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season,</c><00:12:08.159><c> esteeming,</c><00:12:08.460><c> what's</c><00:12:08.720><c> more,</c><00:12:08.940><c> the</c><00:12:09.039><c> reproach</c><00:12:09.580><c> of</c> 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:11.460 Christ<00:12:10.179><c> greater</c><00:12:10.759><c> riches</c><00:12:11.179><c> than</c> 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:15.500 all<00:12:11.879><c> the</c><00:12:12.120><c> treasures</c><00:12:12.299><c> of</c><00:12:12.539><c> Egypt,</c><00:12:13.419><c> for</c><00:12:13.539><c> he</c><00:12:13.820><c> had</c><00:12:14.059><c> respect</c><00:12:14.799><c> unto</c> 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:20.940 the<00:12:15.799><c> recompense</c><00:12:16.480><c> of</c><00:12:16.799><c> the</c><00:12:17.039><c> reward.</c><00:12:18.320><c> Now</c><00:12:18.559><c> there's</c> 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:25.279 what<00:12:21.200><c> are</c><00:12:21.299><c> they</c><00:12:21.580><c> saying?</c><00:12:22.480><c> Well,</c><00:12:23.259><c> there's</c><00:12:23.779><c> two</c><00:12:24.220><c> parallel</c><00:12:24.539><c> trains</c><00:12:24.879><c> of</c> 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.720 thought<00:12:25.440><c> in</c><00:12:25.659><c> those</c><00:12:26.000><c> three</c><00:12:26.279><c> verses.</c><00:12:27.460><c> He</c> 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:31.139 refuses<00:12:28.259><c> to</c><00:12:28.500><c> be</c><00:12:28.759><c> the</c><00:12:29.059><c> son</c><00:12:29.200><c> of</c><00:12:29.379><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:12:29.720><c> daughter.</c><00:12:30.019><c> He</c><00:12:30.240><c> refuses</c><00:12:30.820><c> the</c> 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:32.820 pleasures<00:12:31.399><c> of</c><00:12:31.679><c> sin,</c><00:12:31.860><c> and</c><00:12:32.080><c> he</c><00:12:32.399><c> refuses</c> 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:37.220 the<00:12:33.200><c> treasures</c><00:12:33.419><c> of</c><00:12:33.659><c> Egypt.</c><00:12:34.039><c> That's</c><00:12:34.299><c> what</c><00:12:34.419><c> we</c><00:12:34.519><c> are</c><00:12:34.519><c> being</c><00:12:34.759><c> told.</c><00:12:35.559><c> Instead,</c><00:12:36.820><c> he</c> 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:38.740 seeks<00:12:37.659><c> the</c><00:12:38.200><c> people</c><00:12:38.460><c> of</c> 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:42.940 God<00:12:39.019><c> and</c><00:12:39.419><c> their</c><00:12:39.559><c> affliction.</c><00:12:40.480><c> He</c><00:12:40.779><c> seeks</c><00:12:41.299><c> the</c><00:12:41.620><c> reproach</c><00:12:42.059><c> of</c><00:12:42.279><c> Christ.</c><00:12:42.679><c> He</c> 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:45.279 seeks<00:12:43.379><c> the</c><00:12:43.679><c> reward</c><00:12:44.360><c> of</c><00:12:44.820><c> eternal</c> 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:51.740 life.<00:12:45.580><c> So</c><00:12:45.759><c> there's</c><00:12:46.799><c> the</c><00:12:47.279><c> contrasting</c><00:12:48.419><c> points</c><00:12:48.600><c> of</c><00:12:48.799><c> the</c><00:12:48.960><c> verses.</c><00:12:50.980><c> And</c><00:12:51.220><c> the</c><00:12:51.399><c> point,</c><00:12:51.559><c> of</c> 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.620 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be</c><00:13:20.379><c> called</c><00:13:20.720><c> the</c><00:13:21.220><c> son</c><00:13:21.379><c> of</c><00:13:21.620><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:13:21.980><c> daughter.</c> 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:23.960 And<00:13:23.000><c> the</c><00:13:23.139><c> first</c><00:13:23.320><c> observation</c><00:13:23.740><c> you've</c> 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:26.759 got<00:13:24.000><c> to</c><00:13:24.159><c> make</c><00:13:24.279><c> in</c><00:13:24.480><c> verse</c><00:13:24.659><c> 24</c><00:13:25.059><c> is</c><00:13:25.259><c> that</c><00:13:25.440><c> where</c><00:13:25.559><c> it</c><00:13:25.700><c> says</c><00:13:25.879><c> the</c><00:13:26.279><c> son</c> 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:28.419 of<00:13:26.960><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:13:27.259><c> daughter,</c><00:13:27.639><c> the</c><00:13:27.799><c> definite</c> 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:32.120 article's<00:13:28.940><c> not</c><00:13:29.179><c> there.</c><00:13:30.720><c> And</c><00:13:30.820><c> so</c><00:13:31.299><c> son</c><00:13:31.500><c> of</c><00:13:31.679><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:13:31.980><c> daughter</c> 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:33.980 ought<00:13:32.279><c> to</c><00:13:32.379><c> be</c><00:13:32.519><c> son,</c><00:13:32.899><c> capital</c><00:13:33.240><c> S.</c><00:13:33.639><c> It</c><00:13:33.740><c> was</c> 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:38.519 a<00:13:34.320><c> title.</c><00:13:35.179><c> He</c><00:13:35.440><c> refused</c><00:13:35.840><c> to</c><00:13:36.139><c> accept</c><00:13:36.360><c> the</c><00:13:36.720><c> title</c><00:13:37.120><c> of</c><00:13:37.799><c> the</c><00:13:38.159><c> office</c> 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.580 of<00:13:39.519><c> son</c><00:13:39.720><c> of</c><00:13:39.899><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:13:40.220><c> daughter.</c><00:13:40.419><c> So</c> 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:45.299 it's<00:13:40.820><c> not</c><00:13:40.960><c> describing</c><00:13:41.519><c> his</c><00:13:41.740><c> relationship</c><00:13:42.299><c> to</c><00:13:42.480><c> his</c><00:13:42.620><c> adopted</c><00:13:43.000><c> mother.</c><00:13:43.940><c> It's</c><00:13:44.220><c> describing</c><00:13:44.600><c> a</c><00:13:44.840><c> position</c> 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:49.759 in<00:13:45.580><c> the</c><00:13:45.799><c> ranks</c><00:13:46.100><c> of</c><00:13:46.460><c> Egyptian</c><00:13:46.919><c> nobility.</c><00:13:48.840><c> The</c><00:13:48.919><c> reference</c><00:13:49.200><c> would</c><00:13:49.419><c> appear</c><00:13:49.600><c> to</c> 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.100 be<00:13:49.899><c> to</c><00:13:50.320><c> the</c><00:13:50.539><c> throne,</c><00:13:51.779><c> that</c><00:13:51.940><c> there</c> 00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:55.840 would<00:13:52.259><c> be</c><00:13:52.720><c> a</c><00:13:53.059><c> ceremony,</c><00:13:54.419><c> that</c><00:13:54.500><c> there</c><00:13:54.659><c> would</c><00:13:54.820><c> be</c><00:13:54.960><c> a</c><00:13:55.259><c> transfer</c> 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:59.000 of<00:13:56.419><c> responsibilities</c><00:13:57.220><c> as</c><00:13:58.399><c> Moses</c><00:13:58.759><c> would</c> 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.559 accept<00:13:59.419><c> the</c><00:13:59.679><c> position</c><00:14:00.179><c> that</c><00:14:00.440><c> he'd</c><00:14:00.600><c> been</c><00:14:00.860><c> groomed</c><00:14:01.279><c> for.</c><00:14:01.379><c> This</c> 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:03.100 would<00:14:01.799><c> make</c><00:14:02.000><c> him,</c><00:14:02.159><c> you</c><00:14:02.320><c> see,</c><00:14:02.659><c> the</c><00:14:02.799><c> heir</c> 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:06.299 apparent,<00:14:03.879><c> which</c><00:14:04.159><c> of</c><00:14:04.340><c> course</c><00:14:04.460><c> would</c><00:14:04.679><c> become</c><00:14:05.000><c> unacceptable</c><00:14:05.600><c> to</c><00:14:06.159><c> a</c> 00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:08.779 man<00:14:06.440><c> like</c><00:14:06.700><c> Moses</c><00:14:07.080><c> because,</c><00:14:08.200><c> well,</c><00:14:08.480><c> that</c><00:14:08.620><c> would</c> 00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:11.759 make<00:14:09.000><c> him</c><00:14:09.120><c> the</c><00:14:09.399><c> custodian</c><00:14:09.980><c> of</c><00:14:10.139><c> Egyptian</c><00:14:10.539><c> religion.</c><00:14:11.100><c> He'd</c><00:14:11.340><c> have</c><00:14:11.539><c> to</c> 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.539 endorse<00:14:12.500><c> Egyptian</c><00:14:13.279><c> religion</c><00:14:14.039><c> to</c> 00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:17.960 accept<00:14:14.919><c> a</c><00:14:15.120><c> position</c><00:14:15.460><c> like</c><00:14:15.740><c> this,</c><00:14:15.960><c> something</c><00:14:16.379><c> which,</c><00:14:17.500><c> of</c><00:14:17.720><c> course,</c><00:14:17.840><c> he</c> 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:21.100 could<00:14:18.100><c> never</c><00:14:18.320><c> ever</c><00:14:18.539><c> do.</c><00:14:20.860><c> Pharaoh</c> 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:25.980 was<00:14:21.820><c> worshipped</c><00:14:22.399><c> as</c><00:14:22.659><c> a</c><00:14:22.899><c> god</c><00:14:23.200><c> by</c><00:14:23.620><c> his</c><00:14:23.840><c> people.</c><00:14:25.519><c> There</c><00:14:25.679><c> was</c><00:14:25.799><c> no</c> 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:27.860 way<00:14:26.159><c> Moses</c><00:14:26.480><c> could</c><00:14:26.740><c> ever</c><00:14:27.019><c> hope</c><00:14:27.240><c> to</c><00:14:27.539><c> overturn</c> 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:31.960 that.<00:14:28.259><c> Therefore,</c><00:14:29.460><c> in</c><00:14:29.659><c> his</c><00:14:29.980><c> mind,</c><00:14:30.320><c> it</c><00:14:30.519><c> was</c><00:14:31.019><c> son</c><00:14:31.419><c> of</c><00:14:31.620><c> Pharaoh's</c> 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.320 daughter<00:14:32.259><c> or</c><00:14:32.539><c> son</c><00:14:32.779><c> of</c><00:14:33.039><c> God.</c><00:14:33.639><c> Choose</c><00:14:34.000><c> which</c> 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:37.440 one<00:14:34.480><c> you</c><00:14:34.679><c> want</c><00:14:34.779><c> to</c><00:14:34.960><c> be,</c><00:14:35.700><c> but</c><00:14:35.960><c> you</c><00:14:36.100><c> can't</c><00:14:36.379><c> choose</c><00:14:36.600><c> both.</c><00:14:37.220><c> These</c> 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.679 are<00:14:37.940><c> incompatible</c><00:14:38.879><c> tasks.</c><00:14:41.580><c> Well,</c> 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:44.320 he<00:14:41.860><c> chose</c><00:14:42.159><c> rather,</c><00:14:42.580><c> verse</c><00:14:42.759><c> 25,</c><00:14:43.340><c> to</c><00:14:43.419><c> suffer</c><00:14:43.679><c> affliction</c><00:14:44.139><c> with</c> 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:46.940 the<00:14:44.559><c> people</c><00:14:44.740><c> of</c><00:14:44.980><c> God</c><00:14:45.259><c> than</c><00:14:45.899><c> to</c><00:14:46.120><c> enjoy</c><00:14:46.440><c> the</c><00:14:46.720><c> pleasures</c> 00:14:46.940 --> 00:14:50.019 of<00:14:47.179><c> sin</c><00:14:47.320><c> for</c><00:14:47.620><c> a</c><00:14:47.659><c> season.</c><00:14:48.639><c> He</c><00:14:48.799><c> chose</c><00:14:49.019><c> the</c><00:14:49.299><c> people</c><00:14:49.460><c> of</c><00:14:49.679><c> God.</c><00:14:49.860><c> He</c> 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who'd</c><00:15:45.029><c> been</c><00:15:45.210><c> brought</c><00:15:45.450><c> up</c> 00:15:45.850 --> 00:15:47.049 in<00:15:46.149><c> the</c><00:15:46.389><c> same</c><00:15:46.669><c> fashion</c> 00:15:47.049 --> 00:15:52.629 as<00:15:47.509><c> he</c><00:15:47.750><c> had.</c><00:15:49.309><c> And</c><00:15:49.429><c> so</c><00:15:49.629><c> verse</c><00:15:50.009><c> 26</c><00:15:50.909><c> says,</c><00:15:51.350><c> he</c><00:15:51.350><c> esteemed</c><00:15:51.830><c> the</c><00:15:51.950><c> reproach</c><00:15:52.450><c> of</c> 00:15:52.629 --> 00:15:54.289 Christ,<00:15:53.649><c> greater</c><00:15:53.809><c> riches</c><00:15:54.110><c> than</c> 00:15:54.289 --> 00:15:57.570 the<00:15:54.549><c> treasures</c><00:15:54.629><c> of</c><00:15:54.870><c> Egypt,</c><00:15:55.590><c> for</c><00:15:55.710><c> he</c><00:15:55.889><c> had</c><00:15:56.129><c> respect</c><00:15:56.769><c> unto</c><00:15:57.309><c> the</c> 00:15:57.570 --> 00:16:00.950 recompense<00:15:58.149><c> 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you</c><00:16:10.789><c> think</c><00:16:10.990><c> he</c><00:16:11.070><c> knew</c> 00:16:11.210 --> 00:16:15.129 about<00:16:11.529><c> Christ?</c><00:16:13.669><c> Well,</c><00:16:14.009><c> he</c><00:16:14.149><c> knew</c><00:16:14.269><c> whatever</c><00:16:14.509><c> it</c><00:16:14.730><c> said</c><00:16:14.769><c> in</c><00:16:14.950><c> the</c> 00:16:15.129 --> 00:16:17.029 Bible.<00:16:16.169><c> Well,</c><00:16:16.309><c> how</c><00:16:16.409><c> much</c><00:16:16.590><c> Bible</c><00:16:16.789><c> do</c><00:16:16.909><c> you</c> 00:16:17.029 --> 00:16:20.490 think<00:16:17.129><c> he</c><00:16:17.370><c> had?</c><00:16:19.029><c> I</c><00:16:19.129><c> mean,</c><00:16:19.289><c> we</c><00:16:19.470><c> meet</c><00:16:19.549><c> him</c><00:16:19.690><c> in</c><00:16:19.850><c> Exodus</c><00:16:20.110><c> chapter</c> 00:16:20.490 --> 00:16:22.090 two.<00:16:21.110><c> How</c><00:16:21.269><c> much</c><00:16:21.509><c> Bible</c><00:16:21.669><c> do</c><00:16:21.789><c> you</c><00:16:21.870><c> think</c><00:16:21.950><c> he</c> 00:16:22.090 --> 00:16:26.210 had?<00:16:22.149><c> Well,</c><00:16:22.309><c> he</c><00:16:22.350><c> had</c><00:16:22.509><c> the</c><00:16:22.649><c> book</c><00:16:22.769><c> of</c><00:16:22.970><c> Genesis.</c><00:16:24.429><c> He</c><00:16:24.750><c> had</c><00:16:24.909><c> the</c><00:16:25.110><c> oral</c><00:16:25.289><c> version</c><00:16:25.850><c> of</c> 00:16:26.210 --> 00:16:27.590 the<00:16:26.269><c> book</c><00:16:26.450><c> of</c><00:16:26.629><c> Genesis.</c> 00:16:28.309 --> 00:16:32.029 The<00:16:28.470><c> Bible</c><00:16:28.669><c> was</c><00:16:28.870><c> actually</c><00:16:29.090><c> written</c><00:16:29.350><c> down</c><00:16:30.009><c> in</c><00:16:30.330><c> the</c><00:16:30.470><c> days</c><00:16:30.669><c> of</c><00:16:30.950><c> Moses.</c><00:16:31.889><c> He</c> 00:16:32.029 --> 00:16:34.149 had<00:16:32.250><c> the</c><00:16:32.649><c> oral</c><00:16:33.190><c> version</c><00:16:33.710><c> 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the</c><00:16:50.909><c> ruler</c><00:16:51.169><c> that</c><00:16:51.330><c> would</c><00:16:51.509><c> come</c><00:16:51.669><c> from</c><00:16:51.990><c> Judah,</c><00:16:53.490><c> the</c><00:16:53.690><c> Messiah.</c> 00:16:54.490 --> 00:16:56.389 So<00:16:54.649><c> he</c><00:16:54.809><c> had</c><00:16:55.090><c> a</c><00:16:55.429><c> fair</c><00:16:55.590><c> knowledge</c><00:16:56.090><c> of</c> 00:16:56.389 --> 00:17:01.490 what<00:16:56.629><c> God's</c><00:16:57.389><c> ultimate</c><00:16:57.789><c> plan</c><00:16:58.070><c> would</c><00:16:58.350><c> be.</c><00:17:00.389><c> And</c><00:17:00.769><c> on</c><00:17:00.950><c> the</c><00:17:01.149><c> basis</c> 00:17:01.490 --> 00:17:04.849 of<00:17:01.789><c> that,</c><00:17:02.950><c> he</c><00:17:03.129><c> has</c><00:17:03.330><c> built</c><00:17:03.590><c> his</c><00:17:04.109><c> hope</c><00:17:04.430><c> of</c> 00:17:04.849 --> 00:17:08.349 the<00:17:05.130><c> truth.</c><00:17:05.789><c> Now,</c><00:17:06.170><c> ask</c><00:17:06.569><c> yourself,</c><00:17:06.930><c> how</c><00:17:07.309><c> many</c><00:17:07.670><c> lectures</c><00:17:08.089><c> have</c> 00:17:08.349 --> 00:17:10.009 you<00:17:08.509><c> listened</c><00:17:08.750><c> to</c><00:17:08.869><c> on</c><00:17:09.049><c> the</c><00:17:09.210><c> promises</c><00:17:09.390><c> to</c><00:17:09.650><c> Abraham?</c> 00:17:10.369 --> 00:17:13.170 I<00:17:10.390><c> mean,</c><00:17:10.529><c> that's</c><00:17:11.230><c> really</c><00:17:11.529><c> the</c><00:17:11.809><c> promises</c><00:17:11.990><c> he</c><00:17:12.250><c> had,</c><00:17:12.450><c> isn't</c><00:17:12.589><c> it?</c> 00:17:13.670 --> 00:17:15.329 Well,<00:17:13.869><c> you've,</c><00:17:14.230><c> I</c><00:17:14.430><c> suppose,</c><00:17:14.789><c> heard</c><00:17:14.910><c> dozens.</c> 00:17:15.329 --> 00:17:19.289 And<00:17:15.910><c> have</c><00:17:16.410><c> those</c><00:17:16.670><c> lectures</c><00:17:16.990><c> inspired</c><00:17:17.789><c> you</c><00:17:18.009><c> with</c><00:17:18.809><c> the</c><00:17:18.950><c> hope</c><00:17:19.109><c> of</c> 00:17:19.289 --> 00:17:20.710 the<00:17:19.490><c> truth,</c><00:17:19.750><c> with</c><00:17:19.869><c> the</c><00:17:20.210><c> accuracy</c><00:17:20.509><c> of</c> 00:17:20.710 --> 00:17:27.730 the<00:17:20.950><c> truth,</c><00:17:21.210><c> and</c><00:17:21.349><c> with</c><00:17:21.589><c> the</c><00:17:21.809><c> salvation</c><00:17:22.230><c> soon</c><00:17:22.529><c> to</c><00:17:22.769><c> come?</c><00:17:24.130><c> Or</c><00:17:24.309><c> did</c><00:17:24.450><c> you</c><00:17:24.650><c> say,</c><00:17:25.569><c> ah,</c><00:17:26.309><c> another</c><00:17:26.609><c> one</c><00:17:26.730><c> of</c><00:17:26.869><c> these?</c> 00:17:27.809 --> 00:17:34.789 I've<00:17:28.029><c> heard</c><00:17:28.109><c> all</c><00:17:28.269><c> that</c><00:17:28.430><c> before.</c><00:17:30.569><c> That's</c><00:17:30.970><c> all</c><00:17:31.190><c> Moses</c><00:17:31.490><c> had.</c><00:17:33.569><c> That's</c><00:17:33.950><c> what</c><00:17:34.230><c> kept</c><00:17:34.470><c> him</c> 00:17:34.789 --> 00:17:35.930 alive<00:17:35.390><c> in</c><00:17:35.650><c> Egypt.</c> 00:17:36.089 --> 00:17:38.549 That<00:17:36.269><c> and</c><00:17:36.529><c> the</c><00:17:36.710><c> history</c><00:17:37.009><c> of</c><00:17:37.269><c> Joseph,</c><00:17:37.589><c> that's</c><00:17:37.910><c> what</c><00:17:38.130><c> kept</c><00:17:38.329><c> him</c> 00:17:38.549 --> 00:17:42.309 alive.<00:17:40.789><c> And</c><00:17:41.069><c> it</c><00:17:41.309><c> changed</c><00:17:41.609><c> his</c><00:17:41.869><c> life</c><00:17:42.069><c> just</c> 00:17:42.309 --> 00:17:45.109 like<00:17:42.470><c> it</c><00:17:42.529><c> ought</c><00:17:42.670><c> to</c><00:17:42.869><c> change</c><00:17:43.190><c> ours.</c><00:17:44.490><c> The</c><00:17:44.609><c> best</c><00:17:44.630><c> way</c><00:17:44.809><c> to</c><00:17:44.869><c> learn</c> 00:17:45.109 --> 00:17:46.710 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it</c><00:18:07.690><c> or</c><00:18:07.769><c> not?</c><00:18:08.730><c> Joseph</c><00:18:09.250><c> accepted</c><00:18:09.789><c> promotions.</c><00:18:11.250><c> We</c> 00:18:11.390 --> 00:18:12.710 know<00:18:11.549><c> that</c><00:18:11.769><c> from</c><00:18:11.990><c> history.</c><00:18:12.369><c> Moses</c> 00:18:12.710 --> 00:18:16.930 knew<00:18:12.890><c> that</c><00:18:13.109><c> from,</c><00:18:13.349><c> he</c><00:18:13.750><c> accepted</c><00:18:14.269><c> promotions,</c><00:18:15.470><c> and</c><00:18:15.890><c> it</c><00:18:16.170><c> allowed</c><00:18:16.390><c> him</c><00:18:16.630><c> to</c> 00:18:16.930 --> 00:18:17.869 save<00:18:17.109><c> his</c><00:18:17.430><c> brethren.</c><00:18:17.710><c> I</c><00:18:17.710><c> mean,</c> 00:18:17.890 --> 00:18:21.809 he<00:18:18.069><c> became</c><00:18:18.369><c> number</c><00:18:18.950><c> two</c><00:18:19.349><c> in</c><00:18:19.630><c> the</c><00:18:19.910><c> empire.</c><00:18:20.970><c> So</c><00:18:21.130><c> you</c><00:18:21.170><c> could</c><00:18:21.390><c> see</c> 00:18:21.809 --> 00:18:24.109 Moses<00:18:22.269><c> wrestling</c><00:18:22.849><c> with</c><00:18:23.089><c> the</c><00:18:23.269><c> same</c><00:18:23.529><c> possibility,</c> 00:18:24.269 --> 00:18:28.289 couldn't<00:18:24.430><c> you?</c><00:18:25.650><c> But</c><00:18:25.769><c> this</c><00:18:25.930><c> is</c><00:18:26.089><c> a</c><00:18:26.190><c> difficult</c><00:18:26.509><c> trial.</c><00:18:27.829><c> He</c><00:18:27.970><c> knows</c> 00:18:28.289 --> 00:18:30.029 God<00:18:28.549><c> has</c><00:18:28.849><c> already</c><00:18:29.190><c> worked</c><00:18:29.470><c> in</c><00:18:29.609><c> his</c><00:18:29.829><c> life</c> 00:18:30.029 --> 00:18:33.450 once,<00:18:30.369><c> providentially</c><00:18:31.029><c> to</c><00:18:31.309><c> save</c><00:18:31.490><c> him,</c><00:18:31.589><c> but</c><00:18:31.750><c> the</c><00:18:31.990><c> way</c><00:18:32.230><c> he</c><00:18:32.430><c> doesn't</c><00:18:32.730><c> really</c><00:18:33.150><c> seem</c> 00:18:33.450 --> 00:18:34.809 clear<00:18:34.109><c> what</c><00:18:34.529><c> God</c> 00:18:34.809 --> 00:18:40.329 might<00:18:34.970><c> want</c><00:18:35.150><c> him</c><00:18:35.329><c> to</c><00:18:35.450><c> do</c><00:18:35.589><c> next.</c><00:18:36.950><c> And</c><00:18:37.130><c> this</c><00:18:37.210><c> is</c><00:18:37.329><c> a</c><00:18:37.369><c> very</c><00:18:37.609><c> high</c><00:18:37.750><c> position</c><00:18:38.109><c> he's</c><00:18:38.309><c> being</c><00:18:38.549><c> offered,</c><00:18:39.529><c> but</c><00:18:39.829><c> to</c><00:18:40.130><c> take</c> 00:18:40.329 --> 00:18:44.430 it<00:18:40.690><c> would</c><00:18:40.910><c> compromise</c><00:18:41.410><c> the</c><00:18:41.650><c> principles</c><00:18:41.910><c> of</c><00:18:42.069><c> the</c><00:18:42.269><c> truth,</c><00:18:42.890><c> evidently.</c><00:18:44.029><c> This</c> 00:18:44.430 --> 00:18:45.710 Pharaoh<00:18:44.650><c> is</c><00:18:45.150><c> not</c><00:18:45.470><c> quite</c> 00:18:45.710 --> 00:18:49.589 the<00:18:45.950><c> same</c><00:18:46.190><c> man</c><00:18:46.410><c> as</c><00:18:46.609><c> the</c><00:18:46.769><c> last</c><00:18:47.349><c> Pharaoh</c><00:18:47.690><c> was.</c><00:18:48.890><c> He's</c><00:18:49.150><c> not</c><00:18:49.329><c> dealing</c><00:18:49.430><c> with</c> 00:18:49.589 --> 00:18:50.769 the<00:18:49.730><c> same</c><00:18:49.990><c> animal</c><00:18:50.210><c> that</c><00:18:50.430><c> Joseph</c> 00:18:50.769 --> 00:18:53.309 was<00:18:50.950><c> dealing</c><00:18:51.170><c> with.</c><00:18:51.369><c> It's</c><00:18:51.609><c> not</c><00:18:51.950><c> straightforward</c><00:18:52.529><c> what</c><00:18:52.769><c> we</c><00:18:52.990><c> should</c><00:18:53.109><c> do</c> 00:18:53.309 --> 00:18:55.089 here,<00:18:54.410><c> but</c><00:18:54.609><c> he's</c><00:18:54.789><c> got</c><00:18:54.849><c> to</c><00:18:54.950><c> make</c> 00:18:55.089 --> 00:18:59.269 a<00:18:55.289><c> decision.