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what<00:25:59.960><c> God</c><00:26:00.319><c> has</c><00:26:00.900><c> outlined</c><00:26:01.420><c> for</c><00:26:01.819><c> us</c> 00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:09.720 such<00:26:05.019><c> as</c><00:26:05.359><c> Hannah,</c><00:26:06.259><c> Samuel</c><00:26:06.720><c> and</c><00:26:07.440><c> those</c><00:26:07.759><c> who</c><00:26:08.000><c> were</c><00:26:08.200><c> with</c><00:26:08.400><c> him</c><00:26:08.819><c> in</c> 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:11.440 that<00:26:09.940><c> school</c><00:26:10.180><c> of</c><00:26:10.359><c> the</c><00:26:10.579><c> prophets.</c> 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:14.660 It's<00:26:12.180><c> interesting</c><00:26:12.619><c> that</c><00:26:13.000><c> when</c><00:26:13.279><c> we</c><00:26:13.420><c> look</c><00:26:13.559><c> at</c><00:26:13.819><c> Samuel</c><00:26:14.019><c> we</c><00:26:14.380><c> learn</c> 00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:16.259 that<00:26:14.859><c> he</c><00:26:14.940><c> was</c><00:26:15.160><c> a</c><00:26:15.339><c> descendant</c> 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:23.000 of<00:26:17.259><c> the</c><00:26:17.579><c> Kohathites,</c><00:26:19.000><c> of</c><00:26:19.279><c> the</c><00:26:19.640><c> family</c><00:26:20.319><c> of</c><00:26:20.799><c> Korah.</c><00:26:22.119><c> It's</c><00:26:22.380><c> interesting</c><00:26:22.839><c> when</c> 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:26.460 you<00:26:23.180><c> go</c><00:26:23.420><c> over</c><00:26:23.660><c> to</c><00:26:23.920><c> the</c> 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:31.619 16th<00:26:27.039><c> chapter</c><00:26:27.440><c> of</c><00:26:27.720><c> Numbers</c><00:26:28.119><c> which</c><00:26:28.400><c> deals</c><00:26:28.759><c> with</c><00:26:29.220><c> Korah,</c><00:26:30.019><c> Dathan</c><00:26:30.319><c> and</c><00:26:30.660><c> Abaron.</c> 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:46.220 And<00:26:39.000><c> in</c><00:26:39.259><c> the</c><00:26:39.900><c> rebellion</c><00:26:40.720><c> against</c><00:26:42.359><c> Aaron</c><00:26:43.079><c> and</c><00:26:45.119><c> against</c><00:26:45.599><c> Moses</c> 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:50.960 there<00:26:48.299><c> were</c><00:26:48.460><c> these</c><00:26:48.859><c> three</c><00:26:49.099><c> men,</c><00:26:49.839><c> Korah,</c><00:26:50.480><c> Dathan</c> 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:59.200 and<00:26:51.440><c> Abaron.</c><00:26:54.019><c> But</c><00:26:54.720><c> it's</c><00:26:55.019><c> interesting</c><00:26:56.039><c> that</c><00:26:57.000><c> of</c><00:26:57.500><c> the</c><00:26:58.359><c> family</c> 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:01.599 of<00:26:59.660><c> Korah</c><00:27:00.019><c> they</c><00:27:00.240><c> did</c><00:27:00.539><c> not</c><00:27:00.900><c> die.</c> 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:10.240 Notice<00:27:05.079><c> verse</c><00:27:05.480><c> 27,</c><00:27:06.220><c> Numbers</c><00:27:06.579><c> 16.</c><00:27:09.339><c> Now</c><00:27:09.500><c> let's</c><00:27:09.660><c> take</c><00:27:09.920><c> it</c><00:27:10.039><c> from</c> 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:13.420 verse<00:27:10.500><c> 23.</c><00:27:11.