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it<00:10:04.919><c> right.</c><00:10:05.679><c> That's</c><00:10:05.879><c> not</c><00:10:06.059><c> really</c><00:10:06.340><c> how</c><00:10:06.740><c> prophecy</c><00:10:07.179><c> works</c><00:10:07.580><c> is</c><00:10:07.759><c> it?</c>

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this.<00:10:10.919><c> So</c><00:10:11.000><c> you</c><00:10:11.059><c> know</c><00:10:11.159><c> Bethlehem</c><00:10:11.720><c> was</c><00:10:11.960><c> the</c><00:10:12.240><c> royal</c><00:10:12.639><c> city</c><00:10:13.120><c> and</c><00:10:14.139><c> Jesus</c><00:10:14.559><c> was</c><00:10:14.779><c> the</c><00:10:14.980><c> son</c><00:10:15.100><c> of</c>

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we'll<00:10:30.980><c> always</c><00:10:31.299><c> be</c><00:10:31.519><c> coming</c><00:10:31.639><c> back</c><00:10:31.899><c> to</c><00:10:32.039><c> Luke</c><00:10:32.240><c> 2</c><00:10:32.480><c> this</c><00:10:32.679><c> evening</c><00:10:32.899><c> as</c>

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but<00:10:48.899><c> my</c><00:10:49.279><c> father</c><00:10:49.799><c> giveth</c><00:10:50.159><c> you</c><00:10:50.340><c> the</c><00:10:50.600><c> true</c><00:10:50.919><c> bread</c><00:10:51.179><c> from</c><00:10:51.379><c> heaven.</c>

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say<00:10:57.879><c> unto</c><00:10:58.019><c> him,</c><00:10:58.200><c> Lord</c><00:10:58.559><c> give</c><00:10:59.019><c> us</c><00:10:59.299><c> this</c><00:10:59.539><c> bread.</c><00:11:00.659><c> Jesus</c>

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said<00:11:01.179><c> unto</c><00:11:01.360><c> him,</c><00:11:01.580><c> I</c><00:11:01.899><c> am</c><00:11:02.100><c> the</c><00:11:02.259><c> bread</c><00:11:02.360><c> of</c><00:11:02.600><c> life.</c><00:11:03.480><c> He</c><00:11:03.580><c> that</c><00:11:03.820><c> cometh</c>

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to<00:11:04.299><c> me</c><00:11:04.460><c> shall</c><00:11:04.639><c> never</c><00:11:04.919><c> hunger.</c><00:11:05.659><c> He</c><00:11:05.879><c> that</c><00:11:06.240><c> believeth</c>

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hath<00:11:13.740><c> everlasting</c><00:11:14.399><c> life.</c><00:11:15.580><c> I</c><00:11:15.779><c> am</c><00:11:16.200><c> that</c><00:11:16.460><c> bread</c><00:11:16.659><c> of</c><00:11:16.899><c> life.</c><00:11:18.039><c> This</c>

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man<00:11:25.580><c> eats</c><00:11:25.860><c> of</c><00:11:25.980><c> this</c><00:11:26.159><c> bread,</c><00:11:26.340><c> he</c><00:11:26.500><c> shall</c><00:11:26.659><c> live</c><00:11:26.899><c> forever.</c><00:11:27.659><c> And</c><00:11:27.860><c> the</c><00:11:28.039><c> bread</c><00:11:28.279><c> that</c><00:11:28.419><c> I'll</c><00:11:28.639><c> give</c><00:11:28.759><c> it</c>

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bread<00:11:40.840><c> that</c><00:11:41.500><c> came</c><00:11:41.740><c> down</c><00:11:42.019><c> from</c><00:11:42.240><c> heaven,</c><00:11:42.539><c> that</c><00:11:42.659><c> could</c><00:11:42.960><c> give</c><00:11:43.700><c> everlasting</c><00:11:44.360><c> life</c><00:11:44.940><c> to</c>

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over<00:11:52.840><c> there.</c><00:11:54.659><c> And</c><00:11:54.899><c> we</c><00:11:55.059><c> look</c><00:11:55.179><c> at</c><00:11:55.320><c> this</c><00:11:55.559><c> journey</c><00:11:55.820><c> now</c><00:11:56.120><c> as</c><00:11:56.299><c> it</c><00:11:56.480><c> begins.</c><00:11:56.919><c> Verse</c><00:11:57.139><c> 4.</c>

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Galilee,<00:12:00.539><c> out</c><00:12:00.759><c> of</c><00:12:00.899><c> the</c><00:12:00.919><c> city</c><00:12:01.200><c> of</c><00:12:01.379><c> Nazareth,</c><00:12:02.200><c> into</c><00:12:02.419><c> Judea,</c><00:12:03.360><c> into</c><00:12:03.679><c> the</c>

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And<00:12:19.080><c> forget</c><00:12:19.259><c> any</c><00:12:19.580><c> of</c><00:12:19.679><c> those</c><00:12:19.960><c> Christmas</c><00:12:20.299><c> cards</c><00:12:20.639><c> you've</c><00:12:20.879><c> seen</c><00:12:21.159><c> of</c><00:12:21.639><c> Mary</c><00:12:22.039><c> and</c><00:12:22.259><c> Joseph</c><00:12:22.620><c> going</c><00:12:22.940><c> up</c><00:12:23.159><c> on</c><00:12:23.340><c> a</c><00:12:23.500><c> donkey.</c>

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They<00:12:24.419><c> were</c><00:12:24.720><c> far,</c><00:12:25.080><c> far</c><00:12:25.320><c> too</c><00:12:25.679><c> poor</c><00:12:25.840><c> to</c><00:12:26.019><c> own</c><00:12:26.179><c> a</c><00:12:26.379><c> donkey.</c><00:12:27.159><c> So</c><00:12:27.340><c> this</c>

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would<00:12:27.639><c> have</c><00:12:27.759><c> been</c><00:12:27.899><c> something</c><00:12:28.139><c> they</c><00:12:28.320><c> would</c>

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have<00:12:28.679><c> had</c><00:12:28.679><c> to</c><00:12:28.879><c> have</c><00:12:29.179><c> walked</c><00:12:29.460><c> three,</c><00:12:30.200><c> four,</c><00:12:30.580><c> five</c><00:12:30.940><c> days</c><00:12:31.279><c> maybe.</c>

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Imagine<00:12:32.919><c> sisters</c><00:12:33.559><c> walking</c><00:12:34.320><c> if</c><00:12:34.559><c> you're</c><00:12:34.840><c> pregnant</c>

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a<00:12:35.379><c> week</c><00:12:35.539><c> before</c><00:12:35.899><c> you</c><00:12:36.080><c> give</c><00:12:36.259><c> birth,</c><00:12:37.399><c> waddling</c><00:12:37.799><c> up</c><00:12:38.080><c> to</c><00:12:38.299><c> the</c><00:12:38.600><c> city</c>

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there,<00:12:39.220><c> four</c><00:12:39.639><c> or</c><00:12:39.820><c> five</c><00:12:40.220><c> day</c><00:12:40.419><c> journey.</c><00:12:40.679><c> That's</c><00:12:40.919><c> what</c>

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Mary<00:12:41.320><c> had</c><00:12:41.539><c> to</c><00:12:41.799><c> endure</c><00:12:42.159><c> as</c><00:12:42.639><c> they</c><00:12:42.860><c> went</c><00:12:42.960><c> up</c><00:12:43.460><c> to</c><00:12:43.720><c> Bethlehem.</c><00:12:45.779><c> Now</c>

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tradition<00:12:46.440><c> would</c><00:12:46.600><c> also</c><00:12:46.840><c> have</c><00:12:46.980><c> it</c><00:12:47.059><c> that</c><00:12:47.179><c> this</c><00:12:47.379><c> is</c><00:12:47.539><c> in</c>

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December,<00:12:48.120><c> December</c><00:12:48.500><c> the</c><00:12:48.759><c> 25th,</c><00:12:49.159><c> but</c><00:12:49.259><c> that's</c><00:12:49.500><c> probably</c><00:12:49.679><c> not</c>

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the<00:12:50.100><c> case.</c><00:12:50.799><c> We</c><00:12:51.000><c> can,</c><00:12:51.240><c> with</c><00:12:51.500><c> a</c><00:12:51.679><c> little</c><00:12:51.879><c> bit</c><00:12:52.019><c> of</c><00:12:52.259><c> accuracy</c>

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and<00:12:52.899><c> a</c><00:12:53.080><c> little</c><00:12:53.220><c> bit</c><00:12:53.360><c> of</c><00:12:53.559><c> poetic</c><00:12:53.779><c> license,</c><00:12:54.720><c> have</c><00:12:54.779><c> a</c><00:12:54.899><c> bit</c><00:12:55.019><c> more</c>

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of<00:12:55.259><c> an</c><00:12:55.480><c> idea</c><00:12:55.740><c> about</c><00:12:56.080><c> possibly</c><00:12:56.500><c> when</c><00:12:56.779><c> Jesus</c><00:12:57.220><c> was</c><00:12:57.519><c> born.</c>

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So<00:12:58.759><c> we</c><00:12:58.960><c> looked</c><00:12:59.159><c> last</c><00:12:59.620><c> week</c><00:12:59.919><c> that</c><00:13:00.679><c> John</c><00:13:01.200><c> was</c><00:13:02.879><c> conceived</c><00:13:03.360><c> and</c><00:13:03.580><c> then</c><00:13:03.720><c> the</c><00:13:03.879><c> angel</c><00:13:04.139><c> appeared</c><00:13:04.460><c> to</c>

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Mary<00:13:05.080><c> six</c><00:13:05.620><c> months</c>

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after<00:13:07.419><c> Elizabeth</c><00:13:07.940><c> became</c><00:13:08.320><c> pregnant.</c><00:13:09.179><c> Now</c><00:13:09.320><c> in</c><00:13:09.480><c> Luke</c><00:13:09.879><c> chapter</c>

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one,<00:13:11.320><c> it</c><00:13:11.320><c> says</c><00:13:11.580><c> that</c><00:13:12.039><c> Zechariah</c><00:13:12.580><c> was</c><00:13:12.840><c> of</c><00:13:13.039><c> the</c>

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course<00:13:13.559><c> of</c><00:13:14.000><c> Abiah.</c><00:13:14.879><c> And</c><00:13:15.039><c> according</c><00:13:15.340><c> to</c><00:13:15.539><c> the</c><00:13:15.740><c> Talmud</c><00:13:16.120><c> and</c><00:13:16.340><c> Jewish</c><00:13:16.600><c> tradition,</c><00:13:17.460><c> they</c>

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sort<00:13:17.899><c> of</c><00:13:18.039><c> went</c><00:13:18.179><c> and</c><00:13:18.340><c> did</c><00:13:18.440><c> their</c>

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priesthood<00:13:19.379><c> duties</c><00:13:19.720><c> in</c><00:13:20.100><c> the</c><00:13:20.279><c> middle</c><00:13:20.500><c> of</c><00:13:21.039><c> the</c><00:13:21.279><c> year.</c><00:13:21.580><c> So</c><00:13:21.740><c> we're</c>

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saying<00:13:22.000><c> about</c><00:13:22.340><c> June.</c><00:13:23.139><c> So</c><00:13:23.320><c> then</c><00:13:23.419><c> we</c><00:13:23.559><c> can</c><00:13:23.759><c> sort</c><00:13:23.940><c> of</c>

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in<00:13:27.840><c> March</c><00:13:28.500><c> and</c><00:13:29.139><c> then</c><00:13:29.399><c> six</c><00:13:29.580><c> months</c><00:13:29.860><c> later</c><00:13:30.360><c> Jesus</c><00:13:30.980><c> would</c><00:13:31.200><c> have</c>

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been<00:13:31.559><c> born.</c><00:13:31.899><c> So</c><00:13:31.980><c> possibly</c><00:13:32.460><c> in</c><00:13:33.019><c> September,</c>

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then<00:13:35.019><c> Herod</c><00:13:35.299><c> dies</c><00:13:35.799><c> and</c><00:13:36.139><c> then</c><00:13:36.340><c> as</c><00:13:36.480><c> we</c><00:13:36.600><c> go</c><00:13:36.720><c> on</c><00:13:37.159><c> we</c><00:13:37.440><c> see</c><00:13:37.580><c> there</c><00:13:37.940><c> that</c><00:13:38.179><c> Josephus</c><00:13:38.679><c> says</c><00:13:38.860><c> in</c>

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86<00:13:40.019><c> that</c><00:13:40.159><c> he</c><00:13:40.299><c> was</c><00:13:40.500><c> governor</c><00:13:40.820><c> of</c>

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Syria<00:13:41.279><c> and</c><00:13:41.379><c> that's</c><00:13:41.600><c> why</c><00:13:41.700><c> we</c><00:13:41.860><c> had</c><00:13:41.960><c> those</c><00:13:42.460><c> issues</c><00:13:43.019><c> at</c><00:13:43.200><c> the</c><00:13:43.440><c> start,</c><00:13:43.659><c> but</c>

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we've<00:13:44.299><c> covered</c><00:13:44.519><c> that</c><00:13:44.779><c> off.</c><00:13:45.159><c> So</c><00:13:45.600><c> in</c><00:13:46.000><c> September,</c>

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possibly<00:13:47.940><c> close</c><00:13:48.379><c> to</c><00:13:48.580><c> the</c><00:13:48.740><c> time</c><00:13:48.960><c> now</c><00:13:49.179><c> that</c><00:13:49.279><c> we</c><00:13:49.460><c> are</c><00:13:49.620><c> now,</c><00:13:49.860><c> a</c><00:13:49.980><c> little</c><00:13:50.100><c> bit</c>

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later<00:13:50.419><c> than</c><00:13:50.580><c> where</c><00:13:50.720><c> we</c><00:13:50.919><c> are,</c><00:13:51.379><c> Jesus</c><00:13:51.700><c> would</c>

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have<00:13:52.059><c> been</c><00:13:52.379><c> born.</c><00:13:52.919><c> So</c><00:13:53.120><c> a</c><00:13:53.200><c> bit</c><00:13:53.299><c> warmer</c><00:13:53.799><c> than</c><00:13:54.200><c> the</c><00:13:54.379><c> middle</c><00:13:54.519><c> of</c><00:13:54.720><c> winter,</c><00:13:54.940><c> but</c><00:13:55.139><c> still</c><00:13:55.639><c> a</c>

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difficult<00:13:56.559><c> journey</c>

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for<00:13:57.759><c> them.</c><00:13:58.259><c> As</c><00:13:58.320><c> the</c><00:13:58.539><c> record</c><00:13:58.860><c> says,</c><00:13:59.259><c> great</c><00:13:59.840><c> with</c><00:14:00.360><c> child.</c><00:14:01.960><c> Now</c>

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by<00:14:02.299><c> way</c><00:14:02.639><c> of</c><00:14:03.059><c> comparison,</c><00:14:03.799><c> there</c><00:14:03.860><c> was</c><00:14:04.080><c> another</c>

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couple<00:14:05.799><c> that</c><00:14:06.440><c> made</c><00:14:06.759><c> that</c><00:14:07.100><c> journey</c><00:14:07.419><c> to</c><00:14:07.700><c> Bethlehem</c><00:14:08.480><c> bursting,</c>

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ready<00:14:09.639><c> to</c><00:14:09.919><c> give</c><00:14:10.179><c> birth</c><00:14:10.659><c> and</c><00:14:11.120><c> unfortunately</c>

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they<00:14:11.720><c> didn't</c><00:14:11.919><c> make</c><00:14:12.139><c> it,</c><00:14:12.860><c> come</c><00:14:13.080><c> across</c><00:14:13.419><c> to</c><00:14:13.720><c> Genesis</c><00:14:14.059><c> 35.</c><00:14:15.159><c> Here</c>

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in<00:14:15.559><c> comparison</c><00:14:16.120><c> we</c><00:14:16.299><c> have</c><00:14:16.480><c> the</c><00:14:16.779><c> story</c><00:14:17.100><c> of</c>

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just<00:14:18.360><c> misses,</c><00:14:19.159><c> of</c><00:14:19.440><c> just</c><00:14:19.679><c> not</c><00:14:20.059><c> quite</c><00:14:20.440><c> getting</c><00:14:20.720><c> there.</c><00:14:21.399><c> In</c><00:14:21.679><c> Genesis</c><00:14:22.080><c> 35</c>

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we<00:14:25.039><c> have</c><00:14:25.259><c> Jacob</c><00:14:25.879><c> and</c><00:14:26.460><c> Rachel</c><00:14:26.960><c> also</c><00:14:27.960><c> great</c><00:14:28.559><c> with</c><00:14:29.019><c> child.</c>

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We<00:14:37.480><c> see</c><00:14:37.659><c> verse</c><00:14:37.940><c> 15</c><00:14:38.419><c> of</c><00:14:38.639><c> Genesis</c><00:14:38.980><c> 35,</c><00:14:40.639><c> and</c><00:14:40.919><c> Jacob</c><00:14:41.320><c> called</c><00:14:41.679><c> the</c>

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name<00:14:43.279><c> of</c><00:14:43.440><c> the</c><00:14:43.620><c> place</c><00:14:43.840><c> where</c><00:14:44.000><c> God</c><00:14:44.259><c> spoke</c><00:14:44.559><c> with</c><00:14:44.759><c> him</c>

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and<00:14:45.940><c> they</c><00:14:46.120><c> journeyed</c><00:14:46.580><c> from</c><00:14:46.799><c> Bethel</c><00:14:47.360><c> and</c><00:14:47.740><c> there</c><00:14:47.919><c> was</c><00:14:48.100><c> but</c><00:14:48.259><c> a</c><00:14:48.500><c> little</c><00:14:48.740><c> way</c><00:14:49.059><c> to</c>

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come<00:14:49.559><c> to</c><00:14:49.879><c> Ephrath</c><00:14:50.240><c> and</c><00:14:50.399><c> we've</c><00:14:50.740><c> seen</c>

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just<00:14:51.679><c> down</c><00:14:51.799><c> a</c><00:14:51.879><c> bit</c><00:14:51.960><c> verse</c><00:14:52.220><c> 19,</c><00:14:53.720><c> Ephrath</c><00:14:54.100><c> which</c><00:14:54.320><c> is</c><00:14:54.559><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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So<00:14:55.559><c> they're</c><00:14:55.740><c> on</c><00:14:55.940><c> their</c><00:14:56.080><c> way</c><00:14:56.259><c> to</c><00:14:56.480><c> Bethlehem,</c>

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just<00:14:57.279><c> like</c><00:14:57.519><c> this</c><00:14:57.779><c> couple</c><00:14:58.000><c> are</c><00:14:58.220><c> now.</c><00:15:00.799><c> The</c><00:15:01.000><c> little</c><00:15:01.220><c> way</c><00:15:01.419><c> to</c><00:15:01.639><c> come</c>

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and<00:15:01.980><c> Rachel</c><00:15:02.460><c> travailed</c><00:15:03.100><c> and</c><00:15:03.240><c> she</c><00:15:03.500><c> had</c><00:15:03.759><c> hard</c><00:15:04.080><c> labor,</c>

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so<00:15:04.740><c> they</c><00:15:04.980><c> just</c><00:15:05.299><c> missed</c><00:15:05.500><c> out</c><00:15:05.659><c> on</c><00:15:05.820><c> getting</c><00:15:05.960><c> to</c><00:15:06.220><c> Bethlehem</c><00:15:07.059><c> and</c>

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it<00:15:07.460><c> came</c><00:15:07.639><c> to</c><00:15:07.919><c> pass</c><00:15:08.240><c> when</c><00:15:08.639><c> she</c><00:15:08.840><c> was</c><00:15:08.980><c> in</c><00:15:09.279><c> hard</c><00:15:09.519><c> labor</c>

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that<00:15:10.320><c> the</c><00:15:10.559><c> midwife</c><00:15:11.000><c> said</c><00:15:11.179><c> unto</c><00:15:11.399><c> her,</c><00:15:11.740><c> fear</c><00:15:11.960><c> not</c><00:15:12.840><c> thou</c><00:15:13.159><c> shalt</c>

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have<00:15:13.700><c> this</c><00:15:13.960><c> son</c><00:15:14.279><c> also.</c><00:15:15.559><c> It</c><00:15:15.559><c> came</c><00:15:15.779><c> to</c><00:15:16.000><c> pass</c><00:15:16.259><c> as</c><00:15:16.460><c> her</c>

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soul<00:15:16.879><c> was</c><00:15:17.179><c> departing</c><00:15:17.620><c> before</c><00:15:17.820><c> she</c><00:15:18.080><c> died.</c><00:15:19.279><c> So</c><00:15:19.399><c> once</c><00:15:19.639><c> again</c><00:15:19.860><c> a</c>

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just<00:15:20.340><c> miss.</c><00:15:20.759><c> She</c><00:15:20.899><c> unfortunately</c><00:15:21.580><c> didn't</c><00:15:21.919><c> survive</c><00:15:22.419><c> the</c>

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birth<00:15:22.799><c> of</c><00:15:23.000><c> this</c><00:15:23.139><c> child.</c><00:15:23.679><c> She</c><00:15:23.860><c> called</c><00:15:24.139><c> him</c><00:15:24.440><c> Benoni</c><00:15:25.039><c> but</c><00:15:26.580><c> his</c><00:15:26.919><c> father,</c><00:15:27.620><c> so</c>

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not<00:15:27.940><c> Jacob,</c><00:15:28.360><c> his</c><00:15:28.519><c> father</c><00:15:28.879><c> called</c><00:15:29.240><c> him</c>

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Benjamin<00:15:30.639><c> and</c><00:15:31.220><c> Rachel</c><00:15:31.659><c> died</c><00:15:32.000><c> and</c><00:15:32.159><c> was</c><00:15:32.360><c> buried</c><00:15:32.580><c> in</c><00:15:32.759><c> the</c><00:15:32.879><c> way</c><00:15:33.059><c> of</c>

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Ephrath<00:15:33.600><c> which</c><00:15:33.799><c> is</c><00:15:34.039><c> Bethlehem.</c><00:15:35.019><c> So</c><00:15:35.200><c> here's</c><00:15:35.500><c> as</c><00:15:35.659><c> I</c><00:15:35.679><c> said</c>

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Bethlehem,<00:15:39.919><c> they</c><00:15:40.120><c> just</c><00:15:40.460><c> fall</c><00:15:40.799><c> short</c><00:15:41.279><c> and</c><00:15:41.940><c> Rachel</c><00:15:42.399><c> is</c>

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sorrow.<00:15:53.559><c> This</c><00:15:53.820><c> son</c><00:15:54.000><c> was</c><00:15:54.259><c> to</c><00:15:54.360><c> be</c><00:15:54.460><c> the</c><00:15:54.620><c> son</c><00:15:54.840><c> of,</c>

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but<00:16:01.419><c> his</c><00:16:01.820><c> father</c><00:16:02.200><c> as</c><00:16:02.259><c> we</c><00:16:02.500><c> said,</c><00:16:02.860><c> it's</c><00:16:02.940><c> not</c><00:16:03.120><c> Jacob</c><00:16:03.460><c> it</c><00:16:03.679><c> specifically</c><00:16:04.159><c> says</c><00:16:04.480><c> father</c><00:16:05.100><c> even</c><00:16:05.480><c> though</c><00:16:05.600><c> of</c><00:16:05.700><c> course</c>

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it<00:16:06.019><c> was</c><00:16:06.259><c> Jacob,</c><00:16:07.100><c> called</c><00:16:07.360><c> him</c><00:16:07.679><c> son</c><00:16:08.220><c> of</c><00:16:08.639><c> my</c><00:16:08.980><c> right</c><00:16:09.379><c> hand</c><00:16:09.740><c> but</c><00:16:10.240><c> even</c><00:16:10.500><c> this</c><00:16:10.759><c> is</c>

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verse<00:16:14.159><c> 15</c><00:16:14.559><c> that</c><00:16:14.759><c> actually</c><00:16:15.279><c> the</c><00:16:15.659><c> Benjamites</c><00:16:16.100><c> were</c><00:16:16.320><c> left</c><00:16:16.720><c>-handed</c><00:16:17.039><c> so</c><00:16:17.440><c> they</c><00:16:17.659><c> weren't</c><00:16:17.860><c> actually</c><00:16:18.279><c> of</c><00:16:18.480><c> this</c>

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right<00:16:19.080><c> hand</c><00:16:19.419><c> and</c><00:16:19.740><c> so</c><00:16:19.840><c> once</c><00:16:20.080><c> again</c><00:16:20.240><c> we</c><00:16:20.360><c> have</c><00:16:20.460><c> a</c><00:16:20.720><c> just</c><00:16:21.019><c> miss</c><00:16:21.320><c> here.</c><00:16:22.220><c> It's</c>

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just<00:16:22.679><c> falling</c><00:16:22.960><c> short.</c><00:16:23.919><c> Natural</c><00:16:24.139><c> Israel</c>

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could<00:16:24.960><c> not</c><00:16:25.340><c> fulfill</c><00:16:25.879><c> all</c><00:16:26.399><c> of</c><00:16:26.620><c> these</c><00:16:26.799><c> things</c><00:16:27.320><c> but</c><00:16:27.919><c> when</c><00:16:28.059><c> we</c><00:16:28.279><c> come</c><00:16:28.440><c> here</c><00:16:28.720><c> to</c>

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what<00:16:28.940><c> we're</c><00:16:29.120><c> going</c><00:16:29.220><c> to</c><00:16:29.360><c> read</c><00:16:29.480><c> this</c><00:16:29.759><c> evening,</c>

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they<00:16:34.379><c> fulfill</c><00:16:34.740><c> this</c><00:16:34.980><c> all</c><00:16:35.299><c> perfectly</c><00:16:35.879><c> because</c><00:16:36.700><c> it's</c>

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given<00:16:37.559><c> by</c><00:16:37.860><c> the</c><00:16:38.059><c> power</c><00:16:38.539><c> of</c><00:16:39.000><c> God.</c><00:16:39.620><c> So</c><00:16:39.799><c> if</c><00:16:39.899><c> we</c><00:16:39.960><c> come</c><00:16:40.120><c> back</c><00:16:40.360><c> to</c><00:16:40.700><c> Luke</c>

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we<00:16:43.559><c> can</c><00:16:43.779><c> look</c><00:16:43.960><c> how</c><00:16:44.100><c> this</c><00:16:44.360><c> story</c><00:16:44.539><c> fulfilled</c><00:16:45.179><c> what</c><00:16:45.700><c> natural</c><00:16:46.200><c> Israel</c><00:16:46.659><c> fell</c><00:16:46.940><c> just</c><00:16:47.419><c> short</c><00:16:47.820><c> in.</c>

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She's<00:16:50.220><c> great</c><00:16:50.539><c> with</c><00:16:50.779><c> child</c><00:16:51.100><c> verse</c><00:16:51.360><c> 25</c><00:16:51.960><c> said</c><00:16:52.340><c> and</c><00:16:52.960><c> they</c><00:16:53.159><c> come</c><00:16:53.360><c> up,</c><00:16:53.940><c> it's</c><00:16:54.019><c> verse</c><00:16:54.179><c> five</c><00:16:54.500><c> sorry</c><00:16:54.759><c> of</c>

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they<00:17:05.099><c> make</c><00:17:05.380><c> their</c><00:17:05.559><c> way</c><00:17:05.779><c> into</c><00:17:06.019><c> the</c><00:17:06.220><c> city.</c><00:17:06.779><c> Now</c><00:17:06.960><c> both</c><00:17:07.259><c> Mary</c><00:17:07.680><c> and</c>

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had<00:17:21.339><c> family,</c><00:17:21.980><c> they</c><00:17:21.980><c> still</c><00:17:22.359><c> would</c><00:17:22.539><c> have</c><00:17:22.720><c> had</c>

