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and</c><00:24:32.559><c> it</c><00:24:32.880><c> enters</c><00:24:33.059><c> into</c><00:24:33.380><c> Galilee</c><00:24:34.079><c> a</c><00:24:35.259><c> lake</c><00:24:35.559><c> which</c><00:24:35.839><c> is</c> 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:38.819 teeming<00:24:36.640><c> with</c><00:24:36.880><c> life,</c><00:24:38.079><c> an</c><00:24:38.259><c> abundance</c> 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:42.619 of<00:24:39.140><c> fish.</c><00:24:39.700><c> And</c><00:24:39.880><c> we</c><00:24:40.099><c> see</c><00:24:40.299><c> that</c><00:24:40.579><c> from</c><00:24:40.819><c> the</c><00:24:41.640><c> miracles</c><00:24:42.099><c> which</c><00:24:42.359><c> were</c> 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:44.000 performed<00:24:43.019><c> in</c><00:24:43.220><c> the</c><00:24:43.359><c> life</c><00:24:43.539><c> of</c><00:24:43.779><c> the</c><00:24:43.859><c> Lord</c> 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:49.119 Jesus<00:24:44.420><c> Christ.</c><00:24:46.359><c> And</c><00:24:46.720><c> over</c><00:24:46.940><c> a</c><00:24:47.079><c> distance</c><00:24:47.440><c> of</c><00:24:47.700><c> 70</c><00:24:48.039><c> miles,</c><00:24:48.799><c> Jordan</c> 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:53.099 falls<00:24:49.720><c> from</c><00:24:50.180><c> Galilee</c><00:24:50.700><c> to</c><00:24:51.359><c> the</c><00:24:52.519><c> Dead</c><00:24:52.839><c> Sea</c> 00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:57.240 or<00:24:53.900><c> as</c><00:24:54.019><c> it's</c><00:24:54.240><c> called</c><00:24:54.400><c> in</c><00:24:54.599><c> scripture</c><00:24:54.880><c> the</c><00:24:55.220><c> salt</c><00:24:55.519><c> sea,</c><00:24:56.599><c> it</c><00:24:56.779><c> falls</c> 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:02.039 a<00:24:57.980><c> distance</c><00:24:58.339><c> of</c><00:24:58.740><c> 610</c><00:24:59.920><c> feet.</c><00:25:01.680><c> Of</c><00:25:01.900><c> course</c> 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:09.200 the<00:25:02.299><c> salt</c><00:25:02.599><c> sea</c><00:25:02.920><c> is</c><00:25:04.119><c> the</c><00:25:04.380><c> lowest</c><00:25:04.740><c> part</c><00:25:05.160><c> on</c><00:25:05.440><c> earth.</c><00:25:08.039><c> The</c><00:25:08.279><c> salt</c><00:25:08.559><c> sea</c><00:25:08.880><c> is</c> 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:11.700 a<00:25:09.460><c> lifeless</c><00:25:10.119><c> body</c><00:25:10.660><c> of</c><00:25:11.279><c> water.</c> 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:15.859 So<00:25:12.299><c> what</c><00:25:12.519><c> we</c><00:25:12.759><c> have,</c><00:25:13.000><c> we</c><00:25:13.079><c> have</c><00:25:13.640><c> life</c><00:25:14.160><c> in</c><00:25:14.640><c> its</c><00:25:14.920><c> teeming</c><00:25:15.319><c> millions</c> 00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:19.279 travelling<00:25:16.660><c> down</c><00:25:17.079><c> Jordan</c><00:25:17.700><c> ending</c><00:25:18.680><c> in</c> 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:26.200 death.<00:25:20.960><c> And</c><00:25:21.259><c> significantly,</c><00:25:22.079><c> brothers</c><00:25:22.180><c> and</c><00:25:22.319><c> sisters,</c><00:25:23.539><c> we</c><00:25:23.720><c> are</c><00:25:24.079><c> told</c><00:25:24.779><c> that</c><00:25:25.940><c> it</c> 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:28.440 travels<00:25:26.680><c> through</c><00:25:27.720><c> the</c><00:25:28.079><c> city</c> 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:40.380 of<00:25:28.799><c> Adam.</c><00:25:31.859><c> Now,</c><00:25:33.420><c> what</c><00:25:33.539><c> is</c><00:25:33.779><c> the</c><00:25:34.059><c> significance</c><00:25:34.680><c> of</c><00:25:35.819><c> all</c><00:25:36.140><c> this?</c><00:25:39.119><c> Well,</c><00:25:39.579><c> let's</c><00:25:39.779><c> just</c><00:25:40.039><c> have</c><00:25:40.220><c> a</c> 00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.660 read<00:25:40.819><c> of</c> 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:48.859 a<00:25:41.839><c> section</c><00:25:42.119><c> of</c><00:25:42.400><c> scripture.</c><00:25:44.980><c> Verse</c><00:25:45.700><c> 15</c><00:25:47.079><c> of</c><00:25:47.299><c> chapter</c><00:25:47.579><c> 3,</c><00:25:48.839><c> verse</c> 00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.259 15,<00:25:49.039><c> verse</c><00:25:49.039><c> 15</c><00:25:49.039><c> of</c><00:25:49.039><c> chapter</c><00:25:49.039><c> 3,</c><00:25:49.099><c> verse</c> 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:53.460 15.