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:11.420><c> spake</c><00:27:11.700><c> unto</c><00:27:11.880><c> Moses</c><00:27:12.359><c> saying,</c> 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:16.640 Speak<00:27:13.700><c> unto</c><00:27:13.920><c> the</c><00:27:14.180><c> congregation,</c><00:27:15.259><c> saying,</c><00:27:15.460><c> Get</c><00:27:15.579><c> you</c><00:27:15.779><c> up</c><00:27:16.059><c> from</c> 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.700 about<00:27:16.920><c> the</c><00:27:17.460><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:17.920><c> of</c><00:27:18.200><c> Korah,</c> 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:26.240 Dathan<00:27:19.339><c> and</c><00:27:19.759><c> Abaron.</c><00:27:21.319><c> And</c><00:27:21.480><c> Moses</c><00:27:21.819><c> rose</c><00:27:22.119><c> up</c><00:27:22.400><c> and</c><00:27:22.559><c> went</c><00:27:22.880><c> unto</c><00:27:23.180><c> Dathan</c><00:27:23.599><c> and</c><00:27:23.779><c> Abaron,</c><00:27:24.339><c> and</c><00:27:24.440><c> the</c><00:27:24.579><c> elders</c><00:27:24.799><c> of</c><00:27:25.220><c> Israel</c> 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:29.880 followed<00:27:26.759><c> him.</c><00:27:28.099><c> He</c><00:27:28.119><c> spake</c><00:27:28.380><c> unto</c><00:27:28.559><c> the</c><00:27:28.799><c> congregation,</c><00:27:29.779><c> saying,</c> 00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:33.099 Depart,<00:27:30.700><c> I</c><00:27:30.859><c> pray</c><00:27:31.180><c> you,</c><00:27:32.039><c> from</c><00:27:32.339><c> the</c><00:27:32.599><c> tents</c><00:27:32.900><c> of</c> 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:36.940 these<00:27:33.420><c> wicked</c><00:27:33.720><c> men,</c><00:27:34.180><c> and</c><00:27:34.279><c> touch</c><00:27:34.640><c> nothing</c><00:27:35.259><c> of</c><00:27:35.700><c> theirs,</c><00:27:36.819><c> lest</c> 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:39.720 ye<00:27:37.140><c> be</c><00:27:37.319><c> consumed</c><00:27:37.779><c> in</c><00:27:37.980><c> all</c><00:27:38.240><c> their</c><00:27:38.559><c> sins.</c> 00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:43.339 So<00:27:40.180><c> they</c><00:27:40.640><c> get</c><00:27:40.880><c> up</c><00:27:41.279><c> from</c><00:27:41.559><c> the</c><00:27:41.779><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:42.380><c> of</c><00:27:42.660><c> Korah,</c><00:27:43.099><c> Dathan</c> 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:45.380 and<00:27:43.460><c> Abaron,</c><00:27:43.839><c> on</c><00:27:44.059><c> every</c><00:27:44.400><c> side.</c> 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:49.019 And<00:27:45.980><c> Dathan</c><00:27:46.200><c> and</c><00:27:46.359><c> Abaron</c><00:27:46.720><c> came</c><00:27:47.000><c> out</c><00:27:47.279><c> and</c><00:27:47.460><c> stood</c><00:27:47.799><c> in</c><00:27:48.180><c> the</c><00:27:48.799><c> door</c> 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:51.980 of<00:27:49.240><c> their</c><00:27:49.519><c> tents,</c><00:27:50.500><c> and</c><00:27:50.700><c> their</c><00:27:50.980><c> wives,</c> 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:58.680 and<00:27:52.579><c> their</c><00:27:52.859><c> sons,</c><00:27:54.099><c> and</c><00:27:54.299><c> their</c><00:27:54.599><c> little</c><00:27:54.880><c> children.</c><00:27:56.099><c> Notice</c><00:27:56.500><c> that</c><00:27:57.559><c> Dathan</c><00:27:58.319><c> and</c> 00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.200 Abaron<00:27:59.240><c> came</c><00:27:59.660><c> out</c> 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:07.460 with<00:28:00.539><c> their</c><00:28:00.819><c> wives,</c><00:28:01.700><c> their</c><00:28:02.039><c> sons,</c><00:28:02.339><c> and</c><00:28:02.519><c> their</c><00:28:02.819><c> little</c><00:28:03.079><c> children.