

00:50:23.789 --> 00:50:28.510
group.<00:50:24.650><c> I</c><00:50:24.750><c> mean,</c><00:50:24.789><c> not</c><00:50:24.989><c> everybody</c><00:50:25.369><c> came</c><00:50:25.650><c> to</c><00:50:25.909><c> the</c><00:50:26.510><c> School</c><00:50:26.829><c> of</c><00:50:26.989><c> the</c><00:50:27.250><c> Prophets</c><00:50:27.690><c> and</c><00:50:28.010><c> sat</c><00:50:28.369><c> at</c>

00:50:28.510 --> 00:50:29.510
their<00:50:28.710><c> feet.</c><00:50:28.869><c> I'm</c><00:50:29.110><c> sure</c><00:50:29.309><c> it</c>

00:50:29.510 --> 00:50:33.750
didn't<00:50:29.650><c> happen</c><00:50:29.869><c> quite</c><00:50:30.150><c> like</c><00:50:30.510><c> that.</c><00:50:31.289><c> But</c><00:50:31.510><c> with</c><00:50:31.929><c> time,</c><00:50:32.409><c> it</c><00:50:32.409><c> would</c><00:50:32.630><c> have,</c><00:50:33.369><c> in</c>

00:50:33.750 --> 00:50:35.050
these<00:50:34.010><c> various</c><00:50:34.289><c> cities,</c><00:50:34.769><c> it</c><00:50:34.849><c> would</c>

00:50:35.050 --> 00:50:37.690
have<00:50:35.210><c> developed</c><00:50:35.489><c> what</c><00:50:35.769><c> Samuel</c><00:50:36.130><c> had</c><00:50:36.409><c> developed.</c><00:50:37.530><c> You</c><00:50:37.670><c> know,</c>

00:50:37.690 --> 00:50:40.969
he<00:50:37.849><c> was</c><00:50:38.090><c> in</c><00:50:38.429><c> Naoth</c><00:50:38.690><c> of</c><00:50:38.969><c> Rhema.</c><00:50:39.949><c> Rhema</c><00:50:40.349><c> was</c><00:50:40.670><c> really</c>

00:50:40.969 --> 00:50:44.170
the<00:50:41.389><c> city.</c><00:50:41.650><c> And</c><00:50:41.690><c> Naoth</c><00:50:41.829><c> was</c><00:50:42.750><c> like</c><00:50:43.150><c> the</c><00:50:43.389><c> accommodation</c><00:50:43.769><c> block.</c>

00:50:44.489 --> 00:50:47.630
Naoth<00:50:44.929><c> means</c><00:50:45.250><c> dwelling.</c><00:50:47.010><c> I</c><00:50:47.190><c> don't</c><00:50:47.349><c> think</c><00:50:47.449><c> it</c>

00:50:47.630 --> 00:50:50.570
just<00:50:47.889><c> meant</c><00:50:48.050><c> that</c><00:50:48.250><c> when</c><00:50:48.690><c> visitors</c><00:50:49.070><c> came,</c><00:50:49.570><c> they</c><00:50:49.590><c> could</c><00:50:50.329><c> find</c>

00:50:50.570 --> 00:50:53.869
accommodation<00:50:51.349><c> outside</c><00:50:52.369><c> the</c><00:50:52.610><c> city</c><00:50:52.829><c> of</c><00:50:53.070><c> Rhema.</c>

00:50:54.349 --> 00:50:58.610
I<00:50:54.650><c> think</c><00:50:54.809><c> that</c><00:50:55.010><c> it</c><00:50:55.130><c> also</c><00:50:55.369><c> meant</c><00:50:55.570><c> that</c><00:50:55.829><c> God</c><00:50:56.010><c> dwelt</c><00:50:56.369><c> there,</c><00:50:58.010><c> because</c><00:50:58.389><c> he</c>

00:50:58.610 --> 00:51:00.030
did.<00:50:59.409><c> The</c><00:50:59.610><c> School</c><00:50:59.730><c> of</c><00:50:59.869><c> the</c>