</c><00:18:56.529><c> And</c><00:18:56.690><c> the</c><00:18:56.849><c> decision</c><00:18:57.130><c> is</c><00:18:57.329><c> in</c><00:18:57.410><c> verse</c><00:18:57.609><c> 24,</c><00:18:58.890><c> I</c><00:18:58.970><c> can't</c> 00:18:59.269 --> 00:19:02.410 accept<00:18:59.569><c> it.</c><00:19:00.369><c> He</c><00:19:00.670><c> refused</c><00:19:01.309><c> to</c><00:19:02.109><c> be</c><00:19:02.269><c> called</c> 00:19:02.410 --> 00:19:05.930 the<00:19:02.630><c> son</c><00:19:02.630><c> of</c><00:19:02.769><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:19:03.029><c> daughter,</c><00:19:04.250><c> and</c><00:19:04.589><c> that</c><00:19:04.950><c> refusal</c><00:19:05.490><c> would</c> 00:19:05.930 --> 00:19:08.309 become<00:19:06.210><c> the</c><00:19:06.430><c> subject</c><00:19:06.710><c> of</c><00:19:06.950><c> public</c><00:19:07.190><c> discussion.</c> 00:19:08.549 --> 00:19:11.750 I<00:19:08.809><c> mean,</c><00:19:08.809><c> how</c><00:19:08.950><c> could</c><00:19:09.069><c> it</c><00:19:09.170><c> be</c><00:19:09.349><c> anything</c><00:19:09.630><c> else?</c><00:19:10.829><c> And</c><00:19:11.190><c> there</c><00:19:11.329><c> would</c><00:19:11.490><c> be</c> 00:19:11.750 --> 00:19:13.390 serious<00:19:12.049><c> implications</c><00:19:12.769><c> with</c><00:19:13.130><c> this</c> 00:19:13.390 --> 00:19:18.910 refusal.<00:19:14.329><c> What's</c><00:19:14.670><c> wrong</c><00:19:14.809><c> with</c><00:19:15.049><c> him?</c><00:19:16.470><c> Is</c><00:19:16.789><c> he</c><00:19:16.930><c> unwell?</c><00:19:18.430><c> After</c> 00:19:18.910 --> 00:19:20.130 all<00:19:19.029><c> we've</c><00:19:19.289><c> done</c><00:19:19.450><c> for</c><00:19:19.569><c> him,</c><00:19:19.670><c> you'd</c><00:19:19.990><c> think</c> 00:19:20.130 --> 00:19:23.569 he'd<00:19:20.369><c> be</c><00:19:20.549><c> grateful</c><00:19:20.990><c> all</c><00:19:21.509><c> those</c><00:19:21.769><c> years</c><00:19:22.069><c> at</c><00:19:22.369><c> school.</c><00:19:23.269><c> Look</c><00:19:23.430><c> at</c> 00:19:23.569 --> 00:19:28.009 the<00:19:23.769><c> money</c><00:19:23.950><c> we've</c><00:19:24.410><c> spent</c><00:19:24.630><c> on</c><00:19:24.849><c> him.</c><00:19:27.730><c> You</c> 00:19:28.009 --> 00:19:29.990 think<00:19:28.150><c> about</c><00:19:28.349><c> the</c><00:19:28.569><c> pressure</c><00:19:28.730><c> that</c><00:19:28.869><c> might</c><00:19:28.970><c> be</c><00:19:29.210><c> brought</c><00:19:29.349><c> to</c><00:19:29.609><c> bear</c><00:19:29.710><c> on</c> 00:19:29.990 --> 00:19:31.690 Moses.<00:19:30.910><c> Come</c><00:19:31.130><c> on,</c><00:19:31.369><c> son,</c><00:19:31.450><c> you've</c><00:19:31.670><c> got</c> 00:19:31.690 --> 00:19:36.950 to<00:19:32.349><c> reconsider.</c><00:19:33.269><c> Don't</c><00:19:33.529><c> answer</c><00:19:33.769><c> me</c><00:19:33.950><c> now.</c><00:19:34.710><c> We'll</c><00:19:34.950><c> talk</c><00:19:35.170><c> in</c><00:19:35.369><c> three</c><00:19:35.589><c> days.</c><00:19:36.730><c> In</c> 00:19:36.950 --> 00:19:38.470 three<00:19:37.109><c> days'</c><00:19:37.549><c> time,</c><00:19:37.930><c> not</c> 00:19:38.470 --> 00:19:44.289 good<00:19:38.789><c> enough.</c><00:19:39.150><c> You've</c><00:19:39.369><c> got</c><00:19:39.509><c> a</c><00:19:39.710><c> responsibility.</c><00:19:41.630><c> How</c><00:19:41.829><c> else</c><00:19:42.089><c> would</c><00:19:42.269><c> you</c><00:19:42.490><c> care</c><00:19:42.690><c> for</c><00:19:42.890><c> your</c><00:19:43.109><c> people?</c><00:19:44.289><c> I</c> 00:19:44.289 --> 00:19:48.349 mean,<00:19:44.950><c> just</c><00:19:45.349><c> think</c><00:19:46.009><c> of</c><00:19:47.190><c> the</c><00:19:47.369><c> sort</c><00:19:47.509><c> of</c><00:19:47.690><c> pressure</c><00:19:47.910><c> that</c><00:19:48.130><c> that</c> 00:19:48.349 --> 00:19:50.509 nation<00:19:48.609><c> might</c><00:19:48.769><c> have</c><00:19:48.990><c> brought</c><00:19:49.150><c> upon</c><00:19:49.450><c> Moses.</c> 00:19:51.130 --> 00:19:53.910 But<00:19:51.430><c> he</c><00:19:51.589><c> refuses.</c><00:19:52.509><c> And</c><00:19:52.650><c> so</c><00:19:52.750><c> now</c><00:19:52.849><c> he's</c><00:19:53.089><c> in</c><00:19:53.210><c> disgrace.</c><00:19:53.690><c> He's</c><00:19:53.829><c> let</c> 00:19:53.910 --> 00:19:55.549 the<00:19:54.130><c> family</c><00:19:54.329><c> down.</c><00:19:54.710><c> All</c><00:19:54.930><c> the</c><00:19:55.130><c> royals</c><00:19:55.410><c> think</c> 00:19:55.549 --> 00:20:00.269 he's<00:19:55.710><c> a</c><00:19:55.869><c> delinquent.</c><00:19:58.329><c> And</c><00:19:58.569><c> understanding</c><00:19:58.930><c> that,</c><00:20:00.049><c> you</c><00:20:00.130><c> come</c> 00:20:00.269 --> 00:20:05.170 back<00:20:00.450><c> now</c><00:20:00.630><c> to</c><00:20:00.829><c> Acts</c><00:20:01.029><c> chapter</c><00:20:01.369><c> 7.</c><00:20:04.430><c> It</c><00:20:04.690><c> gets</c> 00:20:05.170 --> 00:20:10.450 worse.<00:20:07.910><c> He's</c><00:20:08.250><c> made</c><00:20:08.410><c> a</c><00:20:08.650><c> decision</c><00:20:08.809><c> for</c><00:20:08.990><c> the</c><00:20:09.210><c> truth,</c><00:20:09.390><c> and</c><00:20:09.529><c> he's</c><00:20:09.750><c> made</c><00:20:10.049><c> a</c> 00:20:10.450 --> 00:20:11.369 faithful<00:20:10.769><c> decision</c><00:20:11.190><c> for</c><00:20:11.329><c> the</c> 00:20:11.369 --> 00:20:17.049 truth.<00:20:11.589><c> By</c><00:20:12.069><c> faith</c><00:20:12.529><c> he</c><00:20:12.789><c> refused</c><00:20:13.230><c> to</c><00:20:13.410><c> be</c><00:20:13.609><c> called</c><00:20:13.849><c> son</c><00:20:14.150><c> of</c><00:20:14.309><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:20:14.650><c> daughter.</c><00:20:16.849><c> When</c> 00:20:17.049 --> 00:20:17.609 you<00:20:17.230><c> come</c><00:20:17.390><c> back</c> 00:20:17.609 --> 00:20:22.069 to<00:20:17.789><c> chapter</c><00:20:18.049><c> 7</c><00:20:18.349><c> of</c><00:20:18.589><c> Acts,</c><00:20:19.569><c> you</c><00:20:19.710><c> find</c><00:20:19.990><c> that</c><00:20:21.009><c> he's</c><00:20:21.250><c> got</c><00:20:21.390><c> something</c><00:20:21.670><c> on</c><00:20:21.809><c> his</c> 00:20:22.069 --> 00:20:24.430 mind.<00:20:23.769><c> And</c><00:20:23.890><c> in</c><00:20:24.009><c> Acts</c><00:20:24.170><c> chapter</c> 00:20:24.430 --> 00:20:29.769 7<00:20:24.690><c> and</c><00:20:24.829><c> verse</c><00:20:25.069><c> 23,</c><00:20:25.809><c> it</c><00:20:25.809><c> says,</c><00:20:27.109><c> when</c><00:20:27.150><c> he</c><00:20:27.309><c> was</c><00:20:27.609><c> full</c><00:20:28.190><c> 40</c><00:20:28.910><c> years</c><00:20:29.269><c> old,</c><00:20:29.769><c> it</c> 00:20:29.769 --> 00:20:31.430 came<00:20:29.910><c> into</c><00:20:30.109><c> his</c><00:20:30.450><c> heart</c><00:20:30.809><c> to</c><00:20:31.170><c> visit</c> 00:20:31.430 --> 00:20:35.529 his<00:20:31.849><c> brethren,</c><00:20:32.369><c> the</c><00:20:32.609><c> children</c><00:20:33.029><c> of</c><00:20:33.349><c> Israel.</c><00:20:34.529><c> What</c><00:20:34.730><c> does</c><00:20:34.829><c> it</c><00:20:34.990><c> mean</c><00:20:35.109><c> that</c><00:20:35.269><c> it</c> 00:20:35.529 --> 00:20:37.210 came<00:20:35.730><c> into</c><00:20:35.950><c> his</c><00:20:36.289><c> heart?</c> 00:20:38.269 --> 00:20:39.650 You<00:20:38.369><c> see,</c><00:20:38.430><c> we've</c><00:20:38.549><c> got</c><00:20:38.630><c> a</c><00:20:38.670><c> bit</c><00:20:38.750><c> of</c><00:20:38.930><c> a</c><00:20:39.109><c> problem</c><00:20:39.250><c> here,</c><00:20:39.430><c> because</c> 00:20:39.650 --> 00:20:41.450 whatever<00:20:39.950><c> it</c><00:20:40.250><c> was</c><00:20:40.490><c> that</c><00:20:40.750><c> came</c><00:20:40.890><c> into</c><00:20:41.109><c> Moses'</c> 00:20:41.789 --> 00:20:44.690 heart,<00:20:42.450><c> in</c><00:20:42.630><c> verse</c><00:20:42.849><c> 23,</c><00:20:43.269><c> is</c><00:20:43.369><c> going</c><00:20:43.569><c> to</c><00:20:43.750><c> cost</c><00:20:43.950><c> a</c><00:20:44.089><c> man</c><00:20:44.210><c> his</c><00:20:44.470><c> life,</c> 00:20:44.690 --> 00:20:48.170 in<00:20:44.869><c> verse</c><00:20:45.130><c> 24.</c><00:20:46.789><c> And</c><00:20:46.970><c> he</c><00:20:47.190><c> thinks,</c><00:20:47.650><c> in</c><00:20:47.890><c> verse</c> 00:20:48.170 --> 00:20:50.650 25,<00:20:48.630><c> that</c><00:20:48.829><c> everybody's</c><00:20:49.349><c> going</c><00:20:49.450><c> to</c><00:20:49.569><c> get</c><00:20:49.690><c> the</c><00:20:49.970><c> point</c><00:20:50.289><c> of</c><00:20:50.549><c> what</c> 00:20:50.650 --> 00:20:53.730 he's<00:20:50.869><c> done.</c><00:20:51.210><c> Verse</c><00:20:51.470><c> 25,</c><00:20:52.289><c> he's</c><00:20:53.309><c> supposed</c> 00:20:53.730 --> 00:20:57.130 that<00:20:53.829><c> his</c><00:20:54.109><c> brethren</c><00:20:54.509><c> would</c><00:20:54.710><c> have</c><00:20:54.970><c> understood</c><00:20:55.769><c> how</c><00:20:56.529><c> that</c><00:20:56.849><c> God,</c> 00:20:57.190 --> 00:20:58.529 by<00:20:57.450><c> his</c><00:20:57.769><c> hand,</c><00:20:57.950><c> would</c><00:20:58.190><c> deliver</c><00:20:58.369><c> them,</c> 00:20:58.529 --> 00:21:03.470 but<00:20:58.849><c> they</c><00:20:59.190><c> didn't</c><00:20:59.730><c> understand.</c><00:21:01.150><c> Nobody</c><00:21:01.470><c> got</c><00:21:01.750><c> the</c><00:21:02.049><c> point.</c><00:21:03.049><c> They're</c><00:21:03.289><c> all</c> 00:21:03.470 --> 00:21:04.789 looking<00:21:03.910><c> at</c><00:21:04.190><c> him</c><00:21:04.269><c> like</c><00:21:04.509><c> there's</c> 00:21:04.789 --> 00:21:08.130 something<00:21:05.009><c> wrong</c><00:21:05.250><c> with</c><00:21:05.430><c> him.</c><00:21:06.950><c> In</c><00:21:07.029><c> verse</c><00:21:07.210><c> 25</c><00:21:07.549><c> of</c><00:21:07.710><c> Acts</c><00:21:07.869><c> chapter</c> 00:21:08.130 --> 00:21:12.190 7,<00:21:09.990><c> but</c><00:21:10.309><c> something's</c><00:21:10.970><c> come</c><00:21:11.130><c> into</c><00:21:11.349><c> his</c><00:21:11.690><c> heart,</c> 00:21:12.329 --> 00:21:17.430 in<00:21:12.529><c> verse</c><00:21:12.769><c> 23.</c><00:21:14.089><c> And</c><00:21:14.529><c> what</c><00:21:15.190><c> was</c><00:21:15.470><c> it?</c><00:21:16.430><c> Well,</c><00:21:16.569><c> I'll</c><00:21:16.789><c> show</c><00:21:16.930><c> you</c><00:21:17.049><c> what</c><00:21:17.170><c> it</c> 00:21:17.430 --> 00:21:19.130 was.<00:21:17.809><c> Come</c><00:21:17.990><c> back</c><00:21:18.170><c> with</c><00:21:18.349><c> me</c><00:21:18.490><c> to</c><00:21:18.710><c> Genesis</c> 00:21:19.130 --> 00:21:25.009 41.<00:21:21.210><c> Something</c><00:21:21.289><c> very</c><00:21:21.849><c> significant</c><00:21:22.430><c> has</c><00:21:22.769><c> come</c><00:21:23.009><c> into</c><00:21:23.329><c> Moses'</c><00:21:24.390><c> heart.</c> 00:21:26.470 --> 00:21:32.329 You'll<00:21:26.730><c> recall</c><00:21:27.009><c> what</c><00:21:27.130><c> we</c><00:21:27.329><c> mentioned</c><00:21:27.549><c> in</c><00:21:27.710><c> our</c><00:21:27.970><c> first</c><00:21:28.230><c> talk,</c><00:21:30.410><c> the</c><00:21:30.710><c> promise</c><00:21:30.970><c> that</c><00:21:31.190><c> God</c><00:21:31.369><c> had</c><00:21:31.569><c> made</c><00:21:31.730><c> to</c><00:21:31.970><c> Abraham</c> 00:21:32.329 --> 00:21:37.809 in<00:21:32.549><c> Genesis</c><00:21:32.829><c> 15,</c><00:21:34.349><c> or</c><00:21:34.490><c> verses</c><00:21:34.869><c> 13</c><00:21:35.509><c> to</c><00:21:35.769><c> 16,</c><00:21:36.529><c> but</c><00:21:37.089><c> particularly</c> 00:21:37.809 --> 00:21:40.390 Genesis<00:21:38.230><c> 15</c><00:21:38.710><c> and</c><00:21:38.869><c> verse</c><00:21:39.130><c> 16,</c><00:21:39.690><c> where</c><00:21:39.809><c> it</c><00:21:40.009><c> tells</c><00:21:40.170><c> us</c> 00:21:40.390 --> 00:21:43.789 that<00:21:40.549><c> in</c><00:21:40.710><c> the</c><00:21:41.029><c> fourth</c><00:21:41.529><c> generation,</c><00:21:42.690><c> the</c><00:21:42.910><c> nation</c><00:21:43.170><c> would</c><00:21:43.450><c> come</c> 00:21:43.789 --> 00:21:45.670 out<00:21:44.089><c> of</c><00:21:44.230><c> Egypt.</c><00:21:44.710><c> And</c><00:21:44.849><c> Moses,</c><00:21:45.170><c> of</c><00:21:45.349><c> course,</c> 00:21:45.670 --> 00:21:49.349 knows<00:21:46.049><c> that</c><00:21:46.269><c> he</c><00:21:46.430><c> is</c><00:21:46.750><c> the</c><00:21:47.029><c> fourth</c><00:21:47.269><c> generation</c><00:21:47.910><c> from</c><00:21:48.230><c> Jacob,</c> 00:21:49.849 --> 00:21:51.450 and<00:21:50.089><c> Jacob</c><00:21:50.329><c> was</c><00:21:50.529><c> the</c><00:21:50.690><c> generation</c><00:21:50.990><c> that</c><00:21:51.210><c> first</c> 00:21:51.450 --> 00:21:55.549 went<00:21:51.829><c> in</c><00:21:52.490><c> to</c><00:21:52.849><c> Egypt.</c><00:21:53.670><c> So</c><00:21:53.849><c> Moses</c><00:21:54.109><c> is</c><00:21:54.390><c> well</c><00:21:54.569><c> aware</c><00:21:54.769><c> of</c><00:21:54.930><c> that,</c><00:21:55.210><c> as</c> 00:21:55.549 --> 00:22:00.349 would<00:21:55.869><c> everybody</c><00:21:56.230><c> else</c><00:21:56.490><c> have</c><00:21:56.769><c> been.</c><00:21:59.809><c> Joseph,</c> 00:22:00.349 --> 00:22:06.990 it<00:22:00.710><c> tells</c><00:22:00.950><c> us,</c><00:22:02.069><c> in</c><00:22:02.470><c> Genesis</c><00:22:03.069><c> 50</c><00:22:03.750><c> and</c><00:22:04.089><c> verse</c><00:22:04.349><c> 24,</c><00:22:05.829><c> Joseph</c><00:22:06.509><c> said</c> 00:22:06.990 --> 00:22:11.009 to<00:22:07.170><c> his</c><00:22:07.390><c> brethren,</c><00:22:08.069><c> I</c><00:22:08.269><c> die,</c><00:22:09.470><c> and</c><00:22:10.289><c> God</c><00:22:10.569><c> will</c> 00:22:11.009 --> 00:22:15.230 surely<00:22:11.369><c> visit</c><00:22:12.150><c> you</c><00:22:12.849><c> and</c><00:22:13.690><c> bring</c><00:22:13.950><c> you</c><00:22:14.109><c> out</c><00:22:14.230><c> of</c><00:22:14.289><c> this</c><00:22:14.569><c> land,</c><00:22:14.970><c> unto</c> 00:22:15.230 --> 00:22:17.390 the<00:22:15.470><c> land</c><00:22:15.730><c> that</c><00:22:15.930><c> he</c><00:22:16.210><c> sware</c><00:22:16.589><c> to</c><00:22:16.869><c> Abraham.</c> 00:22:17.490 --> 00:22:21.390 Well,<00:22:17.789><c> you've</c><00:22:17.970><c> just</c><00:22:18.349><c> read</c><00:22:18.769><c> Acts</c><00:22:19.190><c> chapter</c><00:22:19.490><c> 7</c><00:22:19.769><c> and</c><00:22:19.950><c> verse</c><00:22:20.150><c> 23,</c> 00:22:21.430 --> 00:22:23.890 that<00:22:21.529><c> it</c><00:22:21.849><c> came</c><00:22:22.069><c> into</c><00:22:22.269><c> his</c><00:22:22.569><c> heart</c><00:22:22.809><c> to</c><00:22:23.450><c> visit</c> 00:22:23.890 --> 00:22:28.470 his<00:22:24.490><c> brethren.</c><00:22:24.990><c> Well,</c><00:22:25.230><c> how</c><00:22:25.509><c> can</c><00:22:25.829><c> Acts</c><00:22:26.069><c> 7</c><00:22:26.349><c> verse</c><00:22:26.569><c> 23</c><00:22:27.309><c> not</c><00:22:27.970><c> be</c><00:22:28.289><c> a</c> 00:22:28.470 --> 00:22:30.670 reference<00:22:28.789><c> to</c><00:22:29.150><c> Genesis</c><00:22:29.609><c> 50</c><00:22:30.130><c> and</c><00:22:30.410><c> verse</c> 00:22:30.670 --> 00:22:34.829 24?<00:22:31.670><c> Joseph</c><00:22:32.029><c> said,</c><00:22:32.950><c> God's</c><00:22:33.490><c> going</c><00:22:33.589><c> to</c><00:22:33.950><c> visit</c><00:22:34.150><c> you</c><00:22:34.490><c> and</c><00:22:34.670><c> bring</c> 00:22:34.829 --> 00:22:36.829 you<00:22:34.950><c> out</c><00:22:35.089><c> of</c><00:22:35.210><c> Egypt.</c><00:22:35.950><c> Moses</c><00:22:36.289><c> goes</c><00:22:36.529><c> out</c> 00:22:36.829 --> 00:22:40.829 to<00:22:37.450><c> visit</c><00:22:37.849><c> his</c><00:22:38.289><c> people</c><00:22:38.549><c> because</c><00:22:39.049><c> something</c><00:22:39.710><c> has</c><00:22:40.089><c> come</c><00:22:40.450><c> into</c> 00:22:40.829 --> 00:22:43.390 his<00:22:41.190><c> heart.</c><00:22:42.130><c> Now,</c><00:22:42.470><c> what</c><00:22:42.890><c> was</c><00:22:43.130><c> it</c><00:22:43.230><c> that</c> 00:22:43.390 --> 00:22:46.690 came<00:22:43.529><c> into</c><00:22:43.750><c> his</c><00:22:44.029><c> heart?</c><00:22:44.670><c> Well,</c><00:22:44.769><c> let</c><00:22:44.869><c> me</c><00:22:44.970><c> show</c><00:22:45.170><c> you.</c><00:22:46.309><c> Genesis</c> 00:22:46.690 --> 00:22:53.329 41<00:22:47.549><c> and</c><00:22:48.349><c> verse</c><00:22:49.089><c> 46.</c><00:22:51.410><c> Joseph</c><00:22:52.029><c> was</c><00:22:52.509><c> 30</c><00:22:53.009><c> years</c> 00:22:53.329 --> 00:22:58.789 old<00:22:53.769><c> when</c><00:22:54.269><c> he</c><00:22:54.430><c> stood</c><00:22:54.609><c> before</c><00:22:55.049><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:22:55.930><c> king</c><00:22:56.109><c> of</c><00:22:56.269><c> Egypt.</c><00:22:58.410><c> He'd</c> 00:22:58.789 --> 00:23:04.769 been<00:22:58.970><c> in</c><00:22:59.130><c> prison</c><00:22:59.289><c> many</c><00:22:59.589><c> years,</c><00:23:00.849><c> and</c> 00:23:04.769 --> 00:23:08.150 Revelation's<00:23:05.450><c> dreams</c><00:23:06.130><c> became</c><00:23:06.589><c> public</c><00:23:06.990><c> in</c><00:23:07.329><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:23:07.750><c> ears,</c> 00:23:08.609 --> 00:23:10.289 and<00:23:08.710><c> now</c><00:23:08.930><c> he</c><00:23:09.150><c> stands</c><00:23:09.410><c> before</c><00:23:09.769><c> the</c><00:23:09.930><c> king</c><00:23:10.089><c> of</c> 00:23:10.289 --> 00:23:17.250 Egypt.<00:23:11.109><c> And</c><00:23:11.250><c> in</c><00:23:11.430><c> verse</c><00:23:11.710><c> 53</c><00:23:12.730><c> of</c><00:23:13.369><c> Genesis</c><00:23:13.789><c> 41,</c><00:23:15.430><c> it</c><00:23:15.609><c> says,</c><00:23:16.990><c> as</c><00:23:16.990><c> he</c> 00:23:17.250 --> 00:23:20.789 interprets<00:23:17.630><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:23:18.210><c> dreams,</c><00:23:20.369><c> the</c><00:23:20.470><c> seven</c> 00:23:20.789 --> 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happy.</c><00:23:37.109><c> Joseph's</c><00:23:37.490><c> is</c><00:23:37.730><c> 37</c><00:23:38.230><c> years</c><00:23:38.529><c> old</c><00:23:38.930><c> in</c> 00:23:39.289 --> 00:23:42.809 Genesis<00:23:39.650><c> 41</c><00:23:40.369><c> and</c><00:23:40.769><c> verse</c><00:23:41.289><c> 53.</c> 00:23:43.670 --> 00:23:47.670 And<00:23:43.809><c> it</c><00:23:43.950><c> says</c><00:23:44.069><c> in</c><00:23:44.230><c> verse</c><00:23:44.470><c> 54</c><00:23:45.430><c> that</c><00:23:46.190><c> the</c><00:23:46.309><c> seven</c><00:23:46.549><c> years</c><00:23:46.750><c> of</c><00:23:47.009><c> dearth</c><00:23:47.450><c> began</c> 00:23:47.670 --> 00:23:49.130 to<00:23:47.930><c> come,</c><00:23:48.130><c> so</c><00:23:48.309><c> now</c><00:23:48.529><c> we're</c><00:23:48.890><c> entering</c> 00:23:49.130 --> 00:23:54.269 seven<00:23:49.849><c> years</c><00:23:50.349><c> of</c><00:23:50.750><c> famine.</c><00:23:52.230><c> And</c><00:23:52.410><c> chapter</c><00:23:52.670><c> 42</c><00:23:53.150><c> verse</c><00:23:53.490><c> 1</c><00:23:53.890><c> says</c> 00:23:54.269 --> 00:23:56.289 that<00:23:54.490><c> when</c><00:23:54.829><c> Jacob</c><00:23:55.289><c> saw</c><00:23:55.710><c> that</c><00:23:55.849><c> there</c><00:23:56.029><c> was</c> 00:23:56.289 --> 00:23:59.970 corn<00:23:56.509><c> in</c><00:23:56.650><c> Egypt,</c><00:23:57.170><c> this</c><00:23:57.250><c> is</c><00:23:57.430><c> Joseph's</c><00:23:57.930><c> father,</c><00:23:59.009><c> sees</c><00:23:59.210><c> that</c><00:23:59.390><c> there's</c><00:23:59.589><c> corn</c><00:23:59.730><c> in</c> 00:23:59.970 --> 00:24:03.450 Egypt,<00:24:00.210><c> he</c><00:24:00.369><c> said</c><00:24:00.529><c> to</c><00:24:03.450><c> his</c> 00:24:03.450 --> 00:24:05.390 children,<00:24:03.970><c> we're</c><00:24:04.089><c> running</c><00:24:04.250><c> out</c><00:24:04.450><c> of</c><00:24:04.630><c> food,</c><00:24:04.829><c> there's</c><00:24:04.950><c> only</c><00:24:05.210><c> one</c> 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land.</c><00:24:31.849><c> And</c> 00:24:32.089 --> 00:24:33.430 it<00:24:32.230><c> came</c><00:24:32.369><c> to</c><00:24:32.569><c> pass</c><00:24:32.769><c> when</c><00:24:32.890><c> they'd</c> 00:24:33.430 --> 00:24:36.430 eaten<00:24:33.430><c> the</c><00:24:33.529><c> corn</c><00:24:33.809><c> of</c><00:24:34.049><c> the</c><00:24:34.190><c> previous</c><00:24:34.509><c> year,</c><00:24:35.609><c> their</c><00:24:35.789><c> father</c><00:24:36.009><c> said</c><00:24:36.289><c> to</c> 00:24:36.430 --> 00:24:38.990 them,<00:24:37.049><c> go</c><00:24:37.369><c> again</c><00:24:37.869><c> and</c><00:24:38.410><c> buy</c><00:24:38.630><c> a</c><00:24:38.750><c> little</c> 00:24:38.990 --> 00:24:45.509 corn,<00:24:39.630><c> heralds</c><00:24:40.170><c> Joseph</c><00:24:40.529><c> in</c><00:24:40.769><c> Genesis</c><00:24:41.150><c> 43</c><00:24:41.670><c> verse</c><00:24:42.170><c> 2.</c><00:24:44.470><c> Well,</c><00:24:44.650><c> he's</c><00:24:44.849><c> 39</c> 00:24:45.509 --> 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45</c><00:24:59.230><c> and</c><00:24:59.849><c> verse</c> 00:25:00.289 --> 00:25:04.670 6,<00:25:01.289><c> it</c><00:25:01.490><c> says</c><00:25:02.130><c> that</c><00:25:02.529><c> Joseph</c><00:25:02.869><c> confronts</c><00:25:03.769><c> his</c><00:25:03.890><c> brethren</c><00:25:04.210><c> and</c><00:25:04.430><c> he</c> 00:25:04.670 --> 00:25:07.890 says,<00:25:06.009><c> for</c><00:25:06.009><c> these</c><00:25:06.609><c> two</c><00:25:07.029><c> years</c><00:25:07.430><c> hath</c><00:25:07.690><c> there</c> 00:25:07.890 --> 00:25:10.890 been<00:25:08.170><c> famine</c><00:25:08.509><c> in</c><00:25:08.750><c> the</c><00:25:08.970><c> land</c><00:25:09.250><c> and</c><00:25:09.609><c> yet</c><00:25:09.750><c> there</c><00:25:09.950><c> are</c><00:25:10.210><c> five</c><00:25:10.569><c> years</c> 00:25:10.890 --> 00:25:12.230 in<00:25:11.009><c> which</c><00:25:11.210><c> there</c><00:25:11.410><c> should</c><00:25:11.589><c> be</c><00:25:11.769><c> neither</c> 00:25:12.230 --> 00:25:17.710 erring<00:25:12.769><c> nor</c><00:25:13.170><c> harvest,</c><00:25:13.789><c> he</c><00:25:13.890><c> says.</c><00:25:16.170><c> And</c><00:25:16.369><c> God</c><00:25:16.650><c> has</c><00:25:16.970><c> sent</c><00:25:17.109><c> me</c><00:25:17.269><c> before</c><00:25:17.549><c> you</c> 00:25:17.710 --> 00:25:19.509 to<00:25:17.950><c> preserve</c><00:25:18.289><c> you</c><00:25:18.650><c> a</c><00:25:18.869><c> posterity</c> 00:25:19.509 --> 00:25:24.470 in<00:25:19.730><c> the</c><00:25:19.950><c> earth</c><00:25:20.150><c> and</c><00:25:20.430><c> to</c><00:25:20.769><c> save</c><00:25:21.029><c> your</c><00:25:21.430><c> lives</c><00:25:21.769><c> by</c><00:25:22.170><c> great</c><00:25:22.569><c> deliverance.