</c><00:28:04.700><c> But</c><00:28:05.140><c> not</c><00:28:06.000><c> the</c><00:28:06.680><c> children</c><00:28:07.000><c> of</c> 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.740 Korah<00:28:08.119><c> who</c> 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:13.839 perhaps<00:28:09.319><c> refused</c><00:28:09.980><c> to</c><00:28:10.319><c> follow</c><00:28:10.579><c> their</c><00:28:10.920><c> father</c><00:28:11.440><c> in</c><00:28:12.200><c> that</c><00:28:12.460><c> rebellion.</c><00:28:13.680><c> If</c><00:28:13.839><c> you</c> 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:16.000 go<00:28:14.019><c> over</c><00:28:14.220><c> to</c><00:28:14.359><c> the</c><00:28:14.519><c> 26th</c><00:28:15.240><c> chapter</c><00:28:15.579><c> of</c> 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:27.160 Numbers,<00:28:20.579><c> and</c><00:28:21.000><c> verse</c><00:28:21.359><c> 11,</c><00:28:22.799><c> the</c><00:28:23.000><c> statement</c><00:28:23.400><c> is</c><00:28:23.740><c> not</c><00:28:24.019><c> withstanding,</c><00:28:25.539><c> the</c><00:28:25.740><c> children</c><00:28:26.559><c> of</c> 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.339 Korah<00:28:27.480><c> died</c><00:28:27.920><c> not,</c> 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:34.799 Numbers<00:28:29.119><c> 26</c><00:28:29.680><c> and</c><00:28:29.920><c> verse</c><00:28:30.160><c> 11.</c><00:28:31.740><c> So</c><00:28:31.900><c> that</c><00:28:32.079><c> although</c><00:28:32.460><c> the</c><00:28:33.140><c> families</c><00:28:33.759><c> of</c><00:28:34.200><c> Dathan</c><00:28:34.579><c> and</c> 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.900 Abaron<00:28:35.299><c> joined</c> 00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:40.259 in<00:28:36.440><c> the</c><00:28:36.619><c> rebellion,</c><00:28:37.819><c> certainly</c><00:28:38.380><c> the</c><00:28:39.019><c> children</c><00:28:39.319><c> of</c><00:28:39.619><c> Korah</c><00:28:39.900><c> did</c> 00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:43.720 not.<00:28:40.859><c> They</c><00:28:41.200><c> stood</c><00:28:41.539><c> aside</c><00:28:42.339><c> from</c><00:28:42.700><c> the</c><00:28:43.059><c> rebellion</c><00:28:43.500><c> of</c> 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:52.920 their<00:28:44.079><c> parents.</c><00:28:46.819><c> And</c><00:28:47.079><c> there</c><00:28:47.299><c> is</c><00:28:48.799><c> the</c><00:28:49.579><c> sons</c><00:28:50.099><c> of</c><00:28:50.480><c> Korah</c><00:28:51.140><c> in</c><00:28:51.740><c> contrast</c><00:28:52.299><c> to</c> 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:55.079 the<00:28:53.319><c> sons</c><00:28:53.660><c> of</c><00:28:54.200><c> Eli.</c> 00:28:57.480 --> 00:29:04.079 Now<00:28:57.740><c> it's</c><00:28:58.160><c> interesting,</c><00:28:59.880><c> we</c><00:29:00.119><c> spoke</c><00:29:00.480><c> of</c><00:29:01.240><c> the</c><00:29:01.920><c> work</c><00:29:02.160><c> of</c><00:29:03.299><c> Hannah.</c> 00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:09.319 His<00:29:05.579><c> father,</c><00:29:07.319><c> Elkanah,</c><00:29:08.160><c> his</c><00:29:08.380><c> name</c><00:29:08.640><c> means</c> 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:16.880 ale<00:29:10.380><c> hath</c><00:29:10.779><c> acquired,</c><00:29:11.819><c> or</c><00:29:12.160><c> acquired</c><00:29:12.839><c> of</c><00:29:13.240><c> God.