<00:25:49.660><c> And</c><00:25:49.940><c> as</c><00:25:50.220><c> they</c><00:25:50.420><c> that</c><00:25:50.599><c> bear</c><00:25:50.839><c> the</c><00:25:51.099><c> ark</c><00:25:51.279><c> were</c><00:25:51.500><c> coming</c><00:25:51.779><c> to</c><00:25:52.000><c> Jordan,</c><00:25:53.240><c> and</c> 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.619 the<00:25:53.640><c> feet</c><00:25:53.799><c> of</c><00:25:53.980><c> the</c><00:25:54.180><c> priests</c><00:25:54.420><c> that</c> 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:57.220 bear<00:25:54.859><c> the</c><00:25:55.079><c> ark</c><00:25:55.220><c> were</c><00:25:55.440><c> dipped</c><00:25:55.779><c> in</c><00:25:56.000><c> the</c><00:25:56.259><c> brim</c><00:25:56.440><c> of</c><00:25:56.599><c> the</c><00:25:56.799><c> water,</c> 00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:59.819 for<00:25:57.579><c> Jordan</c><00:25:58.180><c> overfloweth</c><00:25:59.000><c> all</c><00:25:59.279><c> his</c><00:25:59.519><c> banks</c> 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:02.920 all<00:26:00.079><c> the</c><00:26:00.259><c> time</c><00:26:00.500><c> of</c><00:26:00.740><c> harvest,</c><00:26:01.579><c> that</c><00:26:01.859><c> the</c><00:26:02.059><c> waters</c><00:26:02.339><c> which</c><00:26:02.579><c> came</c> 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:06.079 down<00:26:03.240><c> from</c><00:26:03.500><c> above</c><00:26:03.859><c> stood</c><00:26:04.359><c> and</c><00:26:04.619><c> rose</c><00:26:05.019><c> up,</c><00:26:05.779><c> and</c> 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.680 I'm<00:26:06.259><c> going</c><00:26:06.440><c> to</c><00:26:06.559><c> quote</c><00:26:06.700><c> from</c><00:26:06.940><c> the</c><00:26:07.119><c> revised</c><00:26:07.420><c> version,</c><00:26:08.359><c> it</c><00:26:08.519><c> stood</c> 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:11.720 and<00:26:08.839><c> rose</c><00:26:09.160><c> up</c><00:26:09.579><c> in</c><00:26:09.980><c> one</c><00:26:10.339><c> heap</c><00:26:10.640><c> a</c><00:26:11.119><c> great</c><00:26:11.380><c> way</c> 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:17.819 off<00:26:12.019><c> at</c><00:26:12.359><c> Adam,</c><00:26:13.339><c> the</c><00:26:13.519><c> city</c><00:26:14.359><c> that</c><00:26:15.680><c> is</c><00:26:15.960><c> beside</c><00:26:16.339><c> Zerothan.</c><00:26:17.559><c> And</c> 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:19.259 those<00:26:18.099><c> that</c><00:26:18.279><c> went</c><00:26:18.460><c> down</c><00:26:18.839><c> toward</c><00:26:19.180><c> the</c><00:26:19.259><c> city,</c> 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:23.480 this<00:26:19.339><c> sea</c><00:26:19.579><c> of</c><00:26:19.900><c> the</c><00:26:20.240><c> plain,</c><00:26:21.140><c> even</c><00:26:21.240><c> the</c><00:26:21.579><c> salt</c><00:26:21.819><c> sea</c><00:26:22.059><c> failed</c><00:26:22.759><c> and</c> 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:26.099 were<00:26:23.779><c> cut</c><00:26:24.079><c> off,</c><00:26:24.440><c> and</c><00:26:24.440><c> the</c><00:26:24.660><c> people</c><00:26:25.099><c> 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then</c><00:27:37.700><c> there</c><00:27:37.880><c> has</c><00:27:38.160><c> to</c><00:27:38.299><c> be</c> 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:41.480 the<00:27:38.680><c> final</c><00:27:39.259><c> circumcising</c><00:27:40.079><c> of</c><00:27:40.319><c> the</c><00:27:40.559><c> flesh</c> 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:44.960 in<00:27:42.099><c> order</c><00:27:42.380><c> for</c><00:27:42.720><c> us</c><00:27:42.839><c> to</c><00:27:43.039><c> enter</c><00:27:43.279><c> into</c><00:27:43.500><c> the</c><00:27:43.759><c> promised</c><00:27:44.019><c> land,</c><00:27:44.519><c> because</c><00:27:44.640><c> Paul</c> 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.400 says<00:27:45.380><c> in</c><00:27:45.740><c> the</c><00:27:45.960><c> first</c><00:27:46.160><c> book</c> 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:51.000 of<00:27:46.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:46.940><c> chapter</c><00:27:47.319><c> 15,</c><00:27:48.380><c> flesh</c><00:27:48.759><c> and</c><00:27:49.279><c> blood</c><00:27:49.759><c> cannot</c><00:27:50.259><c> enter</c><00:27:50.640><c> into</c><00:27:50.859><c> the</c> 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:55.960 kingdom<00:27:51.240><c> of</c><00:27:51.500><c> God.</c><00:27:55.759><c> There's</c> 00:27:55.960 --> 00:28:00.359 another<00:27:56.200><c> little</c><00:27:56.500><c> detail</c><00:27:56.900><c> which</c><00:27:57.119><c> is</c><00:27:57.359><c> worth</c><00:27:57.579><c> looking</c><00:27:57.900><c> at,</c><00:28:00.240><c> and</c> 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:03.519 that<00:28:00.460><c> is</c><00:28:00.619><c> the</c><00:28:00.819><c> 12</c><00:28:01.180><c> stones.</c><00:28:02.839><c> You'll</c><00:28:03.240><c> notice</c> 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:07.700 in<00:28:03.700><c> verse</c><00:28:03.960><c> 8</c><00:28:04.200><c> of</c><00:28:04.400><c> chapter</c><00:28:04.700><c> 4</c><00:28:05.480><c> that</c><00:28:06.720><c> the</c><00:28:06.920><c> children</c><00:28:07.220><c> of</c><00:28:07.460><c> Israel</c> 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.859 did<00:28:07.960><c> so</c><00:28:08.200><c> 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are</c><00:29:16.720><c> interesting</c><00:29:17.220><c> to</c><00:29:17.539><c> note.