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happiness<00:17:46.140><c> as</c><00:17:46.519><c> everyone</c><00:17:46.980><c> came</c><00:17:47.299><c> back</c><00:17:47.559><c> together,</c>

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you<00:17:57.660><c> hear</c><00:17:57.819><c> about</c><00:17:58.039><c> cousin</c><00:17:58.339><c> Mary?</c>

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saying,<00:19:04.960><c> saying</c><00:19:05.259><c> here</c><00:19:05.460><c> that</c><00:19:05.559><c> there</c><00:19:05.740><c> was</c>

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no<00:19:06.799><c> welcoming</c><00:19:07.279><c> arms</c><00:19:07.680><c> to</c><00:19:07.940><c> them.</c><00:19:08.960><c> John</c><00:19:09.200><c> 1</c><00:19:09.480><c>.11,</c><00:19:09.859><c> he</c><00:19:09.980><c> came</c><00:19:10.339><c> unto</c>

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None<00:19:20.880><c> of</c><00:19:21.019><c> her</c><00:19:21.200><c> family</c><00:19:21.799><c> want</c><00:19:22.140><c> the</c><00:19:22.500><c> shame</c><00:19:22.819><c> of</c><00:19:23.220><c> this</c><00:19:25.619><c> son,</c><00:19:26.299><c> bastard</c><00:19:26.720><c> son</c><00:19:27.079><c> being</c><00:19:27.500><c> born</c><00:19:28.019><c> in</c>

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would<00:19:40.099><c> have</c><00:19:40.200><c> been</c><00:19:40.359><c> some</c><00:19:40.680><c> kind</c><00:19:40.900><c> of</c><00:19:41.119><c> dwelling</c><00:19:41.279><c> outside</c>

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the<00:19:42.059><c> town</c><00:19:42.400><c> where</c><00:19:42.799><c> people</c><00:19:43.119><c> stored</c><00:19:43.400><c> their</c><00:19:43.660><c> animals</c><00:19:43.839><c> before</c><00:19:44.180><c> they</c><00:19:44.400><c> walked</c><00:19:44.619><c> into</c><00:19:44.940><c> the</c>

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city.<00:19:46.160><c> Whatever</c><00:19:46.480><c> it</c><00:19:46.640><c> was,</c><00:19:47.299><c> one</c>

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thing<00:19:47.599><c> it</c><00:19:47.720><c> wasn't</c><00:19:48.539><c> was</c><00:19:48.900><c> a</c><00:19:49.119><c> nice</c><00:19:49.619><c> private</c><00:19:50.500><c> hospital</c><00:19:51.160><c> with</c><00:19:51.799><c> the</c>

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to<00:19:55.039><c> look</c><00:19:55.259><c> after</c><00:19:55.619><c> you,</c><00:19:56.319><c> with</c><00:19:56.460><c> the</c><00:19:56.680><c> physios,</c><00:19:57.880><c> with</c><00:19:58.019><c> the</c><00:19:58.140><c> little</c>

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purple<00:19:58.779><c> welcome</c><00:19:59.160><c> bag,</c><00:19:59.880><c> with</c><00:20:00.019><c> all</c><00:20:00.200><c> of</c><00:20:00.319><c> the</c><00:20:00.500><c> help.</c>

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dark<00:20:06.079><c> dirty</c><00:20:07.579><c> animal</c><00:20:08.420><c> shelter</c>

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wanted<00:20:19.839><c> his</c><00:20:20.220><c> son</c><00:20:20.740><c> being</c><00:20:21.180><c> brought</c><00:20:21.460><c> into</c><00:20:21.700><c> the</c><00:20:21.940><c> world.</c><00:20:22.579><c> I</c><00:20:22.700><c> wonder</c>

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hard<00:20:30.539><c> for</c><00:20:30.779><c> anyone</c><00:20:31.059><c> as</c><00:20:31.259><c> we</c><00:20:31.420><c> know,</c><00:20:31.640><c> especially</c><00:20:31.920><c> in</c><00:20:32.140><c> those</c><00:20:32.400><c> times,</c><00:20:32.900><c> but</c><00:20:33.079><c> here's</c><00:20:33.359><c> a</c>

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young<00:20:34.000><c> 17</c><00:20:34.579><c> year</c><00:20:34.900><c> old</c><00:20:35.059><c> girl,</c>

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and<00:20:41.799><c> to</c><00:20:41.920><c> this</c><00:20:42.180><c> point.</c><00:20:42.799><c> The</c><00:20:43.000><c> revised</c><00:20:43.539><c> standard</c><00:20:44.019><c> version</c><00:20:44.400><c> in</c><00:20:44.700><c> verse</c><00:20:44.980><c> 80</c>

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is<00:20:45.420><c> very</c><00:20:45.819><c> clear.</c><00:20:46.960><c> It</c><00:20:46.960><c> says</c><00:20:47.180><c> she</c><00:20:47.579><c> brought</c>

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clothes,<00:20:51.680><c> she</c><00:20:52.039><c> laid</c><00:20:52.339><c> him</c><00:20:52.779><c> in</c><00:20:53.220><c> the</c><00:20:53.420><c> manger,</c>

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time<00:20:59.359><c> and</c><00:20:59.859><c> that</c><00:21:00.000><c> is</c><00:21:00.380><c> certainly</c><00:21:00.660><c> a</c><00:21:00.900><c> plausible</c><00:21:01.299><c> story.</c><00:21:02.359><c> Perhaps</c>

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barn<00:21:05.440><c> he</c><00:21:05.599><c> would</c><00:21:05.759><c> have</c><00:21:06.160><c> ran</c><00:21:06.440><c> off</c><00:21:06.660><c> to</c><00:21:06.859><c> try</c><00:21:07.019><c> and</c><00:21:07.240><c> find</c><00:21:07.420><c> a</c><00:21:07.599><c> midwife</c>

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or<00:21:08.559><c> anyone</c><00:21:09.380><c> that</c><00:21:09.640><c> could</c><00:21:09.839><c> help.</c><00:21:10.420><c> Someone,</c>

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another<00:21:11.059><c> relative,</c><00:21:11.579><c> try</c><00:21:11.880><c> another</c><00:21:12.319><c> door.</c><00:21:13.059><c> Perhaps</c><00:21:13.420><c> he</c><00:21:13.519><c> didn't</c>

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make<00:21:13.960><c> it</c><00:21:14.119><c> back</c><00:21:14.299><c> in</c><00:21:14.559><c> time.</c><00:21:15.680><c> So</c><00:21:15.880><c> possibly</c><00:21:16.259><c> all</c><00:21:16.539><c> alone</c>

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told<00:21:23.119><c> she</c><00:21:23.420><c> wrapped</c><00:21:23.839><c> her</c><00:21:24.200><c> son</c>

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in<00:21:25.119><c> swaddling</c><00:21:25.660><c> clothes</c><00:21:26.039><c> and</c><00:21:26.579><c> it</c><00:21:26.720><c> will</c><00:21:26.880><c> appear</c><00:21:27.000><c> this</c><00:21:27.220><c> was</c>

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standard<00:21:27.859><c> practice.</c>

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a<00:21:35.039><c> comparison.</c><00:21:35.759><c> As</c><00:21:35.779><c> for</c><00:21:36.000><c> thy</c><00:21:36.160><c> nativity,</c>

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in<00:21:36.819><c> the</c><00:21:37.000><c> day</c><00:21:37.259><c> that</c><00:21:37.400><c> they</c><00:21:37.539><c> were</c><00:21:37.720><c> born</c><00:21:37.940><c> thy</c><00:21:38.180><c> navel</c><00:21:38.519><c> was</c><00:21:38.720><c> not</c><00:21:38.960><c> cut,</c>

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neither<00:21:39.460><c> was</c><00:21:39.599><c> thou</c><00:21:39.839><c> washed</c><00:21:40.140><c> in</c><00:21:40.359><c> water</c><00:21:40.940><c> to</c><00:21:41.279><c> supple</c>

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thee,<00:21:42.140><c> was</c><00:21:42.240><c> thou</c><00:21:42.380><c> not</c><00:21:42.680><c> salt</c><00:21:42.980><c> at</c><00:21:43.180><c> all</c><00:21:43.519><c> nor</c><00:21:43.900><c> swaddled</c><00:21:44.420><c> at</c><00:21:44.519><c> all.</c>

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babies<00:21:47.079><c> would</c><00:21:47.900><c> go</c><00:21:48.059><c> through</c><00:21:48.299><c> when</c><00:21:48.500><c> they</c><00:21:48.700><c> were</c><00:21:48.880><c> born.</c><00:21:49.960><c> Obviously</c><00:21:50.440><c> the</c><00:21:50.900><c> umbilical</c><00:21:51.240><c> cord</c>

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is<00:21:51.779><c> cut,</c><00:21:52.240><c> they</c><00:21:52.460><c> are</c>

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rubbed<00:21:53.940><c> in</c><00:21:54.200><c> salt</c><00:21:54.460><c> and</c><00:21:55.000><c> they</c><00:21:55.240><c> are</c><00:21:55.299><c> wrapped</c><00:21:55.519><c> in</c><00:21:55.960><c> swaddling</c><00:21:56.339><c> clothes.</c><00:21:57.180><c> And</c>

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we<00:21:57.380><c> can</c><00:21:57.579><c> see</c><00:21:57.720><c> from</c><00:21:57.900><c> those</c><00:21:58.180><c> verses</c><00:21:58.500><c> there</c>

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that<00:21:58.839><c> it's</c><00:21:59.119><c> interesting,</c><00:21:59.579><c> isn't</c><00:21:59.680><c> it?</c><00:22:00.279><c> That</c><00:22:00.799><c> all</c><00:22:01.180><c> of</c><00:22:01.339><c> the</c><00:22:01.539><c> offerings</c><00:22:01.980><c> for</c>

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the<00:22:04.000><c> ultimate</c><00:22:04.339><c> offering,</c><00:22:05.180><c> the</c><00:22:05.400><c> lamb,</c><00:22:06.359><c> were</c><00:22:06.500><c> to</c><00:22:06.660><c> be</c><00:22:06.960><c> rubbed</c><00:22:07.319><c> in</c>

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salt<00:22:07.900><c> as</c><00:22:08.220><c> well.</c><00:22:08.880><c> All</c><00:22:09.119><c> of</c><00:22:09.279><c> the</c><00:22:09.400><c> offerings</c><00:22:09.700><c> needed</c><00:22:10.099><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:10.599><c> salted.</c><00:22:11.220><c> In</c><00:22:11.380><c> fact</c><00:22:11.539><c> we</c><00:22:11.740><c> see</c><00:22:12.000><c> there</c><00:22:12.420><c> in</c><00:22:12.680><c> Leviticus</c><00:22:13.079><c> 2</c><00:22:13.400><c>.13,</c><00:22:14.240><c> the</c><00:22:14.480><c> salt</c><00:22:14.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:15.420><c> covenant</c><00:22:15.779><c> it</c><00:22:16.240><c> came</c><00:22:16.440><c> to</c><00:22:16.619><c> be</c><00:22:16.839><c> called.</c>

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And<00:22:17.619><c> the</c><00:22:17.880><c> salt</c><00:22:18.059><c> of</c><00:22:18.259><c> the</c><00:22:18.440><c> covenant</c><00:22:18.640><c> was</c><00:22:18.960><c> a</c><00:22:19.660><c> very</c><00:22:20.380><c> strong</c><00:22:20.859><c> promise</c><00:22:21.440><c> that</c>

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God<00:22:22.140><c> made.</c><00:22:22.740><c> If</c><00:22:22.839><c> we</c><00:22:22.920><c> look</c><00:22:23.119><c> at</c><00:22:23.279><c> this,</c>

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it's<00:22:24.279><c> only</c><00:22:24.500><c> used</c><00:22:24.799><c> in</c><00:22:25.019><c> two</c><00:22:25.339><c> other</c><00:22:25.640><c> places.</c><00:22:27.119><c> In</c><00:22:27.200><c> Numbers</c><00:22:27.500><c> 18</c><00:22:27.920><c> verse</c><00:22:28.200><c> 19</c>

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it's<00:22:29.000><c> used</c><00:22:29.500><c> of</c><00:22:30.099><c> confirming</c><00:22:30.619><c> the</c><00:22:31.039><c> priesthood</c>

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forever.<00:22:32.559><c> It</c><00:22:32.579><c> says</c><00:22:32.660><c> in</c><00:22:32.759><c> the</c><00:22:32.960><c> heave</c><00:22:33.220><c> offering</c><00:22:33.500><c> of</c><00:22:33.700><c> the</c><00:22:33.859><c> holy</c><00:22:34.119><c> things</c><00:22:34.440><c> which</c><00:22:34.700><c> the</c><00:22:34.900><c> children</c><00:22:35.140><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:22:35.579><c> offer</c><00:22:35.920><c> unto</c>

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Yahweh,<00:22:36.920><c> have</c><00:22:36.960><c> I</c><00:22:37.200><c> given</c><00:22:37.400><c> thee</c><00:22:37.799><c> thy</c><00:22:38.220><c> sons</c><00:22:38.500><c> and</c><00:22:38.619><c> thy</c><00:22:38.799><c> daughters</c>

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with<00:22:39.359><c> thee</c><00:22:39.500><c> by</c><00:22:39.839><c> a</c><00:22:39.980><c> statue</c><00:22:40.259><c> forever.</c><00:22:40.920><c> It</c><00:22:41.079><c> is</c>

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the<00:22:41.559><c> covenant</c><00:22:41.859><c> of</c><00:22:42.180><c> salt.</c><00:22:42.339><c> There's</c><00:22:42.519><c> a</c><00:22:42.779><c> special</c><00:22:43.059><c> promise</c><00:22:43.440><c> that</c>

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God<00:22:43.859><c> uses</c><00:22:44.339><c> forever</c><00:22:45.099><c> before</c><00:22:45.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:45.819><c> unto</c><00:22:46.019><c> thee</c>

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and<00:22:46.559><c> to</c><00:22:46.779><c> thy</c><00:22:46.980><c> seed</c><00:22:47.240><c> with</c><00:22:47.440><c> thee.</c><00:22:47.599><c> He's</c><00:22:47.779><c> speaking</c><00:22:48.000><c> to</c><00:22:48.279><c> Aaron</c><00:22:48.460><c> here</c><00:22:48.980><c> about</c><00:22:49.299><c> the</c>

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priesthood.<00:22:50.440><c> And</c><00:22:50.579><c> he</c><00:22:50.680><c> also</c>

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then<00:22:51.119><c> does</c><00:22:51.259><c> it</c><00:22:51.440><c> for</c><00:22:51.619><c> the</c><00:22:52.720><c> divinic</c><00:22:53.359><c> royal</c><00:22:53.619><c> line</c><00:22:53.980><c> as</c><00:22:54.220><c> well.</c><00:22:55.119><c> Aught</c><00:22:55.279><c> ye</c>

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not<00:22:55.500><c> to</c><00:22:55.720><c> know</c><00:22:55.859><c> that</c><00:22:56.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:22:56.440><c> God</c><00:22:56.559><c> of</c><00:22:56.720><c> Israel,</c>

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gave<00:22:57.200><c> the</c><00:22:57.460><c> kingdom</c><00:22:57.700><c> over</c><00:22:57.920><c> Israel</c><00:22:58.259><c> to</c><00:22:58.500><c> David</c><00:22:58.839><c> forever,</c><00:22:59.799><c> even</c><00:23:00.019><c> to</c><00:23:00.279><c> him</c><00:23:00.480><c> and</c><00:23:00.640><c> his</c><00:23:00.880><c> sons</c><00:23:01.099><c> by</c><00:23:01.380><c> a</c>

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covenant<00:23:01.859><c> of</c><00:23:02.259><c> salt.</c>

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And<00:23:03.180><c> here</c><00:23:03.259><c> we</c><00:23:03.420><c> have</c><00:23:03.519><c> this</c><00:23:03.779><c> covenant</c><00:23:04.119><c> of</c><00:23:04.440><c> salt.</c><00:23:05.099><c> And</c><00:23:05.240><c> so</c><00:23:05.380><c> I</c><00:23:05.519><c> believe</c><00:23:05.720><c> here</c>

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as<00:23:06.099><c> well</c><00:23:06.240><c> that</c><00:23:06.460><c> in</c><00:23:06.779><c> this</c><00:23:07.099><c> small</c><00:23:07.440><c> cave,</c>

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this<00:23:08.079><c> small</c><00:23:08.279><c> temple,</c><00:23:09.019><c> God</c><00:23:09.220><c> enters</c><00:23:09.500><c> another</c><00:23:09.880><c> covenant</c><00:23:10.299><c> of</c><00:23:10.579><c> salt</c><00:23:10.900><c> with</c><00:23:11.480><c> his</c>

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son,<00:23:12.579><c> establishing</c><00:23:13.059><c> this</c><00:23:13.420><c> king</c>

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priesthood<00:23:14.460><c> line</c><00:23:14.859><c> forever.</c><00:23:16.079><c> Something</c><00:23:16.359><c> that</c><00:23:16.559><c> we</c><00:23:16.759><c> can</c><00:23:16.920><c> be</c><00:23:17.140><c> a</c>

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part<00:23:17.460><c> of</c><00:23:17.880><c> as</c><00:23:18.180><c> well.</c><00:23:18.940><c> And</c><00:23:19.119><c> it's</c><00:23:19.359><c> opened</c><00:23:19.480><c> up</c><00:23:19.759><c> to</c><00:23:19.960><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:20.680><c> so</c><00:23:20.819><c> it</c><00:23:20.900><c> would</c><00:23:21.019><c> have</c><00:23:21.119><c> been</c><00:23:21.359><c> salted</c><00:23:21.799><c> and</c><00:23:22.420><c> then</c><00:23:22.700><c> wrapped</c><00:23:22.980><c> in</c>

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swaddling<00:23:23.859><c> clothes.</c><00:23:24.720><c> It's</c><00:23:24.940><c> interesting</c><00:23:25.200><c> that</c><00:23:25.359><c> in</c><00:23:25.559><c> a</c>

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chapter<00:23:26.380><c> that</c><00:23:26.660><c> is</c><00:23:27.279><c> void</c><00:23:27.660><c> of</c><00:23:27.920><c> a</c><00:23:27.960><c> lot</c><00:23:28.180><c> of</c><00:23:28.519><c> specifics</c><00:23:28.859><c> and</c><00:23:29.200><c> details,</c><00:23:30.299><c> the</c>

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swaddling<00:23:30.880><c> clothes</c><00:23:31.119><c> are</c><00:23:31.339><c> actually</c>

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mentioned<00:23:32.079><c> twice</c><00:23:32.519><c> here</c><00:23:32.940><c> in</c><00:23:33.519><c> this</c><00:23:33.740><c> chapter.</c><00:23:34.039><c> There's</c><00:23:34.160><c> obviously</c><00:23:34.559><c> a</c><00:23:35.019><c> reason</c><00:23:35.279><c> for</c><00:23:35.460><c> it.</c><00:23:35.559><c> And</c><00:23:35.640><c> I</c>

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feel<00:23:35.900><c> that</c>

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it's<00:23:36.819><c> linking</c><00:23:37.099><c> it</c><00:23:37.339><c> in</c><00:23:37.500><c> with</c><00:23:37.799><c> the</c><00:23:38.160><c> linen</c><00:23:38.460><c> burial</c><00:23:38.920><c> clothes</c><00:23:39.420><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:23:40.400><c> had</c><00:23:40.579><c> at</c><00:23:40.740><c> the</c><00:23:40.859><c> end</c><00:23:40.960><c> of</c><00:23:41.119><c> his</c><00:23:41.279><c> life.</c><00:23:41.460><c> And</c><00:23:41.640><c> we've</c>

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seen<00:23:42.220><c> a</c><00:23:42.299><c> lot</c><00:23:42.579><c> of</c><00:23:42.859><c> comparisons</c><00:23:43.319><c> between</c><00:23:43.859><c> the</c><00:23:44.259><c> start</c><00:23:44.480><c> of</c><00:23:44.619><c> his</c><00:23:44.799><c> life</c><00:23:45.160><c> and</c><00:23:45.519><c> the</c><00:23:45.619><c> end</c><00:23:45.799><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:46.039><c> life.</c><00:23:46.940><c> We</c><00:23:47.019><c> have</c><00:23:47.160><c> a</c><00:23:47.319><c> guest</c>

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chamber.<00:23:48.720><c> We</c><00:23:48.819><c> have</c><00:23:49.000><c> a</c><00:23:49.160><c> Joseph.</c><00:23:49.700><c> We</c><00:23:49.819><c> have</c><00:23:49.960><c> a</c><00:23:50.160><c> cave.</c><00:23:50.660><c> We</c><00:23:50.759><c> have</c>

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these<00:23:51.200><c> linen</c><00:23:51.480><c> clothes</c><00:23:51.900><c> all</c><00:23:52.420><c> together</c><00:23:52.740><c> here.</c><00:23:53.420><c> These</c>

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comparisons<00:23:54.480><c> between</c><00:23:54.859><c> how</c><00:23:55.079><c> he</c><00:23:55.200><c> came</c><00:23:55.440><c> into</c><00:23:55.680><c> the</c><00:23:55.920><c> world.</c><00:23:56.700><c> And</c><00:23:56.759><c> whilst</c><00:23:56.940><c> the</c><00:23:57.140><c> words</c><00:23:57.380><c> are</c><00:23:57.579><c> different</c><00:23:57.859><c> words,</c><00:23:58.400><c> I</c><00:23:58.519><c> think</c>

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the<00:23:58.920><c> idea</c><00:23:59.319><c> is</c><00:23:59.900><c> the</c><00:24:00.119><c> same.</c><00:24:00.539><c> Keep</c><00:24:00.740><c> your</c><00:24:00.920><c> hand</c><00:24:01.019><c> here</c><00:24:01.200><c> and</c><00:24:01.220><c> come</c><00:24:01.480><c> across</c><00:24:01.779><c> to</c>

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Luke<00:24:02.180><c> 24,</c><00:24:03.359><c> once</c><00:24:03.599><c> again</c><00:24:03.819><c> at</c><00:24:03.980><c> the</c><00:24:04.140><c> end</c><00:24:04.480><c> of</c><00:24:04.839><c> his</c>

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life.<00:24:06.259><c> We</c><00:24:06.519><c> see</c><00:24:06.680><c> the</c><00:24:06.880><c> comparison</c><00:24:07.539><c> between</c><00:24:07.920><c> these</c><00:24:08.160><c> two</c><00:24:08.400><c> events,</c>

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his<00:24:09.500><c> birth</c><00:24:10.160><c> and</c><00:24:11.660><c> his</c><00:24:11.960><c> death.</c>

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Luke<00:24:17.779><c> 24</c><00:24:18.400><c> verse</c><00:24:19.019><c> 10</c><00:24:19.799><c> says,</c>

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sorry,<00:24:24.799><c> 24</c><00:24:25.140><c> verse</c><00:24:25.440><c> 10,</c><00:24:26.180><c> Mary</c><00:24:26.420><c> the</c><00:24:26.559><c> mother</c><00:24:26.779><c> of</c><00:24:27.039><c> James</c><00:24:27.319><c> and</c><00:24:27.720><c> the</c>

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other<00:24:28.220><c> women</c><00:24:28.660><c> that</c><00:24:29.000><c> were</c><00:24:29.160><c> with</c><00:24:29.359><c> him,</c>

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which<00:24:29.920><c> told</c><00:24:30.319><c> these</c><00:24:30.619><c> things</c><00:24:30.819><c> unto</c><00:24:31.039><c> the</c><00:24:31.299><c> apostles.</c><00:24:32.319><c> And</c><00:24:32.500><c> their</c>

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words<00:24:32.900><c> seem</c><00:24:33.160><c> to</c><00:24:33.299><c> be</c><00:24:33.420><c> as</c><00:24:33.519><c> idle</c><00:24:33.759><c> tales,</c>

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and<00:24:34.220><c> they</c><00:24:34.339><c> believe</c><00:24:34.720><c> them</c><00:24:34.940><c> not.</c><00:24:36.180><c> Then</c><00:24:36.359><c> arose</c><00:24:36.700><c> Peter</c><00:24:37.140><c> and</c><00:24:37.559><c> ran</c>

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into<00:24:38.140><c> the</c><00:24:38.299><c> sepulchre,</c><00:24:39.059><c> and</c><00:24:39.299><c> stooping</c><00:24:39.660><c> down,</c>

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he<00:24:40.460><c> beheld</c><00:24:41.000><c> the</c><00:24:41.279><c> linen</c><00:24:41.539><c> clothes</c><00:24:41.960><c> by</c><00:24:42.299><c> themselves</c><00:24:42.759><c> and</c><00:24:42.940><c> departed,</c><00:24:44.160><c> wondering</c><00:24:44.480><c> in</c><00:24:44.660><c> himself</c><00:24:45.279><c> at</c>

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that<00:24:45.920><c> which</c><00:24:46.059><c> had</c>

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come<00:24:46.420><c> to</c><00:24:46.680><c> pass.</c><00:24:47.319><c> And</c><00:24:47.539><c> just</c><00:24:47.740><c> so</c><00:24:47.960><c> like</c><00:24:48.119><c> how</c><00:24:48.519><c> the</c><00:24:48.819><c> angels</c><00:24:49.160><c> appeared</c><00:24:49.640><c> to</c><00:24:49.880><c> the</c>

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shepherds<00:24:50.299><c> and</c><00:24:50.420><c> told</c><00:24:50.640><c> them,</c><00:24:51.099><c> go,</c>

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find<00:24:52.039><c> the</c><00:24:52.259><c> baby</c><00:24:52.460><c> in</c><00:24:53.039><c> the</c><00:24:53.339><c> swaddling</c><00:24:53.740><c> clothes.</c><00:24:54.440><c> So</c><00:24:54.680><c> these</c><00:24:54.880><c> people</c><00:24:55.140><c> are</c>

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told<00:24:55.539><c> to</c><00:24:55.799><c> go</c><00:24:56.259><c> and</c><00:24:56.599><c> look</c><00:24:56.779><c> into</c><00:24:57.019><c> the</c><00:24:57.220><c> cave.</c><00:24:57.440><c> And</c>

00:24:57.619 --> 00:25:00.700
they<00:24:57.799><c> looked</c><00:24:57.960><c> and</c><00:24:58.160><c> beheld</c><00:24:58.819><c> these</c><00:24:59.200><c> linen</c><00:24:59.539><c> clothes</c><00:25:00.059><c> that</c><00:25:00.680><c> are</c>

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left<00:25:00.940><c> behind.</c><00:25:02.059><c> In</c><00:25:02.380><c> comparison,</c><00:25:02.839><c> look</c><00:25:03.019><c> at</c><00:25:03.140><c> the</c><00:25:03.319><c> other</c>

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resurrection<00:25:04.980><c> that</c><00:25:05.500><c> happened</c><00:25:05.980><c> with</c><00:25:06.500><c> Lazarus,</c><00:25:08.359><c> John</c><00:25:08.619><c> 11.</c><00:25:09.160><c> And</c>

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when<00:25:09.359><c> he</c><00:25:09.559><c> thus</c><00:25:09.740><c> spoke,</c><00:25:10.160><c> and</c><00:25:10.160><c> he</c><00:25:10.359><c> cried</c><00:25:10.559><c> with</c><00:25:10.819><c> a</c><00:25:10.859><c> loud</c>

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voice,<00:25:11.400><c> Lazarus</c><00:25:11.799><c> come</c><00:25:12.059><c> forth,</c><00:25:12.960><c> and</c><00:25:13.059><c> he</c><00:25:13.220><c> that</c><00:25:13.299><c> was</c><00:25:13.500><c> dead</c><00:25:13.640><c> came</c>