</c><00:25:23.529><c> And</c><00:25:23.769><c> Joseph</c><00:25:24.049><c> is</c> 00:25:24.470 --> 00:25:26.289 39<00:25:25.150><c> years</c><00:25:25.609><c> old</c><00:25:25.970><c> when</c> 00:25:26.289 --> 00:25:31.289 he<00:25:26.490><c> says</c><00:25:26.710><c> that</c><00:25:27.049><c> to</c><00:25:27.170><c> his</c><00:25:27.450><c> brethren.</c><00:25:29.029><c> By</c><00:25:29.250><c> the</c><00:25:29.450><c> time</c><00:25:29.670><c> he</c><00:25:29.849><c> got</c><00:25:30.130><c> Jacob</c><00:25:30.690><c> and</c> 00:25:31.289 --> 00:25:32.390 the<00:25:31.470><c> rest</c><00:25:31.670><c> of</c><00:25:31.809><c> the</c><00:25:31.910><c> family</c><00:25:32.150><c> down</c> 00:25:32.390 --> 00:25:37.329 to<00:25:32.589><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:33.809><c> Joseph</c><00:25:33.869><c> would</c><00:25:34.170><c> be</c><00:25:34.809><c> 40</c><00:25:35.509><c> years</c><00:25:36.170><c> old.</c><00:25:36.769><c> And</c><00:25:36.910><c> what</c><00:25:37.069><c> did</c> 00:25:37.329 --> 00:25:39.970 Acts<00:25:37.529><c> say</c><00:25:37.849><c> in</c><00:25:37.990><c> chapter</c><00:25:38.609><c> 7</c><00:25:38.849><c> and</c><00:25:38.970><c> verse</c><00:25:39.150><c> 23?</c> 00:25:40.650 --> 00:25:46.089 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brethren</c><00:26:08.890><c> because</c><00:26:09.869><c> it</c><00:26:10.049><c> was</c><00:26:10.250><c> at</c><00:26:10.650><c> 40</c> 00:26:10.970 --> 00:26:14.450 years<00:26:11.309><c> old</c><00:26:11.730><c> that</c><00:26:12.109><c> Joseph</c><00:26:12.630><c> saved</c><00:26:13.589><c> his</c> 00:26:14.509 --> 00:26:17.730 entire<00:26:15.009><c> family.</c><00:26:16.750><c> And</c><00:26:16.869><c> you</c><00:26:17.009><c> can</c><00:26:17.069><c> see</c><00:26:17.190><c> therefore</c><00:26:17.430><c> what</c><00:26:17.609><c> going</c> 00:26:17.730 --> 00:26:20.009 through<00:26:17.910><c> Moses'</c><00:26:18.529><c> mind,</c><00:26:19.470><c> providentially</c> 00:26:20.009 --> 00:26:22.750 delivered<00:26:20.329><c> at</c><00:26:20.609><c> birth,</c><00:26:21.430><c> nursed</c><00:26:21.789><c> up</c><00:26:21.910><c> in</c><00:26:22.029><c> his</c><00:26:22.170><c> father's</c><00:26:22.589><c> house,</c> 00:26:22.849 --> 00:26:25.089 then<00:26:23.029><c> 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deliver</c><00:26:37.329><c> his</c> 00:26:37.589 --> 00:26:42.109 brethren<00:26:37.930><c> just</c><00:26:38.690><c> like</c><00:26:39.069><c> Joseph</c><00:26:39.450><c> did.</c><00:26:39.710><c> And</c><00:26:39.910><c> it's</c><00:26:40.130><c> the</c><00:26:40.349><c> fourth</c><00:26:40.569><c> generation</c><00:26:41.250><c> and</c><00:26:41.630><c> I'm</c><00:26:41.869><c> 40</c> 00:26:42.109 --> 00:26:42.710 years<00:26:42.410><c> old,</c><00:26:42.529><c> I'm</c> 00:26:42.710 --> 00:26:48.930 almost<00:26:43.049><c> 41</c><00:26:43.609><c> years</c><00:26:44.049><c> old.</c><00:26:44.609><c> And</c><00:26:44.869><c> he</c><00:26:45.170><c> thought</c><00:26:45.390><c> his</c><00:26:45.769><c> brethren</c><00:26:45.990><c> would</c><00:26:46.250><c> understand.</c><00:26:48.609><c> And</c> 00:26:48.930 --> 00:26:49.829 nobody<00:26:49.170><c> understood</c><00:26:49.609><c> a</c> 00:26:49.829 --> 00:26:55.490 thing.<00:26:51.049><c> Nobody</c><00:26:51.349><c> 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he</c><00:27:13.890><c> thought</c><00:27:14.309><c> in</c> 00:27:15.130 --> 00:27:18.970 Acts<00:27:15.430><c> chapter</c><00:27:15.750><c> 7</c><00:27:16.109><c> and</c><00:27:16.289><c> verse</c><00:27:16.509><c> 25</c><00:27:17.369><c> that</c> 00:27:18.970 --> 00:27:22.569 his<00:27:19.329><c> brethren</c><00:27:19.630><c> would</c><00:27:19.829><c> have</c><00:27:19.950><c> understood</c><00:27:20.609><c> that</c><00:27:20.950><c> God</c><00:27:21.250><c> by</c><00:27:21.809><c> his</c> 00:27:22.569 --> 00:27:25.849 hand<00:27:23.210><c> would</c><00:27:23.849><c> deliver</c><00:27:24.170><c> them.</c><00:27:24.809><c> And</c><00:27:24.990><c> they</c><00:27:25.170><c> understood</c> 00:27:25.849 --> 00:27:30.970 not.<00:27:26.150><c> That's</c><00:27:26.390><c> what</c><00:27:26.589><c> Moses</c><00:27:26.970><c> thought</c><00:27:27.309><c> at</c><00:27:27.650><c> 40</c><00:27:27.890><c> years</c><00:27:28.230><c> old.</c><00:27:29.890><c> In</c><00:27:30.049><c> Acts</c><00:27:30.369><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.650><c> 7</c> 00:27:30.970 --> 00:27:32.789 and<00:27:31.150><c> verse</c><00:27:31.950><c> 25,</c><00:27:32.609><c> when</c> 00:27:32.789 --> 00:27:39.109 Moses<00:27:33.130><c> was</c><00:27:33.569><c> 80</c><00:27:33.950><c> years</c><00:27:34.309><c> old</c><00:27:34.529><c> and</c><00:27:34.890><c> deliverance</c><00:27:35.410><c> was</c><00:27:36.029><c> finally</c><00:27:36.470><c> effected,</c><00:27:38.950><c> it</c> 00:27:39.109 --> 00:27:40.430 tells<00:27:39.369><c> us</c><00:27:39.630><c> that</c><00:27:39.829><c> that</c><00:27:40.109><c> deliverance</c> 00:27:40.430 --> 00:27:45.089 would<00:27:40.650><c> be</c><00:27:41.410><c> by</c><00:27:41.730><c> the</c><00:27:41.930><c> hand</c><00:27:42.069><c> of</c><00:27:42.250><c> the</c><00:27:42.410><c> angel.</c><00:27:44.029><c> And</c><00:27:44.470><c> that</c><00:27:44.670><c> was</c><00:27:44.869><c> the</c> 00:27:45.089 --> 00:27:48.150 problem.<00:27:46.250><c> That</c><00:27:46.490><c> was</c><00:27:46.730><c> the</c><00:27:46.849><c> big</c><00:27:47.170><c> problem.</c> 00:27:48.349 --> 00:27:50.250 Moses<00:27:48.589><c> thought</c><00:27:48.849><c> at</c><00:27:49.049><c> 40</c><00:27:49.250><c> years</c><00:27:49.490><c> old</c><00:27:49.609><c> that</c><00:27:49.710><c> he</c><00:27:49.769><c> could</c><00:27:49.930><c> do</c><00:27:50.029><c> it</c><00:27:50.130><c> in</c> 00:27:50.250 --> 00:27:52.970 his<00:27:50.329><c> own</c><00:27:50.569><c> strength.</c><00:27:51.710><c> When</c><00:27:51.710><c> it</c><00:27:51.890><c> turns</c><00:27:52.210><c> out,</c> 00:27:53.430 --> 00:27:56.430 when<00:27:53.569><c> he</c><00:27:53.730><c> finally</c><00:27:54.109><c> did</c><00:27:54.470><c> deliver</c><00:27:54.789><c> the</c><00:27:54.890><c> nation</c><00:27:55.150><c> of</c><00:27:55.329><c> Israel</c><00:27:55.630><c> in</c><00:27:55.930><c> Acts</c><00:27:56.190><c> 7</c> 00:27:56.430 --> 00:27:58.109 and<00:27:56.549><c> verse</c><00:27:56.730><c> 35,</c><00:27:57.470><c> it</c><00:27:57.490><c> wasn't</c><00:27:57.849><c> by</c> 00:27:58.109 --> 00:28:01.670 his<00:27:58.430><c> hand</c><00:27:58.609><c> at</c><00:27:58.849><c> all.</c><00:27:59.390><c> He</c><00:27:59.509><c> was</c><00:27:59.750><c> merely</c><00:28:00.029><c> an</c><00:28:00.670><c> instrument</c><00:28:01.130><c> in</c><00:28:01.410><c> the</c> 00:28:01.670 --> 00:28:06.569 hand<00:28:01.890><c> of</c><00:28:02.109><c> God.</c><00:28:04.849><c> How</c><00:28:05.109><c> do</c><00:28:05.230><c> you</c><00:28:05.349><c> make</c><00:28:05.509><c> Moses</c> 00:28:06.750 --> 00:28:11.430 into<00:28:07.230><c> a</c><00:28:07.450><c> humble</c><00:28:07.650><c> instrument</c><00:28:07.990><c> in</c><00:28:08.130><c> the</c><00:28:08.269><c> hand</c><00:28:08.390><c> of</c><00:28:08.630><c> God?</c><00:28:09.910><c> Well,</c><00:28:11.250><c> as</c> 00:28:11.430 --> 00:28:12.609 it<00:28:11.609><c> turns</c><00:28:11.809><c> out,</c><00:28:11.970><c> that's</c><00:28:12.230><c> going</c><00:28:12.329><c> to</c><00:28:12.470><c> take</c> 00:28:12.609 --> 00:28:16.950 another<00:28:12.869><c> 40</c><00:28:13.150><c> years.</c><00:28:14.750><c> So</c><00:28:15.049><c> you</c><00:28:15.130><c> can</c><00:28:15.349><c> see</c><00:28:15.450><c> the</c><00:28:15.650><c> problem.</c><00:28:16.650><c> And</c><00:28:16.869><c> you</c> 00:28:16.950 --> 00:28:21.390 can<00:28:17.130><c> see</c><00:28:17.230><c> what</c><00:28:17.369><c> was</c><00:28:17.490><c> in</c><00:28:17.549><c> his</c><00:28:17.789><c> heart.</c><00:28:20.869><c> He</c> 00:28:21.390 --> 00:28:25.849 thought<00:28:21.829><c> something</c><00:28:22.589><c> must</c><00:28:22.990><c> happen</c><00:28:23.349><c> in</c><00:28:23.609><c> the</c><00:28:23.789><c> 40th</c><00:28:24.230><c> year.</c><00:28:25.690><c> And</c> 00:28:25.849 --> 00:28:27.490 so<00:28:25.930><c> he</c><00:28:26.069><c> goes</c><00:28:26.329><c> out</c><00:28:26.710><c> amongst</c><00:28:27.009><c> his</c><00:28:27.289><c> people.</c> 00:28:27.509 --> 00:28:30.890 That's<00:28:27.730><c> what</c><00:28:27.829><c> it</c><00:28:28.089><c> told</c><00:28:28.210><c> us</c><00:28:28.410><c> in</c><00:28:28.710><c> Exodus</c><00:28:29.049><c> chapter</c><00:28:29.390><c> 2</c><00:28:29.690><c> verse</c><00:28:29.970><c> 11.</c> 00:28:31.329 --> 00:28:34.250 He<00:28:31.410><c> goes</c><00:28:31.609><c> out</c><00:28:32.690><c> amongst</c><00:28:33.869><c> his</c><00:28:34.089><c> people,</c> 00:28:34.269 --> 00:28:37.390 he<00:28:34.369><c> looks</c><00:28:34.630><c> upon</c><00:28:34.930><c> their</c><00:28:35.190><c> burdens,</c><00:28:35.630><c> and</c><00:28:35.809><c> he</c><00:28:36.109><c> spies</c><00:28:36.369><c> an</c><00:28:36.630><c> Egyptian,</c><00:28:37.130><c> what's</c> 00:28:37.390 --> 00:28:38.509 more,<00:28:37.710><c> smiting</c><00:28:37.970><c> in</c><00:28:38.190><c> Hebrew</c> 00:28:38.509 --> 00:28:42.269 one<00:28:38.869><c> of</c><00:28:38.970><c> his</c><00:28:39.190><c> brethren.</c><00:28:40.089><c> Now,</c><00:28:40.410><c> what</c><00:28:40.609><c> do</c><00:28:40.950><c> you</c><00:28:40.950><c> think</c><00:28:41.130><c> Moses</c><00:28:41.630><c> saw</c> 00:28:42.269 --> 00:28:45.170 when<00:28:42.910><c> he</c><00:28:43.130><c> went</c><00:28:43.390><c> out</c><00:28:44.170><c> amongst</c><00:28:44.569><c> his</c><00:28:44.950><c> brethren?</c> 00:28:45.250 --> 00:28:49.789 So<00:28:45.430><c> he's</c><00:28:45.670><c> in</c><00:28:45.769><c> his</c><00:28:46.029><c> chariot,</c><00:28:46.890><c> charging</c><00:28:47.210><c> around</c><00:28:47.589><c> Goshen,</c><00:28:48.549><c> making</c><00:28:48.890><c> observations</c><00:28:49.569><c> about</c> 00:28:49.789 --> 00:28:50.650 what<00:28:49.970><c> he</c><00:28:50.170><c> sees.</c><00:28:50.450><c> What</c> 00:28:50.650 --> 00:28:53.690 do<00:28:50.829><c> you</c><00:28:50.990><c> think</c><00:28:51.150><c> he</c><00:28:51.549><c> saw?</c><00:28:52.750><c> Well,</c><00:28:52.890><c> I'll</c><00:28:53.049><c> show</c><00:28:53.130><c> you</c><00:28:53.210><c> what</c><00:28:53.289><c> he</c><00:28:53.509><c> saw.</c> 00:28:53.829 --> 00:28:55.549 He<00:28:53.849><c> came</c><00:28:53.990><c> a</c><00:28:54.210><c> couple</c><00:28:54.410><c> of</c><00:28:54.569><c> pages</c><00:28:54.769><c> over</c><00:28:55.109><c> to</c> 00:28:55.549 --> 00:29:04.490 Exodus<00:28:55.970><c> 5</c><00:28:57.049><c> and</c><00:28:57.690><c> verse</c><00:28:58.029><c> 14.</c><00:29:00.730><c> This</c><00:29:00.930><c> is</c><00:29:01.089><c> what</c><00:29:01.190><c> he</c><00:29:01.410><c> saw.</c><00:29:04.089><c> In</c><00:29:04.230><c> Exodus</c> 00:29:04.490 --> 00:29:06.849 5<00:29:04.809><c> verse</c><00:29:05.029><c> 14,</c><00:29:05.569><c> it</c><00:29:05.750><c> says,</c><00:29:06.250><c> the</c><00:29:06.250><c> officers</c> 00:29:06.849 --> 00:29:10.970 of<00:29:07.170><c> the</c><00:29:07.490><c> children</c><00:29:07.849><c> of</c><00:29:08.089><c> Israel,</c><00:29:08.730><c> which</c><00:29:09.089><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:29:09.789><c> taskmasters</c><00:29:10.509><c> had</c><00:29:10.809><c> set</c> 00:29:10.970 --> 00:29:12.450 over<00:29:11.210><c> them,</c><00:29:11.890><c> were</c><00:29:12.049><c> beaten</c> 00:29:12.450 --> 00:29:15.910 and<00:29:12.809><c> demanded,</c><00:29:14.349><c> wherefore</c><00:29:14.809><c> have</c><00:29:14.990><c> you</c><00:29:15.109><c> not</c><00:29:15.309><c> fulfilled</c><00:29:15.609><c> your</c> 00:29:15.910 --> 00:29:17.950 task<00:29:16.130><c> in</c><00:29:16.289><c> making</c><00:29:16.609><c> brick</c><00:29:16.950><c> yesterday</c><00:29:17.450><c> today</c> 00:29:17.950 --> 00:29:21.789 as<00:29:18.470><c> heretofore?</c><00:29:19.589><c> Now,</c><00:29:19.890><c> I</c><00:29:19.970><c> don't</c><00:29:20.069><c> want</c><00:29:20.170><c> to</c><00:29:20.269><c> talk</c><00:29:20.390><c> about</c><00:29:20.549><c> the</c><00:29:20.769><c> fact</c><00:29:20.890><c> that</c><00:29:21.029><c> they</c><00:29:21.549><c> had</c><00:29:21.650><c> to</c> 00:29:21.789 --> 00:29:22.009 get<00:29:21.849><c> their</c> 00:29:22.009 --> 00:29:25.769 own<00:29:22.269><c> straw</c><00:29:22.490><c> and</c><00:29:22.630><c> all</c><00:29:22.750><c> that</c><00:29:22.950><c> sort</c><00:29:23.069><c> of</c><00:29:23.190><c> thing</c><00:29:23.650><c> subsequently.</c><00:29:24.289><c> But</c><00:29:24.809><c> the</c><00:29:25.430><c> point</c><00:29:25.630><c> of</c> 00:29:25.769 --> 00:29:27.650 this<00:29:26.029><c> verse</c><00:29:26.190><c> is</c><00:29:26.670><c> there</c><00:29:27.269><c> is</c><00:29:27.470><c> a</c> 00:29:27.650 --> 00:29:31.529 certain<00:29:27.869><c> hierarchy</c><00:29:28.690><c> amongst</c><00:29:29.150><c> the</c><00:29:29.390><c> children</c><00:29:29.549><c> of</c><00:29:29.869><c> Israel.</c><00:29:31.230><c> We</c> 00:29:31.529 --> 00:29:34.869 have<00:29:31.789><c> Egyptian</c><00:29:32.329><c> taskmasters</c><00:29:34.410><c> ruling</c> 00:29:34.869 --> 00:29:42.230 over<00:29:35.410><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:36.190><c> officers</c><00:29:37.009><c> who</c><00:29:38.089><c> are</c><00:29:38.349><c> ruling</c><00:29:38.609><c> over</c><00:29:39.210><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:39.930><c> slaves.</c><00:29:41.450><c> So</c><00:29:41.650><c> there's</c><00:29:41.849><c> a</c> 00:29:42.230 --> 00:29:43.990 structure<00:29:42.630><c> in</c><00:29:42.950><c> the</c><00:29:43.109><c> nation.</c> 00:29:44.009 --> 00:29:46.589 They<00:29:44.150><c> are</c><00:29:44.369><c> slaves.</c><00:29:45.049><c> They've</c><00:29:45.230><c> all</c><00:29:45.349><c> been</c><00:29:45.589><c> formed</c><00:29:45.730><c> into</c><00:29:46.190><c> work</c> 00:29:46.589 --> 00:29:49.890 gangs<00:29:47.069><c> with</c><00:29:47.890><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:48.450><c> officers</c><00:29:49.089><c> over</c> 00:29:49.890 --> 00:29:56.049 the<00:29:50.349><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:50.730><c> slaves,</c><00:29:51.930><c> and</c><00:29:52.150><c> Egyptian</c><00:29:52.490><c> taskmasters</c><00:29:53.230><c> over</c><00:29:53.509><c> them.</c><00:29:55.730><c> What</c> 00:29:56.049 --> 00:29:58.450 do<00:29:56.250><c> you</c><00:29:56.269><c> think</c><00:29:56.410><c> Moses</c><00:29:56.869><c> saw</c><00:29:57.529><c> when</c> 00:29:58.450 --> 00:30:04.230 he<00:29:58.569><c> saw</c><00:29:58.849><c> that?</c><00:30:01.289><c> Well,</c><00:30:01.549><c> some</c><00:30:01.750><c> pretty</c><00:30:02.009><c> good</c><00:30:02.210><c> military</c><00:30:02.549><c> possibilities</c><00:30:03.150><c> there.</c> 00:30:04.750 --> 00:30:05.789 We've<00:30:04.990><c> already</c><00:30:05.190><c> got</c><00:30:05.450><c> companies</c> 00:30:05.789 --> 00:30:10.049 of<00:30:06.049><c> soldiers,</c><00:30:06.970><c> and</c><00:30:07.170><c> they've</c><00:30:07.509><c> already</c><00:30:08.009><c> got</c><00:30:08.470><c> commanders.</c><00:30:09.769><c> And</c> 00:30:10.049 --> 00:30:12.569 if<00:30:10.130><c> we</c><00:30:10.349><c> simply</c><00:30:10.609><c> replace</c><00:30:11.130><c> the</c><00:30:11.410><c> Egyptian</c><00:30:11.829><c> taskmaster</c> 00:30:12.569 --> 00:30:20.970 with<00:30:13.849><c> a</c><00:30:14.089><c> general,</c><00:30:16.549><c> we've</c><00:30:17.230><c> got</c><00:30:17.329><c> a</c><00:30:17.490><c> revolution.</c><00:30:18.910><c> We</c><00:30:19.230><c> already</c><00:30:19.829><c> have</c><00:30:20.390><c> a</c> 00:30:20.970 --> 00:30:23.730 good<00:30:21.230><c> proportion</c><00:30:21.869><c> of</c><00:30:22.170><c> the</c><00:30:22.450><c> organisation</c> 00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:30.069 of<00:30:24.049><c> a</c><00:30:24.450><c> military</c><00:30:25.130><c> force</c><00:30:25.890><c> in</c><00:30:26.490><c> amongst</c><00:30:26.789><c> my</c><00:30:27.069><c> own</c><00:30:27.309><c> people.</c><00:30:29.869><c> Moses</c> 00:30:30.069 --> 00:30:32.529 got<00:30:30.289><c> all</c><00:30:30.490><c> this</c><00:30:30.630><c> education.</c><00:30:31.930><c> He</c><00:30:32.049><c> knows</c><00:30:32.309><c> what</c> 00:30:32.529 --> 00:30:36.190 history<00:30:32.829><c> looks</c><00:30:33.109><c> like.</c><00:30:33.509><c> He</c><00:30:33.670><c> would</c><00:30:33.990><c> know</c><00:30:34.329><c> what</c><00:30:34.809><c> military</c><00:30:35.250><c> tactics</c><00:30:35.650><c> looked</c><00:30:36.049><c> like.</c> 00:30:36.250 --> 00:30:36.769 They<00:30:36.390><c> would</c><00:30:36.509><c> have</c><00:30:36.589><c> taught</c> 00:30:36.769 --> 00:30:39.789 him<00:30:36.970><c> all</c><00:30:37.190><c> of</c><00:30:37.369><c> that.</c><00:30:38.230><c> And</c><00:30:38.309><c> with</c><00:30:38.470><c> this</c><00:30:38.630><c> organisation</c><00:30:39.210><c> and</c><00:30:39.529><c> his</c> 00:30:39.789 --> 00:30:43.589 leadership,<00:30:41.009><c> and</c><00:30:41.089><c> well,</c><00:30:41.849><c> don't</c><00:30:42.069><c> forget</c> 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:52.910 the<00:30:43.789><c> Hebrew's</c><00:30:44.690><c> superior</c><00:30:44.990><c> numbers,</c><00:30:47.109><c> they've</c><00:30:47.289><c> got</c><00:30:47.630><c> a</c><00:30:48.049><c> very</c><00:30:48.390><c> credible</c><00:30:48.849><c> fighting</c><00:30:49.269><c> force.</c><00:30:52.210><c> Well,</c><00:30:52.690><c> we</c><00:30:52.809><c> know</c> 00:30:52.910 --> 00:30:56.269 that's<00:30:53.089><c> interrupted,</c><00:30:54.069><c> because</c><00:30:54.250><c> back</c><00:30:54.450><c> in</c><00:30:54.630><c> Exodus</c><00:30:54.869><c> chapter</c><00:30:55.210><c> 2,</c> 00:30:56.769 --> 00:30:58.569 he<00:30:56.930><c> spies</c><00:30:57.250><c> an</c><00:30:57.470><c> Egyptian</c><00:30:57.809><c> in</c><00:30:57.970><c> verse</c><00:30:58.230><c> 11,</c> 00:30:58.670 --> 00:31:04.890 smiting<00:30:59.109><c> in</c><00:30:59.369><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:59.690><c> one</c><00:31:00.269><c> of</c><00:31:00.390><c> his</c><00:31:00.569><c> brethren.</c><00:31:02.990><c> It's</c><00:31:03.289><c> likely</c><00:31:03.589><c> that</c><00:31:04.029><c> his</c><00:31:04.329><c> refusal</c><00:31:04.690><c> of</c> 00:31:04.890 --> 00:31:05.750 the<00:31:05.089><c> throne</c><00:31:05.230><c> is</c><00:31:05.490><c> widely</c> 00:31:05.750 --> 00:31:09.130 known<00:31:05.990><c> by</c><00:31:06.250><c> now.</c><00:31:07.569><c> His</c><00:31:07.809><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:08.089><c> origin,</c><00:31:08.410><c> of</c><00:31:08.589><c> course,</c><00:31:08.769><c> had</c><00:31:08.930><c> been</c> 00:31:09.130 --> 00:31:11.450 known<00:31:09.309><c> for</c><00:31:09.529><c> a</c><00:31:09.569><c> long</c><00:31:09.890><c> time,</c><00:31:10.190><c> and</c><00:31:10.890><c> he</c><00:31:11.269><c> might</c> 00:31:11.450 --> 00:31:15.529 expect<00:31:11.869><c> at</c><00:31:12.170><c> least</c><00:31:12.589><c> a</c><00:31:12.930><c> favourable</c><00:31:13.329><c> reception</c><00:31:13.789><c> from</c><00:31:13.990><c> his</c><00:31:14.230><c> people,</c><00:31:14.470><c> because</c><00:31:14.750><c> he's</c> 00:31:15.529 --> 00:31:16.190 shunned<00:31:15.789><c> one</c><00:31:15.930><c> of</c><00:31:16.029><c> the</c> 00:31:16.190 --> 00:31:19.430 greatest<00:31:16.509><c> accolades</c><00:31:16.970><c> that</c><00:31:17.190><c> Egypt</c><00:31:17.390><c> could</c><00:31:17.690><c> provide.</c><00:31:19.009><c> And</c><00:31:19.190><c> now</c> 00:31:19.430 --> 00:31:21.150 this,<00:31:19.789><c> I</c><00:31:19.950><c> mean,</c><00:31:20.009><c> we've</c><00:31:20.269><c> got</c><00:31:20.390><c> an</c><00:31:20.670><c> Egyptian</c> 00:31:21.150 --> 00:31:25.509 spying<00:31:21.569><c> a</c><00:31:21.750><c> Hebrew.</c><00:31:22.009><c> Well,</c><00:31:22.829><c> it's</c><00:31:23.329><c> playing</c><00:31:23.529><c> into</c><00:31:23.730><c> my</c><00:31:23.970><c> hands.</c><00:31:24.890><c> This</c><00:31:25.269><c> is</c> 00:31:25.509 --> 00:31:27.890 obviously<00:31:25.829><c> a</c><00:31:26.130><c> sign.</c><00:31:27.289><c> God's</c><00:31:27.730><c> doing</c> 00:31:27.890 --> 00:31:33.470 this<00:31:28.349><c> for</c><00:31:29.309><c> me.</c><00:31:32.150><c> Well,</c><00:31:32.289><c> he</c><00:31:32.349><c> looks</c><00:31:32.549><c> this</c><00:31:32.789><c> way</c><00:31:32.930><c> in</c><00:31:33.049><c> that</c><00:31:33.190><c> in</c><00:31:33.309><c> verse</c> 00:31:33.470 --> 00:31:34.549 12,<00:31:33.829><c> and</c><00:31:33.829><c> when</c><00:31:33.950><c> he</c><00:31:34.150><c> saw</c><00:31:34.230><c> that</c><00:31:34.369><c> there</c><00:31:34.450><c> was</c> 00:31:34.549 --> 00:31:39.069 no<00:31:34.769><c> man,</c><00:31:35.109><c> he</c><00:31:35.289><c> slew</c><00:31:35.490><c> the</c><00:31:35.730><c> Egyptian,</c><00:31:36.109><c> and</c><00:31:36.269><c> he</c><00:31:36.430><c> hid</c><00:31:36.549><c> him</c><00:31:36.769><c> in</c><00:31:36.950><c> the</c><00:31:37.190><c> sand.</c><00:31:38.269><c> Acts</c><00:31:38.569><c> chapter</c><00:31:38.789><c> 7</c> 00:31:39.069 --> 00:31:40.809 verse<00:31:39.329><c> 24,</c><00:31:40.569><c> seeing</c> 00:31:40.809 --> 00:31:43.829 one<00:31:41.089><c> of</c><00:31:41.230><c> them</c><00:31:41.369><c> suffer</c><00:31:41.710><c> wrong,</c><00:31:42.150><c> he</c><00:31:42.309><c> defended</c><00:31:42.750><c> him</c><00:31:43.089><c> and</c><00:31:43.430><c> avenged</c> 00:31:43.829 --> 00:31:46.089 him.<00:31:44.829><c> So</c><00:31:44.990><c> here's</c><00:31:45.230><c> a</c><00:31:45.369><c> man</c><00:31:45.509><c> mighty</c><00:31:45.890><c> in</c> 00:31:46.089 --> 00:31:49.029 word<00:31:46.190><c> indeed.</c><00:31:46.690><c> He</c><00:31:46.849><c> defends</c><00:31:47.309><c> in</c><00:31:47.569><c> word.</c><00:31:47.890><c> He</c><00:31:48.029><c> avenges</c><00:31:48.529><c> indeed,</c> 00:31:49.109 --> 00:31:51.190 and<00:31:49.230><c> he</c><00:31:49.329><c> hides</c><00:31:49.589><c> the</c><00:31:49.829><c> body</c><00:31:49.970><c> in</c><00:31:50.150><c> the</c><00:31:50.309><c> sand.