</c><00:29:18.700><c> The</c> 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:21.619 stones<00:29:19.839><c> which</c><00:29:20.180><c> had</c><00:29:20.339><c> been</c><00:29:20.680><c> taken</c><00:29:21.079><c> out</c> 00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:27.539 of<00:29:21.920><c> Jordan,</c><00:29:23.500><c> I</c><00:29:24.900><c> would</c><00:29:25.160><c> suggest</c><00:29:25.559><c> that</c><00:29:25.740><c> they</c><00:29:26.039><c> represent</c><00:29:26.680><c> the</c><00:29:26.920><c> nation</c><00:29:27.220><c> of</c> 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:31.160 Israel.<00:29:29.180><c> You</c><00:29:29.380><c> see,</c><00:29:30.200><c> those</c><00:29:30.539><c> stones</c> 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:35.960 had<00:29:31.400><c> been</c><00:29:32.339><c> exposed</c><00:29:33.099><c> to</c><00:29:33.339><c> the</c><00:29:33.559><c> constant</c><00:29:34.200><c> washing</c><00:29:34.660><c> of</c><00:29:35.019><c> water.</c> 00:29:36.579 --> 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about</c><00:30:35.779><c> the</c><00:30:36.059><c> stones</c><00:30:36.539><c> that</c><00:30:37.119><c> were</c><00:30:37.319><c> put</c> 00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:47.200 into<00:30:38.700><c> the</c><00:30:39.099><c> midst</c><00:30:39.359><c> of</c><00:30:39.640><c> Jordan?</c><00:30:46.319><c> These</c><00:30:46.920><c> would</c> 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:54.900 be<00:30:47.440><c> stones</c><00:30:47.839><c> which</c><00:30:48.099><c> had</c><00:30:48.359><c> not</c><00:30:48.640><c> yet</c><00:30:48.920><c> been</c><00:30:49.740><c> prepared</c><00:30:50.480><c> for</c><00:30:51.180><c> the</c><00:30:51.460><c> promised</c><00:30:51.680><c> land.</c><00:30:52.940><c> These</c><00:30:53.380><c> would</c><00:30:53.640><c> be</c><00:30:53.880><c> stones</c> 00:30:55.039 --> 00:31:00.900 which<00:30:55.380><c> were</c><00:30:55.720><c> still</c><00:30:56.220><c> unfashioned</c><00:30:57.680><c> by</c><00:30:58.079><c> the</c><00:30:58.359><c> water</c><00:30:58.640><c> 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is</c><00:31:38.359><c> after</c><00:31:38.680><c> me</c><00:31:38.960><c> and</c> 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:42.420 is<00:31:39.359><c> preferred</c><00:31:39.720><c> before</c><00:31:40.160><c> me,</c><00:31:40.940><c> whose</c><00:31:41.079><c> shoes</c><00:31:41.380><c> latcheth</c><00:31:41.839><c> I</c><00:31:42.019><c> am</c><00:31:42.220><c> not</c> 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:44.839 worthy<00:31:42.680><c> to</c><00:31:42.940><c> unloose.</c><00:31:43.619><c> These</c><00:31:44.119><c> things</c><00:31:44.500><c> were</c> 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:53.420 done<00:31:45.200><c> in</c><00:31:46.059><c> Bethabara</c><00:31:48.640><c> beyond</c><00:31:49.779><c> Jordan</c><00:31:50.339><c> where</c><00:31:51.299><c> John</c><00:31:51.619><c> was</c><00:31:51.920><c> baptising.</c><00:31:53.279><c> Now</c> 00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:55.119 there's<00:31:53.619><c> been</c><00:31:53.920><c> some</c><00:31:54.480><c> discussion</c> 00:31:55.119 --> 00:32:00.279 in<00:31:55.400><c> 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that</c><00:32:07.140><c> they</c><00:32:07.359><c> named</c><00:32:07.700><c> the</c><00:32:07.980><c> place</c><00:32:08.480><c> Bethabara</c><00:32:09.500><c> which</c><00:32:09.740><c> means</c><00:32:10.099><c> the</c> 00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.400 place<00:32:10.779><c> of</c><00:32:11.160><c> the</c> 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:19.220 crossing.<00:32:12.839><c> And</c><00:32:13.359><c> so</c><00:32:13.500><c> it's</c><00:32:13.640><c> quite</c><00:32:13.940><c> possible</c><00:32:14.460><c> that</c><00:32:14.799><c> John</c><00:32:15.720><c> the</c><00:32:16.160><c> Baptist</c><00:32:16.839><c> was</c><00:32:17.480><c> baptising</c><00:32:18.700><c> at</c> 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.920 least<00:32:19.519><c> within</c> 00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:24.079 the<00:32:20.220><c> area</c><00:32:20.819><c> where</c><00:32:21.680><c> the</c><00:32:21.900><c> nation</c><00:32:22.220><c> of</c><00:32:22.420><c> Israel</c><00:32:22.839><c> had</c><00:32:23.319><c> crossed</c><00:32:23.599><c> over.</c> 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:27.079 It<00:32:24.500><c> was</c><00:32:24.700><c> one</c><00:32:24.940><c> of</c><00:32:25.079><c> those</c><00:32:25.440><c> areas</c><00:32:25.859><c> of</c><00:32:26.220><c> crossing.</c> 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:33.900 Now<00:32:28.099><c> what</c><00:32:28.319><c> happened</c><00:32:28.880><c> on</c><00:32:29.519><c> that</c><00:32:29.700><c> occasion?