00:51:00.030 --> 00:51:03.869
Prophets<00:51:00.230><c> was</c><00:51:00.449><c> there.</c><00:51:01.670><c> I</c><00:51:01.949><c> suppose</c><00:51:02.250><c> they</c><00:51:02.489><c> developed</c><00:51:02.889><c> something</c><00:51:03.269><c> like</c><00:51:03.530><c> that</c><00:51:03.690><c> in</c>

00:51:03.869 --> 00:51:05.309
these<00:51:04.050><c> other</c><00:51:04.289><c> cities.</c>

00:51:05.969 --> 00:51:11.170
And<00:51:06.449><c> that</c><00:51:06.670><c> must</c><00:51:07.849><c> have</c><00:51:08.070><c> been</c><00:51:08.829><c> Elijah</c><00:51:09.230><c> involved</c><00:51:09.789><c> in</c><00:51:10.010><c> those</c><00:51:10.289><c> things,</c><00:51:10.750><c> because</c><00:51:10.989><c> he</c>

00:51:11.170 --> 00:51:12.329
was<00:51:11.510><c> the</c><00:51:11.690><c> only</c><00:51:11.889><c> one</c><00:51:12.050><c> that</c><00:51:12.150><c> was</c>

00:51:12.329 --> 00:51:18.389
leading<00:51:12.570><c> the</c><00:51:13.469><c> group</c><00:51:13.690><c> at</c><00:51:13.889><c> that</c><00:51:14.070><c> stage.</c><00:51:15.389><c> Well,</c><00:51:15.590><c> like</c><00:51:15.670><c> Evelyn</c><00:51:15.969><c> says,</c><00:51:16.449><c> there's</c><00:51:16.510><c> tremendous</c><00:51:17.050><c> drive</c><00:51:17.429><c> in</c><00:51:17.650><c> that.</c>

00:51:18.570 --> 00:51:22.670
One<00:51:18.750><c> of</c><00:51:18.909><c> the</c><00:51:19.730><c> best</c><00:51:20.150><c> things</c><00:51:20.510><c> that's</c><00:51:20.809><c> come</c><00:51:21.010><c> along</c><00:51:21.230><c> in</c><00:51:21.510><c> recent</c><00:51:21.690><c> years</c><00:51:22.110><c> in</c>

00:51:22.670 --> 00:51:25.329
our<00:51:22.909><c> own</c><00:51:23.630><c> body</c><00:51:23.929><c> is</c><00:51:24.250><c> the</c><00:51:24.570><c> School</c><00:51:24.909><c> of</c><00:51:25.130><c> the</c>

00:51:25.329 --> 00:51:31.070
Prophets.<00:51:26.469><c> Well,</c><00:51:26.610><c> it</c><00:51:26.690><c> might</c><00:51:26.929><c> be</c><00:51:28.409><c> a</c><00:51:28.769><c> small</c><00:51:29.050><c> comparison.</c><00:51:30.909><c> But</c>

00:51:31.070 --> 00:51:33.389
you<00:51:31.210><c> know,</c><00:51:31.369><c> I've</c><00:51:31.530><c> seen</c><00:51:31.670><c> young</c><00:51:32.550><c> men</c><00:51:32.750><c> come</c><00:51:33.010><c> along</c><00:51:33.210><c> to</c>

00:51:33.389 --> 00:51:37.090
School<00:51:33.769><c> of</c><00:51:34.010><c> the</c><00:51:34.010><c> Prophets,</c><00:51:34.969><c> you</c><00:51:35.050><c> know,</c><00:51:35.309><c> in</c><00:51:35.389><c> their</c><00:51:35.550><c> really</c><00:51:36.030><c> buffoon</c><00:51:36.469><c> stage</c><00:51:36.869><c> of</c>

00:51:37.090 --> 00:51:38.769
life,<00:51:37.349><c> like</c><00:51:37.530><c> this</c><00:51:37.829><c> group</c><00:51:38.010><c> of</c><00:51:38.230><c> boys</c><00:51:38.409><c> down</c>

00:51:38.769 --> 00:51:42.429
here.<00:51:39.550><c> By</c><00:51:39.769><c> the</c><00:51:39.909><c> way,</c><00:51:40.030><c> they</c><00:51:40.150><c> were</c><00:51:40.349><c> not</c><00:51:40.530><c> young</c><00:51:40.789><c> children</c><00:51:41.150><c> at</c><00:51:41.409><c> all.</c><00:51:42.269><c> The</c>