</c> 00:31:51.549 --> 00:31:56.009 And<00:31:51.630><c> verse</c><00:31:51.809><c> 13</c><00:31:52.109><c> says,</c><00:31:53.150><c> and</c><00:31:53.349><c> he</c><00:31:53.509><c> went</c><00:31:53.609><c> out</c><00:31:53.809><c> the</c><00:31:54.069><c> second</c><00:31:54.309><c> day,</c><00:31:55.170><c> and</c><00:31:55.309><c> behold,</c><00:31:55.549><c> two</c><00:31:55.730><c> men</c><00:31:55.849><c> of</c> 00:31:56.009 --> 00:31:57.509 the<00:31:56.250><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:56.630><c> strove</c> 00:31:57.509 --> 00:32:03.369 together.<00:31:58.650><c> Acts</c><00:31:58.930><c> 7</c><00:31:59.190><c> verse</c><00:31:59.430><c> 26,</c><00:32:00.650><c> the</c><00:32:00.809><c> next</c><00:32:01.150><c> day</c><00:32:01.329><c> he</c><00:32:01.730><c> showed</c><00:32:02.089><c> himself</c><00:32:02.869><c> to</c> 00:32:03.369 --> 00:32:06.589 them.<00:32:04.130><c> He</c><00:32:04.309><c> thinks</c><00:32:04.569><c> that</c><00:32:04.730><c> they're</c><00:32:06.410><c> going</c><00:32:06.490><c> to</c> 00:32:06.589 --> 00:32:10.269 line<00:32:06.769><c> up</c><00:32:06.950><c> and</c><00:32:07.289><c> applaud</c><00:32:07.569><c> him</c><00:32:07.809><c> for</c><00:32:07.930><c> what</c><00:32:08.069><c> he</c><00:32:08.150><c> did</c><00:32:08.250><c> to</c><00:32:08.430><c> that</c><00:32:08.569><c> Egyptian.</c><00:32:09.990><c> He's</c> 00:32:10.269 --> 00:32:11.930 refused<00:32:10.549><c> a</c><00:32:10.769><c> ceremony</c><00:32:11.029><c> in</c><00:32:11.190><c> the</c><00:32:11.329><c> court</c> 00:32:12.069 --> 00:32:15.150 he<00:32:12.309><c> thought</c><00:32:12.690><c> to</c><00:32:12.809><c> be</c><00:32:13.049><c> accepted</c><00:32:13.390><c> with</c><00:32:13.930><c> equal</c><00:32:14.309><c> enthusiasm</c><00:32:14.910><c> by</c> 00:32:15.150 --> 00:32:16.250 his<00:32:15.269><c> own</c><00:32:15.470><c> people.</c> 00:32:17.210 --> 00:32:20.289 And<00:32:17.210><c> verse</c><00:32:17.410><c> 13</c><00:32:17.650><c> goes</c><00:32:17.950><c> on</c><00:32:19.049><c> that</c><00:32:19.250><c> he</c><00:32:19.309><c> said</c><00:32:19.549><c> to</c><00:32:19.650><c> him</c><00:32:19.829><c> that</c><00:32:19.970><c> did</c><00:32:20.049><c> the</c> 00:32:20.289 --> 00:32:22.490 wrong,<00:32:20.950><c> wherefore</c><00:32:21.309><c> smitest</c><00:32:21.809><c> thou</c><00:32:21.950><c> thy</c><00:32:22.250><c> fellow?</c> 00:32:22.589 --> 00:32:26.210 And<00:32:22.869><c> he</c><00:32:23.190><c> said</c><00:32:23.410><c> back</c><00:32:23.650><c> to</c><00:32:23.890><c> Moses,</c><00:32:25.109><c> who</c><00:32:25.230><c> made</c><00:32:25.450><c> thee</c><00:32:25.690><c> a</c><00:32:25.849><c> prince</c><00:32:26.049><c> and</c> 00:32:26.210 --> 00:32:28.690 a<00:32:26.369><c> judge</c><00:32:26.569><c> over</c><00:32:26.809><c> us?</c><00:32:27.309><c> Intendest</c><00:32:27.789><c> thou</c><00:32:27.910><c> to</c><00:32:28.109><c> kill</c><00:32:28.289><c> me</c> 00:32:28.690 --> 00:32:34.869 as<00:32:28.930><c> thou</c><00:32:29.150><c> killest</c><00:32:29.470><c> the</c><00:32:29.670><c> Egyptian?</c><00:32:30.990><c> And</c><00:32:31.150><c> Moses</c><00:32:31.509><c> feared</c><00:32:31.910><c> and</c><00:32:32.809><c> said,</c><00:32:33.049><c> surely</c><00:32:33.450><c> the</c><00:32:33.690><c> thing</c><00:32:33.829><c> is</c><00:32:34.069><c> known.</c> 00:32:35.390 --> 00:32:38.430 Well,<00:32:35.609><c> nothing</c><00:32:35.869><c> could</c><00:32:36.089><c> have</c><00:32:36.230><c> prepared</c><00:32:36.450><c> him</c><00:32:36.630><c> for</c><00:32:36.809><c> that.</c><00:32:38.309><c> When</c> 00:32:38.430 --> 00:32:40.369 this<00:32:38.589><c> is</c><00:32:38.789><c> the</c><00:32:38.950><c> greatest</c><00:32:39.230><c> stub</c><00:32:39.390><c> he's</c><00:32:39.589><c> ever</c><00:32:39.710><c> going</c><00:32:39.829><c> to</c> 00:32:40.369 --> 00:32:43.190 nothing<00:32:41.170><c> could</c><00:32:41.549><c> have</c><00:32:41.730><c> prepared</c><00:32:41.970><c> him</c><00:32:42.130><c> from</c><00:32:42.289><c> that.</c><00:32:42.470><c> He</c><00:32:42.509><c> might</c><00:32:42.750><c> be</c><00:32:43.009><c> a</c> 00:32:43.190 --> 00:32:44.910 prince<00:32:43.410><c> of</c><00:32:43.609><c> Egypt,</c><00:32:43.990><c> but</c><00:32:44.109><c> he</c><00:32:44.430><c> certainly,</c> 00:32:45.049 --> 00:32:49.549 as<00:32:45.210><c> it</c><00:32:45.390><c> turns</c><00:32:45.609><c> out,</c><00:32:46.430><c> was</c><00:32:46.630><c> not</c><00:32:46.869><c> a</c><00:32:47.069><c> prince</c><00:32:47.269><c> of</c><00:32:47.450><c> Israel.</c><00:32:49.029><c> But</c><00:32:49.230><c> he's</c> 00:32:49.549 --> 00:32:51.150 invested<00:32:49.930><c> everything</c><00:32:50.349><c> in</c><00:32:50.509><c> this</c><00:32:50.750><c> venture.</c> 00:32:51.589 --> 00:32:55.390 I<00:32:51.589><c> mean,</c><00:32:51.710><c> he's</c><00:32:51.910><c> already</c><00:32:52.670><c> overreached</c><00:32:53.410><c> and</c><00:32:53.589><c> stuck</c><00:32:53.769><c> out</c><00:32:53.930><c> his</c><00:32:54.130><c> neck,</c><00:32:54.829><c> and</c><00:32:55.049><c> he's</c><00:32:55.230><c> done</c><00:32:55.309><c> it</c> 00:32:55.390 --> 00:32:56.529 for<00:32:55.509><c> the</c><00:32:55.650><c> nation.</c><00:32:56.349><c> He's</c> 00:32:56.529 --> 00:32:58.430 done<00:32:56.609><c> it</c><00:32:56.730><c> for</c><00:32:56.849><c> the</c><00:32:57.089><c> truth.</c><00:32:57.450><c> And</c><00:32:57.450><c> now</c><00:32:57.670><c> everything's</c><00:32:58.009><c> coming</c><00:32:58.190><c> to</c> 00:32:58.430 --> 00:33:01.410 pieces.<00:32:59.410><c> God's</c><00:32:59.849><c> forsaken,</c><00:33:00.289><c> it</c><00:33:00.349><c> appears.</c><00:33:01.150><c> Nobody</c> 00:33:01.410 --> 00:33:05.630 knows<00:33:01.990><c> what</c><00:33:02.269><c> was</c><00:33:02.490><c> really</c><00:33:02.650><c> on</c><00:33:02.769><c> his</c><00:33:03.009><c> mind.</c><00:33:03.730><c> Nobody's</c><00:33:04.170><c> put</c><00:33:04.289><c> everything</c><00:33:04.569><c> together,</c><00:33:04.970><c> but</c><00:33:05.109><c> he's</c><00:33:05.569><c> a</c> 00:33:05.630 --> 00:33:06.650 complete<00:33:06.049><c> copy</c><00:33:06.369><c> of</c> 00:33:06.650 --> 00:33:09.430 Joseph,<00:33:07.329><c> and</c><00:33:07.569><c> he's</c><00:33:07.869><c> 40</c><00:33:08.069><c> years</c><00:33:08.289><c> old,</c><00:33:08.470><c> a</c><00:33:08.670><c> full</c><00:33:08.890><c> 40</c><00:33:09.150><c> years</c><00:33:09.250><c> old.</c> 00:33:09.569 --> 00:33:11.589 Nobody's<00:33:10.009><c> got</c><00:33:10.210><c> the</c><00:33:10.450><c> point</c><00:33:10.609><c> at</c><00:33:10.869><c> all.</c> 00:33:12.130 --> 00:33:16.769 And<00:33:12.289><c> now</c><00:33:12.450><c> the</c><00:33:12.670><c> thing</c><00:33:12.769><c> is</c><00:33:13.049><c> known.</c><00:33:14.390><c> Verse</c><00:33:14.589><c> 15.</c><00:33:15.930><c> And</c><00:33:16.069><c> when</c><00:33:16.410><c> Pharaoh</c><00:33:16.549><c> heard</c> 00:33:16.769 --> 00:33:19.349 this<00:33:17.069><c> thing,</c><00:33:17.970><c> he</c><00:33:18.130><c> sought</c><00:33:18.349><c> to</c><00:33:18.710><c> slay</c><00:33:18.950><c> Moses,</c> 00:33:19.410 --> 00:33:21.990 but<00:33:19.509><c> Moses</c><00:33:19.950><c> fled</c><00:33:20.230><c> from</c><00:33:20.450><c> the</c><00:33:20.630><c> face</c><00:33:20.769><c> of</c><00:33:21.049><c> Pharaoh</c><00:33:21.170><c> and</c><00:33:21.549><c> dwelt</c><00:33:21.829><c> in</c> 00:33:21.990 --> 00:33:24.390 the<00:33:22.130><c> land</c><00:33:22.309><c> of</c><00:33:22.509><c> Midian,</c><00:33:23.009><c> and</c><00:33:23.230><c> he</c><00:33:23.410><c> sat</c><00:33:23.529><c> down</c><00:33:23.789><c> by</c><00:33:24.069><c> a</c><00:33:24.190><c> well.</c> 00:33:24.789 --> 00:33:28.029 Of<00:33:25.029><c> course,</c><00:33:25.289><c> Pharaoh</c><00:33:25.509><c> would</c><00:33:25.829><c> quickly</c><00:33:26.170><c> put</c><00:33:26.589><c> two</c><00:33:26.769><c> and</c><00:33:26.869><c> two</c><00:33:26.990><c> together,</c><00:33:27.509><c> very,</c><00:33:27.769><c> very</c> 00:33:28.029 --> 00:33:29.369 quickly.<00:33:28.930><c> Ordinarily,</c> 00:33:29.849 --> 00:33:33.329 Moses<00:33:30.210><c> could</c><00:33:30.450><c> probably</c><00:33:30.670><c> have</c><00:33:30.910><c> killed</c><00:33:31.029><c> a</c><00:33:31.250><c> thousand</c><00:33:31.609><c> Egyptians,</c><00:33:32.170><c> and</c><00:33:32.390><c> Pharaoh</c><00:33:32.569><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:32.769><c> have</c><00:33:32.950><c> even</c> 00:33:33.329 --> 00:33:38.150 had<00:33:33.410><c> an</c><00:33:33.650><c> eyelid.</c><00:33:35.069><c> But</c><00:33:35.230><c> not</c><00:33:35.450><c> anymore.</c><00:33:36.990><c> He's</c><00:33:37.210><c> shown</c><00:33:37.430><c> his</c><00:33:37.730><c> hand.</c> 00:33:38.509 --> 00:33:41.009 He's<00:33:38.809><c> refused</c><00:33:39.190><c> this.</c><00:33:39.710><c> He's</c><00:33:40.069><c> gone</c><00:33:40.250><c> and</c><00:33:40.569><c> advocated</c> 00:33:41.009 --> 00:33:43.329 for<00:33:41.250><c> a</c><00:33:41.410><c> Hebrew.</c><00:33:41.829><c> When</c><00:33:41.950><c> an</c><00:33:42.170><c> Egyptian</c><00:33:42.470><c> is</c><00:33:42.789><c> killing</c><00:33:42.950><c> a</c><00:33:43.190><c> Hebrew,</c> 00:33:43.390 --> 00:33:49.470 he<00:33:43.609><c> kills</c><00:33:43.910><c> the</c><00:33:44.230><c> Egyptian.</c><00:33:48.490><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:33:49.009><c> no</c><00:33:49.210><c> fool,</c> 00:33:49.869 --> 00:33:54.670 is<00:33:50.009><c> he?</c><00:33:50.890><c> No</c><00:33:51.250><c> fool</c><00:33:51.390><c> at</c><00:33:51.630><c> all.</c><00:33:52.410><c> Do</c><00:33:52.549><c> you</c><00:33:52.569><c> know,</c><00:33:52.990><c> in</c><00:33:53.230><c> Exodus</c><00:33:53.650><c> 18</c><00:33:54.329><c> and</c> 00:33:54.670 --> 00:33:57.230 verse<00:33:55.029><c> 4,</c><00:33:56.029><c> it</c><00:33:56.190><c> says,</c> 00:33:57.589 --> 00:34:02.529 Yahweh<00:33:58.049><c> delivered</c><00:33:58.509><c> me</c><00:33:58.950><c> from</c><00:33:59.190><c> the</c><00:33:59.470><c> sword</c><00:33:59.609><c> of</c><00:33:59.990><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:34:01.690><c> So</c><00:34:02.009><c> immediately</c><00:34:02.309><c> the</c> 00:34:02.529 --> 00:34:03.990 police<00:34:02.869><c> are</c><00:34:03.089><c> out.</c> 00:34:04.329 --> 00:34:06.769 He<00:34:04.509><c> can't</c><00:34:04.769><c> go</c><00:34:04.910><c> to</c><00:34:05.009><c> the</c><00:34:05.170><c> palace.</c><00:34:05.730><c> He</c><00:34:05.890><c> can't</c><00:34:06.130><c> go</c><00:34:06.250><c> to</c><00:34:06.369><c> his</c><00:34:06.509><c> family.</c> 00:34:06.930 --> 00:34:09.110 He<00:34:07.089><c> can't</c><00:34:07.309><c> go</c><00:34:07.509><c> to</c><00:34:07.690><c> Israel.</c><00:34:08.110><c> He's</c><00:34:08.530><c> got</c><00:34:08.710><c> to</c><00:34:08.929><c> get</c> 00:34:09.110 --> 00:34:12.610 out,<00:34:09.329><c> but</c><00:34:09.449><c> they</c><00:34:09.849><c> almost</c><00:34:10.289><c> got</c><00:34:10.630><c> him.</c><00:34:10.909><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:11.349><c> delivered</c><00:34:11.909><c> me</c><00:34:12.170><c> from</c><00:34:12.329><c> the</c> 00:34:12.610 --> 00:34:14.869 sword<00:34:12.710><c> of</c><00:34:12.989><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:34:13.590><c> As</c><00:34:13.809><c> he</c><00:34:14.110><c> crosses</c><00:34:14.469><c> the</c> 00:34:14.869 --> 00:34:18.610 border,<00:34:15.090><c> he</c><00:34:15.250><c> can</c><00:34:15.630><c> see</c><00:34:15.769><c> them</c><00:34:15.909><c> in</c><00:34:16.070><c> the</c><00:34:16.210><c> distance.</c><00:34:17.050><c> They're</c><00:34:17.389><c> right</c><00:34:17.750><c> behind</c><00:34:18.170><c> him,</c> 00:34:18.610 --> 00:34:20.670 and<00:34:19.510><c> he</c><00:34:19.650><c> gets</c><00:34:19.889><c> out</c><00:34:20.070><c> by</c><00:34:20.230><c> the</c><00:34:20.409><c> skin</c><00:34:20.530><c> of</c> 00:34:20.670 --> 00:34:27.349 Egypt.<00:34:23.889><c> Well,</c><00:34:24.309><c> what</c><00:34:24.409><c> went</c><00:34:24.610><c> wrong?</c><00:34:26.389><c> That's</c><00:34:26.769><c> what</c><00:34:26.949><c> went</c><00:34:27.130><c> wrong</c> 00:34:27.349 --> 00:34:31.449 on<00:34:27.510><c> the</c><00:34:27.750><c> screen.</c><00:34:29.670><c> Acts</c><00:34:29.849><c> chapter</c><00:34:30.130><c> 7</c><00:34:30.449><c> verse</c><00:34:30.730><c> 25</c> 00:34:31.449 --> 00:34:36.150 compared<00:34:31.969><c> with</c><00:34:32.349><c> Acts</c><00:34:32.690><c> chapter</c><00:34:32.969><c> 7</c><00:34:33.329><c> verse</c><00:34:33.849><c> 35.</c><00:34:35.230><c> He</c><00:34:35.449><c> planned</c><00:34:35.849><c> to</c> 00:34:36.150 --> 00:34:39.829 do<00:34:36.289><c> it</c><00:34:36.449><c> by</c><00:34:36.730><c> his</c><00:34:37.150><c> hand</c><00:34:37.510><c> and</c><00:34:37.889><c> not</c><00:34:38.150><c> by</c><00:34:38.429><c> the</c><00:34:38.610><c> hand</c><00:34:38.789><c> of</c><00:34:38.969><c> God.</c> 00:34:40.349 --> 00:34:44.429 That<00:34:40.670><c> was</c><00:34:40.869><c> the</c><00:34:41.010><c> summary</c><00:34:41.250><c> of</c><00:34:41.429><c> the</c><00:34:41.610><c> problem.</c><00:34:43.570><c> And</c><00:34:43.849><c> this</c><00:34:43.989><c> was</c><00:34:44.170><c> the</c> 00:34:44.429 --> 00:34:46.510 difference,<00:34:44.769><c> you</c><00:34:44.929><c> see,</c><00:34:45.150><c> between</c><00:34:45.409><c> Moses</c><00:34:45.789><c> at</c><00:34:46.130><c> 40</c> 00:34:46.510 --> 00:34:50.489 and<00:34:46.750><c> Moses</c><00:34:47.070><c> at</c><00:34:47.349><c> 80.</c><00:34:48.010><c> Acts</c><00:34:48.170><c> 7</c><00:34:48.429><c> verse</c><00:34:48.710><c> 25</c><00:34:49.250><c> is</c><00:34:49.449><c> Moses</c><00:34:49.769><c> at</c><00:34:50.010><c> 40</c><00:34:50.230><c> years</c> 00:34:50.489 --> 00:34:54.449 old,<00:34:50.969><c> his</c><00:34:51.269><c> hand.</c><00:34:52.389><c> Acts</c><00:34:52.690><c> 7</c><00:34:52.949><c> verse</c><00:34:53.150><c> 35</c><00:34:53.590><c> is</c><00:34:53.809><c> Moses</c><00:34:54.130><c> at</c> 00:34:54.449 --> 00:34:59.389 80<00:34:54.690><c> years</c><00:34:55.070><c> old,</c><00:34:55.789><c> the</c><00:34:55.949><c> hand</c><00:34:56.090><c> of</c><00:34:56.269><c> the</c><00:34:56.409><c> angel.</c><00:34:57.670><c> That</c><00:34:57.889><c> was</c><00:34:58.090><c> the</c><00:34:58.309><c> entire</c><00:34:58.570><c> difference.</c><00:34:59.289><c> He</c> 00:34:59.389 --> 00:35:00.489 had<00:34:59.570><c> the</c><00:34:59.789><c> greatest</c><00:34:59.989><c> education</c> 00:35:00.489 --> 00:35:03.829 in<00:35:00.650><c> the</c><00:35:00.769><c> world.</c><00:35:01.269><c> He</c><00:35:01.389><c> could</c><00:35:01.610><c> speak.</c><00:35:02.050><c> He</c><00:35:02.190><c> could</c><00:35:02.409><c> lead.</c><00:35:02.690><c> He's</c><00:35:02.849><c> well</c><00:35:03.110><c> connected.</c><00:35:03.530><c> He's</c><00:35:03.710><c> got</c> 00:35:03.829 --> 00:35:04.550 a<00:35:03.909><c> lot</c><00:35:04.030><c> of</c><00:35:04.230><c> money,</c> 00:35:04.690 --> 00:35:08.730 and<00:35:04.929><c> God</c><00:35:05.130><c> can't</c><00:35:05.389><c> use</c><00:35:05.570><c> him</c><00:35:05.670><c> for</c><00:35:05.809><c> anything.</c><00:35:07.949><c> But</c><00:35:08.210><c> from</c><00:35:08.409><c> Moses'</c> 00:35:08.929 --> 00:35:11.349 point<00:35:09.030><c> of</c><00:35:09.210><c> view,</c><00:35:10.050><c> the</c><00:35:10.289><c> evidence</c><00:35:10.550><c> was</c><00:35:10.889><c> compelling.</c> 00:35:11.349 --> 00:35:16.230 I<00:35:12.050><c> mean,</c><00:35:12.369><c> look</c><00:35:12.510><c> how</c><00:35:12.710><c> Moses</c><00:35:13.210><c> saw</c><00:35:13.510><c> life.</c><00:35:15.090><c> He</c><00:35:15.190><c> was</c><00:35:15.389><c> a</c><00:35:15.630><c> goodly</c><00:35:15.969><c> man,</c> 00:35:16.429 --> 00:35:18.409 just<00:35:16.510><c> like</c><00:35:16.789><c> Joseph.</c><00:35:17.190><c> He</c><00:35:17.269><c> was</c><00:35:17.570><c> nursed</c><00:35:17.929><c> up</c><00:35:18.070><c> in</c><00:35:18.210><c> his</c> 00:35:18.409 --> 00:35:21.789 father's<00:35:18.789><c> house,</c><00:35:19.230><c> just</c><00:35:19.550><c> like</c><00:35:19.909><c> Joseph.</c><00:35:20.369><c> God</c><00:35:20.630><c> was</c><00:35:21.010><c> with</c><00:35:21.329><c> him,</c> 00:35:22.050 --> 00:35:24.829 just<00:35:22.389><c> like</c><00:35:22.750><c> Joseph.</c><00:35:23.429><c> He</c><00:35:23.630><c> increased</c><00:35:24.090><c> in</c><00:35:24.369><c> wisdom,</c> 00:35:25.230 --> 00:35:29.730 just<00:35:25.530><c> like</c><00:35:25.909><c> Joseph.</c><00:35:26.309><c> He</c><00:35:26.389><c> was</c><00:35:26.730><c> elevated</c><00:35:27.090><c> by</c><00:35:27.510><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:35:28.269><c> just</c><00:35:28.610><c> like</c><00:35:28.969><c> Joseph.</c><00:35:29.570><c> He</c> 00:35:29.730 --> 00:35:31.489 forsook<00:35:30.210><c> the</c><00:35:30.530><c> pleasures</c><00:35:30.789><c> of</c><00:35:31.050><c> Egypt,</c> 00:35:31.869 --> 00:35:38.829 just<00:35:32.250><c> like</c><00:35:32.630><c> Joseph.</c><00:35:34.670><c> And</c><00:35:35.190><c> then</c><00:35:35.329><c> it</c><00:35:35.489><c> all</c><00:35:35.789><c> stops.</c><00:35:37.510><c> He</c><00:35:37.769><c> wasn't</c><00:35:38.130><c> accepted</c><00:35:38.550><c> by</c> 00:35:38.829 --> 00:35:40.150 his<00:35:39.010><c> brethren</c><00:35:39.230><c> as</c><00:35:39.389><c> Joseph</c><00:35:39.750><c> was.</c> 00:35:40.590 --> 00:35:43.130 He<00:35:40.989><c> didn't</c><00:35:41.329><c> deliver</c><00:35:41.650><c> his</c><00:35:41.889><c> brethren,</c><00:35:42.110><c> at</c><00:35:42.230><c> least</c><00:35:42.429><c> not</c><00:35:42.710><c> then,</c> 00:35:43.449 --> 00:35:44.690 like<00:35:43.630><c> Joseph</c><00:35:43.989><c> did.</c> 00:35:47.110 --> 00:35:52.809 There<00:35:47.329><c> was</c><00:35:47.449><c> a</c><00:35:47.550><c> big</c><00:35:47.730><c> problem.</c><00:35:50.929><c> And</c><00:35:50.989><c> the</c><00:35:51.170><c> problem</c><00:35:51.409><c> was,</c><00:35:51.610><c> you</c><00:35:51.769><c> see,</c> 00:35:53.789 --> 00:35:57.570 often<00:35:54.090><c> the</c><00:35:54.289><c> problem</c><00:35:54.489><c> we</c><00:35:54.730><c> can</c><00:35:54.929><c> have.</c><00:35:56.710><c> He</c><00:35:56.909><c> only</c><00:35:57.090><c> looked</c><00:35:57.230><c> at</c><00:35:57.369><c> the</c> 00:35:57.570 --> 00:35:59.510 character<00:35:57.750><c> of</c><00:35:57.909><c> God</c><00:35:58.030><c> from</c><00:35:58.210><c> one</c><00:35:58.429><c> point</c><00:35:58.570><c> of</c><00:35:58.710><c> view.</c> 00:36:00.170 --> 00:36:03.389 If<00:36:00.250><c> God's,</c><00:36:00.789><c> let's</c><00:36:01.469><c> say</c><00:36:01.650><c> this,</c><00:36:01.869><c> God's</c><00:36:02.369><c> a</c><00:36:02.510><c> blend</c><00:36:02.690><c> of</c><00:36:02.929><c> mercy</c><00:36:03.190><c> and</c> 00:36:03.389 --> 00:36:05.070 judgment,<00:36:03.650><c> we</c><00:36:03.769><c> can</c><00:36:03.929><c> look</c><00:36:04.090><c> upon</c><00:36:04.289><c> the</c><00:36:04.489><c> mercy</c><00:36:04.710><c> of</c><00:36:04.889><c> God</c> 00:36:05.070 --> 00:36:08.150 and<00:36:05.230><c> say,</c><00:36:05.349><c> well,</c><00:36:05.429><c> he's</c><00:36:05.630><c> clearly</c><00:36:05.849><c> going</c><00:36:05.989><c> to</c><00:36:06.090><c> have</c><00:36:06.170><c> that</c><00:36:06.409><c> upon</c><00:36:06.610><c> us,</c><00:36:07.210><c> and</c><00:36:07.429><c> forget</c><00:36:07.710><c> that</c><00:36:07.849><c> he's</c><00:36:08.050><c> a</c> 00:36:08.150 --> 00:36:08.889 God<00:36:08.289><c> equally</c><00:36:08.630><c> of</c> 00:36:08.889 --> 00:36:11.969 judgment,<00:36:09.269><c> and</c><00:36:09.449><c> that</c><00:36:09.610><c> the</c><00:36:09.769><c> mercy</c><00:36:09.949><c> might</c><00:36:10.250><c> not</c><00:36:10.449><c> be</c><00:36:10.630><c> as</c><00:36:10.809><c> forthcoming</c><00:36:11.190><c> as</c><00:36:11.309><c> we</c><00:36:11.449><c> would</c><00:36:11.670><c> like</c><00:36:11.829><c> it</c> 00:36:11.969 --> 00:36:12.449 to<00:36:12.130><c> be</c> 00:36:12.449 --> 00:36:15.250 if<00:36:12.949><c> our</c><00:36:13.210><c> character's</c><00:36:13.530><c> not</c><00:36:13.730><c> consistent</c><00:36:14.110><c> with</c><00:36:14.349><c> his.</c><00:36:14.829><c> We</c><00:36:15.010><c> can</c> 00:36:15.250 --> 00:36:19.010 delude<00:36:15.469><c> ourselves.</c><00:36:16.869><c> Moses</c><00:36:17.230><c> has</c><00:36:17.590><c> deluded</c><00:36:17.909><c> himself.</c> 00:36:19.389 --> 00:36:25.550 That's<00:36:19.670><c> only</c><00:36:19.929><c> half</c><00:36:20.190><c> the</c><00:36:20.349><c> life</c><00:36:20.570><c> of</c><00:36:20.809><c> Joseph.</c><00:36:23.949><c> Here's</c><00:36:24.190><c> the</c><00:36:24.369><c> other</c><00:36:24.550><c> half.</c> 00:36:27.889 --> 00:36:30.010 You<00:36:28.010><c> see,</c><00:36:28.130><c> there</c><00:36:28.230><c> were</c><00:36:28.289><c> things</c><00:36:28.530><c> about</c><00:36:28.710><c> Joseph's</c><00:36:29.269><c> life</c><00:36:29.469><c> which</c> 00:36:30.010 --> 00:36:32.250 Moses<00:36:30.429><c> has</c><00:36:30.730><c> never</c><00:36:31.050><c> experienced.</c> 00:36:32.650 --> 00:36:37.650 Joseph,<00:36:33.550><c> you</c><00:36:33.550><c> see,</c><00:36:34.369><c> was</c><00:36:34.849><c> rejected</c><00:36:35.409><c> by</c><00:36:35.730><c> his</c><00:36:35.929><c> brethren.</c><00:36:37.269><c> Joseph</c> 00:36:37.650 --> 00:36:40.389 was<00:36:37.969><c> forced</c><00:36:38.369><c> out</c><00:36:38.949><c> of</c><00:36:39.150><c> his</c><00:36:39.369><c> home</c><00:36:39.670><c> country</c><00:36:40.090><c> and</c> 00:36:40.389 --> 00:36:44.110 had<00:36:40.530><c> to</c><00:36:40.730><c> go</c><00:36:40.829><c> on</c><00:36:40.909><c> the</c><00:36:41.130><c> run.</c><00:36:41.670><c> He</c><00:36:41.849><c> became</c><00:36:42.150><c> a</c><00:36:42.429><c> servant.</c><00:36:42.869><c> He</c><00:36:43.050><c> was</c><00:36:43.389><c> married</c><00:36:43.670><c> in</c> 00:36:44.110 --> 00:36:46.590 exile.