</c><00:32:31.279><c> We</c><00:32:31.440><c> go</c><00:32:31.619><c> back</c><00:32:31.859><c> to</c><00:32:31.980><c> Matthew</c><00:32:32.400><c> chapter</c><00:32:32.740><c> 3</c> 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:37.180 to<00:32:34.660><c> find</c><00:32:35.059><c> the</c><00:32:35.980><c> circumstances</c> 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:45.319 and<00:32:38.359><c> on</c><00:32:38.559><c> that</c><00:32:38.799><c> occasion</c><00:32:39.519><c> the</c><00:32:40.579><c> nation</c><00:32:40.980><c> of</c><00:32:41.240><c> Israel,</c><00:32:42.319><c> the</c><00:32:42.500><c> scribes</c><00:32:42.940><c> and</c><00:32:43.099><c> the</c><00:32:43.299><c> Pharisees,</c><00:32:44.359><c> they</c><00:32:44.740><c> came</c><00:32:45.119><c> to</c> 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:50.160 Jesus<00:32:45.819><c> to</c><00:32:46.039><c> be</c><00:32:46.259><c> baptised.</c><00:32:48.460><c> And</c><00:32:48.720><c> you</c><00:32:48.900><c> see</c><00:32:49.079><c> from</c><00:32:49.359><c> their</c><00:32:49.640><c> point</c><00:32:49.960><c> of</c> 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.960 view<00:32:50.319><c> the</c><00:32:50.519><c> record</c><00:32:50.880><c> tells</c><00:32:51.240><c> us</c><00:32:51.500><c> elsewhere</c> 00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:56.839 that<00:32:52.480><c> John</c><00:32:52.799><c> didn't</c><00:32:53.160><c> baptise</c><00:32:53.759><c> any</c><00:32:54.039><c> of</c><00:32:54.279><c> them</c><00:32:54.900><c> because</c><00:32:55.880><c> they</c><00:32:56.119><c> didn't</c><00:32:56.359><c> come</c><00:32:56.640><c> to</c> 00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.700 be<00:32:57.079><c> 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vipers,</c><00:33:29.640><c> who</c><00:33:29.779><c> hath</c><00:33:29.960><c> warned</c><00:33:30.359><c> you</c><00:33:30.640><c> to</c> 00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:33.500 flee<00:33:31.380><c> from</c><00:33:31.940><c> the</c><00:33:32.220><c> wrath</c><00:33:32.440><c> to</c><00:33:32.759><c> come?</c> 00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:38.240 Bring<00:33:33.680><c> forth</c><00:33:34.079><c> therefore</c><00:33:34.640><c> fruits,</c><00:33:35.559><c> meet</c><00:33:35.759><c> for</c><00:33:36.119><c> repentance,</c><00:33:37.180><c> and</c><00:33:37.440><c> think</c><00:33:37.720><c> not</c><00:33:38.000><c> to</c> 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.799 say<00:33:38.420><c> within</c><00:33:38.740><c> yourselves,</c><00:33:39.579><c> We</c> 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:44.619 have<00:33:40.180><c> Abraham</c><00:33:40.660><c> to</c><00:33:40.960><c> our</c><00:33:41.200><c> father.</c><00:33:42.279><c> I</c><00:33:42.640><c> say</c><00:33:42.839><c> unto</c><00:33:43.160><c> thee</c><00:33:43.660><c> that</c><00:33:44.220><c> God</c> 00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:49.500 is<00:33:44.940><c> able</c><00:33:45.299><c> of</c><00:33:45.900><c> these</c><00:33:46.779><c> stones</c><00:33:47.619><c> to</c><00:33:49.200><c> raise</c> 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:53.140 up<00:33:49.740><c> children</c><00:33:50.119><c> to</c><00:33:50.440><c> Abraham.</c><00:33:51.720><c> Now</c><00:33:51.960><c> we</c><00:33:52.099><c> can't</c><00:33:52.380><c> be</c><00:33:52.660><c> certain,</c><00:33:53.039><c> can</c> 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:55.519 we,<00:33:53.460><c> brothers</c><00:33:53.579><c> and</c><00:33:53.839><c> sisters,</c><00:33:54.640><c> as</c><00:33:54.920><c> to</c><00:33:54.980><c> what</c><00:33:55.220><c> those</c> 00:33:55.519 --> 00:34:01.640 stones<00:33:55.880><c> refer</c><00:33:56.319><c> to.</c><00:33:57.200><c> But</c><00:33:57.500><c> is</c><00:33:57.720><c> it</c><00:33:57.980><c> possible</c><00:33:58.700><c> that</c><00:33:59.359><c> over</c><00:33:59.740><c> the</c><00:34:00.039><c> years</c><00:34:00.460><c> there</c><00:34:00.980><c> have</c><00:34:01.200><c> been</c><00:34:01.420><c> a</c> 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.519 set<00:34:01.819><c> of</c><00:34:02.119><c> stones</c> 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:11.099 twelve<00:34:03.019><c> stones</c><00:34:03.619><c> being</c><00:34:04.759><c> washed</c><00:34:05.259><c> and</c><00:34:05.599><c> prepared</c><00:34:06.359><c> for</c><00:34:07.519><c> a</c><00:34:07.819><c> particular</c><00:34:08.320><c> manifestation?</c><00:34:10.960><c> And</c> 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.780 John<00:34:11.380><c> says,</c> 00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:22.579 God<00:34:12.119><c> is</c><00:34:12.440><c> able</c><00:34:12.679><c> of</c><00:34:13.059><c> these</c><00:34:13.460><c> stones</c><00:34:14.119><c> to</c><00:34:15.019><c> raise</c><00:34:15.380><c> up</c><00:34:16.159><c> children</c><00:34:16.639><c> to</c><00:34:17.199><c> Abraham.