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Well,<00:10:06.519><c> the</c><00:10:06.759><c> very</c><00:10:07.200><c> first</c><00:10:07.500><c> thing</c><00:10:07.639><c> that</c><00:10:07.799><c> they</c><00:10:07.960><c> did,</c><00:10:08.700><c> and</c><00:10:08.940><c> they</c>

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did<00:10:09.320><c> this</c><00:10:09.639><c> right,</c><00:10:10.779><c> was</c><00:10:11.019><c> they</c><00:10:11.320><c> got</c><00:10:11.519><c> their</c><00:10:11.740><c> worship</c><00:10:12.059><c> right.</c>

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The<00:10:13.740><c> primary</c><00:10:14.080><c> thing</c><00:10:14.279><c> that</c><00:10:14.440><c> they</c><00:10:14.580><c> needed</c><00:10:14.759><c> to</c><00:10:14.980><c> do</c><00:10:15.039><c> before</c><00:10:15.240><c> they</c>

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started,<00:10:16.159><c> you</c><00:10:16.460><c> know,</c>

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before<00:10:16.840><c> they</c><00:10:17.159><c> finished</c><00:10:17.500><c> working</c><00:10:18.100><c> on</c><00:10:18.340><c> the</c><00:10:18.539><c> foundation,</c><00:10:19.200><c> before</c><00:10:19.480><c> all</c>

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that<00:10:19.860><c> was</c><00:10:20.100><c> done,</c>

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number<00:10:21.200><c> one</c><00:10:21.480><c> is</c><00:10:21.639><c> they</c><00:10:21.840><c> got</c><00:10:21.960><c> their</c><00:10:22.200><c> worship</c><00:10:22.500><c> right.</c>

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But<00:10:24.620><c> if</c><00:10:25.179><c> we</c><00:10:25.379><c> look</c><00:10:25.580><c> at</c><00:10:25.720><c> a</c><00:10:25.840><c> couple</c><00:10:26.000><c> of</c><00:10:26.159><c> these</c><00:10:26.340><c> words,</c><00:10:26.759><c> we'll</c><00:10:26.940><c> realize</c><00:10:27.340><c> that</c>

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it<00:10:27.899><c> wasn't</c><00:10:28.220><c> necessarily</c><00:10:28.799><c> that</c><00:10:29.240><c> everybody</c><00:10:30.059><c> was,</c>

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which<00:10:31.080><c> is</c><00:10:31.340><c> kind</c><00:10:31.500><c> of</c><00:10:31.659><c> a</c><00:10:31.879><c> message</c><00:10:32.159><c> to</c><00:10:32.379><c> us,</c><00:10:32.639><c> isn't</c><00:10:32.779><c> it?</c>

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That<00:10:33.559><c> there</c><00:10:33.860><c> always</c><00:10:34.320><c> have</c><00:10:34.559><c> been</c><00:10:34.779><c> those</c><00:10:35.200><c> who</c><00:10:35.440><c> were</c><00:10:36.139><c> committed</c>

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to<00:10:36.899><c> doing</c><00:10:37.159><c> the</c><00:10:37.580><c> right</c><00:10:37.919><c> and</c><00:10:38.440><c> to</c><00:10:38.740><c> working</c><00:10:39.019><c> on</c><00:10:39.200><c> the</c><00:10:39.440><c> right</c><00:10:39.620><c> things</c>

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and<00:10:41.279><c> perhaps</c><00:10:41.740><c> others</c><00:10:42.019><c> who</c><00:10:42.279><c> chose</c><00:10:42.500><c> not</c><00:10:42.820><c> to.</c>

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So<00:10:43.940><c> we</c><00:10:44.100><c> see</c><00:10:44.279><c> this</c><00:10:44.519><c> in</c><00:10:44.679><c> Ezra</c><00:10:44.919><c> chapter</c><00:10:45.299><c> 2,</c><00:10:45.639><c> verses</c><00:10:46.000><c> 68</c><00:10:46.620><c> through</c><00:10:46.899><c> 70.</c>

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And<00:10:48.039><c> some</c><00:10:48.700><c> of</c><00:10:48.919><c> the</c><00:10:49.080><c> chief</c><00:10:49.299><c> of</c><00:10:49.440><c> the</c><00:10:49.639><c> fathers,</c><00:10:50.620><c> when</c><00:10:50.779><c> they</c><00:10:51.000><c> had</c>

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come<00:10:51.340><c> to</c><00:10:51.500><c> the</c><00:10:51.620><c> house</c><00:10:51.820><c> of</c><00:10:51.980><c> the</c><00:10:52.139><c> Lord,</c>

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which<00:10:52.480><c> is</c><00:10:52.639><c> in</c><00:10:52.840><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:10:53.820><c> offered</c><00:10:54.100><c> freely</c><00:10:54.639><c> for</c><00:10:54.879><c> the</c><00:10:55.059><c> house</c>

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of<00:10:55.500><c> God</c><00:10:55.659><c> to</c><00:10:55.940><c> set</c><00:10:56.059><c> it</c><00:10:56.179><c> up</c><00:10:56.279><c> in</c><00:10:56.399><c> his</c><00:10:56.639><c> place.</c>

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They<00:10:57.679><c> gave</c><00:10:58.019><c> after</c><00:10:58.480><c> their</c><00:10:58.720><c> ability,</c><00:10:59.100><c> under</c><00:10:59.259><c> the</c><00:10:59.539><c> treasure</c><00:10:59.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:00.159><c> work,</c><00:11:00.460><c> three</c><00:11:00.700><c> score,</c>

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1<00:11:01.720><c>,000</c><00:11:02.120><c> drams</c><00:11:02.440><c> of</c><00:11:02.679><c> gold,</c><00:11:03.240><c> 5</c><00:11:03.440><c>,000</c><00:11:03.799><c> pounds</c><00:11:04.100><c> of</c><00:11:04.860><c> silver,</c><00:11:05.320><c> and</c><00:11:05.539><c> 1</c>

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,000<00:11:06.019><c> priest</c><00:11:06.259><c> garments.</c>

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So<00:11:07.080><c> the</c><00:11:07.320><c> priests</c><00:11:07.539><c> and</c><00:11:07.700><c> the</c><00:11:07.840><c> Levites</c><00:11:08.179><c> and</c><00:11:08.399><c> some</c><00:11:08.620><c> of</c><00:11:08.759><c> the</c><00:11:08.919><c> people</c>

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and<00:11:09.240><c> the</c><00:11:09.460><c> singers</c><00:11:09.820><c> and</c><00:11:10.259><c> the</c><00:11:10.480><c> porters</c><00:11:10.720><c> and</c><00:11:10.879><c> the</c><00:11:11.019><c> nethanims</c>

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dwelled<00:11:11.820><c> in</c><00:11:11.980><c> the</c><00:11:12.179><c> cities</c><00:11:12.440><c> and</c><00:11:13.080><c> all</c><00:11:13.360><c> Israel</c><00:11:13.700><c> in</c><00:11:13.779><c> their</c><00:11:13.940><c> cities.</c>

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So<00:11:14.379><c> the</c><00:11:15.019><c> first</c><00:11:15.320><c> thing</c><00:11:15.500><c> that</c><00:11:15.639><c> they</c><00:11:15.779><c> do</c><00:11:16.039><c> in</c><00:11:16.179><c> their</c><00:11:16.379><c> beginning</c><00:11:16.700><c> of</c>

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reformation<00:11:17.679><c> is</c><00:11:18.399><c> to</c><00:11:19.000><c> begin</c><00:11:19.519><c> to</c><00:11:19.899><c> get</c><00:11:20.080><c> their</c><00:11:20.379><c> religion</c><00:11:20.720><c> right,</c>

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to<00:11:21.320><c> get</c><00:11:21.500><c> their</c><00:11:21.799><c> service</c><00:11:22.200><c> right.</c>

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And<00:11:23.399><c> they</c><00:11:23.600><c> began</c><00:11:23.879><c> with</c><00:11:24.059><c> these</c><00:11:24.399><c> freewill</c><00:11:24.879><c> offerings.</c>

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In<00:11:25.679><c> Ezra</c><00:11:25.980><c> chapter</c><00:11:26.419><c> 1,</c><00:11:26.820><c> we</c><00:11:26.879><c> read</c><00:11:27.080><c> this.</c>

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Then<00:11:27.919><c> rose</c><00:11:28.179><c> up</c><00:11:28.340><c> the</c><00:11:28.519><c> chief</c><00:11:28.779><c> of</c><00:11:28.919><c> the</c><00:11:29.120><c> fathers</c><00:11:29.379><c> of</c><00:11:29.700><c> Jude</c><00:11:29.860><c> and</c><00:11:30.039><c> Benjamin</c><00:11:30.480><c> and</c>

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the<00:11:31.240><c> priests</c><00:11:31.419><c> and</c><00:11:31.580><c> the</c><00:11:31.720><c> Levites</c>

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with<00:11:32.940><c> all</c><00:11:33.379><c> them</c><00:11:33.620><c> whose</c><00:11:33.980><c> spirit</c><00:11:34.620><c> God</c><00:11:34.899><c> had</c><00:11:35.159><c> raised</c><00:11:35.580><c> go</c><00:11:36.059><c> up</c><00:11:36.580><c> to</c><00:11:36.820><c> build</c><00:11:36.960><c> the</c><00:11:37.159><c> house</c><00:11:37.340><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:37.539><c> Lord,</c><00:11:37.639><c> which</c><00:11:37.820><c> is</c><00:11:37.980><c> in</c><00:11:38.200><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:11:39.240><c> all</c><00:11:39.580><c> they</c><00:11:39.820><c> that</c><00:11:39.940><c> were</c><00:11:40.200><c> about</c><00:11:40.580><c> them</c><00:11:41.179><c> strengthened</c><00:11:41.679><c> their</c>

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hands<00:11:42.240><c> with</c><00:11:42.480><c> vessels</c><00:11:42.820><c> of</c><00:11:43.139><c> silver,</c>

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with<00:11:44.139><c> gold,</c><00:11:44.679><c> with</c><00:11:44.799><c> goods,</c><00:11:45.240><c> with</c><00:11:45.399><c> beasts,</c><00:11:46.340><c> precious</c><00:11:46.539><c> things,</c>

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besides<00:11:47.419><c> all</c><00:11:47.860><c> that,</c><00:11:48.519><c> was</c><00:11:48.740><c> willingly</c><00:11:49.120><c> offered.</c>

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So<00:11:49.820><c> again,</c><00:11:50.100><c> we</c><00:11:50.279><c> have</c><00:11:50.480><c> the</c><00:11:50.639><c> idea</c><00:11:51.279><c> of</c><00:11:52.440><c> offering</c><00:11:53.100><c> willing</c><00:11:53.879><c>-hearted,</c>

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doing<00:11:55.379><c> it</c><00:11:55.720><c> because</c><00:11:56.000><c> they</c><00:11:56.399><c> wanted</c><00:11:56.679><c> to</c><00:11:56.899><c> do</c><00:11:57.059><c> this</c><00:11:57.500><c> rather</c><00:11:57.980><c> than</c>

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by<00:11:58.480><c> compulsion.</c>

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So<00:12:00.879><c> what</c><00:12:01.059><c> happens</c><00:12:01.460><c> after</c><00:12:01.799><c> the</c><00:12:02.059><c> seventh</c><00:12:02.279><c> month</c><00:12:02.639><c> is</c><00:12:03.159><c> that</c><00:12:03.460><c> they</c>

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come<00:12:04.000><c> together.</c>

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All<00:12:06.039><c> the</c><00:12:06.440><c> children</c><00:12:06.700><c> of</c><00:12:06.860><c> Israel</c><00:12:07.179><c> were</c><00:12:07.379><c> in</c><00:12:07.440><c> their</c><00:12:07.639><c> cities</c><00:12:07.960><c> and</c>

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the<00:12:08.299><c> people</c><00:12:08.559><c> gathered</c><00:12:08.980><c> themselves</c><00:12:09.600><c> together</c><00:12:10.399><c> as</c><00:12:10.700><c> one</c><00:12:10.980><c> man</c><00:12:11.220><c> to</c><00:12:11.480><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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or<00:12:12.860><c> as</c><00:12:13.039><c> we</c><00:12:13.240><c> read</c><00:12:13.460><c> about</c><00:12:13.840><c> in</c><00:12:14.559><c> a</c><00:12:14.879><c> later</c><00:12:15.059><c> time</c><00:12:15.399><c> in</c><00:12:15.580><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:12:16.100><c> all</c>

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in<00:12:16.539><c> one</c><00:12:16.720><c> accord.</c>

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And<00:12:18.039><c> then</c><00:12:18.340><c> stood</c><00:12:18.559><c> up</c><00:12:19.179><c> Jeshua,</c><00:12:19.899><c> the</c><00:12:20.100><c> son</c><00:12:20.460><c> of</c><00:12:20.799><c> Josadak</c><00:12:21.440><c> and</c><00:12:21.620><c> his</c>

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brethren,<00:12:23.700><c> the</c><00:12:23.940><c> priest,</c><00:12:24.779><c> and</c><00:12:24.919><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:12:25.659><c> and</c><00:12:26.820><c> his</c><00:12:27.100><c> brethren,</c>

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and<00:12:27.860><c> built</c><00:12:28.179><c> the</c><00:12:28.379><c> altar</c><00:12:28.899><c> of</c><00:12:29.759><c> the</c><00:12:30.139><c> God</c><00:12:30.320><c> of</c><00:12:30.500><c> Israel</c><00:12:30.860><c> to</c><00:12:32.200><c> offer</c>

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burnt<00:12:32.720><c> offerings</c><00:12:33.120><c> thereon,</c>

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which<00:12:34.159><c> is</c><00:12:34.460><c> written</c><00:12:34.720><c> in</c><00:12:35.019><c> the</c><00:12:35.120><c> law</c><00:12:35.340><c> of</c><00:12:35.539><c> Moses,</c><00:12:36.299><c> the</c><00:12:36.500><c> man</c><00:12:36.679><c> of</c><00:12:36.919><c> God.</c>

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So<00:12:37.460><c> again,</c><00:12:38.320><c> starting</c><00:12:38.500><c> up</c><00:12:38.720><c> from</c><00:12:38.940><c> the</c><00:12:39.000><c> very</c><00:12:39.179><c> beginning,</c><00:12:39.980><c> we</c><00:12:40.159><c> see</c>

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that<00:12:40.580><c> they're</c><00:12:40.860><c> trying</c><00:12:41.220><c> to</c><00:12:41.460><c> get</c><00:12:41.580><c> things</c><00:12:41.879><c> right.</c>

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And<00:12:42.419><c> they're</c><00:12:42.639><c> being</c><00:12:43.000><c> given</c><00:12:43.539><c> this</c><00:12:43.899><c> leadership</c><00:12:44.399><c> by</c><00:12:45.419><c> Jeshua</c><00:12:46.120><c> or</c>

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Joshua,<00:12:47.740><c> the</c><00:12:48.139><c> son</c><00:12:48.299><c> of</c><00:12:48.559><c> Josadak,</c>

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who<00:12:50.279><c> is</c><00:12:50.659><c> serving</c><00:12:50.879><c> as</c><00:12:51.100><c> the</c><00:12:51.259><c> high</c><00:12:51.480><c> priest</c><00:12:51.759><c> and</c><00:12:52.639><c> Zerubbabel,</c>

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who<00:12:54.340><c> is</c><00:12:54.820><c> at</c><00:12:55.500><c> that</c><00:12:55.799><c> time</c><00:12:56.059><c> really</c><00:12:56.440><c> the</c><00:12:56.600><c> one</c><00:12:56.740><c> who</c><00:12:56.860><c> is</c><00:12:57.139><c> qualified</c>

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So<00:13:00.000><c> of</c><00:13:00.120><c> course,</c><00:13:00.379><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:13:00.779><c> is</c><00:13:01.080><c> not</c><00:13:01.379><c> a</c><00:13:01.500><c> name</c><00:13:01.639><c> that</c><00:13:01.779><c> we're</c><00:13:01.919><c> not</c>

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familiar<00:13:02.519><c> with.</c>

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In<00:13:04.220><c> Mary's</c><00:13:04.779><c> genealogy,</c><00:13:05.440><c> we</c><00:13:05.559><c> see</c><00:13:05.919><c> that</c><00:13:06.559><c> he's</c><00:13:06.879><c> in</c><00:13:07.059><c> Mary's</c><00:13:07.580><c> genealogy</c><00:13:08.080><c> in</c>

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that<00:13:10.299><c> he</c><00:13:10.600><c> was</c><00:13:11.799><c> clearly</c><00:13:12.899><c> in</c><00:13:13.120><c> the</c><00:13:13.340><c> lineage</c><00:13:13.580><c> of</c><00:13:13.840><c> Christ</c><00:13:14.220><c> there.</c>

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And<00:13:14.840><c> also</c><00:13:15.179><c> in</c><00:13:15.399><c> Joseph's</c><00:13:15.960><c> lineage,</c><00:13:16.860><c> we</c><00:13:17.299><c> see</c><00:13:17.620><c> that</c><00:13:18.379><c> he</c><00:13:18.659><c> also</c><00:13:19.179><c> appears</c><00:13:19.759><c> in</c>

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that<00:13:20.700><c> one</c><00:13:20.919><c> also.</c>

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It's<00:13:22.000><c> kind</c><00:13:22.159><c> of</c><00:13:22.299><c> interesting,</c><00:13:22.820><c> isn't</c><00:13:22.899><c> it?</c><00:13:23.059><c> What</c><00:13:23.279><c> was</c><00:13:23.519><c> it</c><00:13:23.740><c> that</c>

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Zerubbabel<00:13:27.100><c> was</c><00:13:28.019><c> known</c><00:13:28.320><c> about</c><00:13:28.620><c> him?</c>

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He<00:13:28.840><c> was</c><00:13:29.019><c> a</c><00:13:29.320><c> hands</c><00:13:29.759><c>-on</c><00:13:30.159><c> ruler,</c><00:13:31.000><c> a</c><00:13:31.139><c> hands</c><00:13:31.539><c>-on</c><00:13:31.759><c> leader.</c>

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He<00:13:33.259><c> got</c><00:13:33.639><c> involved,</c><00:13:34.539><c> actually</c><00:13:34.960><c> it</c><00:13:35.220><c> appears,</c><00:13:36.379><c> in</c><00:13:36.639><c> maybe</c><00:13:36.940><c> the</c>

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stonemason<00:13:38.000><c> work</c><00:13:38.480><c> that</c><00:13:38.659><c> was</c><00:13:38.919><c> actually</c><00:13:39.279><c> going</c><00:13:39.580><c> on,</c>

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that<00:13:40.720><c> his</c><00:13:41.080><c> hands</c><00:13:41.580><c> were</c><00:13:41.960><c> actively</c><00:13:42.460><c> involved</c><00:13:42.899><c> in</c><00:13:43.039><c> this</c><00:13:43.279><c> work,</c>

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which<00:13:44.460><c> kind</c><00:13:44.779><c> of</c><00:13:44.940><c> makes</c><00:13:45.139><c> you</c><00:13:45.559><c> kind</c><00:13:45.899><c> of</c><00:13:46.019><c> make</c><00:13:46.159><c> some</c><00:13:46.340><c> connections</c>

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in<00:13:47.039><c> a</c><00:13:47.139><c> way</c>

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that<00:13:48.019><c> you</c><00:13:48.220><c> have</c><00:13:48.539><c> somebody</c><00:13:49.100><c> who</c><00:13:49.919><c> is</c><00:13:50.679><c> from</c><00:13:51.240><c> the</c><00:13:51.460><c> tribe</c><00:13:51.639><c> of</c><00:13:51.940><c> Judah,</c><00:13:52.240><c> who</c><00:13:52.419><c> is</c><00:13:53.059><c> a</c>

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rightful<00:13:53.820><c> ruler,</c>

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and<00:13:55.720><c> yet</c><00:13:55.980><c> what</c><00:13:56.399><c> he's</c><00:13:56.740><c> doing</c><00:13:57.059><c> is</c><00:13:57.279><c> he's</c><00:13:57.519><c> involved</c><00:13:57.840><c> in</c><00:13:58.019><c> the</c><00:13:58.200><c> work</c>

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of<00:13:59.740><c> stonemasonry</c><00:14:00.759><c> and</c><00:14:01.120><c> probably</c><00:14:02.039><c> carpentry,</c>

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which<00:14:04.000><c> is</c><00:14:04.240><c> quite</c><00:14:04.419><c> interesting</c><00:14:04.899><c> as</c><00:14:05.240><c> we</c><00:14:05.460><c> go</c><00:14:05.799><c> forward</c><00:14:06.139><c> into</c><00:14:06.399><c> the</c>

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lineage<00:14:06.799><c> of</c><00:14:07.080><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:14:07.480><c> we</c><00:14:07.580><c> see</c><00:14:08.139><c> that</c><00:14:08.559><c> Joseph</c><00:14:09.059><c> perhaps</c><00:14:10.320><c> had</c><00:14:10.679><c> been</c><00:14:10.940><c> part</c><00:14:11.240><c> of</c><00:14:11.440><c> that</c>

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same<00:14:12.240><c> kind</c><00:14:12.539><c> of</c><00:14:12.940><c> trade</c>

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that<00:14:13.379><c> had</c><00:14:13.580><c> gone</c><00:14:13.799><c> through</c><00:14:14.120><c> all</c><00:14:14.399><c> these</c><00:14:15.019><c> generations.</c>

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So<00:14:16.500><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:14:17.600><c> certainly.</c>

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And<00:14:18.980><c> so</c><00:14:19.100><c> we</c><00:14:19.299><c> see</c><00:14:19.480><c> that</c><00:14:19.720><c> this</c><00:14:20.000><c> high</c><00:14:20.259><c> priest,</c><00:14:21.000><c> Joshua</c><00:14:21.360><c> or</c><00:14:21.559><c> Jeshua,</c>

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and<00:14:22.679><c> the</c><00:14:22.879><c> one</c><00:14:23.000><c> who</c><00:14:23.120><c> is</c><00:14:23.440><c> qualified</c><00:14:24.059><c> to</c><00:14:24.240><c> be</c><00:14:24.480><c> king,</c><00:14:25.019><c> Zerubbabel,</c>