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forth.<00:25:14.279><c> But</c><00:25:14.400><c> he</c><00:25:14.619><c> didn't</c><00:25:14.900><c> leave</c><00:25:15.460><c> his</c><00:25:15.900><c> linen</c><00:25:16.200><c> clothes</c>

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there,<00:25:17.039><c> or</c><00:25:17.200><c> his</c><00:25:17.420><c> death</c><00:25:17.660><c> clothes</c><00:25:17.940><c> in</c><00:25:18.519><c> the</c><00:25:18.759><c> tomb,</c><00:25:18.920><c> did</c><00:25:19.099><c> he?</c><00:25:19.480><c> He</c>

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came<00:25:19.960><c> out</c><00:25:20.299><c> bound</c><00:25:21.400><c> both</c><00:25:21.819><c> hand</c><00:25:22.099><c> and</c><00:25:22.339><c> foot</c><00:25:22.579><c> with</c><00:25:23.099><c> grave</c>

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clothes.<00:25:24.420><c> Because</c><00:25:24.680><c> Lazarus</c><00:25:25.000><c> came</c><00:25:25.319><c> out</c><00:25:25.759><c> mortal,</c><00:25:26.279><c> didn't</c><00:25:26.579><c> he?</c>

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He<00:25:27.099><c> was</c><00:25:27.380><c> resurrected</c><00:25:27.779><c> now,</c><00:25:28.099><c> but</c><00:25:28.220><c> he</c><00:25:28.359><c> would</c><00:25:28.599><c> die</c>

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again.<00:25:29.259><c> He</c><00:25:29.259><c> still</c><00:25:29.599><c> had</c><00:25:29.759><c> this</c><00:25:30.299><c> wrap</c><00:25:30.539><c> of</c><00:25:30.839><c> mortality</c><00:25:31.279><c> around</c><00:25:31.700><c> him.</c><00:25:32.940><c> But</c>

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Jesus,<00:25:34.700><c> he</c><00:25:34.700><c> now,</c><00:25:35.299><c> though</c><00:25:35.420><c> was</c><00:25:35.859><c> raised</c><00:25:36.299><c> mortal,</c>

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would<00:25:36.819><c> become</c><00:25:37.079><c> immortal.</c><00:25:37.839><c> He</c><00:25:38.099><c> shed</c><00:25:38.339><c> off</c><00:25:38.799><c> these</c><00:25:39.119><c> mortal</c><00:25:39.519><c> garments.</c><00:25:40.599><c> And</c><00:25:40.700><c> so</c><00:25:40.819><c> here</c><00:25:40.980><c> I</c>

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think<00:25:41.220><c> we</c><00:25:41.420><c> have</c><00:25:41.599><c> him</c><00:25:41.720><c> at</c><00:25:41.859><c> the</c>

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start<00:25:42.240><c> of</c><00:25:42.400><c> his</c><00:25:42.619><c> life.</c><00:25:43.180><c> Mary</c><00:25:43.480><c> gives</c><00:25:43.779><c> birth</c><00:25:44.119><c> to</c><00:25:44.299><c> him</c><00:25:44.460><c> in</c><00:25:44.579><c> a</c><00:25:44.759><c> dirty</c>

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barn.<00:25:45.859><c> She</c><00:25:46.140><c> wraps</c><00:25:46.480><c> him</c><00:25:46.660><c> in</c><00:25:46.759><c> the</c><00:25:46.980><c> cloth</c><00:25:47.140><c> of</c><00:25:47.400><c> mortality</c>

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and<00:25:48.380><c> lays</c><00:25:48.759><c> him</c><00:25:49.259><c> in</c><00:25:49.539><c> an</c><00:25:49.740><c> animal</c><00:25:50.059><c> manger.</c><00:25:50.640><c> You</c><00:25:50.779><c> couldn't</c><00:25:51.039><c> get</c><00:25:51.359><c> a</c>

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:55.099
more<00:25:52.559><c> humbling</c><00:25:53.160><c> symbol</c><00:25:53.700><c> of</c><00:25:54.160><c> the</c><00:25:54.380><c> mortality</c>

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of<00:25:55.359><c> our</c><00:25:55.839><c> Lord.</c><00:25:56.420><c> And</c><00:25:56.559><c> that's</c><00:25:56.759><c> how</c><00:25:56.960><c> he</c><00:25:57.140><c> lived</c><00:25:57.319><c> his</c><00:25:57.559><c> life</c><00:25:57.839><c> there.</c>

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But<00:25:58.619><c> he</c><00:25:58.819><c> would</c><00:25:59.099><c> die</c><00:25:59.339><c> and</c><00:25:59.500><c> be</c><00:25:59.819><c> resurrected,</c>

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and<00:26:00.460><c> he</c><00:26:00.539><c> would</c><00:26:00.839><c> shed</c><00:26:01.039><c> off</c><00:26:01.519><c> those</c><00:26:01.839><c> cloths</c><00:26:02.200><c> of</c><00:26:02.319><c> mortality</c><00:26:02.880><c> into</c>

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glorious<00:26:04.440><c> immortality.</c><00:26:05.720><c> But</c><00:26:05.880><c> for</c><00:26:06.119><c> now,</c>

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he<00:26:07.400><c> is</c><00:26:07.599><c> a</c><00:26:07.819><c> man.</c><00:26:08.839><c> He</c><00:26:08.960><c> is</c><00:26:09.259><c> wrapped</c><00:26:09.619><c> in</c><00:26:10.299><c> the</c><00:26:11.480><c> mortal</c><00:26:12.000><c> clothes.</c><00:26:13.720><c> But</c>

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.980
we're<00:26:14.099><c> also</c><00:26:14.339><c> reminded</c><00:26:14.759><c> he's</c><00:26:15.019><c> not</c><00:26:15.279><c> just</c><00:26:15.599><c> a</c><00:26:15.779><c> man.</c>

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He<00:26:16.380><c> is</c><00:26:16.640><c> the</c><00:26:16.920><c> Son</c><00:26:17.099><c> of</c><00:26:17.319><c> God.</c><00:26:17.900><c> And</c><00:26:18.119><c> that's</c><00:26:18.359><c> what</c><00:26:18.519><c> the</c><00:26:18.819><c> angels</c><00:26:19.039><c> are</c>

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going<00:26:19.400><c> to</c><00:26:19.799><c> declare</c><00:26:20.039><c> now</c><00:26:20.660><c> to</c><00:26:21.420><c> the</c><00:26:22.400><c> shepherds.</c><00:26:22.720><c> Come</c>

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back<00:26:23.059><c> to</c><00:26:23.220><c> Luke</c><00:26:23.519><c> chapter</c><00:26:23.859><c> two,</c><00:26:24.160><c> as</c><00:26:24.299><c> we</c><00:26:24.460><c> see</c><00:26:24.700><c> the</c><00:26:24.920><c> other</c><00:26:25.220><c> side</c><00:26:25.579><c> of</c>

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:28.619
the<00:26:26.480><c> birth.</c><00:26:26.819><c> There's</c><00:26:27.019><c> almost</c><00:26:27.319><c> two</c><00:26:28.019><c> sides</c><00:26:28.420><c> to</c>

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:34.700
this<00:26:28.819><c> birth</c><00:26:29.019><c> of</c><00:26:29.240><c> Christ.</c><00:26:29.859><c> Two</c><00:26:30.200><c> scenes,</c><00:26:30.599><c> as</c><00:26:30.819><c> it</c><00:26:31.000><c> were.</c><00:26:31.819><c> The</c><00:26:32.099><c> humble</c><00:26:33.500><c> birth</c><00:26:34.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:34.920><c> barn,</c><00:26:35.599><c> and</c><00:26:35.759><c> then</c><00:26:35.880><c> the</c><00:26:36.180><c> glorious</c>

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declaration<00:26:37.539><c> out</c><00:26:38.079><c> in</c><00:26:38.240><c> the</c><00:26:38.440><c> field.</c><00:26:39.660><c> And</c><00:26:39.779><c> so</c><00:26:39.900><c> verse</c><00:26:40.339><c> eight</c><00:26:40.980><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:26:41.599><c> two,</c><00:26:43.539><c> there</c><00:26:43.799><c> were</c><00:26:44.019><c> in</c><00:26:44.140><c> the</c><00:26:44.279><c> same</c><00:26:44.519><c> country</c>

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:49.740
shepherds<00:26:45.960><c> abiding</c><00:26:46.500><c> in</c><00:26:46.680><c> the</c><00:26:46.880><c> field,</c><00:26:47.759><c> keeping</c><00:26:47.960><c> watch</c><00:26:48.380><c> over</c><00:26:48.740><c> their</c><00:26:49.039><c> flock</c><00:26:49.259><c> by</c>

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night.<00:26:50.559><c> Now,</c><00:26:50.779><c> due</c><00:26:50.920><c> to</c><00:26:51.140><c> the</c><00:26:51.319><c> close</c>

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proximity<00:26:52.059><c> to</c><00:26:52.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:52.940><c> and</c><00:26:53.460><c> to</c><00:26:53.599><c> the</c><00:26:53.759><c> temple,</c><00:26:54.240><c> Bethlehem</c>

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is<00:26:54.779><c> noted</c><00:26:55.099><c> as</c><00:26:55.440><c> being</c><00:26:55.960><c> the</c><00:26:56.279><c> place</c><00:26:56.559><c> where</c><00:26:56.900><c> the</c>

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sacrifices,<00:26:58.339><c> the</c><00:26:58.539><c> sheep</c><00:26:58.700><c> and</c><00:26:58.880><c> the</c><00:26:59.079><c> lambs</c><00:26:59.339><c> there</c><00:26:59.799><c> were</c><00:27:00.180><c> kept</c>

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and<00:27:00.940><c> housed.</c><00:27:01.799><c> Thousands</c><00:27:02.339><c> of</c><00:27:02.660><c> sheep</c><00:27:02.799><c> were</c><00:27:03.019><c> required</c>

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:06.160
each<00:27:03.799><c> year</c><00:27:03.960><c> for</c><00:27:04.140><c> the</c><00:27:04.359><c> temple.</c><00:27:04.900><c> We</c><00:27:05.160><c> read</c><00:27:05.380><c> about</c><00:27:05.599><c> the</c><00:27:05.859><c> enormous</c>

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sacrifices<00:27:06.940><c> that</c><00:27:07.480><c> people</c><00:27:07.759><c> give.</c><00:27:08.519><c> And</c><00:27:08.539><c> so</c>

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thousands<00:27:09.220><c> and</c><00:27:09.420><c> thousands</c><00:27:09.759><c> of</c><00:27:10.039><c> sheep</c><00:27:10.200><c> are</c><00:27:10.460><c> needed.</c><00:27:11.039><c> And</c><00:27:11.200><c> it</c><00:27:11.259><c> was</c><00:27:11.420><c> quite</c><00:27:11.700><c> a</c>

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big<00:27:12.000><c> industry</c><00:27:12.700><c> there</c><00:27:13.059><c> in</c><00:27:13.319><c> Bethlehem</c>

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:17.420
at<00:27:13.880><c> this</c><00:27:14.119><c> time.</c><00:27:14.680><c> And</c><00:27:15.039><c> here,</c><00:27:15.339><c> these</c><00:27:15.500><c> shepherds</c><00:27:16.660><c> kept</c><00:27:16.980><c> watch</c>

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over<00:27:17.980><c> these</c><00:27:18.240><c> perfect</c><00:27:18.779><c> sacrifices.</c><00:27:19.819><c> They</c><00:27:20.039><c> kept</c>

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:25.460
over<00:27:20.740><c> these</c><00:27:21.220><c> lambs.</c><00:27:22.799><c> And</c><00:27:22.839><c> what</c><00:27:23.000><c> a</c><00:27:24.299><c> fitting</c><00:27:24.299><c> group</c><00:27:24.759><c> of</c><00:27:25.019><c> people</c>

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:28.859
to<00:27:26.299><c> now</c><00:27:26.619><c> come</c><00:27:26.819><c> and</c><00:27:27.220><c> examine</c><00:27:27.740><c> and</c><00:27:27.960><c> check</c><00:27:28.220><c> out</c>

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:31.799
the<00:27:29.339><c> sacrificial</c><00:27:29.980><c> lamb</c><00:27:30.279><c> that</c><00:27:30.440><c> would</c><00:27:30.680><c> take</c><00:27:30.920><c> away</c><00:27:31.119><c> the</c><00:27:31.400><c> sins</c><00:27:31.599><c> of</c>

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:34.200
the<00:27:31.980><c> world.</c><00:27:33.119><c> In</c><00:27:33.279><c> fact,</c><00:27:33.539><c> we</c><00:27:33.579><c> are</c><00:27:33.680><c> told</c><00:27:33.900><c> that</c>

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shepherds'<00:27:34.619><c> job</c><00:27:34.839><c> was</c><00:27:35.160><c> to,</c><00:27:35.599><c> these</c><00:27:35.859><c> shepherds,</c><00:27:36.279><c> was</c><00:27:36.380><c> as</c><00:27:36.519><c> soon</c><00:27:36.660><c> as</c><00:27:36.819><c> a</c>

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:39.380
lamb<00:27:37.099><c> was</c><00:27:37.460><c> born</c><00:27:37.740><c> to</c><00:27:38.200><c> check</c><00:27:38.440><c> it</c><00:27:38.720><c> over</c><00:27:38.880><c> for</c><00:27:39.140><c> any</c>

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:42.299
defects.<00:27:40.099><c> If</c><00:27:40.299><c> it</c><00:27:40.460><c> had</c><00:27:40.619><c> defects,</c><00:27:41.019><c> then</c><00:27:41.180><c> it</c><00:27:41.279><c> wasn't</c><00:27:41.559><c> good</c><00:27:41.799><c> enough</c><00:27:41.980><c> to</c><00:27:42.119><c> be</c>

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:44.380
a<00:27:42.460><c> sacrifice,</c><00:27:43.019><c> and</c><00:27:43.359><c> it</c><00:27:43.480><c> was</c><00:27:43.680><c> taken</c><00:27:44.000><c> elsewhere.</c>

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:47.720
If<00:27:44.779><c> it</c><00:27:44.940><c> was</c><00:27:45.200><c> perfect,</c><00:27:45.920><c> then</c><00:27:46.039><c> it</c><00:27:46.160><c> could</c><00:27:46.339><c> be</c><00:27:46.599><c> used</c><00:27:46.779><c> in</c><00:27:46.920><c> this</c><00:27:47.140><c> flock</c><00:27:47.319><c> for</c>

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sacrifices.<00:27:48.680><c> And</c><00:27:48.859><c> so</c><00:27:49.000><c> possibly</c><00:27:49.440><c> now,</c>

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these<00:27:50.299><c> shepherds,</c><00:27:50.700><c> their</c><00:27:50.900><c> role</c><00:27:51.160><c> now</c><00:27:51.440><c> is</c><00:27:51.640><c> to</c><00:27:51.779><c> go</c><00:27:51.900><c> and</c><00:27:52.079><c> to</c><00:27:52.319><c> check</c>

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:54.480
the<00:27:53.000><c> sacrificial</c><00:27:53.519><c> lamb</c><00:27:53.759><c> of</c><00:27:53.960><c> the</c><00:27:54.059><c> Messiah,</c>

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to<00:27:54.900><c> check</c><00:27:55.059><c> him</c><00:27:55.299><c> over</c><00:27:55.640><c> to</c><00:27:55.900><c> make</c><00:27:56.079><c> sure</c><00:27:56.259><c> he</c><00:27:56.440><c> is</c><00:27:56.680><c> perfect.</c><00:27:57.640><c> But</c><00:27:57.779><c> an</c>

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:59.759
angel<00:27:58.279><c> appears,</c><00:27:58.859><c> no</c><00:27:58.980><c> doubt</c><00:27:59.220><c> Gabriel,</c>

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:04.359
who<00:27:59.980><c> has</c><00:28:00.099><c> seen</c><00:28:00.259><c> him</c><00:28:00.480><c> appearing</c><00:28:00.859><c> all</c><00:28:01.579><c> throughout</c><00:28:01.880><c> history,</c><00:28:02.900><c> proclaiming</c><00:28:03.460><c> the</c><00:28:03.839><c> birth</c><00:28:04.160><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:04.500><c> Messiah</c>

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:08.759
and<00:28:04.880><c> the</c><00:28:05.079><c> time</c><00:28:05.279><c> of</c><00:28:05.420><c> the</c><00:28:05.579><c> Messiah.</c><00:28:06.240><c> And</c><00:28:06.480><c> here</c><00:28:06.660><c> he</c><00:28:06.720><c> is</c><00:28:06.900><c> again,</c><00:28:07.380><c> possibly.</c><00:28:08.559><c> And</c><00:28:08.660><c> he</c>

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:10.859
goes<00:28:09.079><c> through</c><00:28:09.359><c> verses</c><00:28:09.740><c> 9</c><00:28:10.160><c> to</c><00:28:10.299><c> 14.</c>

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:16.660
There's<00:28:11.259><c> this</c><00:28:11.619><c> glorious</c><00:28:12.359><c> proclamation</c><00:28:13.619><c> by</c><00:28:14.519><c> way</c><00:28:14.880><c> of,</c><00:28:15.319><c> I</c><00:28:15.660><c> guess,</c><00:28:16.099><c> comparing</c><00:28:16.420><c> the</c>

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two.<00:28:16.880><c> He's</c><00:28:17.220><c> drawing</c><00:28:17.480><c> from</c><00:28:17.799><c> Isaiah</c>

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:23.359
9,<00:28:19.039><c> as</c><00:28:19.319><c> many</c><00:28:19.559><c> of</c><00:28:19.680><c> these</c><00:28:19.900><c> key</c><00:28:20.200><c> thoughts</c><00:28:20.539><c> come</c><00:28:20.819><c> into</c><00:28:21.039><c> his</c><00:28:21.319><c> declaration</c><00:28:22.000><c> here.</c>

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.859
There's<00:28:23.640><c> this</c><00:28:23.880><c> wonderful</c><00:28:24.420><c> phrase,</c>

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:29.099
a<00:28:25.420><c> child</c><00:28:25.859><c> is</c><00:28:26.140><c> born,</c><00:28:26.480><c> the</c><00:28:26.660><c> prince</c><00:28:26.920><c> of</c><00:28:27.140><c> peace,</c><00:28:28.380><c> the</c><00:28:28.599><c> throne</c><00:28:28.940><c> of</c>

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:32.980
his<00:28:29.299><c> father</c><00:28:29.700><c> David</c><00:28:30.240><c> is</c><00:28:30.960><c> Christ</c><00:28:31.619><c> the</c><00:28:32.019><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:35.819
And<00:28:33.599><c> at</c><00:28:33.799><c> the</c><00:28:33.859><c> end</c><00:28:33.980><c> there,</c><00:28:34.180><c> we</c><00:28:34.240><c> see</c><00:28:34.440><c> there</c><00:28:34.640><c> in</c><00:28:34.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:35.099><c> 9,</c><00:28:35.599><c> how</c>

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did<00:28:35.940><c> this</c><00:28:36.119><c> all</c><00:28:36.319><c> happen?</c>

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The<00:28:37.380><c> zeal</c><00:28:37.700><c> of</c><00:28:38.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:38.420><c> of</c><00:28:38.680><c> hosts</c><00:28:39.000><c> will</c><00:28:39.259><c> do</c><00:28:39.500><c> this.</c><00:28:40.980><c> And</c><00:28:41.200><c> we</c><00:28:41.380><c> see</c>

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:45.220
that's<00:28:41.960><c> exactly</c><00:28:42.380><c> what</c><00:28:42.859><c> happens,</c><00:28:44.220><c> because</c><00:28:44.440><c> there,</c>

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:52.859
verse<00:28:48.460><c> 13,</c><00:28:49.140><c> suddenly</c><00:28:49.839><c> there</c><00:28:50.440><c> was</c><00:28:50.720><c> with</c><00:28:50.920><c> an</c><00:28:51.180><c> angel</c><00:28:51.460><c> a</c><00:28:51.740><c> multitude</c><00:28:52.339><c> of</c><00:28:52.660><c> the</c>

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:54.200
heavenly<00:28:53.299><c> hosts,</c><00:28:53.640><c> exactly</c><00:28:54.000><c> the</c>

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:58.259
same<00:28:54.319><c> word,</c><00:28:54.740><c> an</c><00:28:54.980><c> army</c><00:28:55.380><c> praising</c><00:28:56.099><c> God</c><00:28:56.920><c> and</c><00:28:57.359><c> saying</c><00:28:57.539><c> glory</c><00:28:58.079><c> to</c>

00:28:58.259 --> 00:29:01.940
God<00:28:58.500><c> in</c><00:28:58.700><c> highest</c><00:28:59.019><c> and</c><00:28:59.720><c> on</c><00:28:59.900><c> earth</c><00:29:00.240><c> peace</c><00:29:00.740><c> and</c><00:29:01.220><c> good</c><00:29:01.480><c> will</c>

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:07.140
to<00:29:02.200><c> men.</c><00:29:02.799><c> This</c><00:29:03.160><c> glorious</c><00:29:04.039><c> scene</c><00:29:04.380><c> of</c><00:29:04.640><c> these</c><00:29:05.000><c> angels</c><00:29:05.359><c> spontaneously</c><00:29:06.619><c> breaking</c>

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forth<00:29:07.599><c> in</c><00:29:07.940><c> praise.</c>

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:14.700
Now<00:29:09.440><c> there's</c><00:29:09.559><c> no</c><00:29:09.980><c> direct</c><00:29:10.460><c> prophecy</c><00:29:10.920><c> here.</c><00:29:11.539><c> There's</c><00:29:11.680><c> no</c><00:29:11.960><c> reason</c><00:29:12.400><c> for</c><00:29:12.619><c> these</c><00:29:13.079><c> angels</c><00:29:13.420><c> to</c><00:29:13.680><c> be</c><00:29:13.900><c> here.</c><00:29:14.240><c> It's</c><00:29:14.519><c> not</c><00:29:14.700><c> a</c>

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:20.180
fulfillment<00:29:15.259><c> of</c><00:29:15.460><c> anything</c><00:29:15.779><c> here.</c><00:29:16.220><c> Whilst</c><00:29:16.220><c> they</c><00:29:16.559><c> draw</c><00:29:16.799><c> on</c><00:29:16.980><c> these</c><00:29:17.279><c> prophecies,</c><00:29:18.380><c> it's</c><00:29:18.460><c> nothing</c><00:29:18.779><c> here.</c><00:29:19.700><c> This</c><00:29:19.880><c> it</c><00:29:19.980><c> would</c>

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:25.299
seem<00:29:20.400><c> is</c><00:29:20.579><c> just</c><00:29:20.880><c> a</c><00:29:21.200><c> spontaneous</c><00:29:22.039><c> joyful</c><00:29:23.220><c> outpouring</c><00:29:24.640><c> by</c><00:29:25.019><c> the</c>

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angels<00:29:25.599><c> here.</c><00:29:26.640><c> Thousands</c><00:29:26.880><c> and</c><00:29:27.140><c> thousands</c><00:29:27.640><c> of</c><00:29:27.940><c> years</c>

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of<00:29:28.579><c> prophecy</c><00:29:29.359><c> had</c><00:29:29.640><c> come</c><00:29:29.900><c> together.</c><00:29:30.680><c> And</c><00:29:30.980><c> here</c><00:29:31.220><c> before</c><00:29:31.720><c> us,</c><00:29:32.019><c> they</c><00:29:32.319><c> wanted</c><00:29:32.500><c> to</c>

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.720
share<00:29:33.160><c> in</c><00:29:33.440><c> this</c><00:29:33.740><c> joy.</c><00:29:34.400><c> But</c><00:29:34.559><c> more</c>

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:41.440
importantly<00:29:35.259><c> so,</c><00:29:36.240><c> it's</c><00:29:36.359><c> also</c><00:29:36.539><c> the</c><00:29:36.819><c> joy</c><00:29:37.000><c> of</c><00:29:37.319><c> our</c><00:29:38.119><c> God</c><00:29:38.400><c> in</c><00:29:38.660><c> heaven.</c><00:29:39.319><c> For</c><00:29:39.400><c> the</c><00:29:39.720><c> first</c><00:29:40.039><c> time</c><00:29:40.339><c> ever,</c><00:29:40.619><c> yes,</c><00:29:40.880><c> he's</c><00:29:41.140><c> a</c>

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.559
spiritual<00:29:41.740><c> father.</c><00:29:42.720><c> But</c><00:29:42.819><c> for</c><00:29:43.160><c> now,</c><00:29:43.880><c> the</c><00:29:44.160><c> first</c><00:29:44.460><c> time</c><00:29:44.759><c> ever,</c><00:29:45.119><c> he</c><00:29:45.119><c> is</c><00:29:45.339><c> a</c>

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.960
literal<00:29:46.039><c> father.</c><00:29:46.980><c> This</c><00:29:47.279><c> is</c><00:29:47.579><c> his</c><00:29:47.779><c> son.</c>

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Remember<00:29:48.319><c> the</c><00:29:48.519><c> joy</c><00:29:48.759><c> that</c><00:29:49.259><c> we</c><00:29:49.740><c> have</c><00:29:50.000><c> felt</c><00:29:50.200><c> possibly</c><00:29:50.619><c> when</c><00:29:50.799><c> our</c>

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:53.299
grandchildren,<00:29:51.519><c> when</c><00:29:51.700><c> our</c><00:29:52.240><c> children</c><00:29:52.640><c> are</c><00:29:52.960><c> born,</c>

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:56.059
the<00:29:53.799><c> joy</c><00:29:54.039><c> of</c><00:29:54.319><c> seeing</c><00:29:54.579><c> them</c><00:29:54.819><c> there</c><00:29:55.019><c> when</c><00:29:55.160><c> they're</c><00:29:55.400><c> very</c><00:29:55.700><c> first</c>

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:59.460
born.<00:29:56.779><c> Our</c><00:29:57.019><c> God</c><00:29:57.279><c> feels</c><00:29:57.579><c> that</c><00:29:57.900><c> too.</c><00:29:58.880><c> And</c><00:29:58.980><c> he</c><00:29:59.160><c> breaks</c>

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:03.079
forth<00:29:59.819><c> in</c><00:30:00.119><c> praise</c><00:30:00.319><c> and</c><00:30:00.460><c> it's</c><00:30:00.720><c> reflected</c><00:30:01.200><c> in</c><00:30:01.920><c> these</c><00:30:02.299><c> angels.</c><00:30:02.859><c> A</c>

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beautiful<00:30:03.420><c> and</c><00:30:03.779><c> rejoice,</c><00:30:04.380><c> a</c><00:30:04.680><c> marvelous</c><00:30:05.559><c> scene.</c>

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And<00:30:07.019><c> as</c><00:30:07.160><c> soon</c><00:30:07.279><c> as</c><00:30:07.420><c> these</c><00:30:07.700><c> angels</c><00:30:08.059><c> are</c><00:30:08.500><c> gone,</c><00:30:08.779><c> the</c><00:30:08.940><c> shepherds</c>

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.700
drop<00:30:09.819><c> what</c><00:30:09.960><c> they're</c><00:30:10.119><c> doing</c><00:30:10.279><c> and</c><00:30:10.440><c> they</c>

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:14.319
rush<00:30:10.940><c> into</c><00:30:11.240><c> Bethlehem</c><00:30:12.200><c> to</c><00:30:12.400><c> see</c><00:30:12.619><c> if</c><00:30:12.759><c> this</c><00:30:13.099><c> sign</c><00:30:13.299><c> is</c><00:30:13.519><c> true,</c><00:30:14.059><c> to</c>

