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When<00:11:52.580><c> you</c><00:11:52.779><c> read</c><00:11:52.919><c> it,</c><00:11:53.080><c> you</c><00:11:53.120><c> think,</c>

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my,<00:11:54.000><c> that's</c><00:11:54.820><c> exactly</c><00:11:55.299><c> what's</c><00:11:55.759><c> happening</c><00:11:56.059><c> in</c><00:11:56.500><c> our</c><00:11:56.679><c> own</c><00:11:56.960><c> times.</c>

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Disaster,<00:11:59.080><c> disaster,</c><00:11:59.799><c> disaster,</c><00:12:00.799><c> says</c><00:12:00.799><c> the</c><00:12:01.100><c> prophet</c><00:12:01.379><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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It's<00:12:02.019><c> coming.</c><00:12:02.360><c> It's</c><00:12:02.460><c> almost</c><00:12:02.700><c> here.</c>

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Listen.<00:12:05.000><c> Be</c><00:12:05.200><c> a</c><00:12:05.399><c> watchman.</c>

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Tell<00:12:06.379><c> people</c><00:12:06.700><c> about</c><00:12:06.919><c> this</c><00:12:07.419><c> disaster</c><00:12:07.899><c> that's</c><00:12:08.240><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:12:09.399><c> you</c><00:12:09.519><c> know</c><00:12:09.659><c> what</c><00:12:09.820><c> I'm</c><00:12:10.059><c> talking</c><00:12:10.379><c> about,</c>

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brothers<00:12:11.419><c> and</c><00:12:11.600><c> sisters,</c><00:12:12.240><c> the</c><00:12:12.539><c> disaster,</c>

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the<00:12:14.159><c> time</c><00:12:14.320><c> of</c><00:12:14.559><c> trouble</c><00:12:14.879><c> such</c><00:12:15.159><c> as</c><00:12:15.340><c> never</c><00:12:15.559><c> was,</c>

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which<00:12:16.639><c> will</c><00:12:17.039><c> be</c><00:12:18.399><c> surely</c><00:12:19.159><c> sort</c><00:12:19.659><c> of</c><00:12:19.779><c> wreaked</c><00:12:19.899><c> on</c><00:12:20.059><c> this</c><00:12:20.299><c> world</c>

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when<00:12:20.879><c> the</c><00:12:21.019><c> Lord</c><00:12:21.159><c> Jesus</c><00:12:21.460><c> Christ</c><00:12:21.799><c> returns.</c>

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But<00:12:25.340><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:25.659><c> doesn't</c><00:12:25.879><c> stop</c><00:12:26.240><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:12:26.659><c> a</c><00:12:26.799><c> magnificent</c><00:12:27.399><c> vision</c><00:12:27.759><c> of</c><00:12:28.039><c> hope.</c>

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It<00:12:28.980><c> sort</c><00:12:29.139><c> of</c><00:12:29.460><c> talks</c><00:12:29.679><c> about</c><00:12:30.019><c> the</c><00:12:30.299><c> nearness</c><00:12:30.600><c> of</c><00:12:30.919><c> disaster</c>

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and<00:12:32.419><c> God's</c><00:12:33.000><c> severe</c><00:12:33.259><c> judgments</c><00:12:33.779><c> because</c><00:12:34.240><c> of</c><00:12:34.440><c> iniquity,</c>

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and<00:12:35.340><c> yet</c><00:12:35.480><c> it</c><00:12:35.679><c> has</c><00:12:36.059><c> these</c><00:12:37.200><c> magnificent</c><00:12:37.960><c> vistas,</c>

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these<00:12:39.019><c> oracles</c><00:12:39.340><c> of</c><00:12:39.620><c> hope,</c><00:12:39.820><c> which</c><00:12:39.980><c> look</c><00:12:40.139><c> beyond</c><00:12:40.600><c> all</c><00:12:40.899><c> that.</c>

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Hold<00:12:42.299><c> on.</c><00:12:42.740><c> Just</c><00:12:43.080><c> hold</c><00:12:43.279><c> on</c><00:12:44.480><c> through</c><00:12:44.960><c> this</c><00:12:45.279><c> time</c><00:12:45.500><c> of</c><00:12:45.820><c> turmoil,</c>

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and<00:12:47.840><c> you'll</c><00:12:48.080><c> have</c><00:12:48.200><c> the</c><00:12:48.440><c> vistas</c><00:12:48.779><c> of</c><00:12:49.100><c> resurrection.</c>

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You'll<00:12:50.779><c> have</c><00:12:50.840><c> the</c><00:12:51.100><c> vistas</c><00:12:51.639><c> of</c><00:12:52.340><c> the</c><00:12:52.480><c> Valley</c><00:12:52.679><c> of</c><00:12:52.899><c> Dry</c><00:12:53.080><c> Bones</c>

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of<00:12:53.720><c> coming</c><00:12:53.919><c> together</c><00:12:54.360><c> again,</c>

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the<00:12:55.240><c> vistas</c><00:12:55.639><c> of</c><00:12:56.379><c> God's</c><00:12:57.000><c> glory</c><00:12:57.539><c> established.</c>

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And<00:13:00.659><c> so</c><00:13:00.820><c> you've</c><00:13:01.139><c> got</c><00:13:01.220><c> this</c><00:13:02.139><c> mixture,</c><00:13:03.059><c> oracles</c><00:13:03.299><c> of</c><00:13:03.580><c> doom,</c>

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oracles<00:13:06.860><c> of</c><00:13:07.539><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:13:09.580><c> it's</c><00:13:10.159><c> not</c><00:13:10.379><c> at</c><00:13:10.580><c> all</c><00:13:10.799><c> difficult</c><00:13:11.279><c> to</c><00:13:11.820><c> sort</c><00:13:11.940><c> of</c><00:13:12.080><c> just</c><00:13:12.379><c> transpose</c><00:13:12.960><c> this</c>

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into<00:13:13.600><c> another</c><00:13:13.860><c> setting,</c><00:13:14.820><c> into</c><00:13:15.019><c> our</c><00:13:15.279><c> setting,</c>

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and<00:13:16.120><c> we</c><00:13:16.179><c> can</c><00:13:16.320><c> think,</c><00:13:17.419><c> my,</c><00:13:17.659><c> Ezekiel</c><00:13:17.980><c> really</c><00:13:18.519><c> is</c><00:13:19.360><c> talking</c><00:13:19.600><c> to</c><00:13:19.799><c> us.</c>

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The<00:13:20.639><c> principles</c><00:13:21.100><c> are</c><00:13:21.840><c> timeless.</c>

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The<00:13:23.139><c> principles</c><00:13:23.639><c> are</c><00:13:25.440><c> relevant</c><00:13:25.740><c> for</c><00:13:25.940><c> us</c><00:13:26.100><c> in</c><00:13:26.279><c> our</c><00:13:26.379><c> own</c><00:13:26.519><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:13:31.419><c> so</c><00:13:31.500><c> at</c><00:13:31.679><c> the</c><00:13:31.820><c> time</c><00:13:32.000><c> of</c><00:13:32.179><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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and<00:13:33.360><c> this</c><00:13:33.600><c> I</c><00:13:33.720><c> think</c><00:13:33.820><c> is</c><00:13:34.080><c> important</c><00:13:34.419><c> just</c><00:13:34.679><c> to</c><00:13:34.980><c> sort</c><00:13:35.179><c> of,</c>

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again,<00:13:35.440><c> get</c><00:13:35.679><c> the</c><00:13:35.960><c> historical</c><00:13:36.340><c> setting,</c>

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Assyria<00:13:39.120><c> had</c><00:13:39.299><c> left</c><00:13:39.559><c> the</c><00:13:39.779><c> stage,</c>

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and<00:13:40.980><c> Babylon</c><00:13:41.240><c> and</c><00:13:41.519><c> Egypt</c><00:13:41.860><c> were</c><00:13:42.059><c> the</c><00:13:42.220><c> two</c><00:13:42.379><c> great</c><00:13:42.659><c> powers</c>

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influencing<00:13:44.159><c> developments</c><00:13:44.799><c> in</c><00:13:45.159><c> Palestine.</c>

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Judah<00:13:47.539><c> was</c><00:13:47.840><c> in</c><00:13:48.100><c> great</c><00:13:48.299><c> danger</c><00:13:48.700><c> from</c><00:13:48.919><c> Babylon,</c>

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and<00:13:51.460><c> they</c><00:13:51.759><c> sought</c><00:13:51.980><c> help</c><00:13:52.379><c> from</c><00:13:52.779><c> Egypt.</c>

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This<00:13:53.360><c> is</c><00:13:53.559><c> something</c><00:13:53.879><c> which</c><00:13:54.299><c> we'll</c><00:13:54.559><c> see</c><00:13:55.159><c> that</c><00:13:56.019><c> Ezekiel</c>

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is<00:13:57.200><c> extremely</c><00:13:57.720><c> exercised</c><00:13:58.419><c> about,</c>

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that<00:13:59.820><c> Israel</c><00:14:00.340><c> in</c><00:14:00.659><c> jeopardy</c><00:14:02.039><c> didn't</c><00:14:02.539><c> seek</c><00:14:03.620><c> help</c><00:14:04.059><c> from</c><00:14:04.379><c> God.</c>

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They<00:14:06.600><c> sought</c><00:14:06.799><c> help</c><00:14:07.240><c> in</c><00:14:07.700><c> their</c><00:14:07.960><c> alliances</c><00:14:08.419><c> with</c><00:14:08.960><c> Egypt</c><00:14:09.360><c> especially,</c>

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with<00:14:10.240><c> the</c><00:14:10.340><c> pharaohs</c><00:14:10.679><c> of</c><00:14:10.820><c> Egypt.</c>

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Instead<00:14:12.539><c> of</c><00:14:12.759><c> when</c><00:14:12.879><c> they</c><00:14:13.139><c> saw</c><00:14:13.440><c> this</c><00:14:13.980><c> disaster</c><00:14:14.700><c> coming</c><00:14:15.100><c> upon</c><00:14:15.480><c> them,</c>

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instead<00:14:17.500><c> of</c><00:14:18.019><c> seeking</c><00:14:18.759><c> their</c><00:14:19.340><c> solace</c><00:14:19.679><c> and</c><00:14:19.919><c> their</c><00:14:20.179><c> guidance</c>

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and<00:14:20.700><c> their</c><00:14:20.860><c> heavenly</c><00:14:21.159><c> father,</c>

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which<00:14:22.240><c> seemed</c><00:14:22.440><c> to</c><00:14:22.539><c> be</c><00:14:22.620><c> the</c><00:14:22.820><c> obvious</c><00:14:23.100><c> thing</c><00:14:23.299><c> to</c><00:14:23.480><c> do</c>

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given<00:14:23.840><c> all</c><00:14:24.080><c> their</c><00:14:24.360><c> heritage,</c><00:14:24.820><c> their</c><00:14:25.039><c> heritage</c><00:14:25.340><c> of</c><00:14:25.639><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:14:26.980><c> so</c><00:14:27.080><c> on,</c><00:14:27.320><c> all</c><00:14:27.500><c> their</c><00:14:27.759><c> writings</c><00:14:27.940><c> of</c><00:14:28.120><c> the</c><00:14:28.320><c> prophets</c>

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and<00:14:29.519><c> the</c><00:14:29.700><c> priestly</c><00:14:30.039><c> writings</c><00:14:30.379><c> and</c><00:14:30.539><c> so</c><00:14:30.779><c> on,</c>

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instead<00:14:32.139><c> of</c><00:14:32.500><c> seeking</c><00:14:32.799><c> solace</c><00:14:33.200><c> in</c><00:14:33.440><c> that,</c>

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they<00:14:34.559><c> sought</c><00:14:34.860><c> solace</c><00:14:35.720><c> in</c><00:14:36.000><c> Egypt.</c>

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They<00:14:37.379><c> sought</c><00:14:37.679><c> these</c><00:14:38.200><c> foolish</c><00:14:38.639><c> alliances</c><00:14:39.200><c> with</c><00:14:39.480><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:14:42.139><c> in</c><00:14:42.259><c> this</c><00:14:42.399><c> they</c><00:14:42.559><c> were</c><00:14:42.820><c> bitterly</c><00:14:43.220><c> disappointed</c>

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because<00:14:44.639><c> Egypt</c><00:14:45.059><c> let</c><00:14:45.360><c> them</c><00:14:45.600><c> down</c><00:14:46.000><c> dreadfully.</c>

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And<00:14:48.080><c> here</c><00:14:48.259><c> is</c><00:14:48.500><c> a</c><00:14:48.759><c> timeless</c><00:14:49.120><c> message,</c>

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brethren<00:14:50.539><c> and</c><00:14:50.720><c> sisters,</c>

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which<00:14:51.080><c> comes</c><00:14:51.299><c> from</c><00:14:51.480><c> the</c><00:14:51.600><c> prophet</c><00:14:51.799><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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When<00:14:52.559><c> this</c><00:14:52.879><c> impending</c><00:14:53.320><c> disaster,</c>

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when<00:14:55.100><c> this</c><00:14:55.360><c> clear</c><00:14:55.639><c> time</c><00:14:55.860><c> of</c><00:14:56.100><c> judgment</c><00:14:56.360><c> coming,</c>

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it's<00:14:57.220><c> absolutely</c><00:14:57.860><c> folly,</c>

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it's<00:14:59.379><c> supreme</c><00:14:59.759><c> folly</c><00:15:00.399><c> to</c><00:15:00.899><c> think</c><00:15:01.120><c> that</c><00:15:01.419><c> Egypt,</c>

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the<00:15:02.159><c> world,</c><00:15:02.799><c> is</c><00:15:02.960><c> going</c><00:15:03.080><c> to</c><00:15:03.259><c> save</c><00:15:03.419><c> you.</c>

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You<00:15:05.240><c> seek</c><00:15:05.500><c> solace</c><00:15:05.899><c> in</c><00:15:06.100><c> your</c><00:15:06.399><c> faith,</c>

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you<00:15:07.259><c> seek</c><00:15:07.539><c> solace</c><00:15:08.000><c> with</c><00:15:08.259><c> your</c><00:15:08.440><c> God,</c>

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and<00:15:10.940><c> you</c><00:15:11.100><c> don't</c><00:15:12.360><c> seek</c><00:15:12.620><c> recourse</c><00:15:13.320><c> to</c><00:15:14.379><c> Egypt.</c>

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Because<00:15:16.220><c> if</c><00:15:16.379><c> we</c><00:15:16.480><c> do</c><00:15:16.679><c> that,</c><00:15:16.980><c> like</c><00:15:17.159><c> them,</c>

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we're<00:15:17.720><c> going</c><00:15:17.779><c> to</c><00:15:17.879><c> be</c><00:15:18.059><c> bitterly</c><00:15:18.700><c> disappointed.</c>

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And<00:15:21.159><c> so</c><00:15:21.240><c> the</c><00:15:21.379><c> record</c><00:15:21.700><c> goes</c><00:15:22.759><c> quite</c><00:15:23.220><c> clearly</c><00:15:23.659><c> through</c><00:15:23.960><c> these</c><00:15:24.159><c> accounts</c>

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that<00:15:24.860><c> Babylon</c><00:15:25.179><c> first</c><00:15:25.480><c> takes</c><00:15:25.799><c> Tyre,</c>

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and<00:15:27.139><c> then</c><00:15:27.320><c> it</c><00:15:27.539><c> takes</c><00:15:28.399><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:15:30.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:30.960><c> is</c><00:15:32.299><c> ruined,</c><00:15:34.200><c> desolate.</c>

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So<00:15:39.159><c> when</c><00:15:39.320><c> we</c><00:15:39.480><c> come</c><00:15:39.679><c> into</c><00:15:39.960><c> the</c><00:15:40.360><c> prophecy</c><00:15:40.740><c> of</c><00:15:42.139><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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what<00:15:42.899><c> do</c><00:15:43.019><c> we</c><00:15:43.200><c> see?</c>

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It's<00:15:46.059><c> a</c><00:15:46.179><c> supremely</c><00:15:46.980><c> sad</c><00:15:47.299><c> situation.</c>

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Here<00:15:51.000><c> is</c><00:15:51.340><c> the</c><00:15:51.519><c> prophet</c><00:15:51.820><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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a<00:15:52.779><c> priest,</c><00:15:55.679><c> a</c><00:15:55.679><c> person</c><00:15:56.059><c> who</c><00:15:56.279><c> was</c><00:15:56.580><c> so</c><00:15:57.460><c> attuned</c>

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to<00:15:58.299><c> the</c><00:15:58.779><c> worship</c><00:15:59.059><c> in</c><00:15:59.299><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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he's<00:16:01.259><c> banished,</c><00:16:01.740><c> he's</c><00:16:01.980><c> taken</c><00:16:02.480><c> with</c><00:16:02.940><c> Jehoiakim</c>

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in<00:16:04.820><c> BC</c><00:16:05.179><c> 597,</c><00:16:06.220><c> he's</c><00:16:06.320><c> taken,</c><00:16:06.799><c> and</c><00:16:06.960><c> here</c><00:16:07.139><c> he</c><00:16:07.340><c> is,</c>

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sitting<00:16:08.120><c> by</c><00:16:09.039><c> the</c><00:16:09.200><c> river</c><00:16:09.399><c> Kibar,</c>

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the<00:16:10.480><c> river</c><00:16:11.019><c> Kibar</c><00:16:11.519><c> canal,</c>

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the<00:16:13.059><c> little</c><00:16:13.480><c> nonscript,</c><00:16:14.500><c> nothing</c><00:16:14.600><c> little</c><00:16:14.879><c> river,</c>

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way<00:16:15.720><c> out</c><00:16:15.980><c> in</c><00:16:16.200><c> Babylon.</c>

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This<00:16:18.240><c> is</c><00:16:18.539><c> devastating</c><00:16:19.080><c> for</c><00:16:19.480><c> a</c><00:16:19.539><c> righteous,</c>

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holy<00:16:21.080><c> person</c><00:16:21.500><c> like</c><00:16:21.740><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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And<00:16:24.000><c> he's</c><00:16:24.360><c> saying,</c><00:16:24.879><c> how</c><00:16:24.980><c> can</c><00:16:25.220><c> I</c><00:16:26.259><c> worship</c><00:16:26.759><c> the</c><00:16:27.360><c> Lord</c><00:16:27.539><c> here</c>

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in<00:16:28.720><c> a</c><00:16:28.980><c> strange</c><00:16:29.279><c> land?</c>

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So<00:16:30.399><c> you</c><00:16:30.659><c> might</c><00:16:30.860><c> like</c><00:16:31.059><c> to</c><00:16:31.200><c> turn</c><00:16:31.320><c> across</c><00:16:31.620><c> to</c><00:16:33.179><c> the</c><00:16:33.460><c> 137th</c><00:16:34.580><c> Psalm,</c>

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which<00:16:35.639><c> catches,</c><00:16:36.019><c> I</c><00:16:36.159><c> think,</c><00:16:36.399><c> the</c><00:16:36.539><c> whole</c><00:16:36.899><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:16:40.000><c> the</c><00:16:40.220><c> prophecy</c><00:16:40.460><c> as</c><00:16:40.659><c> it</c><00:16:40.820><c> begins.</c>

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Psalm<00:16:44.500><c> 137,</c><00:16:45.139><c> reading</c><00:16:45.419><c> from</c><00:16:45.659><c> verse</c><00:16:45.940><c> 1.</c>

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By<00:16:52.700><c> the</c><00:16:52.879><c> waters</c><00:16:53.120><c> of</c><00:16:53.379><c> Babylon,</c>

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there<00:16:54.379><c> we</c><00:16:54.539><c> sat</c><00:16:54.740><c> down</c><00:16:55.080><c> and</c><00:16:55.320><c> wept</c>