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and<00:14:25.879><c> it's</c><00:14:26.179><c> important</c><00:14:26.600><c> for</c><00:14:26.799><c> us</c><00:14:27.000><c> to</c><00:14:27.240><c> note</c><00:14:27.480><c> that</c><00:14:28.259><c> this</c><00:14:28.799><c> was</c><00:14:29.039><c> going</c>

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to<00:14:29.519><c> point</c><00:14:29.720><c> forward</c><00:14:30.120><c> to</c><00:14:30.379><c> a</c><00:14:30.600><c> time,</c>

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to<00:14:31.379><c> a</c><00:14:31.700><c> future</c><00:14:32.039><c> temple,</c><00:14:32.960><c> whose</c><00:14:33.179><c> leader</c><00:14:33.539><c> would</c><00:14:33.779><c> be</c><00:14:34.139><c> one</c><00:14:34.440><c> man,</c>

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the<00:14:34.879><c> Lord</c><00:14:35.059><c> Jesus</c><00:14:35.419><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:14:36.220><c> what</c><00:14:36.460><c> he</c><00:14:36.659><c> would</c><00:14:36.960><c> do</c><00:14:37.340><c> is</c><00:14:37.659><c> merge</c><00:14:38.019><c> and</c><00:14:38.340><c> one</c><00:14:38.759><c> the</c><00:14:39.340><c> Melchizedek</c>

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high<00:14:40.600><c> priesthood</c>

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and<00:14:41.899><c> this</c><00:14:42.320><c> kingship,</c><00:14:43.120><c> bringing</c><00:14:43.340><c> together</c><00:14:44.039><c> in</c><00:14:44.759><c> one.</c>

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But<00:14:45.759><c> at</c><00:14:45.980><c> this</c><00:14:46.220><c> time,</c><00:14:46.600><c> in</c><00:14:46.720><c> this</c><00:14:46.899><c> particular</c><00:14:47.440><c> reformation,</c>

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we<00:14:48.139><c> have</c><00:14:48.320><c> two</c><00:14:48.559><c> people</c><00:14:49.100><c> who</c><00:14:49.460><c> are</c><00:14:49.720><c> representing</c><00:14:50.139><c> both</c><00:14:50.539><c> of</c><00:14:50.740><c> those.</c>

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So<00:14:52.299><c> the</c><00:14:52.460><c> work</c><00:14:52.639><c> begins.</c>

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And<00:14:54.059><c> the</c><00:14:54.200><c> work</c><00:14:54.340><c> begins</c><00:14:54.740><c> in</c><00:14:54.960><c> Ezra</c><00:14:55.240><c> chapter</c><00:14:55.659><c> 3.</c>

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It<00:14:56.279><c> says</c><00:14:56.440><c> they</c><00:14:56.679><c> set</c><00:14:56.919><c> the</c><00:14:57.200><c> altar</c><00:14:57.419><c> upon</c><00:14:57.720><c> his</c><00:14:58.519><c> bases,</c>

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and<00:15:00.639><c> right</c><00:15:01.039><c> from</c><00:15:01.259><c> the</c><00:15:01.360><c> very</c><00:15:01.580><c> beginning</c><00:15:01.960><c> they</c><00:15:02.200><c> were</c><00:15:02.519><c> under</c><00:15:02.980><c> fear.</c>

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Fear<00:15:03.919><c> was</c><00:15:04.200><c> upon</c><00:15:04.500><c> them</c><00:15:04.820><c> because</c><00:15:05.500><c> of</c><00:15:05.679><c> the</c><00:15:05.879><c> people</c><00:15:06.259><c> of</c><00:15:06.539><c> those</c><00:15:06.820><c> countries,</c>

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and<00:15:07.919><c> they</c><00:15:08.220><c> offered</c><00:15:08.519><c> burnt</c><00:15:08.840><c> offerings</c><00:15:09.340><c> thereon</c><00:15:10.759><c> unto</c><00:15:11.100><c> the</c><00:15:11.379><c> Lord,</c>

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even<00:15:12.299><c> burnt</c><00:15:12.539><c> offerings</c><00:15:13.100><c> morning</c><00:15:13.940><c> and</c><00:15:14.399><c> evening.</c>

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So<00:15:15.659><c> again,</c><00:15:16.220><c> while</c><00:15:16.340><c> they're</c><00:15:16.539><c> trying</c><00:15:16.759><c> to</c><00:15:16.960><c> keep</c><00:15:17.100><c> their</c><00:15:17.419><c> religion</c>

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going<00:15:18.120><c> the</c><00:15:18.379><c> right</c><00:15:18.600><c> way,</c>

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at<00:15:18.980><c> the</c><00:15:19.179><c> same</c><00:15:19.399><c> time</c><00:15:19.840><c> they're</c><00:15:20.340><c> doing</c><00:15:20.600><c> the</c><00:15:20.840><c> work.</c>

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But<00:15:21.220><c> they're</c><00:15:21.460><c> not</c><00:15:21.799><c> doing</c><00:15:22.059><c> it</c><00:15:22.720><c> without</c><00:15:23.379><c> trial.</c>

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They're<00:15:24.980><c> under</c><00:15:25.419><c> fear</c><00:15:25.799><c> from</c><00:15:26.080><c> those</c><00:15:26.539><c> who</c><00:15:27.100><c> are</c><00:15:27.620><c> around</c><00:15:28.220><c> them,</c>

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the<00:15:28.639><c> people</c><00:15:28.960><c> who</c><00:15:29.220><c> are</c><00:15:29.759><c> surrounding.</c>

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We'll<00:15:30.340><c> have</c><00:15:30.480><c> more</c><00:15:30.720><c> about</c><00:15:30.960><c> that</c><00:15:31.200><c> later.</c>

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In<00:15:32.840><c> Ezra</c><00:15:33.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:33.639><c> 3,</c><00:15:35.200><c> it</c><00:15:35.340><c> goes</c><00:15:35.600><c> on</c><00:15:35.820><c> to</c><00:15:36.019><c> say</c><00:15:36.179><c> that</c><00:15:36.580><c> a</c><00:15:36.779><c> number</c><00:15:36.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:37.419><c> ordinances</c>

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were<00:15:38.299><c> then</c><00:15:38.659><c> correctly</c><00:15:39.120><c> administered.</c>

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They<00:15:40.460><c> kept</c><00:15:41.080><c> the</c><00:15:41.299><c> Feast</c><00:15:41.539><c> of</c><00:15:41.759><c> Tabernacles</c><00:15:42.399><c> the</c><00:15:42.700><c> right</c><00:15:42.980><c> way.</c>

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They<00:15:44.059><c> offered</c><00:15:44.240><c> the</c><00:15:44.500><c> daily</c><00:15:44.779><c> burnt</c><00:15:45.059><c> offerings</c><00:15:45.500><c> by</c><00:15:45.799><c> number.</c>

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Afterward,<00:15:49.320><c> offered</c><00:15:49.879><c> the</c><00:15:50.120><c> continual</c><00:15:50.639><c> burnt</c><00:15:50.919><c> offering,</c>

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both<00:15:51.620><c> of</c><00:15:51.779><c> the</c><00:15:51.960><c> New</c><00:15:52.159><c> Moons</c><00:15:52.759><c> and</c><00:15:53.000><c> of</c><00:15:53.159><c> all</c><00:15:53.360><c> the</c><00:15:53.559><c> set</c><00:15:53.720><c> feasts</c><00:15:54.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:54.340><c> Lord</c><00:15:54.679><c> that</c><00:15:55.200><c> were</c><00:15:55.519><c> consecrated,</c>

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and<00:15:56.240><c> of</c><00:15:56.419><c> every</c><00:15:56.659><c> one</c><00:15:56.799><c> that</c><00:15:56.899><c> was</c><00:15:57.240><c> willingly</c><00:15:57.620><c> offered</c><00:15:58.259><c> a</c><00:15:58.860><c> free</c>

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will<00:15:59.399><c> offering</c><00:15:59.820><c> unto</c><00:16:00.059><c> the</c><00:16:00.320><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:16:02.039><c> they</c><00:16:02.120><c> were</c><00:16:02.379><c> doing</c><00:16:02.639><c> all</c><00:16:02.940><c> this</c><00:16:03.740><c> before</c><00:16:04.659><c> the</c><00:16:04.980><c> foundation</c><00:16:05.600><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:05.960><c> temple</c><00:16:06.200><c> was</c><00:16:06.539><c> yet</c><00:16:06.720><c> to</c><00:16:06.899><c> be</c><00:16:07.080><c> laid.</c>

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So<00:16:07.980><c> the</c><00:16:08.279><c> important</c><00:16:08.679><c> thing</c><00:16:08.940><c> again</c><00:16:09.240><c> here</c><00:16:09.460><c> was</c><00:16:09.740><c> getting</c><00:16:10.080><c> their</c>

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religion<00:16:10.679><c> right,</c>

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staying<00:16:12.019><c> that</c><00:16:12.379><c> way,</c><00:16:12.799><c> even</c><00:16:13.139><c> as</c><00:16:13.480><c> they</c><00:16:13.679><c> were</c><00:16:14.440><c> continuing</c><00:16:15.059><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:15.580><c> work.</c>

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Now<00:16:19.240><c> another</c><00:16:19.700><c> part</c><00:16:20.059><c> that</c><00:16:20.279><c> was</c><00:16:20.899><c> significantly</c><00:16:21.580><c> different</c>

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about<00:16:22.299><c> this</c><00:16:22.580><c> temple</c>

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is<00:16:23.460><c> that</c><00:16:23.940><c> in</c><00:16:24.440><c> this</c><00:16:24.700><c> particular</c><00:16:25.240><c> temple</c><00:16:25.600><c> as</c><00:16:25.820><c> they</c><00:16:25.960><c> were</c><00:16:26.100><c> building</c><00:16:26.379><c> it,</c>

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they<00:16:28.159><c> experienced</c><00:16:28.659><c> a</c><00:16:28.980><c> very</c><00:16:29.700><c> different</c><00:16:30.820><c> way</c><00:16:31.519><c> of</c><00:16:31.899><c> being</c><00:16:32.240><c> able</c>

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to<00:16:33.000><c> bring</c><00:16:33.240><c> together</c><00:16:33.720><c> the</c><00:16:34.039><c> materials.</c>

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In<00:16:35.539><c> Ezra</c><00:16:35.899><c> chapter</c><00:16:36.259><c> 3,</c><00:16:37.159><c> what</c><00:16:37.299><c> did</c><00:16:37.460><c> they</c><00:16:37.559><c> have</c><00:16:37.799><c> to</c><00:16:38.000><c> do</c><00:16:38.320><c> in</c><00:16:38.440><c> order</c>

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to<00:16:39.000><c> make</c><00:16:39.080><c> this</c><00:16:39.320><c> happen?</c>

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Well,<00:16:40.220><c> they</c><00:16:40.299><c> gave</c><00:16:40.639><c> money.</c>

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Much<00:16:42.419><c> of</c><00:16:42.559><c> that</c><00:16:42.679><c> money</c><00:16:42.919><c> may</c><00:16:43.179><c> have</c><00:16:43.340><c> in</c><00:16:43.460><c> fact</c><00:16:43.679><c> come</c><00:16:44.000><c> from</c><00:16:44.299><c> Cyrus.</c>

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Gave<00:16:46.039><c> money</c><00:16:46.399><c> also</c><00:16:47.059><c> unto</c><00:16:47.360><c> the</c><00:16:47.639><c> masons</c><00:16:48.120><c> and</c><00:16:48.299><c> to</c><00:16:48.480><c> the</c><00:16:48.659><c> carpenters,</c>

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and<00:16:49.980><c> meat</c><00:16:50.259><c> and</c><00:16:50.600><c> drink</c><00:16:50.940><c> and</c><00:16:51.179><c> oil</c><00:16:51.519><c> unto</c><00:16:52.059><c> them</c><00:16:52.299><c> of</c><00:16:52.539><c> Zidon</c><00:16:53.279><c> and</c><00:16:53.639><c> to</c>

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them<00:16:53.980><c> of</c><00:16:54.259><c> Tyre,</c>

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to<00:16:54.720><c> bring</c><00:16:55.019><c> cedar</c><00:16:55.399><c> trees</c><00:16:55.799><c> from</c><00:16:56.440><c> Lebanon</c><00:16:56.919><c> to</c><00:16:57.460><c> the</c><00:16:57.679><c> Sea</c><00:16:57.840><c> of</c><00:16:58.080><c> Joppa</c>

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according<00:16:58.759><c> to</c><00:16:59.019><c> the</c><00:16:59.259><c> grant</c><00:16:59.539><c> that</c><00:17:00.080><c> they</c><00:17:00.299><c> had</c><00:17:00.720><c> of</c><00:17:01.120><c> Cyrus,</c><00:17:01.720><c> King</c>

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of<00:17:02.059><c> Persia.</c>

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So<00:17:03.259><c> there's</c><00:17:03.820><c> a</c><00:17:03.940><c> big</c><00:17:04.160><c> difference</c><00:17:04.539><c> between</c><00:17:05.059><c> what's</c><00:17:05.480><c> going</c><00:17:05.680><c> on</c>

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with<00:17:06.059><c> this</c><00:17:06.279><c> temple</c>

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and<00:17:07.099><c> what</c><00:17:07.299><c> they</c><00:17:07.460><c> had</c><00:17:07.700><c> seen</c><00:17:07.920><c> at</c><00:17:08.119><c> the</c><00:17:08.299><c> time</c><00:17:08.460><c> of</c><00:17:08.779><c> Solomon,</c><00:17:09.180><c> and</c><00:17:09.599><c> it</c>

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wasn't<00:17:10.140><c> lost</c><00:17:10.559><c> on</c><00:17:10.799><c> them.</c>

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These<00:17:11.259><c> materials</c><00:17:11.799><c> were</c><00:17:12.460><c> gathered,</c><00:17:13.380><c> they</c><00:17:13.559><c> were</c><00:17:13.960><c> bought,</c><00:17:14.420><c> they</c>

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involved<00:17:15.180><c> labor.</c>

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They<00:17:16.519><c> weren't</c><00:17:16.839><c> the</c><00:17:17.299><c> gifts</c><00:17:17.680><c> that</c><00:17:18.039><c> we</c><00:17:18.380><c> read</c><00:17:18.599><c> about</c><00:17:19.119><c> at</c><00:17:19.740><c> the</c><00:17:19.940><c> time</c>

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of<00:17:20.440><c> Solomon</c>

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where<00:17:21.019><c> nations</c><00:17:21.539><c> were</c><00:17:22.019><c> bringing</c><00:17:22.579><c> things</c><00:17:24.140><c> willingly</c><00:17:25.799><c> to</c><00:17:27.880><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:17:28.759><c> be</c><00:17:29.019><c> able</c><00:17:29.160><c> to</c><00:17:29.359><c> be</c><00:17:29.539><c> part</c><00:17:29.779><c> of</c><00:17:29.940><c> that</c><00:17:30.460><c> temple</c><00:17:30.740><c> that</c><00:17:31.039><c> Solomon</c><00:17:31.279><c> was</c><00:17:31.839><c> building.</c>

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So<00:17:32.839><c> this</c><00:17:32.980><c> wasn't</c><00:17:33.299><c> missed</c><00:17:33.599><c> by</c><00:17:33.880><c> the</c><00:17:34.119><c> Jews.</c>

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This<00:17:35.079><c> wasn't</c><00:17:35.460><c> the</c><00:17:35.839><c> wealth</c><00:17:36.099><c> of</c><00:17:36.420><c> nations</c><00:17:37.059><c> that</c><00:17:37.660><c> we</c><00:17:38.000><c> see</c><00:17:38.119><c> at</c><00:17:38.299><c> the</c>

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time<00:17:38.660><c> of</c><00:17:39.039><c> Solomon.</c>

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This<00:17:40.140><c> indeed</c><00:17:40.480><c> was</c><00:17:40.759><c> one</c><00:17:41.000><c> where</c><00:17:41.380><c> they</c><00:17:41.579><c> were</c><00:17:41.839><c> procuring</c><00:17:42.799><c> these</c>

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materials<00:17:44.039><c> from</c><00:17:44.900><c> other</c><00:17:45.140><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:17:46.460><c> it</c><00:17:46.759><c> would</c><00:17:46.880><c> have</c><00:17:47.059><c> involved</c><00:17:47.380><c> a</c><00:17:47.559><c> lot</c><00:17:47.759><c> of</c><00:17:47.960><c> hard</c><00:17:48.160><c> work</c>

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and<00:17:48.579><c> certainly</c><00:17:49.200><c> would</c><00:17:49.880><c> have</c><00:17:50.000><c> been</c><00:17:50.200><c> a</c><00:17:50.359><c> very</c><00:17:50.759><c> different</c><00:17:51.000><c> experience</c><00:17:51.599><c> for</c><00:17:51.920><c> them.</c>

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They<00:17:53.700><c> go</c><00:17:53.900><c> on</c><00:17:54.119><c> to</c><00:17:54.279><c> make</c><00:17:54.460><c> sure</c><00:17:54.700><c> that</c><00:17:54.960><c> they</c><00:17:56.079><c> got</c><00:17:56.339><c> the</c><00:17:56.640><c> priesthood</c><00:17:57.000><c> right,</c>

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that<00:17:57.359><c> they</c><00:17:57.500><c> were</c><00:17:57.759><c> able</c><00:17:57.900><c> to</c><00:17:58.099><c> get</c><00:17:58.500><c> the</c><00:17:59.099><c> order</c><00:17:59.319><c> of</c><00:18:00.039><c> the</c><00:18:00.440><c> temple</c><00:18:00.819><c> right.</c>

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And<00:18:01.779><c> again,</c><00:18:01.980><c> they</c><00:18:02.220><c> did</c><00:18:02.420><c> this</c><00:18:02.839><c> even</c><00:18:03.180><c> before</c><00:18:03.980><c> the</c><00:18:04.680><c> house</c><00:18:04.940><c> of</c><00:18:05.140><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:05.420><c> itself</c><00:18:06.019><c> had</c><00:18:06.539><c> been</c><00:18:07.220><c> finished.</c>

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They<00:18:07.640><c> were</c><00:18:07.880><c> able</c><00:18:08.039><c> to</c><00:18:08.359><c> appoint</c><00:18:08.559><c> the</c><00:18:08.799><c> Levites</c><00:18:09.480><c> using</c><00:18:10.059><c> the</c><00:18:11.039><c> standard</c><00:18:11.319><c> that</c>

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David<00:18:11.799><c> had</c><00:18:12.039><c> used</c>

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from<00:18:12.500><c> 20</c><00:18:12.799><c> years</c><00:18:13.039><c> old</c><00:18:13.220><c> and</c><00:18:13.420><c> upward.</c>

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And<00:18:14.640><c> they</c><00:18:15.059><c> set</c><00:18:15.279><c> forward</c><00:18:15.640><c> the</c><00:18:15.900><c> workmen</c><00:18:16.140><c> of</c><00:18:16.240><c> the</c><00:18:16.400><c> house</c><00:18:16.579><c> of</c><00:18:16.759><c> the</c><00:18:16.940><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:17.779><c> again,</c><00:18:18.140><c> this</c><00:18:18.480><c> planning</c><00:18:18.720><c> was</c><00:18:19.059><c> done</c><00:18:19.400><c> before</c><00:18:20.059><c> the</c><00:18:20.460><c> completion</c><00:18:20.720><c> of</c><00:18:20.900><c> the</c><00:18:21.079><c> temple,</c>

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in<00:18:22.099><c> prospect</c><00:18:22.619><c> of</c><00:18:22.799><c> it,</c><00:18:23.019><c> getting</c><00:18:23.640><c> their</c><00:18:24.819><c> service,</c>

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all<00:18:26.500><c> the</c><00:18:26.700><c> things</c><00:18:26.960><c> right</c><00:18:27.279><c> with</c><00:18:27.500><c> God</c><00:18:27.759><c> that</c><00:18:27.900><c> they</c><00:18:28.099><c> could</c><00:18:28.319><c> possibly</c><00:18:28.799><c> do,</c>

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which<00:18:29.700><c> I</c><00:18:29.799><c> think</c><00:18:29.900><c> is</c><00:18:30.079><c> quite</c><00:18:30.299><c> interesting</c><00:18:30.819><c> that</c><00:18:30.980><c> they</c><00:18:31.200><c> did</c><00:18:31.420><c> this</c>

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because<00:18:32.680><c> it</c><00:18:33.640><c> gave</c><00:18:33.960><c> the</c><00:18:34.319><c> idea</c><00:18:34.759><c> that</c><00:18:34.980><c> in</c><00:18:35.180><c> fact</c><00:18:35.480><c> what</c><00:18:35.980><c> they</c><00:18:36.180><c> were</c>

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most<00:18:36.779><c> concerned</c><00:18:37.200><c> with</c>

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wasn't<00:18:37.880><c> just</c><00:18:38.180><c> the</c><00:18:38.380><c> building</c><00:18:38.680><c> of</c><00:18:39.220><c> that</c><00:18:39.420><c> temple,</c>

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but<00:18:40.400><c> being</c><00:18:40.700><c> able</c><00:18:41.039><c> to</c><00:18:41.380><c> have</c><00:18:41.720><c> themselves</c><00:18:42.200><c> restored</c><00:18:42.940><c> as</c><00:18:43.460><c> God's</c><00:18:44.019><c> people</c>

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who<00:18:44.380><c> were</c><00:18:45.380><c> righteous</c><00:18:45.900><c> people</c><00:18:46.380><c> keeping</c><00:18:46.700><c> his</c><00:18:47.000><c> laws.</c>

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And<00:18:49.380><c> so</c><00:18:49.619><c> as</c><00:18:49.839><c> the</c><00:18:50.039><c> foundation</c><00:18:50.539><c> was</c><00:18:50.839><c> laid,</c><00:18:51.019><c> this</c><00:18:51.220><c> was</c><00:18:51.519><c> a</c><00:18:52.279><c> major</c>

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event<00:18:53.019><c> for</c><00:18:53.240><c> them.</c>

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They<00:18:54.220><c> had</c><00:18:54.720><c> fought</c><00:18:54.980><c> through</c><00:18:55.559><c> the</c><00:18:56.099><c> difficulties</c><00:18:56.779><c> of</c><00:18:57.000><c> the</c><00:18:57.200><c> people</c><00:18:57.400><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:57.720><c> land.</c>