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:17.440
find<00:30:14.559><c> this</c><00:30:14.859><c> baby</c><00:30:15.099><c> wrapped</c><00:30:15.539><c> in</c><00:30:16.079><c> swaddling</c><00:30:16.519><c> clothes.</c>

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:20.880
And<00:30:17.700><c> sure</c><00:30:17.859><c> enough,</c><00:30:18.200><c> they</c><00:30:18.240><c> come</c><00:30:18.440><c> in</c><00:30:19.339><c> and</c><00:30:19.539><c> there</c><00:30:19.759><c> beside</c><00:30:20.119><c> the</c><00:30:20.339><c> manger</c><00:30:20.640><c> is</c>

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:23.420
Mary<00:30:21.240><c> and</c><00:30:21.380><c> Joseph</c><00:30:21.880><c> and</c><00:30:22.279><c> the</c><00:30:22.500><c> baby.</c>

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And<00:30:23.799><c> they</c><00:30:24.059><c> rush</c><00:30:24.299><c> out</c><00:30:24.559><c> again</c><00:30:24.920><c> telling</c><00:30:25.480><c> everyone</c><00:30:25.880><c> of</c><00:30:26.079><c> the</c><00:30:26.339><c> exciting</c><00:30:26.859><c> things</c><00:30:27.180><c> that</c>

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.119
they<00:30:27.539><c> had</c><00:30:27.799><c> seen,</c>

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of<00:30:28.619><c> the</c><00:30:28.799><c> countless</c><00:30:29.140><c> angels,</c><00:30:29.500><c> of</c><00:30:29.680><c> the</c><00:30:29.859><c> wonderful</c><00:30:30.359><c> message</c><00:30:30.799><c> that</c><00:30:31.299><c> they</c><00:30:31.539><c> had</c>

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:34.299
seen.<00:30:32.839><c> We</c><00:30:32.880><c> see</c><00:30:33.119><c> that</c><00:30:33.319><c> there</c><00:30:33.500><c> in</c><00:30:33.779><c> verse</c>

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:38.740
17<00:30:34.960><c> and</c><00:30:35.079><c> 18.</c><00:30:35.539><c> And</c><00:30:35.539><c> when</c><00:30:35.700><c> they</c><00:30:35.900><c> had</c><00:30:36.079><c> seen</c><00:30:36.319><c> it,</c><00:30:36.960><c> they</c><00:30:37.079><c> made</c><00:30:38.099><c> known</c>

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:40.359
abroad<00:30:39.220><c> the</c><00:30:39.539><c> saying</c><00:30:39.759><c> which</c><00:30:39.920><c> was</c><00:30:40.200><c> told</c>

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:44.299
them<00:30:40.559><c> concerning</c><00:30:41.019><c> this</c><00:30:41.279><c> child.</c><00:30:43.440><c> And</c><00:30:43.519><c> all</c><00:30:43.759><c> they</c><00:30:43.940><c> that</c><00:30:44.160><c> heard</c>

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.720
it<00:30:44.599><c> wondered</c><00:30:44.940><c> at</c><00:30:45.140><c> those</c><00:30:45.420><c> things</c>

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:51.579
which<00:30:46.160><c> were</c><00:30:46.400><c> told</c><00:30:46.640><c> them</c><00:30:47.039><c> by</c><00:30:47.319><c> the</c><00:30:47.559><c> shepherds.</c><00:30:50.099><c> But</c><00:30:50.279><c> Mary</c><00:30:50.799><c> kept</c>

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all<00:30:51.859><c> these</c><00:30:52.119><c> things</c><00:30:52.579><c> and</c><00:30:53.339><c> pondered</c><00:30:53.660><c> them</c><00:30:53.859><c> in</c><00:30:54.039><c> her</c>

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heart.<00:30:54.940><c> And</c><00:30:55.059><c> we</c><00:30:55.220><c> saw</c><00:30:55.339><c> last</c><00:30:55.680><c> class,</c><00:30:56.039><c> didn't</c><00:30:56.220><c> we?</c><00:30:56.380><c> But</c><00:30:56.480><c> this</c><00:30:56.619><c> is</c>

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characteristic<00:30:57.880><c> of</c><00:30:58.140><c> Mary,</c><00:30:58.819><c> meditating</c><00:30:59.579><c> on</c><00:30:59.880><c> these</c>

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:05.099
things,<00:31:00.940><c> pondering</c><00:31:01.640><c> them.</c><00:31:02.279><c> The</c><00:31:02.519><c> verse</c><00:31:02.759><c> means</c><00:31:03.079><c> to</c><00:31:03.339><c> combine</c><00:31:03.839><c> the</c><00:31:04.140><c> facts</c><00:31:04.460><c> and</c><00:31:04.799><c> to</c>

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chew<00:31:05.259><c> them</c><00:31:05.519><c> over.</c><00:31:06.099><c> She's</c>

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:10.220
putting<00:31:06.559><c> this</c><00:31:06.779><c> all</c><00:31:06.980><c> together.</c><00:31:08.019><c> And</c><00:31:08.140><c> I</c><00:31:08.240><c> wonder</c><00:31:08.400><c> why</c><00:31:08.640><c> Mary</c><00:31:09.200><c> meditated</c><00:31:10.039><c> on</c>

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:13.059
this<00:31:10.380><c> so</c><00:31:10.720><c> much.</c><00:31:11.839><c> And</c><00:31:12.019><c> maybe</c><00:31:12.299><c> it's</c><00:31:12.740><c> to</c><00:31:12.960><c> do</c>

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with<00:31:13.240><c> the</c><00:31:13.700><c> complete</c><00:31:14.000><c> contrast</c><00:31:14.779><c> between</c><00:31:15.619><c> her</c><00:31:16.099><c> sides</c><00:31:16.400><c> of</c><00:31:16.599><c> the</c>

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event<00:31:17.079><c> and</c><00:31:17.660><c> the</c><00:31:17.880><c> shepherd's</c><00:31:18.400><c> side.</c><00:31:19.440><c> We</c><00:31:19.640><c> know</c><00:31:19.920><c> their</c>

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experience<00:31:20.680><c> is</c><00:31:20.859><c> one</c><00:31:21.000><c> of</c><00:31:21.319><c> absolute</c><00:31:21.660><c> joy</c><00:31:22.180><c> and</c><00:31:22.440><c> delight,</c><00:31:23.500><c> a</c><00:31:23.779><c> life</c>

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:27.019
-changing<00:31:24.619><c> event,</c><00:31:25.279><c> seeing</c><00:31:25.619><c> multiple</c><00:31:26.400><c> hosts</c>

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praising<00:31:27.700><c> God.</c><00:31:28.839><c> No</c><00:31:28.940><c> one</c><00:31:29.119><c> had</c><00:31:29.380><c> sort</c><00:31:29.579><c> of</c><00:31:29.720><c> seen</c><00:31:29.940><c> this</c><00:31:30.220><c> sort</c><00:31:30.380><c> of</c>

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thing<00:31:30.700><c> before.</c>

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How<00:31:32.180><c> does</c><00:31:32.279><c> that</c><00:31:32.519><c> compare</c><00:31:32.799><c> to</c><00:31:33.000><c> Mary,</c><00:31:33.559><c> the</c><00:31:33.700><c> actual</c><00:31:33.900><c> mother</c><00:31:34.200><c> of</c>

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this<00:31:35.420><c> child?</c><00:31:36.779><c> Alone,</c><00:31:38.000><c> in</c><00:31:38.259><c> shame,</c><00:31:39.220><c> humbled,</c><00:31:40.119><c> in</c><00:31:40.259><c> pain.</c>

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:44.259
There<00:31:41.740><c> was</c><00:31:41.839><c> no</c><00:31:42.059><c> angelic</c><00:31:42.559><c> trumpet</c><00:31:42.880><c> when</c><00:31:43.099><c> she</c><00:31:43.420><c> pulled</c><00:31:43.720><c> the</c><00:31:44.059><c> Son</c>

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:46.460
of<00:31:44.460><c> God</c><00:31:44.619><c> from</c><00:31:44.859><c> between</c><00:31:45.140><c> her</c><00:31:45.400><c> legs.</c><00:31:45.960><c> Just</c><00:31:46.180><c> the</c>

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:50.420
screaming<00:31:46.839><c> of</c><00:31:47.019><c> a</c><00:31:47.259><c> child,</c><00:31:47.960><c> of</c><00:31:48.160><c> pain</c><00:31:48.640><c> and</c><00:31:49.059><c> of</c><00:31:49.440><c> fear.</c><00:31:50.019><c> That</c><00:31:50.180><c> was</c>

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:53.660
her<00:31:51.539><c> representation</c><00:31:52.440><c> of</c><00:31:52.859><c> the</c><00:31:53.039><c> birth.</c><00:31:53.220><c> That's</c><00:31:53.500><c> how</c>

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:57.259
she<00:31:53.799><c> brought</c><00:31:54.200><c> the</c><00:31:54.619><c> Messiah</c><00:31:55.019><c> into</c><00:31:55.700><c> this</c><00:31:56.019><c> world.</c><00:31:57.039><c> And</c><00:31:57.119><c> there's</c>

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no<00:31:57.480><c> instruction</c><00:31:58.000><c> book</c><00:31:58.299><c> of</c><00:31:58.700><c> how</c><00:31:59.059><c> to</c><00:31:59.279><c> raise</c>

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the<00:31:59.779><c> Son</c><00:31:59.980><c> of</c><00:32:00.220><c> God.</c><00:32:01.420><c> How</c><00:32:01.700><c> would</c><00:32:01.859><c> you</c><00:32:02.000><c> do</c><00:32:02.200><c> it?</c><00:32:03.480><c> How</c><00:32:03.640><c> do</c><00:32:03.720><c> you</c><00:32:03.779><c> look</c>

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:07.140
after<00:32:04.220><c> the</c><00:32:04.420><c> Son</c><00:32:04.599><c> of</c><00:32:04.799><c> God?</c><00:32:05.500><c> Do</c><00:32:05.619><c> you</c><00:32:05.799><c> smack</c><00:32:06.039><c> it?</c><00:32:06.980><c> Did</c>

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.940
you<00:32:07.299><c> look</c><00:32:07.519><c> after</c><00:32:07.720><c> it?</c><00:32:07.859><c> What</c><00:32:08.019><c> do</c><00:32:08.119><c> we</c><00:32:08.259><c> do</c><00:32:08.420><c> with</c><00:32:08.519><c> it?</c><00:32:08.559><c> How</c><00:32:08.680><c> do</c><00:32:08.799><c> we</c>

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:11.279
raise<00:32:09.220><c> it?</c><00:32:10.240><c> It</c><00:32:10.480><c> doesn't</c><00:32:10.599><c> seem</c><00:32:10.819><c> that</c><00:32:10.920><c> they</c><00:32:11.019><c> were</c><00:32:11.079><c> given</c>

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any<00:32:11.579><c> indication</c><00:32:12.200><c> of</c><00:32:12.779><c> this.</c><00:32:13.920><c> So</c><00:32:14.099><c> she</c><00:32:14.279><c> kept</c><00:32:14.539><c> these</c><00:32:14.779><c> things</c><00:32:15.000><c> in</c>

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her<00:32:15.400><c> heart</c><00:32:15.740><c> and</c><00:32:16.200><c> pondered</c><00:32:16.700><c> over</c><00:32:17.119><c> it</c><00:32:17.339><c> all.</c><00:32:18.759><c> So</c><00:32:18.960><c> with</c><00:32:19.140><c> no</c>

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:23.960
divine<00:32:20.880><c> instruction,</c><00:32:22.259><c> Mary</c><00:32:22.500><c> and</c><00:32:22.660><c> Joseph</c><00:32:22.960><c> set</c><00:32:23.200><c> about</c><00:32:23.519><c> raising</c>

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:26.299
the<00:32:24.220><c> child</c><00:32:24.559><c> as</c><00:32:24.900><c> they</c><00:32:25.160><c> would</c><00:32:25.259><c> any</c><00:32:25.599><c> normal</c><00:32:25.940><c> boy</c>

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:32.720
of<00:32:26.920><c> this</c><00:32:27.220><c> time.</c><00:32:28.579><c> Last</c><00:32:28.900><c> class,</c><00:32:29.259><c> we</c><00:32:29.259><c> saw</c><00:32:29.500><c> that</c><00:32:29.819><c> Joseph</c><00:32:30.200><c> was</c><00:32:30.440><c> a</c><00:32:30.720><c> just</c><00:32:31.000><c> man</c><00:32:31.259><c> that</c><00:32:31.779><c> had</c><00:32:32.039><c> a</c>

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.259
lot<00:32:32.940><c> of</c><00:32:33.200><c> emphasis</c><00:32:33.519><c> placed</c><00:32:33.880><c> on</c><00:32:34.079><c> the</c>

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:38.220
law.<00:32:34.960><c> And</c><00:32:35.019><c> so</c><00:32:35.220><c> the</c><00:32:35.839><c> law</c><00:32:36.039><c> was</c><00:32:36.279><c> an</c><00:32:36.539><c> integral</c><00:32:36.839><c> part</c><00:32:37.319><c> of</c><00:32:37.579><c> how</c><00:32:37.819><c> Jesus</c>

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:40.619
was<00:32:38.559><c> brought</c><00:32:38.799><c> up</c><00:32:39.319><c> over</c><00:32:39.579><c> these</c><00:32:39.740><c> next</c><00:32:40.000><c> few</c><00:32:40.200><c> months.</c>

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:45.140
And<00:32:41.200><c> we</c><00:32:41.279><c> read</c><00:32:41.420><c> for</c><00:32:41.599><c> that</c><00:32:41.779><c> in</c><00:32:42.000><c> verse</c><00:32:42.339><c> 21.</c><00:32:44.140><c> So</c><00:32:44.279><c> we</c><00:32:44.420><c> continue</c><00:32:44.799><c> on.</c>

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:47.299
At<00:32:45.539><c> the</c><00:32:45.700><c> end</c><00:32:45.859><c> of</c><00:32:46.000><c> the</c><00:32:46.140><c> eight</c><00:32:46.319><c> days</c><00:32:46.680><c> when</c><00:32:46.839><c> he</c><00:32:46.980><c> was</c>

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:50.559
circumcised,<00:32:48.019><c> he</c><00:32:48.099><c> was</c><00:32:48.319><c> called</c><00:32:48.539><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:49.660><c> the</c><00:32:49.859><c> name</c><00:32:50.059><c> given</c><00:32:50.319><c> by</c>

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:53.240
the<00:32:50.740><c> angel</c><00:32:50.980><c> before</c><00:32:51.380><c> he</c><00:32:51.480><c> was</c><00:32:51.740><c> conceived</c><00:32:52.160><c> in</c><00:32:52.380><c> the</c><00:32:52.559><c> womb.</c>

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And<00:32:53.380><c> when</c><00:32:53.480><c> the</c><00:32:53.700><c> time</c><00:32:53.859><c> came</c><00:32:54.160><c> for</c><00:32:54.319><c> their</c><00:32:54.559><c> purification,</c><00:32:55.720><c> according</c><00:32:56.019><c> to</c><00:32:56.259><c> the</c>

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:58.039
law<00:32:56.519><c> of</c><00:32:56.799><c> Moses,</c><00:32:57.559><c> they</c><00:32:57.779><c> brought</c><00:32:57.940><c> him</c>

00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:00.880
up<00:32:58.220><c> to</c><00:32:58.359><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:58.799><c> to</c><00:32:59.019><c> present</c><00:32:59.339><c> him</c><00:32:59.500><c> to</c><00:32:59.680><c> the</c><00:32:59.839><c> Lord.</c><00:33:00.519><c> That</c><00:33:00.660><c> is</c>

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:03.539
written<00:33:01.099><c> in</c><00:33:01.279><c> the</c><00:33:01.440><c> law</c><00:33:01.680><c> of</c><00:33:01.900><c> the</c><00:33:02.039><c> Lord.</c><00:33:02.700><c> Every</c><00:33:02.940><c> male</c><00:33:03.299><c> who</c>

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:07.019
opens<00:33:03.900><c> the</c><00:33:04.140><c> womb</c><00:33:04.319><c> shall</c><00:33:04.500><c> be</c><00:33:04.720><c> called</c><00:33:04.900><c> holy</c><00:33:05.200><c> to</c><00:33:05.420><c> the</c><00:33:05.579><c> Lord</c><00:33:05.839><c> and</c><00:33:06.440><c> to</c><00:33:06.640><c> offer</c><00:33:06.779><c> a</c>

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sacrifice<00:33:07.599><c> that</c><00:33:08.099><c> which</c><00:33:08.299><c> is</c><00:33:08.539><c> said</c><00:33:08.640><c> in</c><00:33:08.799><c> the</c>

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law<00:33:09.180><c> of</c><00:33:09.480><c> the</c><00:33:09.500><c> Lord.</c><00:33:09.619><c> So</c><00:33:09.740><c> it's</c><00:33:10.000><c> emphasised</c><00:33:10.480><c> here</c><00:33:10.700><c> over</c><00:33:10.960><c> and</c><00:33:11.000><c> over</c><00:33:11.299><c> again.</c><00:33:11.759><c> It</c>

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:13.779
was<00:33:12.079><c> done</c><00:33:12.240><c> by</c><00:33:12.480><c> the</c><00:33:12.640><c> law</c><00:33:12.799><c> of</c><00:33:13.039><c> Moses,</c><00:33:13.400><c> by</c><00:33:13.559><c> the</c>

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:18.660
law<00:33:13.880><c> of</c><00:33:14.000><c> God.</c><00:33:14.579><c> Everything</c><00:33:14.880><c> he</c><00:33:15.140><c> did</c><00:33:15.380><c> was</c><00:33:15.619><c> by</c><00:33:16.279><c> the</c><00:33:16.759><c> law.</c><00:33:17.680><c> Galatians</c><00:33:18.119><c> 4</c><00:33:18.440><c> verse</c>

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:21.539
4<00:33:18.880><c> tells</c><00:33:19.240><c> us</c><00:33:19.519><c> that.</c><00:33:20.819><c> God</c><00:33:20.980><c> sent</c><00:33:21.240><c> forth</c>

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:26.460
his<00:33:21.759><c> man,</c><00:33:22.079><c> made</c><00:33:22.299><c> of</c><00:33:22.460><c> a</c><00:33:22.619><c> woman,</c><00:33:23.259><c> made</c><00:33:23.539><c> under</c><00:33:23.920><c> the</c><00:33:24.119><c> law.</c><00:33:24.900><c> Perfectly</c><00:33:25.339><c> kept</c><00:33:25.480><c> the</c><00:33:25.700><c> law</c><00:33:25.799><c> here,</c><00:33:26.319><c> as</c>

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.220
would<00:33:26.660><c> be</c><00:33:26.859><c> expected</c>

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of<00:33:27.440><c> Joseph,</c><00:33:27.980><c> a</c><00:33:28.240><c> just</c><00:33:28.579><c> man</c><00:33:29.180><c> that</c><00:33:29.539><c> placed</c><00:33:29.720><c> a</c><00:33:29.880><c> lot</c><00:33:30.019><c> of</c><00:33:30.200><c> attention</c>

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:33.559
on<00:33:31.420><c> the</c><00:33:31.619><c> law.</c><00:33:32.819><c> So</c><00:33:32.920><c> let's</c><00:33:33.079><c> have</c><00:33:33.240><c> a</c><00:33:33.299><c> look</c><00:33:33.420><c> at</c>

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:37.019
this,<00:33:33.740><c> this</c><00:33:34.039><c> incident</c><00:33:34.220><c> here,</c><00:33:34.519><c> and</c><00:33:34.680><c> compare</c><00:33:34.940><c> it</c><00:33:35.380><c> to</c><00:33:35.440><c> what</c><00:33:35.660><c> actually</c><00:33:36.079><c> happened.</c><00:33:36.799><c> Once</c>

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.279
again,<00:33:37.539><c> handy,</c><00:33:37.720><c> come</c><00:33:37.900><c> across</c>

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:42.079
Leviticus<00:33:38.900><c> chapter</c><00:33:39.279><c> 12,</c><00:33:40.160><c> what</c><00:33:40.319><c> was</c><00:33:40.579><c> required</c><00:33:41.079><c> of</c><00:33:41.400><c> them</c><00:33:41.640><c> under</c>

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:44.599
the<00:33:42.240><c> law</c><00:33:42.539><c> for</c><00:33:42.759><c> this</c><00:33:42.980><c> firstborn</c><00:33:43.440><c> child.</c>

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:59.779
Leviticus<00:33:52.519><c> 12</c><00:33:52.960><c> verse</c><00:33:53.279><c> 2,</c><00:33:56.599><c> he</c><00:33:56.599><c> says</c><00:33:56.779><c> this,</c><00:33:57.059><c> speak</c><00:33:57.380><c> to</c><00:33:57.579><c> the</c><00:33:57.740><c> people</c><00:33:58.019><c> of</c><00:33:58.160><c> Israel,</c><00:33:59.000><c> saying,</c><00:33:59.539><c> if</c><00:33:59.559><c> a</c>

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woman<00:34:00.039><c> conceives</c>

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:05.640
and<00:34:01.359><c> bears</c><00:34:01.660><c> a</c><00:34:01.880><c> male</c><00:34:02.160><c> child,</c><00:34:02.980><c> then</c><00:34:03.099><c> she</c><00:34:03.259><c> shall</c><00:34:03.420><c> be</c><00:34:03.660><c> unclean</c><00:34:04.079><c> seven</c><00:34:04.460><c> days,</c><00:34:05.480><c> as</c>

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:07.079
at<00:34:05.819><c> the</c><00:34:05.920><c> time</c><00:34:06.119><c> of</c><00:34:06.299><c> her</c><00:34:06.460><c> menstruation,</c>

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.019
she<00:34:07.220><c> shall</c><00:34:07.500><c> be</c><00:34:07.720><c> unclean.</c><00:34:08.699><c> On</c><00:34:08.699><c> the</c><00:34:08.900><c> eighth</c><00:34:09.159><c> day</c><00:34:09.380><c> of</c><00:34:09.539><c> the</c><00:34:09.739><c> flesh,</c>

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:12.079
if<00:34:10.179><c> he's</c><00:34:10.460><c> forcing,</c><00:34:11.059><c> shall</c><00:34:11.260><c> be</c><00:34:11.539><c> circumcised,</c>

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:16.480
as<00:34:12.239><c> we</c><00:34:12.480><c> saw.</c><00:34:13.980><c> Then</c><00:34:14.099><c> she</c><00:34:14.300><c> shall</c><00:34:14.480><c> continue</c><00:34:14.980><c> for</c><00:34:15.239><c> 33</c><00:34:15.760><c> days</c><00:34:16.159><c> in</c><00:34:16.320><c> the</c>

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:18.659
blood<00:34:16.579><c> of</c><00:34:16.719><c> her</c><00:34:16.940><c> purifying.</c><00:34:17.780><c> She</c><00:34:17.900><c> shall</c><00:34:18.099><c> not</c><00:34:18.400><c> touch</c>

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:21.460
anything<00:34:19.039><c> holy,</c><00:34:19.980><c> nor</c><00:34:20.099><c> come</c><00:34:20.340><c> into</c><00:34:20.559><c> the</c><00:34:20.780><c> sanctuary</c><00:34:21.039><c> until</c><00:34:21.280><c> the</c>

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:24.579
days<00:34:21.679><c> of</c><00:34:21.860><c> her</c><00:34:22.179><c> purifying</c><00:34:22.619><c> are</c><00:34:23.019><c> complete.</c><00:34:24.039><c> Then</c><00:34:24.380><c> in</c>

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:27.880
verse<00:34:24.840><c> 6,</c><00:34:25.860><c> when</c><00:34:26.039><c> the</c><00:34:26.179><c> days</c><00:34:26.360><c> of</c><00:34:26.539><c> her</c><00:34:26.780><c> purifying</c><00:34:27.099><c> are</c><00:34:27.380><c> complete,</c>

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.539
whether<00:34:28.480><c> for</c><00:34:28.719><c> a</c><00:34:28.860><c> son</c><00:34:28.980><c> or</c><00:34:29.119><c> a</c><00:34:29.300><c> daughter,</c>

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:32.000
she<00:34:29.780><c> shall</c><00:34:29.980><c> bring</c><00:34:30.320><c> to</c><00:34:30.480><c> the</c><00:34:30.760><c> priest</c><00:34:30.980><c> at</c><00:34:31.199><c> the</c><00:34:31.400><c> entrance</c><00:34:31.579><c> of</c><00:34:31.820><c> the</c>

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:36.280
tent<00:34:32.340><c> of</c><00:34:33.199><c> a</c><00:34:33.340><c> meeting</c><00:34:33.780><c> a</c><00:34:35.000><c> lamb,</c><00:34:35.539><c> a</c><00:34:35.860><c> year</c><00:34:36.099><c> old,</c>

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:40.500
for<00:34:36.440><c> a</c><00:34:36.619><c> burnt</c><00:34:36.860><c> offering,</c><00:34:37.960><c> and</c><00:34:37.960><c> a</c><00:34:38.159><c> pigeon</c><00:34:38.440><c> or</c><00:34:38.820><c> a</c><00:34:39.119><c> turtle</c><00:34:39.460><c> dove</c><00:34:39.760><c> for</c><00:34:40.300><c> a</c>

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:42.559
sin<00:34:40.639><c> offering.</c><00:34:41.519><c> That's</c><00:34:41.840><c> not</c><00:34:42.000><c> what</c><00:34:42.139><c> Mary</c>

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:46.960
and<00:34:42.960><c> Joseph</c><00:34:43.300><c> did,</c><00:34:43.500><c> they</c><00:34:43.639><c> didn't</c><00:34:43.900><c> bring</c><00:34:44.099><c> a</c><00:34:44.280><c> lamb,</c><00:34:44.460><c> did</c><00:34:44.619><c> they?</c><00:34:45.320><c> So</c><00:34:45.380><c> if</c><00:34:45.500><c> we</c><00:34:45.599><c> look</c><00:34:45.760><c> at</c><00:34:45.900><c> verse</c><00:34:46.300><c> 8</c>

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.960
there,<00:34:48.320><c> if</c><00:34:48.320><c> she</c><00:34:48.539><c> cannot</c>

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:55.039
afford<00:34:49.400><c> a</c><00:34:49.619><c> lamb,</c><00:34:50.360><c> then</c><00:34:50.480><c> she</c><00:34:50.639><c> shall</c><00:34:50.800><c> take</c><00:34:51.139><c> two</c><00:34:51.559><c> turtle</c><00:34:52.300><c> doves</c><00:34:52.719><c> or</c><00:34:53.159><c> two</c><00:34:53.539><c> pigeons,</c><00:34:54.460><c> one</c><00:34:54.699><c> for</c><00:34:54.900><c> a</c>

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.480
burnt<00:34:55.199><c> offering,</c>

00:34:55.480 --> 00:35:00.619
the<00:34:55.659><c> other</c><00:34:55.840><c> for</c><00:34:56.039><c> a</c><00:34:56.179><c> sin</c><00:34:56.280><c> offering,</c><00:34:56.960><c> and</c><00:34:57.139><c> the</c><00:34:57.340><c> priest</c><00:34:57.500><c> shall</c><00:34:57.719><c> make</c><00:34:57.980><c> atonement</c><00:34:58.380><c> for</c><00:34:58.639><c> her,</c><00:34:59.300><c> and</c><00:34:59.559><c> she</c><00:34:59.800><c> shall</c><00:34:59.960><c> be</c><00:35:00.320><c> clean.</c>

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:03.340
And<00:35:01.199><c> so</c><00:35:01.340><c> once</c><00:35:01.619><c> again,</c><00:35:01.840><c> we</c><00:35:01.960><c> get</c><00:35:02.079><c> a</c><00:35:02.199><c> little</c><00:35:02.460><c> glimpse</c><00:35:02.780><c> into</c><00:35:03.059><c> the</c>