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when<00:16:56.580><c> we</c><00:16:56.860><c> remembered</c><00:16:57.299><c> Zion.</c>

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On<00:16:59.139><c> the</c><00:16:59.340><c> willows</c><00:16:59.779><c> there</c><00:17:00.240><c> we</c><00:17:00.440><c> hung</c><00:17:00.580><c> up</c><00:17:00.799><c> our</c><00:17:01.019><c> lives,</c>

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for<00:17:02.059><c> there</c><00:17:02.320><c> our</c><00:17:02.620><c> captors</c><00:17:03.080><c> required</c><00:17:03.559><c> of</c><00:17:03.740><c> us</c><00:17:04.000><c> songs</c>

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and<00:17:04.759><c> our</c><00:17:04.980><c> tormentors</c><00:17:05.500><c> mirth</c><00:17:05.819><c> saying,</c>

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Sing<00:17:06.799><c> us</c><00:17:07.059><c> one</c><00:17:07.259><c> of</c><00:17:07.420><c> the</c><00:17:07.539><c> songs</c><00:17:07.819><c> of</c><00:17:08.079><c> Zion.</c>

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How<00:17:10.259><c> shall</c><00:17:10.460><c> we</c><00:17:10.720><c> sing</c><00:17:10.980><c> the</c><00:17:11.180><c> Lord's</c><00:17:11.660><c> song</c>

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in<00:17:12.740><c> a</c><00:17:13.019><c> strange</c><00:17:13.339><c> land?</c>

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If<00:17:15.660><c> I</c><00:17:15.880><c> forget</c><00:17:16.180><c> you,</c><00:17:16.460><c> O</c><00:17:16.619><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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let<00:17:17.799><c> my</c><00:17:18.059><c> right</c><00:17:18.400><c> hand</c><00:17:18.759><c> wither,</c>

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let<00:17:20.099><c> my</c><00:17:20.440><c> tongue</c><00:17:20.700><c> cleave</c><00:17:21.200><c> to</c><00:17:21.400><c> the</c><00:17:21.519><c> roof</c><00:17:21.680><c> of</c><00:17:21.920><c> my</c><00:17:22.119><c> mouth,</c>

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if<00:17:23.640><c> I</c><00:17:23.759><c> do</c><00:17:23.940><c> not</c><00:17:24.140><c> remember</c><00:17:24.460><c> you,</c>

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if<00:17:25.700><c> I</c><00:17:25.799><c> do</c><00:17:25.980><c> not</c><00:17:26.180><c> set</c><00:17:26.720><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:27.440><c> above</c><00:17:28.660><c> my</c><00:17:29.160><c> chiefest</c><00:17:29.680><c> joy.</c>

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That's,<00:17:33.420><c> I'm</c><00:17:33.740><c> sure,</c><00:17:34.220><c> the</c><00:17:34.380><c> sentiment</c><00:17:34.839><c> of</c><00:17:35.799><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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In<00:17:38.180><c> Babylon,</c><00:17:39.880><c> by</c><00:17:40.019><c> the</c><00:17:40.200><c> waters</c><00:17:40.519><c> of</c><00:17:40.920><c> Babylon,</c>

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by<00:17:42.059><c> Kiba,</c><00:17:43.099><c> all</c><00:17:43.400><c> the</c><00:17:43.559><c> things</c><00:17:43.700><c> which</c><00:17:43.900><c> he</c><00:17:44.099><c> venerated,</c>

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all<00:17:44.819><c> the</c><00:17:44.980><c> things</c><00:17:45.099><c> which</c><00:17:45.339><c> he</c><00:17:45.700><c> revered</c><00:17:46.099><c> so</c><00:17:46.440><c> much,</c>

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his<00:17:49.079><c> great</c><00:17:49.420><c> city</c><00:17:49.819><c> of</c><00:17:50.119><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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his<00:17:50.819><c> worship,</c><00:17:51.839><c> his</c><00:17:52.140><c> priestly</c><00:17:52.460><c> functions,</c>

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his<00:17:54.019><c> people,</c><00:17:55.799><c> how</c><00:17:56.259><c> was</c><00:17:56.880><c> God's</c><00:17:57.259><c> purpose</c><00:17:57.519><c> going</c><00:17:57.759><c> to</c><00:17:57.920><c> continue?</c>

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We<00:18:00.339><c> can't,</c><00:18:00.920><c> I</c><00:18:01.140><c> don't</c><00:18:01.339><c> think,</c><00:18:01.640><c> even</c><00:18:01.720><c> begin</c><00:18:01.920><c> to</c><00:18:02.119><c> imagine</c>

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what<00:18:02.880><c> Ezekiel</c><00:18:03.220><c> must</c><00:18:03.420><c> have</c><00:18:03.599><c> had</c><00:18:03.720><c> going</c><00:18:03.920><c> through</c><00:18:04.119><c> his</c><00:18:04.319><c> mind.</c>

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What's<00:18:05.000><c> happening?</c>

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All<00:18:06.539><c> these</c><00:18:06.779><c> promises,</c><00:18:08.140><c> the</c><00:18:08.440><c> functions</c><00:18:08.920><c> of</c><00:18:09.180><c> the</c><00:18:09.359><c> priests</c>

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and<00:18:09.960><c> so</c><00:18:10.119><c> on</c><00:18:10.279><c> in</c><00:18:10.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:10.880><c> and</c><00:18:11.099><c> whatever,</c>

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what's<00:18:12.559><c> happened?</c>

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What's<00:18:15.059><c> God</c><00:18:15.259><c> doing?</c>

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What<00:18:16.740><c> can</c><00:18:16.940><c> I</c><00:18:17.180><c> do</c><00:18:17.440><c> just</c><00:18:17.680><c> sitting</c><00:18:17.940><c> here</c><00:18:18.559><c> with</c><00:18:18.920><c> my</c><00:18:19.140><c> background,</c>

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sitting<00:18:19.900><c> here</c><00:18:20.200><c> by</c><00:18:20.339><c> the</c><00:18:20.480><c> waters</c><00:18:20.660><c> of</c><00:18:20.900><c> Babylon?</c>

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How<00:18:22.920><c> can</c><00:18:23.200><c> we</c><00:18:23.359><c> sing</c><00:18:23.579><c> the</c><00:18:23.779><c> Lord's</c><00:18:24.460><c> song</c><00:18:24.839><c> in</c><00:18:25.480><c> a</c><00:18:25.779><c> strange</c><00:18:26.059><c> land?</c>

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And<00:18:27.180><c> if</c><00:18:27.319><c> I</c><00:18:27.500><c> forget</c><00:18:27.839><c> you,</c><00:18:28.099><c> O</c><00:18:28.220><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:18:28.700><c> let</c><00:18:28.900><c> my</c><00:18:29.200><c> right</c><00:18:29.519><c> hand</c><00:18:29.740><c> wither.</c>

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It's<00:18:30.880><c> a</c><00:18:30.900><c> pathetic,</c><00:18:33.200><c> heartfelt,</c><00:18:33.839><c> wrenching</c><00:18:34.559><c> statement</c>

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of<00:18:38.400><c> the</c><00:18:38.920><c> barrenness</c><00:18:39.539><c> of</c><00:18:39.740><c> being</c><00:18:40.039><c> separated</c><00:18:40.440><c> from</c><00:18:40.640><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:18:41.519><c> what</c><00:18:41.640><c> he's</c><00:18:41.799><c> saying.</c>

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I'm<00:18:43.680><c> separated.</c>

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It's<00:18:46.019><c> just</c><00:18:46.259><c> for</c><00:18:46.539><c> a</c><00:18:46.740><c> person</c><00:18:47.019><c> who's</c><00:18:47.319><c> deeply</c><00:18:47.720><c> spiritual,</c>

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as<00:18:48.359><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:18:48.779><c> of</c><00:18:49.039><c> course,</c><00:18:49.519><c> was,</c>

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to<00:18:50.660><c> be</c><00:18:50.960><c> in</c><00:18:51.180><c> this</c><00:18:51.460><c> kind</c><00:18:51.640><c> of</c><00:18:51.859><c> situation</c>

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and<00:18:52.799><c> to</c><00:18:52.920><c> be</c><00:18:53.079><c> sort</c><00:18:53.279><c> of</c><00:18:53.339><c> not</c><00:18:53.519><c> quite</c><00:18:53.839><c> sure</c><00:18:54.359><c> what's</c><00:18:55.039><c> going</c><00:18:55.140><c> to</c><00:18:55.420><c> happen</c>

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is<00:18:56.440><c> devastating.</c>

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And<00:18:59.400><c> it</c><00:18:59.519><c> wasn't</c><00:18:59.700><c> just</c><00:19:00.059><c> the</c><00:19:00.960><c> material</c><00:19:01.940><c> fabric</c>

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of<00:19:02.700><c> the</c><00:19:03.039><c> Israeli</c><00:19:03.400><c> society</c><00:19:03.859><c> which</c><00:19:04.079><c> was</c><00:19:04.279><c> falling</c><00:19:04.519><c> apart.</c>

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It<00:19:04.960><c> was</c><00:19:05.119><c> the</c><00:19:05.339><c> spiritual.</c>

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How<00:19:07.599><c> are</c><00:19:07.720><c> we</c><00:19:07.759><c> going</c><00:19:07.859><c> to</c><00:19:08.039><c> worship?</c>

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What<00:19:08.460><c> are</c><00:19:08.559><c> we</c><00:19:08.640><c> going</c><00:19:08.740><c> to</c><00:19:08.960><c> do</c><00:19:09.539><c> here</c><00:19:10.880><c> in</c><00:19:11.819><c> this</c><00:19:12.099><c> place?</c>

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And<00:19:14.099><c> there</c><00:19:14.420><c> is</c><00:19:14.799><c> poor</c><00:19:15.140><c> old</c><00:19:15.579><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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Just<00:19:16.980><c> think</c><00:19:17.180><c> of</c><00:19:17.259><c> him</c><00:19:17.460><c> there</c><00:19:17.700><c> by</c><00:19:17.839><c> the</c><00:19:18.460><c> waters</c><00:19:18.660><c> of</c><00:19:18.880><c> Babylon,</c>

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waiting,<00:19:20.940><c> wondering</c><00:19:21.380><c> what</c><00:19:22.079><c> is</c><00:19:23.220><c> going</c><00:19:23.339><c> to</c><00:19:23.539><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:19:28.960><c> a</c><00:19:29.039><c> couple</c><00:19:29.180><c> of</c><00:19:29.339><c> things</c><00:19:29.619><c> before</c><00:19:30.200><c> we</c><00:19:30.400><c> move</c><00:19:30.619><c> into</c><00:19:30.839><c> Chapter</c><00:19:31.099><c> 1,</c>

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which<00:19:31.720><c> starts</c><00:19:32.019><c> us</c><00:19:32.200><c> off</c><00:19:32.299><c> in</c><00:19:32.440><c> a</c><00:19:32.539><c> very</c><00:19:32.799><c> difficult</c><00:19:33.059><c> passage,</c><00:19:33.700><c> actually,</c>

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because<00:19:34.480><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:34.799><c> probably</c><00:19:35.079><c> starts</c><00:19:35.400><c> off</c><00:19:35.619><c> with</c><00:19:35.779><c> quite</c><00:19:36.000><c> a</c>

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rocky<00:19:37.099><c> beginning.</c>

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It's<00:19:38.779><c> very,</c><00:19:39.000><c> very</c><00:19:39.180><c> difficult</c><00:19:39.480><c> for</c><00:19:39.640><c> us</c><00:19:39.799><c> to,</c><00:19:39.900><c> in</c><00:19:40.019><c> a</c><00:19:40.119><c> way,</c>

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to<00:19:40.579><c> understand</c><00:19:41.160><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:41.720><c> Chapter</c><00:19:42.019><c> 1,</c>

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but<00:19:43.460><c> it's</c><00:19:43.640><c> still</c><00:19:44.559><c> a</c><00:19:44.599><c> magnificent</c><00:19:45.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:45.519><c> of</c><00:19:45.740><c> that.</c>

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Remember<00:19:48.960><c> that</c><00:19:49.559><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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one<00:19:50.799><c> of</c><00:19:51.019><c> the</c><00:19:51.140><c> characteristics</c><00:19:51.599><c> of</c><00:19:51.799><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:19:52.319><c> prophecy</c>

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is<00:19:52.940><c> that</c><00:19:53.099><c> he</c><00:19:53.200><c> was</c><00:19:53.420><c> intense.</c>

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He<00:19:55.400><c> acted</c><00:19:55.680><c> out</c><00:19:56.019><c> things,</c><00:19:56.839><c> perhaps</c><00:19:57.039><c> almost</c><00:19:57.359><c> like</c><00:19:57.660><c> no</c><00:19:57.880><c> other</c><00:19:58.140><c> prophet.</c>

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He<00:19:59.279><c> didn't</c><00:19:59.539><c> just</c><00:20:01.000><c> see</c><00:20:01.700><c> the</c><00:20:01.900><c> word,</c><00:20:02.400><c> the</c><00:20:02.640><c> scrolls,</c><00:20:02.960><c> he</c><00:20:03.079><c> ate</c><00:20:03.339><c> them.</c>

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He'd<00:20:05.539><c> lay</c><00:20:05.640><c> on</c><00:20:05.819><c> his</c><00:20:06.119><c> side</c><00:20:06.500><c> 190</c><00:20:07.140><c> days</c><00:20:07.579><c> and</c><00:20:07.740><c> so</c><00:20:07.960><c> on.</c>

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He<00:20:09.599><c> did</c><00:20:09.819><c> all</c><00:20:10.119><c> sorts</c><00:20:10.319><c> of</c><00:20:10.579><c> intense</c><00:20:10.859><c> things.</c>

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There's<00:20:12.839><c> an</c><00:20:13.000><c> incredible</c><00:20:13.799><c> intensity</c><00:20:14.460><c> about</c><00:20:15.180><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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And<00:20:17.119><c> so</c><00:20:17.299><c> when</c><00:20:17.480><c> we</c><00:20:17.980><c> move</c><00:20:18.140><c> into</c><00:20:18.359><c> the</c><00:20:18.500><c> book,</c>

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we<00:20:18.859><c> see</c><00:20:18.980><c> he</c><00:20:19.160><c> is</c><00:20:19.299><c> a</c><00:20:19.420><c> person</c><00:20:19.599><c> who</c><00:20:19.759><c> is</c><00:20:20.059><c> extremely</c><00:20:20.680><c> intense.</c>

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He's<00:20:22.299><c> extremely</c><00:20:22.680><c> sensitive.</c>

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He's<00:20:25.000><c> hurt</c><00:20:25.240><c> by</c><00:20:25.579><c> things.</c>

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He's<00:20:26.339><c> touched</c><00:20:26.559><c> by</c><00:20:26.839><c> things.</c>

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And<00:20:28.319><c> he's</c><00:20:29.019><c> asked</c><00:20:29.119><c> to</c><00:20:29.359><c> do</c><00:20:29.579><c> things</c><00:20:30.019><c> which</c><00:20:30.359><c> are</c><00:20:30.660><c> truly</c><00:20:30.859><c> remarkable,</c>

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lying<00:20:32.680><c> on</c><00:20:32.940><c> his</c><00:20:33.220><c> side</c><00:20:33.660><c> for</c><00:20:34.000><c> 190</c><00:20:34.400><c> days.</c>

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Even<00:20:36.019><c> when</c><00:20:36.200><c> his</c><00:20:36.420><c> wife</c><00:20:36.680><c> died,</c><00:20:37.859><c> he</c><00:20:38.200><c> was</c><00:20:38.480><c> expressly</c><00:20:39.180><c> prohibited</c>

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to<00:20:39.980><c> mourn.</c>

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It<00:20:40.680><c> was</c><00:20:40.980><c> a</c><00:20:41.099><c> sin</c><00:20:41.259><c> for</c><00:20:41.420><c> him</c><00:20:41.579><c> to</c><00:20:41.759><c> mourn,</c><00:20:42.099><c> to</c><00:20:42.200><c> shed</c><00:20:42.319><c> a</c><00:20:42.539><c> tear.</c>

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It<00:20:43.259><c> was</c><00:20:43.519><c> a</c><00:20:43.619><c> sin</c><00:20:43.819><c> to</c><00:20:44.220><c> shed</c><00:20:44.339><c> a</c><00:20:44.599><c> tear.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:20:46.400><c> was</c><00:20:46.900><c> in</c><00:20:48.119><c> an</c><00:20:48.440><c> extraordinary</c><00:20:49.539><c> kind</c><00:20:49.799><c> of</c><00:20:49.980><c> situation</c>

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where<00:20:51.319><c> he</c><00:20:52.440><c> was</c><00:20:52.779><c> intense,</c><00:20:54.599><c> perceptive,</c><00:20:55.700><c> well</c><00:20:55.920><c>-grounded,</c>

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and<00:20:59.880><c> sort</c><00:21:00.480><c> of</c><00:21:00.619><c> was</c><00:21:00.839><c> a</c><00:21:01.000><c> living</c><00:21:01.420><c> prophet</c>

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in<00:21:02.279><c> the</c><00:21:02.440><c> sense</c><00:21:02.599><c> that</c><00:21:02.779><c> he</c><00:21:03.059><c> acted</c><00:21:03.259><c> out</c><00:21:03.599><c> things.</c>

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And<00:21:04.420><c> there's</c><00:21:04.579><c> hardly</c><00:21:04.799><c> a</c><00:21:05.079><c> thing</c><00:21:05.680><c> said</c><00:21:06.059><c> in</c><00:21:06.420><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:21:07.059><c> prophecy</c>

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which<00:21:07.740><c> he</c><00:21:08.000><c> said</c><00:21:08.140><c> on</c><00:21:08.319><c> his</c><00:21:08.539><c> own.</c>

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The<00:21:09.420><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.720><c> said</c><00:21:09.940><c> to</c><00:21:10.119><c> me,</c><00:21:10.240><c> the</c><00:21:10.339><c> Lord</c><00:21:10.619><c> said</c><00:21:10.799><c> to</c><00:21:10.980><c> me,</c>

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he's<00:21:11.319><c> like</c><00:21:12.240><c> a</c><00:21:13.140><c> person</c><00:21:13.500><c> who</c><00:21:13.920><c> just</c><00:21:14.619><c> moves</c><00:21:14.819><c> on</c><00:21:15.119><c> another,</c>

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just<00:21:16.680><c> passes</c><00:21:16.900><c> on</c><00:21:17.259><c> the</c><00:21:17.400><c> Lord's</c><00:21:17.720><c> message.</c>

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The<00:21:18.480><c> word</c><00:21:18.680><c> of</c><00:21:18.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:19.099><c> came</c><00:21:19.359><c> to</c><00:21:19.480><c> me</c><00:21:19.700><c> and</c><00:21:19.839><c> I</c><00:21:20.099><c> said,</c>

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as<00:21:20.900><c> though</c><00:21:21.039><c> he</c><00:21:21.119><c> didn't</c><00:21:21.319><c> have</c><00:21:21.519><c> anything</c><00:21:21.960><c> of</c><00:21:22.180><c> his</c><00:21:22.359><c> own</c><00:21:22.500><c> to</c><00:21:22.680><c> say.</c>

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Everything<00:21:23.079><c> he</c><00:21:23.299><c> said</c><00:21:23.779><c> was</c><00:21:24.319><c> a</c><00:21:24.460><c> citation</c><00:21:25.039><c> from</c><00:21:25.680><c> God.</c>

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That<00:21:27.240><c> is</c><00:21:27.500><c> the</c><00:21:27.720><c> measure</c><00:21:27.980><c> of</c><00:21:28.200><c> the</c><00:21:28.359><c> man.</c>