<00:36:44.769><c> In</c><00:36:45.050><c> fact,</c><00:36:45.769><c> he</c><00:36:45.969><c> married</c><00:36:46.210><c> a</c><00:36:46.429><c> daughter</c> 00:36:46.590 --> 00:36:50.969 of<00:36:46.769><c> a</c><00:36:47.010><c> priest,</c><00:36:48.030><c> just</c><00:36:48.409><c> like</c><00:36:48.650><c> Moses</c><00:36:48.969><c> would</c><00:36:49.269><c> do,</c><00:36:49.630><c> and</c><00:36:49.849><c> had</c><00:36:50.070><c> two</c><00:36:50.449><c> sons</c><00:36:50.750><c> to</c> 00:36:50.969 --> 00:36:53.670 that<00:36:51.150><c> woman,</c><00:36:51.809><c> just</c><00:36:52.210><c> like</c><00:36:52.670><c> Moses</c><00:36:53.050><c> would</c><00:36:53.369><c> do.</c> 00:36:54.010 --> 00:36:57.710 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his</c><00:37:13.230><c> life.</c><00:37:14.570><c> Before</c><00:37:14.949><c> he</c><00:37:15.090><c> was</c><00:37:15.289><c> anything,</c><00:37:16.090><c> before</c><00:37:16.369><c> he</c> 00:37:16.510 --> 00:37:18.800 was<00:37:16.710><c> everything,</c><00:37:17.590><c> he,</c><00:37:18.050><c> too,</c> 00:37:18.989 --> 00:37:22.449 would<00:37:19.190><c> have</c><00:37:19.369><c> to</c><00:37:19.550><c> be</c><00:37:19.690><c> a</c><00:37:19.869><c> shepherd.</c><00:37:21.489><c> And</c><00:37:21.650><c> so</c><00:37:21.710><c> he</c><00:37:21.869><c> flees</c><00:37:22.110><c> from</c><00:37:22.309><c> the</c> 00:37:22.449 --> 00:37:27.949 face<00:37:22.650><c> of</c><00:37:22.889><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:37:23.389><c> and</c><00:37:23.530><c> where</c><00:37:23.670><c> does</c><00:37:23.789><c> he</c><00:37:23.909><c> go?</c><00:37:27.449><c> He</c> 00:37:27.949 --> 00:37:36.289 goes<00:37:28.429><c> south.</c><00:37:29.909><c> He</c><00:37:30.130><c> flees</c><00:37:30.530><c> east,</c><00:37:30.949><c> the</c><00:37:31.090><c> record</c><00:37:31.329><c> tells</c><00:37:31.610><c> us,</c><00:37:31.989><c> to</c><00:37:32.150><c> Midian.</c><00:37:33.010><c> Why?</c><00:37:34.349><c> Because</c><00:37:34.670><c> he's</c><00:37:34.829><c> looking</c><00:37:35.070><c> for</c><00:37:35.210><c> an</c><00:37:35.369><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:37:37.889 --> 00:37:41.449 A<00:37:37.989><c> man</c><00:37:38.170><c> in</c><00:37:38.329><c> Moses'</c><00:37:38.610><c> position</c><00:37:38.969><c> would</c><00:37:39.090><c> have</c><00:37:39.190><c> a</c><00:37:39.289><c> pretty</c><00:37:39.570><c> good</c><00:37:39.809><c> idea</c><00:37:40.309><c> about</c><00:37:41.170><c> the</c> 00:37:41.449 --> 00:37:43.429 geography<00:37:41.929><c> and</c><00:37:42.250><c> the</c><00:37:42.510><c> geopolitics</c><00:37:43.250><c> of</c> 00:37:43.429 --> 00:37:47.190 the<00:37:43.610><c> region.</c><00:37:44.730><c> He'd</c><00:37:45.030><c> know</c><00:37:45.210><c> who</c><00:37:45.389><c> was</c><00:37:45.670><c> trading</c><00:37:45.969><c> what,</c><00:37:46.809><c> where</c><00:37:46.989><c> the</c> 00:37:47.190 --> 00:37:49.449 roots<00:37:47.389><c> are,</c><00:37:47.889><c> where</c><00:37:48.130><c> migration</c><00:37:48.630><c> was</c><00:37:48.849><c> heading.</c><00:37:49.190><c> His</c> 00:37:49.449 --> 00:37:53.250 university<00:37:49.909><c> would</c><00:37:50.070><c> have</c><00:37:50.230><c> taught</c><00:37:50.429><c> him</c><00:37:50.730><c> all</c><00:37:51.090><c> of</c><00:37:51.329><c> that.</c><00:37:53.170><c> And</c> 00:37:53.250 --> 00:37:56.349 he'd<00:37:53.829><c> hear</c><00:37:54.050><c> stories</c><00:37:54.409><c> from</c><00:37:54.730><c> distant</c><00:37:55.190><c> lands.</c> 00:37:56.630 --> 00:37:58.849 And<00:37:57.150><c> amongst</c><00:37:57.469><c> the</c><00:37:57.769><c> stories</c><00:37:57.949><c> that</c><00:37:58.150><c> Moses</c><00:37:58.389><c> would</c><00:37:58.550><c> have</c><00:37:58.730><c> heard,</c> 00:37:58.909 --> 00:38:00.130 there<00:37:58.949><c> would</c><00:37:59.090><c> have</c><00:37:59.190><c> been</c><00:37:59.269><c> one</c><00:37:59.449><c> in</c><00:37:59.769><c> particular</c> 00:38:00.130 --> 00:38:04.030 that<00:38:00.389><c> came</c><00:38:00.570><c> to</c><00:38:00.690><c> mind.</c><00:38:00.789><c> A</c><00:38:00.949><c> very</c><00:38:01.210><c> peculiar</c><00:38:01.750><c> story,</c><00:38:02.309><c> actually.</c><00:38:03.809><c> A</c> 00:38:04.030 --> 00:38:06.110 peculiar<00:38:04.389><c> story</c><00:38:04.690><c> because</c><00:38:04.949><c> the</c><00:38:05.269><c> entire</c><00:38:05.630><c> nation</c><00:38:05.949><c> of</c> 00:38:06.110 --> 00:38:10.150 Israel<00:38:06.369><c> at</c><00:38:06.489><c> that</c><00:38:06.690><c> time</c><00:38:06.849><c> was</c><00:38:07.050><c> in</c><00:38:07.230><c> Egypt,</c><00:38:07.789><c> but</c><00:38:08.010><c> the</c><00:38:08.489><c> truth</c><00:38:09.130><c> wasn't</c><00:38:09.690><c> only</c> 00:38:10.150 --> 00:38:13.289 in<00:38:10.429><c> Egypt.</c><00:38:11.369><c> You</c><00:38:11.570><c> see,</c><00:38:11.690><c> there</c><00:38:11.789><c> was</c><00:38:11.989><c> a</c><00:38:12.210><c> man,</c> 00:38:13.670 --> 00:38:18.949 most<00:38:13.969><c> likely</c><00:38:14.349><c> an</c><00:38:14.750><c> Edomite,</c><00:38:16.849><c> who</c><00:38:17.150><c> lived</c><00:38:17.349><c> the</c><00:38:17.590><c> truth</c><00:38:17.730><c> like</c><00:38:18.050><c> nobody</c><00:38:18.369><c> else</c> 00:38:18.949 --> 00:38:20.530 lived<00:38:19.289><c> the</c><00:38:19.530><c> truth.</c> 00:38:21.389 --> 00:38:24.869 He<00:38:21.869><c> was</c><00:38:22.349><c> a</c><00:38:22.409><c> very</c><00:38:22.670><c> wealthy</c><00:38:23.010><c> man.</c><00:38:23.429><c> In</c><00:38:23.550><c> fact,</c><00:38:23.809><c> the</c><00:38:23.969><c> wealthiest</c><00:38:24.449><c> of</c> 00:38:24.869 --> 00:38:27.730 all<00:38:25.349><c> the</c><00:38:25.750><c> men</c><00:38:26.110><c> in</c><00:38:26.389><c> the</c><00:38:26.590><c> east.</c> 00:38:30.210 --> 00:38:35.030 Joseph<00:38:30.429><c> has</c><00:38:30.710><c> been</c><00:38:31.010><c> dead</c><00:38:32.010><c> 60</c><00:38:33.750><c> years</c><00:38:34.010><c> before</c><00:38:34.289><c> Moses</c><00:38:34.610><c> was</c><00:38:34.849><c> born.</c> 00:38:35.110 --> 00:38:36.750 We're<00:38:35.269><c> 40</c><00:38:35.469><c> years</c><00:38:35.710><c> old.</c><00:38:35.929><c> Joseph</c><00:38:36.230><c> has</c><00:38:36.409><c> been</c><00:38:36.530><c> dead</c> 00:38:36.750 --> 00:38:44.650 about<00:38:37.110><c> 100</c><00:38:37.570><c> years.</c><00:38:40.409><c> When</c><00:38:40.610><c> you</c><00:38:40.789><c> start</c><00:38:41.010><c> to</c><00:38:41.250><c> work</c><00:38:41.429><c> out</c><00:38:41.590><c> the</c><00:38:41.809><c> genealogy,</c><00:38:44.010><c> Eliphaz</c><00:38:44.489><c> the</c> 00:38:44.650 --> 00:38:45.670 Timonite<00:38:45.090><c> is</c><00:38:45.309><c> the</c><00:38:45.510><c> third</c> 00:38:45.670 --> 00:38:51.289 generation<00:38:46.190><c> after</c><00:38:47.369><c> Jacob.</c><00:38:49.369><c> Job,</c><00:38:50.309><c> the</c><00:38:50.489><c> greatest</c><00:38:50.889><c> of</c><00:38:51.090><c> the</c><00:38:51.190><c> men</c> 00:38:51.289 --> 00:38:53.449 of<00:38:51.469><c> the</c><00:38:51.550><c> east,</c><00:38:52.070><c> just</c><00:38:52.329><c> a</c><00:38:52.449><c> little</c><00:38:52.630><c> east</c><00:38:52.869><c> of</c><00:38:53.030><c> Midian,</c> 00:38:53.909 --> 00:38:59.449 was<00:38:54.130><c> the</c><00:38:54.510><c> fourth</c><00:38:55.050><c> generation</c><00:38:55.610><c> after</c><00:38:56.510><c> Jacob.</c><00:38:57.829><c> Job</c><00:38:58.150><c> has</c><00:38:58.849><c> probably</c><00:38:59.130><c> been</c> 00:38:59.449 --> 00:39:02.190 dead<00:38:59.630><c> about</c><00:39:00.550><c> 50</c><00:39:01.030><c> years.</c> 00:39:04.010 --> 00:39:08.630 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00:39:21.110 --> 00:39:27.050 and<00:39:21.610><c> in</c><00:39:21.829><c> Genesis</c><00:39:22.130><c> 36</c><00:39:22.710><c> verse</c><00:39:23.070><c> 33</c><00:39:23.989><c> a</c><00:39:24.130><c> man</c><00:39:24.389><c> called</c><00:39:24.869><c> Jobab,</c><00:39:26.170><c> who</c><00:39:26.269><c> I'd</c><00:39:26.510><c> suggest</c><00:39:26.769><c> is</c> 00:39:27.050 --> 00:39:29.989 probably<00:39:27.889><c> the</c><00:39:28.309><c> Job</c><00:39:28.630><c> of</c><00:39:29.650><c> the</c><00:39:29.809><c> book</c> 00:39:29.989 --> 00:39:36.110 bearing<00:39:30.210><c> his</c><00:39:30.489><c> name.</c><00:39:32.329><c> He</c><00:39:32.530><c> lived</c><00:39:32.789><c> east,</c><00:39:34.769><c> so</c><00:39:34.949><c> we're</c><00:39:35.150><c> going</c><00:39:35.349><c> east</c> 00:39:36.110 --> 00:39:41.110 because<00:39:36.789><c> there's</c><00:39:37.570><c> evidently</c><00:39:39.329><c> Ecclesias</c><00:39:39.809><c> out</c><00:39:40.070><c> there.</c> 00:39:41.889 --> 00:39:44.429 Well,<00:39:42.369><c> we</c><00:39:42.510><c> know</c><00:39:42.670><c> what</c><00:39:42.849><c> happened.</c><00:39:43.130><c> Come</c><00:39:43.269><c> back</c><00:39:43.409><c> with</c><00:39:43.530><c> me</c><00:39:43.630><c> to</c><00:39:43.789><c> Acts</c><00:39:43.949><c> chapter</c><00:39:44.190><c> 7.</c> 00:39:44.510 --> 00:39:45.969 We<00:39:44.590><c> know</c><00:39:44.750><c> what</c><00:39:45.050><c> happened.</c> 00:39:46.610 --> 00:39:53.489 In<00:39:46.710><c> Acts</c><00:39:46.969><c> chapter</c><00:39:47.230><c> 7</c><00:39:47.929><c> and</c><00:39:48.269><c> verse</c><00:39:48.489><c> 29,</c><00:39:50.650><c> Moses</c><00:39:50.750><c> goes</c><00:39:51.010><c> east</c><00:39:51.730><c> to</c><00:39:52.969><c> the</c><00:39:53.130><c> land</c><00:39:53.269><c> of</c> 00:39:53.489 --> 00:39:55.610 Midian<00:39:53.829><c> and</c><00:39:54.230><c> there's</c><00:39:54.469><c> Midian,</c> 00:39:56.909 --> 00:39:59.750 just<00:39:57.130><c> a</c><00:39:57.250><c> little</c><00:39:57.449><c> west</c><00:39:57.809><c> of</c><00:39:58.010><c> where</c><00:39:58.190><c> Job</c><00:39:58.409><c> lived</c><00:39:58.829><c> actually.</c> 00:40:02.309 --> 00:40:06.909 Acts<00:40:02.789><c> chapter</c><00:40:03.269><c> 7</c><00:40:03.550><c> and</c><00:40:03.690><c> verse</c><00:40:03.889><c> 29</c><00:40:04.369><c> tells</c><00:40:04.710><c> us,</c><00:40:05.809><c> then</c><00:40:05.989><c> fled</c><00:40:06.409><c> Moses</c> 00:40:06.909 --> 00:40:09.050 at<00:40:07.230><c> the</c><00:40:07.510><c> saying,</c><00:40:07.809><c> and</c><00:40:07.929><c> he</c><00:40:08.010><c> was</c><00:40:08.170><c> a</c><00:40:08.469><c> stranger</c><00:40:08.809><c> in</c> 00:40:09.050 --> 00:40:12.949 the<00:40:09.050><c> land</c><00:40:09.309><c> of</c><00:40:09.590><c> Midian</c><00:40:09.949><c> where</c><00:40:10.530><c> he</c><00:40:10.730><c> begat</c><00:40:11.309><c> two</c><00:40:11.650><c> sons.</c><00:40:11.989><c> He</c><00:40:12.130><c> arrives</c><00:40:12.409><c> in</c><00:40:12.590><c> Midian</c><00:40:12.889><c> and</c> 00:40:12.949 --> 00:40:13.949 in<00:40:13.150><c> the</c><00:40:13.190><c> process</c><00:40:13.530><c> of</c><00:40:13.789><c> time,</c> 00:40:14.050 --> 00:40:17.289 he<00:40:14.070><c> meets</c><00:40:14.309><c> the</c><00:40:14.510><c> family</c><00:40:14.690><c> of</c><00:40:14.969><c> Jethro.</c><00:40:15.929><c> He</c><00:40:16.030><c> is</c><00:40:16.230><c> desperate</c><00:40:16.510><c> for</c><00:40:16.789><c> sanctuary,</c><00:40:17.070><c> so</c> 00:40:17.289 --> 00:40:18.610 he<00:40:17.329><c> goes</c><00:40:17.590><c> to</c><00:40:17.769><c> the</c><00:40:17.889><c> only</c><00:40:18.190><c> place</c><00:40:18.429><c> he</c> 00:40:18.610 --> 00:40:21.769 knows.<00:40:18.809><c> He's</c><00:40:19.010><c> going</c><00:40:19.190><c> to</c><00:40:19.349><c> stay</c><00:40:19.530><c> there</c><00:40:19.750><c> for</c><00:40:20.030><c> 40</c><00:40:20.349><c> years.</c><00:40:21.570><c> And</c><00:40:21.670><c> as</c> 00:40:21.769 --> 00:40:23.130 we're<00:40:21.969><c> going</c><00:40:22.010><c> to</c><00:40:22.170><c> see,</c><00:40:22.250><c> he's</c><00:40:22.409><c> not</c><00:40:22.510><c> going</c><00:40:22.650><c> to</c><00:40:22.769><c> enjoy</c><00:40:22.929><c> it</c> 00:40:23.130 --> 00:40:26.829 one<00:40:23.329><c> bit,</c><00:40:23.989><c> not</c><00:40:24.469><c> one</c><00:40:24.809><c> bit,</c><00:40:25.570><c> because</c><00:40:25.849><c> from</c><00:40:26.050><c> this</c><00:40:26.309><c> point</c><00:40:26.449><c> in</c><00:40:26.610><c> his</c> 00:40:26.829 --> 00:40:30.030 life,<00:40:27.050><c> he</c><00:40:27.230><c> begins</c><00:40:27.449><c> the</c><00:40:27.750><c> gradual</c><00:40:28.309><c> but</c><00:40:29.010><c> consistent</c> 00:40:30.030 --> 00:40:34.230 spiritual<00:40:30.849><c> decline.</c><00:40:32.630><c> There's</c><00:40:32.849><c> nothing</c><00:40:33.369><c> commendable</c><00:40:33.969><c> ever</c> 00:40:34.230 --> 00:40:36.349 written<00:40:34.469><c> about</c><00:40:34.750><c> this</c><00:40:35.050><c> part</c><00:40:35.329><c> of</c><00:40:35.510><c> Moses'</c><00:40:36.050><c> life.</c> 00:40:36.349 --> 00:40:40.849 In<00:40:37.030><c> Acts</c><00:40:37.269><c> 7</c><00:40:37.530><c> and</c><00:40:37.690><c> verse</c><00:40:37.889><c> 29,</c><00:40:38.869><c> Stephen,</c><00:40:39.769><c> painting</c><00:40:40.170><c> Moses</c><00:40:40.510><c> as</c><00:40:40.769><c> a</c> 00:40:40.849 --> 00:40:43.369 type<00:40:40.989><c> of</c><00:40:41.210><c> Christ,</c><00:40:41.690><c> devotes</c><00:40:42.269><c> one</c><00:40:42.650><c> verse</c><00:40:43.010><c> to</c><00:40:43.190><c> this</c> 00:40:43.369 --> 00:40:48.309 period<00:40:43.610><c> of</c><00:40:43.710><c> his</c><00:40:43.909><c> life.</c><00:40:45.130><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:45.309><c> 11,</c><00:40:45.690><c> which</c><00:40:46.070><c> records</c><00:40:46.610><c> four</c><00:40:47.110><c> great</c><00:40:47.530><c> acts</c><00:40:47.949><c> of</c> 00:40:48.309 --> 00:40:50.670 faith<00:40:48.570><c> by</c><00:40:48.789><c> Moses,</c><00:40:49.429><c> says</c><00:40:49.670><c> nothing</c><00:40:49.929><c> at</c><00:40:50.170><c> all</c> 00:40:50.670 --> 00:40:52.829 about<00:40:51.030><c> these</c><00:40:51.250><c> years</c><00:40:51.530><c> in</c><00:40:51.750><c> Midian.</c><00:40:52.010><c> The</c><00:40:52.110><c> record's</c><00:40:52.570><c> almost</c> 00:40:52.829 --> 00:40:54.449 completely<00:40:53.289><c> silent.</c> 00:40:55.630 --> 00:40:57.409 But<00:40:55.789><c> God's</c><00:40:56.030><c> going</c><00:40:56.110><c> to</c><00:40:56.269><c> develop</c><00:40:56.409><c> Moses'</c><00:40:56.769><c> character</c><00:40:57.050><c> now</c><00:40:57.230><c> like</c> 00:40:57.409 --> 00:40:59.469 he's<00:40:57.650><c> never,</c><00:40:57.849><c> ever</c><00:40:58.110><c> dreamed</c><00:40:58.349><c> possible.</c> 00:41:00.449 --> 00:41:02.590 And<00:41:00.650><c> Stephen</c><00:41:00.809><c> describes</c><00:41:01.329><c> the</c><00:41:01.550><c> overview</c><00:41:01.789><c> of</c><00:41:01.909><c> Moses'</c><00:41:02.369><c> life.</c><00:41:02.469><c> If</c> 00:41:02.590 --> 00:41:04.730 you<00:41:02.690><c> just</c><00:41:03.010><c> cast</c><00:41:03.210><c> your</c><00:41:03.349><c> eye</c><00:41:03.469><c> across</c><00:41:03.769><c> Acts</c><00:41:04.070><c> chapter</c><00:41:04.349><c> 7,</c> 00:41:04.730 --> 00:41:11.230 Stephen<00:41:05.210><c> breaks</c><00:41:05.869><c> Moses'</c><00:41:06.710><c> life</c><00:41:06.750><c> into</c><00:41:07.110><c> three</c><00:41:07.570><c> epochs.</c><00:41:09.050><c> In</c><00:41:09.190><c> verse</c><00:41:09.809><c> 23,</c> 00:41:12.710 --> 00:41:16.030 you<00:41:13.269><c> read</c><00:41:13.429><c> that</c><00:41:13.570><c> he</c><00:41:13.590><c> was</c><00:41:13.809><c> a</c><00:41:14.090><c> full</c><00:41:14.550><c> 40</c><00:41:14.869><c> years</c><00:41:15.150><c> old.</c><00:41:15.409><c> Well,</c><00:41:15.590><c> there's</c><00:41:15.829><c> the</c> 00:41:16.030 --> 00:41:18.349 first<00:41:16.329><c> 40</c><00:41:16.670><c>-year</c><00:41:16.929><c> epoch</c><00:41:17.289><c> of</c><00:41:17.449><c> Moses'</c><00:41:18.030><c> life</c> 00:41:18.349 --> 00:41:23.469 in<00:41:18.889><c> Egypt.</c><00:41:20.449><c> In</c><00:41:20.590><c> verse</c><00:41:20.869><c> 30,</c><00:41:21.289><c> it</c><00:41:21.429><c> tells</c><00:41:21.610><c> us</c><00:41:22.269><c> when</c><00:41:22.650><c> 40</c><00:41:22.989><c> years</c><00:41:23.250><c> were</c> 00:41:23.469 --> 00:41:26.590 expired,<00:41:24.110><c> these</c><00:41:24.329><c> are</c><00:41:24.469><c> the</c><00:41:24.690><c> 40</c><00:41:24.909><c> years</c><00:41:25.289><c> of</c><00:41:25.650><c> Midian.</c> 00:41:27.150 --> 00:41:31.349 And<00:41:27.269><c> in</c><00:41:27.429><c> verse</c><00:41:27.690><c> 36,</c><00:41:28.329><c> it</c><00:41:28.590><c> tells</c><00:41:28.829><c> us</c><00:41:29.710><c> that</c><00:41:29.989><c> he</c><00:41:30.130><c> led</c><00:41:30.250><c> the</c><00:41:30.510><c> nation</c> 00:41:31.349 --> 00:41:33.969 through<00:41:32.090><c> the</c><00:41:32.269><c> Red</c><00:41:32.550><c> Sea</c><00:41:32.690><c> and</c><00:41:32.869><c> in</c><00:41:33.030><c> the</c><00:41:33.170><c> wilderness</c><00:41:33.489><c> for</c> 00:41:33.969 --> 00:41:38.610 40<00:41:34.309><c> years.</c><00:41:34.730><c> There's</c><00:41:34.949><c> the</c><00:41:35.210><c> third</c><00:41:35.550><c> epoch</c><00:41:36.090><c> of</c><00:41:36.349><c> 40</c><00:41:36.670><c> years.</c><00:41:37.829><c> He</c><00:41:37.969><c> dies,</c><00:41:38.369><c> of</c> 00:41:38.610 --> 00:41:41.289 course,<00:41:39.610><c> in</c><00:41:39.710><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:41:40.170><c> 34</c><00:41:40.690><c> and</c><00:41:40.889><c> verse</c> 00:41:41.289 --> 00:41:48.150 7<00:41:41.909><c> at</c><00:41:42.550><c> 120</c><00:41:43.730><c> years</c><00:41:44.150><c> old.</c><00:41:44.590><c> So</c><00:41:44.769><c> there's</c><00:41:45.070><c> the</c><00:41:45.309><c> 340s</c><00:41:46.309><c> of</c><00:41:46.650><c> Moses'</c><00:41:47.369><c> life.</c><00:41:47.969><c> And</c> 00:41:48.150 --> 00:41:50.469 this<00:41:48.389><c> middle</c><00:41:48.610><c> period</c><00:41:48.949><c> was</c><00:41:49.230><c> unquestionably</c> 00:41:50.469 --> 00:41:54.989 the<00:41:50.989><c> worst,</c><00:41:51.789><c> this</c><00:41:52.050><c> period</c><00:41:52.369><c> in</c><00:41:52.610><c> Midian,</c><00:41:53.190><c> the</c><00:41:53.469><c> worst</c><00:41:54.010><c> of</c><00:41:54.610><c> those</c> 00:41:54.989 --> 00:41:58.889 340s.<00:41:56.730><c> He</c><00:41:56.929><c> thinks</c><00:41:57.190><c> God's</c><00:41:57.590><c> forgotten</c><00:41:57.909><c> him.</c> 00:41:59.110 --> 00:42:04.110 He<00:41:59.409><c> feels</c><00:41:59.670><c> like</c><00:41:59.869><c> he's</c><00:42:00.070><c> a</c><00:42:00.190><c> complete</c><00:42:00.630><c> failure.</c><00:42:02.550><c> Overnight,</c><00:42:03.230><c> everything's</c><00:42:03.730><c> changed.</c><00:42:03.969><c> I</c><00:42:03.989><c> mean,</c> 00:42:04.110 --> 00:42:07.409 he's<00:42:04.329><c> gone</c><00:42:04.489><c> from</c><00:42:04.750><c> riches</c><00:42:05.050><c> to</c><00:42:05.349><c> rags.</c><00:42:06.489><c> He's</c><00:42:06.750><c> depressed.</c><00:42:07.170><c> He's</c> 00:42:07.409 --> 00:42:08.889 embarrassed.<00:42:07.969><c> He</c><00:42:08.050><c> thinks</c><00:42:08.250><c> he's</c><00:42:08.570><c> completely</c> 00:42:08.889 --> 00:42:11.530 misunderstood<00:42:09.469><c> the</c><00:42:09.789><c> divine</c><00:42:10.070><c> purpose.</c><00:42:10.570><c> He</c><00:42:10.650><c> doesn't</c><00:42:11.150><c> have</c><00:42:11.309><c> any</c> 00:42:11.530 --> 00:42:13.469 answers<00:42:11.909><c> to</c><00:42:12.070><c> the</c><00:42:12.269><c> miraculous</c><00:42:12.710><c> events</c><00:42:13.070><c> which</c><00:42:13.269><c> have</c> 00:42:13.469 --> 00:42:16.829 happened<00:42:13.670><c> in</c><00:42:13.829><c> his</c><00:42:13.989><c> early</c><00:42:14.309><c> years</c><00:42:14.610><c> and</c><00:42:14.750><c> now</c><00:42:15.050><c> the</c><00:42:15.309><c> apparent</c><00:42:15.570><c> rejection</c><00:42:16.349><c> by</c> 00:42:16.829 --> 00:42:19.369 God.<00:42:17.949><c> It</c><00:42:18.030><c> tells</c><00:42:18.170><c> us</c><00:42:18.369><c> in</c><00:42:18.449><c> verse</c><00:42:18.710><c> 29</c><00:42:19.090><c> that</c><00:42:19.250><c> he</c> 00:42:19.369 --> 00:42:25.670 beget<00:42:19.670><c> two</c><00:42:20.110><c> sons.</c><00:42:21.050><c> The</c><00:42:21.190><c> eldest</c><00:42:21.409><c> of</c><00:42:21.590><c> those</c><00:42:21.789><c> was</c><00:42:22.070><c> Gershom,</c><00:42:22.889><c> which</c><00:42:23.070><c> means</c><00:42:23.369><c> a</c><00:42:23.869><c> stranger.</c><00:42:24.650><c> Strong</c><00:42:24.889><c> says</c><00:42:25.110><c> it</c><00:42:25.289><c> means</c> 00:42:25.670 --> 00:42:34.849 refugee.<00:42:27.510><c> That's</c><00:42:27.949><c> how</c><00:42:28.110><c> he</c><00:42:28.309><c> feels</c><00:42:28.769><c> in</c><00:42:29.070><c> Midian,</c><00:42:30.550><c> exiled,</c><00:42:31.550><c> dispossessed,</c><00:42:33.030><c> hopeless.</c><00:42:34.550><c> And</c> 00:42:34.849 --> 00:42:35.690 for<00:42:35.010><c> another</c><00:42:35.210><c> 40</c><00:42:35.449><c> years,</c> 00:42:35.750 --> 00:42:40.590 God<00:42:35.889><c> works</c><00:42:36.150><c> on</c><00:42:36.309><c> his</c><00:42:36.550><c> character.</c><00:42:37.789><c> So</c><00:42:38.030><c> for</c><00:42:38.289><c> the</c><00:42:38.929><c> first</c><00:42:39.170><c> 40</c><00:42:39.429><c> years,</c><00:42:39.730><c> or</c><00:42:39.809><c> the</c><00:42:39.989><c> vast</c><00:42:40.230><c> bulk</c><00:42:40.449><c> of</c> 00:42:40.590 --> 00:42:41.829 it,<00:42:40.929><c> he</c><00:42:41.050><c> was</c><00:42:41.389><c> educated</c> 00:42:41.829 --> 00:42:45.309 in<00:42:42.050><c> Egypt.</c><00:42:42.289><c> He</c><00:42:42.409><c> has</c><00:42:42.610><c> taught</c><00:42:42.789><c> discipline,</c><00:42:43.949><c> etiquette,</c><00:42:44.429><c> leadership,</c><00:42:45.070><c> groom</c> 00:42:45.309 --> 00:42:46.530 for<00:42:45.590><c> a</c><00:42:45.789><c> prominent</c><00:42:45.969><c> position</c><00:42:46.349><c> in</c> 00:42:46.530 --> 00:42:58.449 empire.<00:42:48.110><c> But</c><00:42:48.309><c> with</c><00:42:48.510><c> that</c><00:42:49.429><c> would</c><00:42:49.889><c> come</c><00:42:50.150><c> self</c><00:42:50.570><c>-confidence,</c><00:42:52.489><c> independence,</c><00:42:54.610><c> arrogance,</c><00:42:56.449><c> pride.</c><00:42:58.289><c> And</c> 00:42:58.449 --> 00:42:58.849 so<00:42:58.570><c> for</c><00:42:58.750><c> the</c> 00:42:58.849 --> 00:43:04.829 next<00:42:59.050><c> 40</c><00:42:59.269><c> years,</c><00:42:59.550><c> God</c><00:42:59.750><c> takes</c><00:43:00.110><c> him</c><00:43:00.250><c> out</c><00:43:00.309><c> into</c><00:43:00.469><c> the</c><00:43:00.670><c> desert.