</c><00:34:19.380><c> And</c><00:34:19.719><c> those</c><00:34:20.079><c> stones</c><00:34:20.739><c> was</c><00:34:21.900><c> a</c><00:34:22.099><c> reference</c> 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:29.159 to<00:34:23.300><c> the</c><00:34:23.519><c> Gentiles,</c><00:34:25.159><c> to</c><00:34:25.420><c> people</c><00:34:25.780><c> like</c><00:34:26.300><c> you</c><00:34:26.579><c> and</c><00:34:26.860><c> I,</c><00:34:28.340><c> who,</c><00:34:28.699><c> brethren</c><00:34:28.860><c> and</c> 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.400 sisters,<00:34:29.539><c> according</c><00:34:29.940><c> to</c><00:34:30.199><c> the</c> 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:38.599 Apostle<00:34:30.860><c> Paul,</c><00:34:32.780><c> would</c><00:34:32.980><c> be</c><00:34:33.500><c> circumcised</c><00:34:35.039><c> with</c><00:34:35.539><c> the</c><00:34:36.519><c> circumcision</c><00:34:37.260><c> which</c><00:34:37.900><c> comes</c><00:34:38.260><c> by</c> 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:40.380 faith.<00:34:39.820><c> In</c><00:34:39.960><c> Colossians</c> 00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:44.800 chapter<00:34:40.760><c> 2</c><00:34:41.099><c> 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in</c><00:34:57.719><c> baptism,</c><00:34:58.960><c> wherein</c><00:34:59.159><c> also</c> 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.039 ye<00:35:00.099><c> are</c><00:35:00.260><c> risen</c><00:35:00.539><c> with</c><00:35:00.780><c> him</c><00:35:00.980><c> through</c><00:35:01.219><c> the</c><00:35:01.579><c> faith</c> 00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:08.440 of<00:35:02.599><c> the</c><00:35:02.860><c> operation</c><00:35:03.400><c> of</c><00:35:03.639><c> God.</c><00:35:05.239><c> So</c><00:35:05.699><c> we</c><00:35:05.920><c> have</c><00:35:06.119><c> a</c><00:35:06.340><c> picture</c><00:35:06.619><c> in</c><00:35:06.900><c> Joshua,</c><00:35:08.260><c> not</c> 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.179 only<00:35:08.739><c> of</c><00:35:08.940><c> Israel</c><00:35:09.340><c> passing</c><00:35:09.800><c> over</c> 00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:15.639 into<00:35:10.420><c> the</c><00:35:10.679><c> promised</c><00:35:10.960><c> land,</c><00:35:12.320><c> but</c><00:35:12.519><c> possibly</c><00:35:13.159><c> 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possession.</c><00:37:09.059><c> And</c><00:37:09.380><c> die</c><00:37:09.639><c> in</c><00:37:09.820><c> the</c><00:37:10.000><c> mount</c><00:37:10.239><c> whither</c><00:37:10.559><c> thou</c> 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.500 goest<00:37:11.280><c> up,</c><00:37:11.940><c> and</c><00:37:12.119><c> be</c><00:37:12.300><c> gathered</c> 00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:16.519 unto<00:37:12.699><c> thy</c><00:37:13.039><c> people</c><00:37:13.539><c> as</c><00:37:13.880><c> Aaron</c><00:37:14.219><c> thy</c><00:37:14.519><c> brother</c><00:37:14.900><c> died</c><00:37:15.280><c> in</c><00:37:15.960><c> mount</c> 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:19.440 Hor,<00:37:17.940><c> and</c><00:37:18.079><c> was</c><00:37:18.300><c> gathered</c><00:37:18.579><c> unto</c><00:37:18.820><c> his</c><00:37:19.139><c> people,</c> 00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:23.599 because<00:37:19.820><c> ye</c><00:37:20.199><c> trespassed</c><00:37:21.199><c> against</c><00:37:21.599><c> me</c><00:37:22.300><c> among</c><00:37:23.019><c> 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the</c><00:38:47.739><c> eyes</c><00:38:47.920><c> of</c><00:38:48.099><c> the</c><00:38:48.219><c> children</c><00:38:48.500><c> of</c><00:38:48.659><c> Israel,</c><00:38:49.760><c> therefore</c><00:38:50.099><c> ye</c> 00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:52.780 shall<00:38:50.599><c> not</c><00:38:50.920><c> bring</c><00:38:51.119><c> this</c><00:38:51.659><c> congregation</c><00:38:52.380><c> into</c> 00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:58.739 the<00:38:53.000><c> land</c><00:38:53.340><c> which</c><00:38:53.820><c> I</c><00:38:54.039><c> have</c><00:38:54.239><c> given</c><00:38:54.420><c> you.</c><00:38:55.360><c> Now,</c><00:38:55.840><c> normally</c><00:38:56.139><c> we</c><00:38:56.480><c> associated</c><00:38:57.159><c> unbelief</c><00:38:58.119><c> with</c><00:38:58.519><c> the</c> 00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.239 people<00:38:58.980><c> of</c> 00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:02.619 Israel.<00:38:59.699><c> They</c><00:39:00.059><c> entered</c><00:39:00.480><c> not</c><00:39:00.840><c> in</c><00:39:01.019><c> because</c><00:39:01.360><c> of</c><00:39:01.599><c> unbelief,</c><00:39:02.500><c> says</c> 00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:04.980 the<00:39:02.840><c> Apostle</c><00:39:03.219><c> Paul</c><00:39:03.639><c> in</c><00:39:03.940><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:04.340><c> Chapter</c><00:39:04.739><c> 3,</c> 00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:09.860 verse<00:39:05.280><c> 10.</c><00:39:06.539><c> But</c><00:39:06.659><c> here</c><00:39:06.840><c> we're</c><00:39:07.039><c> told</c><00:39:07.460><c> that</c><00:39:07.739><c> Moses</c><00:39:08.340><c> was</c><00:39:09.019><c> not</c><00:39:09.300><c> allowed</c><00:39:09.599><c> to</c> 00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:11.440 enter<00:39:10.099><c> in</c><00:39:10.260><c> because</c><00:39:10.699><c> he</c><00:39:11.139><c> believed</c> 00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:17.760 not.