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And<00:18:58.519><c> when</c><00:18:58.660><c> the</c><00:18:58.880><c> builders,</c><00:18:59.220><c> it</c><00:18:59.500><c> says</c><00:18:59.740><c> in</c><00:18:59.960><c> Ezra</c><00:19:00.279><c> chapter</c><00:19:00.619><c> 3,</c><00:19:00.920><c> verses</c><00:19:01.240><c> 10</c>

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and<00:19:01.759><c> 11,</c>

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when<00:19:02.799><c> the</c><00:19:03.039><c> builders</c><00:19:03.299><c> laid</c><00:19:03.640><c> the</c><00:19:03.880><c> foundation</c><00:19:04.359><c> of</c><00:19:04.559><c> the</c><00:19:04.680><c> temple</c>

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of<00:19:05.099><c> the</c><00:19:05.259><c> Lord,</c>

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they<00:19:06.259><c> set</c><00:19:06.519><c> the</c><00:19:06.839><c> priest</c><00:19:07.019><c> and</c><00:19:07.180><c> their</c><00:19:07.480><c> apparel</c><00:19:07.799><c> with</c><00:19:08.140><c> trumpets,</c>

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and<00:19:09.359><c> the</c><00:19:09.539><c> Levites,</c><00:19:10.059><c> the</c><00:19:10.279><c> sons</c><00:19:10.519><c> of</c><00:19:10.779><c> Asaph,</c><00:19:11.319><c> with</c><00:19:12.079><c> symbols</c><00:19:12.500><c> to</c>

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praise<00:19:13.619><c> the</c><00:19:13.900><c> Lord</c>

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after<00:19:14.519><c> the</c><00:19:14.980><c> ordinance</c><00:19:15.400><c> of</c><00:19:16.380><c> David,</c><00:19:16.839><c> king</c><00:19:16.940><c> of</c><00:19:17.099><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:18.059><c> they</c><00:19:18.420><c> sang</c><00:19:18.720><c> together</c><00:19:19.220><c> by</c><00:19:19.640><c> course</c><00:19:20.000><c> in</c><00:19:20.740><c> praising</c><00:19:21.079><c> and</c><00:19:21.339><c> giving</c><00:19:21.640><c> thanks</c><00:19:22.039><c> unto</c>

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the<00:19:22.539><c> Lord</c>

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because<00:19:23.420><c> he</c><00:19:23.619><c> is</c><00:19:23.859><c> good,</c><00:19:24.200><c> for</c><00:19:24.380><c> his</c><00:19:24.660><c> mercy</c><00:19:25.259><c> endureth</c><00:19:25.980><c> forever</c>

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toward<00:19:26.740><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:27.819><c> all</c><00:19:28.000><c> the</c><00:19:28.180><c> people</c><00:19:28.519><c> shouted</c><00:19:28.880><c> with</c><00:19:29.140><c> a</c><00:19:29.339><c> great</c><00:19:29.619><c> shout</c><00:19:30.079><c> when</c>

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they<00:19:30.920><c> praised</c><00:19:31.119><c> the</c><00:19:31.359><c> Lord</c>

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because<00:19:31.799><c> the</c><00:19:32.059><c> foundation</c><00:19:32.599><c> of</c><00:19:32.759><c> the</c><00:19:32.900><c> house</c><00:19:33.099><c> of</c><00:19:33.279><c> the</c><00:19:33.440><c> Lord</c><00:19:33.700><c> was</c><00:19:34.279><c> laid.</c>

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Well,<00:19:34.819><c> it</c><00:19:34.960><c> still</c><00:19:35.099><c> wasn't</c><00:19:35.319><c> a</c><00:19:35.519><c> temple,</c><00:19:35.740><c> was</c><00:19:36.000><c> it?</c>

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But<00:19:37.720><c> the</c><00:19:37.940><c> foundation</c><00:19:38.660><c> had</c><00:19:39.559><c> been</c><00:19:39.779><c> laid.</c>

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They<00:19:40.859><c> could</c><00:19:41.140><c> see</c><00:19:41.480><c> the</c><00:19:41.779><c> progress.</c><00:19:42.119><c> They</c><00:19:42.240><c> could</c><00:19:42.539><c> see</c><00:19:42.799><c> the</c><00:19:43.059><c> hand</c>

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of<00:19:43.400><c> the</c><00:19:43.559><c> Lord.</c>

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They<00:19:44.160><c> could</c><00:19:44.440><c> see</c><00:19:44.599><c> that</c><00:19:44.859><c> God</c><00:19:45.140><c> was</c><00:19:45.519><c> with</c><00:19:45.799><c> them</c><00:19:46.259><c> and</c><00:19:46.660><c> that</c><00:19:46.799><c> his</c><00:19:47.059><c> mercy</c><00:19:47.420><c> was</c><00:19:47.660><c> being</c><00:19:47.940><c> extended</c><00:19:48.359><c> to</c><00:19:48.640><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:49.900><c> I</c><00:19:50.000><c> can</c><00:19:50.180><c> only</c><00:19:50.380><c> imagine</c><00:19:50.759><c> what</c><00:19:50.980><c> this</c><00:19:51.359><c> must</c><00:19:51.700><c> have</c><00:19:51.940><c> felt</c><00:19:52.160><c> like</c>

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for<00:19:52.759><c> them</c>

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as<00:19:53.180><c> they</c><00:19:53.440><c> all</c><00:19:53.819><c> shouted</c><00:19:54.000><c> together</c><00:19:54.579><c> and</c><00:19:55.059><c> were</c><00:19:55.339><c> involved</c><00:19:55.740><c> in</c><00:19:55.980><c> this</c><00:19:56.440><c> praise</c><00:19:56.779><c> that</c><00:19:56.980><c> they</c><00:19:57.119><c> were</c><00:19:57.299><c> giving</c><00:19:57.480><c> to</c><00:19:57.740><c> God.</c>

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What<00:19:59.420><c> a</c><00:19:59.900><c> wonderful</c><00:20:00.200><c> time</c><00:20:00.519><c> this</c><00:20:00.759><c> must</c><00:20:00.980><c> have</c><00:20:01.160><c> been</c><00:20:01.299><c> for</c><00:20:01.480><c> them</c><00:20:01.660><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:02.000><c> able</c><00:20:02.220><c> to</c><00:20:02.380><c> see</c><00:20:02.539><c> something</c>

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that<00:20:03.420><c> was</c><00:20:03.640><c> actually</c><00:20:04.019><c> being</c><00:20:04.380><c> realized</c><00:20:04.960><c> at</c><00:20:05.160><c> this</c><00:20:05.400><c> time.</c>

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How<00:20:09.000><c> often</c><00:20:09.359><c> is</c><00:20:09.599><c> it,</c><00:20:10.799><c> just</c><00:20:11.259><c> when</c><00:20:11.519><c> things</c><00:20:11.839><c> are</c><00:20:12.200><c> going</c><00:20:12.480><c> great,</c>

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and<00:20:14.640><c> it</c><00:20:15.180><c> feels</c><00:20:15.779><c> like</c><00:20:16.119><c> the</c><00:20:16.460><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:20:17.000><c> coming</c><00:20:17.339><c> together,</c>

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we're<00:20:19.079><c> really</c><00:20:19.420><c> starting</c><00:20:19.680><c> to</c><00:20:19.839><c> hit</c><00:20:19.920><c> our</c><00:20:20.220><c> stride,</c>

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that<00:20:22.359><c> something</c><00:20:23.079><c> happens</c><00:20:23.799><c> which</c><00:20:24.460><c> throws</c><00:20:24.759><c> things</c><00:20:25.079><c> back.</c>

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And<00:20:26.359><c> just</c><00:20:26.559><c> when</c><00:20:26.759><c> everything</c><00:20:27.059><c> was</c><00:20:27.279><c> going</c><00:20:27.519><c> well,</c><00:20:27.799><c> what</c><00:20:28.039><c> happens</c>

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here<00:20:28.880><c> for</c><00:20:29.059><c> them</c><00:20:29.500><c> is</c><00:20:30.380><c> the</c><00:20:30.880><c> opposition.</c>

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And<00:20:32.839><c> the</c><00:20:33.039><c> opposition</c><00:20:33.619><c> is</c><00:20:33.980><c> named</c><00:20:34.240><c> for</c><00:20:34.519><c> us</c><00:20:34.700><c> here,</c>

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that<00:20:36.819><c> they</c><00:20:37.660><c> were,</c><00:20:38.700><c> in</c><00:20:38.839><c> Ezra</c><00:20:39.099><c> chapter</c><00:20:39.460><c> 4</c><00:20:39.759><c> verses</c><00:20:40.039><c> 1</c><00:20:40.339><c> through</c><00:20:40.500><c> 3,</c>

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the<00:20:40.960><c> adversaries</c><00:20:41.500><c> of</c><00:20:41.740><c> Jude</c><00:20:41.900><c> and</c><00:20:42.019><c> Benjamin</c><00:20:42.539><c> heard</c><00:20:43.500><c> that</c><00:20:43.740><c> the</c>

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children<00:20:44.180><c> of</c><00:20:44.519><c> the</c><00:20:44.779><c> captivity</c>

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builded<00:20:45.779><c> the</c><00:20:45.920><c> temple</c><00:20:46.480><c> unto</c><00:20:46.920><c> the</c><00:20:47.140><c> Lord</c><00:20:47.400><c> God</c><00:20:47.579><c> of</c><00:20:47.779><c> Israel.</c>

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They<00:20:49.380><c> must</c><00:20:49.559><c> have</c><00:20:49.700><c> been</c><00:20:49.819><c> able</c><00:20:50.220><c> actually</c><00:20:50.720><c> to</c><00:20:51.000><c> see</c><00:20:51.119><c> this.</c>

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Then<00:20:52.319><c> came</c><00:20:52.619><c> they</c><00:20:52.819><c> to</c><00:20:53.000><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:20:53.720><c> so</c><00:20:53.920><c> this</c><00:20:54.079><c> is</c><00:20:54.220><c> their</c><00:20:54.440><c> first</c><00:20:54.700><c> attempt,</c>

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and<00:20:55.920><c> to</c><00:20:56.059><c> the</c><00:20:56.220><c> chief</c><00:20:56.420><c> of</c><00:20:56.579><c> the</c><00:20:56.759><c> fathers</c><00:20:57.079><c> and</c><00:20:57.380><c> said</c><00:20:57.519><c> to</c><00:20:57.619><c> them,</c>

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Look,<00:20:59.099><c> let's</c><00:21:00.000><c> build</c><00:21:00.299><c> with</c><00:21:00.619><c> you.</c><00:21:00.880><c> We'd</c><00:21:01.180><c> like</c><00:21:01.240><c> to</c><00:21:01.400><c> be</c><00:21:01.599><c> part</c><00:21:01.799><c> of</c><00:21:02.000><c> this.</c>

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We<00:21:03.559><c> want</c><00:21:03.779><c> to</c><00:21:04.059><c> seek</c><00:21:04.220><c> your</c><00:21:04.519><c> God</c><00:21:04.900><c> as</c><00:21:05.380><c> you</c><00:21:05.680><c> do.</c>

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And<00:21:06.759><c> we</c><00:21:07.119><c> do</c><00:21:07.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:21:08.079><c> unto</c><00:21:08.359><c> him</c><00:21:08.660><c> since</c><00:21:08.960><c> the</c><00:21:09.240><c> days</c><00:21:09.640><c> of</c><00:21:10.579><c> Azarhadon</c><00:21:11.259><c> king</c>

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of<00:21:11.859><c> Asher,</c>

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which<00:21:13.740><c> brought</c><00:21:14.140><c> us</c><00:21:14.339><c> up</c><00:21:14.559><c> hither.</c>

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But<00:21:16.259><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:21:16.819><c> and</c><00:21:17.059><c> Jeshua</c><00:21:17.519><c> and</c><00:21:17.640><c> the</c><00:21:17.759><c> rest</c><00:21:17.900><c> of</c><00:21:18.079><c> the</c><00:21:18.200><c> chief</c>

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of<00:21:18.440><c> the</c><00:21:18.599><c> fathers,</c>

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they're<00:21:18.960><c> not</c><00:21:19.099><c> going</c><00:21:19.220><c> to</c><00:21:19.319><c> go</c><00:21:19.519><c> for</c><00:21:19.740><c> it.</c>

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They<00:21:20.480><c> say,</c><00:21:20.759><c> You</c><00:21:20.759><c> have</c><00:21:21.059><c> nothing</c><00:21:21.359><c> to</c><00:21:21.599><c> do</c><00:21:21.700><c> with</c><00:21:21.940><c> us</c><00:21:22.259><c> to</c><00:21:22.759><c> build</c><00:21:22.960><c> a</c>

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house<00:21:23.480><c> unto</c><00:21:23.799><c> our</c><00:21:24.079><c> God,</c>

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but<00:21:24.940><c> we</c><00:21:25.200><c> ourselves</c><00:21:25.619><c> together,</c><00:21:26.059><c> we</c><00:21:26.380><c> build</c><00:21:26.640><c> the</c><00:21:26.819><c> house</c><00:21:27.180><c> unto</c><00:21:27.519><c> the</c><00:21:27.720><c> Lord</c><00:21:27.980><c> God</c><00:21:28.180><c> of</c><00:21:28.319><c> Israel,</c>

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as<00:21:29.400><c> Cyrus</c><00:21:29.859><c> has</c><00:21:30.839><c> commanded</c><00:21:31.220><c> us.</c>

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So<00:21:32.359><c> again,</c><00:21:32.680><c> we</c><00:21:32.900><c> see</c><00:21:33.099><c> here</c><00:21:33.460><c> that</c><00:21:34.220><c> they</c><00:21:34.839><c> didn't</c><00:21:35.099><c> fall</c><00:21:35.440><c> for</c><00:21:35.619><c> this</c>

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because<00:21:36.119><c> they</c><00:21:36.539><c> recognized</c><00:21:37.039><c> that</c><00:21:37.539><c> this</c><00:21:37.819><c> really</c><00:21:38.160><c> was</c><00:21:38.480><c> an</c><00:21:38.799><c> attempt</c><00:21:39.019><c> to</c><00:21:39.299><c> infiltrate</c>

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and<00:21:40.619><c> to</c><00:21:40.880><c> cause</c><00:21:41.099><c> problems.</c>

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But<00:21:42.519><c> who</c><00:21:42.740><c> were</c><00:21:42.960><c> these</c><00:21:43.299><c> adversaries?</c>

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Well,<00:21:44.200><c> we're</c><00:21:44.460><c> told</c><00:21:44.660><c> that</c><00:21:44.859><c> they</c><00:21:44.980><c> were</c><00:21:45.200><c> Samaritans,</c>

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and<00:21:46.599><c> they</c><00:21:46.720><c> were</c><00:21:47.059><c> connected</c><00:21:47.500><c> with</c><00:21:47.799><c> the</c><00:21:48.160><c> infiltration</c><00:21:49.099><c> of</c><00:21:49.799><c> Assyria,</c>

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where<00:21:51.420><c> they</c><00:21:51.579><c> had</c><00:21:51.960><c> populated</c><00:21:52.400><c> the</c><00:21:52.700><c> land</c><00:21:52.960><c> after</c><00:21:53.519><c> Sennacherib's</c><00:21:55.079><c> conquest.</c>

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These<00:21:56.779><c> were</c><00:21:57.000><c> the</c><00:21:57.180><c> people</c><00:21:57.380><c> who</c><00:21:57.559><c> had</c><00:21:57.819><c> come</c><00:21:58.079><c> into</c><00:21:58.319><c> the</c><00:21:58.619><c> land</c>

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and<00:21:59.059><c> assimilated</c><00:22:00.259><c> with</c><00:22:01.400><c> those</c><00:22:01.859><c> who</c><00:22:02.119><c> were</c><00:22:02.480><c> in</c><00:22:03.460><c> the</c><00:22:03.680><c> land.</c>

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And<00:22:04.660><c> the</c><00:22:04.880><c> Jews</c><00:22:05.079><c> in</c><00:22:05.279><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:05.980><c> had</c><00:22:06.700><c> posed</c><00:22:07.059><c> a</c><00:22:07.460><c> great</c><00:22:07.720><c> threat</c><00:22:08.279><c> to</c>

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an<00:22:09.160><c> edict</c>

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that<00:22:09.579><c> goes</c><00:22:09.779><c> all</c><00:22:10.039><c> the</c><00:22:10.140><c> way</c><00:22:10.319><c> back</c><00:22:10.559><c> to</c><00:22:10.759><c> this</c><00:22:11.119><c> Azarhadon,</c>

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which<00:22:12.640><c> was</c><00:22:12.960><c> Sennacherib's</c><00:22:13.779><c> youngest</c><00:22:14.119><c> son</c><00:22:14.640><c> nearly</c><00:22:15.420><c> 200</c><00:22:15.819><c> years</c><00:22:16.359><c> earlier.</c>

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And<00:22:18.140><c> so</c><00:22:18.279><c> what</c><00:22:18.420><c> they</c><00:22:18.660><c> could</c><00:22:18.900><c> do</c><00:22:19.380><c> is</c><00:22:20.019><c> feign</c><00:22:20.579><c> that</c><00:22:20.819><c> they</c><00:22:21.160><c> were</c><00:22:21.579><c> some</c><00:22:22.000><c> sort</c><00:22:22.299><c> of</c><00:22:22.599><c> brotherhood,</c>

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that<00:22:23.599><c> they</c><00:22:23.759><c> were</c><00:22:24.019><c> some</c><00:22:24.339><c> sort</c><00:22:24.680><c> of</c><00:22:25.000><c> connection</c><00:22:25.579><c> based</c><00:22:26.420><c> on</c><00:22:27.220><c> this</c><00:22:27.900><c> allowance</c>

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of<00:22:28.700><c> religious</c><00:22:29.140><c> freedom</c><00:22:29.720><c> of</c><00:22:30.460><c> conquered</c><00:22:30.799><c> lands.</c>

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Well,<00:22:31.700><c> of</c><00:22:31.880><c> course,</c><00:22:32.519><c> this</c><00:22:32.700><c> was</c><00:22:33.140><c> all</c><00:22:34.140><c> false.</c>

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These<00:22:35.259><c> were</c><00:22:35.660><c> adversaries,</c><00:22:36.440><c> and</c><00:22:36.740><c> it</c><00:22:36.839><c> was</c><00:22:37.099><c> able</c><00:22:37.319><c> to</c><00:22:37.579><c> be</c><00:22:38.160><c> told</c>

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very<00:22:38.779><c> easily</c>

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by<00:22:39.779><c> the</c><00:22:39.980><c> leaders</c><00:22:40.180><c> at</c><00:22:40.400><c> that</c><00:22:40.660><c> time.</c>

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Now,<00:22:41.920><c> we</c><00:22:42.119><c> mentioned</c><00:22:42.359><c> this</c><00:22:42.599><c> yesterday,</c>

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and<00:22:43.099><c> this</c><00:22:43.299><c> is</c><00:22:43.460><c> where</c><00:22:43.559><c> we</c><00:22:43.720><c> want</c><00:22:43.859><c> to</c><00:22:44.019><c> spend</c><00:22:44.200><c> a</c><00:22:44.400><c> couple</c><00:22:44.579><c> of</c><00:22:44.819><c> moments.</c>

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Cyrus,<00:22:46.960><c> when</c><00:22:47.259><c> he</c><00:22:47.480><c> was</c><00:22:47.720><c> king,</c><00:22:48.039><c> was</c><00:22:48.119><c> the</c><00:22:48.380><c> one</c><00:22:48.880><c> that</c><00:22:49.160><c> gave</c><00:22:49.380><c> the</c><00:22:49.660><c> edict</c>

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for<00:22:50.019><c> them</c><00:22:50.180><c> to</c><00:22:50.359><c> be</c><00:22:50.480><c> able</c><00:22:50.640><c> to</c><00:22:50.720><c> go</c><00:22:50.920><c> back</c><00:22:51.140><c> into</c><00:22:51.339><c> the</c><00:22:51.599><c> land.</c>

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And<00:22:52.359><c> certainly</c><00:22:52.819><c> with</c><00:22:53.079><c> his</c><00:22:53.319><c> son,</c><00:22:53.759><c> Hazuwaris,</c>

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that<00:22:55.079><c> seemed</c><00:22:55.400><c> to</c><00:22:55.740><c> be</c><00:22:56.119><c> a</c><00:22:56.599><c> command</c><00:22:57.019><c> that</c><00:22:57.700><c> would</c><00:22:58.039><c> continue</c><00:22:58.440><c> to</c><00:22:58.599><c> go</c><00:22:58.799><c> on.</c>

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But<00:22:59.980><c> there's</c><00:23:00.279><c> this</c><00:23:00.619><c> one</c><00:23:00.920><c> period</c><00:23:01.200><c> of</c><00:23:01.440><c> time</c><00:23:01.759><c> under</c><00:23:02.119><c> this</c><00:23:02.400><c> man</c>

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named<00:23:02.940><c> Bardas,</c>

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and<00:23:05.559><c> he</c><00:23:05.759><c> was</c><00:23:06.019><c> a</c><00:23:06.220><c> Magi</c><00:23:06.880><c> that</c><00:23:07.740><c> is</c><00:23:08.500><c> believed</c><00:23:09.200><c> to</c><00:23:09.759><c> have</c><00:23:09.960><c> been</c><00:23:10.240><c> an</c><00:23:10.500><c> imposter.</c>

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And<00:23:11.759><c> for</c><00:23:12.039><c> a</c><00:23:12.279><c> very</c><00:23:12.700><c> short</c><00:23:12.920><c> period</c><00:23:13.240><c> of</c><00:23:13.440><c> time,</c>

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:18.400
now<00:23:14.140><c> on</c><00:23:14.720><c> this</c><00:23:14.940><c> particular</c><00:23:15.460><c> chart</c><00:23:15.720><c> it</c><00:23:15.859><c> says</c><00:23:16.240><c> about</c><00:23:16.640><c> almost</c><00:23:17.140><c> six</c><00:23:17.420><c> months.</c>

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:20.880
You're<00:23:18.759><c> going</c><00:23:18.839><c> to</c><00:23:19.000><c> see</c><00:23:19.119><c> in</c><00:23:19.299><c> another</c><00:23:19.859><c> commentary,</c>

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:23.900
it<00:23:20.960><c> was</c><00:23:21.079><c> about</c><00:23:21.400><c> nine</c><00:23:21.660><c> months,</c><00:23:21.880><c> but</c><00:23:22.039><c> it's</c><00:23:22.200><c> a</c><00:23:22.279><c> very</c><00:23:22.740><c> short</c><00:23:22.920><c> period</c><00:23:23.200><c> of</c><00:23:23.460><c> time.</c>