00:51:42.429 --> 00:51:44.130
words<00:51:42.570><c> used</c><00:51:42.849><c> of</c><00:51:43.050><c> Daniel</c><00:51:43.369><c> when</c><00:51:43.510><c> he</c><00:51:43.730><c> went</c><00:51:43.889><c> to</c>

00:51:44.130 --> 00:51:47.090
Babylon,<00:51:44.829><c> it's</c><00:51:44.969><c> used</c><00:51:45.150><c> of</c><00:51:45.349><c> David</c><00:51:45.630><c> when</c><00:51:45.809><c> he</c><00:51:46.010><c> was</c><00:51:46.489><c> going</c><00:51:46.769><c> against</c>

00:51:47.090 --> 00:51:49.570
Goliath.<00:51:47.670><c> No,</c><00:51:47.869><c> they</c><00:51:48.090><c> weren't</c><00:51:48.309><c> kids,</c><00:51:49.309><c> little</c>

00:51:49.570 --> 00:51:55.690
children<00:51:49.929><c> at</c><00:51:50.190><c> all.</c><00:51:51.349><c> They</c><00:51:51.550><c> were</c><00:51:52.829><c> buffoons.</c><00:51:54.650><c> They</c><00:51:54.650><c> were</c><00:51:55.409><c> later</c>

00:51:55.690 --> 00:51:58.110
teenagers<00:51:56.269><c> who</c><00:51:56.690><c> thought</c><00:51:56.909><c> that</c><00:51:57.190><c> they'd</c><00:51:57.730><c> take</c><00:51:57.969><c> the</c>

00:51:58.110 --> 00:52:03.510
opportunity<00:51:58.690><c> of</c><00:51:59.329><c> having</c><00:51:59.570><c> a</c><00:51:59.769><c> shot</c><00:51:59.909><c> at</c><00:52:00.110><c> a</c><00:52:00.210><c> new</c><00:52:00.389><c> man.</c><00:52:01.710><c> And</c><00:52:01.889><c> they</c><00:52:02.090><c> found</c><00:52:02.329><c> that</c><00:52:02.769><c> God</c><00:52:03.010><c> had</c><00:52:03.289><c> a</c>

00:52:03.510 --> 00:52:04.789
solution.<00:52:04.230><c> I</c><00:52:04.369><c> think</c><00:52:04.489><c> that's</c>

00:52:04.789 --> 00:52:09.750
important<00:52:05.110><c> to</c><00:52:05.369><c> notice.</c><00:52:05.750><c> God</c><00:52:05.969><c> had</c><00:52:06.210><c> a</c><00:52:06.409><c> solution.</c><00:52:08.889><c> Elijah</c><00:52:09.130><c> didn't</c><00:52:09.449><c> touch</c>

00:52:09.750 --> 00:52:11.409
them.<00:52:10.269><c> Elijah</c><00:52:10.389><c> didn't</c><00:52:10.690><c> touch</c><00:52:11.030><c> them.</c>

00:52:11.730 --> 00:52:15.349
The<00:52:11.889><c> bears</c><00:52:12.070><c> came</c><00:52:12.329><c> out</c><00:52:12.510><c> of</c><00:52:12.650><c> the</c><00:52:12.869><c> forest,</c><00:52:13.690><c> and</c><00:52:13.829><c> they</c><00:52:14.769><c> dealt</c><00:52:15.050><c> with</c>

00:52:15.349 --> 00:52:20.690
these<00:52:17.070><c> ill</c><00:52:18.050><c>-mannered,</c><00:52:19.030><c> buffoon</c><00:52:19.389><c>-type</c><00:52:19.670><c> people.</c>

00:52:21.829 --> 00:52:24.949
And<00:52:22.070><c> that,</c><00:52:22.429><c> of</c><00:52:22.429><c> course,</c><00:52:22.590><c> is</c><00:52:22.869><c> very</c><00:52:23.230><c> much</c><00:52:23.489><c> the</c><00:52:23.829><c> atmosphere</c><00:52:24.369><c> of</c><00:52:24.789><c> a</c>