<00:39:13.320><c> Now,</c><00:39:13.599><c> obviously</c><00:39:14.039><c> Moses</c><00:39:14.780><c> stands</c><00:39:15.340><c> in</c><00:39:15.559><c> a</c><00:39:15.739><c> different</c><00:39:15.960><c> category</c><00:39:16.500><c> to</c><00:39:17.159><c> the</c><00:39:17.320><c> rest</c><00:39:17.539><c> of</c> 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.699 the<00:39:17.880><c> people</c><00:39:18.119><c> of</c><00:39:18.300><c> Israel.</c> 00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:24.599 He<00:39:19.219><c> was</c><00:39:19.599><c> Moses</c><00:39:20.519><c> my</c><00:39:20.920><c> servant.</c><00:39:22.139><c> God</c><00:39:22.420><c> describes</c><00:39:23.059><c> him.</c><00:39:24.019><c> So</c><00:39:24.239><c> how</c><00:39:24.420><c> do</c> 00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:27.599 we<00:39:24.840><c> reconcile</c><00:39:25.460><c> that,</c><00:39:26.420><c> that</c><00:39:26.639><c> Moses</c><00:39:27.119><c> believed</c> 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:31.059 not<00:39:27.860><c> and</c><00:39:28.000><c> because</c><00:39:28.340><c> of</c><00:39:28.539><c> that</c><00:39:28.679><c> he</c><00:39:28.800><c> wasn't</c><00:39:29.079><c> allowed</c><00:39:29.380><c> to</c><00:39:29.639><c> enter</c><00:39:29.940><c> in?</c><00:39:30.400><c> Well,</c><00:39:30.559><c> it's</c><00:39:30.760><c> one</c><00:39:30.940><c> of</c> 00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.840 the<00:39:31.239><c> other</c><00:39:31.480><c> records</c> 00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:38.980 which<00:39:32.139><c> helps</c><00:39:32.360><c> us</c><00:39:32.599><c> to</c><00:39:32.780><c> put</c><00:39:32.920><c> things</c><00:39:33.320><c> in</c><00:39:33.820><c> perspective.</c><00:39:38.079><c> And</c><00:39:38.119><c> that's</c><00:39:38.539><c> in</c> 00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:42.800 Deuteronomy,<00:39:40.699><c> the</c><00:39:40.840><c> book</c><00:39:41.039><c> of</c><00:39:41.260><c> Deuteronomy,</c> 00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:56.039 Chapter<00:39:47.579><c> 3,</c><00:39:51.679><c> verse</c><00:39:51.880><c> 23.</c><00:39:54.119><c> And</c><00:39:54.320><c> we</c><00:39:54.400><c> have</c><00:39:54.719><c> got</c><00:39:55.079><c> Moses</c><00:39:55.539><c> pleading</c> 00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:57.579 with<00:39:56.320><c> God</c><00:39:56.579><c> that</c><00:39:56.739><c> he</c><00:39:56.880><c> might</c><00:39:57.179><c> not</c><00:39:57.579><c> enter</c> 00:39:57.599 --> 00:40:00.679 in<00:39:58.559><c> because</c><00:39:58.559><c> of</c><00:39:58.559><c> unbelief.</c><00:39:58.559><c> Now,</c><00:39:58.559><c> let's</c><00:39:58.559><c> rethink</c><00:39:58.559><c> the</c><00:39:59.340><c> opportunity</c><00:39:59.960><c> for</c><00:40:00.179><c> Moses</c><00:40:00.480><c> to</c> 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:02.239 go<00:40:00.960><c> over.</c><00:40:01.639><c> I</c><00:40:01.840><c> besought</c> 00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:04.699 the<00:40:02.460><c> Lord</c><00:40:02.639><c> at</c><00:40:02.780><c> that</c><00:40:03.059><c> time</c><00:40:03.280><c> saying,</c><00:40:03.699><c> O</c><00:40:03.760><c> Lord</c><00:40:04.039><c> God,</c><00:40:04.460><c> thou</c><00:40:04.519><c> hast</c> 00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:07.739 begun<00:40:05.019><c> to</c><00:40:05.280><c> show</c><00:40:05.400><c> thy</c><00:40:05.719><c> servant</c><00:40:06.260><c> thy</c><00:40:06.639><c> greatness,</c> 00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:11.019 thy<00:40:07.980><c> mighty</c><00:40:08.340><c> hand</c><00:40:08.739><c> for</c><00:40:08.920><c> what</c><00:40:09.179><c> God</c><00:40:09.420><c> is</c><00:40:09.719><c> there</c><00:40:09.900><c> in</c><00:40:10.099><c> heaven</c><00:40:10.400><c> or</c><00:40:10.820><c> in</c> 00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:13.500 earth<00:40:11.219><c> that</c><00:40:11.760><c> can</c><00:40:12.079><c> do</c><00:40:12.559><c> according</c><00:40:13.039><c> to</c><00:40:13.260><c> thy</c> 00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:18.179 works<00:40:13.860><c> and</c><00:40:14.139><c> according</c><00:40:14.539><c> to</c><00:40:14.800><c> thy</c><00:40:14.980><c> might.</c><00:40:16.780><c> I</c><00:40:17.219><c> pray</c><00:40:17.500><c> thee,</c><00:40:17.739><c> let</c><00:40:17.980><c> me</c> 00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:20.559 go<00:40:18.500><c> over</c><00:40:18.760><c> and</c><00:40:18.980><c> see</c><00:40:19.219><c> the</c><00:40:19.420><c> good</c><00:40:19.599><c> land</c><00:40:20.059><c> that</c> 00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:26.619 is<00:40:20.840><c> beyond</c><00:40:21.179><c> Jordan,</c><00:40:21.639><c> that</c><00:40:21.940><c> goodly</c><00:40:22.340><c> mountain</c><00:40:22.780><c> in</c><00:40:22.980><c> Lebanon.