</c><00:29:15.180><c> It's</c><00:29:15.619><c> interesting</c><00:29:16.180><c> that</c><00:29:16.500><c> that</c> 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:18.259 is<00:29:17.059><c> what</c><00:29:17.180><c> is</c><00:29:17.440><c> stated</c><00:29:17.680><c> of</c><00:29:17.839><c> us</c> 00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:23.500 in<00:29:18.559><c> the</c><00:29:18.839><c> first</c><00:29:19.119><c> of</c><00:29:20.039><c> Peter</c><00:29:20.359><c> chapter</c><00:29:20.759><c> 2</c><00:29:21.079><c> and</c><00:29:21.279><c> verse</c><00:29:21.519><c> 9.</c><00:29:22.400><c> It</c><00:29:23.079><c> says</c> 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:28.000 that<00:29:24.299><c> of</c><00:29:25.039><c> us</c><00:29:25.460><c> we</c><00:29:25.599><c> are</c><00:29:25.900><c> a</c><00:29:26.059><c> chosen</c><00:29:26.519><c> generation,</c> 00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:32.839 a<00:29:28.339><c> royal</c><00:29:28.779><c> priesthood,</c><00:29:29.799><c> and</c><00:29:30.099><c> holy</c><00:29:30.420><c> nation,</c><00:29:30.960><c> a</c><00:29:31.099><c> peculiar</c><00:29:31.579><c> people,</c><00:29:32.680><c> that</c> 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:34.740 ye<00:29:33.059><c> should</c><00:29:33.240><c> show</c><00:29:33.579><c> forth</c><00:29:33.859><c> the</c><00:29:34.160><c> praises</c><00:29:34.500><c> of</c> 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:39.059 him<00:29:35.140><c> who</c><00:29:35.240><c> hath</c><00:29:35.700><c> called</c><00:29:36.039><c> you</c><00:29:36.240><c> out</c><00:29:36.420><c> of</c><00:29:36.640><c> darkness</c><00:29:37.019><c> into</c><00:29:37.240><c> his</c><00:29:37.440><c> marvelous</c><00:29:37.880><c> light.</c><00:29:38.839><c> The</c> 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.720 children<00:29:39.339><c> of</c><00:29:39.519><c> Israel</c><00:29:40.119><c> were</c> 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:47.119 acquired<00:29:41.380><c> of</c><00:29:41.680><c> God.</c><00:29:42.680><c> They</c><00:29:42.880><c> were</c><00:29:43.160><c> acquired</c><00:29:43.539><c> of</c><00:29:43.779><c> God.</c><00:29:45.220><c> And</c><00:29:45.420><c> we</c><00:29:45.680><c> likewise</c><00:29:46.079><c> have</c><00:29:46.299><c> been</c><00:29:46.559><c> acquired</c><00:29:46.940><c> of</c> 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.319 God<00:29:47.359><c> to</c><00:29:47.559><c> be</c><00:29:47.759><c> a</c> 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:55.380 chosen<00:29:48.859><c> generation,</c><00:29:50.299><c> a</c><00:29:50.819><c> royal</c><00:29:51.319><c> priesthood,</c><00:29:51.920><c> and</c><00:29:52.220><c> holy</c><00:29:52.619><c> nation,</c><00:29:53.619><c> a</c><00:29:53.940><c> peculiar</c><00:29:54.440><c> people.</c><00:29:55.160><c> And</c> 00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.119 the<00:29:55.519><c> nation</c><00:29:55.799><c> of</c> 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:59.220 Israel<00:29:56.359><c> is</c><00:29:56.619><c> described</c><00:29:57.039><c> as</c><00:29:57.259><c> a</c><00:29:57.500><c> peculiar</c><00:29:57.940><c> people.</c><00:29:58.640><c> But</c><00:29:58.900><c> notice</c> 00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:01.500 the<00:29:59.539><c> margin</c><00:29:59.839><c> for</c><00:30:00.039><c> that</c><00:30:00.259><c> word</c><00:30:00.440><c> peculiar.