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And<00:21:30.099><c> so</c><00:21:30.240><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:21:30.619><c> he</c><00:21:30.960><c> claps</c><00:21:31.140><c> his</c><00:21:31.400><c> hands,</c><00:21:31.720><c> he</c><00:21:31.859><c> stamps</c><00:21:32.059><c> his</c><00:21:32.359><c> feet.</c>

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He<00:21:33.160><c> lies</c><00:21:33.279><c> paralysed</c><00:21:33.920><c> without</c><00:21:34.180><c> moving</c><00:21:34.559><c> for</c><00:21:34.819><c> extended</c><00:21:35.180><c> periods.</c>

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He's<00:21:36.180><c> completely</c><00:21:36.539><c> dumb</c><00:21:36.960><c> in</c><00:21:37.259><c> motionless</c><00:21:38.259><c> coma</c><00:21:38.559><c> of</c><00:21:38.859><c> grief.</c>

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He<00:21:39.359><c> loses</c><00:21:39.640><c> self</c><00:21:39.940><c>-control</c><00:21:40.640><c> in</c><00:21:41.200><c> chapter</c><00:21:41.420><c> 21.</c>

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He<00:21:42.059><c> has</c><00:21:42.400><c> convulsive</c><00:21:43.279><c> shaking</c><00:21:43.880><c> in</c><00:21:44.339><c> taking</c><00:21:44.559><c> food</c><00:21:45.019><c> in</c><00:21:45.200><c> chapter</c><00:21:45.400><c> 12.</c>

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He's<00:21:47.160><c> transported</c><00:21:47.539><c> in</c><00:21:47.819><c> visions.</c>

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Talk<00:21:49.960><c> about</c><00:21:50.160><c> a</c><00:21:50.400><c> dynamic</c><00:21:50.720><c> prophet.</c>

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It<00:21:54.059><c> makes</c><00:21:54.279><c> our</c><00:21:54.559><c> lives,</c><00:21:54.880><c> when</c><00:21:55.119><c> I</c><00:21:55.319><c> read</c><00:21:55.440><c> this,</c>

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I<00:21:55.839><c> think</c><00:21:56.099><c> it</c><00:21:56.420><c> makes</c><00:21:56.579><c> my</c><00:21:56.819><c> life</c><00:21:57.019><c> seem</c><00:21:57.259><c> almost</c><00:21:58.119><c> placid</c>

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and<00:21:59.000><c> hopelessly</c><00:21:59.500><c> placid</c><00:21:59.759><c> by</c><00:21:59.980><c> comparison</c><00:22:00.460><c> with</c><00:22:00.900><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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His<00:22:02.559><c> life</c><00:22:02.740><c> was</c><00:22:02.960><c> just</c><00:22:03.359><c> full</c><00:22:03.579><c> of</c><00:22:03.900><c> drama.</c>

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He<00:22:04.859><c> is</c><00:22:05.299><c> active</c><00:22:05.619><c> in</c><00:22:05.900><c> visions</c><00:22:06.240><c> and</c><00:22:06.900><c> he</c><00:22:07.119><c> shares</c><00:22:07.259><c> so</c><00:22:07.660><c> strongly</c>

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in<00:22:08.220><c> all</c><00:22:08.380><c> the</c><00:22:08.579><c> events</c><00:22:08.839><c> which</c><00:22:09.119><c> came</c><00:22:09.299><c> his</c><00:22:09.539><c> way.</c>

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And<00:22:11.059><c> the</c><00:22:11.200><c> metaphor</c><00:22:11.539><c> is</c><00:22:11.740><c> not</c><00:22:11.940><c> just</c><00:22:12.200><c> for</c><00:22:12.319><c> him</c><00:22:12.460><c> a</c><00:22:12.539><c> metaphor.</c>

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It<00:22:13.720><c> becomes</c><00:22:14.039><c> an</c><00:22:14.299><c> experienced</c><00:22:14.779><c> event.</c>

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He<00:22:15.500><c> just</c><00:22:15.680><c> doesn't,</c><00:22:16.160><c> as</c><00:22:16.339><c> I</c><00:22:16.500><c> say,</c><00:22:16.640><c> read</c><00:22:16.880><c> a</c><00:22:17.259><c> scroll.</c>

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He<00:22:17.660><c> eats</c><00:22:17.940><c> it.</c><00:22:18.319><c> He</c><00:22:18.480><c> actually</c><00:22:18.740><c> eats</c><00:22:18.980><c> a</c><00:22:19.180><c> scroll.</c>

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And<00:22:21.119><c> he</c><00:22:21.240><c> is</c><00:22:21.460><c> both</c><00:22:21.660><c> a</c><00:22:21.779><c> prophet</c><00:22:22.099><c> and</c><00:22:22.299><c> a</c><00:22:22.500><c> priest.</c>

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He<00:22:23.299><c> fuses</c><00:22:23.599><c> the</c><00:22:23.859><c> functions</c><00:22:24.599><c> of</c><00:22:25.119><c> both</c><00:22:25.359><c> the</c><00:22:25.559><c> prophet</c><00:22:25.900><c> and</c><00:22:26.700><c> the</c><00:22:26.940><c> priest.</c>

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In<00:22:29.359><c> terms</c><00:22:29.599><c> of</c><00:22:29.759><c> his</c><00:22:29.940><c> language,</c><00:22:30.440><c> just</c><00:22:30.660><c> one</c><00:22:30.920><c> thing</c><00:22:31.079><c> to</c><00:22:31.259><c> note</c><00:22:31.380><c> on</c><00:22:31.559><c> this,</c>

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his<00:22:32.200><c> language</c><00:22:32.440><c> is</c><00:22:32.619><c> often</c><00:22:33.039><c> very,</c><00:22:33.539><c> very</c><00:22:34.140><c> severe,</c><00:22:35.819><c> hard,</c><00:22:36.579><c> flint</c><00:22:36.799><c>-like.</c>

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In<00:22:38.039><c> some</c><00:22:38.220><c> respects,</c><00:22:38.519><c> he</c><00:22:38.619><c> doesn't</c><00:22:38.819><c> have</c><00:22:38.980><c> the</c><00:22:39.200><c> lush</c><00:22:39.539><c> prose</c>

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that<00:22:40.180><c> you</c><00:22:40.339><c> find</c><00:22:40.559><c> in</c><00:22:40.759><c> Isaiah,</c><00:22:41.740><c> like,</c>

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they<00:22:42.119><c> that</c><00:22:42.299><c> wait</c><00:22:42.400><c> upon</c><00:22:42.660><c> the</c><00:22:42.819><c> Lord</c><00:22:43.019><c> shall</c><00:22:43.200><c> renew</c><00:22:43.460><c> their</c><00:22:43.720><c> strength.</c>

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The<00:22:44.759><c> lush</c><00:22:45.220><c> prose</c><00:22:45.980><c> that</c><00:22:46.180><c> you</c><00:22:46.359><c> get</c><00:22:46.460><c> in</c><00:22:46.700><c> Isaiah</c>

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and<00:22:47.180><c> some</c><00:22:47.339><c> of</c><00:22:47.440><c> the</c><00:22:47.500><c> other</c><00:22:47.720><c> prophets.</c>

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His<00:22:49.059><c> language</c><00:22:49.319><c> is</c><00:22:49.599><c> very,</c><00:22:50.039><c> very</c><00:22:50.339><c> down</c><00:22:50.599><c> to</c><00:22:50.799><c> earth.</c>

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It's<00:22:52.140><c> severe.</c><00:22:52.799><c> It's</c><00:22:52.960><c> about</c><00:22:53.200><c> judgment.</c>

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It's<00:22:54.279><c> about</c><00:22:54.539><c> failure</c><00:22:54.819><c> to</c><00:22:55.079><c> rise</c><00:22:55.319><c> to</c><00:22:55.880><c> spiritual</c><00:22:56.319><c> possibilities.</c>

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It's<00:22:58.880><c> harsh,</c><00:22:59.400><c> quite</c><00:22:59.680><c> harsh</c><00:23:00.160><c> language</c><00:23:00.700><c> in</c><00:23:01.099><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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And<00:23:02.460><c> much</c><00:23:02.619><c> of</c><00:23:02.779><c> the</c><00:23:02.900><c> language</c><00:23:03.180><c> is</c><00:23:03.559><c> even</c><00:23:03.900><c> unique</c><00:23:04.319><c> to</c><00:23:04.660><c> this</c><00:23:04.839><c> book,</c>

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as<00:23:05.539><c> I</c><00:23:05.759><c> found</c><00:23:05.920><c> from</c><00:23:06.380><c> reading</c><00:23:06.700><c> these</c><00:23:06.960><c> various</c><00:23:07.259><c> commentaries.</c>

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A<00:23:08.420><c> lot</c><00:23:08.619><c> of</c><00:23:08.859><c> the</c><00:23:08.960><c> Hebrew</c><00:23:09.299><c> of</c><00:23:10.799><c> Ezekiel</c><00:23:11.279><c> is,</c><00:23:12.380><c> to</c><00:23:12.799><c> a</c><00:23:12.980><c> large</c><00:23:13.119><c> extent,</c>

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is<00:23:14.500><c> unique</c><00:23:14.880><c> to</c><00:23:15.960><c> the</c><00:23:16.140><c> prophet</c><00:23:16.319><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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A<00:23:18.440><c> particular</c><00:23:18.920><c> vocabulary</c><00:23:19.519><c> of</c><00:23:21.960><c> harshness,</c><00:23:24.000><c> of</c><00:23:24.079><c> doom,</c>

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and<00:23:27.500><c> of</c><00:23:27.680><c> the</c><00:23:27.839><c> needs</c><00:23:28.019><c> to</c><00:23:28.740><c> sort</c><00:23:28.920><c> of</c><00:23:29.900><c> recognize</c><00:23:30.380><c> what</c><00:23:30.660><c> really</c><00:23:30.960><c> matters.</c>

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Spiritual<00:23:32.599><c> things</c><00:23:33.299><c> are</c><00:23:33.680><c> what</c><00:23:33.759><c> really</c><00:23:34.000><c> matters,</c><00:23:35.380><c> what</c><00:23:35.599><c> really</c><00:23:35.900><c> matter.</c>

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Having<00:23:37.839><c> said</c><00:23:38.059><c> that,</c><00:23:38.200><c> let's</c><00:23:38.400><c> turn</c><00:23:38.640><c> now</c><00:23:38.859><c> to</c><00:23:39.119><c> the</c><00:23:39.420><c> first</c><00:23:39.640><c> chapter</c>

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with<00:23:42.299><c> all</c><00:23:42.519><c> that</c><00:23:43.500><c> setting</c><00:23:43.799><c> which</c><00:23:44.700><c> we</c><00:23:45.519><c> have</c><00:23:45.640><c> in</c><00:23:45.759><c> our</c><00:23:45.900><c> minds</c>

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as<00:23:46.220><c> we</c><00:23:46.440><c> come</c><00:23:46.640><c> to</c><00:23:46.799><c> this</c><00:23:47.319><c> great</c><00:23:47.599><c> book.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:23:53.279><c> chapter</c><00:23:53.680><c> one.</c>

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Read<00:23:57.819><c> the</c><00:23:58.019><c> first</c><00:23:58.259><c> paragraph,</c><00:23:58.920><c> verse</c><00:23:59.119><c> one</c><00:23:59.440><c> through</c><00:23:59.660><c> three.</c>

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In<00:24:02.099><c> the</c><00:24:02.279><c> thirtieth</c><00:24:02.619><c> year,</c><00:24:02.960><c> in</c><00:24:03.140><c> the</c><00:24:03.299><c> fourth</c><00:24:03.500><c> month,</c>

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on<00:24:03.920><c> the</c><00:24:04.059><c> fifth</c><00:24:04.220><c> day</c><00:24:04.400><c> of</c><00:24:04.519><c> the</c><00:24:04.660><c> month,</c>

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as<00:24:06.440><c> I</c><00:24:06.599><c> was</c><00:24:06.740><c> among</c><00:24:06.940><c> the</c><00:24:07.220><c> exiles</c><00:24:07.500><c> by</c><00:24:07.680><c> the</c><00:24:07.819><c> river</c><00:24:08.019><c> Kibar,</c>

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the<00:24:09.059><c> heavens</c><00:24:09.240><c> were</c><00:24:09.480><c> opened</c><00:24:09.839><c> and</c><00:24:10.019><c> I</c><00:24:10.220><c> saw</c><00:24:10.400><c> visions</c><00:24:10.799><c> of</c><00:24:11.039><c> God.</c>

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On<00:24:12.779><c> the</c><00:24:12.940><c> fifth</c><00:24:13.099><c> day</c><00:24:13.299><c> of</c><00:24:13.440><c> the</c><00:24:13.579><c> month,</c><00:24:13.839><c> it</c><00:24:13.880><c> was</c><00:24:14.059><c> the</c><00:24:14.180><c> fifth</c><00:24:14.380><c> day,</c>

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or<00:24:15.019><c> fifth</c><00:24:15.259><c> year</c><00:24:15.460><c> of</c><00:24:15.619><c> the</c><00:24:15.759><c> exile</c><00:24:16.059><c> of</c><00:24:16.420><c> King</c><00:24:16.619><c> Jehoiakim.</c>

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The<00:24:18.180><c> word</c><00:24:18.359><c> of</c><00:24:18.539><c> the</c><00:24:18.660><c> Lord</c><00:24:18.799><c> came</c><00:24:19.119><c> to</c><00:24:19.319><c> Ezekiel</c><00:24:19.579><c> the</c><00:24:19.779><c> priest,</c>

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the<00:24:20.359><c> son</c><00:24:20.519><c> of</c><00:24:20.799><c> Bazaar</c><00:24:21.140><c> in</c><00:24:21.500><c> the</c><00:24:21.880><c> land</c><00:24:22.019><c> of</c><00:24:22.220><c> the</c><00:24:22.339><c> Chordeans</c>

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by<00:24:23.240><c> the</c><00:24:23.380><c> river</c><00:24:23.559><c> Kibar</c><00:24:24.079><c> and</c><00:24:24.940><c> the</c><00:24:25.140><c> hand</c><00:24:25.359><c> of</c><00:24:25.539><c> the</c><00:24:25.660><c> Lord</c><00:24:26.259><c> was</c><00:24:27.460><c> upon</c>

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him<00:24:27.960><c> there.</c>

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This<00:24:29.960><c> is</c><00:24:30.200><c> a</c><00:24:30.339><c> particularly</c><00:24:31.200><c> important</c><00:24:32.460><c> opening</c><00:24:33.420><c> paragraph</c><00:24:34.180><c> in</c><00:24:34.500><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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The<00:24:37.920><c> very</c><00:24:38.339><c> first</c><00:24:38.779><c> phrase</c><00:24:39.299><c> is</c><00:24:39.559><c> a</c><00:24:39.700><c> mystery.</c>

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In<00:24:42.240><c> the</c><00:24:42.480><c> thirtieth</c><00:24:42.819><c> year</c><00:24:43.480><c> of</c><00:24:44.640><c> what?</c>

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One<00:24:45.740><c> of</c><00:24:45.819><c> the</c><00:24:45.920><c> great</c><00:24:46.220><c> mysteries</c><00:24:46.619><c> of</c><00:24:46.819><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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The<00:24:48.059><c> thirtieth</c><00:24:48.400><c> year</c><00:24:48.599><c> of</c><00:24:48.839><c> what?</c>

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We<00:24:51.380><c> don't</c><00:24:51.599><c> know.</c>

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There's<00:24:54.640><c> endless</c><00:24:55.059><c> commentaries</c><00:24:55.579><c> speculating</c><00:24:56.140><c> about</c><00:24:56.680><c> the</c><00:24:56.700><c> thirtieth</c><00:24:57.119><c> year</c><00:24:57.299><c> of</c><00:24:57.519><c> what.</c>

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Was<00:24:58.319><c> it</c><00:24:58.440><c> his</c><00:24:58.599><c> age?</c><00:24:59.759><c> Was</c><00:24:59.759><c> it</c><00:25:00.059><c> related</c><00:25:00.599><c> to</c><00:25:00.819><c> some</c><00:25:01.220><c> king?</c>

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We're<00:25:03.480><c> given</c><00:25:03.660><c> the</c><00:25:03.940><c> equivalent,</c><00:25:04.339><c> we're</c><00:25:04.519><c> told</c><00:25:04.680><c> that</c><00:25:04.839><c> it</c><00:25:04.900><c> was</c><00:25:05.059><c> equivalent</c>

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to<00:25:07.119><c> the</c><00:25:07.299><c> fifth</c><00:25:07.900><c> year</c><00:25:08.220><c> of</c><00:25:08.380><c> the</c><00:25:08.539><c> exile</c><00:25:08.920><c> of</c><00:25:09.140><c> King</c><00:25:09.359><c> Jehoiakim.</c>

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We're<00:25:10.200><c> given</c><00:25:10.279><c> the</c><00:25:10.579><c> equivalent,</c><00:25:11.039><c> it</c><00:25:11.039><c> was</c><00:25:11.680><c> equivalent</c><00:25:12.079><c> to</c><00:25:12.299><c> five</c><00:25:12.579><c> years</c>

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after<00:25:13.500><c> his</c><00:25:13.720><c> exile</c><00:25:14.000><c> in</c><00:25:14.200><c> BC</c><00:25:14.559><c> 597,</c><00:25:15.720><c> but</c><00:25:15.900><c> we</c><00:25:16.039><c> don't</c><00:25:16.279><c> know</c><00:25:16.839><c> the</c>

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thirtieth<00:25:17.220><c> year.</c>

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It's<00:25:18.460><c> a</c><00:25:18.559><c> mystery.</c>

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The<00:25:19.619><c> very</c><00:25:20.220><c> first</c><00:25:20.599><c> phrase</c><00:25:20.880><c> of</c><00:25:21.079><c> Ezekiel</c><00:25:21.380><c> is</c><00:25:21.519><c> a</c><00:25:21.599><c> mystery.</c>

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But<00:25:23.559><c> I</c><00:25:23.599><c> think</c><00:25:23.759><c> it</c><00:25:25.660><c> must</c><00:25:25.880><c> surely</c><00:25:26.240><c> not</c><00:25:26.519><c> be</c><00:25:28.000><c> there</c><00:25:28.400><c> by</c><00:25:28.779><c> accident.</c>

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There<00:25:30.839><c> must</c><00:25:31.079><c> be</c><00:25:31.259><c> something</c><00:25:31.559><c> there.</c>

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And<00:25:33.619><c> my</c><00:25:33.779><c> speculation</c><00:25:34.319><c> for</c><00:25:34.480><c> what</c><00:25:34.640><c> it's</c><00:25:34.900><c> worth</c><00:25:34.980><c> is</c><00:25:35.240><c> that</c><00:25:35.240><c> this</c>

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is<00:25:35.799><c> the</c><00:25:36.019><c> time</c><00:25:36.319><c> of</c><00:25:36.759><c> maturity,</c>

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like<00:25:38.180><c> the</c><00:25:38.400><c> beginning</c><00:25:38.619><c> of</c><00:25:38.799><c> the</c><00:25:38.920><c> Lord's</c><00:25:39.240><c> own</c><00:25:39.420><c> ministry</c><00:25:39.960><c> in</c><00:25:40.279><c> the</c>

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thirtieth<00:25:40.759><c> year.</c>

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This<00:25:42.059><c> is</c><00:25:42.359><c> where</c><00:25:42.519><c> it</c><00:25:42.740><c> began.</c>

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The<00:25:44.559><c> thirtieth</c><00:25:44.819><c> year,</c><00:25:45.339><c> enigmatic,</c><00:25:48.460><c> in</c><00:25:48.599><c> the</c><00:25:48.779><c> fourth</c><00:25:49.140><c> month</c><00:25:49.619><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:50.700><c> fifth</c><00:25:50.900><c> day,</c>