</c><00:40:23.980><c> But</c><00:40:24.320><c> the</c><00:40:24.579><c> Lord</c><00:40:24.840><c> was</c><00:40:25.179><c> wroth</c><00:40:25.440><c> with</c><00:40:25.679><c> me</c><00:40:26.300><c> for</c> 00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:32.320 your<00:40:27.000><c> sakes.</c><00:40:28.860><c> You</c><00:40:28.980><c> see,</c><00:40:29.500><c> what</c><00:40:29.739><c> Moses</c><00:40:30.139><c> does,</c><00:40:31.539><c> he</c><00:40:31.659><c> becomes</c><00:40:31.980><c> the</c> 00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:35.639 burden<00:40:32.699><c> bearer.</c><00:40:33.340><c> Just</c><00:40:33.519><c> like</c><00:40:33.800><c> Jesus</c><00:40:34.679><c> bore</c><00:40:35.179><c> our</c> 00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:41.099 sins,<00:40:36.679><c> Moses</c><00:40:37.260><c> bore</c><00:40:37.760><c> the</c><00:40:38.119><c> responsibility</c><00:40:38.920><c> of</c><00:40:39.599><c> the</c><00:40:39.840><c> unfaithfulness</c><00:40:40.519><c> of</c><00:40:40.719><c> Israel</c> 00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:43.559 because<00:40:41.679><c> Moses</c><00:40:42.679><c> represented</c> 00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:48.940 the<00:40:44.179><c> law.</c><00:40:45.780><c> He</c><00:40:46.159><c> represented</c><00:40:46.679><c> a</c><00:40:46.920><c> law</c><00:40:47.139><c> which</c><00:40:47.420><c> was</c><00:40:48.039><c> justification</c> 00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:52.940 by<00:40:49.519><c> works.</c><00:40:51.340><c> And</c><00:40:51.599><c> that</c><00:40:51.760><c> is</c><00:40:51.980><c> not</c><00:40:52.239><c> going</c><00:40:52.440><c> to</c><00:40:52.639><c> get</c><00:40:52.820><c> us</c> 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:55.699 into<00:40:53.179><c> the</c><00:40:53.320><c> kingdom</c><00:40:53.679><c> of</c><00:40:53.900><c> God,</c><00:40:54.440><c> brethren</c><00:40:54.460><c> and</c><00:40:54.780><c> sisters.</c><00:40:55.559><c> The</c> 00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:57.840 law<00:40:55.960><c> couldn't</c><00:40:56.440><c> take</c><00:40:56.820><c> them</c><00:40:57.039><c> into</c><00:40:57.280><c> the</c><00:40:57.599><c> promised</c> 00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:05.860 land<00:40:58.400><c> because</c><00:40:59.739><c> the</c><00:41:00.079><c> law</c><00:41:00.400><c> was</c><00:41:01.440><c> the</c><00:41:01.639><c> law</c><00:41:01.940><c> of</c><00:41:02.380><c> works</c><00:41:02.699><c> and</c><00:41:03.019><c> not</c><00:41:03.260><c> faith.</c><00:41:05.739><c> The</c> 00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:07.420 work<00:41:06.239><c> of</c><00:41:06.579><c> taking</c><00:41:06.960><c> them</c><00:41:07.179><c> into</c> 00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:14.380 the<00:41:07.760><c> promised</c><00:41:08.039><c> land</c><00:41:08.420><c> is</c><00:41:08.840><c> the</c><00:41:09.059><c> work</c><00:41:09.260><c> of</c><00:41:09.519><c> Yahushua,</c><00:41:10.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:11.360><c> saves.</c><00:41:13.599><c> It's</c><00:41:14.039><c> a</c> 00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:15.639 relationship<00:41:15.019><c> which</c><00:41:15.340><c> comes</c> 00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:21.699 by<00:41:16.019><c> grace</c><00:41:16.699><c> and</c><00:41:17.760><c> not</c><00:41:18.000><c> by</c><00:41:18.420><c> works.</c><00:41:19.900><c> And</c><00:41:20.019><c> Moses</c><00:41:20.460><c> represented</c><00:41:21.360><c> the</c> 00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:22.920 law.<00:41:22.219><c> And</c><00:41:22.320><c> Paul</c><00:41:22.699><c> says</c><00:41:22.920><c> that</c><00:41:22.920><c> the</c><00:41:22.920><c> law</c><00:41:22.920><c> is</c><00:41:22.920><c> the</c> 00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:25.780 law.<00:41:22.940><c> He</c><00:41:22.940><c> says,</c><00:41:23.739><c> what</c><00:41:23.820><c> the</c><00:41:24.099><c> law</c><00:41:24.300><c> could</c><00:41:24.619><c> not</c><00:41:24.920><c> do</c><00:41:25.280><c> in</c><00:41:25.460><c> that</c><00:41:25.639><c> it</c> 00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:28.320 was<00:41:26.099><c> weak</c><00:41:26.500><c> through</c><00:41:27.099><c> the</c><00:41:27.400><c> flesh,</c><00:41:27.960><c> Romans</c> 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:32.380 8<00:41:28.639><c> verse</c><00:41:28.940><c> 3,</c><00:41:29.860><c> God</c><00:41:30.159><c> sending</c><00:41:30.599><c> his</c><00:41:30.900><c> own</c><00:41:31.159><c> Son</c><00:41:31.300><c> in</c><00:41:31.500><c> the</c><00:41:31.760><c> likeness</c><00:41:32.159><c> of</c> 00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:34.980 sinful<00:41:32.659><c> flesh</c><00:41:33.099><c> and</c><00:41:33.539><c> for</c><00:41:33.920><c> sin</c><00:41:34.179><c> condemns</c> 00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:40.119 sin<00:41:35.380><c> in</c><00:41:35.880><c> the</c><00:41:36.099><c> flesh.