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He<00:23:24.660><c> takes</c><00:23:25.079><c> over</c><00:23:25.720><c> the</c><00:23:26.640><c> Persian</c><00:23:27.059><c> court,</c><00:23:27.400><c> and</c><00:23:27.539><c> when</c><00:23:27.680><c> he</c><00:23:27.940><c> does</c><00:23:28.240><c> this,</c>

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that's<00:23:29.619><c> when</c><00:23:29.859><c> the</c><00:23:30.160><c> adversaries</c><00:23:30.779><c> move</c><00:23:31.200><c> quickly.</c>

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:36.980
And<00:23:32.680><c> so</c><00:23:33.539><c> this</c><00:23:35.200><c> is</c><00:23:35.500><c> from</c><00:23:35.680><c> Encyclopedia</c><00:23:36.380><c> Britannica,</c>

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:41.500
and<00:23:37.180><c> it</c><00:23:37.180><c> talks</c><00:23:37.500><c> about</c><00:23:38.539><c> Herodas</c><00:23:39.559><c> talking</c><00:23:40.559><c> about</c><00:23:40.900><c> the</c><00:23:41.119><c> Persian</c>

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king<00:23:42.019><c> Darius.</c>

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It<00:23:43.759><c> is</c><00:23:44.039><c> an</c><00:23:44.119><c> inscription.</c>

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He<00:23:45.000><c> stated</c><00:23:45.640><c> that</c><00:23:46.299><c> this</c><00:23:47.480><c> Bardas,</c><00:23:48.240><c> or</c><00:23:48.420><c> Bardia,</c>

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was<00:23:49.799><c> murdered</c><00:23:50.299><c> by</c><00:23:50.619><c> his</c><00:23:50.819><c> brother</c><00:23:51.079><c> Cambyses</c><00:23:52.240><c> II,</c>

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but<00:23:53.660><c> was</c><00:23:53.920><c> later</c><00:23:54.359><c> successfully</c><00:23:55.059><c> impersonated</c><00:23:55.940><c> by</c><00:23:57.259><c> Gomara,</c><00:23:59.200><c> a</c><00:23:59.460><c> Magi,</c>

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:03.700
who<00:24:00.740><c> was</c><00:24:01.000><c> able</c><00:24:01.180><c> to</c><00:24:01.519><c> seize</c><00:24:01.720><c> the</c><00:24:02.079><c> throne</c><00:24:02.279><c> when</c><00:24:02.559><c> Cambyses</c><00:24:03.299><c> died</c>

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in<00:24:04.039><c> 522.</c>

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The<00:24:05.700><c> usurper</c><00:24:06.380><c> reigned</c><00:24:06.759><c> for</c><00:24:06.980><c> only</c><00:24:07.319><c> eight</c><00:24:07.640><c> months.</c>

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So<00:24:08.440><c> this</c><00:24:08.619><c> person,</c><00:24:10.460><c> Herodas</c><00:24:10.900><c> thought</c><00:24:11.059><c> it</c><00:24:11.140><c> was</c><00:24:11.220><c> eight</c><00:24:11.440><c> months.</c>

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However,<00:24:12.519><c> before</c><00:24:12.880><c> he</c><00:24:13.000><c> was</c><00:24:13.319><c> slain</c><00:24:13.579><c> by</c><00:24:13.900><c> Darius</c><00:24:14.400><c> and</c><00:24:14.980><c> other</c><00:24:15.279><c> Persian,</c>

00:24:16.710 --> 00:24:20.619
he<00:24:17.039><c> was</c><00:24:17.619><c> slain</c><00:24:17.960><c> by</c><00:24:18.240><c> Darius</c><00:24:19.279><c> and</c><00:24:19.519><c> other</c><00:24:19.720><c> Persian</c><00:24:20.119><c> nobles</c>

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who<00:24:21.119><c> were</c><00:24:21.400><c> suspicious</c><00:24:22.099><c> of</c><00:24:22.619><c> his</c><00:24:22.859><c> origin.</c>

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Certain<00:24:24.559><c> modern</c><00:24:24.980><c> historians</c><00:24:25.339><c> consider</c><00:24:25.839><c> that</c><00:24:26.079><c> Darius,</c><00:24:26.460><c> who</c>

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succeeded<00:24:27.099><c> the</c><00:24:27.339><c> throne,</c>

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really<00:24:28.279><c> just</c><00:24:28.640><c> invented</c><00:24:28.859><c> this</c><00:24:29.240><c> story,</c>

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and<00:24:30.119><c> it's</c><00:24:30.279><c> very</c><00:24:30.579><c> possible</c><00:24:31.099><c> that</c><00:24:31.380><c> this</c><00:24:31.619><c> person</c><00:24:31.900><c> had</c><00:24:32.220><c> been</c><00:24:32.460><c> a</c>

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rightful<00:24:33.039><c> heir.</c>

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But<00:24:34.079><c> whatever</c><00:24:34.440><c> the</c><00:24:35.200><c> case</c><00:24:35.539><c> here,</c><00:24:35.900><c> it</c><00:24:35.900><c> was</c><00:24:36.160><c> to</c><00:24:36.680><c> this</c><00:24:36.880><c> king,</c>

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:42.420
to<00:24:38.200><c> Bardia,</c><00:24:38.740><c> or</c><00:24:38.900><c> to</c><00:24:39.220><c> Bardas,</c><00:24:39.940><c> that</c><00:24:40.099><c> the</c><00:24:40.440><c> appeal</c><00:24:40.819><c> was</c><00:24:41.240><c> made</c><00:24:41.859><c> by</c>

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the<00:24:42.759><c> adversaries.</c>

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And<00:24:43.880><c> the</c><00:24:44.160><c> appeal</c><00:24:44.519><c> which</c><00:24:44.779><c> is</c><00:24:45.059><c> given</c><00:24:45.279><c> to</c><00:24:45.539><c> us</c><00:24:45.759><c> in</c><00:24:46.019><c> a</c><00:24:46.220><c> letter</c><00:24:46.500><c> form</c>

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in<00:24:48.180><c> Ezra</c><00:24:48.680><c> chapter</c><00:24:49.099><c> 4,</c>

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we're<00:24:49.500><c> able</c><00:24:49.740><c> to</c><00:24:49.880><c> actually</c><00:24:50.180><c> see</c><00:24:50.660><c> what</c><00:24:51.099><c> was</c><00:24:51.400><c> written</c><00:24:51.619><c> by</c><00:24:51.880><c> these</c><00:24:52.160><c> adversaries,</c>

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.039
had<00:24:53.460><c> basically</c><00:24:54.039><c> three</c><00:24:54.519><c> arguments.</c>

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And<00:24:55.259><c> the</c><00:24:55.440><c> three</c><00:24:55.640><c> arguments</c><00:24:56.000><c> were,</c><00:24:56.980><c> number</c><00:24:57.220><c> one,</c>

00:24:57.880 --> 00:25:01.019
the<00:24:58.180><c> Jews</c><00:24:58.519><c> are</c><00:24:58.980><c> historically</c><00:24:59.720><c> rebellious.</c>

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Number<00:25:02.099><c> two,</c><00:25:03.640><c> that</c><00:25:03.720><c> you,</c><00:25:04.559><c> Bardas,</c><00:25:05.259><c> will</c><00:25:05.579><c> lose</c><00:25:06.180><c> Jewish</c><00:25:06.720><c> taxes.</c>

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Once<00:25:08.160><c> they</c><00:25:08.559><c> build</c><00:25:08.920><c> that</c><00:25:10.099><c> temple,</c><00:25:11.160><c> and</c><00:25:11.339><c> once</c><00:25:11.619><c> they</c><00:25:12.079><c> reestablish</c><00:25:12.779><c> that</c><00:25:13.039><c> city,</c>

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:16.200
you<00:25:13.880><c> will</c><00:25:14.299><c> be</c><00:25:14.660><c> losing</c><00:25:15.220><c> Jewish</c><00:25:15.799><c> taxes.</c>

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And<00:25:16.480><c> eventually,</c><00:25:17.480><c> you're</c><00:25:17.720><c> going</c><00:25:17.799><c> to</c><00:25:17.940><c> lose</c><00:25:18.119><c> control</c><00:25:18.640><c> completely</c><00:25:19.380><c> in</c><00:25:19.980><c> this</c><00:25:20.220><c> area.</c>

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That's<00:25:20.900><c> their</c><00:25:21.140><c> fundamental</c><00:25:21.700><c> argument.</c>

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And<00:25:23.359><c> Bardas,</c><00:25:24.099><c> who</c><00:25:24.299><c> may</c><00:25:24.559><c> not</c><00:25:24.740><c> have</c><00:25:24.960><c> had</c><00:25:25.119><c> that</c><00:25:25.480><c> connection</c><00:25:25.980><c> to</c>

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Cyrus<00:25:28.460><c> as</c><00:25:28.720><c> an</c><00:25:28.980><c> example,</c>

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then<00:25:30.039><c> replies</c><00:25:30.599><c> by</c><00:25:30.980><c> saying,</c><00:25:31.759><c> I've</c><00:25:31.920><c> received</c><00:25:32.319><c> your</c><00:25:32.559><c> letter,</c>

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and<00:25:33.980><c> I</c><00:25:34.759><c> have</c><00:25:35.019><c> commanded</c><00:25:35.380><c> and</c><00:25:35.779><c> search</c><00:25:36.059><c> has</c><00:25:36.259><c> been</c><00:25:36.559><c> made,</c>

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:41.480
and<00:25:37.460><c> it</c><00:25:37.640><c> is</c><00:25:37.900><c> found</c><00:25:38.299><c> that</c><00:25:38.880><c> this</c><00:25:39.180><c> city</c><00:25:39.420><c> of</c><00:25:39.640><c> old</c><00:25:39.940><c> time</c><00:25:40.180><c> hath</c><00:25:40.440><c> made</c>

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insurrection<00:25:42.259><c> against</c><00:25:43.079><c> kings,</c>

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:47.420
and<00:25:44.200><c> the</c><00:25:44.380><c> rebellion</c><00:25:44.819><c> and</c><00:25:45.079><c> sedition</c><00:25:45.920><c> have</c><00:25:46.339><c> been</c><00:25:46.579><c> made</c><00:25:46.839><c> therein.</c>

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There<00:25:47.920><c> have</c><00:25:48.079><c> been</c><00:25:48.339><c> mighty</c><00:25:48.759><c> kings</c><00:25:49.400><c> also</c><00:25:50.119><c> over</c><00:25:50.400><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:54.140
which<00:25:51.539><c> have</c><00:25:51.799><c> ruled</c><00:25:52.079><c> over</c><00:25:52.440><c> all</c><00:25:52.740><c> countries</c><00:25:53.160><c> beyond</c><00:25:53.579><c> the</c><00:25:53.819><c> river,</c>

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:57.779
and<00:25:54.799><c> toll,</c><00:25:55.299><c> tribute,</c><00:25:55.700><c> and</c><00:25:55.880><c> custom</c><00:25:56.220><c> was</c><00:25:56.799><c> paid</c><00:25:57.119><c> unto</c><00:25:57.440><c> them.</c>

00:25:57.779 --> 00:26:01.619
So<00:25:58.420><c> again,</c><00:25:58.799><c> this</c><00:25:58.859><c> is</c><00:25:59.140><c> exactly</c><00:25:59.759><c> striking</c><00:26:00.680><c> at</c><00:26:00.960><c> the</c><00:26:01.099><c> right</c><00:26:01.279><c> moment,</c>

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:05.740
going<00:26:02.119><c> to</c><00:26:02.779><c> a</c><00:26:03.019><c> king</c><00:26:03.279><c> who</c><00:26:03.559><c> probably</c><00:26:04.000><c> had</c><00:26:04.240><c> no</c><00:26:04.559><c> connection</c><00:26:05.099><c> to</c>

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those<00:26:06.480><c> principles</c>

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that<00:26:07.480><c> Cyrus</c><00:26:07.799><c> had</c><00:26:08.420><c> written</c><00:26:08.660><c> down.</c>

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And<00:26:09.599><c> because</c><00:26:09.900><c> of</c><00:26:10.079><c> this,</c><00:26:10.759><c> he</c><00:26:11.359><c> gives</c><00:26:11.880><c> the</c><00:26:12.160><c> edict</c><00:26:12.420><c> to</c><00:26:12.779><c> stop</c><00:26:13.119><c> the</c><00:26:13.380><c> work.</c>

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So<00:26:15.680><c> what</c><00:26:15.859><c> do</c><00:26:15.940><c> they</c><00:26:16.099><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:26:16.440><c> they</c><00:26:16.519><c> go</c><00:26:16.740><c> back</c><00:26:17.039><c> and</c><00:26:17.180><c> they</c><00:26:17.380><c> move</c><00:26:17.559><c> very</c><00:26:18.140><c> quickly.</c>

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It's<00:26:18.680><c> a</c><00:26:18.700><c> good</c><00:26:18.839><c> thing</c><00:26:18.980><c> they</c><00:26:19.200><c> did</c><00:26:19.339><c> because</c><00:26:19.740><c> Bardas</c><00:26:20.099><c> wasn't</c><00:26:20.359><c> around</c><00:26:20.640><c> very</c><00:26:20.960><c> long.</c>

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:26.559
And<00:26:22.019><c> now</c><00:26:22.539><c> when</c><00:26:22.759><c> the</c><00:26:22.960><c> copy</c><00:26:23.240><c> of</c><00:26:23.519><c> King</c><00:26:23.859><c> Artaxerxes'</c><00:26:24.640><c> letter</c><00:26:25.200><c> was</c>

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read<00:26:26.839><c> before</c><00:26:27.319><c> Reham</c>

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:32.200
and<00:26:29.720><c> Shemshai,</c><00:26:30.539><c> the</c><00:26:30.799><c> scribe,</c><00:26:31.200><c> and</c><00:26:31.319><c> their</c><00:26:31.539><c> companions,</c>

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:36.299
they<00:26:32.799><c> went</c><00:26:33.000><c> up</c><00:26:33.680><c> in</c><00:26:34.019><c> haste</c><00:26:34.319><c> to</c><00:26:34.460><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:35.519><c> unto</c><00:26:35.779><c> the</c><00:26:36.079><c> Jews,</c>

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and<00:26:36.519><c> made</c><00:26:36.720><c> them</c><00:26:36.940><c> to</c><00:26:37.279><c> cease</c><00:26:37.559><c> by</c><00:26:38.160><c> force</c><00:26:38.440><c> and</c><00:26:38.740><c> power,</c>

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:43.940
then<00:26:40.019><c> cease</c><00:26:40.380><c> the</c><00:26:40.680><c> work</c><00:26:41.039><c> of</c><00:26:41.460><c> the</c><00:26:41.619><c> house</c><00:26:41.880><c> of</c><00:26:42.380><c> God,</c><00:26:42.700><c> which</c><00:26:42.960><c> is</c><00:26:43.200><c> at</c><00:26:43.400><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:26:44.500><c> it</c><00:26:44.779><c> ceased</c><00:26:45.140><c> unto</c><00:26:45.539><c> the</c><00:26:45.819><c> second</c><00:26:46.140><c> year</c><00:26:46.640><c> of</c><00:26:47.079><c> the</c><00:26:47.319><c> reign</c><00:26:47.779><c> of</c><00:26:48.140><c> Darius,</c><00:26:48.640><c> king</c><00:26:49.299><c> of</c><00:26:49.539><c> Persia.</c>

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So<00:26:50.680><c> they</c><00:26:50.920><c> move</c><00:26:51.119><c> quickly</c><00:26:51.599><c> and</c><00:26:51.759><c> they're</c><00:26:52.000><c> able</c><00:26:52.279><c> by</c><00:26:52.640><c> force</c><00:26:52.940><c> and</c><00:26:53.180><c> power</c>

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and<00:26:53.900><c> by</c><00:26:54.099><c> this</c><00:26:54.380><c> edict</c><00:26:54.680><c> to</c><00:26:54.940><c> get</c><00:26:55.140><c> the</c><00:26:56.000><c> work</c><00:26:56.180><c> to</c><00:26:56.559><c> stop.</c>

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So<00:26:58.000><c> this</c><00:26:58.319><c> discourages</c><00:26:58.940><c> them,</c><00:26:59.140><c> and</c><00:26:59.240><c> I'm</c><00:26:59.440><c> sure</c><00:26:59.759><c> we</c><00:26:59.980><c> would</c><00:27:00.140><c> all</c>

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.220
be<00:27:00.579><c> discouraged</c><00:27:00.940><c> too.</c>

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The<00:27:01.519><c> people</c><00:27:01.799><c> had</c><00:27:02.500><c> such</c><00:27:03.200><c> enthusiasm</c><00:27:04.480><c> being</c><00:27:04.880><c> generated,</c>

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:09.859
they<00:27:05.940><c> had</c><00:27:06.160><c> just</c><00:27:06.619><c> gotten</c><00:27:06.920><c> the</c><00:27:07.180><c> foundation</c><00:27:07.839><c> of</c><00:27:08.319><c> the</c><00:27:08.519><c> Lord's</c><00:27:08.880><c> house</c><00:27:09.119><c> put</c><00:27:09.380><c> together.</c>

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:13.099
When<00:27:10.559><c> this</c><00:27:10.900><c> happens,</c><00:27:11.400><c> why</c><00:27:11.720><c> could</c><00:27:11.900><c> this</c><00:27:12.160><c> happen?</c>

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And<00:27:13.440><c> then</c><00:27:13.599><c> the</c><00:27:13.799><c> people</c><00:27:14.079><c> of</c><00:27:14.259><c> the</c><00:27:14.440><c> land,</c><00:27:14.740><c> they</c><00:27:15.220><c> weakened</c><00:27:15.559><c> or</c><00:27:15.960><c> discouraged</c>

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the<00:27:16.859><c> hands</c><00:27:17.019><c> of</c><00:27:17.240><c> the</c><00:27:17.359><c> people</c><00:27:17.599><c> of</c><00:27:17.880><c> Judah</c>

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:22.700
and<00:27:18.720><c> troubled</c><00:27:19.339><c> them</c><00:27:19.680><c> in</c><00:27:19.859><c> their</c><00:27:20.099><c> building</c><00:27:20.400><c> or</c><00:27:20.660><c> made</c><00:27:20.859><c> them</c><00:27:21.119><c> afraid</c><00:27:21.579><c> to</c><00:27:21.859><c> build.</c>

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So<00:27:23.000><c> you</c><00:27:23.119><c> can</c><00:27:23.380><c> see</c><00:27:23.559><c> again</c><00:27:23.779><c> that</c><00:27:23.940><c> this</c><00:27:24.140><c> is</c><00:27:24.559><c> just</c><00:27:25.319><c> when</c><00:27:25.460><c> they</c><00:27:25.839><c> are</c><00:27:26.140><c> beginning</c>

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:29.799
to<00:27:26.900><c> really</c><00:27:27.180><c> get</c><00:27:27.400><c> some</c><00:27:27.640><c> momentum,</c><00:27:28.400><c> they</c><00:27:28.519><c> get</c><00:27:28.640><c> the</c><00:27:28.940><c> pins</c><00:27:29.279><c> knocked</c><00:27:29.579><c> out</c>

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.220
from<00:27:30.019><c> underneath</c><00:27:30.380><c> them.</c>

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:34.279
Well,<00:27:31.900><c> this</c><00:27:32.059><c> really</c><00:27:32.319><c> brings</c><00:27:32.579><c> us</c><00:27:32.819><c> to</c><00:27:32.980><c> be</c><00:27:33.140><c> able</c><00:27:33.319><c> to</c><00:27:33.380><c> look</c><00:27:33.579><c> not</c><00:27:33.839><c> only</c><00:27:34.019><c> at</c>

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.000
their<00:27:34.599><c> reaction,</c>

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:39.079
but<00:27:35.359><c> also</c><00:27:36.000><c> our</c><00:27:36.420><c> reaction</c><00:27:37.059><c> to</c><00:27:37.579><c> when</c><00:27:37.799><c> we</c><00:27:38.180><c> have</c><00:27:38.460><c> setbacks.</c>

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:43.819
Setbacks<00:27:39.940><c> as</c><00:27:40.200><c> individuals,</c><00:27:41.480><c> setbacks</c><00:27:42.059><c> as</c><00:27:42.720><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:47.980
The<00:27:45.059><c> first</c><00:27:45.359><c> thing</c><00:27:45.839><c> that</c><00:27:46.039><c> they</c><00:27:46.220><c> do,</c><00:27:46.779><c> and</c><00:27:46.980><c> we</c><00:27:47.200><c> hear</c><00:27:47.400><c> about</c><00:27:47.680><c> this</c>

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.420
in<00:27:48.200><c> Haggai</c><00:27:48.480><c> chapter</c><00:27:48.880><c> 1,</c>

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:53.500
is<00:27:50.160><c> they</c><00:27:50.380><c> begin</c><00:27:50.680><c> this</c><00:27:50.980><c> process</c><00:27:51.460><c> of</c><00:27:52.019><c> rationalization.</c>

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:56.119
We<00:27:55.539><c> read</c><00:27:55.859><c> this,</c>

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:58.420
Thus<00:27:56.440><c> speaketh</c><00:27:57.359><c> the</c><00:27:57.519><c> Lord</c><00:27:57.700><c> of</c><00:27:57.859><c> hosts,</c><00:27:58.039><c> saying,</c>

00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:00.900
This<00:27:59.079><c> people</c><00:27:59.579><c> say,</c>

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:04.579
The<00:28:01.539><c> time</c><00:28:01.859><c> is</c><00:28:02.099><c> not</c><00:28:02.339><c> come,</c><00:28:03.319><c> the</c><00:28:03.539><c> time</c><00:28:03.759><c> that</c><00:28:03.940><c> the</c><00:28:04.099><c> Lord's</c><00:28:04.420><c> house</c>

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.859
should<00:28:04.759><c> be</c><00:28:05.000><c> built.</c>

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:08.940
Now,<00:28:06.579><c> of</c><00:28:06.880><c> course,</c><00:28:07.359><c> when</c><00:28:07.480><c> it's</c><00:28:07.759><c> difficult,</c>

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:12.799
it's<00:28:09.660><c> easy</c><00:28:10.000><c> to</c><00:28:10.279><c> conclude</c><00:28:10.740><c> that</c><00:28:10.940><c> it's</c><00:28:11.079><c> just</c><00:28:11.279><c> not</c><00:28:11.440><c> the</c><00:28:11.599><c> right</c><00:28:11.839><c> time</c><00:28:12.359><c> to</c>