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:05.360
difficult<00:35:03.760><c> life</c><00:35:04.099><c> that</c><00:35:04.300><c> Jesus</c><00:35:04.659><c> was</c><00:35:04.940><c> born</c><00:35:05.139><c> into,</c>

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:11.099
this<00:35:06.079><c> was</c><00:35:06.300><c> that</c><00:35:06.500><c> the</c><00:35:06.699><c> Son</c><00:35:06.860><c> of</c><00:35:07.139><c> God,</c><00:35:07.679><c> if</c><00:35:07.820><c> there</c><00:35:08.000><c> was</c><00:35:08.360><c> any</c><00:35:08.780><c> way</c><00:35:09.059><c> possible,</c><00:35:09.920><c> they</c><00:35:10.059><c> could</c><00:35:10.260><c> have</c><00:35:10.579><c> offered</c><00:35:10.860><c> a</c>

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.659
lamb<00:35:11.280><c> and</c>

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:14.820
offered<00:35:11.880><c> the</c><00:35:12.199><c> best</c><00:35:12.380><c> for</c><00:35:12.539><c> this</c><00:35:12.739><c> glorious</c><00:35:13.159><c> blessing.</c><00:35:13.880><c> Of</c><00:35:14.139><c> course</c><00:35:14.500><c> Mary</c>

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:16.039
and<00:35:15.039><c> Joseph</c><00:35:15.300><c> would</c><00:35:15.519><c> have</c><00:35:15.619><c> done</c><00:35:15.800><c> it,</c>

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:19.260
but<00:35:16.519><c> they</c><00:35:16.719><c> just</c><00:35:17.000><c> couldn't,</c><00:35:17.619><c> they</c><00:35:17.820><c> just</c><00:35:17.980><c> could</c><00:35:18.199><c> not</c><00:35:18.400><c> even</c><00:35:18.659><c> afford</c><00:35:18.960><c> this</c>

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:21.719
one<00:35:19.659><c> simple</c><00:35:20.260><c> thing.</c><00:35:20.920><c> And</c><00:35:21.079><c> so</c><00:35:21.159><c> they</c><00:35:21.320><c> had</c><00:35:21.500><c> to</c>

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:28.340
do<00:35:21.860><c> the</c><00:35:22.139><c> pauper's</c><00:35:23.280><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:23.960><c> of</c><00:35:24.980><c> a</c><00:35:25.940><c> pigeon</c><00:35:26.219><c> or</c><00:35:26.800><c> a</c><00:35:27.039><c> turtle</c><00:35:27.380><c> dove</c><00:35:27.599><c> there,</c><00:35:28.099><c> of</c>

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:35.340
this<00:35:29.159><c> sacrifice,</c><00:35:29.860><c> which</c><00:35:30.059><c> in</c><00:35:33.380><c> the</c>

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:40.559
So<00:35:36.039><c> then</c><00:35:36.380><c> 30</c><00:35:36.760><c> days,</c><00:35:37.139><c> a</c><00:35:37.219><c> month</c><00:35:37.480><c> later,</c><00:35:38.380><c> she</c><00:35:38.480><c> comes</c><00:35:38.760><c> there</c><00:35:38.960><c> to</c><00:35:39.059><c> the</c><00:35:39.260><c> temple</c><00:35:39.500><c> and</c><00:35:39.820><c> sacrifices</c><00:35:40.320><c> as</c>

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.159
we're<00:35:40.880><c> told.</c>

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.940
If<00:35:41.659><c> you've</c><00:35:41.840><c> got</c><00:35:41.960><c> your,</c><00:35:42.119><c> actually</c><00:35:42.320><c> I've</c><00:35:42.440><c> got</c><00:35:42.519><c> it</c><00:35:42.639><c> here</c><00:35:42.699><c> on</c><00:35:42.820><c> the</c>

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:44.219
screen.<00:35:43.599><c> Luke</c><00:35:43.599><c> here</c><00:35:43.800><c> it</c><00:35:44.000><c> says,</c>

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:46.840
as<00:35:44.699><c> it</c><00:35:44.860><c> is</c><00:35:45.039><c> written</c><00:35:45.179><c> in</c><00:35:45.340><c> the</c><00:35:45.519><c> law</c><00:35:45.619><c> of</c><00:35:45.800><c> the</c><00:35:45.880><c> Lord,</c><00:35:46.239><c> every</c><00:35:46.519><c> male</c>

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:49.579
who<00:35:47.079><c> first</c><00:35:47.420><c> opens</c><00:35:47.860><c> the</c><00:35:48.159><c> womb</c><00:35:48.420><c> shall</c><00:35:48.920><c> be</c><00:35:49.199><c> called</c>

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:53.639
holy<00:35:50.179><c> to</c><00:35:50.460><c> the</c><00:35:50.639><c> Lord.</c><00:35:51.440><c> Well</c><00:35:51.579><c> that's</c><00:35:51.780><c> not</c><00:35:51.960><c> actually</c><00:35:52.760><c> exactly</c>

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:55.139
right<00:35:54.159><c> either.</c><00:35:54.619><c> While</c><00:35:54.780><c> we're</c><00:35:54.960><c> here,</c>

00:35:55.239 --> 00:36:00.440
come<00:35:55.340><c> across</c><00:35:55.599><c> the</c><00:35:55.840><c> Exodus</c><00:35:56.320><c> chapter</c><00:35:57.079><c> 13.</c><00:35:59.639><c> Let's</c><00:36:00.039><c> have</c><00:36:00.159><c> a</c><00:36:00.280><c> look</c>

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.179
at<00:36:00.619><c> this</c><00:36:01.159><c> phrase,</c><00:36:01.719><c> because</c><00:36:02.179><c> I</c><00:36:02.420><c> think</c><00:36:02.940><c> Luke</c><00:36:03.440><c> is</c>

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:12.559
picking<00:36:05.019><c> up</c><00:36:05.280><c> a</c><00:36:05.559><c> theme</c><00:36:05.780><c> here.</c><00:36:06.739><c> Exodus</c><00:36:06.780><c> 13</c><00:36:07.980><c> verse</c><00:36:09.199><c> 2,</c><00:36:11.420><c> sanctify</c>

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:14.599
unto<00:36:13.019><c> me</c><00:36:13.380><c> all</c><00:36:13.780><c> the</c><00:36:14.039><c> firstborn,</c>

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:18.780
whosoever<00:36:15.739><c> openeth</c><00:36:16.199><c> the</c><00:36:16.400><c> womb</c><00:36:16.579><c> among</c><00:36:16.820><c> the</c><00:36:17.119><c> children</c><00:36:17.480><c> of</c><00:36:17.659><c> Israel,</c><00:36:18.500><c> both</c>

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:21.880
a<00:36:19.119><c> man</c><00:36:19.360><c> of</c><00:36:19.639><c> beast,</c><00:36:20.699><c> it</c><00:36:20.760><c> is</c><00:36:21.079><c> mine.</c>

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:25.519
Obviously<00:36:22.239><c> Luke</c><00:36:22.440><c> actually</c><00:36:22.780><c> said</c><00:36:22.920><c> it</c><00:36:23.039><c> is</c><00:36:23.380><c> holy</c><00:36:23.840><c> to</c><00:36:24.420><c> the</c><00:36:24.639><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:28.340
and<00:36:26.019><c> rather</c><00:36:26.199><c> remarkably</c><00:36:26.719><c> holy</c><00:36:27.300><c> to</c><00:36:27.559><c> the</c><00:36:27.719><c> Lord</c><00:36:27.860><c> is</c>

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:32.500
a<00:36:28.679><c> phrase</c><00:36:29.059><c> that</c><00:36:29.219><c> is</c><00:36:29.380><c> almost</c><00:36:29.559><c> used</c><00:36:29.900><c> exclusively</c><00:36:30.820><c> of</c><00:36:31.960><c> the</c><00:36:32.179><c> high</c>

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:35.920
priest.<00:36:34.219><c> Come</c><00:36:34.380><c> back</c><00:36:34.699><c> to</c><00:36:35.159><c> Leviticus</c><00:36:35.579><c> 21,</c>

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:38.360
so<00:36:36.079><c> we're</c><00:36:36.260><c> jumping</c><00:36:36.559><c> all</c><00:36:36.760><c> over</c><00:36:36.900><c> the</c><00:36:37.059><c> place,</c><00:36:37.179><c> but</c><00:36:37.280><c> I</c><00:36:37.460><c> figure</c><00:36:37.599><c> they're</c><00:36:38.099><c> all</c>

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.159
close<00:36:38.599><c> to</c><00:36:38.780><c> each</c><00:36:39.000><c> other,</c>

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:42.260
so<00:36:39.280><c> we</c><00:36:39.400><c> may</c><00:36:39.539><c> as</c><00:36:39.639><c> well</c><00:36:39.699><c> look</c><00:36:39.940><c> at</c><00:36:40.019><c> them.</c><00:36:40.920><c> This</c><00:36:41.179><c> phrase</c><00:36:41.539><c> rather</c><00:36:41.940><c> than,</c><00:36:42.119><c> so</c>

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:43.420
it<00:36:42.360><c> actually</c><00:36:42.559><c> says</c><00:36:42.719><c> it</c><00:36:42.940><c> is</c><00:36:43.219><c> mine,</c>

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:46.900
but<00:36:43.760><c> Luke</c><00:36:44.079><c> says</c><00:36:44.340><c> no,</c><00:36:45.019><c> holy</c><00:36:45.300><c> to</c><00:36:45.619><c> the</c><00:36:45.760><c> Lord.</c><00:36:46.099><c> This</c><00:36:46.260><c> phrase</c><00:36:46.739><c> that</c>

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.239
is<00:36:47.079><c> used</c><00:36:47.239><c> of</c><00:36:47.460><c> the</c><00:36:47.860><c> high</c><00:36:48.059><c> priest,</c>

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:54.659
if<00:36:48.420><c> we</c><00:36:48.579><c> look</c><00:36:48.719><c> in</c><00:36:48.940><c> Leviticus</c><00:36:49.380><c> 21</c><00:36:50.360><c> verse</c><00:36:50.780><c> 7,</c><00:36:51.380><c> speaking</c><00:36:51.599><c> of</c><00:36:51.960><c> the</c><00:36:52.300><c> high</c><00:36:52.579><c> priest,</c><00:36:53.480><c> they</c><00:36:53.619><c> shall</c><00:36:53.780><c> not</c><00:36:53.980><c> take</c><00:36:54.239><c> a</c><00:36:54.460><c> wife,</c>

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:57.420
that<00:36:54.739><c> is</c><00:36:54.960><c> a</c><00:36:55.219><c> whore</c><00:36:55.460><c> or</c><00:36:55.639><c> profane,</c><00:36:56.579><c> neither</c><00:36:56.739><c> shall</c><00:36:56.920><c> they</c><00:36:57.059><c> take</c><00:36:57.239><c> a</c>

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.940
woman<00:36:57.699><c> to</c><00:36:57.900><c> put</c><00:36:58.019><c> away</c><00:36:58.260><c> from</c><00:36:58.440><c> a</c><00:36:58.579><c> husband,</c>

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:03.480
for<00:36:59.340><c> he</c><00:36:59.559><c> is</c><00:36:59.780><c> holy</c><00:37:00.360><c> unto</c><00:37:00.800><c> his</c><00:37:01.219><c> God.</c><00:37:02.239><c> Thou</c><00:37:02.360><c> shalt</c><00:37:02.619><c> sanctify</c><00:37:03.260><c> him</c>

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:05.820
therefore,<00:37:04.340><c> for</c><00:37:04.539><c> he</c><00:37:04.900><c> offered</c><00:37:05.139><c> the</c><00:37:05.380><c> bread</c><00:37:05.539><c> of</c><00:37:05.699><c> thy</c>

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:10.940
God.<00:37:06.260><c> He</c><00:37:06.260><c> shall</c><00:37:06.420><c> be</c><00:37:06.760><c> holy</c><00:37:07.159><c> unto</c><00:37:07.559><c> thee,</c><00:37:08.820><c> for</c><00:37:09.079><c> I</c><00:37:09.340><c> am</c><00:37:09.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:09.780><c> which</c><00:37:10.079><c> sanctifyeth</c><00:37:10.840><c> you.</c>

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.579
Verse<00:37:11.219><c> 10,</c><00:37:11.940><c> and</c><00:37:12.039><c> he</c><00:37:12.280><c> that</c><00:37:12.420><c> is</c>

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:15.739
the<00:37:12.860><c> high</c><00:37:13.159><c> priest</c><00:37:13.519><c> among</c><00:37:13.780><c> his</c><00:37:14.079><c> brethren,</c><00:37:14.820><c> upon</c><00:37:14.960><c> whose</c><00:37:15.199><c> the</c><00:37:15.460><c> head</c><00:37:15.579><c> of</c>

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:17.900
the<00:37:15.940><c> anointing</c><00:37:16.300><c> oil</c><00:37:16.480><c> was</c><00:37:16.820><c> poured,</c><00:37:17.500><c> that</c><00:37:17.559><c> is</c>

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:20.860
consecrated<00:37:18.559><c> to</c><00:37:18.739><c> put</c><00:37:18.880><c> on</c><00:37:19.019><c> the</c><00:37:19.199><c> garments,</c><00:37:19.920><c> shall</c><00:37:20.039><c> not</c><00:37:20.460><c> uncover</c>

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:24.000
his<00:37:21.179><c> head</c><00:37:21.360><c> or</c><00:37:21.800><c> rend</c><00:37:22.000><c> his</c><00:37:22.360><c> clothes.</c><00:37:23.340><c> Verse</c><00:37:23.699><c> 12,</c>

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:26.320
neither<00:37:24.239><c> shall</c><00:37:24.500><c> he</c><00:37:24.659><c> go</c><00:37:24.860><c> out</c><00:37:25.039><c> of</c><00:37:25.139><c> the</c><00:37:25.340><c> sanctuary</c><00:37:25.579><c> nor</c><00:37:25.800><c> profane</c>

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:28.440
the<00:37:26.559><c> sanctuary,</c><00:37:27.420><c> for</c><00:37:27.420><c> the</c><00:37:27.739><c> crown</c><00:37:28.019><c> of</c><00:37:28.239><c> the</c>

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:33.099
anointing<00:37:28.880><c> oil</c><00:37:29.059><c> of</c><00:37:29.199><c> his</c><00:37:29.400><c> God</c><00:37:29.679><c> is</c><00:37:30.139><c> upon</c><00:37:30.440><c> him.</c><00:37:30.699><c> And</c><00:37:30.920><c> we</c><00:37:31.079><c> know</c><00:37:31.300><c> what</c><00:37:31.440><c> that</c><00:37:31.659><c> crown</c><00:37:31.960><c> says,</c><00:37:32.420><c> don't</c><00:37:32.440><c> we?</c>

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.500
Holiness<00:37:33.840><c> to</c><00:37:34.320><c> the</c>

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:38.320
Lord,<00:37:34.960><c> that</c><00:37:35.159><c> phrase</c><00:37:35.460><c> that</c><00:37:35.840><c> Luke</c><00:37:36.039><c> picks</c><00:37:36.340><c> up</c><00:37:36.599><c> there.</c><00:37:37.440><c> And</c><00:37:37.539><c> so</c><00:37:37.840><c> Luke</c><00:37:38.039><c> here</c><00:37:38.239><c> I</c>

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:39.280
think<00:37:38.400><c> is</c><00:37:38.579><c> making</c><00:37:38.900><c> reference,</c>

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:43.099
that<00:37:39.460><c> not</c><00:37:39.599><c> only</c><00:37:39.760><c> is</c><00:37:40.000><c> Jesus</c><00:37:40.380><c> the</c><00:37:40.900><c> firstborn,</c><00:37:41.860><c> a</c><00:37:42.119><c> direct</c><00:37:42.840><c> line</c>

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:45.980
of<00:37:43.380><c> David,</c><00:37:44.239><c> he's</c><00:37:44.480><c> also</c><00:37:44.780><c> the</c><00:37:45.039><c> high</c><00:37:45.360><c> priest</c><00:37:45.659><c> there</c>

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:50.420
to<00:37:46.480><c> save</c><00:37:46.820><c> his</c><00:37:47.159><c> people.</c><00:37:48.260><c> So</c><00:37:48.440><c> let's</c><00:37:48.659><c> come</c><00:37:48.860><c> now</c><00:37:49.059><c> and</c><00:37:49.239><c> look</c><00:37:49.440><c> at</c><00:37:49.619><c> in</c>

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:52.880
conclusion<00:37:50.860><c> these</c><00:37:51.340><c> last</c><00:37:51.719><c> events</c><00:37:52.079><c> that</c><00:37:52.360><c> occurred</c>

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:56.619
in<00:37:53.000><c> the</c><00:37:53.199><c> temple</c><00:37:53.599><c> when</c><00:37:54.059><c> Joseph</c><00:37:54.519><c> and</c><00:37:54.739><c> Mary</c><00:37:55.079><c> do</c><00:37:55.360><c> come</c><00:37:55.679><c> to</c><00:37:55.940><c> present</c>

00:37:56.619 --> 00:38:00.320
their<00:37:57.579><c> son</c><00:37:57.980><c> to</c><00:37:58.380><c> the</c><00:37:58.579><c> temple.</c><00:37:59.539><c> Luke</c><00:37:59.800><c> chapter</c><00:38:00.119><c> 2,</c>

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:03.699
they<00:38:00.440><c> have</c><00:38:00.519><c> these</c><00:38:00.739><c> remarkable</c><00:38:01.480><c> characters</c><00:38:02.119><c> appear</c><00:38:03.260><c> before</c>

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:07.500
them.<00:38:04.639><c> So</c><00:38:04.760><c> verse</c><00:38:05.019><c> 25,</c><00:38:06.380><c> they've</c><00:38:06.599><c> come</c><00:38:06.760><c> now</c><00:38:06.980><c> before</c><00:38:07.280><c> the</c>

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:10.980
temple,<00:38:08.420><c> and</c><00:38:08.440><c> behold</c><00:38:08.860><c> there</c><00:38:09.079><c> was</c><00:38:09.300><c> a</c><00:38:09.460><c> man</c><00:38:09.659><c> in</c><00:38:09.920><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:10.440><c> whose</c>

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:13.860
name<00:38:11.260><c> was</c><00:38:11.579><c> Simeon.</c><00:38:12.539><c> And</c><00:38:12.659><c> the</c><00:38:12.880><c> same</c><00:38:13.019><c> was</c><00:38:13.239><c> a</c><00:38:13.539><c> just</c>

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:17.519
and<00:38:14.219><c> devout,</c><00:38:14.780><c> same</c><00:38:14.960><c> word</c><00:38:15.219><c> used</c><00:38:15.400><c> of</c><00:38:15.539><c> Joseph,</c><00:38:16.639><c> waiting</c><00:38:17.000><c> for</c><00:38:17.260><c> the</c>

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:20.300
consolation<00:38:18.340><c> or</c><00:38:18.519><c> the</c><00:38:18.800><c> comfort</c><00:38:19.239><c> of</c><00:38:19.760><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:25.460
and<00:38:20.920><c> the</c><00:38:21.139><c> Holy</c><00:38:21.579><c> Spirit</c><00:38:22.519><c> was</c><00:38:22.840><c> upon</c><00:38:23.139><c> him.</c><00:38:24.860><c> And</c><00:38:24.880><c> it</c><00:38:24.960><c> was</c><00:38:25.179><c> revealed</c>

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:27.059
unto<00:38:25.679><c> him</c><00:38:25.900><c> by</c><00:38:26.099><c> the</c><00:38:26.280><c> Holy</c><00:38:26.559><c> Spirit</c><00:38:26.820><c> that</c><00:38:26.920><c> he</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:30.800
should<00:38:27.300><c> not</c><00:38:27.639><c> see</c><00:38:27.900><c> death</c><00:38:28.239><c> before</c><00:38:28.920><c> he</c><00:38:29.059><c> had</c><00:38:29.340><c> seen</c><00:38:29.659><c> the</c><00:38:29.860><c> Lord's</c><00:38:30.340><c> Christ</c><00:38:30.599><c> or</c>

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:33.059
the<00:38:31.000><c> Lord's</c><00:38:31.360><c> anointed,</c><00:38:31.900><c> that</c><00:38:32.059><c> that</c><00:38:32.239><c> is.</c>

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:37.260
And<00:38:33.199><c> he</c><00:38:33.440><c> came</c><00:38:33.739><c> by</c><00:38:34.059><c> the</c><00:38:34.340><c> Spirit</c><00:38:34.579><c> into</c><00:38:34.900><c> the</c><00:38:35.139><c> temple</c><00:38:35.519><c> and</c><00:38:35.960><c> when</c><00:38:36.079><c> the</c><00:38:36.340><c> parents</c><00:38:36.559><c> brought</c><00:38:37.039><c> in</c>

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:39.059
the<00:38:37.440><c> child</c><00:38:37.719><c> Jesus</c><00:38:38.079><c> to</c><00:38:38.340><c> do</c><00:38:38.659><c> him</c>

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:41.940
after<00:38:39.500><c> the</c><00:38:39.739><c> custom</c><00:38:40.000><c> of</c><00:38:40.219><c> the</c><00:38:40.340><c> law.</c><00:38:40.500><c> So</c><00:38:40.599><c> we</c><00:38:40.739><c> saw</c><00:38:40.880><c> that</c><00:38:41.019><c> they</c><00:38:41.039><c> would</c><00:38:41.480><c> bring</c><00:38:41.739><c> him</c>

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:43.340
in<00:38:42.099><c> after</c><00:38:42.320><c> those</c><00:38:42.639><c> 33</c><00:38:42.960><c> days,</c>

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:46.039
they<00:38:43.679><c> would</c><00:38:43.880><c> hand</c><00:38:44.139><c> him</c><00:38:44.300><c> over</c><00:38:44.519><c> to</c><00:38:44.679><c> the</c><00:38:44.920><c> priest</c><00:38:45.059><c> and</c><00:38:45.239><c> the</c><00:38:45.519><c> priest</c>

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:48.139
would<00:38:46.280><c> bless</c><00:38:46.519><c> the</c><00:38:46.760><c> child.</c><00:38:47.340><c> As</c><00:38:47.559><c> they're</c><00:38:47.840><c> handing</c>

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:51.699
him<00:38:48.199><c> over</c><00:38:48.539><c> to</c><00:38:48.699><c> the</c><00:38:48.880><c> priest,</c><00:38:49.820><c> Simeon</c><00:38:50.059><c> steps</c><00:38:50.440><c> in,</c><00:38:51.019><c> he</c><00:38:51.199><c> takes</c><00:38:51.460><c> him</c>

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:54.579
up<00:38:52.019><c> out</c><00:38:52.380><c> of</c><00:38:52.500><c> the</c><00:38:52.699><c> hands</c><00:38:52.840><c> of</c><00:38:53.119><c> Mary</c><00:38:53.420><c> and</c><00:38:53.840><c> he</c><00:38:54.059><c> turns</c><00:38:54.260><c> around</c>

00:38:54.579 --> 00:39:00.679
and<00:38:54.760><c> he</c><00:38:55.079><c> blesses</c><00:38:55.500><c> God.</c><00:38:57.159><c> What</c><00:38:57.480><c> does</c><00:38:57.739><c> he</c><00:38:58.159><c> say?</c><00:38:58.539><c> Now</c><00:38:58.840><c> just</c><00:39:00.079><c> by</c><00:39:00.480><c> way</c>

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:02.900
of<00:39:00.800><c> interest</c><00:39:00.940><c> we</c><00:39:01.099><c> can</c><00:39:01.300><c> sometimes</c><00:39:01.840><c> romanticise</c><00:39:02.780><c> this</c>

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:05.199
and<00:39:03.039><c> think</c><00:39:03.219><c> about</c><00:39:03.380><c> all</c><00:39:03.500><c> this</c><00:39:03.679><c> old</c><00:39:03.960><c> man</c><00:39:04.219><c> has</c><00:39:04.460><c> he</c><00:39:04.599><c> been</c><00:39:04.780><c> waiting</c>

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:08.780
for<00:39:05.579><c> for</c><00:39:05.780><c> Messiah</c><00:39:06.119><c> to</c><00:39:06.460><c> come,</c><00:39:06.920><c> but</c><00:39:07.420><c> let's</c><00:39:08.619><c> just</c>

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:12.239
dig<00:39:08.880><c> a</c><00:39:08.960><c> little</c><00:39:09.059><c> bit</c><00:39:09.159><c> deeper</c><00:39:09.519><c> at</c><00:39:09.780><c> these</c><00:39:10.000><c> words</c><00:39:10.380><c> here.</c><00:39:10.559><c> Verse</c><00:39:10.820><c> 26,</c><00:39:12.159><c> it</c>

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:14.280
says<00:39:12.320><c> it</c><00:39:12.440><c> was</c><00:39:12.679><c> revealed</c><00:39:13.179><c> unto</c><00:39:13.440><c> him</c><00:39:13.699><c> by</c><00:39:13.880><c> the</c><00:39:14.039><c> Holy</c>

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:18.099
Spirit.<00:39:14.840><c> That</c><00:39:15.039><c> revealed</c><00:39:15.559><c> is</c><00:39:15.800><c> actually,</c><00:39:16.280><c> should</c><00:39:16.579><c> be</c><00:39:16.820><c> translated,</c><00:39:17.900><c> warned.</c>

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:20.539
It's<00:39:18.679><c> the</c><00:39:18.820><c> same</c><00:39:19.139><c> that</c><00:39:20.059><c> God</c><00:39:20.300><c> does</c>

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:24.179
to<00:39:20.780><c> Joseph</c><00:39:21.219><c> in</c><00:39:21.440><c> Matthew</c><00:39:21.820><c> 2,</c><00:39:22.380><c> warns</c><00:39:22.780><c> him</c><00:39:23.179><c> that</c><00:39:23.599><c> Herod</c><00:39:23.820><c> is</c><00:39:24.039><c> going</c>

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:27.019
to<00:39:24.440><c> persecute</c><00:39:24.880><c> him.</c><00:39:25.360><c> So</c><00:39:25.360><c> he</c><00:39:25.559><c> was</c><00:39:25.940><c> warned</c><00:39:26.440><c> by</c><00:39:26.820><c> the</c>

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:31.199
Holy<00:39:27.280><c> Spirit</c><00:39:27.800><c> that</c><00:39:28.260><c> he</c><00:39:28.420><c> would</c><00:39:28.699><c> not</c><00:39:28.960><c> see</c><00:39:29.239><c> death.</c><00:39:29.980><c> In</c><00:39:30.099><c> verse</c><00:39:30.400><c> 29,</c>

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.639
when<00:39:31.639><c> he</c><00:39:31.860><c> speaks</c><00:39:32.099><c> this</c><00:39:32.280><c> he</c><00:39:32.380><c> says,</c>

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:35.719
Lord,<00:39:33.539><c> now</c><00:39:33.780><c> let</c><00:39:33.960><c> us</c><00:39:34.139><c> thy</c><00:39:34.320><c> servant</c><00:39:34.659><c> depart.</c><00:39:35.019><c> That</c><00:39:35.179><c> word</c><00:39:35.440><c> Lord</c>

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:39.320
is<00:39:36.059><c> despot</c><00:39:36.719><c> or</c><00:39:37.079><c> slave</c><00:39:37.599><c> master.</c><00:39:38.880><c> So</c><00:39:39.039><c> he's</c><00:39:39.159><c> saying</c>

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:42.840
slave<00:39:39.780><c> master,</c><00:39:40.699><c> let</c><00:39:40.900><c> thy</c><00:39:41.260><c> slave</c><00:39:41.679><c> depart.</c><00:39:42.179><c> The</c><00:39:42.239><c> word</c><00:39:42.480><c> depart</c>