00:52:24.949 --> 00:52:27.789
lot<00:52:25.090><c> of</c><00:52:25.170><c> what</c><00:52:25.329><c> we</c><00:52:25.550><c> see</c><00:52:25.690><c> in</c><00:52:27.130><c> our</c>

00:52:27.789 --> 00:52:32.030
democratic<00:52:28.369><c> countries</c><00:52:28.809><c> today.</c><00:52:29.949><c> Young</c><00:52:30.090><c> people</c><00:52:30.349><c> are</c><00:52:30.489><c> just</c><00:52:30.650><c> doing</c><00:52:30.809><c> whatever</c><00:52:31.369><c> they</c><00:52:31.670><c> want</c><00:52:31.869><c> to</c>

00:52:32.030 --> 00:52:33.929
do,<00:52:32.449><c> no</c><00:52:32.690><c> matter</c><00:52:32.929><c> what.</c>

00:52:34.489 --> 00:52:38.010
And<00:52:34.630><c> if</c><00:52:34.730><c> he's</c><00:52:35.130><c> the</c><00:52:35.650><c> head</c><00:52:35.889><c> man</c><00:52:36.030><c> of</c><00:52:36.190><c> the</c><00:52:36.389><c> School</c><00:52:36.570><c> of</c><00:52:36.829><c> the</c><00:52:36.889><c> Prophets,</c><00:52:37.250><c> we'll</c><00:52:37.690><c> throw</c><00:52:37.969><c> a</c>

00:52:38.010 --> 00:52:39.010
bit<00:52:38.190><c> of</c><00:52:38.349><c> rubbish</c><00:52:38.590><c> at</c><00:52:38.769><c> him,</c>

00:52:39.090 --> 00:52:41.570
see<00:52:39.230><c> how</c><00:52:39.389><c> you</c><00:52:39.570><c> get</c><00:52:39.750><c> on.</c><00:52:40.309><c> You</c><00:52:40.449><c> know,</c><00:52:40.510><c> that's</c><00:52:40.849><c> more</c><00:52:41.030><c> or</c><00:52:41.130><c> less</c><00:52:41.190><c> what</c><00:52:41.389><c> is</c>

00:52:41.570 --> 00:52:43.329
happening<00:52:41.889><c> in</c><00:52:42.150><c> some</c><00:52:42.289><c> areas</c><00:52:42.570><c> of</c><00:52:42.829><c> Christendale</c>

00:52:43.329 --> 00:52:46.469
here.<00:52:44.170><c> People</c><00:52:44.369><c> just</c><00:52:44.710><c> come,</c><00:52:45.530><c> couldn't</c><00:52:45.710><c> care</c><00:52:45.929><c> less</c><00:52:46.090><c> how</c><00:52:46.269><c> they</c>

00:52:46.469 --> 00:52:49.550
come.<00:52:47.590><c> They</c><00:52:47.809><c> treat</c><00:52:47.929><c> the</c><00:52:48.170><c> hall</c><00:52:48.449><c> just</c><00:52:49.050><c> like</c><00:52:49.289><c> as</c><00:52:49.449><c> if</c>

00:52:49.550 --> 00:52:53.210
it's<00:52:49.690><c> their</c><00:52:49.889><c> backyard,</c><00:52:50.730><c> perhaps</c><00:52:50.929><c> something</c><00:52:51.210><c> in</c><00:52:52.329><c> their</c><00:52:52.530><c> backyard</c><00:52:52.929><c> at</c>

00:52:53.210 --> 00:52:55.349
home.<00:52:53.869><c> It's</c><00:52:54.269><c> not</c><00:52:54.469><c> good.</c>

00:52:56.190 --> 00:53:02.190
We<00:52:56.789><c> should</c><00:52:56.989><c> respect</c><00:52:57.489><c> the</c><00:52:57.730><c> meetings.</c><00:52:59.329><c> All</c><00:52:59.610><c> of</c><00:52:59.809><c> us.</c><00:53:01.210><c> We</c><00:53:01.349><c> don't</c><00:53:01.489><c> have</c><00:53:01.650><c> to</c><00:53:01.789><c> be</c><00:53:01.929><c> a</c>