</c><00:43:04.510><c> This</c><00:43:04.650><c> is</c> 00:43:04.829 --> 00:43:07.869 this<00:43:05.030><c> at</c><00:43:05.210><c> Collier</c><00:43:05.750><c> on</c><00:43:06.889><c> the</c><00:43:07.030><c> life</c><00:43:07.170><c> of</c><00:43:07.369><c> Jesus.</c> 00:43:08.349 --> 00:43:11.409 Think<00:43:08.510><c> about</c><00:43:08.730><c> these</c><00:43:08.969><c> words</c><00:43:09.230><c> in</c><00:43:09.389><c> the</c><00:43:09.610><c> context</c><00:43:10.110><c> of</c><00:43:10.369><c> Moses.</c> 00:43:12.670 --> 00:43:18.130 Nothing<00:43:13.190><c> breeds</c><00:43:13.650><c> doubt</c><00:43:14.130><c> more</c><00:43:14.750><c> insidiously</c><00:43:15.429><c> than</c><00:43:15.809><c> inactivity.</c><00:43:17.789><c> There</c><00:43:17.909><c> is</c> 00:43:18.130 --> 00:43:19.710 no<00:43:18.349><c> greater</c><00:43:18.610><c> test</c><00:43:18.889><c> of</c><00:43:19.210><c> patience</c> 00:43:19.710 --> 00:43:23.510 than<00:43:20.230><c> indeterminate</c><00:43:20.969><c> waiting.</c><00:43:22.449><c> It</c><00:43:22.570><c> is</c><00:43:22.789><c> a</c><00:43:22.909><c> lesson</c><00:43:23.090><c> which</c><00:43:23.369><c> all</c> 00:43:23.510 --> 00:43:26.269 the<00:43:23.690><c> disciples</c><00:43:23.969><c> of</c><00:43:24.150><c> Jesus</c><00:43:24.449><c> must</c><00:43:24.730><c> learn.</c><00:43:25.849><c> So</c><00:43:26.010><c> often,</c> 00:43:26.369 --> 00:43:28.829 especially<00:43:26.730><c> in</c><00:43:26.909><c> the</c><00:43:27.090><c> eager</c><00:43:27.289><c> devotion</c><00:43:27.690><c> of</c><00:43:27.949><c> youth,</c><00:43:28.630><c> obedience</c> 00:43:28.829 --> 00:43:31.630 to<00:43:29.030><c> the</c><00:43:29.250><c> call</c><00:43:29.349><c> of</c><00:43:29.570><c> God</c><00:43:29.750><c> is</c><00:43:30.010><c> thought</c><00:43:30.110><c> to</c><00:43:30.429><c> imply</c><00:43:30.690><c> an</c><00:43:31.030><c> entire</c> 00:43:31.630 --> 00:43:34.789 redirection<00:43:32.349><c> of</c><00:43:32.530><c> the</c><00:43:32.650><c> whole</c><00:43:32.809><c> life.</c><00:43:34.110><c> There</c><00:43:34.230><c> are</c><00:43:34.369><c> new</c><00:43:34.570><c> worlds</c> 00:43:34.789 --> 00:43:38.030 to<00:43:35.090><c> conquer,</c><00:43:35.829><c> deep</c><00:43:36.090><c> wrongs</c><00:43:36.550><c> to</c><00:43:36.750><c> right,</c><00:43:37.190><c> great</c><00:43:37.530><c> deeds</c><00:43:37.829><c> to</c> 00:43:38.030 --> 00:43:43.389 be<00:43:38.030><c> done.</c><00:43:39.389><c> Slowly,</c><00:43:39.889><c> however,</c><00:43:40.949><c> we</c><00:43:41.070><c> realize</c><00:43:41.349><c> that</c><00:43:41.550><c> the</c><00:43:41.710><c> Father's</c><00:43:42.130><c> business</c><00:43:42.750><c> takes</c> 00:43:43.389 --> 00:43:44.869 us<00:43:43.690><c> back</c><00:43:43.949><c> to</c><00:43:44.110><c> the</c><00:43:44.329><c> carpenter's</c> 00:43:44.869 --> 00:43:48.230 shop,<00:43:45.150><c> 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in<00:43:58.869><c> Midian</c><00:43:59.230><c> is</c><00:43:59.670><c> going</c><00:43:59.869><c> to</c><00:44:00.110><c> do.</c><00:44:01.929><c> He's</c><00:44:02.289><c> reduced</c><00:44:02.630><c> to</c><00:44:02.849><c> nothing</c><00:44:03.130><c> here.</c><00:44:04.650><c> He</c> 00:44:04.889 --> 00:44:06.829 has<00:44:05.150><c> no</c><00:44:05.530><c> clue</c><00:44:05.789><c> when</c><00:44:05.989><c> it</c><00:44:06.090><c> will</c><00:44:06.250><c> end.</c><00:44:06.349><c> He</c><00:44:06.489><c> doesn't</c> 00:44:06.829 --> 00:44:10.630 know.<00:44:07.130><c> It's</c><00:44:07.389><c> going</c><00:44:07.530><c> to</c><00:44:07.590><c> be</c><00:44:07.730><c> for</c><00:44:07.949><c> 40</c><00:44:08.230><c> years.</c><00:44:08.969><c> There's</c><00:44:09.250><c> no</c><00:44:09.650><c> apparent</c><00:44:10.090><c> point</c> 00:44:10.630 --> 00:44:12.630 to<00:44:11.110><c> this</c><00:44:11.449><c> aimless</c><00:44:11.969><c> wandering</c><00:44:12.269><c> around</c> 00:44:12.630 --> 00:44:17.570 as<00:44:12.789><c> a</c><00:44:12.969><c> shepherd</c><00:44:13.289><c> in</c><00:44:13.630><c> Midian.</c><00:44:15.510><c> There</c><00:44:15.769><c> would</c><00:44:15.949><c> be</c><00:44:16.130><c> a</c><00:44:16.309><c> cost</c><00:44:16.550><c> to</c><00:44:16.750><c> Moses</c><00:44:17.190><c> for</c> 00:44:17.570 --> 00:44:20.190 this,<00:44:18.510><c> an</c><00:44:18.610><c> enormous</c><00:44:18.969><c> cost</c><00:44:19.409><c> in</c><00:44:19.710><c> spiritual</c> 00:44:20.190 --> 00:44:23.349 strength,<00:44:21.510><c> but</c><00:44:21.730><c> that</c><00:44:21.889><c> would</c><00:44:22.030><c> be</c><00:44:22.210><c> necessary</c><00:44:22.650><c> to</c><00:44:22.929><c> remove</c><00:44:23.130><c> the</c> 00:44:23.349 --> 00:44:25.769 insidious<00:44:23.789><c> mark</c><00:44:24.050><c> of</c><00:44:24.230><c> Egypt</c><00:44:24.429><c> from</c><00:44:24.630><c> his</c><00:44:24.849><c> character.</c> 00:44:26.150 --> 00:44:28.809 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Midian</c><00:44:38.750><c> and</c><00:44:39.570><c> fashion</c><00:44:39.969><c> him</c><00:44:40.250><c> into</c><00:44:40.590><c> the</c><00:44:40.849><c> arm</c><00:44:40.989><c> of</c><00:44:41.250><c> God.</c><00:44:41.889><c> You</c><00:44:42.309><c> think</c><00:44:42.469><c> exactly</c><00:44:42.829><c> what</c><00:44:43.010><c> God's</c><00:44:43.309><c> trying</c><00:44:43.469><c> to</c> 00:44:43.630 --> 00:44:44.829 do<00:44:43.769><c> here.</c> 00:44:45.090 --> 00:44:48.889 How<00:44:45.289><c> do</c><00:44:45.429><c> you</c><00:44:45.550><c> take</c><00:44:45.769><c> a</c><00:44:45.989><c> man,</c><00:44:47.570><c> give</c><00:44:47.630><c> him</c><00:44:47.809><c> all</c><00:44:48.110><c> the</c><00:44:48.329><c> skills</c><00:44:48.530><c> of</c><00:44:48.809><c> a</c> 00:44:48.889 --> 00:44:51.909 statesman,<00:44:49.929><c> make</c><00:44:50.070><c> him</c><00:44:50.369><c> educated,</c><00:44:50.989><c> make</c><00:44:51.090><c> him</c><00:44:51.409><c> competent,</c> 00:44:52.070 --> 00:44:57.650 make<00:44:52.190><c> him</c><00:44:52.590><c> confident,</c><00:44:53.789><c> give</c><00:44:53.849><c> him</c><00:44:54.449><c> a</c><00:44:54.670><c> commanding</c><00:44:55.469><c> presence</c><00:44:55.889><c> among</c><00:44:56.309><c> men,</c><00:44:57.409><c> but</c><00:44:57.550><c> at</c> 00:44:57.650 --> 00:44:58.329 the<00:44:57.809><c> same</c><00:44:58.090><c> time,</c> 00:44:58.329 --> 00:45:02.650 make<00:44:58.530><c> him</c><00:44:58.670><c> a</c><00:44:58.730><c> humble</c><00:44:59.070><c> servant</c><00:44:59.329><c> of</c><00:44:59.510><c> God?</c><00:45:01.550><c> How</c><00:45:01.730><c> do</c><00:45:02.110><c> you</c><00:45:02.190><c> achieve</c> 00:45:02.650 --> 00:45:05.849 that?<00:45:04.550><c> Well,</c><00:45:04.829><c> the</c><00:45:04.909><c> answer</c><00:45:05.230><c> is</c><00:45:05.389><c> that</c><00:45:05.489><c> you</c><00:45:05.630><c> spend</c> 00:45:05.849 --> 00:45:11.289 40<00:45:06.130><c> 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in</c><00:45:39.630><c> the</c><00:45:39.829><c> court</c><00:45:39.909><c> of</c><00:45:40.130><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:45:40.530><c> That</c><00:45:40.710><c> was</c><00:45:40.889><c> going</c><00:45:40.969><c> to</c><00:45:41.050><c> be</c> 00:45:41.289 --> 00:45:44.289 important.<00:45:42.130><c> He</c><00:45:42.409><c> had</c><00:45:42.670><c> to</c><00:45:42.969><c> know</c><00:45:43.190><c> how</c><00:45:43.429><c> to</c><00:45:43.610><c> run</c><00:45:43.750><c> a</c><00:45:43.909><c> nation.</c> 00:45:44.469 --> 00:45:47.269 That<00:45:44.690><c> was</c><00:45:44.909><c> going</c><00:45:44.989><c> to</c><00:45:45.090><c> be</c><00:45:45.289><c> important.</c><00:45:46.289><c> But</c><00:45:46.590><c> God</c><00:45:46.869><c> didn't</c><00:45:47.090><c> want</c> 00:45:47.269 --> 00:45:50.650 him<00:45:47.409><c> to</c><00:45:48.269><c> assemble</c><00:45:48.630><c> those</c><00:45:48.909><c> building</c><00:45:49.210><c> blocks</c><00:45:49.489><c> in</c><00:45:49.769><c> his</c><00:45:50.050><c> way,</c> 00:45:50.650 --> 00:45:55.869 though<00:45:51.210><c> that</c><00:45:51.389><c> was</c><00:45:51.650><c> unavoidable.</c><00:45:54.190><c> So</c><00:45:54.389><c> he</c><00:45:54.409><c> takes</c><00:45:54.670><c> him</c><00:45:54.829><c> out</c><00:45:54.949><c> into</c><00:45:55.130><c> Midian,</c> 00:45:57.329 --> 00:46:03.730 pulls<00:45:57.570><c> him</c><00:45:57.789><c> apart,</c><00:45:59.250><c> and</c><00:45:59.550><c> is</c><00:45:59.730><c> going</c><00:45:59.909><c> to</c><00:46:00.510><c> rebuild</c><00:46:00.929><c> him.</c><00:46:02.650><c> When</c><00:46:02.869><c> Moses</c><00:46:03.090><c> came</c><00:46:03.349><c> back</c><00:46:03.610><c> to</c> 00:46:03.730 --> 00:46:04.389 the<00:46:03.949><c> court</c><00:46:04.050><c> of</c><00:46:04.210><c> Pharaoh</c> 00:46:04.389 --> 00:46:08.929 40<00:46:04.769><c> years</c><00:46:05.010><c> later,</c><00:46:06.070><c> he</c><00:46:06.329><c> still</c><00:46:06.570><c> 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everything,</c> 00:46:20.309 --> 00:46:22.130 but<00:46:20.949><c> in</c><00:46:21.090><c> a</c><00:46:21.170><c> very</c><00:46:21.510><c> different</c><00:46:21.750><c> way</c><00:46:22.010><c> that</c> 00:46:22.130 --> 00:46:26.190 he<00:46:22.190><c> might</c><00:46:22.349><c> have</c><00:46:22.489><c> understood</c><00:46:22.789><c> it</c><00:46:22.929><c> at</c><00:46:23.190><c> 40.</c><00:46:24.670><c> And</c><00:46:24.869><c> after</c><00:46:25.130><c> 40</c><00:46:25.389><c> years,</c><00:46:25.710><c> it</c><00:46:25.909><c> says</c><00:46:26.070><c> in</c> 00:46:26.190 --> 00:46:28.469 verse<00:46:26.389><c> 30,</c><00:46:26.710><c> God</c><00:46:26.889><c> appears</c><00:46:27.329><c> to</c><00:46:27.550><c> him.</c> 00:46:28.889 --> 00:46:31.010 When<00:46:29.050><c> 40</c><00:46:29.269><c> years</c><00:46:29.429><c> were</c><00:46:29.610><c> expired,</c><00:46:30.190><c> there</c><00:46:30.269><c> appeared</c><00:46:30.550><c> to</c><00:46:30.750><c> 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it,</c><00:46:53.849><c> the</c><00:46:54.010><c> voice</c><00:46:54.150><c> of</c><00:46:54.309><c> the</c> 00:46:54.429 --> 00:46:57.210 Lord<00:46:54.690><c> came</c><00:46:55.289><c> in,</c><00:46:55.650><c> came</c><00:46:55.889><c> unto</c><00:46:56.250><c> him.</c> 00:46:57.289 --> 00:47:00.889 I<00:46:57.530><c> am</c><00:46:57.690><c> the</c><00:46:57.989><c> God</c><00:46:58.230><c> of</c><00:46:58.690><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:59.250><c> Isaac,</c><00:46:59.730><c> and</c><00:47:00.070><c> Jacob,</c><00:47:00.409><c> it</c><00:47:00.550><c> says</c><00:47:00.730><c> in</c> 00:47:00.889 --> 00:47:04.829 verse<00:47:01.130><c> 32.</c><00:47:02.449><c> I've</c><00:47:02.750><c> seen</c><00:47:02.949><c> the</c><00:47:03.210><c> affliction</c><00:47:03.530><c> of</c><00:47:03.750><c> my</c><00:47:03.969><c> people.</c> 00:47:04.849 --> 00:47:07.730 I'm<00:47:05.110><c> going</c><00:47:05.230><c> to</c><00:47:05.409><c> deliver</c><00:47:05.610><c> them.</c><00:47:06.809><c> Moses,</c><00:47:07.170><c> I'm</c><00:47:07.349><c> going</c><00:47:07.449><c> to</c><00:47:07.610><c> send</c> 00:47:07.730 --> 00:47:09.929 you<00:47:07.949><c> back</c><00:47:08.150><c> to</c><00:47:08.329><c> Egypt</c><00:47:08.590><c> to</c><00:47:08.809><c> do</c><00:47:08.909><c> the</c><00:47:09.130><c> job.</c> 00:47:10.150 --> 00:47:13.170 Now<00:47:10.449><c> we're</c><00:47:10.670><c> told</c><00:47:10.789><c> in</c><00:47:10.929><c> verse</c><00:47:11.150><c> 30</c><00:47:11.469><c> that</c><00:47:11.570><c> it</c><00:47:11.670><c> was</c><00:47:11.789><c> an</c><00:47:12.050><c> angel,</c><00:47:12.889><c> most</c> 00:47:13.170 --> 00:47:14.590 likely<00:47:13.469><c> the</c><00:47:13.690><c> angel</c><00:47:13.869><c> of</c><00:47:14.010><c> the</c><00:47:14.190><c> name,</c> 00:47:14.829 --> 00:47:17.469 that<00:47:14.909><c> is</c><00:47:15.110><c> Michael</c><00:47:15.389><c> the</c><00:47:15.670><c> archangel,</c><00:47:16.230><c> the</c><00:47:16.429><c> angel</c><00:47:16.710><c> responsible</c> 00:47:17.469 --> 00:47:19.929 for<00:47:17.730><c> the</c><00:47:18.030><c> governance</c><00:47:18.389><c> of</c><00:47:18.869><c> the</c><00:47:19.010><c> nation</c><00:47:19.250><c> of</c><00:47:19.409><c> Israel,</c> 00:47:20.409 --> 00:47:23.349 the<00:47:20.710><c> angel</c><00:47:20.949><c> that</c><00:47:21.070><c> would</c><00:47:21.250><c> go</c><00:47:21.469><c> before</c><00:47:21.889><c> that</c><00:47:22.190><c> nation</c><00:47:22.530><c> in</c><00:47:22.829><c> the</c><00:47:22.969><c> wilderness</c><00:47:23.289><c> of</c> 00:47:23.349 --> 00:47:24.869 wilderness<00:47:24.170><c> wanderings,</c> 00:47:25.369 --> 00:47:28.550 and<00:47:25.510><c> the</c><00:47:25.670><c> angel</c><00:47:25.849><c> whom</c><00:47:26.050><c> Moses</c><00:47:26.349><c> would</c><00:47:26.610><c> come</c><00:47:27.090><c> intimately</c><00:47:27.650><c> to</c><00:47:27.989><c> know</c><00:47:28.230><c> as</c> 00:47:28.550 --> 00:47:30.170 his<00:47:28.809><c> life</c><00:47:29.030><c> continued.</c> 00:47:30.889 --> 00:47:35.750 It<00:47:31.190><c> was</c><00:47:31.409><c> this</c><00:47:31.809><c> angel</c><00:47:32.289><c> that's</c><00:47:32.889><c> going</c><00:47:33.010><c> to</c><00:47:33.210><c> rebuild</c><00:47:33.570><c> Moses.</c><00:47:35.510><c> And</c> 00:47:35.750 --> 00:47:37.750 look<00:47:35.869><c> how</c><00:47:35.969><c> the</c><00:47:36.150><c> record</c><00:47:36.329><c> describes</c><00:47:36.829><c> him</c><00:47:36.989><c> in</c><00:47:37.110><c> verse</c><00:47:37.329><c> 35,</c> 00:47:37.750 --> 00:47:42.050 this<00:47:38.030><c> particular</c><00:47:38.590><c> angel.</c><00:47:40.489><c> This</c><00:47:40.690><c> Moses,</c><00:47:41.269><c> whom</c><00:47:41.309><c> they</c><00:47:41.550><c> refused,</c> 00:47:42.269 --> 00:47:44.269 saying,<00:47:42.389><c> who</c><00:47:42.530><c> may</c><00:47:42.730><c> be</c><00:47:42.909><c> a</c><00:47:43.030><c> ruler</c><00:47:43.190><c> and</c><00:47:43.329><c> a</c><00:47:43.510><c> judge,</c> 00:47:44.309 --> 00:47:47.630 the<00:47:44.570><c> same</c><00:47:44.889><c> did</c><00:47:45.190><c> God</c><00:47:45.570><c> send</c><00:47:45.829><c> to</c><00:47:46.010><c> be</c><00:47:46.250><c> a</c><00:47:46.429><c> ruler</c><00:47:46.690><c> and</c><00:47:47.070><c> a</c><00:47:47.349><c> deliverer</c> 00:47:47.630 --> 00:47:48.969 by<00:47:47.789><c> the</c><00:47:48.050><c> hand</c><00:47:48.190><c> of</c><00:47:48.369><c> the</c><00:47:48.570><c> angel,</c> 00:47:49.269 --> 00:47:54.269 which<00:47:49.630><c> appeared</c><00:47:50.210><c> to</c><00:47:50.510><c> him</c><00:47:50.789><c> in</c><00:47:51.130><c> the</c><00:47:51.449><c> bush.</c><00:47:53.070><c> This</c><00:47:53.429><c> is</c><00:47:53.690><c> the</c><00:47:53.889><c> angel</c> 00:47:54.269 --> 00:47:56.550 with<00:47:54.510><c> which</c><00:47:54.829><c> Moses</c><00:47:55.230><c> is</c><00:47:55.489><c> going</c><00:47:55.590><c> to</c><00:47:55.730><c> have</c><00:47:55.849><c> an</c> 00:47:56.550 --> 00:47:59.309 intimate<00:47:57.010><c> relationship.</c><00:47:58.030><c> This</c><00:47:58.389><c> is</c><00:47:58.670><c> the</c><00:47:58.829><c> angel</c><00:47:58.949><c> he's</c><00:47:59.170><c> going</c> 00:47:59.309 --> 00:48:01.090 to<00:47:59.530><c> speak</c><00:47:59.670><c> to</c><00:47:59.829><c> on</c><00:48:00.050><c> top</c><00:48:00.190><c> of</c><00:48:00.329><c> Mount</c><00:48:00.590><c> Sinai,</c> 00:48:01.090 --> 00:48:06.570 this<00:48:01.989><c> angel,</c><00:48:03.250><c> the</c><00:48:03.590><c> angel</c><00:48:03.909><c> of</c><00:48:04.130><c> the</c><00:48:04.309><c> bush.</c><00:48:06.150><c> We're</c><00:48:06.349><c> going</c><00:48:06.369><c> to</c><00:48:06.489><c> see</c> 00:48:06.570 --> 00:48:08.349 in<00:48:06.670><c> a</c><00:48:06.710><c> moment</c><00:48:06.869><c> that</c><00:48:07.070><c> Moses</c><00:48:07.289><c> is</c><00:48:07.530><c> not</c><00:48:07.949><c> ready</c> 00:48:08.349 --> 00:48:12.110 actually<00:48:08.989><c> for</c><00:48:09.210><c> this.</c><00:48:09.449><c> He's</c><00:48:09.630><c> not</c><00:48:10.070><c> ready</c><00:48:10.230><c> to</c><00:48:10.369><c> go</c><00:48:10.530><c> back</c><00:48:10.690><c> to</c><00:48:10.869><c> Egypt.</c><00:48:11.030><c> He</c><00:48:11.170><c> does</c><00:48:11.429><c> not</c><00:48:11.710><c> want</c><00:48:11.929><c> to</c> 00:48:12.110 --> 00:48:13.550 go<00:48:12.309><c> back</c><00:48:12.510><c> to</c><00:48:12.690><c> Egypt.</c> 00:48:13.750 --> 00:48:17.889 But<00:48:13.949><c> as</c><00:48:14.170><c> his</c><00:48:14.389><c> life</c><00:48:14.570><c> went</c><00:48:14.849><c> by,</c><00:48:15.449><c> he</c><00:48:15.610><c> never</c><00:48:15.849><c> ever</c><00:48:16.210><c> forgot</c><00:48:16.710><c> this</c><00:48:17.170><c> event</c><00:48:17.590><c> at</c> 00:48:17.889 --> 00:48:19.289 the<00:48:18.110><c> burning</c><00:48:18.369><c> bush.</c> 00:48:19.869 --> 00:48:24.590 In<00:48:20.170><c> the</c><00:48:20.369><c> last</c><00:48:20.889><c> month</c><00:48:21.190><c> of</c><00:48:21.369><c> his</c><00:48:21.570><c> life,</c><00:48:21.989><c> as</c><00:48:22.190><c> he</c><00:48:22.469><c> reflects</c><00:48:22.769><c> upon</c><00:48:23.070><c> these</c><00:48:23.389><c> things</c><00:48:23.690><c> just</c><00:48:23.969><c> before</c><00:48:24.289><c> he</c> 00:48:24.590 --> 00:48:25.869 died<00:48:24.849><c> himself,</c> 00:48:25.989 --> 00:48:28.809 this<00:48:26.369><c> event,</c><00:48:26.869><c> the</c><00:48:27.050><c> event</c><00:48:27.250><c> of</c><00:48:27.469><c> the</c><00:48:27.690><c> burning</c><00:48:27.969><c> bush</c><00:48:28.269><c> came</c><00:48:28.550><c> back</c> 00:48:28.809 --> 00:48:30.349 to<00:48:28.949><c> him</c><00:48:29.170><c> over</c><00:48:29.429><c> and</c><00:48:29.570><c> over</c><00:48:29.750><c> again.</c> 00:48:30.349 --> 00:48:33.349 And<00:48:31.090><c> as</c><00:48:31.250><c> he</c><00:48:31.469><c> blessed</c><00:48:31.710><c> the</c><00:48:32.070><c> tribes</c><00:48:32.309><c> in</c><00:48:32.590><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:48:32.989><c> chapter</c> 00:48:33.349 --> 00:48:36.809 33,<00:48:34.510><c> he</c><00:48:34.650><c> comes</c><00:48:34.889><c> to</c><00:48:35.070><c> the</c><00:48:35.289><c> tribe</c><00:48:35.429><c> of</c><00:48:35.769><c> Joseph,</c> 00:48:37.369 --> 00:48:39.909 or<00:48:37.510><c> the</c><00:48:37.730><c> two</c><00:48:37.949><c> tribes</c><00:48:38.250><c> of</c><00:48:38.510><c> Joseph.</c><00:48:38.809><c> But</c><00:48:38.929><c> he</c><00:48:39.090><c> speaks</c><00:48:39.349><c> of</c><00:48:39.550><c> Joseph</c> 00:48:39.909 --> 00:48:42.190 in<00:48:40.110><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:48:40.469><c> 33,</c><00:48:41.210><c> the</c><00:48:41.369><c> son</c><00:48:41.510><c> of</c><00:48:41.730><c> Jacob,</c> 00:48:42.530 --> 00:48:45.250 with<00:48:42.690><c> whom</c><00:48:42.809><c> he</c><00:48:42.989><c> most</c><00:48:43.349><c> keenly</c><00:48:43.809><c> identified.</c><00:48:44.309><c> And</c><00:48:44.449><c> he</c><00:48:44.630><c> says</c><00:48:44.909><c> in</c> 00:48:45.250 --> 00:48:47.969 Deuteronomy<00:48:45.750><c> 33</c><00:48:46.349><c> verse</c><00:48:46.610><c> 16,</c> 00:48:48.829 --> 00:48:53.190 he<00:48:48.949><c> prays</c><00:48:49.369><c> that</c><00:48:49.590><c> Joseph</c><00:48:50.210><c> might</c><00:48:50.610><c> receive</c><00:48:51.030><c> the</c><00:48:51.409><c> good</c><00:48:51.949><c> will</c><00:48:52.530><c> of</c> 00:48:53.190 --> 00:48:55.829 him<00:48:53.590><c> that</c><00:48:53.989><c> dwelt</c><00:48:54.309><c> in</c><00:48:54.590><c> the</c><00:48:54.909><c> bush,</c> 00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:58.730 not<00:48:56.309><c> just</c><00:48:56.570><c> the</c><00:48:56.730><c> good</c><00:48:56.889><c> will</c><00:48:56.989><c> of</c><00:48:57.170><c> God,</c><00:48:57.989><c> but</c><00:48:58.050><c> the</c><00:48:58.269><c> good</c><00:48:58.469><c> will</c><00:48:58.610><c> of</c> 00:48:58.730 --> 00:49:00.550 him<00:48:59.050><c> that</c><00:48:59.369><c> dwelt</c><00:48:59.630><c> in</c><00:48:59.889><c> the</c><00:49:00.230><c> bush.</c> 00:49:00.769 --> 00:49:06.110 It<00:49:00.849><c> was</c><00:49:01.210><c> this</c><00:49:01.610><c> angel</c><00:49:01.989><c> of</c><00:49:02.170><c> verse</c><00:49:02.389><c> 35,</c><00:49:03.389><c> this</c><00:49:03.809><c> angel</c><00:49:04.530><c> of</c><00:49:05.030><c> verse</c><00:49:05.550><c> 30</c> 00:49:06.110 --> 00:49:08.329 that<00:49:06.590><c> he</c><00:49:07.010><c> keenly</c><00:49:07.510><c> identified</c><00:49:08.030><c> with</c> 00:49:08.329 --> 00:49:12.889 and<00:49:08.710><c> never</c><00:49:09.010><c> ever</c><00:49:09.329><c> forgot.</c><00:49:11.269><c> All</c><00:49:11.429><c> right,</c><00:49:11.670><c> so</c><00:49:11.809><c> just</c><00:49:12.030><c> exactly</c><00:49:12.309><c> what</c><00:49:12.590><c> did</c> 00:49:12.889 --> 00:49:15.070 happen<00:49:13.329><c> in</c><00:49:13.730><c> the</c><00:49:13.889><c> burning</c><00:49:14.110><c> bush.</c> 00:49:16.050 --> 00:49:19.630 Well,<00:49:16.170><c> the</c><00:49:16.309><c> angel</c><00:49:16.489><c> appears</c><00:49:16.769><c> in</c><00:49:16.929><c> a</c><00:49:17.050><c> flame</c><00:49:17.210><c> of</c><00:49:17.449><c> fire.</c><00:49:18.809><c> Moses</c><00:49:19.110><c> sees</c><00:49:19.369><c> a</c> 00:49:19.630 --> 00:49:20.650 fiery<00:49:19.849><c> being</c><00:49:20.110><c> in</c><00:49:20.269><c> the</c><00:49:20.449><c> bush,</c> 00:49:20.650 --> 00:49:23.150 the<00:49:20.869><c> bush</c><00:49:21.050><c> itself</c><00:49:21.429><c> is</c><00:49:21.610><c> not</c><00:49:21.730><c> on</c><00:49:22.010><c> fire.</c><00:49:22.489><c> What</c><00:49:22.570><c> did</c><00:49:22.710><c> that</c><00:49:22.889><c> fire</c> 00:49:23.150 --> 00:49:26.409 represent?<00:49:24.750><c> Well,</c><00:49:24.889><c> not</c><00:49:25.110><c> destruction</c><00:49:25.769><c> evidently</c> 00:49:26.409 --> 00:49:28.949 because<00:49:26.630><c> the</c><00:49:26.829><c> bush</c><00:49:26.989><c> wasn't</c><00:49:27.349><c> burned</c><00:49:27.730><c> down.</c><00:49:28.130><c> The</c><00:49:28.230><c> bush</c><00:49:28.409><c> itself</c> 00:49:28.949 --> 00:49:34.829 wasn't<00:49:29.309><c> on</c><00:49:29.769><c> fire.