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like<00:25:51.819><c> a</c><00:25:52.059><c> symbol</c><00:25:52.500><c> of</c><00:25:52.839><c> beginning</c><00:25:53.299><c> of</c><00:25:54.000><c> a</c><00:25:54.140><c> great</c><00:25:54.319><c> ministry.</c>

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Here<00:25:57.119><c> he</c><00:25:57.279><c> was</c><00:25:57.440><c> by</c><00:25:57.680><c> the</c><00:25:57.839><c> river</c><00:25:58.319><c> Kiba</c><00:25:58.660><c> or</c><00:25:58.880><c> by</c><00:25:59.119><c> the</c><00:25:59.759><c> canal</c><00:26:00.079><c> Kiba,</c>

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and<00:26:01.380><c> then</c><00:26:01.599><c> we</c><00:26:02.380><c> get</c><00:26:02.700><c> this</c><00:26:03.900><c> memorable</c><00:26:04.640><c> phrase</c><00:26:05.079><c> in</c><00:26:05.240><c> verse</c><00:26:05.480><c> one.</c>

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Unforgettable<00:26:07.960><c> phrase.</c>

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The<00:26:10.680><c> heavens</c><00:26:11.059><c> were</c><00:26:11.359><c> opened</c><00:26:12.119><c> and</c><00:26:14.000><c> I</c><00:26:14.259><c> saw</c><00:26:14.440><c> visions</c><00:26:14.940><c> of</c><00:26:15.220><c> God.</c>

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You<00:26:20.940><c> couldn't</c><00:26:21.180><c> get</c><00:26:21.420><c> anything</c><00:26:22.299><c> more</c><00:26:22.940><c> promising</c><00:26:23.240><c> than</c><00:26:23.519><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:26:25.019><c> impossible</c><00:26:25.539><c> to</c><00:26:25.880><c> imagine</c><00:26:26.660><c> anything</c><00:26:27.359><c> more</c><00:26:27.920><c> promising</c>

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or<00:26:28.720><c> more</c><00:26:29.039><c> meaningful</c><00:26:29.660><c> to</c><00:26:30.140><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:30.480><c> than</c><00:26:30.680><c> that.</c>

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This<00:26:32.759><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:33.279><c> wondering,</c><00:26:33.839><c> as</c><00:26:34.039><c> I</c><00:26:34.279><c> said,</c><00:26:36.079><c> what</c><00:26:36.220><c> his</c><00:26:36.440><c> lot</c><00:26:36.539><c> was,</c>

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wondering<00:26:37.259><c> about</c><00:26:37.539><c> the</c><00:26:37.720><c> future</c><00:26:37.960><c> of</c><00:26:38.180><c> Israel,</c><00:26:38.619><c> wondering</c><00:26:38.740><c> about</c>

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his<00:26:39.119><c> own</c><00:26:39.359><c> future,</c>

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wondering<00:26:40.019><c> about</c><00:26:40.200><c> his</c><00:26:40.380><c> own</c><00:26:40.700><c> role,</c><00:26:42.980><c> here</c><00:26:43.140><c> in</c><00:26:43.339><c> a</c><00:26:43.500><c> nondescript</c>

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little<00:26:44.519><c> place.</c>

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And<00:26:46.420><c> then</c><00:26:46.680><c> suddenly</c><00:26:47.279><c> the</c><00:26:49.579><c> heavens</c><00:26:50.099><c> were</c><00:26:51.839><c> opened</c><00:26:52.460><c> and</c><00:26:53.660><c> I</c><00:26:53.920><c> saw</c>

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visions<00:26:54.720><c> of</c><00:26:56.660><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:27:01.460><c> for</c><00:27:01.799><c> a</c><00:27:02.000><c> prophet,</c><00:27:03.319><c> a</c><00:27:03.480><c> sensitive</c><00:27:03.859><c> prophet,</c><00:27:05.539><c> this</c><00:27:05.799><c> is</c><00:27:06.460><c> a</c>

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magnificent<00:27:07.400><c> beginning,</c>

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absolutely<00:27:10.980><c> magnificent.</c>

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He's<00:27:14.559><c> not</c><00:27:14.819><c> going</c><00:27:14.940><c> to</c><00:27:15.019><c> be</c><00:27:15.160><c> left</c><00:27:15.440><c> in</c><00:27:15.799><c> darkness,</c><00:27:16.660><c> he's</c><00:27:16.819><c> not</c><00:27:17.039><c> going</c>

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to<00:27:17.220><c> be</c><00:27:17.359><c> left</c><00:27:17.680><c> to</c><00:27:17.980><c> doubt.</c>

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The<00:27:21.000><c> heavens</c><00:27:21.299><c> opened</c><00:27:22.180><c> and</c><00:27:23.599><c> he</c><00:27:23.819><c> sees</c><00:27:23.980><c> visions</c><00:27:24.380><c> of</c><00:27:24.579><c> God.</c>

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That<00:27:28.039><c> is</c><00:27:28.319><c> the</c><00:27:28.619><c> underlying</c><00:27:29.039><c> theme</c><00:27:29.579><c> that</c><00:27:30.240><c> we</c><00:27:30.420><c> should</c><00:27:30.599><c> have,</c><00:27:30.859><c> I</c>

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think,<00:27:31.099><c> as</c><00:27:31.220><c> we</c><00:27:31.359><c> come</c><00:27:31.500><c> to</c><00:27:31.680><c> this</c><00:27:31.839><c> prophecy.</c>

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We<00:27:34.339><c> should</c><00:27:34.720><c> ourselves,</c><00:27:35.579><c> each</c><00:27:35.819><c> one</c><00:27:36.140><c> individually,</c><00:27:37.680><c> should</c>

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have<00:27:38.259><c> the</c><00:27:38.799><c> heavens</c><00:27:39.059><c> opened</c>

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and<00:27:41.940><c> we</c><00:27:42.099><c> should</c><00:27:42.299><c> see</c><00:27:42.579><c> visions</c><00:27:42.920><c> of</c><00:27:43.140><c> God.</c>

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As<00:27:45.339><c> the</c><00:27:45.539><c> wise</c><00:27:45.700><c> man</c><00:27:45.920><c> says,</c><00:27:48.299><c> without</c><00:27:48.519><c> a</c><00:27:48.759><c> vision</c><00:27:49.220><c> the</c><00:27:50.700><c> people</c><00:27:50.940><c> perish.</c>

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You've<00:27:52.240><c> got</c><00:27:52.359><c> to</c><00:27:52.539><c> have</c><00:27:52.700><c> a</c><00:27:52.859><c> vision.</c>

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Here<00:27:55.259><c> is</c><00:27:55.859><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:27:57.019><c> unique.</c>

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Nobody<00:28:00.440><c> else</c><00:28:01.039><c> saw</c><00:28:01.599><c> this</c><00:28:01.839><c> great</c><00:28:02.099><c> prophecy.</c>

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There's<00:28:02.720><c> no</c><00:28:02.920><c> record</c><00:28:03.259><c> of</c><00:28:03.460><c> anybody</c><00:28:03.759><c> seeing</c><00:28:04.259><c> what</c><00:28:05.200><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:05.799><c> saw</c>

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here<00:28:06.339><c> in</c><00:28:06.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:06.779><c> one,</c>

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this<00:28:08.200><c> grand</c><00:28:08.799><c> prophecy</c><00:28:09.339><c> of</c><00:28:09.859><c> the</c><00:28:09.960><c> first</c><00:28:10.119><c> chapter.</c>

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It<00:28:10.660><c> just</c><00:28:10.960><c> seems</c><00:28:11.220><c> to</c><00:28:11.339><c> be</c><00:28:11.420><c> for</c><00:28:11.599><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:11.980><c> alone.</c>

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The<00:28:14.039><c> heavens</c><00:28:14.220><c> were</c><00:28:14.480><c> opened</c><00:28:14.640><c> and</c><00:28:14.759><c> he</c><00:28:14.900><c> saw</c><00:28:15.140><c> this,</c><00:28:16.420><c> this</c><00:28:16.740><c> extraordinary</c><00:28:17.240><c> vision.</c>

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And<00:28:20.140><c> so</c><00:28:20.279><c> the</c><00:28:20.400><c> word</c><00:28:20.579><c> of</c><00:28:20.700><c> the</c><00:28:20.819><c> Lord</c><00:28:21.059><c> came</c><00:28:21.579><c> to</c><00:28:21.799><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:28:22.200><c> the</c><00:28:22.319><c> priest,</c>

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.720
and<00:28:24.460><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> hand</c><00:28:24.759><c> of</c><00:28:24.900><c> the</c><00:28:25.000><c> Lord</c><00:28:25.119><c> was</c><00:28:25.319><c> upon</c><00:28:25.559><c> him.</c>

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:28.420
This<00:28:25.880><c> is</c><00:28:26.079><c> a</c><00:28:26.180><c> recurring</c><00:28:26.559><c> phrase</c><00:28:26.980><c> in</c><00:28:27.460><c> the</c><00:28:27.559><c> book</c><00:28:27.799><c> of</c><00:28:28.019><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:32.519
The<00:28:28.640><c> hand</c><00:28:28.940><c> of</c><00:28:29.059><c> the</c><00:28:29.160><c> Lord</c><00:28:29.279><c> was</c><00:28:29.420><c> on</c><00:28:29.599><c> his</c><00:28:29.819><c> shoulder,</c><00:28:30.039><c> if</c><00:28:30.119><c> you</c><00:28:30.299><c> like,</c><00:28:31.440><c> guiding</c><00:28:31.680><c> him,</c>

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:37.059
helping<00:28:33.160><c> him</c><00:28:33.599><c> to</c><00:28:34.000><c> be</c><00:28:34.240><c> ready</c><00:28:34.380><c> for</c><00:28:34.700><c> this</c><00:28:35.099><c> disaster,</c><00:28:36.579><c> judgment</c>

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.819
to<00:28:37.539><c> come.</c>

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:48.339
Brothers<00:28:44.299><c> and</c><00:28:44.519><c> sisters,</c><00:28:46.640><c> I</c><00:28:46.819><c> think</c><00:28:46.980><c> we</c><00:28:47.140><c> need</c><00:28:47.319><c> that.</c>

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:53.980
We<00:28:48.500><c> need</c><00:28:48.680><c> it</c><00:28:48.960><c> badly</c><00:28:49.299><c> when</c><00:28:49.519><c> we</c><00:28:49.779><c> see</c><00:28:50.339><c> in</c><00:28:51.319><c> our</c><00:28:51.579><c> Babylon,</c><00:28:52.579><c> in</c><00:28:52.799><c> our</c>

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:55.420
little<00:28:54.400><c> world,</c>

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:59.660
our<00:28:56.119><c> own</c><00:28:56.279><c> little</c><00:28:56.559><c> river</c><00:28:56.839><c> Kibur,</c><00:28:58.059><c> we've</c><00:28:58.359><c> got</c><00:28:58.480><c> to</c><00:28:58.640><c> have</c><00:28:58.779><c> a</c><00:28:58.940><c> vision.</c>

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:03.779
If<00:29:00.700><c> we</c><00:29:00.900><c> don't</c><00:29:01.000><c> have</c><00:29:01.180><c> a</c><00:29:01.380><c> vision,</c><00:29:01.559><c> if</c><00:29:01.660><c> we</c><00:29:01.799><c> don't</c><00:29:02.039><c> see</c><00:29:03.000><c> what</c><00:29:03.480><c> God</c>

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.220
is<00:29:04.299><c> doing</c><00:29:04.619><c> for</c><00:29:04.819><c> us</c>

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:07.980
and<00:29:05.380><c> the</c><00:29:05.599><c> possibilities</c><00:29:06.019><c> that</c><00:29:06.220><c> he</c><00:29:06.400><c> opens</c><00:29:06.619><c> up</c><00:29:06.880><c> for</c><00:29:07.019><c> us</c><00:29:07.259><c> in</c><00:29:07.440><c> his</c><00:29:07.640><c> scripture,</c>

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:10.500
in<00:29:08.440><c> his</c><00:29:08.660><c> hope,</c><00:29:08.819><c> if</c><00:29:08.940><c> we</c><00:29:09.000><c> don't</c><00:29:09.119><c> have</c><00:29:09.259><c> a</c><00:29:09.480><c> vision</c><00:29:09.700><c> of</c><00:29:09.859><c> the</c><00:29:10.019><c> future,</c>

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:13.119
then<00:29:10.920><c> we're</c><00:29:11.039><c> never</c><00:29:11.259><c> going</c><00:29:11.460><c> to</c><00:29:11.619><c> survive</c><00:29:12.099><c> the</c><00:29:12.319><c> disaster,</c><00:29:13.099><c> the</c>

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.460
impending<00:29:13.440><c> disaster.</c>

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:19.079
We're<00:29:17.019><c> commissioned</c><00:29:17.440><c> like</c><00:29:18.000><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.960
We've<00:29:19.640><c> got</c><00:29:19.759><c> to</c><00:29:19.900><c> have</c><00:29:19.980><c> a</c><00:29:20.140><c> vision.</c>

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:28.960
And<00:29:23.359><c> so</c><00:29:23.460><c> this</c><00:29:23.940><c> is</c><00:29:24.519><c> how</c><00:29:24.700><c> the</c><00:29:24.900><c> vision</c><00:29:25.160><c> unfolds</c><00:29:25.960><c> in</c><00:29:27.099><c> verse</c><00:29:27.380><c> four.</c>

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:35.140
As<00:29:30.799><c> I</c><00:29:31.000><c> looked,</c><00:29:33.359><c> and</c><00:29:33.519><c> the</c><00:29:33.640><c> way</c><00:29:33.759><c> this</c><00:29:33.900><c> is</c><00:29:34.059><c> all</c><00:29:34.319><c> phrased</c><00:29:34.539><c> in</c><00:29:34.700><c> chapter</c><00:29:34.880><c> one,</c>

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:37.640
his<00:29:35.500><c> senses</c><00:29:35.839><c> are</c><00:29:37.059><c> being</c><00:29:37.339><c> exercised.</c>

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:42.180
He<00:29:37.859><c> first</c><00:29:38.220><c> sees,</c><00:29:39.960><c> he</c><00:29:40.019><c> hears,</c><00:29:40.500><c> you</c><00:29:40.740><c> go</c><00:29:40.940><c> from</c><00:29:41.140><c> one</c><00:29:41.460><c> sense</c><00:29:41.700><c> to</c><00:29:41.980><c> another</c>

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.859
as<00:29:42.440><c> you</c><00:29:42.680><c> develop</c><00:29:42.900><c> through</c><00:29:43.140><c> this</c><00:29:43.319><c> first</c><00:29:43.539><c> chapter.</c>

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:46.759
Here<00:29:44.359><c> he</c><00:29:44.759><c> looks,</c><00:29:45.220><c> verse</c><00:29:45.480><c> four,</c>

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:49.720
and<00:29:47.140><c> he</c><00:29:47.259><c> beholds</c><00:29:47.799><c> a</c><00:29:47.859><c> stormy</c><00:29:48.319><c> wind</c><00:29:48.759><c> coming</c><00:29:49.119><c> out</c><00:29:49.299><c> of</c><00:29:49.400><c> the</c><00:29:49.539><c> north.</c>

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:53.299
This<00:29:50.339><c> is</c><00:29:50.539><c> a</c><00:29:50.640><c> grand,</c><00:29:50.980><c> almost</c><00:29:51.240><c> like</c><00:29:51.420><c> a</c><00:29:51.640><c> personal</c><00:29:52.099><c> theophany,</c>

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:57.480
a<00:29:53.640><c> personal</c><00:29:54.059><c> appearance</c><00:29:54.680><c> of</c><00:29:54.920><c> God</c><00:29:55.359><c> coming</c><00:29:56.819><c> out</c><00:29:56.980><c> of</c><00:29:57.059><c> the</c><00:29:57.180><c> north,</c>

00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:01.140
a<00:29:58.180><c> great</c><00:29:58.420><c> cloud</c><00:29:58.859><c> with</c><00:29:59.559><c> brightness</c><00:30:00.019><c> around</c><00:30:00.400><c> about</c><00:30:00.700><c> it,</c>

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:05.500
fire<00:30:01.680><c> flashing</c><00:30:02.259><c> forth</c><00:30:03.099><c> constantly.</c>

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:08.119
And<00:30:06.480><c> then</c><00:30:06.740><c> in</c><00:30:06.920><c> the</c><00:30:07.039><c> midst</c><00:30:07.200><c> of</c><00:30:07.359><c> the</c><00:30:07.519><c> fire,</c><00:30:07.839><c> as</c><00:30:07.839><c> it</c><00:30:08.019><c> were,</c>

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.920
gleaming<00:30:08.519><c> bronze.</c>

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This<00:30:09.140><c> is</c><00:30:09.319><c> a</c><00:30:09.400><c> spectacular</c><00:30:10.240><c> appearance.</c>

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:18.500
Those<00:30:14.920><c> who</c><00:30:15.319><c> have</c><00:30:15.779><c> seen</c><00:30:15.900><c> a</c><00:30:16.099><c> tornado,</c><00:30:17.339><c> in</c><00:30:17.640><c> a</c><00:30:17.960><c> small</c><00:30:18.119><c> sense,</c>

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.960
get<00:30:18.839><c> an</c><00:30:19.079><c> idea</c><00:30:19.299><c> what</c><00:30:19.440><c> this</c><00:30:19.640><c> is</c><00:30:19.799><c> like.</c>

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Something's<00:30:20.460><c> coming.</c>

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:24.480
Something<00:30:22.779><c> ominous</c><00:30:23.160><c> is</c><00:30:23.400><c> coming.</c><00:30:23.640><c> It's</c><00:30:23.819><c> coming</c><00:30:23.940><c> from</c><00:30:24.119><c> the</c><00:30:24.299><c> north.</c>

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:28.240
This<00:30:24.660><c> is</c><00:30:24.839><c> where</c><00:30:25.759><c> revelation</c><00:30:26.279><c> or</c><00:30:26.779><c> judgment</c><00:30:27.059><c> awfully</c><00:30:27.359><c> comes</c><00:30:27.680><c> from</c><00:30:27.839><c> in</c><00:30:28.019><c> scripture,</c>

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.859
from<00:30:28.460><c> the</c><00:30:28.640><c> north.</c>

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It's<00:30:29.119><c> bright,</c><00:30:29.559><c> it's</c><00:30:29.779><c> flashing.</c>

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:32.759
In<00:30:31.160><c> the</c><00:30:31.279><c> midst</c><00:30:31.400><c> of</c><00:30:31.519><c> it,</c><00:30:31.900><c> there's</c><00:30:31.960><c> fire.</c>

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:37.599
Ezekiel<00:30:36.000><c> must</c><00:30:36.180><c> have</c><00:30:36.279><c> been</c><00:30:36.460><c> swept</c><00:30:36.660><c> off</c><00:30:36.819><c> his</c><00:30:37.079><c> feet,</c><00:30:37.279><c> if</c><00:30:37.400><c> we</c><00:30:37.500><c> can</c>

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.160
use<00:30:37.759><c> the</c><00:30:37.980><c> phrase,</c>

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:41.859
when<00:30:38.380><c> this</c><00:30:39.339><c> vision</c><00:30:39.720><c> proceeded</c><00:30:40.559><c> towards</c><00:30:40.920><c> him.</c>

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:45.240
And<00:30:42.619><c> from</c><00:30:42.779><c> midst</c><00:30:43.000><c> of</c><00:30:43.160><c> it</c><00:30:43.259><c> came</c><00:30:43.559><c> the</c><00:30:43.859><c> likeness</c><00:30:44.160><c> of</c><00:30:44.319><c> four</c><00:30:44.480><c> living</c><00:30:44.700><c> creatures,</c>

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.420
and<00:30:45.799><c> this</c><00:30:46.019><c> was</c><00:30:46.180><c> their</c><00:30:46.380><c> appearance.</c>