</c> 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:07.579 It's<00:30:02.339><c> a</c><00:30:02.759><c> purchased</c><00:30:03.240><c> people,</c><00:30:04.880><c> a</c><00:30:05.259><c> purchased</c><00:30:05.740><c> people,</c><00:30:06.859><c> ones</c><00:30:07.259><c> who</c> 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:11.200 have<00:30:07.839><c> been</c><00:30:08.339><c> bought</c><00:30:08.779><c> 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with</c><00:30:38.160><c> the</c><00:30:38.420><c> precious</c><00:30:38.700><c> blood</c><00:30:39.019><c> of</c> 00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:42.900 Christ<00:30:39.720><c> as</c><00:30:40.539><c> of</c><00:30:40.759><c> a</c><00:30:40.940><c> lamb</c><00:30:41.140><c> without</c><00:30:41.640><c> blemish</c><00:30:42.039><c> and</c><00:30:42.259><c> without</c><00:30:42.559><c> spot.</c> 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.519 That<00:30:43.440><c> is</c><00:30:43.680><c> what</c><00:30:43.779><c> is</c><00:30:44.000><c> purchased</c><00:30:44.440><c> us,</c><00:30:45.039><c> brethren</c><00:30:45.259><c> and</c> 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:50.559 sisters.<00:30:45.960><c> We've</c><00:30:46.240><c> been</c><00:30:46.599><c> bought</c><00:30:46.779><c> with</c><00:30:47.019><c> a</c><00:30:47.240><c> price.</c><00:30:48.400><c> And</c><00:30:48.599><c> the</c><00:30:48.779><c> children</c><00:30:48.980><c> of</c><00:30:49.160><c> Israel</c><00:30:49.599><c> was</c><00:30:50.180><c> a</c> 00:30:50.559 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price.</c><00:31:04.420><c> And</c><00:31:04.599><c> they</c><00:31:04.980><c> came</c><00:31:05.319><c> out</c><00:31:05.559><c> of</c> 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:09.880 Egypt.<00:31:06.680><c> They</c><00:31:06.960><c> crossed</c><00:31:07.279><c> the</c><00:31:07.460><c> Red</c><00:31:07.839><c> Sea.</c><00:31:08.880><c> They</c><00:31:09.099><c> looked</c><00:31:09.339><c> back</c><00:31:09.660><c> on</c> 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:13.220 the<00:31:10.079><c> dead</c><00:31:10.299><c> bodies</c><00:31:10.700><c> of</c><00:31:10.980><c> the</c><00:31:11.240><c> Egyptians.</c><00:31:12.599><c> They'd</c><00:31:12.960><c> seen</c> 00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:18.079 how<00:31:13.519><c> that</c><00:31:13.680><c> they</c><00:31:13.920><c> had</c><00:31:14.240><c> died</c><00:31:14.519><c> in</c><00:31:14.720><c> the</c><00:31:14.940><c> sea.</c><00:31:15.339><c> And</c><00:31:15.640><c> there</c><00:31:15.779><c> were</c><00:31:15.940><c> their</c><00:31:16.240><c> taskmasters.</c><00:31:17.759><c> 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a</c><00:32:01.460><c> caption</c><00:32:01.779><c> of</c><00:32:02.259><c> the</c><00:32:02.619><c> family</c><00:32:02.940><c> of</c><00:32:03.519><c> Elkanah</c><00:32:04.640><c> acquired</c><00:32:05.599><c> of</c><00:32:07.259><c> God</c> 00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:11.539 like<00:32:09.720><c> us</c><00:32:10.420><c> who</c><00:32:11.180><c> have</c><00:32:11.339><c> been</c> 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:15.819 bought<00:32:11.680><c> with</c><00:32:11.880><c> a</c><00:32:12.099><c> price.</c><00:32:13.839><c> His</c><00:32:14.019><c> mother's</c><00:32:14.500><c> name,</c><00:32:15.140><c> Hannah,</c><00:32:15.519><c> means</c> 00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:20.099 grace.