</c><00:49:31.869><c> But</c><00:49:32.150><c> it</c><00:49:34.210><c> must</c><00:49:34.469><c> therefore</c> 00:49:34.829 --> 00:49:41.409 represent<00:49:35.650><c> refining</c><00:49:37.349><c> or</c><00:49:39.030><c> an</c><00:49:39.309><c> affliction</c><00:49:39.730><c> that</c><00:49:40.130><c> purifies.</c> 00:49:42.789 --> 00:49:44.530 Well,<00:49:42.949><c> what</c><00:49:43.090><c> about</c><00:49:43.210><c> the</c><00:49:43.429><c> bush?</c><00:49:43.710><c> What</c><00:49:43.889><c> did</c><00:49:44.070><c> the</c><00:49:44.269><c> bush</c> 00:49:44.530 --> 00:49:47.769 represent?<00:49:45.269><c> Well,</c><00:49:45.409><c> in</c><00:49:45.570><c> Exodus</c><00:49:45.809><c> 3</c><00:49:46.110><c> verse</c><00:49:46.409><c> 2,</c><00:49:47.050><c> the</c><00:49:47.170><c> bush</c><00:49:47.449><c> is</c><00:49:47.650><c> the</c> 00:49:47.769 --> 00:49:49.630 Hebrew<00:49:47.989><c> word</c><00:49:48.210><c> senna,</c><00:49:48.650><c> which</c><00:49:48.809><c> means</c><00:49:49.070><c> to</c><00:49:49.389><c> prick</c> 00:49:49.630 --> 00:49:51.909 or<00:49:49.869><c> to</c><00:49:50.070><c> pierce.</c><00:49:50.409><c> So</c><00:49:50.530><c> it</c><00:49:50.590><c> appears</c><00:49:50.889><c> as</c><00:49:51.050><c> though</c><00:49:51.170><c> this</c><00:49:51.409><c> bush</c><00:49:51.530><c> was</c><00:49:51.769><c> a</c> 00:49:51.909 --> 00:49:55.170 thorn<00:49:52.130><c> bush.</c><00:49:53.210><c> The</c><00:49:53.349><c> burning</c><00:49:53.550><c> bush</c><00:49:53.690><c> was</c><00:49:53.889><c> a</c><00:49:54.050><c> thorn</c><00:49:54.289><c> bush.</c> 00:49:55.650 --> 00:49:58.429 So<00:49:55.769><c> the</c><00:49:55.909><c> point</c><00:49:56.030><c> is</c><00:49:56.190><c> that</c><00:49:56.949><c> God's</c><00:49:57.389><c> glory</c><00:49:57.530><c> would</c><00:49:57.690><c> be</c><00:49:57.889><c> manifest</c><00:49:58.269><c> in</c> 00:49:58.429 --> 00:50:00.230 a<00:49:58.610><c> humble</c><00:49:58.969><c> thorn</c><00:49:59.349><c> bush.</c> 00:50:00.789 --> 00:50:05.550 That's<00:50:01.070><c> what</c><00:50:01.210><c> the</c><00:50:01.469><c> story</c><00:50:01.650><c> is</c><00:50:01.889><c> of</c><00:50:02.030><c> Exodus</c><00:50:02.389><c> chapter</c><00:50:02.769><c> 3.</c><00:50:04.449><c> And</c><00:50:04.550><c> Moses</c><00:50:04.889><c> wonders</c><00:50:05.329><c> at</c> 00:50:05.550 --> 00:50:07.070 the<00:50:05.809><c> sight,</c><00:50:06.030><c> it</c><00:50:06.190><c> says</c><00:50:06.369><c> in</c><00:50:06.489><c> verse</c><00:50:06.750><c> 31</c> 00:50:07.070 --> 00:50:10.409 of<00:50:07.269><c> Acts</c><00:50:07.469><c> 7,</c><00:50:08.309><c> he's</c><00:50:08.510><c> got</c><00:50:08.610><c> an</c><00:50:08.789><c> intense</c><00:50:09.090><c> desire</c><00:50:09.530><c> to</c><00:50:09.730><c> know</c><00:50:09.869><c> the</c><00:50:10.070><c> secret</c><00:50:10.269><c> of</c> 00:50:10.409 --> 00:50:12.869 the<00:50:10.550><c> bush.</c><00:50:10.849><c> Why</c><00:50:11.250><c> wasn't</c><00:50:11.610><c> the</c><00:50:11.929><c> bush</c><00:50:12.230><c> consumed?</c> 00:50:13.050 --> 00:50:16.010 What's<00:50:13.449><c> happening</c><00:50:13.690><c> in</c><00:50:13.849><c> the</c><00:50:14.030><c> bush?</c><00:50:15.170><c> The</c><00:50:15.369><c> answer,</c><00:50:15.630><c> of</c><00:50:15.769><c> course,</c> 00:50:16.010 --> 00:50:17.769 is<00:50:16.110><c> that</c><00:50:16.289><c> that</c><00:50:16.510><c> bush</c><00:50:16.630><c> was</c><00:50:16.849><c> simply</c><00:50:17.250><c> a</c><00:50:17.530><c> vehicle</c> 00:50:17.769 --> 00:50:22.769 for<00:50:18.050><c> divine</c><00:50:18.309><c> manifestation.</c><00:50:20.530><c> There's</c><00:50:20.869><c> no</c><00:50:21.150><c> purpose</c><00:50:21.769><c> in</c><00:50:22.530><c> God</c> 00:50:22.769 --> 00:50:26.269 consuming<00:50:23.329><c> the</c><00:50:23.610><c> bush.</c><00:50:24.170><c> It</c><00:50:24.429><c> simply</c><00:50:24.789><c> exists</c><00:50:25.489><c> to</c><00:50:25.789><c> contain</c> 00:50:26.269 --> 00:50:32.750 the<00:50:26.610><c> glory</c><00:50:26.889><c> or</c><00:50:27.130><c> the</c><00:50:27.510><c> character</c><00:50:27.750><c> of</c><00:50:28.050><c> God.</c><00:50:31.469><c> That</c><00:50:31.909><c> bush</c><00:50:32.130><c> would</c><00:50:32.329><c> come</c><00:50:32.530><c> to</c> 00:50:32.750 --> 00:50:37.150 represent<00:50:33.289><c> the</c><00:50:33.690><c> nation.</c><00:50:35.309><c> But</c><00:50:35.590><c> at</c><00:50:35.789><c> this</c><00:50:36.070><c> point,</c> 00:50:37.449 --> 00:50:41.369 there's<00:50:37.610><c> only</c><00:50:37.789><c> really</c><00:50:38.090><c> one</c><00:50:38.409><c> man</c><00:50:38.710><c> in</c><00:50:38.929><c> the</c><00:50:39.090><c> nation.</c><00:50:40.809><c> And</c><00:50:40.949><c> therefore</c><00:50:41.110><c> that</c> 00:50:41.369 --> 00:50:43.110 bush<00:50:41.570><c> represented</c><00:50:42.070><c> Moses.</c> 00:50:43.510 --> 00:50:46.969 And<00:50:43.909><c> he</c><00:50:44.070><c> understood</c><00:50:44.730><c> that</c><00:50:45.769><c> that</c><00:50:45.949><c> bush,</c><00:50:46.489><c> that</c><00:50:46.590><c> sign</c><00:50:46.710><c> in</c><00:50:46.849><c> the</c> 00:50:46.969 --> 00:50:48.150 bush<00:50:47.090><c> was</c><00:50:47.250><c> for</c><00:50:47.449><c> him,</c> 00:50:48.630 --> 00:50:50.590 and<00:50:48.969><c> that</c><00:50:49.090><c> that</c><00:50:49.210><c> was</c><00:50:49.349><c> going</c><00:50:49.449><c> to</c><00:50:49.530><c> be</c><00:50:49.610><c> his</c><00:50:49.789><c> relationship</c><00:50:50.389><c> with</c> 00:50:50.590 --> 00:50:52.630 the<00:50:50.769><c> angel</c><00:50:50.909><c> for</c><00:50:51.090><c> the</c><00:50:51.210><c> rest</c><00:50:51.369><c> of</c><00:50:51.530><c> his</c><00:50:51.710><c> life.</c> 00:50:53.230 --> 00:50:56.889 The<00:50:53.630><c> angel</c><00:50:54.030><c> would</c><00:50:54.429><c> inhabit</c><00:50:54.750><c> the</c><00:50:54.969><c> midst</c><00:50:55.130><c> of</c><00:50:55.349><c> Moses,</c><00:50:56.590><c> and</c><00:50:56.789><c> there</c> 00:50:56.889 --> 00:50:59.829 would<00:50:57.050><c> be</c><00:50:57.250><c> affliction,</c><00:50:58.489><c> there'd</c><00:50:58.610><c> be</c><00:50:58.829><c> refining,</c> 00:51:00.030 --> 00:51:04.670 there'd<00:51:00.210><c> be</c><00:51:00.429><c> purification.</c><00:51:01.989><c> And</c><00:51:02.329><c> for</c><00:51:02.449><c> that</c><00:51:02.670><c> to</c><00:51:02.949><c> work,</c><00:51:04.309><c> he</c><00:51:04.489><c> had</c> 00:51:04.670 --> 00:51:07.090 to<00:51:04.809><c> be</c><00:51:04.929><c> a</c><00:51:05.090><c> humble</c><00:51:05.289><c> thorn</c><00:51:05.610><c> bush.</c><00:51:06.130><c> He</c><00:51:06.389><c> simply</c><00:51:06.710><c> had</c><00:51:06.889><c> to</c> 00:51:07.090 --> 00:51:10.590 be<00:51:07.150><c> a</c><00:51:07.429><c> vehicle</c><00:51:07.809><c> to</c><00:51:08.429><c> bear</c><00:51:08.789><c> the</c><00:51:09.190><c> character</c><00:51:09.469><c> of</c><00:51:09.730><c> God.</c><00:51:10.070><c> It</c><00:51:10.329><c> would</c> 00:51:10.590 --> 00:51:13.889 be<00:51:10.849><c> by</c><00:51:11.090><c> the</c><00:51:11.429><c> arm</c><00:51:11.570><c> of</c><00:51:11.789><c> the</c><00:51:12.090><c> angel</c><00:51:12.610><c> and</c><00:51:12.989><c> not</c><00:51:13.269><c> by</c><00:51:13.550><c> the</c> 00:51:13.889 --> 00:51:19.909 arm<00:51:14.150><c> of</c><00:51:14.550><c> Moses.</c><00:51:15.429><c> Now</c><00:51:15.610><c> come</c><00:51:15.750><c> back</c><00:51:15.969><c> to</c><00:51:16.150><c> Exodus</c><00:51:16.409><c> 3.</c><00:51:16.769><c> Look</c><00:51:16.889><c> at</c><00:51:17.050><c> this,</c><00:51:18.090><c> because</c><00:51:18.309><c> here's</c><00:51:18.550><c> the</c><00:51:18.829><c> discussion</c> 00:51:20.309 --> 00:51:26.449 that<00:51:20.869><c> happened</c><00:51:21.110><c> at</c><00:51:21.250><c> the</c><00:51:21.429><c> bush.</c><00:51:23.710><c> In</c><00:51:23.849><c> Exodus</c><00:51:24.170><c> chapter</c><00:51:24.469><c> 3,</c><00:51:26.289><c> look</c> 00:51:26.449 --> 00:51:27.449 how<00:51:26.670><c> God</c> 00:51:29.050 --> 00:51:32.369 pulls<00:51:29.610><c> those</c><00:51:29.929><c> building</c><00:51:30.250><c> blocks</c><00:51:30.550><c> apart</c><00:51:31.030><c> and</c><00:51:31.690><c> puts</c><00:51:31.929><c> them</c><00:51:32.170><c> back</c> 00:51:32.369 --> 00:51:33.849 together<00:51:32.789><c> again.</c> 00:51:34.789 --> 00:51:41.309 Exodus<00:51:35.190><c> chapter</c><00:51:35.550><c> 3,</c><00:51:35.869><c> verse</c><00:51:36.309><c> 11.</c><00:51:39.730><c> The</c><00:51:39.889><c> burning</c><00:51:40.110><c> bush</c><00:51:40.289><c> is</c><00:51:40.449><c> in</c><00:51:40.550><c> the</c><00:51:40.670><c> early</c><00:51:40.829><c> verses</c><00:51:41.130><c> of</c> 00:51:41.309 --> 00:51:42.670 the<00:51:41.510><c> chapter.</c><00:51:41.889><c> And</c><00:51:41.889><c> in</c><00:51:42.030><c> verse</c><00:51:42.250><c> 11,</c> 00:51:42.690 --> 00:51:46.590 Moses<00:51:43.110><c> says</c><00:51:43.630><c> unto</c><00:51:44.170><c> God,</c><00:51:44.469><c> that</c><00:51:44.610><c> is</c><00:51:44.710><c> to</c><00:51:44.869><c> the</c><00:51:45.010><c> angel</c><00:51:45.170><c> of</c><00:51:45.309><c> the</c><00:51:45.429><c> bush,</c><00:51:46.409><c> who</c> 00:51:46.590 --> 00:51:48.750 am<00:51:46.829><c> I,</c><00:51:47.630><c> that</c><00:51:47.730><c> I</c><00:51:47.949><c> should</c><00:51:48.070><c> go</c><00:51:48.250><c> into</c><00:51:48.449><c> Pharaoh,</c> 00:51:48.769 --> 00:51:51.190 that<00:51:48.909><c> I</c><00:51:49.110><c> should</c><00:51:49.250><c> bring</c><00:51:49.530><c> forth</c><00:51:49.869><c> the</c><00:51:50.190><c> children</c><00:51:50.449><c> of</c><00:51:50.650><c> Israel</c><00:51:51.010><c> out</c> 00:51:51.190 --> 00:51:53.690 of<00:51:51.349><c> Egypt.</c><00:51:51.510><c> He</c><00:51:51.650><c> says,</c><00:51:51.829><c> look,</c><00:51:52.329><c> come</c><00:51:52.570><c> on,</c><00:51:52.969><c> I</c><00:51:53.269><c> can't</c><00:51:53.489><c> do</c> 00:51:53.690 --> 00:51:58.130 that.<00:51:54.369><c> I'm</c><00:51:54.590><c> the</c><00:51:54.889><c> last</c><00:51:55.269><c> person</c><00:51:55.530><c> you</c><00:51:56.289><c> should</c><00:51:56.409><c> be</c><00:51:56.550><c> asking.</c><00:51:57.849><c> Don't</c> 00:51:58.130 --> 00:52:00.329 worry,<00:51:58.369><c> the</c><00:51:58.530><c> angel</c><00:51:58.730><c> says</c><00:51:58.969><c> in</c><00:51:59.090><c> verse</c><00:51:59.329><c> 12,</c> 00:52:00.570 --> 00:52:07.210 I<00:52:00.969><c> will</c><00:52:01.130><c> be</c><00:52:01.329><c> with</c><00:52:01.670><c> thee.</c><00:52:02.750><c> Verse</c><00:52:02.829><c> 13,</c><00:52:03.389><c> Moses</c><00:52:03.750><c> said</c><00:52:03.989><c> unto</c><00:52:04.190><c> God,</c><00:52:04.909><c> behold,</c><00:52:05.969><c> well,</c><00:52:06.710><c> when</c><00:52:07.050><c> I</c> 00:52:07.210 --> 00:52:07.889 come<00:52:07.369><c> unto</c><00:52:07.510><c> the</c><00:52:07.710><c> children</c> 00:52:07.889 --> 00:52:10.769 of<00:52:08.070><c> Israel,</c><00:52:08.349><c> I'll</c><00:52:08.550><c> say</c><00:52:08.730><c> to</c><00:52:08.809><c> them</c><00:52:09.170><c> that</c><00:52:09.690><c> the</c><00:52:09.829><c> God</c><00:52:09.949><c> of</c><00:52:10.050><c> your</c><00:52:10.230><c> fathers</c><00:52:10.510><c> has</c> 00:52:10.769 --> 00:52:12.269 sent<00:52:10.849><c> me</c><00:52:11.010><c> unto</c><00:52:11.250><c> you.</c><00:52:11.789><c> They're</c><00:52:12.010><c> going</c><00:52:12.070><c> to</c><00:52:12.130><c> say</c> 00:52:12.269 --> 00:52:15.190 to<00:52:12.429><c> me,</c><00:52:12.769><c> well,</c><00:52:13.010><c> who?</c><00:52:13.170><c> Who's</c><00:52:13.489><c> that?</c><00:52:13.789><c> What's</c><00:52:14.110><c> his</c><00:52:14.289><c> name?</c><00:52:14.670><c> What</c><00:52:14.929><c> am</c><00:52:15.070><c> I</c> 00:52:15.190 --> 00:52:18.010 supposed<00:52:15.489><c> to</c><00:52:15.750><c> say?</c><00:52:15.969><c> No,</c><00:52:16.429><c> no,</c><00:52:16.530><c> don't,</c><00:52:17.610><c> let's</c> 00:52:18.010 --> 00:52:20.929 not<00:52:18.170><c> do</c><00:52:18.369><c> this,</c><00:52:18.510><c> he</c><00:52:18.730><c> says.</c><00:52:19.469><c> You</c><00:52:19.630><c> remember</c><00:52:19.730><c> what</c><00:52:19.869><c> they</c><00:52:20.130><c> said</c><00:52:20.250><c> last</c><00:52:20.590><c> time,</c><00:52:20.829><c> who</c> 00:52:20.929 --> 00:52:22.210 made<00:52:21.130><c> thee</c><00:52:21.349><c> a</c><00:52:21.469><c> ruler</c><00:52:21.630><c> and</c><00:52:21.809><c> a</c><00:52:22.030><c> judge?</c> 00:52:22.429 --> 00:52:24.369 They're<00:52:22.650><c> going</c><00:52:22.730><c> to</c><00:52:22.949><c> say</c><00:52:23.050><c> it</c><00:52:23.250><c> again.</c><00:52:23.489><c> And</c><00:52:23.650><c> what</c><00:52:23.710><c> am</c><00:52:23.809><c> I</c><00:52:23.989><c> supposed</c> 00:52:24.369 --> 00:52:27.730 to<00:52:24.690><c> say?</c><00:52:26.269><c> I</c><00:52:26.510><c> can't</c><00:52:26.789><c> just</c><00:52:27.090><c> walk</c><00:52:27.309><c> in</c><00:52:27.510><c> there,</c> 00:52:27.730 --> 00:52:31.750 answer,<00:52:28.489><c> verse</c><00:52:28.789><c> 14.</c><00:52:29.829><c> Well,</c><00:52:29.989><c> you</c><00:52:30.090><c> tell</c><00:52:30.230><c> him,</c><00:52:30.590><c> Yahweh</c><00:52:30.730><c> sent</c><00:52:30.989><c> you.</c><00:52:31.329><c> That's</c><00:52:31.510><c> what</c><00:52:31.590><c> you</c> 00:52:31.750 --> 00:52:32.829 tell<00:52:31.869><c> him,</c><00:52:32.030><c> Moses.</c> 00:52:33.090 --> 00:52:35.550 Go<00:52:33.289><c> and</c><00:52:33.530><c> speak</c><00:52:33.630><c> to</c><00:52:33.769><c> the</c><00:52:33.909><c> elders</c><00:52:33.989><c> of</c><00:52:34.170><c> Israel</c><00:52:34.489><c> in</c><00:52:34.630><c> verse</c><00:52:34.889><c> 16</c><00:52:35.329><c> of</c> 00:52:35.550 --> 00:52:38.570 Exodus<00:52:35.869><c> 3.</c><00:52:36.530><c> They'll</c><00:52:36.869><c> listen</c><00:52:37.150><c> to</c><00:52:37.389><c> you</c><00:52:37.690><c> and</c><00:52:38.050><c> then</c><00:52:38.329><c> take</c> 00:52:38.570 --> 00:52:43.329 the<00:52:38.809><c> elders</c><00:52:39.010><c> before</c><00:52:39.550><c> Pharaoh</c><00:52:39.949><c> in</c><00:52:40.230><c> verse</c><00:52:40.510><c> 18.</c><00:52:40.969><c> He</c><00:52:41.469><c> won't</c><00:52:42.190><c> listen</c><00:52:42.590><c> to</c><00:52:42.869><c> you</c><00:52:43.150><c> in</c> 00:52:43.329 --> 00:52:45.130 verse<00:52:43.570><c> 19.</c><00:52:44.090><c> So</c><00:52:44.329><c> I'm</c><00:52:44.550><c> going</c><00:52:44.690><c> to</c><00:52:44.849><c> punish</c> 00:52:45.130 --> 00:52:49.170 the<00:52:45.489><c> Egyptians</c><00:52:46.030><c> and</c><00:52:46.769><c> they'll</c><00:52:47.030><c> eventually</c><00:52:47.530><c> pay</c><00:52:48.130><c> you</c><00:52:48.690><c> to</c><00:52:48.909><c> leave</c> 00:52:49.170 --> 00:52:52.090 Egypt,<00:52:50.150><c> verse</c><00:52:50.610><c> 22.</c> 00:52:52.929 --> 00:52:58.469 Well,<00:52:53.650><c> Moses</c><00:52:53.690><c> answers</c><00:52:54.150><c> in</c><00:52:54.349><c> chapter</c><00:52:54.570><c> 4,</c><00:52:54.949><c> verse</c><00:52:55.090><c> 1.</c><00:52:56.630><c> Moses</c><00:52:56.769><c> answered</c><00:52:57.210><c> and</c><00:52:57.409><c> said,</c> 00:52:58.650 --> 00:53:02.949 but<00:52:58.670><c> behold,</c><00:53:00.570><c> they</c><00:53:00.570><c> won't</c><00:53:00.809><c> believe</c><00:53:01.150><c> me,</c><00:53:02.329><c> nor</c><00:53:02.449><c> hearken</c><00:53:02.750><c> unto</c> 00:53:02.949 --> 00:53:04.150 my<00:53:03.210><c> voice,</c><00:53:03.550><c> for</c><00:53:03.590><c> they</c><00:53:03.750><c> will</c><00:53:03.949><c> say,</c> 00:53:04.289 --> 00:53:07.250 Yahweh<00:53:04.530><c> hath</c><00:53:04.829><c> not</c><00:53:05.389><c> appeared</c><00:53:05.650><c> to</c><00:53:05.769><c> them.</c><00:53:05.849><c> You've</c><00:53:06.110><c> gone</c><00:53:06.250><c> mad,</c><00:53:06.610><c> Moses.</c><00:53:06.989><c> Go</c> 00:53:07.250 --> 00:53:09.429 away.<00:53:07.909><c> It's</c><00:53:08.250><c> not</c><00:53:08.570><c> true.</c> 00:53:09.889 --> 00:53:12.309 Do<00:53:10.130><c> you</c><00:53:10.230><c> realize,</c><00:53:11.070><c> but</c><00:53:11.269><c> when</c><00:53:11.309><c> we</c><00:53:11.409><c> get</c><00:53:11.550><c> to</c><00:53:11.670><c> chapter</c><00:53:11.809><c> 4,</c><00:53:12.050><c> verse</c> 00:53:12.309 --> 00:53:14.059 1,<00:53:12.449><c> this</c><00:53:12.710><c> is</c><00:53:12.969><c> the</c><00:53:13.309><c> third</c> 00:53:14.309 --> 00:53:19.070 refusal<00:53:14.809><c> that</c><00:53:15.230><c> Moses</c><00:53:15.610><c> has</c><00:53:15.949><c> made</c><00:53:16.369><c> to</c><00:53:16.769><c> the</c><00:53:16.989><c> request</c><00:53:17.170><c> of</c><00:53:17.309><c> the</c><00:53:17.449><c> angel.</c><00:53:18.570><c> He</c> 00:53:19.070 --> 00:53:20.849 refused<00:53:19.369><c> in</c><00:53:19.550><c> chapter</c><00:53:19.769><c> 3,</c><00:53:20.010><c> verse</c><00:53:20.309><c> 11.</c><00:53:20.630><c> He</c> 00:53:20.849 --> 00:53:23.570 refused<00:53:21.510><c> in</c><00:53:21.690><c> a</c><00:53:21.849><c> manner</c><00:53:21.989><c> of</c><00:53:22.250><c> speaking</c><00:53:22.489><c> in</c><00:53:22.750><c> chapter</c><00:53:22.969><c> 3,</c><00:53:23.369><c> verse</c> 00:53:23.570 --> 00:53:26.210 13.<00:53:24.449><c> He's</c><00:53:24.730><c> refused</c><00:53:25.010><c> for</c><00:53:25.210><c> the</c><00:53:25.349><c> third</c><00:53:25.570><c> time</c><00:53:25.849><c> here</c> 00:53:26.210 --> 00:53:29.210 in<00:53:26.530><c> chapter</c><00:53:26.809><c> 4,</c><00:53:27.050><c> verse</c><00:53:27.349><c> 1.</c><00:53:27.630><c> I</c><00:53:27.730><c> can't</c><00:53:28.070><c> do</c><00:53:28.250><c> it,</c><00:53:28.409><c> he</c><00:53:28.570><c> says.</c><00:53:29.050><c> They</c> 00:53:29.210 --> 00:53:32.510 won't<00:53:29.429><c> believe</c><00:53:29.829><c> me.</c><00:53:31.730><c> So</c><00:53:31.909><c> God</c><00:53:32.090><c> gives</c><00:53:32.269><c> them</c><00:53:32.429><c> the</c> 00:53:32.510 --> 00:53:36.369 ability<00:53:32.769><c> to</c><00:53:32.989><c> perform</c><00:53:33.090><c> miracles.</c><00:53:34.750><c> The</c><00:53:34.929><c> rod</c><00:53:35.070><c> becomes</c><00:53:35.369><c> a</c><00:53:35.610><c> serpent.</c><00:53:36.190><c> The</c> 00:53:36.369 --> 00:53:37.610 hand<00:53:36.489><c> becomes</c><00:53:36.849><c> leprous.</c><00:53:37.289><c> The</c><00:53:37.429><c> water</c> 00:53:37.610 --> 00:53:44.289 becomes<00:53:37.989><c> blood.</c><00:53:39.429><c> Verse</c><00:53:39.750><c> 10</c><00:53:40.389><c> of</c><00:53:40.730><c> Exodus,</c><00:53:41.150><c> chapter</c><00:53:41.550><c> 4.</c><00:53:43.349><c> And</c><00:53:43.389><c> Moses</c><00:53:43.769><c> said</c><00:53:44.030><c> to</c> 00:53:44.289 --> 00:53:46.250 Yahweh,<00:53:44.630><c> oh,</c><00:53:44.869><c> my</c><00:53:45.030><c> Lord,</c><00:53:45.409><c> look,</c> 00:53:46.489 --> 00:53:50.869 I'm<00:53:46.969><c> not</c><00:53:47.170><c> eloquent.</c><00:53:49.170><c> Neither</c><00:53:49.389><c> heretofore,</c><00:53:50.269><c> nor</c><00:53:50.489><c> since</c><00:53:50.730><c> there</c> 00:53:50.869 --> 00:53:52.250 has<00:53:51.130><c> spoken</c><00:53:51.449><c> unto</c><00:53:51.650><c> thy</c><00:53:51.909><c> servant,</c> 00:53:52.489 --> 00:53:56.010 but<00:53:52.630><c> I'm</c><00:53:52.949><c> slow</c><00:53:53.170><c> of</c><00:53:53.349><c> speech.</c><00:53:53.650><c> I'm</c><00:53:53.730><c> of</c><00:53:53.849><c> a</c><00:53:54.050><c> slow</c><00:53:54.210><c> tongue.</c><00:53:55.369><c> I'm</c><00:53:55.789><c> not</c> 00:53:56.010 --> 00:53:57.429 eloquent,<00:53:56.349><c> he</c><00:53:56.530><c> says.</c><00:53:56.650><c> I</c><00:53:56.809><c> can't</c><00:53:57.170><c> speak.</c> 00:53:57.730 --> 00:54:03.969 I<00:53:57.989><c> never</c><00:53:58.329><c> could,</c><00:53:58.650><c> really.</c><00:54:00.610><c> Fourth</c><00:54:00.849><c> time.</c><00:54:02.690><c> Fourth</c><00:54:02.949><c> refusal.</c> 00:54:04.630 --> 00:54:06.530 Mighty<00:54:04.909><c> in</c><00:54:05.110><c> word</c><00:54:05.250><c> and</c><00:54:05.510><c> deed,</c><00:54:05.730><c> by</c><00:54:05.929><c> the</c><00:54:06.110><c> way.</c> 00:54:06.570 --> 00:54:10.610 I<00:54:06.989><c> can't</c><00:54:07.369><c> speak.</c><00:54:08.409><c> Nor</c><00:54:08.610><c> heretofore.</c><00:54:09.869><c> Never</c><00:54:10.110><c> have</c><00:54:10.329><c> been</c><00:54:10.469><c> able</c> 00:54:10.610 --> 00:54:12.329 to<00:54:10.789><c> speak.</c><00:54:10.949><c> It</c><00:54:11.070><c> was</c><00:54:11.250><c> nonsense.</c> 00:54:12.510 --> 00:54:14.789 I<00:54:12.949><c> certainly</c><00:54:13.230><c> believe</c><00:54:13.469><c> he</c><00:54:13.570><c> can't</c><00:54:13.849><c> speak</c><00:54:14.050><c> now,</c><00:54:14.289><c> but</c><00:54:14.389><c> it's</c><00:54:14.550><c> not</c> 00:54:14.789 --> 00:54:16.550 true<00:54:14.929><c> to</c><00:54:15.090><c> say</c><00:54:15.190><c> that</c><00:54:15.329><c> he</c><00:54:15.429><c> never</c><00:54:15.670><c> could.</c> 00:54:16.789 --> 00:54:19.570 And<00:54:16.929><c> it's</c><00:54:17.230><c> evidently</c><00:54:17.530><c> not</c><00:54:17.789><c> true</c><00:54:17.929><c> that</c><00:54:18.050><c> he</c><00:54:18.190><c> couldn't</c><00:54:18.989><c> rekindle</c> 00:54:19.570 --> 00:54:22.789 that<00:54:20.030><c> ability.</c><00:54:21.710><c> But</c><00:54:21.889><c> he</c><00:54:22.090><c> refuses</c><00:54:22.409><c> for</c><00:54:22.650><c> the</c> 00:54:22.789 --> 00:54:24.969 fourth<00:54:22.969><c> time.</c><00:54:23.269><c> And</c><00:54:23.349><c> the</c><00:54:23.530><c> angel's</c><00:54:23.750><c> losing</c><00:54:24.070><c> patience</c><00:54:24.530><c> in</c><00:54:24.710><c> verse</c> 00:54:24.969 --> 00:54:27.869 11.<00:54:25.369><c> He</c><00:54:25.369><c> says,</c><00:54:27.030><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:27.090><c> said</c><00:54:27.329><c> to</c><00:54:27.489><c> him,</c> 00:54:28.230 --> 00:54:32.010 who<00:54:28.429><c> made</c><00:54:28.670><c> man's</c><00:54:29.090><c> mouth?</c><00:54:29.750><c> Who</c><00:54:29.949><c> made</c><00:54:30.170><c> him</c><00:54:30.389><c> dumb,</c><00:54:30.969><c> or</c><00:54:31.210><c> deaf,</c><00:54:31.710><c> or</c> 00:54:32.010 --> 00:54:34.650 seeing,<00:54:32.329><c> or</c><00:54:32.610><c> blind?</c><00:54:32.969><c> Have</c><00:54:33.130><c> not</c><00:54:33.349><c> I,</c><00:54:33.510><c> Yahweh?