00:53:02.190 --> 00:53:05.329
show<00:53:02.349><c> of</c><00:53:03.230><c> expensive</c><00:53:03.849><c> clothes</c><00:53:04.309><c> and</c><00:53:04.630><c> so</c><00:53:04.789><c> on.</c>

00:53:05.690 --> 00:53:11.530
But<00:53:05.869><c> we</c><00:53:06.230><c> must</c><00:53:06.630><c> respect</c><00:53:07.289><c> our</c><00:53:07.590><c> meetings.</c><00:53:09.030><c> And</c><00:53:09.190><c> we</c><00:53:09.389><c> must</c><00:53:09.670><c> have</c><00:53:09.889><c> our</c><00:53:10.110><c> young</c><00:53:10.329><c> people</c><00:53:10.849><c> to</c>

00:53:11.530 --> 00:53:13.570
know<00:53:11.869><c> that</c><00:53:12.309><c> respect</c><00:53:12.869><c> means</c>

00:53:13.570 --> 00:53:19.449
that<00:53:14.309><c> you</c><00:53:14.489><c> come</c><00:53:14.650><c> in</c><00:53:14.829><c> a</c><00:53:14.949><c> way</c><00:53:15.150><c> that</c><00:53:15.530><c> is</c><00:53:17.190><c> is</c><00:53:17.250><c> seemly</c><00:53:17.849><c> in</c><00:53:18.610><c> the</c><00:53:18.809><c> worship</c><00:53:19.090><c> of</c>

00:53:19.449 --> 00:53:25.329
God.<00:53:20.690><c> And</c><00:53:20.849><c> that's</c><00:53:21.010><c> not</c><00:53:21.210><c> easy</c><00:53:21.409><c> because</c><00:53:21.730><c> the</c>

00:53:25.389 --> 00:53:30.610
is<00:53:25.829><c> against</c><00:53:26.269><c> that.</c><00:53:28.929><c> There's</c><00:53:29.110><c> a</c><00:53:29.230><c> lot</c><00:53:29.329><c> of</c><00:53:29.489><c> young</c><00:53:29.670><c> fellows.</c><00:53:30.170><c> They're</c><00:53:30.170><c> doing</c><00:53:30.289><c> just</c>

00:53:30.610 --> 00:53:32.409
like<00:53:30.809><c> this</c><00:53:31.070><c> crowd</c><00:53:31.289><c> did</c><00:53:31.769><c> here.</c><00:53:32.170><c> A</c><00:53:32.269><c> lot</c>

00:53:32.409 --> 00:53:35.630
of<00:53:32.610><c> young</c><00:53:32.769><c> people</c><00:53:33.050><c> today,</c><00:53:34.150><c> some</c><00:53:34.369><c> of</c><00:53:34.530><c> our</c><00:53:34.769><c> own</c><00:53:34.969><c> young</c><00:53:35.210><c> people,</c>

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are<00:53:36.070><c> sometimes</c><00:53:36.510><c> like</c><00:53:36.829><c> that.</c><00:53:38.309><c> But</c><00:53:38.469><c> they're</c><00:53:38.610><c> not</c>

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all<00:53:38.989><c> like</c><00:53:39.130><c> that.</c><00:53:40.590><c> I</c><00:53:40.610><c> had</c><00:53:40.809><c> a</c><00:53:40.949><c> class</c><00:53:41.170><c> last</c><00:53:41.469><c> night</c><00:53:41.690><c> with</c><00:53:41.889><c> some</c><00:53:42.110><c> of</c>

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your<00:53:42.409><c> young</c><00:53:42.929><c> people</c><00:53:43.329><c> and</c><00:53:43.530><c> they</c><00:53:43.590><c> were</c><00:53:43.849><c> exemplary</c><00:53:44.610><c> in</c>

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their<00:53:45.030><c> behaviour</c><00:53:45.530><c> and</c><00:53:46.269><c> the</c><00:53:46.449><c> manner</c><00:53:46.610><c> in</c><00:53:46.750><c> which</c><00:53:46.889><c> they</c><00:53:47.170><c> came.</c><00:53:48.030><c> I'm</c><00:53:48.429><c> thrilled</c><00:53:48.570><c> to</c>