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:51.500
They<00:30:49.660><c> had</c><00:30:49.779><c> the</c><00:30:49.980><c> form</c><00:30:50.380><c> of</c><00:30:51.099><c> men.</c>

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:55.240
Each<00:30:52.019><c> had</c><00:30:52.220><c> four</c><00:30:52.500><c> faces.</c><00:30:53.339><c> Each</c><00:30:53.599><c> of</c><00:30:53.720><c> them</c><00:30:53.799><c> had</c><00:30:54.000><c> four</c><00:30:54.279><c> wings.</c>

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.359
Their<00:30:55.480><c> legs</c><00:30:55.740><c> were</c><00:30:56.059><c> straight.</c>

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The<00:30:56.940><c> soles</c><00:30:57.240><c> of</c><00:30:57.400><c> their</c><00:30:57.599><c> feet</c><00:30:57.759><c> were</c><00:30:57.940><c> like</c><00:30:58.099><c> the</c><00:30:58.299><c> sole</c><00:30:58.420><c> of</c><00:30:58.599><c> a</c><00:30:58.759><c> calf's</c><00:30:59.160><c> foot,</c>

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.680
and<00:30:59.960><c> they</c><00:31:00.240><c> sparkled</c><00:31:00.539><c> like</c><00:31:01.119><c> burnished</c><00:31:01.579><c> bronze.</c>

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:06.539
Under<00:31:03.740><c> their</c><00:31:03.960><c> wings,</c><00:31:04.640><c> on</c><00:31:04.839><c> their</c><00:31:05.059><c> four</c><00:31:05.339><c> sides,</c><00:31:06.180><c> they</c><00:31:06.359><c> had</c>

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.980
human<00:31:06.920><c> hands.</c>

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:13.000
Now,<00:31:11.240><c> there's</c><00:31:11.380><c> been</c><00:31:11.599><c> many,</c><00:31:11.859><c> many</c><00:31:12.079><c> attempts</c><00:31:12.440><c> to</c><00:31:12.720><c> sort</c><00:31:12.799><c> of</c>

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.680
replicate<00:31:13.359><c> this,</c>

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:17.160
and<00:31:13.839><c> I</c><00:31:13.900><c> have,</c><00:31:14.559><c> in</c><00:31:15.079><c> the</c><00:31:15.259><c> notes</c><00:31:15.440><c> here,</c><00:31:15.640><c> I</c><00:31:15.660><c> have</c><00:31:15.960><c> an</c><00:31:16.720><c> illustration</c>

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:22.119
of<00:31:17.339><c> how</c><00:31:17.460><c> Brother</c><00:31:17.700><c> Madeley</c><00:31:18.059><c> sees</c><00:31:18.480><c> this</c><00:31:19.140><c> vision,</c><00:31:20.359><c> these</c><00:31:20.839><c> living</c><00:31:21.119><c> creatures.</c>

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:24.720
But<00:31:22.440><c> it</c><00:31:22.539><c> seems</c><00:31:22.720><c> little</c><00:31:22.980><c> doubt</c><00:31:23.200><c> that</c><00:31:23.400><c> they</c><00:31:23.500><c> had</c><00:31:23.619><c> these</c><00:31:23.920><c> four,</c>

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:29.240
four<00:31:25.599><c> faces.</c><00:31:25.980><c> Four,</c><00:31:26.339><c> of</c><00:31:26.480><c> course,</c><00:31:26.660><c> is</c><00:31:27.079><c> a</c><00:31:27.259><c> great</c><00:31:27.539><c> symbol</c><00:31:28.619><c> in</c><00:31:29.059><c> the</c>

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.200
prophecy<00:31:29.519><c> of</c><00:31:29.720><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:32.019
Four<00:31:30.740><c> visions,</c><00:31:31.259><c> four</c><00:31:31.500><c> faces.</c>

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:34.740
This<00:31:32.500><c> four</c><00:31:32.640><c> comes</c><00:31:32.859><c> up</c><00:31:33.119><c> constantly</c><00:31:33.559><c> in</c><00:31:33.759><c> the</c><00:31:33.920><c> prophecy.</c>

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:36.980
But<00:31:35.059><c> here</c><00:31:35.240><c> they</c><00:31:35.380><c> had</c><00:31:35.519><c> the</c><00:31:35.720><c> four</c><00:31:35.920><c> faces.</c>

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:42.740
And<00:31:40.059><c> we're</c><00:31:40.259><c> told</c><00:31:40.480><c> in</c><00:31:41.099><c> the</c><00:31:41.339><c> tenth</c><00:31:41.640><c> verse,</c><00:31:42.000><c> if</c><00:31:42.160><c> we</c><00:31:42.259><c> go</c><00:31:42.359><c> on</c><00:31:42.460><c> to</c><00:31:42.579><c> the</c>

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.859
tenth<00:31:42.940><c> verse,</c>

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.079
their<00:31:44.140><c> form.</c>

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:47.559
As<00:31:45.339><c> for</c><00:31:45.539><c> the</c><00:31:45.680><c> likeness</c><00:31:45.980><c> of</c><00:31:46.099><c> their</c><00:31:46.299><c> faces,</c><00:31:46.720><c> each</c><00:31:46.940><c> had</c><00:31:47.119><c> the</c><00:31:47.299><c> face</c>

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:49.299
of<00:31:47.759><c> a</c><00:31:47.900><c> man</c><00:31:48.119><c> in</c><00:31:48.460><c> front.</c>

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:53.019
The<00:31:50.920><c> four</c><00:31:51.059><c> had</c><00:31:51.220><c> the</c><00:31:51.359><c> face</c><00:31:51.579><c> of</c><00:31:51.779><c> a</c><00:31:51.880><c> lion</c><00:31:52.099><c> on</c><00:31:52.359><c> the</c><00:31:52.480><c> right</c><00:31:52.700><c> side.</c>

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:55.640
The<00:31:53.559><c> four</c><00:31:53.740><c> had</c><00:31:53.920><c> the</c><00:31:54.000><c> face</c><00:31:54.240><c> of</c><00:31:54.440><c> an</c><00:31:54.559><c> ox</c><00:31:54.740><c> on</c><00:31:54.920><c> the</c><00:31:55.039><c> left</c><00:31:55.259><c> side.</c>

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.259
The<00:31:56.140><c> four</c><00:31:56.299><c> had</c><00:31:56.480><c> the</c><00:31:56.599><c> face</c><00:31:56.880><c> of</c><00:31:57.039><c> an</c><00:31:57.240><c> eagle</c><00:31:57.500><c> at</c><00:31:58.220><c> the</c><00:31:58.420><c> back.</c>

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:03.839
And<00:32:00.420><c> to</c><00:32:00.500><c> use</c><00:32:00.819><c> the</c><00:32:01.339><c> midrash</c><00:32:01.960><c> or</c><00:32:02.160><c> to</c><00:32:02.319><c> use</c><00:32:02.579><c> a</c><00:32:03.079><c> Jewish</c><00:32:03.359><c> commentary</c>

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.279
on<00:32:04.079><c> this,</c>

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:09.640
it<00:32:07.019><c> says</c><00:32:07.240><c> that</c><00:32:07.559><c> there</c><00:32:07.680><c> are</c><00:32:07.839><c> four</c><00:32:08.140><c> kinds</c><00:32:08.519><c> of</c><00:32:08.839><c> proud</c><00:32:09.000><c> beings</c><00:32:09.380><c> who</c>

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.180
are<00:32:09.720><c> created</c><00:32:10.000><c> in</c><00:32:10.220><c> the</c><00:32:10.380><c> world.</c>

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:13.759
The<00:32:11.420><c> proudest</c><00:32:11.799><c> of</c><00:32:11.980><c> all</c><00:32:12.220><c> man,</c><00:32:12.599><c> one</c><00:32:12.799><c> face.</c>

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:16.319
Of<00:32:14.880><c> birds,</c><00:32:15.279><c> the</c><00:32:15.480><c> eagle.</c>

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.680
Of<00:32:16.640><c> domestic</c><00:32:17.099><c> animals,</c><00:32:17.519><c> the</c><00:32:17.799><c> ox.</c>

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.880
And<00:32:19.160><c> of</c><00:32:19.380><c> wild</c><00:32:19.640><c> animals,</c><00:32:20.440><c> the</c><00:32:20.660><c> lion.</c>

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:23.880
It's<00:32:21.160><c> like</c><00:32:21.279><c> the</c><00:32:21.519><c> apex,</c><00:32:21.940><c> if</c><00:32:22.099><c> you</c><00:32:22.240><c> like,</c><00:32:22.599><c> of</c><00:32:22.720><c> God's</c><00:32:23.180><c> creation</c><00:32:23.579><c> in</c>

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:25.319
certain<00:32:24.180><c> respects.</c>

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:30.259
These<00:32:26.980><c> were</c><00:32:27.220><c> the</c><00:32:27.680><c> faces</c><00:32:28.180><c> of</c><00:32:29.160><c> the</c><00:32:29.400><c> carabin.</c>

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:36.000
Such,<00:32:33.279><c> we're</c><00:32:33.539><c> told</c><00:32:33.720><c> there</c><00:32:33.920><c> in</c><00:32:34.099><c> verse</c><00:32:34.319><c> 11,</c><00:32:34.700><c> such</c><00:32:35.059><c> were</c><00:32:35.319><c> their</c><00:32:35.500><c> faces.</c>

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.539
And<00:32:36.519><c> they</c><00:32:36.619><c> had</c><00:32:36.799><c> wings,</c><00:32:37.140><c> we're</c><00:32:37.420><c> told.</c>

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.880
The<00:32:37.779><c> wings</c><00:32:37.960><c> were</c><00:32:38.220><c> spread</c><00:32:38.400><c> out</c><00:32:38.640><c> above.</c>

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:43.480
Each<00:32:39.259><c> creature</c><00:32:39.519><c> had</c><00:32:39.819><c> two</c><00:32:40.119><c> wings,</c><00:32:41.000><c> each</c><00:32:41.259><c> of</c><00:32:41.380><c> which</c><00:32:41.660><c> touched</c><00:32:42.079><c> the</c><00:32:42.220><c> wing</c><00:32:42.380><c> of</c><00:32:42.559><c> another,</c>

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.240
while<00:32:44.400><c> two</c><00:32:44.700><c> covered</c><00:32:44.980><c> their</c><00:32:45.180><c> bodies.</c>

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.779
And<00:32:47.400><c> each</c><00:32:47.579><c> went</c><00:32:47.819><c> straight</c><00:32:48.259><c> forward.</c>

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:51.579
Wherever<00:32:49.519><c> the</c><00:32:49.920><c> spirit</c><00:32:50.140><c> would</c><00:32:50.380><c> go,</c><00:32:51.220><c> they</c><00:32:51.339><c> went.</c>

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:56.680
It<00:32:51.839><c> was</c><00:32:52.160><c> the</c><00:32:52.559><c> movement</c><00:32:52.960><c> of</c><00:32:53.779><c> these</c><00:32:54.400><c> creatures</c><00:32:55.000><c> was</c><00:32:56.259><c> directed</c>

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:58.079
or<00:32:56.980><c> empowered</c><00:32:57.339><c> by</c><00:32:57.559><c> the</c><00:32:57.799><c> spirit.</c>

00:32:58.180 --> 00:33:00.940
It<00:32:58.180><c> wasn't</c><00:32:58.339><c> even</c><00:32:58.599><c> by</c><00:32:58.700><c> the</c><00:32:58.920><c> wheels,</c><00:32:59.440><c> it</c><00:32:59.480><c> was</c><00:32:59.640><c> the</c><00:32:59.920><c> spirit</c><00:33:00.380><c> led</c>

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:03.940
these<00:33:02.960><c> creatures.</c>

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.500
And<00:33:05.319><c> in</c><00:33:05.440><c> verse</c><00:33:05.599><c> 13,</c><00:33:06.059><c> in</c><00:33:06.200><c> the</c><00:33:06.319><c> midst</c><00:33:06.460><c> of</c><00:33:06.640><c> these</c><00:33:06.779><c> living</c><00:33:07.000><c> creatures,</c>

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:10.779
there<00:33:07.960><c> was</c><00:33:08.059><c> something</c><00:33:08.339><c> that</c><00:33:08.480><c> looked</c><00:33:08.680><c> like</c><00:33:08.900><c> burning</c><00:33:09.259><c> coals</c><00:33:09.599><c> of</c><00:33:09.880><c> fire,</c>

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:13.940
like<00:33:11.180><c> torches</c><00:33:11.519><c> moving</c><00:33:11.839><c> to</c><00:33:12.240><c> and</c><00:33:12.299><c> fro</c><00:33:12.599><c> among</c><00:33:13.079><c> the</c><00:33:13.259><c> living</c><00:33:13.440><c> creatures.</c>

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:16.720
And<00:33:14.619><c> the</c><00:33:14.779><c> fire</c><00:33:15.000><c> was</c><00:33:15.299><c> bright,</c><00:33:15.859><c> and</c><00:33:15.940><c> out</c><00:33:16.119><c> of</c><00:33:16.200><c> the</c><00:33:16.359><c> fire</c><00:33:16.539><c> went</c>

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.440
forth<00:33:17.000><c> lightning.</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:22.099
And<00:33:18.059><c> the</c><00:33:18.220><c> living</c><00:33:18.400><c> creatures</c><00:33:19.019><c> darted</c><00:33:19.599><c> to</c><00:33:19.799><c> and</c><00:33:20.039><c> fro</c><00:33:20.200><c> like</c><00:33:20.500><c> a</c><00:33:20.740><c> flash</c><00:33:21.019><c> of</c><00:33:21.279><c> lightning.</c>

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:27.220
This<00:33:23.480><c> is</c><00:33:23.660><c> a</c><00:33:23.839><c> spectacular</c><00:33:24.660><c> vision,</c><00:33:26.299><c> spectacular</c><00:33:26.920><c> vision,</c>

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:29.920
which<00:33:27.380><c> is</c><00:33:27.619><c> representing</c><00:33:28.019><c> the</c><00:33:28.319><c> high</c><00:33:28.539><c> points</c><00:33:28.859><c> of</c><00:33:29.019><c> God's</c><00:33:29.500><c> creation.</c>

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:32.359
It's<00:33:30.740><c> talking</c><00:33:30.980><c> about</c><00:33:31.259><c> mobility.</c>

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:35.799
It's<00:33:32.640><c> talking</c><00:33:32.900><c> about</c><00:33:33.500><c> being</c><00:33:34.059><c> guided</c><00:33:34.599><c> or</c><00:33:34.839><c> empowered</c><00:33:35.200><c> by</c><00:33:35.400><c> the</c><00:33:35.619><c> spirit.</c>

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:40.200
There's<00:33:36.539><c> hundreds</c><00:33:37.059><c> of</c><00:33:37.420><c> ideas</c><00:33:37.920><c> sort</c><00:33:38.240><c> of</c><00:33:38.539><c> embedded</c><00:33:38.759><c> into</c><00:33:38.980><c> this.</c>

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:44.799
And<00:33:42.559><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:43.059><c> the</c><00:33:43.180><c> prophet</c><00:33:43.539><c> and</c><00:33:43.759><c> the</c><00:33:43.980><c> priest,</c>

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:47.460
must<00:33:45.079><c> have</c><00:33:45.619><c> relished</c><00:33:46.059><c> the</c><00:33:46.220><c> idea</c><00:33:46.619><c> of</c><00:33:46.920><c> interpretation.</c>

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:49.140
What<00:33:47.680><c> does</c><00:33:47.839><c> it</c><00:33:47.960><c> all</c><00:33:48.180><c> mean?</c>

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:51.579
He's<00:33:49.579><c> overwhelmed</c><00:33:50.039><c> by</c><00:33:50.279><c> it,</c><00:33:50.440><c> but</c><00:33:50.640><c> must</c><00:33:50.799><c> have</c><00:33:50.960><c> surely</c><00:33:51.180><c> tried</c><00:33:51.400><c> to</c>

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:53.160
sort<00:33:51.680><c> out</c><00:33:51.799><c> what</c><00:33:51.900><c> does</c><00:33:52.099><c> it</c><00:33:52.279><c> mean,</c>

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.880
all<00:33:53.720><c> these</c><00:33:54.000><c> things.</c>

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:57.160
And<00:33:55.059><c> bit</c><00:33:55.180><c> by</c><00:33:55.359><c> bit,</c><00:33:55.640><c> one</c><00:33:55.779><c> can't</c><00:33:56.160><c> help</c><00:33:56.359><c> but</c><00:33:56.559><c> think</c><00:33:56.680><c> that</c><00:33:56.819><c> he</c><00:33:57.000><c> sort</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.160
of<00:33:57.460><c> figured</c><00:33:57.660><c> it</c><00:33:57.900><c> out.</c>

00:33:58.539 --> 00:34:01.779
These<00:33:58.799><c> are</c><00:33:58.980><c> the</c><00:33:59.180><c> symbols</c><00:33:59.539><c> of</c><00:34:00.059><c> high</c><00:34:00.299><c> points</c><00:34:00.539><c> of</c><00:34:00.759><c> creation.</c>

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.759
Four,<00:34:02.980><c> everything's</c><00:34:03.380><c> in</c><00:34:03.599><c> four.</c>

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:05.099
There's<00:34:04.079><c> mobility.</c>

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.500
God<00:34:05.500><c> is</c><00:34:05.660><c> not</c><00:34:05.819><c> a</c><00:34:06.039><c> static</c><00:34:06.259><c> God.</c>

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:11.840
God<00:34:06.740><c> is</c><00:34:06.900><c> a</c><00:34:07.039><c> dynamic</c><00:34:07.400><c> God</c><00:34:07.720><c> who's</c><00:34:07.920><c> moving</c><00:34:08.280><c> out</c><00:34:08.559><c> here</c><00:34:08.739><c> into</c><00:34:08.920><c> my</c><00:34:10.400><c> wasteland</c><00:34:11.539><c> of</c>

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.039
the<00:34:11.960><c> River</c><00:34:12.139><c> Kibo.</c>

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:16.500
He<00:34:13.880><c> must</c><00:34:14.079><c> have</c><00:34:14.260><c> sort</c><00:34:14.360><c> of</c><00:34:15.179><c> thought</c><00:34:15.360><c> of</c><00:34:15.539><c> these</c><00:34:15.739><c> things,</c>

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:19.460
and<00:34:16.539><c> the</c><00:34:16.820><c> ideas</c><00:34:17.460><c> of</c><00:34:18.019><c> this</c><00:34:18.260><c> great</c><00:34:18.460><c> vision</c><00:34:18.659><c> must</c><00:34:18.900><c> have</c><00:34:19.139><c> sort</c><00:34:19.139><c> of</c>

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:21.480
gradually<00:34:19.760><c> come</c><00:34:19.980><c> into</c><00:34:20.179><c> focus.</c>

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:27.960
Just<00:34:25.320><c> parenthetically,</c><00:34:25.940><c> can</c><00:34:26.019><c> I</c><00:34:26.139><c> say,</c><00:34:26.400><c> I</c><00:34:26.800><c> remember</c><00:34:27.000><c> once</c><00:34:27.280><c> discussing</c><00:34:27.699><c> this</c>

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:32.179
with<00:34:28.320><c> a</c><00:34:28.679><c> young</c><00:34:29.099><c> brother</c><00:34:29.400><c> in</c><00:34:29.739><c> Africa,</c><00:34:31.599><c> and</c><00:34:31.800><c> he</c><00:34:31.900><c> was</c><00:34:32.019><c> saying,</c>

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:35.420
I<00:34:32.260><c> don't</c><00:34:32.519><c> know</c><00:34:32.719><c> very</c><00:34:32.980><c> much</c><00:34:33.179><c> about</c><00:34:33.880><c> visions</c><00:34:34.219><c> in</c><00:34:34.500><c> scripture.</c>