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:45.159
there<00:39:43.019><c> is</c><00:39:43.159><c> to</c><00:39:43.280><c> be</c><00:39:43.480><c> released</c><00:39:43.880><c> from</c><00:39:44.179><c> jail.</c>

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:51.099
So<00:39:46.679><c> it's</c><00:39:47.139><c> not</c><00:39:47.440><c> quite</c><00:39:47.780><c> like</c><00:39:48.139><c> this.</c><00:39:49.159><c> Here's</c><00:39:49.420><c> a</c><00:39:49.599><c> man</c><00:39:49.739><c> that's</c><00:39:50.059><c> being</c><00:39:50.480><c> warned</c><00:39:50.860><c> that</c>

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:52.760
he<00:39:51.300><c> would</c><00:39:51.639><c> not</c><00:39:51.940><c> pass</c><00:39:52.320><c> on</c>

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:59.320
to<00:39:53.179><c> his</c><00:39:53.440><c> eyes</c><00:39:53.739><c> laid</c><00:39:54.000><c> on</c><00:39:54.179><c> the</c><00:39:54.380><c> salvation</c><00:39:54.980><c> of</c><00:39:55.199><c> God.</c><00:39:55.780><c> He's</c><00:39:56.059><c> earnestly</c><00:39:56.639><c> waiting</c><00:39:57.059><c> for</c><00:39:57.420><c> release</c><00:39:57.820><c> and</c><00:39:58.199><c> now</c><00:39:58.659><c> it</c><00:39:59.019><c> will</c>

00:39:59.320 --> 00:40:04.579
finally<00:39:59.739><c> happen.</c><00:40:00.480><c> And</c><00:40:00.599><c> so</c><00:40:00.800><c> he</c><00:40:01.179><c> grabs</c><00:40:01.519><c> this</c><00:40:01.820><c> child</c><00:40:02.139><c> and</c><00:40:02.579><c> he</c><00:40:02.699><c> says,</c><00:40:03.079><c> verse</c><00:40:03.280><c> 29,</c>

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:08.019
master,<00:40:06.360><c> now</c><00:40:06.539><c> let</c><00:40:06.820><c> thy</c><00:40:07.199><c> slave</c><00:40:07.679><c> be</c>

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:10.420
released<00:40:08.380><c> in</c><00:40:08.699><c> peace.</c><00:40:09.440><c> According</c><00:40:09.440><c> to</c><00:40:09.639><c> the</c><00:40:09.719><c> word</c><00:40:09.800><c> you</c><00:40:10.059><c> promised</c>

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:13.320
me<00:40:10.619><c> I</c><00:40:10.719><c> would</c><00:40:10.940><c> die</c><00:40:11.199><c> now.</c><00:40:12.099><c> For</c><00:40:12.099><c> my</c><00:40:12.480><c> eyes</c><00:40:12.940><c> have</c>

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:18.119
seen<00:40:13.639><c> thy</c><00:40:13.980><c> salvation.</c><00:40:15.659><c> Yahoshua,</c><00:40:16.300><c> Yah</c><00:40:16.579><c> shall</c><00:40:16.880><c> save,</c><00:40:17.219><c> the</c><00:40:17.420><c> salvation</c><00:40:17.860><c> of</c>

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:20.599
Yahweh.<00:40:19.559><c> And</c><00:40:19.679><c> he</c><00:40:19.780><c> goes</c><00:40:19.960><c> on</c><00:40:20.119><c> to</c><00:40:20.300><c> say</c><00:40:20.400><c> some</c>

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:24.400
remarkable<00:40:21.139><c> things.</c><00:40:21.639><c> Verse</c><00:40:21.639><c> 31,</c><00:40:22.420><c> which</c><00:40:23.000><c> thou</c><00:40:23.320><c> hast</c><00:40:23.659><c> prepared</c>

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:26.920
before<00:40:25.079><c> the</c><00:40:25.340><c> face</c><00:40:25.619><c> of</c><00:40:25.820><c> all</c><00:40:26.000><c> people.</c><00:40:26.719><c> And</c><00:40:26.840><c> as</c>

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:29.199
we<00:40:27.019><c> saw</c><00:40:27.179><c> last</c><00:40:27.460><c> class,</c><00:40:27.679><c> it</c><00:40:27.920><c> has</c><00:40:28.139><c> been</c><00:40:28.460><c> prepared,</c><00:40:28.860><c> hasn't</c><00:40:29.000><c> it?</c>

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Thousands<00:40:29.820><c> of</c><00:40:30.119><c> years</c><00:40:30.460><c> it</c><00:40:30.760><c> has</c><00:40:30.940><c> now</c><00:40:31.199><c> been</c><00:40:31.480><c> manifested.</c>

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:36.300
But<00:40:32.440><c> it's</c><00:40:32.579><c> not</c><00:40:32.900><c> just</c><00:40:33.219><c> manifested</c><00:40:33.800><c> here</c><00:40:34.219><c> for</c><00:40:34.760><c> the</c><00:40:35.480><c> Jews,</c><00:40:36.000><c> it's</c>

00:40:36.300 --> 00:40:40.119
for<00:40:36.699><c> all</c><00:40:37.139><c> people.</c><00:40:38.519><c> As</c><00:40:38.579><c> he</c><00:40:38.780><c> says</c><00:40:38.980><c> in</c><00:40:39.159><c> verse</c><00:40:39.380><c> 32,</c>

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:47.719
a<00:40:40.639><c> light</c><00:40:41.039><c> to</c><00:40:41.420><c> lighten</c><00:40:41.820><c> the</c><00:40:42.019><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:42.659><c> and</c><00:40:43.099><c> a</c><00:40:43.480><c> glory</c><00:40:43.980><c> of</c><00:40:44.480><c> thy</c><00:40:44.699><c> people</c><00:40:45.139><c> Israel.</c><00:40:46.099><c> That</c><00:40:46.239><c> the</c><00:40:46.460><c> first</c><00:40:46.719><c> half</c><00:40:47.059><c> of</c>

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.900
that<00:40:48.059><c> verse</c>

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:56.079
there,<00:40:52.300><c> a</c><00:40:52.480><c> light</c><00:40:52.900><c> to</c><00:40:53.219><c> lighten</c><00:40:53.639><c> the</c><00:40:53.800><c> Gentiles,</c><00:40:54.539><c> comes</c><00:40:54.719><c> from</c><00:40:54.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:55.340><c> 49</c>

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:58.619
verse<00:40:56.420><c> 6.</c><00:40:57.360><c> And</c><00:40:57.539><c> he</c><00:40:57.739><c> said,</c><00:40:57.980><c> it</c><00:40:57.980><c> is</c><00:40:58.179><c> a</c><00:40:58.420><c> light</c>

00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:01.760
thing<00:40:58.880><c> that</c><00:40:59.000><c> thou</c><00:40:59.179><c> shouldest</c><00:40:59.559><c> be</c><00:41:00.219><c> my</c><00:41:00.619><c> servant</c><00:41:00.980><c> to</c><00:41:01.219><c> raise</c><00:41:01.539><c> up</c>

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:04.260
the<00:41:01.960><c> tribes</c><00:41:02.199><c> of</c><00:41:02.460><c> Jacob,</c><00:41:03.059><c> to</c><00:41:03.059><c> restore</c><00:41:04.000><c> the</c>

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:06.820
preserved<00:41:04.619><c> of</c><00:41:04.820><c> Israel.</c><00:41:05.059><c> So</c><00:41:05.219><c> yes,</c><00:41:05.500><c> there's</c><00:41:05.679><c> that</c><00:41:05.920><c> element.</c><00:41:06.659><c> But</c><00:41:06.659><c> I</c>

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:09.179
will<00:41:07.139><c> also</c><00:41:07.519><c> give</c><00:41:07.719><c> thee</c><00:41:07.920><c> for</c><00:41:08.119><c> a</c><00:41:08.420><c> light</c><00:41:08.619><c> to</c><00:41:08.980><c> the</c>

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:15.559
Gentiles,<00:41:10.159><c> that</c><00:41:10.260><c> thou</c><00:41:10.400><c> mayest</c><00:41:10.739><c> be</c><00:41:10.900><c> my</c><00:41:11.139><c> salvation</c><00:41:12.019><c> unto</c><00:41:12.579><c> the</c><00:41:12.940><c> end</c><00:41:13.519><c> of</c><00:41:13.880><c> the</c><00:41:14.039><c> earth.</c><00:41:14.480><c> So</c><00:41:14.659><c> here</c><00:41:14.940><c> he</c><00:41:15.079><c> was</c><00:41:15.219><c> a</c>

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.239
light<00:41:15.860><c> to</c>

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:20.239
the<00:41:16.420><c> Gentiles.</c><00:41:18.000><c> But</c><00:41:18.199><c> Simeon</c><00:41:18.360><c> says</c><00:41:18.579><c> he's</c><00:41:18.860><c> going</c><00:41:19.099><c> to</c><00:41:19.579><c> lighten</c>

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:22.780
the<00:41:20.519><c> Gentiles.</c><00:41:21.099><c> That</c><00:41:21.360><c> word</c><00:41:21.619><c> means</c><00:41:21.920><c> to</c><00:41:22.239><c> uncover,</c>

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:27.500
to<00:41:23.260><c> reveal.</c><00:41:24.380><c> And</c><00:41:24.500><c> so</c><00:41:24.599><c> we</c><00:41:24.780><c> see</c><00:41:25.039><c> this</c><00:41:25.639><c> here</c><00:41:26.079><c> in</c><00:41:26.300><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:26.599><c> 25</c><00:41:27.280><c> verse</c>

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:30.840
7.<00:41:28.380><c> He</c><00:41:28.480><c> will</c><00:41:28.860><c> swallow</c><00:41:29.199><c> up</c><00:41:29.579><c> on</c><00:41:29.739><c> his</c><00:41:30.039><c> mountain</c>

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:34.719
the<00:41:31.199><c> covering</c><00:41:31.639><c> that</c><00:41:32.079><c> is</c><00:41:32.420><c> cast</c><00:41:32.719><c> over</c><00:41:33.019><c> all</c><00:41:33.320><c> peoples,</c><00:41:34.019><c> the</c><00:41:34.320><c> veil</c>

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:36.900
that<00:41:35.119><c> is</c><00:41:35.579><c> spread</c><00:41:35.760><c> over</c><00:41:36.179><c> all</c><00:41:36.360><c> nations.</c>

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:40.179
And<00:41:37.519><c> so</c><00:41:37.619><c> the</c><00:41:37.860><c> Gentiles</c><00:41:38.400><c> were</c><00:41:38.679><c> in</c><00:41:38.920><c> ignorance,</c><00:41:39.340><c> they</c><00:41:39.480><c> were</c><00:41:39.699><c> covered,</c><00:41:40.019><c> they</c>

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:42.460
were<00:41:40.400><c> in</c><00:41:40.579><c> darkness.</c><00:41:41.599><c> And</c><00:41:41.780><c> here</c><00:41:42.000><c> Christ</c>

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:46.460
was<00:41:42.860><c> going</c><00:41:43.019><c> to</c><00:41:43.300><c> pull</c><00:41:43.539><c> back</c><00:41:44.179><c> that</c><00:41:44.599><c> and</c><00:41:45.119><c> shine</c><00:41:45.559><c> his</c><00:41:45.920><c> light,</c><00:41:46.159><c> the</c>

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:48.960
light<00:41:46.679><c> of</c><00:41:46.860><c> the</c><00:41:47.079><c> message</c><00:41:47.400><c> to</c><00:41:48.000><c> the</c><00:41:48.260><c> Gentiles</c><00:41:48.679><c> and</c>

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:52.360
lighten<00:41:49.760><c> their</c><00:41:50.059><c> world.</c><00:41:50.340><c> That</c><00:41:50.539><c> was</c><00:41:50.760><c> the</c><00:41:50.940><c> role</c><00:41:51.099><c> of</c><00:41:51.300><c> Christ.</c><00:41:52.219><c> But</c>

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:54.739
as<00:41:52.679><c> well,</c><00:41:53.300><c> he</c><00:41:53.420><c> says</c><00:41:53.679><c> there,</c><00:41:53.960><c> the</c><00:41:54.079><c> second</c><00:41:54.360><c> part</c><00:41:54.619><c> of</c>

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:59.119
that<00:41:54.940><c> verse</c><00:41:55.159><c> is</c><00:41:55.719><c> the</c><00:41:56.079><c> glory</c><00:41:56.619><c> of</c><00:41:57.219><c> the</c><00:41:57.440><c> people</c><00:41:57.960><c> of</c><00:41:58.260><c> Israel.</c><00:41:58.960><c> And</c>

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:01.159
when<00:41:59.239><c> we</c><00:41:59.460><c> look</c><00:41:59.619><c> at</c><00:41:59.719><c> this</c><00:41:59.860><c> idea</c><00:42:00.159><c> of</c><00:42:00.320><c> the</c><00:42:00.559><c> glory</c><00:42:00.900><c> of</c>

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:05.400
Israel,<00:42:01.559><c> what</c><00:42:01.840><c> is</c><00:42:02.000><c> that?</c><00:42:02.179><c> Well,</c><00:42:02.260><c> it's</c><00:42:02.460><c> used</c><00:42:02.920><c> in</c><00:42:03.539><c> reference</c><00:42:03.880><c> more</c><00:42:04.199><c> often</c><00:42:04.460><c> than</c><00:42:04.659><c> not</c><00:42:04.980><c> to</c>

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:06.940
the<00:42:05.699><c> tabernacle,</c><00:42:06.239><c> to</c><00:42:06.380><c> the</c><00:42:06.599><c> most</c>

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:10.119
holy,<00:42:07.460><c> this</c><00:42:07.719><c> glory</c><00:42:08.360><c> that</c><00:42:08.679><c> resided</c><00:42:09.119><c> in</c><00:42:09.400><c> people.</c><00:42:09.780><c> We</c><00:42:09.880><c> see</c><00:42:10.000><c> in</c>

00:42:10.119 --> 00:42:12.880
these<00:42:10.300><c> verses</c><00:42:10.639><c> here,</c><00:42:11.239><c> the</c><00:42:11.460><c> tabernacle,</c><00:42:12.519><c> that</c><00:42:12.639><c> the</c>

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:17.119
mark<00:42:13.079><c> of</c><00:42:13.280><c> God</c><00:42:13.539><c> was</c><00:42:13.780><c> considered</c><00:42:14.139><c> the</c><00:42:14.420><c> glory</c><00:42:15.019><c> of</c><00:42:15.559><c> Israel.</c><00:42:17.000><c> And</c>

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:18.960
for<00:42:17.300><c> the</c><00:42:17.460><c> nation,</c><00:42:17.860><c> the</c><00:42:18.019><c> glory</c><00:42:18.239><c> of</c><00:42:18.519><c> Israel,</c><00:42:18.800><c> their</c>

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:23.900
holy<00:42:19.320><c> place</c><00:42:19.619><c> was</c><00:42:20.099><c> locked</c><00:42:20.480><c> away.</c><00:42:21.219><c> It</c><00:42:21.360><c> was</c><00:42:21.659><c> hidden.</c><00:42:22.300><c> It</c><00:42:22.380><c> was</c><00:42:22.559><c> only</c><00:42:22.880><c> accessed</c><00:42:23.320><c> by</c>

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:25.960
a<00:42:24.179><c> very</c><00:42:24.639><c> few,</c><00:42:25.280><c> once</c><00:42:25.579><c> a</c><00:42:25.840><c> year,</c>

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:31.239
got<00:42:26.199><c> access</c><00:42:26.659><c> to</c><00:42:26.880><c> the</c><00:42:27.099><c> glory</c><00:42:27.599><c> of</c><00:42:28.059><c> Israel.</c><00:42:29.059><c> But</c><00:42:29.199><c> as</c><00:42:29.380><c> we</c><00:42:29.579><c> know,</c><00:42:29.840><c> Christ</c><00:42:30.199><c> would</c><00:42:30.440><c> now</c><00:42:30.699><c> come,</c><00:42:31.199><c> he</c>

00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:32.460
would<00:42:31.519><c> tear</c><00:42:31.900><c> that</c><00:42:32.219><c> veil</c>

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:35.900
open<00:42:32.940><c> and</c><00:42:33.340><c> he</c><00:42:33.460><c> would</c><00:42:33.780><c> open</c><00:42:34.039><c> that</c><00:42:34.280><c> up</c><00:42:34.559><c> and</c><00:42:34.840><c> reveal</c><00:42:35.179><c> it</c><00:42:35.380><c> for</c><00:42:35.599><c> all</c>

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:38.960
to<00:42:36.179><c> see.</c><00:42:37.039><c> We</c><00:42:37.159><c> won't</c><00:42:37.420><c> have</c><00:42:37.599><c> time,</c><00:42:38.119><c> but</c><00:42:38.159><c> Hebrews,</c>

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:46.480
Hebrews<00:42:39.559><c> chapter</c><00:42:43.119><c> 9</c><00:42:43.539><c> and</c><00:42:43.800><c> 10</c><00:42:44.079><c> talk</c><00:42:44.519><c> about</c><00:42:44.840><c> that,</c><00:42:45.460><c> Christ</c><00:42:45.559><c> opening</c><00:42:46.139><c> up</c>

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:48.480
the<00:42:46.619><c> way</c><00:42:46.840><c> of</c><00:42:47.019><c> the</c><00:42:47.139><c> holy</c><00:42:47.340><c> for</c><00:42:47.559><c> all</c><00:42:47.860><c> people.</c>

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:51.539
And<00:42:48.920><c> so</c><00:42:49.000><c> we</c><00:42:49.099><c> have</c><00:42:49.260><c> the</c><00:42:49.480><c> Gentiles</c><00:42:50.099><c> covered</c><00:42:50.500><c> in</c><00:42:50.760><c> ignorance.</c><00:42:51.480><c> We</c>

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:54.079
have<00:42:51.739><c> the</c><00:42:52.019><c> Jews</c><00:42:52.280><c> locked</c><00:42:52.739><c> away</c><00:42:53.099><c> by</c><00:42:53.300><c> their</c><00:42:53.480><c> barriers</c><00:42:53.840><c> of</c>

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:57.000
the<00:42:54.239><c> law.</c><00:42:54.980><c> Christ</c><00:42:55.280><c> would</c><00:42:55.500><c> come</c><00:42:55.739><c> and</c><00:42:55.900><c> would</c><00:42:56.139><c> open</c><00:42:56.440><c> those</c><00:42:56.760><c> both</c>

00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:00.179
up<00:42:57.599><c> and</c><00:42:58.019><c> shine</c><00:42:58.340><c> on</c><00:42:58.599><c> the</c><00:42:58.760><c> wonderful</c><00:42:59.340><c> salvation</c>

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:05.760
and<00:43:00.679><c> the</c><00:43:00.920><c> light</c><00:43:01.539><c> of</c><00:43:02.039><c> Christ.</c><00:43:04.539><c> But</c><00:43:04.679><c> he's</c><00:43:04.760><c> going</c><00:43:04.960><c> to</c><00:43:05.119><c> now</c><00:43:05.300><c> also,</c>

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.860
as<00:43:06.300><c> marvelous</c><00:43:06.980><c> as</c><00:43:07.260><c> that</c><00:43:07.440><c> is,</c>

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:13.460
he's<00:43:08.320><c> going</c><00:43:08.500><c> to</c><00:43:08.739><c> also</c><00:43:09.559><c> continue</c><00:43:10.699><c> and</c><00:43:11.619><c> look</c><00:43:12.099><c> at</c><00:43:12.639><c> Mary</c><00:43:13.039><c> as</c><00:43:13.320><c> well</c>

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:15.679
and<00:43:13.699><c> turn</c><00:43:13.880><c> his</c><00:43:14.099><c> attention</c><00:43:14.460><c> to</c><00:43:14.639><c> her.</c>

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:19.699
Luke<00:43:15.860><c> chapter</c><00:43:16.199><c> 2,</c><00:43:16.739><c> he</c><00:43:16.880><c> goes</c><00:43:17.159><c> on</c><00:43:17.460><c> there,</c><00:43:18.039><c> verse</c><00:43:18.360><c> 34,</c><00:43:19.300><c> he</c><00:43:19.440><c> turns</c>

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:21.780
his<00:43:19.960><c> attention</c><00:43:20.320><c> now</c><00:43:20.539><c> to</c><00:43:20.699><c> Mary.</c>

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:27.099
And<00:43:22.179><c> Simeon</c><00:43:22.480><c> blessed</c><00:43:22.900><c> them</c><00:43:23.320><c> and</c><00:43:24.159><c> said</c><00:43:24.260><c> unto</c><00:43:24.539><c> Mary</c><00:43:25.039><c> his</c><00:43:25.300><c> mother,</c><00:43:26.260><c> Behold,</c><00:43:26.820><c> this</c>

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:29.480
child<00:43:27.699><c> is</c><00:43:28.239><c> set</c><00:43:28.440><c> for</c><00:43:28.639><c> the</c><00:43:28.960><c> full</c>

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:33.360
and<00:43:29.920><c> rising</c><00:43:30.300><c> again</c><00:43:30.659><c> of</c><00:43:30.860><c> many</c><00:43:31.079><c> in</c><00:43:31.239><c> Israel,</c><00:43:31.940><c> and</c><00:43:32.099><c> for</c><00:43:32.320><c> a</c><00:43:32.579><c> sign</c><00:43:32.800><c> which</c><00:43:33.019><c> shall</c><00:43:33.159><c> be</c>

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:34.360
spoken<00:43:33.679><c> against,</c>

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:38.739
the<00:43:34.860><c> thoughts</c><00:43:35.280><c> of</c><00:43:35.639><c> many</c><00:43:36.019><c> hearts</c><00:43:36.639><c> will</c><00:43:37.260><c> be</c><00:43:37.460><c> revealed.</c><00:43:38.440><c> So</c><00:43:38.539><c> once</c>

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:41.199
again,<00:43:39.260><c> what's</c><00:43:39.480><c> he</c><00:43:39.719><c> saying</c><00:43:39.900><c> here?</c><00:43:40.780><c> Well,</c><00:43:40.900><c> he</c><00:43:41.019><c> says</c>

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:46.760
here,<00:43:41.900><c> behold,</c><00:43:42.400><c> he's</c><00:43:42.840><c> set</c><00:43:43.179><c> or</c><00:43:43.699><c> laid</c><00:43:43.960><c> out</c><00:43:44.519><c> for</c><00:43:45.179><c> the</c><00:43:45.579><c> full.</c><00:43:46.159><c> It's</c>

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:50.760
crushing<00:43:47.179><c> of</c><00:43:47.500><c> a</c><00:43:47.719><c> house.</c><00:43:48.719><c> Matthew</c><00:43:48.840><c> 7</c><00:43:49.280><c> 27,</c><00:43:50.179><c> the</c><00:43:50.440><c> parable</c>

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:53.920
of<00:43:50.980><c> the</c><00:43:51.179><c> two</c><00:43:51.380><c> houses</c><00:43:51.760><c> built</c><00:43:51.960><c> on</c><00:43:52.139><c> the</c><00:43:52.340><c> rock</c><00:43:52.480><c> and</c><00:43:52.659><c> the</c><00:43:52.860><c> sand.</c><00:43:53.360><c> That's</c><00:43:53.719><c> the</c>

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:56.699
same<00:43:54.179><c> word</c><00:43:54.480><c> here</c><00:43:54.780><c> for</c><00:43:55.300><c> the</c><00:43:55.699><c> crashing</c><00:43:56.079><c> down</c>

00:43:56.699 --> 00:44:01.760
and<00:43:57.519><c> rising</c><00:43:58.000><c> again</c><00:43:58.579><c> is</c><00:43:58.840><c> not</c><00:43:59.059><c> in</c><00:43:59.239><c> the</c><00:43:59.460><c> original.</c><00:44:00.079><c> It's</c><00:44:00.199><c> not</c><00:44:00.380><c> that</c><00:44:00.619><c> they'll</c><00:44:01.079><c> rise</c><00:44:01.340><c> down</c><00:44:01.619><c> and</c>

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the<00:44:01.940><c> same</c><00:44:02.099><c> people</c>

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:06.500
come<00:44:02.739><c> up</c><00:44:02.980><c> again.</c><00:44:03.599><c> It's</c><00:44:03.659><c> that</c><00:44:03.940><c> some</c><00:44:04.219><c> would</c><00:44:04.460><c> crash</c><00:44:04.820><c> down</c><00:44:05.199><c> and</c><00:44:05.579><c> others</c><00:44:05.920><c> would</c><00:44:06.199><c> be</c>

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:08.400
raised<00:44:06.940><c> up.</c><00:44:07.679><c> That's</c><00:44:07.920><c> how</c><00:44:08.179><c> it</c><00:44:08.260><c> was.</c>

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:11.000
People<00:44:08.940><c> had</c><00:44:09.159><c> built</c><00:44:09.239><c> this</c><00:44:09.500><c> idea</c><00:44:09.840><c> of</c><00:44:10.000><c> what</c><00:44:10.199><c> the</c><00:44:10.360><c> Messiah</c><00:44:10.760><c> would</c>

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be<00:44:11.239><c> like.</c><00:44:11.760><c> He</c><00:44:11.860><c> would</c><00:44:12.039><c> come</c><00:44:12.300><c> there</c><00:44:12.579><c> and</c><00:44:12.880><c> save</c><00:44:13.119><c> them</c>

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:16.139
from<00:44:13.480><c> the</c><00:44:13.719><c> Romans.</c><00:44:14.420><c> But</c><00:44:14.539><c> this</c><00:44:14.780><c> facade</c><00:44:15.239><c> would</c><00:44:15.440><c> come</c><00:44:15.739><c> crashing</c>

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:18.679
down<00:44:16.619><c> as</c><00:44:17.119><c> Jesus</c><00:44:17.519><c> came.</c><00:44:18.119><c> And</c><00:44:18.159><c> for</c><00:44:18.440><c> others,</c>

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:24.059
he<00:44:18.820><c> would</c><00:44:19.099><c> raise</c><00:44:19.420><c> them</c><00:44:19.599><c> up.</c><00:44:20.019><c> The</c><00:44:20.280><c> humble,</c><00:44:20.679><c> the</c><00:44:21.019><c> poor,</c><00:44:21.579><c> the</c><00:44:21.900><c> sinners,</c><00:44:22.179><c> those</c><00:44:22.440><c> that</c><00:44:22.559><c> were</c><00:44:22.800><c> despised</c><00:44:23.360><c> in</c><00:44:23.559><c> society,</c>

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:29.179
Christ<00:44:24.800><c> would</c><00:44:25.099><c> raise</c><00:44:25.420><c> them</c><00:44:25.659><c> up.</c><00:44:26.719><c> And</c><00:44:26.900><c> he</c><00:44:27.059><c> would</c><00:44:27.280><c> be</c><00:44:27.539><c> a</c><00:44:28.019><c> sign,</c><00:44:28.760><c> a</c>

00:44:29.179 --> 00:44:31.780
clear<00:44:29.460><c> mark</c><00:44:30.019><c> that</c><00:44:30.800><c> would</c><00:44:31.039><c> be</c><00:44:31.400><c> spoken</c>

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against<00:44:32.480><c> or</c><00:44:32.900><c> debated</c><00:44:33.460><c> as</c><00:44:34.139><c> that</c><00:44:34.420><c> word</c><00:44:34.599><c> is.</c><00:44:35.159><c> And</c><00:44:35.219><c> so</c><00:44:35.420><c> whilst</c><00:44:35.619><c> he's</c><00:44:35.860><c> a</c>

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:38.079
clear<00:44:36.360><c> indication,</c><00:44:37.300><c> it</c><00:44:37.400><c> would</c><00:44:37.579><c> be</c><00:44:37.820><c> something</c>

