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be</c><00:10:34.950><c> bestowed</c><00:10:35.429><c> upon</c><00:10:35.830><c> Mordecai.</c> 00:10:37.269 --> 00:10:43.509 And<00:10:37.509><c> God</c><00:10:37.710><c> has</c><00:10:38.129><c> purposely</c><00:10:38.629><c> rendered</c><00:10:39.370><c> Haman</c><00:10:39.909><c> powerless</c><00:10:40.909><c> before</c><00:10:42.049><c> Mordecai.</c> 00:10:43.549 --> 00:10:45.909 If<00:10:43.710><c> we</c><00:10:43.850><c> took</c><00:10:44.009><c> the</c><00:10:44.230><c> time</c><00:10:44.370><c> to</c><00:10:44.570><c> go</c><00:10:44.750><c> through</c><00:10:44.929><c> the</c><00:10:45.190><c> description</c><00:10:45.570><c> of</c><00:10:45.769><c> it,</c> 00:10:45.929 --> 00:10:49.570 you<00:10:46.129><c> need</c><00:10:46.330><c> to</c><00:10:46.470><c> have</c><00:10:46.590><c> a</c><00:10:46.850><c> clear</c><00:10:47.049><c> picture</c><00:10:47.649><c> of</c><00:10:48.690><c> what</c><00:10:48.990><c> happens</c><00:10:49.370><c> in</c> 00:10:49.570 --> 00:10:50.370 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had</c><00:11:04.970><c> to</c><00:11:05.169><c> proclaim</c><00:11:05.570><c> before</c><00:11:06.070><c> him.</c> 00:11:06.529 --> 00:11:08.110 Here<00:11:06.710><c> was</c><00:11:06.909><c> the</c><00:11:07.129><c> public</c><00:11:07.389><c> declaration.</c> 00:11:08.610 --> 00:11:13.149 Here<00:11:08.889><c> is</c><00:11:09.230><c> what</c><00:11:09.450><c> happens</c><00:11:09.889><c> to</c><00:11:10.149><c> him</c><00:11:10.509><c> and</c><00:11:10.750><c> whom</c><00:11:10.850><c> the</c><00:11:11.129><c> king</c><00:11:11.450><c> delights</c><00:11:11.990><c> to</c><00:11:12.350><c> honor.</c> 00:11:13.570 --> 00:11:18.909 Mordecai,<00:11:15.250><c> not</c><00:11:15.629><c> me,</c><00:11:16.629><c> is</c><00:11:16.929><c> worthy</c><00:11:17.389><c> of</c><00:11:17.710><c> exultation.</c> 00:11:19.669 --> 00:11:22.950 It<00:11:19.809><c> was</c><00:11:20.129><c> utterly</c><00:11:20.529><c> fitting</c><00:11:21.029><c> that</c><00:11:21.370><c> Haman</c><00:11:21.629><c> be</c><00:11:21.809><c> the</c><00:11:21.970><c> one</c><00:11:22.129><c> to</c><00:11:22.429><c> dictate</c> 00:11:22.950 --> 00:11:25.750 Mordecai's<00:11:24.049><c> terms</c><00:11:24.429><c> of</c><00:11:24.990><c> glorification.</c> 00:11:25.750 --> 00:11:29.490 Because<00:11:26.669><c> God</c><00:11:27.029><c> is</c><00:11:27.370><c> teaching</c><00:11:27.710><c> us</c><00:11:28.230><c> in</c><00:11:28.490><c> these</c><00:11:28.750><c> events</c> 00:11:29.490 --> 00:11:36.370 that<00:11:30.169><c> the</c><00:11:30.350><c> very</c><00:11:30.830><c> things</c><00:11:31.929><c> that</c><00:11:33.470><c> sin</c><00:11:33.710><c> encouraged</c><00:11:34.470><c> us</c><00:11:34.909><c> to</c><00:11:35.169><c> pursue,</c> 00:11:37.350 --> 00:11:39.850 the<00:11:37.590><c> glory</c><00:11:37.950><c> and</c><00:11:38.070><c> the</c><00:11:38.330><c> power</c><00:11:38.590><c> and</c><00:11:38.789><c> the</c><00:11:38.950><c> riches</c><00:11:39.230><c> and</c><00:11:39.429><c> 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in</c><00:14:18.649><c> verse</c><00:14:18.870><c> 13</c><00:14:19.289><c> of</c><00:14:19.490><c> chapter</c><00:14:19.809><c> 6</c> 00:14:20.129 --> 00:14:22.509 is<00:14:20.409><c> more</c><00:14:20.649><c> of</c><00:14:20.789><c> a</c><00:14:20.990><c> rhetorical</c><00:14:21.450><c> question.</c> 00:14:23.450 --> 00:14:28.250 When<00:14:23.490><c> they</c><00:14:23.769><c> say,</c><00:14:25.409><c> if</c><00:14:25.450><c> Mordecai,</c><00:14:26.370><c> before</c><00:14:26.710><c> whom</c><00:14:26.909><c> you</c><00:14:27.129><c> have</c><00:14:27.330><c> begun</c><00:14:27.690><c> to</c><00:14:28.009><c> fall,</c> 00:14:28.350 --> 00:14:31.289 is<00:14:28.389><c> of</c><00:14:28.549><c> the</c><00:14:28.690><c> Jewish</c><00:14:28.909><c> people,</c><00:14:29.789><c> you</c><00:14:29.929><c> will</c><00:14:30.169><c> not</c><00:14:30.389><c> prevail</c><00:14:30.649><c> against</c><00:14:31.029><c> him,</c> 00:14:31.289 --> 00:14:33.950 but<00:14:31.470><c> 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