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:40.699
I<00:34:37.760><c> don't</c><00:34:38.019><c> know,</c><00:34:38.280><c> perhaps,</c><00:34:38.780><c> he</c><00:34:38.900><c> says,</c><00:34:39.000><c> very</c><00:34:39.260><c> much</c><00:34:39.400><c> about</c><00:34:39.699><c> parables.</c>

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:45.019
He<00:34:41.980><c> said,</c><00:34:42.019><c> I</c><00:34:42.239><c> think</c><00:34:42.440><c> I</c><00:34:42.619><c> better</c><00:34:43.000><c> study</c><00:34:43.760><c> what</c><00:34:43.940><c> these</c><00:34:44.219><c> visions</c><00:34:44.599><c> mean.</c>

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:47.900
He<00:34:45.460><c> said,</c><00:34:45.619><c> what</c><00:34:45.780><c> say,</c><00:34:46.480><c> I'll</c><00:34:46.880><c> never</c><00:34:47.039><c> forget</c><00:34:47.239><c> this</c><00:34:47.480><c> little</c><00:34:47.659><c> comment,</c>

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.980
which<00:34:48.139><c> I</c><00:34:49.139><c> thought</c><00:34:49.199><c> was</c><00:34:49.440><c> quite</c><00:34:49.699><c> wonderful.</c>

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:53.139
He<00:34:50.079><c> said,</c><00:34:50.280><c> what</c><00:34:50.480><c> say</c><00:34:50.719><c> I</c><00:34:50.860><c> get</c><00:34:51.380><c> into</c><00:34:51.719><c> the</c><00:34:51.960><c> kingdom,</c>

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:56.900
and<00:34:55.000><c> God</c><00:34:55.179><c> wants</c><00:34:55.400><c> to</c><00:34:55.599><c> tell</c><00:34:55.699><c> me</c><00:34:55.880><c> something,</c>

00:34:57.300 --> 00:35:00.039
and<00:34:57.579><c> he's</c><00:34:57.679><c> not</c><00:34:57.860><c> going</c><00:34:57.960><c> to</c><00:34:58.099><c> tell</c><00:34:58.239><c> me</c><00:34:58.860><c> in</c><00:34:59.159><c> English.</c>

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:02.179
He's<00:35:00.619><c> going</c><00:35:00.739><c> to</c><00:35:00.840><c> tell</c><00:35:00.900><c> me</c><00:35:01.039><c> by</c><00:35:01.239><c> a</c><00:35:01.380><c> vision.</c>

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:04.539
I<00:35:02.559><c> won't</c><00:35:02.739><c> know</c><00:35:02.880><c> what</c><00:35:02.980><c> he's</c><00:35:03.239><c> telling</c><00:35:03.360><c> me.</c>

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:07.179
You<00:35:05.460><c> might</c><00:35:05.679><c> think</c><00:35:05.820><c> that's</c><00:35:06.099><c> rather</c><00:35:06.239><c> strange,</c>

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:10.940
but<00:35:08.860><c> we</c><00:35:09.300><c> have</c><00:35:09.460><c> to</c><00:35:09.679><c> be</c><00:35:09.940><c> alert</c><00:35:10.199><c> to</c><00:35:10.400><c> what</c><00:35:10.519><c> these,</c>

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:13.280
at<00:35:11.159><c> least</c><00:35:11.420><c> try</c><00:35:11.800><c> and</c><00:35:11.960><c> work</c><00:35:12.099><c> out</c><00:35:12.199><c> what</c><00:35:12.360><c> these</c><00:35:12.619><c> things</c><00:35:12.820><c> mean,</c>

00:35:13.739 --> 00:35:15.000
because<00:35:13.960><c> who</c><00:35:14.139><c> knows</c><00:35:14.380><c> in</c><00:35:14.539><c> the</c><00:35:14.679><c> kingdom,</c>

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:17.840
who<00:35:15.500><c> knows</c><00:35:15.860><c> that</c><00:35:16.019><c> the</c><00:35:16.119><c> Lord</c><00:35:16.239><c> may</c><00:35:16.460><c> not</c><00:35:16.639><c> reveal</c><00:35:16.860><c> himself</c>

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.840
in<00:35:18.460><c> these</c><00:35:18.719><c> kinds</c><00:35:18.960><c> of</c><00:35:19.139><c> ways</c><00:35:19.360><c> in</c><00:35:19.559><c> the</c><00:35:19.699><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:22.059
We're<00:35:20.119><c> supposed</c><00:35:20.260><c> to</c><00:35:20.500><c> know</c><00:35:20.860><c> some</c><00:35:21.380><c> idea,</c><00:35:21.699><c> at</c><00:35:21.820><c> least,</c>

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:27.039
as<00:35:22.340><c> to</c><00:35:22.519><c> what's</c><00:35:22.860><c> conveyed</c><00:35:23.400><c> by</c><00:35:24.019><c> visions</c><00:35:24.300><c> and</c><00:35:24.639><c> parables,</c>

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:29.619
because<00:35:27.780><c> this</c><00:35:28.000><c> is</c><00:35:28.199><c> the</c><00:35:28.320><c> means</c><00:35:28.539><c> by</c><00:35:28.780><c> which</c><00:35:28.960><c> the</c><00:35:29.159><c> Lord</c>

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:33.679
sort<00:35:30.000><c> of</c><00:35:30.280><c> extends</c><00:35:30.500><c> his</c><00:35:30.719><c> message,</c><00:35:31.159><c> by</c><00:35:31.360><c> which</c><00:35:31.659><c> he</c><00:35:31.920><c> makes</c><00:35:32.139><c> things</c><00:35:32.440><c> known.</c>

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:39.420
Let's<00:35:37.199><c> go</c><00:35:37.420><c> on</c><00:35:37.539><c> then</c><00:35:37.659><c> to</c><00:35:37.760><c> verse</c><00:35:37.900><c> 15,</c>

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:41.880
the<00:35:39.840><c> next</c><00:35:40.039><c> paragraph,</c><00:35:40.480><c> verse</c><00:35:40.599><c> 15.</c>

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:45.559
As<00:35:43.500><c> I</c><00:35:43.699><c> looked</c><00:35:43.920><c> at</c><00:35:44.139><c> the</c><00:35:44.239><c> living</c><00:35:44.400><c> creatures,</c><00:35:44.840><c> I</c><00:35:44.960><c> saw</c><00:35:45.079><c> a</c><00:35:45.340><c> wheel.</c>

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:49.099
So<00:35:45.820><c> there's</c><00:35:46.219><c> a</c><00:35:46.420><c> wheel</c><00:35:46.719><c> underneath</c><00:35:47.199><c> these</c><00:35:47.760><c> four</c><00:35:48.460><c> living</c><00:35:48.760><c> creatures</c>

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:50.099
with<00:35:49.260><c> these</c><00:35:49.480><c> four</c><00:35:49.639><c> faces.</c>

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:53.340
There's<00:35:50.760><c> a</c><00:35:50.960><c> wheel</c><00:35:51.320><c> upon</c><00:35:51.780><c> the</c><00:35:52.019><c> earth</c><00:35:52.320><c> beside</c><00:35:52.780><c> them,</c>

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.300
one<00:35:53.880><c> for</c><00:35:54.099><c> each</c><00:35:54.519><c> of</c><00:35:54.659><c> the</c><00:35:54.820><c> four</c><00:35:55.019><c> of</c><00:35:55.159><c> them.</c>

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:57.219
Each<00:35:55.559><c> of</c><00:35:55.619><c> them</c><00:35:55.719><c> had</c><00:35:55.900><c> a</c><00:35:56.079><c> wheel.</c>

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.360
And<00:35:58.480><c> the</c><00:35:58.619><c> appearance</c><00:35:58.920><c> we're</c><00:35:59.179><c> given,</c>

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.599
the<00:35:59.619><c> appearance</c><00:35:59.840><c> of</c><00:36:00.039><c> these</c><00:36:00.260><c> wheels,</c>

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:03.639
the<00:36:01.300><c> appearance</c><00:36:01.559><c> was</c><00:36:01.820><c> like</c><00:36:02.199><c> the</c><00:36:02.400><c> gleaming</c><00:36:02.719><c> of</c><00:36:03.099><c> crystallites.</c>

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:05.980
The<00:36:03.840><c> four</c><00:36:03.980><c> had</c><00:36:04.260><c> the</c><00:36:04.559><c> same</c><00:36:04.780><c> likeness.</c>

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:08.500
Their<00:36:06.239><c> construction</c><00:36:06.719><c> was</c><00:36:06.980><c> as</c><00:36:07.119><c> if</c><00:36:07.239><c> it</c><00:36:07.340><c> were</c><00:36:07.460><c> a</c><00:36:07.599><c> wheel</c><00:36:07.820><c> within</c><00:36:08.039><c> a</c><00:36:08.260><c> wheel.</c>

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.719
And<00:36:08.699><c> we've</c><00:36:08.940><c> seen</c><00:36:09.039><c> pictures</c><00:36:09.360><c> of</c><00:36:09.559><c> this.</c>

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.440
We've<00:36:10.059><c> seen</c><00:36:10.239><c> sort</c><00:36:10.500><c> of</c><00:36:10.599><c> paintings</c><00:36:10.820><c> of</c><00:36:11.039><c> this,</c>

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:14.159
the<00:36:11.980><c> wheels</c><00:36:12.280><c> within</c><00:36:12.840><c> the</c><00:36:13.099><c> wheels,</c>

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:16.699
moving<00:36:15.599><c> in</c><00:36:16.039><c> any</c><00:36:16.219><c> direction,</c>

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:19.559
or<00:36:17.079><c> to</c><00:36:17.219><c> use</c><00:36:17.360><c> the</c><00:36:17.519><c> very</c><00:36:17.800><c> important</c><00:36:18.179><c> phrase</c><00:36:18.480><c> at</c><00:36:18.659><c> the</c><00:36:18.699><c> end</c><00:36:18.840><c> of</c><00:36:18.960><c> verse</c><00:36:19.079><c> 17,</c>

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.239
without<00:36:20.239><c> turning</c><00:36:20.659><c> as</c><00:36:20.880><c> they</c><00:36:21.099><c> went.</c>

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:23.960
The<00:36:21.639><c> vision</c><00:36:21.840><c> could</c><00:36:22.000><c> go</c><00:36:22.199><c> anywhere</c><00:36:22.659><c> without</c><00:36:23.019><c> turning.</c>

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:26.940
God<00:36:24.739><c> could</c><00:36:24.900><c> go</c><00:36:25.079><c> anywhere</c><00:36:25.559><c> without</c><00:36:25.900><c> changing</c><00:36:26.260><c> his</c><00:36:26.559><c> principles,</c>

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:28.239
I<00:36:27.159><c> believe</c><00:36:27.340><c> is</c><00:36:27.500><c> the</c><00:36:27.599><c> lesson</c><00:36:27.820><c> in</c><00:36:28.059><c> this.</c>

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:30.500
God<00:36:28.760><c> is</c><00:36:29.039><c> absolutely</c><00:36:29.400><c> mobile.</c>

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:35.619
He's<00:36:30.760><c> not</c><00:36:31.519><c> constrained</c><00:36:32.139><c> or</c><00:36:32.400><c> he's</c><00:36:33.800><c> not</c><00:36:34.059><c> fixed</c><00:36:34.400><c> in</c><00:36:34.619><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.579
He's<00:36:36.619><c> mobile.</c>

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:41.280
In<00:36:38.000><c> his</c><00:36:38.219><c> empowered</c><00:36:38.579><c> spirit,</c><00:36:38.900><c> he</c><00:36:39.000><c> can</c><00:36:39.159><c> come</c><00:36:39.360><c> out</c><00:36:40.260><c> to</c><00:36:40.639><c> the</c><00:36:40.719><c> River</c><00:36:40.920><c> Kiba.</c>

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.519
He<00:36:41.460><c> can</c><00:36:41.619><c> come</c><00:36:41.800><c> out</c><00:36:42.019><c> to</c><00:36:42.199><c> Florida.</c>

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:44.139
He<00:36:42.639><c> can</c><00:36:42.760><c> come</c><00:36:42.940><c> out</c><00:36:43.599><c> to</c><00:36:43.760><c> Australia.</c>

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:46.480
He's<00:36:45.059><c> a</c><00:36:45.219><c> dynamic</c><00:36:45.559><c> God.</c>

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:50.019
He's<00:36:47.900><c> a</c><00:36:48.099><c> wondrous</c><00:36:48.500><c> God</c><00:36:48.960><c> who</c><00:36:49.260><c> is</c><00:36:49.500><c> mobile.</c>

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:51.719
I<00:36:50.539><c> will</c><00:36:50.800><c> be</c><00:36:51.059><c> who</c><00:36:51.219><c> I</c><00:36:51.420><c> will</c><00:36:51.559><c> be.</c>

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:53.059
It's<00:36:51.860><c> the</c><00:36:51.980><c> idea</c><00:36:52.219><c> of</c><00:36:52.619><c> continuity.</c>

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:55.800
I<00:36:53.320><c> am</c><00:36:53.539><c> becoming</c><00:36:53.980><c> who</c><00:36:54.380><c> I</c><00:36:54.599><c> am</c><00:36:54.800><c> becoming.</c>

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:59.059
It<00:36:56.280><c> seems</c><00:36:56.420><c> to</c><00:36:56.519><c> me</c><00:36:56.619><c> to</c><00:36:56.760><c> be</c><00:36:57.119><c> sort</c><00:36:57.320><c> of</c><00:36:57.639><c> a</c><00:36:57.800><c> symbolic</c><00:36:58.380><c> presentation</c>

00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:00.420
almost<00:36:59.420><c> of</c><00:36:59.539><c> the</c><00:36:59.699><c> memorial</c><00:37:00.000><c> name.</c>

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:02.460
There's<00:37:01.079><c> nothing</c><00:37:01.280><c> static</c><00:37:01.719><c> about</c><00:37:02.019><c> our</c><00:37:02.219><c> God.</c>

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:04.659
He<00:37:02.820><c> comes</c><00:37:03.159><c> to</c><00:37:03.380><c> us</c><00:37:03.519><c> in</c><00:37:03.699><c> a</c><00:37:03.840><c> vision.</c>

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:09.340
If<00:37:06.260><c> we're</c><00:37:06.440><c> away</c><00:37:06.679><c> from</c><00:37:06.900><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:37:07.480><c> we're</c><00:37:07.699><c> not</c><00:37:07.940><c> bereft</c><00:37:08.360><c> of</c><00:37:08.559><c> hope.</c>

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:12.000
Even<00:37:09.760><c> if</c><00:37:09.960><c> we</c><00:37:10.179><c> live</c><00:37:10.420><c> by</c><00:37:10.760><c> the</c><00:37:10.980><c> tiny</c><00:37:11.179><c> little</c><00:37:11.340><c> River</c><00:37:11.619><c> Kiba,</c>

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:13.500
which<00:37:12.260><c> means</c><00:37:12.480><c> nothing,</c>

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:15.760
live<00:37:13.900><c> in</c><00:37:14.099><c> a</c><00:37:14.340><c> place</c><00:37:14.559><c> which</c><00:37:14.760><c> means</c><00:37:15.139><c> absolutely</c><00:37:15.440><c> nothing.</c>

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:17.300
It's<00:37:15.940><c> of</c><00:37:16.039><c> no</c><00:37:16.239><c> consequence.</c>

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.679
The<00:37:17.699><c> vision</c><00:37:17.940><c> still</c><00:37:18.239><c> comes.</c>

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:22.780
The<00:37:19.179><c> wheels</c><00:37:19.500><c> and</c><00:37:19.659><c> the</c><00:37:19.880><c> power</c><00:37:20.380><c> and</c><00:37:21.019><c> the</c><00:37:21.159><c> beauty</c><00:37:21.380><c> of</c><00:37:21.579><c> God's</c><00:37:22.280><c> revelation</c>

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:24.840
still<00:37:23.420><c> comes</c><00:37:23.800><c> to</c><00:37:24.019><c> us.</c>

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:27.019
It<00:37:25.880><c> is</c><00:37:26.280><c> a</c><00:37:26.539><c> dynamism.</c>

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.920
This,<00:37:27.280><c> I</c><00:37:27.300><c> think,</c><00:37:27.480><c> is</c><00:37:27.599><c> the</c><00:37:27.739><c> point.</c>

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:30.079
There's<00:37:28.159><c> mobility,</c><00:37:28.760><c> and</c><00:37:28.880><c> yet</c><00:37:29.119><c> God</c><00:37:29.320><c> never</c><00:37:29.619><c> turns.</c>

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.780
There's<00:37:30.980><c> neither</c><00:37:31.179><c> variableness</c><00:37:31.780><c> nor</c><00:37:32.019><c> shadow</c><00:37:32.340><c> of</c><00:37:32.559><c> turning</c>

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.239
with<00:37:33.000><c> God.</c>

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:36.699
He<00:37:33.340><c> can</c><00:37:33.460><c> go</c><00:37:33.579><c> in</c><00:37:33.699><c> any</c><00:37:33.880><c> direction,</c><00:37:35.239><c> any</c><00:37:35.539><c> direction,</c>

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.320
and<00:37:37.219><c> there's</c><00:37:37.460><c> no</c><00:37:37.719><c> turning</c><00:37:37.980><c> without</c><00:37:38.400><c> turning</c><00:37:38.780><c> as</c><00:37:38.980><c> they</c><00:37:39.199><c> went.</c>

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:42.019
This<00:37:39.500><c> is</c><00:37:39.719><c> a</c><00:37:39.800><c> vision</c><00:37:40.039><c> of</c><00:37:40.219><c> the</c><00:37:40.360><c> manifestation</c><00:37:40.900><c> of</c><00:37:41.139><c> God.</c>

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:44.380
Nothing<00:37:42.579><c> changes</c><00:37:43.000><c> in</c><00:37:43.219><c> God's</c><00:37:43.559><c> abiding</c><00:37:43.800><c> principles,</c>

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:46.219
and<00:37:44.920><c> yet,</c><00:37:45.260><c> having</c><00:37:45.400><c> said</c><00:37:45.659><c> that,</c>

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:48.739
having<00:37:46.840><c> said</c><00:37:47.039><c> that</c><00:37:47.239><c> nothing</c><00:37:47.519><c> changes</c><00:37:47.860><c> or</c><00:37:48.000><c> nothing</c><00:37:48.260><c> turns,</c>

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:52.260
God,<00:37:49.400><c> of</c><00:37:49.539><c> course,</c><00:37:49.679><c> has</c><00:37:49.880><c> the</c><00:37:50.039><c> capacity</c><00:37:50.679><c> to</c><00:37:51.380><c> reach</c><00:37:51.639><c> out,</c>

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:57.639
to<00:37:52.639><c> come</c><00:37:52.920><c> to</c><00:37:53.219><c> even</c><00:37:53.900><c> the</c><00:37:54.239><c> River</c><00:37:54.440><c> Kiba,</c><00:37:55.019><c> to</c><00:37:55.199><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:37:57.900 --> 00:38:01.000
And<00:37:58.380><c> we're</c><00:37:58.599><c> told</c><00:37:58.780><c> there</c><00:37:58.960><c> in</c><00:37:59.119><c> verse</c><00:37:59.619><c> 20,</c>

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:03.960
that<00:38:01.460><c> wherever</c><00:38:01.780><c> the</c><00:38:02.079><c> spirit</c><00:38:02.280><c> would</c><00:38:02.500><c> go,</c><00:38:02.940><c> they</c><00:38:03.139><c> went.</c>

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:06.360
And<00:38:04.559><c> the</c><00:38:04.739><c> wheels</c><00:38:04.980><c> rose</c><00:38:05.300><c> along</c><00:38:05.579><c> with</c><00:38:05.820><c> them,</c>