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see<00:53:48.869><c> things</c><00:53:49.130><c> like</c><00:53:49.469><c> that.</c>

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I'd<00:53:50.829><c> like</c><00:53:50.929><c> to</c><00:53:51.130><c> encourage</c><00:53:51.510><c> all</c><00:53:51.769><c> of</c><00:53:51.889><c> us</c><00:53:52.130><c> to</c><00:53:52.909><c> not</c><00:53:53.110><c> be</c><00:53:53.429><c> fooled</c><00:53:53.550><c> by</c>

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the<00:53:53.969><c> idea</c><00:53:54.210><c> that</c><00:53:54.449><c> doesn't</c><00:53:54.750><c> matter</c><00:53:54.989><c> what</c><00:53:55.250><c> you</c><00:53:55.510><c> wear</c>

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wherever<00:53:56.789><c> you</c><00:53:57.210><c> go.</c><00:53:57.369><c> It's</c><00:53:57.650><c> not</c><00:53:57.869><c> true.</c><00:53:58.750><c> Nobody</c><00:53:59.030><c> would</c><00:53:59.230><c> do</c><00:53:59.369><c> that</c>

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and<00:53:59.710><c> go</c><00:53:59.789><c> up</c><00:53:59.929><c> to</c><00:54:00.030><c> the</c><00:54:00.170><c> president</c><00:54:00.550><c> of</c><00:54:01.210><c> the</c><00:54:01.369><c> US</c><00:54:01.550><c> or</c>

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that.<00:54:02.150><c> That</c><00:54:02.449><c> might</c><00:54:02.670><c> be</c><00:54:02.909><c> actually</c><00:54:03.610><c> more</c><00:54:03.909><c> in</c><00:54:04.110><c> keeping.</c><00:54:05.670><c> But</c><00:54:06.150><c> they</c><00:54:07.010><c> would</c><00:54:07.210><c> not</c>

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dare<00:54:07.650><c> to</c><00:54:07.889><c> do</c><00:54:07.989><c> that</c><00:54:08.210><c> to</c><00:54:08.389><c> a</c><00:54:08.550><c> person</c><00:54:08.750><c> high</c><00:54:09.030><c> in</c>

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office.<00:54:10.590><c> What</c><00:54:10.829><c> about</c><00:54:11.050><c> when</c><00:54:11.230><c> we</c><00:54:11.469><c> come</c><00:54:11.610><c> to</c><00:54:11.809><c> our</c><00:54:12.010><c> meetings</c><00:54:12.329><c> before</c><00:54:12.750><c> God?</c>

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It's<00:54:13.630><c> not</c><00:54:13.769><c> a</c><00:54:14.010><c> show.</c><00:54:14.949><c> But</c><00:54:15.030><c> nevertheless,</c>

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there<00:54:15.610><c> is</c><00:54:15.929><c> respect.</c><00:54:17.250><c> This</c><00:54:17.630><c> story</c><00:54:18.090><c> is</c><00:54:18.309><c> a</c><00:54:18.469><c> young</c><00:54:18.789><c> man</c><00:54:19.409><c> who</c><00:54:20.289><c> is</c><00:54:20.510><c> prepared</c><00:54:20.789><c> to</c>

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burn<00:54:21.250><c> his</c><00:54:21.570><c> future</c><00:54:22.050><c> and</c><00:54:22.469><c> leave</c><00:54:22.630><c> it</c><00:54:22.829><c> as</c><00:54:23.849><c> a</c>

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little<00:54:25.510><c> hill</c><00:54:25.750><c> of</c><00:54:26.289><c> ashes</c><00:54:26.730><c> in</c><00:54:27.929><c> the</c><00:54:28.130><c> company</c><00:54:28.369><c> of</c><00:54:28.550><c> his</c><00:54:28.710><c> mum</c><00:54:28.849><c> and</c><00:54:29.030><c> dad</c><00:54:29.369><c> and</c><00:54:30.090><c> say</c><00:54:30.289><c> goodbye</c><00:54:30.590><c> to</c><00:54:30.829><c> them</c>