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:42.539
that<00:44:38.260><c> would</c><00:44:38.460><c> be</c><00:44:38.940><c> argued</c><00:44:39.159><c> and</c><00:44:39.460><c> debated</c><00:44:40.139><c> for</c><00:44:41.059><c> years</c><00:44:41.340><c> to</c><00:44:41.639><c> come.</c><00:44:42.280><c> And</c><00:44:42.400><c> I</c>

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:44.380
just<00:44:42.719><c> find</c><00:44:42.860><c> that</c><00:44:43.059><c> such</c><00:44:43.219><c> an</c><00:44:43.420><c> amazing</c><00:44:43.920><c> summary</c>

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:47.880
of<00:44:44.880><c> the</c><00:44:45.039><c> life</c><00:44:45.280><c> of</c><00:44:45.519><c> our</c><00:44:45.679><c> Messiah.</c><00:44:46.699><c> There's</c><00:44:46.940><c> no</c><00:44:47.139><c> middle</c><00:44:47.440><c> ground.</c>

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:50.159
You<00:44:48.340><c> either</c><00:44:48.539><c> come</c><00:44:48.840><c> crashing</c><00:44:49.199><c> down</c><00:44:49.619><c> or</c><00:44:49.880><c> you're</c>

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:53.219
raised<00:44:50.500><c> up.</c><00:44:51.199><c> And</c><00:44:51.380><c> whilst</c><00:44:51.559><c> there's</c><00:44:52.300><c> a</c><00:44:52.480><c> sign</c><00:44:52.659><c> of</c><00:44:52.800><c> the</c><00:44:52.920><c> Messiah</c>

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:55.639
and<00:44:53.400><c> the</c><00:44:53.679><c> message</c><00:44:53.920><c> of</c><00:44:54.079><c> the</c><00:44:54.219><c> Messiah</c><00:44:54.599><c> is</c><00:44:55.260><c> clear,</c>

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it's<00:44:56.280><c> heavily</c><00:44:56.659><c> debated.</c><00:44:57.920><c> We've</c><00:44:58.400><c> seen</c><00:44:58.719><c> it</c><00:44:58.920><c> numerous</c><00:44:59.260><c> times</c><00:44:59.579><c> just</c><00:44:59.840><c> in</c>

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:01.900
this<00:45:00.480><c> light</c><00:45:00.840><c> consideration</c><00:45:01.579><c> of</c><00:45:01.760><c> the</c>

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:04.519
early<00:45:02.119><c> life</c><00:45:02.360><c> of</c><00:45:02.480><c> his</c><00:45:02.679><c> life.</c><00:45:03.119><c> How</c><00:45:03.400><c> debated</c><00:45:03.920><c> it</c><00:45:04.059><c> is.</c><00:45:04.159><c> What</c><00:45:04.300><c> does</c>

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:06.860
the<00:45:04.699><c> Messiah</c><00:45:05.059><c> really</c><00:45:05.460><c> mean?</c><00:45:05.980><c> What</c><00:45:06.179><c> is</c><00:45:06.420><c> the</c><00:45:06.579><c> message</c>

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:11.860
of<00:45:07.079><c> Christ?</c><00:45:09.739><c> And</c><00:45:09.980><c> then</c><00:45:10.320><c> if</c><00:45:10.500><c> we</c><00:45:10.659><c> continue</c><00:45:10.980><c> on,</c><00:45:11.260><c> skipping</c><00:45:11.539><c> the</c>

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brackets<00:45:12.139><c> there</c><00:45:12.800><c> so</c><00:45:13.219><c> that</c><00:45:13.420><c> the</c><00:45:13.739><c> thoughts</c><00:45:14.019><c> of</c><00:45:14.360><c> many</c>

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:22.420
hearts<00:45:15.199><c> may</c><00:45:15.920><c> be</c><00:45:16.699><c> revealed.</c><00:45:19.940><c> Christ's</c><00:45:20.539><c> life</c><00:45:20.840><c> and</c><00:45:20.960><c> his</c><00:45:21.219><c> teaching</c><00:45:21.800><c> pair</c>

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:24.599
everything<00:45:22.940><c> back,</c><00:45:23.340><c> don't</c><00:45:23.619><c> they?</c><00:45:24.260><c> They</c>

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:28.800
reveal<00:45:24.900><c> the</c><00:45:25.300><c> true</c><00:45:25.639><c> heart,</c><00:45:26.480><c> the</c><00:45:26.699><c> true</c><00:45:27.000><c> feelings</c><00:45:27.440><c> we</c><00:45:27.800><c> have.</c><00:45:28.579><c> Of</c>

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:31.440
course<00:45:29.079><c> we</c><00:45:29.300><c> love</c><00:45:29.559><c> our</c><00:45:29.800><c> Lord</c><00:45:30.000><c> and</c><00:45:30.159><c> what</c><00:45:30.320><c> he</c><00:45:30.500><c> teaches.</c>

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:34.159
But<00:45:31.679><c> how</c><00:45:31.840><c> do</c><00:45:31.960><c> we</c><00:45:32.119><c> feel</c><00:45:32.320><c> when</c><00:45:32.460><c> he</c><00:45:32.679><c> says,</c><00:45:33.420><c> love</c><00:45:33.420><c> your</c><00:45:33.699><c> enemies,</c>

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:38.739
bless<00:45:34.840><c> them</c><00:45:35.059><c> that</c><00:45:35.300><c> curse</c><00:45:35.599><c> you?</c><00:45:37.119><c> Pray</c><00:45:37.460><c> for</c><00:45:37.639><c> those</c><00:45:38.019><c> that</c>

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:44.440
smite<00:45:39.340><c> you</c><00:45:39.579><c> and</c><00:45:40.000><c> turn</c><00:45:40.539><c> the</c><00:45:40.719><c> other</c><00:45:40.900><c> cheek?</c><00:45:41.739><c> Those</c><00:45:41.980><c> that</c><00:45:43.239><c> persecute</c><00:45:43.960><c> you?</c>

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:46.260
Give<00:45:44.820><c> arms</c><00:45:45.139><c> to</c><00:45:45.360><c> the</c><00:45:45.559><c> poor.</c><00:45:45.739><c> Give</c><00:45:45.900><c> everything</c>

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:49.139
away<00:45:46.579><c> that</c><00:45:46.739><c> you</c><00:45:46.960><c> have.</c><00:45:47.539><c> Put</c><00:45:47.699><c> your</c><00:45:48.000><c> trust</c><00:45:48.300><c> in</c><00:45:48.579><c> the</c><00:45:48.699><c> things</c><00:45:48.880><c> in</c>

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:53.420
heaven.<00:45:49.840><c> Not</c><00:45:49.940><c> on</c><00:45:50.179><c> things</c><00:45:50.480><c> now.</c><00:45:52.400><c> He</c><00:45:52.539><c> that</c><00:45:52.760><c> loveth</c><00:45:53.119><c> father</c>

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:59.139
and<00:45:53.579><c> mother</c><00:45:53.800><c> more</c><00:45:54.139><c> than</c><00:45:54.260><c> me</c><00:45:55.559><c> is</c><00:45:57.119><c> not</c><00:45:57.400><c> worthy</c><00:45:57.739><c> of</c><00:45:58.000><c> me.</c><00:45:58.900><c> He</c><00:45:59.000><c> says,</c>

00:45:59.360 --> 00:46:01.119
suppose<00:45:59.639><c> I</c><00:45:59.780><c> come</c><00:46:00.019><c> to</c><00:46:00.139><c> give</c><00:46:00.280><c> peace.</c><00:46:00.599><c> No,</c><00:46:00.800><c> I</c><00:46:00.920><c> don't.</c>

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:04.840
I've<00:46:01.340><c> come</c><00:46:01.480><c> to</c><00:46:01.599><c> give</c><00:46:01.800><c> division,</c><00:46:02.679><c> he</c><00:46:02.960><c> said.</c><00:46:04.179><c> Some</c><00:46:04.360><c> of</c><00:46:04.440><c> the</c><00:46:04.539><c> things</c><00:46:04.659><c> that</c>

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:06.380
our<00:46:04.960><c> Lord</c><00:46:05.119><c> says</c><00:46:05.300><c> are</c><00:46:05.559><c> very</c><00:46:05.940><c> struggling,</c>

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:10.420
very<00:46:07.059><c> difficult.</c><00:46:08.679><c> He's</c><00:46:08.980><c> there,</c><00:46:09.420><c> it</c><00:46:09.559><c> pairs</c><00:46:09.739><c> everything</c><00:46:10.159><c> back</c>

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:13.000
to<00:46:10.579><c> see</c><00:46:10.739><c> the</c><00:46:11.000><c> true</c><00:46:11.260><c> intents.</c><00:46:12.159><c> How</c><00:46:12.360><c> do</c><00:46:12.519><c> we</c><00:46:12.639><c> really</c>

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:15.980
feel<00:46:13.179><c> about</c><00:46:13.440><c> our</c><00:46:13.639><c> life</c><00:46:13.900><c> now?</c><00:46:14.460><c> How</c><00:46:14.619><c> do</c><00:46:14.780><c> we</c><00:46:14.940><c> really</c><00:46:15.280><c> feel</c><00:46:15.500><c> about</c>

00:46:15.980 --> 00:46:18.579
the<00:46:16.320><c> work</c><00:46:16.639><c> that</c><00:46:17.219><c> Christ</c><00:46:17.539><c> has</c><00:46:17.760><c> done</c><00:46:17.960><c> for</c><00:46:18.199><c> us?</c>

00:46:18.739 --> 00:46:23.119
He<00:46:18.980><c> pairs</c><00:46:19.219><c> that</c><00:46:19.460><c> all</c><00:46:19.619><c> back.</c><00:46:21.739><c> But</c><00:46:21.860><c> it's</c><00:46:21.960><c> not</c><00:46:22.119><c> an</c><00:46:22.300><c> abstract</c><00:46:22.699><c> thing</c><00:46:22.920><c> as</c>

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:24.960
well<00:46:23.260><c> that</c><00:46:23.400><c> he's</c><00:46:23.679><c> saying</c><00:46:23.840><c> here.</c><00:46:24.619><c> He's</c><00:46:24.820><c> going</c>

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:28.320
to<00:46:25.099><c> say,</c><00:46:25.300><c> this</c><00:46:25.380><c> applies</c><00:46:26.000><c> to</c><00:46:26.219><c> you</c><00:46:26.440><c> as</c><00:46:26.679><c> well,</c><00:46:26.840><c> Mary.</c><00:46:27.780><c> She</c><00:46:28.019><c> would</c>

00:46:28.320 --> 00:46:30.659
not<00:46:28.559><c> be</c><00:46:28.780><c> immune</c><00:46:29.059><c> to</c><00:46:29.300><c> the</c><00:46:29.559><c> polarising</c><00:46:30.239><c> effect</c>

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of<00:46:31.039><c> the</c><00:46:31.280><c> Messiah.</c><00:46:32.420><c> A</c><00:46:32.679><c> sword</c><00:46:33.000><c> would</c><00:46:33.599><c> pierce</c><00:46:34.039><c> her</c><00:46:34.360><c> soul</c><00:46:34.739><c> as</c><00:46:35.320><c> well.</c><00:46:36.039><c> The</c>

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:39.579
word<00:46:36.519><c> sword</c><00:46:36.840><c> here</c><00:46:37.039><c> is</c><00:46:37.260><c> a</c><00:46:37.599><c> long,</c><00:46:38.440><c> broad</c><00:46:38.820><c> cutlass.</c>

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It<00:46:39.960><c> wasn't</c><00:46:40.199><c> going</c><00:46:40.340><c> to</c><00:46:40.420><c> be</c><00:46:40.619><c> a</c><00:46:40.800><c> thin</c><00:46:40.980><c> mark,</c><00:46:41.579><c> but</c><00:46:41.659><c> rather</c><00:46:41.980><c> this</c>

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:45.079
sword<00:46:42.920><c> would</c><00:46:43.440><c> cut</c><00:46:43.699><c> through</c><00:46:43.980><c> her</c><00:46:44.280><c> tummy.</c>

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And<00:46:46.579><c> all</c><00:46:47.159><c> the</c><00:46:47.360><c> mothers</c><00:46:47.539><c> here</c><00:46:47.800><c> would</c><00:46:47.980><c> know</c><00:46:48.179><c> this</c><00:46:48.460><c> feeling,</c><00:46:48.800><c> this</c><00:46:49.000><c> sick</c><00:46:49.280><c> feeling</c><00:46:49.619><c> in</c>

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your<00:46:49.980><c> stomach</c>

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from<00:46:50.820><c> your</c><00:46:51.059><c> own</c><00:46:51.320><c> child.</c><00:46:51.960><c> When</c><00:46:52.059><c> you</c><00:46:52.260><c> feel</c><00:46:52.460><c> that</c><00:46:52.579><c> they're</c><00:46:52.800><c> hurt</c>

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or<00:46:53.699><c> sick</c><00:46:54.099><c> or</c><00:46:54.400><c> you're</c><00:46:54.679><c> worried</c><00:46:54.920><c> about</c><00:46:55.179><c> them</c><00:46:55.360><c> or</c>

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they're<00:46:55.880><c> keeping</c><00:46:56.099><c> you</c><00:46:56.340><c> up</c><00:46:56.460><c> at</c><00:46:56.679><c> night,</c><00:46:57.039><c> that</c><00:46:57.320><c> feeling</c><00:46:57.619><c> that</c><00:46:57.820><c> you</c><00:46:58.019><c> have</c><00:46:58.119><c> as</c>

00:46:58.320 --> 00:46:59.800
a<00:46:58.539><c> mother</c><00:46:58.760><c> in</c><00:46:59.380><c> your</c><00:46:59.619><c> stomach,</c>

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:04.179
that's<00:47:00.139><c> what</c><00:47:00.380><c> she</c><00:47:00.579><c> would</c><00:47:00.780><c> have</c><00:47:01.199><c> for</c><00:47:01.579><c> her</c><00:47:01.940><c> son</c><00:47:02.360><c> here</c><00:47:02.960><c> as</c><00:47:03.239><c> well.</c>

00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:06.800
Jesus<00:47:04.340><c> was</c><00:47:04.599><c> her</c><00:47:04.820><c> baby</c><00:47:05.199><c> boy,</c><00:47:06.039><c> her</c><00:47:06.219><c> little</c><00:47:06.579><c> son,</c>

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:09.460
and<00:47:07.280><c> mothers</c><00:47:07.739><c> will</c><00:47:08.039><c> know</c><00:47:08.139><c> what</c><00:47:08.300><c> I</c><00:47:08.519><c> mean</c><00:47:08.659><c> by</c><00:47:08.860><c> that.</c><00:47:09.099><c> The</c><00:47:09.300><c> boy</c>

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:11.820
never<00:47:09.840><c> quite</c><00:47:10.119><c> grows</c><00:47:10.400><c> up,</c><00:47:10.699><c> does</c><00:47:10.920><c> he?</c><00:47:11.179><c> He's</c><00:47:11.420><c> always</c>

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:18.219
your<00:47:12.019><c> little</c><00:47:12.179><c> boy.</c><00:47:13.000><c> But</c><00:47:13.099><c> at</c><00:47:13.239><c> the</c><00:47:13.400><c> same</c><00:47:13.599><c> time,</c><00:47:13.860><c> this</c><00:47:14.079><c> is</c><00:47:14.280><c> the</c><00:47:14.440><c> Messiah,</c><00:47:15.239><c> her</c><00:47:15.579><c> Lord,</c><00:47:16.380><c> her</c><00:47:16.719><c> Saviour.</c><00:47:17.980><c> And</c><00:47:18.000><c> so</c>

00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:18.800
pain<00:47:18.559><c> was</c>

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:24.460
going<00:47:19.019><c> to</c><00:47:19.260><c> come</c><00:47:19.420><c> for</c><00:47:19.639><c> Mary,</c><00:47:20.300><c> struggling</c><00:47:20.780><c> with</c><00:47:21.039><c> this</c><00:47:21.280><c> unique</c><00:47:21.920><c> situation.</c><00:47:24.099><c> In</c><00:47:24.300><c> a</c>

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:27.360
few<00:47:24.619><c> short</c><00:47:24.940><c> years,</c><00:47:26.519><c> her</c><00:47:26.659><c> husband</c><00:47:27.059><c> would</c>

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:32.179
die.<00:47:28.880><c> It's</c><00:47:29.400><c> difficult</c><00:47:29.880><c> enough</c><00:47:30.360><c> living</c><00:47:30.780><c> with</c><00:47:31.480><c> the</c><00:47:31.619><c> loss</c><00:47:31.780><c> of</c><00:47:32.019><c> a</c>

00:47:32.179 --> 00:47:34.820
partner,<00:47:32.880><c> but</c><00:47:33.059><c> it</c><00:47:33.119><c> would</c><00:47:33.320><c> seem</c><00:47:33.579><c> that</c><00:47:33.800><c> Mary</c><00:47:34.139><c> had</c><00:47:34.400><c> five</c>

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:38.699
or<00:47:35.159><c> more</c><00:47:35.480><c> other</c><00:47:35.840><c> children</c><00:47:36.559><c> as</c><00:47:36.940><c> well</c><00:47:37.099><c> as</c><00:47:37.219><c> Jesus</c><00:47:37.599><c> to</c><00:47:37.780><c> deal</c><00:47:38.000><c> with</c>

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:42.519
at<00:47:39.019><c> this</c><00:47:39.280><c> young,</c><00:47:39.739><c> young</c><00:47:39.940><c> age,</c><00:47:41.139><c> early</c><00:47:41.500><c> twenties.</c>

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:46.880
She<00:47:43.559><c> would</c><00:47:43.840><c> rely</c><00:47:44.219><c> on</c><00:47:44.440><c> Jesus.</c><00:47:44.920><c> He</c><00:47:45.039><c> would</c><00:47:45.199><c> be</c><00:47:45.440><c> her</c><00:47:45.679><c> rock.</c><00:47:46.239><c> He</c><00:47:46.360><c> would</c><00:47:46.559><c> be</c>

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:48.940
there<00:47:47.199><c> for</c><00:47:47.420><c> her,</c><00:47:47.960><c> help</c><00:47:48.239><c> her</c><00:47:48.519><c> through</c><00:47:48.739><c> that,</c>

00:47:48.960 --> 00:47:52.380
help<00:47:49.219><c> them</c><00:47:49.460><c> survive.</c><00:47:50.659><c> But</c><00:47:50.860><c> then</c><00:47:51.059><c> as</c><00:47:51.199><c> he</c><00:47:51.360><c> became</c><00:47:51.800><c> the</c><00:47:52.000><c> Messiah</c>

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:54.780
and<00:47:52.519><c> took</c><00:47:52.780><c> on</c><00:47:53.219><c> that</c><00:47:53.500><c> role,</c><00:47:54.019><c> he</c><00:47:54.179><c> would</c><00:47:54.519><c> start</c>

00:47:54.780 --> 00:47:58.000
to<00:47:55.239><c> distance</c><00:47:55.460><c> himself</c><00:47:56.000><c> from</c><00:47:56.219><c> his</c><00:47:56.500><c> mother,</c><00:47:57.079><c> become</c><00:47:57.320><c> more</c><00:47:57.679><c> of</c><00:47:57.880><c> a</c>

00:47:58.000 --> 00:48:01.039
Lord<00:47:58.340><c> than</c><00:47:58.880><c> a</c><00:47:59.119><c> son.</c><00:47:59.639><c> And</c><00:47:59.840><c> she</c><00:48:00.039><c> would</c><00:48:00.320><c> struggle</c><00:48:00.760><c> with</c>

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:05.559
that.<00:48:02.260><c> And</c><00:48:02.440><c> we</c><00:48:02.559><c> can</c><00:48:02.820><c> see</c><00:48:03.019><c> that</c><00:48:03.219><c> in</c><00:48:03.420><c> the</c><00:48:03.639><c> journey</c><00:48:03.820><c> that</c><00:48:04.019><c> she</c><00:48:04.219><c> went</c><00:48:04.400><c> through,</c><00:48:05.300><c> her</c>

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:06.980
coming<00:48:05.840><c> back</c><00:48:06.219><c> and</c><00:48:06.500><c> forth</c><00:48:06.760><c> on</c>

00:48:06.980 --> 00:48:10.460
that<00:48:07.320><c> very</c><00:48:07.679><c> issue.</c><00:48:09.059><c> In</c><00:48:09.159><c> fact,</c><00:48:09.320><c> just</c><00:48:09.519><c> quickly,</c><00:48:10.019><c> come</c><00:48:10.179><c> across</c>

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:12.599
the<00:48:10.699><c> Mark</c><00:48:10.960><c> chapter</c><00:48:11.340><c> three.</c><00:48:11.920><c> She</c><00:48:12.179><c> actually,</c>

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:17.400
at<00:48:12.860><c> one</c><00:48:13.179><c> point,</c><00:48:13.900><c> stood</c><00:48:14.019><c> with</c><00:48:14.260><c> her</c><00:48:14.500><c> own</c><00:48:14.760><c> children</c><00:48:15.079><c> against</c><00:48:15.840><c> Christ.</c><00:48:17.239><c> We</c>

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:21.880
see<00:48:17.599><c> this</c><00:48:17.800><c> in</c><00:48:18.059><c> Mark</c><00:48:18.699><c> chapter</c><00:48:19.800><c> three,</c><00:48:21.000><c> verse</c>

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:30.380
21.<00:48:26.719><c> It</c><00:48:27.280><c> says</c><00:48:27.900><c> there,</c><00:48:28.300><c> and</c><00:48:28.300><c> when</c><00:48:28.559><c> his</c><00:48:29.019><c> friends,</c><00:48:29.840><c> that</c><00:48:29.940><c> word</c><00:48:30.139><c> is</c>

00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:32.059
family,<00:48:30.760><c> most</c><00:48:30.980><c> other</c><00:48:31.260><c> translations</c><00:48:31.760><c> have</c>

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:35.659
family.<00:48:32.380><c> So</c><00:48:32.380><c> when</c><00:48:32.579><c> his</c><00:48:32.940><c> family</c><00:48:33.579><c> heard</c><00:48:34.139><c> it,</c><00:48:34.699><c> they</c><00:48:34.820><c> went</c><00:48:35.059><c> out</c><00:48:35.340><c> to</c>

00:48:35.659 --> 00:48:37.960
lay<00:48:35.920><c> hold</c><00:48:36.199><c> on</c><00:48:36.380><c> him,</c><00:48:36.579><c> for</c><00:48:36.659><c> they</c><00:48:36.960><c> said</c><00:48:37.059><c> he</c><00:48:37.280><c> is</c><00:48:37.480><c> beside</c>

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:41.900
himself.<00:48:38.539><c> He's</c><00:48:38.880><c> out</c><00:48:39.139><c> of</c><00:48:39.280><c> his</c><00:48:39.599><c> mind</c><00:48:40.079><c> as</c><00:48:40.300><c> it</c><00:48:40.519><c> is.</c><00:48:41.099><c> And</c><00:48:41.280><c> things</c><00:48:41.500><c> here</c><00:48:41.780><c> in</c>

00:48:41.900 --> 00:48:44.239
Mark,<00:48:42.340><c> this</c><00:48:42.579><c> time,</c><00:48:42.880><c> had</c><00:48:43.039><c> really</c><00:48:43.380><c> start</c><00:48:43.679><c> to</c><00:48:44.019><c> ramp</c>

00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:48.519
up.<00:48:45.179><c> Jesus</c><00:48:45.519><c> had</c><00:48:45.780><c> just</c><00:48:46.079><c> broken</c><00:48:46.440><c> the</c><00:48:46.780><c> Sabbath</c><00:48:47.039><c> publicly.</c><00:48:48.219><c> The</c>

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:51.280
Pharisees<00:48:49.000><c> were</c><00:48:49.179><c> looking</c><00:48:49.480><c> to</c><00:48:49.800><c> punish</c><00:48:50.260><c> him.</c><00:48:50.840><c> He's</c>

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:53.980
pointing<00:48:51.679><c> disciples.</c><00:48:52.519><c> He's</c><00:48:52.559><c> making</c><00:48:52.880><c> himself</c><00:48:53.320><c> somewhat</c><00:48:53.679><c> of</c><00:48:53.900><c> a</c>

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:57.159
religious<00:48:54.420><c> leader</c><00:48:54.800><c> now.</c><00:48:55.380><c> Almost</c><00:48:55.659><c> a</c><00:48:56.699><c> religious</c>

00:48:57.159 --> 00:49:00.119
group<00:48:57.559><c> against</c><00:48:58.239><c> the</c><00:48:58.500><c> Pharisees.</c><00:48:59.059><c> He's</c><00:48:59.139><c> publicly</c><00:48:59.679><c> speaking</c>

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:01.940
out<00:49:00.420><c> against</c><00:49:00.659><c> the</c><00:49:00.900><c> rulers</c><00:49:01.099><c> of</c><00:49:01.300><c> that</c><00:49:01.559><c> time.</c>

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:06.280
That<00:49:02.460><c> there's</c><00:49:03.039><c> reports</c><00:49:03.340><c> that</c><00:49:03.579><c> he's</c><00:49:03.820><c> healing</c><00:49:04.179><c> people.</c><00:49:05.980><c> That</c>

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:08.760
he's<00:49:06.599><c> talking</c><00:49:07.039><c> down</c><00:49:07.760><c> to</c><00:49:07.960><c> the</c><00:49:08.119><c> religious</c><00:49:08.480><c> leaders.</c>

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:13.320
And<00:49:09.199><c> the</c><00:49:09.400><c> family</c><00:49:09.679><c> is</c><00:49:09.820><c> starting</c><00:49:10.059><c> to</c><00:49:10.380><c> worry.</c><00:49:12.059><c> What's</c><00:49:12.699><c> going</c><00:49:12.960><c> on?</c>

00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:16.579
What<00:49:13.820><c> happened</c><00:49:14.119><c> to</c><00:49:14.280><c> this</c><00:49:14.559><c> quiet,</c><00:49:15.699><c> godly</c><00:49:16.119><c> son,</c>

00:49:16.579 --> 00:49:20.280
brother<00:49:17.199><c> that</c><00:49:17.380><c> we</c><00:49:17.599><c> used</c><00:49:17.860><c> to</c><00:49:18.119><c> have?</c><00:49:18.599><c> This</c><00:49:18.800><c> humble</c><00:49:19.219><c> boy</c><00:49:19.420><c> that</c><00:49:19.579><c> would</c><00:49:19.820><c> never</c><00:49:20.079><c> do</c>

00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:21.019
anything<00:49:20.619><c> wrong,</c>

00:49:21.320 --> 00:49:24.420
letting<00:49:21.460><c> our</c><00:49:21.739><c> now</c><00:49:21.900><c> go</c><00:49:22.179><c> and</c><00:49:22.420><c> publicly</c><00:49:22.780><c> break</c><00:49:23.280><c> the</c><00:49:23.599><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:28.199
This<00:49:24.840><c> boy,</c><00:49:25.719><c> lovely,</c><00:49:26.760><c> but</c><00:49:26.760><c> healing</c><00:49:27.280><c> people.</c><00:49:27.699><c> Now</c><00:49:27.900><c> suddenly</c>

00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:32.239
he's<00:49:28.539><c> healing</c><00:49:28.840><c> people.</c><00:49:29.280><c> He's</c><00:49:29.599><c> making</c><00:49:29.900><c> them</c><00:49:30.559><c> just</c><00:49:31.019><c> blind</c><00:49:31.320><c> walk.</c><00:49:31.760><c> Where</c><00:49:32.000><c> was</c>