</c><00:54:34.050><c> He</c><00:54:34.210><c> says,</c> 00:54:35.070 --> 00:54:37.989 now<00:54:35.230><c> therefore,</c><00:54:35.630><c> go,</c><00:54:36.329><c> and</c><00:54:36.570><c> I</c><00:54:36.769><c> will</c><00:54:36.869><c> be</c><00:54:37.010><c> with</c><00:54:37.230><c> thy</c><00:54:37.389><c> mouth,</c><00:54:37.670><c> and</c> 00:54:37.989 --> 00:54:38.750 teach<00:54:38.170><c> thee</c><00:54:38.289><c> what</c><00:54:38.449><c> there</c><00:54:38.610><c> shall</c> 00:54:38.750 --> 00:54:40.949 stay.<00:54:39.030><c> Quit</c><00:54:39.269><c> falling</c><00:54:39.570><c> around.</c><00:54:40.190><c> Now,</c><00:54:40.329><c> this</c><00:54:40.469><c> is</c><00:54:40.590><c> getting</c><00:54:40.690><c> quite</c> 00:54:40.949 --> 00:54:44.369 serious.<00:54:43.010><c> But</c><00:54:43.130><c> look</c><00:54:43.250><c> at</c><00:54:43.369><c> verse</c><00:54:43.550><c> 13.</c> 00:54:45.570 --> 00:54:50.030 And<00:54:45.610><c> he</c><00:54:45.789><c> said,</c><00:54:46.210><c> O</c><00:54:46.210><c> my</c><00:54:46.449><c> Lord,</c><00:54:48.489><c> send,</c><00:54:48.750><c> I</c><00:54:48.909><c> pray</c><00:54:49.170><c> thee,</c><00:54:49.329><c> by</c><00:54:49.510><c> the</c><00:54:49.730><c> hand</c><00:54:49.869><c> of</c> 00:54:50.030 --> 00:54:52.690 him<00:54:50.550><c> they</c><00:54:50.889><c> will</c><00:54:51.010><c> send.</c><00:54:52.110><c> New</c><00:54:52.309><c> international</c> 00:54:52.690 --> 00:54:57.369 version.<00:54:54.170><c> O</c><00:54:54.349><c> Yahweh,</c><00:54:55.849><c> please</c><00:54:56.110><c> send</c><00:54:56.329><c> someone</c><00:54:56.570><c> else</c><00:54:56.789><c> to</c><00:54:56.969><c> do</c><00:54:57.070><c> it.</c> 00:54:57.710 --> 00:55:01.469 Fifth<00:54:58.150><c> refusal.</c><00:54:59.510><c> Fifth</c><00:54:59.949><c> refusal.</c><00:55:00.969><c> This</c><00:55:01.190><c> has</c><00:55:01.369><c> gone</c> 00:55:01.469 --> 00:55:04.710 on<00:55:01.630><c> long</c><00:55:01.789><c> enough.</c><00:55:02.489><c> This</c><00:55:02.670><c> is</c><00:55:02.809><c> the</c><00:55:02.929><c> God</c><00:55:03.050><c> who's</c><00:55:03.389><c> slow</c><00:55:03.510><c> to</c><00:55:03.750><c> anger,</c> 00:55:04.829 --> 00:55:06.489 but<00:55:05.010><c> Moses</c><00:55:05.329><c> is</c><00:55:05.530><c> putting</c><00:55:05.670><c> himself</c><00:55:06.010><c> in</c><00:55:06.190><c> a</c><00:55:06.269><c> serious</c> 00:55:06.489 --> 00:55:10.130 position.<00:55:07.570><c> This</c><00:55:07.730><c> is</c><00:55:07.889><c> what</c><00:55:08.110><c> 40</c><00:55:08.289><c> years</c><00:55:08.530><c> in</c><00:55:08.670><c> Midian</c><00:55:08.889><c> has</c><00:55:09.150><c> done.</c><00:55:09.530><c> You</c><00:55:09.530><c> see,</c><00:55:09.769><c> he's</c><00:55:09.909><c> a</c> 00:55:10.130 --> 00:55:11.289 broken<00:55:10.389><c> man.</c><00:55:10.769><c> There</c><00:55:10.769><c> is</c><00:55:11.030><c> no</c> 00:55:11.289 --> 00:55:14.869 self<00:55:11.610><c>-confidence</c><00:55:11.969><c> in</c><00:55:12.250><c> him</c><00:55:12.489><c> at</c><00:55:12.909><c> all.</c><00:55:13.550><c> And</c><00:55:13.690><c> his</c><00:55:13.929><c> faith</c><00:55:14.210><c> is</c><00:55:14.550><c> at</c><00:55:14.650><c> an</c> 00:55:14.869 --> 00:55:16.929 extremely<00:55:15.349><c> low</c><00:55:15.730><c> ebb.</c><00:55:16.010><c> You</c><00:55:16.050><c> want</c><00:55:16.269><c> proof</c><00:55:16.489><c> of</c><00:55:16.750><c> that?</c> 00:55:17.369 --> 00:55:21.010 Verse<00:55:17.570><c> 25</c><00:55:18.190><c> of</c><00:55:18.429><c> Exodus</c><00:55:18.730><c> chapter</c><00:55:19.070><c> 4</c><00:55:19.369><c> tells</c><00:55:19.650><c> you</c><00:55:19.829><c> that</c><00:55:19.909><c> he's</c><00:55:20.250><c> forgotten</c><00:55:20.650><c> to</c> 00:55:21.010 --> 00:55:23.829 circumcise<00:55:21.789><c> his</c><00:55:22.090><c> own</c><00:55:22.550><c> son.</c><00:55:23.250><c> And</c><00:55:23.489><c> so</c><00:55:23.630><c> his</c> 00:55:23.829 --> 00:55:28.670 wife<00:55:24.170><c> has</c><00:55:24.510><c> to</c><00:55:24.710><c> do</c><00:55:24.849><c> it.</c><00:55:25.630><c> In</c><00:55:25.789><c> Genesis</c><00:55:26.190><c> 17</c><00:55:26.969><c> and</c><00:55:27.230><c> verse</c><00:55:27.530><c> 14,</c><00:55:27.909><c> it</c><00:55:28.090><c> says</c><00:55:28.269><c> that</c><00:55:28.449><c> an</c> 00:55:28.670 --> 00:55:30.690 uncircumcised<00:55:29.429><c> man</c><00:55:29.809><c>-child</c><00:55:30.070><c> whose</c><00:55:30.429><c> flesh</c> 00:55:30.690 --> 00:55:34.329 foreskin<00:55:31.269><c> is</c><00:55:31.510><c> not</c><00:55:31.809><c> circumcised,</c><00:55:32.849><c> shall</c><00:55:32.849><c> be</c><00:55:33.210><c> cut</c><00:55:33.610><c> off</c><00:55:34.070><c> from</c> 00:55:34.329 --> 00:55:37.610 his<00:55:34.670><c> people.</c><00:55:35.590><c> He's</c><00:55:35.949><c> broken</c><00:55:36.349><c> his</c><00:55:36.730><c> covenant.</c> 00:55:37.849 --> 00:55:40.630 In<00:55:37.949><c> today's</c><00:55:38.469><c> language,</c><00:55:39.190><c> he</c><00:55:39.329><c> is</c><00:55:39.489><c> a</c><00:55:39.650><c> man,</c><00:55:39.809><c> it</c><00:55:39.949><c> appears,</c><00:55:40.289><c> who's</c> 00:55:40.630 --> 00:55:43.369 forgotten<00:55:40.969><c> to</c><00:55:41.289><c> baptise</c><00:55:41.789><c> his</c><00:55:41.949><c> own</c><00:55:42.329><c> son.</c> 00:55:44.550 --> 00:55:48.070 Well,<00:55:44.809><c> Exodus</c><00:55:45.070><c> chapter</c><00:55:45.429><c> 7</c><00:55:45.730><c> begins</c><00:55:46.150><c> the</c><00:55:46.409><c> 10</c><00:55:46.730><c> plagues.</c><00:55:47.710><c> Moses</c> 00:55:48.070 --> 00:55:51.789 is<00:55:48.309><c> not</c><00:55:48.650><c> confident</c><00:55:49.010><c> at</c><00:55:49.489><c> all</c><00:55:50.150><c> as</c><00:55:51.030><c> the</c><00:55:51.170><c> 10</c><00:55:51.429><c> plagues</c> 00:55:51.789 --> 00:55:56.750 begin.<00:55:52.269><c> But</c><00:55:52.309><c> as</c><00:55:52.510><c> they</c><00:55:52.789><c> begin,</c><00:55:53.730><c> come</c><00:55:53.849><c> across</c><00:55:54.110><c> to</c><00:55:54.269><c> chapter</c><00:55:54.550><c> 7,</c><00:55:55.110><c> you</c><00:55:55.250><c> notice</c><00:55:55.789><c> a</c> 00:55:56.750 --> 00:55:59.849 very<00:55:57.269><c> considerable</c><00:55:57.989><c> change</c><00:55:58.530><c> in</c><00:55:58.789><c> Moses.</c> 00:56:00.059 --> 00:56:04.929 In<00:56:00.449><c> Exodus</c><00:56:00.889><c> chapter</c><00:56:01.230><c> 7</c><00:56:01.570><c> and</c><00:56:01.769><c> verse</c><00:56:02.050><c> 6,</c><00:56:02.750><c> it</c><00:56:02.969><c> says</c><00:56:03.610><c> that</c><00:56:04.449><c> Moses</c> 00:56:04.929 --> 00:56:09.150 and<00:56:05.550><c> Aaron</c><00:56:05.929><c> did</c><00:56:06.710><c> as</c><00:56:07.170><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:07.469><c> commanded</c><00:56:07.989><c> them.</c> 00:56:09.590 --> 00:56:14.309 In<00:56:09.789><c> Exodus</c><00:56:10.090><c> chapter</c><00:56:10.389><c> 7</c><00:56:10.710><c> verse</c><00:56:10.949><c> 20,</c><00:56:11.989><c> Moses</c><00:56:12.250><c> and</c><00:56:12.769><c> Aaron</c><00:56:13.230><c> did</c><00:56:13.789><c> so</c> 00:56:14.309 --> 00:56:16.110 as<00:56:14.630><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:14.969><c> commanded.</c> 00:56:16.449 --> 00:56:20.710 Chapter<00:56:16.730><c> 8</c><00:56:17.010><c> verse</c><00:56:17.309><c> 13,</c><00:56:19.510><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:19.909><c> did</c><00:56:20.110><c> according</c><00:56:20.369><c> to</c><00:56:20.530><c> the</c><00:56:20.630><c> word</c> 00:56:20.710 --> 00:56:23.210 of<00:56:20.889><c> Moses.</c><00:56:22.090><c> Look</c><00:56:22.190><c> at</c><00:56:22.230><c> that.</c> 00:56:23.570 --> 00:56:28.250 Chapter<00:56:24.130><c> 8</c><00:56:24.329><c> verse</c><00:56:24.630><c> 30,</c><00:56:26.449><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:26.989><c> did</c><00:56:27.369><c> according</c><00:56:27.869><c> to</c><00:56:28.070><c> the</c><00:56:28.070><c> word</c> 00:56:28.250 --> 00:56:30.489 of<00:56:29.989><c> Moses.</c> 00:56:32.429 --> 00:56:36.510 Sorry,<00:56:32.789><c> verse</c><00:56:33.190><c> 30,</c><00:56:34.130><c> Moses</c><00:56:34.409><c> went</c><00:56:34.610><c> out</c><00:56:34.789><c> from</c><00:56:34.989><c> Pharaoh</c><00:56:35.630><c> and</c><00:56:36.130><c> entreated</c><00:56:36.409><c> the</c> 00:56:36.510 --> 00:56:38.369 people,<00:56:37.489><c> and</c><00:56:37.650><c> entreated</c><00:56:37.929><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:56:38.590 --> 00:56:42.289 And<00:56:38.849><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:39.269><c> did,</c><00:56:39.730><c> verse</c><00:56:39.949><c> 31,</c><00:56:40.369><c> I</c><00:56:40.530><c> should</c><00:56:40.730><c> say,</c><00:56:41.050><c> according</c><00:56:41.230><c> to</c> 00:56:42.289 --> 00:56:43.630 the<00:56:42.329><c> word</c><00:56:42.449><c> of</c><00:56:42.690><c> Moses.</c> 00:56:43.849 --> 00:56:48.570 So<00:56:44.070><c> what</c><00:56:44.230><c> began</c><00:56:44.550><c> as</c><00:56:45.389><c> Moses</c><00:56:45.730><c> and</c><00:56:45.989><c> Aaron</c><00:56:46.750><c> beseeching</c><00:56:47.710><c> God</c><00:56:48.190><c> ends</c> 00:56:48.570 --> 00:56:52.130 up<00:56:48.769><c> as</c><00:56:49.030><c> God</c><00:56:49.829><c> following</c><00:56:50.329><c> the</c><00:56:50.730><c> instruction</c><00:56:51.269><c> of</c><00:56:51.849><c> Moses.</c> 00:56:52.130 --> 00:56:54.789 And<00:56:52.369><c> look</c><00:56:52.750><c> how</c><00:56:52.989><c> that</c><00:56:53.309><c> relationship</c><00:56:53.809><c> is</c><00:56:54.010><c> developing</c><00:56:54.369><c> across</c> 00:56:54.789 --> 00:56:57.489 10<00:56:55.210><c> plagues.</c><00:56:56.170><c> This</c><00:56:56.170><c> is</c><00:56:56.469><c> Moses</c><00:56:56.829><c> interacting</c> 00:56:57.489 --> 00:57:01.789 with<00:56:57.730><c> the</c><00:56:57.869><c> angel</c><00:56:58.090><c> of</c><00:56:58.309><c> the</c><00:56:58.469><c> bush,</c><00:56:59.269><c> you</c><00:56:59.429><c> see.</c><00:57:00.929><c> Moses</c><00:57:01.230><c> did</c><00:57:01.429><c> as</c><00:57:01.610><c> God</c> 00:57:01.789 --> 00:57:06.269 asked.<00:57:03.369><c> God</c><00:57:03.630><c> does</c><00:57:04.130><c> as</c><00:57:04.889><c> Moses</c><00:57:05.269><c> asks.</c> 00:57:06.809 --> 00:57:08.610 And<00:57:07.010><c> throughout</c><00:57:07.230><c> those</c><00:57:07.550><c> months,</c><00:57:07.969><c> what</c><00:57:08.070><c> happened</c><00:57:08.309><c> was</c><00:57:08.469><c> that</c> 00:57:08.610 --> 00:57:10.469 that<00:57:08.849><c> angel</c><00:57:09.010><c> developed</c><00:57:09.409><c> Moses</c><00:57:09.789><c> into</c><00:57:09.989><c> one</c><00:57:10.170><c> of</c><00:57:10.230><c> the</c> 00:57:10.469 --> 00:57:14.170 greatest<00:57:10.750><c> men</c><00:57:10.989><c> that</c><00:57:11.170><c> ever</c><00:57:11.429><c> lived.</c><00:57:12.130><c> So</c><00:57:12.289><c> that</c><00:57:12.389><c> when</c><00:57:12.530><c> Moses</c><00:57:12.929><c> finally</c><00:57:13.570><c> appeared</c><00:57:13.949><c> to</c> 00:57:14.170 --> 00:57:16.889 the<00:57:14.349><c> nation,</c><00:57:15.210><c> what</c><00:57:15.449><c> did</c><00:57:15.610><c> they</c><00:57:15.929><c> see?</c> 00:57:17.530 --> 00:57:19.690 Well,<00:57:17.710><c> I'll</c><00:57:17.889><c> show</c><00:57:17.989><c> you</c><00:57:18.070><c> what</c><00:57:18.150><c> they</c><00:57:18.409><c> saw.</c><00:57:18.650><c> Let's</c><00:57:18.929><c> conclude</c><00:57:19.409><c> in</c> 00:57:19.690 --> 00:57:21.590 1<00:57:19.949><c> Corinthians</c><00:57:20.570><c> chapter</c><00:57:21.150><c> 1.</c> 00:57:21.590 --> 00:57:26.150 This<00:57:22.250><c> is</c><00:57:22.630><c> what</c><00:57:22.869><c> the</c><00:57:23.110><c> nation</c><00:57:23.530><c> saw</c><00:57:24.070><c> when</c><00:57:24.909><c> Moses</c><00:57:25.329><c> finally</c><00:57:25.769><c> came</c> 00:57:26.150 --> 00:57:29.010 back<00:57:26.690><c> at</c><00:57:27.190><c> 80</c><00:57:27.510><c> years</c><00:57:27.949><c> old.</c> 00:57:29.389 --> 00:57:33.389 This<00:57:29.650><c> was</c><00:57:29.909><c> the</c><00:57:30.309><c> consequence</c><00:57:30.829><c> of</c><00:57:31.690><c> 40</c><00:57:31.969><c> years</c><00:57:32.329><c> of</c><00:57:32.570><c> formative</c><00:57:32.909><c> training</c><00:57:33.210><c> in</c> 00:57:33.389 --> 00:57:34.230 the<00:57:33.510><c> house</c><00:57:33.690><c> of</c><00:57:34.010><c> Pharaoh</c> 00:57:34.230 --> 00:57:43.590 and<00:57:35.050><c> 40</c><00:57:35.550><c> years</c><00:57:36.010><c> of</c><00:57:36.369><c> magnificent</c><00:57:37.090><c> training</c><00:57:37.849><c> in</c><00:57:39.349><c> the</c><00:57:39.949><c> wilderness</c><00:57:40.230><c> of</c><00:57:40.510><c> Midian.</c><00:57:42.130><c> 1</c><00:57:42.369><c> Corinthians</c><00:57:42.949><c> 1</c> 00:57:43.590 --> 00:57:45.889 verse<00:57:44.329><c> 25.</c> 00:57:46.150 --> 00:57:49.469 Because<00:57:46.710><c> the</c><00:57:47.170><c> foolishness</c><00:57:47.630><c> of</c><00:57:47.869><c> God</c><00:57:48.110><c> is</c><00:57:48.449><c> wiser</c><00:57:48.730><c> than</c><00:57:48.909><c> men,</c><00:57:49.289><c> and</c> 00:57:49.469 --> 00:57:52.530 the<00:57:49.670><c> weakness</c><00:57:49.949><c> of</c><00:57:50.269><c> God</c><00:57:50.550><c> is</c><00:57:50.969><c> stronger</c><00:57:51.230><c> than</c><00:57:51.429><c> men.</c> 00:57:52.670 --> 00:57:54.869 For<00:57:52.769><c> you</c><00:57:53.070><c> see</c><00:57:53.190><c> your</c><00:57:53.429><c> calling,</c><00:57:53.989><c> brethren,</c><00:57:54.289><c> how</c><00:57:54.309><c> that</c><00:57:54.489><c> not</c><00:57:54.670><c> many</c> 00:57:54.869 --> 00:57:57.750 wise<00:57:56.789><c> men</c><00:57:56.989><c> after</c><00:57:57.269><c> the</c><00:57:57.550><c> flesh,</c> 00:57:57.969 --> 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Verse<00:58:17.250><c> 27.</c><00:58:18.889><c> But</c><00:58:19.050><c> God's</c><00:58:19.530><c> chosen</c><00:58:19.769><c> the</c><00:58:20.110><c> foolish</c><00:58:20.309><c> things</c><00:58:20.550><c> of</c><00:58:20.690><c> the</c> 00:58:20.829 --> 00:58:22.110 world<00:58:20.949><c> to</c><00:58:21.190><c> confound</c><00:58:21.449><c> the</c><00:58:21.750><c> wise,</c> 00:58:22.610 --> 00:58:24.849 the<00:58:22.869><c> weak</c><00:58:23.070><c> things</c><00:58:23.329><c> of</c><00:58:23.489><c> the</c><00:58:23.690><c> world</c><00:58:23.909><c> to</c><00:58:24.150><c> confound</c><00:58:24.510><c> that</c><00:58:24.690><c> which</c> 00:58:24.849 --> 00:58:28.030 is<00:58:25.150><c> mighty,</c><00:58:26.210><c> the</c><00:58:26.969><c> base</c><00:58:27.289><c> things</c><00:58:27.550><c> of</c><00:58:27.769><c> the</c><00:58:27.889><c> world,</c> 00:58:28.090 --> 00:58:30.809 the<00:58:28.289><c> things</c><00:58:28.429><c> which</c><00:58:28.670><c> are</c><00:58:28.789><c> despised,</c><00:58:29.710><c> hath</c><00:58:29.809><c> God</c><00:58:30.130><c> chosen,</c><00:58:30.670><c> yea,</c> 00:58:30.969 --> 00:58:34.090 the<00:58:31.150><c> things</c><00:58:31.429><c> which</c><00:58:31.690><c> are</c><00:58:32.070><c> not</c><00:58:32.429><c> to</c><00:58:33.090><c> bring</c><00:58:33.510><c> to</c><00:58:33.869><c> naught</c> 00:58:34.090 --> 00:58:39.230 the<00:58:34.570><c> things</c><00:58:34.730><c> that</c><00:58:35.150><c> are.</c><00:58:36.130><c> There's</c><00:58:36.510><c> the</c><00:58:36.789><c> dismantling</c><00:58:37.389><c> of</c><00:58:37.650><c> Moses'</c><00:58:38.210><c> character</c><00:58:38.690><c> back</c> 00:58:39.230 --> 00:58:40.809 into<00:58:39.690><c> individual</c><00:58:40.389><c> building</c> 00:58:40.809 --> 00:58:45.849 blocks,<00:58:41.769><c> 40</c><00:58:42.050><c> years</c><00:58:42.590><c> in</c><00:58:42.889><c> Midian</c><00:58:43.170><c> as</c><00:58:43.489><c> a</c><00:58:43.710><c> shepherd.</c><00:58:44.449><c> He's</c><00:58:44.650><c> a</c><00:58:44.869><c> thorn</c><00:58:45.110><c> bush.</c><00:58:45.449><c> He's</c> 00:58:45.849 --> 00:58:48.369 just<00:58:46.530><c> a</c><00:58:46.889><c> humble</c><00:58:47.530><c> thorn</c><00:58:47.949><c> bush.</c> 00:58:48.829 --> 00:58:54.289 And<00:58:48.989><c> now</c><00:58:49.170><c> he</c><00:58:49.289><c> knows</c><00:58:49.550><c> it,</c><00:58:49.789><c> you</c><00:58:49.949><c> see.</c><00:58:50.829><c> And</c><00:58:51.090><c> why?</c><00:58:52.150><c> Verse</c><00:58:52.349><c> 29.</c><00:58:54.150><c> That</c> 00:58:54.289 --> 00:58:57.809 no<00:58:54.630><c> flesh</c><00:58:54.929><c> should</c><00:58:55.230><c> glory</c><00:58:55.650><c> in</c><00:58:56.250><c> God's</c><00:58:56.769><c> presence,</c> 00:58:58.070 --> 00:59:02.050 including<00:58:58.710><c> Moses.</c><00:58:59.989><c> That</c><00:59:00.250><c> salvation</c><00:59:00.869><c> might</c><00:59:01.150><c> come</c><00:59:01.389><c> by</c><00:59:01.610><c> the</c><00:59:01.909><c> arm</c> 00:59:02.050 --> 00:59:05.050 of<00:59:02.349><c> God</c><00:59:02.690><c> and</c><00:59:03.090><c> not</c><00:59:03.469><c> by</c><00:59:03.730><c> the</c><00:59:04.090><c> arm</c><00:59:04.329><c> of</c><00:59:04.670><c> Moses.</c> 00:59:05.230 --> 00:59:09.530 But<00:59:05.469><c> God</c><00:59:05.949><c> put</c><00:59:06.530><c> Moses</c><00:59:06.949><c> back</c><00:59:07.309><c> together</c><00:59:07.849><c> again.</c><00:59:09.130><c> And</c><00:59:09.150><c> here</c><00:59:09.349><c> he</c> 00:59:09.530 --> 00:59:11.389 comes,<00:59:09.929><c> chapter</c><00:59:10.050><c> two,</c><00:59:10.389><c> verse</c><00:59:10.570><c> one.</c> 00:59:11.849 --> 00:59:16.909 I,<00:59:11.989><c> brethren,</c><00:59:13.349><c> when</c><00:59:13.510><c> I</c><00:59:13.769><c> came</c><00:59:13.989><c> to</c><00:59:14.809><c> you</c><00:59:15.130><c> in</c><00:59:15.329><c> Egypt,</c><00:59:16.329><c> I</c><00:59:16.530><c> came</c><00:59:16.730><c> not</c> 00:59:16.909 --> 00:59:18.210 with<00:59:17.150><c> the</c><00:59:17.210><c> excellency</c><00:59:17.530><c> of</c><00:59:17.829><c> speech</c> 00:59:18.210 --> 00:59:23.409 or<00:59:18.929><c> of</c><00:59:19.150><c> wisdom,</c><00:59:20.210><c> declaring</c><00:59:20.590><c> instead</c><00:59:21.050><c> unto</c><00:59:21.269><c> you</c><00:59:21.449><c> the</c><00:59:21.750><c> testimony</c><00:59:22.170><c> of</c><00:59:22.510><c> God.</c> 00:59:24.710 --> 00:59:28.789 Don't<00:59:25.269><c> you</c><00:59:25.389><c> know</c><00:59:25.570><c> that</c><00:59:26.230><c> God</c><00:59:26.469><c> appointed</c><00:59:26.809><c> Aaron</c><00:59:27.010><c> to</c><00:59:27.130><c> be</c><00:59:27.309><c> the</c><00:59:27.489><c> speaker?</c><00:59:28.469><c> Don't</c><00:59:28.670><c> you</c> 00:59:28.789 --> 00:59:31.269 know<00:59:29.010><c> that,</c><00:59:29.289><c> he</c><00:59:29.429><c> says.</c><00:59:30.389><c> Verse</c><00:59:30.510><c> two.</c> 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you</c><00:59:43.969><c> in</c><00:59:44.289><c> weakness,</c><00:59:45.150><c> in</c><00:59:45.550><c> fear,</c> 00:59:46.030 --> 00:59:48.030 and<00:59:46.449><c> in</c><00:59:46.730><c> much</c><00:59:47.050><c> trembling.</c> 00:59:48.280 --> 00:59:53.730 You<00:59:48.650><c> might</c><00:59:48.909><c> read</c><00:59:49.269><c> affliction,</c><00:59:50.730><c> refining,</c><00:59:51.949><c> and</c><00:59:52.309><c> purification,</c> 00:59:54.590 --> 00:59:58.570 which<00:59:55.269><c> was</c><00:59:55.489><c> the</c><00:59:55.789><c> effect</c><00:59:56.130><c> of</c><00:59:56.650><c> the</c><00:59:56.889><c> fire,</c><00:59:57.289><c> the</c><00:59:57.550><c> unconsuming</c><00:59:58.050><c> fire</c><00:59:58.409><c> of</c> 00:59:58.570 --> 00:59:59.750 that<00:59:58.829><c> bush,</c> 01:00:00.429 --> 01:00:04.409 as<01:00:00.630><c> Moses</c><01:00:00.969><c> himself</c><01:00:01.409><c> was</c><01:00:01.690><c> rebuilt</c><01:00:02.030><c> during</c><01:00:02.349><c> the</c><01:00:02.650><c> plagues.</c><01:00:04.190><c> And</c> 01:00:04.409 --> 01:00:07.809 my<01:00:04.789><c> speech</c><01:00:05.289><c> and</c><01:00:05.690><c> my</c><01:00:06.110><c> preaching</c><01:00:06.449><c> was</c><01:00:06.849><c> not</c><01:00:07.250><c> with</c><01:00:07.489><c> the</c> 01:00:07.809 --> 01:00:12.769 enticing<01:00:08.329><c> words</c><01:00:08.730><c> of</c><01:00:09.090><c> man's</c><01:00:09.829><c> wisdom.</c><01:00:10.809><c> I'm</c><01:00:11.130><c> not</c><01:00:11.329><c> eloquent.</c><01:00:12.550><c> Not</c> 01:00:12.769 --> 01:00:17.650 me.<01:00:14.429><c> Never</c><01:00:14.730><c> have</c><01:00:15.030><c> been,</c><01:00:15.329><c> really.</c><01:00:16.389><c> Verse</c><01:00:16.650><c> five.</c> 01:00:17.769 --> 01:00:21.889 That<01:00:18.329><c> your</c><01:00:18.789><c> faith</c><01:00:19.250><c> should</c><01:00:19.730><c> not</c><01:00:20.050><c> stand</c><01:00:20.389><c> in</c><01:00:20.550><c> the</c><01:00:20.710><c> wisdom</c><01:00:20.909><c> of</c><01:00:21.170><c> men,</c><01:00:21.789><c> but</c> 01:00:21.889 --> 01:00:24.230 in<01:00:22.030><c> the</c><01:00:22.329><c> power</c><01:00:22.510><c> of</c><01:00:22.809><c> God,</c><01:00:23.650><c> because</c><01:00:23.909><c> I</c><01:00:24.090><c> want</c> 01:00:24.230 --> 01:00:26.730 you<01:00:24.409><c> to</c><01:00:24.590><c> reflect</c><01:00:24.829><c> the</c><01:00:25.190><c> character</c><01:00:25.449><c> of</c><01:00:25.829><c> God,</c><01:00:26.030><c> he</c><01:00:26.190><c> would</c><01:00:26.389><c> say</c><01:00:26.570><c> to</c> 01:00:26.730 --> 01:00:30.530 them,<01:00:27.550><c> and</c><01:00:27.889><c> not</c><01:00:28.230><c> the</c><01:00:28.650><c> character</c><01:00:29.090><c> of</c><01:00:29.570><c> Moses.</c> 01:00:30.730 --> 01:00:34.570 This<01:00:30.929><c> is</c><01:00:31.090><c> Moses,</c><01:00:31.610><c> brothers,</c><01:00:31.949><c> sisters,</c><01:00:32.150><c> and</c><01:00:32.289><c> young</c><01:00:32.429><c> people.</c><01:00:33.829><c> He's</c><01:00:34.110><c> become</c><01:00:34.349><c> a</c> 01:00:34.570 --> 01:00:36.070 man<01:00:34.690><c> of</c><01:00:35.030><c> God,</c> 01:00:36.210 --> 01:00:40.130 and<01:00:36.769><c> now</c><01:00:36.969><c> God</c><01:00:37.170><c> can</c><01:00:37.469><c> really</c><01:00:37.730><c> use</c><01:00:38.010><c> him.</c><01:00:39.150><c> And</c><01:00:39.389><c> from</c><01:00:39.570><c> this</c><01:00:39.849><c> point</c> 01:00:40.130 --> 01:00:45.110 forward,<01:00:41.730><c> the</c><01:00:41.889><c> world</c><01:00:42.090><c> will</c><01:00:42.369><c> never</c><01:00:42.550><c> be</c><01:00:43.469><c> the</c><01:00:44.030><c> same</c><01:00:44.210><c> again.</c>