</c><00:41:37.500><c> And</c><00:41:37.500><c> so</c><00:41:37.780><c> we</c><00:41:38.000><c> are</c><00:41:38.219><c> saved</c><00:41:38.420><c> by</c><00:41:38.739><c> grace,</c><00:41:39.960><c> not</c> 00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:43.239 of<00:41:40.360><c> works</c><00:41:40.599><c> lest</c><00:41:40.860><c> any</c><00:41:41.179><c> man</c><00:41:41.340><c> should</c><00:41:41.639><c> boast.</c><00:41:43.139><c> It</c> 00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:47.699 is<00:41:43.460><c> by</c><00:41:43.820><c> grace</c><00:41:44.179><c> that</c><00:41:44.380><c> we</c><00:41:44.539><c> have</c><00:41:44.679><c> been</c><00:41:45.019><c> saved.</c><00:41:45.920><c> And</c><00:41:45.920><c> so</c><00:41:46.219><c> Moses</c><00:41:46.619><c> couldn't</c><00:41:47.079><c> enter</c><00:41:47.539><c> in</c> 00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:49.519 because<00:41:48.119><c> he</c><00:41:48.760><c> represented</c> 00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:55.019 the<00:41:50.019><c> law.</c><00:41:51.420><c> And</c><00:41:51.420><c> he</c><00:41:51.599><c> became</c><00:41:51.960><c> the</c><00:41:52.219><c> sin</c><00:41:52.639><c> bearer</c><00:41:53.559><c> of</c><00:41:53.679><c> those</c><00:41:54.780><c> that</c> 00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:57.320 were<00:41:55.219><c> under</c><00:41:55.480><c> the</c><00:41:55.719><c> law.</c><00:41:56.460><c> And</c><00:41:56.559><c> he</c><00:41:56.659><c> had</c><00:41:56.880><c> to</c><00:41:57.059><c> die</c> 00:41:57.320 --> 00:42:03.559 in<00:41:57.519><c> the</c><00:41:57.679><c> wilderness</c><00:41:58.059><c> with</c><00:41:58.400><c> them.</c><00:42:00.360><c> But</c><00:42:00.699><c> he</c><00:42:01.039><c> passed</c><00:42:01.380><c> on</c><00:42:01.679><c> the</c><00:42:01.860><c> responsibility</c><00:42:02.699><c> to</c> 00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:06.099 Joshua,<00:42:04.599><c> verse</c><00:42:04.860><c> 28.</c> 00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:11.940 But<00:42:06.239><c> charge</c><00:42:06.780><c> Joshua</c><00:42:07.519><c> and</c><00:42:08.119><c> encourage</c><00:42:08.739><c> him</c><00:42:09.199><c> and</c><00:42:09.840><c> strengthen</c><00:42:10.340><c> him.</c><00:42:11.619><c> 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divine</c><00:43:43.619><c> presence.</c><00:43:44.340><c> In</c><00:43:44.380><c> verse</c><00:43:44.659><c> 6,</c><00:43:45.480><c> he</c> 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:47.920 says,<00:43:45.880><c> He</c><00:43:45.880><c> will</c><00:43:46.099><c> not</c><00:43:46.420><c> fail</c><00:43:46.820><c> thee</c><00:43:47.079><c> nor</c><00:43:47.420><c> forsake</c> 00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:52.480 thee.<00:43:49.280><c> In</c><00:43:49.460><c> verse</c><00:43:49.739><c> 8,</c><00:43:50.039><c> he</c><00:43:50.079><c> says,</c><00:43:50.539><c> He</c><00:43:50.760><c> will</c><00:43:51.000><c> be</c><00:43:51.260><c> with</c><00:43:51.539><c> thee.</c><00:43:52.179><c> And</c> 00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:55.480 in<00:43:52.659><c> verse</c><00:43:53.320><c> 23,</c><00:43:54.099><c> I</c><00:43:54.519><c> will</c><00:43:54.739><c> be</c><00:43:55.000><c> with</c><00:43:55.280><c> thee.</c> 00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:58.500 Now<00:43:55.780><c> that</c><00:43:55.920><c> was</c><00:43:56.139><c> 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conclusion</c><00:44:13.900><c> to</c><00:44:15.619><c> Psalm</c><00:44:16.039><c> 90</c><00:44:16.900><c> and</c><00:44:17.119><c> 91.</c><00:44:24.860><c> Psalm</c><00:44:25.579><c> 90</c> 00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:30.420 and<00:44:26.280><c> 91</c><00:44:27.000><c> are</c><00:44:29.539><c> Psalms</c><00:44:29.900><c> which</c><00:44:30.119><c> are</c> 00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:36.619 related<00:44:31.219><c> to</c><00:44:32.000><c> the</c><00:44:33.559><c> entering</c><00:44:33.920><c> in</c><00:44:34.380><c> of</c><00:44:34.619><c> the</c><00:44:34.840><c> promised</c><00:44:35.059><c> land</c><00:44:35.559><c> and</c><00:44:36.380><c> a</c> 00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:38.219 reflection<00:44:37.099><c> upon</c><00:44:37.440><c> the</c><00:44:37.659><c> journey</c><00:44:38.000><c> that</c> 00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:43.539 had<00:44:38.380><c> gone</c><00:44:38.920><c> behind</c><00:44:40.360><c> them.</c><00:44:41.460><c> Psalm</c><00:44:41.739><c> 90</c><00:44:42.119><c> 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we</c><00:57:53.019><c> ask</c> 00:57:53.239 --> 00:57:55.639 all<00:57:53.480><c> things</c><00:57:53.760><c> through</c><00:57:53.980><c> Jesus</c><00:57:54.340><c> Christ,</c><00:57:54.679><c> our</c><00:57:54.760><c> beloved</c><00:57:55.119><c> Master,</c> 00:57:55.800 --> 00:57:58.340 who<00:57:56.039><c> is</c><00:57:56.280><c> the</c><00:57:56.380><c> hope</c><00:57:56.500><c> of</c><00:57:56.659><c> our</c><00:57:56.820><c> calling.</c><00:57:57.840><c> Amen.</c> 00:58:51.820 --> 00:58:53.219 Amen. 00:58:53.239 --> 00:58:53.900 Amen.