00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:33.880
this?<00:49:33.039><c> And</c><00:49:33.219><c> they're</c><00:49:33.400><c> starting</c><00:49:33.579><c> to</c>

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:36.679
worry<00:49:34.039><c> that</c><00:49:34.199><c> he's</c><00:49:34.500><c> lost</c><00:49:34.760><c> his</c><00:49:35.139><c> mind.</c><00:49:35.659><c> It's</c><00:49:35.860><c> a</c><00:49:36.019><c> shock</c><00:49:36.239><c> to</c><00:49:36.440><c> them.</c>

00:49:36.980 --> 00:49:39.900
And<00:49:37.239><c> they're</c><00:49:37.519><c> struggling</c><00:49:37.860><c> with</c><00:49:38.079><c> it.</c><00:49:38.179><c> Verse</c><00:49:38.460><c> 31.</c>

00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:45.519
There<00:49:40.639><c> came</c><00:49:41.119><c> his</c><00:49:41.480><c> brethren</c><00:49:41.860><c> and</c><00:49:42.119><c> his</c><00:49:42.480><c> mother</c><00:49:42.800><c> standing</c><00:49:43.460><c> without,</c><00:49:44.820><c> calling</c><00:49:45.139><c> unto</c>

00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:47.840
him,<00:49:45.739><c> embarrassed.</c><00:49:46.900><c> Jesus,</c>

00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:51.360
get<00:49:48.340><c> down.</c><00:49:48.800><c> It's</c><00:49:48.940><c> embarrassing.</c><00:49:49.579><c> You've</c><00:49:49.920><c> lost</c><00:49:50.139><c> your</c><00:49:50.440><c> mind.</c>

00:49:51.420 --> 00:49:53.480
And<00:49:51.500><c> the</c><00:49:51.599><c> multitude</c><00:49:52.099><c> sat</c><00:49:52.579><c> about</c><00:49:53.079><c> him</c><00:49:53.219><c> and</c><00:49:53.280><c> they</c>

00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:56.559
said,<00:49:53.679><c> behold,</c><00:49:54.059><c> thy</c><00:49:54.159><c> mother,</c><00:49:54.519><c> thy</c><00:49:54.820><c> brethren</c><00:49:55.199><c> are</c><00:49:55.420><c> there.</c><00:49:56.340><c> And</c>

00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:58.380
he<00:49:56.699><c> answered</c><00:49:56.900><c> and</c><00:49:57.039><c> said,</c><00:49:57.219><c> who</c><00:49:57.400><c> is</c><00:49:57.579><c> my</c><00:49:57.719><c> mother</c><00:49:57.960><c> or</c><00:49:58.159><c> my</c>

00:49:58.380 --> 00:50:02.599
brethren?<00:49:59.719><c> He</c><00:49:59.940><c> looked</c><00:50:00.159><c> around,</c><00:50:00.639><c> behold,</c><00:50:01.320><c> my</c><00:50:01.559><c> mother</c><00:50:01.980><c> and</c><00:50:02.300><c> my</c>

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brethren.<00:50:03.280><c> Whosoever</c><00:50:03.780><c> shall</c><00:50:03.980><c> do</c><00:50:04.119><c> the</c><00:50:04.360><c> will</c><00:50:04.500><c> of</c><00:50:04.719><c> God,</c>

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the<00:50:05.420><c> same</c><00:50:05.780><c> is</c><00:50:05.940><c> my</c><00:50:06.159><c> brother,</c><00:50:07.019><c> my</c><00:50:07.300><c> sister,</c><00:50:08.039><c> my</c><00:50:08.260><c> mother.</c><00:50:08.920><c> And</c><00:50:09.079><c> he</c>

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publicly<00:50:09.880><c> distances</c><00:50:10.440><c> himself</c><00:50:11.039><c> from</c><00:50:11.599><c> Mary</c><00:50:11.900><c> then,</c>

00:50:12.159 --> 00:50:15.320
another<00:50:12.579><c> sword</c><00:50:12.960><c> thrust</c><00:50:13.219><c> through</c><00:50:13.500><c> her</c><00:50:13.780><c> stomach.</c><00:50:14.579><c> No,</c><00:50:15.019><c> she's</c>

00:50:15.320 --> 00:50:17.579
not<00:50:15.500><c> doing</c><00:50:15.659><c> the</c><00:50:15.860><c> will</c><00:50:15.960><c> of</c><00:50:16.159><c> God.</c><00:50:16.679><c> My</c><00:50:16.880><c> mother</c><00:50:17.159><c> is</c><00:50:17.340><c> those</c>

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:20.739
that<00:50:17.739><c> are</c><00:50:17.900><c> doing</c><00:50:18.059><c> the</c><00:50:18.260><c> will</c><00:50:18.360><c> of</c><00:50:18.599><c> God.</c><00:50:19.880><c> And</c><00:50:20.079><c> it's</c><00:50:20.280><c> amazing</c><00:50:20.579><c> to</c>

00:50:20.739 --> 00:50:23.639
think,<00:50:21.400><c> why</c><00:50:21.619><c> would</c><00:50:21.840><c> Mary</c><00:50:22.099><c> side</c><00:50:22.559><c> with</c><00:50:23.119><c> the</c><00:50:23.420><c> other</c>

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:27.460
family<00:50:23.960><c> members</c><00:50:24.159><c> against</c><00:50:24.820><c> Christ?</c><00:50:25.820><c> This</c><00:50:26.000><c> is</c><00:50:26.360><c> this</c><00:50:26.420><c> remarkably</c><00:50:26.900><c> spiritual</c>

00:50:27.460 --> 00:50:28.840
woman<00:50:27.739><c> that</c><00:50:27.920><c> we</c><00:50:28.139><c> saw.</c><00:50:28.599><c> She's</c>

00:50:28.840 --> 00:50:32.059
seen<00:50:29.079><c> all</c><00:50:29.260><c> these</c><00:50:29.480><c> signs.</c><00:50:29.920><c> She's</c><00:50:30.079><c> seen</c><00:50:30.300><c> all</c><00:50:30.440><c> these</c><00:50:30.659><c> prophecies.</c><00:50:31.380><c> Well,</c><00:50:31.820><c> so</c>

00:50:32.059 --> 00:50:33.079
different<00:50:32.360><c> to</c><00:50:32.619><c> us,</c><00:50:32.840><c> isn't</c><00:50:32.960><c> it?</c>

00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:36.000
We<00:50:33.239><c> know</c><00:50:33.480><c> these</c><00:50:33.800><c> things.</c><00:50:34.519><c> But</c><00:50:34.579><c> we</c><00:50:34.820><c> struggle</c><00:50:35.139><c> with</c><00:50:35.380><c> our</c><00:50:35.599><c> own</c>

00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:38.519
issues<00:50:36.440><c> throughout</c><00:50:37.079><c> life,</c><00:50:38.019><c> especially</c><00:50:38.219><c> when</c>

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:41.559
family's<00:50:39.159><c> involved,</c><00:50:39.599><c> when</c><00:50:39.860><c> emotions</c><00:50:40.400><c> are</c><00:50:40.699><c> involved.</c><00:50:41.380><c> It's</c>

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:43.320
not<00:50:41.679><c> all</c><00:50:41.900><c> black</c><00:50:42.099><c> and</c><00:50:42.360><c> white,</c><00:50:42.500><c> is</c><00:50:42.639><c> it?</c><00:50:43.000><c> And</c><00:50:43.099><c> so</c><00:50:43.199><c> this</c>

00:50:43.320 --> 00:50:46.099
is<00:50:43.539><c> something</c><00:50:43.679><c> that</c><00:50:44.000><c> Mary</c><00:50:44.280><c> struggled</c><00:50:44.719><c> with</c><00:50:44.980><c> her</c><00:50:45.239><c> whole</c><00:50:45.599><c> life,</c>

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:49.880
this<00:50:46.659><c> relationship</c><00:50:47.440><c> that</c><00:50:47.659><c> she</c><00:50:47.820><c> had</c><00:50:48.159><c> with</c><00:50:48.679><c> her</c><00:50:49.000><c> Lord.</c>

00:50:51.340 --> 00:50:53.699
And<00:50:51.500><c> she's</c><00:50:51.760><c> going</c><00:50:51.840><c> to</c><00:50:52.000><c> be,</c><00:50:52.139><c> she's</c><00:50:52.500><c> confronted</c><00:50:52.920><c> by</c><00:50:53.179><c> this.</c><00:50:53.480><c> Come</c>

00:50:53.699 --> 00:50:57.579
back<00:50:53.960><c> to</c><00:50:54.719><c> Luke</c><00:50:54.920><c> chapter</c><00:50:55.280><c> 2.</c><00:50:56.840><c> Remember,</c><00:50:57.119><c> this</c><00:50:57.320><c> is</c>

00:50:57.579 --> 00:51:01.260
only<00:50:57.780><c> a</c><00:50:57.780><c> month</c><00:50:58.119><c> or</c><00:50:58.360><c> so</c><00:50:59.079><c> after</c><00:50:59.519><c> this</c><00:50:59.820><c> first</c><00:51:00.239><c> time</c><00:51:00.480><c> mother</c><00:51:00.960><c> has</c>

00:51:01.260 --> 00:51:04.900
just<00:51:01.559><c> given</c><00:51:01.820><c> birth</c><00:51:02.300><c> in</c><00:51:02.800><c> fairly</c><00:51:03.340><c> difficult</c><00:51:04.000><c> situation.</c>

00:51:05.260 --> 00:51:08.760
She's<00:51:05.519><c> emotional,</c><00:51:06.400><c> as</c><00:51:06.699><c> we</c><00:51:06.900><c> all</c><00:51:07.159><c> would</c><00:51:07.320><c> be.</c><00:51:07.880><c> And</c><00:51:08.019><c> she's</c><00:51:08.199><c> standing</c><00:51:08.500><c> here</c>

00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:11.539
as<00:51:08.880><c> this</c><00:51:09.460><c> gruff</c><00:51:10.239><c> old</c><00:51:10.800><c> man</c><00:51:11.139><c> has</c><00:51:11.300><c> just</c>

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:15.519
started<00:51:11.760><c> talking</c><00:51:12.159><c> to</c><00:51:12.320><c> her</c><00:51:12.599><c> about</c><00:51:13.139><c> swords</c><00:51:13.719><c> and</c><00:51:14.139><c> death</c><00:51:14.500><c> and</c><00:51:14.860><c> piercing</c><00:51:15.199><c> her</c>

00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:19.019
through.<00:51:17.500><c> But</c><00:51:17.699><c> God,</c><00:51:18.139><c> in</c><00:51:18.280><c> his</c><00:51:18.519><c> wonderful</c>

00:51:19.019 --> 00:51:23.420
love<00:51:19.380><c> and</c><00:51:19.760><c> mercy,</c><00:51:20.639><c> is</c><00:51:20.760><c> going</c><00:51:20.940><c> to</c><00:51:21.300><c> step</c><00:51:21.519><c> in</c><00:51:21.760><c> here</c><00:51:22.199><c> and</c><00:51:22.800><c> reassure</c>

00:51:23.420 --> 00:51:26.840
Mary<00:51:23.860><c> and</c><00:51:24.300><c> be</c><00:51:24.619><c> with</c><00:51:24.880><c> her.</c><00:51:25.980><c> And</c><00:51:26.260><c> it</c><00:51:26.400><c> says</c><00:51:26.619><c> there</c>

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:31.960
immediately<00:51:27.980><c> or</c><00:51:28.300><c> instantly</c><00:51:29.159><c> another</c><00:51:30.480><c> person</c><00:51:31.000><c> appears</c><00:51:31.440><c> here</c>

00:51:31.960 --> 00:51:35.159
to<00:51:32.199><c> help</c><00:51:32.659><c> with</c><00:51:33.139><c> Mary.</c><00:51:33.760><c> A</c><00:51:34.000><c> wonderful</c><00:51:34.480><c> woman,</c><00:51:34.860><c> over</c>

00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:39.059
a<00:51:35.260><c> hundred</c><00:51:35.519><c> years</c><00:51:35.820><c> old</c><00:51:36.039><c> probably,</c><00:51:36.920><c> but</c><00:51:37.079><c> here</c><00:51:37.260><c> almost</c><00:51:37.559><c> in</c><00:51:37.900><c> complete</c><00:51:38.159><c> contrast</c><00:51:38.780><c> to</c>

00:51:39.059 --> 00:51:41.320
Simeon.<00:51:39.780><c> We</c><00:51:39.860><c> see</c><00:51:40.059><c> verse</c><00:51:40.340><c> 36,</c>

00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:46.860
and<00:51:41.840><c> there</c><00:51:42.000><c> was</c><00:51:42.239><c> one</c><00:51:42.659><c> Anna,</c><00:51:43.400><c> the</c><00:51:43.519><c> name</c><00:51:43.619><c> means</c><00:51:43.880><c> grace,</c><00:51:45.139><c> a</c><00:51:45.420><c> prophetess,</c><00:51:46.619><c> the</c>

00:51:46.860 --> 00:51:48.300
daughter<00:51:47.300><c> of</c><00:51:47.599><c> Fanyuel,</c><00:51:48.239><c> which</c>

00:51:48.300 --> 00:51:52.880
means<00:51:48.440><c> the</c><00:51:48.719><c> face</c><00:51:48.940><c> of</c><00:51:49.199><c> God,</c><00:51:49.820><c> of</c><00:51:49.980><c> the</c><00:51:50.280><c> tribe</c><00:51:50.599><c> of</c><00:51:51.079><c> Asher,</c><00:51:51.960><c> happy.</c>

00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:56.000
She<00:51:54.239><c> was</c><00:51:54.420><c> of</c><00:51:54.699><c> great</c><00:51:54.940><c> age</c><00:51:55.260><c> and</c><00:51:55.420><c> had</c><00:51:55.599><c> lived</c><00:51:55.780><c> with</c>

00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:59.139
her<00:51:56.079><c> husband</c><00:51:56.420><c> seven</c><00:51:56.940><c> years</c><00:51:57.280><c> from</c><00:51:57.500><c> her</c><00:51:57.699><c> virginity.</c><00:51:58.679><c> She</c><00:51:58.760><c> was</c><00:51:58.960><c> a</c>

00:51:59.139 --> 00:52:01.139
widow<00:51:59.340><c> of</c><00:51:59.519><c> about</c><00:51:59.780><c> four</c><00:52:00.119><c> score</c><00:52:00.340><c> and</c><00:52:00.539><c> four</c><00:52:00.860><c> years,</c>

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:04.300
which<00:52:01.679><c> departed</c><00:52:02.139><c> not</c><00:52:02.579><c> from</c><00:52:02.820><c> the</c><00:52:03.019><c> temple,</c><00:52:03.260><c> but</c><00:52:03.519><c> served</c><00:52:03.940><c> God</c>

00:52:04.300 --> 00:52:07.599
with<00:52:04.920><c> fasting</c><00:52:05.360><c> and</c><00:52:05.880><c> prayers</c><00:52:06.159><c> night</c><00:52:06.480><c> and</c><00:52:06.719><c> day.</c>

00:52:08.099 --> 00:52:12.239
And<00:52:08.280><c> she</c><00:52:08.599><c> coming</c><00:52:08.880><c> in</c><00:52:09.480><c> that</c><00:52:09.900><c> instant,</c><00:52:10.820><c> so</c><00:52:11.019><c> there</c><00:52:11.239><c> Mary's</c><00:52:11.760><c> struggling</c><00:52:12.019><c> with</c>

00:52:12.239 --> 00:52:13.159
this.<00:52:12.360><c> What</c><00:52:12.460><c> does</c><00:52:12.599><c> this</c><00:52:12.780><c> all</c><00:52:12.960><c> mean?</c>

00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:17.440
But<00:52:13.559><c> instantly</c><00:52:14.119><c> there</c><00:52:14.760><c> is</c><00:52:14.960><c> the</c><00:52:15.219><c> grace</c><00:52:15.480><c> of</c><00:52:15.780><c> God,</c><00:52:16.260><c> the</c><00:52:16.539><c> happy</c><00:52:16.920><c> face</c><00:52:17.199><c> of</c>

00:52:17.440 --> 00:52:20.639
God<00:52:17.780><c> is</c><00:52:18.280><c> there</c><00:52:18.559><c> to</c><00:52:19.119><c> help.</c><00:52:19.659><c> She</c><00:52:19.739><c> gave</c><00:52:20.059><c> thanks</c>

00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:24.840
likewise<00:52:21.219><c> unto</c><00:52:21.539><c> the</c><00:52:21.760><c> Lord</c><00:52:21.980><c> and</c><00:52:22.559><c> spake</c><00:52:22.860><c> of</c><00:52:23.119><c> him</c><00:52:24.039><c> to</c><00:52:24.280><c> all</c><00:52:24.519><c> them</c>

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:28.280
that<00:52:25.699><c> looked</c><00:52:25.920><c> for</c><00:52:26.139><c> the</c><00:52:26.320><c> redemption</c><00:52:26.880><c> in</c><00:52:27.659><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:52:28.480 --> 00:52:33.519
And<00:52:28.619><c> as</c><00:52:28.800><c> we</c><00:52:28.960><c> said,</c><00:52:29.099><c> almost</c><00:52:29.360><c> in</c><00:52:29.719><c> complete</c><00:52:29.980><c> contrast,</c><00:52:30.780><c> he</c><00:52:30.940><c> was</c><00:52:31.119><c> an</c><00:52:31.300><c> old</c><00:52:31.500><c> man</c><00:52:31.800><c> that</c><00:52:32.000><c> saw</c><00:52:32.360><c> God</c><00:52:32.659><c> as</c><00:52:33.079><c> a</c>

00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:34.260
slave<00:52:33.900><c> master,</c>

00:52:34.380 --> 00:52:37.300
that<00:52:34.539><c> wanted</c><00:52:34.880><c> to</c><00:52:35.199><c> die</c><00:52:35.460><c> and</c><00:52:35.639><c> be</c><00:52:35.900><c> released,</c><00:52:36.659><c> that</c><00:52:36.800><c> was</c><00:52:37.019><c> driven</c>

00:52:37.300 --> 00:52:39.980
to<00:52:37.519><c> the</c><00:52:37.719><c> temple</c><00:52:37.940><c> by</c><00:52:38.219><c> the</c><00:52:38.500><c> Spirit.</c><00:52:39.380><c> In</c><00:52:39.659><c> contrast,</c>

00:52:40.059 --> 00:52:45.519
we<00:52:40.179><c> have</c><00:52:40.900><c> the</c><00:52:41.280><c> grace</c><00:52:41.539><c> of</c><00:52:41.800><c> God</c><00:52:42.039><c> who</c><00:52:42.199><c> was</c><00:52:42.500><c> here</c><00:52:42.780><c> every</c><00:52:43.400><c> day,</c><00:52:43.820><c> willingly</c><00:52:44.340><c> serving</c><00:52:45.280><c> at</c>

00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:47.659
the<00:52:45.719><c> temple,</c><00:52:46.320><c> happy.</c><00:52:47.159><c> And</c><00:52:47.480><c> here</c>

00:52:47.659 --> 00:52:52.320
she<00:52:47.880><c> is</c><00:52:48.019><c> ready</c><00:52:48.239><c> to</c><00:52:48.599><c> reassure</c><00:52:49.420><c> and</c><00:52:49.739><c> to</c><00:52:50.039><c> help</c><00:52:50.460><c> Mary.</c><00:52:51.360><c> Here</c><00:52:51.519><c> also</c>

00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:55.300
a<00:52:52.920><c> virgin,</c><00:52:53.559><c> as</c><00:52:53.639><c> some</c><00:52:53.780><c> would</c><00:52:54.019><c> think.</c><00:52:54.619><c> Unlike</c><00:52:54.940><c> Mary,</c>

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:58.420
she<00:52:55.480><c> would</c><00:52:55.619><c> only</c><00:52:55.940><c> have</c><00:52:56.119><c> her</c><00:52:56.300><c> husband</c><00:52:56.599><c> for</c><00:52:56.860><c> about</c><00:52:57.199><c> seven</c><00:52:57.519><c> years.</c><00:52:58.239><c> And</c>

00:52:58.420 --> 00:52:59.719
unlike<00:52:58.679><c> Mary,</c><00:52:59.019><c> it</c><00:52:59.159><c> would</c><00:52:59.239><c> appear</c><00:52:59.420><c> she</c><00:52:59.539><c> would</c>

00:52:59.719 --> 00:53:04.599
not<00:52:59.860><c> be</c><00:53:00.000><c> able</c><00:53:00.119><c> to</c><00:53:00.320><c> have</c><00:53:00.480><c> any</c><00:53:00.739><c> children,</c><00:53:01.659><c> but</c><00:53:01.820><c> she</c><00:53:02.079><c> is</c><00:53:02.300><c> there</c><00:53:02.619><c> happy</c><00:53:03.179><c> because</c><00:53:03.739><c> the</c><00:53:04.039><c> grace</c><00:53:04.340><c> of</c>

00:53:04.599 --> 00:53:06.710
God<00:53:04.960><c> has</c><00:53:05.559><c> shown</c><00:53:05.920><c> her</c>

00:53:07.099 --> 00:53:10.800
the<00:53:07.320><c> redeemer,</c><00:53:08.139><c> her</c><00:53:08.480><c> redeemer,</c><00:53:09.079><c> her</c><00:53:09.320><c> savior.</c><00:53:10.219><c> And</c><00:53:10.380><c> she</c><00:53:10.539><c> went</c>

00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:14.280
and<00:53:10.960><c> she</c><00:53:11.320><c> thanked</c><00:53:11.500><c> God</c><00:53:11.860><c> and</c><00:53:12.199><c> she</c><00:53:12.400><c> went</c><00:53:12.619><c> on</c><00:53:13.099><c> and</c><00:53:13.440><c> preached</c>

00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:18.699
an<00:53:14.719><c> example</c><00:53:15.380><c> and</c><00:53:15.719><c> comfort</c><00:53:16.340><c> to</c><00:53:16.880><c> Mary,</c><00:53:17.860><c> someone</c><00:53:18.119><c> who</c><00:53:18.280><c> had</c><00:53:18.440><c> been</c>

00:53:18.699 --> 00:53:21.420
cut<00:53:18.980><c> by</c><00:53:19.260><c> the</c><00:53:19.519><c> sword</c><00:53:19.699><c> of</c><00:53:19.980><c> loss</c><00:53:20.239><c> in</c><00:53:20.679><c> her</c><00:53:20.900><c> difficult,</c>

00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:25.199
difficult<00:53:21.900><c> long</c><00:53:22.159><c> life.</c><00:53:22.860><c> Yet</c><00:53:23.019><c> Anna</c><00:53:23.260><c> was</c><00:53:23.500><c> able</c><00:53:23.800><c> to</c><00:53:23.980><c> be</c><00:53:24.199><c> happy</c><00:53:24.579><c> and</c><00:53:24.980><c> to</c>

00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:27.400
rejoice<00:53:25.639><c> and</c><00:53:26.079><c> to</c><00:53:26.360><c> find</c><00:53:26.579><c> contentment</c>

00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:32.699
in<00:53:27.539><c> her</c><00:53:27.760><c> relationship</c><00:53:28.380><c> with</c><00:53:28.619><c> her</c><00:53:28.880><c> savior,</c><00:53:29.920><c> not</c><00:53:30.199><c> her</c><00:53:30.500><c> son.</c><00:53:32.500><c> And</c>

00:53:32.699 --> 00:53:37.679
so<00:53:33.599><c> this</c><00:53:34.380><c> difficult</c><00:53:34.880><c> time,</c><00:53:35.980><c> this</c><00:53:36.199><c> reassurance,</c>

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they<00:53:37.920><c> would</c><00:53:38.159><c> then</c><00:53:38.340><c> no</c><00:53:38.559><c> doubt</c><00:53:38.800><c> with</c><00:53:39.000><c> their</c><00:53:39.260><c> heads</c><00:53:39.480><c> spinning,</c>

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make<00:53:41.059><c> their</c><00:53:41.340><c> way</c><00:53:41.659><c> back</c><00:53:42.239><c> to</c><00:53:42.440><c> their</c><00:53:42.619><c> hometown.</c>

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Verse<00:53:43.340><c> 39,</c><00:53:44.179><c> they</c><00:53:44.559><c> had</c><00:53:44.780><c> performed</c><00:53:45.260><c> all</c><00:53:45.659><c> things</c><00:53:46.000><c> according</c><00:53:46.460><c> to</c>

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the<00:53:46.840><c> law</c><00:53:46.980><c> of</c><00:53:47.199><c> God,</c><00:53:48.079><c> they</c><00:53:48.159><c> returned</c><00:53:48.679><c> unto</c><00:53:48.980><c> Galilee</c><00:53:49.820><c> to</c>

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their<00:53:50.380><c> own</c><00:53:50.860><c> city,</c><00:53:51.579><c> Nazareth.</c><00:53:52.800><c> So</c><00:53:52.920><c> once</c><00:53:53.199><c> again,</c><00:53:53.539><c> we</c><00:53:53.679><c> will</c><00:53:53.900><c> leave</c><00:53:54.539><c> this</c>

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family<00:53:55.480><c> in</c><00:53:56.059><c> the</c><00:53:56.219><c> forgotten</c><00:53:56.519><c> city</c><00:53:56.860><c> of</c><00:53:57.059><c> Nazareth.</c>

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They<00:53:58.119><c> now</c><00:53:58.440><c> have</c><00:53:58.619><c> the</c><00:53:58.840><c> son</c><00:53:58.960><c> of</c><00:53:59.219><c> God,</c><00:53:59.719><c> a</c><00:54:00.039><c> small</c><00:54:00.460><c> boy.</c><00:54:01.420><c> Once</c><00:54:01.659><c> again,</c><00:54:02.059><c> they're</c><00:54:02.199><c> just</c>

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as<00:54:03.139><c> much</c><00:54:03.360><c> in</c><00:54:03.500><c> the</c><00:54:03.679><c> dark</c><00:54:03.980><c> as</c><00:54:04.400><c> to</c><00:54:04.659><c> how</c>

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to<00:54:05.199><c> raise</c><00:54:05.420><c> him,</c><00:54:05.820><c> as</c><00:54:06.019><c> to</c><00:54:06.179><c> what</c><00:54:06.420><c> their</c><00:54:06.719><c> immediate</c><00:54:07.320><c> future</c><00:54:08.059><c> would</c>

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be.<00:54:09.300><c> And</c><00:54:09.460><c> God</c><00:54:09.639><c> willing,</c><00:54:10.000><c> we</c><00:54:10.039><c> will</c><00:54:10.280><c> see,</c><00:54:10.940><c> I</c><00:54:11.360><c> think</c>

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in<00:54:11.679><c> about</c><00:54:11.900><c> two</c><00:54:12.159><c> or</c><00:54:12.300><c> three</c><00:54:12.539><c> weeks'</c><00:54:12.760><c> time</c><00:54:13.079><c> when</c><00:54:13.199><c> we</c><00:54:13.320><c> next</c><00:54:13.559><c> do</c><00:54:13.619><c> the</c>

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next<00:54:14.039><c> class,</c><00:54:14.739><c> the</c><00:54:15.019><c> visit</c><00:54:15.400><c> of</c><00:54:15.820><c> the</c><00:54:16.039><c> magi</c>

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and<00:54:17.239><c> how</c><00:54:17.480><c> God</c><00:54:17.719><c> once</c><00:54:18.039><c> again</c><00:54:18.420><c> stops</c><00:54:18.780><c> in</c><00:54:19.079><c> to</c><00:54:19.280><c> save</c><00:54:19.659><c> them</c><00:54:20.099><c> and</c><00:54:20.320><c> takes</c><00:54:20.599><c> them</c>

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down<00:54:21.320><c> to</c><00:54:21.659><c> Egypt.</c>