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:10.579
for<00:38:06.659><c> the</c><00:38:06.880><c> spirit</c><00:38:07.099><c> of</c><00:38:07.300><c> the</c><00:38:07.400><c> living</c><00:38:07.860><c> creatures</c><00:38:08.800><c> was</c><00:38:09.320><c> in</c><00:38:09.480><c> the</c><00:38:09.659><c> wheels.</c>

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.320
And<00:38:11.420><c> the</c><00:38:11.500><c> end</c><00:38:11.659><c> of</c><00:38:11.800><c> verse</c><00:38:11.940><c> 21,</c>

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:15.980
for<00:38:12.539><c> the</c><00:38:12.800><c> spirit</c><00:38:13.019><c> of</c><00:38:13.260><c> the</c><00:38:13.340><c> living</c><00:38:13.500><c> creatures</c><00:38:14.000><c> was</c><00:38:14.659><c> in</c><00:38:14.820><c> the</c><00:38:15.039><c> wheels.</c>

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.659
The<00:38:16.599><c> spirit</c><00:38:16.900><c> was</c><00:38:17.099><c> what</c><00:38:17.280><c> matters.</c>

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.239
The<00:38:18.179><c> mechanics</c><00:38:18.480><c> were</c><00:38:18.780><c> there,</c>

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:23.079
but<00:38:19.820><c> it</c><00:38:19.880><c> was</c><00:38:20.039><c> God's</c><00:38:21.559><c> empowering</c><00:38:21.559><c> word</c><00:38:22.019><c> or</c><00:38:22.219><c> his</c><00:38:22.420><c> empowering</c><00:38:22.760><c> work</c>

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:26.920
which<00:38:23.260><c> was</c><00:38:23.519><c> within</c><00:38:24.280><c> this</c><00:38:26.300><c> great</c><00:38:26.519><c> vision,</c>

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:29.539
which<00:38:27.300><c> made</c><00:38:27.500><c> things</c><00:38:27.739><c> move,</c><00:38:28.059><c> which</c><00:38:28.219><c> made</c><00:38:28.380><c> things</c><00:38:28.639><c> happen.</c>

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:32.320
It<00:38:29.860><c> was</c><00:38:30.000><c> his</c><00:38:30.280><c> spirit</c><00:38:30.659><c> which</c><00:38:31.099><c> was</c><00:38:31.219><c> in</c><00:38:31.519><c> the</c><00:38:31.679><c> living</c><00:38:31.840><c> creatures.</c>

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:35.639
That<00:38:33.019><c> is</c><00:38:33.280><c> a</c><00:38:33.480><c> very,</c><00:38:33.760><c> very</c><00:38:33.980><c> important</c><00:38:34.719><c> scriptural</c><00:38:35.260><c> principle,</c>

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:39.900
it<00:38:35.800><c> seems</c><00:38:36.000><c> to</c><00:38:36.179><c> me,</c><00:38:37.260><c> that</c><00:38:37.579><c> you</c><00:38:38.119><c> can</c><00:38:38.340><c> have</c><00:38:38.500><c> the</c><00:38:38.699><c> whole</c><00:38:38.860><c> apparatus.</c>

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:41.000
You<00:38:40.099><c> can</c><00:38:40.199><c> have</c><00:38:40.280><c> the</c><00:38:40.420><c> whole</c><00:38:40.599><c> body.</c>

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:44.480
You<00:38:41.619><c> can</c><00:38:41.820><c> have</c><00:38:42.059><c> the</c><00:38:42.619><c> whole</c><00:38:43.199><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:43.639><c> foundation</c><00:38:44.239><c> or</c>

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.139
function,<00:38:44.800><c> whatever,</c>

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:47.920
but<00:38:45.300><c> if</c><00:38:45.440><c> the</c><00:38:45.739><c> spirit</c><00:38:46.159><c> of</c><00:38:46.480><c> God</c><00:38:46.639><c> doesn't</c><00:38:46.940><c> move</c><00:38:47.239><c> it,</c><00:38:47.559><c> nothing.</c>

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.400
It's<00:38:48.579><c> useless.</c>

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.440
You<00:38:49.619><c> can't</c><00:38:49.860><c> move</c><00:38:50.019><c> an</c><00:38:50.159><c> inch.</c>

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:54.619
The<00:38:51.139><c> spirit</c><00:38:51.360><c> is</c><00:38:51.500><c> what</c><00:38:51.659><c> moves</c><00:38:52.179><c> all</c><00:38:52.699><c> the</c><00:38:52.860><c> things</c><00:38:53.019><c> which</c><00:38:53.179><c> are</c><00:38:53.340><c> made</c><00:38:53.480><c> by</c><00:38:53.699><c> God.</c>

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:57.500
In<00:38:55.199><c> our</c><00:38:55.400><c> ecclesia,</c><00:38:55.920><c> our</c><00:38:56.019><c> personal</c><00:38:56.340><c> lives</c><00:38:56.559><c> won't</c><00:38:56.739><c> go</c><00:38:57.000><c> anywhere</c>

00:38:57.500 --> 00:39:00.659
unless<00:38:58.320><c> it's</c><00:38:58.739><c> moved</c><00:38:59.599><c> by</c><00:39:00.039><c> the</c><00:39:00.300><c> spirit,</c>

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:05.980
which<00:39:01.340><c> is</c><00:39:01.659><c> amongst</c><00:39:01.960><c> the</c><00:39:02.860><c> living</c><00:39:03.059><c> creatures</c><00:39:03.780><c> and</c><00:39:04.719><c> is</c><00:39:04.860><c> in</c><00:39:04.980><c> the</c><00:39:05.159><c> wheels.</c>

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:10.300
By<00:39:08.480><c> verse</c><00:39:08.719><c> 24,</c><00:39:09.239><c> we</c><00:39:09.380><c> come</c><00:39:09.559><c> to</c><00:39:09.719><c> the</c><00:39:10.019><c> sound.</c>

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:11.940
They<00:39:10.300><c> were</c><00:39:10.460><c> hearing</c><00:39:10.780><c> things.</c>

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:14.099
When<00:39:12.219><c> they</c><00:39:12.460><c> went,</c><00:39:12.679><c> I</c><00:39:12.760><c> heard</c><00:39:12.940><c> the</c><00:39:13.219><c> sound</c><00:39:13.380><c> of</c><00:39:13.539><c> their</c><00:39:13.719><c> wings</c>

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:16.340
like<00:39:14.440><c> the</c><00:39:14.639><c> sound</c><00:39:14.840><c> of</c><00:39:15.039><c> many</c><00:39:15.239><c> waters,</c>

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:20.559
like<00:39:18.780><c> the</c><00:39:19.219><c> thunder</c><00:39:19.440><c> of</c><00:39:19.619><c> the</c><00:39:19.739><c> Almighty,</c>

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:25.039
the<00:39:21.139><c> sound</c><00:39:21.320><c> of</c><00:39:21.579><c> tumult,</c><00:39:22.139><c> like</c><00:39:22.340><c> the</c><00:39:22.559><c> sound</c><00:39:23.260><c> of</c><00:39:23.980><c> a</c><00:39:24.139><c> host.</c>

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:28.480
And<00:39:25.539><c> when</c><00:39:25.679><c> they</c><00:39:25.920><c> stood</c><00:39:26.179><c> still,</c><00:39:26.559><c> they</c><00:39:26.900><c> let</c><00:39:27.079><c> down</c><00:39:27.300><c> their</c><00:39:27.500><c> wings.</c>

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.659
And<00:39:30.219><c> there</c><00:39:30.340><c> came</c><00:39:30.480><c> a</c><00:39:30.659><c> voice</c><00:39:30.840><c> from</c><00:39:31.099><c> above,</c><00:39:31.480><c> the</c><00:39:31.639><c> firmament</c><00:39:32.039><c> above,</c><00:39:32.380><c> over</c>

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.280
their<00:39:32.900><c> heads.</c>

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:37.679
When<00:39:33.980><c> they</c><00:39:34.199><c> stood</c><00:39:34.400><c> still,</c><00:39:35.420><c> they</c><00:39:35.659><c> let</c><00:39:35.840><c> down</c><00:39:36.280><c> their</c><00:39:36.579><c> wings.</c>

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:40.599
The<00:39:38.599><c> wings</c><00:39:38.940><c> were</c><00:39:39.460><c> modesty.</c>

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:44.500
The<00:39:41.239><c> wings</c><00:39:41.480><c> were</c><00:39:41.760><c> there</c><00:39:42.860><c> as</c><00:39:43.579><c> symbols</c><00:39:43.880><c> of</c><00:39:44.119><c> movement,</c>

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:49.360
but<00:39:45.079><c> the</c><00:39:45.360><c> power</c><00:39:45.820><c> was</c><00:39:46.059><c> the</c><00:39:46.320><c> spirit</c><00:39:46.840><c> which</c><00:39:47.980><c> activated</c><00:39:48.539><c> this</c>

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.800
great<00:39:49.820><c> vision.</c>

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:57.000
And<00:39:53.579><c> then</c><00:39:53.739><c> the</c><00:39:53.980><c> apex,</c><00:39:54.420><c> the</c><00:39:54.679><c> absolute</c><00:39:54.980><c> apex</c><00:39:55.659><c> of</c><00:39:56.019><c> the</c><00:39:56.179><c> vision,</c>

00:39:57.320 --> 00:40:01.159
this<00:39:57.480><c> first</c><00:39:57.739><c> vision</c><00:39:58.019><c> of</c><00:39:58.219><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:39:58.760><c> prophecy</c><00:39:58.960><c> comes</c><00:39:59.320><c> in</c><00:40:00.260><c> verse</c><00:40:00.440><c> 26,</c>

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:02.880
the<00:40:01.579><c> last</c><00:40:01.860><c> paragraph.</c>

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:10.159
Above<00:40:07.440><c> the</c><00:40:07.679><c> firmament,</c><00:40:08.599><c> above</c><00:40:08.760><c> all</c><00:40:09.079><c> this,</c>

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:14.619
the<00:40:10.380><c> manifestation</c><00:40:10.960><c> of</c><00:40:11.219><c> God</c><00:40:11.480><c> in</c><00:40:12.059><c> His</c><00:40:12.380><c> created</c><00:40:12.699><c> form,</c><00:40:13.420><c> ox</c><00:40:13.679><c> or</c>

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:16.019
man<00:40:14.960><c> or</c><00:40:15.119><c> whatever,</c>

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:22.559
above<00:40:16.300><c> it</c><00:40:16.559><c> all,</c><00:40:18.179><c> over</c><00:40:18.480><c> their</c><00:40:18.760><c> heads,</c><00:40:20.360><c> there</c><00:40:20.500><c> was</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c><00:40:20.860><c> likeness</c><00:40:21.440><c> of</c><00:40:21.659><c> a</c><00:40:21.780><c> throne.</c>

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:27.099
And<00:40:23.219><c> here</c><00:40:23.440><c> you</c><00:40:24.039><c> move</c><00:40:24.440><c> into</c><00:40:24.639><c> the</c><00:40:24.800><c> language</c><00:40:25.019><c> of</c><00:40:25.320><c> likeness</c><00:40:25.880><c> or</c><00:40:26.159><c> appearance.</c>

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:31.659
It's<00:40:28.039><c> when</c><00:40:28.380><c> you,</c><00:40:29.000><c> the</c><00:40:29.280><c> idea</c><00:40:29.539><c> is</c><00:40:29.719><c> this</c><00:40:30.079><c> commentary</c><00:40:30.420><c> that</c><00:40:30.860><c> I</c><00:40:31.079><c> referred</c><00:40:31.219><c> to</c><00:40:31.420><c> makes,</c>

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:33.099
when<00:40:31.920><c> you</c><00:40:32.099><c> get</c><00:40:32.280><c> to</c><00:40:32.440><c> the</c><00:40:32.599><c> end</c><00:40:32.760><c> of</c><00:40:32.900><c> it,</c>

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:38.820
when<00:40:33.320><c> you're</c><00:40:33.480><c> getting</c><00:40:33.699><c> into</c><00:40:33.980><c> the</c><00:40:35.840><c> close</c><00:40:35.840><c> proximity</c><00:40:36.800><c> of</c><00:40:37.019><c> God</c><00:40:37.179><c> Himself,</c>

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:41.420
the<00:40:39.619><c> firmament</c><00:40:39.960><c> over</c><00:40:40.159><c> their</c><00:40:40.380><c> heads,</c><00:40:40.679><c> it's</c><00:40:40.780><c> as</c><00:40:40.920><c> though</c><00:40:41.099><c> even</c>

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:43.300
imagery<00:40:41.960><c> collapses.</c>

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:46.780
The<00:40:44.280><c> thought</c><00:40:44.420><c> is</c><00:40:44.659><c> so</c><00:40:44.780><c> sublime.</c><00:40:45.599><c> It</c><00:40:45.699><c> just</c><00:40:45.900><c> becomes</c><00:40:46.199><c> an</c><00:40:46.460><c> appearance.</c>

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:50.760
It's<00:40:47.199><c> obviously</c><00:40:47.699><c> an</c><00:40:48.559><c> appearance</c><00:40:48.840><c> or</c><00:40:49.019><c> a</c><00:40:49.199><c> vision</c><00:40:49.320><c> in</c><00:40:49.500><c> the</c><00:40:49.619><c> early</c><00:40:49.860><c> part,</c>

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:55.599
and<00:40:51.860><c> it's</c><00:40:52.019><c> obviously</c><00:40:52.300><c> a</c><00:40:52.519><c> vision</c><00:40:52.920><c> or</c><00:40:53.579><c> appearance</c><00:40:53.940><c> right</c><00:40:54.639><c> throughout.</c>

00:40:56.519 --> 00:41:00.059
But<00:40:56.639><c> in</c><00:40:56.780><c> this</c><00:40:56.920><c> last</c><00:40:57.159><c> paragraph,</c><00:40:57.679><c> it's</c><00:40:57.719><c> being</c><00:40:58.039><c> emphasized</c><00:40:58.579><c> that</c><00:40:58.840><c> it's</c><00:40:59.699><c> the</c><00:40:59.860><c> sense</c>

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:03.500
in<00:41:00.059><c> which</c><00:41:00.199><c> you</c><00:41:00.340><c> can</c><00:41:00.539><c> never</c><00:41:00.800><c> convey</c><00:41:01.199><c> the</c><00:41:01.440><c> wonder</c><00:41:02.039><c> and</c><00:41:02.760><c> the</c><00:41:02.940><c> glory</c><00:41:03.159><c> of</c><00:41:03.380><c> God.</c>

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:06.880
There's<00:41:03.719><c> no</c><00:41:03.940><c> way</c><00:41:04.159><c> in</c><00:41:04.239><c> which</c><00:41:04.420><c> a</c><00:41:04.639><c> human</c><00:41:04.860><c> person</c><00:41:05.500><c> can</c><00:41:05.820><c> even</c><00:41:06.139><c> conceive</c>

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:10.079
the<00:41:07.579><c> glory</c><00:41:07.860><c> and</c><00:41:08.019><c> the</c><00:41:08.179><c> beauty</c><00:41:08.480><c> and</c><00:41:09.079><c> the</c><00:41:09.260><c> majesty</c><00:41:09.559><c> of</c><00:41:09.820><c> God.</c>

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:12.820
It's<00:41:10.440><c> just</c><00:41:10.900><c> an</c><00:41:11.239><c> appearance.</c><00:41:11.679><c> It's</c><00:41:11.739><c> a</c><00:41:11.880><c> likeness.</c>

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:20.980
It's<00:41:13.340><c> some</c><00:41:14.159><c> idea</c><00:41:15.239><c> of</c><00:41:16.219><c> how</c><00:41:16.500><c> marvelous</c><00:41:17.239><c> the</c><00:41:17.900><c> beauty</c><00:41:18.539><c> of</c><00:41:19.139><c> the</c><00:41:19.280><c> Lord</c><00:41:19.400><c> really</c><00:41:19.760><c> is.</c>

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:27.139
And<00:41:23.300><c> how</c><00:41:23.760><c> bereft</c><00:41:24.340><c> really</c><00:41:24.719><c> it</c><00:41:24.920><c> is</c><00:41:25.099><c> to</c><00:41:25.280><c> live</c><00:41:25.480><c> away</c><00:41:25.719><c> from</c><00:41:25.900><c> God's</c><00:41:26.340><c> presence.</c>

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:31.880
And<00:41:28.320><c> so,</c><00:41:29.099><c> as</c><00:41:29.280><c> the</c><00:41:30.380><c> phrase</c><00:41:30.619><c> is</c><00:41:30.820><c> used</c><00:41:31.000><c> here,</c><00:41:31.440><c> it's</c><00:41:31.559><c> sort</c><00:41:31.659><c> of</c><00:41:31.780><c> like</c>

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:33.559
the<00:41:32.179><c> collapse</c><00:41:32.460><c> of</c><00:41:32.760><c> imagery.</c>

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:37.139
Even,<00:41:34.519><c> it's</c><00:41:34.820><c> so,</c><00:41:35.559><c> when</c><00:41:35.699><c> you're</c><00:41:35.880><c> getting</c><00:41:36.000><c> into</c><00:41:36.260><c> the</c><00:41:36.760><c> central</c>

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.760
point<00:41:37.599><c> of</c><00:41:38.079><c> God's</c><00:41:38.559><c> power</c>

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:44.219
and<00:41:38.920><c> God's</c><00:41:39.320><c> person,</c><00:41:40.199><c> even</c><00:41:40.500><c> images,</c><00:41:42.340><c> images</c><00:41:42.719><c> can't</c><00:41:43.260><c> convey</c><00:41:43.420><c> it.</c>

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.500
You<00:41:45.159><c> might</c><00:41:45.300><c> try</c><00:41:45.619><c> to</c><00:41:45.860><c> convey</c><00:41:46.159><c> the</c><00:41:46.400><c> majesty</c><00:41:46.760><c> and</c><00:41:46.940><c> the</c><00:41:47.059><c> beauty</c><00:41:47.239><c> of</c>

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.860
God<00:41:47.840><c> by</c><00:41:48.559><c> figure,</c>

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:54.860
by<00:41:49.239><c> word,</c><00:41:51.000><c> by</c><00:41:51.300><c> parallel,</c><00:41:53.320><c> but</c><00:41:53.619><c> it's</c><00:41:53.900><c> impossible.</c>

00:41:55.079 --> 00:42:00.800
In<00:41:55.519><c> the</c><00:41:55.800><c> end,</c><00:41:56.119><c> it's</c><00:41:56.219><c> impossible</c><00:41:56.840><c> to</c><00:41:57.880><c> perceive</c><00:41:58.420><c> the</c><00:41:58.699><c> wonder</c><00:41:59.579><c> of</c>

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.980
the<00:42:00.980><c> Divine</c><00:42:01.260><c> Father.</c>

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:06.539
And<00:42:05.219><c> so</c><00:42:05.320><c> he</c><00:42:05.480><c> says</c><00:42:05.599><c> there</c><00:42:05.780><c> in</c><00:42:05.900><c> verse</c><00:42:06.079><c> 26,</c>

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:09.059
Above<00:42:06.880><c> the</c><00:42:07.159><c> firmament,</c><00:42:07.900><c> over</c><00:42:08.139><c> their</c><00:42:08.360><c> heads,</c><00:42:08.619><c> there</c><00:42:08.719><c> was</c><00:42:08.860><c> the</c>

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:10.400
likeness<00:42:09.360><c> of</c><00:42:09.579><c> a</c><00:42:09.679><c> throne.</c>

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:14.000
In<00:42:11.280><c> appearance,</c><00:42:12.139><c> this</c><00:42:12.280><c> looked</c><00:42:12.579><c> like</c><00:42:12.960><c> Sapphire.</c>