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.400
keep<00:28:13.039><c> going.</c>

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:16.019
In<00:28:14.059><c> fact,</c><00:28:14.279><c> isn't</c><00:28:14.539><c> that</c><00:28:14.759><c> the</c><00:28:14.960><c> case</c><00:28:15.119><c> that</c><00:28:15.299><c> a</c><00:28:15.420><c> lot</c><00:28:15.519><c> of</c><00:28:15.680><c> times</c><00:28:15.819><c> when</c>

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.900
things<00:28:16.279><c> get</c><00:28:16.559><c> tough,</c>

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:20.819
our<00:28:17.640><c> first</c><00:28:17.980><c> reaction</c><00:28:18.420><c> is</c><00:28:19.059><c> to</c><00:28:19.359><c> back</c><00:28:19.579><c> up</c><00:28:19.819><c> away</c><00:28:20.059><c> from</c><00:28:20.259><c> the</c><00:28:20.480><c> work.</c>

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:23.980
And<00:28:21.660><c> it's</c><00:28:21.880><c> the</c><00:28:22.099><c> assumption</c><00:28:22.519><c> that</c><00:28:22.819><c> God's</c><00:28:23.299><c> going</c><00:28:23.440><c> to</c><00:28:23.740><c> remove</c>

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:27.019
all<00:28:24.420><c> the</c><00:28:24.640><c> obstacles</c><00:28:25.279><c> away</c><00:28:25.740><c> from</c><00:28:25.960><c> our</c><00:28:26.180><c> paths.</c>

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:29.019
The<00:28:27.259><c> great</c><00:28:27.460><c> men</c><00:28:27.640><c> and</c><00:28:27.759><c> women</c><00:28:28.000><c> of</c><00:28:28.240><c> faith</c><00:28:28.359><c> that</c><00:28:28.519><c> we</c><00:28:28.660><c> read</c><00:28:28.799><c> about</c>

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.559
in<00:28:29.240><c> scripture</c>

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:33.859
are<00:28:29.819><c> ones</c><00:28:30.140><c> that</c><00:28:30.900><c> most</c><00:28:31.339><c> of</c><00:28:31.519><c> the</c><00:28:31.720><c> time</c><00:28:32.000><c> marched</c><00:28:32.500><c> head</c><00:28:33.160><c> forward</c>

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:36.079
into<00:28:34.740><c> difficulties</c>

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:38.700
at<00:28:36.799><c> times</c><00:28:37.140><c> when</c><00:28:37.380><c> no</c><00:28:37.539><c> one</c><00:28:37.660><c> else</c><00:28:37.940><c> would.</c>

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:41.140
But<00:28:38.920><c> the</c><00:28:39.119><c> first</c><00:28:39.299><c> thing</c><00:28:39.480><c> they</c><00:28:39.680><c> do</c><00:28:39.839><c> is</c><00:28:40.019><c> they</c><00:28:40.220><c> start</c><00:28:40.359><c> to</c><00:28:40.680><c> rationalize,</c>

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:43.640
Well,<00:28:42.259><c> it</c><00:28:42.359><c> must</c><00:28:42.619><c> not</c><00:28:42.819><c> be</c><00:28:42.980><c> the</c><00:28:43.140><c> right</c><00:28:43.359><c> time.</c>

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:47.960
God<00:28:44.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:44.299><c> have</c><00:28:44.700><c> allowed</c><00:28:44.980><c> this</c><00:28:45.240><c> to</c><00:28:45.539><c> happen</c><00:28:45.980><c> if</c><00:28:46.619><c> it</c><00:28:46.799><c> was</c><00:28:46.980><c> the</c><00:28:47.200><c> right</c><00:28:47.400><c> time</c><00:28:47.640><c> for</c><00:28:47.839><c> us</c>

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.539
to<00:28:48.160><c> build</c><00:28:48.319><c> the</c><00:28:48.539><c> house.</c>

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:54.160
Well,<00:28:51.680><c> also,</c><00:28:52.279><c> God</c><00:28:52.599><c> had</c><00:28:52.779><c> been</c><00:28:53.019><c> working</c><00:28:53.359><c> with</c><00:28:53.680><c> them</c>

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:57.599
by<00:28:54.920><c> trying</c><00:28:55.420><c> to</c><00:28:55.720><c> show</c><00:28:55.859><c> them</c><00:28:56.039><c> that</c><00:28:56.200><c> they</c><00:28:56.420><c> were</c><00:28:56.680><c> not</c><00:28:57.039><c> prospering</c>

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:59.039
in<00:28:57.779><c> other</c><00:28:57.960><c> areas.</c>

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:01.700
And<00:28:59.480><c> the</c><00:28:59.900><c> message</c><00:29:00.259><c> of</c><00:29:00.539><c> Haggai,</c><00:29:00.900><c> which</c><00:29:01.059><c> we'll</c><00:29:01.279><c> read</c><00:29:01.460><c> more</c>

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.480
about<00:29:01.940><c> later,</c>

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:05.460
Now,<00:29:03.079><c> therefore,</c><00:29:03.839><c> this</c><00:29:03.960><c> is</c><00:29:04.200><c> Haggai</c><00:29:04.500><c> chapter</c><00:29:04.859><c> one,</c><00:29:05.160><c> verses</c>

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.500
five<00:29:05.779><c> and</c><00:29:05.940><c> six.</c>

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:10.920
Now,<00:29:07.140><c> therefore,</c><00:29:07.839><c> thus</c><00:29:08.000><c> saith</c><00:29:08.200><c> the</c><00:29:08.359><c> Lord</c><00:29:08.539><c> of</c><00:29:08.700><c> hosts,</c><00:29:09.420><c> consider</c><00:29:10.079><c> your</c><00:29:10.480><c> ways.</c>

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:14.019
Another<00:29:11.339><c> way</c><00:29:11.519><c> to</c><00:29:11.640><c> put</c><00:29:11.819><c> that</c><00:29:12.039><c> is</c><00:29:12.339><c> examine</c><00:29:12.920><c> yourself.</c>

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:18.279
You<00:29:14.759><c> have</c><00:29:15.079><c> so</c><00:29:15.420><c> much</c><00:29:16.099><c> and</c><00:29:16.880><c> you</c><00:29:17.119><c> bring</c><00:29:17.299><c> in</c><00:29:17.519><c> little.</c>

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:20.099
You<00:29:18.619><c> eat,</c><00:29:18.960><c> but</c><00:29:19.140><c> you</c><00:29:19.359><c> have</c><00:29:19.539><c> not</c><00:29:19.779><c> enough.</c>

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:23.619
You<00:29:20.680><c> drink,</c><00:29:22.140><c> but</c><00:29:22.319><c> you're</c><00:29:22.519><c> not</c><00:29:22.759><c> filled</c><00:29:23.039><c> with</c><00:29:23.359><c> drink.</c>

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:26.460
You<00:29:24.240><c> clothe</c><00:29:24.480><c> yourself,</c><00:29:24.859><c> but</c><00:29:25.000><c> you're</c><00:29:25.220><c> not</c><00:29:25.460><c> warm.</c>

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:30.839
And<00:29:26.799><c> one</c><00:29:26.920><c> of</c><00:29:27.039><c> our</c><00:29:27.279><c> favorite</c><00:29:28.019><c> passages,</c><00:29:29.920><c> isn't</c><00:29:30.200><c> this</c><00:29:30.380><c> a</c><00:29:30.579><c> great</c><00:29:30.700><c> one?</c>

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:33.400
We<00:29:30.920><c> were</c><00:29:31.079><c> talking</c><00:29:31.700><c> the</c><00:29:31.980><c> other</c><00:29:32.200><c> day,</c><00:29:32.559><c> Brother</c><00:29:32.680><c> Steve</c><00:29:32.920><c> and</c><00:29:32.960><c> myself,</c>

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:39.000
about<00:29:33.680><c> this</c><00:29:33.859><c> is</c><00:29:34.000><c> one</c><00:29:34.119><c> of</c><00:29:34.220><c> the</c><00:29:35.519><c> greatest</c><00:29:35.519><c> passages</c><00:29:36.099><c> about</c><00:29:36.579><c> describing</c><00:29:37.200><c> inflation,</c><00:29:37.960><c> isn't</c><00:29:38.099><c> it?</c>

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:43.579
He<00:29:39.740><c> earns</c><00:29:40.220><c> wages</c><00:29:41.000><c> to</c><00:29:41.859><c> be</c><00:29:42.099><c> put</c><00:29:42.240><c> into</c><00:29:42.519><c> a</c><00:29:42.759><c> bag</c><00:29:42.920><c> with</c><00:29:43.220><c> holes.</c>

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:45.420
Anybody<00:29:43.920><c> ever</c><00:29:44.160><c> felt</c><00:29:44.299><c> that</c><00:29:44.599><c> way?</c>

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.839
I<00:29:45.900><c> think</c><00:29:46.119><c> in</c><00:29:46.299><c> the</c><00:29:46.420><c> United</c><00:29:46.619><c> States,</c><00:29:46.859><c> we</c><00:29:47.079><c> worked</c><00:29:47.240><c> till</c><00:29:47.440><c> about</c>

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:49.180
May<00:29:48.380><c> for</c><00:29:48.720><c> the</c><00:29:48.940><c> government.</c>

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.960
Have<00:29:49.420><c> you</c><00:29:49.579><c> ever</c><00:29:49.819><c> really</c><00:29:50.140><c> thought</c><00:29:50.380><c> about</c><00:29:50.720><c> that?</c>

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:52.660
We<00:29:51.279><c> worked</c><00:29:51.460><c> that</c><00:29:51.799><c> long.</c>

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.000
So<00:29:54.039><c> examine</c><00:29:54.519><c> yourselves.</c>

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.519
And<00:29:55.180><c> this</c><00:29:55.359><c> is</c><00:29:55.500><c> what</c><00:29:55.640><c> they</c><00:29:55.920><c> needed</c><00:29:56.099><c> to</c><00:29:56.380><c> do.</c>

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:59.839
They<00:29:56.700><c> needed</c><00:29:57.059><c> to</c><00:29:57.539><c> understand</c><00:29:58.140><c> that</c><00:29:58.720><c> they</c><00:29:58.940><c> should</c><00:29:59.180><c> look</c><00:29:59.539><c> at</c>

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.660
their<00:30:00.140><c> lives</c>

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:04.680
and<00:30:01.039><c> see</c><00:30:01.339><c> that</c><00:30:01.559><c> it</c><00:30:01.720><c> was</c><00:30:01.880><c> being</c><00:30:02.339><c> in</c><00:30:02.819><c> many</c><00:30:03.079><c> ways</c><00:30:03.380><c> frustrated</c><00:30:04.079><c> because</c><00:30:04.519><c> of</c>

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:06.500
the<00:30:04.980><c> stoppage</c><00:30:05.339><c> of</c><00:30:05.599><c> work.</c>

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:11.559
And<00:30:08.720><c> so</c><00:30:08.940><c> their</c><00:30:09.460><c> failure</c><00:30:09.819><c> here</c><00:30:10.079><c> was</c><00:30:10.279><c> to</c><00:30:10.500><c> see</c><00:30:10.640><c> that</c><00:30:10.819><c> God</c><00:30:11.039><c> was</c><00:30:11.279><c> no</c>

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:13.180
longer<00:30:11.980><c> prospering</c><00:30:12.740><c> them.</c>

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:16.339
Inflation<00:30:14.180><c> was</c><00:30:14.440><c> up,</c><00:30:14.900><c> the</c><00:30:15.259><c> harvests</c><00:30:15.660><c> were</c><00:30:15.859><c> down,</c>

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:21.180
and<00:30:17.240><c> they</c><00:30:17.599><c> were</c><00:30:17.819><c> becoming</c><00:30:18.119><c> less</c><00:30:18.420><c> and</c><00:30:18.660><c> less</c><00:30:19.279><c> satisfied</c><00:30:19.920><c> as</c><00:30:20.180><c> a</c><00:30:20.299><c> people.</c>

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:25.839
Now,<00:30:23.279><c> he</c><00:30:23.680><c> goes</c><00:30:23.900><c> on</c><00:30:24.140><c> to</c><00:30:24.319><c> say</c><00:30:24.440><c> in</c><00:30:24.599><c> Haggai</c><00:30:24.980><c> chapter</c><00:30:25.420><c> one,</c>

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:28.539
Thus<00:30:26.279><c> saith</c><00:30:26.519><c> the</c><00:30:26.700><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.940><c> of</c><00:30:27.160><c> hosts,</c><00:30:27.500><c> consider</c><00:30:27.980><c> your</c><00:30:28.259><c> ways.</c>

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:33.900
Go<00:30:29.160><c> up</c><00:30:29.420><c> to</c><00:30:29.640><c> the</c><00:30:30.359><c> mountain</c><00:30:30.660><c> and</c><00:30:31.140><c> bring</c><00:30:31.420><c> wood</c><00:30:31.839><c> and</c><00:30:32.500><c> build</c><00:30:32.759><c> a</c><00:30:32.960><c> house.</c>

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:37.480
So<00:30:34.119><c> if</c><00:30:34.259><c> you</c><00:30:34.680><c> think</c><00:30:35.059><c> about,</c><00:30:35.859><c> while</c><00:30:36.180><c> you're</c><00:30:36.460><c> considering</c><00:30:36.880><c> your</c><00:30:37.160><c> ways</c>

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:41.819
and<00:30:37.599><c> you're</c><00:30:37.940><c> trying</c><00:30:38.099><c> to</c><00:30:38.900><c> find</c><00:30:39.319><c> yourself</c><00:30:40.000><c> spiritually</c><00:30:40.740><c> here,</c>

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.660
get<00:30:42.460><c> to</c><00:30:42.740><c> work.</c>

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:49.180
Go<00:30:44.299><c> up</c><00:30:44.519><c> to</c><00:30:44.660><c> the</c><00:30:44.859><c> mountain</c><00:30:45.359><c> and</c><00:30:46.059><c> bring</c><00:30:46.299><c> wood</c><00:30:46.740><c> and</c><00:30:47.619><c> build</c><00:30:47.920><c> a</c><00:30:48.119><c> house.</c>

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:52.279
Just<00:30:49.900><c> go</c><00:30:50.259><c> up</c><00:30:50.440><c> to</c><00:30:50.599><c> the</c><00:30:50.759><c> mountain</c><00:30:51.079><c> and</c><00:30:51.460><c> get</c><00:30:51.660><c> some</c><00:30:51.940><c> wood.</c>

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:55.700
I'll<00:30:53.200><c> take</c><00:30:53.420><c> pleasure</c><00:30:53.880><c> in</c><00:30:54.079><c> it,</c><00:30:54.319><c> and</c><00:30:54.460><c> I'll</c><00:30:54.720><c> be</c><00:30:55.000><c> glorified</c><00:30:55.539><c> in</c>

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.460
it,<00:30:56.779><c> saith</c><00:30:56.920><c> the</c><00:30:57.160><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:57.940 --> 00:31:00.240
Ye<00:30:58.140><c> look</c><00:30:58.359><c> for</c><00:30:58.640><c> much</c><00:30:58.900><c> and</c><00:30:59.180><c> lo,</c><00:30:59.359><c> it</c><00:30:59.460><c> came</c><00:30:59.720><c> to</c><00:30:59.960><c> little.</c>

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:03.140
And<00:31:00.920><c> when</c><00:31:01.059><c> ye</c><00:31:01.259><c> brought</c><00:31:01.480><c> it</c><00:31:01.720><c> home,</c><00:31:01.980><c> I</c><00:31:02.240><c> did</c><00:31:02.420><c> blow</c><00:31:02.700><c> upon</c><00:31:02.920><c> it.</c>

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.940
Why,<00:31:04.099><c> saith</c><00:31:04.259><c> the</c><00:31:04.400><c> Lord</c><00:31:04.539><c> of</c><00:31:04.700><c> hosts?</c>

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:08.740
Because<00:31:05.779><c> of</c><00:31:06.079><c> mine</c><00:31:06.259><c> house</c><00:31:06.940><c> that</c><00:31:07.460><c> is</c><00:31:07.700><c> waste.</c>

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:11.700
And<00:31:09.180><c> ye</c><00:31:09.480><c> run</c><00:31:09.759><c> every</c><00:31:10.319><c> man</c><00:31:10.559><c> into</c><00:31:10.779><c> his</c><00:31:11.000><c> own</c><00:31:11.160><c> house.</c>

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:14.880
Therefore<00:31:12.579><c> the</c><00:31:12.859><c> heaven</c><00:31:13.079><c> over</c><00:31:13.420><c> you</c><00:31:13.660><c> is</c><00:31:14.019><c> stayed</c><00:31:14.240><c> from</c><00:31:14.599><c> dew,</c>

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.839
and<00:31:15.380><c> the</c><00:31:15.599><c> earth</c><00:31:15.880><c> is</c><00:31:16.359><c> stayed</c><00:31:16.539><c> from</c><00:31:16.799><c> her</c><00:31:17.059><c> fruit.</c>

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:22.640
He<00:31:19.519><c> says,</c><00:31:19.940><c> basically,</c><00:31:20.740><c> get</c><00:31:20.920><c> back</c><00:31:21.259><c> to</c><00:31:21.500><c> work.</c>

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:26.539
Then<00:31:23.839><c> spake</c><00:31:24.160><c> Haggai</c><00:31:24.480><c> the</c><00:31:24.619><c> Lord's</c><00:31:25.039><c> messenger</c><00:31:25.480><c> in</c><00:31:25.960><c> the</c><00:31:26.140><c> Lord's</c>

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.440
message<00:31:26.799><c> unto</c><00:31:27.019><c> the</c><00:31:27.220><c> people,</c>

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:31.000
saying,<00:31:27.819><c> I</c><00:31:28.279><c> am</c><00:31:28.680><c> with</c><00:31:29.019><c> you,</c><00:31:29.819><c> saith</c><00:31:29.900><c> the</c><00:31:30.160><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:33.279
That's<00:31:31.319><c> all</c><00:31:31.480><c> they</c><00:31:31.700><c> really</c><00:31:31.940><c> needed</c><00:31:32.119><c> to</c><00:31:32.380><c> know.</c>

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:36.339
And<00:31:33.819><c> the</c><00:31:34.019><c> Lord</c><00:31:34.299><c> stirred</c><00:31:34.700><c> up</c><00:31:34.920><c> the</c><00:31:35.160><c> spirit</c><00:31:35.359><c> of</c><00:31:35.579><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:31:36.200><c> the</c>

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.559
son<00:31:36.519><c> of</c><00:31:36.839><c> Sheatil,</c>

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:40.819
governor<00:31:38.099><c> of</c><00:31:38.380><c> Judah,</c><00:31:39.240><c> and</c><00:31:39.480><c> the</c><00:31:39.700><c> spirit</c><00:31:39.900><c> of</c><00:31:40.140><c> Joshua,</c><00:31:40.480><c> the</c><00:31:40.640><c> son</c>

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.099
of<00:31:41.059><c> Josedech,</c>

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.059
the<00:31:42.599><c> high</c><00:31:42.859><c> priest,</c><00:31:43.400><c> and</c><00:31:43.680><c> the</c><00:31:43.940><c> spirit</c><00:31:44.059><c> of</c><00:31:44.400><c> all</c><00:31:44.599><c> the</c><00:31:44.740><c> remnant</c><00:31:44.900><c> of</c>

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.559
the<00:31:45.200><c> people.</c>

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:50.380
And<00:31:46.059><c> they</c><00:31:46.220><c> did</c><00:31:46.539><c> come,</c><00:31:47.339><c> and</c><00:31:47.859><c> they</c><00:31:48.140><c> came,</c><00:31:48.519><c> and</c><00:31:48.680><c> did</c><00:31:48.980><c> work</c><00:31:49.420><c> in</c><00:31:50.140><c> the</c>

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.480
house<00:31:50.559><c> of</c><00:31:50.740><c> the</c><00:31:50.900><c> Lord</c><00:31:51.059><c> of</c><00:31:51.240><c> hosts,</c>

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:54.059
their<00:31:51.759><c> God,</c><00:31:52.480><c> in</c><00:31:52.700><c> the</c><00:31:52.920><c> fourth</c><00:31:53.140><c> and</c><00:31:53.359><c> twentieth</c><00:31:53.539><c> day</c><00:31:53.740><c> of</c><00:31:53.880><c> the</c>

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.640
sixth<00:31:54.299><c> month,</c>

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:58.559
in<00:31:55.140><c> the</c><00:31:55.440><c> second</c><00:31:55.740><c> year</c><00:31:56.460><c> of</c><00:31:57.000><c> Darius</c><00:31:57.400><c> the</c><00:31:57.660><c> king.</c>

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:02.900
So<00:32:00.180><c> it</c><00:32:00.339><c> makes</c><00:32:00.519><c> you</c><00:32:00.700><c> think</c><00:32:00.880><c> a</c><00:32:00.980><c> little</c><00:32:01.079><c> bit</c><00:32:01.220><c> about</c><00:32:01.539><c> setbacks</c><00:32:02.160><c> in</c>

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:04.380
our<00:32:03.099><c> life</c><00:32:03.259><c> and</c><00:32:03.400><c> the</c><00:32:03.619><c> truth.</c>

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:07.019
You<00:32:05.319><c> know,</c><00:32:05.480><c> I'm</c><00:32:05.619><c> not</c><00:32:05.759><c> going</c><00:32:05.900><c> to</c><00:32:06.000><c> ask</c><00:32:06.160><c> a</c><00:32:06.299><c> show</c><00:32:06.519><c> of</c><00:32:06.740><c> hands</c><00:32:06.859><c> here,</c>

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:10.900
but<00:32:07.160><c> has</c><00:32:07.279><c> anybody</c><00:32:07.519><c> not</c><00:32:07.920><c> had</c><00:32:08.240><c> setbacks</c><00:32:08.839><c> in</c><00:32:09.440><c> your</c><00:32:09.660><c> life</c><00:32:09.819><c> and</c><00:32:09.940><c> the</c><00:32:10.160><c> truth?</c>