<00:32:17.579><c> And</c><00:32:17.759><c> when</c><00:32:17.900><c> you</c><00:32:18.099><c> consider</c><00:32:18.640><c> this</c><00:32:19.440><c> wonderful</c> 00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:24.039 person,<00:32:20.640><c> what</c><00:32:20.779><c> a</c><00:32:21.019><c> wonderful</c><00:32:21.519><c> 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Samuel</c><00:32:36.420><c> chapter</c><00:32:36.799><c> two.</c><00:32:38.700><c> And</c><00:32:38.839><c> in</c><00:32:39.059><c> this</c><00:32:40.240><c> second</c><00:32:41.000><c> chapter</c><00:32:41.440><c> of</c><00:32:43.119><c> Samuel,</c> 00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:51.359 Hannah<00:32:44.259><c> reveals</c><00:32:45.059><c> herself</c><00:32:45.740><c> to</c><00:32:46.259><c> be</c><00:32:46.460><c> a</c><00:32:46.660><c> prophet</c><00:32:47.059><c> indeed.</c><00:32:48.900><c> You</c><00:32:49.079><c> know,</c><00:32:49.220><c> it's</c><00:32:49.599><c> the</c><00:32:50.220><c> first</c><00:32:50.619><c> time</c><00:32:51.099><c> in</c> 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.619 the<00:32:51.579><c> scriptures</c> 00:32:52.970 --> 00:32:58.059 that<00:32:53.380><c> the</c><00:32:53.700><c> titles</c><00:32:54.019><c> King</c><00:32:54.700><c> and</c><00:32:55.420><c> Messiah</c><00:32:55.980><c> are</c><00:32:56.579><c> used</c><00:32:56.859><c> in</c><00:32:57.279><c> 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pillars</c><00:40:37.889><c> of</c> 00:40:38.230 --> 00:40:40.369 the<00:40:38.429><c> earth</c><00:40:38.630><c> are</c><00:40:38.909><c> Yahweh's</c><00:40:39.369><c> and</c><00:40:39.449><c> he</c><00:40:39.670><c> hath</c><00:40:39.789><c> set</c><00:40:40.010><c> the</c><00:40:40.210><c> world</c> 00:40:40.369 --> 00:40:43.750 upon<00:40:40.630><c> them.</c><00:40:41.110><c> Consider</c><00:40:41.630><c> what</c><00:40:42.429><c> Hannah</c><00:40:42.730><c> is</c><00:40:42.989><c> saying</c><00:40:43.150><c> in</c><00:40:43.349><c> her</c><00:40:43.550><c> song</c> 00:40:43.750 --> 00:40:47.849 is<00:40:43.989><c> talking</c><00:40:44.289><c> about</c><00:40:44.610><c> us.</c><00:40:45.650><c> That</c><00:40:45.809><c> we</c><00:40:45.989><c> can</c><00:40:46.230><c> be</c><00:40:46.610><c> elevated</c> 00:40:48.190 --> 00:40:52.210 to<00:40:48.710><c> a</c><00:40:48.989><c> position</c><00:40:49.409><c> of</c><00:40:49.889><c> rulership</c><00:40:50.329><c> 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judgments.</c><00:41:17.269><c> He</c><00:41:17.269><c> will</c><00:41:17.530><c> keep</c><00:41:17.869><c> verses</c> 00:41:18.230 --> 00:41:24.010 nine<00:41:18.550><c> and</c><00:41:18.750><c> ten.</c><00:41:18.929><c> He</c><00:41:19.010><c> will</c><00:41:19.210><c> keep</c><00:41:19.429><c> the</c><00:41:19.670><c> feet</c><00:41:19.789><c> of</c> 00:41:24.010 --> 00:41:29.250 strength<00:41:24.409><c> shall</c><00:41:24.789><c> no</c><00:41:25.110><c> man</c><00:41:25.449><c> prevail.</c><00:41:27.289><c> The</c><00:41:27.530><c> adversaries</c><00:41:27.969><c> of</c><00:41:28.170><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:28.530><c> shall</c><00:41:28.730><c> be</c> 00:41:29.250 --> 00:41:32.050 broken<00:41:29.610><c> to</c><00:41:29.929><c> pieces.</c><00:41:31.449><c> The</c><00:41:31.750><c> coming</c> 00:41:32.050 --> 00:41:36.030 national<00:41:32.670><c> judgments</c><00:41:33.289><c> that</c><00:41:34.150><c> will</c><00:41:34.469><c> usher</c><00:41:34.909><c> in</c><00:41:35.309><c> 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