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and<00:54:32.150><c> devote</c><00:54:32.369><c> himself</c><00:54:32.809><c> to</c><00:54:33.030><c> the</c><00:54:33.190><c> work</c><00:54:33.349><c> of</c><00:54:33.550><c> the</c><00:54:33.730><c> truth.</c><00:54:34.489><c> I'm</c><00:54:34.730><c> absolutely</c><00:54:35.110><c> delighted</c><00:54:35.590><c> to</c>

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see<00:54:36.050><c> that</c><00:54:36.210><c> in</c><00:54:36.329><c> the</c><00:54:36.489><c> school</c>

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of<00:54:36.909><c> the</c><00:54:37.010><c> prophets</c><00:54:37.150><c> and</c><00:54:37.369><c> in</c><00:54:37.570><c> other</c><00:54:37.750><c> places,</c><00:54:38.389><c> in</c><00:54:38.409><c> our</c><00:54:38.590><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:54:39.170><c> there</c><00:54:39.650><c> are</c>

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people<00:54:40.269><c> that</c><00:54:40.429><c> are</c><00:54:40.570><c> developing</c>

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a<00:54:41.230><c> mind</c><00:54:41.530><c> that's</c><00:54:41.809><c> got</c><00:54:42.010><c> that</c><00:54:42.269><c> depth</c><00:54:42.510><c> and</c><00:54:42.789><c> sincerity.</c><00:54:43.630><c> We</c><00:54:44.010><c> need</c>

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them.<00:54:46.130><c> We</c><00:54:46.250><c> need</c><00:54:46.469><c> every</c><00:54:46.710><c> one</c><00:54:46.869><c> of</c><00:54:47.030><c> them.</c>

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What<00:54:48.710><c> comes</c><00:54:49.010><c> to</c><00:54:49.250><c> our</c><00:54:49.489><c> shoulders</c><00:54:49.769><c> is</c><00:54:50.010><c> this,</c><00:54:51.349><c> that</c><00:54:51.510><c> we</c><00:54:51.710><c> must</c><00:54:51.989><c> think,</c><00:54:52.630><c> are</c>

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we<00:54:53.210><c> developing</c><00:54:54.190><c> young</c><00:54:54.929><c> Elisha?</c>

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Are<00:54:56.889><c> we</c><00:54:57.090><c> making</c><00:54:57.409><c> room</c><00:54:57.949><c> for</c><00:54:59.469><c> young</c><00:54:59.889><c> men</c><00:55:00.250><c> to</c><00:55:00.469><c> come</c><00:55:00.670><c> through</c><00:55:01.010><c> that</c>

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can<00:55:01.969><c> be</c><00:55:02.269><c> taught</c><00:55:02.590><c> the</c><00:55:03.030><c> things</c><00:55:03.190><c> of</c><00:55:03.409><c> God</c><00:55:03.590><c> in</c><00:55:03.809><c> a</c><00:55:04.110><c> strong,</c>

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clear<00:55:04.829><c> and</c><00:55:05.070><c> emphatic</c><00:55:05.449><c> way,</c><00:55:06.190><c> a</c><00:55:06.409><c> healthy</c><00:55:06.670><c> way,</c><00:55:07.489><c> and</c><00:55:08.449><c> that</c><00:55:08.610><c> can</c><00:55:08.769><c> build</c><00:55:08.989><c> our</c><00:55:09.269><c> brotherhood</c><00:55:09.889><c> so</c><00:55:10.170><c> that</c><00:55:10.289><c> when</c><00:55:10.489><c> a</c><00:55:10.630><c> master</c>

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comes,<00:55:12.250><c> there</c><00:55:12.389><c> are</c><00:55:12.670><c> something</c><00:55:13.050><c> of</c><00:55:13.510><c> the</c><00:55:13.789><c> equivalent</c><00:55:14.090><c> of</c><00:55:14.349><c> the</c>

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schools<00:55:14.889><c> of</c><00:55:15.070><c> the</c><00:55:15.269><c> prophets</c><00:55:15.670><c> which</c><00:55:16.489><c> were</c><00:55:16.690><c> there</c>

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in<00:55:17.489><c> the</c><00:55:17.650><c> days</c><00:55:18.170><c> of</c><00:55:18.610><c> Elisha.</c><00:55:19.090><c> Thank</c><00:55:19.349><c> you.</c>

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you