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:14.779
Sometimes<00:32:11.599><c> I</c><00:32:12.019><c> have</c><00:32:12.279><c> to</c><00:32:12.480><c> say</c><00:32:12.680><c> I</c><00:32:12.779><c> don't</c><00:32:13.000><c> really</c><00:32:13.240><c> have</c><00:32:13.380><c> high</c><00:32:13.619><c> expectations</c><00:32:14.279><c> about</c><00:32:14.599><c> the</c>

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.599
world<00:32:15.000><c> around</c><00:32:15.279><c> me.</c>

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:19.140
I<00:32:16.079><c> kind</c><00:32:16.240><c> of</c><00:32:16.480><c> expect</c><00:32:17.000><c> to</c><00:32:17.640><c> be</c><00:32:17.920><c> disappointed</c><00:32:18.400><c> when</c><00:32:18.579><c> it</c><00:32:18.700><c> comes</c><00:32:18.920><c> to</c>

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.660
things<00:32:19.339><c> at</c><00:32:19.519><c> the</c><00:32:19.680><c> workplace.</c>

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:25.319
But<00:32:21.140><c> it's</c><00:32:21.759><c> the</c><00:32:22.279><c> difficulties,</c><00:32:23.200><c> it's</c><00:32:23.400><c> the</c><00:32:23.740><c> setbacks</c><00:32:24.319><c> in</c><00:32:24.640><c> the</c><00:32:24.880><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.680
that<00:32:26.200><c> really</c><00:32:26.660><c> can</c><00:32:26.839><c> be</c><00:32:27.039><c> difficult</c><00:32:27.420><c> for</c><00:32:27.720><c> us.</c>

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.480
So<00:32:29.960><c> it</c><00:32:30.099><c> makes</c><00:32:30.279><c> us</c><00:32:30.539><c> think</c><00:32:30.759><c> about</c><00:32:31.059><c> that.</c>

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:35.240
When<00:32:31.740><c> we</c><00:32:32.039><c> have</c><00:32:32.240><c> these</c><00:32:32.559><c> setbacks,</c><00:32:33.900><c> when</c><00:32:34.240><c> perhaps</c><00:32:34.700><c> there</c><00:32:35.000><c> seems</c>

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:37.859
to<00:32:35.420><c> be</c><00:32:35.599><c> a</c><00:32:35.799><c> lack</c><00:32:35.980><c> of</c><00:32:36.420><c> positive</c><00:32:36.920><c> response</c>

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:42.759
when<00:32:38.460><c> we</c><00:32:39.440><c> preach</c><00:32:39.960><c> and</c><00:32:40.180><c> we</c><00:32:40.359><c> do</c><00:32:40.539><c> the</c><00:32:40.940><c> same</c><00:32:41.440><c> ads</c><00:32:41.920><c> and</c><00:32:42.119><c> we</c><00:32:42.299><c> go</c><00:32:42.640><c> to</c>

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.740
the<00:32:43.019><c> same</c><00:32:43.240><c> places</c>

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:47.079
and<00:32:44.200><c> we're</c><00:32:44.420><c> not</c><00:32:44.819><c> getting</c><00:32:45.119><c> the</c><00:32:45.400><c> same</c><00:32:45.599><c> kind</c><00:32:45.799><c> of</c><00:32:46.039><c> responses.</c>

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:50.420
And<00:32:47.420><c> when</c><00:32:47.619><c> reaching</c><00:32:48.000><c> to</c><00:32:48.559><c> unresponsive</c><00:32:49.460><c> lost</c><00:32:49.759><c> sheep</c><00:32:50.000><c> doesn't</c>

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:52.140
seem<00:32:50.720><c> to</c><00:32:50.819><c> be</c><00:32:50.980><c> going</c><00:32:51.180><c> anywhere.</c>

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:57.200
When<00:32:53.599><c> we're</c><00:32:54.180><c> trying</c><00:32:54.500><c> to</c><00:32:54.880><c> solve</c><00:32:55.119><c> conflict</c><00:32:55.980><c> in</c><00:32:56.680><c> the</c><00:32:56.920><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:32:57.259 --> 00:33:00.940
and<00:32:57.400><c> it</c><00:32:57.700><c> seems</c><00:32:57.980><c> to</c><00:32:58.220><c> go</c><00:32:58.420><c> on</c><00:32:58.940><c> not</c><00:32:59.380><c> only</c><00:32:59.640><c> for</c><00:32:59.900><c> days</c><00:33:00.240><c> and</c><00:33:00.460><c> weeks</c><00:33:00.779><c> and</c>

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.660
months,<00:33:01.200><c> but</c><00:33:01.480><c> decades.</c>

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:06.259
And<00:33:03.299><c> when</c><00:33:03.680><c> we're</c><00:33:04.000><c> trying</c><00:33:04.259><c> to</c><00:33:04.559><c> fight</c><00:33:04.839><c> apathy</c><00:33:05.440><c> and</c><00:33:05.660><c> to</c><00:33:05.920><c> try</c><00:33:06.039><c> to</c>

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.019
build<00:33:06.400><c> the</c><00:33:06.599><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:09.220
what's<00:33:07.940><c> the</c><00:33:08.240><c> messaging</c><00:33:08.700><c> out</c><00:33:08.920><c> of</c><00:33:09.059><c> this?</c>

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:15.279
Well,<00:33:09.940><c> the</c><00:33:10.220><c> message</c><00:33:10.539><c> to</c><00:33:10.839><c> me,</c><00:33:12.240><c> which</c><00:33:12.480><c> at</c><00:33:12.799><c> least</c><00:33:13.019><c> I</c><00:33:13.380><c> found</c><00:33:13.619><c> exhortation</c><00:33:14.380><c> in,</c>

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:17.920
is<00:33:15.579><c> don't</c><00:33:16.640><c> retreat.</c>

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:20.980
Don't<00:33:18.460><c> go</c><00:33:18.680><c> around</c><00:33:18.900><c> saying,</c><00:33:19.240><c> well,</c><00:33:19.480><c> maybe</c><00:33:19.839><c> we</c><00:33:20.000><c> just</c><00:33:20.259><c> need</c><00:33:20.359><c> to</c><00:33:20.579><c> take</c><00:33:20.759><c> a</c>

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:22.140
pause<00:33:21.180><c> here.</c>

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:25.039
Maybe<00:33:22.440><c> we</c><00:33:22.559><c> just</c><00:33:22.799><c> need</c><00:33:22.900><c> to</c><00:33:23.240><c> stop</c><00:33:23.440><c> the</c><00:33:23.680><c> work</c><00:33:23.819><c> for</c><00:33:24.099><c> a</c><00:33:24.259><c> while.</c>

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:27.599
The<00:33:25.579><c> answer</c><00:33:25.880><c> is</c><00:33:26.059><c> don't</c><00:33:26.259><c> retreat.</c><00:33:26.700><c> Go</c><00:33:26.920><c> up</c><00:33:27.059><c> to</c><00:33:27.180><c> the</c><00:33:27.380><c> mountain</c>

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:29.319
and<00:33:27.839><c> chop</c><00:33:28.000><c> some</c><00:33:28.240><c> wood.</c>

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:32.039
Get<00:33:31.240><c> to</c><00:33:31.539><c> work.</c>

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:37.460
You<00:33:32.920><c> know,</c><00:33:34.380><c> at</c><00:33:34.680><c> times</c><00:33:34.960><c> we</c><00:33:35.180><c> can</c><00:33:35.519><c> see</c><00:33:35.960><c> divine</c><00:33:36.440><c> signals</c><00:33:36.980><c> that</c><00:33:37.160><c> are</c>

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:39.539
exhorting<00:33:37.940><c> us</c><00:33:38.160><c> to</c><00:33:38.440><c> repentance</c>

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:42.119
and<00:33:40.279><c> even</c><00:33:40.880><c> to</c><00:33:41.200><c> action.</c>

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:45.299
And<00:33:42.460><c> if</c><00:33:42.599><c> our</c><00:33:42.940><c> self</c><00:33:43.140><c>-examination</c><00:33:43.779><c> is</c><00:33:44.099><c> working</c><00:33:44.440><c> properly,</c><00:33:44.980><c> we</c>

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.619
will<00:33:45.519><c> be</c><00:33:45.720><c> able</c><00:33:45.880><c> to</c><00:33:46.099><c> sense</c><00:33:46.299><c> that.</c>

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:50.960
I<00:33:47.240><c> suppose</c><00:33:47.640><c> a</c><00:33:47.779><c> lot</c><00:33:47.960><c> of</c><00:33:48.099><c> the</c><00:33:48.279><c> time</c><00:33:48.619><c> I</c><00:33:49.059><c> can</c><00:33:49.339><c> see</c><00:33:49.480><c> the</c><00:33:49.700><c> hand</c><00:33:49.839><c> of</c><00:33:50.079><c> God,</c><00:33:50.500><c> 20</c>

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:52.819
-20,<00:33:51.299><c> looking</c><00:33:51.660><c> backwards.</c>

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:57.619
What<00:33:53.460><c> the</c><00:33:54.000><c> eye</c><00:33:54.259><c> of</c><00:33:54.539><c> faith</c><00:33:54.740><c> will</c><00:33:55.019><c> allow</c><00:33:55.240><c> us</c><00:33:55.480><c> to</c><00:33:55.660><c> do</c><00:33:55.799><c> by</c><00:33:56.200><c> examining</c><00:33:56.640><c> ourselves</c><00:33:57.180><c> right</c>

00:33:57.619 --> 00:34:01.420
is<00:33:58.079><c> to</c><00:33:58.259><c> be</c><00:33:58.440><c> able</c><00:33:58.579><c> to</c><00:33:58.720><c> see</c><00:33:58.900><c> God</c><00:33:59.160><c> working</c><00:33:59.539><c> with</c><00:33:59.759><c> us</c><00:33:59.980><c> at</c><00:34:00.240><c> the</c><00:34:00.480><c> moment.</c>

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:05.000
The<00:34:02.440><c> opposition</c><00:34:03.019><c> to</c><00:34:03.259><c> the</c><00:34:03.440><c> work</c><00:34:03.579><c> of</c><00:34:03.779><c> the</c><00:34:04.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:04.339><c> sometimes</c>

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:07.200
can<00:34:05.339><c> seem</c><00:34:05.720><c> staggering</c>

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:12.699
and<00:34:08.119><c> we</c><00:34:08.260><c> can</c><00:34:08.539><c> sometimes</c><00:34:09.059><c> rationalize</c><00:34:09.980><c> inaction</c><00:34:11.000><c> amongst</c><00:34:11.519><c> ourselves.</c>

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.340
And<00:34:13.280><c> there</c><00:34:13.360><c> can</c><00:34:13.480><c> be</c><00:34:13.639><c> a</c><00:34:13.780><c> natural</c><00:34:14.119><c> tendency</c><00:34:14.500><c> to</c><00:34:14.880><c> retreat.</c>

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:18.440
And<00:34:15.539><c> when</c><00:34:15.679><c> we</c><00:34:16.019><c> retreat,</c><00:34:16.739><c> almost</c><00:34:17.000><c> always</c><00:34:17.380><c> the</c><00:34:17.659><c> retreat</c><00:34:18.079><c> seems</c>

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:21.019
to<00:34:18.679><c> be</c><00:34:18.940><c> back</c><00:34:19.260><c> to</c><00:34:19.659><c> our</c><00:34:19.880><c> own</c><00:34:20.099><c> homes,</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:24.420
back<00:34:21.460><c> to</c><00:34:21.679><c> our</c><00:34:21.800><c> own</c><00:34:22.019><c> inheritance,</c><00:34:23.159><c> to</c><00:34:23.380><c> fleshly</c><00:34:23.840><c> pursuits,</c>

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:28.079
perhaps<00:34:24.860><c> to</c><00:34:25.400><c> move</c><00:34:25.559><c> away</c><00:34:25.900><c> from</c><00:34:26.099><c> the</c><00:34:26.440><c> challenges</c><00:34:26.880><c> that</c><00:34:27.099><c> are</c><00:34:27.300><c> facing</c><00:34:27.599><c> us</c>

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.599
in<00:34:28.440><c> the</c><00:34:28.659><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:33.800
And<00:34:29.920><c> in</c><00:34:30.119><c> times</c><00:34:30.380><c> of</c><00:34:31.099><c> tumult,</c><00:34:31.480><c> what</c><00:34:31.679><c> we</c><00:34:31.940><c> have</c><00:34:32.179><c> to</c><00:34:32.380><c> do</c><00:34:32.679><c> is</c><00:34:33.099><c> do</c><00:34:33.539><c> the</c>

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.119
work<00:34:33.980><c> that's</c><00:34:34.320><c> before</c><00:34:34.719><c> us.</c>

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:38.340
Do<00:34:35.659><c> the</c><00:34:35.980><c> task</c><00:34:36.280><c> that</c><00:34:36.500><c> God</c><00:34:36.739><c> puts</c><00:34:37.019><c> before</c><00:34:37.420><c> us.</c>

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:40.800
God<00:34:38.760><c> will</c><00:34:39.119><c> accept</c><00:34:39.500><c> our</c><00:34:39.840><c> service.</c>

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:45.980
Now<00:34:41.119><c> the</c><00:34:41.280><c> interesting</c><00:34:41.719><c> thing</c><00:34:42.099><c> for</c><00:34:42.579><c> these</c><00:34:42.920><c> people</c><00:34:43.260><c> who</c><00:34:43.559><c> are</c><00:34:43.760><c> there</c><00:34:44.159><c> working</c><00:34:44.559><c> on</c><00:34:44.900><c> that,</c>

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:51.280
on<00:34:47.659><c> the</c><00:34:47.880><c> foundation</c><00:34:48.440><c> of</c><00:34:48.619><c> the</c><00:34:48.800><c> temple,</c><00:34:49.699><c> is</c><00:34:50.199><c> the</c><00:34:50.760><c> paralysis</c>

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.559
that<00:34:51.579><c> they</c><00:34:51.900><c> experience,</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:56.579
which<00:34:52.840><c> these</c><00:34:53.300><c> prophets</c><00:34:53.639><c> were</c><00:34:53.940><c> sent</c><00:34:54.239><c> to,</c><00:34:54.639><c> to</c><00:34:55.099><c> shake</c><00:34:55.280><c> them</c><00:34:55.559><c> from,</c>

00:34:56.679 --> 00:35:01.760
it<00:34:56.800><c> took</c><00:34:58.440><c> 12</c><00:34:58.960><c> years</c><00:34:59.639><c> to</c><00:35:00.239><c> be</c><00:35:00.460><c> in</c><00:35:00.739><c> paralysis,</c>

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:04.519
but<00:35:02.039><c> it</c><00:35:02.179><c> only</c><00:35:02.340><c> took</c><00:35:02.539><c> three</c><00:35:02.780><c> and</c><00:35:02.920><c> a</c><00:35:02.940><c> half</c><00:35:03.079><c> weeks</c><00:35:03.719><c> for</c><00:35:04.179><c> them</c><00:35:04.340><c> to</c>

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:06.179
get<00:35:04.659><c> back</c><00:35:04.900><c> into</c><00:35:05.199><c> motion.</c>

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:11.119
And<00:35:06.800><c> that,</c><00:35:07.239><c> I</c><00:35:07.280><c> think,</c><00:35:07.739><c> is</c><00:35:08.019><c> actually</c><00:35:08.440><c> quite</c><00:35:09.840><c> encouraging,</c>

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:15.239
is<00:35:11.719><c> the</c><00:35:11.920><c> ability</c><00:35:12.239><c> for</c><00:35:12.679><c> us</c><00:35:13.000><c> to</c><00:35:13.199><c> be</c><00:35:13.380><c> able</c><00:35:13.619><c> to</c><00:35:13.840><c> put</c><00:35:13.980><c> ourselves</c><00:35:14.559><c> of</c>

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:16.300
one<00:35:15.519><c> mind</c><00:35:15.860><c> together,</c>

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:21.159
as<00:35:16.820><c> an</c><00:35:17.139><c> individual,</c><00:35:18.119><c> as</c><00:35:18.400><c> an</c><00:35:18.559><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:35:19.780><c> as</c><00:35:20.199><c> a</c><00:35:20.400><c> body</c><00:35:20.619><c> in</c><00:35:20.860><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:24.800
and<00:35:21.480><c> to</c><00:35:22.079><c> get</c><00:35:22.340><c> back</c><00:35:22.880><c> to</c><00:35:23.159><c> the</c><00:35:23.320><c> right</c><00:35:23.519><c> kind</c><00:35:23.820><c> of</c><00:35:24.039><c> work.</c>

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:27.639
You<00:35:25.139><c> know,</c><00:35:25.659><c> Brother</c><00:35:25.800><c> Roberts,</c><00:35:26.219><c> when</c><00:35:26.380><c> he</c><00:35:26.599><c> wrote</c><00:35:26.739><c> the</c><00:35:26.980><c> Ecclesial</c><00:35:27.340><c> Guide,</c>

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:30.019
talked<00:35:27.980><c> about</c><00:35:28.280><c> there's</c><00:35:28.559><c> only</c><00:35:28.760><c> really</c><00:35:28.980><c> two</c><00:35:29.199><c> reasons</c><00:35:29.519><c> why</c><00:35:29.760><c> we</c>

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.300
have<00:35:30.239><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:35.500
One<00:35:31.800><c> is</c><00:35:32.119><c> for</c><00:35:32.320><c> the</c><00:35:32.519><c> promulgation</c><00:35:33.559><c> of</c><00:35:34.300><c> those</c><00:35:34.539><c> around</c><00:35:34.880><c> us,</c><00:35:35.139><c> to</c>

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.500
preach<00:35:35.840><c> the</c><00:35:36.139><c> truth.</c>

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:39.739
And<00:35:37.019><c> the</c><00:35:37.199><c> other</c><00:35:37.360><c> one</c><00:35:37.500><c> is</c><00:35:37.679><c> for</c><00:35:37.800><c> the</c><00:35:37.960><c> edification</c><00:35:38.400><c> of</c><00:35:38.619><c> our</c><00:35:38.739><c> own</c><00:35:38.920><c> members.</c>

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:42.619
If<00:35:39.980><c> we</c><00:35:40.239><c> want</c><00:35:40.360><c> to</c><00:35:40.480><c> know</c><00:35:40.639><c> about</c><00:35:40.920><c> how</c><00:35:41.119><c> to</c><00:35:41.340><c> chop</c><00:35:41.559><c> wood,</c><00:35:42.179><c> where</c><00:35:42.420><c> to</c>

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.739
go,<00:35:42.840><c> what</c><00:35:43.079><c> to</c><00:35:43.320><c> do,</c>

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:46.900
we<00:35:44.320><c> can</c><00:35:44.480><c> look</c><00:35:44.659><c> at</c><00:35:44.860><c> these</c><00:35:45.059><c> two</c><00:35:45.300><c> areas</c><00:35:45.679><c> and</c><00:35:46.179><c> ask</c><00:35:46.519><c> ourselves,</c>

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:52.239
what<00:35:47.440><c> is</c><00:35:47.900><c> it</c><00:35:48.159><c> before</c><00:35:48.619><c> us</c><00:35:49.179><c> that</c><00:35:49.500><c> is</c><00:35:49.820><c> lying</c><00:35:50.039><c> there</c><00:35:50.340><c> for</c><00:35:50.539><c> us</c><00:35:50.780><c> to</c><00:35:50.980><c> do,</c><00:35:51.480><c> and</c><00:35:51.880><c> go</c>

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:53.519
do<00:35:52.500><c> the</c><00:35:52.719><c> work?</c>

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:57.380
So<00:35:54.679><c> the</c><00:35:54.840><c> building</c><00:35:55.099><c> of</c><00:35:55.300><c> the</c><00:35:55.460><c> temple</c><00:35:55.659><c> was</c><00:35:56.219><c> really</c><00:35:56.699><c> taken</c><00:35:57.000><c> on,</c>

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:59.739
and<00:35:57.780><c> under</c><00:35:58.340><c> three</c><00:35:58.639><c> and</c><00:35:58.860><c> a</c><00:35:58.940><c> quarter</c><00:35:59.159><c> years,</c>

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:03.139
they<00:36:00.199><c> were</c><00:36:00.400><c> able</c><00:36:00.539><c> to</c><00:36:00.699><c> go</c><00:36:00.860><c> from</c><00:36:01.099><c> a</c><00:36:01.360><c> foundation</c><00:36:02.039><c> to</c><00:36:02.619><c> the</c><00:36:02.860><c> temple</c>

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:04.119
being<00:36:03.519><c> completed.</c>

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:08.280
It<00:36:04.860><c> was</c><00:36:05.239><c> started</c><00:36:05.719><c> in</c><00:36:06.480><c> the</c><00:36:06.739><c> second</c><00:36:06.960><c> year</c><00:36:07.159><c> of</c><00:36:07.420><c> Darius,</c><00:36:07.920><c> in</c><00:36:08.079><c> the</c>

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.940
sixth<00:36:08.500><c> month</c><00:36:08.719><c> of</c><00:36:08.860><c> the</c><00:36:09.019><c> 24th</c><00:36:09.559><c> day,</c>

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:13.760
and<00:36:10.539><c> finished</c><00:36:10.900><c> in</c><00:36:11.420><c> the</c><00:36:11.659><c> sixth</c><00:36:11.960><c> year,</c><00:36:12.619><c> in</c><00:36:12.800><c> the</c><00:36:12.960><c> ninth</c><00:36:13.239><c> month,</c>

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.300
in<00:36:14.519><c> the</c><00:36:14.699><c> third</c><00:36:14.980><c> day.</c>

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:21.460
So<00:36:15.619><c> again,</c><00:36:16.780><c> a</c><00:36:17.420><c> very</c><00:36:18.239><c> important</c><00:36:19.739><c> period</c><00:36:20.079><c> of</c><00:36:20.280><c> time</c><00:36:20.440><c> for</c><00:36:20.639><c> them.</c>

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.860
Now,<00:36:21.900><c> here's</c><00:36:22.179><c> the</c><00:36:22.460><c> problem.</c>

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:28.800
They<00:36:23.380><c> built</c><00:36:23.599><c> this</c><00:36:23.880><c> temple,</c><00:36:26.139><c> but</c><00:36:26.539><c> this</c><00:36:27.239><c> isn't</c><00:36:27.619><c> the</c><00:36:27.860><c> temple.</c>

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:31.360
Of<00:36:29.380><c> course,</c><00:36:29.780><c> this</c><00:36:29.980><c> is</c><00:36:30.219><c> an</c><00:36:30.440><c> artist's</c><00:36:30.699><c> rendering</c><00:36:30.920><c> anyway,</c>