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:18.500
And<00:42:15.260><c> seated</c><00:42:15.420><c> above</c><00:42:15.840><c> the</c><00:42:16.260><c> likeness</c><00:42:16.639><c> of</c><00:42:16.780><c> the</c><00:42:16.940><c> throne</c><00:42:17.039><c> was</c><00:42:17.239><c> the</c><00:42:17.440><c> likeness,</c><00:42:17.780><c> as</c><00:42:17.900><c> it</c><00:42:18.039><c> were,</c><00:42:18.159><c> of</c><00:42:18.340><c> a</c>

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.800
human<00:42:18.760><c> form.</c>

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:24.860
This<00:42:20.940><c> is</c><00:42:21.119><c> getting</c><00:42:21.380><c> very,</c><00:42:21.739><c> very</c><00:42:22.000><c> close</c><00:42:22.760><c> to</c><00:42:23.480><c> the</c><00:42:23.639><c> truly</c><00:42:23.820><c> Divine.</c>

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:27.920
Here<00:42:25.440><c> is</c><00:42:25.659><c> the</c><00:42:25.840><c> likeness</c><00:42:26.219><c> of</c><00:42:26.420><c> a</c><00:42:26.539><c> human</c><00:42:26.780><c> form.</c>

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:33.320
Always<00:42:29.199><c> enigmatic,</c><00:42:30.659><c> always</c><00:42:31.039><c> in</c><00:42:31.199><c> the</c><00:42:31.500><c> language</c><00:42:31.820><c> of</c><00:42:32.099><c> manifestation,</c>

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:37.679
but<00:42:34.760><c> very</c><00:42:35.239><c> close</c><00:42:35.500><c> to</c><00:42:35.639><c> being</c><00:42:35.800><c> right</c><00:42:36.059><c> in</c><00:42:36.260><c> the</c><00:42:36.360><c> very</c><00:42:36.699><c> center</c><00:42:37.119><c> of</c>

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:39.860
God's<00:42:38.159><c> power</c><00:42:38.380><c> and</c><00:42:38.539><c> God's</c><00:42:38.880><c> person.</c>

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:49.199
This<00:42:44.519><c> being,</c><00:42:45.219><c> this</c><00:42:45.400><c> appearance,</c><00:42:46.699><c> this</c><00:42:46.880><c> one</c><00:42:47.019><c> in</c><00:42:47.199><c> the</c><00:42:47.340><c> firmament</c><00:42:47.739><c> over</c><00:42:48.039><c> the</c><00:42:48.239><c> heads,</c>

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:55.360
over<00:42:49.679><c> the</c><00:42:49.840><c> heads</c><00:42:50.119><c> of</c><00:42:51.239><c> his</c><00:42:51.519><c> created</c><00:42:51.920><c> beings,</c><00:42:54.519><c> as</c><00:42:54.679><c> it</c><00:42:54.880><c> were,</c><00:42:55.179><c> in</c>

00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:56.679
a<00:42:55.420><c> human</c><00:42:55.599><c> form.</c>

00:42:57.900 --> 00:43:02.380
And<00:42:58.019><c> upward</c><00:42:58.179><c> from</c><00:42:58.420><c> it,</c><00:42:58.679><c> notice</c><00:42:58.940><c> the</c><00:42:59.219><c> constant</c><00:43:00.079><c> recurrence</c><00:43:00.840><c> of</c><00:43:01.420><c> appearance,</c>

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:05.239
but<00:43:02.579><c> you</c><00:43:02.679><c> can't</c><00:43:03.019><c> really</c><00:43:03.340><c> comprehend</c><00:43:03.739><c> this,</c><00:43:04.019><c> it's</c><00:43:04.179><c> so</c><00:43:04.380><c> great.</c>

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:08.239
Upward<00:43:06.179><c> from</c><00:43:06.320><c> it,</c><00:43:06.519><c> there</c><00:43:06.619><c> was</c><00:43:06.760><c> the</c><00:43:07.039><c> appearance</c><00:43:07.380><c> of</c><00:43:07.619><c> his</c><00:43:07.800><c> loins.</c>

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:14.840
I<00:43:09.219><c> saw,</c><00:43:09.480><c> as</c><00:43:09.639><c> it</c><00:43:09.820><c> were,</c><00:43:10.019><c> gleaming</c><00:43:10.320><c> bronze,</c><00:43:12.119><c> like</c><00:43:12.360><c> the</c><00:43:12.579><c> appearance</c><00:43:13.039><c> of</c><00:43:13.699><c> fire.</c>

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:21.320
Then<00:43:18.820><c> closed</c><00:43:19.079><c> round</c><00:43:19.360><c> about,</c><00:43:20.280><c> and</c><00:43:20.420><c> downward</c><00:43:20.659><c> from</c><00:43:20.940><c> what</c><00:43:21.119><c> had</c>

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:22.559
the<00:43:21.599><c> appearance</c><00:43:21.840><c> of</c><00:43:22.000><c> his</c><00:43:22.219><c> loins,</c>

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:24.840
I<00:43:22.719><c> saw,</c><00:43:23.079><c> as</c><00:43:23.159><c> it</c><00:43:23.300><c> were,</c><00:43:23.440><c> the</c><00:43:23.599><c> appearance</c><00:43:24.019><c> of</c><00:43:24.320><c> fire.</c>

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:27.199
And<00:43:25.420><c> there</c><00:43:25.519><c> was</c><00:43:25.659><c> brightness</c><00:43:26.019><c> round</c><00:43:26.360><c> about</c><00:43:26.639><c> him,</c>

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:29.780
like<00:43:27.780><c> the</c><00:43:27.980><c> appearance</c><00:43:28.360><c> of</c><00:43:28.559><c> the</c><00:43:28.719><c> bow</c><00:43:28.880><c> that</c><00:43:29.019><c> is</c><00:43:29.159><c> in</c><00:43:29.320><c> the</c><00:43:29.460><c> cloud</c>

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:30.960
on<00:43:29.980><c> the</c><00:43:30.079><c> day</c><00:43:30.219><c> of</c><00:43:30.460><c> rain.</c>

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:37.800
So<00:43:32.000><c> was</c><00:43:32.460><c> the</c><00:43:32.699><c> appearance</c><00:43:33.239><c> of</c><00:43:34.800><c> the</c><00:43:35.000><c> brightness</c><00:43:35.880><c> round</c><00:43:36.599><c> about.</c>

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:43.340
Such<00:43:39.059><c> was</c><00:43:39.519><c> the</c><00:43:39.800><c> appearance</c><00:43:40.300><c> of</c><00:43:41.159><c> the</c><00:43:41.340><c> likeness</c><00:43:42.239><c> of</c><00:43:42.800><c> the</c><00:43:42.960><c> glory</c>

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:44.579
of<00:43:43.619><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:51.480
This<00:43:46.920><c> is</c><00:43:47.659><c> one</c><00:43:48.059><c> of</c><00:43:48.300><c> the</c><00:43:48.719><c> great</c><00:43:49.159><c> visions</c><00:43:49.719><c> of</c><00:43:50.099><c> Scripture,</c><00:43:51.360><c> the</c>

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.079
first<00:43:51.699><c> vision,</c>

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:54.980
the<00:43:52.380><c> first</c><00:43:52.579><c> of</c><00:43:52.739><c> the</c><00:43:52.880><c> four</c><00:43:53.079><c> visions</c><00:43:53.400><c> of</c><00:43:53.579><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:43:54.119><c> prophecy,</c>

00:43:55.599 --> 00:44:02.039
which<00:43:56.280><c> tries</c><00:43:56.960><c> in</c><00:43:58.199><c> language</c><00:43:58.539><c> that</c><00:43:58.760><c> we</c><00:43:58.940><c> might</c><00:43:59.340><c> understand</c><00:44:00.360><c> using</c><00:44:00.679><c> our</c><00:44:00.980><c> senses,</c>

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:05.679
our<00:44:03.159><c> ability</c><00:44:03.519><c> to</c><00:44:03.800><c> understand</c><00:44:04.159><c> words,</c><00:44:04.920><c> our</c><00:44:05.039><c> ability</c><00:44:05.260><c> to</c>

00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:07.019
understand<00:44:05.920><c> images,</c>

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:10.960
to<00:44:08.420><c> use</c><00:44:08.539><c> all</c><00:44:08.760><c> the</c><00:44:08.960><c> senses</c><00:44:09.199><c> we</c><00:44:09.440><c> can</c><00:44:09.780><c> put</c><00:44:10.000><c> together.</c>

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:15.519
It's<00:44:12.340><c> a</c><00:44:12.480><c> divine</c><00:44:12.860><c> record</c><00:44:13.280><c> to</c><00:44:13.480><c> try</c><00:44:13.820><c> and</c><00:44:14.019><c> to</c><00:44:14.119><c> get</c><00:44:14.199><c> us</c><00:44:14.420><c> to</c><00:44:14.619><c> see</c><00:44:15.099><c> the</c>

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:19.139
wonder<00:44:16.119><c> of</c><00:44:17.460><c> the</c><00:44:17.619><c> everlasting</c><00:44:17.980><c> Father.</c>

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:23.960
This<00:44:20.980><c> is</c><00:44:21.440><c> not</c><00:44:21.659><c> a</c><00:44:21.900><c> wonder</c><00:44:22.179><c> which</c><00:44:22.400><c> is</c><00:44:22.599><c> far</c><00:44:22.920><c> off.</c>

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:27.480
It's<00:44:24.539><c> a</c><00:44:24.679><c> wonder</c><00:44:24.960><c> where</c><00:44:25.739><c> we're</c><00:44:26.000><c> not</c><00:44:26.199><c> bereft</c><00:44:26.679><c> with</c><00:44:26.920><c> hope,</c><00:44:27.380><c> where</c>

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:30.420
we're<00:44:29.280><c> just</c><00:44:29.619><c> unrelated</c><00:44:30.019><c> to</c><00:44:30.300><c> it.</c>

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:32.400
It's<00:44:30.639><c> far</c><00:44:30.920><c> away</c><00:44:31.179><c> and</c><00:44:31.300><c> it's</c><00:44:31.440><c> all</c><00:44:31.619><c> desolation.</c>

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:35.679
Jerusalem<00:44:33.079><c> is</c><00:44:33.320><c> in</c><00:44:33.480><c> ruins.</c><00:44:33.900><c> It's</c><00:44:34.199><c> finished.</c><00:44:34.559><c> It's</c><00:44:34.800><c> gone.</c>

00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:37.659
It's<00:44:36.079><c> a</c><00:44:36.219><c> wonder</c><00:44:36.480><c> of</c><00:44:36.639><c> the</c><00:44:36.800><c> divine</c><00:44:37.079><c> Father.</c>

00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:42.119
In<00:44:38.219><c> all</c><00:44:38.440><c> his</c><00:44:38.659><c> beauty,</c><00:44:39.719><c> it's</c><00:44:40.000><c> about</c><00:44:40.239><c> him</c><00:44:40.460><c> coming</c><00:44:40.820><c> towards</c><00:44:41.199><c> us,</c>

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:47.199
coming<00:44:44.079><c> towards</c><00:44:44.639><c> his</c><00:44:44.980><c> people</c><00:44:45.179><c> who</c><00:44:45.400><c> were</c><00:44:45.599><c> in</c><00:44:45.780><c> despair</c><00:44:46.360><c> and</c>

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:49.039
thought<00:44:47.420><c> they'd</c><00:44:47.719><c> lost</c><00:44:47.860><c> their</c><00:44:48.159><c> hope,</c>

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:51.440
particularly<00:44:49.639><c> those</c><00:44:49.920><c> who</c><00:44:50.059><c> had</c><00:44:50.360><c> spiritual</c><00:44:50.820><c> sense</c><00:44:51.179><c> like</c>

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:53.320
Ezekiel,<00:44:52.300><c> sensitivity,</c>

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:55.559
those<00:44:53.780><c> who</c><00:44:53.940><c> were</c><00:44:54.079><c> priests</c><00:44:54.380><c> and</c><00:44:54.659><c> prophets.</c>

00:44:57.139 --> 00:45:01.320
Here<00:44:57.400><c> is</c><00:44:57.980><c> a</c><00:44:58.840><c> vision</c><00:44:59.239><c> for</c><00:44:59.739><c> which</c><00:44:59.980><c> Ezekiel</c><00:45:00.440><c> could</c><00:45:00.679><c> never</c><00:45:01.079><c> have</c>

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:02.019
asked<00:45:01.539><c> for</c><00:45:01.760><c> more.</c>

00:45:02.260 --> 00:45:04.760
It<00:45:02.400><c> was</c><00:45:02.619><c> much</c><00:45:02.960><c> more</c><00:45:03.139><c> than</c><00:45:03.219><c> he</c><00:45:03.360><c> could</c><00:45:03.579><c> ever</c><00:45:04.039><c> have</c><00:45:04.260><c> wanted</c><00:45:04.500><c> or</c>

00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.320
asked<00:45:04.940><c> for.</c>

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:09.659
And<00:45:05.840><c> there</c><00:45:05.920><c> was</c><00:45:06.119><c> nobody</c><00:45:06.400><c> else,</c><00:45:07.079><c> it</c><00:45:07.320><c> seems,</c><00:45:07.860><c> nobody</c><00:45:08.199><c> else</c><00:45:08.639><c> who</c>

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:10.360
saw<00:45:09.840><c> this</c><00:45:10.059><c> vision.</c>

00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:12.079
What<00:45:10.820><c> a</c><00:45:11.280><c> prophet.</c>

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:19.199
What<00:45:16.079><c> a</c><00:45:16.340><c> prophet</c><00:45:16.539><c> to</c><00:45:16.760><c> receive</c><00:45:17.219><c> something</c><00:45:17.539><c> like</c><00:45:17.860><c> this</c><00:45:18.679><c> and</c><00:45:19.059><c> to</c>

00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:21.500
know<00:45:19.420><c> that</c><00:45:19.639><c> this</c><00:45:19.840><c> vision</c><00:45:20.079><c> was</c><00:45:20.280><c> for</c><00:45:20.400><c> him.</c>

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:25.900
So<00:45:24.079><c> what</c><00:45:24.239><c> do</c><00:45:24.340><c> we</c><00:45:24.460><c> learn</c><00:45:24.780><c> from</c><00:45:25.019><c> this,</c><00:45:25.460><c> brothers</c><00:45:25.619><c> and</c><00:45:25.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:28.659
as<00:45:26.039><c> we</c><00:45:26.300><c> close</c><00:45:27.119><c> our</c><00:45:27.480><c> first</c><00:45:27.780><c> class?</c>

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:33.820
We<00:45:30.760><c> learn</c><00:45:31.000><c> that</c><00:45:31.579><c> we</c><00:45:32.159><c> never</c><00:45:32.360><c> give</c><00:45:32.559><c> up.</c>

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:37.079
We<00:45:34.300><c> learn</c><00:45:34.519><c> that</c><00:45:34.760><c> desolation</c><00:45:35.159><c> is</c><00:45:35.420><c> certainly</c><00:45:35.719><c> coming</c><00:45:36.300><c> into</c>

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.659
this<00:45:37.380><c> world.</c>

00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:40.420
Dreadful,<00:45:38.579><c> dreadful</c><00:45:39.000><c> desolation</c><00:45:39.440><c> of</c><00:45:39.599><c> which</c><00:45:39.699><c> we</c><00:45:40.019><c> will</c><00:45:40.219><c> read</c>

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:42.179
in<00:45:40.840><c> later</c><00:45:41.000><c> classes.</c>

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:46.960
We<00:45:43.280><c> have</c><00:45:43.420><c> the</c><00:45:43.699><c> highest</c><00:45:44.039><c> folly</c><00:45:45.000><c> if</c><00:45:45.420><c> we</c><00:45:45.619><c> turn</c><00:45:45.760><c> to</c><00:45:45.900><c> Egypt.</c>

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:50.460
But<00:45:48.219><c> we</c><00:45:48.380><c> also</c><00:45:48.619><c> have</c><00:45:48.780><c> the</c><00:45:49.000><c> highest</c><00:45:49.219><c> folly,</c><00:45:49.679><c> brothers</c><00:45:49.780><c> and</c><00:45:49.960><c> sisters,</c><00:45:50.260><c> if</c>

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:53.820
we<00:45:50.619><c> despair</c><00:45:51.219><c> by</c><00:45:52.539><c> the</c><00:45:52.659><c> river</c><00:45:52.860><c> Kibar.</c>

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:55.800
We<00:45:54.320><c> really</c><00:45:54.619><c> do.</c>

00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:58.920
Because<00:45:56.699><c> we</c><00:45:56.900><c> have</c><00:45:57.059><c> an</c><00:45:57.239><c> absolutely</c><00:45:57.559><c> wonderful</c><00:45:57.940><c> God,</c>

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:03.199
a<00:46:00.539><c> wonderful</c><00:46:01.019><c> God,</c><00:46:01.460><c> our</c><00:46:01.679><c> Father</c><00:46:01.980><c> in</c><00:46:02.219><c> heaven,</c>

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:05.460
who<00:46:03.980><c> is</c><00:46:04.199><c> above</c><00:46:04.400><c> all</c><00:46:04.699><c> his</c><00:46:04.880><c> creation,</c>

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:09.699
more<00:46:06.420><c> wonderful</c><00:46:06.840><c> than</c><00:46:07.119><c> words</c><00:46:07.460><c> or</c><00:46:07.860><c> any</c><00:46:08.179><c> sense</c><00:46:08.420><c> could</c><00:46:08.639><c> ever</c><00:46:08.880><c> feel</c><00:46:09.079><c> or</c><00:46:09.300><c> convey.</c>

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:12.760
He<00:46:10.199><c> is</c><00:46:10.420><c> there</c><00:46:10.920><c> and</c><00:46:11.480><c> he's</c><00:46:11.619><c> not</c><00:46:11.840><c> static.</c>

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:15.659
And<00:46:13.079><c> how</c><00:46:13.219><c> is</c><00:46:13.340><c> he</c><00:46:13.460><c> coming?</c><00:46:13.679><c> He's</c><00:46:13.840><c> moving</c><00:46:14.119><c> towards</c><00:46:14.460><c> us.</c>

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:18.300
He's<00:46:16.639><c> going</c><00:46:16.760><c> to</c><00:46:16.880><c> redeem</c><00:46:17.079><c> us.</c>

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And<00:46:19.739><c> so</c><00:46:19.920><c> such</c><00:46:20.099><c> was</c><00:46:20.380><c> the</c><00:46:20.619><c> appearance</c><00:46:21.019><c> of</c><00:46:21.800><c> the</c><00:46:22.000><c> glory</c><00:46:22.719><c> of</c><00:46:23.019><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:46:24.699><c> when</c><00:46:24.820><c> I</c><00:46:25.079><c> saw</c><00:46:25.219><c> it,</c><00:46:26.500><c> like</c><00:46:26.699><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:46:27.320><c> when</c><00:46:27.460><c> I</c><00:46:27.659><c> saw</c><00:46:27.820><c> it,</c><00:46:28.639><c> I</c><00:46:28.800><c> fell</c><00:46:28.940><c> upon</c><00:46:29.219><c> my</c><00:46:29.539><c> face.</c>

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And<00:46:31.820><c> I</c><00:46:31.920><c> heard</c><00:46:32.079><c> the</c><00:46:32.219><c> voice</c><00:46:33.179><c> of</c><00:46:33.599><c> one</c><00:46:33.760><c> speaking.</c>

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So<00:46:36.320><c> the</c><00:46:36.440><c> great</c><00:46:36.639><c> vision</c><00:46:37.260><c> begins</c><00:46:37.699><c> to</c><00:46:38.000><c> speak</c><00:46:38.380><c> from</c><00:46:39.440><c> chapter</c><00:46:39.719><c> 2.</c>