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.760
but<00:36:31.900><c> this</c><00:36:32.139><c> isn't</c><00:36:32.320><c> the</c><00:36:32.579><c> temple</c><00:36:32.760><c> that</c><00:36:32.920><c> they</c><00:36:33.079><c> were</c><00:36:33.239><c> looking</c><00:36:33.519><c> at.</c>

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:37.699
This<00:36:34.139><c> is</c><00:36:34.840><c> our</c><00:36:35.059><c> artist's</c><00:36:35.559><c> rendering</c><00:36:35.760><c> of</c><00:36:36.219><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:36.840><c> temple,</c>

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.099
an<00:36:38.239><c> artist's</c><00:36:38.760><c> rendering</c><00:36:38.960><c> of</c><00:36:39.300><c> Solomon's</c><00:36:39.780><c> temple.</c>

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:45.119
And<00:36:40.980><c> there</c><00:36:42.380><c> were</c><00:36:42.599><c> many</c><00:36:43.019><c> who</c><00:36:43.559><c> saw</c><00:36:44.019><c> this</c><00:36:44.300><c> temple.</c>

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:47.019
It<00:36:45.659><c> was</c><00:36:46.300><c> incredible.</c>

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:49.539
People<00:36:47.460><c> from</c><00:36:47.719><c> around</c><00:36:47.960><c> the</c><00:36:48.119><c> world</c><00:36:48.239><c> would</c><00:36:48.440><c> come</c><00:36:48.679><c> and</c><00:36:48.880><c> see</c><00:36:49.039><c> it</c>

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:54.820
and<00:36:49.860><c> realize</c><00:36:50.360><c> the</c><00:36:50.719><c> glory</c><00:36:51.179><c> of</c><00:36:51.559><c> Solomon</c><00:36:51.800><c> was</c><00:36:52.380><c> just</c><00:36:53.260><c> incredible.</c>

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:57.940
And<00:36:56.019><c> there</c><00:36:56.179><c> would</c><00:36:56.300><c> have</c><00:36:56.400><c> been</c><00:36:56.500><c> those</c><00:36:56.860><c> who</c><00:36:57.099><c> would</c><00:36:57.280><c> have</c><00:36:57.559><c> seen</c>

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.000
that<00:36:58.300><c> splendor.</c>

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:01.559
Besides<00:36:59.880><c> the</c><00:37:00.239><c> grandeur</c><00:37:00.619><c> of</c><00:37:00.739><c> the</c><00:37:00.880><c> building</c><00:37:01.079><c> itself,</c>

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:05.519
there<00:37:01.800><c> were</c><00:37:02.119><c> details</c><00:37:02.559><c> of</c><00:37:02.900><c> Solomon's</c><00:37:03.300><c> temple</c><00:37:03.599><c> about</c><00:37:04.280><c> treasures</c><00:37:04.880><c> and</c><00:37:05.219><c> wealth.</c>

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:08.460
Remember,<00:37:06.320><c> there</c><00:37:06.440><c> were</c><00:37:07.460><c> animals</c><00:37:07.900><c> that</c><00:37:08.059><c> were</c><00:37:08.280><c> brought,</c>

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:10.539
apes<00:37:08.960><c> that</c><00:37:09.059><c> were</c><00:37:09.300><c> brought</c><00:37:09.559><c> in</c><00:37:09.739><c> even.</c>

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:13.539
Much<00:37:10.960><c> of</c><00:37:11.159><c> the</c><00:37:11.340><c> wealth</c><00:37:11.679><c> had</c><00:37:12.139><c> been</c><00:37:12.420><c> donated,</c>

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:17.739
not<00:37:14.139><c> bought,</c><00:37:14.940><c> but</c><00:37:15.139><c> donated</c><00:37:15.699><c> by</c><00:37:16.039><c> the</c><00:37:16.239><c> nations</c><00:37:16.780><c> that</c><00:37:17.320><c> came</c><00:37:17.519><c> to</c>

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.920
see<00:37:17.880><c> Solomon.</c>

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:22.199
And<00:37:19.179><c> some</c><00:37:19.320><c> of</c><00:37:19.460><c> the</c><00:37:19.599><c> wealth</c><00:37:20.000><c> was</c><00:37:20.519><c> due</c><00:37:20.739><c> to</c><00:37:21.019><c> victories</c><00:37:21.539><c> that</c><00:37:21.880><c> had</c>

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:24.039
been<00:37:22.420><c> given</c><00:37:22.619><c> to</c><00:37:22.840><c> King</c><00:37:23.079><c> David.</c>

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:29.139
And<00:37:24.960><c> he</c><00:37:25.059><c> had</c><00:37:25.400><c> taken</c><00:37:25.760><c> the</c><00:37:27.940><c> things</c><00:37:28.239><c> that</c><00:37:28.400><c> had</c><00:37:28.500><c> been</c><00:37:28.679><c> taken</c><00:37:28.960><c> from</c>

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:30.340
those<00:37:29.699><c> countries</c>

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:32.280
and<00:37:30.900><c> brought</c><00:37:31.139><c> that</c><00:37:31.380><c> back</c><00:37:31.559><c> to</c><00:37:31.800><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:37.940
But<00:37:33.119><c> almost</c><00:37:34.699><c> everything</c><00:37:35.619><c> that</c><00:37:36.440><c> they</c><00:37:36.880><c> were</c><00:37:37.179><c> involved</c><00:37:37.519><c> with</c><00:37:37.739><c> here</c>

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:41.380
was<00:37:38.179><c> due</c><00:37:38.400><c> to</c><00:37:38.840><c> backbreaking</c><00:37:39.539><c> work</c><00:37:40.079><c> against</c><00:37:40.739><c> opposition.</c>

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:44.059
Very,<00:37:41.980><c> very</c><00:37:42.239><c> different</c><00:37:42.519><c> scenario.</c>

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.860
But<00:37:45.960><c> there</c><00:37:46.159><c> is</c><00:37:46.320><c> a</c><00:37:46.420><c> number</c><00:37:46.579><c> of</c><00:37:46.780><c> other</c><00:37:46.940><c> things</c><00:37:47.119><c> that</c><00:37:47.260><c> are</c><00:37:47.440><c> missing</c><00:37:47.679><c> in</c>

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.340
this<00:37:48.059><c> temple</c>

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:51.179
that<00:37:48.559><c> were</c><00:37:49.059><c> present</c><00:37:49.460><c> in</c><00:37:49.719><c> the</c><00:37:49.920><c> time</c><00:37:50.039><c> of</c><00:37:50.320><c> Solomon.</c>

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:53.579
According<00:37:52.119><c> to</c><00:37:52.340><c> the</c><00:37:52.519><c> Talmud,</c><00:37:52.820><c> these</c><00:37:52.980><c> are</c><00:37:53.179><c> the</c><00:37:53.320><c> things</c><00:37:53.440><c> that</c>

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.559
were<00:37:53.699><c> missing.</c>

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:56.800
The<00:37:54.880><c> ark,</c><00:37:55.980><c> pretty</c><00:37:56.199><c> big</c><00:37:56.460><c> deal.</c>

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:58.800
The<00:37:57.519><c> sacred</c><00:37:57.860><c> fire.</c>

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:00.059
The<00:37:59.039><c> Urim</c><00:37:59.280><c> and</c><00:37:59.440><c> the</c><00:37:59.639><c> Thummim.</c>

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:03.820
The<00:38:00.940><c> Holy</c><00:38:01.900><c> of</c><00:38:02.119><c> Holies</c><00:38:02.619><c> was</c><00:38:03.139><c> emptied</c><00:38:03.619><c> out,</c>

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:07.099
and<00:38:03.920><c> there</c><00:38:04.059><c> was</c><00:38:04.300><c> a</c><00:38:04.659><c> stone</c><00:38:05.059><c> which</c><00:38:05.719><c> was</c><00:38:06.019><c> set</c><00:38:06.139><c> in</c><00:38:06.320><c> its</c><00:38:06.579><c> place.</c>

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.960
The<00:38:08.079><c> candlestick.</c>

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:10.519
The<00:38:09.360><c> altar</c><00:38:09.599><c> of</c><00:38:10.139><c> incense.</c>

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:13.260
The<00:38:10.920><c> presence</c><00:38:11.360><c> of</c><00:38:11.920><c> God</c><00:38:12.139><c> in</c><00:38:12.320><c> the</c><00:38:12.539><c> cloud.</c>

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:17.639
And<00:38:14.139><c> certainly,</c><00:38:15.079><c> not</c><00:38:15.260><c> to</c><00:38:15.480><c> mention</c><00:38:15.760><c> the</c><00:38:16.000><c> things</c><00:38:16.159><c> like</c><00:38:16.480><c> the</c><00:38:16.780><c> stones,</c>

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:22.699
the<00:38:18.659><c> costly</c><00:38:19.079><c> stones</c><00:38:19.519><c> and</c><00:38:19.719><c> the</c><00:38:19.880><c> gifts</c><00:38:20.159><c> that</c><00:38:20.800><c> later</c><00:38:21.139><c> were</c><00:38:21.480><c> replicated</c><00:38:22.000><c> by</c><00:38:22.400><c> Herod.</c>

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:25.260
So<00:38:23.219><c> there</c><00:38:23.300><c> was</c><00:38:23.619><c> an</c><00:38:23.780><c> awful</c><00:38:24.039><c> lot</c><00:38:24.300><c> of</c><00:38:24.460><c> things</c><00:38:24.599><c> that</c><00:38:24.760><c> were</c><00:38:24.980><c> missing</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:26.480
in<00:38:25.420><c> this</c><00:38:25.619><c> temple.</c>

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:28.940
And<00:38:26.699><c> the</c><00:38:26.900><c> results</c><00:38:27.280><c> are,</c><00:38:27.679><c> they</c><00:38:28.000><c> finished</c><00:38:28.320><c> the</c><00:38:28.500><c> construction</c>

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:29.579
of<00:38:29.119><c> the</c><00:38:29.300><c> temple,</c>

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:32.099
they<00:38:30.079><c> dedicated</c><00:38:30.780><c> it</c><00:38:31.059><c> to</c><00:38:31.159><c> the</c><00:38:31.300><c> worship</c><00:38:31.559><c> of</c><00:38:31.780><c> God,</c>

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:35.559
they<00:38:32.780><c> did</c><00:38:33.099><c> their</c><00:38:33.440><c> reestablishment</c><00:38:34.239><c> of</c><00:38:34.400><c> the</c><00:38:34.599><c> courses</c><00:38:34.860><c> of</c><00:38:35.059><c> the</c><00:38:35.280><c> priests,</c>

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:38.940
kept<00:38:36.199><c> the</c><00:38:36.480><c> Passover,</c><00:38:37.500><c> they</c><00:38:37.679><c> obeyed</c><00:38:38.239><c> the</c><00:38:38.380><c> Feast</c><00:38:38.599><c> of</c><00:38:38.780><c> the</c>

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.699
Unleavened<00:38:39.380><c> Bread,</c>

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:42.820
but<00:38:40.380><c> then</c><00:38:40.840><c> they</c><00:38:41.219><c> looked</c><00:38:41.440><c> at</c><00:38:41.639><c> the</c><00:38:41.820><c> temple</c><00:38:42.000><c> before</c><00:38:42.480><c> them,</c>

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:46.059
and<00:38:43.619><c> it</c><00:38:43.760><c> just</c><00:38:44.400><c> didn't</c><00:38:44.860><c> measure</c><00:38:45.199><c> up.</c>

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:49.519
In<00:38:46.519><c> fact,</c><00:38:46.780><c> we</c><00:38:46.920><c> read</c><00:38:47.099><c> about</c><00:38:47.380><c> this</c><00:38:47.719><c> in</c><00:38:47.960><c> Ezra</c><00:38:48.260><c> chapter</c><00:38:48.679><c> 3,</c>

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:50.139
when<00:38:49.860><c> it</c><00:38:50.019><c> says,</c>

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:52.440
Many<00:38:50.500><c> of</c><00:38:50.679><c> the</c><00:38:50.900><c> priests</c><00:38:51.099><c> and</c><00:38:51.260><c> the</c><00:38:51.400><c> Levites</c><00:38:51.780><c> and</c><00:38:51.940><c> the</c><00:38:52.119><c> chief</c><00:38:52.320><c> of</c>

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.019
the<00:38:52.639><c> fathers,</c>

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:56.820
who<00:38:53.519><c> were</c><00:38:53.760><c> ancient</c><00:38:54.079><c> men,</c><00:38:54.820><c> that</c><00:38:54.920><c> had</c><00:38:55.199><c> seen</c><00:38:55.500><c> the</c><00:38:55.920><c> first</c><00:38:56.260><c> house,</c>

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.079
Solomon's<00:38:57.760><c> temple,</c>

00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:00.639
when<00:38:58.599><c> the</c><00:38:58.780><c> foundation</c><00:38:59.340><c> of</c><00:38:59.539><c> this</c><00:38:59.699><c> house</c><00:38:59.860><c> was</c><00:39:00.159><c> laid</c><00:39:00.340><c> before</c>

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.699
their<00:39:00.920><c> eyes,</c>

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:04.599
wept<00:39:02.340><c> with</c><00:39:02.940><c> a</c><00:39:03.199><c> loud</c><00:39:03.420><c> voice.</c>

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:06.539
So<00:39:05.579><c> they</c><00:39:05.760><c> looked</c><00:39:05.980><c> at</c><00:39:06.159><c> it</c><00:39:06.239><c> and</c><00:39:06.340><c> they</c><00:39:06.460><c> said,</c>

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:09.760
when<00:39:06.679><c> they</c><00:39:06.920><c> considered</c><00:39:07.460><c> what</c><00:39:07.699><c> they</c><00:39:07.980><c> had</c><00:39:08.639><c> seen</c><00:39:09.019><c> before</c><00:39:09.599><c> and</c>

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.960
what<00:39:09.920><c> they</c><00:39:10.260><c> see</c><00:39:10.420><c> now,</c>

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:12.260
they<00:39:11.659><c> wept.</c>

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:15.519
But<00:39:12.940><c> there</c><00:39:13.159><c> were</c><00:39:13.280><c> others</c><00:39:14.099><c> which</c><00:39:14.500><c> were</c><00:39:14.699><c> looking</c><00:39:14.960><c> at</c><00:39:15.179><c> it</c><00:39:15.360><c> and</c>

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:17.880
they<00:39:15.880><c> shouted</c><00:39:16.059><c> aloud</c><00:39:16.400><c> for</c><00:39:16.739><c> joy,</c>

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:21.500
so<00:39:18.260><c> that</c><00:39:18.420><c> the</c><00:39:18.699><c> people</c><00:39:19.019><c> couldn't</c><00:39:19.639><c> discern</c><00:39:20.159><c> the</c><00:39:20.539><c> noise</c><00:39:20.960><c> of</c><00:39:21.239><c> the</c>

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.380
shout<00:39:21.659><c> of</c><00:39:21.900><c> joy</c>

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:25.019
from<00:39:22.960><c> the</c><00:39:23.219><c> noise</c><00:39:23.460><c> of</c><00:39:23.679><c> the</c><00:39:23.920><c> weeping</c><00:39:24.219><c> of</c><00:39:24.400><c> the</c><00:39:24.599><c> people,</c>

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:29.000
for<00:39:25.420><c> the</c><00:39:25.659><c> people</c><00:39:25.960><c> shouted</c><00:39:26.280><c> with</c><00:39:26.519><c> a</c><00:39:26.820><c> great</c><00:39:27.059><c> shout</c><00:39:27.440><c> and</c><00:39:28.139><c> the</c><00:39:28.380><c> noise</c><00:39:28.659><c> was</c>

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.599
heard<00:39:29.500><c> afar</c><00:39:30.179><c> off.</c>

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:33.139
This<00:39:30.920><c> is</c><00:39:31.480><c> quite</c><00:39:32.159><c> a</c><00:39:32.380><c> scene,</c><00:39:32.559><c> isn't</c><00:39:32.760><c> it,</c>

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:36.960
where<00:39:33.380><c> you</c><00:39:33.539><c> have</c><00:39:33.699><c> the</c><00:39:34.019><c> shouting</c><00:39:34.320><c> of</c><00:39:35.420><c> people</c><00:39:35.739><c> who</c><00:39:36.039><c> were</c><00:39:36.280><c> in</c><00:39:36.519><c> joy</c>

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.480
and<00:39:37.360><c> those</c><00:39:37.679><c> who</c><00:39:37.880><c> were</c><00:39:38.059><c> weeping,</c>

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:41.619
which<00:39:38.940><c> is</c><00:39:39.239><c> blended</c><00:39:39.519><c> together</c><00:39:40.000><c> and</c><00:39:40.139><c> people</c><00:39:40.420><c> couldn't</c><00:39:40.780><c> really</c><00:39:41.119><c> discern</c>

00:39:41.619 --> 00:39:44.440
what<00:39:42.219><c> was</c><00:39:42.440><c> the</c><00:39:42.659><c> difference</c><00:39:42.920><c> that</c><00:39:43.099><c> was</c><00:39:43.280><c> going</c><00:39:43.500><c> on.</c>

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:49.420
Well,<00:39:45.599><c> this</c><00:39:45.800><c> is</c><00:39:45.980><c> what</c><00:39:46.179><c> Haggai</c><00:39:46.559><c> says</c><00:39:47.039><c> to</c><00:39:47.320><c> those</c><00:39:47.960><c> who</c><00:39:48.340><c> were</c><00:39:48.679><c> weeping</c>

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:53.820
when<00:39:49.880><c> they</c><00:39:50.179><c> considered</c><00:39:50.860><c> the</c><00:39:51.760><c> glory</c><00:39:52.320><c> of</c><00:39:52.639><c> Solomon's</c><00:39:53.239><c> temple</c>

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:56.619
versus<00:39:54.460><c> the</c><00:39:54.780><c> temple</c><00:39:55.059><c> that</c><00:39:55.239><c> was</c><00:39:55.460><c> now</c><00:39:55.739><c> built.</c>

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:58.980
In<00:39:56.860><c> the</c><00:39:57.139><c> seventh</c><00:39:57.400><c> month</c><00:39:57.699><c> and</c><00:39:57.860><c> the</c><00:39:58.019><c> one</c><00:39:58.139><c> and</c><00:39:58.380><c> twentieth</c><00:39:58.639><c> day</c><00:39:58.840><c> of</c>

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.360
the<00:39:59.099><c> month</c>

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:03.039
came<00:39:59.699><c> the</c><00:39:59.880><c> word</c><00:40:00.019><c> of</c><00:40:00.179><c> the</c><00:40:00.340><c> Lord</c><00:40:00.699><c> by</c><00:40:01.219><c> the</c><00:40:01.460><c> prophet</c><00:40:01.699><c> Haggai</c><00:40:02.159><c> saying,</c>

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:05.760
Speak<00:40:03.420><c> now</c><00:40:03.760><c> to</c><00:40:03.980><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:40:04.619><c> the</c><00:40:04.739><c> son</c><00:40:04.940><c> of</c><00:40:05.139><c> Shealtiel,</c>

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:09.679
governor<00:40:06.420><c> of</c><00:40:06.679><c> Judah,</c><00:40:06.960><c> and</c><00:40:07.139><c> to</c><00:40:07.320><c> Joshua,</c><00:40:08.099><c> the</c><00:40:08.280><c> son</c><00:40:08.440><c> of</c><00:40:08.619><c> Josedech,</c><00:40:09.059><c> the</c><00:40:09.199><c> high</c><00:40:09.440><c> priest,</c>

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:12.559
and<00:40:09.860><c> to</c><00:40:09.980><c> the</c><00:40:10.219><c> residue</c><00:40:10.639><c> of</c><00:40:11.179><c> the</c><00:40:11.360><c> people</c><00:40:11.619><c> saying,</c>

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:16.639
Who<00:40:13.380><c> is</c><00:40:13.639><c> left</c><00:40:13.880><c> among</c><00:40:14.179><c> you</c><00:40:14.440><c> that</c><00:40:14.679><c> saw</c><00:40:15.039><c> this</c><00:40:15.380><c> house</c><00:40:15.860><c> in</c><00:40:16.400><c> her</c>

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.460
first<00:40:16.920><c> glory?</c>

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:20.219
In<00:40:18.139><c> other</c><00:40:18.360><c> words,</c><00:40:19.000><c> the</c><00:40:19.039><c> temple</c><00:40:19.380><c> of</c><00:40:19.760><c> Solomon.</c>

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:22.699
And<00:40:20.980><c> how</c><00:40:21.159><c> do</c><00:40:21.280><c> you</c><00:40:21.420><c> see</c><00:40:21.619><c> it</c><00:40:21.820><c> now?</c>

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:29.619
Is<00:40:23.579><c> it</c><00:40:23.900><c> not</c><00:40:24.179><c> in</c><00:40:24.539><c> your</c><00:40:24.880><c> eyes</c><00:40:25.500><c> in</c><00:40:26.440><c> comparison</c><00:40:27.159><c> of</c><00:40:27.559><c> it</c><00:40:28.079><c> as</c><00:40:28.659><c> nothing?</c>

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:33.059
It<00:40:30.800><c> doesn't</c><00:40:31.159><c> measure</c><00:40:31.480><c> up.</c>

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:37.059
Yet<00:40:34.199><c> now,</c><00:40:34.940><c> be</c><00:40:35.159><c> strong,</c><00:40:35.639><c> O</c><00:40:35.760><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:40:36.420><c> saith</c><00:40:36.539><c> the</c><00:40:36.760><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:41.099
and<00:40:37.440><c> be</c><00:40:37.880><c> strong,</c><00:40:38.420><c> O</c><00:40:38.619><c> Joshua,</c><00:40:39.480><c> son</c><00:40:39.659><c> of</c><00:40:39.860><c> Josedech,</c><00:40:40.360><c> the</c><00:40:40.559><c> high</c><00:40:40.780><c> priest,</c>

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:44.099
and<00:40:41.539><c> be</c><00:40:41.900><c> strong,</c><00:40:42.280><c> all</c><00:40:42.400><c> ye</c><00:40:42.539><c> people</c><00:40:42.820><c> of</c><00:40:42.960><c> the</c><00:40:43.139><c> land,</c><00:40:43.440><c> saith</c><00:40:43.539><c> the</c><00:40:43.780><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:50.199
and<00:40:44.780><c> work,</c><00:40:46.059><c> for</c><00:40:46.300><c> I</c><00:40:47.000><c> am</c><00:40:47.280><c> with</c><00:40:47.599><c> you,</c><00:40:48.559><c> saith</c><00:40:48.739><c> the</c><00:40:48.920><c> Lord</c><00:40:49.059><c> of</c><00:40:49.260><c> Hosts.</c>

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:53.679
What<00:40:50.699><c> they</c><00:40:50.860><c> were</c><00:40:51.000><c> to</c><00:40:51.219><c> be</c><00:40:51.539><c> looking</c><00:40:51.820><c> at</c><00:40:52.280><c> wasn't</c><00:40:52.699><c> the</c><00:40:53.019><c> comparison</c>

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but<00:40:58.840><c> rather</c><00:40:59.219><c> to</c><00:40:59.719><c> recognize</c><00:41:00.500><c> it</c><00:41:01.099><c> was</c><00:41:01.500><c> telling</c><00:41:01.800><c> them</c><00:41:02.059><c> that</c><00:41:02.380><c> God</c>

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was<00:41:03.340><c> with</c><00:41:03.619><c> them.</c>

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useful<00:41:09.400><c> exhortation.</c>

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Because<00:41:11.739><c> when</c><00:41:12.199><c> we</c><00:41:12.500><c> think</c><00:41:12.699><c> about</c><00:41:13.000><c> what</c><00:41:13.460><c> potentially</c><00:41:14.019><c> it</c><00:41:14.260><c> means</c>

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to<00:41:14.619><c> us</c><00:41:14.739><c> in</c><00:41:14.900><c> the</c><00:41:15.059><c> 21st</c><00:41:15.579><c> century,</c>

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it's<00:41:17.860><c> really</c><00:41:18.239><c> kind</c><00:41:18.500><c> of</c><00:41:18.739><c> inappropriate</c><00:41:19.500><c> for</c><00:41:19.920><c> us</c><00:41:20.599><c> to</c><00:41:21.619><c> focus</c><00:41:22.400><c> just</c><00:41:23.280><c> on</c>

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the<00:41:23.800><c> failures</c>

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and<00:41:24.519><c> the</c><00:41:24.820><c> imperfections</c><00:41:25.699><c> and</c><00:41:26.260><c> the</c><00:41:26.820><c> smallness</c><00:41:27.699><c> of</c><00:41:28.320><c> what</c><00:41:28.539><c> we</c><00:41:28.900><c> see</c><00:41:29.079><c> in</c>

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our<00:41:29.519><c> current</c><00:41:29.760><c> dispensation.</c>

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Don't<00:41:32.019><c> despise</c><00:41:32.519><c> it.</c>

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:36.960
We<00:41:34.039><c> might</c><00:41:34.400><c> compare</c><00:41:34.880><c> it</c><00:41:35.099><c> to</c><00:41:35.199><c> a</c><00:41:35.559><c> standard</c><00:41:35.960><c> that</c><00:41:36.199><c> we</c><00:41:36.519><c> see,</c>

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and<00:41:37.699><c> when</c><00:41:37.860><c> we</c><00:41:38.119><c> do</c><00:41:38.400><c> that,</c><00:41:38.920><c> almost</c><00:41:39.260><c> always,</c>

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:45.019
it<00:41:40.920><c> is</c><00:41:41.300><c> in</c><00:41:41.719><c> comparison</c><00:41:42.599><c> to</c><00:41:43.539><c> the</c><00:41:43.860><c> standards</c><00:41:44.280><c> that</c><00:41:44.500><c> we</c><00:41:44.659><c> see</c><00:41:44.800><c> in</c>

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Scripture<00:41:45.480><c> as</c><00:41:46.280><c> of</c><00:41:46.500><c> nothing.</c>

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What<00:41:48.940><c> we</c><00:41:49.179><c> need</c><00:41:49.400><c> to</c><00:41:49.599><c> do</c><00:41:49.739><c> is</c><00:41:49.980><c> see</c><00:41:50.159><c> it</c><00:41:50.260><c> of</c><00:41:50.360><c> a</c><00:41:50.699><c> reminder</c><00:41:51.039><c> to</c><00:41:51.340><c> us</c><00:41:51.539><c> of</c>

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:53.219
what<00:41:51.920><c> lies</c><00:41:52.199><c> ahead.</c>

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It's<00:41:53.900><c> important</c><00:41:54.420><c> for</c><00:41:54.840><c> us</c><00:41:55.079><c> to</c><00:41:55.239><c> be</c><00:41:55.440><c> able</c><00:41:55.639><c> to</c><00:41:56.019><c> look</c><00:41:56.280><c> and</c><00:41:56.480><c> to</c><00:41:56.739><c> see</c>

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in<00:41:57.059><c> our</c><00:41:57.260><c> ecclesias</c>

00:41:57.739 --> 00:42:01.880
that<00:41:58.300><c> clearly</c><00:41:58.820><c> God</c><00:41:59.179><c> is</c><00:41:59.460><c> working</c><00:41:59.739><c> with</c><00:42:00.019><c> us,</c><00:42:00.480><c> still</c><00:42:01.039><c> calling</c><00:42:01.420><c> out</c><00:42:01.679><c> a</c>

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:03.019
people<00:42:02.099><c> for</c><00:42:02.340><c> his</c><00:42:02.599><c> name,</c>

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:06.579
and<00:42:03.760><c> to</c><00:42:03.960><c> be</c><00:42:04.219><c> able</c><00:42:04.380><c> to</c><00:42:04.639><c> not</c><00:42:04.880><c> focus</c><00:42:05.239><c> on</c><00:42:05.380><c> the</c><00:42:05.619><c> imperfections</c><00:42:06.420><c> and</c>

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the<00:42:06.960><c> difficulties</c>

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and<00:42:08.000><c> how</c><00:42:08.380><c> we</c><00:42:08.659><c> don't</c><00:42:09.000><c> measure</c><00:42:09.380><c> up</c><00:42:09.639><c> today,</c>

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:13.739
but<00:42:10.800><c> to</c><00:42:11.000><c> be</c><00:42:11.159><c> able</c><00:42:11.340><c> to</c><00:42:11.559><c> look</c><00:42:11.840><c> forward</c><00:42:12.139><c> to</c><00:42:12.360><c> the</c><00:42:12.699><c> latter</c><00:42:13.019><c> house</c>

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:18.780
when<00:42:14.619><c> the</c><00:42:15.420><c> perfect</c><00:42:15.860><c> and</c><00:42:16.239><c> righteous</c><00:42:16.619><c> king</c><00:42:17.219><c> will</c><00:42:17.960><c> reign</c><00:42:18.300><c> in</c>

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.619
full<00:42:19.019><c> glory</c>

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:22.579
and<00:42:20.239><c> look</c><00:42:20.559><c> forward</c><00:42:20.860><c> to</c><00:42:21.059><c> the</c><00:42:21.300><c> time</c><00:42:21.500><c> when</c><00:42:21.719><c> the</c><00:42:21.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:22.280><c> will</c>

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no<00:42:22.920><c> longer</c><00:42:23.480><c> be</c><00:42:24.179><c> hampered</c>

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:27.400
by<00:42:24.880><c> the</c><00:42:25.159><c> failings</c><00:42:25.820><c> of</c><00:42:26.260><c> the</c><00:42:26.519><c> flesh.</c>

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:30.820
And<00:42:28.099><c> so</c><00:42:28.239><c> I</c><00:42:28.360><c> think</c><00:42:28.519><c> this</c><00:42:28.800><c> helps,</c><00:42:29.099><c> at</c><00:42:29.280><c> least</c><00:42:29.519><c> for</c><00:42:29.760><c> me,</c><00:42:30.079><c> to</c><00:42:30.260><c> modify</c>

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:32.420
the<00:42:31.039><c> way</c><00:42:31.239><c> that</c><00:42:31.519><c> I</c><00:42:31.719><c> might</c><00:42:32.019><c> think</c>

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:36.139
when<00:42:32.960><c> I</c><00:42:33.360><c> view,</c><00:42:34.139><c> first</c><00:42:34.460><c> of</c><00:42:34.639><c> all,</c><00:42:34.780><c> my</c><00:42:34.960><c> own</c><00:42:35.300><c> self,</c>

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:40.280
and<00:42:36.619><c> then,</c><00:42:37.579><c> unfortunately,</c><00:42:38.639><c> others</c><00:42:39.019><c> and</c><00:42:39.420><c> the</c><00:42:39.659><c> imperfections</c>

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:42.199
we<00:42:40.519><c> see</c><00:42:40.679><c> in</c><00:42:40.840><c> our</c><00:42:41.059><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:46.659
When<00:42:42.659><c> we</c><00:42:43.019><c> see</c><00:42:43.579><c> smallness</c><00:42:44.239><c> in</c><00:42:44.500><c> the</c><00:42:44.739><c> reaction</c><00:42:45.139><c> to</c><00:42:45.380><c> the</c><00:42:45.599><c> preaching</c><00:42:45.860><c> of</c><00:42:46.099><c> the</c><00:42:46.260><c> gospel,</c>

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:52.099
how<00:42:47.280><c> many</c><00:42:47.480><c> times</c><00:42:47.820><c> have</c><00:42:49.059><c> well</c><00:42:49.760><c>-planned,</c><00:42:50.960><c> well</c><00:42:51.260><c>-executed,</c>

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:58.260
prayerfully<00:42:54.539><c> done</c><00:42:55.400><c> preaching</c><00:42:55.960><c> efforts</c><00:42:56.320><c> ended</c><00:42:56.599><c> up</c><00:42:56.880><c> with</c><00:42:57.159><c> no</c><00:42:57.460><c> response?</c>

00:42:58.260 --> 00:43:03.679
And<00:42:59.179><c> we</c><00:42:59.440><c> see</c><00:43:00.500><c> the</c><00:43:00.940><c> standards</c><00:43:01.500><c> in</c><00:43:01.780><c> scripture</c><00:43:02.239><c> of</c><00:43:02.780><c> how</c><00:43:03.000><c> many</c><00:43:03.219><c> times</c>

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:07.659
there<00:43:04.440><c> were</c><00:43:04.880><c> great</c><00:43:05.260><c> responses</c><00:43:05.880><c> to</c><00:43:06.159><c> people</c><00:43:06.639><c> who,</c><00:43:07.239><c> in</c><00:43:07.460><c> fact,</c>

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were<00:43:07.900><c> preaching.</c>

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Of<00:43:08.639><c> course,</c><00:43:08.760><c> they</c><00:43:08.960><c> also</c><00:43:09.300><c> had</c><00:43:09.480><c> times</c><00:43:09.780><c> where</c><00:43:10.179><c> they</c><00:43:10.440><c> didn't</c><00:43:10.619><c> have</c>

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.719
great<00:43:11.099><c> response.</c>

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.000
But<00:43:12.340><c> when</c><00:43:12.480><c> we</c><00:43:12.659><c> see</c><00:43:12.800><c> the</c><00:43:13.239><c> smallness</c><00:43:13.639><c> to</c><00:43:13.820><c> our</c><00:43:14.079><c> preaching</c><00:43:14.360><c> of</c><00:43:14.519><c> the</c><00:43:14.659><c> gospel,</c>

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:20.139
and<00:43:15.559><c> when</c><00:43:15.739><c> the</c><00:43:16.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:16.500><c> itself</c><00:43:17.079><c> falls</c><00:43:17.840><c> far</c><00:43:18.639><c> short</c><00:43:19.159><c> of</c><00:43:19.840><c> the</c>

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:21.960
standards<00:43:20.599><c> of</c><00:43:20.920><c> fellowship</c><00:43:21.340><c> and</c><00:43:21.559><c> worship,</c>

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:24.559
and<00:43:22.400><c> when</c><00:43:22.539><c> we</c><00:43:22.840><c> see</c><00:43:23.019><c> that</c><00:43:23.380><c> sin</c><00:43:23.539><c> has</c><00:43:23.840><c> affected</c><00:43:24.179><c> us</c>

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:29.420
and<00:43:24.960><c> that</c><00:43:25.079><c> there</c><00:43:25.340><c> are</c><00:43:25.800><c> consequences</c><00:43:26.460><c> which</c><00:43:26.880><c> are</c><00:43:27.559><c> clearly</c><00:43:28.179><c> in</c><00:43:28.519><c> view,</c>

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:34.760
it<00:43:31.119><c> means</c><00:43:31.480><c> for</c><00:43:31.760><c> us</c><00:43:32.179><c> that</c><00:43:32.500><c> what</c><00:43:32.780><c> we</c><00:43:33.079><c> need</c><00:43:33.260><c> to</c><00:43:33.480><c> do</c><00:43:33.659><c> is</c><00:43:33.860><c> not</c><00:43:34.119><c> focus</c>

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:36.559
on<00:43:35.440><c> imperfections</c><00:43:36.139><c> today,</c>

00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:41.460
but<00:43:36.780><c> to</c><00:43:37.099><c> look</c><00:43:37.420><c> forward</c><00:43:38.159><c> to</c><00:43:38.699><c> the</c><00:43:39.039><c> time</c><00:43:39.699><c> when,</c><00:43:40.099><c> in</c><00:43:40.380><c> fact,</c><00:43:40.719><c> the</c><00:43:40.900><c> wealth</c><00:43:41.199><c> of</c>

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.340
nations<00:43:41.760><c> will</c><00:43:42.079><c> come.</c>

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:44.960
And<00:43:42.780><c> this</c><00:43:42.920><c> is</c><00:43:43.059><c> what</c><00:43:43.119><c> we'll</c><00:43:43.340><c> talk</c><00:43:43.599><c> about</c><00:43:43.880><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:48.039
For<00:43:45.440><c> thus</c><00:43:46.000><c> saith</c><00:43:46.199><c> the</c><00:43:46.380><c> Lord</c><00:43:46.539><c> of</c><00:43:46.699><c> Hosts,</c><00:43:47.039><c> yet</c><00:43:47.239><c> once</c><00:43:47.559><c> is</c><00:43:47.760><c> a</c>

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.760
little<00:43:48.320><c> while,</c>

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:52.219
and<00:43:49.280><c> I'll</c><00:43:49.619><c> shake</c><00:43:49.880><c> the</c><00:43:50.139><c> heavens</c><00:43:50.539><c> and</c><00:43:51.219><c> the</c><00:43:51.440><c> earth</c><00:43:51.679><c> and</c><00:43:51.820><c> the</c><00:43:52.039><c> sea</c>

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:53.099
and<00:43:52.340><c> the</c><00:43:52.559><c> dry</c><00:43:52.800><c> land,</c>

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:56.539
and<00:43:53.440><c> I</c><00:43:53.559><c> will</c><00:43:53.760><c> shake</c><00:43:53.960><c> all</c><00:43:54.300><c> nations,</c><00:43:55.340><c> and</c><00:43:55.440><c> the</c><00:43:55.699><c> desire</c><00:43:56.119><c> of</c><00:43:56.320><c> all</c>

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:57.659
nations<00:43:56.840><c> shall</c><00:43:57.139><c> come.</c>

00:43:58.099 --> 00:44:02.219
And<00:43:58.380><c> I</c><00:43:58.539><c> will</c><00:43:58.900><c> fill</c><00:43:59.300><c> this</c><00:43:59.639><c> house</c><00:43:59.980><c> with</c><00:44:00.340><c> glory,</c><00:44:00.940><c> saith</c><00:44:01.079><c> the</c><00:44:01.320><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:07.599
The<00:44:03.760><c> silver</c><00:44:04.119><c> is</c><00:44:04.400><c> mine</c><00:44:04.639><c> and</c><00:44:04.780><c> the</c><00:44:04.980><c> gold</c><00:44:05.239><c> is</c><00:44:05.480><c> mine,</c><00:44:05.840><c> saith</c><00:44:06.000><c> the</c><00:44:06.099><c> Lord</c><00:44:06.260><c> of</c><00:44:06.460><c> Hosts.</c>

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:11.420
The<00:44:08.000><c> glory</c><00:44:08.360><c> of</c><00:44:08.559><c> this</c><00:44:08.860><c> latter</c><00:44:09.159><c> house</c><00:44:09.820><c> shall</c><00:44:10.300><c> be</c><00:44:10.619><c> greater</c><00:44:11.139><c> than</c>

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:14.179
that<00:44:11.679><c> of</c><00:44:11.820><c> the</c><00:44:12.019><c> former,</c><00:44:12.980><c> saith</c><00:44:13.119><c> the</c><00:44:13.260><c> Lord</c><00:44:13.460><c> of</c><00:44:13.619><c> Hosts.</c>

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And<00:44:14.420><c> in</c><00:44:14.599><c> this</c><00:44:14.820><c> place</c><00:44:15.539><c> will</c><00:44:16.019><c> I</c><00:44:16.280><c> give</c><00:44:16.519><c> peace,</c><00:44:17.920><c> saith</c><00:44:18.199><c> the</c><00:44:18.400><c> Lord</c>

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of<00:44:18.820><c> Hosts.</c>

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So<00:44:20.500><c> what's</c><00:44:20.800><c> the</c><00:44:20.920><c> message?</c>

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Don't<00:44:22.340><c> despise</c><00:44:23.380><c> the</c><00:44:23.619><c> day</c><00:44:23.860><c> of</c><00:44:24.119><c> small</c><00:44:24.400><c> things.</c>

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Get<00:44:25.940><c> to</c><00:44:26.360><c> work.</c>

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Do<00:44:27.519><c> what's</c><00:44:27.960><c> set</c><00:44:28.119><c> before</c><00:44:28.579><c> you,</c><00:44:29.199><c> and</c><00:44:29.280><c> I'll</c><00:44:29.539><c> take</c><00:44:29.960><c> glory</c><00:44:30.460><c> in</c><00:44:30.639><c> it.</c>

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And<00:44:31.880><c> so</c><00:44:32.079><c> tomorrow</c><00:44:32.519><c> when</c><00:44:32.699><c> we</c><00:44:33.000><c> move</c><00:44:33.340><c> to</c><00:44:34.019><c> this</c><00:44:34.380><c> idea</c><00:44:34.760><c> of</c><00:44:35.039><c> looking</c>

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at<00:44:35.440><c> the</c><00:44:35.559><c> day</c><00:44:35.719><c> of</c><00:44:36.079><c> small</c><00:44:36.340><c> things</c>

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and<00:44:37.539><c> the</c><00:44:37.840><c> purview</c><00:44:38.400><c> of</c><00:44:38.940><c> being</c><00:44:39.239><c> able</c><00:44:39.480><c> to</c><00:44:39.679><c> look</c><00:44:39.820><c> at</c><00:44:39.960><c> the</c><00:44:40.099><c> day</c><00:44:40.260><c> of</c>

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great<00:44:40.940><c> things</c><00:44:41.280><c> that</c><00:44:41.460><c> are</c><00:44:41.659><c> yet</c><00:44:41.840><c> ahead</c><00:44:42.039><c> of</c><00:44:42.179><c> us,</c>

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it'll<00:44:44.519><c> allow</c><00:44:44.860><c> us</c><00:44:45.119><c> then,</c><00:44:45.500><c> brothers</c><00:44:45.619><c> and</c><00:44:45.920><c> sisters,</c><00:44:46.360><c> to</c><00:44:46.539><c> be</c><00:44:46.739><c> able</c>

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to<00:44:46.980><c> look</c><00:44:47.099><c> at</c><00:44:47.239><c> ourselves,</c>

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to<00:44:48.789><c> look</c><00:44:48.989><c> at</c><00:44:49.170><c> our</c><00:44:49.289><c> brothers</c><00:44:49.550><c> and</c><00:44:49.849><c> sisters,</c><00:44:50.429><c> to</c><00:44:50.469><c> be</c><00:44:50.670><c> able</c><00:44:50.809><c> to</c><00:44:50.969><c> look</c><00:44:51.110><c> at</c>

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our<00:44:51.469><c> ecclesias,</c>

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and<00:44:52.530><c> to</c><00:44:52.829><c> recognize</c><00:44:53.429><c> that</c><00:44:54.289><c> what</c><00:44:54.550><c> we</c><00:44:54.789><c> can</c><00:44:55.130><c> see</c><00:44:55.289><c> today</c><00:44:55.650><c> is</c><00:44:55.889><c> God's</c>

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hand<00:44:56.630><c> working</c><00:44:57.010><c> with</c><00:44:57.349><c> us</c>

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to<00:44:58.429><c> continue</c><00:44:59.130><c> steadfast</c><00:44:59.989><c> in</c><00:45:00.630><c> doing</c><00:45:00.869><c> the</c><00:45:01.110><c> work</c><00:45:01.329><c> set</c><00:45:01.570><c> before</c><00:45:01.929><c> us,</c>

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because<00:45:03.090><c> what</c><00:45:04.369><c> should</c><00:45:04.750><c> motivate</c><00:45:05.269><c> us</c><00:45:05.829><c> is</c><00:45:06.289><c> not</c><00:45:06.530><c> the</c><00:45:06.730><c> imperfections</c><00:45:07.289><c> of</c><00:45:07.489><c> today,</c>

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but<00:45:08.690><c> the</c><00:45:09.050><c> view</c><00:45:09.230><c> of</c><00:45:09.469><c> the</c><00:45:09.949><c> great</c><00:45:10.429><c> wealth</c><00:45:10.889><c> of</c><00:45:11.050><c> the</c><00:45:11.210><c> nations</c><00:45:11.590><c> that</c>

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is<00:45:11.949><c> yet</c><00:45:12.110><c> to</c><00:45:12.349><c> come,</c>

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the<00:45:13.409><c> great</c><00:45:13.789><c> temple</c><00:45:14.090><c> of</c><00:45:14.309><c> our</c><00:45:14.530><c> God,</c><00:45:14.889><c> which</c><00:45:15.030><c> will</c><00:45:15.230><c> be</c><00:45:15.449><c> established,</c>

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when<00:45:16.469><c> we'll</c><00:45:16.789><c> be</c><00:45:17.030><c> freed</c><00:45:17.250><c> from</c><00:45:17.530><c> the</c><00:45:17.750><c> imperfections</c><00:45:18.369><c> of</c><00:45:18.590><c> the</c><00:45:18.730><c> flesh,</c>

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and<00:45:19.670><c> we'll</c><00:45:19.909><c> be</c><00:45:20.070><c> able</c><00:45:20.210><c> to</c><00:45:20.530><c> serve</c><00:45:20.710><c> him</c><00:45:21.230><c> in</c><00:45:21.550><c> righteousness.</c>